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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Backwell

2023-12-31-accounts

The Parish Church of St Andrew

Backwell

Annual Report and Accounts for 2023

for presentation to the

Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Sunday, 12[th] May 2024 at 12:00noon

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CONTENTS

Page
Agenda for Annual Vestry Meetings, APCM 2024 and PCC following 3
Minutes of the Vestry Meeting of April 24th2023 4
Minutes of Annual Parochial Church Meeting of April 23rd 2023 4
The Annual Trustees Report 2023 7
Aims and Purposes 7
Achievements and Performance 7
Financial Report 11
Revise Church Financial Policies 12
Administrative Information
 22
Accounts 13
Independent Examiner’s Report 21

Please note that the Log Book, Terrier and Inventory are available for inspection at the Church Office.

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PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

Annual Vestry Meeting Sunday 12[th] May 2024 at 12:00 noon AGENDA

Prayer 1 Nomination of Clerk by the meeting 2 Apologies 3 Minutes of previous meeting held on April 23rd 2023 4 Election of Churchwardens

( All nominations must be complete and before the Chair prior to the start of the meeting. No nominations can be taken from the floor)

PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

Annual Parochial Church Meeting Sunday 12[th] May 2024 at 12:05 noon AGENDA

PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

Meeting of the Parochial Church Council to be held immediately following the APCM AGENDA

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PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW BACKWELL Minutes of the Annual Vestry Meeting held in Church Sunday 23[rd] April 2023 at 12.00noon

1. Nomination of Clerk by the meeting

The meeting agreed that Jane Canning should act as clerk.

2. Apologies: Carol Hellen, Julie Densham, Barbara Paige, Doug & Pat Neilson, Carolyn Ireland

3. Minutes of Previous Meeting

The minutes for the Last Vestry Meeting on 24[th] April 2022 were accepted as a true record by the meeting. Proposed Martin Canning Seconded Tamsin Hockett

4. Election of Churchwardens

As required by the Churchwarden Measure 2001, nominations for Churchwarden had been submitted in writing before the meeting. Andrew Pitcher was proposed by Martin Canning and seconded by Jane Canning. Cherry Leake was proposed by Andy Pitcher and seconded by Martin Canning. As there were no other nominations, Cherry and Andy were duly appointed as Church Wardens. The meeting thanked Anita for her work and welcomed Cherry. Anita was thanked for her seven years working for St Andrew’s as Church Warden. Her time in this role included the challenge of a vacancy.

PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW BACKWELL Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Sunday 23[rd] April 2023 at 12.00noon

Chair: Rev’d Katy Garner PCC Secretary: Jane Canning Church Warden: Andrew Pitcher, Cherry Leake Present : Heather Bailey, Peter Bailey, Ian Bainbridge, Marie Bale, Lesley Barratt, Martin Canning, Jane Canning, Vicky Dunscombe, Peter Garner, Rev'd Katy Garner, Sue Griffiths, Christine Hamilton, Tim Harland, Philip Hockett, Tamsin Hockett, Cherry Leake, Trevor Leaker, John Lee, Jan MacMillan, Stuart MacMillan, Andy Pitcher, Janet Pitcher, Andrew Round, Sheila Round, Jean Routley, Joan Rowe, Tina Soper, Anthony Stansfield, Sue Watts, Trevor Watts, Ian Wills, Helen Wills

1. Minutes of previous meeting

The minutes of the Annual Parochial Meeting held on 24[th] April 2022 had already been circulated with the annual reports. They were accepted by the meeting as a true record.

Proposed John Lee Seconded Trevor Leake

2.Consideration of Electoral Roll

No names have been added to the roll, and 10 members of the church have died. Our electoral roll now stands at 224.

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3. Annual Report

This was circulated in advance and included the following-

The Annual Accounts were circulated at the meeting.

The Financial Report was presented by Lesley Barratt and the meeting given the opportunity to ask questions. The level of risk linked to the CCLA investment was queried. Although there is risk associated with any investment CCLA have shown themselves to very sound so far and so considered a low risk. Lesley Barratt was thanked for all her work as Treasurer.

The Independent Financial Report was prepared by Toby Cowley, because Amanda Collinson was unavailable due to ill health. He had no concerns with the accounts. Toby was thanked for his work in taking up this assignment.

The Rectors review considered the many projects and development over the last year. However, this work requires support, and the paucity of volunteers continues to drain the Rector’s resources and ability to carry out key aspects of her work. Tina Soper thanked the Rector on behalf of the meeting, for everything that she does.

Fabric

John Lee is stepping down as Chair of Fabric, but will supervise the installation of the new furniture, which will include storage for the drums clearing them from Church House. The updated sound system is arriving shortly, but the screen has not yet been approved. More LED lights are being installed and the glass doors have been modified to make them easier to open. The comments made to inform the Vision project have been typed out and will be considered when this group can reconvene. John Lee emphasised that the church needs someone to maintain checks on the fabric of the church.

