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Christ Church, Ottershaw – Annual Report

Christ Church Parochial Church Council (PCC), working with its Vicar, is responsible for promoting the life and mission of the church in the parish of Ottershaw. As a church, we want to provide a warm welcome, a sense of community and care in times of need. We want Christ Church to be a place where people can worship together, grow in their faith and learn to share that faith with others. We are committed to working with the community and with other churches in the South Runnymede area. Christ Church is part of the Church of England Christ Church PCC is registered as Charity No 1134029 and PCC members are Charity Trustees. Christ Church PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the church buildings and grounds. It leases the Village Hall (Brook Hall) to a village trust.

Parochial Church Council membership

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected according to Church Representation Rules at the Annual Church Meeting, normally held in April each year.

In 2022-2023 the following were members: Clergy Revd Mark Potter Church Wardens Mrs Denise Williams and Mr Bob Scott Deanery Synod Reps Mrs Olivia Towie (Deputy Warden) and Mr Bob Scott Licenced Lay Minister Vacancy Elected (8) Mr Dan Pearson Mrs Geralyn Logan (Secretary) Mrs Linda Lyons Mrs Lesley Matthews

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Elected cont

Mr Stuart Logan Dr David North-Coombes Mr Roger Pashley (Treasurer and Electoral Roll) Mr Geoff Sheenan One elected vacancy

In attendance

Miss Monica Hall (Families worker)

Other Officers and posts

Rev Brian Seymour (Retired Minister) Mrs Geralyn Logan (Safeguarding Officer.) Mrs Sheila Binns (Archivist)

Mr Hugh Towie (Tree Warden) Mr Roger Pashley (Electoral Roll Officer) Mr Bill Matthews and Mrs Denise Williams (Village Hall representatives) Mr Nigel Perryman (Stewardship Recorder)

The PCC met 5 times between April 2023 and March 2024 with an average attendance of 8.5 members being 85% of the membership (last year 10 members & 73% of membership)

Other Committees

The following committees are responsible for planning and carrying out work in the parish and reporting to the PCC

Standing Committee Chair: Revd Mark Potter

This is the only committee required by law. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to directions given by the PCC.

Finance Committee Chair: Mr. Roger Pashley

This committee is responsible for reviewing and monitoring financial policies including outward giving. It reviews and monitors the annual budget and assists the Treasurer with stewardship and the financial management of the parish.

Premises Committee Chair: Mr Geoff Sheehan

This committee is responsible for the care and maintenance of the church building, its contents and the graveyard.

Fundraising and Social Team Committee (FAST) Chair: Lesley Matthews This committee is responsible for organising social and fundraising events.

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Annual Report 2023/2024

APCM Vicar’s Report April 2024

After my first 6 months in post, which took me to my first APCM, the following 12 feel like they have gone in the blink of an eye. However, during that time, much has been done in terms of church ministry, bringing the gospel to people in different settings, and creating stronger links with our village community.

Church Development Plan

As part of the diocesan Parish Needs Process (PNP), all parish have been asked to produce a Church Development Plan. This process commenced for Runnymede in February 2023. At Christ Church, the PCC fixed a date in July to explore what goals and plans we should have. This came in the form of an away day led by one of the parish enablers, Danny Wignall. Danny also spent some time with our PCC during the interregnum period in 2021/22. The away day was attended by the PCC and others who are involved in ministry at CCO. It was vital to get this team of people together so that we could be journeying as one. There were some helpful exercises exploring what the church looked like in the context of the village and its purpose going forward. There were times of discussion and worship.

As a result of this day together, I took the notes from the day and quickly formed a smaller team of people to pray and develop our goals. This team consisted of Nigel Perryman, Denise Williams, Dan Pearson, Sarah Vullo and me. After letting the dust settle from the away day, this smaller group met in early September to discuss the away day and CCOs needs and goals at length.

Following this discussion, I took away these points and distilled them further into parish priorities, identifying the diocesan goals to which they related and the time by which we achieve these.

There were six parish priorities identified, although in the meeting with our churchwardens, Archdeacon Martin Breadmore and I, during the Arch Deacon’s visitation, it was mentioned by MB that our final development plan had too much on it. I believe this is a fair observation; however, it is yet to be reduced. It would be worth giving a reminder as to what the six points are, these are then broken into specific action points, some of which I will reference in this report.

1. Enabling a greater depth of discipleship, love for Jesus and theological confidence within the worshipping community. As a brief explanatory note for this, this was really about seeing faith in Jesus continuing to grow and flourish within our church and to see that growth impacting those us all.

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1. To continue to develop CCO into an authentic worshipping community, with Jesus at the heart of all we do.

This is really something that fits neatly into the first priority and therefore probably does not stand alone as a discrete category. It does, however, underline the fact that if we are to see more church growth, this has to stem from the continued movement of God within our congregation - that seeing people’s lives continually enriched and transformed by the good news of Jesus has an internal and external impact.

1. Increasing the understanding of the importance of prayer in all aspects of ministry.

2. Ensure CCO is accessible for all and has a positive impact on the surrounding community.

3. Strengthen links with children, youth and young families in the community to encourage a relationship with Jesus.

4. Ensure the financial viability of the church so that repairs can be done, and ministry can continue.

A lot of these priorities dovetail somewhat, which I think is reassuring. It would be concerning if we had a selection of unrelated, disparate aims. I would argue that priorities 1 to 6 have significant overlapping underlying themes. Whilst the sixth is very practical, it is still imperative and something that we must put prayer into and trust God with. Thus, all these priorities as the come together have a unifying effect on the how we potentially exercise the mission of our church.

