The Parish Church of St Michael Yorktown, Camberley In the Diocese of Guildford Annual Report and Financial Statements Of the Parochial Church Council For the Year Ended 31st December 2023 THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL YORKTOWN, CAMBERLEY CONTENTS Parochial Church Council Report Independent Examinerfs Report Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet 10 Notes 11- 14 THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL YORKTOWN, CAMBERLEY Report of tho Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 The Parochial Church Council present their report along wrth the financial statements of the Parrsh for the year ending 31st December 2023. St Michael's Church is situated on London Road. Camberley and is part of the Diocese of Guildford. Reference and Adminlstratlvg Details Correspondence Address.. The Vicarage & Parish Offi 286 London Road Camberley Surrey GU15 3JP Independent Examiner.. Mr Nicolas Gooderham FCA 14 Shalboume Rise Camberley Surrey GU15 2EJ 8•n*tr5. 8ankpl, Camberley Branch POBox191 Camberley Surrey GU15 3GS Parochlal Church Councll 8ackground St Michael's PCC has the responsibilrty of c04)perating wtth the incumbent, the Revd Pippa Ford, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has rna1ntenan￿ responsibilities for the church buildings and churchyard of St Michael Yorktown. This annual report puts all the PCC'S financial statements into perspective and relates them to the wider life of the Church. It reviews the past year, and seeks to link financial plans, expectations and hopes for the future. THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL YORKTOWN, CAMBERLEY Report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 311t tlecember 2023 Mombership Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Ruses. During the year the following members served as members of the PCC.. Incumbent.. The Revd Pippa Ford Chair Licensed staff.. The Revd Anne Mitchell (until April 2023) Pem?ission to Offici8te.' The Revd Canon Robert Crossley Churchw8rden.' Mrs Carole Simons Mrs Hilary Turner { from May 2023) {untsl May 2023) Deanery Synod.. Mr David Parker Mr Andrew Mitchell (until May 2023) Hon. Treasurer Mr Andrew Mitchell Mrs Hilary Turner l until May 2023) ( from May 2023) Elected membets.. Mr Glenn Tumer Mr David Pearson Mrs Alisa Whrteland Mr Christopher Nobbs Mrs Clare Nobbs Mrs Alison Parker Mrs Patricia Ellis Mrs Eloise Green PCC Secretary (unts'l May 2023) { from May 2023) Co-opted member Guest member Mr Tony Carter Mrs Emily Sainsbury Structure, Gov•mance and Management Govemin Document The Parochial Church Council is a charitable trust. and each PCC member is a trustee. The Registered Charity Number is 1132852. ointment of PCC Members The appointment of PCC membefs is govemed by and set out in the Church Representation Rules. THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL YORKTOWN. CAMBERLEY Report of the Parochial Church Councll for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 Sunday worship continued during 2023 wrth 9am and 10.30am services. These services are linked once a month with a breakfast. now open to the communty. We have been blessed by the music provided by our music group and organist and excellent preaching, wrth some new additions from lay persons. 3 Bible study groups have b￿n running and there has been good attendance at Pray for Camberley events wtthin the town. A new Encounter God group meets on Sunday evenings and there have been several Alpha courses over the course of the year. St Michael's PCC met nine times during 2023. The PCC completed their aim to review the Church Pastoral Aid Society materials on PCCS. called PCC Tonight. These structured sessions led us through discussions including the purpose and functioning of the PCC, meeting conduct. the role of the PCC in creating the condttions for growth in God, communication with the congregations, church fellowship, mission, and community. Some PCC members attended the Church Grovrth Conference in November. We also began to consider the Prayers of Love and Farth material and much prayer and study has occurred. The House of Bishops, released suggested material just before Christmas and there has been no lime to continue the discussion. which is postponed until later in 2024. Some PCC members attended the Church Growth Conference in November. A major concem about our finances continues and there were 2 appeals for funds and a request for pledges to aid financial planning. There was need to reduce our parish share to £4,200 per month so that we could try to balance our books and this has