BERKSHXRE SURREY BORDERS MEfHODisf CIRCUIT:
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCXAL STATEMENTS:
YEAR ENDING 31 AUGusf 2023
REGisfERED CHARITY NO. 1134496

BERKSHIRE SURREY BORDERS MEfHOD15T CIRCUIT:
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
Page No.
Trust Information
Trustees, Rep)rt
Declarations
Independent Examineffs Rewrt
ststement cl Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Accounts
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BERKSHIRE SURREY BORDERS METHODIsf CIRCUIT.
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
CHARrrY NUMBER
1134496
START OF FINANCIAL YEAR
I Septemter 2022
END OF FINANCIAL YEAR
31 August 2023
Mrs lane Bonney
Rev Catherine 8owstead (Chair)
Mr Michael Bush
Mr &)b Clark
Mr Lee Elms
Mr Graham Fradgley
Rev Sharon Gardner
Dr Brian Gennery
Mrs Hazel Gennery
Mrs Mary Glauert
Mrs Karen Glossop
Mr Robert &dden
Mr Sam Hanna
Mrs Wendy Hart
Mr Don Hewitt
Mr John Hoskins
Mr Ian Hamilton (from 7 December 2020)
Mrs clai￿ Knight
Ms Pauline Matondo
Mr Andrew Mitchell
Nrs Marjorie Mitchell
Mrs Chrisknne Morgan
Mr David Morgan
Mr Andrew Mower
Mr5 Lynne Paine (from 16 Ortober 2020)
Mr G8)ff Peck
Mrs C Rooke-matthews
Rev Soba Sinnathamby
Mr ￿lalcOlM &)uter
Mr Ben Spain
Mrs Kim Tame
Ms Sharon Wrtght
GOVERNING INsfRUMENT
Deed of Union {1932) and the Meth￿iSt Church
Act (1976)
OBJECtIVES
The purposes of the Methc(list Church are ènd shall be deemed to have been since the date (rf
union the advancement of
) the Christian faith in accordance with the dixtrinal standards and the diKipline of the
Methodist Church-
b) any charitable purpose for the time ￿Ing of any Connexonal, district, Circutt, hxal or
other organisation of the Methodist Church;
c) any charitable purpose for the time teing of any s￿iety or institution Subsidiary or
ancillary to the Nethodist Church.
d) any purpo* for the time teing of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the
Methodist Church.

BERKSHIRE SURREY BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT:
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
The Methodist Centre
Rc6e Street
Woknngham
RG40 IXS
PRIMARY BANKERS
HSBC
Wokn'ngham Branch
1-2 Market Plate
Woknngham
RG40 IAL
Central Finance &)ard of the Methodist Church
9 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4PE
The Trustees for Methojist Church Puit(6es
Central Buildings
Oldham Street
Manchester
Ml IJQ
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
Alison Elliott ACA, FCCA
Butt Miller ￿rn(Ced
l Minster Court
Tuscam Way
Camberley
Surrey
GUIS 3YY

