The Methodist Circuit of
Gloucestershire
Registered Charéty No. 1136205
Annual Report
and
Financial Statements
for the
Year ended 31 August 2023

THE METTrIOOIST CIRciirr OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMEIITS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEIIENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
TRUSTEES
tr￿lee$ are Ihg mernL￿ of A5$￿y. A￿eTh￿1x I Ix¥rtains a fiAI list of
CIRCUIT EXECLfnvE
Rev'd John Hely
Rewd Ireland
De￿￿ su￿rinte￿￿ent Mini5t8r (from Sep'201
& Leamiro & CariThJ Portl01￿>
{frcfft May'20)
DeFW Superirrter¥J8nt Minis*r lfrom Sep'201
R8v'd Jayne Webb
R8v'd Joth K4cNe•
De&on Sue Peat
Pete Watt
Suz Jon•s
MISS￿ PortfrAKJ
Ifnyn Sep'201
(from s￿.21)
If￿¥n Sep'221
Sw'4 & Climate knlfjce
(frun 141ay'22}
{fr￿n May'22}
(Irrmn Sep'201
Ilrcmn Sep'201
Ilrrfv Sep'201
I1￿¥￿ Sep'20)
IIIL¥n Sep'20)
Arthur H8W*S
MKknel Haines
Liz Ledger
Lesley Ward
CirDJrt stewa
Circuit Steward
CirLatit Sleward
Mt Stoward
CIRCUIT OFHCE HOLDERS
Pete Watt
Pcthlm) H(Idef & CirtrJM Tr￿Urer
A￿"Stant CirDJit Tr8a5urw
Leamlng & ￿1v￿ PoFIfrA*J R8v'd Mthle Irelarvj
Lkneon Sue Peat
Karen Burrbjge
PelerAIs
Deborah Lorg
Rev'd Sluart Ra11c¥d
s￿Via Munns
Worship Taskforce Convener
Worship Taskforce Secretsry
Cwcuit MWIB Chaii
P￿tkA￿ Hokjer Ilo May'221
PcffttC1￿ Hokjer Ifrun May'221
in Pascoe
&Je W(Kthward
Saly H￿1
Jthn Ba
Lgad Manse Cc￿Inat0r
Put1￿￿ Hc*l•r
Inter*arfh Officer
Pull￿ Issu85 Off
Lli58blty A(￿Ser
Socaai Ju51ice Offi
Climate JuslKe Offi
EDI (Equalty. Dwsty and
Indus*￿}
Vacant
Vacant
Jthn ￿lT
Vaurt

THE IIIETHODIST CIRCIM OF GLOUCESTERSHIPE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 Ai•GUST 2023
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTrATive DETAILS ￿ THE CHAiirrY. rTS TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS
lcontinuedl
R*4f'd John H8ty
Loadws. Meeorg Se￿lary
LI￿ Pre&r￿s. Tra*)irKJ GTOUP
Convener ar¥J Lead Tutor
n Pgarc?
CIRCUIT OFFICE
AUDFfoFiS
Slaverton C￿rt
ckne￿
GLS1 OUX
BANKERS
INVESTMENT KWGERS
9 8tyihdl Slreel
ECZA 4PE
REGISTERED CHARITY
1136205

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
TRUSTEES. REPORT
STrUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & IAANAGEMENT
Th& M8thc#j￿l Circilt ol Gk*acester5hire is Fwt (A thg Iknth(*Ytst Chwr* In Bntain. consbttrt•J
n(1gr the Methcxyist Church 1976 aThJ a Deed aThJ is govemEd by The CL¥*tstuti(Mal PraL*lce
and Ch"SC4F4ine of th8 Methfxlisi CIKJr¢h. CiroML int* I S¢pi*nbw 21J)8. was
register￿1 as a ¥&7lh rthjmtw 11365J5 on 4 J¥Th 2010.
APPOINTMEKf OF TRUSTEES
tho Cirojit N18eting 01herw￿ known 88 the Cycuit Assemtty and Ihereffiye tnjstees (subject to those
ministers who do not hc*J pastrd re¥w6iblty tmlhin Ihe Cirtyjst ￿tity￿￿j SupEnntevwJent L4 I￿"r
Lay ¥A)th8FS are m8mtws ol th6 Meth(#tst Church awj smk*)y8d in the Cvc#Jht may aso bè
The fc41c￿rQ a￿ ex mamb8ts of the Cwr#Jit AssemW'. ts ryrrajit stewards. rircurt porttdKJ trjkjers
(Finance, Learning & CariThJ, MissKm. Pewsonnd. Property, Clim8le Jw8ticel. CAhei aprx)inted
orojit ofker5 Ilor ex*rW8, lh8 $8189u¥dirwJ offi(w. the arr*iv6ts. et.) rroy aso be monknts oftho Cirtsit
Ass¢mL4y rf th•y eh(xJ5e to b8. Al rxwil *ewwd5 c¥oJrt offKws a￿ sub￿1 to awxthnt and
Addilionally, 98th church is anrwly to tlwEe reP￿￿taINe5 to Ihe AssemtAy (l￿U￿1Y a
chU￿h steward Ih6 Cth￿¢h IreasW* F4u5 ¢Th 0th8rl. Th8 Lrtsl Praxh8rs' and Wryship Leafjers.
Meebng ts ents"lJ&Y ￿nualty to nominate up to ten of its Fr￿ llThgLKli￿ ts seryelwy and Ihe wwen
of the I(￿ pwchw trdining group whK) are ex Offic￿ members of the A8S8n*Ayl.
8 partcJJar itern 15 b8w dis￿$$&￿ nw vots c¥) any tsgje.
The lotal mwnkmship ofthe Asswmtty that s8Nod duriwvJ th8 2022.23 yearwa¥ 10818ge 11.
TRUSTEE RE¢RufThi￿. INDUCTION & TRAINING
As (wJUined alx)ve, the appJinlrnent of Ih8 ￿1￿lty of the rrembershio ol the AswkAy is c¥Jnln4
of meèting &￿dance wilh ts Me1￿y1st CtHJrr*'s Ccmstriubcffial Pra(*c* Di%cik4inel. In
appoinb'ry circui ￿￿￿di0 hrkn aTrJ other officws ￿ meeb"NJ seeks to fit tr* partiLJdar gifts awKI 5kill5 of
an appoint88 to lh8 n*18 of th8 that is ￿4r￿j fled to athwe the best baance of grfts
The Asswntty mst ￿ thr88 2022.23 lin Septen*w. Klarth. aThJ May). To 8nab18
The ClrtsJit ExtculN&, apF4Jinled by ts Ciwxmi Assemtty. ntyw the Su￿rinter￿nt,
presWer3 8ppcxnted as ¢Jewb"es. fMe of wlv)m ts a pOrtIL4￿ hjder. awthr presbyter 818Ct8d by the staff
rn081bThJ', fve orc4Jil sle¥vards. or* of Is a I￿, and f￿r [r￿re hclders. The
Ex8￿t￿e rnet seven c*(as¥￿ in 2022.23 S8Pt8mb8r. kneAnber, Oecwnber, Febwary. Ap￿. May.
The Executive acts on tehalf of the Cirumi AsserntAy ¥&then rirrtsmstswx so diclate and b￿.[￿$ ts
sponsibilty fL¥ Ihe c1￿Urt'S mKwon straw.. the mirysth: the athnission of peO￿e to Ihe
c*d8ingJ mini8ty.

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ANNUAL REPORT ANO FINANCIAL STATEME14TS
YEAR EP4DED 31 AUGUST 2Q23
leadership and wilhin the CiroJit OJI￿ arg Sat in the StsndMwJ (kn of the
chu￿ are lo be fwnd in Th& CCfflstslubJ￿ Prxti¢e and Dix¥4ine Of￿ Klettv)J"sl Churc
Clr¢utt ¢hwchM:
(Nole.. desh3naJcfi for LC￿ Ecumenkal PwtrwrsW ￿EpS)- NW•thothsi Wh¢anlCthurth of ETh3land.
Abl*y￿. (LEP- & M. U, 81
Apporfey
B8il8y Lang EThJ
+kty Trirty ILEP-A MI
Ayltsjrton
c￿nham. 8elhesda
Chet￿haM. Wh*Jdc•). St MK**l's WEP-A MI
Chdtethm. Sl Mart's
Churchdown
Ciren¢ester. Ashcroft ILEP- M, UI
Coalway
Dursley
¢6sler, Bartc•) Slroet
Gtoucesler. St John.
Nailsworth, Chn5t Churth ILEP-B,M.U}
P￿low￿l
R8ndMc*, SL John th8 8Wt (LEMUI
Skffithuse
Tetbury. CW Ctsjrth ILEP- M.UI
Fairforyj ILEP- C, M}
Ne*EnL St (LE￿ KM)
ScAJth ILEP- M.CI
str￿￿. St Alb￿.$ ILEP- A MI
WcthTrUThJ8rW [LEP￿.U)
cl8sse8 of Chehenham, Bethesd8, fi1)tert￿ is a das8 of Glouwter. St kthrtr's. Hthing Continues to
se its church trMJikliro. (The conslitt￿ PraclK* a￿1 Diso"rAir* of ihe m8th￿lIst Churc* dgs¢ribes tho
p￿￿￿lUre that 1$ to bg foM(M8d a IrKzJ r*urch has insuffi(aw)t memws lo fcm a Church CourKI.
The remainin9 members can I￿ be crmsbtttsd as a dass of Motl¥yJ$t chwth of suffiixnt sz•
ereby the Church c￿r￿1 aThJ pa￿ C￿￿rtte& are atlo kn ￿Je￿ake ￿ ¢MrsvJhl ol the membe
who fomi the dass.)
Th8 Cirojft eTrJeavour5 to mairrtain, and rthry8w rdri(M hdp to rnan•Je risk.
safety,. and the ernk4oymwl of ￿T￿ne1 kne wkry.
Vul￿rat￿e adults.. each thr¢h has its saf&JuardiThJ officu. The oroJii SaI￿a￿l￿) offlcer wJanises an
active and trainiThJ pwramme for all lJv)se church oifKe demarvts trainirvJ
u[￿￿rt3ken,. 8nsure5 ttTrat appmpriat8 Fdic￿, <*￿8, aTrJ d8daratV￿ are in plac* or cl>tan8d at CirC￿L
levd,. Ikqi58s with extem81 safeguar(h'￿ aulho￿ as r￿(s￿ry ￿K1 thi588 churches as required.
ITh8 amual rwt of th8 Ca￿11 safeguardir¥J app¢arn LthAt

