2021-12-31-accounts

Trustees Annual Report and Financial Report

of

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

Chanctonbury

Comprising the churches of St Peter and St Paul Ashington, St Mary’s Washington, and All Saints Buncton

Registered Charity no. 1132309

For the year ended 31st December 2021

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Annual Financial Report
2 Statement of financial activities
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The Parish of Chanctonbury, part of the Diocese of Chichester within the Church of England Correspondence address: Church Office, Eastgate, London Road, Ashington. West Sussex. RH20 3DD Incumbent: The Reverend James di Castiglione

Independent Examiner: Paul Robinson of Independent Examiners Ltd, Unit 2, The Broadbridge Business Centre, Delling Lane, Bosham, PO18 8N

Bankers: Lloyds Bank plc, 41-43 South Street, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 3AU

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The Parish of Chanctonbury

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Aims and Purpose

The Parish of Chanctonbury consists of the parish churches of Ashington, Washington and Wiston-with-Buncton, and comes under the Rectorship of James di Castiglione.

We are a growing family of Christians longing to see the presence of God transform our land and the communities around us. Our churches in Ashington, Washington and Wiston, are each different in style but united in heart and mind. Our heart is for each and every person to experience the reality of Jesus Christ in their lives, knowing the joy, hope and freedom He brings. We dream of a future where Jesus’ prayer of “on earth as it is in heaven” becomes our present: we’ve called it ‘2033’.

Between our churches, we aim to provide regular Sunday Services, with active youth and lively children’s work. In addition, there are smaller groups called Kingdom Family Communities, a healing centre, midweek Holy Communion as well as other midweek activities. In 2021, along with other churches, we have continued to adapt our offering to include online streaming of services and other resources.

We are involved with the local community in a number of ways. From September we have hired a specific role that oversees our outreach into the local communities. We also employ Children’s and Youth Workers who serve within our churches. Our toddler groups have continued to meet when regulations have allowed. We offer financial support from our Hardship Fund, which includes “The Storehouse”, a local foodbank service to help ensure no one goes hungry in our area at this time.

Our heart is to see God’s Kingdom expand and bring blessing and transformation across the world and we partner with other groups in the UK and overseas to fulfil this aim.

Everyone is welcome at any of our services, whether they come from a place of strong faith, numerous doubts, or no faith at all.

More information about The Parish of Chanctonbury can be found on our website: www.chanctonbury.org.uk.

Objectives and Activities

During a time of continuing uncertainty it was difficult to set firm objectives for 2021. However, we aimed to address the following key areas:

1. Renewing our worship and prayer encounters with God, as a church family.

2. A focus on evangelism - sharing the good news of Jesus.

3. Listening to God to determine how we begin the rebuilding of our corporate worship.

Key Activities, Achievements and Performance

2021 continued to provide significant times of uncertainty during the ongoing impact of COVID, but we remained agile in our response to the changing circumstances and regulations by adapting our services and other activities, to ensure we continued to reach and serve people within our Church and the wider community.

1. Leadership and Organisation

Senior Team:

James & Lou di Castiglione, Senior Leaders Jim Waddell, Head of Pastoral & Associate Vicar Paddy Donovan, Curate Andrew White, Head of Operations Jonny Fossey, Head of Youth Holly Draper, Head of Kids Nick Taylor, Head of Community Outreach

In addition we are blessed to be supported by a number of clergy and ordinands.

• Rev. Ed Quibell continues to be licensed to Chanctonbury as an Associate Vicar.

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• Patrick Pearson-Miles continues as a curate in Chanctonbury Parish. He and his wife, Philly, lead the Chanctonbury Healing Centre and have particular oversight of St Mary’s, Washington.

• Nick Graham-Smith continued his Ordinand training at St Mellitus College, with Chanctonbury Church as his main work experience.

The senior team, clergy, ordinands, churchwardens and PCC members, all work and pray together to discern the will of God. They work together in harmony to ensure our church is spiritually nourished, as well as prayerfully and efficiently managed and governed.

2. Renewing our worship and prayer encounters with God

Through a combination of online and in person church services, and other prayer and/or worship sessions from time to time, we were able to offer regular opportunities for people to meet with God as part of the wider church community. See also “Prayer and Intercession” below for more details.

3. A focus on evangelism

With an active lead from our Rector, and under the title of “None shall perish”, a team of volunteers visited many homes in the Ashington parish to determine what support our church could offer during the pandemic, and also to ask the question “Do you know Jesus Christ personally”. It provided an opportunity to offer prayer for people as well as opening up possibilities for practical support and to engage in spiritual conversations about Jesus and the christian faith. This ministry will continue into 2022 under the leadership of our Head of Community Outreach.

4. Rebuilding our corporate worship

Increasing the number of our services to six on each Sunday enabled us to accommodate an increasing number of people who wanted to meet face to face for corporate worship. Even though we had to coninue to wear masks, follow social distancing regulations, and were not able to sing out loud, this proved to be a real oasis for so many of our church congregations. As evidenced in our church attendance figures (see below) many people lreally valued the opportunity to meet in person. Those who needed or wanted to avoid increased risk from attending services in person continued to be able to access one of the church services online through a livestream.

