**St Margaret’s Church Whitnash and Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Whitnash** Registered Charity 1128890
www.stmargaretschurchwhitnash.co.uk
## **Annual Report 2021 (1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021)**
Published March 2022 online and as hard copy
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## Contents
1. Rector
2. Annual report of the Parish Church Council (PCC)
3. PCC members
4. Staff and centre
5. Electoral roll
6. Weekly attendance
17. Safeguarding 18. Treasurer
19. Music
20. Interregnum plans
21. School governor
22. Mother Union
23. Useful contacts and links
24. Help and support
7. Wardens (fabric)
8. Buildings and Finance
9. Deanery Synod
10. St Margaret’s Circle
11. Belfry
12. Parish magazine
13. Children and young people
## Appendices
- A. Financial statements / annual reports
- B. Independent examiner’s statement
- C. Graphics of church attendance from annual returns
14. Hospitality
15. Mission
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## **1 Rector’s annual report**
So, this is my last annual report for my time as Rector here at St. Margaret’s. It’s hard to know where to start it and how to end it! I thought I’d give an overview of our time here and to do that in chapters:
## **Chapter 1: Arrival and early days:**
We moved into the Rectory on 31st August and 1st September 1999. Last millennium! It was a very hot day, and my parents were helping us settle in. My father, then aged 80, was asked by a visitor to the Rectory if he was the new Rector! At that stage the children were still small -
Katie 1, Joanna 5, and Peter had just turned 8 years old. I remember our welcome here as being warm and we had plenty of affirmation that we were in the right place. We had hardly arrived when we were faced with the immediate question of whether we should have a church built on Warwick Gates. We know what happened…...We started with one church, then there were two, and now back to one again.
The bishop soon asked me if I would be willing to have and train a curate, and so it was that
Charlotte Gale came to us. She was a great help in regular Parish life and then in helping get Warwick Gates Church up and running.
We knew that we wanted to reach out to the community with the love of Jesus and soon a keen team were formed. After a memorable few days in London at HTB (Holy Trinity Brompton) Church an Alpha team was formed and became a core part of our outreach. Alpha has remained mainstream in our Church life ever since. Some will remember this course as helping them to a living faith or renewed faith in Jesus.
## **Chapter 2: Early middle years:**
“How can we use the rest of our Church buildings for Kingdom purposes?” was a question to be answered. The Victorian Old School (500m away downhill from the church) was seriously dilapidated, and the later rear section was showing its age (now called the St Margaret’s Church Centre). Plans were drawn up, redrawn and then a fire swept through the old centre. Grants were secured and it all came together. The Old School section was renovated, and a new Church Centre was built in place of the old rear section. Re-dedicated in 2011 the new facilities have been well used ever since.
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My licenced Reader colleagues Steve Bate and Ian Kennedy headed-up congregational leadership teams for the 6.30pm and 10am services respectively. Then they were ordained and moved to be Vicars elsewhere. But as ever, God provided leaders when needed, and we have enjoyed both receiving and sending people to work with us and work elsewhere. Amongst these were Tiffer and Amy Robinson, (now in Parish ministry) and the Wood family, now in Amsterdam with YWAM.
## **Chapter 3: Later middle years**
St. Margaret’s, as an established place in the of training of ministers, continued in this chapter, and as well as able and energetic Curate Pam Howell we hosted a Church Army Centre of mission and training. Roger Horsley and Paul Warren joined us as experienced Church Army officers, and with them came Damien Hine and Dawn Hudson as trainee Church Army officers and a short-term team of three.
My past involvement and interest in Africa have continued over the years that we have been here. As well as either leading or being a team member of three SOMA teams to Kenya, South Sudan and Sudan (Khartoum), I have become a trustee of the African Pastors Fellowship charity (which was “born” in Coventry), and I now
chair the trustees. Bishop Christopher of Coventry asked me to head-up a companionship link between Coventry Diocese and the new Diocese of Kapsabet in Kenya. This has become a thriving and active link of mutual enrichment.
## **Chapter 4: Recent years**
Recent years have been characterised by our spending more time on the motorways, heading both north and south, to give support to and spend time with aging parents. The year 2019 proved to be quite a year. Two parents died within a month, and also the weddings of both our daughters were woven in between these other family commitments. Both the weddings and the funerals were occasions of very different celebration and thanksgiving.
The nest is now empty, but happily fills up and again on occasions and additionally so since the arrival of our first grandchild, Abigail.
Epilogue: leaving and going.
Two years ago, I think I would have said, if asked, that we would be seeing out our remaining years of pre-retirement ministry here at St. Margaret’s. The usual Clergy retirement age is 68, an age I reach,
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God willing, in about three years’ time. But then Jacqui and I, as we thought and prayed about it, felt three things
. We felt that we should make a decisive decision to retire in this my 65th year. So, we made that decision, which was then followed by
. a growing conviction that there is another Parish job for us. Not a full-time, 6 days a week one, but a downsized one.
. And the third thing was the obvious thing when we thought about it, that we believe that God had someone else to come here to be Rector.
And to state the obvious, that person can’t come until we go!
Much of what I have said above is about me and family. But I would want to emphasise that I believe that all that has been done, and the ways in which the Kingdom of God has been manifest amongst us, is thanks to the Lord present amongst us. All credit must go to Him. In every case the achievements are the result of teamwork and the contributions of too many to name here and now. Thank you to you all. My hope is not to leave behind an impression of myself, but of Jesus. There is a verse in the Bible which I seek to keep in mind as a minister, and it contains the words of Jesus in Luke 17: 10. He says: “When you have done everything you were told to do, you should say: We are unworthy servants. We have only done our duty.”
What about Church life this past year? Happily, there has been plenty of life!
Services: Before the lockdowns we usually had four services each week. Then we held one, and now we are back to three. Sadly, the Sunday evening service has not been able to re-start this year. This has been due to a variety of factors, not least the passing of our dear friend Henry Jerwood into the Lord’s nearer presence. Henry was one of our mainstay service leaders and preachers in an evening.
HOME GROUPS & WEEKLY PRAYER MEETING: Thankfully our five home groups have continued during the pandemic and now meet again in person. Added to them has been a weekly prayer meeting every Thursday in the home of Barbara Turnock - one of our seasoned prayer warriors and ministers in the Parish. Also, the weekly prayer meeting after the Sunday services in preparation for the interregnum has been well attended, and I am so encouraged that prayer is at the heart of preparations for the future and to welcome a new Rector in due course.
DOING PASTORAL CARE: I reported last year that this has not gone on hold during the pandemic. The list of those receiving home communion has lengthened, and I
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am grateful for a now enlarged team of people willing to take home communion to people unable to get to Church in person.
