Registered Charity no. 1134156
# **The Parochial Church Council of St George with St Martin Poynton**
**Known as St George's Church Poynton**
**Trustees Annual Report and Accounts Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **St George's Church Poynton**
**Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Contents Page**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and Administrative Information|**1**|
|Trustee's Annual Report|**4**|
|Independent Examiners Report|**7**|
|Statement of Financial Activities|**8**|
|Statement of Financial Position|**9**|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|**10**|
## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Legal and Administrative Information**
## **Reference**
The Charity is called “The Parochial Church Council of St George with St Martin Poynton”. The Parochial Church Council is known as the PCC for short. Other names which are used for the charity are "St George's Church Poynton". The Church is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and was registered on the 22 January 2010. Before this the church was excepted registration.
**Registered Charity Number** 1133696
## **Registered Office**
Poynton Parish Church Fountain Close Poynton Stockport Cheshire SK12 1NH
## **Website**
poyntonparishchurch.org
## **Membership**
Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. From the last APCM the following served as members of the PCC.
Vicar: Curate: Associate Minister:
Rev Matthew Swires-Hennessy
Aled Seago
Christine Buckley
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Legal and Administrative Information**
## **Parochial Church Council (PCC) Members and Trustees**
The council members and trustee's who have served during the year until the date this report was approved are:
||**Date**|**Date**|
|---|---|---|
|**Member**|**Appointed**|**Resigned**|
|Rev Matthew Swires Hennessey|_25/10/2020_||
|Rev Aled Seago||_25/10/2020_|
|Rev Christine Judith Buckley|||
|Brain Clarke|||
|Eileen Shore|||
|Peter John Walker|||
|David Brackenbury|||
|Susan Patricia Coleman|_25/10/2020_||
|Elisabeth Bowles|_25/10/2020_||
|Leslie Hutchinson|||
|David Myers|||
|Michael Bradley|_25/10/2020_||
|Joseph Hadfield|||
|Victoria Timothy|||
|Linda Bell|||
|Helen Kershaw|_25/10/2020_||
|Joyce Corlett|||
|Sheila Vogle|_25/10/2020_||
|Valerie Vibrans|||
|Hannah Brackenbury|_25/10/2020_||
|Margaret Goode|_25/10/2020_||
|Ameer Aldabbagh|_25/10/2020_||
|Helen Bradley|||
|Dave Mcclelland|||
|Valerie Gail Parry|||
|Vivienne Metcalfe|||
|Andy Livingston||_25/10/2020_|
|David Alcraft||_25/10/2020_|
|David Coleman||_25/10/2020_|
|David Capener||_25/10/2020_|
|Susan Dodd||_25/10/2020_|
|Bill King||_25/10/2020_|
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
**Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Legal and Administrative Information**
## **Primary Bankers**
NatWest 10 Great Underbank Cheshire Stockport SK1 1LL
## **Independent Examiner:**
Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA Wyatt & Co Chartered Accountants 125 Main Street Garforth Leeds LS25 1AF
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Trustee's Annual Report**
## **Public Benefit Statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our trustees have given consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of the Christian faith through the provision of worship and teaching services and the relief of sickness, financial hardship and promoting good health. This has been achieved by the provision of funds, and services.
## **Organisational structure; recruitment, appointment and induction of new trustees**
St George's Church Poynton (PCC) is a charity registered with the Charities Commission (registration number 1165174). The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure.
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. The membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), churchwardens and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.
The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent.
## **Financial Review**
The Church finances have been severely affected by the ongoing pandemic. Although the majority of donations are received by standing orders at the beginning of the year many people were still donating through the weekly offertory or pledge envelopes. Obviously when the Church is closed or only open to limited numbers there was a significant reduction in this income. Thankfully many people have converted to SO and donations have plateaued at a slightly reduced level. More of an impact was the loss of income through letting the Church Halls which amounted to a total loss of some £25,000, this has meant that the current account has had to be topped up transferring money from the Vernon B/S account. To outweigh this the investment fund with Brewin And Dolphin has increased by approx £55,000 although of course this investment can go down as well as up.
