Charity registration nurnber 1134647
PAROCHIALCHURCH COUNCILOF STGEORGE'S CHURCH,WILTON
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023
Lentells
Chartered Certified Accountants

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOFsf GEORGE'SCHURCH,WILTON
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Trustees
Rev'd D N Griffin
Drm Yardley
Mr C Michell
Mr Pjoyce
Mrs H McKegney
Mr M Norman
Mr8 M Carson
Mr PCol8
Mr P Underwood
Mr I Pinder
Mrs B Baigent
Mrs K Lancht￿ry
18ppointed 15 May 2023)
Mrs H Hayes
lappolnted 15 May 20231
Miss Lwilletts
lappointed 15 May 20231
Rev'd R Kelley
{appointed 11 July 20231
Rev'd R Cromwell {appointed 11 July 20231
M8 D Vlckery
(appolnted 17 Sept8mb8r 20231
Ms L Norrls
lappolnted S March 20241
(resigned 15 May 2023)
(resigned 15 May2023)
Charlty number
1134647
Independent Examlnor
P A Stallard
Lentells Llmited
Ash House. Cookway
Blndon Road. Taunton
Somer8et. TA2 6BJ

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOF sfGEORGE'S CHURCH. WILTON
CONTENTS
Page
Trustees, report
Statement of Trustees. responsibiltties
Independent examiner's report
10
Statement of fin8nclai actlvitles
BaianGe Sheet
13
Stat8m8nt of cash flows
14
Notestothaflnanclal statementB
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The tru8te85 present thelr 8nnual 18POrt 8nd flnanclal Atstementsforth8 y8ar end8d 31 Decembar 2023.
The4ccDunts hav8 h88n prepar¢d In ÉccordAncewlth the ÈCCOUDting pobcles set out In note 1 to the accounts and comply
with the Parochlal Church Council's governing tru8t de￿1, the CharfUas Art 2011 and "AGeountlng and Reportlng by
Charltles- Stètement ol Recommendod Practlco appll¢abi8 to thadt106 proparing their 8ccounts In 8cGordance wtth the
Financial Rbporting St8nd8rd appllcable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021" la8 amended for accounting periods
commencingfrorn 1 J&nuary 20161.
ObfvGtlve8 and •Gthffilg•
The PCC has the responslbillty of Co-operatlng the VIG8r, Rowd Dr Nlck Grfffln, In the whole mls8lon ol the Church.
pastor81, evangellstlc. soGI81 and ecumenlral. It 8150 hB8 the mBlntenance wwn$it41itle$tor the church 5 propts￿es.
tsllc Baneflt Sl8tamont
The Trustees hgve paid due regaro to guidance iswed by the Charlty Ctsmmlssion on pubuc benefit in decSdlng what
acthAtles the PCG 8houid und8rtakè. tt Is th6 PCC'S Int6ntlon that St. Georg8'8 Church, Wllton, ttÈ h811, churchy8rd and
Ilutments should be available toth8 loc81 communityth8tharth8yai8 church memb8rs or not.
AGhlovomont¥ •nd porformonc
Church M•mbBrshlp fjr￿ Actlvtty
Th8re are 128 memb8rs on the naw Church Electoral RoiL The St GeoTgg& knrxhlpplng communw. a8 reported to th8
Dlocese ar31 D8C8mber2023 wa8 168.
St George'8 ¢ontlnu&È to anable the comrn￿￿ to math li1g'8 miiastontss. Durfng 2023 there wsfB 6 weddings and 10
baptisms in thg church. TherB W0r• 18 funeraL8 elther in the Church or at Taunton Cramgtorium. All ol theee events tsring
the church Into contact with peop￿ at very slgnfficanttime6 in their (Nes and the mlnlstry tsl the church is spprecisted. It
al80 prosents an opportunityto make th088 rnembers ofthècommunlty awara of otherthings the churchls able to offer.
2023-2024 ha8 b8en 8 wonderful yoar 8t St George* where hav8 confjnued to see #rovrth In spirit and in number. l am
8m8zed at the many ble&8ing8 God hès poured upon us a8 a whole community. At St Goorgè's we break theB& dts￿1 Into
8averal categorie3 to holp us focu5.
Worshlp
All of cur stnrfces havo gro￿ both in$plrft8nd in number.
Th8 appointment ol B worship diroclor in Chrts S8m$on has had a transfornialNe eff8¢t on our pubil¢ worshlp
senAces at all polnts. Although wo aro grateful lor hls deep muslcal S￿li and tslent, It IB h18 character and deep
splrwiualltythat hèva leftthe deepest irnpre88ion.

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TRUSTEE￿ REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EhlDED 31 DEGEMBER 2023
Tho 9.30 ser￿￿9 h88 SgBn a ste8(ty giowth In numborthroughoutth8 year. so that Wg regularty so? 65-80 adults on
a weekly basls. The 88rvlce ofters 3 8tgadyyol 8nergotic ithjwcal form toU%wilnKCornmonWor6hlp. Twtc8 J month
th8re 8re addltlonal choral Dffwin8s- once Vdith a moreform81 robed choir and once with a'Com8 and Sing. Cholr
that Is more flexlbie. fhls newer cholr Is more relaxed wrfthcrtrt robe6 and opan to the ￿019 communlty and has
regularly attr8Cted 8 gr￿ter number of people so that the cholr can be up to 20 people. Chrfs Sampson works 88
Cholr Dlrector and Goordln8te8 the cholr 8ntl Ls 8mpLy 8LIPPDrted by musoclans In¢ludlnE Ian Carson. lan Gouge.
ephen Page, J8cW8 &nd Ai8na Cott8y.
Tho 11.00 Ser￿ce hAs glso grov4n maThEUou$ly and establlshed ￿self Into B more regulBr pattern and style.
Att#ndance flgur88 sre betW88n 7￿90 adults 8nd 15-20 chlldien p8r Musically. Chrls has brought rog8ther
the dlffer8ntGtyies of tha bands Into a mor8 regular pattorn and add8d #r8at richngs5 tothe quabty and spirltuallty
of the musle offered. There are glmply too many mu￿ClanS to 118t but we are especialty grateful to the muslc81
lead8rg Including Sam Rlchardsm, Zach and Kaue Bartlett. nm •nd BarbArB Rnch and Rob Cromwell. One of the
aspects I have been keen to develop Is the openn8BStotheworkofthe Holyspirit in our servlces¥nd pur muslcl8ns
have 8UPPOrted thls wonderfulty.
In F8bruary 2024. we began £ trialto mowtha 11.00 8eThice to tha Church buiLding after continued probiemBwith
Qvgrcrowding In the h8U. Thi8 ha6 baan V￿W￿l receNed 80 far and is ongoingat thetime ofwriting.
All of our servlces Bre support&Y bywr tschnlc8Lte8m. Led by MAtt Nonnan and weil supportod by Matt Ellet and
L8ur18 Jelfgry. As th8 quality Bnd diversty of ourmusic h88 Impr¢N8(I th18 has beerb a subst8ntl81 inGfa8B8 in work.
As a member of st8ndlng committee. PCC 8nd 16ading the technlcal team, l am Gontonuolly Imprèssed by Mptt's
charact￿. w111n￿eSS ttj work and suppprt thls wmmunty8ndJust make it 8Uwork Th1$ 1$ onty pos$lbl¢ bocJu8e
of h[8 ¢tsmmftm8ntand irNefortha place.
We ttontlnue to stream our 11.00 88ry1ce and 8ro worklngtOW8rd2 stregmlngthB 9.30 senrtce too. Regular vtevlng
flgures forthe streams are 100+ peTweek and we h•ve #round 4tKI subscribe￿ on YoLrtube.
Mltlw8okworGhip has Stopped duringthi6 ia8tyoar dug to our volunte6r6 decidlngtotake a br8ak.Th8 monthly BCP
communlon8 h8v8 atso c8aBed due to lack of intorg8t. W¥ romain op8n to semces ot midwe8k wor8hip bLbt thwe
ar8 no 8re4t plans 8tthlstSme.
