ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION ## **Financial Review** When the pandemic began I do not think anyone imagined that it could last so long and have such an impact on all parts of our lives. Although things improved somewhat in 2021, the effects of the third lockdown at the beginning of the year reduced our income once again. We are very fortunate that Planned Giving held up so well (£46,902 in 2021 against £44,773 in 2020). Donations via the Planned Giving Scheme equate to c 70% of regular donations, thank you to all those who have joined PGS. It eases the workload on the treasurer as PGS administers the gift aid element of the donations. 43 donors now use the scheme. If anyone is interested in joining please speak to Pete Lewis or me. In 2021 collections at services were up by c £2,000 (£4,127 v £2,148) and All Other Giving increased by over £4,000 (£10,671 v £6,449). Gift Aid Tax Recovered was broadly similar to 2020. Our biggest losses of revenue again came from fundraising, hire of Cornerstone and Parochial Church Fees. No Summer or Christmas fairs or raffles were possible once again although we did have raffles by donation. Other fundraising efforts included takeaway cream teas and the launch of the 100 Club. The fundraising total in 2021 increased by over £800 (£3,479 v £2,615). This is still significantly below previous years but a big thank you to all those involved and well done for finding inventive new ways of raising much needed funds. Income from Hire of Cornerstone decreased by just under £2,000 (£3,554 v £5,411). Parochial (Statutory) fees for weddings, funerals, etc, were also down on the previous year (£3,843 v £4,609) and substantially below previous years. Online giving via Give a Little has proved to be a worthwhile revenue generator, especially when some people were reluctant to venture outside. The national church has continued to pay the cost of the premium service for parishes which allows gift aid details to be captured from donors. Once again, however, there is a great deal of food for thought. Our general funds income in 2021 increased by c £6,500 against 2020 (£85,335 v £79,050), but we have to remember that we have to pay our parish share out of this (£75,418) which leaves us very little headroom. Without the income and reserves from the church’s endowment funds the situation would have been quite serious. The PCC took the decision to again pay our parish share in full and place whatever expenditure we could legitimately place against endowment funds. We thus ended the year with a very slight deficit (-£34), but note should once again be taken of the reduction in the balance remaining in endowment funds. Annual income from our endowment funds investments is usually in the region of £22,000, in 2021 over £45,000 of expenditure was placed against endowment funds which meant that we spent nearly £22,000 more than we received in income. LPWGS – we again made claims for grants from the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS) which is funded by the Government to cover the VAT paid on specified maintenance and security costs. Claims have to be made within 12 months of work taking place and grant income has to be returned to the fund from which the original expenditure was taken. In 2021 we reclaimed grants to the value of just under £1,500. A separate line is included in the accounts to show income from this source (LPWGS). Parish Share – this was paid in full and we received the 1% reduction for paying by direct debit, thus the net parish share paid was £75,418. Again, not all parishes in the Deanery paid their share in full in 2021 although the deficit was a little lower than the previous year at c £190,000. During the year the Deanery reviewed the method of share allocation and agreed on an 80%/120% formula with the costs of ministry in the Deanery agreed at £60,000. No parish should pay less than £48,000 and no parish more than £72,000. Reaching 80% will be very challenging for some parishes in the short term so increases were introduced on a sliding scale. In addition, parishes paying more than 120%, and thus entitled to a Page F1 