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Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council of Wednesfield Team Ministry

Registered Charity number 1137018

For the year ended 31st December 2022

Independent Examiner’s report to the members of The Parochial Church Council of Wednesfield Team Ministry

I report on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2022 which are set out on the following pages.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility

Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair” view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner's Statement

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: ………………………………………….. Jonathan Hill FCMA CGMA Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance St Mary’s House, The Close, Lichfield WS15 1GX

Date: …………………………………

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Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wednesfield Team Ministry

Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31st December 2022

Registered Charity number 1137018

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to serving the local community with God’s love and with enabling as many people as possible to worship at our churches and to become part of our parish community at St Alban’s and St Thomas’ churches. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music, and sacrament.

Each of the district churches manages its own objectives and activities within the terms of its Mission Action Plan and under the oversight of the PCC. Fuller details of these activities and objectives can be found in the District Church Annual Reports.

The trustees of the PCC are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit and have had regard to it in their administration of the Charity. The trustees believe that, by promoting the work of the Church of England in The Ecclesiastical Parish of Wednesfield Team it helps to promote the whole mission of the Church (pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical) more effectively, within the Ecclesiastical Parish, and that in doing so it provides a benefit to the public by:

• Providing facilities for public worship, pastoral care, and spiritual, moral, and intellectual development, both for its members and for anyone who wishes to benefit from what the Church offers; and

Achievements and Performance

During 2022, the PCC working through the DCCs achieved the following:

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Financial Review

The PCC’s financial position is described in the attached document.

The financial risks are described below. The principal source of income is collections, occasional office fees, the rent received from 18 Duke Street and Ashmore Autos and hall hire fees for St Alban’s Church and St Thomas’s Centre.

Reserves Policy

The PCC aims to keep approximately three months running costs in reserves (£35,575 in total). This is also to cover emergency building work. Both churches have been able to able to maintain reserves at that level through the year. Total free reserves were £42,453 at 31.12.2022.

It is our policy to invest the short-term investment fund balances with the CCLA Church of England Deposit Fund and the remainder in the CCLA Church of England Investment Fund.

Safeguarding

The PCC believe they have fulfilled their duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have due regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults).

Fundraising

The PCC takes it fundraising responsibilities seriously and is very grateful to all donors – whether regular or occasional – for their support of the church and church events. PCC supporters are never taken for granted. The PCC take full responsibility for fundraising and do not use commercial organisations or professional fundraisers. All money raised is either by donations, fundraising events, special appeals, or legacies for which the PCC are most grateful.

Volunteers

The members of the PCC would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our Church a lively and vibrant community. In the context of this report, our especial thanks go to our church wardens, who have worked so tirelessly on our behalf and the treasurers who have managed and helped us all to understand the church’s accounts and its finances.

Review of the Year

The life of the Parish gradually recovered from the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Live worship had already restarted over the course of 2021, but in 2022 we were able to restart other larger scale events, such as summer and Christmas fairs and the annual Remembrance Day service outside St Thomas’ Church. The Christmas programme also started to look more normal, although local schools remained cautious about holding services in church and taking part in events like the Christmas lights switch-on.

While we encouraged people to return to in-person worship, we continued to live-stream services (for the whole year at St Thomas’ and up until June at St Alban’s), to allow engagement from people who were still unable or uncomfortable with coming to services in person.

Rev Derek D’Sousa’s appointment as Interim Minister at St Thomas’ was renewed in February, and again in August.

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The numbers of baptisms remained high, as families caught up on services that would otherwise have taken place during the Covid restrictions.

The team’s ministry has continued to be in high demand for funerals across the parish, although numbers are lower than in recent years. The majority of these have been at the crematorium, but we have also had a number at each of the churches.

Wider involvement in the local community has also started to open up again, with participation in Wednesfield in Bloom and the Ashmore Park Stuff-4-Steph community fair, and well-attended concerts by the Ashmore Park Choir at St Thomas’ Church.

In September, St Alban’s appointed a part-time Children and Families Worker, who is helping to develop a more comprehensive programme of ministry, as well as building informal links with the significant number of young families associated with the church.

Also in September, the Diocese finally gave the approval for the recruitment of a replacement Rector, and since then a small group has been developing a Parish Profile for the appointment.

Future Plans

At St Thomas’s, the appointment of a new Rector is a high priority, and critical to shaping the church’s vision and strategy for the post-Covid era. It is planned to approve the Parish Profile in January and advertise the post soon thereafter.

