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2022-12-31-accounts

ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING MAY 2023 Annual Accounts & Reports APCM

Charlty reglstration number 1134647 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Lentells Chartered Certified Accountants

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON LEGALAND ADMINISTRATNE INFORMATION Tru8teeB Dr M Yardkny Mr C Mlcham MrPJoy Re¢d CY N Grlffln Mr8 H Nd(eg Mr M Ncm8n M8 M Cas( MrPCde Mr P Unden4Ythl Mr I Pindér Mrs B B8wJ8nt IAopcAntÈd 10 May 2022) (￿p￿￿t$d 10 May 2022) IAppolnt8d 10 May 2022) {￿?￿nted 10 May 2022) Charlty numbBr 1134647 Indopendent èxamlnor PA St4lwd Lentell8 Lknlte Ash House. Cook Way BEndM Road, Tauntc

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The Tru8t8è8 presont thelr •nrnJ81 report and finandal 8t8lements for thè yew endad 31 D￿rtIar 2022. Th8 8CCOLmts have IAan prèpwed kn aco)rdan¢8 vAth tho a￿￿Tr11ng sgt (xrt In note 1 to th• 8¢ctJmts and comply ￿th the Pochlal Churth ￿ncIrS goverr￿￿ trust deal, the Charttl85 Act 2011 and 'AcC￿nIng Reportlng by Charfdes.. Stslement of ReLx)nNnBnded pra￿￿ owtsbl8 to ch8rftJes Preparfng thelr accounts In accOrda￿e ￿th the Flnanclal Repclllng Slandafd yl(akA6 In the UK and Repubbc of lrnland IFRS 102)"186 amended for accJJunUng periods wimencing frLYn 1 January 2016). OblKtlve$ and a¢Jvltles Tho PCC has the resp￿sIbl￿ of rAWrntir¥J Mith the VrAr. Wd [ Nld( Griffin. In the whcAe misdon cl the Chwth, pastOTal, ev8ngalLgY4 80d818nd wJm8r4c81. * also has th8 mBinton8n( respr￿￿OI1￿&S th8 8loremenlKJned ￿￿pertIes. Publlc 8Bn•fft Statement Tho Trust888 hav8 pakl du$ regard lo gUid￿cO i&w8d by the Charity Commission on publlc b￿efft lli docldkng what adivHles the PCC should undertake. It is Ihe PCC'S Intent￿ that SL (Jeo¥ge's Churth, Wlton. its hall, (uffy8rd, arKI al￿1¢nts shoubj be ay￿￿￿ble to the knal C￿nM￿n￿. wfrgther they ￿ c￿r¢h mgmbgrs vr not. Achknents and pwforni•nc• Ch￿h Plembernhlp and Actfvlty Thère ￿ 111 m8nJ8ts on th8 naw Chwth Ek4cacYd Rdl. Tho St Gw8'$ as raportad lo th6 Chocese at 31￿ De¢mber 2022 was 175. St Georye's contlnyes to enabfe Ihe ci)NTKmMy to mark Ife% milestone8. 2022 there werg 5 woddtngs and 6 bapdBms In the thurrh. There were 12 funer￿$ elther In Churd) or al Taunton Deang Crematorium. Al of Ihosè events bring the Church inlo conta¢t peopl& at tlm8s in th8k fvès and th8 minlsty ofth& church IS 8ppr8dat8d. tt also pr8sents an opportunity to make 11KW member5 of the o)mmunty 8Woro ￿ othw thlngs the th18 abk to offer. God 18 aml In 2022 St Geuge's saw a glhw8 hls g￿esS manifest anKryst UB. h w86 lh8 rn08t raordlnary year of my 11 yeors of ordalned Ilfe and Saw great strkl88 fcward In our Iwe as a Wcfshlpplng rxxi)munity. In J8nuary 22, the PCC phjs some ￿tfj￿ m8mteAs held an away day to hèl) us Ihink Ihrouyh our Idenlty 8nd str818gy. TIMS gwe us ts statement Ih8t ourvl8k)n ts to: Grow In Splrlt Grow kn nLwnb PractKally the88 headln¥8 arg broken down th 5 head￿￿$ vh)lth fomi th8 baAI8 of Ihi8 summary. The NmbBr of a¢UWos116W bebw maan that 8vW￿hlng geia fvl desrylim. Wornhl) To grow In mo8ns Ihat ￿ a vknok COMM￿Ny, St Ge(xge's deskns to knrA¥ and W(￿thp God In dèv and fuller ways. Thls was wovk8d out in the 10kn￿ng wayts.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON TRUSTEES. REPORT {COPmNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The Introductkjn of Ihe 11.00 February 2022 ¢hanged Ih 8hap8 of.Sunday momlngs her8 In It￿. From conv8rsations ￿ my Ilrst Y￿ a￿1 ￿1h testwigs ol the CAJtdorx s￿￿¢89, we were quit8 LXffjv￿c¥d th8t th8r8 W88 8trè8dy 8 dgsir8 LX)ntemp(Mwy worshty) stylè at St Goorg8's. Held in th8 churth hall. thls seNce grew rapldly and over the yeor sts801èd to ￿ur￿l 6540 Jdurt$ and 10-15 thlldren 81 thg end of D￿Mber. Th15 semce was port￿lIarty gLtPFthed Bnd mede Fwlble by the giwng of band 1gader8, Sam RId￿r￿60n. Clvo 8fjckhoNlng, Marton Stead, Zath Kame arKt Mm and Bart4& Anth. Th18 wa5 also tha frst Ser￿Ce in Sl Gecfge's histw to be reguLirly IN8 streambd followng Ihe ces88tion ￿ pr8- recorfjod $8Nic8S utrftost th8ftks w to th8 t88m of Matt N￿rnan, Platt EW Twn Baker and Hgnry Grlffin fDF maklng thls possIb￿. WttTrKAJt the ￿ and tslents of people thls $eThke slmpty woukj not have begn posslbl8. In the Ghurch, 8 more traylli0TF￿ 8Br¥iC8 of COm￿￿nIc￿ 18 held at 9.30 using o)mmon wornhlp. At Ilrst, Ih8ro W8s that the new 8￿c? mjghl detract thts 8tteThJees at the more tya(lffjonat model of worthlp, wher88s Ihe re￿ty has been a steady atteThJ0r￿e Df around ￿70. mus￿1￿. we glvg great thanks lo our chcir atdy lead on Flano by StsFthen Pag& 8nd lan car5￿). . Midw8Bk worship c8m& In Iwo m8in w8ys, ffl a w88kty basts wg Worship on Wednesdays, wl Morion Steed on ￿efi0 ond v(￿815 and 8n open 3Foce f(w prayer 8nd wmhip. Once a mty)th therglg a BCP communlon hdd, 8#hough numbers bgen rathw sm&q at thlts aThl there 8re quesllDnB abrArt Its ￿a￿lIty mo￿n9 fornanl. . at St GeNg88 18d by C￿￿ned tsy peotle arKI w8trB 88P8dalty grateful to OUT ￿ed￿Ks, Petsr Bal and Kat8 T8yk for thdr rinlry to us. Tho de8th d Pgtw in AWFI 2023 aft& 40 y8ar8 of falthful min16ty ￿11 b8 sorety MW. . Gcrfl h86 blessed us richty wAth many fytirwj minK8th we're Wefvl fpr 88Bn and unseen cuthkMJtton8, IhardL8 go lo Rev. Geoff Treasure. Rov. Jenny Jeffrgy Rtrv. Mlthael Hayes and Rgv. Martln Ktrkbddo for all of thelr wtyk, kwe arKF dedlcaiirin. . A Curate on placement, Jan Churth. lod a WBBkty 'Prayer thrcwh Arf course Ihat hÈlpwJ pe￿0 èxplorè fath, culture and ph11080phy u8r#J a of art a8 an 0￿8¢ of reftecUM. . W¥ hokj a nymter ot events 8lmgd at newer nvJ8ldans caltrd Wotshlp Jans, Ihese werB real spedal ￿g￿l8 of pradca, fun ond in the end as we gathEred togethw In tYa188. . A 8pec4al was h8kl Hw¥85t Fesfval * Cullffg Fami wtiich altrncled 8rKffiicw numbers of pwplg vknlth w8 struggled to count A blg Ihar&s to tho Parrls f8mlly f￿ ￿lry)rnI￿ u$ so kindty Into thelr bam vAth a fi￿t of ITaGtor6 and tsped￿ thanks agakn to U8tt Matt Elett fLY managlng to tgan188 8JJnd, lhUng and Ilvo strthvnw frC￿ the d a famil . Chiistmas servlw were a year Ngh numbvs Df attendarrts at all semces. Runnlng two con8e(#Jtfve thrfslngltrs was 8 P8nioJar wcces6 and on Chrlstma8 day there w8s st￿dIng nJom onty for ourlolnt 8erth. . Lasty, Ilv8 Str￿MIng Is 8 stream of (yjr ￿￿entity at St GwJg'8 wlth some mernb8rs onty able to access vla onlne portsl3. Youwbe, we have over 350 subscrIb8￿ 8rKI wo8kly ￿8w$ of o seNIc89 rnswlatty w 1(K). li a Ihue d1ffiCJJ￿ lo br64( thyAn the5¢ beyond the heodllnes and the number of thrth who 'rvwatth' Is iny6srble to cakajlate Ixrt we do also eitract regular frc over8ea$ incljdlng New Zeak2nd, CambfAlla and Japan. SFecial thanks to Bethan Balgent for al of her Wofk on M￿ng thls hapFen. Famlty and Chlldren Slay and Play rtmalns a bhxbuth part of ￿Jr with g ful hall on a weekty bas15 forfamllle8 to g8lh8r wth Ihelr Iny ones for fvn, Fday, str¥ies WKI fdendshlp. A Chrfslmas seNce was hJ In Church for everyone. Special thank8 goes to 811 rf the leaders and h pwtscular. Judlth Plck1ts8, L8ura ￿CI￿ld, Bathrn ReevoB marby many mry•. Jggy Auddl88 18unthod In 2022 led by Bryony Gth. GI￿Ps of p8rents wa* ￿th thelr chlldren around the are8 kn an OPPDrtLmtty to ta￿, songs, dthk L￿ffee make frlends. A blbbe study w88 h8ld once month forttw wanted to slay M and sevwd I￿￿10S have lolnod th& thurth as a resLIL Mossy Churth ran an extr80rdinary amount events in 2021 led by Bryory Griffm Includlnu vlÈlts to Wlldsl¢Je for bug hunts and stsrgazing. a Twjdy 8bseUlnglzJp wlre adventure (only one bear hwL..) and ¢tyatkn theM￿j events wlth a gent￿ Chrlsfkn mes8ap. Boc+JThJ8 and numbers at these events ar8 hlgh b8t￿￿ ￿70 attwdae&

