Poppleton Methodist Church 'G￿l'S people weaving new pattems of fa'thful seriice f￿ everyone, Truslees of Popploton Methodlst Church w•sont thelr Annual Report for year ondod 31st ￿guSt 2022 ' Charity commis￿0￿.. Registered Number 1179142 otfiL?al address.. Th8 Green, UpFer Popp181￿. Y026 6DP Th8 goverr#ng dcKuments d the MellKKlisl CMr¢h are tho Dthl of unl￿ {1932} a￿1 Mathcxlist Churth Act {19761. Secti¢￿ 4 Methodlst Church ￿t 1976 states The purposes (rf the A16th￿st Chwrh 8m and shal be PurKW d8emgd to ha￿ bw the dato of unlon the adYanGement of - (8) th8 Christian faith in accord￿ wilh th6 th)drinal &andanls and th8 thsOin8 ofth8 M8thc¥Jfist Church. {b) any chantable pU￿￿e forth8 time beuu 018ny GMXK￿, dithirt Cl￿1£ I[￿1 ￿ other c¥y8nisatsYm of the Melhcdlst Church. (c) any chan"table purpose for thg twne b8ing ofony soi* ￿l￿StitU￿ a soc48ty orinStitut￿ sUbsid￿ry or ancillary to the Methoth'st Cljurch. {d) anypts￿o86 forth8 lime bery ofany clwilybeffw o chority subs#*ory￿ anc￿ary to th8 M8thodist Church. The Mlsslon Statement of Poppleton Methodlst Church - b•••d on.4￿r Callng" from th• Mothoths¢ Church Plllar 1: Worshlp Vl¥lon OUT￿r￿8￿P b8 appaRllrg •KI rdvAnt to dl grcay and wpl• *il tr)ic4n i MIMlon 1. To enhanc• the wrAsl¥p e¥wleThx by ewwng variwi rf*KY8N 2. To be mor& mcthn fC￿ar&l￿trjn9 a￿1 mako 5W¥i(￿ mm rd8vanl rdated io d&ty Imrg. 3. To end•8vour to h&8 gr•8t£r vislt411ty cl *ffjrship'. rf * look• intwo6ts.ng pwr40 mry8 Indinthj to trlnk * h Intwoslng com• lrn Strap lin•-"Op•n t￿ Chwth. M• in, Com• in". Plllar 2: Loamlng and Carlng Vl•lon Our Chwch L8 ￿(le￿ fvouth 8 vsrtdy d Iwthg wd VAII lo gr¢M In f•th and 8hwo God'$1ry6. MlJ•lon 1.To bw'bJ C￿ Ihe ran9e d wps tha¢ meet on a fewkv twi* 2. To dovek)p paStsf￿ Care. adoFlry a'Lo￿n9 apwoath, ba8•J cn Mslt aTrJ A•k and Watsh". 3. To asrAre to be 8 Powwhow ol Leery￿. Caring, mI￿r￿, Prayer 8ThJ DewrrfJ Faith. 4.To ensure our thll* *8 Iwuty I1￿l￿V•. Pllllr 3: 8orvlc• Vl•lon Through ow 8e*vle4 to ecfflmurty, make G(xl'8 real toth)8e u& 1.To ad¢*ess unsatisfi*Y in fv ¢rynmsJr•ty ow gfts to Our qngagThnt ￿1th those ar(NJnd us. 2.To us¢ the rgJevelopgJ pwises to offw addit￿￿￿ to th& Lxrnurmty ￿al￿On9 us to 8ngago ond bulkj rd4ti¢)nthps ￿th more POF4è. 3.To usg th8 ImKTh•J f8cati•s ￿l￿1h￿ dwdop (Xff Plllar 4: Ev•ng•llsm Vl•Eon Our engagwn￿l *lth ts c(¥n•. aTrJ a of(Krtr•*. *lll toexplw thvj cthrf5U￿ Fjjth. MIMlon 2. fo WLX)ur8g8 a Ch￿h vAcLynè ththuslasm forfthles aThJ 3. To be more confi￿* in sh￿ThJ ￿rf 4. To Sh￿ th8 cA￿Mun￿ CAJrfath by our Al this to be underyirded by a ciynmrfment to prw ￿ eVer￿￿ber rnir#5ty. The Administration of Poppleton Methodlst Church The Church is held ￿ the 1970 Mod81 Trust by th8 Tru8tee8 for M8thDdist Churth Purpos0& and the Church Council ad as Managing Trust88S. M•n#glng Tw$l￿$ at 31st Au￿St 2022 Chaimian Rev Elizabeth Cushth frrm 1* SeFrt￿ber 2022 (Pr￿1￿* lu3111W 3)221 Secretary Clvls B(xth Treasurer John m￿rIson P8sloral Secretary Marilyn INJe Church Slmrds Rep￿s￿eS el￿1￿1 ty the Church Meeting. Stethen Bcthan Lyn Jthnson 8ri8n Latto Sue Lyn Ruth Morrix Jthn Perkin Moira Dacker Wendy Heap Moira H(Mard John Middeton France5 Priestnal Chris Sc*K4ts CPwlstine