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Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit; Report to the Charity Commissioners for the year ended 31st August 2023

Governance

The Winchester Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit is part of the British Methodist Church. An Act of Parliament constitutes the Methodist Church. Its principal governing documents are the Deed of Union 1932 and the Methodist Church Act 1976. These together with other relevant governing documents can be found in The Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church.

The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes delegate responsibility to the Circuit Meeting for the effective deployment of the resources of ministry, which include people, property and finance as they relate to the Methodist Churches in the Circuit.

Trustee selection methods

All members of the Circuit meeting are trustees of Winchester Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit. The membership of the Circuit Meeting is prescribed in the Standing Orders of the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church.

Under the Standing Orders the following are ex officio members of the Circuit Meeting: 1. The Superintendent Minister, all Ministers, Deacons, probationers and persons authorized to serve the Church as Ministers or Deacons appointed to the Circuit

  1. Circuit Stewards, appointed annually by the Circuit Meeting.

Standing Orders also prescribe that:

  1. Where individuals have particular areas of expertise, for example property or finance matters, they may be appointed to the Circuit Meeting by the Circuit Meeting.

  2. The Secretary of the Local Preachers and Worship leaders Meeting is a member of the Circuit Meeting. The Local Preachers and Worship leaders Meeting appoints them to their office.

  3. Representatives from each local church, which should include the Senior Church Steward and the Church Treasurer, are members of the Circuit Meeting. Currently each local church is permitted additional members of the Circuit Meeting, based on the membership of each church. The Annual General Church Meeting of the local church appoints Church Stewards. The Church Council of the local church appoints Church Treasurers. Other representatives are elected from the membership of each churches respective Church Council 4. The Circuit Meeting can also choose to include other people to ensure all areas of the life of the Circuit are adequately represented.

A range of guidance for trustees, including "The Role of a Trustee in The Methodist Church", is produced by the Methodist Connexional office and is available on the Methodist Church website.

Structure and decision-making

The Circuit Ministers work as a team sharing responsibilities across the Circuit except that each presbyter has pastoral charge for one or more churches. The Circuit Leadership Team takes day-to-day management decisions.

The Circuit Meeting is the principle decision-making body responsible for the affairs of the Circuit and the development of circuit policy. It also acts as the focal point of the working fellowship of the churches in the Circuit, overseeing their pastoral, training and evangelistic work. It meets four times a year.

The Circuit stewards are responsible, with the Superintendent, the Presbyters, and Probationers appointed to the Circuit, for the spiritual and material well-being of the Circuit, and for upholding and acting upon the decisions of the Circuit Meeting.

~ the Circuit Stewards are responsible for bringing to the invitation committee and/or the Circuit Meeting as appropriate, proposals for invitations to ministers to serve or for presbyters to continue serving in the Circuit, and for conveying such invitations to the presbyters concerned. In the case of initial invitations the circuit stewards are responsible for conducting, on behalf of the Circuit, negotiations with ministers initiated by the District Chair.

Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit; Report to the Charity Commissioners for the year ended 31st August 2023

Circuit Leadership Team

The Circuit Leadership Team comprises the Superintendent Minister, all other ministers appointed to the Circuit, the Circuit Stewards, the Secretary of the Circuit meeting and the Circuit Treasurer. It meets between Circuit Meetings to:

~ discuss the life and work of the Circuit

~ formulate recommendations for the Circuit Meeting

~ carry out work on behalf of the Circuit meeting, where appropriate.

Circuit Relationships

Winchester Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit is part of the wider Methodist Connexion and is ultimately accountable to the Methodist Conference. The Methodist Conference stations every Presbyter. For mutual encouragement and help local Methodist churches are grouped together into Circuits, and the Circuits are then grouped into Districts. Winchester Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit is part of the Southampton District. The registered charity number of the Southampton District is 1134386.

Local Preachers and Worship Leaders Meeting.

This meeting consists of Presbyters, Student Ministers, Local Preachers and Worship leaders, who are members of local churches in the Circuit. They meet at least once a quarter to:

~ worship together and share fellowship

~ consider the state of the work of God in the Circuit and in particular issues of policy affecting the circuit plan of preaching appointments and circuit policy relating to worship ~ hold local preacher's accountable for their ministry

~ initiate and oversee a programme of continuing development

~ consider the suitability of and oversee the training of those who wish to become local preachers, and recommend people to the Circuit Meeting for appointment as local preachers ~ Consider the suitability of and training reports about those who wish to become worship leaders and advise the Church Council accordingly. Through their representatives they send a report to the Circuit Meeting.

