Charity registration no: 1129554 

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN, BATH REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## Administrative office: 

Church Office Church Rooms The Avenue Combe Down BATH BA2 5EE 

## Incumbent: 

The Rev'd Shawn Swinney ‘Lonsdale’ 81 Church Road Combe Down BATH BA2 5JJ 

## Bankers: 

National Westminster Bank pic 24-25 Stall Street BATH BA1 1QF 

## Independent examiner: 

Matthaw Small FCA Berkeley Hall Marshall Limited Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor 6 Charlotte Street BATH BA1 2NE 



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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE 

## ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN, BATH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## The Parochial Church Council 

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is a Registered Charity and the PCC members are trustees for the purposes of charity law. 

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting within this parish the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC registered with the Charity Commission on 13 May 2009. Members of the Council are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. The appendix to this report lists those who served as members of the Council from January 2020. PCC Membership increased by 1 to 15 members this year with 3 standing down and 4 new members being elected. PCC meetings were held every two months and a Standing Committee of the PCC meeting in the intervening months. There are 3 sub committees of the PCC to give greater focus; these are Staffing Committee (HR), Buildings Committee and Investments Committee. 

PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish, including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be invested and spent. 

## Buildings 

## The principal buildings available to the Church Family are: 

- e Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Combe Down - consecrated 1835. 

- e The Church Rooms, The Avenue (dedicated 1926) which is part of a separate trust, Holy Trinity Trust. 

- e St Andrew's Community Church, Foxhill, which is also part of Holy Trinity Trust. This new Church building was completed in November 2011 as the final part of the ‘Rainbow Project’. 

## Governing document 

The charity is governed by the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended and church representation rules. 

## Public benefit 

The charity has due regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission on public benefit. 

## Risk management 

The PCC members have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. 

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## THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE 

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## ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 (continued) 

## Review of the Year 

This report covers the period from January to December 2020 and includes the COVID 19 pandemic which resulted in 2 lockdowns and various and variable restrictions. 

## Our Church Services 

Our Churches are flourishing! Pre pandemic we had 2 morning services at Holy Trinity attended by about 200 adults. St Andrew's had a service attended by about 40 adults. There is a large amount of lay involvement in all the services. We have developed closer links with the other churches in the Benefice in year. 

From March 2020 we ran streamed services for all four churches in the Benefice with contributions from all four churches. These were also placed on Youtube and were very well received with high numbers of devices joining. Shawn’s sermon series chosen before the March lockdown was called ‘When the world falls apart’, seemed an apt title for our first sermon series in the pandemic! 

We are very grateful to Shawn for his foresight and leadership in this time. He was indeed appointed ‘for just such a time as this.’ And we are grateful for all his technical work in this season in setting up streaming and Youtube services and in editing our services which regularly takes more than a day of his week! 

We are very grateful to Dan and Lydia for their leading of our worship before the lockdown and how they stepped up and led our worship through this season. Dan's degree has been invaluable in recording and producing our worship. 

## Clergy Report: 

Three people with a past or present link with our churches were ordained on 27 September 2020: Jo, Andrew and Chris. 

We have Chris as our part time curate to assist Bishop John at Southstoke 2 Sundays a month and to work 2 days a week with Shawn at Holy Trinity in a voluntary capacity. 

Our dear minister for St Andrew's, Steve, died before he could be ordained and as Bishop Ruth said at the ordination service, ‘he had been called to serve a higher calling.’ 

We have three from our congregations accepted for ordination training from September 2020, Simon, Chris and Matt. Praise the Lord for raising up people to serve our churches. St Andrew's is being supported by Cath who has postponed her ordination until June 2021 to serve at STACC. We plan to havea full time curate from July 2021. 

## Rev Dr Chris writes: 

The role for the clergy has been very different this year, with most services held on-line, and those that were in the church buildings being socially distanced with small numbers, no singing etc. We have been very blessed by the skills of our Vicar, Shawn, who has masterminded the production and streaming of our on-line services. 

Christmas was a particular challenge, and we were pleased to have been able to offer a wide range of ways to celebrate and spread the Christmas message that had not been previously considered. 

In addition to the initiatives that have been described in later reports, we held three evening candle lit traditional carol services in Christmas week, with a small group of singers and musicians, who played, sang and read. These were quiet, reflective services, and were well received. Around 40 people attended each evening. 

Shawn recorded a service of Holy Communion for Christmas Eve, and we had a very well-produced service on Christmas Day. 

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## Ministry reports 

Our Ministry Leads have written reports in each of their areas providing an overview of the many activities of the churches. We are very grateful for all the work they do and the teams that work with them which have an impact across the generations both within the congregations and in our local community. 

Their reports follow:Our Worship Leaders, Dan and Lydia, write: Worship for most of 2020 has been a bit different to previous years. The opportunity to worship together as a unified benefice for most of the lockdown, across the internet has been a unique one that wouldn't have happened ina “normal” world. We have a great team of musicians who have risen to the challenge of videos and playing together across distance and it's been good to be able to include people from both HT & Stacc where technology allowed. I'll never complain about the time it takes to have a practice again, as assembling, mixing and producing the tracks & videos is a part time job. 

As is normal, there have been team members who have stepped down or moved on, but there have been new additions to the team across the period too - people worshipping together who have never met in person. Being able to record together as a team now is a good step forward, and means we'll be able to get more of the wider team involved, whilst still protecting our more vulnerable members. 

A big thank you to Josh & the sound team who are stepping up & learning new live-streaming skills. 

