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PARISH OF ESHER Christ Church, Esher with St George’s, West End

ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

of the

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL for the year ended 31 December 2021

Growing together in faith, hope and love

PARISH OF ESHER

Christ Church, Esher with St George’s, West End

ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

of the PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL of the PARISH of ESHER

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Growing together in faith, hope and love

Rector: The Reverend Darren McCallig Honorary Assistant Priest: The Venerable David Gerrard Honorary Assistant Priest: The Reverend Jonathan Andrew

Churches: Christ Church, Esher and St George’s, West End, Esher

Parish Office: Christ Church, Church Street, Esher KT10 8QS Bankers: National Westminster Bank plc, 73 High Street, Walton-on Thames KT12 1DW

Charity Registration Number: 1134847 Independent Examiner: Gordon Manickam CIA FCCIA

The role and membership of the Parochial Church Council

Rector’s Report Churchwardens’ Report Finance Report Safeguarding Report Fabric Report Electoral Roll Report Parochial Church Council (PCC) Report Deanery Synod Report Children & Young People Report

Parish Youth Worker & Esher High School Chaplain Report

Pastoral Visiting Team Report Fellowship Report

Friends of Christ Church & St George’s Report

Community & Business Outreach Report

InSpire Report Book Group Report Music Report Bellringers’ Report St George’s West End Report Minutes of the 2020 Annual Parochial Church Meeting Independent Examiner’s Report

Esher PCC Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 2021

The role and membership of the Parochial Church Council, and the Church officers and officials during 2021

The overall management of the parish is the responsibility of the Rector, The Reverend Darren McCallig, and the two churchwardens. The Esher Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of working with these three, in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the two church buildings, Christ Church and St George’s, West End.

Members of the PCC may be ex-officio, such as the Rector and the churchwardens, elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM), or co-opted, in accordance with the church representation rules.

with the church representation	rules.
Rector	Revd Darren McCallig
Churchwardens	Helen Coulson, Sandra Argent (until May 2021), Jane Tyrrell(from May2021)
Treasurer	Martin Fuller
PCC Secretary	John Sandison (until May 2021), Peter Bedford(from Sep2021)
Deanery Synod Representatives	Polly Jordan, Will Stevens, Rebecca Warner (until May 2021), Mair Molteno(from May2021)
Elected Representatives of the Laity on the PCC	Peter Bedford, Michael Banks (from May 2021), Kath Chapman, Martin Fuller, Keith Howell-Jones (until May 2021), Polly Jordan, Andrea Lindow, Jennifer Meade (from Nov 2021), Hugh Miller, Mair Molteno (until May 2021), John Sandison (until May 2021), Will Stevens, Jane Tyrrell (until May 2021), Rebecca Warner (until Jan 2021), Bridget Williams

Other Parish Appointments

Other Parish Appointments
HonoraryAssistant Priests	Ven David Gerrard, Revd Jonathan Andrews
Parish Administrator	Melanie Williams
Director of Music	Stuart Whatton
Organist Emeritus & Lead Musician,West End	Keith Howell-Jones
Assistant Organist	Oliver Macfarlane
Youth Worker	David Whymark(until Nov 2021)
Deputy Churchwardens	William Stevens, Andrea Lindow(St George’s,West End)
Parish Bookkeeper	Vacancy (covered byMartin Fuller)
Gift Aid Officer	Brian Elliott
SafeguardingOfficers	PollyJordan, Alison Mohamed
Noah’s Ark Coordinator	Vacancy
Pastoral Visitor Coordinator	WendyTanqueray
Fabric Chairperson	Hugh Miller
Tower Bell Captain	Jennifer Meade
FellowshipGroupLeader	Jan Sayer
Book GroupLeader	Revd Jonathan Andrew
Friends Coordinators	Helen Coulson & Jane Tyrrell
Flower Coordinator	Carol Calvert
Community & Business Outreach	Michael Banks

Rector’s Report

William Temple – Archbishop of Canterbury from 1942 to 1944 – is reputed to have once said, ‘The church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members.’ It’s a statement which has always attracted me, pointing as it does to an inclusive and spacious understanding of the Anglican spiritual tradition. It’s also, I think, a sentiment which could apply to so much of what is good and beautiful and life-giving here in the Parish of Esher.

Because, make no mistake, if one was to do a detailed accounting of it (perish the thought!) one would discover that a great portion of this parish’s human and financial capacity is spent in the service of what Archbishop Temple would term ‘nonmembers.’ And rightly so!

Think, for example, of the hours given in devoted service to our two parish schools. Whether it’s serving as Foundation Governors, taking regular Assemblies, speaking to classes, leading Christmas, Easter and other special services, or providing ongoing pastoral care and support, a great deal of time and effort is spent – rightly – supporting the staff and students of these two wonderful communities of learning. And that ministry is given regardless of what place of worship, if any, those teachers and students attend.

Or consider, for a moment, our very considerable ministry around funerals and bereavement. It was only recently – while discussing the large number of funerals during the pandemic with a nearby clergyman – that I came to realise that our ministry in this area is many multiples (in the conversation in question it was over 10 times!) that of broadly comparable parishes. Again, this vital ministry is offered to those in need without any request for ‘membership cards’ or interrogation as to churchgoing habits (again, perish the thought!)

I say all this not to clap ourselves on the back, but rather to (a) direct our attention to something we perhaps often overlook and (b) make the point that all this service is only possible through your generosity, your time and your commitment.

So, thank you for all that you continue to do to support this all-inclusive mission and ministry of the Parish of Esher. As this report shows, 2021 has been another unprecedented year, both in terms of the challenges we have faced but also in terms of how we have – together – risen to those challenges. We can, I believe, look to the future with renewed confidence. We can also – thanks to the work of our PCC, facilitated by the Revd Jonathan Andrew – look to the future with a Church Development Plan to focus our ambition.

That plan, agreed by the PCC in March 2022, outlines several key priorities: growing our work with young people through the recruitment of a Children and Families Worker; ensuring our two church buildings are ‘fit for purpose’ for community events and worship services; enhancing our music ministry through the establishment of organ and choral scholarships; strengthening our community service and involvement; and developing our parish communications capacity. Watch this space for further details on all of these plans as we move through 2022 and beyond.

For now, it just remains for me to commend this Annual Report to you, and to commend all of our shared endeavours to the One who ‘by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.’ (Ephesians 3.20-21).

The Revd Darren McCallig Rector of Esher

Churchwardens’ Report

Having started the year with tier 4 Covid-19 restrictions, resulting in a full lockdown in January we entered yet another phase where our worship was restricted and social gatherings not possible. Thanks to our streaming expertise we were able to reach our congregation and many others further afield, with streamed services and outreach to our schools, and much appreciate the invaluable technical assistance provided by Paul Puccioni.

