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2021-12-31-accounts

2021 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of St.

Bartholomew’s Church, Roby

Aim and purposes

St. Bartholomew’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Reverend Kate Wharton, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Parish Church of St. Bartholomew, Church Road, Roby.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at St. Bartholomew's. Our Mission Statement is “Grow, Serve, Give” and it is our desire to see our church family:

GROW – We want to be people, and a church, which grows. Individually we are seeking to grow in our own faith, in our walk with God. We want to become more like Jesus and more like the people he created us to be. We encourage church members to be part of a Connect group where they can be accountable and where they can learn and grow alongside a few others. Corporately we are seeking to grow in the depth of our spiritual life as we seek God together. We expect that when we come together as church we will be transformed as we meet with God through worship, teaching and ministry. We are also seeking to grow numerically – to be, in the words of our diocesan strategy “a bigger church which makes a bigger difference, as we see more people knowing Jesus and more justice in the world.”

SERVE – We want to be people, and a church, which serves. We want our communities of Roby and Page Moss to be better because we as a church are here than they would be if we were not. We encourage church members to consider how they might serve both within the church, in one or more of our ministry areas, and outside the church, within the community. We want to be a place which is known within our community for being a place of welcome, and support, and blessing.

GIVE – We want to be people, and a church, which gives. We aim to give generously of our money, our resources, our time and our talents. We encourage church members to give financially to God’s work and mission within St. Bart’s and also to whatever other good causes God prompts them to support. As a church we give away a proportion of our income to good

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causes around the world, and our Missions committee ensures we keep in touch with where our money is going.

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.

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

To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St. Bartholomew.

Achievements and Performance

Worship and Prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. Services at St Bartholomew’s generally follow the pattern as described in previous reports, namely:

In all three Sunday services there is an opportunity for prayer ministry.

The activities detailed below demonstrate how St. Bartholomew’s Church has been following it’s Mission Statement, which is to “grow, serve and give”.

During 2020, the arrival of the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent national lockdowns affected how we met together as a church, and this continued throughout 2021 to various degrees. At the beginning of January 2021, after enjoying some onsite services towards the end of 2020, the PCC once again had to suspend onsite services due to the announcement of a further national lockdown. Reverend Kate reminded us again that Church is not closed, only the building is closed, and we were encouraged to remain connected as we worshipped together on Zoom and You Tube, by praying for each other and by being in contact with each other to show support.

People were encouraged to use the “help” email to request help or offer help to others. Telephone volunteers, shoppers and deliverers came forward to serve others in their time of

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need. There were also Connect Groups available to join which met via Zoom or WhatsApp, enabling small groups to meet for prayer, worship and Bible study.

Throughout January, February and most of March 2021 our 11 am Morning Worship “Gather Round” continued to be livestreamed on You Tube. Following this, people had the opportunity to meet on Zoom for tea and coffee, a time to catch up with each other. After this, the Prayer Ministry team were available to pray with people who had specific prayer requests.

In addition, Infinite Live (an informal service) was held on Zoom on the first Sunday of the month, with Infinite Moments (short blog posts with a ‘thought for the day’) shared by members of the church on our Facebook page on the Sundays in between.

Our monthly worship and prayer gathering, “Hungry” continued to take place on Zoom on the last Wednesday of the month during the lockdown period.

Our Boys’ Brigade group began meeting up on Zoom each Tuesday and spaces were available for new members to get involved. When they began to meet once more in person, they met at Roby Park School, as there was more space available, and they could meet outside when the weather permitted.

Saturday 16[th] January 2021 saw the launch of our 3 year fundraising appeal, the Generosity Challenge. This was postponed from the previous year when the church celebrated its 170[th] anniversary. A pizza party was held on Zoom and the church family heard how they could all be involved in raising the substantial sum of money needed specifically for our building fund to cover the cost of vital repairs to the church building. Also in January, we hosted a special Zoom chat for Home-schooling parents – a chance to chat, share, laugh, cry, encourage, scream and pray together. At the end of January, a New Wine Celebration evening was livestreamed from St Bartholomew’s church.

