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2020-12-31-accounts

ST ANDREW’S BUCKLAND MONACHORUM WITH THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT MILTON COMBE

Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council

For the year ended 31[st] December 2020

Website: bucklandchurchdevon.co.uk

Charity No. 1132573

Diocese of Exeter

Aims and Purposes

There are two churches in our parish and the Parochial Church Council includes representation from both. The Vicar, Andrew Bowden, along with an Associate Minister Andrew Farmer and the PCC, aspires to extend the ministry and teaching to the wider parish community of over 2000 people.

When planning our activities for the year, the incumbent and the PCC have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.

“Living in community as God’s people; serving the wider community in God’s world”

Our vision encourages us to look in two directions:

This year has been heavily disrupted by COVID-19 and the numerous lockdowns that have followed. Nevertheless, we have sought to offer spiritual teaching, direction and support to our church family and our communities.

The above have been met in various ways, and include the following:

To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of both churches in Buckland Monachorum and Milton Combe.

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a) ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE – 2020

Guidelines and Policy documents:

Safeguarding

Review of Safeguarding Action Plan 2020

The PSO wrote a Safeguarding Action Plan which was approved by the PCC at their January meeting. Progress was and is reported to the PCC as a standing agenda item at every PCC meeting.

With the pandemic situation ensuing, some actions were curtailed but generally progress was made in all the areas identified.

Progress in the Key Action Areas:

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b) OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY - as shown in the following reports:

Charleston Friendship Cafe

Unfortunately, we have not been able to meet since March 2020 due to the pandemic. We have tried to stay in touch with those who used to attend. We were able to invite everyone to a Christmas Service in St. Andrew’s with others from Yelvercare in December. We were also able to deliver a Christmas meal to our friends thanks to Yelvercare sharing their resources with us. The Café has been greatly missed, and we look forward to starting again as soon as it is safe to do so.

Margie Goodfellow has stepped down from being the main contact, but will continue as a helper, and Trish Topham and Mandy Hall will continue to run the Café.

Pastoral Care

The pastoral care team has been busy in light of COVID-19 with a phone-buddy system set up to reach out to and support the most vulnerable in our community. The church partnered with representatives from Buckland Village Hall and Buckland Parish Council to set up the Buckland Cares group – organising supermarket collections and prescription pick-ups for the housebound as well as setting up a Food Hub, hosted by the Buckland Chapel. ( see full report below. Ministry to those in their twilight years has been difficult as restrictions have meant we were unable to run our monthly communion services. In spite of that, we stayed in touch with the staff teams at both HartCare and Pilcher’s Field through regular phone calls. We also organised for children from the school to write Christmas Cards and design colourful posters which were distributed to all residents, as well as putting together "thank you hampers” for the staff teams, all of which were grateful received. We look forward to re-starting services as soon as is possible.

Buckland Cares Group

Buckland Cares is a Community Support Group set up in March 2020 as a joint initiative at the start of the first Covid pandemic lockdown. The core Committee is made up of representatives of key organisations around the parish, including Rev. Andy Bowden. Initially volunteers were recruited following a leaflet drop to every home in the Parish, specifying what they could help with: shopping, mail, prescription collections, friendly phone calls, etc. A Buckland Cares Facebook page was set up with local and national information and details of where to find support locally, and this continues to be updated.

At the beginning of April, the Buckland Food Hub foodbank was opened in Buckland Chapel, stocked with essential non-perishable food items donated by Morrisons, Tavistock, and manned by volunteers from the Community. Morrisons continued to deliver weekly during the first lockdown and donations were also received from a collection point in the Co-op, Yelverton. Additionally, many local residents added a few of extra items to their own shopping and kindly donated these.

At the beginning of September, the Hub was kitted out with new shelving (made by Richard Mabey from pallets and old bunk bed slats!) and relocated to the lower dormitory in the Chapel, so that the main hall could be made available for group hire. Although, with the start of the building works to add a disabled access toilet, it has moved back into the main hall. Very generous Harvest collections at both churches and St. Andrew’s school boosted the stock in the autumn, and the Hub saw an increase in use in the November lockdown. Church and Community

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donations were again very generous in December, enabling Buckland Cares to make up and distribute hampers to provide a little extra this Christmas, particularly for those alone or struggling.

Local donations continue and, with regular deliveries from Morrisons having ceased, Lucy Wood and Gary Baird have been proactive in securing grants to enable the Food Hub to keep open. The Hub continues to provide essentials for a number of individuals and families. This is a wonderful example of Community serving Community.

Links with St Andrew’s Primary School

St Andrew’s Church has been supporting St Andrew’s School financially, physically and spiritually for many decades.

Financially :

Physically :

Spiritually :

Parish Magazine “Outreach”

At the end of 2020, the Editors, Mark Woock and Denise Hume stepped down from their roles after three years, and we would like to record our grateful thanks for their work in producing these publications for the community. During the year, David Oliver joined the team to liaise with our Advertisers, and Nick Kilby continued in his role as Treasurer. Enormous thanks are due to the Goodfellows and the distribution volunteers, as right through the ups and downs of the pandemic, Outreach was produced and delivered on time by the Editors and team.

As was to be expected, income was down a little to just under £3,000, but the magazine still generated a small profit of £760 which has been left in reserves. Outreach has always been fully supported financially by subscribers and advertisers and continues in its role of supporting and publicising Church activities as well as other non-church community events and news.