As I mentioned, as I go through some of the other significant developments over the last twelve months, I will reference some of the action points that directly relate to these priorities.

Website

It felt like quite a long road to get the new website finished and live. Church websites can be substantially more complicated than many others as the number of pages needed and the interweaving links between these pages are significantly high. We have 18 pages for this new site as opposed to 7 previously. I have been delighted that the new site is frequented often and has been influential in drawing people into church on a Sunday morning. My thanks to Chloe and particularly to our Website designer, Helen Munro for working with me to develop the product that I felt right was right for our church. This has been a good target to meet and already ticks off one action point from the CDP.

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PCC Meetings

There seems to still be a continued harmony between members, and where needed helpful, on-topic and productive discussion. There have been some well-considered decisions, and the PCC continues to be extremely positive about the future of Christ Church and are working well together in the different committees and gathering as the whole PCC.

In terms of new PCC members, I must thank Geoff Sheehan for stepping up once again to the PCC. His experience on the premises committee and his professional experience in sewage and drainage is an unexpected, but great fit as we seek to address the longstanding issues with the cess pit and drains. Thanks must also go to Nigel Perryman, Rachel Masters and Josephine Arengo-Jones who stepped down on 23[rd] April 2023.

As a follow up to last year’s report, having had the away day, we are now steadily working-through and discussing the different action points relating to the priorities.

Just a quick note, which Roger may not thank me for including in this report. I discovered that that our treasurer has now served in that role at Christ Church for over fifty-five years. This is a quite remarkable achievement surpassed only by the excellence by which he conducts this role. Thank you Roger for all you have done over this vast period.

Worship and Discipleship

In terms of the Sunday services, my intention remains the same in that the 9am service should stay as a liturgical modern traditional service (as it now is). This service should be a space in which the gospel is preached faithfully, and people are invited to engage reflectively with liturgy as they worship God. Children are very welcome at this service; however, it may be that some would find the 10.30am service far more accessible and easier to manage. My intention to change one more of the 9am services to include hymns is still in my thoughts, but alas has yet to be implemented. For clarity, this would eventually mean that we have two 9am services with hymns and two without.

The 10.30am service is becoming steadily more contemporary in style and content. Just after last year’s APCM I looked back at what the service structure and songs looked like when I was first installed. Without any expectation that things were particularly different, to my surprise, the services had significantly changed. This was noticeable in the song choices and the liturgy. Having realised that, I gently applied the brakes to bed-in any changes that I had already made. More recently we are doing three songs back-to-back at the start of the service, which enables worshippers to start to engage with God rather than just singing songs. It can be very easy for worship songs to just be something to be sung rather than a conduit to meeting with God and praising Him. So far, all the feedback I have received is very positive about having the consecutive three songs at the start of the

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service. I must thank Adam for his excellent playing and huge dedication to our sung worship and Bob and Denise for their unwavering commitment to the singing.

One other change is the confession and praying for our young people and children in our community. First, the confession: I felt strongly that the confession should use child, young person and adult friendly language. The reason for this is that people of all ages need to know the huge importance of confession, repentance and that our saviour makes forgiveness and reconciliation a reality for us.

In our preaching, we are largely back following the lectionary (although I do go off-piste from time to time) after a medium-length sermon series on Mark’s gospel, which started in June and ran until the 17[th] December 2023. The advantage of sermon series like this is that they give context and consistency which unfortunately the lectionary does not really allow in the same way. It is possible that in the autumn we will have another series, possibly thematic or potentially on one of the Pauline epistles. Many thanks to those who have contributed to our preaching over the last year, it is helpful to share this ministry with you, it is also good for the congregation to receive different styles of bringing God’s word. Thank you Nigel Perryman, Dan Pearson, Sarah Vullo and Brian Seymour for sharing this workload.

On that note, it is wonderful that we have Sarah Vullo now as an ordinand – deacon/priest-in-training. I was delighted to be able to have Sarah continuing to serve at CCO. Whilst her time due to employed work and assignments is naturally limited, she is very willing and happy to do whatever she can in terms of service ministry and all age planning.

Alpha. One of our discipleship action points on the CDP was to run an Alpha course. To that end, I am delighted that we could work together with St Paul’s Addlestone in putting that on together and sharing the workload as the gospel is brought to individuals in an attainable and comprehendible way.

I have been very pleased with the collaboration involved in producing our allage services. We have a small team of four (not including our faithful musicians) who firstly pray for direction, discuss relevant scriptures and themes, brainstorm ideas and put together this time of worship. I am extremely grateful to Monica, Linda and Sarah for working so well with me to get this accomplished. It is worth noting that Monica and Linda’s commitment in producing the interactive prayer times, has resulted in some extremely accessible and deeply helpful times of intercession.

In terms of church growth, this feels a little slow in someways; however, we are steadily getting new people into church. Sometimes the issue regarding numbers is that many of those people that attend, do not come every week. Thus, whilst the number of those who attend Christ Church is increasing, the week-by-week congregations remain a fairly similar size. Our Christmas and Remembrance attendance were notably higher than 2022.

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Homegroups

The Vicarage homegroup started just over a year ago in Lent 2023. This has been going well since with between 7 and 10 in attendance. We started with a study on the book of Daniel, moving onto Philippians in the late spring. In autumn and winter, we have been doing the Bible Society Bible Course, which is an excellent way of seeing how the Bible hangs together and how God speaks through it.

