2023-12-31-accounts

Annual Report of the

Parochial Church Council

for 2022

Incumbent: Reverend Kate Mier

Independent examiner: Mr Simon Billingham ACCA Head of Finance Spring Housing Association Ltd. Hestia House 22 Old Walsall Road Birmingham B42 1DT

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS The Vicarage Manor Mews Studley B80 7PR 01527 852830

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RECTOR’S REPORT

Our Annual Report gives you a flavour of the rich and varied ministry and mission of Studley and Mappleborough congregations as part of the Arden Marches benefice. Morton Bagot and Oldberrow churches also have significant ministries, but lie outside the scope of this report – I just wanted to acknowledge them here because they are important, and they belong with us.

Our Annual Report demonstrates that many people contribute in a wide variety of ways to our life together – thank you to everyone involved. Here in my Rector’s Report I will just highlight a few things that may not be covered elsewhere in the report.

This past year we have been discerning our way post-covid lockdowns and post Dan Corlett. Dan, who was such an able inspiring curate, moved on in July. We were blessed to have Dan’s support and skills through the lockdowns. His parting gift to us was setting up the Hubb Church website and church management system which is a great help to us, though we still have much to develop to use it to its full capacity.

During the early months of 2022 I spent time with the Mappleborough congregation praying and discerning together our next steps in outreach and growth. One outcome was the third Sunday Café style service which has proved a great encouragement to us and attracted new worshippers.

I also facilitated an Alpha course in the vicarage with members of both Studley and Mappleborough congregations, and newcomers too. It culminated in a wonderful Confirmation Service with Bishop John Stroyan in July.

Really significant for us has been the appointment of Angela Corlett as our Family Link Worker, and Celia Spiers as Anna Chaplain. In their reports you will read something of the impact for good they are making. I am thrilled to be working with them, and at how God is at work.

I am very grateful to Lynda Barr as Lay Chair of PCC, to David Lee and the other members of the Governance Review task team for their hard work in bringing greater clarity and order to the work of our PCC and DCCs. And thank you to all who serve on these committees which are vital to the good ordering and management of our church life.

We continued to hold Arden Marches PCC Forums through the year – a chance for PCC members and members of all the Arden Marches congregations to come together to discern how we can grow and develop. We have continued to hold on to our four missional values:

• Prayer: Living out of a still centre, rooted and grounded in the love of God

• Relationships: Cultivating homespun family-feel communities that foster deep relationships

• Hospitality: Offering relaxed, bespoke hospitality to those who come to us

• Outreach: Being visible and active in our local community

Our Forum meetings considered outreach to baptism families, living out our faith in everyday life, meeting our Family Link Worker and Anna Chaplain, and planning a calendar of events that welcome our wider communities. A beetle drive and snowdrop teas in Studley Church were lovely recent events, and the earlier Mappleborough MiniFest was such a warm welcoming event supported by people across all our congregations and much enjoyed by people from the wider community.

Prayer is a vital part of our life: Monthly Thursday morning Arden Marches prayer times have been very encouraging and significant. We have continued to offer weekday Morning Prayer on Facebook, and prayer in each church over the Advent Gift Day.

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Our church schools are wonderfully welcoming to us, and I hope we can strengthen our involvement. We would love more people to serve as Foundation Governors. At present I am a Foundation Governor at both schools as well as Chaplain because of the lack of others to serve in this way, and we still have vacancies.

Dan Corlett led an Eco group for the whole benefice. They produced regular items for the news sheet, and played a significant part in the Studley Eco Festival, and in gaining Bronze Eco Church awards for all our churches. Since he left the group continues to meet to help us develop greater care for creation.

In Lent 2023 a small group of us visited the Amasango School for streetchildren in Grahamstown/Makhanda in South Africa to strengthen our links with this Cross of Nails school. A wonderful Arden Marches quiz evening on our return that raised much appreciated funds for the school.

New people have joined our congregations through the year which has been a great encouragement. Sadly, several much valued members have died including Sue Ludlow, Carole Holt, Jim Green, David Chatterley, Pat Wilcox, and John Evans.

We conducted the following Life Events services in 2022:

14 baptisms at Studley and 5 at Mappleborough 7 weddings, 1 wedding blessing, and 1 renewal of vows at Studley

13 funerals at Studley Church, 4 at Mappleborough Church and 8 at Redditch Crematorium

Our thanks to Rev Judy Stote and Alan Greathead for their ministry to families through Life Events. And thanks too to all our Ministers and others who lead public worship. and I would like to express particular thanks to Erica Hayton who has moved away for her love and dedication to the Mappleborough congregation in her work as churchwarden.

As we continue together, let’s trust God to guide and provide:

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13

Kate Mier

ELECTORAL ROLL REPORT 2022-23

The number of names entered upon the Church Electoral Roll was slightly reduced from the previous years, there were no additions but sadly a few deletions of members who have died or moved away. As of 18th April 2023 the total number on the Electoral Roll is 136: Studley 88 and Mappleborough Green 48.

CHURCHWARDENS’ REPORT- 2022

Holy Ascension - Mappleborough Green

Over the past year the activities of the church have returned to what we would recognise as a more regular pattern, following the upheaval of Covid. Sunday services are, once again, held in church each week with a regular pattern of Morning Worship on the first Sunday of the month, Holy Communion on the second and fourth Sundays and Café Church on the third Sunday. On 5th Sundays, churchgoers are encouraged to go out into the community to bear witness. Our congregations’ numbers have sadly not returned to prepandemic levels, partly due to having sadly lost some church members and partly to some people attending less regularly than prior to the Covid pandemic.

There are many tasks in church that need to be undertaken to ensure that services can take place on a Sunday, it isn’t something that happens at the wave of a magic wand. The church needs to be cleaned

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regularly, flowers are put in church each week by a dedicated but very small band of volunteers, who mostly meet the cost of the flowers themselves. Could you help perhaps once every month or two, you do not need to be a skilled flower arranger? Rubbish and recycling need to be removed, chairs need to be arranged for each service, brasses polished, candles filled with oil. Rotas need to be prepared and distributed. I am sure I have missed a number of other things! On Sundays our service co-ordinators ensure that services run smoothly and people appointed to a duty on the day are aware of it and are going to turn up. So, to all those volunteers and to the people who lead services week by week and our deputy churchwardens, John Styler and Linda Salsbury, a huge thank you for your dedication and all that you do in church and behind the scenes to make sure that our services do indeed take place every week.

Of course, it isn’t just Sundays that require a lot of input. Outside the pathways and the church grounds need to be kept tidy and free of debris and dead flowers. Ankcorn House requires regular cleaning and bookings for hire to be taken. Again, this is all done by volunteer labour and a huge thank you to those who volunteer to carry out those tasks and to Linda Salsbury and John Styler who organise the work parties.

Alongside the work of our volunteers there are also other tasks which we have to employ professional companies to carry out. During the past year the organ has had two routine services plus some additional work on the soundboard and stops. Outside lighting was repaired where needed and additional lighting was installed in Ankcorn House car park. Boiler and heating services were carried out on the church and Ankcorn House boilers and some additional work was undertaken on the church fan driven radiators, along with the installation of a boiler override switch to operate the heating manually as required. Fortnightly grass cutting is undertaken and the septic tank emptied as required. Rainwater diverters were professionally made, to match the downpipes on the church, and fitted. Our own team installed water butts to collect rainwater from the church roof. Work was undertaken to remedy damp in the skirting boards and lower wall in Ankcorn house and redecoration carried out as necessary.

The church has gained its bronze award on the EcoChurch dashboard. The hay meadow in the churchyard continues to thrive and helps to support a variety of wildlife.

A Minifest was held on August Bank Holiday Saturday, attracting both members of the church family and people new to us – the intention was to be a low-key family day out with barbecue, drinks, music and a bouncy castle. Many thanks to Charlotte Fitchett, her family, Diane Pannell, Vicky Davis and their team of ladies who organised and ran this most successful event. Also, thanks to all who helped with the set-up and dismantling of equipment on the day. The Harvest ‘Supper’ was very much an evening of home-grown entertainment with a bring and share supper enjoyed by all who attended. An Advent Giving Day brought some welcome and generous donations. A Christingle service was held but was not attended by as many as in the past. We were pleased to be able to continue the monthly coffee mornings with an average dozen people attending. It is worth noting that this is intended to be for anyone from any of our churches.

Finally, I would like to thank Erica Hayton who has served our church faithfully as Churchwarden for a number of years, but has sadly now moved home, which means that she will no longer be our Churchwarden. Thank you, Erica, for undertaking the task with incredible efficiency, willingness, enthusiasm and commitment.

Alan Greathead - Acting Churchwarden

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Studley

The new pattern of 10am Sunday services continued through the year. The band of people preparing and leading worship remains rather small compared to before the pandemic. However Laurence Nicholas has joined us in recent months to lead and enable music in worship on 2[nd] and 3[rd] Sundays. His music and singing have given our worship a great boost. We have much appreciated John Parker’s faithful continued music ministry on 1[st] Sundays and for funerals and weddings, and also Guy Allen and Paul Adams playing on 4[th] Sundays (and on 3[rd] Sundays in Mappleborough). A questionnaire to review how Sunday morning

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worship is going was undertaken in Spring 2023, the responses are still being processed at the time of writing. Early in 2022 a Centrepoint-like service was held monthly on a Sunday afternoon in the Junior School, with a view to offering a second event each month for Messy Church families. It did not attract significant numbers of participants, and so was stopped while we prayerfully consider next steps. On 5[th] Sunday mornings we have met in the Parish Centre and gone out from there into the community to bless and pray.

The way Messy Church and Sunbeams are reaching new families and significant numbers of people is a great encouragement to us, and a challenge as to how we can give more support to these families as they seek to follow Jesus.

Our regular 8am Communion services and monthly 6pm Communion in the Parish Centre have continued through the year and provide warm fellowship and peaceful, deep prayer for all who take part.

A Goodbox card payment machine was installed in church and has been well used. Many people visit the church during the week, including a lot of guests at the Warners Hotel, some of whom join us for worship on Sunday mornings which is encouraging and refreshing.

Lynda Barr has overseen work on the fabric of the church. Key work that has been undertaken is noted in the PCC report. In December we were very blessed to receive a generous bequest of £100,000 from the estate of Mr Ronald Ward to be used for the maintenance and restoration of Studley Parish Church building.

Life Groups continued to meet for mutual encouragement, sharing of life and faith, and prayer through the year. The daytime group that focussed on pastoral care and gathered worship has evolved into a monthly prayer group. There is a Tuesday evening group with a focus on our community outreach, and a Thursday evening group with a focus on our work with children and families. These groups would welcome new members. The Alpha Course participants have continued to meet together with a focus on encouraging developing people in ministry and evangelism, and plan to deliver another Alpha Course in 2023. The bellringers have arranged several social gatherings that also encourage members in their Christian faith. Our young people meet for a monthly youth group.

In response to the cost of living crisis over the winter a team offered home made soup and a roll every Tuesday lunchtime in the Parish Centre – this has reached a few people in hardship need, and has been a lovely social community event for others from the wider community as well as from our congregations.

There is great teamwork at Studley Church with many people giving their time to enable the life and outreach of the church. Those who tend the church building and serve refreshments are probably not mentioned anywhere else in this report, so I note here how much we appreciate gathering in a clean, welcoming, inviting church. Many visitors comment on the beauty and peace of the building, and the welcome they feel. Thank you to everyone who contributes to that. Thanks go too to Alison Concannon for undertaking the role of churchwarden this year, and to Phil Pattison and Mark Herauville and others for all their support.

Kate Mier

STUDLEY + MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN PCC

The PCC has met three times since the last Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). There were also three occasions when business was conducted by email under the Church of England’s Business by Correspondence Model Rule M29.

The following decisions were made:

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15 June 2021

Recommendations from the Governance Task Team covering the updating of the ‘PCC/DCC Members Handbook’ including the addition of PCC functions that are delegated to the DCCs, the development of a greater mission-focus for the church council, the role of the Standing Committee, the setting up of a PCC Finance Sub-committee, financial procedures and the training and equipping of PCC members were agreed along with plans for the implementation of these recommendations.

The following existing Safeguarding policies and procedures were reviewed and approved: ‘Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders’ ‘Procedure for Responding to a Safeguarding Concern or Allegation’ ‘Promoting a Safer Church Safeguarding Policy’

The following new Safeguarding policies and procedures were approved: ‘The Safer Recruitment of Volunteers and Paid Staff’ ‘Whistleblowing Policy’

23 July 2022 (Business by Correspondence)

The PCC agreed to appoint Celia Spiers as Anna Chaplain in the parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green.

12 October 2022

Executive summaries of the minutes of PCC and DCC meetings will be placed on the notice boards of the two churches as appropriate.

A Parish Share of £63,396.00 will be paid for 2023.

The charge for heating, where discretionary services are provided, will be increased to £100.