With the launch of St. Andrew’s new website during 2020, the Outreach website has been slimmed down, and acts as a support to the church website. Outreach Magazines are produced digitally now , and the latest copy is available to view via the new Church website. Articles and contributions are always very welcome.

Nick and Diana Kilby have maintained the magazine whilst a new editorial team comes forward to take over, and there will be regular issues in 2021 to maintain the publication for the community.

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c) GENERAL CHURCH ACTIVITY

Children and Youthwork Reports - Continued nurturing of our Young People, as seen in the following reports.

The Sunday School usually caters for children in the preschool years, key stage 1 and key stage 2 (up to secondary school age) every Sunday in school term time, except the first in the month when they are in church for the whole service. Bubbles is a group for children from the age of approximately 3 -7 and XStream for children aged 7-11. The leaders ensure that the church’s safeguarding policy is fully implemented with respect to all the children attending.

During 2019, Bubbles had between 3 and 7 children regularly attending; XStream had between 4 and 6 regular attendees, with 14 other children joining the groups either sporadically or as visitors. However, in 2020 the two groups only ran for a couple of months before having to stop meeting at the end of March, when the first lockdown was brought in because of the Coronavirus pandemic. As plans were being made to restart the groups in the autumn, in line with Covid-safety guidance from the diocese, a second wave of the virus meant another lockdown and the groups have not yet resumed meeting (as of December 2020). Crèche facilities have not been provided during the church services that have taken place since the pandemic started, because of infection control measures. Previously, a creche area has been available in the South Porch of the church, providing a space for parents to take their baby or toddler if required, during services.

Last year, Andy Bowden and the Sunday school team agreed that the themes of the children’s groups sessions would follow the sermon series being preached in the main church service, as much as is practically possible. This would allow children and families to discuss more easily what they had been learning week by week. This new plan was brought in during the Spring term of 2020, and the Bubbles and XStream groups did sessions based on chapters of Daniel, corresponding to the passages being preached on, before we stopped meeting. The church has subscribed to online children’s bible teaching resources from ‘Mustard Seed’ to support the leaders in preparing sessions.

During the first lockdown and during the summer, Tristan and Sarah Coulshaw-Stevenson recorded “Family Focus” videos – teaching and activities based on the sermon passage, delivered in an engaging and accessible way for children and young people. These were posted each week on the church website, alongside the main service videos. Craft and activities resources were also posted to complement the Family Focus videos. These enabled the children of the church to have a way to stay connected with the church family whilst we have not been able to meet together. On Christmas Eve an online Christingle service was held allowing the children to participate at home making their own Christingles, which had been distributed as kits through the school and local pre-school group before the end of term.

Also posted online are All-Age Services that have been held at St Andrew’s church on the first Sunday of the month, when the congregation have been allowed to meet in the church building. These have been designed to engage and challenge the whole congregation, from young to old.

Deborah Corness, Hellen Williams and Hannah Waine have continued as leaders of the Bubbles and XStream groups, assisted by a small but faithful team of helpers. Heather Keane has now stepped down from leading XStream. We are grateful for the blessing she has been to many children and families in the church through many years of faithfully teaching this group. Nicki Bovey has agreed to be a leader once the groups resume.

Youth Emmaus

Work amongst teenagers has continued apace with Tristan Stevenson-Coulshaw employed as a full-time youth worker. These are focussed on the secondary school age group and running weekly groups and regular social gatherings.

With the departure of Tristan and his family, much of the Youth Work has continued with volunteers, and towards the end of 2020 we were able to advertise and interview for a replacement. We have appointed a new Youth and Children’s worker to take up the post in January 2021.

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A personal report from one of the young people: – Isaac writes:

“2020 has been a tough year for everyone, and for the youth, I think it was extremely difficult to deal with online school, or cancelled exams. Despite this, we were able to continue our weekly group sessions almost normally, with the use of Zoom and socially distanced games on the moors. Tristan and Sarah were especially eager to continue our weekly sessions, and they worked hard to ensure we enjoyed it each week. Their enthusiasm and eagerness for us to know Christ has been really encouraging through this time, providing us with teachings and verses regularly, and their willingness to share their time with us personally. It was lovely to see everyone come together on their last day in order to wish them well in the next chapter of their lives, and we keep Tom and his family in our prayers as he begins his new journey as youth leader.”

Community Outreach to young people

During the year this has been severely restricted due to Covid, we are hopeful that 2021 will see more activity being resumed.

Networking with other Youth groups

Again, these links have been unable to happen due to Covid.

Messy Church

Messy Church is an outreach initiative, started by volunteers from St. Andrew’s Church, primarily to serve those in the community who do not regularly attend Sunday services. We welcome children of all ages with their parents, grandparents, and carers: the young and young-at-heart! Together we learn about God and His love for us, through crafts, songs, stories, fellowship, and food. Each session is planned around a theme which we explore through different activities, some messier than others! Following the activities and celebration, we all sit down together to share a meal.