At St Alban’s, there has been substantial turnover and instability in key leadership positions, and some change in the character of the congregation. The priority is to rebuild the church on firm foundations, especially of prayer and discipleship.

Risk Management

The most serious risks to the churches, financial and otherwise, would come from declining giving and regular attendance. These are addressed through continued teaching and mission. A major unexpected demand on building maintenance could put the viability of the parish at risk. Regular maintenance is undertaken, and St Thomas’ and St Albans’ DCC’s maintain some funds to provide for this.

Structure, Governance and Management

The PCC is a Body Corporate established by the Church of England (PCC Powers Measure 1956, and the Church Representation Rules 2006) and is a Charity registered with the Charity Commission. The PCC is governed by the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended that came into effect on 2[nd] January 1957, and the Church Representation Rules [CRR] (2020), and by the Wednesfield Team Instrument of Government [WTIG] made in 2014.

The method of appointment of the PCC members is set out in the CRR as amended by the Wednesfield Team Instrument of Governance. The Council comprises the Incumbent, the Churchwardens, a representative of the Readers, those elected to the Deanery Synod, and other members who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, by those on the Electoral Roll. Members of the congregation are always urged to join the Electoral Roll, and to stand for election to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance in the parish, and for all financial matters. The PCC meets 3-4 times a year. Given its responsibilities, the PCC has a number of sub committees, each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These include the DCC at St Thomas, the DCC at St Albans, and the St Thomas Centre Management Committee and others as required. Each reports back to the PCC with the minutes of their meetings, directly or through DCCs.

The following policies are in place:

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Related Parties

Donations from related parties (PCC members). All donations from related parties during the year were received without any conditions that would render them transactions.

Reference and Administrative details

The Churches are situated in Wednesfield, in the City of Wolverhampton and is part of the Deanery of Wulfrun, in the Diocese of Lichfield. The correspondence address is: The Parish Office, St Thomas’ Church, Church Street, Wednesfield WV11 1SS.

Registered charity number 1137018.

Our website address is: www.wednesfieldteam.org.uk.

PCC members who have served from 1[st] January 2022 until the date this report was approved were :

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Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year
The Rev’d Thomas Fish Team Vicar
Mr Terence Braithwaite Parish Reader
Parish Warden
From 21stJune 2022
Mr Derek Bennett Parish Warden
PCC Treasurer,
Deanery Synod (St Alban’s)
Until 21stJune 2022
Mr Clive Postle Diocesan Synod,
Deanery Synod (St Thomas),
Parish Warden
PCCLay chair, StThomas’ DCC
Mrs Jill Ellson District Warden (St Thomas’)
LayMinister for Prayer
Mrs Lucy Smith District Warden (St Thomas’)
Mrs Deborah Dale DCC Secretary (St Alban’s)
St Alban’s PCC member
Until 15thMay 2022
From 15thMay 2022
Mrs Jan Postle DCC Secretary (St Thomas’)
Mr Steve Lawley DCC Treasurer (St Thomas’)
Mr Barry Bishop DCC Treasurer (St Alban’s)
District Warden (St Alban’s)
From 30thOctober 2022
Mr Christopher Hope Deanery Synod (St Thomas’)
Mr Brian Daybell Deanery Synod (St Alban’s)
District Warden (St Alban’s)
From 21stJune to 22ndJuly
2022
Mr Laurence Fletcher District Warden (St Alban’s) Until 21stJune 2022
Mrs Sylvia Kelly District Warden (St Alban’s) Until 21stJune 2022
Mr David Cradock St Alban’s PCC Member From 15thMay 2022
Mrs Norma Thompson St Thomas’s PCC Member
Mrs Susan Vaughan St Thomas’s PCC Member
Mrs Rachel Warner St Alban’s PCC Member

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Mrs Jennifer Hickman St Thomas’s
PCC Secretary
Mrs Helen Hammond St Alban’s PCC Member Until 15thMay 2022
Miss Paula McInally St Alban’s PCC Member Until 15thMay 2022
Mr Edwin Simpson St Thomas’s PCC Member From 15thMay 2022

Names and addresses of advisers:

Bank Lloyds Bank Investment CCLA Managers Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance

Independent Examiner Jonathan Hill FCMA CGMA

Approved by the PCC on 24[th] January 2023 and signed on its behalf by:

………………………………………. ……………………………….

