2022-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Chester, Christ Church

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2022 ANNUAL REPORT The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Parish Report and Financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2022 ris Registered charity no. 1133808

2 Contents

	Pages
Statement of PCC’s Responsibilities	3
Annual Report	4
Overview of the Year	7
Independent Examiner’s Report	19
Financial Review of the Year	20
Accounting Policies	22
Statement of Financial Activity	24
Balance Sheet	25
Notes to the Accounts	26

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

Statement of Parochial Church Council’s Responsibilities

We are required under the Charities Act 2011 to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the PCC and its surplus or deficit for that period. In preparing those financial statements we are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
make reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the PCC will continue.

We are also responsible for:

keeping proper accounting records;
safeguarding the PCC’s assets;
taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud.

Public Benefit

The PCC are aware of the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in "The advancement of religion for the Public Benefit" and have had regard to it in their administration of the church.

The PCC believes that by promoting the Christian faith it provides a benefit to the public by:

Providing facilities for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual development, both for existing church members and for anyone who wishes to benefit from what the church offers.
Promoting Christian values, and service by members of the church in and to their communities, to the benefit of individuals and society as a whole.

Signed on behalf of the PCC:

Anna Leyden (Chair) 27 March 2023

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Annual Report

Background of the PCC

Christ Church Parochial Church Council has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent and other clergy in promoting the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has the maintenance responsibilities of our church building and Mission House.

Membership of PCC

Membership of the PCC is ex-officio, co-opted or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with Church Representation Rules. The following people served for all or part of 2022:

Vicar Rev’d Anna Leyden (from 2 October 2022) Associate Vicar Rev’d Ralph Kemp (until 3[rd] April 2022) Associate Minister Rev’d Glyn Jones Curate Rev’d Anna Leyden (until 2 October 2022) Vice Chair of the PCC David Chirgwin Churchwardens Wendy Peto Andrew Wigglesworth Parish Reader Representative Veronica Johnston (until 22[nd] May 2022) Deanery Synod Representatives Simon Schumann-Davies (until 29[th] January 2022) Susan Ibrahim (from 22[nd] May 2022) David Jones (from 22[nd] May 2022) Elected PCC Members James Cox (until 22[nd] May 2022) David Chirgwin Thomas Cobb Hannah Giddings Laura Hale (from 22[nd] May 2022) Veronica Johnston (from 22[nd] May 2022) Pauline Jones Rosie Jones Teresa Irwin (from 22[nd] May 2022) Timothy Longman Eli Mitchell (until 17[th] November 2022) Edward Newman Helen Parker (until 22[nd] May 2022) Will Steel (until 22[nd] May 2022) Janet Thorp Secretary Wendy Peto Electoral Roll Officer Janet Thorp Treasurer Tom Cobb (until 22[nd ] May 2022) Laura Hale (from 17[th] October 2022) Parish Safeguarding Officer Pauline Jones

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Standing Committee

This has the power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings (subject to directions given by the council) and consists of Vicar/Chairman, two Churchwardens, the Treasurer, and one other PCC member elected by the PCC (currently Susan Ibrahim). Our standing committee met a week before monthly PCC meetings until October 2022. Thereafter, Standing Committee has met on an ‘ad hoc’ basis to consider Generosity Fund applications and carry out essential PCC business, with the approval of the PCC, between meetings.

Church Attendance

In common with many churches, 2021 typical weekly attendance was below that of pre-pandemic services. This trend continued into 2022, with the vacancy process likely also having an impact on congregation numbers. A number of individuals, couples and families said goodbye to Christ Church due to moving house to other parts of the country and a small number also relocated to other local churches. However, alongside this, it was a joy to welcome a significant number of new people to the Christ Church community.

Christ Church was open for ‘in person’ services every Sunday in 2022. Until Summer 2022 the 10.30am service was also livestreamed via Facebook most weeks. The figures below do not include people who joined services online.

Average October	2022	2022	2021	2021	2020	2020
	Children	Adults	Children	Adults	Children	Adults
9am / 9.30am	0	25	1	29	1	17
10:30am / 11am	18	53	17*	59*	11*	57*
2pm	-	-	-	-	20	20
Total Attendance	18	78	18	88	32	94

The figures for 2022 above do not include Sunday 2 October where the pattern of services was different due to the Induction of Rev Anna Leyden.

Special Services	2022	2022	2021	2021	2020	2020
	Children	Adults	Children	Adults	Children	Adults
Easter	25	105	25*	99*	(online)	(online)
Baptism & Confirmation	7	84	-	-	-	-
Inductionof Vicar	15	106	-	-	-	-
Community Carols	28	106	35	122	40**	120**
CandlelightCarols	7	91	3	88	-	-
Christingle	25	45	19	39	21	43
Midnight	0	35	1	37	1	28
ChristmasDay	13	67	17*	45*	17*	47*

These services were both streamed online and held in person. The figures here record only the numbers of those attending in person.

** Due to national lockdown restrictions, our carol service in 2020 was held on the grass outside the church building.

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Church Membership

Membership of the electoral roll stood at 108 in May 2022 (of which 89% live outside the parish). The PCC met every month during 2022 except for April, August and December.

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Overview of the year

There were a number of important events in the life of Christ Church in 2022. Final legal UK COVID restrictions were lifted early in the year and we were able to return to offering Holy Communion in two forms. Taking an abundance of caution, we now use the system of intinction. However, as confidence has been returning, the polycarbonate screen was removed during the summer and has not been needed since.

