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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Lorraine|||Aizlewood-ThrelfalL|||
|Mar aret|||Allen|||
|Alan|||Banks|A|ointed O1/o1/zz|
|Barbara|||Banton|||
|Ron|||Barber|||
|Jackie|||Bellfield|||
|David|||Blackburn|||
|Andrew|||Boswell|||
|Alan|||Chamberlain|||
|MaLcolm|||Collens|||
|Peter|||Col er|||
|Chris|||Conwa|||
|Heather|||Coo er|||
|Steve|||Coo er|||
|L nne Maura|||Cowell|A|ointed o1/o1/zz|
|lan|||Cubbin|||
|Jill Ma|||Cummin|||
|Rachael|||Davies|||
|Paula|||Dewhurt|A|ointed 01/01/22|
|John|||Edwards|||
|Tim|||Edwards|||
|Ph<br>I.|||Fannin|||
|Eve|||Felton|||
|Jane Isabel|||Fieldhouse|||
|Alan|||Fisher|||
|NevilLe|||Ford|||
|Vivenne|||Gasteen|||
|Eileen|||Germon|||
|Barbara|||Green|||
|Eleanor|||Griffin|||
|John David|||Griffith|||
|lan Martin|||Hall|||
|Michael|John||Hallida|A|ointed o1/o1/zz|
|Peter|||Harve|||
|Janet Mar aret|||Herd|A|ointed o1/o1/zz|
|lain SAMUEL||ALEXANDER|Henderson|||
|Edward|Lawrence||Hilditch|||
|David John|||Holt|A|ointed o1/o1/zz|
|Michael|DD||Howlett|||
|John Mar arson|||Huthnance|||
|L n|||Jackson-Eves|A|olnted o1/01/22|
|An<br>ela|||James|||
|Colin Charles|||Jones|||
|Anne|||Kitchener|||
|Jennifer|Ma||Kni<br>ht|||
|Brenda|||Mather|||





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|---|---|---|---|
|Barr|Natton|||
|Carole|Natton|||
|Elaine|Philli s|||
|Jean|Philli s|||
|Steve|Pillow|||
|Crai|Price|||
|Erica|Rimmer|||
|Fritz|Schafer|||
|Noel|Schorah|||
|Anne|Seddon|||
|James Edward (Jim)|Shaw|||
|Paul GWILYM|She<br>ard|||
|Pamela Mar aret|Simms|||
|David|Smith|||
|Anne-Marie|Smith|||
|Ro er|Stains|A|ointed 01/01/22|
|Maureen|Stanle|||
|Dianne|Swaffield|||
|Kath|Thomas|||
|Rae|Volan|||
|Jeanette|Walker|||
|David|Walton|||
|Catherine|Warbrick|||
|Sarah|Wardle|||
|Alan|White|||
|Peter Allison|Wildman|||
|David Neil|Williams|||
|Linda|Worrall|||
|Yangsun|Yi|||



