## **2022 Annual Report (April 2023)** Holy Trinity Church. Walton Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 7QX **01296 398110** **CHARITY NUMBER 1133103** 1 ## **CONTENTS** ## **Agenda** ## **Minutes of the 2022 Annual Church Meeting** ## **Reports** ## **A: Meeting reports** - Finance and Resources - Electoral Roll - Safeguarding - Church Wardens - Vicar ## **B: Ministry reports** ## CHILDREN & YOUTH - Children’s Ministry `o` Sunday Children’s Ministry `o` Lighthouse `o` School work - Youth Ministry ## MISSION & EVANGELISM - Alpha - Welcome & Outreach - Coffee Shop - Community Choir - Holy Trinity Football Club - Global Mission ## DISCIPLESHIP - Small Groups - Revive ## PASTORAL - Pastoral Ministry - SCOP - 925 Group & Walton Wobblers (Bowling) ## WORSHIP - AV & Livestream - Sung & Musical Worship - Prayer ## OPERATIONS & ADMIN - Office Support 2 # **Agenda: Annual Parochial Church Meeting of the Parish of Walton Holy Trinity, Aylesbury** # **Sunday 14th May 2023 After the 10.30am Sunday Service** ## **Welcome and opening prayer** ## **Introduction** 1. Appointment of Minutes Secretary 2. Apologies for Absence 3. Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting on 29[th] May 2022 4. Election of Church Wardens ## **Celebration of the past year including** 5. Warden’s Report – including fabric report – Graham Strachan 6. Vicar’s Report ## **Other reports and business** 7. Written Reports as received – see report attached 8. Electoral Roll – see report attached 9. Financial report and accounts – Penny Hurst 10. Appointment of Independent Examiner for 2023 ## **Elections and Appointments** 11. Deanery Synod 12. PCC Members 13. Deputy & Assistant Wardens and Welcome / Service Host Teams ## **Conclusion** 14. Any Other Business (must be notified in advance) 15. Praise and prayer 3 ## **MINUTES OF 2022 MEETING** ## APCM and other meetngs – 29[th] May 2022 ## The Parish Meetng – to elect Church Wardens - Minutes Bruce Cullen was appointed chair for the meeting. 1. Appoint minutes secretary: Nicki Strachan was proposed by BC and seconded by MF. Approved with no abstentions. 2. Apologies for absence: JC, AV, MK, VK, MT 3. Minutes of last meeting: CD proposed we accept the minutes of the last meeting. GW seconded. Approved with no abstentions and now objections. 4. Election of Church Wardens: There were two nominations, Graham Strachan, and Jocelyn Chappell. Both nominations were approved with no abstentions. ## The Annual Parochial Church Meetng (APCM) NS taking the minutes. ## Church Wardens Report GS gave the wardens’ report, mentioning how well we had coped over the last year and commented on how many people “keep HT going”. GS thanked everyone for what they had done. Special thanks to BC for all he does. New Sound Desk and AV facilities. Special thanks to CI for his leadership. Online connection still available and midweek service returning to church building. Children’s church remains very important but there is a lack of volunteers. We have hope for the future here but not easy to take on new staff in a vacancy. We have a good PCC and Leadership team and the work for a Parish profile is well underway. On the church building there is a list of things to do but the biggest challenge is how the boiler is hanging on! A volunteer day for the spring clean is an excellent example of people coming together and an example of what HT does best. ## Annual Reports AV has circulated the detailed annual reports for each of the following sections. ## Children’s Ministry Report Great to be back. Thanks to Suzanne for sourcing online stuff and making it possible to come back into the building. 15 Children in on Sundays. Request for more volunteers as everyone can contribute something. HTA Kids on Sunday (Online), grateful thanks for all volunteers, but we need to review and redefine content. Creche, relocated in March back to a more suitable space. Thanks to CP & RJ for organising. Lighthouse, (33[rd] year), very popular within HT and outreach. Grateful families for the restart. Cynthia, Jean and Val for refresh, temp checks and sanitiser on entry. Refreshments are provided. Sad loss of Kate and cake sale in honour. Leaders stepping down with CPrice, DR & VB. Special thanks to VB for her 25 years of service. 4 We have stopped Adventurers, Explorers and Discoverers. These may restart. Schools, special thanks to RJ for Turnfurlong Infants and Junior school assemblies, both online and in person. Prayer for continued support for those schools. Youth, CN and Volunteers. September saw face to face Pathfinders, Chill, Glo (20 attending) and Cell. ## Mission & Evangelism Report Alpha, AH and volunteers. Two courses with 6 to 7 guests. Looking for attendees and helpers for future courses. Also need “meal providers”. ## Cofee Shop Report Reopened on 21[st] June for Wednesday and Friday. There is a loyal customer base and prices have been kept low to encourage new customers. MH & NS lead the team with JM and MH. We need more volunteers. ## Gospel Choir Report Lead by ST. There is a mix of music with a practice on a Monday evening. Planning a large concert for the end of June. ## Football Report PB discussed the great way to connect as Christians. There are enough players to keep the group going. Please speak to PB if you are interested. ## Global Mission Report AH described how some partners were being phased out considering time and money provision. SOMA Visitors. ## Small Groups Report ET said everyone is encouraged to join a small group. Allows people to get to know one another and ask those awkward questions. Currently there are 11 small groups, including Revive. ## Men at HT Report RC & BT, now face to face and was on Zoom. Please let us know what you want to do. ## Revive Report JL, Bible Study on a Friday morning. 20 members. Using LICC guides. Both online and face to face to meet all needs. ## Pastoral Ministry Report GA, Thanks to all groups. Meeting once a month. More helpers needed. ## SCOP Report RA & DR, visiting local homes for the elderly is very important. More helpers needed. ## 925 Report MR reported that they were meeting via Zoom and have now been meeting for 10 years. Please ask MR if you have questions. ## Walton Wobblers Report JA, spoke about short mat bowls on a Tuesday afternoon. 5 ## Worship Report CI, thanks to the whole AV Team. Specific thanks to NC & MK for building the new sound booth. Great new carpet installed following the caballing. If you’d like to volunteer for AV on a Sunday, then please see CI. Thanks also go to James Collard as a cornerstone of the team and for CP support while creating the new system. Sung worship team (CD, CI & NC) achieved some fantastic work over zoom and now are back in person. ## Prayer Report 24/7 prayer rooms a great success. What have we learnt to pray for? Great work by RA, GA & VK. ## Staf Report Office team always go above and beyond. Great thanks to CP, AV, AC & SL. Also, excellent work by the Cleaning Staff. ## Safeguarding Report Report from GW & LM. GW visited all children’s groups making sure they were compliant and safe. PCC all had DBS checks. ## Electoral Role Report Full list of 139 electoral role members is up on the notice board. The figure at last year’s APCM was 147. Renewed every 5 years. Encouraged to sign up if an active member of the church. Please contact AV. ## Finance Report Report from PH. £206,211 income, including £30,000 gift aid. £228,000 expenditure reported but that includes depreciation of the church building, leaving £189,000 expenditure. Parish share was £105,000, and we ended the year with an addition of £20K to the reserves. There is a steady decline is Planned Giving. New people not giving as much. PCC agreed on a small deficit for 2022 and we will use some of our reserves. Parish share for 2022 reduced by £10K. There was a question on staff cost increases. The response was that there was only a slight increase given the Government paid furlough, wage increases and increases in hours to cover maternity leave. Thanks to the SL, CP, JE, BC, Wardens and PCC for their help. Appointment of External Examiner. We have used Steve Marks this year and would like to use him again in 2022. GP Proposed, PH Seconded, all approved. 