## **Annual Report of the Tarporley Parochial Church Council and Accounts for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022** _**The three images chosen for the parish’s contribution to the Pilgrim Porch at Chester Cathedral – a carved angel from the choir stalls at St Thomas’, the Delamere Horn from the St Francis window at St Helen’s, and ‘The Petition of the Repentant Sinners’ from behind the communion table at St John’s.**_ ## **Annual Report of the Tarporley Parochial Church Council and Accounts for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022** What follows is a brief report of our Parish life in 2022. In comparison to previous years of disruption, 2022 felt relatively ‘normal’. While the start of 2022 continued to see a new COVID variant and some lingering restrictions, by the end of the year, it did feel as if life was returning to pre-pandemic normality. Therefore, a lot more happened in 2022 in the life of the parish, a snapshot of which appears in this report. While the following puts into words some of what happened in 2022, it does little to capture the full energy, joy and commitment that so many volunteers have expended in the past year. It has been a real joy to see what this parish does in ‘normal’ times, and it has been very pleasing to see the faith, hope and love that is displayed by so many members of the parish. My thanks go to clergy colleagues who helped sustain and enhance ministry and mission in the parish during the year - Revd Julian Osborne, Revd Trevor Davies, Revd Jenny Bridgman and Revd Richard Tuckwell – as well as Church Wardens and officers and members of our PCC for their unstinting hard work and complete support. I hope that you will take encouragement from this report as evidence of God’s love and blessing unfolding in our Parish despite the challenging year we have shared. With the new priorities given in the parish audit in the autumn, I am felt extremely hopeful and excited about what 2023 will bring for us as parish, as we continue to find ways (both old and new) to share God’s love and message in Tarporley, Eaton, Cotebrook, Rushton and Utkinton. With every blessing ## _Jim_ Revd. Jim Bridgman Rector of Tarporley ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tarporley A Registered Charity: Number 1130496** ## **Aim and Purposes** St Helen’s Tarporley Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the Parish’s three churches: St Helen’s Tarporley, St John and the Holy Cross Cotebrook and St Thomas, Eaton their attendant churchyards and The Done Room. In pursuing these aims and purposes the PCC has due regard to the Charity Commission’s concern for public benefit. ## **Objectives and Activities** The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our churches. Our services are open to all, and we are committed to making and keeping our churches, both during and outside of worship, welcoming sacred spaces where people can encounter the presence of God, sanctuary from an often-stressful world and, if they wish it, a place in a welcoming and caring community. When planning our activities for the year, both our regular worship and our extra activities, we have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. We are open to all and actively encourage participation in our services and activities from all sections of the community believing as we do that every person is made in the image of God. We try to help each other grow in knowledge and love of God and his son, our Lord Jesus Christ, through our worship and prayer and discipleship activities believing that the good news of the gospel enriches and gives purpose and direction to life. And we try to follow this teaching and communicate God’s love for all people through our pastoral and outreach work. ## **Achievements and Performance** ## **1. Worship and Prayer** In terms of services, we were able to hold a full programme of services on Sundays and throughout the liturgical year. For regular worship, the decision to reinstate the common cup at Communion was passed by PCC in June, to begin again from 1[st] July. Patterns of worship continued throughout the year, with a monthly All Age service on the first Sunday, and Communion services on other weeks. After a hiatus due to the pandemic Messy Church restarted in the spring _(pictured left)_ on the fourth Sunday of each month, and it has been pleasing to reconnect with families old and new through this service. The renewed links with the two church schools has also been a great advantage in publicising and connecting with families and children. In 2022 we were able to fully engage with the year: the Lent book group returned to read Lawrence’s _Practice of the Presence of God_ ; we services throughout Holy Week and Easter, moving vigil on Maundy Thursday evening; all churches celebrated Harvest festivals (with lunches and suppers at St Helen’s and St Church’s Brother ; we held including a three Harvest Thomas’ respectively; a special service for All Souls was held at St Helen’s for those bereaved during the year; Remembrance Sunday continued to be well attended, with an act of Remembrance at St Thomas, followed by the full parade in Tarporley, with all uniformed organisations joining us in church, where the focus was the 40[th] anniversary of the Falkland’s conflict; Advent saw the Advent Book group read _Freedom is Coming_ by Nick Baines, based on the prophet Isaiah, as well as the Posada (a travelling nativity set) making its way throughout the parish and stopping in a different home each night in Advent; Christmas was especially busy with a full compliment of carol services, Christingle ( _pictured above)_ , crib services as well as community carol singing. National events surrounding the Platinum Jubilee and then the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II were reflected in worship in the parish: special services of celebration were held on the Jubilee weekend, and we joined in with many of the local community events to celebrate, and in September all three church buildings were open for prayer and reflection, with the opportunity for members of the congregation and community to sign books of condolence. The smooth running of these events at such an emotional time is testament to the good organisation put in place by the PCC and the previous Rector, Revd Georgina Watmore, as well as the willingness of volunteers to open up our buildings, all of whom deserve our thanks. In the summer, the parish said goodbye to curate Revd Julian Osborne, who was appointed as Rector of Barrow (and licensed in November 2022). We were very thankful for Julian’s presence and ministry among us, and all that he gave to the parish and its people; a final service with goodbye refreshments was held at the end of June. In the autumn, Jan Mills, who had offered secretarial assistance over a number of years also had a change of work situation and decided to call time on her work as administrator for the parish. We are so grateful for all her hard work and efficiency over the last few years, and to Bill Holroyd for releasing Jan during that time to pick up some of the administration for the parish. All three of the bishops visited the Deanery in June as part of their Deanery Visitation, starting with a Communion service and Deanery Chapter meeting at St Helen’s, before Bishops Mark and Sam visited Tarporley High School with Revd Jim. Then later in the summer, Bishop Sam returned to the parish for a pastoral visit, preaching and presiding in all three churches followed by a social time at Cotebrook Village Hall _(pictured right)._ We were fortunate to hold a number of special services throughout the year, ranging from a special sung Evensong at St Helen’s accompanied by _Vox Vocavit_ singers in February, to a special Songs of Praise at St Thomas’ with singer/songwriter Stu Larsen ( _pictured below left)_ , the Eatonians and the St Thomas’ choir in June, to a reflective service to mark Babyloss Awareness Week in October. All three churches engaged with Chester Cathedral’s ‘Pilgrim Porch’ project, submitting photos and information about significant parts of our buildings (the Delamere horn in the stained glass of St Helen’s, the wooden carved angels at St Thomas’ and ‘The Petition of the Repentant Sinners’ painting at St John’s), which will be engraved on the new door at the cathedral and added to an interactive information panel. The door is now in situ, with the interactive panel soon to be added – do look for the three churches’ submissions the next time you visit the cathedral! Another important activity in the background this year was the beginning of the Eco-Church initiative in the parish, to assess and survey the environmental impact that the parish has on its Worship, use of Buildings and Land, in its Community and National Engagement, and in terms of Lifestyle. Through completing online questionnaires, each building was assessed to consider what we can do to become better stewards of God’s creation. All three churches are well on their way to achieving the Bronze Eco Award, which is a great achievement, but only the start! In the autumn the parish underwent an audit and evaluation to hear thoughts and ideas from church members for the future direction of the parish and its churches. It was a helpful and fruitful exercise, out of which a number of key priorities were