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|---|---|---|
|Sue|Elliott||
|Helen|Joblin||
|Patricia|Lumb||
|Liz|Newton||
|John|Pulford||
|Len|Sloan||
|Derek Edward|Street||
|Doroth|Wailer||
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|||||GeneralFund|Circuit Model|Designated|Restricted|Endowment||Totals|Totals|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||ttlnrestrtcted}|Trusts|Funds|Funds|Funds||2022/23|2022/22|
||||||(Unrestrictetg|tunrestrictetg||||||
||||Natestothe|||||||||
||||Acctatnts|||||||||
|Grcut Menses 8 Equipment|||1/, 23|221DDDD||||||2,220,000|2,21D,DDD|
|stvestmant<br>prcStarties||||||||||||
||||tt} ZD||z,367|||||2,545||
||Total|fbred assets||||||||2,222,545||
|Current Assets||||||||||||
|Debtcrs||||6518||||||||
|Loans by the Circuit||||||||||||
|rrrsstntents<br>eath TMCP|||||332497|||||332497||
|Central Finance Board Deposits|||||||318|||s5s,299|z535ts|
|Cad!at Bank and in hand|||15|||||||79s50|48.W5|
|'Total eunent assets||||||||||599464||
|Current<br>UablUUes||||||||||||
|Creditors<br>&due in under<br>1yean||||||||||52&6|5D,113|
|Uants payab ieuitnin<br>zuzz —.3||||||||||||
|Total|current tlabftfdes|||||||||52,sQ6|50423|
|Hat cunent|assets/ttobft9tes||||332497|||||647,265|602,730|
|Tarot assets lessctrnent tfab52}es|||||||||o|2,75o,sss|Z.ttsa675|
|Long term UabiUties||||||||||||
|ldue after more than one year)||||||||||||
|itran!s pay able after zuzz-za||||||||||||
|LDaw lclhe Circuit||||||||||||
|||Het assets|||||||0|2.750,sse|R.ttto676|
|Funds ofthe Circuit||||||||||||
|- a!FLrd lunrestrictedi||||2424 na 1||||||2,424.tlat|2,443z46|
|ercut Mcde'. Trust Fund tun!a||tricted&||||||||334,t}t}4|34Z, }16|
|De=gnated<br>FundsiUnrestnctedi||||||||||||
|Total lrreseotcted Funds||||||||||2769796|2,7t}5662|
|Restricted<br>Funds|||||||||||29.024|
|Err jcrwrnett<br>Funds||||||||||||
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|Statement ofcash Rows||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Cash from operating<br>activities<br>Net cash used<br>in operating<br>activities||||%8~|-47~3|
|Cash Rows from Investing<br>activities||||||
|Dividends, interest and rents from investments||||||
|Prooeech from the sale ofproperty. plant and equipment||||||
|Purchase of property~tant<br>and equipment||||||
|Purchase of intangible<br>assets||||||
|Proceeds from the sale of investments||||||
|Purchase of investments||||||
|Other||||||
|Net cash provided<br>by Investing<br>activities||||||
|Cash flows from Rnanclng<br>activities||||||
|New borrowing||||||
|Repayments<br>of borrowing||||||
|Net cash used In flnandng<br>activities||||||
|Change incash and cash equ)vatents inthe|reporting|period||-58,8e8|-47,093|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the beginning|ofthe reporting<br>period|||651,844|6g8,g37|
|Cash and cash equi vatents atthe end ofthe reporting||period||gg2,946||
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|ReconcIUatlon ofnet Income to net cash Row Aom o erailn|||activities|R|R|
|Net income<br>for the reporting<br>period<br>t as per|statement|of financial activities)||||
|Adjustments<br>for.||||||
|Depredabon<br>and<br>amor tisation<br>charges||||||
|Profit on the sale of Axed assets||||||
|Loss on the sale of fixed assets||||||
|Gains on investments||||||
|Dividends,<br>interest and rents from investments||||||
|Decrease/(increase)<br>in stocks||||||
|(increase)/decrease<br>in debtors||||0||
|increase/(decrease)<br>in creditors||||-65z8|20,896|
|||||2,082||
|Net cash used In operating<br>activities||||-58/gb|%7.0c)3|
|||||2023|2022|
|An<br>slsofcash and cash e ulvalent||||R|R|
|Cash<br>in hand||||79~|48327|
|Short term deposit &less than 3months)||||5@796|6035&7|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Trust Fund||Total|Total|
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|Donations|8,81g|||8,81g|2,912|
|Le acies||||||
|Total|8,81g|||8,81g|2,912|



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Model||External|Total|Total|
||||Trust||Bodies|||
||||Fund|||||
|Bank 8|CFB|7,296|10,390|||17,386|2,412|
|interest||||||||
|Benevolence||||||||
|Empl.oyment||213,764||||213,764|156,117|
|related|income|||||||
|Income|from|251||||251|153|
|Printin||||||||
|Pro<br>ert|Rental|26,6g3||||26,6g3|33.229|
|Misc. Recei ts||3,749||||3,749|1,26g|
|FUSSSales||615||||615||
|Total||252,368|10,390|0||262,758|194,078|