Purposes

As part of the wider Methodist Connexion Winchester Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit share the purposes of the Methodist Church, set out in the Methodist Church Act 1976.They are and have been since the date of union the advancement of:

  1. the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church

  2. any charitable purposes for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church

  3. any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church

  4. any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.

The nature and purposes of Methodist Circuits are prescribed in the Standing Orders of the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church as follows:

~ The Circuit is the primary unit in which local churches express and experience their interconnexion in the Body of Christ, for purposes of mission, mutual encouragement and help

~ Presbyters, deacons and student ministers are stationed in the Circuit, and local preachers are trained, and admitted and exercise their calling

~ The Circuit is responsible for the effective deployment of the resources of ministry, which include people, property and finance, as they relate to the Methodist churches in the Circuit, to churches of other denominations and to participation in the life of the communities served by the Circuit, including local school and colleges, and in ecumenical work in the area including, where appropriate, the support of ecumenical Housing Associations

Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit; Report to the Charity Commissioners for the year ended 31st August 2023

~ As the Circuit is a member of the Methodist Missionary Society, it also promotes understanding of and support for the work of the Society to the end that every member may share actively in world mission.

Our Vision and Mission

The Circuit Vision is to enable us all to worship God and, in the power of the Holy Spirit, proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ.

MISSION STATEMENT OF THE WINCHESTER, EASTLEIGH & ROMSEY CIRCUIT

Religious Activities

Acts of worship and pastoral care. The Circuit produces a quarterly preaching plan to ensure regular acts of worship take place at each of the Methodist churches under its remit. These are open to all people, without charge. The Ministers have pastoral care for these churches. A lay Pastoral Visitor assists the minister at Chandlers Ford Methodist church & a further lay Pastoral Visitor assists the minister who has pastoral responsibility for Romsey and other churches in and around the edge of the New Forest by visiting the elderly, housebound, people in hospital etc. In 2021/22 this staff team was extended by the appointment of three Lay Pastors, who continue to serve the churches at Cadnam, Landlord (and former members of Canada Common and Wellow) and Alresford.

Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals. The Ministers offer baptisms, weddings and funerals at each of the local Methodist churches in the Circuit. These services are available at the discretion of the Minister.

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Work with Children, Youth, and Families in the local Community

By funding two lay workers (one part time and one full time) to focus on working with young people in the local Community the

Circuit supports the work done in the local churches to

~ create and strengthen relationships and help people along their life's journey

~ ensure people feel welcome and get a positive experience of Church life

~ encourage people to start and continue a journey into faith.

The year 2022/23

The Methodist year that commenced 01/09/2022 started with a service of welcome for the new Superintendent Minister, Rev Peter Rayson. In addition to his Superintendency responsibilities, Peter will also be the minister with pastoral responsibility for the congregations of Wesley Weeke with Kings Somborne and Alresford. The Circuit was also grateful to the Rev Gareth Hill, who agreed to extend his invitation by one further year making this his final year before “sitting down” (the Methodist description used for retirement). There were further changes in that Rev Ruth Fry became the sole minister at Chandlers Ford (having previously been co-minister with the Superintendent Minister who left in August 2022) and she also took over pastoral responsibility for the congregation of Colden Common with Twyford. Finally, Rev Kate Cambridge increased her time to 75% full time equivalent and took pastoral charge of the congregations of St Andrews, Eastleigh and Bishopstoke.

The Circuit meeting in September was advised that two Circuit stewards had stepped down. A vote of thanks was recorded for the service they had given the Circuit. This left the Circuit stewards team with two vacancies and over the year churches were tasked with suggesting replacements, but sadly as the

Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit; Report to the Charity Commissioners for the year ended 31st August 2023

year finished no such volunteers has been found, despite a presentation from the Senior Circuit Steward at the subsequent June meeting.

The September Circuit meeting heard that the previous proposal that Wellow church would merge with Romsey was no longer viable and that the church would close. This was agreed and the Circuit would take responsibility for the building going forward.

