## |Trustee name|(oNce ifany)||Trustee name|(office ifany)|Trustee name|ioNce Ifany)| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Rev. J Dyer (Chairperson)||A|Mr KTurner||Mrs i Pope|| |Rev. KKerchal|||MrJBClaydon||Mr P Plant|| |Rev. JSmith|||Mrs SBowyer||Mrs J Shaw|| ||||Mrs P Turner||Mr N Holdcroit|| |Mr P Owen||||||| |Ms H Snashall|||Mr R Blurton||Mrs A Stanyer|| |Mr
I Websell|||Mr TTideswell||Mr G Bennett|| |Mrs EScott|||Mr D Floyd||Mr K Prosser|| |Mr H Bowyer|||Mr EHambleton|||| |Mrs SCooke|||Mrs L Lawton||Mrs L Bould|| |Mrs C Foster|||||Miss C Rowe|| |Mrs JSpeed|||Mr D Broad||MrJTildsley|| |Mrs L Parker|||Mr R Perry||Miss P Baker|| |Mrs K Roberts
Mrs0Brooks|||Mrs J Machin||Miss SRay|| ||||Mrs D Williams||Mrs BWhiston|| |Mrs J Dolan|||Miss G Deakin||Mr G Simcock|| |Mrs D Fenton|||Mr P Meredith||Mr JSmith|| |Mr A Hickerman|||Mrs
I Sant||Mrs 8 Wilson|| |Mr D Wright|||Mrs BBarnes|||| |Mrs A Flavell|||Mrs M Rowley|||| |Mrs D Boulton|||Mrs M Joynson|||| |Names and addresses
ofadvisers
(Optional
information)|Names and addresses
ofadvisers
(Optional
information)|Names and addresses
ofadvisers
(Optional
information)||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Type ofadviser
Name||Address||||||||| |Name ofchief executive or names ofsenior staff members||||(Optional||information)||||| ||~
s|~ ~||||~||~||| |Description ofthe charity's trusts||||||||||| ||Type of governing
document
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lit( n)|Deed OfUnion (1932)and|Methodist||Church||Act (1976)|||| ||How the charity is constituted
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eg eppnintett
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tiy|Appointed
by local churches
Ministers
are automatically||and existing trustees
trustees||||||| |Additional
governance
issues (Optional
information)||||||||||| |You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant,
about:||Induction/Training
t Range ofguidance produced by Methodist|||||Connexion.|||| |||0 Lest)ct 'The Role ofaTrustee in The Methodist|||||||Church'|given to each| |~|policies and procedures|trustee.||||||||| ||adopted for the induction
and|||||||||| ||training oftrustees;|Structure||||||||| |~|the charity's
organisational|t Part ofthe Chester and|Stoke on Trent District.|||||||| ||structure
and any wider|t Accountable
to the Methodist
Conference.||||||||| ||network
with which the chadtty|||||||||| ||works;|Risks||||||||| |~|relationship
with any related|t Considered
by the Circuit||Leadership||Team.||||| ||parties;|s Take professional
advice||as required.||||||| |~|trustees'
consideration
of|t Regular review process.||||||||| ||major risks and the system|s Adopted
Safeguarding|Policy snd ensured||||it|is rolled out||to the| ||and procedures
to manage|churches||||||||| ||them.|||||||||| ||||The purpose ofthe Methodist
Church
is and shall be deemed
to have| |---|---|---|---| ||||been since the Date ofUnion the advancement
of:| ||||a) The Christian
faith in accordance with the doctrinal
standards
and| ||||discipline ofThe Methodist
Church;| |Summary
ofthe objects
charity set out in its
governing
document||ofthe|b) Any charitable
purpose for the time being ofany Connexional,
District, Circuit. local or other organisation
ofThe Methodist
Church;| ||||c) Any charitable
purpose
for the time being ofany society or| ||||institution
subsidiary
or ancillary
to The Methodist
Church;| ||||d) Any purpose for the time being ofany charily being a charity| ||||subsidiary
or ancillary
to The Methodist
Church.| ||||The Circuit began the year with eleven churches
(though
hvo ofthe| ||||smaller ones then decided not to reopen afier the Covid lockdown).
In| ||||'normal
times' each ofthe churches
runs weekly services ofworship.| ||||These are open to all people, without
charge. The Circuit also in normal| ||||times provides
preachers for Sunday services at the Claybourne
care| ||||home run by Methodist
Homes for the Aged.
