Annual Report and Financial Statement THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, CAMBERLEY IRegistered Charity Number: 1132837} For the year ended 31 December 2023 Paul's CAMBERLEY St Paul's Church, Cambertey Crawley Ridge Camberfey Surrey GU15 2AD Incumbent: Reverend Tom Darwent Bankets: N*'onal Westminster Bank 45 Park Street Camberfey Surrey GU15 3PA Independent Exarniner". A M Skitton ACA Brewers Chartered Ac￿untants Boume House Queen Street Gornshall Surrey GU5 9LY Contents Introduction.... Aim and Purp05es... .. ObjectNes and Attivities.... Objectives ....................-................... .. Activities.............. Achievements and Perfomiance.... Finance Review............. .13 Structure, Governance and ManaEement.........-................. -15 Governance and Constitution......... .15 Organisational Structure...................-.-.................... -16 Trustee Transactions.................... .17 AdministratNe Infomiation.........................-.................... -17 Background.........-................. ... .17 Contact information............-................ .17 Parochial Church Council IPCCI Membership.................... .18 Statement of Responsibilities of Members of the PCC..................... .18 Advisors to the PCC..... .19 Independent Examinerfs Report to the members of the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Camberley..........-....................... -20 Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023.................... .23 l. Introductlon The Annual Report of the Trustees and financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the financial statements. They comply with The charit¢s Boverning document: The Charities Act 2011- and Accounting and Reporting by Ch3rrties: Statement of Recommended Prartice applicable to charities preparing their account5 in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published on l January 2019 2. Aim and Puryoses The Parochial Church Council IPCC} has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent and the clergy team in promoting the whole mission of the Church, pastoral. evangelistic, social and ecumenical, within the ecclesiastical parish. It is also responsible for the maintenance of the Parish Church buildings, including the Church Centre, Church Hall and the property Cornerways. 3. Objertives and ActAvItAes 3.1. Objectives As a Church, our objectives are that we seek to experience Jesus in the following ways: Through worshipping Him Receiving biblically centred teaching so that we can know Him better Reaching out into our communities so that all may know of Jesus in their lives Caring for all in our community as Jesus modelled We had the following main objectives forthe year.- To explore I Corinthians, the Holy Spirit and some other key doctrines of the Christian faith Invest in Heatherside Church, through deployment of our new curate, to bring revitalisation to our neighbouring parish To reach out to seniors in new ways to further grow our fringe To develop our schools and families ministries to further grow our fringe 3.2. Activities Members of the PCC are aware of the Charity Commission guidance on public benefrt in the Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefrt and have had regard to it in their administration of the Charity. The PCC believes that promoting the work of the Church of England within the Parish provides a public benefit through- Providing facilities for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual, moral and intellertual development for its members and the wider community without exception. Promoting Christian values and service by members of the Church in and to their communities, to the benefit of individuals and society as a whole. Providing assistance. in the forms of grants and other support to other charities or bodies locally, nationally and internationally. The activities of the Church are undertaken through a series of coordinated Ministry Groups, under the governance of the PCC. with the Mission Committee providing recommendations on external giving to the pcc. In addition, St Paul's is supportingthe new Church plant at Deepcut, which has been meeting temporary premises at the new Mindenhurst school up to July, and then Portesbery School while St Barbara's is refurbished. For the time bein& St Barbara's is operatin8 under the umbrella of the St Paul's charity, with its own Leadership Team represented on the PCC. so this report consolidates the results from both churches. 4. Achievements and Perforniance Church plant at St Barbara's Deepcut St Barbara's has the vision to be a Christ Centred. Mission-Shaped. Visible & Accessible Church. St Barbara's has been focusing its activities in three vision priorities: Connert, Grow and Serve. Although initially hampered by the pandemic, the church managed to Connert with the community by visiting those moving into the new housing estate of Mindenhurst and providing pastoral care to the sett5ed Deepcut community. Growing lin maturity and number) through otrtreach and the Sunday services in person and online. And, Serving the community by closely working with the Community Liaison Group ICLGI that consists of Skanska Ithe developers), Defence Infrastructure Organisation IDIOI, local councillors and the church. St Barbara's Church Deepcut operates under a Bishop's Mission Order IBMOI and it reports regularly to the Diocesan Programme Board which is sponsoring the church plant through the Strategic Development Fund. The church is led by a Minister in Charge {Revd Daniel Natnaell and is supported by the elected Leadership Team, the Diocesan Mission Enabling Team, as well as the mother church of St Paul's Camberley. After a wobbly start, partly due to the COVID-19 Pandemic back in 2020, the church is now fulfilling its mission priorities of connecting. growing, and serving. Although the church community is waiting for the old Garrison Church of St Barbara to be fully refvrbished and a church hall built, the availability of a new Primary school in the community proved a brilliant temporary venue forthe church. We knew this was a temporary arrangement, but the 501e use of the building allowed the church to have a flexible area to establish a weekly Sunday worship service, Mums and Toddlers group, coffee morning and annual Alpha courses. The school has also helped integrate the small civilian congregation of the Garrison Church with the church planting team and new worshippers who joined the church later. The new 'neutral' venue gave us full freedom to design worship. discipleship and outreach activities fit for the context and the 21st century. It also shifted our focus from the buildingto the mission of the church, a change we might otherwise have struggled to make. Sadly. our tenancy came to an end in April 2023 when a local school took residency in the brand-new school. Although this was not a surprise, the p055ibility of being homeless again became real. But the God of surprises went before us, and we found another suitable school wtthin the village of Deepcut for us to meet on Sundays. The venue is Portesbery School. and it is a fully functioning special needs school which means, unlike our previou5 venue. we are unableto meet there on weekdays regularly for the other outreach and discipleship activities. This situation has forced the church to yet again think outside the box. In partnership with a local private care home, our toddler group has morphed into an inter8enerational weekly activity for both the residents and the toddler group and in partnership with another local charity, we are continuing our coffee morning biweekly. Our worship band now rehearses weekly in one of our parishionerfs homes. Against the odds, through God's fatthfulness, the church is continuing to grow- a Itttle over 100 active members now. Over half of the worshippers belong to one of our six home groups. A large number are involved in one or more ministry areas by joyfully 8ivin8 their time. talent. and money. Apart from the achievements above. we had another significant move last year with the appointment of a children's minister. shared with a neighbouring church. This is funded by the Diocese over the net three years to provide 3 strategic appointment to help us reach families with young children in local schools and the community. Our work with asylum seekers in the local holding centre 15 also continuing in partnership with local organisations and charities. Although a number of those who were actively involved in the life of the church have moved and settled in different parts of the country. around 20 new and existing residents are still part of our worshipping community. and they are a real blessin8 to the church family. Mlnlstry Group - Worship and Churth Community The purpose of the group is twofold: to equip, disciple and empower the church in worship through church services to live lives of worship to God. to nurture relationships within the church community as part of the worldwide body of Christ In terms of the formerwe finished our sermon series on I Corinthians in the Spring. After that we moved onto a sermon series on The Holy Spirit, seekingto develop charismatic ministry within the church. We finished with the first half of a series called Let the Light In in the Autumn term, looking at key Christian doctrines in a fresh way. No major changes were planned or implemented for our worship services over the year. but numbers continued to grow with our Easter and Christmas numbers back to around 2019 levels. In terms of church community, we had another successful Together event. again on a Sunday from 10am- 6pm. We had a number of other successful social gatherings, includin8 picnics, a Coronation Tea, Men's Breakfasts and introducin8 a series of Friday Film Afternoons which were very well attended. Oasis- our main outreach to seniors- also continued to grow and flourish, as did ourweekly coffee morning. Mlnlstry Group- Children, Youth and Famllie5 Our ministry to young people10-18sl and families has