2022-12-31-accounts

St Mary the Virgin, Almondsbury

Annual Parochial Church Report

Presented at a meeting held on 14[th] May 2023

This combined report is presented in accordance with the Charity Commissioner’s Statement of Recommended Practice commonly known as SORP 2005.

CONTENTS

Section 1

Annual Report of the proceedings of the Parochial Church Council.

Section 2

Accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2022 incorporating:

• Summarised statement of financial activities for the year;

• Balance sheet as at the year end;

• Detailed notes to the accounts;

• Independent Examiner’s Report.

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St Mary the Virgin, Church Road, Almondsbury, BS32 4DT

Annual Report of the proceedings of the Parochial Church Council and the activities of the parish generally for the year to 31 December 2022.

Correspondence address: St Mary’s Church, Church Road, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4DT

PCC Members:

Rev Paul van Rossum (Associate Vicar) Mike Jenkinson (Chair/Lay Minister) Astrid Domingo Molyneux (Lay Minister) Clare Jefferis (Deanery Synod) David Thomson (Deanery Synod) Nick Roach (Treasurer) Liz Tierney (Safeguarding Officer and Data Protection Lead) Tim Jefferis (Churchwarden) Dick Avery Thelma Gibbs Rosemary Griffiths Mo Pearson Rose Pullan Sandy Thompson Mike Tierney Pam van Rossum Judi Thomson (PCC Secretary)

The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The Parish of St Mary’s, Almondsbury, is part of the Benefice of Almondsbury and Pilning with Compton Greenfield, which is currently in vacancy.

The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure. The appointment of PCC members is governed by and set out in the Church Representation Rules and is from those on the Electoral Roll of the Parish. The PCC is registered with the Charity Commission (registration number 1131407).

ASSOCIATE VICAR’S REPORT

This report relates primarily to the calendar year 2022. For the first half of the year Philip Rowe was in post as Vicar as we emerged from the pandemic and live streamed services were replaced by in-person services.

Unfortunately, the choir decided that it could not continue and disbanded. As a result, the previous pattern of three services was replaced by a new pattern of an 8.30am said Communion Service and a 10am All-Age Service.

Then, following Philip Rowe’s retirement in August 2022, the role of ‘vicar’ has been carried out by Astrid Domingo Molyneux, Mike Jenkinson and myself working together. As well as leading services in Almondsbury, we have also taken services and funerals at St Peter’s, Pilning.

As Philip wrote in his report last year, the role of the Vicar working with the Parochial Church Council is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. At St Mary’s we have focused this on our Mission Statement of ‘Connecting with God, each other and our community.’

We have continued to connect with God. As we moved through 2022 confidence grew and numbers at services have returned to pre-pandemic levels. For example, over 500 people took part in the two Christingle Services on Christmas Eve. Messy Church is meeting regularly every

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month in Church and the monthly Saturday morning prayer meeting has continued in-person with healthy numbers attending.

We have also continued to connect with each other, particularly through the coffee time after the All-Age service. The house group has continued online and in 2023 a new weekly lady’s group has started to meet in church. The Daily Thought email has also continued, with over 200 people receiving it each day.

We have connected with the community through various means. The weekly toddlers’ group meets every week in Church in term-time. The ministry of the Church in being available for private prayer during the week has been enhanced by the new glass doors and underfloor heating. We continue to contribute to school life through an input to an assembly every two weeks by Pam Skelding and through the work of the foundation governors. We have continued to promote a ‘Charity of the Month,’ which both raises awareness and funds. We also support local agencies including the Sisters of the Church Food Bank in St Pauls, Bristol North West Home Bank, and the Salvation Army Christmas Toy appeal.

We are hugely grateful to all those who, often in unseen ways, have worked hard to enable us to do all of this in ever changing circumstances. It is through good teamwork and God’s grace that the mission of St Mary’s has continued to grow through the year.

We are currently working with the Diocese on the appointment of a new vicar to lead the South Severnside Benefice of Almondsbury, Pilning and Compton Greenfield. We will report on progress at the AGM.

Paul van Rossum, Associate Vicar

CHURCH WARDEN

Having been elected at the Extraordinary Parish Meeting on 10 July 2022 and then attended the on-line Archdeacon’s Visitation in August, I am privileged to serve the church as Churchwarden.

I will leave matters concerning the fabric and furnishings of the church to the Finance and Buildings report and matters concerning worship and mission to the Worship and Mission report.

Following the retirement of Philip Rowe in August 2022 the church worship has been sustained by the Associate Vicar and the Licensed Lay Ministers (Paul, Astrid and Mike) and we are profoundly grateful to them for their hard work week in and week out. We are also grateful to all of the volunteers who work hard to ensure that all the church groups, activities and processes have continued. Through the efforts of all these people we have continued to offer worship, teaching and fellowship in the church and also have reached out to touch the lives of many others.

My primary focus has been on managing the process for appointing a new vicar to the South Severnside benefice. This usually takes in excess of 12 months and sometimes much longer, so I am pleased to report that we have made good progress and a timetable has been agreed, which anticipates the new incumbent taking up their post in October or November 2023.

We are working jointly with the other churches in the benefice (St Peter’s Pilning and All Saints Compton Greenfield) to ensure that we can compile an accurate and compelling picture of the benefice and the three churches. We are additionally working with Father Charles Sutton (Area

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Dean) and Canon Mark Pilgrim to make sure that we capture a ‘personal specification’ for the new incumbent that reflects the needs and opportunities of the whole benefice.

We have agreed with the diocese that the new incumbent’s sole pastoral responsibilities will be the South Severnside Benefice, which will help ensure that the churches of Almondsbury, Pilning and Compton Greenfield are able to continue to serve the parishioners.

Tim Jefferis, Church Warden

WORSHIP AND MISSION

We have continued to receive reports on various aspects of the church’s spiritual life and on how the church is functioning. These are considered and recommendations made to the PCC.

A new Ministerial team format is in place, following Philip’s retirement in August and is working well. Paul, Mike and Astrid are getting to know the 8.30 service attendees and it is reported that they are very appreciative.

Paul is also taking a Communion Service at Pilning on the first Sunday of the month, as Philip used to do.

It is recognised how hard the ministerial team are working, especially with the extra unseen work of managing email requests and concerns as well as funerals etc. It will be a relief when a new minister is in place.

It is also recognised how an unseen army of welcomers, AV team, cleaners, Praise group members, Banner ladies, readers, prayer folk, etc pull together.

The 10.00am service is well attended and there is good ‘chatting’ afterwards – always a good sign of a loving community and an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to minister to the Church ‘body’. The Catering team do a great job providing drinks etc.

The wider Community Services have been well attended e.g. Remembrance, Carol, Christingle. It is often commented on how the local community or visitors pop into church for some reflection time.

The Charity of the Month focus engages the congregation in looking beyond our immediate concerns.

The Tea, Toast & Prayer continues once a month and is well attended.

2 small groups are running.

Messy Church and Toddlers continue to provide a service to the community.

The Good Friday Activity morning is very busy.

Pam van Rossum, Chair, Worship and Mission Team and Rose Pullan, Ex-Chair, Worship and Mission Team

BUILDINGS

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Thank you everyone who has helped so much with our Finance and Buildings this year. Revd Philip Rowe, took on many F&B duties at cost to his free time and ministry. Nick Roach’s work as treasurer is excellent, and the Church would be lost without the knowledge and hard work of Dick Avery, Gerry Anniss, and Graham Jeffery. Tim Jefferis has offered PCC wise strategic guidance towards prioritising our spending. We acknowledge funding from Almondsbury Charity and the H R Stephens trust.