In addition,
the ministers of| ||||the Circuit undertake
baptisms,
weddings
and funerals (the last ofwhich| ||||ofcourse continued
throughout
the pandemic),
both for Methodist| |Summary
ofthe main|||members
and any others who request them,| |activities undertaken|for|the|| |public benefit in relation||to|In normal times, each ofthe churches
runs or supports
various activities,| |these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration
that trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit)|||including
fellowship
and Bible Study groups, children's
activities, a youth
club, lunch clubs, and a foodbank,
and fundraising
for a variety of
charities including
Christian
Aid, Action for Children,
All We Can (the
Methodist Relief and Development
charity)
and Methodist
Homes for the
Aged.
In addition,
the Circuit runs awinter Night Shelter in Burslem,
which in normal
times accommodates
people who would otherwise be
sleeping rough.
Many church members
are involved
as volunteers
on site,| ||||or in cooking and delivering
meals.| ||||During 2020-21, some ofthese activities had to be temporarily
paused,| ||||while others were able to continue throughout.
This will be detailed
in| ||||Section D. Since Easter 202), almost all the activities that were paused| ||||have been gradually
reopening
and recovering.| ||||We confirm that the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's| ||||idance on
ublic benefit.| |Additional
details of|objectives||and activities (Optional
information)| |You may choose to include
further statements,
where
relevant,
about:|||The Circuit Model Trust Fund had abalance at the year end of
August 2021 off329,698.01. This fund derives from sales ofchapels and
menses.
In addition,
a sum off460,890.04 from legacies was also held on| |~
policy on grantmaking;|||the Model Trusts.
Model Trust funds are restricted by| |~
policy programme
investment;|related||the Conference. This restriction
is an internal
regulation
though
the fund
can be used for a variety ofpurposes. f288,080.78 was held on permanent| |~
contribution
made
volunteers.|by||endowments,
mainly
in one large endowment
for the relief ofpoverty.
The income from this fund is used for the support ofthe Night Shelter and
foodbank,
and other local charitable
causes.| ||~|~|||i
~
~
~| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|||||In September 2020, the previous
Superintendent,
Rev Christopher
Ambler,
moved on, and a new Superintendent,
Rev Jennifer Dyer, came| ||||||into post. At the time, the country was gradually
emerging
from the first| ||||||Covid-19 lockdown,
and most ofour churches restarted
worship
in| ||||||September 2020. They were obliged to stop worship
again during| ||||||November,
and then again from January to March 2021. All the churches| ||||||reopened
for worship on Easter Sunday 4s April 2021 and have continued| ||||||open since.| ||||||A weekly service ofworship
and a Bible Study group moved onto Zoom| ||||||while they were not possible 'in-person',
and the Bible Study group has| ||||||remained
on Zoom. Some activities were able to continue throughout
the| ||||||pandemic: for instance support
and volunteering
for the foodback, and for| ||||||the Night Shelter. The Night Shelter was not able to provide its usual| ||||||dormitory-style
accommodation,
but changed
its modus operandi
to| ||||||providing
takeaway
meals, and supporting
with food those accommodated| ||||||by the local authority
in hotels.
Literally thousands ofmeals were| ||||||supplied
in this way on Wednesday
and Saturday
evenings over the| ||||||course ofthe year.| ||||||Other activities, such as lunchclubs
and children's
groups, were obliged to| ||||||close for an extended period during the pandemic,
but have been| ||||||gradually
reopening
and recovering since Easter 2021.| ||||||Sadly, two ofour (numerically)
smaller churches decided not to reopen| ||||||aficr lockdown.
The first was Longport Methodist
Church.
The members| ||||||dispersed to other churches,
and the building
was put on the market
and| ||||||sold in June 2021. The second was Ball Green Methodist
Church.
Since| ||||||the building
there is relatively
new and in good condition,
we are hoping| ||||||to sell or lease it to another worshipping
congregation
or community| ||||||group| ||||||Shortly afier the start ofthe year, we received an approach
from the| ||||||Stoke-on-Trent
(South) Circuit to consider amerger.
This had been| ||||||discussed before but not brought to a conclusion.
We held a number of| ||||||meetings
to discuss the financial
and mission implications
ofamerger,| ||||||and then on 6~ July 2021 our Circuit Meeting voted unanimously
for the| ||||||merger, which will take place from September 2022.| |Briefstatement
charity's
policy||||ofthe
on reserves|In the light ofthe pandemic,
the Stoke on Trent North Circuit has
reviewed
its Reserves Policy and now seeks to hold a sum equivalent
to at| ||||||least 6 months'
average expenditure.
