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2021-08-31-accounts

The Peterborough Circuit of Churches

Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peterborough Methodist Circuit for the church year 1st Sept 2020 to 31st August 2021

(Registered Charity No 1135613)

Produced by the Peterborough Circuit of the Methodist Church Circuit Office, Brookside Methodist Church, Gunthorpe Road, Peterborough PE4 7TG Email: pborocircuitoffice@gmail.com Tel: (01733) 328192

We seek to discover the needs of contemporary society and respond to it; working with our ecumenical partners towards creating relationships within the communities and sharing the word of God with those around us.

We are seeking to utilise and ensure the abilities and skills of lay people fully in the Circuit and encourage others to explore and offer themselves for service at all levels as equal partners in our work.

Our vision statement for our children’s and young people’s ministry ‘Providing loving and caring ministries that children and young people may come to know Jesus Christ’

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Trustees during the year Trustees during the year
Revd Langley Mackrell-Hey (Chair) Jo Marshall-Sully
Giles Armstrong Laura Martin
Philip Assensoh Valerie Octon
George Barber Revd David Parkes
Sarah Bereznyckyj Janet Rich
Heather Black Cathy Ruffles
Sue Gage Margaret Smith
Elizabeth Gee Revd Vivienne Smith
Michael Goodman Revd Douglas Stevens
Revd Sarah Gower Simon Stewart
Susan Halford Monica Sturgess
John Hewitson Ann Tooth
Sue Holmes Revd Graham Tooth
Trevor Howlett Denise Watson
Paul Hutchings Elizabeth White
Sue Keeney David Whiting
Christine Kell Nicky Ward
Sarah Kelly Peter Williams
Nigel Lightfoot

1 Our Circuit

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New Ways of working

The Coronavirus still being present has forced us to continue to work differently as a Circuit. We have again responded well to the many challenges we have encountered and our report shows how we have adapted our ways of working, and put on new and different services and activities in a variety of creative ways. Everyone has stepped up, learned new skills and embraced all kinds of technology, often surprising themselves, and gaining confidence along the way. Although most of our churches reopened by Easter Sunday, Westgate New Church (WNC) and Yaxley opened later in the year. These churches have a particular struggle due to the shape of the building in terms of mitigating risk and the availability of people.

In the second lockdown, many preachers, quite rightly, said they did not feel confident in going out or felt more comfortable to remain local, and some had ill health. This did present some challenges in covering appointments on the Preaching Plan, but some of the churches eased out of lockdown through alternate weeks and that worked well. As preachers felt more secure and as the vaccine rolled out, some preachers were able to offer more. Our emphasis on the Plan was in encouraging the churches to retain a link with the local preachers as this is very much part of our tradition.

Revd Langley started leading livestream worship with WNC once a month and he encouraged churches to see livestream as a congregation in its own right. Some churches showed the livestream whilst they gathered, accessing YouTube or Facebook and the monthly podcasts which Revd Viv produced, with people able to comment on them with someone in the background. We also started to offer recorded worship once Revd Langley was back leading worship in churches. These options have proved helpful to smaller gatherings.

We have endeavoured to strike the right balance, mindful that we do not want to lose people from our regular online communities, but also wanting to encourage people back to church. Revd Langley put together the ‘Peterborough Online Church’ document and asked people to send in their comments. It gave people reassurances about the balance we are trying to achieve between providing services in person and online services.

We are still providing Circuit online worship every Sunday morning and online ‘Morning Prayers’ four times a week, having built up a thriving online community, many of whom contribute to the services via live chat, sharing prayer concerns and supporting one another. The advantage of livestreams is that we can put prayers on straightaway, and this has been a great comfort to people who have felt surrounded in prayer at a really difficult time, including friends and neighbours of our church members who have been heartened by our prayers and presence on social media. Sharing live means people build in community together and feel able to share in this way. We have been blessed also with people in the background who have been able to respond to posts and prayer requests through their natural discipleship - thanks go to Simon Stewart and to Helen Stewart for their work in this regard.

As we felt our way out of lockdown, our policy was to be adaptable and flexible. We have had a mixhybrid Church (an idea which originated in the Pioneer Hub) and services in person where churches felt safe to have these. As we looked at the new things that have happened since the pandemic, we have reviewed the increase and scope of our pastoral care. Reviewing our livestream, we need to be doing it as it enables us to connect in all sorts of ways and we encouraged our local churches with the capacity of Zoom to connect with people via worship or livestream or whatever. This means we are still connecting with people who are not connecting with the local church because they are some distance away or because they struggle to connect or because they are caring for others or doing shift work. We are trying to ensure that none are lost.

Some churches, because they could not come together or did not feel comfortable doing so, made their principal service a Zoom service. These were added to the Plan and church stewards liaised with the local preachers, juggling together all their different gifts and skills in providing content and relaying it.

