## **CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH YORK** ## **ANNUAL REPORT 2019 – 2020** **Annual Report for period 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020** ## **Charity Commission Registered Number: 1176677** ## **Mission Statement** ## **Central Methodist Church York seeks to be a beacon in the local community for faith in Jesus Christ and love and service to all** ## **Central Methodist Church, St. Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ** ## **Introduction** We strive to enable people to live out their faith as part of the community through: Worship and prayer, learning about the Gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. We provide pastoral care for people living in the local community and missionary and outreach work. In addition, we utilise our buildings as a community hub for the work of local charities, organisations and individuals. ## **Administration** The Church is held on the 1976 Model Trust by the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, and the Church Council act as Managing Trustees. ## **Minister:** Rev Rory Dalgliesh ## **City Centre Deacon:** Judith Stoddart **Church Council Secretary** : Stephanie Hanson ## **Church Stewards:** Philip Paul Ian Miller ## **Church Treasurer:** Eileen Hannah ## **Pastoral Secretary:** Linda Dales ## **Circuit Steward:** Ruth Morrison ## **Paid Staff:** OfficeManager Christopher Williams Caretaker Ian Atherton Organist Philip Paul To achieve our objectives, the Church is organised in the following way The Minister Church Council Church Stewards Pastoral Secretary Church Treasurer Paid Staff _CPD = Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church_ ## **The Church Council** ## _Purpose_ _The Church Council has the authority and oversight over the whole area of the ministry and mission of the Church. Aims and methods, the determination and pursuit of policy, and the deployment of available resources are its proper responsibility._ _The Church Council should meet not less than twice per year, at such dates as are most appropriate to the ongoing life of the Church, and its relationship with its committees and the Circuit. The Church Council act as Managing Trustees of the local property and are registered with the Charity Commission. If any legal matter arises, then only those members of the Council who are of the age 18 are eligible to be Trustees and are allowed to vote. The Church Council will appoint annually all Church Officers as determined from time to time by the Council whether on the nomination of a committee or otherwise._ ## **The Church Stewards** _The Church Stewards are corporately responsible, together with the Minister, for giving leadership and help over the whole range of the life and activity of the Church. The role of the Church Stewards is to serve the mission and ministries of the Church with prayer, creativity and vision._ _By their service and example, they guide, encourage and support individuals and other groups within the Church_ _The Church Stewards will implement decisions made by the Church Council, and act between meetings of the Church Council in respect of all matters that are not under the purview of any of the Church committees._ _In all instances, however, the Church Stewards will remain accountable to the Church Council._ _The Church Stewards will, by mutual consent, ensure that at least one of its members is a representative on every Church Committee._ _Church Stewards will be elected by the General Church Meeting to serve a rotating 4 year term._ _Insofar as is possible, Church Stewards should accurately reflect the diversity of the congregation with respect to age, gender and race. However, as the appointment of Church Steward gives a seat on the Pastoral Committee Church Stewards must be at least 18 years of age._ ## **Pastoral Secretary** _To consider matters relating to Church membership._ _To arrange training for membership To recommend to the Church Council candidates for membership._ _To make arrangements for services of confirmation._ _To prepare a report on membership for the Church Council._ _To encourage the practice of fellowship, through house groups and other group To ensure the effectiveness of the work of pastoral visitors and house groups._ ## **Year review and future goals:** Up until March 2020 the Church continued to host a weekly morning worship session on Sundays and regular evening services where the congregation and any member of the wider community could come together to share and explore their faith. There were also regular faith activities hosted in the week such as bible studies, as well the annual organ recitals. In addition Judith Stoddart in their position as City Centre Deacon at Central, continued to