Tewkesbury Methodist Charity Registration Church Number The Cross 1179000 Church Street Tewkesbury Financial Year FY21-22 GL20 5PA September 2021 – August 2022 ## Aims of The Methodist Church The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission. - Worship - The Church exists to increase awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love - Learning and Caring - The Church exists to help people to grow and learn as Christians, through mutual support and care - Service - The Church exists to be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice - Evangelism - The Church exists to make more followers of Jesus Christ ## Governance of the Methodist Church The Methodist Church’s governing documents can be found in the **Constitutional Practice and Discipline** Volumes 1 and 2 at the link below. In particular Volume 2, ‘Part 6, The Local Churches’. - https://www.methodist.org.uk/for churches/governance/cpd/ ## Treasurer Report for 1[st] September 2021 until 31[st] August 2022 COVID continued to have a seriously detrimental effect on Tewkesbury Methodist Church’s (TMC’s) finances. Room bookings zeroed overnight at the beginning of COVID with only a limited restart during 2022. Similarly with limited congregations and little or no footfall, collections and donations are much lower. Fortunately, our former caretaker cottage has been rented out throughout this year and has been a stable source of income. During FY21-22, TMC transferred £7,000 from savings in CFB (The Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church) and £10,000 from savings in TMCP (Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes) to its HSBC bank current account to ensure sufficient operating funds were available to pay the standard monthly bills. £7,510.50 recovered Gift Aid on regular membership contributions was transferred back into CFB in August 2022. Overall TMC had a deficit of £16,825 in unrestricted funds over the financial year. The Welcome Space project is TMC’s plan to create additional small rooms in the church and a “Changing Spaces” disabled toilet facility to serve the local community. Funds for the Welcome Space project have already been collected in a restricted CFB account, which had a starting balance of £39,118 in September 2021, of which £3,209 was spent during the financial year. The total deficit over all TMC restricted funds over FY21-22 is £4,293. We have been able to employ our Family Outreach Worker (FOW) for this entire Financial Year, although she intends to leave our employment to take up a new fulltime role from September 2022. She has been able to restart her support work in local schools after COVID. We also employed a cleaner from late 2021. Other than the Family Outreach Worker, cleaner and Minister (Rev. Jayne Webb), TMC is entirely run by volunteers from the Church membership. We are aware that the HSBC bank intends to start charging bank fees to charitable accounts from November 2021. We are encouraging church members to give by standing order to reduce the amount of cash to be banked. We are also moving to pay as many bills as possible by Direct Debit, Standing Order, or BACS and to avoid raising or cashing cheques. The signed, audited TMC accounts were submitted to its governing body, the Church Council, on the 31[st] January 2023. They were submitted in draft on 25[th] October 2022. At the same meeting the RESERVES POLICY was discussed. This is the recommended minimum amount TMC retains to cover 6 months of essential expenditure. With a Family Outreach Worker and a cleaner, this was estimated at £30k - with the monthly assessment paid to Methodist Gloucestershire circuit included - or £20k without. If TMC has 3 months or less of operating funds we need to advise Circuit. The Reserves Policy was discussed at the 25[th] October 2022 Church Council and agreed unanimously. Minister’s Report for Tewkesbury Methodist Church year ending August 2022 This last year has slowly seen the church return to a semblance of normality following the final Covid restrictions being lifted. We have been pleased to welcome new regular attenders amongst our congregation, some of whom have become members and others are considering joining. At our church council meeting we voted on our church building becoming authorised for same sex marriage and this was unanimously agreed by the meeting. The administration for this has now been completed and the building duly authorised. In addition, our church has also been listed on the Inclusive Church Register. We