**DEANERY:** I have continued as Area Dean this past year, and at times this has been a considerable commitment especially in relation to appointments of new clergy (for example at Bishop’s Tachbrook) and caring for colleagues. Notably covering for Graham Coles at Cubbington who sadly, and yet gloriously, went home to be with the Lord recently
**OCCASIONAL OFFICES** : Over the past year and up to the time of writing this report I have taken about thirty funerals, including those of dearly loved Church members: Bob Attwood, Henry Jerwood, George Thompson, and Tony Malin, as well as others closely associated with our fellowship including Paul Smith and Tony Heath. Weddings inevitably have been fewer in the height of the pandemic, but the low number last year will increase to about eight this year, as usual customs return. Planned baptisms likewise show a growth in number this year
**OUR CHURCH SCHOOL** : We should really congratulate St. Margaret’s School- staff, pupils and the whole connected community, with how they have continued to provide education both in school and also online at this time. It has
been a truly amazing story of adapting and coping - successfully. I have now started to return to visit the school in person, having been doing on-line and recorded assemblies, for the most part, for nearly two years now
**SUPPORTED MISSIONS** : We continue to support CORD, Thrive Youth Ministries, African Pastors Fellowship, TEAR Fund, The Woods family prayerfully and tangibly with YWAM in Amsterdam, and Flourish - A locally based charity working with teenage girls (all registered charities, see the links section later in this report for details). Additionally, we have done special appeals for the maternity unit at the Kimngoror Health Centre in our link Diocese of Kapsabet in Kenya. Please especially pray for the Wood family as they return to England this year and adjust to life here, and find work
What will the future look like? In a word: Different! But different can be good. Change can be unsettling, but I am confident that St. Margaret’s has a good future as our reliance is on Jesus who promised to build His Church. I am also reminded of St. Paul’s words to Timothy in 2 Timothy 1:12 where he says: “I know in whom I have believed and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day” - The Day of the Lord’s return.
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Please keep those three greatest things first in your lives personally and corporately: Faith, Hope, and Love. If you do, you can’t really go wrong!
Please pray for the appointment process for a new Rector, that God will send you someone who loves Him, loves you, loves the Scriptures and honours their teaching as the word of God, and who will work with you in the strength of The Spirit to grow the Kingdom of God here.
So finally: As always, a massive thank you to all who take part in the life of the Church in whatever capacity. Too many to mention here. You know who you are and so, gratefully, do I. Thank you for making our 23 years here a joy. It has been a privilege to serve amongst you all. God bless you on and into the future with Him. Thank you for reading this report and please be encouraged by the various other reports attached. Jacqui and I so appreciate your love and prayers
Rev Richard Suffern – February 2022
## **Services**
Regular Weekly Services are now
## Sunday
8:00am Holy Communion - A short service of Holy Communion (using Common Worship), typically lasting about 45 minutes.
10:00am Informal Worship - A familyfriendly service with creche and children’s groups (except during school holidays). Holy Communion is held twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. Music led by a worship band and/or organ. The service typically lasts about 1 hour. Followed by coffee and biscuits in the Chapter House. Sunday school is held on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays.
## Thursday
10:30am Holy Communion- A short service of Holy Communion (using Book of Common Prayer), typically lasting about 45 minutes
## **2 Annual report of the PCC**
“For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him” Philippians 1:29. Sometimes suffering includes patience and sacrifice of our time, skills and other resources for church purposes
Note: secretary changes this year L Edmonds resigned June 2022, M Simms was appointed February 2022
The PCC’s (parochial church council) purpose is to further the mission of the church, using the guidance and structures set by the General Synod and other church and secular organisations, including all the charity commission and safeguarding requirements, so we try our best with the numbers of pairs of hands, time and skills
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that we have been blessed with (after other tasks, work and more important callings have been completed). Each meeting opens and closes with prayer, and we have a good working and respectful atmosphere when we meet formally, sometimes we even laugh
In the last year, the secretary post has been mostly vacant, but since February 2022 Matthew Simms (often at the sound desk) has volunteered, thanks Matthew! He is being helped along by all the PCC, and mentored by Chris Shepherd, so apologies if any forms or last reports are a bit late
The PCC met the required four times a year (or more), online and in person as Covid-19 regulations and guidance allowed. We are pleased that we have both an effective structure, and also the church rules, to guide us as we go into the interregnum as well as the after-Sunday-service prayers each week. Interregnum means the period between one rector’s leaving and the next appointment
Next church year (from Easter onwards) the new PCC, as elected at the annual meeting due on 27 March 2022, will form and appoint the chair, electoral roll officer, treasurer, secretary and trustees. Thanks to all those that are continuing their good work and service, or coming forward as new volunteers
We are pleased the monthly magazine and fortnightly newsletter have resumed in print as the pandemic passes into history,
and we look forward to a new future including both online and printed news. The social media (Facebook, Zoom and various WhatsApp groups) are used well, and Lyndsey keeps the website updated and in order. Thanks to all those that have used, posted, contributed, commented or otherwise helped with all these
We note that the pandemic is still affecting us all, with some conditions and changes to the way we behave, and our different levels of comfort with respect to returns to worshipping face-to-face, and what group and individual risk assessments, mitigations and practices are adopted. We try to welcome all to church services, whether online or in person, and are planning more online links (live and or recorded) after some more project works over the next few months
The camel post-Christmas card system continued this year, and made a surplus, which was given to charity, thanks to Stuart for organising this!
The beer and carols December pub meetings also returned after the pandemic rule change. Last Christmas, we met at the Plough and Harrow, the Hodcarrier and the Sports and Social Club. Thanks to all the landlords and managers for allowing us to meet in your places of work
Next year the PCC plans more youngperson outreach and encouragement, together with another child worker search and appointment. We hope and pray that
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the youth church membership will thrive and grow. The Sunday School continues to meet, thanks to the organisers and helpers for this!
The turret clock and chime has now been replaced in the tower, and an annual maintenance service is set up for both clock and bells, as advised by the church architects in their quinquennial reports (quinquennial means once every five years)
Services have resumed now as:
- 10:30am Thursday,
- 8am Sunday and
- 10am Sunday and
- specials (such as wedding, funerals and others).
The service pattern and communion arrangements will be reviewed at each PCC meeting (and if need be, in between by rector and wardens) and as the new rector appointment proceeds. We hope more services can be made available, as service leader recruitment allows. Currently, Rev Suffern, Rev S Davies, M Hill and B Stafford are on the formal list. The formal list is reviewed periodically and both licensed clergy in the parish, as well as Lay Readers can be included
The PCC has some vacancies, and is only four or five meetings a year, so if you feel you might like to join us, talk to a PCC member or a service leader, and join the fun
M Simms and C Shepherd - March 2022
## **3 PCC members**
- Rector (Chair) Rev Richard Suffern
- Assistant Clergy Rev Steve Davies
- Church Wardens William Clemmey, Adrian Barton
- Secretary Lyndsey Edmonds (till June 2021), situation vacant till Matt Simms (from February 2022)
- Treasurer Lisa Fincken
- Deputy Church Wardens Simon Greaves, Paul
- Stoodley
- Electoral roll officer Julia Davies
- Deanery Synod representatives: Esther Brown, Jacqui Suffern and Maddy Hill
- Other Members Sue Clifford, Shirley Simms, Chris Shepherd
Vacancies: Three at present (Note: expected resignations of Rector and J Suffern will leave more spaces)
## **4 Centre and staff**
St Margaret’s Centre has continued to be used as a positive space, despite Covid 19 restrictions. The Vineyard Learning Centre has been our main user throughout 20202021, and they continue to provide vital support to the young adults using their service, as well as a stable and much needed income for us. We have now responded to VLC trustees with regards to
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them continuing to use the Centre as their base for a further three years, with an increase in rent on an annual basis. The Church Centre is also still used in the evenings, for community groups such as Brownies and Bible study, as well as dance classes and a fitness group.
