Trustees' Annual Report for the period 1st September 2020 to 31st August 2021
Charity Name: **North Norfolk Methodist Circuit** Charity Registration Number: **1134993**
Structure, governance, and management:
Governing document: Deed Of Union (1932) and Methodist Church Act (1976)
How charity is constituted: Act of Parliament
Trustee selection methods: Appointed by local churches and existing trustees.
Ministers are automatically trustees.
Additional Governance Issues:
Induction/training: Range of guidance produced by Methodist Connexion. Leaflet ‘The Role of a Trustee in The Methodist Church’ given to each trustee.
Structure: Part of the East Anglia District. Accountable to the Methodist Conference.
Related Parties: The Circuit is represented at District Synod by
representatives from the list of trustees.
Risks: Considered by the Circuit Leadership Team who take professional advice as required. There is a regular review process. The Circuit has adopted the Connexional Safeguarding Policy and ensured it is rolled out to the churches.
## **Objectives and activities:**
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document:
The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the Date of Union the advancement of:
a) The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of The Methodist Church,
b) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, District, Circuit, local or other organisation of The Methodist Church,
c) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church,
d) Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church.
## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objectives:**
The Circuit produces a quarterly preaching plan to ensure regular acts of worship take place at each of the Methodist Churches in its geographical area. These are open to all people, without charge.
At the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic and the national lockdown, the Circuit leadership team acted to provide weekly worship materials for use at home. This included a weekly printed service, telephone worship and links to online worship both live streamed and recorded. The information was sent by email and included on the Circuit website. For those without internet connection the service was sent by post. Regular pastoral letters of support were also shared. This has continued since the lifting of restrictions.
We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities:**
Policy on grant-making: Besides its general funds the Circuit has a Model Trust Fund which derives from sales of chapels and/or manses that are no longer required and is restricted by the Conference. This restriction is an internal regulation though the fund can be used for a variety of purposes. The Circuit leadership team has drawn up a set of ground rules, which have been accepted by the Circuit Meeting, to ensure grants made from the Circuit Model Trust Fund are used effectively for mission and capital works. Circuit policy permits individual
churches to apply for grants of up to 20% of the cost of improvements or major repairs.
## **Achievements and performance:**
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year:
a) Circuit Safeguarding Policy Document – This is reviewed annually (at the March Circuit Meeting) and updated as required to reflect current legislation and the activities of the Circuit.
b) The Circuit Safeguarding Officer ensures that people in all churches receive the relevant safeguarding training for their role and training sessions are held on a regular basis. c) The Circuit continues to grow its work among the homeless, impoverished, and lonely. Support is offered through Community Cafes in several of the churches in the Circuit.
d) We continue to seek new ways to relate the Christian faith to modern family life through Messy Church and through cafe style worship in some churches.
e) The Circuit acts as an umbrella organisation for the work of the Methodist Church in North Norfolk. It provides financial and property resources for the ministerial team and small fees to retired ministers for church services that they continue to undertake.
f) The Circuit also provides for a significant part of the salaries for the Lay Employees who work to promote the work of the Methodist Church.
g) Small grants continue to be made to churches in respect of approved repair and investment works that they wish to undertake.
h) The aims of the Methodist Church Our Calling Process have been reinforced and will continue to underpin all that we do to promote the work of the Circuit as a charitable body concerned for the needs of others.
## **Financial Review:**
The Reserves Policy for the North Norfolk Circuit is to hold a sum equivalent to 3 months' average expenditure. This should be sufficient to meet any unforeseen item of major expenditure on manses and/or be able to continue, in the short term, funding planned activities in the event of the closure of a large church or an inability to raise the full Circuit Assessment from churches. It is necessary to hold sufficient working capital to enable the monthly payment of stipends and business expenses for ministers and salaries for the part time Lay Employees plus contributions to the District. There are no funds materially in deficit.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.