The Finance Sub-Committee membership was agreed as Pat Smith (PCC Treasurer), Ann Chance, Erica Hayton (Mappleborough Green DCC Treasurer) and Mike Moffat.

A List B faculty application will be made to the Diocese to cover the inspection and repair of the entire Studley church roof covering. The cost of the work is estimated to cost £5,860+vat and this will be paid from the Fabric Account.

An application will be submitted to the Diocese to turn the Temporary Re-Ordering Licence granted on 5 October 2021 by the Archdeacon for the formation of a family area in the South Aisle of the Studley church into a full faculty.

The audio system in the Studley church will be updated at an estimated cost of £10,000 paid from a legacy.

7 November 2022 (Business by Correspondence)

The PCC agreed to nominate Shirley Stout to be appointed as Foundation Governor at Studley St Mary’s Church of England Academy.

15 February 2022

Further work on the development of a Dementia Café was approved.

The 2022 Accounts were approved subject to any comments from the Independent Examiner.

The Mappleborough Green and Studley budgets for 2023 were approved.

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A ‘Finance Policy’ was approved subject to the inclusion of cash procedures for each church.

A ‘Social Media Policy’ was approved.

The updated ‘Church Health and Safety Policy with guidance notes’ for Studley Church and the Parish Centre was approved.

25 March 2022 (Business by Correspondence)

The PCC agreed to go ahead with the maintenance of the ‘Great Soundboard’ in the Studley organ chamber, the cleaning of the chamber and the removal and cleaning of the pipes for the sum of £4,721.00+vat. David Lee PCC Secretary

SAFEGUARDING REPORT FOR 2022

Throughout the year we have consolidated the ongoing activity to keep people safe within our church activities.

Safer Recruitment : The PCC has adopted the Safer Recruitment policy of the Church of England which hopes to ensure that all our volunteers understand their roles and the support they will have from the church. The policy involves Risk Assessments for all activities as well as volunteer application forms, references, interviews (usually informal) and DBS checks. The process safeguards those children and vulnerable adults we work with and values the volunteers for their commitment. This is a large undertaking for an active church so progress is slow but steady in achieving coverage of all our activities and volunteers. All DBS checks are now current for all those in volunteer roles within church where this is necessary or advisable. As new activities begin, DBS checks continue to be a feature of the Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) role. Training: Online training has been completed by a number of volunteers over this year and for those who have been unable to access the online training a face-to-face Basic Safeguarding training was held recently. This will be followed up by a face-to-face Foundation level training course within the next few months. The PSO has now been able to enrol on the required safeguarding leadership training which will take place in June.

Parish Dashboards: Throughout the year we have continued to update the Parish Safeguarding Dashboards attending to the outstanding areas. The engagement with the safeguarding activity has been so successful that our dashboards have been raised from Level 2 to Level 3. We now have further additional

responsibilities that have appeared and are currently being addressed in particular with relation to nonchurch activities taking place on church premises.

New resources: All volunteers are required to understand the nature of creating a safer environment for all activities. A leaflet detailing how to make sure we all stay safe has now been produced and is being circulated to all volunteers via their activity leaders.

Social Media is a key area of keeping people safe and has recently hit the headlines, revealing what can go wrong if guidelines are ignored. The PCC has now agreed and adopted a social media Policy. A new handout resource to support this policy is available to all church members to help us all to understand our responsibility with regard to social media. In addition, to these two new resources a small card is now available in church giving contact details for anyone wanting to report a concern or just to talk through any issues they are having.

If anyone would like any further information about safeguarding responsibilities or safeguarding training, please do contact Sue, the Parish Safeguarding Officer.

Sue Johnson

FAMILY LINK WORKER

I am approaching a year in the role as Family Link Worker and a very busy and rewarding year it has been. Below is a snapshot of some of the key areas in which we have seen growth. Sunday Services

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We have explored a variety of ways of engaging and discipling families and children during our Sunday morning services.

The extension of the crèche area has worked well for very young children and is often used effectively during Baptisms. The aim of this area is to explore the themes of the main service through age appropriate activities and to provide parents with young children with time when they can focus on the service. We have also begun to provide take-home sheets for families to explore the Bible readings and themes of the service together over the following week.

For a time, we trialled sessions for both children and youth during the third Sunday ‘Going Deeper’ service where the groups were each offered the opportunity to have their own age-related teaching apart from the main congregation. This was met with enthusiasm by the children, but the lack of leaders to develop this area, the very small numbers of children and the lack of consistency in family attendance made this difficult to sustain.

We have also trialled encouraging families to join the main body of the church rather than using the creche area, so as to increase their level of engagement in the service. This has met with varying success. The most successful service was the recent Easter morning worship for all where families were invited to sit centrally where they could see and children were given a service bingo sheet to help them engage with what was being said. The fast pace and variety of activities used to help the congregation explore the themes / ideas enabled all ages to access and enjoy the service.

Therefore, in conjunction with the reflection on the nature and pattern of the Sunday services generally, we are prayerfully considering the nature of the provision for children and families. An area for growth remains the number of families frequently and actively involved in the Sunday services. This is an area which would benefit from deeper prayer and consideration from the wider church community. It also presents the opportunity to explore our outreach as a church further and consider ways in which we can engage with families in a meaningful way beyond the church building / Sunday services.

Youth

The youth group is now a year old and continues to meet monthly with a committed core of 8/9 young people attending, 3 of whom were confirmed at the end of last year. This is still headed up by Kay and supported by Angela and Jane Odell. We continue to work on increasing the discipleship nature of the group and are exploring ways in which we can enable the young people who attend to deepen their relationship with Jesus. Many of the group continue to serve on a Sunday morning, helping with sound and PowerPoints, bell-ringing, helping in the crèche and on the reading rota. We are exploring a range of possibilities to develop our provision further, including Youth Alpha, links with Joe Bevan, (the youth worker at Youth for Christ in Redditch) and monthly week day Bible study groups.

Sunbeams

Sunbeams continues to be a successful baby and toddler group after its relaunch in October 2022. After the initial weeks where numbers in attendance was exceptionally high, the group has settled down with many families returning each week as well as new faces coming after the group has been recommended to them. The volunteer teams welcoming and making cakes have been invaluable in making the group a success, as have the leaders and helpers who come every week to set up / pack away, provide drinks / snacks, run craft tables. The format of the group is also proving popular, with free play, snack time (for adults and children) music/songs and story time. In the near future, we also hope to be able to offer parents access to health visitor support during the session once a month. Through relationships developed at Sunbeams, we have seen growth in attendance at Messy Church, and at the Christmas and Easter services. We are exploring ways in which Sunbeams families can be moved on in a journey of faith.

Messy Church

Messy Church has been increasingly successful at reaching families in the community, especially those with younger children. There is a large core of families who return every month and who appreciate the spiritual input they receive. The innovative and creative team have gone from strength to strength in helping Messy Church congregations explore faith and we continue to pray into new ways of developing our discipleship. The team has worked hard to encourage those who attend Messy church to attend church, particularly at

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Christmas and Easter and it was encouraging to see a number of Messy Church families attending on Easter morning and we aim to build on this success.

The team has also started ‘Messy Extra’ to develop links and initiate relationships in the wider community. This has included Christmas and Easter trails run with the keen support of Studley businesses. Each trail culminated in celebration events in the Parish Centre which were well attended, largely by non-Messy Church families. We have also run film events during the school holidays, providing families with breakfast or lunch and a film. These have also been well attended by members of the local community.

Baptisms

Following the forum in the last year where we discussed how we connect and build relationships with baptism families, a group has met to work on producing ‘baptism boxes’ which can be given to each family by a sponsor after the baptism as a means of following up after the day. Strategies to use this to maintain links and relationship with the families were also discussed. We will be asking each of the congregations for sponsors in due course. I have also developed a pack of resources which can be given to all children attending a baptism at both Studley and Mappleborough Green with activities that can be used both during the service and at home to help them explore what baptism is.

Links with Studley St Mary’s Junior School

We have forged stronger links between the school and church communities with teams of volunteers working in the school and the church building to help the children explore Easter, Harvest, the church building itself and the challenges of transition from infants to juniors. I have begun to consider ways in which the relationship between church and school can be further developed.

My role in school has also developed over the course of the year. As well as coordinating links between church and school, on a weekly basis I work with small groups and individuals who are struggling emotionally. I currently run 4 lunchtime groups and support 5 children in 1 to 1 sessions. I also work to develop relationships with families / parents who need extra support beyond the capacity of the school. I have successfully advocated for families in need, referred others to Acts 365 and signposted others to a variety of help and support to meet different needs. I currently meet 1 to 1 with 4 parents on a regular basis to provide listening support.

Angela Corlett (Family Link Worker)

ANNA CHAPLAINCY

In September, I was licensed as an Anna Chaplain for the Arden Valley and Arden Marches Benefices at a joyful service in the Parish Centre led by Rev Kate Mier. Debbie Ducille, the Anna Chaplaincy Church Lead spoke eloquently on the history and nature of Anna Chaplaincy.

The service was well attended by people from both benefices – a supportive and inspiring beginning.

My initial brief was to:

• familiarise myself with the Arden Marches and the church communities

• understand the existing support given to older people

• identify areas where Anna Chaplaincy can complement existing provision

• identify areas where older people are not currently served

• develop a model of chaplaincy for Arden Marches

• establish a local team to continue the work after the first year

At this time, there are now regular visits to the three Care Homes (Studley Rose, Four Acres and Hayward Lodge) with monthly services. Two members of the Methodist church join me on the monthly visits to Studley Rose and Four Acres, spending time afterwards talking with the residents and staff.

In addition, there have been visits for special occasions (e.g. carol singing at Christmas with support from members of the church communities, singing to celebrate a 100th birthday). I’ve had the use of the church keyboard and this has been a great feature of the visits.

It has been heart-warming to see the healing, uplifting effect of singing familiar hymns and songs as well as the inspiration of hearing all joining in with the Lord’s Prayer.

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Another focus has been to draw up a list of Older Friends to contact/visit – this has been possible thanks to input and guidance from key people in the Arden Marches and has grown from the phone-ministry during the lockdowns. Everyone who wanted a visit has been visited at least once and I end all visits with a time of prayer. It is a pleasure to hear the many fascinating stories of long lives lived well and I have enjoyed warm hospitality and much laughter.

It soon became clear that there was a need to offer support to those with dementia and their carers in Studley. This led to the planning and setting up of the first Studley Dementia Café, planned initially for the first Thursday of each month at the Parish Centre. We are fortunate to have Dr. Felicity Jones involved and dedicating half a day a week to the Café. She will be able to take the project forward after the end of my year here.

I’d like to say a huge thank you to all the Arden Marches supporters for their enthusiasm, wisdom and ongoing involvement. Supporters outside the church include: Colin Summers (current chair of Studley Parish Council), Carole Zambonini (Alcester Dementia Centre), Churches Together, Social Subscribers (Poole Medical Centre). It is encouraging that so many groups and individuals recognise the need - and are keen to work together to see the success of this venture.

It has been a privilege to serve the older members of the Arden Marches communities, working alongside Kate and the dedicated people in these congregations. I have been struck time and time again by the wealth of warmth, the neighbourly kindness and generous love. The Holy Spirit is moving in this place. Celia Spiers

THE PARISH CENTRE

The Parish Centre has had an encouraging year under review and consolidated its operating position with increased levels of hire since my last review in April 2022. Many of our long-standing regular user groups including Brownies, Sunbeams and Rainbows are now meeting at the Centre at their pre-pandemic levels. The start of 2023 has seen a tremendous increase in interest from family party booking enquiries with the hall fully booked at weekends during the first quarter.

Messy Church, Parish Communion and Compassion Groups continue to be held at the Parish Centre and between December 2022 and March 2023 we launched our weekly Souper Bowls gatherings to assist those in our community by providing a regular warm place of fellowship over the winter months as well as a hot soup lunch. Our plans continue for using the now completely renovated Jaffray Room as a wellbeing, multipurpose counselling suite, with the objective of enhancing the usability of the Parish Centre as a valuable community facility. Sessions from specialist outreach workers at the Refuge National Domestic Violence Agency continue on a monthly basis. Discussions are also in place to use the facility by locally based Social Prescribers as we plan the launch opening of a Dementia Café at the Centre later in June 2023.

Upkeep of the fabric of the Centre remains an ongoing challenge. Early in 2023 our venerable heating system failed yet again! Given that this was first installed back in 1997 that perhaps should not be a surprise. The positive outcome is that new compatible radiators were installed in March 2023. This will now provide a reliable medium-term solution to a perennial problem over recent years and enable church council members to research and debate more dynamic heating options and other structural improvements and developments to the site in the coming years.

My thanks go to Phil Pattison for his continued support and encouragement and to Mike Bond for his regular watch on lighting and heating systems, always a challenge in ageing buildings! Also to Rob and Catherine our cleaners and ‘caretakers’ and to Ian Nichol, our gardener, who looks after our gardens, including the car park. A special mention to Studley in Bloom who include the Parish Centre grounds and building in their maintenance of several planters located around the building itself.

