2021-12-31-accounts

ST MARY THE VIRGIN HADDENHAM

ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING

Wednesday 18[th] May 2022

1. Rector’s Report

2. Churchwardens’ Report

3. Electoral Roll

4. Deanery Synod Report

5. Safeguarding Report

6. Children and Young People’s Work

7. a. Children’s Church

8. b. Chill In Young People’s

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9. c. Working with Haddenham Schools

10. Young Families Report

11. Pastoral Care and Discipleship

12. a. Home Groups

13. b. Ladies- ‘Start the Week’

14. c. Monday Club

15. Worship and Witness

16. a. CTIH

17. b. Bell Ringers

18. c. Global Mission Group

19. Friends of St Mary’s

20. Resources

21. Treasurer’s Report

22. Planned Giving and Stewardship Report

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1. Rector’s Report

‘I thank my God upon every remembrance of you’ says St. Paul in his letter to the Church at Philippi because of their ‘partnership in the gospel’. So, I begin this report by giving thanks to you all for the many ways you have served God, His Church, each other, and the community over what has been another difficult year. We are not yet at the point of the ‘new normal’ (although I think we are getting there), but it has been good to be able to meet together again and reflect on what the Spirit is saying to our church about the way forward.

Service Pattern

One of the first areas we worked on this year was reviewing our service pattern. After a consultation we have put in place two main services on a Sunday morning, one formal (9am) in style and one informal (10.30am) in style. We aim also to have some afternoon and evening services giving variety to our worship. I am very grateful to all the teams, churchwardens, AV, musicians, welcomers, readers and intercessors for their support of these new services.

The pandemic lockdowns brought the closure of Caféplus+, and the decision to move in a different direction with this area of community outreach. As we discern where the Spirit is leading us next, we made the decision to hold onto the vision of Caféplus+ with some pop-up events. We have had three pop-ups over the last year at Harvest, Christmas, and Easter, which have been very well received by our community.

Children’s and Schools Ministry

It was a delight to arrive and find a thriving children’s church had been happening on zoom over the lockdowns, led brilliantly by Philippa Blowfield and the team. Over the last nine months we have been working on how we support children’s ministry and

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how we integrate children and young people in services with the aim of moving towards ‘intergenerational worship’. Our pattern at the moment is to have All-Age services on the 1[st] and 3[rd] Sundays of the month and then Children’s Church on the 2[nd] and 4[th] Sundays of the month. Our children’s ministry team met recently to be trained on the new Space Maker’s spiritual practices from the Diocese which we will be using over the next year.

We launched a new toddler group last year called Pitter Patter which has been an invaluable outreach to families after Covid. I am so grateful to the brilliant team who lead this each week.

Our school’s ministry through the CTiH Open the Book team is a real strength, very ably led by Francesca Flaxton. It was quite wonderful in the week before Easter to retell the whole Easter story to all the children at St. Mary’s School, Haddenham Infants School and Haddenham Junior School, over six hundred children heard the Gospel proclaimed! I joined the governing body of St. Mary’s CE School in January and have been working with Karen Collett, the Headteacher, on the area of SIAMs (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist schools).

• PCC structures and sub groups

Our PCC is reviewing how we work most effectively, particularly how sub-committees of the PCC work, as this had been identified as an area in need of improvement. As you may know by now, I am a big fan of teams so we have been looking at how a team model rather than a committee model might work. One area that has been identified is to create a pastoral care team. We will be working on this in the summer term.

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Youth Ministry

Our benefice youth ministry re-started last year led by the wonderful Ali Lewis, Canon Phil Groves and Precious Dube. Chill In meets on a Sunday evening 6-7.30pm every two weeks in St. Mary’s Centre main hall and sometimes at Cuddington Church. Our youth have been invited to join the Oxford Diocesan youth weekend ‘Yellow Braces’ at the beginning of July.

Senior’s Ministry

I have so enjoyed joining Monday Club from time to time and leading the Easter session over this year. Chris Headlong and Ann Warris do such a brilliant job providing a much-appreciated sessions for our seniors to gather and enjoy an opportunity to socialise.

Discipleship

Enabling and supporting growth in faith is a key part of our ministry. Over the last year we have had two online benefice study groups and the LLF course. Start the Week recommenced last year and is going from strength to strength. Our house groups also offer an important place for fellowship, prayer and study. However, this model does not work for everyone, and we will therefore be looking at alternatives like short study courses and whole church courses in this next year. I would also like to put in place a commitment to an annual opportunity for an Alpha course and/or confirmation course, which I hope we can do in the summer or autumn term this coming year.

Using our resources

We are fortunate to have SMC and our beautiful church building as resources to use to support God’s ministry and mission through us, as we work on our vision.

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Benefice Wide Work

Behind the scenes I have been working with our ministry team on re-starting inperson worship, the legal and governance aspects of our benefice, recruiting and inducting a new benefice administrator, and our vision as we move forwards. Being rector of a large benefice like ours is a challenge, particularly when I feel one of my key roles is to encourage our churches to grow in faith and numbers. We are fortunate to have a large and gifted ministry team. How we organise that team to best support the flourishing of our churches is an important part of the benefice vision for the next few years.

As we look forward to a new year in our church life, we are conscious that there are still many challenges in our world which will impact on our communities and lives. We may want to ask ourselves the question, ‘what is God calling us and our church to do between now and next year’s APCM to serve Him and the gospel?’

Rev. Cassa Messervy (Rector)

2. Churchwardens’ Report

The covid pandemic continued to bring its challenges to the life of our church in 2021 but also provided many new opportunities. Thankfully Revd Cassa Messervy and her family were still able to move to Haddenham and join us.

Once again, we could not hold Easter Services in the church building. However, many attended the CTiH Easter Sunday Sunrise Service in the Baptist burial ground and followed the Easter trail of prayer stations around the village. The special Easter display in the church porch provided a focus for the whole community especially during the highly successful Easter Egg trail. Families followed the Easter story around the village using the QR codes and were

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rewarded by a goody bag containing an excellent Easter story book and, of course, a chocolate egg!!

Who would have thought that it would be necessary to book spaces for church services and have tickets for Christmas services? Being unable to hold many of our big Christmas Services led to the great experience of working with

Haddenham Beer Festival to provide an innovative and inspiring community event in conjunction with the Christmas Tree Festival. Brilliant teams, both inside the church and outside on the green, provided refreshments, Christingle making, Sing Along Carols, Lessons and Carols and Christmas Praise.

Café+ Pop Ups have proved to be popular community events and our marqueeerecting skills have improved enormously. We have supported the delivery of CTiH welcome bags to new village residents and our new group for parents/carers and small children has been a blessing to families and helpers alike.

The PCC continued to be busy during the church closure. Grants of £22,500 were obtained towards the completion of the required Quinquennial repairs to the church. A new memorial plaque was installed in the churchyard to mark the names of those whose ashes were strewed under the Millennium Yew.

The ministry team and technical team have faithfully continued to record weekly services for broadcast on You Tube and Red Kite Radio. When we were able to return to services in church, these were streamed each week via Zoom and Facebook to enable many people to take part from their homes.

It was lovely to welcome Revd Harriet Orridge to the Benefice ministry team. While we were sorry to say goodbye to Julie Wing, who left the benefice office to take up another post, we were delighted to welcome Chloe Wilcock as our new

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benefice administrator. Chloe also provides administrative support for Cassa in her new role as Co Area Dean for the Aylesbury Deanery.

Romans 8:28 “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”

Val Walker and Dianne Brackley.

3. Electoral Roll

This year there was the usual revision of the electoral roll. The number on the roll is now 106, as of May 2022. It was 102 as of June 2021.

Anyone who wishes to join the electoral roll can complete a form and go on the roll from the day after the APCM.

The Acting Electoral Roll Officer is Sue Childs.

Sue Childs

4. Deanery Synod Report

Since the last annual report, there have been 3 meetings of Synod, the last two being in person.

