## **Hanwell Methodist Church Reports for General Church Meeting 2021**
## **Stewards' Report**
Marion, Rita, Spiwe, Chris, Michael and I have been able to carry on as Church Stewards for the past year – but, of course, in the circumstances arising from Coronavirus.
In conjunction with Rev. Shirlyn ours is a leadership role in the Church – in particular seeing that planned services are held, and trying to keep in touch with what our members want to happen. Consequently, our priority has been to keep ready to resume services as soon as permitted by the various guidelines and restrictions, while being mindful of when folk are willing and able to return.
Quite challenging – and, as you know, it was only possible to open on nine Sundays in late summer and autumn, but happily including our Harvest Festival and Gift services. At long last, and appropriately, Church reopened again on Easter Sunday, and this time, we trust, it’s an irreversible decision!
As we’ve only had one opportunity to formally meet together, many other considerations are in abeyance. Obviously we all face a challenging time ahead, with many restrictions still in place for the time being, and maybe some hard decisions to be made.
(Martin K. – Acting Senior Steward)
## **Property Report**
## 1. Works done since last meeting (May 2020)
- Meeting Covid requirements
- Kitchen door and hatch upgrade
- New fire doors in Memorial Hall
- Pest removal – squirrels above Memorial Hall
- Boiler repairs - pumps
- Toilet repairs – blockage and leak in ladies, seat replacement in gents.
- Electrical repairs, update and testing
- Methodist Insurance review
- Annual fire safety review
- Stage clearance
- Purchase of storage container for rock salt
- Installation of door bells – to flat and side entrance to Church
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2. Works to be done update
- **It was agreed at the Property and Finance meeting in March to postpone major works until later this year when the financial position of the Church is clearer** .
- Remote heating controls - further two quotes are to be sought, but works to be done
- Old kitchen
- Corridor flooring
- Main hall – to consider suggestions made in past year
- Sand bags to be sold off
- Stage – back curtains replacement and main curtains operation repaired– two quotes to be sought; consider its use and subsequent repair/removal of when considering use of and upgrade of the Church Hall
- Ladies toilet blockages to cleared as and when they occur
(Paul W. 26/04/2021)
## **Pastoral Committee Report**
During the last year, our Pastoral Leaders have continued to keep in touch with members of their group, even though Covid restrictions have meant home visits are no longer possible. It is good to report that all Church members and adherents, at the time of writing, appear to be in good or reasonable health.
Of course, our Church family has had sad news in recent months – Inez’s husband, Osborne, passed away at the end of last year, and Angela in January. Angela had attended Church regularly, and she will be much missed by our congregation. It was also sad to hear that David, husband of Dawn, our Church cleaner until last August, died just before Christmas.
The Pastoral Committee last met, on Zoom, on November 16[th] , and we will be meeting again in the next couple of months. We are hoping that it will be possible to hold another social gathering focusing on Pastoral Groups later in the year, but as with all Church events, so much depends on the relaxation of the present Covid restrictions.
Being now quite an elderly congregation, many of our members and adherents have been shielding in the last year, or have felt it safer to stay at home, so these two factors, in conjunction with Lockdown, have meant a normal Sunday congregation has not taken place for over a year. However, our spirits have been kept high with online services, bible studies, Zoom coffee mornings and everyone keeping in touch, one way or another. A big thank you to all for your pastoral care for each other.
Finally, our Membership now stands at 37 (with an additional 6 Members having ceased to attend Hanwell Methodist), and we have 16 Adherents, and a further 11 Friends. (Barbara W. - April 2021)
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## **Finance Report**
This report shows our financial position at the beginning of March, which being halfway through the financial year, gives a good indication of how our finances are running for the year.
Our church and Halls have been closed for a substantial period this year in response to the Coronavirus pandemic and most of our income ceased overnight, although unfortunately not all our expenditure. In the following Review the first column (in italics) shows our actual income and expenditure on the 10 March 2021, and the second column indicates my projections at Year End on 31 August 2021. Although our premises are now re-opening, and Lettings are starting to resume, it is unlikely that the projection will change significantly.