In terms of work, we have enjoyed a small rest from quinquennial and triennial business. The diocese is yet to announce the date of the next quinquennial review, but expect it to happen next year, 2024. We have pretty well tackled all the recommendations we intended to address. The remaining “deferred work” will demand big spending in the future. The possible costs on my list, broadly in the region of £100,000, would necessitate external funding.

Our proudest achievement must be the completed chemical treatment of the vestry ceiling. This required a morning of the contractor’s time, but also a huge amount of persuading, pleading and cajoling from John Ingle, Graham Jeffery and myself to get authorisation from the DAC (their adviser has strong views against chemicals). In time ceiling panels will need to be reinstalled and possibly some form of ventilation added. The Almondsbury Charity funded the redecoration of hoppers and downpipes in September. Thanks to support from the Stephen’s Trust, problems with the hearing loop have been rectified.

The treasurer’s report addresses our main concern - a financial shortfall. The first warnings came at the start of this church year, and the projected accounts have forced a severe reduction in our contribution to parish share (from £64000 requested versus £30000 pledged).

The church must therefore be frugal and cautious in other spending; hence delays to several items of maintenance and repair. One example of the items on hold is the felling of the Norway Spruce in the churchyard corner (notwithstanding possible future damage to graves and walls). We are seeking to reduce the frequency and cost of churchyard maintenance and grass cutting. With regards to deferred quinquennial recommendations, PCC did reject our advice to get quotes for “touching up” the Nave paintwork (my fault - I put the case clumsily). It would be worthwhile reviewing this decision, and also considering repairs or complete refurbishment of the woodblock floor in the Nave. (Both would require funding from external charities.)

Some spending has continued for reasons of safety. The lightning conductor was repaired last April. Repairs to the lights in the choir vestry await DAC advice. We are grateful to the bellringers for financial assistance towards the forthcoming replacement of spire ladders.

The costs of heating require careful monitoring, particularly as the price of fuel oil has doubled.

Finally, the current membership of F&B is depleted and, moreover, some of us will soon stand down. I would be delighted to talk to potential new members. In particular, our treasurer will be unable to continue much longer; an understudy is required in the first instance. The vital role of safety representative remains unfilled. I am slowly moving my place of worship to within walking distance of our house in Alveston, and wish to hand over to a new Chair of F&B.

Mike Tierney, Chair, Finance and Building Committee

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

At the end of the accounting year (31 December 2022) our financial position continues to deteriorate. Our investment assets now stand at £128,863 as against £175,768 a year ago. A drop of £46,905 - partly due to the fall in the stock market (our funds are invested with the CofE CCLA organisation) and partly because our expenditure exceeded income and was met by drawing down investment funds.

Our 2022 income was £68,368 against an expenditure of £103,805. A deficiency of £35,437 of which £30,205 represents an operating shortfall and the rest being unusual expenditure on church infrastructure.

All of our available reserves (i.e. those not tied up in Endowments and the like) are allocated to funds such as the Bell Fund, Building and Grounds and the Long Term Reserve. These represent a commitment to the enduring survival of a strong and healthy Church – at least over our 10 year planning window. The difference between the available reserve and the various funds to which the PCC has earmarked funds stands at £2k. This represents the PCC’s ability to spend without eating in to the existing fund allocations.

The PCC has already taken a substantial step towards addressing our operating shortfall in 2023 by reducing our contribution to the Parish Share to £30k per annum. This was a very difficult decision to have to make and sadly reflects a position that many of our local churches are also having to make. We still need to find substantial savings elsewhere and have plans to significantly raise our income. We have committed to considering raising our Parish Share contribution later in the year as and when our funding position improves.

The PCC is committed to continuing all the support and services that the Church currently provides:

• Keeping the church warm for services, (including weddings and funerals) and during the

• week days to allow folk to continue to drop in, explore the church, enjoy coffee mornings, prayer meetings and all the religious, community and social activity that the Church supports. • Support outreach activities.

• Support children and youth services such as Messy Church and Toddlers group.

• Support our charities such as missionary services in Uganda.

Nick Roach, Treasurer

SAFEGUARDING – PROMOTING A SAFER CHURCH

It is the aim of St Mary's Church to develop the spiritual and social life of the children and young people in church in a safe and secure environment and to protect them from harm whenever possible. St Mary's Church also aims to provide respectful, pastoral care for adults.

The church endeavours to follow the Safeguarding Principles of the Church of England which are:

• The care and nurture of and respectful pastoral ministry with all children, young people and adults.

• The safeguarding and protection of all children, young people and adults when they are vulnerable.

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• The establishing of safe, caring communities which provide a loving environment where there is informed vigilance as to the dangers of abuse.

In terms of Safeguarding, it is the duty of the PCC, with the incumbent, to promote a safer church for all in the church community, and to ensure there is a plan in place to raise awareness of, promote training and ensure that safeguarding is taken seriously by all those in the church community.

Because St Mary's Church provides activities for children and young people and provides pastoral care for vulnerable adults the PCC is classed as a charity. Members of the PCC, as trustee of that charity, are eligible for DBS enhanced checks under the recommendation of the Church of England and Charity Commission. They are also expected to undergo the online Basic Awareness, Foundation and Raising Awareness to Domestic Abuse Training as recommended by the Diocese of Bristol.

St Mary's Church also continues with its requirement that all those wishing to work directly with children or to undertake pastoral visits on behalf of the church must go through our internal vetting procedure and obtain Enhanced DBS clearance.

We currently have in total 28 have also been cleared to do children’s work and pastoral visiting. All PCC members have had DBS checks, as required by the Charity Commission, which is an additional 6 people. During the past year we have had 2 people who have left, 3 newly recruited workers and 7 renewals, with 3 potential new recruits.

The church office keeps an up to date record of all the DBS certificates, date of issue (renewal after 3 years), level of clearance, whether children’s or adult work is undertaken and what safeguarding training has been done, which the highest level is required to be refreshed every 3 years.

The Church of England now expects that all church paid staff and volunteers to receive Safeguarding training appropriate to their level of involvement in church activities. Most Basic Awareness and Foundation training continues to be undertaken online. A zoom training programme is in place for the Leadership course. Most people who were required to, have completed their refresher training over the past year.

The Church of England have made it mandatory (as from the beginning of 2022) that all PCC members, group leaders and pastoral visitors to do the Raising Awareness to Domestic Abuse Training. This is an online module which will need to be refreshed every 3 years. There is also a new online Safer Recruitment & People Management Module which the PSO and one other need to be identified to do and refresh every 3 years.

The Church office will keep a record of all training undertaken so please notify the office and the Parish Safeguarding Officer of any C of E Safeguarding training undertaken.

We continue to use the online Safeguarding Dashboard – this allows us to be able to track all the Safeguarding Policies and Processes. The PSO is responsible for the Dashboard and has editor rights – and some PCC members have read rights to the dashboard. New in January 2023, there has been an addition to the Dashboard called the Safeguarding Hub – this will allow us to enter and keep track of all DBS records and training records, and this is work in progress.

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The Safeguarding Policy and guidelines have been reviewed and updated, and approved by the PCC in March 2022. This policy can be found on the Church’s website, under Safeguarding and Data Protection heading.

