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2022-12-31-accounts

THE PARISH OF ST ANDREW CHIPPENHAM

WITH ST NICHOLAS TYTHERTON LUCAS

Reg Charity 1131163

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31[st] December 2022

ST ANDREW’S CHURCH OFFICE, MARKET PLACE, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 3HT http://www.standrewschippenham.org.uk

Hold fast to that which is good. Love & serve the Lord

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st ] DECEMBER 2022

Index

Index
Page
Aims and Purposes 3
Objectves and Actvites 3
Achievements and Performance 4
Financial Review 6
Reserves Policy 7
Pastoral Care & Volunteers 7
Social Responsibility 8
Structure, Governance & Management 9
Administratve Informaton 10
Supplementary Reports
St. Nicholas 12
Children & Young People 13
Social Events 14
Treasurer 15
Friends of St Andrew’s & 100 Club 16
Art Group 17
Cofee Shop 18
Bellringers 19
Flower Arrangers 19
Traidcraf 20
Music 21
Organ 23
St. Andrew’s Analysis of Pledges 24
Independent Examiners Report 27
Statement of Financial Actvites 28
Balance Sheet 29
Notes to Financial Statements 30

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The Parish of St Andrew, Chippenham with St Nicholas, Tytherton Lucas

Charity no 1131163

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2022

Aims and Purposes

The Parochial Church Council of St Andrew’s, Chippenham with St Nicholas, Tytherton Lucas (the PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Rev. Rod Key, in promoting the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical.

The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church and other buildings of St Andrew’s and St Nicholas Church .

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at both St Andrew’s and St Nicholas and become part of our parish community. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how services can involve the many groups that live in the parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music, and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year, the incumbent and the PCC have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.

Provision of Pastoral care for people living in the parish.

Missionary and outreach work

To facilitate the work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of our Churches and other Buildings.

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Achievements and Performance

Chairman’s report

Yet another bumpy year with major military conflict with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Covid was still showing its presence in various new guises and UK politics had many opportunities to entertain us through the media!

St Andrew’s continued its progress back to resuming business as usual. Concerts are now back as a regular feature. The church sound system has been upgraded to provide facilities for visitor groups as well as enhanced features and improved Loop and sound quality. Interest in King Alfred’s Hall continues to grow in various groups and functions.

The finances of St Andrew’s were enhanced with the receipt of £110,000, its share in the proceeds from the sale of 80 Sheldon Road. This has all been invested to finance possible future projects and future maintenance costs of the church fabric. We are fortunate in that our gas and electricity prices are on a fixed contract until 2024/5.

Our Assistant Priest Anton Campbell was ordained at Bristol Cathedral on Saturday 2[nd] July. A shared lunch was held the following day for his family and friends and the congregation.

At a special service in November, St Andrew’s Mothers Union was recommissioned after being closed for the last four years and will be looking to grow with new members.

The year ended with the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in September who was a loved monarch by the nation.

Deanery Synod

The Deanery Synod met three times in 2022. St Andrew’s was represented by Rev. Rod Key, Dick and Eryl Spencer.

The main focus of these meetings is to share good practice and ideas from member churches on how to make the Gospel meet modern day needs.

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This was accomplished by:

Church Buildings

The Fabric committee continued to review the works required by the current Quinquennial Report and to maintain a planned programme to meet all of them before the new report is produced in 2025.

The main repair item in 2022/3 was the renewal of the choir vestry roof. Floor repairs in St Andrew’s were also carried out after they had been identified during one of our periodic health and safety inspections. Committee volunteers cleaned out gutters in preparation for their repair. This work, along with the installation of new roof ladders, will take place when a suitable weather window is identified.

The sound system in St Andrew’s was replaced during the year by a new digital version giving better sound coverage and greater potential use by church musicians and visiting groups/ organisations. The old sound system was recycled into the King Alfred Hall adding to its attraction as a venue.

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Ecumenical Relationships

St Andrew’s is a member of Chippenham Churches Together (CCT) and is actively involved in the running and development of that organisation, being represented on the Executive and the associated Ministers Meeting.

St Andrew’s continues to be represented on other ecumenical activities in Chippenham such as SAT – 7, and has established a working connection with Sheldon Road Methodist Church to promote joint social responsibility and environmental initiatives.

Financial Review

The accounts presented for the parish include those of St Andrew’s and St Nicholas, Tytherton Lucas.

For the Parish as a whole, the accounts show a surplus for the year of £46,478 on unrestricted funds, including £623 for St Nicholas. The surplus at St Andrews arises from the winding up of the Stent Bequest Trust and the subsequent sale of a property in Sheldon Road, Chippenham. The proceeds of the sale were shared, under the Trust, between St Andrews and St Peters Church, Chippenham. St Andrews received £109,698 from the sale and the PCC resolved to invest half the funds through the Chippenham Church Lands Charity for the benefit of the Church’s longer term fabric repairs. The other half has been invested, also with Rathbones, to increase the St Andrews investments to meet future costs of maintaining the Church’s other property and assets.

Apart from this exceptional item, the year has seen a significant increase in income from Hall and Church lettings , the Coffee shop and Social Events. This is largely due to the ending of Covid restrictions which impacted the previous two years. There has at the same time been a small reduction in voluntary giving.

On the expenditure side, the Churches have been able to increase their Parish share to £98,960 at St Andrews and £4,000 at St Nicholas. St Andrews has also been able to reinstate its giving to Charities

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through its Social Responsibility Committee totalling £5,000.

St Andrews investments have been affected by the stock market downturn following the September mini -budget and the loss over the year was £26,592.

St Andrews Restricted Funds, principally the Organ restoration fund , increased by £10,766 to £30,366 during the year.

Reserves Policy

It the PCC’s policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least six months unrestricted payments. For St Andrews, including St Nicholas, this equates to approximately £90,000. It is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and meet emergencies. The cash balance for both Churches held on unrestricted funds at the end of 2022 was approximately £171,000.

Pastoral Care & Volunteers

If you’d been in any doubt about the positive and good-spirited nature of St Andrew’s people, you would only have had to look around at other churches during 2022 to see all the evidence needed to prove the point! Sadly, for various reasons, many churches remained closed or very restricted in activities well into the year, but St Andrew’s followed the old mantra of the BBC when things went wrong – “Normal service will resume as soon as possible”!

Volunteers got busy again as soon as we could – whilst remaining responsible and sensible in how we approached things – and there was a willingness and enthusiasm to restore the rhythms of normal church life in every way possible. People have weighed the risks for themselves against the priorities of community and social interaction and have opted for being together. I’m sure that this is the reason why we are in good heart, when other churches are experiencing a drop in congregations of around a third.

I was particularly heartened when six people offered to help hold monthly services in Care Homes in our parish. Favourite hymns and

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the offer of communion are now possible for many who can’t get to church, and the PCC authorised those six as Communion Assistants. So, from our Annual Parochial Church Meeting to all our volunteers – from music makers to coffee shop bakers, from flower arrangers to Autumn Fayre stagers, from Sunday servers to sub-committee members, from service planners to curtainers and banner(er)s – and to all the others that I can’t make rhyme – thank you once again, from the bottom of our hearts.

