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INVITATION

TO THE VESTRY MEETING

AND

ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING OF THE PARISH OF WISLEY WITH PYRFORD

ON MONDAY 24[TH] APRIL 2023

to be held at The Church of the Good Shepherd Vestry Meeting begins at 8:15pm Refreshments available from 7:45pm

AGENDA

Vestry Meeting for the Election of 4 Churchwardens
two with responsibility for the Church of the Good Shepherd
one with responsibility for St. Nicholas’
one with responsibility for Wisley
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
a. Bible reading, reflection and prayer
b. Approval of the minutes of the 2022 meeting, and matters arising
c. Report on changes in the Electoral Roll since 2022 Annual Meeting
d. General reports: an annual report on the proceedings of the PCC, the activities of the parish and matters arising published online
e. Financial Statements of the Council for the year ending 31 December 2022
f. The present financial situation
g. Appointment of the Independent Examiner/Auditor
h. Report on the proceedings of the Deanery Synod
i. Election of four PCC members
j. Election to the Deanery Synod
k. AGM and Election of the Newark Club Committee
l. Chairman’s Report (by the Rector)
m. Any Other Business

Please read the Annual Report and Financial Statements, available on our website, and the other reports beforehand, as we will simply allow for questions at the meeting.

Rev. Canon Nicholas Aiken (Chairman) Roger Allen (Honorary Secretary)

17 April 2023

WISLEY with PYRFORD PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

MINUTES OF THE VESTRY and ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETINGS

Held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, on 25 April 2022

The Rector opened the meetings at 8.15pm and welcomed all in attendance.

1. VESTRY MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF FOUR CHURCHWARDENS

Linda Knowles is standing down as a churchwarden at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Linda was thanked for her kind service, and was presented with flowers and an orchid plant.
Matthew Ryan was reappointed as churchwarden for the Church of the Good Shepherd, and Sarah Daly was appointed as churchwarden to replace Linda.
Andy Pearce was reappointed as churchwarden of St Nicholas’.
Pauline Langfield was reappointed as churchwarden of Wisley church.
The Rector thanked all concerned for their past and future work on behalf of the three churches.

2. ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING (APCM)

Note that all reports and information had been published in a composite APCM document, including the Annual Report and Accounts, available via the Wisley with Pyrford website and from the Church of the Good Shepherd. All attendees had been urged to read this document prior to the meeting, as it was not proposed for any presentation on the reports to be made during the meeting. However, time was made for any questions or comments from attendees on any of the reports.

a. Bible reading, reflection and prayer

The Rector opened the APCM at 8.25pm, and Mark Potter read from 1 Corinthians 12: 12-27 ‘ Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.…’ Mark said to rejoice in the different people and personalities in the church, and to be thankful for their different gifts .

b. Minutes of the APCM 2021

The minutes of the APCM held on 26 April 2021 were approved without amendment. There were no matters arising.

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c. The Electoral Roll

Gill Carey reported that this year is the third revision of 2019’s Electoral Roll. There are 381 names on the roll in total, 12 down on last year, of which 232 are resident in the parish, and 149 outside. The reduction should not be discouraging as there have recently been a flurry of applications as people return to worship in person now that Covid restrictions have eased. Gill emphasised the need to keep her informed of any address changes, so that the Electoral Roll is kept up to date.

There were no questions, so the Rector thanked Gill for all her work on the Electoral Roll.

d. General Reports

The Rector referred to the Annual Report that has been available via the website, and in the church, covering the proceedings of the PCC and the activities of the parish including the network reports. The Rector requested any questions or comments, particularly on the reports featured from page 6 to page 23 of the Annual Report. The only comment was from Jimmy Walker who questioned whether anything was being done about being environmentally friendly and reducing energy usage. It was suggested that less lighting could be used in the church on bright sunny days. The Rector and Julian Walker said that insulation had been considered, but was prohibitively expensive for the limited time that the church is in use. It was suggested that the smallest room practical for the number of people involved in any event or meeting should be used in preference to the larger rooms.

The Rector thanked all concerned in the preparation of the reports contained within the Annual Report document.

e. Financial Statements for 2021.

The Hon Treasurer, Guy Meakin, gave a brief overview, and stated that everything was contained in the financial report included within the Annual Report document. There were no comments or questions.

f. Current Financial Position.

Guy stated that the budget for 2022 had also been published in the Annual Report document. Claire Clough asked about the level of donations, as she was concerned that the levels are dropping, and she commented that stewardship should be concentrated on in order to stay financially sound. Mike Widdup asked whether the rising costs of electricity and oil are a concern. It was stated that the electricity price is fixed for the next 12 months, as we are on a 4 year fixed price deal. Oil prices are not fixed, but Guy said that the general reserve should cover this. A brief discussion on the purpose of the general reserve followed, and it was noted that it now costs £1200 per day to run the parish. A vote of thanks was given to Annette Oborne for all the hard, long and detailed

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work she has done over the years, as she will be leaving in July. The parish will be looking to recruit a new bookkeeper.

g. Appointment of the Independent Examiner

The Rector informed the meeting that John Cracknell would be retiring as our Independent Examiner. The Rector will be presenting him with 12 bottles of wine as a – thank-you one for each year he has performed this service. Consequently, we will be looking for a new Independent Examiner.

h. Parish Vision.

The Rector asked for any questions or comments on our new parish vision. He commented that the Bishop had been very complimentary. There were no questions.

i. Deanery Synod

The Rector referred to the Report on the Proceedings of the Deanery Synod from Chris Newell within the Annual Report document. No matters arose from the report. The size of our parish means that we are entitled to five representatives to Deanery Synod, but this year, Chris Newell has been our sole representative.

j. Elections to the PCC

The Rector advised the meeting that there were seven vacancies on the PCC, as several members had come to the end of their term. The Rector thanked all those leaving for their good work. Three nominations had been received, namely Mike Brown, Penny Hoskyn and Suzanne Lees-Smith, who were all duly elected. The remaining four positions will remain vacant.

k. Elections to the Deanery Synod

The Rector advised the meeting that there were four vacancies for representatives to Deanery Synod, and that one nomination had been received, namely Camilla NichollsWilson. Camilla was duly elected, so Camilla and Chris Newell will be our Deanery Synod representatives, leaving three vacancies.

l. Election of Parish Treasurer

Guy Meakin is standing down as the Parish Treasurer. The Rector made a presentation to Guy, and thanked him for his much appreciated and good service. The Rector then thanked Claire Clough for volunteering to replace Guy. Claire was elected as Parish Treasurer unanimously.

m. Newark Club – AGM and Election of Committee

Eldon Sandys opened the Newark Club’s AGM and reported briefly on its function, holding an alcohol licence for church activities only. No profit is made from any alcohol sale. Eldon pointed out that the Newark Club should not be confused with the Newark

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Group, which is an entirely different entity. The committee offered itself for re-election and was re-elected en bloc. Eldon closed the Club’s AGM, with the Rector’s thanks.

n. Chairman’s Report

The Rector’s report, as Chairman of the PCC, had been included in the Annual Report. No matters arose from the report. However, the Rector pointed out that the past two years had been challenging and emotionally draining, but the teams of people in the church had been inspiring. He was very grateful to the ministry team with their different skills. He said that the Parish Office staff had been a great pleasure to work with, as had the churchwardens, PCC and S&FC. He also commented that Suzanne and Anthony had worked very hard with the young people, and five young candidates had been confirmed. Eldon deserves much thanks for his huge amount of work on the Parish Magazine. He also thanked the Flower team, the Curry Night team, the God’s Girls team, the Newark Group, Women’s Forum, Meal Makers, the Building Committee, and Musicians and Singers.

It was also noted that Christian Themes are apparent in Pyrford Primary School, and Katharine Krynicki, the Head, is very keen to promote the church.

o. Any Other Business

The Rector thanked everyone for taking the time to attend the meeting.

Ian Lipscombe commented that he found the wearing of name badges useful, and it was thought that this may be good at some church services.

Julia Lamaison, chairman of the Pyrford Primary School governors, expressed the school’s thanks for the art work about Christian Values paid for by the parish. Information can be obtained from the school website. The Rector also added his thanks to the ‘Open the Book’ team who go into the school every Friday.

There being no other business, the Grace was said and the Rector closed the meeting at 9.10pm.

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of the \ AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS of the O PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL x “ey ) for the year ending 31 December 2022 WITHCs for the year ending 31 December 2022

Rector:

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Aiken The Rectory Aviary Road Pyrford Woking GU22 8TH

Parish Office:

The Church of the Good Shepherd Coldharbour Road Pyrford Woking GU22 8SP

Wisley Church Wisley Lane Wisley Surrey GU23 6QL

The Church of the Good Shepherd Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8SP

Bankers:

HSBC 6 Commercial Way Woking GU21 6EZ

Independent Examiner:

Graham Norton 2 Patterdale Coldharbour Road West Byfleet KT14 6JN

St. Nicholas’ Church Church Hill Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8XH

Reports and Accounts 2022

Wisley with Pyrford PCC

STATUTORY DISCLOSURES ......................................................................................................... 1 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT FOR 2022 ................................................................................................. 4 REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEANERY SYNOD ............................................ 6 WORSHIP AND PRAYER NETWORK ........................................................................................... 7 CHURCHYARD AND GARDENS .................................................................................................. 10 DISCIPLESHIP NETWORK ............................................................................................................. 11 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NETWORK ................................................................................. 14 BUILDING COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................. 18 YOUTH REPORT .............................................................................................................................. 19 OUTREACH SUPPORT .................................................................................................................. 21 FINANCE REVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 23 PARISH BUDGET FOR 2023 ......................................................................................................... 27 TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT ....................................................................... 28 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 29 BALANCE SHEET ........................................................................................................................... 30 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................. 31 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT .................................................................................... 42

STATUTORY DISCLOSURES

MEMBERSHIP OF THE PCC - 2022:

Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.