It was recognised that those who work for the NHS in any capacity are currently having a stressful time due to the extra work created by the Pandemic and also more recently, the roll out of the newly approved Covid Vaccination Programme. Reverend Kate invited those in our church family who work for the NHS to send her a photograph along with their name and job title which she made into a prayer card. This was shared with the wider church family enabling them to pray in a more focussed and informed way. Following the success of this, a second prayer card was circulated featuring those working in education. A free counselling service “Listening Ear” was made available through the Huyton Deanery to anyone interested.

To round off January 2021, Reverend Kate shared with us an excellent resource from CPAS. It was a verse of praise for every single day of the month, a way to help us all to continue to praise God for his goodness and his faithfulness even when times are hard.

February saw the continuation of a series of meetings with an invited special guest. “An evening with …” has been much appreciated and well attended on Zoom by church members.

In February we were encouraged to spend some time thinking about how we might mark the season of Lent and use it to grow closer to God. On Ash Wednesday, Lent began with a short service on Zoom. The Prayer Course 2 ran each Tuesday throughout Lent on Zoom. Lent prayer resources and resources for families with children were made available for the church family to use. People were also encouraged to download the Lectio 365 daily Bible reading App covering similar themes to the Prayer Course 2.

At the end of February 2021, the government unveiled its “roadmap” to help us to move out of the pandemic. With this in mind, the PCC decided at its meeting in March to re commence

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onsite services from Palm Sunday, 28[th] March. The previous format was resumed, with services at 9.00 am and 11.00 am. The 6pm service didn’t restart online at that point. The 11.00am service continued to be livestreamed as a maximum of 40 people were permitted to attend in person. A telephone booking system was used and this worked well. Stewards continued to ensure that standards were adhered to and it was mandatory for all attendees to wear a face covering. No social contact between family bubbles was allowed and sadly people attending in person were still not able to sing. The Zoom tea/coffee/chat/prayer ministry was discontinued once the onsite services resumed.

The church family were invited to participate in several events throughout March. A free New Wine celebration was held on You Tube to mark the start of the Leadership Conference and was open for all to attend. A virtual “Experience Easter” called The B Tales was available on You Tube for children, created by some children’s workers in the Diocese and the Methodist Circuit. A National Day of Reflection was held on 23[rd] March, exactly 1 year since the first lockdown started. Reverend Kate sent out a short service in her weekly email for people to follow at some point during the day and there were two national times of remembrance – a moment of silence at 12pm and the shining of a light at 8pm. Palm crosses were available for people to collect on Palm Sunday as a visual reminder of the events of Holy Week. The children were encouraged to make Easter cards which could be sent out to older members of the church.

April began with our services for Easter. A short service for Maundy Thursday was available for people to use at home, alone or with others and on Good Friday there was a Zoom service for all to join. A Walk Through Easter event was held in church for children and families on Holy Saturday.

In May, we were encouraged to get involved in the global 11 day prayer initiative “Thy Kingdom Come”, beginning with a service of Morning Prayer on Zoom. We also joined up with other churches in the Deanery for a prayer walk during this time. Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) was held in May on Zoom. Our Eco Church team invited new members to join them as they were thinking and planning how we could do better as a church in becoming more eco aware and friendly in all that we do as we work towards our Eco Church award. At the end of May, another New Wine Celebration evening was livestreamed from St Bartholomew’s church. Also at the end of May, we said goodbye to our Ordinand of three years as she left to take up a new position as Curate in another church.

