## **The Parish of St James the Great, Audley Diocese of Lichfield**
_Address for correspondence_ The Benefice Office, 14 Church Street, Audley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 8DE
## **Annual Report and Financial Statements**
## **of the Parochial Church Council**
**For the year ended 31[st] December 2022**
_Vicar_
The Reverend Simon Tomkins
_Bankers:_ National Westminster Bank Crewe (A) Branch The Square, Crewe
_Independent examiner:_ Mrs. Kathy Lovatt 2 Colenso Way Bradwell Newcastle ST5 8SJ
_Website:_
www.jmj.org.uk/
_The Parochial Church Council is a registered charity no: 1134853_
## **Aim and Purpose**
St James Parochial Church Council (the PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Simon Tomkins, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the church building and the Church Hall on Church Street, Audley.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The PCC is committed to prayer and the promotion of the gospel of Jesus Christ, encouraging as many people as possible to put their faith in Jesus, and equipping them to live out that faith day by day.
When planning our activities, the PCC has considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and in particular the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.
We meet together at our worship services, for courses, and in small groups to hear the Bible taught and to pray. Our services and groups are open to all.
We run Christian activities for children and young people and are involved in outreach work in local schools. With lockdown and the issues with the church hall roof, we haven’t been able to run our normal activities for parents and toddlers, but we hope they will restart soon.
Pastoral work includes visiting the sick and bereaved and helping couples prepare for marriage and baptisms.
We support those promoting the gospel in the UK and overseas.
To facilitate this work, it is vital that we maintain the fabric of both the Church and the Hall.
## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Worship and Prayer**
Under normal circumstances, there are two services held on a Sunday with different styles to meet the needs of different people across our community. All are welcome at either service. The 9.00 service is a small, friendly and reflective service. We normally follow the traditional words of the Book of Common Prayer Service for Morning Prayer. The 10.30 Family Service is livelier. We enjoy being a church family meeting together around God’s Word to pray and
worship. There’s a huge range of ages (from tiny to very senior) and different types of music (from traditional hymns to more modern choruses and songs). There’s a crèche for little ones
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and our Sunday school, The Mix, runs for children in primary school through to Year 9. About once a month we hold an All-Age Service. At both the 9.00 and 10.30 services we listen to the Bible being read and preached, and, for those who would like to, there’s a chance to join in saying a statement of faith together. Once a month at each service we celebrate Holy Communion together. Each weekday morning, a group led by staff and congregation members meets for an online Morning prayer service with time to sing, pray, hear the Bible read and taught, and to share news and encouragements.
At the APCM in April 2022 we had 120 parishioners on the Church electoral roll.
## **Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals**
Through this year, we have celebrated 2 baptisms, 3 thanksgiving services and 2 weddings. We have also led 8 funerals and 5 interment of ashes.
## **Community Events**
We feel the privilege and responsibility of our role in the community. We were delighted that this year we were able to host the Remembrance Day service with Audley Methodist Church and Audley Brass Band and the uniformed organisations. It was wonderful to be able to hold our annual Christmas Carol Service without Covid restrictions.
We put on a week of talks in Bignall End Cricket Club on how Christianity makes a difference to mental health struggles. This was towards the end of the final large outbreak of Covid and numbers were low, but the videos from the evenings have been made publicly available on our YouTube channel.
We continue to engage with the village through social media, and the sheep in the churchyard became village celebrities through the summer of 2022.
## **Courses**
We have continued to run relaxed and friendly courses for those investigating the Christian faith. We ran the Hope Explored Course twice in the year.
## **Small Groups**
Our small groups this year have continued to meet online and in person to pray together, study the Bible, and share the joys and pressures of life together.
## **Staffing**
The Staff team is led by the Revd Simon Tomkins as Vicar.
Since September 2018, the St James Christian Workers Trust has employed Revd Scott Seivewright as our Youth and Families minister to support outreach to young people, their families, and to support pastoral ministry in all its forms around the benefice.
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We are very grateful for the work of Mrs Donna Wilcox as Benefice administrator.
We are also very grateful for Mrs Mary-Ellen Williams who has responsibility for keeping the church hall and church building clean week-to-week.
