2024-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of All Saints Hordle

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Hordle Parochial Church Council

All Saints’ with St Andrew’s

Charity Registration No: 1133836

ANNUAL REPORT

and

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31[st] December 2024

Vicar: The Revd Phil Mullins

PCC Treasurer: Mr Tony Edmonds PCC Secretary: Mrs Mary Moynagh

Independent Examiner:

Mr Douglas Forsyth Roydon Cottage, Sandy Down Boldre, SO41 8PL

Bankers Barclays PLC, Business Banking, Leicester LE87 2BB

Approved by the PCC on 31st March 2025

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Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] December 2024

AIM AND PURPOSES

The Hordle and Tiptoe PCC has the responsibility of co-operating 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 two church buildings of All Saints’ and St Andrew’s, All Saints’ Memorial Hall, the St Andrew’s Church Hall and Church Cottage at Tiptoe. With the formal closure by the Privy Council, of All Saints Churchyard, the responsibility for its maintenance now rests with the New Forest District Council (NFDC). Hordle PCC has agreed to continue cutting the grass on their behalf (with a financial contribution from the NFDC towards the costs).

Ministry Team

The Revd. Phil Mullins is the Vicar. The Revd. Simon Hones was licensed as Assistant Curate on 13[th] August 2024, on a Locally Supported Ministry basis. He is known informally as the Associate Vicar and takes primary responsibility for the ministry of St Andrews and the furtherance of the vision within Tiptoe.

Anya Bowker commenced her full-time employment as Youth and Children’s Worker in the parish on 3[rd] March 2024.

Revd. Dr David Moynagh, Revd. Graham Fairbairn and Revd. Angie Gammon have continued to assist in preaching and taking services. Lay minister in the parish, Jo Cropp, and Lay members of the church, Gill Morris, Roger Freeman, Tim Cosby, Peter Reece, have led services, with Gill Morris, Tim Cosby, Peter Reece and Stephen Wall occasionally preaching.

VISION FOR THE FUTURE

We aspire to be a Christian family which is:

Welcoming, Thriving, and Growing
Integrated into the life of the community around us, as it evolves
Connected to the wider church, locally, nationally and globally in a positive and supportive way

We look to the future with the following priorities:

Discipleship : To encourage Christians to grow in faith by developing new opportunities for discipleship

Community Participation : To become more active in the daily life of our villages, getting to know our neighbours and demonstrating the church to be a positive contributor to the life of our villages.

Pastoral Care : To strengthen our ability to care for church members in need and ensure each one feels part of the whole

Children and young people : To renew our ministry to children, youth and young adults, seeking to evangelise new generations

Ministry : To equip the saints of our church for works of service, instilling the grace-based motivation to serve and the servant hearted attitude needed for individuals to meet the needs of the whole, and co-ordinating our ministry activity so that individuals can use their gifts and skills to bless others.

Welcoming all ages : To shape all that we are and do as a church family with the key priority of making newcomers of

all ages feel welcome.

The PCC has worked hard throughout 2024 to further these visionary priorities, largely through the creation of several subgroups, detailed in the next section. These subgroups have met regularly for a year and by the end of the year they had identified many areas of focus for the months ahead, including three key fabric projects which the PCC has

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committed to trying to deliver: refurbishing the foyer and Church Room at All Saints, the kitchen in St Andrews Hall, and improving the audiovisual provision in the Memorial Hall.

There were a number of exciting new initiatives that began this year that met our vision priorities. We hosted the launch of the Tiptoe, Hordle and Everton Greening Campaign, bringing hundreds into our memorial hall to find out more and network with other likeminded individuals. We came together for a thoroughly encouraging Church Weekend At Home, which was both spiritually very encouraging and presented a lovely opportunity to invite friends into the church for a barn dance as part of the weekend.

In the autumn we launched an Evening Service which had completed half of its initial 6 month trial period by the close of the year, with around 45 in attendance at each service from September to December, including new faces at each meeting. Around the same time our new youth worker was able to start a new midweek bible study for teens, in God’s providence at just the same time as a family with teens moved into the village, and along with our existing teenagers this has had a very committed attendance from its five members since then.

There were further opportunities to share the good news with our neighbours in the autumn with a superb ‘Light Night’ on Halloween, this year setting out our stall on the roadside and offering hot chocolate and a simple gospel handout to hundreds of trick or treaters passing through. For opportunities to socialise we added a jazz evening to our annual quiz. And at Christmas our community choir was the largest it has been since the pandemic and, along with the school choir taking part in the service, they drew around four hundred guests into All Saints.

It has been a busy and, in many ways, very encouraging year, and these are only some of the highlights and we can look forward to 2025 with a sense of positivity and momentum. Praise the Lord.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

At the Vision Day held in autumn 23 the PCC created several groups designed to advance our vision priorities, by taking small, immediate actions and formulating recommendations for PCC consideration. These groups consisted of a Services Review Group, and Discipleship Review Group, a Community Engagement Group and (in anticipation of projects that may be suggested by the other groups) a Buildings and Tech Group. The PCC knew a paid youth worker was due to join us in early 24 and we left it to her to formulate a vision for youth on her arrival, which she presented to the church in June.