In April, we were sorry to say goodbye to our Assistant Vicar Ralph Kemp. He had been an integral part of Christ Church’s leadership team since 2011, regularly preaching and leading services, being instrumental in securing several upgrades to the church building and Mission House, and overseeing our valuable and vibrant intern programme for many years. We wish him well.

Another change was that our baptisms were not held in the river Dee. Instead, in June, our then Curate, Anna led two completely different adult baptismal services - first a beautiful and profoundly moving liturgical service using our Victorian font; and second a service of Baptism and Confirmation with Bishop Mark where an Iranian member of our congregation was baptised by full immersion in a borrowed tank, and seven church members were confirmed.

In July we also said goodbye to our intern Hannah Derbyshire as she travelled to Romania to start her teaching job at Bucharest Christian Academy. Her quiz and curry fund raising evening was much appreciated and Christ Church is committed to sponsoring her in Romania for the next year.

Finally, on 2[nd] October, following a thorough advertising and interview process, we were able to celebrate the induction of our new vicar Rev’d Anna Leyden.

Anna has encouraged us to join the ‘Warm Welcome Space’ scheme and since November our Mission House has been open on a Monday for this purpose. This has been appreciated by various church members and local guests.

It only remains to be said that after the success of last year’s joint outdoor Carol Service with The Salvation Army, we decided to repeat this. Carols were joyfully sung – with hot drinks & mince pies to warm a chilly evening. A week later the interior of the church was festooned with candles for our more traditional Carols by Candlelight service, before services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrating what was true throughout 2022 and will be true in 2023 too: that Jesus is Emmanuel: ‘God with us’.

Wendy Peto (Churchwarden)

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Worship Services

Coordinator: Anna Leyden

Worshipping God, our creator, sustainer and redeemer, is at the heart of our life together as a church so it was great to have some sort of ‘normality’ in our services of worship after so many disruptions caused by Covid.

Our usual pattern of services was a 9.00am more formal service (with Holy Communion each week except the third Sunday of the month) and a more informal 10.30am service (with Holy Communion on the third Sunday of the month).
The 10.30am service was live-streamed on Facebook for the first half of the year. The decision was made in the Autumn to cease live-streaming due to a depleted team and a decrease in the number of views as people were now back in church. We remain enormously thankful to the team who made live-streaming services possible, and all those who continue to look after the PC and other tech for church services.
After a number of comments from people about missing the ‘Worship@7’ evening service which ran in termly six-week blocks before Covid, the service was re-introduced with a slightly different format from March-July. Those who attended expressed gratitude for the space to worship in an informal way, with lots of sung worship and space for prayer.
Our first service focused on prayer for Ukraine and was particularly moving. Unfortunately, ‘Worship@7’ was not as well attended as hoped and as the team looking after the service were already stretched it was decided not to continue after the Summer. This decision may be reviewed in due course.
- Night Prayer (online on Wednesdays) drew to a
- close after most of those who attended regularly had now moved away from Chester and were no longer able to attend.
- Over the course of the year, we worked through a
- number of sermon series including: ‘Colossians: Christ
over all’; ‘On your marks: the Five Marks of Mission’; a series on Acts after Easter; ‘Habakkuk: Confident in Chaos’; ‘Summer Psalms’; and ‘Hello Jesus: Five weeks on encounters with Jesus.’
A number of special services took place throughout 2022 including baptisms, a service to mark the Queen’s Jubilee; ‘Celebrate & Remember’ (a service to remember those we love who have died); along with services for Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension Day, Pentecost and Remembrance Sunday.

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The service of Baptism and Confirmation in June, for which we were joined by Bishop Mark, was a joyful celebration. It was fantastic to hear testimonies from some of the candidates about the work God had been doing in their lives.
Our Christmas services were another highlight and received lots of positive feedback. It was a delight to work with the Salvation Army again for the outdoor service of ‘Community Carols’ and despite sub-zero temperatures there was a warm and worshipful atmosphere. Carols by Candlelight was also well-received and well-attended, with a large number of people who don’t regularly come to church, having the opportunity to hear about God’s love for them in Christ.

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9.00am Musical Worship

Coordinator: Tonya Chirgwin

Purpose: To lead people in worship through music, predominantly at our 9.00am congregation.

Report:

This has been a year of comings and goings for the 9am Worship Team, so rather than focusing on the music itself our report focuses on the muchvalued team members who make this possible.
In September we said a bitter-sweet goodbye to Andrew Love as he began his new life as a member of British Airways Cabin Crew. We were delighted that he had landed his dream job, but knew we, and all the congregation, would miss him greatly. As well as playing the organ and singing, he was also responsible for bringing the Air Cadets’ annual Carol Service and Enrolment Ceremony to Christ Church and, of course, playing for it. This year Tonya found it a little daunting to take his place, but all went well, helped especially by organ tuning which had taken place earlier in the day! However, we were thrilled to welcome him back to play for the Midnight Service on Christmas Eve and we look forward to seeing him back at the organ when his flight duties allow.
In October we said a very sad ‘Adieu’ to Ray Thorp, a loyal member of the Christ Church Composers Guild for many years, and a much-loved contributor to the worship in singing groups both small and large. He was particularly involved in helping plan – and occasionally conducting - the music of the Christmas Choir during Andrew Buchanan’s tenure. He was a lifelong music lover and Tonya felt very privileged to play for his funeral.
Happier notes were sounded when the organ was included in the instruments used to celebrate Anna’s Institution and Induction; it was lovely to work with the 10.30am Worship Team to support the huge congregation in welcoming her to Christ Church, and we were happy to hear that the balance of traditional and more modern worship styles had been appreciated.
We have also been delighted to welcome Ruth, who has been helping out on the piano for some time, and is now a regular contributor to our worship on Sundays. A huge thank you is owed to her for saving the day by playing (at very short notice) for the Christingle Service. The lack of notice was due to Tonya undergoing emergency surgery - just a week after beautifully leading the congregational worship at our Carols by Candlelight service! (Tonya did not write this!) Happily, Tonya is now making a good recovery.
Special thanks are also due to Stella, not least for her contributions to the group during Holy Week and Easter, culminating in her arrangement of ‘Thine be the Glory’ for 6-handed piano and ‘superband’, which enabled the two Worship Groups to combine to end the Easter Day service with a real zing!

