Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND DlcLèse ol Chester The Pèrish Church of St Peter's Hale ST PETER'S HALE Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December ?0?2 Incumbent: Rei'd IKaren Sianion St Peter's Vicara&ye l Harrop Road Hale Altrincham Cheshire WA15 9BU Bank: National 11:estirJinster Bank plc ?3 Siaintord Ne￿. Road Altrincham Cheshire WA14 IDB Independent Examiner: UHY Hacker Young Manchester LLP St James Building 79 Oxford Street Manchester MI 6HT Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Di[￿se ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale ST PETER'S HALE CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2022 Ob'e¢tii'e% and A¢tii'ities for the Public Benefit 81 Peter s Parochial Church Council I'"PCC"'I h&$ ihe responsibiliti. of co-operating M'ith the incurnb¢nt in promotin&? Ihe ecclesiaslical parish and the ii'hole mission of the church. pastoral. ¢i'anbielisiie. social and ecumenical. li also has mainienance responsibilities for the Church buildinb,. Si Peier s Hous¢. 51 Peier s Assembli. Rooms and School House. The Parish is joined tor minisirn. in a Llniied Benetice M'iih Si Elizabeth"s Ashley. Each parish has ils ow'n PCC and the!, are byoi'erned separaieli. (liructure Ciol'ernance and Ilana ement The Churlh a5 a regii%ier¢d Lhariii INI). 1130))) "The Parolhial Church Council of Ihe EcLIL'siastiLal Parish ol. Si PLIL'r s14ale "l is Lommiiied 10 enabling7 as maiii. people as possible to ￿'OrShIp ai our churLh and io become part of our parish communii!. i)I' SI Plier s. The Church's ￿'eb site I li MM'.sI IL"rshale.or y uk) dernonsiraies the exieni of our commitment to bcingy ink'oli'ed M'iih IhL' communill. and proi"idingJ a i¥"ide rangTe of public benetit. Further inl()miaiion is accL'ssible i'la our Facebook pagFe Ifacebook.coni,'stPL'IL'rslialL}. All mLmber% of the PC(. are Truslee4 ol-the C'hariti.. Mcmbers ofthe PCC (Irv eiiher ex-o￿ll10. cleLled bl" the Annual Par()Lhial Church MLLling ("Al)L'M") or co-OPlL'd b!. the PC (' in accordance ii'ith Ihe C'hurch Represenlaliun RulL'S ?U?U. Duringj the l'ear Ihe folloii"inbT sep4.ed as members of the PCC.. InLumbent: Curate: Children and Youih Minister.. The Rei d Karen Sianion The Rei'd Cliselle Rusted lunlil June 2022) Melissa Il'earden l uniil December ?0?) Churchwardens.. Michael Rusi¢d luntil Klai. ?0?? Siuan Kilbum luniil Ma!. ?0? Michael Kloore Ifrom Nlal ?0??) Margaret Mi oore (from Ma!. ?02?) Reader5'. John M05S Julie IN'iiher5 Chris Graham Repre5enlalive5 on the DeaneTh' Si'nod: Grahame Ellioll Julie Il'ithers Kaiharine Hass (Secretary) Keiih Neal Chris Graham Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Dictèse of Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale Until ?023 Peter ￿'all (Treasurer) Luci. Nattrdss Nigel Dai'ies Irene Gibbons Chrisline Dai'ison Until 2024 Man" Graham Elizabeih ParTh' Elain¢ English Callum BazleN' Lesle! Bell ILa)' Chair from May. 2022) Jill JagbFer Until 2025 Martl'n M'IISha￿ (La!. Chair until Ma!. ?0?2) Adrienne Dai'i¢s Stuart Kilburn IResigned December 2022) 'I'he irusiees are recruiied from the members of the elecioral roll bN' notic¢s in Parish publications and i'la the M'eb sile. The!" are sponsored bi. oiher members and N'oted on al the AI>C'M. All polenlial Iru5tees hai'e a ￿'Orking knoM"l¢dgTe of church aLtii'ilies. Their legal rL'sP()nsibililiLS arL LxplainL'd lo thLm ii'hLn the!. arL fL'gpisl¥fL'd ii.iih the Charit), Commissioners. Meetin "I"he PLL mel 4 tim¢s in 20?2 of Mhich one ￿'aS bet.ore and three aller the APLM.'I'he attendance al th¢ meeting before ihe API M Has 68 % and an ai'eragTe of 760/0 for Ihe meetinbls atler the APCM. The APCM ofsi PL?t¢r s w'as held on 15th Mai 20?2. The PCC operates ihrough a number of commillees ￿'hICh meet bel￿'een full meetings of the pc'c:. Standin Committee Thi5 15 the onlv committee required b!. law and m¢t 8 limes in 2022 of ￿'hICh 3 time5 were before the 20?? APCM and 5 limes i%"erc since ihe APCM. It has po￿.er lo transact the business of the PCC bet￿"een 115 meeiinbys. subj¢¢t to an). directions giN'en bN' Ihe PCC. Mission in Action The MIA makes proposals for the allocation of the church's ouiii.ard budgJ¢i. ii'hich is l O % of our annual donated income. to support projects and orgianisaiions