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|For the year Ended|31August 2020|
|Administrative<br>Information||
|Trustees'<br>Annual<br>Report||
|Statement<br>ofTrustees'|Responsibilities|
|Auditors'<br>report||
|Statement<br>of Financial|Activities|
|Statement<br>of Financial|Position|
|Cash Flow Statement||
|Notes to the financial|statements|





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|Other Trustees (continued):|Other Trustees (continued):|Martin<br>Cresswell||Margaret|Margaret|Mottram|
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|||3anet Fenney||3im|Howard||
|||Diana Beaumont||Kathryn||Ridge|
|||Emma Verio||Pat|Bedall||
|||Carol Totney||Sue|Readshaw||
|||Iris Gamble|||||
|Registered|Office:|Beckminster<br>Methodist|Church||||
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|||Wolverhampton|||||
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|Auditors||Muras Baker 3ones Limited|||||
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|General<br>Fund<br>Circuit Model Trust Fund<br>Designated<br>Funds<br>Restricted<br>Funds|f(24,401)<br>f(10,028)<br>f(11,072)<br>E(6,583)|(2019f(27,939)<br>(2019:f(17,983)<br>(2019:f(4,048)<br>(2019:f(19,730)|Deficit for both years<br>Deficit for both years<br>Deficit for both years<br>Deficit for both years|
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|The Circuit has a reserves<br>policy c|The Circuit has a reserves<br>policy c|overin|g<br>its un|g<br>its un|g<br>its un|restrict|restrict|ed<br>fund|s which<br>i|s reviewed<br>ann|s reviewed<br>ann|ually|.|
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|Our policy<br>is to ensure<br>that there||are|sufficient|||free||reserves|available|to maintain||and|secure the|
|Circuits viability<br>and future<br>whilst ensuring<br>through<br>openness<br>being<br>used<br>for its charitable<br>purposes.<br>The Trustees<br>are of|||||||||and transparency<br> the view that at||that its resources are<br> 31 August<br>2020 free|||
|reserves<br>meet these criteria.|The reserves|||held||at the||end of the year were as|||follows:|||
|Unrestri cted funds||||||||||||||
|General<br>Fund|||||||||||||1,732,274|
|Model Trust Fund|||||||||||||383,013|
|||||||||||||2,115,287||
|Designated<br>funds<br>Wednesfield<br>Methodist<br>Church|Funds||||||||||||14,102|
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|Total unrestri cted funds|||||||||||||2,129,389|
|Surplus<br>Funds<br>Endowed<br>Funds from Wednesfield||Methodist|||Church||||||||22,513<br>52,586|
|Total restricted<br>funds|||||||||||||75,099|
|Total funds|||||||||||||2,204,488|
|Less:<br>Tied up in freehold<br>property<br>Restricted<br>Funds||and|fixtures||||||||||(1,618,158)<br>(75,099)|
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|Total readily available reserves|||||||||||||511,231|





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|||Note|(Unrestricted)<br>I|(Unrestricted)I||Funds<br>6|FundsI|2020|2019<br>6|
|Income||||||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||12,893||10,626|||23,519|1,720|
|Charitable<br>activities:||||||||||
|Assessment<br>or share||6|369,195|||||369,195|390,034|
|Grants||8|14,494|||||14,494|200|
|Other income||10|126,761|||5,612||132,373|114,385|
|Investment<br>income:||||||||||
|Income from monetary||||||||||
|investments|||875||3,620||1,323|5,818|6,654|
|Total Income|||524,218|14g246||5~612|ig323|545,399|512,993|
|Expenditure<br>on||||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities:||||||||||
|Salaries and assooated||||||||||
|costs||12|355,507|||3,043||358,550|355,132|
|District assessment|||92,567|||||92,567|92,118|
|MTF levy|||||19,783|||19,783|21,138|
|Property<br>Costs||14|54,330|||4,772||59,102|45,821|
|Office Expenses||15|12,055|||||12,055|8,427|
|Depreciation|||27,148|||||27,148|23,868|
|Other outgoings||16, 17|21,740||807||183|22,730|17,598|
|Grants and donations||11|1,098||3,000|||4,098|19,482|
|Total Expenditure|||564,445|23,590||7,815|183|596,033|583,584|
|Net Income/||||||||||
|(expenditure)|||(40,227)||(9,344)|(2,203)|1,140|(50,634)|(70,591)|
|Gains (deficits )on||||||||||
|Transfers<br>between|Funds|18|15,826||(179)|(8,869)|(6,778)|||
|Investment<br>assets|||||(505)|—|(945)|(1,450)|891|
|Net movement<br>in|funds||(24~401)|(10g028)||(11~072)|(6~583)|(52g084)|(69 700)|
|Total funds brought||||||||||
|forward|||1,756,675|393,041||25,174|81,682|2,256,572|2,326,272|
|Total funds carried||||||||||
|forward at end ofyear|||1732I274|383g013||14r102|75~099|2g204I488|2 256 572|