a heart for making St Paul's a place where children and youth have the opportunity belong and connect with each other and with Jesus. A significant part of this across 2023 has been lookin8 at how we can creatively use the opportunities we have with these groups of people to see them grow in relationship with Jesus, be given space to connect with God themselves. and opportunities foryoun8 people to serve and grow in their giftings. This ha5 been possible because of the commitment of a very large volunteer team across our kids and youth teams. Bethany Larby has continued to lead our ministry to O-lls and their families, enjoying the opportunity to build on the relationships previously formed over the previous years and seeing a growth in both numbers at our events and a significantly higher level of engagement with the schools than the previous year. The start of 2023 saw Sophie Love5mith take the lead in overseeing ouryouth ministry111- 1851, with a focu5 on growing and resourcing the youth teams and creating stronger vision around this area of our ministry. Alongside her leadership. Joe Lloyd has been doing a significant part of the face-to-face youth ministry as our Assistant Youth Pastor, leading groups and going into the secondary schools. His responsibility in leading the youth work increased at the Ènd of the year. following Sophie going on maternity leave in October, wf(h oversight from Bethany. St Pours Klds Sundoy Morning Groups (0-115) The children have groups duringthe 10.30am worship service every Sunday of the month except for the third Sunday when there is an all-a8e service. The children enjoy their involvement in the first fifteen minutes of the service- having a weekly action song which the kids help lead, getting them helping with the birthday pencils and sharing in the celebration slot. and children praying for the adults in the service - continues to help them feel seen and valued as part of our intergenerational church. They also regularly share at the end of the service their highlights from their groups with the congregation, and hearing what the adults did in return. There is a creche for ￿3s, a group for 4-7s and a group for 7-11s. Duringthe groups they follow the same themes and Bible stories as the adults to help aid conversations with their families at home afterwards. Every session ha5 four key elements- a Bible story, prayer time, worship songs and a mission for the week. On average we have around 20-25 children attending the groups on a Sunday. This is led by a wonderful team of volunteers. and across 2023 we have enjoyed having four different teenagers help in addition as part of their DofE volunteering. which was a mutual blessin& In September 2023 we focused some more energy into the creche, creating more input in their se55ions so that the littlest in our congregation can connect with God too. They now have a prayer tree with their names, songs, instruments. and Bible story. followed by a craft on the theme and playtime. Following promoting this at the front of church we have seen more attending the creche and seeing it as an important place fortheir children to be. l am very grateful for the enthusiasm of the core tea in creche who have embraced this new season and are helping guide new volunteers joining that team. AIIAge Services (intergenemtionolj One of the biggest highlights of 2023 was revampin8the all age services by launchin8 a new intergenerational all age Service team. In order to fulfil the vision to be truly intergenerational, we invited children to be a part of this team to input into the planning of services in the same way the adults do, which in turn ha5 also seen them much more involved in the leadership of them. We met once a month to plan and then lead the service- the feedback has been very posttive since making thi5 change and it has been exciting to see how appreciative people are of a more creative intergenerational space to do church together. Tots Praise (045) Tots Praise has been a huge success. with numbers steadily increasing across the year. The group has an average of 25-30 children attendin& plustheir parents/carers. We have 30 minutes of upfront led toddler worship, followed by toys and chat over refreshments. It has been fantastic to see the families engaging so well with the worship son8s and interactive Bible stories, with lots saying it IS the highlight of their week. We saw extremely high numbers at our Christmas party this year and over the Christmas season. Lots of these families attended our events or a Christmas service, especially Family Carols and the Christingle services. Some families have been comingon Sunday momings and we have had a few parentslgrandparents join a kids, team at church. The biggest highlight though has been the relationships formed with those regularly attending the group and the pastoral and spiritual conversations that have taken place in that space. Boby & Toddler Group (0-35) Baby and Toddler Group has been a successful space again last year for seeing families from the community come along and enjoy being in the church space. Janet and the team put out lots ofgames, toys. a weekly craft and refreshments to enjoy, and there has been lovely feedback from those attending. On average there are around 25-30 attending each week. Highlights have been marking celebrations across the year. such as having an Easter e88 hunt, putting poppies at the cross for remembrance. and a teddy bearfs picnic in the summer. Youth Cafe (9-Ils) We continued to run youth café for children from Crawley Ridge school as a safe place for them to spend time with their friends and get to know the volunteers on the team. In the January we had on average around 20 young people attendin& which dropped in the summer term as the weather improved and seasonal school clubs began. Each week we had games, drawin& consoles. pool table. table tennis, activities and refreshments Ifruit and toast). This was a good way of us speedin8 UP the connections we had with the children from the school and building relationships with them. However, after a longtime of prayerful consideration and confirmation from the volunteer team that it was the right timin8, we decided to stop Youth Café at the end ofthe Summer term. We felt that it had been significant as a way of initially speeding up the connection with the school children. but the stopping of it would give room for more significant opportunities in the schools now that a stron8 relationship had been established. In the Autumn term. Bethany had a discussion with the headteachers about how we could create more opportunities to connect the children into some of the preexisting service5. groups and events we have, to close the gap between school and church. This created more exciting outreach opportunities: Bethany went into the junior school at lunch times to rehearse with school children who then played a part in our Family Carol Service. meaningwe saw a larger amount of non-church families at that service; we hosted Crawley Ridge Infant schL)ol for their school plays. with Bethany involved in helping rehearse them- we did an extra school trip for the Year 2 children on Christian Worship, which created an exciting space to deepen both the kids and adults who attended ivs knowledge of the ways the church seeks to serve the community. Primory Schools As noted above, we are continuing to 8row links with our schoo15. Bethany goes in regularly to Prior Heath Infants. Crawley Ridge Infants and Crawley Ridge Junior schools to lead Bible based assemblies for the whole school. Alon8side this, She is regularly invited to 80 into the staff room afteThvards which ha5 resulted in being able to know the staff better and strengthen the relationship with the schools. Every school has done trips/service5 at the church across 2023 which have had a big impact on the children and team leading them. We hosted Crawley Ridge Junior school fortheir Year 6 leavers service and whole school carol service. at which Bethany gave a message at. Following hearing posrtive reports about the Junior school leavers service in 2022, Bethany led a Year 2 leavers service this year for Crawley Ridge Infant school who wanted a similar thing. These services are a wonderful way of celebrating this milestone with all the staff, children and their parents in our church. Nursery Bethany has continued going into the nursery next door every Wednesday to lead a mini-Tots Praise session for the nursery children, including worship songs and a Bible story. The nursery children from the youn8er site also walk up to the church every week to join in with our main Tots Praise session. In September 2023. it was encoura8ing for Bethany to recognise children from the nursery starting at the infant schools in reception - it is a good way of noticing the constant relationship we have as church from young age with the families attending our nurseries and schools. Holiday Club We held our annual Holiday Club, this year looking at the story of Joseph. which was attended by around 90 children. It was an amazing event. with a wonderful team of volunteers leading workshops, groups, upfront time and registration. We ended on a high, with a service forfamilies of the children to come along to and a BBQ in the garden area. which was a lovely way for the church family to chat with all the families who had attended the club. Fomily Events Every term we held family and social events, seein8 families from the church. local schools, nursery, community and toddler groups coming along= In January, we held a board game and fish and chip evenin& which saw lots of families coming along and different age groups mixing. In February we create a new forniat for our pancake event, rebranding it as a Pancake Praise Party. We set it up café style in the church. led through from the front, which meant that there was a high level of spiritual input through a talk, worship songs, prayer and videos. Over 120 people carne alon8 and we had a large and wonderful volunteer team. We ran an Easter