We are delighted that some people, having worshipped firstly with us online, are now attending church in person within the Circuit. Dogsthorpe Methodist have welcomed a number of new people

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since they reopened -a mum and dad and four children, another family, and another mother with her daughter. They are attending enthusiastically. Dogsthorpe realizes the importance of listening to these families and listening to what they bring. Brookside have three people - two had come independently, and one had come in relation to a Messy Church. They have a new person associated with Boys’ Brigade who wants to become part of the church. A new person has joined the congregation at Orton Waterville.

Circuit Strategy

The Circuit Invitation Committee met this year to discuss Revd Langley’s reinvitation to remain in the Circuit. All churches in the Circuit were consulted over June and July. Revd Langley and his wife offered three more years and the Circuit Invitation Committee considered the offer and accepted it. Our District Chair will preside at that September 2021 Circuit Meeting when his proposed reinvitation as Superintendent Minister for a further three years will be decided .

We are always mindful in our discussions that we also seek a platform for the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church for mission in the city of Peterborough. We now have property representatives of the URC East Midlands Synod and Northamptonshire Circuit taking an active interest and providing advice.

Our ‘Mission Statement and Action Plan’ demonstrates how the church sees itself, and its vision for the city centre. We see the potential for WNC as a base for pioneer work, community work and mission. The BOB project - 'Back of Beyond' - has received funding from both denominations and we are looking for volunteers to co-ordinate the running of this at WNC. The funding is going towards a part time paid Support Worker.

The council and developers have signed an agreement for work to commence, however this will take years. Westgate New Church has been identified as one of only two churches in the District to take part in some national schemes: ‘New Places, New People’ and ‘Church on the Margins’. This gives additional resources to the church to meet missional needs in the city. This is still early days and only at the vision stage but it is an exciting prospect for the church and the area.

We had three meetings with the other directors, who are the main tenants, and have reached a

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really significant point and there is now a consensus to work together. WNC have appointed David Buttery to assist them in the sale and in negotiation with the developer. He is a quantity surveyor who will be able to push the negotiations forward, and do the discussions with the developer on our behalf. He will know the legalities of the situation, and hopefully knows areas of Peterborough City Centre that might be suitable locations for a new church building. WNC see themselves as a city centre church and they want to be part of the new development and in the city centre. They want a venue ideal for making new disciples and new Christians.

2 Mission and Outreach

This section includes different mission activities happening in the Circuit, and some examples of specific mission in individual churches.

This has obviously been affected greatly by the pandemic but here are some examples of what we have been able to do, despite the restrictions:

Several church members sit on the Light Project Peterborough Steering group (‘Peterborough Christians for Social Action’), attending meetings and highlighting and contributing to local needs. Some Circuit members volunteer for the “The Garden House”, which is a drop-in day centre for the project; this continued to open throughout the lockdowns with strict safety measures in place. The Government awarded funds for rough sleepers to be put into hotel accommodation and the staff and volunteers facilitated this and gave support.

Churches engaged in various forms of charitable giving, i.e. at the Orton Waterville ‘Stitches’ group, much time, energy and love was spent in knitting blankets, hats and many other items for people in need. Stitches continued with its activities during lockdown, meeting via a Zoom forum once a month from March 2021 (thanks to Helen Crofts) to stay in touch and up to date with needs. Items were gathered and sent to Sands (bereavement charity), Knit for Peace (charity working at home and abroad), and Knit for Nowt (charity supplying counsellors with resources). Local nursing homes were pleased to receive items once restrictions could be eased.

Sue Keeney became our Connexional Funds Officer in September 2020.

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was discussed:

Out of those thoughts have come three projects:

Open Air Service - planned for July. During a time of worship, we would eat together – and share in Holy Communion as part of that eating. A time to pause and consider.

Talking Jesus course to encourage us in our confidence when talking about faith in everyday situations

The material for Talking Jesus is available in the Circuit so we use what we have for this. We envisage this happening in the late autumn – possibly September. It is a six-week course, and material will be made available to at least two churches to hold small group meetings for those who feel it would work best for them. Nicky Ward is willing to head up this course on Zoom for those who would prefer that format.

Working with Young People

We asked the whole Circuit to hold all youth work in their prayers. We plan to instigate research into what the young people want/need, and to look at potential leaders and their requirements in training or guidance. This will then be fed to CLT and plans made to accommodate as much as possible.

This fresh start has injected new energy into the team. The team is a simple way of being aware of what each church is already doing, what works and why it works, what doesn’t and why but, also to come together and celebrate that God is working His purposes out. It is a good way of circulating information down, including things from Conference etc. and it gives people a chance to speak, and discuss reports that come from Conference and it keeps people up-to-date with mission initiatives. It enables us to hear what the churches need in the way of training and resources to help them minister to their own churches and to reach out into the communities.

It continues to be a valuable group. Primarily, it has been a Circuit focus on mission here and overseas, and that is what it was originally embedded in, and the remit has broadened. The group is another way for the CLT and the Circuit to get a feel of the thoughts of those in the churches, for example, the ‘Peterborough Online Church’ document which goes to the CLT and the Local Preachers’ Meeting, but it would ordinarily go to the Missions and Ministries Team too to get a barometer of people’s thinking. Also, you are trying to communicate down this desire for equity, livestream, paper worship etc., and the team is another group of people from different churches to hear that.