Thgr8 were a number of 8pecial ser￿ceS during the year. HlghUght8 Include a lolnt ser￿Ge ￿th Gospel mu8lc
botW88n 9.3Q and 11.00 lor Pentecost. a speclal H8rv88t $8rvtCB 8t Cutuffe Fami. Partlcul8r mentlon for the
confirmayon 88tvlGè In we welcomed ￿shOp RLrth to bapli8e 5 candld8te8 through full Imm¢rslon and 9
C8ndld8tas for conflrmatlon lincludlng on&fram St Mlch8et'sl.
In June 2023, we we blessed w￿h the arrfval of Rev. Rob Qomwell 88 Our trglnlng our8te. Rtsb has made a
substanllal dlft8rence Across the board 8nd more deralLs aresprlnkled ihrough th18 rgport.
Also inJune 2023. wo welcom¢d C8rmen Crc*nweii as an ordlnand mlxlngher studle8 wtth proctlGalwork here Bnd
runnlng her ch8rity'Puls8 Mlnl8tr186'.
In lune 2023, Rlchard Ke(ley was U¢ensed a8 our'Associate Minister, ty Bl8hop Ruth Taunton and h88 been a
valuable addltlon to the team. Richard's main Tole Is ba8ed at Quoon's Colleg8 Taunton a3 their chapL8ln and h
WOT8hips and 80rve$ at St G8orgos Dn a regular bas15.
God has bie888d u8 rjchlywtth many ietlmd mlnlsters and vn'regrateful fortheir 88er$ and untsoen contrlb¢Jtlon$.
8pecialthanks go to R6v. G&off Treasure. R￿.jennyjeffery. Rev. MlchaeLHoyps and Rav. Martin klrkbrSd6for all of
thelr hardwork. love and dedicatlc)n.
Christma8 and E88t8r S8nAcas wera lammed fvll th{8 last yBar. Over th& Chrfstmas week we had over700 peopl8
go through the church door8. Th& 8&r%rices acr088 Easter Day2024 saw240 peopl0 8ttend.

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TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023
Thereare now monthly'worship Gathering8' combiningM)r8hip.trainingand bible studywhere our mu81cians now
gather. The8e are weil attended and a per8onalhighlight of my month.
Faffllly8nd Chlidren
Our f8mlly and children's work ha3 now gained 8 more dtstinctfve sh&pe and pattem wlth a MIx￿r0 of weekly, OCttBslonal
and sea80nBI groups and maetln
. Wony Grtllin Is our chlldien and famllias cooidlnatorfor the church and we are v8ry
gratsfulfor her188(Jeishlp of 8n 8blE 8nd s￿lIedt08m. SpeclBI mentlon goes to H118ry Haygsi J8y L8nchburyi Judlth PickLe8,
L8ur8 Archi7aid and Ch8rLotte Kelleyforthelr outstsndlngwo￿.
Stay and Play remains a blockbust8r part of our week with a fuu hau on a w8ekly bas15 frjr fAmlUgs to gather wEth
their tiny one3 for fijn. pLay. stor1&8 and frlend8hlp. Both East8r and Chrlstma3 $ervb¢8 y￿r8 h8ld In Church for
everyone. Speclalthanks goes to ollofthe le&dersand In phrtlcular,Judf(h Plckles. LauraArchlbold and mèny mBny
more.
Our SundayChlldren% mln16ty h88 n(wfound a clearpait8rn mlxtur8 andwe are gratetul forcon8lst8ntlyhigh
quBlity work aGr(w the board. Th8r8 aT8 now 3 cLo8r stre8rns of 8g& brèckets including totB@11. kld8@11 and
yOLSth@11. Number8 Ot children attending these seThic8s varies betr￿en 15.25 on a wgekly b48is. Thi8 18 a huge
amount of Y￿rk on a regularba818 anil it is ￿nd￿ruIt0 8
In Kld$@11 Hllary Hay88 h08 done8 speclal emwntUlwo￿ ¢xh*rlng manym•ny areas, c8rlngfrJr 8nd trBlnlngtho
volunta&rs in Kids@11 and de3er¥esvgrym8nythank8. Hliary ts stgpplng down In Summer 2024 to focus on
thlngs. To manage the numbw of chlldr8n requires a lot otvolLmt88r8 and wrfll need tD wlorg howto expand th1$
tv8m In the comlngyears.
Speclal menllon sh￿id bo m8de Df the iÈunch of s#Juth@11 whlch Is the first regular youth work In mary many
years. Theyouth moot Yeguiarly In the player shexl vAth &v8rfEtyof leade[3. Rose Slock8ndJÈy LBntthbury r8allyEQt
this off the ground and it Is now woll 8UPPOrted by 8 number Df leaders. Numbers are good and solld for a youth
OUP 8nd expected to swell in th8 comlney8arl31 astheJThJnger ège braeket gr8du8tes.
Tots@11 h&B had a m￿d y8ar and18 now on 8 Stjrw footing. Attendlng y￿h parents. the children meet to sing a
80ng, 8h8re a croft and playwtth to￿.The gefvlee is stream8d Into the space 80 that the par8nts c8n connect with
bit ofthe V•iderwor8hip.
BLE￿ Budd168 confjnued throughoirt 2023-2024. Th18 18 a gontle wÈMng eroup 9UPPOrtSng parents and chlldren
through company. lov8 and support. Th9y meet (Mjtslde th8 chU￿h ond go for a short Walk vAth timè tor gamBs.
coff89 and lun. Thi6 communlty engagement acfjvlty has 8egn a numbBr of ptrople connect tho ohurch moro
w£dely Includlng alFkn8 Gouf8B8 8nd 8ttondin8 SundBy s￿{Ce&. In the earller part ot the year. 8 blble study fof
P8rents we$ hdd for 8 period oftlme b￿thIS Iscunently In 8iwnGe.
Led byBryonyGrlffln, MossyCPturch has run 8 nurnbBrof events througfvoththeyear mixlngcrafts. songsand games
wlth chlldren and famlues to help the communty engag8wrih God thrDugh engAgtMg in nkrture. Numbors condnue
lo be hlgh, althoLtgh we hgVE tended to find th8t our smaller scale 8V8n18 have better qu811ty engagement 8nd
conver$8Uons.
OurBapti8m and confinnationB inciudedfwrcandidates under 18.
A8th8vlcsr I have r88lgned my posltlon of govwnor8t Bl8hop Hondernon School duetodup15catlon Df the rtslevAth
the vlcar ofst Mleha818 Church. How8VW. CDntlnueto Nn assemblies at Bl8hop H8nd￿on S¢hooL

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TRUSTEES, REPORT {CONnNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
CommunSty
In August 2023. the Commvnlty Fridge launched and was opened by Cunton Rog8rs. The frldge was funded by
Hubbub and Taunton Town Cwncll In order to re4Juc8 foo(1 w88t8 acrws th6 town by tsklng In food weste and
redlstributing It. M2rYyn Roberts has Led the chafge on the project Including the necessary food hyglene rules,
recrullmentand tr8lnlng ot vDlunteers 8ndwe 8IBV8rygrat8fulto him ft* hls ers￿h1[8 8fforts. To dat8, thefrldge has
$8ved ov8r201I0 kg{2tonl of foodfrom th8tlpl
pro¢ured A gv8nt from the WAM) SpBce9 Grnnt from the Somerset Communltles Foundatlon to run the'soup,
Prolect. Thls was a roarfng auttcess wlth between 2￿30 people fed 88ch week In the Dunnln¥ Room. Thanks go to
Rob Cromwailfor ch8fflng duties. plus Kateand F4ch8rd T￿￿Or. Marycarson and Th8sbin4 T88guefor thelr woik on
supportin¥the communty. The p18n18forihe'Soup'groupstO Tun In the coldermonthswththe Tuk-Tukcommunlty
C8fé In the wfirmei months.
The Men'8 Shgd launch8d In Apvll 202& Thi8 grthjp of m•n meèt In the Se(xrt Hut for 80Ci81islng 8nd pr8Ctical
projects. Trtis group have done a prafound amount of practical t36ks wth hlghiights Includlng ongoing work to the
tuktuL transforming th8 tuk4uk Irai18r into a usoable home alongside innumBrablg smaller procfjcal job8 around
thechur¢h 8pace. spacia1thank8toT￿ryWar8fOrall0f hi8workin organisingand coordlnatingthls Importantwork.
