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2022-12-31-accounts

The Parish of Belper St Peter Incorporating the churches of St Mark’s, St Peter’s and St Swithun’s

Annual Report

Year Ended 31 December 2022

Registered Charity No 1132878

Parish Church Other Churches in the Parish Other Churches in the Parish
St Peter’s Church St Mark’s Church St Swithun’s Church
Chesterfield Road Over Lane Holbrook Road
Belper Belper Belper
Derbyshire Derbyshire Derbyshire

Correspondence should be addressed to c/o The Vicarage, 6 Chesterfield Road, Belper, DE56 1FD.

Legal Status

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Belper, St Peter’s is a registered charity, number 1132878

PCC Membership (Trustees)

Ex Officio Members:

Clergy

Churchwardens

Anne Stratton Vicar April Tompkins Retired Priest David Skelton

Diocesan and General Synod Representative

Sian Kellogg

Deanery Synod Representatives John Hastings-Thompson St Peter’s Anne Clark St Peter's Chris Craddy St Peter’s Sandra Beresford St Mark’s

Elected Members:

Steve Bennett St Peter’s Deputy Warden Andrew Hardy St Peter’s PCC and St Peter’s Patience Atkinson-Gregory St Peter’s Treasurer John Hastings-Thompson St Peter’s Tracy Drake St Peter’s Helen Hodgson St Peter’s Tracy Comber St Peter’s Deputy Warden Derek Adams St Mark’s Deputy Warden Chris Gregson St Mark’s Treasurer Janice Storey St Mark’s Deputy Warden Geraldine Comery St Mark’s Joan Foster St Mark’s Christine Catherall St Mark’s David Anderton St Swithun’s Treasurer Keith Wollerton St Swithun’s Deputy Warden Philip Thomas St Swithun’s Barbara Anderton St Swithun’s Co-opted

Deputy Warden PCC and St Peter’s Treasurer

Charles Beresford St Mark’s Jenny Wyatt PCC Secretary non-member

Retired Clergy

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AIMS AND PURPOSES

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in this ecclesiastical Parish.

The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church House, known as St Mark's House in Openwoodgate, Belper.

1. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

St Peter's Parish falls within the Dove and Derwent Deanery, within the Church of England Diocese of Derby and serves an area with a population of approximately 18,000 adults making it one of the largest single Parishes in the Diocese. The Parish participates ecumenically through Churches Together in Belper and Hope for Belper.

The Parish Mission Statement is “Jesus at the Centre – transforming our community”. The PCC promotes this vision and is committed to enabling people to grow in discipleship through worship and teaching and to be active in supporting the community both local and worldwide and allowing people of all race, gender, learning level, sexuality to be an active part. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the Parish and makes suggestions on how the services at our three churches can involve the many groups that live within the Parish.

To facilitate the above work, it is important that the fabric of the churches of St Peter’s, St Mark’s and St Swithun’s and the church hall at St Mark’s is maintained.

The Parish greatly benefits from the help of several active retired clergy and three fully trained Readers. They all assist in different ways in the daily life of the Church.

However, the bulk of the work and activities are carried out by the many lay volunteers who give freely of their time and effort and without whom nothing would be achieved to promote the gospel, encourage people to follow Jesus and be an active presence within the local community.

In particular Churchwardens, Deputy Churchwardens and Treasurers work tirelessly to ensure that everything runs smoothly, safely and efficiently. The Parish also has an administrative team and two cleaners who are paid employees.

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2. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Church Statistics

hurch Statistics
Parish Total St Peter’s St Mark’s St Swithun’s
2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021
Electoral Roll 180 180 125 118 32 36 23 26
Sunday attendance
*(adults)		 105 98* 61 56* 28 27* 16 15*
Baptisms 17 6 15 6 1 0 1 0
Thanksgivings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weddings 4 7 4 0 0 1 0 1
Renewal of Wedding
vows		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Funerals at Church 32 32 23 22 7 5 2 5
Funerals at Crem only 4 4 * Average October attendance after
churches re-opened fully
Thanksgiving 1 2
Burial of Ashes St P
Burial of Ashes Cem		 2022 2021
1 0
0 0
Confirmation
Admittance to HC		 0
0
0 0
4 0

Worship and prayer

The Covid pandemic affected all our worship across the Parish. During full lockdown on-line services were prepared and transmitted via Facebook and You-tube as ‘Church without Walls’. Our numbers and activities have slowly increased, being reviewed as they restarted to ensure safety for all that attend.

Services were reduced with St Peter’s having a single morning service, once a month this is relaxed worship which is led by a team. St Mark’s a single morning service. Once a month this includes a Family Service. St Swithun’s also has a single morning service.

Morning services include Common Worship Holy Communion and Service of the Word. At times these have been taken by Wardens and people on the Diocesan Discipleship Training Course. A more relaxed style of worship was introduced in the autumn at St Peter’s led by a varied team of people.

Communion was restricted to distribution of bread only at the beginning of the year; initially wine was taken by intinction of the bread, but latterly all three options were offered.

Main services at St Peter’s are live streamed via YouTube, following a grant from the Raymond Ross Fund to purchase the equipment. This is also available for a small fee for weddings and funerals. Christmas services returned to their normal pattern.

