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|||||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Funds|||||
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||||||Notes|General|Circuit|Designated||Restricted|Totals|Totals|
||||||tothe|Funds|Model|Funds||Funds|this vear|last year|
||||||accounts||Trust||||2023|2022|
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|Income|||||||||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||||1,968|||||1,968||
|Assessments<br>on churches||||||300,009|||||300,009|310,452|
|From Monetary<br>investments|||||||||||||
|From Investment<br>properties||Rent income|||||||||||
|Capital receipts|||||||171,888||||171,888||
|Grants received|||||||||||||
|Investments||||||6,144|6,701|||370|13,215|1,076|
|Other||||||25,344|||||25,344|32,236|
|Total income||||||333,465|178,589||0|370|512,424|343,764|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||||||||
|Ministerial<br>stipends,<br>NIC &pension|||||11|180,730|||||180,730|163,351|
|Layworker salaries,<br>NIC &|pension||||11|27/606|||||27,606|49,205|
|District Assessment||||||53,376|||||53,376|54,672|
|Methodist<br>Church<br>Fund|||||||||||||
|Circuit Events|||||12||||||||
|Telephone,<br>travel &administration||||||6,505|||||6,505|4,970|
|Manse insurance,<br>council tax||&|water|||12,976|||||12,976|14,832|
|Maintenance<br>on manse property||||||6,727|||||6,727|6,790|
|Expenditure<br>on other circuit||property||||6,818|||||6,818|7,440|
|Depreciation|||||||||||||
|Ourtreach<br>and mission|||||13|( 16,229)|||||(16,229)|5,000|
|Other Expenditure|||||14|( 1,341)|180||||(1,161)|6,954|
|Grants and donations|||||15|1,730|||||1,730|33,024|
|District Advance<br>Fund levy|||||||1,575||||1,575|1,613|
|Total expenditure||||||278,898|1,755||0|0|280,653|347,851|
|Net income before investment|||gains/(losses)|||54,567|176,834||0|370|231,771|(4,087)|
|Net Gains/(Losses)<br>on Monetary||||Investments|17||||||||
|Net Gains/(Losses)<br>on property|||revaluation||||||||||
|Net Gains/(Losses)<br>on property|||disposals||16||||||||
|Net incoming/(outgoing)|before|||transfers||5' 567|176,834|||370|231,771|(4,087)|
|Transfers<br>between<br>funds|||||23|( 12,347)||||12,347|||
|Reclassification<br>offunds -|sale proceeds||||24||||||||
|Reclassification<br>offunds -|loan repaid||||24||||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds||||||42,220|176,834||0|12,717|231p771|(4,087)|
|Total funds brought forward||||||2,025,998|63,006||0|41,376|2,130,380|2,124,467|
|Prior year adjustment|||||25|||||||10,000|
|Total funds carried forward||||||2,068,218|239,840||0|54,093|2,362,151|2,130,380|





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|||South Worcester|s|hire<br>Method|ist|Qrcuit (0|5/16|)|||
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|||||Unrestricted||Circuit Model|||||
|||||Designated||Trust Fund||Restricted|Total|Total|
|4.Donations<br>and legacies received|||||||||||
|Donations:|||||||||||
|Sundry donations||||1,968|||||1,968||
|Total||||1,968|||||1,968||
|S.Charitable<br>activities - other|||||||||||
|Assessments<br>on churches||||300,009|||||300,009|310,452|
|6.Investment<br>Income/Expenditure|||||||||||
|Interest and dividends||||6,144||6,701||370|13,215|1,076|
|Rental income|||||||||||
|Total Income||||6,144||6,701||370|13,215|1,076|
|Expenditure|||||||||||
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|Property maintenance|||||||||||
|Property insurance|||||||||||
|Total Expenditure|||||||||||
|Net Gain on Investment||||6,144||6,701||370|13,215|1,076|
|7.Capital Receipts|||||||||||
|Sale of Norton Methodist||Church||||246,480|||246,480||
|Connexional<br>Priority Fund||Levy||||(74,592)|||(74,592)||
|Selling Agents fees|||||||||||
|Legal fees|||||||||||
|Total||||||171,888|||171,888||
|8.Other income|||||||||||
|Contributions<br>towards|lay employees|||7,178|||||7 178|20572|
|Transfer ofreserves from||closed churches||18,166|||||18,166|11,664|
|Total (Grants plus Other)||||25,344|||||25,344|32,236|
|9. Payment toTrustees|||||||||||
|(A) Payments<br>made to|trustees for additional||services provided tothe Circuit|||||by agreement|||
|with the Circuit Meeting|||||||||nil|nil|
|(8) Number oftrustees <br>The expenses<br>primarily<br>Total amount<br>paid|who were paid expenses<br>relate to reimbursement<br>for travel,||||postage and||printing costs||5<br>3,898|5<br>4,031|
|10.Feesfor examination<br>or|audit ofthe accounts||||||||||
|Independent<br>examiner's||fees|||||||1,260|nil|
|Other accountancy fees|||||||||2,280|nil|