10.30am Worship Ministry

Coordinator: Rich Jones (until Oct 2022) / Hannah Thompson (from Oct 2022) Purpose: To lead people in worship through music, predominantly at our 2nd morning service.

Report:

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After a long period of not being able to meet together in person for much of 2020/2021, it was a blessing to worship together in church every week in 2022, and for the congregation to join in singing God's praises (and without masks!).
• Hannah Thompson began leading the 10.30am Worship team in October, taking over from Rich Jones. Huge thanks to both Rich and Hannah!
In addition to Sunday morning worship, the 10.30am team also took a leading role in 'Worship@7 services' in the first half of 2022, the baptism/confirmation service in June, Anna's induction in July, and the Christmas services, including the Christmas choir led by Hannah. It's been busy!
The team was looking a little depleted after a number of people moved away from Chester in 2021. Unfortunately, we are still short of
worship leaders which means the current team are quite stretched. Your continued prayers that God would be enriching the worship life of our church, including raising up new worship leaders and musicians, would be appreciated.
In 2023, we plan to start regular worship gatherings for all musicians to meet to spend time together in reflection, planning and worship as we continue to seek God for the new year.

Childrens’ Ministry Overview Coordinator: Hannah Giddings

Purpose: To facilitate an environment where children can grow in their relationship with God, predominately through Sunday morning groups during the 10.30am service. Our children are in church for the morning tea and coffee break between the services and stay for the welcome, notices and first two or three songs of the 10.30am service, before heading out to their groups.

Crèche: under 2s

Report:

We have an unsupervised creche for under 2s in the vestry. It has a livestream of the service and is a space for parents to sit with young children during service if they’d like to. There are also sofas at the side of church for parents (and others) to sit more comfortably during the service if they prefer.

Kids Group: 2-11s

Coordinator: Hannah Giddings

Report:

We’ve seen some big changes in children’s ministry this year yet we know that God is faithful. Several families have moved away for various reasons,

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meaning we’ve had a reduction in children and lost parents who were leaders and helpers as well.

It has made me reflect on children’s ministry as a whole and think back to all the changes we have seen and how God has really grown the ministry over time from a small seed, which gives hope and encouragement going forward. We continued focusing on the five areas of mission: discipleship, worship, ministry, fellowship and evangelism, which we encourage all the groups to incorporate at various points over the year.
We enjoyed a kids ministry BBQ during the summer months, a time for families to come together and for children to play.
Over August and September we joined the two younger groups (Gems and Rock Solid) together to learn about parables of Jesus which went well and has now become a pattern going forward after further leaders stepped down towards the end of the year.

Crypt Youth Group: 11+yrs

Coordinator: Ben Bernard-Smith (until September 2022) Report:

Crypt met for games, Bible study and fellowship a few times a month for the first half of 2022, mostly during the 10.30am service.
After Crypt leaders stepped down, sadly it was not possible to relaunch the group after the summer holidays.
Towards the end of the year, the young people were invited to the Vicarage for pizza and to think together about what they’d like to do with Crypt in 2023. Michael Leyden has volunteered to coordinate the group next year, and assemble a team of leaders.

Tots & Tinies: 0-5s

Coordinator: Anna Leyden

Purpose: To provide a welcoming and nurturing space where young children and their parents/carers can be cared for, make new friends, and be introduced to the Christian faith. Tots & Tinies serves both the church congregation and wider local community. Report:

‘Tots & Tinies’ continued to grow and flourish in 2022, with many new families coming along and new volunteers joining the team too. Most of those attending belong to Christ Church or other local churches, but leaflets were delivered to houses in the parish to spread the word and a few local residents not affiliated to a church have come along. It is a privilege to see the children growing and gaining confidence week-by-week, and to help them

engage with the Bible story, prayer and worship in a toddler friendly way. It is also good to be able to offer parents/carers a coffee, a listening ear or just space to catch up or meet new people. Each session includes play time, a Bible story, song, the ‘prayer parachute’, craft, tea and toast.

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Messy Church

Coordinators: Jodie Spencer / Lizzie Cobb (until late 2022)

Purpose: To encourage the discipleship of children and families (both those who already attend church and those who do not) through creative and fun ways of exploring the Bible and Christian faith.

Report:

After re-launching post-Covid in August 2021, Messy Church met every other month throughout 2022.
Numbers have varied from month-to-month but have been steadily increasing before a surge at the end of 2022 when we only just managed to feed everyone! It has been great to welcome a significant number of families from ‘Tots & Tinies’, along with their parents/carers/siblings. We are mostly reaching younger children and their families so have adapted the activities offered to make sure they are suitable.
Each session begins with a variety of crafts, games and activities based on a Bible theme, followed by an interactive Bible story, a song and a prayer.
Lizzie decided to step down to take some maternity leave at the end of 2022, but Jodie continues to lead into 2023, with support from Anna and a team of volunteers who help lead the craft tables and prepare food.