Other Church Activities

1. Church Attendance and Worshipping Community

The Electoral Roll stood at 274 at the end of 2021, compared with 265 at the end of 2020. Average in-person church attendance figures in 2021 across the united Parish were 314 adults across the parish weekly. Due to the restrictions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, it was not practical to calculate average attendances for 2020. Through our streamed online services, we have, however, managed to reach a wider audience, and have seen growth in our church membership and giving income despite continuing restrictions. We have been able to accommodate more people in line with social distancing regulations by doubling our number of congregations and now offer six services weekly. In addition, over 250 people access our streamed online services on average each week. We welcomed 162 new people to our worshipping community in 2021, compared to 89 in 2020.

2. Youth work: Church and Community

Community Youth Work

After seven years, our partnership with Ashington Village Parish Council to provide a Senior Youth Leader for Ashington Youth Club, came to an end at the end of July. Both parties felt it was the right time to make a change and for the Council to use a different provider for its youth club service for the next few years. The agreement ended amicably and it has been a great example of church and community working together. Nick Taylor spent half his time running the youth club and now his full time role is heading up our church’s community outreach.

Church Youth Work

The Chanctonbury youth continues to be led by Jonny Fossey (Head of Youth) & Jack Roberts (trainee youth worker). Through 2021 the church mission has continued to outwork amongst the young people of the parish, even amidst different versions of COVID-restricted activity. Activities have continued to include online Zoom provision where necessary (Jan - Feb, and again sporadically in Aug and again when needed in Oct/Nov), but with a relatively high level of engagement. In these and our restarted in-person activities, the vision continued to be a desire to provide meaningful times of connection for the young people amongst themselves and with Jesus - as well as making space to have lots of fun and look beyond the sometimes 'all-consuming' nature of the pandemic. On any given week, through our weekly detached youthwork activities as well as age-specific mid-week discipleship groups and all-age Sunday AM & PM provision, we have interacted with approximately 40-80 different young people per week, on many occasions, we are

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interacting with them multiple times in the week. We are delighted to have seen young people coming to faith for the first time alongside young people maturing marvellously in their relationships with God. We are excited to continue to evolve our activities in 2022 with even more tailored provision, to see young people across the parish step into their God-given ID and calling.

3. Children’s Work

Holly Draper continues to lead our Kids Ministry part-time (24hrs). In August 2021 roles adapted and changed once again, with Nick Taylor going full time as Head of Community Outreach (which still included being the main school’s link) and Holly Draper, as Head of Kids, overseeing all kids ministry at Chanctonbury.

2021 started with Lockdown #3 which meant kids work pivoted online with Kids Church and Young Families Zooms weekly. In March 2021 church reopened but in-person Kids Church wasn’t allowed per regulations. In addition to the Zooms, we launched a ticketed Kids Families Service on a Sunday morning. From May, more restrictions lifted, so the Zooms stopped, and we offered a Kids Family Service (aimed at 0-7s) followed by outside Kids Church with restricted numbers. Come July we held all Kids Church gatherings outside in a marquee. September 2021 saw the launching back to in-person church, including 6 services across the parish. This included doubling kids work provision for both services at Ashington for all ages.

In partnership with Nick Taylor as Head of Community Outreach, we hosted our first three day Holiday Club, attended by an even split of church and community children. We also coordinated a Light Party which involved ‘bless and treat’ing our local community. At Christmas, we hosted two Christingle cafes which were after-school events with Christingle making, crafts and a short service for the parents and children (this was 100% community families), and then a Nativity Adventure with Outdoor Carols service.

Over 2021 we have engaged with about 70 children aged 0-11 through Chanctonbury Kids, more if you include our involvement with local schools and our Summer Holiday Club. Despite the pandemic, we are amazed as how the children are continuing to grow deep faith this time. Our last session in 2021 was a Song Writing Session which was a beautiful expression of this.

4. Pastoral Ministry

Our Pastoral Ministry has developed under the oversight of Rev. Jim Waddell. Alongside our pastoral ministry structures which include our Kingdom Family Communities (KFCs), healing centre, parish visiting team, hardship fund and more, we are training and developing a team to offer "Sozo" ministry. We have also trained staff and church family in emotionally healthy spirituality, and we have supported the development of a chaplaincy at a local surgery accessed by many in our parish. In 2022 we are looking to increase the number of KFCs and strengthen our pastoral offering through training, and increasing the number of team available. We are also developing a new ministry to help bring freedom to the people of God.

5. Worship

Luke Christian-Farman finished his role as Head of Worship in July. We are very grateful to Luke and his wife Claire for all they poured into our corporate worship during the three years Luke led this ministry. During the interim period without a Head of Worship in place, the Senior Management Team have overseen the worship ministry and our strong and dedicated volunteer team of worship leaders, singers and musicians. We will review this very important ministry in the first quarter of 2022 and prayerfully determine how it should be managed going forward.

