2023-12-31-accounts

Trustees Annual Report and Accounts

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 2023

CONTENTS

Page 2-8 Trustees Annual Report 9 Statement of financial activities

10 Balance sheet 11-20 Notes to the accounts

21 Report of the independent examiner

The Parish of Chanctonbury, part of the Diocese of Chichester within the Church of England

Correspondence address: Church Office, Penmaen House, London Road, Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3JR Incumbent: The Reverend James di Castiglione

Independent Examiner: Jackie Irvine-Smith of Independent Examiners Ltd, Unit 2, The Broadbridge Business Centre, Delling Lane, Bosham, PO18 8NF

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 Buncton, 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, and other midweek activities. In 2023 we continued with five regular Sunday morning services: two at each of Ashington and Washington, and one at Buncton.

We are involved with the local community in a number of ways. We employ Children’s and Youth Workers who serve within our churches and local schools. We organise two toddler groups that meet regularly (Little Lambs in Washington and Shining Stars in Ashington). 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.

Our heart is to see God’s Kingdom expand and bring blessing and transformation across the world and we support 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.

As we focus our efforts towards seeing God bring ‘2033’ to life amongst our churches and in our region, we do so with five core values in mind to guide and direct the way we operate:

1. All Glory to God. Life begins and ends with God – it is all for Him and in response to His goodness. Our great privilege is to worship Him when we gather and when apart, in song and in lifestyle, in Spirit and in Truth. We worship the Lord for who He is, honouring His worth, magnificence, majesty and beauty. He is our everything. In Him we live and move and have our being. All things come from Him, and of His own do we give Him… (Exodus 20:1 – 3 // 1 Chronicles 29:14 // Acts 17:28 // Revelation 4:11)

2. Heaven is Here. Father God inaugurated the Kingdom of Heaven on earth through the events of Jesus’ crucifixion, resurrection, ascension and giving of the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ return will fully and finally realise the consummation of His Kingdom on earth. Until that day, we live joyfully expecting His Kingdom to increasingly grow and break into life as we know it, proclaiming its arrival and emergence: Heaven is here! (Genesis 1:26 – 28 // Mark 1:14 – 15 // Matthew 10:7 – 8 // 1 Corinthians 15:24 – 28)

3. Revival Starts with Me. God has reconciled all things to Himself through Jesus Christ. We are ‘’revived’ into newness of life as we repent, die to ourselves, and allow Father God to fill us with the resurrecting life of His Son Jesus. We take personal responsibility for our spiritual growth, knowing that the world is transformed one surrendered heart at a time. (Exodus 34:12 – 15 // Matthew 16:24 – 26 // Romans 8:11 – 17 // 2 Corinthians 5:19)

4. People are Precious. Every person matters to God and to us. Real friendship looks like being ‘extended family’. We always believe the best, outdo one another in showing honour, and overlay love in all things. (Isaiah 43:4 // Romans 12:9-21 // Colossians 3:12-17)

5. To the Ends of the Earth. Jesus has sent every disciple on mission through the Church to the world: to make disciples of all nations, to proclaim and demonstrate the good news of the Kingdom, and to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth. As we gladly care for the poor and marginalised, and as we share Jesus with all people, we will

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not stop until the whole world knows the good news and the kingdom of this world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and Messiah. (Isaiah 60:1 – 3 // Mark 16:15 – 20 // Acts 1:6 – 8 // Revelation 11:15 – 19)

Objectives and Activities

During 2023 we deepened our focus on prayer, including a “Daniel Fast” in June and four separate weeks of prayer and fasting, starting in October, with a focus on praying for revival in the nation.

Key Activities, Achievements and Performance

1. Leadership and Organisation

Senior Leadership Team: James & Lou di Castiglione, Senior Leaders Paddy Donovan, Curate Andrew White, Head of Operations (until 30[th] September 2023) Andy Storey, Youth Pastor Holly Draper, Head of Kids

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

• Rev. 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.

• Rev. David Ingall regularly preaches at our church services.

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

After 3 years as Head of Operations Andrew White took on a new role as Executive Director at Watoto UK. In his role and as part of the Senior Leadership team Andrew made a massive contribution to the Parish of Chanctonbury. He improved our practices, put in place new processes, and significantly strengthened our management and human resources practices. We are very grateful for all he achieved with us, wish him well in his role at Watoto, and are delighted that he and his family continue to be part of our church community at Chanctonbury.

