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2021-08-31-accounts

Great Ayton Methodist Church Charity Commission Annual Report Year ended 31st August 2021

Objectives:

The Church is committed to enabling as many people within the Community to worship within the Church and use its facilities.

Mission & Vision Plan

The key elements of our plan are:

The intention is to ensure that:

Covid

Like many institutions our Church and members have been effected by the Covid restrictions. Its been a challenging year again and its impact on members and the Church will be felt for many years to come. With the Church being closed for a significant period and restrictions placed on services and activities it significantly reduced our effectiveness to reach out and support our members, friends, local community and our charity fund raising.

When we did reopen it was for a limited period and social distancing and protective measures limited what could be achieved. Covid has impacted on everyone’s lives and it poses a new challenge for the Church as to how we interact and support members and the wider community.

No grants were applied for or received from the Government furlough programme.

Church Life

We take a holistic view that all stages of life should be catered for and we aim to support all ages including children, youth, family and older age groups.

In addition to offering Church services on a Sunday we also offer a quiet, intimate and reflective environment for worship.

Church in the Community

We normally run a busy program of weekly events including: primetime games, community lunch, coffee and crafts, toddler groups, film nights and coffee mornings. Unfortunately, most of this had to be stopped or limited due to Covid.

Children & Youth

We continue to reach out to young people and support young families in the community. Activities are normally available throughout the week including Sunday ‘Kings kids’, J Time, Messy Church, Family Fun Time and wider Youth activities. Again these were reduced in number and in scale.

Worship

We offer a range of prayer services during the week. As a Church we continue to try and create different worship styles and events for members. On a Sunday we would normally offer two services; one with a band and one more traditional. However, since Covid took effect we have not been able to function as before and services have been limited to the one when restrictions allowed.

Since March 2020 Sunday services have been viewed online. Feedback from members and the wider community throughout the country has been very positive and it is expected that this format will continue to grow. It has also supported people who are housebound or felt unsure of mixing with other people. House Groups were also unable to function at the same level but again this moved online.

During 2020 the Stokesley Circuit was reduced to one Minister. We thank Andrew Robinson for being our Minister during this period and we look forward to working with Rob Weir who was been appointed in September 2021.

Pastoral

Current Membership is 106 with the combined ‘Membership and Friends’ at 167. Unfortunately, Covid has restricted the interactions that members normally enjoy and this is a concern. Pastoral visitors have played a vital part in supporting members often who are elderly or live on their own during this difficult time.

Charity

Being able to help vulnerable people in the UK and throughout the world is fundamental to members’ commitment to giving and the community.

During 2020/21 we raised £5278 and paid out £8214. This included the final payment of £6000 to Teesside Hospice (eventually raising £12000). Over the last four years we have raised and paid out £44000 to such causes as Texas, Smiles, Teesside Hospice and now the Headlight Charity. For a small community this is testament to the value we place on helping others less fortunate.

We also thank our members and supporters of the local Food Bank who give up their time and donate money and food to support people in need.

Property

To enable us to support members who were viewing the services online we invested £10717 in new equipment to improve our provision.

Financial Performance

Covid continued to have a major impact on Church finances during the year. Income of £88k was £10k down on pre Covid levels. Expenditure increased by a further £6k to £75k. After last years dramatic reduction, we were therefore able to improve our Net Income to £13k.

Additional investment was undertaken to upgrade our website and communications to enable us to reach out to the wider community especially during Covid.

Given the circumstances it should be judged as a successful outcome and we continued to improve reserves.

reserves.
Total Church Funds: £153k.
Traidcraft and Church in the Community Funds: £6k
Total Funds: £159k.
Cash at Bank: £130k.

In line with the Methodist Church Recommendations Reserves were increased to £90k which reduced the Unallocated Funds available to support Church activities.

Governance & Management

The full Church Council has continued to meet four times a year and the Leadership Stewards monthly under stewardship of the Minister. Unfortunately, member’s meetings which would have happened twice a year were curtailed. Predominately meetings have been undertaken via Zoom..

Safeguarding

There were no reportable incidents between 01/09/20 and 31/08/21.

We would like to thank our safeguarding officer for all the work he does in ensuring all Church activities are safe, training is undertaken and monitored and people are made aware of their responsibilities. Safeguarding policies and procedures are reviewed in line with guidance from the Methodist Church safeguarding team.

Volunteers

Our volunteers continued to support all age groups from nursery up to the elderly who were unable to come to Church or the many activities which would normally have been available.

The Church would not function without people who freely give up their time. We are blessed that we have a group of people who have continued to manage the Church affairs, look after property and make our Church a lively and supportive community.

