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PAROCHIAL (>IURCH (￿N￿L REGisfERED c￿Rrry NUMBER 1131694 FOR YEAR BIDED 31 DE￿NDER 2023

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sr MARY THE VIRGI￿ NORTON. PARO(>IIAL CHURai c(XlNCIL (Chaity RVJi%tratl￿ Numbw 1131694) INDEPENDEKf EXAMINERS REIIORT I Iv￿ to tr rnanb8s ￿ my ejam[n&ic￿ (the firondal slate￿￿ of the PCC ofst Mary The iryin the year 31 tkcember 2023. AS members of the PCQ arp restKMlble for the preparation of the accourts in ac0Ydan￿ with wirements of cha￿ 2011 fft P£f) aThJ; yw tIN an a#lit is not ￿uIr￿ for this year under ctm 3(3) thur(h ka)untiNJ RwJulati(m$ 1997 Havlng satithl nrySe￿ that the f￿a￿la1 statem of the are rK)t rewlral to ￿ aJked u s￿tIOn 144 of the (harits ALt 2011 (the 2011 Att} a￿1 are eligible for Inde￿ exanwnation, I reFKrt in rewt of my examinalion dwrivs finavxial statements rxrieAI ¢yJt urxler 145 (hrities Act 2011 (ttE 2011 Act). tn (oryirKJ Out my exarnina￿n I have folkyH&J all the at¥AicatAe DirectK)n5 by the (J CAxnmi55ion UEKler Section 145(S)(b) (the 2011 hLt The eyamination a review ￿ the acLrrtxrtiThJ r￿5 kept by the KC MKI a compartson of the ataMJnts with recnrd5. It a19) ifKludes C(￿9deri￿J unusual ttems (r lthsdosures in the detskn (kn kxovKle all the evKkn that wrwkl be r84uired in an a￿1￿, arnl cOnS￿u￿￿Y ¥￿ do I have cunplew my eyAM1nath￿. l that m material matth have ciJn ts my attendon In connettth wth the examinatknn whkh gives me cause to believe thot in, any matgial ￿. I￿ aCC￿nting records r)t kert in ac£ordaKe wllh seoion 130 ￿the (hrities Art as aL c(tsinal in the (hwch p￿NIntiry Regulation5 1997; or nts (lld not comply with the awlicaUe rwirryiwts f￿rn aThJ cortert of accounts set out n the (Jwitses (AC(￿nts arnl Re￿Nts} Regulati￿ 2[￿ (ther than any ruJuir￿n￿ft that tlE giNe a and fairf view 15 rb)t a matter o)nsideraJ as part I haNE no cOnCar￿ and haNe C￿rE rm) thr matters w) con1￿J]0n wilh the pJaminatiM to which al￿ti￿ stwld be draym in this rwt in (￿der tr) uwble a urNJersknJirvJ of accounts to Unit 21 Bdags Cwrt Belasis Hall Tejhncty BILLINGHAM T523 4PZ Pa9e I

