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|Statement<br>ofTrustees'|Responsibilities|13|
|Auditors'<br>report||14|
|Statement<br>of Financial|Activities|18|
|Statement<br>of Financial|Position|19|
|Cash Flow Statement||20|
|Notes to the financial|statements|21|





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||||Birches Barn Road||||||
||||Penn Fields||||||
||||Wolverhampton||||||
||||West Midlands||||||
||||WV3 7BQ||||||
|Charity:|||1135146||||||
|Auditors|||Muras Baker jones Limited||||||
||||Regent House||||||
||||Bath Avenue||||||
||||Wolverhampton||||||
||||West Midlands||||||
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|Bankers:|||Lloyds Bank Pic||||||
||||Queen Square||||||
||||Wolverhampton||||||
||||West Midlands||||||
||||Wvi 1TF||||||
||||Barclays Bank|Pic|||||
||||Queen Square||||||
||||Wolverhampton||||||
||||West Midlands||||||
||||HSBC Bank Pic||||||
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||||Wolverhampton||||||
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||||Central<br>Finance Board|||ofthe Methodist||Church|
||||9 Bonhill Street||||||
||||London||||||
||||EC2A 4PE||||||
|Investment||advisors:|Trustees for Methodist|||Church|Purposes(TMCP)||
||||Central<br>Buildings||||||
||||Oldham<br>Street||||||
||||Manchester||||||
||||M1 1jQ||||||
|Solicitors:|||Anthony<br>Collins||LLP||||
||||134 Edmund|Street|||||
||||Birmingham||||||
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|Trustees Report<br>For the year ended 31August 2023<br>Financial Report|Trustees Report<br>For the year ended 31August 2023<br>Financial Report|||||
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|The result for the year shows an overall<br>surplus||of E571,207 (2022 deficit —E93,856).The||result|is|
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|General<br>fund|E 16,258|(2022 - E106,651)|Surplus|(deficit)||
|Circuit Model Trust Fund|E565,249|(2022 - E26,969)|Surplus|(deficit)||
|Designated<br>Funds|E(1,635)|(2022 - E3,227)|Deficit for both years|||
|Restricted<br>Funds|E(8,667)|(2022 - E10,947)|Deficit for both years|||





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|The Circuit has a reserves<br>policy covering<br>its un|The Circuit has a reserves<br>policy covering<br>its un|The Circuit has a reserves<br>policy covering<br>its un|The Circuit has a reserves<br>policy covering<br>its un|The Circuit has a reserves<br>policy covering<br>its un|The Circuit has a reserves<br>policy covering<br>its un|restricted<br>funds which<br>is reviewed<br>annually.|restricted<br>funds which<br>is reviewed<br>annually.|restricted<br>funds which<br>is reviewed<br>annually.|restricted<br>funds which<br>is reviewed<br>annually.|restricted<br>funds which<br>is reviewed<br>annually.|restricted<br>funds which<br>is reviewed<br>annually.|restricted<br>funds which<br>is reviewed<br>annually.|
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|Our policy<br>is to ensure<br>that there are sufficient<br>viability<br>and future ofthe Circuit whilst ensuring<br>are being<br>used for its charitable<br>purposes.<br>The <br>reserves meet these criteria. The reserves<br>held||||||free reserves<br>available<br>to maintain<br>and secure the<br>through<br>openness<br>and transparency<br>that its resources<br> Trustees are of the view that at 31August 2023 free<br> at the end of the year were as follows:|||||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||||||||||||
|General<br>Fund||||||||||||1,579,267|
|Model Trust Fund||||||||||||909,928|
|||||||||||||2,489,195|
|Designated<br>funds<br>Wednesfield<br>Methodist<br>Church|Funds|||||||||||2,024|
|||||||||||||2,023|
|Total unrestri cted funds||||||||||||2,491,219|
|Surplus<br>Funds<br>Endowed<br>Funds from Wednesfield|||Methodist||Church|||||||4,168<br>55,851|
|Total restricted<br>funds||||||||||||60,019|
|Totalfunds||||||||||||2,551,238|
|Less:<br>Tied up in freehold<br>property<br>Restricted<br>Funds|||and fixtures|||||||||(1,450,771)<br>(60,019)|
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|||||(Unrestncted)|(Unrestricted)|Funds|Funds|2023|2022|
||||Note|6|I||I||6|
|Income||||||||||
|Donations<br>and legaaes|||||||||1,000.00|
|Chantable<br>activities:||||||||||
|Assessment<br>or|share||6|362,707||||362,707|360,378|
|Grants|||8||305,030|||305,030|1,133|
|Other income|||10|157,359||249||157,608|109,607|
|Investment<br>income:||||||||||
|Income from monetary||||||||||
|investments||||3,187|24,879||1,926|29,992|4,514|
|Property<br>disposal|||||507,991|||507,991|120,943|
|TotalIncome||||523i253|837/900|249|1I926|1i363g328|597 575|
|Expenditure<br>on||||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities:||||||||||
|Salanes and associated||||||||||
|costs|||12|382,425||||382,425|362,488|
|District assessment||||90,737||||90,737|90,524|
|MTF levy|||||16,294|||16,294|13,212|
|Property<br>Costs|||14|50,657||11,266||61,923|69,074|
|Office Expenses|||15|11,763||||11,763|12,381|
|Depreciation||||27,200||||27,200|19,080|
|Other outgoings|||16, 17|17,551|179,199||166|196,916|116,686|
|Grants<br>and donations||||1,000||||1,000|1,000|
|Total Expenditure||||581,333|195,493|11,266|166|788,258|684,445|
|Net Income/||||||||||
|(expenditure)||||(58,080)|642,407|(11,017)|1,760|575,070|(86,870)|
|Gains/(deficits)<br>on||||||||||
|investments|||||(1,388)||(2,477)|(3,865)|(6,986)|
|Transfers<br>between||funds|18|74,338|(75,770)|9,382|(7,950)|||
|Net movement|in|funds||16,258|565,249|(1~635)|(si667)|571i205|(93856)|
|Total funds brought||||1,563,009|344,679|3,659|68,686|1,980,033||
|forward|||||||||2,073,888|
|Total funds carried||||||||||
|forward at end|ofyear|||1,579,267|909,928|2~024|60~019|2~5511238|I 980032|