The fund balances at the year end were as follows:
||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Unrestricted Funds|1,190,168|1,214,948|
|Restricted Funds|729,202|669,104|
|Total|1,919,370|1,884,052|
## **Going Concern**
The Trustee's are satisfied that the Charity is a going concern and do not know of any uncertainties regarding the organisations ability to continue operating as a going concern.
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Trustee's Annual Report**
## **Reserves Policy**
The Church held £1,919,370 in unrestricted funds at the end of December 2020. This figures included the general unrestricted, asset specific and designated funds. It is the councils intention to hold unrestricted reserves of between 3 and 6 months of operating costs. Where unrestricted funds are held over this amount the PCC will review the financial position of the charity and evaluate were surplus funds are best spent and invested.
## **Objectives and Activities**
Promoting the whole mission of the church, regular public worship (with the addition in 2020 of online/virtual services) open to all. Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching the Christian faith through sermons, courses, and small groups for adults, young people and children. Taking of religious assemblies in local schools and provision of other youth and children’s activities. Supporting the community particular at times such as Remembrance Day and the life of the civil parish through the Civic Service. Supporting, prayerfully and financially, mission partners with the UK and overseas.
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Trustee's Annual Report**
## **Achievement and Performance**
The PCC of the ecclesiastical parish of St George with St Martin, Poynton, has the responsibility of cooperating with the Incumbent, in promoting within the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the St George’s and St Martin’s campuses and associated properties.
The Reverend Matthew Swires-Hennessy was appointed as Vicar in July 2020, the parish having been in Vacancy since the previous incumbent moved to Holmes Chapel in November 2019. Through the period of Vacancy the Wardens were appointed to the accountabilities and responsibilities of the Vicar in the care of the Parish.
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 was a very unusual year for the mission and ministry of the parish of Poynton.
Worship and small group (including for young people and children) were, for most of the year, conducted online. This began as pre-recorded services and Zoom meetings and by the end of the year included livestreaming services from St George’s Church.
There has continued to be a significant ministry to the bereaved, with many funerals taking place throughout the year both at the Crematoria and Church despite restrictions on numbers or time slots.
The parish has supported local and international charities in the year: particularly local charities working with education and homelessness and international charities involved in supporting churches and communities (particularly in Argentina).
## **Approved by the Trustees**
## **Name of Trustee:**
Michael Bradley
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## **Signed on behalf of the Trustees:**
## **Date of approval:**
─────────────────────────────────────────────────── 08/06/2021
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Independent Examiners Report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of St George's Church Poynton ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 2020.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements 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 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA Date: 08/06/2021 Independent Examiner 125 Main Street Garforth Leeds LS25 1AF
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
|||||**2020**||2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total**||
||||Funds|Funds|**Funds**|Total funds|
|||**Note**|£|£|**£**|£|
|**Income**|||||||
|Donations and legacies|||172,477|8,142|**180,619**|229,490|
|Charitable activities|||27,296|-|**27,296**|19,928|
|Activities for generating income||**2**|11,086|-|**11,086**|43,430|
|Investment Income|||536|-|**536**|1,263|
|Other|||2,139|-|**2,139**|940|
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|**Total Income**|||213,534|8,142|**221,676**|295,051|
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|**Expenditure**|||||||
|Expenditure on charitable activities||**3**|233,957|7,853|**241,810**|270,990|
|Cost of raising funds||**4**|-|-|**-**|832|
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|**Total Expenditure**|||233,957|7,853|**241,810**|271,822|
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|**Net income / (expenditure) before**
**gains/(loses)**|||(20,423)|289|**(20,134)**|23,229|
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|Gain/(loss) on investment
Portfolio||**9**|-|55,453|**55,453**|74,312|
||||──────────|──────────|──────────|──────────|
|**Net income / (expenditure)**|||(20,423)|55,741|**35,318**|97,541|
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|**Net income and net movement in**|**funds**||||||
|Total funds brought forward|**12**||1,214,948|669,104|**1,884,052**|1,786,511|
|Transfers|**12**||(4,357)|4,357|**-**|-|
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|**Total funds carried forward**|**12**||1,190,168|729,202|**1,919,370**|1,884,052|
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All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The statement is a combined Statement of Financial Activities and Income and Expenditure Account for the purposes of meeting both companies act and charity SORP reporting requirements.