ST MARY THE VIRGIN. NORTOIL PAROQIIAL CHURQI COVNaL TRI￿ ANNiIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Tee& It 15 in the Deanery of and withln the AuckJth1 of (Jwity: Tr Par(thial a¥Jrth C(wrK?l of tt ￿e￿astI01 of St MNY the Vlrgin. Ncton (Other nm rr aorThm: St Marfs Ctrwty Registrathjn Nunknr: 1131694 A(klress: clo St Matvs Parish ￿, 70 The Gwi. &(xkn)rportrTees TSXI IDT C¥fi￿ Ph￿. 01642 53131XI 107505 464(M)5 (￿fi￿ EM￿1. partha(knln@¥irginmedia.com The Par(thial Clwrch CwKil (PCC) is a dwity registered Tmth the awity comm￿(￿. PCC member5 ITnkn) seNing frc¥n l Jan 2023 until date thi5 reFNt was approv&1 are: Re￿ H￿h Rid￿th ANxynted to Si Marfs In Marth 2023 Haydn Bethhtth a Mcryan Colln Legg UrthYfdrde￿s R￿re￿￿tiNES on lknn￿ Symxl (eleLtsI ￿ the TrEnnlum 202￿2023) Juemy KerKlall (stwrEd d(A¥n prK)r to APC)l in Aprll 2023) JLth ￿gg (st￿d sknin prK)r to APCM in 2023) Elected to Eeawy Syn(Ml Awil 2023 fv Trknnh￿n 2023-2026 Jufte s￿rNIers Colin Legg Julle sau￿ Ruth Brian Webb lan Sa Paristh th9￿rdi￿ Offi(w Heath & Safdy Carol Ma￿ell Ryan Mccabe Traln Treasw Io)wOrt8J 2023) PCCS are go￿ try two"(JwKth rf Erylarbj Measure<; P￿J¥al axrth (Powers) Mea￿e 1956 arKI the Church Re￿￿￿tion Rules In Sthedule 3 to ￿ S￿l￿al GoNvnmert Measure 1969 as an￿ded). Members the PCC are either ex offirx) or elthl ty the AThwal Par(Khial to register on the Elthl Rdl arKI wek1￿ to Str￿1 for electKxb to the F£C

sr MARY ThE VIRGIN. NOThIN. PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNaL TRIMEESANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (c{x￿d) Mea9Jre. Main activities ￿￿erta￿rt in relatK￿ to these . publK vA)r5hip arnl Hdy Crnunion • Pastoral ore rA the SK and bereaved • (hislian teathing throu￿ sernMK4 grow) courses arKI 9Th711 grcw kami • TiThJ of religicxts asS￿bIle$ n 5du45 • (knrth in thri5tian diso5hip & fwnation • PromrAing in the eCde￿a511Ca1 parith ￿ wh)le mLsslon rA (j￿rch. pasthl. e￿￿￿ellS￿, aThl eaunenir21. . re5￿tAll1je5 Marfs thurth, Parfsh Hall & F￿ge on Trth)rtL￿ Gr In 2023 reg&r pattem5 of wcrf5h¥i irKluded the 10.I))am Th￿aY mKh•Rek communion. 11.l))am parith c(¥nmunion, aThl a'w ￿r(h. at 3.(Mlxn thlrd ￿t￿laY ofthe nKth whlch pr￿￿deS wonderful cr3ts, gam4 st(s ￿ngS thlivered thr(wh a dedicated commitinert in wr mini to framilie5. We c￿rtinue to have p￿al contsd thrwgh occasional offi￿, social events and (￿rtr￿ xtiwttes. L￿ring the year we had numerous baptisms. ma￿lage5, funerd15 in thurth, and fvnerals & (Taythums, I￿rIats (rf th and burials at ￿Mete￿ie5. Chjr Pastcral Team have FYo¥idgJ Commi￿ paknl ore at a Wee￿ Café Hub, hon￿ vi5it5 arKI h(M) mmmunions durirvj 2023, superbly co(Kdinatsl lry Ruth Laryfvd. Ad1V￿ at & Marfs Parfsh Hal & F￿ ttwh kn &rdner (Parfsh Pthlnlstrator) have provid￿ a of & strerythewl clynmunty CO￿51￿, ithling da￿e da54 b[¥￿al, ￿l￿e, baby S￿￿, &JyJts, Rainbows, Brown￿ aThl G￿des. gje's wc¥ t￿5￿)r6 are the ￿ar. A regthr Ol￿a. frdlx1k)￿ fiKMI & Iwtsllty parfsh waldr group fed by MiTr£ Raw$￿ has LTered acces￿￿￿, op￿, aNI 9X)ab￿ time relatioThthi￿ to i deepened, Spa￿ to be fL4ened to & mean1r￿fUl friethips to be thared. A Frigh Tea arnl Tea wtre also 9￿cessful abty ￿janiseA1 by Louise aKI wluntew5 succsthl a)mmunty suppcrt arKI in1￿ve￿. A service of celetrali￿ ts the of ￿n9 Clkirk5 lll Coronati(￿ BWJ w&e at SL ￿rthY P May 2023. A Parth PlJr5iNJ servi￿ In the lish Hall in Smtrr 2023 wth the apwinlmert of Carol Mar￿11, Nurse wh) a weekfy session wen tt) all member5 of ￿ Norton c(MnmuThty for We welrjY￿ Re￿ Hari Rkhrdson in Mar(h 2023 who is a valuable gjtwwt to the parisl*s of SL Marfs aTrJ St Michad's, Ncffton. knla Ausfjn txvrfitsj Lay ministry to tK>th Norton parts￿5 in to cbgy bereaved familEs. Haydn Bed(wlth Contin￿ to prow(k lay ministy as a licensed rtsder. Page 3