One of the big prayer points is for Stace - for the team there to continue developing when they go back to having a live band. Another point that requires both prayer & personnel cover is for the beginning 2021, as we will be to taking a break as we adjust to having our baby. If the volume of voices at the last pre COVID service we had back in the mists of history is anything to go by, when we can get back together will be a very special experience. Big thanks to everyone involved. Report on Families Ministry 2020, Sharon writes: The aim of the Families Ministry is to support families to have more fun together and either come to know Jesus or to be able to reach out to others who don't. The activities below are a few of the things we do to fulfil this aim: Family Work during the Pandemic Family Support on Foxhill. We are unable to have any sort of Toddler groups at St Andrews due to COVID. So we are missing them very much. Once the ‘hard’ lockdown was lifted a little | was able to spend a day a week delivering toysFoodshareand educationalfood parcelsresourcesgiven by — familiesbig supermarkets from HTCDonce whoa weekhad, gaveto 15toor thoseso families. who hadAnothernot andjoyit was was the sharinga great of witness. These deliveries enabled me to keep in contact with many of the mothers and children. Some have had a bad time during lockdown particularly whilst schools were closed but due to the relationships that have built up over time | have felt privileged to be able to share those woes and pray and give as much support as possible. Many parenting issues, relationship difficulties and neighbourly disputes have cropped up which have been hard for all concerned. Four of the mums from Toddlers are managing to attend a bible study outside led by ladies from StACC which has been encouraging and we can see small indications of faith growing which is exciting. One of these mums is hoping to come to New Wine with the church financed by generous members of our church family. 

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Family Events have been nil — no Fest and no hog roast and no other church family get togethers! How| long to relaunch these one day! Alpha A real moment of joy in the midst of gloom! Despite never having met some of the people in reality it was SO good to have a lively, interested and great group of people on the alpha zoom course from June -August. Some have come to faith for the first time and others have grown significantly in their faith — hallelujah! This has been SO encouraging and it’s been lovely to welcome some into church and get to see what their bottom half looks like!! THANK YOU to all those who faithfully prayed for this each week. There must have been at least 50 people praying for this and we could really feel the Lord’s presence every week as a result! Pastoral Support for Families In order to maintain contact between church families during lockdown | set up three Whatsapp groups for parents depending on the age group of their children. This enabled the sharing of much relevant information e.g. good educational resources, good places to walk, suitable music etc etc as well as encouragement. Relationships with mums and dads in the Foxhill area have grown during this year, which is good. I've been visiting some of them once a week for nearly a year now! | don’t even need to take food — they just want the chat! 

Lizzie has joined me each week and this is amazing to have her support as we walk, pray, and visit. 

Now we are under stricter lockdown and mums are home schooling again I'm going to start phone calling lots of the HT mums again. The Whatsapp groups have had a mixed response — the parents of younger ones making the most of the contact and the others it’s quite sporadic. 

I'm about to start the Parenting for Faith course which really seems to have struck a chord as I've got nearly 50 parents signed up — with parents of 1 month olds to 21 years old! 

Claire writes: On Christmas Eve this year we took the re-telling of the Christmas story to a whole new level. Sharon led a team of 30 volunteers to put on a dramatic interactive experience in the church garden. It was such a moving occasion to guide family bubbles around the story and see the excitement of meeting baby Jesus on the faces of the children. It was also fabulous to feel truly part of a big team. A real antidote to this season of working in isolation from home. 

## Our Children’s Minister, Claire, writes: 

The Pandemic has sadly stopped all our face to face work with children under 4 and their parents. We can no-longer go into the school in person or the school visit our church for collective worship. These are great losses to children’s ministry. However thanks to Shawn's knowledge of skills and equipment children’s ministry has flourished virtually with Claire discovering her inner Blue Peter presenter and Thankful Thursday, Ruth's Crew, Peter's Crew and some school collective worship all onto Youtube with good viewing figures. Some highlights of the feedback included the chance to bring together families who live overseas — so different generations separated by physical distance could watch and share the same spiritual input and discuss their faith in this difficult season. 

Holiday Club went virtual and ecumenical and a group of 12 churches from in and around Bath produced the Unlikely Heroes Club which went out as 6 weekly episodes throughout the summer. We sent out 15 craft packs to families in Foxhill to support them in accessing this and had some great feedback. 

Also over the summer we launched Bible at Bedtime and intergenerational project enabling our seniors to read the bible to our juniors. As the new school year begins we have launched Muddy Church for our primary school aged children in our church garden during our 10.30 service and we are also piloting a kids club by post initiative to reach those who we haven't seen in a while. 

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School collective worship is now delivered via teams live into classrooms and we have provided prayer spaces for every classroom in Combe Down encouraging them to pray about their theme of respect this term. 

The Unlikely Heroes city wide team of Children’s ministers worked together to deliver a virtual Light Party and Christmas Party. 

The same team co-ordinated a Christmas Carol window trail bringing together 26 churches across the city of a wide variety of denominations to create displays of Carols for people to guess. Our own window displays at Holy Trinity involved artwork from Combe Down Primary school children and the STACC window had contributions from Mulberry Park School pupils and the wider community. 

Muddy Church and Kids club by Post supported by videos has kept our church children growing in faith this autumn. 

In November we trialled a Zoom Breakfast Church for Peter's Crew just in time for Lockdown 3! 

It has been a very difficult year but we have taken church out of our buildings and seen it reach many in new ways. 

## Our Youth Minister, Stuart, writes: 

Throughout Covid we have been online with Zoom groups, a Wednesday boy's group and also a separate girl's group, running at the same time. We have also had youth church online with weekly videos and youth meet ups. We have a daily blog for youth online. Over summer the young people got together to do a bike ride and picnic, with other meet ups also through summer with games and picnics. 

| was able to throughout COVID to support young people through phone calls and mentoring the young people | worked with from Ralph Allen. 

