Norbury Church, Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2022
Norbury Church is an inclusive community of around 293 members that reaches out to the community of Hazel Grove with a wide range of social and religious services.
Norbury Church, formally known as the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Thomas Norbury (parish number 1812) is a registered charity (no. 1130910) and is a formal part of the Church of England, the Diocese of Chester, and a member of the interdenominational Churches Together network in Hazel Grove.
The church is governed by the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Thomas Norbury. The trustees are:
Incumbent Rev'd Joshua Askwith Assistant Minister Rev'd Dr. Val Hindmarsh Retired Clergy Rev'd Hugh Griffiths Reader Mr Richard Crocker Wardens Elected members
Mrs Jill Elsby Mr David Wood MBE Mrs Samantha Bowden Mrs Faith Clarke Mrs Claire Ratcliffe
Deanery Synod Member
Elected
Deanery Synod Member
Mrs Maureen Hughes Mrs Susan Jones Mr John Millington Mrs Lynne Quirke Mr Stuart Shawcross Mrs Pamela Southcombe
PCC Secretary CO-Opted 2021
Mr Trevor Tinson Mrs Ann Whitehead Mrs Christine Williams Miss Hannah Wilson
Treasurer
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Objectives and activities
Objects of the charity (as set out in governing document).
The primary object of the PCC is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England.
The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in the ecclesiastical parish of Norbury, St Thomas, Hazel Grove.
Reference and administration details
Charity Name and Number
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas Norbury Registered Charity No 1130910
Church of England, Diocese of Chester, Stockport Deanery, Parish No. 1812
Public Address
The Parish Office, c/o 75 Chester Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 5PE
Church premises: Norbury Parish Church, London Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 4RF
Incumbent Reverend Joshua Askwith
75 Chester Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 5PE
Bankers
Barclays Bank plc, Hazel Grove Branch, 136 London Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 4DW
Independent Examiner
Victoria Fryman, 9 Applewood Close, Hermitage Park, Wrexham, LL13 7GU
Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document
The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. It operates under the Parochial Church Powers Measure (effective from 2nd January 1957).
Constitution
The Parochial Church Council is responsible for all parish finance, its management and control, including the appointment of a treasurer. While it may delegate some of its duties this does not remove its legal responsibilities. These include:
keeping 'proper accounting records', which are sufficient to show and explain all the PCC's transactions and must include a record of all relevant assets and liabilities. The records, together with the annual financial statements, must be preserved for at least six years from the end of the financial year to which they relate.
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The records must: show and explain all the PCC's transactions; disclose the PCC's financial position at any time; enable the required accounts to be prepared; show on a day-to-day basis all receipts and payments and what they were for; include a record of all assets and liabilities.
ensuring that the finances of the PCC are under its control and only delegated if the PCC can ensure that its wishes will be followed.
preparing an annual account (financial statements) and report for presentation to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the requirements of the Church Representation Rules.
arranging for a suitable independent examination or audit of the financial statements.
Selection of trustees
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.
Induction and training of trustees
When new trustees are elected a training session may be held at which the responsibilities and duties of the PCC trustees are explained. Specific training is provided from time to time as needed either using local courses or courses arranged by the Diocese.
Organisation structure
The full PCC met 7 times during the calendar year with an average attendance of 70% of the members. Committees met between meetings and, where necessary, matters were referred to the full PCC for discussion.
The PCC operates through a number of committees, which meet between full meetings of the PCC, and subcommittees that report through the main committees. Standing Committee. This is the only committee required by law. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings subject to any directions given by the full Council.
Mission Contacts Group
Relationships with related parties
The Norbury Church Parish Trust (No. 1105111) is an associated registered charity that manages the sports field land. The managing trustee is the Parochial Church Council. This trust has neither income nor expenditure and does not produce accounts. Any expenses are included in these PCC accounts.
Risk management
The PCC looks at a particular aspect of risk management at each meeting and reviews all the identified risks over the course of a year.
Safeguarding & Child Protection is a regular item on the PCC agenda.
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Curate’s house
27 Davenport Road was let for the whole of 2021. The tenant has caught up with missed payments.
Churchyard
The churchyard was closed in 2008. Stockport MBC is responsible for maintaining the churchyard although we have to pay one third of the cost because of the legal circumstances relating to part of the churchyard
Norbury Church Parish Trust
The NASC (Norbury Amalgamated Sports Club) continues to provide bowling, cricket and lacrosse games using the land held by this separate trust.
Worship and Prayer
Worship
Thanks to our supportive ministry team we managed to continue our worship during 2021.
Apart from the times when we were unable to gather, we worshipped together on a Sunday and Wednesday in church.
In September 2021 we embarked on a new pattern of worship that enabled more people to rejoin our 'in person' worshipping community.