Thank you to those who have renewed their DBS certificate this year, also those who have undergone Safeguarding training. Their commitment to Safeguarding in our church is greatly appreciated as is the support from Philip Rowe, the Ministry Team, Group Leaders and the Safeguarding Team at Diocese of Bristol. Thank you for everyone who has supported me in my role.

Liz Tierney, Parish Safeguarding Officer

DATA PROTECTION REPORT

It is nearly 5 years since the new legislation for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. Though we have left the EU, these rules will still apply.

The following can be found on the Church’s Website – The Data Privacy Policy, Data Consent Form and Data Protection Procedures Policy. There are copies of the Data Consent Form in church.

Various other data consent forms are available for other areas where personal data may be displayed in the public domain – like Noticeboards, the website or the Lich Gate.

All data, apart from the Lich Gate, is kept in the Church Office. The Associate Vicar, Data Protection Lead and Parish Administrator have access to the data. The Lich Gate data is kept by the Data Protection Lead and passed onto the Lich Gate Editor for inclusion in the Lich Gate.

We as a Church MUST with all emails relating to Church business using the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) option – many of us already do use this. We must remember that not everyone wants their email address in the public domain.

Thank you to everyone who filled these Data Consent forms over the past year.

Liz Tierney, Data Protection Lead

PRAISE GROUP REPORT

What a joy to be normal again after a time of restrictions imposed during the pandemic and its aftermath. It is great to be back in church worshipping God together in words, song and with music. My thanks go to everyone for co-operating with the various impositions and still being mindful of others, even though formal restrictions have been lifted for some time.

The praise group has played throughout the year and has comprised various combinations of Astrid, Lyn, Matthew, Sandy, Simon, Jenefer, Susan, Stephen, Sue, Helen and me. Sadly, we have lost Sue, Stephen and Susan during the year, as they have moved out of the area or joined a more local church.

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I would like to thank Astrid and Sandy for planning the worship each week. I would also like to thank the AV team for honing the sound and operating the projector and screens each week, allowing the whole congregation to participate in worship more effectively.

If anyone else would like to take part in the Group, as a singer or musician, they would be very welcome to join us. This could be on a regular or occasional basis, whatever suits. We are not looking for musical excellence; just a heart to work together to lead people in worship, and draw them closer to God.

Mike Jenkinson

REPORT ON BRISTOL WEST DEANERY SYNOD

Report not yet received

DIOCESE OF BRISTOL REPORT

Report not yet received

THANKS

The PCC employs Matthew Thomas as Organist and Judi Thomson as Church Administrator. All other routine activities are undertaken by volunteers and Council places on record its appreciation of these volunteers who give their time and skills to the church and community.

ADOPTION

This report was adopted by the Council at its meeting on 21[st] March 2023 for presentation to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 14[th] May 2023.

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St Mary the Virgin, Almondsbury

Reports from Organisations

Distributed with the Annual Parochial Church Report

Presented at a meeting held on 14[th] May 2023

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FLOWER ARRANGERS

Report not yet received.

Sarah Redmond, Flower Organizer

THE LICH GATE

General

Following the easement of the Covid-19 restrictions and public events and meetings recommencing, external content for the magazine returned to near pre-Covid levels at the beginning of the year. The combination of post Covid recovery and the conflict in the Ukraine has led to a global cost of living increase that is affecting both advertisers and the printers.

In particular, the printers announced a price increase in December 2022 for 2023; having kept the prices stable throughout the pandemic when they themselves experienced significant loss in business revenue. This increase is 11.5%, but they did propose that it could be reduced to moving to a slightly lower grade of paper (and also reducing the number of pages). This coupled with anticipated reductions in advertisers that always accompany the new advertising year, has led to the conclusion that there is a real risk that the magazine would operate at a loss during 2023 and that significant action would be required to prevent this (and for the magazine to continue to be even produced at all).

Editorship

I did advise over a year ago that I would be giving up the role of editor at the end of January 2023, and that the February 2023 edition would be my last. This was timed to coincide with the new advertising year which starts in March. I am delighted to advise that Mr Garth Jackson has offered his services and following a formal review process managed by the PCC that he has been confirmed in this role.

Garth is a local businessman who is very active in the community and he currently runs the Almondsbury Active centre that was previously the social club on the Almondsbury Parish Hall & Recreation ground complex. The complex itself is a registered charity (managed & run by its trustees) and since taking over in January 2019, Garth has managed the facility through the entire Covid 19 pandemic and has made significant changes and improvements to its running and operations. He has already started to take on the challenges of the Lich Gate and to head off the potential issues it faces.

Distribution

Ray Daniels who has been managing the group of volunteers who deliver the magazine announced at the end of last year that he was no longer in a position to carry out this role. Mr Steve Townsley volunteered to take this activity over – commencing with the February 2023 edition (pending confirmation of the new editor – and if the magazine was to continue at all) and has acted proactively to establish the necessary contacts with the printers and with Ray for a handover

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On-Line

PDF copies of the magazine are posted to the Almondsbury Community Facebook site and to a dedicated FB magazine site (339 members and increase from 229 last year). There is a dedicated Email for the magazine: [e-mail]

Printing

All issues during 2022 / 2023 were produced on time – Motion Printers of Severn beach who print it are reliable and flexible and provide a very good service. Personally, I am very happy with them and I see no reason for any change in this area even given the project price increase as these cost issues will impact all other printers and they were by far the cheapest (and best) provider when they were selected approximately six years ago.

Thanks

My grateful thanks to everyone involved with the Lich Gate magazine and for their help and support during my time as the editor. I wish Garth, John Ingle and Steve all success for the coming year I have met with Garth and a member of his staff who will be working on the magazine, I am in the process of handing over to them and I will continue to be available to help in any way I can for as long as they can put up with me.

Edward Ranger, Editor

CHILDREN’S WORK

The children’s group meets each week throughout the year during the All- Age service. There are about 5 regular attendees and sometimes more children who are visiting. There is no Youth group.

Last year’s Good Friday Activity morning was very well attended with 56 children and 40 adults in addition to our helpers. People had returned after our last two Easter lockdown videos.

An Elevensies event with Treasure Hunts, was held after the service at the beginning of September to ‘kick off’ the term. It was quite well attended with a good buzz including younger children and Dads. It did not, however, bring in extra families to the service before.

The Toy and Gift Service with pop up Nativity, included a few extra children but numbers were lower than expected. Several bags of toys were taken to the Salvation Army hub at Staple Hill.

The Christingles were as popular as ever, especially the second one. There were about 500 attendees of which a large proportion were children and young adults. £762 was collected for the Children’s Society.

Pam van Rossum

BABIES AND TODDLERS GROUP

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Toddlers is growing. We have 5 lovely new mums who have met and made friends, and sit together every week! The Glebe wheel in ladies from the home and we give them tea and coffee. They love to watch the children and shake shakers and join in with singing nursery rhymes! We have grandmas and parents, mums and some dads. The heating is a bit hit or miss though and it is often cold in the lady chapel. We are thinking maybe we need a heater to switch on in the lady chapel.

Sandy Thompson, Leader

OASIS GROUP

The group that meets after school monthly on Mondays is still on hold following Jan’s operation. We fully intend to have our group start again when warmer weather comes!

The families keep in touch as friends and it would be good to meet for prayer when possible to prepare for the coming season.

Thanks for all helpers and the support of the wider church.