In June, a Living in Love & Faith information evening was held on Zoom, hosted by Reverend Kate. As the weather began to improve, our Grounds Team volunteers got to work cutting the grass and trimming the hedges. Different members of the congregation adopted borders and provided and planted bedding plants to make the church look beautiful throughout the summer as we looked forward to being able to celebrate weddings once more. The outside church notice boards were looking bare following the extensive periods of lockdown, so the children and youth were invited to enter a competition to design a bright and colourful poster with the theme “This is our Church”. The two winning designs were made into banners and displayed on the notice boards to add to the bright and cheerful feel of the grounds. At the end of June, we welcomed our new Curate and her family following her ordination at Liverpool Cathedral.

July saw the lifting of all remaining restrictions by the Government which meant that by the end of July it was no longer necessary to book in advance to attend church on Sundays as numbers were no longer restricted to 40 attendees. However, the 11am service continued to be livestreamed on You Tube and a number of people continued to engage with the service in

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this way. People watching from home were able to be involved by texting in to the church phone number. A leaflet and a video were produced by Reverend Kate to explain the changes following the removal of mandatory restrictions. The video was posted on social media and the leaflet was sent either by email or by post to all members of the congregation. Church members were also sent some resources prepared by CPAS to help them think about the past year and reflect, with God, on some of their experiences during the pandemic either as individuals or families. Face to face pastoral visits and conversations were able to take place once more. Baptisms continued to be held in the afternoons both to deal with the backlog and to reduce the pressure on numbers at the 11am service. Members of the church were also encouraged to join in the online New Wine event “United Breaks Out”, with free bible teaching, celebration talks and events for children and young people.

August began with the New Wine “United Breaks Out” Sunday morning livestream from London, followed by a picnic in the Vicarage garden. The 9am and the 11am services continued in their revised format throughout August.

In September, we were delighted that Emma and Isaac Stonier could stay with us as Emma began her ordination training at Emmanuel and started her placement at St Bartholomew’s. Kids Church, Tots Church and communion (bread only) started up again at the 11am service. We were able to have our live worship band and people were allowed to sing again. Refreshments were available once more after the service enabling people to stay and chat with each other if they wanted to. We were also able to re-start some of the church groups that take place mid-week, such as STAR and Tiddlywinks and some of the uniformed organisations were also making plans to re-commence. Our “Hungry” evening of prayer and worship took place at the end of September onsite in church. Our yearly “Alpha” course took place on Zoom, starting at the end of September and was a great success. St Bartholomew’s registered for the “Welcome Churches” scheme, which aims to help churches be ready to welcome refugees who may move into the area and need support.

In October, we held our Harvest Festival where food donations were given to the Big Help Project (Knowsley Foodbank).

In November, members of the congregation were invited to contribute to the process of finding the next Bishop of Liverpool by completing an online survey as the current Bishop of Liverpool had announced that he would be retiring in February 2022. We were able to hold two memorial services in November for families who had experienced bereavement during 2020 and 2021 and these were well attended and much appreciated.

At the beginning of December we held our annual Toy & Gift Service. Donated toys were distributed to local families by The Big Help Project and gifts of toiletries, hats, scarves & gloves were given to SHARe for distribution at a party for asylum seekers and refugees. In the light of the new Omicron variant of Covid, the government updated its guidance making the wearing of face masks mandatory again in church. We held a Christmas Tree Carol Service, Carols by Candlelight (which was also livestreamed), Longest Night service, Christmas Eve Holy Communion and Christmas Day all age service with Communion. The St. Bart’s Kids’ Nativity filmed in 2020 was also re-launched on YouTube and some people gathered in church to watch it together.

Throughout the year, Reverend Kate has continued to send the congregation a weekly email with words of encouragement and links to keep people connected. There has also been regular contact by post and telephone with those people who are not online.

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Due to the pandemic, the uniformed organisations associated with the church (Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Boys Brigade) have been unable to meet for much of the year and Church Parade services usually held on the first Sunday of each month have not taken place.

The monthly Wednesday morning Holy Communion service has also been suspended during the pandemic, as have our monthly visits into St. Bart’s Court nursing home.