We reserve school holidays for one off bookings and events, such as meetings, conferences and birthday parties.
In early 2021, we started taking bookings at the Chapter house, which is being used by the various groups, such as Mother Union, SMC, The Whitnash Society, Entrust Care Group, Rainbows, Toddler time and Slimming World and the Vineyard Learning Centre.
Staff (at present):
William Fox – Contract cleaner, cleaning at the Centre 3 times a week and at the Church twice a week.
Roger Barber – Caretaker (on a zero-hour contract to give flexibility for pandemic lockdowns)
Jay Bahi – Church Administrator MonFriday 9am-3pm
Adrienne Lloyd – Organist for one Sunday a month, plus weddings and funerals as arranged
Jay Bahi, March 2022
## **5 Electoral roll officer report**
Our roll consists of 98 members, 14 of which live outside the parish. I am waiting for a form to be returned by one person
who wishes to be included, so by APCM, there should be a total of 99
Julia Davies, Electoral roll officer
## **6 Weekly attendance**
The weekly attendance has been affected by the pandemic locking and then opening of the church doors, online and in-person services, with some under 2m-spacing, facemask and other rules and guidance. Due to all the changes, we feel that numbers are yet to settle. For more detail, see the information is shown graphically in appendix C
C Shepherd – March 2022
## **7 Wardens report (fabric)**
What a strange year it continued to be with the Covid lockdown affecting all aspects of our parish life. Having the zoom services worked well and thanks go to Richard and Jacquie for sorting these. We eventually returned to a church with socially distanced seating. Sadly singing was not allowed so we all hummed to the hymns.
We have undertaken risk assessments to ensure that when we have reopened for services that they would be Covid secure with people wearing facemasks and sanitising their hands. A very strange world from how we worshipped two years ago. The Zoom services have been a great help and at least we get to see people’s faces
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and people are able to worship God in a warm relaxed way without standing there in their coats.
William Clemmey – March 2022
## **8 Buildings and Finance**
We would like to thank Graham Howe for the many years of service he has given the Parish as Operations Manager. He finally retired last year, and Jay Bahi has stepped into her new role as Parish Administrator and is doing an excellent job. This has made the life of the Churchwardens and Treasurer much easier, as we try to undertake the administration of the Church and keep its gutters and drains clean.
I would like to thank Simon Greaves for all of his hard work on the Churchyard extension project as well as the kitchen redesign which is finally completed. Simon gives an inordinate amount of time and care dealing with relatives of those who have died. His dedication is wonderful and inspiring.
The majority of the Churchwardens job is now undertaken with the help of the Buildings and Finance group so you can read about this later in this report. There is still so much work to undertake when considering the continuing conservation works to the Church building, updating church records and maintaining the churchyard. So the next year is going to be very busy, and I therefore pray that you will all support the Church wardens in their role and encourage members of the church to come forward to discuss what they can do to help.
The Buildings and Finance group met during the whole year. Initially the meetings were by online software (Zoom) but more lately they have been face-toface. We are grateful to Paul Stoodley, Sue Clifford, Lisa Fincken, Simon Greaves, Adrian Barton and William Clemmey for their work on this group ably supported by Jay Bahi our Parish Administrator.
We have a wonderful staff team, but with Covid, our finances have been greatly affected. Despite receiving the Covid furlough payments, it was becoming obvious, as the year ended, that we would have to drastically change our staffing levels if we were to survive financially once Government support ceased. So we approved a Management of Change Policy and planned for possible redundancies – never an easy thing to do. In the end Graham Howe who has served us brilliantly as operations manager decided to retire at the end of March 2021, and so we have made his post and that of the Centre Manager redundant. We have replaced them with a new post of Parish Administrator and our pleased the Jay Bahi has accepted this post and started the new post work on 1 April 2021.
The decision we made to let the Vineyard Learning Centre use St Margaret’s Centre during the school terms has paid off once
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Covid struck. As we noted in our minutes “we are blessed to have the houses and the Vineyard Learning Centre in the centre, also that we have a great congregation who donate by standing order. Vineyard Learning Centre and houses do make up a lot of money and we are realising that more than ever at the moment. Without them our congregational giving would not even meet the Diocesan quota.”
The major work this year has been renovating 103 Whitnash Road when the tenants moved out. We are grateful to Adrian Barton and Lisa Fincken for overseeing this work. The house was certainly in need of an upgrade and is now definitely fit for purpose, and with an increased income, as a result of the refurbishments, we will be able to maintain it in that condition for many years to come.
Sadly the problem of the collapsed wall at front of the church has not yet been resolved. The cause is the tree which is the same as the tower’s problems. The wall responsibility is to Warwick District Council’s, as it is a closed churchyard. WDC came out and suggested digging out and back filling the wall. We have had concerns that they do not realise the size of the problem and so are in discussions with them to ensure that any repair will last for many years.
Every five years we have a Quinquennial Inspection undertaken by Hawkes Edwards our Church Architects. Their report details
plenty of work to be done to undertake on the Church building to keep it in good condition to allow our worship of God to continue. We are seeking funding for elements of this, which is tracked and actioned through the B&F Group meeting minutes
William Clemmey – March 2022
## **9 Deanery Synod**
Deanery Synod Report for 1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2021
Deanery Synod meetings have been on zoom again this year. I last reported in February 2021 last year (see the last annual report)
**May 2022 Meeting Report** : - The main item of the meeting was introduced by Archdeacon Sue Field regarding clergy wellbeing. She also gave a brief introduction to the next stage in the L.L.F. process (Living Life to the Full).
Archdeacon Sue is responsible for pastoral matters and the covenant of wellbeing for clergy which has been adopted from the national synod. It suggests three conversations with:
* Bishop staff
*Clergy to reflect on a planned study day. *Clergy with their P.C.C 's.
Four items to consider are: - *Reflecting on shared calling.
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*Reflecting on how clergy look after themselves.
*Reflecting on their roles as public figures. *Reflecting on clergy's wider network and households.
Members were split into groups to discuss set questions.
Yvonne Warren, a clergy wife, has researched clergy wellbeing. She left us with some questions to ponder on and take to our churches: -
*All clergy are in the public eye.
*They may have relocated from their family.
*Ministry is mixed.
*Living on the job on call 24hrs a day plus much more.
are no definite plans for a course in our deanery and no time limit has been allocated to the activity at present.
Rev. Jonathan Gee reported on the Parish Share: - We are very fortunate at St Margaret's Whitnash as we can pay our share in full and give extra into the support fund for churches who are not as fortunate as us. The meeting closed with prayer.
Next year, M Hill and I hope to continue as Deanery Synod representatives for St Margaret’s Whitnash parish, and as J Suffern is leaving the parish, we have a vacancy. If you have any questions or would like to join us, please ask me or a service leader
The meeting closed with prayer.
Esther Brown - February 2022
**October 2022 Meeting Report** : - Rev Esther Peers reported on the Fire Unlocked prayer walk initiative.
*It was encouraging how many roads had been covered in prayer.
*Many people had undertaken virtual prayer initiatives in their communities.
*Everyone who had participated in walking and praying were thanked and Esther Peers was thanked for her significant contribution in co-ordinating and planning and encouraging us in the activity. It is very likely to be repeated in conjunction with 'The Kingdom Come' initiative.
