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Crediton Methodist Church Annual Report 2019-2020 Approved by the Annual General Church Meeting on 28 April 2021 www.creditonmethodist.org.uk FAIRTRADI Working out God's love in Crediton CredItonMett￿[5t

Annual Report of Crediton Methodist Church For the year ended 31[st] August 2020

Administrative Information:

The Church is registered with the charity commission. Registered Charity Number 1178365. A copy of the accounts by way of Schedule B has been sent to the Synod (via the circuit officer).

The Church address is:- Union Road, Crediton, Devon EX17 3AW. Any correspondence should be directed to the Senior Steward:- Mrs Marjorie Ashley, Oake House, Tolleys, Crediton EX17 1HG

The Charity Trustees or Managing Trustees are members of the Church Council and the names of members who have served as managing trustees in the year ended 31[st] August 2020 are as follows:

Minister:- Revd. Ann Varker (Until 31[st] August 2020)

The Stewards:- Mrs Marjorie Ashley, Mrs Christine Turner, Mrs Hilary Everitt, Mrs Christine Marshall, Mrs Elizabeth Allnutt.

Leadership Team:- Mrs Hilary Everitt, Mrs Cathy Jerrard, Mrs Pam Murphy, Mr David Smith (Until 31[st] August 2020), Mr Glenn Turner

Church Secretary:- Mr John Ashley

Treasurer:- Mrs Christine Turner

Pastoral Secretary:- Mrs Pam Murphy Circuit Steward:- Mrs Meg Privett Youth Worker:- Vacant

Members elected by the General Church Meeting:- Sheila Davison, Meg Ellis, Elizabeth Greenslade, Christine Gregory, Elaine Gregory (Until 31[st] July 2020), Wendy Homeshaw, Bronwyn Nott, Alan Sharpe, Gill Sutton, Karen Theedom and Julian Varker (Until 16[th] June 2020)

The number of members as at 31[st] August 2020 was 97

The Life of the Church:

The Church Council, Leadership Team and the Church Stewards oversee the whole of the life of the church. The Church Council meets five times a year. The Leadership Team meets around 6 times a year and the Church Stewards meet three times a year. The Church Annual General Meeting is held in April.

Sunday Services

Discipleship Groups

Residential Services

Held at local residential homes at various times.

Our Vision

Our vision is of a dynamic worshipping Christian family seeking to play our part in the world-wide mission of God by constantly nurturing, encouraging and supporting one another;

disciples of Jesus Christ committed to praying and learning together;

a congregation radiating God’s love by reaching out to the community, serving the poor and vulnerable, intent on changing the world in partnership with others;

an inclusive group of believers, welcoming all, with a desire to become a living vibrant church, to the glory of God.

We envisage

Leadership Team Report

This financial year started with the completion of our refurbishment project.

Refurbishment Report 2019 – 20

A refurbishment programme which included to the removal of pews, installation of audio-visual facilities, redecorating, upgrading eco aspects of the worship area, re-vamping the kitchenette upstairs and the disabled toilet, along with the installation of a completely new toilet suite downstairs was carried out this year.

When sufficient funds were available, the Church Council gave the go-ahead for the project to commence, and it started in February 2019.

The refurbishment was completed at the end of August 2019. The Church held an Open day on September 14[th] .

Both architect and contractor firms proved to be good choices, as they were very professional throughout the build and addressed any concerns we had in a short time. They were both chosen for their expertise in conservation work and experience on other listed buildings.

There was an investigation of the possibility of getting back VAT on chairs, once all other VAT reclaim has been dealt with, as the quality of the chairs were dictated by the Conservation Officer as part of the Listed building conditions for removing the pews. The VAT refund was not allowed by The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (DCMS).

It is our intention that the loan to Circuit of £50k and their additional loan of £15k was to be paid back when the property owned by Crediton Methodist Church (a flat at 22 Redvers House) was sold. We are currently awaiting an arbitration decision on a levy placed upon that money by TMCP (Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes).

The refurbishment management team are now disbanded.