All are welcome to attend our regular services, whether they are held in person or online. At present there are 209 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, 96 of whom are resident within the parish and 113 live outside the parish boundary. This year there have been some changes – 9 names were added during the year and 7 names have been removed. The average weekly attendance across the two morning services counted during October 2021 was 141 adults and 38 children. We also estimate that on average 60 people (or households) watch our livestream each week. We are delighted that despite the pandemic and not being able to meet up in person for long periods of the year, 27 new people have started to attend regularly during 2021. There are now 325 people in our worshipping community.

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 and through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God's keeping. We have celebrated 13 baptisms in our church this year. There were 37 funerals in total in church and at the cemetery or crematorium. 4 weddings took place in 2021.

Deanery Synod

This year we have had our full quota of elected members from the PCC sitting on the Deanery Synod. The Deanery Synod provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the Diocese and the Church of England. In addition, a lay member of the church was elected to Diocesan Synod.

Cathedral Reps

The church has three representatives who attend meetings at the cathedral on the church’s behalf and act as a communications channel between the church and the cathedral (two of these positions are currently vacant).

Use of the Church Building

Due to the unprecedented circumstances of the Coronavirus pandemic which caused a national lockdown from March 2020, the church building was closed to the public for much of that year, and for most of 2021 church was open only for services on Sunday and for events such as baptisms, weddings and funerals. Therefore the groups outlined below were only able to start meeting up again from September 2021.

The church building was re-ordered many years ago which enabled it to be split into three main areas, an area for worship and a multipurpose area (both on the ground floor) and a hall upstairs. We continue to be grateful for this and endeavour to make good use of the whole building when able. To this end the following groups made use of the building from September 2021:

Monday 1.30pm – 4:00pm Indoor Bowls 5:30pm – 6:30pm Ladies Keep Fit Tuesday 9:30am - 11.30am Tiddlywinks (carer and toddler group)

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1:30pm - 3:30pm STAR Fellowship (every 2 weeks) Wednesday4:45pm – 5:45pm Rainbows (6th Roby)

Friday

Pastoral Care

Some members of our parish are unable to attend church due to sickness, infirmity or age. Reverend Kate and other members of the Pastoral Care Team would usually visit all church members who have requested it, to celebrate communion with them either at their homes or in hospital. Unfortunately home and hospital visiting has not been possible since March 2020 due to the pandemic. However, the volunteers that constitute the Pastoral Care Team have continued to maintain telephone contact with all who are sick, in nursing homes or unable to get out for any reason to keep them in touch with church life.

Safeguarding

As a church, we are very committed to safeguarding. Safeguarding is an agenda item at every PCC meeting. The PCC has complied with the duty to have “due regard” to the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance. The Policy Statements on Adults at Risk and Children and Young People for the Church of St Bartholomew’s Roby can be seen below. These are read out each year at the APCM and are signed by the members of the PCC.

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Mission and Evangelism

These two strands associated with coming to faith and growing in faith helped influence the church's activities. The church has continued its focus on helping those within and particularly beyond the parish boundaries by making donations to support individuals and organisations that we have had long lasting relationships with.

Examples of continuing long-standing links are Testimony Faith Homes, SHARe and Scripture Union, New Zealand. Three newer links have been initiated in recent years. We now support Tearfund, the work of YWAM Constanta Romania and the Chira Fund Malawi.

For the calendar year 2021 the planned Mission Giving was allocated as follows:

Testimony Faith Homes (Eldoret, Kenya)£3,600
Scripture Union (New Zealand) £500
Tear Fund £3,600
SHARe £1,200
YWAM Constanta Romania £1,200
New Wine £600
Chira Fund Malawi £600
CPAS £600
Liverpool Youth for Christ £600
Together for the Harvest £120

The church is involved with the Big Help project which incorporates both the Knowsley food bank and Baby Basics. During the pandemic, church members have been reminded through weekly emails to make their donations to the food bank and Baby Basics directly as the collection box in church could not be accessed. The Big Help Project was also the focus for our Harvest gifts of food this year and for the toys donated at our toy service in December.

