## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT For the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023** ## **SECTION A REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS** Charity Name: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul, Moulton, Northants Registered Charity Number: 1133729 Principle Address: Church Hill Moulton Northants NN3 7SW Name of the charity trustees who manage the charity: **Trustee Name Office** Nick Alexander Vicar/ Chair Nic Edwards Curate 01.01.2023-02.04.2023 Eric Anakwa Warden Chris Battye Warden/ 01.01.2023-21.05.2023 Lay-Vice Chair Philip Blackman Treasurer 19.06.2023-31.12.2023 Pete Collins Jane Cosby 21.05.2023-31.12.2023 Lynda Featley Secretary Mike Fink Malcolm Forsyth Wendy Forsyth Anne Jeffrey Neal Kennedy Mark Maryan Mike Monk Kathy Morrison Simon Phillips 01.01.2023-21.05.2023 Rich Rayment 01.01.2023-21.05.2023 Roger Smart 21.05.2023-31.12.2023 Joan Stephenson Treasurer 01.01.2023-21.05.2023 Peter Storey Martyn Thompson 01.01.2023-21.05.2023 Rachel Wild Martin Wild Warden 21.05.2023-31.12.2023 ## **Dates Acted (where not whole year)** Pete Collins, an existing employee, became a trustee during 2021. The PCC have produced a document to detail the procedures that are in place to manage any conflict of interest and to protect the PCC’s interests. This document was presented at a meeting held on Thursday 5 May 2022 and was adopted by the PCC at the meeting. ## **SECTION B STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** Type of governing document “The PCC Powers Measure and the Church Representation Rules” How the charity is constituted Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1921 Trustee Selection Methods Elected by members of the electoral roll at an annual meeting ## **SECTION C OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** Summary of the objects of the charity Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit To monitor and make due provision for the above, providing church services and associated offices (e.g.: weddings, funerals, baptisms) in accordance with the governing legislation. Ensuring the provision of other services and facilities as are deemed important, desirable and necessary for the parish, namely (inter alia) - support and facilities for children of all ages - support and facilities for families - support and facilities for 3[rd] Age - youth meetings in the village and schools - women’s meetings and support - men’s meetings and support - community outreach including provision of a wellbeing café, lunch club, parent and toddler groups and activities for children and families The PCC Emergency Fund Sub-Committee collects donations for support of church members. Three subcommittee members, overseen by a Church Warden administer the fund and separate bank account. ## **SECTION D ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** Summary of the main achievements The Parish church of St Peter and St Paul continues to flourish, being financially stable and continuing to be an integral part of the village, providing support and fellowship across all ages. Sunday services are attended by approximately 150 persons. Approximately 250 people attend once a month or more. An outdoor carol service attracted around 250 people in Dec 2023. ## **SECTION E FINANCIAL REVIEW** Reserves Policy The PCC aims to keeps a reserve of £28,000 of unrestricted funds to cover three months of obligations in the event of cashflow issues. The PCC also holds other restricted funds which may be deployed in the event of specific needs arising, for example buildings repairs. **SECTION F RISK REVIEW** Risk Management Policy The charity has reviewed the Risk Management Policy. The following major risks have been identified:  Safeguarding  Financial instability  GDPR The PCC are satisfied that adequate systems are in place to manage these risks. ## **DECLARATION** THE TRUSTEES DECLARE THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED THE TRUSTEES’ REPORT ABOVE. COMPLETED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES BY LYNDA FEATLEY SECRETARY DATE: 16 February 2024 LEO BOOKKEEPING SERVICES Balance Sheet THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER& ST PAUL, MOULTON As at 31 December 2023 31DE£2023 Fixed knets Tan rswell CDUrtPrcputy 26%(￿.00 Equi FIxEdAssets.CLwnpu￿afid Equiprnart LESS."Accumulated Depre£iaD•n FixedA55ets Totsi E4ulpmerTrtA55et mentAsset 24107.64 113,9G5.321 9,A42.3 TDtsITangibieknets 274.A42.32 TotslFixedAssets 274J4232 Cumnt Assets Cash * bankand in hand (ferACC￿￿t 18280.35 HeritaeeAccount Main CurrentAccounr 2,565.21 18,616.70 Mi5sioTr Account 1.297.61 Pettycash Totsl Cashatb4ttk8nd in hand 20.00 40.779.87 AccountsReceivable 2Tt. CBF-Charities 1806.44 2.997.50 CBF-Doruthy Eynon Fundkcount C8F-Moulton Capitsl CBF-Restoration Actount 35￿5 4D270.37 Prepaymetrts Svmup HoldiTrgknount AccNed Income 2.016.89 1198.701 6.328.48 Total currentAssets 96J15.53 CreditoN' amountsfallin Accounts Payable Atcrua due within one ear 2,701.11 208.4 T¢)tsl Credltrys: amountsfal￿￿1dU?w1thln oThe 32.609.51 Net CurrentAssets ILiabiitties1 63.706. Total Assets less Current Liabilities 337.848.34 NetA5sets 337.848.34 ital and Reserves CuYrentYearEamsng5 RestriCLed Funds 1.974.2S 44ffl&OQ BaLAnteShert ￿p￿CH￿CHURCHCOUNCil*THEE[cLESIIST￿I?￿RtsH0FSfPE[ER&sTPA1￿•Io￿Tr#1 ce*eEt LEO BOOKKEEPING SERVICES 31tIEC1I23 Revaluati￿ rESE￿e lo,￿0. Unrestricted Funds 251245.09 Totslcaptialand Rese 337.848.34 B•LinEe￿ ThE PP&OCHIALCHLWC(WNCWQFTHEEtCLESL4sfKhLPW5MOFsfpEfEk&sfpAIJLMOULYON LEO BOOKKEEPING SERVICES Profit and Loss THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER&ST PAUL, MOULTON Forthe year ended 31 December 2023 2U23 Income Donatlonsand Le IndiMdualGiwn8 Income OtherDonations l(harftiesTrustl GiftAid RecoveTed e5 oluDta L16.092.12 4496.00 27?T13Y CollettiDnsat5erwce5 4.145.35 Expell5e5-NA£T Ilntomel 41972 Housing-MA5f Ilncoffjel T0tsIDDnabrK￿ènd Leeadts ivaiunwkncomel IWO.29 iS6,49ÈA4 MT55ion and Misust Inwme Children ènd Fèmllles Ilnttsmel YDUth (WeekL￿d away) Ilntomel Third **e Ouhch clubl Oncomel Events Ilntomel linLchurch family[nEa￿Outreathsupysetc) OpEnaircarOlseM￿Iirtt￿￿rye1 Womens Events Ilncamel Tots I1￿Me) Nission GiMAgln¢ome Itens Events lkncomel TotBIMisslr￿ and m1n1s￿in(Qrne 3.￿2.81 4.￿6.71 3.047.08 4.165.21 1,683.97 23.50 4.257.S3 ' &040.75 7.02 27.684.59 In(omoTo Coversalarfes Pensions- tr1￿T IIDcornel Salaries- MASTllntotnel Total IncomeTfFC¢JverSalari•s 3,850.90 53A19.59 572YQ49 Inc¢nJEfrvm CharitableAoivltles Sundrylncome Hire kniomefrDm Churth CeDtre I.223A6 1216.S P4en'sfootball Income 1576.05 Fees Income (Weddings &FunevaLs> 8eilrinwnglntDme aotsks Income finccrowl BDoks Re5wr(e5 Incomee.& FIornEgtprnatLYiaLs Totsi Incvmefrom CharitsblÈPLIMtie5 1359LOD 3.00 17,96935 Actmtresforfjrnertin F￿ndraISIng1￿CO￿￿ TotslAthvltie5forGeneratlngFunds Funds 19.25 Oth¢rln¢ome PrafrtandLossllPC fAEPAkXKHLALCHUKHCOUNty4YTHEtcliE51AST￿lP￿l1s￿￿$TlEfEA&5fPAVUI1WLFc•l LEO BOOKKEEPING SERVICES IDcomefrom PGST AccvJnt TotaiothLY IFicornÈ 1100321 11,803.21 Incotneftgm Investments Inter￿on BavkAct¢unts TDtsI Ihcomefrtyn In¥e5tr 2.249.00 2249.D Grft¢Jay2023 fincomel GIft￿d fromGiftD3y2Q23 Totsllncome 11,476.OD 2320.25 287,29038 enditure OtherEx enditure-thurthAEtI Dlur¢sE P￿shshare 87.011.80 ocesan Fees (QI. ￿..) TotJlDiocese 4,668.00 91.679.8 5aLI Costs SalarleSExp￿- Mhsr PenyonsExperL5e-Chur(h PensionsExpeftst-P4A5T SalariesExpense-Churth TotalSalaryCDsts 46507.tm L907.32 3,4n91 .ILI.02 TI￿58.?9 Thlrd Age Expenses Events ExpEnses[Inc cFwrchfamilyrneal4outreach5UPPefSetr) tdens EventsEyperL ReNew CaleExpenses Children& Fatnllle5 EX￿nSES Pastoral Care Expenses Women5 Events Exper+Sts OpenaircarDiseN¢e TotsExpense5 Yotsth EX￿rlse5 TtstslMÈ55É0n andminlsty Expws 1.716.24 4,342.BD 279.70 25.10 J242.92 3.S5 287.57 S.&7J.A9 2.190.£6 3,689.91 U,749.14 Expenses.P4A¥r IIÈv'51ootball EXp￿se5 8ook5 Resourtes ExpeDseSe&Hr￿￿grprrthSa Belirin&n¢ Expen5e5 Totslother 2525. 