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2022-12-31-accounts

Annual Report Celebrating God’s Work through St. Mark’s

2022

We are passionate about journeying alongside all ages and backgrounds as they discover more of Jesus. We are people who party, proclaim and pray.

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2022 Vicar’s Report

2022 Reports from Staff Team

2022 Mission Report

2022 Operations Report

– including Fabric, Finance and General Purposes

2022 Safeguarding Report

Facts and Figures

2022 PCC leadership and make up

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Mike Resch Vicar’s Report

One of the joys of writing a report each year is to reflect on what God has been doing over the previous 12 months. 2022 has seen a freeing up of life after the pandemic and opportunities to start gathering again. As with all years there have been highs and lows and it’s good to face these together.

The purpose of this report is a legal requirement to show what St Mark’s has been doing and the benefits we make to the local community. As a church we continue to welcome all into our community who wish to join us. It means that we all have to play our part not only in greeting people but by going the extra mile and welcoming them into the church. Our vision remains the same as Jesus commissioned us, “go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19). For us the immediate location is Harrogate rather than the whole world. We can assist in this call beyond Harrogate but we need to trust our brothers and sisters in Christ to play their part where God has called them to live and minister.

What does that sound like in non-biblical speak? Maybe “transforming Harrogate one life at a time through Jesus.” Which to be honest still sounds clunky but puts across the notion of “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6 v10). The marketing gurus among you might come up with some snappier slogan no doubt like, “To know Jesus and to make Jesus known”. The values of Up, In, Out have been the hallmark of St. Mark’s in recent years. With these we also need to remember the direction of travel, the place and the vision that God has given us. It is a massive task and one we embark on because of the love, joy and peace we have discovered in Jesus and therefore want to share that with others. To see Harrogate transformed means we all need to play our part and join in the adventure. It also means we need to gather together to encourage each other and to receive encouragement when things are tough personally. It means being equipped to understand and take part in the Kingdom message. This also means being empowered by the Holy Spirit to be not only aligned with God but open

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and expectant of him using us to further his Kingdom.

We need a staff team that can support you in that role, rather than you supporting the staff team to do all the fun Kingdom stuff. The staff has seen some changes this year with Dan, Julia, Susie, Kim and Chris moving on, each one leaving with experience, skills and talents that has left a big hole, but each going to do amazing things for God in new places with new ministries. Dan and Kim were full time but as yet haven’t been replaced and this has meant a busy time for those remaining. This year we also saw Richard and Sally Marjoribanks move to Nottingham which has meant a big upheaval in our Financial logistics as a church. As I write we are still getting to grips with the financial structure but hope by the APCM we will have a clearer framework in place. Catherine, Eleanor, Hannah and Liz have joined. Catherine has taken on some office duties to help Cathy in the office alongside Catherine’s role as Pastoral Director. Eleanor has been a direct replacement for Susie overseeing the plethora of safeguarding admin.

In financial terms Hannah and Liz replaced Natalie but have two distinct roles. Hannah leading the Youth ministry and Liz leading the Families and Children’s ministry. This strategic move is already starting to see fruit, and the desire to see less of a drop off from Year 6 to 7 is also looking hopeful.

Like most charities since the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis we find ourselves in a particularly tough place and are so thankful to all those who give to the life and mission of St. Mark’s.

As you read this annual report, I hope you feel uplifted and encouraged. I also hope some will feel inspired to get even more involved to know Jesus and to make Jesus known.

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Dan Watts Associate Minister’s Report

It is the beginning of December, two days after having broken the news to the church family that I have a new job (Vicar of Christ Church Downend in Bristol) and so Julia and I will be leaving St Mark’s in the new year. I know that it came as a shock to many of you and I confess to feeling a whole mix of emotions – excitement, joy, sadness and a little bit of anxiety. But now I am sitting in front of my computer, trying to write my annual report for 2022.

I think St Paul says what I would want to express much better than I ever could in the beginning of his letter to the Philippians.

Chapter 1 verses 3-11 says,

“I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.”

So just as Paul thanks God for the Philippian Church and their partnership in the gospel, whenever we remember St. Mark’s, Julia and I will do so with gratitude and thanksgiving for the time we have served here and for all you have meant to us. But we thank God too for all that we have achieved for the sake of the gospel and the furtherance of the Kingdom of God during our time here. For the

growth and development of the children’s and youth work; for children and adults that have come to know and experience Jesus’ love; for people that we have accompanied on the ups and downs of life’s journey. We are thankful for the leaders I have sought to train, develop, release and encourage and for all the people that have stepped into new areas of ministry and grown in the gifting that God had placed within them. The development and delivery of Step-Up to grow discipleship and leaders within the church has been such a joy and a blessing; not forgetting the development of our communities to empower us all to become lifelong disciples that make disciples.

I am reminded that the last three years have been less than straight forward – a lengthy vacancy with a number of significant challenges to work through - not to mention a pandemic with lockdown and the re-opening of church, to navigate. But Paul’s words to the Philippians ring true: “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will complete it”. The God we love and serve is faithful – He always completes what He starts. God is always at work, even when it seems that He is silent or apparently inactive. He is at work through the trials and crisis of our lives and in the deserts and on the mountain tops. God is our Father and He loves us and He will never leave us or abandon us. Clergy and other leaders will come and go, but God the Father remains, carrying on His quiet work of shaping you into the likeness of Christ. God the Father is good, faithful and unchanging; He is bringing about the growth. In John 15 Jesus says, “I am the vine: you are the branches, if a person remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing”. The life of a disciple is a constant call to respond to the voice of the master and his call. It is a life of obedience and trust. As we learn to ‘abide’ in Christ so we become more fruitful; relationship before results.

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Finally, we would continue to encourage you to love, care and support Mike and Liz just as you have Julia and I along with our children. Leaving Kent and arriving in the midst of the pandemic has not been straightforward for them and many of the usual joys and sorrows of moving house and joining a new church community have been more challenging than usual. But one of your greatest gifts as a church family is your love, care and hospitality and so we urge you to continue to cherish and pray for both Liz and Mike as they lead and serve you all.

Julia and I know that God has called us to Christ Church and we are excited to see what he will do in us and through us in this next chapter of our life of faith and discipleship. But we are also sad, sad to be leaving St. Mark’s and a church family that has loved us, held us, encouraged us and supported us as a family. Both Megan and Sam would say Harrogate is their home, this is where they grew up – they both consider themselves to be Yorkshire (they even speak with a northern accent!) St Mark’s has been our family for thirteen and half years, we are known and loved. To choose to leave is just as hard and painful for us as it is for you.

Julia and I will continue to pray for you as Paul prayed for the Philippian Church – that you may grow in the knowledge and love of Christ and that you would live more like Jesus, doing what he would do - to the glory and praise of God.

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Liz Resch Children’s and Families Ministry Leader

Children are part of our focus at St Marks, disciples who we walk alongside as we all grow more like Jesus. This year our vision has built on all that has gone before, in seeking to reach children with the story of Jesus, to give opportunities and space for a personal relationship with Jesus, and to encourage and release each child into using their God-given gifts.

Throughout the year The Tide team has worked hard in meeting with their group, to lead and encourage everyone in their own journey of faith. The Tide team is an incredible group of volunteers who give the children and St Marks so much. We really do appreciate all that the team is, and all that God does in and through their faithful work. A particular thanks to Rachel Tunnicliffe,

Becky Onslow, and Lizzy Stansfield, and Rachel Batchelor who does a lot of admin for Waves. I am also greatly encouraged in the work that Hannah Ferguson is growing as she works with our young people on Sundays and through the week.

This year has seen a couple of new ventures. Church at 4 which started in October, meets for an hour: sharing drinks, eating toast and writing prayers, before we all join together for our service.

The time together is relaxed, open and fun. We ask questions, pray, worship and learn what it is to be a disciple. A massive thank you to the small team who run the toast bar, and drinks. We would love to grow this team, maybe you could offer to give an afternoon a month to help out?

We have also had a number of Family Fun Zone events. A time to get together, have fun and relax. The Jesse Tree and craft time were really enjoyable sessions. There is much more planned for 2023.

