## ## ## |Object|i|ves and|Acti|viti|es|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||SORP reference|| |Summary||ofthe purposes||of|Para 1.17|The deed ofUnion (1932)and Methodist| |the charity as sel out|||in its|||Church Act (1976)are the governing| |governing||document||||documents.
The purposes ofthe Methodist
Church| |||||||are and shall be deemed to have been| |||||||since the date of union the advancement| |||||||of-| |||||||a) the Christian
faith in accordance with| |||||||the doctrinal
standards
and the discipline| |||||||ofthe Methodist
Church;| |||||||b) any charitable
purpose for the time| |||||||being ofany Connexional,
district, circuit,| |||||||local or other organisation
ofthe| |||||||Methodist
Church;| |||||||c) any charitable
purpose for the time| |||||||being ofany society or institution| |||||||subsidiary
or ancillary to the Methodist| |||||||Church;| |||||||d) any purpose for the time being of any| |||||||charity being a charity subsidiary
to the| |||||||Methodist Church.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those|||Para 1.17and
1,19|Ivybridge
Methodist
Church provides
buildings,
facilities, a place for worship| |purposes
benefit,|for the public
in particular,
the|||||(including
live-streaming
services), the
general advancement
ofthe Christian| |activities,||projects or|services|||faith, Christian
education,
pastoral care,| |identified||in the accounts.||||evangelising,
maintaining
the church| |||||||building,
conducting
Christian
services,| |||||||such as funerals,
marriages,
welcoming| |||||||new children
and raising awareness
of| |||||||the Christian
faith.| |Statement||confirming|||Para 1.1B|Yes the trustees
have regard to the| |whether|the trustees||have|||guidance
Issued by the Charity| |had regard io the guidance||||||Commission
on public benefit and always| |issued b||the Chari||||seek to fulfil that to the best oftheir| ## |You ma|choose to include|choose to include|choose to include|choose to include|choose to include|further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||SORP reference|| |Policy on|grant making||||||No grants have been made by Ivybridge| |||||||Para 1.38|Methodist Church.| |Policy on|social investment||||||Ivybrldge
Methodist
Church has no social| |including|program|||related||Para 1.38|investments.| |investment|||||||| ||||||||The contribution
ofvolunteers
ls| |||||||Para 1.38|essential tothe work ofthe charity.| |Contribution||made by|||||Volunteers
undergo
DBSchecks where| |volunteers|||||||appropriate.
Together they contribute| ||||||||around 7000 hours ofservice per year.| ||||||||Without them the charity would be unable| ||||||||to provide services to our Church and| ||||||||community.
They are involved
In diverse| ||||||||areas from bookings management
to| ||||||||youth work and group leaders to| ||||||||providing
technology for worship service| ||||||||live streamln
.| |Other|||||||| |Achievements||||and|Performance||| |||||||SORP reference|| ||||||||The Charity's
main focus ls a place for| |Summary|ofthe main||||||services ofworship for Its fellowship
and| |achievements|||ofthe charity,||||surrounding
community.
Toalso offer the| |identifying
the difference
charity'8 work has made|||||the
to|Para 1.20|sacraments
ofbaptism,
marriages
and
funerals to the community.
The charity| |the circumstances||||of its|||also seeks to build up the fellowship
and| |beneficiaries|||and|any wider|||serve the community
—such as,| |benefits to||society||as a|||community
lunches are held weekly,| |whole.|||||||offering food, conversation
and listening| ||||||||ears to all who attend and other groups| ||||||||(both spiritual
and secular) for young and| ||||||||old to further develop this aim and| ||||||||achievement.