Parochial Church Council as from 25[th] April 2022 Annual Meeting

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~~a~~	Clergy
#* ~~a~~	Reverend Nicholas Aiken	Rector
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Reverend Mark Potter	Curate
~~a~~	Reverend Diane Davidson	OLM
~~a~~ ~~a~~
~~Rt~~	Churchwardens ~~Rt~~
# ~~a~~	Matthew Ryan	Church of the Good Shepherd–elected 2021
# ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Sarah Daly	Church of the Good Shepherd–elected 2022
# ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Andy Pearce	St Nicholas’Church–elected 2019
# ~~a~~	Pauline Langfield	Wisley Church–elected 2020
~~aRe~~	~~Re~~
~~a~~	Deanery Synod Members- Elected To:
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Chris Newell	2023
~~a~~	Camilla Nicholls-Wilson	2026
~~a~~	Vacant–1
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Vacant–2
~~a~~	Vacant–3
~~a~~ ~~a~~
~~a~~	Lay Members- Elected To:
# ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Claire Clough	2023 (also Honorary Treasurer)
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Anthony Bligh	2023
~~a~~	James Fife	2023
# ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Jeremy Gidman	2023
# ~~a~~	Claire Williams	2023
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Mike Brown	2025
~~a~~	Penny Hoskyn	2025
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Suzanne Lees-Smith	2025
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Vacant–1
~~a~~	Vacant–2
~~a~~	Vacant–3
~~a~~	Vacant–4
~~a~~
~~a~~	Co-opted Members
# ~~a~~	Claire Clough	Honorary Treasurer
# ~~a~~	Steve Chalkley	Honorary Secretary (Retired 6 February 2023)
# ~~a a~~	Roger Allen ~~a~~	Honorary Secretary (From 6 February 2023)

= member of Standing and Finance Committee

= member of Diocesan Synod

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Roger Allen

Honorary Secretary 3 April 2023

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~~a~~	Clergy ~~reee~~	Clergy ~~reee~~
#* ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Reverend Nicholas Aiken ~~re~~	Rector ~~ee~~
~~eG~~ ~~a~~	Reverend Mark Potter ~~re~~ ~~eG~~ ~~re~~	Curate ~~ee~~ ~~eG~~
~~eG~~ ~~a~~	Diane Davidson ~~eG~~ ~~re~~	OLM ~~eG~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	~~re~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Churchwardens
# ~~a~~	Matthew Ryan ~~es~~	Church of the Good Shepherd–elected 2021 ~~es~~
# ~~eG~~ ~~a~~	Linda Knowles ~~eG~~ ~~rs~~	Church of the Good Shepherd–elected 2016 ~~eG~~ ~~ee~~
# ~~eG~~ ~~a~~	Andy Pearce ~~eG~~ ~~rs~~	St Nicholas’Church–elected 2019 ~~eG~~ ~~ee~~
# ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Pauline Langfield ~~rs~~	Wisley Church–elected 2020 ~~ee~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Deanery Synod Members- Elected To: ~~rs~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Chris Newell ~~rs~~	2023
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Vacant–1 ~~rs~~ ~~es~~ ~~re~~	~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Vacant–2 ~~rs~~ ~~es~~ ~~re~~	~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Vacant–3 ~~re~~ ~~es~~ ~~rr~~	~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Vacant–4 ~~es~~ ~~rr~~	~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	~~rr~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Lay Members- Elected To: ~~rs~~
# ~~a~~ ~~a~~	David Dallison ~~rs~~	2022
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Katharine Wright ~~rs~~ ~~es~~ ~~er~~	2022 ~~es~~
# ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Ian Wishart ~~rs~~ ~~es~~ ~~er~~	2022 ~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Katharine Gervasio ~~er~~ ~~es~~	2022 ~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a es~~	Jo Attrill ~~es~~ ~~es~~	2022 ~~es~~ ~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Mike Brown ~~es~~ ~~rs~~	2022 ~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Claire Clough ~~es~~ ~~rs~~	2023 ~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a es~~	Anthony Bligh ~~rs~~ ~~es~~	2023 ~~es~~
~~a~~	James Fife ~~es~~	2023 ~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a es~~	Jeremy Gidman ~~es~~ ~~es~~	2023 ~~es~~ ~~es~~
~~a~~	Claire Williams ~~es~~	2023 ~~es~~
~~a~~ ~~a es~~	Vacant–1 ~~es~~ ~~es~~	~~es~~ ~~es~~
~~a~~
~~a~~ ~~a~~	Co-opted Members ~~rr~~
# ~~a~~ ~~a~~	Guy Meakin ~~rr~~	Honorary Treasurer
# ~~a~~	Steve Chalkley ~~rr~~	Honorary Secretary
~~a~~	Alison Ingram	Safeguarding Lead

= member of Standing and Finance Committee

= member of Diocesan Synod

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STANDING & FINANCE COMMITTEE

This is the only committee required by law, which meets bi-monthly to transact the business of the PCC, subject to any delegated responsibilities made by the PCC.

BUILDING COMMITTEE

This committee attends to matters relating to the stewardship of church buildings, contents, churchyards, The Old School Room and Church House.

CHARITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE

The committee meets regularly, under the chairmanship of Robert Hewitt, to monitor and review the charities we support.

In addition, there are other ad hoc committees to handle Gardens & Churchyard issues and Youth work.

CHURCH STAFF

At the end of the year, the parish employed a full-time Children & Families Minister, a fulltime Youth Minister, a part-time Parish Operations manager, a part-time Halls and Facilities manager, a book-keeper and two part-time secretaries in the Parish Office. We also employed a part-time caretaker who assists with general maintenance at the Church of the Good Shepherd. In addition, honoraria are paid to the Rector’s wife for secretarial help.

CHURCH ATTENDANCE

There were 381 names on our Electoral Roll at the last Annual Meeting in April 2022 of whom 145 lived outside the parish.

Weekly attendance continues to grow, and we are up to an average of 180 people for our three churches, and an additional average of 131 people watch our online Good Shepherd Sunday service.

During the year there were 4 weddings, 26 funerals (of which 17 had formal services in the parish) 21 services of interment of ashes and 17 baptisms.

SAFEGUARDING

Much work was again done during the year on the issue of Safeguarding as this matter continues to be at the heart of the work of the PCC, especially in view of the adverse report against the historic response of the Church of England published in 2020.

On the basis of the report produced by the Safeguarding Officer, the PCC confirmed that it should again adopt the Church of England “Promoting a Safer Church” Policy Statement along with the national policies and practice guidance approved by the House of Bishops. This policy statement actively underpins all safeguarding work within the Church.

During the year, the Safeguarding Officer completed the review of all volunteers and helpers, in all capacities, with a view to ensuring that those who should hold all the necessary approvals have undertaken appropriate training. This forms the bedrock of policy and procedure for Safeguarding within the Parish.

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT FOR 2022

BY THE RECTOR, THE REVEREND CANON NICHOLAS AIKEN, B.A., M.A.

Last year, 2022, was of course a very challenging year and to use an often-repeated phrase, we were dealing with a new reality. Coming out of Covid and the lockdown influenced people’s habits and routines, so the new reality was that fewer people were attending church on Sunday mornings. However, if you add in those who watched online, we are reaching more people than we have done before.

The other big factor is that so many of our volunteers have stopped helping so we have not been able to accomplish as many activities as we have in the past. What particularly has been noticeable is that many of the young families have not been attending Sunday mornings as before, so the Sunday School numbers have been very low. However, Suzanne and Anthony have made great efforts and started up and pursued several mid-week activities. These have been very successful, particularly the All Sorts Holiday Club in August, which had a record attendance of young people.

After an absence of several years, we were able to re-instate our Parish Weekend last September, led by the Reverend Peter Harwood. These are always such valuable occasions and after a long absence it was good to be able to return to the Conference Centre at East Horsley.

We launched our revised Parish Vision in January which aims to focus and carry us forward over the next 4 years. This will be the background drive in all that we do moving forward as we seek to have new initiatives to strengthen and grow church life. What was particularly helpful during Lent was our Lent Book, ‘Love your Church’, which we used as a sermon series and for Home Groups and personal study. It was very helpful in teaching us that church isn’t just another activity group, but it is an essential part of being God’s family here on earth.

On the pastoral aspect of our church and community life, our wonderful team of Pastoral Assistants have been extremely valuable, particularly helping and caring for many in our church and community. We are indebted to them for their immense hard work.

We are also very appreciative of the valuable work Linda and the team in the Parish Office do every day with the very many tasks and operations to keep our church going. They do it in such a kind, warm and caring way that we are all grateful for their hard work.

At last year’s APCM, Claire Clough kindly took over as our Treasurer. We are deeply grateful to her for taking on this role. She brings to it huge expertise and skill. We are immensely thankful to Guy Meakin for carrying this burden for 10 years and for all that he did. We expressed our thanks to him at the APCM. We also acknowledge the huge amount of time and effort that Annette Oborne has put into being our bookkeeper. She has always gone above and beyond what is required to make sure we are operating financially effectively.

We also acknowledge the huge work the Church Wardens do on our behalf and how they selflessly give up their time and show an amazing commitment to the successful running of our churches.

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We are very thankful to the marvellous Ministry Team we have, who deliver not just help on Sundays with our three churches, but so much more as well. Without them and their support and skill, we wouldn’t be able to deliver ministry in the parish at the level we do. Of course, with Mark our Curate leaving us in September to move to Ottershaw, the support of the Ministry Team has become even more valuable.

We also give thanks for the tireless creative and energetic contribution of Suzanne and Anthony on the children, families and young people’s side of ministry in the parish. They are such valuable members of the team.