Parish combined services were re-established during the year.

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Service Patterns across the Parish

Week St Peter's St Peter's St Mark's St Mark's St Swithun's
1 10.00am MW with
Baptism		 10.00 am HC 11.00 am MW
2 10.00 am HC 10.00 am MW 11.00 am MW
3 10.00 am Relaxed
Worship		 10.00 am MW 11.00 am HC
4 10.00 am HC 10.00 am MW 11.00 am MW
5 Flexible 11.00 am MW may be led
by Warden
In addition, a few joint parish services in any year.

There is a daily service of Morning Prayer offered by the Vicar on Facebook which has a new regular congregation.

Occasional Offices

38 funerals or burial of ashes or thanksgiving for a person’s life were conducted during the year by clergy from the Parish, both in the Churches and at Markeaton or Amber Valley Crematorium. Burials take place at Belper cemetery and burial of ashes is available in the Garden of Remembrance at St Peter’s.

During the last year four weddings were conducted in the Parish.

There were 15 Baptisms at St Peter’s, one at St Mark’s and one at St Swithun’s. Preparation sessions are held for parents and Godparents. The parish policy is not to book baptism dates before families have attended preparation which is called ‘First Steps’. Families are also expected to attend at least one worship service and a baptism or thanksgiving service within the Parish before coming to preparation. This period of preparation helps families to decide whether Thanksgiving for the birth of a child or Baptism is more appropriate for them.

3. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK

Children in Sunday Club

With the return from Covid restrictions, to being in church, Sunday Club resumed indoors, with either one or four children. There wasn’t a week when we had no children. There was one group aged three to 14. We needed to introduce the role of helper because of safeguarding, and leaders and helpers were given a role description to sign. Currently we have four leaders and six helpers. Recently the numbers have increased from between four to nine children, but we are not there with going back to two groups, 3-10/ 10-14, just yet. That is a hope for the future. To do that, two more leaders will be required and the role of helper changed. The outlook is looking good.

YPF

The aims of YPF are to provide a safe, accepting and fun environment where young people from our church and beyond can feel comfortable to be themselves, make meaningful friendships and develop their relationship with God. We have met regularly throughout the year each Friday during school term times in St Peter’s West End. Our usual evening programme will include a bunch of silly games alongside a Bible based teaching session with time for tuck shop and chats thrown in. Special events during the last

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12 months have included the annual Christmas party, Bonfire night fireworks and the residential weekend away to the Peak Centre in Edale. This year’s Edale weekend included sessions of archery and glass making along with discussions that focussed on big issues such as prejudice and bullying. The Sunday morning service in the sports’ hall was organised and led by the young people themselves. The leadership continues to be Steve and Jo Richardson and Chris Blundell, but we have also added some of our older group members to the team who are now running games sessions and leading Bible based discussions. It is particularly pleasing to see this side of YPF develop as we grow young leaders.

School links

The Vicar plus two additional members of the congregation - Patience Atkinson-Gregory and Rachel Kenning, are elected by the PCC as Foundation Governors at St John’s Primary School and Nursery. The Foundation Governors meet regularly in addition to full governors’ meetings to encourage and support the spiritual life of the school and to pray regularly. The school regularly visits the Church for worship, learning and musical activities. The Vicar provides a weekly online Collective Worship and a face to face one on a half termly basis. In the Autumn term we set up the Lighthouse Club at St John’s School in conjunction with Valley CIDS.

April Tompkins has taken two assemblies in Pottery School and Herbert Strutt School. Herbert Strutt School also returned to St Swithun’s for their Christingle and Nativity services.

4. PCC SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT

Meeting Attendance
APCM 24 and 13 via zoom
PCC March 17
PCC June 21st2022 12
PCC August 16th2022 16
PCC October 25th2022 15
PCC December 13th2022 15

PCC Meetings this year were all in person despite Covid being present earlier in the year. All members attended at least one meeting. New Treasurers were elected. David Pemblington stepped down due to personal reasons and Patience Atkinson-Gregory rose to the tasks of keeping the PCC finances in order.

Throughout the year Covid reduced its grip largely due to herd immunity and our wonderful vaccines. We all collectively sighed with relief…...how short lived this feeling of relief was as other problems soon arose influencing everyone’s finances and the Church was certainly not let off easily! The war in Ukraine and the energy and cost of living crisis affected all communities and continues to do so which was reflected in our gas bills. This year was also different in that we were temporarily without our Vicar who had her much needed and delayed Sabbatical. In addition it was the 200[th] Anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone at St Peter’s. We had a celebration service accompanied by Derwent Brass and the placing of a time capsule. We also lost our beloved monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who steadfastly guided and served our country with a Christian commitment that humbled us all. So in many ways we did not return to normal at all!! A brief “returning to near normal”, has been followed by difficult discussions around finances and poses many challenges for the year to come no doubt. We live in faith that all will work out.

