## **ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**For the year ended 31 December 2022 The Parochial Church Council of St Peter’s Addingham Registered Charity : 1134446**
**2022 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of St Peter’s Church, Addingham**
Registered charity number : 1134446
## **Aims and purposes**
St Peter’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent, the Reverend Mark Cannon in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church and Church Hall at Church Street, Addingham.
## **Objectives and activities**
The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at the church and to become part of the parish community at St Peter’s. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how services can involve the many groups that live within the parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.
When planning activities for the year, the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit has been considered, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities and the advancement of religion. In particular, the PCC tries to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of the parish community through :
- Worship and prayer;
- Learning about the gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus
- Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish
- Missionary and outreach work
To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St Peter and the Church Hall.
## **Financial Review**
In the year to 31 December 2022, the net income of the year can be summarised as follows :
||2022 2021||
|---|---|---|
|Surplus/(Deficit) on sales and revaluation of the parish investments £ (74,119) £ 46,038|||
|Deficit in the day to day running of the parish|£ (40,331)|£|
|(64,912)|||
|Total|£ (114,450)|£|
|(18,874)|||
The above figures demonstrate how dependent the Parish is on the investment income. In the past few years the Parish has made considerable surpluses on its investments. The year 2022 was, however, a very bad year for those investing in Stock Market investments. Whilst the
Parish still has very considerable reserves, the Church Council has decided that efforts should be made to increase the giving of the congregation to reduce the deficit on day to day running of the parish which includes our payments to the Diocese. These payments, known as Share, are a contribution to Diocesan expenses which includes the salary and housing of our Rector as well as a contribution to the costs of the Diocese and also costs incurred by parishes less fortunate than ourselves.
It should be highlighted that St Peter’s has paid the full amount of the share requested by the Diocese for the last 30 years and more, a record few parishes can match.
Whilst the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been less in 2022 than in the two previous years, there remains some after-effects. Great efforts have been put into enabling parishioners to follow services online and the success of this project has resulted in less actual church attendance. Nevertheless, there are signs that attendances are improving. One significant factor has been the recruitment of Tamsin Waddilow-Carr to be the Family Worker which has attracted families to the monthly family service as well as Messy Church. This is an added cost for the Parish, but this is money well spent if, as is happening, it does bring younger people to St peter’s.
The year has, of course, like last year been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic with the Church used only with limited numbers in the congregation, partly because of Government regulations and partly due to parishioners being hesitant to attend services with the possibility of catching the covid virus. As with other churches, charities and also commercial enterprises, this does have an effect on the Parish finances and it is hoped that as the pandemic falls away, normal life will help the ongoing deficit decreasing and the Parish being less reliant on its investment income.
Most income and expenditure items were roughly in line with the previous year. Fees for using the Hall did increase, probably due to local people being less concerned about the pandemic. The amount the Diocese requested as share did reduce for 2022 and, as noted above, was paid in full.
Every five years, a report on the fabric of all churches is made to their Diocese to enable the state of repair to be monitored by the property arm of the Diocese. This can be a cause of great concern to many parishes who fear that the report may identify that great expenditure would be required. However, it can be reported that our architect found little cause for concern when he had issued his quinquennial report, that is his five-year report, and the annual repair and maintenance expenses was far less than the previous year. However, this is unlikely to be repeated in 2023 as some trees had been identified as a possible danger to passers-by and will need cutting back.
## **Reserves Policy**
It is the policy of the PCC to maintain sufficient reserves invested so that investment income supplements the other income of the parish. It is the long term aim of the PCC to generate sufficient funds to pay the Church’s payments to the Diocese and every other day by day expenses without utilising this income which can then be used for other projects.
## **Volunteers**
The PCC would like to thank all the volunteers who helped the Parish through this year. Particular mention should be made of the wardens, Joy Harper and Penny Crisfield and all of those who contributed to a new norm, that of worshipping online. They have worked so tirelessly on behalf of the Parish.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The PCC is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is a registered charity.
The method of appointment of the PCC is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Peter’s, the membership of the PCC consists of the Incumbent (our Rector), church wardens, the reader and members who are elected by those members of the Church who are on the electoral roll. All members of the congregation who attend our services are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. PCC Members are elected for three years at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. A report on the work of the PCC is attached and this includes details of the number of meetings and the attendance.