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Finally, can I encourage anyone reading this report who would like to join a small team at the Parish Centre to help from time to time with opening and locking up the hall, to contact me? This would certainly help operations particularly during busy holiday times. I would also encourage you to visit our website at www.ardenmarches.co.uk and scroll to Our locations/Parish Church Centre. This provides a pictorial and factual outline of the facilities we have on offer at the Parish Centre . Mike Moffat

ANKCORN HOUSE REPORT 2022-23

Ankcorn House building offers a meeting capacity of up to 40 people, depending on the room layout and catering facilities within the combined kitchen area.

• Basic refurbishment work was undertaken in April 2022 on the female toilet, external wall to remove mould, seal with damp-proof paint and repaint walls as required. Recent issues with the kitchen back door locking had come to light and mechanical repairs were necessary to address the issue.

• Historical data had been reviewed regarding the Title Deed for Ankcorn House ownership. On 23 May 2022 the Jaffrey family solicitors were requested to confirm acceptance that Ankcorn House had been conveyed to the Church, and a response from them is still awaited. Support from the Coventry Diocese Legal Secretary to progress this matter would be required to reach a conclusion .

• Despite actively promoting the venue, Ankcorn House fails to secure continuous regular users, with no apparent negative reason highlighted. Throughout the last twelve months Pilates and Holistic groups have rented the facilities on and off, with the main regular users being Church Committees/Groups and Mappleborough Parish Council for administrative meetings. Nominal annual rental fees are recouped from storage within Ankcorn House from the local Parish Council and immediate neighbours. In addition Arden Marches courses such as Lent, Safeguarding and Alpha use the facilities, but with no financial contribution towards the running costs from these rentals, the venue continues to be subsidised by the General Church funds.

Linda Salsbury

STUDLEY CHURCHYARD

A small but dedicated group of volunteers, not all church people, turn out on the first Saturday of every month to help maintain the churchyard at Studley. The hope is to combine the needs for somewhere that looks ‘neat and tidy’ and can be used for outdoor activities and events such as Messy church, picnics and services, and to provide an environment which attracts wild life and flowers and glorifying Gods creation. Certain areas are mown neatly, others are left and cut less frequently with paths mown between them, others have to be left unkempt as it is too big a job with the limited workforce to maintain them (this is mainly the uneven, irregular grave area in the south west corner of the churchyard). The yellow rattle we set at the end of 2021 did flower in 2022 so we are waiting to see whether it seeded itself and will have spread further in 2023, and whether it has had the intended outcome of reducing the grass in that area to allow flowers to flourish. The spring flowers, snow drops, daffodils, crocus and primroses along with the autumn cyclamen continue to flourish. We hope we will have more summer flowers soon.

The big project for one group was to tackle the ‘compost pile’ which was a very large mound of sticks brambles, weeds , grass cuttings, etc. in a dip at the bottom of the churchyard. Over several months we have reduced the pile, extracted well rotted compost and created some compost ‘pens’ out of pallets. This will not only help us to produce more useable compost in the future but also help towards the churches next level eco award. We continue to keep the areas around the cremation stones tidy and maintain the garden of remembrance. This year saw some new volunteers joining us and others no longer able to help or handle strimmers like they used to. Many thanks to all of them. We can only do as much as we have volunteer help to do and we could always use more help. Hilary Volrath

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BELLRINGERS ANNUAL REPORT 2022

Throughout the year the bells at Studley Parish Church have rung out for every Sunday morning service, calling people to worship and half muffled for remembrance Sunday. There were also several weddings that requested the bells during 2022. We have continued with our once-a-month Saturday practice which have proved beneficial for the progress of our band.

At the end of May we held a taster session for our church youth group. This proved to be a very fruitful evening, resulting in 8 learners. By holding additional practices on a Tuesday evening, 7 out of the 8 can now handle a bell and 2 have now rang their first quarter peal, congratulations to Ethan Pomeroy and Noah Corlett. During the year we have also welcomed Laurence and Peter Nicholas to our band, already accomplished bellringers.

In July, myself, Richard Spray and William Blizzard attended the Ringing World National Youth festival and striking competition at Exeter with the Coventry Spires Youth group. Taken by coach, William represented the group in the competition. It was an excellent day, with many exhibitions, mini rings and simulators for everyone to enjoy and have a go on in Exeter Cathedral. Everyone had the opportunity to ring on the cathedral bells, 2nd heaviest ring of bells in the country. This year there have been several other events held by the Coventry Spires which some of our young ringers have attended, a trip to Loughborough bell foundry to see how bells are cast and ringing on the foundry bells, a ringing outing to Leamington, ringing at Coventry Cathedral and a recent quarter peal which included William Blizzard and Ethan Pomeroy in the band.

Our congratulations also go to Chris Eldridge for his first quarter peal on the treble and to William Blizzard for his first quarter on an inside bell.

During the Summer holidays, we spent a day at the church with learners, advancing their bell handling, playing handbells and at the end of the day, we enjoyed a fish and chip supper.

Sadly, Thursday 8th September 2022 saw the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll. The bells at Studley were rang in accordance with Operation London Bridge, a document set out by the Royal household and Lambeth Palace. The following day, the Tenor bell was tolled for one hour and the Sunday morning service ringing was half muffled. On the day of the funeral the bells were rang for one hour prior to the funeral and on Thursday 15th September a quarter peal was rung to commemorate her life.

In October we hosted the Worcestershire and District Change Ringing Association interbranch striking competition.

At the end of the year, we were invited by the Inkberrow bellringers to join them on their outing. Most of our bellringers attended, ringing at Stoke Prior, Droitwich, lunch at the Rose and Crown at Feckenham followed by afternoon ringing at Feckenham.

At Christmas, we rang the handbells for our church carol service, we also decorated a bellringers Christmas tree for the Methodist church Christmas tree festival.

In January, on two separate evenings, the two Studley Beaver packs visited us after their evening hike. We gave them a tour of the tower, showing them the bells and giving them a go at chiming before they headed back down the stairs for their mug of hot chocolate.

Several ringers attended the Coventry Guild meeting at Henley in Arden and Beaudesert, ringing at both towers, followed by a meeting with refreshments. We have also attended a few of the Worcestershire Guild southern branch Saturday practices.

During March we held a bellringers breakfast attended by 14. A lovely morning, enjoying each other’s company and sharing our faith together.

At the end of March, we attended the Studley Junior school Easter experience arranged by our church family link worker to give the pupils a taster session on the handbells.

All Studley quarter peals, and special ringing occasions are documented on Bell board. Louise Grubb Tower Captain

CHURCHES TOGETHER

Representatives from the Studley churches continue to meet about 4 times a year to plan what they can do together and inform each other of what is happening in their own churches, always with an invitation that

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anyone can join in. The main joint activities have been around the week of Prayer for Christian Unity in January, Easter, Christian Aid week, Remembrance Sunday and Christmas. This year saw some pared down activity due both to lack of church leaders and support from congregations. Joint ‘special’ services are never well attended so other than Ash Wednesday we have concentrated on more what we do do together. Once again we had a walk of witness on Good Friday but this year we focused more on praying round the village and not going inside each church. Envelopes were delivered to each house for Christian Aid week and a cream tea was held in place of a big breakfast. We had a stall at the village Jubilee jamboree in June, not to sell things but to provide a quiet space for people to sit and talk. Unfortunately rain stopped play for a Pentecost picnic in the park which had to move into the parish centre for the hardy few who turned out. The Eco-fest in July was supported by the churches ending with a barbecue for all who took part – again it had to be moved inside due to rain. The churches again organised the service at the war memorial for Remembrance Sunday though disappointingly the sound system was not good enough for most people to hear. The arrangements for the Studley Christmas Lights switch on were much improved on the previous year. The churches together sang carols outdoors in Millenium square in the afternoon when there were few people around but it did give children a chance to sing down a microphone, and then in the evening inside the village hall after the lights had been switched on. Christmas cards were delivered again to every house in Studley giving details of the Christmas services of all the churches. A small group sang carols in the care homes.

As the Ukrainian crisis developed a meeting was held about setting up a support group for refugees and their carers. As there were no known families being hosted in Studley the group wasn’t formed but we have had continued updates at the meeting on the refugees and their needs in Redditch, supporting where we can. We also heard from a hospital chaplain and our Anna chaplain.

Once again the churches together committee has been mainly the Methodists and Anglicans due to the Baptist and Roman Catholic churches struggling with leadership and congregations. Hopefully we will see more involvement from the Baptists in 2023.

Hilary Volrath

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

I think for me this last year has been approximately what one might call normal, whatever that is. Working my usual hours at the vicarage.

There was all the usual publicity via Facebook, website, and email. Producing weekly newssheets, notices, and posters for, amongst others, Christmas, Messy church and Easter, with input from Kate and others. There have also been service booklets to produce and PowerPoints to create. And also there have been the usual funeral, wedding and baptism enquiries to process.

The main difference this year has been the moving of our databases, rotas, bulk emails and website across to the HUBB system. I worked with Dan while he was here, setting things up and now am using HUBB daily for many things. Other people are using it for rotas and to upload things like PCC minutes for PCC members to access.

Judith McLelland

COMPASSION

We have had some changes to the teams this year: Helen Turney is no longer able to join us but Irene Freeman continues to help the team and we have been joined by Lynn Gilbert who is a real asset. Our thanks go again to Alan Greathead who helps us considerably by putting out the tables and chairs for our meetings even though he is unable to attend.

Numbers have fluctuated at the meetings mainly because of the Parish Centre being very cold at times but attendance has been much higher since the new heaters have been installed.

Members still enjoy the lunches organised by Margaret Lee and these are well attended and appreciated. Friendships between the members still flourish and continue to bring pleasure and comfort and the weekly meetings are greatly appreciated.

Joan Lock

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ARDEN FOODBANK

The Arden Foodbank opened in April 2013, as part of the Trussell Trust Foodbank network and serves Alcester, Studley and the surrounding area. Care professionals, such as health visitors, schools, citizens advice and social workers, as well as local church ministers and others, identify people in crisis and issue them with vouchers. These are redeemed at a foodbank session for three days’ nutritionally balanced, nonperishable food. We do also offer cleaning products, toiletries and petfood that we have available. Demand on our foodbank has been up this year, due in part, to the energy crisis. This year, (last year in brackets), we fulfilled 440 (294) vouchers which fed 592 (433) adults & 338 (230) children. We distributed 11542Kg (9500kg) of food our clients, and to other foodbanks during the year.

In December , we made up and distributed to schools 201 (163) Christmas food boxes for families, identified by 10 local primary schools in the area as being in need.

We have received some extremely generous donations from companies, organisations and individuals who have continued to support us with food or money during the last year, without these we could not continue to operate and help local people in our community. Neither could we operate without a dedicated group of volunteers man the distribution centres and warehouse.

Many thanks to all of you who continue to support the work of the foodbank by volunteering, donations and prayers.

Hilary Volrath

FRIENDSHIP GROUP

After the long lock down from covid 19, it was really lovely to see everyone again, also very encouraging to receive 38 replies for our first outing to The Golden Goose on 24th June 2022.

It was also exiting to meet up with a few new members and trying to remember names.

But it was also very sad to think that since our last Christmas meal in 2019 to 24th June 2022 we had lost 9 of our dear members.

But as always we will remember the happy times we all had together with fondness & love. We only had 6 outings this year as I had started later, but everyone looked forward to them.

The last meal was at Kings Court for our Christmas lunch on 9th December 2022 and was enjoyed by 47 members.

Father Christmas was busy this year, so not able to make an appearance.

But Jan & John Parker very kindly arranged a christmas sing a long, which everyone enjoyed.

We also ran a Christmas raffle, which Vicky & Linda very kindly helped organise for me. The donation was given to the church. I really appreciate all the help received this year.

It is a very happy group and besides new members I have 3 new volunteer drivers who join the group if and when needed. I am so pleased that this group is still able to meet up.

Also once again a very big thank you to all my drivers, as without you, this mission of outreach would not be possible.

God Bless

Margaret Lee

MESSY CHURCH

Messy Church has been growing steadily month by month. We are a strong team of dedicated volunteers who prepare, organise, create and lead.

We have many families now registered, not all who come every time, and we are still attracting new families. I believe that once they have been to one session, they are more likely to come to others. As well as the regular monthly services, we have put on 4 extras this year - 2 film shows in October and February half terms and 2 trails at Christmas and Easter. These have also been well attended and so we'll continue with these. My thanks go to everyone on the team for their constant support and members of the congregation who provide some of the food we offer and all your prayers.