BERKSHIRE SURREY BORDERS M￿HoDI$[ ClRCUtr
TRUSTEES REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2023
Structur< governance and management:
Trustee selection method..
I Certain officers and elected representstives of IcKal churches
2 Ministers appointed to the Circuit by the Methcdist Conferen
3 Officers appointed to certain jobs by the Circuit Meeting.
Sun7mary of the m3in atti¥ites undertaken tor thepublK benefit in relat￿￿ to the objetts of the charity..
Provision of regular public acts of worship open to memters of the church and non-memtsrs
Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved.
Prcmotion of Christian attivities through the stsging (if events and servitts.
Sltpporting other charitEs In the UK at)d overseas financially and wth prayer.
Achievements and Perfomiance
The seven churches of the Berkshire Surrey Borders Circuit work together to provide a minimum of 35
services of worship each month, about a quarter of these will include Holy Communion. Worship caters
for a variety of preferred styles and tsstes and include trad￿lIN1a1 and contemtf)rary styles, inter-
generational worship and "Messy Church" Several churches offer midweek seNI￿s, prayer groups and
fellowship groups.
All of our churches meet in person for wcyship but 5crfne Se￿1￿ are live streamed, U￿ the Zoom plafform
or are recorded and available on church websites.
Ministers in the Circuit are available to conduct weddings, funerals and baptism5 for church members and
for memters of the wider community on request.
The Circuit provides safeguarding training for peopÈ working with chIld￿n and vulnerable adU￿s. All those
in leadership roles have taken both Foundation and Advanced levels as required by the Methojist Church.
Church Members whose rde requires a DBS check are Prompted by Circuit or local Church Safeguarding
officers to keep these checks up to date.
Cpportunities fc* training for many areas of the church's life (e.g. preaching, worship leading, 5tswarding,
safeguarding) are offered within the Circuit or in cO￿perats.0n wrth neighb￿rIng Circurts.
Ecumenical cO￿peratIon and partnership is a feature of our Circuit - 3 of our churches a￿ Ecumenical
Partne￿h1pS. Churches are encouraged to participate in eCUmen￿al events. They also participate in
Community events - several of our churches took part in the"Wai'm Spaces" initkAtive, we actively support
hxal foc(J banks and our Crowthorne Church supwrts an after-schwl drop in.
Churches are encouraged to use their buildings as a community re9)u￿, and several are well used by
Focal individuals and groups. Advi￿ ats)ut the maintenance and upkeep of our buildings 15 provided by the
Circuit and MethThJist District.
Individual members and churches supEY)rt a number of local, national and international charities through
pewnal giwng and fundrasing (e.g. swnsored events Action for child￿n, collettion5 for Christian Aid,
donations to fo(xl ban￿, etc)

Financial review
The Charivs annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 have been p￿pared in
accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities.. Ststement of Recommended Practi￿ 2015 as
applicable to the Financial Re￿rtIng Stsndard (FRS) 102.
The￿ was a deficit in the General Fund, Wore gains/losses on investments, for the year of £18,258
compared wrth a deficrt of £44,096 in 2021-22. The budget for the year anticipatsd a deficit of around
£32,01)J.
General Income for 2022-23 was 15010 higher than the prevK)us year at £248,729. Assessment income was
reduced slightly in the prior year in line wf(h the wliLy to reduce the burden on churches during the Covid
pandemic.
General extEndrture was 5010 higher than the previous year at £266,478,
The Circuit holds unrestricted general funds of £2,238,784 (p￿VIouS year £2,373,792), of which £2,195,138
is the estimated market value of the three manses (previous year £2,296,168). The Designated Fund for
Manse Maintenance holds £47,856 (previou5 year £31,627).
The Circurt also holds £137,900 in its Mojel Trust Fund (previous year £138,4QF3).
pi
-24
The Circuit's budget for 2023-24 anticipates a full return to normal activit￿ following the pandemic. Despite
increasing circult assessments by an average of 3.70/0 the forecast i£ predicting a deficit of £47,000. ¢￿e
of the Church￿ ￿Sed public worship due to lack of members in 2022-23.

