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2023-12-31-accounts

St Mary's Church Leamington Spa Report and Accounts l Year ended 31 December 2023 Registered Charity No.: 1132095

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ge2 St Marv5 Church. J?rnsWonSpa REPOKT OFYHE TWSTE FoTth¢Year Ended 310oornSer20Za ThB'.ruX) es pr#s•rrtth8lr Thport Hnd th• ¢lryhcLI￿ statow.ents fortho y•ar ipd•d 81 Oo¢emb•r202Y. The n8n¢lil statem•nts huvq beèn VTep•r•d lry 3eccrdanM WIt￿...￿l CForlty ￿rT￿lS$40n'i st￿M9-..1•f R•¢•nTMèYdod ?T#rtlc• and oll ipplKabhAc¢0￿Itn1J￿ RopOrtI￿ Wndird•, srRucfuRE, fjQVEINANCEAND PIAMAGWENT St Miry'j thuryh 1$ 8ov•m•d kythe parthm•ntery I￿..1..1t10fi Pothlnlryt• ChwGh of Erl¥NJ ¢hurcho&ThlJ 'J5atlon Jets OUtth• Bh4rthbh oblecti¥w ind Eovornance fFOTMWQ Th•'.? ir• upttr 12 elected laytru¢••s IldéJer,dlD8 ¢nth.e AikJiiYtsi Ircmth• U#tcril Rtsll nym&oTI, 2 wbrg•n5, UP t¢ four ewn•riyp.¢d r8prqsent2tfv•s•rd-.ie ilncdmhntl who zol1ertlve￿IcrM the PorcLhlii Church C6upeil IPY and wO￿kto4•t7&.".& pr¢T¥ th ofth• cnurch w5thin th• pBrf5h. Durfn$2Q23, 8 torlaytruste•s r•m•lnad unfllied Iwaro•n4 &nd Dèanory Syned ftyps aye •xdflcb lay Ary ellglblo mèrnb•rd tha Ch￿￿h Lq ￿tt￿d onth& erttrrnl roll 3tsrd for gl•¢tlonta th• PCC. The •iM to hw1 4 MIX ol$klll$ gr.d oxxry•y• ftd esl8r a5 W5.'b•, • ropse.itstlon ¢1 dlrtent a4&s, slrvica ittf 4dinco ar.d Mlnlitryiroupi from wlthiD t48 thT.rc-. cornmurlty.-I hos• ￿hI￿1 tostsnd ¥tru$tsU do Jo VQirJntartiy In the.r d•slm tosemth.• •pd tPA w.d•r cornm￿nIty. At thi ¥OnL'al wie.￿1 meitlNg Icbll•d the Annval ￿￿na to SBfÈB'J2rd ch. drsn and wJ'.Drable ad,Jltsl. Afulw tTained Psrbh Sal¢guardingCffi=er Is In post 4 mernber V. ￿1$ sxckil re5DDYsfvditi£$ f0rsif•8Ua￿ln￿ children ay-vulnenble adults and ftsrtk8 S)ftr Recruilrng".b OIPaJd stsy In Iirfi wlbhthg Stfeg'JardlTK4 Pollw laid down by tht dlotese. ts51vo unteqr 5t8Vare r￿Ulted anderE-.e klèr Re¢ru'.tryRnt pplky IBld down by the dlcKege Ind ire trèinod in accordènté W￿.￿ the diwn pe4uirem9nts.T￿ 5afeguèTcllng f4o.'Icy ts revi8w&d èrtnJB ly at B PCC tn83tin8 and thery 1$ & standlng rtem thE for every rneetiftgto highlight ?ny safe%uard5nB

P88e 3 lssu•s, )urini &013 thar• w8re no 51Énlfi¢artsale8uardtnKMnts whkh rnqutred r•prsrtni tothe Chidty Ctsmnls$lmer%. BUILDING5 Th• LIS; QUlnq￿enr.1al l..IspEcYon and r•p)rt was11 Mty 2¥2. ,ne PCCany¥ed thoav¢hWto tsv•rs•e the prai•¥J of rewirs hr th# urgerf ￿￿ntI•l wrks wnlch Inclu. ffxlns th 0"8&n ￿0w￿r mom by red?clii IL5 rotst, ren¢erworkJ. rqpélrlngthe 8tep5 ts thp rwrth v8.ry ir.d r•pah.ni dèmaged mèrbl? art￿ chan¢el step. 1 £0£4. An Ir4p•rtlon portW45 fltsd tsT tha dowoplpt It15 1xp•r.•d'.hat5pver410', th¢se YKrksw:'Il t•kn ￿•ce IN- on th• njrth porch. Th lar%¢rt wgrl( w b4•nt4e rapkc4Tront of tr￿ iwitin8 iy¥t8M lorth• ¢huTch dug tD th¢ bl¥wér bre4klYi. It wis ￿. passbl8to replac• l ilktrfvr.l￿ al p bis i>•Jr repla￿￿c wilh i wat •￿teM wri hyEroyn r4a¢i ooi •ri. A facu1tiwas rocalV￿ M•y ir.d tr.• ￿e￿in1 iAslall3tlon ¢tsmpl8tad by •Fimb•r, l-. viis fi•ce5$1rytQ Miri8 4h8 £9ntr.arar¢ +A in3ry i¢n• irr.érdm•ntstoth•f4¢ulty. Th• PCC IT• vBry grRtsliuI to thq thurth. •n&Mmrnuryky fotthelrp4¥•nc•t?Irouih tn• tok4•rmonths¥ we hav•fa￿d thls challenso. MY Our Gav•rninq Dotturyn•nt5, b8lw th'chursh af En8l•MI M4￿U￿$. eur fbloct ts'Promtlrf In th• pirlÉh tk•'iihcla m15$1on Qf tle cluth. Churc4 4wpr•J8r.