The full PCC met eight times during the year and the average attendance was tthirteen. Given its wide responsibilities, the PCC has three sub-committees, each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees are the Standing Committee, the Investment Committee and the Physical Resources Committee. In addition there are Working Groups covering Worship, Communications and Pastoral Care. The Sub-Committees and the Working Groups report back to the PCC regularly with minutes of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary.
## **Administrative Information**
St Peter’s is situated in Church Street, Addingham. It is part of the Diocese of Leeds, within the Province of York and within the Church of England. The Church Council is registered with the Charity Commissioners under the name “The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter’s Addingham” and has the registered charity number of 1134446.
Being a charity, the members of the PCC are also the trustees of the church.
PCC members/trustees who have served at any time from 1[st] January 2022 until the date of this report was approved are :
_Ex officio_
_Incumbent :_ The Reverend Mark Cannon _Lay Reader :_ Mrs Anne Hodgson _Wardens :_ Ms Penny Crisfield Mrs Joy Harper
_Representatives on the Deanery Synod :_
Professor Arthur Francis (also Diocesan Synod member) Ms Jacqui Hand _(retired 27 September 2022)_ Mr Roger Bainbridge
_Elected members :_
Mr Gordon Atkinson ( _retired 15 May 2022)_ Mr Roger Bainbridge Mrs Christine Bean Mr Keith Boothroyd Mrs Lucy Comerford Mr Ian Hepworth (Treasurer) Mr John Holdsworth Mrs Judith Idle (Deputy Warden) Mrs Sue Settle Mr Matt Waddilove-Carr Mrs Margaret Widdowson _(retired 15 May 2022)_ Miss Judith Worsnop
## **Friends of St Peters Addingham**
FOSPA, as it popularly known is a separate charity registered with the Charity Commission with the charity number 513674. It was set up to raise money for the Parish by serving teas on a Sunday afternoon mainly to visitors to the Parish, which it has done for many years. Its accounts are shown separately. Due to the pandemic, the FOSPA did not operate in 2021.
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of St Peter’s Church, Addingham, Parochial Church Council**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2022
As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts under Section 145 of the 2011 Act
- Follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, and
- State whether particular matters have come to my attention .
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It includes consideration of 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 a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent Examiner’s Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention :
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records 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.
J Bridgford Chartered Accountants, 17 The Grove ILKLEY. 23rd March 2023
## **ST PETER'S PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ADDINGHAM BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER 2022**
|Note
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
6
Investments
7
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
8
Short term deposits
Cash at bank
**LIABILITIES**
Creditors : Amounts falling due in one year : accruals
9
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL NET ASSETS**
**PARISH FUNDS**
Unrestricted
11
Restricted
11
Endowment Funds
11|2022
£
127,348
440,179
567,527
13,721
7,118
11,571
32,410
1,099
31,311
598,838
1,893
232,955
363,990
598,838|2021
£
129,092
563,981|
|---|---|---|
|||693,073|
|||10,588
10,197
13,864|
|||34,649|
|||3,356|
|||31,293|
|||724,366|
|||13,592
232,334
478,440|
|||724,366|
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 21 March 2023 and signed on its behalf by :
I R Hepworth Treasurer
The attached notes form part of these accounts
## **ST PETER'S PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ADDINGHAM**
|**Mary Coates Fabric Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
_2016_
_2015_
_2014_
£
£
£
_Receipts_
Investment Income - Mills Bequest
120 120
Other Investment Income
180 180
Collection for Fabric Fund
_Surplus for the year_
300 300
**Hilda Holmes Bequest Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
_Receipts_
Investment Income
0 1,062
Investments Revaluation
-992 49
Historic Buildings Grant
4528 -
3,536 1,111
_Payments_
Insurance
2,261
Water
301
Repairs
2,672
Cleaning
5,351
Organ service