Additionally, we undertook a review of our administrative processes and made a first attempt at reviewing our public communications, as we know there are aspects of these that we would like to strengthen; in particular we have identified a need to renew our website, which we will look into in 2025.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Worship and Prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services each week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. Normally St. Andrew’s church provides a quieter and reflective environment for worship whilst at All Saints’ opportunities are provided for people to engage in more contemporary worship with a worship band. Throughout 2024 we have continued to see new people coming to church but sadly some of our regular members have moved away or passed away so numbers stay much the same. We are very grateful to have the expertise within our congregation to continue our online services which attract some viewers who do not regularly attend church. We have also continued to hold weekly prayer meetings on Zoom, with once a month in person prayer meetings starting in September. We continued to support the school with weekly assemblies led by Jo Cropp, Phil Mullins and Anya. A new contemporary evening service was introduced in September at 6pm in the Memorial Hall which has attracted members from our other congregations as well as a few new faces.

At present there are 151 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, 84 of whom are not resident within the parish. The average weekly attendance in the parish, counted during October, was 122 with a further 57 on average watching an online service. We have celebrated 3 weddings and held 8 church funerals, 1 crematorium funeral, 1 church memorial service, 2 burials in the churchyard, 2 other burials and 3 internments of ashes.

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Children and Youth

Sundays

On average we've had around 6-8 Explorers (Primary School) each week who have been very consistent, with occasional visitors. We have fun with a Bible talk, a game, and a craft.

A few Sundays we've been able to offer supervision for under 5s (Seekers) to give parents a week to be in the service. The goal is to expand this offering to twice a month, consistently and reliably.

Rooted (Yrs 5-6) has had around 12 children each month this academic year. Some of these are expressing great interest in faith, one even reading through the whole Bible for themselves. The aim is to feed the Year 6s into Voyagers from May half term.

Midweek

We usually have 20-25 children plus 15-20 adults at Little Angels each week, with a relatively consistent core which has made it easier to build relationships with those who come. In September we introduced a short, simple, interactive Bible story at the start of carpet time which has been well-received.

Voyagers began last June and has grown from 3 to 5 young people attending each week. Relationships are growing and we're seeing spiritual fruit during our times together. It is wonderful to see many of them participating in wider church life.

Open the Book and the Hordle Worship teams have been continuing to have a weekly presence in the schools, which is well-received.

Special Events

One young person and one leader went off to camp last summer and had a great time and were spiritually nourished. Churches and Halls

The church’s objective is to reach out into and serve the community, encouraging the use of church facilities and building on existing links.

We've run various one-off events for families in the community this year: Easter Egg hunt, Good Friday family event, presence at Hordle fayre, a Quiz might, Light Night, Christingle, Crib Service, with very encouraging participation with many of these. We hope to continue and build upon these in the year ahead.

Open the Book at Tiptoe, Little Angels, Lunch Club, Tea @ 3, Funeral refreshments, Men’s breakfast, Bell ringing, Village Voices, and Pilates classes have been running all year. Coffee after services, Coffee at the Potting Shed and Quiet garden continue. Rooted, the Youth Club for years 5 and 6, continues on Sunday evenings once a month.

Following the success of an Advent ladies brunch in November 2023 another was held in the Spring and again at Advent in 2024. A monthly afternoon of Fun and Fellowship was started at Tiptoe in February and has continued to be very popular.

Hordle Flower festival drew people from the village and around to admire the inspiring displays.

Halls were let out for family parties.

Our facilities were put to very good use when we had our ‘Weekend at home’ in June. More than 80 people signed up for the whole weekend with a few others coming to special events. The speakers at the daily meetings were Anne and Shaun Atkins who encouraged us to take a different look at the book of Ruth. There were separate sessions for children. There were walks, games sessions in the Vicarage garden, a Barn dance with fish and chip supper, a Hog roast and plenty of time to get to know one another better over plenty of refreshments.

The Church has been represented at both Hordle and Tiptoe annual village fairs

The 9.00am service was reinstated twice a month. Café church was held in the Memorial hall for All age worship. Online church services continued with average viewing numbers of 57.

A bigger community choir led the Carol service at All Saints’.

There was a smaller response to the Samaritans’ shoe box appeal this year.

For Remembrance Day a service was held at the Hordle War Memorial and on Tiptoe Green led by Revd. Phil Mullins and Remembrance services were held in both churches.

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School services, Christingle service and carol services continue to be held.

PASTORAL CARE

Pastoral care continues to be offered to support the most vulnerable members of the congregation and community by phoning regularly, doing their shopping, collecting prescriptions etc. This was not only for members of the church but those in the community too. People have continued to care for neighbours. Home groups have continued to care for one another.

