The Parish f Thorpe St Andrew ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of the Parochial Church Council of Thorpe St Andrew for the year ended 31 December 2023 Incumbent The Revd James Stewart The Rectory, 21 a South Avenue, Thorpe Sc Andrew, Norwich, NR7 OEY Telephone 01603 439160 Email rector@thorpeparishchurch.org Bank Barclays plc, Norwich St Stephen's Brnnch, 5-7 Red Lion Street, Norwich, NR13QH Registered Charity No 1131592 Paro£biaLChurGk-Councll-(PCC) Background The PCC was (thtll a Charity exempted fnxn registlation wlth the Charfty Commlssion. It Is now a regfstered charity, No. 1131592, which has the respons7bllTty of co.c¥)eratTllg Wtth the Rettor In promotlng in the Parlsh the whole mlssion of the Church. pastoral, evangelistic. social and ecumenlcal. It also has Maintenan￿ committnents for the Parish Chur. Coronation Weekend Following the success of s￿r planning for the Platinum Jubilee we V￿￿e able to present a very full programme of event5 and actlvities for the Corfflation, beglnn?ng with an excellent talk fr(*n Pfylllda Scrivens, the Ring7n8 for the King Inltiatlve on the Saturday afternoon and a super day ffi th.e S￿daY wlth a Service of Thanksgivlng ansj The Blg Cr)ro)ation Lunch wth plcnic boxe5 prepared ty The Rivergarden Pth. We we tertalned to an excellent concert by the Noprtich City C¢)ncert .Band, with Fr James C&m1￿tIng an Impromptu Item at the endl The whole dty was a Rreat Sl￿ceSS. Fr James also partfcipated fn the evenlng concert at Fltzmaurice Part( on Coronatlon Day, notwithstanding the (by then) Yery 'inclement ¥veather. Cor¢natlon Plant Sa It wa5 amazlng for us to reflect a5 we prepared for our annual Plant Sale that thys CoYld-19 inltiadve has gone frtyn strength to strength and has raised a lot of money for our Missi￿ and mlnlstry. Huge thanks to Margaret Hope and all the garderrfng team who worked so hard this year. Kftchen The kitchen at the St Andrew's CeTFtre was beC￿ing very old tired and so when Adam Wegg came foThYard with a way of refurbi5hiny the kttchen at cost prfce wlth the generoLL5 dc￿at¥￿ of a c(￿sIderable amount of hfs time I was very grnteful. i am full of admIrati¢￿ for Adam, who In the ￿￿th of h￿gUSt ccx)rdinated thls projett and used hi5 skill to dellver thls, and .for all t￿ who came to help wlth many dlfferent tasks. Thi5 vias truly a 'communlty enga8cyn￿t pfece, excellence. (hgan Recltals As the kItd￿ was belng refurtjlshed so the cYBan redtais season wa5 well underway. Thls series shcrrtcases are fabul¢ws oryan.and the talents of cMJr recitalTSt Tncludirw the series cwrdlnator, our Andrew Hayden. Truckers• Weekend last weekeThJ of kndust ts a sp￿[al I￿¢ for oir c¢)mmunity as we greet the East Coast TnM*ers' Cmvoy. On the Saturday we welcomed Child￿ to 5￿nrner Crdft Day and then on Sunday greeted the young people as they were bwht thrwgh Thorpe on theTr way to the coasL We then held a SLper barbecue at the Rectory in the aftern(￿. Thanks to all who Harvest Festlval and Lunth Our Harvest FestTval tc￿ place at the Pari . Church. and afterwards we joumtyed nixth to the St Andrew's Centre for the. Haryest Lunch. A collection was taken for the FocKlbank in mcffley and focKi. My thanks go to Cox, Jénny Fuller, LTnda OLney and thelr team for the excellent lunch. Thanks atso to Sue Short and Isobel Munday and the cklldren of the Junior Cholr for decorating the church for Harvest. We were able to ble55 and dedfcate the kltchdyt for use I community at the lunch. Annual Memorfal Servlce We held our annual semce for those have been bereaved during the year Th). Sunday 6 NO￿nber at the Parfsh Church. Thls was very well attended artd it wetl receiyed by the famllles vth¢xn we serye. My