The upgraded sound system in Ashington Church has helped to provide improved flexibility of worship provision; within our church building, for online streaming, and for some outdoor events. We have not yet been able to implement our planned upgrade of the sound system in Washington Church, but hope to do so in 2022.

6. Prayer and Intercession

In 2021 gathered, corporate prayer was difficult to do for much of the year due to Covid restrictions, but we didn’t let that stop us! A new weekly, early morning prayer meeting on Zoom was launched and proved to be a great way to continue to pray even with Covid restrictions. As the restrictions eased later in the year, we also launched ‘Morning Prayer’ on Wednesday mornings and intercessory prayer on Monday evenings, these 3 ways of praying are proving popular and powerful. Our hope is that they will continue to go from strength to strength and grow in number.

In November we also gathered together a group of people who have a heart for worship and prayer to start to talk about how to grow worship and prayer in our church as our desire is for this area to really grow throughout 2022.

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7. Interns / Year with Chanctonbury

Our Year with Chanctonbury Programme has continued up until January 2022. At this point, both our recruits to the programme felt the need to move on for different personal reasons. We are currently in discussions with the diocese to become a Ministry Experience Scheme and to coordinate other placements across the diocese potentially. We are confident that the year is a central part of what we do as a church and raising young leaders. In our 2020/2021 intake, we had five young people, two of whom are certain they are called to church leadership and one of those has started the process of discernment with the Chichester Diocese. We are seeking accommodation for the 2022 intake so that we can offer a full experience of community living and growing together in skill and spirituality.

8. Community Outreach

During 2021, the partnership with the Parish Council and Ashington Youth Club ended, freeing Nick Taylor to work solely on community outreach. As part of this ministry, we have continued some of the work the church was doing already and have also started some new initiatives.

Shining Stars toddler group in Ashington continues to meet weekly and Little Lambs toddler group in Washington meets fortnightly. They both offer toys, snacks, coffee, music and space for parents and their toddlers.

We launched a Mission Day in September, where thirty church team took to the streets of Ashington and Washington, serving the community by weeding, painting, sanding, tidying and clearing. We plan on hosting two more in 2022.

The schools work in both of our parish primary schools is thriving, even through COVID. We have the privilege of hosting weekly worship assemblies in both schools, and at Christmas, we were able to host a Christingle Cafe at each church where we welcomed over fifty children and adults at each event. As well as this, we ran a ‘faith and football club’ at Ashington for two terms, where we mixed football with learning about Jesus. We have given each school a prayer box for their staff rooms which have been used well by the staff, and at Washington School, we have started a ‘big questions’ box for our team to answer throughout the year. We have also created a rota of parents who bless the staff at each school with weekly baked treats.

The Chanctonbury Storehouse continues to serve those most in need by delivering weekly food parcels and at Christmas, we delivered to around fifty families, blessing them with essential (and luxury) Christmas goodies! It was also a privilege to see the church step up and fill over ninety shoeboxes with goodies for Afghan refugees at the end of November. We blessed so many children in the south of England who would otherwise have nothing at Christmas.

We ran our first ever Holiday Club in the summer of 2021, where we welcomed over fifty children to Ashington Church for three days of fun, crafts, worship and teaching and had amazing feedback from parents and around fifteen children saying yes to Jesus! We are planning to run two clubs in 2022.

In October we hosted another Light Party on Halloween. We enabled the thirty children who came, to eat together, play games, worship Jesus and go onto the streets to ‘bless and treat’ the residents of Washington. They were very well received at the doorsteps of the locals and we got a chance to share Jesus in some way with over sixty households!

9. Chanctonbury Healing Centre

The Chanctonbury Healing Centre continues to be team-led: headed up by Patrick and Philly Pearson-Miles, with oversight by Jim Waddell. Healing is a large part of the proclamation and demonstration of the good news of Jesus and His finished work. Chanctonbury Healing Centre not only provides an opportunity for healing for members of our church family but continues to form a key part of our outreach to our local community. During 2021 we continued to adapt how we offer this service according to the COVID restrictions in place at the time: this has included teaching on Christian healing, and the option to receive healing ministry by phone or video via the Chanctonbury website, we have also run our Saturday monthly healing mornings, alongside offering healing ministry at services. Whatever the restrictions, we have continued to be available to minister with people throughout each week.

10 . External Giving and Mission Support

Financial and prayer support to mission partners and other organisations, nationally and overseas, and to people in need within our local communities, was again a strong focus for our Church in 2021. A Partnerships and Projects team review and decide upon proposals and requests for who and what we should be supporting financially. In addition, we hold occasional offerings during the year for specific grants. Our Hardship Fund, launched in 2020, remained a key focus to facilitate support to local people in need. As part of this fund, the Chanctonbury Storehouse (see above), a local food bank, run by volunteers from our church, in liaison with the Parish Council and other members of the community, continued to be a valuable resource. See the Financial review below for the amounts we have given away.