The September meeting was also delighted to learn that Romsey church was looking to appoint a part time lay worker to mainly work with families and supported their approaching the district for grant funding.

The March meeting noted the retirement of the Circuit Administrator, Marilyn Pack and as she was unable to attend through ill health issued a warm letter of thanks for the many years’ service that she had given both this Circuit and the Romsey Circuit before the merger. The June meeting welcomed Sonia Craig as the new part time administrator following an advert for the role and interviews in line with Methodist recruitment requirements.

The Circuit Strategy was reviewed specifically in March at the Circuit meeting and the Superintendent Minister, and the Senior Circuit Steward led the meeting through an update on progress and reflected on the priorities post Covid. This was mainly around the need to focus on growth in spirituality, mission and attendance. This lead to a review of the Circuits opportunities in the “New People, New Places” initiative across the connexion and work will continue across the Circuit to identify specific ones with potential input from the District.

The March meeting was also advised that the vacancy for a minister covering Romsey, Cadnam and Landford was not filled in Stationing and would therefore remain unfilled until at least September 2024. In the subsequent June meeting, the Circuit learnt while a fresh profile will be submitted to find a minister in the November stationing round, Rev Kate Cambridge had very kindly agreed to increase her hours to full time for one year and take on pastoral charge of Romsey, Cadnam and Landford churches. She will be supported by the part time lay pastors and the part time lay worker.

The Circuit continues to drive a strong Eco agenda and in particular to achieve EPC rates down to “c” or better in all Circuit manses.

The sale of the chapels at West Wellow and Nomansland are under way but this is a lengthy process and the recruitment odf a property steward remains a high priority.

Finally, the year ended with a service of farewell for Rev Gareth Hill as he “stepped down” and moves to South Wales with his wife Joy to start their retirement together.

CIRCUIT Accruals Accounts 2022-23 THE METHODIST CHURCH REPORT AND ACCOUNTS IACCRUALS BASIS) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit Reglstered Charlty- charity Registratlon n￿rn￿r 1134173 Southampton Distri Cirojil no 26102 MinSst8rs RWd Peter Rayson ISup8rfniendenll Revd Ruth Fry Re¢d Tim Seade Rewd Ka¢e Cambrfdge Clrcult st￿ards Titn Clifford John Evans Matk Downer Paul Yarrion Peter Ford Clrcuil Troasur8r Don Sitno page l of 14

Winchester. Ea5Ueigh & Romsey Methodist CirGuit CircuitNo 26102 ststement of Financial Activities ISOFAI for tho year ended 31 August 2023 NotèÈ t CkvJ1t OP51g￿th￿ Genw•lFMd G¥￿￿F￿nd (Prowl IUweBlpSrterfJ IUnroslrfth0 lurrf•slrt¢ioai RO￿1￿[tOd Fund% To IW2.23 Funds Incorne 1785 11,4 9M70 4 |nvestrnortProwÈ S ¢afvl Re￿p 7 Q￿rC￿Trtabkn1￿c￿￿ 41NO 41.$¢0 9 TOPAI Expenditure Péw¢ 1785 464EBI 228,&5¢ 14T50 Z512 11 Slaff ar￿ PtÈ3crwExpeM 1179) 2,842 PAI&•i 107.180 ID7.160 14 GranL%and 15 1l159kn&0￿Èa 15 C+4then& Prwrty 17 Prop8rtyknsurw8 174 RentP& 29.297 12230 GenErnI 19 Po&4¢ 20 ￿￿￿rEquip￿￿L SDftwam&Rw 21 CoMÈxH3IAsgesgm•rt&Mrth T[￿￿L 22 Ex￿lm￿F9￿9 2J Wp55Wf•ts 24 TglephDM ¥4 ITht￿ 12.2 1239 IN34 IA53 1.920 11. 1612 28 otherow￿45 28 427,481 Zg fjw•Ee¥ion 51 Nèt1nttThTrfeXp•ffldN￿li J2 TiaD5ferSbeiv￿￿Iul￿ Oth?r9air&llossesl 4$ 112.1671 11.120 18 4245 I￿.119 20Z SB,104 4639 148.617 TLalfvntFs ￿¥￿tf¢￿1rd 2,3651 2.707A93 37 TvtslfundB&Yrbao10rt4rd 136&NO 17Qm3 06 I￿.2S6 iY44¥85 py2of14