John Lee was thanked for all his hard work as Chair of Fabric.

Deanery Synod

This group represents churches in local villages and meets to talk about items that affect this area. A recent meeting was to discuss the necessary loss of some local stipendiary clergy. Although this is difficult, the Diocese of Bath and Wells is being generous in giving time to make the changes. The Deanery has both Synod and Open Meeting. Members of the church are encouraged to attend the open meetings. Anthony Stansfield, Martin Canning and Anita Heappey all expressed interest in being representatives on Portishead Deanery. Their election was proposed on block Proposed : Phil Hockett seconded : Peter Bailey

Elections and Appointments

PCC members

Christine Hamilton, Tim Harland, Tamsin Hockett and John Lee have reached the end of their term on the PCC but were willing to be re-elected. Tina Soper also completed the nomination form for election to the PCC. As the Council is below full capacity all the applicants were accepted onto the PCC.

Electoral Roll Secretary

Phil Hockett is willing to continue as Electoral Roll Secretary. Propose Anita Heappey seconded Martin Canning Phil was thanked for this work.

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Appointment of Stewards

Cherry Leake is going to continue her work in charge of the stewards, helped by Anita Heappey. Cherry thanked the Stewards for their work as a warm welcome is so important for the congregation. Now the new service times is more established, Cherry will work on re-instating a rota. Rev’d Katy thanked her for her hard work. Election of Independent Examiner

Amanda Collinson was proposed as St Andrew’s Independent Examiner. Proposed Lesley Barratt Seconded Andy Pitcher.

Informal Reports as contained in the Annual Report.

This year the informal reports have again been produced as a small booklet, which was circulated via email. It is also available on the church website and A Church Near You. It includes a report from the Worship Group that was requested last year.

Any matters of Parochial or general church interest.

Jean Routley re-iterated her regret that the photos of past Rector’s had been removed from the wall in Church House. However, the PCC had already agreed to make the photos available by putting them in an album. Putting that in the church will make the images more available to visitors during the week.

Rev’d Joan asked the meeting to thank God for all the things that he has done in this place in the last year and shout Hallelujah.

Minutes Approved Date..................................................................................................

Signed.............................................................................................Chair of Meeting

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St Andrew’s Backwell Trustees Annual Report 2023

2023 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of St Andrew’s Church, Backwell

Aim and purposes

St Andrew’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has had the responsibility of cooperating with Rev Katy Garner and since her departure with the Ministry team Revd Joan Rowe Revd Peter Bailey and lay readers Martin Canning and David George in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

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

We have considered the Commissioner’s guidance on public benefit and supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. We have enabled people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:-

Worship and prayer; biblical learning; and developing their knowledge and trust in God.

Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. Missionary and outreach work.

To facilitate some of this work, it is important that we continue to maintain the fabric of the Church of St. Andrew’s so it stands as a Christian statement in Backwell Village and is there for major moments in people’s lives such as weddings baptisms and funerals.

Achievements and Performance

Worship and Prayer

We continued to offer a wide range of services: formal (led by our choir) informal (led by a band) Morning Prayer/ 1662 Book of Common Prayer/ Evensong as well as offering Communion in the village at Meeting Point and informal Communion in Church House. This wide range of services are held at different times to meet the need of worshippers as Sundays become increasingly busy with family commitments and caring needs.

We have introduced a new sound system to improve our service delivery and streaming service. This was achieved after much hard work to comply with the Faculties’ stipulations and the training of members of the congregation to operate it. It now provides us with a much-enhanced sound system able to adapt to the needs of a band and other music provision for 21[st] century worship.

We have managed to enjoy fellowship together in the form of a meal before and after worship on our Patronal Festival and Maundy Thursday, as well our usual Sunday times for coffee! Our members continue to be involved with The Meeting Point and there is a communion service there once a month in the Parish Hall.

St Andrew’s maintains good links with the other churches in the benefice, namely St Bridget’s Church, Chelvey and St Nicholas Church, Brockley (which is administered by the CCT), and we value the personal contacts that we have with them and during the interregnum have increased our times spent together creating the Parish Profile and discussing Chelvey’s needs as a valued member of our benefice. Particular thanks go to the Profile Writing Group for their time and dedication in producing a very thorough report to help us attract our next Rector.

Our children’s worker is continuing to extend her work at our Junior School and was able to take our Pupil Chaplains to Taunton for the day. Each year group has resumed

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having a day in church with activities, and Timi, our Children’s Worker, regularly takes collective worship at the school. There is a parent and toddler group, Little Lambs for under threes thriving on a Sunday morning once a month with play on a religious theme. It is always fully booked, and our thanks go to Rhiannon Mark and Timi (who took over while Rhiannon was on maternity leave) for her hard work in developing and running this group. The children’s choir, led by a professional teacher, meets weekly in term time and has around 25 members.