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 . In Septsmber. the 11.00 8ep4lce I￿nthed 1fjd8@11' Ihe fmst'sunday Schocl to be hdd on a ba8i8 for over a decade. This haB grow￿ Bo haprdfy and ful that ltrw8 18 a Ywth@11' planned for 2023. Spedal thanks lo all of th8188dws Invol￿1. 8spec4alty Hilary Haye8. Jenrby Nomian, Ruth ReThJ811, Rose Slad( and Creche 11 mgets wtpjrs kn the hal 0)￿¥ning Flay. 80ng8 alry￿8]de Stream1￿ Iho 80pA¢e Into tho spac8. Tli8 ha8 helped to fom happy l)cth b8WI many oftha families a￿dIng Ihe ser￿CeS. l am a school thwemL at B18hop SthKM)t and ¥¥e assembks In St Mlchael'8 Churth on regular ba$Ls. Communlty-th8 n￿nbPr 0fth￿0 proleds mè•n8 I b• Iwl•f In my d•5cli￿On￿. . Co8y Café . uslng Iho Govemmwrt Warm Spe￿. want aNI led by lan H￿Ments, we gathered togethor iylce a week from Novarter c4wards for fri￿dshiP and a roaring {Mrtudl fire In Ihe i￿nn￿ng room. It was much more about friendshlp lim8 8￿t tTr38lhw than k￿￿)g worm. ThL8 was well r8celv8d by the whol8 comunhy and has m￿nt8￿￿ in a c8p&dty slrKe Ihe fiJThJlng has wt. Hllary McKe9￿Y has pa61oral t￿ll, fc•JV￿n9 on from the of Rachet Nèd. The regular vlslt8, hom8 communlon$ 8nd 8UkWt Off8￿ is wrb •MI l arn pmd to woth ajongslde them In carfng fcf our cuTch a￿1 w￿r ￿m￿nIty. . Our new rvader, Kate Taylor ha8 tak￿ tharge engagern￿l th8 hrxne6, SUPPOrtlng St George'8 Care Home. E1sfie￿ Cwrt and Elzthth H￿80. Thls Work Ik38 moved on a ry8at rfde Ih18 yaar and l arn grateful to Kats 8nd h8r to￿. . We Ix)ught a TL￿T￿kth the pkn to a regukr trxnrrKwilty Tery W8re led a 18am of m to convert the vehldè And St l# now fuly Idtted (rtrt wllh Ight3, eleclrk¥ aNI 10 88m tsiffeo and refreshmants In th8 ¢c¥nmunNy. Our first outy was al Chrfstsnos tJme, to spread C￿1$ and è vjp of gocKI . As a spln off frcffi the Tuk-Tuk prr48c£ a'men's She<f w88 (xe8ted Ihat meets a lortnlghtty ba$16 kn the Sc£￿1 Hut by Twry Wwo. Jane Joyce ha$ W our thur¢y8rd g8rd8nlro t83m beautifully th8tr corefvi OMI dlllgent wrrfk has prLKJuceAI a well l￿d. OFP￿d81ed 8nd ImFe8slwe Ltsrthyanl Sp￿. Thank y￿j to ali of lh& t8aml . Strol for the soul crmlinues to gthr grLXtps for a gend8 w with wayer, friendshlp and the otx&8k)nal scry the byway8 dra￿. Sthjp SalurdayB ran f( roughty the Trst haf irf the yew under tholoadwship of Rosa Par8loe. The88 havo taken a pauso now as afler many yéars af runnhw IL the team have dacld&J It was lfv for a tmk. Afvtsy$ w61 allenrted these sèssi￿￿ ras8d Ihous8nds crf p￿ndS for tha If8 of St G8OTg8s and thiB is an aréa wo'd like lo yd( up ag￿n In ￿ ILrturo. FolovAng th9 11.00 serte, the 'Loavè8 and H8h8s' ￿0Up ran a few after￿serVICe meals under the leadership of lan Hommens, Barbara H¢￿1, michel￿ Hrh¥el and m￿. It is no sm￿1 feat to fe8d 90+ p18 8rKI It was a woThJerful expression of (xr K￿1 and Natter Wn9 a monthty bath th zoom. Under the oversight of GedF Trvasure Ihere ￿ now 4 regu18r hoU￿r￿Ps that m88t, plus a few clh8rs that accoss our Mater￿1. There Is e need for more groups tMJt therg 15 a shortage of leaders and hosts. Spodal thanks to hls di19￿￿e and klnLkne88 In thls wonderful wovk. . W8wer8 award8d o grdnlkf njnimng a commur¥tytiidg8- in 2023. . The Ch￿91Ma8 Fayre was 8nothw extravaganza over 400 peW¢ 8¢ce58ing thg actMll88 a￿1 over £2000 ralsed. Speaal thanks go to our ￿C￿￿n81￿rs. M¢Kegney. Belhan Balgenl and Bryony Grlffln. One slauhokler (A)mmenl&J ￿lS was th& bast 4NganI￿ fvyre, eyar been to,.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON TRUSTEES. REPOITf (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR EhlDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Flnanco and Resour¢è¥ Our treasurer haa gfven a repLt (x) finw( bel(fw, so hwe I human resources. Our flr81 year of Mlnlsty Expertencg 6them8 ￿￿ded vAth OUT ￿Th￿[dates all explorfng mknlsty In different wayE. Ltscy Davle5 went to Vtydffe Hal to tratn for orrJinatiM. Ilm Whlfi8hl wont off lo YWAM. Laur8nc8 Palanl now loads Awak￿, 2￿30S mnisty and William Brown is 188ding aNJ swknng at hk home church. Our seL¥nd ￿8r cé recryltsnent W8s mlrocvkws. stsrung th bwety enwth Feople lo ruh and onding up wlth 8 atteThJants. These are al eyplorlng nlnlgty and b￿n9 Opp￿ruDItIO6 to exerc18e thosts ￿ In ts thurth. Thts Is a Dhxesan $F4￿sored ￿￿￿cL . We womed Rev. Jan ￿rch for an extended plaLnent hor wratsy 8nd we w¢re 9specI￿ gr8181ul for har joyful S8￿CeS ond art. . Th• PCC began the [ff0(￿ of our tAHhJings and S￿¥$. Paul Cob has b68n 85pecialty klnd In cif8rirvJ hls 8rthite¢turdl glfL9 to h us think thrcugh those l￿fferBnt 8pace8 so that we mlght fulfil our vl$ion of belng a hub kythe CLNnmunlty and Shgrfwd. Mls8lon . We 8 Su¢¢es￿l A￿• CwBe Tilh roughty 20 porwo. Thard(s tQ 8H of the ￿￿18T¥. Jay chbjry. Rowan Ausun, Davld and Rose Slack pkns lèn and Val Hemmens cnrsd tHondwfulty fvr ow gua8ts. of th• attand￿ were ￿ale￿I and a conynrtmenls to fallh wèrn mad8 dudng th CLJUTge. AfrAIt)W L4) h￿S￿oI0￿p is p1anr￿ for 2023. . I led two'BIWe In ￿ar, g￿p$ that Thtto exFxe and tal¢ Ihr(wh Ihe Wjoumeys of8ulpture. . The chrf8t￿n Conc8ms gmup wxthnated h8s helped us to engage wlth and SL4)P)rt our mls81on pffjer& Prwr . l)Jr old chdr ¥esty w88 tr8nsfrrngY Trnto B 'l4w Rm. by Ilm Whlffiekl. The sp8c8 Is now r8fiJrblthed and In u89 bLrt negds a blt more TLC. Sm furlher ew)ts to launth and ¥yk lo make b88t use of the ayw re￿M arè plann3d fr 2023. . Prayer minlsty at th8 11.(Kl w8s rwtsbknd and there ara reyubr Orwrtu￿UaS to spend ￿me in prayer with otheE8 8fterthe 8eNk. conclu￿On. After Yrtlong ne8rty 20C(I words. I fe8r I have gbkn ￿ summ•lse the we8th trf adivlUe8 th8t have taken place Ih 2022.18m sure I've mlssÉd aspth, If lkn MIS6￿ y￿r name, forglve mè. Sl GèoTge'8 Chuwkn Wlkon Is a wbrant community of T4¥0r3hip, and SFirit th8 brycar. I gtst 011 of tho u8df(, bjl the truth18, 1 cotjltln't do 8n lots of wh81 we do lthout my amaan9 team in paibcular tha v•)rk of th8 offic8 through Bethan Baloent ts excellent 8nd th& supp¢ffi dmy ChurdwaTden8. PJoyce and H118ry Mcxegney 1$ st8118r. Who knows what God do amongst u8 In 2D2YI

