## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** From **1 September 2019** To **31 August 2020** **Charity name: Brixton Hill Methodist Church** **Charity registration number: 1173770** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|a. The Christian faith in accordance with
the doctrinal standards and the
discipline of the Methodist Church;
b. Any charitable purpose for the time
being of any Connexional, district,
circuit, local or other organisation of the
Methodist Church;
c. Any charitable purpose for the time
being of any society or institution
subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist
Church;
d.Any purpose for the time being of any
charity being a charity subsidiary or
ancillary to the Methodist Church.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Equipping church members from highly diverse
backgrounds through church services, pastoral
visiting, eating together & bible studies.
Development of youth in church, Girls Brigade, the
60:40 youth project & support of Clapham Youth
Centre.
Community groups for older people – Pop-In &
Creative Card Making.
Support of Robes homeless project.
Support of the New Bridge Foundation prisoner
support charity.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees are aware of the requirement that a
charity be for the public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Grants will be decided by Trustees on a case by
case basis, considering financial condition of the
Charity. The Community Fund, inherited from Kings
Acre, earns investment returns that are available,
by decisionoftheTrustees to community projects.| |||Currently partial support of the 60:40 youth project
and Girls Brigade..| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Trustees rent office space to NewBridge
Foundation at favourable rental as positive support
for their work in prisons, considering the church is
opposite Brixton Prison. The church also rents
space to a nursery; as well as providing income to
support the church, it is seen as a community
asset.
Kings Acre buildings are used for youth activities
despite minimal income.
Trustees plan to take on responsibility for Clapham
Youth Centre .| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Charity is highly dependent on volunteers,
trustees and others.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Equipping church members from highly diverse
backgrounds through church services, pastoral
visiting, eating together & bible studies.
Development of youth in church, Girls Brigade, the
60:40 youth project & support of Clapham Youth
Centre.
Community groups for older people – Pop-In &
Creative Card Making. These have had to be
suspended in the Covid crisis. But older people
and those self-isolating were supported.
Support of Robes homeless project (direct action
by church volunteers has been limited by the
Covid crists.
Support of the New Bridge Foundation prisoner
support charity (social investment – reduced
rental).
Learning new technology for streaming services &
meetings during lockdown.
We were able to do significant plastering &
painting in communal areas while nursery was
closed..| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Building up the joint youth club with Ascension
Trust and Lambeth Circuit.
Working with architects planning redevelopment of
the buildings for increased engagement of the
membership and expansion of community
involvement..| |---|---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is in a reasonable financial position
but does not have sufficient funds for a much-
needed redevelopment**.**Significant loss of
incomewhile church was closed by Covid.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The church’s total liquid funds are close to its
turnover. We plan to continue developing the
building, but leave around 6-months turnover as
reserve.
The Community fund value is such that it is
helping to fund projects from its investment
return, but the trustees are willing to run down its
value on a suitable local project.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Total general funds August 2020
- £85,641, Community fund £84,694. (previous
year£113,328 & £78,670)| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Main funds incurred a deficit ~20% of turnover
as a result of high maintenance – replacement of
fallenceiling &refurb of foyerarea.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Loss of membership and revenue as a result of
the Coronavirus emergency.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Rental income ~ £53k
Contributions by members ~ £32k (down from
£38k in previous year)| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Retain sufficient accessible funds for
refurbishment of premises.
At the same time the church considers that it can
afford to provide some social investment
(reduced rent) to NewBridge Foundation.
It will consider use of Kings Acre premises work
taking account both of the need to raise income
and social investment for youth work.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|High costs of maintaining old premises.
Lack of active volunteers during the week.
Increased financial demands from Lambeth
Circuit against fairly static income.