On the rare occasion that I am asked what the job involves, listed below are some of the matters that take up my time (they are in no selected order):

Funeral enquiries.
Funeral visits.
Funeral preparation and services.
Interment of ashes.
Details regarding monuments.
School assemblies.
School Governors’ meetings.
Sermon preparation.
Standing and Finance meetings.
P.C.C meetings.
Hospital visits.
Building Committee.
Magazine articles.
Weekly staff meetings.
Mid-week communion services.
Home communions.
Liaison with the Architect and Diocese over buildings.
Wedding preparations.
Wedding rehearsals.
Wedding services and occasional receptions.
Deanery clergy chapter.
Deanery Synod.
Clergy Fraternal.
Council of Churches.
Home groups.
Organising the preaching and service rota.
Hymns selection for Wisley and St. Nicholas’.
Home visits.
Sick visits.
Baptism visits.
Chairing Pyrford charities.
Attending our men’s or women’s groups.
Replying to letters and emails.
Answering the telephone.
Sunday services!
Prayer and Bible Reading.

These are just the everyday items that I deal with. It does not include the numerous small items that demand attention. It is obvious that without the wonderful support provided by Linda, Carol, Sarah, Kerry, Annette and Dannii, the work of the church in this parish would grind to a halt within 24 hours, or less. In fact, I would like to pay special tribute to the Parish Office for all the help and advice they have given me.

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Aiken

March 2023

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REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEANERY SYNOD

BY CHRIS NEWELL

There were three Deanery Synod meetings during the calendar year 2022.

8 February

Held on Zoom. The main focus of the meeting was “Engaging with schools as we come out of the pandemic”. A presentation by Jane Whittington, Schools Officer for Christian Distinctiveness, Guildford Diocese, which contained a detailed survey of the school landscape following extensive periods of lock-down, was followed by a discussion of the benefits of closer ties between church and school.

During the business meeting, Jonathan Thomas announced that he was stepping down as Area Dean at the end of February.

14 June, St Michael’s, Sheerwater

After the introduction of the new Area Dean, Mark Wallace of St Mary Bethany, Woking, the main focus of the meeting was “Blessing the community through sport and kindness”, with a discussion of proposals for every parish in the diocese to promote and bless their local communities through sporting events. The session included an introductory exercise class with a personal trainer, followed by a walk (for those who wanted it) around Sheerwater.

The business meeting contained an update on clerical retirements, vacancies, and appointments, including Mark Potter’s upcoming installation at Christ Church, Ottershaw.

6 October, St John’s, Woking

As the main focus of the meeting, each parish was invited to share, in one minute, something that they felt they were doing well and something with which they needed help. There were eleven such presentations, including Camilla Nicholls-Wilson’s on the work of God’s Girls. The meeting voted to hear three presentations in more detail, before selecting one for final discussion. This was St John’s, Woking’s initiative to address difficulties in recruiting a Youth Worker by looking within the congregation, identifying a promising prospect and training them internally.

Anyone wishing to know more of the work of the Deanery Synod is invited to contact either Chris Newell or Camilla Nicholls-Wilson, your Deanery Synod representatives.

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WORSHIP AND PRAYER NETWORK

BY CAROLINE OLDROYD

To know Jesus and make him known every day.

Here is a list of our worshipping communities, but this is not exhaustive:

The 8am service which meets in different places on different weeks
Two 10am services at the Good Shepherd (CGS) and Wisley
An 11.30am service at St Nicholas’
Morning prayer on Zoom 3 mornings a week
On Mondays we have Explore at CGS at 3.15pm
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• On Tuesday we have Tots Praise at CGS at 10am
On Wednesday we have mid-week communion at CGS at 10.15am and EXP, for teenagers, in the evening
Monthly on Thursdays we have Down Memory Lane in the afternoon at CGS
Our home groups and the virtual online worshipping community

There are also regular prayer meetings

Tuesday mornings which focus on children, youth and families
Discipleship prayers (online) once a month
Parish prayers (hybrid-online and in person) once a month
Plus, someone is available for prayer after the morning services at CGS

Sunday worship

We continue to provide between 4 and 5 services of worship within the parish every Sunday. These are of a variety of styles, offering something for everyone. During 2022 the numbers attending the evening service, the 7, fell as those folk started to go to church in the morning. It was therefore decided to discontinue this service.

As a parish we are very fortunate to have a large pool of occasional preachers who regularly take services and preach at all our 3 churches. This year Kay Pearson has undergone the diocesan training and has joined this team. As the Church of England are promoting Lay involvement, we are blessed in being way ahead of them in this.

Musical worship

At the Good Shepherd the music is led by a band of musicians and chosen by the band leader. That is mainly the lead singer. There is now a 4-month rota that is produced so all musicians are able to commit to leading our worship. All musicians playing on a given Sunday practise at church on the Friday evening beforehand and arrive in good time on the Sunday morning for another rehearsal. This is part of their commitment to leading worship and we are hugely grateful for their time and effort. They are ably organised in this by

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Melanie Cook who coordinates all things musical at the Good Shepherd. Thank you, Melanie.

It is also wonderful to see our Youth band leading our family services once a month. This is organised by Ali Nightingale who organises the music for each different musician and has drawn together a wealth of musical talent from amongst our young people. It is much appreciated.

The musicians also have their own time of worship and listening to God, one Saturday morning a month. This has proved to be very valuable in their unity and in their hearing from God. The Holy Spirit has been very evident in these sessions.

The music during services at Wisley and St Nicholas’ is mainly led by the organ and we are very grateful to those who play this for us. Thanks also to Andy Pearce and Richard MacCutchan who sometimes need to produce the music electronically.

We are also very grateful to the choir who lead our singing at both Wisley and St Nicholas’ once a month as well as at Evensong. They meet with Ian Church every month to practise and we are very grateful for their commitment to this. Many of them also attend Down Memory Lane and help to lead the congregation in the singing of traditional hymns.

Auxiliary help

All 3 of our churches are blessed with showing beautiful floral displays every Sunday. This enhances our worship and we are grateful to the 3 flower teams. They also produce flowers for special services like funerals and weddings.

The Audio-Visual team at the Good Shepherd came into their own during Covid but are still providing a crucial service in enabling people to be heard, putting the words on the screen and of course live streaming the service. They are often found at the church midweek troubleshooting.

Both these groups deserve our grateful thanks for all the hard work they put in to enabling our worship.

Midweek events

As seen from the list above, there are many midweek opportunities to worship God. For many people this is Church as they are unable to attend on Sundays.

Tots’ Praise started meeting live after lockdown and the numbers have grown hugely. Many of those attending do not have a strong faith but enjoy coming to this overtly Christian event. Explore after school on Mondays is also well attended. The numbers of people helping at these events has increased slightly, which allows more time for meaningful conversations.

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Similarly Down Memory Lane is well attended with many new people coming every time. It is fulfilling a need for a short, traditional service with a social aspect and transport provided for the elderly.

Our many home groups meet regularly at homes within the parish and in one case at a church hall in Weybridge. These are opportunities for the church family to gather in small groups to study God’s word and pray together.

Prayer within the Parish

Prayer underpins everything we do as church.

Over 50 members of the parish have signed up to receive a regular prayer email, asking for specific prayers for individuals and updating them on that person’s progress.

3 prayer meetings are held regularly, as stated above. The numbers attending these are small. Prayer is also offered following the Sunday services at Good Shepherd but again the take up for this is poor. However, we will continue to offer these services as our hope is that as our parish vision progresses and people come to know Jesus more, they will be more willing to come for prayer. Prayer remains an integral part of our youth work, Explore together and Tots’ praise and is very evident in our home groups where people support each other in prayer.

Prayers for the parish magazine, website and a physical prayer card are compiled by different members of the church family each month. Each person is generally only asked to produce prayers on two occasions. By doing this many of our church members can contribute.

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CHURCHYARD AND GARDENS

BY JIMMIE WALKER

Despite not having any major projects planned for 2022, the Gardening Angels team was kept busy all year, aiming to keep all the churchyards plus the gardens at the Good Shepherd looking reasonably cared for and welcoming to the people who visit the churchyards or walk through on the public rights of way.

At Wisley, the Rosemary hedge surrounding the Garden of Remembrance was looking very tired so we decided to replace it. We sought advice from Wisley Gardens as before, in the hopes that there might be something better suited to drought, but the answer was no - there is nothing more resilient for a low hedge on dry sandy soil than Rosemary! We planted the new hedge and made frequent trips during several weeks to water it, in the hopes of getting it well established. Having since had a dry winter we wait to see how it fares in the coming summer.

Autumn gales felled a Scots Pine in the belt of trees above the top of the new graveyard at St Nicholas’. It landed on the graveyard fence which broke as a result. Fortunately, once the tree was sawn up and cleared, the craftsman who had originally erected the fence (using timber he had grown) was able to come and repair it for us. The resulting logs were offered to anyone interested in return for a donation, and the brushwood made into chippings for addition to the informal wood chip path - nothing was wasted!

Climate change means that brambles and other vigorous weeds keep growing through the winter, so at all our sites we have spent a great deal of time digging them out where possible. There is always work for Gardening Angels, so we would be delighted to have some more volunteers on Monday mornings. Please contact me on 01932 341557 or e-mail jimmie.colgrims@gmail.com.

We really enjoy working together.

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DISCIPLESHIP NETWORK

BY THE REVEREND DIANE DAVIDSON

Summary:

During 2022 our post Covid recovery continued, and church attendance looked more healthy than the year before with the notable exception of school age children and youth. At the Church of the Good Shepherd, the family services were generally the most well attended with more families of babies and toddlers attending consistently. Home groups largely returned to meeting regularly with a couple having reached the end of their season.

The three areas of focus for discipleship last year were:

– Presence and Participation understanding the importance of being part of our church family.

– Everyday Faith encouraging our church family to see themselves as disciples living for Jesus in all areas of their lives.

