The Methodist Circuit of Gloucestershire Registered Charfty No. 1136205 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 August 2021 THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF CLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMEIITS YEAR EMDED 31 AUGUST 2021 INt>EX Chwty Inffijrr Trustw¥ rq>ort 3-17 AudSlLY$ rpFQrt 18-20 Clrojlt 618twr￿l crfflnartknl ac*wtss 21 ¢1￿4t Sheat 23 24-35 THE METHOOIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE D￿AL8 OF THE CHARITY. ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS TRUSTEES The tr1￿ are Ihe membws of Civcuit Assertjty. ApFeThlrA 1 crmtains a full li¥tof the d8cted church i•we58ntsti¥es arml ex offiw, or apwntgd. Ott￿r$ **re trustg9s duriThJ th6 ￿￿. CIRCUIT EXECUTIVE Rgv'd John H8ltyer Ratrd Michelle Ireland SuFerfnteThJoTht Minister (from Sep'191 Dewty SuFerintendenl Mini*r Ifrcm Sep'201 & Leamirnj & Canr¥J PorttulK) Ifrom Ma￿20> Dewty sU￿rinte￿￿eTht Mini5ttsr IfrTrm Sep'20 mini8ten.al Staff ￿preSen1th lfroffl Sep20 Missth PortfolK& (from Sep'201 FInar￿ Powffol lfrorn Sep'151 sc￿￿ & C&rnate Justica {from Sep'161 PortfdK> & Q'rryjit S* Person￿1 P(th41) & Cirojit St8W8r Rw'd Jayne Webb Rev'd N80rni Cooke D88wn Sue Peat Brian Coc* Rickdl Russell Bukry (from May'201 (from Ma¢171 (from Sep'201 (from Sep'201 (from Sep'201 {from Sep'201 (frorn sep￿)1 88mle Bre%kn%ter Arthur Haines Mi¢h8el Hal￿S Liz Ledger L851ey Ward Cirtuit steward CirC￿lt StV4vard Circuit Stv•Rrd C¥oJil S10ward CIRCUIT OFFICE HCiDERS FIna￿a Porffd￿J Portfdio ￿der & Circuit Tr8a$urer Assi5tgnt Circurt Treawr8r (to Marc* 20211 Asststant C1￿Ul1 T￿asurer (from Marth 20211 Fian lfjltsjm P•te W*t Lea￿￿j & Carfrtg Portr0￿1 Rerfd IrelaThJ Portfolh? Hc4der Pastoral Care ErKvurager childr￿ & YouThJ People Ne￿￿rk Mis6k¥) PortkA Deacon Sue Peat Karen Burridge Portfolio Hc4der Creab¥* Arts offrér w￿51¥P T8skfc*ce Conven8r WLY51w'p Taskforce Secr8tsry MethJdlst Fkjrres Seuetary Cireurt MWI8 Chair D8korah LorYJ Ra￿d Siuat Radts Sfva Mun Pe￿onnel Portfc4 Russdl B P¢tsr Gard Safeguardiry Oftker Propwty Portfr4K) Bemie Brtr Rerfd Jthn Beard Sue W¢>)(h¥8rd Salty John B•"1gy P(Mtfc4K¢ FknkJ&r Arthi4i5t ArthNiSt L8*J Manse Co)rdwMkn Sth80ubs fJTr•r &JeSal arKI Climate Justk y RKkell Rgv'd Or Jom Sa i8cn Jackson JKJY Rthl Rewd N(￿ Sharp Port[d￿j Pbkyer MUM￿F￿th (AT Public Issues Offic D￿￿￿lityAwaren&ss Advi88r So(x81 Resky)rtsibilrty ¢￿cer THE METHODIST CIRcurr OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL 8TATEMENT$ YEAR ENDED J1 AUGLIST 2021 Icontlnwd) Su￿ri￿8[*￿ent LC￿ Pre￿￿. aThJ Wor8h Prgxhers, Trak)TrwJ ¢knJp Conv•nar and Lead Tutor Chair crfLrtal Prg8L*ers' TrniThrb3 Rwd Fknll &JnThrs CIRCUIT (￿FICE AWITORS Stavorton CtyJrt GL51 OUX BANKERS INVESTIAENT MANAGERS Centrd Fin￿ dth• kkntlMxliJt Chw 9 B(mhlll Stro¢t ECZ4 4PE REGISTERÉD CHARITY 1136205 ThE IieTHODIST CIRcurr OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 TRUSTEES, REPORT Th• trustees presenl knir ￿￿Ual tepyl *ith ￿ final￿al siai8m8nts the ￿tyrtOIS report of The Methodisl Q'rcuit of GloJcester5hir8 for the year ended 31 kngust 2021. annual report serves th8 puws ol bJlh a trv8tees' a diredors. re[￿. STRUCTURE. GOVERNA14CE a MA14AGEMENT The Mel￿dISt Circuit of cj0uceste￿1r￿ is tort of the NWh>Yist Church in Britain, whith ts constthled under the Methodist Church P£1 1976 and a Deet of UnK>n and is ￿Ver￿ by The ConstiiutKJnal Practicè 8nd (Isa￿1n& of the Methc*gi$t Church. The Q"ruJC cry Into t*iThJ on 1 Stptember 2CQ8. wos regIste￿￿ as a c￿rity ¥￿th number 11￿205 on 4 June 2010. AppoIMfhlENT TRUSTEES All minthrs. presbytwd diaml. slatKr￿ in ￿ CIr￿rt ty th8 MgtlK>Jist C(￿fer￿A ar• mamb8rs of the Cir¢urt Meatifig 0th8ThW8e kncwffl as the Circuit Assembty aTra theretjre trLtslees Isubpct to those mini8ters who do ncrt ￿ pastornl resp￿si￿1ty *ithin the QrcufL r&)ts'fyirKJ the SuperintoNJ¢nl ol their wish to be m￿b￿S of the Assenw aThJ tru$tegs reknnt yeafl. Lay wothws who are [r￿rnter$ of th8 Methodv4t Church aThJ wlKs arg empkjyed in the cl￿11 may 8180 be appointwj by the QrrAJrt *4sembly to bg m8rnbers ol rt and trusteos relevant ytsar. The fdlovlNJ we 8x officio mernb8rs of Ih8 Cnuit ASsem￿y." Ihè L)r￿it siewarts. circJJit p￿[0719 hokler8 (Finan￿. Leamlng & CariThJ. miss￿. PeTsoMel, Property. Soo"a Climate JustKel. Other appointed rcuil oftsers (for 8XaM￿8. ts safeguarfiThJ officer. the a￿l￿SIs. otol may atso be momi¢r5 of th8 Circuit ASS￿blY if they eho¥)5e lo be. Al circuit sI￿ardS aThJ orojrt offkers are sutpct to apwntrnent and annual [￿p￿Trtment bythe C1￿￿t Ass&iW. *litiOnal￿. each church i¥ Enti1￿ anwauy to #Fwnt three rekwesenthtive5 to the ASSem￿Y (usual Ch￿￿h steward aTMI tho church treasurer plus one Th8 L￿al Pr8actsrs' and Worshlp L88der8' M88ts'r¥J i8 entilled annuamy to ￿[rUnate up to ten of ils m8mbws li￿￿d1[¥j se(xetsry P￿d the ojnvener of th8 k)c81 prgxh8r lrnknir¥J gr(yJp are ex olf￿) mernters of the Assembtyl. member5 of th8 Theting, however may on be asked tempryarily to Vaca￿ the Mee￿￿j a parttijlar rtern is bein9 discus*J rr*y Trjt w)lè on any wie. The tothl rnembw3hip ofthe Assembty tst served durir¥J ts 21)Xk21 ￿al 1311599 AppeThYi¥ 11. TRUSTEE RECRuiTheNT. WDUCTION & TRA*41NG As tyJUin8d above. the appointm8nt 01 th8 m8p)rity oftP* [r￿bership ￿the Assembty OUt￿e ￿ control of the meet'ng Ibut in aco)rdanc8 with the Velhtyjist Church's Crtitub"(nal Pr*bcè and Dis¢iplinel. In appointiry LyrrAJit Fxjrtfdlo Wjers other me8tiTra seeks to fit the particular gift¥ ar￿ skilL8 of an apw'nt8e to the needs of Ihe ltst is b&"tyJ filled to 8thwe Ihe best bala￿ of gift5 and skllls olfic* hoklers to lurth8r Ihg of th• Cirtyit its thurchas. ORGANISATION The Q'rcurt Assembty rnet on (￿s￿)n$ in 20￿21. ￿uSe ofthe necessary ¢crstraints on rn88tings orising frcm the Cow&19 F48ndenyc. the ￿￿11[*38 lin Septonknr. Marth, M8y. * Julyl w*re hdd by Zoom. The Circuit ExocutN8, ap￿nknj by Cl￿rt Assembly. cornprises the Superinlendenl,. h prestyters appoinled as d8￿t￿8. one of wlKYn IS a wJrtfolKJ aTV)ther pr8sWer el8cl8d ty tha staff eeting,. cirrJJrt Stewards, of whom 8rg rA)rtlolh) hoKlers". arKJ Ihfee more portftlio t￿lders. The ExeoJtNe met on four o￿aSK)n$ in 20ak21. N4J8in trerause of Ihe p*Mlemic the rr*etings (ln Novemb8r, March, Awl. and Augusll wefe hekl ty Zocyn. Th8 Exe(¥lNe acls (ffi teh81f of the Cir¢urt ASseM￿Y cirCUrr￿an¢es so arml bfings ￿ts decisths to th8 A88emtty for scrntiny its rguwnmeTrJatSons for akyroval. The Assembly rgty'ns overau responsibility for the Circuifs rni55￿ 5lrate9y.' the invitation of ministeF5' the adrkw5SK)n ￿ Feople to the officè of ygkn,. d￿slOr6 (Wb frjrmal ex￿OrationS of e4lls to minislry a)d candthtes forthe c￿￿ained mini*ry. Th8 Melhodlst Chjrth statKTh a presbyter to ba the Superintend8rrt of the QKJJit ¥&b) is to wovSde loadership and ctjh8sw￿ Trhithin ts Circurt ath1 duties are set in th8 Standing Ordets of thè Church whth a￿ to t* in The Constrtulional OiscJF4ine oftha Mgllxxlist Churc*. ThE METhOOIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST Z021 ORGANISATION Iwrtlnu•dl c1￿ul¢ Churches: (At)te.' desyn8tth knLOCalEwn￿n￿￿ Pathr￿¥pS (LEPs)- WAletho(W A-A￿l￿an1C￿I#CIj ofEnglgnd. AbbeydaL8, Chdstehurth ILEP-A W U. B) App8rfey Ballay ETrJ Bream Tmty tLEP- & MI A￿1￿jrt0n Bishop's Clee¥e Brimxwbg. c￿lf0rd Hill CheM•nham. Bethesda C￿￿enham, St ma￿.$ ch￿tert￿rn. Wh&J(bJn, St ￿￿￿1.$ ILEP-A M) Churtlvknin Cinderfc¥d Clements End Cl￿nt¥S19r. A8hcr(fi ILEP- M. U) Drybrc Eastington GIouca5tsf, 8arton Street GI￿¢051&r, St &knn's Huccknte Ne￿nt. St (LEP-A.MI QL￿dgeleY South C8m8y ILEP- IA,CI StrtyJd, St Aban ¥ ILEP-A MI Tewkesbury DU￿eY FairfoNJ ILEP- C. M GltyJe8St8r. L￿d￿le Ro>J Hartpury NaIl￿rth. Chri¥t Churth ILEP4.M.UI Rar¥J1￿C#, SC Jth the W"5t ILEP-AMI Stonehous TelbJry,ChrMt C￿rth ILEP- IA.U) WottLTrUtsJer-Edge (LEP4I.UI Circ￿rtAsSeMLty Oistrya SyTr)d to discontinu8 Put1￿ wor5hp and to cbw ts bu￿Ing$. In addit#)n lo dyjrthes li8ted 8b(p4e, Norlh Cemey F￿10￿?￿lp arvj Hv•Air¥J 0)n5titu￿1 a$ ¢laases of chettenh￿, Bethesda. ar*J fitO6fkn 15 8 cla•• of Glw(est&r, St ￿7n.5. H%*Aing conlnuas t U58 ils thrch builthro. (Tha Co￿trtU￿)￿ Pra￿le9 and DwrAine of the KWitrai5t Church describes the procedure that is to wthen a hxal thurch ha5 insuffi(ient membgrs to forrn a Church Ccwjncil. Th& remaining members Lzn I￿n ￿r￿titU￿￿ as a dass of another met￿￿t church of sufficient soe ereby th9 CMrr* ¢￿J￿Al and P8Strrfal C(rfTh7)the are b) uTrJertake the Lwatsight of rnembers o forni the class.) Inc1￿Ing concerniry finartk41 Kxoc8S5 ￿ ihe ￿)hy1￿ of rese￿0$.. Ihe man4&nant of and heamh and 5afety'. and the ernt4)yrr￿t of p8rsonnd and tjne vLYking In M5PK)nse to the corwawfU5 P8ndemic a Covi(k19 AL*on Group. forniay in Math 2020 (Xbmpri8TThJ the Suporint8Th1ent aThJ fNe member5 of EXe￿rtNe. tontnU8d to meet lThtryhUy unkn'l th8 eThJ of July 2021 off8ring support and ad￿￿ to by regukrly drawiThJ attentw)n lo LxYwquenc•s ol govemment gi8latK)n connexK)nal gum18￿ as wdl as We￿￿1￿j arKI iommenb"NJ on the lormal risk assessmants submitted by tslurthes pr8paring lo re3nised Ihat ara ur•t48 *) Ih8ir C￿mmitr￿1t4nd so rirawi reseryes are no8de(l. B. Expenditure. (knr the last yeaTr. as prevthsty rewjrted. Ihere has a carcurt revlew in prtyJr85¥. Largety thls ha5 b88n lo (k¢ wth the Slnjctyre of miThstry in th8 Circuit which irTyact5 on the number of presbytws appinted *thin CiroJt( *trJse aFKI arx))mmodatK)n Costs KWe58nt 74% ￿ the bi#Jg&t. (For Thrte.. then prnsbyter8 are appoi)led. they irwti81ty Come for five years, a￿1 th8 lead ts"n* for rè-aprK)in￿gkhar￿￿1rVJ can lake ow e*ghteen rrK)nths1. The trusiaas at fts m881ing ￿ Sepl 2021 