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2023-12-31-accounts

The Parish of Farlington

St. Andrew’s, Farlington & The Church of the Resurrection, Drayton

Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council

for the year ended 31st December 2023

Incumbent – Revd Canon Paul Gully

Bank – Natwest Bank PLC, High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth

Independent Examiner – Morris Crocker, Chartered Accountants Station House, North Street,

Havant PO9 1QU

Charity Number: 1129921

Website – www.farlingtonparish.co.uk

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Parish of Farlington

Meeting of Parishioners and Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Sunday 21st April 2024 at St Andrew’s Church after the 10 am service

Agenda

Meeting of Parishioners

Minutes of Meeting of Parishioners 2023

Election of Churchwardens

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2023

Electoral Roll Report and Appointment of Roll Officer

Election of PCC members

Appointment of Treasurer

Appointment of Secretary to the PCC

Appointments to the Deanery Synod

Appointment of Independent Examiner

Appointment of Deputy Wardens

Agreement that Licensed Readers should serve as ex-officio members of PCC

Treasurer’s Report on the 2023 accounts

Safeguarding Policy Statement

Report on the fabric, goods and ornaments of the church by the Churchwarden

Report on the proceedings of the PCC by the Secretary

Report on the proceedings of Deanery Synod

Chair’s remarks

Any questions about parochial church matters

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Minutes of the Farlington Parish Meeting of Parishioners held on Sunday 23[rd] April 2023

Present: Rev. Canon Paul Gully [PG] in the chair, and 36 parishioners. PG opened the meeting with prayer.

Apologies: Apologies were received from Rev. Linda Denness, Ed Denness, Simon Lemieux, John Upton, Linda Upton and Caroline Harper.

Minutes of Meeting of Parishioners 2022:

The minutes of the Annual Meeting of Parishioners were presented in written format. There were no questions arising from the minutes.

Election of Churchwardens:

Only one nomination had been received for the two Churchwardens in the Parish and that was to re-elect Anthony Purser to continue serving as Churchwarden for his 3[rd] and final year; proposed by Jaye Warren and seconded by Antony Kenyon. There being no further nominations, Anthony Purser was duly elected as Churchwarden unanimously.

PG expressed his thanks to Anthony for agreeing to serve for the coming year. He also thanked Chris Batstone and Michael Horner for continuing to help out with some of the vacant Churchwarden’s responsibilities at COR.

Mark Emerton pointed out that a Special Parish Meeting could be convened if a volunteer comes forward to fill the vacant Churchwarden’s position sometime during the coming year.

There being no further business for the Meeting of Parishioners, PG closed the meeting at 11.15.

Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting held on Sunday 23[rd] April 2023 immediately following the Meeting of Parishioners

Present: Rev. Canon Paul Gully [PG] in the chair, and 36 parishioners.

Apologies: Apologies were received from Rev. Linda Denness, Ed Denness, Simon Lemieux, John Upton, Linda Upton and Caroline Harper.

Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2022:

The minutes were presented in written format. Marina Horner pointed out that Revd Linda Denness had been omitted from Michael Horner’s thanks to the Ministry team – to be added.

Electoral Roll Report and Appointment of Roll Officer:

The number on the updated roll is 107. Marcus Saunders is happy to continue as Electoral Roll Officer and was duly elected.

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Election of PCC members:

PG has received a letter of resignation from the PCC from Chantal Bodsworth whom he thanked for her service, along with Hannah Emerton and Charlotte Saunders as their tenure on the PCC comes to an end.

There are currently 7 vacancies on the PCC. Two nominations have been received as follows:-

Both were duly elected unanimously for a 3-year term. Post meeting note: Since the meeting Colin South has withdrawn his candidacy from the PCC

Appointment of Treasurer:

PG explained that the appointment of the Treasurer for the parish is a matter for the PCC, but that the PCC would wish to be guided by a recommendation from the APCM. Hannah Emerton confirmed that she would be happy to continue as Parish Treasurer. The APCM so recommended the appointment of Hannah Emerton - ? to be co-opted by PCC.

Appointment of Secretary to the PCC:

The current Secretary, John Upton, who stood down after last year’s APCM, has continued to carry out the backroom work of Secretary in the absence of anyone else prepared to take on the role with the support of Marina Horner and Lorraine Carpenter (RIP) as Minutes Secretaries, to whom PG offered his thanks. There have still been no offers of anyone to take on the role, therefore it is for the PCC to appoint a Secretary from its number. The PCC will consider the position.

Appointments to the Deanery Synod (not on Agenda):

There are currently two ex-officio members Simon Lemieux and Mark Emerton who are members of Deanery/Diocesan Synod because they are members of Bishop’s council. There are 3 vacancies for Deanery Synod and one nomination – Dr Marcus Saunders, who was duly elected unanimously.

Appointment of Independent Examiner:

It was proposed by the Chair (with the agreement of the Treasurer) that we continue to use Morris Crocker, Chartered Accountants in Havant, as the Independent Examiners for a further year. The meeting agreed to the appointment unanimously.

Appointment of Deputy Wardens:

Paul Harrison and Chantal Bodsworth both affirmed their willingness to continue serving as deputy churchwardens at St. Andrew’s church. Accordingly, the APCM appointed Paul and Chantal for the next 12 months. There were no nominations for COR.

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Agreement that Licensed Readers should serve as ex-officio members of PCC:

PG explained that Simon Lemieux serves as a member of Deanery Synod and so is an exofficio member of PCC already. Amber Vincent-Prior is a Reader licensed to serve across the Diocese, therefore it is not required for Amber to serve ex-officio on PCC. Amber does not wish to serve on the PCC at this time.

Treasurer’s report on the 2022 accounts:

The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 were presented as a separate document. Hannah Emerton explained that the accounts had been examined by the Independent Examiners and no matters of concern had been raised. The PCC had approved the accounts on 10[th] April 2023.

There were no questions about the accounts.

Hannah Emerton (Treasurer) pointed out that, although we are more financially sound this year, the increased fuel charges are likely to have a significant impact on next year’s finances. PG thanked Hannah and the Finance Team for their work looking after the church finances in the past year. Also, thanks to Sarah Saunders for sorting out the gift aid.

Safeguarding Policy Statement:

The Safeguarding Policy Statement had been included on pages 19-21 of the Annual report. There were no questions about Safeguarding. PG thanked Christine Watkins for her continuing work as Parish Safeguarding Officer.