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11. Church Building and Fabric

The Joint Buildings Committee oversees all building and churchyard maintenance and improvement, seeking to share expertise across the church buildings and increase efficiency and consistency. All Saints’ Buncton has been the main focus during 2021 and this is where most of our budget was focused. Environmental monitoring and paint analysis study was carried out during the summer of 2020 and the report found that the state of the church is not as bad as we had initially feared. Recent repairs to the roof, gutters, walls and water butt have all contributed to making the environmental conditions much more stable and less damp. No ingress of water has been detected from the roof. Fundraising is underway to replace the outer doors of St Mary’s Washington and List B permission has been granted to replace the lychgates. A Quinquennial inspection was carried out at St Peter’s and St Paul’s, Ashington during November and a report is expected in January 2022.

12. Environmental Progress (Eden Project)

In July 2021 we held our first eco-event for families: Stewarding Eden. There were various family activities with the aim of making our churchyards more welcoming to wildlife, eg. the children made and decorated bird boxes which have been put up at Ashington and Washington, with Buncton will be done shortly, and information about making greener choices was given out.

By September 2021 we had transferred all of our gas and electricity supplies to Ecotricity, a green energy supplier.

We are working towards our Eco Church Awards and have a single action left - creating an Eco page on our Church website to reach the Bronze Award. We are also looking at other initiatives to work towards the Silver Award, including mapping our carbon footprint and seeking to find ways to reduce and/or offset it.

We are also shortly taking delivery of a bike rack for Ashington Church to encourage people to cycle rather than drive to church, which has been funded by Horsham District Council's Climate Fund.

Jack Roberts is planning to set up a group within the youth of those interested in climate change and social justice to meet monthly for teaching and prayer, who will also be involved in other eco-activities in the church.

Our main plan for 2022 is to publicise what we are doing and try and get some more people involved as the current group is small and made up almost exclusively of church staff!

13. GDPR

The PCC continues to monitor compliance with GDPR across all areas of the Parish of Chanctonbury, guided by our data officer, Andrew White.

Our Strategic Priorities for the next 3 years, and our focus for 2022

In the next three years we will focus on laying the strategic foundations for our journey towards our 2033 Vision:

1. Reviving Leadership : Focusing our leadership roles around biblical governance that equips the whole church.

2. Reviving people : transitioning our mindset and culture to equip in unity “every member” ministry and mission across the generations.

3. Reviving Leaders : Birthing leaders at all ages and levels by growing an “apprentice” culture and clear pathways towards ministry leadership.

4. Serving where invited : Building relationship and partnerships to serve the wider Church where invited, playing our part in the revival of the Church beyond ourselves.

During 2022

We will pursue deeper roots in God through the word, prayer and His presence, incuding 40 days of prayer and fasting, outdoor celebrations as a family across the three churches, and encouraging everyone to serve wholeheartedly on Sunday teams and in other ministries and outreach.

We will continue to develop and grow our ministries in Pastoral, Kids, Youth, Community Outreach, Prayer and Worship.

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Financial Review

Despite the continuing difficulties caused by the pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in income from giving, from existing givers increasing their donations, and from new givers joining our Church. We give thanks to God and to our church community, who give so generously to support all that God is doing in our Church at Chanctonbury.

1. The total of unrestricted donations and legacies received were £527,000 (2020: £424,000) and are detailed in the Financial Statements.

2. Unrestricted planned giving, which is mainly done through the use of monthly Standing Orders, amounted to £452,000 including Gift Aid (2020: £352,000), an increase of 28%.

3. We aim to give away at least 12.5% of our regular income. This includes financial support to mission partners overseas, and to local charitable organisations in the UK, as well as via special collections and offerings in response to specific needs as they arise. In total during 2021 we granted just under £50,000 (2020: £104,000), which represents 9% (2020: 25%) of our unrestricted giving. In addition we increased our Diocesan Parish Share contribution (see below) with a voluntary payment of £4,000 to help support the mission of other parishes that are unable to pay their full contribution. We also supported Ashington Youth Club with £5,000 of expenditure over and above the grant from Ashington Parish Council. In total in 2021 we have given away £15,000 less than our commitment, and will carry that forward into 2022.

4. The annual contribution (Parish Share) paid to the Diocese in 2021 was £74,300 (2020: £70,000), which included an additional voluntary contribution of £4,300. The Parish Share covers the housing, stipend and pension costs of our Rector and also a standard sum for diocesan central costs, clergy training and a contribution to national church funds. During 2021 the Diocese asked Parishes to review their contributions, and specifically asked our parish to consider if we could plan to pay 130% of our share by the start of 2024. After careful and prayerful consideration, the PCC has agreed to do this, in order to support the mission of those parishes in the Diocese that are unable to pay their full Parish Share. So for 2022, we plan to pay £84,000, which is 109% of the Diocese’s Parish Mission Cost. We plan to make further increases in 2023 and 2024 in order to get to a 130% contribution.

