WESTBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT For the period 1st September 2019 to 318t August 2020 Charlty Name: Registered Charlty Numbèr: Charity's principal address Westborough Methodist Church 1133833 Westborough, Scarborough Y011 1TS Ob'ectives Achievements and Activities Objectives The purposes of Westborough Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the Date of Union the advancement of.. The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of The Methodist Church Any ¢harilable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, Oistrict, Circuit, local or other organisation of The Methodist Church. Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to The Methoclist Church. Any PLtrpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to The Meth¢xlist Church. Publi¢ Benaflt The main activities undertaken by the Church for th8 Public Benefit in relation to these objedives, are.. Provision of the Methodist form of Christian worship through regular Sunday and weekday seNices. Provision of facilities for the Scout & Guide uniformed groups. Donations to Connexional and local charities, including a commitm8nt to giving 10% of the value of the previous year's offertories, gift aid ￿ceIptS and donations received. to those charities. Thé provision of facilities to support disadvantaged groups, such as the homeless and those blighted by alcoholism. Meeting groups, such as th8 Over 608 Youth Club, to improve companionship and reduce loneliness amongst the eld8rly. The provision of accommodation to Ihe local communiiy and to educational and h8alth improvement groups. A coffee shop, open to the public and offering inexpensive snacks. •dlembershlp The Church membership was 114 al the end of the Connexional year. We report the death during this year of members of this Church and others who have given loyal service over many years.. Barbara Ward, lan 8eaton, Muriel Flinton, Gerry Stafford, Ron Dobson and John Oldfield. Achievements and Activitles The Church continues to benefrt from a largè number of dedicated volunteers, who serve as stewards, pastoral visitors, unifomied organisalion leaders, coffee lounge supporters, cleaners etc. and without whom many ofthe worship and community focussed activilies could not take place. From September through to February we continued to provide a much-valued meeting place for our Uniformèd Organisations., Scouts and Guid85 and L.A.U.G.H. (Looking After Uniformed Groups Here). The Scout Group celebrated its 70th Anniversary on 7th October, 2019 and the Guide Company its Centenary on 151 November, 2019. We also continued to facilitate the meeting of the Over 60's Youth Club, M8n's Shed and C.A.M.E.O. {Com8 And Meet Each Other). Additionally, several groups take advanlage of our central location and reasonable rents to thè benefit of the wider community including the Blood Donation service and the University of the Third Age (U3A). Our premises have continued to provide a safe place for several AA groups lo meet. There has also be8n the continued provision of a hot breakfast and packed lunch each Saturday for those who might othemise go without, known as Saturday Breakfast, which is a Circuit supported activity, run by volunteers from many other churches. Bible Studies and Mid-week worship developed in the first part of the year much to th8 appreciation of those coming along Prior to lockdown, the developments in the Coffee Bar, were being appreciated and this was evidenced in an increase in use. In view of the lockdown, the Church has been closed from the end of March and until lh8 end of August. The pr8mises reopened at the beginning cf September. Morning s8rvices began on 6th September with restricted worship, fellowship and seating. Other Church and other groups have yet to resume, Financial Review Results lor tho Year: The annual accounts ar8 prepared on the ReGeipts and Payments basis. Ther8 was a deficit for the year of £12,073 (previous year- a deficit of £13,960>., in addition, the exces5 of receipls over payments of the internal organisation$ was £330. The Church's investments and cash balances (including those held by the internal organisationsl totalled £121,767 at the end of the financial year, a reduction of £13,192., of which £1,448 related to unrealised losses on the value of the inve5tm8nts. Property Matters: The amount of property repairs in the year was £11,325. The property repairs provision was increased by £1,800,, to the year- end total of £9,000. Statement of Charfty's Policy on Reserves: The Church aims lo hold in reserve sufficient money in our general funds to cover six month's normal expenditure i.e. currently approximately £55,000. In addition, we need to have available a 'sinking fund, of approximately £50,000 to cover unexpected building expenses bearing in Mind that Ihe church building 18 over 150 years old. Restricted Funds Restricted Funds consist of cash balances held by three internal organisations, totalling £1,597. Endowment Funds There are no endowment funds. Detalls of any Funds materially in deficit There are no funds