I want to encourage others in our congregation to facilitate and host a homegroup. The idea of leading such a group can seem daunting because people worry about not having the answers. I do understand that point of view, which is why rather than thinking about homegroup leaders, perhaps we can start to think about hosts who will facilitate a discussion time, using notes, without having the burden of needing to know the answers. I am confident that lives will be enriched by such homegroups and that people will receive from the Jesus in this context.

Schools, Youth and Children

The links with our Junior and Infant school have continued to grow and go from strength to strength. We now plan the assembly content with the headteacher, Jo Hastings and Debbie Jenkyn her deputy. We work around different biblical themes that are relevant to the children’s lives and observe the lead-up to key feast days and periods in the church year, such as Lent, Easter, Christmas and, where helpful, some saints’ days.

Monica and I lead the assemblies, usually alternating between infants and juniors over a fortnightly cycle. These assemblies are so valuable in bringing the truth and hope of Jesus to these children and those teachers and TAs also in attendance.

The school also use me to deliver occasional RE lessons and will be utilising my teaching background to observe lessons, particularly as the next Ofsted and SIAMS inspections become more imminent. I am now a school LCM (governor).

It is worth mentioning that research strongly suggests that church work in and around schools is a central component in reaching children and young families with the gospel. This should be a very strong informing factor in how we continue our young families engagement over the year to come. As part of our CDP, we are now successfully advertising church events through flyers and cards in book bags. These have had an impact on church attendance around Easter last year (121) and Christmas services (approx. 300).

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Xtreme and Noah’s Ark clubs continue to tick over, the former has quite variable numbers at times and the latter is currently at around 16 Year R to 2 pupils.

Our families and Sunday school is well led by Monica and her team, using seasonal biblical material and often following the open the book source material. I know the children involved really appreciate this time together and discussing faith and the bible.

Similarly, Messy church continues to run on the second Sunday of each month supported by a team of fabulous volunteers, preparing the activities with Monica and food catering for around10 to 15 children and sometimes their accompanying parents.

The Toddlers’ group on a Monday morning is extremely popular and often has around fifty in attendance, comprising of infants, parents and child minders.

Huge thanks to Monica for her vast amount of work in leading these important areas of ministry.

In terms of our youth groups, these continue to be attended well. We have around 72 young people on our books and the Christmas disco was attended by 96 YPs. It is remarkable that we have such a wealth of numbers in this area. My thanks must be made to all the volunteers who commit so much of their time to these groups. I must express my gratitude to Mandi Adams who has continued to lead and organise the evenings for the young people.

On that note, Mandi underwent some surgery in November and, whilst Youth Clubs were well covered and staffed until the Christmas break, with a lack of staffing availability in January, I made the decision after consulting with Mandi that we would put the youth clubs on pause until the second half of the Lent term (Monday 19[th] February). We do need more strength in depth for this area of church life, it only takes one or two to be unavailable and the youth group struggles to run. Please do pray for the right people to step forward.

On our CPD my heart is for our young people to have the opportunity to engage in a youth discipleship group, this may eventually include youth Alpha. Sadly, I have to be pragmatic about the situation and accept that we do not have the staff and volunteers to do this at this time; however, it will not slip my mind. It is no exaggeration to say that praying for our children is of paramount importance; so, do pray for them. They are all precious, and the world they are facing today is socially and ethically a far trickier terrain than it has arguably ever been in modern history.

Premises

The situation with our list of necessary repairs has steadily increased since last year. With the complicated and expensive drainage and cess pool issues, the wall repair at Cross Lane, we can now potentially add another electrical safety inspection and a refitting and securing of some of the cables to ensure that they are meeting all the safety requirements. If this is indeed the case,

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which we suspect it is, that is naturally a higher priority than even the cess pit. This issue, on which we need a second professional opinion, came to light as the new defibrillator was being fitted.

For all these substantial growing costs, there has been an appeals fundraising group started so we can look to raising as much money as possible from grant applications and village fundraising to start to tackle these projects. We will likely need to spend near to £100K to remedy all these issues.

One positive is that the defibrillator has been fitted and is up and running, whilst we pray it never needs to be used, it does speak out, our care and concern for our community and those using the hiring our parish rooms or in church.

Community, Social and Fundraising Events

The events committee have achieved so much over the last 12 months. There has been the Tear Fund Quiz, the Rock Choir concert and the Guildford Shakespeare Company performance of Romeo and Juliet, Open Gardens, the auction at OVH, the Harvest Supper and Christmas Fair and the pancake and film night (to name a few). These have raised significant monies for church ministry and running costs, (N.B At the time of writing this I do not have the final figures from the recent auction event.)

Thank you to Lesley and the team for all the enthusiasm and commitment given to these special events which are a real blessing to our church and village community.

As CAMEO continues to run brilliantly every Thursday, I would again like to thank Brian Seymour and the team for making this amazing community event possible.

Safeguarding

I reiterate the sentiment of last year’s report that safeguarding is of paramount importance for me as incumbent. In Christian terms there is a deeper reason why safeguarding is so vital. Scripture speaks of humankind being made in the image of God, the imago Dei. Human life is valuable, unique and individuals are loved as such the one true God; therefore, ensuring that safeguarding protocols are ensured and followed is as much a theological pursuit as it is a legal requirement. We are instructed to love God and love our neighbour, and this falls well within the bounds of this God-given purpose. Thank you to Geralyn who continues to be an excellent PSO.

Staffing

Chloe McCarthy has served the church now for almost six years and has been an excellent administrator. More recently, since my installation, her role developed a little to add the more creative aspects, such as some marketing

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and website involvement. She also played a key role in getting the Romeo and Juliet production organised.

