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2020-12-31-accounts

Pwochthl ¢hurch co¥m￿lI ollhthJ¢non, H•mOoTr• fJwknn Stat•rn•nt ol Farth•>WMd￿ 31 t>•wnbv, 202 TOTAL FVNDS 2020 201 Fund9 Fund$ Nof• 54.2th)06 2.(th.00 4.358.31 6,030. 58.5$8.37 8,030.C 83.927.62 9.162.15 Oltrler Resowc .toff¢Nthgrih& 6.641 35 0.01 fj.641.35 980.Q1 2.689.89 t2.627.51 6,477.70 11.(W.62 2.m.09 746.18 14.29 2.713.77 2,5$3. 2(n 9.913 74 TOTAL INCOMING RESCMJRCES 13.116.37 122,W.36 RESOURCES EXPENDEL) 3.1W.8S e4.$2e.90 2.743.2 3.10085 72.192.74 4.￿.1¥ 3.897.35 123,230.32 14.719.18 thr8dtyrWarrytglhe offtts 31bl 5.110.04 2.224 2.553.BO TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENOED 70.373.04 7.334.94 2.553.80 141.646.85 NETif4coMNNOVTGOING RESOURCES 3.463.92 5.781.43 9245. -19.59).49 GAINSANO LOSSES ON INVESTKENTS 5.841.38 S.841.38 13.371.S8 NEr￿VEMENT IN FUNOS 3,463.92 5.781.43 5.841.38 15,086.73 .178.91 BALANCES BROUGHT FORWAROAT I JANUARY202D 25,W.15 3,135.32 1t9.69S.83 8ALANCES CARRIED FORWARD AT 31 DE¢EKeER2 28,973.07 8.918.75 9J.71&83 12&103.65 P•roEhW Church CrAmGII of IlwThptw * ¢llft Bnc• 8ho•t4t JI DK•mbor 2020 FflED ASSETS T¥ngiblg FIxOd A$8•ty 67.Q25.28 .71183 19.133.18 84.872.45 CURRENT ASSETS 10B.$5 2.(ts).18 41,679.C6 204.71 -1,447. 498.41 $3.088.87 12.74 Cq8h lib￿k and inhoTh AcCTU￿ Interesl LIA8thIES.. AWOUNTS F*LUNG DUEWTHIW ONE YEAR TOTAL PAR15H ASSErs 79.13 I•W2.13 FUNDS )0.1SI.07 90.414.23 90.713. 7&1J 28,435.15 83,244.$3 84.872.45 191552.13 Re8trtc 2021 it6È4hoKby.

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Deddington Parochial Church Council Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) presents its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.

Reference and administration information

The PCC is a registered charity, no. 1132087.

The trustees, members of the PCC, at the time of this report, were as follows:

The Rev A L Goldthorp,
Vicar		 Ex oficio
Meriel Flux, Churchwarden Ex oficio
Iain Gillespie, Churchwarden & Treasurer
Ex oficio
Caroline Condon Deanery Synod Elected
Stephanie Dakin Elected
Angela Everett Elected
Stan Nelson Elected
Sue McCouaig PCC Secretary Appointed

Independent Examiner: Mr D Anderson, Wicklewood, Chapmans Lane, Deddington, BANBURY, OX15 0SU.

Structure, governance and management

The PCC is a corporate body. Its governing documents are the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956 as amended, and the Church Representation Rules.

PCC members are recruited in a number of ways. The clergy, churchwardens and their deputies are members by virtue of their office. The Deanery Synod representatives are elected by the annual parochial church meeting (APCM) and hold office for three years. Other members are elected for a three year term, or co-opted, so arranged that about one third of the council will retire each year.

The PCC makes all decisions corporately except that the Standing Committee has delegated powers to make decisions between PCC meetings, subject to keeping the PCC informed as fully as necessary.

The PCC is responsible for all the parish finance, its management and control, including the appointment of a treasurer. Members of the PCC are responsible for keeping accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the PCC and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993 and the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting by Charities” (FRSSE). The PCC is also responsible for safeguarding the charity’s assets and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The PCC is also required to ensure that the financial statements are examined by an independent examiner or auditor prior to presentation to the APCM. In preparing the financial statements, the PCC is required to:

There are the following committees and sub-committees, which meet as and when required to reduce the amount of detail that the PCC needs to discuss, thereby giving more time for spiritual matters.