Ecumenical Relationships

We have close links with our sister church, Trinity Page Moss Anglican/Methodist Church, with whom we are in a Local Ecumenical Partnership. Prior to the pandemic, a member of the St Bartholomew’s clergy or a Lay Reader took the service at Trinity on average once a month. This has not been possible to maintain during the pandemic but restarted from autumn 2021 as onsite services recommenced. Trinity welcomed a new minister in September 2020. Reverend Kate has been in regular contact with him, and we look forward to meeting him and welcoming him to preach at St Bartholomew’s in the near future.

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Parish Events

Due to the pandemic, we have been unable to open church to the public for large gatherings during 2021 and therefore events such as Summer and Christmas Fairs were unable to go ahead.

Socially distanced small grounds working groups have been held regularly throughout spring, summer and autumn to maintain the area around the church. Once the pandemic is over, we hope to re-establish our links with the local council who have supported us in the past by facilitating joint activity days focussed on improving the grounds and planting new trees.

Despite the lockdown some social events have taken place, including:

Associated Groups

The St Bart’s Junior Girls FC is run by members of the church and whilst it does not meet in the church building the leaders and many members of the team worship regularly at St. Bart's. Prior to the pandemic the club trained locally each week and played in a league. However, the group activity is suspended at the moment.

Due to the pandemic, the uniformed organisations associated with the church (Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Boys Brigade) have been unable to meet and Church Parade services usually held on the first Sunday of each month have not taken place.

Financial Review

For the Year 2021 the total receipts on unrestricted funds were £98,706, of which £72,582 related to unrestricted voluntary donations and a further £16,215 was from Gift Aid.

Planned giving to the unrestricted fund dropped by over 6% in 2021, this could be in part due to further lockdowns, financial difficulties of the congregation due to the impact of Covid19, or it could relate to a change of priorities of those giving, to favour the Generosity Challenge.

Building Fund monies, carried forward from 2020, were transferred to Generosity Challenge funds during 2021. Direct donations to the Generosity Challenge fund achieved £19,287 in 2021, meaning we reached 64% of our £30,000 target for the first year. Particular thanks to all those who launched & increased awareness of the challenge during the year, especially David Barker for his continued hard work on this project.

During 2021 we received a legacy payment of £19,163 due to the generosity of the late Eileen Bryant to whom we are extremely grateful.

We continue to be grateful for the annual donation of £9,999.96 from New Wine during their own period of financial difficulty.

During 2021 we benefited from a reduction in Parish Share, due to the new way in which it is calculated. We paid £62,774, down from £74,528 in 2020, a decrease of almost 16% which has positively impacted our financial position.

We continued to benefit from not being charged Council Tax for the Vicarage during 2021, which has been very beneficial to our finances by reducing our expenditure. Thanks go again

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to the Area Dean, Canon Malcom Rogers, for negotiating this continuation with Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

As a result of the impact of the Covid19 Pandemic, a reduction was made to Readers Fees for 2021, which were charged at 50% of the usual rate, following no fees requested for 2020.

In 2021, St Bartholomew’s met its commitment to maintain Mission Giving at 10% of its total receipts. All cheques for this were sent out before the end of the year. Some cheques were not cashed until 2022 and, therefore, carried over as creditors. Once all cheques were cashed this meant that the 10% aim was achieved.

During 2021 the Curate’s house at Old Dover Road was sold and a new, more appropriate property, purchased in Western Avenue. There was a deficit, between the sale, purchase & fees payable to agents & solicitors, of £788.84, which was covered from General funds. In addition, a grant of £4,500 per annum was obtained from the Diocese towards the running costs of the property, which was apportioned in 2021 due to the new Curate taking up residence part way through the year. Thank you to all those who gave up their time to help in this process & to Reverend Kate for assisting in the application for the Diocesan Grant towards running costs.

