## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From** 1[st] January 2023 **To** 31[st] December 2023 **Charity name:** The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin & St Paul, Canterbury ## **Charity registration number:** 1133979 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To further the mission of the Church of
England in the southeastern part of
Canterbury| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Offering prayer & worship to God; providing
support to people in need; giving education
about the Christian faith; resourcing the
history of England by keeping St Martin’s
Church open (St Martin’s being the first
base for mission used by St Augustine from
597 AD).Building communitylinks.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We donate 10% of our covenanted income
to about 10 other charities that help people
in need.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Our investments are managed by CCLA
which invests in an ESG approved manner.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Too many to mention| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Providing spiritual support and fellowship to
people living within the parish, as well as
visitors from across the world. Supporting
the Canterbury World Heritage Site by
keeping St Martin’s Church open for
pilgrims and visitors. Using resources to
educate adults and children about the
Christian faith. Helping mothers by offering
a children’s playgroup twice a week.
Offering hospitality by providing lunches
and suppers. Encouraging artistic
performances both through the work of our
choir and being a venue available for other
musicians and artists.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Income: £222,882
Expenditure: £214,475
Balance sheet at 31stDec 2023: £812,680| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Held with CCLA for future projects and
unknown future expenditure.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£152,863| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal|| |---|---| |sources of funds (including|Para 1.47| |any fundraising)|| |Investment policy and|| |objectives including any|Para 1.46| |social investment policy|| |adopted|| |A description of the principal|Para 1.46| |risks facing the charity|| |Other|| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||A parish of the Church of England| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Parochial Church Councils (Powers)
Measure 1956 & Charities Act 2011| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Corporation sole| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Annual parochial church meeting| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of
St Martin & St Paul, Canterbury| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charitynumber|1133979| |Charity’s principal address|The Parish Office, 15 Church St (St Paul’s), Canterbury,
CT1 1NH| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Miss Ruth Baker|||Church congregation| ||Mrs FelicityBolton|||“| ||Prof Claire Butler|||“| ||Mr Gordon Craig|Treasurer||“| ||MrsJacqueline Curd|Premises Supervisor||“| ||MrsJudith Dimond|||“| ||Ms Andrea Don||Elected 14th May2023|“| ||Revd Mark Griffin|Chair of PCC|Resigned 21stApril 2024|Byvirtue of office| ||Mr AbrahamJoseph||Elected 14th May2023|Church congregation| ||Mr Michael Keeler-
Walker|Churchwarden||“| ||Mr Samuel Keeler-
Walker|LayReader||“| ||MsJoanna Lawson|||“| ||MrsJo Luck|Secretary/CW|Resigned 19th May2024|“| ||Mrs Ruth Matthews|DeanerySynod rep.|Resigned 19th May2024|“| ||Ms Rosemary
Newington|||“| ||Mr Christopher
Robinson|Vice-chair/LayReader||“| ||Mrs Christine
Robinson|Churchwarden||“| ||MrJames Sampson|||“| ||Prof Henrik
Schoenefeldt|DeanerySynod rep.|Resigned 19th May2024|“| ||Mrs Ruth Sibson||Resigned 19th May2024|“| ||Revd Charlotte
Sleigh|Curate||By virtue of office| ||Mrs Susan Spillett|||Church congregation| ||Mr David Stuart|Churchwarden||“| ||Mrs Camilla
Titterton||Elected 14th May2023|“| ||Dr Daniel Titterton||Elected 14th May2023|“| ||Mrs Monica Walling|||“| ||Dr Rosemary
Walters|Lay Reader/Deanery
Synod||“| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** N/A Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** N/A ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Christopher Robinson|| ||