Dependence on rental from a nursery. Reduction
in membership & finance during the Coronavirus
emergency.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST
CHURCH ACT(1976)| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|TRUST| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The church annual meeting (open, but only
church members vote) elects the church council
who automatically become trustees along with
the circuit minister assigned to the church.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity conforms with the ‘Constitution
Practice & Discipline of the Methodist Church of
Great Britain’ (CPD)| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Brixton Hill Methodist Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|BHMC| |Registered charity number|1173770| |Charity’s principal address|Elm Park
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Kristin Markay|Minister||Lambeth Methodist Circuit| ||Avril Roy-Macaulay|||BHMC AGM| ||Lucie Ogunnaike|||BHMC AGM| ||Yvonne Less|||BHMC AGM| ||Lynda-Anne
Garwood-Warren|||BHMC AGM| ||Abigail Tagoe|||BHMC AGM| ||EnleyTaylor|||BHMC AGM| ||Sandra Taylor|||BHMC AGM| ||Roberta Burke|||BHMC AGM| ||Promela Singh|||BHMC AGM| ||Janet Oppong|||BHMC AGM| ||Trevor Gardner|||BHMC AGM| ||Adenike Musa|||BHMC AGM| ||Sherwayne
Grumble|||BHMC AGM| ||Claude Campbell|||BHMC AGM| ||KathyRennalls|||BHMC AGM| ||Robert Smyth|||BHMC AGM| ||Geertje Bouwes|||BHMC AGM| ||Abigail Crabbe|||BHMC AGM| ||Euel Johnson|||BHMC AGM| ||Femi Popoola|||BHMC AGM| ||Araba Lartey|||BHMC AGM..| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
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**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** CHukcH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS BRixfoN HILL chU￿h FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2020 Clrcult Clrcult no lstored Ch•rlty . Charlty R•glstratlon numb•r If not a reglstered th8rity H•r Mah8tys Rev•nu• and Customo Gm numbw (The HMRC number is equlvalent to a regl8tered tharity number In ter￿ of 8vldence of charftable status and may be used to gfv to don0￿ or grant funder5 ￿ryShIng to see evidence of th8 or99nisatlon'8 aritable statu8. M8lhodlst chartt18s in ErwJlw#l and Wale5 Ihat are n(rt reglstered charitles excepted from regl3tratk)n under s1atsrt￿Y lnstrurr￿nt 2014 No.242) 1173770 EW87895 Ch￿ch Stewards: Adenlke Musa Awll Roy Macaulay Kofi Kyel Thvayme Grumble aaudc CaTllpb¢ll Trnasurer. RoirJt Smyth l￿W¢h R¥•J P 2015)Js 1(45 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 BRIXTON HILL Church Totah la•1 SECTION A Funds 81 RECEIPTS Offerin Bank and CFB Int8rest and Investment Inc4)me 551 42.381 a3 8.035 53M20 Lettrn 53,420 54740 179 95,312 a5 TOTAL RECEIPTS 105.1 551 10S744 (a7) SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Ckcuit hA88ssm8nt or Shwe 48,￿0 4970 33.120 irs and Maintenw Ulthti8s Ilnsuranc8s. watar . h8atln htin 20.418 17260 4.428 12Q855 20.418 21.370 b7 TOTAL PAYMEP 128.196 (b91 113. SECTION C NEf RECEIPTSJPAYMENTS HE YEAR c1 21.662 18,339 Tot81 fund8 brought fc*w*rd from last y6ar 190.621 1￿415 213.753 c3 Sub total e14¢2 172.963 195415 Jnsfers and a ustments TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YE￿ 168.958 172,963 195.415 (G6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTER￿ ORGANISATIONS IhM• arnounts are not to tse Includ•d In tolal r•c•l d1 Balanc8 ht ftThard f￿rn last d2 Gltts. re￿[ved ft)r exlemal o d3 BALANCE STILL TO BE PA d1+d2413) (lu￿R•￿tF2013 2rA5 BRixfoN HILL ¢1 #3 104744 la1 15 élo BY CHURCH IK744 rthc••wy•rvJ MrvJth• PAYIIIIITS 47 •121 15 3rf5 Declarations and Scrutiny to the ofts Clxr(* tr￿e5 lthj I￿...0.%1￿/ZP h z71o&/? I zz/)fimi tst no mal8rlal matt8r8 corne to ry attention In connection th8 examinalion (other than Ihat dkdo5￿ b8kM*) gi￿ m8 causa to beli8v8 Ihat In, any material resw* the accounllng records not kept in acc(Kdance with sé(thn 130 of the Atr. or attantlon sTrxyJld be dra￿7 In this rep(xt in onlef to enabl8 a pwr ￿KIerStar1dIng of the aox)unts to be I haYefft￿￿ nor obtain8d h>Yop8ndént of all Inves(n￿ wlth the Truste85 for M8thc*Jlst Church PuryJos88 or held In other tru8ts. bank bal8n(w 8nd fund5 at the C8ntr81 Flnance Board of the Methodist Chwth whlth arn 1ndiMd￿1lY in axc8ss of £10.IMJ) (ten IIM)u8ar¥l pound8) at th8 balance sh88t date. sIgna￿Te of Indeper#l8nt eX*nk￿ ..... Name of Indepen￿t •xomlner ...s.(.rf&￿...￿N.￿LE￿￿a....L£￿-JL¢&cK............. Relevant prof88gknal qualificatlon of IThl8pwtht eyanlner .. .. Nameofflmi (Vh￿0apProP1Ia1e) ................................................................................. trtLPQLES4.............................................................. PostCodeTwa.w...¥PN . delete or clrcle as apwtyiate Sep19 s￿5