## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/09/2022 Period start date To 31/08/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Upton Methodist Church.** **Charity registration number: 1189452** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Religious Activities**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|**Provides Christian Worship,**
**Teaching, Fellowship and**
**Support. Provides a Preschool**
**Provides buildings/facilities/open**
**space to youth groups and**
**community groups**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The activities of the Trustees of**
**Upton Methodist Church adheres**
**to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public**
**beneft**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The day to day running of the**
**Church and the work carried out**
**in its name is voluntarily carried**
**out by its Members and Trustees.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The main achievement of the**
**Charity is the continued and**
**ongoing provision of Sunday**
**Worship Services, Christian**
**education, fellowship, support**
**and care. The provision of a Pre-**
**school, halls and outdoor open**
**space are of beneft to its**
**members and wider local**
**community.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**inancial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|Copy of the annual accounts is
attached.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|To cover the Assessment, Heating,
Lighting, Insurance, PreSchool
liabilities for a period of 6 months
and also required building
improvements and general
maintenance.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£76,992.45| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**General Methodist Church**
**Charity Trust.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**DEED OF UNION (1932) AND**
**METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Trust.**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**New Trustees are appointed**
**from the general Church**
**membership by nomination and**
**confrmed via a majority Trustee**
**vote.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Upton Methodist Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|**1189452**| |Charity’s principal address|Upton Methodist Church 79 Dorchester Road, Upton,
Poole, Dorset. BH16 5NN| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev Karen
James|Chair||Circuit Invitation
Committee| ||Mr Keshento
Burbidge|Secretary,
Steward,
Safeguarding||Church Council| ||Mrs Moira
Thompson|Steward||Church Council| ||Mrs Pauline
Owen|Steward,
Pastoral
Secretary||Church Council| ||Mrs Susan
Wright|Steward,
Organist||Church Council| ||Mrs Gill Heron|Steward||Church Council| ||Mrs Katrin
Harwood|Treasurer||Church Council| ||Mr Martin
Adcock|Property
Steward,
Mission||Church Council| ||Dr John Ross|Property
Secretary||Church Council| ||Mrs Judith
Hopewell|Preschool
Management
Committee
Chair||Church Council| ||Mr Glyn Owen|Charles
Ballam’s Trust||Church Council| ||Mrs Alison
Ross|Congregational
Representative||Church Membership| ||Mrs Jayne
Jones|Congregational
Representative||Church Membership| ||Mr Christopher
Bailey|Congregational
Representative||Church Membership| ||Mrs Teresa
Neal|G.D.P.R.
Congregational
Representative||Church Council
Church Membership| |16
17
18
19
20|Miss Victoria
Neal|Congregational
Representative||Church Membership| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mrs Christine
Snape|Congregational
Representative||Church Membership| ||Mrs Susan
McCormack|Congregational
Representative||Church Membership| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Burbidge **Full name(s)** Keshento Kevin James **Position (eg** Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 15/05/2024 ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH** # **STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** **Upton Methodist** **Church** FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## Thursday, August 31, 2023 **Circuit Circuit no.** ## **Registered Charity - Charity Registration number** If not a registered charity **Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number** (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Minister: Rev Karen James Church Stewards: Treasurer: Mrs Katrin Harwood 1 of 5 Untitled |**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**|**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**|**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**|**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**|||**Upton Methodist**|**Upton Methodist**|**Upton Methodist**|**Church**|**Church**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||**£**
18,411
257
8,523
9,024
**36,215**
19,469
450
13,861
3,997
2,328
**40,105**
(3,890)
70,926
**67,036**
3,178
**Totals last**
**year**|| ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**||**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**19,203**
**686**
**8,335**
**15,274**
**Totals this**
**year**||**Totals last**
**year**|| ||||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**|||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered||||19,203||**19,203**||18,411|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income||||686||**686**||257|| |a4|Lettings||||8,335||**8,335**||8,523|| |a5|Other receipts||||15,274||**15,274**||9,024|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||||**43,498**|**0**|**43,498 **|**(a7)**|**36,215**|| |||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**||||||**20,263**
**325**
**12,252**
**3,442**
**0**
**2,075**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**|||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share||||20,263||**20,263**||19,469|| |b3|Donations||||325||**325**||450|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance||||12,252||**12,252**||13,861|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges, heating& lighting)||||3,442||**3,442**||3,997|| |b6|||||||**0**|||| |b7|Otherpayments||||2,075||**2,075**||2,328|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||||**38,357**|**0**|**38,357 **|**(b9)**|**40,105**|| ||||||||**5,140**|||| ||**SECTION C**|||||||||| |c1|**(a6-b8)**
**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**||||5,140|0|**5,140**|||| |||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year||||70,215||**70,215 **|**(c6)**|70,926|| ||||||||**75,355**|||| |c3|**Sub total**
**(c1+c2)**||||75,355|0|**75,355**|||| |||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||1,555|83|**1,638 **|**(c7)**|3,178|| |||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**||||**76,910**|**83**|**76,992 **|**(c8)**|**70,215**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |d|**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**
**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL**||**£**
178
