## **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. 



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|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|





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|Note|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>g|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>tt|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>tt|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>tt|Total<br>2023<br>€|Total<br>2022<br>€|
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|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|





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|Note<br>7|FixedAssets|2023<br>t|2023<br>t|2023<br>3,234t|2022t<br>1,989|
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|8|Current Assets<br>CashatBank and inhand|24,257|||26,029|
|9|Cambridge & Counties Bank 30-day deposit<br>Debtors|48,351<br>4,115|||43,567<br>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|
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|FOR THEYEAREND|ED 31STDECEMBER2023|ED 31STDECEMBER2023|||
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|Note|UnrestrictedRestricted&||Total|Total|
||fundsendowment||||
||2023t|2023<br>f|2023<br>E|2022<br>t|
|4a Incoming resourcesfrom donors|||||
|Regular giving<br>-Gift-aided<br>-Not gift-aided<br>OpenPlate collections<br>Gift-aideddonations<br>Special collections<br>Giftaidrecoverable<br>Other donations<br>Legacies<br>Otherincome|38,935<br>3,323<br>3,356<br>2,626<br>3,445<br>2,000<br>1,299<br>54,983|212<br>1,153<br>53<br>10,150<br>11,567|39,935<br>3,323<br>3,567<br>00<br>1,153<br>2,679<br>13,595<br>2,000<br>1,299<br>66,550|33,030<br>1,747<br>3,990<br>191<br>2,691<br> 9,650<br>5,562<br> 55,742|
|4bOthervoluntary incomingresources|||||
|Grants:|||||
|FollettTrust-forOutreach|||||
|||4|4 000||
|4clncomefrominvestments|||||
|Banklnterest|1,491<br>1,491|389<br>389|1,979<br>1,979|598<br>5gg|
|4dlncomefromcharitableandancillary<br>ParishCentrelettings<br>Parish Newsadvertising<br>Parish Newssales<br>Fees forweddings&funerals<br>FilmlngatStMary's|trading<br>12,144<br>5,878<br>4,818<br>3,775<br>2,350||12,144<br>5,878<br>4,818<br>3,775<br>2,350|10,465<br>5,349<br>4,581<br>3,550|
|Fundraising activities|1 168||1<br>1|833|
|4eOTHERINCOMINGRESOURCES|||||
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|TOTALINCOMING|||||
|RESOURCES|86,606|15,956|102,562|95,109|





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|Note<br>5a|Grants(seealsoNote4)<br>Missionary and charitable giving<br>Special Collections and events|Unrestricted RestrictedEndowment<br>funds funds<br>funds<br>Et€<br>315<br>1,153<br>315<br>1,153|Unrestricted RestrictedEndowment<br>funds funds<br>funds<br>Et€<br>315<br>1,153<br>315<br>1,153|Unrestricted RestrictedEndowment<br>funds funds<br>funds<br>Et€<br>315<br>1,153<br>315<br>1,153|Unrestricted RestrictedEndowment<br>funds funds<br>funds<br>Et€<br>315<br>1,153<br>315<br>1,153|Total<br>2023<br>f<br>315<br>1,153<br>1,464|Total<br>2022<br>E<br>520<br> <br>191<br> <br>711|
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|5b|Activitiesrelating directly to the work of the Church|||||||
||Ministry:|||||||
||-Parish Share|46<br>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<br>-depreciationofAVsystem|628||o||628<br>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<br>- power&other running costs|2,314<br>884||||2,314<br>884|1,960<br>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<br>4,922||0|0|679<br>4,922|594<br> <br>4,499|
||TOTALRESOURCES USED|87,425|13,495||0|100,92081,444||





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||FOR THEYEARENDED 31ST|DECEMBER2023|DECEMBER2023|DECEMBER2023||
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|Note||UnrestrictedRestricted<br>funds<br>funds|||Total|
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|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<br>Organ<br>t|Officeequipt<br>t|Officeequipt<br>t|Sound<br>system<br>t|Total<br>t|
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||Costat 1.1.2023<br>Additionsinyear<br>Costat 31.12.2023|4,233||5,501<br>836|6,117<br>057<br>7174<br>1|15,851<br>1 893<br>1<br>45|
||Depreciation||||||
||at1.1.2023<br>Chargefor year<br>at 31.12.2023|4,233<br>4,233||3,513<br>639<br>4,152|6,117I<br> <br>6,126|863<br>648<br>13<br>14,511|
||Net Book Value||||||
||at1.1.2023|0||1,ggg|<br>0|1,ggg|
||at 31.12.2023|0||2,196 1,049||<br>3,234|
||lndiviudalNet Book Values:||||||
||Photocopier|||||1,447|
||Payaz machines|||||739|
||AVEquipment(DestinyEntertainment)|||||1,048|
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|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<br>8,157|
|10|CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS|2023|2022|
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||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<br>16,843|456<br> 18,270|





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