Signature Colin C Telfer
Full name Colin Campbell Telfer Position: Chair of Trustees Date: 22 June 2022
**CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**
# **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS**
## **North Norfolk Methodist**
Circuit
# **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021**
East Anglia
**District Circuit no** 14/13
**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**
1134993
## If not a registered charity **Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number**
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242 )
Ministers:
Rev Colin Telfer
Rev Sharon Thraves
Deacon Lemia Nkweleh
## Circuit Stewards:
Jane Green Jonathan Bloom Alan Frost Helen Barnwell Graham Redgwell
Treasurer:
Graham Redgwell & Alan Skeates (assistant)
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**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021**
**Circuit**
**North Norfolk Methodist**
||**SECTION A**|||£
£
£
**Un -**
**restricted**
**Funds**
**Circuit**
**Model Trust**
**Fund**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|£
£
£
**Un -**
**restricted**
**Funds**
**Circuit**
**Model Trust**
**Fund**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|£
£
£
**Un -**
**restricted**
**Funds**
**Circuit**
**Model Trust**
**Fund**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|£
**Totals this**
**year**|£
**Totals this**
**year**|£
**Totals last**
**year**|£
**Totals last**
**year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||||
|a2|Assessment/Share|||164,657|||**164,657**||158,799||
|a3|Capital receipts||||||||||
|a4|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||84|754||**838**||2,872||
|a5|Grants||||||||||
|a6|Other receipts||1|13,743|||**13,743**||41,930||
|a7|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**178,484**|**754**||**179,238 **|**(a8)**|**203,601**||
||||||||||||
||**SECTION B**||||||**164,165**
**31,005**
**5,139**
**37,165**
**468**
**35,942**||||
|b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||||
|b2|Stipends, salaries, NIC, Pension and
travel costs||2|164,165|||**164,165**||143,549||
|b3|Manse Costs||3|31,005|||**31,005**||13,628||
|b4|Administration etc||4|5,139|||**5,139**||6,091||
|b5|District Assessment|||37,165|||**37,165**||39,962||
|b6|Grants & donations||5||468||**468**||3,030||
|b7|||||||||||
|b8|Otherpayments||6|24,971|10,971||**35,942**||49,231||
|b9|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**262,445**|**11,439**||**273,884 **|**(b9)**|**255,491**||
||||||||**(94,646)**||||
||**SECTION C**||||||||||
|c1|**NET RECEIPTS/(PAYMENTS) FOR**
**THE YEAR**||**(a7-b9)**|**(83,961)**|**(10,685)**||**(94,646)**||||
||||||||||||
|c2|Total funds brought forward from lastyear|||99,001|266,994||365,995|(c6)|417,885||
||||||||**271,349**||||
|c3|**Sub total**
**(c1+c2)**|||**15,040**|**256,309**||**271,349**||||
||||||||||||
|c4|Transfers and adjustments|||97,014|(97,014)|||(c7)|||
||||||||||||
|c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**112,054**|**159,295**||**271,349 **|**(c8)**|**365,995 **|**(c6)**|
||**SECTION D**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|d|**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**
2,115
2,115
Balance brought forward from lastyear
Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations
Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 + d2 - d3)**
**(these amounts should not be included in total receipts/payments above)**|||
|d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear|||
|d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||3,986|
|d3|Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations||3,986|
|d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 + d2 - d3)**|||
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**North Norfolk Methodist**
**Circuit**
## **SUMMARY OF CIRCUIT ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CIRCUIT MEETING**
**SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**
Summary of the Circuit accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Circuit Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross receipts and payments totals of the Circuit. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold of £250,000, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the Circuit and connected Circuit Organisations.