After a successful relaunch in Autumn 2019, welcoming many new families and volunteers, we were looking forward to a ‘fruitful’ 2020. Tristan and Sarah Coulshaw lead the planning of our Spring term sessions, sharing the message of God’s love and salvation through Jesus. In February 2020 we looked at God’s pursuing love, through the Parables of the Lost Coin, Lost Sheep and Lost Son. Then March saw us learning about God’s Forgiving Love with a range of activities linked to the story of Jesus forgiving and healing the paralysed man. We were all set to share the Easter Story and God’s Sacrificial Love, when Covid hit! As with all other activities, Messy Church moved online, we prepared a booklet and Tristan and Sarah recorded a message.

During the early weeks of the lockdown, we became acutely aware how Messy Church thrives on spending time in

each other’s presence; sharing fellowship, fun and, of course, food! Online booklets seemed to be just another bit of ‘learning’ to add to the virtual schooling everyone was having to adapt to. Sadly, we made the decision to lay down Messy Church, but continued to signpost our families to Tristan and Sarah’s video messages each Sunday.

We continue to pray for God’s guidance and discernment for what next and look forward to supporting our new Youth Worker in sharing God’s love for all His people.

Parish Camp

Parish Camp, which for many years has engendered strong friendships, with an opportunity to invite new members of the church family, and some local families who would be without a holiday opportunity, unfortunately had to be cancelled this year.

d) FURTHER CHURCH ACTIVITY

Christianity Explored

January 2020 saw the first Christianity Explored course being run at St Andrew’s. It was exciting as it was a new course for us to be running. Previously we had always used the Alpha course. Everyone was greeted at the door by members of the team, welcomed and given a name badge. Then coffee and cake was served, and everyone mingled together, getting to know each other. Various home groups provided the refreshments, and there was always plenty of delicious cake to be eaten.

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Christianity Explored takes you through the gospel of Mark, and each participant is given a handbook, which allows them both to recap on what has been talked about that evening and also prepare for the following week. Each evening began with dividing into our groups, which remained the same throughout the 8 weeks. We watched brilliant talks on video, given by Rico Tice and then we discussed each talk afterwards back in our groups. We had a good number of people who regularly attended each week, and Andy Farmer has continued with a group since finishing the course, just before the first lockdown in March. Christianity Explored is a brilliant course, and what I really liked about it is the way you are encouraged to read the Bible. The talks are new and fresh and certainly give opportunity to promote good discussion in small groups afterwards. It is a great opportunity to introduce people to the Christian Faith, in what I would describe as a non-threatening way. If we are not participating in the course, then it is something the church can really get behind in prayer.

Lent course

Curtailed due to Covid-19.

Home Groups

All the homegroups have continued to meet via Zoom. This has allowed many of us to continue to dig into God's word together, unpack its relevance to our day-to-day lives, and support each other prayerfully in living it out. In fact, since moving to online meeting (via Zoom) some of our house groups have reported an increase in participation. There are two reasons for this: For some of the elderly, it is easier for them to meet on “Zoom” rather than be transported elsewhere (especially in the dark winter months); and for others who are uncertain about what might go on in a house group, they found it easier to “try it out” online - and have been pleasantly surprised. We have also moved to following the themes being preached on at church, which allows a little more depth of thought. It is not possible for everyone to use Zoom, so it remains important for groups, and the wider church, to telephone (or meet when possible) those who are more isolated. So, looking ahead there are still insufficient leaders and hosts to serve the number of people in our church fellowship. Important needs are (1) providing the training and experience for people who might feel daunted by leading and (2) teaming up enthusiastic and committed people so that the group does not peter out.

Ladies Fellowship

The meetings have not been able to take place. However, all members have been in touch with each other via WhatsApp for sharing news, prayer points and generally supporting each other.

Men’s breakfast meetings

Again, curtailed due to Covid-19.

Prayer Ministry Team & Prayer Ministry

Prayer Ministry used to be offered following the morning service at St. Andrew’s. There are thirteen members of the prayer ministry team, and the last rota was sent out in January 2020. However, due to the pandemic we have been unable to offer prayer ministry since then. We are saddened by this, of course, and look forward to the day we can offer prayer once the pandemic is over, and it is safe to do so.

The Prayer Chain consists of thirteen members of the church, including Rev. Andy Bowden. Prayers are generally received and sent out by email, are usually confidential. We have seen many wonderful answers to our prayers and are thankful to God for his faithfulness. We were last able to meet together in 2019, but have been unable to meet since then due to the pandemic.

Sung Worship within both Churches

2020 has proved to be challenging for all of us and in so many ways. We have had to adjust to ‘doing things’ in a very different way, and this has included how we include music within our services. During the initial lockdown, all services went online, and this included using pre-recorded songs and hymns. Once we were allowed to come together again in church, we had to adhere to guidelines laid down by the Church of England and the Government. This meant only one or two people could sing, and a limited number of musicians, all who had to socially distance. For some people this has been very frustrating but what I have learnt is that God never fails to teach us things in all circumstances. There is a song we sing by Matt Redman, ‘ When the music fades, all is stripped away, and I simply come’ . The words of this song kept coming back to me time and time again, and after some prayer I really felt that

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the Lord was teaching us to really focus on Him. I have really enjoyed focusing on the words of songs and hymns, and just enjoying the simplicity of the sung worship in our services. The words of Psalm 48 v 9 ‘Within your temple O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Like your name O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth’.