This new pattern of Sunday worship includes services at 8.00, 9.30, 11.00 and 6.30. These services offer a breadth of styles with the 9.30 being a "fresh expression" of church with discussion groups and a more informal feel. The 11.00 service continues to be supported musically by a blend of organ/choir and music group/piano.
Prayer Ministry
Our Ministry Team continued to gather each Monday either on Zoom or in Person to continue to pray for the church and community.
Other prayer ministry remained in abeyance through 2021.
Children and Young People
2021 started very much as 2020 had finished nothing for children and families happening at church, I was having no face to face contact with them, everything being done on zoom and all other contact through email and social media.
We continued to engage with the younger church families through a family service on zoom it was run on the 2nd and 4th Sunday at 9.30am for about 20mins, we had a story, a running round activity, songs and a craft. For the craft I dropped the materials off at the 10 families homes the Thursday before the service, all in a covid safe way. This was a great success and engaged with a lot of our younger members and their parents. When covid numbers reduced we returned this to church on a Sunday at 9.30am in the Legh room,
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each family sitting socially distanced from other families. We kept the same format as we had on zoom, except for running around game. This was something we could invite Baptism families too and they attended occasionally.
Messy Church at Home / Messy Church in a Bag, continued until June, basically we filmed a short messy church session on a theme, with a story or teaching, a couple of songs, an explanation of the crafts and ending with a prayer and the Messy Grace, this went out on You Tube to 4pm on the 4th Wednesday of the month, in December it went on facebook too, so it was easier to access. That was the at home bit, the bag bit involved me making up craft bags with all the materials in for the crafts and putting them outside church to be collected by the families from the Sunday before the Wednesday the session was on. Over 60 bags a month were being collected, some families let me know it was great as they could reengage with Messy Church, they couldn’t come on a Wednesday as they now worked, their child had another club etc, but as it was filmed they could access it any time.
Toddlers was also still online via a short film on our Toddler group facebook page each Wednesday at 10am, this involved 2 songs, a story and a craft, but the big difference was each week I had a different visitor in the form of a puppet, so I basically spent 15 mins talking to Digby Donkey, Lulu the dog, Fluffy the Sheep and many others. Jimmy operated the puppet and the feedback was the children and adults just loved it, we were getting about 300 views of the video a week. Along with the film I produced craft bags that the parents / carers could collect with all the craft materials for about 6 weeks of activities in, again lots of photos were received of the children making the crafts and having lots of fun.
Although we could not gather for toddlers we were able to begin a new non-moving baby group. his was of great help to so many new mums over the few months that we ran it and two of them continue to come to toddler group now.
Holiday Club
In August 2021 we had our first face-to-face children’s event at church “Rumble in the Jungle” holiday club, we kept numbers limited to be on the safe side, but still had 56 children attending.
Youth
Pathfinders continued to meet on zoom, and then progressed to meeting again at church. We worked with Josh and attained the bronze Eco award for the church. As part of our Eco discussions the group decided they would like to develop an area of the churchyard into an Eco garden. They chose and area at the far end against the railway line. In May we began clearing and tidying the area, but it was a bigger job than we expected. A working day where parents and church members came to help was a great success and we made fantastic headway with the clearing. We laid membrane to stop the growth of weeds, build bug hotels using pallets, built a planter from scratch and created a bog pond to attract insects. In October we planted autumn plants in old wheelbarrows and reclaimed plant pots. There is still a lot to do but due to winter we put a hold on everything. Thanks to those who have supported us in this project. The Pathfinder group and leaders have remained a strong unit throughout the pandemic, the youngsters attending each week either on zoom or meeting up when we could. They have got to know the leaders better as we have had more chance to chat and discuss differing subjects each week without the pressure of finishing, to get back into church or missing weeks due to attending services.
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Exploring and Growing in Faith.
Fellowship Groups
Our fellowship groups continued to offer informal support for each other; either through telephone conversations or by meeting in the garden; when this was allowed.
Alpha
In 2021 a group from Norbury Church took Alpha online. These sessions were attended by a small group of people who enjoyed watching videos, sharing fellowship and asking questions about our faith.
Supporting Life's Journey.
Pastoral Care
Pastoral care of our congregation has been of utmost importance during the pandemic. With many of our members being extremely vulnerable or living on their own without the regular social contact to brighten up their lives. With the help of volunteers, we have worked tirelessly to keep in contact with all those who needed care. This was aided by regular pastoral letters and phone calls from members of the ministry team.
Occasional Offices
This year the clergy conducted 17 funerals in church and a further 17 at the crematorium. We also conducted 35 of burial of ashes.
The clergy also were part of [ ] number of baptisms and celebrated with 6 number of wedding couples and conducted 1 wedding blessing.