As the year progressed, we were able to tentatively resume services, with protocols and restrictions in place to reassure those who wanted to return to in person worship at our churches. We were guided by our safeguarding experts in all the decisions we made and we are grateful for all their work in navigating the updated guidance during this period.

Thankfully we have enjoyed a measured return to worship and it is so heartening to see our churches beginning to flourish as everyone feels more comfortable with attending. This year we have also successfully returned to our outreach and fellowship programmes with Music on the Green, Fellowship Group, Book Group and the Friends Coffee Mornings. These have enabled everyone to keep in touch and support each other. The highlight was being able to host our open weekend in September where we welcomed many regular members and many visitors to Christ Church over two days to enjoy the opportunity to see visit Christ Church, listen to glorious music and experience our open bell tower. It was also an opportunity to welcome ‘formally’ Darren to the Parish, having never had the opportunity to do so since his installation in March 2020!

None of these things would have been possible without the guidance and direction of our Clergy and a great team of staff and volunteers who have all gone the extra mile during these times. We are particularly blessed with Darren, Jonathan and David, our Clergy and Melanie, Stuart, Keith and Oliver for all that they have done and continue to do to ensure the Parish rebuilds and flourishes. There is still so much more to do but we have a fabulous congregation and many willing volunteers and together we can achieve so much, supporting ourselves and those in the wider parish.

Thank you all,

Jane Tyrrell & Helen Coulson

Finance Report

Although the church’s total income in 2021 was greater than in 2020, this was largely because of an increase in appeal donations, legacies, and donations for other specified purposes, which benefit reserved funds and are not available to the General Fund which supports the day to day work of the church. Leaving those income elements aside, then, the income of £230,000 was £13,000 lower than in 2020. The General Fund recorded a deficit of about £18,000 over the year.

The church’s principal fixed asset – the curate’s house in Cranbrook Drive – was revalued with advice from the letting agents, Hamptons. Previously shown in the accounts for a number of years at £485,000, its value is now shown as £800,000. The house was let throughout the year, generating a useful income of £16,000.This money is held in a designated account, in recognition of the need to carry out substantial refurbishment and modernisation once the current letting ends.

The popular Music on the Green concerts, having resumed once Covid restrictions allowed, continue to be profitable, generating an income, which, net of concert costs, amounted to £1,000 during the year – quite an achievement, considering the time spent in lockdown.

Overall expenditure in 2021, at £221,000 was £12,000 lower than in 2020, but this was because in 2020 there was an exceptional payment of £35,800 invested by the Few’s Cottage trustees in Church of England funds. In 2021 the repairs and maintenance costs for the church buildings, at nearly £20,000, were significantly higher than in 2020, as were heating costs, at nearly £4,000. The provision of audio-visual equipment to allow church services to be live-streamed online during lockdown cost some £4,000, but this cost was largely met by generous donations from church members.

The church’s youth worker resigned after 10 months of the year, so his costs of £18,000 were commensurately lower than in 2020. All these costs were met by the Few’s Cottage Fund.

Donations to charitable causes in 2021, at just under £10,000, were well up on 2020’s figure of £6,500, reflecting both the generosity of parishioners and the increase in church activities and services as the effects of the pandemic reduced.

Looking ahead, the continuing shortfall in regular income remains a concern. This is offset by resources held in the reserved and designated funds, but given the anticipated demands on those funds for the replacement lighting project, capital works at St George’s and, potentially, other works arising from the quinquennial report, it is likely that expenditure will have to be prioritised.

Martin Fuller

Safeguarding Report

Summary

Alison Mohamed and Polly Jordan were appointed as Parish Safeguarding Officers (PSOs) in March 2019 and remain in post.

Parish Safeguarding Policy was reviewed again by PCC and re-confirmed on 9[th] September 2021.

Promoting a Safer Church posters on display in both Churches.

Contact details for PSOs, Diocese Safeguarding Adviser and relevant helplines displayed in both Churches.

Dedicated Safeguarding email plus direct contact details for both PSOs easily accessible.

Safeguarding is a standing agenda item at every PCC meeting.

Safeguarding reports are submitted prior to every PCC meeting (i.e. 2 monthly).

Safeguarding tab clearly visible on Parish website so when clicked details are available of the PSOs and the Diocese Safeguarding advisers.

The PSOs have been working hard with PCC members and the Diocese to enable PCC members and other volunteers if indicated to complete their Safeguarding training. Compliance is increasing but there remains some outstanding training still to be completed.

Outstanding

Safeguarding Action Plan to be drawn up and approved by the PCC.

Volunteer list to be updated (last done and confirmed by PCC on 22 January 2020).

Some PCC members, employed workers and other volunteers have outstanding Safeguarding Training to complete.

Covid

As a Parish we responded very quickly to the imminent threat posed by SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in early 2020. On 3[rd] March 2020 there was agreement to suspend physical sharing of The Peace and our Communion Policy was revised. We also issued guidance on handwashing and provided hand gels around the churches. This was in advance of any guidance from the Church of England.

We subsequently devised a Covid cleaning protocol with provision and guidance on the use of PPE for our volunteers.

Multiple Covid specific risk assessments have been completed since the start of the Pandemic. A working party consisting of our Rector, PSOs, Church Wardens and Director of Music continue to meet on a regular basis in order to review how the services and other Church activities are conducted in light of current infection risk, guidance and local factors. Our goal continues to be to strive to keep our Churches as safe as possible and keep the best interests of our more vulnerable members as our top priority.

Postponed

Plan to hold a ‘Safeguarding Sunday’ with focus on Safeguarding within our Churches to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding and the structures and support available within our churches. Jane Huttly, Diocese Safeguarding Adviser and Head of Policy and Training has kindly agreed to come and speak.

First Aid Training – plans to hold first aid training course for our volunteers postponed until face-to-face sessions can resume.

Plans to fund the purchase and installation of a defibrillator outside Christ Church, which would be available for use by our Church and also the wider community postponed.

Conclusion

Overall, the PCC is making progress with regard to prioritising Safeguarding in our Churches and compliance with the duty to have ‘due regard’ to the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidelines. However, there is further work to be done as outlined above.

Polly Jordan & Alison Mohamed

Fabric Report

Christ Church

Only the most essential maintenance and repair work was undertaken in the year since available funds were extremely limited.

The long outstanding repair and redecoration of the low-level rainwater guttering and downpipes to the Eastern end of the Church was completed and enabled by a £10,000 (inclusive of the 25% Gift Aid Tax Benefit) generous donation from a member of the congregation and which was given specifically for this work.

The Quinquennial Report has now been completed by Mr. Adam Hieke of Nye Sunders architects and we have enjoyed a more than satisfactory report.

The Five-Year Terrier Report, which has required extensive research and updating, is in its final throes of being updated.