approv￿ a proc*ss to T￿1￿¢$ IN8 wesbyteral staff by ar(￿￿ 27% ov8r thè noxt three y8p4s. Th"s str)uld result *) a sawng in expenditur8 lev81s the onl8r of £150,000 ￿r annurn. rewhant savings vlll m8an th* Ihe r￿ul￿d irKx¥ne from the churches through lh8 Set assessrr*nls can hor￿f￿lty t¢ r￿1￿ced. To Ma￿taIn 5UPPOrt for missic¥)al oLrt￿h in th8 Ci(ciMt. it i8 intènded to incwse nurthr c¢ lay woth8r5 as •JdrtKffial Supp￿ c*urth•s wh8re thwrenykJyThgnl %wukJ b8 be￿ra1. C. Reeerves levels. M¥￿8$ - With tho pLan￿d of N¥n&8tarial stsff. Ihfee manses would becom avBilabk for Sa￿ (irtwe&*ThJ unrethcted re$8Fve51 (x (kn￿r8￿51￿j annual revenua inojrnel. Regrettabty of oJr churches Iwe W to ¢kne (see els￿0￿ tn thi5 rgportl aThJ Othe￿ may **ll folhxf SU￿ When Ihis haKWts, Ihfr manffjing trusteeslip passas to the CA"rcuit arbj the church ks IheA U￿lty sohj. As wilh 50kl manses. thrs ¥bruld r¢pre8ent 8¢Jdilthal tunds into our unre5trict¢d reserves. The tiugte88 are therefore sattsfi&J thBt ujffent le¥￿ of r8S8rves lowhor ¥&ith the fin￿181 nWaSU￿ bgiTrJ put ￿ plac8 as Klentified atthe gN8s cwfidw in the on￿M￿j viat#"lrty ofthe L*Arity. CHARITABLE OWECTIVES AND PRWCIPALACTMnES The charitab* obiKkn￿$ are the thancem8nt (rf reIKJK￿. in parbrxjlar as ￿ oui or relerred to in th8 purrM)ses. dcKtrin8s aThJ provisK¥ts of ts COn￿ltu￿Cl￿l Pr&tirA * Disuph"ne ol thg Churth. The Clrcuit seeks lo oul the Call¥￿ d Ihe Methodisl Chur¢h which i8 summaris•d thus.. "Th9 ¢8llng ol M811￿lIst Church * to ro¥or*Y to the (• of b)ve In Chrtst arnl to INe out it5 di8cip*sNp and Inwred by Caliry. ￿ aim: • To increa¥9 awareness of ￿'S presence atNJ to ¢8￿braI9 God's love", • To halp grow anil leam 85 chrisb"a￿ thmugh rnulual supwt car•" . To t* a go>J rewjhbourto p8ople in ne•Y to chalBf¥Jg injustK*,' • To m&k8 rTK¥e of J￿J$ Chrf.. The Clrcuit ancourages aThY supports the cMr¢hes wittwn in fv t*CMSth ol r8gular pubk acts ol worship OP8n to menthrs and Th)Trwmembar5 81ike' Ihe prov&on ofspace br pwor aThJ cont8mplabon". the t6aching and shariThJ of Chnstianty Ihrough 8ernK￿, ￿r5e8 an¢J small grtyjps., pA8lor81 wort," the prtsvis￿ 01 opp)rtUn￿88 forw)Trhip. te8(*ir•J. fel(Mship and S￿£1 inter-ac1￿ for all geThJers: the supwort ol olhercharities in ts UK arnl Overs￿ wilh prayef arbj finwK4. Th8 aims, object￿. poI￿leS of Ihe C[￿11 are uTrJ8r reguLar reviaw. ￿th partI￿lar attantDn being gNen to Ihe chUrchIc(m￿nitY interface. and to urxlertaking and prh)riti*ry ts Circuft's endeavLwrs in accordance knyth its miss￿￿ pxjlw. Slth revews have gNen new iTTV8bJs *ith the adoption by the Cirrxjil Assembly in Marth 2021 01 a refreS￿d Mission Pdicy 8ThJ Plan wh￿h h sumrnary ¥Jenbfies Prigribes for actth to b? o¥er8een by Superintendent tho p(th￿ l¥JhJets. ThE METrIODI8T CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT ANO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YeAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 MISSION POUCY The refre5h8d fflv8saon pc*w a￿1 p￿n 15 inteThJed to gubJ8 and t￿l￿Se the Clrryj￿¥ use of its financi￿. ple arKJ wop8rty r88wrc4s. WKJ to e￿wrffje aThJ wide thurches in th8ir mission ministy. Woth and consuha1￿Th to dev8bp Th￿rt￿l impIerr￿( the Circuil's V￿On and strategy for Mi&81￿ ate continuing endeavours as •wdenrA by the Pwitses fr)r Bppear b8lN for ep4* rA)rtfd*) in the MISS￿ and Plon. Cl[￿￿t'S nlssth tK4ty o inleThJed Io gUMJe'.- th8 mlnistorial ovgrg9htofthe Churdw in the Itlls I￿4￿leS ￿[cheS in variety of ecunwKal p8rtnershipsl,' th8 SUPPOrt of a nMni5ty tsam of wesbytera mnisters. de￿. gJp8murnerary ministers, lay 1x￿nMUnty, famity w wtreach a ¢heplain to Hartpury Unwersty. and lay uTCu￿ administrators.. the kKation and marM￿arth rf ts manses", ar*J Ihg financial ability 10 ￿￿18￿lle uJrrent future (*cuit prDjXt5 thereby 81￿￿1￿¥￿ thal Ihey are abl8 lo bg crethj S￿￿M￿J. The arcuit A5S8nty h06 aweed a rdr8tsJ Uiwin Pkn in 3r21. Who vrn are MetlK*Ji4ts bdie¥e IhaL' All pg¥d8 ne&J lo b& by G￿j.$ ￿*. All pwjple be reachp4J by IXwJ'¥ gra￿. AJI ￿FIe God¥ gwe. As the Mel￿￿￿$t cl￿￿￿ crf GI¢JK*St¢rsh*e, i% 8 mel￿￿¢st ethurth¥ in GkMJceslersh*•'. We cekpbrate and rnsw)rh1 tots kyle of GOJ mth krKp*n in Christ throlth %K*ship. rris6h)n and daity ill6dp￿Ship. W• ehorish p￿¢8. a8 partoflh8 Th*Jgr MelWLSt ChLth. in ￿ T￿￿k￿e church. W8 repkx In ￿)￿'n9 in partnershp OthèrdwKxni￿t￿$. la61hs aThl W￿￿nIY grcw6. We ertht• I1* diverne gfts and sklL8 of pwle ¢al•d k* ky aThJ rmistriès. Our reo•on for l>•lb)V We are call8d to be to be a ts. forelaste and ofG￿j.s Rthgn in the I￿e clthe *orkJ. X• our life lCx￿￿r L8 eentred worship mission arKI C(￿rnAted to ￿arng the Goc¥J News. We V4ttngsB to the transloftmirwJ of Christ in iThJMdual IN8s. c£mn¥Jn￿.es and thè wwjer womd. So. In fv￿l￿ng GTrJ'6 missh)n ￿ our call¥￿, exk8t k).. Corthd Lead Support the peopk and cMrth•s in ts CirrAIt arKI ctrnui#tEs. Our guldlng prlnclpl•s All do is Shaped ty the to ￿ fvjtmul to Go8pd ￿1*$ to th jutte. meroy and walk humbty th GDJ th0￿3h Jesus chr￿ arky Ihe pcthwr ofth8 Fb)ty Skirit i8 fvyes￿t arwj ¥tNe in the wo￿. W8 afe open tothe c(hnbnU1￿ gu•Jance aThl tronsfNnwl*M oftha H￿Y Spirit. THE MEfHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDEO 31 AUGUST 2021 So, we asplre lo ￿ a Cirwit Ihat i& Ar￿JntabI8 Cc41aiKJraUve Gan•r(x Trarwarent ValuiThJ of well b￿.Th9 Imlling tr) tske risks GkJtJaNy awaro Indusivg What WO V+il do from 2021 b 2026: Tog&th8r as a C*rcuit * as Churcl*s, our plws will t¢ alwJr*d wlh Our C811ing and ¢hur(ts￿¢￿ strategy for ev8rvJdism orMI of thg Methodisl Churth. These are tha we85 of misslon and ffinistry that will make lan5 to Lx>fK8nlrat¢ ￿ and devdop over the n8xt four yaars. The CiroJit MtssK)n PLgn sgls 'dir￿alOn crf trav81". LLKal Church88 ar8 invit•Y to devdop w￿l¥Idual mts5K)n pla￿ that are apprcylats kn tsir c&mtext. These pla￿ v*il be Co￿ldered kn ma￿'t￿j decisions aL¥Jut staffiro making 8 LrKal Chufch Is unabkn to ￿ a missw plan Its peop￿ can locu5 on worship. pastor￿ car& ￿ mutual suppryL Each priority is intended to ￿1P tho Circuit its clMJrches ((tus wr tim8 and 8nwgvas cwgr the r￿l fv8 year5. rgsouice5 are avalablè to ts CirrJJit will te divecbj byhgrds churthe8 8￿￿ grou￿ Ihat wantto tske ini*atNes that bu1￿ on Ihese prk)ri￿$. It Is h&aHh￿r for churc￿$ to o)tKetht8 on thing a fthv thirys thpll ralher than to ¢)) ml￿h, 80 rKJ church 15 expecl&l to ty to do ￿￿hirva. Th8 pr¥>ribes are inteThJed to and 5UPPOrt Loc81 Churehes in rni88ion pL8nnir*J Ihat i% ￿rted to th￿r context.. they we not a set of tar￿15 to b8 athievgd or a list to b8 tthd. issh)n and mintsty Ar• •xerrysed ty Chtharn k) tr*ir live8 as as th￿r semce throuth the Church. SoFn8 priorrti88 m8y Sup￿ Ind￿NJUa1 di5cip18s. olhers L￿81 Churths Ot￿r9 b8 undertak￿) uniguaty arml b8St by Ci￿ll wow)s. Many of Ihese prnnts.es are orwiry, some CAyJkJ te gllen spoual Icus at a p8A￿Ul￿r Iwne of the yg in the life in the CirEurt. Olhers involve ways d*r¥kry that ne&1 to ￿ YwJr8ine(S in our cJJlture w that Infomi evemh1*￿ we eng4e in. Ml•8ion Fyan Summary- PvltsritiH fw Ac L•amlno Ind C•rlng Chil¢JM's ath1 Ys>Jlh COntertw￿tiYe SpSiilu*ty MIMlon Dlgitd ministy and Spirityality 'Evèry cl¥Jrth 8 9ruwing churth": swbThJ Chwth rni&wn F4ar6. New FlaLY5 ftjr New Pwle. Church al the marg1￿. EuJm8nkd-ihMty in and mlssKffi. Soclal and Cllmate Ju#tl(* Equality Dty8rsity I￿￿￿$•)[L Clirnats Emeryew. P•w5onn¢l IMlnl$tryl Rtshawrfj aThJ Lay Miiwity. Prop•rty Propety F18n. THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINAPKIAL STATEIIENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 ACHIEveMeNT AND PERFORWANCE The Cifojit was form•$ on 1 September 2LTh wilh th8 arnalgan3tK)n rf the formeT Clffjncester, Stroud & Durley, Gknucester, Tth¢rt8sbJry & Cheltenham aThJ FL¥85t of Dean Meknist Circuits. (x)npnsing (at the outS8t ofth8 202￿21 ￿anc￿ yearl lorly churths a￿1 thro8 da558s of churthes. The cl￿￿￿ is rasp)n￿￿e ftx rai81￿ the sts"perKls and Bttendant ¢x61s of rfs mi￿t￿l81 arml lay ￿rA¢￿ staff. The Cir￿1￿9 thJrel*s Ind￿je parb)ew51y of Vari￿ ￿nds, vAth th• B&ptist Church, Churth of EThJLarwJ, ￿ Congreg8tK￿al Federath)n a￿1 th8 UrNted Reforrn&l Churth. Two ofthese churrjw - Ch￿tC￿u￿h. NlJt*ydak8 {GkXJ￿9t￿I, a Local Ecurn8nical Partnership - an(1 Chrfst Church, Nailsworth. a LcKal EornKal ParbvBhip - M￿l￿rShiP includ85 a $vJThfirant prorh)rtlon of P￿tIK)diS15 - appThnt and Iheir (y•m minis18￿. whiLst in several of other LEPS, ministry is sha￿d wNh thè other parbc4pakn'TrJ derKmin8thJnJ. The Clrcuit * richty dNerse arKI thwwally. with (*urtthes sefvlng oty centre, inner cty, su￿rt￿n, t￿, wllage 8nd hxatWM5. Sty85 Ot worshbp vary and several church85 experiment with differnnt w)r5hip styles, tirnes and settirKJs. vlilh er¢wragwr*nt that c*urches on8 amther. Throughout Ihe pand8mic ￿ Circurt 85 Ihrcw9h of its chufcheg h8S ¢)Jntinugd to 8eek failhfiJlty to WOf5hip ar￿ seThe Cod. the lattw expre&sa thrcrtjgh paskffal we. le1￿￿+￿11p and servi¢e through t¢yond eath of rls ¢￿jr￿S. DvJital techrK*frw has be￿ used kn su5t*'n Ihesg actNIUes. Thr￿gh the deploymenl of mirnistets ar¥J lay thers, rewiir (x)mmuniLZtion and varK)US Olher a6[￿t9 ol 8drnin1st￿ti¥8 Sup[￿ together with the 0￿￿￿9 provigon of safe9uardirwJ, pastoral olher training the arcuit has Continu￿ to ￿0)uNge and rE5w￿ ts thur¢￿ and momb8￿. Tho &￿th Wgsl Leamiry Netth has bgen partukgty helpful durityJ tlw in 118 SUPF*Yt of the woth of the C¥cuit through pmwdiThJ onlre fc¥ trainry. Further d8talls of Ihe Circuit'8 entteavours afe dethibed In Ihg Portlolio Reports Set out bekrrt (the FnarK8 Portfolio k8 dealt ￿th Lqter und8r'Hnanc• R•¥1•￿1. sU￿rInt•ndeny# P¢)rtlolio In