Reserves Policy

1. It is PCC policy to maintain general unrestricted funds (excluding property) equivalent to approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure to ensure sufficient working capital and as a contingency against unforeseen situations. This would require a balance of around £150,000 at the end of 2021. Our actual unrestricted reserves at the end of 2021 were £186,000. This includes £4,000 in the Thorne fund, which is designated for the improvement, maintenance or running of Washington Church.

2. It is PCC policy than any monies invested are with the CBF Church of England deposit and investment funds.

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Governance

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is registered with the Charity Commission as required by the Charities Act 2011. Its governing document is the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.

Membership of the PCC is determined by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM), with reference to the Church Representation Rules. It consists of certain ex-officio members, in addition to members of the church who are elected at the APCM. Members of our congregation who are on the Electoral Roll are warmly encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible. The PCC for the Parish of Chanctonbury contains elected members and Church Wardens from each of the three churches.

During 2021 the PCC met 6 times, with an average attendance of 80%.

During the year January to December 2021 the following served as members of the PCC.

Ex officio members
James di Castiglione	Rector
Jim Waddell	Associate Vicar
Paddy Donovan	Curate	Appointed 5thJuly 2021
Anthony Ray	Church Warden, Deanery Synod
	Representative
Andy Muddle	Church Warden
Harry Goring	Church Warden	Resigned 26thApril 2021
James Peill	Church Warden
Suzy Rushforth	Church Warden	Appointed 26thApril 2021
Mark Barrett	Treasurer
Elected representatives
Matt Collison		Elected 29thApril 2019
Ruth Parnell	Deanery Synod Representative	Elected 29thApril 2019, resigned 25th
		October 2021
Jenny Meldrum		Elected 29thApril 2019
Mark Binney		Elected 29thApril 2019
Sue Vaughan	Deanery Synod Representative	Elected 29thApril 2019
Kirsty Goring		Elected 29thApril 2019

Janet Ray served all year as PCC Secretary.

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Signed on behalf of the PCC, the Rev’d James di Castiglione

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Date: 28th March 2022

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Annual Financial Report

of

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

Chanctonbury

Comprising the churches of St Peter and St Paul Ashington, St Mary’s Washington, and All Saints Buncton

Registered Charity no. 1132309

For the year ended 31st December 2021

CONTENTS

Page 2 Statement of financial activities 3 Balance sheet 4-14 Notes to the accounts 15 Report of the independent examiner

The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Statement of Financial Activities

The financial effect of our activities during the year can be summarised as follows:

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020 Notes
Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Other receipts	£ 526,781 7,884 1,052 729 -		£ 21,241 - 5,137 - -		£ - - - - -	£ 548,022 7,884 6,189 729 -	£ 429,851 1,302 20,408 1,203 -
Total income	536,446		26,378		-	562,824	452,764 2
Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Other expenditure	- 476,201 -		- 26,832 -		- - -	- - 503,033 -	- 510,719 -
Total expenditure	476,201		26,832		-	503,033	510,719 3
Net gains (or losses) on investments	-		-		-	-	-
Net income or (net expenditure)	60,245		(454)		-	59,791	(57,955)
Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets Reconciliation of funds:	-		-		-	-	- 10
	60,245 (891)		(454) -		- 1,726	59,791 835	(57,955) 1,231 11
Net movement in funds	59,354		(454)		1,726	60,626	(56,724)
Total funds brought forward	127,110		4,489		12,067	143,666	200,390
Total funds carried forward	186,464		4,035		13,793	204,292	143,666

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Balance Sheet

Our financial position and summary of funds at the year end were

Our financial position and summary of funds at the year end were
	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Intangible assets Investments Tangible fixed assets	£ - 26,401 32,065	£ - 25,566 39,059	11 12
Total fixed assets	58,466	64,625
Stocks Debtors Investments Cash at bank and in hand	- 17,721 - 135,252	- 19,655 - 67,552	14
Total current assets	152,973	87,207
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	(7,147)	(8,166)	15
Net current assets or (liabilities)	145,826	79,041
Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year Provisions for liabilities	204,292 - -	143,666 - -	16
Total net assets or (liabilities)	204,292	143,666
The funds of the charity: Endowment funds Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds	13,793 4,035 186,464	12,067 4,489 127,110
Total charity funds	204,292	143,666	18

This Financial Report for the year ended 31st December 2021, including the notes following, was approved by the PCC and signed on its behalf by The Revd. James di Castiglione, PCC Chairman:

Rector Date: 28[th] March 2022

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The PCC is a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the current Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities, (SORP (FRS 102)).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the inclusion of investments at market value and the revaluation of fixed assets. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their affiliation to another body, nor those which are informal gatherings of church members.

Funds accounting

Funds held by the PCC are:

Unrestricted funds - general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Designated funds - monies set aside by the PCC out of unrestricted funds for specific future purposes or projects.

Restricted funds - a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest; b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of the year is carried forward as a balance on that fund.

