APPENDIX 1 OSCR Period start dale cffith Y Period end date k4onth Y?*r Day Frc¥n 01 09 2023 To 31 08 2024 ottsp, Charty Regulator Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Chadty nam• Othèr names ¢harlty18 known by R6918tered ¢harfty number SC008658 Chartty's prlnclpal address Breckon Methodist Church The sh811￿ Distr￿1 Lerwth & Walls Cirojit Name• of th• ¢harlty tru*t•￿ date of approval of Trustec3' Annual Report Tru•t•• nam• Offic• Of *ny) DatH act8d If N*m• of p•rwn (or body) ontltlod lo •￿Int tm81•• Ilf any) Dèp Chair Ishotland) Chair (Scott￿) Clrcurt Steward Circurt Tr88surer CiraJrt stèward Cirthrt St*wsrd Sen Circul Steward Crcuit Stth¥8rd 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details Names of all other charity trustees during th• p•riod, rf any• (for exanyle, those roslgnod part way through the financial period) Nan Structure, governance and management Type of govemlng docUM￿t The Constitut￿1 Pract￿$ aThJ Disopline of th8 Melhodisl ChLKch Vol 2 {2012) Trustee r•¢rultmont and appolntm•nt ThrO￿h mwnbwship of the Distnct Leadwship Team rec¥uitad by tho team arvj Chair of Di81nct. wrth apFointrnonts raIrf￿d by Synod. Objectives and activitios Charftsble purpose• The promoti￿ of Clyist￿n Worship, leathing and fellowship in welcoming aThJ safe environmonts throughout shell￿d. Ovlrea¢h lo the people of Shetland and visrtors to Ihe isles through word and mission service, working in partnwship wrth other thurches and l)odie$ wh￿e possibl8 and apwowiale. ￿ make tharrtable donaltons to UK and inlemational organisalions such a$ All Can and Christian A￿. supwrt Ioc81 Ofganisations Charstab￿ giving and volunteering. Summary of the main aetivltl in relatlon to lhe￿ ijbiects Maintenance of public worship in d)urd)es aTrJ other buildings and through home fellowship. Supporting developing with children and young people to encourage their wticipalffi. Improve the quality and range of church activities for all ages. Provide and enable wod supwrt for chjrches within the ShetlaTha district. Manage district finanw for the overall benefit of the district. Build ecUmen￿al links and offer outreach In the communty. APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance Summary of th¢ main aehievements of the charity during the fIn￿Cial pgliod Maintenance of regular worship IhrtJJghout Shetland wrthin churehes and Itrwough oulreach in community care fa¢ilities, schools and house wups. Churth•$ have UFwaded for disabled and other access. Church manses contwiue lo be upJraded to provKI8 accommcxjations mini$ier$ others New Kyogrammes and forms of worship are being tried lo appeal to those cythvilh the thurch (messy church, café churchl. Shared worship between churches within the Dislnct is being promoted and ecumen￿1 links are being fOr￿d and developed through I prthnotion of mn-derKMninalional wcyship All church Off￿ and others wilhii the churth working wrth vulnerable people have been trained and continue with updates through the Safeguarding programme and safeguardiro policie$ issued to all ¢hur¢hes and a safeguarding team appointed Continuing suFport 1$ offorod lo ministors, doa¢on$, lay preachers and assistants Good past￿al care and sUPWt