￿￿l1￿ Ru%s.AddltlonpNy, St Miry-• Chur Ml991)n Sbatsment li'En¢ou(rterlry God; Rootsd tn Cth￿￿,, Tr¥nBfonnfy Ilvi&' Prov.otlnith• Ch..IsTiéty lath and ￿￿kIrA i dlthrence In ￿￿￿￿•,$1￿•S ••1 ?•% Oh e do. Qup )1￿ ?re Jlngd th• Cuv•niry D￿¢t14N PurpoJ•-'Worshipplp4Gad,M?lDidwlpl8s,Trnnsfgrnitn¥Ce+mrnJr nJiia5', OBItCTNgs AN'O ACTIVITIES A•ev￿r public worshlp ond of u¢red 5pac• br prny•r eoft"trMDla￿O￿ D¢lpnrt•&cWw rf tr,rEttl•iPythrou¥b s•rvkos, $￿31] Broups and goknry•$. Prjmots Chr￿.[In￿%hrnI￿￿th• it•alp4 Ot wi•?tFknti InivJ• 4rd tho church bulldlw$, mgetln41 and dtrièwll¢i ¢1 I￿•￿t￿lI. -ka.-d beT•aéd Pator41 etre InclTrJd'ngvl$P.Iw tle $",- . roviding a Yo￿h ElJb wkh a th.. Lffj'aft ethos Ui'ldren's FaJ111I1ès Mlnts 5upyo'ng chAItIÈs PTomctlf,8th¢ miS.on of tr.? cl-.Lwch by pr4vTrtrt praetleal Jupp)rtto those In Treed, •%pecl•Ny the dISi￿1n11Ed End SVCiilly 8x¢l.￿ed T￿.?....U¥￿ees ha¥9 pald due r8gar4 to EDglènd and Wal?s' on publ1¢ bene it in d&trdln¥ whlth artp>iti¢siq8 cnuTth %hoknld u.-.oetske J)1 i icp4tles are rogularbl mvlewgd. The tru5ts&5 con$kl$r th4 chur¢F's J4•¢tfve5. the artri￿& uD.-8ttak4n to meel tnose obl&rti¥•s, #nd the on8olng slr•tegy 5Ot fgr the chbrc4fulbR to.mFlles WEththe p'ts ic E8n•fft lTJ￿0￿cO s¢t oui bythe Charlry Commis51On loi England and Wales. A1%1EVEMEP4T AND PERFORMAN We arE ? loving, lIv8￿ •v4Tyli¢41 ehLbrth wlth o pajdon forGod, I vlslon tosee liv85 trdnsf¢Trn8d ind a mlssicn tc lrnyrt trie world around wrf-Ththe Good of Je5'"c Chri5-. 'EnvJL'ntering God, RDOt&d In Ch￿￿￿, Trari5fformin8 LI￿45,. We 8rB è MBD)berY t?e'V40wIMin8' t).elwofk. We J•sus ar¥J wentto faIthfvl￿ serv8 4im and Inoln?r. f¢)g61hÉr'we the igartbaat of our Feaveity. atrer, in our corr,munity -Yered to ev8ry0.".9 a#dwe lorq to brfng Gad'5 r)e•lin8, hopè tnd and boytrnd.The Good New5 9fJ05￿rS- stl¥ètlDn. in the pow•r of the Holy 5pFrttto ¥Jho•ver b li rleed. Th* >plrlt oF+ho Lorf anointed u5to prrxlalm fjood Newstothe poor IIsaF4h 6), U)kn41. We Bre a thurch Torine poor'mth 1ssiBh 61 a5 QUT è¢r05s all do. We 4ave a p3￿10￿ trJ reath the IDSt aiid IIvts8 traisfo'med ai ￿ welcome L.h8 lioty SFiriVswork ilrj ￿and oJr ccmmunity. arè passlonats hr h Pry15en¢e, seèkTnq ftrst hi6 XIE￿Orn. %JJe arÈ a chLtrch by S￿,$ WO￿ and HIS Spirit, W& Ijrn forJtSUS to

Page 4 tha Cerrtre OF whowe •r• ap.d all we du. Our llopè Is Ip WthorG)d'i kn'• lo", us Ind w• Ilvl forjasu mls¥ion, for hts hoiour ¥ne i%¢r5hlp. W£'n 8rowT.nz ￿ t'.e Sp rit'• 6ffts•ndfi u]t,50ltto brln¥ comfortind freedom a¥ wo Abwt Inl¢sus. We hav8 b•¢ll ?bou: oj". vtsl?p. and have b¥u:o d1kem dlrertlot) In tb8 p'igrrty ère3$ of be1r4 & ¢hurEh ID.. th p￿T, Wbkonth8the HotySptrK émbroclNorrfJ snoth8r, rnprhlni th• ks'L Ind d1s¢lplisnip In • Chargi￿ ￿rI4. 610) ia5 b•qn uxtsld'.T8fordwek)Fln8 otsp wprk vAth G4P IChrirt%ns Ayhst Po¥•rtyl,tr •nabl4 further Qn6Q',W i￿pPOrt of tlkrt$ 4ndto r•spano to ne¥$. Varbus p".¢feS vi51tsd •roundth¢ ¢¢untry to yl INlshl aid lea.-nlns. Th otharCAP churth pa.--•rs r.¥v• beep.JJFPQrtva ¢f th• dave',opmert ol * CAP q¢p9 plol Y￿1¢¢t tPAS wlll tie ￿p=￿nts- tIPb". f￿,.lY I￿.d frrds. Q)113bor•tlohwlth otlèts In the ama wlll help %vith th• sveAliik)I'rt'i of th.'s ￿Ork. V¥,• w:'I pmklo mcre tsietld ès tteeds pr•s•nt lhoThtse￿es Iwhlch ts)uid bi¢lJckè resour¢8sfrtrrn CAP 8￿Ch as timl451cwry￿>. 