SOUThPORT MEtHODlSr aRCUIT
TRUSTEES, REPORT AND FINANaAL STATEMENTS
For the yw endl
31st Awrt 2023

SOUThPORT mETHO￿T CIRcurr
TRUSTEES. REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the y￿r ending
31st August 2023
Contents
Charity inforniation
Trustees, ￿pOrt
Declarations
Independent examinerfs report
Statement of Financial Artivities
io
Balance Sheet
li
Notes to the accounts
12-17
Appendix l - List of trustees
18-19

SOUTHPORT METHODIST CIRcurr
Reference and Administrative Details for the yw *nded 31st August 2023
Charlty Name
Southport Methodist Qrcuit
Charlty registration
England & Wales number 134383
Maln communicatlon address
Circuit Office
Leyland Road Methodist Church
Leyland Road
Southport
PR9 9JQ
Tn￿tee5
A full list of trustees is shown in appendlx I
Clrcult Mlnlsters and offi¢ers
Actlve arcult Mlnlsters
Rev MA Kent
Rev P Evans
Rev Alex Galbraith
Rev Peter Lyth
Rev Sonya Marshall
Clrcult Stewards
Mr S Hardiman
Mr B Stewart
Mrsj McKenna
Mrs S Eyes
Mrs S Potts
Ms L Goddard
Treasurer
Mr Barry Stewart
Independent Examlner
Mrs Noad FCA
34 Brighton Road
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 4DD
Bankers
Central Finance Board
9 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PE
Barclays Bank
Lord Street Southport
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Ll Charlty o14e¢thry
Charity obJect￿e tsto actas a ResLwJV￿ tre¥ea ar(0Jnd￿frXthe meth(￿1st Church.
The wrw)ses ofthe MetlK>dtst Churth ￿ aryl shall be deemed to ha* t*ert s￿￿e the Date of Un￿n the
atharKementof..
al The Cthrtstknfaith in acco￿anCe wlththe ththnal slJndards and thxlpllne of The Methtsdlst Church,.
bl Any chartsble wrrA>se fortht ilme aTriConnexI￿L Oknit kKal or other organisatlon
The method￿tChurCh..
cl ATry Charitab￿ pu￿￿1$*fOr ￿ ttrne bel￿Of ary9x￿tyor¥&vIU¢kn gtsldlary or4rKillaryto The
methOd￿t Churth:
dl Any purposeforthetime bel￿Of •ny¢h•rtty bdry4 chaflty wbslthry orJrKIUarytoThe MethodLst
Church.
12 M4n
l. The oryanisiry and re5tWrd￿ otwlaf of wotshlpopento n*mbersofthechurth and
non-members al&e.
2. The teaChI￿Of Chri5tiarMty thrTh4h senTh)ns Cowsesand small t￿P
3. The resourcts¥of pastoral Tth ¥KkJrfi￿¥￿lVrrfthe skk aThJ befta¥ed.
4. Tak[￿ rellgw5 a5sembl*sto school5.
5. Prornotlon ot Chr15tlantythrou8h the staqlni otebpnts and5erb*es.
1.3 Publk b•n•l
The trustees ha¥e Te8ard tots* ￿￿j¢d ￿the Charlty Q>mm155k)n on wblk benefft.
2. ReTAèw of th•¥
The clrcult ha$ 3 fv11 tlmE pre5byiets: Rev mar*-An￿ Kent i*rtrrt•tyJthtl, Rev Patdck Evans, and Rev
Sonya Marshall. Rev Sonyd Marsh•H b a¢rtfr￿rkned to serve as a Metwlst Minister ￿ the Methodlst
Conferer*e. The three k>rq Stand1r￿ LC￿1 EoJmtnt•l par1nws￿ at St Francisof A￿￿￿, 5t phlllp and St Paul
wf(h Wesley (both thrch of Er*rwJl and Lord Street West Unlted Clwwch (United Reformed Churthl
continue to supp)rt shared rntssb)n and *rnhlp Of￿ dr¢uf(. Re4. Alex Galbfalth, Rev Rachel 8rdy (both
Church of E￿aN3) and R￿. Peter Lyth (United Ref0m￿d thurthl am auth)dsed to 5ervÈ as ￿thOd1$t
Minlsters by the 1AethLWJ￿ ConfErtrte. This Is rwewed annualty.
The Presbyte￿ supr￿1 tr￿ ch8pl•lExy at Connell C(wJrt MHA as as offerkng splfittml and Holy
Cornmun￿ Jt other [￿dentIal and nursi￿ IKJmes i￿￿¥t Sc4rtlwrt on a rwilar These alè non.
denominatyonal sewvke5 ollered to am fes1dth￿.
Rev. Evans ro￿ as a trustee of CompassKffi Plts contynued seelng new prohects develop to reduce poverty
and reduce ￿)CIal exdusioft. He is a Th￿fraI0￿ for Place IDr H(4)e and has been Invofved with a number of
churches acr055 the country as part ofts Meth)dist Church's connexbnal Inltlakn*. He is atso the ￿￿erpOOl
Dlstitt Proba￿ne￿S *retary supportiry ministtts wep)rkn8forordinatitin.