– Deepening our Knowledge learning more about the big picture of the Bible and how to engage with it.

Home groups:

The Lent study of the book ‘Love your Church’ was helpful but didn’t seem to prompt any rapid change in participation.

The Bible Course had almost unanimous appreciation and we feel it could be followed up by some form of Bible study in the first half of next year. We could then use the new LICC resource ‘Growing on the Frontline’, the sequel to ‘Fruitfulness on the Frontline’, or another study focusing on Christian witness in our everyday lives, later in the year.

Some of our home groups are going through changes of leadership and losing some people in the process. Supporting the leaders will continue to be important and we are considering plans to revitalise this area.

Women’s and Men’s Ministry:

Still progressing positively with well-received speakers. Our thanks go to the teams that run these ministries as they invest a great deal of time and effort in them.

Out of Parish Meetings:

Although small, the parish weekend was valuable to those who attended. Peter Harwood was inspirational, and the Holy Spirit spoke to many who were there. Spring Harvest has approx. 30 church members booked for next Easter. The Diocesan Church Growth Conference went ahead and was most encouraging. Of particular interest was some training being offered in January 2023 with Jackie Pullinger which 10 of our leaders attended.

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Everyday Faith:

The diocesan conference suggested we ‘leave our people out in the world’ rather than sucking them into church activities 24/7. As we work to encourage our church members to be missionary disciples, the things we should look to see in their lives are:

Whole life focus on faith (not just on Sundays)
An understanding that learning and growing in faith never stops
Willingness to witness in word as well as deed

Our everyday faith slot in Cogs on a Sunday is still a well-received opportunity for people to share how their faith affects their Monday to Saturday lives. We have also increased the range of questions we ask to continue prompting the whole congregation to think and talk about their faith in the everyday. Our preaching is hopefully including the three elements above and we will continue to focus on application of these messages.

Children and Families Ministry:

Suzanne continues to work hard to contact families and include them in acts of service. She is also planning to run a Grandparenting for Faith course as a follow on from the Parenting for Faith course.

Explore: on a Monday afternoon continues but numbers remain small. Since Mark has left, Suzanne really needs further support in this ministry.

Tots’ Praise: numbers are growing and again, it would be wonderful to have more church family members supporting this young congregation.

Open the Book: continues to be one of the main opportunities to disciple large numbers of children in our parish, along with the holiday clubs and weekends away.

Environmental issues:

As part of our mission, we need to work towards carbon neutral church as we are able.

Discipleship Goals for 2022-2025:

Below are our goals with very brief notes about our progress.

Together we will:

Wrestle with being more intentional about our commitment to follow Jesus everyday – this continues to be addressed by our everyday faith focus and our small group

meetings for all ages.

1. Improve our ability to hear from God in our lives Lectio Divina, monthly discipleship listening prayers and parenting for faith courses are giving opportunities to grow in this area. This could be further encouraged in our home groups, and our planned Lent Evening Meetings will give an opportunity to practise. We plan to give more space to hearing from God in our Sunday Services as appropriate.
1. Increase our confidence in answering questions about our faith and ethical issues we still need to find a way to address this need and encourage participation.

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1. Seek to serve our community and promote justice and peace over year end we offered a Warm Welcome Space in hopes of connecting with a broader section of our community. Unfortunately, this service wasn’t taken up by anyone outside the church community. We continue to consider new ideas of how to further address the needs in our parish. However, we do already serve our community in the many ways outlined in the Engaging Community report.

Information on Youth Ministry can be found in the separate Youth report from Anthony.

Looking Forward

The national church and the diocese have spent much of 2022 thinking about how to move forward given the changing nature of church attendance. As we look ahead, the diocese is encouraging us to become ‘a movement of missionary disciples’ alongside our congregations becoming ‘younger and more diverse’ and providing ‘a mixed ecology of church’. The latter refers to diverse expressions of church existing alongside each other in mutual fellowship. Old and new being a blessing to one another. E.g. Tots’ Praise, Down Memory Lane etc.

Therefore, we need urgently to focus our efforts on mission and more specifically Christian witness as part of our discipleship. One of the best ways we can accomplish this in the short term is to be more supportive of the ministries Suzanne and Anthony are leading with young families and their children/young people. We need more people who see helping at youth clubs, Tots’ Praise, Explore etc. as part of their discipleship.

For 2023, our focus is likely to remain on Everyday Faith and increasingly encompass drawing closer to Jesus in knowledge and experience, and our culture of invitation.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NETWORK

BY SUZANNE LEES-SMITH

We have been blessed by many members expressing the love of God is practical ways for our local community and beyond throughout this past year.

There will be a report from the charity review group, but I must mention here how our connections with Amaha We Uganda, Woking BESOM, Ruth Sayers CMS Devonport have been such a blessing to them and us. Connections to other charities such as waterways chaplaincies and Woking Street Angels, through the local community fund, and church members’ participation also have continued to inspire and challenge us to ‘get out there’.

We pray and trust that through these connections as a church we will grow in awareness of these service opportunities and the great needs they look to meet, go to God, and see Him deepen our compassion and active response and see God’s kingdom come.

Helping Others

– The Helping Others Team Anita Reynell, Carol Hambly, Chris Chia, Diane Wiltshire and Tina Osborne work well together taking/making phone calls and driving when needed. We rely on the wider Helping Others Team who drive to appointments, and it was lovely to meet our drivers at a Thank You gathering before Christmas.

Women's Forum

Women's Forum continues to attract 20-25 members (some are in care homes but manage to attend). They continue to raise funds for a charity and show the love of God towards one another and the world. There has been some answer to prayer for more people to run the group and we continue to pray for more people.

Newark Group

The Newark Group is making a slow recovery following the COVID period. Most of our dinners during the early part of 2022 had attendance levels in the low 30s and that continued for the October event. However, we saw a rise to 68 for Jonathan Lord’s talk in November and 54 for the January talk so I hope this is an indication that people are now starting to feel a bit more comfortable about meeting in large groups again.

The conversation and atmosphere around the room in each meeting shows how much this is valued by those attending and we are blessed by the chance to see friendships, and new connections deepen here.

Any shortfall in revenue that we experienced while attendance numbers were low have been covered by reserves. Although costs for catering and hire of rooms have gone up slightly this year, we should be able to cover our costs reasonably comfortably if we can maintain attendance levels at about 50+ and therefore ensure the continuity of the group.

Youth clubs/breakthrough/schools work/holiday clubs

Our youth clubs are places of support, fun, and mission to those in our community and beyond. We see around 80-100 children at Youth Club Jnr, children use a prayer room and have a talk which helps them think about Jesus every time they meet.

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The Upper Room, older youth club is attended by a majority of young people who do not have any other connection to the church. The Upper Room has been growing up to around 20 youth and with new members coming, we are praying fervently for more adults who might be a presence in that place, offering their care and time, in practical ways being the presence of Jesus.

Likewise, Breakthrough , the lads group that runs every Tuesday, is a group working with around 8 boys all of whom are finding the group to be significant in their lives, for most of whom this is their only connection to church.

Our Easter Fun Days , Holiday at Home and the Allsorts Holiday Club, continued to be greatly appreciated by the local community and saw relationships formed and deepened, people encouraged in faith and life, in incredible ways.

Coffee Shop/Fairshare

Coffee Shop has come back into action and we have seen new team members and new people coming along also. Breakfasts and cake all very much appreciated and the new area set up in the church is now open from 8:30am allowing parents with children after drop off or before ballet to come in and have a self-service coffee.

Grace continues to collect a huge amount of Fairshare food throughout the week and distributes far and wide. Coffee Shop and other activities at our church and beyond benefit from this. The jam and marmalade makers continue to spread joy with their creating also.

There is always room for more help in setting up, clearing away, chef and sou chef roles as well as washing up and so if you meet someone with the gift of hospitality who would enjoy being part of a fantastic team, do let Grace or Sue Chester know.

Hiring of our premises

It has been so good to see hall hire returning post Covid.

We unfortunately lost a few groups during the Covid period with them making the decision to stop their groups. However, over this past year as various groups returned some have increased their slots, due to being able to fill in the gaps where the previous hall hirers who have subsequently cancelled had been. Quite a few of these hall hirer groups had been running classes elsewhere and when I discussed with them that some new slots had become available, they were over the moon as the feedback from them is that our halls are far better in cleanliness, maintenance and the warm welcome that they always receive here compared to the other halls they were using.

Another positive this year is that some brand-new groups have also started including a Yoga group run by a 90 year old lady, all of whom absolutely love the halls and the space here!

Weekend party hall hire has been slower but is starting to pick-up again. However, I do think that the cost of living is having an impact on people hosting parties and the extra costs these entail.

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Parish Magazine/website/publicity

Barbara Cormie has come forward to assist periodically with laying out the Magazine when needed. She will not always be available but this back-up is very helpful.

There tends to be a relatively small number of people who write articles and it would be good if more contributors came forward. When a theme is more spiritual it would be helpful if the wider ministry team would contribute articles since lay members of the congregation may feel such themes are too challenging.

We are hoping that church groups and services can use the Magazine more often to publicise what they offer and appeal for volunteers when they need them.

Our website continues to be a presence and place of advertising all that is going on.

Our YouTube and Facebook channel continues to be used as people watch streamed services, but a number of people also use the previously recorded Tots’ Praise sessions, parents of children brought along by childminders even.

Sue Haysom continues to produce Welcome Packs to newcomers to the Parish and church for which we are truly grateful.

Sunday Lunches

During 2022 the Sunday Lunches were very well attended. We welcomed our regular guests, and some new faces (not least a young family, which was great, as this hopefully helped to reinforce our ethos of the Lunches being there for all ages). We have a team of 8 organisers/cooks, and alongside them are some truly wonderful, willing, and very hardworking helpers who come on the day. We are fast approaching our 10th year since the Lunches first started. From memory the first Lunch had about 11 guests and now we average between 45-50 guests (and more for the Festive Lunch each November). This is living proof of community outreach in action and the Lunches seem to have become a firm fixture in people’s diaries.