The team’s remit is:

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Safeguarding, Property and Pastoral Care.

This team has achieved a lot over the years, getting down to a lot of fundamental issues relating to the two remits of mission and ministry. Ministry is evolving very quickly to serve the present age our calling to fulfil (Wesley’s remit), and it behoves us to draw in the new aspects of ministry. Great ministry is being done through the telephone and through Royal Mail etc.

Most of our churches reopened on Easter Sunday, with a slow return of church members following lockdown, but there was an understandable wariness about meeting together and holding social gatherings and events. Events that did happen did so with the proper Covid safety measures in place. Some things continued to be held online:

Dogsthorpe carried on serving the community in a number of ways: They held a Foodbank distribution point on a Friday and Saturday. They had Blood Donor Sessions, The Pre-School continued to meet during second lockdown rulings. They had Worship Services via Zoom, a Saturday Morning Zoom Lent course, and a Wednesday Morning Zoom Prayer Group. Occasional Church meetings were held via Zoom, there was a twice monthly Saturday Morning Bible Study via Zoom when not in Lent. Regular contact has been made via link leaders with members of the church family, making sure nobody was left feeling isolated.

The Wednesday morning Prayer Group tried a hybrid for those wanting to meet face-to-face. They tried to gently encourage those who have been shielding and who may want to come and meet face to face in the open. They met outside Dogsthorpe Methodist Church and they were able to link up

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through the Wi-Fi on Zoom for those who were not able to join them. It was a really good, prayerful time, and they planned to do this once a month as a hybrid and keep their Wednesday morning as Zoom for the time being.

Normally in Crowland, they have a big occasion of carol singing around the bridge at Christmas. They were not able to do that, of course, but six of them went out carol singing a couple of times in the town and they had a very good reaction from people waiting in the queue at the baker’s shop, saying how nice it was to hear some cheerful carol singing. They also went to the Abbey Gate residential home where they sang to the residents through an open door. They felt they had to get out there and sing.

There have been some very inventive examples, one was car park carols that took place at Waitrose in Oundle. Churches have found ways to be safe and inventive.

We have realised the importance as churches of reflecting on what we have learnt through the lockdowns, and how we have engaged with new people. As churches are naturally places of compassion, we have engaged with more people via paper or online and we are seeing the threads of the key questions like, how do we emerge from the lockdown? How do we invite people back to church and capitalise on all of those new areas? It is also a realisation that we cannot keep fishing for people in the same pool to do jobs. So, evangelism and good evangelism in the gentlest of ways is coming to the fore.

Through baptism, wedding and funeral services, people have started to see how open and flexible we are as a Church. We always try to include what is meaningful for each family, having listened to their stories. It is important to make those connections as the purpose in life is to love and be loved, and the purpose of life is to experience love, and God yearns to be with us and, to be able to make links between that and connections with the Gospel is absolutely profound. It reminds us as churches to look at how we are making those connections as we all work together.

Yaxley also have a thriving Facebook page and have regularly watched the Circuit livestream worship.

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looks to generate leaders within their own contexts. It expects great things but is open perhaps to things happening that we did not expect that are great i.e., you try something new and that does not work, but it leads you on to something else that is hugely successful.

He and Revd Viv encouraged the churches to gain an understanding of our core vision. We need our effort to be in what our priorities should be and in how we move forward. Revd Langley is working with two churches on their mission plans – Crowland and Whittlesey - and it is proving to be a very fruitful and uplifting exercise. The community survey and Dreams and Visions aspects of the Mission Action Plan process are being woven into Crowland’s ecumenical partnership with Crowland Abbey.

2.4 Worship, Services and Prayer

Although we have streamed our services online and held services via Zoom and Facebook, we have not wanted older people or anyone to feel left out because they do not have a computer so, churches have used ‘The Vine’ resources and made this available to their congregations. Some churches have printed and delivered hard copies of their church magazines and newsletters to keep everyone in the loop. Pastoral visitors have printed material for those they visit.

Once the Covid regulations allowed, the congregation at Orton Waterville were able to meet in the local village hall for their Sunday services as the church was not spacious enough to meet. Their services were led by two dedicated Local Preachers, with additional reflections sent from other Local Preachers and ministers.

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In the Pioneer Hub we discussed how we share our faith and how we talk positively about church and the idea of ‘Me, Jesus and the Church’ came from this. These are conversations with people within our Circuit, i.e. local preachers, and what they say is so honest, rich and touching. They went out online on Fridays and Saturdays.

Folks have been really moved by these conversations and the depth of experience that is in people. They talk about difficult experiences they have been through and are able to talk positively about how their faith has helped them, and also how the Church has supported them with reference to their personal experience of their local church, and it has been extremely moving. One of the things that the Pioneer Hub was keen to stress was the need to encourage people to see Church positively and to see the connection with the local church positively, and that is why ‘Me, Jesus and the Church’ works out well.