Over the Christmas period we were able to take a float around Combe Down, Foxhill and Mulberry Park over two nights then a further night in Twerton. This was a great opportunity to be in the community playing Christmas music, sharing the Gospel and the love of God to people in our community. We then partnered with Twerton where they were able to use the float to bless that community. 

Tuesday night Connect group Connect is our new session this year 2021, where it’s a time for older young people aged 14-18 years old, to get together to Pray, Worship, seek, and hangout with each other. This will have a depth to growing together in their faith journey and fellowship together. 

Thursday night Games night and social Every week we have a Games night and social time together as Youth groups. We meet at 7:30pm each week on Thursday evening. Come along on Zoom and see if you can beat the Games masters. 

Sunday night Youth Hangout 12 midday Evory Sunday we have Youth Church on Zoom at 12 midday. For the next couple of months, we will be looking through a series of Encounters with Jesus. This is a time to pray worship have a message and respond with challenges through the week. 

## Our Student Ministers Matt and Megan write: 

After the exams in January that the students faced we arranged for us to go out into town for some drinks to help them unwind. Not long after that we went into National Lockdown which resulted in lots of students going home and tuning into their own churches online. | tried to regularly touch base with them to make sure they were ok and supporting them pastorally where | could. | stepped down from this ministry over the Summer but was involved in an online Freshers event for Bath Spa University Christian Union by answering questions they may have. We are grateful to Matt and Megan for leading the Student work aided by Lewis. Matt and Megan have passed the baton to Charlotte and Ben from September 2020. 

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## Women's Ministry Penny writes: 

Well it's definitely a case of BC and AC. In mid October 2019 Dee led a women's day at Combe Grove Hotel. She led us into times of quiet and reflection to help us listen to God. The weather was fabulous and so we could sit outside in the wonderful grounds and enjoy God’s presence and time away from the pressures of life. 

At the end of November 2019 we hosted another Christmas Craft Evening. As always it was very well attended with about 100 women. Many of these being visitors to the church and in particular a number of younger women. Crafting offers a wonderful, non-threatening opportunity to build relationships and in addition Jo gave a short talk. 

On 29th February 2020 we held a women’s breakfast led by Penelope speaking about Finding God in Difficult Times. She talked very openly about challenging life issues she has faced and how she found God to be faithful through it all. It was an inspiring morning with over 80 women attending including visitors to the church. 

Our next event was to be a Clothes Swap in May and | was thrilled to have several of the younger women excited to be part of the planning group. We have a vision of a sustainable and fun event which will appeal to friends outside of the church. We would love to reschedule in the Autumn if possible. 

With the advent of Covid | tried to plan activities to get women together but it was felt it would be too risky especially for our older members. | have found it very difficult to plan for events which haven't involved Zoom. 

Fortunately Sally has done a wonderful job in keeping the walking group going in various guises through all the change of regulations. 

Recently Rosalind has re-started the Monday bible study on zoom and we have just started studying Genesis. 

## Men’s Ministry, Jon writes: 

Jon reports that with regret, the men's activity programme for the year was cancelled and will re-start again when the pandemic is under control. 

## Mother's Union, Elizabeth, writes: 

Although Lockdown meant we could not follow our programme of meetings we have really tried hard to stay in touch with each other by other means! We have had distance coffee mornings, lots of doorstep chats and contact via phone calls, emails, video calls and zoom! It was so good to share our love, support and prayers for and with one another. 

When Lockdown eased in summer we met for tea and cake on The Firs to celebrate Mary Sumner Day. MS founded MU in 1876 and therefore so much to give thanks for and celebrate. 

We shared Communion service with Liza before she moved on and then had service with Richard to pray for his mission in the Middle East. Sadly the 2nd Lockdown meant we could not have services during the 16 Days of Activism to raise awareness and profile of women and girls affected by Gender Abuse and violent Relationships. Though we could not meet we could and did pray for these issues. Despite not meeting we are still able to raise funds for Women's Refuges, Food Bank and our ‘Away from it All’ scheme to help families under pressure . Sadly rain washed out our Carol Sing along on the Firs! To share God's love for us, harbour ongoing love, support and prayers for each other at Christmas, every member received a hyacinth bulb to grow on their window sill ! We plan to continue our virtual time together in 2021 and our first session is for each member to take part in Wave of Prayer on Wed to pray for work of MU in Bath and Wells with our links around the world! Take care and keep safe and keep hopeful! 

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## Small Groups, Mark and Rebecca write: 

There are 17 Home Groups (Small Groups) (220 members) in the Parish which meet weekly. Group Leaders convene twice a year to encourage each other, to hear of the different activities in which each engage, and for training. The Groups meet for worship, Bible study and prayer. Invariably members support each other through the various vicissitudes of life, and also get together for social activities extending to ‘unchurched’ members of the their families or the community. They also join together in service (helping with Alpha Suppers, Seniors Ministry etc.). As all the Groups are currently full one of the larger groups is to divide so each “daughter” Group can help fulfil outstanding requests for places. Through the Pandemic home groups have tried to keep in touch through zoom, socially distanced meetings on the Firs and in gardens and by phone. 

## Report from Senior’s Minister, Polly: 

## Aims and Purpose. 

We believe that the fullness of life that Jesus came to give is available to everyone no matter your age or ability. 

Seniors Ministry desires to reach, enrich and empower older people with and through the love of God, the hope of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. 

To promote and facilitate an inclusive church, allowing everyone to be able to participate, contribute and flourish in church life. At the beginning of the year, we prayed for ways that we could get to know the Seniors in our church and village better; to deepen our relationships with them. 

We have found that through the regular phone calls we make to the Seniors at this time of not seeing them (due to COVID 19) they are talking more openly and honestly, chatting for longer and looking forward to our phone calls. We thank God that he has used this time to answer our prayers! | feel that in some ways Seniors Ministry is in a ‘better’ place now for having had to rethink the ‘what’, 'how' and 'why' of ministry. 