Several things have helped us during this period:
1. Thanks to our Lettings Team the Bunnies Nursery has been allowed to continue and our Church Flat is now re-let and producing a monthly income again,
2. And thanks to your generosity our income from Standing Orders has remained consistent even though worship ceased for a long time.
However, at the beginning of March our outgoings were nearly £14,000 more than our income and the projection is that this deficit will increase to over £19,000 by the end of August. We are very blessed that we have sufficient Available Funds in our Reserves to withstand this deficit, although these will further reduce at the end of August as a result. During a normal year we can fund most of our property and worship projects directly from our income, supplemented by the Available Funds only if necessary. A table explaining our Reserve Funds and their constituents is included at the bottom of the Review.
## **Mission**
It is unlikely that our existing Mission models such as the Easter Egg Hunt and Beach Party will be able to restart and possibly the number of guests invited to the G&T Group would be constrained. These Mission activities have served our community well for many years and a major challenge next year would be investigating new models of Church Mission and how we fund them.
David S. Treasurer
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## **Review of Church Funds and Projection to Year End**
|
**Funding Required from Reserves**
**Church Funds at 10 March 2021**
_less:_
Investment Funds
Restricted Funds
Reserves Policy (General 35k, Organ 40k Building
20k)
**Resultant Available Funds**
Finance Review 10 March 2021
David S.
**Income**
Offerings
Standing Orders
Lettings
Flat rental
Donations (Excluding Memorium)
Other
**Expenditure**
Assessment
Insurance
Professional Services, Copyright,
Organist
Gas
Electricity
Water
Waste collection
WiFi
Cleaning
Maintenance (incl Electrical
Tests)
Garden
H&S Report works
Oth||_44,210_
**19,914**
**196,311**
38,355
3,196
95,000
**59,760**
**_At_**
**_10/03/21_**
_2,598_
_4,820_
_13,814_
_8,673_
_272_
_455_
_30,632_
**_At_**
**_10/03/21_**
_14,134_
_10,530_
_730_
_70_
_2,141_
_894_
_120_
_481_
_171_
_917_
_6,176_
_589_
_6,931_
_326_|**Projected at**
**YEAR END**
3,598
9,640
17,930
13,746
272
455
**45,641**
**Projected at**
**YEAR END**
28,268
10,530
730
550
4,282
1,788
240
962
342
1,850
7,500
1,256
6,931
326|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|||||
||
||**65,555**|
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## **Lettings Report**
Bookings officer: Mrs Barbara W. Lettings Officer: One-off bookings: Mrs Barbara W., Regular licenced groups: Mrs Mary B. (still temporary).
17 Regular Groups under contract at 14[th] May 2021:
- _Badminton Players **_
- _Canine School for Skills **_
- Chosen for Christ Ministries (CfCM) Pentecostal Church
- Ealing Taekwondo
- _Gardening Club_ **(returning September)
- Georgiana Elite Dance Academy
- Gemstones (Russian Drama Lessons)
- _GLOC Musical Theatre_ **(returning June)
- Hanwell Bunnies Pre-School Playgroup
- _Hanwell Table Tennis Club **_
- Hanwell Homeless (Charge waived)
- Hartbeeps (Temporary booking for summer term)
- _Keep Fit_ **(Returning 18[th] May experimentally on a different day for two weeks)
- Little Hands Baby Signing
- _Pulse Healthcare Ltd. (Sessions for pre-diabetics run under the auspices of NHS) **_
- St Mellitus Sunday School
- _Yoga (Caroline K.) **_
We also took a very lucrative booking for filming Motherland, and have been in demand for funeral bookings.
Groups in _italics_ ** have yet to restart after the Covid lockdown. Hanwell Homeless take-away lunches have run throughout all lockdowns, and Hanwell Bunnies have run all through this financial year with the exception of two closures in January because of staff with Covid.
Our rates were reviewed in March and are to remain unchanged until September 2022 with the exception of the newly refurbished office, which is to increase to £15.00 an hour this September. Rates are usually reviewed annually at the January Finance and Property Committee meeting, which was delayed this year until March because of Covid lockdown.
- Main Hall, Memorial Hall: both £22.00 per hour
- Centenary Room: £20.00 per hour.