Social Responsibility

The Social Responsibility Committee met four times in 2022 to discuss how to promote the Gospel`s message of hope via the following activities:

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church roof as part of our commitment to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 12%.

Structure, Governance and Management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Andrew’s with St Nicholas, the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (the Priest in charge) who is the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, Churchwardens and members elected by those members of the congregation on the electoral roll of the church. All members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including how the funds of the PCC are spent.

The full PCC meets six times a year. The PCC has the following active Sub-Committees:

St Nicholas Church - to order the affairs of St Nicholas’ Church, Tytherton Lucas.

Standing and Finance Committee - general management of church and finances.

Fabric Committee - to look after the maintenance of Church buildings and churchyard.

Organ Committee - to plan the restoration of the organ and raise funds through donations and grants to complete the work required.

Hall Committee - to promote and market the newly refurbished King Alfred Hall to generate income for the Church.

Children and Young People - oversee children’s and young people’s activities in Church.

Social Events Committee – the coordination of social activities and catering in Church.

Social Responsibility Committee- World Development and social responsibility issues; distribution of mission and charitable giving.

Friends of St Andrew’s Committee – Set up to promote the aims of

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the Friends of St Andrew’s to the wider community and to raise funds for the maintenance and improvement of St Andrew’s Church. The Committees are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly with minutes of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary.

Administrative information

St Andrew’s Church is situated in the Market Place, Chippenham, Wiltshire. St Nicholas Church is situated in the village of Tytherton Lucas. The Parish is part of the Diocese of Bristol within the Church of England. The Church’s correspondence address is the Church Office, Market Place, Chippenham, SN15 3HT. The Church’s website is www.standrewschippenham.org.uk.

The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and a charity currently registered with the Charity Commission.

PCC Members who have served at any time from 1[st] January 2021 until the date this report was approved are:

Chair: Rod Key (Priest in charge)

Curate: Anton Campbell

Vice Chair: George Silk (from 2018)

Churchwardens: Jenny Norris (2017) and Gavin Macrae (2021)

Deputy Churchwardens, St. Andrew’s : Margaret Harrison (2018) and Maurice Chadwick (2017)

Deputy Churchwarden, St Nicholas: Brian Elliott (2017)

Licenced Lay Minsters : Eryl Spencer,

Deanery Synod Representatives: Richard Spencer (2018), Jackie Hannis (2021)

Secretary: Pip Higman (2020)

Treasurer: Chris Norris (2017)

Treasurer St Nicholas: Wendy Reeves

Assistant Treasurer: Sue Wood (2019)

Additional Members:

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Vernon Bundy (2021), Jackie Hannis (2021), Maurice Chadwick (2017), Ros Harford (2018), Dorryta Hayward (2018), Gavin Macrae (2020), Mary Pennell (2021) Wendy Reeves (2017), Richard Spencer (2017), Allen Watkins (2020), Barry Hayward (2020), Chris Watkins (2020), Paul Wilson (2018), Ian Wylie (2021) and Barbara Parry (St Nicholas)

The Priest in Charge, Licenced Lay Minsters, Churchwardens, and Deanery Synod representatives are ex-officio members of the PCC. (Years in Brackets indicate year when elected)

Investment Manager: Rathbones, 10, Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4NT Accountants: Monahans, 14a Forest Gate, Chippenham, Wilts SN15 3RS

Electoral Roll Report:

The number on the Electoral Roll as of 31[st] January 2023 is 149

(137 St Andrew’s, 12 St Nicholas)

The comparable numbers for the same date the previous year were 147 (134 St Andrew’s, 13 St Nicholas)

Number of Baptisms in 2022 (2021 in brackets)

1 (0) St. Andrew’s; 0 (0) St Nicholas

Number of Thanksgivings in 2022

1 (2) St Andrew’s; 0 (1) St Nicholas

Number of Marriages in 2022

3 (1) St Andrew’s; 0 (0) St Nicholas

Number of Blessings in 2022

2 (1) St Andrew’s; 0 (0) St Nicholas

Number of Funerals in 2022

20 (18) St Andrew’s; 1(2) St Nicholas

Candidates presented for Confirmation in 2022

0 (0) St. Andrew’s; 0 (0) St. Nicholas

Approved by the PCC on 14th March 2023 and signed on their behalf by the Rev. Rod Key (PCC Chairman)

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Supplementary Reports

St Nicholas Church, Tytherton Lucas

The congregation of St Nicholas are very grateful to the Rev. Rod Key, The Rev. Anton Campbell, and Mrs Eryl Spencer for coming and taking services here. In the Winter the services are 3.30pm and in the Summer at 6.30pm.

The regular congregation is small but very faithful and committed. For festivals and Special Services, the Church is full.

Mr Brian Elliott is the Church Warden. Mrs Wendy Reeves is the Treasurer, ably assisted by Mrs Barbara Parry. Mrs Sheila Laurence is the Secretary. She organises very successful Fund-Raising Events, and organizes the Committee meetings. She also changes the Frontals and makes sure the heating is on for all the services. She was very much missed when she and her husband went on a very well-deserved holiday to South America.

We are indebted to Mr Chris Laurence for putting up the gazebo when we have Special Services. Mrs Robbie Toomey and Mrs Barbara Parry organise the cleaning and flower decorating rotas.

I am the Sacristan. We are very grateful to Mr Paul Fortune, the organist, who comes to play at Special services. We sing unaccompanied at regular services.

The Platinum Jubilee Service was taken by the Rev. Anton Campbell on July 5[th] . This was followed by a delicious lunch held at the home of Mrs Sandy Hames, Gastons Farm, Tytherton Lucas. On September 18[th] the Harvest Festival was held, during which memorial tributes were made to Queen Elizabeth II, and to the Rev Jim Scott. Mrs Judy Scott, his family and friends came, also former members of the congregation. The Rev. Rod Key paid tribute to the Queen. The Marquess of Lansdowne and his daughter Lady Arabella came. Lord Lansdowne gave a very moving and heartfelt tribute to the Rev Jim Scott. This was very much appreciated by Mrs Judy Scott and his family and by our congregation.

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Usually, the Remembrance Service is held in the East Tytherton Moravian Church, for the two villages coming together. This year we were invited to come on the afternoon when the minister was taking their service. Our Committee wished for a morning service so Rod arranged for a morning service to be held at 10.30am on Sunday November 13[th] to which members of the Moravian Church were invited. Mrs Eryl Spencer came and gave a wonderful service. Mrs Linda Gulwell read out the names of the East Tytherton war dead. Several Moravians said they had never been in St Nicholas before and were very glad they came. The Collection sent to the British Legion made £205. It is hoped in future to alternate the services.

The St Nicholas Day Service was taken by the Rev. Anton Campbell on December 4[th] . As usual it was a service to which children were invited and many came.

The Carol Service on December 18[th] was well attended. Ten people gave Readings.

On Christmas Day the Service was taken at 10.00am by the Rev. Rod Key and was well supported.