Inter-Generational - We also prayed for generations to mix and that has happened as we have linked young families with a Senior for phone calls and support and Pen Pal links have been made between pupils at Monkton Combe Prep School and the Seniors 

Care Homes and Peggy Dodd Dementia Day Centre - We are still not able to visit or take communal activities/services in The Orchard Extra Care in Combe Down but we have good relationships with residents and staff through increased support and contact. We organised a hamper of chocolate and toiletries and a Christmas hamper of snacks to encourage the staff at The Orchard. Unfortunately, we are yet to resume regular services in either Peggy Dodd Day Centre or Springfield care home (this is partly due to my lack of time to ask them as much as COVID!). My thanks go to David and Hazel, Tim and the team for their involvement with the Peggy Dodd Centre. 

Printed Services - Those who were not able or did not want to access the online services were appreciative of an alternative via a written traditional service delivered weekly when the church buildings were/are closed. This increased my contact with and helped me get to know many more Seniors. This also increased my links with the wangrngttinns at St Inmne Gauth Stake and St Michael's Monkton Combe. My thanks ao to the church wardens for their encouragement and for inviting me to preach and meet people in person when the ‘noftyial Sérvicés Fesurnieu. We continue to distribute a weekly sermon and prayers when the church buildings are closed. Monthly Service and Lunch - We have not been able to meet in this way since February 2020. However, the © Thursday weekly traditional service at HTCD is attended by 10, 12 sometimes 20 people who very much appreciate the service. One home group attends this service as a temporary alternative to being able to meet in person in home group. My thanks go to James for his leading and coordination of this service which | know is so appreciated by those who attend. Seniors Listening Library - Original stories were written and recorded by Mary. Currently only available online which may be restricting listeners. 

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The Bible at Bedtime - Unfortunately, this Bible listening story project did not get the audience of young children it hoped for, but the Seniors had fun and games reading and recording. | learnt something as| listened and recorded all 42 chapters of the ‘Jesus Story Book Bible’, and it gave me an excuse to get out of my (home) office and visit Seniors (as restrictions allowed) Seniors Ministry Prayer Walk - The route passed the home of every Senior know to us and local care homes and the Peggy Dodd Centre. Several team members undertook the walk but found it was quite long and wished they had taken a packed lunch. My prerequisite risk assessment was a great benefit as no one tripped up any kerbs or went missing. ‘Seniors Matter’ Magazine — We started the publication of 'Seniors Matter’ magazine to help us keep in touch, inform, and encourage the Seniors who we know but are not able to see. We started with an edition in November and increased distribution to 95 copies in December. It was well received. One comment was “What did | think of Seniors Matter? | thought it was absolutely fantastic!". The Seniors Pastoral Team contribute content and Seniors themselves are also encouraged to contribute. The 3rd edition is currently being compiled. Inter church Ministry - When | have time or energy, | meet with the Seniors Pastoral leaders of Weston All Saint and Widcombe Baptist and try to do something small like organise an annual conference to support those ministering to older people (attended by 80 people just before lockdown 1). 

## And at the risk of sounding like an Academy Award acceptance speech a big thank you to the.......... 

- The Pastoral Seniors Team who are the faithful servants of Seniors Ministry. We have reviewed our role and purpose in this current season, and we aim to: * Keep in regular contact with the Seniors e Make and maintain relationships with Seniors e Offer prayer and support e Raise the profile of the Seniors and the Seniors ministry in our church e Encourage and support spiritual growth e Point people to Jesus e Help people to navigate these uncertain times e Manage to get into our monthly zoom meeting e Unmute 

- And finally, | am very aware that there is much ministry going on to older people by church members all day every day that | do not know about and nor do | need to know about. Thank you! 

## Prayer— has continued and expanded during this Pandemic 

We have a 7AM prayer meeting weekly that is inspirationally led and prays in particularfor our linked mission partners. This has sometimes used zoom and during the summer was able to meet in the church building. There are focused prayer meetings about various aspects of the work of the churches for example CAP and Families Ministry 

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We started Morning Prayer on zoom during the Pandemic. We have had Morning Prayer on zoom every week day morning for the last 10 months! We pray for individuals and pressing needs. This is attended regularly by 20 to 30 ‘devices’ and has been a huge support, encouragement and inspiration during this season. There has been much laughter on zoom for the 10 minutes before we start praying that has been a tonic. This may be Holy Spirit inspired laughter as a balancer to the very serious needs we lift to the Lord. 

There is now also a Whatsapp Group for the Morning Prayer Community of some 30 people which, as well as sharing much hilarity, is also a place for urgent prayer needs and thanksgivings. 

## A ‘Revival Prayer meeting’ has started and meets monthly on zoom witha faithful group of pray- ers. 

## Our Missions Team Leaders, Richard, and Anne and William and Sue 

HTCD allocates 10% of its annual budget for ‘mission’ work outside the parish. This is managed by the International Mission Team (IMT) and the UK Mission Team (UKMT), who divide this figure 2:1. 

Most of that allocated by the IMT is given to our church Partners, our church’s members who are now serving overseas. So in 2020 we had three couples abroad (in Albania, Tanzania, and Uganda) and one single person also in Tanzania. In FY20-21 we will be supporting six married and a new single person serving overseas. For most, we are their ‘principal’ sending church but for at least one we are one of several who support them. The IMT also supports church members, young or older, who go abroad on short term mission trips — anything from 2 weeks to 6 months to say Romania, Tanzania or Albania. We also have a few who are Links, couples with a looser link to HTCD, to whom we give occasional one-off grants for a specific ‘mission’ project. The church regularly prays for all our Partners and Links which all would say is far more vital than the financial support.” 