Having started as Children and Families lead in May, I have been blessed to work alongside a great team on Sunday mornings, and during the week. I’ve had the privilege of joining in with the dance ministry, Toddler ministry, and the children’s events team. Thanks to all who give their time so generously to the valuable work. I have also been able to begin to build relationships with Oatlands Infants school, and Rossett Acre which is really encouraging.

Please join me in praying for God to continue to bless this work, that we may grow in our worship of God, and the work of the Holy Spirit. I pray for more of God, that our hearts are set on fire with love for him, for our mission with and among children to bear much fruit.

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Gail Vlack Baptism Ministry Report

Our baptism visiting team supports families that are having children baptised at St. Mark’s by visiting them at home before and after the baptism, introducing them to the ministries of the church, helping them connect and praying for them.

24 families had children baptised in 2022, with 28 children altogether being baptised throughout the year.

Thanks to our team of seven volunteer baptism visitors and also those members of our congregation that accompany them on home visits. By providing a warm welcome, information about our church community and offering support they are sharing the love of Jesus and being missional in their outreach. This year we have seen more fruit from our baptism ministry with families engaging with church, toddler praise and Alpha (sometimes several years after a baptism).

Families give very positive feedback following the baptisms, and mention the warm welcome, the personal feel of the service and the relaxed atmosphere.

We have increased the use of the offering plate for a retiring collection following the baptisms and families had expressed an interest in being able to easily give money to the church. Families and guests give generously to the church at the baptisms.

We held a very successful baptism picnic in June 2022. For the first time we were able to make the most of our garden for the picnic, and 14 families attended (more than ever before). It was a time to celebrate, make connections and build on relationships and encourage links between the families.

Thanks to Janet Green for ensuring the resources we provide to the families are up to date, relevant and invitational. Thanks to Ann Fitzgerald for her secretarial support, this has supported clergy and office staff and allowed smooth communication with the families, godparents and visitors.

In the coming year we would love to add a few new volunteers to our visiting team. We would love to see even more baptism families attending church regularly following the baptism.

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Gail Vlack Toddler Ministry Report

Our Toddler Ministry team vision is to develop the lives and potential of young children and their families by creating a fun, safe environment to play, share and grow. We show God’s love by building relationships in a nurturing, supportive, welcoming community where every adult and child feels cared for and valued.

We hold Toddler Groups on Tuesdays & Thursdays weekly and Toddler Praise on Mondays & Wednesdays each fortnight and Baby Group on Thursdays each fortnight. We engage with about 60 families across all these groups, a few of these are from our church or other churches in Harrogate, but most are from non-church attending families.

The use of ChurchSuite and having families register online has helped communication with groups, and encouraged families to attend regularly, allowing relationships to form and develop. It has also allowed natural turnover so we can continue to welcome new families and not keep spaces for people who are no longer able to attend.

Our Baby Group has really grown since September. We are encouraged to see young mums and their babies coming along regularly, building relationships and supporting each other. This is then a great way to lead them into toddler groups and extend invitations to our other ministries as the children get older. We received a grant from North Yorkshire Early Help team which allowed us to purchase new resources and give away books to the children.

In June we held a Toddler Leader Gathering for leaders from churches across Harrogate. This was so successful we are expanding this to meet twice a year in different churches as we continue to build relationships with other groups and share good practice and wonderful stories of God at work.

We are thankful to our team of 16 volunteers who use their gifts and talents to support families in our community and show the love of Jesus each week.

In the coming year we will continue to look for ways to be invitational to our toddler families, to forge links between groups and between our Monday Mums Community and help toddler families get connected to our wider church family.

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Gail Vlack Children’s Events Report

Children’s Events at St. Mark’s aim to inspire children and families to love and follow Jesus. Our one-off events for primary-aged children (& their families) allow them to party, proclaim and pray.

This year we held Easter Encounter on a Friday evening in April. More than 50 children and their families attended as we enjoyed food, games, crafts, quizzes, worship and prayer. It was wonderful to see the church full, with families celebrating together.

Our Light Party was held on October 31st, as a safe, Christ-centred alternative to Halloween for families with primary-aged children. Just over 20 children and their families gathered to celebrate the light of Jesus with food, crafts, games, worship and lots of sweets!

Thank you to Chris Holland & her team for supporting us with catering and refreshments. Thank you to Becky Onslow for her amazing support with planning & admin and all our amazing volunteers and leaders.

This year we launched our Dance Ministry team, thanks to the fantastic creative talents of Ruth Dodds. A group of 22 primary aged boys and girls gathered on Sunday mornings to practice and were able to perform an act of worship during the Easter Encounter party and during worship on Easter Sunday. We also held summer dance ministry workshops with a small group of children. It was a wonderful opportunity to encourage creative worship, as well as prayer, it developed confidence, independence, and grew relationships between children of different ages.

In 2023 we would love to hold an Easter event for families and a Light Party in October. We will also look to develop a Holiday Club team of leaders and volunteers to see if a summer holiday club is a possibility. We would love to encourage more youth to be equipped to serve at these events. And we will continue to look at how dance ministry can grow.

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Hannah Ferguson Youth Ministry Report

My vision for the Youth Ministry is for it to follow the party, proclaim and pray dimensions of the St Mark’s vision; both on its own as a youth ministry, part of the wider church family and as part of Harrogate-wide youth initiatives. All to ultimately draw our young people together to worship, build relationships with God and each other, and to share the good news of Jesus and the Kingdom of God with their friends.

Since starting as Youth Pastor in September, our Year 7-13 Sunday evening group has been revamped. Now called ReGen, this is a social space where young people play games, do crafts and get to know each other.

I have launched a new Year 7-9 Sunday morning group, Elevate, where our young people enjoy discussing current topics and building upon their

knowledge and faith.

We hosted a Youth Glow Party alongside 6 other churches. Attended by 112 young people from across Harrogate, they had a space to worship, hear about how Jesus can be a light in their life, have food and participate in a range of exciting activities.

I am extremely thankful for the team of faithful volunteers who continued to meet weekly with the young people of St Mark’s in the absence of a Youth Pastor. I would also like to thank the new volunteers who have joined the Youth Team. Without our teams of amazing volunteers, the ministries could not happen. You are all incredible.

Please continue to pray for our young people as they navigate through difficult stages in their lives. Please also be open to the calling of God for you to join one of our fabulous teams of volunteers.

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Shirley Jones Prayer Ministry Report

Prayer is an important part of the life of St Marks Church and is key to the individual believer’s relationship with God. By following Jesus’ example to pray with people for wholeness and healing, Prayer Ministry is an essential resource for the body of Christ.

One highlight this year is being able to provide prayer ministry opportunities at both the 9am and 10.30am and to support the 6.30pm Sunday services. It is always a highlight of praying for others when we witness God working in people’s lives and answering prayers. We have seen healing for back conditions and help in situations that seemed impossible and emotionally distressing for the person being prayed for. We have been encouraged by the feedback from those who we have been praying for, in particular from Hannah and Dave Ferguson whose daughter Keziah was healed following prayer ministry one Sunday morning. We don’t always hear when God has been at work following prayer, but we have an expectancy that He touches, in some way, everyone we pray for. It would be really encouraging for the whole church

to hear from anyone that has been ministered to in prayer and who has received a blessing from God. This would then help remind us all that prayer works.

The team is 13 people strong, with 9 people available to be on a rota. We said goodbye to Sally Marjoribanks this year, a faithful and committed member of the team and issues surrounding Covid have also reduced the number of team members available to pray after services. We would love to see new members with a commitment and a heart for praying with others to join our team. Training is provided. We seek God’s wisdom and guidance for all our and others’ needs. We are committed to prayer and to keeping up to date with training and to meeting together to minister to and encourage one another. We provide an internet prayer presence and respond instantly to those prayer requests received by email. A small group are also part of the intercessory prayer team who regularly pray each week.

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Being ‘Good News’ people – people who party, proclaim the good news of Jesus, and pray – is at the heart of who we are at St Mark’s. The prayer life at St Mark’s is part of that, helping us deepen our dependence upon God and intercede for our local community, our church, our nation and the world. We particularly focus on praying for the mission partners supported financially by St Mark’s. We focus on our six long-term mission partners at our monthly prayer gatherings, on Sundays, and in our prayer diary, highlighting the work they are doing to bring God’s justice, peace and love to both local and global neighbours.