Ann Bond

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2ND STUDLEY (ST. MARY’S) RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES

2nd Studley (St Mary's) Brownies have been getting back to normal since Covid pandemic. We sang live for Aunty Jen to help entertain the community last June for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Completed badges on the girlguiding programme and even a countdown to Christmas badge which Brownies had a Selfie Challenge Treasure hunt to complete. Brownies had another successful night helping Radiate Redditch by donating 42 packed Christmas shoeboxes for their appeal. We even managed to have a successful Summer Seaside themed annual sleepover at Mappleborough Green Village Hall.

Its been a busy year at Rainbows, we have a very large group of 32, 4-7 yr olds and a long waiting list, we are trying our best to accommodate as many girls as possible.

We have had a book and bear sale raising money for Wythall Animal sanctuary and donated treat food items to the Arden Foodbank. The girls love doing their “interest” badges which has meant many have litter picked with the parents around the village.

We’ve had a day out at Hatton Country World with Rainbows from around the whole of the Midlands and we have a county day coming up in Compton Verney. We continue to have our “Promise” ceremony at the Church, which both the girls and the parents thoroughly enjoy as it feels so special. We have some plans afoot for the Big Help Out, which we are very excited about.

As Studley District we got together to celebrate the Queen's jubilee at the Entaco, which was attended by over 70 girls.

We have a Kings Coronation planned too!

As always our biggest problem is getting leaders. We are still very much concerned that we will lose our Guide Unit for 10-14yr olds as we have had no interest from anyone which is very disappointing

Once again thank you to the Church team for their continued support. Rainbows have held their Promise Evenings in Studley Church this past year.

Pamela Winfield leader in charge of Rainbows and District Commissioner for Studley

MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL

Spring Term 2022

On 27 May school held Queens Platinum Jubilee fete, and a church team supported with fundraising undertaking manning and preparing refreshments.

As part of the Enjoyably Studley Community group Jubilee events, Erica Hayton organised and managed an exhibition in church of the Ogham tree Tapestries in June 2022. The school visited Church to view the display and afterwards Erica and volunteers assisted some children with needlecraft in school, making their own mini tapestries.

Lighting the Candle Collective Worship concluded with the current group leading the school assembly. New children will be invited in the new term to join this learning group; about helping with worship assemblies.

Summer Term 2022

On 28 June, the whole school attended a School Celebration Service in Church where a freestyle art activity afternoon was undertaken by the teachers outside, in Holy Ascension church grounds. The school provided the children with a picnic lunch on the grass, and the sun shone on the day to enhance the children’s experience. The Church funded coaches to allow all the school to visit safely.

The school children and their families were invited to celebrate all the learning and activities that had taken place at MGPS during this school year as part of the regular café style All Age Service in July.

To conclude the summer term, there was a Year 6 Leavers Service in Church on 20 July, where the book ‘It’s your Move’ Secondary School Survival Guide paperback by Scripture Union was presented to the children leaving primary school.

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Autumn Term 2022

On 8 September the parents of the new Reception children were invited to a ‘welcome breakfast’ and it was lovely to do this back indoors and sit and share family stories all together.

The new school children and their families were also invited to say hello as part of the regular café style All Age Service.

Studley’s Harvest Experience, arranged through Angela Corlett, Family Link Worker was supported by Alan Greathead and Linda Salsbury; prior to the MGPS children and their families attending a Harvest Service in Holy Ascension Church on 4 October led by the school Faith Alive Group. The school generously donated to Arden Marches Foodbank specifically on this occasion.

The School Carol Service took place in Holy Ascension Church for the first time since 2020 pandemic. The event was well supported by friends and families, as well as the whole school in attendance. This year’s Christingle Service on Christmas Eve was not very well supported compared with pre-Covid events, but some school families did attend; which was seen as a positive.

Spring Term 2023

The school’s curriculum continues to be implemented effectively and makes learning relevant and exciting for all pupils. The head teacher (Alex Finch), his leadership team and staff continue to work diligently to respond to the issues raised in the Ofsted inspection in March 2022. The Christian values this Spring have focussed on Truthfulness and Perseverance.

Collective Worship continued to be delivered to the school regularly on Wednesday mornings involving Revd Kate Mier, Angela Corlett and Keith Johnson.

Unfortunately, Church volunteers continue to be depleted within the school support mechanism, as Erica Hayton moved away from the area and the Jarmys not able to return pending their own move. It is hoped that more involvement from Church congregational members will return in the not-too-distant future. Volunteers prepared to listen to children reading is really appreciated by staff, along with those with other vocational skills. On 30 March, the whole school attended an Easter service at the church. This service was well prepared and presented by Class 3 and 4 acting out Jesus’s final week. The Service was supported by many parents and families.

The new Lighting the Candle Group held their Collective Worship assembly and received their Bronze Awards. The six pupils chose to continue and develop their Christian knowledge and work towards the Silver Award after Easter. In addition, five new pupils joined the Lighting the Candle Group to commence on their journey towards the Bronze Award. The LTC Group supported by Linda Salsbury will be jointly held each week with eleven pupils working towards and learning about Collective Worship.

Community volunteers and Foundation Governors are actively being sought to support the Christian faith within Mappleborough Green Primary School.

Linda Salsbury

STUDLEY ST MARY'S CE ACADEMY

This has been another tough year for the school, as with all schools. However, hard work and determination from the Headteacher and her staff, as well as the pupils, means that significant progress is being made. Many of the after effects of the lockdowns have been tackled and the emphasis on a wider curriculum which was brought in nationally last year has been successfully implemented. The school is a calm and purposeful place in which to learn. The threat of Ofsted has been hanging over the school since last September with still no sign of an inspection happening. This has, of course, put an unacceptable extra strain on the staff. Church members continue to lead assemblies and support the school in other ways. Please ask if you feel you would like to help in some way as we seek to strengthen the links between church and school. Our Family Link Worker plays a vital role in this and has become a much-valued member of the school’s staff. Various year groups have visited the church during the year, learning more about how a church works and about the major festivals in its calendar.

There will soon be a vacancy for a foundation governor. If you would like to know more about this important role, please speak to Keith or Kate.

Keith Johnson

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DEANERY SYNOD

Studley with Mappleborough Green Parish is one of twenty three parishes in the Alcester Deanery. This year the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) must include the election of Deanery Synod Representatives. The Deanery Synod is an important part of the governance of the Church of England, and shares the mission of the Church in local areas. They are places for sharing good practice between the Parishes of a Deanery, and act as a communication line between the Diocesan Synod and the Parishes. It is really important that Parishes are well represented at Deanery Synod, and would strongly encourage people to stand for election. The number of deanery synod representatives that our parish can elect is based on our electoral roll numbers:

Studley Parish 3 Deanery Synod Representatives

Mappleborough Green 2 Deanery Synod Representatives

Once elected, Deanery Synod representatives are ex officio members of our Parochial Church Council (PCC) until the next election (at APCM in 2026).

The Deanery Synod is regulated by the 1969 Synodical Government Measure which sets out five functions:

• to consider matters concerning the Church of England and other matters of religious or public interest;

• to bring together the views of the parishes of the Deaneries, to discuss and formulate common policies, to foster a sense of community and interdependence among those parishes, and generally to promote in the Deaneries the whole mission of the Church;

• to make known and put into effect any provision made by the Diocesan Synod;

• to consider the business of the Diocesan Synod and to sound parochial opinion;

• to raise matters with the Diocesan Synod.

Alcester Deanery Synod met on 12 July and 20 October in 2022 and on 9 February 2023. At each of these events Speakers from Coventry Diocese were invited to attend and share their experiences and knowledge of their faith and spiritual journeys:

Neil Masih, Coventry Diocese Intercultural Mission Enabler informed those present that his background was a third generation Asian-Christian family member, acting as Church Warden at St Paul’s; a diverse congregation based in Foleshill area of Coventry. As part of his presentation Neil explained about UKME (United Kingdom Minority Ethnic) and GMH (General Majority Heritage) being identified as the current terminology for previously describing BAME (Black Asian Minority Ethnic) groups. He highlighted the needs and benefits of having an intercultural mission, and how race and ethnicity, with varied backgrounds was a positive factor amongst our wider society, and how the Church could be key to developing change in communities, and welcome all.

Clive Hicks, Coventry Diocese Healthy Churches Development Enabler highlighted healthy principles Churches should consider to grow their involvement within their congregation and the community. The 8 Essential Qualities were shown as a way to help our members identify their gifts, commit to our faith through our lives and practices, and inspire and develop worship and holistic small groups. (Clive will be presenting at Studley Parish Centre on 30 April as part of the Joint Arden Marches breakfast discussions on Healthy Churches Questionnaire)

Revd Canon Mary Gregory, Coventry Diocese Canon for Arts & Reconciliation informed those present that part of her background was being a Prison Governor in a top security prison. Part of this experience was an occasion when she was seconded to work at HM Maze Prison in Northern Ireland used to house paramilitary prisoners during the N.I. ‘Troubles’. Whilst there Mary was asked to investigate the death of a

significant sectarian, loyalist murderer whilst he was in custody at HM Maze Prison, prior to the Good Friday Agreement being signed. This experience formed part of her foundation and interest in reconciliation. During discussion those present were asked to consider the following questions;

• How have we used the arts in our ministry in our own Parish? How was that received? What difference did it make to the overall ‘experience’?

• How could we use the arts as a way of helping people explore questions of faith?

• How could we use the arts to explore the conflicts that may exist in our communities?

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All of these speakers offered valuable advice and support to Parish Deanery Representatives, and an opportunity to share with their church communities to support developing faith within our churches. In addition to these varied speakers, the Deanery Synod Representatives receive reports from the Coventry Diocesan Synod and Deanery Mission and Pastoral Group (DMPG) on initiatives and proposals for the Parishes within the Alcester Deanery. Deanery funds and general accounts are reviewed quarterly, and identify appropriate amounts of money as Parish Shares annually for the parishes to contribute to pay for mission and ministry, specifically for clergy stipends (living costs) and their housing.

Whilst some discussions may seem quite challenging and focussed on issues outside of one’s own Parish, the experience of being a Deanery Synod representative has been rewarding by appreciating that we are not alone, and other parish churches within the Deanery are feeling the same as ourselves. The Deanery Synod members can share and support one another as part of these meetings, and also outside as part of their normal church duties. Belonging and sharing opportunities offered from Coventry Diocese can only be seen as a positive!

Linda Salsbury

FOREST CHURCH (AN ENVIRONMENT GROUP INITIATIVE)

Arden Marches Forest Church has hosted two well attended meetings at Morton Bagot Church. The aim has been to enable outdoor worship through engagement with the natural world. We have used a combination of circle meeting with readers at cardinal points (North, East etc) and short activities away from the circle, some singing and finishing at the circle.

The Divine has been referenced where possible with non binary pronouns and titles such as Great Spirit instead of Lord, in an effort to include those not used to Christian church liturgy. Stories and readings have been chosen to inspire awe in the natural world drawing us closer to the Divine.

The events have run for less than an hour and are held outside with refreshments afterwards in the chapel.

The next event is to support the Bluebell Walk with appropriate contemplation or activity and then in June the summer solstice celebration.

Dogs and children have been welcome however with their family's care only. The content is for all ages but not yet able to offer children's activities as well. Guy Allen

PCC TREASURER’S REPORT FOR YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2022

I feel I should start this report with something close to an apology, as the accounts that you are being asked to approve are statutory accounts and as such, they have to be in the format presented. I appreciate that this is not a format that is easy to read and often information that you feel to be important is buried deep in the report, so I will try and highlight what I feel to be the significant facts. Overview

2022 was a good year for the PCC as a whole, but that was mainly due to the fact that Studley DCC received a legacy of £100,000 in December. Without that legacy the PCC would have nominally made a small loss of £2,440. The reason I use the word nominally is because part of the figure is an “unrealised” loss of £5,459 and without this theoretical loss the PCC would have made a small surplus of £3,019.

For information an unrealised gain or loss will always appear in the accounts as long as we hold investments in the form of shares as we are required to give those shares a value based on their stock market price at the end of year. The value is then compared with the value of those shares at the end of the previous year. If the “value” is higher you get an unrealised gain and if it is lower you get an unrealised loss. The stock market wasn’t particularly strong at the end of 2022 so we have an unrealised loss, but since then it has risen by 5.4% and if we valued the shares today it would wipe out all but £424, of the theoretical loss.

In reality you only get a true profit or loss when you sell shares, so the unrealised loss is not something to worry about.

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Central Expenditure

The main expenditures that are controlled centrally by the PCC are the payment of salaries to the Parish Administrator and Family Link Worker and the payment of our Parish Share to the Diocese. Most expenditure for 2022 was included in the budget and actual payments came out slightly lower than the budgeted amounts resulting in a small repayment to the churches at the end of the year.

The one expenditure that was not budgeted was the Family Link Worker as the details weren’t known in late 2021 when the budgets were prepared. The Family Link Worker cost a total of £11,971 but £10,000 of this cost was paid for by a £3,000 grant from the Edward Cadbury Trust, and £7,000 from Studley Junior School. The remaining £1,971 was funded partially by PCC reserves and partially by contributions from the 2 churches.

