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Trustees’ Report and Accounts

For the year ended 31st December 2022

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST PETER’S THUNDERSLEY

Registered Charity 1127774

Parish of Thundersley — Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31 December 2022

Aims and purposes

Thundersley Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Andy Hudson, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the church complex of St Peter’s Thundersley and St Michael’s Daws Heath

Objectives and activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part ofour parish community at St Peter's and St Michael’s. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year we have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on Public benefit and, in particular the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. in particular we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through: ° Worship and prayer : learning about the gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. ° Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish ° Missionary and outreach work To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the church of St Peter's and St Michael’s Churches and the Church Halls

Achievements and performance

Worship and prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. For example, our 8 am Sunday Holy Communion Service and Thursday Morning Holy Communion provide a quiet Intimate and reflective environment for worship. There is a similar service weekly in St Michael’s ona Wednesday. Sung Eucharist is held regularly at both churches allowing for continued restrictions due to the Pandemic. Reverend Andy Hudson provides online streaming facilities for most services held in St Peter’s but also broadcasts online his very popular “Vicar in the Van” services from his personal caravan.

Our Electoral Roll stands at 91, 15 of whom reside outside the Parish.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones ofthejourney through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God's blessing and through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God’s keeping. We have celebrated 10 Baptisms and 1 Weddings and held 3 Funerals in our churches this year.

Deanery Synod

Four members of the PCC sit on the deanery synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures ofthe church. This year the PCC has also focused its attention on the questions posed to parishes in the deanery about the most effective deployment of stipendiary and non-stipendiary clergy.

The Churches and Church Hails

We want our churches to be open to our community for private prayer. Unfortunately, since the theft of valuable church artefacts from other churches, we have felt unable to leave the church open at all times for private worship. We are however pleased to be able to offer accompanied access via enquiries to the Parish Office. Many local groups and organisations make regular use of our halls and the Community Room at St Michael’s. These buildings are also available for private use,

Pastoral Care

We have members who visit Parishioners who are unable to attend Church due to sickness. Many informal visits take place between parishioners offering mutual support to those in any type of need.

Mission and Evangelism

Helping those in need js a demonstration of faith. From time to time, collections are taken to help support relief agencies whenever a crisis takes place. We have raised funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee, Christian Aid, Water Aid and other organisations over many years. We Support St Peter’s Aid to Eastern Europe Trust, Sunbeams Music Therapy Trust, Little Haven Children’s Hospice & Essex Air Ambulance. Local Schools regularly visit both Churches. Little Havens Children’s Hospice held a concert at St Peter's this year.

Our parish magazine is distributed monthly to many parishioners and is available in the church. The magazine keeps our parishioners informed of the important matters affecting our church and articles that help develop our knowledge and trust in Jesus.

Outreach

St Michael’s hold a coffee morning every Wednesday and St Peter's hold a monthly coffee morning and book sale. St Michael’s hold a fish & chip lunch every month. St Peter’s host a Christmas Fayre and St Michael’s host the Annual Daws Heath Village Fair.

As the world emerges from the effects of the Covid Pandemic, we are pleased to have been able to open our churches for regular worship. We have also been able to open our halls to the various community groups who can now meet regularly.

St Peter’s Church Thundersley Pre School.

Further to the 2021 Report, it is with much regret that the PCC had to enter intoa Consultation Process with regard to the future of our Pre School. All options were very carefully considered including possible takeover of ownership by third parties. Unfortunately, it became apparent as time went by that the financial position of Pre School showed that their financial position had become untenable. In common with very many Pre Schools throughout the country, Government funding was not sufficient to cover all overheads and therefore it was trading at a considerable loss which was impossible to Sustain. The PCC (Trustees) reached the conclusion that Pre School had to close since a subsidiary of the Charity must not be allowed to trade insolvently. The PCC (Trustees) have a legal duty to protect the interests and financial position of the Charity as a whole. Unfortunately, therefore, Pre School had to close. The PCC met all of its legal responsibilities full.regarding employee's rights and ensured that all creditors (including HMRC) were paid in sea 4a Robert Waterson 31.12.2022 Trustee

Parochial Church Council of Thundersley Treasurer's Report for the year ended 31** December 2022.

These accounts fully comply with the Charities Act 2011. They have been examined by the PCC appointed Independent Examiner, Mr Graham Dorrington, and his report is attached herewith and also covers Pre School, since they have always operated under the auspices of the PCC. Due to our turnover, under the Charities Act, these accounts are able to be formulated on a Receipts and Payments basis. The General Fund deals with the running of both churches and both church halls and the Parish office.