6 ## Electons and Appointments ## Deanery Synod GS – approved. MF – approved. CD – approved. ## PCC PH has reached the end of her 3 years. Happy to stay on as Treasurer. All approved. NC – approved. NS – approved. AH – approved. JP – approved. ## AOB No AOB ## Conclusion The meeting ended in Praise & Prayer. |Conclusion
The meeting ended in Praise & Prayer.|| |---|---| |AC – Anne Cooper|MH – Mandy Henderson| |AH – Andrew Henderson|MH – Margaret Hemming| |AV – Anne Vujanic|MK – Mark Knight| |BC – Bruce Cullen|MR – Martin Roper| |BT – Bjarne Thelin|NC – Nigel Coote| |CD – Chris Dalladay|NS – Nicki Strachan| |CI – Chris Ion|PB – Peter Bisley| |CN – Claire Newman|PH – Penny Hurst| |CP – Cate Prickett|RA – Roger Axtell| |CPrice – Caroline Price|RC – Richard Collard| |DR – Debbie Reece|RJ - Ruth Jarrett| |ET – Emily Tomson|| |GA – Glynis Axtell|SL – Steph Laferton| |GW – Guy Willimont|ST -Sarah Thelin| |JA – June Anson|VB – Veronicas Bisley| |JC – Jocelyn Chappell|VK - Viv Knight| |JE – Jon Enfield|MH – Mandy Henderson| |JL – Jenny Laferton|MH – Margaret Hemming| |JM – Julia McRobb|MK – Mark Knight| |JP – Jane Piper|MR – Martin Roper| |LM – Lynn McMeekin|NC – Nigel Coote| |MF - Mike Fulker|| 7 ## **A: MEETING REPORTS** ## **Finance and Resources Report** The financial position is set out in the Statement of Financial Accounts and the related notes. The 2022 budget was set with £190,613 of income and £205,569 of expenditure; this would leave a deficit of just under £15,000. The budget was set and approved by the PCC and the deficit was agreed with them. When compared with the end of year accounts we received £180,600 income and expenditure was £234,731, giving a larger than expected deficit; approximately £41,117 of the deficit was due to depreciation costs. When the depreciation costs are subtracted, the actual deficit is a little over £13,000, less than agreed at the beginning of the year. HTA must be aware that there is a notable decrease in income, mainly through planned giving. For 2022 our planned giving (including gift aid) was £131,605 (adjusted figure to allow for accurate comparison), compared to £159,692 in 2021; this is a reduction of approx. 18%. The independent examiner asked us to comment on the deficit, as this is eating into our reserves pot. HTA has faced a challenging few years: the pandemic followed by an interregnum and now the cost-of-living. We know people have left and moved on, newcomers have arrived but may not necessarily view Holy Trinity as their home, our congregation has less disposable income. However, we must focus on our financial situation going forward this year; the downward spiral of income cannot continue indefinitely. Andy is focussing on an autumn programme on giving and there may be other income streams to be utilised. We, as a Church, must come together to prayerfully consider the part we can and must play going forward. ## **Reserves Policy** The Reserves Policy has been reviewed this year by the PC; there is a continued aspiration to have reserves representing 3 months cover for essential monthly expenditure, in case of a catastrophic event where all income ceases. Going forward the PCC, in conjunction with the Finance team, will need to review how feasible this level of reserves is given the current financial situation. ## **Penny Hurst Treasurer** ## **Electoral Roll** Our Electoral Roll shows that we have 136 people signed up, compared to 139 at the APCM last May. The Electoral Roll was started afresh in 2019 (it is renewed in full every five years). If you are not currently on the Electoral Roll, do think about joining. You are eligible if you live in the parish or if you have been attending habitually for at least six months and is a way of showing that you belong to the church. ## **Anne Vujanic Electoral Roll Officer** 8 ## **Safeguarding Report** Over this last year, I have visited the many different children’s and youth groups that Holy Trinity Aylesbury has run on a ‘drop-in’ basis. This has included ‘Friday Hangout’, Chill, Glo youth groups, together with Pathfinders and HTA Kids on Sunday mornings. Also visited was Lighthouse, which is a weekday morning set aside for parents/carers and toddlers. I have never seen Walton Hall so packed full of young children and chatty adults as I did on that occasion. Also visited was a session of Unite, which meets monthly at HTA. This involves leaders and youth from different churches around Aylesbury and is a wonderful way for them to come together. The event is run by Aylesbury Vale Youth for Christ. Away from children, HTA has also been involved in the administration of Holy Communion during home visits for those unable to attend church. All the above-mentioned activities are undertaken by leaders and volunteers who are DBS checked and safeguarding trained. All appropriate procedures have been followed for home visits and follow up phone calls made where necessary. I have received many behind the scenes emails (in my capacity as safeguarding officer) from leaders, volunteers and church wardens during our period of interregnum. This leads me to believe that safeguarding is at the forefront of all that we do at Holy Trinity and that we have continued to shine and be active throughout this period of no incumbent. I wish to record thanks to Claire Newman, Martha and Richard Edwards and both church wardens for their active involvement in all matters safeguarding during interregnum. I am pleased to report that there have been no safeguarding concerns raised. ## **Guy Willimont Safeguarding Officer** ## **Wardens’ Report** On 29[th] May 2022, Joc and Graham were elected as Church Warden for the parish. At a time when we were already in a vacancy, there had been a lot of thought, work and prayer towards the time ahead. Joc and Graham met with various people to seek advice at this time and the clergy of the Aylesbury Deanery were most helpful. The Area Dean gave us a lot of support and other clergy (too numerous to name) came alongside us to support us. The most obvious area of help was to build a schedule of visiting preachers who could supplement those within HT who could lead and preach at services. The offers to help were generous and they always made us feel that HT was a church that was regarded highly and warmly by those who came. The wardens were given a consistent and important piece of advice from the Deanery and Diocese. Namely, keep changes during the vacancy to a minimum. We tried to heed this advice as best we could, and we feel it served as a good foundation for this time. We quickly worked with members of the existing