Registered Charity Number: 1131532
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF MONKSEATON ST MARY
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST DECEMBER 2023

Contents
Page
Annual Report
Independent Examiners Report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Financlal Statements 4-6
Detailed Statements of Financlal
Actlvlties.
' Pa8e 7 (kles not form part of the ststutory accounts as fequlred bythe Chafftles Regulatlons

The PCC members (the Trustees) present thelr annual report and accounts for the year ended 31, December
2023 which complles wlth the Churth Accountin8 Re8ulations 2006 and the Charity Commission's Statement of
Recommended Practice.
Admlnlstratlve Informatlon.
The Ecclesiastical Parish of Monkseaton St Mary the Virgin is a benefice consisting of the St. Mary the Virgin,
Monkseaton in the Archdeaconry of Northumberland in the Diocese of Newcastle within the Church of England.
The correspondence address is: The Parish Office, St Marfs Church, Claremont Road, Whltley Bay, NE26 3SF.
Tel No: 01916767798. email:office@stmarysmonkseaton.or8.uk
Lh
The Parochial Church Council {PCC) registered as a charlty on 7 September 2009. The registered charity number
Is 1131532.
PCC members who have served from l January 2022 to the date this report was approved are:
Ex Officlo Members
Vicar
Assistant Curate
Licensed Lay Minister ILLM)
Licensed Lay Minister
Warden
Warden
pso
th
Reverend Nigel Taylor (Appointed 16 November 2022
Reverend Benjamin Jarvis (Retired January 20231
Nicola Denyer
th
Margaret Evans (licensed 28 October 20231
Carol Nesbitt
John Appleby
Susan Johnson
Deanery Synod Representatlves
Nicola Denyer
John Appleby
Ellzabeth Hayes
Elected PCC Members
Vice Chair
ecrthryanthllectoralAoll officer
Treasurer
Elizabeth Hayes
Gra￿.￿Organ .
Andrew Potter
Marion Oakes
David Tompkins
Carole Lax
Pam Miller
Cheryl Savage
Imogen Potter
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Numbers on electoral roll:
St Mary Monkseaton
2023
2022
118
115
structure Governance and Management
The PCC 15 a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates underthe Parochlal Church
Council Powers Measure. The PCC Is a Registered Charity.
The method of appointment of PCC members Is set out in the Church Representatlon Rules. The membership of
the PCC consists of the incumbent, churchwardens and members elected by those members of the congregation
who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our servlces/members of the congregation are
encoura8ed to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.
The PCC members are responsible for maklng decision5 on all matters of general concern and importance to the
parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent.
The PCC 15 SUPPOrted by a Standing Committee and slx committees focuslng on key areas:
Finance
Service Planning Group
Welcome and integration and Caring Group
Building and Resource Group
Justice and Peace
Safeguarding
The PCC is aware of its duty to have due re8ard to the House of Bishops, 8uidance on safeguarding children and
vulnerable adults. From 2017 the PCC has used the"Safeguarding Toolkit" provlded by the diocese as a way of
self-assessment, to seek to ensure it fulfils that duty. The PCC continues to comply with the duty to have "due
regard" to the House of Blshops, guidance in relation to safeguarding.
Volunteers
The running of St Mary Monkseaton is reliant on our volunteer5. We would like to thank all the volunteers,
er8y With 'perrriission to officiate an
itensed Lay Ministérs who support'the parish vision to take the Good
News of Jesus Chrlstto those who choose to hear it and work so hard to make our church the lively and vlbrant
communlty It is.
Rlsk Assessment
The PCC regularly review the rlsks to which the Council mlght be exposed and recommend action to mltigate
these orto manage the risk appropriately. The PCC reviews its Safeguarding and Health and Safety pollcles on an
annual basis. Financial risks are regularly reviewed, and a risk reglster Is In the process of being developed.
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Objectlves and Activltles
The PCC is committed to beln8 inclusive and enablin8 as many people as possible to worshlp at our church and
to become part of our parish community. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and
makes suggestions on how our services can be inclusive and involve the many groups that live within our parlsh.
Our services and worsh ip PLrt faith into practice throu8h prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.
When planning our activities forthe year, we have considered the Commission's guidance on public benefit and,
in particular, the supplementary guidance on charitie5 for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to
enable ordinary people to live outtheir faith as part of our parish community through..
Accessible worship and prayer; learning about the gospel; and developin8 their knowledge and trust in
Jesus.
Provision of pastoral care for con8re8atlon members and people INin8 in the parish.