Trail again on Good Friday. with higher numbers than the previous year, and it was a special time of engaging interartively in the Easter story with mostly unchurched families. In May we ran a Coronation Tea Party. with lots of children and toddlers attending and enjoying the craft activities and soft play. We saw children from the three churches join together at Together at Frimhurst, which was a nice way of team joining together to run the children's group. We ran a Silent Disco Light Party in October. which was highly popular and has been requested that it is repeated next year. At Christmas we had a large number of events. includingour combined Toddler Christmas Party; Family Carols. Christingle Services (with over 600 attendin81; kids parties; school carol services and plays. In addition to this we had a church family picnic, a welcome lunch and saw a Broup of families go to Spring Harvest-these have been good times to getto know new families better and encourage them to join a team. St Paul's Youth Sunday Youth {11-185) At the beginning of 2023 the youth continued to be meeting at St Paul's during the evening for Ignite, however, as the year went on numbers seemed to decline to an average of four orfive, with some young people of other churches joining. Behaviour/focus on the biblical discussions seemed to digress into social conversations which were not bad in themselves, however the planning and preparation of the sessions kept being wasted due to young people's behaviour. As a team for September plans and discussions were made to link up local churches with smaller amounts of youth to come together to form a big-sized youth group whose sole focus was to better equip young people for their own lives of fatth and life in their Churches, thus Youth Hub was born. Youth Hub has been very successful, seeing numbers grow every week from an average of 10, increasing to 15 and occasionally 18 young people. We settled on Heatherside Vicarage as tt had a more homelyfeel and was not yet another collaborative event that St Paul's was hosting. It also provided neutral ground for all young people involved in the hope that it causes them to band tO8ether as well as help each other to really focus and dive deeply into the word of God. This has been going on since September in collaboration with Heatherside. St Barbaras. St Martins. St Marys, and Camberley Youth for Christ. The Structure of the group mainly focuses on 5 W's Welcome, Worship, Word. Waitin& Witness. Weighing. Friday Youth Group (11-18sJ The youth group meets on Friday night between 7 and 9pm in term time, with an average of 10 to 15 young people attending each week for the first half of the year. The group is largely aimed at unchurched young people and is an open-access drop-in social space. We provide a wide array of artivities such as arts and crafts, sports, games con501es, board and card games and spaces to hangout and chat tOBether. The Summer Holidays seems to have lost a few young people from that average that now the current average is about 5-7 Young people a week. The reasons being many young people have started new evenin8 hobbies or clubs, or just seem to have outgrown the space. Secondary Schoo15 The team at St Paul's have continued to be involved in schools ministry at our Ioc31 secondary schools- Collingwood College, King5 International College and Tomlinscote School. Sophie and Joe have been regularly going into the schools to assist CYFC with assemblies, lessons. lunch clubs and mentoring across the year. Between them they do one-to one mentoring with an average of S young people a week. The POINT The POINT is a monthly youth worship event for youn8 people in school years 7-13 around Surrey Heath, run in partnership with CYFC and other youth leaders from Camberley. Numbers have declined however we as leaders do not see this as a bad thing as the young people that we are focusing on and have been coming are really receiwng from God. Some of them have even led parts of the service, and are serving on team in various different volunteer roles on the night. Running it on a Friday night has seen the young people attending youth club on the other weeks also coming to the POINT, which is really encouraging. It was good to see young people from St Paul's and the POINT going to CYFC'S weekend away. Joe served on the weekend away and led worship there for those young people. they really had a great time both physically and spiritually. The year ended wrth a POINT panto by the company LOLbear which told the story of Christmas in a unique way that kept the young people engaged they had a blast. Sotellites This is the 5-day summer event run by Youthscape that Joe partnered with CYFC and other churches to be able to take 3 of our young people alon& joiningthe 2i>odd youn8 people going from other churches. It was a great time of worship, teachin& and fun. There was a Talk every morning and evenin8 in which we as leaders encouraged all the young people to go at least to these. In addition, there were lots of faith- focused artivities that the young people could get involved with includin& Bible study mornings, Runs, football. Movie night, and the theme dress evening. The young people had a blast not just in fun but in faith. One amazing thing that did occur was bythe third daythe young people began gatherin8 round together and singing worship songs late at night, Joe began to help them with hi5 guitar, and they would gatherfor the rest of the evenings. So much so even other young people from campsites after the evening session would come along and join in it was such a blessing to see so many young people be prayed for and pray for others, dwelling in the spirit of God for those 5 days away. Mlnlstry Group- Prayer and Spirituallty The purpose of the Prayer and Spirttuality Ministry Group is: To encourage and enable the individual and corporate prayer lrfe of 5t Paufs Church. To seek space and opportuntties for Church members to continue to be transformed bythe Holy Splrit. and to actively encourage them, in new ways. to practice Christian spirituality in their lives. The prayer life of the church has been maintained and has continued to flourish through 2023. Prayers for Healing IPfH} services have continued throughout 2023, now on the third Sunday of the month following a refresh during the year. The team of pray-ers has been stable and faithful. By January 2023 the take up for the ministry during the 10.30am service had returned to pre-pandemic levels, and this has continued to be the case. Throughout the year, evening Hour@Prayer prayer meetings have continued once or twice monthly, taking place in the church chancel or in the church centre. The rnid-week Pray@7 {7am every Wednesday morning in the welcome area at St Paul's. open to any church member with a heart for prayer) has continued to give prayer support for all aspects of our church lrfe, praying also for both local and national issues. The national Thy Kingdom Come prayer initiative was highlighted to church members to enable individual participation, but for the second year running did not lead to corporate events due to competing priorities. The intention is to make this more of a priority in 2024. Gentle prayer ministry continued to be offered at the monthly Oasis gatherings, the monthly daytime event for all ages. This was available in the 'Still Waters. quiet space, and was. again, well used throughout the year. Prayer in Lifegroups was a mainstay. as ever, with church members supporting each other in prayer as they faced the events of 2022. The Prayer Chain lour confidential ￿mall group of prayer warriors for situations requiring urgent prayer) continues to be used frequently, overseen faithfvlly by Gill Hodgkin5. A further Prayer Breakfast took place durin8 the year to enable a time of prayer and mutual feedback by the Prayers for Healing team. This rea￿IrMed the aspiration to provide Prayer Ministry across all the Sunday services.. currently it is being provided formally in the 3rd Sunday services. We again want to praise God for, and celebrate, the significant increase in the involvement of our children and youth in the public prayer life of the church through 2023. Ministry Group- Discipleship and Pastoral Care After some months of trying to find a new lifegroup coordinator. this role was split in summer 2023. Lis Ricketts ceased to be lifegroup coordinator and the vicar is covering that role until a new person could be found to develop and support the lifegroups. Lis continued to develop the Care Team and to represent Pastoral Care in the Ministry CoordinatorTeam. The Care Team meets monthly to discuss the needs for pastoral care in the church. Until her retirement in Jan 2023, the team included Sandra Hi88in5, the Parish Nurse, whose wisdom and expertise was greatly appreciated. In 2024, Lis also took on oversight of Oasis. Coffee stop and MU to bring together much of our seniors ministry. In Spring 2024. the Team has been concentrating on safeguarding and trainin& especially dementia awareness. Ministry Group- Ewangelism and Community Engagement The purpose of the Community Engagement group in -Bringin& compassion, service and the love ofJesus to those in need of help in Camberley and seeing lives transformed" has been combined with the Evangelism activities. A key objective has been to build relationships with all leaders of community initiatives. Connections with those running community service5 in Camberley have been successful and again sharin8 of information and mutual promotions of our service providers has been a popular avenue to pursue. We have therefore included Connect Counselling in the St Paul's revamped website and highlighted all services and contacts for each service on the site. Introductions have been forged with Hope Hub; Connect Counselling- Surrey Heath County Council; Citizens Advice Bureau: Churches Together forum and individual incumbents. A new initiative in our community is Ezra House, a place where the vulnerable. homeless etc can find love and