We continue to work on a ‘donation only’ basis - apparently the Lunches made a profit of £1,905 after expenses claims, so we hopefully do our bit to help with the running, upkeep and wider activities of the church!

The FoodShare scheme is very helpful in sourcing various ingredients from time to time, so a big thanks to Grace for alerting us as to what might be available.

There now seems to be a really good ‘joined up connection’ between the PAs, Helping Others and Meal Makers, in trying to encourage folk to come to the Lunches as a way of integrating into the community, forging friendships and feeling they are a part of our church family. Philippa Hewitt

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Evangelism Team

The evangelism team are still active in helping us as they have shared everyday experiences of God in our Sunday morning services. They have also been researching teaching which might equip us to better share faith with other people in the community. Their focus at the moment is to encourage people in a culture of invitation, to invite friends and neighbours to our everyday events and in this a whole range of opportunities arise.

There are some relationships which are continuing on through the waterways chaplaincy work of Tina and visits to people connected through previous door to door visits.

Mealmakers

We have had some busy times in the couple of months at the end of the year. In our busiest time we were delivering meals to 6 different homes varying from once to week to 2/3 times a week. Some of our recipients require meals for a week or two, some for longer. This ministry continues to be a blessing to many and all who deliver say that it is a blessing to them too. It has enabled us to have some contact with people who we would not normally have much contact with. We currently have just over 20 meal makers so we can all make when we have time, and it is not stressful for a few. Grace Allen has been wonderful with providing us with foodie bits that we can use.

We now have a spreadsheet that everyone can access which makes it a lot easier to see what is needed and so everyone can see details of the recipient without having to work through all the messages! And there are many!

Sometimes it can be hard to persuade someone to have a meal or two as sometimes people are a bit embarrassed to accept our offers.

It continues to be a wonderful, generous, giving group of people and it is absolutely a God thing! It would be great to see how we can reach more outside of our church family.

Shepherds Market/Flower Show

The Flower Show marquee was a great success offering shade and water and with circus skills equipment, many people did pop in.

Shepherds Market once again saw many people from the community coming along and enjoying all the stalls on offer as well as blessing many through their generous gifts.

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BUILDING COMMITTEE

BY TONY HILL, CHAIRMAN OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE

The committee has overseen work at all three Churches during the year. Every effort has been made, in the light of current circumstances to ensure that the tasks undertaken have been absolutely necessary.

As such the boiler room doors at CGS have been re-fireproofed and maintenance tasks have continued. At St. Nicholas’ Church the car parking has been upgraded to try and limit overspill of vehicles onto Church Hill. This work also took the opportunity to prevent unwelcome parking and also the use of the car park by vehicles doing “wheelies” which caused damage to the surface of the car park.

The limited activity by the committee has only been made possible because, thanks to the generosity of our congregation, we have managed to carry out the expensive maintenance issues, such as re-roofing (pre-covid) and our buildings are in reasonably good condition.

Julian Walker has begun an exercise to see how, in due course, the boilers at CGS can be replaced given that the running costs have escalated with the greater use of the church on weekdays and the need to get away from oil and gas to meet the Church of England’s undertaking to be net zero carbon by 2030. This same exercise will be undertaken at St. Nicholas Church where the existing system is 28 years old and has been a bit unreliable of late, although the alternatives are more restricted.

It may not be widely known but the way in which the committee works is that the Church Wardens are represented on the committee by one for each Church. They bring to the committee any requirements concerning the fabric or services within their Church to the committee. There are two permanent members of the committee, both with an engineering background, who then try and ensure that the required works are carried out and any work identified in the inspection of the buildings by an outside architect are also addressed. Each of the two permanent members have now been in post for over 30 years looking after the wellbeing of the buildings and both are now over 80 years old. It would appear sensible, therefore, to start looking for others to take over the reins. If anyone is interested in what is a very satisfying job which results in cherished buildings being maintained in a state that provides secure meeting places for the congregation, they should contact the Rector in the first instance.

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YOUTH REPORT

BY ANTHONY BLIGH

During 2022 getting back into all things youth was incredibly slow. Although other youth activities seemed to have picked up pace, we were slow to the party (or fashionably late). However, despite this slow start, this gave plenty of time to think and review what the youth at the Good Shepherd is to look like.

Getting into the numbers game is a horrible and damaging thing to do as a youth leader. Therefore having so few young people turn up my outlook on youth had to change. Luke 16:10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much.” This verse has changed the vision of youth.

It is not about having a massive group because young people can turn up and leave without them being felt, seen or known which are huge things for a young person to feel when they come into a youth group.

With that in mind our three groups: BreakThrough, EXP and The Upper Room may be small, but the young people are known and are seen and they do not feel left out.

BreakThrough:

This group is a boys only group. The idea of this group came from being in lockdown and with the MeToo movement happening it got me thinking: where are the role models for the boys? We have done and are continuing to do an excellent job in building up our girls but we have seriously neglected the boys.

Therefore, the vision for the group is to be a place which has good male role models for the boys to look up to and to help them navigate manhood and to learn what it is to be a man. There are different sessions each week which rotate between a discussion (which can be on anything) and we try to keep it relevant to where the boys are or what is a hot topic currently going round such as the Andrew Tate issue. Challenge evening, cooking, life skills and a games evening.

The group initially started in April 2021 with only three boys which dropped down to only two for the remainder of the year and throughout 2022 it ebbed and flowed hitting a maximum of 5.

Fast forward to this year and we now have nine boys who regular attend the group. The group is predominantly aged between 11-14 year olds with the aim of, as they get older, starting to be more intentional about developing their leadership skills in order to be able to come alongside the younger lads and encourage them and be a good role model to them.

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EXP:

This is the longest running group of the three groups. This group is to grip the young people to know God in a way that is relative and relevant to their lives and to grow deeper in their relationship with God.

This is the group that has been hit the hardest regarding attendance. Last year parents in particular were worried about letting their children come to new groups because of Covid. Therefore, we had no uptake of any new youth. We also didn’t have any up take in 2021 either. Combine that with our older youth leaving for university we now have a maximum number of 8 if all are to turn up which is not always the case.

We are looking to open the group up to year 6 after the half term to encourage them to join and get to know people before they start secondary school.

The Upper room (formally known as Friday youth) :

This group ceased to be during the pandemic and took a little while to get going again. I did attempt to do an after school drop-in session unfortunately this clashed with after school activities and as a result needed some re-thinking. It used to follow on from Suzanne’s group and it was noticeable that the feel of the room was not great after many enthusiastic children. So we changed to running the session on the opposite week which has worked out nicely as it gives me more time to lay out the room differently which is better suited to them.

Like the other groups last year, it was a slow starter. Admittedly me playing around with the timing of the group didn’t help. However, we now have around 15-18 regular young people who attend, the majority of whom are girls. We may only have one or two boys who turn up and that is not all the time.

This group is ultimately a place for the young people to come and relax. They are required to do so much and be so much that this group is a safe place for them to take off the mask they feel they have had to wear all day and gather with their friends. As leaders, we offer that safe space for them but also this is a key place for the youth to talk to a safe and trusted adult. It really is relational youth work at its core.

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OUTREACH SUPPORT

BY ROBERT HEWITT

There were no changes in the formula for Outreach support during the year. Accordingly, the parish Outreach support and Shepherds Market Income was split as follows:

Parish donations share of 10% (after support for the Pyrford Primary School has been allowed for), equally between the 3 causes and our own Local Community Fund (25% each).
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Shepherds Market split three ways between Amaha We Uganda, Woking Besom and CMS.

Outward Giving Summary 2018-22	Outward Giving Summary 2018-22
	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
Parish Funds	22,404	22,547	23,813	23,298	24,053
Shepherds Market	16,281	16,024	17,101	13,959	13,503
Other initiatives		500			1,761
£	38,685	39,071	40,914	37,257	39,317
Amaha We Uganda	11,028	11,478	11,654	10,478	10,564
Woking Besom	11,028	10,978	11,654	10,478	10,514
CMS	11,028	10,978	11,653	10,478	12,226
EIKON					-
Local Community Fund	5,601	5,637	5,953	5,823	6,013
£	38,685	39,071	40,914	37,257	39,317

In addition to these sums, each of the charities was able to run its own fund-raising events but it was not always the case that the Parish would have acted as banker and accordingly such activities are not included.

It is noticeable how steady these grants have been over recent years, largely upheld by very successful Shepherds Market events.

Reports on each of our supported causes is included elsewhere in this Report and Accounts. Once again, the Charities record their grateful thanks for the efforts of all concerned in raising the large sums at Shepherds Market.

Local Community Fund (“LCF”)

The LCF was launched in 2012 and application forms and further details can be found on the Parish website. During the year, we made 6 grants totalling £6,937. The recipients included Woking Street Angels, St Michael’s, Sheerwater, Waterways Chaplaincy and Lighthouse (in Woking). The balance in the fund at 31 December was £9,199 and since the year end we have made two further grants totalling £2,000.

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Review of Charities

At the end of 2023, the mandate for supporting the CMS Devonport project comes to an end. Accordingly, the Committee are seeking applications to replace this cause. Applications should be submitted by 31 August and we anticipate making a recommendation to the PCC in the autumn.

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FINANCE REVIEW

BY CLAIRE CLOUGH, HON. TREASURER

The Parochial Church Council of Wisley with Pyrford (the “PCC”) presents its reports and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Structure, governance and management

The PCC, which is in the Diocese of Guildford, is part of the Church of England and was established by the Parochial Church Council’s (Powers) Measure 1956, as amended and the Church Representation Rules (contained in Schedule 3 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969, as amended). It is a charity registered with the Charity Commission, regulated by the Charities Act 2011 which requires the PCC to report to its congregation and the public at large. PCC members are Trustees of the Charity.