The Basics Bank continued to be extremely busy as many local families were affected by the economic crisis. The church family has continued to support this essential need.

COMMUNICATION IN OUR COMMUNITY

Our parish magazine LINK is widely available in local shops and schools as well as our churches. It is also available online and delivered when possible. The church has a double page spread in the bi-monthly Hordle Village magazine and contributes to the Tiptoe quarterly news sheet that are delivered to every household. The use of social media, both in advertising events but also with words of encouragement, has been a useful means of communication. Members of the congregation are still receiving a weekly news sheet by email or by post to those without email.

MISSION AND OUTREACH

An inescapable aspect of our faith when following Jesus is to reach out to those in need, not only within our local community, but also in the wider world. A Quiz night in the Memorial Hall during the summer raised a huge £551 for Oakhaven Hospice. Our Church Family has established links with:

Tear Fund, particularly as some of our congregation have worked for the organisation in previous years
Leprosy Mission, with historical links to the hospital in Anandaban, Nepal.
Mission Aviation Fellowship, where David and Becky Waterman were working in Africa with family near us in the New Forest
Bible Society, with their material regularly supporting our small groups within the parish and Open the Book at the schools

The following distribution has been made by the treasurer from money given through various fundraising activities, but also through the focussed Mission Month in November:

Leprosy Mission (Jam sales)	£112.50
Bible Society	£100.00
Oakhaven Quiz Night	£551.00
Tear Fund	£740.94
Leprosy Mission	£740.94
Mission Aviation Fellowship	£740.94
Bible Society	£740.94
Bibles for Yr 6 Leavers	£1,426.42
Donation to Hordle School	£3,240.00
Total	£8,393.68

A key part of our outreach is through the Hordle Primary School right next to All Saints Churchyard. There are many practical and managerial links. The PCC agreed to make the now customary donation of £3,240, determined as a gift of £10 per pupil on the roll. As the projected end of year balance was looking challenging in the middle of the summer, the PCC chose to take this gift from their designated funds.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

At the beginning of the year, it was thought likely that there would be a further outflow of funds, but in the event, we have ended in a finely balanced position showing an unrestricted surplus of £3,026 from an overall incoming resource of £136,846. There were two exceptional items. The redecoration of the St Andrews Church Hall cost £1,720, and the repair of the boiler in All Saints Church was £1,213.88.

For several years now, Hordle and Tiptoe churches have been able to give the Diocese what has been asked for under the Common Mission Fund. 2024 is no exception with us giving the full £74,196 (37.4% of our expenditure). Our Diocese ask each Parish to give according to our perceived potential so that other parishes can receive according to their need. All the money raised is used to support the cost of our shared mission and ministry across the parishes within our diocese (paying the ministers training, stipends and pensions). The money does not fund the running of the cathedral or the leadership team!

Our Youth Work project has been a clear example of the church family catching a vision for reaching out into our communities to share the gospel with children and young people with their families. Some £93,850 has been pledged, with £79,850 already given. There are pledges of £7,000 a year for the next 24 months ensuring the 3 year project can be completed. We have employed Anya and she has been able to draw together an enthusiastic team of volunteers to bring the vision to life.

The rental of Church Cottage was discontinued ahead of Rev Simon moving to join us. The costs of removals, Council tax and other sundry expenses of £7,440 have been substantially mitigated by the £5,000 rental from the first half of the year.

The PCC has decided that the combination of the Youth and Children’s work and the emerging ‘Visionary Projects’ reflect the Council’s priorities for investment in our mission objectives. Accordingly, the collection of designated funds is being considered under two headings. The first is for the YCM, reflecting the clear intent of the donors and success of the Youth project. The second heading is for the refit of the domestic facilities at St Andrews Hall, the audiovisual capabilities at All Saints, and progressive enhancements to the entrance area of All Saints. As a project is authorised, the bills are met from the Designated Fund, and the capitalised value is depreciated over 4 years in the General Fund. To date, phase 1 of the AV update has been completed, and £4,450 has been spent accordingly. The Church has a further £22,540 available to the PCC to designate for the visionary projects. There is £1,475 in the Pastoral Fund that will be redesignated as the ‘Vicar’s Discretionary Fund’.

Energy costs have been in the news throughout the year. A number of initiatives are underway to reduce our energy usage where practicable, but the electricity and gas used across the church enterprise has been £11,600. This is 6.4% of our total expenditure as a church. The PCC intends to scrutinise our running costs to understand where best to focus efforts to reduce bills through targeted investments on a ‘spend to save’ basis.

RESERVES POLICY

The policy is for the church to maintain an unrestricted budgetary reserve to satisfy 3 objectives:

Cash Flow . To ensure that there is sufficient cash in the bank to meet our immediate financial obligations
Defect Response . To respond to unscheduled eventualities within our parochial estate as needed
Minor Enhancements . To enable small projects to be undertaken to support out visionary objectives within our immediate sphere of influence

Custom and Practice suggests that the cash flow assurance can be met with a reserve of about 3 times the regular monthly turnover of the general fund. This will include the routine maintenance of the parochial estate, but not exceptional costs. For 2024, the unrestricted incoming resources for the year, once exceptional items had been removed, was £133,912, indicating a 3 monthly reserve of £33,480.