The LLF (Living in Love and Faith - - https://www.coventry.anglican.org/info for-parishes/llf/ ) course was reported by the Rev Richard Suffern. At present there
## **10 St Margaret’s Circle**
This is my 37th report to the APCGM
The St Margaret’s Circle (SMC) was flourishing before the pandemic with most of our meetings very well attended, continuing to welcome new members which was most encouraging and for which we give thanks and praise to God.
There has always been a true sense of fellowship within the group, which is demonstrated by the members enjoying friendship, support & love for each other. SMC is an outreach group, and our aim is to welcome ladies of any age, colour, creed
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or status, promoting the Christian message by our actions, but without any pressure.
However I am very pleased to report that we resumed our meetings in Sept 2021, people were understandably cautious at first but over the months and all having been triple vaccinated we have regained most of our members which is marvellous and some new ladies too.
## Here’s what we’ve been doing:
September’s meeting was a social get together, to enable members to catch up with each other after the enforced 18month closure due to Covid. It was so good to be back together!
October saw our own Roger Barber giving us an excellent demo on woodturning.
November, we held our annual Skittles evening at Whitnash Club, with a yummy Fish n Chip supper, a great time was had by all.
December and as usual we enjoyed our Christmas party, with Cheese & Wine, hot punch and a welcome return of Ashiqui Belly dancers from Solihull, who had also only just started performing again.
February and we learnt a lot about a Leamington female aviator, from the 1930s, a talk given by Barry Franklin, wellknown local historian. It was fascinating! We also had a raffle of surplus food to raise funds for that brilliant organisation (Foodbank) which was well supported thank you.
March: at the time of writing we haven’t yet had our meeting but will be welcoming Penny Varley, from Penny Varley Ceramics to give a talk and demo, which should be good.
Our own AGM takes place in April when Richard will come and talk to us for his last time, we shall miss his support greatly, but thank him for all his help over the last 23 years, it is very much appreciated, and he will be very much missed.
Last but not least a big ‘thank you’ to my committee for their loyalty, support and hard work, again it is very much appreciated.
SMC meets on the 1st Monday of each month, 7.30pm in the Chapter House, why not come along and have a look? All ladies very welcome. God bless you all.
Lynn Barber, Leader SMC.
Into 2022 and we had a very competitive beetle drive in January which was a lot of fun. And an unloved Christmas Gift raffle, that was interesting...
## **11 Belfry (bells and tower)**
Belfry Report 2021/22
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As one lockdown eased, we were able to ring for both Easter Sunday services (10.00am and 11.30am) and we continued with the Friday night practice until we were put back into lockdown again.
Over the 12 months between Easter 2021 and 2022 we have continued to ring when we were allowed to by the government, while abiding by the restrictions imposed on us. The tenor bell was chimed 99 times at 12.30 on 9th April to mark the death of HRH The duke of Edinburgh
In January Taylors the bell founders completed the usual annual inspection of the bell, a copy of their report is available on request. Highlights: all in good working order, the treble (lightest bell) rope needs replacing this year
Over the year we been able to welcome a new member to the band. While recruitment is difficult (especially in pandemics) we have a loyal group of ringers, but we are always looking to increase our numbers
Going forward, and as suggested in Taylors report we will have to replace our bell ropes. I am in the process of getting quotes for this. The lead-in time for new ropes can be as much as 6 months
later in the year [ _The clock mechanism is now back in place at the time of publishing this report_ ]
Tom Houghton Tower Captain- March 2022
## **12 Magazine**
The distribution of the Magazine was suspended during lockdowns as a printed copy; however the distribution of the Magazine has now restarted. Some onlineonly editions were published in the church website
A special thank you to all those who deliver the magazine throughout the parish. Because we were unable to deliver to those people who had paid for the twelve months it was decided after discussions with Richard Suffern that rather than ask subscribers to pay the full £5 for the coming year we would ask for donations. As in previous years these donations could be gift aided.
The coming year will see _The Rectors Page_ section disappear, so it is hoped to fill this space with contributions from within our Church family.
Tom Houghton Magazine editor – March 2022
## Church Clock:
The church clock and chime mechanism are at the moment undergoing refurbishment at one of the Cumbria Clock Company workshops and should be back
## **13 Children and young people**
## **report**
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Child link worker – situation vacant, recruitment has been delayed by the pandemic, but part of the advert is below. Applications (with CV) are welcome – contact Rev S Davies for more details
joyful reminder that we all have gifts to share, and which God can use.
Pauline Walden – March 2022
## **15 Mission**
Messy church (for 6 to 9 y old and adults, usually a parent or carer) has resumed since the last lockdown at the Whitnash Methodist church, details are shared online, in social media and by email. Please ask the PCC secretary or a service leader if you would like more details
We have continued to support our six chosen missions prayerfully and financially. Flourish, African Pastors, Cord, Thrive, Tearfund, and the Wood family.
Our thanks go to those who are responsible for keeping us in touch with their prayer requests, namely:
- Flourish – Jacqui Suffern
## **14 Hospitality**
During the year of the pandemic, hospitality / welcomers, as such, has struggled, but when we’ve been able to hold services, there have been those to welcome people and see the church is in order. Our special thanks go to Adrian and Simon for facilitating that time, and to those who participated on the duty rota of Sides persons, Readers and Prayer leaders.
Sadly we were not able to serve refreshments after many services, due to C19 rules, and several of our team, for differing circumstances, have had to withdraw from the rota.
We are now offering refreshments after services again, and the duty rota is now back in full. We prayerfully hope for more members to join, in whatever way they can. Being part of these ministries is a
- African Pastors Fellowship – Richard Suffern
- Cord – Pauline Walden
- Thrive – Lisa Fincken
- Tearfund – Ele Adams
• the Wood Family – Sue Curran. Communication with our Missions has mainly been through information on our fortnightly news sheet, or by videos. We were privileged to have a visit from the African Pastors Fellowship CEO Rev Dave Stedman, and also a team from the African Pastors Fellowship who hosted a superb lunch for them.
Pauline Walden – March 2022
## **16 Foodbank**
(SodbShk Warwick District Foodbank – St. Margaret’s Distribution Centre Summary Report
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2021 was our fourth year of operating as Warwick District foodbank having merged with the Kenilworth foodbank in January 2017
Warwick District Foodbank distributes 3 days’ worth of food to those in the local community experiencing various crises which may be: lack of funds, delayed benefits; ill health; loss of employment or a multitude of other circumstances. Clients receive a voucher from Referral Agencies such as South Warwickshire Citizen’s Advice, WCC Local Welfare Scheme; The Salvation Army Way Ahead Project; WCC Children’s Centres; CGL Ltd. (Change Grow Live) and Leamington Helping Hands along with other charities.
Throughout the Coronavirus pandemic we have enabled many of our 186 Referral Agencies to issue vouchers electronically. During the last 12 months over 80% of the vouchers we receive are now the electronic e-vouchers which has helped the Agency staff working from home.