Rtsks
Tlie Tru)le￿5 lidve exattiined the piiniipol ¢lreo5 of tlieir operaLiunb aiid coiisidertxl v¥1143L rnéjur ris￿. ivul
arise in each of these areas. The major risk to the operation of the Circuit is that we are unsuccessful in
attracting a Minister to fill any vacant Position
this risk is mitigated by the stationing process of the
Methc¢Jist Church, whKh aims to provide ministers for ￿nIng5 SUPP)rted by the Distrirt, and in part by
the ability to recruf( lay workers.
In addition, we note that the Circuit is heavily deFendent on volunteers, particularfy in terms of managing
Propety and Finance. Lack of Volunte￿ in these areas runs the risk of failing to meet our commitments
as a Charity.
The major financial risk to the Circuit would arise rf one of the larger churches (es￿latIY Woknngham)
were unable to its Cirruit Assessment due to a reduction in giwng andlor in property ￿ttingS. This
risk is mltigated by the Circuit Lself and the individual churches having a ReseNts Pcliy which ensures
adequate reseNes being in pla￿ at all time5 to meet any shortfalls.
Tre Circuf( ne&Js ￿me f￿ reseNes in platr to enable ￿ to meet ns obligations in the event of an
unexpErted shortfall in income. Free reseNes as defined by the Charty Commission a￿ unrestritted funds
available to SFend on the general purEx)ses of the Circuit and therefore exclude those funds designat8J for
specffic purp)*s and those already utilised in purchasing tsngible assets.
The Trustees of the Circutt iElieve they should hold free reseTves suffictent to cover at lea* six months.
expenditure plus £50,000 as a property re5eNe for major ￿pairS. Based on planned 2023-24 expenditure
thi5 will be £200,5CQ. Net cur￿nt assets in Unrestricted and non4e5HJnated funds were £221,402 at 31
August 2023. We anticipate a reduclion in this frJLsre with a budgeted deficit of around £47,CQO in 2023-
24.
We make provision for our propety maintenantt proJramme by designating £7,5CQ per year to maintsin
each of the thr* manw. Any under or oversFend is all￿ated to or tsken from the de5onated Manse
maintenan￿ Fund. This Fund at £47,856 at 31 August 2023.
Public Ben￿rt
The Trustees declare that the Charity is a public tenefit entty and they have complEd with the duty
imp)sed under the Charitie5 Art 2011 to have due regard to public ￿nefft guidance published by the
Charty Commission.
Appr￿ed by the Trustees on 20th March 2024, and
gned on their behalf by Revd Soba Slnnathamby- Trustee

Name of Circuf(.' Berkshire Surrey Borders
No: 36102
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confirm thar these accruals-based accounts ￿ the year to JI August 2023 have been prepare(i from the records of
the Circutt and that they include all funds under the control of the Circufc meth'ng.
Signature of treasurer: NIA
Name and address of treaSu￿r. NIA
Presenlxtion to the Circuit meeting
I confirm that the annual retK)rt and accounts ts the year ended 31 August 2023 were presented to the Circurt
meeting held on: 2￿h March 2024.
Signature of the Chalr of the meeting:
Name of the Chair of the meeting: Revd Soba Sinnathamby
Date 20th March 2024

**Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** 

## **Berkshire Surrey Borders Methodist Circuit** 

## **Charity Number 1134496** 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Berkshire Surrey Borders Methodist Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2023. As the Circuit’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Circuit’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records; or 

- the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination 

- the trustees’ annual report is not consistent with the accounts. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

I have obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. 

Signature of independent examiner: 


Name of independent examiner: Alison Elliott 

Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner: ACA, FCCA 

Name of firm (where appropriate): Butt Miller 

Address: 1 Minster Court, Tuscam Way, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3YY 

