Maelor Mission Area The trustees present their Annual Report and Financial Statement for 2023. (Abbrevlations used., DBF=Dioce5an Board of Finan￿, HMRC=Her Majestys Revenue & Customs, MA=Mission Area, MAC=Mission Area Conference, MAE-Mission Area Executive ) Fnllowing the closure of borh St John's Church at Bettisfield and St Deiniol's Church at Worthenbury in January 2023, the Maelor Mission Area became a group of seven Church communities in the Wrexharn area of north Wales, workn'ng together for a common putFKsse in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. Four orphaned Churchyards ate akn included in the MA. The MAC sets the strategic dirertion of the ￿ which is a charitable organisation re8iStered with the Chariry Commission. 2nd also HMRC. It eomplies with Charity Law, the Constitution of the Church in Wales, and the Dic(esan Decree. The members of the MAC, who are ￿und by the Constitution, are Charity Trustees, holding the assets of the MA on trnst for the MK The MAC is composed of Ex-officio members as set our in the Church in Wales Constitution (includes clergy), Elecied members as elected at the Annual Vestry Meeting following the recommendation of the Church Con8regational meetin8* and Co-OPted mern￿rs (invited on). The MAE has day to day resFL)nsibiliry for the ￿ under the leadership of the MA Leader, and is accountable to the MAC. The Trustees are co8nisant of the Chariry Cornm1￿10n guidance on public tenefiL and are satisfied that the activities of the MA provide a benefit to the public. The MA focus is on planning mission together" mission to its own members. to its communities (including 6 Church Aided Schools, 2 IA Primary Schools and I Secondary School) and to the wider world, as it seeks to spread the Bible's message of Jesus, and develop Feople's knowledge and trust in Him. In so doing. the MA aims to beeome a more sust2tnable. resilient 2nd vihrAnt Chri*ti2n community. Pdge l of4 A variery of activities are nonnally provided acTOSS the MA for both the benefit of Church members, and for the benefit OF members of the public. Sunday servI￿s. Clergy and lay led. are central to Church life and ate open to the whole communiry. They are advertised by various means including the Mission Area Magazine, Fa￿1xXll and outside Church buildings. A rnid-week Bible Study is offered and most Church bulldings are nornially owi to the public each day. The MA seeks to respond to people's spiritual needs at times of great Importan￿ and change in their lives e.g. baptisms, weddings and fimerals. These eneounters provide good opportunity for building positive and long lasting relationships, and play an invaluable role in mission. Much of the work of the MA is carried out by a large number of volun￿eT$, in addition to the clergy. Achlevements and PerfOrnwi￿. l(e other areas of the UK regular attendance at Sunday services within the MA was impacted by many things including generational chanses and busier Schedules. Events in the Christian calendar were eapitalised on. and coffee mornings and orher social events were held in order to share the love of Ch175t and to serve and connect with local communities. In April 2023 the Diocese 18unehed a Membership App, a Iwl to more aecurdtely and consistently measure the people and activities raking place across the ￿ and analysis of the data collecied will help in the understandin8 of what iniriatives and projects work MA Churches would be enriched, and their future rn0￿ secure, if buildings were ￿11 of families. Relation5hip5 With Schools continued in 2023, being notched up a gear by a new member of the cler8y team. Many children attended Churth buildings over the Christmas period. It IS Tecognised that prayerful thought and action is required to help families make the transition from being occasional visitors to becomin8 artive ￿em￿ts of the Church. MA Churthes must be welcomin8 and hospitable to alL and the MA treats Safesuardin8 very seriously and ensures thai appropiiare