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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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## Section A Reference and administration details ## **Charity name** Tavistock Methodist Circuit ## **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1168514 |||| |---|---|---| |Tavistock Methodist Church||| |Chapel Street||| |Tavistock||| |**Postcode**|**PL19 8DX**|| **Charity's principal address** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) enTrustee name Office (if any) whole year titled to appoint trustee (if any)** Presbyter (Chair Ex officio 1[Rev Dr Steven ] Emery-Wright of Circuit Meeting) 2 Rev Phil Griffin Presbyter Ex officio 3 Rev Paul Smith Supernumerary Ex officio 4 Mr Ian Parsons Circuit Steward Circuit Meeting 5[Mrs Jacqueline ] Circuit Steward Circuit Meeting Shillabeer Mr David Dodd Circuit Steward/ Circuit Meeting 6 Peter Tavy Treasurer Circuit Finance Circuit Meeting 7[Mr Graham ] Skedgell 8[Mrs Mel ] Circuit Ex officio Tamblin Administrator **TAR** � Nov 2021 1 |9
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29|Mr Graham
Shillabeer
Circuit Property/
Mary Tavy
Treasurer
Rev Jeffrey
Moles
Supernumerary
Mr John Wright
Circuit Property
Secretary
Mrs P Skedgell
Local Preachers
Secretary
Mrs H Boot-
Handford
Bere Alston
Treasurer
Mrs L Wright
Bere Alston Rep
Mr T Atkinson
Bere Alston
Substitute Rep
Mr John
Tamblin
Mary Tavy
Steward
Mrs P Emmott
Mary Tavy
Treasurer
Mrs S Dodd
Peter Tavy Rep
Mrs J Ball
Peter Tavy Rep|Circuit Meeting| |---|---|---| |||Ex officio
Circuit Meeting
Circuit Meeting
Bere Alston United Church
Bere Alston United Church
Bere Alston United Church
Mary Tavy Church Council
Mary Tavy Church Council
Peter Tavy Church Council
Peter Tavy Church Council| ||Mrs M Owen
Yelverton Steward|Yelverton Church Council| ||Mr C West
Yelverton
Property|Yelverton Church Council| ||Mrs C Hunt
Yelverton
Treasurer|Yelverton Church Council| ||Mrs M
Luckhurst
Yelverton
Property|Yelverton Church Council| ||Mrs P Wylie
Tavistock
Methodist Church
Steward|Tavistock Church Council| ||Mr N Tamblin
Tavistock
Methodist Church
Treasurer|Tavistock Church Council| ||Mrs J Page
Tavistock
Methodist Church
Rep|Tavistock Church Council| ||Mr J Harris
Tavistock
Methodist Church
Rep|Tavistock Church Council| ||Mr G Orton
Tavistock
Methodist Church
Rep|Tavistock Church Council| ||Mrs L Orton
Tavistock
Methodist Church
Rep|Tavistock Church Council| **TAR** � Nov 2021 2 Dr D Benzie Circuit Safeguarding Officer Circuit Meeting 30 |31
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36|Mrs M Tamblin Circuit Archivist
Circuit Meeting| |---|---| ||Mrs J Palmer
TACT Rep
Circuit Meeting| ||Mr R Holliday
Bere Alston Rep
Bere Alston United Church| ||Mrs A
Mansfield
Horrabridge
Community
Worker
Circuit Meeting| ||Mr T Sprague
Yelverton Rep
Yelverton Church Council| ||Ms C Sivyer
Mary Tavy
Secretary
Mary Tavy Church Council| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** **TAR** � Nov 2021 3 Act of Parliament Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Trust (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by Circuit Meeting or individual church councils (some trustees are ex officio) (eg. appointed by, elected by) |**Additional governance issues**
You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
•
policies and procedures ad-
opted for the induction and
training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the char-
ity works;
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relationship with any related
parties;
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trustees’ consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.|**(Optional information)**| |---|---| ||Introduction /Training:
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Range of guidance provided by Methodist Connexion
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‘The Role of a Trustee’ leaflet available to Trustees
Structure:
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Part of the Plymouth and Exeter Methodist District
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Accountable to the Methodist Conference
Risks:
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Property and Financial risks considered by regular Leadership
Team meetings. All the circuit properties are subject to quin-
quennial inspections carried out by a qualified surveyor. Each
property holds electrical and PAT test certificates.
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Major risks are considered by the Circuit Meeting
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Professional advice taken as required
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Circuit Safeguarding Policy, with approved Safeguarding train-
ing programme, strictly adhering to Methodist Church policy.