Missionary and outreach work within the parish.
Workin8 ecumenically
supporting local schools
Su pporting social justice campaigns.
To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of the church buildings wlthin the parish for
community use.
Staff Eslabllshment
Clergy:
The current Incumbent is Rerfd Nigel Taylor who Is Vicar Df St Mary Monkseaton.
Adrnlnlstratlon:
The PCC employs a pald Parish Admlnlstrator for 15 hours per week.
St Marythe Virgin Monkseaton PCC has the responslbillty of co-operating with the Clef8y in promoting ministry
and mission in the Parish. It also has malntenance responsibilities for the church buildings.
Each Sunday, two mornlng services are held at least one of which will be a Eucharistic service. The Eucharist Is
celebrated every Wednesday morning and on all majorfestivals.
Soclal Actlon
Social action and communlty engagement have grown considerably in 2023. The 'toddler's' group has expanded
lsessior￿per_wee￿5Uppotting4?yel3D-PareTrt￿￿￿. ildr4K-Jn-addltl0AW￿O￿.W44egU￿a￿Big-pla￿
OUV events where up to 40 families have engaged in playlng on the church grounds bulldlng link5 between
people and the church and communlty.
Social action with older people continues with 'OWLs' which continues to flourish. We have also developed in
partnershlp with the local communlty group'whitley Lodge Community Spirrf and Whitley Lodge Baptist
Church, a'memory Lane, dementia cafe to support people with cognitive Impairment and their tarers. This is
now well established with a regular monthly meetin8 in Whitley Bay Golf Club.
The church's Justice and Peace group have been active in Sts 'eco campaign, and has lobbied MPS over
80vernment decisions on combustion engine vehicles and is continually striving to develop an action plan to
move the church closer to Net Zero. Thi5 includes an audit of the buildings and a plan to improve the carbon
footprint.
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Achlevements and Performante
The Parish is continuing to develop and ha5 developed a new'shape for Sunda¢ Including a variety of services
both Eucharistic and non Eucharistic. This is aimed at people questloning falth, seeklng tranquility and a break
from life the business of life and also familles. In addition we have restarted a traditional 'Choral Evensong, using
the strength of our choir. Thi5 has resulted in some areas of 8rowth in the church although occasional offices
(funerals and weddings> have not increased in number.
2022
57
2023
66
li
io
Average Sunday Attendance
Baptisms
Funerals
Weddings
Worship Community
13
138
149
Flnancial Review
Total receipts on unrestricted fund5 were £155,628 and are detalled In the financial 5tatement5.
£142,956 was Spent to provide Christian Mlnlstry including the contribution to the diocesan parish share of
£71,000.
The principal funding sources are voluntary contributions from those attendlng church in the parlsh.
Reserves Pollcy
The PCC reserves policy is reviewed on an annual basis and is based on malntainln8 6 months running costs plus
a contingency for emergencies. The total free reserves for these purposes should not fall below £30,000.
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Jodep¢lldèlli èxaminer's reportto th¢ PCC On Ibt uttatsdlted IInattd￿ st*tem￿ts of
Pansh.of St Mary The Vlr8ln.Mollkwton.
I reptst th the oEparish otsr The Vtrw.MonkyEaton forth¢ yw ehlkd 31 DewnE¢r2023 xt
thrt.onw¢s 2 106.
rMpon8fibUltle&oftrystw 8ndJndet*ndeThtexxmiDpr
As'.memb¢ry of the PCC you tre rwnJibl¢ tr the pr¢pAration of the acoounts. yoll wnsid¢T that the wdit
YequIr￿0f"¢¢¢¢I¢n 144 of'the Cthitie3 AkxqQ11 (thé Ath)do¢$nol appl¥ andth￿￿) indep￿dent¢x￿1lllI1￿j￿I
is n¢tthd. It js my rwsibility lo ex8mtne tht 2c£ounts under section 145 of th¢ ACL arKI Ulldtr th¢ Chwch
Aè¢ouiJiing Rg8ulMhjlls2006(th¢R•8ulAII￿s).