Revd CassaMesservy will, from April, be joint area dean with Revd David Williams and Revd Jonathan Hawkins remains an assistant area dean.

David Lillicrop, our Lay Chair, is now on the Diocesan Bishops Council.

At the beginning of the year there were elections for clergy and lay members of the Diocesan Synod.

Addresses were given to Synod on the following:-

Partnership for Missional Church by a speaker from CMS. This is a different

approach to seeking God's direction as to how we extend ourselves into the

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community around us (for more information see the CMS website) An update on the work of the Aylesbury Town Centre Chaplaincy.

Reflections on Ukraine by Lady Sarah Liddington (her husband was previously MP for Aylesbury and a Foreign Office Minister). She has a Ukrainian sister in law. Gavin Oldman, lately on General Synod, spoke about Child Trust Funds and his work reminding young people (mainly the disadvantaged) that if they were unaware of their existence, that there is a lump sum available for them on reaching 18.

At the first meeting of Synod there was an open session on how we were continuing to cope as churches with Covid.

In November, the North Aylesbury Team reported on their progress as a Resource Network for mission initiatives, which it is hoped will develop more widely across the deanery.

As some churches were having problems meeting their parish share, it was not possible to obtain the maximum rebate for prompt and full payment. However we did manage to meet the requirements for a 1% rebate, which was allocated as normal to the Mission Grant Fund, so that there is money available to assist in new developments.

Adrian Collier

5. PCC Safeguarding Report to APCM May 2022

Parish Safeguarding Officer – Val Walker.

Parish Safeguarding Officer with responsibility for Vulnerable Adults – Chris Headlong.

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The PCC has adopted “Promoting a Safer Church”, the safeguarding policy statement of the Church of England, as its own safeguarding policy. Safeguarding is a standard agenda item at every PCC meeting.

The Parish Safeguarding Dashboard is being used to ensure that all actions and policies are up to date via the Safeguarding Action Plan which was reviewed and approved by the PCC in March 2022.

The Church of England Safeguarding guidelines now require that DBS checks are renewed every 3 years. There is an ongoing process to ensure that all volunteers have the required DBS check at the appropriate level.

Safer recruitment procedures are in place for all volunteers working with children, young people and vulnerable adults. All volunteers are required to complete safeguarding training at the appropriate level and frequency.

All PCC members have also completed online Safeguarding Awareness training and have DBS checks.

The procedure to deal with any safeguarding concern or allegation was approved by PCC in March 2022.

The Parish Safeguarding Policy for working with Vulnerable Adults was approved by the PCC in March 2022.

Val Walker

6. Children and Young People’s Work

a. Children’s Church

Children’s Church (CC) generally meet on 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, in term time only.

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Having continued the summer term 2021 on-line on a Sunday morning at 9.50am for 30 minutes, CC was able to meet on 11th July in church with a presentation to the children in the churchyard and games on the village green.

With the start of the new academic year in September 2021, CC has been able to meet on most 2nd and 4th Sundays. However, two sessions were cancelled, one was due to lack of helpers and the other clashed with Remembrance service which was held during the morning service.

During the Lent term we had to cancel three sessions, one due to high Covid numbers in the community (particularly amongst primary aged children at the start of January), another was cancelled due to the lack of helpers, and the third was

moved into church as it was Mothering Sunday and the children were invited to be in church.

Due to the various disruptions, we have not been following any particular theme. We have been using verses from the Bible to help the children live a life like Jesus. We have also tried to follow on from the theme of the service from the previous week.

Revd Cassa Messervy has become very involved with CC and Philippa has met her on several occasions to discuss children’s ministry. They have both attended the ‘Space Makers’ course and plan to roll this out slowly to the children, starting in the summer term 2022. Cassa and Philippa are meeting to discuss the delivery of ‘Space Makers’ with a training session for all CC leaders in early May. Cassa is keen to intertwine CC with all services.

The other leaders are Loraine Milmer, Anna Kittel, Liz Chivers and Tracy Brown. In addition, we have had Roisin Messervy join us as part of her Bronze DofE award volunteering.

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Philippa Blowfield continues to administrate and co-ordinate CC. We usually have between 3 and 8 children attend per session.

Future Plans

Cassa is to be more involved in the leadership of CC, to help align the themes with those being used in Church.

The teaching/leader roles will be divided up more evenly amongst the leaders.

Philippa Blowfield

b. Chill In Young People’s Group.

After what seemed like a very long time, Chill In resumed in a more regular way in September 2021. It was decided that we were going to meet fortnightly from 6- 7:30pm with some sessions in Haddenham and others in Cuddington. The Chill In team currently consists of Precious Dube, Ali Lewis, Canon Phil Groves and Lauren Haggerty. Looking ahead to next year, it would be good to find more

helpers as all helpers lead services or children’s work in their own churches in addition to helping with Chill In.

We started off the year in September with around 10/12 young people attending the sessions regularly. In the first half of the Autumn term, we made use of the lighter evenings and held lots of our sessions outside. In addition, we have enjoyed social evenings such as pizza nights and chocolate making as well as exploring topics

around current affairs and social media and how God fits into our world today. In February, we went to UNITE, a youth service held at Holy Trinity Aylesbury. This was a great opportunity for the young people to listen to more contemporary music as well as meeting other teenagers. This service happens every month, so we plan to attend another one in the summer term.

Unfortunately, as the year has progressed we have lost some of the older teenagers.

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This is partly to the dynamic of the group being younger and partly due to other commitments such as jobs and exams. We now only have 5 regular members and we are looking at ways to boost numbers. Canon Phil Groves would like to run confirmation classes which are most likely to happen in the Autumn term.

We continue to use the Energize online resource to plan sessions on identity, the choices we make and developing greater awareness of the truths within the Bible. We would value prayers for Chill In as we look to serve more young people in the Wychert Vale Benefice. We pray that the group will continue to grow and that the young people in Haddenham and surrounding villages will become committed Christians with a real love for others.

c. Working with Haddenham Schools.

In July 2021, at the end of a second very challenging academic year, we were able to host a modest “Celebration of Moving On” in church for the 60 children leaving St Mary’s CE School, which was livestreamed to their parents. As singing was not permitted in church, the children pre-recorded their songs on the school field, which were included in the service. Wearing disposable gloves and masks, Cassa and I presented individually named Bibles to each child.

Having spent the previous 18 months supporting schools mostly online, it was wonderful to be able restart regular assemblies ‘in person’ from September 2021. The Open the Book Team increased in number to 9 as Cassa joined our weekly rota and we were rejoined by Revd Keith Edwards and Ann Wallace from Haddenham Baptist Church who had taken a pause during the lockdowns. We started off the autumn term well but as Covid cases started to increase, activities once again became more restricted. Guidelines and rules changed on an almost daily basis,

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which resulted in many frustrations and disappointments. To keep numbers down, we hosted 6 separate class Nativity services in Church for St Mary’s School. The Infants School cancelled their Christingle service planned to take place in

Haddenham Baptist church and instead did class workshops, with help from an online video made by Revd. Jonny Fillis. We were only able to welcome half of the Junior School children into church for two small end of term Christmas Services, which could not include any singing. The OTB team were pleased to be involved in running outdoor Christingle workshops over the Christmas Tree Festival weekend and to support the outdoor Living Nativity event on Christmas Eve.

Despite Covid continuing, we went back into schools in January and have managed to complete a full term of almost ‘normal’ weekly assemblies, Collective Worship services and even our first “Cuppa and Chat” drop-in event in St Mary’s Church for over 2 years! We had a very busy end of term filled with multiple Easter activities for all three Haddenham schools. These included a whole-school Easter assembly in the Infants School, 2 Easter services in Church for all the Junior School children and an “Easter Carousel” activity morning in St Mary’s School followed by a whole-school service in Church on the last day of term. All events were fully interactive, involving over 120 children dressing up and helping to ‘act out’ the Easter story. My sincere thanks go to the whole fantastic ecumenical team – Olive Kuhrt, Andy Hardy, Revd Cassa Messervy, Revd Jonny Fillis, Revd Keith Edwards, Ann Wallace, Jenny Bullimore and Katharine Whitney – with help from Janet Morgan and Jan Lemos plus invaluable technical support from Roger Ward and Andy Price. What an amazing opportunity we have to share God’s word with 3 such welcoming schools and all their lovely children and staff.