The ZOOM era has seen great benefits for the IMT ministry. Shawn has been great at allowing many of our international Partners to offer an update to be woven into the middle of the Sunday services. Hopefully the church now feels better connected to our Partners, as they surely do to us. 

The UKMT, guided by a survey to the congregation, supports a number of Christian charities in the UK, mainly Bath based. These cover a wide variety of projects including work with children with disabilities, nomads, youth and street pastors. We also support an anti-trafficking charity and a previous church member now working for OMF based in Huddersfield. In addition we support a project based in inner city Bradford, Yorkshire working with elderly people and refugees, focused on engaging with, and supporting marginalised, vulnerable and isolated people in the neighbourhood, and improving community wellbeing and integration. The church partners with these projects financially and through vital prayer support. 

We were shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Martin who worked with Nomads, his enthusiasm for this work will be greatly missed. 

Richard passed the baton of Leading IMT to Rev Canon William, and Anne passed the leading of UKMT to Sue. We are grateful to all the work of Richard and Anne supporting our Mission Partners and Charities over the last years, 

## CAP Debt Centre 

Our CAP Debt Centre Bath is now in its 5th year. Our debt centre manager Amanda has been joined by a new debt coach, Vicki, each working 2 days a week. We are grateful to St John’s Foundation for their ongoing support over the years and for enabling the centre to grow. 

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As with many other service providers, the Debt Centre has had its challenges over the course of the year due to Covid-19. The Debt Centre has had to change its model from face-to-face meetings with clients, to a remote telephone/video conference-based service and increase the amount of support given to vulnerable clients. It has been able to provide food shops, emergency phone and fuel top-ups when needed and an increased number of referrals to foodbanks. We are very grateful for funding from both the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund (thanks to the Government for this support) and the Quartet Community Foundation. 

The Debt Centre moved to Manvers Street Baptist Church in 2019, to be more centrally situated and to be closer to other city centre community services. This has been an enormous benefit to the centre and its clients. We are grateful to Manvers Street for providing an office space in support of CAP, and the continued financial support of another 6 local churches, including Bath Abbey. We are encouraged that Amanda and Vicki have secured much of the funding needed for CAP to run through 2021 and are actively seeking to secure more sustainable, diverse funding for 2022 and beyond. 

## St Andrew’s Community Church 2020 Report written by Cath and Susie 

Spring 2020 looked promising. A successful ‘cafe church’, and a bustling jumble sale took place just before covid restrictions fell. But worse by far was the loss of Steve in May. 

Steve was dearly loved by all and his death left the whole church family as well as the Foxhill community heartbroken. At his funeral the roads around the church were lined with people to show their love for Steve and Di. The rest of the year has been spent in grief as well as finding a way through the restrictions imposed by covid. 

Cath has joined us as a licensed lay curate to assist the church family to navigate this difficult transitional journey. While it is an extraordinary time, marked with sadness and grief, God continues to surprise us by moving in new ways. The church family have noticed that relationships, both within the church and with the Foxhill community, have grown richer, with more opportunities for prayer. 

Foxhill Focus became mobile with Susie making weekly deliveries of Tesco fareshare food to around 20 vulnerable individuals (and Sharon to Foxhill families) in their homes. We now also offer freshly cooked meals for collection from St Andrews, which is proving popular amongst those who attended Foxhill Focus. Other groups have begun to use the building again, including Southside community centre for the serving of meals to vulnerable families. 

A Whatsapp group has been established for the StACC church family that has held us together in extraordinary ways during this period. A pastoral team works to ensure that all those on Foxhill estate known to the church who are vulnerable are reached out to. Services are continuing in the building as well as the HT online family service. Groups meet on Zoom both after the Sunday service and on Wednesday evenings. 

Autumn is set to be busy as we celebrate the significant markers of the season in creative, covid safe ways. We are also planning a 24 hour prayer event and a community ‘StACCtion morning’ involving hiring skips for local residents’ unwanted items. 

## Update Oct 20 - Jan 21 Cath writes: 

StACC’s hallmark of love has not changed during this challenging time. Love has poured out of the church to the wider community. Despite the restrictions the church is still very much alive in the prayerful, thoughtful and practical way we care for one another, and demonstrate Jesus’ love in the wider community. 

StACC resumed live services in the autumn, using recorded worship from HT. We had a Harvest Festival with the church as full as it was safe to be, decorated with harvest goods. It was a joyful celebration which ended a 24/7 prayer time when we had a prayer tent, and a fire pit kept alight all the Saturday night by church members. We interceded for Foxhill, and our church, and some people dropped by for a chat. 

Even in lockdown, Stacc continues to meet daily via its family WhatsApp group of 42 people. The ‘chat’ is heady cocktail of worship, scripture, shared life updates, requests for help, offers of all kinds, prayer, testimonies and garnished with plenty of jokes. 

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## ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN, BATH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 (continued) 

Throughout November and Advent, we shared a thought for the day to encourage each other to pray. We have another group of 15 people who prayer walk (alone or in distanced pairs) around the estate regularly. 

In January we carried out a ‘Jericho Prayer’ weekend when, in our households, we prayer walked around the perimeter of the estate many times between us. There will be more ‘Jericho Prayer’ weekends to come! 

A Saturday morning in December saw many paths, pavements and verges cleared of litter thanks to our ‘StAction litter pick’ volunteers. 

For the Bath Churches Carol Trail the church windows were covered with a heavenly host of angels made by the community, Mulberry Park School, and the Stace church family- Hark the Herald was the carol for this display. 

