THE ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY (Charity No. 1134367)
For the year ended 31 December 2021
Parish Church of All Saints, Westbury
Holy Saviour Church, Westbury Leigh
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY
TRUSTEES' REPORT
For the year ended 31 December 2021
Aims and Purposes
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Westbury has the responsibility of cooperating with the clergy of the White Horse Team in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical.
Objectives & Activities
The primary object of the Westbury PCC is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England.
The PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent in promoting the ecclesiastical parish and the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical. It also has the responsibilities for both church buildings and the Parish Hall.
In accordance with the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit the incumbent and the PCC have ensured that all worship is open to all and encourage parishioners to take an active part in all aspects of the life of the Church.
Achievements & Performance
2021 has been another challenging year for the Parish of Westbury, as we continued to live with the Covid 19 pandemic. The year started with another lockdown from January to Easter. The successful vaccination programme meant that by the time we came to the lifting of some restrictions, many people had been vaccinated and felt safer about coming out. After the lockdown in the early part of the year, our first service back in church was, appropriately, on Easter Day, when we celebrated Jesus’ resurrection and look forward to new life.
During the lockdown restrictions, we were able to worship online, and we continued to keep in touch with people through our different means of communications: e-newsletters, printed newsletters delivered each week to those not online, phone calls, emails and visits to people’s doorsteps and gardens.
After coming out of lockdown, we alternated worship between All Saints, Holy Trinity and online, until we felt more confident to offer weekly worship in All Saints. In September 2021, we introduced worship fortnightly in Holy Saviour, and in October we re-introduced Wednesday morning Holy Communion at a revised time of 11.00 am to allow more space for First Steps to Worship. We also re-started the 8.00 am Holy Communion service on the fourth Sunday of the month. The Parish of All Saints continued with this pattern, to the end of the year. Café Church has continued online because the schools continued to live with restrictions, and people didn’t feel safe about returning to in person worship there. Those who are not able to return to worship, have appreciated joining in with online worship in the meantime.
New Curate
We were delighted to welcome our new Curate, Holly Newton who was ordained Deacon on 27th June. Holly has quickly established herself as a member of our Team and has settled in well. Holly has taken the lead on several initiatives amongst families and children. In October she organized a Light Party as an alternative Hallowe’en event. It was great to welcome about twenty children with their parents and carers. They enjoyed craft activities, games, food, and a story about some of the heroes of our faith. At Christmas, Holly led the Christingle service at All Saints, and we have plans underway for a Family Service for Mothering Sunday and an Easter fun morning for families over the Easter weekend in 2022. Holly has also been the instigator of a new toddler group with Westbury Area Churches Together, called Little Lights Stay and Play. This is due to start in March 2022.
Vision for the future
In September we held an Away Day at the Westbury Leigh Community Hall. About twenty-five members of the church gathered for the day. It was a joy to be reunited in person across our parish, to eat together and renew old friendships and make new ones. Holly and the Team Rector, Rev’d Rebecca Harris led three different sessions, building on the work which our PCC had done over the winter/spring before. We looked at our church life being Up, In and Out. We need to strengthen each one of these for our church to be a healthy community.
At the end of the meeting, people were invited to sign up to one of three groups each focusing on one of these areas. These groups continue to meet to continue the discussion and will develop some of the ideas in 2022.
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY
TRUSTEES' REPORT
For the year ended 31 December 2021
Grants Received in 2021 Cultural Recovery Fund
We were delighted to be successful in our application for a grant of £24,400 from the Cultural Recovery Fund. This supported various items of maintenance including repairs to the lead roof and rainwater goods.
We worked with a graphic designer, to create a new pilgrimage trail around the church. The resulting roller banners are a very attractive addition to our church building, inviting visitors, young and old, to discover more about how our building tells the story of our faith. We undertook a deep clean of the building and hired a skip to de-clutter the church. We were also able to refresh our stationery and notice boards, and generally improve our appeal to visitors.
Screen and Projector
Thanks to grants of £3,000 from the Wiltshire Council Westbury Community Area Board, £4,000 from the Allchurches Trust Hope Beyond Fund and donations by members of the Church a screen and projector were installed in the Chancel to enable more flexible styles of worship. This welcome new facility has also been used by the Westbury Festival, for talks and presentations in the church, and for our schools’ services.