Worship Conversation

Between August 2019 and February 2020 the Stewards and Leadership Team members met up with the members of the congregation to gather observations, thoughts and ideas about the pattern and content of worship experiences on offer, and what people would like to see happen in the future. The purpose of this piece of work was threefold:

  1. To enhance the quality of the worship experience to the greater glory of God and for all members of the congregation.

  2. To encourage individuals to think about the worship experience and think about the different elements of worship and consider what is most helpful.

  3. To enable us to reach out more effectively and enable those who do not yet know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour to come and hear the Good News of the gospel.

At the outset, we identified that we would conduct conversations with about 116 people. By March 2020, we were able to collect 920 comments from around 72 people and these were collated into one document, which contains a great wealth of observations, ideas and views to work with as we seek to discern the right direction for us as a local church.

The Leadership and Stewards Team committed to meet on a monthly basis to prayerfully and systematically consider the way forward, and to work through and act on the large amount of information that we now have, so that God might truly lead us all to ways of worship that will enable all to worship, and bring glory and honour to him in all things.

Having giving initial consideration to the document and as a basis for future discussions, the Leadership and Stewards teams set down an initial framework based on some of the clear strands that emerged from the conversations, and this was accepted by the Church Council. It has been possible to introduce some of the findings from the conversations into our worship, in particular within the online services that were born at the advent the Covid-19 pandemic (see below). We will continue to work on the implementation of the framework as circumstances allow.

COVID-19

When the lockdown came in March we quickly moved to online worship and established weekly challenges for the whole family. This has proven to be popular and it has been proven that it is a valuable resource it is something that we have to continue in the future for those who needs it.

Ann the minister was the central contact and members of the Church went out and did shopping for members of the community. Our pastoral team and members of the Church kept in constant contact with members of the congregation and community making sure that everyone is keeping safe, that they all have enough provisions, and not too lonely, along with home-baked cakes and gifts being delivered around.

The Leadership and Stewards Teams met regularly to sort out any issues that have arisen and making sure that everyone is being kept informed with the latest changes and what is happening.

Annual Report 2019/20 - Safeguarding

The church has a Safeguarding policy which is based on the Model Policy provided by the Methodist Church. There is a Safeguarding officer in post who is Mrs Elizabeth Allnutt (until 27[th] January 2020) and Mrs Pam Murphy (from 15[th] June 2020) with Mrs Bronwyn Nott as administrative support (from 15[th] June 2020).

There have been no referrals to statutory bodies during the year.

Financial Information

The accounts have been examined by an independent examiner: Mr P. Kempster The Church bank is: NatWest, 59 High Street, Exeter EX4 3DL

Crediton Methodist Church

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended August 31[st] 2020

General Fund Income and Expenditure

General Fund Balances
B/f		 2018-2019 2018-2019 Balances
C & B/f		 2019-2020 2019-2020 Balances
C/f
Income Expenditure Income Expenditure Income
Church Activities £15,375.06 £13,996.96
Offertory £26,432.47 £25,492.55
Gift Aid Tax & GASDS £13,541.53 £7,667.51
Redvers Flat £1,582.11 £3,110.87 £6,309.80 £3,838.62
Flow er Fund £137.37 £70.00 £69.57 £137.80 £45.00 £51.31 £131.49
Fund Raising £487.20 £53.00
Printing& Stationery £57.50 £542.87 £329.34
Pastoral £18.00 £40.00
Sundries £371.86 £821.37 £1,964.89 £888.69
Bank Interest £110.27 £136.22
Assessment £30,750.00 £22,500.00
Subscriptions / Licenses £953.30 £1,970.09
YoungPeople(inc Ark etc.) £1,417.97 £1,060.88 £10.33 £65.24
Cost of building use 581 Hours £450.00 £8,070.09 ???? Hours
Transfer to/frm Negative funds
Connect £203.19 £340.51
Closing Balance (Sub Total) £44,520.91 £45,600.14 £41,679.30 £30,023.80
-£1,079.23 £11,655.50
Property Costs
Hall Bookings £3,316.53 £2,738.17
Cost of buildinguse 581 Hours £8,070.09
Weddings & Funerals
Repairs and Renew als £7,467.09 £5,988.61
Electricity £730.06 £787.56
Gas £1,384.39 £1,384.28
Telephone / Broadband £293.25
Insurance £1,609.41 £1,701.15
Water £494.54 £540.71
Closing Balance (Sub Total) £11,386.62 £11,685.49 # £2,738.17 £10,695.56 #
-£298.87 -£7,957.39
Closing Balance £55,907.53 £57,285.63 £13,996.96 £44,417.47 £40,719.36 £17,695.07
-£1,378.10 £3,698.11

We should have an excess of £2500 to put aside for future large expenditures.