Jan Cooper and team (Sandy, Sue, Ro and Michael)

MESSY CHURCH

Messy church is very well attended and numbers are growing. We have between 60-70 parents and children attending each month. We have a short Introduction after the children have a drink and biscuit then a child friendly bible story on the overhead screen followed by a song. 6-7 crafts related to the story are set up on tables for the children to spend an hour doing them. Grace is sung before the children have a meal. Sessions usually run for 2 hours. Mo and I are very grateful to our dedicated team without their help it would not be possible to undertake this important mid-week ministry.

Sandy Thompson and Mo Pearson, Leaders

CATERING COMMITTEE

I took over the running of the catering committee when Alison and Philip retired last summer.

The first big event we ran without Alison was the Cream Teas for the Village Fete. This raised a considerable amount for St Peter’s Hospice.

Songs of Praise 19th June held in the vicarage garden after which cake and tea / coffees were served.

Messy church has continued to thrive and the ladies who serve up meals from the kitchen are to be applauded for the sterling work that they do. However, apart from overseeing the use of the kitchen the committee does not get involved.

A Parish Lunch was held in the vicarage garden on Sunday 17th July Over fifty people were served with a ploughman’s lunch plus desserts.

The church’s farewell and presentation service to Philip and Alison was held on the 7th August and was followed by cake, pastries and tea / coffee.

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Unfortunately we lost a valuable member of the team when Liz Tierney resigned from the committee The number of members now stands at only four.

18th December the committee served mince pies and mulled wine after the carol service. It went very well.

The committee decided there was a need for a Policy For The Use Of The Kitchen and therefore one was drawn up and approved by the PCC.

Since a visitor to the church was observed in the kitchen it was decided for reasons of hygiene to keep the kitchen locked.

The cleaning of the kitchen was initially done by Pam Skelding’s team of volunteers. However it has since been decided that as the kitchen is cleaned after every use this is no longer needed.

The coffee rota continues to be a bit of a problem but after a recent appeal we have a few new volunteers.

I would like to thank everyone, the committee members and others who willingly offer their help with various events.

Rosemary Griffiths

BELLRINGERS

Dare I say that 2022 was the year we regained a degree of “normality”? In terms of activities, the bells have been rung where possible on Sundays and for weddings and practice nights. There was a large amount of ringing for the various Christmas services and activities with the only disappointment the lack of ringers to ring at midnight on New Year’s Eve 2022/ Day 2023.

Thanks must go to the following people.

• Gerry for maintenance, risk assessments, CCTV, and being able to see the bells in glorious

• technicolour, fly cleaning and just about everything else that wouldn’t have been done without him!

• To Philip and Paul for their support of the ringers throughout the year and we wish Philip a

• very happy retirement

• Adam for continuing as secretary and wedding organiser and doing all the paperwork and

• keeping us abreast of the news and developments, locally and nationally as well as being “Statto”, with all the facts and figures below.

• To our members, guests and visitors, without whom we couldn’t function.

• Tim as Treasurer and Adrian as Deputy Tower Captain

• Welcome back Steve and Julia $#%"

In statistics the story of 2022 is:

• Attendance on Sundays ranged from 3 to 9, with the average being 5.6 down from 5.9, the average on normal Sundays last year. We rang on all 52 Sundays and had six or more ringers on 27 of these (52%, the same as on normal Sundays last year), seven or more on 12 (23% down from 24%).

• Attendance on Mondays ranged from 0 to 12, with the average being 8.4 down from 8.8 on

• normal Mondays last year. We rang for 33 of 52 Mondays, 12 of the missing Mondays being due to our decision to ring once a month at Chipping Sodbury, one to the AGM, one to the death of

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the Queen, three to Bank holidays, and two to lack of ringers. We had eight or more ringers on 20 or 33 Mondays (61% up from 58% on normal Mondays last year) and ten or more on 6 Mondays (18% down from 25% on normal Mondays last year).

• We have 12 resident ringers, four more than last year. Although none of the 12 are juniors,

• a daughter of one of the twelve has begun learning to ring.

Our ringing highlights were a touch of Primrose Minor, a touch of Kent Minor, a touch of Little Bob Minor, and a 240 of Plain Bob Doubles rung on the back six.

We rang a touch of 280 changes of Plain Bob Triples on 9 September to mark the death of the Queen and we rang three quarter peals in 2022 whereas we had rung none in 2021. These were:

• On 20 February a quarter of Plain Bob Triples to celebrate the life of Don Haskins who

• served as our tower captain for many years.

• On 2 June a quarter of Plain Bob Triples to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

• On 7 August a quarter of Plain Bob Triples to mark the retirement of Philip Rowe, our vicar

• of 25 years

• A visiting band from Milton in Oxfordshire rang a peal of 5040 changes of Lambda Alliance

• Major on 12 November.

Otherwise, we rang 23 different methods versus 17 last year. These varied from Rounds to Norwich Surprise Minor taking in Rounds and Call Changes, Plain Hunt, Single Court Minimus, Reverse Bob Minimus, Double Bob Minimus, Cloisters, Nervous Breakdown, Grandsire Doubles and Triples, Plain Bob Minimus, Doubles, Minor, Triples and Major, St Simon’s Doubles, St Martin’s Doubles, St Nicholas Doubles, Reverse Canterbury Doubles, Stedman Doubles, Erin Doubles, Bob Minor, St Clements Minor, Spliced Plain and Little Bob Minor, Brussels Sprout Minor, Thelwall Minor, Cambridge Surprise Minor, King Edward Surprise Minor, and Norwich Surprise Minor.

We held an open day in the church and the ringing chamber for members of the church and the wider village to come and see what we do. We attracted at least 30 people of all ages into the tower and many of these braved the steep stairs into the belfry, whilst others took in the view via the CCTV cameras there. In the church 2 videos ran showing the restoration project, and we were well entertained by the fabulous handbell ringers and fed royally with tea and cake. It was a really great opportunity to show what we’re about and we will look to hold another event in the Summer.

Members and friends lost were Brian and Wendy Goodliffe, and again we wish them well in their new home. And our thoughts with James Read as he continues to help nurse his partners’ mother through illness.

We continue with our monthly joint practice with our friends at Chipping Sodbury. This allows us to ring Surprise Minor and Major and also give the learners a chance to have a stronger band around them as they progress.

Branch practices resumed, but not the quiz, so Almondsbury continued to be the reigning Quiz Champions until February 11th when we were the Quizmasters and yielded our title.

“A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it”

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Marcus Booth, Tower Captain - Almondsbury 16

St Mary the Virgin, Almondsbury

Annual Parochial Church Report

Section 2

Approved

Statement of Financial Accounts

(As approved by the 14[th] May 2023 AGM)