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Individual churches returned to holding more concerts, barbecues, open mic nights, quiz nights, groups, games’ afternoons, meals and Songs of Praise evenings than ever before. Concerts included: Daphne’s Flight, Bob Fox, Barbara Dickson and Nick Holland, Margaret Keys, Dale Diva, Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri, Derwent Brass, Opera Babes, The Bohemians, Codnor Warblers, Ray Hatfield and Max McTavish. Home-grown talent continued to excel with flourishing music in all churches, and an art exhibition of the work of the late Angela Thomas.

Outside spaces have again been utilised, the trees at St Peter’s regularly being covered in thought provoking attire. St Mark’s sweltered at their barbecues and summer fayres were held in record breaking temperatures. Holiday at Home had a trip up Cromford Canal, and also got together for Easter and Christmas. Platinum Jubilee lunches celebrating our Queen being especially poignant this year somehow knowing it might be her last. All too soon after these celebrations, Churches were open to allow people to watch the funeral of Her Majesty on the big screen and to sign a book of condolence; but ever hopeful that her Christian faith and example would guide the country. Our second Wydale Parish weekend away was a great success again and autumnal Harvest festivals led to Christmas Dinners, Winter Markets, Christmas Windows, and amazing shoe boxes packed full of goodies to send via Link to Hope. All churches held Christmas services and enjoyed more freedom compared to previous Covid years.

Two books were published to celebrate and mark two major events in our Church calendar. The first was “Postcards and jottings from a Celtic journey” in which Rev Anne reflected on her sabbatical journeys and “time out”. This was followed by a reflective event and a book for the 200[th] Anniversary celebrating 200 years since the laying of the Foundation Stone at St Peter’s, attended by the Duke of Devonshire and Bishop Malcolm and Archdeacon Carol Coslett. The bell ringers were kept busy this year at this event and also at the Queen’s passing, making the gardens at St Peter’s a reflective space in troubled or sad times. John Hastings-Thomson edits our magazine ‘Three in One’ and our online newsletter ‘Enfold’ via email and edited by Pamela Gough, has kept people informed and included throughout the year.

Who knows what 2023 will bring? The increased costs of heating our spaces will no doubt give us challenging discussions at meetings with decisions to make like never before. Digging deep in all senses and trusting in God, serving and learning and worshipping will see us through! Rev Anne has less than two years of leading us in ever changing circumstances left. So much for thinking things would be back to normal!

Jenny Wyatt

5. ST PETER’S PARISH FABRIC REPORT

All churches now have maintenance schedules drawn up so that no activity is missed during the year. Appropriate Covid Risk assessments were completed and approved by the Archdeacon for opening for individual prayer and also for enabling people to attend worship in person at each church.

St Peter’s Church

Steve, Tracy and myself share the responsibility of looking after the “fabric" of the church. A list has been created of tasks that need completing in and around the church on a regular basis, to ensure that no essential tasks get missed.

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David Skelton, Tracy Comber, Steve Bennett

Wardens

St Mark’s Church and Hall

(Comprising church, vestry, church hall, kitchen and outside play area)

Church

Vestry

Church Hall

Kitchen

Outside

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Janice Storey, Derek Adams Deputy Wardens St Mark’s

St Swithun’s Church

Outside

Keith Wollerton Deputy Warden St Swithun’s

St Mark’s House

Roy Stratton

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A food hygiene course was held attended by people from all three churches.

Accidents and Near Misses

All three churches carry out Health and Safety inspections and have accident books. Completed forms are retained securely.

St Peter’s

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St Mark’s

St Swithun’s Church

Keith Wollerton Deputy Warden

7. SAFEGUARDING THE CHURCH FAMILY

We appoint a Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO), who is based at St Peter’s, the largest church of the three: there are two Safeguarding Links at St Mark’s and St Swithun’s. We meet every few months to exchange news and ideas. We had no specific safeguarding incidents in 2022. Our congregation is, however, very committed to maintaining good safeguarding practices and raises possible concerns if necessary. These are dealt with appropriately.

This is a large and very busy parish which has many activities for children, young people and some adults who may be considered to be vulnerable. The majority of these activities returned to the pre-Covid norm during 2022. Covid risk assessments were carried out for all activities. It was a bumper year for DBS applications with 10 new applications plus another 17 full renewals completed during the year. This is a wonderful reflection on how much activity takes place in our parish. If the automatic renewal option has been taken by everyone, this will reduce the amount of paperwork and checking in future years.

All PCC members and the majority of activity leaders have completed the Basic and Foundation online training courses. Parish wardens, some deputy wardens and other church officers completed the Leadership course via zoom. The face-to-face Domestic Abuse course was launched towards the end of 2022. Two leaders attended (with many more having attended in early 2023) This is an excellent response.

The Parish Safeguarding Policy v7 was issued in November 2021. The reason for the re-issue was to include safeguarding procedures specifically relating to the new Lighthouse After School Club at St John’s School. The policy plus photos and contact details of the safeguarding contacts are displayed in prominent positions in the three churches.

A Safeguarding File is located in a prominent place in all three churches. This contains blank copies of the following forms:

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Completed copies of forms, which are confidential, are given to the PSO and are scanned, stored on the Parish Office computer and the originals then shredded. The PSO supplies a safeguarding report for every PCC meeting.

The parish dashboard is updated monthly although it can get out-of-date very quickly because of changes in personal plus the increasing number of activities. It is very similar to painting the Forth Bridge!