5¥ms fvydrals.￿ t¥gk ph¢¢ tcwards th• •né ol the yiar ?nd th•xw•s • e•labpLtlon ￿1.1¢ CAP 440tc•ntrds 15 iE?-. ?r.nbilYSlry. M-? thin IQW h¥u¥eholds hw• 1014 d¢btfTee slnee th< wo..ktstsg. TW&jcel&oFa￿n %.$?Y￿ the OtyDrtunltytP 40•wh8therthè ell•Trti •nd hrqlll¢s'Nou d b• IN￿reste¥ In • ta16. h¢p• w.'Il bÈ start 2C44. Wa eontinti•-o Ml•t wlth ¢)th•r 4Bfjncl•s 4nd mmunity laad•F5tO cONté•rh￿ hstwe can ¢tsmb•t ptrMtytu•th•r. Durlng 2023, th•r• w•r• som• Ehin81s In staffini. li ￿br￿rY #br thlldrln om hrnlllli Lidèr laft to up •n¢tki•r rol•.'N• w¢re qrnteful l=r T kwcO￿nI1'Sfa￿lffU,, b.sq 'ork. lfj Nlarth v¢• w•r• de'.18hted to bl iblè:o app>lntlinny Wllx¢ktc bi n•w thlltrÈr •r.d rRrrWK.eadp hprstirWn8 wwk In S¢pi6rnbaP Wg Ire gritsfJl to ourvolun',e8r ol'dr•fts Sejoe•tsr￿it t'.nul4 to ¥erye ovr-hildrEi inu fvm.'II•s 8¢ w811 overth? Smant￿l wi1+ hr • MW b)d¢r oltF.B rnlnl¢.ry. It ha5 beqr. i Iw:ow•'.com•J6rAy to oyr ¢hur¢l. Th• Vlcarw¥s v•ry thankful Fjran 0¥}¢￿,￿• sabbat￿1, whKh ts.. 3 morbbstrtsi The tlrn• of r•treatiNd r•thurntlDnw45 ITgI18rft,, It lllelud•(s a pr¢l#und ￿￿or1•n# ofF•thg1 Goo's bvg. WI ¢•l•br4t?d threelhanw￿I1l5 ind there were fvrJ fur.•ilstP.ts jeT. )èstor•l Girn li olfer•d In homi$. and car8 hornes wPer. needs or.SF.14d:YidL'a.sS￿.Qtn suppprt•d wh•n na•dln¢h?Ipwltb dmtuk Ilfq rSgue$, In¢lJdlrf prlsax oradd5ctioTr TSSJS,l114ta￿h end ber¢￿Y.nI. Ov.;4E e OAayther• wu th•CO￿TI￿roll of Klni Ckn•rl•$111. W• prnyed for him ind nil hmiTr4 durlw w#rJh¢ w used DuifyfProyernlcr thg Cpmn#dorJ oJKlry Ch)rleslll, • boèkl•t thsutsd by;h• Church ef Enshnd, It V5 been #¥?d tg s• nèw prnver ythèrligs [ 2Q23J ir. •-'dltlop. our F5rst Prbrky pr4Y4r m••tlngs ther• IiBS been Frid4yon¢ Sunda'i morning prayarwuch htve be$.1 ¥".eat tIm￿OI15S￿nin￿ f¢tr propb.etlc wDrd¢ ?Dd Frepa.'ip.g us lor warship. We are thankful for doors oFenlwfor rn&%lon. ti has been wod to devaltsp tsur liftkwtth H¢l?n J¢naE th$ ¢&ntr¢ imalla8r of the QYDNI cerrtre nd lieler,'AIIIK',_:sontkElr wqllbÈiig cff.cèr. Wf ff.et pè.ople In our10¢s1 cc•rrunlty thro'tsgb their=afé, OursbmTr.ÈrPlcnlE CF.Jreh tPo orgWDd£ ofthe 5YDNI £antre was¢reativ$, and acce5slblo kn vi51te%. Durln2 2023 rh D[￿esan Mlt$lDn H￿D5 tr3Ye beKI'ltv dEye'op the conr,e¢ibn wFth tsthtrrGhLJfcii l••dèrs fcr mis5iorn and ¥UPPOTt hès been 4rowlw. chuth had the cpporlunltyto Eo to tr.e P4owWir.e sJrnmÈr eontar8nca together and it'a gRt forbulldin8 fe"Iow'5P.IP 7nd for enrounter wtth Ik'$ b4•x woitterful * seo tw, childr•D youth BTowTrL6 In ttnldencè Ln liyt•nlNgt- God and in tknelro..￿, a-..dts sè0th Imp4¢t glthe Growin8 Leaderseourse ird Itntorin&. 8roup leaders offored fakhlul c4r& and SLTJpett tfthtir rnl¢-WèBk Aroups. The pasiDral ohall&n8QS Qt tliiy sèason hive tseer, S 8nitt.=ar.t Bnd It hBs-eEn encod￿81.-4tQsÉa $4Ye new small group leadirs ih..SV6Br, Eyd new membtrs i011'.ng8rop.'r6. We B￿>p￿il￿e 6 weé an ifi¢rè2se In EoclaiEbr church mÉrnhrs and thelr I:-lends, wh pub Vbits Jnc to women5 e. m&i'5 rninittry É￿Vts.The Sunday N¥ht Spa¢0, noothly Bath8rtn¥s prtymed a valuBd 5pacèfr)r (ellow5hlp, prayeT. connection wrih vlsltors, r8iaxat￿oJ1 &ime5 3nd hobbi9slcrafts, MEDS curr￿St￿.