Student Work

Coordinator: James Thompson

Purpose: To invest in the next generation of Christians through welcoming, pastoring, equipping, and sending out our university students.

Report:

2022 was an encouraging year for student ministry at Christ Church. Praise God!
We went into the 21/22 academic year with only a handful of students regularly attending - many third years left Chester and there was barely any intake of students into Christ Church over the years of the pandemic.
In Jan 2022 we started regular student lunches after Sunday morning services. These were much appreciated - with around 8-10 students attending.
From Sept 2022 we have been hosting student lunches every other Sunday during term time. There are now 12-15 students coming to enjoy food & fellowship.
Our student community is currently very diverse. We do have a few undergraduate students. However, postgraduate students outnumber our undergrads. Most postgraduates are doing Masters degrees, though we do have a couple of PhD students! Consequently, our student community encompasses quite a wide age range. We have also welcomed a number of international students to Christ Church.

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Recent graduates and young people in other situations, e.g. sixth form or college students, are also welcome to join our student community.
We have a good relationship with the Christian Union at Chester University and one of our undergraduate students is currently on the committee with the CU. Our involvement has also included occasional visits from our team to speak at their weekly meetings.
We have a link to the University chaplaincy through Michael Mills, a retired vicar in our congregation, and a number of students have come to Christ Church as a result of conversations with Michael.

Voluntary Internship Programme

Purpose: To develop young people in leadership in the context of church ministry.

Report:

Due to staffing changes and the period of vacancy at Christ Church, the internship programme has been suspended for this year. The PCC will review this in 2023.

Connect Groups (and Re-Connect

Groups)

Coordinator: Anna Leyden

Purpose: To provide regular gatherings of

small groups, outside of a Sunday service context, where members of Christ Church can connect with God, connect with other church members and connect with their wider communities.

Report:

Connect Groups continued to meet in 2022, although some were still struggling the effects of Covid.
Four Connect Groups were meeting at the beginning of 2022, but one ceased to meet in the Autumn. Plans were in place for this group to relaunch, after some re-envisioning in January 2023.
A new group, led by Shirley Krakowski, started in July and has grown and flourished.
‘Reconnect Groups’: one-off social gatherings to help the church community re-connect after being forced apart by Covid, continued in the first half of 2022 with individual congregation members offering to host and organise a variety of events. The Wednesday Walk, organised by Ruth Southall, has since become a regular monthly event.
Connect Groups remain an important part of life at Christ Church with those who are members appreciating the opportunity for learning and studying the Bible alongside others and for the supportive relationships that are built through the groups.

Drop In

Coordinator: Sue Ibrahim

Purpose: To open up our church space to provide a warm and welcoming environment on a Sunday afternoon for any homeless and/or vulnerable people.

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Report:

As the cost-of-living crisis hits the whole country, at Drop In we are seeing an ever-increasing number of vulnerable and homeless people attending our session. Up to 35-40 people attend each week.
Christmas dinner saw a massive increase in guests with 59 people enjoying a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. Due to donations from the Christ Church congregation we were able once again to give each guest a gift containing chocolate and toiletries.
Drop In has been able to accommodate the increase of guests due to the commitment and dedication of each and every volunteer who gives their time to serve each week. Our expanded soup rota has allowed flexibility to serve, enabling volunteers to try new things.
In 2022 we welcomed Teresa and Neil as new leaders to the session taking on the supervision of the session on a rota basis. They have been volunteering with us for over 5 years and are a true blessing to Christ Church Drop In.

• We have also welcomed new volunteers Mark, Paddy, Liz, Steve, Magdelene, Jack, Claire, and soup makers, Brigid, Andy, Claire, Teresa I, Liz M, Sarah.

As we continue into 2023 normal service will
resume: we will continue to serve our guests and keep them as our number one priority planning BBQs, breakfasts and due to our donations, we are looking forward to being able to offer more services within the community.
We are the only service provider in Chester
to serve hot/cold food and drinks on a

Sunday. Our continued service is enabling us to see lives restored through Jesus and focus on making this happen in the Lord’s house as we serve our guests with kindness, good conversation and warmth.

Our WhatsApp group continues to be a great source of communication for the entire Drop In Volunteer team. It enables us to give good advice and guidance when required from volunteers or guests.
All this would not be possible without the gift of giving from a fabulous team of volunteers.

Warm Welcome Space Coordinator: Anna Leyden

Purpose: To share the love of Jesus in a practical way by providing a warm and welcoming space for the whole community during the winter months.

Report:

To support the local community and church members during the cost of the living crisis of 2022, Christ Church opened a ‘Warm Welcome Space’ from

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10am-2pm on Mondays from the start of November. The plan was to offer a warm space to anyone who needed it every Monday until the end of February 2023.

A team of volunteers was easily assembled to welcome people, make tea and toast, and offer conversation and support. People came along for company, warmth, food, or simply a change of scenery when working from home.
Parish residents received a leaflet about the Warm Welcome Space through their letterboxes and expressed gratitude that the Mission House was open for this purpose. The number of people attending from outside the church community was small, although it did grow and those who came along spoke highly of the warm welcome they received.
It was also a blessing for volunteers and church members who had opportunity to make new friends and build relationships.
We were very pleased to receive funding from the local council and a private donor to help fund the Warm Welcome Space.

Visiting Ministry

Coordinator: Veronica Johnston

Purpose : To enfold within the family of Christ Church the sick and housebound, through regular visits and the opportunity to share Holy Communion at home or in hospital.