Supporting Life in the Community
Remembrance Sunday
This year we were able to gather at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday to pay respect to all those who have died in conflicts. This year was particularly poignant as we celebrated the Poppy appeal.
Christmas Community Carols
Members of Norbury Church also partnered with a local running shop to offer a Christmas Carol Dash. This event was well attended and ended with mince pies and mulled wine being served in church.
Being Part of Something Bigger
We continue to support a range of outside charities and agencies, at home and abroad, both in the 13 we particularly support and promote links with, and through one-off collections, responding to particular needs.
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Our "big Quiz Night" hosted once again on Zoom to support Tear Fund is a good example of this ongoing work.
We have developed strong links with the local Foodbank based at the nearby Baptist Church, the Wellspring in Stockport, Wood Street Mission, and International Aid Trust as the agency through which we channel our shoeboxes.
In 2021 we also spent some time with the local community clearing the Norbury Sports Field of litter. Over 30 bags of rubbish were collected on one Saturday morning and the Lacrosse club were very greatful for this work.
In 2021, through the dedication and hard work of our young people we were awarded the Bronze Award for these efforts and are working towards achieving our Silver award in 2022.
Development as an Eco-Church is now under the banner of our One World Group, which has focused on, inter alia, our monthly Traidcraft stall, Fairtrade lunches, and our church carbon footprint.
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Financial Information
Overview
The general fund balance decreased by £28,868 (2020: £11.409 decrease). The deficit of general income against expenditure for the year was £28,868 (2020: £9,502 deficit).
The coming year, 2022, will continue to be financially challenging because of Coronavirus and the reduction of numbers gathering in church.
Income
Regular donations decreased in the year through death or people leaving the area.
Donors who had signed Gift Aid declarations enabled the church to reclaim tax on identified gifts. The total tax claimed for all funds was £15,607 (2020: £17,954) and included £988 (2020: £779) from the Gift Aid for Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) introduced in April 2013 by HMRC.
The Messy Church services were severely curtailed but supported by specific collections of £394 (2020: £104). The total direct expenditure was £325 (2020: £367)
Legacies totalled £228,300 (2020: £1,000). Designated donations totalled £36 (2020: £808).
Total fees for occasional offices (weddings, baptisms, funerals and burials) were still affected by Coronavirus and totaled £20,817 (2020: £21,807). See Note 9 to the accounts for more detail.
Total income from room hire charges of £5,252 (2020: £3,711) was added to the General Fund to help defray the premises costs.
A CBF Church of England deposit account is used to hold both the reserves and cash in excess of that required as a working balance. The interest rate averaged 0.0525% during 2021.
Expenditure
Parish Share increased to £68,132 (2020: £67,624).
Staff costs amounted to £46,276 (2020: £46,284). The church benefitted from a National Insurance rebate during the year. Note 7 to these accounts provides more information.
Total energy costs (gas and electricity) increased to £4,972 (2020: £4,725).
Grants by the PCC to other Christian charities from the General Fund were £9,070 (2020: £9,858). In addition, special designated charity collections raised a further £36 (2020: £808) bringing the total grants to charities to £9,106 (2020: £10,666).
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Independent Examination of Accounts
The Council express their gratitude to Mrs Victoria Fryman for examining these accounts and reporting on the PCC’s financial affairs.
Declaration
The trustees declare that they approved this trustees’ report at a PCC meeting held on the of April 2022
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Revd Joshua Askwith - Incumbent (Chair) Jill Elsby (Churchwarden)
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas, Norbury
Accounts for the year from 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2021
Statement of Financial Activities
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources (Note 3) | funds | funds | this year | last year |
| Incoming resources from generated funds | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Voluntary income | 98025 | 229239 | 327264 | 122462 |
| Activities for generating funds | 7879 | 40 | 7918 | 5260 |
| Investment income | 11621 | 127 | 11748 | 12830 |
| Incoming resources from charitable activities | 27469 | 4635 | 32104 | 26446 |
| Other incoming resources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total incoming resources | 144993 | 234041 | 379034 | 166997 |
| Resources expended (Notes 4-8) | ||||
| Costs of generating funds | ||||
| Costs of generating voluntary income | 2269 | 0 | 2269 | 447 |
| Fundraising trading costs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1316 |
| Investment management costs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charitable activities | 171582 | 4502 | 176084 | 173957 |
| Governance costs | 30 | 0 | 30 | 35 |
| Other resources expended | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total resources expended | 173881 | 4502 | 178383 | 175754 |
| Net incoming/(outgoing) resources | ||||
| before transfers | -28888 | 229539 | 200651 | -8757 |
| Gross transfers between funds in | 20 | 0 | 20 | 2110 |
| Gross transfers between funds out | 0 | -20 | -20 | -2110 |
| Net incoming/(outgoing) resources | ||||
| before other recognised gains and losses | -28868 | 229519 | 200651 | -8757 |
| Other recognised gains/losses | ||||
| Gains and losses on revaluation of | ||||
| fixed assets for the charity's own use | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gains and losses on investment assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net movement in funds | -28868 | 229519 | 200651 | -8757 |