Wintrhesier. Eastleigh & Romsey Melhodrsl Circult 26m2 statamgnt of Financial A￿vItIeS ISOFAI for tho year ended 31 August 2022 Not#s¢o I￿u￿￿O￿l D4sl9nth G•￿•r￿ FiTh1 G¢npralFw Trusl Iopwtyi (Unre5￿cledl lunro#rk ft•strf<Fd Tot Fund 2921• Incomè 1 Asséssmthtsw¢thhB 2 onnab￿art¢ Le44cips 3 InrOrnpfr￿￿ MonBLarylrNésbiiÈhts 4t4.728 474.ll6 274 7 Olhèrchaikblg Inty 27,9)7 37A07 4431a 274 Expendlture 451687 10 ￿>￿5￿dAvE0Cl5IedC0%ts 11 12 TraInI￿ 22r.171 14.sn 142 7.ITt 14.577 3,420 IW.120 106.120 10.250 15 &Outrp4th 16 Chldron&y￿I￿w0rk pmpvAy 17 Pwty 17? RefitP4ld 18 PfopèrtY￿Ith￿ 18246 21. 432 S)￿14 376 19 8athS, p￿1￿￿￿￿$, Pth￿. & stthn 20 compu￿E￿LI￿1￿lBnt.sO(1￿&R￿￿5 21 Con1￿￿31A55e5￿￿ts Trn•i Lpvy 22 Exa￿rL￿￿ F 23 ￿¥sP￿SSI￿nI1Ie 24 1.577 4.321 25 SbtrnIw&Rerrth￿E￿pQn$o￿ 26 4,321 &594 27 Deprttlthn T•tslExp•ffl¢Wiw• 44369 &257 QJS 449,EGI 31 NptlrK4xn•ll#xPW￿tuwE) 3Z Trdnsfet& 14J851 4.Q3 9,91 4114 33 19.403 11284 137.363 34 NEtfflowmèht ￿l￿nds 35 To￿1￿¢i￿O￿rtfarwwd IS.￿? 14gBJI 63.(07 2.265.(K 112.720 2fi78,170 27 T&laiiubvJ9¢4rrkd IDr*A 13B4 1￿778 148.617 2.707,499 p3ge301

Winchestèr, Ea5tleigh & Romsoy Methodist Cireuit Clrtuit No z&oz Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2023 General Fund IVrttsÉlriÈtsdl DwPJned Ftsrtds Iuntpwlrfrtgdj R•Étfftct•d Fund Tots 202112Z Trusts (Unr#sbl¢W Funds Account Fkn•d$6•ts CircuitNlanses& Equiw•RI 2,36S.000 2.365.th) 2.365.000 1365,QQO Z.J6&0aO 2,384QOO Curr•nthJs•ts 11.026 11.026 Loarhstythe InvpslnntsvffihfMCP CentralFl￿n￿ 80afdDa￿lq S8,306 5a104 241.66Y 39.737 358.610 1M256 294.420 32.720 39É.4r4 32.nD 184,909 rolalcurr•d>l•ss•ts ¥306 151256 Curf•ntltsbl&6è& crgd¢0rJl￿e I￿￿￿0r l yo¥) GranLptyÉbl8wilhinZD1&19 rof4lcuFYontNabNIIIÈs 14A87 14087 14.8B7 381.5US 5B,306 1SI2SE J42A9S rol#l455otsl¢¥s CurrryntM•b￿{•5 15$6,022 306 154256 2,746.SJS 2,707A99 Lon8 teim Irèbilitk (due aftermorethèn GraThtsPa B aft￿201&19 Nelas5&ts 2,S35,022 58.306 1S3356 17d6.585 2,707,499 Fundsof th•Ckcult Gér￿1 Furf Iproptyl 2J65.QCQ 179.022 2.3es.I 2J65.OOD 135.778 58.10 CIr￿rt￿gI TwslFur¥J IUDre51rictedl FL￿￿{Un￿Str￿￿dI 58.306 58.306 153.256 2,746,$8S 2.7fr7099 Furds TolalRrnds 2.535,022 153256 2,748.U5 1707.499 Signed Circuit T P3ge40114