in the UK and oN'erseas. This commillee also encourage5 the Church's ongToingi eng?agiemeni u'iih those partners througih pra)'er. personal conlacl and practical support. The MIA ideniilies and promotes the Church's Lenl and HaTh'est Projecls and facililales oihcr Charl￿b]e support through Plougyhman s Lunches and oiher aciii'iiies. The committee implement5 mission proposals as agyreed b!. the PCC. li mei 6 times in ?02? The Leni Proj¢ci ￿'aS in aid of The Metema Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Diocese ot Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale Frankincense Forest in Northern Ethiopia and the Han'esi Projeci supported the Tr¢¢ of Life Cenire in Wi'ih¢nshaH'e. Manchesier. The proposed distribution of the ?0?" Dec¢mber ?023. yrant from the PCC is £10.680. paid in June and Buildin 5 and Facilities Committee Following the lifting of all Coi-id restriction5 a ne￿. Buildingys and Facilities Team H'as established and a large number of outstanding maintenance issues ￿'ere M'orked on. The follo￿.in￿ paragTraphs summarise ihese. ChurLh and Si Peter s House:. Memorial gyarden railingys insialled. Church Clock oi'erhauled ￿'Ith funding from private d()niilion% and Llock toH'er made more H'ai¢r resislanl. VebTelalion from the Church Roof removed. All gutters cleared. A Hii'¢ h¢alin¥ sl'stem inslalled in the Veranda Room ai St PLIL'r s H()U5e. The Veranda Room Railinb)s ii'¢r¢ painted b!. a group of i'olunleLfs. Bushe% around Ihe g)rounds reduc¢d in hcibhi io minimise i'andalism. Church Ilin5 hawe bL'L'n remoi'ed io the Vicarab>¢. A leak'inb7 byulter on ihL North sidL is Out to Icndcr tor repair. along ￿'11h a partial ceilin&p collapse in the North Porch. An attempted break in at Ihe North Porch Door caused breakab?e of1i4'0 panes of siained g,las5 no￿. replaced and co¥'ered hN' Ihe church insurance. Church Radiaiors hai"e been %en'ic¢d ai n() cosi. C'hurch Si)uih PorLh Door rep(iired. VandalisL'd ￿"ind0￿"S remoiLxl froni Si Peier s House Nonh PurLh. A.ssembl)' Rooms:. I ledbyes and sl'camore Iree5 liningy the car park remoi"¢d at no cost to IhL' Church. MainlLnance ol.the doors has bL'en undcnaken. R¢g?ular clL'anin&? schedule M'as establishLd. Hii'e hL'aiingp insiall¢d io manabpe healinL. Replacenient t)ishi4"ashcr installed. Replacemeni IA at¢r Heater installed. Master Kel's replaced. N'e￿. kel's issued only to regular hirers on pal'ment of a £?0 deposit. Cellar has been cleared of boxes. School House:. Extensive renol'ation of School House after a lack of maintenance oi'er mani. l'ears. It took lonbFer and cost more than anticipated like most building pmjeci%'.- Mould and damp remoi'ed. NeH' double glazed panes installed into existing wooden 'indoM' frames. re painling and neil- M"indoM" hardmare. Cenlral healing) r¢placed with repositioned neil. radiators. Neil" Mi elal RCD consumer EM)ard and ¢lectrical sockels & sm'itches. Hard ￿'Ired smoke alarn15 filted Ix 3 I. Carbon NlonoxidL Alann installed. Damp course injected into lii"o iialls. Xeii" froni door and h￿d￿"are. N¢H' bath and r¢plasiered bathroom. LED Lighis inslalled ihroug,houi. NL'H. extra lig7hi and extractor inslallL'd in the Bathroom. All surfaLCS PiiilliLd. NLM hard llooring in all dO￿nStaIrS rooms and carpels on stairs .' landing .' bedrooms. N'eil. Ceramic Hob. Fridgie & Freezer installed. Il'ashing I,lachine and Dishii'asher re plumbed. N'eM' Stop Tap tilled. Root- Slale5 replaLed. Damagyed casi iron guttering replaced ￿ iih neH" PVC guttering. Neil" pipe and basin pipe inS￿lI¢d. Roof facias and soffits repaired Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND DicL8se ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale and painted. Kitchen tloor dugy up and nem. floor floated. Back Door r¢paired to remoi'e cai flap and neil. handles tiii¢d. Garden at School House:. Oi'ergFrown ii"!. remoi"ed. Fence Panels replaced H'here necessar%,. ON,ergrOw￿ tree remoi'ed ai no eosi io ihe Church. Ground cleared to be seeded in Ihe Spring. F.CO Church ThL. Fco Church Il'orking Group dei'elops ihe PCC s commitm¢nt in supwrt of the C hurch of England's Larbon Neutral Ubjectii'e b). ?U30 and ihe L)iocese ot" L hester s EL'U C hurch inilialivL.. The Group coniinues lo rei'icm. poieniial aliernaiiie eco-friendl!. ¢n¢rg!' and produci