|||South Worcestershire|South Worcestershire|Methodist|Circuit (05/16)||This year|Last year|
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|11.Ministerial|staff costs||||||130,726|123,105|
|Gross stipends<br>and benefits in||kind|||||36,817|31,260|
|Employer's|pension costs||||||13,187|8,986|
|Employer's|national<br>insurance|costs||||Total costs|180,730|163,351|
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|Layworker employees costs<br>Gross wages, salaries|||27,242|47,244|
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|Employer's<br>pension costs<br>Employer's<br>national<br>insurance<br>costs||Total costs|364<br>27,606|1,961<br>49,205|
|Average number oflay workers<br>employed|||3.0|4.0|
|12 Circuit events|||||
|Other events and costs|||||
|||Total costs|||
|13Outreach<br>and mission<br>Outreach<br>and mission -writeback ofprovision||Total costs|(16,229)<br>(16,229)|5,000<br>5,000|
|14 Other Expenditure|||1,898|1,830|
|Ministers expenses|||850|838|
|Apprenticeship<br>levy<br>Training<br>Removal costs and allowances for incoming staff<br>Other<br>Accountancy<br>and Independent<br>Examiners fees|||( 2,070)<br>(5,600)<br>( 439)<br>3,540<br>480|125<br>2,199<br>1,231<br>547|
|Payroll charge<br>Trustees for Methodist<br>Church Purposes Admin charge||Total costs|180<br>( 1,161)|184<br>6,954|
|15 Grants and donations<br>paid|||||
|Payments<br>made from Restricted funds<br>Paid to individual<br>churches from Trustees for Methodist<br>Paid to individual<br>churches from General funds|Church Purposes funds|Total costs|1,730<br>1,730|33,024<br>33,024|





|South W<br>16 Tangible Fixed Assets|orcestershire<br>Methodis|
|---|---|
|The Circuit owns five manses<br>in active use:|Deemed values|
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|39Barnes Way, Worcester, WR5 3AP|359,000|
|29Waterside,<br>Evesham, WR111BU|359,000|
|14Corbett Street, Droitwich<br>WR9 7BQ|435,000|
|39Victoria Park Road, Malvern, WR14 2JX|390,000|
|210Malvern<br>Road, Worcester, WR2 4LL|370,000|
||1,913,000|



|Property<br>Disposals|||||
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|Details|Carrying|Sale|Revaluation|Gain/(Loss)|
|None|||||
|||Other Land|Manses|Total|
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|Cost or valuation|||||
|Balance brought forward|||1,913,000|1,913,000|
|Additions|||||
|Revaluations|||||
|Disposals|||||
|Transfers between categories|||||
|Balance carried forward|||1,913,000|1,913,000|
|Accumulated<br>de reciation|||||
|Basis (SLor RB)**||N/A|N/A||
|Rate|||||
|Balance brought forward|||||
|Charge for year|||||
|Revaluations|||||
|Less: Disposals|||||
|Transfers between categories|||||
|Balance carried forward|||||
|Net book value|||||
|Broughtforward|||1,913,000|1,913,000|
|Carried forward|||1,913,000|1,913,000|





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|Analysis ofinvestment|movements||||This year|last year|
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|Investments<br>listed on a|recognised|Stock Exchange|||||
|Investments<br>held in common<br>investment|||funds||||
|Securities not listed on|a recognised|Stock Exchange|||||
|Other investments|||||105|105|
|||||Total|105|105|
|Change<br>in investment<br>values|||||||
|Carrying (market} value|at beginning|ofyear|||105|105|
|Additions to investments|at cost||||||
|Less disposais at carrying value|||||||
|Net gain/(loss)<br>on revaluation|||||||
|Carrying {market) value|at end of year||||105|105|