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION reduction were asked, to continue to pay their current parish share for 2022. Synod also agreed that fees returned to the Deanery should be allocated to the parishes which generated them, thus showing their total contribution towards parish share. For 2022 parishes paying more than 100% of parish share were requested not to have fees deducted from share. The new formula was agreed and supported by the majority of parishes in the Deanery as it was recognised that the current payment deficit could not continue in the long term. Parishes have to recognise that if the size of the shortfall did not reduce over time we could be faced with a reduction in clergy numbers in the Deanery. Deanery Share – We paid no Deanery Share in 2021 as it was agreed by Synod that those parishes who had paid their Deanery Share in 2020 would not pay anything in 2021. For 2022 Synod agreed to suspend Deanery Share as it was felt there were sufficient funds available to allow this. During the pandemic there were virtually no Deanery expenses or activities to fund and no Area Dean expenses to fund following the departure of Revd Canon Rod Cosh in the first quarter of 2020. Our new Area Dean, Revd Canon Janet Binns, arrived in September 2021 and Deanery activities have slowly restarted. This will be reviewed for 2023. It should be noted that the 2022 budget agreed by the PCC again shows a deficit of nearly £15,000 between anticipated income and expenditure. We are eternal optimists, God is with us in our endeavours, but it is still difficult to know what the future holds as I write this report. It is looking brighter that it has done for many months, but I wrote these same words in 2021 regarding the 2020 accounts - how wrong can you be? However, it now seems that life is getting back to normal and in some ways it has made us all look at how we do things, be more open to change, hopefully for the better, rather than leaving them as they always have been. Reviewing how we do things is not a bad thing to do on occasion, it is easy to get stuck in a rut and resist change. Change can present opportunities as well as challenges - we have taken the opportunity to sign on for online giving, card readers and QR codes, a mystery to some, especially if you do not have a smartphone which can read QR codes. ## **Endowment Funds** Endowment fund investments are all in CBF Church of England Funds managed by the Diocese. During 2021 the PCC reviewed the investment strategy and it was agreed that some of the current investments should be realised and reinvested in funds which have a higher dividend yield. It is hoped the rearranged investments will produce some additional endowment fund income. All investments remain in CBF Church of England Funds. Like all investments the value of the underlying assets can rise and fall in line with market conditions and dividend yields are not guaranteed. ## **Designated Funds** Funds designated by the PCC in order that donations such as legacies or other non-general income received are available for special purchases or unexpected events. ## **Reserves Policy** It should be the policy of every PCC to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least three month’s unrestricted payments. It would be held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. Our endowment funds can only be spent on specific items, but do give us a buffer we can rely on for the time being. SHEILA WARBURTON PCC Treasurer Page F2 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the members/trustees of St Peter’s Church, Burnham, Parochial Church Council** I report on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December, 2021, which are set out on pages F4 to F9. ## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner** As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC 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; - follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - 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 the management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. ## **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; or - to prepare accounts, which accord with these accounting records - 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. Roger Webb 9 Barrs Road Taplow SL6 0LE Date: _________________________ Page F3 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION ## **Financial Statements for the year ended 2021 Receipts and Payments Accounts** |Note