In 2021 we introduced two significant changes in the foodbank session at St. Margaret’s Church, Chapter House. Firstly, Nicky Wilkinson who was the Sessional Leader left to move to run the Foodbank Session at Kenilworth on Fridays. She was ably replaced by Lynn Aston who had previously volunteered, for a number of years, at the St. Mary’s Church Leamington Spa foodbank session on Wednesdays. Secondly, with both the Churches
agreement, and that of the volunteers, we moved the time of the session from Monday lunchtime to the new time of 11:00am to 1:00pm which mirrors the timing of our Lillington foodbank session.
The Coronavirus pandemic forced us to change our method of operation thereby, having to make-up various sized food parcels in advance of our opening times, in order to hand to clients at the door, due to the access restrictions imposed by the Government, due to the pandemic.
In 2021 we saw a large number of clients visit the St. Margaret’s Whitnash foodbank Centre. We have processed 258 vouchers helping 501 clients which comprised 350 adults and 151 children in the year and distributed an amazing 2.85 tonnes of food from this Centre.
The three primary causes for clients visiting the foodbank sadly remain the same as in previous years namely, clients are suffering from low income; benefit delays and benefits changes as well as the effects of debt. The removal of the £20 uplift in Universal Credit benefit system has also had a dramatic impact on clients who visit our foodbank centres. We anticipate that there will be a significant increase in client numbers visiting the foodbank in 2022 as people feel the effects of the staggering rise in gas and electricity prices and the anticipated cost of living increases.
Unsurprisingly, December was once again, the busiest month in 2021; during which
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we provided food for 58 clients over the three Monday sessions that we were open.
In addition, we can give praise and thanks for the generosity of residents and local businesses of Whitnash for the quantity of food donated in the Festive period given lockdowns and the Coronavirus pandemic
Andy Bower, Operations Manager - 9 February 2022
## **17 Safeguarding**
St Margaret's Church takes the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults seriously and has adopted the recommended safeguarding policy from the Coventry Diocese which reflects recent legislative changes.
The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). A copy of the Parish Safeguarding statement can be found on the parish website here:
https://stmargaretschurchwhitnash.co.uk The PCC are now the legal body responsible for safeguarding and the risk of liability rests with the PCC and the Church Insurers. The implementation of this important policy will impact how we work as a church but due to its nature is not negotiable
If you have any concerns about safeguarding in the parish then contact the Rector or the Parish Safeguarding Officer William Clemmey william.clemmey@gmail.com 07922 508 913
All those involved in church activities are asked to complete a confidential declaration form. They also undertake Safeguarding Training run by Coventry Diocese:
http://www.dioceseofcoventry.org/Safeg uarding/SafeguardingTraining
All PCC members and Sunday School and youth leaders and staff are DBS checked.
As a PCC we are currently working through the online Parish Safeguarding dashboard and completing the Parish Safeguarding Action Plan to ensure that we are fully compliant with all current legislation. We have obtained level two and are now working to complete level three. The PCC is updated on progress at each of its meetings.
I am intending to resign from this role in the near future so would be grateful for somebody else to take it on
William Clemmey, Parish Safeguarding Officer – March 2022
## **18 Treasurer’s report for the financial year to 31 December 2021**
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2021 has been busy in the accounts. Lots of things happened at the beginning of the year. COVID-19 is still having an impact on our finances with the church as we are not back to income pre-COVID, but we have been blessed with a rise in income an extra £7,515 from 2020. This also meant we reclaimed £3,646 more back from HMRC in gift aid than we did in 2020.
The St Margaret’s Church Centre and Chapter House are now back open, with groups in, and our main income comes from the Vineyard Learning Centre (VLC) with the school based at the Centre, but also using the upstairs room in the Chapter House during term time.
Two of our properties were fully occupied throughout the full year. A new kitchen, bathroom, doors, windows, carpets & flooring plus fully decorated at 101 Whitnash Road costing £47,048 but will make sure we get a top rental income. 2022 will be the turn of desperate works needed in 13 Palmer Road, but we are expecting a much lower expenditure, which will enable us to charge a higher rent in future.
A few people have signed up for the Parish Giving Scheme and this has helped somewhat. It is very easy to do, and I would encourage anyone to join and give this way.
We claimed back £11,219 from gift aid alone from the giving we collected, so if
you pay tax, it’s great if you can add extra to your giving this way.
Our advent appeal raised £1,844.94 for Kimngoror Health Centre Maternity Unit in Kapsabet Diocese. Our church restoration fund total has now reached £56,843.79 and we will need every penny and more, once the Rose Window restoration is started (high up in the south aisle, west end). We have given away in our charity giving (tithes) the amount of £4,800 which is amazing.
Staff: we have Jay Bahi our parish administrator, Roger Barber our caretaker and Adrienne Lloyd our organist on our books, some of the year we were able to claim furlough.
A great big thank you for all involved with finances, Simon and Christine for counting the collection, Jay for banking, paying bills, raising invoices, dealing with weddings, baptisms and funerals, Lisa for processing gift aid and everyone who is being generous with their giving this year.
Lisa Fincken – March 2022
## **19 Music**
Since the return from lockdown, the music group has continued to provide music at the 10am service when able. In addition Jacqui has obtained and played music for hymns through the sound system.
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Adrienne has also played the organ once a month for the 10am Sunday service.
Unfortunately, due to lockdown, the Sunday evening services no longer take place and therefore the church choir no longer exists. However, on a positive note, throughout Advent the music group were joined by other singers on each of the Sundays to sing a variety of Advent music. This culminated in a Christmas Carol Service which contained that variety of music, performed by members of our congregation who gave a lot of time for rehearsals beforehand and was much enjoyed by many people (judging from the positive responses received).
The experience gained during Advent has encouraged us to bring together various singers from the congregation again during Lent and Easter to bring a variety of church music to the 10am Sunday services.
The future of traditional church choral music now seems to be dependent on choral singers from different churches supporting each other through forming choirs for various special services. Our first service at St. Margaret’s which will include the performance of such music with the help of visiting singers will be on Monday 11th April.
and advise the wardens, the formal new rector appointment process will start. We have been allowed to start early (thank you Richard) and have started some rector handover lists (as discussed in past PCC meetings) and the parish profile document drafting. The parish profile is used to inform and attract candidates for the rector role
A Barton and C Shepherd – March 2022
## **21 School governor report**
_**Flourish as a family, love to learn, make memories, shine**_ !
_How good and pleasant it is, when God’s people live together in unity! Psalm 133_
It has been a revelation discovering how much is involved in being a foundation Governor for our church school.
Firstly, I wear a foundation governor hat. This role involves considering the vision and implementation of that vision in policy and practice. The vision underpins everything at the school – learning, behaviour, attitudes. At the moment we are expecting a SIAMS inspection, an inspection designed specifically for church schools. There is a lot to think about in readiness.
Simon Greaves, March 2022
## **20 Interregnum plans**
We look forward to next year, and after a meeting with Archdeacon Barry to guide
Secondly, I am involved with Quality of Learning and Early Years. Both these roles need me to consider the depth and quality of the teaching and learning from planning
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to practice to evaluation for the federation of Briar Hill and St Margaret’s. The curriculum has been reconsidered and everyone has been busy reimagining their approach. More recently, I’ve become involved in working on story-writing with a small group of Reception children.
Governors, staff and children are diligent and serious about learning. They care deeply about the process of understanding, delivering and improving the education of the children; their safety and well-being; their place in the school community and the wider community, including the church.
