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|Bankers-||HSBC Plc||
|||Wimbledon<br>Hill Road||
|||Wimbledon||
|||London. SW197NF||
|||CENTRAL FINANCE BOARD||
|||9,Bonhill Street,||
|||London. EC2A 4PE||
|||CAF Bank Limited||
|||25 Kings Hill Avenue||
|||Kins Hill||
|||West Mailing||
|||Kent ME194JQ||
|Auditors||Adomako Basoah 8c,Co,||
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|Superintendent||Minister||Revd Andrew<br>Dart||||
|Acting <br>Circuit|Superintendent<br>Ministers||Minister|Revd Dr Andrew<br>Lyons<br>Revd Kristin Markay||||
|||||Revd Lena Ali||||
|||||Revd Rita King||||
|Minister resident||in the|Circuit|Revd Andrew Goodhead||||
|Supernumerary||residing|in Circuit|Revd Gordon Ashworth||||
|||||Revd Graham<br>Thomas||||
|||||Revd Dani Wright||||
|Circuit Stewards||||Nancy Acquaah||||
|||||Alice Achola-Omara||||
|||||Daniel Sackey||||
|||||Christine<br>Armor||||
|||||Victoria Odofin||||
|||||Abigail Tagoe||||
|||||Comfort Babawale||||
|||||Elizabeth<br>Oyeledun||||
|||||Vivian Korley||||
|||||Raymonde<br>Chintoh||||
|||||Patience<br>Oluwa||||
|||||Clement Cofie||||
|||||Nana Dormon||||
|Circuit Treasurer||||Kojo Amoah-Arko||||
|Assistant|Treasurer|||Opuwale<br>Lawson||||
|Circuit Meeting Secretary||||Arabella<br>Hyde||||
|Local Preachers' Secretary||||Elizabeth<br>Oyeledun||||
|Property|Group Co-Ordinator|||Robert Smyth||||
|Safeguarding<br>Co-Ordinator||||Sandra Taylor||||
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|||Carl Opare-Addo||
|||Tina Rawlings||
|||Jacob Arkaah||
|Tulse Hill||Christine<br>Armor||
|||Kwadwo Asamoah-Boadu||
|||Emmanuel<br>Bentsi-Abban||
|||Carman<br>Garnet Rose||
|||Agnes Baiden||
|||Trevor Hyde||
|Brixton|Hill|Kathy Rennalls||
|||Janet Oppong||
|||Robert Smyth||
|||Enley Taylor||
|||Nike Musa||
|||Eva Kyei||
|||Kofi Kyei||
|Mostyn|Road|Akuba Forson||
|||Nana<br>Dormon||
|||Francisca Gaspar||
|Railton|Road|Comfort Babawale||
|||Temitope Tayo||
|||Jennifer Davis||
|||Andy Kalamuso||
|Clapham||Solomon Quaye||
|||Dorothy Blincoe||
|||Antonia<br>Buamah||
|||Sharon<br>Bryan||
|||Regina Carrena||
|||Ola Fadugba||
|||Fiona Owuru||
|Stockwell||Rebecca Ekang||
|||Leticia Quayson||
|||Alice Aduku||
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|||Note|Unrestricted||Restricted||Tote I|2022||
|INCOMING<br>RESOURCES||||f|f|||||
|Charitable<br>Activities||3.1||258,360||0|258,360|289,080||
|Investment<br>income||3.2||173,348||150|173,498|105,364||
|Otherlncorne|||||||||859|
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|RESOURCES EXPENDED||||||||||
|Expenditure<br>on Raising Funds||4.1.4||155,664||5|155,669|116,206||
|Expenditure<br>on Charitable|Activities|4.2.3||538,554||8|538,562|504,372||
|Others||4.3||~175703||0|175703|35|147|
|TOTAL RESOURCES USED||||||13|869 934|655|725|
|NET INCOME/<br>( DEFICIT ) FOR THE YEAR Before Recognised||||Gains||||||
|||||367,748||137|367,R85|(260,422)||
|BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD||||10,955,157||7,188|10,952,505|11180|927|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|FIXEDASSETS|||unrestricted<br>Restricted||T0T A L||2022|
|||Note||||||
|Tangible<br>Fixed Assets<br>Investments||6.1<br>6.2|5,550,000<br>3,420,000||0<br>0|5,550,000<br>3,420,000|5,550,000<br>3,420,000|
