2021-08-31-accounts

Harrow and Hillingdon Circuit 35/36 Pinner Methodist Church Love Lane Registered Charity Number 1162556

Financial Statement

For Year Ended 31[st ] August 2021

Standard Form of Accounts Receipts and Payments

Minister: Revd. Lynita Conradie

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Bankers : HSBC, 2 Love Lane, Pinner, HA5

Treasurer : Bernice Aryee-Addo

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Independent Examiner : John Chamberlain

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Church Office Administrator : Mrs Joannah Holt

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WEBSITE: www.pinnermethodist.org.uk

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1162556

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Pinner Methodist Church

Treasurer Report for Year to 31 August 2021

Governance:

The governing body of the Methodist Church is the conference which meets once every year. The authority under which the conference acts is given by Methodist Church Act 1976. The Methodist Church does not currently need to register as a charity by the combined effects of Sec. 46 (a) of the Charities Act 1993 and paragraph 4 (2) of the Charities (Exception from Registration) regulation 1996 as amended by Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1598. The 2006 Charities Act now requires that churches will have to register with the Charity Commissions. Pinner Methodist Church operates within The Harrow & Hillingdon Circuit, The London District of The Methodist Church and The Managing Trustees of The Church are the duly elected members of the Church Council. The Chair - Rev Lynita Conradie, Secretary - Joannah Holt, Treasurer- Bernice AryeeAddo plus Stewards and other members as appointed by Church Council.

Statement of Trustees Responsibilities:

Law applicable to Charities in England and Wales requires The Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which gives a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. The Trustees must follow the best practice and:

• ➢ Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently:

• ➢ Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent:

• ➢ State whether applicable accounting standards and The Statement of Recommended Practice 2005 Accounting and Reporting by Charities have been following:

• ➢ Prepare financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that activities will continue:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of Pinner Methodist Church and which will enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Standing Orders of the Methodist Church and the Charities Act 2006. They are also responsible for taking reasonable steps to safeguard the assets of the charity also to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

Investment policy:

The investment of surplus funds is operated via The Central Finance Board (CFB) of the Methodist Church. CFB aims to provide high quality investment service seeking above average returns for long term investors, whilst ensuring that the securities held by its funds are in line with the ethical policy of The Methodist Church.

Accounting Policies:

The financial accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention. These accounts are produced in the Standard Form for Accounts (Receipts & Payments) as required by The Charity Commissioners when the church’s gross income for the Financial Year from all sources, including income from Church Internal Organisations is under £250,000. Fund cash resources surplus to meet day to day needs are deposited with the “Methodist Central Finance Board”. We are required by the Charity Commissioners to have established a “Reserve” Policy for our Church, showing our various funds such as our General Fund Income, our Restricted Fund income and our Reserve Fund income. Our objective is not to hold more than £15,000 in our bank account at any one time. We will continue to fund our Reserves to cater for our contribution to circuit share and to build up our Restricted Funds for Bequest Funds and specific projects as agreed by the Church Council each year in our yearly budget.

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RESERVE POLICY OF PINNER METHODIST CHURCH

FINANCIAL YEAR 2020/21

1. Unrestricted Funds – General funds held as at 31/08/2021 £86.038.65

2. Unrestricted Funds – Designated Funds held as at 31/08/2021 £18,384.90

3. Restricted Funds - Held as at 31/08/2021 £32,612.28

4. Endowment Funds – Held as at 31/08/2021 NIL

Reserve Policy for General Fund

To build up a General Fund balance equivalent to 6 months routine General fund expenditure, to endeavor to achieve this objective at the end of the year.

Reserve Policy for Designated Funds

To build up and maintain all Designated funds noted below:

• Property Repair Fund

-Flower Fund

• -Technology & Organ Fund

Reserve Policy for Restricted Funds

A proportion of these funds are bequeathed to Pinner Methodist church via legacies (that specifies sums contained in a last will and Testament for the benefit of Pinner Methodist Church) and is a legal requirement under the Methodist church act 1976. Other funds can be deposited with the TMCP if desired. Funds deposited can only be accessed for special projects or for purposes specified in a will such as a Bequest Fund and Benevolent Fund

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PINNER METHODIST CHURCH

FINANCIAL PAPERS RE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2021

BALANCE OF ACCOUNTS

	Bal. B/Fwd	Income	Expenditure	Bal. C/Fwd
HSBC	36,927.53	85,075.56	74,427.07	47,576.02
CFB	59,266.66	20,903.78	42,442.00	37,728.44
TMCP(22216)	18,362.31	59.31	36.72	18,384.90
TMCP(21197)	32,346.33	104.49	64.69	32,386.13
TMCP(10130)	76.15	0.23	0.23	76.15
Combined Total	46,978.98	**106,143.37 **	116,970.71	**136,151.64 **

FUND BALANCES

		Bal B/Fwd	Bal C/Fwd	Difference
Unrestricted	General Fund	91044.19	85,154.46	-5,889.73
Unrestricted Designated	Prop. Reserve (CFB)	5,000.00	-	-5000.00
	Prop. Reserve TMCP(22216)	18,362.31	18,384.90	+22.59
	Combined Unrestricted Total	114,406.50	103,539.36	-10,867.14
Restricted	Bequest No1 TMCP(21197)	32,346.33	32,386.13	+39.80
	Bequest No2 TMCP(10130)	76.15	76.15
	Benevolence CFB	150.00	150.00
	Combined Restricted Total	32,572.48	32,612.28	+39.80
	All Fund Combined Total	146,978.98	136,151.64	-10,827.34

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PINNER METHODIST CHURCH FINANCIAL PAPERS RE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2021