September 2020 w8korned Revds. Rachel HoFe and Wendy Twknr had been apkxsintad by the Melho(*ist ConferenL* to serve in ts C¥￿￿. This wa5 a km key s¢rvic4. he￿ under rest￿tKInS of tha covir>19 pandern￿, ai Cirenc8Stgr Church which w85 INe stre8m&a arwnd the Circurt. Rev'é. Esth8r Mason. a Baptk8t nynister, was wekxmned aThJ ITrj￿ted as the ￿nist8r at Christ Church, Nails4￿)rth in Juty 2021. Thè relresl*d Qrwit MISSIL￿ Polry and Piqn i8 fwnd in RwrL It was adopted Unanim￿j$ty by Circuit As8ernW wll b• kept under regular review. It is inter￿ad to shapo Lwr priorittes and our 8ctMtss up to 2026. The challerMJ8 for tre year will be to ￿5￿re th* it Is owned aThJ embe¢*Jed intr& IhinkirvJ of the Chu￿ in th8 We ￿11 *4) have b) engjre that it ￿lorm¥ arml shapes the of circuit offK8rs, 1rKI￿￿1￿j miThsters. * eftwh)￿ arnl rAwif01￿& holders. Reth814ng the CKcwt Staffiry The ropr*t frorn the Fetsonnal pJrtftA￿J hokler inthcates the ggThlkant th thgt was done to develop prcwaLs to reshape the W and stsffirwJ of the cArDJ￿ prupc68d thaThJes will impleff*nled over Ihe rnxt three years. intent•)n Is to 8nsur8 that Ihe Q'rcuit Mission Plan is prop8r rasourced in a (c￿eXt when budgets arg ¢￿StraI￿) aThJ the nmiber C￿ matI￿15t MIn￿terS available is reduc4ng. of the winciw on whth 1$ Ihat ￿rtn￿s￿.P t￿Yeen c¥dained and lay p￿rAe ' fundwnental to uThJer*8TrJirvJ (rfthe way in ￿th lknj ¢*1¥ rwrde lo n¥noty in Ihe life ofthe ￿￿￿lJ. ThE METHODIST CTRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND NNANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR EhiDe0 31 AUGUST 2021 COV11>19 Pandert Thg WIK)￿ year has b8•n Ovèrth￿ ty Ihe pa￿1&￿￿ and ts effects wll continL+e. The initkqknves to sustain our wcyship. pastoral care aThJ SOTriL¥ to t1￿ crynnwnity Ihat b￿a￿last y88r have c¥Jntinued. Most churches cwt￿￿$ty began to U$8 th&ir for *￿SIMp and 0th8r ac*vit*s from May 2021. We have been thang8d because crf the 6xporiert¢. Th? LW of le¢￿K)b)Y acc818r3￿ and wll stay wfth us in ways that VAI enrith ￿)rShIp, te&1 to frosh approac1￿S to nurturi￿ discaplèship aThJ 8vangdi%rn as well as ImKwoving our Carb￿ fOol￿rint. We *9) been 8$ Ihe part¢rnk has exposed our we&knes8e8 indudlng thB fi￿ar￿a81 [￿￿￿eLS on which wr ow depetwhnce on & few people lo take C￿ a lot of re8ponybilty. l+ty thanks I￿1￿d be 8xpreswJ to Ihe COVID.19 Ackn Group for Il*ir ¥upw)rt and vAsdom. Durlng tho y88r Ihe Sn Brin￿Ornbe and Wfyknslon MellKxJist Church8$ t(M* the decisK)n to ¢aasa public wthBhip. In t>Jth cgses * a￿ thankful for IkAI's fathfvjlness than 1(￿ yews in uslTrg these SLriet188 as a ￿TresS to the g￿￿ WV4VS of Jesus Chnst. We are thankfijl for ts generati￿￿ of have offwed themsew the $¢r￿ of Chn"st ￿ th*r CL¥hn¥Jiwt￿. God in Love Unil&s Us The Methodtst conferen￿ *Jopted the God in Lov• Unites Us rgpryl allm Church cou￿116 to register their chur¢h tKJildirMp fiv toThYuLI of Same sex mamwJes whil8 affirmirffJ Ihat indivkjuals and churche8 prevented by LX)nsaorK4 frrffi ac(wtirvJ the develjprnent have tr*ir position ￿ld with equal espect in Ihe Church. hjl the memL*rs of Easts"W Chjrth i￿￿￿ted their intention to resign their M8th¢)Jist memtership 8ftgr tIK9 rerort was atrepted. W? wsh tt*m Gcryj's As they discem Goj's pur￿6 for them ￿ Ih8 futyre. I C1)nc￿ts ¥Mth enou￿r *tJftY of tt) Ihe 18y 0￿r8 of th• for the inrXed*j￿ aneryy. thll. cornmitrnent aThJ gr￿ with they serve the Cirojit. The circuit Stewards %%tre appointed 18$t year h8Vg m8de a start in linking the churc* w*ith the Circuit of which they arè part. WIttKJut these peop￿ the Clrcuit not be able to (SJ its th. l alx* to thank Iho ministers a￿j lay workers ￿ have 41 ba¢n a dglwhl to s&Ne akwKJ8. L•amlng & Carlng Porwollo DunThJ the COnnex￿￿81 year 202￿21 the prrNJramrn8 of knmiTrJ atvj tralniw opportunths tr Ihe cl￿￿￿ has been bfoad. It has been mainty ¢ydine due tothp reSt￿th￿S. There hag ba￿ tr8iniThJ brAh in gmups lor IrbJiv•Juals (m Zo(¥71 vKleo $drtiry. Thi8 has been pwb"cukgrfy hdplul fDr tlThe kndiwJ *YJrsNp. AddIt￿n￿ quartedy meeb'ThJs in each of the fr￿r Breas of ts Qrcul C￿tinUe lo b8 hdd re9ularty for cwjr local preachsr5 as in *)ts"op8tiin of the nexi three n￿nths. lectionary B*)le readin9s. One evening f¢xus&l Part￿U1a[ty on Ihe T￿0￿ ol S8fo9uardiryJ. Th￿ have aLw beèn ses8￿)n$ resources for th8 thjing of L(￿1 A￿angernefit Serv￿$ have bo8n shargj. Tkng haNP be8n organ and by members ofthe Wotship T8skfry¢e. A $8ries d v*Ye￿ were prt¥l￿¥d to erwur8￿ merthrs of Iha thurrlw lo refknt ￿ Ihelr ¥￿alfOn t curront ￿ fvtwe. The Circuit Chiljren & YOUNJ Ne￿ cOn￿ner i￿an *I)￿Tra on 8 Pf(wal to bn.ry togelher the farnilies chik1ren a￿j Fwle in wr churches ttrJether wrth 1kn9 wtho wyk r￿uL¥￿ with Ih8m for a residential weekend at a Venue in the county whon thè situation alkms. The weekeThJ woukj t orgonLsed around a serias of aclivities *ith %￿rShIp tC￿￿r ¢)n Ihe &I￿aY momirKJ. Sadly Covi&19 lest￿tK)n3 meant that this dKI not hap￿n. The Cifciit Children and y￿r& Peopk Netwh Convoner p￿t vacant from Seplember 2021 a￿1 Ways ￿11 be sjught to bnw our y¢xJng togethBr thls comiTha year. THE METHODisf CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEIIENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 or￿ of our young peCY￿ I￿k p8rt In Ihra y*s Pukn Le8JJership Acadffj SurThw ev•rt by PSALMS ￿l￿alTh3 C￿ the p￿¥1)uS yearfs li￿ wlh ts Acajery. The Circuri rA)ntinues lo rKovth a Bristsi MgttKAJ* D*ricl representatsve on the Forum of thè South West Le8ming Nett￿)rk of Ihe Methodtst Church w￿ch gNeS a(xxs to a further raroe of trainiThJ aThJ 168rning opwtunitss offered ty memb•ts of lh8 rx>rThxM)n81 team. &r￿e knc*thy•m, virbJal h&5 been empk)yed lin￿"r$ the s￿￿was1 Leamwwj Net*Y*k T￿rn. Sessknns that iha tewn wovid8 are widgty circulat8d. Mernbers ofthe Glowestenhire C1￿Ul1 Minw Iwi are irNrknd In tha Distrid in trAlnkng relai&l to Eco m8tlers aTrJ Justke. DvJThity *MI Sol•Jarity. 81so Contenyigtsve M*iistry. The cirujit EDI grtsjp will be puttlno tryethgr a r8r4Je ￿ vK1eas to inwre P8rW8 to think on iwes of Equality. Diversity awvj IrKIusth. Two ses￿on$ for Ihc68 invd¥ed in vlsth"NJ a￿1 pastoral car8 bd by a minister expenenced in this field. Th oft￿11 58fwJuardirvJ tKthio ￿￿Yer ￿ a sess￿￿ wh8r8 church safeguardiro ofters were remI￿ed of th&r rt4gs and responsibilth"es. S¢fth vdunteers. and 5chcd g)V8rrKxs met Irfjelher to share experi6nc•s. While f8cevknf8ce meoling5 have nrA been rK6th. Sessm￿ hav8 prov8d invaluablg afKI future training will involv8 a mixturo of LM)Ih. PLgns lor the Thexl year indude HealiNJ Mknislry, VISS￿n and Vision in Churches ￿lkI¥¥j on the ol ts v8ryi"rwJ grwps m the C*cu MIMlon Portlollo Enabling aThJ supyjrfng mi&8rffi ac¥c6s ts QKyJrt duriThJ tr* parKlemie has teen a challenge. Fkn¥ever. I ha￿ b8en 8nwurawY Ihat of in the CirrAJit tsve expenencaj rn In new and InrK¥vatsve woys. Irb pwtKyJ*r. the IrKrOa￿l use in M)T5hip. IdhTh¥8hip group8, y￿g PEO￿9,5 groups elc. has been very gJc£asslul in 5L¥n8 churrkns. th8 Church beywj its IhroLyJh zO￿n arKJ online wts has been for mary naw m8ans of rn￿)n. is b)th excitsng arhy er￿Urn￿n9. As ￿ 8tsrt to rrThe oul cl the p*¥JaM￿ a￿1 811 oxbnue to Iwe the Th)m)81'. the InltbtNes in Ihe Clr¢ult Missth Plan arg lo lake shw. c￿(cheS Winnir¥J to ￿ rnore dr￿ety tcgether 8nd in 80rne weas of the ￿.￿U[l tsy arg 8818t4thiTrJ leam nwnisty.. Thls wim In many ways inform IMAV 'mlssion' ks rrtrt in pl&xs. The thrches in G￿M￿ster arga arg 8 gwj exwnple of this. Ther8 is g￿et ￿￿en11a1 for SA)mg kind ol pine8r to happen in the centso of GlcwJc8sttrr. Convèr5ab'on$ are In the eady stag8s. but I ha¥8 real hcye thai this *ryll b& a pL￿the w forward. Sirnilar pKmeer %srJrk is also beginning in ts Inn*vorth am- 4)etsftslty on the nv•J IMMJsing devebrmwits. churches ar aLso either blready grg&JirrfJ in ￿ fomi of t¥orter ￿l¥k or are km)￿r￿J to do so in the rear future. shop's CAeev& is one ex*nple oflhis. TIMS den*ythtes 8 real sertse of ￿Sion f￿ tho luiurB. A Sèr￿3 of videos cffj .￿U￿[n￿ mtssion, created. Tlwe te availab* for all Churc1￿ lo erttjage wrth In sm•ll gr￿p$, ￿ Chu￿1 services or hTh*vef iw d¥J)se to ihom. I be to give rnore informatKJn 8b)uithe88 at a laterdate. In Sumrnwy, I erwjrw oxcated b) 7Arrk IT￿ Iwlh thurches across the a5 Ihey develop their chvn plaro ¥&ilhin ￿ ¥*•Jer &"r￿lt Missth Policy ar¥J Plan a(kptsd ty the CIT￿11 Assembty. io THE MEfHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND F114ANCLAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDEO 31 AUGUST 2021 Per•onn•l Portfolio In September 2020 Ihts cT￿ult wakomed the Rewds Rachel H)pg and Wendy Tuckor, two MetlM)di81 prestyieral ministers. The nwnisterial $tsffiThJ of ts C1￿Ult then betam8 a5 ftAknv5.' 11 fv11-fjn* pr6sbytws,' ftjll-iffle deac4)n." 3 ￿rt-lime prgsbyters." 