suppliers and eco-t"riendl!' suppl!. -chain managlemeni. It is hoped that more inilidlii'L's lo￿ardS 5LxuringF SI. PLier s an Eco Church slalus can be introduced. The Group slrii'es to share ideas alK)ut ho￿. our purchasing poii'¢r and lif¢sl!'le choices can coniribute to rLxluLingJ our carbon fooiprini& li is hoped that mor¢ initialii'es can be inlroduced ioM'ards enhancinb %1. Peter s Eco-c hurch slalus. ￿'e are all ste￿.ardS of Cjod's th'orld. Committ¢e The L ommitie¢ is responsible lor taking aclion lo ensure a continuingT increase in regyular and ILguL!' bFji'inbp bi. increasingp the number of donors and ihe amounts donated. During 2022 ihe Churchii'ardens broug,hi lo&ieiher a neil. I'oungyer group ol- parishioners 10 concL'niraiL' on a fundraisin&T initialii'e. I he C'ommillee ii'ill take ad￿anIa￿Se of ne￿. ILYhnolog¥iLS and social media ￿'Ith the N'iew io replacing income losi ihrough Ihe deaths of seN'eral elderlv bienerous donor5 and increasingi au'arene55 and financial support for ihL Si. Peter s Church communily. KF.VIF.W OF THF. I'F.AR Elector#l Roll Ai 31" December 2022. Ihere ￿'ere ?57 parishioners on ihe Qhurch Elecloral Roll. 171 resident ￿'ithIn ihe Parish and 86 non-resident. Church Attendance 2022 The ai'erag7e Sundai. altendance during the l'ear th'as 88 Adu115 and 13 children. Safe uardin The PCL has complied ￿'[[h the duiies under Seclion 5 of ihe Safeguarding and Discipline Measure 2016 to hai'¢ regard to Ihe House ot" Bishops ouidance on the safeguarding? of children and vulnerabl¢ adults. This dull. is taken i'en. seriouslN' and the PC (' ha5 adopted the national Church of England safeguarding procedure and gJuidelines. AII PCC members have agreed to undertake online iraining M"hich 15 repealed ei'ern two lo Ihree l'ears. Ne￿. members of the PCC hai"e to undertake ihe iraining, follo￿"Ing ¢l¢¢tion. A couple of members hai'e been elempled from that Iraining because of the extensive training Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Diocese ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale and accreditation undertaken for oiher insiitulions M'here the!. had dealings ￿'11h children or vulnerable adulis. Lucy Natlrass. the Safeguarding Ofyicer has aiiended i'arious safeguarding iraining courses both run bN' the Diocese and online. All members of the PCC hal'e obtainedlare. at the time of publtcation. obtaining DBS certification lo compl). ￿'Ith Diocesan requiremenls for M'orking7 14.ith children and N'ulnerable adult5. A SafegFuardingF report is a standing7 iiem on the agTenda for PCC meetingis. There are se￿.eral laminated poslers around the Church premises includingT a pholo of Lucy Ndllrilss as SalegTuardin& OlliLer li ith her conlaci delai15 and thuse of the Diocesan Sategyuarding Team. During 2022 no saleguarding i&8ues hai'e ken raised ￿'11h the Safeguarding O￿l¢er. Bowdon Deanen. Si'nod Re ort The Bowdon Deanen. Sl'nod mei in Januan.. Mai. and October 20?2. Al Ihe Januar), meetinbp there Has a presentation b). Bishop Mark Tanner. Bishop of Chester. He spoke of his N'ision for the Diocese encouraging parishes to r¢co¥nise the importance of reaching out to their communities and the responsibilit!. lie all hai'e LLS Chrislians to be el-lLLti￿e ei.'er!'da!' disciples in an era ￿'here church alleiidance has declined and Chri5tianily appLars lo hai'e losl ils relei'ance lo man!.. He slre5sed Ihe need io consider hom, churchLs could adapi to find new Mal's of spreading> the Gospel. The Lay Chair rewrted on the lake uplroll out of ihe Lii'ing in Loi'e and Faith course. Julie Wither5 reported on the inaugyuralion of the ne￿. General Sy'n(xl and details of the programme were al'ailable ol. the Church of F.ngland Hebsiie. The Rural Dean reported on appointmenls and i'acanci¢s in lh¢ D¢an¢n'. Sh¢ adN'ised that Bishop Mark. ￿'Ou]d be N'isiting the Deanerv on 8, .1 O Nlarch 2022 and asked members lo contribule ideas lor a¢lii'iti¢s. She also proi'ided a report on the Diocesan Sinod meeiing held in Noi'ember ?O?l. Members ere reminded ol. th¢ importance of undertaking saf¢guarding training usin&i ihe on line materials on the l)iocesan H'ebsite. Rei d Bei'erle!. Jameson. the Diocesan Ecumenical OITicer gal'e an address to the Ma>. meeting,. She ￿Tal'e an oi'en'ieii" of her role including the highlight5 and challengTes in￿o1ved in joinin&? w'ith other denominations lo promote C"hrislian presence ￿ ithin ihe Diocese. She 'as pleased to report that there li.as progress in man!. localities M"iih regular dialogue and joint N'enlures. She aCkno￿.