At a later service we heard that with great sadness (for us) that the Rev. Rod Key will be retiring in 2023.

We are very grateful to Rod for all his wonderful ministry and to Rod and Sue for all their kindness. We wish them great happiness and the very best wishes in their retirement.

Elizabeth Sexton

Children & Young People

Andy’s@4

Our monthly Sunday afternoon service for young families, resumed after lockdowns in September 2021 but attendance throughout 2022 has remained much smaller than in the past. We have a faithful core of regular participants who enjoy the format of our service and have changed from the second to the first Sunday in the month. We continue to text and email families to remind them of sessions and post regularly on our Andy’s@4 page on Facebook, where we have a good

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following by members of Tots and Andy’s@4. As usual, members of Andy’s@4 past and present were eager to sign up for the Knitted Crib Pilgrimage in 2022.

Sunday Club

Sunday Club has not met since March 2020 before the first lock down began. Sunday Club was not large then but was further depleted during the pandemic by children outgrowing the sessions. We have not built up a viable group of children under 9 years of age since 2019.

Knitted Crib Pilgrimage

The 13[th] Annual Knitted Crib Pilgrimage was highly successful, and the number of participants was equal to the pre-pandemic figures. Families remain highly positive about hosting the Crib. Two Crib sets were passed around nearly 40 families this year until the Pilgrimage officially ended on the 20[th] of December at our annual Crib and Christingle Service. Many families who had hosted the Knitted Crib were present at that service.

Family Service on the 4[th] Sunday of the month

Our Family Service has also changed its slot from the 1[st] Sunday of the month to the 4[th] . Since it resumed in September 2021, it has gone from strength to strength. The music has become more integrated with the augmented Band playing at each service with the St Andrew’s Singers. We have varied the structure of the services this year, focusing on one theme - the “I am” sayings of Jesus from St John’s Gospel. There has also been a Café Eucharist on one occasion which drew the Family Service of the Word and the Eucharist together into one service.

Eryl Spencer

Social Events

The Social Committee met five times during the year to plan all the forthcoming events on the Church Calendar where Church members can enjoy socialising together and welcome newcomers and friends into the Church family.

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The events included the Beetle Drive and Pancake Party, Mothering Sunday Simnel Cakes for refreshments with coffee after the Service, All-day Coffee Shop at the Folk Festival, Anton’s Celebration Lunch after his Ordination, The Harvest Supper, Autumn Fayre Refreshments, St Andrew’s Day Fish and Chip Supper, Carols around the Piano with Refreshments and assisting at the Church Flowers Coffee Morning.

We have also helped organise numerous celebrations of special birthdays and anniversaries of Church members with wine, nibbles and cake served after the 10.30am service which everyone enjoys!!

All the events have been very enjoyable and successful due to the hard work of the Committee, Husbands, and extra volunteers.

Thank you to everyone who gave their time and talents so generously throughout the year and produced amazing cakes, pastries scones, puddings, and salads.

Special thanks to our Secretary Ros Harford who records the Minutes so well and prints all the posters, flyers and tickets when required, prints adverts on the pew leaflet and enters articles into the Church Magazine.

The Committee and I are looking forward to another busy year of Social Events and welcome any helping hands that are available to join us. We have had quite a few new people come along to help out during this year with baking, serving, waiting at table and washing up and they have enjoyed the experience and we are so grateful for their help.

Thank you to everyone who comes along and supports all our events year after year which is very much appreciated.

Dorryta Hayward

Treasurer

It’s been a busy year for the Treasurer particularly as church activities have been back in full swing after Covid restrictions ended. An example is Hall lettings which brought in a record £23,000 of income in the year. Each booking is an entry on our bank statement, which seems to

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get longer by the month.

We are also taking more cash through the Coffee Shop and Church collections which now must be taken to the Post Office for banking. Devizes is the nearest HSBC branch open which has a full counter service.

The experiment with cashless payment through the SumUp system has continued at Coffee shop and at other events. Occasional problems with Internet and Wi-fi have been identified but these are being addressed. We have also installed a Paystation by the front porch which is principally for donations from the congregation and visitors, but can be used for other payments. The Paystation has been given to us on a free year’s trial by the Diocese. It remains to be seen if it will be viable to keep it.

I am grateful to Wendy Reeves, Brian Elliott and Sue Wood who help particularly with banking. Sue has also now taken on the role of Gift Aid officer.

Like Rod, I look forward to my retirement and handing over to my successor. (Where are you?)

Chris Norris

Friends of St Andrew’s and 100 Club

During 2023, the Friends of St Andrew’s raised £3,898 with £3,085 coming from the 100 Club. Membership of the 100 Club during the year reached its highest ever level at 87. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to all our loyal members – some of whom have supported this money-raising effort since its beginning.

Just under £380 was raised from a very enjoyable outing to Salisbury in May. We joined up with Chippenham Flower Club to visit the Salisbury Celebration of Flowers at the Cathedral. About 35,000 blooms and hundreds of displays decorated the church building to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee and the end of Cathedral’s 800[th] anniversary year. Displays reflected the building’s magnificent Gothic setting with the centre piece being a replica of the Queen’s coronation robe in flowers. A truly dazzling spectacle!

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The remaining income was generated from both donations and our dedicated volunteers serving refreshments at the Chippenham Civic Society’s Heritage Lecture and Civic Award evening as well as the Abbeyfield School Christmas Concert.

The Friends were able to contribute funds towards the fixing and hanging of the new curtains in King Alfred Hall as well as garden tools to help maintain the Hall Garden. £3,587 remained in the account at the end of 2022 to fund future projects.

Margaret Harrison & Jenny Norris

Art Group

Covid restrictions are gone and the Art Group has been meeting regularly each week on Mondays 2pm-4pm. In summer we meet in Church, in October we move to King Alfred Hall and this January into the Club Room. Our numbers are creeping up, we are usually eight or nine, the Club room is cosy!

This year we worked on individual projects using pastels, acrylics, watercolours, oils and charcoal experimenting with subjects from autumn leaves and colour to producing reproductions of old masters and modernists. Although we are amateurs some members are quite talented and skilful, others are simply enthusiastic!

The ‘Tetraptych’ produced during lockdown is now hanging in the Clubroom. Please look at it when you are there. We will soon be starting a new and more ambitious project, so look out for work by would be Botticelli’s!

In June we had a trip to Bristol Art Gallery to see the Grayson Perry Art Club Exhibition, where we saw other’s lockdown art projects.

Viv, one of our founder members, is no longer a regular with us but we look forward to welcoming her at teatime soon. During our tea break we have a variety of cakes and biscuits -sometimes homemadeand walk around to get different ideas.

New members will be welcome.

Elizabeth Blum, Pauline Carter and Tony Reeves

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Coffee Shop

Coffee Shop opened every Wednesday through the year, apart from a two week break for Christmas. The first week back in January and the last week we were open in December were our quietest days of the year.