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON TRUSTEES. REPORT (COKnNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Flnan¢lal rovlaw The PCC'$ meln source of kn￿me is r￿lar d￿st￿)ng fnjm thun membern lhr￿ffjh owr (Xthstlan Glvkng gthemg, most of whlch are aldod. Other sources Indude rental kn(Thie from letung cMJt the dwrth haN and occaslonal 18gacles. 2022 8aw the re￿rn lo a more n(Kmal pattem of thurch att￿danc after the &ffects of COVHI In recent yea￿. As desryibed at4)ve, thè congregatic￿S chureh m8mbw8hlp ha¥8 grown SI￿lficanty in 2022. p8rtkxJlarly as 8 rEsult irf the Irrtrodudon crf the 11.(KJ seNce. We we pleased to report that there hBs bèen a tspoThJlng kncrea88 In Chdstlan Gmng the Ilmlng has lagggd behlnd church membershlp as optg havo takon Ilm• to seule Into St Gectye's. The Clwbdan Glvlro Incomt tcgelher ￿th the aB￿ated lax ralund Is up by £13,r13 to £111.385. ThB diuKh hall 18 oncts In regL use fo&Nlng the ImlThJ of cO￿d regtrkuons and rental kncom Increa8ed to £16,0231￿21. £4,761k F(w thg fitst ￿me for several yoars, the Paiish Share of £82.TTO was Fold In ful. The PCC recalved a very gener￿S bJary of £30,CKJ) frorn the 1810 Brf￿ UNI8￿(￿. a knfftndlng memker of the churth, for ¥thith we are vèry gratefvl. It way largdy as a Tesutt of trA$ legaty that thè PCC has beèn able to 18cc￿d a wJrplu9 for the year Lrf£13,753 tjeforn inve¥trn￿ k)589S. The chLrch Is not Invrnme trc#M the flnandal thallenge8 bdng nèll￿01ty and Interna￿￿ally. The Increal thurth atlenda￿ and the rw 11.00 Servi￿ have Irthpknty added to the DJ￿ing costs of th8 thurch 8cro85 a d8 range of accounts IwdirvJs. Live strea￿￿ng aryj th8 r￿ordIng h8v• requr8d Investment In technic￿ eq￿pment over seveT81 ye8r8. Thwg ha6 InVeStr￿9n1 in rrdjslc and youth w(K Llkn 8v8ryon8 else the church has had to pay hlgher efectdclty and gas tharges 8IthC￿h the effecs have been mlNg8ted by a grant fri)m the natlond thurth. have been several Initiatfves durlng th year although some have been parbaly grant funded, they do c£rfne wlth a m(thst cosL The Dlocese has slh)wn ¢anddwdbl& A&￿bIlIty and understanding of the finandal dIffi￿lI6&s fAed al parth 18¥el for wo are gratsfvl. We are th￿kful that th6 (wregatlon has r8sw)nded well to meeting wr ￿Tr￿a r4)sts and w8 ar8 0(￿fident that try wll fac the future nKaal ChaI￿ng8S fth1thfv￿ 8ThJ genwwsty. Rosoms Pollcy rwrvg8 fund th6 Cap[￿ Is rBqthrd io pay for daHo48y operations. In 8(￿lIK)n, rasoTves Our 18 to molnlaln a Thlnlmum level ol free rn88rv88 equlva￿nt to three mDnthb revenuo XP8nditLre. As at 31 December 2021 the PCC'S Lmrestri(*ed r8serv88 8trth at £50,5B2 vknlch amount8 to just un(Iw 4 rrxmths r8venu8 exwthbjre. Inv•0tsn￿( Powern Pall¢y The Trustee8 aro responwb19 ￿ ensuring that ￿ffident L8 ￿k1 lo o)verthg day4(thy 8xpen8ts8 oftho charfty and the test ratums avalable arB athlaved ￿ swplus fvnd8 and lh8 8nd0y￿ent fimd. The PCC'S 8ndovmi&nl Jnds 8re iYNesled in tre CBF Churth of E[￿ Invastmwt Fund- Shares admlrtstered by tho CCLA. Rl#k ￿￿#0•mOrrt The tnJst8o6 ccnsidw arrtl other unc8rfaintie6 at tPh8ir moetings. Where possible, polde$ are 88t#LAi8hod 8nd t￿CedureS adopted to mttio8ts IIKW rfsks, they ar8 financlal or noL CBsh Ilow Is monitored and a ftnaThSal upd8te Is p￿)￿ded al every PCC meetlro. The18vo1 of Vo￿n?￿Y iicome Bnd our abllty to pay thè PaAsh Share are reguknty di8￿￿6c￿, safety FKot&Uon 188ue8 fcff those ￿lting U eharfty'8 preml8e8. StnJthirn¥ governance and managemolrt The Parochlal chU￿h Coundl IPCCI1s rwist8rtd as nwnbw 1134647. Itwos T￿$t9r8d 4 March 2010.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The Th8tee8 , are the PCC M￿nb￿rI served durlng Ihe year and up to thts dats of S￿natu￿? of th finan￿al staternents were." Dr M Yard￿y Mr C Mlch011 Mrs R Parskn rs C Smlth Mrs C Sts81 r8 R Neal Mr P Joyce rs J Norman R8¢d Or N f3rrtf Mr P MeKegney Mrs H MCXeg￿Y MrMNffln Ms M C&r80n Mr P CCAB Mr P . Mr I Plnder Mrs B Balgent (Resigned 10 May 2022) IRwr￿1 10 May 2022) (R6sign8d 10 May 20221 (Resigned 10 May 2022) (Re￿gnad 10 May 2022) (PwAnted 10 May 2022) (Wnbj 10 May 2022) (Ap￿￿n￿ 10 May 2022) (Appthted 10 May 2022) The methcKI of appJlrthiw)t crfPCC membgrs IB set out h) the Chwth Rubs. JI Curth altendee6 are 8ncourag8(t trj reglster on the Electc￿￿ Rol stand for¥b(#kn to the PCC. Tho PCC h8s a Worl(kng Group ovoYsoeln9 the malntWW¢& 8nd m8naggrngnt of th$ thurthyarrj. It ha8 Fycéuc8d Churthywd Management Pcblcy whlth h88 b89n approved by the PCC. and %thlch Is revwed ￿nUal￿. PCC rn6mber8 arè the man￿n￿ Trusteas dthe Hal and the SctyJI HL¢ the Dloce6an Board of Flnanca Is Ihe Cusi(wJian TFust8e. The Churth L¥ the land ownw of the Clmwth P4k)tM￿ (8 L*8rity1, ￿ the PCC Is resptsnslbl8 for en8uFIThJ IhMI they aro kept h good order, that Irmxmng and expW￿re are in bdan¢8, Ihat 8 reasonable $urpbJ$ 16 generatsd Yoracdeslasucal purposes-. sp￿ffl¢ ro￿5 fuKllbJ by PCC rnembe￿ a8 folow8: Vicar. The Revd Dr Nidl ￿ (Chair ) Churchwardens: Peter Joyr Idrs Hllary McKwy Dearw ￿ad R¢preS￿￿VeS. IAr Chrfstothr k4ithel Df Michad YaTd8y Se￿e￿ to the CMc4: Mrs Helen (J8gg Tr8a8urer to the Churth Courdl: Mr lan Ph

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The Tru8lee8' rep(*t wa8 8pproved by tho rfTnwleo8. R￿'d rNGffiln