## **Children and Young People**
In addition to our children’s groups on a Sunday morning, we have an evening group for young people at Secondary school.
St James Tots (formerly Prampushers) was our parent and toddler group which met each week until the first lockdown. Very few of the families who came along were regular worshippers at St James and it was therefore of benefit to many outside our Church family. We hope to be able to restart this in a new format in 2023 once building work on the church hall is completed.
During the course of the year, our Vicar and Youth and Families Minister have had the opportunity to go into our local schools to lead assemblies on Microsoft Teams and support teaching staff.
It was a delight to host and lead a well-attended Christmas Carol Service for all the Scout, Cub, and Beaver groups in the area.
## **Other Activities**
There is a healthy and active Mothers Union affiliated to St James, who continued to meet online, and resumed their regular meetings and Friday morning coffee in the Pensioners Hall, and to provide valuable encouragement and support to their more isolated members.
For details of other groups and activities, please see the document the PCC compiles for the APCM and is available through the Benefice office.
## **Synod**
Three members of our PCC sit on the Newcastle Deanery Synod. This provides the PCC a link with the Churches around us, in the diocese as a whole and the Church of England nationally.
## **Church Buildings**
Over the course of the year, the Church normally receives visits from local school children for special services, and hosts the Village Service of Remembrance in November. We were really grateful that Ravensmead School were able to visit for their Christmas services. The church hall has been returning to action from the Autumn, and it should be fully redecorated and reopened by Spring 2023. We hope to make the building safe and structurally sound to secure its long-term use by the congregation and community.
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## **Mission and Evangelism**
We continue to prayerfully and financially support those sharing the gospel at home and overseas. We maintain active links with mission partners in Crosslinks, Chrysolis, UCCF and UFM as they work in Africa, Eastern Europe and the UK. Additionally, we support Newcastle Foodbank and Yasha who work with women involved in the sex industry in Stoke.
## **Pastoral Care**
The clergy and others in the church family try to visit the sick and bereaved regularly and try to take Communion to housebound who request it (particularly at Christmas and Easter).
## **Ecumenical relationships**
Many of us enjoy close personal friendships with members of Audley Methodist Church, and the vicar and minister meet to plan and pray together. In January 2018, the Bishop of Lichfield agreed to the request made to him by St James PCC for episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Maidstone.
## **Confirmation and Ordination**
We had held a joint confirmation with St Martin’s Talke, where the Bishop of Maidstone confirmed 5 candidates and in the same evening also ordained Rev Scott Seivewright Presbyter.
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## **Financial Review**
## **Overview**
The total income for the year was a little over £158,600 boosted by generous grants towards the repairs on the Church Hall and total expenditure just over £195,600 reflecting the extensive works completed on the Hall.
Total cash funds at the year-end were £49,107 compared with £77,664 at the end of 2021. Unrestricted funds accounted for £30,074 compared with £59,170 in 2021, and the total of Restricted Funds rose slightly from £18,494 to £19,031.
## **Unrestricted Funds**
Income to Unrestricted Funds totalled £94,664. As in previous years most of our income comes from the regular generous gifts of the Church family whether through standing order or envelopes placed in the offering on a Sunday. Overall our regular giving has remained stable compared to 2021. The take up of contactless giving has been slow, but contactless and online payment have proved useful for bookstall payments. We encourage those who are able to Gift Aid their giving and in total this year we were able to reclaim £17,744 from HMRC on these gifts and through the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.
In July we held our annual Giving Review Day where those who consider St James their Church family had an opportunity to review their giving. We sought to raise £8000 in one-off gifts with any additional gifts used to allow us to reduce the capital outstanding on the hall loan (see later in the report). We were blown away by the generosity of the Church family, and after HMRC added their contribution through Gift Aid and Gift Aid Small Donation Scheme reclaims, we were able to use more of our reserves to reduce the loan, putting aside the £8,233 into the reinstated Fabric Projects fund for completing works on the Hall and flat.
Other gifts included £315 given as a leaving gift for Brian and Annette Dodd as they moved away to be closer to their family, and £294 from Mothers’ Union for wedding and baptism bibles.
Planned building work on the Hall has again significantly limited the income from Hall hiring this year. We look forward to this building back up again from the beginning of 2023.