brought about better position, but are still in need to pay outstanding parish share in the future. A meeting with a finance representative from Guildford diocese and a survey highlighted that we need to do better with our stewardship. Grants from Surrey Heath Borough Council have enabled us to run a Wami hub and to maintain our Churchyard. We have not pledged outward giving this year as we have been able to do in the past. The PCC is highly appreciative of the financial support for the AV system from St Michael's Friends which has greatly improved the sound and visual displays. A new hearing loop driver has been installed this year. Some reparative brick pointing was completed on the gable wall of the church. again wrth support from St Michael's Friends. We are delighled with the new ￿aIning wall to the car park compleled when A30 wall was re-pointed. Our engagement with the communty has been active throughout 2023. with a Pet show, Coronation lunch paty on the vicarage lawn. A wild worship Servi￿ in August took us oulside and Christmas festivities included a Craft evening, Christmas Tree festival and 2 Christingle services as well as a traditional carol service with 2 local choirs. Some of Ihese activities were supported by Surrey Heath Borough Council. We have held a Community drop in coffee and chat each Wednesday moming wihich is well-attended. Fireflies toddler group is growing from strength to strength as is the Friday group for older children. Pippa and Tori have had much success in bringing worship into 2 local schools on a regular basis. A team of people deliver Songs of Praise to a local nursing home On￿ a month and we are grateful for the work done to prepare this by 2 faithful people over many years. A team { DASEL) aided by training from Eastgate Church in Gravesend, have been doing some mission and outreach work in Camberley Town Centre On￿ a month. Work continued on the Churchyard, with our contractor providing maintenance work strimming grass and cutting hedges and clearing leaves. A team of volunteers has met monthly to cut back and clear overgrown shrubs. Surrey Heath supported the churchyard Maintenan￿ with a grant and other funding has come through funerals and monument payments. We were sad to bid goodbye to Anne and Andy Mitchell as they moved to Comwall. Andy served as our treasurer for many years and Anne as our Associate Minister at St Michaels. We miss them and are grateful for their seplice. Sowerbutts accountsnts have kindly offered lo organise our payroll and Hilary Turner is now treasurer. Carole Sifflons officiates as churchwarden. A new member on the PCC is Mrs Eloise Green and Mr Tony Carter served as a ci>opted member and Emily-Grace Sainsbury, our ordinand. was a guest in 2023. Independent Examlner We are pleased to report that Mr Nicolas Gooderham carried out the role of Independent Examiner and we are very grateful to him for his care and eye for detail. Financial Review for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 The 'Main or General Fund" covers the core of church's activities - the services, the WOTk in the parish, the maintenance of the church and the contribution to the DI0￿Se by way of the parish share. The Parish Share increased again this year to around £75,000, although it could not be paid in full, the reduced payments of £56.751 still represent 48% of the totsl expenditure The year to 31st December 2023 was a year in which for the first time in many years, our income into the main account slightly exceeded our expenditure. This was entirely due to reducing our parish share from £6.200 a rnonth to £4.200 which avoided an overspend of £18,000 on the contribution to the Diocese. Guildford Diocese keep an account of these shortfalls and will expect that we will make good Ihe loss either by legacy or by increasing our income through stewardship. This is not a state of affairs that we welcome or have taken lightly, but one that has allowed us to keep our ministry going at St Michael's. Our insurance premium was also high at £5.718 which represents a 21010 increase since 2022. Andy Mitchell reported in 2022 that our financial situation in the main fund was critical and it remained a fragile situation throughout 2023. A decision was taken to draw down on some of our restricted funds, which were allocated to educational needs. to cover part of the salary of our children and youth worker. We did have a number of swnificant and generous one-off donations for £16,000 which helped us to avoid a shortfall, but the￿ is no reason to see these would be repeated in the year ahead. There was some help offered by