||**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|**SECTION E**|
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||Summary of the Circuit accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Circuit Meeting. Note that the funds of an
Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section
must be completed to arrive at the gross receipts and payments totals of the Circuit. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold of £250,000, then the
Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance
notes regarding transfers between the Circuit and connected Circuit Organisations.||||||||||||||
||**INTERNAL**
**ORGANISATIONS**||Receipts||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments||Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closingbalances||
|e1|||||||||||||||
|e2|||||||||||||||
|e3|||||||||||||||
|e4|||||||||||||||
|e5|||||||||||||||
|e6|||||||||||||||
|e7|||||||||||||||
|e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds|||||||||||**(e11)**||**(e12)**|
|e9|**Circuit accounts (totals**
**brought forward from**
**page 2 - totals column)**||**179,238 **|**(a8)**|**273,884 **|**(b9)**|**(94,646)**|||**(c7)**|**365,995**|**(c6)**|**271,349**|**(c8)**|
|e10|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS**
**HELD BY CIRCUIT**||**179,238**||**273,884**||**(94,646)**||||**365,995 **|**(x)**|**271,349 **|**(y)**|
||||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**||||||||||
|**SECTION F**|||||||||||||||
## **SECTION F**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
||**SECTION F**
**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|**SECTION F**
**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**CIRCUIT - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2021**||**OPENING**
**BALANCES**||**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**||
|f1|Cash in hand||||||
|f2|BankCurrentAccount||42,963||56,510||
|f3|Bank DepositAccount||||||
|f4|Central FinanceBoard||56,038||55,544||
|f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes||266,994||159,295||
|f6|Other funds||||||
|f7|**SUB TOTAL**||**365,995 **|**(c6)**|**271,349**|**(c8)**|
|f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance totals above) (e12)|||**(e11)**||**(e12)**|
|f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CIRCUIT**||**365,995 **|**(x)**|**271,349**|**(y)**|
||||||||
||**SECTION G**||At||At||
||**SECTION G**||||||
||**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Investments (includeEndowments)
Land andBuildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue)
Other Assets
Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend
Other Liabilities||1 September 2020
174,099
957,274||31 August 2021
180,019
989,825||
|g1|Investments (includeEndowments)||174,099||180,019||
|g2|Land andBuildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue)||957,274||989,825||
|g3|Other Assets||||||
|g4|Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend||||||
|g5|Other Liabilities||||||
f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board
f5 Include only CFB Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
- g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trust accounts this is inserted in line f5)
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North Norfolk Methodist Circuit (No 14/13) Receipts and Payments 2020/2021 Notes to the accounts
|North Norfolk Methodist Circuit (No 14/13)
Receipts and Payments 2020/2021
Notes to the accounts|||
|---|---|---|
|Note
Description
1 Other receipts
Rent - Hickling Manse
Lay employee contributions North Walsham & Aylsham
Payment from churches for offering envelopes and prayer manuals
Refund council tax
From District for 3Generate
East Runton licence (Cromer Baptists)
District refund re UEA Chaplaincy (Rev S Willimott )
Donations towards Rev S Willimott leaving gift
North Walsham loan repayments
Balance of account from Smallburgh Methodist Church
Insurance claim and donation re West Runton wall repair
Donation towards training fund
Souper Aid book sales and donations towards costs
Refund of solicitors costs re Corpusty land
Lay employee salary refund
Car park season ticket refund
District Travel fund refund
Sundry
2 Stipends etc
Minister stipends, pension, NIC, Apprenticeship levy and travel
Salaries and expenses for 2 Lay Employees