2022 Summary

The Accounts show that the Parish had an overall deficit of £61,589 (2021:surplus of £12,084). Excluding the impact of the revaluation of investments the deficit was £11,436 (2021: deficit of £40,031).

The results for the year can be summarised as follows:

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	2022	Funds	Funds	2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Incoming	452,830	15,791	468,621	357,173	14,104	371,277
resources
Resources	(441,630)	(38,527)	(480,157)	(406,799)	(4,505)	(411,306)
expended
Operating	11,200	(22,736)	(11,536)	(49,627)	9,599	(40,031)
surplus/(deficit)
Surplus/(deficit)	(1,056)	(60,533)	(61,589)	(38,483)	50,567	12,084

Income

Donations and legacies income to Unrestricted Funds including Gift Aid was £326,440 (2021 £274,206). This was mainly due to an exceptional cash donation of £50,000 which was included in the 2022 income, but no comparative was included in 2021 (this was received in December 2020 and had been included in the previous year’s financial statements). Donations and legacy income to Restricted funds was £6,297 (2021: £7,020).

Income from charitable activities amounted to £78,676 (2021: £56,127) driven by the return of a number of events following the pandemic including the coffee shop, Children’s fun days and Sunday lunches.

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Income from investments for Unrestricted funds including hall rentals was £46,695 (2021: £23,876). The increase is primarily due to increased hall bookings and the commercial rental of Church House following the departure of the Curate during the year.

During the year we received grants of £2,260 from Woking Borough Council (which has been allocated to the Churchyards restricted fund) and £1,000 from the Church of England towards energy costs. In addition two legacies totalling £3,000 were received which have been allocated to general reserves.

Expenditure

The costs associated with generating the donations has increased to £41,675 (2021: £16,843). These costs have increased in line with revenue being generated from our local – activities but also included costs of £11,013 in relation to our Parish weekend an event which made a net loss of £5,243.

Our support costs met from unrestricted funds were £357,185 (2021: £347,317). The increase has been driven by an increase in staff costs following the introduction of a receptionist and increased energy costs associated with increased usage of facilities (we are fortunate to have the benefit of a three year fixed energy contract). Costs met from restricted funds were £33,889 (2021: £481) and related to tuition for the youth minister, costs related to the upkeep and maintenance of the church yard and costs associated with renovation of Church House prior to its rental to a third party.

In addition during the year we were fortunate that the Friends of St Nicholas’ and Wisley funded the required improvements to the car park at St Nicholas’.

Outward Giving

The ongoing policy of the PCC is to donate each year an amount equal to a proportion (currently 10%) of its voluntary income from regular giving including Gift Aid for the work of Christian Mission both abroad and in the UK.

To meet the 10% requirement, £26,489 (2021: £26,616) was allocated, of which £4,090 (2021: £4,069) was donated to Pyrford CofE Primary School. The Parish’s four “chosen charities”, Amaha We Uganda, Woking BESOM, the Church Mission Society in Devonport and the Local Community Fund (LCF), each received £5,600 (2021: £5,637). At 31 December 2022 the Local Community Fund has £9,198 of funds available to grant to local charities.

The annual Shepherds Market raised £16,281 (2021: £16,024) net of costs. This was divided three ways between Amaha We Uganda, Woking BESOM and CMS Devonport.

Further small grants have been made during the year as detailed in note 9 to the financial statements.

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Policy on reserves

The PCC retains a range of unrestricted and restricted funds which are described in notes 18 and 19 to the financial statements. The general reserve fund is held to cover the PCC’s day to day activities.

Diocesan policy is that General Reserves include 2 months’ essential expenditure. A minimalist interpretation, that essential expenditure means paying salaries, running the Parish Office and running the churches and the Old School Room, implies a minimum General Reserve of £33,608. A maximalist interpretation including 2 months of Parish Share, would bring this figure up to £57,333. At the end of 2022, the Parish General Reserve amounted to £128,610.

The Building reserve is an amount set to assist cover for Church repairs or other property costs such as Church House and the Old School Room. This reserve was created during 2015 and was used for the first time in 2020 to pay for new lighting in the Good Shepherd Hall. At the end of 2022, its value was £44,153.

The PCC’s approach to the management of its reserves is conservative but consistent with the requirement to fund its activities to meet its vision. The policy on reserves is reviewed each year at the time of approving the financial statements.

Management of risk

The PCC continues to identify and manage the risks which arise from its day to day activities. The PCC views those risks under the headings of governance, operational, financial and external regulatory.

Areas of risk are brought to the attention of the PCC for review as part of the standing agenda over the year and any changes required are minuted and actioned. The major areas on the regular agenda for consideration are the following:

Annual budget and monthly reporting
Bank Mandate
Expense authority policy
Finance reserves policy
Insurance policies
Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults

Investment policy

The policy of the PCC has been to invest surplus funds in low-risk interest bearing investments which provide flexibility without penalty and restricted funds held for longer term expenditure with CCLA Investment Management Ltd divided between two types of fund: Investment Fund (97%) and Fixed Interest Fund (3%).

In addition, the Parish held a small holding of Barclays shares which were disposed of in the year at a realised loss of £297.

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The market value of investments at 31 December 2022 was £376,547 (2021 £427,255). In the Parish Accounts for 2022, an unrealised loss of £49,756 (2021: gain of £52,113) is shown in the Statement of Financial Activities.

The Future

During 2023, the PCC will continue to apply funds in line with the Vision, namely, To know Jesus and to make him known everyday. A budget proposing this was put to the PCC meeting on 28th November 2022 and was approved. Overall it is a budget with a deficit of £60,419. In addition building expenditure to be met from restricted funds is budgeted at £16,650.

The budget has been prepared excluding one-off donations (over the last three years these would offset the budgeted deficit) as well as providing a worst case scenario for IT, PA systems and events held during the period and costs have been forecast to increase between 5-10% due to current inflationary pressures. In January 2023 the PCC was notified of an exceptional donation of £50,000 and therefore the forecast deficit has reduced to £10,419.

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PARISH BUDGET PARISH BUDGET FOR 2023

PARISH BUDGET FOR 2023 ~~PARISH BUDGET FOR~~	~~FOR 2023~~	~~2023~~
	Actual	Actual	Budget
	2021	2022	2023
INCOME	£	£	£
Donations and legacies
Regulargiving	215,678	210,444	210,166
Donations andgifts	8,045	58,553	7,200
Gift Aid receipts	48,699	49,190	48,934
Other collections at services	1,785	5,253	6,000
Legacies	0	3,000	0
Charitable activities
Other local activities Income	8,371	20,112	6,150
Awayevents income	0	8,225	2,435
Shepherds Market Income	16,293	16,550	0
Magazine Income	10,277	9,308	9,708
Bookstall &publications	205	1,303	240
Wedding/Funeral fees	19,783	23,178	21,728
WBCgraveyard maintenance reimbursement	2,144	0	2,000
Income from investments
Hire of church hall	20,050	35,517	33,933
Hire of Church House	0	6,440	16,800
Interest Receivable	25	757	600
Dividends	10,885	3,981	3,864
Other Income
Miscellaneous income	721	1,019	0
TOTAL INCOME	362,960	452,830	369,758
EXPENDITURE
Cost ofgenerating donations
Parish Vision Network Direct Costs:
Worship& Prayer	(2,643)	(3,094)	(2,946)
Pastoral Care	(287)	(327)	(636)
Communityengagement	(1,688)	(1,472)	(1,200)
Discipleship	(253)	(1,058)	(396)
Communications	(625)	(625)	(409)
Shepherds Market Costs	(270)	(269)	0
Magazine Costs	(6,020)	(5,261)	(6,174)
Publications	(295)	(128)	(240)
Other local activities Costs	(5,909)	(15,595)	(7,476)
Awayevents costs	(378)	(13,615)	(2,604)
Other	0	(149)	0
Support costs
Parish share	(142,071)	(142,347)	(141,324)
Staff Costs	(125,523)	(131,062)	(139,855)
Youth and Children	(7,749)	(3,899)	(5,523)
Clergyexpenses	(3,643)	(5,322)	(5,175)
RunningParish office	(14,241)	(11,833)	(16,616)
Church runningexpenses	(319)	(17,617)	(23,139)
Repairs and maintenance	(17,680)	(16,912)	(14,686)
Upkeepof churchyards	(5,306)	(80)	(6,242)
Insurance	(4,734)	(5,105)	(5,099)
Utilities	(10,377)	(15,377)	(18,274)
Diocesan Fees	(1,204)	(2,502)	(2,252)
Depreciation	(5,210)	(3,792)	(2,200)
Bank charges	(396)	(1,000)	(1,200)
Miscelleanous costs	(79)	(337)	(600)
Charitable expenditure	(46,165)	(42,770)	(25,910)
TOTAL EXPENDITURE	(403,065)	(441,548)	(430,176)
Net Income	(40,104)	(99)	(60,419)

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TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the Charity’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year.

In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the Trustees should follow best practice and:

Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume the Charity will continue in operation.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Charity, and which enable them to ascertain the financial position of the Charity, and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable regulations.