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

2. Our Strategic focus during 2023

2023 has been a year of consolidating our existing areas of ministry, rather than developing new areas of focus. Maintaining church unity and helping everyone to connect with and be supported in smaller communities remained a key objective this last year.

We have further embedded our processes for welcoming newcomers to our church, to ensure new people are quickly able to feel part of our Parish and our mission. Our small groups, which we call Kingdom Family Communities, continue to be the main vehicle for our pastoral ministry. There are 12 of these groups in operation, with nearly 300 adults signed up. The leaders of each group are supported by “Leaders’ Pastors” to give them pastoral and other support as needed.

Due to the gaps in some of our senior roles, we have intentionally slowed down until we are adequately resourced.

3. Church Attendance and Worshipping Community

Average weekly church attendance figures in 2023 across the united Parish were 302 adults and 77 children & youth (2022: 324 adults, 65 children & youth). We stopped streaming our services with effect from July, both to save costs, and to reflect much fuller in person participation attendance. We continue to record the preaching, and these are available to listen to via our website. 48 new people signed up to receive our regular emails in 2023 (2022: 79). The Electoral Roll stood at 286 at the end of 2023, compared with 268 at the end of 2022.

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4. Youth Work

Andy Storey, who was appointed as our full time Youth Pastor in August 2022, has continued to lead and develop this hugely important ministry.

In 2023, the Youth team have undergone a new Chanctonbury Youth Culture: BELIEVE, BECOME and BUILD. We have seen a growth in the Sunday Youth Group in 2023, which saw the launch of regular prayer and worship evenings, as well as termly creative inspirational workshops, We have seen many young people give their lives to Jesus at the Chanctonbury Summer Conference and at the Dreaming the Impossible Camp. Many also responded to the Stepping up into Young Leaders initiative at the Onelife Conference.

Andy Storey has also been appointed as Assistant Chaplain of Steyning Grammar School & Boarding, leading Bible Studies, Christian Unions, Football Clubs, Services and Assemblies reaching over 1,000 children and youth!

2023 has been an incredible time for the young people at Chanctonbury, resulting in deeper roots in their faith, and stepping out and growing more into who God has made them to be. 2024 here we come!

5. Children’s Work

Holly Draper continues to lead our Kids Ministry.

In 2023 Kids Church on Sunday continued and maintained the provision of groups at both 9am and 11am services at Ashington. Similar to last year an average of 50 children attend church each Sunday, with a slight increase of 88 ‘on the books' at the end of 2023. Despite the turnover of volunteers, the kids team has also slightly grown by the end of the year.

Chanctonbury Kids have enjoyed several fun events including the Bible Experience weekend in February, a prayer trip to London ahead of the King’s coronation, the Kids Takeover service in May, the Summer Conference, and a Light party in October. Holly also hosted events for parents, including running the Parenting for Faith Course in November 2023.

The church has pursued Prayer & Fasting & Worship across the year with the children in various ways - e.g. increasing the time the children stay in worship on a Sunday and monthly prayer & worship for families.

In partnership with Nick Taylor (Head of Community Outreach), we co-led an Easter Holiday club, led fortnightly assemblies and hosted two Prayer Space days in each of the parish primary schools.

Nick left his role in August, which has meant that the Schools work, Toddler Groups and other community outreach events involving children and families (Cafes/Holiday clubs) have been passed over to Holly’s oversight. These additional tasks have meant we have had to prioritise some activities over others. In December two Christingle Cafes (just under 200 in attendance across both) were held again, and an increase in attendance was seen from our school community at our Carol services and a full Crib Service. In partnership with and support from the Curates (Paddy Donovan at Ashington, and Patrick Pearson-Miles at Washington), and Poppy Smart, we have also continued to lead fortnightly assemblies in both parish schools.

The Children’s work has been blessed by having Poppy Smart with us as Ministry Associate until the end of July 2023. But joyfully we saw her return in September for the next academic year (see 9. Ministry Associate below).

6. Pastoral Ministry

Lou di Castiglione continued the overall leadership of this ministry. Pastoral care has gone from strength to strength this year. In April, 6 members of Chanctonbury Parish were licensed by the Diocese and became Authorised Lay Ministers in pastoral ministry having completed the training delivered by the diocese. These, plus others, now form a pastoral team which is headed up by Colin and Judy Frampton and Jo Willis.