ST MARY THE VIRGI￿ NORTOII. PAR¢X￿[AL (>IURQI COUNaL TRusfEs ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (o)rtd) We have eststllsw Inks wh kxal wimary sdKKJs and offer re￿lar activttles based on blble storfes and w(rship in churth every tem). tn May 2023 VE ￿re delk]hted to welc(￿￿ Christian Life I￿ratory Sth￿l fr[￿ Texas for a rebjm visit to N￿ton. with ger￿￿0￿4 offus of hoslNtality from Iwjst FThies a(TOSS the parith. We al￿ had a ￿sIt from aThl YI￿ng ￿pIe bawj at P￿St0 Baptist a)wth. Texas sdf.finthd tsr w9t to SL Marfs arKI SL Michaels In 2023. Partrwshlp leal aofvitles to LE a ￿tal part of the w(¥k at st Marfs. Tr Lo¥E Norton Window Trail in tknber 2023 was ￿peTbty I￿j by Louise Bradl￿ & Mary Raw￿ffi aThl asgst&l by Stockton C￿￿1, our Ward Q)uTh]IkJrs Stele NeLs(ffi & ￿ Evar6. kyal sdMy)L5. uNFomd rxga1m￿kn￿fj, a￿1 suptKKted by l(Kal tAtsintsses in Norton. Organised alwmle this was a C￿lsti￿aS Tree Festiva arKI FayTe ￿thi￿ in 1.500 yigt(¥5 to SL (hurth arKI a dluth re9)U￿ for cornmunty interalion and ojntinuing aLtuthn￿ by ￿rfne ￿sItOrS as well as 0￿dir￿j Wdluth irKxxne ts the d￿[th. A High Tea HaTve5t Te3 w8e 71￿ e%tnts commurmty gJt(Kt armd in%￿VemenL st (￿r has reg￿ar Serv1￿ & feth falthfully I￿1 try organlst and d￿[r leakn, Alex Fthm. Diane ￿ther continue5 to d￿Orate the thurth wth be￿ti￿ fknwer di5play5 fty a Fletho of we(klros and festivals al￿g ¥ith saMc& Ian sa￿ as'Acling Treasurerf has abty managed our finan￿. payrdl a￿1 gift aid a5 4%EII as in515￿11￿ wr TRIn￿ Treasurer Ryan Mccabe who akns to tske up the of Trea9Jrer. Our Wardens. Ffc meJtkn arKI Ffc Secrdary haNE worked haTd in erbwring risk a$S￿￿ntS, health & safdy, uaYdlrvJ and crtordlnation of regular ￿￿CeS have tr￿n 2023 a￿1 ￿n￿n￿l cmrch Mainter0￿ of e￿1(31 syrtems arKI items a replacanert of parts ne(essary to equi[)m￿t wfthin the Chwth. The FCC c(XnnV￿ to a Parish Share (l￿1Y1￿￿￿)Jn of £40.OWJ when the rer￿￿1 vrd5 rg4uested. The PCC meds regukrly arKI seek5 to meet all its slaiuknry obligatlons, with a Comm￿)￿ in (wr Neigtrxwr, aThl Mathg Kn(h¥n.. . Flnaftclal Revl In a(rnrdarKe with Di(Kesan aThl C(IA Wlati(￿S the fin￿￿la1 acoxrts St r4iAr<s. ts Pwtsh Hal arKI Forge have I)e￿ kyesthl and th5￿sEed at all KC Mlirys. All aspeLts cl ir￿me, expe￿lItijre, Salaries, uP9￿11￿J r(xrtine repaws. sepAcirvJ aTrl bJihJlng v•)rk rquired have be￿ di5awed, qwtatiorL5 recaved aTrJ re￿rts obtsined to urKlerlake meagjres to maintsin the faIY￿ aNI • of buildKy. The FIna￿]￿ Rep￿t 1° JaThory to 31" Lcunber 2023 have beffi as (orrect by Be[￿)￿ & w(￿ Acrnun￿ts rKNnin&ed at the Amual Parothial U￿rth MeetiwJ ￿ 30 Nxil 2023 in prepwakn for final apF¥oral of finan￿ by the PCC kyesentstirn at the APCY+1 to be on 28° Aw 2024. ￿gnatU￿. ........... Page 4

