## **ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH WRITTLE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of All Saints’ Church, Writtle**
I report to the members of the PCC on my examination of their accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise Receipts and Payments accounts, a Statement of Assets and a Statement of Fund movements.
## **Respective responsibilities and basis of report**
The members of the PCC who are the trustees of the charity are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the accounts of the PCC carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent Examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with my examination, giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Alan C Radford FCA DChA . Needham Cottage Needham Green Hatfield Broad Oak Bishops Stortford Herts. CM22 7JT
29 May 2024
## **Writtle All Saints PCC - 1130967 Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023**
||**From**||**01 January 2023**|**01 January 2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**_Note_**|**To**|**31 December 2023**||**31 December 2022**|
|**CC-DAMP - CC DAMP FUND (Restricted) Fund**|||||
||**Payments**||||
||Charitable activities||||
||Hall Running - Maintenace||0|750|
||_Total Charitable activities_||_0_|_750_|
||**Total payments**||**0**|**750**|
||Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used||0|(750)|
||Brought forward balance||0|750|
|**CC-WIFI -**|**CC HANNAH WIFI FUND (Restricted) Fund**||||
||**Payments**||||
||Charitable activities||||
||Phone and Broadband||0|167|
||_Total Charitable activities_||_0_|_167_|
||**Total payments**||**0**|**167**|
||Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used||0|(167)|
||Brought forward balance||0|167|
|**Woodhouse - Woodhouse (Fabric) Trust (Endowment) Fund**|||||
||Brought forward balance||12,821|14,523|
||Adjustments||1,216|(1,702)|
||**Total carried forward balance**||**14,037**|**12,821**|
|**WCC - CC GENERAL FUND (Designated) Fund**|||||
||**Receipts**||||
||Incoming resources from generated funds||||
||_Voluntary income_||||
||Donations - Gift Aid||0|1,000|
||Tax Reclaimed||0|38|
||_Total Voluntary income_||_0_|_1,038_|
||Incoming resources from charitable activities||||
||Church Hall Rental income||53,275|47,788|
||_Total Incoming resources from charitable activities_||_53,275_|_47,788_|
||**Total receipts**||**53,275**|**48,826**|
||**Payments**||||
_**There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown**_
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**From 01 January 2023 01 January 2022 To 31 December 2023 31 December 2022**
_**Note**_
|**31 De**
**To**
**_Note_**|**cember 2023**
**31**|**December 2022**|
|---|---|---|
|Charitable activities|||
|Mission & Charities|5,000|0|
|Hall Manager|6,412|5,756|
|General Admin|341|116|
|Phone and Broadband|1,823|506|
|Miscellaneous|0|900|
|Hall Running - Gas|1,895|4,213|
|Hall Running - Electricity|206|1,393|
|Hall Running Insurance|1,919|2,118|
|Hall Running - Maintenace|12,511|23,654|
|Hall Running - Equipment maintenance|1,274|1,785|
|Hall Running - Cleaning|11,019|9,717|
|Hall Running - Water|906|418|
|Governance Costs|841|619|
|_Total Charitable activities_|_44,152_|_51,202_|
|**Total payments**|**44,152**|**51,202**|
|Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used|9,122|(2,375)|
|Brought forward balance|17,590|19,965|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**26,713**|**17,590**|
|**General - General fund (Unrestricted) Fund**|||
|**Receipts**|||
|Incoming resources from generated funds|||
|_Voluntary income_|||
|Standing Order Giving|28,252|30,076|
|Giving Envelopes|5,542|7,470|
|Loose Plate collections|3,737|4,437|
|Donations - General|11,938|5,129|
|Donations - Charity Appeals|0|1,915|
|Tax Reclaimed|9,968|11,387|
|_Total Voluntary income_|_59,438_|_60,417_|
|_Activities for generating funds_|||
|Fundraising|20,370|16,991|
|_Total Activities for generating funds_|_20,370_|_16,991_|
|_Investment income_|||
|Interest|9,013|1,892|
|_Total Investment income_|_9,013_|_1,892_|
|Incoming resources from charitable activities|||
|Parochial Fees|14,927|17,130|
|_Total Incoming resources from charitable activities_|_14,927_|_17,130_|
|**Total receipts**|**103,750**|**96,431**|
|**Payments**|||
|Charitable activities|||
|Mission & Charities|127|1,975|
|Parish Share|54,385|66,866|
|Incumbent working expenses|1,380|1,477|
|Church Insurance|6,593|6,600|
|Church Repair & Maintenance|3,116|3,766|
|Upkeep of Services|4,724|5,964|
|Upkeep of Churchyard|2,727|3,975|
|General Admin|752|1,075|
_**There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown**_
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||**From**||**01 January 2023**|**01 January 2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**_Note_**|**To**|**31 December 2023**||**31 December 2022**|
||Phone and Broadband||1,055|912|
||Parish office costs||42|0|
||Church office - Photocopier||672|595|
||Church running Electricity||6,831|2,744|
||Church Running Heating Oil||3,879|4,672|
||Governance Costs||612|507|
||_Total Charitable activities_||_86,900_|_101,136_|
||**Total payments**||**86,900**|**101,136**|
||Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used||16,850|(4,704)|
||Brought forward balance||50,908|55,996|
||Adjustments||0|(383)|
||**Total carried forward balance**||**67,758**|**50,908**|
|**Fabric -**|**Fabric Fund (Restricted) Fund**||||
||**Receipts**||||
||Incoming resources from generated funds||||
||_Investment income_||||
||Interest||0|850|
||_Total Investment income_||_0_|_850_|
||**Total receipts**||**0**|**850**|
||Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used||0|850|
||Brought forward balance||7,160|6,310|
||Adjustments||274|0|
||**Total carried forward balance**||**7,434**|**7,160**|
|**Fabric -**|**Fabric Fund (Endowment) Fund**||||
||Brought forward balance||28,694|32,469|
||Adjustments||2,775|(3,774)|
||**Total carried forward balance**||**31,470**|**28,694**|
|**Friends**|**- Friends of Writtle Church (Restricted) Fund**||||
||**Receipts**||||
||Incoming resources from generated funds||||
||_Voluntary income_||||
||Donations - General||637|25,660|
||_Total Voluntary income_||_637_|_25,660_|
||_Activities for generating funds_||||
||Fundraising||0|6,447|
||_Total Activities for generating_|_funds_|_0_|_6,447_|
||**Total receipts**||**637**|**32,107**|
||**Payments**||||
||Cost of generating funds||||
||_Fundraising trading cost of goods sold and other costs_||||
||Fundraising Costs||0|310|
||_Total Fundraising trading cost of goods sold and other_|_costs_|_0_|_310_|
_**There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown**_
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**From 01 January 2023 01 January 2022 To 31 December 2023 31 December 2022**
_**Note**_
|**Total payments**|**0**|**310**|
|---|---|---|
|Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used|637|31,796|
|Brought forward balance|96,857|65,061|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**97,494**|**96,857**|
|**- Garden of Rest (Designated) Fund**|||
|**Receipts**|||
|Incoming resources from charitable activities|||
|Inscription Fees|2,580|2,727|
|_Total Incoming resources from charitable activities_|_2,580_|_2,727_|
|**Total receipts**|**2,580**|**2,727**|
|**Payments**|||
|Charitable activities|||
|Upkeep of Churchyard|4,859|558|
|_Total Charitable activities_|_4,859_|_558_|
|**Total payments**|**4,859**|**558**|
|Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used|(2,279)|2,169|
|Brought forward balance|8,967|6,798|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**6,688**|**8,967**|
## **Garden-R - Garden of Rest (Designated) Fund**
## **Special-P - Special Projects (Designated) Fund**
|**- Special Projects (Designated) Fund**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Payments**|||
|Charitable activities|||
|Equipment|1,328|0|
|_Total Charitable activities_|_1,328_|_0_|
|**Total payments**|**1,328**|**0**|
|Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used|(1,328)|0|
|Brought forward balance|27,920|27,920|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**26,591**|**27,920**|
_**There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown**_
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**From 01 January 2023 01 January 2022 To 31 December 2023 31 December 2022**
_**Note**_
## **Anelli - Fred Anelli Fund (Restricted) Fund**
|**Anelli - Fred Anelli Fund (Restricted) Fund**|||
|---|---|---|
|Brought forward balance|12,982|12,982|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**12,982**|**12,982**|
|**Luckin - Non-PCC Luckin-Smith Fund (Restricted) Fund**|||
|Brought forward balance|4,262|4,262|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**4,262**|**4,262**|
|**Upson - Upson Memorial Fund (Restricted) Fund**|||
|Brought forward balance|2,757|2,757|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**2,757**|**2,757**|
|**Vicar-CW - Non-PCC Vicar & Churchwarden fund (Restricted) Fund**|||
|**Receipts**|||
|Incoming resources from generated funds|||
|_Investment income_|||
|Dividends|918|455|
|Interest|0|459|
|_Total Investment income_|_918_|_914_|
|**Total receipts**|**918**|**914**|
|**Payments**|||
|Charitable activities|||
|Mission & Charities|0|914|
|_Total Charitable activities_|_0_|_914_|
|**Total payments**|**0**|**914**|
|Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used|918|0|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**918**|**0**|
|**Vicars-D - Non-PCC Vicar's Discretionery Fund (Restricted) Fund**|||
|**Receipts**|||
|Incoming resources from generated funds|||
|_Investment income_|||
|Interest|0|64|
|_Total Investment income_|_0_|_64_|
|**Total receipts**|**0**|**64**|
|Excess of Incoming resources over Resources used|0|64|
|Brought forward balance|619|554|
|**Total carried forward balance**|**619**|**619**|
_**There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown**_
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**From 01 January 2023 01 January 2022 To 31 December 2023 31 December 2022**
_**Note**_
## **Vicars-D - Non-PCC Vicar's Discretionery Fund (Endowment) Fund**
Brought forward balance 1,905 2,156 Adjustments 83 (250) **Total carried forward balance 1,988 1,905**
_**There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown**_
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## **ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH WRITTLE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of All Saints’ Church, Writtle**
I report to the members of the PCC on my examination of their accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise Receipts and Payments accounts, a Statement of Assets and a Statement of Fund movements.
## **Respective responsibilities and basis of report**
The members of the PCC who are the trustees of the charity are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the accounts of the PCC carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent Examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with my examination, giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Alan C Radford FCA DChA . Needham Cottage Needham Green Hatfield Broad Oak Bishops Stortford Herts. CM22 7JT
29 May 2024