## Liverpool South Deanery - Childwall 

**Report for year ending 31 December 2021** 

**Section 1 – Trustees’ Report** 

**Section 2 –  Independent Examiner’s Report** 




## Liverpool South Deanery - Childwall 

## **Section 1 – Trustees’ Report** 

## **Contents** 

|**1.1**|**Introduction**|
|---|---|
|1.1.1|Our Deanery|
|**1.2**|**Administrative information**|
|1.2.1|Correspondence Address for Trustees|
|1.2.2|MGF Trustee Membership|
|1.2.3|Bankers|
|1.2.4|Day to Day Managerial Control|
|**1.3**|**Structure, Management and Governance**|
|1.3.1|CIO Constitution|
|1.3.2|Related Trusts|
|1.3.3|MGF Appointments|
|1.3.4|Assessment of Risks|
|**1.4**|**Objectives and Activities**|
|1.4.1|Primary Aims and Objectives|
|1.4.2|Main Objectives for the Year|
|**1.5**|**Achievements and Performance**|
|1.5.1|Summary of Main Achievements|
|1.5.2|Plans for 2022|
|**1.6**|**Financial Review**|
|1.6.1|The Financial Position|
|1.6.2|Statement and Explanation of Reserves Policy|






## Liverpool South Deanery - Childwall 

## **1.1 Introduction** 

This report is prepared as required by the constitution of the Liverpool South Deanery MGF CIO and in accordance with best practice guidelines provided by the Charity Commission. 

Liverpool South MGF is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation no 1158339 set up in August 2014 to distribute funds for the advancement of Mission and Growth of the member churches of the Church of England Liverpool South Deanery which is part of the Church of England Liverpool Diocese. 

## **1.1.1 Our Deanery** 

The Deanery of Liverpool South comprises the following seventeen Church of England churches: 

All Saints, Speke; St Mark, Childwall Valley; Christ Church, Netherley; St Stephen, Gateacre; St Barnabas, Penny Lane; All Souls, Springwood; St Michael, Garston; St Anne, Aigburth; St Mary, Grassendale; St Matthew and St James, Mossley Hill; All Hallows, Aigburth; All Saints, Childwall; St Aidan, ‘the Place to Be’ Speke; St Nicholas, Halewood; St Mary, Halewood; St Hilda, Hunts Cross; St Peter, Woolton. 

## **1.2 Administrative Information** 

## **1.2.1 Correspondence Address for Trustees** 

Registered address: 

The Flat All Hallows Church Hall 1 Greenhill Road Mossley Hill LIVERPOOL L18 6JJ United Kingdom 

Email address: LiverpoolSouthDeaneryMGF@gmail.com 

## **1.2.2 MGF Trustee Membership** 

The Trustees for the period to 31 December 2021 were: 

- Mr David Bishop 

- Rev’d Nicola Milford 

- Mrs Natalie White (Secretary) 

- Rev’d Martyn Woodsford 

- Mr Ian Crowe 

- Mrs Victoria Grey 

## **1.2.3 Bankers** 

HSBC Allerton Road branch 




## Liverpool South Deanery - Childwall 

## **1.2.4 Day to Day Management Control** 

Day to day managerial control of the CIO is exercised by the Area Dean, Rev’d Nicola Milford contactable on 0151 724 1561 

## **1.3 Structure, Management and Governance** 

## **1.3.1 CIO Constitution** 

The CIO constitution is a foundation model, dated 9 July 2014 and approved on 26 August 2014 upon which date the CIO came into being. 

A copy of the constitution has been provided to all trustees. 

## **1.3.2 Related Trusts** 

The Liverpool South Deanery is part of the Liverpool Diocese, which along with each of the member churches are Charitable Trusts operating under the Charities Act 2011 and relevant Church of England Measures (see note above about change in member churches). 

## **1.3.3 MGF Appointments** 

Appointments to the MGF trustees are made in accordance with the CIO Constitution section 10. 

## **1.3.4 Assessment of Risks** 

The trust at present holds no property, nor employs staff, although both are allowed by the constitution. At present funds are only distributed from reserves through the awarding of grants to the churches, singularly or together, or to the Deanery as a whole. The extent of money made available to the trust by the diocese is calculated by the Liverpool Diocese Board of Finance according to a formula based on church attendance within the deanery across the diocese. Funds can be withheld by the diocese from the deanery if individual churches fail to pay their parish share to the diocese. This assessment is made based on the previous year’s payment of parish share. Full payment of Parish Share was made for the year to 31 December 2017, and the full MGF grant was therefore paid to the MGF in 2018. However, in 2018/19/20 and 21 Parish Share was not fully paid and this impacted on the funds available to distribute in 2021. 

## **1.4 Objectives and Activities** 

## **1.4.1 Primary Aims and Objectives** 

The objectives of the CIO are stated in the constitution as follows: 

_The advancement of the Christian faith in particular but not exclusively by promoting Christian Mission and/or Growth within the Liverpool South Deanery by the distribution of grants to or via the Church of England parishes within the deanery._ 

## **1.4.2 Main Objectives for the year** 

The year to December 2021 is the seventh full year of operation of the CIO. The grant application process was frozen this year as no further income was received from the MGF due to outstanding Deanery Parish Share. In previous years however, churches were asked to make applications for funds, up to a maximum of £20,000. The criteria for grants were given as: 




## Liverpool South Deanery - Childwall 

Our definition of ‘Mission and Growth’: 

- Gospel focussed; 

- Reaching the un-churched; 

- Community based; 

- Meeting a need not yet met; 

- Encouraging people back to church. 

