**The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John’s, Ben Rhydding** 

**ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

VICAR Reverend Peter Willox 

CHURCH OFFICE 

St John’s Church Office Bolling Road Ben Rhydding LS29 8PN Tel: 01943 601430 Email: office@benrhydding.org.uk 

BANK Virgin Money 1 Westgate Shipley BD18 3SD 

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Karen Gardner FCA 10 High Wood Ilkley, LS29 8SB 

Charity No: 1133844 



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## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2022** 

The members of the Parochial Church Council (the PCC) present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022. The PCC is a registered charity and a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (SORP FRS102) effective 1 January 2019. The PCC is eligible for, and has chosen to, apply the disclosure exemption permitted by FRS 102, Section 7.1B, and has not therefore presented a statement of cash flows in these financial statements. 

## **Objects and activities** 

The PCC has the responsibility, with the Vicar, Rev Peter Willox, in promoting, in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the church building and hall of St John's, Ben Rhydding and 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. 

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at St. John’s and become part of the church family. The PCC aspires to see the faith of the congregation being put into practice in the communities where members live and work, and so has a commitment to ensure that the teaching and worship are both challenging and relevant to today's society. The PCC is also committed to finding ways of helping others in the community find direction and challenge for their lives, as well as fellowship and comfort through their relationship with God and His Church. 

The Vicar and the PCC have been working with the whole church of St John's to continue to develop our vision for the future. This can be summarised as: 

**“To be a welcoming and inclusive church, reaching out to our community with the love of God”.** 

Our mission is to create a caring and compassionate safe space for all who come in to our church community: and working together with others where we can, fulfil our calling to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom; teach, baptise and nurture new believers; respond to human need through loving service; seek to transform unjust structures of society; challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation; strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the Earth. 

The PCC met 6 times during 2022, and the ‘Wardens and Standing Committee’, a subcommittee of the PCC, met 6 times. In planning and carrying out activities at St John’s for the year the PCC have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. 

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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **Review of performance and achievements** 

## **Church electoral roll and attendance** 

There are 145 people (2021:145) on the church electoral roll, of whom 90 are resident and 55 not resident in the parish. 

## **Worship** 

In 2022, we continued to maintain our pattern of Sunday worship at church, as well as livestreaming on Zoom for those too vulnerable to attend, providing a variety of services to suit the needs of the congregation and its visitors: 

- Every Sunday at 8.30am there was a said service of communion. - The main service on Sunday was at 10am, Common Worship communion being celebrated on the first and third Sundays in the month. We continued to use a liturgy for the 3rd Sunday communion which allowed more space for reflection and the sharing our faith stories. 

- On the second Sunday in the month we continued our creative 'Explore Together' Service. However, we have not been able to reinstate inviting the congregation to participate in a “learning zone” as we did prior to March 2020. 

- Our fourth Sunday celebration service was a relatively informal service of praise. - A quieter and reflective service with communion happened at 10am on the fifth Sunday of the month with a “Celtic” style liturgy. 

A service sheet was sent out every week via email, so that those not wanting to come into church could still participate in worship either online or quietly at home. This was accompanied by a copy of the talk, the prayers and news sheet with feature articles. Paper versions of this pack was delivered to those who are not online. 

Zoom prayer meetings continued, on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, at 6pm. 

Our team of musicians have continued to show great commitment in providing inspiring worship to our 10am services. Special thanks go to the Stidworthy family, Dave and Elaine Atkinson, Caroline Watson, and Jan and Andy Copsey, for taking responsibility for their respective Sundays **.** 

The preaching and leading team consist of: Rev Peter Willox, Rev Jan Copsey, Sylvia Walker (Licensed Lay Minister (LLM)) and Dawn Jenkins (LLM), who meet regularly online to look at themes for services. We were also supported by the ministries of the Venerable Mike Edson (retired) and Philip Johnston (LLM emeritus). 