THE METHODIST CIRCUTh OF GLOUCESTERSHnE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
We ara comrnitted to eV￿￿g that the amual of firwt can t* m81 In the maln
frL¥YJ lettwy aNI Ir￿terest).
pay iweased assessments, Ihe trustetrs at its rr￿tiTrj in Sept 2021 apwovad a prL*XS to r•Juc8
appointingkhatv¥ng ta) take over 8￿hles￿ [r￿thS>.
The rwluLton in wesbyterial stsff rwr6 thal manses bec(¥))e av8*18ble tor $818
S*Jly so¥rn of wr ha￿ h•J to (*)se. When this happgrts. tha Man￿1Th3
4. TrE ctsrity (Xth"n￿ k) the dmKEh￿ dwleryirg linK8s. use of
By funding or pwt turthJ as supwi to dMjrd￿ Vrt￿re their
d. By pr(wK1w ftr)arKyal WPFrfxi w￿9 have drffujty th) meelw¥J their
CHAIIITABLE OBJECTIVES ANO PRINCIPAL ACTi￿rES
purF£6es. (Irth**$ an¢J r¥0visK￿S of th8 C￿5￿lu110nal Prth *¥1 Dw"[4[r￿ ol M8lhc*Jist ChU￿h.
Th8 Circurt seeks to INe (¥Jt Ihe callry ￿the MellKAIi8t Cmjrch SLwnma1i￿ Ihu5."
Tr rAlng cl th• M8tr**Jkst Cl￿rth i¥ lo tr) ts Go¥d of (knfs lo￿ in Christ 8rKI to li￿ iLs
dixitAeship aNJ missth. c￿11*3. aim..
• To hdp rffjorAe grryw and leam as C￿lIarts thrDugh muiud SUp￿￿t aThJ Lxe..
• To be a grKxl n•ghlxwrto t*L*Ag in n8ed to 1ryusli￿.
The Circuit encc*Jrag4s sJJppJrts the thrthes rt in the provisK¥) of rewlar pULl￿ of worship
open ¢0 members and r¥N￿MemberS ￿￿k8.. the provtsw of space and Corttem￿ation,. the teaching
and sharing ol Chrisbanity throty3h SernK￿. ¢(￿se$ *)d small groy., F￿sIr￿al work,. the prcwision of
oppc¥bJnth85 for *YMship, 188th"rg. feltrwsNp a)d inter-actbjn for al 899$ gendws.. the support of
irrfj lo the chur¢hl¢(mmunity interfac*, aThl u￿lertakry aThY ￿l￿.￿n9 the C*oJit'S eThY88vour5
sn accmlarKe ts rntssi￿ S￿h r8vi8w5 wwe re• impebjs wilh Ihe by Ihe circu￿
As￿trAY in Marth 2021 of a relr8sh8d Miss#)n Pdicy Plan ¥J#ntit* w¥Jnb85 for acti1￿ to b8

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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL sfATEAIEpirs
YEAR eNDeD 31 AUGUST 2023
MISSION POLICY
peorle aThJ r&styJ￿$. *wJ to aTrJ guwJ8 I￿￿1 th*r mts%"on anti
ministy. Wi)rk and consultation lo d8vdop frJrth8r inFle￿I Ihe C￿r￿lt'S and stsatogy Ic*
portfrAio bn ts Miwrffi Poky aThJ Plan.
Thu3 Ihg QrcAJiYs rntss￿ p￿loY é knteThled to wkle:_
Var￿ of wrnica parlnwshipsx
th8 bxobon arid rna1n*n￿ of trE manses"
the financ4 atr*lity to und￿￿7￿ ar¥J hJbJe sF￿alk Wr¥￿ts that
MISSION PLAN
Methodisls bethe￿ that.
AJI peoFAe Can be ￿a¢h￿j by rknj's grnce.
fy discweshw.
Our rnason for bolng
We aro c4lled to be to to a slg). 4vlts)•ss, fc¥olasi• h￿iD￿M?rrt of Gc41's in lh8 lrfe of the wortd, so
our Irf8 trNJelher is thrthip aTrJ mission and (xfftmthj to sharn)g ￿ (knd Nè*s. Wo
So, in fidfling Gc*J's rrMswi aNI ewt to:
sw>p￿t
Our guldlno prkn¢lpl••
I we do is shaFed by Ih8 C3)mm￿￿n8nt io be to Grw valu85 to th justre. love mercy ar¥J
Walk humt4y wilh God wk* through Je5U5 CIwi5t arwj Ih8 of th8 Hdy SF*'rit pr8S8nt and &tNe in I

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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
So. ￿ awre to be a c1￿￿t tr￿t is:
(lob81ty aware
val￿rg ofw811 b81
taka nsks
What we ffryn 202110 2026."
Tc¥J8ther 8$ 8 Cirwrt aThJ as Loc41 Churches. wicts and rA￿ be al¥J)ed C&thg and
missicffi aThJ nwnisby that￿ ¥AI make t48r* to QYKwtr* and de¥tk¥) next thr88 y8ar¥.
The Clrcurt M6sswJn Flan sets"diredion of tr8vef. Loca Churtl*s *e iri￿ to devek)p w￿l¥￿￿ual mission
plans blat are apyrowiate to th*r TW t￿1 be Cc¥￿￿16T9J %then makiThJ d8usions atrx)ul
$taffiThJ aNI rnak¥'TrJ gr￿tt* Whern a L¢x4 Churth is woblo to dweky a mi55iDn can for
on wyship. pa5tLfdl ¢are. and suppc
Eac* is inteFKknI to help ts ￿.￿￿1t rts el¥Jth fL*>J5 time and over the next fve
grtsJp5 that want to take iniliatsbw Ihat I￿1d tl*se pr￿baS.
It k% healthier for Chu￿ to cwKenlrate on few IIwThJ5 wdj rather than to th) too rn￿h. so n
Churthes in rn1W1￿ planNng Ihat suitsd to I￿1￿ rJJntex¢ I￿ set of targets lo be 8chiev&J or a
list to be trked.
mis8￿ and ministy are exw¢is•d by CIwis11a￿ in tsr as wel as I￿r s•rvic• thwh Ihg
Chvrch. Some prio¥ibes may survNt iThJwkJual ¢tso"*s. other5 Local Churc1￿ and other5 be
undertaken uiNquety best by CIr￿lig[0up
in the lrfe in Ih8 CiruML inbrA¥r dThY￿rWJ Ilot need kn be VWJr￿ in ow ojllure so Ihal they
inform everylhirvJ ￿ ergaje in.
Le•ming and Carlry
Chddren'8 arxl Ywth M￿ry
Mis¥•¢>n
Digit￿ rninBty and Switudty
New Places kn New PearAe.
Church at ts Margir
Soclal and Cllm•t• Justk•
Equalty DNerW and
Climate EnwarKy.
Pw•onnd Imlnlstry)

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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACHEVEMENT AND PERFORIAANCE
fhjrsley. (knter. Te*ostwry & Cllaltertharn. and For851 cl Dean Uelknthst CinJiL8. ￿ll¥l$l¥ lat the
outset of the 2022-23 finanfial yearl thity4wr church8s thr8e das89s of (thrrkn. The Cirojit
responslt4e for r8isThJ Ihe sti￿lS aThJ 8tt8ndart crnts of its min￿￿1* st8ff.
The Circuiys churL*85 ecwwical 017RM¥ts kiThls, h"nkirvJ thB Baptist
Clturth, Church af the Crryregatic￿￿ FetsrnItt￿. and thè United Rell￿￿j Churth. Two cl
th8S8 thurthes . Chistthtwth. Atthydale IGI(wJcester}. a Lcd Ecumen￿1 Parlnew5hip - aThJ Chnst
Churth, Nailsworth, a LOCJ Ecumernca Partn￿￿1) . vh)s8 i￿ll￿deS a sbjnffiranl
of M81hodists. apront and h(KJse their (vwn nmnisrets. ￿*￿15t in se¥eral cllhe Other LEPS, mini81ry 18 share(1
The Circuit ks ricfty dN•rse SLKx4tiJicvAy tr￿￿￿ty. wilh cmjrths serry ¢Jty cent￿. ifw uty.
subJrban. town. v*laJe, and harn18t locali0￿ Styes ￿ **yship wary se¥eryd thjrCl￿ experi￿￿nt
Th8 C￿cJJif as a a￿1 I￿h eath ￿ fjts thjrthes has cLN7tinu￿j to seek fthfvly to and
ils thrthes. Owwtai tth)10gy has been wyjety used to sustain these ￿1Villa5. Thrwh Ihe d8plownl cl
suptx)rt together wth the wtyng prw5x)n of safeguardi￿J, past(xo1 aThJ traIr￿ng Circuit has
Further d8tails of th8 c￿j￿8 ermle8￿Jrs are detailwj Portlollo R•p￿ts s41 ¢yJt behyw (th• Finan
PortfdK) 15 latw urKler'Flfy?n￿ R•vl•w'l.
SUPERIIITENOEp¥fs PORTFOLM)
In Juty 2023 Dentse Hwgwves left ti￿j11 to tske up ￿0th8r 513lTrJn ￿ th8 ¢￿1&Xir￿. In line
th the agtewj ur¢JJit 5taffir¥J Flan, her rc48 in lh8 Fry8St Th)1 re[A￿d Revd Mkl*l
Ire18nd to¢* pastry4 respwsbdty for the seven MetlK¥thst Churth in Ih8 Forest of Daan. In rew3nthM of
new full time lay apFKyntm￿I wras cr8al•J arNJ a gJcc•ssful 8pwnlm8nt Wa5 m•J8.
in Glouc8¥ter Cty Cth and ¢kvdcy"ThJ relal aNI *so Fkn to Ihe Cha￿￿nCY
leam cl the UThvtrsty tafflF4￿ in a r4)rngte St John's Ncthgate in Ihe oty
oucestsr.
Circufftl L8y SI8ffiry
to wr underslandry of the way in vthrh c￿1 caks to mintsty in the lrfe of lh8 world. ImF4ernentiThJ
decisKJn5 ￿ Ih8 circut Slaffi￿ th& derkJywr￿I of lay wthets had been drfficyjlt in the
prevb>J5 year. A revk8w of Ihe and of emr*Jyrrwl of W **ykers kny to greater swcoss
recrurtirvJ for app(*nknerbts. UnforbJwl*. pvson rEsy*d after a few wyoks havirvJ that
rde was not n￿L The rg(xu11￿ of a ther Q"fWKeStw. A$￿ft has delayed the cfyJt¢h
r81hir*s rt ILrtur•.
One mwnber of staff was on Icry twm leabt ty m￿h of ts year. WWI to Ihe rted to scale ba
ttenb¢)n to ￿nF￿Yrn8nl arKt matter¥ rd8b'ThJ to Ihg 8819 WKI wrthase of PTwerty.