in deficit. Doclaration The Trustees declare that they have approved this Trust888' Report. Signed on behalf of the Charity's Trustees Name: Rev Graham Morgan Position: Mlnlstsr Date: 29th Octobar 2020 ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS ## Westborough Methodist Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2020 North Yorkshire Coast Circuit Circuit no 31 1133833 ## Registered Charity - Charity Registration number ## If not a registered charity **Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number** (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) ## Minister: ## Rev Graham Morgan Church Stewards: Mrs Wendy Brown Mr Brian Moore Mr John Hastings Mr Neil Mould Mrs Joyce Hollinghurst Mrs Isobel Plewes Treasurer: Mr Brian Raper Church R and P 2015.xls 1 of 5 ## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2019** ## **Westborough Church Methodist** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**37,074**
**1,916**
**22,464**
**29,291**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**37,074**
**1,916**
**22,464**
**29,291**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||37,074||**37,074**||45,167|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||1,916||**1,916**||2,782|| |a4|Lettings|||22,464||**22,464**||28,352|| |a5|Other receipts|||29,291||**29,291**||29,177|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**90,745**||**90,745 **|**(a7)**|**105,478**|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**|||||**36,000**
**5,300**
**11,325**
**17,034**
**21,732**
**11,427**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||36,000||**36,000**||36,000|| |b3|Donations|||5,300||**5,300**||5,000|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||11,325||**11,325**||22,745|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges,heating& lighting)|||17,034||**17,034**||18,340|| |b6|Employment Costs|||21,732||**21,732**||21,269|| |b7|Otherpayments|||11,427||**11,427**||16,084|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**102,818**||**102,818 **|**(b9)**|**119,438**|| |||||||**(12,073)**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**
**(a6-b8)**|||(12,073)||**(12,073)**||(13,960)|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||51,751||**51,751 **|**(c6)**|65,711|| |||||||**39,678**|||| |c3|**(c1+c2)**
**Sub total**|||39,678||**39,678**||**51,751**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||**(c7)**||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**39,678**||**39,678 **|**(c8)**|**51,751**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |d|**£**
**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**
**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**||||**£**
| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear||228||68| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||2,009||2,085| |d3|Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations||2,030||1,925| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)||**207**||**228**| 2 of 5 Church R and P 2015.xls Westborough Methodist **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page** Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2019 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. ||**INTERNAL**|||||||Net Receipts/|||||Opening|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**ORGANISATIONS**||Receipts|||Payments||Payments||Adjustments|||balances|||Closingbalances||| |e1|**Badminton Group**|||||1||(1)|||||1|||||| |e2|**Church Flower Fund**||2,287|||1,832||455|||||664|||1,119||| |e3|**Friendship Guild**||351|||187||164|||||46|||210||| |e4|**Junior Church**|||||91||(91)|||||91|||||| |e5|**Over 60s Youth Club**||2,279|||2,476||(197)|||||465|||268||| |e6||||||||||||||||||| |e7||||||||||||||||||| ||Sub total of Internal|||||||||||||||||| |e8|Organisations funds||4,917|||4,587||330|||||1,267|**(e11)**||1,597|**(e12)**|| ||**Church accounts (totals**|||||||||||||||||| ||**brought forward from page**|||||||||||||||||| |e9|**2 - totals column)**||**90,745 **|**(a7)**||**102,818 **|**(b9)**|**(12,073)**|||**(c7)**||**51,751 **|**(c6)**||**39,678**|**(c8)**|| ||**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**|||||||||||||||||| |e10|**BY CHURCH**||**95,662**|||**107,405**||**(11,743)**|||||**53,018**|**(x)**||**41,275**|**(y)**|| ||Continue on a separate sheet
if necessary and bring the