Report:

Visiting which had been suspended during the periods of lockdown was resumed in 2022, although booking was still needed at some care homes and visitors were required to mask and wear protective aprons. The most significant aspect of visiting this year has been a faithful team of drivers who ensured that one of our younger members was never without a visit throughout his six weeks in Liverpool Heart and Lung Hospital.
It was with sadness that in 2022 we said farewell to members of the Christ Church family: Irene Owen, an established member of this community brought up worshipping at Christ Church; and Edna Maughn who had been sharing communion with us at home after she became too frail to attend church.
We are all grieving with Janet Thorp, the death of her devoted husband of 50 years, Ray. Throughout that time, Ray served Christ Church faithfully in a variety of ways, particularly in the 9am music team. We miss his smile, his mischievous wit, and his presence at Janet’s side in the front pew.

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Coordinators: Andrew Wigglesworth, Chris Giddings, Rob Peto Purpose: To maintain the fabric of our buildings. Report:

2022 was a quiet year in the life of maintaining the fabric of the church with no major projects undertaken. The focus was instead on performing the various regular duties we do to keep the church building healthy.
These were primarily done through the three maintenance days we had in the year where church members were encouraged to come along and assist with various jobs including: clearing gutters of leaves, fixing floor blocks and many other smaller jobs.
The excellent deputy wardens have been working hard in between maintenance days, answering the calls from any tired parts of the church buildings that needed tending to.
Unfortunately, we've been down on
numbers attending maintenance days this year which has reduced our capacity, so we are always keen to get new people coming along to help out. These days are a great way to meet new people, they are always good fun and there are jobs suitable for people of all ages and abilities. Plus they're always fuelled by numerous bacon butties, biscuits, teas and coffees!
The main focus in September was readying Christ Church ahead of Anna's induction. Thanks to a good turn out, we were able to make the church look very presentable - cleaning some areas that hadn't been touched in years! Particular thanks go to Nellie for organising the repainting of the ceiling above the baptistry.
Finally I'd just like to put out an official thank you to James Cox who left Christ Church to move to Cumbria this year with his family. He was a maintenance team stalwart for many years and always kept spirits up with his hard work and his humour. We miss him, Hannah and the rest of his family greatly!

Safeguarding

Coordinator: Pauline Jones

Purpose: To ensure measures are in place at Christ Church to protect everyone, but particularly children, young people and vulnerable adults, and to promote their health and wellbeing.

Report:

At Christ Church we seek to promote a safe environment, culture and activities in order to include a wide range of children, young people and

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adults. Everyone at Christ Church shares this responsibility, but not everyone is responsible for everything!

We believe safeguarding is about how we treat each other and the quality of our relationships but we also seek to fulfil our responsibilities as laid down by the Church of England and Chester Diocese Safeguarding team. We believe and trust that safeguarding supports ministry and outreach rather than preventing or constraining it.
I can confirm that Christ Church Chester PCC has complied with the duty to have ‘due regard’ to the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance’. As Parish Safeguarding Officer, I have regularly reported on safeguarding in the parish and safeguarding has been a standing agenda item at each PCC meeting. The following is Christ Church PCC’s statement, which reports on progress as required:
Regular safeguarding meetings were held involving Wendy Peto in her capacity as a Churchwarden during a vacancy period, and Rev. Anna Leyden in her capacity as Curate and subsequently Incumbent, and myself as Parish Safeguarding Officer.
The Safeguarding Action Plan was approved by PCC in June 2022 and progress against the plan was reported at subsequent PCC meetings
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks were completed for eleven individuals, including one who was checked twice (for two different roles). With one exception, all PCC members are now checked at Enhanced Level. We piloted use of a Basic check for one individual on the Drop-in rota.
A Volunteer Driver Agreement was approved by PCC at the March meeting.
A designated safeguarding folder was established on Christ Church Share Point, which is now used for storage of password protected confidential files. A designated filing cabinet was identified for storage of confidential declaration forms and registration documents for children and family groups.
Person Specifications and Role Descriptions were drawn up for 15 Volunteer roles. They will be taken to the February 2023 PCC meeting to be approved as part of a ‘light touch’ safer recruitment process.

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19 Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees

I report on the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2022 which are set out on pages 24 to 32.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

have not been met; or

to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Dated: 6[th] April 2023

L M Howson MAAT Independent Examiner

Finansure Limited, 2 Sheppard Street, Brymbo, Wrexham, LL11 5FF

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

20 Financial Review of the year

The finance team consisted of seven members of the congregation, managing donations, book-keeping, payroll, general banking and treasury tasks. The team aims to provide transparency of figures for both PCC and the congregation, an efficient and simple giving programme and accurate budgeting information to the PCC to enable them to make decisions.

Related Party Transactions

Glyn Jones (Evangelist) and David Chirgwin (PCC member) are directors/trustees of The Light Project, a Christian charity based in Chester. During the year, the PCC made payments to The Light Project totalling £200. All relevant payments are discussed and authorised without input from the related parties concerned.

New Restricted Funds

No new restricted funds were created in 2022.

Designated Funds

One new designated fund was created in 2022. This fund is specifically to support parishioners during the Cost of Living Crisis and is named as such. This was created in response to a donation of £2000 late in 2022 and has not been used yet.

Income excluding new Designated Fund

During 2022, income was generated from individual giving, church fees and rental of rooms. Net giving from the congregation during the year was £73,350 a 13% decrease on 2021(£84,148) this is also a significant decrease from pre Covid 2019 (£84,415).

The Gift Aid reclaimable on giving in 2022 was £14,097 (£16,008 in 2021), which includes the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.