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YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
a￿1 tyjr ackn.kn up lo 2026. ThB ch8knJe conlinua5 to be Ihat lh8 Flan 15 OWn￿j embethjed Into the
ttIn￿n9 of ts thurcaps in ￿ C￿￿tti We wll *so b) ertsure Ihat it infixms and shape6 the *vrk of
Patt8rrffj of TrAxwship are tkjrirg ts year we recwi•&l n*J to resourr* peorAe in
off¢r ￿ opwjrtrjnty lor uB8iNe approth that r8118Ct Iha context of the dmych. In *rrfship we aspire to
skil. cc•nmitsment aThJ whKh Ihey seF¥e th8 CiruML Wthxrt th8se FeLW8 the cl￿Et wcdd not b8
8tAg to (kn its th l also want tr) thank mwthsters and * ￿￿￿eT$ t•*tK• hab* ai been a d&"ght to seNe
LEARNING & CARING PORTFOLIO
Twts meeb.ngs to(* p4a￿ centred on area5- on wuship and on the mearing
rnember5 uTrJ8rtake.
suFer¥i5￿ln trairMTrJ has also been undertaken by mwntws of staff to￿.
A r8tre8t was held with'oJntwnr4ab¥E ff*nisby' as the Ihen*.
LeamwrfJ Network of the MethL¥Jist Cl¥Jrch has gi￿ xce5S to 8 fijrther range of tr8inin9 and
lèaming opportunitigs off8Trd by memb￿5 01 Ih8 conr*xk)nal learn. The rwjantsabon ol Ihe Netwwk is
bdng changed. therefor& ttNs FI8C8 will ro Ic*¥er b8 rgquired. H￿Ver ts N&IWc￿k cothue to advertise
ovonts and trdiniTrJ Ihal 15 Ihen pronKA&l IhrW wr ￿w$heller.
In th8 year 2022.2023 there have t*en •￿iti"nY aNI ￿￿UrajiNj missKJn fLU5S8d
iniliatW8S 8L¥C68 Ihe CiroAL A Thjnknr ol c*urctss haw er¥JapJ wilh Churth. and it ha5 b88n
8 joy lo celet￿ate the awa￿$ receNed by cl¥Jrch85 from A Rccha U
tt has ￿$0 been very el￿(￿￿￿J1ThJ to see appjmted to thirthes to eng&Je ￿ Missi￿
lh8 recruitment PrnC85s of emF4oyiThJ a lay ￿kOr.
The Warn Spgc8 inkn'aiwe was very lor many (thurcW in circu￿ &"rDJrt lunding was made
avadat48 to any thurth to w their tMJ*J*w kn a Wam Space. of hava eontinu8d
for mission. W? hav8 madg g￿d w of Ih8 Re￿￿rC1￿j miss￿￿ vidK6 many thurches have fdt a
renewed s•ns• ol puww59 8rMI enlkwJ5iasm. Thar8 wg. of Ixwrw. ottv churth ts th)rn fvs last year

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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YeAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
PERSONNEL PORTFOUO
10.5 full.b"me ￿Ul￿alent Th¥nk8ters r￿1￿7r9 Ihe sb"pernl prewbed by Ihe Melholthst cr￿fence for that
year. Tw) ofthe sUpeffluM￿a￿eS not pmid stiFwM1$. At eThJ year. Ihe drDJll farewell lo
Rewd Deni5t H8rwJrèav•s. nMwiNJ to 8 (1￿jj11 Ilw(xW thts static¥irwJ Fwc*ess 8t Ihe &)d h8r tenn of
apw)intmenL
8 representative from e•* thurth tTr￿ther wlh a Nrnbgr of ex m8mb8r5. A DislrKI tr8inirvJ s8SSC
on the Sla1x￿1￿ kryess was arrwJ•1 k48Y tty the CAstrict Lay Ststionir¥J reWe5￿￿tiVe(the ￿sIn'd
of thtityirKJ un¢cv)scKwJs t¥as In dec￿ nknJ.
BPP0lntr￿nt in Ihe Cirojit 15 ¢kn ID gnd in 2024. prestrfvs wwJtst¥J IW Mshed to te ￿1$MIere￿
8n 8Xie￿On rrf th￿'r tim8 in this ciramf for three yew5 and Or￿ tor a fill fvo yea￿, frorn Seplember
2024. Mernbgrs of Ihe Ciromi IN1￿ti￿ CorrwnFtt88 W*ErB irrforrn￿ of thg (¥jIcL￿ of Ih8s8 ￿1￿Mment
Iwal churthes and other a￿S of the pr85Wer5' th in th8 comrnurNty. Th8 CirDJrt 5nvilation CLvnmitt
tnet Imrtuawyl to considw the offws of &¥1￿$1￿ the re¥￿ ol thosa wnsUlt￿l. Both offers
been very wanyty received. The oynmthe unar￿m(￿S￿ reC¥*nM￿ed lo ￿ CirrAJit A%sembty acceptan
20231.
OPFKybJnty.
For 2022.23 the QrcLMt was Ihe nam￿1 ofseven *wr*ker F￿1￿)n8...
Two part.ty"n￿ administrat(rfs. ￿ ￿se is kK&Bed primwdy ￿ fin8rKe aFKI Ihg 0th
geneol adminkstra1￿. a swifwt rA HFL Their ITh rnany rs th8
Superintwthnt.
T*rJ further lay wrffker a [￿lIng lay wo¥*er in thè FL¥est Lrf Dean and a part lime Chldw and
Family *t)rker. e¥alAlsl￿d year wih rec¥uW urthww8y for L￿M8￿C$M8n1 In
September2023.
Each ol Ihese ky ￿)rkerS has a Mala￿ sutwl cLYnprisiThJ nyntrms of the lcd churth
and a r*pr•santslw• ofthe Qrcjjit Assemt4y. kn ann￿ repyl ol the of wyker is $ubmitted
thw gr￿￿pS to Ihe Civ￿rt As$8rntty.
by the CIr￿it A8S8mt4y.
The Cir￿lt wntinues to to rA 8 Pgrt4wn8 Iwne at Umwsity to
The rn￿se stewarth have o￿tin￿l to Ihe inrfid Ilmrteen mar￿$ of the Clrojit. With the
reducthffj in m1nister1￿ wmbws. 10 hav8 b88n cw8d ar¥J on8, UJrr￿ [￿t &"ruJit staffing,
has again teen let on a assured tewcy. llrrwJ￿I mènses nam8ly 120 Huctjocote
Rogd arml 5 ￿￿1￿fi0kl Road have teen sdd. ￿ Cwr¥it wains gratehd for Ihe oJnsid8rthe tim& and
effort 8xpeTrJ8d by ￿ ttram of manse stthvards led by S4y Hal in reSp￿lI￿J to urggnl prorrt¥ rwrs
and ensurir¥J the martses a￿ suikw Ma¢nts1￿Y as for wr ministe
The CiT￿lt grateftrf to Ihe fve bJii81 W￿nd slthvarts the cmjltkn of tho CiroMf8
retsined ￿1118[ grrA￿d5 at El￿￿, HTrJh Le&kn. K•merkn. Oaknty LyNth aTrJ Ran