thanks go to the m¢mber5 of the Pastoral Care and Be￿Vefflent Grw who helped plan thfs serv1￿. Warm and Wellness Fund Wlth thanks to the Thorpe St Andrew T￿￿t we contfnued to ¢)ffer assfstance to those wfio needed it throuFh the Warm and Wellness Fund. Thls has benefltted several Thotpe St Andrew 51dents. Par15h Lffe Pan5h Lffe-. the Next Genetstion began- Til March 2023. Whilst the magthne before looked beautrful It Was Costing the parish too much and we had to ccffte up wlth a cost effectlve altemative. We are fflakins a very modest profit and have receiyed many positlve CornM￿ts - so a thank ￿ to those ￿ have helped put it t￿ether and to those who have distributed Ge￿ra1 ActlvltTes of our general attfvfties are reported elsewhere fn tms report. Koffee and Kompany is growing and is a very popular place for people to cc¥ne and chat once a month vlth coff* and a lunch. J￿70r Choir continues '_ and we have re￿ited scrne member51 The. F￿draIsIng Cfxmmittee {F￿Corn) under the chaTrnianship of Vvctor Scrfvens, reported elsewhere, has done a tr￿￿L￿d(lJs Jci) In brfnglng us together and rnlsing ￿tal funds for our churches this yèar and an g)portunity not jtth to rd?se fund5 but to C￿fte tcFether fn artd fellowship. The Pasthl ca￿ and Bereavement Gr￿P has met throughryrt the year and fts WO￿ Is much appreciated. The Gardenlng Team, CleanTng Team, Ftower Team may more teams help. keep ¢wr 4Jn the n)adl' Other Inyolvèmert Al￿8 wtth remaTnlng an Honorary Priest Vicar of NThith Cathedral, whlth causes me fmm Ume to slrrf4 as Cantor at EversMg* I CC￿tinue to sft as n(Yoinee of the church'u￿an Fund on the Board of (¥Jr Joint ventwe between the Diocese and the Church Urtjan F￿K1 - 'Imagine Norfolk Togethev, whlch malnly manage5 two Devdc4)tTTrent Worker5 in Great Yamiouth and King's Lynn respectively, who help fadlltate a nwnber of exatlng projects tackling poverty In thelr {￿tiC￿$. l alg) remaln a m&nber of the . Dlocesan Board of Patr￿age, and am a Tnjtt of I￿r IrKal burial tr￿, rth the Thorpe St Andrew T￿￿. l am Chaplain (Pèdre) to the Royal British Lwc St Andrew Branch. I remain Chair of Govemor5 of HIIIsTde Avenue Primary School and Muwy. l am also a Govemor of Thry st Andrew School and Sixth Fom7. 1 act in an Infornial capaaty In a chapla7ncy role for a mfvnber of other Thotpe St A#7drew 0ry4anisatfons. Going forward I have been app￿nted as Dicte5an Chapialn to the Mothers, Unlon and Chaplaln to the Norwtch Branch c< the Royal Nawdl As&x-fatfM. Chrtstmas We began Ad¥￿tt wlth the Christmas Tree Festival and welcomed many rx4aftisati￿s In ccrnmunlty to display Christmas Trees In the Parlsh Churth. Wlth the help of members of Thorpe 5t Andrew Town Ccwcil the lights were switd)ed on at Rlver Green. with the countdo belng given by Rob Setchett of ITV Anglla. We welcomed many Into our church, wl¥J re￿Ved warni welcr)m¢ and kTnd hospitality. Fatp Chrfstmas wa5 a great SIX￿s1 We were then able to however hold Carol Services at both churthes, vélth the usual serrices ￿ Chrfstmas Eve and Christmas Day - crfb seryices, mldnlght masses and Chrfstmas momlng ser￿. Café Church We contfnue to weIcome new young famllles to our Infmal w¢xshlp whlch takes.place mce a m(mth at the St Andrew's Centre. We began a trfal of the tlme of 3.OOtxn on a Sunday aftemoon and thi5 contfnues successfully Into 2024. ￿nY of our Café Church famlly now help wlth prttYe￿, crafts and refreshments but l am partlcularly gratefut to Nlcole and Adam who have been str(m¥ leade￿ of th15. Contlnukng to use technoloBY to proclalm the Beglm at the OTh of the pandemlc and continldng Tn 2023 we are streamlng our Sundty servltè live from the Parish Church. There have been a nlmker of requests