A Horsley – March 2022
Our first meeting happened on the 19th of October 2021, with spaced seating and masks being the norm. At that meeting we could at last enrol a new member, who had been waiting for this event since March 2020
We took time to prayerfully reflect on what the pandemic had taken away from us, and what we had learned through the experience of ‘Lockdown’ and social isolation. We also had a time of prayer, remembering particularly Key Workers and the bereaved
November 2021 was a craft session, and in December we had a shorter than usual Carol Service, with an Advent Reflection led by Richard, our Rector
## **22 Mothers’ Union 2020 to**
## **2022**
We had two meetings in 2020 and then the pandemic hit! Suddenly all meetings and social events were cancelled, as the nation went into Lockdown
Throughout 2020 and most of 2021 Mothers’ Union (MU) members could not meet at all, instead keeping in touch with each other by telephone or email. By post, the Committee could keep in touch with members, by sending prayer diaries and small gifts, to lift the spirits and help people to feel they were remembered. Many members lived alone and suffered great isolation whilst “shielding” and during the lockdowns
Meetings in 2022 have not happened during January or February, due to the Omicron variant and many members needing to be cautious about socialising. Meetings resumed in March 2022, with slightly smaller numbers than in the autumn
Whether or not our local meetings could happen, the work of the Mothers’ Union continued worldwide. We are a registered charity and support the work of the MU in the diocese and overseas throughout each year. We hope to do some fundraising for projects through our raffles and donations, when we can gather. We have continued to support ‘Coffee Tots,’ which reaches out to young mums in Coventry, by providing donated gifts and toiletries at Christmas
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In Holy Week, Richard will be leading his last Holy Communion for our MU members. The months ahead will include a Summery Lunch and a Jubilee Tea Party. These social occasions bring fun and friendship, as well as times of prayer and reflection
As Richard & Jacqui retire from St Margaret’s, we give thanks for all their support and wish them well in their next chapter
Cathy Shearn - March 2022
## **23 Useful contacts and links**
stmargaretschurchwhitnash.co.uk
A: St. Margaret's Church and Chapter House, Church Close, CV31 2HJ
## **24 Help and support**
Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? James 2:15-16
Foodbank https://warwickdistrict.foodbank.o rg.uk/ Christians Against Poverty https://capuk.org/
Attached appendices
- Appendix A – Annual financial report
- Appendix B - Independent Examiner Statement (B Simango)
- Appendix C – annual return graphics
Rector: Rev Richard Suffern E: revrwss@gmail.com T: 01926 425070
https://stmargaretschurchwhitnash.co.uk/me et-the-team/
http://www.dioceseofcoventry.org/ http://www.dioceseofcoventry.org/definingth e8eqs https://www.churchofengland.org/
http://www.africanpastors.org/ https://www.cord.org.uk/ https://www.helpinghandscharity.org.uk/ https://www.tearfund.org/ http://www.thriveym.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ywamamsterdam / https://warwickdistrict.foodbank.org.uk/
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Appendix A – Annual financial report
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## **ST MARGARET’S WHITNASH**
## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITNASH Reg. Charity No: 1128890**
## **ANNUAL ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021**
**Rector: Rev Richard Suffern The Rectory 2 Church Close Whitnash Leamington Spa CV31 2HJ**
**Treasurer: Lisa Fincken**
**7 Nursery Lane Leamington Spa CV31 2PW**
**Independent Examiner: Blessing Simango 12 Field Close Warwick CV34 4QD**
**Bankers: Unity Trust Bank**
**Nine Brindleyplace Birmingham B1 2BR**
**ST MARGARET'S CHURCH WHITNASH PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year to 31 December 2021**
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## _**Basis**_
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations together with applicable accounting standards and the Charities SORP 2005.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## _**Funds**_
General funds- represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. These may include funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC.
Designated Funds– these are funds designated for specific purposes by the PCC (see note 11). Restricted funds- represent monies or assets raised or given for specific purposes. These may not be used for any other reason without express permission of the Charity Commissioners or reverting to the original donors or their representatives.
## _**Income and Expenditure Recognition**_
The accounts include transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC can be held responsible. They do not include the accounts of Church groups that owe an affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of Church members.
## **Incoming Resources**
## _**Voluntary Income and Capital Sources**_
Collections are recognized when made. Amounts receivable under Gift Aid are recognized only when honoured by the Donor. All Income Tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is included in the accounts. The Gift Aid Small Donations top up payment is claimed on a regular basis, and we made full use of the Community Buildings element of the scheme to claim for cash. Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for when received.
## _**Other Ordinary Income**_
Rental income from the letting of Church premises is accounted for fully.
Parochial Fees due to the PCC for weddings, funerals etc. are accounted for on an event-by-event basis.
## _**Income from Investment**_
Interest / dividends are accounted for when due.
## **Application of Resources**
## _**Costs directly related to work of the Church**_
The Diocesan parish share is accounted for when payable.
## _**Fixed Assets: Consecrated land and buildings and movable church furnishings**_
Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from the accounts by s. 96(2) (c) of the Charities Act 1993. St Margaret’s Church buildings and contents cover with the Ecclesiastical Insurance Co have a combined sum assured of £7.8 million. We have a public liability cover of £10 million and Employers Liability cover of £10 million.
## _**Property Valuations**_
|**_roperty Valuations_**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||Accounts Value|Insurance Valuation|
|13 Palmer Road||£250,000|£ 157,997|
|101 Whitnash Road||£250,000|£ 170,666|
|St Margaret’s Centre||£ 451,532|£ 1,112,277|
Valuations of the above properties are based on current use and do not reflect any value that might occur if sold for a different usage. The insurance valuations are based on the cost of rebuilding the properties. Within the definition of the Charities Act these assets have their value restricted as defined by the Act and should the asset be realised, the monies raised would then be restricted. Such funds could be used to replace the asset unless the Charity Commissioners agreed the funds could be used for another purpose.
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## **ST MARGARET'S CHURCH WHITNASH PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year to 31 December 2021**
## _**Church Assets**_
No value is placed on movable church furnishings held by the Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal since the PCC considers this to be inalienable property. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings and movable church furnishings whether maintenance or improvement, is written off.
Amounts owing to the PCC on 31[st] December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectible.
Paper and other sundry stocks are written off as they are purchased.
## _**Investment Policy**_
The PCC invests any surplus with the Central Board of Finance using its Investment Account and Fixed interest Securities. Interest and dividends received from these funds is reinvested. Investment of funds is reviewed at each Buildings and Finance Meeting and by the PCC.
## _**Reserves Policy**_
The PCC has agreed the funds outlined below and that the PCC should hold free reserves equal to a six month’s unrestricted (general) expenditure from Analysis of income & expenditure sheet £202,838.28
|2021|2020|
|---|---|
|£101,419|£84,724.98|
## _**Conflicts of interest**_
|The following disclosable transactions occurred:
Who
Regarding
Adrian Barton-Linleigh
Electrical works via Linleigh Electrical
Rev Richard Suffern
Chair of the African Pastors Fellowship
Jacqui Suffern
Mentor within the flourish organisation|The following disclosable transactions occurred:
Who
Regarding
Adrian Barton-Linleigh
Electrical works via Linleigh Electrical
Rev Richard Suffern
Chair of the African Pastors Fellowship
Jacqui Suffern
Mentor within the flourish organisation|The following disclosable transactions occurred:
Who
Regarding
Adrian Barton-Linleigh
Electrical works via Linleigh Electrical
Rev Richard Suffern
Chair of the African Pastors Fellowship
Jacqui Suffern
Mentor within the flourish organisation|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Who|Regarding|2021|2020|
||Adrian Barton-Linleigh|Electrical works via Linleigh Electrical|£22,084.00|£779.47|
||Rev Richard Suffern|Chair of the African Pastors Fellowship|£800|£1,000|
||Jacqui Suffern|Mentor within the flourish organisation|£800|£1,000|
All of these transactions were approved by the PCC through the Buildings and Finance Committee.