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Statement of Financial Position**
|**Statement of Financial Position**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2020**|2019|
||**Note**|**£**|£|
|**Fixed assets**||||
|Investments|**9**|702,509|647,056|
|Tangible Fixed Assets|**10**|1,023,412|1,020,500|
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|||1,725,921|1,667,556|
|**Current assets**||||
|Debtors|**10**|16,356|26,165|
|Cash at bank and in hand||187,211|194,331|
|||──────────|──────────|
|||203,568|220,496|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**11**|10,119|4,000|
|||──────────|──────────|
|**Net current assets**||193,449|216,496|
|||──────────|──────────|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||1,919,370|1,884,052|
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|**Net assets**|**13**|**1,919,370**|**1,884,052**|
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|**Funds of the charity**||||
|Restricted funds|**12**|729,202|669,104|
|Unrestricted funds|**12**|||
|Unrestricted General||13,282|27,714|
|Designated Funds||156,386|166,735|
|Revaluation Reserve||1,020,500|1,020,500|
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|||1,190,168|1,214,948|
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|**Total charity funds**||**1,919,370**|**1,884,052**|
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## **Directors Responsibilities**
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue :
Michael Bradley **Name of Trustee:** ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── **Signed on behalf of the Trustees:** ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── 08/06/2021 **Date of approval:** ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **Basis of Preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (Charities SORP 2019 FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
## **Assessment of Going Concern**
Preparation of the accounts is on a going concern basis. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
## **Fund Accounting**
Unrestricted income funds comprise those funds which the trustees are free to use for any purpose in furtherance of the charitable objects. Unrestricted funds include designated funds where the trustees, at their discretion, have set aside resources for a specific purpose.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by the donor or the term of specific appeal, often know as a ‘special offering’ in the church.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
## **Incoming Resources**
All incoming resources are recognised once the charity has entitlement to the resources, it is probable that the resources will be received, and the monetary value of incoming resources can be measured with sufficient reliability.
• All voluntary income from members of the church are recognised as donations and are included in full, with associated Gift Aid receivable in the Statement of Financial Activities.
• Grants where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of specific performance by the charity are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.
• Income resources from charitable trading activities such as the letting of the building are accounted for when invoices are drawn up (as the point of entitlement).
• Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified.
• Gifts in Kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.
• Volunteer time, the value of voluntary support for the work of the church is not included in the accounts but is described in the Trustees annual report.
• Investment Income is included in the accounts when receivable.
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
## **Governance Costs**
Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of the trustees' meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
## **Liability Recognition**
Abilities are recognised as soon as there Is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
All assets costing more than £500 are capitalised and at historic cost. Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is charged on furniture and equipment which is written off on a straight-line basis over time estimated useful live of the asset.
Equipment 4 years straight line Fixtures and Fittings 4 years straight line
## **Pensions**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.
## **Operating Leases**
Rental charges payable under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the terms of the lease.
## **Taxation**
The charity Is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
|**2 **|**Analysis of Income**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|
**Total Funds**|
|||Funds|Funds|**2020**|
|||£|£|**£**|
||**Donations and legacies**||||
||Donations|144,450|5,717|**150,167**|
||Gift Aid|26,027|538|**26,565**|
||Donated Goods and Services|-|-|**-**|
||Legacies|-|-|**-**|
||Grants|2,000|1,887|**3,887**|
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|||172,477|8,142|**180,619**|
||**Charitable activities**||||
||Funeral Fees|17,257|-|**17,257**|
||Graveyard Fees|4,867|-|**4,867**|
||Wedding Fees|2,822|-|**2,822**|
||Parish Weekend Away|2,350|-|**2,350**|
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|||27,296|-|**27,296**|
||**Activities for generating income**||||
||Lettings and Room Hire|10,197|-|**10,197**|
||Church Publication Sales|889|-|**889**|
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|||11,086|-|**11,086**|
||**Investment Income**||||