The other main item of expenditure was completion of works on the Jaffray room in order to use the space for mental health counselling and related work. These costs were covered by a grant received from Warwickshire County Council in 2021. The project is now complete with the exception of a few hundred pounds which is to be spent on artwork and furnishings. The project has remained on budget throughout and has required no use of PCC reserves.

Studley

In 2022 as we came out from the main effects of COVID, Studley seemed to recover quickly, and this had a positive impact on income. Income from donors was up by more than £11,600 compared with 2021 although this was partially due to a significant Advent gift for 2021 actually being received in the first weeks of January 2022. Even so income from most sources increased in 2022. Opening up the church for 5 days each week bought significant “casual” income in the form of donations from visitors; it also brings regular positive comments in the visitors’ book as people clearly get great pleasure from visiting the church.

Fee income for 2022 was £7,123 which was £4,385 more than was received in 2021, as people had the opportunity to have weddings which had previously been planned for 2020 or 2021, but postponed due to COVID.

Levels of activity at the Parish Centre also recovered and this saw income increase to £9,746 compared with £5,218 in 2021. This increase in income meant that the parish centre showed an operational surplus of £1,430.

Fabric fund expenditure was £7,900 which covered the roof repairs and a deposit for the new sound system that was installed in January 2023. The receipt of the £100,000 legacy for the maintenance and improvement of the fabric of the building means that this area of expenditure should be fully funded for many years to come. The receipt of this legacy effectively frees up funds from earlier legacies to be used for mission.

Mappleborough Green

Unfortunately, 2022 was not a good year financially for the church, as it lost several committed members of the congregation, with a resultant fall in income from donors (£26,326 in 2022 compared with £28,195 in 2021)

Also, fee income fell from £2,529 in 2021 to £1,424 in 2022. Fortunately, this appears to have been a bit of an anomaly as fee income for the first 4 months of 2023 has already reached the figure for the whole of 2022.

Ankcorn House only generated income of £1,338 and had running cost of £1,951 meaning that it ran at a small loss of £613 for the year. As little can be done to decrease running cost the only way to make it profitable is to increase the usage of the building for revenue generating activities.

There was a small amount spent on fabric £5,860 which was partially funded by grant income of £4,277, but still resulted in a net outflow of money of £1,583.

The net effect of all these factors was that Mappleborough Green DCC posted a small loss of £4,219 for 2022. Whilst this is slightly concerning, the overall church finances are still quite strong with over £61,000 in bank accounts and short-term deposits and approximately £95,000 in shares.

Pat Smith

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The Arden Marches Group of Churches

Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green

(Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Studley) (Church of the Holy Ascension, Mappleborough Green)

Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

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with Mappleborough Green

Registered Charity Number: 1135615

Studley with Mappleborough Green

Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Table of Contents

Reference		Description		Page
		Table of Contents		(i)
		Independent Examiner's Report		(ii)
		Statement of Financial Activities (by Funds)		1
		Statement of Financial Activities (by Church)		2
		Balance Sheet		3
		Review of Financial Activities		4
		Notes to the Financial Statements:
1		Accounting Policies - Funds and Incoming Resources		5
1		Accounting Policies - Resources Used and Fixed Assets		6
2		Incoming Resources - PCC, Studley and Mappleborough Churches		7 a
2		Incoming Resources - Studley Church by account type		7 b
2		Incoming Resources - Mappleborough Church by account type		7 c
3		Resources Used - PCC, Studley and Mappleborough Churches		8 a
3		Resources Used - Studley Church by account type		8 b
3		Resources Used - Mappleborough Church by account type		8 c
		Supplementary Detail:
2		Income: Grants, Legacies, Fund Raising and Donations		9
3		Expenditure: Grants and Activities Directly Relating to Church Work		10
3		Expenditure: Activities Directly Relating to Church Work (continued)		11
3		Expenditure: Fund Raising and Publicity, Church Administration		12
4 to 9a		Staff Costs, Fixed Assets, Church Equipment and Investments		13
		Debtors, Liabilities, Bank Accounts and Funds
5a		Schedule of Fixed Assets - Detail		14
9b		Fund Holdings		15
		Christian Ministry Analysis		16
		Studley Income & Expenditure and Giving v Costs History		17 & 18
		Mappleborough Green Income & Expenditure and Giving v Costs History		19 & 20

ATG 31/01/20

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Independent Examiner's Report to the PCC of Studley with Mappleborough Green

This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31st December 2022, comprising the Statement of Financial Activities and Balance Sheet on pages 1 to 3 and Notes to the Financial Statements, numbered 1 to 9 (including also detailed notes 2 and 3 on Incoming Resources and Resources Used, for both St. Mary's and Holy Ascension), is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 ("the Regulations") and S.43 of the Charities Act 1993 ("the Act")

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements; you consider that the audit requirements of the Regulations and Section 43(2) of the Act do not apply. It is my responsibility to issue this report on those accounts in accordance with the terms of the Regulations.

Basis of this Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 43(7)(b) of the Act and to be found in the Church guidance, 2006 edition. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent Examiner's Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

• to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the Act: and

• to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of the Act and the Regulations 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.

Independent Examiner Simon Billingham FCCA 10/03/2023

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Statement of Financial Activities (by Fund) for the year ended 31st December 2022

Note Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 2(a)+(b) Income from charitable activities 2(b)(i) Other trading activities 2(c) Investments 2(e) Other income 2(b)(ii) Total incoming resources Expenditure on: Raising funds 3(c) Expenditure on charitable activities 3(b) Other expenditure 3(d) Total resources used Net incoming / outgoing resources before transfer Transfers Gross transfers between funds - in Gross transfers between funds - out Net incoming before other gains and losses Other recognised gains / losses Gains / losses on investment assets Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward at 1st January Total funds carried forward at 31st December ATG 23/01/2021	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2021
	**Unrestricted **	**Designated **	**Restricted **	Endowment	Total	Prior Year
	199,350 6,412 205,762 110,161 2,257 2,257 2,458 8,627 10,654 19,281 10,625 6,142 78 6,220 6,050 1,750 1,750 1,740
	216,376 18,893 235,269 131,034
	274 274 29 107,833 24,142 131,975 156,797 -50
	108,107 24,142 132,249 156,777
	108,269 -5,249 103,020 -25,743
	104 25,900 26,004 12,539 -25,900 -104 -26,004 -12,539
	82,473 20,547 103,020 -25,743
	-5,458 -5,458 11,563
	82,473 -5,458 20,547 97,562 -14,181 191,340 98,281 36,202 194,056 519,879 534,060
	273,813 92,823 56,749 194,056 617,441 519,879

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Statement of Financial Activities (by Church) for the year ended 31st December 2022

Income & Endowments (Page 7(a) to 7(c) for Detail) Donations and Legacies Other Trading Activities Income from Charitable Activities Other Ordinary Incoming Resources Investments Total Income & Endowments Expenditure (Page 8(a) to 8(c) for Detail) Expenditure on Charitable Activities Raising Funds Other Expenses Total Resources Used Net Incoming / (Outgoing) Resources Gains and Losses on Investments ATG 21/01/2021			2022	2022			2021	2021
	Note	Parish Fund	St. Mary's Studley	Holy Ascension	Total Funds	Parish Fund	St. Mary's Studley	Holy Ascension	Total Funds	Year on Year Change
		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
	2(a+b) 7,220 2(c) 2(b)(i) 2(b)(ii) 4,750 2(e) 11,970 3(b) 10,450 3(c) 3(d) 10 10,460 1,510		165,152 16,922 793	30,488 2,359 2,159 5,427		2,007 1,740	64,931 7,956 1,069	43,224 2,669 2,458 4,981	110,162 10,625 2,458 1,740 6,050	92,699 8,656 -299 3,010 170
		11,970	182,868	40,432	235,270	3,747	73,955	53,333	131,034	104,236
		10,450 10	76,957 183	44,560 91	131,966 274 10	1,465	88,912 19 -33	66,422 10 -17	156,799 29 -50	-24,833 245 60
		10,460	77,140	44,651	132,251	1,465	88,897	66,415	156,778	-24,527
		1,510	2(a) 105,728	-4,218	103,019	2,282	-14,942	-13,082	-25,743	128,762

Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Statement of Financial Activities (by Church) for the year ended 31st December 2022

- Realised - Unrealised Depreciation Charged in Year (Page 14 for Detail) Net Movement in Funds Balance Brought Forward at 1st January Balance Carried Forward at 31st December			2022	2022			2021	2021
	Note	Parish Fund	St. Mary's Studley	Holy Ascension	Total Funds	Parish Fund	St. Mary's Studley	Holy Ascension	Total Funds	Year on Year Change
		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
				-5,458				11,562	11,562	-17,021
		1,510 10,551	105,728 272,404	-9,676 236,924	97,562 519,879	2,282 8,270	-14,942 287,345	-1,521 238,444	-14,181 534,059	111,743 -14,180
		12,061	378,131	227,248	617,441	10,551	272,404	236,924	519,878	97,563

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Balance Sheet at 31st December 2022 2022 2021 èar on Yèar Change ParSsh Fund St. Mary's Studlay Holy Aseenslon Total Funds Parlsh Fund St. Mary's Sludley Holy Ascenslon Total Funds Note See Paga 13 for Dgto11 Fix&d Asset8 Tanglble Flxad Asset$ Inv88tment assets Total Flx•d A888t8 58 5b 120,000 74,05 92,530 166,586 194,056 92.530 286 $88 120,000 74,056 97,989 172 045 194.056 97,989 292,Q4S .5,459 120,000 120,000 Currant A8S&t8 D8blors Short Term Deposits Cash at Bank 8nd in Hand Total Current A88et8 456 580 136,979 120,573 258,132 954 39,481 21,664 62,099 1,990 176.460 157.875 336 325 431 3,423 136,186 12,995 152,e04 3,209 39,304 22,396 64,909 7,063 175,490 61,920 244,473 -5.073 970 95,955 8a Bb 15,638 26,529 26,960 Ll8bllltle8 Amount8 F8llln9 Due Wllhin Ono Year 4,033 .1,438 .5,471 .16,409 .200 -30 -16,639 11,168 Nat Current As68t8 12,061 258,132 60,661 330,854 10,551 1S2,404 64,879 227,834 103,019 Net Assets 12,061 378,132 227,247 617 440 272 404 236,924 519,879 97,560 Funds Unreslrlcled D$sign81ed R8slricted Endowment Total 508 220,725 292 37,115 120,000 378,132 52,580 92.530 8.081 74.056 227,247 273,813 92,822 56,749 194,056 617,440 644 135,195 292 16,917 120,000 272,404 55,501 97,989 9,378 74,056 236,924 191.340 98,281 36,202 194,056 519,879 82.473 -5,459 20,547 11.553 9,907 12,061 10,550 97,560 Approvod by the Parochial Chur¢h Councll and slgnerl on Its b&half by.. Chalrperson .Oatè.. s Ilpd &L3 Membgr -Datg... 07M212023

Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Review of Financial Activities and Affairs for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

1. Studley - Income from doners in 2022 was £62,715 compared with £49080 for 2021. The main element of this was Gift Aided donations and theire associated tax credits which came to £55,705 in 2022 compared with £45,631 in 2021. whilst some of this increase reflects genuine growth the apparent growth has been somewhat skewed by a significant Advent Gift for 2021 being banked in January 2022. Income from fees was £7,123 in 2022 compared with £2,738 in 2021, a reflection that levels of baptism, wedding an dFuneral services are returning to pre-pandemic levels. The church also benefitted for a £100,000 legacy which was received in December 2022. This legacy is specifically for the upkeep of buildings and has so far been used to pay for the roof repair and the deposit for the new sound system, with the balance being paid in 2023. This legacy will also contribute to the interest/dividends earned but arrived to late in 2022 to have any major impact that year.

Mappleborough Green income from donations and voluntary giving was £25,716 in 2022 compared with £27,721 in 2021 reflecting the loss of a few members of the congregation due to a variety of reasons. Fund raising income was £2,259 in 2022 compared with £2,638 in 2021 and Fee Income was £1451 in 2022 compared with £2,539 in 2021, not reflecting the recovery seen in other churches. Dividend income and interest was £5,391 in 2022 compared with £4,922 in 2021, and this increase partially offset the income losses from other areas. The net result was that total church income in 2022 was £34,817 compared with £37,840 in 2021. At the same time church expenditure rose from £35,858 in 2021 to £36,838 in 2022 meaning that church finances showed a deficit of £2,021 in 2022 compared with a surplus of £1,982 in 2021. This loss was further increased by the need to transfer £900 to support Anckorn House.

2 2022 saw a slight fall in the financial and investment markets and at the end of the year the Mappleborough Green investment in the M&G Investment Fund for Charities showed an unrealised loss of £5,458 which took the investment to a closing balance of £92,530 at 31st December.