One evening a Christmas float set off around Foxhill in all it's blaring glory, bringing light, music, joy, laughter .... even dancing. No one will forget Simon's turkey hat, or his and Tom’s preaching of the gospel. What a great night! Many volunteers had a chance to talk and pray with those who were deeply moved and encouraged by the sight. 

The Monday Bible study support group continued through most of 2020 and is a much appreciated source of support, fellowship and bible teaching for those who attend. 

Also the Youth Group began to meet again on a Thursday night very successfully until January's lockdown. 

Our Wednesday night weekly Stacc family ‘zooms’ have continued throughout and have brought some of us together for bible study, prayer and social time. Also the Sunday StACC coffee zooms have been enjoyed by many as a way of keeping in touch. 

Foxhill Focus has continued in its Covid form through the autumn, with freshly cooked meals given as a takeaway each Tuesday along with a bag of donated groceries (FareShare scheme and church member/food bank donations). Susie worked hard with some volunteers to prepare a delicious complete Christmas dinner takeaway for the 32 Foxhill Focus members. Everyone received a gift bag, each one decorated personally by a member of the StACC family. This period saw a coming together of two ministries, Sharon and Lizzie’s work with young families around the estate in lockdown, and Foxhill Focus. Each Tuesday we work together to distribute food and a friendly greeting to those in need of encouragement and a listening ear. We are currently preparing food bags weekly for 32 vulnerable adults and around 15 young families. 

We are grateful to St John’s Foundation for their financial support of much of the social outreach activities that have occurred from StACC over the last 3 years and for the centre manager salary, this finished in January 2021. 

## Financial Review of the Year 

Total incoming resources for 2020 were £540k, down from £580k in 2019. This is made up of £516k of Unrestricted Funds and £24k of Restricted Funds. 

Expenditure for 2020 was £528k, up from £515k in 2019. This is made up of Unrestricted Expenditure of £465k and Restricted Expenditure of £63k. 

The balance in the Unrestricted Funds at the end of 2020 was £482k which is a £57k increase from £424k in 2019. The Restricted Fund reserves at the end of 2020 was £50k, down from £84k in 2019. 

Our reserves are higher than planned, partly due to the income holding up well during these uncertain times but also our expenditure being significantly less than we planned due our activities not happening in the same way due to Covid. We have also been utilising the short-term grants both received in 2020 and held in restricted reserves at the start of the year which have enabled so much activity to be funded — but the church will soon need to fund this from our regular giving. The PCC has prepared forecasts which demonstrate that the excess reserves will be utilised in the short/medium term- during which we trust that we will continue to grow and thus be able to fund our expenditure. 

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## ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN, BATH 

## ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 (continued) 

## Reserves Policy 

At the end of the year, the charity had unrestricted cash reserves that represented approximately 12 months’ worth of unrestricted expenditure on its activities based on the 2020 figures, although unrestricted expenditure is expected to be higher in 2021 once activities resume and the restricted grants end. The PCC members consider a target of six months expenditure is sufficient to avoid disruption to the operation of the charity in the event of a downturn in future income and have budgeted to reduce the reserves to this level over the coming years. 

## Conclusion 

We are very grateful to the Lord for all he has and is doing amongst us and give him all the glory! 

We are also thankful to our staff team and everyone who plays their part in our church families and to Shawn for his leadership in this season. 

We end the year trusting in our Lord to lead us on as we seek to be humble before Him, and to hear His voice guiding us into His good purposes for the next season of our church family life. 

Approved by the membership of the PCC on 

and signed on its behalf by: 


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## ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN, BATH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 (continued) 

## Appendix 

Membership of the Parochial Church Council The following have served as members of the Council from January 2020. 

## Clergy 

The Rev'd Shawn Swinney 

## Vicar, licensed September 2018 

Churchwardens Christine Absolon re-elected 2020 David Purdon stood down 2020 Nick Alexander elected to church warden 2020 (PCC 2019) 

PCC Members Clive Abbot elected 2018 Lewis Irvine elected 2018 Di Stubbs elected 2018 Mark Humphriss stood down 2020 Mark Womersley elected 2018 John Talbot Treasurer co-opted 2013 Niall Robertson co-opted 2018 Duone Hopwood stood down 2020 Sally Hogg re-elected 2020 Simon Winchcombe elected 2019 Jacob Easaw elected 2020 Rebecca Clay elected 2020 Sue Dawes elected 2020 Richard Meyron elected 2020 

PCC Secretary Elizabeth Sharp 

(non-voting observer) 

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## INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE 

## ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN, BATH 

| report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020 which are set out on pages 15 to 23. 

## Responsibilities and basis of report 

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

| report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## Independent examiner's statement 

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. | confirm that | am qualified to undertake the examination because | am a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies. 

| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Matthew Small FCA Berkeley Hall Marshall Limited 6 Charlotte Street Bath BA1 2NE 

## DATE : 2S AMRIL 202 

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## THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE 

## ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN BATH 

## STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 


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|2020|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|funds|funds|funds|2019|
|Notes|£|£|£|£|
|INCOME AND|ENDOWMENTS|
|FROM:|
|Donations|and|legacies|3|509,374|19,680|529,054|547,871|
|Charitable|activities|4|4,519|4,189|8,708|28,705|
|Investments|5|2,111|-|2,111|3,181|
|Total|516,004|23,869|539,873|579,757|
|EXPENDITURE|ON:|
|Charitable|activities|
|Activities|relating|to the|
|work|of the|church|6|464,408|63,157|527,565|515,161|
|Total|464,408|63,157|527,565|515,161|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|51,596|(39,288|)|12,308|64,596|
|Transfer|between|funds|(|4,998|)|4,998|-|-|
|Unrealised|gain|on|investments|10,886|365|11,251|833|
|NET MOVEMENT|IN FUNDS|57,484|(|33,925)|23,559|65,429|
|RECONCILIATION|OF|FUNDS|
|Total funds|brought forward|424,157|84,219|508,376|442,947|
|Net movement|in|funds|57,484|(|33,925)|23,559|65,429|
|TOTAL FUNDS|CARRIED FORWARD|431,641|50,294|531,935|508,376|