Summary of Restricted and Charitable Funds

Restricted Funds Balances
B/f		 2018-2019 2018-2019 Balances
C & B/f		 2019-2020 2019-2020 Balances
C/f
Income Expenditure Income Expenditure
Benevolent Fund £69.09 £57.01 £0.00 £126.10 £1,073.38 £1,134.59 £64.89
FridayFellow ship £847.34 £646.05 £980.28 £513.11 £427.98 £357.00 £584.09
Doris Willson Trust £36.94 £0.12 £37.06 £0.00
Knit and Natter £310.75 £660.10 £710.00 £260.85 £0.00 £260.85 £0.00
Refurbishment £30,861.00 £353,959.93 £395,950.31 -£11,129.38 £73,826.92 £42,785.42 £19,912.12
Schools Out FamilyCafé £0.00 £240.00 £29.88 £210.12
Youth Worker £13,339.68 £27,321.71 £40,220.67 £440.72 £25,220.35 £5,680.45 £19,980.62
Toddler Group £183.55 £480.03 £456.07 £207.51 £246.44 £211.96 £241.99
Total Balances held £52,124.82 £383,124.95 £438,354.39 -£9,581.09 £101,035.07 £50,460.15 £40,993.83
Charitable Fund Balances
B/f		 2018-2019 2018-2019 Balances
C & B/f		 2019-2020 2019-2020 Balances
C/f
Income Expenditure Income Expenditure
ACF(formerlyNCH) £50.32 £345.08 £0.00 £395.40 £188.83 £580.00 £4.23
Christian Aid £4.05 £830.27 £356.22 £478.10 £46.65 £524.00 £0.75
Causew ay £0.03 £51.16 £0.00 £51.19 £31.17 £0.00 £82.36
Chat £1.29 £153.62 £0.00 £154.91 £58.24 £210.00 £3.15
Connect £0.00 £480.00 £480.00 £0.00 £480.00 £480.00 £0.00
Edukid £8,883.00 £1,750.83 £4,100.00 £6,533.83 £105.28 £275.00 £6,364.11
Foodbank £4.15 £34.78 £0.00 £38.93 £0.00 £0.00 £38.93
Francisco Rojas School-David £330.47 £573.81 £300.00 £604.28 £204.35 £300.00 £508.63
JMA £222.10 £107.00 £0.00 £329.10 £0.00 £329.10 £0.00
Meth. Home for the Aged -£32.20 £272.75 £0.00 £240.55 £158.23 £395.00 £3.78
Missions in Britain £0.00 £20.00 £0.00 £20.00 £10.00 £30.00 £0.00
All We Can -£10.70 £363.86 £0.00 £353.16 £16.69 £370.00 -£0.15
MWiB £3.25 £191.38 £87.00 £107.63 £19.45 £125.00 £2.08
MWiB Local Netw ork £1.95 £16.90 £0.00 £18.85 £1.00 £18.00 £1.85
Repair Café £0.00 £1,391.99 £560.89 £831.10 £383.17 £352.70 £861.57
World Missions £5.52 £6.00 £0.00 £11.52 £12.50 £24.00 £0.02
Other £0.00 £461.25 £300.00 £161.25 £407.30 £357.00 £211.55
Total Balances held £9,665.97 £7,050.68 £6,184.11 £10,329.80 £2,122.86 £4,369.80 £8,082.86
Bank Balances 2018-19 2019-20
Current Account £44,280.38 £37,440.33
Central Finance Board £13,136.93 £21,973.15
Central Finance Board 2 £7,183.59 £7,235.03
Methodist Chael Aid -£50,000.00 £0.00
Cash in Hand £144.77 £123.25
Totals £14,745.67 £66,771.76