Revd Langley had some good and positive conversations on the run up to Christmas with key leaders in the Church - Revd Helen Cameron, and Geoffrey Clarke from the URC Synod. He had a good conversation with Steven Pettican (from Light Project Peterborough), and all of these were available online. There was some positive feedback from these interviews.

2.5 Our Focus as a Circuit

Online worship has been a significant success and that is why we are continuing our Circuit worship – on Sunday mornings. Sometimes now this is pre-recorded as Revd Langley has to be present in his churches, but preachers and church stewards and church members contribute via reflections and readings.

Climate Sunday is not just one day, so individuals, churches, local communities and families were encouraged to think about what they can do and action and to think about what, as a church, locally we can do to encourage our communities and our churches to be involved in climate change.

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3 Staffing and Appointments, Stewards and Ministries

Grace works three hours a week. She produces material and is known as an approachable, friendly face. She helps us work out what we can do online.

We had a meeting with youth leaders across the Circuit, which was mixed in its response. A lot of our young people would rather just gather round and eat pizza, but they were stuck behind screens because of the lockdowns. Grace explored the possibility of some kind of online zoom group, particularly at Whittlesey.

Our thanks to Christine Kell who supports Revd Langley in Grace’s line management and the support meetings. Grace is raising the profile of young people with her very existence and willingness to share online and the scheme is working both in terms of her mentoring and in terms of what she is giving to us.

It is disappointing that Grace has not been able to engage in face to face due to Covid because, although we might think social media enabling does not need that, in fact she feels it is important to make contact with people first and then feed them into social media. Grace feels that is the only way forward – until we actually talk face to face with the young people, nothing is really developing.

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sense of connection. As a Circuit, Revd Langley thinks we should recognise that we have responded well through the lockdowns and adjusted well, and that bodes well when we think about how we adapt ourselves for mission. We have reshaped things to achieve our mission in different ways even though we have not been able to meet. We have responded to the challenges brought by the pandemic really well. There are always things we can do better but, when we look back, it is amazing how our churches have responded, both in paper and online, in the scope of pastoral care and the deepening of the pastoral relationships between people.

Our thanks to all who have provided up to date information and assistance to those in their churches, including those who have produced paper copies, church newsletters and written reflections from preachers to those not on email. Brookside faithfully produced a magazine all through this period and continue to do so. It was a magazine and is now a newsletter and is an extremely important tool for keeping people informed and involved in the life of the church. Our thanks also to the pastoral carers who have supported those isolated by the pandemic.

During the lockdowns, local preachers continued to support the churches by providing typed reflections for circulation. This has been a great encouragement and support to those smaller churches who were not able to re-open for a long time.

Some preachers also continued to provide recorded reflections for inclusion in our Circuit online worship (livestream and recorded). This is still continuing and is much appreciated, especially by those unable to get to church for various reasons.

4 Safeguarding

District organised a Safeguarding training in November for Safeguarding officers in the Circuits, to be done via Zoom. This training incorporated Safeguarding Refresher and Foundation.

After the November training, we started planning Safeguarding training in the Peterborough Circuit. These took place after February 2021 when there were less Covid-19 issues and restrictions.

The Circuit Safeguarding Co-ordinators and Circuit Safeguarding Officer checked the DBS certificates are up to date for people in positions in churches. The Safeguarding Co-ordinators checked members in new positions in churches have up to date DBS certificates.

Revd Viv held the mantle for the Safeguarding Team. We were able to call on those involved for their expertise but there were a lot of needs as we emerged out of lockdown, including training. Everyone across the Connexion needed some form of retraining, and we have looked at that in this circuit and seen what the position is, including our DBS, with Revd Viv taking on the responsibility for these. Revd Langley and Philip Assensoh are still part of the Safeguarding Team in the Circuit. Viv, Janet Rich and Connie Hunt attended a ‘Training the Trainers’ meeting in July, so they are now able to deliver the Foundation training and can be Online Safeguarding trainers in the Circuit.

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5 Finance

Obviously, some of the churches have been hit quite hard through the Covid-19 crisis. We started to get an overview of churches’ positions so we can see what next year might look like, and then update our budget accordingly. We asked the churches in January what they think their financial concerns will be.

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Due to the recruitment freeze in the Connexion, we were not able to progress the Welland Pioneer Worker vacancy, but we still see Welland as a very important part of our work. We are looking at

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staffing overall as a circuit and whether or not we can make this a full-time role with other responsibilities; it may end up with two people in part-time posts if we cannot find the person with all the right skills. We used this time to reflect on all this and consider what would work best for an individual in that post and for the Circuit.

A Church Property Plan was added to the Methodist Property web pages in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. This consists of two worksheets (Church Profile and Church Attendance & Use) to assist local churches in getting an overview of their local area and how the building can best serve the local mission.