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, ￿LTON STATEMEKf OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBLMES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The Tfustses arè r&S￿nsIble fof preparfng the Trust8es' Rem and the fin￿c￿al statements In a¢¢ordancé ￿th appllG8bl6 Traw and Unite•J kngdom £¢x￿￿11ng SlarKl8rds (Unlted ￿ngdr￿n AcenuntFng Prndcel. The law appllcablo tv In EnglaMI Wales requYeB the Tntstee8 to prepare llnandol statements for eoch ffnandal year ghe a tni8 and latr the slale of aifatrs of th& Parr￿￿￿91 Chjrth ￿Jn￿l and of the IntKJmlng rosourGes and applica11￿ of r880urceg of th8 Parcdial Church Couniil forlhat year. In prep￿nll these ffi￿￿al ststements, tho Tn&%tee$ 8re reiwlrol t￿. . 8eleLI sultsble accoLmtlng pdldes and th8n apFty them Con￿stenty. . ob6erve the rnthd6 wlndpkn Nl th8 Chwiti88 SORP. . make ludggments and esttrnth that ayv re880n8t4e - Stalè vjhether ap￿1¢8b18 4cwinting standarils tsve be8n fO￿Y￿d. SW to any materlal dopwres d18d0￿d gxpkinod In the finandal ststements. 8nd . prep8r8 the t]n8ndo1 ststem8nts on the txmm bgsls urless It Is kn¥>propdote to pre8um8 thot 11 con¥nu¢ In operakn. The T￿￿te&S we re8pcKlJe for k8orknJ XfxwJntiThJ thjt dok60 reasons￿@ a(wr¥Ly 81 any Ume the flnan¢ial p￿rfon ol the P8rcthi81 Cknxch C4￿nCIl ond enablE them lo ensure thBI the finandal slalem8nts rthipty wmh the ChgTbtie$ Act 2011, the C• IALuwnts 8¥￿ Repor151 Re9￿8th)￿S 2008 8nd Ihe ons of the trust d89J. Th8y are also r8sponslt4e for safeguardlng the a8s0ts of the Parcthtal lthurch Coundl and hon￿ for rea80nable 81ep8 weven11r￿ dèttrkn ￿fr￿J￿ olher IrregulwlUe8. Th• Trustaas are fé8ponslb18 for lh8 m8lnt8nanc8 and inl&3rity of tho and fin￿a81 inft>rrnailon Indud8d the Parochlal Churth Cot5ndlb weWle. Legb18tkn in the Urdied KntyJc*n ty)vemlng tr)9 w8par8lon and dlssemlnallon cl fln8nd￿ statsments moy dlfferfrc¥n knJlsknUon kn Lithgrlurt5dictkns.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGVS CHURCH. WILTON I raport to thg TnJ8ts06 on my exanlnation of the finandal stai8m8nts of Parcrfhlal Churth ￿Th￿l of St George's Churth, ￿t0￿ (the Pèrothial Churth COunL￿} for Ihe y8#rend￿l 31 Decomber 2022. R•8pon8lbllltl•s and ba814 01 report As the Tiustees of th8 P8rothial ChLwth C￿￿¢1 yw WB reSIx￿&blo the pyeparakn of the firwNxal statsmwts In atXOrdw￿ vAth Ihg req￿r￿ oflha Charl11￿ 2011 (the 2011 Pd). I report In r88pect of my examlnaU(m of the P￿ctt￿at Cl￿r¢h Ccthtsl's flnanclal statsmènts carrled wl undèr section 145 of the 2011 Ad. In carnOrYJ my examinallon I h8v8 all the applicab18 Diroctlc￿5 glv ty thg Charfty COMMIS￿On under seckn 14515Mbl of th& 2011 Yryjr attenlim 18 (k8vm to th8 fact that Iho has wopar&J ￿ancIal statemwts in ac(xxdanGO V A(￿Unt￿g Repcrfting by Chwtues preparfng thdr acuunts In aC¢Ordan￿ wlth the Fln3ncaal Reportlng standard appkcable kn the UK ￿ RepU￿1C of Ifeknj IFRS 102) In Iyefwen￿ to the AcGtyJntlng and Reportlng by Cho￿leY. Stdiement of Recommwrfled Pracll( Issued on 1 2005 18 rnf8ffÈd to In the xtant ragulati￿$ but has ncJw baen wlthdravm. l understsnd t￿ tNs has kAen done In fw fwKaal statsments ID 8 thu8 gnd f vl8w In aGcord8nce G8n8rally A¢c•ptgd Aw)unting Praclke effp(the for roporfJThJ periodB b8ghthg Dn Dr attor 1 Jonuary 2015, I have compl&J my 8X8mknalK)n. l that no mattars have ()Jmè to my attentim Wl L>Jnneclion with th8 X8mlnatlon glvlThJ me cajse to bel8ve that In ¥ny m8tori81 resFrf'. &ett￿ntIng records were not kept in resped oftho Pwod81 Ghurth C￿nd1 as rnqulred ty secthin 130 ot the 2011 A¢tr. ¢X ihe finandal s￿te￿￿ts do not 8rtord thoso re¢LYds: or tho finandal statomants do not comply vth ts appIl￿ble raouirerngnts conc8mlng tha form ond cont￿1 of accounts Bot out in Ihe Ch8rfties IAcc(Krnts aNJ Reports) RegUl8th￿ 2008 othtrr than iy rewlremenl U)at th$ arKounts glve a true and f* view ly not 8 matter ￿ns￿ler0d as pgrt of an Trvjependenl eyAmlnallon. I ha￿ no c￿e￿In8 and have &Jme no athw maltern in WThLlion ¥￿th thg 8xaminath)n to whith attenlion diojkl b¢ (Ir8wm In thls repcrt In orderto erth ￿d￿sta￿lIng oftho flnandal ststem¢nts lo be re8chwJ. PA slallard L&ntells Limited Chartered C8rUfted A(xx)untonts Ash HINJse Crx)k Way BIndl￿ Road TaLmton Sornerset TA2 8BJ Dated.. IK.- UJ-./ozg

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH. WILTON STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEUBER 2022 Currnnt IlThanclal y￿r Unl￿trIC￿d Rastslcled Eftdty•m￿t nds lund8 Total 2022 2022 2021 Income an endo Donalons, grants 8ThJ1g98(xes othèr tradkng a¢￿tIeS Invethents other Income 148,936 17,111 753 6.351 19.120 168,056 17,111 753 8,351 127,451 4,731 6,972 Total Incom• 173,151 19,120 192,271 139,808 CharitabSe actiwle8 152,171 24.449 176,620 133,673 other axponsog 1,898 Total •xp•ndltur• 154,069 24,449 178,518 135,761 N8t g8W￿l0s8o￿l on Irwime 12,975) {2,975) 3.163 Not mov4ment In fwtds 19,082 15,329) (2,975) 10,n8 7210 Not mov•m•fft In fw 19,082 (5,329) {2.975) 10.778 7,210 Fund b8larbC￿ at 1 January 2022 31,5(Kl 11,457 25.270 68.227 61,017 Fund bo1•n￿8 at 31 Decgmbor 1022 50,582 6,128 79,005 6B,227 Tha statrnit ol Ilr8nclo1 ackn￿￿eS Inc&Kles 81 g8lns th knsses w•seil in year. I IncrAné and 0x￿dI￿re derive from C￿1￿Ul￿J adlvkn. 10-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTivmES (COPMNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Prlor)Inan¢lal year Unrn•ttq¢tod Re¥trIc￿ EndoTnont fundi fund¥ fvnds 2021 Total 2021 Income and en ents from: Donatlon8, grents and leg&s Olher trading activtties Investments othor Incom 114,942 4.731 12.5Ce 127,451 4,731 654 6,972 6.972 Tot4 Ineomo 127.299 12. 139,808 ndlture on: cha￿tsbk acti￿tieS 122.232 11.441 133,873 other ex￿$88 10 2,088 124.320 11A41 135,761 Net galnslOo$8esl on Inveslmerts 11 3,163 8,163 <oss transfers b8t%on fvnds Nèt movom•nt In funds (3751 375 &183 7,21D balanc•8 at 1 Jwu8ry 2021 28, 10.014 22,107 61,017 Fund balan¢M at 31 Docomb•r 2021 31,5CQ 11,457 25,270 68,227 11