Report on the fabric, goods and ornaments of the church by the Churchwardens:

The churchwarden’s report was included on pages 10 and 11 of the Annual Report. There were no questions to the Churchwarden. PG thanked Anthony Purser for his work in the past year and thanks to everyone who helps out with attending to the Fabric of the church, particularly in the absence of a Churchwarden at COR.

Report on the proceedings of the PCC by the Secretary:

The report was included on pages 11 and 12 of the Annual Report. There were no questions to the Secretary. PG thanked John Upton for continuing to do the background work during the last year, despite standing down from the post of Secretary at the last APCM. John has re-expressed his wish to discontinue any secretarial role therefore it will be incumbent on the PCC to find someone to fill this post.

Report on the proceedings of Deanery Synod:

The report on Deanery Synod proceedings was included on page 12 of the Annual Report. There were no questions to Deanery Synod representatives.

Rector’s remarks:

The Rector’s remarks were published on pages 9 and 10 of the Annual Report. There were no questions to the Rector. The Rector reiterated that he would always welcome any volunteers to help with ongoing tasks.

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Any questions about parochial church matters:

PG drew the attention of the meeting to the other contributions within the Annual Report: Drayton Film Club, Messy Church, Spirituality, Worship and Discipleship Committee [SWDC], Eco Church group and Traidcraft. He thanked all those who undertake these activities for their hard work. He invited questions about these activities and any other parochial church matters. There were none.

PG offered thanks to everyone involved in supporting his ministry and work in the Parish. There being no further business, PG closed the meeting with a blessing.

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Contents

o Committee reports

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Administrative Information

The Parish of Farlington comprises two churches: St. Andrew’s and the Church of the Resurrection. It is part of the Archdeaconry of Portsdown and the Diocese of Portsmouth within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: Farlington Parish Office, Church of the Resurrection, Penrhyn Avenue, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 2AW. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Measure: it is registered with the Charity Commission, charity number 1129921.

The Ministry Team is comprised

Incumbent: The Revd Canon Paul Gully Reader: Mr Simon Lemieux Clergy with Permission to Officiate linked with the parish: The Revd Linda Denness Reader with Permission to Officiate linked with the parish: Mrs Amber Vincent-Prior

PCC members who have served from the date of the previous annual meeting are: -

Incumbent: The Revd Canon Paul Gully Chair Reader: Mr Simon Lemieux Wardens: Mr Anthony Purser (Vacant) Secretary: Vacant Treasurer: Mrs Hannah Emerton – Co-opted

Deanery Synod representatives:

Mr Mark Emerton – Vice chair, ex-officio Diocesan Synod member and Bishop’s Council Dr Marcus Saunders Elected by the PCC Mr Simon Lemieux ex-officio Diocesan Synod member and Bishop’s Council Elected members: Representing 2021/24 Lynne Runham SA Richard Jempson SA Geoff Wilson CR Vacancy 2022/25 Marina Horner CR Jan Boucher CR (from November 2022) Vacancy x 2

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2023/26 Philip Sampson CR Thomas Mather CR Vacancy Vacancy

According to the parish constitution (following rule M16 of the Church Representation Rules 2022), those elected members who have served three years on the PCC will stand down and new members will be elected to take their place.

Structure, Governance and Management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules – a new and simplified version of which came into effect on March 1[st] 2022. All church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The Standing Committee of the PCC is comprised of the incumbent, the churchwardens, and two others elected by the PCC; it meets every two months in the months between the bi-monthly PCC meetings, with the exception of December. There are four sub-committees which oversee the business of the parish in the following areas: Fabric, Finance, Communications, and Work similar to that of the Pastoral Care Committee is currently undertaken by the ‘Looking After Each Other’ working group. The Spirituality, Worship and Discipleship are taking a break at the moment. Separate reports from these committees are included below. An Eco Church working group meets and undertakes projects and work on our ‘green credentials’

Objectives and Activities

Farlington PCC has responsibility to co-operate with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has the maintenance responsibilities for St Andrew’s church, the Church of the Resurrection and the two church halls within the curtilages of the churches.

2023 saw the revision of the roll. The number on the roll for 2023 was 109 There have been three additions to the Roll and five people were removed on their death. There will be a new Roll prepared in 2025.

Occasional Offices

Over the year, there have been thirteen funerals conducted by the clergy/Reader team in church or at the crematorium/cemetery. There was one wedding, and five Christenings.

Canon Paul Gully, Rector

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Rector’s Remarks

I hope that I can never be accused of only thanking people for what they do just at this time of the year. Though it is particularly appropriate to thank people now.

Thank you to Tony Purser as key lay officer post of Churchwarden, as he now stands down and we will be poorer for the lack of his eye for detail. The other Churchwarden post has still been vacant. Michael, Chris and others have been offering their assistance. We really should have, and do need, two Churchwardens, supporting each other as well as the parish – and enabling the two-way conversations between the bishop and us. I’ve heard you say that I should be asking people to be Churchwarden. I promise I will ask anyone saying so, if they themselves will stand for Churchwarden.

Thank you for Marina Horner, Jan Boucher, and the office team of Jean, Di and Geoff, who have developed a ‘job-share’ arrangement to spread the task of PCC Secretary

Richard Jempson has headed up the Fabric sub-committee dealing with the practical ‘gutters and downspouts’ matters. Geoff Wilson and Mervyn Doyle have helped us all to explore our responsibilities in ‘looking after each other’. Thank you.

Thank you to Sheena Day who has stood down over this past year, as convenor of our Worship, Spirituality and Discipleship sub-committee.

Thanks again to Hannah Emerton continuing to lead, encourage and envision the Treasurer team and will have reminded our meeting about our responsibilities – recognizing that there is no solution elsewhere. Thanks to that wider finance team for the way they support her in carrying out their own responsibilities too. Watch out for their presentation at the APCM and our parish involvement with Generosity Week later in the year.

Thanks to Deputy Wardens, Paul Harrison, Chantal Bodsworth, and for all those who serve as Sidespersons and welcomers. Thanks for those who read our readings in worship and those who lead our prayers of intercession. Thanks to Mark Emerton, Vice Chair of the PCC. If you have come to the end of your time on PCC, Thank you. If you are new to PCC, have returned or are continuing thank you too.

Mark Emerton, Marcus Saunders and Simon Lemieux, provide a wider picture of Diocesan life to us and parish life at those other places, Deanery Synod, Diocesan Synod and Bishop’s Council. Miriam Sampson, encourages us in sharing the work with ecumenical partners, spurring us on in leading the eco group and, this year too leading our musicians and singers.