3 part-ti￿ sup8murn8rari￿ 1 authorised prasbyter. equated lo 13 full-tiff￿ w4uiva*nt miThster5 fBce￿ITrg sb.pend presuibed by the Methodist Conferenca frjr that year. Two ol Ihe wJperwTr*rari6s N)t p* sb"peNJs. The trNrd part-ti￿￿ Su￿rn￿Merary at Chrisi Church Nailsworth ILEPI awKJ th8 URC mintyler aulhori￿ to 58rve the Q"rcurt at Christchurch Atknydakn ILEPI werB ernpbyed iThJ8FeThJ6nUy. Thgre was tharoe during the year in tho surnmer wh8n the Rey'd Esther Mason, a Baptist nNnisler. (ary* kn Chii5t Churth Naibworth ￿ the p8rt-timè MetrK)di%l supemurn8rary then 5￿F￿j ￿￿. th8 fwwrKial remain￿ the s&rn8. At rts Mbreh 2021 m8eting th8 Circuit Asstsmb￿ aPF￿￿ted tt* rext CAnirt In*iialx)n CorNnrtig9 ￿mprising repre8entsb.ve fr￿ c*¥Jrth tcwher with 8 number d ex offic•J [r￿mb8￿. Trainirg sessbTr5 for all nkners ol ￿ cornrnittee **r8 8rr8W in earfy Junè ty the ￿'st￿t Chair ￿ cwder to acquaint m8mtrers with th9 of Prthe and to ernph&w8e the iM[￿the of KlentyThJ unconsryous bw In decJ$k)n rnaknng. These tsvo trainI￿j 8essK)ns and all subsequ8nt ￿)[&￿ul1ations related to the inwtAtion and 5tatb)nlThJ prctess thL% yoar hav6 ￿8n hebj ty Zoc•n tec4u8è ofthè Fol*)*ing the I￿n￿r￿j sessK¥)s arcLuI st￿ardS hebj c*1¥￿sati(￿ ￿1h oa¢h of Ihe presbytèrs vthse temi of appointrnent in the Qrwit is IJL* to 8r¥J in 2022. The part￿n* ind￿018d Ihat they dky not wish an extens¥)n thks time. of th8 fUl￿time presbyt8r5 m8d8 a ￿milar de(a5ion and thè remaining l*Y) let Ihe circuit Stv￿r￿S that Ilw *ished for an extersth of fN8 years to be eonskJer8d. Memters ol Ihe circ￿11 I[Mtst￿ cc￿MIltee were irrfDrn￿ of the (wtca)me of t￿5? d1wmM￿t corwer58tK)ns and a c￿Ul10￿.cffi pKK*ss, dearty defined in the Code of Prxtic8, Ihen fdlowed inw)￿l￿g local cNJrches aThJ 0th8r ar8&8 orth8 tswj westyters. wjrk in Ihe cornmunity. The Circuit Invitalon Cornrnittee m?t (vir￿allY) to c¢￿￿erthe offets ofexterwkn and the responses ofttK)ae ror*uhed. Both offers hed been very 4YdrrTty rE￿I¥8d. The crynmitlee unanin¥JJ5ty r￿mMend9d lo Ihe Circuit Assembly acceptsn￿ cl ￿ olth. (fhks ha5 rMM Lvn Swrthrty appTh￿ unarMMou￿Y by Assembty at its rneetiro in September20211 Thè Circuf( As8embty hek1 (n 2Wd1 unar￿nK4ts9ty W a r8fr88hgJ Cnil Mlssion kn. Thi$ Indudwj the Intents'￿ to reshape C¥dair￿d and lay stsffing in the C1￿1t frthn Septemb8r 2022. In light of the d8dskJns aff￿ling th8 six presbyters teffli of appcinlnwt 15 due to in 2022, prop(k88L8 for re-sh4)ing Ihe $taffiThJ of Ihe Clrcuit for Sept8th 2022 *tre discussed at a sp￿￿91 rneeting of the Assembty in July 2021. prwsals were wedica￿j of the stated a¥ns for staffityd in the Missic Plan.. 'Id8ntify v4here nurthrs of Ordain￿ rrHnthr5 Can be aThJ Ihe strategr deployment of lay rjthers.. Four AJEa cor&svhation mee1J'r￿ frAlo*vJ to whth mintsters wth pastor&l charge 8TrJ two $ttrwards frrkn church invit8d and at whth fvrther dtstsjssth and r81b*Xin upM th8 Staffing prow6als Ic*)k place wth Ihe aim of helping ￿m￿r5 to se8 both the biw ￿¢turn of ministry across the Clrtsjit 86 well as they vAwhl affBL* th￿[ (*urtt Tha Stsffing prrwsals en￿$￿0 ￿llucI[¥a ￿ nurnber cl Melt￿1$1 ordained mini5t8rs by 2.5 ful time equwafents frc¥n S8Ptemb8f 2022 tmth a kW)ssibltr lurthef reductiw ofa tKesbyter Irom Septerr*er 2023. We already knew that IN8 Rerfd &rMn TowiryJ to kave in August 2021 to become Superintendent of Noth East SOrnerS￿ ar￿ Bath CiroJit. To olfsat Ihg reductK)n in nwnisterlal staffing it was proposed th&t the 8rnpbyM￿t ol Lay workers gngaged in thhY(e￿y￿utrV￿i￿ tha¢h *rJrk r8presenbJ by 3.88 fiJIl￿ffle equlva￿nts at present cwld be Incrpa58d to 5.81 by 21r2>24 in atsJrt￿n to a furtt*r p3rt-tlme lay worter for by bgacy. (This proFo*J 8laffry has rKW b8en aw¢#ed by cIr￿j￿ Assèmbty at its September 2021 meetiThJl. In June the c￿JratuL*Iad the R*d Leall*r s￿￿1vIty c¢xrplebJ t￿) years, prOba￿)n and was receNed at the MÈll*rfli* cCffifeTer￿ into lull and rKdpAned as a meth￿1￿￿1 esbyter. li THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCW STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 For 2tr20-21 Ihe Ciruwt was th? named employ8r wkws.'- T%w p8rt4im8 admYMslratw, on6 **bJ5e f(K)JwJ prirnari￿ on finance and tha oth8r on g¢neTrl &Sministrat*)n. 8tsfcffje Covid.19 t￿th ￿￿K￿8d arcuit office at 18 Cdlege Green. Glowe*er. 18gs•Y ty Ihe Clrruit frun t1￿ Dean Chapter of G￿u￿ter call￿d[al. S4nL* Marth 2020 as a ￿5￿￿OrKe ol the paNIe￿ have frorn Tr*ir line manwJer is Ihe Superintsndenl. Flve part-tirne ChildrenlYwtNF8rnilies i)JbEach Mykers based lh8 meth￿￿1$1 ChU￿h85 at Church(kn•m. EastrThJlon, &c￿￿¥ter Lcffigjae Ro&J, Tettyjry and Te￿sbUry tLVther ¥Ath a part-tim8 h)spttality ￿rker al Choltenh￿ Bet￿￿d9 Meth)J*t Church ￿ 8 fulkb.me Missthi and Each of those lay %4rrker8 has a managerrent and suptxyt group cwprising memberg the bc81 church and 8 r0preseTrtslrye ofthe Circuit Assemtty. An aMu81 rew)rt of the *Drk cltho lay M)rker is submitted by these 9￿UP5 to the Cirryjit Assen*Jly. Th8 CIrr￿rt colts"r￿ to contribjie to Ihe fvnding ol a part-tirne ts"m ch&plain at Hailpury Univ• and to be re[w￿er*¢d IK8r 8uprJ)rt by th8 SupennteThJenl ￿ 8 ¢ircult steward. Property Portfolk> De8￿te the perirAI of thk(ky•m this year the manse stthvards hav8 continued to maintain thirteen manses ol tho Cl￿￿ Al bul boan cccyjpwl a5 inteThknJ by Ihe rninvatwial staff. The thlrteenlh property has [￿1 be8n requi￿ lor cirujtt staffir4J thL8 year has been let on a S￿)rt￿OI￿ as5u¥ed tenancy. Two quinquennial in¥*th"ons have L￿n completed wlilst thB rpmaiThirvJ six ¥MII be compl&t6d by the of Novefflber 2021. The Circuit remains grateful lor the CL)nsiderab￿ twne aThY effcfft expènd8d by the tearn ol Ma￿ St￿l￿rdS led ty Sally Ho11 in r85FrJndir8 to Ul￿Tht wijpety rewrs and ￿Su￿n0 tho manses are suitabty rn8intain8d as hrrn IL¥ ¢￿r minBtsrs. The CirryJlt ts also Welul lo bjwial grouTrl stwdrds ff￿4b)r cijThJibcm ol tha Circulfs retal￿d bunal grDund¥ at EIPArKrtJ, H￿hle￿(k)Tr. K￿rert￿. Oaki¥JJ8 Ly￿h a￿j Rarthvick. Whibl t rebuih retainSng wall at Oakridge has been IxKnplebJ. and reSp￿bilitY for M¥4n1￿"nkng the ¥lone fa8ria ol Ihe wall a5sum8d by Ihe {￿1￿U[, Ihere i8 a graveyard wall CILV to th8 neIgh￿r L¥using corKem to the rright￿r. Moverr¢nl cl this wall beiTrJ mrNttKed wlh the of Satisf￿n9 the qh1K￿rthat Ihe w811 i¥ stab￿. In wJdiiK•n to one of th• rn¥￿8$, Tfee Cdttrje (xyrtinues kn be tenant8¢J fiat Is rJJff8ntly vo(*nL Fthll Schfyjl y8mises remain to Lo￿1 Education AutlK)rity. Th18 ffiTrand￿ has $8en th8 c(ryletTh of th8 Sa￿ of lJ)th th8 Sh88pscrMth and Lydney Method Churth buildSngs. With plann￿￿j Co￿ent b8irvJ approv￿ for May Hill MetlK¥li5l Churth the werTM8es ar8 curr¢ntly beiThJ fflathet￿. Th8 rnanagiThJ tru5te85 at T•¥kestwry met￿ls1 have rMy* ￿V￿agod an arthknx tr) draw up F4gn forthg Wel￿￿ s￿¢8 Pf(4ect. Social and Cllm•t• Ju*tlce PN¢f¢Jllo The Cl￿￿￿5 Souaj Clrnate team rr* quwterty kj ermbjgr lo offer leadership on tfvs Porfol￿ to tha Circu The te￿ stjccessfulty gjt the Cirwit to adopl its fir¥t env1￿Men1al its Assembty in March 2021. The team is c*)ntinuing to 6UPWJrt circuit ¢*urdws kn tecome Etsj Churthe& arrfj to suFwrt th8 who CArc¥il to beo)mo an Eco CAroJ The team wa5 f8SPK)nstrAe ts devdopirvJ and 99th.ng ￿re￿￿Trt k) the Eco Church ar*Y Climat• Em8rg8ncy 8nd Equality. Cw8rsty and Inclusi￿ IEDII F4ans the Cireuit's Fpw Missw PLgn. Rel8tad lo thi8. Ihe team agroed to develop Ihe SCJ team by 8thYiThJ the rol& ol Sticial Justre Offi(*r aThY Climate JUSt￿e Officer 10 rerA8ce the Scoal Re4knstiilty QTrer. in t¥der to nan*d bwJ8rship to those dernents of the Cirtuit's Mi&8x)n Plan. 12 THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT ANO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 In LY)nsthring h lakgs a Igad in wwJiTrJ ￿ntent forts C1￿J￿$ F&*Lthk p>2e, as a of eNJaging wth the peO￿e of Gl(yJc¢*ershI￿ at(*Jt matter5 of cA￿rn affecb"ThJ th8 5P¥ritual, gconorn￿, sockql and enVIron￿￿tal life of the county. Work on dgvek4MMnt of the Clrcuits 8(Mial M￿119 FKeserth is L*ing coordinatsd vla a new cA￿urt *￿la1 Mthjw team. CIRCUIT SAFEGUARDING OFFICÉR'S REPORT Follo%*irvJ c*)sely the "SafeguardKTry Pdry. Prrxedures 8r¥J Guidelirw of ￿ MettrK*Ji8t Clwjrch in Brilairf lu￿ated Septemb8r 20201, Ihe Gk)ucoslershire MgthrAl*t Cirryjit ￿ cc4nmitt&J to the safeguarding an rKotecWon of al people and affirn￿ Ihat the needs ol ¢hiklren aThJ of ajuns WI￿ th8y are vulnerable ar¥J at risk are pararThx•)t. The Circuit Safeguardir¥J was revwed OTh 211tMarch 2021. Thi8 y ouU#ws the purpose ￿ wwadures (4 the CirtsJit A558rtily and ith*lual church85. th8 robs and respon5*)iliti88 of Ihg Superinterwjent. a[￿r( safeguarclirg officer, urcurt and thjrch Irustees in hlewNJ ts s8feguardiry in th• safety rtbgiry of 811 t*ikJren and vulnerable adults %%ithin the CircuiL The c#roJrt safwarding offry, in nMni5t8r5 ar*d IrKIWual cknurch saf&Ju8wdir¥J officers. offers guhyance on saleguardiThg maltern aThJ tl*eks that Churc￿ a￿ (x)nwtyiThJ ￿th rDbu5t procedures and guhjarth ol Ihe M8kndisl Church Ifwh 5eif-evaluath)n a￿lts. The tirruit saf8gu8rdiThJ officw maintain5 8 datsbase d DBS aThJ tsaiNrvJ r8(x)rth of all v￿￿nteets in tt* CirrAJii and Ik4ses wrth tr* Bristd ￿'striCt saf￿UardIrrfJ off￿r aThJ IAher¢xlemal s*gu*dlrwJ as rw4ssary. The ts'rojrt pThid8s Foundatth Saf•Juarding tr•nirg for ib Nt4untew5. are expect￿ to atteThJ a cour50 every four years. èr*S 5vnilarty Advvt•J Kknjule Safeguardirg Irair*rvJ thrwgh th8 Bristol OistrKL Due to restrictirxk8 on f8ctrttrla￿ trainiro creat&J by the CovM*19 pa¥Jem￿, volunteers have been encouragad to 8tteThS 0￿1n8 trniThrvJ tt¥ tx)Ih these rtKrfJules presented by the M8llrAist south.west Learning Nefvth during Itss ￿1(*1. The melh0d￿t Church has t8rnpJr8rity ex18Th￿l the four.year trairMNJ Per￿ to five. Th• &rcurtwll recrynM￿IC0 knb)*ac& trainirvJ Wh￿ rt ￿ cortshJeTed sa18 to do so. FINANCIAL REVIEVI Cov1th19 The 2020r21 fina￿la1 year was. as r¥)bJ elsththem, again thalkn¥3ry fvx th8 Circtsft. Htr•ther. Charity 18 in a gwd fina￿1 FWitk)n dwte Ihe CovKI-19 pand8mK aThY can be ￿r*¥J￿re￿ finar￿lal1Y ¥ec¥re for th8 next 12 months and intothe crrirrfj years Ire KXèViLW$ sect*￿'Flnar￿N1I WatM"Ity'I. Our Resems Pcliry Ibekwl relates to our lunrtstrthll are a*ailaN8 to bg ￿9d ror any or all purw5es ol CircuiL (knr funds also incluthd th8 s&%e ol danty and openness and to show t￿t the Circurt h85 a for the managenwtt of its rn¢￿ey not SLTrWy It￿e which ar8 d8fingd as r8s8rves. Flnan¢tsl Akns r IstwokJlJ.' To