Another initiative continuing from last year, introduced by Timi, is the running of ‘Begin Well’ antenatal classes, and we look forward to following these families as they embark on parenthood.

The church held several packed services to fully celebrate Christmas. There was a Christingle ‘afternoon’, where the children made the Christingles prior to the service, Crib Services, School Carol Services, informal family carol service and our traditional choir-led Carol Service on the Sunday evening before Christmas.

All are warmly welcomed at our regular services. At present there are 221 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, 8 were removed during the year through death and there were 5 new members. The average weekly attendance, as per the Annual Statistics Return for the Church of England, counted during October when we had services in the church building, was 38 adults and 2 children.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through Baptism we thank God for the gift of life. In Marriage, public vows are exchanged with God's blessing given and in Funeral services, friends and family express their grief, give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and commend the person into God's keeping. We have celebrated 7 Baptism and 3 weddings. We have held 15 Funerals in our Church this year. Clergy also take services for parishioners at our local crematoriums.

Deanery Synod

Three members of the PCC sit on the Deanery Synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church. One member of our PCC is also on the Diocesan Synod which links us into the national church structures.

The Church and Church House

The Buildings and the Goods and Ornaments of the Church are maintained to a very high standard by contractors and the extensive services of Richard Standing, and we thank him for his long service, reliable and thorough approach to every task. Richard has retired after many years dedicated service to maintaining the fabric of St Andrew’s. He will be greatly missed.

During the year a full electrical audit of the whole of the Church was undertaken and the planning of the replacement of the lead roof of the Tower has been concluded and the work will start in May 2024. The table storage units in Church House are now in use and are much safer. The Sound desk has been installed and the design of the new storage cupboards for the church has progressed, with installation planned for May 2024.

Tina Soper has continued to clean the church and Church House. We are very grateful for the extra time and effort both Vanessa our part time administrator and Tina put into the day to day running of the Church.

Church House usage has increased over the year with both internal and external bookings.

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Pastoral Care

During this past year in addition to the ministry team the pastoral group has consisted of 4 regular members who met prayerfully supporting parishioners by visits, telephone calls and home communion. This year there has been a good deal of support to families around bereavement and end of life care. Some of those families are still receiving support as they adjust to a new way of living without their loved ones. We had hoped that this year would have seen the opportunity to expand our work however the team itself has been affected by long terms health issues. We have managed to maintain our pastoral commitments and will continue with our current list of parishioner needs.

Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6.2

Mission and Evangelism

The four key areas of activity of The Mission & Outreach Committee of St Andrew’s are our connection with the world church, our support for charities, connections to village life and concern for the environment.

We continue to pray for the community of St Andrew’s, Chipulukusu, Zambia as part of the Diocesan Companion Link programme, as they do for us, and we exchange news on community activities and events. Donations on Zambia Sunday in July helped towards replacement of equipment stolen from their church. There are plans to build a school in the church grounds to cater for children meeting in the church building. We continue to support the Link at Diocesan level, assisting with the appointment of a Link Coordinator. We remain committed to Fairtrade through our registration as a Fairtrade church and use of Fairtrade supplies.

Maintaining our support for 4 charities during the year has enabled a more significant donation to be made to each based on a fixed percentage of total PCC receipts. On average we reached our target of £2,000 per quarter for each charity including further fundraising with a fundraising meal, and a BBQ. We also support a CMS Mission Partner recently sent to Nairobi. Meanwhile our Harvest service drew attention to the work of Ripple Effect in Zambia. The charities are selected on the basis that they are doing God’s work, locally and more widely. Financial support is provided to other charities in response to appeals or on special occasions, but this depends on individual events being organised by those having close charity links. Full details of our monetary support are shown in the financial accounts.

Our weekly news sheet includes prayer for every house and business in the village by rotation, as well as churches in the Anglican cycle of prayer and our supported charity. World mission prayer is contributed to the diocesan prayer calendar and many other prayer diaries are available for individual use. The Meeting Point has growing attendance at its twice-monthly lunches and the weekly chair yoga sessions for those with less mobility. The Meeting Point is a weekly drop-in café offering hospitality and support under the umbrella charity, Backwell Life. A monthly service of Holy Communion takes place there prior to lunch. The programme of children’s activities in the summer was well attended, as are regular holiday activities (Tuesday Break). The monthly Village Magazine is edited by a member of the congregation and includes significant church input. It is well and widely read across the community and is available free in both paper and on-line versions.