3. A total of £118,416 was spent on providing the Christian Ministry for the Parish, split between Parish £10,460, St Mary's £69,167 and Holy Ascension £38,789 (See page 16). This sum included the contribution to the Diocese for the Parish Share of £62,661. The Parish Share included a sum of almost £8,500 paid to the Diocesan Support Fund, to assist churches that are unable to pay the full cost of their clergy. This represents 14% of the full cost of a clergy post. During the year Mappleborough Green raised £290 for outward giving.

4. Routine Maintenance and Servicing accounted for £3,231 at Studley and £1,957 at Mappleborough Green. These costs were mainly for boiler servicing, fire extiguisher contracts, PAT Testing, minor electrical work, organ tuning & church alarm system maintenance. Major expenditure at Studley was £7,900 mainly relating to repairs to the roof and the purchase of items of equipment for the new sound system. Expenditure at Mappleborough Green amounted to £5,404 which mainly relates to organ repairs, rainwater diverters and improvements to the heating system at church and lighting improvements at the church and Anckorn House.

5. Once again thank you to everyone who has helped with the finances over the past year whether it has been counting the cash from collections at services, giving regularly to church funds or maintaining the accounts. In particular my thanks to Joyce Duffin and Erica Hayton for their work on the accounts of the two churches. A number of people also provide a variety of resources for which they seek no payment. This is very much appreciated and it is important to bear this in mind when looking at our costs for outreach and services which often do not reflect the full cost because of the generosity of people.

Patrick Smith

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

1. Accounting Policies

The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, together with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 2015 (FRS 102).

The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets, which are shown at market value. The Parish Account receives funds which are provided by both churches, individually, to pay joint costs but the individual costs are reflected in the individual church financial statements which also reflect the appropriate funds. The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

Funds

Unrestricted funds are general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Designated funds are part of the unrestricted funds set aside by the PCC for a particular project. The PCC may place these in a separate unrestricted fund called a designated fund. Funds so designated may be redesignated by the PCC and so designation does not prevent funds from being spent on other purposes. All unrestricted funds comprise income funds which the PCC must spend within a reasonable time.

Restricted funds represent (a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest, and (b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of each year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund. The PCC does not usually invest separately for each fund. Where there is no separate investment, interest is apportioned to individual funds on an average balance basis.

Endowment funds are funds, the capital of which must be maintained; only income arising from investment of the endowment may be used either as restricted or unrestricted funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established.

Incoming Resources

Voluntary Income and Capital Resources

Collections are recognised when received by, or on behalf of, the PCC. Planned Giving receivable under covenant is recognised only when received. Income Tax recoverable on covenants or gift aid donations is recognised when the income is recognised.

Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement and the amount due.

Funds raised through the fete, garden party and similar events are accounted for gross wherever possible.

Other Ordinary Income

Rental Income from the letting of church premises is recognised when the rental is due.

Income from Investments

Dividends and interest are accounted for when receivable. Tax recoverable on such income is recognised in the same accounting year.

Gains and Losses on Investments

Realised gains or losses are recognised when the investments are sold. Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of investments at 31st December.

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

1. Accounting Policies (continued)

Resources Used

Grants

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

Activities Directly Relating to the Work of the Church

The diocesan quota, or parish share, is accounted for when payable. Any parish share unpaid at 31st December is provided for in the accounts as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the Balance Sheet. The parish share was paid in full in 2022.

Fixed Assets

Consecrated Land & Buildings and Moveable Church Furnishings

Buildings are held at the 1997 insurance value currently and for the foreseeable future as agreed with our Examiner and following discussions with Church House, Coventry.

Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from the accounts by s.96(2)(a) of the Charities Act 1993.

Moveable church furnishings are held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and those requiring a faculty for disposal are considered by the PCC to be inalienable property. They are listed in the church's inventory which can be inspected at any reasonable time. For inalienable property acquired prior to 1997 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the accounts. Items acquired since 1st January 1997 have been capitalised and depreciated in the accounts over the anticipated useful economic life on a straight line basis. The economic life used was five years for items acquired up to 31st December 2004. Items acquired after that date have generally depreciated over three years to reflect the rapid technological changes and obsolescence in computers and such equipment.

In 2015 a new printer was purchased for the Administrator but was written off over twelve months due to the relatively low cost. In 2016 a second laptop was purchased for general parish use. In 2017 an additional printer was purchased for the Administration Office and a new laptop for general parish use. In line with a recommendation made by the Indepenedent Examiner at the 2016 accounts review items costing less than £1,000 are now fully written down in the year of purchase. Therefore the items purchased in 2017 were all fully written down in the year. No purchases or disposals were made in 2018 and 2020. In 2019 a new Administration Office computer and a second hand photocopier were purchased. Both were written off during the year. In 2021 a Mevo Camera was purchased to enhance "Live streaming" of services.

Investments

Investments are shown at market value at 31st December.

Current Assets

Amounts owing to the PCC at 31st December in respect of fees, rents or other income, are shown as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable.

Short term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds; at the bank or building society.

Creditors include Grants that have been received but not yet spent for the specific purposes for which they were given. The figure also includes all fees paid as deposits and other advance payments for weddings and funerals

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) for the Year Ended 31st December 2022
2 Incoming Resources Parish St. Mary's Studley Holy Ascension Mappleborough Total Funds £ £ £ £ 2a Incoming Resources from Donors Planned Giving Gift Aid Donations 44,707 4,772 49,479 Income Tax Recoverable on Gift Aid 0 11,393 4,868 16,260 Other Planned Giving (including CAF) 2,000 300 2,300 Collections (Open Plate) at all Services 1,460 646 2,106 Give As You Earn Scheme 15,160 15,160 Income towards FLW costs 7,220 7,220 Sundry Donations 4,896 580 5,476 Sub Total 7,220 64,455 26,326 98,001 Legacies 100,000 100,000 Total 7,220 164,455 26,326 198,001 2b Other Voluntary Incoming Resources Charity Fund Raising 98 98 Grants 3,000 600 4,161 7,761 Donations (i) Fetes & Other Fund Raising Events 2,159 2,159 Fund Raising - Parish Centre/Ankcorn House Income from DCC's for Property Maintenance 250 250 (ii) Income from DCC's for Equipment Purchases 1,500 1,500 Total 4,750 698 6,320 11,768 2c Income from Charitable & Ancilliary Trading Magazines Orders of Service 53 27 80 Lettings - Church/Parish Centre/Ankcorn House 9,746 908 10,654 Memorial Trees Other Income Fees 7,123 1,424 8,547 Total 16,922 2,359 19,281 2d Other Ordinary Incoming Resources Insurance Claims Total 2e Income from Investments Dividends and Interest 793 5,427 6,220 Realised Gains Total 793 5,427 6,220 Total Incoming Resources 11,970 182,868 40,432 235,270 N.B. Incoming Resources (2a) includes Gift Day Income 8,681 2,410 11,091 2022	2021
	Parish	St. Mary's Studley	Holy Ascension Mappleborough	Total Funds
	£	£	£	£
	1,415	39,684	7,266	48,366
	387	8,953	5,207	14,546
		120	300	420
		1,342	578	1,920
			13,873	13,873
	205	2,702	971	3,878
	2,007	52,801	28,195	83,003
		500		500
	2,007	53,301	28,195	83,503
		11,629	15,029	26,658
			2,458	2,458
	240			240
	1,500			1,500
	1,740	11,629	17,487	30,856
		5,218	130	5,348
		2,738	2,539	5,277
		7,956	2,669	10,625
		1,069	4,981	6,050
		1,069	4,981	6,050
	3,747	73,955	**53,333 **	131,034
	4,025 2,275 6,300

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St, Mary's Church, Studley Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

2 Incoming Resources 2a Incoming Resources from Donors Planned Giving Gift Aid Donations Income Tax Recoverable on Gift Aid Other Planned Giving (including CAF) Collections (Open Plate) at all Services Give As You Earn Scheme Sundry Donations Sub Total Legacies Total 2b Other Voluntary Incoming Resources Charity Fund Raising Grants Donations (i) Fetes & Other Fund Raising Events Fund Raising - Parish Centre Total 2c Income from Charitable & Ancilliary Trading Magazines Orders of Service Lettings - Parish Centre Other Income Fees Total 2d Other Ordinary Incoming Resources Insurance Claims Total 2e Income from Investments Dividends and Interest Total Total Incoming Resources N.B. Incoming Resources (2a) includes Gift Day Income	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY
	2022					2021
	General Fund	Parish Centre	Fabric Fund	Total Funds		General Fund	Parish Centre	Fabric Fund	Total Funds
	£	£	£	£		£	£	£	£
	44,317 390 44,707 11,388 5 11,393 2,000 2,000 1,460 1,460 3,551 1,345 4,896 62,715 1,740 64,455 100,000 100,000 162,715 1,740 164,455 98 98 600 600 698 698 53 53 9,746 9,746 7,123 7,123 7,176 9,746 16,922 750 43 793 750 43 793 171,338 9,789 1,740 182,868 8,681 8,681
						37,221		2,463	39,684
						8,410		543	8,953
						120			120
						1,342			1,342
						1,987		715	2,702
						49,080		3,721	52,801
								500	500
						49,080		4,221	53,301
						1,200	2,158	8,271	11,629
						1,200	2,158	8,271	11,629
							5,218		5,218
						2,738			2,738
						2,738	5,218		7,956
						1,068		1	1,069
						1,068		1	1,069
						54,086	7,376	12,493	73,955
						4,025 4,025

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Holy Ascension Church, Mappleborough Green Notes to Financial Statements (continued) for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

2 Incoming Resources 2a Incoming Resources from Donors Planned Giving Gift Aid Donations Income Tax Recoverable on Gift Aid Other Planned Giving (including CAF) Collections (Open Plate) at all Services Give As You Earn Scheme Sundry Donations Sub Total Legacies Total 2b Other Voluntary Incoming Resources Grants Donations (i) Fetes & Other Fund Raising Events Fund Raising - Ankcorn House Total 2c Income from Charitable & Ancilliary Trading Magazines Orders of Service Lettings - Church/Ankcorn House Charity Fund Raising Memorial Trees Other Income Fees Total 2d Other Ordinary Incoming Resources Insurance Claims Total 2e Income from Investments Dividends and Interest Realised Investments Total Total Incoming Resources N.B. Incoming Resources (2a) includes Gift Day Income	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN
	2022					2021
	General Fund	Ankcorn House	Fabric Fund	Total Funds		General Fund	Ankcorn House	Fabric Fund	Total Funds
	£	£	£	£		£	£	£	£
	4,652 120 4,772 4,808 60 4,868 300 300 646 646 15,160 15,160 149 430 580 25,716 430 180 26,326 25,716 430 180 26,326 100 4,061 4,161 2,159 2,159 2,259 4,061 6,320 27 27 908 908 1,424 1,424 1,451 908 2,359 5,391 35 5,427 5,391 35 5,427 34,817 1,338 4,277 40,432 2,410 2,410
						7,146		120	7,266
						5,177		30	5,207
						300			300
						578			578
						13,873			13,873
						647	24	300	971
						27,721	24	450	28,195
						27,721	24	450	28,195
						200		14,829	15,029
						2,458			2,458
						2,658		14,829	17,487
							130		130
						2,539			2,539
						2,539	130		2,669
						4,922		59	4,981
						4,922		59	4,981
						37,840	154	15,338	53,332
						2,275 2,275

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Resources Used Grants Missionary and Charitable Giving Church Overseas -Missionary Societies - Relief & Development Agencies Home Missions & Other Church Societies Secular Charities Total Activities Directly Relating to the Work of the Church Ministry - Diocesan Quota - Clergy Expenses - Curates House Cost - Upkeep of Services - Other Ministry Costs (Including Family Link Worker) - Vicarage Maintenance - Training Costs Alpha Course Costs Church - Running Costs - Maintenance Major Repairs & Refurbishment Major Projects Church Equipment Expenditure on Parish Magazine and Bookstall Upkeep of Churchyard Cost of Memorial Trees Upkeep of Field Parish Centre/Ankcorn House Running Costs Ankcorn House Major Repairs Architects Fees Professional Fees Salary of Vergers Salary of Organists Sub Total Depreciation Total Fund raising & Publicity Cost of Fetes, Bazaars and Other Fund Raising Events Advertising Total Church Management & Administration Administration: Secretarial Expenses Office Expenses (incl Printing, Stationery, Postage & Env Scheme Office Furniture/Equipment and Repairs Sundries Covenant Secretary's Expenses Lunchbox Management Expenses Bank Charges Total Total Resources Used Net Resource Before Transfers Fund Transfers Realised Gains/(Losses) on Investments Unrealised Gains/(Losses) Depreciation Net Movement in Funds	2022	2022	2022	2022
	Parish	St. Mary's Studley	Holy Ascension Mappleborough	Total Funds
	£	£	£	£