Page 5 We are thanl5 beèn $o•lns IP.• dlver5ttyoft':• eongre8oYon5 ir.cr•iilnsthis ￿er, wfrh ppop'•from ¥av•nl dthren,. natlonallthJ Indln¥• splrP&ial W￿h￿..-., D•c•rnx SOTr.4 of aurm#mbgr5 ￿prIS￿ed Don¢•rr, t￿1• hgalth ttlths ehurtP. B•for• irrt Vb-Ènd PCCs•Yt fOud aehurh s&r¥eyJ to hoarthv"hiJrth'6 ¥laws and ws81h145ii￿.tsfOr oiJr¥ls.'gn'xh- th•r. >• e¢mmunlcRtd li tha P￿y1•￿. In Advgn: w4 pr#duced n6w publ1￿￿¥ W￿kh ¥￿$shared %Vh c. . y"'sF ak)n8 +11th è Chrt¥trrtB6 C8rd des￿r￿d by oury•uth. It irteurn8ln¥tc rni•t vtseM wjo ￿,1￿4 ittordid tc t￿11, DJrlnE Advon: wo siw 1379 thSldrern 3t7d yg¥,:h como tc ipadèl A•rw'.eesforour sth0o1￿ l.-, •ddl:h?i, rh•ts ￿￿Tavalou￿ ctth•r $L¥gdil sèNIc85 kr our ¢?nirwtlop. Inri cernrRunlty suth ￿TCts byQpdl•lkht se.wk•, Chrlstlwle slrvlct ind the￿,￿d¢ i youth tsJtr¥gt4 wp.kh In¢lbd•d urol Jfniln8 wr.n loti, r4sldfjitF at tle S¥EJrr.ure$ ceR hom•. t•ilri th•m gllts ar.d yrnYlngwltF,',.Y•m. fn•fuD, t.iv￿4 ?r.a 4uality J. tsicilp.g ?t S¢Jgois¥Jks ind J•rvkw w¥$ ixEilhntanJ t w45 •ncoura8lp£io h•Yq tla CCWfknJr..ityto In¥ito:he youth rt can￿0￿ ts th• Youth GAP 5qilcns ind Youth Alpia wur5? k,•t woud ie r.8 in 1oi¥ yè4.-l•Yan wlhthE i18n èwin8 oorÉ'.n•t•d thr¢u8h th? &ehc?Ys tyjtsrnl. Ou-PB%roihlp c￿￿￿Tel£h xw.Inu45 to b• f￿rtf￿1. rhqré's ¢•rralnly 5Egp• ferth• d￿#10PM•￿t01ePl'dr•r.,$, farn:Ilès jnd yu'Jth wo Our sIr￿¢￿ Chrlstlli t&idilA8 It his b•n •p¢tyJr•glrrftts$ee rntsr¢ &larf￿ of pr4y•r••d vp•rt￿on Cf h•ortnifr¢m tho H¢lv SpSAt In our 5pNIc•$, a5 Wa woNhlp ènd h•ir trom Ggd's Wfjrd. Wiih;h• $pM s•rvk• ¥0rn8 ￿,%h11%hts b•&n s•ilp4 tyn IncreDse IM prnli•s bllry sh¥Nd Holy 5plrlt mlnl,ry. Ivs bE•il iloyt059F n•￿￿Orn2￿400fflmhllftl to be a partof th• ¢tri)munlty. InA4usl PIE,-,k thurch ￿.08{ed by a smttk 8Yup I-..tr.e gr?unds gf th• SY)Nl eèntr. I:Is 9I3tr to Iwlts friJnd$ to the paNk Ind tooffÈrthqrn i taste af CgMmJn.ty an& wtyrthip. We had Calo Ghurch or, s￿nd0Y •v•n1igsdurin8 ALtgust. Th• vailid s'.yl• of Dur5eFvke& ¢nals1•s to rretd￿reAI needs. rorrnè&t ¢rfourseNices, wg hid 4ur ow b$rtdi muslri8r75 ènd we atso madg us& d rtr2and wo¥iip. O'.rseNicès aLQ SVPP¢Xed by staff and raMsrBgaticD members In a VIr￿tY of roks. rr.b<tp4tpése t'.ry.85 B re?1 taarr. ¢ffort. Du&ins 2023, var¥?us thernas oltoplu weFe U58d durir¢ each t•rm InciLd'.ryg a&..J. on crayer,JonAh, g￿lrE, p8rabSes, encountsrs withJ8$uJ lo$￿.u3 and tsur¥iJlon, On tw 5ape then8$ w¢r4 iJ5ed Ir, 311 Sunday s?rv1ces an4 very ?ftèn ln L4lldren's¥roups, wnlch ensu￿ tFLal ai atter1-.'.￿g wrgre4Et.?5 receiYedr•4cb.Ing on S4Tn4 themes. Small grcUPS ofteninllokv•d the proKhln8 s¢rfegty). Over East•T a Ilghlht W+iS thg Good Fdday wnternplatNè Taiz9 serv1¢•. Duting Adwettt we a Chrfttlngle SèN!pe, ftsmyion 5¢hool Earo sewi Ices, a scho- -1 vtS'.tfrom P.-jWiJJry Schod, ourCarol$ bv CandiÈllght sofvlvo aTrd the ChriJrA5 y All-oBe wlti c¢mmun￿r. Spaciol SFJy13 ov¢rAdvèThl ènablod us r4sES m&Try ptw'e wlth th? gosyl. Anothllr hi8hlW)twasthe'H¢)p?s abd FeJri of AlltheYoir¢ NEwy&irs Ovr3eryiceg 9￿ 4sft)lltsv45'. ThB LO.!OaiTr ser￿{£¢ Is a I1ve￿ serYKo and Jttended byfam"-lÉs, youtharyd adilts. The first Sunday af the month.5 al, 888 worshlp, Qn other Wee￿ durlng'.Èrmtlr*J+¥lier83re 8foL?s arransed lor thechlldron and w)uth, wlth aCt￿l￿1è$ tallored ta sulttheir age grtsLPS. Qr. tne 4th Si.-.day cf each mDnth ther8 is a Hol¥ comM￿nI0[1 ser¥lE8. Dn5 sur￿a¥S1h8YcUlh $hape the lead duringthe servlcè.