Post the pandemic
the| ||||||||livestreamlng
ofthe Sunday services has| ||||||||continued, as well as restarting
joint| ||||||||community
events, such as Party in the| ||||||||Park and a town Carol Service.| |Additional||information|||(optional)||| |You ma|choose to include further statements||||||where relevant about| ||||||||The main objective ofthe Charity Isto be| ||||||||a body ofpeople committed
to following| |Achievements|||against|||Para 1.41|Jesus Christ and to enable others to| |ob'ectives|set||||||| ||||explore what this might mean for them.| |---|---|---|---| ||||Toalso ensure
all have every opportunity| ||||ofjoining
In the established
fellowship.| ||||We have five guiding
alms namely:| ||||Providing accessible worship,
Sharing| ||||the Good News, Encouraging
Spiritual| ||||growth, Blessing our community
and| ||||being a Church family and these guide| ||||our on oln
strate| ||||We receive our funding
via donations| |Performance|offundraising||from the fellowship,
gift aid, rental| |activities against objectives
set||Para 1.41|income and VAT refunds.
During this
year with all its challenges
we maintained| ||||enough
funding to remain financially| ||||stable.| ||||Ivybridge
Methodist
Church holds no| |Investment|performance||investments.| |a ainst ob'ectives||Para 1.41|| |Other|||| ## |Financial Review|Financial Review|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe charity's|||Pars 1.21|Forthe year 2021/22 the fellowship|has|| |financial
position at
ofthe period|the end|||been blessed by the Lord to have ended
the year with a healthy
bank balance of
f81 558.||| |Statement
explaining|the||Para 1.22|The reserve policy is circa a quarter||of| |policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held||||Ivybrldge
Methodist
Church annual
expenditure.
This should provide
sufficient time to enable the trustees||to| |||||rectify any financial jeopardy due to||| |||||either falling income, rising expenditure||| |||||or a combination
of both.||| |Amount ofreserves|held||Para 1.22|626,000||| |Reasons for holding|zero||Para 1.22|Not applicable.||| |reserves||||||| |Details of fund materially||in|Para 1.24|Not applicable.||| |deficit||||||| |Explanation
ofany
uncertainties
about|the||Para 1.23|There are no financial concerns re the
viability ofthe charity, but this is kept||| |charity continuing
as a going||||under acontinued
forecast review.||| |concern||||||| |Additional
information||(optional)||||| |You ma
choose to|include further statements|||where relevant about||| |||||The principle sources are donors who are||| |||||largely church attendees
who contribute||| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including|||Para 1.47|either by standing
order, weekly
envelopes orcash in the church||| |any fundraising)||||collection. As many ofthese donations
are from UK tax payers,
IMC claims the||| |||||Iftaid.||| |||||IfIMC had investments
then it would||| |Investment
policy and||||comply with the Methodist
Church||| |objectives including
any
social investment
policy|||Pars 1.46|investment
policy.||| |adopted||||||| |||||We have completed
the Methodist||| |||||Insurance
Risk Assessment
and keep It||| |A description
ofthe|principal||Para 1.46|under regular review.||| |risks facing the charity||||||| |||||Our principal
risks are:||| |||||1) A large fall in fellowship
numbers||that| |||||could Impact donations.||| |||||2 A ma or safe
uardin
roblem.||| |Other||||||| ## |Structure, Governance|and Man|agement|| |---|---|---|---| |Description
ofcharity's||Not applicable.|| |trusts:|||| |Type ofgoverning
document||The deed ofUnion (1932)and Methodist
Church Act 1976|| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|1976Methodist
Church Act authorlses|| |constituted?||the Methodist Conference as the|| |||governing
body|| |Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Trustees (Stewards) are appointed|by the| |including
details ofany||Annual
Church meeting
from|| |constitutional
provisions e.g.||nominations
received from the Church|| |election to post or name of||membership.
Other Trustees are|| |any person or body entitled||appointed
by the Church Council|as per| |to appoint one or more
trustees||Methodist
rules. The only Trustee
appointed
in this way is the Chair|not
(the| |||INInister) who Isselected by the Circuit|| |||and appointed
by the Conference|ofthe| |||Methodist Church.|| |Additional|Additional|information|information|(optional)|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to include further statements||||where relevant about| ||||||The Methodist
Church Trustee Eligibility| |Policies
adopted
training|and procedures
for the induction
oftrustees|||and
Para 1.51|Declaration
with Addendum
1 and
Addendum 2- Ivybrldge
Methodist
Church —Guidance
and Policies.| ||||||The national
Methodist
Church/The| ||||||Connexional
is the governing
charity that| |The charity's
structure
and
network
with|||organisational
any wider
which the
Para 1.51||devolves
responsibility
via local District
&circuit charities that are formed from
individual
Methodist Churches.