2,941
2,859
**261**
**ORGANISATIONS**|**£**
| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear||178|| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||2,941|1,787| |d3|Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations||2,859|1,609| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)||**261**|**178**| 2 of 5 Untitled Upton Methodist **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page** Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. ||**SECTION E**
|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of
an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be
completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District
and connected District Organisations.||||||||||||| ||**INTERNAL**
**ORGANISATIONS**|Receipts||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments||Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closingbalances|| |e1|**Upton Methodist Church**
**Preschool**|171,300||157,440||13,861||(1,555)||49,710||62,016|| |e2||||||0||||||0|| |e3||||||0||||||0|| |e4||||||0||||||0|| |e5||||||0||||||0|| |e6||||||0||||||0|| |e7||||||0||||||0|| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds|171,300||157,440||13,861||||49,710|**(e11)**|62,016|**(e12)**| |e9|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page**
**2 - totals column)**|**43,498 **|**(a7)**|**38,357 **|**(b9)**|**5,140**||**1,638 **|**(c7)**|**70,215 **|**(c6)**|**76,992**|**(c8)**| |e10|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**
**BY CHURCH**|**214,798**||**195,797**||**19,001**||**83**||**119,925**|**(x)**|**139,008**|**(y)**| ||Continue on a separate sheet
if necessary and bring the
totals forward|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**|||||||||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2023**
Cash in hand
Bank Current Account
Bank Deposit Account
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)|23,029
40,503
6,682
**70,215**
(c6)
**49,710** (e11)
**119,925**
(x)
**OPENING**
**BALANCES**|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**|| |f1|Cash in hand|||| |f2|Bank Current Account||24,788|| |f3|Bank Deposit Account||42,232|| |f4|Central Finance Board||9,973|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes|||| |f6|Other funds|||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**76,992**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**62,016**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**139,008**|(y)| |||||| ||**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Investments(include Endowments)
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Other Assets
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
Other Liabilities|At
1 September 2022
13,363
1,042,522|At
31 August 2023
13,012
1,190,551|| |g1|Investments(include Endowments)|13,363|13,012|| |g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)|1,042,522|1,190,551|| |g3|Other Assets|||| |g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 Untitled Name of Chu ## **Upton Methodist** ## **Declarations and Scrutiny** I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treas KH **Date** 10/1/2023 Name and address of trea Katrin Harwood Name and address of trea BH18 9NA ## **Presentation to the Church trustees** I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 12/10/23 Signature of the Chair of Signature of the Chair of KJ Name of the Chair of the m Rev Karen James **Date** 2/22/2024 ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** ## **Upton Methodist Church** **Charity Number** 1189452 ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Upton Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages 1 to 4 As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. * delete or circle as appropriate 4 of 5 Untitled Name of Chu ## **Upton Methodist** ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me caus that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the exa which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin accounts to be reached. I have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finan the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pound balance sheet date. Signature of independent e LB Name of independent exam L Widlbur Relevant professional qualification of independent exa MICB Name of firm (where appropriate) …………………………………………………………… Address ………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code … Date 2/13/2024 - delete or circle as appropriate 5 of 5 Untitled F￿￿ Rèvlèw Untitled 5of5 y attention in se to believe t; or amination to ng of the for Methodist ce Board of ds) at the …………… …………… BH18 9NB 5 of 5 Untitled Name of Church ## **Upton Methodist** ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attent examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause to believe that in, any ma - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinatio drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Me held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist C excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examin LB Name of independent examiner L Widlbur Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ………… MICB Name of firm (where appropriate) …………………………………………………………………… Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code …………… Date 2/13/2024 * delete or circle as appropriate May-23 Form Review ion in connection with the aterial respect: r on to which attention should be ethodist Church Purposes or Church which are individually in …… …… …… BH18 9NB