2022-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Andrew & St Mary Grantchester

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ST ANDREW AND ST MARY'S CHURCH, GRANTCHESTER ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE PCC FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

Incumbent : The Revd Rachel Rosborough

Membership of the PCC

Members of the PCC are either ex officio, elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, or co-opted, in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.

During the year (or part thereof), the following served as ex-officio members of the PCC: Curate Warden : Mrs Liz Neville & Mrs Margaret Barwise

the Revd Andrew Hurst & the Revd Bethan Rodden Mrs Liz Neville & Mrs Margaret Barwise

Representative on the Deanery Synod : Representative of Barton School :

Treasurer :

Dr Simon Thomas Mrs Anne Ugur Mrs Susanna Buss

Elected members:

Mr Michael Goodhart (Fabric Secretary) Mr Guy Lewin Smith Mrs Mary Martin Mrs Liz Neville Mrs Margaret Barwise Mrs Susanna Buss Mrs Nicky Eyles

Standing Committee:

The Revd Rachel Rosborough Mrs Liz Neville Mr Michael Goodhart Mrs Susanna Buss Dr Simon Thomas

Independent Examiner:

Lisa King Burdett King Accountancy Limited 8 The Hamiltons Newmarket CB8 0NF

Committees:

Standing Committee Publications Committee

Structure, governance and management

The method of appointment of the PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All church members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

Objectives and activities

The Parochial Church Council has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Achievements and performance

There are 84 people on the Church Electoral Roll, 63 of whom are resident in the parish. Church services have taken place on Sundays with an average congregation of 22 people not including Harvest, Christmas and Easter celebrations. At both Christmas and Easter, the attendance was over 70. There have been joint services with St Marks in Newnham and Trumpington Church at Easter.

Vicar’s Report

I am very aware that our APCM falls this year not long after me announcing I will be leaving this summer and therefore there are many questions about the future. However, the main purpose of the APCM is to look back over the previous year so I am going to mostly do that.

As always, I will start with thanks. First, I would like to give a particular thanks to everyone for my sabbatical last year. As you know, I was due to have a sabbatical in March 2020, which would have happened after almost twelve years of ordained ministry. Covid had other ideas and so I was very ready for a break by the time last spring rolled round. It is a great privilege to be granted a sabbatical and it was really good for me to be able to step back from the day-to-day realities of ministry, to have some time with friends and family, and especially Sam, to choose church at the weekends and to not have evening commitments for a while, to sleep, and pray and read. So, thank you to everyone for supporting that. A particular thank you to Andrew and to Tom, who carried the lion’s share of ministry in my absence despite having very full-time jobs and families who need them. It turns out this was probably good preparation for a vacancy although we did not know that at the time. Andrew has now finished his curacy, his training, and it has become very clear that he needs to do a bit less in the way of ministry. However, he will stay in the two parishes, offering two Sundays a month until Christmas. He will then take a break and a review in January to see what next. Look after him – he is a treasure! Tom is also able to step back into public ministry once again following a recent break. I am grateful to them both and will miss working with them. Thanks too to others for taking services and preaching throughout the year.

I would also like to specifically thank the members of the PCC for their commitment and giving of their time. I must also name and thank our dedicated treasurer, Sandi, our amazingly thorough and committed Fabric Secretary, Michael and our fabulous churchwarden, Liz. All give a huge amount of their time as volunteers and we could not do without them. Thanks also to Simon for taking on the role of PCC secretary this year, Mary and Tich for cleaning, Geoffrey for cutting the grass and Jo for the Parish Magazine.

There is much to celebrate from 2022 in the life of the church. We just about found ourselves back to normal in terms of services. By the end of 2022 numbers attending on a normal Sunday were very close to what they had been before Covid and we have been pleased to welcome new people and to see children in our midst once again. The relaunch of our Whole Church Family Service – with breakfast – has been a great joy with up to 50 people in the congregation. Thanks to Margaret and Sam and others for providing coffee, juice and croissants each month.

A new face joined us in the middle of 2022. We were delighted to welcome Bethan as our new curate in July and it has been great to have her on the team. It is fair to say that my moving on causes the greatest uncertainty for Bethan and we are waiting for a meeting with the Bishop to see whether she will continue her training here or whether her curacy will have to continue in a new setting. Either way, she will be ordained priest in Ely Cathedral on July 1[st] and we hope to have a joint celebratory service on 2[nd] July as she presides for the first time. Please put the dates in your diary. Many thanks to Bethan for getting stuck in, inspiring us with new things and for her patience and generosity amidst personal uncertainty.