care. counselling and prayer support. This is headed up by Sarah Shearer. The Besom has had a fantastic response regarding funding and support from the supermarkets and churches across Camberley. The Christmas response was extraordinary enabling them to give out almost 200 Christmas hampers. Warden reports Churchwarden - Fobric The specific role of the Churchwarden {Fabricl at St. Paul's is to provide a well-maintained place for both, the congregation to worship, and for the many outside visitors to attend the wide variety of activities that are held at St Paul's. This role also acts as Fire Safety and Data Protection officer. The following is a brief overview of work carried out in 2023: In February, we installed a new side-gate next to the church centre In March and April. major and repeated blockages in our church centre draining system had to be repaired at a considerable cost io In April we purchased an additional set of folding tables to keep up with the requirements concerning our room reservations and hirers. In May we installed a wireless access point for our church hall, enabling better connectivity In May and June. we built a garden shed at Cornerways and re-insulated the house. In June / December, we installed Flatscreen Smart Tvs in St. John's and the Garden Room respectively. In September we installed a Ring Video doorbell at our main entrance for safety reasons Our regular services, certifications and checks were done throughout the year: Jan/Sep: Fire Extinguishers, Feb: Fire Alarm, June- Lightning Conductor. Oct: dishwasher, heating boilers. In November. a new freezer was purchased to replace the old broken one in the Outer Vestry In December, we launched a "Handyman Team". who cover all those maintenance tasks that don't need expert engineers. These tasks used to be with the Facility Manager, whom we lost in Feb 2023. Our focus in 2024 is to drive forward our building development in the church hall and the church centre, namely creating more storage space. updating our rooms, install a new roadside notice board, and to prepare for the next Quinquennial inspection in September. We are grateful to all those who have assisted with all aspects of Church maintenance and decoration. Churchwarden~ Humon Resources Management The specific role of the Churchwarden (HR) at St. Paul's is to look after our personnel and manage the Risk Assessment process. acting also as Health & Safety officer. The staff team during 2023: Revd Tom Darwent continues to lead St Paul's Church and is a strong advocate of outreach activities in the community Revd Heather Valletta joined St Paul's as curate and is responsible for Heatherside Church and for strengthening relationships with Heatherside communitv Revd Daniel Natnael continues to be minister in charge of St Barbara's church and is similarly involved in building relationships within the Mindenhurst community Revd Sophie Lovesmith became an Associate Minister at St Paul's in 2023. She commenced maternity leave in October 2023. Bethany Wood continues as full-time Children's and Families Pastor Joe Lloyd continues as Asslstant Youth pastor Helen Vince continues as Senior Administrator overseeing vital day to day administratlon and facility bookings St Paul's also acts as the payroll rnana8er for Grace Macadam. the children's worker for Heatherside and Deepcut, with costs being cross-charged to both. Gail Redmond left her role as Facilities Manager to pursue employment elsewhere. On behalf of the churchwardens, our specific thanks go to Helen Vince who, specifically after the loss of our facility manager. took on more of the day-to-day maintenance around the Church. Ministry Group- Technology and Communlcation This area ensures we have the equipment, technology. processes. and governance in place to run a well- oiled and known framework for flow of infomation within and outside the church. Communicotlon Maximisin8 our reach to spread the Good News and grow our church is the key focus for our Communication Committee. which has had less meetings, though saw a lot of individual activities in 2023. The Committee owns our Communication Strategy. chooses our communication channels, defines standards, 3nd drives initiatives to make 5t Paul's welcoming and noticed in the community and beyond. A list of opportunities is reviewed and prioritised at every (usually quarterly) meeting, out of which a better use of our premises and the extended use of our technical tools were the main focus areas in 2023. In 2024, we have an open topic of reviewing our branding and the resulting changes for St Paul's. Technology Providing and rnaintaining the technology to support the waywe communicate is the key focus of our Technology Committee since its launch in 2018. In 2023, we managed to retire our people data system by loading people data into our web admin tool. running necessary reports from within that new system. This also enables us nowto create rotas and use more functionality like children check-in. New lights on the chancel enabled us to create a different atmosphere during services, specifically at Christmas. We also moved all relevant documents for the area onto our Microsoft 365 cloud forthe church, to make them accessible from anywhere. Whilst our PC team saw Oli Deek5 re-joinin& our PA team could do with an additional resource. In 2024, we will run 3 review of our 2017118 vision vs what we have actually achieved, continue to look at security, introduce In-Ear-Monitoring for the bands. investigate EV charging point options. rep13ce the main projector in the church. and explore more opportunities our admin tool can bringto our church processes. Elertmnic Equlpment The aim of this ministry IS to provide and maintain electronic equipment commensurate with the administration needs of St Paul's. The team looks afterthe Pcs and other equipment in the church centre together with the associated software. Some of the areas of focus during 2023 have been installing Smart TV Screens in both St. John's and the Garden Room. keeping up wtth the necessarytechnical equipment of the growin8 Staff team. installing a wireless acces5 point in our church hall, and retiring our local file server by moving most of our data into the St. Paul's Microsoft 365 cloud. The focus for 2024 includes encouraging a more connected church familythrough more cloud-based solutions. and ensurin8 our equipment stays up to date. Mission Comrnlttee The objectives of our involvement in mission remain: To support Kingdom growth beyond our local church. To increase our awareness of and involvement in the wider work God is doing. To invest wisely and generously ourtime, talents and resources beyond our immediate Christian communitv. During 2023 Sarah Shearer continued as chair of the Missions Committee with the support of Howard Mason, Sophie Love5rnith. Rebecca Oldaker, Robert Karami. and Oluchi Tabansi. The funds available for distribution have declined further as the boost in 2022 from the Gift Day collection was not repeated in 2023. Hence, the total amount distributed under the designation of Mission Giving was £32,10712022 . £48.2501 so less than half of the amount distributed in 2021 and preceding years. For many years as a church we were able to devote 25% of the Giving Related Income to Mission Giving. More recently we are nearer Il%. The missions supported by St Paul's are listed in Note 3a to the accounts. In addition to this specific giving, there was a further £8K12022: £8KI given to Samara's Aid to support their hospitals in Syria, specific funds raised for individuals in need of financial support in the church and funds for Community Engagement projects such as Frontline Debt. The mission support of St Paul's is by no means limited to the activity of the Mission Committee and there is extensive support given by individuals through time such as volunteering for local missions and providing 12 food and goods to Besom. This good work is all fuelled by prayer and trust in our Holy Father who is the provider of all things. External Church Links Deonery Synod The Deanery Synod meets four times a year at one of the churches within the Surrey Heath Deanery which extends across Camberfey from Chobham to Frimley Green. Each church has its clergy and several elected members who sit on their own PCC Isee 7.3) and provide regular feedback on Synod matter5. A new Synod was elected in 2023, with representatives shown in 7.3. Howard Mason was re-elected as Lay Chair for 2023-26, and Tom Darwent was appointed as Assistant Area Dean. The Deanery Leadership Team IDLT) met monthly. The Synod continued its spirFt of collaboration on cornmon issues at each meetin& raising questions to the Diocese on key issues such as accommodating areas of deprivation wtthin the parish share mechanism. A common approach the achieving Net Zero Carbon target was launched, alongside existing environmental activities. In preparation for the next round of the Parish Needs Process, the Synod conducted an exercise to identify shortfalls in provision for different groups in their communitie5. Forums were set up for administrators and treasurers to share experiences and expertise, as well as information on church activities that could be of common interest. Support was delivered to St Peter's and Heatherside in their period of vacancy. especially as Heatherside developed a new vision for their future and implemented a new arrangement wf(h Heather Valletta. which was launched in 2023. The Synod also took great interest in the development of St Barbara's. A small Deanery fund to facilitate common events has been set up. administered as a separate department within St Paul's, but this is expected to migrate to a separate Deanery account in 2024. Dioce50n Synod Tom Darwent and Howard Mason from St Paul's and Geoff Taylorfrom St Barbara's serve forthe current Triennium 2021-24. This meant that Geoff is an ex-officio memberof the Deanery Synod, and also serves on the DLT. Key issues for the Diocesan Synod during the year included an emphasis on promoting diversity and intergenerational awareness. The opportunity for outreach to over 22,000 pupils in church schools was highlighted. There was much candid reporting of debates at General Synod, particularly in the area of LLF, with strong support for the position of the Diocese in seeking a practical solution that accommodated clergy and PCC positions. The Diocese as presented its plans and workstreams for achieving the Net-zero tar8et across the Diocesan estate of churches, halls, vicarages and offices by 2030, with significant grants for schools already achieved. A major topic of discussion was the evolving budget for 2024 given the rapid changes in the financial environment, the supporting inttiatives from the Diocese and the correspondin8 impact on Parish Share. The success of the Deepcut church plant was emphasised. 