2. Revlew ol
Rev. Marre-Anne Kent eThJed L￿1 4 Project Manwent eship wtth Muhi¥erse in April 2023.
New skills and In$￿ts **re gained. She stood Ilown as Disthct C4ThjId*￿ *retsry as a new system was
introduced across the ts￿15t trtrt contbnw to sit on tbe Ltr4prp￿l Di5trKI Polky Committee. who
att as tnjstees for the Metwst Dbtr*L Both PatrKk and Marle-Anne slt on the Distrkt
Reconcilthtjoft Group.
Rev Sonya Mar5haM stepped down lrnrn her Tole as • trustee for s￿rth￿rt Worters Twst.
ShlTley Pott5 a clrcufjt steward kKal preKher contlnues ￿ tIw5 role whKh pro¥th a￿mbl￿5. ￿ssonS.
presentatk)ns and extra<uFTkular clubs try bxal wl*h supports enbjtional •nd fferrtal health lor
prlmary and secondarya8ed chlldren.
Rev Rachel Bray developed Sund4y @ 6 wor*ln8 wth young p*ople aged 11>18 from across the clrcult
enga8lng them Mt onty in falth matters world affairstoo. Theyattended the Method¢st Youth Conference
36enerate In the NEC 81rm1￿M In (knjbw 2022. HO￿ was also whtth b a programme
to SUPPOrt wellbeln8 and rr*ntsl heath
Rev. Martin Ai¥arns and Jan Fraser are Chapkiths at SOuth￿t aThJ om￿￿rk hospltals whkh be￿me part
ofthe Mefsey and South LarKaShI￿ Teachlry Hosptsls NHSTrusi injuty 2023. sh1[￿ Ptst￿ a Local Prea¢hef,
is also a member of the Chap￿1￿￿ team.
The Orcuh was asked to conslderthe CoTrfer￿ thxument Tr Cu4•nant Relthnshlp Bètween the Church
and Mlnisters., ¥thlch sets out the eommlbM*ts and txpectatw)ns for rnln15ters, offlce holders and
mem￿r$tO be kn Yull conr*xknn'.
The Clrcyh app)inted Margaret Wler as the tlrcuft Jdmi￿strat0r In Stpttmber 2022 for 24 IKJUfS a wee*.
Th15 Post had been ¥a(ant for J Nmbtr of montts WKI clrtuit offke Rw¥ed to LeyL4nd Road Methodlst
Church.
The Cirturt Safe6uardlrq Oflker appoln*d sumrntr of 2022 ran a rwmbèr of orAlne JThd face to face
Foundatlon and Advanced TnlAlr¥J sesskjns to e￿jr¢ that backkng In troln1￿ to the pandemlc was
addressed. Thi5 was accompanled trsf maTrJatory Equalrty. DNeFslty and I￿lU$￿Tr znd Unconsclous Blas
training forcircuit and hxal thurth Offi￿ hoWers.
Martln Maynard is our GOPR and ran trnknI￿ sesskn across the drcult to ensure that we are
compliant wlth the Data Protectk)n Act 2018.
Sally Eyes the a￿￿￿t outle￿ lay Wowker ran thè 8e1emft￿￿1 C4)Utse t*kn In the comnwJnlty workln8
those who feel tsolated due to the bss of or*s. She tontlnues to support tr￿ weewy food pantry at
LNerrA)ol Road for those who a￿ stn¥￿ir￿ with food tK)¥erty whKh Is a 6rowt￿ need In the area. She also
helped to establlsh the Blrkdale Community Librnry Hub at LpRrpool Road to suP￿rt Illelow leamlng. She
suprK)rtstht SA$￿ Messy at St Phly P￿fft•ry sd￿1.
Ray FlanaBan and le5￿60(￿￿aTd apw>inted OrCu￿St*War￿S In September 2022 and weaTr 8rateful for
the diliqente of all ourtru5tees.