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH. WILTON BALANCE SHEET ASAT31 DECEMBER 2022 2021 Hxod as¥ots In￿Stments Curnnt ￿5•1• Deblfxs Cash at b￿k and In hand 12 22.295 25,271 14 10.255 56,9rJ 7,072 49231 67.218 56,303 Cradlt¢rn', *nounts talllng du• wlthln on• year Other ryedltcrfB 15 io. 13,347 Net oJrTent 859ets 56.710 42,B56 Totsl lesB cwrant Il#blllll•s 79.005 Capltal funds Endowment fiJnds Income fvnd# ReBlricted fund8 Unrestsicl&l funds- g8nK81 16 22,295 25,270 17 6.128 50,582 11,467 31,500 79,005 68,227 Mr I Ilnder Tru¥to0 12-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 2021 Cash fl¢ws from operatlng actlvlt1•8 Ca¥h S￿era￿d from oprgyons 8￿18 Invogtlng aclSvllles Investment IncoTh recdved 753 Net cash generated from Invesllng actlvltl88 753 Net cash u8gd In finanelnu 4¢lMtIo8 Nèt Incvea8e In cash and ca•h oqulv•l•n14 7.692 ,172 ash and caBh wJlv81ents atWF7thg Lrf ya 4g,231 40.1)69 Camh and cash •quEvalènts at •nd of yoAr 58.923 49,231 13-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 ACCOU￿￿ng pollcl Chavlty Infomiatlon Parochlal Church Coundl of St George's Chwth. WIXon Is a charity reg4stered under numbpr 1134647. ti w88 roglsterod on 4 Marth 2010. The Corresp￿K18ThX thlre$8 fcy the Parigh of St George's Wlllon k8: 5t Georg8'5 Church Office, Forts Gecrye, Taunton. TA1 WT. The teWon8 nLYAw & 01823 284253. Website: wwW&george￿fetau￿0n.co,Uk. Em￿. offlc@sigthrth.eo.u 1.1 Accountlng convenuon The acc¢wnts have been pvep8red ParocAa CLMJncI's trust devd, the CharlYo5 Act 2011 end "A￿￿￿ti￿ end Reporfng by ch8￿￿￿.. Stslement rf Rec#Jmmended PraeU¢ appllcaw lo dKrlil8s prepartng thelr In awlr￿ce ith the Flnandal Reportlng Standard appllcatrAe in thè UK R&wblc of Ireland IFRS 102Y {a8 amended act0￿￿ng peric•Js comrnenclng frorn 1 January 2016). Thè Parcthkl Clwrth Cound is 8 Fwc Bonefft Enlty as d8fin&l ty FRS 102, The fln8nclNI stat￿ents have dep8rted frrm lh8 Chlties (Accr￿￿ts and Reports) Regulatlons 2008 onty t the eknnt r￿UIred to pra￿de a true and fw vl8w. Th15 depwtyre has hVts￿d fclknvAng the Stslem8nt of Rec0rnm￿dfjd Prade8 for c￿tIeS app￿Trg FRS 102 r8lh8r than thè V6Tslon of tha Statemènl of Reccmmtnded Practke Is r•lwr•d to in the RWUonB Ixrt hgs ￿nG& bo8n wilhd￿. Th¢ finand81 ststements woppml In stw, Twhkh the luncalonal currency of the Parcthiql Churth coul￿. Monetsry &mo￿ts In Ihw flrwda 8taterwts rwnded to the n&ar88t£. The uotxjunts havg b00n Prepared under the htgt¢ykal cfjst (￿n¥￿tiOn, Mo(rrtl￿ to Indudo the reva￿ation of Investment 88s0ts whth ore shown 8t falrv8hJe. pxvidpal acCL￿ndn9 poll&tis adoptsd aro $8t out b8k)w. 1.2 Golng concern At the tlma of 8PPTovlng th8 8(xounts, Ihe Tnths have g r888crfth ex[￿￿8(1￿ thot the Paffjthlal Chuv( unc41 has adequats rwurces to cOn￿￿e In ory)ernUonal ex￿lenCe for Ihe fore8ee8ble fvture. Thus the Tru8te88 fts)tlnue to adopt the golw ¢<￿¢¢M basls ￿aG¢￿ntIng kn preparlng th• acTr)unt& 1.3 Ch8rftsbl• fund¥ Unre8triced funds availabl8 fLY U88 at the dl8(zokn of Ihe Trt￿ In I￿(• of th8lr tharitablo oty'ecOv88. R951rict&l are gjblect to sP￿AfiC C£￿S by dor￿ 68 to t￿4 thoy rnay ￿ used. The purybJ8es and Uses of the re61rfded fvnds are set the noles to the Ikngndal ststemits. Endowment funds wo suWe¢t ts 8pedfic condlltons by d(￿￿8 that the c8p5ts1 nw8t be malt)t8lned by th Poro¢hl81 Church C￿ncIl. Onty In￿me art5kng fmm Investmenlofthe W(1￿￿ent may be u88d. 1.4 Incom¢ Income ts rett¢gnlEed vthen the Parnthal Church Ctyjnol Is legatly entitbd to It aft8r ary rwform8nca ¢￿dI￿on$ have b88n mel, tho emwits be meawr&J rowy. and it [6 wcknable that inGcYnB wll be recc4ved. Cash dmallons are rownl8•d cm receipt. 01￿ th78tlons rn¢￿1$8d 01￿ the Pr40th181 Church Councll has be￿ notffied of the don8tbn, unless perfC￿a￿ce condm￿S Tequtre deferral of th8 amount. Income tax re¢overatAe In rnkllon to donatFcffis recthd LTrer GIftAd or deéds of Ca)v8nant Is racogni5ed at Ih¢ tlme of the donation. Leged￿ are recogn1￿ on rerApt or other￿se rf th8 Paroclwal Cknurr Cc￿nd1 ha$ been notfflèd of an impendlng dlstrfbutton, the am(¥Jnt i31(non. ￿ r8¢dpl Is expthd. Ifthe amounl k8 not kn￿¥￿, th8 ltyacy Is treatsd as a ￿n￿ng￿nt 888¢L 14_