And for the many, many others who quietly contribute to our parish life.

Thanks to the continued gifts and skills and involvement of all those who minister here. For Linda, Simon and Amber. For Elaine as leader of the Messy Church congregation.

The Men’s Shed group (pre-planning application for the shed with the City Council now) and Film Club both continue their work supporting our wider community supported and coordinated by church members. Thank you.

Please offer to volunteer in parish posts where you might, and suggest to others they might where you can’t. One of the very important marks of the life off this parish is that many people serve in other agencies as part of their Christian commitment. It would be sad to see Christian volunteers only ‘operating’ in church circles. That does leave us with significant

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roles needing to be filled when others have finished their term or are no longer able to continue.

Do follow the parish’s financial figures. You will have heard of our projected 15k overspend budget for 2024. Clearly this is unsustainable.

The diocesan strategy has been subject to a re-start. Gone is the emphasis on Team or Group ministries. Bishop Jonathan has reviewed and reduced the number of decisionmaking bodies. You will have seen his emphasis on engaging with children and families and older people, encouraging us to develop ‘discipleship pathways’ to help us all grow in our faith. Our challenge with the other two mainland parishes is to explore and discover ways in which we, together, might support the others and build on individuals’ strengths.

Bishop Jonathan delighted us when recently he led worship in three of our congregations. I’ve already suggested he pays a visit to our Messy Church congregation too.

He also asked me to take up the role of Assistant Area Dean for the North part of the Deanery, as part of the changes in the Deanery when Canon Bob White was made Acting Archdeacon.

The House of Bishops of the Church of England did commend materials for use in parishes (withing existing services) to pray blessing for individuals in relationships other than those of Holy Matrimony. Our PCC recently discussed the option of use of these materials in this parish and agreed, as part of a wider dissemination of opportunity for thinking across our congregations, towards their potential use here.

Thank you all for your continuing commitment to these places and their mission. Thank you to you all for the challenging your kindness and encouragement in your continued support of my ministry.

Paul

Churchwarden’s Report

At the start of year 2023, Faculty approval was received to replace the existing gas boiler used to heat the Hall at Church of the Resurrection, with a new low emission gas boiler. The existing boiler had given good service, but after about 15 years was becoming unreliable. There was a risk of a complete failure of hall heating during the coldest months, leading to loss of income and possibly driving away our hall users. The urgent need was such that the PCC had decided that although gas (a fossil fuel) will still now be used for heating, a “greener” alternative would have to await the outcome of studies by the proposed energy group, as part of a comprehensive plan for Church and Hall. Thanks are due to Di Allen and Richard Jempson for identifying the problem, obtaining quotes, processing the faculty application, and driving the new installation through to completion.

Repairs to the Organ at Church of the Resurrection were necessary, following damage by squirrels that took up residence and acquired a taste for zinc trunking and electric wiring.

Also in January 2023, List B approval was granted to perform repairs to the roof and spire at St Andrew’s Church. This following storm damage that had occurred nearly a year

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earlier and was the subject of our insurance claim that had been approved by the loss adjuster on behalf of insurance underwriters.

The start of work had been delayed while the contractor (Williams Roofing Ltd) found a replacement subcontractor available to perform the scaffolding for the project, but from 3[rd] May, scaffolding was erected to facilitate the works, which included new stonework, tiling and shingles, leadwork and guttering. The scaffolding comprised two independent parts; an eastern structure facing the church north roof and a western structure to facilitate repairs to the spire. Each part was shrouded to a height of 3 m for site security, while keeping access open to both entrances of the building allowing church services to continue. The scope of the repair works was assessed by the main contractor and our architect, Julian Livingstone, and was split between those works that were the subject of our insurance claim, plus additional works necessary to correct defects that became evident during the initial inspection from the completed scaffolding and later.

The scaffolding was dropped in stages, from October, to allow progressive access for repairs from the top down. The scaffolding had been completely removed by early November, with some iron guttering remaining to be installed below the north roof. This work had been agreed as part of our insurance claim. Unfortunately, some incorrect parts had been ordered, and new parts had to be specially ordered. Work stopped while waiting for these parts, and there was a loss of focus as the project manager left the company at the end of February 2024. We are still waiting for the work to be rescheduled, hopefully using the original team.

During inspections from the scaffolding, it was determined that the spire would benefit from refurbishment to reduce maintenance costs well into the future. The shingling had become a patchwork of repairs of indifferent quality, and our architect agreed with Rob Williams (contractor) that the shingles should be completely replaced using shingles of Western Red Cedar to the highest standards. Accordingly, estimates were received from roofing companies, quoting against our architect’s specification. Meanwhile, Williams Roofing submitted their own quotation which assumed the use of the existing scaffolding. Unfortunately, this quote did not include all the items in the architect’s specification, and so could not be compared directly against the other quotes received. Williams Roofing have affirmed their intention to resubmit a quote against the architect’s specification.

A need for additional work at high level on the south side at St Andrew’s has since been identified, some of which is mentioned in the Quinquennial Report. This includes:

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These, and other items appearing in the Quinquennial Report should receive attention this year, and will require appointment of a new inspecting architect, to replace Julian Livingstone who is retiring.

Quotes were obtained for repairs and improvements to the internal lighting in both churches. However, more detail will be required on the proposed LED luminaires to ensure they are adequate in terms of illumination, efficiency, colour temperature, etc., and suitable in form and appearance.

Exterior lighting is also under consideration. New LED technology should be investigated for the opportunity to adopt novel forms which may be less obtrusive than conventional luminaires.

Anthony Purser.

PCC Secretary’s report

In the absence of any volunteers at last year’s Annual Parochial Church Meeting to take on the role of Parish Secretary, a Secretarial Team has been established to fulfil the needs of the Parish Secretary’s role, and I have continued as Minutes Secretary to the PCC in the interim. This team comprises myself, Jan Boucher (who monitors the official Parish Secretary’s email account), Hannah Emerton and the office team of Di Allen, Jean Nicholas and Geoff Wilson who assist with the general administrative duties. The team would very much like to acknowledge and thank John Upton for the considerable assistance he has given us this year as we have worked to find our feet. Ideally, the Parish still requires a named Parish Secretary, but this role could be supported by the current Secretarial Team if required. I, or any of the other members of the team, would be happy to talk to anyone who might consider this role.