Reverend Tom Fish (Acting Chair) Mr Clive Postle (Lay Chair)

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The PCC of Wednesfield Team Ministry

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Receipts and Payments Account

Unrestricted
Funds
£

Designated
Funds
£


Restricted
Funds
£

Endowment
Funds
£

Total
Funds
2022
£

Total
Funds
2021
£
RECEIPTS
Donations and
Legacies
4a 73,013 -- 4,794 -- 77,807 79,367
Income from Charitable
Activities
4b 15,419 -- -- -- 15,419 12,877
Income from
Investments
4c 15,606 -- 855 -- 16,461 12,367
Church Activities 4d 28,143 -- -- -- 28,143 7,921
Other 4e 2,224 -- -- -- 2,224 --
Total Receipts 134,405 -- 5,649 -- 140,054 112,534
PAYMENTS
Raising Funds 5a 270 -- -- -- 270 123
Church Activities 5b 142,032 -- 3,372 -- 145,404 106,852
Other 5c - -- - -- - -
Total Payments 142,302 -- 3,372 -- 145,674 106,975
Excess of Receipts
over Payments
(7,897) -- 2,277 -- (5,620) 5,559
Transfer between
Funds
8 -- -- -- -- -- --
Cash at Bank and In
Hand at 1st Jan
6 50,350 5,819 13,113 69,282 63,723
Cash at Bank and In
Hand at 31st Dec
6 42,453 5,819 15,390 63,662 69,282

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The PCC of Wednesfield Team Ministry

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Cash Funds
6
Bank Current Accounts
CBF Deposit Accounts
Petty Cash
less Agency balances
31
Total Cash Funds
Other Monetary Assets(due to PCC)
Gift Aid Recoverable
Other
34
Total Other Monetary Assets
Investment Assets
7
CCLA Investment Fund_(at market value)
Other Investments
32
Total Investment Assets
Assets Retained for Church Use
8
Freehold House and Land Next to St
Albans
Moveable furnishings & office equipment
33
Total Assets Retained for Church Use
Liabilities
(owed by the PCC)_
Diocesan Parish Share
Other
35
Total Liabilities
Total 2022
£
Total 2021
£
33,213 45,232
32,702 40,461
40 40
(2,294)
(16,452)
63,662
69,282
- -
1,586 -
1,586 -
28,740 32,130
-
28,740 32,130
162,000
162,000
8,247
8,247
170,247
170,247
0.00 13,859
2,502 1,554
**2,502 ** 15,413

The notes on the following pages form part of these accounts

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The PCC of Wednesfield Team Ministry

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022

1. Notes to the Accounts:

The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.

All figures have been rounded to remove pence so there may be slight differences in totals.

2. Fixed Assets

Consecrated and benefice property is not included from the accounts by s.10(2)(a)&(c) of the Charities Act 2011.

Moveable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed in the Church’s inventory, which can be inspected (at reasonable time). For anything acquired prior to 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the financial statements.

Other tangible fixed assets are valued at cost.

3. Description of Funds

a. Unrestricted Funds are income funds of the PCC that are available for spending on the general purposes of the PCC, including amounts designated by the PCC for fixed assets for its own use or for spending on a future project and which are therefore not included in its “free reserves” as disclosed in the trustees’ annual report.

b. Restricted Funds Comprise of two elements:

i. income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest.

ii. 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 not separate investment, interest is apportioned to individual funds on an average balance basis.

c. Endowment Funds are restricted funds that must be retained a trust capital either permanently to subject to a discretionary power to spend capital as income, and where the use of any income or other benefit derived from the capital may be restricted or unrestricted. Full details of all their restrictions are shown in the notes to the accounts.

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The PCC of Wednesfield Team Ministry

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Receipts and payments

Finance

B
RECEIPTS
4 Unrestricted
Funds
£

Designated
Funds
£

Restricted
Funds
£

Endowment
Funds
£

Total
Funds
2022
£
Total
Funds
2021
£
F
Donations and Legacies
Voluntary Receipts 4a
1 Tax efficient planned giving 37,092 37,092 37,302
2 Other planned giving 6,810 6,810 8,846
3 Collections at services 8,993 8,993 6,986
4 All other giving and voluntary
receipts including special
appeals
4,113 4,794 8,907 11,926
6 Gift Aid Recovered 12,292 11,292 11,061
7 Legacies Received
8 Grants (recurring and one-off) 6,925 6,925 3,243
73,013 4,794 77,807 79,367
Income from Charitable
activities
4b
9 Pop In 1,514 1,514 476
9 Fayres 1,710 1,710 1,047
9 Other Fundraising Activities
Church lettings objectives 3,292 3,292 991
Fees for Weddings, Funerals,
BOA and memorials
8,903 8,903 10,363
15,419 15,419 12,877
Receipts from Investments 4c
10 Dividends 855 827
Rental Income 15,365 15,366 11,532
10 Bank Interest 241 241 8
15,606 855 16,461 12,367