Steph￿80n Alan Wright Judith Wright Plu& M￿j￿r8 ele(￿ by the Churth Councl Jenny Cooks Sue Cushing sh￿la Latto Shwla Middl8 Peter Schc4tz a Salmon Mlsth Commitiee Coffa8 on the Green RaisiNJ Cirwl cl￿n￿l Repr8sent8tiva RUACH EcLwnenlca Ra )t 8 Trusta• During the year, M8rgarel CatchF(k le￿red 88 a manaolng tnJsle8 arKI *eward - we are very grateftl for the service. time & energy Marg8ret put inlo her roles. Mthough 8 Iruslee, Adrian Radfryd ha￿.1 been active In that capaclty durfng the year. The Church Council apFoints ai Churth Officers as delwmin•J frcTh tNn8 to bme by the Councl th8ther on the rv)mination of a Committee ￿ Othery￿Se. 811 wch appointments b￿ThJ f(* the year cr*nm8nung 1•1 May. 8P8rt from t Churth Treasurer, vthose appoinlmen¢ c&Nnm8nces on 11t SeFltrnbw. The CwrKil wl afso apw'nl the committ8è5 of t Church. again, as Ir(n) 1* May oach year. EleGt8d Clwrch Ccwnol mwnbgrs are appDinled by the Annu81 Church mo8l'rrfJ al which am Church members are elwit48 lo votè. Mlnlster's Report Rav lan Hill, the ￿'n1$tor in POpp18tc￿ f(Y a n￿Mber dy8ars. retired on 31" knJust 2022. During his minislry he has led us through many ar8as Ind￿1*r￿a th8 C￿ld 8Fddwnic. vknilst all the time. mdntsir•ng ￿ coh8sfv8n8ss of our Church In POp￿ell￿. He has also overseen su¢x8ssfLI delNery of Ph888 1 01 tho RUACH prci8ct. RUACH. refurbishment of other buildings together vjtlh the ski15 of the Church c￿nI)I has alre*. arKI VAII conb.nue lo t*o&Jen Church's mis%on and outreach capabillty. As a ts)mmunty we are indebted. not only to the memb8rs of the RUACH C￿MIttee f￿ all thg that ha8 gonè, and cthlnues lo go. irto m8kng tt¥B visicffl 8 redrty, but alfLJ to dl of you fcy genar￿8 giving. As w811 as tha usual tradib'onal Servi￿ al Easter, Penlecost, Ha￿est and Christrnay hebd a speual memonal seNice for fam￿leY d 811 those lost during the pandemic and unable to Iw6 a propef luneral ee1V￿ ￿u8 8 farewdl 8wvlce lor lan Hlll on his retirement as cur Ministgf. We alpA) pFea8ad lo I￿1 a ￿dd1r￿J. a gold9n woddirg rene￿91 of manlage Vol￿ and a bap￿Sn Servi￿ duriThJ the course yoar. Septemter 2022 saw th8 arriva of Bll Topp'ThJ. appJ"nt8d a8 wr nw part time ￿rrthunity wtreach I￿rker. Bin was I￿())Me￿ into the Church family arbj quithjy beC￿e irNthied in al asFe¢ts of Church life, inlegraling YAII into Iha ommuFuty arKI slrenglh8ring e￿$tIng links 7Mlh Elyy Cwrt Care Hcrfne. Cdfee on Ihtr Green cu8lomer8 and Popplelon under Ss group. He has Iiased members ¢y the Mlsslon Commlttee and Ilkepmlnday An&￿ICan frlends to 8xrAore ways to 8ttr8d younger peo￿￿ Into Church and has *Drked 88 a vc4unlogr18808r 8t tho Villagg Y¢wth aub now meet on our promlso& Blll organised arKI led a 'Msion Dal - on OFPYtunty for dl to meet and dlscuss ide8s, ho￿ and awralion5 for use of the new hall and trNy4¥ to irwase outreath lo the vIla￿ at 18rge. ￿11 h8s used hls excellent iworklNJ sk511s to get to dl ow rn￿b￿S aThJ u8ers and has bec£ffie wel oThJ res￿0d by toth young Bnd old In the cfjmmunity. In April, Church Council debated and voted ￿ vthether to alow same sex marwiages lo be Conduct￿ In cwr church. After much proyerful deliberatic￿ it Vfds wJreed to alk)w fv d)urch to register￿1 for same