Marina Horner

Deanery Synod report

Farlington continues to have three lay reps on the synod, Marcus Saunders, Mark Emerton and myself plus our Rector Paul. In fact we are entitled to more lay reps, as two of us sit on the synod due to other roles/’hats’. So, if you are interested in what it involves in terms of commitment, please speak to one of us.

The synod has met three times this year, at St Mark’s North End. St Mag’s Southsea and St Andrew’s Farlington. Each session begins with a brief time of worship together, a financial update and good news stories/projects from across the deanery. The latter this have included presentations about solar panels on church roofs, Anna Chaplaincy and Michael deacons (we have two in the deanery. We have also heard from Philip Poulter, Diocesan Secretary, about the diocesan budget. It is an opportunity too, to be a link between the deanery and the diocese when it comes to items such as parish share where our deanery generally achieves a high collection rate.

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One area where some of the deanery funds will be used over the next three years, is to fund roughly one third of the part post for a deanery Anna Chaplaincy co-ordinator, the remainder coming from a central diocesan grant and a local charitable trust. The deanery plan is also a regular agenda item, forged parish amalgamations/team ministries appear to be off the table, in favour of a much more ‘light touch’ cooperation between neighbouring parishes and collaborating where we can in local clusters. The deanery is also very fortunate that at the time of writing, all incumbent posts are filled following a couple of recent appointments.

Respectfully submitted,

Simon Lemieux

Fabric Committee Report

The Fabric committee met regularly during 2023 with the aim of maintaining the fabric of the two churches and their halls on behalf of the PCC. Some of the team are part of other parish groups and share their knowledge. The Fabric committee has worked well together to complete an agreed schedule of work and to deal with day-to-day matters such as miscreant squirrels! Not all items of work we would like to carry out have been started. Resourcing of work again remains a concern and this, along with our activity and proposals were reported at each PCC meeting.

Tony Purser (Churchwarden) has worked tirelessly; committing himself to many areas of parish life. As an example, he spent hours overseeing the work to repair the roof damage at St Andrew’s following storm Eunice and to deal with allied day-to-day issues that arose.

Without a Churchwarden at the Church of the Resurrection it has not been easy to respond as quickly as we would like to maintain the fabric of the church in the condition we would like. I wish to particularly thank Michael Horner with support from Chris Batstone and Paul Gully for their continuing work maintaining the buildings.

Our hall managers, Di Allen and Ann Howells, do a lot of work behind the scenes and much of this goes unseen. In 2023 the parish secured permission to replace the hall boiler at the Church of the Resurrection. It had served us well over the years but more recently had become unreliable. The new boiler was installed this year and will hopefully see us through to at least 2030. I wish to thank Di and Ann for their significant contribution to our parish life and mission.

The work of the eco group is invaluable and they’ve made great progress. The two teams are working more closely as our objectives overlap. An aim for the parish is to better understand our energy and carbon footprint, particularly at a time when the cost of power is very high. If any member of the congregation would like to join either team, please speak to the Rector.

It was a challenging year with the understandable financial constraints and 2024 will be no different. Both churches are due a Quinquennial building inspection in the autumn and this will result in a further programme of work with allied costs. Our Architect, Julian Livingstone, who completed our last Quinquennial in 2019, is standing down and we will

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miss his guidance and sound advice. The Parish is now in the process of securing the services of a new architect.

Specific items of work carried out during the year will be covered in the Churchwarden’s report.

Richard Jempson, Fabric Committee Convenor

Spirituality, Worship and Discipleship Committee (SWDC)

The committee met once every three months and consisted of seven members including Canon Paul Gully and convened by Sheena Day.

The committee has continued to discuss church services and make suggestions to enhance the spiritual life of the parish. It also chooses the hymns for both churches on a rota basis, assisted by members of the congregation and we thank Miriam Sampson and Ruth Taylor for their continuing support of the music in both churches. Nick Gleed has continued to play the organ for some services on an ad hoc basis.

In December, a group of church members went to Hamilton House to sing carols to the residents – this was very much appreciated by them.

The SWDC has decided to take a break for the foreseeable future, but will continue to maintain the hymn choosing rota.

Marina Horner, SWDC Minutes Secretary.

Financial Report and Accounts for year ended 31 December 2023

See separate document

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Eco Church Report

Over the past year the Eco Church group has continued to meet to consider how we can care for God’s creation in our parish. We are now working towards the Silver A Rocha Eco Church award, covering five areas of church life: worship and teaching; buildings; land; community and global engagement; and lifestyle. We have also been considering how we can contribute to meeting the Church of England’s goal to be “carbon net zero” by 2030.

During the past year we have created a management plan for the land at the Resurrection and Linda Upton has convened a gardening group which has had several sessions of working in the grounds, strimming, weeding and cutting back hedges. A water butt and compost heaps have been installed and planters (disused tyres) are ready to be planted up. We have acquired some bird boxes which are ready to be installed. Most of the trees planted in December 2022 have survived and we hope will thrive. A compost heap container will shortly be built at St Andrew’s and we are researching the possibility of situating a cycle rack by the hall.

Our recycling initiatives continue, but sadly we are no longer able to collect blister packs for recycling due to a change of policy at Superdrug, which will no longer accept bulk donations.

Regarding worship and teaching, we held a climate-focused combined service in the autumn, in the run-up to the UN international conference ‘COP28’, where we focused on our individual carbon footprints and how we could reduce them. We shared a number of “meat free” recipes on the Eco Church display table at the back of the Resurrection. We also included some “eco-tips” on how to reduce waste at Christmas in our pew sheet in December. Climate issues are regularly included in intercessions in our services.

On the community engagement front, we hosted the Portsmouth Ecumenical Christian Climate Action Group last July, showcasing what we had done to achieve our Bronze Eco Church award and how we were progressing further. We took part in “Churches Count on Nature” in June, when a team recorded wildlife found in the burial ground at St Andrew’s. We also encouraged participation in the second ‘Big Plastic Count’ in April this year. Miriam Sampson is now representing the Portsmouth Deanery on the Diocesan Environmental Advisory Group convened by David Cain.