develop the ways the Church can serve the community throughout the week. This has included a weekly welcome session on Wednesday afternoon where members of the congregation come together to provide refreshments and fellowship with any members of the public; there being a particular focus on vulnerable groups such as the homeless community and the socially isolated. Once the covid crisis began, the Church could no longer host these activities in person. Measures were taken however to continue worship and fellowship in a remote fashion, as well as pastoral care and funerary services. This extended to the support of Carecent a charity based on site, who continued to provide the key food provision for the homeless community of York throughout the crisis. Pre-covid the Church also provided affordable community space, something which was identified as a need within the city centre community. In particular there are many charities who require space for training or larger meetings who simply could not afford hotels or other conference centres. The Church also offered hospitality to community classes and organisations such as the U3A and WEA, as well as individuals in the community. Post-covid the ability to host community activities was limited, but we managed to host critical education courses which were allowed under the rules and were managed with strict compliance. The Church continues to purse its goal of serving the whole community throughout the week, particularly with the ongoing difficulties of covid which has been hardest on the most vulnerable in society. ## **Financial statement:** We had £137,229 in payments and £120,399 in receipts, leaving a net loss of £16,830 at the end of this financial period. This loss was largely due to the covid crisis removing a majority of the Church’s income for the last part of the year. We remain solvent and able to continue to invest in the maintenance of our historic building and facilities and to facilitate community activities. Our agreed reserve policy of £50,000, allowing us to meet our basic financial requirements, is preserved. CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS ETI40CJl￿￿r Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2020 YOL Circuit Circuit no Registered Charity- Charity Registration number If not a r￿lStered charity Her Majest￿5 Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in ternis of evidence of charitsble status and may be used lo give to donors or grani funders wishing lo see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methc￿1St charities in England and Wales that are nol registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.2421 Minisler- EV(J. ILCLY DA LG-kni Esli Church Stewards= Treasurer.. Ei F4AbJNJ Atr4 Lliurcli R atKI P ?O?O.xL 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 XORK CEN I RAL Unresthcted Restri¢ted Totsls thls Funds Funds year Totals last SECTION A year a1 RECEIPTS Note 82 Offorings and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest aTKJ Investment income i*si 23 103 a4 Lettings Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 25 i Lcs*l 12C.3*C. 13Z69 la71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 22319 b3 Dorwtions b4 Repairs and MaIntena￿e Ulililies Ilnsur8nces, water cha es, heatin b5 b6 b7 Othcr payments TOTAL PAYMENTS Z3773 Isss b8 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 a648 LIEb8 oi4* ao) (2*389) Total furKis brought forward from lasl year c2 95 r35SSS c6 15997* Sub tgtsl Ic1+c2} liiq iiknss Transfers and ad'uslments Ic7) c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {c3+c4} 1119 8GS 118155 Ic81 155 Ic61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATFON ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS Ithes¢ amounts are not to be Én¢ludÈd in total receiptslpayments figures al￿Ve) d1 Balance brou ht forwar(I from L3st year d2 Offerin sIGrfts- recetved for extemal or nisatK>ns qz d3 OfferingslGrfts - passed to externgl org8nBatk)ns 1772 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1 +d2-d3) Llwrili R aNI P IIL)O.xls 2015 yoRk Iiu4L Church UMFIARY F CHURCH ACCOUNTS NJID ENfERNAL ORGNJIISATI(XIS REPORnNGTOT SECTION E Pleas￿ follow GutdancÈ NotÈs tts ¢om Sumrnariol Ihe Church accounts fcr the enoee 31 Aufj_'s'. 2C.20- Oigan15GaW5 ￿the Chyrth thnBIUChurDh NIeets￿. Note ihai the fund5 of an Er.l￿rn￿ Orgao15aion M)uld ryorfflally be Re5tfflc-.ed inds Jn..