**The Ark service** , a fresh expression of worship, where people of all ages with or without learning difficulties, are encouraged to join us in worship and fellowship in a very informal setting through crafts, dance, music, and drama, continued to meet once a month in church, with online presence as well. It has been wonderful that many of our regulars have now returned to church, and over the year we have gradually returned to pre-covid attendance figures. Many of our members have connections to other churches but a significant number are now owning The Ark as their church. To stay in contact with everyone, regular mailings are sent out by email and relevant information updated on the website. 

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## **Worship (continued)** 

**Messy Church services** are held on Sunday afternoons once per month. These are aimed at enabling families of all ages to come and share some fun time and worship in a safe Christian environment. By the end of 2022, we were pleased to report an average of 14 families are now back attending our monthly Messy Church services. 

**School services.** No Easter services were held in church this year for our schools. Just before Christmas, we were able to host the Christmas services for Ashlands Primary School, Moorfield School, and Ben Rhydding Primary **.** 

In 2022 our clergy conducted 5 baptisms (2021:2), 0 weddings (2021:0) and 13 funerals (2021:11). 

## **Fellowship and pastoral care** 

There continues to be several committed members of St John’s, who would normally visit people who are sick, housebound, or elderly on behalf of the Church, and far more who keep an eye on neighbours and those who are vulnerable simply as a matter of Christian love. Sylvia Walker (LLM) co-ordinates this important work. 

We have 3 fellowship groups (known as Growth Groups) that meet in people’s homes for study and support. We have also this year run a welcome/nurture course called “Being With” for those new to faith who wish to learn more about what that might mean for them. 

## **Children and young people** 

The work with and amongst children and young people continues to be an important part of our ministry at St John's. Numbers of families returning post-covid to our 10am service have been low, families instead preferring to come to our Messy Church. This has had an impact on our Sunday School (known as Lighthouse). However, Sally de La Poer and Ros Brown continued to run Lighthouse on the 1[st] , 3[rd] and 4[th] Sundays. 

Amy Stidworthy, Nick Heywood and our Vicar, Peter, have continued to run the CYFA (14-18) group on Sunday evenings. 

The two mid-week morning toddler groups on Wednesday and Friday, have also continued. 

All those who work with children and young people at St John’s are checked in accordance with our Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection Policy and are subject to its procedures which are in line with Diocesan guidelines. The policy was reviewed in 2022. Our Safeguarding Officer, Dawn Jenkins, who has received training and guidance from the diocesan safeguarding team, helps us ensure we are keeping up to date with our responsibilities, and that the PCC undertake all the regulatory safeguarding training provided by the Diocesan Safeguarding team. 

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## **Local community** 

## **Welcome Café/Warm Space** 

In March 2022, on a Tuesday afternoon once per month, St John’s started to host its new Welcome Café for parishioners and the local community. In November 2022, this became our weekly ‘Welcome Café and Warm Space’ staffed by volunteers from St John’s. The ‘warm space’ concept is a national initiative to offer a warm and welcoming environment to anybody in the local community during the energy crisis. St John’s received a Warm Spaces grant of £500 from Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BMDC) to help fund this initiative. This was mostly attended by church members but also drew some others from our local community. 

**Open The Book in Schools** . Our team, which takes dramatic versions of Bible stories into our local schools’ assemblies resumed on a twice monthly basis, and the children of the local primary schools were once again able to enjoy participating in “What’s the Story” of Christmas? 

## **Other Community events** 

- The **Fairtrade stall** run by Hilary and Miranda outside in the church grounds on 1[st] Friday in a month, in the early part of the year. 

- Our usual twice a year Children's Nearly New Sales was able to take place in 2022. 

- We have flown the Ukrainian flag and adorned one of our trees with blue and yellow ribbons in support of Ukraine during the on-going war. We also offered times for the community to come into church and pray or be quiet in reflection, with regard to the war. 

- We ran a refugee day where refugees and asylum seekers based in Bradford came out to Ilkley for a social occasion, food and games. 

- On the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s death, we opened the church up for prayer and reflection, had a book of condolence and memories, and live-streamed the funeral for those who did not want to be alone in a time of national mourning. 

- We sent out a message and card to all the houses in the parish at both Easter and Christmas. 

- We ran our annual memorial service for those in our community who wanted to mark the passing of a loved one. 

- An afternoon tea and autumn fair were held in November. 