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||||General||Fund|Trust Fund|Funds|Restricted|Totals|Totals|
||||(Unrestricted)|||(Unrestricted)|(Unrestricted)|Funds|2023|2022|
|||Note|||6|6|6|6|E|6|
|Fixed Assets|||||||||||
|Tangible<br>fixed assets||19||1,450,771|||||1,450,771|1,477,226|
|Investments<br>with|TMCP|20||||31,402||55,851|87,253|90,882|
|Current Assets||21||65,065|||||65,06S|31,517|
|Debtors||22||||878,526||4,168|882,694|322,482|
|Investments<br>with|TMCP||||||||||
|Central<br>Finance Board||22||111,454|||||111,454|98,017|
|Deposits|||||||||||
|Cash at Bank and|in|22|||5,421||2,024||7,44S|17,595|
|hand|||||||||||
|||||181,941||878,526|2,024|4I168|1~066g658|469,611|
|Creditors:<br>Amounts|||||||||||
|falling due within|one||||||||||
|year||25|||53,444||||53,444|57,687|
|Net current assets||||128,496||878,526|2 024|4 166|1~0131214|411924|
|Total assets less|||||||||||
|current<br>liabilities||||1 579 267||909928|2 024|60 019|2~551g247|1980 032|
|Net assets||||1,579,267||909,928|2,024|60,019|2,551~238|1980032|
|Funds ofthe circuit|||||||||||
|General<br>Fund|||||||||||
|(Unrestricted)||26.1||1,579,267|||||1,579,267|1,563,008|
|Circuit Model Trust|||||||||||
|Fund (Unrestricted)||26.2||||905,251|||905,251|338,613|
|Revaluation<br>Fund|||||||||||
|(Unrestricted)||26.2||||4,677|||4r677|6,065|
|Designated<br>Fund|||||||||||
|(Unrestricted)||26.2|||||2,024||2,024|3,659|
|Other Funds|||||||||||
|(Restricted)||27||||||55,751|55,751|61,943|
|Revaluation<br>Fund|||||||||||
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|Cash from operating<br>activities||||||||
|Surplus(Deficit)<br>for the year||||||575,070|(86,870)|
|Adjustments<br>for:||||||||
|Depreciation||||||27,200|19,080|
|Decrease/(increase)<br>in debtors||||||(33,548)|6,836|
|Increase/(decrease)<br>in creditors||||||(4,243)|(6,271)|
|Surplus<br>on Fixed Asset disposal||||||(507,991)|(120,943)|
|||||||(518i581)|(101i298)|
|Net cash generated<br>by (used|in )operating|||activities||56i489|(188168)|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities||||||||
|Purchase<br>of tangible assets||||||(745)|(60,050)|
|Purchase<br>of fixed asset investments||||||(236)|(167)|
|Proceeds from Fixed Asset disposal||||||507,991|287,301|
|Net cash (used in)/from<br>investing||activities||||507,010|227,084|
|Change<br>in cash and cash equivalents|||in the|period||563,499|38,916|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at start of period||||||438,094|399,178|
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|The Circuit was in receipt ofthe following||other income:||2023|2022|
||Generalf||Designatedf|Totalf|Totalf|
|Church<br>lay contributions<br>Rent from empty<br>manses||66,725<br>12,650||66,725<br>12,650|48,123<br>14,736|
|Use of Wednesfield<br>Church||||||
|premises|||||3,707|
|Shared Costs of Minister shared||||||
|with Queens<br>College||25,024||25,024|23,942|
|Sundry Income<br>including<br>donations<br>to the work ofthe city||52,960|249|53,209|19,099|
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|Rental of|manses|||16,581|16,978|
|Insurance||||13,252|17,038|
|Utilities<br>(principally<br>rates,<br>Stowlawn<br>and Fordhouses|||light and heat at Wednesfield,<br>and water rates)|23,953|23,973|
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|Printing,<br>postage<br>Use of office and||and stationery<br> facilities|1,601<br>6,296|561<br>4,913|
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|Pulpit supply||||5,185|5,618|
|Inspections|and legal|fees||11,716|15,996|
|Sundry<br>outgoings||||156|178|
|Mission and|outreach|||495|2,884|
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||At 31August 2022<br>Additions||1,562,660|86,665<br>745|1,649,325<br>745|
||Disposals|||||
||At 31August 2023||1,562,660|87i410|lg650g070|
||Depreciation|||||
||At 31August<br>2022<br>Charge for year||98,659<br>23,062|73,440<br>4,138|172,098<br>27,200|
||DisposaIs|||||
||At 31August 2023||121,721|77/578|199g299|
||Net book value|||||
||At 31August 2022||1,464,001|13 225|1~477 226|
||At 31August 2023||1,440,939|9,832|1,450,771|
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||Cost brought<br>forward|||90,882|97,701|
||Additions|||236|167|
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|Unrestricted||Fund||E|E|6|6||6|
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|General|Fund|||1,563,009|523,253|(581,333)||74,338|1,579,267|
|Circuit|Model|Trust Fund||338,614|837,900|(195,493)||(75,770)|905,251|
|Revaluation||Fund||6,065|||(1,388)||4,677|
|Totals||||tg9071688|11361~153|(776,826)|(1,388)|(1,432)|2,489,195|
|Unrestricted|||funds|—Previous|year|||||
|||||Opening|Incoming|Resources|Gains/|Transfers|Closing|
|||||balance|Resources|Expended|(Losses)||Balance|
|Unrestricted||Fund||6|E|6|E||6|
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|General<br>Circuit|Fund<br> Model Trust Fund|||1,669,659<br>309,433|589,696<br>2,607|(664,085)<br>(14,125)||(32,262)<br>40,699|1,563,009<br>338,614|
|Revaluation||Fund||8,276|||(2,211)||6,065|
|Tota Is||||1g987g368|592~303|(678,210)|(2,211)|8~437|1~907~688|