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We are very much looking forward to a summer term of telling more Bible stories during weekly assemblies and monthly school services.

Francesca Flaxton

7. Young Families Report

As with many church activities during this past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on what we have been able to do. The legacy of the past two years has seen a shift in resourcing, as well as families trying to re-establish a pattern to life. There has been the realisation that we cannot just pick up and do the same things we were doing pre pandemic, indeed that would not be a wise thing to do.

Following the appointment of Revd Cassa Messervy last year and as church activities have tentatively moved forward, there have been changes to the worship pattern. The focus has been on more intergenerational worship with shorter services, this has seen an increase in the number of young families

attending church services. This refocus, together with Baptism services now being possible, has helped to keep families linked to the church. In Response:

As time passed, it became clear that the lockdowns had produced numbers of new mums who felt isolated, often without family close to hand. So Pitter-Patter, a parent/carer and baby group, was launched in July 2021 and meets in St Mary's Centre every Tuesday morning between 9.30 and 11.00, it closes for Christmas and Easter. The group has ranged between 7 and 13 adults and their children. The focus has been for adults to come along for a natter, meet new friends and have a cuppa whilst the children play and develop their social contact. Each session ends

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with a bible based story and singing with actions and dance. It has been a joy to us all to see all age groups grow in confidence in recent months. Many thanks to the team of people who make this happen, without you we would not be able to offer this meeting point.

Additional ways to link with families and the community have been explored and developed, ‘pop-up Cafeplus' events are taking place. So far this year, Harvest and Christmas have seen marquees erected on the green outside the church, with varied activities, for all ages, together with games, drinks and of course cake, available for all family members. These events have been highly visible and

inclusive to the whole community. Another 'Pop-up Cafeplus' event will take place on Easter Saturday 2022. Again, so many thanks go to every member of the team who make this happen, with special thanks to the Beer Festival committee for the loan of the marquee. These events have helped us maintain and develop new links with families, and helping the community see church outside the limitations of the building itself, this has been so very important at this time when there is still so much uncertainty.

Families work, children and young people remain an important and ongoing ministry in our church. We thank God for raising up those who lead and are involved in any way and we continue to pray for guidance in the work done.

Loraine Milmer

8. Pastoral Care and Discipleship

A meeting was held with Revd Cassa Messervy about the future of the Pastoral Care and Discipleship Group, and it was agreed that there was too much overlap with other groups, particularly Worship and Witness. It was felt that this important part

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of church life would work better as a pastoral team rather than a committee. There is a lot of informal pastoral care happening and it was hoped that a Visiting Coordinator would be appointed .

Lizzie Banister

a. Home Groups

There are three home groups running now, consisting of between eight and ten members in each, meeting fortnightly at slightly different times to suit the members’ individual needs. While there is some Bible Study and prayers they are largely about sharing and supporting of each other’s needs and problems, whether they be physical or emotional. Important as trusting loving friends, they also reach out to neighbours and pass on Church and village information. For more details contact either the Hardys, the Childs, or the Stoneys.

Graham Stoney

b. Ladies’- ‘Start the Week’

‘Start the Week’ meetings began again in August 2021, taking on a slightly different format, after a long break due to covid regulations. We made the decision to meet in church because there is more space for social distancing. The ladies enjoyed being together again sharing, praying and laughing over coffee and cake! We have continued to meet once a month for the time being, instead of the usual twice monthly gatherings, opening with a time of fellowship, coffee, singing and prayers before someone leads a short introduction to the chapter to be discussed.

Peter Maulden’s book ‘Radical Gratitude’ suggested by one of our ladies, has proved to be most appropriate, as we give thanks for keeping us safe during the pandemic. We have been learning to develop a habit of gratitude in our lives - not always easy. Each chapter points us to the amazing grace of God, with headings such as

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Ingratitude but choosing gratitude/ Time out to remember/ Disciplined gratitude, not grudging submission/Gratitude, success and riches; the good, the bad and the ugly. With the Christmas Tree Festival taking place we all enjoyed making colourful spirals to decorate our tree. Spirals are symbols of gratitude and this was illustrated by writing what we were thankful for on each one.

We currently number 24 ladies with two newcomers this season and we welcome all ladies from any denomination and pray the Lord will guide us as we move forward in 2022.

The author writes: Every single day we live, is a gift from God to treasure.

Jenny Hardy, Loraine Milmer, Sally MacGregor

c. Monday Club

As with so many organisations Monday Club has not been able to meet for much of 2021. We continued to stay in touch with all our members by phone, by our occasional newsletter Monday Club Clarion and, once allowed, by visits to their homes. We provided some practical help as needed and Ann Warris and Chris Headlong are both Fish scheme drivers so were involved in transporting people to Covid vaccinations. When outdoor meetings in groups of 6 was allowed several tea parties were organised in Ann’s and Chris’s gardens with transport provided where needed and members enjoyed the company of friends. We were thrilled when Covid rules changed and it became possible to start up again. We sent a questionnaire to all our members to gauge interest and confidence in coming back to club either in near or more distant future and it was an overwhelming YES! Following a rigorous risk assessment, we held our first meeting in September 2021 at St. Mary’s Centre. We now meet twice monthly on the 2[nd] and 4[th] Mondays of the month. This acknowledges the Sixty Plus Club’s usual meeting days of 1[st] and 3[rd] Wednesdays so

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hopefully at some time in the future senior members of the village will have the opportunity of an activity each week. We put strict safety protocols in place for volunteer drivers and guests.

The majority of our members live alone and restricted to their homes for such a long period of time some had become anxious and lost confidence in going out. However after much cajoling by us and relatives we had an almost 100% return. Indeed we gathered several new members though sadly there had been deaths earlier in the year. By the end of the year our membership was up to 28 and most weeks there were 18-20 attending. Our programme continued in the same vein with visiting speakers, games afternoons, a harvest lunch and a wonderful Christmas tea where Ven. Gordon and Olive Kuhrt entertained us. We continue to be supported by Haddenham Community Vehicle (Carrie) helping us with regular transport for which we are very grateful especially as, for everyone’s safety, we only asked our volunteer drivers to transport one person in a car. Several members who had travelled independently prior to lockdown whether by walking or driving had lost significant mobility and now need transport.

We continued to stay in touch with the organisers of similar groups in the village. Sadly Thursday Club has closed permanently, as has Age Concern Haddenham, so the fortnightly lunch club at Bradmoor farm also folded. We stay in contact with Mary Welby who leads the Sixty Plus Club but due to the restrictions placed on them by their umbrella organisation RVS they have not yet restarted, but hope this might happen late spring 2022. The informal Tuesday coffee morning in the Methodist Church also re-started though guests have to make their own way there and the monthly Vintage Church run by the Baptist Church is also up and running again.

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Ann and Chris will always be grateful for offers of help with the meetings themselves, with transport, cake making and especially with the moving of tables and chairs at the beginning and end of meetings and give a huge thank you to those who are already supporting the Club.

Ann Warris and Chris Headlong

9. Worship and Witness

During 2021 the group met on only a few occasions as the second year of the pandemic further seriously affected all aspects of life. With the heavy restrictions in place on meeting in person and the obvious caution and concern for the more vulnerable members of our congregation this could at times be complex to navigate.

We continued services over Zoom and later on Facebook Live. The group helped the new Rector and the Wardens to consider how best to restart worship in the church building when this was possible from around the middle of the year. Later in the year we helped to facilitate broadcasts from Church services in the church building.

