## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|
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|**From **|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date|||
||**Day**
**1st**|**Month**
**Sept**|**Year**
**2019**||**Day**
**31st**|**Month**
**August**|**Year**
**2020**|
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Yatton Methodist Church
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1136220
**Charity's principal address**
High Street Yatton North Somerset **Postcode BS49 4DF**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||As in Charity
Commission
Registration.||||
## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
|**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|
|The Trustees for Methodist Church
Purposes[Custodian Trustee]||
|||
|||
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of adviser **
**Name**
**Address**|||
|n/a|||
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
|n/a|||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Act of Parliament Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Church Council – some ex-officio Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
**TAR**
**February 2021**
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## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
Induction/Training
- Range of Guidance produced by Methodist Church
- Leaflet ‘The role of a Trustee’ given to all trustees
- Structure
- Part of Gordano Valley Methodist Circuit Accountable to the Methodist Conference
Risks Discussed by Church Council Professional advice as necessary
Adopted Safeguarding Policy and instituted training.
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
Set out in the Methodist Church Act 1976 [clause 4] – synopsis – Advancement of religion and any charitable purpose of the Methodist Church or church organisation [See Methodist Church Act 1976]
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** See information provided by Yatton Methodist Church under ‘Religious **public benefit in relation to** Activities’. **these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
The main work of the church is undertaken by volunteers.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
**TAR**
**February 2021**
2
Section D Achievements and performance
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|-
Continued work of new Youth and Children’s Worker to encourage
growth in the youth and children’s work in the church
-
Established communications review
-
Responded quickly and effectively to COVID-19 emergency
-
Take part in mission and outreach with other Churches in the village
at Christmas
-
Provided accommodation for non-Christian users of the premises
-
Retained links with the Romanian church that has been supported for
15 years.|
|---|---|
## **Section E Financial review**
|**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**
**Further financial review details**
You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant about:
the charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy.|**General Fund:**
**The church aims to hold reserves amounting to approximately six**
**month's general expenditure, plus 25% of church assessment**
**expenditure - total £36,363**
**The reasons for this are:**
**(i) The Church needs around 3 month's average expenditure in**
**reserve as working capital to cover normal running costs.**
**(ii) Maintenance of Church buildings and special outreach events**
**are mainly funded from regular giving and rental income. To cover**
**this the Church needs a further 3 months in reserve.**
**If church funds fall below the reserves figure the Church will**
**address this through fundraising events and/or gift days in order to**
**raise extra funds.**
**If church funds exceed the reserves, then Church Council will**
**consider how these funds can be most effectively used within the**
**local community or in the wider Church.**
**This policy willbe reviewed on an annual basis. **|
|---|---|
||None|
||**(Optional information)**|
||Main sources of funds
– Weekly Offerings, Tax Recoveries, Donations, Christmas Fair
- The Church has developed and implemented a financial plan for
designated giving to support the appointment of a full time Youth Worker.|
**TAR**
**February 2021**
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**Section F Other optional information**
The trustees have given considerable time considering the impact and possible mitigation regarding the COVID-19 global epidemic.
Whilst our finances are impacted, we are confident in the charity’s ability to maintain sound finances in the short to medium term.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Martin Buckley **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 17th February 2021
**TAR**
**February 2021**
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/08/2020 Yatton Methodist Church
Unrestricted Restricted Totals this Totals last
SECTION A Funds Funds year year
a1 RECEIPTS Note £ £ £ £
a2 Offerings and Tax recovered 52,011 15,003 67,013 72,359
Bank and CFB interest and
a3 Investment income 300 300 237
a4 Lettings 3,083 3,083 5,558
a5 Other receipts 5,338 15,405 20,743 3,923
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 60,730 30,408 91,138 (a7) 82,077
SECTION B
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 45,748 45,748 44,153
b3 Donations 0 0
b4 Repairs and Maintenance 5,378 5,378 8,884
Utilities (Insurances, water
b5 charges, heating & lighting) 6,101 6,101 7,081
b6 0 0
b7 Other payments 9,030 24,683 33,713 21,507
TOTAL PAYMENTS 66,256 24,683 90,939 (b9) 81,625
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
c1 FOR THE YEAR (a6-b8) (5,526) 5,725 198 452
Total funds brought forward from
last year
c2 30,762 17,918 48,680 (c6) 48,228
c3 Sub total (c1+c2) 25,236 23,643 48,879 48,680
c4 Transfers and adjustments 0 0 0 (c8) 0
c5 [TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR ] (c3+c4) 25,236 23,643 48,879 (c7) 48,680 (c6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
d (these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)
d1 Balance brought forward from last year 0 0
d2 Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations 2,047 3,876
d3 Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations 1,963 3,876
d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3) 83 0
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+++ **[ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED]**
**31/08/2020**
**Yatton Methodist Church**
## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**
**SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**
Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2017 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the District. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.
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INTERNAL Net Receipts/
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments Opening balances Closing balances
e1 Men's Society 617 582 35 0 114 149
e2 Tuesday Club 498 506 (8) 0 518 510
e3 Toddlers 316 488 (171) 0 315 144
e4 0
e4 0
e4 Flower Fund 27 (27) 0 85 58
e5 0 0 0
e6 Wednesday Sewing 248 248 0 0 0 0
e7 Thursday Coffee 0 0 0 0 0 0
e8 Craft Club 246 200 46 0 (25) 21
Sub total of Internal
e9 Organisations funds 1,925 2,052 (126) 0 1,008 (e11) 882 (e12)
Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page
e10 2 - totals column) 91,138 (a7) 90,939 (b9) 198 (c8) 48,680 (c6) 48,879 (c7)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD
e11 BY CHURCH 93,063 92,991 72 0 49,689 (x) 49,761 (y)
Continue on a separate sheet if TOTAL
necessary and bring the totals TOTAL RECEIPTS
forward PAYMENTS
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## **SECTION F**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
|f1
f2
f3
f4
f5
f6
f7
f8
f9
g1
g2
g3
g4
g5|**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at**
**31/08/2020**
**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Other Assets
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value)
Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end
Other Liabilities
Investments (include Endowments)
Cash in hand
Bank Current Account
Bank Deposit Account
Central Finance Board
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing balance
total from above) (e12)|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
0
3,448
45,233
**48,680**
(c6)
**1,008** (e11)
**49,689**
(x)
At
01/09/2019
750,000|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**
0
5,418
43,461
**48,879**
(c7)
**882**
(e12)
**49,761**
(y)
At
31/08/2020
750,000|
|---|---|---|---|
f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board
f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5
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