Even though we have not been able to sing, we are learning to worship the Lord in all aspects of our daily life. Christmas also was a time when we were not able to sing as we would normally do, but we still had some wonderful services both in church and online, and the Holy Spirit was with us.

There are positives to this year. Due to lockdown, all those who are involved in the sung worship have been meeting together, albeit on zoom, to pray together. These times have been really blessed and the Lord has really spoken to us during these short prayer times. We meet together online once a month, and I would love that to continue, when normality returns.

It would be a huge failing on my part if I did not mention Audrey Mills in this report. She has been an absolute star in playing the organ and supporting singers Sunday by Sunday, and particularly over the Christmas period. Many thanks to Audrey, and also to Elisabeth Baxter playing the organ in Milton Combe.

We so look forward to a time when we can all sing together again, but we must keep our eyes focused on our Heavenly Father, remembering he is Lord over this.

Bellringers

Bell ringing must be one of the last activities to re-start after Coronavirus as eight people in a closed space handling ropes in front of their faces presents an obvious risk of contagion.

Like so many places across Britain, the Buckland village community has missed the peals before the Sunday morning services and bellringers have missed their weekly opportunity to connect mind, soul and body.

Buckland is fortunate to have a set of chiming hammers as, of the 5200 churches in England that have rings of five or more bells, only around 400 are so fitted. They work like the clock hammer which has a heavy metal ball at one end of a lever and a cord linked to the clock mechanism at the other. The only difference with the chiming hammers – one for each bell – is that the cords are pulled by a single person.

The system is known as the ‘Ellacombe Chiming Apparatus’ and next year in June will be the 200[th] anniversary of the Rev Henry Thomas Ellacombe’s invention. He studied engineering under Marc Brunel before entering the church and was Vicar at St. Mary’s Church, Bitton in South Gloucestershire where in 1822 he invented and first installed the chimes to overcome what he considered to be ‘a wayward team of bellringers’! He later became vicar at Clyst St. George and was the leading person in forming the Guild of Devonshire Ringers in 1874.

Because the bell is not swinging as with normal ringing, the cords can be pulled in any order and changes are instantaneous. It makes it possible to play tunes although the selection we can play in Buckland is limited by having a single octave tuned to E major. No accidental sharps or flats are possible. We managed to work out these hymn tunes during lockdown and look forward to finding more:

Great is Thy faithfulness; I know not how the Spirit moves; All things bright & beautiful; Brightest and best of the Stars of the morning; Kum Ba Ya my Lord; Fight the good fight; Brother, sister let me be your Servant; We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender . We hope you have enjoyed listening to them.

e) UK AND OVERSEAS MISSION GRANTS AND DONATIONS

Supporting people in full-time service both in prayer and financially: -

Missionary Aviation Fellowship :

We are the home church for Missionary Aviation Fellowship family, Matt and pilot Becki Dillingham with their children Bethan and Luke. Now back in Chad after returning home due to Covid-19. Becki has taken on more responsibility to add to her flying: she is now also overseeing the Operations Management.

New Growth Ministries :

Sadly, our link with New Growth Ministries in Zimbabwe has come to an end. However, we are looking to focus on new areas of overseas support during 2021.

Egypt :

We continue to maintain contact with and support Bishop Mouneer of Egypt and North Africa, and our other Egyptian friends.

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Open Doors:

Although we have not been meeting recently to pray for the persecuted church, our family of brothers and sisters around the world who suffer in so many ways for their faith in Jesus Christ remain close to our hearts and in our prayers. We remember especially Christians in Iran, Egypt and Syria and also in Turkish belt countries where Islamic political extremism is on the rise. We also pray for perseverance in our own prayers, not forgetting that this is a spiritual battle where the Lord has won an eternal victory over the forces of evil and darkness in this world.

Buckland Chapel Trust - BCT

The church has strong links with the Chapel and members of the congregation are both Members and also on the Board of Trustees. Caroline Mitchell and Roger Watkins have been Trustees of the Chapel since 2017 and 2016 respectively and in 2018 they were joined by Andy Price, Susanna Campbell and Nicola Bovey. However, Andy Price resigned during the year and Richard Mabey was appointed. The church uses the Chapel for various church activities, although this year these have been very restricted. Mark Smith is the PCC representative for the BCT Members and is not a member on the Board of Trustees.

f) Other key people and groups

There are many other individuals and groups who contribute greatly to the smooth running of both churches: - Our Verger; our Cleaner; the Flower arranging team; the Guild members; Coffee serving teams; Projectionists and Sound desk controllers; those that organise and take part in the rotas for sidepersons, prayer ministry, and the weekly notice sheets. Readers from St Andrew’s have also been supporting other parishes north of the Deanery.

2021 Electoral Roll Report

The Electoral Roll as at 30[th] April 2021 contained 148 Names. During the year 1 was added and 4 removed. Of those removed 2 sadly have died and 2 have moved away from the area.

Deanery Synod

Three members of the PCC sit on the Deanery Synod, which met three times during 2020. One meeting was held in the Tavistock Parish Centre and two further meetings were held by Zoom.