to stop doing thi5, but there are a small grow of people vtho benefit h￿elY from thls and th¢re is a national encourdgement to offer online altematlNw, so we are co'ntlnulnB. Those whom we love, but see no longer Our hearts go to all who have lost loved ones 2023. Wh115t we c(ntinue to serve ovr wider -*ommtmSty- by he(plng familles remember twr loved ones at funeral services, we partlculariy record with thanksglwng the C￿*￿IbUtIOn made by tho* who were 'llvrng stones, of our boty of. .Christ, fr they were elther on our elect￿al roll or contrfbuted to our lffe together Tf] some other way - Alan Wiseman, Cicely Tayler, Pat Stewart. Janet Johnson, Sylvia Crtpps, Geoffrey and Allce Bunkell, John Farrow, John 5tsnnard, John PreLS. Jean Paotai, Ar￿reW Naim, Stlmpson, Jean High, J(thn Hughes and Sylvia Seago. We starKf alongside each who moum and rejoice too that each of them are 'lost i wonder, love and pralse.. and has acted as PCC secretary. falthfully comlng to church every SatuTrlay mornlng. Jullan_mogford and Paul Green have- worfe St Andrew. But our speclal event was again on honour of the Royal family, thls tlme the Coronatlon of King Charles 111. Over 100 people attended our Coronatlon Big L￿Ch, wlth Glenn from the Rivergarden pmvtding both themed food and . drink for. all. concemed. The Th0￿e History .Grw exhibited artefacts fn)m prev11￿ royal events In Thorpe. Thfs was a great occaston With Sin￿n8 and entertalnment once 4aln fr¢)m the Norwich Band. other spiendid.year of enjtyment was proytded for the" pecple of Thorp'e St Andrèw, whilst raT*n8 e55entlal funds for our Church. Vlctor Scriven5 Chalr Fu￿1T￿*S1nS CommFttee {FunCom) C￿rtesY of Andrew Hayden, ￿r Church Ward￿, we.have seen films Tncluding some "Golden Sllents" to ￿QMan in Green" starring Basil RathbotTe, brin8lni happy memones to many In the audlence. Tempted by Pi2za and Hot Dogs, a yreat tlme was had by all. Our Qulz and Chlps evenlngs to test (X2r teams. Wlth delfcious flsh and chips provtded by Mr Nfppy ChTPPy, we regularly "played to packed hc￿Se$, people away. having occaslonally to tum Thanks to Chrfstfne CuttTng, we held ty￿ falrs, one In the Sprfng and the other In the Auumn, whllst continLtln8 to experlment differ￿t fcmats, such'as the Bod( Fair and a Silent Auctfon. There is no doubt that mary vlsitors Just turned up for a gosslp with a eL4) of tea arKI THE CHURCHWARDEN'S REPORT John l(A*s after 'fmt of H¢xJse' ensurfng t?￿e are always p&We awallable for Sidesman Duty. The lighting In the St Andrews Centre has been We are very grateful to Llz Martfn for taklng oyer UP8rnde(r to LED. The saTr41n8 In eiectrfclty wfll the Sunday morning caterlng, and J(kn wlll step eventually cfftr the cost of the wo In CKI the odd SurKlay when Liz is not available. A new outside tap at the Parish Church has been We very: gratéful to all those vtho regularly Installed. comè tg (hurch on Saturday momlrv4 for the cleaning mta and also to all thxe who lojk after Fire Rl&k assessments on the Pansh Church, Good our d)urchyard gardffis and church grotmds at Shepherd and St Andrew5 Centre have be ccvnNeted. both churches, ahd to those who PrO￿de the lovely flower displays. A new kftchen has been installed In the St Andrew, as well as befng Church orga￿$t (aly) Andrpws Centre. largely due to Adam Wegg. project1￿1St and organiser of our very popular We are IcM)Idn8 at the heating In the Parfsh Herttage Flim Nlghts), lo(*s after the property Church In the longer tern as there are no fund5 side wlth the assfstance of Adam Wegg. available at present. There are some on.golng prwty at We appredate the work of the Parochlal Chutrh present: c￿(nd1 in gfving C￿SIderatIOn to all the above matter The