This should be sufficient to meet any| ||||||unforeseen
item ofmajor expenditure
on menses and Ior to be able to| ||||||continue,
in the short term, funding
planned
activities in the event ofthe| ||||||closure ofa large church or an inability to raise the full Circuit| ||||||Assessment
from churches.| ||||||The Circuit is aware that it holds more in Model Trust Funds than is| |TAR|||||Aug202t| ## ## ## ## ## ||||Notes to|||Circuit Model|Designated||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||the|General|Fund|Trust|Funds||Restricted||Endowment||Total| ||||accounts|(Unrestricted)||(Unrestricted)|(unrestricted)||Funds||Funds||2020-21| |||||E||E|E||E||E||E| |income|||||||||||||| |1
Donations
and tegacies|||||30||||||||30| |2
Income from monetary
Investments|||||62|7,878|||||||7,940| |3
Income from investment|properties||||5,596||||||||5,596| |4
Assessments
on Churches||||123,843|||||||||123,843| |5
Capital Receipts||||||136.253|||||||136,253| |6
Grants received|||||0||||||||0| |7
Other charitable
income|||||20,535|1,173|||||||21,708| |8 Total Income||||150,066||145,304||||0||0|295,370| |Expenditure|||||||||||||| |9 Grants and donations|||||||||||||0| |10Salaries and associaied|costs|||.133,681|||||||||133,681| |11Propeny maintenance|||||11,807||||||||11,807| |12Connexlonal
assessment|&|model trust|levy|||34,288|||||||34,288| |13Distr/ct Assessment
&Levy|||||35,072|10,241|||||||46,313| |14Depreciation|||||121||||||||121| |15Ogice expenses|||||4,242||||||||4,242| |16Other outgoings|||||11,992|23,006|||||||34,998| |17Total charitable
expenditure||||196,915||67,535||0||0||0|264,450| |18Gains/(losses)
on monetary||investments|||||||||||0| |19Gains/(losses)
on Investment||properties||||44,615|||||||44,615| |20 Net Income/(expenditure)||||%6,849||122,384||0||0|||75,535| |21 Transfers between
funds|||||||||||||0| |22 Other gains/(losses)|||||||||||||| |23 Net movement
In funds||||%6,849||122,384|||||||75,535| |24Total funds brought
forward||||696,413||1,025,944|||||||1,722,357| |25Total funds carried forward||||649,564||1,148,328|||||||1,797,892| ## |||||||||||||||GN| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||Genera(Fund|Circuit Model|Desl9nstsd||Restricted|Endowment|Totlf I4|TOIIII4|| |||||||(Unrestricted)|Tnfsis|Fund»||Funfl ~|Funds|2020I21|2019I20|| ||||||soles toIhe||(Unrestricted)|(Unrestricted)||||||| ||||||Accounl4||2|E||||||| |Flsed Assed||||||||||||||| |Ctrcuh Menses 5 Equipmant||||||544,034||||||644,034|544,155|| |Investmants||||||||||||||| ||Tatel flsed|||assets||544,034|0||0|0|0|544,034|644,165|| |Cufflfnl A$44OI||||||||||||||| |Dehtors||||||17.820||||||17,820|11,143|5| |Lusus
Ihe Clfcult||||||||||||||| |Invaslmsnls
with TMCP|||||||860.247||||288,001|1,148,328|1,025,944|| |Central Finance Board|Deposits||||||||||||59.225|T| |Cash et Befft effd lff haffd||||||41,400||||||41.400|03,237|| |Totslcunentsssets||||||107,312|080,247||||280,081|1,265,840|1,179,650|| |Current 04OEhles||||||||||||||| |Creditors (dua In under|I year)|||||1 782||||||1,782|1.348|U| |Grants
4 shia within|2020.21|||||||||||||| |Total|current||Eehdlrlee|||1782||||||1,782|1348|| |Net conan t sssefsfEshaltles||||||105530|880247||||208,081|1,263 868|I 176202|| |Tulllf assets f444 Ctffreflf|||llsalllfles|||549,564|800,247||0|0|268,081|1,797.892|~(,722,367|| |tnn5 term EahE)ties||||||||||||||| |due after more than one|||ear|||||||||||| |Grants payable
after 2020||21||||||||||||| |Loaru to the Circuit||||||||||||||| |||Net assets||||649,564|060,247||||288,081|1,797,892|1,722,357|W| |Funds ofthe Clrcuh||||||||||||||| |General
Fund (Unrastrldsd)||||||849,664||||||649,684|a98,413|| |Circus Modal Trust Fund (Unreslrlded)|||||||1,148,326|||||1,140,320|1,026,944|W| |Deslonsted
Funds (Unrestrlded)||||||||||||0||| |Total Unrestricted||||Funds||||||||1,797,892|1,722,357|| |Reslrlded
Funds||||||||||0||0||| |Effdowlnefn
Fuflds||||||||||||||| |||Total Funds||||649,564|1,148,328||0|0|0|1,797,892|1,722,357|| |||||||||||Signed||||| |||||||||||Circuit Treasurer||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##