secure 8￿j sL￿￿n Ihe cir￿￿$ wabilty and tu￿[¥. To give r•a5surance to the Y￿ra1 Ihat ts Circuc vthich is a charfty. Int•nds to w all of the mow coming into *s care Ihe puryyoses ofthe Charity. THE AIEfHODIST CIRcurr OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEAIENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 FINANCIAL REVIEW {c•nlnu•d) Prknclpal Funding Sour Thè prwipd fundirrfJ S￿rra crfthe Chty. 18 rais&J pn'marity in of a5585w*nts Il*di#sl cl cwr drcuit churc￿8, as set Olrt by Stsnding Ord8r¥. To suppwjrt our missmwl *r¥k. additi￿1 fvrnJir¥J CC￿￿$ from extsmal s￿1￿3 In the fom) of grants. whKh r818te to a specific projwa aTrJ a liftited pe￿￿j ol b"n*. Rentsl ineom8 Irorn three iiN8Strrnrt prorerb"oS. (W ot LS a sylmary 18a88d by GIouc85ter5hirg County Coundl. Rental Ir￿0￿ part olthtr an W￿)J￿*Sd rn8w. W8 uTrI8￿taTrJ thè req￿r￿￿Or&S uryknr tharity regulakns io disdc¢e our Invdvem8nt in fvn¢Jfaslw. Tho above. A5S858ments InN)ni85 IBV￿d on ea¢* chuwch in ts Cinirtl maprity lover of the Clrujifs 1￿me lexduding rgcovery of18y empk)ymeni saL8ry (Thts Ihrwgh grants ¢hurch851. A Circuit Flnanc Support (knup. rtpre50nt8ti¥e of i8rg8 a￿j small, Urb￿ and mral dwrch88 aswsts the tr88surer a5￿518￿t trwurer in mcfflitorThJ a￿1 revthkn7￿ Ihe ctsrwJes in Ihe as￿8m8nt c8tuLation Pro￿55, &8 wdl as the regular fina￿￿ rYthitcfflTrJ tJJring 202W21, as a r8sutt of SO￿ Churc1￿ to futy r￿et Iheir a$sessrr￿nts in the Lotter part of Ihe yeai duè to churches bw"rKJ dos￿, Ihe s￿rtfall lan amunt of £21.887 wfmch repr880rts 2.9% of the tot* assessments) wa5 covewd by dona￿n5 frvm churches ￿th Iw98r reseThes tL¥w￿r ¥&ilh CIrr￿rt r858Ne¥. Thg arcuit assos5ment 1$ revM•*d *nuany and cA)¥ers the costs of th• MISS￿ Pdicy, tr4ethor w6th other geneRI *lministratw extorw5. It is calcul8knJ c•) a ctsmtrfrbthn of l. The uNeslricted nO￿￿e$￿jna1ed {ex￿￿ling YKtYnel d a ehurth. The numter ol m8mÈers in dwrch. ill. The avw attenda￿8 at seNices, av&apJ cver Ihe swr. Thg ¢iirreni pKWrlIan￿ SF4it is11) e4yA, lill 20%. 1*11 20 Supwrt to cl￿r￿e9 hawng drfficuly rne•ting ts •3reed asse￿nts. t￿aUse of P￿t￿ular loc drfficumy, has t)een offered Ihrough an asses*rnr4 TrI￿f9￿1 ¢x olhèr a￿L8b￿3 luThJs. Anan￿1 8uprKrt for cl￿rcheS *ill continued *tsre 8Fvropriat8. Gran1¥ IN. £7.858 was r&gNgd Ihe gct4errYrwnt COV￿ Fuikrtw This ¥v8s lor Lay ￿eT8 at Totbury & Eastington and Church Mainten￿￿ empws at Sl John's (Glryjcesterl *KJ Fairford. Of th6 fecah8d arnunt, £5.793 was pabj ¢)ver dir• to th¢ indvidual chjrch. OUT- Through the N4Jd81 Tn￿1 FuThJ (kffFI a￿1 olher fuT¥Js. wants wer8 nwde avaiL4A8 tr assessmtsnt suppjrt. The MTF, and rirwt funds. ￿[e also uwl to suprKMI the outreach wDrk8rs as *tll as gan8r81 ￿penditure. Glants rrwje during tha year included." • £8.868 - To covor thg ptsnrnd lh8 s* of Trjbertc and Lydrw ch8pgL8. • £38,820 - As a CL¥btribul*)nW tLv*Ards ts ￿ph)Y￿1 of ¢*urJths&J ky byorkgrs pl￿ the Hartwry chaFlairry. 14 THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCM STATE¥ENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 FINANCIAL REVIEW leurflnwl) Fln•nelal summary 2￿￿Or11 201W20 IncL)miw¥J R880urces: As5es5rnen18 Church Grants to sUp￿t Ass85W Propèrtyunvgstrrwl Other In￿rne ProceoJ5 of S4e Qrtur( P[vr￿ty 752,737 766,955 37,870 34,086 96,443 205.224 36.898 los.￿1 T•)tal 1.284.360 1.140￿7￿ Undw StèThJing Ordern. the CirLwft llKBt ￿6t ts fin*bi81 Ob￿￿rts In rdatitsn to ts Supp￿ rnlnL8tors other staff aTrJ Ihe ffwin18r4wKe ofthe m*ws. ￿ totsl costs (or the yearwere.. 2021￿1 2019r20 Resources eyr*J8d.. Staffi Manse maintenar Prc4)erty I church grants District l URC I Cong. F￿￿￿81￿ Costs DAF levy Other govemartè CXJ5ts Conwona on S8le¥ clChJrc* 618,193 52,534 21.184 186.291 7,308 174.659 100.578 603.482 24.763 42,323 163,362 4,250 186,950 55.6 T+)t•l 1.140,747 1.080.796 N•t mo¥eThnt in fvnth: su￿1u* 143.613 59,702 FUNDS Thg funts by thaiity ar8 in 14 to Ihe fin8rty813tatern￿. The Cirujrt Mod•l T￿￿t Furks IMTFI- rweipts are prtncipalty derived frorn moThies rwNed from the sale of chapels, aTrY ￿￿. l&Jal lees and a ￿TrIXI￿ry levy lo Ihe C¢Thexlonal Propety Fund ICPFI (for $8le values up to £1￿).(￿, the knvy is 20%.. £1CQ.IJJ). levy= 4Q%l. The MTF Is unrestrrted in ts nalure, b￿rg for au •￿t￿l$t Trust The Modd Trus1 Fvnd Is used by the CIr￿it fof a variety of missic￿. ministy ￿ prweity Wc￿15. A compulsory 8mual ltsas&J on Ihe y88r4TrY balance of the FUNII transfers funds to the 8rislol ftstrid to b8 rnade availab16 by the Dislrtt by way of grants in rèsp*ct ol rew inthtives in rn1￿￿n and TThnk%try. 18vy tskeTr on 11912020 was £7.3CK8. ¢￿ the ol Ihe fuThl at 3118r21. te taken on 1ra121 will be £13,312. 2020r21 201YdO MTF balanc* ￿ 31 A￿aUSt aln MTF Mov*n•nts: Irwme Net woce8ds frLYn Churth salos aThJ Lydn8yllInterestlFuw￿ ReVaIuatK)￿ £254.259,. OuWTrJs - £156,266 0i5trid LetyTr8rtsfer to othgr Circuit funds to c4)ver budw 5UPPOrtcosts in year pl￿ 0)mmit￿￿ wc*8cls Oay an(1 prop8rty knrrkl. THE hlETHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOVCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEIIENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 RESERVES POLICY As at 31 August 2021 Ihe C1￿urt had Ihe lo1knwr￿ fuTrJs: (Soe Noie 14 lo the Finér￿1* Sfatett￿ts ffordel￿tr offunds W) 2020r 2019r20 R&striLtsd Design8t&J Unreslrict8d1rn8nsg prowty'es + fix8d assèts)" Unrestr￿t￿ IMTF arKJ othefs) 31,1 151.695 4.024,582 353,184 2￿J.826 4.orJ.&83 Tolal F￿￿• 4.704230 4,500.617 ' Not•.. Th8s8 lu[￿? ￿n01 be realwd uNess tho manses arF d￿F￿d of. It Is recL*Jllis8d that the lgvel of Minimum R6s•rv85 S8t to covgr the runnire u)sts of the Cirojit Inwinly minislerslst8ff in the evenl d a w(*J6n dffjp in i[￿￿. G&neralty, the Ioss of charity ineL¥ne Isubstant'ally b8iry asseswnents fmm churthsl w￿ld, in t8alty. be on a ￿lU81 basis over a numL*r ol yeats li.8. ilchvrch mer￿ership d￿1￿j aThJ a thurch less abb to P8y the fvll 18vd of asSesSN￿lI. In tha 8V8nt of Ihi8 tyrA of d￿*"ne. there be time and Op1￿ for structured rAanniThJ ol the deployment of rnin15t￿5 knythin the wkyer Meth¢)Jist ConneX￿, %ith Ihe owuenbal S8￿n9 in cirojrt costs. lThJeed, ￿ the rogrotta￿e evgnt of a thurr* t*)gJre and gJLwuont S8￿. athlitK)nd fu￿18 would be available to Covereommrfn￿nts. It was ￿￿k￿er8d that wukl set thFJ Mlninwjm F16soThw necessary at £125.rM)O lo provKle 8 levd suffio.ent lor d&y4c￿daY c85h 8Th18 ol thich ctyjld i* made availab18 for unidentified projects. Th¢$ rt￿5 affect the vk8bilty of ts Cknarity Its Cwcuill whts¢ at the samo tirn8. ffi8￿ng avail*Je funds forsupFth'ThJ Ilb)se future rThS8￿ r4)1*￿. As a re$￿1 of the thMJ-19 paThJerriq tho imwa ￿ thurrhs has synffjc&)L k*)sl churchas have covered th•'r (Jrop in Ir￿￿e by ￿81)g reseNe5. so contiibulion5 to thg Circuit throu9h Assessft*nls have not been affected I0￿r Ihan Ihe £21,887 dr6ady rbJt8dl. I￿eed. the S￿)rtraI1 frcth scme smaller churchg was eover* ty sU￿lUs dCffjakn.C*￿ made in Ihe prBviDUS year. IL)WthvJr writh ￿ of Cirr#Jrt r86eNes. As church8s get ba¢k tr4e￿r, thw"r irtc¥ne th)uld in¥)rovg ond a Imue for t church8s as. for 8xample. bullJir￿ can L* ￿ed again kr18ttirg5. Th• Charitl$ rgwve8 bvel ftjm6tt￿d ek*8ly Ifwrxw the naxt y8w lo ensure fvnds we av&labkry to meet rts (xin￿4trn￿ts. anticipaled ciroJrt has r￿W b8en rA)mpl8tgd 1s88 e￿eWhere in this rep(Ktl which will l&*J kn anma s8vw￿$ in $taffiThJ ¢￿ts as w811 as possible ga.ns in r*Jut¥Jant Man886 b8ing let or sc4d. Tl¥s ￿11 ease the v*arall cir(xJit exwMjrtu￿ 8ThJ thus to a rtdLKk>n in church 8S5essn￿ts. 8alanc• of Unrestr1￿ Funds Unre8trM#&J fvnds over Mlninmmi Res81v￿ 1o¥el, we avaiwe ts Klen1ts1 or ￿nara1 Wet 5UPPNt, rf approved by Ihe &"reuit A5semtrty. STAFHNG COMMtrMENTS ong wth the presbyt8rs 8rvJ de•￿. finarKa￿ty 8urwrted ￿ 18y *t*rk ￿ th9 following areas of the Clrcltr. P8rt-timè Families or c(mnrwnit￿ WOrte￿ at Ttr*k&5Lwry, Easti[￿l￿. ￿0￿0$t￿r Lonsdale Roal. Churc1￿(YA￿. 8ethesda- Ch8NeThharn'. and Fulkb"nw èt &rar￿•s1•r￿tsl￿Ic We have fina￿alty supFt¥t*J by gF3nts in p8rtfWship'. ilh the Gknucester Hartwry iknef5ty. a Fwt.tkno Chaplaln at Hat1pury UniveNty". and at N￿L￿￿h ch￿ Churth LEP 8 p3rt.firre F￿1￿8$ 16 THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLIXICESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 TRLKSTEES. RESPONSIBILrnES Th8 trustees are respcn81ble for pr8pary a trusi•e5' anNal aThJ fironcaal Stste￿nts in aLrordanc• with appb"cable law aThY United lQ"rydwi A(t(xJnling SlaTrJaft1s (ur￿l￿j generally a(wtod accY)untiTrJ practico (UK GAAP}}. Tha law awiCab￿ to thariti05 in EThJland and W*s roquyes ts Inth85 to w•paYo fironryal ststem8nts for 8￿h finanryal year whch g'¥e a true tsirvi*4V ofthtr slate ofaffaiTS of th8 Charity arxl of its incomiNJ f•stsJrc8s and application or feswrces of Ihe tharity fLY that w*)d. In prepariThJ thJ50 finanaal 8tslernents. the tnthes we requir•Y to." s¥l*t suftaue &(xyJntirwJ aThJ 1hen them c£wwtenty,' c￿$8￿8 the rnet*￿ aTrJ Wr￿1[A￿S in thè Clwili&s SORP.. fflake judgernents and estxnates that arn roasOnab￿ aTrJ ￿K1?￿,. 