identified: - a. Exploring a new pattern of worship. - b. Deepening prayer and discipleship. - c. Improving Facilities. - d. Engagement. - I. With communities. II. With ‘un-churched’ people. III. With schools. A new pattern of worship was proposed to start in February 2023. On item b, new service booklets were produced for the Advent and Epiphany seasons (and very kindly printed and collated free of charge by Tarporley Primary School), and added to our seasonal worship from Advent Sunday 2022. These priorities will give the parish focus for the coming years. ## **2. Pastoral Services and Activity** The PCC recognizes that our ministry and churches offer a very important and unique resource at particular moments in people’s lives. It is a joy to be asked to baptise and marry people and share this celebration with family and friends and a privilege to be able to offer help and support to others through our funeral ministry. Rather than dictating the content of these services we work hard with all concerned to make sure that, within a Christian setting, they have a service that holds meaning for them. Such pastoral services mark important rites in everyone’s life and the Church extends the welcome and compassion of God to all people, regardless of their beliefs or background. In addition to organizing and delivering the service itself the churches are involved in baptism and marriage preparation, helping families prepare for and organize funerals and following up with bereavement visits. Whilst the Clergy undertake most of this work they are supported and enormously helped by the Parish Pastoral Team formed of representatives from all our churches. The PCC also acknowledges the foundational importance of the informal visiting and pastoral care that takes place every day as members of our churches look out for and take care of each other and their neighbours and members of the wider community. After the last few years of lockdowns and closures, all three churches had a full year of services. |**Church**|**Usual**
**Sunday**
**Attendance***|**Number**
**of Sunday**
**services**|**Baptisms**|**Weddings/**
**Renewal of**
**Vows(RoV)**|**Funerals**|**Burial**
**of**
**Ashes**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |St Helen’s|58 adults
5 children|50|15|8|19|8| |St Thomas’|18 adults
0 children|50|1|1 (RoV)|2|0| |St John’s|19 adults
0 children|13|1|0|1|3| * _based on average over the year. This however does not reflect the extent of the ‘worshipping community’ (those connected with each church, and whose attendance may be irregular) which is higher._ ## **3. Community Connections** This year saw an extension of our connections with local schools, especially our two church schools: Tarporley Primary School and St Paul’s Primary in Utkinton and Cotebrook. The parish now has congregational representatives on both governing bodies, and has organised a group of volunteers to listen to pupils reading at both schools. Throughout the year, there have been plenty of visits to St Helen’s from school – for visits to a place of worship to find out about its features and uses, end of term celebrations, special all school worship for Easter, Harvest and Christmas, and Leavers’ services for Year 6 pupils, at which each leaver was gifted a holding cross from the parish as an aid to prayer as they transitioned to High School and new settings. Both schools were also given an Advent wreath from the parish to aid with worship during the Advent season. Revd Jim has also made good links with other non-Church schools locally: with Tarporley High School, arranging visits to St Helen’s, and going into school to share in RE provision, as well as visiting Eaton Primary to engage in RE lessons, and share about the importance of Christmas and Easter to Christians. We have continued to support the Done Room Preschool too, and welcomed them for performance at St Helen’s at Easter, end of summer term, Harvest and Christmas. Outside of schools, 2022 saw a return to some of the social events that had to be curtained during the pandemic– the annual St Thomas’ church quiz at the Jessie Hughes hall in Eaton, the St Helen’s Harvest lunch at Rose farm and the St Thomas’ harvest supper and auction at the Jessie, Afternoon teas in the Done room ( _pictured below)_ , and the ever-popular bellringers quiz at Tarporley Community centre. In addition, there were a few one-off events, such as the Kelsborrow choir Concert at St Helen’s _(pictured left)_ and an extra special performance by Australian singer/songwriter Stu Larsen at the Jessie in Eaton. The parish took the opportunity to have a stall at the Tarporley Carnival in July, offering simple crafts for