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, ALMONDSBURY

year ending 31 December 2022

Statement of Financial Activities	Statement of Financial Activities	Statement of Financial Activities	Statement of Financial Activities	Statement of Financial Activities
	Note	TOTAL	Total for previous year recalculated end this year TOTAL Note 2 2021 2022 £ £		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Designated
		2021			2022	2022	2022	2022
		£			£	£	£
INCOMING RESOURCES
VoluntaryReceipts	2(a)	71,450.21	65,540.23 56,012.89		54,898.23	1,114.66	-	-
Activities forgeneratingfunds	2(b)	9,760.00	9,760.00 9,090.93		9,090.93	-	-	-
Investment Income	2(c)	1,389.11	1,389.11 1,694.78		281.31	1,413.47	-	-
Church Activities Receipts	2(d)	5,501.00	5,501.00 6,107.00		5,707.00	400.00	-	-
Other Receipts	2(e)	2.90	2.90 -		-	-	-	-
Agencycollection	2(f)	242.00	242.00 1,339.20		-	1,339.20	-	-
AgencyCharitycollection	2(g)	884.30	884.30 2,659.81		-	2,659.81	-	-
AgencyWeddings & funerals	2(h)	18,866.00	18,866.00 18,310.00		-	18,310.00	-	-
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES		108,095.52	102,185.54 95,214.61		69,977.47	25,237.14	-	-
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Parish Share	3(a)	51,999.96	51,999.96 51,999.96		51,999.96	-	-	-
Clergyand Staffing	3(b)	10,858.12	10,858.12 12,044.69		12,044.69	-	-	-
Church RunningExpenses	3(c)	31,758.91	31,758.91 30,608.41		26,695.09	3,913.32	-	-
Church office RunningCosts	3(d)	2,117.56	2,117.56 2,384.66		2,384.66	-	-	-
Church Repairs & Maintenance	3(e)	7,010.09	7,010.09 5,655.00		-	5,655.00	-	-
Church rooms*	3(f)	-	- -		-	-	-	-
Mission Givingand Donations	3(g)	1,205.00	1,205.00 1,200.00		150.00	1,050.00	-	-
Fund RaisingActivities	3(h)	-	- -		-	-	-	-
Cost ofgeneratingfunds	3(i)	9.90	9.90 -		-	-	-	-
Governance Costs	3(j)	-	- -		-	-	-	-
New Buildingwork on Church Re_orderin	g3(k)	-	- -		-	-	-	-
New Buildingwork on Church Audio_Visu	3(l)	792.19	792.19 -		-	-	-	-
All Otherpayments	3(m)	-	- 84.02		84.02	-	-	-
Agencyofficepayment	3(n)	302.85	302.85 1,421.90		-	1,421.90	-	-
AgencyWeddings & funerals	3(o)	18,888.47	18,888.47 18,664.00		-	18,664.00	-	-
Agencycharity payment	3(p)	879.31	879.31 2,659.81		-	2,659.81	-	-
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED		125,822.36	125,822.36 126,722.45		93,358.42	33,364.03	-	-
NET INCOMING RESOURCES BEFORE TRANSFERS(Note 1)		(17,726.84)	(23,636.82) (31,507.84) (23,380.95)			(8,126.89)	-	-
correction for missed liabilities and assets at endpreviousyear		-
GROSS TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS		-			10,252.14	2,455.67	-	(12,707.81)
NET INCOMING RESOURCES BEFORE OTHER RECOGNISED GAINS A		N (17,726.84)	(23,636.82) (31,507.84) (13,128.81)			(5,671.22)	-	(12,707.81)
OTHER RECOGNISED GAINS
Gains on investment assets	4(b)	24,865.93	24,865.93 (16,905.26) (10,528.51)			(1,095.99)	(5,280.76)
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS		7,139.09	1,229.11 (48,413.10) (23,657.32)			(6,767.21)	(5,280.76)	(12,707.81)
PCC Net Assets brought forward 1 January	8	207,814.56	207,814.56 209,129.16 25,940.31			35,871.91	44,609.14	102,708 £
Correction for errors in 2020 SOFA		85.49	85.49 -
Calculated Balances c/fwd 31 Dec		215,039.14 209,129.16 160,716.06 2,282.99 29,104.70 39,328.37 90,000.00

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year ending 31 December 2022

Balance Sheet	Balance Sheet	Balance Sheet	Balance Sheet	Balance Sheet
					As per SOFA21	End 2021 figures as corrected end 2022	31-Dec-22
				Notes	2021 2021 2022
Fixed Assets
		Tangible			-	-
		Investments		4(b)	175,768.35	175,768.35 128,863.09
					175,768.35 175,768.35 128,863.09
CURRENT ASSETS
		previousyear liabilities notyet banked			-	- -
		Receivables and PrePayments		5	12,171.97	6,261.99 2,947.12
		Short term deposits
		Cash at bank and in hand		8	28,196.17	28,196.17 31,130.41
		Total Current Assets			40,368.14 34,458.16 34,077.53
CURRENT LIABILITIES
		previousyear liabilities notyetpaid out byPCC			-	-
		Less Current Liabilities			(1,097.35)	(1,097.35) (2,224.56)
		Payables fallingdue < 1year		6
		Payables should have been
NET CURRENT ASSETS - LIABILITIES					39,270.79 33,360.81 31,852.97
TOTAL NET ASSETS - LIABILITIES					215,039.14 209,129.16 160,716.06
PARISH FUNDS
		Unrestricted			31,850.30	25,940.31 17,282.99
		Designated(Unrestricted but broken out for clarity)			102,707.81	102,707.81 75,000.00
		Restricted			35,871.90	35,871.91 29,104.70
		Endowment			44,609.14	44,609.14 39,328.37
					215,039.15 209,129.16 160,716.06
correction for missingassets/liabilities at endpreviousyear
Corrected Total
	~~Updates to~~	~~he 2021 SOFA~~	~~which overstated Parish worth due~~	~~to 2 end year~~	~~assets being added~~	~~n twice.:~~
	~~As shown in~~ ~~h 22~~	~~the 2021 recal~~ ~~ildd~~	~~culated column in SOFA and Balanc~~ ~~if id d i~~	~~e sheet And in~~ ~~d f~~	~~the other sheets as~~ ~~h 22 bi~~	~~appropriate~~ ~~i d id b~~
	~~Te 01 S~~ ~~22~~	~~FA ncue t~~	~~e HMRC Gt A recovere twce .~~	~~s expecte r~~	~~m te 01 sum~~	~~son an as pa y~~	~~HMRC on~~
	~~17Jan.~~ ~~The 2021 S~~	~~FA included th~~	~~e VAT reclaim from DCMS twice As~~	~~exected in s~~	~~bmission and as~~	~~id b DCMS on 10J~~	~~n22~~
	~~Hence asset~~	~~revalued fro~~	~~.~~ ~~£1217197 to £626199~~	~~p~~	~~p~~	~~y~~
	~~This reducti~~	~~on in end year~~	~~,. ,.~~ ~~assets reduces the Parish Funds at e~~	~~nd 2021 and e~~	~~qually reduces the~~	~~ncoming resource~~	~~n SOFA22 by~~
	~~same amou~~	~~nt.~~

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2022

• 1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the current Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for investment assets, which are shown at market value. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities. For which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of other church groups (eg Mothers’ Union) or informal gatherings of church members.

Fund accounting

Endowment funds are funds, the capital of which must be retained either permanently or at the PCC’s discretion; the income derived from the endowment is to be used either as restricted or unrestricted income funds depending on the purpose for which the endowment was established in the first place.

Restricted funds comprise (a) income from endowments which is to be expended only on the restricted purposes intended by the donor and (b) revenue donations or grants for a specific PCC activity intended by the donor.

Unrestricted funds are income funds which are to be spent on the PCC’s general purpose. They may also be used to support Restricted funds which are deficient. Designated funds are unrestricted funds that are allocated by the PCC to specific projects and purposes. They may only be re-allocated at the direction of the PCC.

Incoming resources

Planned giving, collections and similar donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received. Grants and legacies are accounted for when the PCC is entitled to the use of the resource, their ultimate receipt is considered reasonably certain and the amounts due are reliably quantified. Dividends are accounted for when declared receivable, interest as and when accrued by the payer. All incoming resources are accounted for gross.