Most regrettably the internal lighting of the Church continues to deteriorate as various units at high level fail. Mainly due to ageing – they are now more than thirty years old. Also, these are by their nature expensive to run. The lighting was recently described by a visitor as similar to that found in a railway shunting shed! As such the Church has commissioned a recognized lighting consultant (a Mr Chris Reading who is recognized by the Diocese and who has worked on a wide variety of churches and other major projects) to provide a design which will dramatically improve the overall lighting but will also provide a variety of ‘mood’ lighting for various events within the Church, not least the MOTG concerts. The cost estimate for the design that will achieve the minimum of what is desired is circa £80,000 plus vat. This also includes a substantial

re-wiring of the main body of the Church and the Vestry. All of which is also long overdue. To date and arising from specific donations or grants from wills circa £40,000 has been allocated by the Church to this project, but very clearly circa double this amount is still needed to be raised from within Church to allow this work to progress. Ideally the work for this badly needed Lighting and Wiring revamp should be undertaken this July/August when there is plenty of natural light and the holiday season means less activity within the Church during the week. As such the Church needs to launch immediately a specific appeal for this work.

The Fabric Committee now consists of just Hugh Miller, Olly Dickinson and more recently Ian Royce. At least one other member, if not two, would be most welcome so that the workload might be distributed more evenly – even by the smallest amount! As it is Ian Royce undertakes constantly minor works and repairs around the Church and his contribution is invaluable.

St George’s, West End.

The Fabric Committee at St Georges now consists of just Andrea Lindow and Mair Molteno and they are constantly aware of and instructing minor works which maintain the Church to a good standard. Such minor works are funded by monies raised purely by St George’s.

In May 2021 storm damage caused some branches of one of the large oaks to break, fall and cause minor damage to a car belonging to a neighbouring property. Subsequently a comprehensive arboricultural report was called for by Ecclesiastical Insurance and this in turn called for the lopping of certain major branches and in the case of one oak treatment for Oak Processionary Moth (which is to be done in April 2022).

With regard to the sloping of the floor at the Eastern end of the Church, and which has been an item of concern and various investigations for some time, a local structural engineer (Mr John Wyatt of Wyatt Caruthers Jebb Ltd) was identified by Hugh Miller. He kindly visited the Church free of charge, conducted an initial investigation and has offered, also free of charge, to conduct surveys of the floor levels at circa nine month intervals. His initial view is that the perimeter foundations are totally sound and show no sign whatsoever of settlement, but it is in fact the central spine wall and bearer beam that is rising and thus creating the impression of a slope towards the perimeter. The surveys going forward will provide a better indication of what is occurring.

The Church has also been fortunate to receive a large legacy and this together with other smaller donations has put the Church in a position where it will be able to pay for the comprehensive cleaning down and repainting of the external walls and the roof timbers - for which a price has been agreed with a recognized and respected decorating contractor. This work is planned for July/August of 2022. Simultaneous with this work it is intended that, subject to sufficient funds being raised, the interior of the Church will also be redecorated.

Hugh Miller

Electoral Roll Report

Membership has been relatively static during 2021 most likely due to the ongoing social restrictions and disruption caused by the pandemic. A few parish people have sadly died with three being members of the Roll. However just recently a small number of new people have been added to the Roll. There have been some movements in and out of the Parish also.

The Roll now has 130 members from 105 households. Of these, 76 from 64 households are resident within the parish and 54 from 41 households are not resident within the parish.

Melanie Williams

Parochial Church Council (PCC) Report

Seven PCC meetings were held in 2021, taking place in January (two, including one Extraordinary), March, May, July, September and November, all held via Zoom due to Covid considerations.

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting was held on Sunday 23 May. At that meeting, Helen Coulson and Jane Tyrrell were elected as churchwardens, Michael Banks was elected to the PCC, and Mair Molteno was elected to the Deanery Synod. Other changes to PCC membership occurred throughout the year. John Sandison

completed his long term as PCC Secretary in May, and Peter Bedford took up this role in September. Keith Howell-Jones resigned in May, due to ill health, Rebecca Warner resigned from the Deanery Synod in May, Mair Molteno stepped down in May (and was then elected to the Deanery Synod), as did Jane Tyrrell (before her election as churchwarden). Jennifer Mead was elected to the PCC in November.

The major issues and items of business that arose during the year were as follows:

Safeguarding measures due to Covid lockdown/restrictions, including when to resume live services, and the actions to be taken as restrictions eased.
The further development and improvement of online streaming of services.
Pastoral care and support to those affected by the pandemic.
Communication and community engagement, including via Zoom (multiple events), Easter cards and Christmas cards, The Friends initiative and the Christ Church Welcome Weekend.
Continuing financial pressures, the impact of the Parish Share, and the way forward on stewardship and fundraising.
Fabric issues, such as internal lighting at Christ Church and the exterior of St George’s.
The Christ Church Garden of Remembrance.
Environmental engagement via Eco Church.
Support to charities, such as the East Elmbridge foodbank, the Christmas shoebox campaign, and a technology appeal for local school children.

Peter Bedford

Deanery Synod Report

The Parish of Esher is part of Emly Deanery (a group of 13 parishes within the Diocese of Guildford) and the Deanery Synod met three times in 2021 – twice on Zoom and once in person.

The March 2021 meeting focused on the Church of England’s ‘Living in Love and Faith’ project. Bishop Jo Bailey Wells gave a very helpful presentation on this initiative which aims to address questions such as: ‘How do questions about identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage fit within the bigger picture of the good news of Jesus Christ?’ and ‘What does it mean to live in love and faith together as a Church?’ It was announced that there would be a Deanery-wide ‘Living in Love and Faith’ course, and this was subsequently held in 2022.

Also, at the March meeting, we elected a new Lay Chair for Emly Deanery Synod. Brian Howells was elected unopposed. Brian, who has served local churches in various voluntary roles over the years, is also a member of Guildford Diocesan Synod and governor of a local primary school. One of his key aims as Lay Chair is to build relationships across parishes and enhance the sharing of good practice.

The June Deanery Synod meeting had Eco-church as its main theme. We were addressed by Alison Moulden, the Diocese Environmental Officer, who shared with us what is going on across the Diocese and across the country. Amongst other things, she emphasised the biblical injunction to care for the earth and address the challenge of climate change through local as well as national actions.

Members of Deanery Synod finally got to meet in person at the October meeting which was held at Saint Nicholas’ Church, Thames Ditton. The focus of this meeting was the Church of England report ‘From Lament to Action’. This document, written by the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce, proposes a raft of changes designed to bring about a change of culture in the life of the Church.