Restricted and Church Group Funds 1[st] September 2019 – 31[st] August 2020

Benevolent Fund
Opening balance
Income
Collection
Total
Closing balance		 £
126.10
£
1,073.38
£
1,073.38
£
64.89		 Expenditure
Food Money
Total		 £
1,134.59
£
1,134.59
Flowers
Opening balance
Flower Fund Account
Cash in Hand
Total
Income
Donations
Total
Closing balance
Flower Fund Account
Cash in Hand
Total		 £
117.61
£
20.19
£
137.80
£
45.00
£
45.00
£
117.61
£
13.88
£
131.49		 Expenditure
Food Money
Total		 £
51.31
£
51.31
Friday Fellowship
Opening balance
Bank Account
Cash in Hand
Total
Income
Collections
Bring & Buy
Total
Closing balance
Bank Account
Cash in Hand
Total		 £
459.55
£
53.56
£
513.11
£
345.31
£
82.67
£
427.98
£
541.55
£
42.54
£
584.09		 Expenditure
Plan International
Speakers
Misc.
Total		 £
180.00
£
120.00
£
57.00
£
357.00

Knit and Natter Group Opening balance £ 260.85

Income
Total
Closing balance		 £
0.00
£
0.00
Expenditure
Families £ 60.00
I.A.T. Transport £ 200.82
Total £ 260.85
Refurbishment Fund
Opening balance
Designated Fund
Specific Fund
Restricted Fund
Methodist Chapel Aid
Total
Income
Bank Interest
Saturday Coffee
St Nicholas Fayre
Sale of cards
Police Concert
Difference Chair Trolley
Donations
China Slides
Rwanda Talk
Crediton Town Band
Transfer cards Pastoral
Opening Lunch
Gift Aid Tax
Refund of VAT
Grants
Gift Day
Total
Closing balance
Designated Fund
Specific Fund
Restricted Fund
Total		 £
4,658.97
£ 30,195.77
£
4,015.88
£ - 50,000.00
£-11,129.38
£
51.44
£
230.63
£
125.00
£
174.35
£
195.00
£
74.40
£ 20,264.40
£
40.00
£
32.00
£
237.00
£
10.00
£
217.00
£
12,122.36
£
9,795.34
£ 30,000.00
£
258.00
£ 73,826.92
£
2,713.29
£ - 20,117.14
£ 37,315.97
£ 19,912.12

Expenditure

Expenditure
Design Harris MacMillan £ 3,462.05
Print and Stationery £ 14.18
Hand Rail £ 100.00
Notice Board/Hand rail £ 1,622.53
Repayment of Loan £ 4,000.00
Fifields Construction £ 10,174.97
Trf Refurb to GF re Flat £ 6,309.80
Removal and Storage £ 708.45
Conservation book £ 73.47
PA/AV Deposit £ 16,026.63
Meth Chapal Aid Interest £ 293.34
Total £ 42,785.42
Schools Out Family Cafe
Opening balance
Income
Donations
Crediton Congs
Total
Closing balance		 £
0.00
£
40.00
£
200.00
£
240.00
£
210.12		 Expenditure
Food
Total		 £
29.88
£
29.88

Toddlers

Opening balance
Bank Account
Cash in Hand
Total
Income
Subs / Donations
Total
Closing balance
Bank Account
Cash in Hand
Total
Youth Worker Fund
Opening balance
Petty Cash Float
Designated Fund
Restricted Fund
Total
Income
Saturday Coffee Mornings
Donations
Gift Aid Tax
Gift Day
Youth Café
Sale of Cards
Craft Fayre
Grants
Cards from Pastoral Fund
Refund on BT Bills
Sponsored Run
Farewell Gift A. Varker
Safari Donations
HMRC JRS Covid-19
Transfer
Total
Closing balance
Petty Cash Float
Designated Fund
Restricted Fund
Total		 £
186.49
£
21.02
£
207.51
£
246.44
£
246.44
£
225.16
£
16.83
£
241.99
£
50.00
£
7,996.01
£ - 7,605.29
£
440.72
£
44.00
£
4,018.24
£
1,161.95
£
890.00
£
45.00
£
128.10
£
270.00
£ 16,000.00
£
10.00
£
27.92
£
910.90
£
923.10
£
216.20
£
554.94
£
20.00
£ 25,220.35
£
50.00
£
8357.91
£
11,572.71
£ 19,980.62		 Expenditure
Food/Drinks
Printing & Stationery
Misc.
Total
Expenditure
Staffing Costs
Print & Stat
B.T.
DBS – Jane & Leigh
Ads for Y/W
Budget to work
Youth Café
Transfer
Total		 £
123.53
£
85.43
£
3.00
£
211.96
£
4,763.76
£
77.10
£
265.02
£
80.00
£
285.00
£
61.14
£
131.93
£
16.50
£
5680.45