Salary and expenses PA to Superintendent
Salary and expenses Café Manager
3 Manse costs
Manse overheads - council tax, water rates etc
Manses upkeep
Insurance
4 Administration etc
Office and admin
Minister telephones
5 Grants and donations
Aylsham property
From general funds
North Walsham boiler
Cromer shower
Hickling windows
Sheringham radiators
Weybourne property maintenance
From Circuit Model Trust Fund|£
7,550.40
2,500.00
216.66
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,230.00
-
1,592.20
-
-
24.00
630.00
-
13,743.26
£
113,172.55
35,179.11
15,813.49
-
164,165.15
£
7,128.20
22,478.35
1,398.88
31,005.43
£
3,897.31
1,242.00
5,139.31
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
467.72
467.72
467.72
£|2019/20
£
7,550.40
7,083.36
508.00
300.32
1,918.95
2,100.00
5,629.36
2,010.00
10,000.00
2,367.26
-
250.00
-
250.00
310.00
-
1,430.00
222.53|
|||41,930.18
£|
|||90,449.61
35,035.65
15,925.19
2,138.12|
|||143,548.57
£|
|||5,572.01
6,575.90
1,479.90|
|||13,627.81
£|
|||4,608.02
1,483.03|
|||6,091.05
£|
|||169.68|
|||169.68|
|||1,108.92
809.44
98.30
843.60
-|
|||2,860.26|
|||3,029.94
£|
North Norfolk Methodist Circuit (No 14/13) Receipts and Payments 2020/2021 Notes to the accounts
|North Norfolk Methodist Circuit (No 14/13)
Receipts and Payments 2020/2021
Notes to the accounts|||
|---|---|---|
|Note
Description
6 Other payments
Preaching fees
General travel
Removals
East Runton insurance, property repairs and utilities
West Runton insurance, property repairs and utilities
3Generate
Training
Quinquennials
Rev S Willimott leaving gift
Covid PPE supplies for churches
Supernumeraries meal and gifts
Stationing visits
Smallburgh insurance, property repairs and utilities
North Walsham Methodist Church loan for boiler
Lay employee payroll error - see contra entry in receipts
Telephone worship equipment
Live service recording equipment
Donations to Christian Aid re Souper Aid book
Rev J Smith leaving gift
Professional fees re interest in Corpusty land
Sundry
From general funds
Other payments CMTF
District Annual levy
TMCP administration charge
Total
Transfers and adjustments - Funds withdrawn from CMTF
Transfer to fund work on N Walsham manse roof
Transfer to fund work on W Runton property
Transfer to fund work on Smallburgh property
Lay Employee salaries 2020-21
Lay Employee salaries 2021-22
Salary PA to Superintendent 2020-21
Salary PA to Superintendent 2021-22
Connexional and Charity Funds
LWPT (Local Preachers and Worship Leaders Trust)
LWP Homes
World Mission
Mission In Britain
Fund for Property
FSPD (Fund for the Support of Presbyters and Deacons)
MMHS (Methodist Ministers Housing Society)
MHA (Methodist Homes for the Aged)
District Benevolent Fund
All We Can
Designated Funds
Manses maintenance
Removals reserve
Training budget
Bursary Fund|£
275.00
391.05
-
2,061.88
10,475.64
-
1,688.75
792.00
-
-
-
-
5,828.08
-
-
562.68
1,003.97
1,592.20
-
300.00
-
24,971.25
£
10,437.34
533.99
10,971.33
£
35,942.58
£
15,000.00
7,000.00
3,000.00
19,183.00
19,514.00
16,419.00
16,898.00
97,014.00
£
165.00
-
180.00
225.00
625.00
275.00
180.00
130.00
205.00
130.00
2,115.00
£
-
2,000.00
2,195.53
297.00
4,492.53
£|2019/20
£
1,675.00
3,124.00
7,750.10
1,896.83
2,163.06
358.95
1,759.62
4,428.00
2,086.07
536.76
290.92
374.60
21.61
10,000.00
310.00
-
-
-
200.00
300.00
16.96|
|||37,292.48
£|
|||11,379.88
559.13|
|||11,939.01
£|
|||49,231.49
£|
|||-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|||-
£|
|||180.00
500.00
567.94
452.70
740.00
455.00
180.00
165.00
292.00
453.00|
|||3,985.64
£|
|||16,321.13
-
2,884.28
297.00|
|||19,502.41
£|
Circuit: North Norfolk No. 14/13
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the North Norfolk Methodist Circuit**
**For the year ended 31 August 2021**
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the North Norfolk Methodist Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2020 set out on pages 1 to 3 plus notes showing total cash funds held at the balance sheet date of £271,349. 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 ~~(other than that disclosed below)~~ 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.
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/~~ have not 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.
## **David Wright FCA**
Wright Accountancy 83 Cromwell Road, Norwich NR7 8XJ
28 June 2022