Finally, there are so many others to thank and I do not have space to do so by name but thanks must go to the many people who volunteer to contribute to the running and flourishing of our church in so many different ways, often behind the scenes. We are truly grateful for your time and energy.

And so as we look ahead, we may be apprehensive, but actually, in every annual report I have written I have acknowledged that we don’t know what is ahead. I preached a few weeks ago on ‘expecting the unexpected’ and that is really part of what it is to be a Christian and to be God’s church. I have loved being your vicar these last six years and although I am excited about the new role, I am sad to be leaving you. You will always have a special place in my heart, I will pray for you, and please keep in touch – we are only going down the road.

Rachel Rosborough

Churchwarden’s report.

I usually start the process of writing this report by making a list of all of the 'events' that have happened during the church year. I then make a mental note to keep a better diary for the year going forward! Given the size of our church, I am always pleasantly surprised by how many times we manage to find an excuse to come together, whether to celebrate something or just to be together, during the year. There have been Sunday lunches, which also included welcoming the Bishop and breakfasts at the family service. Children's events have included the Advent Pizza by candlelight, Treasure hunt in the churchyard and a return of the Pancake party. Francis has not missed an opportunity to break open a bottle of fizz to celebrate Easter and of course the King's Coronation. Thank you to our entire congregation for their support and participation in these events. Anybody happening to be visiting the church at one of these occasions is always invited to join in, reflecting one of the strengths of our church. We try to be welcome and open to all those who wish to join us.

We are also lucky to have a wide base of support from the village enabling the churchyard working parties, locking and unlocking of the church, flowers in church throughout the year and of course the church fete. It is not possible to list everyone but I hope they know how very much we appreciate their help.

There has also been a lot going on in the background involving the fabric of the church and Michael's report will include more detail. This year there are several large projects being put through the various planning stages necessary for work on the church. They include the refurbishment of the vestry, redesign of the garden of remembrance, redecoration of the organ gallery, maintenance on the plasterwork in the interior of the church and lowering of the church path to create an accessible entrance to the church. Each one has involved hours of discussion and filling in forms to send to the Diocese and then organising the actioning of the plans. A huge thank you to all those involved in these projects for their time and thought. I must also make a special thanks to Michael who transforms all of these discussions into action.

Whilst all of the above is being organised, the general day to day running of the church continues. Sandi balances the books and reminds us that we do need to think about how we can ensure that she can continue to do this. Rachel, Andrew and Bethan have been a brilliant team at running our services and delivering interesting and thought provoking sermons. I would also like to thank all the lay preachers from St Marks congregation who have given their time to us.

Looking ahead, I know that we will miss Rachel's ministry hugely but I am confident that we will continue to work together to look after our church family and the running of the church.

Liz Neville

Grantchester PCC Secretary’s Report

The PCC met five times over the last year. Meetings were held either in the church or in the vicarage. The PCC received updates on the finances of the church and discussed plans for future-proofing the finances.

Matters relating to the fabric of the church took up a large proportion of the time and these included the reordering of the vestry, improving the Garden of Remembrance, and improving level access to the church.

Simon Thomas

Safeguarding report

The PCC has continued to undertake the necessary safeguarding on line training and DBS checks have been made where necessary.

There have been no reports of any safeguarding incidents this year.

Liz Neville

Treasurer’s Report

At the time of writing this report, we have just heard that our beloved Vicar Rachel Rosborough will be leaving us. As your Treasurer, I wish Rachel all the best wishes that life can give her and Sam and hope that their future at the College will be a wonderful and good one. Thank you Rachel for how you have guided and directed us the past few years.

Your quiet diplomacy and lovely smile will be very sorely missed!

The past financial year has been fairly uneventful, the PCC has continued to plan the refurbishment of the vestry and the front pathway with some maintenance to be done in the Church and a delightful addition to the plans has been the planning of the refurbishment of the Organ balcony.

We were blessed to have received income from filming again this year and the PCC has continued with the Biblical principle of giving (just over) 10% to charitable causes.

As a result, £1,700.00 of this money was donated to four Charities.

The British Legion, Cambridge Homeless Project, Cambridge City Foodbank and Christian Aid.

To date, our church has donated £14,700.00 of filming money received, to various Charities.