P¥e6 Yho 6pm sepilce lslnformil and È q¥ietsrseN"CO tban Ihe &03CaiY sttrvke: ? muslclan and leadth¢ M'orshlp. The * sund￿0ft￿l M)nth.'s CwYanl)n. DknrTn8A¥8w. Iho café chJrth was br 711 tho church tololi Irb I,, has begn 2Trwurbglw EO S6¢ ttr.•tWQ XryWYWp.s oithp chwch ¢omiD.I to#trther8t hurrh I￿¢￿$ ar￿ In worshlFplng try8thpratsor.•sFaJ¥l servl¢e$84.s Gorxj th•y. ch￿5￿￿1￿, APCM,14•w y41￿1 ev•, C4Tols by C8nd •lliht $4rvk• And chr￿.na$ ￿aY. Youth Jnd Chlldrtn Th• Chlldreft'5 and Fimllles L•aae.; LIEzy,Inls42d lerrcle in F•bruary a)dJe4r5b w81 a?polntsri to stirt sn SEptomb•r. Th rola ts Im.portantfo1 nurturfr4 ¥f oL.-h'kli, tholr Imlile2 5UPPCrt1ry+h4 volua'.o#vs In the team$ prpmding re￿UrceS,cwr• ard tnlilu, on Sknndlws and mfd-V4qe spÈd81 servlcÉ5 Ind •ll.•g• w_rsFF,F has h8lF4d to prowdo a r.fui4 sI￿¢ti for bulldfw lalth. Pastornl h•$ beon ofrilred wh•r• rioeded. We b4¢r a•eNp.'NKT)U-•sat:.or￿sYd .P Wtb.-.ki% Knxls li our p8r4sh w•kom n6 thorr to our bU1￿1n11¢fOCCD5lorya 8ssaTbI￿$. I4￿1?￿a5￿M￿lIli InClapF.•mT&Y3c Communttv Ptlrniry Seie4)I havg b••p. Ilvèn kly th• Cilldr¢.i aty.4..aTr.Illes le&dÈrJnd S•elty th2 Vkè".. Ih• cb¥lThrtv• hjve èean s q.'•itsupport.Thè hoi1oaysW¥dl• lat.E￿Ver.turn and W1ne $umm•rwnfer¢ne have hy tlmgl lor4rowfnq tA8ndshlp and looh, Vl• Ire very 4rnt•f.': * tnos•Y,'hg 5•rvq In Ehlklrttn's for thelr di&lnt!on, 8,fts ènd cari,", h•voldp.teer'i•d•7ard htsl¥rs )"è i ￿￿¢ b1•151ng tty tsur th'.Idron, It has been a lay ie soa chlldrèD e¥ressln8 and Ualr.i lal' Ilts,wè oxFct to learn Ironth¢ ¢h11dren ￿ st IAiryi. Th• Tic+ toddlèr iroup Is an IwLpttrtant yrt proyldlry a afveT51ti oF&rnloii wlth i warm w41cama. frl•nc4hlp ind s￿p￿0rt 85 ￿11 prny•rs 8nd r¢fr•shrn•nts. w••k Rtxkets8roup l)K•m? Spa¢ Statlon In th• Au.umn. Our youll4. l#i¢i•r, DarT•n Mrtlr.u•d Ip.sYn the YO￿.￿, r•#poidlp4 t? ￿,￿￿.thY D&Ed and irgwlptlhelr ¢onldenc8 In h,,th. We celebrdts wor<al?J ssld• i.'s volU￿ter taam.Th• y¥¢.h mèt mld-w•èk &md on Sund?y4 Ind githlredlcr sr¢15.?1 .0 youtr carth￿￿-.. .:8ad bf5 In gur 5orv.eai tt IOJQ•m. Dn 5th Sundays. P•rr•n Invehd m#mb•rs ¢1 tu preaehlni.4￿rn li th¥ tra.nlng of ourytsuni poople Por pr4hlng nd L98ti1n¥, Groivlng ￿ld•￿ a,-d mer,t¢rTricDr.:..nu•s ts lfft.er,ce tP.e tsr8ood.Tn¥ yowthtsim iogk i•v•nl puth to the New Wln• summ¢ywnf••nca=n.'s sE#r è wtiT.• far dMvln8 nèar toCgd.111s a pr•ei?L'S tlm• forcth•rA Inthi ehir.h co•rninkv w w: ts Mall &￿jP art a key part 04thè ¢hurch s wmmuTrity Str￿t￿ra ard ¥ ky pasto.palSknPPdrt ès a5 a pla-0tr08v?lopirE ry451¢n. l)ther £¢029 & artiv￿lmon1Sty Atst Mary'5, WF provlde various opportunitiesfvr paople to leam about 8fid irtsw inth? Christian falth. Wo hive'o". lous Jrolerts8imed at reacF.Ing diTEIt Rwups In our local￿n￿u￿Ity Iprlmarily btst not ¢Iu51vely frtsrp, wlthin our par15h boL'rdaries1, These iX..i4B'. Fin4n¢lal Fr•edom- CAP IC4ri5ti1I5 A8alp<tP9VBrtyldebt adv￿ 59ryiC8. host￿ and ted by St Mery's who are worklng in partnY5hip wtth otherloul &.ukns In lean'ffjtDn, Warw'ckand Kenlknorth.