kids, and taking prayer requests. It has also been very pleasing to see church going into the community, especially at Christmas, when we had parish Pub carol singing at The Alvanley Arms, and led outdoor carols on the green in Eaton and the High Street in Tarporley. Our links with the Tarporley parish council were cemented by making connections around the proposed Tarporley Public Art Trail, the Tarporley Christmas events, and setting up St Helen’s as a Warm Space on Wednesdays, as part of the Parish council’s Warm Heart of Tarporley initiative. Ecumenical links with Tarporley Chapel and St Thomas a Becket Catholic church were strengthened this year; all three ministers now meet together regularly for support and reflection, and we have held a number of joint services throughout the year, including lunchtime prayers for the Week Of Prayer For Christian Unity, a joint Good Friday service at the Chapel, Revd Mark preaching on Maundy Thursday and Remembrance Sunday at St Helen’s, and a collaboration as we blessed the crib and sang carols on the High Street to mark the beginning of the Tarporley Christmas celebrations _(pictured left)_ . The parish continues to support the Mid Cheshire Foodbank, with collection points in all three buildings, which are used throughout the year. We collected again for harvest, and during Advent offered a reverse Advent calendar to collect items for each day of Advent to give to the foodbank. Thank you for all your generous donations, and to those who organise delivery and collection of our donations. _The Link_ continues to keep the community updated with church life, in addition to the Facebook page and weekly email, sharing weekly readings and prayers and upcoming services and events from the three churches. The PCC offers its thanks to all who work to share the life of the Church and the love of God: all who tell and invite others to services and events, those who contribute articles, edit and put together the information we can share and ensure its successful distribution, and those who work to keep our website up to date. ## **4. Financial Review and Independent Examiner’s Report** ## **The Parochial Church Council St Helen’s Church, Tarporley** End of Year Financial Statements Year ending 31[st] December 2022 ## **Introduction** Below are the accounts for the Parish of Tarporley which comprises of St Helen’s Church, Tarporley, St Thomas’, Eaton & St John & the Holy Cross, Cotebrook. The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis. In 2022, we incorporated all our Ancient Endowments & Investments into our accounts which is why for the first time, we are showing fixed assets of £320k and liabilities of £83k. The Treasurer, whilst having some financial qualifications is not a qualified Chartered or Certified Accountant and all errors and omissions are to be excepted. ## **Statement of Financial Activities** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior Year**
**total funds**| |---|---| |**Receipts**
Planned giving
Collections and other giving
Other voluntary receipts
Gift Aid recovered
Other receipts
Activities for generating funds
Investment Income
Receipts from church activities
**Total income**
**Payments**
Cost of generating funds
Missionary and Charitable Giving
Parish Share
Clergy and Staffing costs
Church Running Expenses
Hall Running Costs
Church Repairs & Maintenance
Hall Repairs & Maintenance
New Building work
Governance Costs
**Total expenditure**
Gains / losses on investment assets
**Net income / (expenditure) resources before**
**transfer**
**Transfers**
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
**Other recognised gains / losses**
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own
use
**Net movement in funds**
**Total funds brought forward**
**Total funds carried forward**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Designated**
ALTAR FRONTAL FUND
CHILDRENS SOCIETY & OTHERS
CHOIR FUND
Churchyard Footpath St H
DONE ROOM
General Mission Fund
HEARSE HOUSE
Rectors Leaving Fund
St Helen's Fixed Projector & Screen
St Helens Fabric
UNRESTRICTED ST HELENS
UNRESTRICTED ST JOHN
UNRESTRICTED ST THOMAS
**Restricted**
Agency collection
DIVIDENDS REST ST THOMAS
PARISH CHURCHYARDS
RESTRICTED RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
RESTRICTED ST HELENS (FORMER CONS
CHARITY)
RESTRICTED ST JOHN
St John's Churchyard
UNRESTRICTED ST THOMAS|40,863
—
—
—
40,863
38,293
20,922
60
150
—
21,132
19,937
—
—
—
—
—
12,000
13,156
—
—
—
13,156
12,515
1,922
250
250
—
2,422
107,296
10,716
10,744
—
—
21,460
13,627
—
2,831
4,909
—
7,741
29,246
10,193
300
—
—
10,493
10,992| ||**97,774**
**14,186**
**5,309**
**—**
**117,269**
**243,907**
1,127
—
—
—
1,127
