The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Registration Number: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31: December 2022
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31» December 2022
Aim and purposes
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Neil Knox, in promoting the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Churches and church halls.
Objectives and Activities
The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship and to become part of the parish community. Committed to making Christ known, the PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how services can involve the many groups that live within the parish. The services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.
We try to enable people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:
- e Worship and prayer, studying the scriptures and growing in faith and trust in Christ. e Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. e Outreach work.
To facilitate this work, it is important that the fabric of the Churches and halls are maintained.
Administrative Information
The Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton includes the Parish Church of St John the Baptist situated in Church Street, Paignton and the daughter church of St Boniface situated in Belfield Road, Paignton. The correspondence address is The Parish Office, The Vicarage, Palace Place, Paignton, TQ3 3AQ. The working address for the Parochial Church Council (PCC) is Paignton Parish Church, Church Street, Paignton.
PCC members (trustees) who have served from ist January 2022 until the date this report was approved are:
Incumbent: Father Neil Knox Licenced Worker: Captain Jeff Hill Val Nut-Brown (Churchwarden -appointed 3 April 2022) John Patten (Churchwarden -appointed 3 April 2022) Luke Appleton (General and Diocesan Synod Rep) Carol Friend (Deputy Churchwarden) Joyce Capello (Deanery Synod Rep) Jill Davies (Deanery Synod Rep) James Devonport (Deanery Synod Rep, Lay Vice Chair and Treasurer) Ruth Bridge Moira Devonport Elaine Hooper Jennie Litt Catherine Wallace Debbie Hosking Mavis Hawkins Chris Bridge (appointed 3 April 2022) Catherine Martin (resigned 3 April 2022)
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2022
Michael Gareth Rendell (resigned 3 April 2022) Paul Siviers (resigned 3 April 2022) David Brimley (resigned 3 April 2022) Oluwole Olaleye Anthony Omogbehin (resigned 30 June 2022)
Principal Bankers: CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent. E19 4JQ. Independent Examiner: lan Barrett, Barretts Chartered Accountants, 22 Union Street Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 2S.
Structure, governance and management
The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC was a charity excepted from registration with the Charity Commission prior to formal registration on 20 March 2009. Churchwardens are elected annually at the Annual Meeting of Parishioners which precedes the Annual Parish Church Meeting. PCC members are appointed as set out in the Church Representation Rules 2022. All Church attendees at the two Churches in the Parish are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and to stand for election to the PCC.
At the Annual Church Meeting up to two Assistant Churchwardens are appointed for the daughter church and up to two Deputy Church Wardens are appointed at the Parish Church. The PCC officers including the Secretary, Treasurer, an Electoral Roll Officer and Standing Committee are elected at the first PCC meeting following the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
The PCC endorses the Exeter Diocesan Policy for the Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults, appoints a Parish Safeguarding Representative(s) and requires DBS disclosure for all PCC members, persons working with children or involved in regular visiting to the sick or elderly.
The PCC meets regularly through the year. A Standing Committee, consisting of Vicar, Churchwardens Deputy Churchwarden and the Treasurer is empowered to deal with any urgent matter between meetings of the PCC.
Objectives and Activities
The primary objective of the PCC is the promotion of the Christian Gospel according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England. In accordance with the PCC (Powers) Measure the PCC has the responsibility of cooperation with the Vicar in promoting within the Parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
A daily celebration of the eucharist has been maintained within the Parish, and Morning and Evening Prayer is said on weekdays.
At the Parish Church of St John the Baptist : Sunday Services included 8am Said Holy Communion (BCP) and a 10am Family Communion service. The 10am service and Festival services are usually livestreamed. An All-Age service, usually on the 1° Sunday of the month, takes place with the combined congregations of St John the Baptist and St Boniface.
At St Boniface, a Said Holy Communion takes place each Thursday morning. Messy Church takes place on the second Sunday of each month at 11.15am. A eucharist service is held on other Sundays at 11.15, except where an All-age service takes place at St John the Baptist.
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31s" December 2022
A comprehensive offering of study courses for Lent and Advent is offered in the Parish. A weekly soup sunch following the Wednesday 11am Mass takes place in the Coverdale Centre (parish hall adjacent to the St John the Baptist). Other activities within the life of the Parish include Prayer Group, Homebased Bible Study Groups, Ladies Group, Craft Groups at both churches, Children’s Gardening Group, Bell Ringers (including hand bells), Mother and Toddler Group, Music Group and Choir.
The PCC endeavours to maintain a level of Giving to Missionary or charitable causes both within and outside the parish.
Achievements and Performance
During 2022 a significant piece of work to identify and address regulatory and procedural shortfalls applicable both to the physical buildings and the nature of their use by both the church congregation and community was undertaken. This work has necessitated significant financial investment and effort to bring them successfully into compliance and will continue throughout 2023. The noteworthy financial provision into the renewal and improvement of the fabric of the daughter church of St Boniface has been complemented by the initiation of a number of missional undertakings including the start of a weekly mother and toddler group (Mummy & Me), a children’s gardening group (Little Green Fingers) as well as the trialling of a new CIC that seeks to provide life changing education course opportunities and mental/physical health and wellbeing courses to the most vulnerable across the parish; the Office of National Statistics identified the parish area as the most deprived in Devon. Each of these three ventures have so far been successful and continue to grow during 2022.
The parish also successfully supported the National ‘Warm Place’ scheme during 2022 from Church Hall premises at St Boniface.
Church Attendance
The Electoral Roll for 2022 was 149. Number of participants (attending at least once a month) was 101. Attendance figures increased significantly at major festivals.
Review of the year - Report on the proceedings of the Parochial Church Council 2022 The full PCC met 6 times during the year with an average level of attendance of 85%.
Financial Review
The total receipts on unrestricted funds amounted to £337,139 and are detailed in the financial statements: designated income was £Nil and restricted income amounted to £18,702. Total income £355,841. Total unrestricted expenditure was £109,585 showing an excess of unrestricted income over expenditure of £227,554,
At 31st December 2022 fixed assets were valued at £214,427, debtors and prepayments £22,820, short term deposits £362,362, cash at bank and in hand £10,464 with liabilities of £4,516, giving total assets of £605,557.
Approved by the PCC on 23 April 2023 and signed on their behalf by
Reverend Neil Knox Incumbent & PCC Chair
: James Robert Devonport Lay Chair and Treasurer
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The Parochial Church Coun¢ll of the £eSIaStIcal Parish of Palgnlon Working Name: Paignton Parochlal Church Council Reg No: 1128706 Annual report of the Parochlal Church Countll forthe year ended 31j[DeMber 2022 Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Trustees ot The Parochlal Churth Coun¢ll olthe Eccleslastical Paiish of Pal8nlon l pOrt on the ac¢ounts of the charlty for the year erbjed 31" December 2022, whlth are Set out on page$ 6 to 15. Responslbllltles and bas15 of the report A5 the charity trugtees of the Church you are re5pon51ble for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wh the requlrements of the Charities Aci 20111.the ACVI. I report In respect of my examinatlon of the Church's accgunts carried out under se¢tlon 145 of The Act and in carrylng out my examlnation I have foll¢wecl a.:1 the app.icable Directions given by the Chbrlty Commlsslon under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlnerfs stotement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have ceme to my attentlon connectlon wlth-he examlnation giving me ceuse to belleve that in any m*.erial respert.. l. Accountlng record5 were not kept in re5pe¢t of the Church as required by sectlon 130 of the Act; or 2, The accounts do not accoJTJ with those records; or 3. The accounts do not Comp wtth the applicable requirement5 concernlng the form and content of accounts set OLrt In the Charttles (Accounts & Reports) Regulations 2008 ctther than any requlrement that the accounts glve a °true and falf vlew whlch15 not a matter considered as part of an independent examination, l Eiave M) concems and have come across no uther matters in connection with the examinatlon to whlch attention Should be drawn in thls report in order to enable a proper understandlng of the count reached. lan Barrett FCA FCIE Barretts Charted Accountants 22 Unlon Street Newton Abbot TQ12 2JS
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31» December 2022
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (SOFA)
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|Unrestricted|| Designated|||Restricted|||TOTAL|TOTAL|
|Funds|Funds|Funds|2022|2021|
|Note|£|_£|£|£|£|
|Income|and|Endowments|from|
|Voluntary|receipts|2a|287,282|-|18,702|||305,984;|140,912|
|Activities|for generating funds|2b|5,133|-|-|5,133|2,433|
|Church|activities|2c|35,127|-|-|35,127|32,361|
|Investment|income|2d|9,597|-|-|9,597|7,568|
|Total|Income|337,139|18,702||355,841||183,274|
|Expenditure|on|
|Raising|Funds|3a|1,105|-|1,105|383|
|Church|activities|3b|108,480|14,152|||122,632)|119,384|
|Total|Expenditure|109,585| -||14,152]|123,737||119,767|
|Net|Income/(Expenditure)|
|before|227,554|.|4,550|232,104|63,507|
|investment gains/(losses)|
|Net|gains/(losses)|on|
|investments|5|(23,247)|-|(1,238)|||(24,485)|29,574|
|Net Income/(Expenditure)|204,307|||-|3,312|||207,619|93,081|
|Transfer between funds|-|||-|-|-|*|
|Net movement|in funds|204,307|sj|3,312||207,619||93,081|
|Total|funds|brought|forward|226,876|-|171,062|||397,938|||304,857|
|Total funds carried forward|431,183 fw ||174,374|||605,557|||397,938|
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31s December 2022
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022
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Unrestricted | Restricted | TOTAL TOTAL
Funds Funds 2022 2021
Note £ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets 4 2
Investments 5 238,910
205,127 |9,300| 214,427 | 238,912
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors and prepayments 6 22,820 -| 22,820} 12,223
Cash on deposit 197,288 | 164,074 | 362,362 | 148,651
Cash at bank and in hand 10,464 -| 10,464) 17,054
230,572 | 165,074 | 395,646 | 177,928
CREDITORS : amounts falling due within
one year 7 (4,516) (5,402)
NET CURRENT ASSETS |226,056| 165,074 | 391,130 | 172,526
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 431,183 | 174,374 | 605,557 | 411,438
CREDITORS : amounts falling due
within one year 7a ~ - - | (13,500)
NET ASSETS |431,183| 174,374 | 605,557 | 397,938
REPRESENTED BY PARISH FUNDS
Unrestricted 431,183 226,876
Restricted 8 174,374 171,062
605,557 397,938
Approved by the PCC on 23 April 2023 and signed on its behalf by
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Reverend Neil Knox Incumbent & PCC Chair
James Robert Devonport Lay Chair and Treasurer
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council
Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2022
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31°t December 2022
- ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with applicable standards and the Charities (SORP 2019).
The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for investment assets which are shown at market value. The Accounts include all the transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include accounts of church groups that owe their affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.
Fund Accounting
Endowment funds are funds, the capital of which must be retained either permanently or at the PCC’s discretion; the income derived from the endowment is to be used either as a restricted or unrestricted income funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established in the first place.
Restricted Funds comprise (a) income from endowments which is to be expended only on the restricted purposes intended by the donor and (b) revenue donations or grants for a specific PCC activity intended by the donor. Where these funds have unspent balances, interest on their pooled investment is apportioned to the individual funds on an average balance basis.
Unrestricted funds are income funds which are to be spent on the PCC’s general purposes.
Designated funds are general funds set aside by the PCC for use in the future. Project funds are designated for particular projects for administration purposed only. Funds designated as invested in fixed assets for the PCC’s own use abated in line with assets’ annual depreciation charges in the SOFA. Designated finds remain unrestricted and the PCC will move any surplus to other general funds.
Income
Planned giving, collections and similar donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received. Grants and legacies are accounted for when the PCC is entitled to the use of the resources, their ultimate receipt is considered reasonably certain and the amounts due are reliably quantifiable. Dividends are accounted for when declared receivable, interest as and when accrued by the payer. All incoming resources are accounted for gross.
Expenditure
Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the PCC. The diocese parish share expected to be paid over is accounted for when due.
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31" December 2022
All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.
Fixed assets
Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with s.10(2)(a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011.
Movable church furnishings held by the vicar and the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed in the church’s inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For anything acquired prior to 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not included in the financial statements. Subsequently no individual item has cost more than £1000 so all such expenditure has been written off when incurred.
Due to the age of the building, no cost information is available for the St John’s Church Hall, or St Andrews Community Centre, so both properties are included at a deemed cost of £1.
Investments are valued at market value at 31 December 2022.
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31" December 2022
2. Income and Endowments from
|||Unrestricted |Designated ||Unrestricted |Designated ||Unrestricted |Designated ||Restricted |TOTAL|TOTAL|TOTAL|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Funds|Funds||Funds|2022|2021|
|||£|£||£|£|£|
|2a|Voluntary receipts|||||||
||Tax efficient planned giving|53,064|||-||53,064|52,600|
||Income tax recovered|9,649|||.|9,649|16,264|
||Collections at services|5,721|||-|5,721|5,115|
||Legacies|204,100|||- |204,100|204,100|-|
||Non-recurring donations and appeals|14,748|||18,702 ||33,450|66,933|
|||287,282||—|-||18,702 ||305,984]|140,912|
|2b|Activities forgeneratingfunds|||||||
||Fundraising|5,133||||5,133|2,433|
|||| 533}||||=||5a ||2,433|
|2c|Church activities|||||||
||Statutory fees- weddings, funerals etc.|4,615||||4,615|9,165|
||Gross income (Church magazine)|-||||-|=|
||Gross Income - Church Centre lettings|30,512
35,127]||||30,512
Sse?|||23,196
32,3061|
|2d|Investment income|||||||
||Bank and CBF Deposit Fund Interest|9,597||||9,597|7,568|
|||9597|=||=|
=||||9597||7,568|
||TOTALINCOME|337,139|=-||||18,702|335,841|335,841||183,274|
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council
Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31" December 2022
3. Expenditure
|||Unrestricted | Designated | Restricted
Se
£
£
£|Unrestricted | Designated | Restricted
Se
£
£
£|2021
TS
£|2021
TS
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|3a|Raising funds|||||
|3b|=Church Activities|Panos[fats
[308|||||
||Missionary and charitable giving|||||
||Home:|||||
||Families Outreach|-|-|-|4,169|
||Choral Tradition|-|4,092|4,092|3,544|
||St Boniface Outreach|-|321|321|195|
||Thy Kingdom Come|-|-|-|96|
||Queen’s Jubilee|-|296|296|-|
||Go Creative|-|-|181|181|
||Through Faith Mission|.|111|111|196|
||St Boniface Community Garden|-|535|535|891|
||Cafe Church/Satellite|-|5|5|9|
||Stay and Play|-|.|-|4|
||MessyChurch|-|148|148|133|
||Easter Holiday Club/Easter Trail|-|66|66|-|
||Mummy and Me|-|102|102|-|
||START disciple course|-|50|50|-|
||Funday, Fireworks and Christmas|-|176|176|11|
||Christian Aid|-|515|515|-|
||Ukraine Appeal|-|804|804|-|
||Other Outreach activities|-|-|-|500|
||Ministry: Diocesan parish share|52,301|-|52,301|51,313|
||Other ministry costs|13,515|-|13,515|10,146|
||Maintenance|9,971|6,693|16,664|16,136|
||Parish Church Heating system|-|-|-|194|
||Printing and stationery|3,021|-|3,021|673|
||Insurance|10,110|=|10,110|13,450|
||Light, heat and water|9,753|-|9,753|10,537|
||Honorarium/admin costs|9,149|-|9,149|-|
||Sundry|-|-|-|796|
||Examination ofannual accounts
Total Expenditure|660
-
660
750
[308,480|=] 44.82|aa6a2| 179380
[409,585|
|14,152|a2a,737|110,767||||
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31" December 2022
4. Tangible Assets
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St John's St Andrews TOTAL
Parish Hall | Community
Centre
£ £ £
Accrued/deemed cost
At 1 January 2022 1 a
Disposal - -
Additions at cost - -
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Depreciation At 1 January 2022 Withdrawn on disposal Charge for the year
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2022
5. Investments
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|Market|Value|Purchases|Disposals|Market|Market value|
|at|1 January|revaluation|||at 31|December|
|2022|2022|
|5682.35|Investment fund|132,893|(15,574)|117,319|
|3689 M &|G|Charitable|fund|57,408|(3,198)|54,210|
|26 shares|CBF|investment|608|(71)|537|
|fund|
|450.47|Investment fund|10,534|(1,234)|9,300|
|1375|CBF|Inc|Shares|32,200|(3,791)|28,409|
|225.23|shares|Fabric|Fund|5,267|(617)|4,650|
|238,910]|= -||~~|-||(24,485)|214,425|
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450.47 investment fund is restricted and is for the repair and maintenance of the fabric of St John the Baptist Church and churchyard. The market revaluation has been shown as restricted.
6. Debtors and Prepayments
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|2022|2021|
|£|£|
|Gift|Aid|to|claim|12,000|8,000|
|Other debtors|10,820|4,223|
|22,820|12,223|
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7. Creditors amounts falling due within 1 year
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|2022|2021|
|£|£|
|Fees|due|to|Exeter|Diocese|825|1,426|
|Money|received|on|account|662|-|
|Sundry|accruals|2,029|3,976|
|Loans from|Parishioners|1,000|-|
|4,516|5,402|
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31s December 2022
7a. Creditors amounts falling after more than 1 year
Loans from Parishioners
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2022 2021
£ £
- 13,500
| [=|] 13,500
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Loans of £2,500 and £10,000 were fully repaid in the year.
8. Restricted Funds
||Ati|Income | Expenditure | Transfers ||Income | Expenditure | Transfers ||Investment|At31| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||January|||gains/|December| ||2022|||(losses)|2022| |Fabric|45,908|4,958|(6,693)|(1,238)|42,935| |Outreach|75,569 ||12,327|(6,140)|-|81,756| |Legacies|5,700|-|-|-|5,700| |Youth|23,201|-|-|-|23,201| |Other charitable appeals|3,531|1,417|(1,319)|-|3,629| |Mission|524|-|-|-|524| |Friends of Paignton|16,629|-|-|-|16,629| |Parish Church|||||| ||171,062 ||18,702|(14,152)|=||(1,238)|174,374|
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Paignton Working Name: Paignton Parochial Church Council
Reg No: 1128706
Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31s December 2022
9. Staff Costs
Average number of employees
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 during the year (2021 Nil)
10. Transactions with Trustees
During 2022 the PCC received £10,399 in donations from trustees (PCC members) and their close relatives. The donors did not attach any conditions to their gifts which required the charity (PCC) to significantly alter the nature of its existing activities.
The PCC has received a loan in 2019 from a Trustee (PCC member) of £5,000 of which £2,500 was repaid in 2021 and the balance repaid in full in 2022. The loan was interest free.
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