P8Ee 7 T. C+ -8 leoup fOrtsdd￿r8 8rd thdrpar•nWEar8rs hèld eft WednÈsday mornl#8s, th¢ opportjnltyforfun Ind frlendshl Outlook. an aduEt KMUD rnts•tlni W••kfyTt6ett1￿ to kww•vhothèr bèttsyand •nlolni ttrutfv• & fun tlm¢$.A#hf(l•¥ intiudotsl¢s. qultto4 sln8J0kn851 •ndvar1ou$q•mg& othor Outréath A￿v￿e$ In wddl'.l¢n to tni of mlnlsEry mttrylloned iho irrnpsed or hortad mher conmun.ty •ctMtl•sto bulid communty and blem others In parl¥h irtlullry.. Ch-.,¢FrnfyS cor¢llini wfth Syc8mor8s Cim Florn4 rildants Warwl¢% Dtstrfcl Foodb•nk. w• i)o•t 4 eood 015trlbullort e•ntr• and iri wfoundermimborof th¢ fovabank PiOYtdini• trustst. Moro dota116 ?kutour a2uvRI￿ b• obtsin•d on ppttcatbJnto ¢urChurth offlce. FINPAtIAL REVIEW i cliur¢h, we r•ly nlnty' kpon our ¢hur¢hhrnTri D flninc'.airJ sJppurt the Work￿ do. Wè bellova tP.i:th• Blb11¢41 prln¢lpié of t'tbTrPX Igivln8 eway olowr personal.￿UM•) IF i 8ood we or£ourni• aur chvrcr. hmiW t0 8ry9Ptth'5 Withln tholr perSdnJlfitrar.￿$ so thpt churEh r•iol&r Income,to tund th• Ehu-¥n a¢t(VIl￿ ind ¢utrebch. Out of oupGener31 Fund Inkn¢mA +h• ¢tiureh s•ts J81de 40%tr 5 ve &w4yTo gthgrdHrfEJbla caus•s, •llin•d to ouro'Nr&Obl2o¢￿￿s o. prJrrotlry t4e Chl.st5sn Satth ip.dir.-AhiT'.I8 pwI• 4nd wmTrurLItI86, W• ilgo set aldo some Income ( qulr•dl VAraJr'e#￿.￿￿ft￿11 fvnd., b) keeplwwP£h ourpasslon t¢ b1￿¥ oth414, tQ 4n2blo ds to srr.•112r¢ne-off éftsto lid￿1=￿￿ s ind oTr4nls•tloYito ho.p ITr tlm•s=I n•id. SUMMARY Th• tetil Ircllme In 2023 was £228,154 ts 2022 incom• ef 38X 926, a decrgas• cf fL37,772. How•4J•r, Is therE a 51gnlfkant'.¢EOCV 8ft rè¢ètvec ill ￿c22..tO￿,, i1comq was £￿,1.9) and by wmparlson in 2023, wt racalV@d £114, much of the 4pwr•nt d¢crèase In inwmèfor 2023 ts du•tothe diYereK• In1￿ iUThtiS received, Looknr,g ?t t￿.a umptoth expep.diturq, thE ro_¢ o'the iionralcharltrAb￿5 èrtwstleswas£239,985 vs 2021,1 va5uB of F247 =.55, 1 reductlB4n of £7,070. IN.&.Th15 d¢85 ncrt intlidetk.a rnoney spafft. on th2 repl•c4m•Yt ol thB Chufth heoknllé syrtem whKh ts¢115slned as3n°EMtnoTdinaryco8tr-588 below.] So, net in.ornollexpendltiirel, beforè Kainslloss05 on Investm?nt assets ond extrnordlnary items, forth• yeariwas a dÈflctt oF£II,831. In th.. year, th¢ markEt ¥3lL8 of thè InvÈsied'deposlt ma-..aged %md'15ee 131 Improved aryJ at the yBÈr end, the S,laro￿%uo was £2;0,094, a oaln ?f £23,226￿ 6￿.e Ma..￿￿:￿0,.Je ètthe end of 2922. So, ief accaun-itry forthE impro¥¥m¢nt In imMEment rdlue, t￿11¥￿$ a net surplw of £11.395. Ho￿¥￿r, In 202Q the thLirch $pert£t425710ft i g aGingtry¥ be4tiTrg sygtem in tha thurd) whlrh off ndhjie olÈnSfi¢ant valuts ar.d as Such as ar"E.r4c.rdinary ￿05￿, afterthe n•t IncorneleNpendltureon"mrmaV activKi&5. SD, alrthe moTrlos spent ontkg •xtroordlnaryco, thvrnls è leyultlni8 d8ficit of £131,176. Attho yetrend, there N4t CurrBntAssÈts of £321,803 by:ompari50rtto £449,190 In 2022- ) do¢rease on tba prevlts￿ yearo*E127 %q7.

