## ## ## ## ## ## ## |Objecti|v|es|and|Ac|tiv|ities||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||SORP||| |||||||reference||| |Summary||ofthe purposes||||Para 1.17|The PCC has the responsibility
of working
with|the| |ofthe charity|||as set out||in||incumbent
in promoting
in the ecdesiastical
parish|the| |its governing|||document||||whole
mission
of the
Church
of England,
pastoral,|| ||||||||evangelistic,
ecumenical
and social.|| ||||||||The PCC also has the maintenance
responsibilities|for| ||||||||the fabric of our three churches
and their respective|| ||||||||church rooms.|| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to||||Para 1.17
and 1.19|When
planning
our activities
for the year, the Rector
and the PCC have
considered
the guidance
of the|| |those purposes
for the|||||||Charity Commission
on public benefit and, in particular,|| |public benefit,|||in||||the specific guidance on charities for the advancement|| |particular,||the|activities,||||ofreligion.|| |projects
identified|or services
in the accounts.||||||The church's
activities
are designed
to further
our
vision
through
our
five
priorities
of
evangelism,|| ||||||||discipleship,
pastoral
care, worship,
and reaching|the| ||||||||next generation.|| |Statement||confirming||||Para 1.18|Charity
law requires the trustees ofthe Association|to| |whether|the trustees|||have|||prepare a receipts and payments
account and a|| |had regard to|||the||||statement
ofassets and liabilities for each financial|| |guidance||issued by the|||||year. In addition,
the trustees are responsible
for|| |Charity Commission||||on|||keeping proper accounting
records which are|| |public benefit|||||||sufficient to show and explain the charity's|| ||||||||transactions
and to disclose with reasonable
accuracy|| ||||||||at any time the financial
position ofthe Association.|| ||||||||They are also responsible
for safeguarding
the assets|| ||||||||ofthe charity and hence for taking reasonable
steps|| ||||||||for the prevention
and detection offraud and other|| ||||||||irregularities.
The trustees have paid due regard to|| ||||||||guidance
issues by the Charity Commission
on public|| ||||||||benefit in deciding what activities the charity should|| ||||||||undertake.|| |Additional||information|||(optional)|||| |You ma|choose to indude|||||further statements
where relevant about:||| |||||||SORP||| |||||||reference||| |Policy on|grant making|grant making|| |---|---|---|---| ||||Para 1.38| |Policy on|social||| |investment||including|Para 1.38| |program|related||| |investment|||| |Contribution||made by|| |volunteers|||Para 1.38| |Other|||| ## |chieve|men|ts
and P|erforman|ce| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||SORp|| ||||reference|| |||||Sunday services were held each week at all three| |||||churches.
Monthly
midweek
communion
services| |||||were held at StAndrew's aStMichael's, as well as| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe|||Para 1.20|weddings,
baptisms
and funerals
throughout
the year.| |charity,
identifying
the||||Sunday Club at St Michael's expanded
from one| |difference|the|charity's||group to three age categories,
requiring
the| |work has|made to the|||construction
ofa new log cabin. Little Cherubs toddler| |circumstances||of its||groups met twice aweek in St Michael's
Church| |beneficiaries||and any||Room and in the former StAndrew's
hall.| |wider benefits||to society||| |as awhole.||||The Alpha course was held
in the Kings Arms pub,| |||||with a number ofguests coming to faith, and three| |||||being confirmed
(along with two other church| |||||members)
in November.| |||||Two new home groups were formed,
making a total of| |||||five. The weekly Craity Cafe was launched
to offer| |||||community
and creativity.| |dditional
information
(o
ou ma
choose to include|ptional)
further st| |---|---| |Achievements
against|Para 1.41| |objectives set|| |Performance
of
fundraising
activities|Para 1.41| |against objectives set|| |Investment
performance
against objectives|Para 1.41| |Other|| |Financial Review|Financial Review|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|In-year activity saw the charity generate a net surplus| |financial position at|the|||of816,473ofincome over expenditure.| |end ofthe
eriod||||| |Statement
explaining||the||The Parish's Diocesan share was made in full in 2022.| |policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held||||It is the policy ofthe PCC that unrestricted
funds
which have not been designated
for a specific use| |||||should be maintained
ata level equivalent
to between| |||||three- and six-month's
expenditure.