| Reconciliation of funds | ||||
| Total funds brought forward | 97443 | 350228 | 447672 | 456429 |
| Total funds carried forward | 68575 | 579747 | 648323 | 447672 |
FinRpt2021
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Balance sheet
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | this year | last year | ||
| Fixed Assets | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Tangible assets | (Note 10) | 0 | 110001 | 110001 | 110001 |
| Investment assets | (Note 11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total fixed assets | 0 | 110001 | 110001 | 110001 | |
| Current Assets | |||||
| Debtors | (Note 12) | 9007 | 282 | 9289 | 7986 |
| Short term deposits | 48000 | 270000 | 318000 | 323000 | |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 14225 | 199562 | 213786 | 9265 | |
| Total current assets | 71231 | 469844 | 541075 | 340251 | |
| Creditors | |||||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (Note 13) | 2656 | 98 | 2754 | 2581 |
| Net current assets/liabilities | 68575 | 469746 | 538322 | 337671 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 68575 | 579747 | 648323 | 447672 | |
| Creditors | |||||
| Amounts falling due after one year | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Provision for liabilities or charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Net assets | 68575 | 579747 | 648323 | 447672 | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | ||
| funds | funds | this year | last year | ||
| Funds of the charity | (Note 14) | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Unrestricted funds | 68575 | 0 | 68575 | 97443 | |
| Restricted income funds | 0 | 579747 | 579747 | 350228 | |
| Endowment funds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total funds | 68575 | 579747 | 648323 | 447672 |
Notes 1 to 14 on the following pages form part of these accounts.
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on xxxxxx and signed on its behalf by:
Revd Joshua Askwith (Chair)
Jill Elsby (Warden)
Balance Sheet
FinRpt2021
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Gifts in kind
Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.
Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed by the charity.
Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.
Donated services and facilities
These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material. The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.
Volunteer help
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Investment income
This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses
These include any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
Expenditure and Liabilities
Liability recognition
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.
Governance costs
These include the costs of the maintaining and updating the financial software package used, preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and the cost of any professional advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Grants with performance conditions
Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provide the specified service or output.
Grants payable without performance conditions
These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity.
Support costs
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources e.g. staff costs by time spent, other costs by their usage.
Assets
Tangible fixed assets for use by the charity
These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £500. They are valued at cost or, if gifted, at the value to the charity on receipt.
Investments
Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investments and assets are included at trus ������������������������������������
Stock and work in progress
These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.
Notes 1 & 2 to accounts
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Policies additional to or different from those above.
Funds
Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application to the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted.
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Reserves policy
����������������������������������� ture is normally held as balances in the current bank accounts. The remaining reserves are held in an interest bearing deposit account with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund.
Fixed assets
The fixed asset 27 Davenport Road, Hazel Grove, has been shown at market value based on the estimate of the letting agent in 2001. The lawned Garden of Remembrance is now fully amortised. The recreational land is shown at a nominal sum as the market value is unknown.
Consecrated land and buildings
The PCC is responsible for maintenance and insurance. Costs associated with maintenance and improvement are written off in the year in which they are incurred.
Church furnishings
Moveable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted for as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in ��������������������������������������������������������������
Other fixture, fittings and office equipment.
Equipment used within the church premises is normally depreciated on a straight-line basis over four years.
Current assets
Amounts owing to the PCC at 31[st] December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provision for any amounts that may prove to be uncollectable. Short-term deposits are cash held on deposit with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund.
Stock
No stock is currently held as all tablets and vases have been used.
Cash handling
Cash received in collections and envelopes is counted and verified by at least two independent persons and is stored in a safe until taken to the bank. Donors are encouraged to make donations by standing order to minimise the amount of cash to be handled.
Payments
Payments are made by direct debit, standing order, internet banking transfer and increasingly less by cheque. These require signatures from any two of the following: treasurer and churchwardens. Payments may not be authorised by a beneficiary of the payment.