There are four teams that volunteer, working on a rota system. These include those who serve and help on the day, and those who bake. Throughout the year we have lost some members and gained others. We would welcome anyone who wishes to join us as a baker or helper on a Wednesday. If you are unable to commit to a regular time slot, then you could always go on a standby list to help out if needed. If interested, please contact the Coffee Shop Co-ordinator, Caroline Emerson, on 01249 658708.

We have many regular customers who have remained loyal to us, and it is good to see them, and any new people who wander in to see what we are about. We operate a waitress/waiter service, and whilst most customers pay by cash, we are also able to offer a card payment facility.

After expenses the takings for the year were as follows: - Jan £601.30, Feb £901.54, Mar £1031.06 (5 weeks), Apr £882.42, May £741.33, Jun £1029.15 (5 weeks), Jul £830.25, Aug £1161.45 (5 weeks), Sept £769.10, Oct £837.55, Nov £1032.30 (5 weeks), Dec £344.25 (2weeks). Total £10,944.02, £700 down on last year’s total.

For the Folk Festival in May, we ran an all-day coffee shop, serving the usual coffee and cakes, together with bacon butties, and soup and salads for lunch. This was overseen by Dorryta, and helpers from all the coffee shop teams, together with other members of the congregation, who provided the cakes and helped to serve etc. Special thanks must go to the two who valiantly spent most of the time washing up and wiping up. This event raised £1,000.

We are only able to continue to operate through the generosity of the bakers and all the helpers on Wednesday mornings and so I say a huge thank you to you all.

Mary Waite

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Bellringers

We have had a mixed year of ringing, with some well attended Wednesday practice nights. and sparsely attended Sunday service ringing. Wednesday’s average attendance was nine this year and Sunday’s average was five, which has been artificially boosted by a recent jump in attendance by homeless Calne ringers. Sadly, we couldn’t raise a band to ring for seven Sunday services earlier this year. We have been lucky to be well supported by Calne ringers whose bells have been removed from the tower ready to be re-hung and augmented from eight to ten. At least three of their ringers attend almost every week and often more.

We are currently teaching three new ringers on a Tuesday evening and have one more returning ringer just about to join us, so hope to have a small boost in numbers soon.

The Chippenham Branch Surprise Practice, held at St Andrew’s on the first Wednesday of the month, has been well supported.

In common with most ringing towers throughout England, we did a lot of half-muffled ringing and chiming in the period following the death of H M Queen Elizabeth ll.

We rang four successful quarter peals last year, before evening service on the 3rd Sunday of the month.

Joanna Wheatland

Flower Arrangers

Our four teams of experienced and talented flower arrangers decorated the Church beautifully throughout the year giving pleasure to many people.

It is a privilege to arrange flowers for so many different occasions and events in such a beautiful building. Among those are Special Anniversaries, Weddings, Civic Services, Memorial Services, Funerals, Remembrance Sunday as well as the Church Festivals at Easter, Pentecost, Harvest and Christmas.

Sadly, the Flower Festival planned to Celebrate the 60[th] Anniversary of the formation of Chippenham Flower Club to be staged in the

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Church, was cancelled, as the dates clashed with the Queens Jubilee Celebrations. However, we did decorate the Church with super arrangements depicting her Majesty’s love of flowers in the appropriate regal colours of red, white, and blue. These were much admired by visitors during that weekend.

The donations received for Lilies and Spring flowers in memory of loved ones ensured superb flowers were arranged for Easter Sunday. The Coffee morning in December raised enough money to decorate the Church with amazing arrangements for the Christmas period and will fund the flowers for 2023 and enable the Church to be always decorated beautifully.

Thanks to everyone who supports us to achieve this. It is very much appreciated by us all.

The new ladies who have joined our teams have enjoyed the challenges set them and felt their flower arranging skills have been enhanced by regularly working together with others who share the same interest.

We are all looking forward to another busy, interesting, and challenging year ahead.

Dorryta Hayward

Traidcraft

Between January and December 2022, St Andrew’s hosted regular stalls after morning services and at Wednesday morning coffee shops. This brought us to a grand sales total of £4,499. Highlights this year have included:

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As ever, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all who have supported our Traidcraft stall this year; I feel that our sales total shows an encouraging level of commitment from the St Andrew’s community.

While I am personally devastated by the recent news that Traidcraft plc has gone into administration, there will continue to be a fair trade stall at St Andrew’s and we will, of course, continue to be a Fairtrade church (answerable to the Fairtrade foundation.) To this end I shall be sourcing products - both food and craft items - from a range of organisations dedicated to fair trade, among them Namaste, Zaytoun, JTS, Fair-to-Trade and Shared Earth.

I will also send regular donations to Transform Trade to assist them in their ongoing support for small-scale artisans and farmers and their tireless campaigns for trade justice.

Debbie Warren

Music

ROBED CHOIR

The choir continues to sing on most Sundays with at least one anthem sung at each service. These tend to be primarily in four parts and comprise a variety of styles from 16[th] century motets to harmonised versions of modern worship songs. Anglican Chant also features at the monthly Evensong. The emphasis is on enjoyment as well as musical accuracy and I believe this comes over in our worship.

Back in June the late Queen celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, and the Royal School of Church Music commissioned a special anthem (“In our Service” by Thomas Hewitt Jones) which we sung at the Sunday Jubilee weekend service – the first time I have ever heard an applause for an anthem in a service, anywhere! This seems so long ago now, but I will never forget that occasion.

The recent carol service was also a musical “high” with two relatively new published anthems sung including a dramatic version of Gaudete! (by Luke Fitzgerald) which we all enjoyed, especially with the support of Christina on the drum. We also sung at Tytherton Lucas’s carol service again which is always a pleasure to be part of. Eight of

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us sang at a wedding in St Andrew’s, Castle Combe at Anton’s request, and with Robin Jackson of St Barts, Corsham on the organ I could actually sing the hymns for a change!

On a personal “note” it was a joy to celebrate my 60[th] birthday in church in September with the Bishop of Bristol present, though I’m sure she wasn’t here for that reason!

Membership of the choir requires regular commitment with weekly practices as well as the services, and I want to thank all choristers, including Rod, for their continued support and enthusiasm. Vacancies exist in all parts, and I would be pleased to welcome anyone who would like to join or to give us a try - no previous experience necessary...

UNROBED CHOIR

This choir sings at the 2[nd] Sunday All Age Eucharist when more unison -type hymns and songs are chosen. The choir tends to comprise mainly members of the robed choir, but anyone is welcome to come and sit up front – currently there is no rehearsal, nor anthem sung, though the occasional hymn in the communion is offered.

ANDYS @ 4

This monthly service for young families includes some easy fun music and songs, which is a central part of the service. It can include chasing music, marching music, and background music as various activities are undertaken by the youngsters. I often play the piano for this, but others do help from time to time, so thank you to you.

Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement, it really is appreciated. I am privileged to be your Organist and Choirmaster as I enter my 7[th] year at St Andrews.

Paul Fortune Organist and Music Leader

MUSIC GROUP

The Music Group was launched back in September 2021 to help lead the Family Service on the 4th Sunday of the month.