The defect response need is informed by an informal risk register, where the leadership team identify where (e.g.) boilers or heating systems are ageing and will need replacement at some stage. A weighted sum of these informs the financial need for defect response.

Once the need for cash flow and defect response has been addressed, and the projected future need (e.g. continuing to fund the youth and children’s work), the highest priority minor enhancements can then be considered for funding from the accumulated reserves.

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The level of accumulated reserves will reflect the degree to which the operational expenditure has been met or exceeded by the combination of both giving and earnings from the parochial estate.

On 31[st] Dec, the accumulated surplus was £55,050, clear of our minimum reserve target.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity registered with the Charity Commissioners – Registration No: 1133836

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At Hordle and Tiptoe the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), Associate minister, 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. New members receive initial training into the workings of the PCC. The full PCC met 6 times during the year with an average level of attendance of 81%.. The Standing Committee meets before each PCC meeting to set the agenda. Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees, which include the finance and hall management, with their particular responsibilities and Terms of Reference agreed by the PCC, report back to it regularly with minutes of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary. There are also 4 task groups set up to work on the implementation of the Vision of the church for the future.

Standing Committee members 2024

The only Committee required by the Church Representation Rules (CRR 2020). It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to the directions given by the PCC.

Members during 2024 were Revd. Phil Mullins (Vicar) Miss G Morris followed by Mrs J Bailey (Church Warden); Mr D Argyle (Church Warden); Mr A Franklin followed by Mr A Edmonds (Treasurer); Mrs M Moynagh (PCC Secretary ) Revd. Simon Hones from September.

PCC Topics

Arrangements were put in place for the employment of Anya Bowker as a Children’s and Youth worker. She started in March 2024. Several rounds of advertising for a house for Duty Minister resulted in the appointment of the Revd. Simon Hones in August 2024. Gill Morris and Andrew Franklin both stood down at the APCM. They were replaced by June Bailey as Churchwarden and Tony Edmonds as Treasurer. Ruth Lambe retired from the office and as Electoral Roll officer. Peter Reece took on the latter. An Administration review group was formed to assess office provision.

Plans were made to hold a church weekend at home in July which proved very successful. A new contemporary evening service was introduced twice a month from September on a 6 month trial. It was agreed to hold a Stewardship campaign in early 2025 and a Holiday Bible Club in February half term 2025.

Following a Vision Day in September 2023, four task groups met regularly looking at our services, discipleship, community engagement and facilities provision. A further Vision Review Day in October 2024 concluded 3 major projects should be tackled using funds raised from the rental of church cottage. They are the provision of permanent Audio visual equipment in the Memorial Hall, refurbishment of the foyer at All Saints, and an upgrade to the kitchen in St. Andrew’s hall.

Regular reports are received concerning the finances, fabric repairs, safeguarding, eco church, and hall management committee (now under new chair).

Topics still under discussion are the need to upgrade the website, produce a logo, auditing all our communication processes, reducing our utilities costs.

Our response to the use of Prayers of love and faith has been put on hold since the Synod have other issues to deal with following the Makin report.

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VOLUNTEERS

There is a large cohort of members of the churches who carry out numerous voluntary ministries within the Parish, fulfilling the principle of all member ministry.

SAFEGUARDING REPORT for year ending 31.12.2024

Hordle and Tiptoe PCC has complied with the duty under Section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 ( duty to have regard to the House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults).

P arish Safeguarding Officer (PSO)

Liz Wyatt (PSO) and Louise Booth (Asst PSO) continue in their respective roles. We attended the Diocesan Autumn Safeguarding Update in October 2024 and our required safeguarding training and DBS clearance is up-to-date.

Safeguarding and the PCC

Different aspects of safeguarding are addressed at each PCC meeting which ensures that all PCC members receive regular updates from the PSO, as well as addressing any urgent matters in a timely fashion. Policies

Policies related to safeguarding (ie Parish Safeguarding policy statement, Parish policy statement on Recruitment of ex-offenders, Parish Statement on Domestic abuse and violence and Social media Policy statement along with the Church of England policy, Promoting a Safer Church) are reviewed annually and accepted by the PCC, before being displayed on church notice boards and the website.

Church activities

Activities run in the name of Hordle with Tiptoe church, especially those involving children and vulnerable adults, are reviewed and agreed annually. Any proposals for new activities go to the PCC for approval, before all necessary safer recruitment procedures are completed.

Many members of our congregations serve by helping with a variety of these activities, a number of which require regular safeguarding training provided by the Church of England and some require DBS clearance too. All PCC members also complete these trainings and DBS clearance as they have overall responsibility for all activities run in the name of the Church.