PCC to establish a simple structure to allow us to lead through the vacancy. A Leadership team was created to provide wise counsel to the wardens and several people joined the PCC to ensure we had the right balance across the church’s congregation. It is important to thank everyone who gave their time and energy to leading during the vacancy, but it would be difficult to cover everyone here. The Leadership team, the PCC and the individual leaders of the church’s ministries all came together to make the vacancy a success. It was not without its challenges, but that is because there are many who care a lot about our church, hold it dearly as their place of worship and want it to be a 9 welcoming part of our community. During the vacancy the church’s staff played a key role in supporting everything that needed to be done. While reflecting on the past year I feel the wardens were often asked to consider many new ideas and approaches. We must have disappointed some by sticking to our approach of minimising change, but this would run the risk of diminishing the great things that were achieved. With everyone’s efforts we focused on a Sunday morning Service that never felt anything but a full expression of us as a church. We balanced Holy Communion, with Sunday Worship and with All Age services. Running Children’s church during the year was only possible because of a team coming together and making it happen. Mid-Week services were supported well and there were opportunities to continue with Sunday evening worship. Monthly prayer meetings were added to come alongside other groups who sustained us through the past year. Home groups did what they do best and continued to be the source of enthusiasm, energy and prayer that we have come to rely on. The leadership produced an excellent Parish Profile. The PCC ran the process to advertise, interview and run the selection day on the 9[th] November. The Patron, Area Dean and Archdeacon supported, guided and advised. Joc and Graham joined the interview panel and as a result we have been blessed by Andy & Andrea joining us. This was a lot of hard work for a lot of people. I hope you will agree that HT is in very good hands. ## **Jocelyn Chappell & Graham Strachan Church Wardens** ## **Vicar’s Report** Just a few lines to say three big ’thank yous’. Firstly, a huge thank you to you all for the way in which you have welcomed Andrea and me. We feel overwhelmed by your generosity and kindness, and we already feel loved and very much part of the HT family. Secondly, the evening of 21st March was such a special one. Thank you to each one of you who made it such a memorable evening. I know so much hard work went into it and I am so very grateful. Finally, so many of you have done so much to help HT through the vacancy. I recognise it was a truly monumental effort. As a result, the church I have arrived at is well placed to begin the next chapter. I have witnessed your enthusiasm and excitement concerning the way forward - none more so than at Easter when we joined together on Thursday, Friday and Sunday to mark the most important time of the year. Thank you for being willing to embrace my new ideas. And so, here’s to the future…. with excitement... and by God’s grace. ## **Andy Johnson** 10 ## **B: MINISTRY REPORTS** ## **CHILDREN & YOUTH** ## **HTA Kids** HTA Kids runs for children aged 3-11 years old during our Sunday Service and each week we have a fun mix of games, crafts, worship, activities, and teaching. This year we have learnt about Old and New Testament characters, The ‘I Am’s of Jesus and the Parables. It has been encouraging to see children grow in confidence, build friendships, and learn more about Jesus’ love for each one of them. It has also been encouraging for the children to see their artwork in church through their posters on the walls and through their contributions to the ’I Am The Good Shepherd’ banner. We are very thankful to those who supported the children in the banner work, and this enables our children to feel valued and significant members of the church. We have 5 committed, excellent leaders who lead in pairs once a month. We also have 8 brilliant volunteers who help regularly, so that we have 3-4 adults each session (ensuring we cover our child-adult ratios). We are grateful to our leaders and helpers who give their time and energy so faithfully. Thank you to Denise Mander for leading and our youth helpers Amy and Sophie, who have all stood down this year. We have support from the HTA Office in ordering craft materials, supplies, printing and from the Safeguarding lead and Office in DBS administration. We now have an iPad for registration making the process easier and we are also thankful for the work that has gone into updating our children’s Churchsuite database. Although about 25 children have attended HTA Kids since September, we usually have 5-10 children each week, as most families only attend 1-2 times per month. The number of children that attend each week is at least 50% less than pre-covid times and a large cohort of year 6 children moved up to Pathfinders in September. Unless we encourage more young couples and families to join our church, the number of children in our HTA Kids group will continue to decrease. The wide age range of HTA Kids has both benefits and challenges. It enables older children to form friendships with our younger children and encourage them, but it does not allow for bespoke work with different age groups and makes teaching age-appropriate Christian messages more difficult. Other than Lighthouse and our school's work, we currently do not offer any specific outreach to families with school-aged children. This Easter, PlaySpace was offered as a trial initiative which was well received with nearly 40 children attending and it would be wonderful to have further opportunities such as these. Previously our church has offered outreach events such as Light Parties, Easter events, fun days, and regular clubs. We encourage all members of the church to understand the importance of, and their personal responsibility in, praying for and growing our children’s ministry. ## **Martha Edwards** ## **Lighthouse Toddler Group** Lighthouse Toddler Group continued to be a busy, fun, lively place for tots and their carers to spend a Thursday morning. Our vision is to provide welcome, friendship and care for all children 0-5 and their carers, aiming to have fun together while learning about Jesus. Practically speaking toddlers with different learning styles were able to learn bible stories and Christian themes by way of structured sessions including songs, story, craft and play. In December, we enjoyed our annual Christmas Lighthouse in the church with a party lunch afterwards. Our core value is to share the unconditional love of Jesus 11 with all who attend. Parents and carers tell us they value the fact that Lighthouse is free, well organised, and most of all the sense of friendliness and community. In the summer term several key leaders stood down including: Caroline who we thank for her amazing craft and contribution to Lighthouse over the years, Ruth who we thank for sharing marvellous stories at Lighthouse over many years, and Veronica who we thank for her faithfulness, service and leadership of Lighthouse. It is a testimony to Veronica’s involvement and leadership over some 30+ years, her commitment, and the shear effort she put into