Grants were received from the following bodies in 2022 (see Note 1 in ‘Notes to the Accounts’) and are hereby gratefully acknowledged:

Dr Robert Oldfield Charity
Chester Diocese Energy Grant

Expenditure

Expenditure was £109,053 (£107,724 in 2021). The largest item of expense was the Parish Share, which was £63,032 (£61,643 in 2021).

Other than running costs, the further main areas of expenditure were on employee costs, insurance and maintenance for our buildings.

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

Outward Giving

In 2022, £5,150 (£5,050 in 2021) was set aside for Outward Giving and donated to several recipient charities. The following were all recipients in 2022.

Teach Beyond
The Salvation Army
Chester University Christian Union
Spider Project CIC
The Light Project t/a The Light College and Collective
West Cheshire Foodbank
Night Church Chester
Congo Churches Association
Ukrainian support charities

Requested grants to individuals (£1,342) was higher than in 2021 (£1,068).

This Outward Giving is intended to bless what God is doing beyond our ministries, but in line with our values and goals. This money has supported several projects and individuals during the year.

The budget for 2023 has been set by the PCC and agreed at the February 2023 meeting.

Laura Hale (Treasurer) 27[th] March 2023

Anna Leyden (Chair) 27[th] March 2023

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

Accounting Policies

Financial Statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting regulations 2006 together with applicable accounting standards and SORP (effective January 2019).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets which are shown at market value. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities, to which the PCC is responsible by law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their affiliation to another body or those that are informal gatherings of Church members.

Funds

Endowment funds are funds, the capital of which must be maintained; only income arising from the investment of the endowment may be used either as restricted or unrestricted funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established.

Restricted funds represent (a) Income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest, and (b) donations or grants received for a specific object. The funds may be expended on the specific object for which they are given. Any balances remaining unspent at the end of the year must be carried forward as a balance of that fund.

Designated funds represent income which has been set aside for use for a specific purpose but are not legally restricted to be used for that purpose. Amounts identified as designated funds which are held in the general current account at the year-end were:

Vicarage Fund	£1,305
Renewed Space 3 Seed Funding (forCapital BuildingProjects)	£39,527
Costof Living	£2,500

Unrestricted funds are general funds that can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Incoming Reserves

Planned giving collections and donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised on an accruals basis at the end of the financial year and the appropriate amount is subsequently reclaimed from HM Revenue & Customs.

Resources Expended

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the PCC. The Diocesan Parish

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

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Share is accounted for when due. Amounts received specifically for mission are dealt with as restricted funds. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.

Fixed Assets

Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with s.96 (2) (a) of the Charities Act 2011.

Movable church furnishings held by the vicar and church wardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed in the church inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For anything acquired prior to 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the financial statements. Subsequently no individual item has cost more than £1,500 so all such expenditure has been written off when incurred.

No cost information is available for the Vicar’s house as it is deemed the property of the diocese.

All investments are valued at market value at 31st December 2021.

Reserves Policy

The PCC have agreed on a reserves policy that is reviewed annually. The reserves policy at the end of 2022 was set as follows:

It is the policy of the church to hold in reserves the equivalent of three months’ basic running costs which includes any salaries and contractual payments to staff.
It is also our policy to hold £5000 in reserves as a contingency against unexpected building-related expenses for the Mission House and the church building.

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

Statement of Financial Activities For the year ending 31[st] December 2022

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church

Statement of Financial Activities For the year ending 31st December 2021 Note INCOMING RESOURCES *Incoming resources from* *generated funds* Voluntary income 1 Investment income 2 Incoming resources from charitable activities 3 Other incoming resources TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES EXPENDED Parish Share 4 Church Activities 5 Grants payable 6 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED Transfers between funds NET INCOME/OUTGOINGS BEFORE OTHER RECOGNISED GAINS / (LOSSES) Gains/(losses) on Investment Assets NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS BALANCES B/FWD 1st JANUARY 11 BALANCES C/FWD 31st DECEMBER	Unrestricted Funds £ 88,675 1,331 4,824 0 94,830 (63,032) (41,629) (3,050) (107,711) (183) (13,064) (3,251) (16,315) 105,409 89,094	Restricted Funds £ 0 65 0 0 65 0 0 (1,342) (1,342) 183 (1,094) 0 (1,094) 6,274 5,180	TOTAL 2022 £ 88,675 1,396 4,824 0 94,895 (63,032) (41,629) (4,392) (109,053) 0 (14,158) (3,251) (17,409) 111,683 94,274	TOTAL
				2021
				£



				106,109
				784
				7,559
				316

				114,768




				(61,643)
				(42,663)
				(3,418)

				(107,724)

				0

				7,044

				3,379

				10,423

				101,260

				111,683

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

Balance sheet at 31[st] December 2022

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church

Balance Sheet at 31st December 2021 Note FIXED ASSETS Investments 8 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 9 Cash at bank and in hand LIABILITIES Creditors - Amounts falling due in one year 10 NET CURRENT ASSETS NET ASSETS PARISH FUNDS Unrestricted General Fund (Bank accounts etc.) 12 General Fund (CCLA Investment Shares) 12 Designated Cost of Living Fund 12 Designated COVID-19 Fund 12 Designated RS3 Seed Fund 12 Designated Vicarage Fund 12 Restricted Congo Fund 13 Generosity Fund 13 Music and Worship Fund 13 Renovation Fund 13	General Fund £ 24,842 24,842 20,836 47,952 68,788 (4,536) 64,252 89,094 20,920 24,842 2,500 0 39,527 1,305 89,094	Restricted Funds £ 0 0 0 5,180 5,180 0 5,180 5,180 50 0 553 4,577 5,180	TOTAL 2022 £	TOTAL
				2021
				£