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Church Activities 4d
11 Centre Grants 9,701 9,701
12 Church Hall Hire 16,446 16,446 7,921
12 Centre Donations 1,986 1,986
12 Centre Other Income 10 10
28,143 28,143 7,921
Other Receipts 4e
13 Other 2,224 2,224
2,224 2,224
A Total Receipts 134,405 5,649 140,054 112,534
Finance Form
Box Number
PAYMENTS 5 Unrestricted
Funds
£

Designated
Funds
£

Restricted
Funds
£
Endowment
Funds
£

Total
Funds
2022
£
Total
Funds
2021
£
Raising Funds 5a
Costs of Generating Funds
17 Stewardship Costs
17 Costs of Fund Raising 270 270 123
17 Coffee Morning Costs
270 123
Charitable Activities 5b
Church Activities
18 Mission Giving and Donations 1,770 2,528 4,298 4,819
19 Diocesan Parish Share 78,048 78,048 66,512
Diocesan Parish Share Arrears
Paid
3,764 3,764
20 Salaries and Wages 11,771 11,771 10,543
21 Clergy and Staff Expenses 1,726 1,726 1,174
Church Expenses
22 Church Expenses (Mission and Evangelism) 1,235 1235 891
23 Church Running Expenses (inc
Governance)
9,342 9,342 18,208

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24 Church Utility Bills 12,607 12.607 2,617
25 Support Costs 1,677 845 2,522
25 Insurance 4,413 4,413
25 Church Yard 393 393
25 Centre Running Costs 4,925 4,925 2,090
Major Capital Expenditure
27 Major Repairs to the Church
28 Major Repairs to Church Hall 10,300 10,300
Other PCC Property Upkeep 60 60
29 New Building Work
142,032 3,372 145,404 106,852
99 Other Payments 5c
Other Expenditure
C Total Payments 142,302 3,372 145,674 106,975

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The PCC of Wednesfield Team Ministry Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Notes to the Accounts

5(a) Staff Costs

Staff Costs
Wages & Salaries
Average number of employees
2022 2021
£11,771 £10,543
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During the year the PCC employed an organist, administrator, sexton, cleaners, and a Centre caretaker (all part-time) and no payments were large enough to attract social security costs.

There were no employee benefits to key management personnel in the previous or current year.

5(b) Related Parties

One Trustee has been reimbursed £1,726 (2021 £1,174) for travel and phone expenses incurred during the year.

One Trustee was paid £2,906 for administration work for one of the churches in the Parish, they resigned from their job in September 2022.

No other expenses were paid to any other PCC member, persons closely connected to them or related parties.

Donations from related parties (PCC members) during the year totalled £8,851 (2021 £8,687).. .

6 Cash at Bank and in hand (Cash Assets by Fund) – 2022

Current Accounts
CBF Deposit
Account
Petty Cash
Total bank and cash balances
less Agency balances due
Total
Unrestricted
£

Restricted
£

Endowment
£

2022 Total
£

Total
2021
£
21,549 11,664 -- 33,214 45,232
26,683 6,019 -- 32,702 40,461
40 -- -- 40 40
48,272 17,683 -- 65,956 85,734
-- (2,294) -- (2,294) (16,452)
48,272 15,390 -- **63,662 ** 69,282

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Cash at Bank and in hand (Cash Assets by Fund) - 2021

Current Accounts
CBF Deposit
Account
Petty Cash
Total bank and
cash balances
less Agency
balances due

Total
Unrestricted
£
Restricted
£
Unrestricted
£
Restricted
£

Endowment
£
2021 Total
£

Endowment
£
2021 Total
£

Total
2020
£
21,688 23,545 - 45,232 28,230
34,442 6,019 - 40,461 35,453
40 -
-

40
40
56,170 29,564 -
**85,734 **
**63,723 **
(16,452) (16,452) -
**56,170 ** **13,113 ** -
**69,282 **
**63,723 **
7 Investments
At 1st Jan
£

Additions
£

Disposals
£

Transfers
£

Change in
Market
Value £
At 31st
Dec
£
Restricted funds
Educational Fund 32,130 - - (3,390)
28,740
Total 32,130
-
- - (3,390)
28,740

1,391 Investment fund shares are held with the CCLA.