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|---|---|---|
||2022/23|2021/22|
|Trustees receiving payments|16|16|
|Total Amount|B4,835|F17488|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||2022/23|2021/22|
|Inde|endent examiner's|re|ortin|on the financial statements|3570|3570|
|Other|fees (ag:advice, accountancy|||services) paid to the|5940|5,940|
|inde|endent examiner||||||
|Total.|||||9,510|9,510|



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|osts associated<br>with this expenditure|in the year were:|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||2022/23|2021/22|
|Gross sti ends, salaries, and benefits|in kind|453,964|429,538|
|Em<br>lo er's National Insurance costs||32,442|31,099|
|Pension costs||44,120|46257|
|Total.||530,525|506,896|



|alaries and the incre|ase<br>in other staf|f paid though|but not employe|d<br>by the cir|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Average number of|lay-employees|in the year were||18|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Balance|brou|ht forward from last|ear||0|
|Offerin|s/Gifts|—received for ExternaL or anisations||||
|Offerin|s/Gifts|— assed to External|or anisations|||
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|Item|Description|Deemed|Additions|Gross|Gain/Loss|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Value at|/|Sale|against|Book|
|||1/9/2Z|Disposa ls|Price|book|Value at|
|||f|||value|31/8/23|
||||||f|f|
|Manse Properties|||||||
|1oThornton<br>Road||340,000||||340,000|
|2 Maryland<br>Lane||245,000||||245,000|
|20 Graham<br>Road||400,000||||400,000|
|23 Blackstairs Road||285,000||||285,000|
|6Saxon Road||365,000||||365,000|
|6g Mil.tLane Road||395,000||||395,000|
|Total Manse<br>Pro erties||f2,030,000||||f2,030,000|
|Other Properties|||||||
|%'irra t Methodist|Circuit|%180,000||||f180,000|
|Centre (formerly|Centre||||||
|Thingwatl. Church)|||||||
|Total. Other Circuit||f180,000||||F180,000|
|Buitdin<br>s|||||||
|Total.Asset Value||%2,210,000||||F2,210,000|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Carr<br>in<br>Valueatbe||innin|of ear|2,367|2,367|
|Net Gain/Loss<br>on|Revaluation|||147||
|CFBMixed Mana|ed|Fund||2,514|2,367|



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2022/2023|2021/22|
|Investments|listed on a reco|nised Stock|Exchan e|||
|Investments|held in common|investment|funds|||
|Securities not listed on a reco||nised Stock Exchan e||2,514|2,367|
|Other investments||||||
|Total.||||2,514|2,367|



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Carr|in|(market) value at b|innin|of ear|2,367|2,367|
|Add;|additions to investments||at cost||||
|Less:dis||osalsatcarr<br>in<br>value|||||
|Net|ain/(loss) on revaluation||||147||
|Carr|in|(market) valueatbe|innin|of ear|2,514|2,367|





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|Cash in hand|43|49|
|Bank balance held in CAF Accounts|79,107|48,327|
|Sub-total —Cash in Hand and at Bank|79»50|48,376|
|CFBDe osit Account|181,298|263,518|
|TMCP —Circuit Model Trust Fund|332497|339949|
|Total Cash and Bank|592 945|651,843|



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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trade|Creditors||1,658|1,190|
|Other|Creditors (Accruals)||1,425||
|Other|Creditors (Church Assessments|aid in advance)|49,036|48,923|
|Total|Current<br>Liabilities||52,119|50,113|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||buildings|fittings||account and|||
||||||and||assets under|||
||||||e|ui ment|constructions|||
|Balance brought<br>forward|||2,030,000|180,000|||||2,210,000|
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|Revaluations||(+/-||||||||
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|Dis osals(-)||||||||||
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|Balance carried<br>forward|||2,030,000|180,000|||||2,210,000|