[edged ihat there i4.ere difficulties at limes. often due to doctrinal differences and misunderslandings and ihat there iiere areas w".here Christian group5 had little contact ￿'1th each other despite g?eogyraphical prolimit!. She adi"i5ed thal in her role she li.as aiming to increase aiiareness of the importance ol talking and praN"ing together as Chri51ians in order to spread and uphold the Gospel. Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Diwese ot Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale The La!. Chair presented a report from Rei"'d Andrem. Knight gyji'ing an oN'en'ieH' of progress made on the "'Setiing God's People Free initiaiiie. The Core Team ￿&$ working on a series of meetings H'ith Deaneries to share the messagye and io resource and inspire church leader5 and members to support iheir congregyaiions in ihis. The report trom the Rural Dean giai'e details of clerg!. changes. the clerg), gathering. sategJuarding training and Bishop Mark's i'isil lo the DeaneTh'. In October Rei d Timoth!. Hupfield. Ihe Diocesan Healing Adi'iser. gial'e a preseniaiion on "'Healing, Minislrn. He ¢KaniinLd "'￿'hat is Chrisiian Healing9" This ￿aS noi just asking God to make us ￿ller bui included lorgii'eness. self care and the Eucharisi. He then talked about "li.'hal is Healing iminisintg" He explained that il included..- MinistTr' lo the sick and d)'ing The F.ucharist S¢ri'ic¢s of Healing Prai'ers of intercession l.a!'inbV nn nt" hands and anninting Reconciliaiion and absolulion DLlii'eranLe MinistrN' Ile eyplained ihal friendship. forgii'¢ness and lisieningl Ii'ere all parts of healing and that hLalinb> Il'as noi couns¢llin&,. 'Hoii' is healingy minislTh' done i¥'ell9" He adi'isL'd us Ihat the lirsl Ihinbi M'as to recobjnise the presence ot"God in the person seeking) healing. Regiard had to bc gJjN'en to sali't)" and saleb>uardingp as H'¢ll as IK)d%' langyuagTe. 'l-here i¥'ere irainingT and teachinbJ rLsources ai'ailablL' for parishes 5¢¢king io dei'elop a healingl ministry.. He infornied S} nod thai hL' M'as ai'ailable to come and ￿IK to PLC"s and lias lh¢ tirsl point of coniaci. Links are on the Diocesan ￿'ebSite. The Rural Dean reported thai Esme Hammer had been nominated as Ihe neil. La!. Chair and in Ihg absence of ani. other nominations her appoinimcni H'd5 appri)i'ed unanimouslN. Julie Wiihers had stepped dom'n from the role hai ing? become th¢ La! Chair of ihe Diocesan Synod. She adK'ised members of nem clerg! appoinimenls. Sam Corle￿. from Si MaTh' s Bom'don summarised the main poinis ofbusiness from lh¢ meelin&? ol. General %!'nod in Juli. ?0?? Claire Jacquiss stepped dowTr as Rural Dean in N'oi'ember 2022. The Vicar's Re ort Looking back al mv Ihree and a half N'ears H-ith i'ou I'm aM"are that there is a delinile recurring7 theme. Our first l'ear logTeiher included a Vision Da)" in ￿"hICh the major iheme H'as. "Casting our nels into deeper ￿aler. ' (Luke 5) With the outbreak of the Coi'id Pandemic ii"e found ours¢li'es in i'erN' deep w'ater and 2020 and pan of. 202 I were speni Ir)'in¥ io adapi lo such a challenging time. Throug,houi ihis l'ear lie hai'e been ¥Trrappling ii'ith hom. lo ￿ a church post pandemic. J feel thai it has been a lime M"hen Me hai'e been m¢nding our nets. Ih'hen ihe Apostle Peter denied Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Di￿ese ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale that he knem. Jesus he reium¢d io ￿'haI he kne￿.. He sai mending his nets. no doubi reflecting upon w'hat w'ould happen nexl. Did he expecl the resurrected Jesus to reinstate him. I think ihat has been our experience ihis !"ear. ￿'e i.e spent lime sieadil!" rebuildingi our 'orship. fellow'ship and mission iog)eiher in the lig,ht of ihe ￿SurreCtIon and can no￿. mol'e forward ￿'Ith trusi and faiih in God's plans t.or us. ""Plans to gil'e us hope and a fuiure." (Jeremiah). despite the i'en. real challenges ￿-e face. I have b¢¢n d¢lighi¢d lo s¢e ihat a number of our l'oung families haN'e remained ￿'1[h us bL%'I)nJ the nLed to qualifi. for Bom'don ChurLh School. This is a sign Ihai ￿.