cover is in platr. In October 2023 an "Away Daf to contribute to planning the next 5 years 7n the MA'S life was held at G18dstone Library, Hawarden. The day was led by the Archdeacon and arrended by MA leaders. ResrTUCturing of the MA was cornpleted at the start of 2023 with the introduction of a new 2 Group Hub & Satellite Church Structure. This retreat was a good point to wiew progress and plan for the next five years. The annual Share calculation used to ￿ deterniined using average Sunday attendance figures. This resulted in successful Churches, whete growth had [￿en achieved, paying more ano could be interpreted as effectively a tax on growth/at(endance. This approach was contradirtory to the MA'S objective of 'Leadin8 your Church inro Growth, and a new forniula was agreed in July 2023 for implementation in 2024. The main principle behind the new appmach is that the Share calculation should reflect rhe cosi of the provision of clergy. Additional costs include an overhead for Diocesan support services with a small prop)rtion tefiecting populauon and unre5tticted funds held. The MA does not primarily measure its success by num1￿$, but in less tangtble ways like the growth of individuals in their Christian faith. and the opportunities to share the Christian Gospel within OUT communilles. The MA is not despondenl but must demonsttate, confidently and joyfulty, ChTisfs assurance to te coura8eous. Page2of4 The MA is incrediTrJ]y grateful for all the donations received in 2023 from its congregations and other supporters. The receipts and payD]ents for the yeat and the a￿ets and liabilities at the year end, are shown in the statements of aecounE which accompany this re￿)rt. The numbers reflect the seven live Churches, one c105ed Church IEyton), ft)ur Stand-alone Churchyards, and the MA'S Central Funds. Overall. the ner movement in Funds was a loss of £7k but if the cost of fxceptional expenditu￿. is IgnoTed the ner movemeni in Funds becomes a positive £54k ar year end. Total Receipts at £226k were down £40k on the previous year If legacy Gifts and 'Other Incoming Resources, are excluded the decrease on the p￿louS year is £914 accounted for across various headings. Planned Giving was up £3k but Its)se Collections was dovrn £6k on the prior year. Money Raising at £48k ponrayed some excellent effort and netted £44k after costs, which was very similar to 2022. rÈrish Share, which enables the Diocese to fijnd the provision ol clergy and support servI￿s, at £91k was the largest expense. The MA is grateful to the DBF for rhe financial relief given against clerical cost and in regard to the fornial closure of St Deiniol's Churth Worrhenbury. As the MA paid its 2023 Share in full by 31 December. a paY￿￿t from the Discount Scheme of 8% of the 2023 Share> equalling £Tr was received by the Mission Area in January 2024. 'Maintenance of Churches. expendirure of £56k trAdudes utiliry costs, insurance premiums, repairs & maintenance. and grass cutttng. 'Mainienance of other properties. of £2k was primarily Churchyard expenses not booked elsewhere. 'Excepuonal expenditure. of £61k was bell restordfton costs at St Chad's Hanmer and work to the pillars and floor at St Dunawd's, Bangor on Dee. Total Funds CaLTied Forward as ar 31 December 2023 were £732k É364k of this sum is Unrestricted and considered sufficient to meet fluctuations in receiprs. ￿tUre needs, contingenry and risk. Church attendance is challenging and COngre￿￿OnS are ageing. This, together with competition from other worthwhile charitable organisauons makes the economic oudook of the MA demandin8. Admlnlstrative InfOrn￿ttOn. Maelor Mission Area's Chariry Re￿ration Number is 1175121. Contact Infonnation:. Address: The Rectory 8 Ludlow Road Ban8or-On-Dee Wrexham, IL130JG Telephone: 01978 780&)8 email: SueHuyEon@churchinwales.org.uk Page 3 of4 Trustees are appointed at the (annual) MA Vestry meeting. The Trusrees vtho have selved in the year are:_ Jane Ayee . MA Secretary to April 