Volunteers make up the whole team which leads our intercessions Sunday by Sunday, and it’s also volunteers who help us connect with our church mission partners. I am thankful for all these people who give their time and expertise to prepare and lead our prayers so thoughtfully. They encourage us to bring all aspects of life to God in prayerful dependence on Him. There is always room for more pray-ers, so I look forward to building up the team in the coming year.

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Catherine Gibbon Pastoral Support Report

This year has been a positive one for pastoral support within St Marks church. We are very fortunate to have such a strong team and we have grown in numbers (now 19 of us). Many on the team take on specific roles such as writing bereavement cards, hospital visiting, post hospital support, making meals, taking home communion to the housebound or ill, lifts to church and appointments, telephone calling, practical support and bereavement support (we have two qualified bereavement counsellors and one counsellor on the team).

As a large team, I have tried to create opportunities for the members to get to know each other better. We held our annual pastoral retreat at Hampsthwaite where Dan came and led us in a day of encouragement, refreshment and equipping in our role as pastoral carers. We have held two socials for the team this year, which has been a new and positive addition to the calendar.

Another change has been to facilitate safeguarding training as a group. The pastoral team has three sets of safeguarding training to do – a total of 5 hours including a course on awareness of domestic abuse, so doing it alongside each other has been hugely beneficial to learning, and discussing the issues raised. We also had an outside speaker, Reverend Haley Matthews from Leeds Diocese to come and speak to the team about keeping themselves safe in their role. All these events as well as running the bereavement journey together has strengthened the team and relationships within it.

The newcomer welcome tea’s were held once every 1-2 months throughout 2022 until the summer, at someone’s home, many of which we were fortunate to be able to hold in the garden, creating a wonderful space for the children to run around and play together, whilst all enjoying afternoon tea, getting to hear more about St Marks and getting to know each other. The venue moved to St Marks at the end of summer and it has been difficult to resume these to the regular rhythm now that there are so many services on a Sunday. This is something for us to focus on again in 2023.

In January and October we ran the Bereavement Journey at St Marks (one on an evening and the second in the day time). The feedback has been very positive and participants have found the course very beneficial. In January there were 8 people on the course, 4 from St Marks and 4 from other churches / no church background. All chose to attend the final session which is the only one that focusses on ‘faith question’s and is an optional extra session to the course. The course was created by Holy Trinity Brompton, runs in a similar style to Alpha with two videos and small discussion groups with the aim to support bereaved people from a church’s local community whether of any faith or non. The course in October was attended by 4 people who attend St Marks and two people from the Cathedral in Ripon who came on the course specifically to be equipped to run the course themselves at the Cathedral (Ripon’s course is running in January).

Pastoral update meetings with the clergy and overseers of the pastoral team (myself and Christine Hornby) now take place once a month.

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Looking ahead to 2023 we are holding our Thanksgiving and Remembrance service in January this year (it is usually held in November). This is to avoid the confusion with the Remembrance Day service, an opportunity to invite those who attend to upcoming Bereavement Journey course and acknowledges that January can be a very difficult time of year for people after Christmas. If it works well this time of year, we will continue to hold it then.

In February, we are holding our fourth Bereavement Journey at St Marks, which will be advertised within St Marks and across Harrogate, including via the local Funeral Directors and Wellspring. It is my aim that each time we run the course, another local church will attend with the aim of then taking it back to their own church to run.

It is my hope to recruit some more men to the pastoral and bereavement team (we currently have two on the team) to get alongside other men requiring pastoral and bereavement support.

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Janet Green Communication & Digital Report

Good communication can help us to live out our calling to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. The digital and communications role is to support St Mark’s to do this in the unique context in which we are placed, and in a way that is most effective and relevant to the various audiences that we seek to serve.

During 2022, we have seen many people return to St Mark’s. As ministries and events have started again the amount of communication required to inform our church family of the mission and ministry of St Mark’s has returned to pre-pandemic levels. We continue to give thought and consideration too, to our wider audience and those not yet part of our church family, including newcomers and seekers.

We are aware, that for some, returning to church is still difficult. In 2022 we spent time identifying and communicating with those who have not been seen in church post Covid as a way to help the staff team understand individual situations and offer support if required.

GDPR guidelines place churches in a special category because it is an expression of religious belief. We have therefore been seeking written consent from anyone who is identifiable on camera. To adhere to the guidelines but not restrict service content or those involved, we reduced the live broadcast of services to the 9am sermon only, where we can be certain who will appear on camera.

The nature of communications means working across the breadth of the church, with teams, volunteers and individuals. There is much joy in supporting the church to regularly communicate their ministries or information in the most effective way possible, and this is often through multiple channels including social media. I seek to document the fullness of life at St Mark’s - demonstrating our desire to be people who party, proclaim and pray. Some communications particular to 2022 have included:

I am especially thankful to Jen Dening who continues to update ‘A Church Near You’ - now a much bigger task with events and services back to normal activity.

I would like to give special thanks for the AV team’s faithful commitment to regularly serve in this ministry and to the new members of the team.

I am also thankful to Jon Dening for his incredible IT support, for always answering my endless questions and for fixing everything!

The AV team also work closely with the Zionworx team whom I am so thankful for. Being responsible for what’s on the ‘big’ screen is not without it’s challenges and they do a wonderful job of staying calm and focussed to ensure others can be fully immersed in services.

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Deborah Booth Environment Report

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ recent remark was disturbing: “We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.”

As we know, Christianity has a long and impressive history of social action, and St Mark’s has always been active and concerned about suffering and injustice in the world. But as the effects of climate change (forest fires, heatwaves, floods) have become more apparent, we are more acutely aware of the vulnerable natural world around us. We find ourselves wanting to align church life with the CofE 5th mark of mission: “(striving) to safeguard the integrity of creation and renew the life of the earth”.

It hits home that Jesus’ redemption is for the whole of creation, not just for us humans. The very creation itself needs ‘saving’.

A Rocha’s Eco Church programme has equipped St Mark’s towards this goal, by challenging us to make changes in five different areas of church life - in worship, buildings, land, community engagement and lifestyle. In June we achieved our prestigious Silver Award, presented by our guest, Andrew Jones MP. This year also saw us being filmed for our eco work; introducing car-free Sundays; sending daily prayer emails throughout COP27; and installing eight more bike racks, paid for by a council grant.

St Mark’s new Eco Team was formed this year, involving individuals from each area of responsibility to ensure creation care is embedded in all we do and are. The buildings section of this team deserves a special mention - Stuart Holland, Tim Yarborough, Cathy Meadows and Mike Procter - for their skills and painstaking research into drastically reducing our building’s carbon footprint (we are one of the 7 highest emitting churches in the Diocese).

May 2023 be the year we achieve our Gold award and progress steadily along the pathway to Net Zero Emissions.

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Sam Blakey Women’s Ministry Report

This year has seen Sanctuary return to in-person events after almost two years of successful Zoom events. It was wonderful to return to the church for these and the first one (Dec 2021) really boosted morale as well as hopefully inspiring and renewing faith and friendships, which perhaps had been affected during the pandemic.

Our first post-pandemic event was held on Friday Dec. 3rd with speaker Revd. Michelle Lepine. The team had made gift tags with a verse from Luke 1: 26-28 in line with the theme “You are beautiful with God’s beauty, beautiful inside and out!’ and these were hung on a tree at the door to the main church. Homemade mince pies, mulled wine and juice punctuated a half-hour of social mixing prior to a period of worship courtesy of Sanctuary Worship Leader Sarah Anderson and her excellent volunteer musicians. After a prolonged period of worship and a reading Michelle gave her talk followed by a period of prayer, with the opportunity for participants to retreat to the front of the church behind the altar for a period of ‘soaking’/personal prayer, brilliantly led at each event by Shirley Jones.