150
Gravelling Field
Sundries
Brokers Charges
280
Depreciation of Hall
2,868
13,883
_Surplus for the year_
- 12,772
**Betty Jackson Fund Bequest Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
Legacy received
-
Simulator bell system
-
_Surplus for the year_
-
**Phyllis Holmes Fund - Expendable Endowment**
_Receipts_
Income from Investments
17,856
Profit/Loss on Sale of Investments
1,121
Investment Revaluation
6,467
25,444
_Payments_
Stockbrokers Charges
2,580
Youth Network
2,000
4,580
_Surplus for the year_
20,864|**Mary Coates Fabric Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
_2016_
_2015_
_2014_
£
£
£
_Receipts_
Investment Income - Mills Bequest
120 120
Other Investment Income
180 180
Collection for Fabric Fund
_Surplus for the year_
300 300
**Hilda Holmes Bequest Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
_Receipts_
Investment Income
0 1,062
Investments Revaluation
-992 49
Historic Buildings Grant
4528 -
3,536 1,111
_Payments_
Insurance
2,261
Water
301
Repairs
2,672
Cleaning
5,351
Organ service
150
Gravelling Field
Sundries
Brokers Charges
280
Depreciation of Hall
2,868
13,883
_Surplus for the year_
- 12,772
**Betty Jackson Fund Bequest Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
Legacy received
-
Simulator bell system
-
_Surplus for the year_
-
**Phyllis Holmes Fund - Expendable Endowment**
_Receipts_
Income from Investments
17,856
Profit/Loss on Sale of Investments
1,121
Investment Revaluation
6,467
25,444
_Payments_
Stockbrokers Charges
2,580
Youth Network
2,000
4,580
_Surplus for the year_
20,864|**Mary Coates Fabric Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
_2016_
_2015_
_2014_
£
£
£
_Receipts_
Investment Income - Mills Bequest
120 120
Other Investment Income
180 180
Collection for Fabric Fund
_Surplus for the year_
300 300
**Hilda Holmes Bequest Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
_Receipts_
Investment Income
0 1,062
Investments Revaluation
-992 49
Historic Buildings Grant
4528 -
3,536 1,111
_Payments_
Insurance
2,261
Water
301
Repairs
2,672
Cleaning
5,351
Organ service
150
Gravelling Field
Sundries
Brokers Charges
280
Depreciation of Hall
2,868
13,883
_Surplus for the year_
- 12,772
**Betty Jackson Fund Bequest Fund Income & Expenditure - Restricted Fund**
Legacy received
-
Simulator bell system
-
_Surplus for the year_
-
**Phyllis Holmes Fund - Expendable Endowment**
_Receipts_
Income from Investments
17,856
Profit/Loss on Sale of Investments
1,121
Investment Revaluation
6,467
25,444
_Payments_
Stockbrokers Charges
2,580
Youth Network
2,000
4,580
_Surplus for the year_
20,864|
|---|---|---|
||300 300||
||0 1,062
-992 49
4528 -||
||3,536|1,111|
|||2,261
301
2,672
5,351
150
280
2,868|
|||13,883|
||||
|||- 12,772|
|||-
-|
|||-|
|||17,856
1,121
6,467|
|||25,444|
|||2,580
2,000|
|||4,580|
|||20,864|
## **ST PETER'S PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ADDINGHAM NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022**
|**3. EXPENDITURE**
Giving to missionary societies
Giving -relief & development agencies
Other donations to support charities
Diocesan parish share
Parish Administrator (note 4)
Working expenses of Clergy
Insurance
Organ service
Church maintenance
Cleaning & Gardening
Service costs
Bellringers & Bells
Printing, postage and stationery
Telephone
Proposed hall extension costs
Depreciation of equipment (note 5)
Water
Heat & Light
Cost of independent examiner
Youth Worker
Other payments
**3(b) Raising Funds**
Printing the magazine
Brokers charges
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
3(a)_Church Activities_|Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
TOTAL FUNDS
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
£
3,000 - - 3,000 3,000
1,000 - - 1,000 1,000
150 - - 150 1,330|
|---|---|
||4,150 - - 4,150 5,330
-
74,744 - - 74,744 77,357
4,234 - - 4,234 3,364
2,000 - - 2,000 1,426
3,059 - - 3,059 2,945
180 - - 180 500
6,264 - - 6,264 14,468
6,408 - - 6,408 7,310
405 - - 405 148
- - - - 108
4,043 - - 4,043 1,826
997 - - 997 1,669
1,489 - - 1,489 462
5,656 - - 5,656 9,330
432 - - 432 205
3,388 - - 3,388 4,384
300 - - 300 300
2,773 - - 2,773 -
4,840 - - 4,840 4,648|
||125,362 - - 125,362 135,780|
||399 - - 399 1,596
- - 2,723 2,723 2,870|
||399 - 2,723 3,122 4,466|
|||
||125,761 - 2,723 128,484 140,246|
## **4. REMUNERATION OF EMPLOYEES AND COUNCILLORS**
The only paid employee is the parish administrator. The amount payable related to gross wages. No national Insurance or pension fund contributions were made during the year.