continues 10 be offered lo older people and families IhroLhJhoul Shetland (where possib181 To suppjrt tharilable giving by the chwch coffee momings, café thurth. and 01￿£r aCtiVrt￿ where tS)nalions invrted continu8 to bo dov•bped PromolK)n of new inrtl8lNes lo attracl rwi pecp18 continue as w811 8$ ongoing tyJtreach into sthools ty ministers gnd deac#)ns up lo L(Kkdownl The promoticn of ￿r aclivili&s 8nd reports on Sama ar8 on soci81 med Ongoing missional activty in tho fcmi of Food for Ihe Way lo provide opportunrties for suppyt aTrJ fellowship through th• medium of r•wlar lunth clubs and a f¢)od bank and to 8 range of people with v¥ious issu•$ ¢enlrod around addiction, mental health and1rfoslyl•. Now initiatives rAnlred around the Fresh Start project, notably Fresh Si* Gard8ning. continue lo expand with partnership workirvj within aTrJ outsvrth ShetlaTra. Financial review Brfef statement of th• ¢harity'• pollcy on reserves Reserves are held by the in several tru51 funds (managed by TMCPI and in tsyo CFB acccxjnts. The resefve funds are supplied by occasional donat￿5 and by interest from an Invgstmenl fund The fvnds ar? available. under the man4emenl of the Distr￿t Leadership Team. on behaW of Syn￿￿, for use in making grants available for Districv Circuit purposes and lo chur¢he$ f¢y mission or pwrty purposes. The funds not restr￿ed in their use lex¢xpt where nol8d for specific allocalionl except that th&ir use shall be for the wrposes of th& Shetland District of the Methc4Jist chl￿1. Grants are lo applied for according lo the policy & cffocedures d¢)CLment of the Shat1￿ Distrtt. Dètails of any d￿cIt Donatod facilitios and 6eThic•8 (rf any) APPENDIX 1 Other optional information R8gul8r onlirn slroaming d Sèrvi￿ 8nd worship fdlowship activrti8S ttsrtiryja 8$ hO)rhg fc*m$ of wcK$hip ar• dèvok)ped. Zoom mgetiros of Dislrid Lèadership le￿ continue and Strateg￿ pL4miro has l)een focu$sed on aclivilias lo ensure the continuance of worship as well as expl￿Ing new cAJtre¥h inrtiatives lo cAry th8 work of Food for th• Way fornvard and plac£ it into th8 cnnléxl of Ixjrrenl r*ed by WLYking with partnership organis81icn within Sh8lland and farther afield core of thé Fresh Start Fyoiect lo date is Fresh Start GardeThng LS being d8v•loped around a large Polycwb srted on a piece of land in ￿￿traI Lerwick to grow fresh lood year-round and skill groups of volunteers in horticullLf•. This is a partnership wslh NHS Shetland and works m conjunction with the oll*r 'growno' initiatives atready in place and is man•Jed by our PK)nger V*brker in the (x)ntext of Recovery Church which is a key part of Food lor the Way. Declaration The tru8t••8 d￿lar8 that they have approvod thtr trustth8' r•p¢)rt abovo. Sign•d on b•h41f ol th• charlty'• tw•t••B Signalur•(s) OSCR wlll*¢¢*pt d1￿1•1 v lyped Full namol$l P￿Illon {e.g. Chalrl District Treasurer E*p. Char Shell￿￿ District & Superinl8nd8nl min￿er Dats 301h May 2(f25 30th May 2025 ## _**SHETLAND METHODIST DISTRICT: INCOME SUMMARY SEP 2023 TO AUG 2024 CURRENT A/C**_ |**Month**|Assessment1|Assessment1|Grants &
corporate
donations6|Gift Day|Donations
(excl FFtW)|FFtW/FS
donations
(reg & ad
