MID41NCOLNSHIRE METhODisr aRCUIT TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT Forthe r ended 31srAUGUST 2020 Introduction The Trustees are pleased to pre*nt the Annual Report of the Trustees of the Mid-Lincolnshire Methodlst Circuit {hereinafter referred to as Yhe Circutf) for the year ended 31#August 2020. Aims and organisation The Governing Document of the Charity is the Deed of Union of the Methodist Church 1932 and the Methodist Church Att 1976. The purp)ses of the Methodist Church are. and shall be deemed to have been since the Date of Union. the advancement of= a) The Christian faFth in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of The Methodist Church.. bl Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional. District. Circuit. local or other organisation of The Methodist Church,. cl Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church,- dl Any purpose for the time being of any charrty being a charity subsrdiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church There are 11 pla￿5 of worship in the area covered by the Circurt and they are all open to anyone who may wish to visit them without any charge. The Circutt produces a quarterly preaching plan to ensure that regular acts of worship take place at all the churches and chapels in its geographical area and that the following artN¢ties take pla￿ to further the objectives set out above:. The teaching of Christianity through semions. courses and small groups. The resourcing of pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved. Taking religious assemblies in local schools. Promotion of Christianvty through the stsging of events and service& Provision of chaplaincy services Whe￿ appropriate. Public 8enefrt The Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefft. Brief financial review of the year The main source of income in this and every year is the assessment paid by the churches within the Circuit area. In the year to 31 August 2020, the assessments totsifed £97A74 {2019 £94.436}. A Distrirt Mi$5ion Grant of £8,000 per annum for an initial period of 3 years. is received towards the cost of the Deacon. The main expenditure relates to the stipends of 2 presbyters and a Deacon with effect from I" September 2019. together with related employment costs, including the provision of manses. and the reimbursement of travelling and other costs. totalling £135,959 {2019 £94,268}. Other costs include the contributions to the MCF and District, totalling £30.764 {2019 £24.4801. Stipends have increased annually in line with conference approved percentage5 and lay employees are paid, in accordance with Methodist Standing Orders, no less than the hourly rates set by the Living Wage Foundation. At 31 August 2020 the net current. unrestricted, assets of the Circuit were £77,55912019 £341,696). The total expenditure for the year of £ 470,836 (2019 £147,730). The expenditure for the year ended 31 Au8USt 2020 included the purchase of an additional Manse. Plans for 202012021 The Circuit financial plans for the coming year have been prepared on the basis of reduced Circuit income due to the lockdown and closure of churches due to the Covid Pandemic. the sale of two redundant properties and the appointment of a Circuit Administrator/ Book keeper. Structure. Governan￿ and Management The governing document for the Circuit 15 the Deed of Union119321 and Methodist Church Act (19761. Detailed governance arrangements are outlined within the Constitutional prattl￿ and Discipline of the Methodist Church by order of the annual conference ICPD). Day to day management of the Circuit is undertaken by the Circuit Leadership team comprising the 2 Presbyters. l Deacon. Circuit Stewards and the Local Preachers meetin8. Trustee Training A range of guidance is prOdU￿d by Methodist Connexion to support the effective running of the Circutt, including the leaflet The Role of a Trustee in The Methodist Church.. Related Parties The Circutt is part of the Lincolnshire District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conferen￿. 