sex marriages and to allow blessing of FtsvIwEly married Samè sex (Wkles to take ￿. As can be seen fr(Mn the abcNe and the r4MJrts belcw areas of wr Church lrfe duriThJ the ye8r 31° August .2022. there is a vibranGy to w*at 8re (k4ThJ In c(mne(kn cur mission and ¢￿treaCh. a) STEWARDS REPOltr The team of 9 was reduced to 8 durir•J the year arKI as &N"d resbxkn eased s¢ew¥d$ we atlg to re￿me L¥Jntath"ng and lialgng preachern ar￿ preparing the church f￿ %*yship. Acting as a hnk be￿￿en the Mirister the congregation t￿Y also helwl with funerals and any Sp￿101 servi¢gs that took Fla¢e. b) MISSION COMMrrrEE Outreath ac*'vlttes induded.. Christmas th)et•)xes sent lo Unk to Hw: thstmas ￿an1 (IstNbu16on to IKyJsebound and ntly bereave(J in the vilage in ￿nIL￿cli0￿ wTrlh AnglK*n Churth: Chftstrnas t(Mletrigs parcols sent to A5kham Gr8nge prfson,. & a New Year lea paty f(* the elderfy. As ever V￿ r￿n￿nl$e to ex[4c￿e ways to encourage young f8milies onto our p[￿IseS aNJ are pleased to be ￿￿rkIng ¥￿th our new crtrtreach W)￿er Bill TopFiThJ in PUT5uiI of this. Tr Art and ft Group successfuuy reoFened after the pandernic has wo¥￿j vwy ￿￿)￿ar rnwnbers fr(m 8C¥OS¥ the vimage cx)mmuThty. c) FUND RAISING We have been able to start fund ralsir¥J agasn rThi C(wid restnth.ons have been eased. Events hekl thnro th& year I￿￿de Mothering sUr￿&Y afterncthi tea, s￿ng Fair. Children's Sw)rts Day. strawb￿ Tea. Pknical Crn and the annual Vdlag8 Show. Fundr8isThJ is nrm lully ¢ry)tng for RUACH prcied dl RUACH PROJECT The constnjctlon of the hall (Phase 1 of RUACHI ¥YJs C(￿[18t8 at the erKI of 2021. There a p￿Dd of dealing ￿th 8n8gs, bul the churth occuyed the new bulltjlng as as posgtrAo. Th8 faciliii&s cA￿Prise tha hall wth r8c*ssad stsge, galley lear￿m, dlsabled and other toilets, a meetir¥J r(Wb Inaned The Inman Rc4Jml. a store and planl room. The heating 18 by an Air Source Heat Pump and is und8fflocY. Th8re are sc4ar panels on the new hall 8ffdd s le8d out to o large flagged patio area ￿ lawned g&dw) and 811 weall*r areas for ￿ children. There are Ihree gwden sheds for storage. The hal Is equlpped vAth an electrlc rycsedic￿ fKreen *ith ￿ed wo)eclor. a $y*m, stage Ilghls, electrfc pla￿ and Wl41. Thg Und8r 5's Playgroup r8located into thè rth hal from t￿"r In the dd hal u&ng the patio a8 th￿r OU￿.de area until thurch vdunlgers levelled the garden and lai¢J turfs lo (Yeale a la￿. The vllage panicfflim9 tc*)k Fdac9 in Ihe new hall in February and events vthich VKAJl¢J prwiously have takgn in the cAd hal swlch&J to the nèw onè. This has freed up the (Ad hdl fc* oltr*r aciNities so ntyy ¥then ￿ negd a funera lea il can be served in the c4d hal withoLrt disturbing the Undgr 5's actfvitigs. In addbllon. a drctyn Y￿ gYOUP h88 *wted moellro In dd hal a Demenua Forward group ha8 *arted to meet In the new h811. A vllage OFen Day for the hall V4eS held on 20th Marc* to off aThl wt4cise the p￿7$88S and was very *ell tended. A th8nksgfvirKJ seThlce vms on 27th Julyforlhg 8ucces￿ COM￿etiOn of Ph889 1. Fdloyhng a revlew c4 Phases 2 and 3 the thurch appThed 8 change of 8pwoath. TNS was In rec(>gnlUon of ihe Importance d the church café lo the1rf8 d the vilage ￿p￿lY to ts oldorfy vkno use it