Notes to the Accounts Winchester. EaS￿eigh & Rorn5ey Methodist Circuit 1 Basis of accounting The finanual Stslemenis have been wepaied the Chanli8s Act 2011 in accordan￿ vAth Ihe 2014 vtrr5￿n of AcGounting and Rfrporting by Charit￿5. StatemÈnL of Recommended PtsclKe ISORPI applwble to chariiies preparing their accounts in accorfancg FRS102- the ￿arItIeS SORP IFRS1021 and ta￿￿9 note of the Update Bull8tin 1 15su8d in 2016. 2 Funds The fund5 held conslilute.. General Funds hehy forany putpose of the Clrcuit vthich are Unrestricted. The Circuit Model Trn$t Fund ha5 wde puiposes defined in Slafiding Orders and 1$ ¢atryori5ed as unrestri¢tsd. Desi9naled funds l Note 161 whe5e the Gircuit Meetsry has desiwated fund$ fora defind purpose. Reslricled funds are held for a specffi¢ ￿rp￿￿. There are no End0¥￿nI funds. D91aiLs of each materfal fund arg discbswj in Ihe fird nots lo ihese accounts. Any fur￿5 may be representsd by more Ihanlusi ¢a$h. 3 A¢eounJng pollcles Basis These accounts have been prepared ihe basis of historical cost except that investments are 5hovm al their tTrarkel value al the ènd of the year. ￿ the arGrua15 basis lo Sh￿ s Itue and fair of the cIrGu￿.5 financ￿1 [￿l￿On and activitses. In¢oming Resources InrAme Is in¢luded in the Stslemenl of Financial Actwities ISOFAI ¥vhen the CiiGuiI beetsr(s Ènliued to the res¢ur¢8s. and the Irusiee$ are reasonably (rtaln Ihgy VAII recwve the reswr¢es". and the mone&gry valut can k measured wlh suffKienl ￿liabl￿ty. Resources Exp&nd8d This is reco9nised when a li8￿1￿ k% Intyjrred. or a r£ffistruGtive obfigalion arises. that result$ in thp payment Wng unavoidable. Liabilities are recognised as 500n as Bn wtllow of ecortomiG b9Defil is considered rnore likely than not under the legal or co￿struCtive rtAigaUon Commitbng kne Circuit lo pay out resourtes. Grants Grants made by the Cir(xit Irom hs fund5 are rewgnised in full at the bme of agreemanl or then the CArcu accepts ihal there Ig a18gal or operstiwal obligai¥Jn lo make Ihe paytn9nl. VAT Since the Clr¢uh ￿ not VAT wlskred. all input VAT & ¢harged the exws¢s towhth k refers. Tanglblg flxed a53ets for u58 by the Clrcult Tangib￿ fmed assets arè ￿pita￿Sed rf thèy ¢aD bo used for more than on8year. and C091 At ￿8￿1 ES00. Thg freehdd pr¢p&rty is Sho¥￿ in Ihg accoullls at 2015 deemed values. of whl¢h th8 land componenl deemed lo be £465,000 No 6epie￿aIIon is provided on building ￿ause the Iruslees c(x)$lder the ￿rrent resldual fair value of the manse Wllding$ lon the gssJmpknon that il had reaehed Ihe end of its useful ety)nomic life ty the yearndl to be not less than its current value. Any de￿E￿all￿n would noi bé mate￿al. The propety has been reviewed for Impairmenl.. Invostmant Properties Investment prop8rtsas- propety 1$ twenuy deerned to b8 held for the I￿ tgrtn purposes of thE tharity. Invstmonts Inve5trnenls are valued in the b¥lan¢e Sheet al markei value ai the year end. Invesknenl income Is Ind￿d￿ in the ac¢¢un15 when recavaUe and any gains or10s$o$ on revaluati(m al the year end are sho¥vn Ill the SOFA. Debtors and Prepaym&nts The pr8paymenl included in ￿e accounts is mainly in respEEI of the Ministers. stipend Creditors Creditw¥ Incbyjg sundry expeTrses recewed in August. page 5 of 14