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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT5
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Unfortunatdy. to the dedir* in ¢L¥VJBythI ThJmb8ts a¥J usè b8iny knjrwj for th8m. th
nancial yoar has rnquifed s•varal ol tyjr Chwch8S to be srAd. Th8 5th of EasFW and WLthston
Churches was CCfflF48ted. Buyer5 for BFwtirnt*. c￿ltyd Hkl H¥twy Cl￿rd￿ hav8 b8en lound
8nd Ihe5e 5a88 8re ￿￿enIty pw4re&8irg.
process of sdtsng the Churth t￿ik)"r￿d. Th"s s* ts beiThJ mawed by thw"r Chuth CL)u￿1.
Th8 GI0￿eSI￿5hlr8 M8IIK#Jist Circurt has rthi be8n the Churth Q"rrAJit
award by ArrKkn. ￿eT 15 dKJrches in the CYuJrt a￿ ¥Nd¥ed in IhE Eco Cl¥JTth award 5theme.
Bethesda achpved the first Eo) Chwch avrnfd fc* CirrJJit aThJ hava t*en sharing Ihsir 9J¢￿$S and
Ivice ecAJThnK4ly. Sd¥er Eco Churth have also ￿en achiev￿j by Sl Mths. Asheroft C*Èncester
and Nails*Y)rth. The SCJ leam (￿tiThJe to offer $UPF￿ èxwtise lo d¥Jrch85 in oth to athi8ve the
nexi stages ol tsir E¢0 Clwjrch avrdrds.
The CircJJrt's Social and Climate Justice leam have mel quartewty. ￿SUeS d￿01$￿1 dwiro the year inr4￿le
SUPFL¥tirKJ As￿￿￿ Seeker5 & Relug885 in th8 {r￿nty. Wann Wdrx)m8 Sp8C8$ 8Th1 Indusive ¢*urth. Also
cor￿n5 over '&¥88n w8shry' ty c￿nty tAaftnws. acticw aimate kb"(•) ralies Ihxakty &
Wam Spa(*s. Eco Church and ermrnitr￿ts to SLWXt c*arili8S.
S(Kial Justice i5suos. The QrDJit Far*to)k pag8 umtinu8s trj be a V￿u3￿Ae t(KA in tMrKTh)¥ng th8se evenis
TOS5 the Cirotht as as through the Ciniit r￿etter. We en¢wrage all ¢I￿r¢he$ to share the gXKJ
news storns of action5 taken io ¢amrogn and fvndraise dimate jusb"ce. Local ecumenital
n81wths are a150 a 9￿1 swr¢e of inl(mlK*i and wralm 1Th￿l￿a Grn6n Chn"stian and lh•
oucester3hire Churches Environm￿4 kntice Ne￿k.
Whi15t team i% well sw1￿. there a rojrrknr of in pgrwrnl unfiled wilhin the
S(tial and Cbmate Justice Tearn. Equahty. Di¥8￿ty {EOII is rnarthtryy tr stalf and
stewards wilh t￿lin* trainiThJ in Par5r￿ trair*ThJ Offer￿1.
CIRcurr SAFEGUAROW4G OFHCER'S REPORT
Th8 GIouwtwsf¥"￿ Mfrkn)dist CirrJJii is committed to car8 nurfur8 of. arbj t8SFecthA pasirKal
ministy th. all child￿n. ycwJ people aThJ &Jults,' s8￿Juardir0 and [KrrteC*￿ all thiKknn, ywng peO￿e
and aduM5 they are ￿1r￿rable.' estatrAi8ling safe. carirg (x)mmLM)ibes. K*ovxle kniing
environments vther8 Ih8re 15 inforn￿ viglw as to ts dwefs of *)use'. The Circurt frjlows dosely the
-Safegua￿lIng Po4icy, Prct8dur8s and GuhJdi￿ of Kleth(Kltsl Chwth in Bntw"n" Iukwjated Juty 20231.
The CiroJit Assemt4y revie%￿￿ the CircAJii Safeguardir¥J P￿LY 21sl May 2023. The Churth
Saf8guordiro Offirws met cm kn June 20￿ to re￿￿* the IrryleM￿ Lrf th8 Meth&list prAicy,
Pfc¢edures and GuthrKe the cl￿11 and to l* each Ch￿Ch SafeguardÈrMJ Officer lo cary
a sell-evaluat•)n a•Jtt aThl to mak& thair annual saf8gLHrdiThJ rep￿ to thw'r Church Co￿ra1. Tr Cirwl
Saf8gu8rdiThJ Officer ff*kes iegdar ieptyts to lh8 CiT￿rt Ex8athe aThJ lo Cwoil Aswntty
Church. The CiTuJit and Cl¥Jrth mainlain a datab￿ of DBS aThJ training rec￿$
of am vcAuntaots. The Cirojit SafeguardiryJ oifKx ￿￿$8$ with ts &istc4 otst￿t Safegu&dTh3 Offlcer
ther èxtefnal saf£guardirvJ aufvrilie& as rjecessary.
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ANNUAL REpoKf AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
fOu￿tation level. The S￿th Melkdist LeamirvJ Ne￿￿￿k ￿981)iSeS &Yvwced ltt¥d training and the CirDJit
[￿¥￿IeS Fwndatian S8f•3uardiTrJ trainirvJ its ¥c4unlgers. CwraJ"t Ihts year has tsaw*d 76 vduntee
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Thè Charity is in a grxxl fin8VKi￿ pJ5ibC￿ 8ThJ rw r￿5*Ye￿I swwre for Ihe n&xt 12 months
and into Ihe coming yèars prgvxyJ5 S8cIK>n'Finan¢xai Vkqtr￿ty.).
Our Re8wvo8 PrAy Ibeknwl relates to wr gewa (unles1￿ted) Iwxts 8rn frvety awl*48 to ￿ u8•J
for any ￿ 41 purr*Jses ol the CircxJiL fjher f￿￿￿$ a￿ dso irxluthd kn Ihe sake of darity ￿ openn85s aTr
to show that Ihe has a Ihe of al its mLThy [￿t those which arg defined
FIn￿¢0￿ Alm•
Our alm is twMok1..
To S￿[￿ aTrJ SLBt•n the Cirawfs biatslty fiJbMe.
To gwe reassurarK8 ID the that the Ciru*L *4*h Is a charfty. h￿rKI5 bj use all of
ey cA)￿￿ng into its Ca￿ for ￿￿oSe$ oftr* Chaity.
PrIn￿￿ Fundlng S¢xw
ciroJFt church88. as set wt by Stsndry Trdw5.
To suFyJrt ¢yJr MI￿On￿ th, •*lthonal ftjrnlirg r)y￿S frrm extern￿ swrc6s form of
grants. rg18te to a Sp￿fr aThJ ts a h"mrted peTr)d of b"rY*.
Counul.
We understand the reQui￿rne￿ts ￿)der d*nty wlati(￿S to di5dD5e ow wwofvement in fundraising.
Charity not 98nèAte fuTrJs frun (￿n￿rIal8C￿￿Il8s th8rrtat4e ac*ths otsr than #J8ntthed
Assessn￿ IrFTh￿ kyl￿1 eath chur¢h in Ihe Cwrxjitl twov*Je the maTryty lover of the C1￿u￿9
incorne lexdwling r￿0very crf lay ￿[40￿1￿1t s*ry cxbsts thff￿h grants arvj thU¥d￿l. A CirDJ
Finan￿ Support <>oup a￿sts the orojil tffjasuror awslant IyBa5ur8r in rTh)nttL￿ThJ arKI r8vBwiThJ the
The orryJrt aSsesSry￿t ts miew&J 8nrxwly am1 cjjvets the casts of lx of Prlry.
Th9 nurnber of rnwntws in eath churr*.
The aJrTwl s[￿115 (il erf￿. (Nl ￿. lill *)
drffiujty, has been offered thrnJgh an assÈssm•rf ￿le1 grant cr other avalail& fuTrts. Financbal supw
for church85 be continu8d wh8fe awwial8.
Grants
OUT . Thrnugh the Mcthl Trust Furxl IhffFI awKI other fLw¥ts. WWB madB avalaile a&%•55m
$vpp(wt tO￿ling £55.0(K). The MTF. and olher orwrt fvtThts. 4s0 used Io SUPF#Yt ts outreath worker5
as as exwyth.

THE ￿￿￿0D1ST CIRcuif OF GLOUCESTERSHIIE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDEO 31 AUGUST 2023
Grants durirwj ts yew
• £10,SS5 ithwdrds Net Zen) CJTied oul by c￿rrI￿5
• £5.(MXJ to suwort Ihe prOVtsK￿ Lrf knmi 4)o*s" by thu
• £35.254 tMfds lh8 TVwk8S￿ Wdc3)me s￿ prr¥wA
In ajditi.on a vc4untary t￿1￿￿￿￿K>n of £25,(KXI was m* to the Klelhc¥Jist Ministers, Perric￿ Scheme an¢J
the Pen&on a￿1 Assur￿ Scheme tr Lay EmF4oyees of the melt￿￿1 Chur¢J). &mlar LY)nthbutions afe
due to be made in eath of thg )*ats. ki maktt a iota in line Ihe rBqu8St frun IhB 2021
Financial a￿lM￿ry
2022Q3
X121r12
673,S56
184,6481
6t,574
462,2C
725.218
33.414
77.455
459.649
PropertyIlnvesln￿nt
Total
1.112.682
1295,736
rninisters rrther slaff aThJ ts malntenarre ofthe rnanse&. The tytsts the year wer8:
2021122
StaffiNJ
Ma￿e a)sts
Prop&rty I chwch grants
DsstsKI I URC I Ccry. F8deAIkn Costs
DAF 18Vy
524,087
44.816
61.383
165.164
28.942
129,181
144,179
25.C4XI
1.122.752
635.041
72.844
18,169
166.568
13,312
66,931
137.435
25,(KM)
1.13S300
ne%iona on Sath of Church&8
Total
t4ot nMsvomBnt kn fund• bofor• uMMll*d plns: Id81klt) l •urpl
{10,070)
160.436
FUNDS
fvnds held by th• ehty are detsilgd in r*Xe 14 to the
sale of ch8FeL8, manses and other F¥opwty. kn leg81 fees a oynpthr*y levy to Connexic¥bal
Prwrty F¢1￿1 ICPFI No ￿¥y is charwl ￿ th8 first £20.CKJ). and t￿ 20% on any excess 0￿r £20,CQO up
to £1C￿,(￿￿J. and 40% cw) any OXLW (y4er £1[￿.£(*).
Th8 MTF is ￿eStr￿ted in its nabjre. b*T¥J avaiw tr al mel￿￿t Tntst t￿. The M(MJel TrLk81
Fvnd is by the CirDJit fDf 8 vwiety of miwrffi. mir#sty pitwty prDJecL5. A compu15r*y annual levy
Ibas•# on the year-9￿1 tsalan￿ of the FU￿1) Iransfers furwts to Ih8 Brislol Ok$tr￿t to b& mad8 aVaila￿e by
Ihe thstrtl by way of grants in reS￿A of rw inthlwes in m￿1[￿ 8rKI mni5ty. This ￿ taken rm 11912022
was £13.312. On th8 basis of the b*rte at 311V23, th9 ￿ trj b8 Ikn rffi 119r23 wdl be £28.942.
2021rA2
MTF at 31 Awt
1498 170
502,554
ljlaln MTF Movomonts: -