collapsed wall: the Fund a Ftint Appeal Is growfny and we wlll hopefully be fn a p055tlon to engage a contTrctor later In the yw. Church Ilghting: Options a￿ being e￿￿ed for a more efflaent Ilghtfng system and In the mean tfme, falled Iwlbs are belng replaced. The porch at The Gcod Shepherd: qwtes are bein8 constdered. An vryent matter of fl(XMJlng coming in under the two side doors of the church had to be addressed and a new dralnage channel has been T￿talled. The ￿der Thorpe St Andrew Communlty cThitlnue to eajoy the lfve stream seMte5 an(1 Ir events and spedal setvlce5. Christmas saw a full rdnge of well attended s￿l¢e5 and events especially the Chrt5tmas Llght Swltch-on. We w(xrfd like to thank our hlTnfstry Team: Fr James, Nlcole, Adam, Grdham, Alan, Domlnlka, Nffirietta and the chofr and others who help out. We also thank treasurers Jullan and Paul and t1￿ who asslst behlnd the S(er￿. Andrew Hryden & John Ward Churcfviardens TREASURERS REPORT We w(￿Id like to start, as alvmys, in stncerely th4nklng the parishioners vtho work ti￿leSS{Y Is easins slightly and. of c￿rSe, the Impenthng bemnd the scenes supportfng us and the Church. repair of the collapsed wall at the Parish Church, Margaret Hope who counts the Gfft Aid envelopes, This is scheduled to Cost £115,C4)O. ond S￿1[ has a Robert Cha(mer5 who gets every penny possfbte way to go to reach the target. We pray that Costs back from HMRC and Nlck Oiney who deals with d￿'t rlse tpliets. Atso, Ann Cox. Vlttor krivens, John Ward and bndrew Hayden We would also 11l(e to pass on our gratltude to who are actSve Flnancral Comm?ttee members. Meiyza Friend for her Inwt as Independent Examlner of the Church accounts. Mel was very We had a large insuTance cialm th15 year for happy wtth our current accountlng practlces and repafr5 to the. Partsh Church pr(¢esSI￿aI cros5 fs keen to work wrth u5 In the future. Mel has a and the Sanctuary li8ht. This settled by the wealth of experien￿ both In the corporate and Insurets. academic w(xld. It has been another dfffkult year for our finance5 due to the hTgh cost of utllTties which, hyfuily, P￿[ Green & Jullan A4osford Treasurers Thls year's fabrtc ￿port ts soMew￿t overshadowed by the presslng need to fund and exeofte the rebulldlng of the retaining wall at the parf5h thurch. SO far, we are afxKrt halfvray towards that goal fn temis of flnandng but 5t cannot be 5tre55ed ti)0 hlghly that ff there were any further movement In what remains of the wall, due to prolonged heavy raln, for example, It could have a potentially devastating effect on the north and east sfdes of the church, nrt to Ment1￿ the surroundlng properties. As mentloned in last yearf5 report, the IlghtFn8 at the parish church Is showlng real signs of aging at￿ replacement parts are now Very expensive and hard to source. Access for repair5 is rKiw weil. nfgh Impossfble. A revised proposal Is being Investlgated using proprietary LED Ifghting unlts just repladng ￿at is already there. It is h(yl tms will be substantlally cheaper while malntalnlng a comfortable, pleasln8 amblen and redudng our energy bilts. The longewfty of LED'S should ensure the lamp5 will rtot need attendon for many years to come. Elsewhere, the fabric of our vari￿5 buflding5 preSt￿ts no major issues at the mrrtnent thoL4h we await the flndings of the next qufnquenn7al inspect1￿ due In 2024. Problems wlth flcoding at the west end.Df.the parfsh church have been addressed ty the 1n5ta1latl￿ of a draln In front of the west dcor. As ever, my gratitude t(1 Fr Jame5, Adam and my aAleague John Ward for thelr continued suppwt fn my rotes as Fabrfc Of?