2020-08-31-accounts - Dale Street Methodist Church

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date From 01 09 2019 To 31 08 2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Dale Street Methodist Church

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1153330

Charity's principal address Dale Street Leamington Spa Postcode CV32 5HL

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office(s) held during the year (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Sandra Bowen
John Bowen
Maureen Darby	PropertyCommittee Secretary
Andrew Emm
Margaret Ferrer	PropertyCommittee Chair
Elisabeth Freeman	MHA Circuit Rep
Don Gabbitas	Finance Committee Chair
Rebekah Harris
Caroline Holden
Ann Howe
Graham Howe	Steward
Jo Parkinson
TonyParkinson	Steward
Mark Preedy	Uniformed Organisation Rep
Joanna Rhodes	Treasurer
PennySharples	SafeguardingOfficer
Paul Tennyson	Steward, Church Council Secretary
Ian Weir	Junior Church Leader, Steward
Rachel Weir	Steward
Margaret Weir	Pastoral Committee Secretary
Emma Walker	Steward	Sep19 – Mar 20
Mark Whitehouse	Steward
Rev. Jeongsook Kim	Minister

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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)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Approved governing document issued by the Methodist Church

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Trust

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by Annual Church Meeting Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

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;

The Trustees (the Church Council) meet twice each year ordinarily. Extraordinary meetings can be called as needed. At each meeting the Trustees receive detailed reports of the activities of the church and its financial performance. The Trustees approve the reserves policy, safeguarding policy, budget and major matters to do with property. The Finance and Property Committees provide additional management and scrutiny during the year.

Ordinarily, there is an annual Meeting to which all adherents (whether or not members or trustees) are invited. This meeting appoints our Trustees and receives annual reports of significant activities and groups’ activities. Due to Covid-19 restrictions this meeting did not take place during 2019/20 and all trustees whose term of office would otherwise have come to an end agreed to continue in office for another year.
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The purposes of the Dale Street Methodist Church are in accordance with those of all other churches of the Methodist Connexion namely the advancement of a) The Christian Faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards Summary of the objects of the and the discipline of the Methodist Church charity set out in its b) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, governing document district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church c) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church d) Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church

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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to 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)

The activities of Dale Street Methodist Church are centred around a) The provision of regular acts of worship open to members of the church and non-members alike. b) The provision of space for prayer and contemplation and the support of small groups for bible study and fellowship c) The provision of activities for the young and their carers, and the elderly, all with a Christian ethos. d) The promotion of the mission of the church e) The practical demonstration of care for the community by the support of social projects and activities and through a small Benevolent Fund f) The provision of space for community activities.

The Trustees are mindful of the requirement to have regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission and the Trustees last reviewed this guidance at its spring meeting in 2019.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The Church has continued to provide regular acts of worship, space for prayer and demonstrated its care to the community by supporting a number of social projects and activities.

Prior to the restrictions announced due to Covid-19 the Church provided acts of worship and a range of other activities on its premises. Work with children and young people included a new service at 9.15am on Sunday mornings and following the previous year’s “Summer of Play” a monthly children’s activity afternoon/messy church called “Take 2” which was open to all and those who had attended Summer of Play were specifically invited. Church premises continued to be used by the Scouts and Guides movements until restrictions took place. The Dads and Tots Group continued to flourish and met on Saturdays.

Members of the Church also supported a number of social projects including an open “Stay and Play” session one afternoon a week for parents and toddlers, Street Pastors, Action for Children and Age Concern Lunch Clubs.

Following the national restrictions to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and in accordance with guidance issued by The Methodist Church in Britain, the Church ceased to provide activities on-site within its premises. With other churches in the Circuit it continued to offer regular acts of worship on-line and continued to support members of the church and community initiatives within the guidelines, specifically, with pastoral arrangements for its members. We made use of our website and Facebook page to

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Section D Achievements and erformance p share encouragement, and access to worship, for the community, as well as putting up banners and displays outside the building for passers-by. The Take 2 event moved online for families and happened weekly. The Trustees considered measures and actions to allow a safe return to on-site activities, including a detailed risk assessment. We implemented social distancing and increased hygiene on the premises to ensure compliance with COVID-19 government guidance. Starting on 2 August 2020 the church opened for led prayer sessions twice a week. Then acts of worship on church premises resumed on 6 September 2020. Community groups, including support groups, started resuming activities on the premises from mid-August following local risk assessments and Covid-19 safety measures being in place.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Church Council has reviewed the reserves policy and has agreed to work towards a policy of maintaining reserves and investments of between £40,000 and £45,000 this being approximately 40% of the annual ordinary operating expenditure of the Church. This is held in particular against major expenditure on the fabric of the Church.