Date: 20[th] March 2024 

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3 Incorne fiom Investment propertt¥
4 As5e55rnents on Churche5
5 Caplkl Recelpts
6 Grants recet¥ed
7 Other Chartta￿ IncomE
& Totsl
Expendliure
9 Grants and dLNMtiDns
10 Salarks and assodated costs
11 Property maintenknce
12 Connexlonal asstssment& rn￿1 trust le¥y
13 O￿trICtA$Se$sMefftt & Levy
14 Depreclatyon
15 Office expenses
16 C*her outgwgs
17 Totsl th•rft•bh exp•ndltu
18 GaMsllhxse51 on nKffjetsry In¥Éstmerts
19 Gam51(￿Se5} on Inve5trn*it properues
20 Net ltttCdM&I{tYPorHllt¥r¢l
21 TTrn5fer5 between thds
Z2 Other gainslO05se51
23 mts¥¢m#rt In lund5
24Totalfund5 broughtfonward
25 Totslfunds ¢aThiEd lorward
1.437
21
Z25,69Z
4J06
5,743
21,600
225,692
167J45
6,271
39,348
11,469
10724S
6,271
39.3
15.819
4,420
395
15
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{16,2291
1101,0301
0 (119,2B81
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16,229
135
2J73,792
509
138,4Dg
16,229
31,627
47056
2,543,828
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testo
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General Fund
TN*t
Fund5
CO￿*3 (Uni*wirt•dl {UMth¢todl lunrostrl¢tsd}
R¢slrlci•d Endowmwtt Totsl
Funds
21121-22
L Dwatkn$ lega¢k5
2 Intthnefrom monetary Inyestmerts
3 from Invethrert I*¢pe￿¢S
4 Assessments tsn Churches
S CapllAI Recdr
6 Grants rec￿ed
7 Other t￿rtstrAt IrKr*ne
8 Totsl bKome
169
21,6
191876
702
071
21￿00
I92￿76
92
737
92
215A39
21
702
9 Grants and donatTh75
LO Sahries a￿d aSS￿ated c05ts
Ll Pioperty rnaintenance
L2 Conneyional a5se55Wrtnt& rnrpjel tn*
13 Dthict A55CS5nKnt& Lcvy
14 Depreciatbjn
15 Office expenses
16 Other outgokngs
17 Yotsl th)witableexpendiiure
18 GalnsJlknssesl mwetsry knVests￿
19 Gains/ltsse51 on jnvcthent prowtJe5
20 Net Incomei(expenditu￿I
21 Transfer5 bciweeD fund5
22 Other gainslO055csI
Net nwvemeht Im fund$
24Totsl funds broughtforward
25 Total lunds cavvkd forward
l&).L74
140,174
37.736
10.205
37,736
16,162
5,957
40,941
41,423
6839
175.974
137,615
14.040
175,974
131A178
(5,7371
125,OWI
io.
151,655
222.137
30.737
169,146
J38
2,411,950
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Notes to the Accounts
l Basis of accounting
The financkil stateme)ts have been prepdred undtr the Charities SORP IFRS 102) 'Accounting and Re[m)￿n9 by Charit￿5..
state￿nt of ReCOmTh￿l1d￿ f*aC0￿ applicable to (harfties their acc(MJnts in accordance with the Financial
RqL)rting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 {eff￿t1ve l January 20191., Finanoal Re￿rtIng
Standard 102 The Fu)ancial ReFKJrt¥KJ Standard applra)le in the UK and Republ￿ of Ireland, and the Clwiti
Act 2011.
The Chadty con$t￿uLe$ a puLlic iEnefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
The presentsts.on currency of the fnanckil #atements is Ihe Pound Stvllng 1£).
2 Funds
The funds held C(￿5￿t￿te General Funds held for any purtK)se of the Clrcult whlch are Unrestricted, Circult MixlelTYust Fund
whlch ha4 WKJe purwse and is categor&ed as unrestrlcied, and Designated funds whKh are Lknrestricted txjt hdd for a
narrowtr purpx (Maintenan￿ of Manses). The￿ are no EndowrrEnt funds. Details rf each material fjjnd are dsC1f￿e￿ tn
Note 17 to these ￿COUnts. Any fU￿S may be represented by more d￿n ijst Glsh.
3 Accounting policies
ea5iS