the transition, that Lighthouse continues to run each week and to be so well received. We made a small change to the weekly registration of children in September to facilitate more accurate and timely reporting of attendance and similar information. Over the autumn term we averaged about 35 toddlers attending per week with support from about 8 volunteer helpers. Digging deeper into the data it is clear we have a strong core of regular attenders (and by way of corollary a number who attend only once or twice, ever). We are very pleased to have several new fantastic volunteers start this year in setting-up, welcoming, leading worship, refreshments, craft and storytelling. We are thankful to Cynthia who has so ably taken on planning our craft in addition to leading refreshments. We also benefitted from the support of Lydia Lee seconded from her Ordinand placement at St Peter’s Quarrendon, for a term. Part of Lighthouse’s success in 2022 was in recruiting some of the regular core guests to help volunteer in the group. Perhaps that is a trend that God would be calling us to develop further in 2023. ## **Martha Edwards & Jocelyn Chappell** ## **Schools Work (Primary)** We have continued to maintain strong links with both Turnfurlong Infant and Junior schools. I have been able to take assembly each half term in each school and received a positive welcome on every occasion. It is a pleasure to be able to cover key Christian festivals such as advent, Christmas and Easter as well as others reflecting the Christian message. In July Last year we were able to deliver the ‘It’s Your Move’ sessions to the Year 6 children and give them a copy of the It’s your move book to help them as they moved to secondary school. Many thanks to Sophie Tomson, Charlie Hoaen and Daniel Frazer for their help with this. In December it was great to welcome Turnfurlong Junior school back for their Carol service which was a wonderful evening celebrating the Christmas story. I was also able to run the Christmas unwrapped sessions in school to year 3. I also had the opportunity to speak at the infant school carols round the tree service. In the future, I hope we can continue to maintain these strong links and activities and hopefully restart the Easter Experience in a similar or different format. We are also exploring the idea of community music events with Turnfurlong Junior. Please pray for all these ongoing activities and links with our schools. ## **Ruth Jarrett** 12 ## **Youth** ## **Chill** Years 10-13 meet once a month on a Sunday evening. There are 29 young people in the age range but only a small core group attend regularly. This is a group for Bible study, and we discuss topics important to their peer group. I currently run the group with Ed Warner. Jocelyn kindly steps in if one of us can’t make it. Chill is an essential part of our youth ministry it gives an opportunity to talk about things they are worried about and to ask questions to grow in faith. This age group doesn’t have a Sunday morning group as we encourage them to take part in the church service. ## **Glo** Glo runs once a month on a Friday evening. There is a large group of helpers so usually no one needs to help more than once a term. It’s an outreach group where young people invite their friends with attendance which ranges between two and twenty young people. It provides young people a space to hang out, play games and do craft. We had a successful visit from a freelance artist who facilitated a session which was well received. However, that one was free, but the fees would be too high to repeat. Recently numbers have fallen but this could be seasonal or perhaps it’s time is ending. I’m aware that there are other activities like swimming which our young people take part in on a Friday evening too. Running the sessions on a pre-booked basis is somewhat problematic and does create extra work. We first introduced this coming out of lockdown to help manage numbers; now, if children aren’t prebooked we don’t turn them away and instead book them in on arrival. Pre booking may not be needed going forwards and we can look to review this practise. ## **Fundraising Project** In the Autumn of 2022, our young people expressed a desire to raise funds for a defibrillator and to find a way to help bridge the gap between adults and young people in the congregation. We need to raise £1,235 for the defibrillator. People have been very generous: in December we held a bake sale raising £179 and in addition some young people raised £198 selling mistletoe in the run up to Christmas. In April 2023 we organised a quiz night which was an all age collaboration and raised an amazing £670. This really was a joy to be part of and with many adults pitching in it paved the way to further joint ventures. I commend all involved and hope that there will be more opportunities like this. ## **Claire Newman** ## **Pathfinders** 13 As you may be aware I have recently taken over from Claire Newman, running and planning the sessions for Pathfinders. Numbers seem to vary from between 4 and 12. We have gained a good intake of children who transitioned from HTA Kids in September and said goodbye to children in yr 10. Year 10 students are not currently included in Pathfinders; I would like this to be readdressed for Pathfinders to include yr's 7 - 11. Our current helpers are Claire Norman, Jocelyn Chappell, Richard Edwards, Richard Bragg and Anne Vujanic. We would benefit from more adults with a desire to lead and would always welcome more helpers. I currently put together the details for each session and distribute to the relevant leader and helper each week. I have previously used Energise to build my sessions; this is an online resource. Energise is a great tool with a huge wealth of information. I have researched into other resources which could enable the young people to deepen their faith. We have just started an 8-week prayer course designed by 24/7 prayer alongside Pete Greig. I think this could really be an exciting adventure and empower the youth by prayer and wanting to learn more. The Prayer Course starts with a short video intro, followed by a discussion and time to pray at the end. I feel honoured to be a part of Pathfinders and to work with the young people on their journey with faith. I am conscious my time is limited and feel that someone to work full-time with our young people would be an asset to the church. The ideal candidate would ignite a passion and fire in our young people where they feel valued and are contributing members of our Church. ## **Matt Norman** ## **MISSION & EVANGELISM** ## **Alpha** We've continued to run our New Year and Autumn Alpha courses on Wednesday evenings. Many thanks to all those who have prepared food, run hospitality, and prayed for us. We value the sense of whole church ownership, and we were delighted to have additional leaders and helpers in January. Looking ahead we are keen to extend this and even run additional courses at different times. Sometimes guests visit on a Sunday and some also choose to join a small group. We'd welcome any small group leaders looking to grow their group, to join us for some of the weeks and get to know our guests. Andrew and Mandy Henderson ## **Outreach & Welcome** The outreach and welcome ministry focus on 4 key spheres of activity: - **1) Outreach:** The Outreach team comprises of Ian & June Webb, Sue Brown, Andrew & Mandy