have steadily made progress on our proposals for our Welcome Space project which is intended to increase the accessibility of the building in line with our seeking to be as inclusive as we are possibly able to be. The building will include a ‘Changing Places’ facility and we have recently achieved success in the grant applications for this purpose. The worshipping life of our church continues with regular Sunday morning services for a more traditional style of worship and a Breakfast Club time of worship once per month for young families mainly but is very popular with members generally. Our focus currently is seeking to make partnerships with members of the local community as we share in the vision of all that our Welcome Space project is intended to be. Reverend Jayne E Webb Minister - Tewkesbury Methodist Church CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Tewke3bu Methodist Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2022 Gloueestershirn Circuit Clr¢uit no. 07107 Reglstered Charity - Charity Registration number If not a registered charity Her Majestys Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evKlence of charitable status and may be used to give to donor5 or grant funders wshing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered thariiies are ex￿pted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2021 No.55) 1179000 Minister. Rev. Ja e Webb Church Stewards.. Linda Sallis Jean Davtes Gill Shelley Wendy Allen Treasurer. Mr5. Julie May Churcth R aThJ P 201SJts ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022 Tewkesbury Methodist Church un1Mlr￿ R•stricted Totsb thi8 Funds Funds SECTION A Totals last ygar RECEIPTS 22 Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 10,218 52,788 a3 272 (272 1.794 Leth'n a5 Other re￿1 TOTAL RECEiprs 15.691 69.167 10,214 64.796 a6 10218 {a7) SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 55,332 b3 Donations 1.998 19,322 Re irs and Matntenance Utilities (Insurances, water charges, heatin & luhbng) 13.407 14.511 27.918 b5 8,201 8.201 6,338 b6 b7 Other TOTAL PAYMENTS ents 3,221 75.773 760 83.750 b8 14￿11 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMEpirs FOR THE YEAR c1 16.825 4.293} 21,11 18.954 Total funds brought forward from last year 48,271 67,225 c3 Sub totsl c1+c2 16.825) 4.293 27,154 48.271 Transfers and ad'uslments 3.209 c7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+e41 116,825) {4.293} 30.363 IG81 48,271 {c6} SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND P*SSED ON TO ExfERNAL ORGANISATIONS Ithose amounts arg not to bg included In totsl rgceiptsl ments figures abov•) d1 BalancE bro hl forward frryn last d2 Offerin sIGrfls. recewl for extemal anisaiDns 1.708 335 d3 Offerin ￿Gfft$ - ssed to etsrnal o an&qknns 335 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAJD d1+d243 (Jw¢b R aryiP20l5xls 2ofS FGH ou A14D Tewkesbu Methodist ChE¥¢h SECTION E pi et•th Summary ofthÈ church￿(￿n￿[￿rIheyearended 31 N￿gU512022 and Intwnal Organisati￿S re￿￿￿t01h8 Chur¢h thnc4YChur¢h Meeting. Notethatth9fvnds ofan Int&))$l Owisation Y￿￿1￿ no￿811￿ be ￿ndS unless itcould b&dè8rfy$lwm thBtthoy¢wkJ be MdhfwJI¥i purpose. This￿￿￿ must ecc*np￿￿ to arri￿ atthegross Incoroand totalsoftheChvr¢h. WgfthvJ Inf*yhoexEeed$theknwals threshcdd, thePsed bew) give me cause to believe that in, any material respecL the accounting recorils ￿re not kept in accoldan￿ section 130 of the Art or the accounts do not accord the accounting records. {the [the I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I havelhave not. obtained independenl verification of all investments wilh the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balan￿$ and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are indivKlualty in eX￿sS of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent exaffliner o.oIJA.L........................... Re￿vant professional qualffication of independent examiner .... A. 4MA................... Name of finn (wthere appropriate) Address Q.IIc.U4flb.......c.Lltsfr.r..................................................................... Postcode .. ...... Date Iw- !j..