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## THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN BATH 

## BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020 


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|2020|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|funds|funds|funds|2019|
|Notes|£|£|£|£|
|FIXED ASSETS|
|Tangible|assets|rg|2,625|-|2,625|7,875|
|Investments|8|90,386|5,643|96,529|5,279|
|93,511|5,643|99,154|13,154|
|CURRENT ASSETS|
|Debtors|9|16,586|-|16,586|16,702|
|Prepayments|5,188|.|5,188|5,500|
|Cash|at bank|and|in|hand|381,176|60,440|441,616|491,799|
|402,950|60,440|463,390|514,001|
|CURRENT|LIABILITIES|
|Creditors:|amounts|falling|due within|
|one year|10|14,820|15,789|30,609|18,779|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|388,130|44,651|432,781|495,222|
|TOTAL ASSETS|LESS|CURRENT|
|LIABILITIES|481,641|50,294|531,935|508,376|
|NET ASSETS|481,641|50,294|531,935|508,376|
|SS|aa|
|FUNDS|
|General|purpose fund|481,641|424,157|
|Restricted|fund|12|50,294|84,219|
|TOTAL FUNDS|531,935|508,376|

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## THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN BATH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

## Statutory information 

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Combe Down, Bath is a charity registered in England and Wales. The charity's registered number is 1129554 and its administrative office is Church Office, Church Rooms, The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath BA2 SEE. 

## Accounting convention 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, the Charities Act 2011, the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)’, Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ and applicable accounting standards. 

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets, which are shown at fair value. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible by law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor do those that are informal gatherings of church members. 

## Incoming resources 

All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. 

## Resources expended 

Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. 

Tangible fixed assets Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with section 10(2)(c) of the Charities Act 2011. 

Movable church furnishings held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property and no value is placed on these within the accounts. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or benefice buildings and movable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is written off as expenditure in the Statement of Financial Activities and separately disclosed. 

Functional equipment that is used on a continuing basis for the work of the PCC is included in the balance sheet, Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each assets over its estimated useful life. Computers and office equipment - 20% on cost Furniture and fittings -10-20% on cost Minibus -over 2 years 

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## THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN BATH 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) 

## Taxation 

The activities of the charity fall within the exemptions afforded by the provisions of the Income Taxes Act 2007. Accordingly, there is no taxation charge in these financial statements. 

## Fund accounting 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the PCC Members. 

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## Legacies 

Income is recognised on a receivable basis when there is sufficient evidence to provide necessary certainty that the legacy will be received and the value of the incoming resources can be measured with sufficient reliability. 

## Grants receivable 

Grants are recognisable upon receipt for the relevant financial year. 

## Investment 

Investments are shown at their fair value as at the end of the financial year. Any gain or loss on the investment is showing on the statement of financial activities under unrealised gain/(loss) on investments. 

## Reserves 

At the end of the year, the charity has unrestricted cash reserves that represented approximately twelve months of unrestricted expenditure on its activities and to take into account any possible repairs required to the church. The PCC Members consider a target of at least six months expenditure is sufficient to avoid disruption to the operation of the charity in the event of a downturn in future income. The PCC have detailed plans to utilise these additional resources. 

2. TRUSTEES’ REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS There were no trustees’ remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2020 (2019 - nil). 

## Trustees’ expenses 

Trustees’ expenses paid for the year ending 31 December 2020 £834 (2019 - £1957). 

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## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

||||2020|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total||
|||funds|funds|funds|2019|
|||£|£|£|£|
|3.|DONATIONSAND LEGACIES|||||
||Vicar's DiscretionaryFund|-|11|11|12|
||Benefice MinistryAllowance|45,333|-|45,333|40,103|
||Planned giving|387,980|-|387,980|365,297|
||Collections|1,044|-|1,044|5,878|
||Sundrydonations and otherincome|1,886|1,000|2,886|16,742|
||Legacies|4,000|-|4,000|.|
||Families and Children|.|1,892|1,892|-|
||CAP Centre Grants|-|9,886|9,886|27,658|
||Coronavirus Community Support|||||
||Fund, distributed byThe National|||||
||Lottery CommunityFund forCAP|-|6,000|6,000|-|
||StAndrew's Outreach|-|891|891|25,978|
||Income tax recoverable|69,131|-|69,131|66,203|
|||509,374|19,680|529,054|547,871|
|4.|CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|||||
||Children & Families|223|-|223|2,902|
||StAndrew's|300|-|300|850|
||Youth|289|1,804|2,093|8,366|
||Mission<br>Pastoral<br>CAP Centre|-<br>925<br>-|2,385<br>-<br>.|2,385<br>925<br>-|1,209<br>8,220<br>1,178|
||Worship Support|2,782|-|2,782|5,980|
|||4,519|4,189|8,708|28,705|
|5.|INVESTMENTS|||||
||Interestand dividends|2,144|-|2,414|3.181|
|||2,111|-|2,111|3,181|
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## ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN BATH 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