Work was completed on an Eco Church application with the help of the pupil chaplains from the Junior School and we were awarded Bronze status. Further work towards a Silver award is planned for 2024 with the new chaplains keen to participate.

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Mission and Outreach regularly reviews our communications both internally and externally including our website, a Church Near You and social media to develop ways of presenting our message of love and care for our church community, our village community and for the wider world. Our engagement with and publicity of children’s groups and support in school has expanded, notably with the successful pupil chaplains programme. With the help of our ecumenical partners, we delivered a Christmas card to every house in the village.

A series of budget cooking workshops by a professional caterer took place at The Meeting Point and individual action in support of the Nailsea Foodbank, knitting for others and the Loaves and Fishes project in Bristol continues. Members do hold collection boxes for other charities, such as USPG and The Children’s Society. We are very keen to develop these tangible demonstrations of our faith in action.

Ecumenical Relationships

St Andrew’s, as a member of Christians Together in Backwell, has held joint services with the other churches throughout the year, including the World Day of Prayer, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the Remembrance Day service, as well as united services in Holy Week. Through this we also work with the other churches on items in local papers promoting Christmas, Holy Week and Easter services of the churches. We are also participants in the Backwell Prayer Watch which meets monthly in the 3 churches in the village and attracts Christians who live in the village but worship elsewhere.

Volunteers

St Andrew’s would like to thank the volunteers who work so hard to make our church a lively and vibrant community whether in our worship, the maintenance of our building or in the administration of the parish. We started Autumn without our Rector Revd Katy Garner who left for an appointment as chaplain at Bath Spa University. She is greatly missed. However the Ministry team and Lay Readers have worked incredibly hard to grow Katy’s initiatives and the life of the Church delivering inspiring services, comforting the bereaved, growing our outreach programmes through Zoom prayers, visits and countless ways of serving our community. Three members of our congregation have undertaken Christian training Charlotte Stansfield ( to be ordained in June) Timi Booy and Tina Soper – all three are inspiration to us all.

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Financial Report

St Andrew’s Church Financial Report to APCM – May 2024

1. At the end of 2023 our capital compared with a year ago was: -
Unrestricted
Restricted

End 2022
£258,167
£501,686
End 2023
£302,559
£531,204		 Combined
£759,853
£833,763
  1. At 31 December 2023 the CCLA Investment holding was valued at £755,270 compared with £694,334 at the end of 2022. During the year 450 shares were sold yielding £25,000. The value of the Investment Fund rose during the year. The share value increasing from £53.00 per share at 1 January 2023 to £59.71 at 31 December 2023.

The remainder of our funds are lodged in a deposit account with CCLA and two current accounts with NatWest Bank.

  1. Income from regular donations remains steady. Collections, however, were down from £4,827 to £3,963.

  2. During the year a legacy of £3,000 from the estate of Rex Alec de Winton was received and also a donation of £20,000. Both amounts are unrestricted.

  3. In 2023 our Parish Share reduced from 86,044 to £84,968 per year. This was due to a drop in the number of our regular worshippers. This figure is used to calculate the amount payable.

  4. Overall expenses from unrestricted funds were around £1,200 more than in 2022; a small increase of 1%. The cost of electricity, oil, insurance and salaries, paid to the administrator and cleaner, all increased but this was offset by the reduction in the parish share.

  5. Charitable giving from PCC funds was just over 5% of regular income. The £5,706 payments to charities shown in the accounts include £683 raised at the BBQ for CMS and £423 at the curry evening for USPG. The payments have been taken from our Missions and Outreach Fund . In addition, specific donations included food and gifts were made which raised a further £4,299. These were passed directly to various charities (see page 8 of the accounts).

  6. The deficit for 2023 on unrestricted funds was £7,525 (when the £23,000 received from the legacy and large donation is excluded). This deficit is lower than forecasted in the 2023 budget of £22,785. The main reasons for this different is

  7. a) income from fees and Church House hire were greater than estimated.

  8. b) The parish share, clergy expenses and running costs were lower than anticipated and the £6,000 sum included in the budget to fund a Musical Director was not used.

  9. The Missions & Outreach work has continued to thrive. There were some specific donations towards this work. Full details of the outreach work can be found on page 7 of the accounts.

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  1. For some time now fabric expenditure has been drawn from restricted funds. Full details are shown on page 7 of the annual accounts. The sound system and Church House chairs costs have been capitalised and will be depreciated at 25% per year over the next 4 years.

  2. Churchyard expenditure was partly covered by trust fund income and a Parish Council grant. The capital remaining in the churchyard fund at the end of 2023 will not cover our forecasted expenditure for 2024 and capital from the Mr Brain Fund will be needed to cover the excess.

  3. A new restricted fund has been created named the Learning Hub Fund. We have been given a grant to take part in a national project to promote Christianity in schools.