2023 Simon Ayee from April 2013 Charles Barnett Vanessa Brodie Fiona Churton Rev Jeremy Dussek frnm April 2023 Elizal￿th Hanmer- MA Warden Pdul Honiek Stuart Hunter- MA Treasurer Rev Canon Sue Huyton - MA leader Dave Jones to April 2023 Huw Jones Joanne Kember Sharron King to April 2023 Sandra Manley Elsbeth Nitholls iaisa Richardson from April 2023 Stuart Ilichardson from April 2023 Jaekie Smith to April 2023 Michael ￿lIaCOtt FAward Wardle to April 2023 Paul Whirtaker- MA Wardennay Chair Dedaratlon: The trustees declare that they have approved the 8bove report on 24th April 2024. It is signed on their behalf by:" Susan Huyton, Mission Area I£ader Stuart Huntr4 Mission Are aswer 5fj08AETH LLAP+ELWY DIOCESÉ OF ST ASAPH Page4of4 Maelor Mission Area Annual Report Year Ended 31 December 2023 Prepared by MD Coxev & Co Ltd Maelor MI5slon Area Not*s tothe finandal statements lor the year Èndod 31 De￿mber Z023 ACCOUNTING pouaES 8￿3 of preparingthefillinaol 51JtEmErrt5 The financial 5ratemeDts ofthe chanty. whKh isa bÈnefft Èntityunder FAS 102. have been prepared in Kcordance with the Charit￿5 SORP IFRS 1021'Accounting and Rewrbng ljy ChafttiÈs." Ststementof Recommended PracticEapplKable to charities preparing fheiraccounts in accord4ncE ￿th iht Finantial Repthtng5tandard appI￿able tn the UK and RepuidK of IrÈlattd IFRS 1021 letrithvÈ I january 20151., Financial RepO￿ng5[andard 102 Yhe Finaw41 Rep¢Yting Standard applicable in the UK aDd Republic Df Irdand. and theCharthesAtt 2011. Theffianci315tatements have be prepared under the ￿5t0￿(al c05tc0n¥ent￿n. Incom All income is recognised in the statement ot FinanualActivitesoncethe charlty has elbtiuew￿￿t to￿ f￿d9. rfc is prc+)able that the Income will be ¥etrnd and theattwnttyi be measured r￿￿7￿¥. E¥penditure Liabilitie5 afe recrfnised as expenditureassoon aSthe￿ isa *1 f*COllStDth 0￿13tion cofflmitingthe charttyto that expendityjre. Itis probabk that a trdnsferofecmttM￿ beneffts￿lI be required in sÈtdement and the amounr of the obligation can be meèsured reliably. Éxpenditureis accountedforon an a¢avaL% bass and has been d355ffied underheadiag5 that hav• been allocated to actMtie5 on a basisco￿5tenI the u5eofiEswr¢es. Taxation The chanty Is exempt from tsxty) rt$tharitsb￿ acmks. Fund attountwig Unre5tritted fvnds can be used fflacrnnlan￿wrth tt* th*iiaWeotyectrbv arthe disuetx>fi of thetru5tees. Restritted fvnds can On￿ be used lor partKukrpurw5e5within theobje(tyve5 ofthe tharity. RÈstrithons arise when speCif￿d by the donororwhen fvTrdsare rawd fvxparttcular re5knrted purpose. incknJin8 when the MissKJn Area conferen￿ 48ree5 to Set asklefvndsfora pasticular restncred I report to thecharitytru5tEe5 Dn myex?msTraii[￿QfthEaC¢￿￿1tsofMael￿ Missh￿tha (the Trust) fortheyearended JI Oecember2023. Respohsbilitiesand basisof rewrt A5 the ch&ritytW5W of the Trust are tEswns1￿e forthe weparntk￿ of theaccowts in •x￿￿anCew[ththe ¢equirpmertts of the Charit*s Art 20111'ihÈ Artl. I report in respett of my examinatyon of theTru5t'5 xcounts cacried outunder 145 of theAct and in c3rrwngoutmy examiilation I have all applicable Dt¥ectiMs8iveTh bythe thariw Cornm15￿0￿ under Sec￿￿ 14515llbl of theAd. IndepeThYent exarn¢nEr'5 stat￿t have ¢wpleted my txaminatyon. s ¢onfimi that no matenal matlers h￿COmet0mYatreTrtsn in wth the examination wving me cause to bdie4e thatin any material rtspect". ac£ountsng records were not keptin respectof tr￿T{usta$1￿qUlred secrkn 13001t￿￿ Dr the do nor accord wilh those ￿(ords.. or the accounts do noi£om*y the applicable re4uiremeffttscorttmingthe form content of accounts 5etout in the Charit￿5{A(COunrs and Reports) Regulation5 2￿8 otherthafj any reqLtitEn*rtE fvt Ihe axounrswe a tNe aTrJ Fdirwv whlch Is noE a rnatter conssdered a5 P3rtof an Indepe￿Jen1 Exanmnahon I have no concerns and havecome across Tr)othermatter5 Incwnxkn wtth theoxaminamn to which attentyon shoukj be dra￿ In th￿ reportin orderio enable a prvpErundetwndin8 ofthe atal￿￿tr re3d*d. ityrraine Hugh* FMMT M D Coxey &Cty bmited Chartered Accountants 25 GwsvenorRoad Wrexham LLII IBT Ardw?IRgKrt kt4d R•5 I&NI LDd5 Prl)rywr 49,ts6 tsJ19 ?Ji IQ749 Foi ml* T4K iefEw4s.GfjlAid 411 57 wn x¥￿1 345 2495a Totsl JJ56 7J35 247 77W2 479 61J14 L3 16 1713 5AIO Tot•1 p• Iy725> 41754 IIQJ71) 157977) 434 ÉS35431 16 4b-)X) llL586 757 7YIJ92 TrEawrer% Ilaiki.'