Bescar Lane MetlxKltst Church voted to cb)5e for wotshlp bi September 2024 1ovlE)g spent a signlficant
amovntofts.me exrAor1￿erUrne￿Kal fink5 wlth St Marys karisbTKL The Post Offke will te cOnsU￿ed as the
¢hLtrch atrrentty hosts this OkKe a Cornerstone MEthx)dlst thurth con￿￿je5 to exploie thelr f￿Ure on
the Mar5hide Road sfte.
A s¥nffitant amount of time w05 also wNested h) emrAowry a fjrcuit Property Manager but thls was
unsuccessfvl. Thls Ls a prbjrrty for the ciwtuit 6oir8 fo￿ bec￿￿ ot the Thjmtw of woperty projects and
sthemesthat are bel￿ Conside￿d.
The clrcult corrtlnued to con¥ersatknAs t*rth for FO￿1￿ melt￿*dIst Church to loin
the Southwrt Cbrculton ￿ September 2023.
Not only are the￿ COn￿[SaI￿n5 about dIrU￿ tthTh*ary changes the sOuth￿rt Omjlt also voted to joln the
new Northwest En8knd 015thct kn Septunkn 2024. Thts will I￿n a hup (harv In hgw we work as a
CIrcU￿ golrwafo￿bTd.
Three clrcult dwrches ¥Otedto alkw same se¥ nHfw* aThJ art In tr* proce$5 of belr4 reg￿tered to condurt
them.
Flnanc•
Durlng the year the artuft fttelved I￿)me ofÉ262.71412022 E305.4111. InCOff￿ derNe5 pfinclpaltyfrom the
assessment IrKome It recew Irom the churche5 ¥thlch fomi part of the fjrcull. ExpenrtitU￿ on charhab
artivitles affK)unted to £38S.21912022 £296.5101. Exdudng ca￿ts1 rtc*lpts ¥nd re¥aluadons. thè net dtflclt
forthe year was £12Zg)5£om￿￿1 to a r*t5Yr￿S lèxchJdlr4 c¥lt¥l r￿lpts) of £￿￿•1 In 2022.
Durlng the yearthe Orcult sokl and I￿estment yopertyat Farrn aose. Southport for £330,OD), resulting in
loss on dlsposal of E30.146. Wh￿ tompared to the esymated mark* value 01 £359.¢Y)O shown as t
czrryift8value in the acmunts. An a￿￿￿nt of £107,237 was tyanslerred to the Connexbnal prlorlty Fund from
the sale pfoceeds.
Stipends aNI lay 5atsr*s for the year k*rtased ty EIL71718.PAI and expendI￿re on the upkeèp of the
Circurt's proFertles I￿reaSed £6ffi.
It s the chorltys polty to mawrtain gewal I￿￿ rese￿5 of approximately four n￿nths, pneral expendiiure
In order to malntsln 5trffkieni accommodate arry Unexp￿ted requlrements on the tharRy'sfond5.
At the year end re5ew¥es awrthnted to n(X).35612022 £495,363). and the IrKTease in re5eYves is explained bv
the Intrease In olclrculi propert*&
Planslor 2023n4
Clrcuit financlal piins for the coming year been wep•red on the bas15thot the￿ ￿m￿lnS three full-tlmè
ordained staff wlth artiipated cost livi￿ 5bpeThJ IrKrea$￿ combir*d T*iih an increase in the assessment
pald to ￿ dlstrkt thatthe assesswt foreach churth wdl Th)t be Inueased kn the fortlKomin8 year.
Pa8e4

The Koverning document lor Orcult 6 the [￿ed of Urmon 119321 and Methodist Church 119761.
Governance aTTa￿en￿￿ a￿ 0￿￿1ned wiihin tr* Cfjrfjtltsth￿ aThl DwPI￿ of the Methodist
Chufch by order ofthe annual confererte ICPOI.
Day to day managernent of the (Yculi 15 UTh￿rtaken Orcult Leadetshw) tearn along with the lctal
preachers, meeti
Trust deed.
tsal
A ran8e ol guldarKe woduced by Method&t Corrn¥M to support the effettive rtJnnin8 of the ClrculL
Specrfka1￿ the leafiet Yhe Role of a In￿ Church, b 84¥en to new Circuit meetln8
members as Ind￿￿Tr ¢0 their TO￿ astiustees.
R•latsd p*il•s
The Circuit is part of DI$ttttar￿ b also ¥cwuntaL4e to the MettKtytst Q>nfereru. The followln
Methodbt Churthes a￿ Ilnked to the Orcuitr.-
Alnsdale. Bexar Lam, Leyland Ro•d. Lhyrpool Lord St West ILEP URQ. Comerstone. SL Phlllp & St.
Paul wlth We$￿V ILEP ￿￿kan1. St Flan¢15 of Assw ILEPAw¥kanl•nd Russell R¢)ad.
Other retstsd ￿rtytran5￿th)￿saVe dtsdosed In tt*a¢c1￿r
malor rlsks have been Idend￿d and rttorded ty tl* Orcult L*a(knhlp wth profess￿nal advke raken as
requlred Ther• Is ¥n annual re¥knv undertaken and rtcordod •nd r15k$ throughout thè
veaf.
InCOff￿ and EX￿rtditU￿ Ls bel￿ n￿ft0red In total and Is comparnd with the approved ènnual hjdget on a
ha￿.Yeart¥ basts to dètect treThts as part of the ti5k mana8ewt P￿￿5$ ￿ a¥okl unforeseen calls on
reseNes.
5af•8uardl
Every person has a and th4nSty whkh tomes dredty frnm tl* cfea¥on of rnalEznd fema￿ In Go&s own
Image and Ilkenes5. Chrlstlan5 see thLs Fotentlal a5 fuffilled by Ws r&creat￿n ol us in Chrlst. AmonB Other
Ihln8s this Impllesa duty to yah￿ all people a5 Irhwge of God and tr*refore to wottrt them from
harm.