462
200
—
—
—
200
300
60,662
—
9,004
—
69,666
68,131
4,519
—
187
—
4,707
8,490
18,443
203
8,908
—
27,556
18,821
—
9,093
—
—
9,093
7,644
—
468
—
—
468
22,809
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
129
—
—
129
—| ||**84,952**
**9,895**
**18,101**
**—**
**112,948**
**126,660**
—
(6,985)
(11,984)
—
(18,970)
—| ||**12,822**
**(2,695)**
**(24,776)**
**—**
**(14,649)**
**117,246**
12,399
1,598
—
—
13,997
162,352
(1,598)
(12,399)
—
—
(13,997)
(162,352)
—
9,916
96,687
—
106,604
—| ||**23,622**
**(3,578)**
**71,911**
**—**
**91,955**
**117,246**| ||**56,909**
**142,555**
**45,505**
**—**
**244,970**
**127,723**| ||**80,532**
**138,976**
**117,416**
**—**
**336,925**
**244,970**
80,532
—
—
—
80,532
56,909
—
416
—
—
416
416
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,111
—
—
2,111
1,955
—
15,166
—
—
15,166
15,350
—
16,159
—
—
16,159
14,322
—
1,064
—
—
1,064
1,064
—
—
—
—
—
1,598
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3,819
—
—
3,819
4,288
—
73,729
—
—
73,729
85,482
—
7,260
—
—
7,260
1,770
—
19,247
—
—
19,247
16,306
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7,108
—
7,108
6,415
—
—
79,554
—
79,554
17,578
—
—
18,865
—
18,865
1,816
—
—
1,625
—
1,625
1,625
—
—
7,618
—
7,618
14,829
—
—
2,598
—
2,598
3,193
—
—
46
—
46
46| ## **Balance sheet** |**Fixed assets**
Investments
**Current assets**
Investments
Cash at bank and in hand
**Liabilities**
Creditors: Amounts falling due in one year
**Net current assets less current liabilities**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Liabilities**
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year
**Total net assets less liabilities**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Designated**
ALTAR FRONTAL FUND
Rectors Leaving Fund
UNRESTRICTED ST HELENS
UNRESTRICTED ST JOHN
UNRESTRICTED ST THOMAS
CHOIR FUND
CHILDRENS SOCIETY & OTHERS
DONE ROOM
St Helen's Fixed Projector & Screen
St Helens Fabric
Churchyard Footpath St H
General Mission Fund
HEARSE HOUSE
**Restricted**
DIVIDENDS REST ST THOMAS
PARISH CHURCHYARDS
RESTRICTED RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
RESTRICTED ST HELENS (FORMER CONS CHARITY)
RESTRICTED ST JOHN
St John's Churchyard
UNRESTRICTED ST THOMAS
Agency collection
**Funds of the church**|**Total funds**
**Previous year funds**
320,110
—| |---|---| ||**320,110**
**—**
—
134,645
100,378
110,324| ||**100,378**
**244,970**
30
—| ||**30**
**—**| ||**100,348**
**244,970**| ||**420,458**
**244,970**
83,533
—| ||**83,533**
**—**| ||**336,925**
**244,970**
80,532
56,909
416
416
—
—
73,729
85,482
7,260
1,770
19,247
16,306
2,111
1,955
—
—
16,159
14,322
—
—
3,819
4,288
15,166
15,350
1,064
1,064
—
1,598
7,108
6,415
79,554
17,578
18,865
1,816
1,625
1,625
7,618
14,829
2,598
3,193
46
46
—
—| ||**336,925**
**244,970**| ## **Statement of assets and liabilities** ||**General**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**This year**
**Last Year**| |---|---| |**Fixed assets - Investments**
St Helen's Footpath 69002016S -
Parish Churchyards 609002014S -
St Helen's Unrestricted 609002009S -
Unrestricted Parish Churchyard & Fabric -
Palmer/Mann Ancient Endowment
609002012S -
J Palmer Ancient Endowment 609002002S -
Miss Lewis Ancient Endowment 609002010S -
Lady Grisell Ancient Endowment 609002011 -
Hughes Fund Ancient Endowment 10901118S
-
Eaton Church Wardens Fund 609004001S -
Brooks Legacy 109001123S -
John Derek Davies 609002013S -
Sale of Cotebrook Church M& G 0024011783 -
Canon Hughes Ancient Endowment
109001124 -
2014 investment (Accum Shares) St Thomas -
2014 investment (Accum Shares) General f -
2014 investment (Accum Shares) Done Room
-
2014 investment (Accum Shares) Parish Ch -
2014 investment (Accum Shares) RRE -
2014 investment (Accum Shares) USH -
**Totals**
**Current assets - Cash at bank and in hand**
Bank Current Account -
CCLA (CBF) deposit account -
Petty Cash -
**Totals**
**Current assets - Investments**
CBF C of E Investment - Accum Shares -
CBF CoE Investments - Income Shares -
**Totals**
**Liabilities - Agency accounts**
Agency collections -
**Totals**
**Liabilities - Creditors: Amounts falling due**
**after more than one year**
Canon Hughes Ancient Endowment
109001124 -
Brooks Legacy Ancient Endowment 10900112
-
**Totals**
**Grand total**|—
7,261
—
—
7,261
—
—
—
5,809
—
5,809
—
—
71,819
—
—
71,819
—
—
—
20,620
—
20,620
—
—
—
8,427
—
8,427
—
—
—
32,789
—
32,789
—
—
—
11,570
—
11,570
—
—
—
5,309
—
5,309
—
—
—
5,450
—
5,450
—
—
3,760
—
—
3,760
—
—
—
23,288
—
23,288
—
—
—
4,257
—
4,257
—

—
5,250
—
—
5,250
—
—
—
60,244
—
60,244
—
—
14,453
—
—
14,453
—
26,980
—
—
—
26,980
—
—
98
—
—
98
—
—
—
5,402
—
5,402
—
—
—
4,940
—
4,940
—
—
2,374
—
—
2,374
—| ||**26,980**
**105,018**
**188,111**
**—**
**320,110**
**—**
52,053
