## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 1.9.23 Period start date To 31.8.24 Period end date** ## **Charity name: North Birmingham Methodist Hub** ## **Charity registration number: 1204772** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of Para 1.17 THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH
the charity as set out in its ARE AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN
governing document SINCE THE DATE OF UNION THE
ADVANCEMENT OF – (A) THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL
STANDARDS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE
METHODIST CHURCH; (B) ANY CHARITABLE
PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY
CONNEXIONAL, DISTRICT, CIRCUIT, LOCAL OR
OTHER ORGANISATION OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH; (C) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR
THE TIME BEING OF ANY SOCIETY OR
INSTITUTION SUBSIDIARY OR ANCILLARY TO
THE METHODIST CHURCH; (D) ANY PURPOSE
FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY CHARITY BEING A
CHARITY SUBSIDIARY OR ANCILLARY TO THE
METHODIST CHURCH.
Summary of the main activities Para 1.17 and Organise and hold regular services across 3
in relation to those purposes 1.19 sites.
for the public benefit, in Offer pastoral support
particular, the activities, Run a Toddler Group, Girls’ Brigade, Boys’
projects or services identified Brigade and support a circuit wide Children’s
in the accounts. Group
Run a Community Café and other community
activities.
Facilitate other community activities by
offering low-cost space to other groups.
Statement confirming whether Para 1.18 All trustees have been issued with the public
the trustees have had regard benefit overview.
to the guidance issued by the When setting rates for licenses and which
Charity Commission on public groups to issue licenses to, we discuss how
benefit they best support our local communities.
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Policy on grant making Para 1.38
Policy on social investment Para 1.38
including program related
investment
We have 2 stipendiary ministers, however the
majority of the administration of the charity
Contribution made by Para 1.38 and the running of its activities is carried out by
volunteers volunteers.
Roughly 55 volunteers are involved every
week, and they contribute around 225 hours of
work.
Other
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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|We have opened for worship every week and
for special services and festivals. We have
embedded a mid-week afternoon service
aimed at those that find Sunday mornings
difficult. We hold a weekly prayer group and a
Bible Study which meets twice a month.
We have supported 12 families with funerals
for their relatives.
We have continued to run a Craft and Chat at
one venue and Knit and Natter, Puzzles and
Prattle at another. Our longstanding Boys’
Brigade and Girls’ Brigade have continued to
meet, and we support the Circuit Children’s
Group with a venue and volunteers. Thanks to
a grant from the Avon Trust, we facilitated a
weeklong music course for 10 young people.
We have facilitated a food bank at one of the
churches providing space for storage and
personnel.
We are continuing to work on improving the
access to one of the buildings and increasing
the community use of all venues.
As part of our outreach to the wider
community we have held a wide range of
events,includingGames Days,Strawberryteas,| 2 Church (Beetle) drives, Family Fortunes and Concerts and Quizzes. We have continued to work on maintaining our building, fulfilling the requirements of our Quinquennial inspection and our insurers, aiming to keep our buildings in good order. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**This will be copied from the Treasurer’s**
**report.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**See below**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**See treasurers report**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 3 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Public donations – mostly received during
collection at weekly services, these are
The charity’s principal anonymous and non-compulsory.
sources of funds (including Para 1.47 Regular weekly or monthly donations by
any fundraising) cash or standing order
Fundraising through donations at events,
for example tabletop sales, and the café.
Gift Aid
Income from Licenses and ad-hoc lettings.
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the principal Para 1.46
risks facing the charity
Other
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4 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|We are governed by the Deed of Union (1932)
and Methodist Church Act(1976).| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are an Unincorporated Organisation
constituted according to the Constitutional
Practice and Discipline of the Methodist
Church volumes 1 & 2| |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|The General Church Meeting consisting of
all members of the North Birmingham
Methodist Hub, appoints Stewards,
Treasurer, Secretary, and Safeguarding
Officer who are by office automatically
members of the Church Council (Trustee
Meeting) they also appoint additional
representatives to ensure equitable
representation across all three sites and
that we have a breadth of skills, interests
and experience present in our meeting.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|North Birmingham Methodist Hub| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Boldmere Methodist Church; Kingstanding Methodist Church;
Nechells Methodist Church| |Registered charity number|1204772| 5 Charity’s principal address 98 Orphanage Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 9HX 6 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 David Andrews Property Steward General Church Meeting
2 Chris Blake Steward General Church Meeting
3 Alison Burland Secretary General Church Meeting
4 Debbie Hele Steward General Church Meeting
5 Margaret Henry Steward General Church Meeting
6 Leslie Hodgetts Steward General Church Meeting
7 Daniel Hurst Steward General Church Meeting
8 Kathleen Matthews Steward General Church Meeting
9 Jennifer McGregor Representative Property General Church Meeting
10 Florence O Connor Steward General Church Meeting
11 Malcolm Ratcliffe Representative Property General Church Meeting
12 Christopher Shaw Circuit Steward Circuit Meeting
13 Judith Stephens Representative General Church Meeting
Rachel Thomas- Deacon Superintendent of
14 Prasad Birmingham Sutton Park
Circuit
15 Eve Valley Representative General Church Meeting
16 Gill White Steward General Church Meeting
17 Peter White Steward General Church Meeting
18 Anthony Wilkinson Representative General Church Meeting
19 Dezerine Wilks Steward General Church Meeting
Emily Young Presbyter Superintendent of the
20 Birmingham Sutton Park
Circuit
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– 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** 7 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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** 8 ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Emily Young **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 28/03/2025 Jennifer McGregor Trustee 9 RESERVES POLICY of NBMH, irbcludiTh9 Boldm*r•, Kingstarbdifbg & N•ch*lls Itchurch Council G￿1￿1 FuThYs •t YIE 31108r2023 £57203 Restr￿*￿ Fvnlls £24799 ÉndO¥Jm￿l FuThYs h•hJ £4325 R•5eryes pol￿ fDr G*ttor•l Fw)dJ * h*v• ofo monlhs oxyndrtur•. this kThctyJd•s £12.OP8 AI oblrAEuTh*nkJgvw & In I1￿￿￿FUnd •nd E7.634 m th• 84qu•st Fund. W• do I￿¢ ha￿ • Certw h*J h*d to •¢ Ktyst•ndinO • toulkl• •SPtetyon by th• ffisut• comp•ny btst in 9*nW￿ rou&i• (fi•inl•n•n¢• •ntJ d•¢4J¢•tAI9 h•> IM•n kWt• • mAiwfivm ¢h• Boldm•r• Kryst•ThJin9 both h•d •t •TrJ 01￿22r2023 •nd •rn t>Fecbng some remedial works to ￿ reqL¥*d. lor It•striLx•d Fwd* stin9￿ndry h*> £83 th th• B•N•vo￿rt fvnd. ¢0 b• umd •1 th• dix4*b￿ d th• Rév Em*. D•$¢dn R*chd 4nd the ehur¥* sl•ww¥•. •nd £041 ￿ th• Surtday Sch•oVYWh fvnd. to b• us•d lor •ny ofthe cY¢urt yovtr irybDtres. ￿udry hohJ•y chjbs. Gircvrt Khts •¢c. Th•r• ib cwrnnty £24.075 NK*•Vs Proj•¢¢ •c