## **Links with other Christian organisations** 

St John's continues to have an active role in the deanery of South Craven and Wharfedale. The Vicar is on the standing committee of the Deanery Synod and has become a representative on Diocesan Synod. We continue to support and greatly benefit from the Otley Christian Resources Hub (OCRH) which started out as a deanery project. Our Vicar is Chair and a trustee of the OCRH which is a charitable incorporated organisation. The Church also maintains links with others in the Ilkley area through Churches Together in Ilkley (CTI). These ecumenical links continue to be strong as the church plays its part in CTI, notably helping to support the locally organised Food Bank. 

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## **Links with other Christian organisations (continued)** 

Two of our congregation are trustees of CTI 2000, along with our Vicar who acts as Chair for the committee. CTI 2000 is a registered charity originally set up by Churches Together in Ilkley (CTI) whose aim is to provide accommodation and opportunities for socialising, for those in our community with learning difficulties. It continues to be a privilege to be able to host the CTI 2000 gardening project, for adults with learning difficulties, on our church allotment, and a few more people are now helping from the church. This connection also helps to strengthen ties between that project and the Ark. 

St John’s Church has many links into the world church and through money, gifts and prayers, supports many good works and people, in places often quite different to ours. The congregation have also benefited from these links, being challenged to look at how they can be active Christians in our community. It has been a privilege to have one of our mission partners in our congregation, James Dannenburg, who is a Bible translator and regularly travels to Turkey to join with others as they produce Bibles in Turkic languages. 

Several of our church members, including Rev Peter Willox, are on the board of trustees of Give a Child a Hope, which supports disadvantaged children at a school at the Revival Centre in Matugga, Uganda. Once again, due to the pandemic, our mission partner Bishop Ivan Lugoloobi from the Revival Centre could not visit us in June as planned. 

We also support Miss Azaria Spencer who works amongst street children in Guatemala with the Church Mission Society, and Pam and Simon Wanderlii, working out in Australia and Papua New Guinea with Mission Aviation Fellowship. 

The Mission Support Group is chaired by John Sheen. The group continues to maintain contact with our mission partners and has also reviewed the list of mission partners and organisations we support. The group regularly provide information to update the congregation of the prayer and practical needs of our mission partners. The group also makes recommendations on mission giving to the PCC and managing the distribution of funds. In 2022, £9,921 was given to mission (2021: £8250). 

## **The church building and hall** 

We have been able to keep the church open during daylight hours every day of the week over the year, for visitors and people who want to pray or be quiet. 

Hall hire was gradually able to resume by most groups who had been using our premises before the pandemic. Some have decided not to come back, some are still due to return, and we have had new hirers starting. Special thanks go to Sandy Tod for practically overseeing the hall hiring. 

The ladder to the church tower was replaced by a new galvanised steel ladder thanks to a generous donation of £4,000. The double doors to the south entrance were automated to improve accessibility on to the church premises and the vestry and lounge were both redecorated. The automated doors were funded by a grant from BMDC of £4,486. 

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## **Governance and structure** 

Rev Peter Willox was licensed as Vicar on 16[th] September 2012. He is assisted by the Rev Jan Copsey, who is licensed as a non-stipendiary Associate Priest. 

## **Committees** 

To enable the church to fulfil its Vision, we have several committees and teams. These meet when required between full meetings of the PCC and bring items to it for discussion and decision. 

**Standing committee:** This is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between meetings, subject to any direction given by the Council. At St John’s, this is named the **Wardens and Standing Committee.** It meets every two months and consists of the vicar, the wardens and assistant wardens, treasurer and secretary. It meets to progress items of general maintenance and other issues delegated to it by the PCC, and ensures that the duties of the wardens are being covered. 

**Finance committee:** This oversees the general financial activities of St John's (including mission giving) by monitoring income and expenditure, budgeting and maintaining appropriate financial controls. 

**Mission support group:** This group attends to matters relating to St John's support of mission and relief agencies. The Mission Support Group works with our mission partners to assess needs. 

## **Clergy and Readers team.** 

The Vicar met regularly with the Associate Priest, Rev Jan Copsey and our two Licensed Lay Ministers, Sylvia Walker and Dawn Jenkins, to discuss worship and general and particular pastoral issues. 