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|||balance|resources|Expended|(Losses)|Transfers|Balance|
|Designated|Fund Name<br>E||E|E|E|E|E|
|Wednesfield<br>Funds|Designated|3,659|249|(11,266)||9,382|2,024|
|||3,659|249|(11,266)||9,382|2,024|
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|||Opening<br>balance|Incoming<br>resources|Resources<br>Expended|Gains<br>(Losses)|Transfers|Closing<br>Balance|
|||E|E|E|E|E|E|
|Designated<br>Wednesfield|Fund Name<br>Designated<br>6,886||3,707|(6,058)||(876)|3,659|
|Fund||||||||
|||6,886|3,707|(6,058)||(876)|3,659|
|Restricted funds||—Current year||||||
|||Opening<br>balance|Incoming<br>resources|Resources<br>Expended|Gains/<br>(Losses)|Transfers|Closing<br>Balance|
|Restricted|Fund Name<br>E||E|E|E|E|E|
|Surplus<br>Funds Account<br>Wednesfleld<br>Endowed||Funds<br>10,358<br>51,585|1,926|(166)||(6,190)<br>(1,760)|4,168<br>51,585|
|Wednesfield|Endowed|||||||
|Revaluation|Fund|6,743|||(2,477)||4,266|
|Totals||68,686|1,926|(166)|(2,477)|(7,950)|60,019|
|Restricted funds||—Previous year||||||
|||Opening|Incoming|Resources|Gains/||Closing|
|||balance|resources|Expended|(Losses)|Transfers|Balance|
|Restricted|Fund Name<br>E||E|E|E|E|E|
|Surplus<br>Funds Account<br>Wednesfield<br>Endowed||Funds<br>16,531<br>51,585|8<br>1,557|(177)||(6,181)<br>(1,380)|10,358<br>51,585|
|Wednesfield|Endowed|||||||
|Revaluation|Fund|11,518|||(4,775)||6,743|
|Totals||79,634|1,565|(177)|(4,775)|(7,561)|68,686|





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|||||(Unrestricted)|(Unrestricted)|(Unrestricted)|(Restncted)|2023|
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|Fixed Assets|||||||||
|Tangible|fixed assets|||1,450,771||||1,450,772|
|Fixed asset investments|||||31,402||55,851|87,253|
|Current|Assets||||||||
|Debtors||||65,065||||65,065|
|TMCP Investments|||||878,526||4,168|882,694|
|Deposit|accounts|||111,454||||111,454|
|Cash at|Bank and|in|hand|5,421||2,024||7,444|
|Creditors:<br>Amounts|||falhng||||||
|due within one year||||(53,444)||||(53,444)|
|Total||||1,579,267|909,928|2,023|60,019|2,551,238|



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