hoc)5|Connexion2|Contact4| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||| |**_Sep 23_**||2,500.00|500.00|50.00||231.00||| |**_Oct_**||2,250.00||1,893.00||606.00|3,486.34|| |**_Nov_**||15,875.00|||200.00|896.00||| |**_Dec_**|||1,300.00||100.00|381.00||| |**_Jan 24_**|||||100.00|281.00||| |**_Feb_**||14,250.00|||200.00|634.00||| |**_Mar_**||2,500.00|||100.00|642.00|2,323.20|10.00| |**_Apr_**|||4,000.00||100.00|731.00|2,902.00|| |**_May_**||13,750.00|||100.00|1,306.00|49.00|| |**_Jun_**|||||100.00|231.00||| |**_Jul_**|||36,835.00||100.00|602.00||| |**_Aug_**||20,875.00|||100.00|1,421.00||| |||||||||| |**_TOTAL_**||72,000.00|42,635.00|1,943.00|1,200.00|7,962.00|8,760.54|10.00| ## _**Notes:**_ - 1 Assessments paid by churches in Aug, Nov, Feb & May - 2 Connexion reimburse off-island travel (claimed annually) & island allowance (claimed six-monthly); Oct 2 - 3 Rents from residential and non-residential property in the care of Shetland Methodist District - 4 Magazine - contributions from churches towards production costs - 5 Regular givers on a monthly basis plus all ad hoc donations to FfTW - 6 Fresh Start project specific donations from Home Mission (NPNP), CORRA & corporates and individuals - 7 From reserves, aka "uplift" - 8 From other District account(s) for payroll and sundry purposes |Rental3|Drawdown7|Transfer8|Misc|Total| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |1,375.00|4,000.00|3,395.25|25.00|12,076.25| |1,375.00||2,338.00|423.65|12,371.99| |1,375.00||3,492.28|2,310.80|24,149.08| |1,375.00||7,127.33|781.20|11,064.53| |1,375.00|5,000.00|564.12||7,320.12| |1,375.00|||85.00|16,544.00| |1,375.00||9,750.00||16,700.20| |1,375.00|4,000.00|3,118.32|38.20|16,264.52| |1,375.00|2,000.00|2,659.62|985.00|22,224.62| |1,375.00||3,159.52|9,143.17|14,008.69| |1,375.00|10,000.00|3,419.49|815.00|53,146.49| |1,375.00||2,659.52|1,183.96|27,614.48| |||||233,484.97| |16,500.00|25,000.00|41,683.45|15,790.98|| 23 - reimburse wet component removal ## _**SHETLAND METHODIST DISTRICT EXPENDITURE SUMMARY YEAR END 2023-24 TREASURER'S A/C**_ |**Month**||Wages &
Salaries1|
HMRC2|WPT3|MCF/
MCH4|Hons/Pr5|Mileage|Travel11|Publicity|Manse10|Stat/
Post/Bks14|Telephone7|Prof Fees|Council
Tax6|Hospitality|Insurance9|FfTW8|Transfer12|Misc/Ad
Hoc13|Total
(month)| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Sep 23_**||10,905.13|1,137.17|160.41||289.80|319.18|81.10||340.18|555.63|56.87||||3,430.49|492.15|500.00||18,268.11| |**_Oct_**||6,175.42|650.00|237.30|4,757.00||493.65|28.74|98.89|1,284.81|360.60|71.00|||96.30||409.65||50.00|14,713.36| |**_Nov_**||6,952.64|1,160.18|167.29|||404.10|20.70|87.54|2,970.04||292.37|348.00|||336.25|410.75|||13,149.86| |**_Dec_**||4,636.35|157.34|244.31|||330.85|21.20|113.06|1,926.42|357.89|71.87|||420.00|168.04|7,927.96||485.00|16,860.29| |**_Jan 