||||2020||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|||
|||funds|funds|funds||2019|
|||£|£|£||£|
|6,|ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THEWORKOF THECHURCH||CHURCH||||
||TheVicar's Discretionary Fund|-|-|-|(|77)|
||Parish share|166,020|-|166,020||149,472|
||Salary costs|153,090|36,427|189,517||197,740|
||Administration costs|45,341|14,981|60,322||42,822|
||Children and Families|3,106|-|3,106||5,346|
||StAndrew's|19,639|2,675|22,314||19,400|
||Youth|2,493|.|2,493||11,322|
||Pastoral<br>CAP Centre|8,275<br>-|-<br>5,689|8,275<br>5,689||10,894<br>6,072|
||WorshipSupport|9,345|1,000|10,345||13,774|
||Mission expenses|44,373|2,385|46,758||48,352|
||Depreciation ofequipment|5,250|-|5,250||2,625|
||Professional and book-keeping|3,421|-|3,421||3,385|
||Independentexaminer's fee|440|-|440||440|
||Non-audit/examination services|1,000|-|1,000||1,000|
||Insurance|2,615|~|2,615||2,594|
|||464,408|63,157|527,565||515,161|
||Support costs included within note6above:<br>Admin and running costs<br>87,345<br>Othersupport costs<br>5,471||-<br>-|87,345<br>5,471||82,523<br>6,305|
|||92,816|-|92,816||88,828|



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## THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## re FIXED ASSETS 

## Tangible fixed assets 


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|Computers|
|Motor|and|office|
|vehicles|equipment|Total|
|£|£|
|Cost as|at|1|January 2020|10,500|20,391|30,891|
|Additions|aie|_———|
|Cost as|at|31|December 2020|10,500|20,391|30,891|
|Depreciation|as|at|1|January 2020|2,625|20,391|23,016|
|Charge|for year|5,250|-|5,250|
|Depreciation|as|at 31|December 2020|7,875|20,391|28,266|
|Net|book|value|as|at|31|December 2019|7,875|~|7,875|
|Net book|value|as|at|31|December|2020|2,625|-|2,625|

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## INVESTMENTS 

These comprise 276.01 income shares in the CBF Church of England Investment Fund. At 31 December 2020 each share was valued at 2044.67 pence- total value £5,643 (2019 - 276.01 shares total value £5,279) and new accumuation shares in the CBF Church of England Investments Fund 1831.65 accumulation shares at 31 December 2020 each share was valued at 4,961.99 pence total value £90,886. The historic cost as at 31 December 2020 was £80,000, acquired in this year. 

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## DEBTORS 


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|2020|2019|
|£|£|
|Debtors|1,891|6,105|
|Gift|aid|due|13,238|10,267|
|Other debtors|1,457|330|
|16,586|16,702|
|CREDITORS|
|2020|2019|
|£|£|
|Trade|creditors|4,530|8,888|
|Other|creditors|5,826|3,402|
|Accruals|and|deferred|income|20,253|6,489|
|30,609|18,779|

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## THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN BATH 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

|11.|STAFF COSTS||
|---|---|---|
|||2020|
|||£|
||Grosswages|172,961|
||Employer'spension contributions|8,975|
||Employer's NI|7,581|
|||189,517|



No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year. The average number of employees in the year was 10 (2019 - 10). 

|12.<br>RESTRICTED FUNDS|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Balance at|Incoming|Resources|||Balance at|
||01.01.2020|resources|expended|Transfer:31.12.2020||31.12.2020|
|||and transfers|||||
||£|£|£||£|£|
|Clockfund|801|-|-||-|801|
|CBF Church ofEngland Investment|5,280|365|-|(|2)|5,643|
|Albania and otheryouth trips|1,072|1,805|-||-|2,377|
|StAndrew's|600|-|~||-|600|
|StAndrew'sCentre|27 842|-|22,010||-|5,832|
|TheVicar's Discretionary Fund|3,539|11|-||-|3,550|
|Building RepairFund<br>CAP Centre|25,313<br>19,772|-<br>9,886|14,981<br>19,115||-<br>5,000|10,332<br>15,543|
|Coronavirus Community Support Fund,|||||||
|distributed byThe National LotteryCommunity<br>Fund forCAP|-|6,000|2,866||-|3,134|
|Other|-|6,167|4,185||-|1,982|
||84,219|24,234|63,157||4,998|50,294|



The CAP Centre fund is for the purpose of supporting the operational costs of running the local Christians Against Poverty Centre. The PCC designated £5,000 to the CAP project which is shown here as a transfer to the restricted CAP centre fund. The Building Repair fund is for the purpose of meeting relevant building repair costs. St Andrew's centre is for the purpose of meeting the costs entailed with providing the centre manager and outreach worker post at St Andrew's Church. Of the above funds, £5,643 relates to fixed asset investments on the balance sheet (part of the CBF Church of England Investment), £15,789 was held in creditors and the remainder of £60,440 is included within bank balances. Any additional expenditure for St Andrew's Centre was met by unrestricted funds. 

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## THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN BATH 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

43. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 2019 COMPARITIVES 

Unrestricted income and endowments for 2019 consisted of £494,223 donations and legacies, £21,620 charitable activities and £3,181 investments. Expenditure consisted of £465,699 charitable activities. There was a transfer from unrestricted to restricted funds of £772. The unrestricted funds opening value was £371,604 and closed at £424,157. 

Restricted income and endowments for 2019 consisted of £53,648 donations and legacies and £7,085 charitable actvities. Expenditure consisted of £49,462 charitable activities. There was also an unrealised gain on investments of £833. There was a transfer from unrestricted to restricted funds of £772. Restricted funds opening value was £71,343 and closed at £84,219. 

14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Holy Trinity Trust is a related party due to PCC members David Purdon, Niall Robertson and Nick Alexander being trust members. 

During the year the following related party transactions took place: 

Total office rent costs of £20,100 were paid for by Combe Down PCC to Holy Trinity Trust. These costs were calculated to represent an arm's length value. 

15. CONSECRATED OR BENEFICE BUILDING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE During the year repairs and maintenance on the church totalled £24,798. £14,981 of this was for a new boiler. 

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