Chloe has a passion for her new charity that she started just over a year ago, Beautiful Minds Foundation. This is a charity that supports neuro-diverse children and their parents and carers. As Chloe wants to grow this project, she feels that stepping down from her position at Christ Church is the right move to enable her charity to take off.

Many thanks to Chloe for all the hard work and administrative and creative gifts that she has used in her role. They have been a great blessing to our church and parish.

We are advertising for her replacement through local online platforms and other channels.

Finally, there are so many who I have not thanked individually on this report, but please be assured that I do notice, and I am genuinely so blessed to have such a willing and loving team behind. Thank you all for everything that you do at Christ Church. We have an amazing high calling to love God and to love our community and share the hope of Jesus with them. This current point in history is an extremely challenging one, economically, socially and ethically. Every era throughout history has presented serious difficulties and challenges to people, but the immutable truth that transcends cultural shifts and challenges is that the gospel brings hope and life to those who receive it. And we have that call to mission to make disciples and show people who Jesus is. I leave you with the words of the apostle Paul from Ephesians 1.

“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,”

Christ Church Parochial Church Council March 2024

Financial Report 2023

Christ Church ended the 2023 financial year with a deficit of £8,142 (compared with a deficit of £7,726 in 2022). Total income was £133,313 and expenditure £ 140,308.

Following the upheaval of covid and soaring inflation in 2023, the response to our October 2023 stewardship campaign was tremendously encouraging. Income from giving, together with gift aid tax, exceeded £100,000 for the first

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time. This enabled us to keep our deficit at just over £8,000, when we had expected and budgeted for a much higher figure.

Finance, however, continues to be challenging with significant works required on the church infrastructure, which include modernisation of the waste system, repairs to the churchyard wall, further repairs to the electrics and replacement for the boiler. We will be looking to Trusts to raise funds for some of the larger jobs.

As well as an increase in income, day to day running costs have also increased significantly, particularly those relating to building, maintenance, heating and insurance.

A special thank you to those who have assisted the Treasurer during 2023, particularly Nigel Perryman and Codge Vullo.

The ‘Diocesan Parish Share’ at £78,492 is our largest item of expenditure. This covers our Share of Diocesan/National Church services plus the cost of our full-time Vicar (Salary, NI, pension, housing, training etc).

We continue to invest in work with young children and families (Sunday teaching, School clubs and teaching, Messy Church, Holiday Club, Toddler Group and Youth Clubs) and employ a part-time Families Worker post (Monica Hall) as well as getting considerable support from many church volunteers.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, 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 FRS102.

We are grateful to Michelle Matthews, who has continued to be our Independent Examiner, in addition to running an accounting business and being a Church Treasurer herself. We also thank those who assisted with the management and preparation of the accounting records.

Reserve Policy

The Finance Committee of the PCC conducts an annual review of the level of reserves by considering risks associated with the various income streams, expenditure plans and balance sheet items. This enables an estimate to be

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made of the level of reserves that are sufficient to continue to meet its objectives.

Risks and issues considered in making this judgement included:

• The over dependence on any single source of income or likelihood of downturn in income

• The period of time required to re-establish income streams or downsize activities.

• The adequacy of control over budgets.

• The requirement for a reasonable level of working capital.

The PCC has agreed that we should designate an additional £10,000 of unrestricted funds to the Premises Maintenance Designated Fund, increasing this Fund to £26,785 , thus setting aside additional funds for capital works.

The unrestricted reserve as at 31 December 2023 would then reduce to £55,683 , representing between 4 and 5 months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure.

The PCC has in addition restricted funds totalling £6,063 . The purpose of these restricted funds is detailed in note 5 in the annual financial statements.

Roger Pashley FCA, - Treasurer of Christ Church Parochial Church Council

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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Ottershaw (Charity no 1134029) Guildford Road, Ottershaw, KT16 0PB

ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023

Page

• 1 Annual Report

• 10 Independent Examiner's Report 11 Statement of Financial Activities 12 Balance Sheet

• 13 Notes to the financial statements 19 Trust Funds

See separate document for Group Reports

Vicar

Revd Mark Potter

Independent Michelle H Matthews 13 Mapledrakes Close, Ewhurst, Examiner Surrey, GU6 7QR

Bankers CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ

Independent Examiner's Report to the Parochial Church Council of Christ Church Ottershaw

I report to the Parochial Church Council, who are the trustees of Christ Church Ottershaw (Charity no 1134029) on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, as set out on pages 11 to 18.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

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

It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act

• to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and

• to state whether matters have come to my attention

Basis of independent examiner's statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with 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 any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the 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 respects the requirements

• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and

• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act;

have not been met: or

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

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Michelle H Matthews ACCA FMAAT 13 Mapledrakes Close, Ewhurst, Surrey, GU6 7QR

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Christ Church Ottershaw Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st December 2023

Notes INCOME Donations and legacies 2(a) Charitable activities 2(b) Other trading activities 2(c) Investments 2(d) Other 2(e) TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE Raising funds Charitable activities 3 Grants Ministry Fabric General TOTAL EXPENDITURE NET INCOME (EXPENDITURE) and NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD 1st January 2023 TRANSFER BETWEEN FUNDS FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 31st December 2023	Unrestricted Unrestricted General Designated Restricted Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ 103,098 - 5,231 14,929 - - 4,684 - 2,121 3,110 - - 140 - -	Year end 31.12.23 Total £ 108,329 14,929 6,805 3,110 140 133,313 1,147 4,813 91,096 23,798 20,601 140,308 141,455 (8,142) 96,673 - 88,531`	Year end 31.12.22 Total
			£ 102,812 12,969 3,494 976 653
	125,961 - 7,352		120,904
	948 - 199		- 9,075 88,074 15,040 16,441
	1,675 - 3,138 90,471 - 625 21,485 - 2,313 20,249 - 352
	133,880 0 6,428		128,630
	134,828 - 6,627		128,630
	(8,867) - 725 74,550 16,785 5,338 (10,000) 10,000		(7,726) 104,399 -
	55,683 26,785 6,063		96,673