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|As at 31Aug|ust 2|20|||Circuit Model|Designated||||
||||General|Fund|Trust Fund|Funds|Restricted|Totals|Totals|
||||(Unrestricted)||(Unrestricted)|(Unrestricted)|Funds|2020|2019|
|||Notes||6|6|6|6|6|6|
|Fixed Assets||||||||||
|Tangible<br>fixed assets||19|1,618,158|||||1,618,158|1,642,673|
|Investments<br>with|TMCP|20|||29,397||52,5$5|81,982|72,$05|
||||1~618~158||29g397||52,585|1,700,140|1,715,478|
|Current Assets||||||||||
|Debtors||21|49,004|||||49,004|44,$51|
|Investments<br>with|TMCP|22|||353,616||27,514|381,130|411,91$|
|Central<br>Finance Board||||||||||
|Deposits||22|14$,539|||||148,539|161,426|
|Cash at Bank and|in|||||||||
|hand||22||||14,102||14,102|24,918|
||||197,543||353,616|14,102|27,514|592,775|643,113|
|Creditors:<br>Amounts||||||||||
|falling due within|one|||||||||
|year||25|$3,427||||5,000|88,427|97,01$|
|Net current assets|||114'116||353~616|14~102|22g514|504~348|546 095|
|Total assets less||||||||||
|current<br>liabilities|||1,732,274||383,013|14~102|75g099|2~204~488|2 261 772|
|Grants payable|in over|||||||||
|1year||25|||||||5,000|
|Net assets|||1,732,274||363,013|14,102|75,099|2,204,4$8|2,256,572|
|Funds ofthe circuit||||||||||
|General<br>Fund||||||||||
|(Unrestricted)||26.1|1,732,274|||||1,732,274|1,756,675|
|Circuit Model Trust||||||||||
|Fund (Unrestricted)||26.1|||379,954|||379,954|389,477|
|Revaluation<br>Fund||||||||||
|(Unrestricted)||26.I|||3,059|||3,059|3,564|
|Designated<br>Fund||||||||||
|(Unrestricted)||26.2||||14,102||14,102|25,174|
|Other Funds||||||||||
|(Restricted)||27|||||73,234|73,234|7$,873|
|Revaluation<br>Fund||||||||||
|(Restricted)||27|||||1,665|1,865|2,$10|
|Total Funds||2$|1~7321274||383~013|14~102|75I099|2g204g488|2 256 572|





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|Wolverhampton<br>Methodist<br>Circuit<br>Cash flow statement|||||
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|For the year ended 31August 2020|||2020|2019|
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|Cash from operating<br>activities|||||
|Deficit for the year|||(50,634)|(70,591)|
|Adjustments<br>for:|||||
|Depreciation|||27,148|23,868|
|Decrease/(increase)<br>in debtors|||(4,153)|(3,087)|
|Increase/(decrease)<br>in creditors|||(13,591)|(25,522)|
|Net cash used in operating<br>activities|||(41i230)|(75t332)|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities|||||
|Purchase<br>of tangible assets|||(2,633)|(14,212)|
|Purchase<br>of fixed asset investments|||(10,627)||
|Net cash (used in) / from investing|activities||(13I260)(14i212)||
|Change<br>in cash and cash equivalents|in the period||(54,490)|(89,544)|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at start of period|||598,261|687,805|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the end ofthe period||22|543i771|598I261|