As at 31[st] August 2020 total reserves and investments stood at £165,839.12 made up of

£114,411.84 in general reserves
£50,568.09 designated as a “Legacy Fund” as a result of a major legacy of £81408.22 received during 2014/15 plus a number of smaller amounts.
£859.19 in the Benevolent Fund

In addition, the Church benefits from interest from two endowments, invested in funds managed by the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church, with a value of £20,505.88 providing £367.05 in interest to the Church in 2019/20. Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)

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;

Sources of funds The Church raises its funds by weekly offerings and donations from members and those attending worship; through lettings of the church’s buildings and feed-in-tariffs from solar panels. Interest is received on church funds held in bank/savings accounts and from investments.

Investments Of its general reserves of £114,411.84 at the end of the financial year the Church held £33,938.56 in investments managed by the Central Finance Board (CFB) of the Methodist Church in the CFB Managed Mixed Fund.

investment policy and Use of reserves objectives including any Following the receipt of a substantial legacy in 2014/15 the Church ethical investment policy embarked on a consultation process among the congregation to adopted. determine how this gift and some other smaller gifts, designated together

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as the “Legacy Fund”, might be best used in furtherance of the purposes of the charity. The Trustees agreed to seek to employ a families and youth worker from the Legacy Fund to further its charitable objectives and an appointment was made starting in 2018. The remainder of the legacy was planned to be used on major building works including work to refurbish the toilets in the building. This work started in 2018/19 with the creation of a new disabled toilet. The Legacy Fund continued to be spent on these projects in 2019/20. The Trustees will continue to review the use of the Legacy Fund in the light of the impact of the Covid pandemic.

Accounts for 2019/20

The accounts for the year are attached to this annual report. Receipts during the year amounted to £101,923.75 and payments to £131,559.23.

The Church held collections for a number of other causes amounting to £548.45

Section F Other optional information

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) Pamela Weston

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary to Church Council etc)

Date 13/06/2021

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CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Dale Street Methodist Church Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2020 South Wanvickshire Circuit Circuit no 41395 RegTStered Charity - Charity Registration number 115330 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 organisalion's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are expted from registration under Slalulory Instrument 2014 No.2421 Minister. REV. JEONGSOOK KIM Church Stewards: GRAHAM HOWE TONY PARKINSON IAN WEIR RACHEL WEIR MARK WHITEHOUSE Treasurer.. JOANNA RHODES Church R and P 2015.x15 1 of5

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 Dale Street Methodist Church Church Unrg8lrlctod Restricted Totals thls Fund8 Funds year Totals last year SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS Noto a2 Offerin S and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 53,747 53.756 61,465 a3 1,382 16,498 30,287 101,915 1,382 16,498 30,287 101,924 1,515 30.466 37.300 130,745 a4 Lellin a5 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS a6 la71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 63.000 63,000 57.624 b3 Donations 5.092 5,092 6,442 b4 Re airs and Maintenance Ulililies Ilnsurances, water charges, healit)g & lighlingl Church Missioner salary, expenses and events 21,714 46,158 b5 8,158 9,210 b6 14,595 19,001 131,559 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 19,001 131.559 14,081 147.051 b8 {b91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR a6-b8 29.645 29,635 16,306 Total funds brought ft)rward from last year G2 160,686 850 161.536 c6 177,842 c3 Sub totsl c1+c2 131,041 859 131901 161 536 Transfers and ad'uslmenls c7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {c3+c41 131,041 859 131.901 c81 161,536 Ic6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS {these amounts are not to be Included In total recelptslpa ments figures above) d1 Balance brou ht forward from last ear d2 Offerin sIGifls- received for external or anisations 548 696 d3 OfferingslGifts passed to external organisalions 548 69S d4 8ALANCE STILL TO BE PAID {d1 +d2-d31 Chvr¢h R sNd P 2015.x15 2ofS