5. Finance Review Funding Sources Total income for the year was over £467,500. Stewardship income and service collections rose to approximately £334,000 this year, of which St Barbara's contributed nearly £55,¢J)O. This includes over £59,OCK) in tax reclaims through Gift Aid on collections, plus legacies of £12,000. Grants of over £20,000 13 were received for St Barbara'5. the shared children's worker. support for asylum seekers and energy subsidy. Church Centre and Hall lettings brought in additional income of nearly £59,0￿, and fees from weddings, funerals and other events generated nearly £12.(￿. A further £18.800 was raised in other special collertions after claiming Gift Aid. The electronic system for online and contactless card donations and payments continued to make a small contribution to income during the year. St Paul's is administering a small fund for Surrey Heath Deanery, which amounted to £200. This will be transferred to a Deanery account in 2024. Expendlture Total expenditure in 2023 amounted to approximately £416.000. This included £10,535 invested in the Church, Vicarage and Cornerways for repairs and improvements. A total of £16,052 for future maintenance was transferred to the capital funds. which now stand aljust over £17.0￿. Our Mission Giving (grants given away to external charttable causes by the PCC. and expenditure on related Communities Engagement activities) amounted to approximately £32,500. A further £18.8(Kl was donated to worthy causes in Special Collections and other donations during the year. This represented a gain of over £61.IXJO for unrestrirted funds after transfers to capttal funds and allowing for depreciation. This includes a surplus for St 8arb3ra's of £55.000, and planned expenditure of over £19,000 from restritted funds during 2023 in support of children and families work, which will continue until July 2024. Detailed budgetary planning and monitoring has been undertaken to support the Deepcut Church plant which was launched in September 2019. Expenditure during 2023 has been focused on the school rent as the church buildin81£8,41XIi, the funded children's pastor as well as operating costs which amounts to just under £14,0001see note 151. For convenience, St Barbara's finance arrangements form part of the St Paul's finance function until it is considered appropriate to transfer them over to a new governance structure. not later than the end of 2024 when the plant support funding from the Diocese ends. Income and costs are being recorded under separate department code to allow them to be separately reported. The revised allocation of costs by the Diocese has resulted in a decline in the planned payments for Parish Share from 2022 onwards. The baseline reduction was planned for 2021 but deferred due to the impact of COVID-19. and continued in 202314. Investment pollcy Currently all cash monies received are to be held on deposit etther at the Church's bank current account or in the Church's deposit account if not reqUI￿d for immediate liquidity purposes. The St Barbara's surplus will be transferred to the deposit account in early 2024. pending expenditure on the building and parish Share in 2025. Although a good rate of interest or return is always desirable, the priority is to maintain a low to zero risk for all monies earmarked to meet our costs and obligations during the year, including free capital requirements arising under our Reserves Policy which includes provision for liability capital and cost repayment obligations. The Treasurer has a mandate from the PCC to explore other higheryielding low risk avenues for monies held which are above and beyond all of ourcommitments as described but in any case, all investment opportunities must be presented to and agreed by the PCC in each individual instance before any such investment can take place. Such investments and any associated risk must be reviewed at least annually. In practice, it is considered highly unlikely that surplus monies will be left unspent or unallocated, therebv requiring movement away from our current bank and deposit holding arrangements. 14 Reserves Policy The PCC has adopted a reserves policy which not only accommodates an ongoing and fluctuating expenditure, but also allows for specific and focused cost obligations to be addressed on a continuous basis. In addition to normal expenditure {including grant payments and parish share} which is covered by our General Fund, the Capital Repair Fund is used for repairs to the Church and its equipment, and the Vicarage and Cornerways Funds are for the maintenance of clergy accommodation. These funds are designated by the PCC and replenished bytransfers from the General Fund. Repairs to the Church, the vicarage and Cornerways consumed about £10,500, but a contribution of £16,000 was applied to sustain the funds for routine tasks. After setting aside a suitable amount each year for future repairs and maintenance, the PCC usually aims to keep the balance of unrestricted reserves to at least three months, running costs, excluding external giving and Parish Share i.e. £46,0(KJ. Reserves for St Paul's currently stand at about £35,LK)O, with the St Barbara's surplus of £98,000. In the event of any shortfall in the unrestricted reserves. the PCC would expect to transfer money back from the designated funds, and to increase the rate at which restritted funds for the Children and Families Pastor are transferred to the General Fund. Financial review by Trustees The Trustees have maintained a regular review of the Church financesthroughout the year, with monthly reporting of income and expenditure against budget. The Church is operating at the limit of its reserves policy. which means restricting spending to a prudent budget in order to avoid any expenditure not supported by actual income. Staff costs and parish share are fixed and cannot be constrained by this rule. Addrtional donors are being actively recruf(ed. In August 2023, the Trustees were informed that the application requested by the local Council for a Certificate of Lawfulness for the new nursery operation had been refused, as tt breached a 1978 planning condition for the building used for the nursery. which was different from the one used for the previous four decades. The nursery has since returned to its previous location on the site to restore compliance and to mitigate the impatt on surrounding properties. and a full planning application for the revised operation has been approved. This appears to have removed the risk of action from the neighbours. Operation of the nursery had a positive impact on the 2023 balance sheet. with break-even expected in 2025. A budget for 2024 ha5 been set with a surplus to replenish the reserves. and this is on track at the time of reporting. As of May 2024, the Trustees believe that the charity remains a going concern, as any shortfalls in giving are considerably less than its discretionary Mission giving. 6. Structure. Governance and Management 6.1 Governance and Constitution The general functions of the PCC and its constitution are set out in the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure119561 as amended and the Church Representation Rules. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the Parish including deciding how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. The membership ofthe PCC includes the incumbent. the curate. the churchwardens and members elected by the Church electoral roll members or co-opted by the PCC. All those who attend services are encouraged to register on the Elertoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. Deanery Synod representatives appointed bythe APCM and Diocesan Synod representatrves also serve on the PCC. The PCC members are the Trustees of the Charity. 