2023-12-31-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF KNEBWORTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1133728 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023

Annual Report and Accounts

The trustees present their annual report below in the form of the papers prepared for the 2024 Annual Parochial Church Meeting. The PCC’s Independently Examined Accounts in Accruals Format including the Statement of Financial Activities and Balance Sheet are included in these papers.

Aim and purposes

Knebworth Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the Priest in Charge, the Reverend Charles King, in promoting the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

The PCC is responsible for the Parish Church of St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury, Knebworth Park; St Martin’s Church, St Martin’s Road, Knebworth and the Parish Centre, St Martin’s Road, Knebworth. The correspondence address is: 15 St Martin’s Road, Knebworth, SG3 6ER.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our two churches and become part of our parish community. We try to enable people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through: Worship and prayer, learning about the gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.

Public Benefit Statement

The Ecclesiastical Parish of Knebworth (UK Registered Charity 1133728) exists to offer Christian worship, teaching and pastoral care. Our provisions are open to those of all faiths and none, and are free at the point of delivery. (Some occasional offices do incur statutory fees, although we would strive to ensure that none are excluded on the grounds of economic or other disadvantage).

During the past year, public benefit has been advanced in many ways, including:

1. the provision of regular and seasonal worship in word and prayer, sacrament and music;

2. the provision of occasional offices – baptisms, weddings, funerals – to mark important stages in the journey of life;

3. the provision of opportunities to engage with the Christian faith in preaching, teaching, small groups and children’s activities (including Messy Church), both inside and outside church, including in and for our local school;

4. the provision of services to a range of groups with particular needs, including the Smarties pre-school group, and the hosting of the monthly Knebworth Family of Churches (KFC) coffee morning;

5. the provision of numerous formal and informal acts of pastoral care;

6. the maintenance of St Mary’s and St Martin’s as buildings of listed heritage in stone, wood, glass and metal, hand in hand with working towards being open more and more as a venue for prayer, reflection, pilgrimage and tourism;

7. the maintenance and supply of the Parish Centre and our church buildings as spaces for community gathering and hire;

8. the raising of funds for partner charities, and donations in kind for Feed Up Warm Up, our local foodbank at Stevenage.

FINANCIAL STAT	EMENTS 2023
	PageNo.
Statementoffinancial activities	1
Balance sheet	2
Accounting Policies andNotes	3-4
lncoming resources	tr
Resourcesused	6
FurtherNotesto the accounts	7-8

Note	Unrestricted funds g	RestrictedEndowment funds funds tt	RestrictedEndowment funds funds tt	RestrictedEndowment funds funds tt	Total 2023 €	Total 2022 €
INCOMING RESOURCES
4alncomingresources from	54,983		11,567		66,550	s5,742
donors
4bOther voluntary incoming resources			4,000		4,000	4,000
4clncomefrominvestments	1,491			389	1,879	588
4dChurch Activites	30,132				30,I32	24,778
4eOther income resources
TOTALINCOMING
RESOURCES	86,606		15,567	389	102,562	85,108
RESOURCES EXPENDED
5aGrants	315		1,153		1,468	711
5bActivities directly relating
to theworkof the Church	82,188		12,342		94,530	76,234
5cChurch management
and administration	4,922				4,922	4,499
TOTALRESOURCES USED	87,425		13,495	0	100,920	81,444
NETMOVEMENT IN FUNDS
BEFORE TRANSFERS	(81e)		2,072	389	1,642	3,664
NetTransfers	557		{557)		0	0
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS	(262)		1,515	389	1,642	3,664
BALANCE B/FWD'1.1.2023	25,739		23,731	12,002	61,472	57,808
BALANCE C/FWD31.12.23	25,477		25,246	12,390	63,114	61,472

Note 7	FixedAssets	2023 t	2023 t	2023 3,234t	2022t 1,989
8	Current Assets CashatBank and inhand	24,257			26,029
9	Cambridge & Counties Bank 30-day deposit Debtors	48,351 4,115			43,567 8,157
				76,723	77,754
	Currentliabilities
10	Amounts due within one year			(16,843)	(18,270)
				163,114	t61,472
	Financedby:
	Funds:
	Unrestricted			25,477	25,739
	Restricted
	Mission & Outreach fund	18,230
	Elsie Martin bequest		205
	Paterson bequest		729
	OtherRestricted Funds	6,104
				25,268	23,731
	Endowment
	Bishopp bequest	5,	808
	Cobbold fund	5,	249
	Green bequest		782
	Neale bequest		529
				12,368	12,001
				€63,114	_____t61fl2