|Total Fixed Assets|||8,970,000||0|5970,000|8970,000|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||||
|Investments||7|'I,8 I0, 185||0|1,810,185|1,496,112|
|Debtors||9|396,743||0|396,743|300,060|
|Bank and cash balances||10|188 859|7285||'I911188|242,421|
||||2,395,787|7,285||2,403,072|2,038,593|
|CREDITORS: Amounts|falling|||||||
|due within one year|||~42 682|||42682|~88088|
|TOTAL NET CURRENT|ASSETS||2 353105|7285||2300390|1,950,505|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS|CURRENT|||||||
|LIABILITIES|||11323105|7285||11 330 390|10,920,505|
|FUNDS||12||||||
|Restricted<br>Funds||12.1|0|7,285||7,285|7,148|
|Unrestricted<br>Funds||12.2|11323 105||0|11323 105|10913357|
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|CASH|FLOWS FROM OPERATING<br>ACTIVITIES|FLOWS FROM OPERATING<br>ACTIVITIES|FLOWS FROM OPERATING<br>ACTIVITIES|FLOWS FROM OPERATING<br>ACTIVITIES|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Net Operating<br>Income|||||367,885|
||ADJUSTMENT FOR:||||||
||Interest Receivable and Similar|||income||-62,944|
||Non- Monetary<br>income||||||
||Doubtful<br>debts provision|||no longer|required|-14,208|
||PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT|||||42,000|
||CHANGES IN:||||||
||T IVI C P Trusts|||||-314,073|
||Debtors|||||-82,475|
||Creditors|||||-45 aftg|
||CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS|||||-109221|
||Interest Received|||||62 644|
||NET CASH FROM OPERATING||ACTIVITIES|||-46277|
||Cash and Cash Equivalent|at the||beginning|ofthe year|242 421|
||Cash and Cash Equivalent|at the||end ofthe|year|196144|
||RECONCILAITION<br>OF CLOSING CASH BALANCES||||||
||HSBC BANK|||||29,268|
||CENTRAL FINANCE||BOARD|||157,044|
||CFA BANK|||||9,832|
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|3,1 Charitabfe<br>Activities<br>income||||||||2<br>0|2|2|
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|TOTAL||Unrestricte|Restricted|Total|
|||||Funds|Funds||Fund|I und|Fund|Fund|
||||||||2023|||2022|
|Circuit assessments<br>3.2<br>Investment<br>income||||V<br>258,360|0||E<br>258,360|E<br>289,080||E<br>289,080|
||Central Finance Board Interest<br>TMCP Interest<br>Rental Income|||5,676<br>57,118<br>110,554|0<br>150<br>0||5,676<br>57,268<br>110554|581<br>7,761<br>97 000|22|581<br>7,783<br>9~7000|
|3.3Other income||||173,348|150|173,498||105,342|22|105,364|
||Sale of Lambeth<br>Mission<br>Others|Property||804.916<br>~1045|||804916<br>1045|0<br>859||859|
|4 RESOURCES<br>EXPENDED||||905955|||805961|859||959|
|4.1 EXPENDITURE ON RAISING FUNDS|||||||||||
|4.1.1|DIRECT SPENDING||||||||||
||Properties<br>Repairs and Maintenance<br>Rent Collection<br>Insurance<br>Legal Fees<br>Professional fees<br>Quinaquina<br>Report<br>Council Tax, Light and Heat|||114,298<br>1,579<br>2,357<br>0<br>17,527<br>2,150<br>6956|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>Q||114,298<br>1,579<br>2,357<br>0<br>17,527<br>2150<br>6956|90,553<br>6,360<br>2,012<br>800<br>2,640<br>0<br>2138|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0|90,553<br>6,360<br>2012<br>800<br>2640<br>0<br>2138|
|4.1.2|SUPPORT FOR EXPENDITURE TO|||~144867<br>RAISE FUNDS|0|144867||~104503|0|~104503|
||Governance<br>costs||||||||||