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (SOFA REPORT) AS PER CHARITY COMMISSION RETURN

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Combined Total	2019/2020
INCOME
Offerings / Gift Aid	30,301.87		30,301.87	37,973.65
Bank Interest	138.69	104.72	243.41	953.72
Lettings	45,402.25		45,402.25	44,037.50
Other Income	10,195.84		10,195.84	8,764.73
Combined Income Total	86,038.65	104.72	86,143.37	01,729.60
EXPENDITURE
Circuit	42,442.00		42,442.00	41,440.00
Donations	1,956.75		1,956.75
Repair & Maintenance	39,571.50		39,571.50	39,684.32
Utilities & Insurance	9,459.68		9,459.68	11,673.05
Other Expenditure	3,475.86	64.92	3,540.78	4,098.41
Combined Expenditure Total	96,905.79	64.92	96,970.71	96,895.78
Transfers
Surplus / Deficit	(10,867.14)	39.80	(10,827.34)	(5,166.18)
Total B/Fwd	114,406.50	32,572.48	146,978.98	152,145.16
Total C/Fwd	103,539.36	32,612.28	136,151.64	146,978.98

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Pinner Methodist Church

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2020

The Financial Review

INTRODUCTION:

This report is produced in line with the latest Charity Commissioners recommendations. Pinner Methodist Church has been a Registered Charity from 7[th ] July 2015. This places certain additional responsibilities on the Charity’s trustees (the officers of the church and other church council members) besides having to report on property and finance matters to the circuit we also have to submit an annual report to the Charity Commission (by end May of each year) which, whilst including our annual accounts must also explain our “charitable activities” during the 12 month period in question. The report is then posted on the Charity Commission’s website for the world to see

FINANCIAL YEAR 2020/21

This Financial year being what it was, we successfully achieved some of our goals for the year and have much to be thankful for. Some repairs planned for the year were suspended due to the pandemic outbreak and the uncertainty of not knowing how long we would be locked down for, and adapting to a new way of living. There was much to consider such as adhering to government guidelines making sure the church was safe to open and putting certain measures in place.

This report primarily focuses on the Church’s financial affairs for the last fiscal year (see heading) and includes all income and expenses throughout the period. It will provide a financial trail to where we are relative to the budget confirmed by Church Council. It was agreed that much of our reserves would be used until the running of the church was back to near normal. Some of the members have increased their contributions their generosity

GENERAL:

Our Cash Assets at 31 August 2021 total £146,978.98 made up of £36,927.53 in our current account, £59,266.66 on our interest-bearing deposit account with The Central Finance Board (CFB) of The Methodist Church. With the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP) we hold three accounts. A Bequest account with which we are obliged to place any bequest income has a total of £32,346.33, which is available to our church for approved specified projects or other expenditures. We have a general repair fund with the TMCP (General Repair Fund Account) which holds a balance of £18,362.31 at our disposal for planned repairs. We also have a small ongoing account with a balance of £76.15. in total the balance on all three accounts equates to £50,784.79.

Fixed assets/Value of Property £3,263,466.00.

Income as at 31[st ] August 2020 are £88,323.43 the total mainly from Collection/Gifting and Lettings.

Expenses are at £99,714.67 this includes Property maintenance, Property admin Utilities and other expenses.

Our administrator salary

Last year’s admin salary was £25,651.33 for a 32-hour week which includes Employer Pension contributions. The Admin salary hours are split between 6 hours at Eastcote Methodist Church and the remaining 26 hours between Pinner Playtime and Pinner Methodist Church lettings duties. Annual increase from September

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2020/21. Our Finance team and church council both agreed that we would award the higher end 3% increase to her salary for her exemplary work and the extra time and efforts she puts into her job.

Our utility payments

British Gas services and Scottish and Southern Electric Plc our utility companies remained the same in 2019 when we entered a 4yrs contract with Utility Aid Company, savings us thousands of pounds. Increase of unit rates has gradually increased our utility costs

Water

As of April 2020, we no longer use Affinity Water for Business. They now trade under Castle Water there is no longer an option to choose. Our meter is not measured so we pay a set amount for the year through direct debit.

Telephone

Reviewing our account each year saves us money. We paid £1338.78 previously after the review a reduced amount of £1,212.87 was paid saving us £125.91 through the year.

Gardner’s figures

Pinner Playtime made provision for the Gardener responsibility for this year. I have not included in the new budget for this this year also.

Our Lets

Proceeds of our lets such as Oak Lee who are contracted with us for two years. The fact that we went over our budget this year, we still earned enough income to accommodate most of our unexpected expenses for the year. With inflation increased costs a review of our letting rate might be inevitable.

The Tax refunds

Figures for this financial year arrived late therefore we received a sum of £477.66 + 6,298.96 = £6,776.62. The amount of £6,298.96 will be included with this year’s figures £6,298.96 + 535.42 + 5,021.41=£12,430.37. This will be factored into our figures for this year.

V.A.T refund

We are exempt from paying V.A.T for their services and repairs. This is because as a charity we are not to pay V.A.T on Disability facilities, products and services.

Our circuit shares

This year (Fund for Ministry or Assessment) our circuit share was increased 2019 from £10276.50 each quarter then was increased yet again August 2020 to £10,610.50. We have not been advised of any further increases for now but we must make provision for when it is required.

In addition, self –funding internal church organisations

Harvest of Waste, Men’s Supper Club, Fellowship Lunch, Fun ’N Funds, Pinner Playtime and Love Lane Youth Club are all self-finding internal organisations acting in the best interest of social outreach and support for the church and community. Their account stands at £16,909.00 collectively as at 31/08/2021.

Buildings and Content Premium. £2,881.99

Our insurance reviewed in November of each year, we aim to keep the excess the same at £50.00.

Cleaning

Our cleaning bill has been reviewed and the church is happy with the service.

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