Our Children’s and Youth Worker, Anya Bowker, is taking responsibility for all activities involving children and young people (under the supervision of the Vicar and PCC) and as such is assisting with the safer recruitment process for volunteers working in this area. We are most grateful for the support provided by members of the church for all aspects of our safeguarding work.

Monitoring by the Diocesan Safeguarding Dashboard

The Diocese continues to monitor the Safeguarding work of the Parish by the entries completed on the online Dashboard. There have recently been a number of additions to the requirements on this Dashboard, and many actions need re-entering whenever policy documents and similar have been reviewed and accepted by PCC.

All Safeguarding work is aimed at ensuring everyone who attends or visits our churches is as safe as possible. Everyone is responsible for Safeguarding in our churches and we are grateful for your understanding and active support with this work.

Liz Wyatt and Louise Booth March 2025

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DEANERY SYNOD

There have been three meetings this year as usual, 12[th] March, 18[th] June and 10[th] October. Alongside routine matters each one has one or two main speakers.

Clive Beard from St Luke’s, Hedge End, Lucy Howlett the Net Zero Co-ordinator, and Sam Scott, Diocesan Environment Officer gave a presentation on Eco church. They covered areas such as Worship and teaching, our Church buildings, our energy supplier, reducing paper usage. Also, the use of our land and lifestyle choices which would help reduce our carbon footprint.

The Diocese will provide an energy audit grant of £175 for an individual church.

Georgi Thompson-Leask spoke about Christian Stewardship which includes time and talents. His role involves providing support, sourcing stewardship resources and fostering understanding of what Christian stewardship is to us. Christian fellowship is recognising that all that we have is a gift from God. Generosity as a Christian steward is sharing time, talents, and treasure too.

Andy Saunders from Lighthouse Ministries presented about Bubble Church which was created by the Anglican church in New Zealand. He talked about the Church of England’s “Growing Faith” initiative focussed on work with children. This puts children, young people and families at the heart of all the mission and ministry of the Church by changing the culture of the Church of England.

Since Covid we have lost half the children and young people who were part of congregations. but in church schools we have contact with over a million children. He encouraged us to think about schools, churches and households around us and developing these contacts.

The National Church has an initiative called “Pray Prioritise, Resource, Adapt, You”. 75% of families in this country with pre-school age children are attached to a pre-school group associated with a church.

Ven. Jean Burgess spoke about the 5–10-year strategy for the Diocese - “Walking the Wessex Way” – working together and serving together. There are several strands of work – Education has a working party on schools and children’s ministry. Another strand focusses on Estates ministry.

Rev. Lee Thompson talked about the links with Rwanda which had been long established over decades. 50 years ago, there were 10 denominations. More recently this had grown to 1000 denominations. Next year is the centenary of the Anglican church being established there.

Revd David Potterton revived this year’s Church tent at the New Forest Show. A team of over 70 volunteers from across the deanery joined forces to ensure that visitors were welcomed, refreshed and were invited to view a wide range of Christian resources and enjoy a variety of children’s craft events.

At the Autumn meeting the Treasurer reported the income and expenditure to the end of August 2024. As at the end of August the Deanery had met 54.9 percent of the CMF which is slightly behind target.

June Bailey and Liz Wyatt March 2025

Church Administration

Peter Reece is the Church Administrator (part-time) and is also the Electoral Roll Officer.

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PCC Appointments to the Church of England Primary School in Hordle

The Board of Trustees, which is independent of the Governing Body and under the Scheme authorized by the Charity Commissioners, consists of the Incumbent and the two Church Wardens. The PCC nominates nine Foundation School Governors who are then appointed by Winchester Diocese; two of whom are recommended by the Board of Trustees for ratification by the PCC. Currently there are 2 vacancies; the governors representing the church are:

Sarah Cearns, Hannah Rook, Sylvia Gabryniak, Tim Cosby, Phil Mullins (ex-officio) Ali Gruar, Debbie Law

Maintenance, Health and Safety

Mr Duncan Argyle, as Churchwarden, oversees the maintenance of all parish buildings, the car parks, All Saints’ churchyard and the grounds at St Andrew’s. The Memorial Hall and St Andrew’s Hall are overseen by the Hall Management Committee which also ensures compliance with statutory requirements for Health and Safety. Spot checks for Health and Safety issues are undertaken and matters arising addressed (failed lighting, Church Room storage door-closures, renewing emergency lights in Memorial Hall, etc.).

Much fun and fellowship was enjoyed as the Eco Team led the strimming and raking of the meadow areas at St Andrew’s and in the churchyard. Mr Sam McLeod has kept the Memorial Garden looking

as immaculate as ever, Mr Clive Stickland has retained good order across the churchyard, Mr Andy Booth and Mr Terry Read have swept up tons of leaves from in front of All Saints’, and Mr Mark

Strode has kept the grass at St Andrew’s neat, tidy and uncluttered by fallen twigs.