8tate whether ap￿￿tle a(¥xwnbrg stsThJards have ￿eTr Iclb*ed. any Mat￿01 departu￿$ disdosed aThJ sxplair*d in fina￿1* st*ements'. prepare the finarKial strte￿nts on thè gJiNJ 0)￿ern bos￿ Urt88s it 18 inapp￿pnale lo presum8 that tr* charity *ill conts"nu6. The Circ¥it Ma8tirvJ (Ass*mbly} hs ￿S￿n$t￿o for wtsurir¥J that Ihe reltrvant cirujit steward8. offKer3 and administrators keep Pfoper ￿¢(¥jn￿.ng r￿1)rdS t••hk* d￿r&)¥& roasonab* ￿raGY * 8ny tim$ tr financial powtion of th8 Ch81ity arKI to enabl8 them to ensu￿ that th8 fin#ntsd statements (￿mplY with thg Charities Act 2011 and th8 Charibes (A0￿nts and Repo￿) RoguLatws 2(KJ. tt 15 aso respcfflsible, including througf5 th• appc¥"nbm•nl ol rdevanl rircuit stvwards. and admIn￿t(m5. for 3af&JuardirKJ the assets of the Charity and for tskThJ r•asc*)abk steps ts the pr¢vontwM aThJ detection of fraud and othw iwr•gular1t￿. As far as the trustees a￿ awa￿. the￿ is no r8knnt audit of the Charity's audltOTS are unaw8rg, and the truste8s havè lakan all sieF6 that Ih8y oughl lo have takan b make themsdves aw8r8 of any ￿levant audit infrYm8iTh arKJ to that Il* #￿Irt(￿S we 84¥8re rAtW wfft1m￿wjn. AUDITORS The CirrAJrfs audALYs. LLP ha¥e *illirwJn8ss to a¢)* reappcantmènt as auditors. ON BEHALF OF CIRCUIT MEETING Print name 1<6rf jhlL4¢f£¢£..J of al leasl nK)nth5 from wI￿n the or¥nal st8tern8nts were aUt￿se￿ for i&8ue. Our reswnSi￿1￿gS S￿1 re8wrffjib11rt￿ ol the Trusiees 7Mth re¥*ct to ￿lI￿j 0)n￿M ar• d88criied Ihe relevant Seth.￿5 oflh's T8￿rt. Other Informatl¢Jn The trust685 are resFKJr6ible for ihe other otw •)fomakn eompri5es the infwmath)n IndLKltd in the Injstees, annual rnFK¥t. othgr than the fir•ncial slatements artd our audilorf3 reFKJrt therecffi. Our 0￿.￿lOn ￿ the finarKaal stat￿ents (k)88 not ¢)wer the other infomwbtin and. ¢xr*pt to the extent In c￿ne¢t￿)n our aLxlit of thg finarwl Staten￿ts. our re¥rM)n5ibility is to the other inforrnath And. in dryr#J so. con$￿tr wheth8r thg olher inhmwtth mat8rially iwwtent *lth ihè financial staternerts or our kTh)wledg¢ Obtai￿ in the •Jdrt of crth8Mse 8rwr8 to t* materially misstated. If we klentity materia intr)￿Stenrjes or 8pparenl maten* rni5Staternents. we are required to det8rrning whether there is a mat8rial mis$tslerren¢ in Ihe financial sta18ments or a ￿￿terial rntsstatement of the other infomwbon. If. based on th8 vA)rk we have perf0M￿j. cl¥￿ that there is a matenal misstatam8nt of this othef iTrfonNtth. we ar8 requir&Y to that f*t. We rK)tlM'ry lo repcwt in ihts INDEPENDENT AUOITOR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE METHODIST CIRCLwf OF GLOUCESTERSHIIE YEAR EMDeo 31 AUGUST 21121 Matt•r• on whl¢h roqulr•d to r•port by •xc•ptlon In thè I￿ of Ihe knowkdse und?r5taTrJiThJ of Ihe ctkqrity rts e￿r￿￿k￿nI obtainad Mi thè cour¥9 of the audit. we have not ￿ent￿ mat￿181 M￿S￿leffl￿ts in the trustees. annLo1 rep￿L W8 IBve nthNJ to rep￿t in resp￿1 of the malets in r•lalth to whth ts Charilw Acl 2011 r9qulres us to rep￿( to Y(￿ rf. in Wropini￿." ad•qu8te prow w)unlxKJ feccvts have Th)t t*en kept by Ihe tharity. ry returns •Jequate our audit have rM)t bEen rgceNed frryn brath nolvtsited by us or Ihe finaroa statwnonts w8 nrA in &]reerr*nt with Ihe accourtlng r8cords retu￿￿. r have not recewj 811 the Infolma￿ 8nrJ e4)kTrat￿￿$ rw4uwè for¢)ur awJf(. Re•pon•lblllti•s of Truste As eXplaIn￿ morè fulty in th& twstees, res[KM)sbl￿"ts5 51atem8nt S81 on Pa￿ 14. the Injstees are reS[xx￿￿I8 for tho preparat￿ of the finartial slatements al￿ ftjr bwng satisfied that they slve a twe fair wew, and for suth intem81 as the trustees deterrni￿ is r￿eSSary to eroble Ihe Preparat￿ DI finartial slatements that are free frcm malerol mtsstat¢mènL whetswr dug to or wror. In prepari￿ th& finalK￿l statements, Ihe Irustees are rB5pc￿S1bIe ts a5S855ing Charity's abilty lo o)nb"nue as a gth'rYJ concern. d18d￿•r¥J. 8s atW*aNe, m￿•r5 rdated to ￿1r￿a cowem ￿ using the gc¥Thg concern basis of act￿nting unbss the tnjstees ethr Wbt&>J to14uhlat8 lh8 Charity or to C89Be operatic#)s. or have no ￿￿1$t1¢ attefflatNe bui to do $0. Audknes rnsponsibilill•s fof the •utht olth• ffln*Kl•l stat•monts Wg have been 4)pC￿rt as •Aitors uTrJer wjion 144 of Ihe Chwlues Ad 2011 and reF¥Xt in actordance with r8guLgt￿rffj made uTrJer sectwjn 154 of thalAcL is to audit exkyess ath olxnion on th8 financial ststem8nts In ￿)r￿an￿ with a￿￿￿'cab￿ law 8nd Intemabon24 StsThJards ofAuditing IUK and IrÈL4ndl. ThrA8 stsndards rew1￿ us to cL¥n￿ *ith Ihe A￿l￿rg Pracbces &)ard's EthKa Standard5 for Audrtors. S¢op• of th• audll of the lknwKlal •tat•m Our oblectiva am to cd)tain reas(xwble assurarte ab￿rt wheth8r th8 fina￿¥ $taterrents as a aro free from mBterial rr45Stalern￿L wwher due to fraud or error. 8wKI to iSSU8 an auditorfs reprKt that indudes our opin￿)n. Rea￿al￿e as3ura￿ i8 a hw of assuT8rtts tyJt ks 8 guarantee that an audit ¢¢?￿l￿ted In *corda￿e wth ISAS IUKI wll always deteLI 8 matsri81 misststgment when it exists. Mi8Statements ca) aris8 frorn or error aThJ are ￿n$¥jered Thterial rf, iTrlMdualty or in the aggregate. they o)uhY wsonably be eXp￿d to infiu8rKx Ihe deusions of usw5 taken on the basis of t￿8 finawa stalen*nts. Irre￿larities, inchJding fraud. arg ir￿t￿c*S of rb)nJy. our audft for this re￿1, (x fDr th8 opirws we have fonned. Stavorton CheMwnL GL51 OUX 26 April 2022 ThE METHODIST ¢I￿ulT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE CIRCUIT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES YEAR E*IDED 31 AUGUST 2021 Funds 2021 Fund• 2021 Total Fund• 2020 Funds 2020 Totsl 2020 INCOME Grnnt¥ and donotlon* Donations 8nd rgrA)vwy (* expenses chU￿h proceeds 105.681 105.681 389.1)44 96,443 205,224 205.￿4 Charltsbh acll¥ltl•8 752.737 751737 804.825 8C4.825 8tment8 Property Ineom¢ Invgstrnent lThc¥)ff 32.084 31,X)9 2,674 31,2C 2.677 4.814 203 Total Incon 134 1 1140 375 203 EXPEMDlnJRE RalslNJ fundty Propety 14,6861 14,686) (4.7171 (4,7171 Charitabl• aclMtI•• Grants Olher 121,1841 11,114.8771 {21.1841 142,3231 11.114.8TII {1,033,7561 142,3231 11.033,7561 Tol•l exp•ndbJrn 1140.747 Ngt movern•nt In lund• 143A79 134 143.613 203 59.782 Funds: Brought forward 4.529.461 31.1 4.560,617 4.464.336 36,499 4,5C￿j.835 Transl•rs bètvfftn funds 513 15131 15,5461 CaM•d forw#rd 14 704 The notes ￿ pag85 24 to 35 fomi wt ofthe60 xo)unts. The 8l*mont of financial thirt￿$ al ga￿ awKJ bJ5S85 r￿1￿ in the year. 21 THE MEtH(XXST CIRCUFf OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE CIRCUIT BALAhlCE SHEET AT 31 AUGUST 2021 FIXED ASSET8 T?rgiblg 888ets Invethnt prop&rti8S 10 11 3.￿.371 3.￿7.3￿) 417 192 4,024,582 4.023.563 CURRENT ASSETS D8btor¥ Cash 8rtd c8sh 8wl¥aknts 12 585.879 436.87T 128741 565,618 708.637 CURREiif LIABILMES credito￿ wthui swar 13 (27.970) {29.S83} NET CURRENT A8SETS FUNDS 14 14 4.673.453 4.529.461 31.1S6 Re8trthd Iwx1$ TOTAL FUNDS 4.704230 4 580 617 Th8 on pag85 24 10 35 *Jmi part (rf th669 The flnanclal st*orrwts ap￿￿1*d by thè C*rut •NI aulho￿ cffi ... a￿1 skJned on t￿r by.. ZD.. (J.S...tsll Slgned.. Print n￿ne. 22 THE METMODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE CIRCUIT CASH FLOW STATEMEP YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 2021 CASH FLle fixed awts WO￿lTr9 capital adju*n￿￿ts." Increase in debtors Decreaso in ¢rodit {149.¢Y)21 11.6141 [29.9831 16.0651 N•t ￿•h flow from ¢JpwatlThJ actMtI•s 22216 Inlerest reca¥&J 4,814 2.877 Net ￿•h flow from hw••tlng icll¥lU•¥ 4814 Chang• in ush •wMI ¢••h •wlv•lents kn the year IS9831 25.OS13 Cash cash equtrva1￿ts at 1 Septthknr 128.741 103,648 Cash and ￿5h •(pd¥aknt• at 31 Aiiwmt 128 741 Cash ￿lanCes at 31 AMgu Other ¢ash h¢kJ by third parb.es 63,304 59.451 43,132 Co¥h cash ewNaknts per baknL* Ot 31 122.758 The nctss on pages 24 to 35 lom) 011￿* 23 ThE METhODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YeAR eNDED 31 AUGUST 2021 ACCOUNTING POLICIES The folky4￿ng accountin9 polioes have been appr￿ c¥wistenlty in dealing *ith itèms ￿1¢* a￿ ￿nSIdered material in to CIT￿￿,$ finorthl slat•rn8rts. Scope of th• firrdnclaj statwnw The stat￿rrtS rela18 to t￿ (lthe Ci￿lL Wb all a￿￿ Ba* ol preparatlon Th8 finandal slat8ments bggn prepw•J ur•Jer the Iwyli￿1 Lut thriventw in ￿v￿ce wth.. appllcable United Kingdcffl SlaThlards', the Chadty Commissth 'Sta18rnent of RecommeTh*d PrxtK8.' atvj ReWN￿.[￿j by thrilies prepariry I￿1r aCcLYda￿ FiDandal Re￿rf1Thj Slandard applKaL4e in tho VK 8ThJ Republic d I￿￿Thj IFRS 1021 (Charitses SORP FRS 1021 aThJ Ihe Financkql Rewrting StaThlard in Ihe un￿ KirvJthn a¥J fteputA￿ of Ird8ry1 IFRS 102) and t￿ chal1t￿8 Act 2011. The tnjsl LX¥)sbtutgs a publ￿ t￿efit ontty as defwj ty FRS 102. The *Jnetits￿1 curr8rry ol ts Circuit is PDurKI stsrfirwJ (£1. Golng ¢on¢•rn trustees assess whelher ts use of w"ThJ t(￿M ts appr￿[￿￿te. i.e. 7hthether the￿ are any rnaterial u￿ertaInt1eS relattd to ev8nts or o)nditbns that may cast a s*3rifKant doutrA on the abilrty ol tho Ch8rity tg Conlin￿ as a goirg corwn. The trustees make th￿ aSs8&8n￿nt in resm of on8 year frtyn the date of approv* of ts finarval Slater￿nt* In making tha curr8nl y8¥s asses￿ent thtr Intstees have tsken into &C￿￿TrI cash TeseNes and availabl8 un￿$trthd fvnds at the of aPF¥(wwig Il* finar￿181 stslgrrents. revie*td delaiknd fowBca5ts that lakg account of Ihe anticip8t￿l impacl irf Ihe ¢xJronavtrus pwm19m￿ (xxffjbJw&J the avalk￿lity Lkqè of Government 8UPPDrt, gjch as stsff ftlrtc￿gh schemes. There aro In￿rent U￿rtaInt￿98 regarding th8 for￿ts. as fv e¥tent of the impact of lh• UK reCeSs￿n on Charity and the levels of luture ir*orning rewjrces. HtrA*ver. the Charity continues to r8ceive assessment5 Irc*Th aTrJ be surwrted th8 churth85 8ryJ Inthes have a rèasonab expectat￿n Ihèt th8 Chanty wll have •Jequate rasourcgs to rmts.nue in oper8t¥M lor at l•a5t 12 morths from approval of th8se finawal Stat￿ts. Con8equenUy, the trusteès have th& rt is apsyopriatè to èjcpt the wrg ￿r￿eM basi5 prep8riThJ the annual sta18rnents. In the 8rplKatNJn of the Charity$ a(￿￿n￿r￿j FdKies. the trLkStaos am r•]uirnd to make Iwjgwnents, estirnates and assumpth)ns aLwyJt Ihe caryirg anKJunls of assets arml li&>ilit￿5 that ar8 not readity apparent from oth¢r sources. ￿ estmat8S 8rKI assunwtiorts artr based ￿ h￿riral experience and other f8¢Aors Ihat a￿ c#)nsbJtr8d to be rel8vanL Actual re$uM5 may drft8r frorn Ihe39 estimates. 