Endowment funds - funds for which the capital must be maintained; only income arising from the investment of the endowment may be used, either as restricted or unrestricted funds, depending on the purpose set out in the terms of the original endowment.

Income and endowments

All income and endowments, accounted for without deduction for any costs of receivability, are recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, receipt is probable, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Donations and legacies

Collections are recognised when received.

Planned giving receivable is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, receipt is probable, and the amount accords with the Gift Aid declaration or other record of intention to donate.

Gift aid recovered is recognised when the income to which it is attached is recognised.

Grants and legacies are recognised when the formal offer in writing of the funding is received by the PCC.

Charitable activities

Statutory fees for weddings and funerals are recognised when the office occurs.

Other trading activities

Trading activities are where income is receivable in return for selling goods or providing services. Income from trading is recognised either: a - when received, or b - in the case of specific events, including concerts and conferences: for the year in which the event occurs, irrespective of date of receipt. Advance bookings are included in creditors until the event has taken place.

Sales of magazines and study notes are recognised when received.

Rents from property are recognised in accordance with the rental agreements, when receipt is probable.

Investment income

Dividends are accounted for when due and payable. Interest entitlements are accounted for as they accrue.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

All other income

All other income is recognised in accordance with the above overall policy.

Gains and losses on investments

Realised gains are recognised when the investments are sold.

Unrealised gains and losses are accounted for on revaluation at 31 December.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, payment is probable, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded where the award creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

Church activities

The diocesan parish contribution is accounted for on an annual basis, reflecting the allocation set by our Deanery. Any parish contribution unpaid at 31 December is provided for in these accounts as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the balance sheet.

Fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets

Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by s.10(2) of the Charities Act 2011.

Movable church furnishing held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the church's inventory which can be inspected but are not included in the financial statements. For other property acquired prior to 1 January 2018 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore the cost of such assets is not stated in the financial statements.

All expenditure on consecrated or beneficed buildings and individual items costing under £3,000 are written off in the year they were incurred.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost of tangible fixed assets over their expected useful lives. The rates applicable are:

Sound equipment 7 years Media equipment 4 years

Investments

Investments are stated at market value at the balance sheet date.

Current Assets

Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown a debtors, less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable.

Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds, or at the bank.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

2 Analysis of income and endowments

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Planned giving (excl. tax refunds) Planned giving (no tax refunds) Open collections and offerings Christmas offering Other donations and special appeals Gift Aid recoverable Legacies Grants	£ 258,859 124,776 7,036 - 68,140 67,970 - -		£ - - - - 21,241 - - -		£ - - - - - - - -	£ 258,859 124,776 7,036 - 89,381 67,970 - -	£ 211,264 85,283 5,069 170 71,340 56,725 - -
Donations and legacies	£526,781	£21,241			-	£548,022	£429,851
Fees for weddings & funerals	7,884	-			-	7,884	1,302
Charitable activities	£7,884	-			-	£7,884	£1,302
Commission from Spend and Give Café Donations Parish weekend Shining Stars toddler group Other Church activities Parish Council contribution Furlough receipts	- - - - - - 1,052	- - - - - 5,137 -			- - - - - - -	- - - - - 5,137 1,052	- 613 - 263 40 13,000 6,492
Other trading activities	£1,052	£5,137			-	£6,189	£20,408
Bank & CBF deposit interest CBF investment fund dividend Rent from letting of investment property	729 - -	- - -			- - -	729 - -	480 723 -
Investments	£729	-			-	£729	£1,203
Total income and endowments on all funds	£536,446	£26,378			-	£562,824	£452,764

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

3 Analysis of expenditure

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Appeals, grants and fundraising costs Stewardship & investment management costs	£ - -		£ - -		£ - -	£ - -	£ - -
Cost of raising funds	-		-		-	-	-
Charitable grants and donations Mission & evangelism costs Diocesan parish share Diocesan costs - Associate Vicar Clergy and other people's expenses Staff costs: administration and communication Staff costs: interns & ministry associates Upkeep of services Church running costs Church maintenance and repair Upkeep of churchyard Youth Work Children's Work Training Church Lane Café running costs School Lane Café running costs Parish Weekend costs Kingdom Come Conference costs Shining Stars toddler group costs Other church activities costs Other trading costs: Encounter nights & conference Governance Bank charges Depreciation	28,087 20,768 74,308 36,936 14,489 69,019 11,853 45,547 41,889 30,413 4,894 44,904 37,398 6,673 - - - - - 835 - 960 234 6,994		21,695 - - - - - - - - - 5,137 - - - - - - - - - - -		- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	49,782 20,768 74,308 36,936 14,489 69,019 11,853 45,547 41,889 30,413 4,894 50,041 37,398 6,673 - - - - - 835 - 960 234 6,994	104,378 1,305 70,008 31,507 13,118 60,486 18,573 59,668 44,309 11,000 5,701 39,777 36,609 3,459 - 441 - - 60 2,639 - 840 (153) 6,994	4 9 12
Cost of charitable activities	£476,201	£26,832			-	£503,033	£510,719
Total expended on all funds	£476,201	£26,832			-	£503,033	£510,719