*￿ and Churchwarden. ArnJrewHayden Fabrlc OffI￿r & Churchworden Rlsk As5essmtht The PCC continues to m(N)itor iisks and CQWLthces. R5sk a5sesgment dcrlanffits have been published by the DAC and Ecclethstlcal Insurnnce. A Risk Lo8 has teen PrePa￿d far lrth church premlses. (￿InqU￿nIal The QLrfnquennlal reports for both the Parish Church and the Churth of the G(MJd Shetherd were completed ty August 2019. The next tl)erefore will be due ift 2024. John Word & Andrew Htyden Churchwn5 + Gift Ald Wall Boxes Sumup Payments Oonatlon5- SrAJP Lunch Ilnd. Plarvestl Do￿atiOnS- Burfal Ground Donatfons - Wall Fund Donati￿$ - Tea & Coffee Donatlons - BelIri￿er5 Donatiorts - Ftowèrs Dc￿atiOns- PTG Donations- Weddlng Prlnting Donatlons- Votive Car)dies 129 353 129 353 7,225 428 569 569 183 5.429 1,776 5.429 220 498 345 ACMVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS Fe¢e15ummer and Autwnnl Sales Other Fundrdi5in£ mag￿ne Advertlslng SubKrlpiions- foo Club 4,083 3,030 6207 6,207 529 1,260 7,203 5,651 1,368 429 fA) CHURCH A￿1VITIEs Magazine 5ub51saLes Non-charltable trath'ng (Hall) Fees- Statutory Fee5- Addftlonai 2340 15.097 12.740 395 30 20.736 19.050 20,736 19,050 445 276 276 INVESTMENT INCOhlE Diwdends ancf Interest GPANT INc￿E Gentyal $96 476 976 950 950 5.150 $50 Thorpe St. knfrew Parothial Chwch C￿n￿l Finandal Staiements fw the year ￿￿jed 31 December 2023 Iconti Notè 3 - PAYM£14TS Unrs$trithJ t*5Tgnated Restricted FLmd Fut Fund Total 2023 Total 2022 CLERGY & STAFFING COSTS Admlnlstrator Parfsh Clergy ExFenses 550 550 3,060 600 3,084 CHURCH RiJNNING EXPENSES Cleanlng Gas & Eiectrfdty Insurance Serv1￿ Costs Maintenance Water ChoirlMuslclBelts Flowers/￿ndr5es YR Cemetery Malntenance 8.937 3.256 1.412 L5¢14 212 470 220 5.129 .937 3,256 1.412 2,020 212 470 257 5,129 4,724 3,107 1,563 477 125 B91 343 37 5.299 18 514 MISSION GfviNG & DONATIONS Charltle5- Home IUKI Charities- Secular 298 266 266 BU1U)I1￿ WORK REPAIRS Major repairs and redecoration 3.793 3,793 cosrs OF GENERATIMG FUN Fund ralsing Magazfne Hall runnlng costs Hall cleaning costs SAC Garden Prlzes Awarded- 1CiI club 76 76 103 332 4.177 105 520 103 13.512 397 332 4.177 105 4.525 51 520 495 ADMINISTRATrON cosrs Bank charges niins statI￿ery Supwrt Costs 221 436 1.963 S,211 436 1.963 5,211 2,354 6,10 OTHER EXPENOIIURE Mission & Evangellsm costs Churchyard expenses Trathng Costs - Prope Diocese &Jard of FinaKe 350 350 3,531 41D 3,531 410 Thorpe St. Andrew Eplscwi Parochial Church Councit . . Note5 to the Flnanctal Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 1.Accountlng POlfct￿', 1a. The PCC finandal statements have been prepared In accordance wlth the Church Accountlng Regulatlons 2006 usfnq the ReceTpts and Payments basis. The aCC￿ts include all transactlons, assets and, IlabilltTes for whlch the PCC TS reSp￿SIble in law. They tjo not include aCc￿nts of church groups that owe their maTn affTITation to another body or thc6e of infomKI grw of churth members. 1b. PCC Funds. The restrlcted funds represent d￿latIonS, grnnts or bequests recefved for a spectfic objett or InvTted by the PCC for a specific objett. Restritted l￿d5 may only be expended on the Swific objeot for whlch they were Ei.ven, and any balance remairring unspent at the end of each year must be cahied forward as a balance on that fund. The PCC does not usually invest sepaTrtely for each fund, and where there TS no separate Investment interest is apportloned to Tndivtdual funds on an average balance ba9ts. The accounts of the restricted funds appear in note 1 J. Th"e inc(￿e of the Bellringers Fund consists of charges for weddings when bells are wng, and deasicns over how the f￿￿S are sp￿t are made by the current members of the Bellrtnglng Gr(xp, not the PCC. Unrestrlrted funds are funds which a￿ not subject to any restrirtions wardTng thelr LLSe and can be ￿ed for PCC ordinary purposes, and are shown as the genernl fLfftd. Deslwated funds a￿ general f￿{ts set ￿de by the PCC for use in the future, bLrt whlch remain unrestrtcted, and their accounts also appear fin note 11. 