4 the ore and nurture of. aod r￿&￿thE1 pas￿1 mwustyTrt al p2Dy4e adulls
• the safe8uardbnBand FMOtff￿j0f all (hlldren.youw4 &￿pIe and adultswhentkn are¥u1r￿fab1e
• the establlshlng of safe. caFlngcornrywnil*s whkh wovKle a wherettr￿ ts Informed
vigIlan￿ as to the daryF5 Of abuse.
• We will carefvI￿* selectand train allttKsse T*lthaFry rewnslbW*•Jlthknts In wlth Safef
Recrultmert PfiKiples. irKhJdin8the useofcrimlnal recL*th dts¢JD$￿?nd re81th￿On Twlth the rebevant
¥ettlng aThJ sd*m
• We wlll Yespond wIthr￿t de*to every Complalnt made ¥thith su8yststhat an athj￿, chlkl oryoung pe150n
may have ￿en harrned, toop*raiir* wrth ￿ polke and bxal authorlty bn any invest￿.
• We wlll seek to *irk wlth who ha5xrffeFtd abJse, dMbpir*wlththem an approprtjte mlnlstry of
Informed pastofal ca￿.
• We seek to any abjseof kM)w. •speciaty try anyore In a [￿￿)n oftnJsL
• We VAII 5etkto offer pèstordl cafe and 5UPFrf Irrtludln8superblslon and refefral to the proper authorltles,
to any memtei of our church cOMnwr￿ty kr¥)wn to hrn offerthda8alnst a chld. Wmbng peN)n or vulnerable
adutt.
• In all thèse prtncl*swe ¥AN foth)w •J*j•n￿ and recog1￿lL￿d Pr￿t￿e
The Southport Orru￿ comrnlts ltsell to enswlrq ts Implerner*•tlon of Conr*xbnal Saf*￿41d1n8 Pollcy,.
government Wlatlon, 8uldarKe and ￿te wactke In tr* Orcultand In th? thufches.
The Southport arcvr( Cornm￿ ftsell to pro¥i5b)n of supw¢ adw and trnlnlng for lay and ordalned
people that wlll enwrè people are clear and corffldent at￿)ut i￿1r roks aTrJ reSP)n￿bIn11es In safeguardlftg
and promottr¥ the We￿a￿ of chmthen and adults may be Vul￿rabkn. The arcult Is supkvrttd In thele
respons￿1￿￿5 trjfthe Sa[wrd￿0ff￿el.
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The trustee5 arÈ w*)r&ble for ryep3FhNg the Rtpyt of the Tru5tee5 aryj tt* Ih)8Maal ststemerts in
accordafKe with law and Unrted A££(￿ 5tsFKIa￿ ILIt￿ KI￿d0M Generalty
The law èpplkable to charflie5 in Ewylahd ar￿ Wale5. the ChaFllle5 P£t 201L IAttLwrts and Report51
Re8ulatk)ns 2LK)8 and the of tt* trust dèed rewire5 thE trustee5 to prepare fi￿nC￿l statements
for eath financial year 8h• a tn* and fair¥iew ofth? state of affalrs of the charity and of the ifkcoming
resource5 and applkaih)n of reswrc4 iKlUdI￿ tt* ￿)me and expenditure. of the charity for that period.
In preparing those ftnaKtsI 51atemerts, tt*tfttyteesa￿ requlredto
. seth Suitab￿ trtcountyry poI￿leS aThlthèn athittr*m consisterty,
. obser¥ethe Tr*th￿and wlncl*s kn the Ch¥ltySORP IFRS 1021.
- makeludgements and estimates that •re reasonat>le prudtrt,.
. prepare the flfiaK6al statemEnls on the con¢em It Is knapwoprl•ts to presume that the
tharlty wlll contlnue in t￿SInesS.
Thè trustees a￿ res￿￿ble foi keephy proper records whkh d15dose wlth rtasLNlab￿ accuracv
at any tlme the flnancijl &￿S￿￿)n ot the ￿￿Tty and to enab￿ them to ensure that the fina￿la1 5tsternents
compty with the Charths P£t 201L the (harity I*￿0￿rtS •nd Rewtsl Rew¢•tlon$ 2(￿8 and the provlslons
of the trust deed. Tly *￿ 4150 lor ￿OrdI￿ the assets of the charlty and hence for tsklng
reasonable sthps forthe pre¥entk)n and detettknn otfrwd aryl otrerltrt8u￿thoeS.
Approved by on￿rOf th board oftnBtee5 3rbJ on11$ trr.
Signature
Full nor
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I confimi thatthese accn*15thased*c(wJnts forthe￿rt0 31 Auw5t 2023 h￿e teen prepared from the
retords Of￿ Orcurf( a￿EthattI￿ wthdeaUlur#tsuThlerthpcortrolofthe Ckcurt.
Swture oftrea5urer_
Name and address of tre3gJrer_
Cl￿6)$ S&)
I confimi thattheannual repLvt•rKlatttyJrtSfortre￿Jrended 31 ALWt 2023 were
we5ented to the Clrtult on _.___
Sl¢nature of the Chatrof tht ri*eiii¥ _--.
Name of meetlr¢
Pdge 8