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpirs (coKriNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 A¢countlng poll¢lo¥ (conllnu￿l Dlvklends arg acExwntsd recelvabl8. Inierest Is accrued. M other InciMng18 r8cognl8ad than It recafvable. 1.5 Expondlluro Expendhure Is re¢￿Ised wce ihere ts a leg￿ Lf oL4tg81lon to Ifonsfer economlc benefft to thlrd party, It18 probable Ihal a tr8n5fer of ¢¢￿K￿C teT wll be requlrd kn settlement, and Iho amount of the ObIga￿On can be meawjred rek Exponditure 18 classlfi8d by al￿ty. Tho costs rf each acti%fjty ar8 made up of the totsl of dlr8¢t Costs 8nd shAYgd ¢0sty Indudlng support costs Invclved In undert¥klnu eeth acthrty. Dlrpct ooslB to a sknglè allotsted dlrecty to th81 act￿ty. Shared c￿ts wNth wnffibJte to moro than one and pport costs whlth arg not ￿t￿le to a single ac￿ ara 8PPOrtkAd trtw8an those acttvmgs on 8 bas LNinsist¢nt with the use of resour¢e& Centrpj staff o)stS are allwtad on the basis of timg spwt, and deprec￿￿￿ tharg88 Lyb th8 olth8 as88Ys u88. Exwdlture recogn1￿01) Grants and donBlfLTh aemwrt￿ frx when pakj or award￿, W the award creat&% a blThJlng cbllgallon. Pattsh Sh&e ￿ acc￿nte(l for Wh￿ due. All cdher expendliLFrn M ch8rf1oNe acuvkngs Is gBner811y r&Munl￿O when tt L8 Inwrred. A% the VAT rer&J am expen￿￿ L8 #atad Incl]8lve of ￿T￿￿[al￿e VAT whtt￿ appUcabl&. 1.6 T8nglbl• flxed a8s•ts Tanglble flxed a6sets ar¥ lythlty mo&su￿ 8t cost subownty meaSuT￿l ot ￿$t or valuBtton, nèt of depr9cLql￿ and any Imp8lrynont bsses. Dewcdatkn Is reojgnlsd ￿ as to off the e4)st ( Voktatirth of assets thelr vthe5 over Ihe u8efiJl Ives on Ihe fdr[￿ng bases: FlxtuM8 and 11tUngs COMF Fth￿￿tten off kn 21 F￿￿th￿r[n2o11 The galn or artslng ￿ the dlsposal of an a588t k d8t8nmined as the drfference btheon the salg prcw(ts and tho Carry￿ value (rf the 8ssttL and Is recofvd In Ihe 8latwn•nt a(th. 1.7 Flxed aBi•l Invostrents F￿ad 88S8t investsnents ibalty measured al tr￿sa￿kn price 8xdudvw transacljon cos14 and are subs￿u8￿￿y m8asvred al fair valu8 at 8Ath r8kxYting date. Ch8nges in faor value are recognised In n8t Inc￿￿￿1(eXpend￿urB) fty the yew. Transecllon costs are 8wsed as Inwrrad. 1.8 C¥¥h and ¢aJh wulvonts Cash and equivalènts InclLKle In ha￿1. datM)sits held 81 cam vAth banks, othw short-term Ilquld investment8 with orfglnal Mati￿tle8 01 three mffiths c¢ laas, and bank ovordrafts. B￿k overdrafts ara vAthin bcfroThing5 kn curwrt liabilities. 15-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Aocountlng pollclos (Contlnuod) 1.9 Flnanclal Instruments The Parochlal Churth Cound has eleded to 8PFAy the pro￿￿OnS crf Se(th 11 'Baslc Hnand81 Instrurnents, and Seolon 12 Fln8ndal Instwmen18 Issue3, Df FRS 102 10 8t1 of Ils fitrandal Instrumgnt$. Financial instruments we in fv PorThgNal ch￿th c￿nCirS balarth sheet whan the Parochlal Chwth cou￿￿ b8CAyn8s party to the ca)ntsaclual PKDbisions ofthe In8trumw Flnandal a6s8ts ond 153￿1￿88 aT8 vAth tho Mt kwesw)tod In the fi￿nd¥1 slatements. when ther8 ￿ a koaly enforceat48 rlght to set oir the recognlsed am(MJnts axl Is an to seule on a not basis crto raallsè th6 awl and Èoltte th¢ liablty ￿mUltaneOus￿. B•sk lInw￿l•l ass•ts 8aslc flnancl a8s¢ts, trK4ude debtors cath and bth bolanw. arè Inmally rnèa8ured at transacti(￿ Includlng transadon cth and are subsequentty Carried at anvjrtwd cosl usirwJ tho off8Ctlve Int0r8sI m8thod unless the arrangam8nt c(wtstute8 3 financino I￿ssat￿)n. 7here the transacti￿ L8 measured at the prtsgent vglue of the ffjJbJre recdFls (Isojunbj at a m¥kot r8Lg of wrterB8L Fknondal 86s8ts Baslc ffnanclal Ilal)111(le• Ba￿￿ finandal ￿abI1t188, In￿d￿￿j cxedlirys and b8nk loans are IrdU81ty wnlsed 8t tronsadlon vnl888 the aryangomenl ¢onslNutes a Ilnanclng tran88d(m, Ihe debt knstrument 1$ mea8ured at the present vojuè of the fuknre payTn8nts disc￿￿ed at a mart(et rate of htOYOgL Finandal labilide5 d￿fled a8 payabl wlthin on6 yaar a￿ amortised. Debt Ingtrunwnts e 8uLw•Jentty at armrl1È￿ LtsL u8hJ the offe(ve IntWgSt rnte methed. Trado rndltors are otllgaticffl8 to pey for goods or S￿CeS that have a¢quire¢l in the ordnwy cour80 of Qwern￿On8 from supplifjrs. Amounts pay8ble 8ra (knlfied as Djwant liabil￿e8 if p8ymont is dug within one yew or less. If noL they we presented as nOnwrJJff￿t MthHtles. Tr8d8 credlth are rec(wJnlsed knltl8lW at tr8n88Ct[￿ prkn ond subsequentty m08$urgd at 8mtts¢d cost udng the Eff￿￿ve IntsTest method. Oor￿9gnrt¥0n o111￿ne￿I Ilablll Fln8ndal HatllitSes are dern(xvJnlsed the Par￿1 Churth CcAn8 ¢￿tr8¢￿al oL4g3tt￿s expke ¢ e dlstharged 1.10 Employee bènafft) The co81 of 8ny unu8￿1 Iw)Idey enutlement * ￿¢￿dra$￿d In the perfd In vthk Ihe employee'g so￿¢88 a recelved. Temin8U(*k b8nefitS are ￿lEad Bs an expm Ktten Ihe PaToGhkngk Church GourKfl 18 demonstrabty commStted tr) tern￿nate the emFloyment cl an emFIDyee or to W0￿e t8milnatton b￿frfits. Crltlcal accauntlng •sthMts8 and In the app￿Ca￿On of the Partsthial Chwch Cwndf8 W￿nting ￿1￿88. ts TftJst885 8ro requlred lo make judgements, estimates and 8ssumpU(￿s abwt the (3rry4ng amount of Bssets and Ilabiltles that are n(rt readlly apparent from othw swces. The e8tlmateS 8rwJ Oss￿0￿18d assumptKJns are ba8ed on hL4tOFlcJ experlence and other factors that are con8ldere(I to be re￿vanI.A{knl ra9￿ may dtffer [￿M these 86llmates. The 8511mates 8nd undatyr4J asSunyt￿S 8re ￿eW￿l cm 8n ongolng b86i8. R8vIslo￿ lo attounttThJ Ilm8t8S 8re recoJn18ed In Ihtr perfod In whlch the esbmate Is reiA8ed Tr￿ere Ihe revlsbn affects only that pfjriod, or In the pwknd of the re￿40n aryj lutLwe wicrf18 ¥Ave the revlskn affect8 ix)th 8nd fuknre 16-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON NOTES TO ThE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 DonatSons. grants And tty8cl68 T•)t•l Unr8sttithl R8Strictsd funds funds genernl Total fund 2122 2021 2021 Dc￿atIOn￿ and gifts Legades recelvaÈle Grants receivaE4e 114,022 30,0 4,914 1&120 129,142 30,000 8,014 102.942 12.C(10 12,509 115.451 12,000 148,936 19.120 168,056 114.942 12.509 127.451 Donatlon5 and glft¥ Chrtstlan Glvlng- GA Chrfsllan GMng- non GA Colte¢UMs Charlty Donalons. Coffee Donats'ons- Other5 Do￿a￿On8- Hal and churth Tax rncover8bl8 CG 82,770 7.923 82.770 7.923 11.512 6&278 14.418 63.278 14,418 11.512 4.856 311 5,381 311 &381 3.321 3,524 287 1,981 17,523 5.260 2.393 7.241 19,916 20,692 20,692 114,022 15,120 129.142 102.942 12,YJ9 115,451 L￿des 30,0 12,(KKJ 12,MO 30.0 12,lJ)O 12,000 other tradlfig ¥cllvltl•* Unrostrltled Urnlrfraetl fund5 fw( general g8n8ral 2022 2021 Funth8ldng and church events Hall hire and akttngnt Tent 1086 15,025 4,731 othBr trading athlllos 17.111 4,731 17-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 InV￿tm9nts Unrnstrl¢ted Unrestrkted fmd5 fundg g•nero1 general 2022 2021 Inconw from Isted iw8sfmeT)ts Interest recefv8ble 663 90 641 13 753 Oth•r In¢om• Unvgstrlctsd Urffastrfded funds genernl 2022 gtsnordl 2021 Foès. fthMIg Churchyard Income. war mern0ri81 MI 8vndry BHS Chaplaln- grant 1354 1,081 2,916 1,129 1,101 4,742 6,351 6,972 18-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, ￿LTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2022 Ghgrltab19 a￿vItIeS 21r22 2021 30,161 11,612 83,767 566 29,376 5,722 67,939 144 606 Parish shorg slaff and speaker expen5e5 axpenses and fk)wers mU￿C and organlst rthts Youth athlles 8nd &Ju( Gosts Chwc* and hall estsblishmenl costs ChLYth & hall rapaws and malntsn8nc& 4.861 7.772 6.077 12,920 18.376 231 3,941 8,382 14,738 176.620 133.673 178,620 133,673 An•tyo1$ by fund Unrestricted funds. Restrtded fund8 162.171 24,449 176,620 For thg ymr ended 31 D¢¢èmbw2021 Unrnstd¢Aod funds. 122,232 11,441 1&3,673 Thistees No remunerauon w expenses we pald to Membe￿ (rf1hg PCC f(Y thelr wlthin the PCC In tht8 or the prevlous yew. Employ••¥ Tho average nwrajer dIw￿Vj the ygort 2022 NuM￿r 2021 Numb 19-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcoKfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Employees Icontlnued) Employment costs 2022 2021 Wago8 aThJ 8aiarf 30,161 29,376 The salary (¥Jsts Indu¢fjè tho Path hAlrthstraior and part ofts c1>5t crfthe BIBhcy Hendwson 8thDoI Chapkw. 10 Olh•r•xponoos UnrBtrl¢t¢d Unrestrfcted fund¥ funds gener81 2021 2022 Profesgth81 fees kndetThlent Exankna Bonk thgrges 632 1,020 1,020 181 1.89B 2,D88 11 Mot galnsl1los￿) M Invulm•nts fvnds 2022 2021 Rova￿allon of knvestrnents 12.9751 3,183

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coKllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 12 Flxed a8set Inv•&tmonts Ll¥t•d Inv￿lmonts Cost orvaluatl¢)n At 1 January 2022 Valuation thang88 25,271 2,975) At 31 December 2022 22,296 Carryhig amounl At 31 Dec8rnb8r 2022 22,296 At31 December 2021 25,271 Fi￿d a•sèt wNe•tmont8 rev•￿ed In 1971 Ihe trustee8 ofthe allotrnent fLTrJ. at lh8 requesl ofth8 Ponxhld Coundl and ￿th thg C￿$￿￿t the Charity Commi5slonern, 8old a plot of I￿￿1 as a site for hou868. Thè PCC is thitled to the in¢)Jme ajlsing on tho wIM￿ated ftmd and to the rents frun tho all)trnent8. lyjt nrt to th& capital. Al at tr￿18￿r Va￿e. Hd(lry¥ In kNe8tmt fvnds 8Te at thelr market vahje. 13 Flnanclal Inatruments 2022 2021 Carrylng amount of Ilwnclal ass•ts Instruments measured at fairva￿e thr￿th profft or ktss 22,295 25,270 14 D•b 2022 2021 faulng due ¥Miln one y•ar. OthBr debtor8 Prepayn7ents and 4u¥u8d ￿￿Ome 6,330 3,965 4,7S5 2.308 10,295 7,073 ts Other ¢rndltor8 folllng du• wlthln on• y 2022 2021 other (n(Ytor¥ 10.508 13,347 -21-