Dale Street Methodist Church Chuich SUMMARY O CH RC NAL ORGANISATIONS REPOR SECTION E Plea50 f Summaryol Ihe Church accounts for the yearended 31 Awu$t 2020 and Inlem31 Organisalions ieporting lo the Churth ¢oun¢iVChur¢h Meeting. Notelhallhe fundg 01 an InleTnal Or9anisalion would nomalty bè Rtrsiocled lund¥ unless il wuld b2clearfy shown that Ihey could b$ US lor any Methodist puiposè. This $e¢ti¢n musi be Comete4 10 ¥rriv allhegross income and expendllure tolalsof Ihpchurch Ilgioss Incom8 ex¢eeas IN8 Acciuak threshold, Ihen IheAccruais nwhors of accounbn9 ANOA DIFFERENT FORM mu51 be used to report the accounL% Isèe Nk1hCl$l•WI&1. Mea5e referlothe 9danc8 no$ regardiny transfers kbN£en the Distr and connected tXslficI Or9anlsaUon3. INTERTrIAL ORGANISATIONS NEI ReceiptBI Pa ments OpeniT balances Re Simonts Closl balan¢8s Mld 281 27$ 610 e2 Dads and Tot6 838 87 37 39 ¢3 e5 ¢7 niema Oryanisaiion8 fullds 32 643 ¢91 612 Church accounts (totals brought forward Irom pago 2- tot•ig ¢olumnl e9 101.924 a71 131,5S9 129.6361 161 536 131.901 BY CHURCH 103.043 132,710 129,66D 162,179 132.512 Conbnu&on • sep31aie sheet if rc¥s$ary brfng the i¢t81$ foThvard TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMeNTS SECTION F TATEME OPENING BALANCES CLOSING BALAcEs CHURCH. CASH FUNDS HELD •t31 Augusl 2020 Cash in h¥nd Bank CurrenlAccounl Bank De sil Account 25 f4 Central Fin*n¢e Board g1.322 44.542 Trustee¥ for Mgthodlgi Church Purwse8 63.410 83,829 tJherfund5 Sug TOTAL- Churth accounts 161,536 131.901 ¢8 Total funds held by Inlemal or98rs311Ons Ilhe ¢SIr ance total frorn above} le121 643 6q1.ss le12 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 162.179 132,512 SECTION G At 1 September 2019 Al 31 Augl1 2020 QTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES Invegiments Incjude Endowrnethg Land & Buwdin See no5 re Insur8n¢eval 4 914 050 5 041827 OtherAs$eL8 Loan - showamounl oulstandin ear end other Liqbllilles f4 Include onty Fundy he at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Fund$ he ai fru8tees for Melhodisl Chuich Purposes gfj Irt¢e any 0therlnve8tmts Inollhe ca$h demeniof TMCP trus18 accounts ltris k4 included in Ie15 2075[chR4P 3015

Name of Church . Dale Street Methodist Church Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2020 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the conliol of the Church Iruslees. Signature of treasurer . Dale. Name and address of treasurer . Joanna Rhodes Post Code.................. Presentalion to the Church trustees I confimi that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 werelwill be. presented to the meeting of the Church Iruslees held on 13th June 2021 Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Date . Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Dale Street Methodist Church Charlty Number 115330 Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Dal8 Street Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2020 set out on pages 2 10 3. As the Church's Iruslees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the ChaTlties Act 20111'the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ibl of the Act. delete or circle as appropriate 20fj5chuith R and P.8 4015

Name of Church . Dale Street Methodist Church Independent Examiner'5 Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in Gonnection with the examination (other than that disclosed below,) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no Goncerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I havalhave not. obtained independent verification of all inveslments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central FinanGe Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds} at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner Roger Thompson Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Address Post Code Date delete or circle as appropriate Sep-19 2015 dTrurch R and P.xls 5of5