Standing Committee: to take care of council business between PCC meetings and to make decisions referred to it by the PCC

Hempton: to oversee church life at St John’s the Evangelist at Hempton.

Charitable Giving: to review our system of charitable giving and propose changes if necessary. To select the recipients of our charitable giving.

Fabric: to oversee major repairs in the church and churchyard. To liaise with the architect, and to receive reports from the Health & Safety officer.

Kitchen: to arrange catering after services and for special events.

Safeguarding: to ensure that the church acts in accordance with the safeguarding policies recommended by the diocese to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Social Committee: to oversee arrangements for social functions.

The parish is part of the Deddington Deanery in the Diocese of Oxford.

During the year the PCC has reviewed all the risks faced by the charity and has put in place measures aimed at managing those risks. The risk assessment was compiled using a pro-forma provided by the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office.

Objectives and Activities

The objectives of the PCC are defined by the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956 as “to co-operate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical”.

The main activities of the PCC are:

As a church family and as individuals, Deddington Parish church aims to offer worship of the living God. Through worship, prayer and bible study we seek to know God better and to be conformed to His purposes for our lives. In partnership with other Christians we wish to make His love known within the local community.

We have continued to raise funds for the care of the fabric of the church building. Many of the contributions have come from villagers who are not churchgoers, but recognise that the building is a community asset and wish to support it financially.

The Friends of Deddington Church continue their support, but have not been very active this year.

The PCC has traditionally aimed to give 10%, of unrestricted income each year to organisations involved in mission in the UK and overseas or involved in humanitarian relief and development work, but has failed to do so. This continued to be a problem in 2020. This is partly because of the need to support the curate. Initially the Youth Worker fund was used but that is now exhausted, and so the General Fund has been used. Grants have been sought for this expense, but without success so far.

Achievements and Performance

As a result of the second away day at Glympton, we had been looking at ways of using what we had learned to grow and move forward in 2020. Then of course, the Covid-19 pandemic happened, and everything appeared to grind to a halt! Despite the difficulties that the pandemic brought with it, and even given that the national Church of England told us to close our churches during the first lockdown, Deddington Church has still managed to be quite pro-active.

We had many baptisms and weddings booked in for 2020, most of which were cancelled, or at least postponed. We did however baptize Timothy Kennard in a private service in October, which although very small because of the number of people allowed to be in church, was nonetheless, a very lovely service to welcome Timothy into our church family.

There were three weddings, all of which were affected by Covid-19 regulations. Georgia Tagg and Shaun Jefferies were married in March, just a couple of days before the complete lockdown was announced and who were only allowed their witnesses as guests. Then, between lockdowns in August, I married Angela Everett and Tony Faint, and a little later still, in October, I married Joy Jack and David Rollason.

There were many more funerals this year as you might expect, although none directly Covid-19 related. It has been incredibly difficult for those who have lost loved ones to not be able to be surrounded by the people who would most want to support them. Some funerals would have seen the church full to the rafters with people wanting to pay their respects, but were instead only attended by a handful of close family or friends. It has been heartbreaking to watch, and my thoughts and prayers are with each of them.

In January, Paula and I ran a course called ‘Resolve’ from the vicarage. Based on New Year Resolutions, it was designed to help delegates make a positive change in their lives. Although we were only a small group, there was some lively discussion and certainly some of us ‘resolved’ to do things differently.

Also in January, I attended a course with Sally Barber from the Primary School, about chaplaincy and the relationship between school and church. We both found it extremely helpful and came away with plenty of thoughts and ideas of how we could move forward to make the relationship between school and church even more special. Sadly, again because of the pandemic, we were not able to put any of those actions into practice but will come back to them when restrictions are lifted, and I am able to go back into school.

On 1 February, Paula led a morning workshop on prayer. There was some discussion about what prayer is, and how we do it and Paula provided excellent examples of different ways to engage in prayer which she encouraged us to explore. The workshop was very well attended from across the benefice, and I think we all found something new to take away from it.

Paula of course came to the end of her curacy here and we said our fond farewells to her at the end of September. Restrictions were lifted just enough for me to be at her installation at Shelston on 13 October.