to ggt out of thdr houses and meet thdr friends. tl ¥￿& uThJertake Ihe changes to ts chapel a5 pha* 2 V*B can use that spaee to run 8 v4*4e café 88rvlce during phase 3 %th8n th8 c4d hall Nbll be dosed for atLMrt a y68r. Work has commen¢xd to 8p6cNy th& phafy9 2 th8nges needed to the th8Fd in readir*ss for getting Ihè ￿(*d w th8t fundrw8ing can slarL •) PROPERTY STEWARD During thè past year, to the bèst of my kno*ledge, Ihe prowty stevArdship aspects of our property have been rouliii8ty mwntwned to a Iwel that meets ￿1 rdated statutory and discretionary reqUI￿entS and it is tjelieved that the promis8s hove wntinu9d to be fit4oiwrFose. There are parts cl the tr¥Jikth'ng ￿ere the condition cl the paint and F4aster extremely poor bul re¢tfyng some of these iwes has been delikoralely ddaywl duo to the RUACH devdotxngnl. Th8 quinqu8nnial insf*dion has beon cryKlUd￿ and re[*￿ted on. The knnual R6w)rt has been c(xnpktad submittd. Significant dleralions to Ihe Churth's land u8e and its premi868 m&Je by a toam cl Church mwnl)gr8 dwrged preparing for and the subsequent p8rti81 ￿em￿￿On rfrthelwn¢nt part d RUACH ph8se 1- 0￿Y minimd rfiswplion to routlne usg of promises was seerL Tho new ports of the prerThses are being V*pII used and the garden is ready for use. A ngw team d Church mwnbgrs has boon apwntgj to condud the Prcwty Stewardship maintananee of tho Propety. Any property issues ￿11 now be dgalt tmth by an apwq)riat6 memt*r of trms team. Q COFFEE ON THE GREEN Coffee the Green has had a p￿ts¥e year and is open ￿ery MorKlay & r￿day. Serving an extensive me I￿luding hot b8￿n sandvaches, Soup. lunches. and ful afterr¥￿ leas. Customer numtMs contlnu&to grow. and we are Fleas¢d to see many new fa￿ as I￿1 as our regular friends ccrfnirvJ to enjoy wr how'talty. In conjundion wth the Fu¥Kl48igng wnmitlee ￿ held a yO￿thI[e Day fvl afte￿￿On tea and C￿er￿d full Eekends for the PoptAeton Vdlage Swemi and Pumpknn tral. We akn FThid&l refreshments al the vllag& show. oth¢r wnmurkity evenl in the vi11og¢. We are erwuraged by 5everdi group fty AftwrKxm Tea aThl th& rwJul8r Bcd( Group th m881 in our c8f8. Dementia Fmr(J 48rtèd to pr(y4id8 a ses90n on 8 Tuwday in the new hall and ￿ are able to SUFWY some of th8 group lunches and aro keen to d￿eloP this furth8r. We are. as usual. ￿ntinUir￿J VAth cwr s0￿rdaY Charity Coffee M￿ning& In the past 12 months ￿ have supported, UNICEF. the loca hospice. Oxfan. Yth Apnst Can￿. Ythit4 Mots Neurone SocAety. P￿￿r￿on$ UK. P0￿etOn under 5's 8nd Al We Can. We have partnered the Ccvp st￿e in the vllage to W fr￿1 aTrJ vegetables that havejust passed their.best before dale" and WfJLad have gcr* to larKffiII. We then thed( the quality aThJ use g)me cl them in ow fcf soups and cake& Items we Ib not use tsxj on lo the f(￿ bank run by ￿dgett MethLxlist Churth. Our volunteers are frcln the wider VI1￿ C(￿munity as thell as our thurch family arKI al gwously and ￿lI1￿yY dcnale thwr thlls and time. We r￿inUe 10 7Af)rk hard toJethw as a tean, c*oalirvJ a friendty V*pbLx¥ne to everyone CC￿eS to enjoy wd quality food and tdrfnk al very r8ason8ble pri¢￿. gl ECO CHURCH In DecemtrH ￿ registsred 8$ an Churd) slN)*lry our SUPFX)t f(x w#dnablty and wr c8re