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||sundry<br>o|ffice costs.|||
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||Number|of trustees<br>who were paid expenses|||
||Total amount<br>paid||250|117|
|5.|Fees for examination<br>or audit ofthe accounts||||
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||Included|within 'other expenditure'<br>are the following:|||
||Auditors'|fee for reporting<br>on the accounts|3124|3,020|



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|Staff costs|||||||||||
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|Staff costs paid during the year were:<br>Gross wages, salaries<br>and benefits<br>in kind<br>Employer's<br>National<br>Insurance<br>costs|||||||||269,684<br>19,006|265,991<br>17,599|
|Pension costs|||||||||48,216|48,482|
|Other non-payroll|costs||||||||21,644|23,060|
|Total staff costs|||||||||358I550|355~132|
|Average<br>number <br>year were:||of full-time||equivalent|||employees||in the<br>16|20|
|No employee<br>earned||more than||660,000 (2019||||- none)|in the year.||
|The costs can be summarised|||between|||ministry||and lay|worker support as follows:||
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|Ministry|||||||||260,101|256,396|
|Gross cost of lay|support||||||||98,449|98,736|
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|ccounts <br>Property|of The Met<br> costs|hodist<br>Church at www. methodist. o|rg.uk.|||
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|Property|Maintenance|||12,530|7,840|
|Rental of|manses|||14,531|13,883|
|Insurance||||9,221|4,729|
|Utilities<br>(principally||rates, light and heat at Darlington|Street and|||
|water rates)||||22,820|19,369|
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|Office ex|penses|||
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|Printing,|postage and stationery|3,863|1,231|
|Use of office and facilities||4,893|4,000|
|Audit fee||3,124|3,020|
|Training||175|176|
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|ampton<br>Methodist<br>Circuit<br>o the accounts<br>1August 2020<br>ther outgoings||||
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|Pulpit supply<br>Inspections<br>and legal fees||3,366<br>16,844|6,197<br>3,769|
|Sundry<br>outgoings||258|2,513|
|Mission and outreach||1,273|4,094|
|TMCP charges (charged to MTF and Restricted|Fund)|990|1,025|
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|oe<br>As at|o e accouns<br> 31August 2020|o e accouns<br> 31August 2020|||||
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|19.|Tangible fixed assets||||||
||Cost or valuation||||Fixtures,||
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|||||Manses|Equipment|Tota I|
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||At 31August|2019||1,683,178|68,066|1,751,244|
||Additions||||2,633|2,633|
||At 31August|2020||1,683,178|70699|11753i877|
||Depreciation||||||
||At 31August|2019||61,850|46,721|108,571|
||Charge for year|||16,020|11,128|27,148|
||At 31August|2020||77,870|57,849|135,719|
||Net book value||||||
||At 31August|2019||1,621,328|21,345|1,642,673|
||At 31August|2020||1~605i308|12850|Ii618518|
|20.|Fixed Asset Investments||||||
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||Cost brought|forward|||72,805|71,914|
||Additions||||10,627||
||Unrealised<br>(losses)gains||on revaluation||(1,450)|891|
||Cost carried forward||||81,982|72,805|





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|reditors<br>—a|mounts<br>falling due within one year|||
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|Bank Overdrafts||7,458||
|Accruals||25,034|24,086|
|Assessments|in advance|49,770|60,833|
|Grant payable|to Stratton Street|5,000|10,000|
|Other Creditors||1,165|2,099|




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|Unrestricted||Fund||E|E|E|||E|
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|General<br>Fund<br>Circuit<br>Model Trust <br>Revaluation<br>Fund|||Fund|1,756,675<br>389,477<br>3,564|524,218<br>14,246|(564,445)<br>(23,590)|(505)|15,826<br>(179)|1,732,274<br>379,954<br>3,059|
|Totals||||2,149,716|538,464|(588,035)|(505)|15,647|2,115,287|
|Unrestricted|||funds|—Previous|year|||||
|||||Opening|Incoming|Resources|Gains/|Transfers|Closing|
|||||balance|Resources|Expended|(Losses)||Balance|
|Unrestricted||Fund||E|E|E|E||E|
|Name||||||||||
|General|Fund|||1,784,614|493,345|(535,424)||14,140|1,756,675|
|Circuit|Model|Trust Fund||407,696|3,741|(21,960)|||389,477|
|Revaluation||Fund||3,328|||236||3,564|
|Totals||||2,195,638|497,086|(557,384)|236|14~140|2g149~716|