The Connexional Property Strategy encourages all local churches to complete this Property Plan alongside a local mission plan and the churches used these this year. This strategy is designed to get churches thinking about their missional opportunities over the next five to ten years. It gives us a better understanding and a fuller picture of where we are around the Circuit, and what our churches’ desires and needs are as they look at how they manage their properties for missional purposes.

Paul Hutchings and Simon Stewart attended a seminar run by the District looking at the Connexional Property Strategy, and some of the projects that churches have undergone to better provide mission to the area in which they serve. It was very interesting to see some of the projects that some circuits and churches have done. It gave food for thought.

Paul attended one of the Connexional Property roadshows which was helpful and interesting.

Paul and Simon met to review the Circuit Property Portfolio and how best to use buildings for the furtherance of Christ’s work in Peterborough. The Methodist Conference is looking into the area of trusteeship, and one of the roles of trusteeship is overseeing property, and the statutory regulation including safeguarding and finance.

Thanks go to the CLT for their trusteeship of Ailsworth. It has continually supported them, including through the lockdowns. The CLT has spent a lot of time with the people at Ailsworth looking at how we can use the building for missional purposes. We have used it in many successful missional ways including Messy Play, and Coffee and Chat, and a lot of time and effort has been put into that, but the worship at the church has not really happened. The lockdowns have really impacted all that work.

At our Circuit Meeting in June, we realized that we had reached the point at which we have done what we can at Ailsworth, and liaised with the people but that it is now time to move on, and recognise that God has other plans for the people at Ailsworth and for the building. So, the Circuit Meeting was asked to consider that Ailsworth ceases to meet. This is the first part of the process for closing the church – something which the members of Ailsworth have agreed.

The membership is below six. They are not meeting for worship regularly. The work that was done needs more support, which we do not feel is forthcoming. Revd Vivienne has promised them that, as we go along the journey, she will walk with them through that. The meeting unanimously agreed to approve the cease to meet for worship.

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Regarding the disposal of the building, the Meeting delegated authority to the CLT and Paul Hutchings for the future of the building. There are possibilities for alternative use of buildings but they require somebody to run them. And we have tried to look for an alternative use within the current structure which we have operated, because we have transferred trusteeship. The Meeting agreed it was happy to delegate authority to the CLT and Paul Hutchings (as Property Team Coordinator), for the future of the building with a clear understanding that a sale is most likely to be the outcome. There were no objections, so this was unanimously carried.

In conclusion

We believe we have kept the Church alive and active throughout the difficulties of the Covid-19, and we have done it through working and learning together, and supporting and encouraging each other, and in reaching out to those in our communities – in person and virtually/online. The Circuit Leadership Team is grateful to everyone for all their contributions and support in another difficult year.

We continue to give thanks for many blessings:

The scope of our pastoral care, and our ability to 'see need' and adapt.

Our confidence and trust in each other as we discern where God is leading us and 'do the right thing'.

Our online, on-site, and on-paper worship that has reached those who would otherwise have been socially isolated.

Our District and the wider Connexion for their support during challenging times.

We continue to pray for:

Our Circuit, as we focus on the themes within God For All, especially New Places for New People. Our Circuit as we consider how we can make the best use of our resources.

Our churches as they review and develop their mission plans.

The remaining work to be done in our churches, in light of ‘God in Love Unites Us’.

It has been another year of joys and sadnesses but, we end with some of the joys:

Meeting again in person to worship together

Receiving Communion for the first time since March 2020

Seeing new people come to church (in person and online), and witnessing existing members growing in their faith and learning new skills

We think it fitting to end with the following prayer, which we submitted to the ‘Methodist Prayer Diary’ this year:

God of all,

In all our dealings, may we see Jesus carved into the woodwork, and the wine glass

of fellowship and joy

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instead of faces in opposition. Keep us courageous as we accept difference but commit to living in unity. Amen

Signed: L Mackrell-Hey

Revd Dr Langley Mackrell-Hey Chair and Superintendent of the Methodist Circuit: The Peterborough Methodist Circuit of Churches

Date: 16[th] June, 2022

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CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS PETERBOROUGH FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 District Circuit no 23121 Registered Charity- Charity Re9iStration number 1135613 If not 8 registered cha￿ty Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is eq￿r￿alent lo a registered charity number in leims of eviden￿ of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of thè org8nis8tion's charitable slatsjs. Methodist chanlies in England and Wales ihat are not registered Charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Inslrument 2014 No.2421 Ministers= REVD DR LANGLEY MACKRELL-HEY REVD VIVIENNE SMITH REVD SARAH GOWER Circuit Slowards-. MRS SUE KEENEY MRS CHRISTINE KELL MRS ANN TOOTH MR. SIMON STEWART MRS. S HOLMES TreasLJrer'. ltRalldP￿ MR GILE RMSTRONG