The balance of Unrestricted funds carried forward at 31[st] December 2021 totalled £47,255.33, this includes designated funds of £28,465, leaving totally unrestricted funds of £18,790 in hand at 31[st] December 2021.

Restricted bank balances totalled £33,356, which includes funds that have been set aside for building and maintenance of the church. £24,180.25 of this related to the Generosity Challenge and £1,940.31 remaining from 2021 for use towards the running costs of the Curate’s property.

Optional Information

Volunteers

We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. We want to mention especially our churchwardens Mrs Barker and Ms Standish who have worked hard on our behalf, and Mrs Smith (to April 2021), Mrs Worsell (from April 2021) and Mrs Sheehan our treasurers who have supported us with the church’s accounts and its finances.

Structure, governance and management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St. Bartholomew’s the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), churchwardens and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the Electoral Roll of the church. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

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

The full PCC met seven times during the calendar year 2021 (five of these meetings were held on Zoom), including one short, extraordinary meeting immediately following the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. There is very good average attendance at PCC meetings. There is also a smaller, Standing Committee, which meets regularly on Zoom or in person and functions as an executive committee of the PCC.

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Administrative information

Registered Charity Name: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Bartholomew, Roby

Charity Commission Number: 1131572

St. Bartholomew’s Church is situated in Church Road, Roby. It is part of the Diocese of Liverpool within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: The Vicarage, Church Road, Roby, L36 9TL. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006).

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

Ex Officio members:

 Incumbent: Reverend Kate Wharton, Chairman

 Curate: Reverend Claire Aldridge (from 27.06.21)

Wardens:

 Mrs Sian Barker

 Ms Lynn Standish

Elected members:

 Mrs Stacey Armstrong, representative on Deanery Synod  Mr David Barker, representative on Deanery Synod (to 17.05.21)  Mrs Susan Hopper, representative on Deanery Synod (to 26.08.21)  Mr Andrew Cook, representative on Deanery Synod  Mrs Valerie Boyes, representative on Deanery Synod (from 17.05.21 to 30.12.21)  Mr Terence Burke representative on Deanery Synod (from 17.05.21, on PCC from 18.10.2020)  Mrs Susan McCrudden  Mrs Patricia Verrycke  Mr Graham Fuller  Mrs Ann Murphy (to 09.05.22)  Mrs Susan Page  Mrs Karen Smith (to 09.05.22)  Mrs Eileen Longman (to 17.05.21)  Mrs Lorraine Sheehan  Mr Stephen Enescott  Mrs Emma Stonier (to 20.11.21)  Ms Natalie Mc Donald  Mr Stephen Ellis-Menton (to 10.11.21)  Mrs Sarah Worsell (from 17.05.21)  Mrs Leah Daly (from 17.05.21)  Mr Jaime Salcido (from 17.05.21)  Miss Elizabeth Newton (from 09.05.22)  Mrs Gill Murphy (from 09.05.22)  Miss Rachel Smith (from 09.05.22)

Officers:

Treasurer Mrs Karen Smith (to 17.05.21), Mrs Sarah Worsell (from 17.05.21) Secretary Mrs Susan Page (to 09.05.22), Miss Elizabeth Newton (from 09.05.22)

Approved by the PCC on 4.5.22 and signed on their behalf by Revd. Kate Wharton (Incumbent)

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Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 Receipts and Payments Accounts

Unrestricte Not Unrestricte Restricte Total Total d - e d Fund d Fund 2021 2020 designated £ £ £ £ £

Receipts

Voluntary receipts:

Planned giving
Collections at services
All other giving
1
Gift Aid recovered
2		 66,575
66,575
71,007
1,762
1,762
2,689
7,245
19,163
19287
45,695
11,103
16,215
-
16,215
15,040
91,797
19,163
19,287
130,246
99,839