fty *At)rtd. Inltiatives intrthluc&l have twn a seed sw8p and a sui£essfLI montNy refil rlfuing ￿x?4118nd1Y c180￿r￿ and washing products. h) TUESDAY FELLOWSHIP DurirKJ th8 Pandemic ￿ k8Pt in twch *ith dl wr mwnbers arKI rewmad maets'ng face to f￿0 again in S8pt 2)21. Our numbèrs %%ere low at first, bul are rTh¥ gètting beiween 17 and 20 manb8ts. We hava had >)me very good yp6ak8r¥ d firyshed 2022 in July wlh a Stravknerry Tea. 11 CAMEO TNS group. open for anY(￿e lo Ccmg And Meet Each Other In a relax￿1 aThJ In'erMJy atrnosphere. arr￿J&S mcffttNy speakers wverlng a variety cl tot4cs. After tsid restrictions lifted meeting5 ccdd resume In January and lrycs indu(led The History cl MJrsery Rh￿es. The Nation81 Trust, ArKJrew Uoyd Webt*r muwc8ls, meeJThJ the Qu8an 8nd a cake decc*ating dwnLThlr8ti0n. JI E80R COURT SERVICES SeNi¢es al this le￿ retiianenl 8ThJ nursing home reSUrn￿ in June and are led t1-M￿ by a le￿ tr￿￿ ￿r church. k} ALL WE CAN SupFQrt and furKI rai*NJ for thanty ha8 conts.nued thrwJhout the yeer *ith cs￿ned in JLIY 2021. Ajso. V** gave £5.0￿ to connexi￿ to help th￿r Pension fund defi¢)L The insurarKe premium has inc*eased by ar￿nd 50% and our deanino contra irKrfrased in April due to irnYeaswJ tt￿r$ neede(l and the addilion crf VAT. After m8ny disuJssltJn$ Nbith the enèrgy wovider. at 31" AUg￿t 2022 there V+ts rn up lo date irfomation on cur olectiidty sts incurred or ￿ltr* post lnstsllat*￿ crf new eWic melers ¢)n lo￿ May & 8 Juty. Eleclricity towling £1,597 included in 2021-22 is onty up lo the date the r￿ melers wpre installed, and therefore an uTrJerestsmate of the to1￿ annual cost. Electrldty pa￿￿ent& mth far In ))22.23, Indude ￿ exlr8 24 m￿th8, retrospethe ojst. nrestri Fund B at Year fin81 figures the year show a wrF4us of inoyne (Ner experrfliiure rrf £5.810 for churth aclivities. ncrt ind￿lIng RUACH. ￿lch in the present ￿tuall0n isvery positwe. Duriro the year a transfer d £236.174 wa5 made from Ger￿al Unrestricted Funds to the Restricted RUACH Ful￿ to gjpwt cx)m of Ph8se 1 of tr* prryJrammo. At the stsrt of the RUACH project, Churth C￿nd1 8fftd th81 our reswves hekj at TMCP IMellKKlist ￿neX1(￿l could be used for I building project. This VMS money receNed ma1￿Y as legacies Irun iswj SoU￿S and accumulated interest. The Iota on 3] August 2021 was £221.312. sir￿ Swtwnber 2021. V*P have (Ira￿￿ 811 these fu￿lS so on Decembw 31. 2021. there was 8 zero balance at TMCP. Th& bala￿e on thè Génèr￿ Unresthdal Fu￿1 at the year4rbJ is as £87.520. ￿ our unre*ict8d reserves are much Ivss than those in prior years. 2. RUACH (Restricted) Fund The RUACH Building Projed Restrithd Fund l¥JhYs d8dieated moni8s for the rYL48Ct is in addth'on to n￿188 held In thè Unreslftcted Fund which might b& allfxaled to suppori th's speu'fic project During the year ended 31￿ ￿gUSt 2022 bt was agreed lo transfer £238.414 frcffl ts gernral unrestrictsd lund to the restrided RUACH Fund. Slnco the Fund commenced 5 years aw. 8 Wd8 vw*ty ￿ ftAndralsing athfaes hava Wn hgld, ￿1￿IdUal g8n8TOUS (kn)alions made, grft aid recovered and grants frc*M third pa￿'0S recesved. The fdlow ￿JMmanSeS th8 curr8rrt position on 31 August 2022 and inclLhJ8s th8 tcrta Jnount pald lo 31 ALbJlSt 2022, being In r8spect of Phas8 1 dthis prfyy8mme. Now that Pha8e 1 of the p￿8¢t18 cunpleta barring a sm8N bolance d £18.517 18 ￿rrI•l forword towar(Is flnal relenti(￿ p8￿ment on Phase 1 and for Phase 2. 