Thfse ￿c￿Ints liave t￿en prePa￿d on the basis of historical C￿ COnv￿tion wrth Items reC(XJn￿ed at cost <y tran￿tion
V31ue, unle55 Otherwise ststed kn the rekvant notes, ald on the accnjals basis to show a true a)d far view of the Cirujlts
financial ￿tiv￿les.
Incoming Resources
Income is Included in the StaterrEnl of Financial Acbvities ISOFAI when the Circuit b￿oMe$ entilled io the reswrces, and
the trustees are reas(x)abty ￿rtain ty will ￿1ve Ihe r￿￿jrCeS. and the monetary vakne can measured %Yith S￿￿￿￿t
reliability.
Rasourc8s Exp￿ded
Thi5 15 rec(xJnised when a 5iability & trKuThed, (x a construttive Obligati￿ arises, that resutts in the paynEnt belng
unavoidable. Lkibilities are rec￿n￿ed as swn as an outhow of Èronomic beneff( is CL)nsid￿ed more like￿ than not ur¥Jer
the legal or o)nstNcbve Obliga￿On commrtung the Circurt to pay wt ￿9)urceS.
Grants
Grants m* by the Cwcuit from its own funds a￿ recLyJnised in fvll at the time of agre8nent or when the Circuit accepts
that there is a kgal (x o￿at1(￿al obligat¥)n to make the payfflent. When the grant s recurrent OV￿ more than one year
the baLA[￿ payable in fu￿￿ years is trea￿fj as a proviSH￿ fcr fijture cQKnmitm￿ts m the Bakin￿ sheet against the
aptyoprklte fund, the prrj￿sk>n beTrng ￿kas￿l kn fvture years as instslments a￿ pa¥J in Kcrydance with the original
VAT
Since ts Cwjit is ntst VAT wi*red, all wiput VAT 15 chargej with the expenses to wh￿h it refers.
Tangible fixed a55ets for use by the Circuit
Tangible fixed assets are capitallsed if they Gin used ft)r more than one yeAr, and cost at least £5(K).
The frethky wopety is shown in the accounts at 2015 d￿m￿ values, uwated using the NatK)nwKle index of house prices
for the relevant region. No depffciatx)n is provickd on the bulldiThJ because the twstees c(￿51￿ ts ajrrent resldual fair
vala- rf tr.e wansc kn,iW..p.gs '"n the assumpt￿-. th3t".t thc cyd &,"È usefL.I cCon&￿￿:1fe b,, the le-r"￿.d) +
LE not than its CuThe￿t value. Any dep￿k90[￿ woukj not rTr3terk31. The prtwties have been rev*wed for
inpairM￿t,
wh￿ prorErty hd¢J ts surplus to ￿rMal staffing reqUir￿ents and it is anlicipaied that it Is unllkely tr) LE u￿1 as a nwnse
wthwi two years, the protkrty is dassified as InVestrn￿t Propety (whether let out or rK)tI.
In¥estThent Proporties
In 2019 the Cir￿lt assum￿1 ￿5[￿sIbIlity for a chapel and assLKiated land ft>llowirNJ d05uR and ￿SsatiOn of worship fvr a
(hurch wf(hin the Circuit. The was sold during the year.
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Conce55ionary Loans
Concessionary loaiis are initially recognLsed and measur&1 at the amount receiv￿1 or paid with the caTW"ng amountadjusted
in subSequ￿t yws lo ref*ct repayments, any accnjed inter￿t and, if ￿￿e￿ry, (mpainrEnts.
Current Asset Invastments
Current asset [nveStm￿lS a￿ valued in the bakin￿ 4)eet at Ma￿et Wdlue at the year el￿. InveStm￿t income is included
in the ￿nts wh￿1 receivab￿ and any gains or k)sses on revaluatk7n at the year are shown in the SOFA.
Going concwn
At the tsme of swing these accounts, the tnjstees teltve that the charity has a@uate res(wrcts and reserves to continue
in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
The 2020-21 financhql year was dramatkalty affected by the COVID-19 ￿ndemIC wlth Ilngerbro impact into 202L-22.
Assessm￿ts were Waiv￿ ￿ a quarter if It took a church below 4 m¢Mths of resaves. The deficit was ￿￿t frcm reserves.