||Interest|536|-|**536**|
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|||536|-|**536**|
||**Other**||||
||Sales and Commission|1,372|-||
||Refreshments and other adhoc income|766|-|**766**|
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|||2,139|-|**766**|
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||**Total Income**|**213,534**|**8,142**|**220,304**|
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **2[Analysis of Income ]** _**[(Continued)]**_
||Unrestricted|Restricted|
**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|**2019**|
||£|£|**£**|
|**Donations and legacies**||||
|Donations|185,030|9,464|**194,494**|
|Gift Aid|32,236|1,260|**33,496**|
|Donated Goods and Services|||**-**|
|Legacies|1,000|-|**1,000**|
|Grants|500||**500**|
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||218,766|10,724|**229,490**|
|**Charitable activities**||||
|Funeral, Graveyard and Wedding Fees|19,928|-|**19,928**|
|Parish Weekend Away|||**-**|
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||19,928|-|**19,928**|
|**Activities for generating income**||||
|Lettings and Room Hire|39,555|-|**39,555**|
|Church Publication Sales|3,875||**3,875**|
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||43,430|-|**43,430**|
|**Investment Income**||||
|Interest|1,256|7|**1,263**|
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||1,256|7|**1,263**|
|**Other**||||
|Sales and Commission||||
|Refreshments and other adhoc income|3|937|**940**|
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||3|937|**940**|
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|**Total Income**|**283,383**|**11,668**|**295,051**|
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## **Government Grants**
During the year the church received government grants through the Covid-19 job retention scheme. The total amount received during the year was £1887.06. All the conditions of the grant set out by the government were met during the year.
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **3 Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type**
|**Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|
**Total Funds**|
||Funds|Funds|**2020**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Building Renovation Works and Equipment|12,647|-|**12,647**|
|Church Gifts and Giving|-|5,764|**5,764**|
|Depreciation|971|-|**971**|
|Diocesan Fees|13,684|-|**13,684**|
|Fees and Subscriptions|821|-|**821**|
|Ministry Expenditure|8,288|202|**8,491**|
|Office and Support Costs|13,988|-|**13,988**|
|Parish Share|67,893|-|**67,893**|
|Property Utilities, Running Costs and Repairs|56,496|-|**56,496**|
|Staff and other Expenses|2,141|-|**2,141**|
|Staff Salaries|57,029|1,887|**58,916**|
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||233,957|7,853|**241,810**|
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||Unrestricted|Restricted|
**Total Funds**|
||Funds|Funds|**2019**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Building Renovation Works and Equipment|27,855|7,326|**35,181**|
|Church Gifts and Giving|23,200|500|**23,700**|
|Depreciation|-|-|**-**|
|Diocesan Fees|-||**-**|
|Fees and Subscriptions|576||**576**|
|Ministry Expenditure|2,703|368|**3,071**|
|Office and Support Costs|11,109||**11,109**|
|Parish Share|72,258||**72,258**|
|Property Utilities, Running Costs and Repairs|58,190|4,800|**62,990**|
|Staff and other Expenses|4,611||**4,611**|
|Staff Salaries|57,494||**57,494**|
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||257,996|12,994|**270,990**|
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In 2020 St George's Church Poynton started to use a new finance system for managing the churches finances. As this is the case it is likely that some expenditure classifications between category's will be slightly different from 2019 to 2020.
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **Parish Share**
St George's Church Poynton is a parish church of the Church of England in the Diocese of Chester. By means of Parish Share the Diocese helps the funding of ministers, particularly parochial clergy, the work of various Diocesan bodies and work of the Church of England as a whole. The Diocese is a community resourcing a common task, and not a charity trying to raise funds to meet a need. In 2020, the amount paid by the PCC under the parish share was £67,893 (2019: £72,258).
## **Parish Return**
Income from fees in 2020 is gross includes disbursements of 15,730, whereas disbursements are not included in the 2019 figures. For the Parish Return in 2020 as disbursements are excluded the General Fund total income and expenditure are 197,804 and 218,221 respectively.
## **4 Cost of raising funds**
||Unrestricted|Restricted|
**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|**2020**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Cost of fund raising events|-|-|**-**|
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||-|-|**-**|
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||Unrestricted|Restricted|
**Total Funds**|
||Funds|Funds|**2019**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Cost of fund raising events|-|832|**832**|
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||-|832|**832**|
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## **5 Volunteers**
The church benefits greatly from the voluntary contributions of time and money by its formal members and regular attendees. Please refer to the trustee's report for further detail about volunteer contributions in the organisation.