Many members of the church give much of their time on a voluntary basis to help the church function and grow and the PCC would like to formally record its thanks to them. Where external professional advice is necessary the Diocesan Advisory Committee and church architect have proved most helpful. 

## **PCC membership** 

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the church representation rules. At St John's, membership of the PCC consists of the Vicar, churchwardens, Associate Priest, Licensed Lay Ministers, Deanery Synod representatives and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. The PCC also has power to co-opt members who have a specific role in the church. All members of the congregation are encouraged to join the electoral roll and play an active part in our church life. 

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## **PCC membership (continued)** 

Elected members serve for a period of three years. During the year the following served as members of the PCC: 

## **Vicar** 

Rev’d Peter Willox                      Chair 

**Wardens** Bill Marwick 

**Deputy warden** Caroline Watson 

## **Representatives on Deanery Synod** 

Lynn Haygarth Sylvia Walker 

## **Elected members** 

Karen Oxtoby                             Secretary Charles Jenkins                         Treasurer Caroline Watson Nikki Gibson                                                                                  Resigned 3 April 2022 Amy Stidworthy                                                                             Resigned 3 April 2022 Janet Munro Andy Rayment James Wright Miranda Armitage Peter Debney Mark Gurney                                                                                  Appointed 3 April 2022 Debbie Walker                                                                               Appointed 3 April 2022 

## **Non-elected Members** 

Rev Jan Copsey                         Associate Priest Sylvia Walker                              LLM Dawn Jenkins                             LLM & Safeguarding Officer 

## **Financial summary** 

An overall surplus of £15,039 was recognised in 2022 (2021: surplus £14,009). On our general (unrestricted) fund there was a surplus of £14,111 (2021: surplus £13,999) and on restricted funds a surplus of £628 (2021: surplus £10). 

The Church paid £94k in parish share in 2022 compared to the share request of £118k, in line with the 2022 budget approved by the PCC. The PCC has budgeted a target of £88k for parish share in 2023 the ability to meet the share being impacted by the increase in utility costs, specifically the renewal of the gas contract towards the end of February 2023, as well as general inflationary pressures. The share provides support to other parishes and mission initiatives as well as clergy stipends, homes and pensions. The PCC recognises the importance of meeting its full share request and will continue to work towards this goal, despite the ongoing difficult circumstances. 

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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **Financial summary (continued)** 

Although the church was unable to pay its requested 2022 parish share in full, no liability for this is being carried forward in these accounts based on the advice of the Diocese. 

In 2022, there was  an increase in regular giving of 4.8% and the level of hall hire improved to almost pre-Covid levels. St John’s benefitted in the year from gifts and legacies of £17.5k including Gift Aid) and £6k respectively. The increase in costs of the general work of the church all reflect the impact of high inflation especially repairs and maintenance, utility and administration costs. The PCC reviews income and expenditure on a regular basis and is looking to both increase income in 2023 and continue to closely manage its costs. The PCC is very grateful for the continuing generosity of all its church members. 

## **Pensions** 

St John’s participates in NEST, a workplace pension scheme which is run by the NEST Corporation, a non-departmental public body which is accountable to Parliament through the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. 

The pension scheme is a defined contribution scheme. The pensions costs charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year were £Nil (2021: £363). 

## **Reserves policy** 

It is the PCC's policy to hold unrestricted funds which equates to two and a half to three months’ expenditure. These reserves are held to meet the day-to-day running costs of the church and to help finance significant projects as and when required. 

Of the available reserves of £79k, £36k was retained at the end of 2022 under the above reserves policy. The further allocation of unrestricted reserves will be reviewed on a regular basis by the PCC, who need to consider the balance between spending on specific church projects and the uncertainty that high utility costs and other inflationary pressures currently pose to church finances 

The budget is prepared on an annual basis, approved by the PCC, and by members, at the annual parochial church meeting. In 2022, the PCC continued its policy of budgeting for major repairs and renewals expected in the year. 

## **Risk management** 

The major risks to which the PCC is exposed have been reviewed, and systems or procedures designed to manage those risks have been established. 