As we are part of a benefice, there are some expenses which are shared across the 3 parishes. In 2021 these came to £2,320. As the largest parish, St James took responsibility for 75% of these costs with the other 25% shared between St Martin’s and St John’s. For administrative purposes, St James usually pays the full amount of expenses (which therefore appear as a payment in our accounts) and then reclaims the 25% from the other parishes on a regular basis.
Payments from unrestricted funds were up approximately £20,000 on 2021 totalling £85,550. The largest single regular expense remains the Common Fund (previously known as the Parish Share) paid to Lichfield Diocese. We have agreed to cover half the Common Fund paid by our sister church St Martin’s Talke, as we feel this more realistically reflects the ministry split of the Benefice. Other significant expenditure included increased utility costs for the Church building and repairs on the flat above the Church Office have also been paid from this fund. In addition to the costs of running the Church and maintaining our buildings, we have continued financial support of Christian organisations, and our Mission partners working locally, nationally, in Europe, and in Africa. Details can be found at the end of the report.
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Closer to home, at the beginning of the year, the PCC allocated £1,000 to the Mission Fund for the “Looking Up” outreach in March.
The unrestricted fund has needed to transfer £46,561 to the Hall Fund during the year to cover the costs of the significant Hall building works. Additional funding for the Hall came through a loan of £50,000 secured from Lichfield Diocese. Due to the generosity of the Church family, we have been able to repay all but £16,000 by the end of the year retaining some funds to complete works on the Hall.
Staff salaries cover our cleaner, as the salaries of our Youth and Families minister and Administrator are paid by the Christian Worker’s Trust. Our Vicar’s stipend and other associated employment costs are paid by the diocese, covered in part by our common share contributions.
## **Restricted Funds**
Total income to our restricted funds this year was £64,058 with total payments of £110,082.
The _Refurbishment fund_ is the only restricted fund which receives regular donations and covers refurbishment, non-routine maintenance, and upkeep of the main Church building. This year we were grateful for a grant from the Benefact Trust and an anonymous donor which has resulted in improved quality of our streamed services. For those attending in person essential electrical work on lighting and a new projector has been completed.
Whilst the _Hall fund_ receives no regular income, this year we blessed with grants totalling £51,500 from FCC Communities Foundation Trust and £5 000 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council towards our Hall roof repairs. Work on the roof has now been completed, and additional painting and decorating is still ongoing. The main boiler in the hall was condemned and a new boiler has been installed.
The _CYP fund_ has been used to support the Children’s and young people’s work. By the end of the year it was empty, so the work will continue to be funded from unrestricted funds.
The _Tower Fund_ bequest continues to cover the cost of routine maintenance for the Church clock.
The _Flower fund_ received gifts from the Church family to cover the Easter and Harvest flowers.
From time to time various needs and opportunities to provide financial support to folk and organisations involved in Christian service and mission arise, which the PCC commend to the Church family. Where a specific offering is taken, it is recorded in the _PCC Special Offerings Fund_ so that it is easily identified for that purpose. The nature of this fund is that over the course of a year money will pass through it but that its opening and closing balance should be zero. This year offerings have been taken for Keele University Christian Union and Newcastle Food Bank.
Along with the _Weekend Away Fund_ the _St James Tots Fund_ has had no activity in 2022.
The _Community Support Fund_ was set up to channel donations specifically to support the village response to the first Covid lockdown. In line with the purpose, it has been closed this year and the balance given to the Newcastle Foodbank.
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The _Church Building Fund Scheme_ and the _Interior Decorating Scheme_ are funds held with Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance for the Church building quinquennial report and decoration of the Vicarage respectively.
## **Plans for Future Periods**
The significant expenditure on the Church Hall has meant that this year the reserves built up over the last 5-6 years have now been depleted. We are looking at ways to use the Church Hall as a community resource as the maintenance work is completed. The cost-of-living rises have impacted particularly our utility bills and bring uncertainties around future giving. However, we would still look to maintain a reserve above the recommended minimum of 3 months running costs of £20,000.
We are also aware that with a Church building as old as ours, we need to be prepared for unexpected expense and we believe it to be essential to build up a significant reserve in the Church Refurbishment Restricted Fund to cover such unexpected expenditure.