Basts of IntyDdentmthitt¢r'8sl*temeDt
.My ¢x¥rninatioK cNryi¢d out. in axoffdattc* Miththe Dir¢rfI.o￿ 8iy#n by.the Cl￿11￿ Commlssltyu.
setlionI"45(5Nb) ol tho ACt.￿d (o be found in.the awr¢b OLwdHn¢¢. 2006 ￿111￿. iswl.by th¢ FuMA¢•
DIvls5￿or thtAt¢hbishopg' Cwn¢ll. An¢Xth1iY￿l0n AnclL*lesa reviewp.fthe ¥ccpunlin8T¢¢or&skw bythr"PCt
•nd a comp&rlsoLof.th¢ n￿ounts presffjt•l with those re￿rds. li ￿80 lndudes.consjder￿iory of" unusual
it¢m$ or disclosw in the and seeklng eXpla￿tIonS from you as'(iuM.¢oiiceniir18 •ny.wcknmatte
The'wQdur.el uthdertsk¢n do r*)t.provldè all lh¢ evid￿ that woyld'.bp r¢quTY¢d' in 4n audit &nd.oonwuerfly.
I do hot #xprNs ￿. audit opmSth1 th the vi•v given by the*r£thrt*.
Independente￿WAlleT1BbtsterneTrt
ltscon￿l0n-WlthmYlxIrnIUÉ10M. no DI&tterhv￿m0t0￿y,btttAI1Lmk'.
(l) wbÈ¢h.Nfv•È iTh4nyffl•tKid reJpocL ther4ukemonts;
to k¢tp prw •EEountingrttc*ts itt wordm wlth se¢lion 130of the Art.ènd
topreporr oc¢ounts.whi41 a¢wd withth¢aLFoyntlll8Ttsw(15 oDdtoKOmpTy rfth. thele￿n￿l
requ5r•￿￿0f the A¢
hav¢ nè¢.bÉetswo
nJtgwh1G￿. Ub my.OPiDiQA4 should bfr&4wtiin othto ￿0b[8￿M..U￿dey1l*tsdI4 oftJ*
Chart¢red ArcouDf2iil
Ind•pbudeDt ExarnlJh¢t
. 38 S¢*nhopdloid.
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Parlsh of St Mary The Vlr9ln Mghtrmaton
Statemeni of *nanclal actlvltles
For th•.y•ar •n4ed 31 DKembor 2023
Not• Restrlcted Vnrostrl¢t•¢ Totsl
2023
2023
2023
Total
2022
In¢OmlThg rwlurys
Volunt*"income'"
Activitios for 98￿rating ftlndt
Inv8Stm8nt Income
Incoming resources from c*¢urch acllvll4e¥:
Total In¢omkng rMource•
111.747
20,27e
2,596
111,747
20,276
168.269.
12,401
1,282
165,628
155,828 194,013
Re•ourc8s •xpgnded
Costs ol generalNJ thnd8
Chureh A¢llv*les
Support Co8t8
8.553
122.793
11.610
4.OJO
123.893 237,71D
11.610
11.881
1.100
Total r•sourw expendèd
1.100
142.956. f44,056 253.621
Nat Incoffl•ll•xpendlturg) lor year
-1.11x1
12.872
11,572 (59.608)
Tranller between fwMI$
10
Tot•1 fwyd8 brouglrtforwanl
5.403
75.878
81279
140.897
Total lundb ¢arrhd f0Th￿rd
4,303
.81.279
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Parlsh of 8t Mary The Vlrgln MonkBèalon
BALAN¢E SHEEr
at318t Decembo*2023
2023
2021
CURREMT ASSETS.
Short tenii deposits
Con¢ert currént account
Planned Gfvlng accounl
Cgs.h at bank
71589
100
1,081
19.323
61.485
4.539
1.418
24.984
982
83.406
94,422
CREDITORSAfflounts falling.due wlthln
onè year
1,$72
2,.1'27
NET CURRENT ASSEP&I{UA8ILITIES)
92,851
81.279
TOTAL NET A3SErs
FUNDS
R88tr1cted
10.
4,303
88.548
5,403
The flnaDclal st*em8nls warn appro¥od.by the trustees on 2Dlh March 2024 and $lgned on their b8half by:
Niyl Taylor
Andre4¥ Potter

P•l*h ofstmbry Thé.Wiroln MoThks￿Th
Notes to Ilnan¢l41 gtatrm?nts
For Ihfrswr•ndpd 31 December2023
I. ACCOUNMNG POUCIES
B•615'0f pr•paraUon
PCC i• a Wb1￿4)enEfrf( 8ntity￿Umn thè Mea￿ng of FRS102. Tr financ181.statem8nls havo b8èn pl¢p￿d
Ider thB Ch81ittes Art2011 and.tha Ctsjrch Awurtlno Regulal*)nB 2tth,.kn wrdance wllh.appllcable Btandard8
and CJJTr*nt Statemnt of Re(thmended Prndke, A(oJunting and R£porling by Cttarftes SORP IFRS1021.
fin•nryal 3tat8rnertslMv2 b8eTrprepa￿j lmderthe.htst0rl￿ C[￿tc0nvellti￿ and in(Yud¢ all tra￿a£a￿￿&,
a88els liatsT￿¢S fry￿1th Ihts PCC.h.ffjsponsible In law.