sr MARY THE VIRGI￿ MoKfoN. PAROQIIAL QIURCH COUNaL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 TafAL FUNDS 2023 2022 Funds 40,253 4￿7 1.710 44.620 4,190 33,705 42,017 6A82 35,237 6,431 Other voluntary incomiro resources Inco￿ fr(Mn fee5 and Other cydinary I￿ornIng re5wr 2b 33.705 2e 551 551 Nort(￿ Parith Church Hall 76 RESOUR￿ IISED Grants to dwrities and miss Rwline work of St Mary's Churth Fees and tsa(*TrJ eX[endi￿re &YKIry 3a 3b 3b 3b 3b 75A78 11993 310 s￿84 12,993 310 1,924 15,476 297 Marfs admini#rdtion TOTAL RESOUR￿ USED 108 155 104 283 NEf INCOMITr4oufGOING) RESOURCES (20.652) 5.755 (14W7) (10,574) NEf MOVEMErir IN FUNDS Page 5

MARY THE VIRGIN. NORTOII. PARO(IifAL CHURCH couiiaL FOR THE YEAR BIDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 2023 2022 Ta¥Jikrte ￿￿ed A￿ets 357,(WJ 362.964 357,09) 362,964 2.136 17,731 lin7 1,501 17,180 28,819 SIMwt Term Dewts Cash at &3nk a￿1 in H￿d Pdrish Hall (￿at￿ 76.771 81.942 itors: amounts frdifiThJ d wiihin orE y&ir {13J70) (9.529) 63,401 72,413 435 REPRESE￿ BY FIJIDS 5.10 36,775 58,986 324,no 55,n4 50,981 Restri¢ted(Pffyety) Apwoved by the Pa￿h11 (kn Council on I sigrA ￿ ts ty: M Armltrson {(haimwi) l. W (H￿.Trea￿￿r) The rK)tes (m ￿ K0)r￿an11￿J *ets fomi part of these acCO￿ts Paye 6

