## **Liverpool Road Methodist Church** ## **Aim and Purposes** The Church Council, chaired by the minister, the Reverend Patrick Evans, is responsible in the whole mission of the Church, worship, learning and caring, evangelism and service. It is also responsibility for developing ecumenical relations, managing the property of the Church and its finances. All of the activities of the Church are conducted within the structure, governance of the Methodist Church and management. Some activities were in limited in the year due to Covid 19, whilst others where adapted, for example moving online. A Church Review for Liverpool Road Methodist Church was complete by the Leadership Team and approved by the Church Council. A copy of the report can be seen at - - - - htps://birkdalemethodist.org.uk/wp content/uploads/2021/02/Liverpool Road Methodist - - - Church Church Review copy.pdf The report affirms many of our current activities and recommenced ways of engaging with the local community still further, remembering that in our mission… We exist to proclaim the Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the people of Birkdale, and beyond can come to know God and grow in his Love. We have already begun to implement some of the recommendations of the report, and by the summer the report can be updated to reflect the progress that will have been made. ## **Structure, governance and management** The method of appointment of Church Council members and reviewing those members appointed to specific tasks is set out in the Methodist Standing Orders. The Church Council met 4 times (on Zoom) during the year with an average attendance of 24 persons. Church Council also initiates and supports sub committees that focus on specific aspects of our church life ## **Worship** The Church Council is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church. The average weekly attendance not recorded this year due to “Covid” constraints. The Church Council maintains an overview of worship and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that use our premises Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. When planning our activities for the year, the minister and the Church Council considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith through: Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. ## **Learning & Caring** At present there are 110 Methodist members. Each member is allocated a Pastoral Visitor who offer spiritual support and care. Many members are part of fellowship groups such as the Wesley Guild and Bible Study Group. No weddings or baptisms where held in the year. As a church we supported 13 funeral services. We want our church to be open to our community. During the week the hall is used by several groups both from church and community persons ## **Evangelism** The Church Review considered ways of engaging with the local community more. It is intended that we develop and are able to opportunities to such people to explore matters of faith. ## **Service** Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. Preparations where made to partner with the charity, Compassion Acts, to open a Food Pantry, offering members of the local community who are struggling financially to access discounted food. The Church also entered into an agreement with Birkdale Community Hub and Library to offer its premises as a community led library. Facets is a group for mainly retired people to spend time in each others company whilst pursing various interests such as music, keep fit, sport, current affairs, crafts etc. The group did not meet a regular as normal due to Covid, although will recommence shortly. ## **Ecumenical Relationships** The Church been part of a number of churches in the town to host a weekly ecumenical prayer meeting, offering our premises for one month of the year. Furthermore we have maintained ecumenical relations with local Anglican Churches through a monthly prayer meeting, as well as maintaining contacts with people in other churches. Currently there are no appointed Vicar’s in the three Anglical churches, and it has proved difficult to formalise any greater formal relationships at this time. ## **Routine maintenance** To facilitate our mission it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church and the Church hall premises, This has been carried out by volunteers and appropriate contractors . ## **Volunteers** We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is ## **Financial Review** - Total receipts on unrestricted funds were £53309 - Restricted donations of £1368 were also received and are detailed in the Financial Statements. - The planned giving through envelopes and banker’s orders decreased However the total income, including tax recovered reduced by 30% due to a reduction in general donations and one specific donation given in the previous year - £61,224 was spent to provide the Christian ministry from Liverpool Road Church, including the contribution to the local Circuit Assessment - **The net result for the year** was a loss of receipts over payments of £6524 on unrestricted funds - **The balances carried forward** on 31[st] August 2021 £60,915 unrestricted funds. ## · **Reserves policy** It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to at least six months unrestricted payments, equivalent to £35,000, to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. It is our policy to invest our funds balances with the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church. ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 LIVERPOOL ROAD Church SECTION A Unr¢¥trlctsd Re8trtcted Funds Funds Total$ thl year Total$ last ar 2020 01 RECEiprs Notg ACCOUNTS Offerin $ and Tax wovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 44,734 1,368 46.102 54,246 a3 55 56 311 Lettin 6,157 2.363 53,309 157 13,555 9,893 78,005 85 Other ieceipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 2,363 54,677 a6 1.368 {a71 SECTION 8 b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share Donations 45,895 46,012 b3 1,391 1,391 4,442 Re airs and Mainlgnan Ulililies Ilnsurances. water charg&8, heating & li htingl 4.442 12,568 b5 7,800 7.800 10,534 b7 Other paym&nts TOTAL PAYMENTS 1,696 59,833 1,696 61,224 1,486 70,600 1,391 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 a648 23 6.fA7 7,405 Total lund8 brought forward from last year ¢2 67,436 767 68.203 ¢6 60.798 c3 Sub total e1+c2 60,912 744 61,856 c4 Transfers and ad'ustments 1,390 1.390 c7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR le3+c41 60.912 2,134 63.046 1¢8 68,203 Ic81 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS th•88 amounts are not to ￿ includ•d in total rnegi tslpa ents fl ure8 al￿¥? d1 Balance brou ht forward from last ear d2 Offerin sIGifts- receiv¢d for external o anisation8 JMA 383 616 d3 OfferingslGrftS - PaS8ed to external organi8alions JMA 383 816 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID d1+d2-d31 NIL ehufth Rand P2015 x15 2of5 LIVERPOOL ROAD ChU￿h SECTOM E Churth attts)wtsforth•YèBier￿Vd $1 AuguJt2021 Inteina r¢pOrhwtot￿eIU￿h Coun&trChurth Nol• ￿tt￿fUnds￿4 Intqmd Olgani6a￿ rKrtmaiiy bg ￿n￿E￿Itr*y￿ be dbady¢hown thatthty￿L￿ bèuugd forany Mèu)odistpurp)se. This sxtlon mustbg cornp￿ted toarn￿O1￿e gra85 rA<¥)￿￿•lld ewnditure IDW&¢tthv Church 119￿15 then WAeL¥uals M¢thOd Df Xco￿￿11Mg A*ID A DIFFERENT FOR￿ muitb• reportlh*w>JunL•l#ÉÉ FAvlhDdlstlW¥6itel. P*asèor*rtoth• 0￿11*ne<￿allg￿Èrf￿g tran8l¢M tht DI5thCt￿ nn#cted Oisth th5an1￿￿￿rt*. JNTERNAL ORGANk*AllQN$ Receip rn￿tr OpEnin 259 25$ 3.9$3 FIGqts 519 3.720 1.335 1.089 RAmbll Club 45 23 Glrf* Brf 918 B•n•¥ov4nGv Fund gQnisatiDnBfu 2,154 2.822 13.493 9,481 I￿2 Church (tot* broyghlforw4rd pa 2-to14￿ColUrnn1 61.224 ((U71 iJ90 68,203 63.046 BY CHURCH 6$,) 19,169 81,696 tinuBon o nOW￿ry4￿d brin9thp tot8lSfuNard 72,527 TOTAL RE¢EIPT8 TOTAL PAYIKIIT5 8EcT￿N F CHLtRCH-CABH FUN0$ HELD*31 A IXNING uBt20Z1 CL¢)81MG BAL411CES BÈnk¢uTh•MAtt￿llt 15.4361 con￿ FNWnc•8oatd 44,821 44$21 Tru$te2&fDr Pu 0th0rf￿Th SUB TOTAL.ChwBh •¢C￿nts TDlalfunJ9 hold by Ihtgfflal (th&(*1kn9 b•l•ne• total frOM&b￿lIe12) 16.9361 74.139 63.046 61 TQTALCASH FUNDSHELDBY CHURCH 81.896 72.S27 ¥ECTb)N O At I St*mbw2QZD OThER ASSET$thn￿ L￿RILmÈS 31 AuBuit2QZ1 wJe 113 Land & rthi r• NO CHANGE 4 014 650 rqnd Otmr L￿11186 f4 I￿Ud#Vrty alth• ￿traI FIDorKt Bwd f6 Fundjhokl alT￿¥t￿lIOrmgthodIst¢￿u￿ PUT 01 IndUd•￿y(￿VrInv¢S￿mnts IrrfrtthèrashdgmntdTMcpifu4ts W￿￿￿181•1n￿udDd In CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS LIVERPOOL ROAD Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2021 SOUTHPORT Circuft Clrcuit no 18117 Registèred Charity - Charlty 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 tems of eviden￿ of charilable 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) 1193119 Minister. Rev Patrick Evans Church Stewards.. Mrs Pamela Christopher Mrs Antone Lindsay Mr Craig Horan Mrs tioreen Iddon Treasurer. Mr John Attwater Church R and P 2015.xL8 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 LIVERPOOL ROAD Church SECTION A Unrestrlet•d Restrl¢ted Totsls