15 Trustees are therefore usually long-standing members of the congregation who are already familiar with the operation of the Church. Before their candidacy, they are inteNiewed by a churchwarden to highlight the specific responsibilities of PCC members and provided with a briefing booklet. After appointment, they are added to the Charity Commission website and invited to review the briefing material available. During 2023. the PCC met six times for routine business, plus a brief meeting afterthe APCM held on 24 May. In order to support the Church Plant, a local Leadership Team has been established for St Barbara's, comprisin8 members of the congregation including the planting team. Members of the existing congregation from St Barbara's participate in the PCC. and one or more members of the PCC are also member5 of the planting team. This arrangement will continue until St Barbara's sets up its own PCC. 6.2 Organisational Structure Internal The PCC operates through a number of committees and groups which meet between meeting5 of the PCC. Standing Committee This is the only committee required by law. It has powers to transatt the business ofthe PCC between its meetinES. subjert to any direction given by the PCC. It comprises the Vicar. Churchwardens, Treasurer, PCC Secretary and one member elected bythe PCC. The Standing Committee met five times. Ministry Coordinotors The overall activities of the PCC are organised around Ministry Groups- wth each group responsible for an element of mission and overall of the PCC. Ministry Groups mayforni Committees for particular tasks. The Ministry Groups land Ministry Group Coordinators) during 2023 are: Worship & Church Community (Revd Tom Donventj Children, Youth ond Fomilies (Revdsophie Lovesmithj Prayer ond Spirituality (Chris Higgin5J Discipleship (￿5 Ricketts) Evangelism & Community Engagement (Shomn Blyth) Technology and Communications (Stefon Carll The Ministry Coordinators meet regularly to discuss and monitor the Ministry Groups in order to enable and support development of ministries. Ministry coordinators reports were received by the full PCC and discussed where there were issues of governance to be decided. Mi55ion Committee The Mission Committee was reconstituted in 2016 as a committee of the PCC to oversee the allocation of our various grants to Mission organisations at the local. national and international level. A5 well as regular meetings with the individuals who serve as links to the various organisations that we support, the committee meets twice annually to propose a series of donations to the PCC for approval. It also coordinates prayer support for those organisations and promotes their visibility in the church. The Committee has an independent chair, plus four PCC members, each of whom is responsible for a number of organisations. Safeguarding OA children ond vulnerable odults The Church of England has continued to provide central guidance for all dioceses and parishes. The PCC adopted the Policy Statement and Church of England Policies and Prattice Guidance at the first PCC meeting following the APCM in May 2023. The signed Policy Statement is displayed on the church noticeboards both at St Paul's and St Barbara's. 16 The Safeguarding Implementation Team continues to work through the Parish Safeguarding Dashboard. introduced by the Diocese towards the end of 2021. The dashboard is proving to be a really useful tool for ensuring that all relevant policies and procedures are up to date and in place and that all leaders and helpers for groups and activities have been Safely recruited. As a result of being on level 3 of the dashboard (top level), the parish has been given access to the safeguarding hub, created to help parishes with the safer recruttment and management of staff and volunteers involved in working With under 18s and vulnerable adults. The Safeguarding Team continues to work with the church leadership and PCC to embed safeguarding into the culture of St Barbara's and St Paul's. Safeguarding Sunday was again marked with Q and A or a presentation being given by the PSO to each congregation in both churches to ensure all members of the congregations are aware of the role of PSO and the shared responsibility of everyone to make the churches safe for all. Other Groups Many other groups exist to manage specific activbties and typically report to and liaise with the Ministry Groups within which they reside. External The structure for different levels of governance within the Church start5 at Parish level with both lay and ordained persons represented in the Houses of Laity and Clergy on the Surrey Heath Deanery Synod. The Deanery Synod elerts representatives to the Diocesan Synod, which in turn elects representatives to the General Synod. This strutture helps to ensure a flow of information and thoughts both upwards and back to Parish level. Each meeting of the Deanery Synod is held within a different Parish around the area. The hosting parish gives a short report about their area and how they as Christians work wtthin their local community, before issues of common interest are addressed. As well as its clergy, St Paul's provides up to four lay representatives to the Deanery Synod and currently has three members on the Diocesan Synod. 6.3 Trustee Transactions A total of £46.660 wos donated to the charity by oll trustee5 (2022.. £51.850). A total of £1,438 (2022.. £15,483 including stoff trustees) w05 reimbursed tofive non-staff Trustees during the yeorfor expenses incurred. 7. Administrative Information 7.1 Background The Parish of St Pauls, Camberley is within the Diocese of Guildford. At the start of the year the electoral roll stood at 227. after which members of the Mission Roll at St Barbara's were removed. There were 204 parishioners on the roll at the time of the 2023 APCM. The elertoral roll at the end of the year stood at 201. The average weekly attendance for the October reporting period was 144 adults and 18 children. The average congregation at St Barbara's had increased to 96. including children. 7.2 Contact infomation Address for Correspondence St Pauls Church, Crawley Ridge, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2AD 17 Other Channels of Inforniation Facebook- htt Website- htt www.facel)ooLcom WWW.St aulscamberle es Cambede St-Pauls-Church-Camberle 19647177348 .or 7.3 Parochial Church Council (PCC) Membership Note: * denotes membership of the Diocesan Synod. + denotes Deanery Synod. T denotes current Trustee os at Februory2025 Clergy Revd Tom Darwent (Vicar/ Chairmanl+'T- until September 2024 Revd Sophie Lovesmith ICuratel+T Revd Daniel Natnael (Minister in charge. St Barbara's)+T Wardens serving during 2023 Stefan Carl (Elected APCM 2020, Appointed APCM 2022. 2023IT Gillian Fernandes (Elected APCM 2021, Appointed APCM 2022. 2023IT Lay Representative5 on the Deonery Synod setving during 2023 Angela Wilkinson {Appointed 2009l+T John Winterton {Co-opted November 2019)+T Howard Mason (Appointed APCM 2020-also 5erve5 35 Treasurer- PCC since 2007) '+T Elerted Members serving during 2023 Angela Carroll (Elected APCM 2021IT Charlotte Cooper (Elerted APCM 2022IT Jill Davis (Co-opted a5 Safeguarding Officer APCM 2021, elected APCM 2022IT Chris Higgins (Elected APCM 2018 and 2021IT Oluchi Tabansi (Eletted APCM 2023}+T Geoff Taylor {Appointed as warden APCM 2018- 2021. elected APCM 20221'+ T John Welch IElected APCM 2019 and 2022)T David Williams IElected APCM 2021IT Appointed Members serving during 2023 Helen Vince (Secretary- Appointed June 2016, and APCM 2017-2023) 7.4 Statement of Responsibilities of Members of the PCC Charity law requires the members of the PCC to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its financial activities for that period, together with its assets and liabilities at the end of the period, and adequately distinguish any material special trust or other restricted fund of the charity. In preparing these financial statements, the members of the PCC are required to: lal select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently- Ibl make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; Ic) state whether the policies adopted are in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and with applicable accounting standards. subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in business. Idl 18 The members of the PCC are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose. with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the charity, and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable Accounting Standards and Statement of Recommended Prattice and the regulations made under the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the a55ets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 7.5 Advisors to the PCC Bankers National Westminster Bank. 45 Park Street, Camberley, Surrey Independent Examlner A M Skilton ACA, Brewers. Chartered Accountants. Bourne House, Queen Street, Gomshall, Surrey GU5 9LY (appointed as independent examiner at the APCM in May 20231 This report has been approved by the PCC on 25 February 2025. and signed on its behalf by: Howard Mason {Treasurer) 19 Independent Examinerfs Report to the members of the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Camberley I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of St Paul's Church Camberley I'the charity'l for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Artivities, the Balance Sheet and related notes. This report is made solely to the chariWs trustees, as a body, in accordance with sertion 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charit¢5 trustees those matters l am required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law. I do not accept or a55ume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed. Responsibilities and basis of report As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Art 20111.the Att,). I report in respett of my examination of the chariws financial Statements carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. An independent examination doe5 not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the financial statements. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently l express no opinion as to whether the financial statements present a 'true and fairf view and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examinerfs statement. Independent examinerfs statement Since the charitvs gross income exceeded £250.{￿ your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011. 