The Sozo ministry seeks to enable complete healing for body, soul and spirit. Our Sozo ministry has been strengthened having had a weekend training event by Sozo national leaders and training and support from local regional leaders.

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Sozo appointments are being offered to various groups within the Church and will be offered more widely this coming year.

7. Worship

Along with prayer and fasting, worship continues to be a key focus for our Church. The Senior Leadership Team oversee the worship ministry and our strong and dedicated volunteer team of worship leaders, singers and musicians. We are very grateful to Liam Jackson who has continued to do an excellent job in leading the worship at Ashington.

Jacob Jenkins continued in his part-time role of Production Manager for the parish, overseeing, maintaining and improving all aspects of our sound and projection systems.

8. Prayer and Intercession

Our corporate prayer and fasting has had a real boost this year! We held a weekend in March with James Aladarin from Prayer Storm. This injected vision and passion for prayer and fasting and off the back of it we held a ‘Daniel fast’ in June followed by 4 separate weeks of fasting and prayer in the Autumn. We also organised a week of prayer walking the boundaries as well as hosting nights of prayer and worship. We were blown away by the amount of participation in the prayer ‘events’.

People’s passion for prayer is evidenced through the fact that we now have 6 different prayer ‘meetings’ throughout the week!

9. Ministry Associate

Poppy finished her Ministry Associate year in July 2023. It was such a joy to have her, and she had grown in giftings and leadership over the year. She planned and led a midweek discipleship, planned and wrote the summer term teaching for Kids Church as well as contributing to Kids Church in many other ways.

Poppy was accepted to study Applied Theology at Regent’s Theological College, starting in September 2023. One way to complete the course is remotely with a church placement (with additional campus study weeks). We were confirmed to be her placement church from September 2023 to July 2024, meaning she would stay at Chanctonbury for another academic year. Poppy is still being line-managed by Holly Draper (Head of Kids) and once again has accommodation in the parish. Poppy has been a great asset to Holly as they have taken on and adapted some of the areas around Community Outreach from September 2023 - primarily the schools work.

10. Community Outreach

Nick Taylor led this area of ministry until August 2023 when he left his Head of Community Outreach Role.

Nick hosted a Mission Day in April, where they were able to create a prayer garden at St Mary’s School, Washington, offer gardening for people in the village and carry out litter clearing around the parish.

With Holly Draper (Head of Kids), they hosted an Easter Holiday club day at Ashington church (with 50 children) where they explored the Easter story. This was followed up with an Easter Cafe, to connect with the kids and parents of the church and community. Nick & Holly have also been able to lead fortnightly assemblies in both parish schools this year and hosted two Prayer Spaces. Since August, Holly Draper now leads the Schools Ministry, as part of the Children’s Ministry.

Our two toddler groups continued to run throughout the year, seeing many community families finding a community here; Shining Stars weekly, and Little Lambs fortnightly. Since August, Holly now has oversight of this area of ministry, but both groups are run predominantly by strong volunteer teams.

The Chanctonbury Storehouse continued to deliver essential food items to families in our parish every week. The KFCs (Kingdom Family Communities: our church’s small groups) continue to support the donations of food items. During 2023 the Storehouse has supported approximately 200 households in the parishes, and over Christmas were able to deliver 38 Christmas hampers and bring Christmas gifts for 12 children in families going through difficult times.

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The Seniors’ Cafe has been successfully running for over a year, and due to an increase in volunteers, this has increased to running twice a month. This is a great space for those in our church and local community to be together. Since August, The Storehouse and Senior Cafe have been led by a strong and committed volunteer team, with oversight from the Chanctonbury Pastoral Ministry.

We produced two issues of 'Church Life' magazine in 2023. They are distributed free to every household in our parish. The magazine is edited by Kim White and is full of testimonies and information about what's going on in our churches. The magazine has been published for a number of years and was awarded a gold prize by the Association for Church Editors in 2019.