The contactless system purchased from the Diocese in 2019 was commissioned during 2021. We have continued to be amazed at the generosity of the visitors to our Church with a total of £3 360.81 received during the past year, and an additional £1 096.56 received in cash in the Church Donation Box. The Diocese has donated a new Contactless Machine to the Church and we are hoping this will be an enormous success going forward.

The following people left legacies to the Church and the money was received during the past year: Mr Herbert Andrew Pratt

Mrs Evelyn Pratt and Margaret Olive Marrs The Church PCC are deeply grateful to them and their families.

The money has been invested and will be used as per the instructions given in their individual wills.

The Parish Giving Scheme is now firmly established. We did not (as planned) request more of you to join as we have been mindful of the current financial climate and felt that requesting money from those of you that have not joined in, would not be appropriate at present. Should you wish to join, please contact me for further information. It is an excellent scheme managed by the Diocese, with the Church receiving the money collectively, including Gift Aid claimed on a monthly basis. This has helped our cash flow and we hope that more members will embrace this excellent method of giving in the future.

Please remember it does not matter how much or how little you give. God loves a cheerful giver and that is all that matters, not the amount. Regular giving, no matter how small, is what the financial foundation of the Church is built on.

I am sure you all buy on Amazon? Please look out for the new Smile programme that we are joining on Amazon to enable the church to receive donations from Amazon on purchases made without any extra cost to the individual.

In the meantime, please consider doing online buying via the Easy Fundraising page and naming the Church as your Charity?

It is simple to download the app and doing all your online purchasing via this link, it brings in extra income for our Church, without it costing you anything. All you have to do is make sure that you do all your spending via the link.

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/grantchesterchurch/?utm_campaign=raisemore&utm_medium=clipboard&utm_content=cpl

Thank you again to each and every member of the Magazine Distribution team. I have never come across such a dedicated, loyal and hardworking group of people as each and every one of you but most of all an enormous thank you to Jo & Francis Burkett and Helen Pemberton.

Last but not least I leave with you;

John 3 v 16-21

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

Sandi Buss

Reserves policy

It is the policy of the PCC to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds in the General Fund which equates to approximately six months unrestricted payments to cover emergency situations which may arise from time to time. The restricted funds in the Churchyard, Sunday School and Tower Funds are maintained for their designated purposes.

Signed on behalf of the PCC

Mrs Elizabeth Neville

GRANTCHESTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 Balance Sheet

13,233 453,388 7,726 16,563 490,909 2,671 35,777 58,442 96,891 (3,341) 93,550 584,459 325,797 64,040 8,114 72,154 2,674 79,271 13,233 95,178 8,789 32,261 41,050 50,280 584,459 Y.E. 31.12.22	14,973 455,685 16,879 18,767 506,304 4,003 43,310 47,377 94,690 (3,955) 90,735 597,039 313,492 71,427 15,705 87,132 1,826 85,184 14,973 101,983 10,395 34,330 44,725 49,707 597,039 Y.E. 31.12.21	13,106 72,395 16,260 16,413 118,174 4,127 - 46,765 141,704 192,596 (3,719) 188,877 307,051 49,922 47,018 30,735 77,753 2,570 74,462 13,106 90,138 9,519 30,034 39,553 49,684 307,051 Y.E. 31.12.20	£ £ 12,315 67,732 15,176 15,355 110,578 3,834 142 57,627 110,644 172,247 (5,639) 166,608 277,186 35,184 26,874 40,199 67,073 2,582 73,597 12,315 88,494 8,834 28,102 36,936 49,500 277,186 Y.E. 31.12.19	£ £ 10,445 57,057 13,885 12,935 94,322 4,382 - 39,447 84,479 128,308 (7,133) 121,175 215,497 30,242 16,756 9,437 26,193 1,211 66,601 10,445 78,257 7,955 23,674 31,629 49,176 215,497 Y.E. 31.12.18	£ £ 10,445 57,057 13,885 12,935 94,322 4,382 - 39,447 84,479 128,308 (7,133) 121,175 215,497 30,242 16,756 9,437 26,193 1,211 66,601 10,445 78,257 7,955 23,674 31,629 49,176 215,497 Y.E. 31.12.18
64,040 8,114	71,427 15,705	47,018 30,735	26,874 40,199	16,756 9,437
					215,497
					30,242 26,193 78,257 31,629 49,176
2,674 79,271 13,233	1,826 85,184 14,973	2,570 74,462 13,106	2,582 73,597 12,315	1,211 66,601 10,445
8,789 32,261	10,395 34,330	9,519 30,034	8,834 28,102	7,955 23,674