2022 has beena very difficult year for a variety of reasons. There were the ongoing effects of the Pandemic, huge fuel increases, other essential expenditure rising, Statutory electrical inspections for all 5 buildings which as well as the unavoidable cost of the reports inevitably threw up items which required attention, notably St Peter’s Hall needing complete rewiring and remedial work in St Peter’s Church Hall. The final bills have not been received in 2022, but will appear in 2023. On top of all of this, St Peter’s Church Thundersley Pre School had to close in July, following strenuous attempts to avoid that. The trading losses of Pre School for the full year 2021 & 2022 (only 2 terms) amounted to £47028 which was clearly unsustainable. As employers, the PCC met all its legal obligations regarding Salaries, wages, holiday pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Sick pay as well as funding Pre School throughout 2022 to assist with making various payments including arrears to HMRC, thus avoiding legal action. Hall rent due to the PCC of £13653 was not paid by Pre School and is shown as Creditor PCC in their accounts. It has been an extremely hard situation for everyone involved.

Due to the above, comparing year on year 2021 to 2022 is somewhat skewed.

The PCC managed to pay £55,000 (69.3% of the requested sum of £79334) towards our Parish Share a good achievement, despite the matters listed above. Routine maintenance on our buildings has continued. Please see enclosed Income & Expenditure for the General Fund. | have nothing further to add regarding Pre School other than to repeat : their accounts have been examined and signed off by the Independent Examiner.

Robert Waterson PCC Treasurer. wa), — 3 | 2 2D

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

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Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.

u.b With reference to my previous comments regarding Pre School, I have examined to the best of my ability the Final Accounts for Pre School from the information and documents made available to me. I note that Pre School closed in July and feel I should record here the obvious concern at the huge financial trading losses incurred by Pre School in 2021 & 2022, which would have had a seriously detrimental effect on PCC finances should it have remained trading.

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October 2018

Parish of Thundersley PCC - 1127774 Receipts and Payments Account

For the period from 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

	Unrestricted funds	Oesignated funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Prioryear totalfunds
incomingresources
Incoming resources fromgenerated funds Voluntaryincome Activities for generating funds Investmentincome incomingresourcesfromcharitableactivities Other incomingresources	8.315 43,825 23,312 18,635 26.941 1,800	6.432 78,701 ~ —	ad 150 al -- - _	~ — — - -	6315 50,407 108,013 18,635 26,941 1,800	650 42,877 117,210 16,505 37,558 777
Totalincomingresources	128,828	85,133	160	ad	214,112	215,378
Resources used
Costof generatingfunds Costof generating voluntaryincome Fundraisingtradingcost ofgoodssold andother costs Charitableactivities Governancecosts	17,258 6772 3.380 92,866 1,064	- - — 125,547 -	- - = 15,000 —	- _ — —	17.258 6,772 3,380 233,513 1,064	18,621 3,050 4,185 202,224 117
Totalresourcesused	121,441	126,847	15,000	~	261,089	228,399
Excessofreceiptsoverpaymentsbeforetransfer 7,387 {40,414} (14,850) a				_-	(47,876)	(13,020)
Trensfers
Grosstransforsbetweenfunds-in Grossvansferebetweenfunds-out Excess ofreceiptsoverpaymentsbeforeother...	819 (8,208) 6	1,206 (19) (39,227)	7,000 (800) (8,680)	- = ~	9,025 (9,025) (47,876)	524 (52a) (13,020)
Netmovementinfunds 0 {39,227) (16,767) _- (58,983) (4,404) OeEE Reconciliationoffunds
Allassetsat0tJanuary2022	6	509,797	308,544	-	688,341	702,742
Allassets at 31December 2022 o 470,570 171,787 _ 042,387 698,341 OS

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Parish of Thundersley PCC - 1127774 Statement of Assets and Liabilities (by code) As at: 31 December 2022