~_--........._._._._--. _-- -. Tft*w4rsSl￿i￿e. Maelor Mission AJea Statementof Finanoal A￿T￿tieS Forthe perrod Irorn OlJaNary 1023 to 31 De£ember 2023 Unrestricted De5i8nated Resthcted Endowmefit funds fufids funds fvnLts Total funds Prior year totsl funds Incornv andendowmentsfrDm.' Donations and1è8acies IncorTie from charitable actDiiti*5 Other tradin8 aCt￿tieS Investments Other income Total income I￿,051 9.475 2L131 31,841 13.345 26.953 1.595 147.976 22.820 48.084 6.561 179,819 21632 50.259 3.793 10.1 266,683 466 1,089 n.734 225,907 Expenditure on.- Raising funds Expenditure on charitaNÈ attmties Total expenditure 3.62Q 233.258 236.878 5,2L3 241,063 246276 143.643 147,243 58.655 5&655 30,9 30? Gross transfers between fund5- in Gross transfers between fund5- Qut 7252 LI,504 18.2521 19.756 119.7561 L529 IL5291 111.5041 Gain5110sses on invéstment assets 4.434 IL1541 4.078 120.3981 Met movementirt fund5 112241 1503191 16J931 Totsl funds brou8ht fL¥ward 365231 51068 284J94 738,885 738A76 Total fundsearried Forward a62m7 1,749 331.698 36538 731,992 73V85 Represefr7tedby Unrestricted General fund Deggnaled Bells Frfends of St Q>unawd's Rettor's D15cretiorTrary Re5eTre Fund Warm Space Restricted Administrator Alter Textile Betti5field Churthyard Church F3bric Church Building Fund Church Yard Churchyard Maintenance Fund Eyton Cbsure Fnends of St Mary s fund Graveyard Maintenence Graveyard and other ie5tricted account Hanmer Project Work Magazine Fund Yra Jenkins Fabric Fund Quinquennial Repar Fund Revaluation reserwes Share Rebate Stonework ITower Repairs Tallam Green Toilet and Kitchen Projett Worthenbury Buildin8 Worthenbury Churchyard Endowment Eden Tree Endowrneni Fund 8ettisfield Churchvard Endo¥Yment Fund 362.007 362.￿7 365.231 35 1,675 35 1.675 L880 50.00) 39 7.309 7.309 589 8.252 8,25Z 500 971 34.622 38,L44 991 991 35.705 38.518 649 I{￿.368 35,705 38.518 649 .368 98,441 37,768 3.967 17.090 37.768 3.967 17,0 1.648 22,161 4,742 8.412 1.648 7.453 3.441 7.453 3,441 LI,8￿] 20.710 21,233 8,744 3,441 11.890 20.71Q 23.036 9,141 20.710 21,233 8,744 36,692 36.538 36538 3eh)r M1550n Area Balano Sheet 31 Decomb•r 2023 Asat A5at 3VIZI2022 3111212923 FK¥e4 assets Inbgstmenrs 65.477 1022-2 65.477 Cltyrertt assets Stotks and **rk in prryress (kbtQ15 In¥estsnents Cash at bankand in hand 3rx) 1,982 68.303 6t6.958 677y2 LiabifÈtv&s CreditNs'Arnounts tsllinÉ dL* in one ye3r 4.134 et a55ets less curreni f4ibib¥es 629.79) 673.408 Total assets ks$141bifrties 73L992 738.885 Rek¥esented bv UThr*stli¢tsd UnrestrEtted. Gen￿al fund OesigTrated De51gnated. Rertor's Distretsonary D*gnated- Fnends of s￿ Dunawd's D￿grtated- Reserye Fulld D￿Ignated - 8ells Designat￿- Warm Spa Restrkt4d 365U2 188 1,880 1.67: 39 Restritted. AlterTexiile estricted- Admini5crator Resiricted. Eettssfield Churctydrd Restritted- Hanmer Proiectwork Restricted- Magaiine FUKI Rewthd. Churthyard matntnano frJnd Resrrffted- Toilerand Kitthen Proiett. Resiricted- Tallaffl G￿en Restritted- Worthenbury Building Restritted. wOrthenb￿ Churchya¥ Restritted-churthyard Re5trirted- Revaluation reser4 ¥tricW-Chvrch 8uilding Fund Remricted . thurchyard Resrriered. NS&I bells Restricted- thurch yard Restricted- 5tonewofk l Toyrtr R-pair5 Restritted- Myra Jeftkins Faknc Ftsnd ekncted- Quinouennkil Repair Fund R￿tfttted. Cleaning Restrcta-churthyard Klaintw￿fta-. Reknrted. Churchyard Main*narL--urd Restncted. E¥ton Uosure Restricted- Churth Fabric ftestrictsd. Fnend5 ofStM3ry s fund Resrricted- Graveyard Main:ene.- Restrirted. GRveyard and other aaunt ReStricted-Sha￿ Reba EAdo¥Nmtht EndoWrment-8etuth￿d Chtsrthva￿-. Enaa 36.692 F￿Thd5 01 the thurth LS¥2 738J85