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUQU8T 2021 PETER80ROUOH Circuit Testrictéd Clrcult Model Restricted Funds Trust FLtTrt Funds Totals this year Tota15 last SECTION A 81 RECEIPTS Notg a2 Ass8ssmenUShare 127.383 127,383 27,015 158.131 2,642 Capital receipts Bank CF8 interest and InvÈslmÈnt inrome 27.015 a4 1.685 2.733 4,418 4,954 a5 Grants 9.000 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 11.557 11,557 14.218 140,625 29,748 170,373 la8 183,661 SECTION B b1 b2 PAYMENTS SIip8nds. s3￿r￿. NIC. Pension and Ir8vel cos15 66,745 66,745 96.715 b3 Mans& Costs 14.056 14,056 7,045 13,309 5,289 Aominisiralion etc 7,045 b5 DistAd Assessment 30.853 30.853 31.507 b6 b7 Gr8nts & donations Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 11,007 129,706 4.694 15,701 134,400 4.694 Ibgl 160,989 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ¢1 a7￿9 10.919 25.054 35,973 22,672 Tol81 hAnds bfou ht forward from last year 60.324 154.934 215.258 192,586 Sub total c14¢2 71,243 179,988 2S1,231 215,258 Tr8n5fers and ad"ustments 13,0001 3,000 Ic7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR Ic3+c41 68,243 182,Y88 251,231 Ic81 215,258 IG61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY- MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS these amounts should not be includtd in total reGei ayments above) d1 B21ance brought fotW2rd from last ye3r d2 Offerin sIGrfls - received for extern81 or 8nisations d3 OfferingslGifts- passed lo external organisalio BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID d1+d2-d3 2015¢¥¢￿1 R and P 2of5

PETERBOROUGH Clreu# UMMèRYOF CIRCUIT ACCOUNTS AND IP4TÈRIIALORGJ41SATION REP RTIN TO SEcnoN E follwlheouldantè No com lÈt•th15 SiiMm3ry of the Circuit 3CCDunls lor Iheye3i ended 31 A￿JUSt 2021 Ind Inlemal OrganisatioTh> rcpts￿￿9 lo ￿ Circuil Mooling. Noto ihal thefunds ofa Inlwnal 01ganisat￿n WOU￿ normallybe Resiiicied lundg un19SS 11 could be deartyshown thatih@y￿U1d b8 uséd IDrany m8th0d￿t wrp05E. Th1$59ci musl be completed lo 3tllp 9ros5 receipis and paymsnls toiaL40 ihe Circuit.11 giog h￿me exceeds thèAccfusL4 ln￿8￿￿0f f2.000. th8 Ac4]Ua￿ mglht)Y of accouniino ANDA DIFEREW FORM musk b& usod to rèportthe ¥e¢tyunE4 l&ÉÈ mÈthod￿tVle￿￿ItéI. p￿2$ rÈ¢r w the noie5 regardi￿ trarders telween C1￿￿rt and conn8¢ied CwJit Or9anisatiDTrs. IMTEftI4AL ORGWIISATX)NS Op¢nmg oakn¢es Re Pa enL% bakB￿Ces Organ6èlion5 hJDd5 accounts (Ivtst5 broughtforwardfrom pag4 2- totsk 170.373 1Y,400 35,973 215,258 2SI.231 HELD 8Ycntcurr tJ4AQD 35,973 215.258 251.231 Conllnuo on 3 sÈ¥r• gheetrffjecessaryand bw thèt0ts￿ f¢tw4rd TofAL RÉCEIPTS TOTAL PAYMEMf5 SÉCTION F TEMENT OF ASSET AND ILtr OPENING 8ALANCES CLOSING BAL￿CES cIRcU￿-CA8H FUNDS HELD31 34 ￿￿5t2021 Cash In hand k OeposrtAccount Cents¥A Finbnce Board 16,708 13,410 T￿5￿5 KthodL8tChUtch Pu oses 154.932 182.987 0￿1 lunds SUB TOTAL 215,258 251,231 Totalfunds hgklby lrtteMalOi9a¥mSa1￿ThS IiIE 03n¢e Ioi¥ts aLwl leI21 e12 TOTALCASH FUNOS HELD 8YCRCUFt 21S,2SB 251,231 $E¢TKIN 6 At OTHERASSET5 LL4BLt 31* $12020 31Au uB12021 Endowments Lwnu atwj Budth s8ewtes re InsDrdnce vakn• 899,939 OlherAs5els -skow amouThtautslaTrd rÉ￿ olhvrL￿b11ts5 T4 |Thr￿jde oDty Funds atthe c8nl13lFin4￿e Board f5 onty CF8 Fuffld$ atTIDstees ChuT¢h Pbw5e5 Jof5