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Christ Church Ottershaw Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2023

Notes NET ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 7 Short-term deposits Cash at bank and in hand DEDUCT LIABILITIES FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Creditors: Falling due within 1 year 8 NET ASSETS PARISH FUNDS RESTRICTED FUNDS 5 TIMOTHY OTHER UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 6 GENERAL FUND PREMISES MAINTENANCE	As at 31.12.23 £ £ 3,090 82,070 11,083 96,243 (7,712) 88,531 88,531 487 5,576 6,063 55,683 26,785 82,468 88,531	As at 31.12.22	As at 31.12.22
		£ £ 2,395 92,999 11,599 106,993 (10,320) 96,673 96,673 487 4,851 5,338 74,550 16,785 91,335 96,673
	487 5,576	487 4,851
			96,673
			5,338 91,335
	55,683 26,785	74,550 16,785
			96,673

Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 28th February 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

Revd Mark Potter Roger L Pashley FCA Chair Honorary Treasurer

The notes on pages 13 to 18 form part of these financial statements

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Christ Church Ottershaw Notes to the financial statements

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting conventions

1. The financial statements have been prepared under the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the current Statement of Recommended Practice, "Accounting and Reporting by Charities and applicable accounting standard FRS102".

2. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets which are shown at market value. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law.

Funds

1. The funds of the PCC are divided into:

Restricted funds which are restricted by donors for specific purposes, and

Unrestricted funds available for the general purposes of the PCC

Designated funds which are set aside by the PCC from unrestricted funds for specific purposes. Details of the restricted and designated funds are set out in notes 5 and 6.

Income

1. Donations and legacies are accounted for when received.

2. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received.

3. Other income is accounted for when due and receivable.

Expenditure

1. Grants and donations are accounted for in the year in which they are approved.

2. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.

Fixed assets

1. Consecrated and beneficed property is not included in the accounts in accordance with section 10(2) (a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011

2. No value is placed on movable 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.

3. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings and movable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement is written off.

4. Other fixtures ,fittings and office equipment is written off in the period in which the asset is acquired.

5. Investments are shown at market value at 31 December.

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Christ Church Ottershaw Notes to the financial statements

Unrestricted Unrestricted General Designated Restricted Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ 2. INCOME 2(a) Donations and legacies Stewardship 75,226 - 1,550 Income tax recoverable 18,170 - 387 93,396 - 1,937 Collections at Services 2,153 - 389 Special collections 25 - 1,169 Grants from Guildford Diocese 1,000 - - Other grants - - 1,500 Other donations 4,824 - - Other income tax (mainly related to the 1,700 - 236 small donation scheme & special collections) 103,098 - 5,231 2(b) Charitable activities Magazine sales 1,065 - - Parish Centre lettings 4,641 - - Fees 2,069 - - Youth clubs/groups 6,831 - - Other 323 - - 14,929 - - 2(c) Other trading activities Fund-raising events 4,684 - 2,121 4,684 - 2,121 2(d) Investments Interest on deposits 3,110 - - 2(e) Other Sundry income 140 - - Insurance recovery - - - 140 - - TOTAL INCOME 125,961- 7,352	Unrestricted Unrestricted General Designated Restricted Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ 75,226 - 1,550 18,170 - 387	31.12.23 Total £ 76,776 18,557 95,333 2,542 1,194 1,000 1,500 4,824 1,936 108,329 1,065 4,641 2,069 6,831 323 14,929 6,805 6,805 3,110 140 - 140 133,313	31.12.22 Total
			£ 69,547 16,641
			86,188 1,933 5,448 2,000 - 4,502 2,741
	103,098 - 5,231		102,812
	1,065 - - 4,641 - - 2,069 - - 6,831 - - 323 - -		773 4,142 3,485 4,354 215
	14,929 - -		12,969
	4,684 - 2,121		3,494
	4,684 - 2,121		3,494
	3,110 - -		976
	140 - - - - -		653 -
	140 - -		653
	125,961- 7,352		120,904

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Christ Church Ottershaw Notes to the financial statements

3. EXPENDITURE on CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES 3(a) Grants to other organisations Overseas mission and aid Home mission Other charities Timothy fund (see note 5) 3(b) Ministry Diocesan parish share (this includes Vicar's salary, NI etc) Salary of Families worker Clergy expenses & recruitment costs 3(c) Fabric Church maintenance Insurance and rates Light and heat Organ tuning and maintenance Vicarage maintenance 3(d) General church expenses Mission & hospitality Music Parish magazine Office costs (IT, telephone etc) Presentations Organists - fees Salary of Administrator Training Youth work TOTAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES	Unrestricted Unrestricted General Designated Restricted Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ 680 - 1,754 995 - 856 - - 528 - - -	31.12.23 Total £ 2,434 1,851 528 - 4,813 78,492 11,413 1,191 91,096 9,943 3,912 9,436 237 270 23,798 2,686 127 762 4,958 - 100 8,250 6 3,712 20,601 140,308	31.12.22 Total
			£ 6,596 2,137 342 -
	1,675 - 3,138		9,075
	78,492 - - 11,413 - - 566 - 625		76,956 9,715 1,403
	90,471 - 625		88,074
	7,630 - 2,313 3,912 - - 9,436 - - 237 - - 270 - -		4,171 3,300 6,209 572 788
	21,485 - 2,313		15,040
	2,686 - - 127 - - 762 - - 4,606 - 352 - - - 100 - - 8,250 - - 6 - - 3,712 - -		1,751 126 944 3,261 769 100 6,959 130 2,401
	20,249 - 352		16,441
	133,880- 6,428		128,630