ADMINISTRATION

All Saints’ Church, Hordle is situated in Hordle Lane, Hordle, with the Daughter Church of St Andrew’s, Tiptoe in Sway Road. The Parish is part of the Lyndhurst Deanery in the Diocese of Winchester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is All Saints’ Memorial Hall, Hordle Lane, Hordle, Lymington, SO41 0FB.

Ex Officio PCC members who have served during 2024 are:-

Vicar Revd Phil Mullins

Associate Minister Revd. Simon Hones from September 2024 Church Wardens Gill Morris until April 2024 June Bailey from April 2024 Duncan Argyle Fabric, Health & Safety Ed Hood until April 2024 Deanery Synod Liz Wyatt Safeguarding Officer Representatives June Bailey

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Members serving on PCC in 2024

Chris Benson Andy Booth until April 2024 Helen Edmonds Andrew Franklin Treasurer until April 2024 Anthony Edmonds Treasurer from April 2024 Roger Freeman until April 2024 Ed Hood from April 2024 Anne Mc Murtry Ruth Moody Jones Gill Morris from April 2024 Mary Moynagh PCC Secretary Alastair Pickburn Mark Strode Angus Wood from April 2024

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2024

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
For the year ended 31 December 2024
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment TOTAL FUNDS
Funds Funds Funds Funds 2024 2023
Note £ £ £ £ £ £
INCOMING RESOURCES 2
Voluntary Income a 115,329 38,852 265 154,446 140,267
Income from investments b 1,463 2,639 4,102 2,872
Income from Church Activities c 20,055 5,720 25,775 28,514
Other Incoming Resources d
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 136,846 47,212 265 184,323 171,653
RESOURCES EXPENDED 3
Church Activities a 132,670 46,448 544 179,662 153,172
Governance costs b 1,150 1,150 950
Major repairs c 4,416
Other Resources Used d 1 1 3,314
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 133,821 46,448 544 180,813 161,852
NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES 3,026 763 (279) 0 3,509 9,801
Gross transfers between funds - in 0
Gross transfers between funds - out 0
Unrealised Gains /(Losses) on Investments 5 1,989 843 (248) 2,584 3,630
NET MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS 5,015 1,606 (279) (248) 6,093 13,431
Balances brought forward at 1 January 2023 7 50,035 77,212 835,684 2,157 965,088 951,659
FUND BALANCES AT 31 DECEMBER 2024 55,049 78,818 835,405 1,909 971,181 965,090
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH HORDLE AND ST ANDREW’S CHURCH TIPTOE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1 ACOUNTING POLICIES

The significant accounting policies and regulations applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies and regulations have been applied consistently to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

The accounts have been prepared in sterling in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities SORP (FRS 102) 2nd edition issued October 2019, UK Accounting Standards and the Charities Act 2011.

Funds

Our money is held in funds of different types, classified as income funds or endowment funds (also called capital). Income funds are further classified as Unrestricted funds, which may be spent on any of the church’s charitable purposes, or Restricted funds which once created, are subject to being spent on specified purposes. The PCC may create Designated funds at its discretion from the unrestricted funds, which they earmark for a specified purpose. They can alter or remove this designation at any time. The rest of the Unrestricted funds form a single General Fund, which includes the Church’s general reserves.

Incoming Resources

All incoming resources are included in the financial statements when the PCC is legally entitled to the income, the amount can be measured reliably, and it is probable that the income will be receivable. Church collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC.

Voluntary Income and Capital Sources. Planned giving receivable under Gift Aid is recognised only when received. Income tax recoverable on covenants or gift aid donations is recognised when the income is receivable. Grants and legacies to the PCC are recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, receipt is probable, and the amount due can be measured reliably. Funds raised by fetes, bazaars and similar events are accounted for before deducting related expenditure.

Other Ordinary Income. Rental income from the letting of church premises is recognised when the rental is due. Income from Investments. Dividends and interest are accounted for when receivable. Gains & Losses on investments. Realised gains or losses are recognised when investments are sold. Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of investments at 31 December. Resources Used

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis, and is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Grants. Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC. Activities relating directly to the activities of the Church. The Common Mission Fund share is accounted for when paid over.

Fixed Assets

Consecrated land and buildings and moveable church furnishings. Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from the accounts by Section 10 (2)(a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011. This exclusion includes All Saints Church Hordle and the parsonage house situated on Stopples Lane Hordle.

No value is placed on moveable church furnishings held by the Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal since the PCC considers this to be inalienable property. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or benefice buildings and moveable church furnishings whether maintenance or improvement, is written off as expenditure in the accounts and separately disclosed.