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 10 Endo%Tnant fund8 Endlyi￿ant1l￿ds repyesènt assets *thich mu8t b8 h8hJ pem)w18nty by lh8 P8rothl81 Church Councll. Incom8 avlglng on endowmont ftjnds Gan be used In a￿Ord￿ wlth the objects of the Parochlal Church Coundl arKI Is Included 88 unrestrfcted ￿n￿MB. Any g81ns or frAses arlslng ￿ the a$sets form part of the fund. 1 2021 ￿d1 J￿￿Y20?2 31 t)•c•mbar 2022 Pomian•nt ondowm•nts Wlkon ChurchAJlotmgnts- CBF Churth of England Invts8trnw)t Fund - inwng shares 22,107 3,164 25.270 12.975) 22,2&6 22.107 3,164 25.270 12.975) Z2,295 Thls CcffnprI￿ 1079.06 at mtht vahJ6 of2066.14 p

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH. WILTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 19 Rolatsd transactlons charity con8idèrs Its koy managern￿t perK￿ne1 ciryise tha Tru8t8BS, Thé t¢)tal ￿ploYMent lJ8nefits Includlng ery1￿9 pens1(￿ (￿lI￿￿n$ Lrf tho key man•Jement personngl kn thg ye8r were £nll12021.' £ 211 C•¥h generated from •¥)•rallon8 2022 2021 sU￿[us tho year 10.778 7,210 Adlu8tments for. Inveslmenl Iw)m8 r9e03r￿Sed vi statement offinanoal acaiMIi88 Falr va￿e galns 8nd losses on Investment5 (7531 2.975 16541 13,1631 Movemenb In ￿￿￿n9 capilat Ilncre88e) In debtQTS (3.2221 (2.8391 18551 5,980 C•sh g•nor•lod frrAn opw*lons 6,939 8,518 21 An8￿1¥ of chwg•8 In n•t fundB The Par0th1￿ ChLwth Cwndl had debt d￿Ing thè yw.

ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING May 2023 For Year Ending 31st December 2022

APCM Reports

St George’s Church, Wilton, Taunton Annual Parochial Church Meeting: 15th May 2023 Churchwardens’ Report for the year 2022 Including the ‘Premises, Goods and Ornaments’ Report.

1. Church Records

In accordance with The Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991, the Log Book, Terrier and Inventory are to the best of our knowledge up to date and accurate. These are available for inspection in the Church Office. Also, the Register of Services has been maintained and is kept in the Vestry. Other record books (Weddings, Baptisms, Burials and Confirmations) are kept in the small safe in the Vestry.

2. The Church

2.1 Goods and Ornaments

2.2 Repairs and Maintenance

2.3

Work and Improvements

3.

The Churchyard

Old Choir Vestry / Prayer Room: This was converted to create a Prayer Room, with a smaller Church Store at the rear of the building. Fire extinguishers have been provided. Some general improvement to the Prayer Room and repair work (to gutters and windows) will be required in 2023 to make it more suitable for its purpose.

Activity in the Churchyard. Over the last year, the Churchyard has been well used for different activities, including an Easter sunrise service (17th April), Mossy Church nature trails, and the successful Christmas Fayre (3rd December) and other events. In addition, the Churchyard has continued to be a place where people from the local community come to enjoy its peace and quiet, and where encounters give an opportunity for discussion, comforting and sharing faith.

Gardening and Maintenance. Churchyard Gardening Volunteers (typically 4 – 6 people per session) continue to carry out tasks, including weeding, pruning shrubs and raking up grass cuttings. This happens as a group mainly on the third Saturday

morning of each month (March – November), or on an individual basis at other times, to

keep the Churchyard looking well cared-for. As ever, more volunteers would be very welcome. In addition, gardening work in different areas is undertaken by four contractors (Patrick O’Shea of ‘Cut No Corners’; David Baily of ‘Cemetery Services’; Neal Kirkbride’s Garden Services; and Tim Denovan-Smith).

4.

Church Hall

Equipment: A large television screen was provided in the Dunning Room. Also, thanks to a grant obtained by Pete McKegney, four bicycle racks were installed outside the entrance, and these have been well used.

AV System: Additional electrical sockets were installed in November to facilitate the setting up of the AV equipment, including the cameras used for live-streaming services. Maintenance: Routine maintenance has been carried out, including servicing the gas boiler, replacement of a faulty valve in the heating control system, and the annual inspection of the fire alarm and emergency lighting systems.

5.

Pete McKegney:

It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Pete McKegney on 1st December, after a long illness. Pete was formerly a Churchwarden here at St George’s. A wonderful service of thanksgiving for his life was held in the very full Church on 19th December.

6. Thanks

We would like to record our thanks to the many volunteers who, over the last year have helped with all the tasks needed to support and encourage the life of our church family - for example as Welcomers at both Sunday services (9.30am in Church; 11am in the Hall); those who have worked in the coffee and refreshments team in the Hall, and those who set up the altar before services and those who clean in the Church, as well as the Choir and musicians. We would also like to thank those members of the Prayer Circle and the Pastoral Care visiting team for supporting those in need. Thanks are also due to those helping with Churchyard Gardening, our Flower Arrangers and Bell Ringers, as well as many others in often ‘unsung’ roles. Thanks too to Stuart Colwill (whose father, Ray, was Associate Priest at St George’s) who generously continues to pay for the maintenance of the south side of the Churchyard.

We are very grateful to Bryony Griffin for planning and overseeing initiatives with children’s and families work, specifically Mossy Church and Buggy Buddies. We continue to be indebted to Bethan Baigent, our Parish Administrator for her hard work and creativity. She has also maintained our general communication and connection with church members ‘on the periphery’ through the weekly News Board and social media. We also very much appreciate and are grateful that Ian Pinder has taken over from John Page the responsibility of Treasurer.

We look forward to 2023, confident that we will continue to ‘grow in Spirit and in number’.

Peter Joyce & Hilary McKegney Churchwardens 4th May 2023

Pastoral Care and Support Report for St. Georges Wilton APCM, 15th May 2023

Pastoral care and support is provided in a variety of ways by many individuals and groups at St. Georges. This report, however, is specific to pastoral visiting, home communion and our work in care homes.

A team of pastoral visitors provide care and support for the vulnerable and those in need in the parish and wider community. Pastoral visitors serve as the eyes and ears of the church and are commissioned to visit by Rev. Nick Griffin who is ultimately responsible for pastoral care at St. Georges. Visits are carried out in the person’s home whether this is in their own residence, hospital, nursing or residential home. The focus of the visit is to provide Christian fellowship and to meet any spiritual or emotional need which may involve conversation, reading and/or prayer. Visits are tailored to the individual needs of the person but will often include simply listening, practical tasks and signposting, if required, to other agencies.

Care and Residential Homes

During 2022 St George’s have continued to offer a service to Care and Residential homes. Ellisfields have a monthly Communion Service which is attended by on average fifteen residents. There was a special service after the Queen had died which was well received. The Carol Service was a popular event with good attendance by residents who do not normally come to the Communion Service. Two residents attend the 9 30am service.

Elizabeth House is very welcoming, we meet monthly for a time of reflection and by request Songs of Praise. The staff value the support offered especially when there have been difficulties in the house. The Carol service was well attended. Two residents attend the 9 30 am service regularly.

St George’s residential home has presented difficulties in engaging both the staff and residents. I have continued to visit monthly and offer one to one prayer and support and engage residents with craft activities based around seasonal themes.

Home Visits

Home Communions are offered on both long and short term basis for those unable to attend church. Mountbatten Nursing Home has not responded to our offer to provide a service.

Holy Communion is offered to people in their own homes if they, for whatever reason, are unable to come to church. This includes people who are ill, dying or housebound. Family members may also attend the short service of communion which is carried out in the home.

The visitors get together quarterly as a means of support for each other as well as discussing how things are going and how we could improve. Visitors are trained in all matters related to safeguarding, confidentiality and maintaining appropriate boundaries. The cosy cafe is promoted by the visitors as an excellent way for people to meet and socialise in a safe space.

The team is aware that there are many people of all ages in our community who have pastoral needs and would like to be able to extend the offer of support to all those who need it in whatever way they need it. We hope to develop some new ideas over the next 12 months to extend our offer. Please do contact the team on pastoralcare@stgchurch.co.uk if you would like to refer someone for pastoral care or if you are interested in joining the team.

Hilary McKegney, Pastoral Care Co-ordinator

St George’s Children & Families Work Report for St. Georges Wilton APCM, 15th May 2023

2022 was a busy year of outreach and development for the Family and Children’s work at St Georges. We sought to develop good relationships with families through multiple points of contact with groups, events and services, to demonstrate the God’s love by offering community care, action and development opportunities. 2022 had two clear focuses; stepping out in faith to try new initiatives and development of strong teams of volunteers to enable ministry. Recruitment for all groups is one of our chief challenges.