Not to be left out, K8te T8yior 1ounGhwl a Atthe Puv 8oclalevent Tfftthlch gathers women from across the
church ¢ommunitytor8 800i8ltlm8.
There were o number of otherWomen¥ mlnlstsy events IncludSng a Chrf5tmas Craft event and a Bake Off. Thanks
to DI Mck¢ry and Bryony Grbffin forthelr work In arrnDBlngth888 t￿10n*
The ValL8y Café launehod in April 2023 led by RÈV. Getsff Treaguie #nd KatsTWr. Thi8 ber8av8mgnt support group
18 an innovation int8nded to give space to those have been bgroavad rocently or soma tim6 ago and h88 bean
very much appr8cl*•d bySLiwhDatt￿ded and otherthurche8 have askedto copythe ideal Thanks to all involvod.
Wè hav8 run 8 few mea18 including'CLFrry Clinton'Ththich rni8ed 8rfAJnd £700 towards the Gommunlty Fridg8'
'Moroccan nlght. following the terrible earthquake wthich rais￿1 around £21100. plus a numbBr gf srnEIIBr seale
church famity mèh16 %thlch tmjiltffiendship and fellowship amongst the community. Rob ha8 takon • ro81 lead In
helpingu8 tothink abL￿t moio hospitalkty in the church and ￿rthankS ar6 due to hlm.
*rolLforthe soulcondnuesto 88ther groupsfor8 gentt8w81kwlth prayoT.friBndshlp8nd the oGG8slonolÈonK8Long
tho b￿ByS ofTaunton.
18ne Joyce has led our thui¢hy8rd 8ordenln8 teom be?uttftAiy and thalr careful Ènd dlllgerrt wark h&g produced
wttLL used, gppreclated and impre¥8ive chvrchy•rd 8p8G&Thgnkyou to Bllofthe team!
Our now reader. KateTayiorha8 tak8n charge ofour 8ngaE8m8ntwlth the c8re hom88. SUPPOrtingStGeorKeÈ Caro
Home. Elllsfldd C￿rt and Euiabeth HOU￿ThI8v￿rkh￿srn￿￿d on a gr&at8trtde th18￿1 8nd lam grat8fulto K&t6
and h8rt8am.
Hll8ry MGKegney h88 led our pa8toral t&am. Thè r8gularm￿ts. hom8 cornmunlons and Support offered 18 8uperb
and l am proudto ￿￿rk aLongsideth8m In ca￿￿￿10r our church 8nd wld8r community.
Carmen Cromwell has t8ken on the leadership of our home groups followlng on from the excell8nt work of Geolf
Treu8ure. These have now swelled to 7 groups in totsl and my 30nse Is that the great need is for furthar leadar8 to
take on &r￿p5 ratherthan 818ckof inteiest In more pr￿S10Th. Thanks toCarm8n for all Df herwork.
Flnally, OUF Chrlsimo8 Fayre vJ8s o fun 8nd joyous occaslon de8Ptt8 the bltlng w8*her that we experlenced. The
team put together an Immense event Inttlvdlng musl4 food. stalls and craft and raisod around £20CfrO forthe work
oftho church. Specialthanks again to Hilary MeXèEnèy, Bèthan Balgeni, BryonyGrlftln and Camien Cromwou.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOF STGEORGE'SCHURCH.WILTON
TrUSTEES' REPORT{CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Flnanctt and Re8ourM8
Ourtreesurer has glven a reporton flnanco below. so here l *rfUfocu8 on our physical and human ro8ourc88.
The addltlon of a full-tlm8 tralnhg Curate, Assoclats Mlnister, Vlorshlp Dlr8ctor and Placoment student has
transfomied the working anvtronment so thatthere is a Glaarer sense of a t8am worklng togethw to produce many
olthe events And &ctivitie8 ilsted above.
Di Vickery h88 pmvided exceiientJupport a8 8 Churctrmèrden. Di only intends to be partofthl8workfor a reLatiV￿Y
ghorttlmg l$h9￿[l6tep￿Own atthe nextAPCMI buthas a gre8tsuppor¢ helpand guideduringhertlmtr. Th8nk
you Dll
Our Potsr Joyce has lust complet6d a decade of mlnistry as a church warden. HIS work18 often unse8n to sll Eyjt
God ond meyet wlthout Pet8r'8 kindnass, thoukntlulne&s and conllnued eftort8W8WDuld be dèeply impovtrrlsh¢d.
Th8nkyou Peter.
Our thlrd year of runnlng th8 NlTristry Experl8nce Scheme IMESI h88 beon dlffgront agaln. 5 candld8te$ loln u8
t￿U￿rIy￿th a f&W￿sIt￿r￿. 2 of the candidats$8refrDm St G8org8'S AndthrB8tsom othw churchès. Thls has been
wo118pprEclgted and some of thes8 members are expiorfng their own futuro mlnl8trfos now. From last y68r, 3
gradu8t8s of the MES went 10Th￿rd for ordination and we concluded tha last year wlth 8'Day of Prayar, whlch tha
members all contrlbiJt6d to. Th8 dlocttse removed their flnancl818UPPOrt from thls project and fund1￿ ha3 been
gathgred from the dlo¢esethrough a ditfer8nt'pol'of fundln&
We ran a major bullding yojg¢t t￿nSforMing the office space. Thls was a major operation of clearing out old
matBrlalth8t had gathergd. The new 8P8ce8 mean thèro Ss a B*pèrnte ertrnncetothe office from the vlcarage
and the 8pac88 h8ve b88n tr8n8formad Into 8 wofe86ional working 8pace8 that Ban accommod4to tho number Df
stsff thatwe now host. On8 of the thing81 haw lèamtsof8rabtxrt church growth 18 that for growth to be 6U8tained
you need to'backfill'8trurture8to alLowthose new peoplèto be cared Ioi and 8UPPOrted.Theofficetran8form8tlon
h88 m8d8 8 8ubstantlal dlfferenceto the over8Uwork ofthg church.
Some work has been begunto explore hrw our bultdlng and sp8ces mlght be bBtter used to serye thè communlty.
Paul Col8 h88 beon Instrumgntol In the tr8nsfDmiafjon of the office spaces and hls generouy givlng of hl$tlme 8nd
wl8dom h88 been invaluab18 on 8 communty and perBonal leveland l tskg hls 8rrlval care as g slgn Df God's
pn)vidential hand In our commur4ty. Thankyou Paul.
Spaelal thanks to J&nny Nomian who a(fvanGed our s818gu8rdlng agondh and Impr0￿ments to our systam8 to
88f8guard our vulner8bl& adults and young peopl
A standing committ88 w88 formed tts help expedit8 the busine88 Ot the church. Megling on a monthly basls, tho
st8ndSng committa8 18 lormed of Nick Griflin. Pgt8rJoyGe, Di Vlck6ry. Matt Norman, Bethan BaiE8nt. Rob Cromwell
and lan Hnd•r.Thls has helped reli6vethe pressure onPCCmeotln￿t0SbtftIffjM buslne68to strnteglc approache8.
Followingthe sad death ofMicha8lSmalLwB're Ineredlblygrat&fulthatRobin Stamp has 8t8pped In to helpwlth the
minlstryof Chrlstlan GDAng OffiGer.Thi8 18 such 8 helpfvl roleto rnakethepl8ce run smoothly and without conf￿¢t$
of Intere8ts and wa'reverygratofulto Roblntortt.
MIs81on
Flob Cromw811 ran 8n Alpha Cour88 in the Autumntemi.Th18WO$ 8 smaller scaLethanthe prevluusye8rbut members hwe
nowfound thelrway Into churches and home groups.
We aratrlalllnga n8wwaYofta￿jngC01iOGtIon$ tyreduclngthenumb8rolml8slon parb)ar8to roughty one per month. A¢8rd
116ting these charltles18 av8118ble otthe b8ck of church and thls meansthatwo glve 8 more sub8t8ntlal8mount to charltl8S
aNI reduco the admlni8tf8tlDn both here and for ¢horltles beyond.