## **Reserves Policy**
We do not believe that it is desirable to build up large reserves. However, we recognise that it is prudent to establish reserve funds sufficient to enable us to survive a period of unexpected expenditure or sudden loss of income.
It has therefore been the long-term objective of the PCC to build up a reserve of funding to permit operations to continue for 6 months following a total cessation of income. At current rates of expenditure, this requires a sum of approximately £40,000 in unrestricted funds. The six-month period is believed to be long enough for the PCC to manage the closure of our ministry in the parish, should this ever become necessary.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
St James is part of a benefice with St Martins Talke and St Johns Alsagers Bank which was established in August 2015.
The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England and operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure.
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St James, the membership of the PCC comprises the incumbent, the Churchwardens, a representative of the Readers, those elected to Deanery Synod and General Synod and other members who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Members of the congregation are always urged to join the Electoral Roll and encouraged to consider standing for election to the PCC.
The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish, including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are spent. New members receive initial training into the workings of the PCC.
The full PCC met six times during the year with an average attendance of 64%. The standing committee, comprising the incumbent, the Churchwardens, the Treasurer and a representative of the PCC also meets six times a year between full PCC meetings to consider urgent business.
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The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have regard to the House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults).
## PCC Membership
_**Ex–Officio members**_ Rev Simon Tomkins Vicar Rev Scott Seivewright, Curate Mr Malcolm Stoves Churchwarden Dr Janice Eatough Hon Treasurer
## _**Deanery Synod Representatives elected APCM 2020 for 3 years**_
Mr John Slade Mr Mark Smith Mrs Donna Wilcox _**Elected Members**_ Mr Gerry Harvey Elected APCM 2020 Mrs Josie Knight Re-elected APCM 2022 Mr John Maher Elected APCM 2022 Mrs Ruth Nix Until APCM 2021 Mrs Anu Noble Elected APCM 2022 Mr Stefan Spain Elected APCM 2021 Mr Shayne Trinder Elected APCM 2022 Mr Phil Wootton Re-elected APCM 2019
PCC minute-taker: Mrs Ann McCabe
Approved by the PCC on 20[th] March 2023 and signed on its behalf
Rev’d Simon Tomkins (Chair)
Mr Malcolm Stoves (Warden)
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## **Financial Statements**
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
||**Unrestricted Designated**
**Restricted Endowment**
**Total**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds total funds**|
|---|---|
|**Receipts**
Donations and legacies
Income from charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
Other income
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Raising funds
Expenditure on charitable activities
**Total payments**
**Excess of receipts over payments**
**before transfer**
**Transfers**
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
**Excess of receipts over payments**
**before other gains / losses**
**Net movement in funds**
**All assets at 01 January 2022**
**All assets at 31 December 2022**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Designated**
Fabric Projects
Mission
**Restricted**
Children and Young People's Fund
Church Building Fund Scheme
Church Hall
Community Support
Flower
Interior Decorating Scheme
PCC Special Offerings
Refurbishment
St James Tots
Tower Fund
Weekend away|91,287
3,377
63,998
—
158,663
83,958
3,046
—
—
—
3,046
4,603
1,292