We considered, with others, the future of Cafeplus+ and how to proceed with pop-ups which were able to start on special occasions. We continued to support the distribution of welcome packs to new residents with the assistance of

Churches Together. We further looked at detailed practical aspects of the services and for special services over Christmas.

Members of the W&W committee helped the Benefice to continue the YouTube services for the whole year which we are pleased are now carried by Red Kite Radio.

Paul Smith

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a. Churches Together in Haddenham (CTiH)

There is a covenant between the four churches in Haddenham to work together as a united Christian witness in the village. Events and services are held during the year which are organised by the committee which is made up with representatives from each of the churches. Mrs Marjorie Johnston from the Baptist Church is the current Chairperson.

Feast Service – Sunday 19 September at 5.00 pm Church End Green – This was led by Rev Cassa Messervy and a good number attended. Mr Pettigrove was very grateful for the donation towards the fund providing for struggling fairground owners. Refreshments were served afterwards;

Service of Personal Remembrance – Sunday 7 November at 3.00 pm – This service took place in the Baptist Church and was led by Rev Jonny Fillis assisted by Rev Cassa Messervy. About 30 people attended and were pleased for the time given for quiet reflection;

Remembrance Day Service – Sunday 14 November at 10.30 am at St Mary’s – this was well attended and people enjoyed the format; the service was led by the Methodist Church;

Delivery of Welcome Bags – As Covid restrictions had been relaxed, delivery of Welcome Bags to new residents were resumed in November 2021, followed by another delivery just before this Easter. The bags containing a tea light in a glass holder with the inscription ‘Bless this House’, a Welcome leaflet with local information and a flyer showing the Christmas or Easter services in all four churches were very well received;

Christmas Crib Scene – This was displayed in the window at the Library, with accompanying information about the Christmas services across the village;

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CTiH Village Carol Service – This was cancelled owing to Covid restrictions in force during December;

Carol Singing – Saturday 19 December at 12 noon at Banks Parade – There were a smaller number of singers this year and as ‘Tickety Brew’ no longer opens on Saturdays, there were less people to join in with the singing. It has since been decided that it might be a good idea to change the venue to either the Garden Centre or Bradmoor Farm;

Service for Renewal of the CTiH Covenant – Saturday 22 January 2022 – a wellattended and joyful prayer breakfast held in the Methodist Church and led by Rev Jonny Fillis;

World Day of Prayer – 7.00 pm Friday 4 March – arranged by the women of the UK was led and hosted by the Methodist Church; this was very well attended;

Good Friday Procession and Service – 15 April 10.15 led from Townsend Green by Rev Jonny Fillis and Rev Ross Marshall carrying the cross followed by a very reflective and thought-provoking service at St Mary’s at 11.00 am. The service which was well attended was led by Rev JF and was supported by a very

accomplished choir led by Mr David Quinn. Hot X buns and coffee were served afterwards in St Mary’s Centre;

Easter Sunrise Service – 6.30 am 17 April in the Baptist burial ground – led by Rev Keith Edwards from the Methodist Church. Over 50 people attended and shared fellowship and the joy of Easter on a beautiful sunny morning. The service was followed by a delicious breakfast kindly cooked and served by Marjorie Johnston and her family.

Jacquie Harland

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b. Bell ringers

The Haddenham Bell Ringers (the ‘Ringers’) have not rung at all during at least half of 2021 due to the Covid pandemic restrictions and requirements.

However, during the period of lock down and restrictions, the following ringing of the bells exceptions were done:

• The Tenor was rung half muffled 99 times to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

• The bells were also rung half muffled for half an hour before the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh as a mark of respect and to acknowledge the funeral.

• The Seventh Bell was chimed on 23[rd] March 2021 to mark one year since the first lockdown began.

These occasions of ringing were all part of Nationwide Ringing. On all these occasions our Tower Captain Mr Phillip Rose and Steeple Keeper Mr Melvyn Rose were the ringers.

Normal ringing resumed in June 2021, with the first of five weddings that followed the lifting of lock downs, in St Marys Church, Haddenham.

Practice nights on Wednesday evenings from 7.30 to 9 pm also resumed shortly thereafter. All of our local band of ringers returned and with some trepidation took

up ringing regularly again. After a few practices our ringers picked up from where we had been forced to leave ringing in March 2019. Most of the methods that were being practised or rung before lock down, have now been resumed.

The Ringers did not have an AGM in 2021 due to Covid and social distancing legal

requirements and in any event there was little to report due to Ringing being impossible due to such restrictions. Existing Officers for the Ringers consented to and continued to carry out their duties so far as reporting, checking the Tower and the

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bells and Ringing Chamber. Due to Covid restrictions the ringers did not hold their Annual Ringers Dinner either.

Phillip Rose our Tower Captain at St Mary’s, Haddenham, has continued to wind the church clock every week.

One visiting Ringing Band attended and were hosted at St Mary’s Haddenham in

2021, and they were the Chiltern Midweek Quarter Peal Band.

The Ringers continued to ring for half an hour before the Sunday services at 10.30am from June to December as usual.

On 5[th] November the Ringers were able to do their annual firing of the bells as is their tradition for Bonfire Night.

There was ringing for Remembrance Day in November, and for Christmas 2021 and to ring in the New Year 2022, for the first time in two years.

The Ringers thanked Mr Phillip Rose for continuing to be Tower Captain, for hosting the visiting Ringing Band, winding the clock, ringing for the National events during lock down and for keeping the Haddenham band of ringers all together when resumption of ringing started again in June 2021.

Melvyn Rose has kindly continued to be the Steeple Keeper for the Ringers for the last season and has continued with the bell maintenance. There was virtually no maintenance work required for the bells or the bell chamber required this year as there has been little ringing due to Covid lock down and restrictions.

One inspection completed, found that the tenor rope was slightly frayed near wheel garter hole, also the wheel surface was rough at similar position. This will be monitored to check for deterioration and if necessary repairs or replacement to be put in hand.

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Outstanding items still outstanding except draught proofing of ringing chamber entrance door cancelled to maintain airflow as an anti Covid measure. However during 2022 if ringing continues as normal, the following works may be required/undertaken during 2022:

• The Tenor pulley wheel block needs extra bracing to maintain rope alignment together with keeping a watch on the items listed above.

• One further step on the spiral stone stairs up to the Ringing and Bell Chambers has a loose top surface and needs to be re-secured or replaced.

• The Ringing Chamber entry door needs some draught proofing. This had been put on hold whilst Covid restrictions were in place as the door was left open at all times to increase ventilation in the Ringing Chamber.

• The Bell Chamber needs a thorough tidy up and cleaning following the considerable work done in particular on the sound shutters in 2017 and 2018.

• Investigation as to whether there can be better sound proofing in the Ringing Chamber as the volume of sound coming down into the Chamber from the Bells is considerable.

The Haddenham Ringers thanked Mr Melvyn Rose for all his work in maintaining and monitoring the bells during the year, assisted by Mr Michael Harrison.

The lack of ringing during 2021 due to Covid restrictions also had a negative impact on income for the Ringing Fund. Nonetheless, voluntary donations by the Ringers themselves have meant that all maintenance costs have been met during the difficult year that 2021 has been. So necessary work has been done and the Ringers due to voluntary contributions just remained solvent.

For and on behalf of the St Marys Church, Haddenham, Church Bellringers, Linda Davies, Secretary to the Haddenham Bellringers.

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c. Global Mission Group

The Global Mission Group did not meet during 2021 and currently it does not have a chair person.

10. Friends of St Mary’s

Friends of St Mary’s (FOSM) exists to provide a means by which people, so inclined, can contribute to the maintenance and repair of the heritage and fabric of St Mary’s church building whilst not necessary contributing to the spiritual life of the Church community; which might otherwise be the case if simply making a general donation the Church.