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TRUSTEES, REPOFrr (coNriNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Th8 pr8yer 8hed h88 be8n ava118bL8 2417thnxJghowth8 y8•r 8nd hA8 b8$n c8r&d fr)r B8P8rlBlly bylane HAmllttsn, Janfy h88
a180 led 8 r8gui&rgroup ofprayerson a midweeklunchtimesiotand6h8de68rvesourspecl8Lthanks forth18￿tel and speclal
mlnlstry,
WB contlnue to offer wayer mlnlstyatth• 11.00 and dre iuokln8atwayto Incre•se 8n8A8ement In thls *¢t￿lty.
Concluslon
Iti8 myprivtiegeto continu8tO 88lVethi8 place8nd witn888th8 h8nd of God craftingandformingthi8 cornmunlty beautiftjlly.
I may havg ml889d name8- and If so forghffj me. We ha￿ grown in SPIr￿ And In number and Sti8 myutm08t belief thatwe'i8
not doney8t. God ha8 morato do amontrt us. rnor8th¥nw8can gskor imagine and to hlm bg the glory.
Flnanclal R•vl•w
The growth in church attendance, 8ev8r81 new Inlt18tlves, eypanslon Lbf our Mu￿¢ and wornhlp toAm. Infl&tlon and the
redevelopment of the church office 811 contrfbutod to 0 23% Increase In exKIBndtiure In 2023 compBred wlth the prevlous
year. However. It Is plea8lng to Bee that church rneMbe￿ haNp responded generously an Increase of 24% In Income
from our Chrlstl8n Glvlngscheme and many new peopleiolning.
The 8ettlngup ol the Cpmmunlty Frfdge wouLd not havE been po%sib1ewlthr￿rt￿ grantfrom Hubbub and sponsorshlpfrom
Taunton Tovm Councll to thom we aro verygrÈtgftAL Nany people enjwd the Cosy Café and th8 Soup luneh88 fund￿ by
Worm Sp4cesgr8ntsforwhlch WE must 81$0 8xpr8S8 wrthanks. FurtherweLcomeond generou8tinanclal 8UPPOrt has beon
provlded for thoTu￿Uk In memory of the lats Chrlstine Harris.
Thank8 must ai80 go to a11th¢￿ people vtho contrlbuted so knndiyto the Office R8dev61ppmentAppeal. Thls ur￿l&MOrouS
utvery nocessaryprollect Gould not have been funded from rewlar Ghurch fttnds alone.
Our P8ri8h Shere for 2023 ha8 bggn p81d In thll 8nd wp have andod Ihp yèar wth a mod68t surpluB of £2279 befor&
Investment galns. Without the receipt of two gener￿S leg8ci8s totslling £7.¢Xrf) lfvom the estatos ol thg late E￿8￿bOth
MortFm8r White and the late Michael Rourkel we Vlvuld not h8v8 covgr8d our costs for tha year and this Illustrates how
valuable it18foi churth memb￿8 to rememberth6 church inth8irwill&
The Parish Share h58 Inerea58d again In 2024 and the financlal (￿l00k for au th￿￿h￿S romalns challenging but we are
blessed to have 8 congregation withth*vlU andlalthto meetthose challenga8.
Re8BTVO8 P￿JcY
A ch8rfty'8 ieserv88 fund the wor￿ng capttsl whlch 18 requlre(I to payfor dty-to-day oper8tlons. In addltlon. reserves are
hèld to mè8t unfor8s88n c08t8. to fln8nco newlnftlaiivgs and to tund the Eap6 b8ts488n G88h reB81pts ond paym8ntr.
Our poiEcyl8 to malntsln a minlmum level of free unre8trfcted rBseNes equlwalentto three months revenue expendhure. AS
at 31 December 2023, the PCV$ unrBthGted res8rves stood at £51J,080 vthich amounts to lust over 3 months regular
revenue eyp8ndlture.
Invostmant Powors and P(•Ucy
TheTru8te86 ar8 r8sponslbleltsr ￿￿rIngthat sufficient ca#h la h81dtO CDv8rtho day-to-d8y expen$ets ofthe charstyand the
be8t retum8 available 8¢hievwl on 8urpLusfunds and Ih&8ndcv•mi8ntfund. Th8 Pctts 8ndowèntfunds ara inva8ted in the
CBF Church of England Inv8Stment Fund- kncorné Sh8r8s administered by the CCL

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF STGEORGE'S CHURCH,WILTON
TRUSTEES, REPORT (coKfiNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023
Rl8k Mfinagement
ThoTru818os consider r18k and othpr unwt8lntle8 rogulerty atthelr meeting¥. whe￿ po8slble, p¢Al¢lp8 are 98tabllshed and
procedur8s adopted to mltlgatsthose rIskS,￿ethWtheY&r6fInancl8l or not. Cash flowi8 mDnf(ored and 8 financlelupd8ta
Is provliSed at every PCG meetlng. The le￿i of volurrtary In¢om& &nd our abil￿ to pay the P8rlsh Share are ragulorly
dlsGu$sgd. togBtheYwrth satsty and p¥ot8ctton issuosfor those wsitingthe charitys pramisos.
StruGtWQ. 8ovem•nce ond managamant
The P•rochlal Church Councll IPCC) is 8 re￿Stered charity number 11346d7. ItYts8 re&18tored on 4 March 2010.
ThoTru8teos aro the PCC mombers. ThoTwstfje¥whoswved durlngthBytBrAnd uptDthv*dBteof slgnature ofthBflnBncl81
st8tements wera:
Rev'd Dr N Griftin
Dr Myardley
Mr C Mlthell
Mr P joyce
MrsH McKegney
Mrm Notman
Mr8 M Carson
Mr P Gote
Mr P Underbvood
Mr l Hnder
Mrs B Bal￿t
MrsKL&nchbury
Mr8H Hayes
Miss LWlllÉtts
Retyd R KelL8y
Revd R Cromwo11
Ms D Wckery
M8 L Norrls
(rasldned 15 May20231
Ireslgned 15 May20231
lappolntsd 15 MAy20231
lappolnled 15 M8y20231
(appointed 15 May20231
lappolnted 11 Juty20231
lappolntad 11 Juty2023}
appointed 17 S8ptgmber 20231
(appoin￿ 5 March 20241
The method of 8ppolntment ol PCC member8 18 sot 5nth8 Church Rppi8santation Rules.
Alichurch attend888 ar8 8ncourhged to reO8t8r on the EiectoralRoU and Stand for 616Ctlon to the PCC.
The PCC ha8 2 Working GroLEP overseeing tha maintenan¢8 and m#nagamant of the churchyard. It ha8 producgd a
Churchyard Management Poticythich has bggn approved bythe PCC and which 18 f8vi8wgd annually.
PCC members aro the Mgngglng Trustees of the Church H•ll and th8 Sewt H￿, the Dioc88an Board of financo is the
Custodian Truste&
The Church 18 the land t)wner of the Wlton Church ALlotrn8nts la charity) and tho PCC i& r88ponsible for ensuring thot they
r8 kapt In good order; that income and gxpendttui& are In baianco. and that a reasonable 8urpLus 18 ggn¢iatod tor
,￿clOs188t1C&L purposes".

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF STGEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Sp8ciflc roles fulfiiL8d by PCC mamb8rs ara 88 foLi(hv8:
Wcar:
ChurchwBrdan8:
Revd Dr Nick Griffin (Chairl
Mr Peter joyce
M6Di Vlckery
Mr8 Hilary McKegney
Mrs Hilary Hayts
Mx Lucy NorrlÈ
Mr lan Ffjnder
Do4n¢ry Synod Rgprosontatlves..
Secretaryto the Church CounclL
Tre88urerto the Church Council:
TheTru8tse8' r8portWa8 appr￿d by the 808rd ofTruttee8.
R*d Dr
Vlcar
Grlffln
D8te'. ..,,..... MBY 2024

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF STGEORGE'S CHURCH,WILTON
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBIUTIES
FOR THE YEAR EhlDED 31 DECEMBER2023
Th8Trugt*85 arè r8sponBlbl8 ft>r pr8p&¥1nethéTru8t￿8. R81)0rt 8nd th8 Ilnancial 3tat8m8nts In Accordancèwith appllc8blg
lawand Unltod Kingdom AccountingSt4ndards (Unitod ￿ngdoM Generallyknpted Accounting Practice).