11. Chanctonbury Healing Centre

The Chanctonbury Healing Centre continues to be headed up by Patrick and Philly Pearson-Miles. Healing is a large part of the proclamation and demonstration of the good news of Jesus and His finished work on the Cross. Chanctonbury Healing Centre not only provides an opportunity for healing for members of our church family and beyond, but continues to form a part of the church's outreach to our local communities. We offered teaching on Christian healing, as well as the option to receive healing ministry by phone or video via the Chanctonbury website. Our Saturday morning healing sessions take place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, alongside offering healing ministry at our Sunday services. We continue to be available to minister healing where needed, with all the joys and victories and challenges that this ministry can carry, with a deep desire to be more effective in seeing God’s will done on the earth, knowing that Jesus paid the ultimate price and we want Him to receive all the glory that is due to Him.

12 . External Giving and Mission Support

We have continued to offer financial and prayer support to mission partners and other organisations, nationally and overseas, as well as to people in need within our local communities. A Giving 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 was launched in 2020 and remains 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.

13. 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 three of the churches have seen continued developments taking place over the course of 2023. We completed our annual gravestone review at all three churches, which has seen all headstones restored to their correct positions. The final tree maintenance took place in Ashington and Buncton ensuring cutting back took place as recommended in our 2022 report, after successful works at Washington took place in 2022 also. Buncton was successfully added to the Heritage at Risk register as recommended by the diocese to aid it in priority for grant access. Buncton also saw further ceiling damage, which was promptly repaired under List B. Washington saw masonry repairs take place to the exterior vestry door and wall, received a hearing loop installation and implemented a significant boiler repair. Bolstered by a successful grant application, as well as other generous donations, the renovation of the outer doors of St Mary’s Washington was undertaken by local carpenter, David Newland. Substantial work took place to replace the broken boilers at St. Peter and St Paul’s, Ashington, which is now operating on a bivalent air source heat pump and gas boiler system, with its approved faculty. There are plans in place for early 2024 to see many of the stained-glass windows repaired at Washington and Ashington.

14. Environmental Progress (Eden Project)

This year started well with Ashington Church receiving its Eco Church Bronze Award in January. We also asked for people to give us their old candle stubs for recycling and sent off an impressive 22kg of candles to the Candle Recycling Company.

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In July we held our first Repair Cafe, an initiative which we have been planning for a while, and which has been supported by Carrie Cort and the Sussex Green Living team. These are held in Ashington Church every other month and encourage both church members and the local community to bring their broken items to be repaired by our wonderful team of repairers - all drawn from the church community. We do not charge for this but accept donations, and so far, thanks to the generosity of our team with both their time and their tools, we have been able to give the money donated to the church after each of the three cafes held. In the spirit of the Repair Cafe we have also been keen for people to pass on their skills and to this end we have started offering some children the opportunity to learn how to do some woodwork, making a book jack in November and bird boxes in January, which has been enjoyed by all involved.

In line with the requirements of Eco Church we have started regular surveying of wildlife at Ashington and Washington churchyards and we are grateful to Julie Alexander for all her help and expertise with this. We are still working towards our Silver Eco Church Award.

15. GDPR

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

16. Safeguarding

The PCC has complied with the duty to have regard to the House of Bishop's guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016.

Financial Review

We have again seen an increase in income from giving during 2022, including from existing givers increasing their donations, as well as 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 within us at Chanctonbury.

1. The total of unrestricted donations and legacies received were £574,000 (2022: £537,000) and are detailed in the Financial Statements.

2. Unrestricted planned giving, which is mainly done through the use of monthly Standing Orders, amounted to £543,000 including Gift Aid (2022: £497,000), an increase of 9%.

3. We aim to give away at least 10% of our regular income. This includes providing financial and food support to our local communities via our Hardship Fund and our foodbank – the Storehouse. We also give 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 2023 we granted £34,000 (2022: £66,000), which represents 6% (2022: 12%) of our unrestricted giving. Due largely to the necessary outlay of £45,000 on a new heating system in Ashington Church, we had insufficient funds to meet our external giving commitment for 2023.

4. The annual contribution (Parish Share) paid to the Diocese in 2023 was £78,761 (2022: £77,000 plus additional voluntary contribution of £7,000). 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. We paid 100% of the Parish Share for 2023.

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 £135,000 at the end of 2023. Our actual unrestricted reserves at the end of 2023 were £135,000.