sr 14ARY THE VIRGI￿ N¢XTON. PARO(>IIAL CHUR(11 COUNCIL NOTES TO THE FIIIANCIAL StATEMErirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DE(ZMBER 2023 2006 t(hJether with applKable EK(ountiTrJ standards and the SORP 2(105. Tr fina￿la1 Stat￿nents have ien wepared the hi5tori(31 cost conventiw. ￿ fina￿JaI sIatell￿ts indude all IJa)sac￿, assets a￿1 babiktie5 fty whith the PCC 15 re5p)n5itle in law. Tly (b N)t in(kKle ftdl accounts of thurth gr￿pS that owe Iheir main affiliatMM to ￿her n(K th(Ee that are informal gthing5 thurth memiers. represent a) inccwne from tnsts ￿ ￿Wments Tth may be ex￿¥jed only on re5LTi(thl ob]￿ts pr￿ded in the tern￿ of the trLL4t or beq￿ and b) donati￿￿ or grants ed for a S￿fiC obiert or in%rybJ by the Ffc for a SF￿]￿ may k exrEn( (￿1¥ on the ￿]ect kn whth were gfven. PJ)y bala￿e remain1￿ UlL5rMt at ￿ end of e￿h year must trR orried f￿ard as a balaKe on that furMI. PCC Th)t [￿la1￿ invest separatdy for eath fv￿1. Whue tkwe is a seFOrnte investnnL Interest is app(#tioneé to iThlivMknI are peTrl (un¢ts whth (an be ￿￿1 for PCC ordinmy purpose& PknrEd gv4iThJ. collertvjns a￿l drJnK￿s are rLr(4JniseAI vthen recer¥ed. Tax refvnds are rec￿[Sed the Incomlng res￿￿ to whith they relate is Grants and Iwjacies are ￿(cUnted for when the PCC is legauy entiljed to the aThxmts due. Tr¥Kkn(ts a￿ w￿nted ￿ when receivable; irtwt ts aCcn￿J. All rAJv Incl￿ is rwnw 5t Is recevabk. Al irK(KrMrwJ rey￿r￿ are accounted for grL a bIr￿Ing ￿ (JMLStr￿ obligation PCC. The di(￿an parish thare s a(K(Xrt￿ for due. Amounts wifically ts MISS￿ are dealt with as fvnds. Ail th expendiLu￿ ' gerffi1￿ r&t#JnisoJ vkvi it is i￿Urred a￿1 is accounted ts w. CDnseLTatal and is ￿t Ind￿ in the accounts, in aCaYda￿È salk)n 96(2Xa) IJE a￿li￿e$ PLt 1993 Movable C￿rth furnithirrfjs held by the vv2r arwj thurchwkn on S￿la1 trust tr the PCC arnl ￿uIre a fa￿lty for are inalienab property, IW in the church's in￿￿, whK can be IT￿ (at any reas(xd)le time). Frr an￿1r￿j acquir￿1 prior to 2(#XJ, thue 15 insUffid￿t cost Vfftimwtl￿ avalable theref￿e 9xh assets are rKrt valued in the finarKial stat￿￿t& uentty, rvj indimdual item has co more than £l.fXA) so all ex￿re has wriit freehold and ￿lId11￿ COrry)Y￿e N[￿t￿ Parith (Jurth Hall arKI the F￿e. The ￿ P Vath is based valuatN)n orrd Ecdesiaslic31 I[￿ran￿ Grcw surVe￿r 181h lanuary 2W6. Dwiatkfftls proyided & an annual rate of 1% on tox in order to wrte off the value of the Page 7

sr MARY THE VIRGIN, IIORTON. PARoaiiAL OIURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DKEMBER 2023 Funds 2023 2022 2a Incoming resour(w from donors Planned Giving 21399 21,399 22,417 4,897 10,(5 3,776 QJlWi(x)s & rle at all Rent Dariiw 10,995 10,995 4,367 4,367 20 I raising St Dedicated ￿te 1,433 47 1,710 3,142 47 78 32,649 32,649 34.401 837 35 F￿ge Fiert ndry I￿[)me Grdnts 295 295 153 3,820 201 tJivideThts and irterest 551 551 551 551 233 2f Norton Parish C￿rth Hall 9,744 9,744 TOTAL IIICOMING RESOURCES 76 16