DECLARATIONS Treasurer I confirm that I have prepared the accounts from the records of CircLtit and that they include all funds under the control of the Circuit signatu￿ of Treasurer Dale 2f Name MR. GILES ARMSTRONG Address 1, EATHWAITE GREEN. PETERBOROUGH PE4 6SZ Presentation to the 'Circuit Meeting for approval. I confirm that the A¢¢ounts have been presented to the Circuit Meeting on and were approved. ygiii Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of Ihe Chair of the meeting Date Iq IL)S Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Circuit This Report is on the Circuit Accounts for the year ended 31, August 2021 Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the ac¢ounts. The ¢harills Ituslees ¢onsidÉ audit is not required for this year undei section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Acl} and th- independènt examination is n8Bded. It Is my responsibilty lo.. Examine the accounts under Seclion 145 of the Charities Act lo follow the prO￿d￿re5 laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission lullder Section 145{51{b} of the Charities Acll, and lo stale whether particular matters have come lo my attention. 2015 Cirtuit R and P.xls 4ofS

Basis of Indepentlent Examinees Report My examinatk)n was carried out in accordan¢e with general Dire¢tlODS given by the Charity Cotnmission. An examination include5 8 review of the accounting records k8Pt by the charity and 8 comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or dischsures in the accounts, and seèking explanations frotn the trustees conceming any such matters. The prttedures underiaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion Is given as lo whether th8 accounts present a Irue and faif view and the report 15 limited to Ihose rnalters set out in the st8t8ment below. Independent Examirber's Slat8ment In connection with my examinath"on. no matter has Gotne to rny attention lother than that di8closed below"): which gives me reasonable cause to b81i&ve that in any tnaierial respect th8 requirements". . to keep acwunting records In accordance with section 130 of the Ch8rth8s Ad,. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records a+)d comptywith the accounting requirernents of th8 Chanties Act hav8 not been tnet, or 121 to which, In my opinion, allenlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper undeTsiandirig of Ihe accounts to be reached. ' Pleas6 dol8t8 the words In the l)rBck8ts rfth8y do not 8pply appropriate 131 I havelhave not- obtained independent verificats'on of all Investments ￿th the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes I'TMCP'I or held in other Trusts, 8ank baLances 8nd Funds at the Central Finance 8oard of the Methodist Church I'CFB"). which are indwidually In excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. . Please circ18 as appropriate Name Signature Relevant Professional qualification or body AddEss ae-g w Ca btr2 Date of /?1 2015 CircuitR and P.xls 50f5

CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS PETERBOROUGH FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 District Circuit no 23121 Registered Charity- Charity Re9iStration number 1135613 If not 8 registered cha￿ty Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is eq￿r￿alent lo a registered charity number in leims of eviden￿ of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of thè org8nis8tion's charitable slatsjs. Methodist chanlies in England and Wales ihat are not registered Charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Inslrument 2014 No.2421 Ministers= REVD DR LANGLEY MACKRELL-HEY REVD VIVIENNE SMITH REVD SARAH GOWER Circuit Slowards-. MRS SUE KEENEY MRS CHRISTINE KELL MRS ANN TOOTH MR. SIMON STEWART MRS. S HOLMES TreasLJrer'. ltRalldP￿ MR GILE RMSTRONG

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUQU8T 2021 PETER80ROUOH Circuit Testrictéd Clrcult Model Restricted Funds Trust FLtTrt Funds Totals this year Tota15 last SECTION A 81 RECEIPTS Notg a2 Ass8ssmenUShare 127.383 127,383 27,015 158.131 2,642 Capital receipts Bank CF8 interest and InvÈslmÈnt inrome 27.015 a4 1.685 2.733 4,418 4,954 a5 Grants 9.000 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 11.557 11,557 14.218 140,625 29,748 170,373 la8 183,661 SECTION B b1 b2 PAYMENTS SIip8nds. s3￿r￿. NIC. Pension and Ir8vel cos15 66,745 66,745 96.715 b3 Mans& Costs 14.056 14,056 7,045 13,309 5,289 Aominisiralion etc 7,045 b5 DistAd Assessment 30.853 30.853 31.507 b6 b7 Gr8nts & donations Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 11,007 129,706 4.694 15,701 134,400 4.694 Ibgl 160,989 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ¢1 a7￿9 10.919 25.054 35,973 22,672 Tol81 hAnds bfou ht forward from last year 60.324 154.934 215.258 192,586 Sub total c14¢2 71,243 179,988 2S1,231 215,258 Tr8n5fers and ad"ustments 13,0001 3,000 Ic7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR Ic3+c41 68,243 182,Y88 251,231 Ic81 215,258 IG61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY- MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS these amounts should not be includtd in total reGei ayments above) d1 B21ance brought fotW2rd from last ye3r d2 Offerin sIGrfls - received for extern81 or 8nisations d3 OfferingslGifts- passed lo external organisalio BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID d1+d2-d3 2015¢¥¢￿1 R and P 2of5