8stimates an¢ undorlw'ThJ 8SSUrnPtKJrs are *) (Mwing ba5iS. Thg tW8¢ees have mado jtyments ￿ estimate5 in rnSF*Ct ot. tair ot langitje as6ets,' asset d8prguation rate6 aThJ r6c¥)v•fdbil'ty rAdebtor balwKes in Ftsparfrvj t￿￿ 8talem8nts. Individ￿1 donated goc¥Js of 8 cowmat)te nature valued uTKJ8r £5C(1 Such a¥ harvgst festival prcxjuce aro not sfv)wTr In those fina￿￿ ¥Iat¢rren￿ Tts)se o¥er thos a)K￿rrt or of a Lwrlal ￿ttIre are r￿d￿. 24 THE METhODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 ACCOUPlllNG POUCIES (contlnu•d Incom• Ir￿ffle ag Slatwnent ol Fin￿81 ktMi*s repre8er*s amwnts from all 8our¢es. IncLJme is raoywi58d In ts 8cwJnb"rwJ porityj in whth rt is ￿Na￿e. exeopt in th8 f01tr￿￿j circumstsrtes. when the irKom8 1$ and i￿￿Jded in uedrfor5.' incc¥n8 rdat85 to 8 ftI￿re &co￿nI6￿) peiiod.. A sab5 invoice has been raised ol Ih8 ￿ bgiThJ carri8d th8 cha￿ty IB not contraciualty ent￿ed to Ihe ir￿rne until the th h&8 been d(Th'. aThJ Not all the aThI c1x￿11￿)ns gf Ihe 9rant have b&Bn mel 1ndLhI￿TrJ the irwriThJ of experwJitur8 and the grant o)nthtK)ns 8r8 Ihat Un￿nI glart rThJst be reluThYgd. Gr•nt• a￿• donatlon• Grants and donatsjro are in lull in Ihe Statem￿[ of Fin￿1 othar I￿n grants are dots￿1 to matth ts InLW￿ tl exp￿¢￿tUrn0￿th8 We ofts pKie( Chureh procwdl A8 requi￿ undar Methcrfli5t S￿al￿ Orders. a chap81 ￿ wbj. sale procoets Iths Cljsis and lh8 Connexw)nal Proparty Furml ￿) are gwfdty due to th8 CircuL Such wc#xeds a￿ reccgnised a8 chanta￿e InccAno in thg a￿ ￿Ned. IDveotsn•nt kncom• Investment Incom ts induded in Statem&il of A(*Miw ￿ the ar)))JnUng perh)d ¢)n a receivabk basi8. Grants to local chureh•• Grants to h)cal C￿Jr¢I￿ prDF*rty schw[￿ arKI cther wrp)g#s #rè thxounl•Y for as Ik8bilrtie6 when they eive fcrnl apF¥ov•l by the Trustees. Other qrart• payabl• Grants to other c*arilabl8 IJr*Jw are 88 li8bllilles in ts ygar in which ihe ￿rd is made. MU￿"￿e￿d grants arn acoJunl&J fvll in ￿ year *ward8d tsre is a binding commitmgnt to rnake the futu￿ payTh•nts. 0•8ignat•d fund• Where the Circuit h88 8gteed kn use rt8 rtsorves ts m*t re¥efi￿ costs or to m•8t future caprlal costs it has deswJnatsd the funds %*ithin uwestrthd res¢rve5. 11 also m*es Pfovisk)n In this vray whan rt has Indicated ts gJpw)rt lor a bcal church tyJthJirwJ schemp. tyjl no 8clu81 has yet been ettrated. Expondjtyrg Cost5 defir￿d a¥ hjlkThB.' Ratsirvd funth Indudes ojsts ass(￿ba w*ih allr&b"ng w)Iimw WHJ applyir for lundlNJ 5&¥￿s￿ship. Charitat49 meekn"rvJ the cortthtubonal 8rKI statu￿ NU1￿￿ntS of the chaty and indudirvJ f88$ exterrwl scruDny of the accwnts and ￿518 linked to the strategic All rx)sts a￿ alk¢ated exp￿￿lI￿re Catew1￿ ol Slatem8nt of FI￿C481 knvrties on a bask4 deS￿ned to refkcl the use of r850urrx. Costs directly rekting to a partuLqr actwty a￿ allocated dSr•ct 0th8r costs lsupport rtht51 alk£a￿ ￿ an apwoprwts basis to rèffstt ts usage ofresourcgs. THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNT8 YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 ACCOUNnNG P(￿￿lEs Iconllnued L•a8ed In ￿SpeCI of kasès th8t are operatirwJ leases, the arniual ren18& we rwnlsed in Ihe slate￿nt of Financial Athkn'ès on 8 5travJht line tr*sis over th•18ase 18rrn. Taxatlon The Charity ks a charrty aThJ B ertthd b) dam 8wrAr)n frryn UK &)￿+r8t[0n tax to the exlent that irton* and gairs are aWl￿ble aThJ lo charitable puws only. Ir¥xmè tax suffered on deeds ol covenant arKI aid or lnves1rn￿t ino)rne ts rocl8im8d in fvll. Fixed as6ets are 8t CO5t to IhB Charrty. *ith tr* eXWti￿ of Ihe manw 0￿r prop*ty a58et8. Th88e have been In¢ludwJ at C051 if wrchased frcKn third parries. c¥ if r&¥iv8d frC￿ other Circuits, at th caryng valje from the dow. As8ets coslirva Ihan £1,(XJ) we wiitten off as r9v0n￿ expendilure w) tho year of wui$rtK)n. Dapr8ciatK)n i8 t￿Ided to wnte rfl Ihe cost or valuatrJTr kss the esumated wdLwI valu8 01 tangitrAe fixed assets by •]ual in$tarnents ovef their estiTnatgJ usetul INOS as fdk*s'. Manses Fixtur8s. fftbngs 25% pgr on valu No deF¥edthn ts wrmdal on fre8lK*I bikJiTh>. L￿aUse of gstimabj hw3h f•Sh￿81 va￿¥ Wld t consequent imrnatsriality of any dekweoatron tharg8. Fr8elK)bJ l￿d is not dewea"ated. Fixèa awt dk8F*)6al proceeds afè rEw)rted r*t of payatle lo Ihe CPF. Inv•6tm6nt proport191 Investmnt propert￿ ￿ inrfalty rwiwd at cost arvj 3ulwu0r￿y at fair vath At thè r4tirbry date. Depr8dalkn is Th)t pr(wwJ￿1 (m invethent propth. T￿• arKI crth8r d8blor¥ are recwised at thè *tUomgnl ￿rI du8. PrepayTrwnts 818 rotJ>Wi88d 8t imdc•d ￿ls1 (XBWid. Cash at bank ond In hand Cash at bank arml cash in haNI iK4udes cash and slb)rt 18rm IKiu*J In¥861ments *lth a short maturity of three rwnths ¢y ￿ from Ihe d8t8 of xqUBi1￿ or OF*WVJ d Iho d•7Wt or sknlar acc4JJnt and bal8Thce8 held by third pwb'es of behaw of the ¢tharity. Creditors a￿ re&yi8ed wlve ts Chwlty has a prè58nt oblb38kn resuthro a past event th8l wlll probably result in the tmsfor of luTrJ5 to a ttyrd paty 8ThJ the 8ffvJJnt du8 10 s￿8 th8 0￿￿81￿)n can b measured or 8$tiM#￿ rdK*)ty. Cr&JitLYS rrnly r8¢**Jni8•J at thew sett*ment &Th)Jnt after èllry*whg for any trade discounts due. THE METHOLYST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDe0 31 AUGUST 2021 ACCOUNTING POUCIES {conllnu¢d) Fund accountlny Unfestrictgd funds can be used in tharilab￿ oty8CtN88 at the dlscretion of the Truste8S. Re61rfctod funds onty b8 US8d for re8trthY puws *thin otspL*s of the Charty. Reslrictions arise when specrfth dorKr furM15 ¥8 raiEeLJ for Parti￿￿ar restrded purposes. Futhr explanalkffi of nalure 8ThJ pxJrpcÉ• ot èath Ind￿led in th8 tx)te5 to the financbl statsmerts. P•n•lon contrlbutlons Thè Circurt is 8 Connex￿•￿91 IMMPSI oMr8 p￿bYts￿ and d8￿on¥ ofthe M81hodist Church. The c0thbutic￿ rates are set exh yoar by M81hxlist Conlgrenckn. MMPS is a mdti-ampkjyer 8them8. aThJ kn &1xYdan￿ wilh the issued Ch￿tY Commission, th Qrcuit Accounts forthose contiibulLins as rf it a defiwy C0ntnt￿n 5ch8rn8. It h8$ done so b￿aUse it Is unablp lo bJ8ntfy its shen of the uThlatyirvJ awls and I￿￿1ft*S a con5i518nt and reasonabla bbsls. Contrtbuti￿￿ W8 charg8d b the stalen￿lt ofFinarKaal Athty in peth1 in Ihey are Pay*)￿. The Clicuit conth'txrtes to a c4)ntiibulth £eh8rn9 tr its kgy staff and mak•9 WTybyef contributbrB of 6% ofsaary. pro￿810n6 Provvdh)ns are recogTrYsed when ts Cirr#Jit has an otATr5ath￿ 81 the reprybThJ date as a result of a past event. it is proba￿& that the Cirojit wll be reouir*J to setde that dJvJation 8ThJ a ￿lIab￿ estirn8te ran be de ol the amounl ofll* Flnancjal In8tnffi•nts naKial inslrumènts 8rg dawf*d aThJ ￿Unt8d for ￿Ing to the substarte of the ￿tratha1 arraThJeTh￿nt, AS finan¢i81 assets or fiMntsal liatrfltti8s. fina￿la1 assets aTrJ liabilities are In￿allY n￿as￿re￿ al trdnsaction price lindudng transxtion crytsl, exw for those financ￿1 8558ts das8ified as at tsir value throwJh prDfrt (x k)&8. kthch are Initialty measured 8t fair value I￿1¢h ks ￿malty th8 transacb" price exdudiryJ transadion costs), unless the arrnTrg8rn8nt conslrtuies a finantsThg transacti￿. Ir an 8rrangement con5btuW a fin8nciw tr￿saCtth. tha financk4 asset or finar￿a81 ￿a￿"lity is me8wred at the pre88nl value of the ftthrè payT￿Trts di3cwnt&J at a m*ket rate of irrterest for a %nllardabt instmmgnt. Ass￿, olher Ihan those m885urgJ al faw v*ue, a￿ 8S8essed for i￿1￿¥1￿$ of Impai￿nE at eaeh bdan sheet date. Ifthere is cOi￿l￿e 8￿dence of inwalm￿, an wnpsirnent k)ss B rwnised in profit or10$6 as described bel(*w. Wh8fB I￿lICatorS exBt for a in Impalm￿nI kiss, and the decrnase cBn Lx related obj8¢tivety ￿ an event r￿￿rrIng after the iry)aim)ent was r8(03n1￿. the rw Impairm&)t k)ss B tested to determ+ne reversal. An irnpairm8nt Ic68 is revern￿ ¢M an impaired fiThanc4al assot to th8 8Xt8nl that the r8Msed recovar8tAg ¥￿u6 ¢oe8 (zrTrirvJ wncwt htherlh•n ￿ carryirg had rKp impaimwnl been r8ccgnis&J. PROPERTY INCOME Totsl 2021 Totsl 2020 Rent rocgNe 27 THE hlEfHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLCWCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 INVESTMENT INCOME Totsl 2021 Totsi 2020 interest reca%*d 134 COST OF RAL8Tr4G FUfrXbS 2021 2020 CHARITABLE EXPENDiniRE Total 2021 Total 2020 Grants Stipwttts, saLqries aThJ &¥k*ftsts M8n8e costs Other grants District assessment8 District &Jvancg le¥y Other costs 618.193 618,193 52.534 21.184 166.291 587,648 24,763 42.323 163,362 4,250 180,663 1.359 25,738 21.184 166.291 169.326 1.019 47.XP3 189,326 1.019 47,209 Audit, accountsncy 8r•J othertE8S Office, c•)rnMunKat￿n5 afKJ 0th8r s2.￿7 42,748 T¢)1412021 1 114877 1 136 061 1076 079 Totsl 2020 1033 756 1076 079 I Ihe ￿[P)rt tg>5ts incurred ty the Charity arv indLthd in tt* atrth* Tr)t& aThJ ha￿ allLUtgd to charttable &11￿6$ as olh¢r ac*vit18s are wjentsi kn the ￿nn1￿ of the Charity. GRANT MAKING ACTIVITIES Durin9 the year £21,184 of gwts ￿re maoe to insiNutw)n5. Other Ihan to a8Si8t in exiema1 irainirvJ. no grants were made tts IndivKluaL8. (knls made in in yearto 31 A￿9￿8t 2021 are anawd b•kn¥. 