—
—
—
1,292
793
3,181
—
59
—
3,241
3,009
832
—
—
—
832
727|
||**99,641**
**3,377**
**64,058**
**—**
**167,077**
**93,091**
6
—
12
—
19
111
84,267
1,277
110,070
—
195,615
128,049|
||**84,273**
**1,277**
**110,082**
**—**
**195,634**
**128,161**|
||**15,367**
**2,099**
**(46,024)**
**—**
**(28,557)**
**(35,069)**
32,012
6,133
78,574
—
116,720
51,590
(84,708)
—
(32,012)
—
(116,720)
(51,590)|
||**(37,328)**
**8,233**
**537**
**—**
**(28,557)**
**(35,069)**|
||**(37,328)**
**8,233**
**537**
**—**
**(28,557)**
**(35,069)**|
||**59,170**
**—**
**18,494**
**—**
**77,664**
**112,733**|
||**21,841**
**8,233**
**19,031**
**—**
**49,107**
**77,664**
21,841
—
—
—
21,841
59,170
—
8,233
—
—
8,233
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
111
—
—
220
—
220
200
—
—
4,313
—
4,313
—
—
—
—
—
—
99
—
—
—
—
—
17
—
—
586
—
586
586
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
11,839
—
11,839
15,226
—
—
283
—
283
283
—
—
862
—
862
1,042
—
—
927
—
927
927|
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## **Statement of assets and liabilities**
||**Unrestricted Designated**
**Restricted Endowment**
**This year**
**Last year**|
|---|---|
|**Current assets - Cash at bank and in**
**hand**
Bank current and reserve account -
Bank Current and reserve account 2 -
Interior Decorating Scheme -
Church Building Fund Scheme -
Cash in hand -
**Totals**
**Current assets - Debtors**
Accounts Receivable -
**Totals**
**Liabilities - Agency accounts**
Agency collections -
**Totals**
**Liabilities - Creditors: Amounts falling**
**due in one year**
Loans received -
Accounts Payable -
**Totals**
**Grand total**|38,421
8,233
18,712
—
65,367
72,254
—
—
—
—
—
2,367
—
—
586
—
586
586
—
—
220
—
220
200
50
—
—
—
50
80|
||**38,471**
**8,233**
**19,518**
**—**
**66,223**
**75,488**
3,823
—
132
—
3,956
3,773|
||**3,823**
**—**
**132**
**—**
**3,956**
**3,773**
—
—
619
—
619
—|
||**—**
**—**
**619**
**—**
**619**
**—**
16,000
—
—
—
16,000
—
4,453
—
—
—
4,453
1,597|
||**20,453**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**20,453**
**1,597**|
||**21,841**
**8,233**
**19,031**
**—**
**49,107**
**77,664**|
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## **Fund movement by type**
|**Fund movement by type**||
|---|---|
||**Opening**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing**
**Transfers Gains/losses**
**Closing**|
|**General fund**
Unrestricted
**Sub-total for General**
**Children and Young People**
Restricted
**Sub-total for CYP**
**Church Hall**
Restricted
**Sub-total for Hall**
**Community Support**
Restricted
**Sub-total for CommSupp**
**Flower**
Restricted
**Sub-total for Flower**
**PCC Special Offering**
Restricted
**Sub-total for PCCSpO**
**St James Tots**
Restricted
**Sub-total for Tots**
**Tower Fund**
Restricted
**Sub-total for Tower**
**Refurbishment**
Restricted
**Sub-total for Refurb**
**Weekend away**
Restricted
**Sub-total for WEaway**
**Fabric Projects**
Designated
**Sub-total for FabProj**
**Mission**
Designated
**Sub-total for Mission**
**Church Building Fund**
Restricted
**Sub-total for CBFS**
**Interior decorating**
Restricted
**Sub-total for IDS**
**Grand total**|59,170
99,641
84,273
(52,696)
21,841|
||**59,170**
**99,641**
**84,273**
**(52,696)**
**21,841**
111
—
111
—
—|
||**111**
**—**
**111**
**—**
**—**
—
57,500
99,748
46,561
4,313|
||**—**
**57,500**
**99,748**
**46,561**
**4,313**
99
—
99
—
—|
||**99**
**—**
**99**
**—**
**—**
17
100
118
0
—|
||**17**
**100**
**118**
**0**
**—**
—
281
281
—
—|
||**—**
**281**
**281**
**—**
**—**
283
—
—
—
283|
||**283**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**283**
1,042
36
216
—
862|
||**1,042**
**36**
**216**
**—**
**862**
15,226
6,120
9,507
—
11,839|
||**15,226**
**6,120**
**9,507**
**—**
**11,839**
927
—
—
—
927|
||**927**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**927**
—
3,128
—
5,105
8,233|
||**—**
**3,128**
**—**
**5,105**
**8,233**
—
248
1,277
1,028
—|
||**—**
**248**
**1,277**
**1,028**
**—**
200
20
—
—
220|