Saints Alive
In 2020 Churchwarden, Beth Thomas secured a grant from the Wiltshire Council Westbury Community Area Board to hold three arts workshops (ceramics, art, and creative writing). These were delayed by the pandemic and held during the summer of 2021. There was a good take up of these workshops and we were pleased to welcome several people, new to our church, to engage in this project. Another grant from the Diocese of Salisbury’s Adhelm Mission Fund was received in 2021 for similar workshops for young people which are planned for February 2022.
Attendance
Average numbers for our services are given below
Sundays at All Saints’:
Said Communion (12), Parish Communion (40)
Mid-week at All Saints’:
Holy Communion (13)
Sundays at Holy Saviour:
Family Communion (24).
In addition to our regular pattern of worship there have been eight Baptisms and fourteen funerals conducted in our churches, as well as thirteen in the crematorium during the year.
The Mother’s Union branch meets monthly. Online study groups continue to meet using the Pilgrim Course material.
Plans for 2022
At the end of the 2021, we were invited by the Diocese to take part in the Flex Programme which is part of the Rural Hope initiative. We are forming a group which would be a “think tank” on mission, and this will begin in the spring of 2022.
Financial Review
Income from all sources continues to be lower than pre-pandemic levels due to reduced attendance and interruptions to the normal patterns of worship. As restrictions were lifted fundraising activity could take place. Most importantly the Westbury Festival and Christmas Tree Festival was able to return after an interruption in 2020. These are not only a wonderful way to welcome large numbers of people into our church building but also provide crucial fundraising opportunities.
Included in the General Fund are outstanding amounts of committed expenditure from the Cultural Recovery Fund Grant (£3,441) and the Adhelm Fund Grant activity which was delayed until 2022 (£1,338). When these amounts are deducted there is a small surplus of £1,371 on the General Fund.
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY
TRUSTEES' REPORT
For the year ended 31 December 2021
Once the one-off grants received totalling over £32,738 are excluded total income within the General Fund was £65,875 compared to £65,922 in 2020.The PCC has continued to pay just 60% of the Fairer Share due to the Diocese of Salisbury to balance its budget. Requests for members to increase their giving and participating in the national Generous Giving Campaign met with limited success.
Reserves policy
It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to approximately £20,000. It is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The cash balance of approximately £36,000 held on unrestricted (including designated) funds at the year-end was comfortably above this target, although the funds are largely designated for particular purposes. It is the PCC’s hope to maintain this over time but are mindful of the reduction in such funds during the year.
Volunteers
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported our parish during 2021. It has been a challenging time in all sorts of ways, and we have been tested in our faith, but it has been wonderful to see people rallying round, being prepared to make changes, and respond to the opportunities presented to us. We pray that we will continue to grow in our faith, as we seek to reach out to our local communities with the good news of Christ, and continue to be a loving and welcoming community to all.
Structure, Governance & Management
The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is registered with the Charity Commission.
The method of appointing the PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. Clergy, Churchwardens, and elected representatives on the Deanery Synod are ex-officio members and up to 12 members are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.
Administrative information
The Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of Westbury (PCC) is a registered charity, number 1134367. The principal office of the charity is The White Horse Team Office, Churchyard, Westbury, BA13 3BT.
The registered Trustees at the time of this report are:
Team Rector The Rev’d Rebecca Harris Team Vicar The Rev’d Caroline Husband Team Curate The Rev’d Holly Newton (from 27 June 2020) Churchwarden Elisabeth Thomas Ruth Hann Deanery Synod Reps Elisabeth Thomas Elected Members Iain Brownlie Sharon Jones Debbie McEntee Lily Munday Brian Osborne Ex- officio Ashley Jones LLM
The Parish Church is located off the Market Place in Westbury and is dedicated to All Saints’. There is a chapel of ease at Westbury Leigh which is dedicated to the Holy Saviour. The Parish is part of the White Horse Team Ministry in the Heytesbury Deanery in the Diocese of Salisbury within the Church of England.
There are two Church Schools in Westbury and our Foundation Governors are:
Westbury Junior School: Brian Osborne Ian Cunningham Rev’d Melanie Otto (resigned March 2021) The Rev’d Rebecca Harris (appointed April 2021) Westbury Leigh Junior School: The Rev’d Caroline Husband
The Electoral was reviewed in 2021 and registered 128 members.