||Audit Fees<br>Accountancy<br>Fees<br>Book-keeping<br>charges<br>Legal Fees<br>Bank Charges<br>T M C P Charges|||1,68T<br>964<br>1,229<br>771<br>122<br>~1703|||1,687<br>964<br>1,229<br>771<br>122<br>1 T08|1,122<br>641<br>1,632<br>0<br>64<br>~15'l1|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>4|1,122<br>641<br>1632<br>0<br>64<br>1515|
|4.1.3|OTHERS|||~6476|||~6481|~4970|4|4~974|
||Telephone<br>Post, Print and Stationery<br>Sundry<br>Expenses<br>Subscription<br>Staff Training<br>IT and Website Expenses|||1,309<br>1,361<br>793<br>611<br>0<br>247|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0||1309<br>1,361<br>793<br>611<br>0<br>247|922<br>1,367<br>3,080<br>826<br>107<br>427|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0|922<br>1367<br>3,080<br>826<br>107<br>427|
|4.1.4|SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE||4~321<br>ON RAISING FUNDS||0||4~321|6~729|0|~6729|
||Direct Spending<br>Support for raising funds|||144,867|0|144,867||104,503|0|104,503|
||Governance<br>Others|||6,476<br>4321|5<br>0||6.481<br>4 321|4,970<br>6 729|4<br>0|4,974<br>6729|
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|NOTES TO|THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR||||||ENDED 31,AUGUST 2023||( Continued||)|||
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|4.2.1|DIRECT SPENDING|||||||||||||
||District Assessment||||||75,412||75,412||65,248||65,248|
||Stipends,<br>Pension|and||NIC|||150,636||150,636||204,375||204,375|
||Salaries and<br>NIC||||||32,354||32,354||26,091||26,091|
||Circuit Administration||||||5,426||5,426||6,369||8,369|
||Ministers'<br>travelling||expenses||||3741||3741||2 503||2503|
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|4.2.2|SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE|||||||||||||
||ACTIVITIES|||||||||||||
|4.2.2.1|Premises Expenses|||||||||||||
||Repairs to Manses||||||113,528||113,528||3,269||3,269|
||Manses Utilities||||||18,559||18,559||12,918||12,918|
||Quinaquina<br>Report||||||8,b12||8,512||2,340||2,340|
||Insurance||||||6968||6968||6692||6692|
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||Audit Faas||||||2,513||2,513||3,078||3078|
||Accountancy<br>Fees||||||1,436||1,436||1,759||1,759|
||Book-Keeping Charges||||||1,829||1,829||4,476||4,476|
||TMCP Charges||||||2,536||2,544||4,147||4,156|
||Bank Charges||||||182||182||177||177|
||Legal Fees||||||1 149||1 149||~3600||~3600|
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|4.2.2.3|Others|||||||||||||
||DAF Contribution||||||100,206||100,206|138,077|||138,077|
||Telephone||||||1,950||1,950||2,531||2,531|
||Post, Print and Stationery||||||2,026||2,026||3,750||3,750|
||Youth Expenses||||||7,334||7,334||4,260||4,260|
||Ascension<br>Trust Project||||||920||920||5,520||5520|
|Apprenticeship<br>levy|||||||1 337||1337||~1183||1183|
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|4.2.3|SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE|||||ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES||||||||
||Direct Spending||||||267,569|0|267,569|306,585|||306,586|
|Support for charitable||||activities||||||||||
||Premises||Expenses||||147,567||147,567||25,219||25,219|
||Governance||||||9,645||9,653||17,237||17,246|
||Others||||||~11377||113773|155321|||~156321|
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|4.3 OTHER||||||||||||||