**RECEIPTS**
**Voluntary Receipts**
Planned Giving
Collections at Services
All other giving/voluntary receipts
5a
Gift Aid Tax Recovered
**Activities for Generating Funds**
5b
**Investment Income**
5c
**Church activities**
5d
**Other receipts**
**Sub Total**
**Church Groups (own bank account)**
4
**Total Receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
**Church activities:**
Parish Share
Clergy & Staffing Costs
Church Running Expenses
5e
Costs of Trading
Fundraising Costs
Mission Giving & Donations
5f
**Cost of Generating funds**
**Governance costs**
**Other Payments**
**Sub Total Payments**
**Church Groups (own bank account)**
4
**Total Payments**
**Excess of receipts over payments**
**Transfers between funds**
Cash at bank & in hand at 1st January
Cash at bank & in hand at 31 December|Unrestricted Funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
TOTAL
2021
TOTAL
2020
General
Designated
£
£
£
£
46,902
46,902
44,773
4,127
4,127
2,148
9,085
1,586
10,671
6,449
13,530
13,530
13,365| |---|---| ||73,643
0
1,586
0
75,230
66,735
7,033
0
7,033
9,226
82
23,960
24,042
24,880
3,843
340
4,183
4,609
734
734
2,734| ||85,335
340
1,586
23,960
111,222
108,184
70
70
776| ||85,335
410
1,586
23,960
111,292
108,959
75,418
75,418
75,418
8,653
6,376
15,029
13,171
215
0
38,223
38,438
44,737
0
1,381
344
344
318
912
186
1,301
1,103
3,501
4,311| ||85,543
186
1,301
45,701
132,730
139,335
51
51
15
0
94
0
2,247| ||85,594
186
1,301
45,701
132,782
141,691
160
160
1,617| ||85,594
346
1,301
45,701
132,942
143,308
-259
65
286
-21,742
-21,650
-34,349
155
-155
0
0| ||-104
-90
286
-21,742
-21,650
-34,349
£70
£1,806
£883
£117,716 £120,475 £154,824
-£34
£1,716
£1,169
£95,974
£98,825 £120,475| Page F4 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSETS** |Cash at bank and in hand at 31st December|**2021**|**2020**| |---|---|---| |Barclays Current Account 1|12,837|8,032| |Barclays Current Account 2|820|684| |Natwest Current Account|2,738|1,244| |Natwest Business Reserve|1,579|1,578| |CBF Deposit Fund|79,569|107,238| |**Sub Total - bank accounts**|97,542|118,776| |Cash in hand|0|12| |Uncleared cheques|-434|-120| |**Sub Total**|97,108|118,669| |Church Groups(own bank account)|1,716|1,806| |**TOTAL CASH AT BANK/IN HAND**|98,825|120,475| |**Other Monetary Assets**
**Liabilities**
**INVESTMENT ASSETS**
**Endowment Funds**
Perpetual
The Churchyard Trust
J H Painter Bequest
Endowment funds are al|0
0
Balance
b/f
Unrealised Investment
gains/losses
Balance
c/f
1,782
239
2,021
624,221
74,794
699,014| |---|---| ||626,003
75,032
701,035| ||| Page F5 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION - 1 The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis. - 2 Burnham Church Estate Charity was established from the sale proceeds of the former infant school. As the managing trustees of the charity are the Churchwardens, the assets of the charity, which are investments in the CBF Investment Fund, are not reflected in these accounts. However, the income from these investments is mandated to the PCC and is included in these accounts. The income is to be used for the repair of the fabric of the parish church and other expenses. - 3 Two endowment funds are held by the Diocese on behalf of St Peter's. The Churchyard Trust was established to provide income for the maintenance of the church and churchyard so long as two graves and two brass plaques are kept in good order. The J H Painter Bequest was established to provide income for the maintenance of the church and churchyard so long as certain graves are kept in good order and repair. - 4 The movements in designated, endowment and restricted funds during the year were: |**Designated Funds**
Little Angels
**Designated Funds - Church**
**Groups**
**(own bank account)**
Puppets for All at St Peter's
**Total Designated Funds**
**Endowment Funds**
Burnham Church Estate Charity