Poqe S Oth•., ￿V poinrs ￿ nots aro dqlèik4d hlow. INCCMEAND EXPEN)fUAE INWME PRafvT DONAnDN5AND LEtsAcJtt IS•• Noto 31 TrONAlloN5- Our1￿ 2¢23, wè havi a8•ln Supported byth• tsrtgoln8 gon4r05￿Y ¢fthe rhyrth rn•mbér The lrn¢om8 from don•¥¢ni in 2Q23 howèver15 down by £6,014v5 2022 doro¥on Inwm• hv•h. Cur %Jlar Itv￿ r￿￿￿•& by e4,294;2a22'. r•oLtr,.tsn of 15,1771, Tris rrft.tst￿ Impact oftya loss ¢fdon•tl¢nslrom i nvrfi￿r JI reg￿lar siv•rn wnoforvaeois ioasoro havq mo¥'•d or chiNtrd ehurche$, On•"oPF¢rfts Lry X23 totall•d £12,895 vs £14,615 In 2021 i rtdvetlon of £1720. the iffeet oftha f¢5tllofvllvlllg ¢rlsL8lfuel prl¢•J, de¢r81s•'JrfisurprfJlng. Glft ald In¢om8 Is down by £1355 FAeaLW• Df ILThvordon)tlon hv•ls. ri• )CC w1sh•$ tothank•veryoMé e￿.uTehfam1tyf￿rthllrcontrroUtllIThS fIMW￿l￿, ind aijo Involuntsir tlme. LEfjICY-The ¢ttV￿h r颢fv•d i Jm•llfiNleontributloN i£ll41 fryp.on? oftrn1oy¢les pr•vlouily MeÈived. Th15 •xp ilns i bli •l•m•nl af thi rodu¢Ed Incom• for 2023 wh•n ttwparld fQ 2U22, INCOME FROM CHARITABLE Aavrr:#ts1S•4 41 Thé lThcem• frorn C￿lIt￿be In 2u23 tsT8assd bya7W 2022, Wtr.ilnthls Increa88 ary., Chui Gh ¢•ntr4 Ineroas•d by £3,26Ovknkh ￿￿tel$ • furthRrlnErq•Jo In b¢oklngsforih• ¢hyroh e•ntr• b¥ ,o¢al irgupj. Gr•ntfunds In¢r•14o¢ by £13294 2022 l•v•ts, of thls Ir,tre•se.£5R70 ws for thE heatinilenergy costs 8nd t8,￿14 fOr￿￿p actvil￿g. INcofvlE- QTHER TRADING AttIwT1￿1S2e NotSI Rental In￿9rr,etr?.rnt￿• churth wu59 wys £li.0>81ts £-.3,8W in 2022.-h$ srn)11 decrease In 31u• ￿ ￿?US th8tèn•nt V8¢ètrd in Der Post b•larKè sheet Èvgnts to note.

Page 9 RESERVES Withln the charity'5 accounts. we have funds that aTe°designated" purely forthe purposes of monthring income and expenditure areas of artThirty. Mary of these funds do not have theirown iythme streams. Anv d•ficits at the yearnd are met by trdnsfers from general ￿nds. As a matter of good practice. the trustee5 aim lo have a Geielal & Designated Fund I'Unrestri¢ted Fynds") net urrent asset balance SLrfficient to cover 3 months gerneral and designatèd fund cash outgoings, 50 that the charity could ¢ontlnuè to operate should income andlor expendfture vary adverse￿. The Unrestricttd Funds net curient asset balance at the yearend Is £279.641 and 3 months of the budgeted •xp•nditure for".he next year is £63,750. So, the charity is tomply'.ryg with it5 reserwes policy. INVESTMENT POLICY The Trustees have Considered the rno5t aPPTopriate policy for investing fvjnds and have decided that at least three maTrths' worth of expendrcure sho&ld t)e kept in diryctw a¢¢essible cash. Addit',on31ty, surplus funds are to be lodged for Invostm•nt wlth CCiA Investrnent Management Ltd. Invested funds Can b0 ¢onverted back to cash. as required, wf(hin ov.e week's notice. TRusfEES RESPONSIBIUTIES char￿tY law requlres the Trustee5 t¢ prepare finanknial SEatemeits Tor earh financial year which give a trkne and air view CTrf the state of affalrs of the chority and of the surplus ordef4cit of the charity for that perlod. In preparlng those financial statements, the Trustees are required to.. selèct SU￿able acEoJnttng poli£Tres and then appty tllem consistently., make judgments and estimates thèt are reasop.able ènd prudent,- prepare the ffnancial statements on tht going concern basis unless it is inapproprlate to pvpsume that thé charity will continue to operate. The TrLstees are responsible for keeping proper èctount..'ng records which disclose with reasonable atturacy at any titne, the financial position ol the chèrrty and to enable th2m to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charitie5 Act. Tiey aLso respons.'ble':or safegu?rdin8 the assets of the charity and, hence. fortaking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fTrud and other irregularities. Approved by the PCC on and signed on f($ behalf gn 5" Marrh 2024 by: SIEned.. R Jones Name-. Reverend Becky Jones