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For the year ended 31 December 2021
INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY (Charity number 1134367)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31 December 2021.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity 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 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:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
James Gare FCA DChA
2 Henford Close Warminster Wiltshire BA12 9RA
Date
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 31 December 2021
| Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | Section A Receipts and payments and movements in investments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | General funds to the nearest £ 5,350 32,738 - 138 5,689 4,099 38,754 8,634 500 8,403 2,455 |
Designated funds to the nearest £ 10 - 9,155 - - 273 - - - - |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ 470 - - 501 - 555 543 - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 5,830 32,738 9,155 639 5,689 4,927 38,754 9,177 500 8,403 2,455 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Fundraising | 5,350 | 3,350 | |||||||||
| Grants | 32,738 | 1,338 | |||||||||
| Church hall lettings | - | 9,343 | |||||||||
| Sales ofgoods and services | 138 | 507 | |||||||||
| Fees from occiasional services | 5,689 | 5,443 | |||||||||
| Dividends and interest | 4,099 | 4,758 | |||||||||
| Gift Aid donations | 38,754 | 40,987 | |||||||||
| Other donations | 8,634 | 6,227 | |||||||||
| Legacydonations | 500 | ||||||||||
| Gift aid reclaimed | 8,403 | 8,921 | |||||||||
| Other income | 2,455 | - | |||||||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 106,760 | 9,438 | 2,069 | - | 118,267 | 80,874 | ||||||
| - 35,237 4,120 1,878 11,538 47,697 |
- - - - - 5,615 |
- - - - - - |
- 35,237 4,315 2,243 12,671 53,902 |
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| Giving - mission and relief and development agencies |
- | - | - | 146 | |||||||
| Parish Share | 35,237 | - | - | 44,297 | |||||||
| Worship | 4,120 | 195 | - | 2,111 | |||||||
| Fundraising | 1,878 | 365 | - | 580 | |||||||
| Administration | 11,538 | 1,133 | - | 9,757 | |||||||
| Premises | 47,697 | 590 | - | 20,801 | |||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A4 Investmentgains |
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| 100,470 | 5,615 | 2,283 | - | 108,368 | 77,692 | ||||||
| 6,290 | 3,823 | (214) | - | 9,899 | 3,182 | ||||||
| - | - | 10,218 | 24,634 | 34,852 | |||||||
| Unrealised (losses) / gains on CBF |
- | - | 10,218 | 24,634 | 34,852 | 16,306 | |||||
| Sub total | - | - | 10,218 | 24,634 | 34,852 | 16,306 | |||||
| Net of receipts / (payments) and investment gains A5 Transfers between funds A6 Monetary funds last year end Monetary funds this year end |
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| 6,290 | 3,823 | 10,004 | 24,634 | 44,751 | 19,488 | ||||||
| - 286,174 330,925 |
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| (140) | - | 140 | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | 36,046 | 80,628 | 169,500 | 286,174 | 266,686 | ||||||
| 6,150 | 39,869 | 90,772 | 194,134 | ||||||||
| 6,150 | 39,869 | 90,772 | 194,134 | 330,925 | 286,174 |
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 31 December 2021
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B2 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds and funds held in the CBF Church of England Investment Fund |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Lloyds TSB Bell ringers Account CBF Church of England Investments |
General funds to nearest £ 6,150 - - |
General funds to nearest £ 6,150 - - |
Designated funds to nearest £ 39,869 - - |
Designated funds to nearest £ 39,869 - - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 15,997 6,397 68,378 |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 15,997 6,397 68,378 |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,150 | 39,869 | 15,997 | - | |||||
| - | - | 6,397 | - | |||||
| - | - | 68,378 | 194,134 | |||||
| 6,150 | 39,869 | 90,772 | 194,134 | |||||
| OK | ||||||||
| Current value (optional) |
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| Westbury Leigh Community Hall - insurance reimbursement | 2,187 | |||||||
| Details | When due (optional) |