Acting Chair of the PCC|| ||26thOctober 2024|| ||26thOctober 2024|| **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL of St. Martins and St. Pauls, Canterbury** ## **F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S for the year ending 31st December 2023** ## **Receipts & Payments Account - GENERAL FUND** |**RECEIPTS :**
**Voluntary Income:**
Christian Stewardship
Income Tax recovered
Collections / Bookstall
Events
Youth collections
Sundry Donations
Magazine Sales
Charities
Fees
Gift Fund
**Legacies**
**Fund raising**
Organ Fund
**Friends of St Martins**
Subscriptions
**St Pauls Flower Fund**
Donations
**St Martins Flower Fund**
Donations
**St Pauls Choir Fund**
Weddings / Bells
**Trading Receipts:**
Hall Lettings
Printing
**Investment Income:**
Dividends
Interest
**VAT / Insurance claim**
**Movement on value of investments (Profit/(Loss))**
**Signboard**
**Furlough/Gas/Energy grant**
**T O T A L R E C E I P T S**|Unrestricted
Fund
88,761
26,254
1,060
2,060
0
44,091
546
0
5,442
10,335
0
0
19,315
0
22
27
3,755
17,046
0
0|Unrestricted
Fund
88,761
26,254
1,060
2,060
0
44,091
546
0
5,442
10,335
0
0
19,315
0
22
27
3,755
17,046
0
0|Restricted
Fund
3,687
481
0
0
0|Restricted
Fund
3,687
481
0
0
0|Legacy
**2023**
**2022**
Fund
88,761
81,295
26,254
23,492
1,060
95
2,060
1,731
0
0
44,091
27,669
546
415
3,687
1,444
5,442
8,354
10,335
2,515
0
3,100
0
0
481
154
0
1,062
0
0
0
0
19,315
14,557
0
0
22
22
27
58
3,755
938
17,046
-13,530
0
1,150
0
6,847|Legacy
**2023**
**2022**
Fund
88,761
81,295
26,254
23,492
1,060
95
2,060
1,731
0
0
44,091
27,669
546
415
3,687
1,444
5,442
8,354
10,335
2,515
0
3,100
0
0
481
154
0
1,062
0
0
0
0
19,315
14,557
0
0
22
22
27
58
3,755
938
17,046
-13,530
0
1,150
0
6,847| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||| |||**218,714**||**4,168**||**0**
**222,882**
**161,368**| ## **The Parochial Church Council of St. Martins & St. Pauls, Canterbury - ANNUAL REPORT 2023** |**PAYMENTS**
**Outreach Giving:**
Charities
**Direct:**
Parish Fairer Share
**Ministry:**
Rector's expenses
Curate's expenses
Gift fund
**Church:**
Insurances
Heat, light & water
Upkeep of services
Minor repairs
Licences/subscriptions
Website/publications/mag
Choir Director/music
Choir Fund expenses
Organist/maintenance
Traning/ Education
Flowers - St Pauls
Flowers - St Martins
Youth Leader
Godly play
**Fees**
Weddings/choir/bells/verger
**Administration:**
Audit costs
Payroll and licence costs
**Activities:**
Events
Repayment of fees
**Friends of St Martins:**
Expenses
**Parish Centre:**
Caretaker/materials
Heat/light & water
Minor repairs
Insurances
**Parish Office:**
Secretary
Tel/post/stationery
Photocopier/printer
Computercolour printer
**PROVISIONS:**
Depreciation
**T O T A L P A Y M E N T S :**
**Surplus / (Deficit) for the year**
**Reordering**
**Quinquennial**|Unrestricted
Fund
8,511
85,980
1,294
0
1,980
6,236
7,589
19,035
31,105
1,355
249
5,288
7,067
135
136
1,617
0
3,975
630
1,349
0
0
3,069
3,288
0
1,993
13,825
2,051
785
1,703
0|Unrestricted
Fund
8,511
85,980
1,294
0
1,980
6,236
7,589
19,035
31,105
1,355
249
5,288
7,067
135
136
1,617
0
3,975
630
1,349
0
0
3,069
3,288
0
1,993
13,825
2,051
785
1,703
0|Restricted
**2023**
**2022**
Fund
8,511
8,160
2,880
2,880
995
85,980
80,400
1,294
695
0
0
1,980
1,759
6,236
5,678
7,589
6,024
19,035
16,950
31,105
21,032
1,355
954
249
249
5,288
4,660
321
321
0
7,067
7,590
135
0
98
98
1,123
191
327
0
1,617
1,352
0
0
3,975
4,605
630
630
1,349
1,148
0
0
0
0
740
740
2,324
3,069
1,475
3,288
3,975
0
0
1,993
1,827
13,825
12,550
2,051
2,280
785
1,573
1,703
423
0
0|Restricted
**2023**
**2022**
Fund
8,511
8,160
2,880
2,880
995
85,980
80,400
1,294
695
0
0
1,980
1,759
6,236
5,678
7,589
6,024
19,035
16,950
31,105
21,032
1,355
954
249
249
5,288
4,660
321
321
0
7,067
7,590
135
0
98
98
1,123
191
327
0
1,617
1,352
0
0
3,975
4,605
630
630
1,349
1,148
0
0
0
0
740
740
2,324
3,069
1,475
3,288
3,975
0
0
1,993
1,827
13,825
12,550
2,051
2,280
785
1,573
1,703
423
0
0| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||**210,245**||**4,230**
**0**
**214,475**
**190,431**| |||||| |||**8,469**||**-62**
**0**
**8,407**
**-29,063**| |||0
0||0
0
0
0
0
0| |||**8,469**||**-62**
**0**
**8,407**
**0**
**-29,063**| |**1 Unrestricted Funds**
Balance at 1 January 2023
Incoming resources
Resources expended
Reordering expenses
Transfer to General fund