603.00 285.64 315.BO 1730.66 TotalOtherExpethre.UwrthAthitsts I￿.7$7.89 Churth &5erviceRunDin WorkingexpEnses ofdwgy 1.7È5.9 Prtyltand L05S LEO BOOKKEEPING SERVICES 2023 RÈpèirslP4aIntEn6ncetoCP￿rCh &*ildlng% RunningC05tsofChurchOffi RunningtOStsof ChurchBllildlngk Ihurch5uwce5 Totalchvrch &5erriceRunNmgC0515 3.9￿.97 4351.L8 IQ75S.73 20M9&8G Church CentrE Cv5t5 RÈpaI￿l￿ainte￿ancetochurch centye RunningC05tsofChurchcenbt[Incdwin&in51rrn￿ej Totslchvrch Cerrtrecosts 1085.97 24939.11 025.08 otherEx enditure BankFees B3nkthat¥e5 Totsl BankFÈes 557.50 55750 8Dokkeeping&bcEwntswodtKtian Extem31 exlminationfee Totsl 3,240.94 400.00 3,640.94 E¥ nditureon tharitsbieAtli¥￿e5 Tithe Fund IGivlngtoGCUI Nission GI￿ngE￿ense GI￿ngtO oversEas ￿￿[On W52.78 &lJ95.10 1458.50 Givingto ￿￿T (Glebel 220.00 29326.38 OtherAdmlh Costs isEdlaneousExp￿ditur Wddint5and Funera H(¥Jgn8 CostslHorsewdl CDUrtI tinESpeaker5Costs 1.2B8.40 3.2TI.96 I￿72.1 325.77 Depreuation Tralning Cour5e5 TDtalotherAdminCoAs 3,6￿.65 724.8D IiJU.6B TotalOtherExpendilure 44.63930 TotslAdmini51Tative Costs 90￿58.44 Totsl Expendiiure t2BSJ16.331 Operating SurpluslDeficit 1,974.25 Profit8ndLtsssMPC THEPfvJ1OCH￿LcMURc1stol￿0PThlEECc1￿sl4ST￿p*1rt%M￿5fFE1E￿￿STPAUL.Il￿LTtsI Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of Pari)chial Church Council. St Peter and St Paul. Moulton I report to the charity trustees on my examinalw)n of the accwnts for the year ended 31st December 2023. Respon5ibilitie5 and basis of report As the charty's trustees you are responsible for the prepardtion of the accourts in aC￿rdance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acl'l. I report in respect of my examination of the chartty's accounts carried out under secth.on 145 of the Act arid in carrying out rny examination I have fdlowed all the applicable dire¢tions given by the Chaiity Commission under section 14515Kb} of the Act. Independent examinerfs sLitement Since the charity's gro&8 income exceeded £250,0(M) your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I conffimi that l arn qual[fi￿j to undertake the examination because I am a member of CIMA. which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examinatiofi. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my attention in connection with the examinatton giving me cause to believe that in any material respèct.. accounting records were not kept in res￿ ofthe charity as required by secticm 130 ofthe Acl,. or 2. the accounts do not accord with tIK)se records: or 3. the accounts do not compty wth the aP￿Icable reqUiren￿nIS conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and RerK)ttsl Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts gNe a 'tsve and fair which is a matter (x)ns#dered as part of an independent examinakn. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Use of our report This report is made solely lo the ¢haFity's trustees. as a body. in acCOrdar￿ with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our independent examination work ha5 been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's truslees those matters we are required to stale to them in an independent examinerfs rewrt and for no other PUfjK)se. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not a¢￿pt or assume responsibiltty to anyone other than the chartty and the charity's trustees as a bcxly, for our independent examination work, for this repjrt, or for the opinions we have lomied. Ni5hi Patel Office 40, Burfington House, 369 Wellingborough Road Northampton NN1 4EU Date.. 1710412024 ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Parochial Church Council, St Peter and St Paul, Moulton** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2023. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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** Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of CIMA, 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 accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts 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 to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## **Use of our report** This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our independent examination work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an independent examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our independent examination work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. Nishi Patel Office 40, Burlington House, 369 Wellingborough Road Northampton NN1 4EU Date: 17/04/2024