1c. Where the PCC collects mcmey as an agent behalf of others which it pays over In full to those concerned e.g. d?ctesan fees. secular rhartties and wedsllng organist, the amonts are not InclLKled in the accounts. If all of the agency payments belongin8 to others have not been pald over by the of the year, the balance owlns Is held tanpordrfly in the PCCS bank account and recognlzed a5 agency creditors Conversely, if agency payments have been pald over to others tNJt not collected by the PCC at the e[￿ of the year the ba>nce pald In adwance TS shown as ageYKy debtors. The Bellrfngtng Group. has chosen to leave Tts money invested in PCC aCc￿nts and the batance Is shoMI as a restrltted fund rather than as agency creditor. Id. Statement of Assets and LlabTlitles. C¢J￿ec[ated and beneflced prcpety is excludèd frcqn the accounts by s.(10){2)la) and (c) of the Charlties Att 2011. No value fs placed C￿ moveable diurch furnishlngs hetd by churchwardens C￿ spedal tntst for the PCC and vthfch requfre a faculty for dlsposal nce the PCC conslders thls to be inalienable pr le. R￿ndIng. All figure5 7nclLKllng tota[5 have been rCrt￿ded off to the nearest pound. In the rounded fom, some totals may not agree exattly with the sÉAn of the lThthvidLMI rounded figure5. 1f. CBF Flxed Interest Securltl85 F￿d. The PCC owns unlts In thls Central Board of Finance Fixed Interest Fund whTth have been thown fdlued at cost. The market value was £8,973 at 31 DecÉYnber 2023. 18. Income tax rttoverable. The PCC has clalmed for refund5 cn 2(r13 glft aid donati￿)5 and the refijnd for the last warter of £2,425 ¥wa5 Still wtstanding at 31 December 2023. 1h. St. Andrew's Centre (Church Hall). The Centre 15 kn at cost {January 1996). Thorpe St. AndIew.Episcopi Parochial Church .Council Note5 to the Financial-St8tements for the year ended 31 December 2023 l. Accounting Pdlcles: la. The PCC financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis. The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilitie5 for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include accounts of the church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body orthose of informal groups of church members. Ib. PCC Funds. The restricted fund represents donations, grantsor bequests received for a 5peclficobject or invited by the PCC for a specific object. Restricted funds may only be expended on the specilic object for which they were given, and any balance remaining unspent at the end of the year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund. The Pccdoes not usually invest separately for each fund, and where there is no separate investment interest is apportioned to individual fijnds on an average balance basis. The accounts of the restricted funds appear in note lj. the income of the Bellringers Fund consists of charges for weddings when bells are run& and decisions over how the funds are spent are rnade by the current members of the Bellringing Group, not the PCC. Unrestricted funds are funds which are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and can be used for PCC ordinary purpose5 and are shown as the general fund. Designated funds are general funds set aside by the PCC for use in the future, but which remain unrestrlcted, and their accounts also appear in note li. Ic. Where the PCC collects money as an agent on behalf of other5 which it pays over In full to those concerned e.g. diocesan