¢ ar¢ now engr(IgTingy more tulli ￿"11h them. RL'LL'ntl!' a neil" giroup has been formed called F.A.C.E. {Famil)' and Communilj. EngyagTemenil. Iqichael Kloore has been meelingi ii.ith them lo consider ho￿. our young families e.xp¢riencL' churLh and li hai the! iiould likL' to sL'e bL'ing dLI'Lluped in 2023. DiiringJ IhL i Lar li'e ii"LrL' j()inL'd b! Bish(Ip Iq¢irk li h(} c()nsL'cralLd a ne￿. Burial of Ashes M¢morial (rarden on ihe south side ol. our gyrounds. The sL'rn'iLe ￿'aS N'er!. n]e￿Ingy1Ul as was our social tim¢ i%'ith him. S¢i'eral inienn¢nis hai'¢ taken place in the Garden. In t)ecember M'e held our firsi Chrisimas Tree Fesiii'al in order to engiagye more th'iih our ommunit). in a creaiii'e w'a!.. Some local businesses joined us. as did Siamlord Park Juniors, Some of our Unit"omied Orblanisaiions and our in-hous¢ giroups. The fesiii'al ￿'aS ￿..ell attended. appreciaied and a loi of fun. Our Chrisima5 sen'ices Sam. surprisin&l%' high numbers of t￿Ople attending. There w'as a dL.linile sense of people returning lo church because IheN' could after such a rocky iwo years for evervone. l H'a5 deepl!. saddened thal due lo financial pressures m'e had io make the Children s Minist¢r Pnst r¢'dundanl. just as Melissa 8 ￿'ork was begiinning to flourish. I havL bireatl), appreciated the suppon of Alex m! P.A. and adminisirator. He is a quiet pr¢s¢nce. etyicienl and caring. and a JO￿ to w'ork ￿'1th. l am hubTel)' gyraieful io all of )'ou M'ho share in our being Church iobTether and so man>. of you who Contribute lo the w'ork of Si. Peter s. Mv special thanks go lo our Minisin- Team. Standingb Committee and PCC and our Wardens Marg>aret and MichaL'I Moore. Our IN'ardens hai'e ￿"orked tirelessl!. during this Year and we need to offer them our suppon in prdctical M'al's. ReN'"d Karen J. Stanlon Financial Rel'ie￿. The income to support ihe Church in its paslordl care and ecumenical mission is the sum of iji'ing bi parishioner5. both planned and unplanned. together ii'ith an!. surplus g)enerated from the letting? ot" its facilities for local communitN' actil'ities. In the l'ear to December 2022, Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Dic￿Se of Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale Ihere ￿'aS a deficit from all aciii'iii¢s of £67.67?1 ?0?1 £69.J8?). This is after significant one- ot7"¢xpenditure. most notabl!. on returbishing School House as deiailed belo￿,. As in 70? l. i'¢rn' generous contributions from the Herilage and Centenar), Trusis. iogyeiher amounling to £78.003. allomed ihe Church io continue to fulfil ils act}￿.111eS whi15t limiiing the amount of long-tenn sal'ings li M'as necessar%. to draw doMTJ. Hoii'ei'er. it became very el'ident that the reiurn io pre-Coi'id-19 lei'els of aclii'it!. and hopes of breaking ei'en or gieneratinby a surplus ii'ould be far sloii'er than anlicipaled and hopL'd for. Thus the i'erv dit7icult decision li.as tak'en io make the role of Children and Youth Ilinisier redundant from 31 December 20?? and to negpotiaie H'iih ihe Diocese a hali'ingi of ihe amount paid as the Parish Shar¢ in 2023. Incom¢ from planned and unplanned gii'ing. includingi colleciions and tax rebates. incr¢as¢d by 4.70/0 from 20? I lei'els lo £106.796. HO￿.e￿,er. this is a fall of 26 % in ihe five years since 2018. Average planned gii'ing per person t.ell b). l % and the number coniributingp fell du¢ to the loss ol. l O members. sadli. because of dcaih or a mol'e aii'ai" from the Parish. Contributions ￿'ere receii'ed from 131 members in the i'ear. a fall 01. 30/0. Oiher donations anii)uniL.d 10 £13.1I4i. In 20?2 Me hai'e been able g?raduall!' to increase the usagye of both the Assembll. Rooms and Pcier House. Il'hilsi hire lei'cls remain beloii pre-pandemic lei'els. n¢M' re&?ular hirers have begyun io bridb¥e Ihe gFap. As a resull there ￿'aS an incr¢as¢d surplus al the Assembl!. Room5 of £16.731 12091: £? 4?91 and a small surplus ai Peler House of £750 (2021 deficil.. £6.998). A t"urther increase in hire income is anticipaled in ?0?3. 