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|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Class and nominal code|General|Designated|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Last year| |Fixed assets|- Investments| |6450|: CBIFS|UNITS|1418S|—| |Stephen|[Isley][ Trust]|~|9,421.60|—|9,421.60|10,878.65| |Diocese| |6451|: CBIFS Units 1524S Held by|—||3,223.18|~|3,223.18|3,853.22| |held by Diocese| |6452|: CBIFS Units 1112S Riches||~|7,541.41|—|7,541.41|8,547.61| |Diocese| |6453|: CBIFS Units 1113S heldby||-|29,979.66|~~|29,979.66|33,979.66| |6454|: CBIFS Units 1115S|-||7,688.04|—|7,686.04|8,711.53| |Diocese6456|: CBIFS Units|1117S Held by|||764.47|a|764.47|866.47| |6457|.| |Diocese| |: CBIFS Units 1538S Heldby|—||2,148.79|—|2,448.79|2,435.48| |Total|-|~|60,765.15|oe|60,765.15|68,872.62| |Fixed|assets|- Tangible assets| |6430|: St Peter’s Church Hall||208,901.00|-||208,901.00|208,901.00| |6431|; St Michaefs Church Hall||95,000.00|~|oa|95,000.00|95,000.00| |6432|: St Peter's Church Field||274.00|||274.00|274.00| |6433|: St Michael's|Church Field||250.00|-|—|250,00|250.00| |64234|: John Pond|Room / Office|~|37,595.00|||37,595.00|37,585.00| |6435|: 14 Grangeway||67,420.00|=||67,420.00|67,420.00| |Total|-|409,440.00|—|—|409,440.00|409,440.00| |Current assets|- Cash at bank and|in hand| |6501|: CO-OP Bank account|1,281.02|2,358.22|25,349.18|—|28,988.42|27,817.02| |6502|: Barclays|Bank|(21,478.62)|79,176.78|18,867.13|=|73,567.29|$4,601.59| |6505|: Pre School Giro|-|(12,688.00)||=|(12,688.00)|13,797.00| |60802200106510|: CCLA|(CBF) deposit|21,931.42|(9,281.52)|69,418.89|oe|82,068.79|110,841.01| |6511|; Pre School Deposit Account|||=|—|ad|12,428,600| |6590|: Cash in|hand|(1,695.50)|1,391.66|387.10|—|83.26|82.62| |6592|: Flower Group Cash in Hand||132.44|||132.44|325.45| |6593|: pre School Cash in Hand|(36.00)|36.00|||-|36.00| |Total|4.32|61,125.58|111,022.30||172,152.20|220,028.69| |Net total assets|(0.44)|470,570.34|171,787.45|-|642,357.35|698,341.31| |Represented by| |Unrestricted|- General|(0.44)|=||—|(0.44)|(0.96)| |Designated|- Reserve|~-|54,721.82|—||54,721.82|60,927.98| |Designated|- SMHall||13,165.70|>||13,165.70|12,296.70| |Designated|- Buildings|—|409,440.00||>|409,440.60|409,440.00| |Designated - PreSchool||(7,287.42)||-|(7,267.42)|26,249.42| |Designated|- Flowers|>|510.24|—|~|510.24|883.25| |Restricted - EastWin|ad|_|6,575.84|—|6,575.84|6,435.84|

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142.10
35,438.32
25,595.10
1,166.96
16,013.23
2,630.13
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210.18
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846.75
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9,421.60
3,653.22
7,541.41
29,979.68
7,686.04
902.38
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142.10
34,438.32
24,595.10
1,166.96
26,813.23
2,630.13
2,394.00
210.18
0.03
846.75
20,000.00
10,678.65
3,653.22
8,547.61
33,979.68
8,714.53
1,004.38
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470,570.34
171,787.45
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Parish of Thundersley PCC - 1127774