Th618wappllcabieto Cha￿110$1￿ Engtand andwales r8qulr6sthaTrustee9to prop8rèfin8nclBlststsmentsfor8a¢hfinÈnclal
yearwhlch g1va è trua and fairvlew ofthe state of affalrs of theP8rochSalChurch Councll ond tsfthe Incomingre8ourcès and
application ol re8ourco8 ofthe Pgro¢hl8LChut¢h Cwn¢llforthaty08r.
In preparingthe6efSnanclal8tstements. Ihe Tru¥leo8 are requlredto:
88lect 8ultabl8 ac¢wnttngpollcl¢8 ¥nd thon apptythem con818tomiy.
obseNr the methods and princlptes In the CharltlesSORP,
makeludaments and esttmates th8t are re8son8bia and prudent:
swè whether 8ppUcabla 8ccourrtlng st8nd&rds h8¥& baen loLiiyNed. subject to ary M￿ell81 departures dlsclosed
and expl8lne(I In th8 flnanclal st*emorrt8' and
pr8par8 the )Inancial stat￿ents on tho golng eoncem ba$ls un188S it is inopproprfBt8 to pr8sum8 that th8 charlty
wiu continue in operation.
TheTru8teas are reswnsibie for keeping 8ufficient accounting r8coftlsthat dlse1098 wlth reasonable accurncy at snytlme
th8flnanc141 poBltlon of the Parochi81 Church C￿n￿land enablethemto ensufethatthe finan¢lalst&tomants Gomplywtth
th8 Charitie8 Act 2011. th8 Ch8rlty (Accounts and R6portsl Reaulatlons 2008 and the provisions oftho trust deed. They are
8180 responsible lor saleguardingthe as8ets of the Parochlal Church C(yJncll4nd hence fortaklng reasonable 8tep6forthe
pr8vention and detection trf li&ud and other irreguiarilies.
The trustee8 ar8 r&#pon￿bla for th& maintenanc8 and integrity of the charity *nd financial informatlon included on thg
P810chlal Church CouncS1's web81t8. L8￿slatiOn In th8 Unr¢8d klngdom govemlng the preparatlon and disB8mination of
Ilnancl818tstom6nts may dlfferfrom legislation in other juri8dictlon8.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH.WILTON
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REpoiYr
TO THETRUSTEES OFTHE PAROCHIALCHURCH COUNCILOFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH.
WILTON
l ieportto thetn18tees on ￿eXaMInatIon of theflnancialstatementsofthe ParochiBIChuvch Councllof St Georye's Church.
Iton lthe Pgrochlol Ghurch CoundD fortheyear ended 31 Decom￿1 2023.
Ro8ponslbMltlts and ba•ls ot rèport
As the Trustee8 of the Parochlal ChLFrch Councll you Are responslble for the prepara￿on of the flnanclal 8tstemanis In
cttordancewlth r8qulrem8nts 01th8 Charfd88 Act 20111th82011 Act).
I report In r&8p8Ct of my &xgmination ofthe P8rochlal Church Councll* fin8nciBI 8tstements caried out undor Se￿10n 145
of th8 2011 Act. In carrylng(Krtry 8x8mln&tl(xn I h8Nvfo1l(p￿da[iIheappliC8bl& Ditectlon8lN8n byth8Charfty Commi88itsn
undar $oction 145(5llbl o*thè 2011 Act.
Independent Ex•mlnor'8 #I￿¢M￿rt
Your attention Is drawn to th8 fact that th8 charity ha# pr￿ar8d ffnanclal st8tém•nts ID accordance wlth Accountlng and
eportlng by Ch&rlties preparing their accounts in Bccordance with the ￿nanCIaL R8POrting StsndErd applicable in the UK
and Ropvbllc of Ira&nd IFRS 1021 in preference to the Accounting8nd Reporting by Charitiea: Statsment of Recommendad
1¥8GtIca i88U8d on l April 2005Nthlch18 reterred to In theeKtantre8ulation8 trArthas now be8nwrthdr8Ym.
l under8tand thatthl8 has been dono In orderfi)rthe flnanclal ststementsto provide a tNe and faIr￿aW4n aocord8ncewlth
Geffl8rallyAccepted Accounting Practice effgctive iorreporting p8rfod8 Wnning on LY 8ft¢r 1 J8nuary 2015.
I havo ¢ompL8ted ntygxamination. l ￿L￿syM that no matters ha￿ cometo my attention in Gonneclion vthh th8 examination
glwngmo ¢¥us8 to belsevethBt in any material respect:
accountlng rÈLo¥dsw8ie not keptin respect ofthe Parochlalchurch coun￿1￿8 required by80Ctlon 130oftho 2011
Act; or
2. the flnanclal 8ts1ements do not accord wlththose record& or
th8 flnanclal 8tat8mentB do not compty wfth the 4ppllGablB requlrements concemlng th8 fomi and content of
ccounts set out in the Ch8ritse8 IAccount8 and Reports) Aegui8ttons 2008 othor th8n any requlrgm8nt that the
acctsjnts Ove a tTUts and f8irv1￿Whi¢h 18 not amatt8rcon8ider8d 8S Part of an independenl examin8tlon.
I have nD concerns Gom8 a¢ross no other matters in connection Vlith the a¥amlnatlon to thlch attentlon should
be drawn In thls report In orderto ￿able 8 prO￿r underst8ndl ofthefln8ncio1 statemertsto be roached.
P ASt&Uard
LenteLi8 Llmlted
Charterad Certlfled Accourtsnts
Ash House
CookW8y
Blndon Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 6BJ
Dthd...
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH.WILTON
STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 DECEMBER2023
Curront Ilnanclaly?•r
Total
Total
ful￿8
fundB
2023
2023
2022
Donatlons. wents and Legacia8
OthertrBdlng activfties
Invostments
oth8rinGome
Tot•1 Incom•
148.613
15.454
2.020
5.576
171.663
198,297
15,454
2,020
7,247
223,018
168,056
17,111
753
1.671
51.355
192,271
Chgrltabl# 8CtlvltlÈ8
Oth6r expon8es
T￿￿1 re•ourc08 ￿pended
170.2TI
1.888
172.165
48,574
218,851
1,888
220,739
176,620
1.898
178,518
10
48,574
Net g81n&ll10888È1 on
Invgstments
2,097
2,097
12.975)
Not Incomlng r￿QUr0e$ beforo
tran8tbrg
1S021
2.781
2.097
4,376
10.778
Gross tran3fors bBtween fund
Nèt movomenl In fund¥
18021
2.781
2.097
4,376
10.778
Fund balan¢e6 8t 1 January2023
50.582
6.128
22295
79,(K15
68.227
Fund b8lance8 at 31 Dvkrnber 2023
50.080
8,909
24.392
83.381
79,005
The 8tatement of flrb8nGlal 8Gtfvldgs Includes 81lgalns and to&e8 recognlsed In theyear.
Ail Incom8 an(J expendttura der1￿(loM contlnulng o¢lvittes.
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF STGEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfiviTIES (coKfiNUED}
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Prlorlln•nGl¥ly•Ar
Unvestrlcled Reotrfctod Endowm•nt
lund8
fund•
lund8
2022
Totsl
2022
2032
2022
Note*
Donotlon8. grants and149¢1¢$
0th8ftrading actlvftl88
Investments
14B.936
17,111
7S3
19,120
168.056
17,111
753
Oth8r Incom9
Tot•1 InBDm*
6.351
173,151
6,351
192.271
19.120
Charitabl8 aC￿¥ft1eÈ
152.171
176,820
1,898
178,519
Other expenses
Total rnsourc68 •¥pandad
10
154,069
24,449
Net1108808ygain8on
Invth8nts
11
Il9751
12,975)
Net Incomlng ra80urco8 bgfoMtraMt•rs
19.082
15.3291
12.9751
10.778
Gross tr8fbslers between fund
Net movomgnt In funds
19.082
15.3291
(2.9751
10,778
Fund baLanG88 at 1 January 2tr22
31,500
11.457
25.270
68,227
Jnd bal8nc98 At 31 December 2022
6,128
22.295
79.005
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH. WILTON
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT31 DECEMBER2023
2023
2022
Nole8
Flxed A¥801*
Investments
12
24.892
22,295
Curroht A￿¢18
Dobtors
Cash atbankand in hand
14
23,293
68,735
92,028
10.295
56.923
67.218
Cr•dltorn: Amounts faulng dua wlthln
one y8Ar
oth8r¢redltor8
15
33.039
10.508
Net curT8nt Bssets
5B,9B9
56.710
7ot41 assots leg¥
Ilobllltle¥
83.381
79,005
CapltaLfund8
Endowmentfunds
Incometund¥
Rastrlcted fund8
Unr88tFlcted fvnd8- goner81
24.382
22,295
17
8,909
50.080
8.128
50,582
83.381
79.005
Theflnanci818tstemgntSWBre apprO￿d bytheTTUSteeson ......... ...............