FOR THEYEAREND	ED 31STDECEMBER2023	ED 31STDECEMBER2023
Note	UnrestrictedRestricted&		Total	Total
	fundsendowment
	2023t	2023 f	2023 E	2022 t
4a Incoming resourcesfrom donors
Regular giving -Gift-aided -Not gift-aided OpenPlate collections Gift-aideddonations Special collections Giftaidrecoverable Other donations Legacies Otherincome	38,935 3,323 3,356 2,626 3,445 2,000 1,299 54,983	212 1,153 53 10,150 11,567	39,935 3,323 3,567 00 1,153 2,679 13,595 2,000 1,299 66,550	33,030 1,747 3,990 191 2,691 9,650 5,562 55,742
4bOthervoluntary incomingresources
Grants:
FollettTrust-forOutreach
		4	4 000
4clncomefrominvestments
Banklnterest	1,491 1,491	389 389	1,979 1,979	598 5gg
4dlncomefromcharitableandancillary ParishCentrelettings Parish Newsadvertising Parish Newssales Fees forweddings&funerals FilmlngatStMary's	trading 12,144 5,878 4,818 3,775 2,350		12,144 5,878 4,818 3,775 2,350	10,465 5,349 4,581 3,550
Fundraising activities	1 168		1 1	833
4eOTHERINCOMINGRESOURCES
			0	0
TOTALINCOMING
RESOURCES	86,606	15,956	102,562	95,109

Note 5a	Grants(seealsoNote4) Missionary and charitable giving Special Collections and events	Unrestricted RestrictedEndowment funds funds funds Et€ 315 1,153 315 1,153	Unrestricted RestrictedEndowment funds funds funds Et€ 315 1,153 315 1,153	Unrestricted RestrictedEndowment funds funds funds Et€ 315 1,153 315 1,153	Unrestricted RestrictedEndowment funds funds funds Et€ 315 1,153 315 1,153	Total 2023 f 315 1,153 1,464	Total 2022 E 520 191 711
5b	Activitiesrelating directly to the work of the Church
	Ministry:
	-Parish Share	46 000				46,000	36,000
	-Clergy Expenses	346				346	342
	-VisitingMinisters	0				0	0
	Upkeep of services	468				468	348
	Pastoral care social activities	59				59	0
	Youth and children	0	1	043		1,043	373
	Parish News printing and expenses	8,220				8,220	6,929
	Church buildings:
	-insurance	3,967				3,967	3,812
	-maintenance	7,663	10,000			17,663	11,135
	-churchyard	628	1,290			1,918	2,240
	- servicing of organs -depreciationofAVsystem	628		o		628 I	628
	- power&other running costs	3,789				3,789	3,883
	Parish Centre:
	- insurance	1,000				1,000	840
	-maintenance	2,222				2,222	1,987
	-cleaning - power&other running costs	2,314 884				2,314 884	1,960 5 798
5c	Churchmanagement andadministration
	Church Office	3,161				3,161	3,083
	SubscriptionsandMusic Licences	442				442	643
	Depreciation of equipment	639				639	179
	Sundry Expenses	679 4,922		0	0	679 4,922	594 4,499
	TOTALRESOURCES USED	87,425	13,495		0	100,92081,444

	FOR THEYEARENDED 31ST	DECEMBER2023	DECEMBER2023	DECEMBER2023
Note		UnrestrictedRestricted funds funds			Total
		tt			t
6	GRANTSMADE
	FromPCC funds:
	Beds&Herts Historic Churches	40			40
	Worldshare	275			275
		315			315
	Special Collections:
	Bridgebuilders			423	423
	Beds &HertsHistoric Churches			290	290
	SSAFA(RemembranceDay collection)			220	220
	Bishop's Harvest Appeal			141	141
	DiocesanOrdinationFund (Confirmation collection)			78	78
			1	153	1 153

7	FIXED ASSETS	St Mary's Organ t	Officeequipt t	Officeequipt t	Sound system t	Total t
	Costat 1.1.2023 Additionsinyear Costat 31.12.2023	4,233		5,501 836	6,117 057 7174 1	15,851 1 893 1 45
	Depreciation
	at1.1.2023 Chargefor year at 31.12.2023	4,233 4,233		3,513 639 4,152	6,117I 6,126	863 648 13 14,511
	Net Book Value
	at1.1.2023	0		1,ggg	0	1,ggg
	at 31.12.2023	0		2,196 1,049		3,234
	lndiviudalNet Book Values:
	Photocopier					1,447
	Payaz machines					739
	AVEquipment(DestinyEntertainment)					1,048
						3,234

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		2023	2022
		E	€
8	CASH IN HAND
	Barclays-main current account	3,917	17,290
	Barclays-Parish CentreLetsaccount	135	8,655
	Barclays-immediate notice deposit account	20,106
	Cash inhand	99	B4
9	DEBTORS	2023	2022
		€	€
	lncometaxrecoverable - Gift Aid	2,927	5,779
	Parish Centre Lets		1,089
	St Mary's & St Martin's Preservation Trust	664	749
	2023 cash banked in2024	525
	Prepayments - Triographics	4,115	540 8,157
10	CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS	2023	2022
		f	I
	Parish Share		5,000
	St Martin's Roof repair	11,000	9,500
	Other Accrued costs	4,955	2,584
	DBF-Fees for Weddings and Funerals	't49	341
	Herts County Council grant received butnotyet spent	289	289
	Wedding deposits	100	100
	Other creditors	350 16,843	456 18,270

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