2. It is PCC policy that 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 representatives and ex officio members.

During the year January to December 2023 the PCC met 6 times, and the following served as its members:

Ex officio members James di Castiglione Rector Paddy Donovan Curate Anthony Ray Church Warden, Deanery Synod Representative James Peill Church Warden Until 27[th] April 2023 John Yeo Church Warden Simon Smith Church Warden Until 27[th] April 2023 Mark Barrett Treasurer Elected representatives Matt Collison Jenny Meldrum Mark Binney Sue Vaughan Deanery Synod Representative Kirsty Goring Rod Ewen George Bryans Deanery Synod Representative Colin Frampton Kate Deane Hannah Hall Until 27[th] April 2023

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: 18[th] March 2024

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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 2023	Total Funds 2022 Notes
Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Other receipts	£ 573,881 6,831 35,058 1,073 -		£ 36,465 - - - -		£ - - - - -	£ 610,346 6,831 35,058 1,073 -	£ 554,940 3,818 31,870 811 -
Total income	616,843		36,465		-	653,308	591,439 2
Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Other expenditure	- 601,418 -		- 14,922 -		- - -	- - 616,340 -	- 652,473 -
Total expenditure	601,418		14,922		-	616,340	652,473 3
Net gains (or losses) on investments	-		-		-	-	-
Net income or (net expenditure)	15,425		21,543		-	36,968	(61,034)
Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets Reconciliation of funds:	-		-		-	-	- 10
	15,425 650		21,543 -		- 1,145	36,968 1,795	(61,034) (3,330) 11
Net movement in funds	16,075		21,543		1,145	38,763	(64,364)
Total funds brought forward	118,595		9,164		12,169	139,928	204,292
Total funds carried forward	134,670		30,707		13,314	178,691	139,928

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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:

	Total Funds 2023	Total Funds 2022	Notes	Notes
Intangible assets Investments Tangible fixed assets	£ - 24,866 75,518	£ - 23,071 41,849	11 12
Total fixed assets	100,384	64,920
Stocks Debtors Investments Cash at bank and in hand	- 38,075 - 51,574	- 22,656 - 74,440	14
Total current assets	89,649	97,096
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	(11,342)	(22,088)	15
Net current assets or (liabilities)	78,307	75,008
Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year Provisions for liabilities	178,691 - -	139,928 - -	16
Total net assets or (liabilities)	178,691	139,928
The funds of the charity: Endowment funds Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds	13,314 30,707 134,670	12,169 9,164 118,595
Total charity funds	178,691	139,928	18

This Financial Report for the year ended 31st December 2023, including the notes following, was approved by the PCC and signed on its behalf by The Revd. James di Castiglione, PCC Chairman:

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Rector Date: 18[th] March 2024

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

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The charity meets the definition of 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 and offerings 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.

All other income

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

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

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:

Church heating system 5 years 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.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements

The charity has a trading subsidiary, Revival Projects. The income of the group does not exceed the threshold of £1million and therefore there is no requirement to prepare group accounts.

Further details of the subsidiary are given in note 8.

Going Concern

The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Significant estimates and judgements

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

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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 2023	Total Funds 2022	Notes
Planned giving (excl. tax refunds) Planned giving (no tax refunds) Open collections and offerings Other donations and special appeals Gift Aid recoverable Legacies Grants	£ 310,665 138,304 8,596 11,619 93,697 10,000 1,000		£ - - - 34,965 - - 1,500		£ - - - - - - -	£ 310,665 138,304 8,596 46,584 93,697 10,000 2,500	£ 265,591 154,536 11,330 37,524 78,145 - 7,814
Donations and legacies	£573,881	£36,465			-	£610,346	£554,940
Fees for weddings & funerals	6,831	-			-	6,831	3,818
Charitable activities	£6,831	-			-	£6,831	£3,818
Parish weekend Other Church activities Parish Council contribution Furlough receipts	24,743 10,315 - -	- - - -			- - - -	24,743 10,315 - -	21,619 10,251 - -
Other trading activities	£35,058	-			-	£35,058	£31,870
Bank & CBF deposit interest CBF investment fund dividend Rent from letting of investment property	1,073 - -	- - -			- - -	1,073 - -	811 - -
Investments	£1,073	-			-	£1,073	£811
Total income and endowments on all funds	£616,843	£36,465			-	£653,308	£591,439