MARY THE VIRGIN, NORTOII. PAROCMIAL QIURai c(XlNaL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 3 RESOURCES USED 2023 2022 3a Grants io dwilies and nmssion EwtK)ns from d￿1(ated pktelc￿3rfty appeals 3b R(Mrtine work af St 14arfs 11kn14ry. Parish share 55,tK)o 55AK)O 20 472 2.551 li,C63 2,511 1,151 12,993 l.T29 48,567 975 426 472 2.551 5.687 1,231 1,151 119)3 .Mission Materfats St Mwys running coys Churth repair5 & maintV0 Cost of w(￿lp1￿me￿$ 5276 12,049 4,235 267 15.476 Card machirE & fees rurning co4s rKby & Iv)s￿al￿ Depreciats(frF(Kge & Parth Hall 567 297 310 1,924 310 3¢ St 14wy's thurch admini51ratio P4rish alministrator Copying aTrJ ger￿al admin liceJKes 8,756 3,450 8,756 3,450 8,402 475 20 12 10616 108155 104283 Page 9

sr IIARY IHE VIRGI￿ NORTOIL PAROCHXAL aiuRCH COUIICIL NOTES TOTHE FIIIANCIAL sfATEMEKrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 D￿NBER 2023 4 FIXED ASSEfs FOR USE BY THE PCC Freehdd ￿￿re5 & and imjildings fitbNJs Valuatrjn as at 1st Jwry 2023 AddibThb durirrfj the year 5,620 362,964 Net PAx)k Value at 31st D￿eMt￿ 2023 freetr￿ larKt and buildings com￿1se Nort(m Parfsh thurth Hall arxl the F￿ge. The Net Value Ls based on the valuatlon camed out ty the Ecdesiasiic31 InsurdKe Group surveyLY on Janu 2￿. DqxEaabon is caknlated to write off the vak of the wwertie5 over ￿1r ext￿led useful Ilfe. available for realsat)n, urrtkn ternL5 of the tjijsts. so ￿￿k￿tIOrts are nrt 5 Analysls of Ilet Assels by Fund at 31 De(¢ffll￿ 2023 TOTAL RINDS 2023 2022 52go 44,855 (13,370) 324,T20 330,010 334,302 lo3￿41 110,604 (13370) {9,529) Currert Assets Currert Liabilths 420 481 435 Page io

MARY THE VIRGIP4 NORTOK PARoc•ifAL QIURCM (IXIIICIL FORrn YEAR EIIDED 31 DEQMBER 2023 2023 2022 art aam - VAT Fee5 r￿￿4￿1 in the fdknling year 299 263 438 Pdrish Hall In£L￿ Tax on Gft A&Jed gMThJ Inthrr 397 2023 20L7 ioi 214 217 870 PAYEINIC 1,642 Churth s&JJrity 43 I￿20 1847 1,020 1.257 7.594 125 Cc6t ￿ serVi￿S Fees wep•d tr fc4b>¥(n9 )ttV 1,150 29 Tr &ti¥Jnts ftr Pk¥ion (￿￿b Hall e wtyJuLd by the Paith thinistRtr. Tr Hall Ints ar4 theref(re. Ind￿kn1 wi full Ixrtthe (yrtdl fi￿￿45 a¢Liwnulat&l fund% irKome aThJ in rk3me of ￿)rtOn Parth Hall fcf ca&¥tal MaIrtenan￿ trJt ￿der the overall St Marls KC Cqjies of the Hall accwrts r&ty aYallth on w(sL 9 sfAFF Costs Th2 F£C a part time The of w¥Jes is in Th)te 3. Page li

FIIR ThEYEAR V4DK• 31 DECEMBER 2023 Name of F￿1 Type Obj￿1 OfF￿ •t31.1223 at 3L1122 28.017 Choir Des and thLYth 1,710 at31.IZ23 •t3L1222 7.knl Tru* 25811{thaW frcffl thment) (fvAth Or￿￿Tr M)Inthr￿ a)d Repa LarE Ra Marf5 p￿tsh awjrth Hal R Orw Upkeep 2,401 14)1 3,812 .981 328.682 Pwk v4 324.720 P•Je 12