Resources expended

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the PCC. The diocesan parish share expected to be paid over is accounted for when due. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.

Fixed assets

Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with s.10(2)(a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011.

Moveable church furnishings held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which requires 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 £1000 so all such expenditure has been written off when incurred.

The PCC owns the land on which the Doctor’s Surgery and Church Rooms were constructed. The building is subject to a 125 year lease to the doctor. The underlease on the Church Rooms was held by the PCC but was sold to the surgery in 2019. In view of the long-term letting of the surgery, no value is given to the land containing this surgery.

Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight-line basis over 4 years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £1000 or less are written off when the asset is acquired. There are no items with an accounting value at 31 December 2022.

Investments are held within accounts managed by the CCLA within the CBF Church of England Investment Fund. The Consolidated Churchyard and the Frost and Miles funds are 'Permanent' Endowment funds. The former is an amalgamation of many individual gifts, funds and bequests. The latter is held under the terms of the bequests of the late Miss Frost and Mr Miles. The capital (and any associated capital growth) underpinning these funds remains locked into the Endowment funds, the income, in the form of dividends, being allocated to the respective restrictive revenue

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accounts which remain restricted to the purpose of the underlying fund. The restricted Chancel fund contains the amalgamation of several obligations for the support of the chancel that were converted into lump sum payments a number of years ago. The Investment fund was created from some of the proceeds of the sale by the PCC of the house containing the village shop.

Investments are valued at market value at 31 December 2022.

2 Terms Used in the Report

Agency payment or collection : The PCC acts as an agent - collecting fees for events and then paying them to event organisers. There is no income derived by the PCC (although the PCC may subsidise the event or persons and carries liability).

Agency collection of wedding and funeral fees : In previous years the receipt and payment of fees associated with weddings and funerals did not pass through the PCC bank accounts or appear in the SOFA. The exception being the payment of a fee to the PCC effectively for “hire” of the church. At the instruction of the DBF, the management of the fees associated with weddings and funerals are now a PCC responsibility but don’t directly represent income or expenditure by the PCC (apart from the “church hire” element that is a genuine PCC income stream). This is handled in the accounts as an agency activity with only the “church hire” element appearing under “Church Activities Receipts”.

Non physical funds: The PCC collects and distributes money associated with many individual funds (such as the Bell fund and the church re-ordering fund). These do not have their own specific bank account but are held within the PCC general Bank and CCLA accounts. In order to maintain separation and control of all the funds, they are managed in the treasury spreadsheet as distinct funds so that fund income, expenditure and fund balance are always known and can be presented in the end of year accounts. It also serves as an effective budget management approach.

Charity funds : These funds include all the charities for which the PCC collects money on behalf of a charity and makes corresponding payments. The PCC receives no income (or suffers any expenditure) from these funds and does not collect gift aid on them. These are shown in these accounts as Agency charities. They net out to Zero at end of the year. Either because they have already been paid out in year or are matched by a liability to pay (which normally happens in January of the next year). The PCC also directly supports charities which are funded from PCC general funds (such as the payments to missionaries in Uganda). They do not appear under the Agency charity heading.

Employment: During the year the PCC employed an organist and secretary (both part time). These employees equate to less than one full time employee. There were no associated social security costs but the secretary and organist are enrolled in the NEST pension scheme.

Payments to trustees : No payments or expenses were paid to any PCC member, persons closely connected to them or related parties, other than to reimburse clearly identifiable expenditure incurred on specific purchases or in accordance with the recommendations of the Diocese for the payment of clergy and Licensed Lay Minister expenses.

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, ALMONDSBURY

2	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES	INCOMING RESOURCES
					31 January2023				Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment Total funds £ 2022 2022		Total funds £
									2022	2022			2021
	Category	Account Heading	Account Description		Account description	Account description for formulae	fund
					Voluntary receipts
2(a)	VoluntaryReceipts	Plannedgiving	Gift Aid - Bank		Gift Aid - Bank	Gift Aid - Bank			40,117.02	-	- 40,117.02		43,202.50
			Gift Aid - Envelopes		Gift Aid - Envelopes	Gift Aid - Envelopes			-	-	- -		850.00
			Otherplannedgiving		Other planned giving	Other planned giving			-	-	- -		-
		Collections at Services	Loose plate collections		Loose plate collections	Loose plate collections			150.69	-	- 150.69		-
			Special collections		Special collections	Special collections			-	-	- -		-
		voluntaryreceipts	Gift Days		Gift Days	Gift Days			-	-	- -		-
			Giving through church boxes		Giving through church boxes	Giving through church boxes			30.93	-	- 30.93		22.20
			Donations appeals etc.		Donations appeals etc.	Donations appeals etc.			4,310.44	1,089.66	- 5,400.10		6,855.92
			Cash received from Legacies		Cash received from Legacies	Cash received from Legacies			-	-	- -		-
			Grants recurring		Grants recurring	Grants recurring			-	25.00	- 25.00		930.20
			Grants non-recurring one-off		Grants non- recurringone-off	Grants non- recurringone-off			200.00	-	- 200.00		2,890.67
			Jigsaw sales		Jigsaw sales	Jigsaw sales			-	-	- -		-
		Gift Aid recovered	Gift Aid recovered		Gift Aid recovered	Gift Aid recovered			10,089.15	-	- 10,089.15		10,788.74
								Sub-Total	54,898.23	1,114.66	- 56,012.89		65,540.23
2(b)	Activities for generating funds	Fund Raising	Church fetes etc.		Church fetes etc.	Church fetes etc.			-	-	- -		-
			Parish Magazine - advertising		Parish Magazine - advertising	Parish Magazine - advertising			9,090.93	-	- 9,090.93		9,760.00
								Sub-Total	9,090.93	-	- 9,090.93		9,760.00
2(c)	Investment Income	Income from Investments	Dividends		Dividends	Dividends			281.31	1,413.47	- 1,694.78		1,389.11
			Bank and building societyinterest		Bank and building society interest	Bank and building society interest			-	-	- -		-
			Rent from lands or buildings owned by the PCC.		Rent from lands or buildings owned by the PCC.	Rent from lands or buildings owned by the PCC.			-	-	- -		-
								Sub-Total	281.31	1,413.47	- 1,694.78		1,389.11
2(d)	Church Activities Receipts	Receipts from church activities	Fees for weddings and funerals for PCC		Fees for weddings and funerals for PCC	Fees for weddings and funerals for PCC			5,707.00	400.00	- 6,107.00		5,501.00
			Bookstall and magazine sales		Bookstall and magazine sales	Bookstall and magazine sales			-	-	- -		-
			Church rooms lettings - objects related		Church rooms lettings - objects related	Church rooms lettings - objects related			-	-	- -		-
								Sub-Total	5,707.00	400.00	- 6,107.00		5,501.00
2(e)	Other Receipts	Other receipts	Insurance claims		Insurance claims	Insurance claims			-	-	- -		-
			Sales of fixed assets		Sales of fixed assets	Sales of fixed assets			-	-	- -		-
			Other funds generated e.g sale of investments		Other funds generated e.g sale of investments	Other funds generated e.g sale of investments			-	-	- -		2.90
								Sub-Total	-	-	- -		2.90
	Total Incoming PCC Resources								69,977.47	2,928.13	- 72,905.60		82,193.24
2(f)			Agencyoffice collectio		nAgencycollection	<>AgencyWedding			-	1,339.20	- 1,339.20		242.00
2(g)			Agencycharity		Agencycharitycol	Agencycharity*			-	2,659.81	- 2,659.81		884.30
2(h)			AgencyWeddings & fu		nAgencycollection	AgencyWedding*			-	18,310.00	- 18,310.00		18,866.00
								Sub-Total	-	22,309.01	- 22,309.01		19,992.30
	Total including Agency Incoming Resources								69,977.47	25,237.14	- 95,214.61		102,185.54
~~*~~
~~Th~~	~~PCC acts as an age~~	~~nt: See Notes.~~