Freehold Land & Buildings. It is a requirement of the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 that the Financial Statements of the PCC should show as assets the historic cost or valuation of all freehold land and buildings which are vested in a diocesan body as custodian trustee for the Parish (for which the PCC is managing trustee). As fixed assets of the PCC that are held for continuing use in its work, these assets are included in the balance sheet and shown under the appropriate fund heading. In accordance with the PCC’s policy of recognising all fixed assets at their historical costs, and to conform with accounting regulations and FRS102, the depreciated historic costs of all land and buildings were

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recognised in the balance sheet for the first time in the 2019 accounts, involving a prior period adjustment to the comparative figures as at 1st January 2018.

The land and buildings comprise of the following:

a) All Saints Memorial Hall is used on a daily basis with the church office and the Vicar’s office on the ground floor. b) St Andrew’s Church is used weekly for church services and is maintained in a good condition. The triangle of land upon which it is built is not consecrated and was originally gifted to the PCC and so has no historic cost. The original cost of constructing St Andrew’s Church was £1,500 in 1904 and this has therefore been used as the corrected historical cost as at 1st January 2018. No accumulated depreciation has been treated as charged to date, as the building is assessed as having a very long remaining useful economic life of over 50 years, and it is estimated that its residual value for depreciation purposes is considerably higher than when it was built. As such any depreciation charge would be immaterial to the financial statements, and therefore a policy of non-depreciation has been adopted.

c) St Andrew’s Church Hall is used for church functions and private hire use, and is also maintained in good condition. The original cost of constructing the Hall was £82,000 with construction being completed in 1996, and this has therefore been used as the corrected historical cost as at 1st January 2018. As with St Andrew’s Church, no accumulated depreciation has been treated as charged to date, as the building is assessed as having a very long remaining useful economic life of over 50 years, and it is estimated that its residual value for depreciation purposes is higher than when it was built. As such any depreciation charge would be immaterial to the financial statements, and therefore a policy of non-depreciation has been adopted, which is consistent with the treatment of the Memorial Hall Hordle which has not been depreciated since it was capitalised at historic cost in 2005.

d) Church Cottage Tiptoe was built in 1972 on land gifted to the PCC and is maintained in good condition. It is a detached bungalow and has been let out, but is now used as a residence by Rev Simon Hones, the Locally Supported Minister. The original cost of construction was £8,500. There has been £24,900 of capital additions to the property since construction, including a single room flat roof extension during the 1970s to the attached single garage, a Curate’s cabin in the garden in 2015 and improvements internally including an additional en-suite bathroom in 2017. The corrected historic cost as at 1st January 2018 was therefore £33,400. As with the PCC’s other buildings, no accumulated depreciation has been treated as charged to date, as the building as a whole is assessed as having a long remaining useful economic life of over 50 years, and it is estimated that its residual value for depreciation purposes is higher than when it was built. A policy of non-depreciation has therefore been adopted.

e) Woodcock Lane Car Park measures approximately 15m by 25m, with a single entrance to the road which is situated 100 metres from All Saints Church. The original land where the car park is situated was bought in 1946 for £50, and was the site of the original Hordle church hall. The PCC was required to retain this land for use as a carpark by Church visitors as a condition of planning permission to build the Memorial Hall in Hordle. Freehold land is not depreciated and so the figure of £50 has been included as its historic cost as at 1st January 2018.

Other fixtures, fittings and office equipment. Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight-line basis over 4 years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £1,000 or less are written off when the asset is acquired.

Investments. Investments are valued at market value on 31 December using the closing quoted market price. Investments held in the CBF Church of England Funds are shown at their bid market valuation as at 31st December.

Current Assets. Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectible. Short term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the Central Board of Finance (CBF) or at the bank.

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b) Conditions governing the use of each Fund Unrestricted and Designated Funds

Accumulated Surplus Funds where no conditions have been imposed by the donors or introduced by the PCC.
Memorial Fund
Church Cottage Tiptoe

The Fund was established in October 1995 from various legacies left to the Parish. The Fund is designated by the PCC to provide for funding specific projects authorised by them and not items of normal current expenditure.

With the appointment of Rev Simon Hones as our Associate Vicar, Church Cottage has now been brought back into use within the Parish. The costs associated with moving to the property, and the Council Tax have been met from this fund in 2024. Exceptionally, this year the PCC decided to take the customary donation to the Hordle Junior School from this fund. The balance of this fund will now be apportioned to support projects that have arisen from the 2024 Vision Work.
Memorial Hall Equipment
Parish Pastoral Fund
The purpose for which this fund was established in 2019 has been achieved and the value of the capital asset has been depreciated. The fund was employed this year as an anonymous donor enabled the Memorial Hall office to be re-equipped for the Vicar and the Youth Worker work effectively. As that task has completed, it is intended to close the fund in the coming year.
The Fund was established in 2013 to support the pastoral work of the Parish. Since then, the role of Pastoral Coordinator has lapsed, so the purpose of the fund is best met by renaming it as the ‘Vicar’s Discretionary Fund’ reflecting how it can be used to support unspecified but sensitive pastoral outcomes.
Parish Event Bursary Fund This fund was designated to help parishioners who might otherwise struggle to attend Parish Events to be helped to do so. In the event, no grants have been made so these funds will be reapportioned by the PCC for support projects that have arisen from the 2024 Vision Work.
Parish Weekend Support Fund
Children and Youth Mission
This fund was designated to help parishioners who might otherwise struggle to attend the 2024 Parish Weekend to be helped to do so. In the event, one grant was made, so the remainder will be reapportioned by the PCC for support projects that have arisen from the 2024 Vision Work.
The children and youth work Project ‘went live’ in March 2024 when Anya took up her post. The bulk of the very generous funds pledged for the project had been received as lump sum donations. Further standing orders are in place to assure funding the project for 3 years in total. This fund will continue to hold any additional donations for this work going forward.