Having just re-read the report from last year, 2021, the report I am about to make will seem very much a case of déjà vu to the reader as much as to me the writer. An ever diminishing number of ‘Friends’ continue to support FOSM by regular financial contributions. Income from this source amounted to just over £ 1,500 in the year. We were also the beneficiaries of income from a couple of funeral collections in the year, for which we were most grateful.

As happened in 2020, the Youth Music Festival was unable to be take place this year due to Covid. This event has historically resulted in a relatively small income, but it has served to publicise our work, and highlights well how the church building not only serves the needs of the worshipping congregation, but also provides a stunning venue for concerts and other local events. With Covid restrictions lifted towards the end of the year it was possible for one of our faithful supporters , The Wychert Choral, to hold a concert, from which we benefited from the profits generated. In addition the Annual Christmas Tree Festival also took place and again FOSM was fortunate to be granted a healthy financial gift. Whist both these gifts were received

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after the financial year cut- off - so do not appear in the accounts - they have made a healthy boosts to our funds in 2022.

In May we were pleased to fulfil our raison d’être by making a donation of £15,000 to St Mary’s Church funds to assist in the work being carried out to the fabric of the church during the year.

The FOSM committee (formed in January 2011) has not changed since my last report and consists John Brown CBE, a designated Church Warden (to comply with our

constitution) and me. We repeat our annual appeal that we would welcome new

people to the committee who might hopefully provide new enthusiasm and ideas to this cause.

Tony Belgrove

11. Resources: Fabric Report for the Church, St Mary’s Centre and The Old Schoolhouse

CHURCH:

Ground-level flagpole installed in churchyard.

Quinquennial Report repairs carried out to stonework at east and west sides, and clockface refurbished.

Outstanding Work:

• No major works currently planned

ST MARY’S CENTRE:

Replacement of rotten/missing closure boards at eaves.

Video doorbell fitted at front door entrance.

Replacement of warped/ill-fitting front door.

Keysafe fitted for ad-hoc hirers front door access.

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Vermin damage to plumbing and electrical cabling in loft space above toilets:

• Electrical circuits isolated and extension leads in use for Attic Office

• Contaminated insulation removed and loft sprayed with biocide

• Quotes being received for replacing the electrical cabling

Outstanding work:

• Repair to cracked and leaning brick wall at rear – this has been notified to property owner that shares boundary with St Mary’s Centre, but still no agreement on way forward at present.

• Insulating the ceiling of the Attic room (carried over from previous years, but not considered urgent).

• Garden space at rear (after brick wall has been stabilised/made safe).

• Electrical cabling replacement in loft space above toilets, followed by installation of new insulation.

• Replacement outside security lights at front.

• Clear the “flowerbed” around the yew tree at front to take pressure off the brick wall and investigate repairs needed.

• Minor roof repairs to replace tiles and re-mortar side of gable.

OLD SCHOOL HOUSE:

Side gate replaced.

Dining room ceiling replastered.

Dead cherry tree removed from front garden and replacement planted.

Outstanding work:

• Rotten rear gate to be replaced (quoted and approved).

• Periodic on-going redecoration during gaps in tenancy.

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• Replacement of old radiators – future during tenancy gap.

Colin Brackley

12. Treasurer’s Report

Finance Briefing for APCM 2022

Executive Summary

• On the General Fund (the ‘housekeeping account’) we had a slightly reduced surplus of £8,893 compared to 2020 when we had a surplus of £9,531.

• As there was a surplus on the General Fund the Tithe will be paid at the usual rate of 10%.

• Unrestricted Fund income exceeded expenditure by £5,447. Restricted Fund expenditure exceeded income by £8,246. Overall, including Unrestricted and Restricted Funds, there was a deficit of £2,799 ( overall deficit in 2020 £13,170 ).

• Resources is a Fund set up by the PCC: its money is used to repair the Church, Old School House and St Mary’s Centre. Its day to day income is principally rent obtained from the letting of Old School House. The Fund had major expenditure on Church external repairs in 2021 (only partly funded by grants) and ended the year with

£21,350 ( 2020 £30,102 ) in unrestricted funds, plus other restricted/designated monies. After allowing for creditors and debtors the balance was £16,245 ( 2020 £29,286 ).

• The Millennium Fund was closed during 2021 and its accumulated monies were transferred to an embedded fund.

• The General Fund results continue to show a remarkable achievement in maintaining a reasonable surplus during a global pandemic with all this has meant for Church life and our own lives. Our Giving income has dropped significantly, although

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there has been a small increase in income from St Mary’s Centre lettings, Occasional Office fees for Weddings etc., as pandemic restrictions eased. Fortunately, there has again been a drop in expenditure. Less fortunately, two of our energy suppliers went out of business in 2021 and we had to negotiate new (and much more expensive) contracts for gas and electricity – this will result in a significant increase in costs in 2022. Our finances overall continue to require careful management, though a remarkable amount is achieved with limited funds. Introduction

1. The end of year financial statements were put on public display in the church over a week ago and e-mailed to church members. A limited number of hard copies are available tonight. The statements have been produced in accordance with Church Accounting Regulations and the Charity Commission’s Statement of Recommended Practice, commonly known as the SORP. They have been Independently Examined by Catherine Chapman.

2. The purpose of this paper is to give you an overview of our income and expenditure during 2021 and then comment on how well placed we are to meet the financial challenges of 2022 and beyond.

Income

1. As described in our end of year financial statements, our income is kept in a variety of funds. But whatever the account or category of income, our funds consist of three types, namely, unrestricted, designated and restricted. Our unrestricted money is not subject to any special restriction regarding its use: the use of designated money is defined by the PCC and could later be re-allocated by the PCC if circumstances changed. Unrestricted funds and Designated funds are kept in our General Fund, Resources Fund, and some embedded funds. The use of restricted

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money is specified by the donor and, unless specifically agreed at the time of the donation, cannot be altered by the PCC without further consent from the donor. This means that some of our assets are ring-fenced for particular purposes and this can lead to problems when unexpected financial requirements arise. Restricted funds comprise: Friends of St Mary’s, Millennium Fund, and some embedded funds.

1. Our total income in 2021 was £141,339 ( 2020 £133,511 ), which comprised £126,865 of unrestricted income and £14,474 of restricted income. The

‘housekeeping’ income is kept in the General Fund (see page 2 of the Financial Statements) and the remaining income is spread across the Millennium Fund, the Friends of St Mary’s Fund, and the Resources Fund (see pages 3 to 6 of the Financial Statements). There are also a series of Embedded Funds located in the General Account (see page 13 & 14 of the Financial Statements). Descriptions of these funds are shown on pages 10 & 11 of the Financial Statements.

1. Basic Income.

The bulk of our unrestricted income comes from general donations. These can be significantly enhanced by the gift aid scheme, including the new Parish Giving Scheme, under which we can recover income tax paid by the donors. In 2021, this accounted for 18% of our planned unrestricted donations. The remainder of our unrestricted income comes from statutory services, photocopying, hiring out the church for concerts, rent from the letting of Old School House, income from the attic rooms in St Mary’s Centre, and other activities.

1. Supplementary Income. Our restricted income for 2021 was distributed across the various funds. This income is derived from a variety of sources including donations, responses to appeals, fundraising activities, interest, membership fees to Friends of St Mary’s, grants from trusts and inter-fund transfers.

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Unrestricted Expenditure

1. Our basic or unrestricted expenditure for 2021 was £121,418 which resulted in a surplus of £5,447.

2. The largest portion of General Fund expenditure (55%) comprises our Parish Share commitment and clergy costs. The latter comprise expenses and honoraria and are shared across the benefice in proportion to the relative values of parish share paid by the individual parishes.

3. The worship and mission portion includes outreach, pastoral expenses, and nonclergy training. During 2021 such Youth and Children work as was practicable was financed from a generous donation.