- Church: £80.00 per hour (cost includes use of AV system)
- Middle Hall: £15.00 per hour
- Parlour: £15.00 per hour
- Small Office: £12.00 per hour (increasing to £15.00 per hour)
- Field: £20.00 per hour (Groups using the field as part of their contract are asked to contribute towards mowing costs.)
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We do not offer standard reduced rates for charity or community lets, but our rates are very competitive within our area, and we offer a regular discount of 20% to groups regularly hiring one of our larger halls for 15 or more hours a week or hiring the whole of the premises for a whole day, and in addition we allow free use of the Parlour, when it is available, to groups with contracts worth more than £1,500 per annum.
Please note that, although Mary B. is still acting as lettings officer for the regular licenced groups as no arrangements had been made to replace her as lettings officer before her trip to Australia in March 2020, it is still her intention to retire as soon as a replacement is found. Barbara W. has taken over all one-off bookings, and various related duties have been assumed by other members of the congregation. During this financial year we have experienced two lockdowns affecting most of our groups (November, and January to March) and much of the time booked by most groups during the year has yielded nothing as we have been working off credits held by the groups because of payments made in advance before the prolonged lockdown which started in March 2020. Invoices are now being sent in arrears to avoid building massive credits, which have to be worked off following any future lockdowns. Since the easing of lockdown many of our regular groups have returned and we have received further enquiries about possible new bookings for the future.
I’m unable to produce a lettings account this year as I only deal with the regular groups, not weddings and funerals or individual bookings. However, by the end of 2020 we had only taken £4,744.50 from our regular groups, whereas in previous years we had taken around £20,000.00 at the end of the calendar year, mostly from our regular groups.
(Mary B.)
## **Flower Report**
There is not much to report on the Church flowers for the last year. During this time I have lost three of my main contributors so I would be grateful if anyone would like to give the flowers perhaps to celebrate a special birthday, anniversary, a thank you or in remembrance of a loved one. I am very grateful to everyone who has contributed in the past.
(Jean M. - Flower Secretary.)
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## **5[th] Hanwell (Methodist) Scout Group Report**
We have maintained numbers across the pandemic, and still have over 70 young people in our group:
- 24 Beavers (aged 6 to 8 years)
- 26 Cubs (aged 8 to 10)
- 28 Scouts (aged 11 to 14)
Our team of nine fantastic dedicated Leaders have kept running Thursday sessions all year in spite of Covid restrictions.
Obviously, we had to stop meeting at the Church halls when the pandemic struck, but we put zoom meetings in place for the young people and our Leaders were very creative in designing virtual sessions which allowed Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to keep working towards badges.
We were able to meet in the halls again for a few weeks in the Autumn, with protective measures in place, but the second wave quickly forced us back onto zoom.
Over the year we have run several virtual camp-at-home events and have set challenges for the young people in line with government restrictions.
We are proud that eleven of our young people achieved Chief Scout awards over the last year (the highest awards for each age-group), which were presented at our virtual St George’s event recently:
- 8 Beavers were awarded Bronze
- 3 Cubs were awarded Silver
We are pleased to have just re-started face2face sessions, albeit with restricted numbers to allow appropriate social distancing. Beavers and Cubs are meeting in the halls, but limited group sizes mean that only half can meet at a time so each young person gets a session fortnightly. Scouts are having to meet in the field (to keep them separate from Beavers/Cubs), so fingers crossed for good weather!
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We had an exciting camping season planned again this summer, but sadly we are not yet able to resume residential activities. We are aiming to run Outdoor Pursuits days for all Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in June and July, and are still hoping that we may be able to arrange at least one camp in the autumn.
Our Leaders have been working really hard to keep scouting going during lockdown, and against-the-odds our young people have worked on a record number of badges this year.
We are grateful for the Church’s ongoing sponsorship and support, especially at this difficult time.