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Christ Church Ottershaw Notes to the financial statements

4. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND

Current assets Current liabilities 5. RESTRICTED FUNDS B/f 1.1.23 Income Expenditure C/f 31.12.23	Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ 90,180 6,063 96,243 (7,712) - (7,712) 82,468 6,063 88,531 Total Outward Timothy Churchyard Labyrinth Other Restricted Giving Fund Wall Fund Funds Funds £ £ £ £ £ £ - 487 3,981 676 194 5,338 4,076 - - - 3,276 7,352 - (4,076) - (1,813) - (738) (6,627) - 487 2,168 676 2,732 6,063	Total Funds £ 96,243 (7,712)
		88,531

Outward Giving Funds - Stewardship and collection income restricted for outward charitable giving. Timothy Fund - Grant fund to help with cases of individual hardship. Fund allocated by Vicar. Churchyard wall - Gifts towards repair of the churchyard wall.

Labyrinth Fund - The development of a labyrinth and nearby area in the churchyard. Other Funds - were received for work on the fabric and equipment.

6. UNRESTRICTED FUNDS B/f 1.1.23 Income Expenditure Transfers C/f 31.12.23	Designated Total General Premises Unrestricted Fund Fund Funds £ £ £ 74,550 16,785 91,335 125,961 - 125,961 (134,828) - (134,828) (10,000) 10,000 - 55,683 26,785 82,468	Designated Total General Premises Unrestricted Fund Fund Funds £ £ £ 74,550 16,785 91,335 125,961 - 125,961 (134,828) - (134,828) (10,000) 10,000 - 55,683 26,785 82,468
		82,468

General Fund - Funds available for all activities of Christ Church, Ottershaw. Designated Premises Fund - Fund to help meet expenditure incurred on the church buildings and fabric.

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Christ Church Ottershaw Notes to the financial statements

7. DEBTORS Within one year Income tax recoverable Prepayments and accrued interest Other debtors Over one year Prepayments 8. CREDITORS Creditors falling due within one year	31.12.23 £ 881 1,017 1,192 - 3,090 31.12.23 £ 7,712 7,712	31.12.22 £ 1,197 648 550 -
		2,395
		31.12.22 £ 10,320
		10,330

9. DIOCESAN PARISH SHARE

The Diocesan Parish Share is our share of the Diocesan expenditure budget. This covers the cost of paying, training and housing the ministry, Diocesan and National costs. Each parish's share is calculated by reference to the number of parishioners (3 year average of usual Sunday attendance), its relative prosperity, and a core ministry cost. This ensures that the share is spread over all Parishes in the Diocese on a fair basis. The current system was introduced with effect from January 2019.

10. STEWARDSHIP GIVING PROMISES As at 31st December promises were as follows: Annual total promises Tax recoverable on promises % of promises under Gift aid Average £/pmonthly promisebefore tax Average £/pyearly promisebefore tax	At 31.12.23 £ Change 81,617 17.6% 19,589 17.5% 101,206 17.6% £119 11.2% £1,432 11.4% 96%	At 31.12.22 £ 69,396 16,669
		86,065
		£107
		£1,285
		96%

The total number of promises and the analysis by monthly giving (before tax) are as follows:

		Under £25	£25+	£50+	£75+	£100+	£150+	£200+	£250+	Total
AT	31.12.23	13	8	6	3	9	6	5	7	57
AT	31.12.22	10	12	8	2	8	4	3	7	54

11. REMUNERATION & EXPENSES

Salaries of the p/t Families Worker and the p/t Parish Administrator totalled £18,907 (2022 £16.031) Pension contributions totalled £756 (2022 £641) , but there were no social security contributions.

The following members of the PCC received remuneration or expenses: Revd Mark Potter - Expenses £565 (2022 £120)

No other PCC trustees received any remuneration or expenses.

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Christ Church Ottershaw Notes to the financial statements

12. GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS 31.12.23 Detailed analysis PCC Stewardship Special Total £ £ £ £ OVERSEAS MISSION and AID Christian Aid - - 263_CA Week_ 263 Church Mission Society 500 - - 500 (Link: Chris & Veronica Padayachee) Compassion (Link child: Bobi) 80 - 60_Link child_ 140 DEC Appeal Ukraine - - - - Leprosy Mission - 500 - 500 Mission Aviation Fellowship 100 - - 100 Tear Fund - 500 431_Big Quiz_ 931 680 1,000 754 2,434 50.6% HOME MISSION Bishop of Guildford Fund - - - - Children's Society - - 141_Boxes_ 141 Children's Society - - 45_Christingle_ 45 Engage (who work with schools) 500 - - 500 Friends of Guildford Cathedral 50 - - 50 Guildford Dioc Guild of Bellringers 50 - - 50 First Schools - Bibles 60 - 670_School/churc_ 730 Runnymede Deanery Synod - sub 305 - - 305 Surrey Churches Preservation Trust 30 - - 30 995 - 856 1,851 38.5% OTHER CHARITIES British Legion Poppy Appeal - - 338_Remembrance_ 338 Woking/Sam Beare Hospice - - 190_Lights to R_ 190 - - 528 528 11.0% TIMOTHY FUND - - - - 0.0% GRAND TOTAL 1,675 1,000 2,138 4,813 % of income £133,313 3.6%	31.12.22 Total
Detailed analysis OVERSEAS MISSION and AID Christian Aid Church Mission Society (Link: Chris & Veronica Padayachee) Compassion (Link child: Bobi) DEC Appeal Ukraine Leprosy Mission Mission Aviation Fellowship Tear Fund HOME MISSION Bishop of Guildford Fund Children's Society Children's Society Engage (who work with schools) Friends of Guildford Cathedral Guildford Dioc Guild of Bellringers First Schools - Bibles Runnymede Deanery Synod - sub Surrey Churches Preservation Trust OTHER CHARITIES British Legion Poppy Appeal Woking/Sam Beare Hospice TIMOTHY FUND GRAND TOTAL % of income
	£ 1,242 515 336 3,240 - 100 1,163
	6,596
	72.7% 252 - 159 500 50 50 791 305 30
	2,137
	23.5% 156 186
	342
	3.8% -
	0.00%
	9,075
	£120,904 7.5%