St Mary's Churth. Leamington Spa For the Year Ended 31 December 2023 Page 10 IndepÈndÈnt &aminer's Report to the Parochlal Church Coundl of St Mary'5 thurch, Leamlngion I'the tharlty") I report to the members of the PCC Iwho are also the ¢harity's trustees) on my exarninaticn of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 Decerrber 2023 on pages 11 to 22 following, which have been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out page 13-15. Re$ponslbllltles and ba$15 of report A5 members of the PCC you are responsible forthe preparation of the actounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Ch?rlties Act 20111'the Act'l. I report In respect of.rty exarnination of the Charity's attourrts carrted out tsnder 5ertion 145 of the Art and in carrying out my exaylnation I have followed all the applicable D"'recrions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Art. Independent examlner'$ statement I have completed my examiftation. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in wnnertion wlth the exarnination givln8 me "ause to belleve: l. accounting records were not kept in respect of thè Trust as required by se¢tion 130 of the Act,. or 2. the accounts do Dot accord wrth those records,. or 3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of account5 set out in the Charities IIA¢coup.t5 aDd Reports) Regulations 2W8 otier than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fal¢ view which is not a matter considered as part of on independent examination. have no concerns and have come across no other matter5 in connection wfch the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to ènable a proper understanding of the account5 to b? reached. Signed by.. Lisa Darby FCA Dated- 2nd April 2024 Institute of Chartered Accountsnts in England and Wale5 For and on behalf of.. stewardship l Lamb's Passage London ECIY 8AB

stma￿s Cfrurth, Loamlngton 5P• ststem8nt of Flrtrandol A¢tbAd For ith$Y6Ar Endod 310ecember 202Y Pile Ll All R89tr1rted Fund$ 2023 Total All Funds 2023 Total Unrostrtthd Fundi 2023 Pundi 2022 INCOME ENDOWMENTS FROM,. Don&doni and lev￿1￿1 Charthblo R¢tsvlt'. Lxhw tr4dln8 aCtivltlEs Investmènt In¢aMe 137,531 ,579 13,074 9,442 6,675 31,150 675 227 144.006 60,729 13,749 9,669 S02.380 42,884 13,823 6,831 Tots￿ Tncarn• alld ?nduwm•nts 189A28 38.728 224154 565,$28 EXPENJITURE CN; Ch•ritsble Oth•r '. 59.7675 58,2Q2 237,9SB ,Q17 242,918 4,138 Total ￿e￿¥r¢•I Exp¢ided 38,202 259,98) 247,055 Not Inc¢mellE)pwdltur•l bgfoTe bNe#Ment ￿1￿1(1¢￿¢S end •xtsiordill•ly Item$ 112,3È81 526 111,8.311 118,371 Met 83ln$/llp$8¢$1 an in.vgym8nts 13 231246 128,1311 Net IhtorfiellExpèAdlturel bthTe extraordlnary items 10,868 528 11,395 YO,740 Ehtriordin4ry txp8ndltiJi4 1142.5711 11445711 Tr&nslers between futtds 17 3,65G 3,650 Net M¢yJement In Funds 1134 353.. 4,176 1. 31,1761 90,74D Recondllatlall of fund5: Totsl funds brought fcrward $87,489 177,261 764,750 674,010 T4161 fvnd5 G3¥ried forward 17 181,438 633,574 764,750 Nots.. Due to rour¢dlng, diff8rencÉs of a rfta¥ app•èr. The 5tstsmgnt ol flllallcSal actlvlt18s Includes ill glns2nd losses recogntsd In thdyeHr. All Income Ind expondilure derlye Irom continuir@ operations. The notss on paEes I>U form per£ of thes8 accounts

St Mary's Church. Leamlngton Spa balance s￿e1 For the Year Ended 31 De￿mber 2013 Page 12 All Unrertrlcted Fund5 2023 Totsl Total Restrlcted Funds 2023 FurMIJ 2023 Funds 2022 Note FIXED ASSEfs Tangible assets li 172.494 139,278 311,772 315,561 172.494 139,278 311,772 31¢,561 CURRENT ASSErs Debtors Investments Cash at bank and In hand 6,793 270.095 124AII 221 7,014 270.095 167,21 0 6.895 246,869 215,650 13 14 42,399 401,698 42,620 444,319 469,414 CREDITORS: Amounts falllng due wlthln one year f4Ef CURRENT ASSET5ILIABILTIES 122,057 279.641 459 122,516 321.803 20,224 4149,=90 Total assets less current Ilabllitle5 452,136 181,438 633,574 7&1,750 TOTAL ASSErs 452,136 181,438 633,574 7S4,750 FUND BALANCES 17 Unrestricted fuDd5 Gene￿1 funds Designated funds 2[￿.877 191,259 4C2,136 260.877 191,259 452,136 380,991 206.498 587,489 Re5triEted Funds 181,438 181,438 181,438 633,574 177,261 764,750 452,136 The Ilnancial statements were apprtsved bythe fl¥em￿r$ of the PCC on 5th March 2024 and were signed ()n its behalF by.. SIEned RJc>nes Name.. Reverend Becky Jones Chairperson of PCC CharTty number.. 1132095 The notes on pages 1>21 form part tstthese accounts

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