Henderson. As a team we have produced HTA contact cards and promotional leaflets which have been distributed to 1000 mainly new homes in the parish and also used for welcome packs introduced this year. - **2) Greenhouse Initiative:** The outreach team attend inter-church missional meetings to act as facilitators to encourage various ministries within HTA to become more missional. Our dedicated team are working on enabling the café/foyer to be used more for outreach purposes. - **3) Welcome Team** . A dedicated team operate on a rota basis who are especially keen to welcome newcomers and ensure they are aware of all the facilities that HTA offers. A total of 21 adults and 10 14 children were welcomed as newcomers over the last year and we held a newcomer meeting for the first time that proved popular. - **4) Esri Cark Park** . We are grateful to Esri for the provision of their car park which has been operational for over a year and for our dedicated team of volunteers who as car park marshals are out in all kinds of weather. This is an important ministry as they can be the first welcome point for newcomers travelling by car. We are looking for new volunteers to help us in this important ministry. All this has been underpinned by a Strategic Outreach Plan, a missional plan, approved by the PCC. ## **Ian Webb** ## **Trinity Coffee Shop** The Coffee Shop has remained open throughout the year on Weds and Fri mornings and has benefited from a loyal core of regular customers from the local area and from Walton Hall users. Home-made cakes are donated, and the team are all volunteers which keeps our costs low and allows our prices (despite an increase last September) to remain competitive. Over the last year we have been able to generate nearly £5,000 for church funds. The Coffee Shop Team has come to overlap significantly with those who have also organised refreshments for various events and this year has been a busy one. We have helped provide refreshments for funerals, concerts, the Induction evening and the Bring and Share lunch. Most significant was the input to the Warm Space initiative providing free home made soup and roll to anyone wanting to take advantage of the heated Foyer every Wednesday afternoon from November to the end of March. Alongside this event, all those attending the Weds morning Holy Communion were able to stay for soup and conversation over the cold winter months as well. We welcome new volunteers prepared to learn how to lead in the Coffee Shop to allow opening at other times and to enable the facilities to be available for other church events. ## **Mandy Henderson and Nicki Strachan and the Coffee Shop Team** ## **Aylesbury Community Gospel Choir** 15 The Gospel choir is an open to all group, where we sing a selection of Gospel songs alongside some more secular songs which all focus on Gospel themes of hope, freedom, and love etc. This year has been another changeable year with numbers going up and down, but a core committed group of around 15 regulars. There are a number who have not been able to come to choir over the last term due to other commitments / ill health. So, it’s a moveable feast. A good few are from outside HT, and it was encouraging to have a couple join HT at Easter and one has shown an interest in Alpha. As always, we would love to see more members – all are welcome, and no music reading is required as all songs are learnt by ear. We were asked to take part in the ‘Beacon to Aylesbury’ mission run by Broughton Church with their barge, on 29[th] April by doing a short performance. We are also planning a full concert at HT on 8[th] July. It’s wonderful to hear those who have no church background singing classic Gospel songs of faith and hope! The team is fabulous and helps things run smoothly. We try and get together to pray for the group members (usually over food). The choir is really beginning to gel as a group, and we feel that it is being a benefit in many ways. ## **Sarah Thelin** ## **Holy Trinity Football Club** HTFC has continued this year but has been challenged by slightly less numbers wanting to play. We play on a Monday night between 8 and 9 pm indoors at Aylesbury College and have a wide range of ages and abilities made up with a mixture of church members and friends. This year we have had to face some of the realities of the financial squeeze as the college has decided not to open the sports hall outside term time which will result in us losing some Monday nights. Looking forward, we are hoping to have a few social activities this year alongside the fun and physical activities so that we can build relationships and get to know each other better. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Peter Bisley on 07768 232074. ## **Peter Bisley** ## **Mission** Our aim has been to maintain mission partnerships through personal contact, prayer and financial support. In 2022 we welcomed several partners to Holy Trinity in person and have kept in touch through newsletters and visiting speakers. Sadly, budget restrictions meant we reluctantly chose to reduce our contributions to most of these partners, with the aim of restoring things whenever possible. A positive development would be to broaden our engagement with our partners, seeing more individuals or groups 'championing' them to give this fresh impetus and wider ownership across our membership. ## **Andrew Henderson** 16 ## **DISCIPLESHIP** ## **Small Groups** Over the past year our small groups have continued to meet and offer friendship and discipleship to members of our church family and beyond. We have 11 small groups meeting weekly including Revive, our women’s bible study group, and these groups continue to offer a real sense of community and support at the heart of church family life through friendship, fellowship, prayer and bible study. Descriptions for all our groups are on the Church website and on a board inside the church and we would love to see our provision of groups grow. We started a series of small group leader training sessions in the Autumn term and aim to make this an annual provision for groups to encourage and nurture members to develop gifts of leadership and hospitality. Huge thanks to all the small group leaders for their continued pastoral care and support for each of our groups and for all they do to disciple and love one another in Jesus’ name. ## **Millie Tomson** ## **Revive – Women’s Bible Study** Revive continues to meet on Friday mornings in term time. After three years of meeting on Zoom, in the summer term 2022 we alternated between Zoom and meetings at HT. In the autumn we met at HT every week with Zoom available too, then from February this year we have met as we used to do, in person at HT. Numbers attending have dropped slightly but most weeks there are about 8 of us. There are still about 25 on the mailing list and in the active WhatsApp group, for prayer support and general encouragement. For some of us Revive is our only small group but some of us are members of another small group as well. We start with a coffee and catch up from 10.15 which is much valued as it often informs our prayer time. From 10.30 we usually have a short sung worship time then a Bible study. Different members of the group have offered to lead sessions. We finish with a time of prayer and leave about 11.45 because of the 2-hour car parking! This year we have studied _Hosea_ and _The parables of