Restricted Funds

Choral Work at All Saints’
The Fund was established in 2008 on receipt of a legacy to be spent on Choral Work at All Saints. Appropriate donations have been added and costs met from the Fund since.
All Saints’ Sanctuary Guild These Funds have been administered by Guild members previously. The PCC Funds agreed to transfer the Funds to the general use of the Parish with certain safe guards.
All Saints’ Bell Tower The Fund is administered by the ringers. The main source of income is from donations and visitors to the Tower. From time to time the Fund is used to enhance the provision of hand bells.
Memorial Hall The Fund was established in 1999 for the expressed purpose of building a new church hall which was completed in 2005. The cost of which (including original equipment) has been shown as fixed assets in the Balance Sheet.
Legacies All Saints The remaining balance was used to fund part of the cost of necessary guttering repair.

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Legacies St Andrew’s Part of the remaining balance was used to fund the cost of replacing high level lighting with 11 LED Panels.
Land and Buildings
The Fund was established as part of the prior period correction to include the historic costs of the land and buildings previously not included in the financial statements as at 1[st] January 2018. No active transactions are planned for this fund.

Endowment Fund

All Saints’ Church

This Fund was created in 2014 by the transfer of capital from the All Saints Churchyard Fund at the request of the donor. Income from the investments associated with the Fund are used for the upkeep of All Saints’ Church.

Looking forward, the update to our Reserves Policy will enable the PCC to streamline several of the designated funds. Each of the Church Cottage, Memorial Fund, Parish Events Bursary, Parish Weekend Support and the Memorial Hall Equipment funds are for particular rather than routine use by the PCC. The vision work through 2024 has focussed attention on what is of particular need for financial intervention. The combined fund will be designated with the title of Vision 2024. As projects within this fund are authorised by the PCC, the approved funding will be to pay for the work, and the capitalised value will be shown on the general fund. Once all the money has been committed, and the bills paid, the fund can be closed down.

In line with this approach, the Audio Visual Stage 1 investment used £4,450 of designated funds. This has been recognised on the Balance Sheet as an asset under the General Fund.

The Endowment Fund created in 2014 has been generating a few tens of pounds each month, so it has been agreed with the family of the original donor to liquidate the shares that constitute the fund after the Year End. The resulting money will be allocated to priority work around the entrance of All Saints Church. As this is consistent with the Vision 2024 goals, the money will be included in the All Saints Legacies Account.

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Trustees: Expenses and Related Party Transactions
a) None of the Trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with the PCC. (2023: none)
b) Four of the Trustees have claimed expenses in carrying out the duties of the PCC. The total amount of expenses reimbursed to Trustees was £1,568 in the year ending 31[st] December 2024 (2023: £2,726) being for travel, resources and materials, and minor building repairs.
c) During the year MCS Property Care was paid a total of £2,344, consisting of £507 for gardening services, £117 for repairs to the shed in St Andrews Church grounds and £1,720 for re-decoration on the main St Andrews Hall (2023 total: £1,008). MCS Property Care is owned and operated by Mark Strode, a current trustee of the PCC. No amounts were unpaid at the year end or were written off during the year (2023: nil).
d) Thank you gifts were made to a number of individuals for substantial volunteer effort during the year. Included amongst these were Mrs June Bailey (£35) Mrs Helen Edmonds (£35) as part of the Memorial Hall cleaning team, and Mrs Briony Strode (£60) for a substantial commitment to organising and leading the community choir for the Carol Service at Christmas.

10. Staff costs

The cost of employing staff during the year was Wages and Salaries	2024 2023 £ £
	33,236 8,190

The average number of employees throughout the year was 2 (2023:1). No employee received a salary in excess of £60,000 during the year.

Costs of Independent Examination and other Financial Services

During the year the following amounts were payable to the Independent Examiner in respect of costs of their respective external scrutiny. Total	2024 2023 £ £ 1,050 950
	1,050 950

12. Post Balance sheet events

The holding of 552.18 shares in The CBF Church of England Investment Fund was sold on 6 Feb 2025 with a switch out value of £36,051.23. The instruction to sell was issued on 4 Feb 25, so this is treated as a non-adjusting Post Balance Sheet event.

13. Going Concern

The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the PCC’s ability to continue as a going concern.