13. BROOK MEMORIAL HALL (OTTERSHAW VILLAGE HALL)

Christ Church, Ottershaw granted a 35 year lease on the Brook Memorial Hall to a new charity 'Ottershaw Village Hall' with effect from 1 January 2008.

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Christ Church Ottershaw Trust Funds for the year ended 31st December 2023

					31.12.23
				Investments
	1.1.23			31.12.23	at market	Total
	Cash C/f	Receipts	Payments	Cash C/f	value	Funds
	£	£	£	£	£	£
HORA BEQUEST (Charity no 810351)
45 income shares CBF Investment Fund
Upkeep of churchyard	412	28		440	1,017	1,457
MARIE CELESTE BENEFACTION (Charity no 205400)
45 income shares CBF Investment Fund
Benefit of sick & poor of Ottershaw	672	28	-	700	1,017	1,717
SIR JOHN HUMPHREY GRAVE TRUST (Charity no 206773)
Capital (fomerly £695 2.5% Consolidated Stock) now in cash
Upkeep of churchyard	1,038	-	-	1,038	-	1,038
EDITH OLDHAM GRAVE TRUST
Capital (formerly £98.46 3.5% War Stock) now in cash
Care of grave and brass	182	-	-	182	-	182
FLORENCE HICHENS GRAVE TRUST (Charity no 221371)
258 income shares CBF Investment Fund
Upkeep of churchyard	1,507	159	(180)	1,486	5,832	7,318
LILIAN EMILY FLETCHER GRAVE TRUST
393 income shares CBF Investment Fund
Upkeep of churchyard	2,705	243	(180)	2,768	8,884	11,652
AGNES FLETCHER GRAVE TRUST
18 income shares CBF Investment Fund
Upkeep of church and churchyard	204	11	-	215	407	622
	6,720	469	(360)	6,829	17,157	23,986

Note

The Guildford Diocesan Board of Finance are trustees of "Florence Hichens Grave Trust"

The Vicar and churchwardens of Christ Church Ottershaw are trustees of all the other trust funds.

The capital of both the John Humphrey Trust and the Edith Oldham Grave Trust have been repaid and are currently held in cash.

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INCOME		1998		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
STEWARDSHIP		58,421		61,816	62,263	70,437	68,538	68,209	72,617	69,976	70,986	72,777
COLLECTIONS		4,289		3,956	4,141	4,326	3,952	4,377	3,923	3,055	3,259	3,151
LEGACY									6,000	21,500		1,000
CAPITAL				24,331
OTHER		13,623		17,748	20,868	15,993	17,597	21,689	28,724	21,843	12,311	20,811
Income		76,333		107,851	87,272	90,756	90,087	94,275	111,264	116,374	86,556	97,739
RESERVES					14,458			7,501			8,562
INCOME		£76,333		£107,851	£101,730	£90,756	£90,087	£101,776	£111,264	£116,374	£95,118	£97,739
HOW THIS WAS ALLOCATED
PARISH		32,137		31,399	58,046	39,135	38,353	52,007	41,801	35,812	39,001	33,697
DIOCESAN QUOTA		27,357		30,142	32,209	34,969	37,655	39,048	40,817	42,432	44,908	50,297
DONATIONS		12,704		12,059	11,475	13,217	11,090	10,721	12,142	14,861	11,209	12,107
EXPENDITURE		72,198		73,600	101,730	87,321	87,098	101,776	94,760	93,105	95,118	96,101
RESERVES		3,135		34,251		3,435	2,989		16,504	23,269		1,638
		£75,333		£107,851	£101,730	£90,756	£90,087	£101,776	£111,264	£116,374	£95,118	£97,739