I re￿￿ to the tr1￿ on my e¥aMIna￿ ofthè ￿CoUnts oftt* SOUthF￿￿ethod1St 0￿Ult for
the year ended 31 ALWSt 2023 set out on p*5 10 to 17. As the fjrcuivs trustees, you are
responsible for the preparation of the ac£ounts in Kcordarte with the requirtsnents of the
Charities Act 20111.the ACVI.
I rekK¢rt in respert of myekiminat¥Jn of the GItu￿5 Kc¢yJnts t￿led out under sectlon 145 ofthe
Act and, in carrylng out my exarninatw, I have folk)wed all the applicable Direttlons gpien by the
Charity Commlssion un(ler seC￿n 14515llbl otthe kt.
The arcuitrs 8ross brthme exceeded £250.(KKI and i am quallfled to urK*rtake the èxamination by
beln8 a qualSlled member of the Instiiuteof (hartered ILcountsnts in England and Wales.
I have completed my exanlnatton. I confim that no materfa matters ha¥e come to my attentlon
In conne¢iion wlth the exwnlnaifion whlch we me caus¢to bellff¥e th* In. any matertal respect:
the account1￿ rKtrd5T4¥ere not kept In ￿rdarte ¥Ath sertion 130 ofthe Ac¢. or
the accounts do not ￿COrd with the accounting record5: or
the accounts do not compty wth the appllcable requlrementscorKerningthe form and
content of ￿0￿nts set out in thè Charttles (Accounts and Reports) Re8ulatlons 2008
otherthan any reouirerrRnt that the accounts give a lrne and falrf view. whkh ts not a
matter consldered as part of an inde￿ent wmlnatlon.
the trustees, annual rewrt b not ¢onslWt tlrtth the accoun
I have no concems and ha¥t ¢oN* xn)ss no other mattws In connKUon with the examinotion to
which attentlon should be dr**n IN thbs rq>Nt in ordw to enable a proper understandlng of thè
accounts to be reached.
I have not obtsined Indepe￿Ient Verific￿ of all Inbybmnts ¥Ath the Trustees for Methodist
Church Purposes or held irt ¢)ther tntsts, bank bal•Kes and hJnds at the Central Flnance Board of
the Methodlst Churth wh￿h ¥e Indhidually in ¢rns of £IOXW (ten thownd poundsl at the
balance sheet date
gnature of irthpendent e¥aminer._............ ..
Name of Independent e¥2miner _
SfuArrr tJGo?..........._......... ...
IGIE
Rdevant professional qualffKatw)n of trKlependert examirw _._......._... .
l* ?1 OA)
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Date ..
231412o1È