Fundi a¢￿￿￿11
Funds hdd by Ihe PCC are.
R8sb7cled (uith can only be. uged lorth8 pur￿￿$$paifiod bythedoiior(sy.
Unrnslrtrtgdlunds- G¢ngro1 be used for PCG Ordin￿ purpts8O8.
D*￿t￿l￿nd8-pgrt of1￿. unr8*dpled.lunO4th4tthe PGCW deB￿lIale(J a pèrtlAd•rOurpog
￿￿ornIng f•BOIWC4Q
All Inwm.Ing r#Dur¢¥8 *• inc4u(led In the"state"meiitof 1lnandd.acll￿Ias Yknon the church'1$ 6ntillpd (Olhe
omo and the".amounl.ian b& qu8nknfied reasOnab￿aC￿jraQY.Th8 following $p￿.polic￿ are'applied to
lI￿laT cal89Dr￿ ol.uicomé".
Collecuons are recognF5e£l rFgeW by. Or(￿ tthgNof. th? PCC. Planned glvk)g ftc4lvable uDdgr GNiAid
L8 rgrngnts￿ only when recdved. Inconie lax ratoii8r8bl& Gh7.Ald lonation$ 1$ rwni8ed the tax ￿[
rec*W. Funds rrised.by Aubjmn FAr Afidslmllar events and ty sae5 are Trcry.nis￿ grass.
iknts" and legaoe8,to the PCC are accounted lor 8t)oh•¥ th0.PC¢1s nolffi8tt.ol it¥ legal entiUethenL tho.8mount
l¥quaniin8t)le and Its rethlpl by Ihe PCC Js roasonabiv ¢8rt81n.
hKDthe Itom tr)¥￿￿nts Isjnduded In the year In whlch'it 18 r￿[vabkn.
Eyndthre 1> rewni8ed.an An at>Ytsa18 lJ#81# a&A h"IblMty1$ In¢urr¢d,
Grantsand donations arn'a¢c4yJntodfor th pa.kl 4waMed. Wlh•t ¥444rt1. boa0m￿ a tsrvJiNJ
igathtin on PCQ
T•nglble Flx•d aJ8et*
Cons￿•t$d snd bènèfud property of ahy klnd * wdudpd Iurn Ihe.Fn•Th>sl stst•ménls ty81Q(2>a of Ihe
Ch*li¢s Aca2011. Movaabh Church" fvmi8h•igs by thé Mcarand ChurclN¥ardens on $pgdallfU8ttrth&
PC.C. and rBqutre 8 faLyMy for dl$pos•l,' arg inaliena.blo prep&ty Usted In the.Chull*'s Irtverttory that can
Ins￿¢d by arrangement. Al 8xp8ndMure In￿r[0d.In Iho"yo3r ont4nsèGrafed or beneficed ￿l[len
crflin.thè yearol.expth. d￿ra. The.rMtolall fthires, fittlng3 or"0ffi¢o'pquIpn￿lts.w￿1•￿ off In th• y•ar of
uiwtion.
P890 4

Partsh of Sl hlary Monk*•atoh
Noté8 to financlal •t•lemonts
For thff year•nd•d 31 Dxember 2Q23
I Voluntsry tn¢om
Restrlctod Unr•strlcte(Tota12023 T(th12022
Plannod givlng
Plalmed 9ivirvJ- Inctsm6 Tax rgcoverable
Legacles
Donatiorts, appea18 etc
72.854
14,608
12,ODO
12,487
111747
72.654
14,608
12,OQO
.74,966
1,OCrf)
65,653
158 269
111.747
S. Activiliy for gengrating funds
ALrtumn Fair
Concert Serfes ahd fundf8i8ing events
6,558
6,558
20,276
20,276
Invoslment Incom•
Sank internst rec8lvg4
2,442
2,442
1,282
5 Incoming rnsour¢é4 from ¢h￿￿h acllvltlgs
ChurGh hall reyenue
Feès from pa8toral sefvlces
Votive candles
16.140
5,746
195
18.120
5.746
195
195
. CurrontM••tlnvebtments
CBFC Mi88ipn Opportunthes AcGOUmt
CBFC Qulrrfwennlal Fund
8har8d Interest Share A¢cou
2023
49,556
18,008
5,OQS
72,￿9
2022
32.784
13,696
5.,OQ5
7. CREDITORSArnounts falllng duo wlthln one ygar
2023
2022
Ac(xual&'
Llgh( hal water
DIY￿lIOnS Payable
Independent Examiner
800
576
480
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Parfjh pfst Mary Tb• Vlrglrt Monkse•ton
Notes to fln4nclal stat•ments
For th• year ended 31 Dfflvmber 2023
Anatysls of ngt awts betwe•n funds
Fund baLatxa8 at.31 Decembèr2023 as represented by..