1 confirm that l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am a member of ICAEW specify other appropriate body, which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connettion with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or the financial statements do not accord wtth those records- or the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached Andrew Skilton ACA ICAEW Brewers Chartered Accountan Bourne House Queen Street Gomshall SurreyGUS 9LY 20 ST PAUL'S CHURCH, CAMBERLEY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AT 31 DECEMBER 2023 Unrestrlcted Designated Restrlcted Funds Funds Funds Total 2023 Total 2022 Note Income and Endowments frtyn: Donations and legacies Charitable artivities Investments Other Total income 370,630 70,896 2,108 2.258 445,892 21,678 392,308 70,896 2,108 2,258 21,678 467570 391,804 49.447 612 2b 2¢ 2d 3.191 445.OS4 Expendlture on: Charitable activities Support costs Total expendtture 3a 3b 252.553 131.183 386A36 18.858 271.411 444 142.162 19.302 416.273 271,740 141,896 413.636 10.535 10.535 Net Incomellexpendlturel Transfers between funds Net movement In funds Total funds brou8ht forwaid S9.456 2.148 6L604 264.166 110.53SI 16.052 5.517 IIA79 2.376 51.297 118.2001 115A241 51.297 39.238 315.283 31.418 11 &12 31.418 283.865 Totsl funds carried forward 325.770 17396 23A14 366.580 315,283 The SOFA from 2022 is reproduced forcomparison: Unrestricted Desiznated RestrKted Fund5 Funds Funds Total Total Note 2022 2021 Income and Endowrnents fr￿. Donations and legacies Charitable activwties Investment5 Other Total in¢ome 2a 337,194 49.447 612 3.191 3gJA44 54.610 391,804 49,447 612 360,129 24,670 24 6,531 391,354 2b 2¢ 2d 3,191 445,054 54,610 Expenditure on- haritable activities 3a 3b 250.045 124.586 374.631 21.695 678 271.740 236.815 141.896 123.713 22J73 413.636 360.S28 Support costs Total expendlture 16.632 16.632 Net incomellexpenditure) Transfers between funds 15A13 26.983 42.796 221.370 116.6321 32.237 15.926 142,9091 {7061 {10.6721 12.585 49.910 31.418 aOA26 11 &12 Net movement In funds Total funds brought forward 31.418 283.865 30A26 253.039 Total funds ¢arrled forward 264.166 11.879 39.238 315,283 283￿65 21 ST PAUL'S CHURCH, CAMBERLEY BALANCE SHEEf AT 31 DECEMBER 2023 2023 2022 Note Fixed assets Tangible assets 191,998 196,729 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 18.004 184,545 202,549 19,850 121,915 141,765 Liabilities Creditors: Amounts falling due due within one year Taxation 27,451 22,209 Wages Credit card 147 377 174,581 366,580 1,002 118,554 315,283 Net current assets or liabilities Total net assets or liabilities The funds of the charity Unrestricted funds General Designated funds Capital Repair Fund Vicarage Refurbishment Fund "Cornerways" Refurbishment Fund io 325,770 264,166 12 12 12 9,721 5,212 2,464 17,397 4,233 4,142 3.504 11,879 Total unrestricted funds 343,167 276,045 Restricted funds io&ii 23,413 39,238 Total charity funds 366.580 315,283 Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 25 February 2025 and signed on its behatf by: Origi I sign Original signed by Stefa arl (Churchwardenl Howard Mason (Treasurer) Re8lStered Charity: 1132837 22 ST PAUL'S CHURCH, CAMBERLEY Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 I. ACCOu1￿ING POLICIES The financial statements have been prepared in accordance wsth the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 issued on I January 2019 and the Financial Reporting standard applicable in the United Kin8dom and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from l January 2019. The Parochlal Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's. Camberley. meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unle55 Otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy. FRS 102 has been used in conjunrtion with the Charities SORP when preparing these financial statements. Funds General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regardin8 their use and are available for application to the general purposes of the PCC. These include funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC. The purpose of any restricted funds is noted in the accounts. The accounts include transactions. assets and liabilities for which the PCC can be held responsible. They do not include the accounts of Church groups that owe an affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of Church members. Income Voluntary income and copltol Sou￿$ Collections are accounted for when received. Non-Gift Aid includes donations via the Charities Aid Foundation {CAFI scheme where the tax has been recovered by CAF on behalf ofthe donor. Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is accounted forwhen the donation is received. Grants to the PCC are accounted for on receipt. Other ordinary income Rental income from the letting of Church premises is accounted forwhen due. Parochial fees due tothe PCC for weddings. funerals etc are accounted for after each event. Incomefrom investment Interest is accounted for when due. Legacles Income from legacies is accounted for when the legacy is receivable. Value Added Tox IVA TJ 23 Due to the nature of the charitvs activities, it is outside the scope of VAT and therefore its Incomin￿{OUtgolngl resources, as stated. are VAT inclusive. Expenditure Grants Grants and donations are accounted for when payable. Pensions The Church participates in the Pension Builder Scheme section of the Church Workers Pension Fund, which is in surplus. Pension contributions are char8ed to the SOFA as incurred. Costs directly related to the work of the Church The Diocesan parish share 15 accounted for when payable and any amount unpaid at 31 December IS shown as a creditor in the Balance Sheet. Flxed A55ets Consecrated lund and buildings ond movoble Churchfittings Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from the accounts. No value is placed on moveable Church furnishings held by the Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings and movable Church fvrnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is charged in full as incurred. Other land ond building5 Other land and buildin85 held on behalf of the PCC for its own purposes are valued at cost. Depreciation of 2% per annum is charged against such buildings but any expenditure on maintenance or improvement is charged as incurred. Otherfixtures fittings and office equipment Equipment used within the Church premise5 is depreciated on a straight-line basis over 4 years. Individual rtems of equipment with a purchase price of under £3,000 are wrttten off in the period in which the asset is acquired. Current assets Amounts owing or paid in advance to the PCC at 31 December are shown as debtors. Short-term deposit5 include cash held on deposTt at the bank. Current liabilities Amounts due or received in advance are shown as creditors. 24 ST PAUL'S CHURCH, CAMBERLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS- For the year ended 31 December 2023 2. Income and Endowments from: Unrestrlrted Designated Restrlcted Funds Funds Funds Total 2023 Total 2022 2a Donation5 and legacies Planned giving Bank credits Other planned giving Collections at Services Sundry donations Income tax recoverable Grants Legacies 238.292 25.102 4.850 17.168 59.038 14,180 12,¢XM) 370.630 6,781 245.073 224,821 25.102 23,260 5,721 10,571 17,827 200 17,368 41,819 2,476 61.514 62,953 6.500 20,680 4,172 12,OtXI 16,952 21,678 392,308 391,804 2b Charltable activities Church centre lettings Church hall lettings etc Events Fees for weddings. funerals etc 21.642 37,285 8,295 3,674 70,8% 21.642 17,817 37,285 17,793 8,295 6,813 3,674 7,024 70,896 49,447 2c Investments Interest 2d Other Miscellaneous 2,108 2,108 612 2,258 2,258 2,258 2,258 3,191 3,191 Total Income and endowments 445,892 21.678 467,570 445,054 Unrestricted income in 2022: £390.444. There was no income designated by the PCC in 202312022= £nill- Restricted income included special collections of £18,858 for spectfic causes. paid out as described in note 312022: £23,820). 25 ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. CAMBERLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- For the year ended 31 December 2023 3. Expenditure on: Unrestricted Funds Designated Funds Restrirted Funds Total 2023 Total 2022 3a Charitable activities Mission and Charitable giving Overseas mi55ion Societies Bib￿ So¢*ty Children ofth8 Dump FLqrrÉ Internat￿al Miltsry Ministries Intem*w)nal Love MO￿0¥8 FouThJation Afria Inland National mission societie5 Acorn Chrk51ian FOundat￿n Evangelical Alkan Pansh NuNng MiniSt￿S UK Local organisrtions CaMber￿Y Youth for Chr onnect Chiistsan Coun$elliNJ shop of Guihyford Foundatv)n Carnberky 8ESOM Frimhvr5t IATD Fourth Wtykll Good News Forever 500 6,369 5,QX)O 5,(XJO 5,227 5,CX)O 3.(XlO 3,CX)O 3,LXJO 3,CX)O 4,CX)O 300 250 3.(w)O 1,500 250 s,￿0 250 3,090 3.000 5,Th)0 5,(x)O 55 io 2,010 2,500 2,000 2,228 2,(K)O Otherbeneficiories Phyllis Tuckwell H05pice Community Engagement Grants Camt*W BESOM Special collections Indbvrdual support Kibera Chri51m35 colkn*ons Speakers Corr*r F￿eral colkctions Samara Howtal Sl Barbara'$ bydes Staff ¢*llectons Discretlonary grants Other charitsble art[vI￿e$ Staff oJ5ts Accorrmoyatim ¢osiS yO￿h Ministry Prayer and sp￿t￿a￿ty WLY5hip & Church Cornmunty t15wle5hip & Pastoral Care Carr*odey C¢mftwnit*$ Engagen* Parish Share and ether stsbscnpllc￿S Tot￿5 I,Ix)o 2,125 2,125 4,453 3,881 1,958 385 378 B,179 167 1,415 150 2,558 481 334 8,238 2,558 481 334 8,238 700 4.322 700 4,379 81.829 81,829 S7,361 1,490 5,280 6,455 31 220 10,941 10,797 1,8L5 1,860 4,012 4,422 116 538 119 040 5.2&1 31 10.941 1,815 4,012 252 $53 18858 271411 271740 Unrestricted grants of £36,119 were made to a range of organisations12022.' £52,822), and no grants were made from funds designated by the PCC12022.' a150 nill. Special collection5 receNed as restricted income were paid out in full with the exception of just under £2.CIXI collerted for Church Hall architectural planning. The cost of the various ministry activities climbed to £216.434 due to change5 in staffing payments12022: £197,223). 26 ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, CAMBERLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- For the year ended 31 Decefflber 2023 3. Expenditure on: Deslgnate Restrirte Unrestricted Funds Total 2023 Total 2022 Funds Funds 3b Support costs Stsff Costs AccomM￿lation Costs Staff exrense5 Motor & Travel Costs Training offi￿ Costs Professional F&s Church Premi￿ Costs Infrastruttu Finance Costs Depreciation IndeFendent Examiners f General Expenses 38,017 2,983 145 1,267 709 11,683 5,639 55,225 38,017 6,164 145 1,267 709 12,128 5,639 62,579 41,687 1,061 1.563 1,807 896 11,265 494 64,442 55 1,388 4,731 2,542 3,181 7,354 1,288 4,731 2,700 1,288 4,731 2,700 141,89 Unrestricted expenditure on the Church building rose as normal service resumed12022: £124,586), and designated expenditure reflected steady investment in maintaining the Church and buildings12022: £16,632). Restricted expenditure includes the final costs incurred for investment in audio visual equipment for services12022- £6781. The independent examiners fee representsthe 501e expenditure on governance costs. 