SANCTUARY’S next event was September 16th, after it was decided to skip the usual Spring one due to timing constraints. Tea and coffee was served at the beginning and bubbles and deserts made by the team at the end, to encourage participants to stay and mingle. Our speaker was Jenny Campbell, from Eagles in Flight, and her excellent talk was followed by a period where our ladies were encouraged

to come forward for prayers. I was unable to participate in the event as I was in hospital, but the team, led by Di Queripel, put on an amazing evening and Jenny’s talk really impacted on those attending.

Our final event of the year fell on December 2nd, 2022. This time we were finally able to bring back the craft-making section towards the end of the evening, usually a popular part of our previous Christmas events, but absent from our last in-person Christmas event.

Team members assisted by Dianne Ward (who also did the most amazing decorative wreaths for the refreshment tables, altar and font areas) helped with this part of the event. The ladies were treated to mince pies and cheese (well we are in Yorkshire!), mulled wine and cakes prior to the evening kicking off. We then moved into a prolonged period of worship, again courtesy of Sarah and her wonderful band of volunteers, followed by beautiful poetry and a Bible reading from Judy Methven.

Olivia Lambert gave an excellent talk on the Joy of Christ coming down to live among us!

In summary

Sanctuary events are opportunities for the women of St Mark’s and churches across the district, to come together, to hopefully build and bolster friendships. We hope they offer an opportunity also to break through cliques, and indeed we design layouts and activities to ensure this is the case. I noted the demographic in particular at this event whilst chatting to one of our younger participants (a mum with two young children} and there are

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currently more 40 plus aged members than teens - something we hope to address over the next couple of events. However, we need to ensure we still plan events going forward so the older members of Sanctuary will still be attracted to come. It may be we need to diversify with book clubs, social evenings out at a wine bar etc so we can appeal to a larger demographic who we can then invite to Sanctuary too. It has always been designed as an evangelical event for people who don’t attend church, as well as one that will feed believers and encourage and grow faith. As Sanctuary leader (though really just a key member of a driven team of equally committed women) I notice the women’s groups often struggle to attract members or set up regular meetings, partly because of family and/or work commitments. This makes events like Sanctuary even more important and I would love to see our women’s ministry grow beyond Sanctuary, perhaps with more of a tie-in between all the arms serving women’s ministry.

The team

Sanctuary is made up of a small team of volunteers who give their time and resources to each event. As a ministry with a limited budget, members often have to use their own money to pay for the food, gifts and wine we offer. The readiness with which the team give and the heart they have for Sanctuary humbles me and I am so grateful for their commitment and talents. The main team is made up of myself, Di Queripel (one of the original founders), Iris Linford, Sarah Anderson (Worship Leader), Mel Scott, Alice Littlefair, Jenn Allong, Juliette Leyland and Sue Newton. At the end of the December event, the team said farewell to Iris who was stepping down after an impressive 15 years, having been on the team since Sanctuary’s start.

We presented her with a gift from Betty’s as a thank you for her invaluable service.

We could also not put on these events without the assistance of Janet Green on the night and Cathy Meadows and the rest of the church team and the worship band volunteers. Thank you all.

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Mike Procter Mission Ministry Report

Alpha

In 2022 we ran two courses for a total of 20 guests, facilitated by two small teams of hosts. The evenings start with a meal, followed by a video or talk on one fundamental of the Christian faith, then there’s a ‘no holds barred’ discussion. Following my appeal to small-groups, the meals were prepared this year by lots of different people and it’s been wonderful to see Alpha guests experience a warm welcome from our wider church family.

My hope for 2023 is that every member of St Mark’s invites friends, neighbours and colleagues to Alpha. Please point them to our website for more information, and when the dates of the next course are published, gently remind them, and maybe accompany them.

The hope of the Church is transformation by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Alpha is a wonderful way for us all to help realise that hope.

Please contact me if you are willing to cook a meal, help facilitate the course (chat with guests!), or come as a guest to question or refresh. Email: alpha@smch.org.uk smch.org.uk/alpha

Harrogate Clothes Bank

The discussion about the cost-of-living crisis often focuses on food and heating, while many forget another basic necessity: clothing. Harrogate Clothes Bank is a St Mark’s project established in 2016. We help bridge this poverty gap locally, providing free seasonal, clean, good quality second-hand clothes to anyone in need. Everything we supply is donated from within the community and offered free of charge on trust, with no proof of income, referral or appointment required. We’re located on Hornbeam Park in the Disability Action Yorkshire warehouse and open every Wednesday 10-12 plus one Saturday a month 10-12.

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In 2022 our 30 volunteers provided over 8,000 items to more than 550 customers.

Over 60% live in a household with children, 30% in households with someone in employment and 30% were using Harrogate Clothes Bank for the first time.

In addition, we gave sent 700kg of clothes given to a Ukrainian church, transported by Calvery Chapel Harrogate. We gave 1,000kg given to Brotherton Clothes Bank near Selby and we sold for a nominal price 900kg to the CTR Group for reuse, recycling and repurposing. We also provided clothes to other local charities including The Village (formerly Baby Basics).

Our main overhead is rent and our total running cost is about £8,500 per year. This is met by grants, fundraising and donations. Our small unpaid team work very hard to maintain our income and to ensure as many people as possible who might need us, know about us.

We’d welcome more volunteers, not only to help sort donations and serve customers, but also to support our operations by liaising with a few of the many other organisations with whom we work. If you can spare 2 to 4 hours per week please get in touch.

harrogateclothes@gmail.com HarrogateClothesBank.co.uk

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Jose Rhodes Mission Support Group Report

We give thanks: -

Despite financial constraints, St Mark’s maintained it’s commitment to tithe and over £44,000 was donated to our mission partners.

Our long term partners (Caring for Life, In2Out, Wellspring, Artizan International , Latin Link and Mission without Borders) were also supported in prayer, especially as they recovered after the pandemic.

2022 will be remembered for: -

The war in Ukraine. Support for our mission partner, Mission without Borders, was increased as they helped local churches in Ukraine struggling to accommodate internal refugees and organizations in Moldovia offering sanctuary to many people fleeing the war. Our giving was supported by special evenings of prayer and Zoom links with MWB county director, John Chamberlain, while several members of St Mark’s hosted Ukrainian families.

The cost of living crisis at home affected all our mission partners, all of whom were overcoming the after-effects of the pandemic. Our generous budget enabled us to support organisations on the front-line of the economic crisis, including Harrogate Food Bank and homeless missions in Harrogate and Leeds.

Prayers for our mission partners are organized by Frances Bryant while decisions are made by a small dedicated group of Ruth Cundy, Jen Dening, Val Hall. Sadly, Susie McQuade resigned from the MSG on taking up a full time role with Christians Against Poverty in Bradford. We will miss her input but look forward to linking with Susie in her new role.

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St Mark’s Mission Support Group Allocation of the Budget 2022

LONG TERM MAIN MISSION PARTNERS

Home
Caring For Life
£5,000
In2Out
£5,000
Wellspring
£5,000		 Home
Caring For Life
£5,000
In2Out
£5,000
Wellspring
£5,000
International
Latin Link (Turners)
Mission without Borders
Artizan International		 £5,000
£5,000
£5,000

OTHER PAYMENTS MADE

Easter and Christmas outreach to Wetherby Young
Offenders Institution
Lifeline on its 10th anniversary
Harrogate Homeless 30th anniversary
Harrogate Food Bank
St Mark’s Clothes Bank
CMS for Chris and Anna Hembury
St George’s Crypt
Christians against Poverty
Farming Community Network
A Rocha UK
Children’s Society
Mothers’ Union AFIA holidays
Overseas
Christian Aid week
Tearfund Pakistan/East Africa
Open Doors
Total Spend
Budget remaining		 £1,086
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£500
£500
£1,000
£1,000
£1.000
£44,086
£396

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Cathy Meadows Operations Report

Including Finance & General Purposes and Fabric Report

The office continues to be very busy in terms of a diverse workload and of people calling in, both of which make it an exciting place to be. In June, we employed Catherine Gibbin as Assistant to the Office Manager on 16 hours per week and she, among other tasks, has oversight of our room bookings and invoicing. Since September, Alice Allsopp is our Finance Officer on 4 -5 hours per week and since October, Eleanor Meadows is our new Safeguarding Administrator. Together with our regular staff and office volunteers, Ann, Lee and Steve, Jon our IT help, and clergy, this makes for a very crowded office at times!