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|||||buildings||fittings|||accountand||||
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|Depreciation|charge||||||||||||
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||||||and|||assets under|||||
||||||e|ui|ment|constructions|||||
|Brou<br>ht forward||2,o3o,ooo||180,000||||||||2,210,000|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted|Opening|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|Closing|Purpose ofthe|||Notes|||
||Balance<br>f|Resources<br>f|Expended<br>f||Balance<br>f|fund||||||
|General Fund|2,785,562|797,956|852,341|28,6g6|2,759,873|General|||Includes CMTF|||
|||||||Operations|||8 Property (incl|||
||||||||||losses on Fixed|||
||||||||||Assets)|||
|Totals|2,785,562|797.956|852,341|28,6g6|2,759,873|||||||
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|Fund Name|Balance<br>f|Resources<br>f|Expended<br>-f||Balance<br>f||fund|||||
|Circuit|318||||318|||||||
|Benevolent||||||||||||
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|Hope Journey|21,293|||-21,293||Work|Funded by||Inc Transfer|of||
|Grant Funded||||||Connexional||and|Running<br>Costs for|||
|||||||DAF Grant|||Circuit Centre||5|
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|FUSS|7403|||-7,403||Grant|funding of||Tobe transferred|||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||Related Parties|Related Parties|
|Bramborough|Circuit Church|Assessment,|Employment|||42,060||
|Methodist Church||recharge and loan||||||
|||payments||||||
|CFBInterest|Central Finance|||||6,737||
||Board ofthe|||||||
||Methodist Church|||||||
|Claremount|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments||8|46,682||
|Methodist Church||sund<br>rechar<br>es||||||
|FUSS|Related CIO|Donations and salary||||19.376|10,912|
|||a ments||||||
|Greasby Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments||8|54,852||
|Church||sund<br>rechar<br>es||||||
|Heswall Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments||8|48,024||
|Church-||sund<br>rechar<br>es||||||
|Higher Bebington|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments||8|6,132||
|Methodist Church||sund<br>rechar es||||||
|Hope Farm Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments||&|31,775||
|Church||sund<br>rechar<br>es||||||
|Irby Methodist<br>Church|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments||8|22,908||
|||sund<br>rechar<br>es||||||
|Little Neston|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments||8|15,604||
|Methodist Church||sund<br>rechar es||||||
|Little Sutton|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments||&|25,690||
|Methodist Church||sund<br>rechar es||||||
|Liverpool Methodist|Methodist<br>District|District Assessments||and||23,328|148,8o3|
|District|Circuit is member|Grant Funding||||||
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|Lower Bebing ton|Circuit Church|Assessment,|Employment|||43,381||
|Methodist Church||rechar e||||||
|Methodist Church of|British Methodist|Connexional|Assessments,||||527,026|
|Great Britain|Church|Grant Funding,<br>Lay Payroll||||||
|Moreton Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||24,949||
|Church||||||||
|Neston Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||7,932||
|Church||||||||
|North Cheshire|Related Circuit|Manse Rental|||||18,6o3|
|Methodist<br>Circuit||||||||
|Prenton Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||31,008||
|Church||||||||
|StAndrews<br>New|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||4.8oo||
|Bri hton LEP||||||||
|StLuke's Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments,||staff|102,454||
|Church,<br>Hoylake||cross charges||||||
|The Church<br>Ca the|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||30,023||
|Cross, Birkenhead||||||||
|TMCP|Trustees for|||||1o,468|976|
||Methodist Church|||||||
||ur oses|||||||
|Thornton Le Moors|Circuit LEP|||||||
|Trinity Ellesmere Port|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||45,374||
|Trinity with Palm|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||1o,g85||
|Grove LEP||||||||
|West Kirby Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||60,636||
|Church||||||||
|Willaston<br>Methodist|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||14,402||
|Church||||||||
|Woodchurch|Circuit Church|Assessment|payments|||25,641||
|Methodist Church||||||||
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