||**200**
**20**
**—**
**—**
**220**
586
—
—
—
586|
||**586**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**586**|
||**77,664**
**167,077**
**195,634**
**—**
**49,107**|
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## **Analysis of receipts and payments**
|**Unrestricted**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Planned giving - Bank (Gift Aid)
53,474
Planned giving - envelopes
(GA/GASDS)
2,020
Planned giving - Bank (no Gift Aid)
4,395
Planned giving - envelopes (no
GA/GASDS)
490
Loose plate collections (GA &
GASDS)
1,052
Loose plate collections (no
GA/GASDS)
50
Gift days
13,105
Other gifts
733
One-off Tax efficient gifts
48
Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
13,820
Tax recoverable on GASDS
757
Legacies
—
Recurring grants
56
Non-recurring one-off grants
1,286
Total
91,287
**Income from charitable activities**
Fees for weddings and funerals
2,501
Refreshments
275
Bookstall sales to promote
objectives
269
Total
3,046
**Other trading activities**
Church hall lettings - fund-raising
450
Other Income
842
Total
1,292
**Investments**
Bank and building society interest
182
Rent from flat
2,999
Total
3,181
**Other income**
Benefice expenses
832
Total
832|**Unrestricted**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Planned giving - Bank (Gift Aid)
53,474
Planned giving - envelopes
(GA/GASDS)
2,020
Planned giving - Bank (no Gift Aid)
4,395
Planned giving - envelopes (no
GA/GASDS)
490
Loose plate collections (GA &
GASDS)
1,052
Loose plate collections (no
GA/GASDS)
50
Gift days
13,105
Other gifts
733
One-off Tax efficient gifts
48
Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
13,820
Tax recoverable on GASDS
757
Legacies
—
Recurring grants
56
Non-recurring one-off grants
1,286
Total
91,287
**Income from charitable activities**
Fees for weddings and funerals
2,501
Refreshments
275
Bookstall sales to promote
objectives
269
Total
3,046
**Other trading activities**
Church hall lettings - fund-raising
450
Other Income
842
Total
1,292
**Investments**
Bank and building society interest
182
Rent from flat
2,999
Total
3,181
**Other income**
Benefice expenses
832
Total
832|**Designated**
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
55
155
3,161
6
—
—
—|**Restricted **
865
—
348
—
121
—
—
1,050
2,170
741
13
—
—
58,688|**Endowment**
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—|**Total**
**This year**
**Last year**
54,339
52,126
2,020
1,740
4,743
7,118
490
890
1,173
1,185
50
50
13,105
—
1,838
1,411
2,373
927
17,723
14,180
777
716
—
2,250
56
56
59,975
1,306|**Total**
**This year**
**Last year**
54,339
52,126
2,020
1,740
4,743
7,118
490
890
1,173
1,185
50
50
13,105
—
1,838
1,411
2,373
927
17,723
14,180
777
716
—
2,250
56
56
59,975
1,306|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||91,287
2,501
275
269|3,377
—
—
—|63,998
—
—
—|—
—
—
—|158,663
2,501
275
269|83,958
3,996
131
475|
||3,046
450
842|—
—
—|—
—
—|—
—
—|3,046
450
842|4,603
770
23|
||1,292
182
2,999|—
—
—|—
59
—|—
—
—|1,292
241
2,999|793
9
2,999|
||3,181
832|—
—|59
—|—
—|3,241
832|3,009
727|
||832|—|—|—|832|727|
|**INCOME TOTAL**|99,641|3,377|64,058|—|167,077|93,091|
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## **EXPENDITURE**
|**Raising funds**
Costs of giving
Total
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Regular Mission Giving
One-off Mission Giving
Common Fund (Parish Share)
Common Fund Additional
Payments
Staff salaries
Working expenses of incumbent
Working expenses of curate
Staff courses and training
Training and outreach - materials
Training and outreach - catering
Training and outreach - speaker
Training and outreach -
accommodation
Church running - insurance
Church office - telephone
Church - purchase of equipment
Church maintenance
Upkeep of services
Administration
Visiting preachers
Other Running Costs
Church utilities - electric
Church utilities - gas
Church utilities- water
Catering expenses
Bookstall costs
Hall running - purchase of
equipment