We have always been prudent with our finances but are now especially mindful of purchases such as stationery, printing, approving necessary repairs etc as the office is now managing several budgets that were previously carried out by our Treasurer.

The Estate Management Team, all volunteers and skilled in many areas, meet monthly, and it’s here that church operations and facilities management are addressed. This year we have managed and tackled:

Cleaning

Contractor, ‘It’s Clean’, did a very good job of cleaning for us for a year and then abruptly gave notice as they could not get any cleaners for us. For two months, we relied on volunteers to clean

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essential areas – kitchen and toilets, and for that I personally am very grateful. From November, we contracted with Better Clean and although this got off to a rather rocky start, seems to be on track now.

Many areas of the church continue to be cleaned by volunteers on a weekly basis and we invested in two new Sebo vacuum cleaners to make the work easier.

Cleaning products prices have risen and we are trialling stand-alone soap dispensers for the time

electricity so it’s a race against time. It’s been a rather difficult task garnering information, analysing and monitoring many different aspects of the issues including recording daily gas usage. Next steps include planning applications, meeting with suppliers, seeking Diocese approval, funding. Please pray for the very best of outcomes for us as a church.

Kitchen replacement and revamping Community Room

A small team have been tasked with planning a new kitchen and utility room, accelerated by the demise of the dishwasher. Furthermore, once additional lighting is installed to facilitate easier access, this group are looking at making the Community Room a more welcoming space.

Additional items to tackle in 2023

being

Halstead Road

Repairs, painting, leaks, new doors and locks, and mice, have had to be addressed as well as a new tenancy agreement and our thanks go to Peter in particular for this work.

Carbon Net Zero Building Team

This consists of 4 volunteers from the EMT team, plus myself, who have been tasked by PCC to work out our heating and lighting plans going forwards. We are in the fortunate situation of having a fixed rate contract until August 2023 for both gas and

None of this work could be done without the support of our church family and I am thankful for the wonderful response to emails when we ask for volunteers to come forward.

Romans 11:36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

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‘The large number of children and young people who are connected to St Mark’s is a real gift to the church.’

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Mark Siddall Safeguarding Report

The large number of children and young people who are connected to St Mark’s is a real gift to the church, and we have all worked hard during the past year to ensure that they are kept safe and well at all times. Safeguarding is becoming more and more rooted in who we are and what we do.

In common with a number of churches around the country, St Mark’s employs the Church of England’s safeguarding dashboard to monitor its performance against numerous key safeguarding tasks. During the past year we have made progress against the vast majority of such tasks, and we have now achieved the highest level in the dashboard; our aim is to consolidate and improve on that progress during the next 12 months.

Much time has been spent on ensuring the safer recruitment of around 250 volunteers. This has been a substantial undertaking, given the numbers involved, but it has remained a prime focus, in view of its importance as a pillar of good safeguarding practice. We have paid particular attention to ensuring that appropriate safeguarding training levels have been maintained.

This year we adopted a wholly electronic version of the annual confidential selfdeclaration form, and we also decided to ask all volunteers to complete the form in the same month in order to assist the monitoring process. For the most part the approach also went as planned, although completing the entire activity took longer than anticipated. We will endeavour to further streamline the process next year.

Along with the Communications and Digital Lead the Safeguarding Officer produced some muchneeded Social Media Guidelines for the church. It is hoped that these will extend the reach of our safeguarding activity and will support the appropriate use of such media.

From time to time, safeguarding issues of concern have arisen – not surprising in such a large church – and these have been dealt with either internally or in consultation with the diocesan safeguarding team. The Responding to Concerns document – which is intended to inform the congregation as to how to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns – was also updated during the year.

Susie McQuade, who had held the role of safeguarding administrator, left the post after 6 exemplary, hard-working years, and that role has now been assumed by Eleanor Meadows.

During the next 12 months we will seek to make progress on a medium term aim to extend safeguarding training to include not only volunteers but also members of the wider congregation.

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Facts & Figures Attendance

In-person attendance at October services 2022

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SUNDAY SERVICES THURSDAY
9AM 10.30AM 4PM 6.30PM 11AM
6TH OCT
2ND NO
OCT 65 188 SERVice 45 30
13TH OCT
9TH
OCT 67 221 29 55 36
20TH OCT
16TH
OCT 68 236 14 45 28
27TH OCT
23RD NO
OCT 84 110 SERVice 43 40
30TH NO
OCT 85 171 35 SERVice
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Occasional Offices in 2022

Electoral Roll

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BAPTISMS WEDDINGS FUNERALS
29 3 14
(INCLUDES 1 ADULT)
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378 412 276
2020 2021 2022
Year
Number of member on St Mark’s Electoral Roll
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N.B. We believe the 2022 figure has declined due to Covid and cleansing of the database. Churches can remove someone from the Electoral Role if they haven’t attended a church service once a month in the last 6 months. Rules around this can be found in ‘Church Representation Rules’, a book of legal governance for the church (available online and in the church office).

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PCC Leadership & What it is and what it does

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Measure. The appointment of PCC members is governed by and set out in the Church Representation Rules. St Mark’s PCC has the responsibility for co-operating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church building.

It seeks to promote the following stated priorities:

Officer), Dr Susan Atkin, Mr Steve Brown and Mrs Hazel Robinson. Elected members: Mrs Rebecca Onslow (until APCM 2024), Mr Wayne Brown (until APCM 2025), Mr Mike Procter (until APCM 2024) (Tree Officer), Mr Neil Tunnicliffe (until APCM 2025), Mrs Carol Bexon (until APCM 2023), Mrs Deborah Booth (until APCM 2024) (Environment Officer), Mrs Ann FitzGerald (until APCM 2023), Mr Mark Siddall (until APCM 2024) (Parish Safeguarding Officer), Mrs Gail Vlack (until APCM 2023) Mrs Jenny Dening (until APCM 2025), Mrs Juliette Leyland (until APCM 2025), Mrs Lee Milne (until APCM 2025), Mr Alex Minnett (until APCM 2024) and Mrs Zoe Robinson (until APCM 2023) (PCC Secretary/Standing Committee)

Ceased during 2021: Mrs Alison Glover, Dr Michelle Hayes, Mrs Jeannine Fisher, Mr Chris Mason, Mrs Sarah Ferguson and Mrs Carol Bracher. Mr Richard Majoribanks (ceased May 2022).

The PCC oversees the church’s strategic and annual plan, agrees the budget, and monitors progress made against both of these. It oversees the appointment of the members of the leadership team.

Membership 2022:

Incumbent: The Revd. Mike Resch (Chair and Standing Committee); The Revd. Liz Resch (Children’s and Families Ministry Leader); Associate Minister: The Revd. Dan Watts (Standing Committee); Curate: The Revd. Kim Mason (until June 2022); Curate: The Revd. James Handley; Associate Vicar: The Rev John Duff; Church Wardens/Standing Committee: Mr David Ferguson (Vice Chair) and Ms Mel Scott; Reader Representative: Mrs Ruth Cundy; Deanery Synod Representatives: Mrs Licy Dorsey (Disability

Not on PCC but in a designated role and will attend as required: Liz Resch (Children and Families Ministry Leader), Hannah Ferguson (Youth Pastor); Catherine Gibbin (Pastoral Director); Janet Green (Communication & Digital Lead); Frances Bryant (Prayer Co-ordinator); Shirley Jones (Prayer Ministry Co-ordinator); Eleanor Meadows (Safeguarding Administrator); Cathy Meadows (Office Manager/Electoral Roll Officer); Alice Alsop (Accounts Manager); Health & Safety Officer - vacant.

Other PCC committees/groups:

The Standing Committee - chaired by Mike Resch, this is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any directions given by the Council, and oversees the week-byweek operations and the finances of the church.

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The PCC has two other main sub-committees:

The Strategic Planning Group - which prepares the church’s annual strategic/mission plan for the consideration and approval of the PCC, and monitors progress against that plan;

The Estates Management Team - chaired by Cathy Meadows, meets regularly to review and advise on the maintenance of the church infrastructure and estate and the day-to-day management of the building.