JH Whitehead Treasurer 13[th] March 2022

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

Great Ayton Methodist Church

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 August 2021

Circuit
Stokesley		 Circuit no 1305
(since Dec 2016)
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
1170323

If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number

(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)

Minister:

Rev Andrew Robinson
Church Stewards:
Steve Smith Howard Whitehead
David Kent Eileen Cowen
Sally Chaplain Chris Stokeld
Jeanette Hardy
Treasurer:
John Howard Whitehead

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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

Great Ayton Methodist Church Church

SECTION A Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds		 £
76,718
16
290
11,790
Totals this
year		 £
76,718
16
290
11,790
Totals this
year		 Totals last
year
£ £ £ £
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Offerings andTax recovered 76,718 76,718 72,349
a3 Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income		 16 16 181
a4 Lettings 290 290 3,026
a5 Other receipts 11,790 11,790 2,127
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 88,814 88,814 77,683
SECTION B 43,392
500
3,962
6,848
20,530
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 43,392 43,392 43,392
b3 Donations 500 500 405
b4 Repairs and Maintenance 3,962 3,962 4,507
b5 Utilities (Insurances, water charges,
heating &lighting)		 6,848 6,848 7,288
b6
b7 Otherpayments 20,530 20,530 14,257
b8 TOTAL PAYMENTS 75,232 75,232 69,849
13,582
SECTION C
c1 NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS FOR
THE YEAR
(a6-b8)		 13,582 13,582 7,834
c2 Total funds brought forward from last
year		 142,568 142,568 134,300
156,150
c3 (c1+c2)
Sub total		 156,150 156,150 142,134
c4 Transfers and adjustments (2,215) (2,215) 434
c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4)		 153,935 153,935 142,568 (c6)
SECTION D
d £
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)		 £
d1 Balance broughtforwardfrom last year 3,683 4,103
d2 Offerings/Gifts-received for external organisations 5,506 9,402
d3 Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations 8,214 9,822
d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID 975 3,683

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Great Ayton Methodist Church

SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

SECTION E

Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page

Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2016 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.

INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Net Receipts/
Payments		 Net Receipts/
Payments		 Net Receipts/
Payments		 Openingbalances Closingbalances
e1 Traidcraft 2,652 2,433 219 4,198 4,417
e2 Church in the Community Nil Nil Nil 1,516 1,516
e3
e4
e5
e6
e7
e8 Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds		 2,652 2,433 219 5,714 5,933
(e12)
e9 Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page 2 -
totals column)		 88,814 75,232 13,582 (2,215) 142,568 153,935 (c8)
e10 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD
BY CHURCH		 91,466 77,665 13,801 (2,215) 148,282 159,868 (y)
SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LI ABILITIES
t 31 August 2018		 OPENING
BALANCES		 CLOSING
BALANCES
CHURCH -CASH FUNDS HELDa
f1 Cash in hand
f2 BankCurrentAccount 21,474 21,672
f3 Bank Deposit Account 119,058 130,270
f4 Central FinanceBoard
f5 Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 2,036 1,993
f6 Other funds
f7 SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 142,568 153,935 (c8)
f8 Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)		 5,714 5,933 (e12)
f9 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 148,282 159,868 (y)
SECTION G
SECTION G
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES 1 September 2017
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil		 31 August 2018
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
g1 Investments(include Endowments) Nil Nil
g2 Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value) Nil Nil
g3 Other Assets Nil Nil
g4 Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end Nil Nil
g5 Other Liabilities Nil Nil

f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board

f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes

g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5

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DECLARATIONS

Treasurer

I confirm that I have prepared the accounts from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church Council

Signature of Treasurer J H Whitehead Date 13/03/2021 Name John Howard Whitehead Address 33 Skottowe Crescent, Great Ayton, TS96DS Presentation to the *Church Council for approval. I confirm that the Accounts have been presented to the Church Council on 13/03/2021 and were approved. Rob Weir Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Rob Weir Date 13/03/2021 _______________

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

Great Ayton Methodist Church

This Report is on the Church Accounts for the year ended 31[st] August

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Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

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Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that disclosed below*):

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

* Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply appropriate

(3) I have obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes ("TMCP") or held in other Trusts, Bank balances and Funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church ("CFB"), which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date.

* Please circle as appropriate

Name
Signature
Address
Ron Kirk
Ron Kirk
Relevant Professional qualification or body
FCA,CTA
2 Rosehill, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, TS9 6BH
Date
28/01/2022		 Ron Kirk
Ron Kirk
FCA,CTA
2 Rosehill, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, TS9 6BH
28/01/2022
28/01/2022

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Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the acc records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts prese report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that disc

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper to be reached.

* Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply appropriate

(3) I have obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for M ("TMCP") or held in other Trusts, Bank balances and Funds at the Central Finance Bo ("CFB"), which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the bal

* Please circle as appropriate

Name Ron Kirk
Signature Ron Kirk
Relevant Professional qualification or body
FCA,CTA
Address 2 Rosehill, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, TS9 6BH

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