We are now starting to focus more on energy usage in our churches. The C of E now requires parishes to complete an energy footprint return annually and we did this for the first time last summer. We are currently in the process of commissioning a subsidised energy audit for both our churches from Parish Buying; our patron has offered to pay for this. The gas boiler in the hall at the Resurrection had to be replaced with a new one, but we are starting to look at other ‘greener’ heating options for the church itself when that gas boiler reaches the end of its life. In the meantime we are looking at other ways to reduce our energy usage, through insulation etc. Unfortunately our attempt to set up a

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specific group to focus on our energy usage and to plan for future energy needs in the parish has not been successful, as no volunteers came forward.

We hope to apply for our Silver Ecochurch Award in the next few months. Thank you for your support for these important initiatives.

Miriam Sampson

Messy Church

The year at Messy Church seems to have gone quickly again as we celebrated another year, and I think that the Team would agree that we have continued to grow in all sorts of ways. Our attendance numbers have been consistent, welcoming families each month; developing a real community spirit amongst regular Messy friends as well as growing together as a team to retell and reflect on the Bible themes. It is very rewarding to be with the Messy Families.

We enjoy a varied programme of activities on Bible themes from Get Messy! Magazine, which we are able to tailor to our families and situation. Several of the programmes have been compiled by the team, pooling our ideas and coming up with fun activities. We regularly sing lively songs now – thanks to a well known website.

Our themes have been:

Amongst all these fun activities, songs, animations, interactive celebrations, is the core message of what we believe, which the adults as well as the children receive.

Promotion by email, Facebook groups and the banner are ongoing. Word of mouth is the most powerful advertisement for Messy Church.

Finally, a big thank you to all those who take part and to those who pray for us and our families. A mention to our resident photographer who records the sessions – these have become popular with the families. We could not manage to provide Messy Church without the input of so many people.

I urge you all to come and see- Get messy & have fun, or just come and see what goes on.

Elaine Beeby

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Drayton Film Club

Another successful year at Drayton Film Club with numbers increasing and an almost 50/50 split between members of our congregations and the local community attending. We meet on the 1[st] Tuesday of the month at the Church of the Resurrection at 2pm and during the past year our films have ranged from ‘Belfast’ and ‘The Book Thief’ to Mrs Harris goes to Paris’ and our, now what’s become a tradition, August musical month, this year was ‘Les Miserables’ and was very much enjoyed by everyone who also enjoyed the choc ices in the interval.

We held 2 pre film lunches during the year and raised £199 for The Paulsgrove Foodbank and Hope into Action charities. In addition to that we made a donation of £368 to Parish Funds towards the cost of lighting, heating and the license. My thanks to all those who helped out at the lunches and a special thanks to Ruth and Len who help with the teas and washing up every month.

We have lots of brilliant films ready to show you this coming year and a lunch planned for June with a D Day theme. So come and join us, bring a friend, spread the word and enjoy a good film, good company and tea and biscuits. There is no charge but we just ask for a donation towards the cost of refreshments.

Linda Upton.

Looking After Each Other

The Looking After Each Other initiative has its origin in a PCC meeting in the second half of 2022 which reflected on the changes which our Church congregations had been through in the past few years largely as a result of the pandemic. The underlying basis for this reflection was to find out how well we as a Church family followed Jesus’ commandment to his followers that they should love one another as He had loved them. Our initial focus was to be on the members of our Church congregations but it was recognised that at some point we would need to address those outside our Church family.

At the Café Church in February 2023 individual PCC members led discussions in table groups where the aims of the initiative were explained and ideas and opinions were sought. There were a number of points which emerged from this which could be summarised under three headings

  1. Establishing a structure within which “looking after one another” could be coordinated and conducted

  2. Launching this focus within our congregations

  3. Considering activities and initiatives which could increase interaction

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As a result the PCC invited a small group of volunteers to operate as a Steering Group to investigate and develop this aspect of Parish life more fully and explore each of the three areas above.

In November 2023 an announcement was made at all three Sunday services about progress to date. This was followed at the joint service in December by launching the initiative, when members of the congregation present, were invited to complete a survey form. This survey form listed a number of possible actions which individuals might take including taking a pew sheet to someone each week or telephoning someone. Respondents were asked to state whether they strongly agreed, agreed, disagreed or disagree strongly. In addition. Respondents were invited to indicate whether they actually already undertook any of the actions listed.

The results were communicated to everyone present at the Café Church in February 2024. At this service those present were invited fill in a card which included committing to try to undertake one or more of the actions which they didn't currently carry out. The results were felt to be very positive and that there was a need to put this initiative on to a more formal higher profile footing which will be carried forward in 2024.

Mervyn Doyle/Geoff Wilson

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Parish Safeguarding Policy

The Parish of Farlington is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of the children and Adults at Risk within our church community, and also to encouraging an environment where all people and especially those who may be vulnerable are able to worship and pursue their faith journey with encouragement and in safety.

The Parochial Church Council adopts the Church of England policy ‘Promoting a Safer Church’ and are committed to the implementation of the Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, the relevant statutory legislation and guidance for the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Parish copy of ‘Promoting a Safter Church’ poster

The PCC will ensure that the ‘Promoting a Safer Church’ poster containing the details of who to contact regarding a safeguarding matter is displayed in each church building and hall building.

Parish Safeguarding Representatives

The PCC will appoint a Safeguarding Representative who will be responsible on behalf of the incumbent and PCC for implementing the National policy in respect of safeguarding children and adults at risk. The Parish Safeguarding Representative agrees to undertake the key responsibilities of the role as outlined in the National Safeguarding Guide.

Our Children’s & Adult at Risk Safeguarding Officer is Christine Watkins

Paid Workers and/or Volunteers

All those who undertake work in a regulated activity with children and/or adults at risk in the parish on a voluntary or paid basis will be required to:

The Parish of Farlington will seek to ensure that a DBS check is only requested after a risk assessment has indicated that one is both proportionate and relevant to the position (paid or voluntary) concerned. Using the appropriate risk assessment procedures, the following parish posts have been identified as requiring a DBS check:

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(For clarification, we are advised that the requirement for a DBS check for leaders of an activity or group which includes vulnerable adults is only possible where every member of the appropriate group is a vulnerable adult).

All Confidential Self Declarations Forms, references and results of DBS checks will be held securely by the Incumbent. Declarations and DBS checks must be undertaken every three years, or sooner if the individual moves to a new post, (unless the application was obtained in the previous six months and the nature of the work is similar).

Any person refusing such checks will not be allowed to work with or have unsupervised contact with children or adults at risk in the parish.