Other committees include the Mission Support Group, which aims to engender understanding, involvement and commitment to worldwide mission within St Mark’s, and is chaired by Jose Rhodes.

The pattern of PCC meetings has at its heart the need: First, to agree and adopt an annual strategic/ mission plan and a supporting budget at the start of each calendar year. To review and approve the annual report, and consider proposals which are required for the consideration of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in April. To review progress against the strategic/mission plan as the year progresses. From the autumn onwards, to consider and approve the next year’s plan – and so on, in a repeating annual cycle. PCC members are encouraged to join the teams/groups that deliver the plan, though not at a level that would create conflicts of interest. New PCC members are given information pertinent to their role as members of the PCC and are eligible to attend Diocesan training courses as appropriate. Those attending courses are asked to report back to PCC.

risks arise from a variety of aspects of the church’s internal operations and external environment, including security, health and safety and finance and individual policies and procedures have been developed to address many of these areas. Monthly financial reports are submitted to PCC and budgets agreed before the start of each year. The PCC is further developing procedures to meet its responsibilities in this area and monitoring implementation of the necessary mitigating actions.

Conflicts Policy: The PCC has adopted a policy to identify any conflicts of interests that any member may have that may exist which could potentially affect the proper operation of the Council. Potential conflicts can arise where a PCC member has a personal interest or involvement in an organisation which the PCC intends to support financially or from which the PCC propose to purchase goods or services. A standard agenda item at the start of every meeting gives opportunity for PCC members to declare potential conflicts that may arise in the course of the meeting and members are also required to declare any conflicts that arise during the course of discussion that had not been identified at the start of the meeting. Conflicts so declared are recorded in the minutes of the meeting along with any action taken to deal with the conflict. Conflicted members will abstain from voting on the relevant issue and may be asked to leave the meeting during discussion if felt necessary. A Register of Interests is completed by all PCC members following the APCM each year.

Risk Management: The PCC acknowledges its responsibility to identify, assess and manage the major risks to which it is exposed. It is developing a register of major risks and continues to enhance plans to ensure that systems and processes are in place to mitigate exposure to these risks. Major

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PARO HIAL RCHC ILOF ST MARK'S HARROGATE CHARITY R Gll NDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT AND ANN AL ACC NT FOR THE YEAR ENDED I DECEMBER 2022

PAR HIAL HiJRCH COUN ILOF T NIARK'S HARROGATE INDEPEI¥DENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO MEMBERS OF THE PCC OF ST MARK'S CHURCH ON ACCOIJNT3 FOR VEARENDED 31 DECTMBER 2022 Re4>tttive Rejpooslbllhlu of ikn PCC nd Ewl PCC are nS￿￿51b1e for th¢ pr¢p4Trtion of The PCC ￿OSi￿r an audit is Thjt Rquired for this yw utkler section 144 of Aci 2011 2011 Act) aJKI that an1￿￿1￿￿￿ 4¥ami￿oll is ￿1¢11 Itis my to.. Exami￿ utsler S￿lI0n 145 of tk 2011 To follow t] pl￿ed￿￿5 Igid down in the geffral DiRetio￿ given ty ts Chuity Commission (U￿kr seclion 145(5)(b) of tk ctwiti¢s Act. atsi To #ate W￿￿1￿CUlar￿￿¢Cr5 kn¢ to my attentio BMi8 Ot]ndependellt Exthlller'i Ststeme ]￿ludeS a ]Eview of a¢￿1]I￿1n8 Rcollls kem by clwity atMI a conwison of ts a￿oll]ItS pTrsented W1thtb)￿ wrds. It a]so i￿]udE5 consid¢rnlion of any Unus￿ items or dI￿lO$ll[e$ in acco￿ and ￿ explarntions from ts PCC conLzrning any such n]all¢TS. Tr Pr￿ethI￿ uNtrtak¢n th tt)t provith all evIde￿e that would be requir¢d in an audiL and c4Jnseqvently opinion is gtvenas to wlrtlrrtk accrAMts present a 'tsue aNI faie view afyl remis jirnital to tl¥)se attu5 Set (wt intlr #at¢mertWow. IndepeDdeAt Examille￿8 Statanent Ino)nT*Ctionwithrny C￿millat￿ Djatterkn to my atte￿iOn l. which gives to believe any D￿t￿l￿1 rsp￿( ffquirem¢ttts: To keep accourting Ircords in acwrdance Thith syction 130 of tre 2011 ACL aryl To prewe aLYounts which ￿)Id Wlltht￿ aLfOUrt1[￿ ￿cOrdS aryl compty withtlr accoutthg tequirenwtts of the Clwilies A¢t have wtlyen or 2. to whi¢ty in my opkn10￿ attention slM)uldb¢ drawn in orthrto ¢nable a of the ac¢ounts to be rexlrd D T Kity)n FCCA Co 2 Mow# Parnde Harrogate HGI IBX

Tot•1 Funds 2022 2021 Funds Funds IIICOMXNG RESOURCES Incoming Res0W￿ from Donors Income from Charitable and Anelllary Tradlng Other Ordlnary Incomlng Resour￿5 Income from Cash Dep05tts TOTAL IIICOMIMG 403.170 434,034 366,208 2b 24.093 24,093 2,964 5,350 8.314 11,737 34 431.385 36,214 467,599 387,075 RESOURCES USED MlssSon & Charltable Givl Actlvltles dlre(tly relatlng to the Work of the Churth Churth Management & Admln TOTAL RESOURCES USED 39,273 347.178 39.273 359.703 36,624 338,700 3b 3c 12,525 204 410 975 NEf INCOMlhlG {oiifGOING) RESOURCES 33,139 23,485 56,624 (4291 Investment Property Falr Value Galn on Investment l*operty Transfer Between 3,796 3,796 7,554 20,000 3,764 (3.764) NEf MOVEMEpif IN FUNDS 19,ni 60,420 27,125 Balan￿S Brought Forward at l January 2022 (2021) li 114.509 355,651 470,160 443.035 BALANCES CARIUED FORWARD AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 (2021) li 155 208 375 372

HARR 2022 2021 InveslJTrent Property Tanglble Fixed Assets 330,000 10.696 330,000 10,164 CURREKf ASSETS Debtor5 & Prepayments Cash at Bank and In HarKI 6.500 YJ,582 193 951 224,533 200,881 UABILrrzES - Amowts F•Ulng Due Wlthln One Yur (10.9981 194,537) LIABILrrIES 530.580 470,160 io FUNDS Unrestrlcted - Unde51gnated - Deslgnated li li li 137,911 17,297 375,372 99,359 15.150 355,651 470 160 roved by the Parothlal Iyturth CoLwd on 19 Apra 2023 a￿1 slgned on Its behalf by.. - Mr S Md(ee (Treasurer) Revd. Mlke Resch (Wur) attsthed notes fom) part of these Accounts

ren 2022 2021 Net Incomlng {Ixftgolry) resour￿ for the year AdJustments for: Depredatlon (Increase) de(Tease In Stock {Increa5e) decrease In Debtors Increase {de￿eaSe) Sn Credltors Interest Recthable Net Q5h Irrfl¢AY (oublow) from operatfrrfj artr¥it 56.624 (429) 3,232 5.230 C8,309) 82,169 252 34 24,082 (83,539) 759 srATEMEKf OF CASH FLOWS Net cash Inflow (LWtllow) from operating a(Jivities (759) 78,879 Interest Recelved Income from investment property 1.158 34 7,554 Investlng •cU¥ltleJ Purchase of tano4lble fixed assets Dtsp05al of tarwjlble flxed 055ets 13.764) (7,090) 500 431 79,877 Cash at bank and on hand at beglnnlng of year 193.951 114,074 Cash •t bank •nd on hand at end ot ￿r 193 951