Notes to the Accounts- cont.1 Winchester, Easdei h & Romse Methodist Circuit 4 Income from monetsry investments Circuit Model Ttust Fund 2023 2022 Total UnrestrKted Designated Reslricted Total Central Finance Board CAF 82nk TNICP 9,592.42 77.45 9.592.42 77.45 1,820.27 3.Q80 1,820.27 274 Total 9.670 1.820 11.4go 5 Other trading actlvlties al Mans8 on short-tsrm l¢1 Model Ttust Fund 2023 Total 2022 Total un￿$trI￿ed Designated Resirfcted Dorian Grove Horton Heath Ladywwd Hofflefield Total 20740 20740 14950 6557 160W 19200 1700 41,640 192( 170D 41,640 37,507 bl nt) othor aclivltl88 to report 6Trustees and Key Porsonnel Th& Superintendant of Ihe Circuit, othei presbyt&rs and the remainng Tpembers of the Glrcuit Leadershlp Team ICLTI ar8 considered Key Personnel. The Superinlend8nt chair5 meetings al the CLT and Circuit Meeting. Th? membets of the Circuit Meeting are the Trustees of the Circuit. Sipends. employe¢s Nl. employe¢s penston contributions and other 8xpenses of the Presby￿S are paid by thB Circuit. Three Trustee5 are employee5 of the Circuit. Ther?were no payment5 made to Iruslees fr)r addilb)nal serviE8s pro¥￿e￿ to the Circuit by agreementwth the Circuit Meeting. this excludes stipends. Trustee expensas 2022123 12 £13,825 2021122 Number of Trustees Total amount £10,264 Expense payrrEnt5 wmarily rdate to reimbursement for travel and computsrrfj t￿St$ 7 Fees for examinatlon or audit of the accounts 2022123 2021122 Ind8penLlent examin8rf5 or auditors, fees fty reporting the a¢Lounls Other fee5 leg.. advice. accountancy swvicesl pald to the independent examiner or audilDr 1920 1920 NIL NIL page 6 of 14

Notes lo the Awounls - conlj Winchester, Easllei h & Romsey Melhodisl Circuit 8 Stlpgnds. Salaries and othor Employee costs al Staff Costs pald during th• yoar were: 2022123 2021122 Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind 187.400 183.313 Employer's Nat￿￿81 Insurar￿8 fxJ$15 12,545 11,686 Pen5v)n costs 28.909 31.777 Total 5tsff costs 228.854 226.776 Average number of employeas In the year wer&: 14 15 The FiguRs include tninislerial 8tipÈnds. lay worker and adminl$tration staff . The lolal number of people 15 14- equivalent FfE bÈing 7.15 No minister, deacon, or employee re￿Wed b8n8fits of more than £60,000. There 15 no accru31 for holiday pay as il is thtrwlerial. The Holiday ￿r end 18 31stAugusl. l of the minister5 and dea¢on5 are member5 of the Methodist Ministers Pension Scheme IMMPSI. Thi8 18 a dèfined benef scheme. The Suprerne Court hdd in 2014 that Melhodist Ministers (which term includes presbyters and deacons) a￿ not employeÈs of Ihe chu￿h, For simplicily. when dealing with National Insuranc& and Pension eontribulions, the lerms'employerf and '&mployee' are used 3S they wtyjld be in an èmploying bC￿y. Contribution8 to this scheme total £27,16412022 £30,330) Lay Workers are contraGlual employee5 and have the option ofjoining a pension scheme which the Circuit has arrangad under Ihtr Nest schem&. Thi5 is a definÉd conlribjtion sthem8. contributio￿ for the year lotallèd £1.745- 12022 £1,745) bl MlnlstÈrial Costs- URC Presbyter The Circuit has a URC presbyter. eonlracted uThler an LEP agreemÈnl. and make5 a conlrjbution tuNards the URC Church rnln13terial tosts IM&M FurKII of £45,06012022 was £45.0641 9 TangibEg Flxed Assets Cost or valua￿on Payments on account and asstrts undor ¢onstrucUo Fixlures, Flivngs and Equlpmant Other Bulldlngs Land Mans86 Totsl Balance brought hwd. Addrtws 465,5(Kl 1.899.500 2.365.000 RevalualiMs 1*1-1 Disposal$ l_l Transfers l+l-I 8alanGe carried hvd. 465,￿0 1,899.500 2.365.OiX) page 7 of 14