Charity Funds

1[st] September 2019 – 31[st] August 2020

Action for Children
Opening balance
£
395.40
Income
Sunday Morning Coffee
£
103.15
Xmas Day Collection
£
45.61
Gift Aid Tax
£
40.07
Total
£
188.83
Closing balance
£
4.23
All We Can
Opening balance
£
353.16
Income
Saturday Coffee Morning £
11.20
Gift Aid Tax
£
5.49
Total
£
16.69
Closing balance
£
-0.15
Causeway
Opening balance
£
51.19
Income
Saturday Coffee
£
17.50
Gift Aid
£
13.67
Total
£
31.17
Closing balance
£
82.36
Charity Other
Opening balance
£
161.25
Income
Gift for Andy, Jenny & Leah £
50.00
Toilet Twinning
£
295.00
Tear Fund
£
13.15
Gift Aid Tax
£
49.15
Total
£
407.30
Closing balance
£
211.55		 Expenditure
Charity Giving
£
580.00
Total
£
580.00
Expenditure
Charity Giving
£
370.00
Total
£
370.00
Expenditure
Total
£
0.00
Expenditure
Gift for Andy, Jenny & Leah £
25.00
Gift for Leah & John
£
25.00
Toilet Twinning
£
307.00
Total
£
357.00

Christian Aid

Opening balance
£
478.10
Income
Gift Aid Tax
£
46.65
Total
£
46.65
Closing balance
£
0.75
Churches Housing Action Team (CHAT)
Opening balance
£
154.91
Income
Gift Aid Tax
£
17.04
Saturday Coffee
£
32.20
Donation
£
9.00
Total
£
58.24
Closing balance
£
3.15
Connect
Opening balance
£
0.00
Income
Saturday Coffee Mornings £
29.50
Sunday Morning Coffee
£
45.00
Gift Aid Tax
£
54.99
Donation
£
10.00
Trf to clear negative bal.
£
340.51
Total
£
480.00
Closing balance
£
0.00
Edukid
Opening balance
£
6,533.83
Income
Repair Café donations
£
84.04
Gift Aid Tax
£
21.24
Total
£
105.28
Closing balance
£
6,364.11
Food Bank
Opening balance
£
38.93
Income
Total
£
0.00
Closing balance
£
38.93		 Expenditure
Annual Giving
Total
Expenditure
Annual Giving
Total
Expenditure
Contributed
Total
Expenditure
Oscar K. Sponsorship
Total
Expenditure
Total		 £
524.00
£
524.00
£
210.00
£
210.00
£
480.00
£
480.00
£
275.00
£
275.00
£
0.00
Francisco Rojas School in Peru
Opening balance
£
604.28
Income
Gift Aid tax
£
18.20
Sunday Morning Coffee
£
91.00
Fund Raising/Diabetes Rd £
64.50
Coffee – Repair Cafe
£
30.65
Total
£
204.35
Closing balance
£
508.63
JMA
Opening balance
£
329.10
Income
Total
£
0.00
Closing balance
£
0.00
Methodist Homes for the Aged
Opening balance
£
240.55
Income
Saturday Coffee Morning £
18.00
Sunday Morning Coffee
£
95.60
Gift Aid Tax
£
44.63
Total
£
158.23
Closing balance
£
3.78
Methodist Women in Britain
Opening balance
£
107.63
Income
Gift Aid Tax
£
10.95
Saturday Coffee
£
8.50
Total
£
19.45
Closing balance
£
2.08
Methodist Women in Britain (Local Network)
Opening balance
£
18.85
Income
5ps Jar
£
1.00
Total
£
1.00
Closing balance
£
1.85		 Expenditure
Sponsorship
Total
Expenditure
Mission in Britain 25%
World Mission Fund 75%
Total
Expenditure
Annual Giving
Total
Expenditure
Annual Giving
Total
Expenditure
Annual Giving
Total		 £
300.00
£
300.00
£
82.28
£
246.82
£
329.10
£
395.00
£
395.00
£
125.00
£
125.00
£
18.00
£
18.00
Mission in Britain Fund (Home Missions)
Opening balance
£
20.00
Income
Saturday Coffee Morning £
10.00
Total
£
10.00
Closing balance
£
0.00
Repair Café
Opening balance
£
831.10
Income
Donations
£
383.17
Total
£
383.17
Closing balance
£
861.57
World Mission
Opening balance
£
11.52
Income
Gift Aid Tax
£
12.50
Total
£
12.50
Closing balance
£
0.02		 Expenditure
Annual Giving
Total
Expenditure
Children in Need
Repair Café Equipment
Total
Expenditure
Annual Giving
Total		 £
30.00
£
30.00
£
139.93
£
212.77
£
352.70
£
24.00
£
24.00

