Annual Report 2022-2023 'i.J .1 Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Danbury Bell Ringers 2022 has been a very busy year for the Bell Ringers, practices have returned to normal except that practices start at 7.30pm with earlier practices for learners starting from 5.30pm, Mike and Cathy also organise practices with tied bells during the week. Ringing on Sundays is generally call changes, plain hunt or bob doubles. There have been several learners during the year including three D.0. E. students. The Association has requested that towers hold a recruiting campaign to 'ring for the King i.e. the Coronation of King Charles111 on 15 May 2023. During the year 2 quarter peals have been rung, one on Saturday 28 May to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Tony Spurgeon, the second on Sunday 18 September, rung fully muffled with the tenor open, In memory of Queen Elizabeth 11. Congratulations to Stuart Bird on his first quarter. Both quarter peals arranged and called by Ann Woolley. The Danbury ringers also won the Call Change competition - with thanks to Ann Woolley. June was the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 11, with many festivities and Bell Ringing when all Towers were requested to ring. The tower was also opened for the Patronal Festival at the end of June, the weather was kind and several visitors climbed to the top to admire the view An afternoon outing was organised by Emily Watts on Saturday 13 August, 3 towers were visited in the Northern District- a good afternoon was had by all. Thursday 8 September it was announced that Queen Elizabeth 11 had died, immediately flags were flown at half-mast and bells were muffled. Saturday 10 September Prince Charles was pronounced King Charles 111 Sunday flags to be flown and bells rung open, Sunday September by 1.00pm bells to be muffled and flags flown at half_mast until after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth 11. A lot of hard work for the Steeple Wardens Nick Steinke and Stuart Bird. The Danbury Bell Ringers were pictured on the cover of the ringing world that week. The ringers were also requested to ring for several weddings during the year, one being on Stephanie Ovenden when 2 quarters were rung by the Sussex ringers. Thanks to Sarah for arranging Wedding Ringing During the autumn a new St. Georges flag was purchased by the PCC, the flag has the ensign of the Chelmsford Diocese on it - Our Rector Jacqui blessed the flag in the belfry on Christmas Morning On Thursday 8 December members were told of the death of Mark Spurgeon, son of Tony and Sue, Mark was 51 and leaves a wife and two young daughters, he had been taught to ring by Tony whilst in his teens and had continued ringing at Writtle and Bedford, On December 21st. the ringers heard of the death of Tom Roast, Tom aged 81 had continued his ringing in Norwich where he had lived for several years and was the brother of Joe Roast and had been taught in Danbury by their Father E.W. Roast. A social Evening was held at the home of Katy and Stuart Bird at the beginning of December members supplied food and a bottle and a good time was had by all. Page 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - Events Summer Fayre and Open Tower. Thanks to all