Hall utilities - electricity
Hall utilities - gas
Hall insurance
Hall maintenance
Hall utilities - water
Governance costs examination
fee
Church major repairs - installation
Hall + major repairs - structure
Hall + major repairs - installation
Hall + interior and exterior
decorating
Other PCC property upkeep
Total|6
—
12
—
19
111|
|---|---|
||6
—
12
—
19
111
9,000
—
—
—
9,000
9,000
275
—
379
—
654
100
28,546
—
—
—
28,546
27,248
6,779
—
—
—
6,779
—
5,662
—
—
—
5,662
6,197
270
38
—
—
308
144
329
—
5
—
335
309
246
—
10
—
256
242
1,217
349
35
—
1,602
753
86
162
23
—
272
210
104
727
—
—
831
75
50
—
—
—
50
—
3,528
—
—
—
3,528
3,422
502
—
—
—
502
548
167
—
7,332
—
7,499
475
2,451
—
273
—
2,725
3,075
1,385
—
154
—
1,540
995
3,795
—
—
—
3,795
3,942
108
—
—
—
108
—
386
—
—
—
386
417
1,221
—
—
—
1,221
815
4,504
—
—
—
4,504
2,672
297
—
—
—
297
40
221
—
—
—
221
239
293
—
—
—
293
652
182
—
70
—
252
690
641
—
—
—
641
420
1,385
—
—
—
1,385
1,010
1,755
—
—
—
1,755
1,685
1,256
—
182
—
1,439
435
530
—
—
—
530
512
150
—
—
—
150
150
—
—
2,117
—
2,117
7,896
612
—
88,626
—
89,239
53,605
—
—
5,050
—
5,050
—
—
—
5,808
—
5,808
—
6,323
—
—
—
6,323
64|
||84,267
1,277
110,070
—
195,615
128,049|
|**EXPENDITURE TOTAL**|84,273
1,277
110,082
—
195,634
128,161|
|||
|**GRAND TOTAL**|15,367
2,099
(46,024)
—
(28,557)
(35,069)|
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## **MISSION GIVING**
|**Mission Giving - Regular**
Chrysolis (Luke Cawley)
Crosslinks (Algeos)
Crosslinks (DeRoemers)
Evangelical Alliance
North West Gospel Partnership
UCCF (Matthew Leung)
UFM (Chelashaws)
Yasha
**_total_**
**Mission Giving - One off**
Home for Good
Keele University Christian Union
Newcastle Foodbank
Newcastle Foodbank (closure of Community Support Fund)
**_total_**
**Mission Giving - Special Offerings**
Keele University Christian Union
Newcastle Foodbank (Scouts Carol Service Offering)
**_total_**|**This Year**
**Last Year**
£ 1,980
£ 1,980
£ 1,320
£ 1,980
£ 660
£ -
£ 100
£ 100
£ 100
£ 100
£ 1,200
£ 1,200
£ 2,500
£ 2,500
£ 1,140
£ 1,140|
|---|---|
||**_£ 9,000_**
**_£ 9,000_**
£ -
£ 100
£ 200
£ -
£ 75
£ -
£ 99
£-|
||**_£ 374_**
**_£ 100_**
£
£ -
£ 155
£ -
£ 125
£-|
||**_£ 280_**
**£ -**|
(There may be minor rounding discrepancies in the totals as the pence are not being shown)
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLANO AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
Parish of St James the Great, Audley
On accounts for the year
ended
2022
Charity no
(if any)
1134853
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the aeeounts of the above
charity 1.the Trusll for the year ended 3111212022
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charitys trustees, you are sponSible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan wth the requirements of the Charitses Act 2011
i.the A¢n
I reFx)rt in respect of my examination of the Trust's accc>unts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying oth my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directionsoiven by the Charity Commission
under section 145{511bl of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examinab"on. I CA)nfimi that no material matters have
examine¢s statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disdosed below") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respeca".
the aecounting records were not kept in accnrdance wth section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord wrth the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concemiro the fomi and content of accounts Set out in the Charities
{Accounls and Reports) Regulation$ 2(Y)8 other than any requirement
that the aceounts give a 'lrue and faiff view which is not a matter
consKlered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to en8e a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Kathleen M Lovatt
Relevant professional
qualification{sl or body
lif any1=
AATQB
Address:
2 Colenso Way, Brachvell. NeWcaSe Under Lyme ST5 8SJ
IER
Oct 2018