414 017 017 3. RUACH Projoct Updat•- April 2023 Pha80 1 of our RUACH buildirKJ pro1￿t, lo tAJld a new c￿rth hal. h&$ been o>mpleted. We are fully oporation81, and the faality is gTeally appreciated by churth members as well as other users from PoFpleton and nearby. AM oulstandino fe68 have been paid indudiNJ. in 2022123. the final retention fee £12.762. 11 was dacid￿l th81 ￿ needod lo install acoustic panels inside Ihe hall. a￿1 Ihese have greaty imtxoved lh8 sound quality for ￿neral usars as well as during vgnts. It was agreed by Church Couwl that th8 cost of the pands be paid from General church funds and half was Induded In the accounts to 31# August 2022. w7th the t*lance paid in 2022123. It was also agreed lo Cha￿ Ihe order d the next Pha80s. Phase 2 V*il ntyv Invc4vo the thapel refurtlshmont Ilwelllng the flcor and remcvol of p￿3 and better ingjation and heaiingl. Phase 3 WTII then be the revamyng of the cdd hall. 11 was fell Ihis wtyjld 8now ccffjtinuity ol premises use durir¥J the ¥￿￿, as well 85 preferred by the church going mernbe￿. 4. Methodlst Chap81 Ald (MCA) Loan In Marth 2021, Churth Cwnol agreed lo tske (Mrt a k•gn frrffi MCA, as a (xx)tirg9ncy to cover any shortf811 In the fvndSng of, or unexixcle(I costs wth, Phase 1 rA ts RUACH prcled. Extra fund5 were not needp4J and no108n dra￿￿oWn was requlr&J. The option has r•xY expired. Th8 Tru8t8es' Annual Rep)rt and Aoxxjnts (m pauw 1 to 8 aFprrNod ty th& Tru81e88 their behall by.. un& 2023 sigrth on Revd ￿1Zabeth Cu8htcn (chaimi￿ rfTnJ81ees of Churth C￿￿11} and John Moniwb ffr888urer} POPPLETON METHODIST CHURCH TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOU?￿s FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022 1 RECEIPTS AND PAYMEwfs P£COUNT Fun RECEIPTS C¥ferings ar¥J Tax reco%w￿j Bar&k aThJ CFB interest ar*J 3,310 51.751 51.881 514 Letbngs (Aher receipts TOTAL RECEPTS 18.489 21.101 18.489 126,830 197,414 6.812 105,729 109,087 167,￿1 PAYMENTS 47.2 47,296 2,350 9,419 D(￿ath0n$ F*irs aThJ V4inlwbwKe L￿.￿lieS {Inswarces. 4 9,419 8,997 4.6Y2 Cxher pBYn￿ts TOT￿ PAYNENTS 18,392 372,515 211,018 81517 372,515 455.032 NET RECEIFfsipAYTElIts FOR THE YE*A 5.810 {263.4281 1257.617) 143,1421 Total funds tff(xWI f(rnrd from sl ear 318.124 45.531 363,655 Sub total 323.934 (217.8971 106,037 Transfers and 4'ustrThn18 1236.414) 236,414 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF IEAR 18,517 106,037 Charlty & klssIDn Funds: A nuntsr of Church ￿ts.￿l￿eS rise to furKls d￿a￿d for SFecrflc de&gnabY charibe8 rMJ rrmssonary furth. thich are pad (lirecty b those orgarllsations. r￿eipts and tls actiiity. 2022 BaL3nce t￿Jg￿rt fcThFr(l tr(￿ kst y (Arerin￿￿13fts- reCei￿j for ejlemal organ5sa1l￿ 4,426 4.428 BALANCE sfLL TO BE PArJ POPPLEfoN METHODIST CHURCH TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT & ACcOU￿s FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022 2 STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND UABILrriES 3151 P4Jg 2022 151 Sep2021 Cath in tw 31,1 1&166 C¢nira Fina￿ 81,830 221.312 &283 1Kor 318.124 45.531 1&517 ).1134381. wwJr•J f¢x tr* f2,29),¢x￿ I￿1.. £1,479,764). 