In a powerful and important address, the Rev. Folli Olokose, who is the Vicar of Saint Mary Oatlands and a member of the Diocesan Racial Justice Focus Group, spoke about some of his own personal experiences as well as those of others. It was a sobering reminder that the call to treat all God’s children with dignity, equality and respect is very often more honoured in the breach than in the observance. Folli’s talk can be viewed online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxqprRodvMg

We are very grateful to our Area Dean, the Revd Andrew Cowie, and to our Lay Chair, Mr Brian Howells, for their faithful stewardship of the Deanery.

The Revd Darren McCallig Rector of Esher

Children & Young People Report

The year was one of comings and goings as we experienced significant change in personnel, both here in the parish and in our two church schools.

Dave Whymark, who had served as Youth Worker in the parish and Chaplain in Esher High School moved to Qatar (finishing up with us at the end of October). We thank Dave for all his contributions over the past four years and wish him and his family well in their new life in Doha.

Also moving to pastures new in 2021 was the acting headteacher of Esher Church School, Caroline McLennan, who left for Goldsworth Primary School in Woking. At our July All Age service in Christ Church we made a presentation to Caroline and then, at our September All Age, we welcomed our new ECS Headteacher, Ben Foley. Mr. Foley has already made a very positive impact in the school and we thank him for all that he brings to his new role, as well as his strong desire to strengthen the links between school and parish.

Finally, in terms of comings and goings, Esher High School got a new Head of School in Andy King when Mike Boddington moved to a role in Enlighten Learning Trust. Again, Mr. King has been a strong supporter of church-school co-operation and we were delighted to make a presentation to him at the September All Age service.

Indeed, 2021 saw many joint initiatives between the parish and its schools. We worked together, very successfully, on the Link to Hope Christmas Shoebox appeal (local scouts were also involved) and we also (again with the scouts) put together a beautiful display of peace doves (crafted from paper plates) in the Christ Church entrance porches.

The more ‘regular’ ongoing interactions also continued in 2021 with the Rector and the Revd Jonathan Andrew providing weekly assemblies for Esher Church School (online during periods of ‘lockdown’ and in person at other times) and the Rector leading some classes and assemblies in the High School after Dave’s departure. 2021 also saw the development of ‘Prayer Ambassadors’ at Esher Church School. This is a group of students who lead the intercessions at the monthly All Age services in Christ Church. Many have commented on how well they read the prayers and contribute to the worship.

Easter and Christmas schools’ services, as well as school carol services and concerts, also took place in person last year – a particular highlight being the 1000 or so High School students who attended Christ Church in December for their Christmas service. The Rector will long remember doing back-to-back services for the 200-strong year-groups!

As can be readily imagined, all of this ministry with our two church schools stretches our capacity in very demanding ways (most especially after our Youth Worker’s departure). Nevertheless, it also gives us enormous opportunities for engagement and service.

Capacity was also stretched as we, finally, restarted our Sunday school provision in Christ Church in November. Numbers attending are small but it is wonderful to see some of our very youngest children attending and so evidently enjoying the various craft and other activities. As usual, there was great excitement around the Christingle service near the beginning of Advent and the Crib service on Christmas Eve. Many thanks to all who make these special occasions possible.

Finally, we continue to pray for the process of recruiting a new Children and Families Worker. This is a crucial step in making this important work sustainable for the future and in reducing the pressure on those who are ‘keeping the show on the road’ at the moment.

The Revd Darren McCallig Rector of Esher

Parish Youth Worker & Esher High School Chaplain Report

Dave Whymark’s final report, dated November 2021, is included as it gives an overview of his experiences and reflection on his work over the past four years.

Parish Youth Work

Looking back over the last 4 years the youth work aspect of the role has certainly been the most challenging. I swiftly discovered how busy Sundays were for the youth of the Parish in terms of sports and other activities. Unlike other churches I’d worked with there would be hardly if any youth out on a Sunday morning for worship. In fact even the volunteers who were running the youth were rarely seen at Christ Church for worship. Another difficulty was the fact that most of our youth attended schools out of the Parish some quite far away. This made it harder for them to invite friends which is the way most youth groups grow in the first place. We then of course faced an interregnum where a number of young families left followed by the pandemic and the lockdowns that followed. Although youth continued online via Zoom we did

experience, as did many churches in the pandemic, a sharp drop off in numbers. This was particularly frustrating as the second group that I had set up for children in school years 3-6 was growing steadily the plan then being that they would all then move up to the older group together. Unfortunately by the time we were able to start up in person youth work I no longer had any volunteers available to run this younger club.

However the role is taken forward, whether with another youth worker or a children’s and family worker, the challenge will be building a core group of regulars who are also out on a Sunday morning. If you want to attract younger families to the church you may want to look something similar to a Messy Church service in addition to the Eucharist service on a Sunday. It may be worthwhile visiting other churches, not to copy, but to see if there are aspects that could be successfully imported into the Esher context.

Chaplaincy at Esher High School

It has been a real joy having the opportunity to share with a school of over 1000 pupils something of the significance of faith and the good news of Jesus. Being able to lead assemblies as Chaplain made a real difference to the Christian distinctiveness of the school and teaching RE lessons gave opportunity for students to ask questions. One particular highlight was the running of a prayer space in 2019. Despite most pupils not claiming faith for themselves they engaged with it really well and it was such a shame that it had to be cancelled the following year because of COVID. Another important aspect of my role was recognising that a large number of pupils come from other

Parishes and therefore it was important to get other local youth workers involved in the school. These youth workers will continue to run the weekly lunch club and will also have involvement in assemblies going forward. However the fact that the majority of students do not come from Esher Parish does raise the question: if there is going to be a replacement Chaplain would it be better for that Chaplain to come from a Parish with a higher proportion of students who attend?

David Whymark

Pastoral Visiting Team Report

Pastoral Support Team Report:- Although many of the Covid restrictions are slowly being lifted, many Care and Nursing Homes in the area have been in lock-down for weeks on end and sometimes the residents are not made aware that this is happening and that they cannot receive visitors. However, things have improved recently, although visitors still have to take a lateral flow test before all visits but, usually, we do not have to book an appointment. For those who are elderly, do not drive or have no relatives living near them, life can be very lonely and isolating and a simple phone call can, and does, make a huge difference. Mair Molteno’s monthly teas are still on hold and we look forward to starting them again as soon as practicable. These are very successful and are held in volunteers’ houses and lifts are arranged for all guests. Mair has organised these since her University days. There are many services available to aid those who are vulnerable, require help in independent living, or physical or mental support. Our small team are here to help, and I thank them very much for their input. I trust that now life is more or less back to normal we will be able to give even more support. Please contact me by telephone initially (01372 464483) or e-mail (wendytanqueray@gmail.com ) and then I will see what the needs are, and start the ball rolling.