**2 & 3** The breakdown of Income and Expenditure is shown in the **Analysis of Income and Expenditure** statement attached to these accounts
## **4 Staff costs**
||2021|2021|2021|2020|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||General|Designated|Total Funds|Total funds|
||||||
|Salaries|£27,888.26|£0|£27,895.42|£39,250.43|
|Pensions|£994.97|£0|£994.97|£1,155.34|
||||||
|**Total**|**£29,734.74**|**£0**|**£28,890.39**|**£40,405.77**|
No member of staff received employer benefits of exceeding £60,000.
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## **ST MARGARET'S CHURCH WHITNASH PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year to 31 December 2021**
## **5 Charitable giving**
|||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|---|
|African Pastors Fellowship||£800|£1,000|
|George Muller Trust||£800|£1,000|
|Thrive||£800|£1,000|
|Tear Fund||£800|£1,000|
|CORD||£800|£1,000|
|Flourish||£800|£1,000|
|Rectors Discretionary Fund||£164.42|£200|
|Food bank||£500|£500|
|Gideons||£100|£100|
|Kitale Diocese (relief fund)||£0|£0|
|||||
|Total||**£5,564.42**|**£6,800**|
## **6 Tangible fixed assets**
|Freehold property at cost or valuation||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|---|
|St Margaret's Centre||£451,532|£451,532|
|101 Whitnash Road||£250,000|£250,000|
|13 Palmer Road||£250,000|£250,000|
|||||
|Total||**£951,532**|**£951,532**|
## **7 Capital commitments**
Quotations and work to the Church in particular the Rose window are being obtained. Work will hopefully commence during 2022. Funds will be raised from grants and donations. The clock is due for some general maintenance during 2022
|2021|2020|
|---|---|
|£5,256|£56,781.29|
## **Short term investments**
## **8**
The investment income is derived from the following holding with the Central Board of Finance. Any gains or losses are shown on the SOFA. Interest received is reinvested. The values on 31 December are shown below.
||||Units
held|Unit cost|Value|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Fixed interest securities||2021|143.92|1.5835|£277.90|
|||2020|140|1.6662|£237.59|
|||||||
|Investment account||2021|6092.17|20.4873|£121,489.69|
|||2020|5930.00|23.4181|£142,667.05|
|||||||
|Total values||2021|||£142,894.95|
|||2020|||£121,727.28|
|||||||
|Amount of (loss) / gain in the year||2021|||**£21,167.97**|
|||2020|||**£9,331.98**|
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## **ST MARGARET'S CHURCH WHITNASH PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year to 31 December 2021**
## **9 Accounts Receivable - Debtors (owing to us)**
|||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|---|
|HMRC Gift Aid||£0|£723.17|
|HMRC Furlough reclaim||£0|£1,727.25|
|VLC||£6,240.00|£0|
|LWAD||£1,065.00|£0|
|Local government for elections||£900.00|£0|
|Magic Voices||£600.00|£0|
|Entrust||£100.00|£0|
|Insurances on Properties||1,419.54|£0|
|Total||**£10,324.54**|**£2,450.42**|
## **10 Accounts Payable - Creditors (we owe)**
|||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|---|
|Advent (All we can)||£0|£230|
|Deanery Synod (Held in trust)||£0|£16,251.00|
|Rent deposit for 13 Palmer (Held in trust)||£0|£600|
|Living Wages||£72|£0|
|Diocese–wedding & funerals||£2,656.00|£0|
|HMRC tax & NI||£121.50|£0|
|||||
|Total||**£2,849.50**|**£230**|
## 11 Designated funds
|||Bal 1 Jan
2021|Receipts|Payments|Transfers|Bal 31 Dec
2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||
|Church Restoration||£56,781.29|£482.20|£840|£0|£56.423.49|
|Advent||£12|£0|£0|£0|£12.00|
|Deanery Synod||£16,251.00|£0|£1,266.87|£0|£14,984.13|
||||||||
|Total||**£73,044.29**|**£482.20**|£2,106.87|**£0**|**£71,419.62**|
## Represented by
**Church Restoration** represents monies donated and allocated for future restoration of the church building, directly for the structure of the church.
**Advent** represents funds donated on an annual basis for St Margaret’s advent appeal, these will be paid out to the relevant appeal annually
**Deanery Synod** – represents funds held on behalf of the Deanery
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## **ST MARGARET'S CHURCH WHITNASH PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year to 31 December 2021**
## **12 Restricted Funds**
|||Bal 1 Jan
2021|Receipts|Payments|Transfers|Bal 31 Dec 2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|St Margaret’s Centre||£451,532.00|£0|£0|£0|£451,532.00|
|Properties||£500,000.00|£0|£0|£0|£500,000.00|
|Rent deposit – 13
Palmer Road||£600|£0|£0|£0|£600.00|
|Building for the future –
St Margaret’s Centre||£18,722.00|£0|£714.00|£0|£18,008.00|
|Tower/Bells||£0|£80.00|£0|£0|£80.00|
|Church yard legacy||£19,721.20|£0|£0|£0|£19,721.20|
|Organ||£7,607.40|£720.00|£570.60|£0|£7,756.80|
|Ready Steady Grow||£201.00|£0|£0|£0|£201.00|
||||||||
||||||||
|||**£998,383.60**|**£800.00**|**£1,284.60**|**£0**|**£997,899.00**|
**St Margaret's Centre** represents the build cost of the centre.
**Properties** represents the freehold and leasehold properties acquired (and part) transferred by the PCC.
**Rent deposit represents the r** ent deposit from 13 Palmer Road (This will be placed in a tenancy account 2022)
**Building for the future, St Margaret’s Centre** represents cost of maintaining the building of St Margaret's Centre.
**Tower/Bells** represents monies donated for spending on the Church tower belfry and bells.
**Church yard legacy** represents money left in a legacy for major works at the churchyard extension.
**Organ Fund** represents monies donated for spending on the church organ maintenance & repair
**Ready Steady Grow** represents the funds donated for the use of Ready Steady Grow group – This group had money stolen & is now closing it was agreed that the balance is to be donated to St Margaret’s 2021 advent appeal in 2022.
## **13 Warwick and Leamington Deanery Synod**
To note that £16,984.13 is being held on behalf of the Warwick and Leamington Deanery Synod in a fund.
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Parish Returns Online
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## Finance Dashboard - Parish: Whitnash: St Margaret
## 1. Total Income & Total Expenditure, (2012-2021)
|Income|£224,198|£201,083|£191,297|£192,749|£247,207|£343,646|£206,710|£271,774|£196,456|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Expenditure|£249,866|£217,483|£209,063|£198,629|£219,390|£322,788|£206,592|£196,213|£211,158|
Unrestricted and Restricted amounts have been combined.