Analysis of receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

	Unrestricted Designated ———__— e	Unrestricted Designated ———__— e	Restricted	Total Endowment Thisyear Lastyear e	Total Endowment Thisyear Lastyear e	Total Endowment Thisyear Lastyear e
Incoming resources
incomingresourcesfromgeneratedfunds
1255-St MCommunityRoomHires 0110-GiftAid-Envelopes 0201 - Otherplanned giving 0301 -Looseptatecofections 0550-Donations appealsetc 0555-Donations -Charities 0601 -TaxrecoverableonGiftAid 0701 -Legacies 0901 -Other fundsgenerated 0905-FlowerGroupAnnualIncome 1365 - Donations Chidren'sFund 0910-Fayres&Fetes 1240-Churchhaillettings -St Michael's	8,315 §,325 11,598 5,694 2,465 $0 6,214 a 13,477 — ~ 3,828 23,904	— - 70 = = 6,257 105 - ~	a — > 140 = — = — ~~ 10 _	~ — — ~ al — _ —	8,315 5,325 41,588 5,694 2,675 50 5,214 - 19,734 105 10 3,828 23,004	650 4,568 12,725 3,682 6,187 as 5,516 3,080 6,842 74 =— _ 14,354
1250-Magazine income-advertising 1260 -Parishmagazinesales 1290-Preschoolannualincome 1001 -Dividends 1020-Bankandbuildingsociety interest	1,085 494 - 1,807 1,227	- 78,701 —	=	— — ~ —_	1,085 494 78,704 1,807 1,227	1,545 437 100,873 1,747 $7
1030-Rentfromlandsor buildings incomingresourcesfrom generatedfunds Totals	15,600 ~ — = 15,600 14,700 —-- -—————————— ee 100,087 85,133 150 = 185,370 177,043
incomingresourcesfromcharitable activities
1101 - Fees forweddings and funerals 1230 -Churchhaillettings-StPeter's incomingresourcesfrom charitableactivities Totals	§,062 _ 21,878 =- ——-——— 26,041 ~		- _ oo	— §,062 4,041 _ 21,878 33,517 eee — 26,941 37,558
Otherincomingresources
1360-TemporaryReceipts 1,800 - ee — 1,800 77 —- --— OtherincomingresourcesTotals 4,800 = - = 1,800 777 ___lee ee incoming resourcesGrand 128,628 85,133 150 — 214,112 215,378 totals
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Resources used
Costofgeneratingfunds
2302-StMichael'sChurchinsurance 2551 -StPHallCleaningWages 2555-StMichael'sHallCleaning Wages	1,246 8,707 2,883	_ - —-	- —	- — _	1,248 8,707 2,883	1,203 9,531 1,207
2561 -StPeter'sHallMisc 2951 -StPeter'sChurchMisc Expenditure	2,890 436	- _	— —	_- -	2,890 436	§,917 227
2855-StMichael'sChurchMisc Expenditure	1,093	_	~	_	1,093	734
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||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Endowment|This year|Total|Last year| |eee| |1730 - Costs of fetes and other events|3,662|-|—|aad|3,662|4,450| |2156|- 14 Grangeway|249|||—|249|378| |2311|- Office Water/electric|1,210|||-|1,210|41| |2402|- St Michael's Church Electric|438|—-|ad|ed|438|209| |2965|-|Wedding/Funeral|Fees|pald|out|1,211|-|oa||1,211|600| |2591|- St Michaet's Hal Misc|1,891|aa|a||1,891|3,369| |2700Maintenance - St Peter's Church Routine||ed|-|-||128| |2950Receipts - Payments from Temporary|1.489|—|—|ad|1,489|688| |COeeeeeeeeeSFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSFsFFSsSessee| |Cost|of|generating funds Totals|27,414|—|-|—|27,411|26,057| |Charitable activities| |1910 - Ministry parish share|55,000|||-|55,000|55,000| |2001|- Church organists|2,100|-|—|—|2,100|1,400| |2101|- Working expenses of incumbent|700|-||--|700|265| |2125Expenditure- Flower Group|Annual|-|548|-|—|548|370| |2155 - Wedding fees to Diocese|1,306|—|—|—|1,306|2,218| |2301|- Church running|- insurance|2,241|~~|—||2,241|1,927| |2310 - Church office - telephone|603|~|-|=|603|645| |2313 - Office insurance|1,091|||—|1,091|826| |2330 - Church maintenance|1,501|~||-|1,501|—| |2340 - Upkeep of services|786|=|a||788|1,903| |2350 - Upkeep|of churchyard|2,435|||=|2.435|783| |2360|- Administration|1,311||-|—|4,311|1,264| |2401|- Church running - electric|7,141||—|—|7.141|3,299| |2501|- Magazine expenses|1,558|-|-||1,558|1,424| |2515|- Pre school annual expenditure|-|124,668|-|—|124,868|121,524| |2530 - Hall running|- electricity|2,626|-|-|a|2,826|1,310| |2540|- Hall running - gas|1,809|>||—|1,809|725| |2550|-|Hall|running|-|insurance|1,669|-||a|1,669|1,761| |2560|-|Hall|running|-|maintenance|1,928|—|—~|—|1,928|1,638| |2562|-|St M|Hall|Repairs|a|131||=|131|120| |iya|- Heating/Lighting St Michael's|2,857||—|—|2,857|1,162| |2580 - Hal running - water|$36|—|oe|—|$36|468| |2392|-|St Michaefe|Hall Insurance|1,340|||—|1,340|1,560| |2601|- Hall + major repairs - structure|1,660|cd|15,000||16,860|=| |2646 - Other|PCC property upkeep|325|—|—||328|—| |2025Maintenance - St Michaet's Church|35||||35|591| |Charitable|-----—| |activities Totals|92,966|125,547|15,000|-|233,513|202,224| |Governance|costs| |2970 - Office/Pond Room|4,064|||—|1,064|117| |Governance|—qqqeKKea| |costs|Totals|1,064|—|—||1,064|117| |-| |——eeeResources used Grand totals|121,441|125,547|15,000F:|~|261,989|228.399|