## **6 Independent examination fees**
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
||**2020**|2019|
|---|---|---|
||**£**
|£|
|Independent examination and preparation of the financial
statements|1,560|-|
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **7 Staff costs**
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
||**2020**|2019|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|56,984|55,644|
|Social security costs|-|71|
|Employer contributions to pension plans|1,932|1,778|
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||58,916|57,493|
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The average head count of employees during the year was as follows:
||**2020**|2019|
|---|---|---|
|Average Head Count|5|5|
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year was as follows:
||**2020**|2019|
|---|---|---|
|More than £60,000|0|0|
## **Key Management Personnel**
The charity considers its key management personnel to be the Vicar, Curate and Associate Minister. The Common Fund of the Chester Diocese meets the stipend and other employment costs of the Vicar, Curate and Associate Minister.
## **8 Trustee remuneration, expenses and donations**
During the year 11 trustees incurred out of pocked expenses totalling £3,684 which were all incurred for the day to day running of the charity's activities. The types of expenditure include travel costs, ministry costs, building expenses and other charitable activity expenditure.
During the year the total aggregated donations made to the charity by the trustee's during the year was £31,588.
During the year three trustees were employed by the Church outside of their roles as trustees/PCC members. During the year the following trustee members received the following remuneration:
||**2020**|
|---|---|
||**£**|
|B Clarke|11,463|
|J Hadfield|19,372|
|H Brackenbury|7,448|
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **9 Investments held as fixed assets**
## **Investment Portfolio**
The restricted funds investment portfolio is held with Brewin Dolphin. The fund is held for ecclesiastical purposes within the parish.
|||**2020**|2019|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|£|
|Investment portfolio valuation||702,509|647,056|
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|||702,509|647,056|
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|||**2020**|2019|
|||**£**|£|
|Market value brought forward||647,056|572,745|
|Sales||||
|Unrealised gain / (loss)||55,453|74,311|
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|Market value carried forward||702,509|647,056|
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|**Tangible Fixed Assets**||||
||Land and|||
||Buildings|Equipment|**Total**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Cost as at 1st January 2020|1,020,500|-|**1,020,500**|
|Additions|-|3,883|**3,883**|
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|Cost as at 31st December 2020|**1,020,500**|**3,883**|**1,024,383**|
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|Depreciation as at 1st January 2020|-|-|**-**|
|Depreciation Charge|-|971|**971**|
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|Depreciation as at 31st December 2020|-|971|**971**|
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|Net Book Value as at 31st December 2020|**1,020,500**|**2,912**|**1,023,412**|
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|Net Book Value as at 31st December 2019|1,020,500|-|1,020,500|
|The land and buildings held by the church compromise of:||||
|St George's Church Hall||||
|St Martin's Church, Church Hall and Field||||
|18 Ivy Road||||
|92 Barnaby Road||||
## **10 Tangible Fixed Assets**
These buildings and land are held a original cost.
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **10 Debtors**
||**2020**|2019|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Trade Debtors|762|-|
|Accrued Income|14,494|25,065|
|Prepayments|1,100|1,100|
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||16,356|26,165|
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|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|||
||**2020**|2019|
||**£**|£|
|Accruals|1,560|1,656|
|Trade Creditors|8,559|565|
|Deferred Income|-|1,779|
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||10,119|4,000|
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## **11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
## **12 Analysis of Charitable Funds**
## **Unrestricted Funds**
|**Unrestricted Funds**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1 Jan 2020|Income|Expenditure|Gains/Loses|Transfers|**31 Dec 2020**|
||£|£|£|£|£|**£**|
|**Unrestricted**|||||||
|General|27,714|211,115|(220,328)|-|(5,219)|**13,282**|
|Property Reserve|1,020,500|-|-|-|-|**1,020,500**|
|**Designated**|||||||
|Thanksgiving Fund|158,985|-|(12,647)|-|-|**146,337**|
|Projects and Events|||||||
|(Ministry)|-|-|(862)|-|862|**-**|
|Living Well|2,064|-|(120)|-|-|**1,944**|
|St Martin's All Purpose|5,027|69|-|-|-|**5,096**|
|Parish Weekend|659|2,350|-|-|-|**3,009**|