At the March meeting, The Archdeacon of Plymouth, The Rev. Nick Shutt, spoke about the Weekend of JOY 2020 from the 26[th] to 28[th] June 2020. The three days of the weekend would see a visit to the ArchDeanery by the Bishops of Exeter, Crediton and Plymouth. The main themes were as follows: PRAYER, grow in Prayer and GROW, make new Disciples the people of Devon. There were plans for a number of events, which of course, were all cancelled as the result of Coronavirus. At this meeting, the Revd. Andy Bowden was welcomed to his first meeting, as was The Revd Philip Conway from Lifton.

The July meeting was held Via Zoom. The meeting started with reflections of the Church Life in Lockdown. Some of the reflections were as follows: “An interesting time, which has passed quickly; Enormous and steep learning curve; A learning opportunity; Felt the local Church really responsive, but the National Church had rather switched off; Value felt in local phone calls; Found longer conservations enriching and those in Lamerton were encouraged to think about Hymn words whilst listening to the music”.

The October meeting was also held by Zoom. The Lay Chair, Annie Jeffries spoke about the Anna Chaplaincy – this model offers voluntary spiritual care to those in Care Homes. There is a training available to those who may be interested in this work. The volunteers are trained in dementia awareness; listening skills; responding to individual needs of the residents; taking Worship Services where appropriate, and end of Life support. They will become an integral part of a local ministry team. Corinne Shutt then spoke about “Nosh at Home”, an online service that has replaced “Nosh at 9.30”. The online service comprises: Opening Prayer, an Activity, a Bible reading and a Talk with questions; a Reflection and Prayer, with a link to songs on YouTube. Revd. Nick Law retired as Rural Dean at the meeting, and he will be replaced by Rev. Andy Atkins.

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g) STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The method of appointing PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St. Andrew’s, Buckland Monachorum and the Church of the Holy Spirit, Milton Combe, the PCC consists of the incumbent, a self-supporting Associate Minister and nine ex-officio members, together with seventeen other elected members. Included in the total of 26, are three representatives for the Church of the Holy Spirit in Milton Combe and six lay readers. The PCC also has a Standing Committee which can deal with urgent matters more effectively than calling a full PPC meeting, and a Finance Committee that regularly meets a week prior to the PCC meetings, to deal with any financial matters in more detail than the full meetings allow. The full PCC met on six occasions mostly via Zoom during this year due to Covid-19 restrictions. The annual APCM was postponed until October due to the lockdown. The standing committee did not need to meet. The Finance Committee also met six times.

Financial Review

Our combined income for Unrestricted and Restricted funds for the year ended 31.12.20 was £156,931 and the combined expenditure was £132,513 producing an overall surplus of £24,418. Of this amount £10,930 was unrestricted. Although very little has been collected through the plates our overall income has held up quite well with more people making larger periodic donations or paying by standing order. Some expenses have also been lower during the lockdown periods.

Recovering our reserves . God has graciously provided for our needs and we are grateful for the healthy reserves that have offered us financial stability during a difficult year, where giving has dropped, in large due to the lockdowns. However, with the challenges over the Covid period the Parish managed to pay our Diocesan share and maintain our standard donations to the village school, the Buckland Chapel and Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF).

Major repairs have taken place at both churches this year and further work has been identified, that will need to be addressed in the future.

h) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

The Church of St. Andrew’s, Buckland Monachorum is situated in the village of Buckland Monachorum, Devon PL20 7NA. The Church of the Holy Spirit, Milton Combe, is in the village of Milton Combe, Devon PL20 6HP.

PCC members who have served from 1 January 2020 until the 31[st] December 2020 were:

Ex Officio members:

The Reverend Andrew Bowden - Vicar

The Reverend Andy Farmer - Associate Minister Paul Nixon (Reader)

Mrs Rumbi Mukono (Treasurer)

Mrs Patricia Topham (Safeguarding Representative)

Deanery Synod Members: Churchwardens: Deputy Churchwarden: Mr P. Tuckett (Reader) Ex-officio Mr R Barnes Mr T. West (buildings) elected PCC member Mr P. Nixon (Reader) Mr David Oliver Mr R. Matthews (Reader) PCC Members: Mr P Coates Mrs S. Reid (Milton Combe) resigned in October 2020 Mrs D. Farmer Mr J. Girven (Milton Combe) Mrs B. Girven (Milton Combe) Mrs D. Corness

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Mrs H. Hopkins (Hon Secretary) Mr R. Hopkins (electoral roll officer) Mrs H. Keane Mrs D. Kilby Dr M. Perry Mr J. Smart Mrs A. Smart (stepped down in October 2020) Mrs B. Coulshaw Dr M. Smith (Reader) Mrs M. Goodfellow

Safeguarding representatives: Mrs Patricia Topham & Deputy Mrs Jane Oliver. DBS Officer: Helen Hopkins Church Accountant: Mrs Felicity Harris – Moorlands Solicitors.