Ivybridge| |charity works|||||INethodlst
Church Is governed
by the| ||||||Church Council, who all are trustees.| ||||||The Church hosts the office ofthe local| |Relationship|||with any related||Youth for Christ team and the local Food| |parties||||Para 1.51|Bank under annual
license as prescribed| ||||||by TMCP (Trustees ofMethodist
Church| ||||||Pu
oses .| |Other|||||| ## |Chari|name|||I
brld e|Methodist|Methodist|Church|Church| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the chari|||uses|IINC,
brld||e Methodist||Church Trustees| |Re istered chari||number||1192612||||| |Charity's|principal|address||Ivybrldge|Methodist||Church, Fore Street,|| |||||Ivyb ridge,||||| |||||Devon||||| |||||PL21 9AB||||| ## ## # ## |||||Rev Amanda
Ro er||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Church Trustees||| ||Reg Marriott|||Chris Phillips|Maureen|Scoble| |Alison|White, completed||term during|Lindsey Reid|Judy Jago|| ||this|year||||| ||Christine|Gentle||Valerie Marriott|Madeline|Allen| ||David|Bithell||Carole Mitchell||| ||David|Rowe||Andrew
Phillips||| ||Lynn|Allen||Sara Hladkij||| ||Pam Montgomery|||Steve Gill||| |||||Treasurer:||| |||||Robin Duckering||| ## ## ||||||||||unrestrl cted|unrestrl cted|Restricted|Restricted|Totals this|Totals this||Totals last|Totals last|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||SECTION A|||||||||Funds|Funds||eer|||eer||| |at|RECEIPTS||||||Note|||||||||||| |a2|Offerin
s and Tax recovered|||||||||81 067||4 839|85|906||65|573|| ||Bank and CFB interest and|||||||||||||||||| |a3|Investment
income|||||||||160||||160|||59|| |a4|Lettin
s|||||||||9391|||9|391||3|402|| |a5|Other receipts|||||||||3585|||3|685||44|441|| |a5|TOTAL RECEIPTS|||||||||94,302||4,839|99,141||a7|114,475||| ||SECTION B|||||||||||||||||| |b1|PAYMENTS|||||||||||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment|or Share||||||||46 015|||46|015||46|015|| |b3|Donations|||||||||4 730||5636|10|366||19|517|| |b4|Re aim and Maintenance|||||||||13430|||13|430||28|386|| ||Utilities (Insurances,|water charges,||||||||||||||||| |bs|heatin
8
li
htin|||||||||10566|||10|566||9,738||| |b6||||||||||||||||||| |b7|Other
a ments|||||||||12025|||12|025||15665||| |b8|TOTAL PAYMENTS|||||||||86,766||5,636|92,402||(b9)|119,422||| ||SECTION C|||||||||||||||||| ||NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS|||FOR||||||||||||||| |c1|||||||a6428|||7536||97|6739|||4 947||| ||Total funds brought|forward||from||||||||||||||| |c2|last year|||||||||55934||193|56127||c6|61 074||| |c3|Subtotal||||||c1+c2|||63470||604|62 866|||56 127||| |c4|Transfers
and ad'ustments|||||||||||||||||| |c5|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF|||YEAR|||(c3+c4)|||63,470||(604)|62,866||(c8)|56,127||(c6)| ||SECTION D|||||||||||||||||| ||FOR INFORMATION|ONLY:||MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON||||||TO EXTERNAL||ORGANISATIONS||||||| |d|these amounts
are not to be included|||||in total recei||/ a|ments|fl urea above||||||||| |d1|Balance brou
ht forward||fn2m last||ear|||||||||||||| |d2|Offerin
s/Gifts - received||for|external|o|anisations|-Christian||Aid||||465|||||| |d3|Offedn
s/Gifts
-passed to external||||o|anisations|||||||465|||||| |d4|BALANCE STILLTO BE||PAID|||d1+d2-d3||||||||||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##