who helped make this event a success, despite the wind I think everyone had a good time. Well done Jacqui for beating my marble countl Rematch in June? Leys hope for clear skies and sunshine this year. Church Family BBQ A sharing of fellowship and food outside in the July evening sunshine. Jumble Sale Thanks to all the helpers who set up tables, chairs, sorted clothes, books, toys, bric-a-brac and auction items and helped clear up after the event. There are no plans for another going fO￿ard due to my difficulty obtaining helpers. If you would like to run one for our Church, please let me know. Crib Festival Our thanks go to Joan Graham for suggesting and running this event. There were a wonderful variety of cribs on display in church and our visitors enjoyed wandering amongst them and reading the descriptions beside each. 11! Thank you to Father Christmas and helper elf for visiting the meeting room with a gift of a bible story book for each child. Craft activities were undertaken by several children and some older but young of heart. Thanks to the refreshment team for keeping us all hydrated and fed. Page12 - - - - - - 91 4L•• Page 23 Accounts Parochlal Church Councll of Danbury St John the Baptlst Flnanclal Ststements Year ended 31" December 2022 mma Total income for 2022 was £115,044, which exceeded the expenditure of £94,233 by £20,812. Much of the income comes from the Parish Givin8 Scheme Events, which include the Friday lunchtime Concerts, the Summer Fayre, Not the Last Knight and the Crib Festival raised over £6,000. Meeting Room bookings are very healthy raising income of almost £IO,(MXI. Fees for weddings and funerals remain steady at around £9,5(K) Rental income from the house in Millfields remains steady at £13,200 Donations and 8equests amounted to around £15,(KlO Our main expenditure is to the Diocese for our Parish Share - £58,662. This will reduce in 2023 to £54.500. Energy costs, whilst high at over £5,000, are protected at 2021 rates by fixed term contracts which run until September 2024 for electric and December 2025 for gas. Alan Dixon Treasurer Page 28 POr￿h1￿ch￿rCh(uVTrd1 of Danbury5tJohn the BaP￿tt FinaTrdal Statwnent5 ￿r wdEd DecétÈmbEr 31st20Z2 20ZI 2022 Fun ancldAdkntle5 Toral Funds Re5tr1cted Unrestrfcted JDte £48,059 Planned G￿l￿&CollÈtt1onsetC £3￿84 Vll* Friends £734 £¥ents EI.560 Grants Rec•Fv4d £9.515 Fee5 £4,407 MeetlnE Roorn Income £13.200 40 Millfields. Remal Income £2,750 Garden of Remembrance £5,905 All Other Incorne £90,014 £49043 £3,500 £6,039 £1.560 £9,518 £9,990 £13.200 £3.294 £18,500 £115,044 ¥49A43 ,5 £6,039 ti560 £9,518 ,990 £13.2QQ £3,294 £6.985 £98,469 £ii,s £16.575 fxvndhurq -£2.6N Grants to tharttles -$4(W Partsh Shar@ -£6,302 MWlr6 Room Exppnse5 -1129.6 40 MIIMelds Expen5e5 -El.053 Gardenof Remembtance -£23.D75 Other Churth Expenses -£88,IS9 -£2,561 458.662 6.082 -£457 I,a38 -E25,133 94.233 42.561 .£58.662 6,082 -£4S? -£lJ38 420,069 .W.168 -£5.￿S £1,855 Net Surplu5/Defftc Balan £20.812 Ell510 £9.301 £84,3fj0 C45hat Banka￿ on depO￿t -£4.