Sue Allen Parish Safeguarding Lead

8. DOVE AND DERWENT DEANERY SYNOD

In the last year, as is normal, there has been opportunity for the sharing of news, updates and practice from our constituent churches and wide-ranging discussions on a range of topics, including

In February we were joined by our new diocesan secretary Kate Godfrey. Kate spoke to us about the new Archidiaconal structure. We also discussed our concerns regarding congregation numbers, clergy time and safeguarding. We also welcomed Matt Barnes, Director of Discipleship and Mission. In 2021 we had a Deanery Day with Bishop Libby and from that meeting Matt took all our questions and we discussed each area. We concluded we have seen and will continue to see great change in the church's life, and we were encouraged to use the mission action toolkit to start a conversation.

At our Deanery synod in July, we were joined by our new Archdeacon Carol Coslett. Archdeacon Carol told us how she is there to help whether it be to sign a Raymond Ross application or to support with building projects or to do a list B faculty so it can be submitted quicker. Carol spoke of the amazing support networks at Church House which included

We were encouraged to send in any information that could be shared with the rural mission group as they gather information for a new leaflet, ‘Faith in the Countryside’ which includes the full list of dates for well dressings, agricultural shows, and lots of events across the diocese.

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In our final synod of 2022 we welcomed Sarah Brown, Sarah spoke about the work that is happening in the diocese around youth and children's ministry and how as parishes we could encourage and support children and young people.

Steve Johnson was unable to give his presentation on ‘Living Generously’ in 2022 but David Legh did speak to us about the ‘Parish Share’ and gave us figures which represented the Deanery’s contribution and encouraged us all to do more.

Our 2022 Deanery synods enabled us to share our thoughts and ideas which enabled us to put forward a proposal to diocesan Synod which was the need for support for clergy with administration which was recognised by all.

We make every effort to make synods as relevant and interesting as we can and would encourage members to make suggestions for future synods and finally, we would like to thank the Deanery synod members for their continued support to Dove & Derwent.

Jacqueline Stober Claire Critchlow Area Dean Deanery Administrator

9. FINANCE REPORT

Accounts for the individual churches may be found at each church. Many givers are now doing so via the Parish Giving Scheme or direct debit.

The accounts for St Peter's Parish are made up of the funds of the PCC and those of the three individual churches. Within the Parish accounts the funds of each church are shown as a restricted fund for that particular church, although they may be made up of several separate funds, both restricted and unrestricted, within the accounts of the individual church.

Operational Matters

The expenses of Parish ministry continue to be shared among the three churches using a formula based on attendance and electoral roll to contribute to the Diocesan Common Fund and Parish expenses. The amount from St Swithun’s was reduced this year as their income was particularly badly hit during the pandemic.

St Peter’s now makes use of contactless giving via Sum Up and donations can be made using the linked Give a Little account. Donations and payments can also be made using a Pay Pal account. During the year the PCC agreed that money that arose due to the rental of the St John’s Car Park should be used for Children and Family work across the Parish.

Reserves Policy

As shown in the balance sheet on page 18, the total funds for the PCC at the end of the year amounted to £70,468 with a further fixed asset in St Mark’s House valued at £265,000.

The house was revalued following the completion of the refurbishment and is now let at £950/month and the rental handled by Your Move as our agent.

The St John’s land is also owned by the Parish but there is no corresponding asset fund as this asset is fully depreciated and has a “nil” book value. It is held in trust jointly by the Derby Diocesan Board of Finance and the Church Commissioners of the Church of England on behalf of the Parish, who have now been appointed the managing trustees. The land is now leased to Belper Town Council for use as a car park at £7,700/year with a review due in 2023. The PCC agreed that this income should be ring fenced for use on Children, Young people and families work across the Parish and during the year funded workers from Valley CIDS to set up a children’s club in St John’s School.

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Funds held by the individual churches are treated as restricted funds for the purposes of the particular church within the context of the Parish accounts.

Reserves at St Peter's Church amounted £33623. £20,287 is in the general fund, £1806 is in the belfry fund, £2433 is designated to Pop UK for October 2023, and £4064 is restricted for future work on the organ and £5030 in in the restoration fund for completion of the work on the clock face and other works connected to the building.

Reserves at St Mark's Church amounted to £6154 and £20 is held in a restricted music fund, the Church Hall designated fund is £3900 .

Changes were made to the trust deeds for the allotment land owned by the Parish. This change allows the allotments to be sold and the proceeds to be used for the upkeep of the fabric of St Mark’s Church and Hall and St Mark’s House. Other income can be used by the whole of the Parish as long as that use covers the mission and outreach work of St Mark’s Openwoodgate. These have been revalued at £50 - £75,000 and we are seeking permission from the Diocese to put them up for auction.

Reserves at St Swithun's Church amounted to £13406. £344 is in a fund set aside to maintain the churchyard. The balance of the reserves is held for day to day operational requirement.

St Swithun’s is supported by the Hanson Trust an independent Trust Fund established by the founder Mrs Hanson to maintain a Christian presence in the area of “Cow Hill” Belper. This Trust contributes to major repairs and renovations and pays the annual insurance on the building. Noted in the accounts as a recurring grant.