Fees charged for weddings and funerals include payments to verger, sacristan and organist, which are not included in the accounts of the PCC.
## **5. ANALYSIS OF TRANSFER BETWEEN FUNDS**
|Current surplus on endowment fund|General
P.Holmes
Unrestricted
Endowment
Total
£
£
£|
|---|---|
||52,000
-52,000-|
## **ST PETER'S PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ADDINGHAM NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022**
## **2. INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
|||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted
Endowment
|Restricted
Endowment
|TOTAL FUNDS|TOTAL FUNDS|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Funds|Funds
Funds||2022|2021|
||||£|£
£||£|£|
|2(a) Voluntary Income||||||||
||Planned giving|||||||
||Gift aid donations||32,892|||32,892|30,424|
||Tax recoverable||8,656|||8,656|8,333|
||Collections - open plate||6,717|||6,717|3,327|
||Grants : GASDS top up payment||-|||-|202|
||Legacy||1,581|||1,581|481|
||Sundry donations||233|||233|640|
||||50,079|-|-|50,079|43,407|
|2(b)_Other voluntary_|_Activities for generating funds_
|||||||
||Sales of and Advertisement in_"Sourc_||183|-|-|183|375|
|2(c)_Income from investments_||||||||
||Dividends and interest||480|621 14,392||15,493|15,960|
||Loss/Profit on sale of investments||-|-6,246-||6,246|9,153|
||||480|621 8,146||9,247|25,113|
|_Church Activities_
2(d)_Incoming resour_||||||||
||Church hall lettings||4,227|-|-|4,227|1,504|
||Fees for weddings and funerals||7,093|-|-|7,093|8,561|
||||11,320|-|-|11,320|10,065|
|**TOTAL INCOMING**|**RESOURCES**||62,062|621 8,146||70,829|78,960|
|**ST PETER'S PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ADDINGHAM**||||||||
|**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)**||||||||
|**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022**||||||||
|**3. EXPENDITURE**||Unrestricted||Restricted
Endowment
||TOTAL FUNDS||
||||Funds|Funds
Funds||2022|2021|
||||£|£
£||£|£|
|3(a)_Church Activities_||||||||
||Giving to missionary societies||3,000|-|-|3,000|3,000|
||Giving -relief & development agencies||1,000|-|-|1,000|1,000|
||Other donations to support charities||150|-|-|150|1,330|
||||4,150|-|-|4,150|5,330|
||||||-|||
||Diocesan parish share||74,744|-|-|74,744|77,357|
||Parish Administrator (note 4)||4,234|-|-|4,234|3,364|
||Working expenses of Clergy||2,000|-|-|2,000|1,426|
||Insurance||3,059|-|-|3,059|2,945|
||Organ service||180|-|-|180|500|
||Church maintenance||6,264|-|-|6,264|14,468|
||Cleaning & Gardening||6,408|-|-|6,408|7,310|
||Service costs||405|-|-|405|148|
||Bellringers & Bells||-|-|-|-|108|
||Printing, postage and stationery||4,043|-|-|4,043|1,826|
||Telephone||997|-|-|997|1,669|
||Proposed hall extension costs||1,489|-|-|1,489|462|
||Depreciation of equipment (note 5)||5,656|-|-|5,656|9,330|
||Water||432|-|-|432|205|
||Heat & Light||3,388|-|-|3,388|4,384|
||Cost of independent examiner||300|-|-|300|300|
||Youth Worker||2,773|-|-|2,773|-|
||Other payments||4,840|-|-|4,840|4,648|
||||125,362|-|-|125,362|135,780|
|**3(b) Raising Funds**||||||||
||Printing the magazine||399|-|-|399|1,596|
||Brokers charges||-|- 2,723||2,723|2,870|
||||399|- 2,723||3,122|4,466|
|||||||||
||**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**||125,761|- 2,723||128,484|140,246|
## **PARISH CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST PETER'S ADDINGHAM**
## **CASHFLOW STATEMENT for the year ended 31st December 2022**
|**Net cash generated in operating activities**
**Cashflow from investing activities**
Dividends & interest from investments
Interest paid
Proceeds from the sale of :
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed investments
Purchase of :
Tangible fixed asset for the use of the PCC
Fixed asset investments
**Net cash providedby investing activities**
**Change in cash and cash equivalents**
**in the reporting period**
**Cash and cash equivalents at 1st January 2022**
**Cash and cash equivalents at 31st December 2022**
**Reconciliation of net expenditure**
**before investment gains**
**Net expenditure before investments gains**
**Adjustments for**
Depreciation
Dividends and interest
(Increase)/Decrease in debtors
Decrease/(Increase) in creditors
**Net cash used in operating activities**
**Analysis of cash and cash equivalents**
Cash in hand
Notice deposits|**2022**