The group has grown in number over the months and includes both singers and instrumentalists (guitars, flutes, violin, recorder, ukulele,

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saxophone, percussion and myself at the piano). It's an informal group where people can come along and join us as and when they can, and we usually have a short practice in church on the Saturday morning before the Sunday service itself.

We sing and play a mixture of hymns and songs and I leave the group more or less to their own devices to add harmonies, descants, etc as and when they feel is appropriate. This seems to work well, and the group has gelled together more and more as each service comes.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved for their support and enthusiasm and if anyone else is interested in joining us, please have a word with me, you would be very welcome.

Christina Knowles

Organ

The loss of our Chairman James Adman and the Covid lockdown have led to a severe reduction of activity for the organ fund. Nevertheless, the sum raised during the year was over £ 10,000. This included a collection at “Carols round the Piano” at Christmas, donations from the choir for singing at a wedding and “coppers” in the flagon at the west door of the church. This brings the amount accumulated to £ 31,726, which is sufficient that our treasurer has now set up a deposit account so that it can earn interest on the increasing balance. We are in desperate need of new committee members – especially a new Chairman/Convener – so that we can re-start an events programme.

Chris Higman

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ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, CHIPPENHAM ANALYSIS OF PLEDGES FOR JANUARY 2023

Hopefully some normality following Covid restrictions. We are indeed fortunate with our generous congregation at St Andrew’s that nearly everybody continued to honour their pledges and continued giving either through the Parish Giving Scheme or to give via direct banking payments. Using the Parish Giving Scheme is a great help to our Treasurer – the Gift Aid Payments come into the St Andrew’s Bank monthly and therefore cuts down admin work. Thank you letters were given out to all those who kindly returned and completed their pledge form. As always unfortunately happens, we have lost some long-standing contributing members, several having moved away, and sadly some have died, which obviously makes a difference to balances. However, following two successful Newcomers Evenings, there are a good number of new St Andrew’s members, certainly encouraging news.

The grand total with Tax Reclaim is £78,677. We are fortunate to have the Coffee Shop takings which give us a yearly profit in the region of 10k, the Autumn Fayre and various other events which make money throughout the year. St Andrew’s is committed to our Parish Share to the Diocese, which is nearly £100,000, so we are still on a tight budget.

Wendy Reeves and I are gradually handing over the reins of the Gift Aid and detailed Giving to Sue Wood and Gavin Macrae. Rod has encouraged church members to transfer to the Diocesan Parish Giving Scheme – which is proving successful as from the January 2023 PGS statement 61 entries are on the records, many of those are couples. PGS Giving forms are available at the back of church. Thanks to everyone for their continuing commitment to St Andrew’s Church.

Ros Harford Wendy Reeves Parish Giving Officer & Gift Aid Officer

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Total
With
Gift
Aid
2022
£		 1834 7270 7972 34728 51804
Total
With
Gift
Aid
2023
£		 2299 5403 11392 36628 55722
Average
Pledge
Per
annum
2022
£		 146 414 621 1373 (714)
Average
Pledge
Per
annum
2023
£		 175 403 606 1397 Av.(726)
Total
Pledges
& Gifts
2022
£		 2638 7870 11812 38448 60768 Jan 2022 8964 51804 60768 12951 73719
Total
Pledges
& Gifts
2023
£		 3703 6555 13948 40540 64746
Jan 2023 9024 55722 64746 13931 78677
Number of
Pledges
&
Regular
Givers
2022		 19 19 19 28 85
Number of
Pledges
&
Regular
Givers
2023		 21 16 23 29 89
Non-GA Total GA Total Grand Total Tax Reclaim Grand Total + Tax
Annual
Pledge
£		 £0-£250 £251-
£500		 £501-
£750		 £751 + TOTAL

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115 27

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:
Note
Donations and legacies
2(a)
Other trading activities
2(b)
Investments
2(c)
Church activities
2(d)
Total income and endowments
EXPENDITURE ON:
Raising funds
3(a)
Church activities
3(b)
Total expenditure
NET INCOME
GAINS / (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENT
ASSETS
10
TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:
FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD
FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
95,595
56,787
124,276
5,981
282,639
6,155
230,006
236,161
46,478
(26,592)
360
20,246
777,866
798,112		 Restricted
Funds
£
10,656
1,378
173
-
12,207
1,017
64
1,081
11,126
-
(360)
10,766
19,600
30,366		 2022
2021
£
£
106,251
114,246
58,165
36,146
124,449
10,374
5,981
12,489
294,846
173,255
7,172
8,950
230,070
149,739
237,242
158,689
57,604
14,566
(26,592)
15,849
-
-
31,012
30,415
797,466
767,051
828,478
797,466
TOTAL FUNDS

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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022

Unrestricted
Funds
£
Note
Fixed Assets
Tangible Fixed Assets
9
460,554
Investments
10
164,230
624,784
Current Assets
Debtors
11
7,843
Expenses prepaid
350
Investments
82
Cash
172,944
181,219
Current Liabilities
Creditors
12
4,022
Accruals
12
3,236
Income in advance
633
7,891
Net Current Assets
173,328
Net Assets
798,112
Funds
14
Restricted
Flower
Organ restoration
-
Unrestricted
General
636,883
St Nicholas
25,908
Designated (Fabric)
126,555
Choir
1,495
Organ restoration
2,234
Friends of St Andrews
5,037
798,112
798,112
0		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
30,366
30,366
-
-
-
-
30,366
30,366
893
29,473
30,366
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30,366
-		 2022
2021
£
£
460,554
449,567
164,230
143,202
624,784
592,769
7,843
9,245
350
617
82
80
203,310
208,544
211,585
218,486
4,022
4,875
3,236
2,500
633
6,414
7,891
13,789
203,694
204,697
828,478
797,466
893
893
29,473
18,707
30,366
19,600
636,883
456,128
25,908
25,285
126,555
291,365
1,495
1,495
2,234
2,234
5,037
1,359
798,112
777,866
828,478
797,466
0

The financial statements were approved by the Parochial Church Council on 14th March 2023 and signed on its behalf by:

Chair of PCC

Churchwarden Churchwarden

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Notes to Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2022

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparation

The PCC is an unincorporated charity registered in England and Wales. The address of the PCC is given and nature of the PCC's operations and principal activities are set out in the PCC's Annual Report.

The PCC is a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 governing the individual accounts of PCCs, and with the Regulations’ “true and fair view” provisions, together with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and UK Generally Accepted Practice.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include investment assets at fair value. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the PCC and rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Ireland issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

Recognition of income and endowments

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received.

Grants and donations

Grants and donations are included in the SOFA when any pre-conditions preventing their use by the PCC have been met. For collections and planned giving this is when the funds are received.

Gift Aid Tax claims on donations

Gift Aid and other tax claims are included in the SOFA at the same time as the cash donations to which they relate.

Legacies

For legacies, entitlement is the earlier of the PCC being notified of an impending distribution or the legacy being received. At this point income is recognised.

Volunteer help

The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the annual report.

Other trading activities

Income from trading activities includes income earned from fundraising events and trading activities to raise funds for the PCC. Income is received in exchange for supplying goods and services in order to raise funds and is recognised when entitlement has occurred. Funds raised from events and trading activities are reported gross in the SOFA – i.e., before any related costs that may have been deducted from the gross proceeds.