4 Gainsl{Losses) on investments
2022123 2021122
Prcpty revaluatm (Unrealw)
Investment propty fftaluat￿n (unreali￿1)
(73,6651 128,3C
101030
175 974
5 Payment to Trusteas
Five knustees ￿1Ved remunerati￿ in rdatK)n to their eMpkn￿nent with the tharity as mlnlsiers C￿ lay employ￿.
Ttte￿ were no ot￿r payn￿nts made to trustees for aJdf(K)nal se￿iC￿ provid￿1 to the Circuit.
Trustee expew relmtxj￿j
2022123 2021122
Numbtr of Trustees ￿1MbUrSed
Total a[TV￿nt reimbutrEed
Exp￿￿ paYrn￿ts prtmarfly reLate io relmbJrsem￿t for travel costs tr attending meetings, plus re1mbu￿eMent of costs
paid direttly by Circuit 0f￿ers.
6 Fees for ￿aMInatiOn of the accaunts
2022123 2021122
Indewda)t examin￿5 fee5 for re￿￿ting on the accounts
Othtr fees le.g. advie, ￿C￿ntancY services) paid to Ihe hdependent examin
1,170
1,2(K)
7 Paid employees
Staff costs pald durlng th¢ y* were:
2022123 2021122
Gr055 wages, salaries and benefits in kvid
Empbyerfs Natrt￿a1 Insuran￿ crtsts
Pension costs
130,688 125,069
12,234
11,7(X)
24,423
23,405
Total staff costs
167 345 160 174
AvtraJe nTr)nthty anp￿y￿S in the year were..
No empk>yees re￿Ne employee L￿efits of more than £60,000.
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8 Other outgoings
2022123
2021122
Travel
TektA)one aThJ Intemet
Trainlng
Utilities
Cwncil tax
Insurance
Wo(ksthill manse
PrO￿rty manaJement rees
other expenses
MTF admMistratKIi
Total
6,959
1,454
4,830
1,365
2,110
11,254
1,638
12,LYX)
2,650
5,006
482
6,166
3,684
15,972
3,104
4,020
394
9 Grants
The concess￿ary Eoan for £15,(MM) brought f(Invard frLYn 2019120 ￿lated to car park wc*k5 undertaken at one of the
churches. Due to ihe CovkJ-19 pan(kniic a￿ting lJ)e church's inco￿, the cit￿r( accepted a grant req￿t to cover 50%
of the c<￿ts of car works, in line with the Circu￿$ usual grant pr(Kedures. The grant of £7,5W has been iicluded in
the 2020121 acccunts.
Further to the sale of a ch4)el and laThd durng the year, the Circuil gave a'tithe, of £5,0(X) FEr annum to be paid to a
trust in 2021122 and 2022123. Since the Circuit reccgnises the responslbility to meet fvture instalments of ￿ants,
all fuiure Ik?bIl￿IeS are shown as 1kib1l￿"￿ on the balance theet.
10 Related Party Transactions
In 2019 the ch￿ty mat* a corKessi(¥)ary ban to a church wthin the Cirthit. See note 16 for n￿re details.
11 DeL*ors and Pr•payments
2022123 2021122
14,108
3,904
9,616
PrepayM￿ts
Stipend5 paid n a(fvan
221
10,290
Total
Conc￿51￿ry k)an
1,500
1,500
Grand total
An￿l￿ts due In n￿e than L y
tors
3￿
12 Currant liabilities
2022123 2022122
Creditor5
Acr￿￿a
Rent rete1v￿ in advance
ssessments rlreived in adva
Gr￿t
Totsl
17,854
5,119
18,?14
1,800
47,417
1,8LX)
49,342
71,912
77,550
Amoutts due in m(re than l year
Grant
13 Capital Commitments and Contingent liabilities
At the 31st August 2023 there are no capitsl C(¥nmItrn￿ts or (C￿tin￿t liabiliiies,
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14 Tang*ble Fixed Awets
Investment
Properties
Land Manses
Total
Cost and valuatlon
Balance brought forward
Additi￿5
Revaluat¥￿$ l+l-)
Disw)5ak {-)
Transfers (+/-)
Balance f￿ard
629,949
932,509
741,710 1,674,219
(27,3651
133,626) 140,039) 173,665)
898 883
701 671 1600 554
Accumulated
depreciation
Balan￿ brought fo￿all1
Dew￿lat￿)n charge for
year (-)
Revaknatic¥)s (+l-)