2021
**£**
**£**
£
£
**- 66,636**
7,721
**15,493**
15,960
-
-
-
**103,150**
101,280
**- 3,912**
- 394
**- 53,467**
- 166,794
**61,264**
- 49,948
**- 5,372**
- 42,227
**24,061**
66,288
**18,689**
24,061
-
**- 51,409**
- 66,579
**5,656**
9,330
**- 15,493**
- 15,820
**- 3,133**
108,292
**- 2,257**
- 27,502
**- 66,636**
7,721
**11,571**
13,864
**7,118**
10,197
**18,689**
24,061|**2022**
2021
**£**
**£**
£
£
**- 66,636**
7,721
**15,493**
15,960
-
-
-
**103,150**
101,280
**- 3,912**
- 394
**- 53,467**
- 166,794
**61,264**
- 49,948
**- 5,372**
- 42,227
**24,061**
66,288
**18,689**
24,061
-
**- 51,409**
- 66,579
**5,656**
9,330
**- 15,493**
- 15,820
**- 3,133**
108,292
**- 2,257**
- 27,502
**- 66,636**
7,721
**11,571**
13,864
**7,118**
10,197
**18,689**
24,061|
|---|---|---|
||||
|||- 42,227
66,288|
|||24,061|
|||
- 66,579
9,330
- 15,820
108,292
- 27,502|
|||7,721|
|||13,864
10,197|
|||24,061|
## **ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**For the year ended 31 December 2022 The Parochial Church Council of St Peter’s Addingham Registered Charity : 1134446**
**2022 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of St Peter’s Church, Addingham**
Registered charity number : 1134446
## **Aims and purposes**
St Peter’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent, the Reverend Mark Cannon in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church and Church Hall at Church Street, Addingham.
## **Objectives and activities**
The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at the church and to become part of the parish community at St Peter’s. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how services can involve the many groups that live within the parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.
When planning activities for the year, the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit has been considered, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities and the advancement of religion. In particular, the PCC tries to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of the parish community through :
- Worship and prayer;
- Learning about the gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus
- Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish
- Missionary and outreach work
To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St Peter and the Church Hall.
## **Financial Review**
In the year to 31 December 2022, the net income of the year can be summarised as follows :
||2022 2021||
|---|---|---|
|Surplus/(Deficit) on sales and revaluation of the parish investments £ (74,119) £ 46,038|||
|Deficit in the day to day running of the parish|£ (40,331)|£|
|(64,912)|||
|Total|£ (114,450)|£|
|(18,874)|||
The above figures demonstrate how dependent the Parish is on the investment income. In the past few years the Parish has made considerable surpluses on its investments. The year 2022 was, however, a very bad year for those investing in Stock Market investments. Whilst the
Parish still has very considerable reserves, the Church Council has decided that efforts should be made to increase the giving of the congregation to reduce the deficit on day to day running of the parish which includes our payments to the Diocese. These payments, known as Share, are a contribution to Diocesan expenses which includes the salary and housing of our Rector as well as a contribution to the costs of the Diocese and also costs incurred by parishes less fortunate than ourselves.
It should be highlighted that St Peter’s has paid the full amount of the share requested by the Diocese for the last 30 years and more, a record few parishes can match.
Whilst the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been less in 2022 than in the two previous years, there remains some after-effects. Great efforts have been put into enabling parishioners to follow services online and the success of this project has resulted in less actual church attendance. Nevertheless, there are signs that attendances are improving. One significant factor has been the recruitment of Tamsin Waddilow-Carr to be the Family Worker which has attracted families to the monthly family service as well as Messy Church. This is an added cost for the Parish, but this is money well spent if, as is happening, it does bring younger people to St peter’s.