¥A Il C(Lkl th￿l/s￿￿￿'. Llai be used lrx any h12th￿L¥l purpose This sethon must be tompleted to &Xvealthegro>g In¢(wne ¢w￿drtur¢ uy* ofthe Churth. Èxce*Js thÈA¢cnk*thfeshL4d. ￿ the Aeuuals method olxcouDThng AND A DIFFERENT FORhA must bE used lorew ￿nts IseE Pkase re￿r￿￿e9￿￿d•1C￿ not￿ regard￿9 transfe￿ bettLren Dr$trI￿ INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS r*i Rthpisf Arfiusbiients Orenin b¥ances in b4￿CeS FIN￿pL Pwen Sdb total of In'Emal rganisa Church 3ccount5 Ilotsls brought forward from pa 17ts99 118755 91 (1￿8 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD 137229 135585 ill) BY CHURCH Ixl lyl Continue on a Separa￿ 5heei if neCes￿ryand brit￿ Ihe totals TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMEIITS SECTION F STATEMENT OF A55ÉTS AN PIING &￿trIcEs CLOSING EALANCES CHURCH-CA5H FUNDS HELD at 31 N￿gUSt 2020 Zos 27 ¢a5h Ir. hand ooz 8ank Current Acoxni lAC￿nE f4 Centra rinanceBoard 8S Trustfes IDrLleththdiSI CDulth Pu CKherfJnds 13S9 SUB TOTAL- Chur¢k 3¢¢¢unts Total bnds held by Intemal o￿a￿￿èt￿n$ Ilhedtss￿9 balance total frw above) ie121 gs Ic6} 118155 Ic81 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BYCHVRCH 1'3558S 118155 1 Sep￿berI019 21 Auws12020 OTHER ASSETS and LIABILttlES 25515 I￿￿tMEnts findude EndtwAnentsl 151*3 Land & Buildings Isae n(*8$ ￿ InsuOlC¢ Ydluel 7*1079 otner Assets Loanlsl-shcvNatnaunt outs￿ndIng at 5eaeThY 30cc.o 50 000 Other Li*ilroes 14 Indude w5yFundS h¥d * the C£￿tr¥ FiTrance Board f5 Indude thly Funds hdd at T￿Ste# Chvrth PuryMxe5 91 Indud8anyther Lnwstrnen& lnixiheL￿ ofTt&p tDJstsxLwnts wl bJlCknhXHrdP Jd5 Name of Church .¢.CFIYRAL.. M.£iH¢.E>>.S.i... . Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year lo 31 August 2020have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature oflreasurer ...&.. ...l.-...tsFr￿.. Dateas w c>g.-..2o LO Name and address of treasurer .ri.Rs.. KI￿￿￿￿...￿.¥.K￿h.￿£.I.H.. HAl4.tr4AH . Post Code.Yo.az.zFW Presentation to the Chur¢h trustees I confirm Ihat the annual report and accounts for the meeting of the Church trustees held on e year ended 31 Augusl 2020 presented lo Signature of the Chair of the meeting= Iloky fshLGLi£sH Name of the Chair of the meeting: Date 11 Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the ..Church Charity Number . (1766.77 Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the . Church for the year ended 31 August 2020 sel out on pages . l. lo .).. As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ wth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Church s accounts (xrried out under section 145 of the Act and, in cairying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b} ofthe Act. delete or circle as appropriate Name of Church .￿￿.NT.11￿￿...￿.&T.￿.0.p.¥ S I Independent Examinef 5 Statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no malerial mallers have come lo my attention in connection with the examination { I which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ wth section 130 of the Acl- or the accounts do nol accord with the accounling records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connertion wth the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I kawlhave not. obtained independent vertfic8tion of all investments Trmth the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balan￿S and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are indÉvtdually in excess of £10.000 {ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet d2te. Signature of independent examiner Name of independenl examiner DArfIO tth(ITYAI(EII Relevant professional qualrfication of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriale) Address { fvIOftFOLI( SYR£[( YoRI( QC I G6EJ< zozo Post Code YQJ IYY Date delete or circle as appropriate September 2020 CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS ETI40CJl￿￿r Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2020 YOL Circuit Circuit no Registered Charity- Charity Registration number If not a r￿lStered charity Her Majest￿5 Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in ternis of evidence of charitsble status and may be used lo give to donors or grani funders wishing lo see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methc￿1St charities in England and Wales that are nol registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.2421 Minisler- EV(J. ILCLY DA LG-kni Esli Church Stewards= Treasurer.. Ei F4AbJNJ Atr4 Lliurcli R atKI P ?O?O.xL 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 XORK CEN I RAL Unresthcted Restri¢ted Totsls thls Funds Funds year Totals last SECTION A year a1 RECEIPTS Note 82 Offorings and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest aTKJ Investment income i*si 23 103 a4 Lettings Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 25 i Lcs*l 12C.3*C. 13Z69 la71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 22319 b3 Dorwtions b4 Repairs and MaIntena￿e Ulililies Ilnsur8nces, water cha es, heatin b5 b6 b7 Othcr payments TOTAL PAYMENTS Z3773 Isss b8 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 a648 LIEb8 oi4* ao) (2*389) Total furKis