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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDEO 31 AiIGUST 2023
RESERVES POUCY
As at 31 August 2023 lh8 had the fiMKI5:
Iseg Not8 14 to the FIn￿Cl￿ Stalwnwts for det* ol lunts l*kl)
2022rn3 2021r22
Restitied
Designated
Unrestricted Imans& prUperti￿ + ftX8d assets).
Unrestricted and othw51
27.393
126.505
3.173.472
1.645.034
124,366
4.080.607
S￿.841
TotalFund
4911404
4.921474
i8 recognised that of Minim¢Jm Reserves ¢s set to Cfmr the uJ5ts of Ihe Circxit Imainty
ministerslstaff costsl in ts event of a sudden dfop in inc(¥M. G8n8r4y. th8 bss of ¢￿ity income
lsubstants.ally b￿n9 assessments fr(m thvr¢hesl WO￿1. in rBalty. te cfi a gr8du81 basi8 OV8r a numter of
yeats li.e. K thurth n*mbership arnj I￿1￿j a churth kns abl8 to pay th8 full le¥d ol awssm8ntl.
In Ihe event of Ihis of dedin8, Ih8r8 waAd be tirr* and opty.ons for stnKlured tlannirvJ ol the re
depk)yThent ol mirmsters WTthin the Mth*sl c￿reX￿. with Ihe (l￿￿lentsal in urDJit costs.
availatde to cover (xjmrnitrn￿.
provK1e 8 level suffwnl for day-ttrday ￿$kn ar¥J a W of luThJs OJLtkl be m&J8 av8*L8b￿ lor
uThdentffi8d pr(48cts. Thls r￿1 affed lh8 viatxlity of Ihe Charity (the CirrJJiil at lh8 sarn8 time.
ma￿rrfJ available luNls fLY sJppJtirwJ thjse luiure missTh
meet its ccmrnrtrn8nts. anticipat￿1 carujit review has I￿t been (see elSeWthe￿ in ￿Port1
is results'ng in annual savrys kn slaffiro ¢xtsts as as p)ss*Je gains in rndurtht man￿ beiNJ lat
slainaNe levd.
Balane• ol Unr•S1th￿ Funds
STAFFING COMMITMeNT8
frAlo*ing areas oftr* th"rcJJ
P8rt.tim or Crxrrniniies Wsvkw3 al TwAknlwry. c￿r￿1¢y+￿. Tetbury.
Wg havg fiw(xlty suprKKted by grants in p8rfvrship:
University: aThJ
at Nails%%xyth Chtst Church LEP a Fam￿
P•1• W•t¢ Clrrult
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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILMES
ac￿Unti[vj wactice (UK
Thg law apFlirnble to c*aribes and W* requires ts lothes to wepare fironcaaf ststements
for ea¢h finanual year whi¢h gi¥e a and fa¥ vw oftr* state ofaffwrs oflhe Charity and of its incom
statements. trvstees arE ￿uIred to:
make pMlgernen15 arwj 85IKnates Ih8l are reasonabkn a￿1
state whethor aprAutrA8 ac(￿n￿r0 stsnd8rds have been fc4k)*vJ. ￿tr4￿t￿) any mthial
d8parture5 disdosed and 8xrtsned in Ihe slatemnts;
prepare Ihe fin8rKial slatenwts i)n the t(*￿M basis wdess rt is inapwryJnJte to wesum
Ihat the chty tAI
Th8 Circuit Meebng lknsemtrtyl i4 fe¥*ywl)le lor ern8ur*w Ihat the ￿vant c4rtiii stewords, offi(ws and
finanua of Ihe 4ThJ to enaile them to that th8 finarrial Statem￿ comply vrith th8
Charit*s kt 2011 a￿1 the Ch*ilie5 {fvmJJnts ReF￿s} Rewlation5 2￿. li 15 8150 f8SFfK￿th.
inchjding Ihff￿gh lJ)6 ¥wnim8nt of re16vant arcuit slvwards. oifKw5 and thinistrators, for SaI￿U8rding
the a5sots ol the Charity and herts kn lakn'ng raascffiatAÈ steps fry the pre¥entw arKI d8￿￿On of frauLI
cth8r 1rrng￿#1it*s.
As far as th8 trust88s are aware. therg i8 ro relwwl of the Chwrtls •Aitors are
new8￿. aTrJ the trustees have tsken al steps that Ihey (xw to l*ve make themselve5 aware of
any rdevantatyjit lnfcrnt*￿ and to estsuish that the aLwJik¥5 afB t￿re of Ihat info￿￿11)n.
AUDITORS
ON 8EH*LF OF CIRCUIT klEEnNG
SKJnad..
Print no￿￿..

INDEPENDENT AUOITOR'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE METHODIST CIRcurroF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
YEAR EXDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Oplnlon
We have •KIrt￿ the financial statements of The MetWLst C1￿j1t ol ¢>0[K•ststsh￿ I1￿ 'thariWI lor thè
year 31 Aug￿¢ 2023 *ffilch c(¥nF¥tse Ihe Slatom￿ of *tivths, lh8 balan(¥ sh88t, th8
slatement ol cash Ilthff and to Ihe fina￿la1 Slatern￿ts. ind¥Air¥J a summary of &gniftsnt
a¢o)unJng FtAkies. Thè fin8n(yal rewb'ry fram8th that has b88n aPFI￿ in their pr8p8r8rir￿
8ppIK8t4e law and UINted Wom AL￿￿ti￿j Standa￿8, Rekmxbrg Slandard 102'Th8
Finanual RspoFting Standard 3PF1￿ble in Ihe UK Rewblic rA IrelaTrJ' Iuntsted Genera
give a and fay ¥ie* of the state ￿ the Charrtls affairs as at 31 2023 and of tho
inrxmir*J resourc•6 applK•ts"c￿ d r6gyJrc6s. irvJJdSt¥J Ns •xw¥Jthra. foi lh8 yaar
then end•Y.'
Practi￿. 8nd
We have been wwited as ￿)der 151 Lrf Ihe Ch*ities Act 2011 and rtFi¥t in 8cLxJrdanL
International Standard5 ￿ AudibTrJ IUKI IISAS IUKII 8rvkatrAe Lqw. reswrflsknrfthes uThJèr Ihose
5tsndards arB lurth8r dèscrtsd ￿ tha wthtorfs T￿￿￿*111￿8S for lh8 ￿di1 of Ihe finan(xa slate￿nIS
58ctiL￿ of our r8&K￿l We are iThJepwbJ8nt of th8 th￿lty in ￿¥darKe wilh the ethi¢* requirerrthts that afe
relevant io our aydit of the stalewts in tr* UK irK4wknJ Ihe Fmarfd RerK*bng CtyJncl's EthK
Standard, and we have our other rew*ts"ltss in •)xnlance these reqUIr￿￿nts. We
opinic￿.
¢(￿11¥>n$ IhaL individualty or c¢W. may casl ¢JJJbt cffj the Char￿$ &Jih"ty to con16nuo
authorisod lty isyts.
th8 rdèvant S8(*L￿5 r8F*
Indudeil In thfr tfUStoes' amu4 repyt. othw th￿ th• fin￿cIal slat•mbnts aThJ cw authtc¥'s th￿￿).
Our cyinion M Ihe fina￿￿ Stat￿￿￿ th)es not covw the other infomth and, except to the extent
In ccffinth)n wrth ow audii ol ts fv)awal Stat￿ents. ￿J1 is tr) Ihe olhw w)Imation
aThJ. In dcan9 so, c£wi(*r whether the otsr infrMma1￿￿ rnatsrilty irKtytsistont wilh the finanrA
slatements or our kwthedge Obta￿ed in ts audit ￿ otheThwse ap￿T$ tr) be materdty mi5stsbY. W we
Idtrntrfy swh Mate￿ inc￿S1$t￿n0.es or arva￿1 Mat￿.* N¥sslatwi)ents. a￿ wuirgJ to deterrr•ne
information. If. based on the vnk ￿ have perf￿￿￿. ￿ c￿￿1￿le that the￿ i5 a materid mis51atement of
this cther inknnakn￿, ￿ we lo re￿rt Ihat fK£
We have rnthirwJ kn r8wI in thi5
16

INOEPENDEI￿ AUDtTOR'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE METHOLXST CIRCU￿ OF GL(XJCESTERSIIRE
YEAR EhlDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Wè have ￿thIng to rermyt in respect ol the fcknw¥J in lo the C￿?171￿$ fv£t 2011
requi￿ ￿ k) ￿￿￿￿1 lo rf, li CAK tsp￿1..
our a￿11 habp nol frcfft t￿#￿h#S not by us.. or
wg h8bE n(rt al lh8 MknbDn and ￿UIre lor(wr aud
R•sponslblliliM of Tn¥t•
fair vi8w, a￿1 for such in1un￿ conlr(4 as th8 trust8es d8termin8 18 roc*ssary to ena￿ts thtr pryaratiL)n of
In Pf8pariThJ the finar￿￿1 statements, th8 Iruslees we re¥￿n$lL￿e fc¥ asse5srvJ IhB Charity's ability to
tinue as a p"rvJ (￿Cern. dIs￿ry, as arfAtst46. matters r8la18d to going ccfflcem and using Ihe wng
or have MI wltsb"c aliemati¥e to ts) s
We ha¥e baen apwinted as •JJitors uThJ8r ￿ti(>Tr 144 (A Ihe Chanbes 3)11 and rtFL¥t in acrnrd8n
reg￿?￿On$ mpth urK1er Sect￿ 154 of that Ad L)Jr re¥￿$bIrtY is to audil and express an ownK)n
th8 finawa Stat6￿￿ts in ￿cl￿darth wlh •Y￿¢8t￿6 law and In￿*110nd Standards of AudityThJ (UK and
IrelaThJl. Thc6e stsnda￿ rewire us lo (x)mtty with tr* fvacbces Bo¥d's Eth￿￿ Stsndards lor
Jitors.
free frcffl material mBststem*rt. whethw due lo frwjd ry errry. to issue ￿ a￿l￿10rfs rBF4Jrt I￿ude$
r opin*Jn. ReasrTht4e asgJrnrTh ts a li* of assuraw t¥Jl is not a guarnn188 that an 8udil
Klucted in accordance *ilh ISA¥ IUKI 4*ays ¢Jetect a matewia Thusslat8m8nt ¥then rt exists.
Misstaien*nts can afise frLYn fraud or 8rror and are c4)nsKJ0￿j material rf. indwxlually or in the aggwate.
fin￿1* Slat*m￿ts.
Irre9ularths, NK*Jding fraLKI, we instarw of *ith laws and wulalK¥)s. We
edures in lin8 wilh cdjr re$For￿ltI"1￿.0s. tsj1￿ned St￿e. to debJ rnatsn￿ m￿￿tateMal￿ in re5Fert of
Irrggularth8s. indudiThJ fraud. The extent to our are (apaNe of detthg irregdaribes.
WÈ an Unde￿￿￿•r#￿ ol Ihe kn9al 8￿j fraMv*￿ aFf4K8t4e to Chaiity
Statem￿ cf Ihat had 8 fvMMj￿al ell￿t on the owatir￿$ of ts ccmnpany. We
detern1r￿￿ th8t the rrosl s*jnThI¢￿t l•*s ￿￿allonS UK GW. the Chariti&s SORP
FRS 102 and Charl1￿ 2011..
induding how fraud rnuht Audit pethxNwl by th8 w0Jagerr￿t tearn include
leryin9 a￿￿tiC￿S I￿l￿ts m•J6 by maw8m8nl in its s•3nificant a￿nt￿l3
17