Notes lo the Accounts- conLI Winchester, Easllei h & Romse Methodist Circuit 9 Tangible Fixed Assets - contJ AccUM￿lat&d DÈpre¢i#tion- stralght linp Iw15 Payments on a¢count and assets under constructlo Fixtures, Filtings and Equlpmont other Building5 Land MansÈs Total Balance breught fwd. Addit￿￿5 ReValuat￿n51+l-I Disposals l_l Transfers l+l-I Balance carrRd fwd. Net book Value Balanc8 brought fwd. Balance carr￿d fbvd. 465.500 1.899.5 2.365,000 465.500 1,899.5( 2.365.WO The manses are in¢luded at Va￿allon either from a professional unconnected valuerlsl or insurance documentation at August 2015. The valuation of the residential land is that on which the rnanses ar& built. 10 Investment Assets The Circuil has no investment properties or other inve8tm&nl as$ets. 12022- £Nill. 11 Analysls of Current Assets 2022123 2021122 Debtors & Prepayments Prepald Stlpend5 Ac¢ruod Income Other Debtors & Pr8payment$ Totsl Dobtors & Prepaym8nts 10,176 12.851 850 11.026 6.251 19.102 Ca3h al the bank CAF Bank CFB TMCP 32.721 294.420 58,306 39,737 241.667 58.104 Total Cash Held 385.446 339.508 included £8.090 re Wellow MC reGEved 01109122 page 8 of 14

Notes to the Accounts- ¢ont.I Winchester, Easuei h & Romse Methodist Circuit 12 Analysis of Current Liabilitles and Long Tem Creditors 2022r23 2021122 Defer￿d In¢om¢ Irom Churches Soclal Socurlty & Oihet Taxation Other Credltor5 antl Accruals Total Current Llabllltlès 2.166 12.508 1.437 10.789 4.098 14.887 13 Capital Commitments and Contlngent Liabilties At the 31stAugust 2023 there are no upilal commitments12022- £Nill No Contirqent Liabllilies were identified al 31$1 August 2023 12022- £Nill 14 Loans At the 31stAugust 2023 Ihe Cirwll ha5 no Loans12022- £Nill 15 Post balance Sheet Events There w8r8 no post balance sheet evenl5. 16 Legal Forni The Chanty is a PuUlc 8enefil entity. The Charity is Wllstituted under Parli2m8ntary Acl and kg Registered a5 8 Rdigious Organisation Ihe Chariknes Commiss 17 The Trustees conslder that there are currently no material uncertainties about the Charitles ability to eontinue to function. Page 9 of 14

Notestoth# Attounts.wnU WNchesier. E4sVe h&RomseyMethudtsi clie￿ IB Otyi•iW an*tysls on Indlvldual fund rnovemonts 2021123 Op•nlr Trlffls￿r$ Incomlny Funds Fund¥ ExpEndBd T￿nsfe Unrestrklqd Gtn• Praperty 2.3B5PYJ 1J&77È 2.SOX77 2.36 r<4alG•nt￿Fuftll 451￿5 -11,120 JQ6 rtA￿V￿￿tFU￿d.￿UpwlfoTPr￿tt 5upwtFwd FkThsvRwr Fu 6.9B5 S￿￿1¢¢G￿￿￿￿5￿￿è5K￿￿toc0v1D 7.324 Chil￿￿￿&Y￿￿￿￿rkFwd 1.993 6.yg pwrtClthenB￿dYw1￿w￿rkDTthe SuppDrtfOrM￿￿n&nd FU￿d&￿a5￿fe￿3yp￿￿8ddIl￿B[￿￿rnL 5thD&¢￿v￿a￿FUAd Lawx%8rFund nBI 8,5$1 16.7& Wel 19.403 300 <915 4T ISa256 2,74SIS Rtttrtcted Funds To £2.2W Ea,TTO paEÈ 100114

Now¥ ￿th¢A¢(￿D￿-￿￿￿ Win¢ester, Éasle & RornsBy 18 Dolalled anatysl$ on Indlvldyal fund mov•montS contl 2021122 ope￿￿ll B•larK• Translots Intomln9 Funds ExPer￿e Trèrisfqrs Clos5r larK• eof Fufid u￿￿51r￿*Ed ZJ55.LVJD 112.720 ZATT.710 3.365.1 I￿.7T8 I.WD,TT8 4S3.313 5131J 14J4.JsYI 4114 53.037 51,10¢ SLwortFv141 lan5BRBpBirFurd 3J (3.FYI T￿n￿w￿F￿ 1ldrtsTh&Y￿thw¢lkF￿ .94 47.7T4 11.4¢4 19, 47.714 15389 NDm8nWr 19.103 14JM17 472,990 14115511 1707,499 R¢sIrtc1￿ Fur paÈe 11 af 14