Rev’d P Willox Chair 24 April 2023 

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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the year ending 31 December 2022** 

|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Total**|**Total**|
|||**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2021**|
||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Income and endowments:**||||||
|Voluntary income – direct giving||134,675|10,455|145,130|118,462|
|Gross income from events and||||||
|other activities||28,185|1,956|30,141|14,678|
|Bank interest||79|-|79|9|
|**Total income and**|2|**162,939**|**12,411**|**175,350**|**133,559**|
|**endowments**||||||
|**Expenditure:**||||||
|Grants and mission giving|8|7,400|2,521|9,921|8,650|
|Support costs||403|-|403|550|
|Directly relating to the work of||||||
|the Church||122,770|12,262|135,032|98,788|
|Church management and||||||
|administration||14,955|-|14,955|11,562|
|**Total expenditure**|3|**145,528**|**14,783**|**160,311**|**119,550**|
|Net income/(expenditure)||17,411|(2,372)|15,039|14,009|
|Transfers between funds||(3,000)|3,000|-|-|
|**Net movement in funds**||**14,411**|**628**|**15,039**|**14,009**|
|**Reconciliation of funds:**||||||
|Balance brought forward||64,207|743|64,950|50,941|
|**Balance carried forward**||**78,618**|**1,371**|**79,989**|**64,950**|



The accompanying notes on pages 11 to 18 are an integral part of this statement. 

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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **BALANCE SHEET as at 31 December 2022** 

||**Notes**|**2022**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed assets**||||
|Tangible assets|4|-|2,833|
|**Current assets:**||||
|Debtors and prepayments|5|25,315|10,219|
|Short term deposits||6,120|6,040|
|Cash at bank||53,900|48,084|
|||**85,335**|**64,343**|
|**Liabilities falling due within**||||
|**one year**|6|5,346|2,226|
|**Net current assets**||**79,989**|**62,117**|
|**Total net assets**||**79,989**|**64,950**|
|**Represented by:**||||
|Unrestricted funds|7|78,618|64,207|
|Restricted funds|7|1,371|743|
|**Total funds**||**79,989**|**64,950**|



The Accounts were approved by the Parochial Church Council on 24 April 2023. 

------------------------------------------------- Vicar (Chair) 

------------------------------------------------- Treasurer 

The accompanying notes on pages 11 to 18 are an integral part of this statement. 

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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2022** 

## **1.   Accounting policies** 

The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, the applicable accounting standard FRS102 and SORP FRS102. 

The financial statements have been prepared using the accruals basis and the historic cost convention. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members. 

## **a.   Funds** 

Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application for the general purposes of the PCC. Restricted funds are allocated for a specific purpose by either the donor or the PCC. The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that are affiliated to another body nor those which are informal gatherings of church members. 

## **b.   Incoming resources** 

Voluntary income: 

- Collections and donations are recognised when received. 

- Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid income is recognised when claimable. 

- • Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its entitlement and the likely amount due. 

- Funds raised from special events and activities are accounted for gross of expenditure. 

Other income: 

- Rental income from letting church premises and allotments is accounted for when incurred. 

- Parochial fees for weddings, funerals etc are accounted for when they arise. 

## **c.   Resources used** 

Expenses are recognised when incurred. Grants, mission giving, and Diocesan Share are accounted for when payable. 

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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2022 (continued)** 

## **d.   Balance sheet** 

Fixed assets: 

- Consecrated land and buildings are excluded from the accounts by Section 10(2) of the Charities Act 2011 as they are removed from the definition of charity for the purposes of the Act. Costs associated with the maintenance or improvement of such assets are written off in the year incurred. 

- Moveable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are considered to be inalienable property. There is insufficient cost information available to capitalise historic purchases of these assets. From 2014, purchases of such assets are capitalised where the cost is greater than £4,000 and depreciated over their useful lives. 

- All other fixtures, fittings and office equipment are capitalised where the cost is greater than £4,000 and are depreciated over their useful lives. 

Current assets: 

- Amounts owing to the PCC at the year-end are shown as debtors. 