All those who work with children and/or adults at risk on a regular basis will be made aware of and should familiarise themselves with the National Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, and will be required to participate in the appropriate level of National Safeguarding training every three years.

Children’s Activities, Groups and Events

The following children’s, young person’s and mixed age activities have been identified as PCC endorsed events and activities that fall under the Diocesan Safeguarding Procedures:

All children and young people wishing to attend the above activities will be provided with a Registration Form, which must be completed and signed by their parents/carers before they take part.

Children who wish to take part in additional events such as church outings, holidays or sleepovers will not be allowed to participate in such activities unless the leaders of such event(s) receive a completed consent form from the parents or guardians of the child concerned, even if the parent or guardian accompanies the child on any such trip or activity. A new form must be completed for each separate activity.

Consideration will be given at all times for the health, safety and welfare of each child and young person, including supervision ratios, transport, first aid, premises and children with special needs.

Other Activities Involving Children

Messy Church

This activity is essentially a congregation of the parish where children always attend and are under the care of their parents/guardians. We will ensure that at least the key leader and one other person have completed the DBS process.

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Adults at Risk Activities, Groups and Events

The following have been identified as PCC endorsed groups, events and activities that fall under the National Safeguarding Procedures:

Consideration will be given at all times for the health, safety and welfare of the adults at risk.

Hire of Church Premises

All those who book or use the church hall on a regular basis shall be required to sign a copy of the parish booking agreement and a declaration that they have read, understand and will follow the National Church of England Safeguarding Policy and Procedures as well as their own organisation’s safeguarding procedures The national policy takes precedence particularly regarding supervision ratios.

Agreed at PCC at its November 2023 Meeting. Date of Review November 2024

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Financial Report for Farlington Parish 2023 Parish Finance team Hannah Emerton Jill Collings Jenny and Chris Gibbons Jaye Warren Di Allen Sarah Wilson Ann Howells Sarah Saunders Alison Sheppard Parish Treasurer Deputy Treasurer COR Assistant Treasurers StA Assistant Treasurer COR Hall Manager COR Hall Booknng Clerk StA Hall Manager and Booking Clerk Gift Aid secretary Bookkeeper and Payroti Independent Examiner Monis Crocker, Chartered Accountants Summary of the year The finances of the parish have remained stable over 2023 benefith'ng from a healthy income from the hire of both church halls and ongoing regular parish giving. largely vta the parish givtng scheme, with the associated grft aid. We had less need to draw on our deposit account. only moving the residual restricted funds within the Churchyard fund to pay for work on the paving and steps in St Andrews churchyard. Our main OLrtgoings apart from our parish share and the significant rise in our energy bills have been the repairs to the roof of St Andrews Church following d8mage by Storm Eunice. Although muth of this work was covered by insuran￿, the need for other Maintenan￿ and repairs, not caused by the stomi, was discovered during the pro￿sS, the cost of which therefore had to be met from parish funds and couldn't be claimed on the insurance. We have continued to promote the use of our online gimng stations which are situated at both churches. However, there continue to be regular cash donations each week and so we haven't moved over completely to a cashless system. Unfortunately, the giving station at Church of the Resurrection began to malfunction towards the end of the year and stopped worknng completely just before the Crib service. Whilst there were many cash donations for the Chnstmas services it is likely that we missed some online donations at our busiest time of the yearwhich is frustrating. A replacement tablet for the gimng station has been ordered and since we are only just outside the warrantee we have been charged haf price for rt. Alongside our regular parish giving and assoaated gift aid we have had successful fund raising events for our listed chanties- Paulsgrove Food Bank, Hope into Action and T¢J)Is with a Mission and have been able to donate £1043.80, £2627.05 and £469 respeth'vely this year to support their work We have added a fourth charity - Compassion - to our list and donations trom the cnb serVi￿S this year were earmarked for this charity that supports vulnerable children in difficult environments across the world.

Income generated from fees for funerals and weddings has fallen over the last couple of years, largely because we don't get paid for funerals that take pla￿ at the crematorium which are much more common than in the pas(8ven rf Paul is officiating. Church weddings are also less frequenl and so this income stream is likely to be less helpful in the future. Thankfully the improv&J interest rate on our savings account has provided an unants"cipated boost to our income bul this is unlikely to be a long tem benefit. The halls at both ends of the Parish continue to generate a healthy revenue and Di Allen has done sterfing work in streamlining invoicing procedures for both halls so that we have a clearer idea aboLrt the regular income from the hall hire. Ad hoc bookings for the halls and church are more difficult to predict but add to the income generated. As anticipated, our energy bills have soared and even wrth a significant uplift in our proposed budget we underests'mated the cost for gas by nearfy £1000. Thankfully our electricity bills were cheaper than expected so there was some offset. There remains 8n urgent need to identrfy altemative energy SoU￿S so that we can redu or even stop our use of gas. Since the standing charge for the gas boiler is a signrfiGant part of Ihe cost1£9.08 per day - £3314.20 per year), even if we redu our gas use there is still a sizeable bill to pay just for having the boiler. The Eco group have been lod(ing at possible altematives but there is a real need for a dynamic lead to take this work foN4ard as soon as possible. In addition to the altemats've energy options, there is also signfficant further work required to maintain St Andrew's Church roof and quotes oblained so far are in the region of £5S60,000. Clearly both these projects are going to involve a significant capital spend and whilst some of this can be covered by our deposit account reserves there is no doubt that we will need to find morEy from other sources as well. The Finan￿ committee have rewewed possible grant making organizations and there are one or two that we would be eligible to approach bui the money available, even if our bid was successful. will not be enough. A parish wide fundraising camp8ign is likely to be needed if we are to be able to do this work and keep our churches functioning and available for worship and mission for the future. Other specific expenditure has been needed to repair damage to the CofR by som8 squirrels who managed to find their way into the church and not only chew through some of the cables but also the organ pipes. We hope that the input of the pest control offI￿r will prevent fvrther squirrel invasions. Our total income over the year was £135,142.23 cDmpargJ wrth £107,592.37 in 2022 Our total expenditure was £150,456 compared with £105,971 in 2022. We have therefore ended 2023 with an overall deficit income over expenditure of £15,314.