Totsl
Total
Incom¢ and endowffj* fron
L)onations and legxies
Charitable actNlties
Investment Income
Other Income
17,239
239,365
2.570
46,237
202.358
4.126
47,142
201358
8.121
523
47,142
Totsl
254.070
4121
523
262.714
305,411
Empendhure
Grants and donations
Salaries and associated costs
Property maintènance
Dlstrict As5e5sment &
Depreciation
Telephone and travel
Insurance and utllltles
Other ￿pendItUre
,0
145,131
13.272
38,860
133,415
6,409
75.986
107
3,902
12,392
25,439
5,Ui
13272
176.645
118A45
3.931
10.809
24.529
3.931
25333
Total
265.970
119.203
385219
296,510
losses on investments
Gainslllossesl on rTh)rhetary In¥e5tmts
io
14
130.1461
130,U61
IU361
{1.4361
12,2671
Net IncoMel{•x￿j
142,0461
1112.5181
4n
6.634
Transfer5 bètween fvnds
17
17
17
132&(J311
1370,tsn
L463,261
34tr31
215.5T4
266.110
4n
(￿lJ￿7)
16.289 L745.660
6,634
1,739,026
Total funds brought fon¥¥d
Total funds caffled fomrd
17
L093,124
481,683
16.766 1591,573
1.745,660
The noteson pogÈs 12 to 17 frym wrofthefinarfial statements
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Total$ 2023 Tots15 2022
IUNestrthdl Triims
Tangsble assets
Investment propertv
Investments
Totsl Ilxed a55ets
561,217
330.(ts)
561217
561,297
689,(N)O
33,816
1,284,113
14
32,380
32380
32.380
925￿¥7
891.217
Debtois
Central Finance Board Deposlts
Cash at Bank and in h3nd
Totsl currert •S5ets
10.9
591310
8Jh32
685.932
9,488
393,151
73,733
476.372
142,(K17
449.303
16.7E6
16,766
219.
449,303
Curretht IliblNtl•s
edltors (due In under I yearl
Net CU￿nt •s#¢tslll#bMIths
16
17356
201,￿7
17.956
667,976
14,825
461,547
449.303
16.766
Net assets
I,(V93,124
481.683
16,766
Iw1￿75
1,745,660
Funds of th• arcult
General Fund Iunrtstrlctedl
Clrcult Model Trust Fund
IUnre5trirtedl
Trustee Interest Fund
Totsl Funds
17
Lty33.124
L093.124
1,463.261
17
17
481,683
266,110
16.289
1,745.660
16.766
16.766
16.766
L(Y33,124
481,683
The financial #at*m*rrts were app￿ed bythe Qrcult tntsteeslm......... .... ......... .... wwe 4ned on Its behalfbv..
MAKent
Trustee
The notes on pages 12 to 17 frym partofthefin*Kial statements.
Page 11

Thefinanial Svdtements oftherlwty, ¥Jhith Isa wblic be￿ FR5 101 been wepared in actordlncewlth
the Charityes 50RP (FL$ 1021 'PArMin8 arKI kekK¥tW48 StstefflErt of RewmmErMled Practice applicable to
tharFtles preparing th￿[ attourts in thE IlerThtiry Standard applrJik in the UK and Republie of
Irel￿r￿ IFRS 1021 leffe£ti¥E i January 20191,. fiThantial s￿la￿d 102 The FlnaKlal Rew>rtin8St8ndèrd applicablt l*
the LFK and Repubfic of lie1￿. Chaiitles kl 201L Slatem￿ h*b* been prepared under the hlstorkal
tertain iteffls at falryak￿. Assets and Iwlylil*sarÈ rerr8rW at hi#orkal com or Iva*sa￿On Val￿ unle55 Otherwise
ststÈd the ieknnt ¥tt<yJn￿nd ￿￿1￿. The fina￿1 ststements are wes¢rted In Whith Is lunctlonal ¢urfency ol
tharity and rowdedtothe fftea￿ £
nds
The hjnds held CLM#tttste: General F¥￿15 lyld purpwJe of thE fjmi¢t are Unrestricied.. The CJr(Mh Model Trust
Fund has wlde purFosesdefined in C*detsand is cate￿￿tsed as unreArkred., a dEWated flmd whkh Is unrestritteo
In resk￿ ofVKtorth Methodlsi CTr¥Jrth AethtedluThls are W lor • n•rrw wrp05e. There we
no End0￿￿ert hJDd& Oetails ol eath matuiil IpJNI *e th5(kned Ill￿1 the5t arctymts. Any funds may be
represented by mwe cash.
Publtcknefft enthy
TheSovthport MethOd￿t0￿￿* mleisthedef1￿b)nQIIpthbene￿*UThjeff FAS 101
These accourts ha* Ixeth wepval b** of Nstoth81 (05t exeo atthelr rna￿¢1 value at
the end ofiheyear.wdm ih¢atuUa15bèsbt051v••tr￿andIaw￿01￿￿13Wr￿.Sl1n•nth1 and actlthtlis.
ofthechanivs reser¥
In￿MI￿
Income is Ir*luded In Ihe si•leh￿lOf *d4tslSOFATrt*tsi thearattb¢C￿e5e￿jIW tothe resources, and the
tru51tes are reasuw cert•lh *ll rerek4t ￿ wowos.. can ￿ mts?￿red wlth suffident
rellability.
Th15 15 fecwbsed ¥then a lablXy Is or a ri￿5tr￿ Ot*eth result5 In the payment belnB
Una1￿￿￿¥b1e. babilrft*sare wised 45 as an ¢xrtfknvotecoA(thic benefft15riws￿Ved lI￿thIn r•M Utlderthe
or conStnKl￿r ob1wiL￿ Commith￿the ar￿lIt0 PaYOUE
Grnnts
VAT
SIn￿thear01t ts hotVATreBIAu& 4 MWVATts&4rvdt*#hthevA¥*WS￿￿hkkn itrefv>