2024.
Rov'd D
Vlcar
Grfffln
Mi I Plnder
TNstl* 8nd Tr￿Surer
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF STGEORGE'S CHURCH.WILTON
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2023
2022
No*0¥
C95hllow• from operrtln# octlvttl¢¥
C88h g8ner8ted from op8ratlon8
20
9.792
6.939
Immstlng aGtl¥lt89
Inv88tsnontln¢ome recelved
2.020
753
oash llanoratsdfrom Inv9811ng artl¥ltlg
2.020
753
Ntrt Gash usad Ihllnanclng Qotlvltlas
Net Increase In cash and £￿h
•qulvalonl8
11.812
7.682
Cash and ¢•$h 8quivalents At be8fjnnlng of year
56,923
49,231
Calh and cash •qufvai•nts at•nd oly
68,735
56.923
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH,WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Account1￿ poUcl•8
Chathy Infofmotlon
The P8rochialChurch C¢￿nCIl01 St George* Chuich.Wiiton r8a Char[tyr￿l&t8radvnder number 1134647, liwas
r8giAtsred Dn 4 March 201cI. The correspondence addre88 for the Par18h of St George 8 Wllton Is.. St GeDrg9'$
Church Office, Fons GeorKe, Taurrton TA1 3JT. The tei8phon& number Is: 01823 284253. Web8lta:
1.1 Accountlni tsonvgntlon
The accounts have been prep8r8d In accord8nc6wfth the P8Tochl81 Church Councll's trust d&8d. th• ChgYrtI•s
Act 2011 and 'Accountlng and Raportlng by Ch&rltlas: St8tsmènt of RaC0mm8nd￿ PrActlc8 app￿C&bLe to
Gh8Atle8 prap8rlngthelr8Ecountsln acGord8nGe vAth the ￿nanTh￿l Reportlng Stsndard appllBable In the UK and
Repub15c of Iraland IFRS 1021-18s amended for accounting p8rlod8 commenclng from 1 January 20161. Th9
PBroGhig1 Church Council Is 8 Publlts Bengif( Entityas deffn¢d ty FRS 102.
Thefln8nclal statwnents have dep8rt8d from the Ch8rlUes (Accounts 8nd R8POrt81 Regul8tlons 2008 only to the
eKlent rgquired to Prowde 8 trug and falr vt6w. Thls doparture has Involvod followlng tho Statr4ment of
Rgcommended Pracllcefor charfUo8 8ppiytngFRS 102 r8therthonthever$lon ofthBStatemènt ul Recommpnded
Pr8ctlce 18 referred to In the Regulations but %thlch h88 slnce been wlthdrawn.
Thg flnanclal 3t8fgmgnts prepored In sterUnL thl¢h is the fijncttonal GurronGy of the ParoLthlal ChurGh
Coundl. Monet8ryamounts kn the30 fin•n¢l8lststomffits ore rounded io the negre8t È,
The 8ccounts havp been pr8p¥Trd under the hlstorf¢81 cvgt conv8ntlon, modlfied to Include the rev8luatlon of
Inveslment 8SS8tswhlch are 3hown *felrv8lue.The prlnclp81•c¢ountlng puUGle8 adopted oro 8&t out b¥low.
1.2 Golng GonGOrn
At the tlme of appro￿nI the accounts. the Trustees hav8 a r8080n8bLe 8xp8ctstlon that tha PAro¢hial Ghur¢h
Coun￿1 has sdoquate resources to continue In 0￿￿10n81 exlstence for the foreseeable future. Thus the
Tru8tQO8 Gontlnue to edopt the golng concem basis of accounllng in prep8rfnEthe 8ccounts.
1.3 Charltobl•lund8
Unr8Stricted funds are avaliabie for use 8t the discreyon of the Trustees In furtherBnce of their chartiable
objectlve3.
Restrlctedfunds are sublactto speclflc CDndtllonsbydonors8Sto howtheym8yba usad. Thè purp058s and u
ofthe restrlcted lund3 sel aut in the notlceto thefln8nclalstatements.
Endowment funds are sublect to specific ¢ondlllons lry dontsr8 that thé c8pltal must b8 malntalned the
Paroehl8L Chutch Council. Only income ari8ingfrom investment of th8 endowment m8y b8 used.
1A Incom•
Income 18 re¢oKnl8edwhBn the ￿rOChI81 Church Councll 581egaUyentiiledto itafteTanyperformanc8 condltion8
have been met. the amounts Gan bfy m&88urod rgii8bty. 8nd Ét ￿ probablethat incomewllbe recèivod.
C88h donations r8cognised on recelpt. Other donation6 ara r￿ogni88d once the Parochial Church Council
ha8 been notlfled of the don81ion. unless perfi)m8nce conditions require deferral of th8 amount Income tax
r8cov8rabLe in relation to donations receNed underGift Aid or deeds of covgnant is Tecognlsed *the tirlle of thg
donation.
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PAROCHIALCHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
NOTESTOTHE FINANCIAL STATEMEI4TS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023
AGcountlng poll¢l¥g Icontlnued)
IA Income loontlnued)
Lgggcle$ er¢ recognlse(l on recdpt or othervAse Itth¢ Parochlalchurch Councll h88 bgon notitled ot an Irnpendlng
dl8trlbutlon, the amount18 1(nown. •nd rocolpt 18 8XP8Ct8d. If the 8mount18 nol known, the ieg8Gy Is treatsd as s
contlngent 8880t.
Dividends ar8 accounted for when re¢eiv&bLe. Intsr08t 18 accru8d. All othor income 18 recognlsad when it 18
TOCOiWdbl&
1.5 Expenditur
Expendlture18 recognlsed once there 18 8 legal or constructfve obllgatlon to lrnnsfer economlc ban?flt to a thlrd
party, It Is probable ihÈt the twansfEr of econom5c beneffts VAII be rBqulred In settl?rnent, And the amount of the
obllg8tlon bo measurttd reU8bly.
Expendftur• Is cAassl￿8d by activrty. Th8 costs of each 8CtMty are made-up of the totsl of dlrect C08ts and Bhared
costs, Infjludlng support Costs Itwolved In undertaklngeach activtty. Direct costs attrftrtrtabl8to a singl8 actlvity are
aLloc*od dirertiyto th8t 8Gtfvlty. Shared costswhlch contrlbuteto more than one octNIty and support Gosts whlo
are not attFIt￿table to a 8ln8te activityare apporlioned botwoen those actMtie8 on a b8$1$ Gonslstent whh the use
of resources. Centsl staff costs ere auouted on the b8818 of rlmB $pon4 •nd d¢pr¢¢58tlon ch8rg89 are allocttsd
on the portlon ofthe a888t's u
Expenthur¥ reco8nltlon
Grorts and don8tlons Bf8 8ccounte(I for vth8n peld or awarded. rf the award crgate8 o bindlng obllg8tion. Parish
Shar8 is accounted for %then du8. AU other axpendÉbJre on charitable activities is generally recognised vthen It is
incurrod. As tha charfty ig not VAT reO8iered ail expendituie IB statod inclu¥ive of IrrecLver8ble VAT whor9
ppllcabie.
1.6 Tangibl8 fixod assets
Tanglble fixed a&8Ots are Inltlally measured at cost and subsequendy mea8Uf8d at Cost or valuaiion. n8t ol
d8pr8clatlon and any imp8irnient losses.