Wendy Tanqueray

Fellowship Group Report

In January 2010 our first Fellowship Meeting took place, so over the years we have seen many friends come and go, yet still there are a core of faithful followers who religiously, pardon the pun, join us in the Lady Chapel for what has become a monthly gathering. It is always a joy to welcome new members, and indeed we have been joined by two recently, so encourage anyone wishing to find a friendly group who aim to put the world to rights, we are just what you are looking for!

In essence we are a miscellany of worship, bible study, prayer, discussion, debate, community news - and more. With the help of Zoom, we were able to continue our meetings throughout the pandemic, so although some of us are not fans of modern technology, we were able to take full advantage of it. It was a real pleasure to have Darren join us for those sessions.

We now meet on the first Wednesday of each month at 11am. Why not give us a try?

Jan Sayer

Friends of Christ Church & St George’s Report

This initiative was launched in September, 2021 at our Church Welcome Weekend. A leaflet was produced giving a little background information and history about our two beautiful churches, and summarising the aims and benefits of becoming a Friend. It also included information that is surprising to many, that no central funding is available to help parishes maintain churches across the land. Church buildings are maintained by parishioners making voluntary donations, and the Parish of Esher is no exception.

The aim of the Friends is to promote our churches so they grow and become focal points of the local community. Ultimately, we aim to make our church buildings and facilities available for a range of activities and events to encourage closer community cohesion and cooperation.

To become a Friend, people commit to a regular payment, which is put towards the maintenance and preservation of our Church buildings. In return, Friends have access to benefits such as our now regular coffee mornings, access to tickets for concerts and any other forthcoming events. These benefits are also open to those who already give regularly to the Parish through Stewardship.

The above-mentioned coffee mornings have been running every two weeks for several months now, alternating between Christ Church and St George’s, West End. It is a pleasure to welcome regular attendees together with new faces at these social events. They give us an opportunity to bring together people from both congregations, and to reach those who may not yet know us. They give space and time to talk, which is so important for all of us. This was particularly in evidence when we were able to open up more following periods of lockdown. We would like to encourage more from our wider community to come along and join us, and of course those we know who have not yet sampled our delicious home baking and the company of others.

In the future, we plan to introduce further Friends events, and we would also like to work with local businesses to enhance our capabilities and help us reach out to our broader neighbourhood in the achievement of our aims. This process has already started with links being made with the Esher Chamber of Commerce and Sandown. The process of building this into the Friends initiative is yet to be explored.

Jane Tyrrell & Helen Coulson

Community & Business Outreach Report

Community

It is understood that a number of potential clients for the East Elmbridge Foodbank living in the Lower Green area are unable to access the foodbank, which is situated in West Molesey. As these people are in our Parish we are approaching the Trussell Trust to see if it possible to set up Christ Church as a distribution point for the Esher parish. This will entail volunteers collecting food from West Molesey as we do not have the facilities to set up a full foodbank operation. At the time of writing it is not possible to predict demand and we shall have to proceed accordingly. It is expected that there will be a slow start, which will build as awareness increases and increases again as the economic situation deteriorates. A watching brief will be kept.

Business

Good relations have been established with the newly formed Esher Chamber of Commerce. We are able to involve the church with their activities as appropriate, especially at Christmas. Their regular monthly meetings provide the opportunity to keep Esher business updated on our events. Once the new church lighting is complete and the back of the church re-vamped it will be possible to expand on this. As a result of this new connection Sandown offered to build a new shed close to their Lower Green entrance to help foodbank clients. This has been put on hold until the new foodbank arrangement at Christ church has been assessed.

Michael Banks

InSpire Report

It is some years since the InSpire team were invited to submit a report to the APCM but having just completed the 25th issue of the Parish Newsletter it seems an appropriate time to do so again.

Looking back over 2021, during the Covid lockdowns and isolations, InSpire provided the Parish with a vehicle to get the message out that, despite all restrictions, our clergy continued to be active and that the community was still being served by our amazing volunteers. We were able to learn about Darren and his journey to becoming our Rector when it was impossible for the majority of his parishioners to meet him.

The editorial team is Bridget Williams, Jane Tyrrell and Juliet Philip, who has the task of putting InSpire together and distributing it. A free layout and distribution programme called MailChimp is used to do this, set up by Stefan. After a few teething troubles the system is now working well, we believe. There are 139 on the mailing list and we get an average 65% open rate on our distributions – which is considered a good number. We would, however, like to have more on the list and a greater participation from certain sections of our community.

The big question is how to move forward. Many people miss the printed version and would like to have something to hold and read. A hard copy also provides something to hand out to visitors. However, it is an expensive and potentially time-consuming process in comparison to the current one – which costs nothing but the blood, sweat and tears of the editor! It would also cut down on the number of articles and images that can be used in each issue. Ways to achieve this are currently being looked at including sponsorship of the printing costs, selling advertising, etc. All suggestions gratefully received.

Juliet Philip

Book Group Report

Our parish Book Group is now well into its second year and is flourishing. When we first formed back in the autumn of 2020 we were seriously constrained by coronavirus regulations, but our meetings managed to get going on Zoom, and we started to get to know one another and share the sort of books we enjoyed. For the last few months, however, we have been able to meet in church and our membership and attendance has increased dramatically.

We are a wonderfully mixed group with some who make a great effort to come along every time, some whose busy lives often get in the way but come along when they can, some who voraciously devour whatever book is chosen, and some who often fail to complete their reading on time, but know they will be welcome in any event. We have got at least two published authors, but they do not make the rest of us feel inadequate! No one hogs the limelight, and everyone has an opportunity to speak, or just to listen if they feel more comfortable that way.

We have read an enormously wide range of material, mostly novels, but also biographies (political and sporting), history (modern and late medieval) and even a bit of theology. At first we chose our books by vote, but more recently we have benefitted from members who expressed great enthusiasm for something they had read and wanted to share with the rest of us.

People have often said to me how much they appreciate the group for the way it encourages us to read outside our normal ‘comfort zone’ and to learn about and appreciate new things.

We always publicise our gatherings in the weekly pewsheet so, if you might be interested, do give it a try!

Jonathan Andrew

Music Report

Liturgical Music

2021 proved another a challenging year, with further coronavirus lockdowns and shifting parameters in what Government and church guidelines allowed or forbade us to do musically, in terms of singing and collective gathering. Plans for choir tours, whether to Cambridge or Paris, were further postponed.

The All-Age services on the first Sunday of each month have continued to offer us a chance to experiment a little bit more than in our standard Parish Eucharists. The post-sermon slot each Sunday, which during lockdown we began to use for some reflective piano music, has proved immensely popular and we have decided to keep it as a feature of our main services for the foreseeable future.

From the start of the year through to Holy Week, the choir was not allowed to function collectively, so we relied on a series of individual choir volunteers to act as solo Cantors for our services.