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|Designated|Fund Name||||balancef|resources<br>f|Expended<br>f|(Losses)<br>f|Transfers<br>f|Balancef|
|Wednesfieid|Designated||||||||||
|Funds|||||25,174|5,612|(7,815)||(8,869)|14,102|
|Totals|||||25~174|Sg612|(7g815)||(8,869)|14,102|
|Designated<br>funds —Previous year|||||||||||
|||||Opening||Incoming|Resources|Gains||Closing|
|||||balance<br>E||resources<br>f|Expended<br>f|(Losses)<br>F|Transfers<br>E|Balance<br>E|
|Designated|Fund Name||||||||||
|University<br>Chaplaincy|||||3,714|5,836|(6,066)||(3,484)||
|Wednesfield|Designated||||||||||
|Fund|||||25,508|8,110|(9,931)||1,487|25,174|
|Totals||||29,222||13,946|15,997||(tg997)|25/174|
|Restricted<br>funds||—Current year|||||||||
|University|Chaplaincy||Fund||(Restricted):<br>represents<br>specific|||funding|for the<br>provision|of a|
|minister<br>to the University||||of Wolverhampton.|||||||
||||||Opening|Incoming|Resources|Gains/||Closing|
|Restricted|Fund Name||||balance<br>E|resourcesf|Expendedf|(Losses)f|Transfers<br>E|Balance<br>E|
|Surplus<br>Funds Account<br>Wednesfield<br>Endowed||Funds|||28,152<br>50,719|265<br>1,059|(76)<br>(107)||(5,828)<br>(950)|22,513<br>50,721|
|Wednesfield|Endowed||||||||||
|Revaluation|Fund||||2,810|||(945)||1,865|
|Totals|||||81,682|1,324|(183)|(945)|(6,778)|75,099|





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|Restricted|Fund Name||E|E|E||E|E|
|Surplus<br>Funds Account<br>Wednesfield<br>Endowed||Funds|48,538<br>50,719|368<br>1,594|(10,097)<br>(106)||(10,656)<br>(1,487)|28,153<br>50,719|
|Wednesfield|Endowed||||||||
|Revaluation|Fund||2,155|||655||2,810|
|Totals|||101g412|1961|(10/203)|655|(12g143)|81~682|



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||||||General|Fund|Trust Fund|Funds|Funds|Totals|
||||||(Unrestricted)||(Unrestricted)|(Unrestricted)|(Restricted)|2020|
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|Fixed Assets|||||||||||
|Tangible|fixed assets||||1,618,158|||||1,618,518|
|Fixed asset investments|||||||29,397||52,585|81,982|
|Current|Assets||||||||||
|Debtors|||||49,004|||||49,004|
|TMCP Investments|||||||353,616||27,514|381,130|
|Deposit accounts|||||148,539|||||148,539|
|Cash at|Bank and||in|hand||||14,102||14,102|
|Creditors:<br>Amounts||||falling|||||||
|due within<br>one year|||||||||||
|Amounts|falling|due||in over|(83,427)||||(5,000)|(88,427)|
|one year|||||||||||
|Total|||||1,732,274||383,013|14,102|75,099|2,204,488|





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|significant<br>influenc<br>considered<br>related|e<br>over an<br> parties.|y of th|em,<br>no|r they over the Circuit.|They are, the|refore,<br>not|
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|Transactions<br>with|connected|parties|during|the year are as follows:|||
|Names of Connected<br>Organisations|||||Receipts|Payments|
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|Donor: District Advance<br>Fund|||||10,200|(92,567)|
|Donor: Churches|within the|Circuit|in respect of assessments||369,195||
|Donee: Grants to|churches|within|the Circuit|||(4,098)|



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