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|18.Oebtors and prepayments|||||||||||
|Prepaid stipends|||||||14,644|||2,360|
|Accrued income||||||||2,807|||
|Loan due from Droitwich|Methodist<br>Church|||||||8,000||10,000|
|Other debtors and prepayments||||||||1,000||5,019|
|Total debtors and prepayments|||||||26,451|||17,379|
|19.Analysis ofcash at bank|||||||||||
|Bank balance held in CAF|Bank||||||18,349|||6,809|
|Bank balance held in Central||Finance Board|||||169,446||177,950||
|Bank balance held in TMCP|||||||238,840|||63,006|
|Total Cash and Bank|||||||426,635||247,765||
|20.Analysis ofcurrent liabilities and long term|||creditors||||||||
|Accrued expenses||||||||4,040||47,869|
|Total Current Liabilities||||||||4,040||47,869|
|21.Movement<br>on Loans|||||||||||
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|Source|Purpose ofloan|||b/fwd|borrowings|interest|the year||year|end|
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|Repayment<br>due||||||||||Totals|
|Within 12months||31/08/2024||||||||nil|
|Between 1and 5years||31/08/2025|31/08/2026|31/08/2027||31/08/2028||||nil|









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|Name ofrelated party|Name ofrelated party|Name ofrelated party|Name ofrelated party|Relationship|Income from|Payments to|Loans|from|Loans to|Amounts|
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|~This<br>aar|||||||||||
|Circuit Methodist<br>Churches|||||300,009||||||
|Birmingham|District|of|the Methodist|Church||53,376|||||
|Methodist|Property|Fund|||||||||
|Methodist|Connexional||Grants Team||||||||
|Total|||||300,009|53,376|||||
|~Last sar|||||||||||
|Circuit Methodist<br>Churches|||||310,452||||||
|Birmingham|District|of|the Methodist|Church||54,672|||||
|Methodist|Property|Fund|||||||||
|Methodist|Connexional||Grants Team||||||||
|Total|||||310,452|54,672|||||





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|Name|Appointed|Name|Appointed|
|---|---|---|---|
|Rev N JCoke-Woods|01/09/2017|P RWetherall|01/09/2015|
|Rev P Salter|06/06/2023|D M Cooksey|01/09/2015|
|H Lewis|06/06/2023|Deacon A BMartin|01/09/2015|
|A D Martin|07/03/2023|R Foot|01/09/2015|
|H A V Lewis|07/03/2023|M Austin|01/09/2015|
|J P Gogarty|07/03/2023|RLewin-Jones|01/09/2015|
|R H Barley|01/11/2022|H W Watton|01/09/2015|
|N W SOwen|01/11/2022|H M Lawrance|01/09/2015|
|A Thomas|01/09/2022|G C Cox|01/09/2015|
|Deacon C Brown|01/09/2022|T Higginson|01/09/2015|
|Rev S DT Froggatt|01/09/2022|D A Lawrance|01/09/2015|
|P C Hawkeswood|01/09/2022|M D L Davis|01/09/2015|
|C Proctor|08/03/2022|N J Stephens|01/09/201 5|
|M Saunders|14/09/2021|P M Grimwood|01/09/2015|
|Rev CJ Collins|01/09/2021|J R Merriman|01/09/2015|
|A V McWhirter|09/03/2021|||
|KA Evans|23/02/2021|||
|G Drain|13/10/2020|||
|S Drain|13/10/2020|||
|C Merriman|01/09/2020|||
|R Ingles|17/09/2019|||
|EA Yelland|17/09/2019|||
|RA Kane|17/09/2019|||
|C G Hollies|17/09/2019|||
|D A Haslam|17/09/2019|||
|JW De Torre|17/09/2019|||
|D Capel|17/09/2019|||
|P Lander|17/09/2019|||
|A C Capel|17/09/2019|||
|P Gwilliam|17/09/2019|||
|V Day|26/02/2019|||
|Rev KJ Pickering|01/09/2018|||
|J P Curtis|19/06/2018|||
|SA Watkins|22/03/2018|||
|Rev GJ Molver|01/09/2017|||
|A Phillips|07/09/2016|||
|M Wetherall|09/03/2016|||
|H VAshford|15/09/2015|||
|J BEvans|15/09/2015|||
|A V Rich|01/09/2015|||
|CJ Davis|01/09/2015|||
|T Libby|01/09/2015|||
|CJ Parker|01/09/2015|||