From Easter to the end of July, we were permitted to expand to a bijou choir of up to half a dozen singers, and from September onwards we were finally able to function as a full choir again, though not all our original members were willing or able to resume active duty immediately, and as with most other aspects of life, it will doubtless take a while to return to full pre-pandemic normality, if indeed we ever do. It was, however, a joy finally to be able to get congregational singing up and running again.

In the summer we said goodbye to Martin Kerrison as his new married life took him up to Yorkshire, while late on in the year we were pleased to welcome Charlotte SerajianEsfahan and Lynn Coward to our soprano ranks. The Lord also miraculously provided us with two putative parish organ scholars, George Ashley and Rowan Marshall – more about them in next year’s report!

Once again I take this opportunity to thank Keith Howell-Jones for shouldering the main burden of accompanying the services at West End; to Oliver Macfarlane for his organ playing week-in week-out at Christ Church, including treating us to a magnificent range of repertoire in his organ voluntaries; to Diana Johns for her pianistic contributions; and to all our choir members for their faithfulness and perseverance through the lingering tail of the pandemic.

Music on the Green

Music in the Tower sadly had to be shelved yet again this year for coronavirus reasons, though we hope to get it back on the road in 2022.

Nonetheless we did belatedly manage to get our Beethoven 250[th] anniversary celebrations underway with a memorable piano extravaganza in October, during which we heard three Beethoven Symphonies (nos. 1, 5 & 9) in swift succession, in the historic piano duet transcriptions by Scharwenka.

The Wednesday lunchtime series kept going in virtual form between January and April, with (respectively) a guitar recital, a piano recital, and violin/cello and cello/guitar duos. In May we were finally able to welcome back a live audience, and the spring/summer season saw us host the Fibonacci String Quartet, the Laefer Saxophone Quartet and a harp soloist. Further steps towards normality were taken in the autumn, when we were allowed to resume a modified catering operation with pre-plated lunches, and the musical fare included two duo acts (viola & accordion and violin & piano) as well as a particularly delightful visit from the Mera Horn Trio.

As ever, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my fellow MOTG Committee members: Melanie Williams in the parish office, Michael Banks for his work on auxiliary lighting and general PR, Debbie Banks for getting the catering show back on the road from the autumn, and Jan Sayer for her general assistance. Thanks are also due to our rector Darren for his continued enthusiastic support of our parish’s musical outreach efforts.

Stuart Whatton

Bellringers’ Report

It was lovely to start ringing again on Palm Sunday, 28 March 2021 - with only four bells as we had to be two metres apart, masks on etc and windows open, but despite the cold and draughtiness we were ringing again!! All the remaining ringers took turns to toll a bell for an hour before Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral at the Chapel Royal, Windsor Castle on Saturday 17 April 2021 at 3.00pm.

Our numbers had dropped dramatically with the increasing age of the band and the difficulties of recruiting and training during the pandemic, and a recruiting drive was planned to take place during the rescheduled May Fair in September. However, this was cancelled by the organisers, and Christ Church held a Parish Open Weekend on 10 and 11 September (much to our benefit!). We did demonstrations, gave talks, and managed to interest six new recruits to join us. It has been a great challenge to give them the skills of bell handling whilst conforming to all the Covid restrictions such as distancing and mask wearing, but they have persevered despite the trials of learning the most difficult bit (tying the ‘u’ knot at the end of the rope!). We had hoped they would be able to join the team for Christmas ringing but this was not to be.

Despite our low numbers and the Covid restrictions, we were delighted to ring for a few weddings, toll the bell for some funerals, and to ring for Remembrance Sunday on 14 November, and for most of the Christmas Services. We are looking forward to the newcomers joining us in time for Easter next year.

Jennifer Meade

St George’s West End Report

I do not think that any of us envisaged beginning yet another year with Church lockdowns due to COVID - but sadly this was the case. However, thanks to the dedication of Darren and many others our worship was able to continue via live streaming from Christ Church. One unexpected bonus of the church closures was the ability of members of the St George’s congregation to contribute to these Services - something we cannot usually do being fully committed on West End rotas.

Sadly our Easter Services were cancelled again this year, but we created an Easter Garden outside St George’s for the benefit of those passing by the Church. We also produced a larger Easter Garden for Christ Church in the hollow created by the removal of the cedar tree - and as it was well received, we will think this will become an annual event! Even during the months when the Church was closed, and continually throughout the year, our small dedicated gardening team continued to work in all weathers. New beds have been created and a variety of shrubs, flowers and sweet smelling herbs have been planted.

When we finally reopened in July, we still had to limit numbers at our Services to a maximum of twenty people, adequately spaced. This yet again involved a great deal of juggling numbers, numerous emails and phone calls and booking people into designated, named seats. But it was wonderful to be back worshipping in person again in St George’s.

Sadly the West End Village Show was cancelled again - an event we all look forward to. We greatly miss opening our Church and welcoming friends old and new, who come to buy our bread and cakes, support the raffle and admire our tiny church. This event is our major annual fundraiser and the loss of this revenue for two years running is a burden on our finances.

The annual Pet Service was unable to be held in West End due to COVID rules restricting the number of people and pets who could safely be accommodated in St George’s. However, Darren kindly transferred the Service to Christ Church and it was very well attended and greatly enjoyed by both the pets and owners.

October saw the launch of the Friends Coffee Mornings, with the first one taking place in St George’s on the 13th. This is a wonderful opportunity to welcome newcomers and catch up with members of both congregations. These ‘get togethers’ will take place on the second Wednesday of the month when we look forward to seeing new faces.

Thanks to the talent and kindness of Alice Coulson, a delightful Christmas Card was designed to be sold in aid of the maintenance of St George’s. Helen provided huge assistance in arranging the printing and four of us frantically packed 6000 cards in packs of ten, in order to sell them before the Christmas rush. Unsurprisingly, the cards were very much admired and extremely popular.

Although we were unable to have our usual Christmas Eve Crib Service we were able to hold our Christmas Day Eucharist. Darren, as always, gave an uplifting Sermon and the Service was well attended and greatly enjoyed. The Church was beautifully decorated as usual - the simplicity of the building enhanced by floral arrangements, greenery, a Christmas tree and lights, an advent wreath and candles - a truly optimistic end to an anxious year.

Andrea Lindow Deputy Churchwarden

On behalf of the PCC

Jane Tyrrell

Peter Bedford Hon Secretary

Jane Tyrrell Helen Coulson Churchwarden Churchwarden

Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting held in Christ Church, Esher and on Zoom on Sunday 23 May 2021.

1 Opening Prayers

The meeting was opened by the Rector with opening prayers and a welcome.

2 Apologies for absence

Jane Tyrell, and David & Jenny Gerrard

Annual Meeting of Parishioners

3 Election of Churchwardens

Two nominations were received – Helen Coulson proposed by Janie McCulloch and seconded by Martin Kenyon and Jane Tyrrell proposed by Helen Coulson and seconded by Carol Henderson. These were both duly elected.