Notes 1 & 2 to accounts
AnnRpt2021
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Note 3. Analysis of incoming resources
| Unrestricted | Restricted | This year | Last year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voluntary Income | ||||
| ������������������������������������ | 62830 | 0 | 62830 | 67182 |
| ����������������������� | 14171 | 0 | 14171 | 20803 |
| ����������������������� | 15534 | 0 | 15534 | 17803 |
| Shoeboxes - tax refund | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| General collections, all services | 2873 | 0 | 2873 | 2984 |
| General donations | 1670 | 496 | 2166 | 863 |
| Flower donations inc tax refund | 6 | 377 | 384 | 845 |
| Churchyard donations inc tax refund | 5 | 20 | 25 | 50 |
| Designated donations | 0 | 36 | 36 | 808 |
| Grants | 935 | 0 | 935 | 10125 |
| Legacies | 0 | 228300 | 228300 | 1000 |
| Total | 98025 | 229239 | 327264 | 122462 |
| Activities for generating funds | ||||
| Narthex external lettings | 4449 | 0 | 4449 | 2979 |
| Fund raising events | 3430 | 0 | 3430 | 1010 |
| Traidcraft stall | 0 | 40 | 40 | 1271 |
| Total | 7879 | 40 | 7918 | 5260 |
| Investment Income | ||||
| Interest received | 41 | 127 | 168 | 1370 |
| Rent (27 Davenport Road & parking permissions) | 11580 | 0 | 11580 | 11460 |
| Total | 11621 | 127 | 11748 | 12830 |
| Incoming resources from charitable activities | ||||
| Narthex internal lettings | 804 | 0 | 804 | 732 |
| Event income (Note 15) | 0 | 2700 | 2700 | 1400 |
| Magazine sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1719 |
| Social events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Toddler Group income | 0 | 1251 | 1251 | 750 |
| Occasional office fees and deposits (Note 9 ) | 26665 | 0 | 26665 | 21261 |
| Organ use fees | 0 | 684 | 684 | 396 |
| Churchyard fees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| Total | 27469 | 4635 | 32104 | 26446 |
| Other incoming resources | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Incoming Resources | 144993 | 234041 | 379034 | 166997 |
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Note 3: Incoming Resources
Note 4. Analysis of resources expended
| Unrestricted | Restricted | This year | Last year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of generating funds | |||||
| Envelope system and appeal costs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fundraising event costs | 2269 | 0 | 2269 | 447 | |
| Social event costs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2269 | 0 | 2269 | 447 | |
| Trading costs | |||||
| Traidcraft stall stock purchases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 404 | |
| Traidcraft profit paid over | 0 | 0 | 0 | 912 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1316 | |
| Investment management costs | |||||
| None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charitable activities | |||||
| Grants: (Note 8) | |||||
| Church mission overseas | 3210 | 0 | 3210 | 3630 | |
| Overseas relief and development | 2735 | 0 | 2735 | 3280 | |
| Home church mission | 1790 | 0 | 1790 | 2008 | |
| Home relief and development | 1335 | 0 | 1335 | 940 | |
| Parachurch organisations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Designated collections | 0 | 36 | 36 | 808 | |
| Subtotal | 9070 | 36 | 9106 | 10666 | |
| Ministry: | |||||
| Parish Share | 68132 | 0 | 68132 | 67624 | |
| Diocesan fees | 9397 | 0 | 9397 | 9653 | |
| External minister fees | 324 | 0 | 324 | 403 | |
| Organist / Choir / Bellringer fees | 1382 | 0 | 1382 | 468 | |
| Vicar's expenses | 949 | 0 | 949 | 763 | |
| Vicarage expenses | 4138 | 0 | 4138 | 4286 | |
| Curate's expenses | 271 | 0 | 271 | 157 | |
| Lay Worker and speaker's expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 84592 | 0 | 84592 | 83354 | |
| Worship: | |||||
| Service costs | 256 | 0 | 256 | 95 | |
| Service resources and gifts | 1819 | 0 | 1819 | 2389 | |
| Flower costs | 0 | 123 | 123 | 431 | |
| Musical instruments | 75 | 0 | 75 | 178 | |
| Adult training, education and mission | 450 | 0 | 450 | 462 | |
| Mission Outreach expenses | 123 | 394 | 517 | 578 | |
| Musicians fees and expenses | 1251 | 0 | 1251 | 1016 | |
| Allocated wages | 10270 | 0 | 10270 | 10360 | |
| Allocated NI costs | 598 | 0 | 598 | 617 | |
| Allocated pension costs | 978 | 0 | 978 | 955 | |
| Allocated admin costs | 118 | 0 | 118 | 428 | |
| Miscellaneous | 4 | 40 | 43 | 23 | |
| Recognition gifts | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Hospitality supplies | 364 | 0 | 364 | 210 | |
| Subtotal | 16320 | 556 | 16876 | 17741 |
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Note 4: Resources expended