CircuitStafng:
Rev Dr Steven Emery-Wright was appointed to serve as the Superin-
tendent Minister with efect from 1st September 2018.
Supernumerary ministers Rev Jef Moles and Rev Paul Smith contin-
ue to support the circuit, with Rev Smith taking pastoral responsibility
for the chapel at Mary Tavy.
There is a paid Circuit Administrator, who works each weekday morn-
ing in the circuit ofce based at Tavistock Methodist Church.
The Circuit Leadership Team (CLT) meets each month. This comprises
the ministerial staf and circuit stewards plus lay people from across
the circuit with responsibility for fnance, property, employment of the
lay worker at Horrabridge, stationing of ministers and the welfare of
the worshipping congregations. The Circuit Administrator is the sec-
retary of the leadership team. The CLT is accountable to the Circuit
Meeting, who are the charity trustees, and are given delegated re-
sponsibility for managing the assets and give direction in order to fulfl
the circuit mission statement.
Preaching and Worship:
In addition to the circuit ministers there is a dedicated team of local
preachers and worship leaders, who conduct worship at the above
churches. There are currently fve local preachers and worship lead-
ers in training, they are following a course which the superintendent
minister is leading.| **TAR** � Nov 2021 4 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** Our Circuit Mission Statement: Building Christ-centred churches that, in the power of the Holy **Summary of the objects of** Spirit, and in partnership with other Christian churches, serve their **the charity set out in its gov-** communities, and make disciples of Jesus, to the glory of the **erning document** Father. See also the Methodist Church Act 1976 **TAR** � Nov 2021 5 Information about our circuit churches can be found at the Plymouth and Exeter District website: http://www.pemd.org.uk/index.php/circuits-in-district-2/54-tavistock Please refer to Appendix A to this report. **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)** **TAR** � Nov 2021 6 **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 **TAR** � Nov 2021 7 ## Section D Achievements and performance |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|The Circuit Membership is growing. All the churches detailed here are
experiencing growth, which goes against the national trend.| |---|---| **TAR** � Nov 2021 8 ## **Section E Financial review** |**Brief statement of the char-**|See a copy of the Circuit Reserves Policy.| |---|---| |**ity’s policy on reserves**|| |**Details of any funds materi-**
**ally in deficit**|None of the funds administered are materially in deficit.| |**Further financial review details (Optional information)**|| |You**may choose**to include|See a copy of the Standard Form of Accounts (SFA) for the year| |additional information, where|ended 31 August 2021| |relevant about:|| |•
the charity’s principal|| |sources of funds (including|| |any fundraising);|| |•
how expenditure has sup-|| |ported the key objectives of|| |the charity;|| |•
investment policy and ob-|| |jectives including any eth-|| |ical investment policy adop-|| |ted.|| ## **Section F Other optional information** **TAR** � Nov 2021 9 ## **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)** **Position (eg Secretary,** Circuit Steward **Chair, etc)** **Date** **TAR** 10 Nov 2021 CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS Pag¥ I THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS TAVISTOCK CiroJf( FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 rM•tykt Cl￿￿￿1 no 24n R•gkntsmd Ch•rlty. C￿rffy R•gkntton numb•r 1166514 If nota wi5t•rwJ chanty H•r•kn1￿￿* ft•¥•n￿• and ¢u•torn GIftAld nun*•r (rhe HMRC numb•r is eqUiv8￿￿tto a reg18tered thArity number in tsm)s 0fevhyen￿ of thalltabkn statV8 and may U88d to gi￿ to donors orgrznt funders ¥A5hing to see eVtsn￿ ofthe ¢xgan￿atiDn'¥ c*aritsbkn status. moth￿l18t ¢hariUes in England and Wal•s that are not Mjistgrod d￿r￿8$ are exc8pt•J fr￿1 registralp￿ undwstatu Instrument 2014 No.2421 Min￿￿[5.. Rev Dr Siw8n Enw-WKJht Rev Phil* Gri R•v Paul Sm4th {Su￿rnUm$Faryl Rev Jaff Mobs ISup8mumr8ry1 Rev Maknlrn Rieh&Tds ISupgrnuThraryl Cirtrjit Stewards.. Mr lan P8r8on8 