Positive uses: 

- Training; 

- Supporting mission-focussed projects; 

- Employment. 

Negatives uses: 

- Not for building alterations; 

- Not for an employment post that already exists; 

- Not for staff in individual churches; 

- Not for money-making ventures. 

These criteria were discussed and agreed with the Deanery Synod at the inception of the CIO, and have been used to assess applications received in previous years. Following consideration of the applications, offers of grants were made, and each applicant required to accept the terms of the award prior to receiving the grant. A further condition of the award of a grant is the provision of feedback. 

## **1.5 Achievements and Performance** 

## **1.5.1 Summary of Main Achievements** 

During 2021 no additional funds were received from the Diocese – this was due to non payment of parish share by several churches. 

The opening balance on 1 January 2021 was £18,341.07 

Grants were awarded totalling £615, distributed as follows: 

-£615 total awarded to St Hilda’s, Hunts Cross and St Michael’s Garston for Leading Your Church into Growth conference 

The closing balance as of 31/12/2021 was £17,533.07 




## Liverpool South Deanery - Childwall 

## **1.5.2 Plans for 2022** 

The MGF will endeavour to continue to provide grants for a diverse range of activities through the current application process, however with reduced available resources. 

No additional grant money was received from the Diocese in 2021. This is because payments are withheld if churches within the deanery are unable to pay their full Parish Share. A number of churches continue to experience financial difficulties, and a number of churches are in debt to the Diocese. It was hoped that churches would be able to recover their financial position in 2021, but the situation has been made significantly worse by the Coronavirus pandemic, and grant income from the diocese is expected to be reduced or non-existent for the foreseeable future. 

## **1.6 Financial Review** 

## **1.6.1 The Financial Position** 

During the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 the MGF received no funds from the Diocese, and gave out £615 in grants. 

The cash position at the end of the period was £17,533.07 

## **1.6.2 Statement of Explanation of Reserves Policy** 

In 2021 the MGF received no additional funds from the Diocese. The current cash position is 17,533.07, but it is expected that with the anticipated reduction in income, this will be inevitably reflected in a reduced ability to provide grants to the same level as previous years. The trustees have therefore agreed to lift the minimum balance for the time being. 




## Liverpool South Deanery - Childwall 

## **2.0 Independent Examiner’s Report** 

## **LIVERPOOL SOUTH DEANERY MISSION AND GROWTH FUND** 

## **REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1158339** 

## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS** 

Report to the trustees of Liverpool South Deanery MGF on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2021 set out on pages 1 and 2. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31[st] December 2021. 

As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act, and in carrying out my examination I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent Examiner’s statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- 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 concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Keri J H Owen 

17[th] March 2022 




**Charity Name N Liverpool South Deanery MGF 11** 

## **Recei ts and a ments accou p p y** 

**For the period** Period start date **To from** 01/01/2021 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

**Unrestricted Endowment Restricted funds funds funds** 

**to the nearest      £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 

## **A1 Receipts** 

|**A1 Receipts**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**-**||**-**||**-**|



|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**|**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**A3 Payments**||||||||
|Grants - events andprojects|**615**||**-**|||**-**||
|Covid relatedgrants|**-**||**-**|||**-**||
|Parish Share assistancegrants|**-**||**-**|||**-**||
|MGF administration|**193**||**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**808**||**-**|||**-**||



|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Total payments_**||**808**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-**|**808**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**||1<br>**18,341**|||**-**|||04/04/2022<br>**-**||





_**Cash funds this year end**_ **17,533 - -** 

CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

04/04/2022 

2 



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the perio** 

|**Categories**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Total cash funds**<br>(agree balances with receipts and<br>payments account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Cash at bank|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|
|||**17,533**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**17,533**|
|||OK|
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|



## **Details** 

**Fund to which asset belongs** 

## **B3 Investment assets** 

## **Details** 

**Fund to which asset belongs** 

**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

|3<br>**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|
|---|---|
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|3|04/04/2022|



CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 



Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|Vicky Grey<br>Signature<br>Rev Nicola Milford|Print N<br>Rev Nicola<br>Vicky G|
|---|---|



CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 

04/04/2022 

4 



**o (if any) 158339** 

**unts CC16a** Period end date 31/12/2021 

**Total funds Last year** 

## **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 

|**-**||**-**|
|---|---|---|
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|**-**|||
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|**615**||**4,189**|
|---|---|---|
|**-**||**5,200**|
|**-**||**15,000**|
|**193**||**280**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**808**||**24,669**|



||**-**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**-**||||
||**-**|||**-**|
||**808**|||**24,669**|
|**-**|**808**||**-**|**24,669**|
||**-**|||**-**|
||5<br>**18,341**|||**43,010**|
||||||



CCXX R5 accounts (SS) 

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**17,533 18,341** 

CCXX R6 accounts (SS) 

04/04/2022 

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## **od** 

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|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|



|OK<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|OK|
|---|---|
||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|



|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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|**-**|**-**|
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|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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**Amount due When due (optional) (optional) - -** 7 

CCXX R7 accounts (SS) 

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|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Name<br>a Milford<br>Grey||
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||Date of approval|
||28/03/2022|
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