totals forward||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||| ||**SECTION F**|||||||||||||||||| ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||||||||||||| |||||**OPENING**|||**CLOSING**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2019**|||**BALANCES**|||**BALANCES**||| |f1|Cash in hand|||277|||277||| |f2|BankCurrentAccount|||13,390|||8,867||| |f3|Bank DepositAccount||||||||| |f4|Central FinanceBoard|||24,963|||17,413||| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church|Purposes||13,121|||13,121||| |f6|Other funds||||||||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**|||**51,751**|(c6)||**39,678**|(c8)|| ||Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing||||||||| |f8|balance total from above) (e12)|||**1,267**|(e11)||**1,597**|(e12)|| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**|||**53,018**|(x)||**41,275**|(y)|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION G**|||At|||At||| |||||1 September 2019|||31 August 2020||| ||**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**||||||||| |g1|Investments (includeEndowments)|||81,941|||80,492||| |g2|Land &Buildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue)||||||||| |g3|Other Assets||||||||| |g4|Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend||||||||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||(7,200)|||(9,000)||| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 2015 Church R and P.xls ## **DECLARATIONS** ## **Treasurer** I confirm that I have prepared the accounts from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church Council **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature of Treasurer Date
29/10/2020
Name
Brian M Raper
Address
14 Barmoor Close, Scalby, ScarboroughYO13 0RZ
Presentation to the *Church Council for approval.
I confirm that the Accounts have been presented to the Church Council on 29/10/2020
and were approved.
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the meeting Rev Graham R Morgan
Date
29/10/2020
___________________________________________________________________________
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Westborough Methodist Church
This Report is on the Church Accounts for the year ended 31 [[st]] August 2020
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This Report is on the Church Accounts for the year ended 31[[st]] August ## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - Examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity - Commission (under Section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 4 of 5 2015 church R and P.xls ## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention ~~(other than that disclosed below*):~~ - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. _* Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply appropriate_ (3) I ~~have/h~~ ave not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes ("TMCP") or held in other Trusts, Bank balances and Funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church ("CFB"), which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. _* Please circle as appropriate_ Name Anne Mead BSc FCA Signature Relevant Professional qualification or body Chartered Accountant Address Ashby Berry Coulsons 2 Belgrave Crescent, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 1UB Date 02/11/2020 5 of 5 2015 church R and P.xls ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS ## Westborough Methodist Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2020 North Yorkshire Coast Circuit Circuit no 31 1133833 ## Registered Charity - Charity Registration number ## If not a registered charity **Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number** (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) ## Minister: ## Rev Graham Morgan Church Stewards: Mrs Wendy Brown Mr Brian Moore Mr John Hastings Mr Neil Mould Mrs Joyce Hollinghurst Mrs Isobel Plewes Treasurer: Mr Brian Raper Church R and P 2015.xls 1 of 5 ## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2019** ## **Westborough Church Methodist** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**37,074**
**1,916**
**22,464**
**29,291**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**37,074**
**1,916**
**22,464**
**29,291**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||37,074||**37,074**||45,167|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||1,916||**1,916**||2,782|| |a4|Lettings|||22,464||**22,464**||28,352|| |a5|Other receipts|||29,291||**29,291**||29,177|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**90,745**||**90,745 **|**(a7)**|**105,478**|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**|||||**36,000**
**5,300**
**11,325**
**17,034**
**21,732**
**11,427**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||36,000||**36,000**||36,000|| |b3|Donations|||5,300||**5,300**||5,000|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||11,325||**11,325**||22,745|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges,heating& lighting)|||17,034||**17,034**||18,340|| |b6|Employment Costs|||21,732||**21,732**||21,269|| |b7|Otherpayments|||11,427||**11,427**||16,084|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**102,818**||**102,818 **|**(b9)**|**119,438**|| |||||||**(12,073)**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**
**(a6-b8)**|||(12,073)||**(12,073)**||(13,960)|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||51,751||**51,751 **|**(c6)**|65,711|| |||||||**39,678**|||| |c3|**(c1+c2)**
**Sub total**|||39,678||**39,678**||**51,751**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||**(c7)**||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**39,678**||**39,678 **|**(c8)**|**51,751**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |d|**£**
**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**