'I'he tenant at School House left during Ihe v¢ar w'hich crealed a significani fall in income. The buildingi required major ￿rUrbIshMenI kfore being til to re-lel. Ai Ihe )ear end the work as almi)sl complLIL al a cosi 01. £46.445. Complelion is due in JanuaTh. ?0?3 and il is anticipated that Ihe propert! i%'ill be lel quickl). al a renthl in excess 01. £2.000 per month. Expenditure M'iihin unrestriLled funds inLreased bi. )7 % to £?81.984 {?0? I . £?? 1.5 58). excludinbT Assernbli. Rooms and Peter House costs. The most sigjniticani i)Onion ol. tli¢ increase is Ihe SLhool House elpenditure noled aboi'e. Heal and Lighi LOSIS hai'e increased as expecled in ihe curreni energ!. crisis. although 3 l'ear fixed rate coniracis hai'e gone some 'a)' to miligTaiingT ihe adi'erse etTeclS of ihis. After allom'ing, for the Mission in Action Grani unre51ricied Expendilure ¢xc¢¢ded Income by £62.995. Within restricted fund5. expenditure on cbaritable actii'ities lotalled £16.262. Taking d¢precialion into account ¢xpendilure exceeded income b!. £4.677. The Church used ils long terni saN'ingi reseD¥'es and the support of the Trusls to fund the deticit. After affeciingy Ihe expenditure reductions d¢s¢ribed aboN'e il remains in a strong financial position. How"ei'¢r. li also recognises the conlinuing. groi%'ing need io reach out to a new generalion of planned gii'ers lo rei'erse the decline in contributors and income. A ne￿ fundraising inilialii'e is undern"a)' ￿'11h a group of N'oungyer parishioners ￿'hO plan an improi'ed conlemporar%' I4"eb sile link'ed to social media and the sireaming) facilities. The target remains lo raise planned gii'ing to 2018 lei'els of £140.000. recognising thal ei'en at Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Diocese ol Ghestèr The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale thal ILI'el therc ii-ill be a shortfall. This iniiiallN mighi be coi'ered b!. the Trusts. giifts. legyacies and increased room rentals. bui to be t-ull!. self-susiaining and safe. income from planned gii'ingJ needs to reach oi'er £170.000 at ioda!. s i'alues. li is also anticipated ihat gTroii'ingF confidence post pandemic and the dedicated and targeted 'ork ()1" the ￿.-ardenS in promoling the facilities i5.ill incre&%e ihe income from ihem to 2019 leN'els and bel'ond. Overall. Ihe PCC is aiming for and planning a balanced budgei b!. the end of ?0?4 and a surplus similar to pre-pandemic l¢i'els Ihereafter. Resern'es Polic 'I'he unrestricted t.undq ai the !'ear'ear ended 31 st December ?0?2 Notes to the Accounts Basis of preparation and going concern 1.1 Basis ofaccounting ThLsL accounts hai'L bLLn prepared under the historical cosl coni'enlion w.iih items recog7nised at cos1 or transaction i.alue unlL'4% ()IhLrH ise slated in the relei'anl nole(s) to these accounls. Th¢ accounis hai'e been prepared in accordance M'iih ihe Siaiement of ReL()n)mended PraLlice: ALcouniing and Reporting bN' Charities preparing their acLounls in accordance M ith the Financial R¢porting Siandard applicable in ihe UK and RL'publiL of IrLl' Mission Chrislian Aid Tree Aid Childrens Society. Choir Fund FIow'Lr Guild Fees Total 75.984 18.996 j.?46 75.C)84 18.996 75.514 18.81) 4.355 ?.6?2 656 47.000 529 1.314 78.003 1?.095 950 1.314 78.003 950 197.844 197.844 149.491 1.449 Charitable acliN'iiii'S'. 5.525 1.845 7!6 229 2.075 1.141 1.845 7?6 229 1.075 269 116 401 51.1 5.606 13.899 941 41 4.:33 11.765 4.?33 4.?33 7.53? Other Trading aciiN'ilies: Church Letiings Assembli. Rooms LLllingis Schi)ol House Lelling Si Peter House Letlings Total 1.314 1.314 (3581 41.795 7.7?0 12.571 63.4(M) 41.795 7.720 12.571 15,871 18.660 5.470 39.593 Investment income.. InlL'rcst income Dil id¢nd income Rental and leasing ini()me 1.102 1,103 1.185 Total 1,10? 1.103 1,185 GRAND TOTAL ?66.579 7.533 274.112 204.168 Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Dictsse ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HALE ST PETER Charitv no. 1130535 Accounts for the >'ear ended 31 st December ?0?2 Note 4 Anali'sis of expenditure L nreslricted Resiricted funds funds T(btal funds Prior l'ear Expenditure on r8i5ing funds Parisli Share Clerg! Eipenses C'hurch cosis l including heal li¥?hi & insurance) Church Repairs Llpkeep of Grounds &, Salaries Ass¢mbli n)oms costs l including sthln Si Peiers House Costs F.ducaiional expeiis¢s Administraiion F.xpenses School House repairs Vicarage repairs DeprL'Liaiic)ii rioiler Guild C hc)ir TOTAL 84.66? 6.187 81.796 5.333 6.187 ? J.847 16.854 9.5?? 