The Report was approved by the PCC at a Zoom meeting held on Monday 10[th] May 2021. The Report was signed by:

Rev Andrew Bowden, Vicar: ………………………………………………………………… and

Bob Barnes, Church Warden: ………………………………………………………………………

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Parochial Church Council of St Andrew Buckland Monaehorum with Milton Combe Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31st December 2020 Moorlands

Parochial Church Council of St Andrew Buckland Monaehorum with Milton Combe Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31st December 2020 CONTENTS Legal & Administrative inforjnation Independent Examinees Report Statetnent of Financial Activities Balance Sheet Not¢s to the Financial Statements 5-10

Parochial Church Council of St Andrew Buckland Monachorum with Milton Combe al and Administrative Information INCUMBENT Rev. Andr¢w Bowden BANKERS Lloyds Bank Pl¢ 8 Royal Parade Plymouth Devon INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Felicity Harris, Chartered Accountant Moorlands Rock view 28 Glanville Road Tav1st￿k Devon PLI 9 OEB

Parochial Church Council of St Andrew Buekt2lld Monachorum with Milton Combe Statement of Finan¢i81 Aetivitieg For the Year Ended 31st December 2020 Ilnr¢$tricted Fund5 Restriclt Funds De51 Funds TOTAL FUNDS 2020 2019 INCOMING RESOURCES (cl. 2 Inoitning r¢sourLf5 from donoT5 Other voluntary ineotnin8 resourff5 113.604 9.077 23.935 4,885 137,539 13,962 140.943 7.420 Jncomin8 resources from operating activities - kn further the Council'sobjects - to funds 5.405 5J05 6.988 Incomc from invesknjent Other in¢otning resouTte$ iy 25 70 TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 128,103 28,828 156931 155,421 RESOURCES LVENDED I Id).3 Grants Activiti￿ di￿￿lY r¢iating to the work of the church chU￿b managemeni and adminis¢Tation C05t5 of generating funds TOTAL RESOIIRCES EXPENDED 6,794 6.794 33.053 108.937 1.442 12,140 3,200 121,077 4.642 108.618 4,408 117.173 15J40 132 J13 146,139 NET IPICOMING J IOUTCOINGI RESOURCES 13A88 24A18 9,283 CAINS AND LOSSES ON JNVKSTMENTS - tea]ised - U[￿&115Cd NET MOVEMEIYT tr4 FUNDS 10,930 13,488 24.418 9,283 TIL4NSFERS BETWEEN FIINDS 3,235 13,235} BALANCES BROUGHT FORWARD AT 1st JANUARI. 131,774 25.412 825 158.011 148.728 BALANCES CARIUED FORWARD AT 31$t DECEhlBER 145,939 J5,665 825 182,429 158.011

Parochial Church Council of st ADdrew Buekland Monachorum Ivitb Mllton Combe Bilance Sheet For the Year EDded 315t December 2020 Notes 2020 2019 FtXED ASSETS InY¢stm¢nt ass¢ts 825 825 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Cosh at bank and in hand 19,126 163229 14.784 143,739 i (fj 182J55 158,523 LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR {750) (1,337) NET CURRENT ASSETS 181,605 157,186 r4ET ASSETS 182,430 158,011 FUNDS Unreslridcd Restri¢tcd Endowmenl 145.939 35,666 825 131,774 25,412 825 182,430 158,01 Approved by the PariKhial Church Council on 2021 and signed on its behalf by.. Churchward¢n The notes on pages 5 to 10 fomi part of these accounts

rotblll Cburch Council of St ATr￿Te nathoruETr wlth fvlllton otes to tht Fil￿￿claI StatemeTr or YeAr Ended31it ]kcembtr2020 ACCOIINTINC POLICIES l Th¢ finameial S￿tements h&ve been prepared under Ihe Church AccountingRegulAtions 2006 In ac¢ordfjD¢e ivith pplicable accountingsiandaids and the curreni Sla￿￿ent ofRecomrnended Pra¢li¢e. Ar¢DynlingÈtta Rtporting byCharttiCS and applicoble occountinsstandard fRS102.ThE firtAn¢AI S￿tementS have been prepared llnderth¢ historical ￿st(onVenkn0p ¢Yffptfor Invesuiicnt assets. which aTe shoivD 31 matkctvalue. The financial 5wcm¢nts inclllde all transactions. assetsalld liabiliiic5 forivhi¢h the PCC is responsible in laiy. Ihey donoE Includethe accounts of church group5 thatoive their fftAin &Wililliion to another ￿dy, nOrth￿that arc inform gatherinss ofchurch mernber8. b) FU¥DS General funds repres¢nt the funds Of the PCC that &re noi subject io any restri¢iiotkS TvgaidinB their use artd ète available for appli¢aiion on the getw&l putP¢pkS olthe PCC. Funds designllted for a pani¢ular purpo by th¢ PCC are also unres%ri¢d. tl INCONIING RESOURCE5 VfjlwThtsry inrotrte xttd epiil SO￿ree$ Collecnm5 are reEognis¢d ivhcn yvceived by oron behaifofthe PCC. Planned givinE receivable linder Gift Aid is reco8ni5ed only ￿hen received. Income reCo￿rable Gift Aid dotLattDll$ 15 Tttagk1sed ¥Yhen Ihe in¢L￿e is rocognised Gr8nts And legacies to the PCC ate accovnted for soon a5 the PCC Is notified of its legal cntitl•nÈ￿L the arntsunt due ig qu8niifi&blc and its ultirnate receipt by the PCC is rcasonably ¢enain. Funds raised by fe￿, garden paw aud similar eYeD15 ar¢ ￿(O￿nI¢d for w5$. of buoks and tn#Eazinv5 rvom tb¢ church bookstall are accounted fijrgross frorn lttve5tmeDts Dividend5 are a¢ttsunted for du¢ PDd pay#bl¢. Intertst ertiitlcmettts 8reActounted ftyrp$ thty aettu Cln s And 1055UIMi InvestD7eDIs Realised gain5 or losses &re accounted for when the investh￿nIS ore sold. Unrealised sains or losses aY¢ athiunt¢d foron th¢ Tr￿U￿tIon ofihe inyesuncnts at ycar ¢nd. dl RESOIIReE5 USED GrRllts Gtants donaiiotk5 aTB accoumed for when paid oyer. or awarded. if ihar &waid creates a binding obliEationon the PCC Artiviliw￿ direrlty relati￿8 ts theworkof Ihe£hwrch. The diocesan parish slmte for ihe year ended JI December 2020 hps be¢n Pdid in full and aLQUlli¢d for in ihe y¢arendod 31 tkcctnber2020.