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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 2023	Total Funds 2022	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 Parish Weekend costs Other church activities costs Governance Bank charges Depreciation	22,787 30,045 78,761 - 18,893 133,264 7,217 34,829 76,491 40,147 6,188 41,747 46,787 10,931 37,134 3,089 1,100 283 11,725		10,875 - - - - - - - - 4,047 - - - - - - - - -		- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	33,662 30,045 78,761 - 18,893 133,264 7,217 34,829 76,491 44,194 6,188 41,747 46,787 10,931 37,134 3,089 1,100 283 11,725	66,081 60,810 77,000 31,910 21,852 91,467 1,950 27,437 85,704 31,570 7,741 51,205 41,003 12,979 33,098 1,831 1,020 411 7,404	4 9 12
Cost of charitable activities	£601,418	£14,922			-	£616,340	£652,473
Total expended on all funds	£601,418	£14,922			-	£616,340	£652,473

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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 2023	Total Funds 2022	Notes
Overseas: Christian Aid - Turkey Earthquake relief British Red Cross - Gaza and Israel appeal Ukraine relief India - Adivasi project Other overseas charities and projects Home: Additional voluntary contribution to Diocese for Parish Share Wholesome Warehouse Liaise at Frontline Hardship Fund (incl. Storehouse foodbank) Home for Good Prayer Storm Other UK charities and projects	£ 3,111 2,389 - 2,000 1,052 - 2,820 990 - 5,000 3,975 1,450		£ - - - - - - - - 10,875 - - -		£ - - - - - - - - - - - -	£ 3,111 2,389 - 2,000 1,052 - 2,820 990 10,875 5,000 3,975 1,450	£ - - 14,183 2,000 16,745 7,000 2,820 - 12,341 5,000 - 5,992
	22,787		10,875		-	33,662	66,081

5 Staff costs

5 Staff costs
	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2023	Total Funds 2022	Notes
Remuneration Wages and salaries Employer social security costs Employer pension costs	£ 242,117 12,611 10,054		£ - - -		£ - - -	£ 242,117 12,611 10,054	£ 197,579 12,180 7,927
	264,782		-		-	264,782	217,686

During the year the PCC employed up to 14 employees, six of them part-time, including Heads of Ministry Development, Operations, Youth, Kids, Community, as well as administration staff, a production engineer, a ministry associate, a maintenance officer and a cleaner. At the end of the year the number of employees was 11.

The average number of employees during the year, excluding clergy, was 12 (2022: 10)

All employees worked on charitable activities. Total remuneration for Senior Management was £165,142 (2022: £145,272)

All staff were paid through the PAYE scheme. 8 employees (2022: 9) received pension contributions into the NEST pension scheme.

No employee received emoluments of over £60,000 (2022: none)

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

6 Payments to PCC members

Expenses paid to clergy for travel, subsistence, meetings, phone, and housing related costs amounted to £15,372 (2022: £11,822).

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

7 Transactions with persons related to PCC members

Louise di Castiglione, wife of Rev. James di Castiglione, has been employed as Head of Ministry Development since 1st January 2023. For 2023, her salary and pension contributions amounted to £26,034.

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, Mark Binney. The other director, Simon Smith, was a PCC member until 27[th] April 2023, and remains a member 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.

During 2023 Revival Projects donated its remaining funds, amounting to £23,578, to Chanctonbury PCC. Chanctonbury PCC has established this as a restricted fund for spending on projects in line with the objects of Revival Projects. The company is now dormant and has no funds.

9 Governance

9 Governance
	Unrestricted Funds		Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2023	Total Funds 2022	Notes
Independent examination Accounts production and bookkeeping		£ 1,100 -		£ - -		£ - -	£ 1,100 -	£ 1,020 -
		1,100		-		-	1,100	1,020

10 Transfers between funds

10 Transfers between funds
	Unrestricted Funds		Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2023	Total Funds 2022	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 2023	Notes
Market value 1 January 2023 Transfers Disposals at carrying value Purchases at cost Net gains and revaluation	£ 10,902 - - - 650		£ - - - - -		£ 12,169 - - - 1,145	£ 23,071 - - - 1,795
Market value 31 December 2023	£11,552		-	£13,314		£24,866