Reserves are held in the Church of England Deposit Fund which is regularly reviewed to ensure that the best possible interest rate is being obtained. In addition, the PCC agreed that money be deposited in Derbyshire Community Bank, even though this might not give the best return, but this is in line with the mission of the church as allowed by the Charity Commission.

10. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Anyone who is on the individual church's Electoral Roll may seek election onto the PCC by being nominated and seconded by anyone else who is on the Electoral Roll.

Under the governance structure nominations are made by the individual churches and elections take place at the Annual Parochial Church General Meeting. All terms of office are for three years with one third of the council standing down each year.

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. Members of the individual churches form the Trustees Local Committee (TLC) dealing with the day to day business and mission of each individual church under the guidelines and recommendations of the PCC. Other members of each local church are encouraged to be part of groups and committees. Specialist expertise is shared across the Parish.

The full membership comprises: Ex-officio members:

The Vicar All other clergy licensed to serve specifically in the Parish

2 Parish Churchwardens - appointed annually at the meeting of Parishioners prior to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)

Deanery Synod members - nominated by the District Church Annual meetings and elected at the APCM Diocesan Synod Representatives

General Synod representatives

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Elected members:

• 6 members from each of the churches, the number to include the deputy church wardens and District Church Treasurers and, if possible, the Parish Treasurer

Co-opted members:

• Up to 2 co-opted members during the year

The PCC met six times during the year, dealing with business affecting the whole Parish. The APCM took place in April with people socially distanced in St Peter’s Church and also present on Zoom. Additional urgent decisions were taken via email as allowed in our constitution.

The PCC has a standing committee, made up of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Deputy Churchwardens, PCC Secretary and PCC Treasurer. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any directions given by the PCC, including urgent expenditure of up to £500.

The councils of the individual churches (Trustees Local Committees TLCs) are all accountable to the PCC. Processes are in place to ensure that matters discussed at those council meetings are reported back to the PCC on a regular basis.

Administrative and other statutory information

The Parish of Belper St Peter is made up of the churches of St Peter's, St Mark's and St Swithun's. It forms part of the Deanery of Dove and Derwent in the Diocese of Derby. It is a member of Churches Together in Belper.

The PCC is a body corporate established by the Church of England and is the actual governing body within the framework of the Parish and is a registered charity. Representatives from the PCC form the Trustee Local Committee for each Church; the PCC delegates the day to day decision making of the individual churches to those TLCs.

The PCC is also required to operate under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure 1956 as amended. This Measure states that the PCC "is to co-operate with the minister in promoting the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical".

The property of St Swithun’s Church is owned by the independent charity “St Swithun's Church or Mission Hall” (registered charity no. 217994), also previously known as the “Hanson Trust”. This Charity also makes grants to the St Swithun’s Church TLC for major repairs and alterations in the Church and exists to serve the “social, spiritual and educational needs of the people of Cow Hill”. Ex-officio members of this trust are the Vicar and the two Churchwardens of St Peter's Parish.

Under Charity Law and Church Accounting Regulations, the PCC is required to present an Annual Report together with a set of Consolidated Accounts for the whole Parish, prepared on an accruals basis and examined by an Independent examiner.

PCC members who have served during 2022 and at the date this report was approved, are as shown in this booklet.

Approved by the PCC on 28th March 2023 and signed on their behalf

PCC Chair

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PCC

Consolidated Financial Statement

For year ended

31 December 2022

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trusteesl members of St Peter's Parish. Belper On accounts for the year ended 31. December 2022 Charity no (if any) 1132878 Set out on pages 18-26 As the charity's Iruslees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act"). Responsibilities and basis of report I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515}Ib} of the Act. Independent examiner's statement applie￿]]. Delete I l ifnot applicable. Llt) I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me ause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did 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 accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned: Date: 9.3.L3 Name: Martin Coe Relevant professional qualification(sl or body {if any): Association of Accounting Technicians Address: 49 Sandbed Lane, Belper DE56 OSJ IER 17

Parish of St Peter, Belpe r

Statement of Financial Activities

Statement of Financial Activities Statement of Financial Activities Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31 December 2022
Unrestricted
Funds Restricted Funds TOTAL PARISH FUNDS
St
P.C.C. P.C.C. St Peter's St Mark's Swithun's 2022 2021
Church Church Church
Note £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Incoming Resources
Activities for generating funds 2 1,747 13,528 12,482 987 28,744 16,120
Church activities 3 4,642 12,329 1,250 487 18,708 14,880
Income from investments 4 17,817 204 - 43 18,064 15,226
Other incoming resources 5 - 7,045 - 1,639 8,684 12,516
Voluntary income 6 1,000 85,815 31,004 15,949 133,767 187,087
Total Incoming Resources 25,205 - 118,922 44,736 19,105 207,968 245,830
Resources Used
Cost of church activities:
Cost of generating funds 7 291 5,534 532 115 6,471 1,554
Cost of generating voluntary income 8 32,821 31,886 11,811 5,251 81,770 63,809
Redevelopment works 9 - 6,852 - - 6,852 71,528
Governance costs 10 1,225 100 50 30 1,405 1,752
Investment management costs 11 4,995 - 3,905 - 8,899 3,488
Mission and charitable giving 12 7,075 2,804 1,260 11,139 12,035
Other 13 - - -
Parish Share 14 1 50,058 21,358 7,280 78,697 75,282
Resources Used before transfers 39,332 - 101,505 40,460 13,936 195,233 229,448
Allocation of parish expenditure 14 (25,105) 15,966 6,818 2,320 (1) -
Total Resources Used 14,227 - 117,470 47,278 16,256 195,232 229,448
Net Incoming (Outgoing) Resources 10,978 - 1,452 (2,542) 2,848 12,736 16,384
Balances brought forward 2,076 265,000 32,171 12,617 10,867 322,732 306,346
Balances carried forward at 31
December 2022		 13,055 265,000 33,623 10,075 13,715 335,468 322,730