Jesus_ using Bible Study guides. Last term our sessions were based on a chapter each week from _Followers of the Way_ by Simon Reed and we had some very interesting discussions. We have had occasional socials and craft sessions and some themed weeks before Christmas and Easter. We would welcome new members and all women, of all ages, are very welcome to join us. ## **Ro Knight and Jenny Laferton** ## **PASTORAL** ## **Pastoral Care Ministry** Firstly, I would like to thank all those on the pastoral care team, small groups and individuals who have all contributed to the care and support of so many in our church family. In particular, I would like to thank Glynis Axtell who for many years led the pastoral team and for her pastoral gifts of listening, loving, advising and praying 17 for so many and being the go-to person for pastoral help. Glynis stepped down in the middle of 2022 and is a hard act to follow. The pastoral team has increased in size during 2022/23 and reflects the many and varied pastoral needs within the church. The team (Beryl Bronnert, Anne Vujanic, Viv Knight, June Webb, Debbie Reece, myself and Andy) continues to meet once a month to pray and offers support to anyone that is in need. Those needs can be for a variety of reasons and we offer time to listen, chat and pray in a confidential setting. Looking ahead it would be lovely to gather a list of people who would be happy to provide meals on an ad hoc basis for anyone that finds themselves in need due to the birth of a new baby, illness or a crisis of some nature. if you are willing to be a meal provider, I would love to hear from you. Many thanks. ## **Jane Piper** ## **Spiritual Care of Older People (SCOP)** In September I was asked to put together a small team with a view to restarting SCOP , which I was able to do. Unfortunately, personal circumstances mean, that since January, I have been unable to develop this ministry further. At the moment, the spiritual needs of older people are being organised through home groups, Wednesday Communion services , individual home Communion visits and the pastoral care team. ## **Debbie Reece** ## **925 Group** 925 is for people who are around during the day, 9am to 5pm, because of redundancy, retirement, flexible working, health issues, lifestyle etc. We meet every Tuesday morning at 10.30, normally in the Church foyer, providing our own refreshments. Last year we discussed set topics (3 times) subjects like ‘personal and world good news’ (11 times), ‘our favourite item’ (5 times), listened to a talk (4 times), played games (3 times) and went out, for a walk (9 times) or to a party (3 times). In all, this year, 925 met 38 times. Please contact Martin Roper if you would like to know more, or just turn up. ## **Martin Roper** ## **Walton Wobblers** Walton Wobblers are a group that enjoy short mat bowls in Walton Hall on a Tuesday afternoons with a small number of very keen members who rarely miss a game. The majority are in their eighties, and some have had to give up because of ill health or fear of catching covid-19. Sadly, we have not had the usual outings for pub meals that we previously enjoyed. Anyone who would like to join us is made very welcome with chat and tea and biscuits! ## **June Anson** 18 ## **WORSHIP** ## **AV & Livestream** This last year has seen a consistent improvement in the gifting of individual team members and a growth in the number of willing volunteers and we have a core of regular members offering to serve when it seems we might not have enough for a team. Particular thanks to Alan Smith for be being willing and able to serve often. Around Christmas and New Year the addition of Joc Chappell and Bruce Cullen to the team gave existing members a well-earned breather over the New Year. There is a real passion to provide “Church” for those who are still unable to join in person, particularly at times when Church is most important to many. Whilst this isn’t always possible, we were able to provide this and as team lead, I’m particularly “proud” of God’s provision which ensure this happens even when time doesn’t always allow for full training and testing. Other additional team members are Millie Tomson and Rowan Norman (learning the ropes as part of his Duke of Edinburgh award). We continue to strive to improve the settings on sound and visuals with the resources we have available which means the overall online experience as well as that in HT are improving gradually. ## **Looking Ahead** Staffing of midweek “events” such as funerals and weddings remains an issue but I’m training up HT staff - particularly Cate P and Anne V on some of the elements, which will help mean we can provide these services particularly as my work workload makes it difficult to commit to these additional events. We hope to be able to develop these areas so that HT can be a venue that people want to book (The WI have booked again for 2024 - for their Science Investigation and Discovery Day - their third year running!) Lighting needs to be made safer / semi-permanent to allow a better and more permanent solution although this remains a major issue in HT from a camera / livestream perspective. There is a possibility of teaming up with an education / apprenticeship provider to offer training in this area. This could possibly expand our capabilities and offer something of an outreach. As ever, if anyone has an interest in / willingness to learn / passion to add a skill to their portfolio in this area - please do let me know. ## **Challenges - Please Help!** Being short of time, help with any or all the following would be greatly appreciated - hoping to set up a day or two for some of the following, so please do get in touch if you think you - or possibly your home group can help for a “session”. - Some wiring to tidy up - to fully “finish” the install and specifically on the Visuals side and cabling to the server cabinet at front of HT. - Screen additions / positioning to give better in-service visuals for service leaders / preachers specifically. Limited budget to really do things properly so “clever” solutions to some of these issues would be helpful! I remain very passionate about how we can make tech work effectively for HT, so please do shout if you want to discuss or offer any help! ## **Chris Ion** 19 ## **Sung & Musical Worship** Psalm 100 v 4: ‘I will enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise’. I was reminded again recently that our primary aim and goal as we meet together in ‘His court’, [church] is to exalt and glorify our Heavenly Father for all He has done and provided for us. We as a musical and sung worship team, count it a privilege and honour to be able to lead the community of HT in doing this, at the various services that take place. I would also add that this is not possible for us to achieve, without the amazing help of the PA / AV team who faithfully facilitate what we do at the front. Thank you so much to every one of you! Looking back over the year I am reminded of the fantastic diversity within the worship team. This means we can have music and song which ranges from a choral flavour, which is probably best highlighted over the Christmas period, to the evenings of extended sung/musical worship where we aim to give more time, space and freedom, and encourage worship through the arts also. This last year It has also been very exciting for us to see young people starting to get more involved in the teams, and as a team themselves, and I very much hope, that this is something that can continue to grow and develop over the coming year. It would also be worth acknowledging the great diversity of people that attend HT, and how differing preferences on services, with more (or less) sung/musical worship, and more (or less) liturgy can be explored. Also, although we can facilitate all our current services, we are still quite stretched as a team, and our prayer would be that God would provide more gifted people, who have a passion for Jesus, and want to see Him exalted and worshipped, to join the team. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I would really appreciate that you would pray regularly for the whole worship team, including the PA and AV guys, that we would remain close and in step with our Heavenly Father, to facilitate our ministry to Him and the HT community! With all my Love ## **Nigel Coote** ## **PRAYER** ## **Monthly Prayer Meeting** The meeting is held on the first Thursday of every month, between 7.00pm and 8.00pm, or any time between. At this exciting time for our church, everyone is encouraged to come and pray, as led, for matters relating to Holy Trinity or any other topic. Attendance varies between 15 and 25. ## **Carol & Ian Waterfield** 20 ## **OPERATIONS & ADMIN** None of the achievements in this report would be possible without the dedicated work of our staff team and many volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. 2022 was a year of change and uncertainty, as we waved goodbye to Charles and Kate, we settled into the vacancy with a levelheaded calm and determination to see that the general running of the church was as smooth as could be. The leadership and wider deanery team were brilliant, ensuring we all had the support and line management needed, diligently meeting with us regularly to facilitate the daily tasks. The routine buildings and facilities requirements for fire safety, lightning protection and PAT testing happened as scheduled as did a fruitful spring-cleaning day. We have had the Croft Road door rehung and a new lock fitted so it is now fire safety compliant. The tower immersion tank had a timer fitted with the aim to reduce energy costs and we are gradually changing the lightbulbs to LEDs. The fan heaters in the main body of the church have had their filters cleaned and have been noticeably more efficient since that was done. As we prepared to welcome Andy and Andrea, there was work to be done at the Vicarage, and a happy band of volunteers helped with the painting. We held a spring-cleaning day in April with home groups and church members spending the day in church sorting, cleaning and tidying. These activities included cleaning carpets, weeding, painting toilets, painting the railings at Walton Hall and tidying and cleaning toys. We also dedicated a day to sorting and reordering the office space. As we look forward, the priority will most certainly be to upgrade the central heating system, focusing on green sustainable solutions. I extend my grateful thanks to Anne Vujanic, Steph Laferton and Anne Cooper for their dedication and attention to the details that make HT run so smoothly. They have worked with grace, care and spirituality, maintaining efficiency and quality, ably coping with the uncertainties of the vacancy. The energy, enthusiasm and support shown as we have welcomed Andy has been joyful and I hope we will continue to be a happy productive team as we look to the future with our new leader. We continue to be hugely grateful to Susan Read and Lynn and Bill McMeekin who diligently managed the cash handling administration at HTA with consistency and good humour! It is always a joy to work alongside them. Ben Jarrett and Sylvia Mulcock are working well to keep the building clean and tidy. They are reliably focused on keeping the church clean. With thanks also to everyone who works and volunteers at Holy Trinity, you all make it amazing. ## **Cate Prickett** 21 Fknanclal Ststements Forthe yearended 31 December 2022 The Walton Pamchial Chuych Councll Parochtsl Church Covncil ofwatton Afvbury Flnanclal Ststements forth& yearended 31 Dacember2022 ststementof finlnelal activrtles UD 20ZI 2022 Incunlng rwurcesfvom wer&fjdftMMIs volwt*Y,n(x￿e 166,154 15x1,490 168.154 2,281 7,3b6 Othervolutsry IrKorr* R¢s￿r¢83 281 14 In¥¢stmentiTKorne Inccrn1ng hrmcwgD9 11342 916 1Z158 8.321 CoBtofgeTrerntsng fvnd• 15. 15. IS,98Q Actlvitieydreth iomwthy 123.520 43.Cfj5 168,585 1$7,763 H.676 C￿[rjI M￿ager[￿r¢. &Adrri?Mtr4lb 51.636 5Z2B6 359 c0stdgw￿zbr￿J1u￿rt$ 113.61¥ IY,1311 {22,54n ,359) othwrecosmts￿￿IaI￿6 ¢hsso5) {16.972J 137.159) 154.131) la5471 Other récowSsqd ￿￿{￿5￿•$) 18.9 612,834 Tc411 71.187 $19,120 387 Parochhil Church Councll of Walton Aylesl)ury Financial Statements forthe yearendpd 31 Decembor 2022 Balance sheet as at 31 December 2022 un 2021 2022 Flxod Assets 474 286 515.3rJ 515.373 6.8 L8.118 6,B99 57,&7T 11308 72.Q67 Ca¥h * bank￿ In hand 9,8C9 TotAI ¢wrT*rt49•6tA LiablllUe* Cr£ditors'. arrwits fallw duè¥lthkn one￿1 2.92 2,926 5,461 9,809 01,SllO 74.914 Wet￿$e1￿ FuNholth2churth C￿er$I fund DègwJiatsd funds 54,195 54,1 71.167 R•sirf¢t¢dfvMds 461.9S1 481,961 519.120 TL*al fundsolthe church J L￿￿[bY.. ch￿m*Th rochial Church COU￿11 of Walton Ayle¥bury Finaft¢lal Ststemgnts for tha >wr wdod 31 Docembèr 2022 Notss to the Finan¢ial Ststenwr l ACCOU￿r￿j PDllc*B SORPIFkS102) 1abilrt￿f0r￿k￿chthfj PCC is te&kYwt%C I￿1*w io¥thh8rL¥>Jy northOSe Mare rfomiej gatkri￿5 ofchurchtrwts. rewtied mgn rou￿ed iothBro¥*L c4Jnurn preparng 8tsweni urff0strWf￿nd5*•w￿d1Undsthta*￿ pJrp0￿￿. 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Independent Examinerfs Rgport To the Tru8te6s of Walton Parochial Church Council. Thls report is regarding the Accounts for year ended 31" December 2022, as attach&. Resporffjibilrty and basis of thls reporL The Parochial Churc* Cwncil has agreed that an Ind8pendent Revtew is required In accordance with the Charities Act 2011, seclDn 145 & 152, for the abov8 year. It is my responsibility to cery out Ihis review in Order to- 8) confirm that the Accounts comply wilh the 2011 A b) ensure the procedures as laid down by the Act are followed, and c) any matters ￿1¢h have o)me to my attention during this examinalion. Basls of Independent Examlners Report This review was in accordance wtlh the General DirectKins given by the Charity Commls8ion and included a review of rewrds kept and maintained by the PCC. allo induded an examination of supporting evidenGa for the Accounts, to ¢onfinn the fi'gur88. This pr￿sS is not e full audit and therefore thls report d￿8 not express an Audit opinion on the8è Actounts, Examiners Statsment l am pleased to rep)rt that there are no major matters of concern that have been identified durlng thi8 ￿VIeW and can confim that the records have begn kept in accordan￿ with the 2011 Act. Therefo￿ there are, in my opinion, no matters which need to be raised from the accuracy of tsso Aceounts. however I must express concern at Ihg 0)ntinued trading loss. which has than doubled since the previous year and would recommend that the Trustees take action to prevent future losses in the following years. Follow up items Review overall financial position. This rewew ha8 been asslsted by the staff of HTC and I would just like to placA on record my thanks for all their help throughout this proc&8S. S, Mark8, FMAAT l O Chesterfield Close. Stone . 