| Childrens and youth work: Children's worker wages, NI, pension Children's worker expenses Children's Worker training Allocated admin costs Education resources Event costs (Note 15) Toddler Group expenses Hospitality and miscellaneous Subtotal Church premises: Allocated wages Allocated NI costs Allocated pension costs Allocated admin costs Heat, light, power Insurance Cleaning materials Maintenance contracts Security system contracts Repairs and renewals Car park maintenance Vandalism repairs Major works Equipment Subtotal Curate's house/land Insurance Repairs, security, maintenance Letting agents fees Admin. wages, NI, pension, expenses Miscellaneous Subtotal Churchyard: Gardening Digger fees Path & weed maintenace Allocated wages Allocated NI costs Allocated pension costs Allocated admin costs Playing Fields Subtotal |
16152 0 16152 16060 138 0 138 56 485 0 485 0 686 0 686 513 381 279 660 1227 0 2084 2084 1827 0 1546 1546 735 74 74 42 |
|---|---|
| 17915 3909 21825 20460 Unrestricted Restricted This year Last year 12075 0 12075 11828 782 0 782 806 1279 0 1279 1248 189 0 189 259 4972 0 4972 4725 5274 0 5274 5114 928 0 928 1006 2009 0 2009 934 772 0 772 730 1641 0 1641 813 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1471 0 1471 2854 |
|
| 31394 0 31394 30319 573 0 573 514 1478 0 1478 628 1332 0 1332 1332 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
|
| 3383 0 3383 2473 2437 0 2437 2437 38 0 38 150 984 0 984 66 3293 0 3293 3272 153 0 153 158 251 0 251 245 306 0 306 404 0 0 0 0 |
|
| 7461 0 7461 6732 |
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Note 4: Resources expended
| Public communications: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postage costs | 198 | 0 | 198 | 1113 |
| Admin. wages, NI, pension, expenses | 802 | 0 | 802 | 995 |
| Notice board costs | 40 | 0 | 40 | 66 |
| Web site | 407 | 0 | 407 | 0 |
| Subtotal | 1447 | 0 | 1447 | 2174 |
| Total charitable activities | 171582 | 4502 | 176084 | 173918 |
| Governance costs | ||||
| Governance expenses | 30 | 0 | 30 | 35 |
| Admin. wages, NI, pension, expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional fees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 30 | 35 |
| Other resources expended | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total resources expended | 173881 | 4502 | 178383 | 175715 |
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Note 4: Resources expended
| Public communications: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postage costs | 198 | 0 | 198 | 1113 |
| Admin. wages, NI, pension, expenses | 802 | 0 | 802 | 995 |
| Notice board costs | 40 | 0 | 40 | 66 |
| Web site | 407 | 0 | 407 | 0 |
| Subtotal | 1447 | 0 | 1447 | 2174 |
| Total charitable activities | 171582 | 4502 | 176084 | 173918 |
| Governance costs | ||||
| Governance expenses | 30 | 0 | 30 | 35 |
| Admin. wages, NI, pension, expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional fees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 30 | 35 |
| Other resources expended | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total resources expended | 173881 | 4502 | 178383 | 175715 |
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Note 4: Resources expended
Note 5. Support costs
The support costs of the church are mainly provided by volunteers. These include management, finance, information technology and human resources. As a result the support costs are not analysed in these accounts.
Note 6. Details of certain items of expenditure
| 6.1. Trustee expenses | This year | Last year |
|---|---|---|
| No trustees were paid expenses | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts | This year | Last year |
| Independent examiner's fees | 0 | 0 |
Note 7. Paid employees
7.1 Staff costs
| Gross wages and benefits in kind Employer's National Insurance costs Employer's pension scheme contributions Total amount paid 7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year Fundraising Charitable activities Governance Total full-time equivalent employees |
This year Last year 44,114 44,150 0 0 2,162 2,134 |
|---|---|
| 46,276 46,284 |
|
| This year Last year 0.00 0.00 1.92 1.92 0.00 0.00 |
|
| 1.92 1.92 |
7.3 Allocation of wages and expenses
| This year | Last year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator | Hours/month | £ | Hours/month | £ | ||
| Churchyard | 9 | 1310 | 9 | 1303 | ||
| Premises | 14 | 1966 | 14 | 1956 | ||
| Public Communications | 5 | 655 | 5 | 652 | ||
| Worship | 18 | 2621 | 18 | 2608 | ||
| Total | 46 | 6552 | 46 | 6519 | ||
| Verger and Assistant vergers | ||||||
| Churchyard | 16 | 2356 | 16 | 2246 | ||
| Premises | 83 | 12017 | 83 | 11456 | ||
| Worship | 64 | 9189 | 64 | 8761 | ||
| Total | 163 | 23562 | 163 | 22463 |