The total funds in all of our accounts at the end of 2023 are £151,835 compared with £167,149 in 2022. We continue to have very few designated and no restn'cted funds nTh that the Graveyard fund ha5 been spent so we continue to have flexibility in how we can spend our money. Details of individual accounts Parish General Account General Fund(unrestricted) The Parish general fund had a net decrease in cash funds of £17,464.52 compared to an increase of £5,861 89 in 2022. The average monthly njnning costs were £9.120 compared to 2022 which were £7,853. The dosing balance in this fund was £131.014 compared to £148,478 in 2022. General fund (Restrlcted) St Andrews Church ard Fund The balance in this fund at the end of 2022 was £2e63.67. In 2023 the residual balance including interest received on the amount by the time it was withdrawn from the dep)sit account was used to pay some of the bill for the path and steps repair at St Andrews. The closing balance at the year end is £0.00 Herita This restricted fuThJ was set up in 2018 on re￿Ipt of a grant of £10,000 from the National Heritage Lottery Fund. The majority of the money was spent on the project with a balance at the end of 2022 of £440.22. No further money has been added to or spent from this account in 2023. The website has now been linked with our parish website and is accessible through IL Social Fund General Fund Desi nated There h8s been no movement in or out of the so¢*al fund and balanc8 remains at £507.14. COR Church Hall and St Andrews Hall Accounts Desl nated Hall activity has continued to add significantly to our overall income. Hire rates have again been increased particulady to try and cover the cost of increasing fuel bills. The CofR hall boiler needs to be repla￿d and this will be paid for out of hall funds once we have agreement via a faculty about what we are allowed to purchase. £10,000 was transferred from the St A Hall account into the general fund in the middle of the year following the success of streamlining invoicing for the StA hall users. Closing balan￿S.. £13,220.90 for COR Hall account £7,032.48 for St Andrew's H811 account.

CBF de We continue to use the CBF deposit account for the large majority of our reserves. We have been drawing on this money when we need funds for projects or to maintain day to day running costs Reassuring this has not been so necessary this year and the only money transferred out of the account was the final balan￿ of the churchyard fund to pay for the steps and pamng repairs in StA churchyard. The figures in this account are induded in the general fund totals. The dosing balance for 2023 in the CBF account was £119,088 cornpared with £115.351 in 2022. osit Account Small Funds COR Care and Fellowshi Grou Account The COR Care and Fellowship Group balance at the end of 2023 was £1,195.51 made up of a bank balants of £872.71 and a cash balan￿ of £322.80 Friends of St Andrews Acc￿nt The Friends of SA fund balance at the year end was £45.60 made up of a bank balance of £11.30 and a cash balance of £34.30. Traidcraft Account The Traidcraft has now dosed as there has been no Trai(kraft stall this year. Reserves Policy In the light of ongoing unpredictable fuel bills and Maintenan￿ costs the finan committee has recommended to the PCC they conts'nue to invest its reserve funds in the CBF Church of England Deposit FurKI within which they should retain sufficient funds to cover 6 rather than 3 months of unrestrtcted running costs. This would be £65,888.51. "total running costs for 2023 were £131.777.02{149,383.92- 17,6CE.90 covered by insurance daim) divided by 2- £65,888.51 Final Note The impact of increased enerrJy bills and the work that has been needed on St Andrews roof to maintain its viability has been signrficant. There is an urgent financial need to find altemative and cheaper ways to heat our churth buildings over the coming year, particularly CofR, as well as funding Ihe ongoing repairs required for Ihe StA church roof. 2024 will hopefully see a rise in fundraising and income generation for our own parish n￿dS alongside our nominated charities. We are again submitting our accounts to Morris Crocker for independent examination. Produced by Hannah Emerton arKJ Aison Sheppard On behalf of the Finance team

INDEPENDENT EXAlm4ER% REPORT TO THE TrUSTEE3 OF FARLNGTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•rf• r•portto th• InMtM8 of Farllngtm P•roehS•l Chuffh CouDcM I report to the charty tr￿Ste8$ on my exaMInh￿ oftr• ￿ftts of Farfmwon Paroclygl Churth Coun¢il {th8 Tru$tl ￿ the year ended 31 D8cembef 2023. A•8pon¥lbllltle8 Ind bas￿ of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you ar? for the m¥atson of thè ￿OUnts in accordanL wth the requlrerrwts of the Ch¥ibes knt20111Tho A¢¥) I rewrt in respect of ry exwrHn•twM of the Twfs accounts ¢am8d out under S￿￿On 145 of the kt )d in carryir¥J oui my I have lolknwed au apF4Kable Direct￿1￿$ gNen ty the ch￿ Cwmis6th und•r Secbon 14151{bl ofthe kl lftdep•nd•nt •x•mln•rf• •tat•nwnt . I have Comp￿&1 my examinat￿. I wfim that rKJ nwlerl matters have to my attention In conne¢bon with the exwination gr•ng cause to tel￿e that in ￿Y mate￿{ ￿speCt. cwnting rwds wert not ke0 tn respecl rrflhe Trust as roquirtrj ty SKtion 130 ot the rt' or the a￿￿nts do not accord those records,. th• account4 do not wth applth requi￿rnents conwiiThJ the fwm and ¢ontenl of nts set out in ihe Char￿"85 (Accounts and Rewtsl Regulatson5 2006 otw than any requireThnl that Ihe ￿C￿nts gi¥e a tft and fw not • mr C(￿$#JOr8d a6 part ol an indewd8nt exanufia￿n I hav• no concerns and have acnjss rK) matt•r8 in wlh the exam4iat#)n lo whKh attenl'on sI￿Ul# b• drawn in this ieport in orfer lo wable 8 PrO￿r undetstanding of the to be Paul Undepwoc Morris Cr¢¢ker Chartered A¢counlJnis Statit)n House North Slréel Plavant 14ampshir• Pog 1QV Date. 15 Awl 2024