  4. For 2024 our Parish Share has increased by £2,975 (3.5%) to £87,943.

  5. Currently the estimated deficit for 2024 on unrestricted funds is £21,910. This includes £6,000 provision for a new Musical Director. We advertised the post in 2023 but no-one was appointed.

Lesley Barratt - Treasurer

Revised Church Financial Policies (7[th] March 2024)

Restricted Reserves Policy

We sensitively invite legacies and where a prospective donor has no particular purpose in mind for the use of such a legacy, we encourage prospective donors to state that monies so willed should be used by the PCC at their discretion

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31 December 2023

Note
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Voluntary income
2(a)
Activities for generating funds
2(b)
Income from investments
2(c)
Church activities
12(d)
Other Receipts		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL FUNDS
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
111,575
17,630
129,205
205,288
945
1,303
2,248
1,328
1,318
2,560
3,878
2,360
17,465
3,124
20,589
17,477
115
115
466
TOTAL INCOME 131,418
24,617
156,035
226,919
EXPENDITURE
Church activities
3(a)
Raising funds
3(b)		 115,168
51,793
166,961
180,629
775
325
1,100
1,242
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 115,943
52,118
168,061
181,871
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) BEFORE
INVESTMENT GAINS
NET GAIN/(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS
5
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD AT
THE START OF THE YEAR
TORAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD AT
THE END OF THE YEAR		 15,475
-27,501
-12,026
45,048
28,917
57,019
85,936
-68,749
44,392
29,518
73,910
-23,701
258,167
501,686
759,853
783,554
302,559
531,204
833,763
759,853

The notes on pages 3 to 8 form part of these accounts

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

BALANCE SHEET
At 31 December 2023
Note 2023 2022
£ £
FIXED ASSETS
Furniture and Equipment 4 21,252
Investment Fund 5 755,270 694,334
TOTAL 776,522 694,334
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank & in hand 26,496 20,540
Debtors 6 9,487 9,474
Short term deposits 26,712 40,513
Total 62,695 70,527
TOTAL ASSETS 839,217 764,861
LIABILITIES
Creditors- Amounts falling due within One Year 5,454 5,008
833,763 759,853
FUNDS 833,763 759,853
Unrestricted 7(a) 302,559 258,167
Restricted 7(b) 531,204 501,686
TOTAL 833,763 759,853

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 December 2023

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1(a) Basis of Preparation

These financial statements have been prepared on an accounting basis, in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006.

1(b) Depreciation

Items of Furniture,Equipment and Fittings costing more than £1,000 are capitalised and depreciated over 4 years at 25% per annum.

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2(a)
2(b)
2(c)
*
2(d)
2(e)**		 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL FUNDS
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Voluntary income
Planned giving:
Gift aid donations
61,283
61,283
60,435
Tax recoverable
15,489
753
16,242
15,573
Other
5,992
5,992
6,194
Collections:
Open plate
1,252
1,252
2,015
Gift aid envelopes
1,368
1,368
1,710
Sum Up
483
483
330
Sum Up with gift aid
860
860
772
Benefice Allowance
2,797
Grants:
Bath & Wells Community Outreach
500
500
Church of England Energy Scheme
1,250
Listed Places of Worship
2,015
2,015
2,164
National Society for Education
10,000
10,000
Parish Council
400
400
350
St Mathias
1,500
1,500
Donations
1,418
462
1,880
2,230
Donations qualifying for gift aid
20,430
2,000
22,430
374
Legacies
3,000
3,000
109,094
Total
111,575
17,630
129,205
205,288
Activities for generating funds
Social activityDonations
945
1,303
2,248
1,328
Total
945
1,303
2,248
1,328
Income from investments
Dividends from Trust Funds
95
2,193
2,288
2,276
Interest
1,223
367
1,590
84
Total
1,318
2,560
3,878
2,360
Income from church activities
Bath & Wells Visiting Clergy Costs
705
705
180
Chelvey PCC Contribution-expenses
1,250
1,250
1,307
Children's Choir
3,024
3,024
2,764
Hire of Church House
5,546
5,546
4,400
Sales
45
45
80
Weddings,Funerals & Monuments Fees
9,919
100
10,019
8,746
Total
17,465
3,124
20,589
17,477
Other Receipts
FIT Payments
115
115
466
Total
115
115
466
Total Income
131,418
24,617
156,035
226,919

The custodian trustee of these funds is Bath and Wells Diocesan Board of Finance. The dividends received are included in the Churchyard and Flower Funds.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