DeprBcl8tlon IB recogmlggd su astowrfte off the costorv8lvaUon 0188setsLesÈthelrr8Èldualv8lutt3 D￿rth￿IrU￿eIul
ilves on the foll¢￿￿nI b8$e$:
xiures and fftllnK8
CompLrter9
Fultyvthtten off in 2006
Fultyvthn8n off In 2011
The gAln or loss arlslng on the dlsposal of an asset 58 detemiined asthe dSfferenc8 betsveBn the sBle pioceeds and
the carl￿nEV￿l￿a af the 8sset. 8nd18 roco¢nlsed In the 8tot8ment offinanclal actNrtie8.
1.7 Flxed asset in¥eBtmoirts
Flxe(1 8S$8t Investments are InRi8lly me8sur￿l 8t tr8n88Ctlon prlce exoLudlng trans8ctlon costs, 8nd are
subsequently measured at tslr value at eath roporung date. Changes In tslr v8Lu8 are recognleed In net
Incomellexpenditurel for the year. Tran38ctlon co8ts 8reexpenseil as InGurrBd.
1A Cash and Cash aqufvalent8
Cash and cash equivalènts include ca8h in hand, deposit8 held at cali wth b8nk$, tsth¢r short tsrm Ilquld
inv88tmentswth Ori￿n81 maturitfjes ofthyee months orless, and bankoVerd￿fts. Bankcwerdrafts ar8 8hown within
borrowlng8 in current118bllltle8.
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOF STGEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Accourtlng poUcl•s (conllnuod)
1.9 Flnanclal In8lruments
The Paroohigl ¢hurGh Gouncll has elected to apply th8 provlslons of sec￿on 11 'Ba8lc FSngncl81 Instrum8nts' and
Sectlon 12'0ther An8nclal knstruments Issues'of FRS 102 to Bllof ltsfinAncl81 Instrumerrts.
RnonG181 Instruments are rvcognl$Bd In the Parochl81 Ghurtth Cwndl's baianco shegtlthen the ParochlolGhur
Gouncll become8 partyto the contrJctuelwovlslon8 of tho in3trument.
nanclol assets and U8bllltles are offset. tho nat amounts presented In the Inanclal statements, wh9n thBr
15 a legally enforceable rightto set off th8 recO￿lsed amounts and there ￿ an intendon to settle on o net bo$1$ or
to re8il$etho 838et and settle the lipbiUtyslmult8n&ou$iy.
B•sle Ilnancl&l •ssats
Baslo finAnGlal 8&88t8. ￿10h includo debtors and and bank b818nc88. are iniliaiLy m8a8ured at tranB8cUon
price Includlng tr&n8actlon co8ts and #re subwugrrtty Gar￿811 at am￿r￿Sed cost uslng the 8ffactlva Inter8St
method unless the aN8nllement constltutes 8 fin#ncln# tran￿￿tiOn. where thB trnns8Ctlon Is measured st tho
pre$8ntvalue ofthefuture recelptsdiscounted at a marketrnteof intorest. Financial 8868ts GI8BsSfied as r8colvablo
wlthln one ygar ore nirt amortlsed.
Ba81c I1￿an￿al ￿h111th
Basic flnanclal UabiUtl88, Inciudlngcredttor8 and bankloan8 arg In6V8llyreco8nlsed at tran88Ctlon price unlessthe
orranggmeMtctsn6t￿t9s afinanc1ngtr8n88c￿0n.Vknor8th8 d8btlnstrumant is mtsBsur6d atth& pr&s8ntwalu6 ofthe
ftrture p8ymont$ discounted Bt 8 m8rket ratg ol Intemst Flnand8l lJ8blLltJes tsia&8tnBd As pAy8bLB wlthln onè yèar
•ie not 8mortl80d.
DBbtlnBtruments 8re &ub8equently carried at amortlsed COK U8lngthe effeolfve Interestrate method.
Trade credltors are obUgationB to pay for good8 or services that have bggn a¥quired In the ordinary course of
operation8 from 8uppUer6. Amounts pay4bl8 are classified ascurrent liabillti&8 rf paymènt18 du8 wlthln on8 yO8r or
1955. If not, they are pr888nt8d as nonrycurr8nttiabiliti85. Tr8d&credtLors are recognlsed inittallyat transactlon price
and 8ub8equentty m¢o8ured otamortised C<￿ ueingthe effec1j￿ irt8rest method.
D8mwlllon of fi￿n¢la111#ts1IjIl0S
r4nan￿a1 liabilitles arfj d8rgcogni86d when the P8rochi81 Church council￿ Contractual obilgation8 expir8 or are
dischBrg6d or c8ncailed.
1.10 Employee benellt8
The cost of Any unused houday enttllernent 1$ recognlsod In the perlod In whlch the employee's seTvlces are
recowgd.
Temilnatlon benoflts are recognlsed Immedlatety as Bn exp8ns8 Nthen the Parochlsl Church c￿ne1[ Is
demonstrably commltted tot8rmin#tethB employment of an employee orto providetsrmlnatlon benoflt3.
fftkal accounikngestlmats8 andludiampnts
In the 8ppUcatlon of th¢ P8rochl81 Church CounrAI's aCC￿n￿nE pollcles, the Trnstses ar¥ requlred to mgk
judgements, estlmates and assumptlons ablxrt the cBrrylng amount ol assets and Ilabilftles th* 8r8 not Teadlly
apparent from other sources. The esumates and gssocI8t￿ ossumptlons 8re based on hlstorlcal experlance an
othorf8Ctorgthat are conBldered to be 1818vant. Actual results may dlffer from those e$tlmates.
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF STGEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2 CrlUG•I ¥ocountln¥ •stlm•tgs •ttdfvd¥amohtJ {Gontlnuodl
The estlm8tes Bnd underiylng Bssumptlons Bre reviewed on an ongolng ba818. Revlslon& to 8ccountlng
e8tlm8tes arg rttGognlsed In thB perlDd In whl¢h the estlm8to Is rbvlsed %there the re￿&[on affttct9 only th8t
period. or In the pertod of the revlsion and future perfods wh8fB the revlslon 8ffects both Gurrent and luture
perlods.
3 Donallons, grants and logacl
iknr88trlCt￿ RestrlGt•d
Total
UnrB1trfct￿ ReBtiiGtetl
nds
funds
general
2022
Total
fundg
qeneral
2023
lundg
2023
2023
2022
2022
DgnAtlons and glfts
LegaGles rec&vabie
Grants recaivable
141.613
39.953 181,566
114,022
30,000
4,974
14B,936
15,120 129,142
30,000
4,000
8.914
19,120 168,056
9.731
9.731
49.684 198.297
148.613
Dt)notlonfy gnd ÉlftB
Chrfstl8n GMng- GA
ChrlstBn Gmng. non GA
Co118CtIDn8 Charity
Donation8- Coffe8
I￿natIOnS Hall & Church
Offlce BuildlngAppeal
Donatlons- ￿her8
96.636
17.595
56,636
17,59S
11,823
298
82,770
7.923
82.770
7.923
11.512
794
1.927
11.823
11.512
298
794
664
287
24.588
3.542
24,58B
S.786
24,178
39.953 181,566
2.244
24.176
141.613
2[13
3.321
3.524
20,692
15,120 129,142
Tax recoverable CG
20.692
114.022
Lègacle• recolv8blo
Legacles
7.000
7.1)00
30.000
30.000
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF STGEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
NOTESTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpifs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Othortradlng actl¥ld88
Unrestrlcted
fund
ggnorol
2023
Unrastrlcted
funds
general
2022
Holt hlre and allotmgnt rent
Fundr81sing find church events
13,484
1,970
15,454
15.025
2,086
17,111
Investm•ntg
Unrestrlctod
funds
Unr98trl¢t8d
fund8
genÈr81
2022
gw•ral
2023
Incom8lrom Ilsted invastrnents
Interost recefvabl
667
663
1.853
2020
753
Olher Incofflg
UnM8trtcted Reslrfctod
lund$
fvnds
2023
2023
Total
Unrnstrlctsd
funds
2022
fund¥
2023
Foe8- weddings and fvnerals
ChuTchy8rd Inttom&
BHS Ch8pialn- Incom8
Church bell8lunds introdu¢ed
4.163
1.413
4.193
1.413
2.354
1.081
2.916
1.641
5.576
1.671
7247
6,351
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH.WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 DECEMBER2023
Charftatsle actlvltle&
2028
2022
Staff c0818
G￿n8
Parish share
StBff and SPBoker expenses
Ait8r WApBnsos 8nd flow8
Mu8lc and organist CO8ts
Education and Outrgach
28.498
12.025
85.442
661
790
30.161
11,512
83.767
S66
608
12.873
11.537
621
4.861
7.47S
297
Youth aGUvities Bnd educatlc
OfflGtr ¢osts
ChuT¢h and hgLI 8StabUshmpnt cosfs
Church and hall r8pair8 and mainten8nce
i i
6.312
15.548
4d.549
6.077
12￿20
18.376
218.851
176.620
AnAlysls byftmd
Unre8trictgd fvnds- genBr81
Rostrict8d funds
170,277
48.574
152.171
24.449
218.851
178.620
Trust•e•
Th8 Charfty consldar81ts key rnan&gement personnel to bg It6 Trustees. No remunefatlon or expenses
Ware paid to th8 Trustees forth￿rWOrk¥#ithln the PCC in thi8 orthe preMou8ye8r.