The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		funds	funds
		2022	2022	2022	2021
	Notes	£	£	£	£
Incoming resources
Donations and legacies	3	326,440	6,297	6,297 332,737	332,737 281,226
Charitable activities	4	78,676	-	- 78,676	78,676 56,127
Income from investments	5	46,695	7,234	7,234 53,929	53,929 30,960
Other income	6	1,019	2,260	3,279	2,964
Total income		452,830	15,791	15,791 468,621	468,621 371,277
Resources expended
Cost of generating donations	Cost of generating donations 7	(41,675)	(201)	(201) (41,876)	(41,876) (16,843)
Support costs	8	(357,185)	(33,889)	(33,889) (391,074)	(391,074) (347,798)
Charitable expenditure	9	(42,770)	(4,437)	(47,207)	(46,665)
Total resources expended		(441,630)	(38,527))	(38,527)) (480,157)	(480,157) (411,306)
Realised Gain/(loss) on	10	-	(297)	(297) (297)	(297)
investments
Unrealised Gain/(loss) on	10	(12,256)	(37,500)	(37,500) (49,756)	(49,756) 52,113
investments
Net incoming/(outgoing)		(1,056)	(60,533)	(60,533) (61,589)	(61,589) 12,084
resources before transfers
Gross transfers between	18	8,510	(8,510)	(8,510) -	- -
funds
Net movement in funds		7,454	(69,043)	(69,043) (61,589)	(61,589) 12,084
Fund balances at 1 January		187,200	322,138	322,138 509,338	509,338 497,254
Fund balances at 31		194,654	253,095	253,095 447,749	447,749 509,338
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022

		2022			2021
	Notes	£	£	£		£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	12		11,943	11,943		13,258
Investments	13		376,547			427,255
			388,490	388,490		440,513
Current assets
Debtors	14	8,414		22,517
Cash at bank and in hand	15	94,611		150,164
		103,025		172,681
Creditors: amounts falling	16	(43,766)		(103,856)
due within one year
Net current assets			59,259	59,259		68,825
Total assets less current			447,749	447,749	-	509,338
liabilities
Represented by:
Unrestricted funds	19		194,654	194,654		187,200
Restricted funds	18		253,095	253,095		322,138
			447,749			509,338

Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 3 April 2023 and signed on its behalf by:

Rev Canon Nicholas J Aiken Rector and PCC Chairman

and Claire Clough Honorary Treasurer

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

1. Accounting policies

1.1 Charity information

Wisley with Pyrford Parochial Church Council (the ‘PCC’) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission and a part of the Church of England established by the Parochial Church Council’s (Powers) Measure 1956 as amended by the Church representation rules.

1.2 Accounting Convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Parochial Church Council’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice: “Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)”. The PCC is a Public Benefit Entity as defined in FRS 102.

The PCC has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The PCC have changed the presentation of the financial statements in the current year to better reflect the way they budget and review the financial position. This has not resulted in any restatement to the 2021 result or net asset position.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of investments. The principal accounting policies are set out below.

1.3 Going Concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the PCC members have a reasonable expectation that the PCC has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the PCC members continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.4 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the PCC members in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

1.5 Income

Income is recognised when the PCC is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the PCC has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount.

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Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid of deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

Legacies are recognised on receipt or when the PCC has been notified of an impending distribution if the amount is known and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.

The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.

1.6 Expenditure

A liability is recognised when either a legal or constructive obligation is identified.

1.7 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Freehold land and buildings straight line basis over 10 years (buildings only) Other property straight line basis over 10 years Equipment straight line basis over 4 years

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

1.8 Fixed asset investments

Fixed asset investments are initially measured at transaction price excluding transaction costs, and are subsequently measured at fair value at each reporting date. Changes in fair value are recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year. Transaction costs are expenses as incurred.

1.9 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other shortterm liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

1.10 Financial instruments

The PCC has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the PCC’s balance sheet when the PCC becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which includes debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and subsequently carried at amortised costs using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a

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market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for good or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the PCC’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.11 Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution schemes are charged as an expense when they fall due.

2. Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the PCC’s accounting policies, the PCC members are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimated and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects both current and future periods.

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3. Donations and Legacies

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds		Funds	Funds
	2022	2022	2022	2021	2021	2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Regular Giving	210,444	747	211,191	215,678	1,083	216,760
Donations and	58,553	1,113	59,666	8,045	-	8,045
gifts
Gift aid receipts	49,190	-	49,190	48,699	-	48,699
Other collections	5,253	4,437	9,690	1,785	2,937	4,722
Legacies	3,000	-	3,000	-	3,000	3,000
	326,440	6,297	332,737	274,206	7,020	281,226

4. Charitable Activities

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds		Funds	Funds
	2022	2022	2022	2021	2021	2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Local Activities	20,112	-	20,112	4,210	-	4,210
Away events	8,225	-	8,225	5,455	-	5,455
Shepherds Market	16,550	-	16,550	16,293	-	16,293
Magazines	9,308	-	9,308	10,277	-	10,277
Publications	1,303	-	1,303	109	-	109
Wedding/funeral	23,178	-	23,178	19,783	-	19,783
fees
	78,676	-	78,676	56,127	-	56,127

5. Investment Income

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds		Funds	Funds
	2022	2022	2022	2021	2021	2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Hall Hire	35,517	-	35,517	20,050	-	20,050
Church House	6,440	-	6,440	-	-	-
rental
Interest receivable	757	-	757	25	-	25
Dividends	3,981	7,234	11,215	3,801	7,084	10,885
	46,695	7,234	53,929	23,876	7,084	30,960

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6. Other income

Other income includes a grant from Woking Borough Council towards the maintenance of the graveyards of £2,260 (2021: £2,144) and a £1,000 grant from The Church of England towards energy costs.

7. Cost of generating donations

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds		Funds	Funds
	2022	2022	2022	2021	2021	2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Vision Network
costs
Worship and	3,131	-	3131	2,643	-	2,643
prayer
Pastoral care	327	201	528	287	-	287
Community	1,517	-	1,517	2,095	-	2,095
Discipleship	1,058	-	1,058	253	-	253
Communication	625	-	625	625	-	625
Shepherds Market	269	-	269	270	-	270
Magazines	5,261	-	5,261	6,020	-	6,020
Publications	128	-	128	295	-	295
Local Activities	15,595	-	15,595	3,498	-	3,498
Away events	13,615	-	13,615	857	-	857
Other	149	-	149	-	-	-
	41,675	201	41,876	16,843	-	16,843
Support costs
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds		Funds	Funds
	2022	2022	2022	2021	2021	2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Parish Share	142,347	-	142,347	142,071	-	142,071
Staff costs	131,062	-	131,062	126,028	-	126,027
Youth & junior	3,899	6,150	10,049	10,744	-	10,744
church
Clergy expenses	5,322	-	5,322	3,643	-	3,643
Parish Office costs	11,833	-	11,833	13,737	-	13,737
Church running	17,617	-	17,617	6,587	-	6,587
costs
Repairs &	16,912	21,614	38,526	14,497	480	14,977
maintenance
Building costs	-	885	885	2,703	-	2,703
Churchyards	80	5,240	5,320	5,306	-	5,306
upkeep
Insurance costs	5,105	-	5,105	4,734	-	4,734
Utilities	15,377	-	15,377	10,377	-	10,377
Diocese fees	2,502	-	2,502	1,204		1,204
Depreciation	3,792	-	3,792	5,210		5,210
Banking charges	1,000	-	1,000	396		396
Other expenses	337	-	337	80	1	81
	357,185	33,889	391,074	347,317	481	347,798

8. Support costs

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9. Charitable expenditure

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds		Funds	Funds
	2022	2022	2022	2021	2021	2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Amaha We Uganda	11,027	-	11,027	10,978	500	11,478
UK
Woking Besom	11,027	-	11,027	10,978	-	10,978
Church Mission	11,027	-	11,027	10,978	-	10,978
Society Devonport
Local Community	5,599	-	5,599	5,637	-	5,637
Fund Grant
Pyrford CofE	4,090	-	4,090	4,069	-	4,069
Primary School
Tear Fund	-	1,136	1,136	-	813	813
York Road Project	-	1,136	1,136	-	-	-
Woking and Sam	-	-	-		812	812
Beare Hospice
Other	-	2,165	2,165	-	1,900	1,900
	42,770	4,437	47,207	42,640	4,025	46,665

The balance of the local community fund for distribution at 31 December 2022 was £9,200 (2021: £10,435). During the year grants were made from the fund to St Michael’s Sheerwater (£837), Woking Street Angels (£2,000), The Lighthouse project (£2,000) and Waterways Chaplaincy (£2,000).

10. Net gains/(losses) on investments

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Unrestricted	Restricted
	funds	funds	funds	funds
	2022	2022	2021	2021
	£	£	£	£
Realised gains/(losses)	-	(297)	-	-
Unrealised gains/(losses)	(12,256)	(37,500)	11,145	40,968

On 24[th] November 2022 the PCC disposed of its holdings of shares in Barclays bank for £656.

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11. Employees

The average monthly number of employees during the year was 9 (2021: 8) part time employees, which equates to 4.6 full time employees.

	2022	2021
Charitable Activities	2.0	2.0
Administration	2.6	2.5
	4.6	4.5
Employment costs	2022	2021
	£	£
Wages and Salaries	124,281	119,165
Social Security	3,294	3,630
Other Pension costs	3,487	3,233
	131,062	126,028

There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.

12.Tangible fixed assets

	Freehold	Other	Fixture	Total
	land and	Property	and
	buildings		fittings
	£	£	£	£
Cost
At 1 January 2022	47,986	40,194	100,408	188,588
Additions	-	-	2,478	2,478
Amounts written off	(1,181)	(7,046)	(49,890)	(58,117)
At 31 December 2022	46,805	33,148	52,996	132,949
Depreciation
At 1 January 2022	40,486	40,194	94,651	175,331
Depreciation charged in year	-	-	3,792	857
Amounts written off	(1,181)	(7,064)	(49,890)	(58,117)
At 31 December 2022	39,305	16,843	48.553	121,006
Carrying value
At 31 December 2022	7,500	-	4,443	11,943
At 31 December 2021	7,500	-	5,758	13,258

Freehold property consists of The Old School Room, Church Hill, Pyrford which is shown at land cost (renovation costs have been fully depreciated). Other property consists of the Car Park at St Nicholas’ which is not part of the beneficed property.

During the year a detailed review of the fixed asset register was performed and all assets no longer held by the PCC were removed from the ledger.

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13.Fixed asset investments

	Listed
	investments
	£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2022	427,255
Disposal	(813)
Valuation changes	(49,895)
At 31 December 2022	376,547

On 24[th] November 2022 the PCC disposed of its holdings of shares in Barclays bank for £656.

14. Debtors

Debtors
	2022	2021
	£	£
Amounts falling due within one year:
Gift aid recoverable	3,475	0
Other debtors	1,030	8,117
Prepayments	3,909	14,400
	8,414	22,517

15.Cash at bank and in hand

15.Cash at bank and in handCash at bank and in hand
	2022	2021
	£	£
Short term deposits	52,345	55,427
Cash at bank and in hand	42,266	94,737
	94,611	150,164

16.Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2022	2021
	£	£
Trade creditors	5,369	4,626
Accruals and deferred income	1,026	52,325
Taxation and social security	1,821	1,911
Outward Giving	35,550	44,994
	43,776	103,856

17. Retirement benefit schemes

The PCC operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the PCC in an independently administered funds.

The charge to the profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes was £3,487 (2021: £3,233).

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18. Restricted funds

The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust for specific purposes:

	Balance	Incoming	Resources	Transfers	Revaluations	Balance
	at 1	resources	expended			at 31
	January					December
	2022					2022
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Churchyards and	8,515	2,803	(5,240)	-	(978)	5,100
garden of
remembrance
Church of Good	15,459	-	(13,684)	-	(1,775)	-
Shepherd Projects
StNicholas’	229,460	6,206	(885)	-	(26,739)	208,042
Wisley	17,211	479	-	-	(2,006)	15,684
Youth Causes	8,873	200	(6,150)	-	(1,019)	1,904
Pastoral Care	9,614	913	(201)	(8.510)	(1,104)	712
Pyrford CoE	27,666	753	(7,930)	-	(3,562)	16,927
Education fund
Bosonnet	5,339	-	-	-	(613)	4,726
Benevolent Fund
	322,138	11,354	(34,090)	(8,510)	(37,797)	253,095
	Balance	Incoming	Resources	Transfers	Revaluations	Balance
	at 1	resources	expended			at 31
	January					December
	2021					2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Churchyards and	7,266	185	-	-	1,064	8,515
garden of
remembrance
Church of Good	9,778	4,248	-	-	1,432	15,459
Shepherd Projects
StNicholas’	199,984	1,082	(900)	-	29,294	229,460
Wisley	12,127	3,308	-	-	1,776	17,211
Youth Causes	11,987	305	(5,175)	-	1,756	8,873
Pastoral Care	8,204	208	-	-	1,202	9,614
Pyrford CoE	23,536	590	-	-	3,539	27,666
Education fund
Bosonnet	6,178	157	(1,900)	-	905	5,339
Benevolent Fund
	279,061	51,052	(7,975)	-	40,968	322,138

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Churchyards and Garden of Remembrance is a fund where contributions towards the graveyards from regular donations are held along with grants for this purpose from Woking Borough Council. Costs associated with the maintenance of the graveyards as met from these funds.

The Church of Good Shepherd Projects, St Nicholas’ and Wisley funds were established to fund the renovation of the buildings including Church House.

The Trustees of the old Pyrford School transferred their interest in the Old School Room, Pyrford to the PCC on 31st October 1994. The original Trust Deed, dating from 1848, was then re-constituted as an Educational Charity Trust. The purposes of the Trust are to promote and support educational activities in the parish. It has been agreed to use these funds to support the PCC's responsibilities and those of the Foundation Governors (appointed by the PCC) in maintaining Pyrford Church of England Primary (Aided) School. These funds were transferred to PCC accounts in 2010.

The Pastoral Care fund was established to hold donations received to support pastoral work in the Parish. During the year it was established that funds previously allocated were not restricted and these were transferred to the general reserve with the balance of donations received for this purpose held in the fund.

The Bosonnet Benevolent Fund was established in 2014 at the request of Paul Bosonnet.

19. Unrestricted funds

The income funds of the charity include unrestricted funds including designated funds by the PCC:

	Balance	Parish	Transfers	Revaluations	Balance at
	at 1	Income			31
	January				December
	2022				2022
	£	£	£	£	£
General Reserve	115,546	9,313	8,510	(4,759)	128,610
Building Reserve	47,591	1,255	-	(4,693)	44,153
Benevolent fund	24,063	632	-	(2,804)	21,891
	187,200	11,200	8,510	(12,256)	194,654
	Balance	Parish	Transfers	Revaluations	Balance at
	at 1	Income			31
	January				December
	2021				2021
	£	£	£	£	£
General Reserve	157,385	(48,849)	4,975	2,035	115,546
Building Reserve	40,275	1,214	-	6,102	47,591
Benevolent fund	20,533	522	-	3,008	24,063
	218,193	(47,113)	4,975	11,145	187,200

Reports & Accounts 2022

20. Analysis of net assets between funds

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds		Funds	Funds
	2022	2022	2022	2021	2021	2021
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Fund balances at
31 December are
represented by:
Tangible assets	11,943	-	11,943	13,258	-	13,258
Investments	134,898	241,649	376,547	105,117	322,138	427,255
Current assets	47,813	11,446	59,259	68,825	-	68,825
	194,654	253,095	447,749	187,200	322,138	509,338

21. PCC members

The clergy and 9 members of the PCC (2021: 7) received payments during the year, these being the reimbursement of approved expenses and payment of fees related to verger or PA duties, in accordance with the PCC approved schedule of rates. In addition 3 members (2021: 2) of the PCC were also paid employees. The aggregate amount of all expense/fees payments to members of the clergy and PCC during the period of office in the year was £19,265. (2021: £9,094). The aggregate amount of all payments (including salary and benefits) to members of the clergy and PCC during the period of office in the year was £76,015. (2021: £50,246).

Trustee remuneration and benefits

Name of trustee				Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value
				2022	2022		2021
			Remuneration	Pension		TOTAL	TOTAL
			£		£	£	£
Suzanne Lees-Smith		Employment	25,953	779		26,732	nil
(from date of		contract as Children
appointment to PCC)		and Families
		minister
Linda Knowles (to date of		Employment	4,148	124		4,272	16,755
resignation from PCC)		contract as Parish
		Operations Manager
Anthony Bligh		Employment	24,996	750		25,746	24,377
		contract as Youth
		Minister
Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties	Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties
Name of the	Relationship to charity		Description of the		2022		2021
trustee or			transaction(s)		£		£
related party
Hilary Aiken	Wife of the Rector	Wife of the Rector	Secretarial expenses		600		600
	(Chairman of PCC)
Sarah Fife	Wife of Member of	Wife of Member of	Salary & Pension as Parish	Salary & Pension as Parish	17,090		16,755
	PCC member		Facilities Manager

Reports & Accounts 2022

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

Report to the The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Wisley With

trustees Pyrford On accounts for 31 December 2022 Charity 1128605 Set out 29 to 41

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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 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 2011 Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns 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.

Graham Norton FCA

2 Patterdale Coldharbour Road West Byfleet KT14 6JN

3 April 2023

Reports & Accounts 2022

2022-12-31-accounts

INVITATION

TO THE VESTRY MEETING

ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING OF THE PARISH OF WISLEY WITH PYRFORD

ON MONDAY 24[TH] APRIL 2023

AGENDA

WISLEY with PYRFORD PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

MINUTES OF THE VESTRY and ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETINGS

1. VESTRY MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF FOUR CHURCHWARDENS

2. ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING (APCM)

a. Bible reading, reflection and prayer

b. Minutes of the APCM 2021

c. The Electoral Roll

d. General Reports

e. Financial Statements for 2021.

f. Current Financial Position.

g. Appointment of the Independent Examiner

h. Parish Vision.

i. Deanery Synod

j. Elections to the PCC

k. Elections to the Deanery Synod

l. Election of Parish Treasurer

m. Newark Club – AGM and Election of Committee

n. Chairman’s Report

o. Any Other Business

Rector:

Parish Office:

Independent Examiner:

CONTENTS

STATUTORY DISCLOSURES

MEMBERSHIP OF THE PCC - 2022:

Parochial Church Council as from 25[th] April 2022 Annual Meeting

= member of Standing and Finance Committee

LEAller

Roger Allen

= member of Standing and Finance Committee

STANDING & FINANCE COMMITTEE

BUILDING COMMITTEE

CHARITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE

CHURCH STAFF

CHURCH ATTENDANCE

SAFEGUARDING

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT FOR 2022

BY THE RECTOR, THE REVEREND CANON NICHOLAS AIKEN, B.A., M.A.

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Aiken

REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEANERY SYNOD

BY CHRIS NEWELL

8 February

14 June, St Michael’s, Sheerwater

6 October, St John’s, Woking

BY CAROLINE OLDROYD

Here is a list of our worshipping communities, but this is not exhaustive:

There are also regular prayer meetings

Sunday worship

Musical worship

Auxiliary help

Midweek events

Prayer within the Parish

CHURCHYARD AND GARDENS

BY JIMMIE WALKER

DISCIPLESHIP NETWORK

BY THE REVEREND DIANE DAVIDSON

Summary:

Home groups:

Women’s and Men’s Ministry:

Out of Parish Meetings:

Everyday Faith:

Children and Families Ministry:

Environmental issues:

Discipleship Goals for 2022-2025:

Looking Forward

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NETWORK

BY SUZANNE LEES-SMITH

Helping Others

Women's Forum

Newark Group

Youth clubs/breakthrough/schools work/holiday clubs

Coffee Shop/Fairshare

Hiring of our premises

Parish Magazine/website/publicity

PARISH BUDGET PARISH BUDGET FOR 2023