8 Fixed Assets

The PCC owns land adjacent to St Albans Church (valued at £110,000 in October 2017), and a freehold property in Duke Street valued at cost of £52,000 in 1994.

Rental income from the property in Duke Street and the land next to St Albans Church used as a parking lot until 2[nd] November 2022, is shown as income in these accounts.

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Church Equipment comprises office equipment, including a photocopier.

9 Debtors

Gift Aid
recoverable
Other debtors
Total
2022 2021
£ £
-
2,502 -
**2,502 ** -

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10 Creditors

Diocesan Parish Share – all
cleared now!!
Agency balances
Other creditors
Total
2022 2021
£ £
- 13,859
2,294 16,452
2,502 1,554
4,796 31,865

11 Net Assets

Fixed Assets
Investments
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Total
Unrestricted
£

Restricted
£

Endowment
£

2022 Total
£

2021
Total
£
170,247 -- -- 170,247 170,247
-- 28,740 -- 28,740 32,130
49,858 15,390 -- 65,248 85,734
(2,502) (2,294) -- (4,796) (31,865)
217,603 41,836 --
259,439
256,246

12 Summary of Cash Fund Movements - 2022

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Balance
Balance at at 31st
1st Jan Receipts Payments Transfers Dec
£ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted Fund 50,350 134,405 (142,302) - 42,453
Designated Funds
1 2,896 - - - 2,896
2 2,923 - - - 2,923
5,819 - - - 5,819
Restricted Funds
1 7,169 (845) (305) 6,019
2 1,215 855 305 2,375
3 900 900
4 3,827 4,794 (2,528) 6,094
13,113 5,649 (3,372) 15,390
Total Funds 69,282 140,054 (145,674) - 63,662
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Summary of Cash Fund Movements - 2021

Unrestricted Fund
Designated Funds
1
2
Restricted Funds
1
2
3
4
Total Funds
Balance at
1st Jan
£

Receipts
£

Payments
£

Transfers
£

Balance
at 31st
Dec
£
46,976 107,946 (104,571) -
50,351
2,896 -
-

-

2,896
2,923 -
-

-

2,923
**5,819 ** -
-

-

**5,819 **
7,140 29 - - 7,169
822 798 (405) 1,215
900 900
2,065 3,762 (2,000) 3,827
10,927 **4,589 ** (2,405) -
13,111
-
63,723 112,534 (106,975) -
69,282

Designated Fund 1 St Albans Deposit fund

Designated Fund St Thomas funds for Flowers in memorium, choir and 2 Wednesfield in Bloom

Restricted Fund 1

St Thomas Organ Fund

Restricted Fund 2 St Albans dividends from Education Fund

Restricted Fund 3

St Albans Eco Church Improvements

Restricted Fund 4

St Albans Ashmore Park Pantry

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The PCC of Wednesfield Team Ministry The PCC of Wednesfield Team Ministry The PCC of Wednesfield Team Ministry
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2021
Receipts and Payments Account
Unrestricted
Funds
£

Designated
Funds
£


Restricted
Funds
£

Endowment
Funds
£

Total
Funds 2021
£
Total
Funds 2020
£
RECEIPTS
Donations and Legacies 4a 75,606 - 3,762 - 79,368 81,263
Activities for GeneratingFunds 4b 1,523 - - - 1,523 8,052
Income from Investments 4c 11,540 - 827 - 12,367 13,688
Church Activities 4d 19,277 - - - 19,277 13,964
Other 4e - - - - - -
Total Receipts 107,946 - 4,589 - 112,535 116,967
PAYMENTS
RaisingFunds 5a 123 - - - 123 -
Church Activities 5b 104,448 - 2,404 - 106,852 123,179
Other 5c - - - - - 199
Total Payments 104,571 - 2,404 - 106,976 123,378
Excess of Receipts over
Payments
3,375 - 2,184 - 5,559 (6,411)
Transfer between Funds 8 - -
3,375 - 2,184 - 5,559 (6,411)
Cash at Bank and In Hand at
1st Jan
6 46,976 5,819 10,927 - 63,723 70,134
Cash at Bank and In Hand at
31st Dec
6 50,351 5,819 13,111 - 69,282 63,723

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