The year has, of course, like last year been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic with the Church used only with limited numbers in the congregation, partly because of Government regulations and partly due to parishioners being hesitant to attend services with the possibility of catching the covid virus. As with other churches, charities and also commercial enterprises, this does have an effect on the Parish finances and it is hoped that as the pandemic falls away, normal life will help the ongoing deficit decreasing and the Parish being less reliant on its investment income.
Most income and expenditure items were roughly in line with the previous year. Fees for using the Hall did increase, probably due to local people being less concerned about the pandemic. The amount the Diocese requested as share did reduce for 2022 and, as noted above, was paid in full.
Every five years, a report on the fabric of all churches is made to their Diocese to enable the state of repair to be monitored by the property arm of the Diocese. This can be a cause of great concern to many parishes who fear that the report may identify that great expenditure would be required. However, it can be reported that our architect found little cause for concern when he had issued his quinquennial report, that is his five-year report, and the annual repair and maintenance expenses was far less than the previous year. However, this is unlikely to be repeated in 2023 as some trees had been identified as a possible danger to passers-by and will need cutting back.
## **Reserves Policy**
It is the policy of the PCC to maintain sufficient reserves invested so that investment income supplements the other income of the parish. It is the long term aim of the PCC to generate sufficient funds to pay the Church’s payments to the Diocese and every other day by day expenses without utilising this income which can then be used for other projects.
## **Volunteers**
The PCC would like to thank all the volunteers who helped the Parish through this year. Particular mention should be made of the wardens, Joy Harper and Penny Crisfield and all of those who contributed to a new norm, that of worshipping online. They have worked so tirelessly on behalf of the Parish.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The PCC is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is a registered charity.
The method of appointment of the PCC is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Peter’s, the membership of the PCC consists of the Incumbent (our Rector), church wardens, the reader and members who are elected by those members of the Church who are on the electoral roll. All members of the congregation who attend our services are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. PCC Members are elected for three years at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. A report on the work of the PCC is attached and this includes details of the number of meetings and the attendance.
The full PCC met eight times during the year and the average attendance was tthirteen. Given its wide responsibilities, the PCC has three sub-committees, each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees are the Standing Committee, the Investment Committee and the Physical Resources Committee. In addition there are Working Groups covering Worship, Communications and Pastoral Care. The Sub-Committees and the Working Groups report back to the PCC regularly with minutes of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary.
## **Administrative Information**
St Peter’s is situated in Church Street, Addingham. It is part of the Diocese of Leeds, within the Province of York and within the Church of England. The Church Council is registered with the Charity Commissioners under the name “The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter’s Addingham” and has the registered charity number of 1134446.
Being a charity, the members of the PCC are also the trustees of the church.
PCC members/trustees who have served at any time from 1[st] January 2022 until the date of this report was approved are :
_Ex officio_
_Incumbent :_ The Reverend Mark Cannon _Lay Reader :_ Mrs Anne Hodgson _Wardens :_ Ms Penny Crisfield Mrs Joy Harper
_Representatives on the Deanery Synod :_
Professor Arthur Francis (also Diocesan Synod member) Ms Jacqui Hand _(retired 27 September 2022)_ Mr Roger Bainbridge
_Elected members :_
Mr Gordon Atkinson ( _retired 15 May 2022)_ Mr Roger Bainbridge Mrs Christine Bean Mr Keith Boothroyd Mrs Lucy Comerford Mr Ian Hepworth (Treasurer) Mr John Holdsworth Mrs Judith Idle (Deputy Warden) Mrs Sue Settle Mr Matt Waddilove-Carr Mrs Margaret Widdowson _(retired 15 May 2022)_ Miss Judith Worsnop
## **Friends of St Peters Addingham**
FOSPA, as it popularly known is a separate charity registered with the Charity Commission with the charity number 513674. It was set up to raise money for the Parish by serving teas on a Sunday afternoon mainly to visitors to the Parish, which it has done for many years. Its accounts are shown separately. Due to the pandemic, the FOSPA did not operate in 2021.
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of St Peter’s Church, Addingham, Parochial Church Council**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2022
As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts under Section 145 of the 2011 Act
- Follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, and
- State whether particular matters have come to my attention .
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It includes consideration of 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 a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent Examiner’s Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention :
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records 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.
J Bridgford Chartered Accountants, 17 The Grove ILKLEY. 23rd March 2023