24_**||4,016.36|||4,726.00|289.80|226.92||114.84|1,047.86|837.57|56.87||||168.04|587.22||284.28|12,355.76| |**_Feb_**||4,016.36|||31.00||171.77|537.56|290.73|1,711.68|20.00|292.72||||279.27||1,500.00|449.00|9,300.09| |**_Mar_**||4,016.36|||4,726.00|289.80|||183.43|672.45|284.82|56.87||||168.04|11,010.00||144.80|21,552.57| |**_Apr_**||5,693.26|765.02||||1,947.59|318.78|11.65|749.99|266.85|62.95||||168.04|650.00|4,000.00|59.00|14,693.13| |**_May_**||6,381.23|676.12|217.16|||||86.13|1,856.15|122.00|394.42||5,897.56||1,331.54|800.00||1,623.00|19,385.31| |**_Jun_**||6,365.96|672.32|217.60|1,075.00||270.42|121.10|108.46|114.71|1,025.15|61.36|||188.65|553.00|1,802.24||272.58|12,848.55| |**_Jul_**||6,365.96|672.32|217.60|4,726.00|289.80|450.35|10.60|82.94|257.43|225.60|61.36||||168.04|759.97|36,835.00|579.29|51,702.26| |**_Aug_**||6,483.53|673.32|217.60|||1,435.50|678.98|82.94|450.80|291.76|316.64||||755.47|1,300.00||1,000.00|13,686.54| |||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||**218,515.83**| |**_TOTAL_**||**72,008.56**|**6,563.79**|**1,679.27**|**20,041.00**|**1,159.20**|**6,050.33**|**1,818.76**|**1,260.61**|**13,382.52**|**4,347.87**|**1,795.30**|**348.00**|**5,897.56**|**704.95**|**7,526.22 **|**26,149.94**|**42,835.00**|**4,946.95**|| Notes: - 1 Stipend (C2E) plus Lay Employees (net) - 2 Direct payments to HMRC (Tax, NI & AL) for lay employees only - 3 Cushon (Workers Pension Trust) - our lay employee pension provider - 4 Meth Ch Fund DCAC - District Assessments - 5 Honoraria & Preaching Fees - 6 Payable to SIC for manses & rental property. Churches are exempt - 7 Line Rental, Broadband etc for manse offices (x2), plus mobiles - 8 Food for the Way & FSG - reimbursements inc cap costs - 9 Manses/ Rental property (inc closed churches) plus District Shield; - 10 Inc closed churches in the care of the District plus rental properties 11 Inc additional off-island travel - 12 From Treasurer's account to other accounts - 13 Expenditure recorded in journal o/s main categories - 14 Office costs inc imprest, photocopier/printer rental & consumables ## _**Reserves held within Shetland Methodist District at year start & end 2023-24**_ ## **TMCP (Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes)** ## _**District/Circuit Trusts**_ |**Trust**|**Account/Trust Name**|**Type**|**Asset**||**+ / -**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |320001|District|DAF|18,535.61|**_Sep-23_**|| |320001|District||22,138.80|**_Aug-24_**|**+19.4%**| |320001|District|CAWR|59,003.12|**_Sep-23_**|| |320001|District||66,390.04|**_Aug-24_**|**+12.5%**| |320101|Circuit|MTF|8,287.50|**_Sep-23_**|| |320101|Circuit||8,457.06|**_Aug-24_**|**+2%**| |320101|Circuit|SF|2,230.12|**_Sep-23_**|| |320101|Circuit||2,425.63|**_Aug-24_**|**+8%**| ||**TOTAL**||**88,056.35**|**_Sep-23_**|| ||**TOTAL**||**99,411.53**|**_Aug-24_**|**+12.9%**| |Notes:||_Trust Type:_|||| |320001|- Shetland District|_DAF -_|_District Advance Fund_||| |320101|- Lerwick & Walls Circuit|_CAWR -_|_Capital Available With Restrictions_||| |||_SF -_|_Surplus Funds_||| |||_PE -_|_Permanent Endowment_||| |||_LMTC -_|_Local Model Trust_|_Capital_|| |||_MTB -_|_Model Trust Bequest_||| |||_LMT -_|_Local Model Trust_||| |||_CD -_|_Circuit Deposit_||| ## **CFB (Central Finance Board)** |**CFB (Central Finance Board)**|**CFB (Central Finance Board)**|| |---|---|---| |**Balance4**
**Balance4**
**Account #**
**Account/Trust Name**
**Type**
**_Sep-23_**
**_Aug-24_**
**+ / -**
Shetland District Royle Trust Manses Fund
CD
4,814.16
3,020.48
Shetland District General Fund
CD
14,583.99 13,095.35
