**Sprowston Methodist Church Wroxham Road, Norwich** 

## **Report of the Trustees For the year ending 31 August 2023** 

The Trustees present their annual report for the year ending 31 August 2023 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity Number 1144417** 

## **Principle address** 

Sprowston Methodist Church Cozens Hardy Road Sprowston Norwich NR7 8AD 

## **The Church Council is constituted in accordance with the Standing Orders of the Methodist Church, and officers are appointed by the members of the Church at its Annual General Meeting.** 

## **TRUSTEES** 


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Date<br>Name  Role  Date appointed  Additional Roles  appointed<br>Jacky Lawrence  Church rep 01/05/2018<br>Sarah Muscroft Church rep 01/05/2018 Steward  21/09/2022<br>Charles Townsend  Church rep 21/05/2019<br>Parrott Jessica  Church rep 01/06/2020<br>Ben Lawrence Church rep 16/06/2021<br>Beverley Townsend   Church rep 21/09/2022<br>Jane Lovett  Church rep 21/09/2022 Pastoral Secretary 01/04/2017<br>Grace Muscroft Church Youth rep 01/05/2018<br>John Walters Circuit rep 01/09/2023<br>Paul Lawrence  Lay Preacher 2003<br>Safeguarding,  01/04/2016<br>Paula Callam   Minute Secretary  01/04/2016 Steward                21/05/2019<br>GDPR  07/03/2023<br>David Read Health & Safety 21/09/2022<br>David Hood Property 01/03/2018 Steward  01/05/2014<br>Pauline Butler Steward  21/05/2019<br>Martin Callam   Steward   01/05/2015<br>Gillian Horth  Steward  01/05/2015<br>Martin Horth   Steward   01/05/2016<br>Kathryn Hughes  Steward  01/05/2018<br>Superintendent /<br>Andy Burrows<br>Minister  01/09/2020<br>Marilyn Hood  Treasurer  01/05/2014 Steward  01/05/2014<br>Ruth Burrows  Lay Worker 24/02/2021<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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## **One circuit steward appointed by the circuit stewards:** 

John Walters 

## **Independent Examiner** 

Mr Eric Steward 70A Aylsham Road Norwich Norfolk NR3 2HE 

## **Bankers** 

Barclays Bank St Stephens Branch 5-7 Red Lion Street NORWICH NR1 3QH 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

## **Governing document** 

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a Deed of Union (1932) and The Methodist Church Act (1976). It constitutes an unincorporated charity. 

## **Related parties** 

The Church is a constituent member of the Norwich Circuit of the Methodist Church. 

## **Risk assessment.** 

The premises are properly insured, and Health and Safety reviews take place annually with Fire Evacuation Practices held from time to time. A risk register is maintained to safeguard the Church’s assets and future work and the Disclosure and Barring Service is consulted as appropriate. All trustees and others working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are required to attend a safeguarding CSS Foundation module training course. An asset register is maintained by the Treasurer. 

## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** 

## **Objectives and aims.** 

We are a medium sized and diverse church set on the outskirts of Norwich, England. We believe that all disciples of Jesus are called to be faithful and fruitful in their lives and this must be outworked not only in terms of worship, fellowship and care, but also in terms of mission, through using God’s gifts. The church sees its mission in terms of developing a process of disciple-making that will incorporate _not-yetbelievers_ and encourages Christian maturity in mission among all its members – by serving and witnessing – in the power of the Spirit. 

## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE** 

The Church has continued its on-going programme of Christian work and care. 

Our Junior Church has focused on the younger people within our church and neighbourhood. Messy Church has focused on young people and families in the area. Our Cameo group, Craft group, Men’s Breakfast and the Wellbeing Café have welcomed new-comers and others not usually involved in the normal Sunday activities of the church. Veg bank has supported the local community with bags of free vegetables available to any callers.  Our Community Garden has proved to be a popular spot for relaxing in and produce grown is available to all. 

Special events are held occasionally, and an open Community Fun Day held each summer. 

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Our building is also widely used by other organisations in the local community. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

The accounts show that the on-going costs of administration of the Church were covered by income. 

## **Reserves Policy** 

Funds are held in accordance with the Church’s Reserves Policy and are believed to be adequate for the declared aims and objectives of the Church and necessary maintenance of the building. 

## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES** 

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 2011, Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provision of the trust deed requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently. 

- Observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP. 

- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. 

- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. 

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulation 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