Mrs Jac** Shilab••r Mi Davwj Dodd Trn8￿rer. MrGraham Sko&5811 1 ofi 20ACCOUPITS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGU8T2021 TAV16TOCK ¢lrttult SECTtON A F¥TrJ• Tn* P￿d T¢)1•￿th*yo•r REC&PTS A$8e5$1nenVPth*re 1rJ.649 123,649 116,W) Capital rewpts B8nk arxl GFB irtere&t In¥estsnent Inwme 84 439 1,623 as Gran1$ Other re*ipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 9,059 9.059 2,514 a7 132,817 439 133.256 121.037 SECTION b1 PAYMENTS tipeTrJs, sa •rxl 92.512 92.512 b3 Mar￿8 Costs 14.507 1&807 10,483 Admnistration etc 4.009 b5 23,333 4.660 27.993 27,781 (kants & dot)atsw$ Gk)3ed ChapeL8 inG.Horfat hErpayments TOTAL PAYMEiirs b7 15,319 4,071 14319 4,357 16,188 2,288 153,152 b8 b9 107,111 4N6 181057 Ib91 SECTION C RECEIPT YEAR AYME The c1 142941 14A071 I￿801> 132.115> Total fr¥KIs ty0￿￿ forward Irom L88tyear 41,785 143,210 184.995 Ic61 217.110 Subtotsl Ic1+¢2) 17.491 131703 156,194 184mS Tr3r*fets and adjustrn6nts 25,LKJO 125,tM)01 Ic71 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OFYEAR Ic3+c41 42,491 113.7ri3 166.194 (¢81 184,995 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVEDAND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL OR13ANISAnONS thM• should not Includod Sn trtal r•E•l Ba￿TrEe tsDugM foTword from18st year offerir¥J￿Gfft$ . rec*iveil forextem81 organ*atiN OlleriThJpJGth. pa88gJ to exiem81 BAIAIICE STILL TO BE PAID Id14 d2- d31 d1 2,908 d2 2,339 2.339 2,007 4.915 d3 d4 1of2 TAVISToa( SEemON E th•y8or8ndpd 31 W2021 Memtj INTER114L i¢n 166.1gd TOTALCA8TrtP1*4MNUD 1JJ3fl 1U,194 IOULPAThENT5 SECTION F OPENING CLOSNG (aRNT.¢A*I FUNC4HELDItJlAUVt2021 2,273 t.814 39.512 40.878 143,210 113,702 IiffjTOTAL 106.194 IS8,191 SECT￿0 31P4W12fy11 5,147 2.605,567 2.571.245 1(42 ' Name of Circuit TAVISTOCK Declarations and Scrutiny I confimi that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they include all funds under the contrd of the Circuit meeting. If. Il IOLI. Signature oftreasurer ....... KfJJW.£..U.U.......... Name and address of treasurer ..a..LAH.QtsQ...-.. . FA i Av i c QIZA C-F I AVIÉTc)f_ Post Code.... Pr080ntallon to the Clr¢uft m¢etlng I confim that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 wereAwll be. "Z02 presented to the Circuit meeting hekl on . Si9nature of the Chair ofthe meeting Name of the Chair the meeting Independent Examlner's Report to the Trustses of tho TAVISTOCK Charity Numbgr 1168614 R88ponslbllltle* and ba818 of report I reP￿t to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the .... . Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2021 set out on pages . As the Circuifs trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordarte with the r￿U￿rements of the Charities Act 2011 {'theAcV). I report in reS￿t of my examination of the Circuit's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and. in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions gNen by the Charity Commission under section 14515){bl of the A¢t. ' delete or circle as appropriate 1rf2 Name of Circuit TAVISTOCK No. 24n Indepandent Examlner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention In nnection 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 con¢ems and have come acn)ss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention shoukd be drawn in this report In ord8r to enable a proper und8rstsrKling of the aG¢ounts to be reached. I havelhave not. obtained independent verification of 811 investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances arKI funds at the Central Financ& Board of the MethI￿1St Church which are indlvidualty in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Slgnature of irKlependent examiner Name of indeperKlent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Address Post C¢xle Date delète or circle as appropriate 1of1 CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS Pag¥ I THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS TAVISTOCK CiroJf( FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 rM•tykt Cl￿￿￿1 no 24n R•gkntsmd Ch•rlty. C￿rffy R•gkntton numb•r 1166514 If nota wi5t•rwJ chanty H•r•kn1￿￿* ft•¥•n￿• and ¢u•torn GIftAld nun*•r (rhe HMRC numb•r is eqUiv8￿￿tto a reg18tered thArity number in tsm)s 0fevhyen￿ of thalltabkn