N.B. the allocations above are based on an assessment of the average hours spent on each activity
Child and Youth workers
| Child and Youth workers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child worker | 104 | 16075 | 104 | 15859 | |
| Total | 104 | 16075 | 104 | 15859 |
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Notes 5 - 14
Note 8. Grantmaking
| Note 8. Grantmaking | Note 8. Grantmaking | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 Grants made from PCC general funds | |||
| Church mission overseas: | Purpose | This year | Last year |
| Bible Society | Production and distribution of | 990 | 990 |
| the Bible worldwide | |||
| Church Mission Society | Church mission worldwide | 2,220 | 2,640 |
| Overseas relief and development | |||
| Christian Aid | Relief / aid to the third world | 700 | 700 |
| Jeel al Amal Orphanage Palestine | Support for orphaned children | 445 | 470 |
| Tearfund | Relief / aid to the third world | 700 | 700 |
| The Leprosy Mission | Aid for leprosy sufferers | 445 | 470 |
| Home mission | |||
| Christians in Schools Trust | Stockport Christian schools | 900 | 1,068 |
| workers | |||
| Church Pastoral Aid Society | Church education and mission | 445 | 470 |
| support | |||
| Scripture Union | Children's work | 445 | 470 |
| Bible Reading Fellowship | Children's work | 0 | 0 |
| Home relief and development | |||
| Adoption Matters Northwest | Child adoption services | 445 | 470 |
| Mission to Seafarers | Church mission to seafarers | 445 | 470 |
| �������������������� | Support for homeless and | 445 | 470 |
| abused children | |||
| The Wellspring (Stockport) | Feeding and support for | 445 | 470 |
| homeless people in Stockport | |||
| Parachurch Organisations | |||
| Churches Together in Hazel Grove | Expenses for running the local | 0 | 0 |
| Churches Together activities | |||
| Total grants | 9,070 | 9,858 | |
| 8.2 Designated special charity collections passed through the PCC accounts | |||
| Purpose | This year | Last year | |
| Barnados | Local Aid | 0 | 72 |
| Children's Society (Christingle service) | Support for children | 36 | 663 |
| The Christie | Local Aid | 0 | 72 |
| The Wellspring | Local Aid | 0 | 1 |
| Total special collections | 36 | 808 | |
| 8.3 Other designated collections passed through the PCC accounts | |||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Total other designated collections | 0.00 | 0 |
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Notes 5 to 14
| Note 9. Occasional Offices PCC fees Diocesan fees Paid Minister fees Musician fees Choir / Bellringer fees Note 10. Assets 10.1 Tangible fixed assets Freehold land and buildings Balance brought forward Additions Revaluation Amortisation Balance carried forward |
Fees Rec'd Fees paid Fees rec'd last year Fees paid last year 9,792 0 10,984 0 9,319 9,397 9,985 9,653 324 324 370 403 1,043 1,043 468 468 339 339 0 0 |
|---|---|
| 20,817 11,103 21,807 10,524 |
|
| (Restricted) (Restricted) (Restricted) Recreational Curates Gardens of Total land house emembrance 1 110,000 0 110,001 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
|
| 1 110,000 0 110,001 |
The value of the Gardens of Remembrance is based on the original cost less the value of plots already used.
Note 11. Investment Assets
The charity does not have any investment assets.
Note 12. Debtors and Debtor Prepayments
| Amounts falling due within one year | Unrestricted | Restricted | This year | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gift Aid tax due for repayment | 4,151 | 0 | 4,151 | 5,720 |
| Donations received but not cleared | 751 | 0 | 751 | 0 |
| Accrued Diocesan fees | 296 | 0 | 296 | 0 |
| Accrued Paid Minister fees | 98 | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| Accrued Occasional Office fees | 1,212 | 108 | 1,320 | 0 |
| Magazine sales outstanding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Narthex hire: invoices raised but not paid | 752 | 0 | 752 | 0 |
| Interest on deposit account | 7 | 24 | 31 | 182 |
| Annual contracts prepaid into 2021 | 1,740 | 0 | 1,740 | 1,892 |
| Event booking fees prepaid for 2021 | 0 | 150 | 150 | 150 |
| Total | 9,007 | 282 | 9,289 | 7,986 |
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Notes 5 to 14
Note 13. Creditors and Creditor Prepayments
| Amounts falling due within one year | Amounts falling due within one year | Unrestricted | Restricted | This year | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diocesan Fees due | 338 | 0 | 338 | 904 | |
| Retiring Barnados | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
| Retiring Collection Children's Society | 0 | 58 | 58 | 22 | |
| Baptism / Wedding fees deposits | 250 | 0 | 250 | 414 | |
| Stephensons | 369 | 0 | 369 | 0 | |