Investment income

Investment income is earned through holding assets for investment purposes such as shares and property. It includes dividends, interest and rent. Where it is not practicable to identify investment management costs incurred within a scheme with reasonable accuracy the investment income is reported net of these costs. It is included when the amount can be measured reliably. Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method and dividend and rent income is recognised as the PCC’s right to receive payment is established.

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Recognition of liabilities

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation and settlement is probable and quantifiable. Grants payable are recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made externally and there no pre-conditions still to be met for entitlement to the grant which remain within the control of the PCC. The diocesan parish share is accounted for when due.

Fixed assets

Consecrated benefice property

In so far as consecrated and benefice property of any kind is excluded from the statutory definition of “charity” by Section 10(2) (a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011 such assets are not capitalised in the financial statements.

Moveable 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 inalienable property, listed in the church's inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For anything acquired prior to 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the financial statements. Subsequently no individual item has cost more than £1,000 so all such expenditure has been written off when incurred.

Tangible fixed assets for use by the PCC

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost (or deemed cost) or valuation less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.

Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight-line basis over 3 or 5 years depending on the expected life of the asset.

Buildings are included at cost. No depreciation is provided on buildings as the currently estimated residual value of the properties is not less than their carrying value and the remaining useful life of these assets currently exceeds 50 years, so that any depreciation charges would be immaterial. Land is not depreciated.

Investments

Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value with changes recognised in ‘net gains / (losses) on investments’ in the SOFA if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably. Other investments are measured at cost less impairment.

Funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds represent the remaining income funds of the PCC that are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the PCC and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Designated funds

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes, such as for purchasing for fixed assets or for spending on a future project. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Restricted funds

Restricted funds represent (a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or the bequest, and (b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of the year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund. The PCC does not generally invest separately for each fund. Where there is no separate investment, interest is apportioned to individual funds on an average balance basis.

Going Concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements and have taking into account the after effects of the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the PCC to be able to continue as a going concern.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
2a) Donations and legacies
Planned giving
Income tax recovered
Collections
Sundry donations
Legacies
Feoffees
2b) Other trading activities
Church Hall lettings
Use of Church
Coffee Shop
Note 5
Social Events Committee
Note 6
Flowers
Fundraising activities
Autumn Fayre
Friends of St Andrews
Other fundraising
St Nicholas Fundraising
2c) Investment Income
Rent-Church Flat
Dividends
Bank Interest
Sheldon Road Trust income
2d) Church activities
Parish magazine
Fees for weddings & funerals
Traidcraft
Memorial garden fees
Listed Places of Worship Grant
Miscellaneous Income
TOTAL INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS		 St Andrews St Nicholas
Designated
Total
£
£
£
£
58,433
1,840
-
60,273
15,924
1,825
16
17,765
4,735
1,449
-
6,184
3,253
2,570
3,550
9,373
2,000
-
-
2,000
-
-
-
-
Unrestricted Funds		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
37
-
10,619
-
-		 2022
2021
£
£
60,273
66,403
17,802
15,145
6,184
4,740
19,992
20,958
2,000
2,000
-
5,000
106,251
114,246
23,046
10,154
7,587
5,405
11,148
4,150
1,567
501
1,378
1,393
-
4,478
4,952
6,857
6,838
2,089
2,746
15
7
58,165
36,146
10,343
8,267
2,452
2,031
1,956

76
109,698
-
124,449
10,374
755
762
1,981
6,329
-
2,851
907
25
2,338
522
-
2,000
5,981
12,489
294,846
173,255
TOTAL FUNDS
84,345
7,684
3,566
95,595
23,046
-
-

23,046
7,587
-
-

7,587

11,148
-
-

11,148

1,567
-
-

1,567
-
-
-

-
4,478
-
-

4,478
-
-
6,857

6,857
2,059
-
30

2,089
-
15
-

15
49,885
15
6,887

56,787
10,343
-
10,343
2,452
-
2,452
1
120
1,662
1,783
109,698
-
109,698		 10,656
-
-
-
-
1,378
-
-
-
-
1,378
-
-
173
-
122,494
120
1,662
124,276
755
-
-
755
1,981
-
-
1,981
-
-
-
-
907
-
-
907
-
-
2,338
2,338
-
-
-
-		 173
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,643
-
2,338
5,981		 -
260,367
7,819
14,453
282,639		 12,207

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS COMPARATIVE
2a) Donations and legacies
Planned giving
Income tax recovered
Collections
Gift Day
Sundry donations
Legacies
Feoffees
2b) Other trading activities
Church Hall lettings
Use of Church
Coffee Shop
Note 5
Social Events Committee
Note 6
Flowers
Fundraising activities
Autumn Fayre
Friends of St Andrews
Other Fundraising
St Nicholas Fundraising
2c) Investment Income
Rent-Church Flat
Dividends
Bank Interest
Sheldon Road Trust income
2d) Church activities
Parish magazine
Fees for weddings & funerals
Traidcraft
Memorial garden fees
Listed Places of Worship Grant
Miscellaneous Income
TOTAL INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS		 St Andrews
St Nicholas
Designated
Total
£
£
£
£
64,043
2,360
-
66,403
13,775
1,241
-
15,016
3,765
975
-
4,740
-
-
-
-
3,543
6,700
-
10,243
2,000
-
-
2,000
-
-
5,000
5,000
87,126
11,276
5,000
103,402
10,154
-

-
10,154
5,405
-

-
5,405
4,150
-

-
4,150
501
-

-
501
-
-

-
-
4,952
-

-
4,952
-
-

6,838
6,838
2,673
-

-
2,673
-
7

-
7
27,835
7
6,838
34,680
8,267
-

-
8,267
-
-

2,031
2,031
-
5
71
76
-
-
-
-
8,267
5
2,102
10,374
762
-
-
762
5,382
947
-
6,329
-
-
-
-
25
-
-
25
522
-
-
522
2,000
-
-
2,000
8,691
947
-
9,638
131,919
12,235
13,940
158,094
Unrestricted Funds		 Restricted
TOTAL
Funds
2021
£
£
-
66,403
129
15,145
-
4,740
-
-
10,715
20,958
-
2,000
-
5,000
10,844
114,246
-
10,154
-
5,405
-
4,150
-
501
1,393
1,393
-
4,952
-
6,838
73
2,746
-
7
1,466
36,146
-
8,267
-
2,031
-
76
-
-
-
10,374
-
762
-

6,329
2,851
2,851
-
25
-
522
-
2,000
2,851
12,489
15,161
173,255

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Notes to the Financial Statements