tisw6als l-l
Transfe￿ {+/-)
Salar￿e caThied ftmward
Net ljook value
Brought forward
G3Nied forwar
741710 1674 219
701671 16(V) 554
The freehdd tmpty is shown in the acccunts at 2015 deenEd value5, ukyated annualty using lfft Na￿(￿WIde indÉ% of
hou* p￿￿ for the rekvant regi(￿.
One of the ￿￿opertieS was no l(Mg¥ US￿ as a manse at 315L August 2020. As thi£ is not e¥￿ted to be a tansvary
atTangement the ha5 tken r￿￿sSif￿d as an lnVestrr￿nt pYq)erty.
C(st or valuati(￿ at 31$1 August 2023 is represented by..
Investment
ProrErties
Land
Mar
Totsl
553,474
273,433
58, 140
48,675
43,565
38,256
7,978
448,652 1,002,126
221,647
495,Ck80
47,128
105,268
39,457
88,132
35,315
78,880
30,851
69,107
7,462
15,+10
Valuation in 2013
Valuation in 2014
Valuation in 2015
valuab.￿ in 2016
valuati(￿ in 2017
valUatic￿ in 2018
Control acqu￿￿1 over asset (at Val￿tiC￿)
Vaknatt.(￿ kn 2019
Valuaticn in 2020
pr(l￿ty reclassificatK)n
Valuab"m in 2021
Di¥K)sal
Valuats(n In 2022
88,000
(5,938)
15,5541 111,4921
45,418
42,472
87,890
(252,223) (270,6611 (522,884)
63,160
75,203
138,363
24,000
522,884
51,400
1104,(M)O)
47,665
58,571
69,738
128,309
Valuats'on in 2023
As at 31* Auwst 2023
701671 1600 554
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15 Investments
The circu￿ has no common Investmert fund holdings.
The fvrvjs thaL sUP￿t the c￿cult Model Trust Fund and the Manses Fund are held by TMCP in Trustees Interest Funds on
whKh Snterest Ls (r&f(8J to the ￿CoUnts eKh month.
TCMP the legal o¥yner and Custixjkin Trustee of all Meth(￿15t Model Trust property. I[￿u￿4ng Lwies, EndDwments and
AccumuLited Funds. Tnjst tNUPty s held for and on behalf of local Managing Tnjstees who are resFK)nSIb￿ for the day to
day management of tNst Ffopty. TMCP ensure that, thrt¥ugh providing gUi(san￿ and arting under the￿ d￿￿tiL￿, the
Ma)agiThJ Trusfrts cor1p￿ wlth c￿3rty law and Metljxlist law and wllcy as dettrmined by the MeihThJist confer￿ce.
16 Loans
In 2019-20 the charity granted a cDnce5Si￿lary k)an of £15,(KJO io Br￿Kne11 thur(h lo be repak1 b￿k over 5 years. [￿e
Lts the Cowd-19 pandemic affeCt￿g the church's Inco￿￿, the cir￿rt aC￿pt￿ a grant request to cover 50Wo of the costs of
car park w￿ks, li) Ilne with the circuivs usual grant procedures, The grant of £7,500 was included In the 2020121
accounts.
Church
Date granted '" Amount ". Pwiod Balance i Atiditions
brought
Repaid •Baiance
this
Carried
Fonvard
Amount due
in more than
Bracknell l November 2019
15,000 :: 5_year5 1
17 Detailed analysis 01 individual fund movements
At
01.09.22 Income
Gains and
1055es
Extraordinary
itém5
At
31.08.23
, Unreslricted
Expenthture
Transfers
2,373,792
Circuit Model
Tnjsts
Eles￿nated Manse
Maffit￿anCe
14,8151
31,627
16,229
47,856
Comparatlves for movwnwt In funds
At
Olm.21 Income
Gains and i Éxtraordinary
los
Items
At
31.08.22
Unrèstrittsd
fund name
Gen￿al
| Circuit Mcxiel
D￿ignated Mar￿e
Maint￿an
Expenditure
214,737 r-
253 096
702 ry-" (6,439)
Transfers
2 222,137
169,146
175 974
2 373,792 1
o [--"'"" 138,4(
(25,0(M))
10,960
18 For informatioD onlv Mpnev rexei.1￿9 g.nd po&4ed. OD. to Eytemal Owp.nI￿.1v.Q￿$
2022123 2021122
Balance brought forward
OfferlngslGifts - re￿iVed for Ext&Mal OrganiSat￿n9
OfferingslGifts - passed to Exthal Organisations
Balance carried forward
{46)
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