As soon as it looked inevitable that we would be going into a national lockdown, one of our congregation, Bea Maloney was keen to make sure that we cared for this community. I joined her, along with David Rogers (Chair, Parish Council) and shortly afterwards, Al Kitchen. Between us we managed to recruit 100 or so volunteers to offer help where it was needed. Bea had the great idea of breaking the villages up into ‘zones’ with each one having its own ‘zone captain’. Being a zone-captain myself meant that I could still get out and check on members of the congregation as well as the wider community. The system worked really well, and I would personally like to thank Bea especially, for all the hard work she put into getting it all up and running. I would also like to thank the zone captains for everything they did, including the time they gave for the many ‘virtual’ meetings we had and the information gathering for the newsletters we delivered. My thanks also go to the large army of volunteers who helped with everything from shopping for people, to collecting and delivering medication. So many people have said how profoundly grateful they have been for the service that the Covid Response Team provided through that very difficult period.

As we approached Holy Week and Easter, I wanted to give the community some sort of message of hope. Bea Maloney had sent me the beautiful image of Jesus holding a child, wrapped in flags from around the world, and so I had this made into an Easter card. With help from Clive and Jenny Snashall (zone captains), Bea and I delivered cards to the whole village. The response was extraordinary – so many people thanked us, and I know that many of the cards were kept long after Easter was over.

The lockdown of course meant that there could be no church services during Holy Week, something that I know many of you found particularly difficult. I personally never want to lead an Easter Day service from my dining room ever again! We have to count ourselves fortunate though, that because we have had ‘Church TV’ and the ability to stream services from Deddington Church for so long, it was easy to adapt that technology for Paula and I to use on our laptops from home. The streaming of our services all through the lockdown periods have been very much appreciated by a large number of people – some as far away as North Wales and Cornwall, whilst others have joined us from Stratford upon Avon. I would like to thank David Rogers for all the help and encouragement he gave during that time, and for making it possible for us to continue to broadcast our services right through the lockdown. I am very grateful for all that he did and continues to do in that regard.

We were allowed to open our churches again from 4 July, and so we opened St Peter & St Paul tentatively that week for private prayer and Morning Prayer with the first public worship held on Sunday 12 July. It felt great to be back in church with a real congregation! It wasn’t too long though before numbers of Covid sufferers rose again, and from early August, although we could still be open for worship, congregations had to wear masks, something which I imagine we will have to get used to for a long time. I would like to thank Iain Gillespie for everything he did during that time to enable us to worship safely at our church.

We were not able to hold a public service for All Souls this year, but we did stream the service and it was no less beautiful. People from around the benefice still sent in the names of loved ones who had died, and these were all read out. My thanks to Rev Christine Turner who helped me and James Kennard and the choir who made the evening so special.

We were also not able to remember those lost in times of war as we usually would. There were a handful of people at the War Memorial including Rob Forsyth, David Hood and David Rogers, and inside the church Rev Christopher Hall joined me in reading the names from the memorial. Strangely, in the circumstances, it felt more poignant than ever.

It was sad that we couldn’t all be at the War Memorial though because during the year, a beautiful new path had been laid – with Remembrance Day in mind. We are grateful to the Deddington Branch of the Royal British Legion and to the Parish Council for contributing significantly to the cost of the path. The path from Castle Street to the churchyard was also in quite a poor state – incredibly muddy and very slippy! My thanks to local builder Richard Spencer for resurfacing it, again, in time for Remembrance Sunday.

Christmas was a challenging time as we had to think carefully about what services we could put on and how we could ensure everybody’s safety. We managed to hold the Advent Lighting event again, although without the festive food treats, but it was just as beautiful. In fact it seemed to me that people spent more time just sitting and enjoying ‘being’ in the space this year, which is probably just what was needed. Many thanks once again to Neil Skinner and Joe for the lights, and Justin Rhodes for the fantastic projection. Thank you as well to my son Jeremy, for his poetry reading.

The Christmas Carol service was much smaller in church than usual, with only the readers being there. However, it was streamed and was a truly lovely evening. We also managed to have a small, but very moving Christmas service at Hempton – the first service there since the lockdown! Both the Midnight Mass and Christmas morning services were ticketed, which proved to be a good decision as we had a full church, but safely spaced. At all of these services, the musical contribution made by James and the choir was wonderful, and I can’t thank them enough.