fees. secular charlties and wedding organist, the amounts are not included in the accounts. If all the agency payments belonging to others have not been paid over by the end of the year, the balance owing is held temporarily In the PCC'S bank account and recognised as agency creditors. Conversely, if agency payments have been paid overto other5 but not wllected by the PCC at the end of the year, the balance paid in advance is shown as agency debtors. THE Bellringing Group has chosen to leave its money invested in PCC accounts and the balance is shown as a restricted fund rather than an agency creditor. Id. Staternent of Assets and Liabilities. Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from the accounts by s.110112113l and Ic} of the Charities Act 2011. No value is placed on moveable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust forthe PCC and which require a faculty for disposal since the PCC this to be inalienable property. le, Rounding. All figures including totals have been rounded off to the nearest pound. In the rounded form, some totals may not agree exactly with the sum of the individual rounded ligures. If. CBF Fixed Interest Securities Fund. The PCC own5 units in this Central Board of Finance Fixed Interest Fund whlch have been shown valued at cost. The market value was £8,973 as at 31 December 2023. Ig. Income tax recoverable. The PCC has claimed refunds for 2023 gift aid donations and the refund for the last quarter of £2,425 was still outstanding on 31 December 2023. Ih. St. Andrew's Centre (Church Hall}. The Centre is shown at cost (January 19961. li. Balances. Errors have been found in the Financial Statements forthe year ending 31 December 2023. Independent Examlner's Report.to the_ Trustees of -theParochial Church Council of Thorpe St Andrew Episcopi I report on the accountsforthe yearended 31 December 2023, which are set out on the preceding page5. Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the account. The chartty's trustees tonsider than an audit is not required for this year under section 144{2) of the Charities Att 2011 (the 2011 Actl and that an Independent examination is needed. It is my responsibiltty to Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act. Follow the procedures laid down in the General Direttions given by the Charity Commissioner5 under section 145151{bl of the 2011 Act,. and State whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent Examiner's Report My examination was carried out in accordance with the Ger)eral Direclions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a omparison of the accounts presented with the records. It also includes considerdtion of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedure undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently no opinion 15 given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the Statement below. Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention. l. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that In any material respect of the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act; or to prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records and comply with the aCcoUn￿ng requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or 2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 3. 1 would like to draw attention to the Agency Fee figure which is very high both as a receipt and payment, this was dueto an error from Broadland Distrirt Council of a receipt of £275,327which was sent to the church account rather than the Town Council, thi5 was returned immediately and Broadland informed of the error. Melyza Frlend 20 Blakestone Drive Norwlch NR7 OLF Date:714120Z4