Reserves Policy

The Charity’s Reserves Policy deals with:

(a) Our General Fund

(b) Central Finance Board

Other funds also held which are NOT required to be included in our reserves are:

(c) Central Finance Board 2 (Refurbishment)

(d) Central Finance Board 2 (Youth Worker)

Our Reserves

(a-b) Our General Fund

We aim ideally to hold in reserve sufficient money to cover six month’s expenditure i.e. £25,000 (excluding Cost of building use)

The reason for this is twofold: -

(i) The church needs around one month’s average expenditure in reserve as working capital to cover normal running costs.

(ii) Maintenance on church buildings and special outreach events are mainly funded from fundraising efforts and money is regularly spent in advance of being raised. To cover this, the Church needs a further five months’ in reserve.

As there are insufficient funds in the current account to cover this amount, at present time we can also draw upon monies held in the Central Finance Board. There is a shortfall of £7,300 in our general reserve.

Other Funds held for specific purposes

(c) Central Finance Board 2 (Refurbishment Fund)

We maintain a Refurbishment Fund (held by Central Finance Board) for refurbishment and modification of the premises. This was completed in August 2019, but we still need funds in the account until August 2020 when our final bills will be paid.

The Refurbishment Fund will continue to be held by Central Finance.

(d) Central Finance Board 2 (Youth Worker Fund)

After a successful 6 year project, we are working our way towards a new 2 year project, this is still in the setup phase, but we are hoping to start the project in September 2020 subject to funding.

Minutes of the Annual General Church Meeting held by video conference on Monday 21[st] September 2020

Present: Revd Alison Richardson, John Ashley (Secretary) and 15 members

Apologies: Meg Ellis, Pam Murphy, Tina Turner and Alan Sharpe

  1. The Minister welcomed all those present and explained that this meeting had been delayed by the pandemic. She opened the meeting with a reading from Matthew chapter 9 verse 9 – “Calling” – followed by a prayer by Martin Luther

  2. The Annual Report for 2018/19, which includes the minutes of the meeting held on 24[th] March 2019, had been circulated having been previously reviewed and approved in draft by the Church Council at its meeting on 14[th] November 2019, subject to completion of the independent examiner’s review of the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] August 2019.

  3. There were no matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting.

  4. The Annual Report was approved and signed by the Minister.

  5. The appointments of Leadership Team, Stewards and the Church Council agreed at the meeting on 24[th] March 2019 have been extended for a further year to the 2021 Annual General Church Meeting. Apart from Elaine Gregory, David Smith and Julian Varker, who have resigned, all those appointed have agreed to serve for the further year.

Leadership Team: Hilary Everitt, Cathy Jerrard, Pam Murphy and Glenn Turner

Stewards: Elizabeth Allnutt, Marjorie Ashley Hilary Everitt, Christine Marshall and Christine Turner

Elected members: Sheila Davison, Meg Ellis, Elizabeth Greenslade, Christine Gregory, Wendy Homeshaw, Bronwyn Nott, Gill Sutton, Karen Theedom and Alan Sharpe

  1. The meeting closed with a prayer.