THE Fi 22 ACCOUI(fING POLICIES The flnanual statements have been prEpared kn a1xyjrdan￿ wlth the Statement of liecommended Pract1￿. Accounting & Repothg by Carlttes prepèrfng thelr accounts In accordance wlth Flnandal Reportlng Stsndards appllcable In the United Kingdom & Republlc of IreFarnl (FRS102) 155ued on 16 July 2014 and the FlTranclal Reportlng Stsndard applicable ID the Unlted Klngdom& Republlc of Ire14nd (FRS102), CIMKh Accountknw Regulatlons 2006 and the Charftles Act 2011. The flnanclal statements have been prepa￿d under the hlstorlol cvst conventlon except for the valuatlon of Investment assets. which ore shown at market value. Fund8 General fvnds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrlctions regardlng their Use and are avallable for appllcaljon on the general purposes of the PCC. Funds deslgnated for partlcular purpose by the PCC are also uThrestrlcted. The Accounts Include all transactlons, assets and Ilabllltles for whlch the PCC Is reswnslble In law. They do not Ir￿Ude the accounts of church gmup5 that owe thelr maln afflllatlon to another body nor those that are Informèr gatherlngs of thurch member& Ina>mlng Volun Cotlections are recognlsed when re￿1Ve￿ by or on behalf of the P￿. Planned glvlrwJ reCeIvab￿ undw covenant and glft ald Is recognlsed onty Trthen ￿￿[ved. IrK£)me tsx recovw￿e t)n glft aid donallons Is recognlsed In the period that the undertylng tjonètlon 15 re￿1Ve(l. Grants and legacles to the PCC are acro￿ted for as soon a5 the PCC 15 noijfted of Its legal entittement and the amount due. FurKls ralsed by the bookstall and all thurth events are acrJ)unted ft gry￿. Rentsl income from the lettityj (* thurth Prem1￿ Is recognlsed Vrt￿n the rental Is due. Inv Dlvldends and Interest are ac(xKmted for whe￿￿able. Tax recnveroble on Atch Income Is recognlsed In tre same accounttng year. Reallsed gains or losses are rec<>gnlsed when Investrnents are sokl. Unreallsed galAs or losses are a(￿OUnted for on revaluavon of Investsnents at 31 December.

L• l. AccouiifiiiG p0ua￿ (canUnLRd) Grènts and donauons are aco)unted for when pald over, or vthen awarded. If that award ueates a blndlng obllgatlorb on the PCC. ActIvI￿ Dirocuy Relotlng to the Wortt of th• Churrh The dI0￿San quota or parlsh share Is accounted for when payable. Any quota unpaid at 31 December Is provlded for in these Accounts as an operatlonal (though not a legal} Ilablllty If there 15 a reallst expettatlon that the arreaf5 TMMI be pald wlthln the follo¥Ylng year and b shown as credltor In the Balan￿ Sheet. crated Land B ildln sandm CoAse(rated and befiefi￿d property is exduded from the Accounts by s. 10(2) of the Clwrltles A 2011. No value Is placed on movable thurth furn15hlngs hekl by the churchwardens on spedal trust ft>r the PCC and whlth requlre a faculty for dlsposal slnce the PCC conslders thls to be Inallenable property. All expendlture IKurred durfng the year on consecrated or berfio bulldlngs and movable thurch furnlshings. whether malntenance or improvements, Is wrltten off as expendlture In the Ststement of Financial Activltles and sepaTrtely dlsdosed. Freehold property owned by the churth Is held at falr vakne wlthin the accounts. xtu Equipment used wlthln church premlses Is depredated on a stralght Ilne basls over 4 years from the date they are brought Into use. Indmdual Items of equ¥)ment wlth a purchase pr1￿ of £1,000 or less are wrltten off when the a￿et Is acqulred. Investments are vatued at market value at 31 De￿Mber. The falr Yalue Is based on a professkinal valuatlon. nt Assets Amounts owlTrg to the PCC at 31 December In respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provlslon for amotmts that may prove uncomettable. sto(* Is valued at the lower of c(6t and net rea115able value.

INCOMING RESOURCES Total Funds 1022 2021 Fund• 2a) Xn¢omlDg liejourceg Ivom Donor• Planned Glvlng - vla Bank Income Tax Recovered/Recoveroble Planned Giving - via Envelopes Gift Day CollertloDS Sundry DOnatkn￿ & Legacles 261,929 54,812 5.785 52,639 5.266 261,929 54.875 5,785 77,639 5.266 266,358 60.769 5,284 6.742 2.308 25.000 2b} Income from CJwritslAe Andlthry Tradlng Churth Letttngs Toddler Groups Weddlng & Funerol Fee5 Bookstall 16.833 2,T15 16,833 2,775 6.675 570 1,845 2c) l)th¢r Ordlnary Incomlng R•sou Solar Panel Feed-ln Tarlff 3.204 2d) Incom• PTOM Ca•h D•pog1ts Interest

THE FIII RESOURCES USED Tot41 p￿d 2022 2021 A•nd 3a) Mls*n & Chwltabkn Gmng Home Mlssion Partner5 Rellef and Development Agencles Overseas MISSIO￿ Pathers Mis￿lIaneOUS AWa￿Ing Allo(ztlon 20,722 20.n2 13,464 8,550 11.000 650 18.000 551 I8,￿0 551 3b) Artlvltl8• Dlrertly Relallng to Work of the thurch Mlnlsty - Dloce5an Parfsh Share other Mlnlsty Costs Bulldlng Runnlng Costs Major RepalrslProJects Upkeep of serv1￿5 Adult Mlnlstry Youth & Chlldren's Mlnlsty Kltthen. Hospitallty & Caterlng staff Cost Inote 41 Training Hard5hlp Fw G1ft5 B¢)okstoll 212.385 212,385 210,243 2.192 1192 34￿33 2,236 28,832 6.247 8,245 1,082 3,749 1,918 86.674 1,518 52 278 499 717 8,962 1.082 4,110 1,918 91,874 1.518 52 278 499 359 703 5.616 537 4.319 772 83,558 1,930 200 477 20 361 5,200 3c) Churth M•naqem•rt & Admlnlstratlon Telephone. Postsge & Office Supplles General Admintstration C(tsts Computer & Software Legal Fees Independent Examlnerfs Fee Depredaljon 3.031 3.229 2,619 1.683 3.183 666 1,683 3,183 672 1.419 2,112 425 375

Total Funds 2022 2021 Funds Funds srAFF COSTS Salary Costs (indudlng Assodate Mlnlster} stiperKI & Salarles Sodal Sewrlty Costs Penslon Costs 81,r24 131 2(Kl Mlnlstry Staff Admini5tratton & Communicat1(￿5 Staff 46.349 40,325 51.549 40,325 50,835 32,723 The Assodats Mlntster 15 part4unded by the Dlcxxe. Pre•lM>lO Land & BulldlnoA Cost / Falr Value At l January 2022 Falr Value Adjustmert At 31 De￿itIe￿ 2022 330,000 330 000 Investment Property - 30 Ha15tead Road. Harrogate. The property was professlonalty valued as at 31 December 2021. No revaluatlon deemed ne￿Sary due to the kite5t valuatlon was less than 24 month5 ago and the volatlllty of the current markeL No depredatlon Is d￿ryed on the Investment property 50 the above Falr Value also repre5ent5 the Net Book Value. The orlglnal cost v￿5 £113,303. 2021 2021 Income Rent Re￿1Ve￿ Property Expenses Net Income 11,400 ii.ioo

TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs AV Klt¢h•n Equipmert Equlpm•nt Eqtslpmont Total Co•t At l January 2022 Additions in the year At 31 December 2022 4,047 23,088 27,135 At l January 2022 Charge In the year At 31 December 2022 1725 14,246 16,971 Net Book V•lu• At 31 December 2022 At 31 December 2021 597 2022 2021 DEBTORS Debtors Prepald Expertses ACCTL￿d Income - Inoknllng Glft Akl 1.243 1.131 S.014 24,437 CASH AT BANK & IN HAND CBF Church of EnglarKS Deposlt AC￿U￿t Bank Current Accounts - CAF Bank Ltd Cash In Hand & Floats 60.213 132,411 59.432 134,412 107 193 951 194 381 LIABILrriES - Amoupifs FALUNG DUE WrnIIN ONE YEAR c￿ltorS A(LTued Expenses Other Uablllttes 9,002 350 6.125 84.564 io