Annual Parochial Meeting

4 Minutes from last year’s meeting

The minutes of the meeting held in October 2020 were approved by the meeting proposed by Helen Coulson and seconded by Carol Henderson.

5 Matters arising from the minutes

There were no matters arising.

6 Parish Annual Report

The Rector, Darren McCallig started by giving his own report and he paid tribute to all those hard working people in the parish who had done so much for the church. He mentioned in particular:

The two churchwardens Helen Coulson and Sandra Argent.
Other members of the PCC.
John Sandison as parish secretary
Martin Fuller as parish treasurer.
The honorary assistant priests: Jonathan Andrew and David Gerrard
Melanie Williams as parish administrator; he described how hard she had worked which had been made more difficult by her having to work from home. Also the lockdown and frequent change of rules meant that she had to change and re-change services and arrangements over and over again.
Director of music, Stuart Whatton. He said that we are so fortunate to have such a talented person who created such amazing music.
Keith Howell-Jones: he mentioned particularly that Keith had recorded all the music of the services until July on his phone which Darren then subsequently merged into the sound only services that was all we could run at that time.

The musicians and organists: Stuart Whatton, Keith Howell-Jones, Diana Johns, and Oliver McFarlane.
Our youth worker, Dave Whymark: he did so much behind the scenes both in organising youth groups and at the church schools. Dave’s wife is going to Doha where she is taking up the position of head of a primary school college and Dave will leave shortly afterwards.
The deputy churchwardens: Andrea Lindow and Will Stevens.
The amazing crew at St George’s West End: their task was particularly difficult as they had to organise the seating for their services. He mentioned Peter Bedford, Claire Craigmile, Mair Molteno and all the others there.
He stated that last Sunday we welcomed back the Norwegian community at St George’s West End for the first time since this lockdown began.
Brian Elliott as gift aid officer. He has subsequently stepped down and a new person will be taking his place.
Covid 19 risk assessments. Polly Jordan and Alison Mohamed. He spoke movingly about the amazing work that these two had done in carrying out risk assessments which were constantly changing because of changing regulations. They had to deal with such items as the choir, Music on the Green, services and the Eucharist to take some examples. This was made more difficult as there were often three or four different sets of advice from the government, the Church of England, and church music organisations. Not only did they do that but they also worked on safeguarding. The audience clapped in appreciation.
Alison Mohamed who looked after Noah’s Ark until it was stopped by the lockdown when she stepped down and he thanked her very much. He commented that both Dave Whymark and Darren McCallig would like to get Noah’s Ark going again for the last term of the year.
The pastoral team: Wendy Tanqueray. Although for much of the time they could not visit people they sent letters which were very much appreciated.
The occasional preachers: Dave Whymark, Becky Warner, Fiona Owen and John Sandison.
The fabric chairperson: Hugh Miller who worked primarily on his own on many different maintenance issues.
The bell captain, Jennifer Meade and the tower team who had a very restricted year because of the lockdowns.
The flower team: Carol Calvert and her team.
He also thanked Paul Puccioni, who like an angel dropped down from heaven to set up online streaming of services and other events for us.

A presentation was then made to John Sandison who is stepping down as parish secretary after many years of service as churchwarden and secretary. John replied and thanked everybody.

A presentation was made to Sandra Argent of flowers as she is stepping down, having served the maximum of six years as churchwarden. Darren praised her and Polly Jordan gave a moving address about Sandra which included quotations from people who had worked closely with her. All felt Sandra had done a wonderful job in helpfulness, friendship, love and humility and managed to do this whilst juggling her job and parenthood. She’d had a particularly difficult time as churchwarden with the departure of one rector, the arrival of another and the death of her beloved co-churchwarden Beverley. She then had to deal with the implications of Covid. Dave Whymark had quoted that Sandra had been one of the first people to welcome him. She emanated faithfulness serving God, was kind and thoughtful, and he’d miss Sandra as a friend. She showed amazing care and support of Beverley.

Finally, Helen Coulson said that once the restrictions are off there will be a proper celebration of the leaving of Sandra Argent and others from their roles.

Darren asked if there were any questions arising from the annual report other than about the financial statements. There were no questions

7 Presentation of the Financial Statements

Martin Fuller gave a brief summary of the financial position in 2020. He said that last year income exceeded expenditure because we reined back our expenditure and there were a number of generous bequests. We also obtained a reduction in parish share. However, he said that apart from the bequests, our income is not enough to meet our expenditure, and that for 2021 to date there is a £15,000 shortfall on general expenditure. The accounts had been audited by Gordon Manickam and the PCC had already voted for them to be accepted. However, the meeting was also asked to accept them and this was agreed, proposed by Martin Fuller and seconded by Will Stevens. Grateful thanks were sent to Gordon Manickam, particularly as he worked pro bono.

8 Election of PCC and Synod members

There are five vacancies on the PCC. There was one nomination for a PCC member, being Michael Banks. He was elected, proposed by Helen Coulson and seconded by Stuart Whatton.

Deanery Synod. Becky Warner had stepped down and there was therefore a vacancy. Mair Molteno had been nominated, proposed by Andrea Lindow and seconded by Bridget Williams.

9 Any other business

Sandra Argent and Helen Coulson our churchwardens wanted to thank Darren McCallig for all the work he’d done since joining us in March 2020. However, because of the lockdown, which started the day he joined, we have not been able to have a proper celebration for his joining us, and it is intended to do this as soon as government regulations allow. Helen said that we’d been really blessed that he has worked so tirelessly and Bridget Williams said that she is really proud to have such a person as Rector.

10 Opening Prayers

The meeting was closed with closing prayers by the Rector.

John Sandison

Independent Examiner’s Report

To the Parochial Church Council of Esher

I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 as set out on the following pages.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner

As the members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
Follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
State whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent Examiner's Statement

In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention:

1 which give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
To keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act; or
To prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records have not been met; or
2 To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Gordon Manickam CIA FCCIA

84 Greenways Hinchley Wood KT10 0QJ

20 May 2022

Esher PCC Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 2021

Income and Expenditure for the year ended 2021

Incoming Resources

£s	Unrestricted	Designated	Restricted	2021	2020
Incoming resources from generated funds
Regular giving	93,551	-	-	93,551	101,988
Gift Aid	31,560	-	700	32,260	29,105
Church collections	15,380	1,037	-	16,418	11,486
Donations & bequests	25,080	5,000	-	30,080	48,345
Sales of donated investments	5,385	-	-	5,385	5,180
Sundry receipts	1,270	5,660	-	6,930	7,671
Church fundraising events	-	-	-	-	15
Card & notelet sales	541	1,045	-	1,586	93
Church fees	4,418	-	-	4,418	3,382
Music on the Green	-	3,403	-	3,403	992
Investment income (dividends)	337	-	19,961	20,298	20,021
Rental income	-	16,483	-	16,483	15,660
Totals	177,525	32,630	20,661	230,816	243,942
Other incoming resources
Appeal donations	-	-	13,030	13,030	3,405
Legacies	-	25,000	-	25,000	-
Totals	-	25,000	13,030	38,030	3,405
Grand Totals	177,525	57,630	33,691	268,847	247,347