Guildford Diocese lowards fuel costs. We also had communty funds from Surrey Heath Borough Council to cover our outreach to the communty. St Michael's does, however. have a signrfKant sum availabLg in the renevml fund and this has grown by over £4,000 during 2023 thanks to generous donors. We can only use this fund for the removal of pews and the re-modelling of the interior of the church as it is restricted for this purpose. There are sums this year in the column entitled 'Designated Funds" This relates to a donation made by the Friends of St Michael to cover brick pointing of the gable end of th8 church. Other donations into this fund from the Friends and individuals were to meet some axpenses for the AV project We received no legacies at all during the year. Fees from weddings were significantly down from 2022 and hall lettings were 20Q/o below that in 2022. Funeral fees are also down, but we managed to cover the costs of churchyard rna1ntenan￿ alongside the grant from Surrey Heath Borough Council for £3,261. Sums for plate collections had more than doubled from 2022. Expenditure is tightly controlled and WR also benefit from the generosty of time which reduces the need to pay for extemal services. but this is not always possible when we need to have safety inspections or regular maintenance of our gas and safety equipment. Fuel bills have been high despite fixing prices in 2021. The cost of heating the church is very high. We have tried to reduce temperatures as muth as possible. As ￿rnarked upon above, our general reserves at the end of the year were down to just below £13,000 and have deteriorated further Sin￿ the stsrt of this year. This is a level which is too low for any sort of comfort - a general rule of thumb is having 3 months, costs covered, but we now have less than we will spend going forward... Please consider this matter prayerfully. PCC re8ponslbllltie8 in relation to th• financial statement The members of the PCC are responsible for preparirvJ the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice relating to Charrties. The Law ap licable to charities in England and Wales requires the PCC to prepare financial statements or each financial year which give a true and fair view of the Charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial posrtion at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, the PCC shoukj follow best practice and.. Select suitable accounling policies and then apply them consistenlly; Make judgements and estimates that are reasonab￿ and prudent,. State whether applicable accounling standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departure disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. The PCC is responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charty and which enable them to ascertain the financial position of the Parish and which enable it to ensure that the financial statem8nts comply with the Charities Act 1993. the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the Church Accounting Regulations 201￿. The PCC is responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Parish and hence for tsking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularikn'es. Date 12￿ May 2024 Reverend P Ford Chair INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE PCC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CAMBERLEY FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31st DECEMBER 2023 This report on accounts of the PCC of St Michael's Church. Camberley for the year ended 31st December 2023 set out on pages g to 13 is in respecl of an examination carried out in accordance with Church Accounting Regulations 2006 and s145 of the Charrtiès Act 2011. R•specllvo responslbllltses of tnmtees and examln•r Th8 charrty's trustees (The PCC) are responsible for the pyeparation of the accounts. The chaiity's trustees consKler that an audrt is not required for this year under section 144 of the Chanties Act 2011 (th8 Charities Act) arKI that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibilty to.. Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act.. Follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145151 Ib) of the Charities Act),. arKI State whether partiGular matters have come to my attention. Ba•1# of Ind•pend•nt •xamln•e8 •tst•ment My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions giv8n by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a ￿vIeW of the a￿OUntIng ￿CordS kept by the charrty and omparison of the accounts presented with Ihose records. 