tho Funds Funds Totals last yoar 2020 a1 RECEIPTS ACCOUNTS a2 Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 44.734 1,368 54,246 a3 55 65 311 a4 Lettin 6,157 2,363 53.309 6,157 2,363 54,677 13,555 9.893 78,005 a5 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS a6 1.368 la71 SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 45.895 45.895 46,012 b3 Donations 1,391 1.391 airs and Maintenance Utilities Ilnsurances, water char es, heatin & lighlin 4,442 12,568 b5 7.800 7.800 10,534 b6 b7 Other paym&nls TOTAL PAYMENTS 1,696 59.833 1,696 61.224 1,486 70.600 b8 1.391 {b9) SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMEKrs FOR THE YEAR c1 a6 6.524 23 6.547 7,405 Total fvnds brought forward from last year c2 67,436 767 68,203 60,798 c3 Sub total c1+c2 60.912 744 61.656 68.203 c4 Transfers and ad'ustmenls 1,390 c7 ¢5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {c3+c4) 60.912 2.134 63,046 Ic8) 68,203 {c6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EKfERNAL ORGANISATIONS these amounts are not to be included in total rO￿lP￿1 ments fl urgs abovo d1 Balance brou ht forward from last ear d2 Offerin sIGifts - received for extemal o nisats.ons JMA 383 816 d3 OfferingslGfft3 - passed lo extemal organisations JMA 383 816 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2431 NIL CThurch Rand P2015.xls 2of5 LIVERPOOL ROAD 8E¢TJON E Sufflmary olthe tsthe year4rwknJ 31 ￿￿U£l 202t and Int* k>tr* Cwfyivchurch Meebry. Notethat*hofund*L*an Internal Oryanisaton ￿M81Y Resbxtsdfurth be d•aty ¥lw btr u￿j forany Thil 8•dJM must bg A DIFFERENT FORM rnL* be r•wlthu IA•trk•JMtM*i*). r&￿￿￿tr•￿s1ers Di5iri￿and )nrtaL* D￿tit* Organi￿tions. IIITERNAL OA¢ANISAn¢)N$ Aknn¢e* bALqnc4* 4,212 3.720 1,335 ¢3 W981 R*nbll Club 1.918 245 GIA* •d• 916 916 ¢7 organisal￿S1Urtd￿ 2.154 11fj22 13.493 9.481 Churth 4c¢ounkn (tots b￿￿l￿tIOn¥4￿ p•g• 2-tOtsl• GoluMm} 61324 1¢7) 68.203 c61 63,046 ¢6 8YeHURCM .831 P.1691 81,696 Continueon a￿￿￿*hA*1 rLecBSWy and the *￿ta￿fOr￿atd 72,527 TOTAL RE¢￿pT8 TOTAL SECTK)N F CHURCH. C￿TrI FUNDS HELD4t31 CLOSING Ca*1 In hBnd BAnk CurrenlAecwnt 21.318 17,988 C•ntsil Finwo 8oar4 44m1 0￿fv￿lS SUB TOTAL-¢hurch ¥¢¢wThts TOW lur￿& by Irttwn￿ bthwtot•lfroth 4kne}{¢121 {5. {L% 63.046 <¢8) 13A93 {e12 TOTALCASH FUNDS MELD BY¢HURCH 72.527 SE¢llON OYHERAssEfs •nd LIABI(mES 31 AwJu9t2021 Inv*th•nt8 Ir*aud• Endtrrnnts 113 113 Land & Buih NO CFL4AGE 4 014 650 H Fu￿Sh￿ atth• FlntrK•Bc4t f5 In&￿tr¢x￿ Fuhds hebj atTws*esfurMetr>J*ci¥x* PWA Nameofchurch..................................................................... No........... Declarations and Scrutiny I cOnfi￿n that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Church and Ihat they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer............................................................... Date.......................... Name and address of treasurer . Postcode.................. Presentation to the Church trustees I confimi that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 werelwill be" presented to the meets'ng of the Church trust*s held on ................. Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Date........................ Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Liverpool Road Methodist Church Charity Number .............. Responsibllities and basls of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Ltverpool Road Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2021 set out on pages 2 to 3. As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charits'es 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 2015 c1X￿Ch R 4015 Name of Church.. Liverpool Road Methodist Church No 18117 Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wth the examination (other than that disclosed below") which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records V￿re not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act" or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no COn￿mS 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 have obtained independent verification of all investments Nwth the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are indivrdualty in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balan￿ sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner lan Wright Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Chartered Accountant l.C.A.E.W. Name of firm (where appropriate) Address 15 Stretton Drive, Southport. Merseyside Post Code PR9 7DR Date 20 February 2022 delete or circle as appropriate 2015 thurch R p.th Sofs