Resources Used

£s	Unrestricted	Designated	Restricted	2021	2020
Cost of generating funds
Music on the Green	-	2,447	-	2,447	1,021
Cards & notelets	455	1,642	-	2,097	-
Fundraising events	1,448	-	-	1,448	-
Traidcraft purchases	65	-	-	65	-
Totals	1,969	4,090	-	6,059	1,021
Cost of church activities
Grants & appeal payments	320	-	9,558	9,878	6,585
Parish share	102,968	-	-	102,968	91,439
Clergy telephone	619	-	-	619	1,002
Clergy other expenses	105	-	-	105	432
Rectory gas/electricity	821	-	-	821	1,827
Rectory running costs	951	-	-	951	1,033
Repairs & maintenance	18,161	1,495	287	19,945	13,701
Cleaning	2,509	-	-	2,509	2,120
Electricity - Christ Church	1,909	-	-	1,909	2,957
Electricity - St George’s	406	-	-	406	456
Gas - Christ Church	3,966	-	-	3,966	2,545
Water rates - Christ Church	77	-	-	77	281
Water rates - St George’s	45	-	-	45	51
Insurance - Christ Church	3,646	682	-	4,329	4,320
Insurance - St George’s	449	-	-	449	442
Sundry expenses/petty cash	590		63	653	1,037
Communion table	338	-	-	338	-
Flowers	400	-	-	400	400
Organists’ fees	8,645	-	-	8,645	8,400
Organ/piano maintenance	2,133	-	-	2,133	1,374
Choir expenses & music	160	-	-	160	117
Youth worker	-	17,668	-	17,668	20,600

Resources Used (continued)

£s	Unrestricted	Designated	Restricted	2021	2020
Cost of church activities (continued)
Office salaries/taxes	18,007	-	-	18,007	18,901
Printing & stationery	1,149	-	-	1,149	1,780
Office telecoms/internet	2,168	-	3,641	5,810	572
Photocopier costs	803	-	-	803	336
Depreciation	4,714	166	4,271	9,152	12,203
Bank charges	569	-	-	569	545
Office sundry costs	669	-	-	669	662
Fews Cottage Trust Investment	-	-	-	-	35,800
Totals	177,307	20,014	17,822	215,143	231,927
Grand Totals	179,276	24,104	17,822	221,203	232,948

Balance sheet as at 31 December 2021

£s	2021	2020
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	827,458	521,610
Investments	1,195	1,140
Fixed assets	828,654	522,751
Current assets
Debtors	12,515	8,643
Cash at bank & in hand	195,944	142,171
Current assets	208,459	150,815
Liabilities
Creditors (amounts falling due in one year)	3,209	2,363
Net current assets less current liabilities	205,250	148,452
Total assets less current liabilities	1,033,904	671,203
Total net assets less liabilities	1,033,904	671,203

Tangible Fixed Assets

£s	Property	Equipment	Total
Balance at 1 Jan 2021	485,000	136,009	621,008
Add increase in value	315,000
Less accumulated depreciation		(99,398)	-
Less depreciation in 2021	-	(9,153)	-
Balance at 31 Dec 2021	800,000	27,459	827,459

Balance Sheet Totals by Funds

£s	Unrestricted	Designated	Restricted	2021	2020
Unrestricted
General Fund	795,847	-	-	795,847	487,235
Designated
Music on the Green	-	9,946	-	9,946	8,826
West End	-	16,793	-	16,793	17,717
Cranbrook Drive	-	85,203	-	85,203	69,715
Bell Fund	-	161	-	161	161
Legacies Fund	-	73,639	-	73,639	43,639
Youth Worker	-	-	-	-	-
Restricted
Advent Appeal	-	-	(523)	(523)	(1,195)
Agency Collection	-	-	-	-	-
Property Fund	-	-	5,305	5,305	5,216
Fews Cottage	-	-	13,074	13,074	10,967
Spire Fund	-	-	8	8	7
Other Appeals	-	-	10,159	10,159	1
Boiler Renovation Fund	-	-	12,815	12,815	17,086
Children/Youth Fund	-	-	5,514	5,514	5,577
GofR Maintenance	-	-	5,958	5,958	6,245
Funds of the Parish	795,847	185,744	52,312	1,033,904	671,203

Grants for charitable purposes

£s	Total
Lent Appeal 2021 (Laptops for schools)	5,740
Christian Aid	337
Macmillan Coffee Morning	403
Kathryn’s Mercy Home, India (Sponsorship of child)	180
Harvest collection (East Elmbridge Foodbank)	175
Royal British Legion	559
Children’s Society (Christingle)	402
Advent Appeal 2021 (Lower Green Community Centre)	1,987
Total	9,783

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021

Accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 and Accounting and Reporting Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102). The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of property and investment assets, which are shown at market value. The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

Funds

General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application to the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted. The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of separately designated charities. There are no endowment funds.

Incoming resources

Collections are recognised when received by the PCC. Planned giving receivable under Gift Aid is recognised when received. Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is recognised when the related income is recognised. Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for when the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt by the PCC is probable. Dividends on investments are accounted for as they accrue. Unrealised gains or losses on revaluation of investments and property are accounted for on revaluation at the year end.

Resources expended

Grants and donations are accounted for when awarded, if that creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

Activities directly relating to the work of the Parish

The Diocesan parish share is accounted for when payable.

Tangible fixed assets

Consecrated land and buildings are excluded from the accounts by the Charities Act 2011. No value is placed on movable church furnishings. All expenditure on such items is written-off as incurred and separately disclosed in the accounts. The curate's house, 74 Cranbrook Drive, is included at a valuation provided by the current letting agents. Equipment used within the Church premises is depreciated on a reducing balance basis of 25% of asset Net Book Value, or in the case of computers, 33.33% of Net Book Value. Individual items costing less that £1,000 are written-off when acquired.

Current assets

Short-term deposits are held with the CBF Church of England Funds.

Employees

The Church employed two people in 2021: the parish administrator and the youth worker. No benefits or expenses were paid to any member of the PCC.

Parish Office, Christ Church, Church Street, Esher Surrey KT10 8QS

Telephone: 01372 462282 Email: office@esherparish.org.uk Website: www.esherparish.org.uk

2021-12-31-accounts

PARISH OF ESHER Christ Church, Esher with St George’s, West End