|Sundry Expenses|||||||1,181||1,181||8,452||8,452|
|Subscription|||||||911||911||2,267||2267|
|Payroll Costs|||||||0||0||960||960|
|Staff Training|||||||0||0||295||295|
|IT and Website Expenses|||||||368||368||1,173||1173|
||Lambeth<br>Mission Redevelopment||||||187,348|187,348|||0||0|
|Bad Debts|||||||0||0||22,000||22,000|
|Gleaning|||||||103||103||0||0|
|Doubtful<br>Debts Provision|||||no longer required||-14208||-14208||0||0|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|6.1TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS||||||Freehold||
|||||||Land &||
|||||||Buildings||
|COST OR VALUATION||||||f||
|As at 1September<br>2022 and 31,August||2023||||5,550,000||
|DEPRECIATION||||||||
|As at 1September<br>2022 and 31August||2023||||||
|NET BOOK VALUE||||||||
|As at 31August 2023||||||5,550,000||
|As at 31August 2022||||||5,550,000||
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|COST OR VALUATION||||||Freehold||
|||||||Land 8||
|||||||Buildings||
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|As at 1September<br>2022 and 31,August||2023||||3,420,000||
|NET BOOK VALUE||||||||
|As at 31August 2023||||||3,420,000||
|As at 31August 2022||||||3,420,000||
|No depreciation<br>has been provided|in respect of||tangible|fixed|assets for the year as the|||
|trustees are ofthe<br>opinion that the|maintenance||programrnes||to which these properties||are|
|subjected to ensures that the estimated||residual|values|are not less than the stated values.||||
|7.INVESTMENTS||||2023||2022||
|The following<br>funds are held by TMCP on behalf|||of|f||||
|the Circuit||||||||
|Sale of Property<br>-Trust 15175||||23,075||22,420||
|De-Rourcier Bequest - Trust 8976||||4,322||4,322||
|De-Bourcier Bequests - 8976A||||3,205||3,114||
|De-Bourcier Bequests<br>—8976B||||12,298||11,948||
|Bernard Searle Bequest- Trust 17694||||1,605||1,559||
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|Due from other Methodist|||Circuit|72,056|18,518|
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|Balance Brought Forward||01/09/2021|||||7,148||7,139|||||
|Incoming<br>Resources|||||||150|||||||
|Resources Expended|||||||-13|||||||
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|Bal. Brought Forwar(<br>4,043||3,105||7,148|||4,037||3,102||||7,139|
|Receipts<br>100|||50||150||15||||||22|
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|Bal. Carried<br>Forward<br>4134||3|151|7|285||4043||3|105|||7 148|
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|GOVERNANCF.||||||||||
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|Audit|2,513||1,687||4,200|3,078|1,122||4,200|
|Accountancy|1,436|||964|2,400|1,759|641||2,400|
|Book-keeping charges|1,829||1,229||3,058|4,476|1,632||6,108|
|Bank charges|182|||122|304|177|64||241|
|Legal Fees|1,149|||771|1,920|3,600|||3,600|
|T M C P Charges|2 544||1|708|4 252|4 147|||5 662|
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|Telephone|1,950||1,309||3,259|2,531|922||3,453|
|Post, Print and stations|2,026||1,361||3,387|3,750|1,367||5,117|
|Sundry Expenses|1,181|||793|1,974|8,452|3,080||11,532|
|Subscription|911|||611|1,522|2,267|826||3,093|
|Staff training|||||0|295|107||402|
|ITand Website costs|368|||247|615|1173|427||1600|
||6466|6|4621||~10757|~18468|~6729||~25 197|