## **ON BEHALF OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL:** 

Paula Callam: Secretary Date: May 2024 

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|ACCOUNTSFORTHEYEARENDED31AUGUST2022|ACCOUNTSFORTHEYEARENDED31AUGUST2022|Sprowston|Mothodist||Church|
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|||Unrestrlefed|Waseted|Totaisthin|Totaislast|
|||Funds|Funds|year|year|
|SECTIONA||||||
|a1RECEIPTS|Note|||||
|a2OffecingsandTaxrecovered||66,354|470|66,824|62,880|
|BankandCFBinterestand||||||
|axestnentincame||2,898||2,898|262|
|a4Lettings||18,373||18,373|14,172|
|asOtherreceipts||728|7,334|8,062|25,792|
|a6TOTALRECEIPTS||88,352|7,804|96,156(a7)|103,085|
|SECTION8||||||
|b1PAYMENTS||||||
|b2CircuitAssessmentorShare||59,400||59,400|55,350|
|b3Donations||757|2,782|3,539|6,489|
|b4RepairsandMaintenance||10,022|1,991|12,012|8326|
|Utilities(Insurances,water||||||
|bscharges,heating&lighting)||8,342||8,342|7,2B4|
|b6Otherpayments||3,891||12,946|33,542|
|b7TOTALPAYMENTS||82,412|13,827|96,239(b9)|110,992|
|SECTIONc||||||
|NETRECEIPTS/PAYMENTSFOR||||||
|c1THEYEAR||5,940|(6,024)|83)|7.906|
||Totalfundsbroughtforwardfrom||||||
|lolastyear||79,374|8,195||87,570(c6)|94,767|
|c3Subtotal|(c1+c2)|85.314|2,172|87,486||86.861|
|c4Transfersandadjustments||o||o(e7||709|
|csTOTALFUNDSATENDOFYEAR|(c3+c4)|85,314|2,172||87,486|(c8)l|87,570(c6)|
|SECTIOND||||||
|FORINFORMATIONONLY:||||||
|MONEYRECEVEDAND||||||
|PASSEDO<br>EXTERNAL||||||
|dJORGANISATIONS||||||
||(those amountsarenottobe||||||
|includedintotal||||||
|d1lBalancebroughtforwardfromlastyear||||660|50|
|d2Offerings/Gifts-receivedforexternalorganisations||||4,042|4,853|
|d3Offerings/Giftspassedtoexternalorganisations||||4,402|4.144|
|d4BALANCESTILLTOBEPAID|(d1+d2-d3)|||300|660|





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|||Paynents|Paytneits|||Adjustrents||Ceningbalancas||Cosrsbalarces|
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|CANEO|1,642|||S10||||||S44|
|yPelowshigunch|2.s02|1,s0e||(4|20)|||102|||
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|MessyChursh<br>eneswelbeingcate<br>Subtotalofinternal|19|||19)<br>(79)||||19|||
|Caniationsfunds<br>Curchaccounts(totals|5,560|5,486|||74|||6os(eL1)||678(eL2)|
|broughtforwardfrompage2|||||||||||
|totals coumn)<br>roTALCASHFUNDSHELOBY|96,156|(o71|<br>96,239(b9)||(831|||o(c7)|MS70co)||7486(c8)|
|e1oCHURCH<br>Continueonaseparatesheet|101,716|101,725|||(9)||(5|B8,179|(x)|,165(y)|
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|ACCOUNTSFORTHEYEARENDED31AUGUST2022|ACCOUNTSFORTHEYEARENDED31AUGUST2022|Sprowston|Mothodist||Church|
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|||Unrestrlefed|Waseted|Totaisthin|Totaislast|
|||Funds|Funds|year|year|
|SECTIONA||||||
|a1RECEIPTS|Note|||||
|a2OffecingsandTaxrecovered||66,354|470|66,824|62,880|
|BankandCFBinterestand||||||
|axestnentincame||2,898||2,898|262|
|a4Lettings||18,373||18,373|14,172|
|asOtherreceipts||728|7,334|8,062|25,792|
|a6TOTALRECEIPTS||88,352|7,804|96,156(a7)|103,085|
|SECTION8||||||
|b1PAYMENTS||||||
|b2CircuitAssessmentorShare||59,400||59,400|55,350|
|b3Donations||757|2,782|3,539|6,489|
|b4RepairsandMaintenance||10,022|1,991|12,012|8326|
|Utilities(Insurances,water||||||
|bscharges,heating&lighting)||8,342||8,342|7,2B4|
|b6Otherpayments||3,891||12,946|33,542|
|b7TOTALPAYMENTS||82,412|13,827|96,239(b9)|110,992|
|SECTIONc||||||
|NETRECEIPTS/PAYMENTSFOR||||||
|c1THEYEAR||5,940|(6,024)|83)|7.906|
||Totalfundsbroughtforwardfrom||||||
|lolastyear||79,374|8,195||87,570(c6)|94,767|
|c3Subtotal|(c1+c2)|85.314|2,172|87,486||86.861|
|c4Transfersandadjustments||o||o(e7||709|
|csTOTALFUNDSATENDOFYEAR|(c3+c4)|85,314|2,172||87,486|(c8)l|87,570(c6)|
|SECTIOND||||||
|FORINFORMATIONONLY:||||||
|MONEYRECEVEDAND||||||
|PASSEDO<br>EXTERNAL||||||
|dJORGANISATIONS||||||
||(those amountsarenottobe||||||
|includedintotal||||||
|d1lBalancebroughtforwardfromlastyear||||660|50|
|d2Offerings/Gifts-receivedforexternalorganisations||||4,042|4,853|
|d3Offerings/Giftspassedtoexternalorganisations||||4,402|4.144|
|d4BALANCESTILLTOBEPAID|(d1+d2-d3)|||300|660|





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|NTEN<br>GANATNINS|||Net|Recept|||||||
|||Paynents|Paytneits|||Adjustrents||Ceningbalancas||Cosrsbalarces|
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|CANEO|1,642|||S10||||||S44|
|yPelowshigunch|2.s02|1,s0e||(4|20)|||102|||
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|MessyChursh<br>eneswelbeingcate<br>Subtotalofinternal|19|||19)<br>(79)||||19|||
|Caniationsfunds<br>Curchaccounts(totals|5,560|5,486|||74|||6os(eL1)||678(eL2)|
|broughtforwardfrompage2|||||||||||
|totals coumn)<br>roTALCASHFUNDSHELOBY|96,156|(o71|<br>96,239(b9)||(831|||o(c7)|MS70co)||7486(c8)|
|e1oCHURCH<br>Continueonaseparatesheet|101,716|101,725|||(9)||(5|B8,179|(x)|,165(y)|
|itnecessnyandbringthe|TOTALAECIPTSOTAL||||||||||
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