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| - | ||||||||
| Signature | Date of approval | |||||||
| Rev’d Rebecca Harris (Team Rector) | ||||||||
| Elisabeth Thomas (Churchwarden) |
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 31 December 2021
| Section C Statement of funds at the end of the period | Section C Statement of funds at the end of the period | Section C Statement of funds at the end of the period | Section C Statement of funds at the end of the period | Section C Statement of funds at the end of the period | Section C Statement of funds at the end of the period | Section C Statement of funds at the end of the period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought Forward to nearest £ C1 Unrestrictedgeneral funds |
Income to nearest £ |
Expenditure to nearest £ |
Transfers to nearest £ |
Gains on Investments to nearest £ |
Carried Forward to nearest £ |
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| General fund | - | 106,760 | (100,470) | (140) | - | 6,150 | |||||
| Sub total | - | 106,760 | (100,470) | (140) | - | 6,150 | |||||
| C2 Unrestricted designated funds DiscretionaryFund 3,947 Easter Thanksgiving 1,431 Phyllis Griffin Bequest 12,014 Parish Hall 16,429 SpecialGift 2,199 Windows book 26 |
- 273 9,155 10 |
- - (5,615) |
- - |
- - - - - - |
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| DiscretionaryFund | 3,947 | 273 | - | - | - | 4,220 | |||||
| Easter Thanksgiving | 1,431 | - | 1,431 | ||||||||
| Phyllis Griffin Bequest | 12,014 | - | 12,014 | ||||||||
| Parish Hall | 16,429 | 9,155 | (5,615) | - | 19,969 | ||||||
| SpecialGift | 2,199 | - | 2,199 | ||||||||
| Windows book | 26 | 10 | - | 36 | |||||||
| Sub total | 36,046 | 9,438 | (5,615) | - | - | 39,869 | |||||
| C3 Restricted funds | - 885 318 532 796 252 7,716 180 464 6,486 459 593 2,780 19 9,551 1,413 48,184 |
- 470 - 266 187 501 40 316 289 |
- (365) - (195) (590) (789) (344) |
- 90 50 |
- - 1,690 8,528 |
- | |||||
| 100 Club | 885 | 470 | (365) | - | 990 | ||||||
| A-S Choir | 318 | - | - | 90 | 408 | ||||||
| A-SFabric | 532 | 266 | 798 | ||||||||
| A-SFlower | 796 | (195) | 50 | 651 | |||||||
| A-S Garden | 252 | 252 | |||||||||
| A-S Organ | 7,716 | 187 | 7,903 | ||||||||
| A-S Organ& Choir | 180 | 180 | |||||||||
| A-SReordering | 464 | 464 | |||||||||
| BellsRevenue | 6,486 | 501 | (590) | 6,397 | |||||||
| Children'sMission | 459 | 40 | 499 | ||||||||
| Curacy | 593 | 316 | (789) | 120 | |||||||
| H-SFabric | 2,780 | 289 | 3,069 | ||||||||
| H-SFlower | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
| Marlborough fund | 9,551 | 1,690 | 11,241 | ||||||||
| StAldhamGrant | 1,413 | (344) | 1,069 | ||||||||
| Tin Hut Deposit | 48,184 | 8,528 | 56,712 | ||||||||
| Sub total | 80,628 | 2,069 | (2,283) | 140 | 10,218 | 90,772 | |||||
| C4 Endowment funds | - 9,167 5,868 9,947 6,661 128,468 9,389 |
- - - - - - - |
- - - - - - - |
- - - - - - - |
- 1,332 853 1,446 968 18,670 1,365 |
- | |||||
| AS Church Repair Fund | 9,167 | - | - | - | 1,332 | 10,499 | |||||
| H-S Endowment | 5,868 | - | - | - | 853 | 6,721 | |||||
| Holy Saviour church repair fund |
9,947 | - | - | - | 1,446 | 11,393 | |||||
| KnightEndowment | 6,661 | - | - | - | 968 | 7,629 | |||||
| MabelSmith Endowment | 128,468 | - | - | - | 18,670 | 147,138 | |||||
| Stafford Brown CCLA | 9,389 | - | - | - | 1,365 | 10,754 | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 169,500 | - | - | - | 24,634 | 194,134 | |||||
| Totals | - | - | - | ||||||||
| 286,174 | 118,267 | (108,368) | - | 34,852 | 330,925 |
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTBURY
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 31 December 2021
Section D Notes to the accounts
D1 Basis of accounts preperation
Although the accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments method, the unrealised gain on the funds held in the CBF Church of England Investment Fund have also been included to provide a fuller understanding of the Charity's monetary assets.
D2 Endowments
All Saints' Church Repair Fund incorporates: Cox bequest, Cutler/ Francis bequest, Massey Lopes bequest, Timsbury bequest.
Holy Saviour Church repair fund incorporates: Henry Butcher bequest, W/L Church Repair fund
Stafford Brown Endowment incorporates Gibbs bequest.
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