3a)
3b)		 EXPENDITURE
Raising funds
Coffee Shop
Note 5
Social Events Committee
Note 6
Flowers
Fundraising activities
Autumn Fayre-draw prizes and expenses
Friends of St Andrew's
Church Flat Expenses
Investment management
Rathbones management charge
Church activities
Grants and donations
Grants - Missionary and Charitable
Note 7
Donations to CCLC
Ministry
Parish share
Clergy expenses
Other expenses
Other
Church running expenses
-heating & lighting
-insurance
-cleaning
-water
Church maintenance
Fabric maintenance
Organ & Piano maintenance
Upkeep of services
Organist and music leader
Other organists
Music
Office Expenses
Miscellaneous expenses
Depreciation
Church Hall
-heating & lighting
-insurance
-maintenance
Churchyard
Memorial garden expenses
Magazine
Traidcraft purchases
Governance
Independent Examiner fee
Total
TOTAL EXPENDITURE		 St Andrews
St Nicholas
Designated
Total
£
£
£
£

673
-
-
673

730
-
-
730
-
-
-
-
140
-
-
140
-
-
3,205
3,205
-
-
-
-
1,407
-
-
1,407
Unrestricted Funds		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
1,017
-
-
-
-		 2022
2021
£
£
673
315
730
134
1,017
1,273
140
482
3,205
3,321
-
1,495
1,407
1,930
7,172
8,950
5,000
1,000
55,000
-
102,960
99,988
1,590
699
-
183
6,544
5,919
7,545
6,515
2,782
1,550
85
82
1,694
3,139
16,193
3,419
1,343
1,587
1,474
1,553
3,798
3,092
680
80
313
313
8,516
7,777
808
479
989
980
2,460

1,355
2,198

2,131
3,079

333
546
550
351
-
1,456
980
-
3,418
2,666
2,617
230,070
149,739
237,242
158,689
TOTAL FUNDS
2,950
-
3,205
6,155

-
-
5,000
5,000
55,000
-
55,000
98,960
4,000
-
102,960
1,590
-
-
1,590
-
-
-
6,214
330
-
6,544
5,879
1,666
-
7,545
2,782
-
-
2,782
85
-
-
85
1,058
636
-
1,694
-
-
16,193
16,193
1,343
-
-
1,343
1,474
-
-
1,474
3,773
25
-
3,798
680
-
-
680
313
-
-
313
8,516
-
-
8,516
585
79
80
744
989
-
-
989
2,460
-
-
2,460
2,198
-
-
2,198
3,079
-
-
3,079
86
460
-
546
351
-
-
351
1,456
-
-
1,456
-
-
-
-

2,666

-
-
2,666		 1,017
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
64
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
201,537
7,196
21,273
230,006		 64
204,487
7,196
24,478
236,161		 1,081

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Notes to the Financial Statements

3a)
3b)		 EXPENDITURE
Raising funds
Coffee Shop
Note 5
Social Events Committee
Note 6
Flowers
Fundraising activities
Autumn Fayre-draw prizes and expenses
Friends of St Andrew's
Church Flat Expenses
Investment management
Rathbones management charge
Church activities
Grants and donations
Grants - Missionary and Charitable
Note 7
Donations to CCLC
Ministry
Parish share
Clergy expenses
Other expenses
Other
Church running expenses
-heating & lighting
-insurance
-cleaning
-water
Church maintenance
Fabric maintenance
Organ & Piano maintenance
Upkeep of services
Organist and music leader
Other organists
Music
Office Expenses
Miscellaneous expenses
Depreciation
Church Hall
-heating & lighting
-insurance
-maintenance
Churchyard
Memorial garden expenses
Magazine
Traidcraft purchases
Governance
Independent Examiner fee
Total
TOTAL EXPENDITURE		 St Andrews
St Nicholas
Designated
Total
£
£
£
£

673
-
-
673

730
-
-
730
-
-
-
-
140
-
-
140
-
-
3,205
3,205
-
-
-
-
1,407
-
-
1,407
Unrestricted Funds		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
1,017
-
-
-
-		 2022
2021
£
£
673
315
730
134
1,017
1,273
140
482
3,205
3,321
-
1,495
1,407
1,930
7,172
8,950
5,000
1,000
55,000
-
102,960
99,988
1,590
699
-
183
6,544
5,919
7,545
6,515
2,782
1,550
85
82
1,694
3,139
16,193
3,419
1,343
1,587
1,474
1,553
3,798
3,092
680
80
313
313
8,516
7,777
808
479
989
980
2,460
1,355
2,198
2,131
3,079
333
546
550
351
-
1,456
980
-
3,418
2,666
2,617
230,070
149,739
237,242
158,689
TOTAL FUNDS
2,950
-
3,205
6,155

-
-
5,000
5,000
55,000
-
55,000
98,960
4,000
-
102,960
1,590
-
-
1,590
-
-
-
6,214
330
-
6,544
5,879
1,666
-
7,545
2,782
-
-
2,782
85
-
-
85
1,058
636
-
1,694
-
-
16,193
16,193
1,343
-
-
1,343
1,474
-
-
1,474
3,773
25
-
3,798
680
-
-
680
313
-
-
313
8,516
-
-
8,516
585
79
80
744
989
-
-
989
2,460
-
-
2,460
2,198
-
-
2,198
3,079
-
-
3,079
86
460
-
546
351
-
-
351
1,456
-
-
1,456
-
-
-
-
2,666
-
-
2,666		 1,017
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
64
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
201,537
7,196
21,273
230,006		 64
204,487
7,196
24,478
236,161		 1,081

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Notes to the Financial Statements

4 TRUSTEE AND KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

The PCC considers that its key management personnel comprises the trustees. There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2022 nor for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Trustees' Expenses

Trustees received £Nil (2021: £Nil ) for expenses incurred while carrying out duties as trustees.

5 COFFEE SHOP ACCOUNT

INCOME
Cash takings for year
EXPENDITURE
Cash payments for coffee, milk, sugar, napkins etc
SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR
6 SOCIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE
INCOME
Cash received at Sunday Services and other events, concerts
EXPENDITURE
Expenditure on refreshments
SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR		 2022
£
11,148
11,148
673
673
10,475
2022
£

1,567
1,567
730
730
837		 2021
£
4,150
4,150
315
315
3,835
2021
£
501
501
134
134
367

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Notes to the Financial Statements

7 GRANTS - MISSIONARY & CHARITABLE

MISSION FUND- DESIGNATED
BALANCE OF FUNDS AS AT 1st JANUARY 2022
TRANSFER TO / FROM GENERAL FUNDS- Ordinarily 10%
of regular giving
NET EXPENDITURE IN THE YEAR -see below
TOTAL FUNDS AS AT 31st DECEMBER 2022
NET EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE
Regular Giving Distributed :-
International
USPG
Natron Healthcare Project
Wellboring
Local
Doorway
Relate Md Wiltshire
Salvation Army Foodbank
Springboard Chippenham
Sisters of the Church
St Peter's Church Food Box
Sheldon Road Methodist Church
Hope & Homes for Children
Green Square Housing - Women's refuge
Total
TOTAL NET EXPENDITURE IN THE YEAR		 2022
£
-
5,000
(5,000)
-
500
500
250
1,250
750
250
750
500
500
500
500
-

-
3,750
5,000
(5,000)		 2021
£
-
1,000
(1,000)
-
250
-
-
250
250
-
-
-
-
-
-
250
250
750
1,000
(1,000)