			24,842	27,367
			24,842	27,367


			20,836	20,355
			53,132	65,932
			73,968	86,287


			(4,536)	1,971
			69,432	84,316
			94,274
				111,683



			20,920	37,107
			24,842	27,367
			2,500	0
			0	(1,253)
			39,527	39,127
			1,305	3,061

			50	50
			0	1,159
			553	553
			4,577	4,512

			94,274	111,683

Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 27th March 2023

and signed on behalf by: Anna Leyden (Chair)

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

26 Notes for the Financial Statements for the Year ending 31[st] December 2022

NOTE 1 - VOLUNTARY INCOME

Voluntary Income Individual Giving Tax Recoverable Legacies Other Sundry Donations Grants Robert Oldfield Charity - Children's work Chester DBF - Energy grant Congo link Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme NOTE 2 - INVESTMENT INCOME Bank interest receivable Dividends from CCLA Investment Share Fund NOTE 3 - INCOMING RESOURCES FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES Church Fees Church Hire Mission House Room Hire	Unrestricted Funds £ 73,350 14,097 30 108 1,090 88,675 Unrestricted Funds £ 605 726 1,331 Unrestricted Funds £ 1,853 2,971 4,824	Restricted Funds £ 0 Restricted Funds £ 65 65 Restricted Funds £ 0	TOTAL 2022 £ 73,350 14,097 0 30 108 1,090 0 0 88,675 TOTAL 2022 £ 670 726 1,396	TOTAL
				2021
				£

				84,148
				16,009
				5,000
				0

				109
				0
				-300
				1,143
				106,109



				TOTAL
				2021
				£

				101
				683
				784




			TOTAL 2022 £ 1,853 0 2,971 4,824	TOTAL
				2021
				£

				2,315
				173
				5,071
				7,559

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

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NOTE 4 - Parish Share Paid Parish Share NOTE 5 - CHURCH ACTIVITIES Church - Utilities - Repairs & Maintenance - Building improvement - Insurance (also covers MH) - Altar & Service Resources - Music including organ costs - Clergy Expenses - Sunday Refreshments - Children & Youth Work - Training and conferences - Internship Programme - Fees Payable - Miscellaneous Costs (see note 8) Administration - Administration Wages - Software / Web - Bank charges - Administration Sundries - Telephone & Internet - Independent Examiner's Fee (current year) - Independent Examiner's Fee (prior year) Vicarage - Council Tax - Utilities - Maintenance Curate - Housing Allowance Mission House - Utilities - Repairs & Maintenance - Cleaning Wages Community Work - Drop-In expenses - Other Community Work expenses Parochial Work - Student work expenses Total Church Activities	Unrestricted Funds £ 63,032 63,032 Unrestricted Funds £ 6,578 1,355 4,340 578 1,591 424 756 594 671 536 2,902 8,695 1,505 374 376 425 750 725 -64 24 1,757 3,646 1,227 20 221 1,256 294 73 41,629	Restricted Funds £ 0 Restricted Funds £ 0	TOTAL 2022 £ 63,032 63,032 TOTAL 2022 £ 6,578 1,355 0 4,340 578 1,591 424 756 594 671 0 536 2,902 8,695 1,505 374 376 425 750 725 -64 24 1,757 3,646 1,227 20 221 1,256 294 73 41,629	TOTAL
				2021
				£

				61,643
				61,643

				TOTAL
				2021
				£

				2,999
				820
				600
				4,097
				438
				869
				302
				332
				526
				408
				2,009
				1,216
				5,128

				8,627
				1,368
				493
				170
				1,064
				725
				250

				2,216
				776
				0

				4,747

				692
				0
				1,145

				534
				106

				6
				42,663

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

28 NOTE 6 - GRANTS PAYABLE

Christ Church has an Outward Giving policy to bless what God is doing beyond our ministries by donating to projects in line with our values and goals. This includes the "Generosity Fund" which helps individuals with a specific need.

	TOTAL	TOTAL
Grants to other charities: Donations to the Congo Donations to the Ukraine Teach Beyond Friends of the Earth Spider Project CIC Chester The Light Project Chester University CU West Cheshire Foodbank Salvation Army Night Church Leyland Methodist Church Grants to individuals: Other small confidential donations made NOTE 7 - MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURE Books and Resources COVID-related (including streaming) Publicity Special Events (e.g. Alpha, Banquet) Subscriptions (e.g. Link Up, Churches Together, Deanery Synod) Cleaning supplies, gifts and sundries Equipment (e.g. for Office, Kitchen) Other expenses NOTE 8 - INVESTMENTS Unrestricted CCLA Investment Share Fund NOTE 9 - DEBTORS Unrestricted Gift Aid receivable Prepayments	2022 £ 600 600 600 0 200 200 200 200 200 200 50 1,342 4,392 TOTAL 2022 £ 96 0 1,241 0 250 130 338 847 2,902 2022 £ 24,842 24,842 2022 £ 14,097 6,739 20,836	2021
		£
		1,250
		0
		0
		200
		200
		200
		100
		400
		0
		0
		0

		1,068
		3,418


		TOTAL
		2021
		£
		151
		422
		349
		4,026
		180
		0
		0
		0
		5,128

		2021
		£

		27,367
		27,367


		2021
		£

		15,346
		3,542
		19,692

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

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Restricted Gift Aid receivable Team Building/Thank You Fund Gift Aid receivable Shaws Leaving Fund	2022 £ 0 0 0 20,836	2021
		£
		300
		363
		663