22nd April 2023 File Ref HTC Cert 2022 Fknanclal Ststements Forthe yearended 31 December 2022 The Walton Pamchial Chuych Councll Parochtsl Church Covncil ofwatton Afvbury Flnanclal Ststements forth& yearended 31 Dacember2022 ststementof finlnelal activrtles UD 20ZI 2022 Incunlng rwurcesfvom wer&fjdftMMIs volwt*Y,n(x￿e 166,154 15x1,490 168.154 2,281 7,3b6 Othervolutsry IrKorr* R¢s￿r¢83 281 14 In¥¢stmentiTKorne Inccrn1ng hrmcwgD9 11342 916 1Z158 8.321 CoBtofgeTrerntsng fvnd• 15. 15. IS,98Q Actlvitieydreth iomwthy 123.520 43.Cfj5 168,585 1$7,763 H.676 C￿[rjI M￿ager[￿r¢. &Adrri?Mtr4lb 51.636 5Z2B6 359 c0stdgw￿zbr￿J1u￿rt$ 113.61¥ IY,1311 {22,54n ,359) othwrecosmts￿￿IaI￿6 ¢hsso5) {16.972J 137.159) 154.131) la5471 Other récowSsqd ￿￿{￿5￿•$) 18.9 612,834 Tc411 71.187 $19,120 387 Parochhil Church Councll of Walton Aylesl)ury Financial Statements forthe yearendpd 31 Decembor 2022 Balance sheet as at 31 December 2022 un 2021 2022 Flxod Assets 474 286 515.3rJ 515.373 6.8 L8.118 6,B99 57,&7T 11308 72.Q67 Ca¥h * bank￿ In hand 9,8C9 TotAI ¢wrT*rt49•6tA LiablllUe* Cr£ditors'. arrwits fallw duè¥lthkn one￿1 2.92 2,926 5,461 9,809 01,SllO 74.914 Wet￿$e1￿ FuNholth2churth C￿er$I fund DègwJiatsd funds 54,195 54,1 71.167 R•sirf¢t¢dfvMds 461.9S1 481,961 519.120 TL*al fundsolthe church J L￿￿[bY.. ch￿m*Th rochial Church COU￿11 of Walton Ayle¥bury Finaft¢lal Ststemgnts for tha >wr wdod 31 Docembèr 2022 Notss to the Finan¢ial Ststenwr l ACCOU￿r￿j PDllc*B SORPIFkS102) 1abilrt￿f0r￿k￿chthfj PCC is te&kYwt%C I￿1*w io¥thh8rL¥>Jy northOSe Mare rfomiej gatkri￿5 ofchurchtrwts. rewtied mgn rou￿ed iothBro¥*L c4Jnurn preparng 8tsweni urff0strWf￿nd5*•w￿d1Undsthta*￿ pJrp0￿￿. R￿￿•y1￿rdsreP￿2Q7IlaI".r￿0ffle fromalDtst*iW. rAyÈaexytsd those*grLtrd cwtts nthèbTm3ofihètNslor esl, Ibl donagonsDrgr8ts￿￿1Qra Pccfor ThefundsnwoThly beexpended o The PG¢do8s not usudlylyve￿w￿I8l¥yf0raxh1w￿. IneLthlng Mourr v￿U￿ry￿CL¥1jO &capt&sovrtes InC￿￿la¥r￿￿￿atIe i8ifK¥y Grantsan¢ lèwi&8 tDtho FGC Èrexcounwfar Nsgoon8sl*PCCi$ aid1￿ Funds *5wI by afde. 9&rd2n paly gnd •ty&yxxurtedfJT wJss. D¢¢¥5 thnKS arA s￿a￿￿tr￿￿th9Co￿Q$$hCParè 8CCQUllted lortyos5. hicQntshDmlnveafrF￿. ts &•3￿er. •*thl.F4h4w¥dcFeat¢s A birdig ￿1h8 PCC, TheOWBnpai9h ghBpLryd at 315tywD*Ei I￿the notestoll*sEa￿￿Itr. Arrnur￿ rt¢4¥ed sp￿a￿lOr￿nth WO rknreywthwe isgeneraLY￿,sed￿￿en rf¢i$illcurred and Fitsd A•Sfj co[Mttr￿ bEft*•J S 10 lllcl dihe¢h8dts*AdW11. NO¥4￿21$ movtknlè tr￿f0￿.￿ PCC, and￿1¢1 r•qinT20 VOEtsnerf9 arevdwy CurreThtas•ets oLntso*ing bthe PCC LlfEe9. rerd9 IdgssThi$kn It*any *nount$iM may provo Unc&*lib￿. 8knort.*nr,depc4dti￿￿cth hebj ¢￿tle0C￿le4￿5r￿th CB=. FI￿9 C¢K*thè bAr CurrnrrtLl¥b1l￿ ¢￿dit￿￿Ond F￿D¥1￿￿￿5 gre reCwnI￿ PGC ptst￿l thalwll w£**4Y￿a￿lt knth&tr8nts r* andlho4TKJunlth* lO￿ll￿ ty4slim*ed rW. end wov.&ons aFe rLwiE•J ai Pomchial Church Courtll of Walton Ayle$bury Financ￿1 Statements fortho J*ar•nded 31 D•ceTnber2022 Notes to th¢ Finartelal Ststem8nts Fundi TWtrJnd Totsl luAd5 Pbmed giving Oonattor Tax rec4)votsNe Coll￿0￿$ IwnF4ate} 125.ge8 I?5￿8& 138,746 20,796 1.444 1U,O 88,154 10, 166.154 19.$42 190,490 OtherVolvnwkncr4nB R*s¢NWC• Nwi c￿lu[ch Pi Bd.dwPI¢￿iLN?ffl*KnS Spwa Cdledwsfwethvlrd 280 70 22B1 22B1 2.281 2.281 7,036 Invvsknwnt Incorn• 916 2798 5.382 3.980 3,055 2,899 2,35T a,321 Cdfee s 5.3B2 CXherlnuKne 916 Totsl Inwnlng R•sowrt•g 177,4Tr3 3,197 180,eoo 206.211 Parochlal Ch￿￿h coll￿11 ofwalion Aylesbury Flnanclal Statements forthg year ended 31 Dgcemhr 21122 Not•s to the Financial Ststements 3 An•ty¥ts ofn8ourn 9x￿ndUd 2Q21 co￿of99￿4raunO fund¥ f¥8nts 15.B80 15.8eo 15,88Q 15,8eD 15.9BO 15.980 AGUVm￿ I￿at￿￿t0 I￿n￿lty DIOCe￿ ?alish Sha 98.140 737 14,223 9B.140 737 15,139 4,491 105,212 Chuich Illn￿11 e4)ensos ChuiGh 14,868 JU￿Or Church Outyea 1,017 1.8 1,8 670 LI￿8t0n￿Y￿WeIf¥Q payn))nis poyments 39.Wd2 41.117 39,507 ild￿9W(WX￿tOC+1￿r8fj￿5Ch 123,52 43.r 167.763 church lJanwgrt& AdThlnknlAUon 48.744 IS84 650 49,394 2,584 308 52,286 .385 l.C65 226 676 LpJ* 8 prdEs¥iwlfoa5 FanK¢W&LO*I IrrtqTr* 51*36 850 CoBtof OtherAdMli£9 359 359 ToTALRE￿ReEs EXPENEED la1￿6 43,71S 234,ni 22B,TS8 41•1 Stsff Cwis 2r122 2021 WtyèsAn#s¥knfjs gjdal ￿U￿ty Definvj 44.840 39.487 1,35 4B,194 896 40,293 4lbl Tr￿1￿9 rBmunqTht+Jn No rtwknrollh8 PCC reMWhy￿c￿f0rtP￿r*YV*Q]nthBPCC. ue&Y-cifK*men*ern, ttrAved 2￿par￿ buio rffitrPCC. Parochlal Chur¢h coul￿[1 of Walton Aylesb￿ry Flnancrdl Statsmpntstorthe year 8nd8d 31 Do¢¥m￿r 2022 Not•s to tho Financlal State￿￿Tr￿ Fixwres, nw& 5 TaThJlblg ILYed As8419 cr￿t￿r¥￿I￿a￿on At 31 DKqthr2021 Add1b0￿ At 31 Docqrr*w2032 Totsl 32,568 972.384 839.826 32￿56 872.384 At31 DeCstr.b￿?O2fj Ch¥gelLYyE8r 31 Dé(xnbw2022 447,711 39.922 4e7e33 1.195 10.495 498,128 Not bDDk valu• A131 D￿mbEr20 492,115 452.193 515,373 474,Z56 Ai 31 D￿mber2022 22.1163 l Dèbior* AndwwM•rrts 202Z )Zf rerJyKtsle 4,835 2,L￿$ ArcNBrt 12,308 7 ¢wedltors and Accrvalath*whNn 2021 A￿￿fits payabl*8nd ri5* 2.￿4 272 2,928 5,402 4,￿9 9,461 8 An4tysl¥clllBtAssets fvnd Funds F￿￿tts Fi￿A•S Cvff¢niAs¥ Bsftk Ca¥ 1104 472,152 474,25e 48.118 57,527 6.asg ArnthL%f*lrtg thgin {2.9261 51195 481,981 pa￿h1O1 Church Council ofwalton Afvsbury Finan¢lal Ststements forthe year ended 31 December 2022 Notes to th8 Financial Stat•m•nts g FU￿ tr￿¥￿t￿r R•swrces Gll1￿ ￿)sSes1 Fund frjrwird Chdrth a￿114￿0 Prolth Nw ¢huith SpBQ51 coll￿rOF￿￿ 510.721 (39.9 3,359 474,15 7,586 217 813 120rn 916 {43.7151 519.120 3.197 3,3&9 481,*1 ￿￿&t￿r￿ Unrnstrktsd FvTrdB CEn&ral Fund HT 71.167 71.167 177.403 1TIA03 13.3591 I3,￿9) 54,195 54,195 al￿ Fur 387 12M7311 $36,166 10 Chwth Chwth OvEfu2aS Donabna FLTh ar￿ *ttikriYxx￿￿￿S pWètothèDfoceso. Independent Examinerfs Rgport To the Tru8te6s of Walton Parochial Church Council. Thls report is regarding the Accounts for year ended 31" December 2022, as attach&. Resporffjibilrty and basis of thls reporL The Parochial Churc* Cwncil has agreed that an Ind8pendent Revtew is required In accordance with the Charities Act 2011, seclDn 145 & 152, for the abov8 year. It is my responsibility to cery out Ihis review in Order to- 8) confirm that the Accounts comply wilh the 2011 A b) ensure the procedures as laid down by the Act are followed, and c) any matters ￿1¢h have o)me to my attention during this examinalion. Basls of Independent Examlners Report This review was in accordance wtlh the General DirectKins given by the Charity Commls8ion and included a review of rewrds kept and maintained by the PCC. allo induded an examination of supporting evidenGa for the Accounts, to ¢onfinn the fi'gur88. This pr￿sS is not e full audit and therefore thls report d￿8 not express an Audit opinion on the8è Actounts, Examiners Statsment l am pleased to rep)rt that there are no major matters of concern that have been identified durlng thi8 ￿VIeW and can confim that the records have begn kept in accordan￿ with the 2011 Act. Therefo￿ there are, in my opinion, no matters which need to be raised from the accuracy of tsso Aceounts. however I must express concern at Ihg 0)ntinued trading loss. which has than doubled since the previous year and would recommend that the Trustees take action to prevent future losses in the following years. Follow up items Review overall financial position. This rewew ha8 been asslsted by the staff of HTC and I would just like to placA on record my thanks for all their help throughout this proc&8S. S, Mark8, FMAAT l O Chesterfield Close. Stone . 22nd April 2023 File Ref HTC Cert 2022