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Notes to the Financial Statements

8 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:
Donations and legacies
Other trading activities
Investments
Church activities
Total income and endowments
EXPENDITURE ON:
Raising funds
Church activities
Total expenditure
NET INCOME
GAINS ON INVESTMENT ASSETS
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:
FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD
FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
103,402
34,680

10,374

9,638

158,094
7,677

145,844
153,521
4,573
15,849
20,422
757,442
777,864		 Restricted
TOTAL FUNDS
Funds
2021
£
£
10,844
114,246
1,466
36,146
-
10,374
2,851
12,489
15,161
173,255
1,273
8,950
3,895
149,739
5,168
158,689
9,993
14,566
-
15,849
9,993
30,415
9,609
767,051
19,602
797,466

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Notes to the Financial Statements

9 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

COST
At 1st January 2022
Additions for year
At 31st December 2022
DEPRECIATION
At 1st January 2022
Charge for year
At 31st December 2022
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31st December 2022
At 31st December 2021		 Freehold
land &
Buildings
£
447,776
-
447,776
-
-
-
447,776
447,776		 Office
Equipment
Total
£
£
10,008
457,784
11,976
11,976
21,984
469,760
8,217
8,217
989
989
9,206
9,206
12,778
460,554
1,791
449,567

The Church also has silverware on permanent loan to the Heritage Centre. These have been valued at £11,300.

10 FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

MARKET VALUE
At 1st January 2022
Reclassification of cash balance to bank and cash
Purchases
Sales
Change in market value
At 31st December 2022		 Listed
Investments
£
143,202
(3,053)
68,345
(17,672)
(26,592)
164,230

All investments are UK Investments or investments within a portfolio managed within the UK. Split as follows:

UK Index linked Government bonds
UK Investment Grade bonds
Active Managed fixed inc- diversified
Overseas Index linked Government bonds
UK Investment Companies
European Investments
North American Investments
Asia Pacific Investments
Global Investments
Alternatives
Cash		 2022
2021
£
£
10,263
9,976
14,346
11,649
25,674
3,761
5,096
-
35,732
46,074
9,636
5,959
18,485
13,316
4,706
3,124
40,292
31,062
-
15,228
-
3,053
164,230
143,202

11 DEBTORS

HMRC
Other		 2022
2021
£
£
4,878
2,345
2,965
6,900
7,843
9,245

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Notes to the Financial Statements

12 CREDITORS

Creditors
Trade creditors
Accruals
Independent examination fee
Heat and light		 2022
2021
£
£
4,022
4,875
4,022
4,875
2,650
2,500
586
-
3,236
2,500

13 SUMMARY OF ASSETS BY FUND

Tangible fixed assets
Investment fixed assets
Current assets
Liabilities		 Unrestricted
Funds
St Nicholas
Total
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
Funds
Total 2022
£
£
£
£
£
460,554
-
460,554
-
460,554
164,230
-
164,230
-
164,230
155,310
25,908
181,218
30,367
211,585
(7,891)
-
(7,891)
-
(7,891)
772,203
25,908
798,111
30,367
828,478

SUMMARY OF ASSETS BY FUND - Comparative

Tangible fixed assets
Investment fixed assets
Current assets
Liabilities		 Unrestricted
Funds
St Nicholas
Total
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
Funds
Total 2021
£
£
£
£
£
449,567
-
449,567
-
449,567
143,202
-
143,202
-
143,202
173,601
25,285
198,886
19,600
218,486
(13,789)
-
(13,789)
-
(13,789)
752,581
25,285
777,866
19,600
797,466

14 FUNDS

Unrestricted Funds
General- St Andrews
General- St Nicholas
Designated (Fabric)
Choir
Organ restoration
Friends of St Andrews
Mission- designated
Restricted Funds
Flower
Organ restoration		 Bal b/f
01/01/2022
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
Gains/
(Losses)
Bal c/f
31/12/2022
£
£
£
£
£
£
456,128
260,367
(204,487)
151,467
(26,592)
636,883
25,285
7,819
(7,196)
25,908
291,365
7,580
(16,193)
(156,197)
126,555
1,495
1,495
2,234
2,234
1,359
6,873
(3,285)
90
5,037
-
(5,000)
5,000
-
777,866
282,639
(236,161)
360
(26,592)
798,112
893
1,377
(1,017)
(360)
893
18,707
10,830
(64)
29,473
19,600
12,207
(1,081)
(360)
-
30,366
797,466
294,846
(237,242)
-
(26,592)
828,478

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Notes to the Financial Statements

14 FUNDS (CONTINUED)

FUNDS- COMPARATIVE

Unrestricted Funds
General- St Andrews
General- St Nicholas
Designated (Fabric)
Choir
Organ restoration
Friends of St Andrews
Mission- designated
Restricted Funds
Flower
Organ restoration
Traidcraft		 Bal b/f at
01/01/2021
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
Gains/
(Losses)
Bal c/f at
31/12/2021
£
£
£
£
£
£
454,492
131,919
(137,138)
6,855
456,128
19,760
12,235
(6,710)
-
-
25,285
277,166
7,102
(5,349)
(3,403)
15,849
291,365
1,495
-
-
-
-
1,495
2,234
-
-
-
-
2,234
2,295
6,838
(3,322)
(4,452)
-
1,359
-
-
(1,000)
1,000
-
-
757,442
158,094
(153,519)
-
15,849
777,866
775
1,393
(1,275)
-
-
893
7,790
10,917
-
-
-
18,707
1,044
2,851
(3,895)
-
-
-
9,609
15,161
(5,170)
-
-
19,600
767,051
173,255
(158,689)
-
15,849
797,466

Transfers

A transfer was made in the both the current and prior year prior year from the designated fabric fund to general- St Andrews fund in respect of capital additions made in the year. The opening balance of investments was also transferred from the designated fabric fund to general-St Andrews fund.

Transfers have also been made to reflect the allocation of a proportion of regular giving received to the mission designated fund in both the current and prior year.

Fund descriptions

Restricted funds

Flower Fund - This is a fund to support the activities of the Church's flower arrangers.

Organ restoration fund - This is a fund set up towards a specific restoration project for the organ.

Traidcraft Fund - This is a fund which supports the Traidcraft charity from profits made in church through the sale of Traidcraft fairtrade goods.

Unrestricted and designated funds

General funds - these can be used for PCC ordinary purposes and are split between St Andrews and St Nicholas parish.

Fabric Fund - This is an unrestricted fund for the maintenance and repair of the Church building.

Choir Fund - This is a fund to support the activities of the Church Choir.

Organ restoration fund - This is a fund set up to pay for the restoration and upkeep of the organ.

Friends of St Andrew's Fund - This is a fund made up of funds raised by the Friends of St Andrew's to support church projects usually for the Church's Fabric.

Mission - This is a fund to support charities for which collections in church have been made or which the PCC should be supporting through the transfer of funds from the general fund during the year. This was reclassified from restricted funds as a designated fund during the prior year.

15 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

No related party transactions took place during the year (2021: £Nil).

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