PETERBOROUGH Clreu# UMMèRYOF CIRCUIT ACCOUNTS AND IP4TÈRIIALORGJ41SATION REP RTIN TO SEcnoN E follwlheouldantè No com lÈt•th15 SiiMm3ry of the Circuit 3CCDunls lor Iheye3i ended 31 A￿JUSt 2021 Ind Inlemal OrganisatioTh> rcpts￿￿9 lo ￿ Circuil Mooling. Noto ihal thefunds ofa Inlwnal 01ganisat￿n WOU￿ normallybe Resiiicied lundg un19SS 11 could be deartyshown thatih@y￿U1d b8 uséd IDrany m8th0d￿t wrp05E. Th1$59ci musl be completed lo 3tllp 9ros5 receipis and paymsnls toiaL40 ihe Circuit.11 giog h￿me exceeds thèAccfusL4 ln￿8￿￿0f f2.000. th8 Ac4]Ua￿ mglht)Y of accouniino ANDA DIFEREW FORM musk b& usod to rèportthe ¥e¢tyunE4 l&ÉÈ mÈthod￿tVle￿￿ItéI. p￿2$ rÈ¢r w the noie5 regardi￿ trarders telween C1￿￿rt and conn8¢ied CwJit Or9anisatiDTrs. IMTEftI4AL ORGWIISATX)NS Op¢nmg oakn¢es Re Pa enL% bakB￿Ces Organ6èlion5 hJDd5 accounts (Ivtst5 broughtforwardfrom pag4 2- totsk 170.373 1Y,400 35,973 215,258 2SI.231 HELD 8Ycntcurr tJ4AQD 35,973 215.258 251.231 Conllnuo on 3 sÈ¥r• gheetrffjecessaryand bw thèt0ts￿ f¢tw4rd TofAL RÉCEIPTS TOTAL PAYMEMf5 SÉCTION F TEMENT OF ASSET AND ILtr OPENING 8ALANCES CLOSING BAL￿CES cIRcU￿-CA8H FUNDS HELD31 34 ￿￿5t2021 Cash In hand k OeposrtAccount Cents¥A Finbnce Board 16,708 13,410 T￿5￿5 KthodL8tChUtch Pu oses 154.932 182.987 0￿1 lunds SUB TOTAL 215,258 251,231 Totalfunds hgklby lrtteMalOi9a¥mSa1￿ThS IiIE 03n¢e Ioi¥ts aLwl leI21 e12 TOTALCASH FUNOS HELD 8YCRCUFt 21S,2SB 251,231 $E¢TKIN 6 At OTHERASSET5 LL4BLt 31* $12020 31Au uB12021 Endowments Lwnu atwj Budth s8ewtes re InsDrdnce vakn• 899,939 OlherAs5els -skow amouThtautslaTrd rÉ￿ olhvrL￿b11ts5 T4 |Thr￿jde oDty Funds atthe c8nl13lFin4￿e Board f5 onty CF8 Fuffld$ atTIDstees ChuT¢h Pbw5e5 Jof5

DECLARATIONS Treasurer I confirm that I have prepared the accounts from the records of CircLtit and that they include all funds under the control of the Circuit signatu￿ of Treasurer Dale 2f Name MR. GILES ARMSTRONG Address 1, EATHWAITE GREEN. PETERBOROUGH PE4 6SZ Presentation to the 'Circuit Meeting for approval. I confirm that the A¢¢ounts have been presented to the Circuit Meeting on and were approved. ygiii Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of Ihe Chair of the meeting Date Iq IL)S Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Circuit This Report is on the Circuit Accounts for the year ended 31, August 2021 Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the ac¢ounts. The ¢harills Ituslees ¢onsidÉ audit is not required for this year undei section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Acl} and th- independènt examination is n8Bded. It Is my responsibilty lo.. Examine the accounts under Seclion 145 of the Charities Act lo follow the prO￿d￿re5 laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission lullder Section 145{51{b} of the Charities Acll, and lo stale whether particular matters have come lo my attention. 2015 Cirtuit R and P.xls 4ofS

Basis of Indepentlent Examinees Report My examinatk)n was carried out in accordan¢e with general Dire¢tlODS given by the Charity Cotnmission. An examination include5 8 review of the accounting records k8Pt by the charity and 8 comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or dischsures in the accounts, and seèking explanations frotn the trustees conceming any such matters. The prttedures underiaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion Is given as lo whether th8 accounts present a Irue and faif view and the report 15 limited to Ihose rnalters set out in the st8t8ment below. Independent Examirber's Slat8ment In connection with my examinath"on. no matter has Gotne to rny attention lother than that di8closed below"): which gives me reasonable cause to b81i&ve that in any tnaierial respect th8 requirements". . to keep acwunting records In accordance with section 130 of the Ch8rth8s Ad,. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records a+)d comptywith the accounting requirernents of th8 Chanties Act hav8 not been tnet, or 121 to which, In my opinion, allenlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper undeTsiandirig of Ihe accounts to be reached. ' Pleas6 dol8t8 the words In the l)rBck8ts rfth8y do not 8pply appropriate 131 I havelhave not- obtained independent verificats'on of all Investments ￿th the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes I'TMCP'I or held in other Trusts, 8ank baLances 8nd Funds at the Central Finance 8oard of the Methodist Church I'CFB"). which are indwidually In excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. . Please circ18 as appropriate Name Signature Relevant Professional qualification or body AddEss ae-g w Ca btr2 Date of /?1 2015 CircuitR and P.xls 50f5