## 2. Giving & gift aid recovered, (2012-2021)
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|Planned giving|£77,577|£74,301|£59,340|£52,569|£73,989|£75,140|£49,649|£50,120|£27,838|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Collections at services|£6,419|£7,861|£6,567|£8,408|£904|£919|£10,159|£55,689|£3,473|
|All other giving|£0|£1,090|£26|£4,700|£11,374|£27,970|£6,178|£0|£32,977|
|Gift aid recovered|£18,270|£15,222|£13,106|£13,809|£19,764|£13,564|£15,348|£13,777|£7,573|
Graph 2 shows a detailed breakdown of the Total giving �gure in graph 4.
Unrestricted and Restricted amounts have been combined.
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## 3. Planned giving & planned givers, (2012-2021)
|Weekly average planned giving|£16.76|£12.87|£16.30|£12.48|£18.97|£18.06|£27.28|£19.28|£13.38|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|per planned giver||||||||||
|Number of Planned Givers|89|111|70|81|75|80|35|50|40|
Planned giving = Tax e�cient planned giving + Other planned giving;
Planned givers = Tax e�cient planned givers + Other planned givers.
Unrestricted and Restricted amounts have been combined.
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## 4. Income breakdown, (2012-2021)
|Total giving|£83,996|£83,252|£65,933|£65,677|£86,267|£104,029|£65,986|£105,809|£64,288|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Fundraising|£3,333|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£6,529|£0|£97|
|Trading|£99,185|£91,492|£97,131|£78,171|£85,579|£100,170|£45,096|£58,236|£43,170|
|Gift aid recovered|£18,270|£15,222|£13,106|£13,809|£19,764|£13,564|£15,348|£13,777|£7,573|
|PCC Fees|£12,012|£8,537|£13,337|£10,166|£21,799|£9,792|£10,765|£10,308|£5,524|
|Other income|£627|£361|£34|£24,397|£30,890|£29,683|£53,246|£83,644|£50,804|
## Graph 4 shows income other than grants and legacies.
- Total giving = Tax e�cient planned giving + Other planned giving + Collections at services + All other giving, including Special Appeals.
- Other income = Dividends, interest, income from property + Any other income.
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## 5. Expenditure breakdown, (2012-2021)
|Mission giving & donations|£7,563|£14,984|£11,123|£8,647|£14,003|£12,115|£2,523|£11,284|£25,767|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Parish share paid|£57,936|£59,090|£60,000|£60,000|£62,663|£68,000|£58,131|£60,000|£60,000|
|Salaries & expenses|£52,155|£44,867|£49,987|£35,197|£36,623|£41,474|£42,126|£1,102|£18,300|
|Church running expenses &|£63,082|£19,794|£25,397|£27,007|£29,531|£37,215|£65,847|£22,916|£27,777|
|utilities||||||||||
|Other expenditure|£40,312|£55,293|£42,993|£51,911|£63,283|£37,357|£13,908|£100,911|£52,277|
Graph 5 shows expenditure other than capital expenditure.
- Other expenditure = Fundraising activities + Mission and evangelism costs + Cost of trading + Other expenses.
- Running expenses & utilities also includes governance costs.
Unrestricted and Restricted amounts have been combined.
## 6. Legacies, grants & capital expenditure, (2012-2021)
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|Legacies|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£11,000|£1,500|£0|£0|
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|Grants|£6,775|£2,219|£1,756|£529|£2,908|£75,408|£8,240|£0|£25,000|
|Capital expenditure|£28,818|£23,455|£19,563|£15,867|£13,287|£126,627|£24,057|£0|£27,037|
Unrestricted and Restricted amounts have been combined.
## 7. Unrestricted & restricted reserves, (2016-2021)
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||2016|2017|2018|2019|2020|2021*|
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|Unrestricted|£119,035|£145,718|£101,734|£131,279|£165,695|~~-~~|
|Restricted|£22,444|£20,475|£40,567|£84,231|£46,851|~~-~~|
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Appendix B - Independent Examiner Statement (B Simango)
St Margaret’s Church Whitnash Annual Report for end 2021 Page 23 of 19
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## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of St Margaret’s Whitnash PCC**
I report on the accounts of the St Margaret’s Whitnash PCC for the year ended 31 December 2021.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
_KB Simango_
Blessing Simango ACCA 12 Field Close Warwick CV34 4QD
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## Statistics for Mission Dashboard - Parish: Whitnash: St Margaret
## 1. Attendance Summary, (2012-2021)
|Christmas|364|427|197|376|584|467|334|298|30|151|
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|Easter|193|210|185|187|256|310|254|144|-|119|
|Average Week, October|196|208|185|153|171|169|117|129|46|86|
|Usual Sunday|125|161|142|142|151|179|147|92|-|-|
N.B. Because of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, churches were not asked to report their Usual Sunday attendance for 2020 or 2021, or their Easter attendance for 2020
- Christmas: Christmas Eve & Christmas Day;
- Easter: Easter Eve & Easter Day;
- Average week, October: includes Sunday and midweek church services & fresh expressions in October but excludes attendance at services for schools;
## 2. Worshipping Community, (2014-2021)
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|Total|248|175|151|218|203|124|113|92|
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|0-17|30|24|24|48|50|12|8|9|
|18-69|188|66|97|100|100|47|45|48|
|70+|30|85|30|70|53|65|60|35|
|Age unspeci�ed|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Joiners|16|20|0|58|21|12|0|2|
|Leavers|8|3|0|3|8|16|0|5|
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Worshipping Community information has been collected from 2012 onwards.
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## 3. Usual Sunday Attendance, (2012-2021)
|Adults|110|135|123|129|127|155|120|86|-|-|
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|Children|15|26|19|13|24|24|27|6|-|-|
N.B. Because of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, churches were not asked to report their Usual Sunday attendance for 2020 or 2021
## 4. Average Weekly Attendance, (2012-2021)
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|Adults|162|175|159|134|148|147|110|118|44|81|
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|Children|34|33|27|19|23|22|7|12|2|4|
|Adults, School|0|0|15|10|3|10|25|3|0|0|
|Children, School|0|0|198|75|90|90|200|68|0|0|
Attendance at Sunday and midweek church services & fresh expressions in October. Services for schools were included from 2013.
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## 5. Percentage Children, (2012-2021)
|Usual Sunday (aged <16)|12%|16%|13%|9%|16%|13%|18%|7%|-|-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Average Week, October (aged < 16)|17%|16%|14%|13%|14%|13%|6%|9%|3%|5%|
|Worshipping community (aged < 18)|10%|12%|12%|10%|16%|15%|17%|7%|5%|6%|
Average week, October: Attendance at services for schools is not included
## 6. Baptisms, marriages and funerals, (2012-2021)
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|Baptisms|32|34|28|24|21|19|17|11|0|6|
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|Marriages|18|20|17|6|13|5|10|7|1|2|
|Funerals|48|50|37|45|39|39|35|23|37|20|
Baptisms: all baptisms & thanksgivings.
Marriages: marriages and services of prayer & dedication after civil marriages.
Funerals: those held in church & at crematoria/cemeteries.
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