The Council| |||||Members consider that reserves at this level will| |||||ensure that,
in the event ofa significant
drop in| |||||funding,
they will be able to continue the council's| |||||current activities while consideration
is given to ways| |||||in which additional
funds ma
be raised.| |Amount ofreserves|held||Para 1.22|The charities total funds as of31 December 2022| |||||were 2119,382 (2021:r102,959),which were split| |||||between
funds as follows:| |||||Unrestricted:
F73,060| |||||Restricted: r46,372| |Reasons for holding|zero||Para 1.22|The charity does not hold zero reserves as at 31| |reserves||||December 2022.| |Details offund materially|||Para" 24|No funds are in deficit as of31 December 2022.| |in deficit||||| |Explanation
of any|||Para 1.23|The trustees assess whether the use ofgoing concern| |uncertainties
about|the|||is appropriate,
i.e.whether there are any material| |charity continuing
as a||||uncertainties
related to events or conditions
that may| |going concern||||cause significant
doubt on the ability ofthe charity to| |||||continue as a going concern. The trustees make this| |||||assessment
in respect ofa period ofat least one year| |||||from the date ofauthorisation
for issue ofthe accounts| |||||and have concluded
that the trust has adequate| |||||resources to continue
in operational
existence for the| |||||foreseeable
future and there are no material| |||||uncertainties
about the charities
ability to continue as| |||||a going concern. Thus, they continue to adopt the| |||||going concern basis ofaccounting
in preparing
the| |||||accounts.| |Additional
information||(optional)||| |You ma
choose to include|||further statements
where relevant about:|| |The charity's
principal||||| |sources offunds||||| |(including
any fundraising)|||Para 1.47|| |Investment
policy and||||| |objectives including|any|||| |social investment
policy
adopted|||Para 1.46|| |A description
ofthe||||The Council Members have assessed the major risks| |principal
risks facing|the|||to which the council is exposed and are satisfied that| |charity|||Para 1.46|systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major| |||||risks.| ## |Description|Description||of chadity's|of chadity's|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||||| |Type of governing||||||Para 1.25|The Parochial Church
Council measure (1956)as| |document|||||||amended
and church representation
rules.| |How is the||charity||||Para 1.25|The Parochial Church
Council (PCC) is a body| |constituted?|||||||corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956,Church| ||||||||Representation
Rules 2006) and is a registered| ||||||||charit .| |Trustee|selection methods|||||Para 1.25|The clergy are appointed
by the Bishop of Salisbury.| |including|details ofany||||||All other members are elected by the members
ofthe| |constitutional||||provisions|||Electoral Roll at the Annual
Parochial
Church Meeting.| |e.g. election||||to post or|||| |name of|any|||person or|||| |body entitled||||to appoint|||| |one or more||||trustees|||| |Additional||information|||(optional)||| |You ma|choose to include|||||further statements
where relevant about:|| |Policies
adopted|and
for||procedures
the induction|||Para 1.51|| |and training||||oftrustees|||| ||||||||The PCC met regularly
during the year. The major risks| ||||||||to which the PCC is exposed have been assessed and| |The charity's
organisational||||structure||Para 1.51|appropriate
policies and procedures
have been put
in
place to mitigate exposure tothe major risks. The PCC| |and any|wider network||||||has also sought
to underwrite
some
of these
risks| |with which||the charity|||||through a policy with Ecclesiastical
Insurance
Ltd.| |works|||||||The Anglican
Christian
witness
within
Melksham,
a| ||||||||small market town situated
in West Wiltshire,
has been| ||||||||organised
for many years
under the auspices
of the| ||||||||Melksham
Team
Ministry
(MTM).
The Ecclesiastical| ||||||||Parish of Melksham
consists of three churches.
St.| ||||||||Michael
and
All Angels
situated
in the centre of the| ||||||||Town, St. Andrew
situated
in the Forest area, and St.| ||||||||Bamabas
which
is located
in the
small
village
of| ||||||||Beanacre, on the outskirts to the north ofthe Town.| ||||||||The Parish is part of Bradford Deanery
in the Diocese| ||||||||ofSalisbury
in the Church ofEngland.| ||||||||The Parochial
Church
Council
(PCC) is the
primary| ||||||||administrative
body within the Team and the members| ||||||||ofthe PCC are the Trustees ofthe Ecclesiastical Parish| ||||||||of Melksham
Charity.| ||||||||The Parish
Electoral
Roll for 2022 is 145 (2021:135)| ||||||||with St.Andrews 41(2021:41),St.Bamabas 27(2021:| ||||||||26)and St.Michael and All Angels 77(2021:68).| ||||||||The governance
of Melksham
Parish consists of one| ||||||||Parish Church
Council and a Local Church Committee| ||||||||(LCC) for each of its churches: St Andrew,
Melksham| ||||||||Forest; StBarnabas, Beanacre and StMichael and All| ||||||||Angels,
Melksham.