		20,355

NOTE 10 - CREDITORS Unrestricted Gas/Electricity/Water/Rates Independent Examiner fee Other accruals NOTE 11 - OPENING BALANCES ON FUNDS Unrestricted General Fund (Bank accounts etc.) General Fund (CCLA Investment Shares) Designated COVID-19 fund Designated RS3 Seed Fund Designated Vicarage Fund Restricted Generosity Fund Congo Fund Music and Worship Fund Renovation Fund	Unrestricted Funds £ 37,107 27,367 (1,253) 39,127 3,061 105,409	Restricted Funds £ 1,159 50 553 4,512 6,274	2022 £ 2,586 750 1,200 4,536 Endowment Funds £ 0
				2021
				£
				1,146
				725
				100
				1,971

				TOTAL
				01/01/2022
				£

				37,107
				27,367
				(1,253)
				39,127
				3,061

				1,159
				50
				553
				4,512

				111,683

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

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NOTE 12 - MOVEMENT ON UNRESTRICTED FUNDS General Fund Bank Accounts etc. Balance brought Forward Money paid in during the year (incl. interest) Money taken out during the year Transfers (to)/from other funds Balance at 31st December General Fund CCLA Investment Shares Balance at 1st January Increase/(decrease) in value of total Shares Balance at 31st December Designated Cost of living support Fund Balance at 1st January Money paid in during the year Money taken out during the year Transfers (to)/from other funds Balance at 31st December Designated COVID-19 Fund Balance at 1st January Money paid in during the year Money taken out during the year Transfers (to)/from other funds Balance at 31st December Designated RS3 Seed Fund Balance at 1st January Money paid in during the year Money taken out during the year Receipt - Interest received during the year. Balance at 31st December Designated Vicarage Fund (created 2019) Balance at 1st January (as created) Money paid in during the year Money taken out during the year Transfers from general funds Balance at 31st December Total Unrestricted Funds	2022 £ 37,107 91,930 (106,681) 1,070 23,426 27,367 -2,525 24,842 0 2,500 0 0 2,500 (1,253) 0 1,253 0 39,127 400 0 0 39,527 3,061 0 (1,756) 1,305	2021
		£

		29,684
		110,387
		(100,457)
		(2,507)
		37,107


		23,305
		4,062
		27,367


		0
		0
		0
		0
		0


		(830)
		0
		(423)
		0
		(1,253)


		39,127
		0
		0
		0
		39,127


		2,650
		0
		0
		411
		3,061

Total Unrestricted Funds	91,600	105,409

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

31 NOTE 13 - MOVEMENT ON RESTRICTED FUNDS

Renovation Fund Balance at 1st January Voluntary income received Gift Aid received Receipt - Interest received during the year. Expenditure - Repairs and Renovation etc. Balance at 31st December Plus : Debtor Tax recoverable on gift aided donations Balance at 31st December Community Work Fund Balance at 1st January Voluntary income received Grants received Expenditure - Expenses for Drop-In food etc. - Other community work exps Plus : Transfer from General Fund Balance at 31st December Plus : Debtor Tax recoverable on gift aided donations Balance at 31st December Student Work Fund Balance at 1st January Voluntary income received Expenditure - Expenses (e.g. Student BBQ, weekend away) Plus : Transfer from General Fund Balance at 31st December Plus : Debtor Tax recoverable on gift aided donations Balance at 31st December Music and Worship Fund Balance at 1st January Voluntary income received Less: Expenditure Balance at 31st December Plus : Debtor Tax recoverable on gift aided donations Balance at 31st December	2022 £ 4,512 65 0 0 0 4,577 0 4,577 2022 £ 0 0 0 (976) (294) 1,270 0 0 0 2022 £ 0 0 (73) 73 0 0 0 2022 £ 553 0 0 553 0 553	2021
		£
		5,112
		0
		0
		0

		(600)
		4,512
		0
		4,512

		2021
		£
		0
		0
		0

		(424)
		(106)
		530
		0
		0
		0

		2021
		£
		0
		0

		(6)
		6
		0
		0
		0

		2021
		£
		553
		0
		0
		553
		0
		553

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022

32 NOTE 14 - MOVEMENT ON RESTRICTED FUNDS (contd.)

Generosity Fund Balance at 1st January Voluntary income received Less : Outward Giving Plus : Transfer from general fund Balance at 31st December Plus : Debtor Tax recoverable on gift aided donations Balance at 31st December Congo Fund Balance at 1st January Voluntary income received Less : Outward Giving Balance at 31st December Plus : Debtor Tax recoverable on gift aided donations Balance at 31st December Shaw Leave Fund Balance at 1st January Voluntary income received Less: Expenditure Plus : Transfer from General Fund Balance at 31st December Plus : Debtor Tax recoverable on gift aided donations Balance at 31st December Team Thanks Fund Balance at 1st January Voluntary income received Less : Outward Giving Less : Transfer to General Fund Balance at 31st December Plus : Debtor Tax recoverable on gift aided donations Balance at 31st December	2022 £ 1,159 0 (1,342) 183 0 0 0 2022 £ 50 0 50 0 50 2022 £ 0 0 0 2022 £ 0 0 0	2021
		£
		1,159
		0
		0
		0
		1,159
		0
		1,159

		2021
		£
		0
		50
		0
		50
		0
		50

		2021
		£
		0
		1,785
		(2,219)
		71
		(363)
		363
		0

		2021
		£
		0
		1,200
		(1,072)
		(428)
		(300)
		300
		0

Total Restricted Funds	5,180	6,274

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester, Christ Church Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022