11 Churche5 are linked to the Circuit and are listed in Appendix B to this Report. Risk Management Major risks, both physical and financial. are identified and recorded and professional advi￿ taken as required. There is a regular annual review process undertaken and recorded. Income and Expenditure is monitored in total and is compared with the approved annual budget to detect trends as part of the risk management process to avoid unforeseen calls on reserves. Safeguarding Every person has a value and dignity which comes directty from the creation of male and female in God's own image and likeness. Christians see this F)Otential as fulfilled by God's re-creatKfyn of us in Chrtst. Among other things this implies a duty to value all people as bearing the image of God and therefore to protect them from ham). Methodist Connexional prartice outlines commttment to the following principles= l. The care and nurture of, and respethl pastoral ministry Wtth, all children, young people and adults 2. The safeguarding and protertion of all children. young people and adults when they are vulnerable 3. The establishing of safe. caring communities which provide a loving environment where there is infomed vigilance as to the dangers of abuse. 4. The Circuit will carefulty select and train all those with any reswnsibility within the Church. in line with Safer Recruitment principles. induding the use of criminal records disclosures and registration with the relevant vetting and barring schemes. 5. The Circuit will respond without delay to every complaint made which suggests that an adult, child or young person may have been harnied, cooperdting with the poli￿ and local author5ty in any investigation. 6. The Circuit will seek to work with anyone who has suffered abuse, devek)ping with them an appropriate ministry of informed pastoral care. 7. The Circuit will seek to challenge any abuse of power. e$￿ciallY by anyone in a F)OSftion of trust. 8. The Circuit will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to the proper authorities, to any member of our church community known to have offended against a child. young person or vulnerable adult. 9. In all these princip5es the Circuit will folk)w legislation. guidance and recognised good prarti The Circuit commits itself to ensuring the implementstion of Connexional Safeguarding Policy: government legislation, guidance and safe practice in the circutt and in the churches. The Circuit commtts Itself to the provision of support, advice and training for lay and ordained people that will ensure people are clearand confident abouttheir roles and responsibilwties in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of child￿n and adults who may be vulnerable. Reserves Policy The Rese￿eS Policy for the Circuit is to hold approximately six month's averdge expenditure. This should be sufficient to meet any Unfo￿Seen item of major expendtture on manses and / or to be able to continue, in the short term, funding planned activities in the event of the failure of churches to meet their quarterly assessment liabilities in full. legal and Administrative The Circuivs financial stalements forthe year ended 31 August 2020 have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments ba515 permitted for charFbes whose gr055 income does not ex￿ed £250.1XX). Full Name of Chartty- Registration Charity Number: Date of registration Mid-LincolnshI￿ Methodist Circuit 1136058 21# May 2010 Main communication add￿$5 Riversmeet. Cagthorpe. Homcastle. Lincs LN9 2DZ The members of the Circuit meeting are the Managing Trustees. membership being made up of circuit office holders, ministers and representattves appointed by the local churches. A full list of Trustees is shown in Appendix A to this Report Circuit Ministers and officer5 Active CSr¢uit Ministers Rev Susan Wilkins (Superintendent) Rev Gordon Davis Deacon Jalle Paine Circuit Stewards Mr Lawrie Lambert Mrs Julie Close-mitchell Mr Stuart Hurst Mrs Lynne Mowbray acted as the principal officer overseeing the day to day financial management and accounting for the Circurt during the year. Since 31" August 2020 Mrs Corinna