￿9 Net113bllltiesduewthln lyear É92,OOD Property, 40 MlllfiEld5 £171,491 Total Nerthets io li £I(K).303 £0 £92,OOD ÉL92,303 £83,615 £0 £52.WO £175,615 £16. £0 £16,688 F￿hd$ 7603.61 Endowmem Funds 64501.14 Restriaed- (hher 7335.77 Unrestrf¢ted fvr￿s 79491.52 Total Cash lund5 920W ReMrt¢red. aeryyH¢U￿n8 E171,492 Totsifvnds 12 L2 £7.604 £76,012 £16,688 £1￿,505 £92,0 £192.303 £7,604 £76.012 £16.688 £16,6È8 £83,S16 É91000 £175,616 12 12 E16.688 Apwo¥ed bythe Parochlal Church Coundl on Febn*ry 13th20Z3 and slwed on ts behalf by". Canonjacqul lones Ichalrrnanl n Dlyon IT¢easurerl Page 29 Par￿h1￿ ChuKh COU￿￿1 of DanburyStltshrbth• Bapt15t Nnan¢l¥lSt•tsMentsfr*the ￿ttended De￿cemberS￿lIo21 Total sratementof Flnanclal ktlvltle5 Notll I: MBnnedGivin& Cul1￿0n£ttC UTrrert £42,625 £1.766 £S,052 £49.443 £38.683 P¥rlshGM￿s¢frWe £5,996 PGS £3,381 GenEtal ColknlDnS £48.059 £42,625 £1,766 £5,052 E49A43 Note 2.. Will48¢ Fd¢hd5 £3.884 P8r55h SlvlnB Stheme NDte3:Grants £1,5CKI Danbury Pèrfsh Councll.. Churthyèrd £60 W4rGTr¥e5QTrmm154on. ChutthyArd £1,560 £1,5 £60 £1,560 £1.500 £60 £i.%o IIDte4.. Meetin8 Ro*m £4.407 Feesfrorn lÈttS Exp¢n5CS.' £9.990 .EI.2BO 42.151 41.783 -£330 -£747 -Eio Èanln8 Elertfitity &Watér Repalfs & Mtce Glebe Rent Itwrènce gjndry 41.816 42.297 .£66 -£1.816 -U297 466 -E330 -£786 -£787 4330 -£786 -£787 £3￿08 £3W8 NDte 5.. Mlllfield5 The PCCown5thE curate5 house at40 MIl￿￿ds, purchased in 1989 for£92.(KXJ The(a￿tal value Is restrfctth to the der8yfund. netoperntlngsur￿￿51defjcf(l5Gen¢ra1 Fund NeiRentsi Income £13,200 Insurance -£355 Malntenance £U,2 4322 £ts.2 -E355 -£102 £12,743 -807.6 £12,070 102 £12,743 Note6'.Otherlncome £5 Inte￿t tk>natk)n-SoundSy5tETn LbnatlDn- Mèlumdarbench E2.109 OtherDohafjons/8eqJws £19 Wall safe 5umUp £168 Land45da￿ Chafity £L400 CO￿dV01￿nt￿tS 620 Chuich HeadngFees 1584 Re¢t•ty Car Park Income £5.905 £813 £io.000 £1,350 £2,61S £132 £813 £io,ty)o £1,350 £2,61S £132 El,283 £165 £0 £0 £2,142 £18.500 £1.283 £0 £0 £0 £2,142 £6.985 £165 £11 S15 Nute 7.. GMtst<*th•rtVes -E500 F￿end$of E55￿ Ch￿￿he5 .£5W CHESS -£500 Worldvlslon -£500 SaferPla¢ -£500 Quantoth thrfstkanTrusi D15creOonaryfut¥J, re¥etse 4100 RBL Popv¥Appeal ThEthlld￿nS'Sochefy lthrbsdn8￿I 550 4S50 -£550 -£550 -£550 £564 550 550 .É550 -£55D 4550 £564 4100 275 -£2,561 4100 275 -É2.5É1 Page 30 Par#hI￿ th￿rth Collndld Dinljury Stjohnthe WY5t Flnjnclal Staternentsf¢r the ye•¢ ¢￿￿ed Dececen*er31st20U Z021 Restrl NDtp8.. the¥Churth E¥pense5 -£2,990 Insurance -£2,092 maInte￿￿e/￿e3￿Ing -£2,393 Gas 4578 Elthldtyrnaier -£3.143 -£3.143 L812 -£613 .£2,0ty1 -£1,812 -£6 Beetle C05t5 -£64S Orlèn &tholr -£608 Da15y. TelEphone andwi -£22D 84nk Chary5 -£6S7 ae￿¥ Expenses -£4,460 Churchyard &Gre2n -£4N74 Secretarial -£300 Churth Flowers -£328 COP￿Sht ￿(en Replacement Sound System -£1.270 Rent& Ua￿lIty -£2,059 NJI Ot￿r -É23.D75 -£124 461 267 -£1.167 -£2.953 44.599 536 -£370 -£5.065 £6SO -£1.877 -£25.L33 4724 -£613 -£267 -£1,167 .£2.953 .£4.$59 536 4370 4s,[￿S £650 4L877 -É2D,Q69 5,065 Nut•9.. E￿ts CommMe4 lumblesale FOEC Rlde&StridE SvmmerFayre £629 Trèè FeSti￿l/c￿b Fest￿1 L451 Knl8ht Prom5 Frf Lunchtimekncert5 £105 CoOpStar £318 É53 £1.396 £575 £2 .421 £318 £53 É1,396 £57S £277 £3,421 £6.039 É6.039 Io". Q5h on Deposlt £61,822 Depo%tAICCent Bd of Finance £22.538 cu￿ent A/C Barclays £84.360 £62.635 £37,$68 £IOQ,303 £75.f 12.970 £37.668 £24.658 £75,6US N￿e 11.. u0bl1￿e$ ThEaccountsare prepaTEd ona'Recelptsand Payments 84sLs. Unrecorded Ilabil￿e5 Jt3111¥22 relatE to uninvol￿43s, elethctyand water usaie amDuntln8to le5Sthan £120D. The ou5tandl stemw5ts are malnl mÈt Page 31 Atjinl 21 D￿rI 2022 At 01¢ 31 2022 É6,$80 £1,024 £7. £6￿80 £1.024 É7ffj04 TurnerGIft SubTpi•l EndDvJmtht urch & l•nd Frfend5 0th•rA•￿LtsdTr•n￿¢fjOns Total cler￿ No￿nIFUnd £33,346 £33.346 £￿.23? £6.429 £83,615 É92.fn) £175.615 418 £13.075 .