-Iz................... delele or circle as appropriate Sep-22 2o15thWthR￿JP 5rf5 Summary of ¢48h and In¥o•tments at 31 AuoLMt 2022 CIRCUIT14UM8ER-.07ffj7 CIRCUIT NAME.. Methodlstorcultof Glouce#ershlre CHURCH NAME.. Tew*esbury meth(￿ls¢(hur¢h TrMBur•r N4 Mrs Juli& May CoThthd nuthr A¥￿￿bI•. from tolal b•h>* (Ful ••n11n￿￿ 30,000 19,123 110W7.00 Ishurtwii TOTAL UPWSTNIrnO ¢)ThER tP4¥E$TrItNTI A￿lICE* AT Th¢p ILYSLW PUrk￿• ol Fund l R••trktloM on uB•? IF4••M Wv• 14npxhlrrforN¥w a* C￿NAT ANK TOTAL4 sil0￿01• FundI44rr•lthr• M•1 ¥BC CFB G•nw*i C*urthFwOlWiln N d•ilaNwo ￿￿1¥1 MIdl￿1b4 buildlnk rrfj Thcp 6UI-TOTfvI4Plrl¢Rvw•vlylll t7.8SI 11.941 3a2 Fwn P) R & P 0￿11￿r￿• AmClicultTr•iivrm•i•r•quk￿t￿￿￿i•C￿￿rCh Inlormthn Indcory*hth•thbl•kn•KhYwindsvbmllttt&th• DWktTi••sur•r ltscomplinre*fthTh• M•thtsdtstconlerencodkttt￿l. CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Tewke3bu Methodist Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2022 Gloueestershirn Circuit Clr¢uit no. 07107 Reglstered Charity - Charity Registration number If not a registered charity Her Majestys Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evKlence of charitable status and may be used to give to donor5 or grant funders wshing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered thariiies are ex￿pted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2021 No.55) 1179000 Minister. Rev. Ja e Webb Church Stewards.. Linda Sallis Jean Davtes Gill Shelley Wendy Allen Treasurer. Mr5. Julie May Churcth R aThJ P 201SJts ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022 Tewkesbury Methodist Church un1Mlr￿ R•stricted Totsb thi8 Funds Funds SECTION A Totals last ygar RECEIPTS 22 Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 10,218 52,788 a3 272 (272 1.794 Leth'n a5 Other re￿1 TOTAL RECEiprs 15.691 69.167 10,214 64.796 a6 10218 {a7) SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 55,332 b3 Donations 1.998 19,322 Re irs and Matntenance Utilities (Insurances, water charges, heatin & luhbng) 13.407 14.511 27.918 b5 8,201 8.201 6,338 b6 b7 Other TOTAL PAYMENTS ents 3,221 75.773 760 83.750 b8 14￿11 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMEpirs FOR THE YEAR c1 16.825 4.293} 21,11 18.954 Total funds brought forward from last year 48,271 67,225 c3 Sub totsl c1+c2 16.825) 4.293 27,154 48.271 Transfers and ad'uslments 3.209 c7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+e41 116,825) {4.293} 30.363 IG81 48,271 {c6} SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND P*SSED ON TO ExfERNAL ORGANISATIONS Ithose amounts arg not to bg included In totsl rgceiptsl ments figures abov•) d1 BalancE bro hl forward frryn last d2 Offerin sIGrfls. recewl for extemal anisaiDns 1.708 335 d3 Offerin ￿Gfft$ - ssed to etsrnal o an&qknns 335 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAJD d1+d243 (Jw¢b R aryiP20l5xls 2ofS FGH ou A14D Tewkesbu Methodist ChE¥¢h SECTION E pi et•th Summary ofthÈ church￿(￿n￿[￿rIheyearended 31 N￿gU512022 and Intwnal Organisati￿S re￿￿￿t01h8 Chur¢h thnc4YChur¢h Meeting. Notethatth9fvnds ofan Int&))$l Owisation Y￿￿1￿ no￿811￿ be ￿ndS unless itcould b&dè8rfy$lwm thBtthoy¢wkJ be MdhfwJI¥i purpose. This￿￿￿ must ecc*np￿￿ to arri￿ atthegross Incoroand totalsoftheChvr¢h. WgfthvJ Inf*yhoexEeed$theknwals threshcdd, thePsed bew) give me cause to believe that in, any material respecL the accounting recorils ￿re not kept in accoldan￿ section 130 of the Art or the accounts do not accord the accounting records. {the [the I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I havelhave not. obtained independenl verification of all investments wilh the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balan￿$ and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are indivKlualty in eX￿sS of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent exaffliner o.oIJA.L........................... Re￿vant professional qualffication of independent examiner .... A. 4MA................... Name of finn (wthere appropriate) Address Q.IIc.U4flb.......c.Lltsfr.r..................................................................... Postcode .. ...... Date Iw- !j..-Iz................... delele or circle as appropriate Sep-22 2o15thWthR￿JP 5rf5 Summary of ¢48h and In¥o•tments at 31 AuoLMt 2022 CIRCUIT14UM8ER-.07ffj7 CIRCUIT NAME.. Methodlstorcultof Glouce#ershlre CHURCH NAME.. Tew*esbury meth(￿ls¢(hur¢h TrMBur•r N4 Mrs Juli& May CoThthd nuthr A¥￿￿bI•. from tolal b•h>* (Ful ••n11n￿￿ 30,000 19,123 110W7.00 Ishurtwii TOTAL UPWSTNIrnO ¢)ThER tP4¥E$TrItNTI A￿lICE* AT Th¢p ILYSLW PUrk￿• ol Fund l R••trktloM on uB•? IF4••M Wv• 14npxhlrrforN¥w a* C￿NAT ANK TOTAL4 sil0￿01• FundI44rr•lthr• M•1 ¥BC CFB G•nw*i C*urthFwOlWiln N d•ilaNwo ￿￿1¥1 MIdl￿1b4 buildlnk rrfj Thcp 6UI-TOTfvI4Plrl¢Rvw•vlylll t7.8SI 11.941 3a2 Fwn P) R & P 0￿11￿r￿• AmClicultTr•iivrm•i•r•quk￿t￿￿￿i•C￿￿rCh Inlormthn Indcory*hth•thbl•kn•KhYwindsvbmllttt&th• DWktTi••sur•r ltscomplinre*fthTh• M•thtsdtstconlerencodkttt￿l.