Langridge has taken responsibility for overseeing the day to day financial management of the Circuit account Independent exarniner Tri5tran Russell BA Hons FCCA clo Dexter & Sharpe Chartered Actountsnts Rollestone House. Bridge Street. Homcastle, LN9 5HZ Investment Bankers Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church Trustees for Methodist Church purpose5 ankers HSBC. Market Place. Homcastle APPENDIX A LIST OF TRUSTEES Mrs Marion Ambrose Mr lan Brown Mrs Pauline Brown Mrs Julie Close-mitchell Miss Helen Clough Mrs Carol Clough Mr Ivan Clough Rev Gordon Davis Mrs Irene Heap Mrjohn Holme5 Mr Stuart Hurst Mrs Suejohnson Mrs Pam Knight Mr Lawrie Lambert Mrs Dorothy Loasby Mrs Joan Lovatt Mr5 Ann Lovely Mrs Sue MacFall Mrs Kathleen Martin Mrs Lynne Mowbray Rev Cecil Mundy Mrs Kate O'Flynn Mr Fenton O'Flynn Mrs. Mo Fricke Deacon Jane Paine Mr Les Robinson Mr Keith Stephenson MrJames Stott Circuit Steward Circuit Meeting Secretsry Presbyter Circutt Steward Senior Circutt Steward Deacon Mrs Lydia Strawson Mrs Josie Towle Mr Dave Turner Mrs Bronwyn Wallis Mrs Jacqui Walton Mr David Wikeley Mrs Margaret Wikeley Rev Susan Wilkins Superintendent Minister APPENDIX B UST OF CHURCHES IN THE aRCUIT Bardney Bardney Dairies Halton Holegate Horncastle Old Bolingbroke Raithby Scamblesby Spilsby UMC at Conin8sby Woodhall Spa Wragbv Signed on behalf of the Circuit Trustees .Corinna Langridge......................(signedl Mrs Corinna Langridge Circuit Administrgtor and Book-keeper CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Mid Lincolnshiro Circuit FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 Lincolnshire District Circuit no 171 04 Registered Charity - Charity Registratson number 1136058 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 lemis of evidence of charitable slalus and may be used to give to donors or granl funders wishing t0 See evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not regislered charities are excepted from registration under StatLrtory Instrument 2014 No_242 } Ministers. Rev. Sue Wilkins bcA¢on Circuit Stewards: Irene Hea L￿rie Lambert Sue MacFall Treasurer. 201$ Cirwit R * P tcrf5 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 Mid Lincolnshire Circuit C1￿u* stsi¢ted Model Trust R08tr1ctod Funds Fur Fund5 Totals th15 y￿r Totals last yoar SECTION A 81 RECEIPTS 82 Assessrnenushare 97.874 97,874 94,501 94,436 a3 Ca ital recei ts Bank and CFB interest and Investrnent income 94.501 1.482 224 1,706 4.430 a5 Grants a6 Other re￿Ipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 4.618 4,618 206,699 8,153 a7 111,974 94,$01 a81 107,019 SECTION b1 b2 PAYMENTS Stipends, salaries, NIC. Pènsion and travel c051s 112.205 112,205 78,219 Manse Costs 23,754 23.754 16.049 Administration etc 8,478 8,478 30.764 5,535 24,480 3.166 b5 District Assessment 25,CKX) 5.764 b6 Grants & donations Purchase of Man conlribub.ons to the Distrid Advar Funds 2.662 170.638 111,( 284,300 b7 b8 other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 11,335 183,434 11,335 470,836 13.916 147,370 b9 176.402 111.000 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSTrAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 a7-b9 7t.460 176,178 16.499 264.13 40,351 Total funds brou ht fowdrd frcKn last e 180.121 161.575 341,696 382.047 Sub total c1+c2 108.661 14.603 16,499 77,559 341,696 Transfers and ad'ustrnents 31,519 1S.020 16.499 ¢7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR Ic3+c41 77,142 417 TT.559 341,696 le61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY.. MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS these amoullts should not be Included in totsl recei paymènts above) Balance brou ht forward from last d1 ear d2 Offerin Gifts - ￿￿1Ved for èxtemal or Offering￿Gift$- passed to extemal organisations BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID d1+d2-d3 anisatior d3 d4 2015 CitL¥it R and P 2rlS Mld Llncolnshlre Circlat UPI&￿Ry IRC ACC CRC SECTK)N E Please followth• lantè Summry otthe CirwtacL¥Junb forlheyear erfed 31 Auwsl 2020 aThY litemal I￿panisa￿￿S lo Curwit Mpebw. NDle ihalthe tunds of3n Internal Orpanisakn V￿UkI norrrolty be Rest￿1 fith1ds￿kn ￿C￿￿1 ￿ de*slth¥nthatthwcrthl us&1 fty any MeUKdi51 ￿￿e. This sec￿0￿ rr￿￿t be r£jM￿eted to wrNe aitr* gr￿$ recertsand p•iiEnis eXr£ethtr£A￿aLqth[e5tr￿d of£2SO.000, then the A¢uu¥$n*tW ofa¢Lx)uthg ANDA DFFERENT FOPM (see MeilKy￿?