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

4 Missionary and charitable giving

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Overseas: Mission trip to India (2019: The Gambia) India - Adivasi project (via HCR & SEVA) Life Support: Eden Farm, Zambia Other overseas charities and projects Home: Grant and offerings for South Downs Awakening Discretionary fund - local people in need Hardship Fund (incl. Storehouse foodbank) Christmas Offering - local schools Other UK charities and projects	£ - 16,243 2,000 2,952 - 3,300 - - 3,592		£ - - 20,695 1,000		£ - - -	£ - 16,243 2,000 2,952 - 3,300 20,695 - 4,592	£ 6,447 5,510 4,400 2,952 67,530 6,000 2,689 170 8,680
	28,087		21,695		-	49,782	104,378

5 Staff costs

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Remuneration Wages and salaries Employer social security costs Employer pension costs	£ 188,446 7,795 6,721		£ 4,533 424 180		£ - - -	£ 192,979 8,219 6,901	£ 172,785 5,973 4,899
	202,962		5,137		-	208,099	183,657

During the year the PCC employed up to 16 employees, mostly part-time, including, Heads of Operations, Worship, Youth, Kids, Community, as well as Administration staff, a Sound Engineer, interns, a maintenance officer and a cleaner. By the end of the year the number of employees had reduced to 9.

All staff were paid through the PAYE scheme. 7 employees (2020: 7) received pension contributions into the NEST pension scheme.

No employee received emoluments of over £60,000 (2020: none)

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

6 Payments to PCC members

No payments were made to PCC Members, or any other person connected with them during this financial period.

7 Transactions with persons related to PCC members

During the year transactions to the value of £2,806 (2020: £9,693) were carried out with a business which PCC Member Mr Matt Collison had part ownership in. No other material transactions took place between the Church and a PCC Member, or any person connected with them.

8 Transactions with related charities

On 6[th] August 2019 the PCC set up Revival Projects, as a charitable company limited by guarantee. The PCC is the sole member of Revival Projects, and has established a Board of Directors, which includes one PCC member, Mr Mark Binney. The other directors are members of the Parish of Chanctonbury. Revival Projects was set up to manage and account for South Downs Awakening, and, in the future, other large projects that may arise.

Revival Projects files separate accounts, and a summary is provided in the Appendix on page 15.

9 Governance

9 Governance
	Unrestricted Funds		Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Independent examination Accounts production and bookkeeping		£ 960 -		£ -		£ -	£ 960 -	£ 840 -
		960		-		-	960	840

10 Transfers between funds

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
		£ -		£ -		£ -	£ -	£ -
		-		-		-	-	-

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

11 Investments

11 Investments
	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2021	Notes
Market value 1 January 2021 Transfers Disposals at carrying value Purchases at cost Net gains and revaluation	£ 13,499 - - - (891)		£ - - - -		£ 12,067 - - 1,726	£ 25,566 - - - 835
Market value 31 December 2021	£12,608		-	£13,793		£26,401

12 Tangible fixed assets

12 Tangible fixed assets
		Freehold land and buildings		Sound upgrade		Media equipment	Total fixed assets	Notes
Cost or valuation At 1 January 2021 Additions Disposals		£ - - -		£ 42,184 -		£ 3,869 - -	£ 46,053 - -
Cost carried forward at 31 December 2021		-		42,184		3,869	46,053
Charge for impairment At 1 January 2021 Depreciation charge for the year Disposals		- - -		(6,027) (6,027) -		(967) (967) -	(6,994) (6,994) -
Accumulated depreciation carried forward at 31 Dec 2021		-		(12,054)		(1,934)	(13,988)
Net book amounts At 31 December 2021		-		30,130		1,935	32,065
At 31 December 2020		-		36,157		2,902	39,059

The Sound Upgrade consists of a significant upgrade to Ashington Church towards the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. Much of the previous equipment is due to be recycled into Washington Church. The Sound Upgrade is being depreciated over 7 years. The media equipment is being depreciated over 4 years.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

13 Net assets by fund

13 Net assets by fund
	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Fixed assets for church use Investment fixed assets Current assets (except cash) Cash at bank and on deposit Current liabilities Long term liabilities	£ 32,065 12,608 17,721 131,217 (7,147) -		£ - - - 4,035 - -		£ - 13,793 - - - -	£ 32,065 26,401 17,721 135,252 (7,147) -	£ 39,059 25,566 19,655 67,552 (8,166) -
	£186,464		£4,035	£13,793		£204,292	£143,666

14 Debtors

14 Debtors
	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Income tax recoverable via Gift Aid Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors	£ 17,721 - -		£ - - -		£ - - -	£ 17,721 - -	£ 18,192 380 1,083
	£17,721		-		-	£17,721	£19,655