| Pickerings | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | |
| L & L Dark | 0 | 40 | 40 | 0 | |
| Vicarage water charges accrued | 163 | 0 | 163 | 165 | |
| J Askwith expenses | 476 | 0 | 476 | 142 | |
| T Tinson expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Accrued curate expenses | 20 | 0 | 20 | 13 | |
| Photopcopier charges | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Gas consumed but not paid | 534 | 0 | 534 | 508 | |
| Electricity consumed but not paid | 175 | 0 | 175 | 105 | |
| Accrued telephone | costs | 239 | 0 | 239 | 219 |
| Total | 2,656 | 98 | 2,754 | 2,581 | |
| Note 14. Analysis of Net Current Assets by Fund | |||||
| Current assets | Unrestricted | Restricted | This year | Last year | |
| General fund | 67075 | 0 | 67075 | 95943 | |
| Vicars Aid Reserve | Fund | 1500 | 0 | 1500 | 1500 |
| AV project | 0 | -10613 | -10613 | -10613 | |
| Children's events funds | 0 | 806 | 806 | 190 | |
| Flower fund | 0 | 3747 | 3747 | 3493 | |
| Heating Fund | 0 | -5514 | -5514 | -5514 | |
| Maintenance Fund | 0 | 455798 | 455798 | 227384 | |
| Organ fund | 0 | 25216 | 25216 | 24520 | |
| Shoebox Fund | 0 | 208 | 208 | 96 | |
| Toddler Fund | 0 | 135 | 135 | 430 | |
| Puppet Ministry | 0 | -37 | -37 | 242 | |
| Total net current assets | 68575 | 469747 | 538322 | 337671 | |
| Fixed Assets for Church use (Note 9) | |||||
| Curate's House | 0 | 110000 | 110000 | 110000 | |
| Churchyard Gardens of Remembrance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Recreational land | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Net Assets total | 68575 | 579748 | 648323 | 447672 |
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Notes 5 to 14
| Analysis of General Fund components | Income | _Expenditure _ | Gain/Loss(-) | Balance c/f | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry, Premises, Grants, Wages, etc. | 139761 | 173881 | -34120 | 67075 | |
| Narthex letting income | 5252 | 0 | 5252 | 0 | * |
| Vicars aid fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500 | |
| General Fund Total | 145013 | 173881 | -28868 | 68575 | |
| Note 15. Analysis of Events | |||||
| Income | _Expenditure _ | Gain/Loss(-) | Balance c/f | ||
| Shoe Box | 506 | 394 | 112 | 208 | |
| Puppet Ministry | 0 | 279 | -279 | -37 | |
| Holiday Club week | 2700 | 2084 | 616 | 656 | |
| Savio House childrens event | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| Events Total | 3206 | 2757 | 449 | 977 |
*Surpluses/losses are transferred to/from the appropriate fund at the conclusion of the year/event/collection
See also Note 8.2 for analysis of Special collections
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Notes 5 to 14
Report to the Parochial Church Council of St Thomas, Norbury, Hazel Grove on the accounts for the year ended 31st Docembor 2021 set out on pages 7 to 20 Diocose of Choster- Parish No: 1812 Registered Charity 1130910 Respectlve responsibilities of the trustee8 and the examiner The membars of the PCC, Ihg trustees of the charity, consider that an audit Is not r8quir8d for this ye lunder section 43121 of tho Charitsas Act 1993 (the Actll and that an indepeThJent examjnation 15 rwled. It is my responsibility lo.. examine the acLounts lunder sedion 43 of tha Act)". to follow the pro(lreS 18id d¢>vm in the GerEral Directs'ons given by the Chgrity Commission (under section 4317llbl of Ihè Act). and to stat¢ vA)ether partiwlar matters have com8 to my att8nlion. Basis of independent examlner's statement My examinalicn was carried out in accord8nc8 With the General Directions given by thè Charity Comrnis510ners. An examination indLMJes a ravi of the accxjunling records kept by the chanty ènd a comparison ol the acctsunt5 pr858nt8d with Ih)se records. It also Itude$ considanng any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts, and seèking explanations frorn the truslees corteming gJch m8tters The procedur8s und8rt8kgn do rot provide all the evid that wcxjld raquir•d in an audit, and consequentty I do not express an audit opinion on thg accounts. Independent axaminor's statement In th8 ¢ourse of rny exarnination, no matter Mas come lo my attantion.. whith gives me reasonable cause to baliove that in. any matèri81 r&spect, the tnjstees have not mat the r8quirèm6nts lo ènsura that". propor accountsng iacords 8re kept lin accordance with section 41 of the Act). and accounts are prepared which agraè with the aonting red$ and CLJmply wth tr ownting requirements of the Acl., or 2. to which. In my opinion, alt6nti¢n Should be drawn in der lo en*le a wopw Und&rst8r1ng of the acrL)unts to be roachad. Signed.. Dat&". 21.5 ZL Mrs Victoria Fryman 9 Applèwood Close Hgrrnilage Part Wrexh8rn LL13 7GU ExamWI Poge 21 Indry¢ndert EMmlnerf8 Reptyt