T8wble fl¥e41as%etsfor uselrythe(lrt
The aTCUrt has madE use ol the deemed on to FRS IOL Tr vahje of thE m*5es Is shown in the
provided the rnartse5 t*UU5e the truttees c(*)shJer the ￿TT￿l tesidual ofe￿h ￿ in its present cth)d6tlon ro
be not le&%than Its deemed lithritsl COSL aTh*. In the absen￿ of e¥wkneof knpalmw alry dewegotl¢m pmvlsion forthe
bulld1￿comp0ne￿tOfthe wopthk*yJld behnmthiaL
f1xtu￿8fid fittin85 aredeVe￿waItt￿ raeof25Xperawww ￿ btstskTAI￿.
Fund
U*restrlctsd funds￿ tsey￿ knaccordarts¥Jkh the (knIVsth•rttable(Wsattheth51rtw olthetrustee&
Investmenrs ore ￿lUed In the balarKe at market vlL* *t thÈwar end Is Indthled th the ar£ounls
when recelvabbe ffjqalbborlosses w ¥e4ahJawi alt￿¥￿arendwe theXIF
Don*t￿n$
17,237
202358
239,365
Theorcult (￿￿Se¥ e4fv1 chwttr*sando**(hL¥th pyfJ• •s$e$s￿￿the uru4totttrmlfiedi￿ ihe b•515 oflts
membev5hlp.
2022
ral Flnanr*
Ceniial finantt eo*d. Fund
TMCP Investments
4,126
$23
&121
770
76
511
2.570
Aentsl Inco
47.142
46,237
47.142
46,237
35,r
SA8WTrusi
Taketirne
Cornerstonelee5
S￿dryd0nat￿S lfts
2.150
710
10,018

Y lry¥nLI P41d
Gross wa8Ès. s•Fdr*sand beth kn knnd
Employerfs Natlcffjal InSwa￿er￿ls
Pensio￿<051$
Totsl staff £0sts
I￿,407
9.249
22A7S
103,123
8.518
21.774
133.A15
A%*ra8e nwfiberofstsff kn ihejwwvr.
The charity makEs cortrlbvtknns to the MEtlw)dlst MIn￿eT5. Pertslon Sch•w (• behaw ol its mlnlstws. Thls Is a defined
benefil scl*me whkh Is treated fry deffftd 5themE on the 8round5 thjl li Is • multl.
employer 5rheme ar•J the O¥vJit 45 to thtify 11$ thore ol tht asse15 and ￿￿bi￿lIeS of the Schemè. The
am￿rt(harged Inthestaiement ￿ ￿￿￿)*Actr&Thl￿ bsthuefryets*thxthiof p￿51￿ (￿tfit￿li0￿$Va¥obie kn the year.
ZOZ?
Olstrlct a0￿On¢t1urAl
Dlstrlc135se55ll
11,2
58.2DJ
107,237
15ffi1
.935
The ￿tot￿cOn￿￿AknfiIl ofihe Sa￿01•￿
9 Oth•v •xpM
20
mlnlsuatbn
CoMputer￿Pport
Le8al and professity￿¢￿e$
Preachers
Tralnin8
Poots on thÈweb
Sundry expeTrse5
6.276
13,014
810
L329
$70
11,932
4.530
LS53
402
3334
25.333
25,439
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2022
Sale prrxeeds
D￿posal exper
IL1461
Valuotion
359.(OJ
130,1461
Oonaiionsand le8arie5
Charltable
Investment income
Other Income
Capital recelpts
Total
16.259
17,239
239.365
2,570
46,137
511
76
287,093
16.335
*15,4Jl
Ewdiiure
Gtsnt$8nd dmatlons
Salarle50nd as50Ciated tasts
Property malnienarKe
Dlsirlct A55essmeni & i
Depretiatl
TeteF*one andirab*l
Insuran￿ and utllltle5
oiherexper*llture
Total
Insoh reyaliiètfjon olfNed as*t5
G￿t￿(lO$se$l on mwet4rylnb￿1ffleTrts
Iltt Sntomelley•ondltw•l
38,860
133.415
fl),935
107
.051
75.986
107
3.￿2
11392
25,439
296,510
11392
50,956
46
11267)
15LZ401
12,2671
6.634
4L585
16.289
Trnnsfersbeh¥een fvJr¥J5
41.585
IA2L676
L463261
151,2401
317.350
16.289
T¢xal funds Iwo4ht lor¥rar
i.n9,026
16,289 1,745,660
Page IS