For the year ended 31 December 2023

181,871
168,061
52,118
115,943
TOTAL RESOURCES USED
1,242
1,100
325
775
Total
823
1,100
325
775
Cost of social activities
419
Stewardship costs
3(b) Raising funds
180,629
166,961
51,793
115,168
Total
368
377
377
Bank Charges
1,046
1,181
1,181
Printing/ stationery/postage
1,200
2,250
2,250
Fees:
Organist
2,964
3,318
3,318
Church House cleaner
11,054
11,818
11,818
Children's Worker
7,098
7,820
7,820
Salaries:
Administrator
23,976
12,624
12,624
Major Repairs
7,084
7,084
Depreciation
7,598
-4,386
-4,965
579
Equipment
52
289
289
Ringers
316
55
55
Junior church
304
601
474
127
Choir
269
136
136
Support costs: Children's worker expenses
5,262
7,369
7,369
Churchyard upkeep
95
117
117
Sundries
418
200
200
Flowers
656
514
514
Material for Worship
172
90
90
Upkeep of services : Books etc
14,918
14,814
2,786
12,028
Church running and maintenance (2a)
525
130
130
Discretionary Disbursements
90
90
Vacancy
5,631
5,222
5,222
Outreach
638
944
944
Other clergy costs
3,948
2,940
2,920
20
Lay Training
1,205
690
690
Other ministry costs: Clergy expenses
86,044
84,968
84,968
Ministry:
Diocesan parish share
4872.00
5,706
5,706
0.00
3,075
1,150
1,150
Home missions & other Church Societies
683
683
Churches overseas : Relief & Development
1,797
3,873
3,873
Church overseas:
Missionary societies
Missionary & charitable giving (see also note 8)
3(a) Church Activities
£
£
£
£
2022
2023
Funds
Funds
TOTAL FUNDS
Unrestricted
Restricted
3
EXPENDITURE		 181,871
168,061
52,118
115,943
TOTAL RESOURCES USED
1,242
1,100
325
775
Total
823
1,100
325
775
Cost of social activities
419
Stewardship costs
3(b) Raising funds
180,629
166,961
51,793
115,168
Total
368
377
377
Bank Charges
1,046
1,181
1,181
Printing/ stationery/postage
1,200
2,250
2,250
Fees:
Organist
2,964
3,318
3,318
Church House cleaner
11,054
11,818
11,818
Children's Worker
7,098
7,820
7,820
Salaries:
Administrator
23,976
12,624
12,624
Major Repairs
7,084
7,084
Depreciation
7,598
-4,386
-4,965
579
Equipment
52
289
289
Ringers
316
55
55
Junior church
304
601
474
127
Choir
269
136
136
Support costs: Children's worker expenses
5,262
7,369
7,369
Churchyard upkeep
95
117
117
Sundries
418
200
200
Flowers
656
514
514
Material for Worship
172
90
90
Upkeep of services : Books etc
14,918
14,814
2,786
12,028
Church running and maintenance (2a)
525
130
130
Discretionary Disbursements
90
90
Vacancy
5,631
5,222
5,222
Outreach
638
944
944
Other clergy costs
3,948
2,940
2,920
20
Lay Training
1,205
690
690
Other ministry costs: Clergy expenses
86,044
84,968
84,968
Ministry:
Diocesan parish share
4872.00
5,706
5,706
0.00
3,075
1,150
1,150
Home missions & other Church Societies
683
683
Churches overseas : Relief & Development
1,797
3,873
3,873
Church overseas:
Missionary societies
Missionary & charitable giving (see also note 8)
3(a) Church Activities
£
£
£
£
2022
2023
Funds
Funds
TOTAL FUNDS
Unrestricted
Restricted
3
EXPENDITURE		 181,871
168,061
52,118
115,943
TOTAL RESOURCES USED
1,242
1,100
325
775
Total
823
1,100
325
775
Cost of social activities
419
Stewardship costs
3(b) Raising funds
180,629
166,961
51,793
115,168
Total
368
377
377
Bank Charges
1,046
1,181
1,181
Printing/ stationery/postage
1,200
2,250
2,250
Fees:
Organist
2,964
3,318
3,318
Church House cleaner
11,054
11,818
11,818
Children's Worker
7,098
7,820
7,820
Salaries:
Administrator
23,976
12,624
12,624
Major Repairs
7,084
7,084
Depreciation
7,598
-4,386
-4,965
579
Equipment
52
289
289
Ringers
316
55
55
Junior church
304
601
474
127
Choir
269
136
136
Support costs: Children's worker expenses
5,262
7,369
7,369
Churchyard upkeep
95
117
117
Sundries
418
200
200
Flowers
656
514
514
Material for Worship
172
90
90
Upkeep of services : Books etc
14,918
14,814
2,786
12,028
Church running and maintenance (2a)
525
130
130
Discretionary Disbursements
90
90
Vacancy
5,631
5,222
5,222
Outreach
638
944
944
Other clergy costs
3,948
2,940
2,920
20
Lay Training
1,205
690
690
Other ministry costs: Clergy expenses
86,044
84,968
84,968
Ministry:
Diocesan parish share
4872.00
5,706
5,706
0.00
3,075
1,150
1,150
Home missions & other Church Societies
683
683
Churches overseas : Relief & Development
1,797
3,873
3,873
Church overseas:
Missionary societies
Missionary & charitable giving (see also note 8)
3(a) Church Activities
£
£
£
£
2022
2023
Funds
Funds
TOTAL FUNDS
Unrestricted
Restricted
3
EXPENDITURE
368
377
377
1,046
1,181
1,181
1,200
2,250
2,250
2,964
3,318
3,318
11,054
11,818
11,818
7,098
7,820
7,820
23,976
12,624
12,624
7,084
7,084
7,598
-4,386
-4,965
579
52
289
289
316
55
55
304
601
474
127
269
136
136
5,262
7,369
7,369
95
117
117
418
200
200
656
514
514
172
90
90
14,918
14,814
2,786
12,028
525
130
130
90
90
5,631
5,222
5,222
638
944
944
3,948
2,940
2,920
20
1,205
690
690
86,044
84,968
84,968
4872.00
5,706
5,706
0.00
Total 180,629
166,961
51,793
115,168
823
1,100
325
775
419
Total 1,242
1,100
325
775
TOTAL RESOURCES USED 181,871
168,061
52,118
115,943