Mandy C. - Group Scout Leader
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CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
HANWELL
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2021
EAUNG TRINITY
Clrcult
Clrcutt no
35124
Registered Charity - Charlty Registration nUrnr
If not a registered Gharity Her Majesty'g R•v•nu• and
Customs Gfft Ald number
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in ternis of evidence of charitable
status and may be used to give to donors or grant lunders lshirj to see eviden of the organisation's
charitable status. Methodist tharities in England arKI Wales that are not registered charities are
excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
1169807
Minister..
Rev Shi
To
Church Stewards:
Mrs Marlon Gamett
Mr. Christopher Rthings
Mrs Rita Macmurray
Mrs Spiw¢ Chirum¢
Mr. Michael Pideaux
Treasurer".
Mr David Strcet
hurth R P 2015.xls
Ic15
||**SECTION A**|I||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Restricted**
**Funds**||**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||£||£||£||£|
|a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**|||||||||
|a2|Offerings andTaxrecovered||||20,068||||**20,068**||19,321|
||Bank and CFB interest and|||||||||||
|a3|Investment income||||504||||**504**||793|
|a4|Lettings||||49,243||||**49,243**||57,301|
|as|Other receipts||||472||||**472**||3,097|
|a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||||**70,287**||||**70,287**|I|**80,512**|
||**SECTIONS**|I||||||||||
|b1|**PAYMENTS**|||||||||||
|b2|Circuit AssessmentorShare||||29,874||||**29,874**||26,079|
|b3|Donations||||||||||300|
|b4|Repairs and Maintenance||||24,291||||**24,291**||13,063|
||Utilities (Insurances, water|||||||||||
|b5|charges, heating&lighting)||||15,178||||**15,178**||16,713|
|b6||||||||||||
|b7|Other payments||||1,540||||**1,540**||8,384|
|b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||||**70,883**||||**70,883**|**(b9)**I|**64,539**|
|c1|||**(a6-b8)**||(596)||||||15,9731|
|c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||.|166,872||3,669||170,5411|(c6)I W||
|lc3|**lsubtotal**||**~c1+c2)**|I|
166,2761||3,66911||
**169,9451**||**170,5411**|
|lc4|ITransfers and adjustments|||I||||II|
__
l..._>I ..._I_||___.|
|lcs|**jToTALFUNDS AT END OF YEAR**||**(c3+c4)**|I|
**166,2761**||**3,66911**||
**169,9451**|**(c8)11**|**170,5411 (c6)**I|
||**SECTION D**|I||||||||||
||**'FOR INFORMATION ONLY:MONEYRECEIVED AND**|||**PASSEDONTO**||**EXTERNAL**|||**ORGANISATIONS**|||
|d|**(these amounts arenotto beincluded in total receipts/payments figures**||||||||£||£|
|d1|Balance brought forward from last year||||||||160||814|
|d2|Offerings/Gifts - receivedforexternal organisations||||||||320||676|
|d3|Offerings/Gifts - passedtoexternal organisations||||||||475||1,330|
|d4|**BALANCE STILLTOBE PAID**||(d1+d2-d3)||||||**5**||**160**|
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||INTERNAL|||NetReceipts/|||Opening||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**ORGANISATIONS**|Receipts|Payments|Payments|Adjustments||balances||Closingbalances||
|el|RowerFund|280|328|(48)|||411||363||
|e2|WednesdayClub||||||168||168||
|e3|||||||||||
|e4|||||||||||
|e5|||||||||||
|e6|||||||||||
|e7|||||||||||
||i:SUbto1alofInternal||||||||||
|e8|Organisationsfunds|280|328|(48)|||579|
(e11J|531|(e12)|
||Churchaccounts(totals||||||||||
||broughtforwardfrompage||||||||||
|e9|2**-totalscolwml)**|78,287(a7|70,883(b9)|(596)||(c7)|**170,541**|
(c6)|**169,945**|(c8)|
||1uI**l'IL**"~"l"UNU:SHt:LU||||||||||
|elO|
BYCHURCH|70,567|71,211|(644)|||171,120|
**(x)**|**170,476**|**(y)**|
||Continueona separatesheet
ifnecessaryandbringthe
totalsfoiward|**TOTALRECEIPTS**|**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**||||||||
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CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
HANWELL
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2021
EAUNG TRINITY
Clrcult
Clrcutt no
35124
Registered Charity - Charlty Registration nUrnr
If not a registered Gharity Her Majesty'g R•v•nu• and
Customs Gfft Ald number
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in ternis of evidence of charitable
status and may be used to give to donors or grant lunders lshirj to see eviden of the organisation's
charitable status. Methodist tharities in England arKI Wales that are not registered charities are
excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
1169807
Minister..