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Parish of St Peter, Belpe r

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 December 2022

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2016, together with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting and Reporting for Charities, issued in 2016 (SORP for Charities (FRS102)).

Funds

Unrestricted general funds represent the funds of the parish that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for use, at the discretion of the Parochial Church Council, for the general purposes of the parish.

Designated funds are unrestricted but are amounts which have been put aside at the discretion of the Church Councils.

Restricted funds are either subject to specific conditions imposed by donors or they represent the funds of the individual churches. Funds within the individual churches themselves maybe unrestricted, unrestricted but designated, or restricted. They are, however, treated as restricted in the accounts of the parish as they relate to the particular local church.

The accounts include all known transactions, assets and liabilities for which the Parochial Church Council is responsible. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

Incoming Resources

Voluntary income and capital sources

Collections, grants and income from fund raising efforts are recognised when received by or on behalf of the local Church Councils. All non gift aided giving is now under the heading Small Gift Aided giving. Small Gift Aid is reclaimed up to the HMRC limit of £8000 of this total for each building.

Planned giving receivable under Gift aid is recognised only when received.

Income tax recoverable on Gift aid donations is recognised when donations are received.

Statutory fees from funerals and weddings are accounted for on a receivable basis.

Grants to the individual churches are accounted for as soon as that church is notified of its legal entitlement, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt is reasonably certain.

Sales of books and the Church magazine are accounted for gross.

Income from investments

Bank interest is accounted for when received.

Resources used

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when payable.

Activities directly relating to the work of the Church

Amounts due to the parish by the three churches are accounted for when payable.

Fixed Assets

Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from these accounts by virtue of Section 96(2)(a) of the Charities Act 1993.

St Mark's House was revalued to a gross value of £265000 in 2020. No Depreciation is applied

Items of equipment are written off when the asset is acquired.

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Parish of St Peter, Belpe r

Unrestricted
Funds Restricted Funds TOTAL PARISH FUNDS
St
P.C.C. P.C.C. St Peter's St Mark's
Swithun's		 2022 2021
Church Church Church
2 Activities for generating funds £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Fundraising events 11,776 1,159 763 13,697 4,174
Fund raising events Gift Aided - - - - -
Building rental 1,753 11,324 224 13,300 10,656
Magazines 1,598 1,598 1,174
Photocopying income 149 149 117
- 1,747 13,528 12,482 987 28,744 16,120
3 Church activities
Fees p
- Weddings and funerals		 1,777 3,423 710 150 6,060 5,119
certificates etc 144 16 160 230
- organ 500 140 40 680 490
Mission, Ministry & Discipleship 692 511 1,203 666
Contributions to refreshments 297 297 78
Belfry income 1,126 1,126 800
Bookstall 213 213 234
Organists' fees donated back 1,750 1,750 -
Children & Young People 1,661 1,661 468
Miscellaneous Income 368 4,790 400 5,558 6,795
- 4,642 12,329 1,250 487 18,708 14,879
4 Income from investments
Interest received 204 1 43 248 9
Car Park rental 7,700 7,700 5,017
St Mark's house rental 10,117 10,117 10,200
-
- 17,817 204 1 43 18,065 15,226
5 Other incoming resources
Revaluation ofStS Mark's House -
Grants 6,950 510 7,460 2,250
Donation for Insurance (Hanson) 1,093 1,093 1,041
Flowers and misc 95 36 131 336
VAT refund - 8,890
- - 7,045 - 1,639 8,684 12,517
6 Voluntary
Gift Aided donations 33,655 11,940 1,725 47,320 47,315
Small Gift Aid scheme 9,699 4,801 6,767 21,267 14,148
Non gift aided donations 1,000 16,128 2,680 1,215 21,023 19,892
Parish Giving Scheme 13,160 6,335 3,511 23,006 22,526
Income tax recoverable 12,586 5,247 2,700 20,534 24,529
Project Donations GA 190 190 37,380
Project Donations non-gift aided 220 220 20,637
Legacies and bequests 176 32 208 660
- 1,000 85,815 31,004 15,949 133,767 187,087
Total Incoming resources - 25,205 118,922 44,736 19,105 207,969 245,829