Parochthl Chur A Tr Buckiand ￿1￿J￿¢hoTllt)kn wÉth TrJii¢on Combt Dte5 tothe EiTra￿tIal S For ihe )'egr Kllded 315t r2020 el FLXEDASSETS T%￿g$ble Flied A55ets Consecrated and benefi¢ed prorerty of ony kind 15 excludtd from the accounts by s. 9612X&l & (cl of the ChBniie5 Ad 1993. Movable church furn15hings held b) the Vicar and Chu￿￿￿1rdeDS M 3￿ClaI irvsi ror the PCC ijnd which require a faculty for dis￿SaI$ has no valu¢ plared on thtm as the Pec considets them to be inalienable propeny. All ¢xp¢nditure ill¢uYred durinB ihe year on coDse¢rJta or bencfice buildings and rnoyable Churth D2mishinas, whether mainienRn¢e or improverneDI, is Writien off 35 eX￿[td1IurC and 5fPdIaT¢ly dixloscd Ihvestmtnis InvesiTtKnis arevalucd at matkpi value as at 31stDe¢ember. fj CtpRREprf ASSLTS Amounts oiving ro the PCC * Jlsi Ikcember in re5peGtoffep5, ￿nts orother income ate 5hoivD as d¢btQT5.1¢58 Provi￿0￿ for amounts thai may be collected. Short ierrn deposiis TepFe5enlscleared ligui& fu￿5 I￿ld Ai the bank.

Pgrochtsl Church Collncilof St Andrtiv ornbe N&tL% t￿ the Fin￿￿(1￿1 slatthn￿ts Fot tht YeAr EThded 31st Deeember 202D INCOMING RESOURCES UDreJlrlcled Re5triried FuTrd5 EThloW￿ertt Furtds TOTAL FbNDS 1)20 2019 lrttOEniThg resi￿rte5 Planned 8ivin8-. Covenants GiftAid dthatsons 23.172 104.515 99.?99 Income Tax r¢¢ovEtabl¢ Other Planned wvin8 29.087 29.087 25.804 Collection5 lorKn platri atall sctvitts Iln¢ovenanted pving Parish wnp Sundry donation5 3,174 S174 8.769 763 763 7.071 23.935 137.539 40.943 Othervoluntry 1DrTrJnl￿8 re59urrts Donaiions. appeals. ctc Le88CieS Fundr4isTngcvynts 9.077 4.885 13,962 6.420 1,0 9.077 4,885 13,962 7.420 Iniomt fro￿ othttoperAtinRaCtlvltks- rllrthert￿ tht C.OuJltil's objoets Bwkstall MAgazines Fees 2.996 2.409 2.996 2.409 3,035 3,953 5.405 .%405 6,9¥8 InrDme from operatln8 ellbqtlts'. MagazinÈ5 ladv¢rii5¢rnent fe¢51 Fetrs. bazaats, oiher fvnd-raisin8eYents inveitment Oiwdepds and inierestin¢lLwJinBany reclaimable intrrest 25 2£ 70 Othtrordif*Ary i￿tO￿li￿lE rtsourc￿5 TOTAL INCO%IING RESOVRCLS 12&103 28,828 146,931

Andrew wllh For Iht YeAr Ended 315t Dttcmb¢r2 RESOURCES EXPENDED unres1￿Cd Funds Re5trlctfd Funds Endov Fund$ TOTAL FUNDS 10211 2019 Grttts Missionary and ¢haritable EivinB' FIome ¥n15sions and Other Chur¢h So¢iwie5 Tn5tan Slvvenson Coulshaiy Secular¢hantiCS and Ouireach Fees io Diocese 3.660 4,303 20.402 3.322 3,493 3A93 3,301 6.794 6,794 33.053 Artivities dlreeiiy Ye￿ting Ér IhtworlLofthe Cbuttb Ministry D1￿C￿n parish sh Clergy e¥pvn%es otherclergy c05 P&rish worker5 Church . Tunnins eX￿nSeS ch￿Tch Maintenancc Buckland Church Maintenance Milton Combe Upk"EepofseThrycts Sunday School L¥￿ndIture on PArishm&gazineand bwkstail 78.953 1,200 543 73.995 1,2 12,n40 12.04 13.776 8.361 13.776 8.361 2.979 16.807 3.813 3.813 2,291 2291 2,372 3.006 7.638 702 HorK)rF￿a Parish Carnp Othey youth Outreach (Xhuexpendilure io 108.937 121,077 Church n￿￿tel￿etstAnd Adjul￿1str4$iO PrinLing8nd ststiortety et¢ Bank Charge5 Oiherexpenses 4,124 344 227 227 32OQ 3.200 R¢murtcratson ¢fInd¢p¢T￿¢￿T£xarn7ner .442 3.200 4h42 4.468 Cosliof getteMtinB luThd Fes, biuar5, OthCrfund￿EasingeVenty Costsofsknyardship cptnpaiBn TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 1SJ40 132,513