4. No transfer has been necessary from the General Fund to the Resources Fund in 2021 to finance expenditure, despite the large amounts expended from the latter Fund. The Friends of St Mary’s Fund was in the past able to finance many of the major works that were required (and gave a generous donation of £15,000 towards Church repairs in 2021) but FoSM’s funds have been depleted. Further major

assistance from this Fund will be limited unless it is able to rebuild its finances in future years. Resources will continue to face a number of challenges and transfers from General Fund to Resources may well be necessary in future years.

1. The tithe is allocated and disbursed after the APCM for the year covered by the financial statements. The amount for disbursement during 2022 (but for 2021) is £8,813.

2. The tithe distribution for 2020 (recorded in the 2020 accounts but spent during 2021) is shown below. In addition, the costs of the BRF Barnabas Days for the local schools were covered and bibles were provided for St Mary’s School leavers.

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TeachBeyond (funding for Lucy Ward) 2,000

CMS 2,000

Worldwide Evangelization Crusade 2,000

DHF Cambodia 2,000

Total: 8,000

The sum of £500 was brought forward from the previous year. That was added to the underspend of £1324 for the 2020 tithe, and £1824 was carried forward to the following year. (This sum was sent in March 2022 to a charity working in Ukraine and will appear in the 2022 accounts.)

Restricted Expenditure

1. The restricted expenditure for 2021 was £22,720. It was distributed across the funds as shown in the accounts.

Resources

1. A Quinquennial survey of the church and churchyard will be undertaken during 2022 and will almost certainly identify further matters requiring attention. This is inevitable when dealing with a Grade 1 listed, mediaeval church.

Further small contributions were received in the Boiler Fund during 2021 and as

these exceeded routine expenditure on the equipment, they remain in that Fund at present.

The General Fund did not have to subsidise Resources in 2021 but given the challenges faced by this fund, that situation may well change in future years. General Situation at end of 2021

1. During 2021 we met all our commitments and ended the year with total assets (across all Funds) of £252,183, a decrease of £2,799 over the previous year’s figure of

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£254,982. Although this seems a high figure it must be remembered that it includes £107,966 for the book value of St Mary’s Centre/Old School House and which would not be easily realised as the property could hardly be sold. The net current assets of £113,305 in Unrestricted Funds include a reserve in accordance with the Reserves Policy that we are obliged by charity law to publish and review annually. This follows: Reserves Policy

The PCC has examined the charity’s requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. These risks include the costs of maintaining a medieval Church building which can suffer from sudden deterioration that is expensive to remedy and Victorian buildings comprising St Mary’s Centre and Old School House which are also requiring considerable funds to maintain them in a satisfactory condition. It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be a minimum of two months of expenditure. In the year to 31st December 2021 General Fund expenditure was £99,471 and expenditure for 2022 is likely to be higher by an amount that cannot be accurately predicted, but 7.5% has been allowed for this

purpose, therefore the target is £17,825 in general funds. The reserves are needed to meet the working capital requirements of the charity and the PCC is confident that it would be able to continue the current activities of the charity in the event of a significant drop in funding.

As at 31st December 2021 £135,979 was held in ‘immediate call’ cash accounts; after deducting creditors and Fund balances (and pessimistically ignoring debtors) the figure reduces to £103,004 which was well over target. The PCC considers this a satisfactory position.

The PCC reviews the reserves policy annually.

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Forecast for 2022

1. General Fund Income and Expenditure. 2021 has been another extraordinary year with a global pandemic continuing to cause much disruption to our normal lives, both as individuals and as a church. Despite this we have managed to carefully control our finances and remain in a healthy position overall. Costs inevitably increase, and the overall position remains challenging: expenditure has to be kept under constant watch. Resources Fund may well need further money to cover essential repairs which can be of considerable size when they arise. Our basic income needs to continue to increase so that we can continue all our activities. The

maintained surplus in 2021 was very welcome but our finances may well come under further pressure during 2022, depending on the future trajectory of the Covid virus and the impact of both war in Ukraine and rising inflation generally. We have already been hit by major increases in energy prices, and although as commercial contracts these are now at fixed rates for several years with major suppliers, other expenditure will inexorably rise.

Conclusion

1. In conclusion, we need a steady and increasing stream of basic income to pay our way and expand our activities and we need bursts of supplementary income to keep things working and well maintained and to improve our facilities. It is extremely encouraging that we achieved a satisfactory surplus in 2021 but the impact of Coronavirus may well continue to present major challenges in the year ahead. 18. I would like to thank for their outstanding support our previous Administrator Julie Wing, and my other colleagues. I would also like to thank our Independent Examiner, Catherine Chapman, for her much appreciated guidance.

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1. I offer the financial statements and this accompanying report to you for approval. David Morris FRSA Honorary Treasurer March 2022

13. Planned Giving and Stewardship Report

A family was leaving a church building after attending a Sunday service. The father was grumbling; he had not recognised a number of the hymns and others had clearly been chosen to appeal to the youngsters. The sermon had been rather long and the heating was too high in their section of the new comfy seating. The after-service coffee had been instant and the biscuits rather plain albeit one of the congregation had slipped in a packet of chocolate ones – but of course ‘ they got snaffled up rather quickly’ . The children were pre-occupied showing their mother the craft items they had made during ‘their section’ of the service whilst making sure they did not drop the Scripture Union comic they had been given on leaving. The son lifted his head, and commented, having seen his father drop a coin in the collection upon leaving. “ Well, it wasn’t THAT bad for a pound! ”

As I reported last year, and has been a recurring theme, St Mary’s Church has fixed overheads and regular costs which must be met year in and year out. Those costs are met in small part by statutory charges such as weddings and funerals and from rental income from St Mary’s Centre bookings, but the vast majority of those costs are met from regular and faithful giving on the part of the congregation.

For a second year in a row St Marys’ Church was well served by the majority of the core members giving regularly; be that weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually; by standing order; one off cheques; or weekly envelopes. So the income, for the most part, continued. However the Church’s finances cannot rely on that core indefinitely. There is the inevitable loss of church membership through death, illness or

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movement from the area. New membership needs to emulate the regular, generous and committed giving of those they are replacing in the pews and groups within the church in order for the church to continue to operate in the way it currently does ; or importantly to expand its activities.

In the past year regular numbered envelopes have been phased out as the few users still using them opted for alternative ways of making their regular donations to the Church. ‘Pew’ envelopes remain an option for those wanting make a one-off gift which would be tax efficient.

The Parish Giving Scheme is the primary option for those wanting to arrange a

regular (frequency to suit the giver) Direct Debit. There are options to include a Gift Aid declaration to enhance the value of your giving, and there is also the option to link the amount given to an inflation index.

Please contact me to discuss, in confidence, if you want to set up a regular donation to St Mary’s or to discuss any other aspect of your giving.

May I also remind established givers to advise me of any change to their

circumstances: address / name / eligibility to claim Gift Aid.