33,938
12,867
—
98,859
109,019
1,492
—
—
—
1,492
1,223
25
—
—
—
25
81| ||**53,571**
**33,938**
**12,867**
**—**
**100,378**
**110,324**
—
—
—
—
—
59,645
—
—
—
—
—
75,000| ||**—**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**134,645**
—
—
30
—
30
—| ||**—**
**—**
**30**
**—**
**30**
**—**
—
—
60,244
—
60,244
—
—
—
23,288
—
23,288
—| ||**—**
**—**
**83,533**
**—**
**83,533**
**—**| ||**80,552**
**138,956**
**117,416**
**—**
**336,925**
**244,970**| ## **Conclusion** 2022 was another challenging year for the Parish as at the start of the year, attendances and donations etc still hadn’t returned to pre pandemic levels. This lead to the unfortunate decision being made in January 2022 that we were unable at the current time, to pay our Parish Share in full. We continued to have discussions with the Diocese and by 31[st] December 2022, we had managed to pay our full commitment of £60,662. Throughout the year, we continued to monitor our investments with CCLA and a decision was made in November 22 to take advantage of the Small Charities provision and wind up any investments which fell into this category (capital of less than £10k and annual income <£1k). The funds released were reinvested into one investment called ‘Parish Churchyard and Fabric’. We also realised investments of £20k to fund a new heating system for the Done Room. We were very fortunate in that new fixed rate contracts for all three churches were negotiated in June 2021 although they didn’t come into place until May 2022. As these are for three years, we will continue to benefit from these until mid 2025. Our total receipts for 2022 were £117,270 which was £126, less than 2021 but 2021 had one of receipts of £136k. Therefore, excluding the one of receipts for both years, then our income was comparable in 2021 & 2022. We undertook a Giving program in October 2022 which resulted in more people giving by standing order and some existing standing orders being increased. Hopefully, this will continue throughout 2023 and will have a positive effect on our income. Fundraising recommenced in all three Churches in 2022, with St Thomas’ holding a several well attended and successful events. Our dividend income was £2.2k higher at £7.7k in 2022. However, due to stock market fluctuations the value in our investments year on year had reduced by several thousands. As we don’t have any plans at the moment to cash in these investments, then this is only a ‘paper’ loss. Our expenditure for 2022 was £112,949 which was £13.7k less than 2021. Taking into account the one off expenditure in 2021 of around £30k, our expenditure in 2022 increased by £30k. This excludes the cost of replacing the Done Room heating system as the invoice wasn’t received until January 2023. Part of this increase is due to the following: Increased grass cutting fees £3.8k Increased utility costs £2.3k Increased Done Room repair costs £2.5k Increased Minor repairs across all three churches £2.5k We have reviewed our Reserves policy and have decided that we can keep the period we need to reserve for to three months. This is due to the fact that our Standing Orders give regular income and we have decided to invest more of our income which will result in receiving more dividends. Items we reserve for are: Utilities, Parish Share, Rector & Staffing costs, Insurance, Organ and Bell Maintenance, Grass Cutting & Done Room Costs. The amount we need to reserve in 2022 is £28,475. This report dated: 19[th] March 2023 Anita Langford Treasurer •. I CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts S•cilon A Indep•nd•nt Ex•mln•¢8 R•port Roport to the truile•s The Paroc*oal Church CsyJrd' ol th8 Ecdesiasbcal Parish ol Tarporiey 31 Decembw 2022 1130496 On •c¢ount$ for the yur •nded Charlty no lif any S•1 out on pages I report to the trustees on my •xamin8ts'on of Ihe accounts of the above ch￿tY I'the Tnjst.) tr Ihe year •nded 31112Q021 Respons1bllltl￿ and basis of report As the chariV8 Irusiees, you arf resKKThible lor the ￿eparatIon of th8 accounts in accor¢Janc• ￿th I1￿ r•qu*rement8 of Charrt￿8 Act 2011 ki.) I report In resped of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out under 3eclh)n 145 of the 2011 Acl ind in carryin9 Out my examinalion. I have fd1¢)¥￿d all ihe 8pplicat48 DifeClk•n$ given by the Charrty Commlssion Und￿ Sectlon 145{51{b) ol Ihe AGt, Independont I have ¢cthpleled my exafflinatlon I confirm Ihal no material matters have examin•¢s stslement come lo my attenlion tn ¢onnerAion ￿th Ihe exammalM)n whKh ￿'ve9 me cause lo belwe that in. any m*erial res￿￿., accounbng record3 w8r8 not kepl Fn accord￿ wNh sedion 130 ol the Charthes Act". or the ￿￿ounts dld not acc