% % change of total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ---- 70,218 68,147 79,806 73,640 78,149 78,367 77,643 83,964 61.4% 2,728 3,219 4,598 5,015 4,866 6,544 5,771 9,243 6.8% 11,727 2,000 27,971 16,031 20,523 21,607 35,092 30,557 14,795 36,087 26.4% 100,917 87,397 104,927 100,262 129,834 115,468 100,209 129,294 9,597 10,307 623 7,423 5.4% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £100,209 £136,717 100.0% 45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 45.3% 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 47.4% 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 7.3% 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713 0.0% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £120,616 £136,717 100.0%	% % change of total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ---- 70,218 68,147 79,806 73,640 78,149 78,367 77,643 83,964 61.4% 2,728 3,219 4,598 5,015 4,866 6,544 5,771 9,243 6.8% 11,727 2,000 27,971 16,031 20,523 21,607 35,092 30,557 14,795 36,087 26.4% 100,917 87,397 104,927 100,262 129,834 115,468 100,209 129,294 9,597 10,307 623 7,423 5.4% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £100,209 £136,717 100.0% 45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 45.3% 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 47.4% 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 7.3% 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713 0.0% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £120,616 £136,717 100.0%	% % change of total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ---- 70,218 68,147 79,806 73,640 78,149 78,367 77,643 83,964 61.4% 2,728 3,219 4,598 5,015 4,866 6,544 5,771 9,243 6.8% 11,727 2,000 27,971 16,031 20,523 21,607 35,092 30,557 14,795 36,087 26.4% 100,917 87,397 104,927 100,262 129,834 115,468 100,209 129,294 9,597 10,307 623 7,423 5.4% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £100,209 £136,717 100.0% 45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 45.3% 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 47.4% 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 7.3% 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713 0.0% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £120,616 £136,717 100.0%	% % change of total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ---- 70,218 68,147 79,806 73,640 78,149 78,367 77,643 83,964 61.4% 2,728 3,219 4,598 5,015 4,866 6,544 5,771 9,243 6.8% 11,727 2,000 27,971 16,031 20,523 21,607 35,092 30,557 14,795 36,087 26.4% 100,917 87,397 104,927 100,262 129,834 115,468 100,209 129,294 9,597 10,307 623 7,423 5.4% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £100,209 £136,717 100.0% 45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 45.3% 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 47.4% 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 7.3% 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713 0.0% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £120,616 £136,717 100.0%	% % change of total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ---- 70,218 68,147 79,806 73,640 78,149 78,367 77,643 83,964 61.4% 2,728 3,219 4,598 5,015 4,866 6,544 5,771 9,243 6.8% 11,727 2,000 27,971 16,031 20,523 21,607 35,092 30,557 14,795 36,087 26.4% 100,917 87,397 104,927 100,262 129,834 115,468 100,209 129,294 9,597 10,307 623 7,423 5.4% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £100,209 £136,717 100.0% 45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 45.3% 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 47.4% 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 7.3% 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713 0.0% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £120,616 £136,717 100.0%	% % change of total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ---- 70,218 68,147 79,806 73,640 78,149 78,367 77,643 83,964 61.4% 2,728 3,219 4,598 5,015 4,866 6,544 5,771 9,243 6.8% 11,727 2,000 27,971 16,031 20,523 21,607 35,092 30,557 14,795 36,087 26.4% 100,917 87,397 104,927 100,262 129,834 115,468 100,209 129,294 9,597 10,307 623 7,423 5.4% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £100,209 £136,717 100.0% 45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 45.3% 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 47.4% 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 7.3% 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713 0.0% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £120,616 £136,717 100.0%	% % change of total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ---- 70,218 68,147 79,806 73,640 78,149 78,367 77,643 83,964 61.4% 2,728 3,219 4,598 5,015 4,866 6,544 5,771 9,243 6.8% 11,727 2,000 27,971 16,031 20,523 21,607 35,092 30,557 14,795 36,087 26.4% 100,917 87,397 104,927 100,262 129,834 115,468 100,209 129,294 9,597 10,307 623 7,423 5.4% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £100,209 £136,717 100.0% 45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 45.3% 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 47.4% 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 7.3% 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713 0.0% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £120,616 £136,717 100.0%	% % change of total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ---- 70,218 68,147 79,806 73,640 78,149 78,367 77,643 83,964 61.4% 2,728 3,219 4,598 5,015 4,866 6,544 5,771 9,243 6.8% 11,727 2,000 27,971 16,031 20,523 21,607 35,092 30,557 14,795 36,087 26.4% 100,917 87,397 104,927 100,262 129,834 115,468 100,209 129,294 9,597 10,307 623 7,423 5.4% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £100,209 £136,717 100.0% 45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 45.3% 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 47.4% 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 7.3% 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713 0.0% £110,514 £97,704 £104,927 £100,262 £129,834 £116,091 £120,616 £136,717 100.0%
£110,514	£97,704	£104,927	£100,262	£129,834	£116,091	£100,209	£136,717
45,043 32,750 34,009 32,438 34,026 44,909 48,728 61,966 56,332 59,112 58,647 60,330 61,586 62,566 63,937 64,751 9,139 5,842 8,061 7,486 6,509 8,616 7,951 10,000 110,514 97,704 100,717 100,254 102,121 116,091 120,616 136,717 4,210 8 27,713
£110,514	£97,704	£104,927	£100,262	£129,834	£116,091	£120,616	£136,717

Independent Examiner's Report to the Parochial Council of Chri

I report to the Parochial Church Council, who are the trustees of Christ Church Ottershaw accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, as set out on pages 14 to 21.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are respons accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under s 2011 ("the Charities Act") and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act

• to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commi the Charities Act, and

• to state whether matters have come to my attention

Basis of independent examiner's statement My examination was carried out in accorda by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records k comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any s undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and conseq whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matte

Independent examiner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has c

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respects the requirem

• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and

• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the acc Charities Act;

have not been met: or

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper underst reached.

Michelle H Matthews ACCA FMAAT

13 Mapledrakes Close, Ewhurst, Surrey, GU6 7QR

w (Charity no 1134029) on the

sible for the preparation of the section 144 of the Charities Act

ission (under section 145(5)(b) of

ance with general Directions given kept by the charity and a of any any unusual items or such matters. The procedures quently no opinion is given as to ers set out in the statement below.

come to my attention: ments counting requirements of the

tanding of the accounts to be