					215,497

GRANTCHESTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 General Receipts and Payments Account

£ 1,776 1,097 2,711 8,217 1,000 3,386 4,674 2	£ 22,861 56,881 8,493 6,519 022	£ 958 891 1,081 10,703 14,248 8,065 2	£ 35,946 246,940 90 4,126 021	£ 1,908 145 10,338 20,241 3,587 - 2	£ 36,219 11,176 210 3,947 020	£ 8,180 1,922 - 4,926 1,307 4,090 - 2	£ 20,425 33,650 165 5,684 019	£ 8,003 1,411 - 9,971 2,282 2,988 - 2	£ 24,655 28,199 101 3,226 018
4,487 40 30,495 225 16,900 705 1,866 2,162		1,560 955 216,875 27,100 450		- 524 1,761 8,800 - 91 -		559 4,689 2,740 16,550 2,860 2,743 -		535 3,994 480 17,000 1,125 - 65
8492.89 5,113 1,405		3,562 564		3,513 434		2,996 2,688		1,192 2,034
75 1,700 2,212	94,753	399 4,000 291	287,102	271 900 120	51,551	1,835 3,200 1,224	59,924	250 7,000 50	56,181
	3,987 42,032		4,690 37,178		1,291 35,523		6,259 48,721		7,300 53,849
h 22,845 1,526 1,525 240 2,837 421 2,238 3,081 1,699 4,297 51 - 551 358 88 - 275		22,845 422 2,935 411 970 381 1,960 1,437 408 3,624 - 58 1,199 223 60 - 245		22,859 211 2,985 646 688 - 1,580 1,849 390 3,018 - 201 - - 210 620 265		22,288 2,438 3,340 868 2,837 625 1,238 2,948 1,038 3,514 2,370 306 175 470 200 3,509 557		22,270 - 2,370 817 7,995 660 1,296 1,598 982 3,228 2,311 361 225 29 244 7,740 1,723
	46,018		41,868		36,813		54,980		61,149
			245,234 49,922 18,336		14,738 35,184		4,944 30,240		(4,968) 35,208
			313,492		49,922		35,184		30,240
									12,719 20,272 4,382 - (7,133)
									30,240

GRANTCHESTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

Fabric Fund

Receipts Donations Granchester Village Trust Gift Aid donations Gift Aid refunds Interest & Dividends VAT refunds Legacy: (Maint. of Church & Yard) Vestry Refurbishment donations Payments Insurance Repairs & Maintenance Lighting System Sound System Walker bequest Chancel Cupboard Vestry Refurbishment Surplus (deficit) for the year Fabric fund balance brought forward Change in Market Value Fabric fund balance carried forward Represented by: Barclays Current Account CBF Deposit Account 7001D CBF Investment Account 7003S Creditor	Restricted Total Total Total Total Total Funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 £ £ £ £ £ £ 500 500 206 437 26,177 6,250 7,789 7,789 8,133 6,919 7,545 7,434 1,800 1,800 3,000 2,800 3,384 27,800 750 750 700 1,609 4,088 450 1,330 1,330 22 125 136 82 - - - - - 5,000 5,000 - 1,800
	17,169 17,169 13,861 11,890 41,329 42,016
	2,489 2,489 2,411 1,000 1,789 1,789 2,124 210 450 2,710 - - - - 25,498 - - - - 19,159 - - - - - 12,276 12,276 6,876 6,876 4,335
	23,430 23,430 8,870 1,210 450 47,367
	(6,261) (6,261) 4,991 10,681 40,879 (5,351) 87,132 87,132 77,753 67,073 26,193 31,544 (8,717) (8,717) 4,388
	72,154 72,154 87,132 77,753 67,073 26,193
	8,114 8,114 15,705 30,735 50,180 33,975 1,369 1,369 39 47,018 16,893 16,756 62,671 62,671 71,388 (24,538)
	72,154 72,154 87,132 77,753 67,073 26,193

GRANTCHESTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Financial Statements for the year	ended 31 December 2022 Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total Total Total Total Total Funds Funds Funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 3,770 1,653 5,423 4,537 1,941 3,025 3,627 31 31 129 160 107 80 - - - 300 - 240 240 240 240 250 10,250 48 48 60 801 15 94 167 167 160 168 108 272 - 1,977 396 2,372 2,097 2,077 2,053 1,346 - - - - - - - - - 54
Churchyard Fund Receipts Fees Inscriptions Donations Gift Aid donations Gift Aid - HMRC tax refunds Headstones Dividends and interest Heating Miscellaneous Payments Wages PAYE Statutory fees Repairs & Servicing Tree work Path expenses Wall repairs Fees to Vicar Inscriptions Miscellaneous Surplus (deficit) for the year Transfer between funds Churchyard Fund bal. b/forward Change in market value Churchyard Fund bal. c/forward Represented by: CBF Investment Accounts CBF Deposit Account-7001D G15 G25 G4 CBF Inv Fund 7001S G5 G5 Deposit Account Bridges Bank Current Account
	4,256 3,630 396 8,281 7,223 5,387 5,859 15,723
	867 867 1,237 1,065 1,404 1,258 183 183 277 252 331 289 1,653 1,653 1,300 856 - 1,206 1,842 1,842 3,057 338 342 165 - - 5,760 3,432 - - - 50 250 - - - - - - - - - - - 515 515 - - 400 - - - - - 88
	3,407 1,653 - 5,060 5,871 8,322 6,159 3,006
	848 1,977 396 3,220 1,352 (2,935) (300) 12,716 396 (396) - - - - - 1,826 85,184 14,973 101,983 90,139 88,494 78,257 66,555 (8,285) (1,741) (10,026) 10,492 4,579 10,537 (1,014)
	2,674 79,271 13,233 95,178 101,983 90,139 88,494 78,257
	21,452 21,452 24,317 18,466 17,273 14,549 3,657 3,657 2,989 5,450 4,909 4,369 10,548 10,548 11,955 10,459 9,786 8,244 8,222 8,222 9,319 8,153 7,628 6,427 8,341 8,341 9,448 8,260 7,727 6,508 13,550 13,550 15,358 13,436 12,571 10,590 7,717 7,717 7,216 6,822 6,418 6,006 13,233 13,233 14,973 13,106 12,315 10,445
	73,487 13,233 86,720 95,575 84,152 78,627 67,138 2,674 5,784 - 8,458 6,408 5,987 9,867 11,119
	2,674 79,271 13,233 95,178 101,983 90,139 88,494 78,257

GRANTCHESTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

Sunday School Fund

Receipts Dividends and interest Payments Baptism cards Easter eggs Children/Family Services Training Fair Trade Advent Calendars Surplus (deficit) for the year Transfer Sunday School Fund balance brought forward Change in market value Sunday School Fund balance carried forward	Restricted Restricted Endowment Total Total Total Total Total Bank Account Funds Funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1,117 1,117 876 880 879 835
	1,117 1,117 876 880 879 835
	21 21 - - - - - - - 45 - 45 337 337 14 14 155 155 - 150 - 96
	527 527 - 195 - 141
	527 - 1,117 - 590 876 685 879 694 8,576 (8,576) - - - - - 731 9,663 34,331 44,725 39,553 36,936 31,629 31,295 (2,195) (2,070) (4,265) 4,296 1,932 4,428 (360)
	8,780 9 32,261 41,051 44,725 39,553 36,936 31,629

GRANTCHESTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

Tower Fund

Receipts CBF interest Gift Aid donations Gift Aid - HMRC tax refunds Payments Woodworm in vestry French Drains Surplus (deficit) for the year Tower Fund balance brought forward Tower Fund balance carried forward Represented by: Balance in Main Bank Account CBF Deposit Account	Restricted in Restricted Main Bank Acc Funds £ £ 574	Total Total Total Total Total 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 £ £ £ £ £ 574 23 184 324 213 - - - -
	574	574 23 184 324 213
		- - - - - - - -
	-	- - - -
	- 574 6,095 43,612	574 23 184 324 213 49,707 49,684 49,500 49,176 48,963
	6,095 44,185	50,280 49,707 49,684 49,500 49,176
		6,095 6,095 44,185 43,612 50,280 49,707

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S UNQUALIFIED REPORT

Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of St Andrew's and St Mary’s, Grantchester, Cambs, Parochial Church Council

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2022, which are set out on pages 1 to 7.

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 and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 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 of disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of 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:

(1) 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 2011 Act; and
accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or

the accounts to be reached.

Lisa King Burdett King Accountancy Limited

Date: 17 April 2023

Burdett King Accountancy Limited

8 The Hamiltons, Newmarket. CB8 0NF Tel: 07825 317323 Email: lisa@burdettkingaccountancy.co.uk

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