£5.065 S￿5 £92.ftsJ £IN,105 £10￿?5 5.(fj5 Gef*Trl FUNS Stl¢hn's DlscretloThiryFur thurch & l*nd £1,327 -É89,732 £10,064 £0 £6.624 £6,524 49BM6• 489,10• Tow". Fw É17L491 £iis, 491,2SJ Trum.. WWfjRA￿&TURNER GIFT. kn 2O17•ttheh￿￿•kn of0￿￿$01￿ It* PCC•rWbJ ￿have the c•phJl inthe5etruststr¥nlerr*dfrom the Chelrnsfard tytx•un Bo•rd ofFiMn￿1othepCQ &JMsof £37tQ71 (WlvnGrn￿j •nd £70>20 ltsfftrGW *•retrnnsferrrd n 2017 iDO*rÈ indudeas Incorne Il* 2017 WIGAN GRAVE..Thecathal ￿ It￿5￿nallYdDTh￿￿y In 1966 by ￿l￿e￿A$art, of Bri8¥dltr Genè71 l T w*nl Is¥MMVhtld￿ the PCQ tt LI￿￿￿ 50 knrya5thtw•Grn¥Etskept In Al orderand reylr. TUANERGIFT urAlal surn ￿lOr￿* Lw*p Offl￿1(0r1nteInII •drMwrtht ofthÈthu￿hcr JDY 5ped•lobht rektln8therto whith may requlre the 16￿•40f￿￿7I fuNts.' Mtlor¢x&w￿t￿lS ￿ty¢h￿r¢•￿InlO thefvwrr, Isto bE ede￿￿¥1¥dyf0rthe rbuInte￿nlloIThd r•storntton of thochurch Wldlt Otherspe£lficyJnts•nd dona￿on5th•* have i*n used lortre pw[￿e￿WI>￿JtyPathhC(Xwd &w•r Gr￿￿￿COmm￿slon atdl. specljl collEcNons etc Hous1 Fund.. R re5entsvJlue ofth• iu¢•tes house *t40 MiimEld5 It r¢haseln 1989 Page 32 Indepondont ExaminèV• Report to thg PCC of Danbury St John the Bapll•t I reptyl ¢)n tm 8ttxh8d ￿fits ofth• PCC for ts yg•r endod 31d D￿*mb•r 2022. whth are 8et out on P•988 1 10 5 R6spectiv• mponsibllltles ol the PCC and the èxamingr: Tho charity'8 trustees are ￿F()nsIbL• for the prnparatiLX) of th¢ xetynts The Chth's tru8t••s tts*lerthat an audrt Is not reyuired for this year und•r S•*)n 144(21 ofthe Chants# 2011 (the Act) and that an indeFendent examInat￿n is neèded It 18 ry respon51bility to. Examine the xc4)unts lunder 145 ofthe Adl Folknw the proc¢dum laid dcr*m in the G•rtaral Dir¢clon& qNen by the Charty CommI85￿￿or¥ lunder sects'on 14515llbl of the Act) and State whether partuLqr mattÈr8 have corne to our attenl Ba918 of Independent Examiner8 Report My eXaMinatv￿ was c8rried out in accordanco with thts G•n¥ral Directions given by th• Chanty Cornnw$8i(Jn. An examinatim In¢lude$ a review ofthe accounbng records kept by the chanty and a cornp8n50n of thg accounts presented wrth those recofds It also includès consklerath)n of any unusual Items or disclosures In the accourrts and seeking explanations from you As trustees con¢¥rning any such matters The Pf(Kedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would t¢ required In an audrt and conW￿nIty w• do nc express an audit opinK)n on the gNen by the a)X￿nIS. Independent Examlnorf$ Statemgnt In wth c*Jr examthiakn. no mattÈr has eom? to my attention.. 111 gives ￿ reasonat4e ¢ause to telwe that in any malenal resFrtith• rnquir￿M￿ts To keep attounting in accordartt wth seth.on 130 of the Ael and To prepare account5 whieh accord with the accounbng re&Yd$ and lo compty wth the ￿￿1n￿n￿ requirements of the 2011 A¢t 121 To in ownKJn, attention Sh￿1￿ be drawn in order to •nabla a proper understanding of Ihe coun18 to Èe roached. i( Z•7-3 Mthael Ovend8n 10 Hyde Lane Danbury Page 33