Contact details: [e-mail] Mobile: [phone]

A. M. Belgrove – Planned Giving Officer

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, HADDENHAM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR TO 31 DECEMBER 2021 CONTENTS Page GENEFL4L FUND MILLENNIUM FUND FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S FUND RESOURCES FUND STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfIviTY BALANCE sHE￿s SIGNATURE SHE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 10-14 (THE NOTES FORM PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)

Page 2 GENERAL FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE Note INCOME Incomin Planned giving Income Tax recoverdble Other collections eso no 55.162 15,870 17.103 88,134 65,986 16,999 10.555 93.541 Other income statutory fees (net) SMC Room Hire Other (incl.magazine) 3.172 7,940 9.118 20,230 1,392 6.760 10,738 18.890 TOTAL INCOME 108,364 112,431 EXpEND￿uRE Grants & donations ('tithe' payments) Parish share of diocesan costs Clergy expenses and honoraria .Pastoral expenses lind. cfIHI Outreach lincl. Maga2ine and Cafe Plus) Church running costs Contribution to Haddenham.net Children & Youth St Mary's Centre running costs Administration {ind. admin staff, stationery and postage, and telephone and internet) Bank charges 8,813 57,346 2.441 2.179 526 5.782 25 9.324 59.789 2.496 594 1,497 4.377 25 6,349 7,805 15.810 16,879 199 114 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 99,471 102,900 NET INCOME (EXPENDITURE) FUND BALAN￿ BROUGHT FORWARD 173,223 163,691 BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD (FIXED ASSETS + NET CURRENT ASSETS) 182.116 173.223

Page 3 MILLENNIUM FUND Note 1.2 Note 2020 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE INCOME Donations Income Tax Recoverable 500 272 780 135 772 915 EXPENDITURE Charitable Donations Transfer to General Fund 50 4,646 4,696 78 423 501 NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR -3.924 414 BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD 3,924 3,510 BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD 3,924 BALANCE SHEET CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Cash at Bank 176 5,679 5,855 CREDITORS = Amounts due within one year Creditors and Accrua15 1,931 1,931 NET ASSETS CARRIED FORWARD 3,924 FUND CLOSED IN 2021

Page 4 FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S FUND Note 1.2 202 INCOME Membership Income tax recoverable Events Donations 1,515 317 1,520 427 323 200 Total Income 2.156 2,147 EXPENDITURE Transfer to Resources Fund Events Other Total Expenditure 15,000 13 15,013 NET EXPENDITURE/INCOME FOR THE PERIOD -12,857 2,147 Balance brought forward 20,097 17,950 NET BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD 7,240 20,097 BALANCE SHEET CURRENT ASSETS Bank current account Debtors 6,959 19,717 281 380 7,240 20,097 CREDITORS . Amounts due within one year Creditors and Accrua15 7,240 20,097 Notes: Debtors cornprise Grft daimed bLrt not yet ye￿Ned

Page S RESOURCES FUND Note 1.2 2021 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT INCOME Rents receivable other income Transfer from Friends of St Mary's Fund External grants for repair works 13,900 205 15,000 7,500 11,800 260 36,605 12,060 Boiler Fund: Donations and Fundraising 199 120 St Mary's Centre Refurb Fund (2) St Mary's Centre Heating Appeal Fund 70 Old School House Refurb Fund 1,500 2,200 TOTAL INCOME 38,304 14,450 EXPENDITURE Maintenancelprojects Church st Mary's Centre Old School House 35,367 4,188 3,140 42,695 5.671 16,780 5,806 28,257 Audlo Visual Appeal Expenditure 55 Boiler Fund: Expenditure St Mary's Centre Refurb Fund (2) St Mary's Centre Heating Appeal Fund Old School House Refurb Fund 619 8,121

PaRe6 TOTAL EXPENDThURE 43,314 36,433 RESOURCES FUND (continued) NET EXPENDITURE/INCOME FOR YEAR -5,010 -21,983 BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD 30,101 52,084 BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD 20 BALANCE SHEET CURRENT ASSETS Bank Deposit Account Debtors Owed by(+)/to(-) General Fund 30,195 464 -3,954 26.705 30,195 799 721 31,716 CURRENT LIABILThIES Creditors (Including rent in advance) Tenancy Deposit 1,615 1,615 1,615 1,615 NET ASSETS OF FUND CARRIED FORWARD REPRESENTED BY RESTRICTEDIDESIGNATED FUNL)S Audio Visual Fund General Resources Fund St Mary's Centre Heating Appeal Boiler Fund Old School House Refurb Fund 721 21,350 710 979 1,331 721 27,441 710 780 450 25,090 30,101

Page 7 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIvrrY Unrestricted Restricted Total 2021 Totrl 2020 INCOME 126,865 14,474 141,339 133,511 EXPENDITURE 121.418 22,720 144,138 146,680 NET INCOME FOR YEAR 5,447 -8.246 -2.799 -13.170 INCREASEIDECREASE IN TOTAL FUNDS 5.447 -8,246 -2,799 -13,170 SEE NOTE 9

Page 8 BALANCE SHEETS Note Unrestricted Restricted Total 2021 Total 2020 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs Freehold Property 107,966 107.966 107,966 107.966 107,966 107,966 'CURRENT ASSETS Cash and Bank Debtors and Prepayments Fund Balances Inland Revenue 135,979 6,959 142,938 148.767 10,301 10,301 7,117 7,032 5,554 30,703 281 37,735 5,835 27,636 6,749 Sub-totals 158,866 37,944 196,809 190,269 CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors Fund Balan 14,858 30,703 14,858 37,735 15,619 27,636 7.032 Sub-totals 45,561 7.032 52.593 43,255 NEf CURRENT ASSETS 113,305 30,912 144.217 147,014 NET ASSETS 221,271 30,912 252.183 254,982 FUND ACCOUNT BALANCES Balance from last year 215.824 39,158 254,982 268,152 IncreaselDecrease In funds 5,447 -8,246 -2,799 -13,170 Carrled forward to next year 221.271 30,912 252.183 254.982 SEE NOTE 9

Pa8e 9 Approved at the APCM on Signed by: The Revd. Cassa Messetvy Rector D.P. Morris Treasurer D Brackley Churchwarden V Walker Churchwarden

Pa8e 10 NOTES TO THE Accourirs 1.1. Scope of financial statements. The PCC ￿ a public tenefit entity within the meanirig of FRS102. The financlal statements have been prepared under the Charrf(ies Art 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regu13tions 2006 governlng the individual accounts of PCCS, and with the Regulations. Yrue and tsir view- provisions. they have been prepared under FRS102 {20161 as the applicable acwunting standards and the 2016 version of the Staternent of RÈt(mmended Practice, Accountsng afid Reportin9 by Char1ties ISORP(FRS10211. The accounts indude all transactions. assets and liabilities for which the PCC Is responsible in law. They do not include rhe transactions of church group5 that owe their main affiliation to another bcJy nor transathons of Informal gatherings of Church members. The following accounts, syhith are looked at annually by the Church Treasurer. are not included in thi5 Stotwnefit: l.l.l. The Mohday Fellowshlp Account. The Monday Fellowship is financially self supportingi income ansing fr(m collection made by aitendees and Bring and Buy sal￿. The money 15 used tts fund attivifies. Indudlng speakers expenses, and for charitable donations. 1.1.2. The Blble Reading Notes Account. The CLSt of bible reading not&s largely offset by the substripuons. The annual small surplus, and ￿casIOnal donation. is either carried forward or passed to Ihe General Account. 1.1.3. Hardshlp Fund. The Hardship Fund is a confidential account under the control of the Rertor and Church Wardens. Its incoffle derives from collections at baptisms. weddings and funeraLs and occasional donations. As at the year end any monies in the embedded fund had been transferred to the sep6rate account. The total amount of this Fund wa5 £2297.82 on 31.12.21. 1.1.4. Thursday Morning Collectlons. Thursday morning cc41ecbors ore accounted for separately. They are used to make the occasional dOnati￿S to the local Roman Catholic Church. where the St Mary's Thursday Morning communion services are held, and to tover exrnses for visiting preacher5. Any surplu5 15 passed to the General Fund. 1.1.5. Aperitif Recitals. Th￿ are ottasKJnal oryan recitals hekl in the church and the proceeds are mainly devoted to the upkeep of the organ assLKiated equipment. 1.2. Classifiutton ol Funds. General fvnds are not subjett to any spec131 restrirtion regarding th¥r use. Funds that may only be applied for particular purposes are Designated or Restricted. Designated futbds are nomally specified for a particular use by the PCC.. restricted funds are specÈfied ft)r particular use by the donor. The tu￿nt RestrictedlDtsignated funds are as follov4S.' Millennlum Fund The Mlllennium Fund was used for the Millennium I and II Projects. These have now been Corn￿eted. The Fund has ￿en wound up in 2021.. the funds remaining have been trdnferred to the General Fund where they appear as an ernteilded fund.