Each ofthese is elected at Annual| ||||||||Parochial Church Meeting where the members
vote for| ||||||||their
individual
church
re resentatives
with
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Willis|Churchwarden|Until 1"May 2022||| |Phil Mcmullen|Hon. Secretary|||| |Julian Parr|Hon. Treasurer|From 1"May 2022||| |Stanford Cole|Assistant Warden —StB|||| |Alistair Banks|Assistant Warden —St M|||| |Chris Harvey||||| |Steve Fivash||From 1"May 2022||| |David Flower||From 1"May 2022||| |Marilyn
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accounts|CC16a| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||Forthe period
from||01/01/2022|||To||31/12/2022|| |~
r||~|||~|~||||||||| |||||||Unrestricted
funds||Restricted
funds||Endowment
funds||||Last year| |||||||tothe nearest||tothe nearest 6||to|the nearest'||tothe nearest F|tothe nearest 8| |A1 Receipts||||||||||||||| |Donations and Legacies|||||||119,816|12,896|||||132,712|99,605| |income from Charitable|chvities||||||12,625||||||12,625|I6,707| |Other Trading AcBvites|||||||4,14T||||||4,147|2,773| |Investments|||||||12,066||||||12,066|I1,687| |Sub total(Gross||income||for
AR)||||12,896|||||161,558|130,772| |A2 Asset and investment|||sales|||||||||||| |(see table).||||||||||||||| |Proceeds from Sales of|Investments|||||||||||||| |Proceeds from Sales of|Fixed|Assets||||||||||||| |||Sub total||||||||||||| ||Total receipts||||||148,854|12,896||||-|161,550|130,772| |A3 Payments||||||||||||||| |Fundraising
Costs|||||||227|||||||438| |Grants|||||||2,683|||||||1,162| |Deanery Share|||||||||||||ssr467|'/5,887| |Fees|||||||8,979||||||8,979|7,253| |Wages|||||||6,000|||||||5,970| |Properiy Costs|||||||31,583||1,185||||32,76&|23,764| |Olher Expenditure|||||||27,386||1,763||||29,139|20,020| |||Sub total|||||132,225||2,938||||136,163|134,514| |A4 Asset and investment||||||||||||||| |purchases, (see table)||||||||||||||| |Investments
Purchased||||||||||||||| |Fixed Assets Purchased|||||||||9,914||||9,914|688| |||Sub total|||||||9314||||8,914|688| |Total||payments|||||132,225|12,852|||||145,077|135,202| |/yet ofrecefptaf(paymentaj|||||||18,429||||||16,473|4,430| |A5 Transfers between||funds|||||571||571|||||| |A6 Cash funda last year end|||||||57,202||45,75T|||||107,389| |Cash funds|this year|||end|||73,060||46,372||||119A32|102,959| |~||~|~||~|~||~|~|~|~ ~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Categories||Details|||||Unrestricted
funds||Restricted
funds||Endowment
funds| |||||||||to nearest|6|to nearest 6||tcnearest'| |Bt Cash|funds||Bank Accounts|||||73,060|||46,372|| ||||||Total cash funds||||||45,372|| ||||(agree balances||with receipts||aud payments|||||| ||||||||accuuui(u))|||||| |||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||Endowment| |||||||||ftinds|||funds|funds| ||||Details|||||to nearest|f|to nearest 6||tonearest 6| |B2Other|monetary assets|||||||||||| ||||Details|||||Fund towhich||**C**
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ost(opaonal)||Current value| |B3Investment assets|||COIF investment|Fund Shares||||Restricted|||-|407,025| ||||Details|||||Fund towhich
asset belon s||Cost(optional)||Current value
o tional| |B4Assets retained forthe|||land||||||||39,500|39,500| |charity's|own use||Church Equipment|||||Unresbictud|||25,935|| ||||Other Equipment|||||Unrustrictsd|||67,624|37,828| ||||Details|||||Fund towhich||Amount due||When due| |||||||||lisbil
mlates|||o tional|optional| |B5Liabilities||||||||||||| ##