Winchester, Easllei h & Romse Methodist Circuit 19 Chapel Buildings under Circuit Control The Circuit Meeting aot as managlng trustees for the following chapel buildings in the Circuit where the local society h88 closed. The buildings are held on Model Tru$ts and the custodian trustegs, holding legal tiue for the property are the Trustees for Melhodisl Church Purposes ITMCPI. Nomansland Methodist Church Forest Road, Nornansland, Salisbury. Wilts. SP5 2BP Insured Value ol the Buildings Methodist Insurancel= £752,131 Wellow Methodist Church Wesl Wellow Methodist Church, Maurys Lane. Wesl Wellow, Romsey, Hants, S0516DA Insured Value of the Buildings [with Methodist Insurancel = £517,427 Canada Common Methodlst Church Canada Cornmon, West Wellow. ROMSEY S0516DH Insured Value of the Buildings Iwith Methodist Insurancel £408,278 The Canada Common Church Society closed 31st August 2022 wth final funds 01 £5,688.51 transferred lo th8 Circuit in September Signed Signed Treasurer Rev'd Peter Ray50n Superintendent Minister page 12 of 14

Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey Methodist Circuit DECLARATIONS Treasurer I confimi that these accrual based accounts frir the year ended 31st August 2023 have been prepared from the records ol the Circuit and that th8y include funds under the control ol the Circuit meets.ng Signature of Treasurer Date.. Name ofTreasurer Don n5 Address Woodley Dene Braishfield Road ROMSEY S051 7NZ Presentation to tho Clrcult Meetlng for approval. I confimi that the annual rewl and accounts foi the year ending 31st August 2023 been presented to the Circuit Meeting at ifs meetin9 on-_ and were approved. Date.. i¥/¥/z Signature of the Chaii of the meeting Name ol the Chair of the meeting R8¢d Peter Rayson Dat8.. Independent Exarninerfs Report to the Trustees of the Winchester. Eastleigh & Roms8y Methodlst Clreuit This Report is on the Circuit Account5 for the year ended 31 August 2023 Re5pectiV8 responsibilities of Trnstees and Examiner Th8 C1￿ul1,3 trustees are responsible for ensuring that the annual report and accounts for the year tts 31st August 2023 present 8 true and faTr view of the Circuit's income and expenditure for the year and ol its assets and liabilitie5 at the balanc8 sheet date. The trustee5 consider that an audit is not necessary for this year under $e¢tion 144 of the Charitses Act 2011 Ith& Charities Act) and that independ&nl examinatlon is needed. As independent Examiner it is my responsibility to.. Examine the accounts und8r Section 145 01 the Charities Act to follow th8 procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission lunder Section 14515llbl of the Charities A¢tl, and to state whether partiular tnarters have come to my attention. page 13 of 14

Winchester, Eastleish & Romsey Methodist Circuit Basis of Independenl Examinerfs Report My examination was ¢arr¢ed 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 compaiison of the a¢¢ounls 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. Thè pro¢edures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion 15 given as lo whether the accounts present a 'lrue an￿ fail, view and the report is limited lo those mallers sel out in the statement below. Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come lo my attention (other than that 111 which gives me reasonable cause lo believe Ihat in any material respect the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance wth section 130 of the Charities Act.. . to prepare accounts which accord wth the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met., or {21 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 131 I have I have not" obtained independent veiificalion of all inveslrnents wlh the Tru51ees for Methodist Church Purposes I"TMCP'I or held in other Trusts, Bank balances and Funds al the Central Finan￿ Board of the Methodist Church I'CFB"). which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) al the balance sheel date. . Please circl& as appropriate Name of independent examiner David Gamblln ACA Signature Relevant Profossional qualification of examiner ICAEW Name of firm (whère appropriatel David Gamblln Chartered Accountants Address 71 The Hundred ROMSEY S05188Z Oale page 14 of 14