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

For the year ended 31 December 2023

3(c)
4
5
6		 CHURCH RUNNING EXPENSES (UNRESTRICTED FUNDS)
Consumables & window Cleaning
Copyright licence/Data protection
Drop Box
Electricity
Insurance
Oil
Phone/internet
Piano Tuning
Water Rates
Web Site
Zoom		 2023
2022
£
£
302
250
470
752
167
166
3,161
2,274
2,924
2,536
3,380
2,732
822
824
200
90
243
210
215
233
144
144
TOTAL 12,028
10,211
FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
2023
2022
£
£
Cost
At start of year
3,416
3,416
Additions
28,336
Disposals
-
At end of year
31,752
3,416
Depreciation
At start of year
3,416
3,416
Disposals
-
Depreciation charge for the year
7,084
At end of year
10,500
3,416
Net Residual Value at end of year
21,252
CCLA INVESTMENT FUND
2023
2022
Share holding at 31 December
12,648
13,099
The value of one share in the fund at 31 December 2023 was £59.71 (2022 -£53.00)
8,392 shares are in restricted funds and 4,256 in unrestricted funds
£
£
Market Value at start of year
694,334
763,083
Additional shares purchased
50,000
Shares sold
-25,000
-50,000
Net gain/loss on Investments
85,936
-68,749
Market Value at end of year
755,270
694,334
DEBTORS
2023
2022
HM Revenue & Customs
8,148
8,497
Other Debtors
1,339
523		 2023
2022
£
£
3,416
3,416
28,336
-
31,752
3,416
3,416
3,416
-
7,084
10,500
3,416
755,270
694,334
2023
2022
8,148
8,497
1,339
523
TOTAL 9,487
9,020

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31 December 2023

7 DETAILS OF FUNDS
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS BALANCE BALANCE
2023 2022
7(a) GENERAL FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Voluntary income 108,575 Church activities 115,168
Activities for generating funds 945 Raising funds 775
Income from investments 1,318
Income from church activities 17,465
Other receipts 115
TOTAL INCOME 128,418 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 115,943
Opening balance 454 Closing balance 12,929 454
LEGACIES FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Investment Fund gain 28,917
Legacy 3,000
TOTAL INCOME 31,917 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 0
Opening balance 257,713 Closing balance 289,630 257,713
TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 302,559 258,167
7(b) RESTRICTED FUNDS
BELL RINGERS FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Donations 327 Afiliation fees 20
Interest 83 Bench cushions 173
Social 101 Ropes 96
TOTAL INCOME 511 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 289
Opening balance 1,484 Closing balance 1,706 1,484
CHOIR FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Donations plus tax 2,580 Chorister bonuses 52
Interest 105 Music 93
Social 24 Other expenses 57
Funeral fees 100 Social events 271
TOTAL INCOME 2,809 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 473
Opening balance 306 Closing balance 2,642 306
CHURCHYARD FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Dividends 2,015 Electricity 141
Grant 400 Gardeners 3,853
Interest 50 Hedge cutting 659
Machinery maintenance 248
Other expenses 387
Roses & rewilding 341
Tree Work 1,740
TOTAL INCOME 2,465 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 7,369
Opening balance 5,927 Closing balance 1,023 5,927

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7 DETAILS OF FUNDS (continued)

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

For the year ended 31 December 2023

7(b)