Net current 4sÈets
Unrn•trlcted Restrfctod Tol41
88.548
4.3tr¥
92,851
Unrnstrloted fvnos
At1Jan
1023
IneomlkyJ
Outgolng Transfars At 31
reJourceB rMour￿4
2023
Gonergl fund
D881gnatad FundB
Ml88ion OpportunlU•s fund
QuinqLWIDial Fund
Shared Int8rp8t
Total unrè8trktedfund•
29,794
155,628 (142.95b)
42,4$6
27,381
13,096
.27,381
13,896
5,005
88,548
75,876
155,62a
142,
10, R•Jtrlthd fund¥
At1 Jan
2.023
1,100
131
310
239
.2,592
Incomlng
Outgolng t.ran•fgr8 At 31 Doc
ras'oure•8 r•sourc8s
1023
SbuDd 8s•tsmimwovamfrnts
SaNers robes
Pasdkgl cand@8
YES booklot&
Offja.n appèal
Godly Play
Total rnstrlcted
{1,1￿>
131
310
23
2.,592
1,031
4,303
6,403
1.100)
11. Ch•rttab.le Glyl
Pali.st•i Flood$
Alzh￿￿￿8 Society
The Bay Foodbank
Transf¢r Tra.de
Ecochurch
Total
1,020
75
3,095
Frorri tlme tolirnè ￿ P*]sh colled6 money f¢( 4'spBufi¢purpw orrharity and.th8éè funds arb
sed dlrectto ts r816vant chafty.
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Pavlth.rf8t *ry Th• Intgln hl(iTrka••ton
D•wI¢d•tst￿•n1rffl￿ln¢III arffvth•
For tho y•ar•ndgd 31 Dw•mb•r 2013
R•strktod Vnrnstrlctsd
IncgrnlT4 r•gwr4w'
Ineornlny rthourcgq f￿d¥."
FI￿ned gwift
72,664
14,B06
12.1)00
72,e54
f4,,
74.96
16,e50
Legèci88
£3ongkn, ￿d.C01￿￿Qn1
'12.48r è5N3
111.747 111,747 15826
AtttMlgslorgenern.Vl)glunds
Aubjmn Fwr
co￿1 S•w.8nd fimtréwirq
e,558
5359
20.276
20,276
,401
Banklni•root
2.106 1596
1182
1'34,819 134,819 171.B52
Cl¥Jrch hall revenu
FI￿ froffl ￿lIC￿l AaN
15,685
¥.359
1$,565
S.746
106
2.1,009
Yot•l"In¢omlnq f•BOVe••
Rosourw ￿penSe•
7.803 7.eP3
3.081
eg
Fgli p)¥or¢o4
8.553
Dorthne 9
Contdbutlon to
.ci>$t8 I￿￿E1r*harèl
Mlnbty- CJw9y¢osts
Chtth and C￿re11.￿41 ¢uorfng (XlBI¥
,Soundiy8t¢m
Jnd8
Not811
3.095
3A41
71:OOQ
4.551
.79ts 25,79)
.6,595
2,453 120.a01
71,QOO
7S,Ih
19.152.
1.1
dthnqu•nnlal R•palrs
2J70
3,e89 ts.68a 4&04
Mw¢4pr*)vAton
Pmf￿•1er￿I fee￿￿￿ndem.饕thn•r
Toknl wllv1uo•.•xpnd￿r•
122.791 123,
237.710
3upportCq•
11,810
11,810
11,gto
.11,610
11.881
11,881
rotsl •uPwt¢￿tr
T*)t•l 0xth￿￿r•
1.,11JO
1419e4 144,ose 263.821
NellE￿•M{￿ (outyolno) rn•our¢6• f•rth• ymr
11,100}
14872
.11172 {59.609)
1,100