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S IIEPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE MErHoD￿ CIRcurr OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
YEAR ENDED 31 ALIGUST 2023
Obtsining an urKb8r5taThJing cl inkn)a cryilrrj feleV￿ t* the in order b d8swJn auilit
EvJuati￿ of the ovwal We￿￿110n. sIn￿￿Te and cjjntent Lrf Ihe fin￿¢181 statwts. lThY￿11r¥
Condu5wJn Ihe apw¥*ial#)ess of the directrKs' w of Ih8 gc4ThJ c£Inc￿ ba5t5 of act￿unb"Thj
and, b8swJ thè autht ¢¥¥Je￿e ¢Y)ta￿d. wt*r a rntsial uncertainty exists related to events
or conditiL¥)5 that may cast signifrnrt the Thynpanfs abdity to ¢C￿tinU8 as a goir
o)ncem. If we C£￿*￿￿e that a matèrial uncertainty exists. are requir&1 to draw atten￿n in
a￿lit(*S report lo Ihe rd8twl dIsC*￿Te$ in lh8 stalemnts or. rf such dtsdosur8s arg
inad¥4uate. to mc*Jfy wr Cyr￿n. ¢)Jr oJrKIwiDns *e baswj c¥) tr* **Jil evKlm obtsingd up to
dale of (￿r audi￿8 reFrfwL HcthEver, ThJlur8 e￿nts ￿ 1x￿dit#)￿s may cause Ihe r￿mP2nY lo
tran8adions refi8d8d in th& statomonts. Also of Th)t d*tir¥J a matsrid rnisstslement due
to fraud ts hlgher than ts risk ol d8t8diThJ one Its￿.￿j frtyn ery￿. as fraud rroy inthe ddiberdte
8nd of the aJdfjt and ￿gn￿[￿￿1 8￿Yrt any S￿nIfiCaNt dg1th)cth In *)tom* ¢(￿tr￿
that ￿ identify duling tyJr
Us• of our rep￿1
This rep)rt ts rn&Ye to the Ch8riWs tr￿st88s, 85 a LKMty. in 8Ctc¥darKe wth the Charities Acl 2011.
Our audrt has teen ¢Jnderfaken so th81 V*P r¥Mght to Ihe Charly's Imstees trK*e matters are
r8qUtred to st21• to them In an audit￿$ rewjrt and fry M cdh8r puw. To lh8 •xtonl Fermitt&l by
law, we do r*Jt attept or assu￿ responsiblty lo ¢)ttw than thB Charity's trustees as a bc¢ty. for our
C￿th￿n. GL51 OUX
Date. 0410612024

The METhODW CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHMIE
CIRCUIT STATEMENT OF FMN¢IAL ACTMnES
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Funds
2023
Funds
2023
Funds
2022
FundJ
2•22
Total
2023
INCOME
Grants and dgnatlon•
Donations and recvvery of
eXp￿Se$
Church salo FKcwds
61.574
61.574
459.649
Ass8ssrnents
673.5SS
673.556
725.218
725.218
Inv•slm•nls
Property income
Inveslwrwl tnrJ)rT
1,776
1116.2621
31.072
31,072
2.342
111S.4241
Totsl Income
1112682
678
EXPENWURE
Ral•lng fur￿$
Pr¢wrty
(7.0371
ri.0371
15.441}
15.4411
Chwilablo 4cllvlll••
Grants and th)natic¥
161.3831
11,054.327}
161,3831
140,540}
{51 11,054.3321 11.lJ85.1441
140.5401
14.1751 {1.089,3191
ef
T¢)tal •xp•ndllur•
Not Incom• I
lexpendlturel beforn
Invostrnent galns
110.WQI
110.0701
164.553
14.117)
160,463
G•in$ on Inv•¥l
57.
N•1 mo¥•m•nl In
nd•
110.9031
110.0701
221361
(4.11TJ
218.244
Funds:
BmughtfTh8rrJ
4.895.814
26.W 4.922.474
4.673.453
30.777 4.704,230
1C
{1(Kll
funds
14
912
14
26 660 4 922 474
The not85 on pages 22 to 33 fowm F*rt dllwe a￿￿1

THE METHODIST CIRcifff OF GLOUCESTEK
CIRCU￿ BALANCE SHEET
AT 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
Tangit4e 85S8ts
10
11
2.988.472
3.605.el)7
3.113.4n
4.080,607
CURRENT ASSErs
Debtors
12
1.715,132
881,784
208.135
889.919
1.853.364
CURRENT UABILMES
Creditw due wrthfft ore year
13
(54,432)
{48.0521
1,798.932
841.867
TOTAL NEf A&8Ers
912
4922A74
FUNDS
Unrestrict&J fw
14
14
4.885,011
27.393
4,895.814
TOTAL FUNDS
4.912804
and on tr*ir L*hdf by..
S¥Jned.'

CIRCUIT CASH FLOW STATEMENT
YEAR EMDEO 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
N•t mov•m•nt In lund•
{10,070)
210244
10
1,238
115,424
764
12.3421
{57.8(Al
Inv8slm8nt irKtNnè
140.1491
Incrb8s6 In d&btc¥s
Inr%8288 I Id8cr8as91 in rx8(kn
11.033,348)
6.142
I95,￿5}
2,342
Purchase of fixwj
13,3351
lang￿t fixed assets
858.372
Ch•ng• In and u•h •quvnl•nts in th• year
I￿.903)
85.377
Cash and cash awivdqnts 311 Se￿T
Z08,135
122,758
C￿h •nd ¢•8h •qulv•l•ots at 31 Auw•t
130232
208.135
Cash b8lar*•s at 31 Awt
Other rash balanr*s hdd by thbrd pwb8%
61.926
119.762
88,373
Cash a)d cash sha&t at 31 ALKJLfjt
138
21

THE IAEfHODIST CIRCU￿ OF GLOUCESTERSTrMRE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR EIIOED 31 AUGLIST 2023
ACCOUNTING POUCIES
rnatsll￿ in r*tion to ts Cirwifs fi￿1)* slatwnwts.
arplicatrlg United KIryd￿ Stsrntsrfs". the Chanty C(¥mmissicm 'sta1￿)en1 crf Re¢ommend&Y
Rep(%b"ThJ St*￿arE1 in the UK WKI cl Ireland IFRS 1021 (Char￿lieS SORP FRS 1021 aTrJ
the Financaal RetKwb"ry Standard apF4Kat46 in Ihe Un1￿j RewL4ic of IrdaThJ IFRS 102) 8r#J
the Ch8thes AfA 2011. The tntst (a)nsti￿ a ty*4ic t￿efit ￿tity as deffined ty FRS 102.
The lurtuond t)mrw of I￿ CA￿J￿1t Is wN¥J (£1.
U￿rtaInbe$ related to ev￿ or c¢yv5bC￿ M may a ggr¥fvant dcwbt on ts aL￿ty ol Ihe Chanty to
nue as a g(#ng (x)ncwn. The tnjstees make this assesThnt fft rwecl d one year from the date of
unr8striLtsd fvnds at the rwt of appThFwJ ststwnents.
have adequate re￿￿[C•S to c<•*tr•Je kn cf*ralkn at ￿ 12 nw)nlhs apwal of Ihoso financ481
statements.
pr8parin9 Ihe 8nThJal 51aten￿n15.
estimates and assurWKffis at￿￿1 the car￿ry alr￿nts t￿•$$ets and that a￿ not readly aF4)arwrt