￿ets1ts}. p￿Se r*tOlheguidarte INTERNAL ORGANLSATDNS MeiRe¢ e7 Subtotalof I*Ul$ brOughlfor¢Ard Irorn 2QS.699 470. 1264.1371 Ic7 341,696 77,589 HELD BYClltCUlT 206.699 470.836 12W1371 341,696 77,S59 COntiThuÈ sEpara eetInt￿5￿atWj bnnothe lots* rcrvAia TOTPLRECEPTS IOTAL PAYMENTS SECTJON F TAT tOF TSMIDL OPENING CLOSING BALANCES CIRCurr-￿SN FUNOS HELD at31 Ust￿20 Cash Bankcunwtpttotht Bankoe f4 Gents31 F￿ance Biw 274.961 50.682 Oth¥￿ndS SU8TOTPL 341.6 77,559 Tot￿ fundsh￿ by (thè dD5ng ba*￿i￿t0￿5*￿e>Ièl2I TOTAL ¢￿H FUNOS HeLD 8yr￿c￿lT 341,696 77.559 SECTVJN G orHER ￿SErs and L￿1T￿$ r2019 Inve*merts 65942 62529 LandandBuM 715765 919 357 Obier 492 982.652 77,559 1.080.411 Jllrs DECLARATIONS Treasurer I confirm that I have prepar8(I the aco)unts tTom the record5 of the Circuit and thatlhgy indude all funds under the control of the Circuit SvJnature of Treasu￿r Date .?.a Name Laurie Lamt*rt Address Clo HomcasUe Methodist Church Offic*. 18b Queen Street. Homcastie, Ltno)Inshire. LN9 68D Presentation to the"Circuit Meeting for approval. l ¢x)nfimi that the Ac(x)unts have been present￿1 trj the Circuit Ileeti￿ orh and We￿ approv&l. Signature of the Chaii of the meetir4J Narne ofthè Chair ol the meeting Rgv. Susan wil￿nS Date 117 Independent Examinevs Report to the Trustees of the Mid Lincolnshire Cireuit This Report is ¢)n the CircuitAcoyJnts forthe yèarèndej 31° Al￿Ust 2020 Respective responsibilities of Tnjstees and Examtner The charity's trustees are responsib￿ for Ime preparalion ofthe accojnts. The trustees consider that an audit is not requirèd for this year under Secti￿ 144 of the Charrbes Act 2011 lthe Chartbes Act) and that an independent examination ss ne&Jed_ It rny responsibilty to.. Examine the accounts undèr Sed¥)n 145 01 the Charthes Act to follow the procedures laid down in the gereral Dire(*on$ g￿n by tr* Charity Commi8sson (under Sectith) 145ISMbl of the Charities Act). and to state ￿ether parbcular mattws ha￿ o)me to my atten11(￿. Basis of Independent Examinerfs Report My examination was ￿rried out in ac£ordance with general Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting rewrds kept by the tharity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those recoTds. It also indudes wnsideration of any unusual items Of disck)5ures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from the trustees (x>nceming any sud) matters. The wocedures undertaken ck) not provide all the evide￿ that WOU￿ be required in an audr(, and C￿sequentty no oixnh)n is gwen as to whether the accounts present a'true and fairf view and the report is limited lo those matters set out in the statement below. Independent Examinevs Statement In cortnecion with my examinat*)n. no matter has cowe to my attention I whKth gNes me re¥sonabie cause to Wieve that in any material reswa the requirements.. . to keep accouniiro reeths in ac(xKdance with sedion 130 of the Charities Ao*'. . to prepare acujunts whith a¢yThl with the wJuntiThJ recxyds and ￿mplY wilh the acoy*nting requirements of the Charibes Ad have not IEen met: or 12) to which, in my opinh)n. attention skuld i* in orderto enable a pxoper understsrxling of the accounts to ￿ wthed. ' Hease delete the wor(ts in the brackets rfthey do not ap￿ appmpnate 131 I have/￿8¥&neV. obtained independent verificat¢on of all imiestments with the Trust8es for Melht)dist ChuTch Purposes CTMCPI or held in other Trusts. Bank balan￿$ and Funds * the Central Finan￿ Board of the Meihodist Churth fcFBI, vthich are Indlwdual￿ in ex(￿ of £10.1XM) (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheel dale. . Pl8ase ¢i￿le as appmpriate Name Tristran Russdl BA Hons FCCA Signatufe Relevant Professional qu81th(2tion or body FCCA Address Clo Dexter & SI￿rpe. Rolle$t￿e House. Bridge Street, Homcasue, Lincolnshi￿. LN9 5HZ Date