3 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES .479 83,879 126.3C 6,812 514 1&4 144&) 21,101 327 x.I 1517 n.515 S810 451.618 43.142 318,124 -2%.414 45.531 236.414 383,856 4C6,797 4 ITrifERNAL ORGANISATIONS REpoirriNG TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL 2022 2.1*) 497 278 ¢dle8 Teo on Groen (401 11,2311 1401 POPPLEfoN MEtHODIST CHURCH TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st AUGUST 2022 5. NOTES TO THE AccouKfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st AUGUST 2022 5.1. ACCOUNTING POUCIES Ba$ls of pr•p*afjon The Accounts of Popple1c￿ methc￿lS1 Church CPMC? h￿e been prepared in accordance with the Charitles Act 2011. The Meth(xJist Church Act 1976 and prindrAes in The Ccfjstitullc￿a1 Pra(léee arnj CXsclph"ne of the Methodst Church,, using the Recapls & Payments bays. Recapts aThd Payments indude incC￿e as received and expeTrJilLre iTmOC8bty paid. A(Lounts indude all transacticw assets a￿1 liabth'ties for hthich PMC Is resp)r7&Lle in law. They donl inclu¢Je accounts of Intemal Organisations {Tat4e 41 tt)ose of Infwnal gathgrtngs of Church mgmb8rs. Funds Unr&stricled fvnd$ reprasent tho Gon8ral FuThJ5 vthich to any r8stric4ions r8g8iding thair us and are available lor aFplution to th8 gen8rn1 PUfF#)888 d PMC. Th880 may In¢knJè fur￿8 ￿ten￿sIty d8￿gnated for partiolar purFQSe by PMC 8g. th8 RUACH ProiecL Rostri¢ted funds represent a) Inc￿￿0 frcmn In￿ or endovM￿nts vthlch may be expended only on tho88 re8trfd8d objects provided in th8 terms cl th8 tnjst ￿ b8qU8St. arKJ bl <￿￿tiOnS or grants receiv￿1 for a sp8C4fic ot48cl ￿ invited by PMC for a spgcific otyecL Tha lunds may onfy bè exp￿ed on tho s￿)fiC ot¥'ect for they %%tr6 givèn. Any baanc8 r8maining unynl al tho end of year mu# ba carTi•J forward as a balance on that fund. The Trustees do not atways invest separately fc* e8ch fu￿￿. Wh8r8 th8rè is no $8parate irN88tment. Interest 18 appOr1￿ned to indivk1ual fund8 on an aveThJe b*ncg bag'& Restrirted funds entirely comprise the RUACH BiAkliThJ Proio¢L In addition. funds rai8ed S￿¢Ifica1Y for deslgnal8d ch8rith.es or missionary {a8 per 89ction 11 ore segreg8tad and paid (Ner dIr￿Y lo Ihe tharily or misson. Thore are no aThJo%*rnanl lurKIs. Flxod a$¥•ts The value d th8 land and tmjldingg fLNmlng the Methc¢Jist Chapel and Churth Hall are not Indudod In IW flnandal 8t8tem8nts as they are I￿luded In Ihg finanrya staternnts of Yc*k med￿dISt arcull Charfty No.1134381. Fixiures arKI frttings 88 as &)hancemonts lo thg fcxmiTrJ the MathctyJi8t Church arKI Church H818rn fLIty ex￿nsed In the year the Invol￿ 8re Settlod. In adition to Cash held in banks and 7Mth the Conlrydl Finance Boar(l of ts MgthTrJist Churth, styn• has ljoen d In Interest beadng OeFosII ALxounts at ￿etI￿dI* Chapel Ad Limlted. In *Ydillon, certain legaues recelved by PMC are affocafjd by Secli¢Jn 1512) cl the ￿￿￿￿18t Church Act 197& Thege mwes are hekl in tnBt lor the t¢nefit rf PMC. under Ihe direction ￿ the Twstees lor Methodist Church ￿J1pOSes. Th08¢ Irusl mthes are Irrtrtt ￿arlI¥j and Subject to 8th4nlstralkn charye& The b8lanc• at 31st August 202216 £0. 