Ministry to Children on Sundays

September 2022 marked a new start for ministry to children on Sunday mornings. With the launch of the 11 service we didn’t have sufficient volunteer numbers to begin Sunday groups for children straight away. Instead, we provided activity and craft packs to do in the service, followed on by the opening of the “Family Room”. This provided a space for families to freely access together throughout the service for more space and crafts and activities based on the passage from the service. As our volunteer numbers increased, we were able to begin “Kids@11” in September 2022, weekly Sunday group for children aged 3-12. This provided space to explore Biblical truths, sing songs, stories, crafts, games and a space to play and make friends. The Kids@11 used resources from ‘Trueway Kids’. The weekly attendance of children to December ‘22 grew steadily averaging between 5-10 children each session. We are so grateful for the team of dedicated volunteers, under the leadership of Hilary Hayes who have selflessly given their time, effort and love to our children. Thank you!

Mossy Church

From Jan – Dec 2022 we ran 12 Mossy Church events on various themes throughout the seasons including autumn, bug hunting, hibernation, the seaside, birds, creation and summer which all proved to be very popular. The Mossy team hosted two special sessions up at Wildside Experiences near Hemyock where we explored the starry skies and a harvest session too. We had a special fundraising event where teddy bears got the chance to zip wire and abseil from the church tower, which raised over £100 which was used to buy tuff trays and other equipment for the children’s work and Mossy Church.

Buggy Buddies

With the colder weather, 2022 started quietly for Buggy Buddies, but we saw steady growth of people attending as the weather improved. We continued to hold all of the sessions outside until the winter time when we went to the church after our walk for the story/song/coffee time. Good relationships have been built with a number of families, and we have been able to welcome some of them to now be regular church members. Our team is small and more volunteers are needed.

Mums Bible Study

A number of Mums from the Buggy Buddies group wanted to be able to have a Bible Study together with the children present. This short Bible Study group took place after the Buggy Buddies sessions in the church hall.

Christmas Buggy Service

All of the St George’s Families groups came together at Christmas to run the first Buggy service for parents/carers and their 0-5’s in the church for a short and informal service. This interactive service told the nativity story and the families enjoyed making crafts, singing carols and songs as well as sensory play trays throughout. The Stay and Play team kindly hosted some festive refreshments in the hall and a space for more playtime for the children. We will look to do a Buggy service during future seasons.

Stay and Play

Our longstanding baby and toddler group is always a full hall on a weekly basis for families to gather with their tiny ones for fun, play, stories and friendship. A Christmas service was held in Church for everyone. Our leaders deserve great thanks for sharing the work load of planning, leading and cake making so thank you to the team. Special thanks to Laura Archibald, Judith Pickles and Barbara Reeves. We also have a band of willing helpers working in the kitchen who usually have as much fun, cake and coffee as those coming along! Thank you all.

We are in need of help with setting up and putting away as this is getting trickier so there is still a need for additional helpers, even if this is possibly once a term. Help with just chatting to the adults and help in the kitchen would make a difference.

We do receive wonderful feedback for our toddler group and the fresh snacks, fresh coffee and homemade cakes are always appreciated. We are all looking forward to another exciting year.

Christmas Fayre

All of the different families groups were involved in running stalls and activities for the Christmas fayre including Santa’s grotto, face painting, tombolas and more. This festive event was really helpful in being able to develop links with individuals and businesses in the local community, to share the Christmas message and invite people to the Christmas services as well as raise funds for the church.

Uniformed Organisations

We have been able to run a number of sessions for the uniformed organisations in the church. Each of them enjoyed completing a scavenger hunt around the church as well as games and the opportunity to ask questions about the Christian faith and the church.

The Families team

Bishop Henderson CEVA Primary School Report for St. Georges Wilton APCM, 15th May 2023

2022 was a very mixed year in school with parts of the year still severely impacted by COVID and then parts which have seen a super return to ‘normality’.

The year started with the school still in Amber measures meaning that there were strict bubbles around the school and parts of the school where we struggled to remain open. Whereas previously we had seen only a few cases, we saw a sudden rise in cases, particularly amongst staff and we had a few weeks where different classes needed to close as we simply couldn’t staff them. The Spring term was very challenging and teaching and learning were impacted as a result.

This began to ease and by the time we reached the summer term, we were able to start to tentatively lift some restrictions and start to resume some normal activities.

We had a lovely time as a school celebrating Easter, with pupils in each key stage planning and delivering their own Easter service at St Michael’s church. Though we were still not able to have parents come and join us, this was the first time we had handed the planning over to the children and we were really blown away by what they produced for us.

We were then able to welcome parents to celebrate sports day with us and wow, did we have an amazing turn out! It was such a joy to see so many of our families with us again and to enjoy sharing their children’s successes with them.

As we drew the term to an end, we prepared to say farewell to our Year 6 pupils. They entertained us with a fabulous production of ‘Star Warts’ and displayed their amazing acting and singing skills. For the second year in a row, we enjoyed an ‘in-house’ residential where we saw our school field overtaken by tents as the year 6 children and some of our staff families joined together for a sleep over outside. Great fun (and a little sleep) was had by all! We finished the year with a moving leavers service where we spoke about each child as a plant which had been tended and grown and left the children with their own seeds to plant. As the term drew to a close, we also saw a change in Reverend Jenny’s role as she switched from being a paid member of staff, kindly supported by St George’s and St Michaels as well as the school, to changing to a voluntary role. Jenny did not want any fanfare or farewell as her role has continued throughout the year, but we want to acknowledge what an incredible service she has been to our school community over the years – and continues to be. When we returned to school in September it really was school like it used to be and our full range of activities resumed. This has been a great joy and we have made the most of being able to go out on trips again, join as a whole school for collective worship and invite parents to share more widely in the life of the school.

The year ended on a real high. To celebrate the fact that we could all be back together, we mounted a community performance of ‘While Shepherds Watched.’ By Roger Jones. The children in KS2 performed the acting roles and each year group had their own part to play. This was accompanied by an adult choir of over 20 parents, grandparents and friends of the school, and a live band of 9 incredible musicians. We performed to a packed-out audience at St Michael’s and it was an amazing end to the year. There has been a call to do the same with another musical next year – we would love to have folks from St George’s involved if you would like to! Keep an eye out for a flier nearer the time!

If you would like to find out more about the life and goings on of the school, please have a look at our new website to find out more. Once again, thank you to the congregation of St Georges for their continued prayer support and financial support of the work of Jenny.

Rachel White, Headteacher Bishop Henderson

St George’s Bellringers Report for St. Georges Wilton APCM, 15th May 2023

The past 12 months have been a busy time for us. Apart from our regular practice sessions on Tuesday evenings and ringing every Sunday for the 9.30 service we have marked various national events, and other more local, domestic events, with additional ringing, bringing in assistance from other churches where necessary.

In June 2022 we celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a quarter peal on the 2nd of June and a period of general ringing the following day.

In sad contrast we marked the passing of Queen Elizabeth by ringing the bells ‘half muffled’ on 8th September. The muffles were then removed for us to ring the bells ‘open’ on 10th September to celebrate the proclamation of Charles as king. We then had to refit the muffles so we could ring a quarter peal ‘half muffled’ on the 13th September on the Queen’s return from Scotland to Buckingham Palace, and again on the 19th September for her funeral. Quarter peals were also rung to mark other notable local events including the arrival of a new member to the Griffin family and Brenda Arscott’s ‘big’ birthday.

We have been pleased to welcome bands of visiting ringers from as far afield as Essex, Kent, Scotland, Bristol and Exeter.

On the 14th January 2023 we hosted the AGM of the Taunton branch of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Association of Change Ringers where our new recruits were made members of the Association. We estimate that at least 40 ringers had a chance to have a go on our bells either side of a soup lunch and the AGM in the hall. A very successful event.

The number of ringers at St George’s has been falling steadily over the past few years for a variety of reasons but we are now delighted to report that recent events, such as the Advent Fair, have seen us gather some new recruits, and we are now teaching 5 adults and 3 young people at various stages in the learning process. We have also welcomed 2 ‘lapsed ringers’ and hope they will join us on a regular basis.

In April 2023 we were able to enter bands into 3 of the 4 categories in the Taunton Branch striking competition. The bands entering the ‘rounds’ and the ‘call changes’ categories included some of our more advanced ‘novice ringers’ supported by more experienced ringers, while our ‘A Team’ competed in the ‘method’ category. We were delighted to win all 3 categories that we entered and were able to show off our trophy haul to the congregation the next day. Some of our newer ringers will be ready to have a go at this next year when we hope to repeat our success!

The coronation of King Charles III on 6th May was marked by a ringing of all 10 bells at 9.00 am with a band of local ringers past and present, friends, visitors and, most importantly, our cohort of new and recent recruits.

We have always raised a modest amount of money to be used for day-to-day maintenance of the bells from personal donations, fees and donations from visiting ringers. In the past this money has been kept on deposit at HSBC but this has been becoming increasingly inconvenient and expensive to a point where we decided it was not cost effective. The balance of £1,640.99 was transferred into the St George’s account in January 2023 where it will be kept ‘ring fenced’ for use at the discretion of the bellringers for maintenance and ancillary purposes relating to the bells and bell ringing. Our thanks to the PCC for allowing us to do this. We are very grateful for the support that we have from Nick, the PCC and the congregation and we are pleased to report that the future of bell ringing at St George’s is looking good!

Brenda Arscott, Jeremy Taylor and Elizabeth Lane.