58.045 ?4.847 16.854 9.572 58.045 17.958 9.559 6.431 52.789 25.064 25.064 13.442 12.418 ?.4?0 2.?31 ?0.353 46.445 8.838 5.603 5.603 443 443 607 607 6.653 321.5?2 ?0.353 46.445 8.838 40,772 5.603 862 569 250.952 314.869 Expenditure on re¥lricted fundy C'harilable Mission in Action Oi erseas C harities Home Charilies Others TolMI expenditure on h#ril#ble A¢¢ii ities 8.104 8.133 25 8.104 8.133 25 7.689 11.385 16.?6? 16.?61 19.098 Other Governance - independent examiner fees 4.000 3.500 TotAI other expenlliture TOTAI. EXPTr"YDITiIRE 4.000 4.000 3.500 318.869 1.915 341.784 ?73.550 Note S Delai15 of certain items of ¢ipenditure Current 'car Prior l'ear Independent examiner s fees 4.000 3.500 16 Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Dic¢ese ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HALE ST PETER Chariti no. 1130i35 Accounts for the l'ear ended 31 st December ?0?2 ote 6 Paid Emploi'ees 6.1 Staff Cos15 Current I'e¥dr Prior l'ear Salaries and ￿'a￿TeS (including assembl!. rooms) Redundanci. costs Pension costs Idelined contribution scheme) Totydl staff c05t5 53.973 786 564 55.3?3 .44? 67.894 No emplo)'¢¢s rec¢ii'¢d ¢mploi'ee benefits {excluding emplol'er pension costs) for the rewning period of more than £60.000 6.2 Ai'er#ge head count in the i'evlr Current i'egr umber Prior )'ear llumber All L'mplol'ees w'orked on charitable aciii'ities Total l%ote 7 Tangible Fixed Asqet$ Freehold Olher Plant, land & land & machinei. buildin￿ building5 and molor i'ehicles Fixtures, rittin%% n(J equipment Total 7.1 Colt or i'#luation Ai Ihe bebiinning of the yLar At Lnd of the )'¢ar ?90.332 190.332 18.706 18.706 309.0311 309.0311 7.2 1)eprecialion Ai bLgiinning ul'the }'ear Disposals DLpreLialion Ai end of the year 106.836 18.706 125.542 5.603 5.603 12.439 18.706 131.145 7.3 Net book value Nel book value at the bebiinning ol" the )'ear Nel book i'alue at the end of the N'ear 183.496 183.496 177.893 177.893 17 Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Dittese ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HALE ST PETER Charity no. 1130535 Accounts for the year ended 3 1st December ?0?2 Note 8 Debtors and prepal'ments Anali'sis ofdebtors I'nrestricted Restricied runds funds Current 'ear Prlor ve4r 'I'rade debtors Prepa)'ments and accrued income ()Iher debtors 2.68i 1.100 1.870 5.653 2.683 1.100 13.185 16.968 4.412 55 13.342 17.809 11.315 1.315 Totxl Nole 9 Creditors 9.1 Analvsis of creditors .4mounts falling due M'ithin one l'ear I'nrestricted Restrictcd Current Prior )'ear funds fund l'ear Trade creditors ALLruals and deterred income 'ritxalion and social 5ecurilV OihLr crLdilors Tolal 11.315 21.978 709 3.513 37.515 11,315 21.978 709 3.513 37.515 11.475 10.956 820 23.251 Trade creditors includes amounts ol. £11.315 due t-rom unresiricted 10 restricted funds. 9.2 Deferred incomc Deferred income consists of receip15 and renis receii'ed in adi'ance in respect of ?0?3 and is included in the figure of £?1.9711 aboi'e. Current l'ear Prior l'ear Moi'ement in deferred income a¢¢ouDt Balance al the start ot-lhe reponing, period Amoun1% addLd in curreni period Amolinls released to income from prei'ious periods Balance al the end of the reporting pcriod 2.503 2.425 (2.503) 2.425 17.210 2.503 17.210) 2.503 18 Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Dictese ol Chesler The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HALE ST PETER Charill, no. 1130535 Accounts for the ￿'ear ended 31 st December ?0?? Note 10 Cash at bank and in hand Sliort ierm cash inl'estmenis I less ihan i months maturits. dai¢) Short term deposiis Cash ai bank and on hand I'ot81 Current l'ear Prior l'ear 134.866 13.763 148.629 183.623 11.970 195.593 Notell C"harih' funds I 1.1 D¢'tail¥ material fund% held and moi'ements during the current reporting period Brfjughl CArried forn'ard Income Exp¢ndilure Transfers fornard Fund names Ti'pe Choir Resiricted Flower Guild Restricied Mission Restricted 319 1.307 10.?45 1607) 1443) 116.262) 987 .105 10.704 241 6.016 10.705 (iarden or RL'mLmbrance R¢slricied 666 667 Peter House PenndnL'ni End0￿MIent 183.496 {5.603) 177.893 (ieneral Fund Unresificied Total Funds 177.614 ?66.579 373.647 ?74.112 318.869) {341.7841 10.705 114.619 305.975 Transfers betw'een funds The Iransfer from unreslricled io reslricted Mission Fund represents the annual tithe donation from the General Fund. Note 12 Transactions H'iih Trustees and relydted parties 12.1 Tru8t¢e rcmuneration benefits None of the trustees hai'e been paid an!. remunerdtion or receii'ed an). other benefits from an emplo)'menl M'iih the charit!. or a related chariiv. 