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR EN6IAND AND WALES Fartbroton PCC Receipts and payments accounts For thè perfixj CC16a 01-Jar￿23 31-t¢-23 Restrlcted nd$ Total fvnds fvnds tolh• n•ar•#£ Totsl funds 2022 tvthe neareJt£ A1 ReLd Volunta incotno Fu[KI￿￿1￿￿ IrKome Inve51m2nt incom8 Incoma Ircm church b¥itS Qlher ￿Com8 1032 1.575 27,271 872 3.737 31.$6B 18.4 31,668 16A8B 134142 Sub total(Gro8s irwme forARJ 136.on 135.142 Fund[8￿1￿ cos Church eclwrfes ¢Jsis 2,210 103,661 146,$76 147.161 S￿ tot 150856 Total paYrn￿ts 105J7 Net Ofr8WPt￿paymentsj A3 Transfers befvRen funds A4 Cash funds last y•ar eTrJ 11313 13,1041 167.14B 1510 3,104 167.148 i￿85 165.S27 lund$ 2023 fu￿15 tothern¥e*e fund5 tolhe n￿re￿£ Tow fvnd$ 2022 totht nearest£ B1 Cash fvnds Pari%h Current aco)Lmt No 3 a¢￿U￿t CBF De osi( account COR Hall account SA Hall attount ResJrrection Care & Fello￿￿￿ Fri8nds of St AndreY¥s Tr8idcraft Cash In hand (hved to PDBOF 16.6fj6 50 116.413 13,221 33.078 60 111.9S7 116A13 13 21 8.tr21 11 11 83 $57 Total cash funds 1fj1.900 167.149 32 Llabllltte3 I￿e ndent Exa￿er$. leo PD8oF- Sti nd fees0v￿d 672 860 1.622 rotel liabilites abJre Print Narne Hannah Ernerton nShepFerd DatE of rov81 5.4.24

Farfington Parish Parochial ch￿￿h Council Notes To The Amalgamdted Financial Statem For Year Ended 31 December 2023 1. Accounting Policies. The fmancial 5tstements have been prepared using the receipts & payments basis in accordance wth the Charilieg Act 2011, the Church Accounting Regulatiorts 20(￿ and the FRS 102 SORP. 2. Cash Funds. Al funds lsted at secti￿ B1. except for the Churchyard Fund *thi¢h is held in the CBF Deposit a¢¢ount. are not subjecttr) any restr"dions regar¢Sng their use and are available for the general pury>05es of the Parod)ial Churth Coun(#l (PCC). 3. Assets Retained For The Church's Own Use. Consecrated and beneficed wopety 1$ eX￿ded from the accounts by section 10{21 of the Charityes Act 2011. Thi8 indudes both churth ha115. No value is placed moveable church ￿rnIshIngS held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and vkni¢h require a faculty for disposal since the PCC ¢(￿lderS thK8 to be inalenable property. Approved by the Parochial Church ¢(￿n￿ on and signed on its behatf by PCC Chairman

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Funds- 2023 rc Openlng fund balance as at 01.01.2023 Deposit interest for 2023 so￿nI DeswJn & 8uikJ 24th Aug 21r23 266167 I.￿1.65 69.18 47.23 -3288 AdjLL8lment Closing furKI balan￿ as at 31.12.2023 0.79 5&15 1049.67 1.614.C Herita e Fund OpÈning fund balance as at 01.01.3)23 One off non*ie¢urring grant Total payments made for Heritage Project Total payments made for Heritage Project Closing fund balaTr￿ as at31.122023 440.22 44022 Restrlcted Ir￿m0 Voluntary Income.. Churchyard Fund Interest for 2023 allocated to Churchyard FUTr Heritage Fund One off non-recurring grant 69.18 69.18 Restrlct&l Ex nditure Church Actwf(ies Cos Herrtage FuThJ Payments made for Herrtage Propd Transfers B Transfers. Heritage Fund Transfer to general fund for Foyments albcated incorrec FuTrSs Frlends wItt￿Ut Borders Fund o￿nIng balance as at 01.01.2023 Totsl donated and fLtnd ra￿ed Payment of annual F4e($3ed amount Fund closing balance as al 31.1Z2023 495.79 204.41 7t￿1.20 Social Fu Fund openlng baance as at 01.01.2023 .14 Fund closlng balance as at 31.12.2023 )7.14 st Andrvws. Font Cover Fund OF£ning balance as at 01.01.2021 Chichester Stone Works 27th SeFrt 21 Fund c1051rKJ tmlance as at 31.12.2020 Fund closlry telance as at 31.12.21r22 Balance carried fOr￿drd to 31.12.2022 1,(KX).(KJ -1.¢X(I.00

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COR d Fellowshl GroLt Bank balance as at 01.01.2023 Petty cash as at 01.Q1.2023 Fund balancg as at 01.01.2023 Incon Closin Care & Fellowshi ènse5 Net ments Fund balance as at 31.12.2023 Made up of.. Funds held in Parish current account as at 31.12.2023 Cash in hand as at 31 12.2023 Cash transfer to bank 311121 111 622.71 109.80 732.51 251.50 315 30 938.01 376 00 bank balance transferred 118.50 257.50 1.195.51 46.00 205.50 938.01 872.71 322 80 250.00 622.71 315.30 Fr￿ndS of SA R&P Accounts 2023 Fund balonrR as at 01.01.2023 Rècei ts 2023 Payments 2023 Net receiptsllpaymentsl Fund balance as at 31.12.2023 Made up of.. eash on hand Bank balance as at 31.12_2023 116.90 148.90 220.20 -71.30 173.95 91 35 47.05 116.SYJ 3430 82.60 34.30 11_30 Traldcraft &P Accounts 2023 Bank balance as at 01.01.2023 C85h in hand at 01.01.2023 Fund balance as at 01.01.2023 Sales Income dunn 2023 B8nk account interest Total r¢¢o1 Purchases In 2023 Donationsl Exchange rrAde in 2￿3 Total ments Net receiptsllpaymènts Fund bal8nc• at 31.12.2023 Made u ot. Bank balaftce In Parish account as at 28.07.2023 Cash in hand at 28.07.2023 Transfer to General lund 27.07.2023 Traidcr8ft account and fund 31.12.2023 291.85 17.25 309.10 50.90 0.00 50.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 433.14 88.8 521.94 824.08 824.18 787.02 250 1.037.02 412.84 309.10 3￿.00 0.00 360 00 291 85

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF FARLINGTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Independent examlnerfs report to th• trustees of Fafllngton Parochial Church Councll I report lo the charity Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of FaTlington Par¢xhial Church Council {Ihe Trusll for the year ended 31 December 2023. R•$ponslbllltlos and ba$ls of roport As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Acl'l I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Se¢tson 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 14515llb) of the Act. Indopgndent exarnlnerfs statgment I have completed my examination. I 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.. accounting re¢ords were not kept In respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act,, or the accounts do not accord with those records., or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a tru8 and fair view which is not a matter consldered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in conn8clion with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in thi$ report in order lo enable a proper undorstanding of the accounts to be rèached. Paul Underwood Morris Crocker Chartered Accountants Station House North Street Havanl Hampshire P09 1QU Dale.. 15 Aprll 2024