RESTRICTED FUNDS (continued) BALANCE BALANCE
2023 2022
CHURCHYARD AND FABRIC MR BRAIN FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Investment Fund gain 52,327 Architect- vision & sound system 3,353
Listed Places of Worship grant 2,015 Bell clapper assembly 540
Church House electricity board 396
Church House chairs dolley 311
Church maintenance 2,786
Church tower roof 5,529
Panel heater 1,067
Replacement light fittings 7,536
Water heater 1,430
Adjustment to capitalise 2022
chairs and sound system -12,653
Depreciation of equipment 7,084
TOTAL INCOME 54,342 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 17,379
Opening balance 444,884 Closing balance 481,847 444,884
FLOWER FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Dividends 178 Christmas decorations 130
Donations 55 Flowers etc 71
Interest 124
TOTAL INCOME 357 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 201
Opening balance 2,389 Closing balance 2,545 2,389
LEARNING HUB FUND
National Society grant 10,000
TOTAL INCOME 10,000 TOTAL EXPENDITURE
Opening balance Closing balance 10,000
MISSION & OUTREACH FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Bath & Wells community grant 500 Begin Well 455
Children's choir 3,024 Charities 5,706
Investment Fund gain 4,692 Children's choir 2,622
St Mathias grant 1,500 Children's worker costs 136
Social events donations 1,178 Children's worker course fees 2,920
Tax 253 Children's worker salary 11,818
Christmas & Easter in the box 297
Expenses for social events 325
Junior school books 422
Light party 317
Little Lambs 221
Musical instruments 150
Other outreach expenses 170
Pupil chaplaincy 282
St Andrew's churchdays 436
TOTAL INCOME 11,147 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 26,277
Opening balance 46,471 Closing balance 31,341 46,471
RECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Interest 5 Disbursements 130
TOTAL INCOME 5 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 130
Opening balance 225 Closing balance 100 225
TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS 531,204 501,686

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31 December 2023 8 PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES

8(a) PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES FROM PCC FUNDS 2023 2022
Churches overseas :Missionary Societies
USPG 1,150 1,025
Church Mission Society 1,150 1,025
Total 2,300 2,050
Home Missions & Other Church Societies
Bristol Connect 1,150
The Community of the Sisters of the Church 1,150 1,025
Wellspring Counselling 1,025
Total 2,300 2,050
8(b) OTHER PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES
Churches overseas :Missionary Societies
Church Mission Society BBQ 683
USPG Curry Evening 423 772
Total 1,106 772
TOTAL PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES 5,706 4,872
The following donations are not included in the Accounts as St Andrew's only acts as an agent
* Community of the Sisters of the Church (donations) 2,112 1,050
Children's Society collection (Christingle) 143 67
CMS (donations & sponsored walk) 62
Funeral Collection (Cancer Research) 190
Red Cross (Gaza) 228
Ripple Efect collection (Harvest) 139
RSCM 316
Ukraine Children's Camp 235
USPG donations 30 62
USPG (Ukraine) 585
USPG boxes and cofee morning 311 287
Wellspring (donations & sponsored walk) 806
Zambia collection (musical instruments) 486
Total 3,449 3,660
Donations of food and gifts have also been given to the
* Sisters of the Church - estimated value 850 475

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages
Responsibilities and
basis of report		 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Backwell,
also known as St Andrew’s PCC Backwell.
31st December 2023
Charity no
(if any)
1131461
1-9
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31stDecember 2020
As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:		 .
Date:
09/04/2024
Amanda Collinson
Former Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales (1980-2021)
12a Farleigh Road,
Backwell,
Bristol. BS48 3PA

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Administrative information

St. Andrew’s Church is situated in Church Lane, Backwell. It is part of the Diocese of Bath & Wells within the Church of England. The correspondence address is St Andrew’s Church, Church Lane, Backwell, BS48 3JJ. Registered charity number 1131461

PCC members who have served from 23rd April 2023 until the date of this approved report are:

Wardens : Andy Pitcher, Cherry Leake

PCC Secretary : Jane Canning Deanery Synod (entitles automatic service on PCC) Martin Canning Anthony Stansfield Anita Heappey Vacancy

Diocesan Synod (entitles automatic service on Deanery and PCC) Carol Hellen

Elected members For 3 years unless otherwise indicated Lesley Barratt (until APCM 2025) Tim Harland (until APCM 2026) Tamsin Hockett (until APCM 2026) Doug Neilson (until APCM 2025) Tina Soper (until APCM 2026) Christine Hamilton (until APCM 2026) John Lee (until APCM 2026) Ian Bainbridge co-opted in 2023 By Invitation to Fabric Committee George Chedburn (Architect)

Approved by the PCC on 25[th] April 2024 and signed on their behalf by Andy Pitcher (Church Warden and Chair)

…………………………………………………………………………

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