THE MEfHODIST CIRCVTh OF CLOUCESTERSHIRE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACCOUNTING POUCIES (￿lInu￿1)
Irthme 15 reCO3ri￿d in Ihe ￿￿n11Thj perKé Wb k5 ￿*t￿e. except In the frJlwr¥J
Not all the twms and ol ts granl h￿& ￿rkn1￿J Ihe of
and the grant c¢yvJitic￿s are gjch that ww¢nt grwrt rrwst be tefvMKJed.
Oranis and dona
d￿err￿j io matth lh8 incorne to 9xpBn¢mu￿ Iwer Ih81rf8 of Iha prLry•
cl¥u￿h 8a1• proc•eds
c￿nex￿￿￿ Prot*ty Fu￿1 levyl a￿ Gwefaty due lo ts CdruiL Suth a￿ rwn
It is indudgd in ts St*emgnt of Fin￿￿* Acws in ts acI￿nIl￿a on a [￿eNable ba515.
Grani• to loc•1 church
rBcthve lomwl akyrtytsl by1￿ Tntst8•&
Granls awardwl to 0th8r charitatA8 iNylK% are fr* as Ik8t#lth"es in th8 y&8r in lh8 award is
made. Miab"-t*ric#J wls a￿ a(minknJ fty in in the year awartsj ¥the￿ there is a t*rKling ￿nn*trnent
D•slgMtsd fund•
IM*re the Cl￿￿rt has agreed to use its rtseryes to ￿￿et revenue costs LY lo rrtet fubjre captal il has
t5 SUPPOrt ILY a church t￿lding 5cherrts, trojl m adual ￿8bIrty h85 yet b8en crealed.
Expgndltur•
Raislng
meebry Ihe and sIattrtc￿Y requirwrwts of the tharity and indudina
fees for extem4 scnjliny d Ihe occwnts and cJ)sts linke(I lo the stratwc
manag8rrwt of dwity.
l o)sts a￿ alkxated ttheen exwrtth￿ Categories of Ihe Statem￿1 of Ffjnarnu￿ Acmes on a basls
designed lo refflect the use of res(¥Jrtes. Costs di• relab.ng to a parb.oj￿r x*vity are all￿ale(l dir¢cUy

TrIE MEfHODtsT CIRCU￿ OF GLOUC&STERSHIRE
NOTES TO ThE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACCOUNTING POUCIES {conlinu•d)
Financad Ar*ths on a stra.utht ba515 lh818￿ I￿rn.
Tu•tlon
The Charity ks a wkst*T•J dwrrty is 8nti118d to dayn emual exempkn frDm UK Cor￿ra1￿ to the
¢1¢ods of covqnant and gft aid ￿ irwestrwt inc*)m is r8d8im8d in fid.
These ha¥e t￿n induded at c(£t rf wrc*as•J frun Ihird rorb8s. ty rf rec*Ne4J from other Cir(yJts, at their
carrying v4ue frcth tho th)rKY. Assets CDstiThJ less than £1.(KK) a￿ wntten df as rBV8nue exFendthJre ￿ th8
year of a(x]ul$6kn.
DeweciatK>n 15 provwjed to ￿lie off lts cost or valuati(￿ less I￿ e51imat•J resxlual Val￿ of **4e fixed
Manses
Fsxtures. fftb'ng5 aThJ &]uiywt
conSeq￿nt In￿aten"a1ty of any dtyreuatic￿ dwTrJe. Freehthj land is Mt dewwiatad. FiK•J asset
proceeds are ￿F•￿ted n81 of any Ivry payaAe k• the Cc¥ThxK¥)al FuThJ.
InVe¥tr￿nt wrwtigs are nlially at a¥J at fw value at the reWiNJ data.
Cash at b￿k and In hand
Cash at bart and (4sh in IrKI￿ cash $￿t *mi htyhty Iw4u•J inVests¥￿ts *Tth a SI￿ maturty
of three months w less frr*n the ijate of acgixslK￿ uf ts detKssrt' w gnmlar xc4)Jnt
balancos hdd by third parli&s rA bew dthe (*anty.
Cr•dllors
cr8th1￿S are rwnlsed th the C￿lIty a près8nt Ob￿gat￿￿ frryn a past event that wll
probaLly res￿1 in the transf8r of fitrxts to a third party aThJ the a)K¥Jnt thJ8 to 59tle Ih8 0b1bjat￿n c3n be
for any tr&Ye diSC￿nts d5￿.

THE MEWHOOIST CIRC￿ OF GLOUCESTERSHThE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACCOUNTING POUCIES {wrtlnued)
Furbj aceounllng
Furlher explanaticffi of WKI f￿1 is Irt1￿ in th8 ￿ to the fmanci81
Tha Cirryjit is 8 mambar of th8 IMMPSI o)¥ws we5bykn and deacons
of the Meth¢xlist Churth. The Ujnlri￿tir￿ rales a￿ set each year by the Method￿1 ConferencA. The MMPS
is a Mult￿8Mp￿Y8r sctsme. and in ￿)Y￿arte Ihe guirJanL* iSSU8d by the Charity Commissim. the
CircJJil acwjnts kn tkjse c(x)tribulKJns as rf rt were a defirwj conlit)ut*Jn sth8me. It has thjnè $0 beca￿8 il
18 unable to identrfy rfs Sha￿ of the undertyiry a5sels a￿1 Ikgtidibes ￿ a rJ)nsistent aThJ rea$￿aLle basts.
6% of saary.
even¢. il is protrat￿e tlwt the Circuit *ill be requwed to setde that rt4vJal¥)n a rdrdb18 e5timal8 can be
male of Ihe arn¢)unt ol rA*galbJrn
Fln•n¢ial Instrun￿nts
Financid instrum8nts are rA8ssified and aCt￿nted IC￿ to the SUbstar￿ of Ihe c(ffitraclual
arr8ngem8nt. as finanrxal assets c* finartial lsablrfi8s. Al financd assets aThJ liat4iti&s ar8 inili8lly
m8asur8d at transac1￿ F￿% li￿udI￿ trans**Jn ccffjtsl. exwt lorthctse financial assets dassthed a5 at
fair ¥a￿e Ihrrxjgh wofil or ktss, are initialy measured al fair is nomial￿ th8 transacti
ca 8xdLKling trartsa(*C￿ costsl, un188s th& ar[aThj￿￿nt t￿n$￿tI￿*S a fThntsng transacti￿. M an
arrangem￿t w*bbJtes a ffina￿r￿ transact￿￿. the fffiarwl asset or finantia Ik4t¥lty is rneaswed at
Assets. IJtl*r than t￿)59 m8asu¥ed al fwr ￿￿e. are assess￿ kn iTh*"cators d irnp8im￿t at each bJar
st￿1 dale. 11 there i8 0148¢￿ evhJerte of inpairm8nt. 8n Knpainnent k6$ ts in Profit or loss as
d8scrib8d below. whe￿ iThJi(ators extst fLY a decrease in irnpa1nr￿nl k)ss. the decxease can be rdated
obi'8Cti¥ely to an èvent ¢x(JJrmg after Ih8 imPanr￿nl was recx)anised. thfr impaimignt Ioss ts ￿5t8d to
dgt8nnIr￿ reversal. An impairnent boss rever58d on an iThlM(Jua timpaired financk?l asset to the extent
that the revised re(a)ver*e vahje do85 nrrt W trj a re¥￿1 ￿rryry alm￿r￿ than th8 c*￿y1ng ¥￿u9
had rKJ impatrment been rBeoJni58d.
PROPETh INCOME
T4)ts1
2023
Total
2022

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
INVESTMENT INCOME
Totsl
2022
2023
Bank interest rKeiv8d
Loss on ofinvestrnw
2.342
151.247
116262
151,247
115.424
COST RAISING FUNDS
2023
2022
7.037
5.441
CHARifABLE EXPENDITURE
Totsl
2022
Stipends. salaries *¥J wenses
524.CQ6
44.816
524,086
44.816
61.383
165.164
28.942
174.349
1239
14
585.168
Granis
District assessrn￿ts
District advanc8 fvnd 18¥y
Othw tosts
DeweoalKJn
AudiL acwjntancy arKI ¢tsfB85
Officg. ccYnmuThcatiuB aTrJ Other
61.383
15,520
166.568
13,312
214.419
165,164
28.942
174.349
1,239
14.2C6
13,986
76.529
25.CQ)
78.292
25,C#J)
1 115715
60,254
25,03]
Donalb
Total 2023
61,383
Total 2022
1.089.319
1.129,859
GRANT MAKING ACTMllES
Ihe year £61.383 (2022: £15,520) ol grants TAwe to (knr to a698t in extemal
2023
2022
Churth tyjtfeach
(Jher
10.574
15.326
194
15.520
61.383

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
Slipgnds and sdwias
413.598
72.259
456,963
87.735
5,151
35,319
585.168
524.086
Numb•r
2023
11
Number
2022
13
daineil slaff
Lay worktts
* staff
14
18
TRUSTEES REMUNERATION AND TRUSTEES EXPEP4ses
tkning Ihe year exw585 ￿re l8wnt￿T$&Y to Tru*ees to￿n￿ £21.093 (2￿22.. £18.9101 in Tgspecl of
travelling exr￿se9 and £9,1￿) I2￿22.. £10.(461 in r8spod of otsr Cir(wit C06ts. Al exp8n8es were
imbursad to t￿leeS th) ale Sa￿l&j miNSt8￿, w lay ￿￿108$ aThJ Car￿ng tyjt Ih8ir
r(48s and dubes beh*fdihe CiraJiL
Ciniit is in 2
NEf MOVEMENT IM FUNDS
2022
Auditors, rem￿ra￿"t￿l. Audit cl Ihe
Oepreciation d taThJitl8 fix&Y assets
1.239
764
27

THE MEfHODIST CIRCUIT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
10 TANGIBLE A&8ETS
•qulpThnt
Tolal
As at 1 Septembw 2022
Addil
3.603.315
13.￿7
1335
730
9.812
3.616,$22
3,335
625.287
618,558
s at 31 August 2023
As al 1 Septemt*r 2022
Chatg8 for the year
Elim¥natsd cffi di¥Kfj
As at 31 knjust 2023
10.91S
1,238
10,915
6.097
N•1 Book Val
As at 31 August 1122
A8 at 1 S•Fthmb8r 3)23
3.605,607
11
INVESTME•￿ PROPERTIES
I￿lIdIng5
Falr Valu•
As al 1 Sept8rnt*r 2022
DISF￿1
As at 31 A￿USt 2023
475,(KQ
125.IX
ShO￿d invostrnent be real￿￿. th8 c1￿j￿ wll w 18Vi8S to Ih8 TMCP t*frxe rgc￿pt of 5858
12
DEBTORS
2022
66.273
33.542
Cenlw81 Finance Board and Trust8•s
Methodk5t Chur¢h WOF¢ty t
1.715.132
681.784
13
GREDITORS DUE wmiiN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
39,835
8,524
54.432
48,052