statV8 and may U88d to gi￿ to donors orgrznt funders ¥A5hing to see eVtsn￿ ofthe ¢xgan￿atiDn'¥ c*aritsbkn status. moth￿l18t ¢hariUes in England and Wal•s that are not Mjistgrod d￿r￿8$ are exc8pt•J fr￿1 registralp￿ undwstatu Instrument 2014 No.2421 Min￿￿[5.. Rev Dr Siw8n Enw-WKJht Rev Phil* Gri R•v Paul Sm4th {Su￿rnUm$Faryl Rev Jaff Mobs ISup8mumr8ry1 Rev Maknlrn Rieh&Tds ISupgrnuThraryl Cirtrjit Stewards.. Mr lan P8r8on8 Mrs Jac** Shilab••r Mi Davwj Dodd Trn8￿rer. MrGraham Sko&5811 1 ofi 20ACCOUPITS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGU8T2021 TAV16TOCK ¢lrttult SECTtON A F¥TrJ• Tn* P￿d T¢)1•￿th*yo•r REC&PTS A$8e5$1nenVPth*re 1rJ.649 123,649 116,W) Capital rewpts B8nk arxl GFB irtere&t In¥estsnent Inwme 84 439 1,623 as Gran1$ Other re*ipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 9,059 9.059 2,514 a7 132,817 439 133.256 121.037 SECTION b1 PAYMENTS tipeTrJs, sa •rxl 92.512 92.512 b3 Mar￿8 Costs 14.507 1&807 10,483 Admnistration etc 4.009 b5 23,333 4.660 27.993 27,781 (kants & dot)atsw$ Gk)3ed ChapeL8 inG.Horfat hErpayments TOTAL PAYMEiirs b7 15,319 4,071 14319 4,357 16,188 2,288 153,152 b8 b9 107,111 4N6 181057 Ib91 SECTION C RECEIPT YEAR AYME The c1 142941 14A071 I￿801> 132.115> Total fr¥KIs ty0￿￿ forward Irom L88tyear 41,785 143,210 184.995 Ic61 217.110 Subtotsl Ic1+¢2) 17.491 131703 156,194 184mS Tr3r*fets and adjustrn6nts 25,LKJO 125,tM)01 Ic71 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OFYEAR Ic3+c41 42,491 113.7ri3 166.194 (¢81 184,995 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVEDAND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL OR13ANISAnONS thM• should not Includod Sn trtal r•E•l Ba￿TrEe tsDugM foTword from18st year offerir¥J￿Gfft$ . rec*iveil forextem81 organ*atiN OlleriThJpJGth. pa88gJ to exiem81 BAIAIICE STILL TO BE PAID Id14 d2- d31 d1 2,908 d2 2,339 2.339 2,007 4.915 d3 d4 1of2 TAVISToa( SEemON E th•y8or8ndpd 31 W2021 Memtj INTER114L i¢n 166.1gd TOTALCA8TrtP1*4MNUD 1JJ3fl 1U,194 IOULPAThENT5 SECTION F OPENING CLOSNG (aRNT.¢A*I FUNC4HELDItJlAUVt2021 2,273 t.814 39.512 40.878 143,210 113,702 IiffjTOTAL 106.194 IS8,191 SECT￿0 31P4W12fy11 5,147 2.605,567 2.571.245 1(42 ' Name of Circuit TAVISTOCK Declarations and Scrutiny I confimi that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they include all funds under the contrd of the Circuit meeting. If. Il IOLI. Signature oftreasurer ....... KfJJW.£..U.U.......... Name and address of treasurer ..a..LAH.QtsQ...-.. . FA i Av i c QIZA C-F I AVIÉTc)f_ Post Code.... Pr080ntallon to the Clr¢uft m¢etlng I confim that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 wereAwll be. "Z02 presented to the Circuit meeting hekl on . Si9nature of the Chair ofthe meeting Name of the Chair the meeting Independent Examlner's Report to the Trustses of tho TAVISTOCK Charity Numbgr 1168614 R88ponslbllltle* and ba818 of report I reP￿t to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the .... . Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2021 set out on pages . As the Circuifs trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordarte with the r￿U￿rements of the Charities Act 2011 {'theAcV). I report in reS￿t of my examination of the Circuit's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and. in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions gNen by the Charity Commission under section 14515){bl of the A¢t. ' delete or circle as appropriate 1rf2 Name of Circuit TAVISTOCK No. 24n Indepandent Examlner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention In nnection 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 con¢ems and have come acn)ss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention shoukd be drawn in this report In ord8r to enable a proper und8rstsrKling of the aG¢ounts to be reached. I havelhave not. obtained independent verification of 811 investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances arKI funds at the Central Financ& Board of the MethI￿1St Church which are indlvidualty in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Slgnature of irKlependent examiner Name of indeperKlent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Address Post C¢xle Date delète or circle as appropriate 1of1