- Short term deposits include cash held at the bank or in the money market. 

## **e.   Reserves policy** 

The PCC has considered the amount of reserves that should be held and has decided that two and a half to three months of operating costs is appropriate. 

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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2022 (continued)** 

## **2. Income and endowments** 

||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Voluntary Income (direct giving)|||||
|Regular giving|87,952|-|87,952|83,879|
|Other collections at services|4,258|-|4,258|1,584|
|Gifts|10,000|5,000|15,000|-|
|Grants|1,075|4,486|5,561|-|
|Legacies|6,007|-|6,007|11,750|
|Sundry donations|1,963|969|2,932|1,967|
|Income tax recoverable|23,420|-|23,420|19,692|
||**134,675**|**10,455**|**145,130**|**118,872**|
|Gross income from events and|||||
|activities:|||||
|Church hall and allotment fees|26,615|-|26,615|13,298|
|Fees|1,467|-|1,467|1,343|
|Fundraising activities|32|1,938|1,970|-|
|Sundry receipts|71|18|89|37|
||**28,185**|**1,956**|**30,141**|**14,678**|
|Bank interest|79|-|79|9|
|**Total income and endowments**|**162,939**|**12,411**|**175,350**|**133,559**|



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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2022 (continued)** 

## **3. Expenditure** 

|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**Notes**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2021**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Grants and mission giving:||||||
|Mission partners|8|5,050|-|5,050|6,375|
|Other mission agencies|8|2,350|604|2,954|2,175|
|Other charities and agencies|8|-|1,917|1,917|100|
|||**7,400**|**2,521**|**9,921**|**8,650**|
|Support costs:||||||
|Teaching and worship||**403**|**-**|**403**|**550**|
|Directly relating to the work of the||||||
|Church:||||||
|Parish share to Diocese||94,000|-|94,000|74,000|
|Service expenses||1,294|404|1,698|1,391|
|Clergy expenses||339|-|339|342|
|Pastoral care||100|-|100|-|
|Hospitality||210|-|210|-|
|Insurance||2,738|-|2,738|2,651|
|Repairs and maintenance|9|14,596|11,858|26,454|11,375|
|Telephone and broadband||1,173|-|1,173|1,197|
|Utilities||5,487|-|5,487|4,432|
|Depreciation||2,833|-|2,833|3,400|
|||**122,770**|**12,262**|**135,032**|**98,788**|
|Church management and||||||
|administration||||||
|Staff costs|10|11,990|-|11,990|10,523|
|Printing and stationery||1,684|-|1,684|564|
|IT||1,132|-|1,132|435|
|Sundry expenses||149|-|149|40|
|||**14,955**|**-**|**14,955**|**11,562**|
|**Total expenditure**||**145,528**|**14,783**|**160,311**|**119,550**|



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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2022 (continued)** 

## **4. Tangible fixed assets** 

||**Church**|
|---|---|
||**equipment**|
||**£**|
|**Cost**||
|At 1 January 2022|17,000|
|Additions|-|
|Disposals|-|
|**At 31 December 2022**|**17,000**|
|**Depreciation**||
|At 1 January 2022|14,167|
|Disposals|-|
|Charge for the year|2,833|
|**At 31 December 2022**|**17,000**|
|**Net book value**||
|**At 31 December 2021**|**-**|
|At 31 December 2021|2,833|



## **5. Debtors and prepayments** 

|**5. Debtors and prepayments**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Income tax recoverable|17,700|10,015|
|Other debtors|6,947|24|
|Prepayments and accrued income|668|180|
||**25,315**|**10,219**|
|**6. Liabilities falling due within one year**|||
||**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Sundry creditors|1,504|465|
|Sundry accruals|3,842|1,761|
||**5,346**|**2,226**|



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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2022 (continued)** 