We also couldn’t hold a crib service with Christingles, so instead I made a little video explaining what Christingle is and showing how to make them. My thanks to Heather Nason, Caroline Condon, Olivia Fenion and Fiona Gillespie for spending several hours in church assembling Christingles so we could give one to each child in the Primary School. Special thanks go to Olivia Fenion for filming the video and for getting it out on social media for folk to watch.

Something else that was successful at Christmas was the brainchild of Caroline Condon – the Wall of Thanks. This was something that Caroline had a particular passion for, and between us, we made it happen. Caroline’s daughter designed the card, an old colleague of mine printed them and between us we managed to get them delivered to every house in Deddington, Clifton, Hempton and the Barfords. The idea was that people could use the cut out shapes of a star and angel, write the names of someone they would like to thank, and pin them on the board in the porch. The Primary School were invited to get involved, and we ended up with stars and angels not just in the porch, but on the kitchen screen and surrounding walls – it was fabulous!

I must mention that Olivia has also been instrumental in getting everything that we have been doing out on Facebook and I am very grateful to her as I know it has made a big difference. One of the events she advertised for us was the ‘door step sing along’ on Christmas Eve. Without being able to come to church and sing carols, we encouraged people to stand outside and sing with their neighbours, accompanied by the brass band who where playing inside the church. I’m not sure how many people in the village joined in because it was a bitterly cold night, but I do know there were people watching and joining in from neighboring villages and around the country!

The final Christmas success story is how the church and the Covid Response Team joined forces to give people Christmas lunch. Many families had been affected by new lockdown restrictions and the plans they had made for family get togethers, could no longer happen. Maddie Bonvin and I hatched a plan to do a ‘take away’ lunch, instead of the usual sit down meal we have provided in the past for people on their own. Many thanks to Alex Moss for cooking the turkey, to Al Kitchen (who spent his Christmas morning in the church kitchen!), along with other people who helped and supplied vegetables. The list of people to thank for all of that is very long and I would hate to miss anyone out – so if you took part, in any way, please know that what you did was greatly appreciated and 25 people had a much happier Christmas because of your efforts!!

So, I now need to say thank you to members of our church family. Even after a lockdown, our church always looks clean and well cared for, so many thanks to Christine Gillespie for organising cleaning days to keep it looking so lovely. It was a delight to welcome some new helpers to the group this year – your help is very much appreciated and I look forward to a time when we can enjoy tea and biscuits along with the dusting and polishing!

Thanks also go to Jean Dipper and the team of flower arrangers who, especially at Christmas and Easter, make our church look so beautiful.

The churchyard has looked especially lovely this year – I know there were many conversations around whether mowing the grass could be considered as exercise! Spring as always, had a fantastic display of early snowdrops, followed by beautiful primroses popping up in March – a most welcome sight through those early dark days of Covid-19. Thank you to Andrew Green, John Nason and the rest of the churchyard team.

We have of course missed hearing our bells ringing out on a Sunday morning, but thank you to David and Jen Field and other bell ringers who have turned out on the occasions when we have needed you!

Despite being in a lockdown, Jenny and Judy have continued to do a fabulous job doing as much as they have felt able to do. The church linens used at Communion services have still been beautifully laundered and between them, Jenny and Judy make sure we have enough of everything we need. I have really missed having them around so much to help me before and after services. I very much look forward to the day when they can both come back to church!

I also want to thank our PCC for their time and their encouragement. We have only been able to meet via ‘zoom’ but our meetings have been productive and have felt supportive. Thanks to Sue McCouaig our PCC secretary for all that she does in the background (such as making sure all the reports are written!)

I also need to say a big thank you to Iain Gillespie and Meriel Flux, our churchwardens. Their role has, I’m sure, felt very different this year, but I am extremely grateful for all the help and support they have given me. Iain has continued in the role of Treasurer. His diligence and attention to detail makes him an absolute delight to work with!

I am deeply grateful to James Kennard, our Director of Music, for this support and musical input for the services we have been able to have during this difficult year. I think I can safely say that we have all greatly missed the choir at our worship and I very much look forward to a time when we cannot only hear their singing, but to be able to sing during worship ourselves.