12.2 Trnstec5' eipenses Trustees are reimbursed for anv items of expense they incur direcil), from suppliers on behalf of ihe Church in the running and mainlenance of ils facilities. In 2022 ihis amounied to £2.300. 12.-1 Transactions M ith related parties There have been no Iransaclions wilh related parties in ihe currenl N'ear. 19 Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Dic￿Se ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale PAROCHIAL CHURCH COLINCIL OF HALE ST PETER Chariti- no. 1130535 Accounts for the N'ear ended 31 st December ?022 Statemenl Df th¢ PCC'$ res on5ibilili¢5 Law applicable to charities in Eng,land and Wales require5 Ihe PCC to prepare financial st&tlLm¢nis fur eear. In preparing financial statements gii'ing a true and lair I'le￿". the PCC are required to- selecl suitable accounting p)licies and Ihen appl!, Ihem consisiently: make judgements and estimales that are reasonable and prudent: state whether applicable Accounting Siandards and Stalements of Recommended Praclice have been lollomed. prlpare Ihe financial staiemenis on ihe gioing7 concern basis unless il is inappropriale 10 prL'sumL' Ihai the chariti. H'ill Loniinue in operation. ThL PCC are responsible for keeping, proper accounltngv records ￿'hICh disclose ￿'11h rL'as()nablL aL¢urac! ihL Iinancial pc)%ili(In of Ihv charit!" and ￿"hiCh L'nablL them io ensure that the linancial slalements compl!. ￿'1th the Chariiie5 Aci 1993. The! are also responsible for salegpuardinbj the asseis ot. Ihe charil! and hence for taking reasonable sieps for the prefv'eniion and deleclion ot. Iraud and other irregulariiies. Sibined on behalf nf the PCC of St Peter s. Hale R¢i'¢rend Ka￿n Sianlon 12 March 2023 Chair Docusign EnvÈlope ID." 8998g9FF-D77￿29g-￿F4-A05%BEAOBAD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND '￿eSe ol Chester The Parish Church of St Peter's Hale PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HALE ST PETER Charitl no. 1130535 Accounts for the Near ended 3 I si December ?022 dependent examiner's report to the Trustees of the Parochial Church Council of Ihe Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's Hale. I report to lh¢ Irusiees on mi. examinalion of Ihe accounts of the Parochial Church Council of Hale Si PLILr for the l'ear endLd 31 December ?0?? ii'hich are set out on pab)es l O 10 19. RLJ.Ip()n.%ihililie.F and ha.ii.s ofrc'porl As the charil). truslees of the Trust j'ou are responsible for the preparation of the accounis in accordance M ith Ihe requirements of ihe Chariii¢s Act ?0 I l ('th¢ Act. l. I report in re%pecl of m!. examinalion of ihe Tru4iee s accounis carried out under section 145 of Ihe ?0 I I ALI and in carTh'in&y out mi. eiaminalion I hai'e follom'ed all Ihc appliLable DirL'ctions gii'en b!, the Charit!. Commission under seclion 145{5)(b) of the 201 I Aci. Jndependeni exuminer .1 .Ilui¥m¢ni I have completed m)" examinaiion. I confim thai no maierial mailers haN'e come io my attcniion in conneciion ￿'1[h the examinaiion gii'ing me cause io beliel'e that in an), material respect: ( l ) accounling records ￿'¢re not kepl in respect of the Trust as required b￿. section 130 of Ihe Act: or (2) the accounts do not accord H-iih ihosc records: or (31 Ihe accounts do nol compl!. ii'iih Ihe applicable requirLmcnls conceminbP the form and conl¢nt of accounis sil oui in the Chariiics (Accounts and R¢ports) Regpulalions 2008 oiher than an%. rLquifLmLni ihai Ihe aLL()uni% g?ii"¢ a 'iru¢ and lair i"1¢￿. ￿'hILh is not a maller ¢on%ider¢d as part ol. an independeni examinaiion. I hai'e no concerns and hai'e come across no other matters in connection M'iih th¢ examinaiion 10 M hich aiteniion should be draiin in this repon in order 10 enablL' a proper understanding of ihe accounts to be reached. DcGu8*n•dty. SCC4CFBSFFIF Chri5 OxleN' FCCA UHY Hacker Young Manchester LLP Chartered Accounlanls Si James Building 79 Oxford Sireet lanchesler .MI 6H"I' 12 March 2023 21