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3				RESOURCES EXPENDED	RESOURCES EXPENDED	RESOURCES EXPENDED	RESOURCES EXPENDED	RESOURCES EXPENDED	RESOURCES EXPENDED
					Unrestricted exc Designated	Designated	Total of Unrestricted, Designated	Restricted	Endowment Total funds £ 2022 2022 £ £	Total funds £
					2022	2022	2022	2022		2021
					£	£	£	£		£
	Category	Account Heading		Account Description
3(a)	Payments	Parish Share	Sub-Total	Parish share	51,999.96	-	51,999.96	-	- 51,999.96	51,999.96
3(b)		Clergy and Staffing		Salaries and wages of parish staff	10,155.00	-	10,155.00	-	- 10,155.00	9,241.64
				National Insurance of parish staff	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Pension Contributions of parish staff	749.63	-	749.63	-	- 749.63	667.82
				Tax onparish staff	5.80	-	5.80	-	- 5.80	-
				Workingexpenses of clergy	1,134.26	-	1,134.26	-	- 1,134.26	889.66
				Parsonage house expenses	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Water rates - vicarage	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Clergytelephone	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Visitingspeakers / locums	-	-	-	-	- -	59.00
			Sub-Total		12,044.69		12,044.69	-	12,044.69	10,858.12
				Church Running Expenses
				Education	-	-	-	-	- -	-
3( c)		Church Running Expenses		Parish training and mission	-	-	-	-	- -	50.00
				Church running- insurance	4,869.21	-	4,869.21	-	- 4,869.21	4,517.11
				Organ /piano tuning	168.00	-	168.00	-	- 168.00	450.00
				Church maintenance	3,138.06	-	3,138.06	801.60	- 3,939.66	7,230.76
				Cleaning	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Upkeepof churchyard	-	-	-	2,130.00	- 2,130.00	5,613.60
				Church running - electric, oil & gas	6,179.89	-	6,179.89	-	- 6,179.89	2,232.04
				Church running- water	85.00	-	85.00	-	- 85.00	55.77
				Magazine expenses	9,460.00	-	9,460.00	-	- 9,460.00	9,213.62
				Other Church Running Expenses	2,794.93	-	2,794.93	981.72	- 3,776.65	2,396.01
			Sub-Total		26,695.09	-	26,695.09	3,913.32	30,608.41	31,758.91
				Church office Running Costs
3(d)		Church office		Church office running-	-	-	-	-	- -	154.10
				Printing, postage and stationery	1,492.40	-	1,492.40	-	- 1,492.40	1,270.82
				Church office running-	892.26	-	892.26	-	- 892.26	692.64
			Sub-Total		2,384.66	-	2,384.66	-	- 2,384.66	2,117.56
				Church rooms Running Costs
				Church rooms running- oil	-	-	-	-	- -	-
3(f)		Church rooms		Church rooms running-	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Church rooms running-gas	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Church rooms running - insurance	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Church rooms running - maintenance	-	-	-	-	- -	-
					-	-	-	-	-	-
				Church Repairs & Maintenance
3(e)		Church Repairs &		Church major repairs-	-	-	-	-	- -	1,251.05
				Church major repairs - Bells	-	-	-	5,655.00	- 5,655.00	4,361.04
				Church major repairs - installation	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Church interior and exterior decorating	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Church major repairs - Boiler	-	-	-	-	- -	1,398.00
			Sub-Total		-	-	-	5,655.00	- 5,655.00	7,010.09
3(g)		Church rooms		Church rooms+major repairs-	-	-	-	-	- -	0
				Church rooms + major repairs - installation	-	-	-	-	- -	0
				Church rooms + interior and exterior decorating	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Other PCCpropertyupkeep	-	-	-	-	- -	-
			Sub-Total		-	-	-	-	-	-
				Mission Giving and Donations
3(g)		Mission Giving and		Giving to missionary societies	150.00	-	150.00	1,050.00	- 1,200.00	1,200.00
				Giving- relief and	-	-	-	-	- -	5.00
				Other donations to support wider mission work outside the Parish.	-	-	-	-	- -	-
			Sub-Total		150.00	-	150.00	1,050.00	1,200.00	1,205.00
3(h)		Fund Raising Activities		Fees paid to fund raisers	-	-	-	-	- -	-
			Sub-Total		-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Cost ofgenerating funds
3(i)		Cost of generating funds		Costs of applying for grants	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Costs of stewardship campaign	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Costs of fetes & other events	-	-	-	-	- -	-
			Sub-Total		-	-	-	-	-	-
				Governance Costs
3(j)		Governance Costs		Investment management costs	-	-	-	-	- -	9.90
				Independent Examination Costs	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Costs of trustee training/Pcc meetings	-	-	-	-	- -	-
			Sub-Total		-	-	-	-	- -	9.90
				All Otherpayments
3(m)		All Other payments		Purchase of Investments	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Purchase of fixed assets for churchpurposes	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Loan repayments	-	-	-	-	- -	-
				Purchase of new staff housing	-	-	-	-	- -	-
3(k)				Church Re_ordering	-	-	-	-	- -	-
3(l)				Church Audio_Visual	-	-	-	-	- -	792.19
				Bank charges	84.02	-	84.02	-	- 84.02	-
			Sub-Total		-	-	-	-	- 84.02	792.19
	Total Outgoing PCC Resources				93,274.40	-	93,274.40	10,618.32	- 103,976.74	105,751.73
3(n)				Agency payment excluding Weddings, funerals, charities	-	-	-	1,421.90	- 1,421.90	302.85
3(o)				Agency payments for Wedding & funerals	-	-	-	18,664.00	- 18,664.00	18,888.47
3(p)				Agency payment to charities	-	-	-	2,659.81	- 2,659.81	879.31
			Sub_Total		-	-	-	22,745.71	- 22,745.71	20,070.63
	Total 9 including Agency) Outgoing Resources			Total including Agency	93,274.40	-	93,274.40	33,364.03	- 126,722.45	125,822.36
	See Notes for de	claration on PCC e	mployee	s and no expensespaid t	o trustees

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Prepared by Nick Roach - Treasurer

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, ALMONDSBURY year ending December 2022

FIXED ASSETS

(a) Tangible The PCC owns the freeholds of the Doctor's Surgery (including what were the Church Rooms. The under lease on the Church Rooms having been bought out in 2019 (see Note 1). It also owns various items of furniture and equipment in the church and in church Rooms. All of these assets are deemed to be fully depreciated for accounting purposes.

