## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** From **1 September 2020** To **31 August 2021** **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,
youth project & support of Clapham Youth Centre.
Community group for older people – Pop-In
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 decision of the Trustees to community projects.
Currently partial support of the 60:40 youth project.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Trustees rent office space to The New Bridge
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 work with the circuit to mesh with
the work of 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, the 60:40 youth
project & support of Clapham Youth Centre.
Community groups for older people – ‘Pop-In’..
Older people were supported by pastoral visitors
during Covid restrictions 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 crisis.
Support of the New Bridge Foundation prisoner
support charity.
Learning new technology for streaming services &
meetings during lockdown.| ## **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
income while 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 2021 -
£95,935, Community fund £97,450 (previous
year £85,641 & £84,694.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Main funds had a reasonable boost ~15% of
turnover as a maintenance activity was restricted
by lockdowns and high demand or contractors. .| |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 ~ £40k (up 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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**not for whole**
**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| ||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**
**adviser**
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**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** CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Brixton Hll Methodist Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2021 Lambeth Circuit Circuit no 35106 Registered Charlty- Charity Registration number If not a registered charity Her Majestrfs Revenue and Customs Gift Aid nurnber (The HMRC number is equiwalent to a regrsleraJ chaiity number in ternis of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to don(xs or grant fuThJers wishing to see ewdence of the organisation's charitable ststus. Methodist charities in EnglarKI and wa￿ that are rnt registered charities are excepted from registration urthr Siabjtory Instrument 2014 No.242) 1173770 Minster. Re￿￿ Krislin Ma Church Ste%￿ards. Avril Roy-macaulay Adenike Musa Kofi Kyei Sherwayne Grumble Claud¢ Cawpbell Treasurer. RolKrt Smyth Chwth P2015)J5 1 of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 Brixton Hll Methodist Church Totals last SECTION A Fund5 FuThJs year a1 RECEIPTS Ntste a2 Offerings and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and InvBstrnent income 44.450 835 45.285 42.381 22.922 22,922 50.506 2,243 120,957 8,035 53,420 1,908 105,744 84 Lelbn 50.5( 2.243 120.122 a5 other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS a6 835 {a71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 42,000 41000 48,000 4.970 33.120 b3 Donations 2,650 111) 1750 Repairs and Maintenance Utilities Ilnsurances. water charges. heating & lighting) Fees 6.500 20.112 20,112 1*316 1.676 88.355 20.418 17.260 4.428 128,196 15.316 1.676 88255 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 100 (b91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR a6-b8 31.867 735 31602 22.452 Total ftsnds brojght forwa￿ frDm last year 168,958 4.005 172.963 195.415 Sub total c1+c2 2￿.825 4.740 205,565 172,963 Transfers and ad"ustrnents (c7) TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 200.825 4,740 205,565 (c8) 172,963 {c6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO ￿ERNAL ORGANISATIONS (these amounts are not lo be included in total receiptslpayments fryures d1 Balaft￿ brou ht foThYdrd from last ypar d2 Offerin sIGifts- received for extemal o antsations 438 d3 Offerings/Grfts - passed to extemal organisatims 438 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAJD (d1+d2-d3) Church Rattd P2015J 2of5 Brixton Hll Methodtst SUMAIARYOF CHIIRCH ACCOUKISAND IF￿ER• sE￿N E Please Idlowlh4 GLlldanc* Nofqs tDtom &Jmmaryofthe Chtsrch forthe year￿th￿ 31 A￿USt2021 * trderrjalckg￿*MY6r￿y$ *)1￿ Chu[ththUr￿huA* IIBgtiny. Pth th#tth&furtds an InteTn* Organi53bon woukl nrx7nally ￿ Reststti8d furth ￿18￿¥ itcoubj ￿ L**SIK￿ thalthey ¢￿￿dbe for3ftymekn￿K￿ puwose. Thissocw bo ND A DIFFEREfff FORM must be ustyJloteptyti￿ *tyxqts{see &*tr•Y55t4￿b5rteTr. P[e￿Iefer￿kne ￿te& Irartstèts bèl*￿ thè Di%litt 8nd conne¢W Di*i¢tOwis&ons. CyenifvJ ORGANISArnNS t5 &JbtoÈl of kntarnal •12 hurch ac¢ounts{tota broughtforwdrdfrom z-tolals 1X.957 la7) Icn 1719G3 205,565 elo BY¢HURCH IX,gS7 172.963 205,S65 If necessaryaryj briDotr totalsfwans TOTAL RECEPTS TOTAL SEclloN F STATEIIENTQF CLOSWG HURCH. FUNDS 1131 *4Jwst2021 Cash in hand 53 73 Bankc￿￿ntAtXlMart 47,342 51 J55 ankD f4 Cpntral FTrancg FJOWJ 3B.353 Trttsteesfor Mekn¢xtstChurth PurywJs85 2.522 Otherfunds 97.460 SU8TOTAL.ChL￿h accounts 1n.%3 {($1 205.565 Ic61 TotsJlfuntL4 h&kl by IrtsrAI lthedo% baL￿¢￿tOla1frCTh above) le12) TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BYCHURCH 172.963 {x} 205,565 SECTtON G 31 Augu5t>r21 OTHERAS5EfS and LiA81LmES l•¢k)le Enthwments Land & Bu S￿ rA*es re ]r￿vr￿Ce¥￿I Loan f4 IrKkthoniv hqkj attha Cethi Jds Declarations and Scrutiny I confimi that these Re￿ipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Church and thal they indude all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasur8r........... ..... Date...18110121 Name and address of treasurer ... .. Robert Smyth 3 Sandhurst Court. Acre Lane. London . Post Code...SW2 5TX Presentation to the Church trustees I confimi that the annual report and accourrts for the year ended 31 August 2021 werelwill be" presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on .......... ...... Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting . .Revd Kristin Markay................. Date...19110121...... Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the £Lv.T0TrA...￿l￿.t1é£￿5￿js1church Charity Number...LLI 3.TIO Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Brixton Hll Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2021 set out on pages ... As the Church's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in aC0)rdan￿ with the requirements of the ChaTitses Act 2011 ('the ACY). I report in respect of my examination of the Churth's accxjunts carried wt under section 145 of the Act and. in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applitxble Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act . delète or cirde as appnjpfiate Name of Church ...Brixton Hill Methodist Church No. .3516.... Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I Ix)nfirm that no material matters have come to my attentio connection with the examination (other than that disdosed below") which give me cause to beli in, any material respect: the accounting re￿rdS were rK)t kept in accordan￿ section 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. [the [the I have no cOn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understarKJing of the accounts to be reathed. I havelha¥frfi&obtained irKlependent veiificxtion of all inveslments wtth the Trustees for Met Church Purposes or held in other trusts. bank balan￿S and funds at the Central Finan￿ Boar( Methodist Church which ale indlvidually in excess of £10.000 (ten thousand pounds) at the baL. sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner F-Éu•vJ ej fr L *S4>CL *fi&r4 Relevant professional qualffi(2tion of independent examiner ef..EkW2f03£..) .ts&f(nATr.. ( FLcI5' Name of finn (there approprtate) Address ..LxJ.L(q ..t4).J>&i ..fiLthGLp ...2¥.A-.Tr Intbhf.CoThJ ........... ..U.o.u.Tr3. S.L-o.A, yILD]>L¢£ÉX........................................ Postcode Date delete or circle as appropriate Sep-20 2015ehurth Rand P.yJs Sd5