15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Deferred income Accruals for utilities and other costs Archdeacon's loan Other creditors		£ 3,228 3,919 - -		£ - - - -		£ - - - -	£ 3,228 3,919 - -	£ - 8,166 - -
	£7,147			-		-	£7,147	£8,166

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Notes to the Financial Report

16 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020	Notes
Deferred income Accruals and other creditors		£ - -		£ - -		£ - -	£ - -	£ - -
		-		-		-	-	-

17 Comparatives for the statement of financial activities

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2020
Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Other receipts	£ 423,673 1,302 6,795 1,203 -		£ 6,178 - 13,613 - -		£ - - - - -	£ 429,851 1,302 20,408 1,203 -
Total income	432,973		19,791		-	452,764
Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Other trading activities Other expenditure	- 489,126 - -		- 21,593 - -		- - - -	- - 510,719 - -
Total expenditure	489,126		21,593		-	510,719
Net gains (or losses) on investments
Net income or (net expenditure)	(56,153)		(1,802)		-	(57,955)
Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets Reconciliation of funds:	-		-		-	-
	(56,153) 454		(1,802) -		- 777	(57,955) 1,231
Net movement in funds	(55,699)		(1,802)		777	(56,724)
Total funds brought forward	182,809		6,291		11,290	200,390
Total funds carried forward	127,110		4,489		12,067	143,666

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

18 Statement of funds

Explanation of funds

Endowed funds are required by the donors to be invested and the income spent on specific objectives.

The Gore bequest is a permanent endowment, invested in CBF parish trusts investments, which requires the income to be spent on the churchyard.

The PCC fund is a permanent endowment invested in CBF parish trusts investments, and is a General Fund.

Restricted funds are not invested permanently but are to be spent within reasonable timescales.

The Hardship Fund is for the financial support of people in need, including through the Church’s foodbank, “The Storehouse”.

The Community Youth Fund is restricted to expenditure of funds received from Ashington Parish Council for the running of Ashington Youth Club. This fund closed at the end of July 2021.

The School Lane Café Fund was for income and expenditure relating to a Café in Washington Village Hall, run by church and other community volunteers. Any surplus was granted to local community groups and charities. The fund closed at the end of January 2021

Unrestricted funds are not subject to any donor restrictions and can be spent as the PCC decides.

The Thorne fund was transferred from Washington Church on 1[st] April 2019, and is designated for the improvement, maintenance or running of Washington Church.

Summary of all funds

Fund income and expenditure and final balances are as follows:

	Balances b/fwd 1 Jan 2021	Income	Expenditure	Transfers, other gains and losses	Balances c/fwd 31 Dec 2021
Gore bequest PCC Fund	£ 3,934 8,133	£ -	£ -	£ 562 1,164	£ 4,496 9,297
Total of all endowed funds	12,067	-	-	1,726	13,793
Hardship Fund Community Youth Fund School Lane Café fund	3,489 - 1,000	21,241 5,137 -	(20,695) (5,137) (1,000)	-	4,035 - -
Total of all restricted funds	4,489	26,378	(26,832)	-	4,035
General fund Designated Fund: Thorne Fund	120,325 6,785	536,446 -	(473,744) (2,457)	(891) -	182,136 4,328
Total of all unrestricted funds	127,110	536,446	(476,201)	(891)	186,464
Total funds	£143,666	£562,824	£(503,033)	£835	£204,292

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Appendix: Accounts of Revival Projects

Revival Projects

As explained in note 8, Revival Projects is a separate company, limited by guarantee, and files separate accounts with Companies House. However, as Chanctonbury PCC is its sole member, and has overall control and oversight, a summary of Revival Projects’ income and expenditure and balance sheets is shown in this appendix.

No further activities have been carried out by Revival Projects in 2021.

Income and expenditure for the year ended 31[st] December 2021

	Total Funds 2021	Total Funds 2020
Income from: Donations Trading activities: sales	£ - -	£ 86,581 1,932
Total income	-	88,513
Expenditure on: Administration	49	63,993
Total expenditure	49	63,993
Net gains (or losses) on investments	-	-
Net income, and funds carried forward	(49)	24,520

Balance Sheet as at 31[st] December 2021

		At 31 Dec 2021		At 31 Dec 2020
Cash at bank and in hand		£ 24,471		£ 25,000
Total current assets		24,471		25,000
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year		-		(480)
Total net assets		24,471		24,520
The funds of the charity: Unrestricted funds		24,471		24,520
Total charity funds		24,471		24,520

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the PCC of Chanctonbury for the Year Ended 31[st] December, 2021

This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31[st] December 2021 which are set out on pages 1 to 14, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 (‘The Regulations’) and s.145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘The Act’).

Respective Responsibilities of the PCC and the Examiner

The PCC members are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The PCC members consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed. The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners.

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of The Act and to be found in the Church Guidance, 2006 edition, issued from the Finance Division of the Archbishops’ Council. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is 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:

1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of The Act; and

• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of The Act and The Regulations have not been met; or

2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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