12 T*4lble FIX￿*￿ets
Yat
dit11￿$
Redaksifir
562.777
5fiJ.977
561777
At 1st September 2022
Deyecl*ti¢)nchwtrfor)Yav
sposa
At 31stAu8w12023
Plet book￿1￿1
LS
L560
SfO,977
561.Z17
At3ts1
s￿￿77
33)
$61297
Fwlrwlue
At 31stAuBusi 2022
txsposals
At31stAv8UM 2023
689.L)yJ
1359,CA)JI
330,IXkl
aose Southport W8SSokl•$J￿IlYy10r.
The lunds that SUPF¥rt the art￿ Tnot F￿￿ aThJ the Manses furwj are Peld ty TPKP in Trustees Inti¥e5t Funds ¢)n
TMCP is the le831 Custr#Jlan TN#ee ￿ al p*)del wapevty, IKludln8 Le*es, Er￿nts Ind
AccumU￿ted Fundk T￿￿1 property ￿ hdd ar*J on behaw of kntal T￿slee5 aTe resp￿S￿ble for the day to
doy th•Tra￿met￿t ol tnist wtyerty. en￿￿ th•L thwh sw•￿Ing 8ubJance ￿Ing under thdr dlrect+on, the
PaEe 16

33.816
33.816
MarketYalL*atstartofv
33A16
3&
Gainlloss) ¢Jn
Market ￿￿e ai end0f￿r
IL43
32,3
12,2671
33.816
Prepaymwts-#WlnathdarKe
io.
17,956
J7.956
14.825
I4￿25
17 hlo*mÈnt
Total
At 1st Se￿ember 2022
Transfers btheen fuTh
14et IrthmefortheJ*r
At 31stAugu5t 2023
lJ63.261
132&09
266.1
328.091
11115181
481,683
16.289 1,745.660
77
16.766
1154,0871
1.591,573
IAP33.124
The from The f￿r•￿Il IW￿ to TnJ5t Fw41 is h¥ yes￿ of the net s* yoceeds Irom the ar￿11
oFertyat Farm Cktyt.
The CtrcWt Meetiw in I￿e 2021 a8reed to cl￿paSSI)n ¥ th#iiy ￿ of thh ort ol the fjf¢ult's ttustees Is a
Iru#ee. to rent ofa OroJt WQFwty. The fv5t th￿e ol t￿1￿ *ase wa5.rent to asslst them in the traN￿tIOn
arnann￿l renlalolQOAaL
Page 17

CHAIII OF DISTRicr
Rev'd
Sheryl M
CIRCUITMINISTERS
Rev'd
Rev'd
Rev'd
Rev'd
Rewd
Mari&Anne Kent
Patrkk
Evan5
ex
GaI￿rth
Member of the LeadershipTeam
Memberof the Leadersh￿Tearn IAMI
Memi*r of LÈadership Tearn IAMI
Mertwofts leade￿hIP Team IAMI
Peter
Marshall
SUPERNUMtRARY
Rev'd
Ann
cIRCU￿STEWARDs
JpThnw3ry Minister
Mr
Mr
Dr
Mrs
stephen
Hardlman
Barry
Stewart
Domlnlc
Brav
Pamela
O'malley
Jean
McKenna
Sal
Eyes
Shirley
Potts
Le$￿ (￿dd4rd
Sen¥Jr aitutt ￿e￿r￿
rcuitstewaid & Qrcurt Twsurtr
artult meetirysecfetsry
arcult Steward
Orcujtsteward
Clrcutt&eward aThJ tsy ernpltyee
Qrt1J￿t Steward
C]￿•￿( Steward
Ms
Mrs
Mrs
aRCUITSAFE6UAHIMIIG OFF
Jatk
Watson
Mys
Shlr
aRcU￿(HuRcH
iitsl PT*achers Meetlng
Rev'd Rath
Rep PPW
Ms
Sally
REPRESENTATI¥E5
Eyes
John
Rachel
TrEayJrer L1¥er[￿￿ Ad & Russell Rd
Mrs
Campbtll
Pamela
Christi)thr
Margartt Crosby
Barry
Edward5
Lesky
Goddard
Doreen Goul(lin8
Christopher Hall
Rep Russell Road15tewaTdl
Rep Li¥*rpotsl Rd (Steward)
Rep Leytsnd Road
R*p thrd St West
Rep ￿nsda￿ Istewardl
Rep
Rep Leyland Road
Rep Besczr
Rep PPW
Rep Comersto
Treasu￿1 PPW
Mrs
Ms
Mlss
Mr5
Me
Mrs
Mrs
Mr
Margaret Harwood
Mary
Peter
Sandrn
uth
Jones
Mr5
Ir
Lane

REPRE5EpifATIVES {ConL)
Mrs
zanne Llnford
Pamela
Cymalky
Mu5ker
Potts
RobErt5
rnpkin
Tate
Webb
Treastjrer Cornerstone
Treasurer Ajnsdale
Rep Leyland Rd (Steward)
Rep 5t. F￿r￿aP￿￿￿nted 27th May 2021
Mr
Mr
Davtd
Tre¥or
Dtyothy
Andrew
Ajlen
Jayrte
lan
p*ma Wr
Mr
Mr
St FrarK15TreaSu￿r
Mrs
Treasurer Lord StreÈtWest
Rèp ￿Me1$￿ Istewafdl
Mrs
Paee 19