11 also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations fr¢Jm the Iruslees conceming any su¢h matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence Ihat would bè required in an audrt, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the Stalement below. Indop•nd•nt •xamlnees stat•mont In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention.. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirem&nl.' to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Chariti8s Act.. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply wrth the accounting requirements of the Chanties Act have not been met or,. to which, in my op'nion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. NJ Gooderham FCA 14 Shalboume Rise Camberley sUr￿Y GU15 2EJ Date ,-//- 2024 STATEMENT OF FINAP•CtAL ACnVITIES Fortho •ndod 31st 2023 iynrostvlctqd Fund5 Dp5ignatod Fun Rttirlcio Fund5 TOTAL FUMtI3 2023 2022 Note Ft¥ IIICOVAING RESOURCES Zlal 21bl 96399.81 11Th.64 19.32)51 &159. 3.261K•) 121,882.32 14,357.64 141.79). &223.OD Other￿luntary Incorr Receipislromactwilies for 8eneratlTr8funOs Recelpt8 tr￿n dxJrf* Incomelromlft¥estmwts 1214.1 5,899.68 om J.214.05 9.705 22 3.155 48 361. 13,108. 1,246.(k) la￿.42 TOTAL INCOMING RE8OURCE8 J15.LVJ.24 19,31JSI 1&081.$6 150,414.71 164.728. RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs olyneratlnz¥thwtt•ry Ihtoffle ChidtaNèactiV￿l*s Gminance costs Other resourcesexpended 1322.5? I05.￿.C6 om 3.136tsJ OD) 1.522.52 115.896.1 1,039.rM) 199.911.C 670.Lml 4cl 3.121 Oa 205.50 3.426.$2 s,544.￿? TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED JiO.633.f•) 3J3&1K) &87S.S0 120,845.10 204.494 Q) NET114COMINGUOUT¢KrfIIQI Re¥ouRCES 4375.61 15.98731 9.1[￿40 29.569.61 -39,766.Cn Tra￿ler bewn fvnd¥ PIET AIOVEMENT IN FUPIDS •J75.64 15.9B7.51 9,￿.46 .39,766.C Bllanres Brouih¢ F¢fw•¢dat 1•t January 2023 17,19B. -15.44*￿) 12W3.fp) 121.572.ts) J62J38. BALANCE8 CARRIED FORWARD At 31•1 DK•mb•r 20ZJ IlJ73.61 53851 130.029.16 151.141.61 122,572.LY) 8ALAPKE SHEET AT 31ST OECEM8ER 2023 ole 2022 CURREPIT ASSETS Short Cashai bank and In hand OebtOfS 113.8S5.16 2&276.78 107.642. 23,625. 152.141.94 J31,267.C LIABILinES'. arnount5 lallinidue wrthinoneyear .8.695 LKI NETCURRENT A8seTS L51141.94 122,S72. NET ASSET8 IS2,14J.94 122.572.LKI FUNDS vnrestrl¢ted-m•lrt - deg8n•ie 21,5Y3.64 538.51 130.029.46 152.14161 17,198.(Xl -15.449.O) 110.823.CO 122,572.C estrfmed Appimd tyth• Parochlal ChwchCoLmc4 nd 518ned on Its behaw ￿.. 12th May 2024 c￿rthWarden NOTES TO TME FINANCIAL STAYEMEIITS For th• yg•r•nd•d 31st Docembvr 2023 ACCOVNTrNG POLICIES Theaccounts haveb¢en preparedln xcNdan¢ewith Ihe Par(Khial Owrchc￿nC11$￿Th￿rnl￿1￿Urnent. tbecharirbes 12011 and-ktDvntinBanOAePyti￿ty Ch•nties" 5taten*ntof Rec￿n￿ertded P¥Ju1ceap￿I&7tleID(hor￿1Ie5 prepariDitheiraccounisin ac(Ordance*rtht￿FI￿antrdI RewliN8S￿darO appliiawe inihe UK Jnd Republic oFlrelaThd IFRS t021" letfectlve IJa￿VIry2ol9l. The ParothlaIO￿Wch co1￿1 L%a PuNIt BÈr￿ltEnt￿¥a5OeflneO by FR5 102. 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Tanwb* li¥eo assetS0o￿arInCkn)tliernso1￿Q¥•b￿cb￿ckn ffwthitysosthese are teptdedasim1￿aWtfvyO Tanwbltlixeo a￿¢$are Ihosefyebj ty1h•1￿ 1<4 Ithe￿ntinuIn8 usein rtswort IndwithJ¥tternso4w£l,tIX)of a cawial n•tuFeiie treated asflxed asset> NOTES TO THE FIMAFICIAL STA7EMEPITS For tho yo8roNJod 31*t Dts¢•mbov 2023 IW¢OIIE TOTAL FU1408 2023 2022 IAaln Fund Fuhdb FundE Volyntsry I￿1%￿* Planned Income ta VAT rffo%yrable 69fi34.89 Sh￿.97 4.686.L 1.149 C•) 74,320.89 6.$49.97 3.543.Sl .870.86 83,219.0) 4.739.Cil aY351 351351 JS.03SJ6 5.835DJ 87.*8. CrAknionslOpe(*￿ale14I all seThkes Oonation5yia Surnup $w*ryOntroifo￿rIOfl$ 3.7&5.83 lJ67.8 16.229 14 om 3,766.83 1,367.88 32.333.24 1,659.0) 1.342. 50.831.CI) OLV 324 Cil 399.81 19.32351 159D) l21.881.32 I41.7￿.0) 21bl Oth•r ¥olunthry Incom• s.3￿.(0 om 1261.Lb) 8,581.CL) ,223.0) Lewv 6? 4.915.97 ItX*64 ots) OA) T￿.67 4.9Y5.97 14.357.61 Rdd & Educ•lityil￿¢ 3.261.Lb) 8,223 R•¢dr41 frtyh •¢lfvlll•• g•w•Ung Eventi Coffee 79922 414.83 ofy) 0.0) 793.22 414.83 361LO 1,214JJS 1,214.05 a61. R•ulpt• trom ¢h¥r¢h xlfvll ChLYch hail eic. Weddinsfees 2.172.( 153. 3.571.66 1,922.Q) 153. 7.3UO.12 2,418.Q) 1.464. 9.226. ODJ OA) J.W5.Y 5m.6B 3.￿$.51 9.705.22 13.108,0) Incom• from 1Th¥￿t￿•￿tr 2.19 2.49 ()eposiu¥wln cehTiai8QlffO of Finance 396J7 oJ)J 1.856.12 3,252.99 1.246. 393 ?056.42 5,155.48 1,246.OJ TOTAL Inccffjlw R*￿￿1￿8 IISDJ9.24 19.32331 IS.￿1.95 150.414.71 164.72B.I)) 140TES TO THE FINAIICIAL STATEIIE14TS For tho yéar•nded 318t Decqfflber 2023 ExpewDITURE Funds DHlgnal•O Funttl TOTAL FUNOS 202) 2022 Fvnds FurM• 31al Co¥t• ol q•ngrnilng ¥olunt*ry kn¢ StewaTd%hipenvdopes 572.39 o.lvj 57139 240.(0 21.C¥) n7.(0 Ele