## **7. Funds** 

Movement in funds are as follows: 

|||**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Transfers**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**1 Jan**|**Resources**|**Expended**|**Between**|**31 Dec**|
||**2022**|**(note 2)**|**(note 3)**|**funds**|**2022**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Automated Doors|-|4,486|(4,486)|-|-|
|Church Tower Ladders|-|4,000|(4,000)|-|-|
|Clothing Sale|-|1,917|(1,917)|-|-|
|Communion Cups|-|404|(404)|-|-|
|Sound and Vision|-|1,000|(3,372)|3,000|628|
|The Ark|743|604|(604)|-|743|
|**Restricted funds**|**743**|**12,411**|**(14,783)**|**3,000**|**1,371**|
|Gifts|-|12,500|-|-|12,500|
|Legacies|15,750|6,007|-|(3,000)|18,757|
|Maintenance and Development|3,211|-|(3,211)|-|-|
|Messy Church|2,884|-|(119)|-|2,765|
|Youth Work|-|510|-|-|510|
|**Designated funds**|**21,845**|**19,017**|**(3,330)**|**(3,000)**|**34,532**|
|General reserves|42,362|143,922|(142,198)|-|44,086|
|**Total funds**|**64,950**|**175,350**|**(160,311)**|**-**|**79,989**|



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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS – 31 December 2022 (continued)** 

|**8. Mission giving**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Mission partners:|||
|James Dannenberg (Partnership Trust)|800|2,000|
|Give a Child a Hope|1,250|1,250|
|MAF|1,000|1,125|
|Open Doors|1,000|1,000|
|CMS|1,000|1,000|
||**5,050**|**6,375**|
|Other mission agencies:|||
|Sudan Link|1,000|1,000|
|Christian Aid|-|500|
|Otley Christian Resources Hub|175|275|
|CAP|500|-|
|Inn Churches|675|-|
|L’Arche|604|-|
||**2,954**|**1,775**|
|**Total mission giving**|**8,004**|**8,150**|
|Other charities and agencies:|||
|Chellow Hearts|266|-|
|Give a Child a Hope|685|-|
|Little Hiccups|231|-|
|Friends of Martin House|735|-|
|Other|**-**|100|
|**Total other charities and agencies**|**1,917**|**100**|
|**Total grants and mission giving**|**9,921**|**8,250**|



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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2022 (continued)** 

## **9. Repairs and maintenance** 

||**2022**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Church tower ladders|8,460|-|
|Automated doors|4,601|-|
|Sound desk|3,372|-|
|Lighting and electrical installation and repairs|2,854|1,562|
|Heating improvements|698|-|
|Painting and re-decoration|293|-|
|Kitchen shutter repairs|292|-|
|Boiler repairs|-|2,788|
|Sound and vision system|60|943|
|Toilet improvements|-|613|
|Church doormat|-|471|
|Plumbing repairs|-|272|
|Piano and organ tuning and repairs|305|300|
|Cleaning services|2,911|1,590|
|Sundries including full appliance servicing|2,608|2,836|
|**Total repairs and maintenance**|**26,454**|**11,375**|



## **10. Staff costs** 

The Church had three part-time employees in 2022 (2021:3) whose wages during the year were: 

||**2022**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Wages|11,989|10,160|
|Pension costs|-|363|
|**Total staff costs**|**11,989**|**10,523**|



The highest paid employee received total remuneration of £5,993 (2021: £5,061). PCC members were not paid and did not receive any other benefits from employment with the Church in the year other than clergy expenses of £339 (2021: £174). These expenses covered pastoral aid costs and sundry funeral fees for 1 clergy (2021: 3). No PCC member received payment for professional or other services from the Church in the year (2021: Nil). There were no related party transactions during the year which require disclosure (2021: Nil). 

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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** 

The Charities Act 2011 requires the Parochial Church Council (PCC) to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the PCC and of its financial activities for that year. In preparing these financial statements, the PCC is required to: 

1. Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently, 

2. Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent 

3. Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the PCC will continue in operation. 

The PCC is responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy, at any time, the financial position of the PCC and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006. The PCC is also responsible for safeguarding the assets and hence for taking steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

Approved by the Parochial Church Council and signed on its behalf by: 

Rev’d Peter Willox PCC Chair 24 April 2023 

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**St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding** 

## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John’s Ben Rhydding** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2022. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or 

- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report, in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

....................................   24 April 2023 

Karen Gardner FCA, 10 High Wood, Ilkley, LS29 8SB 

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