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Parish of St Peter, Belpe r

Outgoing Resources

Outgoing Resources
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds TOTAL PARISH FUNDS
St
P.C.C. P.C.C. St Peter's St Mark's Swithun's 2022 2021
Church Church Church
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
7 Costs of generating funds
Fayres and other fund raising
events - expenses 5,274 115 5,389 15
Use of Church costs 70 70 304
Hall maintenance 502 502 601
Website Costs 243 243 244
Publicity giving costs 48 189 30 267 389
- 291 5,534 532 115 6,471 1,553
8 Cost of generating vol income
Parish ministry:
Clergy expenses 752 752 1,118
Parish Support Staff 23,413 23,413 20,093
Vicarage water rates 582 582 531
Children & Young People 2,907 319 3,226 2,935
Mission, Ministry & Discipleship 768 2,099 38 16 2,921 2,099
Education and outreach 285 285 109
Miscellaneous expenses 386 173 559 94
Individual churches:
Church premises -
- heat, light, water & insurance 15,094 2,049 2,113 19,256 11,054
- PCC cleaning 1,496 4,057 866 6,419 5,312
- maintenance 779 973 983 2,735 2,926
-local cleaning expenses 1,050 815 58 1,923 585
- major repairs 3418 3,418 808
- equipment purchased 86 2,434 26 2,546 1,063
-professional fees 240 240 2,198
- churchyard 79 62 141 342
Corporate worship costs 1,087 93 293 1,474 1,034
Organists' honoraria & fees 1,820 1,820 1,225
Music and AV Costs 740 362 4 1,107 811
Subscriptions 80 60 60 200 47
Miscellaneous costs 1,292 34 157 1,483 1,681
Church bookstall costs 143 143 191
Church belfry costs 410 410 2,520
Organ upkeep 695 355 440 1,490 986
Printing, postage, stationery and
telephone 1,432 769 540 2,742 2,179
Photocopier 2,296 2,296 1,511
Bank Charges other 190 190 361
- 32,821 31,886 11,811 5,251 81,770 63,809

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Parish of St Peter, Belpe r

Unrestricted
Funds
P.C.C.
P.C.C.
St Peter's
St Mark's
St
Swithun's
2022
2021
Church
Church
Church
9
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
6,852
6,852
71,580
-
6,852
-
-
6,852
71,580
10
520
100
50
30
700
1,752
417
417
-
288
288
-
-
1,225
100
50
30
1,405
1,752
11
Investment mangement costs
4,995
3,905
8,899
3,488
-
4,995
-
3,905
-
8,899
3,488
12
1,350
1,350
1,575
663
663
670
315
315
300
1,350
1,350
1,575
1,350
1,350
1,575
315
315
300
Children's Society
55
55
-
1,350
713
315
2,378
2,545
687
687
670
Blue Box
315
315
300
687
687
670
1,350
1,350
1,575
325
325
280
7,075
2,804
1,260
11,139
12,035
13
Other
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14
Parish Share
1
50,058
21,358
7,280
78,697
75,282
(25,105)
15966
6,818
2,320
(1)
-
-
(25,104)
66,024
28,176
9,600
78,696
75,282
-
14,227
117,471
47,278
16,256
195,232
229,499
Restricted Funds
TOTAL PARISH FUNDS
Open Doors
Proportion of Parish expenses
Diocesan Parish Share
Mission and charitable giving
Hope for Belper
Cottage Project
Special Friends Belper
Derby Contact Centre
Link for Hope
Water Aid
Church Army
Smiles
St Crispins, Pune
Treetops hospice
Building running costs
Independent examination and
other accountancy fees
Governance costs
Payroll preparation costs
Total Outgoing Resources
Governance
Depreciation - St. Mark's House
Redevelopment works		 Unrestricted
Funds
P.C.C.
P.C.C.
St Peter's
St Mark's
St
Swithun's
2022
2021
Church
Church
Church
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
6,852
6,852
71,580
Restricted Funds
TOTAL PARISH FUNDS		 Unrestricted
Funds
P.C.C.
P.C.C.
St Peter's
St Mark's
St
Swithun's
2022
2021
Church
Church
Church
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
6,852
6,852
71,580
Restricted Funds
TOTAL PARISH FUNDS
-
6,852
-
-
6,852
71,580
520
100
50
30
700
1,752
417
417
-
288
288
-
- 1,225
100
50
30
1,405
1,752
4,995
3,905
8,899
3,488
- 4,995
-
3,905
-
8,899
3,488
1,350
1,350
1,575
663
663
670
315
315
300
1,350
1,350
1,575
1,350
1,350
1,575
315
315
300
55
55
-
1,350
713
315
2,378
2,545
687
687
670
315
315
300
687
687
670
1,350
1,350
1,575
325
325
280
7,075
2,804
1,260
11,139
12,035
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
50,058
21,358
7,280
78,697
75,282
(25,105)
15966
6,818
2,320
(1)
-
- (25,104)
66,024
28,176
9,600
78,696
75,282
- 14,227
117,471
47,278
16,256
195,232
229,499

The expenditure of the Parochial Church Council is apportioned among the three churches in the ratio of the average Sunday adult attendance and electoral roll of the churches. During the year St Peter's was levied 63.61%, St Mark's 27.14% and St Swithun's 9.25% Parish share and a reduced amont levied on St Swithun's due to loss of income during Covid.