12 Tangible fixed assets

12 Tangible fixed assets
		Church heating system		Sound upgrade		Media equipment	Total fixed assets	Notes
Cost or valuation At 1 January 2023 Additions Disposals		£ - 45,394 -		£ 59,372 - -		£ 3,869 - -	£ 63,241 45,394 -
Cost carried forward at 31 December 2023		45,394		59,372		3,869	108,635
Charge for impairment At 1 January 2023 Depreciation charge for the year Disposals		- (2,270) -		(18,491) (8,487) -		(2,901) (968) -	(21,392) (11,725) -
Accumulated depreciation carried forward at 31 Dec 2023		(2,270)		(26,978)		(3,869)	(33,117)
Net book amounts At 31 December 2023		43,124		32,394		-	75,518
At 31 December 2022		-		40,881		968	41,849

The Sound Upgrade consists of a significant upgrade to Ashington Church towards the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, and an upgrade to Washington Church towards the end of 2022. The Sound Upgrade is being depreciated over 7 years. The media equipment is being depreciated over 4 years.

A new heating system was purchased and installed in Ashington Church in November 2023. It is being depreciated over 5 years.

The annual commitments under non-cancelling operating leases and capital commitments are as follows:

A premises lease was taken out on 29[th] September 2022 for use as a Church Office, for a period of 5 years at an annual rent of £14,000.

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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 2023	Total Funds 2022	Notes
Fixed assets for church use Investment fixed assets Current assets (except cash) Cash at bank and on deposit Current liabilities Long term liabilities	£ 75,518 11,552 37,902 21,040 (11,342) -		£ - - 173 30,534 - -		£ - 13,314 - - - -	£ 75,518 24,866 38,075 51,574 (11,342) -	£ 41,849 23,071 22,656 74,440 (22,088) -
	£134,670	£30,707		£13,314		£178,691	£139,928

14 Debtors

14 Debtors
	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2023	Total Funds 2022	Notes
Income tax recoverable via Gift Aid Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors	£ 19,233 18,669 -		£ 173 - -		£ - - -	£ 19,406 18,669 -	£ 11,513 11,143 -
	£37,902		£173		-	£38,075	£22,656

15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2023	Total Funds 2022	Notes
Deferred income Accruals for utilities and other costs Archdeacon's loan Other creditors	£ 998 10,344 - -		£ - - - -		£ - - - -	£ 998 10,344 - -	£ 14,375 7,713 - -
	£11,342		-		-	£11,342	£22,088

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

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 2023	Total Funds 2022	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 2022
Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Other receipts	£ 537,470 3,818 31,870 811 -		£ 17,470 - - - -		£ - - - - -	£ 554,940 3,818 31,870 811 -
Total income	573,969		17,470		-	591,439
Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Other expenditure	- 640,132 -		- 12,341 -		- - -	- - 652,473 -
Total expenditure	640,132		12,341		-	652,473
Net gains (or losses) on investments
Net income or (net expenditure)	(66,163)		5,129		-	(61,034)
Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets Reconciliation of funds:	-		-		-	-
	(66,163) (1,706)		5,129 -		- (1,624)	(61,034) (3,330)
Net movement in funds	(67,869)		5,129		(1,624)	(64,364)
Total funds brought forward	186,464		4,035		13,793	204,292
Total funds carried forward	118,595		9,164		12,169	139,928

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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 Revival Projects Fund is for spending on a project or projects involving revival and/or wider church unity.

The Washington Doors Fund was for the replacement of the external doors to Washington Church. It is now closed.

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

Summary of all funds

Fund income and expenditure and final balances are as follows:

	b/fwd 1 Jan 2023	Income	Expenditure	other gains and losses	c/fwd 31 Dec 2023
Gore bequest PCC Fund	£ 3,967 8,202	£ - -	£ - -	£ 373 772	£ 4,340 8,974
Total of all endowed funds	12,169	-	-	1,145	13,314
Hardship Fund Revival Projects Fund Washington Doors Fund	6,617 - 2,547	11,387 23,578 1,500	(10,875) - (4,047)	- - -	7,129 23,578 -
Total of all restricted funds	9,164	36,465	(14,922)	-	30,707
General fund	118,595	616,843	(601,418)	650	134,670
Total of all unrestricted funds	118,595	616,843	(601,418)	650	134,670
Total funds	£139,928	£653,308	£(616,340)	£1,795	£178,691

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the PCC of Chanctonbury for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2023

This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31[st] December 2023 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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J Irvinesmith FCIE

Independent Examiners Limited Unit 2 The Broadbridge Business Centre Delling Lane Bosham West Sussex PO18 8NF

18th March 2024

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