Activities for generating funds

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Fund Raising 3 - - -
Investment income 4 - - -
Church activities 5 6,573 6,573 3,688
Grants received 6 - 10,000 3,000 13,000 22,000
Other receipts 7 336 161,200 161,536 14,591
Total Receipts 98,706 29,163 183,486 311,355 140,11
8
Payments Unrestricte
d Fund		 Unrestricte
d -
designated		 Restricte
d Fund		 Total
2021		 Total
2020
£ £ £ £ £
Church activities:
Parish share (62,774) - (62,774
)		 (91,52
8)
Clergy and stafng costs (4,914) (13) (4,928) (11,64
7)
Church running expenses (19,678) (698) (42) (20,417
)		 (21,90
0)
Church repairs and
maintenance		 (3,256) (3,256) (1,043)
Curate's House running costs (167) (1,060) (1,226) (678)
Fund raising activities - - -
Mission giving and donations (7,560) (7,560) (11,91
5)
(98,348) (698) (1,115) (100,16
1)		 (138,7
11)
Cost of generating funds - - -
Governance Costs - - -
Other payments 7 (789) (161,200
)		 (161,98
8)		 -
Total payments (99,137) (698) (162,31
5)		 (262,14
9)		 (138,7
11)
Excess of receipts over payments (431) 28,465 21,172 49,206 1,407
Cash at bank and in hand at 1
Jan		 19,221 12,364 31,585 23,710
Cash at bank and in hand at 31
Dec		 47,255.33 33,536 80,791.
06		 25,116

Notes to the accounts:

1 - All Other Giving

In Unrestricted Funds this income represents a contribution from Trinity Church of £3,000 towards the parish share fee (including amounts for previous years) and

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miscellaneous donations. The income in the Restricted Funds is to the Building Fund and includes gift aid from Just giving. The income in designated funds is related to legacy money received from Eileen Bryant's estate.

2 - Gift Aid Recovered

This income relates to Gift aid on PGS and HMRC gift aid on donations

3 - Fund Raising

There were no events this year for Fund Raising due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

4 - Investment Income

In previous years this income represented income from Common Wealth War Graves and interest on investments.

5 - Church Activities

This income represents all income earned from funeral and wedding fees, fundraising activities and all sales income (e.g. Bookstall, refreshments etc).

6 - Grants Received

The Unrestricted - designated funds represent the New Wine grant received to compensate for Reverend Kate's time. The Restricted funds represent the grant received towards the curate's property.

7 - Other Receipts and Other Payments

The income and expenditure in Restricted funds relates to the sale of ODR Curate's house and purchase of Western Avenue Curate's house

Agent income and expenditure not included within the Church Accounts:

Accounts:
2021 2020
LDBF funeral and wedding
fees 5,025 3,501
Licenced reader and verger
funeral and wedding fees 1,934 1,294
Ministry book income and
expenditure - -
Choir expenditure - -
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Not Unrestricte Restricte Endowme Total Total
e d Fund d Fund nt Fund 2021 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Current Assets
Cash funds
Bank Current Accounts 47,764 33,536 - 81,300 25,116
Reserve C of E - - - - -

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CCLA Fabric Fund - - - - -
Cash - - - 150
Cash Funds Total 47,764 33,536 - 81,300 25,266
Debtors 1 3,148 - - 3,148 2,000
Liabilities 2 (10,386) - - (10,38
6)		 (5,163)
Total Net Current Assets 40,527 33,536 - 74,063 22,103
Fixed Assets
Other Monetary Assets - - - - -
Investment Assets
Investment Fund - - 840 840 840
Assets retained for
Church use (Western
Avenue)		 160,000 - - 160,00
0		 160,00
0
Total Fixed Assets 160,000 - 840 160,84
0		 160,84
0
Restricted Reserves: 2021 2020
£ £
Building Fund 24,180.25 4,893.62
Choir 316.50 316.50
Grant for Curate property 1,940.31 -
Grants for Infnite 4,110.03 4,151.89
Grants for Youth Worker 2,988.64 3,002.04
33,536 12,364

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