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(b)			Investments
Investments are held within accounts managed by the CCLA within the CBFChurch of England Investment Fund. Details are in the Notes page.
			Funds	Investment Fund	Chancel	Churchyard		Frost & Miles	Total
					£	£		£	£
Market value on 1 January of SOFA year				121,900.87	9,258.35	22,470.14		22,139.00	175,768.35
Add increase in value				(40,528.51)	(1,095.99)	(2,659.98)		(2,620.78)	(46,905.26)
Market value on 31 December of SOFA year				81,372.36	8,162.36	19,810.15		19,518.22	128,863.09
CURRENT ASSETS (DEBTORS)
								2021	2022
HMRC - gift aid recovered *	Gift Aid recovered	*	Accrued income					3,019.75	2,554.53
LPOW VAT reclaim	Grants non-recurringGeneral		Accrued income					2,890.67	200.00
Furlough grant	Grants recurring	General	Accrued income						-
Olveston share of Clergy expenses	Working expenses of *		Accrued income					351.57	192.59
Other			Accrued income					-	-
								6,261.99	2,947.12
LIABILITIES	Account DescriptionFund
Parish Magazine advertising for next Parish Magazine - advGeneral			Prepaid income					-	-
Pre Paid Income - BRF l	Agency collection*	Agency BRF	Prepaid income					-	-
Pre Paid Income - Weddings	Agency collection weAgency Wedding or funPrepaid income				Temp Totalk		-	-	-
Re-ordering work on church	New Building work oRe_ordering*		Accrued expense					-	-
Church Audio_Visual	New Building work oAudioVisual*		Accrued expense					-	-
Church repairs	Church maintenance*		Accrued expense					-	-
Clergy expenses	Working expenses of General		Accrued expense					(202.45)	-
Church running utilities	Church running*	General	Accrued expense					-	-
Church running services	Other Church runninGeneral		Accrued expense					-	-
Church office	Church office*	General	Accrued expense					-	-
Bank expense from previous year	Investment*	General	Accrued expense					(9.90)	-
Payment to Diocese	Agency payment to	DAgency*	Accrued expense		Temp total	(697.35)		(485.00)	-
								(697.35)	-
Outstanding from charity collections
Children's Society	Agency charity*	Agency charity Children's Society						(200.00)	(806.96)
CMS	Agency charity*	Agency charity CMS						-	(50.00)
Leprosy mission	Agency charity*	Agency charity Leprosy	mission					-	(50.00)
Release International	Agency charity*	Agency charity Release International						-	(50.00)
Street life	Agency charity*	Agency charity Street life						(200.00)	-
St Peter's hospice	Agency charity*	Agency charity St Peter's hospice						-	(987.60)
Uganda link	Agency charity*	Agency charity Uganda	link						(155.00)
Bristol NW foodbank	Agency charity*	Agency charity Bristol NW foodbank							(125.00)
								(400.00)	(2,224.56)
				Assets - Liabilities				5,164.64	722.56

FUNDS (See Notes for further explanation)

The total of parish assets (£215,039.14) at end of 2021 is distributed across PCC funds as shown below. Those marked Restricted contain money given by donors and can only be used for their declared purpose. Whereas those marked Designated hold money earmarked by the PCC for specific projects or purposes and can be re-assigned if the PCC so decides. The "Uncommitted Fund" equals the difference between total parish assets and all other funds. It represents the degree of freedom of the PCC to address new issues and opportunities.

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Fund type Funds - non physical correct name Bells ABRP Fund Bell ABRP Fund Restricted Bell Fund Bell Fund Restricted Building and Grounds Building and Grounds Fund Designated Fabric Fabric Restricted Frost & Miles - Restricted Frost & Miles Restricted Restricted Chancel Restricted Chancel Restricted Restricted Churchyard -Restricted Churchyard Restricted Restricted Uncommitted Fund General Unrestricted short /medium term reserve ShortTermReserve Designated long term reserve longTermReserve Designated Share volatility reserve Designated Total non physical funds Frost & Miles Fund Endowment Churchyard Fund Endowment Chancel Fund Restricted Grand Total ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS by Unrestricted, Designated, Restricted and Endowment Non physical funds CCLA investments Endowment: Frost and Miles , Churchyard CCLA investments Restricted: Chancel fund ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS by bank accounts, deposits and Investments* Cash & short term deposits (Cash in hand, BMM, Current Accounts, General Reserve) Investment fixed assets ( Investment,Chancel, Churchyard, Frost&Miles) Current assets liabilities	2022 2022 2022 2022 Balance b/f Incoming Resources Transfers Balance c/f 01-Jan-21 Resources Expended 31-Dec-22 £ £ £ £ £ 21,882.64 - (5,655.00) 16,227.64 4,334.70 400.00 (20.00) 4,714.70 30,000.00 - - 30,000.00 - 667.66 (801.60) 133.94 - 1,283.76 580.92 - (1,864.68) - - 242.94 - (242.94) - - 614.61 (2,130.00) 1,515.39 - 13,725.94 458.29 2,282.99 18,500.00 - - - 5,000.00 40,000.00 - - - 40,000.00 28,124.36 (16,905.26) - 15,000.00	2022 2022 2022 2022 Balance b/f Incoming Resources Transfers Balance c/f 01-Jan-21 Resources Expended 31-Dec-22 £ £ £ £ £ 21,882.64 - (5,655.00) 16,227.64 4,334.70 400.00 (20.00) 4,714.70 30,000.00 - - 30,000.00 - 667.66 (801.60) 133.94 - 1,283.76 580.92 - (1,864.68) - - 242.94 - (242.94) - - 614.61 (2,130.00) 1,515.39 - 13,725.94 458.29 2,282.99 18,500.00 - - - 5,000.00 40,000.00 - - - 40,000.00 28,124.36 (16,905.26) - 15,000.00
	157,851.40 (14,399.13) (8,606.60) -	113,225.33
	22,139.00 (2,620.78) 22,470.14 (2,659.98) 9,258.35 (1,095.99) 211,718.88 Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment Funds Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ 2,282.99 90,000.00 20,942.34 - - - - 39,328.37 - - 8,162.36 - 2,947.12 - (2,224.56) Uncommitted Reserve stands at	19,518.22 19,810.15 8,162.36
		160,716.06
		TOTAL 2022 £ 113,225.33 39,328.37 8,162.36
		160,716.06
		31,130.41 128,863.09 2,947.12 (2,224.56)
		160,716.06
		2,282.99

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Prepared by Nick Roach - Treasurer

Independent examiner's report to the PCC of St Mary's, ARmondsbury This rcport on the financial Statements of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2022, whiLh are sel out on pages I to 6, is in respect of an examination carried out in a¢cordanc¢ with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 ('the Regulations,) and s.43 of thc Charitics Act 1993 ('the Act,) to the cxtent describcd below. Respective responsibilities of the PCC, ex8miner 9nd Treasurer Members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the f￿ancial statement. They consider that given the relatively simple nature of the church accounts (and corresponding income and expenditure) the fornial audit requirement of the Rcgulations and s.43(2) of the Act does not apply. The SOFA is cxamincd by an independent examiner who is not a member of any of the PCC committees but who is a member of the congregation. Independently, the SOFA is checked against bank accounts and CCLA returns by members of the PCC who confirm that th¢y dr¢ satisfied that the SOFA presents a true picture of the church asscts held in thcse accounts. It is my responsibility as treasurer to issue this report on those financial statements in accordance with the terms of the Regulations. Basis of this Report by independent examiner My ¢￿aminatIon of SOFA22 was Ca￿led out in accordance with good practice to ensure the cotisistency and accuracy of the figures and calculations. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from PCC trustees LollLerning i*lly such Tndtters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examiner's statement In connection with my exarnination, no matter has come to my attention.. { l ) which giv¢s me reasonable cause to believe that the SOFA contains any material inaccuracy. (2) to which, in niy opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ASGkite Jl,riJ k s'tv