2021 A8sessm•nt 5UPPOrt Chur¢h outTr￿h Oth8r 11,748 12.557 18.018 14.891 Suppjrt cr*ts 8S8Cfiate(l grant makiThJ aL*vrh8B separabl• lh8 mre ofthe CIT￿lt and are not dwbxed cm this bas*. THE METhODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO ThE ACCOUNTS YÉAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 STAFF COST8 2021 2020 Slipends ar¥J $8krfes Penslon co￿nbutiO￿N- Melhc*dist Mini61ers Penwon ￿tribut￿M9- Crthef Sockl swJrity costs 486.876 89,246 6,017 471,277 78,874 5,306 618 193 No employ88 9am￿1 £60,(￿ per annwn. Tho awage numt*rofthnptyg¥ e¥prgswJ 86 fiJH equiwthnts was os Numb•r Numb•r 2020 13 Ordwned 8 Lay wY)rkers Offi* stsff 13 18 18 Th8s• fvJurns thj rbx loy rwirtsnwth are wcussed Ihr(W the Cirojit Lay Payr￿1 systenL TRUSTEES REhlUNEAATION AND TRUSTEES EXPENSES Durirfj the year 6xpens85 were r8imbur5ed to 34 Tru51w totaling £10.1031203).' £21,832) in r8spect of travelling expen6es and £18.353 12020.. £15,942) in re5F£Ct of rthr Q'rcurt Cc*ts. Al o￿nSeS were r8imbursed to tnjstees are mini5t*5' or lay trustees arKI i￿urred in out thelr e$ duth.es cffj t*hafof the Q"foJ Information on remu￿181*￿ pwd k) TnJs186s, eon5¥J8r¥J io man•3Thnt Pgr¥onnel by thè Circuit b inclthled in Nole 20. NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Thlsls 51*ed after d￿rgIr￿j.. Au￿t￿S r￿une￿￿c￿. ALKlitoftr* aroxmts DeF￿ratK)n £￿￿gIb￿ 8sBgts Opernb'NJ rÈnt•b- CIr￿it offKe rert 5,665 1,019 THE MeThoDIST CIRCUIT OF GLouce8TERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 10 TANGIBLE ASSETS •qulpment Total AS 8t 1 Septerr*er2020 Addilkjns D4sFW)saL% As at 31 AwJust 2021 3.603.315 11207 3,616,522 3 616 522 Depre¢lallon As at 1 Sèptanthr 3J20 Chaw8 for th? y88r Elirnwted ￿ di¥wab As al 31 A￿aus1 2021 9.132 1.019 9.132 1.019 Net Book Vok As ot 31 A￿uSt 2021 3 6C¢ 371 As at 1 Septsmber 2020 3 607 390 11 IMVESTIW PROPERTIES Land and bulldlng8 Falr V•lu• As al 1 Septerntw 2020 al 31 AibJJst 2021 417 192 The tDJstses detemiine Ihe falr value of investment pycyrues lo be as the finanud 5taternents. The Circuit has not used an indep&)dwt pmfessonalty w8lrf*d v4u8r to assist with determitiatioTr cl th& InvestrT￿nt value. Shtyjhj 1nv8stff￿t p¥ow*es be real*&l, Its Cmjit wll b) Ihtr TMCP belore r8C8iPt ol s￿8 is oi*ain8d. 12 DEBTOR8 2021 Other debtors and prepa￿￿nts Central Finance Board aThJ Trustees Metkndkst Churth FXOFerty depo￿ 62.335 78,282 585 879 13 CREDrrcMIs DUE bYITHIN ONE YEAR 2021 2020 Purcha69 Wggr 24.083 THE M￿HoDIST CIRCUIT OF GLOVCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 14 ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE FUNDS Curyent y••r: BalaTK• at 1 S•pt•mb•r Galns. lows and Balance at 31 Augu•t 2021 Unr•strlctod fvnd• Property 4.024.582 11,019) 4,023,563 UnreslWlct￿ propety funds 196.162 157.022 121.3441 (1.118.384) 1134.9221 83.473 294,155 151,9)9 General 1.029,798 Totsl Th)rwJeswated 4 469 827 D￿19n81￿d lund8 PwJn8ering Mir Mission Buwry Manse Maintenanca MSnlsler RelocatK)n CF8 commthd funds Assessment Supkyyt Sbpend Fund 12,500) 18.737 {4,(*81 {53) 83.743 110.411 16,012) .Y37 119.914 10.411 6.012 203,826 51.962 Tolal unrestrlcted 1 1410747 513 4 673 453 Restrlct•d fund$ CFB- Thg Rel￿ FuThJ TMCP- D8akin Tru* TMCP- Marshall Tr￿1 TMCP- Murigl Brooks Pamola Sdby Benevolent Fund TKICP. K8m8rton Gravward TMCP- Monse MaitbtenarKe 9,OS1 12 783 9,846 799 288 305 232 131 8.818 707 {8.8181 17871 5.372 11¢XII 5,279 4,674 TMCP. Awmaggs CFB- re8irlcknJ ffiJn¢ts 1.121 74 {1.1951 9.606 Tolal mtrkt•d 134 513 Totsl lund• 4.560 617 1.284.3&) 1.140,74 4 704230 31 ThE METHODIST CIRGUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 14 AèIALYSIS OF CHARITABLE FUN08 Icontinu•d) Prlor y•ar: Balanc• at Galns. l¢>•Ms and tran¥fer 8alanc• at 31 August 2020 2019 ExpDndltu Unrejtrfcted 0ts1gnotsd Total unr•5trlcted 4.314.565 149.771 4.464.336 1.139.417 958 1 140 375 11.080.605) 191 4,389 4,377,766 151695 5.546 T•)tal mtrfct•d Totsl fun 4.5(KJ.&35 1.140.578 11.080.796) 4,560.617 15 ANALYSIS OF NEfA8SETS BETWEEN FLIMDS Clfcult r•wM•ntsd by. Totsl fund* fun Tangible fixed 8SS8ts Cash at bwk in haThJ Unrostrided TMCP FuThl8 Raslrthd TMCP Funds aTrJ otsrn81 carnt as59ts 4.023,563 113.153 315,368 221. 4.673.453 4,023.563 122.758 315.368 242.541 4,704230 9.605 21.172 30.777 16 DESIGNATED FUNOS Detsib ofdeswJnated fvnds ar¥ ￿ folkn￿.. Mlsshjn Bursary A bur58ry ftjnd prnwrity for young pecple gK4ng to do ￿riSti￿ mi$51￿b work over5885. Set up wilh funds frorn the salo wo(*wJs of St Luke's church in Assessment To 8$6￿t cMKches stftffjgling to thè sot ass•ssn*nts. MiThster Refoc8th Cc¥nmilted Prtyoct¥ FLw*J To. co4eithe costs ol BUW SupFkyt aThJ ￿￿￿5•)nal * 8mrADyftwnL PkJneethvJ M￿[￿ry Manse Maint8nwKg SurplLts f￿lj8 hebj unm Sthp￿s Fund SurF4us t*ry huld other lunder£1,CWI Dewg)aknJ for varKA&8 uses. 32 THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCEST&￿1ftE NOTES TO ThE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENOED 31 AUGUST 2021 17 RESTIUCTED FUNDS Detalls of r8StricbJ 88 folkm.. The Relief Fu￿1 To •rta￿8 groups ￿ th8 UK, as ￿e￿9 aris6. to 8851si their woth of supwtiNJ tho reh'¢f of pgrwr6 8thering or affectsd ty disast•rs or rnajor incM18nts ty PfOVKlirfj surwi aTrJ assthrth lo rdthe thoir ¢*&rftabbg nggds ¢￿S8d by ev8nts. Pgrngb Sglty Bequest'Forthe t*nefrt oftr* N*nisty in the Forest of De￿.. Kernerton Gr8¥eywd Pm¢e&Js from lh8 Sale of Kem8rtw Churth are to t* for th& upkoap of gra¥￿ard. Manse maIntent￿ tho upkwofc1￿it rT4WWS. other luThSer £1,5￿) Varths on us•Je. CAPITAL COMMIThIENTS Thg Charity ¢*1 comrith8nts 8t ywerbj. 19 OPERATING LEASES- LESSOR Tho tolal ol fi￿re m¥*rwm lease re¢dpts is as folky￿.. 2021 2020 Exp4ry d8t*'. WilhiTr 1 year Bet%￿n 2 5 yoafs Over 5 years 25.245 23. OPERATING LEASES- LEsseE The tolal Off￿r8 mv¥mum base pa￿rtS Is as 10kn￿. 2021 2020 Wrthin 1 ye8r Bahvgen 2 and S yea 5 year¥ 4,(KJ7 3,6T3 3,700 7.092 THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE 140TES TO ThE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDeD 31 AUGUST 2021 20 RELATED PARTh TRANSACTIONS IAlnl¥t•r• StIFth1s *¥J alkylvan￿ for pr8strytsts and l¢xledNety n￿lster$I artr s•t annuamy by Ihe Methodist ConfererK&, and ts Circuit is ￿$p￿sIble kn megtir¥J those o)sts lor all rrini$tW$ 8pp)inknd by the Conference k) tl* CirpJiL mlrwst•ts reC￿d ￿ basr stiwJ1£25,524 or r*a WI￿re wlKaJlel. Re¢d John Helyer Rev'd tk SIrn(￿ ToppK)g Revd Andrew Bigg6 Rev'd Naomi Cook& Rev'd Denise Har￿8¥9 Rev'd Rachd Hope R8v'd Michelle 1mla￿l Rev'd Jcknn Kim6 Rg¢d R￿h￿ Leather Rg¢d t￿ John K*Nolll D8ao)n Sue Peat Rev'd Stuart R￿f0￿1 Rev'd Nod Sharp Rev'd Phil ￿Mrne Rgv'd Wen¢* fuc*8r Re¢d J8yne Wet*J I￿p￿inte￿jÈnlI (Part-tyne 0.187 FTEI IPart-trfn8 0.5 FfEI IPart.Ilme 0.5 FTE- t¥Jt c£Jsts fuThy rwmbur¥gJ ty Nails*Drth LEPI (Part-tin* 0.33 FTEI Minister appJlrtn￿nts vAth A 8bp8ThJ' based aFwinbwnL 80th arv Supernu￿￿r￿ry MI￿Ste￿a. Rewd Mal￿n Tumer Rev'd D8VKI KiTrJ enham IWhaddoTrl LEP NthEnt St Marf8 LEP (From May 20181 rt from th'd$ Kin￿. sha￿ TOFVNJ all pl￿￿jed wth INlrKJ ￿0)n￿d8￿C41 8$ rÈquIr￿1 ty the Methodk%t thurth'5 St*iro l>ders. In addition to th8 bB5ic Stip￿￿. the Superint￿nt was paid Ihe Method￿t Confeffjnce standard SuwITrte￿ent'S akAvarK8 £2,5521. No alkn1a￿ ncrrt for Dawtws. Othei rninislels ¥th0 8r8 re8k*nt in the &'reuit. the purpose5 of Ihe Mthc*Jisl 5tatK)rts, bul ￿1 in Clfuj aFP)inttnents or ￿th￿l apwjintment nw members of the Circuit Assambly rf th8y notfy the Sup6rtniarwJèn( txrt do not rwAive paymnt ￿ •xtffiFr￿at￿ Ircvn the Cw¢JJ( except k)r weathiThJ fees Local w•a¢h•rs Of the Loc81 Preachers. representatNes who are mernbws of the C*r4Jit Assombty. travèl and other exp8fi￿ rd8tsd to fv￿llIng t￿1r •"rwJ aptN)inlm8nts pa#J. THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2Q21 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Icontlnuodl Lay •mploy••• The foltovA"ng gre of thè Cirumt 4Th18ra of s8t8riag thè tw uThJartth• in thè cap8ut￿$ iTrJic4ted. Adrnlnlstrator¥ Louis8 H8bbrL Michelb War T￿lI￿A11T￿n￿loT IAdmiThstratxJnl P8 hr# l cIr￿jrt Ad￿nistratOr IFinarKel124 hrs l Cl¥Jr¢h Based wa￿18 Julia Biggs ++ Linda Bon&- ¢18jr Prréser ++ R&hal Sift¥)sc￿ Charw T￿uSh ++ nton Wynn ++ Roz Wisniewski ++ ft￿h8nd8 LevJh CornrTKmty (￿treath Worker- Lrrndth Rc&. Glouc&&tsr120hr5 17h*.I Part tim8 Lo￿ler- Tett￿ryI3 hr5 1 wk. Families ()Jtreath Worker-Tewkeslwry120hrs Iwkl Hosrxlality & Pastoral co￿ Work8r- fvttanham Batt*sda124 hrs I WL) Families ()Jtreach Workor. ChurchYcy•m123hrslwL) MISS￿ & Cxrtreath Prcpct Wryker 37.5 hrs I W￿) Y(wJth & Farrilies Wothw- Easbw (2thrslwk. Lay empk)yo8 marked '++'_ sths were ftwt by thè vrith pgrt fwJir¥J granted from the Circuil other sources. Lay ernpkJ￿e me4ked'-'_ Sa￿lIeS mel fijty by the k(al Not• 2.. To eThsur8 oJrr8ct payrc4Wment PrO￿dur¢s. a number of otsr F¢QF4e used by iThJMdual churthe5 for etak￿81M3Inten8￿ce etc. are Pr￿￿&￿9￿ Ihruuh Ihe Circui payrdl syst*n. Th8 Q'r￿&1 45 lulty r8imbur58d by each churth fort￿ saLqry c￿1$. THE METhODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 APPENDIX 1: UST OF TRUSTEES 2021￿1 Note". Somg TrJ81ee8 are TNstees in nv)re than CaF•, C￿ty (Th perxffi is pemittte(L Andrew Bigg¥ Jcknn Hellye Jthn Sue Pear Phil Sumft*rs Marbn TUn￿r N￿1 Cook8" Rachel Hope Rachel Lealher Sluart ltsdford Simon Tq)IxrwJ Jayne Wgbb. Don￿ Hargre8V85 michel￿ I￿land. John PkNeill Noel Sharp Wer#ty Tu&er Clrcylt Ex•urtlv•: Russe# Bukny IAch8d Hairos L￿¥Y Ward Bii&n Co Liz Arthur Haines Andy Riekdl (Pl￿ 8steristhY rnln4sters In the prBvwus ￿51 r8preSents￿ to. or had Part￿thr respon$ibilth'e8 on. the Cir(#Jit Exe¢)JtNel. Additbjnd tNs18es were {11 otsr orojtt Cdr￿1￿. ￿$trict SyTh)d ￿p[¥￿tiV¥S. •r¥J • wh¢yn Ihe A$s￿M￿ty ¥pointed 85 trustaes on an gx offiw basis. or ￿U$0 (yrojit olftsts tct)k up the opb'on of b8ing a trustee and member of Ihe Assembty.. 121 SUFemUrr￿ry ministers or ministers in olher appc¥nlw*nts with*i Ihe Cwjit vtho tc*)k up the crf bwr*J a twstee ￿ mwnber of the A$S￿Ny.,(3) Chw¢h eK%te(I rewe8Wrt8b"ves: aThJ141 Loeal PrÈat*w el•*l reprawhtati¥es. TW are as fol¢)ws.' 111 Other Appolnt•d Clreuit OlllE•rn or R¢prugrtJtlvM who ￿ TnMl¢e•1oth•r than Tru•t•M al •ppOInt￿ In anoth•r ￿p￿lty1. 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