PxrochiBI Churth cou￿¢11 tstst Andrew B chor with ljiltots C•mbe Fifixfitixl Stltomenis y￿rtb Ytar End￿ls15t Drtembtr2QZO srAFF COSTS No membErof the PCC Tereiyed any refftunEraiion duting lh¢ ye￿. The PCC remunernted parish youih wotker5 ai a iotal ¢￿t, includiNg eApen$¢s. f¢r the ytarof £I2.04012019-£20.4021. FIXF.D ASSÉTS VOR IISK BY THE PCC Unrestrfctod Funds Rt5trlcted F￿NdS TOTAL FUNDS 2020 2019 I￿Vestm￿t fil￿ xsets Moverneni in the year. M8rket V41ue- Isi Jtsnu8]) Purchases at cosi less disposals &tc4rying 825 825 825 Net gatns 1(Io55¢5loD d15￿5￿3 annual revaluation M8rkeL Value- 31siDeeembEr 825 825 £ 825 Ertdow￿¢llt Hvldlny 31 De£embtr2O20 ETrdoMinent Title Endoivmeni ShAre Des¢ription Srhool GoveTnorf fund 61 Central Bofird ofFinanc¢ Inytsiment Fund$hAr¢s UDrestrlcled Restrlttrd TOTAL FLINDS ANALYSIS OF TrIET ASSETS BY FUND Funds Futhds 021) 2019 Investmètst Fixod Assets Cllrrtnt As8cIs Currertt LibillllE5 825 182,355 1750) 825 91,550 (7501 90,805 90,800 90,805 825 182,430 DEB'foRS L'nre5tricicd Funds Rostrlcted Fund$ TOTAL FUNDS 2019 F￿ndS Incon￿ T￿RecOve[?￿le 14.784 19,116 14,784 LTABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLINC DUE WITHIli 0￿￿ ￿AR Bank overdraft A¢¢ruals ofutility and oth¢rc05ts credito￿ for gry)d5 and 5etvice5 Othercrediior8 750 750 750 1.337

w ButklA Thd wlth fvlil Noles to Iht FkTrAnci41 Ststerntnts r E￿ded 31it Do¢embèr2020 FUND DETAIiS 2021J Vnrestrirted.. Qthir MnTe$¢ri¢ted fund5 14S939 J4&939 Re&trietod'. Alpha DucklArtd ChApeJ Buildin Caiolin¢ Hammond Church rotsf De5ign&i¢d fvnds Del'im hislonc chuTcIKs Flower fund G Cotter Ipgni School MAP Matt& Be¢k Menouf Milton Combe mi￿10ndry ily> Open Ootrrs Overse4 missions Parish Cajnp Parish Yollth HorkeTS Pastoral car¢ PaihfInder Restricted funds Robin and PippaBrow shek￿3h mission Sound TeHr tund The Hub Tri8tsn Siev¢nsOn-Coulshaw 295 295 265 3.451 1.4 1,519 30 545 545 1.724 2.000 2,430 189 550 576 2.255 2.55D la98 753 17.753 766 1.398 3.784 800 50 425 465 439 139 224 224 1200 3,332 1.200 25,412 Endommortt.. S¢hool Govemor5 fund 825 825 £ 182.43D 825 10

Independent Examinerls Report to the PCC of St Andrew Bu¢kland MoDachorum with Milton Combe This report is on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended J I st Decernber 2020 which are set out on pages 3 10 10. Respective responsibilities of the PCC alld th¢ examiner As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparalion of the acci)unts'. you eonsider that sn audit is not required for this year under section 144(21 of the Charities Act 2011 ( the 2011 Act) and that an independent exaTnination is required. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioner under section 145{5)(b) of th¢ 2011 Act and to state whether particular matters have com¢ to my attention. Basis of independellt examiner's report My &xamination was carried out in accordance with the Generai Directions given by the Charity Commission. That exatnination include5 a r¢vi¢w of th¢ accounting rwords k¢pt by th¢ PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records. Ji also ineludes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the a¢counts. and seeking explanations from you as trnstees concerning such matters. The procedures undertak¢D do nol provide all the evidence that would be reqttired in an audit, and consequently T)0 opinion is given as to whethcr the accounts present a 'Yrue and fair vie￿, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next ststement. Independent examiner's statement In conn¢¢tion with my examination, no matt¢r has Come to my attention.. which gives me rcasonable cause to believe that in any mat¢rial resp¢d the requirements to k¢¢p ac¢ounting records in accordan¢e with section 130 of the ZOI I AGt- and to aGGount5 whifjh arGoTd with th¢ aGGouniing records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act. have not been met. or 2 to whsch, in my opinion, attention should be drawn iu ord¢r to enabl¢ a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Felicity Harris Moorlands BA ACA Arr lifrL 2011 28 Glanville Roa(L Tavistock Devon PL19 OEB