**TOTAL CFB RESERVES**
**19,398.15 16,115.83**
**-16%**||**+ / -**| |||| |||| |||| |**Bank of Scotland1 **
**Balance**
**Balance**
**_Sep-23_**
**_Aug-24_**
**Account #**
**Account/Trust Name**
**Type**
Treasurers Account
Current
18,673.71 28,250.91
Lerwick & Walls Circuit of the Methodist Church
**Balance4**
**Balance4**
10393162
Business Savings Account3
Instant
Access
76,559.16 76,971.67
Lerwick & Walls Circuit of the Methodist Church
10328862
Business Savings Account Corra2
Instant
Access
32,848.61 34,851.27
Lerwick & Walls Circuit of the Methodist Church||| |**Bank of Scotland1 **
**Balance**
**_Sep-23_**
**Account #**
**Account/Trust Name**
**Type**
Treasurers Account
Current
18,673.71
Lerwick & Walls Circuit of the Methodist Church|**Balance**
**_Aug-24_**
28,250.91|| |**Balance4**
10393162
Business Savings Account3
Instant
Access
76,559.16
Lerwick & Walls Circuit of the Methodist Church|**Balance4**
76,971.67|| |10328862
Business Savings Account Corra2
Instant
Access
32,848.61
Lerwick & Walls Circuit of the Methodist Church|34,851.27|| - _1 - at close of business first & last days of period_ - _2 - ring fenced for use by NPNP_ - _3 - CORRA funds from 19/05/23_ - _4 - Capital + Interest_ APPENDIX 3 Independent examiner's report on the accounts R•port to the truit•8•lmertJers of Mothtyjth cfKJrth The Sl)8tIwMI OistrKt Lgp*Kk & I￿115 cir￿ Roglst•rnd chaylty SCOO8608 number on tho •GCOUDt• ol th• Porw)d 118rl d•to charlty for th• perlod Pericmj ond date Ye•r to 01 2023 31 2024 8•t out ¢)n pa9•• FIVE Iincludinu the Ex￿￿￿$ Resp•cti¥• The tharity ? are r•8ponsibb lor Iho pr&par*I(￿ of the ac£0￿1$ in aft0rd￿cO rmpon￿bllltléS ol wilh the iernts ol Chwrtw 8nd Trustae Inv8slm8nt ISaJllantt} 2005 Acl In8 trnslèés and examlner Chafilios Accwnls (SCOt￿T￿lI ROJuLgl￿S The chanly Irus1￿& ¢(n5￿or that the udrt rowiiern8nt af Regulat￿￿ ]￿1) Idl of ts Acaxjnis R8gulatims does not 8pply. It is my r8SpX￿%bblIlY lo examine 8ccnunts as fequred und8r SodK￿ 44111 Icl of tne Act and to stole wh•lher wlicular mattors h8vo ￿me to my 8118nlion. BaglB of 1ThJfjp￿d•nt My examirotion is carried txrt n a¢)>ydanco W¢th Rogu￿tKin 1101 Charrties •iamin•e• siat•ftxnt Accounts (ScA)tl8nd) Re9ylalK￿S 2C£6 An oxwnin•tnn InduJo$ 8 fevwi ol Ihe aC￿ntIng r￿tyd6 k¢pt by th• ch8rrty a cx)mpaiIs￿ of th& ￿Court$ kY8sent•d wrth those rgcxYd$. ft also C(￿8￿￿8110n d 8ry unusual rtems or disdosures In the accounts $9oks oxpkwBIN)ns frtym th8 tsustees concwniro 8ny su¢h m8118r8 The proc•dLfgS Ur￿ertaken do rK)t kyovth 811 thè o4id8rKe that would be rewrnd In an awjrt and, consequertly. I do rKrt eypT•ss an aKlrt ￿￿On on accounts. Indop•nd•nl •xamln•f• In the ¢ouse of my examimtw. no matt8r has c(xn8 lo my all￿1￿)n E*lIwi4l￿I •t•t•rn•nl whth oivos m8 roasonabio Cause lo beltht Ihal in ￿Y malen81 respKI the rooubremerts. lo kogp rOC￿d5 In xt(*dance wlh Se￿￿n 4411 I la) of the 2CQ5 Act and R￿Ul81b￿n 4 of Ihe 2Cth A(wJrrts Regul•tth8 and lo prepwa accoimls ac>)yd wlh Ihe ac£ounlirvJ r•c(Ydi ¢cmpty with RwJvlaI￿n 9 CA th8 2cIA A(￿ur￿9 Regulatic￿& have not been met. LY itt in rny 0￿￿.￿)￿ 8ttenltr* b8 dr￿ffl in ordor to enable a Ils lo be réached. D•t•: 3￿, May 2025 Sign•d Name R•lwant profo•8ion81 qualificatlonl•l or ljody Ill anyi. Addr•s* IdlLwirtg pogo.