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3 Resources Used

3a Grants

3b Activities Directly Relating to the Work of the Church

3c Fund raising & Publicity

3d Church Management & Administration

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St Mary's Church, Studley Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

3 Resources Used

STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY	STUDLEY
2022					2021
General Fund	Parish Centre	Fabric Fund	Total Funds		General Fund	Parish Centre	Fabric Fund	Total Funds
£	£	£	£		£	£	£	£

3a Grants

Missionary and Charitable Giving Church Overseas

• -Missionary Societies

• Relief & Development Agencies Home Missions & Other Church Societies Secular Charities Total

3b Activities Directly Relating to the Work of the Church

Ministry - Diocesan Quota - Clergy Expenses - Curates House Cost - Upkeep of Services - Other Ministry Costs - Vicarage Maintenance - Training Costs Alpha Course Costs Church - Running Costs - Maintenance Major Repairs & Refurbishment Major Projects - Vision 900 Church Equipment Expenditure on Parish Magazine and Bookstall Upkeep of Churchyard Cost of Memorial Trees Upkeep of Field Parish Centre Running Costs Architects Fees Professional Fees Salary of Vergers Salary of Organists Sub Total Depreciation Total Fund raising & Publicity Cost of Fetes, Bazaars and Other Fund Raising Events Advertising Total Church Management & Administration Administration: Secretarial Expenses Office Expenses (incl Printing, Stationery, Postage & Env Scheme Office Furniture/Equipment and Repairs Sundries Covenant Secretary's Expenses Lunchbox Management Expenses Bank Charges Total Total Resources Used Net Resource Before Transfers Fund Transfers Unrealised Gains/(Losses) Depreciation Net Movement in Funds	41,774			41,774
	877			877
	821			821
	3,135			3,135
	189			189
	5,808			5,808
	1,131	2,100		3,231
			7,900	7,900
	844			844
		6,197		6,197
	54,578	8,297	7,900	70,775
	54,578	8,297	7,900	70,775

3c Fund raising & Publicity

3d Church Management & Administration

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Holy Ascension Church, Mappleborough Green Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For the Year Ended 31st December 2022

3 Resources Used

3a Grants

Missionary and Charitable Giving Church Overseas

• -Missionary Societies

• Relief & Development Agencies Home Missions & Other Church Societies Secular Charities Total

3b

Activities Directly Relating to the Work of the Church

Ministry - Diocesan Quota

• Clergy Expenses

• Curates House Cost

• Upkeep of Services

• Other Ministry Costs

• Vicarage Maintenance

• Training Costs Alpha Course Costs Church - Running Costs - Maintenance Major Repairs & Refurbishment Cost of Memorial Trees Church Equipment Expenditure on Parish Magazine and Bookstall Upkeep of Churchyard Cost of Memorial Trees Upkeep of Field Ankcorn House Running Costs Ankcorn House Major Repairs Architects Fees Professional Fees Salary of Vergers Salary of Organists Sub Total Depreciation

3c

Fund raising & Publicity

Cost of Fetes, Bazaars and Other Fund Raising Events Advertising Total

MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN	MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN
2022					2021
General Fund	Ankcorn House	Fabric Fund	Total Funds		General Fund	Ankcorn House	Fabric Fund	Total Funds
£	£	£	£		£	£	£	£
290 290 290 290 20,887 20,887 427 427 591 591 2,104 2,104 69 69 6,807 6,807 1,085 872 1,957 4,094 4,094 1,461 1,461 1,019 1,019 1,310 1,310 396 396 33,430 1,891 5,800 41,120 33,430 1,891 5,800 41,120 91 91 91 91
					190			190
					190			190
					20,478			20,478
					401			401
					338			338
					2,264			2,264
					95			95
					5,389			5,389
					2,174	233		2,407
							28,106	28,106
					1,842			1,842
						630		630
							829	829
							759	759
					32,981	863	29,694	63,538
					32,981	863	29,694	63,538
91			91		10			10
91			91		10			10

3d Church Management & Administration Administration:

Secretarial Expenses Office Expenses (incl Printing, Stationery, Postage & Env Scheme Office Furniture/Equipment and Repairs Sundries Covenant Secretary's Expenses Lunchbox Management Expenses Bank Charges Total Total Resources Used Net Resource Before Transfers Funds Transfers Amount shown as income in Financial Activities Statement Unrealised Gains/(Losses) Depreciation Net Movement in Funds	2,228			2,228
	690			690
	108	61	60	229
	3,027	61	60	3,147

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Supplementary Detail

2 Income

2b Other Voluntary Incoming Resources

Grants

Studley/Mappleborough Green Parish Council Studley Charities Listed Place of Worship VAT Grant & Allchurches Trust Total

Legacies

Studley - Ronald Ward Total

Fetes & Other Fund Raising Events

Parish Party Summer Fete Autumn Fair Smartie Tubes Annual Fund Raising Event/Gift Day General Fund Raising Maundy Supper Fund Raising V900 Lunch Box Other Fund Raising Events Total

Donations

Sundry Total Total

Studley	Studley		Mappleborough Green	Mappleborough Green
2022	2021		2022	2021
	600			100
600	8,871		4,061	14,829
600	9,471		4,061	14,929
	500
100,000
100,000	500
			220	634
98			1,203	922
			736	902
98			2,159	2,458
100,698	9,971		6,220	17,387

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Supplementary Detail

Studley	Studley		Mappleborough Green	Mappleborough Green
2022	2021		2022	2021

3 Expenditure

3a Grants

Missionary Societies Church societies Total Other Charities Total

Relief & Development Agencies

40
40
250	190
250	190

Home Missions & Other Church Societies

Total

Secular Charities

Total

Total

290 190

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to Financial Statements (continued) for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Supplementary Detail

Studley	Studley		Mappleborough Green	Mappleborough Green
2022	2021		2022	2021

3 Expenditure (continued)

3b Activities Directly Relating to Work of the Church

Clergy Expenses

Visiting Speaker Visiting Clergy Expenses - Vicar Expenses- Curate Expenses - Associate Minister Printing - Vicar Printing - Curate Postage - Vicar Stationery - Vicar Stationery - Curate Telephone - Vicar Telephone - Curate Total Upkeep of Services Worship Messy Church Total	16
	24
	387	312
	361	296
		8
	29
	28	29
	1
		15
	7
	24	143
	877	803
	419	289
	402	202
	821	491

Other Ministry Costs

Songs & Music Tech - Streaming/Broadband Church Music Licence Service Books Royal Society of Church Music Readers Annual Subscription Deanery Levy Contribution to Family Link Worker Discipling Children & Youth Pastoral Care Schhol & Children Enquirers Courses Occasional Offices Festivals & Community Total

Running Costs

Cleaning Electricity Oil Water Rent of Ankcorn House Insurance Traidcraft Purchases Sundry Costs Total

Maintenance

Routine Maintenance - Church Fire Equipment - Church Tuning of Organ & Piano Total

23	48		89	24
675	685		128	343
791	581		257	247
1,098			549
71	62		35	31
154	20		153	10
46	378		23	224
57	79		113	72
95	34		48	17
87	86		25	29
38	201		684	1,267
3,135	2,175		2,104	2,264

				30
581	519		837	926
777	941		2,951	1,154
95	82
2,328	2,328		2,207	2,126
2,026	1,389		812	1,154
5,808	5,258		6,807	5,389
490	609		761	1,675
305				187
336	324		324	312
1,131	933		1,085	2,174

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to Financial Statements (continued) For the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Supplementary Detail

Studley	Studley		Mappleborough Green	Mappleborough Green
2022	2021		2022	2021

3 Expenditure (continued)

3b Activities Directly Relating to Work of the Church (continued) Parish Centre/Ankcorn House Running Costs

Electricity Gas Oil Insurance Fire Extinguishers Garden Maintenance Water (2017 refund of overcharge to Ankcorn House) Caretaker/Cleaner Cleaning Materials Lottery & Amusement Act Licence Sundry Expenses & Bank Charges Total Running Costs Repairs & Maintenance Total Parish Centre/Ankcorn House Costs	971	233		230	130
	137	293
	896	782		230	230
		305
	1,340	6,200
	95	82		381	270
	2,068	2,080		178
	752	406
	6,259	10,382		1,019	630
	2,100	634		872	233
	8,359	11,016		1,891	863

3c Fund Raising & Publicity

Stewardship Expenses Summer Fete Expenses Autumn Fair Expenses Parish Party Expenses Sundry Fund Raising Costs - Church Sundry Fund Raising Costs - Fabric Publicity & Advertising Lottery Licence - Parish Centre Total 3d Church Management & Administration Telephone - Parish Administrator Postage - Parish Administrator Stationery - Parish Administrator Printing - Parish Administrator PCC Administration Costs Audit Costs Total
	183	19
	183	19
	819	809
	49	151
	312	200
	200	40
		-33
	1,380	1,167

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For the Year Ended 31st December 2022

4 Staff Costs

St. Mary's church paid a self-employed couple to cover the duties of caretaker and cleaner for the Parish Centre. The weekly cost was £40 per week. (These costs are shown under section 3b on page 12)

The Administrator employed by the Parish was paid a salary of £6,270 for the year to 31st December 2021. This was based on the National Living Wage rate of £9.50 an hour for a 55 hour month. (These costs are shown under section 3d on pages 8b and 8c)

Stipendiary clergy have been reimbursed for expenses incurred in the course of their parish duties. These costs are shown on section 3b on pages 8b and 8c. .

Apart from the people mentioned above no other person received any remuneration or reimbursement of expenses and nobody received £40,000 or more per annum

5a Fixed Assets (See Page 14 for details)

Freehold Land and Buildings - Holy Ascension Church

This comprises of Ankcorn House at a 1997 insurance valuation of £74,056

Freehold Land and Buildings - Studley Church

This comprises of the Parish Centre at a 1997 insurance valuation of £120,000

Church Equipment

This refers to equipment owned by the individual churches and shared equipment owned jointly through the PCC and comprises of such items as sound equipment, musical equipment, computers, printers, duplicator and projectors.

5b Investments

At the 31st December 2021 Holy Ascension Church held 6,296.64 units in the M&G Investment Fund for Charities (Charifund), at £15.562 each. This valued the investment at £97,988.31 which showed an unrealised gain of £11,562.52 for the year.

6 Debtors PCC Treasurer's Account Gift Aid Tax Recoverable Amounts due from Deanery and Churches 7 Liabilities: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year PAYE/NI Creditor NEST Pension Creditor Trade Creditor Amount due to Studley DCC Amount due to Mappleborough Green DCC Provision for Grant received but not yet spent Provision for Family Link Worker's Expenses Amounts held for others (Agency collections) 8 Bank Accounts (a) Short Term Deposits General Fund Parish Centre Ankcorn House Fabric Fund (b) Cash at Bank and In Hand General Fund Parish Centre Ankcorn House Fabric Fund 9(a) Funds 5a Fixed Assets and Investments 5b Investments 6 Debtors 7 Liabilities 8a Short Term Deposits 8b Bank Current Accounts See page 15 for Fund Holdings	Parish Fund	St. Mary's	Holy Ascension	Total
	456	580	263 691	843 691 456
	456	580	954	1,990
	-39 -168 -580 -263 -435 -300 -2,248		-1,438	-39 -168 -1,438 -580 -263 -435 -300 -2,248
	-4,033		-1,438	-5,471
		126,884 10,095	32,090 7,391	158,974 10,095 7,391
		136,979	39,481	176,460
	15,638	93,852 2,946 23,774	20,485 717 462	129,976 2,946 717 24,236
	15,638	120,573	21,664	157,875
	456 -4,033 15,638	120,000 580 136,979 120,573	74,056 92,530 954 -1,438 39,481 21,664	194,056 92,530 1,990 -5,471 176,460 157,875
	12,061	378,132	227,247	617,440

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Schedule 5(a)

Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Schedule of Fixed Assets as at 31st December 2022