Thanks also go to my retired clergy colleagues – Rev Christine Turner, Rev Christopher Hall and most recently, Rev Allan Doig. Since Paula has moved on, these three wonderful people have joined me in leading services, and I am delighted to work with them.

Wendy Burrows does a fabulous job keeping the rotas for readers and intercessors going – if you feel you would like to be on one of these, please speak to Wendy. Thanks also to the kitchen team and to the social committee – enjoy the rest, I hope you will be able to resume your responsibilities very soon.

One other person I would like to thank is Fiona Gillespie. Fiona has been an incredible support to me, and to members of our congregation throughout this lockdown period. She has prepared, printed and delivered the news sheets every week and I know that whilst delivering, she was also keeping an eye open for anyone who might need some help. Fiona has also become something of an expert on ‘zoom’ which has helped enormously in keeping some of us in touch.

I have tried to cover every eventuality in the rest of my report, and if I have failed to mention anyone by name, then I apologise – but please consider yourselves thanked and blessed for what you do!

To close then, despite being in lockdown for much of 2020, Deddington church has actually achieved quite a lot. At the end of the year though, we are once again in a lockdown situation and I imagine there are many struggles yet to come. However, as a church we still need to be focusing on how we can be the body of Christ in this community and as we move into 2021, albeit tentatively, I think there is much to be excited about.

Financial Review

This was not a good year financially. It became apparent that our income from the loose plate collections, fund raising events and the use of the church for concerts was

going to be drastically reduced, and so in April our monthly Parish Share was reduced by half, from £4,200.98 to £2,100. The idea was that we should not use any of our reserves until the situation could be assessed as the pandemic progressed. The loss of income was predominantly in fund raising and church hire from which our income in 2020 was £906 as opposed to £11,004 in 2019. Loose plates and other donations were down by £5,500, but stewardship and gift aid donations were very slightly up probably because most of regular donors are pensioners, and the inflationary increase on some of our Parish Giving Scheme donors has also kicked in this year. On the upside the PV panels have made a good contribution, and fees from funerals increased. The gas and electricity bills were slightly lower because the building was closed for much of the year.

By the autumn our general fund was very healthy and the monthly Parish Share payment was increased to £3,100. This meant that by the end of the year we had underpaid our share by £15,000, but the General Fund stood at £28,500. Of course, there was still no real indication of when things might improve. the share payment with the Deanery treasurer was discussed who suggested that rather than use up the General Fund we would pay our full share starting in January 2021. He agreed with this and we have now started paying in full. This means that we will use up our General Fund, £28,500 on 31 December 2020, at a rate of about £2,000 a month and will have to reassess the situation in the summer of 2021. We did not spend much on the fabric; only what was required to maintain it.

The bottom line is that income exceeded expenditure by about £10,000, but only because I withheld £15,000 from the diocese. When things get really better, we should consider trying to make up some of that deficit.

The Rev A L Goldthorp Vicar 26 May 2021

Chapmans Lane DeddAngton Oxford OX15 OSU This is my report to the PatYKhial ch￿￿h Council (PCC) of Deddin%ton, Hempton & Clifton on the annual report for the year ended 3 Is December 2020. ResPtttiv¢ Ttslwthlitscf OJ ts7Lftses and Lyamin 'I"he PCL members are TesFK)nsible for the Preparation of the annua] rewrts. The membeTS consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 ("The Charities Act,) and that an independent examination is neede(L It is my responsil)ility to: exaiiiiiie die accouiits uiider s145 of the Charititt* Aiij 2. follow the procedures laid down in the general D1￿CtionS given by the Charity state whether particular malleTS have come to my attention. My examination carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Crf)mmi&8ion. An examination includes a Tcview of the accounting reCo￿S kept by the charity and a compaTison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unwual lten￿ or disclosu￿ in the accounts and seeking explanations fTDm the members concerning any such tnallers. The procedures undertaken do not Provide all the cvidence that wou]d be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present "a true and fiair" view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which give me ￿U5¢ tt) believe in any mateiial reycL accounting recO￿lS were not kept in accordance with s130 of the Charities Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting reco￿S. I have cotne acrn￿ no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn to enable a proper Unde￿tandIng of the accounts to be reached. Examiner's signature Examiner's name: D. Anderson Date 7th May 2021