5.1 RESERVE POLICIES For Unrnstrict•d G•neral Funds: In thè year to 31" knjust 2022. phase 1 of thè RUACH BuilsfirKJ Frfryecl was comF4eled. Wg have drawn down our total balanca from the Gener81 Fund held at TMCP in wppyt cl the RUACH BuildiThJ Prqect General Fun(ts ftK no￿RuAcH gxpwoes aim to bè kept at ar￿nd 50% of wr nc*mal annual expenditure. Genera Funds are above this threshcAd. gNiro g)me leeway to Lxwer fixtures and fitNrMJs for oui nthv hall and extra running costs tluriNJ thefirsl year d ils operatw. For Rèstrlcted Funds: The Restricted Fund repr88ent8 the W Phaso121 cl the RUACH Burfding Prc4e¢L mlnimum re8ervg. Phase 1's final balanco was pald In earty Seplember 2022, r&Yuciro Ihe restricted funds figure abrNe by £12,762. FundraisirYJ conb'nu6s aThJ the Phase 2 fund 5FKthJ grthally irKrease overthe ye8r. POPPLEfoN METHODIST CHURCH TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT & AccouKfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31$t AUGUST 2022 Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Trustees of Poppleton Methodl$l Church ('PMC') l Teport on the Accwnts contsined within the Tru*ees' RekKWt of PtyW8lon M*h(MJ18t Church the year ended 31 August 2022, sel out on pages 1 to 8. R¢$p•ctlve Rosp¢)n$lbilUg8 of Trustees and kndependert Examkner The Charity's Tnjstees are ￿S[￿n￿tr￿e fc￿ the prepardtion d the Trustee5' Annual Report and Accwnls. They consider that an audit is not required fLw this year under Secti￿ 144 of the Chaiitres A(1 2011 (the Charilies Act) aThJ that an I￿lePendent Ex8minab"on is rwled. It is my respjnsibility to: i) examine the AccrHJnts under 145 of the Charities ACL ill fdow the proc8dures18id do￿ in General DIWI￿O by thè Clwdty Cl￿7￿￿8810nar8 8￿ts0n 14515}Ib) of Ihe Charibas ACL and iiil state ￿ether parti¢>Jar matters h*6 ccthe to my attenticfi. Bails ol Indopendent Examln*• R•port My examinats'L￿ Carried &cThJarK8 with Gweral D￿￿tsc￿s given by th8 Charity CcmMi￿￿. An eX￿Ona￿On IndLths e revigw of the a¢￿Un￿r0 reeords W by the Charlty and a ccthparison of the Accounts presented wth those r9cords. 11 akn indudes Cons￿era￿.0n of any unuwl itgns or thsdosures in the Accourts and the Trustee￿ Annual Report and seeking exrlan•tiM$ In)m Twstaes ccithmiry any such matter& The procedure8 u￿artaken do not provide al the 8vid8nc* that be raquired in a fijl wAil, and eonwuanlly no O￿nIOn is oiven as lo ￿ether the accounts wasent a In￿ farf view. and the rewt is hrruted to those mattets sel OLtt in thè statement below. Ind•p•nd•nt Examlffttr• Stat•m•n* In connèclon wth my 6xambnatK*), no mattero havo oJne tt) my ottenkn.. 11 Wtrlch glve me reasonable cause to b6Mw8 that in any materi4 re8p￿t the requlrem8nts lo keep 8ccounllng r8cud8 In a¢￿dance with Seclion 130 cl the Charfties Act. cf lo weparfr Accounts vthlch a¢￿d wllh ts a￿￿ntIr￿j records aThJ CmlFly wth th? aco)unllng reqiirwngnts cl the Charllles Ac( ncl been rnel., ¢x 21 To %*hlch. In my oplnlcn, otten11￿ SI￿￿d b? dr￿￿1 In Ixdw to ￿9t￿e a pnw undertandlng cl tho A￿￿nts to bo UJAL Andrew GL Wordle RD Bsc FCA lThJependent Examiner 12 EaSt￿rpe Drive Nether Popplelon York Y026 6NS June 2023