# **June 2022 Annual Report of the Avenue Church (Registered Charity 1137080)**
## **The Avenue Church, The Avenue, Newton Abbot TQ12 2BY Minister: Rev. Gill Daniel**
## **Mission Statement:**
“The purpose of the Charity is to advance the Christian faith in the Area of Benefit in accordance with the principles and practices of the Participating Churches.”
## **The Church and Its Services**
The Avenue Church is a Local Ecumenical Project made up of people from the Methodist and United Reformed churches, but people from various Christian traditions are regular worshippers with us. The LEP came into being in the year 2000, following an informal sharing agreement which ran for over 15 years. The Avenue Church is the largest of 16 churches in the Teignbridge Methodist Circuit.
The church building was erected in 1966, on the site of the Queen Street Methodist Church, when people from that church and Courtenay Street Methodist Church joined together to form the new congregation. The accommodation is designed on simple, straightforward lines, airy and centrally heated. In the sanctuary there is a gallery and a good, recently refurbished, pipe organ. For the hard of hearing, an effective sound amplification/loop system is in place. A laptop is used to project the words of hymns, readings and other PowerPoint presentations, but hymnbooks and songbooks are still available for those members of the congregation who prefer to use them. During Covid for safety reasons worship moved to an online, Zoom based approach. As the threat of Covid recedes communal worship is returning albeit with some opportunity for change and to try new ideas. These include continuation of the online availability through Youtube streaming and recorded services.
## **Worship**
The Avenue is a friendly church and the worship covers a wide range. On the first Sunday there is a monthly 9.30 am All Age Praise service with an average attendance of 20 people. The weekly Sunday Morning Service at 10:30am has an average attendance of 50-75 adults. On the second Sunday those under 18 attend Sunday Club. On the fourth Sunday there is an All Age Worship service. The Evening Service at 6.30 pm was stopped due to Covid and its long-term future is under review, to meet the changing needs of the congregation.
The children and family worker supports a number of children and families through pastoral contact, Tea & Tots Group, Catalyst Youth Group and engagement through local schools. Safeguarding policies are fully in place. Jigsaw is an outreach group who are studying the relevance of the Christian faith in the current world.
## **Other activities**
The Avenue Church actively supports Christian Aid (e.g. hosting the Lent Lunches), Action for Children, Homeless in Teignbridge Support (HITS), Rowcroft Hospice (Torquay), and participates fully in Christians Together in Newton Abbot and District. As a Church, we are committed to World Justice Issues, promoting Fair Trade. Newton Abbot is a Fair Trade town. We are also actively reducing use of plastic and targeting zero plastic status.
The Avenue has established a sharing agreement with a local health and wellbeing charity called KingsCare which uses the church facilities several times a week for some of its activities.
## **Church Groups and Events**
During Covid for safety reasons the majority of these groups were suspended. As the threat of Covid recedes groups and events are gradually returning, albeit with some changes and some may not restart for some time.
## Restarted:
- Women's Monday Club
- Tea & Tots Group
- Coffee Mornings
- Prayer Meetings
- House groups
- Bible Study
- Badminton Club
- Lydia’s Link friendship and fellowship group for women
- Church Walking Group
- Creative Crafters
## Not restarted to date:
- Catalyst Youth Group
- Christmas Market
- Pantomime
## **Financial Review**
The accounts for the year Sep 2020 to Aug 2021 showed a small deficit of receipts versus payments of £4,444 (Receipts being £90,392 while payments were £94,836). Receipts remained significantly impacted by Covid through the year, but the effect was minimal thanks mainly to 3 months cancellation of Teignbridge Methodist Circuit contribution, repeating the help provided in the previous year.
## **Reserves Policy**
The current Reserves policy of the Church aims to have available general funds which equate to six months of revenue expenditure. The Church achieved this target throughout the year and at Aug 2021 had funds of £155,607. The funds which are not already designated to projects or held by Internal Organisations are kept for the maintenance and replacement of Church buildings and assets.
## **Pastoral Care and Outreach**
All members of the church family come under the care of the ministerial team and the dedicated team of pastoral visitors under the leadership of the Pastoral Care Coordinator. The majority of members and some adherents now have an allocated Pastoral Friend, but many groups within the Church also look after each other in that group.