5 Assets

																Total
	Year				Parish			Studley				Mappleborough				Fixed	Land & Buildings	Total
	Ending		£	Cumulative	Detail		£	Cumulative	Detail		£		Cumulative	Detail		Assets	Studley M/G	Assets
Additions at cost
Cumulative Balance b/fwd	2011			6,017.10				13,364.07					9,953.48			29,334.65	120,000.00 74,056.00	223,390.65
	2012		589.98	6,607.08	Administrator's Computer		1,350.80	14,714.87	Sound System				9,953.48			31,275.43	120,000.00 74,056.00	225,331.43
	2013			6,607.08			6,442.23	21,157.10	Projectors/Screens				9,953.48			37,717.66	120,000.00 74,056.00	231,773.66
	2014		-255.01	6,352.07	Scrap Computer/photocopier			21,157.10					9,953.48			37,462.65	120,000.00 74,056.00	231,518.65
	2015		193.80	6,545.87	Administrator's Printer			21,157.10					9,953.48			37,656.45	120,000.00 74,056.00	231,712.45
	2016		639.99	7,185.86				21,157.10					9,953.48			38,296.44	120,000.00 74,056.00	232,352.44
	2017		841.99	8,027.85	Printer, laptop and software			21,157.10					9,953.48			39,138.43	120,000.00 74,056.00	233,194.43
	2018			8,027.85				21,157.10					9,953.48			39,138.43	120,000.00 74,056.00	233,194.43
	2019		1,767.99	9,795.84	Computer and Photicopier			21,157.10					9,953.48			40,906.42	120,000.00 74,056.00	234,962.42
	2020			9,795.84				21,157.10					9,953.48			40,906.42	120,000.00 74,056.00	234,962.42
	2021		547.70	10,343.54	Mevo Camera			21,157.10					9,953.48			41,454.12	120,000.00 74,056.00	235,510.12
	2022			10,343.54				21,157.10					9,953.48			41,454.12	120,000.00 74,056.00	235,510.12
Depreciation charged
Cumulative Balance b/fwd	2011			5,646.66				13,364.07					9,953.48			28,964.21		28,964.21
	2012		534.28	6,180.94			187.68	13,551.75					9,953.48			29,686.17		29,686.17
	2013		196.68	6,377.62			450.24	14,001.99					9,953.48			30,333.09		30,333.09
	2014		-548.65	5,828.97			2,597.67	16,599.66					9,953.48			32,382.11		32,382.11
	2015		396.05	6,225.02			2,410.04	19,009.70					9,953.48			35,188.20		35,188.20
	2016		284.06	6,509.08			2,147.40	21,157.10					9,953.48			37,619.66		37,619.66
	2017		1,109.83	7,618.91	Items purchased in 2017 w/off			21,157.10					9,953.48			38,729.49		38,729.49
	2018		213.36	7,832.27				21,157.10					9,953.48			38,942.85		38,942.85
	2019		1,963.57	9,795.84				21,157.10					9,953.48			40,906.42		40,906.42
	2020			9,795.84				21,157.10					9,953.48			30,952.94		30,952.94
	2021		547.70	10,343.54				21,157.10					9,953.48			41,454.12		41,454.12
	2022			10,343.54				21,157.10					9,953.48			41,454.12		41,454.12
Net Book Value
Cumulative Balance b/fwd	2011			370.44												370.44	120,000.00 74,056.00	194,426.44
	2012			426.14				1,163.12								1,589.26	120,000.00 74,056.00	195,645.26
	2013			229.46				7,155.11								7,384.57	120,000.00 74,056.00	201,440.57
	2014			523.10				4,557.44								5,080.54	120,000.00 74,056.00	199,136.54
	2015			320.85				2,147.40								2,468.25	120,000.00 74,056.00	196,524.25
	2016			676.78												676.78	120,000.00 74,056.00	194,732.78
	2017			408.94												408.94	120,000.00 74,056.00	194,464.94
	2018			195.58												195.58	120,000.00 74,056.00	194,251.58
	2019																120,000.00 74,056.00	194,056.00
	2020																120,000.00 74,056.00	194,056.00
	2021																120,000.00 74,056.00	194,056.00
	2022																120,000.00 74,056.00	194,056.00

Fixed assets purchased prior to 2005 were depreciated over 5 years on a straight line basis. Computers purchased after 2005 and the second hand photocopier purchased in 2005 depreciated over 3 years. Each church purchased a new projector in December 2006 and these were depreciated over 5 years.

The PCC purchased a new laser colour printer in 2009 for use in the Parish Office. The printer was depreciated over 3 years. Land and Buildings are not depreciated and are recorded in the accounts at the 1997 insurance valuation.

In 2012 a new computer was purchased for use in the Parish Office.

In 2013 projectors and screens were installed in St. Mary's Church just before the end of the year so depreciation will commence from 1st January 2014.

In 2014 a new laptop was purchased through the PCC for general use in the churches; the photocopier was sold and an old computer was scrapped.

In 2015 a new printer was purchased for the Administrator's use, but the cost was such that it was decided to write it off over 12 months.

In 2016 a new laptop was purchased for general use.

At the 2016 review of accounts the Independent Examiner recommended that any items of equipment costing up to £1,000 should be fully expensed in the year of purchase. In 2017 a new computer was purchased through the PCC for Studley Church along with software and a printer for the administrator at a cost of £841.99 which was expensed in the year. No purchases or disposals were made in 2018.

In 2019 a second hand photocopier was purchased for £1,000 plus VAT. It was felt that it would be prudent to write this item off in the year of purchase. A new computer was bought for the Parish Office at a cost of £567.99 and this was also written off.

No purchases or disposals were made in 2020 and there were no asset values to be depreciated in 2020

In 2021 a Mevo Camera was purchased to enchance "live streaming" of service. As the value was under £1,000 the cost were fully written off in year. We also disposed of the photocopier which was purchased in 2005 and the open 2011 balances have been adjusted to reflect this transaction.

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Schedule 9b

Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Fund Holdings

Funds			Parish					St. Mary's	St. Mary's					Holy Ascension	Holy Ascension	Holy Ascension			Grand
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total		Designated	Unrestricted		Restricted	Endowment	Total		Designated	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total		Total
Ankcorn House Funds															717		717		717
Ankcorn House Building																74,056	74,056		74,056
Chancel Restoration Fund															100		100		100
Charifund Investment Fund													92,530				92,530		92,530
Children's Arts & Craft Fund						155					155								155
Christian Education															492		492		492
Churches Together
Coffeehouse			100	100															100
Cross of Nails Link (S.Africa)
Decor8									659		659								659
Equipment			4,612	4,612															4,612
Fabric Fund									23,115		23,115				6,427		6,427		29,542
Flower Fund															8		8		8
Friendship Group			28	28															28
General Fund		508		508			220,725				220,725			52,579			52,579		273,812
Legacy
Memorials
Mission			649	649															649
New Wine
Parish Centre Funds									13,041		13,041								13,041
Parish Centre Building										120,000	120,000								120,000
Prepaid Funerals
Property Refurbishment			970	970															970
Memorial									300		300								300
Memorial Trees															338		338		338
Outreach						137					137								137
Vision 900 Appeal
Youth Work			5,194	5,194															5,194
Total		508	11,553	12,061		292	220,725		37,115	120,000	378,132		92,530	52,579	8,082	74,056	227,247		617,439

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Parish of Studley with Mappleborough Green Christian Ministry Analysis Year to 31st December 2022

Total Resources Used less: Major Repairs & Refurbishment Parish Centre/Ankcorn House Repairs Architects Fees Professional Fees Bank Charges Total Ministry Costs		2022	2022	2022	2022
	PARISH	STUDLEY				PCC
	General Fund	General Fund	Parish Centre	Fabric Fund	Total Funds	Total Funds
	£	£	£	£	£	£
						132,249 11,994 1,310 396 133
						118,416

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Studley Income and Expenditure Comparison 2022 v 2021

Income Donors Charitable Trading Voluntary Income Investment Income Total Income	2022 2021
	162,715	49,080
	7,176	2,738
	698	1,200
	750	1,068
	**171,339 **	54,086

Expenditure Church Costs Grants Support Costs Administration Fund Raising/Publicity Total Expenditure	2022 2021	2022 2021
	54,578	51,862
	4,667	4,206
	1,380	1,167
	183	19
	**60,807 **	57,254

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Income Income
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80,00030000
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0 02003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2022 2021
Donors DonorsCharitable TradingCharitable TradingVoluntary Income Investment IncomeVoluntary Income Investment Income
ExpenditureExpenditure
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Net Movement Investment Income True Surplus/Deficit	2022 2021 110,532 -3,168 750 1,068 109,782 -4,236	0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000	2022 2021 True Surplus/Deficit
		-20,000

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Studley Church Analysis of Donor Giving and Church Running Costs 2022 v 2021

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Income IncomeIncome
Donors 2022 2021 2500025,000
Plate 905 973
Envelopes 0 0
Standing Orders 20,520 18,004 2000020,000
Give As You Earn 14,706 13,801
Donations - Gift Aid 9,091 5,416
15,000
Donations - Non Gift Aid 3,551 1,987 15000
Charities Aid Foundation 2,000 120
Wedding Collections 45 197 10,000
Baptism Collections 336 171 10000
Funeral Collections 174 0
Christingle Collection 5,000
Income Tax Refund 11,388 8,410 5000
Total Income - Donors 62,715 49,080 0
2022 2021
0 Plate Envelopes Standing Orders
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Give As You Earn Donations - Gift Aid Donations - Non Gift Aid
Plate Envelopes Standing Orders Annual Covenant
Donations - Gift AidCharities Aid FoundationDonations - Non Gift AidWedding CollectionsCharities Aid Foundation Wedding CollectionsBaptism Collections
Baptism CollectionsFuneral CollectionsFuneral CollectionsIncome Tax RefundChristingle Collection Income Tax Refund
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Expenditure
Church Costs 2022 2021
Parish Share 41,774 40,955 ExpenditureExpenditure
Clergy 1,066 803 5000045,000
Worship 3,956 2,665 4500040,000
Running Costs 7,783 7,438
Total Expenditure 54,579 51,862 4000035,000
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	Average Givin	Average Givin	g 2022					Average Giving 2021	Average Giving 2021	Average Giving 2021
	£		Congregation	£				Congregation	£
	905 0 35,226 9,091 3,551 2,000 11,388 62,160		Average Number	Yearly	Weekly			Average Number	Yearly	Weekly
Plate Envelopes Standing Orders Donations - Gift Aid Donations - Non Gift Aid	905						973
	0						0
	35,226						31,805
	9,091						5,416
	3,551						1,987
Charities Aid Foundation	2,000						120
Income Tax Refund	11,388						8,410
Total	62,160		82	758.05	14.58		48,711	82	594.04	11.42

The most recent published data for Church of England shows average tax efficient giving per person per week in 2019 was £14.10 nationally and £13.40 in Coventry Diocese Gift Aid allows us to reclaim 25p for every £1 given by a tax payer.

Average congregation number unknown in 2020 and 2021 due to church closure during Coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, attendance has been kept the same for both years.

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Mappleborough Green Income and Expenditure Comparison 2022 v 2021

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Income Donors Charitable Trading Voluntary Income Investment Income Total Income	2022 2021	2022 2021
	25,716	27,721
	1,451	2,539
	2,259	2,658
	5391	4922
	, **34,817 **	, 37,840

Expenditure Church Costs Grants Support Costs Administration Fund Raising Total Expenditure	2022 2021	2022 2021
	33,430	32,981
	290	190
	2,337	2,094
	690	583
	91	10
	**36,838 **	35,858

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True Surplus/Deficit
0
2022 2021 -1,000
-
2,021 1,982
-2,000
5,391 4,922
-7,412 -2,940 -3,000
-4,000
-5,000
-6,000
-7,000
-8,000
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Net Movement Investment Income True Surplus/Deficit	2022 2021
	-2,021	1,982
	5,391	4,922
	-7,412	-2,940

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Mappleborough Green Church Analysis of Donor Giving and Church Running Costs 2022 v 2021

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Income Income
Donors 2022 2021
18,000
Plate 449 297
Envelopes 0 0 16,000
Standing Orders 15,820 15,536 14,000
Annual Covenant 0 0
Donations - Gift Aid 3,992 5,483 12,000
Donations - Non Gift Aid 149 647 10,000
Charities Aid Foundation 300 300
Wedding Collections 0 85 8,000
Baptism Collections 157 30 6,000
Funeral Collections 0 166
4,000
Christingle Collection 40
Income Tax Refund 4,808 5,177 2,000
Total Income - Donors 25,716 27,721 0
2022 2021
Plate Envelopes Standing Orders
Annual Covenant Donations - Gift Aid Donations - Non Gift Aid
Charities Aid Foundation Wedding Collections Baptism Collections
Funeral Collections Christingle Collection Income Tax Refund
Expenditure
Church Costs 2022 2021
Parish Share 20,887 20,478 Expenditure
Clergy 427 401 25,000
Worship 2,764 2,602
Running Costs 9,353 9,500
Total Expenditure 33,431 32,981 20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2022 2021
Running Costs Parish Share Clergy Worship
Average Giving 2022 Average Giving 2021
Congregation £ Congregation £
Average Number Yearly Weekly Average Number Yearly Weekly
Plate 449 1,811
Envelopes 0 988
Standing Orders 15,820 13,751
Annual Covenant 0 350
Donations - Gift Aid 3,992 2,026
Donations - Non Gift Aid 149 175
Charities Aid Foundation 300 458
Income Tax Refund 4,808 4,709
Total 25,518 40 637.96 12.27 24,268 42 577.81 11.11
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The most recent published data for Church of England shows average tax efficient giving per person per week in 2019 was £14.10 nationally and £13.40 in Coventry Diocese Gift Aid allows us to reclaim 25p for every £1 given by a tax payer.

Average congregation number unknown in 2020 and 2021 due to church closure during Coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, attendance has been kept the same for both years.

PMS 07/02/23

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