EmploypBg
The 8￿r8E& mDrthly nUrn￿r of omploy006 durfngthe￿arWofy:
2023
Mumber
2022
NumbBr
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023
Employees {Contlnu•d)
Empioymeirt costs
2023
2022
Wages and $818rleA
28.493
30.161
In 2023 the Parl8h Admlnlstratorwas the 8010 employee. In 2022th9 9418ry costs Included
the P8Fl$h Admlnistr8tor and a ¢ontrlbutlon to the $318ry otthe Blshop Hondgr8on School
ChapiBIn.
Therawereno empLoy988 who88 annual r8munw8tion wa8 MOr8th￿ £60.000.
10 oih¢roxptrnÈps
Unr•BITIGtgd
funds
Unr¢strl¢ted
funds
oneral
¥en?rel
2023
2022
Prote$8lonBlfee8
IndBpendent ExamlnallDn
B8nkch8rge8
575
1,020
293
1.020
246
1.888
1.B98
11 N•t galn81(108&081 on fnve•lm8rt¥
End(A¥m•nt
funds
Endowmgnt
lund8
2023
2022
Revaiuatlon oflnvestments
2.097
12.975}
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOFSTGEORGE'SCHURCH.WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
12 Flxod a980t InvoBtments
knvè#tments
Costorvaiuthtlon
At l January 2023
Valuailon chang88
22,296
2,096
At 310ecember2023
24.392
Carrylng amourrt
At 310eGemb8r 2023
24,392
At 31 Dettembor 2022
22,296
Flxod os8at Invttglmonts rewlued
In 1971 thetwstees ofthe 8liofm8ntfvnd. stthe reque* ofthe P8rochlal chU￿h CounclL 8nd wth tha Gon8ent ofthe
Charfty Commissioners, sold 8 plot of L8nd as a slte for htyJ8es. The PCC18 8ntrtled to the Income arfslng on the
accumutated fund and to the rents from the oliotmenK l)ul notto the capitsL
All Irwastments 8re carried attheirfalrvaLue. HoLdlnKS In common Investmentfvnds areat thelr market V8lue.
13 Flnanclal InBtrum•nt¥
2023
2022
Carrylng Bmount ol IlnanGl8l¥Mets
InBtrLtrm8nts mo8sured at fairvaLue
through profft or1088
24,392
22.295
14 Dobtof8
2023
2022
Otherdebtor8
Prepayments and accru8d Incom*
13,587
9,706
3,965
23.293
10,295
15 Other cr•dftoTS folung duewllhln One￿&r
2023
2022
Other credltor8
Accru418 and deferTed incDma
28,056
4.gB3
33.039
6,667
3,841
10,508

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH.WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEHfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 DECEM8ER2023
16 Endowmentfund¥
Endowment lund8 represent 8ssots ￿1¢h must be hB(d pem)8nentty by the P8ro¢hl81 Church Counoll. Income
arlslng on the endowmontknds can be used In Jccordance with the objects of th8 Paroch18l Church Councll 4nd
Is Included as unrestrfcted Income.Any capitslgalns or lossesdrlslngon the assets fomi partof thefund.
P¢mianent endowTneThts
Wllton Church AUDtments-CBF chU￿tt of Engi8nd Imffjstment Fund~Incom8 shares:
BglBncE at 1 J?nu8ry2022
2S.270
Revaluatlon Ilossl
12.975)
Bal&ncts at 1 January2023
22295
Revalu8fjon gain
2.096
Balanca At 31 Docember 2023
24.391
Thls comprls8s 1079.06 units et market value of 2260.53 p6n¢
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOFSTGEORGE'SCHURCH,WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023
17 Ra8trfctod lunda
Tha Income fun(5s ofthe charity inctude festricted funds comprisingthe foUovAng unexp8nd8d
b*Ugn¢e8Otdon8tlon8 and grants held ontrustforspeGillcputFKJses:
Balance at
Incomlng R¢wurc05
1 Janu8ry Resources
expended
2022
Balance at
31 December
2022
Pewg
Ho11 relurbi8hment
ChurchWIFI ond Sound System
G￿n￿
Mossy Church
TukTuk
Warm SpaGe Icosycafél
H88Ang Loop
Prayer Room
3,750
1,021
6.686
3.750
1.308
287
51)0
11.512
17.1861
111.5121
{179
14.6681
(6541
{250}
4.868
1.815
250
961
100
100
11.457
19.120
124.4491
6.128
Balance 81
Ineomlng R&sources
1 January R880urces
expended
2023
B8lance 8t
31 Dacember
2023
PBw8
H8ll refurblshrnont
Givlng
Mossy Church
TukTuk
Warm Spac8 (Cosy Cafélsoupl
Ministry Experlence Scheme
Prayer Rotsm
Church B8118 Fund
CommunltyFrldge
Church Offl¢e BulldlngAppeBI
8.750
1.308
3.750
B43
{46S)
111.8231
1911
11,9901
12,3221
19811
(2401
11.823
178
2,500
3.250
981
510
1.889
100
1.821
6,074
1.821
16,0741
124,S881
6,128
51.355
148.574
8,909
Glvlng repre8ènts cash ci*Liectton8 for sp￿ifiC chaiiti&8 whS¢h ai& dlstributsd to thos8 charities a8 they aro
r8celved. All 0th8r réstrfet8d fiJnd8 rnpresent donatlong and yantstor 8p￿￿1C church purposes whlch Br8 treated
as restrict8d Income and as the projects Am undartaken.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH. WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME￿r5 (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023
Analy618 of net a8Bets bOtwo￿fUnd
Unre8trlct8d R•strlotÉd Endowmob)t
fund8
lund¥
fund$
2023
2023
2023
Totsl
2023
Fund balanc88 at 31 D8c8mb8r 2023
re T6pre8entsd by.
Inv￿mentS
Current ÈssetslUÈblUtle8
24392
24.392
58,989
50,080
8.909
50.080
8.909
24,392
83.381
unr•8￿C￿d R•Str1¢t￿ Endowm•nt
fund8
fund¥
2022
T1￿1
2022
2022
Fund bolance8 at 31 D8C8mber 2022
re re￿668ntod by:
Inveslmen18
Current assetsnlab1l1￿e8
22.295
22.295
56.710
50,582
6.128
50,582
6.128
22.295
79.005
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFSTGEORGE'S CHURCH, WILTON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEARENDED31 DECEMBER2023
19 Rglated portytrnn¥aotlon$
rlngtheyeorthttrewere no ￿lated p8rty transBcllons12022: None}.
20
C##h gènarnt•dfrom 0￿ratIOn4
2023
2022
Surplu8 forih8 y88r
4.376
10,77B
Adjustments for:
Investment Income iecognl8ed in ststement of
flnanclal aGtfvltle8
Fairvatue gain8 and10$$8s on Investments
12,0201
12.0971
7531
2.975
Movamonts In s￿)rkIng capital:
Ilncreasol In debtors
Incre8selldecreasg1 In ¢rodltors
112.996)
22.531
13.2221
12,8391
CaBh generated from oper8tion8
9,792
6.939
21
Analy818 of ch8ng88 In ngtiufid$
The PArochl81 Church Councll had no debt durlTrgtheye8r
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