The Churchyard Trust
J H Painter Bequest
CBF Deposit Fund
LPWS - VAT Grants
**Restricted Funds**
Outward Giving|Balance
b/f
Receipts
Payments
Transfers
Balance
c/f
0
340
-186
-155
0| |---|---| ||0
340
-186
-155
0| ||1,806
70
-160
1,716| ||1,806
70
-160
0
1,716| ||| ||**1,806**
**410**
**-346**
**-155**
**1,716**| ||14,932
4,306
-15,279
3,960
184
53
-182
54
100,837
18,072
-27,460
91,448
1,499
49
-1,103
445
264
1,479
-1,677
66| ||117,715
23,960
-45,701
0
95,974| ||883
1,586
-1,301
1,169| ||883
1,586
-1,301
0
1,169| Page F6 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION |5
**Receipts & Payments Analysis**
**RECEIPTS**
5a
**All other giving/voluntary**
**receipts**
Gift Aid Envelopes
Other Donations
Outward Giving
5b**Activities for Generating Funds**
Fundraising Activities
Cornerstone Income
Hire of Cornerstone
Traidcraft
5c
**Investment Income**
CBF Deposit Fund
Bank Interest
Monkhouse Bequest
Burnham Church Estate
Churchyard Trust
Painter Endowment Fund
LPWGS
5d**Church activities**
Little Angels
Parochial Church Fees
**PAYMENTS**
5e**Church Running Expenses**
Annual Fees/Licences
Church Repairs & Maintenance
Deanery Share
Insurance
Office Costs
Printing & Stationery
Service Costs
Telephone/Internet/Postage
Utilities
Other|Unrestricted Funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
TOTAL
2021
TOTAL
2020
General Designated
£
£
£
£
£
£
1,469
1,469
493
7,616
7,616
4,190
1,586
1,586
1,766| |---|---| ||9,085
0
1,586
0
10,671
6,449
3,479
3,479
2,615
0
0
416
3,554
3,554
5,411
785| ||7,033
0
0
0
7,033
9,226
49
49
514
0
0
1
82
82
79
4,306
4,306
4,143
53
53
50
18,072
18,072 18,523
1,479
1,479
1,570| ||82
0
0
23,960
24,042 24,880
340
340
3,843
3,843
4,609| ||3,843
340
0
0
4,183
4,609
110
110
606
13,995
13,995 20,372
0
650
3,999
3,999
6,144
0
21
1,789
1,789
1,879
11,562
11,562
7,686
895
895
535
5,983
5,983
6,537
105
105
307| ||215
0
0
38,223
38,438 44,737| Page F7 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION |Notes (continued)
5f
**Mission, Giving and Donations**
Beautiful Gate, Lesotho
Burnham Abbey
Burnham Lighthouse
Burnham Resilience
Children's Society
Dementia UK
Pastoral Care/Parish Mission
Rainforest from Eco Fair
Royal British Legion
Toddler Group
Little Angels
Toilet Twinning|Unrestricted Funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
TOTAL
2021
TOTAL
2020
General Designated
£
£
£
£
£
£
118
118
361
0
100
0
500
127
127
921
101
874
976
660
0
288
1,103
0
1,090
281
281
0
292
292
0
390
186
300
300
0
120
120
0| |---|---| ||912
186
1,301
1,103
3,501
4,311| Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 30[th] March, 2022, and signed on its behalf by: Rev Janet Minkkinen (Vicar of St Peter’s Church) Mrs Sheila Warburton (PCC Treasurer) __________________________________ ______________________________ Page F8 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BURNHAM ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2021 – FINANCE SECTION ## PAROCHIAL CHURCH FEES The table of Statutory Parochial Fees is on the notice boards in church and Cornerstone. In addition to the statutory fee, the PCC sets the fee for the verger, organist, bells and choir for services such as marriages and funerals together with any other fees such as heating costs; these are included under non statutory fees. A Fees Treasurer is elected annually by the PCC and a separate bank account is used to receive fees. |Total fees received during 2021:
Marriage Service
Wedding banns & certificate
Wedding deposit
Funeral service in church
Crematorium following church service
Funeral service at crematorium
Burial of Ashes
Monuments
Other Income|Statutory Fees
Non
Statutory
Fees
TOTAL
Due to
Diocese
Due to
PCC
£844
£1,127
£1,923
£3,894
£138
£138
£450
£450
£432
£364
£1,419
£2,215
£145
£145
£4,776
£4,776
£675
£1,734
£250
£2,659
£138
£660
£798
£72
£72| |---|---| ||£7,010
£4,473
£3,664
£15,147| TOTAL NUMBER OF SERVICES/OTHER Marriage Service Funeral Service in Church Crematorium following service in church Service at Crematorium 24 Burial of Ashes 17 Monuments 10 Rev Janet Minkkinen Mrs Sheila Warburton (Vicar of St Peter’s Church) (Fees Treasurer) ____________________________________ ______________________________ Page F9