Rev Shi
To
Church Stewards:
Mrs Marlon Gamett
Mr. Christopher Rthings
Mrs Rita Macmurray
Mrs Spiw¢ Chirum¢
Mr. Michael Pideaux
Treasurer".
Mr David Strcet
hurth R P 2015.xls
Ic15
||**SECTION A**|I||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Restricted**
**Funds**||**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||£||£||£||£|
|a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**|||||||||
|a2|Offerings andTaxrecovered||||20,068||||**20,068**||19,321|
||Bank and CFB interest and|||||||||||
|a3|Investment income||||504||||**504**||793|
|a4|Lettings||||49,243||||**49,243**||57,301|
|as|Other receipts||||472||||**472**||3,097|
|a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||||**70,287**||||**70,287**|I|**80,512**|
||**SECTIONS**|I||||||||||
|b1|**PAYMENTS**|||||||||||
|b2|Circuit AssessmentorShare||||29,874||||**29,874**||26,079|
|b3|Donations||||||||||300|
|b4|Repairs and Maintenance||||24,291||||**24,291**||13,063|
||Utilities (Insurances, water|||||||||||
|b5|charges, heating&lighting)||||15,178||||**15,178**||16,713|
|b6||||||||||||
|b7|Other payments||||1,540||||**1,540**||8,384|
|b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||||**70,883**||||**70,883**|**(b9)**I|**64,539**|
|c1|||**(a6-b8)**||(596)||||||15,9731|
|c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||.|166,872||3,669||170,5411|(c6)I W||
|lc3|**lsubtotal**||**~c1+c2)**|I|
166,2761||3,66911||
**169,9451**||**170,5411**|
|lc4|ITransfers and adjustments|||I||||II|
__
l..._>I ..._I_||___.|
|lcs|**jToTALFUNDS AT END OF YEAR**||**(c3+c4)**|I|
**166,2761**||**3,66911**||
**169,9451**|**(c8)11**|**170,5411 (c6)**I|
||**SECTION D**|I||||||||||
||**'FOR INFORMATION ONLY:MONEYRECEIVED AND**|||**PASSEDONTO**||**EXTERNAL**|||**ORGANISATIONS**|||
|d|**(these amounts arenotto beincluded in total receipts/payments figures**||||||||£||£|
|d1|Balance brought forward from last year||||||||160||814|
|d2|Offerings/Gifts - receivedforexternal organisations||||||||320||676|
|d3|Offerings/Gifts - passedtoexternal organisations||||||||475||1,330|
|d4|**BALANCE STILLTOBE PAID**||(d1+d2-d3)||||||**5**||**160**|
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||INTERNAL|||NetReceipts/|||Opening||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**ORGANISATIONS**|Receipts|Payments|Payments|Adjustments||balances||Closingbalances||
|el|RowerFund|280|328|(48)|||411||363||
|e2|WednesdayClub||||||168||168||
|e3|||||||||||
|e4|||||||||||
|e5|||||||||||
|e6|||||||||||
|e7|||||||||||
||i:SUbto1alofInternal||||||||||
|e8|Organisationsfunds|280|328|(48)|||579|
(e11J|531|(e12)|
||Churchaccounts(totals||||||||||
||broughtforwardfrompage||||||||||
|e9|2**-totalscolwml)**|78,287(a7|70,883(b9)|(596)||(c7)|**170,541**|
(c6)|**169,945**|(c8)|
||1uI**l'IL**"~"l"UNU:SHt:LU||||||||||
|elO|
BYCHURCH|70,567|71,211|(644)|||171,120|
**(x)**|**170,476**|**(y)**|
||Continueona separatesheet
ifnecessaryandbringthe
totalsfoiward|**TOTALRECEIPTS**|**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**||||||||
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