THE FI 10. AIIALYSIS OF NET AS5Efs BY FUMD Tot•1 Investment Property Tangible Flxed Assets 330,000 330,000 10,696 200,881 10.696 155,509 45.372 Current Uabllltles FuTrd Balance at 31 Dff•mber 2022 155,207 375,372 530,580 11. SUMMARY OF FUND 14OVEMEiirs Incomlng Resourc8s/ IR•sources us￿) B•lJnce at 01/01122 alJnce at 31112122 Organ Fund Kltrhen & CatertThJ Flowers Other RestrlLted Grants 1,614 6.559 226 1,614 6,559 226 1,849 (78) 1,771 Harrogate Clothes Bank 2021 Glft Day 2018 Glft Day 7.754 7,754 19,800 19,800 25,650 19,721 45,372 Hxed Ass* - Investment Property 330,000 330.000 355 651 375 372 Tanglble Flxed A55ets Muslc & Cholr Dlscretlorhlry Hardshlp FurKI 10,164 3,836 1.151 15.151 532 10,696 5.450 1,151 17,297 1,614 2,146 Undesl Generdl ReseNe Legades 12,710 38,552 51,262 99.359 38.552 137,911 Trtal Funds li

TO THE FIIIAN L sfATB4E 11 GIFf DAY The Glft Doy In November 2021 rnlsed funds to cover the 2021 defiat and the anticipated Income shothll In 2022 and allow recrultment of key staff posltk>ns to prO￿ed. The portl(m of income not requlred to cover the 2021 defktt Is treated as a release of defeThed Income In these ac(Dunts. 0ets115 of the amounts are below: Amount recognlsed In 2021 Amount recogrthd as Ino)me In 2022 6,742 13. Amouiifs RECEZVED FOR DisfRIBUTION OUTSIDE ThE CHURCH 2022 Catlng for Llfe In20ut Wellsprlng 5,000 5.000 Latln Unks Artlzan Intematlonal Mlsslon wlthout Boarders 5,000 The above spedfic drmati(wks ￿e￿IVed for dlstrlbutlon outslde the Clwth are sh(Mn for note onty and are not Induded In Income or expendlture. There are also a number of addltjonal one off donatlons made by St Ma￿s, though not deemed materfal enough for ind￿10n within this note. 12

THE FIHAN ATE14E 14. VOLufiTEERS The current work of the Churth could nck be 5U5tained without the (Dntribution made by many volunteets In all aspects of Its rninistry. Over 1110 members of the cnngregatlon asslst In varfous woys. Many acthitt*s rety almost entlrely on vdunteers, either behind the Scenes In the runnlng of the churth or more vlslbly durlng Sunday servi￿. Teams include those helplng wlth: worshlp, cleanlng. flowers, pastoral vlsltlngi hospltslltyi prayer mlnlstryi toddler groups. youth & chlldren's mlnlstry, sound and vlsuals, arKt bulldlng management & rnalntenan￿. In addttlon, volunteers are Involved in governance through the PCC and Stsnrjlng Commlttee. M¢ye infomatlcm Is glven In the Annual Repo 15. LEASJMG The Church ha5 lease agreements In respert of hyglene equlpment over flve years commendng Ortolw 2020 at a cost of £29 per month and a photocopler supplled over flve years CoMmendr￿ FebN4ry 2018 at a rentsl cust of £67 per month. I& TRusfEE & STAFF REMUNERATION staff ￿$ts are detslled In note 4 and the number of staff employed at year- end was 9 (2021.10). Most staff are employed on a part-dme bas15. No employee earned more than £60.000 In the year. Ths Includes the Assodate Mlnlster. Ind￿ed In Salarles are the contrlbutlons to Leeils Dlocesan Board of Flnano In respeLt of the Assodate Minlster who Is a member of the PCC. No other member of the PCC l￿fved remuneratlon from the PCC In the year. In the year to 31 De￿rnber 2022, members of the PCC had expenses relmbursed as follows: 2022 2021 £6,417 £3,106 Total expenses pald to PCC member5 The number of PCC member5 who recelved for expenses Incurred The Tha￿re of the expenses paid were normal clergy expenses suth a5 phone, travel and other relmbursements and payments in re5pert of other costs property Inafftd by PCC members In the performaTh￿ of thelr dutles. There are ￿ related party tra￿ttIOnS that requlre d15dosure. The PCC operdtes a deflned ￿ntrIbutton sdHne. Contrlbutlons are d￿rge￿ In the perlod to whlch they relate [note 4]. 13

IIIF The tharity's actlvltles are cove￿1 In the Annual Report. The charity's governing document Is the Parothial Church Councjl Powers Measure (1956} as amended arrtl Church Representstlon Rule5. The tharltsble objects are promoyng In the ecdeslastlcal partsh the whole mlsslon of the Churth. Trustees have regard to the guidan￿ 15sued by the Cjority Commission. Charlty Trustees: See Annual Report Charlty Regl*red Number: 1134657 Address: st Marts iJwr(h, Leed5 Road, Harrogate. HG2 &4Y Bankers CAF Bank Ltd & CCLA Independent ètamlner: D Kltson Bulmer & Co Chartered Certlfied Attwntsnts 2 Mount Parade Trlarrtyjate HGI IBX Charlty law requlres the Trustees of the assodatlon to prepare a recelpts arttl payment5 ac£ount a a ststement of assets and Ilabllltles for each financlal year. In addltlon the Trustee$ are responsible for keeplng proper accountlThJ records whlch are sufflclent to show and explaln the charlvs transattl¢)ns and to dlsdose wlth reasonable accurdte at any tlme the flnandal posltion of the Association. They are atso re5pon51ble for safeguardlng the a55ets and hen￿ for taklng reasonable steps for the preventlon 8rKI dete(tlon of fra￿1 and other Irregulafltles. 14

PAROCHL4L CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST IWiK' HARROGATE CHARITY REG 113465 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT T THE MEMBERS OF THE PCC OF HARROGATE T MARK'S HURCH OIY ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Respective Reypon8lbllitle$ of the PCC and Examiner The PCC are responsibl¢ for the Pre￿ration of accounts. The PCC consider an auth't is nol reqUI￿d for this yearund¢r section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) a￿j that an iNk￿ndent examination is ￿eded. It is my tESEX)nsibility to.. Exami￿ tlr accounts u￿ter section 145 of the 2011 ACL To follow tk pro¢¢dures laid down in the ge￿ra1 DirectioLs giv¢n by Charity Cottunission (under section 1451510>) of Ch8riti¢s Acl, a￿j To state whethcr particularmatt¢ts h4ve come to my attentio Basis of Independent ExAminer's Statement My exam1T￿lOn was ¢arrft¢d out in accordance with g¢nerni DirectioTLS given by the Charity Commission. An examination I￿l￿deS a miew of tk a¢¢ounting record5 kept by ¢harity and a compwison of the accounts ptesented mith those ￿cords. It 81so ]￿ludeS Consideration of any unusual items or dis¢losures in the ac¢ounl& and 5ceking explanations from PCC concerning any such matters. The pThKedures undertaken do ￿t provide all the evide￿e that would bc required in an audit. and consequcndy no opinion is given a5 to WI￿th¢r the a￿OuntS presenl a 'tme and fair, vicw and tl* report is limited to those matters Sel oul in the stat¢m¢nt below. tndependent Eiatniller'8 Statement In Connection with my examtMats"O￿ no rnatter bAS come to my attents'on wlu'ch gives me reasonable cause to believe ir4 any material ￿$￿¢( the requiremerrts.. To keep ac¢ourning recotds in accordance with section 130 of tk 2011 Act,. and To preparc accouNS which accord with the accounting tEcotds and comply with the accounting requ1￿ments of the C￿rities Act have not been met., or 2. to whicl in rny opiniotL att¢nts'on should be drawn in order to enable a proptr und¢rstanding of accounts io be reached. D T Kitson FCCA Bulmer& Co Chartercd Certified Ac¢ou 2 Mount Parade Harrogatc HGI IBX Date..