Related Party Transactions

One member of the PCC or church councils received remuneration or payment as agreed by the Charity Commission no other member received remuneration except for the bona fide reimbursement of expenses.

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Parish of St Peter, Belpe r

ssets
Net Increase due to Revaluation
Gross book value
At 1 January 2022
at 31st Dec 2022		 St Mark's
House
£
265,000
265,000
-

16 Tangible fixed assets

St
P.C.C. St Peter's St Mark's Swithun's TOTAL
Church Church Church 2022 2021
17 Prepayments and accrued income
Income tax recoverable on gift aid - 6,833
Other debtors 114 114 -
- - 114 - 114 6,833
18 Cash at bank and in hand
Short term deposit with Central Board of Finance 15,734 33 3,263 19,029 30,483
Bank accounts 13,032 20,007 12,649 7,455 53,144 29,021
Credit Union 114 3,068 3,182 3,182
Cash in Hand 24 405 72 501 402
13,056 36,259 12,682 13,858 75,856 63,087
19 Amounts owed and deferred income
Loans - 200
Agency accounts 2,638 31 143 2,812 2,295
Other creditors 2,690 2,690 9,695
- 2,638 2,721 143 5,502 12,190
20 Funds
Unrestricted
General account (47) (47) 29
Designated - St Mark's House Account 6,649 6,649 2,048
Designated - St. John's Hall Account 6,453 6,453 -
13,055 - - - 13,055 2,077
Restricted
(Unrestricted in the individual churches' accounts)
General account 20,287 6,156 13,407 39,851 35,414
20,287 6,156 13,407 39,851 35,414
(Unrestricted but designated in the individual churches' accounts)
St Peter's Belfry Fund 1,806 1,806 1,090
Church Repairs Fund - - 53
St. Mark's Church Hall 3,900 3,900 2,396
1,806 3,900 - 5,706 3,539

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Parish of St Peter, Belpe r

(Restricted in the individual churches' accounts)

PCC St Peter's St Mark's St Mark's St Swithun's
Parish Asset fund 265,000 265,000 265,000
Organ Maintenance 4,064 - 1 4,065 2,589
St. Mark's Project Fund - - 1,227
Music Fund 20 20 173
Church Redevelopment fund 5,030 5,030 9,768
I Sing Pop UK 2,434 2,434 2,433
Flower Fund (36) (36) 85
Churchyard 344 344 405
Defib - 0
 (0) 20
265,000 11,528 20 308 276,855 281,700
Total Restricted funds 265,000 31,815 6,176 13,715 316,706 317,114
Balance at Incoming Outgoing Fund Balance at
Movement in Funds 01-Jan-22 Resource Resource transfers 31st Dec 2022
P.C.C - non TLC element £ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted - general funds
General fund 29 5,729 5,804 (47)
Unrestricted but designated funds
St Mark's House Account 2048 10,117 5,515 6,649
St. John's Property Account 0 9,360 2,907 - 6,453
2,077 25,205 14,227 - 13,055
Parish Asset Fund
Restricted
St. Mark's House 265,000 - 265,000
265,000 - - - 265,000
267,077 25,205 14,227 - 278,055
St Peter's Church Balance at Incoming Outgoing Fund Balance at
Unrestricted - general funds 01-Jan-22 Resource Resource transfers 31st Dec 2022
General fund 16,316 109,828 105,857 20,287
16,316 109,828 105,857 - 20,287
Unrestricted but designated funds
Church Belfry fund 1,090 1,126 410 1,806
Church Repairs fund 53 (53) -
1,143 1,126 410 (53) 1,807
Restricted
Organ Maintenance Stat fees 2,509 2,250 695 4,064
Church Redevelopment fund - part 9,768 5,718 10,509 53 5,030
I sing pop 2,433 - - 2,434
14,710 7,968 11,204 53 11,528
32,170 118,922 117,471 - 33,622

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Balance at Incoming Outgoing Fund Balance at
St Mark's Church **1st January 2022 ** Resource Resource transfers 31st Dec 2022
Unrestricted - general funds
General fund 8,802 33,227 35,428 (445) 6,156
8,802 33,227 35,428 (445) 6,156
Unrestricted but designated funds
Church Hall fund 2,396 11,324 9,820 3,900
Music Fund 173 140 716 423 20
2,569 11,464 10,536 423 3,919
Restricted
Defib 20 46 88 22 (0)
Project funds 1,227 1,227 -
1,247 46 1,315 22 (0)
12,618 44,736 47,279 - 10,075
Balance at Incoming Outgoing Fund Balance at
St Swithun's Church 01-Jan-22 Resource Resource transfers 31st Dec 2022
Unrestricted - general funds
General fund 10,296 19,029 15,597 (321) 13,407
10,296 19,029 15,597 (321) 13,407
Restricted -
Flower Fund 85 36 157 (36)
Churchyard 405 - 62 344
Organ Fund 80 40 440 321 1
570 76 659 321 308
10,867 19,105 16,256 - 13,715

Specific collections and donations are treated as agency funds and go directly to the charity or organisation for which they are intended and therefore do not form part of the Parish income or expenditure.

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