**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**||||**£**
| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear||228||68| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||2,009||2,085| |d3|Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations||2,030||1,925| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)||**207**||**228**| 2 of 5 Church R and P 2015.xls Westborough Methodist **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page** Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2019 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. ||**INTERNAL**|||||||Net Receipts/|||||Opening|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**ORGANISATIONS**||Receipts|||Payments||Payments||Adjustments|||balances|||Closingbalances||| |e1|**Badminton Group**|||||1||(1)|||||1|||||| |e2|**Church Flower Fund**||2,287|||1,832||455|||||664|||1,119||| |e3|**Friendship Guild**||351|||187||164|||||46|||210||| |e4|**Junior Church**|||||91||(91)|||||91|||||| |e5|**Over 60s Youth Club**||2,279|||2,476||(197)|||||465|||268||| |e6||||||||||||||||||| |e7||||||||||||||||||| ||Sub total of Internal|||||||||||||||||| |e8|Organisations funds||4,917|||4,587||330|||||1,267|**(e11)**||1,597|**(e12)**|| ||**Church accounts (totals**|||||||||||||||||| ||**brought forward from page**|||||||||||||||||| |e9|**2 - totals column)**||**90,745 **|**(a7)**||**102,818 **|**(b9)**|**(12,073)**|||**(c7)**||**51,751 **|**(c6)**||**39,678**|**(c8)**|| ||**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**|||||||||||||||||| |e10|**BY CHURCH**||**95,662**|||**107,405**||**(11,743)**|||||**53,018**|**(x)**||**41,275**|**(y)**|| ||Continue on a separate sheet
if necessary and bring the
totals forward||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||| ||**SECTION F**|||||||||||||||||| ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||||||||||||| |||||**OPENING**|||**CLOSING**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2019**|||**BALANCES**|||**BALANCES**||| |f1|Cash in hand|||277|||277||| |f2|BankCurrentAccount|||13,390|||8,867||| |f3|Bank DepositAccount||||||||| |f4|Central FinanceBoard|||24,963|||17,413||| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church|Purposes||13,121|||13,121||| |f6|Other funds||||||||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**|||**51,751**|(c6)||**39,678**|(c8)|| ||Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing||||||||| |f8|balance total from above) (e12)|||**1,267**|(e11)||**1,597**|(e12)|| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**|||**53,018**|(x)||**41,275**|(y)|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION G**|||At|||At||| |||||1 September 2019|||31 August 2020||| ||**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**||||||||| |g1|Investments (includeEndowments)|||81,941|||80,492||| |g2|Land &Buildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue)||||||||| |g3|Other Assets||||||||| |g4|Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend||||||||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||(7,200)|||(9,000)||| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 2015 Church R and P.xls ## **DECLARATIONS** ## **Treasurer** I confirm that I have prepared the accounts from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church Council **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature of Treasurer Date
29/10/2020
Name
Brian M Raper
Address
14 Barmoor Close, Scalby, ScarboroughYO13 0RZ
Presentation to the *Church Council for approval.
I confirm that the Accounts have been presented to the Church Council on 29/10/2020
and were approved.
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the meeting Rev Graham R Morgan
Date
29/10/2020
___________________________________________________________________________
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Westborough Methodist Church
This Report is on the Church Accounts for the year ended 31 [[st]] August 2020
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This Report is on the Church Accounts for the year ended 31[[st]] August ## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - Examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity - Commission (under Section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 4 of 5 2015 church R and P.xls ## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention ~~(other than that disclosed below*):~~ - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. _* Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply appropriate_ (3) I ~~have/h~~ ave not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes ("TMCP") or held in other Trusts, Bank balances and Funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church ("CFB"), which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. _* Please circle as appropriate_ Name Anne Mead BSc FCA Signature Relevant Professional qualification or body Chartered Accountant Address Ashby Berry Coulsons 2 Belgrave Crescent, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 1UB Date 02/11/2020 5 of 5 2015 church R and P.xls