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|**Total Unrestricted**|**1,214,948**|**213,534**|**(233,957)**|**-**|**(4,357)**|**1,190,168**|
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
||1 Jan 2020|Income|Expenditure|Gains/Loses|Transfers|**31 Dec 2020**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|£|£|£|**£**|
|**Restricted Funds**|||||||
|Argentina Fund|1,926|0|-|-|-|**1,926**|
|Book of Homilies|605|-|-|-|-|**605**|
|Church Florists|49|-|-|-|-|**49**|
|Church Hall Fund|6,997|855|-|-|-|**7,852**|
|Churchyard Fund|3,118|-|-|-|-|**3,118**|
|Covid-19 - Job|||||||
|Retention Scheme|-|1,887|(1,887)|-|-|**-**|
|Development Fund|2,854|2,220|-|-|-|**5,074**|
|Friends of St George's|6,499|1,773|(202)|-|-|**8,069**|
|GIfts|-|1,407|(5,764)|-|4,357|-|
|Special Reserve|647,057|-|-|55,453|-|**702,510**|
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|**Total**|**669,104**|**8,142**|**(7,853)**|**55,453**|**4,357**|**729,202**|
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|**Total Funds**|||||||
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|**Total**|**1,884,052**|**221,676**|**(241,810)**|**55,453**|**-**|**1,919,370**|
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## **Fund Descriptions**
## **Revaluation Reserve**
A fund to hold organisations Land and Buildings.
## **Designated Funds**
## **Thanksgiving Fund**
Projects and Events (Ministry) Living Well St Martin's All Purpose
Parish Weekend
Funds held for the churches projects and events Dementia Support Group
To be used for the benefit of St Martin's Church at the direction of the PCC
To be used for special purposes for the Parish Weekend as directed by the PCC
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **Restricted Funds**
Argentina Fund To support team visits to and from Argentina and the churches Book of Homilies For the preservation and display of the Book of Homilies Church Florists For the provision of flowers in St George's Church Church Hall Fund For the renewal or upgrading of St George's Church Hall facilities. Covid-19 - Job Retention Scheme To cover the salary costs of those employees furloughed during the covid-19 pandemic. Development Fund An ongoing appeal for improvements/alterations to PCC Friends of St George's Funds to be used at the direction of the PCC for improvements to church properties and related fixtures Special Reserve For ecclesiastical purposes within the parish
An ongoing appeal for improvements/alterations to PCC Funds to be used at the direction of the PCC for improvements to church properties and related fixtures
## **13 Analysis of net assets between funds**
||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|**Funds 2020**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Fixed Assets|1,023,411|702,510|**1,725,921**|
|Current Assets|176,875|26,692|**203,568**|
|Creditors less than 1 year|(10,119)|-|**(10,119)**|
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||1,190,168|729,202|**1,919,370**|
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||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|Funds|2019|
||£|£|£|
|Fixed Assets|1,020,500|647,056|1,667,556|
|Current Assets|198,448|22,048|220,496|
|Creditors less than 1 year|(4,000)|-|(4,000)|
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||1,214,948|669,104|1,884,052|
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## **St George's Church Poynton**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **14 Events after the Reporting Period**
After the year end a non-adjusting post balance sheet event took place. In January 2021, the UK was put under a third national lockdown by the government due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The estimated financial impact to the charity from the pandemic from the year end up to the point of signing the accounts is as follows:
£ Estimated loss of income from building lettings per month 2,500
During this time their has also been a reduction in expenditure due to the pandemic, however this not been possible to reliably estimate compared to the income.
## **15 Consecrated land and buildings and other church property**
The PCC has the use of the church property which is excluded from the accounts by virtue of s.10(2) of the Charities Act 2011. Movable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are capitalised where appropriate and allocated to the appropriate fixed asset category. The church halls and certain clergy accommodation are held in trust by the Chester Diocesan Fund on behalf of the PCC. These properties are essential for the mission of the church and have been in use for many years. Accordingly, they have not been capitalised as there is insufficient cost information and their depreciated cost is unlikely to be material. All expenditure on consecrated or benefice buildings is written off in the year of expenditure.
## **16 Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions which took place during the year (2019: £0)
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