THE MEWHOIJIST CIRcINf OF GLOUCESTERS
NOTES TO THE Accoupirs
YEAR ENDEO 31 AUGUST 2023
14
ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE FUNDS
G•ln¥.
los￿5 and
Balanc• at 31
August
2023
2022
P[D￿rtY
620.470
3.335
3 113472
fU￿ts
620.470
3 113472
MTF
682.119
775,465
468.497
970.774
1150,6851
149,571
1.498,170
146,864
192.flJ2
1.457.584
12.277
1.645,034
1.122747
2221
CFB commilt8d lunds
Total desgna
124.366
124.366
126,505
126,505
4,2fAI
4.895,814
1.122,747
4,885.071
CFB- Thtr Rel￿1 F￿￿j
TMCP- D8aknn Trust
TMCP. Marsldl Trwl
TMCP- Murid BrrK*
TMCP. K8mertr
Grav8rdrd
TMCP- Manse
Maintenanr
CF8- rnslJl￿l frjnts
10.229
121
258
257
1101
1.119
131
1,049
137
4.820
9,982
11XI
Totsl fvnd•
4.922.474
1.112.682
1 122 752
4.912.404

THE METHODIST CIRCUIT OF 13LOUCESTERSHIRE
NOTES YO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR E14DED 31 AUGUST 2023
14
Prlor y•*r.
Balan￿ •t
G•ln
Balan￿ at
31 Augu•t
2022
2021
un￿trIcted
D•slonat•d
Total unr••trk
4.469,627
203,826
1.295.138
(1.131,125)
137.Pl)8
4.711.448
124.366
4 895.814
1.131.125
57,81
Totsl Mtrlthd
{4.175)
26.660
Total fund•
4.704.230
1,295.736
11.135.31XII
57.808
4,922.474
15
A14ALYSIS OF NET A%SETS BETWEEN FUNDS
Total
fund¥
lunds
TaryJibt8 fixed assets
Cash al bank and in h8Th1
TMCP and CFB Fln
3.113,472
128251
1.631.447
11.841
4.8B5.011
3.113,472
138.232
1.648,859
11.841
4.912.404
9.981
17.412
27.393
16
DESIGNATED FUNDS
OetaiL£ o1des￿Jnatad tunds aww as trkn..
p￿neering Min￿trY
Ilnns¥*ylh Prc¥e¢t FuThJl
Mi8s•yt 8ur¥ary {St
Luk¢sl
o¥ersea* Set up wdh luw*ts from Ihe rK￿d9 of st Lukè's thu￿ in fjrwester.
reserve)
Other {under £1,0(Kll Desiwtsd ws.

NOTES TO THE ACCIJUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
17
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Details of r8Slric&￿ lurth ore os folb*%:
FI￿d ap￿1
set up at the (l Fk*yJs ￿ 2007. Curnnly In
8alarts ai year &KI = nl. Fund in yoar for StrrMMI Man88 nwnt8nar
frAb*iTh3 chaNJÈ in 8pproved by ￿ Chanty C(ffimiss
Hartwry CcAleg9
18
CAPITAL coMMmAENTS
The Chwity hwl Trj cawl Cc¥mnMtm￿ts ot ts y¥r-sThJ12022-
19
OPERATING LEASES- LESSOR
2023
2022
Expiry ¢Jats'.
Wthin 1 year
Befvfftn 2 and 5 yea
Cfv8r 5 years
26,4CKS
10.450
26.4(K>
17,050
43.49)
2023
2022
Ex￿ry date..
Wthin 1 year
3.673
3.673
31

THE METHODIST CIRUTh OF GLOuC&STER￿1ftE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR E140ED 31 AUGUST 2023
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Mlnlstorn
Mel￿AL8t Conf8renc£. aThl Ihe Q"T￿rt ts reSP￿tIe kn m88tirwJ th0￿ créts frx au minislws apwinteil by
Ihe ConferetKe to the Cl￿￿1t.
The fdkw.ng min*l*s lh8 b85r StiF￿￿1£26.￿ w wo rnta wrt￿ ¥s*atd81:
Rev'd John Hdly
Rev'd m￿18 IrelaFwJ
Rev'd JayTh Wd)b
Rev'd Bary Bisr
Rev'd Denise Hargreaves
R￿'d R8cM Ho
l&wwrterthnti
IDewty Supwrnt*NJert}
O.S FfEI
R6¥'d Rathd L￿at￿r
Rgv'd John McN*l
R8v'd Phil Surnmws
Rev'd Twker
allowanc*1£2.692. CK rnta where a￿￿￿￿81.
Rev'd Marfin Tum8r
Rav'd D8vx1
St m￿,$ LEP IFrc¥n May 3)181
Other ministers ar8 f￿￿1￿nI in ts Cir￿￿ for th• rAwp￿ ol the M811K#Jist stall0￿, Ixjt not in ClrrJJlt
appointments or vAIIKxrt aprontr￿. may also be n￿bets of Cirujii rf they the
Superintendent. trtrt do N)¢ f￿*Ve or xryxn1￿daIi0n from th8 except trA t¥eachwy fBes
and expwtse&
Lo¢al w••¢h•rn

NOTES TO THE Accoup¥rs
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIOMS Icontlnu•d)
The frjlowry arg errfknyees rf the in rwi of sthi8s for th8y ￿d￿rt&￿a
capath.es iThYKaled.
Admlnlstrators
Louise Hebtrmi
CIr￿it Adrr4nistrator IAdmirwstrJlwl128 h￿ l
cirr1￿1AdI1Wn1S￿ 1Fma￿l {24 hr5
Church Bas￿ W4xk•rs
Linda Bone ++
Ci8ir P￿ser-
Rachel Simpson
Cha1ie Try*￿h **
knjrvw fvlawll ++
Part Acknty Le•Yer. Telt*Jry (3 hrs l
Faffl￿ (Xrtrgath wokn-T8Wk8s￿ry120hI%￿￿>. to S8p'22
& Pastor￿ Care Workw- Chemenharn Bethe5da124 I wkl
Lay Wwker- Cknve124 tss i ¥•kl
Not•1:
other sour
N4)t¢ 2:
ca￿laker$1malntenaThX eto a￿ ￿C￿e$sed Ihrcwh Ihe payrc4 Wm. The CA"ruJit Is

THE METHODIST CIRCUtr OF GLOUCESTERSHIIE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
APPENDIX 1.. LIST OF TRUSTEES 2022r23
Mlnlst•ffs:
Je*n Helyw.
D￿1$0 Hargreav8S
John
Wen(ty Tucker
Mi¢thelle Ir*ryl'
J8yr* Webb"
Laath8r
Phl Swnm*5
Marbn Tuwr
Clr¢ult Ex•¢th:
hzthvr
L￿9
ike Har
CrAin PascA
Su2 J0rn5
(Flus asiwisknj M￿lIst￿r$ in kt ¥&hJ fBFTrsentalThrys to. h￿1 parti￿1
responsibiliti.es cm, ts CN¢uit Ex•xthel.
oplhjn of bwng 8 and rnerntw of ts Asswntty.. 121 &jpW￿[WwY nwntstws or minkstets in other
appoinlmants Q'rtuit who tcok up Ihe cw'on of b￿g a trustee and memlw of th8 Aswtty'.131
appolnt•d In another wxltyl:
John Baley
Peter Gard
Ledger (from 2115r23)
Biian C(L*
Saty H41
Sbjwt Radhjrd Ilo 211￿3}
klike HaTh8
Jar&i8 MNris
L8* Ward
Liz
121 &*p•rnunwary ¥lnl•l•rn who In Tf4MtM• loth•r In •Th>th•r rol•):
Sbjart R&Jhxd lfrm 21N231 Ste¥• War

THE klEfHODIST CIR¢IJT OF GLOUCESTER8trMRE
NOTES TO THE A¢COUPTr
YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
APPENDIX 1: UST OF TRUSTEES 2022R3 l¢ontlnu•dl
P) Church El•ct•d R•pr•s•nkn lup to 3 •l•cl•d r•prnswkn *r• •llowed p•r thi￿h}.
(# I￿lIcateS W sefftd lov p*i of Ihe year}
Arni￿r￿y
Apperfey
Ayk)urton
Bailey Lane Ernj
Marga￿t Keck
Da￿d Ledger
J￿18 N*￿rnt
Uim M(¥yan
Nigel Stvwart
Marie Lever
Ajastsir MxLe(#J
Elaine B*y
Ruth Whitlng
Chelienham. B6thesd8
Cheltenham- St Marks
Keith Nom)an
AJ)n V8rf8y
Matth8w Courhey
BKkty Twner
Csnd8rfc
Ctrenceslor
Clern￿ts End
Coa￿dY
Brenda Climef
Bridg8t Purvis
Enid N(Than
Parn Hayward
CMsts"ne Kn¥Jhts
John Rows
Slly Ham
Henry Hayward
Merbe4 Hellen
DU￿8Y
Fairfc¥d
Glouc4sler. BartC￿ Slrn
GIouc8$1er. Lcfflsdal• Rc•J
Jthn
Mike H8in•¥
JNI T￿ker
Mary Hdtyer#
Hardd Mumfryd
Anne Gaze #
Peter Hli i•r#
Gloucester- St J(*m
Hucdeo)te
Nailsworth
Newent
Chrisbne Gardner
John Raintx)w
Klac McOJlla
Chris Law
Lynne Keaf
Quedge18y
Randwic*
S(NJth Ce
Slonehouse
StrIMJd
Tettr￿ry
Tel￿8$b￿Y
wilKh￿mbO
Ellaine Cw)erDn
Joanne CldiKlge
Peter Tthy#
Susan Aexw)thr
Mary Wlkn"ns4Y)
ex Walm558y
INJram Rose
Pete Watt
Sue Cty
Lin Sdlis
May
Trevor Uplon
Rqg Cknrke
14} L￿•1 Prea¢hBr elected R•pr•swrtakn (w lo 10 rbDmln•o• arn ￿ltr￿dI loth•r than Trust•e8
also appolnt•d In another cap•cltyl: