## **ST MARK’S CHURCH WOODCOTE** ## **ANNUAL REPORT** ## **2022—2023** ## **CONTENTS** |**Report**
|**Page**| |---|---| |**Officers, Committees and Staff**|
**3**| |**Vicar’s Report**|**4**| |**Churchwardens’ Report**|**7**| |**PCC Secretary’s Report**|**9**| |**Deanery Synod Report**|**9**| |**Director of Music’s Report**|**10**| |**Liturgy Report**|**11**| |**Hall Lettings Report**|**11**| |**The Thursday Group Report**|**12**| |**Church Flower Group Report**|**12**| |**Coffee Group Report**|**12**| |**Prayer Group Report**|**12**| |**Gift Aid Report**|**13**| |**Women’s Circle Report**|**13**| |**First Woodcote Rainbows/17th Brownies Report**|
**13**| |**2nd Purley Guides**|**14**| |**25th Purley Scout Group**|**15**| |**Treasurer’s Report**|**16**| 2 ## **OFFICERS, COMMITTEE AND STAFF** ## **OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH** Revd. Fiona Weaver Julian Pearcey Tom Jamieson-Craig Brenda Knight Ian Robinson Susan Carter Vicar Licensed Reader Churchwarden Churchwarden Treasurer PCC Secretary ## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** Revd. Fiona Weaver Brenda Knight Ian Robinson Tom Jamieson-Craig Edwin Singaratnam Julian Pearcey Martin French Tony Tucker Sue Carter Steve Dawson Deirdre Lea Eudareen Moncrieffe Diane Van Dromme ## **FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE PCC** Revd Fiona Weaver Terry Cairns Sarah Chartres Tony Tucker Ian Robinson ## **STAFF** Rev’d Fiona Weaver Vicar Martin French Sue Young Director of Music Parish Secretary 3 ## **VICAR’S REPORT** ## _**Matthew 5:**_ _**13 ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 ‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden.[15] No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.[16] In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.**_ It continues to be a privilege and a challenge to be the vicar of this benefice. The past year has seen some very difficult and draining times - it has also seen some wonderful affirming moments of grace. The many acts of kindness and support that I am shown personally in so many varied ways continue to contribute to my feeling blessed to be called to serve here. I apologise to all those who feel I have not visited or listened to their concerns; I do the best that I can. I continue to be grateful to everyone who contributes to the life of St Mark’s no matter how great or small you feel your contribution is, please be assured that it is valued and included in my daily prayers. Some of that work is reflected in the reports that I commend to your reading , much of it is not, as so many tasks happen behind the scenes. In the litter picking in the church grounds, polishing, and cleaning, visiting, security checks, tasks of administration, help with the craft days— the list is endless -tasks done in love and service which bring us daily nearer to God. I know I am not good at remembering to thank people individually, I hope that between myself and the wardens no one slips through the net of APCM thanks! Brenda Knight and Tom Jamison Craig have served us well as our wardens. I have constantly consulted with them over many issues, their wisdom has been invaluable. Brenda now hands back her keys to this kingdom, she has served with humour, dedication and more than the occasional raised eyebrow since picking up the keys from Edwin quite a few years ago. At time of writing, I am praying that someone with the right skill set will feel called to pick them up and volunteer to stand with Tom. I am indebted to the new treasury team of Ian Robinson and Sarah Chartres for the vital role they play in managing our finances and them presenting them in an understandable format and Terry Cairns who manages our Gift Aid scheme. I appreciate the ministry of our Licenced Reader, Julian Pearcey who has continued to be supportive and understanding. This year more than ever as he provided cover when no clergy were available. His sense of humour, wise counsel, and organisational skills have, on more than one occasion, kept my sanity. Although I am not sure what effect I have on his! I am grateful for continued dedication of the Thursday group and give thanks for all they do and advice they share.We are blessed that I do not need to preach every week I am sure you will agree that both Julian Pearcey and Richard Gunning give us much food for thought with their excellent sermons. I am also grateful to them both for their liturgical input. Martin our musical director has continued to share his expertise with us and keep the choral tradition of this church going. It was with sadness that Guy left us this year- I will return to this later. 4 The experience, and wise counsel that each member contributed to the PCC, standing and strategy committee has been invaluable. There have been many constructive lively debates regarding the governance of and future direction of our parish. Thank you to Sue Carter in her role as PCC secretary and in managing our hall and church bookings and looking at new ways that they might bring in revenue. We are fortunate that we have Sue Young in our Parish office without whom I would not be able to function, her calmness, sense of humour and willingness to say yes when asked to do a huge variety of tasks and keep up to date with the changing legalities and protocols that go with Baptisms Weddings and Funerals is invaluable to the parish. I also thank Richard Gunning for inducting new people into the mysteries of the sacristy so our team of people able ‘lay up’ and prepare the altar and clear away after the Eucharist. One example of how a few people can make a huge difference. We have continued to support the vital work of the Purley Food Hub in donations and volunteering along with the support for the mammoth ‘Sandwich making’ task for Night watch. It is a blessing to be with a parish that takes its social responsibility seriously. There is no denying that we are facing a difficult year ahead, however there is much to be positive about. We are in a stronger position than some churches post covid. We are hosting more music events, Purley Classics is proving to be very popular, and we already have bookings for 2024. The ‘Place to be’ café is just over a year old. It is gaining in strength and reputation our volunteers come from the community as well as the congregation-it is also covering its costs and attracting grants. we need to capitalise on this and look at what else might develop from it i.e., the inclusive carol service we held this year. I have recently been approached and asked if we could host -Health and spirituality week in July working with Heart-light who lead Group and individual work based around movement meditation and we are looking at how we could tailor something for us. It is vital that we make more of such events to promote St Mark’s and draw others into faith. All these initiatives need to be seen as signs of hope and possibly directions we might focus on in the future. Opportunities for us to shine our lights so others may learn about all the good work we do. Every Christian has two primary duties in life. First, we must strive for personal holiness. And second, we must work to help others achieve this same degree of holiness. This is what it means to be the “salt of the earth” and the “light of the world.” Going forward If we are to thrive, rather than simply survive we must all be willing to put in the work that this takes. As a benefice as parishes and as individual the time has come to make changes in how we are called to serve God in this community. I said in my patronal festival sermon _. It is faith and trust that continues to give me hope as I see the potential that there is in both parishes and as a benefice. And I do have hope that we can be in a stronger place this time next year, but our place of strength may not look the way we expect it too and there are difficult decisions possibly courageous decisions and conversation ahead for both parishes._ 5 I have mentioned a few times in recent months about some difficult decisions that I have had to pray about and consider. Decisions will need to be made in the coming months by our PCC, also as a benefice with the 2 PCC’s working together. One that I need to share now was brought about by Guy’s resignation. I am sure many of you are wondering what is happening. The process of appointing a new organist requires us to follow correct procedures and fulfil our legal obligations, it has been a slow process. After much prayer, reflection, thought and discussion with the standing committee and Diocesan Human Resources, team 2 proposals were drafted. In all honesty it has also been one of the most difficult processes I have had to undertake in my 10 years here. Martin had first sight of these proposals and has been given the opportunity to share his thoughts. The PCC will be discussing the implications of the 2 proposals: 1-Stay with current situation and simply appoint an organist. 2-Join our 2 ‘music’ positions and create a new one – this would be in line with most churches in our situation ie making both the Organist and Musical Director Post redundant. This is not for open discussion at the APCM, however please do share your thoughts with the wardens or myself and the PCC. Another difficult discussion ahead of us is how we work as a benefice and how sustainable it is to have 2 churches – 2 PCCs etc with one incumbent. This is about being creative and courageous, it is about being honest about our situation and what it is possible for us to achieve. If we do not make the changes and continue to simple ‘pootle along’ then in all honesty I am not sure what the future has in store for us. We will be like salt that has lost its flavour. We will need to undertake some blue sky thinking and looking at what we might realistically achieve working across the benefice and with support from the diocese. The strategy committee have begun a process of consultation with diocese to look at new ways of being ‘church’. Whatever plans we might have, or might evolve they are useless unless they are grounded in prayer. As we emerge into a new chapter in the life of our parish, we do so with confidence that our roots are grounded in faith and we have our hope in the light of the Risen Christ. Therefore, when we meet these challenges together, head-on, we will continue to grow and encourage one another in the love of the God whom we serve. I pray also that we will continue to live God’s love in our community and with the Spirit’s help and guidance, breathe new life, joy, and enthusiasm into all that we try to do here in God’s name. _Your Vicar Fiona_ 6 ## **CHURCHWARDENS’ REPORT** _“Early duties of a Church Warden involved putting a stop to rowdiness and in some cases, fining and apprehending churchgoers who were being boisterous, riotous, or indecent. On the other extreme, the Warden’s staff was also used to lightly tap parishioners to wake them during services.”_ We are delighted to report that none of the above was required at St. Mark’s during the last year. You all behaved very well. It was gratifying to note that slowly things were progressing towards getting back to normal, following the effects of the covid virus. This has made it easier for us to meet up again and to welcome new visitors as well. One occasion we were able to do this was on 5[th] June when we celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Although the weather was not too good, we were able to use the halls for our Jubilee Picnic. It was gratifying to see so many tables decorated with Union Jacks and flags of the Commonwealth as it was to see our friends from St. Swithun’s and to have many of our neighbours visiting as well. Our year of recovery was greatly boosted by our Arts and Music Festival which was an event with content that could attract a wide audience, reaching out beyond members of our congregation to those living in the local area regardless of whether they were church-goers or members of any faith or none. Art and music were to be the attraction for welcoming visitors to our church to show its beauty and welcoming spirit. Many who came to the events, even those who were regular visitors to our halls, expressed surprise that such a jewel was in their own back yard. Comments about the festival made and overheard, were a mixture of surprise that we had pulled it off and compliments on the quality of the entertainment and catering. Some 700 people attended one or more event. Excluding promotional materials our expenditure on events (fees to performers and catering) was £7,846 and income from ticket sales, donations and the bar were £7,462 – a very modest net loss of £384 (or 12 pence per visitor!). The events were varied and were designed to appeal to all ages. A tutored Cheese and Wine Evening, Trinity Boys Choir, African Drumming sessions and Polka Theatre Story telling were some examples. A wonderful website and beautiful brochure were produced by Diana van Dromme who headed up the committee running the festival. It was a huge undertaking, and we are very grateful for the enormous amount of work and time that she put into this and for the work and support of the committee, Denise Squires, Kirsten Mycroft, Emily Keating along with ourselves. We have learned some lessons along the way but still feel that music has been and should continue to be a draw at St. Mark’s. The PlaceTo Be Café continues to go from strength to strength with more and more people attending every week. This is all due to the hard work of Lena, Evie and all their helpers. We congratulate them on their success in all they are doing for their visitors and for the way they are helping to get St. Mark’s on the map. 7 We have also continued this year to supply sandwiches to Croydon Nightwatch every Friday during February and March. This year Linda Makepeace organised all the duties and we are indeed very grateful to her and all our volunteers for making the sandwiches, donating snacks and delivering it all to the Croydon centre. Croydon Nightwatch are extremely thankful for all our efforts. The Thursday group continue to tackle a host of minor repairs and general maintenance including repairs to leaky taps, broken toilets, faulty lights, and maintaining the grounds. Although their numbers have been severely depleted in recent years they still soldier on with great tenacity. We are very appreciative of all the work done by Mike Sanders’ leadership with Terry Cairns, Mike Waters, Steve Dawson, Steve Hunt, and latest recruit Nick. There is always room for more to join them if anyone is willing. Larger projects requiring external contractors last year included the overhaul of the grand piano that played to great effect in the festival. This is a very valuable instrument that we are extremely fortunate to own but it does require some expenditure to maintain. However, much pleasure is derived from it throughout the year for example in concerts such as given by Erato orchestra and events such as Purley Classics. Stormy weather damaged the main entrance to the halls and thus the doors and windows of the foyer had to be replaced along with the windows of the small hall. However, these now give a far smarter appearance to the entrance of the halls. We do continue to struggle with the problems of our ancient central heating. One example of this was an outage on a very cold night of one of the festival concerts when the engineer sat in the boiler room until 11.00 pm ensuring that the heating was maintained. Were we grateful to him! While we are slowly getting to grips with the heating in the church, we have also now replaced all the heaters in the church halls which is still ongoing. We continue to have problems with the crumbling masonry at the front of the church and to the north side and with a quinquennial inspection later his year we will have to face large costs for dealing with this. Unfortunately, we continue to experience leaks from the roof in both the church and the halls and this is not being resolved by merely replacing tiles. Due to modern technology, we have now been able to look at the roof through the camera on a drone, which does considerably reduce the cost of erecting scaffolding. Speaking of cameras, we have now replaced and updated our CCTV security which is now a far more improved system. We have had considerable capital expenditure this year and this underscores the huge importance of the revenue from the hall lettings. We would like to express our gratitude to Sue Carter for all the work and effort she puts in to keeping the hall lettings coming in and organising the upkeep. This is not an easy job, and we are very appreciative of all that she does. Sadly, we have received two resignations this year. Our organist, Guy Norris left and is now pursuing different paths. Our LPA Diana van Dromme left us to extend her teaching career. We thank them both for the significant contribution they have made to our church life and wish them every success for their future. 8 We would like further to record our appreciation to Maureen Eddy for maintainig church flowers despite worrying times for her, to Adrian Frost for his continued support in so many ways and to Martin French and the choir for all their work. Finally, a big thank you goes to Julian Pearcey for his efficient organising of our services and to Rev. Fiona for all that she does in managing to keep two churches running and for her guidance to us and her excellent outreach in our parish. Who knows where the future is leading us? However, by working together, praying together and putting our total faith in the Lord we will go forward. _Brenda Knight Tom Jamieson-Craig_ ## **PCC SECRETARY’S REPORT** Another year flown by featuring 6 PCC meetings which are held bi-monthly and, with one exception, in person. This year saw the arrival of our new Treasury Team, Ian Robinson and Sarah Chartres. They agreed expenditure for Halls’ improvement, namely the double glazing of the foyer and small hall frontage which has not only improved the warmth of the Halls but given the hall buildings a more contemporary appearance which seems to have been well received. Also, and crucially, the Treasury Team responded swiftly to complaints from hirers about how cold the Halls were during the Winter and early Spring months. Our electrical supplier, Skiltons, quoted to install a brand new heating system featuring energy saving LED heaters and this was discussed at a Standing committee Meeting. The meeting approved the quote which the PCC then ratified at its next meeting. Skiltons were able to install the heating in the Easter break, therefore causing minimum disruption to the hiring schedule. There have been many favourable comments about the effectiveness of the heating. Quotes have been received and progress is being made on the refurbishment of the old office to create a selfcontained, small/medium size meeting room which will be known as the Norris Suite. The CTTV system was updated and we saw the appointment of Jenny Blair-Ford as Benefice Safeguarding Officer with assistance being offered by Linda Makepeace. _Sue Carter_ ## **DEANERY SYNOD REPORT** _This report was kindly compiled by the Deanery Synod’s excellent Secretary, Chris Babbs:_ After two years of disruption, we were able to hold all of our 2022 meetings on a “face-to-face” basis. The main theme of our 10[th] February 2022 meeting, at Christ Church was “How We Can Find Strength in Difficult Times” This was led by Rev Paul Roberts (Area Dean) and featured group discussions; reflections by Rev Doug McHardie; Prayer Stations devised by Rev Justine Middlemiss; a session on Praying in Solitudes led by Rev Lisa Fairman-Brown; and private prayer opportunities. On 8[th] June at St Andrew’s, we welcomed Rev Dr Tim Astin, Episcopal Area Environmental Adviser. Tim Talked about Care for Creation (one of the Five Marks of Mission) and how churches could pursue that, in the context of the Church of England’s general aim of being carbon neutral by 2030. The focus was on the practical – what we could actually do to promote Care for Creation, which might of-9 ten involve taking small steps first and building up to bigger issues. The 11[th] October meeting was held here at St Mark’s, Woodcote. The key theme was Inclusive Church – How to Make Church Worship and Activities Accessible. Rev Fiona Weaver and members of the St Mark’s and St Swithun’s teams gave us fascinating examples of how they were making church accessible, focusing on the Dementia Café at St Mark’s and St Swithun’s work with Carlen House, a care home for adults with a variety of special needs. A lot of practical examples and material were made available. Synod also elected Mr Gerry Daley (St Andrew’s) to the Deanery Leadership Team, in place of Mr Peter Burton (also St Andrew’s) who had been compelled to resign for health reasons. We are very grateful to Peter for his years of service, and to Gerry for taking on the role. The first meeting of 2023, and the last of the 2020-23 triennium, was held at All Saints’, Kenley on 9[th] February. Jack Swan, Community Organizer for Croydon Citizens, and Alex Enaharo (St Luke’s, Woodside) gave us a very challenging and thought-provoking presentation on moving on from the “charity of mercy” (ie dealing with the symptoms of problems) to the “charity of justice” (tackling their root causes). This is the distinctive theme of Citizens UK, of which Croydon Citizens is the local association. Examples were given of work in Croydon North Deanery and in mental health. We need to give deep consideration to the implications for the southern part of the Borough of Croydon. Also in February we marked Rev Paul Roberts’ last Synod as Area Dean, with a reception kindly organized by Rev Justine Middlemiss and the All Saints’ team. Paul is standing down as Area Dean at Easter, prior to retirement from full-time ministry in September. Our lay Chair, Indrani Balachandran, is also standing down at the end of the triennium but, sadly, was unable to be with us at the Synod meeting. We are very grateful to Paul and Indrani for their leadership, particularly in the last few, very difficult, years. This year’s APCMs are due to elect members of Synod’s House of Laity for the 2023-26 triennium. We do hope people will be minded to stand for election, particularly as we ended the 2020-23 triennium with a significant number of vacancies. The diocese has published a leaflet giving information about Synod membership – featuring a photograph of one of our sessions and a quotation from Indrani – which is available in all churches. _Ian Robinson_ ## **DIRECTOR OF MUSIC’S REPORT** Previous reports of mine over the last few years have highlighted that the organ is showing signs of age and how it is becoming increasingly unreliable. The long-term solution to this problem is a major rebuild to renew the leatherwork (a lot of it dating back to when the organ was built in 1915) and changing the original flawed tubularpneumatic action to a reliable modern electric action. However, in the last year, the PCC has decided not to pursue this course due to the costs involved. This year saw the resignation of Guy Norris, who had been our organist since the eighties. His long experience and flair with the organ enabled him to work around the many problems with the instrument that often occurred during services. His departure is a great loss to St. Mark’s. While we are without a full-time organist, we have three very experiences players (Angela, Robert and Martin M.) who join us on a rota basis. I am very grateful to them for providing this cover and coping with the vagaries of the organ. I would like to thank the choir for all their efforts over the last year. Before we found our regular three stand-in organists, we had to sing unaccompanied on many occasions—this being extremely hard work as there are so few of us. It is gratifying to hear so many of the congregation enjoy the hymns and psalms and the contribution it makes to worship. 10 Up in the choir stalls we can hear hearty singing from the congregation and we would greatly appreciate some new choir members—you will be very welcome. We only ask that you can sing in tune—the rest you can learn. Please come and speak to me after the Sunday service if this appeals to you. _Martin French_ ## **LITURGY REPORT** The Liturgy Team is responsible for managing the services of the church, and is a sub-committee of the PCC, to which it is answerable. In 2022-23 its members were: Revd. Fiona Weaver (Chair) Martin French (Director of Music) Tom Jamieson-Craig Julian Pearcey (Reader, Secretary & Rota Manager) Tony Tucker (Treasurer) Its duties are wide ranging: Planning the liturgy over the year; Reviewing services that have taken place; Staffing services; Producing orders of service; Deciding on musical requirements; Managing the Vestry; Overview of the sidesmen, readers, intercessors, servers and chalice assistants. The meeting agenda always covers a review of the previous months’ services, and plans the next few months. Other areas covered in the last year include: Working on new ways of delivering the liturgy. Ways of making services available on line for those unable to attend church. In the last year the group has met three times. _Julian Pearcey_ ## **HALL AND CHURCH LETTINGS REPORT** 2022 has been a good year for halls and church lettings. We have also picked up some new hirers : Art Classes on Tuesday mornings are well attended, Watendone is now well established on Tuesday afternoon having moved the previous year from evening meetings. In July this year we are hoping to welcome a new Puppy training Class, which will be taking place in the Lodge on Monday evenings, 6 week courses, running across this year. Once again Younger Generation had to cancel their bookings due to lack of numbers responding to audition sessions. They are hoping to run a week long Musical Theatre Workshop during the summer holidays. Children’s parties are still popular in our halls on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The hirers were very appreciative by the determination of church officers to resolve perennial issues with hall heating and the new systems have been very well received. We continue our appreciation of all the hard work the Thursday Group does to keep the halls well maintained despite nature’s best attempt to foil them. The halls and kitchen will be closed for a week in August to allow a complete re-decoration. We continue to have hall hire space available for a regular class on Thursdays, so do please spread the word. _Sue Carter_ 11 ## **THE THURSDAY GROUP** Quite a lot has happened over the past year. We had a drought in the summer and snow and rain in the winter months, during which we managed to keep most problems under control. At the rear of the church we have been busy cutting and trimming the trees and bushes that border our neighbours behind all the huts—with neverending trips to the tip! The grass is cut regularly and the memorial garden has been completely weeded including the front and south side of the hall. One major job completed was lining the west side of the large hall roof with PVC sheeting. This has now stopped water penetration. We are organising a major painting project to the large and small halls and general tidy-up to be carried out in August which has not been done for some time. Could we ask all users of the halls, if using sellotape on the walls, to please remove it as we cannot paint over it. Thank you. With the regular use of the church halls we have been able to fix leaks, clean out drains, repair locks, replace lights, mend chairs and replace anything old or broken. Bearing mind the age of the church—and all of us - the jobs seem to be getting larger and they take longer to complete, but we do enjoy what we do. As I stated in my previous reports our motto is to “Save the Church money”! _Michael Sanders_ ## **CHURCH FLOWER GROUP** Like the cost of living flowers are now expensive. However, we are extremely lucky that people have donated very generously towards the cost. We have very few flower arrangers left now due to ill health and age. My thanks go to Elizabeth Pope, Mary Taylor, Kirsten Baker and also Edna Lack, who sadly died recently. I hope all the ladies enjoy their retirement. If anyone would like to help with arranging pedestals I would be happy to offer tuition. _Maureen Eddy_ ## . **COFFEE GROUP** Many thanks to all members of our dedicated team and welcome to the newcomers. As our lovely friend Pat Teasdale said in her report last year, “having a chance to chat and catch up with everyone after the service is much appreciated”. This time on Sunday mornings is important to so many of us and without you, our team, a valuable opportunity to socialize and support each other would be sadly missed. _Deirdre Lea_ ## **PRAYER GROUP REPORT** _“It is in fact the most normal thing in the common Christian life to pray together.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer_ This group has been going for many years now and you may like to know how our meetings are conducted. We meet regularly on a Tuesday afternoon just across the road from the church at 9 Church Road. We come together to pray not only for ourselves and the church but for all people in need and for the coming of God’s Kingdom. Following our opening prayer in which we ask for God’s presence with our gathering, we have a bible reading. We then discuss, often in quite a lively fashion, what we have just read particularly in respect of its meaning in the present day and in our own lives. This is followed by intercessory prayers to which we bring our concerns for people or situations which may require our love and support. In addition, from time to time we play some music that one of us has chosen. Our meeting ends with a closing prayer in which we thank God asking him to send us out in the Spirit. All are welcome to our meetings so just let Glorie Singaratnam (020 8763 1961) know if you wish to come. Alternatively, if there is something or someone you wish for us to pray, then just let Glorie or myself know. **Don’t forget we are here to pray for you or with you.** _Brenda Knight_ 12 ## **GIFT AID REPORT** I am pleased to report that the level of giving for St Mark’s has continued to improve and is very supportive of our church with some £54,000 coming from our regular donors in 2022. Cash in the collection plate is down on pre-pandemic levels as may be expected, but has begun to improve now that our congregation has begun to return to worship. Cash pre-pandemic was in the region of £6,000. This fell to below £3,500 in 2021 but increased to £5,000 in 2022. A further £11,000 in Gift Aid was claimed. All these figures are approximate. The use of our contactless machine is also proving more acceptable to people and this method of giving is also on the increase ( the actual amounts are included in the figures above). As Gift Aid is claimable on these payments as well as for cash in the plate, St Mark’s benefits from both and is suitably grateful. I am also grateful to those of you who responded to my plea for an increase in giving to offset the losses due to Covid. Undoubtedly your generosity has helped save the day. Our Treasurer’s report provides more detail elsewhere in this Annual Report. _Terry Cairns. Gift Aid Recorder._ ## **WOMEN’S CIRCLE REPORT** Our membership now stands at 38 and we have enjoyed a full year of monthly meetings with excellent lunches and interesting talks. We are delighted to welcome Revd Fiona to our meetings and guests to our Summer and Christmas Lunches. Our Leader Robina Holmes has been sending out monthly newsletters to everyone to keep in touch with the group and to remind members to give their apologies in advance to help with the catering. We are very grateful to all those who provide our excellent lunches. This year our Charity of the Year was “Canine Partners”, and we very much enjoyed our visit from Pat Hewett in September, who spoke to us about the work of the charity and introduced her dog, Beau. This season we have welcomed back Colin Jones and Sue James and have enjoyed a talk on bee-keeping. In March the Rev’d Fiona spoke about her recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Now we are now looking forward to one of our members speaking on “Pleasure Gardens and Spas in London and Surrey” and later on our old friend Sue Henning returns to tell us about “Bhutan – Land of the Thunder Dragon”.A warm welcome is extended to anyone who would like to join the group and to any visitors. For more details see the St Mark’s website and the Uplander. _Deirdre Lea_ ## **FIRST WOODCOTE RAINBOWS/17TH BROWNIES** **1[st] Woodcote Rainbows -** The Rainbow Unit is still quite small; our numbers have yet to recover from the pandemic. Since October 2022 Girlguiding UK has allowed us to accept girls from the age of four, but many of that age are not ready to follow the Guiding programme and we have had to simplify most of the designated tasks to earn the badges. We played lots of games and did a lot of singing to help the girls to settle not the Unit. During the course of 2022/2023 the Rainbows have learned about helping others, and who to ask for help. They have also learned about different charities. 13 They spent time learning about first aid kits and the importance of hygiene whilst learning first aid, and they had great fun treating each other for fake injuries. They also learned about the importance of eating a varied diet. They made crowns for the Jubilee and found out more about Queen Elizabeth. We had a Teddy Bears' picnic to celebrate the Jubilee, and made pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. We also had an Easter Egg hunt. ## **17th Purley Brownies** The Brownie Unit is beginning to grow with some girls new to Guiding joining us at various ages, as well as those who have come through Rainbows. We follow the Brownie Programme so the girls can earn interest badges and theme badges as well as celebrating various events throughout the year. This year we have covered three themes; Be Well, Have Adventures and Express Myself. The activities included a mixture of different types of craft, scientific experiments, dance and cooking. All of which give the girls and opportunity to work together in various groups and develop a variety of skills. We made soda bread for harvest festival, pancakes for Shrove Tuesday and did some outdoor cooking for the older girls as part of their leaving celebration. We made individual Jubilee trifles and held an indoor street party to mark the Platinum Jubilee which the girls planned and catered for themselves. As part of the Have Adventures theme, we took a small group the Docklands Scout Project for a day of watersports which was throughly enjoyed by all. In April 2023 we will be joining with the 2[nd] Purley Brownie Unit for a 3 night Brownie holiday. We encourage girls to move through to Guides and three girls moved on to the Guide unit at St Mark’s having reached the maximum age for Brownies. Both Units are fortunate to have the facilities offered by St Mark’s available to use which gives the girls lots of opportunities to have fun, learn new skills and make friends. _Lindsey Ithell_ ## **2ND PURLEY GUIDES AND RANGERS** Over the last year we have increased both our Guide and Ranger numbers from 20 Guides and 7 Rangers to 34 Guides and 11 Rangers. We have had a busy 12 months and the girls have achieved many badges and awards over this period including Navigator, Media Critic, Backwoods cooking, First Aid, Mixology, Natural Remedies, Bushcraft, Festival Goer, Personal Brand, Genealogy and Cooking. We have enjoyed several residential trips, including 3 sleepovers: completing it’s a knockout games, playing adventure golf, completing a challenge night hike, learning to light a fire using a steel and flint, whittling a piece of wood into a tent peg and identifying different bird and animal tracks. Plus 2 holidays and a week-long pirate themed summer camp where we enjoyed loads of different activities including climbing, zip wire, low ropes, archery, cooking on open fires, water games, tie dye and several girls made their promises. We have also enjoyed a couple of day trips, the Rangers went to Brighton for an i360 promise and a pier rides promise and the Guides enjoyed a trampoline session before our March sleepover. 14 All 3 sections also had the opportunity to take part in the national Girlguiding photoshoot for our recent rebranding.We took part in the Harvest Parade, making decorations for the church, we participated in the Remembrance Parade at the Lord Roberts memorial, and we attended the Mothering Sunday parade and held a bake sale afterwards. Thank you to the congregation of St. Mark’s for supporting us with that.We also celebrated the Queen’s jubilee by completing some of the Queen’s favourite activities from when she was a Guide, including designing and completing obstacle courses, and celebrated her life with a thanksgiving ceremony and learning about the Royal Family. During our weekly meetings we first worked on our Have Adventures theme, learning about the stars and planets, playing capture the flag, completing a penny hike, and travelling around the world, then during the Autumn term we spent several sessions learning about first aid, including how to perform CPR, how to put someone in the recovery position and learning to treat many different medical emergencies. We are now looking forward to summer camp at Picketts Wood, we are preparing for our Gangshow, being held the weekend of 22[nd] / 23[rd] September, to which everyone is invited, to help us raise funds for our trip to Switzerland in August 2024, where we will be joining with other Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from around the world at Our Chalet World Centre and will be completing lots of exciting activities as well as a service project to help the local community. We are also working towards our Take Action and our Skills for my Future themes over the next few months. _Clare Wallis._ ## **25TH PURLEY (ST. MARK’S) SCOUT GROUP** The 25[th] Purley (St. Mark’s) Scout Group was registered with the Scout Association on 1[st] December 1951 and has been delivering Scouting to the young people in our local community at St. Mark’s ever since. What is Scouting? It isn’t an activity club with a single activity; it isn’t a sports club focusing on one sport and it is so much more than after school activities. We prepare young people with skills for life and everyone is welcome. We’re talking about teamwork, leadership and resilience and making memories that will last a lifetime. All in a safe and secure environment where there’s loads of laughter and where just being together is key. At the 25[th] Purley we pride ourselves on inspiring the next generation; on supporting our families, local community and church and in working in partnership with our parents so that our young people can achieve and be the best that they can be. Thank you to our outstanding and amazing volunteer Leader Teams in Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and to our Group Executive - Alex, Rakesh and Kay. All our Leaders and Helpers give outstanding service to Scouting in our local community and we hope that they will continue to do so for many years to come. St. Mark’s is our church family. We are sponsored by St. Mark’s and are proud to carry your name. Thank you to St. Mark’s for providing us with somewhere to meet and for your support throughout the year – with special thanks to Rev’d Fiona.2022 saw the return of several activities, camps and parades that we had been forced to put on hold during Covid. Many a happy evening was spent last Summer at Park Farm, Banstead, our favourite local Scout Camp Site, where we enjoyed some great weather and our young people had loads of fun. 15 Summer Camp was held for the first time since 2019 for all 3 Sections, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. Our young people took part in nonstop adventurous activities at Blackland Farm - albeit very hot at times! The food was superb - thanks to Matt Greenslade, our chef - and our volunteer Leader Team was fantastic throughout. We organised, led and ran our first full parade since Christingle 2019 on Remembrance Sunday at Woodcote Village Green. We followed this up with the Christingle Service in December and then Mothering Sunday in March. For many of our families, it was the first time that they had attended St. Mark’s as they joined us after the first lockdown. This year, our Scouts were able to attend their first Winter Camp since February 2020 with fantastic food and amazing activities both on and off site. We have an action packed diary for 2023 and are looking forward to summer evenings at Park Farm; celebrating the Long Service and Merit Awards earned by several members of our volunteer leader team that are so richly deserved; a water activities day at Longridge, near Marlow in June and Summer Camp in August for all three Sections. In addition, we have an International Camp in Kandersteg, Switzerland to look forward to in 2024 - 10 days in August. We have 30 young people signed up to go and we are busy fundraising.It has also been another sad year with the loss of Martin Banks last August. He will always be associated with the Jumble Sale and his lifetime commitment to the 25[th] Purley will never be forgotten. He started the Jumble Sale and was always to be found in the Bric a Brac section; he was an Instructor and Leader in the Troop and served as treasurer, auditor and as a Vice President. Finally, a massive thank you to Kerr - from Scouting and from me. On the 17[th] April, Kerr’s birthday, he celebrated 50 years continuous service to Scouting as a leader and 2 more before that as a Young Leader. What a fantastic achievement - although I’m not sure he wants to be reminded! Kerr has provided generations of young people with amazing adventures – at home and abroad – with memories to last a lifetime. He has also mentored numerous new leaders, passing on his skills, experience and wisdom. We are all so very proud of and grateful to Kerr for all that he has done and for all that we hope he will continue to do in the future………… _Barbara McKinnon, “Akela” and Group Scout Leader._ ## **TREASURER’S REPORT ENDING 31 DEC 202** The 2022 financial results for the Parish showed a modest surplus of income less expenditure of £2,173 compared with £14,948 in 2021, both figures before unrealised gains and losses on investments. Income, including investments, rose by 17.6%, whilst expenditure grew by 30.2%, resulting in the lower surplus. The income from donations, with associated Gift Aid, held up well and hall income increased by 53% over 2021 as Covid restrictions ended and our Hall Lettings Manager Sue Carter successfully promoted the use of the halls and lodge. Two major unbudgeted items of expenditure were approved in 2022: the refurbishment of our grand piano (£7,236); and the replacement of the wooden hall frontage and windows (£14,800) following significant storm damage, the vast majority of which was unclaimable on insurance. Both items have been charged to our restricted reserve funds. The impact of much higher energy costs is evident and increased rates of inflation were seen across the board. We look forward to falling inflation in 2023. 16 Our investment portfolio had no additions or withdrawals but the year-end valuation (£315,738) was 13.8% lower than at the close of 2021 (£366,283). It must be emphasised that this is an unrealised loss, required to be shown by the relevant accounting standards, and no actual cash has been lost with the portfolio. The portfolio is diversified to a considerable extent but was hit by stock market falls in almost every country in 2022, triggered by market worries over rises in inflation and interest rates. In 2022 the church paid £59,000 to the Diocesan Parish Support Fund. The diocese have advised that on average across the diocese this funding is allocated in these proportions: Ministers' pay, including National Insurance and pensions, £28,900; Ministers' housing £7,100; training and other ministry support £10,600; and wider support for parishes £12,400. The PCC has pledged £62,300 to the Parish Support Fund for 2023, which exceeded the contribution suggested by the diocese. Note 13 provides more detail about the reserves policy and major risks. On the latter, although our planned giving has held up remarkably well thanks to the continuing generosity of parishioners, the age profile of our major donors is of increasing concern. A further risk is that the church relies on the letting income stream to avoid using our financial investments, therefore it is essential to keep the hall and lodge as functional and welcoming as possible. This can result in sizeable and unpredictable expenditure emerging. The halls are nearly 60 years old and significant expenditure on electrical works is underway in 2023 to keep our offering to hirers competitive. My thanks go to my long-serving predecessor Tony Tucker, whose range covered most operational aspects as well as the finances, for his continuing counsel and assistance. It has needed two people to assume Tony's many duties and I am very grateful to the Deputy Treasurer, Sarah Chartres, for taking on the day-to-day accounting and problem-solving, tackling items as varied as payroll, insurance and the increasingly important work involved with fuel costs - to name but three areas. I have appreciated her competence and energy as we get to grips with the roles. Terry Cairns continues his valued work with the banking and Gift Aid recoveries, a task made more complicated by the introduction of our card machines for donations. Sue Carter, Hall Lettings Manager, has rebuilt the letting income stream after the famine years of 2020 and 2021 due to Covid, and is constantly working to improve the offering for hirers. Sue is ably assisted by Geoff Knight with the accounting and banking connected with the letting income. I am also grateful to our accounts examiner, Andrew Harker, for his guidance on the process for producing these accounts and for general advice on making better use of our Xero accounting package. _C.I. Robinson Honorary Treasurer_ 17 REPORTOFTHETREASURER ANDACCOUP FOR THE I'EAR ENDED JI DECEMBER 2022 FOR ST. MARK'S CHURCH W(KIDCOTE ST. MARK'S CHLIRCH WOOKOTE CO%TENTS OFTHE FIYANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE I'EAR EP4DED31 DECEYBER 2022 Pate Report o(theTrt4surer I￿￿￿02￿t Exwninu'i Report Statement of rtM•t1￿ Aflivitiu B￿#￿te Shtet Notu io the Accounts 5 kn 13 Detsiltd StAttThent of FiTTran0￿ Adiviti ST. MARK'S CHURCH WOOtKOTE REPORT OF THE TREASLRER FOR THE I'EAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2D12 Thc 2022 financiaj rwJlt5 f(Y thc hwish SI￿.￿ g gJrplu5 of inco0￿ Ic5s of £2.173 collw￿d Mtth £14,948 iti 2021. fiyurts ￿rore urtr￿lL￿d athd lo&ses on ith'¢swwts. iD%¢slmAts. r05c ￿. 17.60& whil eYpcndiDJre gr￿% h. 30.Y/•. resultsng In ￿ lowersuTpIus The incomc from d￿￿"(￿& wrth a￿l￿ed Gift A*J. held ￿ well hdl incom¢ iwt*¢l ITh" 5f/• Q%¢T 2021 45 Cm'id sinciiixJ$ ¢Thd￿ alld our ￿￿1 ￿￿1￿¥5 M•a¥¢r C¥kr succtssfull!. pr￿)￿￿4] the usc of the halls loJBJe Tiio major untr￿d8¢1￿ ttrms of CXF¢ThthDJTe wer¢ aFPTthtyJ ITh 2022.. the refUth"shm￿l of (Atr gr￿d 1£7.2361." thc Tcplr*emcni of thc is(X)d￿ hall froJ]la¥e IL14.8(K)I roliowuJ8 51wfic•i Xorni daw. thc %'aa majonty. of W￿"th un¢laJmabl¢ On insyranct. Both IteTllS h*"e be4] to ow r¢strir*d ￿5￿ve furth. The imw of much higher enew. ¢0#& is &TrJ inercagcd raiu Orinfl￿1on wcrc XTOSS the Imd Wt fornard ￿ f￿11￿¥ 2023. Jr ini¢stmeM ￿nrot10 hra Jy) OJ"LtsLW or ￿￿￿￿"11$ i'thiuth¢M1£315.7381 13.V/o loThcT rd Ihc Cl￿ or 202111366.2831 li mua ￿ emph*wJ th41 this is In unwEdised loss. rewirtd to bc IA th¢ r¢l•"•ni *courttsrtb stsfyl•xds. and rto has lost with th¢ w￿[0110 Th¢ wtfdjo L5 to a ¢onsKluablc extrni bw Mis hit b%. $￿tK mat&. in al[n(￿l e%¢ry CLNth' in 2022. tii88eroJ b>. math ¥omes ow ri¥$ th¢¢r¢M r*¢S. In 2022 the chur¢h p&d L59.LKMJ 10 th¢ DJo¢¢w FWKI. The h•ic &lvLsed ai¢t#¥¢ thc dior¢s¢ this fimdJ'n8 i5 all￿41￿j in thcJc Ivo￿.¢￿￿'. Mini*crs' pm.. tTrtludtftg Nabthal In￿ra￿tt md p￿$1(￿. £2% IAXI. Minism, h￿SIng £7.IW. irainwg aT¥J other mintth supwrt £10.61X)' MLd¢r panshes £12.41X). Tk PCC has plgi8•1 £62J(Kl ￿ the Pmsh FytKI for 2023. wkn¢h ex¢edtd c(ffltli￿￿￿ th¢d￿K￿¢. Note 13 provides detail the ruer4es p)ii¢%' *rk4 Ma￿)r risks (kn tht (wr plannc44 sii'ing hL8 heid up r¢mnrkabli N¢ll thanks conwiuin¥ Orp￿¥￿.{￿￿5. ¢k p¥ofik ofw major is ofitKrca5iThB ¢onc¢rn. A fvrth¢r risi. t$ ¢h¢ ¢bur¢h rtlies ￿ th¢ Iciimg mc£￿t Mre*n LO y*n8 ¢xw finthcid im'cAmenis. th¢r¢fcKe Il i$ ess¢niihl to k¢¢p th¢ Iwjl Id8¢ ￿ funCtsC￿lI ￿ welccthth¥ ts p)ssibJ¢ Thi's rw rcsull ￿ sixablc unwfyli¢tstA¢ ¢¥w￿lu￿ Cmcrging. Thc halls are ne￿ty UJ v¢ws ow ar#1 $i￿lfie•￿ exr*¥J]"trut M ekCrric￿ works is in 2023 kn kcep c4Jr olTenn8 w hir¢rs Com￿lti1.¢. MA thanks 80 to m%. Ion8vSm'in8 ry¢&¢¢sty Tons. Twkv. rwye cth'erryl ttK>Jt 0p¢rtiOD￿ as well as ftn*tc¢& for his ¢ontu)uiDy and u&sunce li Iw lo o58wn¢ Tonl's mam dutses *hl I %¢Th' ¥TllKful ￿ thc D¢putt" Tr¢tywrer, S•r•h Chartr¢s. for thkLn8 thc dm'4rAa) actuJntih8 w0N¢M￿lI1ng. txkling itsms &$ i pth'rJ futyjs R¢*ncitsl funds 263J79 87ffj24 307.1 TOTAL FUNDS The finon¢Jo1 statements were 4>FYo%'al iTh' the ofTn*egs arml iw SiSmLyJ on its t￿h￿rb>.. (6Hts21 .. attd w¢Y¢ P4¢4 ST. MARK'S CHURCH W1y)I￿OTE OTFS TO THE.4ccouNrs FOR THE Tr'EAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of prepari￿¥ the finAnciJl 5t•tements Thc *counts hm"e been Jwtsed In xcoThLarte with the Clwiti¢S SORP (FRS I021'A￿￿1￿8 Re￿Ing￿. Charitics.. SiaLcmu)i of Re£oMThKnd￿ Prxtice a￿licable 10 chAniits wewittg thw ￿￿]llts In a(*rtfft¥ SknJ￿d awhcabl¢ iti th¢ UK ￿ R4￿bliC of It¢lth' thc Chars1i¢s Act 2011. Th¢ ¥counts *al¢menL% haF¢ prepw¢d th¢ hixonui c(fflv¢Nwn. with tk e%e4*Km of Th"￿"¢￿ e Includcd ai mafkd %aluc. ￿ T￿￿￿.[101 h the reIalu￿On ofcerlwn tsXL8. IDCQllIt All income is rtcogniy&J in the of A¢tsiitses the ¢hurth hAs ¢ntsdM%rt to the fimd5. it 15 pmbd)l¢ that thc incornc YJJI bc rvceii'￿ ar¥J thc arr￿ ¢m bc mca5urcd rcliabh.. Exptaditure Liabiliti¢s r¢w8niwJ 4$ a5 xx￿ os th¢rE is A or con*r￿live sJbligth¥)n Commi￿n¥ the thurch io th el￿nth￿￿e. bl is Prob￿le that a tr￿sfer0( e£(m￿nic I￿er1￿ will be Lll setti¢mthi thl th¢ Atniwnl of thc ob128Jlion ¢bn be m¢L8urtyJ rtlLabl) is x¢outhi¢4 f(* m an x¢nwl$ b&41$ J[41 hos clawficd uTrJcr k4din¥s th 4¥Ye¥a￿ ail cogi rd#ryJ ￿ th¢ threcth atrib￿¢d w parn"¢¥lar he*lith8s tho. hai'¢ bt locaityl 10 aCUviiL¢S On a basi8 C￿*$*nE with ￿ wofr¢sw¢¢s Tlniible rued Dcprtti￿7tyi Iswoi'bjed ￿ the fdkniing MWbu•I rtes ill (ffdcr to WTite off exh w olrr its¢4im#&l w¢ful life Fixwres and fittin88 3w71'¢Ms Fwnd A¢countsn8 Unr¢$th¢￿1 fu￿ ¢• b¢ in ¥ctyd•￿ V4ith th¢ ¢hw¢h'$ c&i¢dii'¢s ofthc PCC. Restri¢￿4 fuTrls ¢4n oTr1s k uscd forpwpxc¥ 4)￿lf￿d ￿). DONATIONS AND LECACIES 20 2021 Plwwd w¥in8. ILX ¢ffi¢MI 48.142 BequesL8 Thll aid refuTrJ$ Cash coll¢¢lions Cord reod¢r%k)n4 ID.(MX 12.214 2.746 14,753 3987 85.110 'OTHER TRADING A￿l￿TIEs 2022 2021 Vpl•tM1cr IrKomc & EN>UKkn"u Churth lettin8S Anncx incomc Hall Ltiiirt8 incim¢ k&8 dewit fffu¥ FundrnisinB Insur￿¢¢ rlwrn W¢thlLnb & Fwwal f￿$ 183 2J41 6331 48197 208 5¥7 ).935 28.-$41 2,766 62J65 40.856 Pagc 5 ¢OniittuLXI... sr. MARK'S CHURCH W(m)￿OTE NOTES TO THE ACCOITNTS- ¢OlltiAued FOR THE I'EAR ENDED 31 DECEIIBER 2022 IIYVESTMENf INCOME 2022 2021 Intejrst CHARITABLE AcfiwTIES COSTS SupFOrt ¢0￿$ l¥¢ no* 61 Dirt£a Totals GIvLnB to Mjwons I￿4 Chariiics C.huTch ckpynscs DiLK¢S¢ ¢mIn￿ti< Otkr coA5 88.159 6*71 157JJO 159.1 SUPPORT COSIS )1'en)￿¢¢ coAs Finar Otr¢r¢os 442 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfiviTIES uttr¢5th¢t￿ R¢5tri¢tsd ruThl$ funds INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM DonBurffis and Icg#ieg 72.434 12.676 40.836 9.213 40.156 Invuun¢nl I￿ome Total 122J03 14.696 EXPENDITIIREON Ch*ri¢abk irtiV41iu (iJvin8 to M155Km5 Charities Chur¢h ¢*p￿ 342 12.986 $8.IKX> 7.753 52.986 58.(MKJ 7.753 . ¢os Tot*1 342 122 Net 80ins(m im'e*merMS 27.$97 P4ET INCOME 18.191 2.020 lo.￿8 2.0201 49.159 Trahsftfs between Net movement ifi fwnds 30211 18.(J4 4Y.159 REcof4CJLIATiof4 OF FUNDS T￿al funds brougm foNard 276.9VJ 73,736 350.715 TOTAL FUNIYS CARRIED FORWARD 3U7.1 92.6x4 ST. MARK'S CIIiThiCH WO0[￿oTE (yrES TO THE ACCOllTrqTS- ¢onti#ued FOR THE I'EAR ENDEDJI DECEMBER 2W12 TANGIBLE FtXED A&sErs fittirt8S COST Ai l Januan. 2022 w¥J 31 D￿b¢r 2022 23J DEPRECIATION Ai l 21122 Cbar¥¢ for !' 22314 At 31 Dcccmkn 2022 23399 NET BOOK VALUE Ai 31 De¢emtrxT 202? Ai 31 Dc4¢miKr 2021 4x6 FIxEDA￿ET INVESTMENTS s¢¢tl¢ments PYMILn¥ MARKET VALUE Ai l JanuaTh 21122 R¢5'41u￿tiMj SO.V51 At 31 Dx¢mErti 2022 NET BOOK VALUE AI 31 DK¢mt¢r 2022 At 31 DxemE¢r 2021 llJ¢r¢ no ini¢8¢mmi the UK. C¢rtiin ini'estm¢#ts kid tr4. &)utlM*& D￿¢$￿ of Fin*)c¢ 1%41uc a 31 DElSl 17.7611 JiJJ3 26.99) 1.212 .19) 145J231 U12 263379 Restriried fundi Southwfjrk. OfF1m￿ RcsthC￿l Gitls & SFtCLal B¢qu¢ Plfjcc ￿ bc carc 79 123121 6N.676 1,07J 2J3 IOA 237$ 92 2A481 U121 87h24 TOTAL FUNDS 48J71 351J)3 ST. MARK'S CHURCH Woo￿OrE NOTES TO THE AcCOl1r￿rs- continued FOR THE )'EAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 MOVEMENT IN FL'NDS- N¢i mth"¢m¢n¢ iti CuNts. ill¢lwJ¢d JD th¢ kn¢ are Js follow. GaLThS •* Moieme4)L In funds Unrestricted fun fuThJ 146989 17.461 MissiL Sionovork" •thl ￿￿( Church mw[llen￿ct 16.9821 152531 12.71LfjI 12/th1 10.6151 15,7221 110.9761 {14m71 111.6811 16.1231 16k*l41 17.7611 H￿1$ Cudaking Or8MJ Choir 12.143 1156.7321 139WII 145J231 Restricted fyndi Southi18rk DJotcs•n ￿)Ild of FJn*K¢ Resth¢tyJ &fts & •ppe￿5 Bcqucst Plxc to be ¢•fe UJ2 IIOJ931 233 2A28 IOA73 2J281 TOTAL FVNDS 161J33 SOJMI 48J711 ComyrAtives for m4)wem¢Tht Na Trartsf¢rs Ai Ai 1.1.21 Infw Uhrejtrfcted fun cKn¢r￿ fuTr mi￿{ Sknknvork" Athd ￿￿[r￿lI Church maIn*n￿ H￿1 Maini£n4ll Hi115 rw¢￿1￿8 JlJ29 0.346 27298 23.312 27214 18.(A57 l.(Al) 2.734 2.020 71.616 30.032 24.444 28.429 37.IIIK 34.754 1.3¢14 3.442 3217 27 31J37 Choir 276.979 28.191 2.020 307.1 Restritted funds thi¥ark. t*orwn &)ard ofFin*K¢ Rcsth¢t&4 GL"fts & SFwal 4wls Bequesi Plxe tobe cafe 72.955 781 8.634 59 12.0201 79.569 84 iO.(MM) 10.( TOTAL FUNDS 140715 399.874 ST. MA￿'s CHURCH W￿DCOTE YOTES TO THE ACCOL":TrqTS- ¢ootinued FOR THE I'EAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 13. MOVEMEiYf IN FUNDS- ¢onti*ued Comparauve neL ￿￿￿eMent in indth ID thc atA)i'e are Ls (01kn*s'. G￿n5 Mo%'cmeni in f￿d$ IIDrutrirted fu GL,ne￿￿ futyj Missi Ston¢wL¥k rwf repair Chur¢h Maini¢n Hall MaLntcnu￿c Hd1$ C￿¢￿kIng 122,442 I1(￿.535> .68YI 5.16A) I8.(￿7 {l.fA?I 2.734 2.734 2334 2 J88 3.443 3,154 137 1.2UII 11.372) 63 3.217 27 Cholr 122J03 {121.￿)) 27J97 28.191 R¢stri¢t¢d fundi Southwark DJoc¢san &)ud of Fin￿¢ Resthc*d &'fis & s￿XI￿ 4ww•Is Bcqucsl Pl￿¢ tob¢ uf¢ 1020 401 10.¢ 614 ¥.(>34 59 1342) io,c 2.275 2114x58 TOTAL FUNDS A ¢wrent ve•r 12 TrJnthJ 12 ￿￿thIc￿mbL￿I 1$ N¢i Trwf¢rs Ai 31.12.22 Ai 1.121 in fur¥J5 fur¥]5 Unrtstritttd fuodi ncrnl MISSL Stoncwtvk arwl rthf r¢pir Churrh Mwnlcnmcc H411 MAlrtl¢n*i¢¢ H￿11¥ Organ C]K)ii 1.529 4232 91.289 63.335 24.779 12.7()2 12.3()6 31.203 2(J.Y)3 12.1191 110.550} I14.￿￿) 13.1731 14.5441 23J12 27214 34.376 31.537 276.979 117J321 4232 263.879 Rtstrifted fund¥ Southm'wk. ￿(￿¢5#￿ Board of Fin* kcsmctrd Crifts & 5rttl￿ 4wcd5 B¢quc51 Plxe to b¢ ¢af¢ 1471 292 I.S.(KKI 2.875 142321 .676 1.073 15.(X)O 73.736 1#.120 32 #7.624 TOTAL FUNDS 350.715 788 3515U3 Page 10 ST. MARK'S CHURCH WOO￿oTE NOTES TO THE ACcOU￿TS. tontittutd FOR THE I'EAR ENDEDJI DECEMBER 1021 13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- ¢ffjtttiny A Gurrcrt 12 mlwths I￿1 12 wxtths¢othr¢d rfi ]ty)veDx¢rt fio¥J& th¢ludry] in th¥ akni'¢ ar¢ a5 follo￿$.. Inc(*ning cw.ns atbj Mol'em￿l itt fithds Uthrtstrirted futhdi G¢ncraJ fwKI Missic Ston¢w(*&" •rtl rcof r¢p•Lr Church M￿n*￿￿¢¢ HHII Miiwenm¢e Halls Caretskmg Organ Choir 269.431 1229.5551 (18.0741 14.3481 35.528 (2.5191 {3701 12.519 12.179) (16.469) 114.IA)81 167 185 12.1431 12.5681 14.5441 273J63 1278.6411 112.0541 117,3321 Restricted fund¥ uthwark DJiKesan Bowd ofFin Rcs¢ri¢t*J Gifis & Sp¢¢i•l 4wEs Bequesi Plrxe ￿be cafe 4232 634 15.( 142791 1471 292 13.(KK> 1342) 2.42111 TOTAL FVNDS 281.411 16 3331 7¥8 This fund anp*s from thc sale of fornxr ¢w*¢'s SDBF th¢ utslthyihg ini'¢*m¢hts iyi our behiif The rip11￿ ¢•rt be wed for ¢•pl￿ ofkn e¢¢1¢s1￿￿1 iwt in*rest dividerk4 irKomE r¢l¢•s¢d10 ￿ it) m¢4 ¢C* This fund ￿lA*S lo toth ¥1115 r¢*nc*d in their furth reKii'cd b% Si. M•rk'5 on bd￿[ ofdher ￿erIc1￿1cs. fc Cum￿¢ (h¢n¢•s Tnw or¢oll¢thx4 • thi'rd pffiw. Thi'g fw*J s￿h items from ¢hur¢h futyjg. This rw￿ hoidJ wkn'¢h x¢ fty bthk x¢oJni. thc CBF Chwrh ofEn¥W DcpK)5il Ftsnd Curren￿1 li I10.IMI left h. the la* Penm" Noms for MO%.at￿ ofthe mam hail 'offi¢¢': *.%.IMXJ Ipon of A larycr of£7.IKK>I fu m althr d￿j*d Framw ill ofbcr I￿¢ husbmjd Cbic Frfinipknn. Both proJe¢ts slthld be empEde4 iti 2023. OD ry¢8¢ni 'This fttnd supp)rts thc missiC￿ xtii"iiies •xI of&. Mark's. A Ite￿ exthyle ckn¥ih8 orth¢ ¢oMs orth¢ L4v Pas￿r￿ Assis1ottt ith 2021 •¥12U22. This fimd 5UpF<￿ thc fin*King of m•Jor ¢wt41 rclating kn thc $toncu"ork of thc ¢huT¢h. milnicn￿cc PTOJCCts. fc ¢¥wllpl¢ r¢¥￿￿ drrw of th¢ 8Uti¢iiii¥ ty Iislrfnth¥ ¢ixKlu¢tor ￿￿¥￿5. 4r¢ (har8￿ tsb th¢ Churth MiintcThw*c Fund, with Small iiems Eh•TBcd to rnming In Thi$ is ￿ LO pffi, sigTrific¥d rtiaLmar￿ i*ms. This inclth cow suth 18 Ix)il¢r wiiirs up8r*Jcs CCTV sv5tcm In 2022 this fi￿d WA5 usrjj to pD' f(Y the maJLrrcfuknishnKmi of grwjd pl￿01£?.236) This fwd the S￿¢ Is thc Chwch Maim¢n￿¢¢ in rCl*iC￿ ￿ thc hajls atsj lojgc In 2022 m4JQt ¢hatB¢ ¢omwml • wilx¢nwi •rttw*¢ •J f￿￿11 for the hajl [￿'¢r 1£14.X(M)l atkT 510 d￿a8t ThL8 &xccetsl the selliem￿ l£1.1081 for th¢ dwe. H*115 Caret&ki Thi"s lund has sur4M)rtsJ C•F4t•l ¢¥¢ThlrtUfE in rrjthlt￿ wllcn the churcb emplffi'e4J i cardakcr. Therc ha8 rM>l bc • t*etak"er for se%ernl %"ears. ll* PCC M"Ill sil'e cotsikn kn mewths this fuJMI itrto * t[￿ swt4)Ic re5m'¢. 11 ST. MARK'S CHURCH WOODCOTE NOTES TO THE ACCOL.P4TS- rontinued FOR THE I'EAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 13. MOVEME￿[ IN FUNDS. t•fjti•utd Thi$ fulld s US￿ ￿ p•¥ (ry si8wfi¢*ll wtyk m (wr¢hw¢h *1 (e¢s in c0ntte¢ts(￿ with funcrais. ThLS r￿d the r£ti%iLicsof& d￿"r. of Woress￿￿1 theakn"p rets. The ¢hurth Te¢¢LI'¢d a Crovthj) Epiw)al Affa 5petial Cff*ni to (*) "JntkTr•tiv¢ pJ#¢s of missjon In the Io¢NI Chur¢h cunmunth) Tr PCC decided thLS used I￿4 a twrammc for pwpl¢ d¢mwii their ¢aYern. M"hi¢h 1$ r￿k￿ A Plxe To B¢ Cafe. A o)W8er 1$ emk4th'ty] and xlivitics iw voluthieers. This fund scpwmcs the cafe. and churth 14. RESERV&S POLICY AND MAJOR RIS￿% ThLS !¢arfs hAi¢ been Worr￿ 2015 of Pr￿1¢£ and Finoth¢ial RcFrflng sw￿l￿d 102 for ChJTitics. A dthiilcd xhrduk of the mth'efflem in Rcscrl'e is Show￿ in Thx¢ 12 aTrnv¢. ThLS in¢lLths osxllth¥ Clo￿ b•]4wes ￿ the rtsep4¢ futtds as well &9 th¢ atyj m)uTh15 1¥4n5t¢ itheen funds and gaiTrs bssej of im'c5mKnts mTilwt￿be firkls. the fr￿ orw¢ 12 dc%ribc thc fuThts wl prn.th ¢¥aMF4￿ oftbEW WC. Th¢ utirr5trlct￿ Y¢r*r￿ M¢n¢s £91289 * 31￿ Dx¢miKr 2022. 5f/• 12020.. 6V/ol of our nnin8 e¥penses. incI￿aln8 the costs of running the h￿1$ The PCC re8ards a minimum of 33% ￿ a lth¢l of ftt¢ 10 hold 4gWll515111th¥S th irt¢0￿ I￿j w*Ype¢t¢4 in a )'¢u Restnc¢ed Rescrs'es of £61).5M held ￿1th th¢ StyJth*Nk D#Xe￿ Board of from ¢h¢ s•1¢ of our fornity CUTa*'s a t￿￿51. ￿ hcld for capitht cxpwjiiwc of an ￿l￿￿C81 nawrc The Ini"L¥tsnmL8 rcguliing fnjm th¢s¢ reser¥¢$ 8th¢rai￿ In￿¢￿ I￿j divhleL¥J irw￿¢ t>f £2212 12021.. £2.V201 ￿l1¢h ¢* be u5tyJ lo mcd P￿th n￿nIng SL8. (Xhcr rcArlc￿d rc8mcs rcprttcni ¥ifis sci ￿At for [￿r[M)￿S s￿lf1￿j d(wr t￿l¥n￿ed r¢%n¢s w¢ nr¢s¢rJ¢￿j h•i'¢ •sth forpw aiFwl*¢d h. th¢ PCC Tkns¢ f¥Lll8 t￿ Pwsh from A fwKi•l wniof%iN" u¢.. Alth￿Bh doDIli￿5 hdd up *cll in 2022 and &re is cncoutawn% 8nm.th io gii"In8 vio tard Te*kr dei ltes. the ehurth remaLA4 1 ulnenbl¢ to sJoH h thlithiths 11 s¢Th.1￿5 45 M¢ll 45 to thc avcra¥¢ life eX￿lIn￿ of w major pansh￿￿ (kl thc co* smlc. thc 18ew cILXtnul systhms twf l¢&$ ¢u)iitiu¢ ￿ I￿ur wlFWd8¢￿ ¢4xrnliLuff. HdiL' Th¢ hails kKIBe th¢ l¢ttinB in￿￿￿¢ the ¢hurrh its F￿d pldge and avoid Iiquidoting J¢s finanual jn1esth￿I portfdjrj The hall$ offerin8 has maL*￿'￿¢¥j ￿ dtr'¢kwJ kn prok%¢ th¢ in¢om¢ . 5tTwn ofrc8ular ￿"r¢r5. Tr5 ini(41¢ IK•iTr Fwth'r SFaing. A(Icr fy F¢brnaTr 2U22 stsxm dwnag¢d w(*)den dD)TS f￿￿8¢ ￿ ojr hal￿ IwhK* are n¢*li 60 lears okll. the PCC *¢knigèJ the repl￿me*( of th¢ fronti8e d Mith i nK)rc atWi¢ ttKwknI ¢qwi41¢￿ ￿ a Of￿￿￿1 £lS.IKM> In ￿(￿h¢r Inst￿Ce. as the elccthc Na]1 he&ers tr*camc Jncrcasingli. unreliable aThl started 10 a(feci hinng tKM)kings. In earf% 2023 the PCC authon ¢￿p￿￿ture of oier £9.IKK> kn r¢pl￿e thc old vtail h¢&trts ￿7th ijjfitrcd dn i¢c5 Si. Mwk'5 LS in com￿￿11￿) Mith nci¥hErf)unn8 churchcs for Idting Inco￿ and 1¢ leaa church hag compleiel% mLthis•J its fxjliiies in 2022 CrtneTal rcpoJJ5 lo iKxh thr JNI ¢h]r¢h kn.¢ b¢m •bJi" ¥¥1 8¢ll¢￿. iknc for IA. LXIT I'oluD*cr Thurs1￿. Group onh. the coa of matcna15 HLllYCi'cr. thv4 arc in age mwnienance *otk' iliill uueasEnBl%" hai'e ￿ be carried c￿1 in th¢ futw¢ ￿ ¢ttLpltymB coniiThwn¥ rnwnlcnwKe UJ 2022. rang¢ Jn from the trnE orthJ￿i5 Or￿￿r*I5 up ￿ full TWxctKnL MhKh ￿.￿]d realistitalli" c(* th.er £4(K).(KK) in thc light of rt*thJt tOSL inflats￿. Prowss u'iwld (kp¢￿1 on n 5UC¢tssful applicdbon to th¢ DJ¢)CfX for • Facults X¢¢p￿ bl thc PCC ora projeci bjsiness platt. athd support￿8 timetible. ¢rucia]h. includJn8 de￿rM￿ of wh&) aml f￿ th¢ ¢0 finm¢¢ will be Pagc 12 ST. MARK'S CHLTiCH WOOKOTE NOTES TO THE ACCObNTS- roounued FOR THE I'EAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 14. RESERVFS POLICY AND MAJOR RISKS. eontiuxd Pattsh Su Ther¢ could k o fT(xn th¢ DKKeSe fcf i SLgJificanL incr¢w ith the PaTi5h Supwl FuThJ. althLx>gh c for 2022 12021. LS¥.(MM)l **ich M"&$ ill(*aol ￿ MJn15m" pm. •¥d h(wsing 1£36,(MXbl' Irainins INI MuJJstr%' 5UWXKt1110.61X)14￿l a Lmher parth m the I£12.4￿} The PCC incte15al th¢ pledge for 2023 Èfi2J￿. whJ¢h tt¥ceedtsl the *]gge￿I hi81*t¢0ntnb￿1.{￿. Thc I'￿￿¢ of our rthtfolm) is wty.ett to #(*K" rn•ke4 ￿rt￿[C￿c¢- in 2022 our wjrtfolio lost 13 V/4 IK i alue, tkni6h ￿￿'¢￿ments ￿¢re The probieJJJ woyid wi5¢ if the chw¢h bthd to im"estmcnts w p￿. bills mark¢ts M"u¢ depres*d atsj in¢uThed a rellisal loss on InNestm￿lS To miiiy* this risk". ¢h¢ ithi'¢sinhyxts diicw5ificd ¢0 a cons¥knblc eXLC￿l ￿r(s9 managcr5. ¥cograFthiL% and xclor5. In athlitin. the dmurh ¢WryLi bal*￿ lover at le&0 a mwth oftwm ofill k It 1$ bee￿ing fi*Ye difficult ts) fill k¥X' fffjm slo￿,11. decliThing. I IncrcasinO> ¢Jdcrl). c¢Jn¥reg&K)n. The T￿￿rer mle h&$ filluj. 5harcd bcts4c￿ F￿￿1¢ Thc church t￿rrent￿. has ehur¢hMirdcn ¢ap*it) Ulliil 21124 if rK) r¢p1K￿De￿ art fMhcomwtB there Mill Lw41 th%uswoD5 with th¢ DiiKe5¢ al￿m￿le ¥￿en￿nce fy1ran￿. Page 13 ST. MARK'S CHURCH W(￿)￿oTE DET.41LED STATEMENT OF FIN.4NCIAL ACYIIqTJES FOR THE I'EAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 2022 2021 IP4COMEAND ENDOWMENTS Dots#tiots$ •nd I¢RA¢ies Planncd gii'ing- ¢ffiGirnt Platu￿ BLtyjn¥. effjcieni Bcqucsts Gift refw CLsh collections Cllrd r¢Alcr (&)n*i 41,142 455 IQ.(XM) 12.234 2.746 217 14.7S3 3.987 IJ 10.92fj 87,127 Other tr*ding #cttvitr Upl&tbJcr Income & Ewthwr¢ Church Icllin¥s ANiex Lncome Hall L¢tiin¥ irKom¢ les5depLXit Fundraisin8 ¢laim w¢￿In8 & f¢ 18J 2J41 6231 48397 839 208 587 9.935 2*.-541 2.766 62J65 40,S56 InveJlment intome Inlcrcsi r¢¢civ¢d Total 161J 137.199 EXPENDITURE CharitAblt Artivities S¢¢￿1￿rial ro$15 DI￿¢san Coninbuip)n Cl¢r&% ex[w￿5¢S K>k5 & ¢riithin¥ Iil¢rnture Chaniable &"Ihn Telcphonc. BrO￿b￿￿ & Offic¢ Co Or8WJs1 & Mu$1¢ thrE¢￿t Lm. Pastor￿ Assisiilli Or8an MaLnt¢nmre Pansh EicrL Ywih Ministrv Rcpairs & maim¢n￿¢¢ UiilÉi*s ClcaNng S*ufity Sundn Chwrh Exp￿lI￿¢ H￿1 lthijng coAs Prinung P¢￿￿. Ststs'aj 5¥.fMM) 431 21 203 3.512 307 3,593 419 IOA 4AI78 IZ07 28269 12&V 5946 5.436 4.281 l.(K>2 939 6,458 719 7.9 In￿rance Anncx costs San¢￿aTr. & Worth￿1 Camed foTh4&Td 747 231 120y4 617 15Sm2 Pagc 14 sr. MARK'S CHURCH WOOTKOTE DU.41LED STATEMEYf OF FIN.4TrICiAL A(T[￿lTIEs FOR THE I'EAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 21122 2022 2021 Chlritsbk activiti¢s Brought forward Plx¢ to bc ¢xF*n5es 15SJ*2 2,428 120544 157JlO 120.544 Sttpport costs ID•nce Bank chor¥es 442 356 Go¥ernan¢e colts A¢<￿ntIn¢7 ftts Fi.Kturc5 Ind 723 x.$1 .%oo IJ 159,Jf4) 122 Net in¢Mi¢ btfott and low• 2.173 14.948 un￿￿•Sed re¢ryAi*d yins Ind lomes Unrcalis¢d ¥ainslllossc51 ￿ fixed assci jnvcsun￿ts JO.Y41 34.21 Net lexpenditurnYintoAe 48J71 49.1.59 Page 15 IP4DZPfNDif4T EXAMif4ER'S REPORT TOTHE YCCOF y¢W stttion 144(2)of the (J*itiesAd 20111th¢2011 Aa)wd ¢x•hl*#kn is It bs my T¢SF￿￿31billty w.. 57 The Fleldkry RH139U 2.$.].¥1.13