Page li Friends Of St Mary'5 Fund The Friends rrf St Mary's Fund is aOministerEd by a cmimittee on behalf of the PCC. The pUrp￿e of the Friends of St Mary s IFOSMI Is to ise funds towards the maintenance of the tsbric ￿ the churth and the churchyard. Resources Fund The Resources Fund (previously called the Maintenance Fund) is used to finante routone and rnalor tnaiThtenaTrce proje(t Costs. Embedded Funds Funds are embedded in the General Account for various p￿r[￿. including support ftr children and young peo￿e. 1.3. Income. 1.3.1. Voluntary Income. Vcluntary Inccme ts Yecogrtrlsed onty when r￿rVed by or tsn behav of the PCC. Planned giving reCeiVa￿e under covenant or gift aid is recognised ￿lY when received and Income tax recoverable on donabon5 is recognised when the relata5 donati￿ 15 recognised. Grdnts and legacFe5 are accounted for at the point ihe resources pass under ihe corrtrol of the pcc. 1.3.2. Other Income. Rentsl incrAne frun the letting of pYemi5e5 15 ret￿nIsed over the peri(xl to which it relates. Interest payabk I receivable on bank accounts is recognised on a cash basts. other inc(xne is recognlsed on an accrual basis. 1.4. Expenditure. 1.4.1. Gronts and Donatlolls. grants and donattorts made by the church are approved by the PCC or made within guideline5 laid down by the PCC. Ithe- payments of up to IO% are allocated out of donated Income. Thi5 amount is accrued for in the period in whKh the income is bmughl into accwnt. 1.4.2. Parish Share. The parish share of Dic(e5an central costs 15 accwnted for when payable. 1.4.3. other Expendlture. All other expend￿Ure Is acco¢Jnted for on an accrual b8sis. 1.5. Flxed Assets. 1.5.1. Consecr7ted Land and Buildings and MoveaNe Church Fumishin9S. Consecrated land and tneficed property 15 exduded fr(xn the occounts by the Charitie5 Act 2011. No value is placed on mOVa￿e church fvrnishings hejd by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty ft dlsposal.

Page 12 1.5.2. Freehold Property. Freehold property 1£107,%61 represents St. Mary s Centre and The Old School House and is carried in the balance sheet at tost as it is a mixed-use assèt. A formal valuati¢)n ha5 not been made. However, the rnarket value is Conside￿ to be not Itss than the cost shown. 1.5.3. Other Fi¥ture5, Fitting5 and Office Equipment. EX￿ndit￿re on other fixtures. fittings and office equipment ￿ written off when the assets are acqusred. 2. Debtors. The amojnts receivable include tax repayable on tax efficient income. General Fund creditors comprfjse: Accounts receivable Due frotn Fiesource5 o￿Ocesan grant unpaid Subtotal Mi5cellaneL)U5 due to Re50ur¢e5 5.448 3,954 6.396 9.870 431 10,301 6,396 3. Credltors: Amounts Falllnq Due Wlthln One Year. General Fund Creditors comprise: Grants and donations accrued I'ttthe. poyrnentsl Owed to Resources Fund Resources. pnor year adjustment to creditors Aecounts payable and accrue 8,813 464 -769 780 9.289 9.324 961 1.788 II073 Specific Fund Creditors comprise.. Mlllennium Fund re tithes Resources - owed to General Fund Resources - Tenaw deposit 1.931 3.954 1.615 5,569 1,615 3,546 TOTAL IN BALANCE SHEEr 14.858 15.619

-other- Income- Gener•1 Fund. Other collections Unplanned CAF and tax effitiÈnt inc(xne Wall Lx)x and Sundry Sundry Card & Text Donatk)ns Loose Collections 10.725 32 191 4914 1.240 17.103 8.922 65 1,569 10.555 other Church Income (incl. church hlrel Padsh Council (Elethcity contribution) Investment Income Photocopying Sundry and Other Income 3142 276 205 36 S.4Sg 9,119 3740 294 227 142 6636 11.038 5. RestrlctedlDesl9nated Funds (See note 1.2) Fund Increase Decrease Transfers lal Separate funds Millennium Fund IRI Friends of St Mary's Fund IRI Resources Fund IDI 772 50 4,646 3,924 2.156 13 -15.000 20.097 23.304 43.314 15.000 30,101 26.232 43.377 -4.646 54,122 7,240 25.0￿) 31330 Ibl Embedded funds in the General Account 21 Increase Oecrease 3,125 Children and Young People ICIP) IRI Pirish Weekend IDI Easter ￿lieS Fund IRI Hardship Fund IRI Christmas Tree Festival IR} Christmas Collections IRI Holiday at Home IDI Social Events Fund IDI Ordinand Fund IDI Melva Brown Legacy IDI Church Furnlshings Fund IDI Music Fund (Rushton Bequest) IDI Welcome Packs Deanery Grant IRI rithe Unspent IDI Masquerade Ball Fund IR] mille￿nium Fund IRI Weekend Away Funrj IRI 17.644 135 826 15,345 135 55 1,562 55 1,739 205 27 279 897 112 279 957 112 2LKI 3.008 278 445 200 3.508 278 445 1.824 2,421 4,646 3.925 500 1,324 2.421 6,627 1.981 3.925

PaBe 14 37,735 13.371 3.272 27.636 Total In Balance Sheet 70,065 81.758 Notes.. 5.1 Income and e%￿nditUre within the emi*dded funds are shown gross in the Staterrent of Financial Activity on page 11 and are included in the balance sheet on page 12. 5.2 Funds are shown as IDI Designated or IRI Restricted Expendlture ofi Independent Examinatton of A¢¢ourts The Independent Examlner's fee has estimated for 2021 at £0 7. Employees Staff Costs Gr￿5 Salarylwage EM￿0Ver'S National Insurance Employer's Pension Contribvtions Any Benefits 9.Tr)3 10.526 103 129 Total 9,107 10.655 Average number of Employees 8. Dlsdosure of Related Party Transarfions There have been no related party trnnsacticffj in the reFortr"ng pericd that requi￿ disdosure 9. Prevlous Year error5 Due to an Snternal sp￿adSheet error the balances totals for 2020 wwe incorrectly ststed on the SOFA and Balance Sheet in the 2020 accounts.. They have teen Trstated in these accounts at the coTheLt figu￿. FY2020 Adjutt for FY2020 Balances or year previwsly Restated casknThJ error retw)rted baL4n Net Assets Opening Balance Increa5elDecrEase in Fund$ Closing Balance 268.IS2 -13.170 254,982 268,152 -10.052 -3.118 -10,052 265,034 To comply wlth SORP requirements. the allocation of De%gnated fijnds has been changed on the balance sheet so that they now appear wlth Unr@s￿rted funds father than with Restrirted fuThds. The previous year'5 Fund5 bolance5 hove iwi restated ￿ the balan￿ Sheet to ￿llect this change

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of The Parochial Church Council of th& ecclesiastical parish of St Mary the Virgin, Haddenham in the County of Buckingham and th& Diocese ol Oxford On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 Charlty no {If any) 1132319 Set oul on pages This page only I report lo thè trustees on my 6xamination of the accounts ol the above charity {'the Trust") for the year ended 31112 12021 Re8ponslbllltle8 and basls of report As the ¢harlty'S trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charitl8s Act 2011 I'the Act"). I report in respect of my oxaminalion of th& Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of th6 2011 Ael and in carrying out my examination, I hav8 lollowed all th8 applicabl8 Diraclions given by the Charity Commission undar section 14515llb} of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the 8xaminalion which giv8s m8 cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records wère not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or th6 accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content ol accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue and fair, view which is not a maller considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other mallers in conn8clion with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper undèrstanding ol the accounts lo be reach8d. Signed: Date: 18 May 2022 Name: Catherine M E Chapman Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any): Chartered Inslilute of Management Accountants Address: 78 Wytham Street, Oxford, OX14TW IER Ocl 2018