4. STAFF COSTS 2023 79.778 34.900 3,590 1,557 119,825 2022 91,922 Wages and salaries Payment to diocese Pension contributions Employer's national insurance 3,993 3,133 During the year the PCC employed a Children and Families Pastor, a Youth Worker, Caretaker/Facilities Manager (until March) and an administrator. No employee received remuneration in excess of £60,000 per annurn. This represented 3.6 staff. Key management personnel of the Church comprise the Trustees. includin8 the Minister, the Minister in charge for Deepcut, the Associate Minister, the Children and Families Pastor and the Administrator. The Salaries of the Ministers are paid by the Diocese. although the Associate Minister c05t5 of £34,9CN) are recharged to the parish. The total amount paid for salarie5. pensions and expenses for these people was £107,88112022: £67,120). 27 5. TRUSTEES AND CONNEcfED PERSONS A total of £1,438 was reimbursed to five non-staff Trustees during the year for expenses incurred in church activities12022'. £15,483 reimbursed to eleven Trustees including staffj. No trustee received any remuneration for their trustee role. A total of £46,660 was donated to the charity by all trustees {2022: £51,850). 6. FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BYTHE PCC Freehold land Equlpment & buildings 236.547 Total Cost At ljanuary 2023 Additions Disposals At 31 December 2023 At ljanuary 2023 Charge forthe year Disposals At 31 December 2023 17,954 254.501 236.547 39,818 4,731 17,954 254,501 17,954 57,772 4,731 Depreciation 44.549 191.998 17,954 62,503 191,998 Net Bookvalue At 31 December 2023 At 31 December 2022 196,729 196,729 The freehold13nd and buildings comprise the curate's house ("ComeThvays"l in Camberley. This was purchased in 1993 and was financed partly by a Value Linked Loan of £50,(MJO from the Church Commissioners. As a result, the Commissioners owned 47.6% of "Cornerways" and were entitled to this proportion of the net proceeds, if sold. Following negotiations with the Church Commissioners, a valuation of £381,250 was agreed. and a payment of £181.547 was made in 2014 to redeem the loan and remove the burden of restrictive covenants and index-linked interest payments. The loan terminated at the end of July 2014, and 2% depreciation has been applied from that point. 7. ANALYSIS OF NEf ASSEfs BY FUND Unrestrirted Funds 191.998 161.739 127,9671 325,770 Designated Restricted Funds Funds Total Fixed assets Current assets Current liabilities Fund balance 0 191.998 23,413 202.549 0 127,9671 23.413 366,580 17.397 17,397 8. DEBTORS 2023 8.328 5.152 4,524 18.004 2022 8.723 2.660 8,467 19.850 Income tax recoverable and room hire Prepayments and accrued interest Other debtors 28 9. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FAWNG DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2023 2022 26.883 21,706 18) 147 Accruals and deferred income Taxation Wages Credit card Other creditors 377 568 1.002 503 27,967 23,211 The Church held a lease contrart on its photocopiers extending to March 2024 at a cost of £3.819 per annum. 10. FUND DETAILS AND RESERVE POUCY The Capital Repair Fund is for future repairs to the Church and its equipment. and the Wicarage and Cornerways Funds are forthe maintenance of clergy accommodation. These funds are designated by the pcc. Contributions to the C3Pttal Repair fund were sustained in 2023 in order to build up the reserve to address requirements emerging from the 2019 Quinquennial inspection. After setting aside a suitable amount each year for future repairs and maintenance, the PCC aims to keep the balance of unrestrirted reserves to around three months, running costs for the following year ie £46,CKrf), discounting grants and parish share payment which could be deferred if necessary. 11. RESTRICTED FUNDS Outward Mission Audio C&F Giving Giving Wisual Pastor Deanery St Barbara Fund Fltout Total Balance brought forward Income in the year Transfer to general fund Costs in the year Balance carried forward 1,975 14,978 29.818 200 6,800 39,237 6.500 21,678 0 (18,2001 14.3221 {19,3021 8,978 23.413 2LY) {2LXII 0 {18,OCY)I 0 (444) {14.536) 2,417 11.818 200 Outward giving represents donations for causes outside the Church, typically through special collections. The income includes contributions to a development fund forthe Church Hall. to be expended as required. A final tranche of expenditure on audiovisual equipment was made against the proceeds of the Gift Day in 2018. The 2021 Gift Day focused on support for the additional funds needed to support a full-time Children and Families Pastor for a year and actually raised enough funds to cover three years, so will be expended by transfer to the General Fund over the period tojuly 2024. The other restricted funds cover contributions to Surrey Heath Deanery, administered by St Paul's until July 2024, and a one-off donation to fitting out St Barbara's when construction is completed. 29 12. DESIGNATED FUNDS Capital Repair Fund Iricarage Cornerways Totsl Balance brought forward Income Costs in the year Transfer from general fund Balance carried forward 4,233 4.142 3,505 11,880 17,3541 12.842 9.721 {3,181} 110,5351 2.140 16,052 2,464 17,397 1.070 5.212 The transfers from the general fund include the agreed contributions to the capital funds to replenish against expenditure in 2023. The transfers are based on the original 2023 budget, factored based on 2023 income against expectations. 13. RISK POLICY The PCC maintains a register of the major risks to which St Paul's is exposed. The list is reviewed at each PCC meeting alon8 Wlth the actions and systems to mitigate those risks. The principal financial risk is considered to be the dependence on a dozen donors for more than 40% of the income from giving. 14. PARTICIPATION IN DEFINED BENEFrr PENSION SCHEME- DISCLOSURE NOTICE St Paul's Camberley p3rticipate5 in the Pension Builder Scheme section of CWPF for lay staff. The Scheme is administered by the Church of England Pensions Board, which holds the assets of the schemes separately from those of the Employer and the other participating employers. The Church Workers Pension Fund has a section known as the Defined Benefits Scheme, a deferred annuity section known as Pension Builder Classic and a cash balance settion known as Pension Builder 2014. Both sertions of the Pension Builder Scheme are classed as defined benefit schemes. Pension Builder Classic provides a pension. accumulated from contributions paid and converted into a deferred annuity during employment based on terms set and reviewed by the Church of England Pensions Board from time to time. Discretionary increases may also be added. depending on investment returns and other factors. Pension Builder 2014 is a cash balance scheme that provides a lurnp sum which members use to provide benefits at retirement. Pension contributions are recorded in an account for each member. Discretionary bonuses may be added before retirement, depending on investment returns and other factor5. The account, plus any bonuse5 declared is payable, unreduced, from age 65. There Is no sub-division of assets between employers in each sertion of the Pension Builder Scheme. The scheme is considered to be a multi-employer scherne as described in Section 28 of FRS 102. This is because it is not possible to attribute the Pension Builder Scheme's asset5 and liabilities to specific employers and means that contributions are accounted for as if the Scheme were a defined contribution scheme. The pensions costs charged to the SOFA in the year arethe contributions payable {2023." £3,590, 2022: £3,993). A valuation of the Pension Builder Scheme is carried out once every three years. The most recent valuation was carried out as at 31 December 2019. For the Pension Builder Classic section, the 2019 valuation revealed a deficit of £4.8m on the ongoing assumptions used. At the most recent annual review effective l January 2024. the Board chose to grant a discretionary bonus of 6.7% to both pensions not yet in payment and pensions in payment in respert of 30 service prior to April 1997: and a bonus on pensions in payment in respect of post April 2006 service so that the pension increase was 5% Iwhere usually it would be calculated based on inflation up to 2.5%). This followed improvements in the funding position over 2023. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time. For the Pension Builder 2014 section. the 2019 valuation revealed a surplus of £5.5m on the ongoing assumptions used. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time. The next valuation is due as at 31 December 2022. Calculations for this are currently under way. The legal structure of the scheme is such that if another employer fails, St Paul's Camberley could become responsible for payin8 a share of the failed employerfs pension liabilities. 15. sr BARBARA'S FINANCES While thls report covers both St Paul's and St Barbara's, this note separates out the income and expenditure for St Barbara's to report their financial position. At present, the employment costs of the priest-in-charge Daniel Natnael are fully funded by a grant from the Diocese. which will come to an end in December 2024. As the church is operating under a Bishop's Mission Order, it is not yet paying Parish Share. which is anticipated to start in 2025. Income 2023 2022 Carried fO￿ard Dic(ese funds Grants Giving GÈft 42593 116 1500 45354 9380 loc￿ 6730 1472 5tKI 425Y15 8075 Restri(led grdnts Events Totsl income 2366 62118 62118 85190 127783 Totsl Expenditure stsff costs Buildirrfj costs OFErating costs SeNKe costs Refreshments Donations Total eXpend￿ure Carry forward 8012 11032 2226 3038 1504 4322 30134 97649 127783 12770 1816 2266 25Q6 167 19525 42593 62118 Total The carry-forward is in line with the ten-year budget plan for St Barbara's, which is intended to lead to a viable parish by the end of the decade. 31