brought forward from lasl year c2 95 r35SSS c6 15997* Sub tgtsl Ic1+c2} liiq iiknss Transfers and ad'uslments Ic7) c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {c3+c4} 1119 8GS 118155 Ic81 155 Ic61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATFON ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS Ithes¢ amounts are not to be Én¢ludÈd in total receiptslpayments figures al￿Ve) d1 Balance brou ht forwar(I from L3st year d2 Offerin sIGrfts- recetved for extemal or nisatK>ns qz d3 OfferingslGrfts - passed to externgl org8nBatk)ns 1772 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1 +d2-d3) Llwrili R aNI P IIL)O.xls 2015 yoRk Iiu4L Church UMFIARY F CHURCH ACCOUNTS NJID ENfERNAL ORGNJIISATI(XIS REPORnNGTOT SECTION E Pleas￿ follow GutdancÈ NotÈs tts ¢om Sumrnariol Ihe Church accounts fcr the enoee 31 Aufj_'s'. 2C.20- Oigan15GaW5 ￿the Chyrth thnBIUChurDh NIeets￿. Note ihai the fund5 of an Er.l￿rn￿ Orgao15aion M)uld ryorfflally be Re5tfflc-.ed inds Jn..¥A Il C(Lkl th￿l/s￿￿￿'. Llai be used lrx any h12th￿L¥l purpose This sethon must be tompleted to &Xvealthegro>g In¢(wne ¢w￿drtur¢ uy* ofthe Churth. Èxce*Js thÈA¢cnk*thfeshL4d. ￿ the Aeuuals method olxcouDThng AND A DIFFERENT FORhA must bE used lorew ￿nts IseE Pkase re￿r￿￿e9￿￿d•1C￿ not￿ regard￿9 transfe￿ bettLren Dr$trI￿ INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS r*i Rthpisf Arfiusbiients Orenin b¥ances in b4￿CeS FIN￿pL Pwen Sdb total of In'Emal rganisa Church 3ccount5 Ilotsls brought forward from pa 17ts99 118755 91 (1￿8 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD 137229 135585 ill) BY CHURCH Ixl lyl Continue on a Separa￿ 5heei if neCes￿ryand brit￿ Ihe totals TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMEIITS SECTION F STATEMENT OF A55ÉTS AN PIING &￿trIcEs CLOSING EALANCES CHURCH-CA5H FUNDS HELD at 31 N￿gUSt 2020 Zos 27 ¢a5h Ir. hand ooz 8ank Current Acoxni lAC￿nE f4 Centra rinanceBoard 8S Trustfes IDrLleththdiSI CDulth Pu CKherfJnds 13S9 SUB TOTAL- Chur¢k 3¢¢¢unts Total bnds held by Intemal o￿a￿￿èt￿n$ Ilhedtss￿9 balance total frw above) ie121 gs Ic6} 118155 Ic81 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BYCHVRCH 1'3558S 118155 1 Sep￿berI019 21 Auws12020 OTHER ASSETS and LIABILttlES 25515 I￿￿tMEnts findude EndtwAnentsl 151*3 Land & Buildings Isae n(*8$ ￿ InsuOlC¢ Ydluel 7*1079 otner Assets Loanlsl-shcvNatnaunt outs￿ndIng at 5eaeThY 30cc.o 50 000 Other Li*ilroes 14 Indude w5yFundS h¥d * the C£￿tr¥ FiTrance Board f5 Indude thly Funds hdd at T￿Ste# Chvrth PuryMxe5 91 Indud8anyther Lnwstrnen& lnixiheL￿ ofTt&p tDJstsxLwnts wl bJlCknhXHrdP Jd5 Name of Church .¢.CFIYRAL.. M.£iH¢.E>>.S.i... . Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year lo 31 August 2020have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature oflreasurer ...&.. ...l.-...tsFr￿.. Dateas w c>g.-..2o LO Name and address of treasurer .ri.Rs.. KI￿￿￿￿...￿.¥.K￿h.￿£.I.H.. HAl4.tr4AH . Post Code.Yo.az.zFW Presentation to the Chur¢h trustees I confirm Ihat the annual report and accounts for the meeting of the Church trustees held on e year ended 31 Augusl 2020 presented lo Signature of the Chair of the meeting= Iloky fshLGLi£sH Name of the Chair of the meeting: Date 11 Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the ..Church Charity Number . (1766.77 Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the . Church for the year ended 31 August 2020 sel out on pages . l. lo .).. As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ wth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Church s accounts (xrried out under section 145 of the Act and, in cairying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b} ofthe Act. delete or circle as appropriate Name of Church .￿￿.NT.11￿￿...￿.&T.￿.0.p.¥ S I Independent Examinef 5 Statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no malerial mallers have come lo my attention in connection with the examination { I which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ wth section 130 of the Acl- or the accounts do nol accord with the accounling records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connertion wth the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I kawlhave not. obtained independent vertfic8tion of all investments Trmth the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balan￿S and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are indÉvtdually in excess of £10.000 {ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet d2te. Signature of independent examiner Name of independenl examiner DArfIO tth(ITYAI(EII Relevant professional qualrfication of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriale) Address { fvIOftFOLI( SYR£[( YoRI( QC I G6EJ< zozo Post Code YQJ IYY Date delete or circle as appropriate September 2020