Outreach is very important to the Church and in addition to the impact that the Child/Family support worker is making, many of the Church’s activities give benefits to other than Church members and gives the Church an opportunity to deliver the Christian message.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
In 2010 a new ecumenical constitution was agreed. The church was granted charity status, registration number 1137080. The church trustees, formerly the church council, are responsible for the day to day running of the charity. They have to report to the congregational meeting concerning their activities twice a year. The church manages its affairs through the Trustees, most of whom are responsible for an identified area of church life. The trustees meet regularly under the chairmanship of the minister and report to the wider church meeting. There were no serious incidents during 2020/21 financial year.
## **Administrative Information**
The Avenue Church is situated in the centre of Newton Abbot. The correspondence address is:
Address: The Avenue, Newton Abbot,TQ12 2BY
Telephone: 01626 360 400
E-mail: ofce@theavenuechurch.co.uk
Website: www.theavenuechurch.co.uk.
## **Trustees**
Church members who are currently serving as Trustees are as follows:-
EX-ofcio members
Rev. Gill Daniel - Chairperson/Methodist Minister
## Elected members
Jean Francis - Worship & Communication
Gill Sinden – Pastoral
Debbie Weible - Children and Youth Duncan Knight- Treasurer ~~and Resources~~ Julian Thorne - Church Discipleship and Learning Margaret Fisher - Secretary Sara Crouch Sheila Bendall (co-opted)
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CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
# THE METHODIST CHURCH
# STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
## THE AVENUE CHURCH NEWTON ABBOT
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## FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2021
## TEIGNBRIDGE Circuit 24/28
## Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
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## If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
Minister:
Rev Gill Daniel
Church Trustees:
## Margaret Fisher Jean Francis
Mark Clarvis Gill Sinden Debbie Weible Julian Thorne Duncan Knight Anne-Marie Whiting
Treasurer:
## Duncan Knight
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
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|Unrestricted|Restricted|Totals|this|Totals|last|
|SECTIONA|Funds|Funds|year|year|
|ee|ee|
|21|[RECEIPTS|||note||TE|
|Offerings and Tax|recovered|Po|74,676 fF|74,676|73,258|
|Bank|and|CFB|interest|and|
|a3|{Investment|income|5,700|5,700|6,396|
|24 [Lettings|eeee|ee|7,881|
|a6|[TOTALOther receipts RECEIPTS|Po||83,015]2,639|7|,375]},o15|91|0,|014390|12134|,|141676|
|SECTION|B|
|PAYMENTS|
|b2 [circuit Assessment|or Share|P|53,083,|||53,083|52,879|
|b3|Donations=||1,732|
|Repairs and|Maintenance|Po|4,397P||4,397|8,387|
|Utilities|(Insurances,|water|
|b5||charges,|heating|&|lighting)|7,489|7,489|8,118|
|psf|4,693|
|lbs [TOTALOther payments PAYMENTS|Po|75,161|10,193|19,625|9429|,|785]817|(b9)|}|10024|,|42|1|09|
|SECTION|C|
|NET|RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS|
|c1||FOR|THE|YEAR|(a6-b8)|7,854}|(12,250)|(4,395)|21,457|
|Total|funds|brought|forward|from|
|c2|last year|117,688|37,446|155,134]|(c6)|133,677|
|Sub|total|(c1+c2)|125,542|25,197|150,739|155,134|
|c4|[Transfers and adjustments|=) |2|||
|c5|[TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)|125,792|24,947|150,739|155,134]|(cé|
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|FOR|INFORMATION|ONLY:|MONEY|RECEIVED|AND|PASSED|ON|TO|EXTERNAL|ORGANISATIONS|
|(these|amounts|are|not|to|be|included|in|total|receipts/payments|figures|£|£|
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## SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
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Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 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 Church. 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.
INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
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epEESub total of Internal
e8 |Organisations funds 1 50 (49) 4,.917}(e11 4,868} (e1:
Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page
e9 |2- totals column) 90,390) (a7) 94,785 |(b9) (4,395) (c7) 155,134} (c6) 150,739} (c8
e10|BYOTA CHURCHA FUNDS HELD 90,392 94,836 (4,444) | 160,051 155,607] (y
Continue on a separate sheet TOTAL
if necessary and bring the TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMENTS
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OPENING CLOSING
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2021 BALANCES BALANCES
Bank Current Account 42,027 22,376
Bank Deposit Account 104,898 110,859
Central Finance Board 17,403
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes Fo fo
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 155,134 150,739] (c8
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
f8 |balance total from above) (e12) 4,917) (e11) 4,868} (e1:
Iv {rota CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 160,051 155,607) (y)
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OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
investments (include Endowments) | |
Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) P| Po
Other Assets 161,677 161,677
Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end | Po
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# THE METHODIST CHURCH
# STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
## THE AVENUE CHURCH NEWTON ABBOT
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Church
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## FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2021
## TEIGNBRIDGE Circuit 24/28
## Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
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Li shah
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## If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
Minister:
Rev Gill Daniel
Church Trustees:
## Margaret Fisher Jean Francis
Mark Clarvis Gill Sinden Debbie Weible Julian Thorne Duncan Knight Anne-Marie Whiting
Treasurer:
## Duncan Knight
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
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|Unrestricted|Restricted|Totals|this|Totals|last|
|SECTIONA|Funds|Funds|year|year|
|ee|ee|
|21|[RECEIPTS|||note||TE|
|Offerings and Tax|recovered|Po|74,676 fF|74,676|73,258|
|Bank|and|CFB|interest|and|
|a3|{Investment|income|5,700|5,700|6,396|
|24 [Lettings|eeee|ee|7,881|
|a6|[TOTALOther receipts RECEIPTS|Po||83,015]2,639|7|,375]},o15|91|0,|014390|12134|,|141676|
|SECTION|B|
|PAYMENTS|
|b2 [circuit Assessment|or Share|P|53,083,|||53,083|52,879|
|b3|Donations=||1,732|
|Repairs and|Maintenance|Po|4,397P||4,397|8,387|
|Utilities|(Insurances,|water|
|b5||charges,|heating|&|lighting)|7,489|7,489|8,118|
|psf|4,693|
|lbs [TOTALOther payments PAYMENTS|Po|75,161|10,193|19,625|9429|,|785]817|(b9)|}|10024|,|42|1|09|
|SECTION|C|
|NET|RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS|
|c1||FOR|THE|YEAR|(a6-b8)|7,854}|(12,250)|(4,395)|21,457|
|Total|funds|brought|forward|from|
|c2|last year|117,688|37,446|155,134]|(c6)|133,677|
|Sub|total|(c1+c2)|125,542|25,197|150,739|155,134|
|c4|[Transfers and adjustments|=) |2|||
|c5|[TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)|125,792|24,947|150,739|155,134]|(cé|
|SECTION|D|
|FOR|INFORMATION|ONLY:|MONEY|RECEIVED|AND|PASSED|ON|TO|EXTERNAL|ORGANISATIONS|
|(these|amounts|are|not|to|be|included|in|total|receipts/payments|figures|£|£|
|Balance brought forward from|last year|||i|
|Offerings/Gifts|- received for external organisations|||||
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## SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
## SECTION E
Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page
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Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 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 Church. 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.
INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
09 Oe re
epEESub total of Internal
e8 |Organisations funds 1 50 (49) 4,.917}(e11 4,868} (e1:
Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page
e9 |2- totals column) 90,390) (a7) 94,785 |(b9) (4,395) (c7) 155,134} (c6) 150,739} (c8
e10|BYOTA CHURCHA FUNDS HELD 90,392 94,836 (4,444) | 160,051 155,607] (y
Continue on a separate sheet TOTAL
if necessary and bring the TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMENTS
totals forward
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SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OPENING CLOSING
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2021 BALANCES BALANCES
Bank Current Account 42,027 22,376
Bank Deposit Account 104,898 110,859
Central Finance Board 17,403
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes Fo fo
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 155,134 150,739] (c8
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
f8 |balance total from above) (e12) 4,917) (e11) 4,868} (e1:
Iv {rota CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 160,051 155,607) (y)
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SECTION G At At
1 September 2020 31 August 2021
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
investments (include Endowments) | |
Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) P| Po
Other Assets 161,677 161,677
Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end | Po
g5 [Other Liabilities | |
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Signature of independent examiner... re eee ener tenes
Name of independent examiner .......o07 4. MN...2 6-4® ON
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ..................ccccceee ee eee nett ee e
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Name of firm (where appropriate) ...<7. 4.= VV... OLD 00... £07.
Address To. Ali ntasee.. PVMENUE
Neato.../| oy ]) RIE5 ff og LOEWEN7) —_f~ nn. Post Code . zaLLZ.f{- > FL)g} E7
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