Quinquenniel|**The P C C of The Ecclesiastical**|**The P C C of The Ecclesiastical**|**The P C C of The Ecclesiastical**|**The P C C of The Ecclesiastical**|**The P C C of The Ecclesiastical**|**The P C C of The Ecclesiastical**|**The P C C of The Ecclesiastical**|**The P C C of The Ecclesiastical**|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|**Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury**
Designated
Emergency
General
St Paul's
Fund
Fund
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
2,000
674,695
0
0
218,714
0
0
-210,245
0
0
0
-5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0|TOTAL
£
783,457
218,714
-210,245
0
0
0|TOTAL
£
783,457
218,714
-210,245
0
0
0|TOTAL
£
783,457
218,714
-210,245
0
0
0| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||
Property
Maintenance
Fund
67,843
0
0
0
0
0|||
|
Designated
Donations
Fund
13,444
0
0
0
0
0|||
Designated
St Paul's
Re-ordering
Fund
25,475
0
0
0
-5,000
0||
Emergency
Fund
2,000
0
0
0
0
0||||
General
Fund
674,695
218,714
-210,245
0
5,000
0|||||| |||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||| |Balance as at 31 December 2023||||67,843||||13,444||20,475|||2,000|||688,164|||791,926|| |**2 Restricted Funds**
Balance at 1 January 2023
Incoming resources
Resources expended||Special
Collections
904
3,687
-2,880||||Special
Legacies
15,255
0
0|||Friends of
St Martin's
4,047
481
-740|||St Paul's
Flowers
98
0
-98||St|||||Choir
321
0
-321|| |||||||||||||||||||||| |Balance as at 31 December 2023||1,711||||15,255|||3,788|||0|||0||||0|| |Cost
Additions
Disposals||FREEHOLD
BUILDINGS
713,640
0
0|||FIXTURES &

FITTINGS
52,464
0
0||||EQUIPMENT
9,324
0
0|||TOTAL
775,428
0
0
775,428
132,964
0
0
132,964
642,464
642,464|||||**Cash at Bank**|||| |||||||||||||||||||||| |||713,640||||52,464|||9,324|||||||||||| |Depreciation
carried forward from earlier years
Charge for the year
Disposals||71,178
0
0||||52,463
0
0|||9,323
0
0|||||||||||| |||71,178||||52,463|||9,323|||||||||||| |.||||||||||||||||||||| |at 31 December 2023||642,462||||1|||1|||||||||||| |at 31 December 2022||642,462||||1|||1|||||||||||| ## **The PCC of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martins and St Pauls, Canterbury** |**Balance Sheet**
**As at 31st December 2023**
**Fixed Assets**
**Tangible Assets**
**Investments**
**Current assets**
**Debtors**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
**Creditors: Amounts falling due**
**within one year**
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Accumulated funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted funds**|**2023**
**£**
**642,464**
**152,862**
**0**
**17,984**
**17,984**
**630**
**17,354**
**812,680**
**791,926**
**20,754**
**812,680**|**2022**
**£**
**642,464**
**135,815**
**0**
**26,624**| |---|---|---| |||**42,157**
**630**| |||**25,994**| |||**804,273**| |||**783,457**
**20,816**| |||**804,273**| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tru$ts•sl membors of The Parochial Church Council of St Martin's and St Paul's On accounts for tha year ended 31 DecEmber 2023 Charity no (if anyl Sot out on pages 1 to 4 (one to four) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trust.) for the year ended 3111212023. Rèsponslbllltlos and ba$1• of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for th8 preparation of thè a¢counts in a¢¢ordanrA with the requirements of tha Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.) I report in respect of my examination of th8 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 Commissio under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independént I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have examinerfs ststement come to my attention in connection wf(h the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material resped.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 13 of the Charities Act: or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the a¢counts did not comply with the applicable requirements con￿mIng the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Ac¢ounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requireme that th8 accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connecti with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the a¢counts to be rea¢hed. Slgned: 1510312024 Name: Mrs J C Neame Relevant profosslonal quallfication(s) or body (If any): Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Addre•s: 52 Ham Shades Lane Vthitstable Kent CT5 1 NX IER Oct 2018