2024-12-31-accounts - Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Holy Trinity Church, Barrow Upon Soar, And St Mary, Walton Le Wolds, Leicestershire

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2024 Report for the Parochial Church Council of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar with St Mary, Walton le Wolds.

Aim and Purposes

Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar with St Mary, Walton le Wolds Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the Rector, The Reverend Clive Watts, and the Associate Priest, The Reverend Fiona Cotton-Betteridge, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar with St Mary, Walton le Wolds. 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.

When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.
Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish.
Missionary and outreach work.

Holy Trinity Barrow-upon-Soar and St Mary, Walton le Wolds are part of The Benefice of Barrow-upon-Soar with Walton le Wolds, Wymeswold and Prestwold with Hoton and share a common aim “to be welcoming churches to everyone, where the love of God is encountered through our worship and our life together as churches in our communities, and where lasting friendships are formed and nurtured.” Our Vision Statement is “To

have presence and impact in our local communities. We will grow our churches with effective pastoral leadership and collaborative ministry founded on practical spirituality that will reach people of every background and age group.”

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Churches of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar with St Mary, Walton le Wolds.

Achievements and Performance

1[st] January 2024 saw the three parishes of the ‘Barrow and Wolds Group’ become a single United Benefice, to be known as “The Benefice of Barrow-upon-Soar with Walton le Wolds, Wymeswold and Prestwold with Hoton.” The Reverend Clive Watts was appointed as Rector of the new benefice alongside The Reverend Fiona CottonBetteridge as Associate Priest. The Reverend Bob Edge continues as Curate in the new benefice.

The formation of the new Benefice was celebrated at the Annual Thanksgiving Service, presided over by The Venerable Claire Wood, Archdeacon of Loughborough. The Reverend Clive Watts and The Reverend Fiona Cotton-Betteridge were licensed to their new roles by Ven Claire Wood, acting on behalf of the Bishop of Leicester. All ministries within the benefice were celebrated, with Locally Authorised Ministers renewing their commitment to their respective ministries. This was followed by a highly successful community lunch provided by the Ministry Team.

Mrs Collette Webster-Jones joined the benefice team as Benefice Administrator in January 2024, taking up this role alongside her existing role as Weddings Administrator.

Our Ministry Team was further enhanced as Mr Jason ‘Jay’ Jones was licensed as Associate Pioneer Minister for the benefice on 18[th] May 2024. with particular focus for his ministry in Barrow-upon-Soar. The Reverend Bob Edge, Curate in the benefice was ordained Priest at Leicester Cathedral on 29[th] June 2024, celebrating the Eucharist for the first time the following morning at a joint service held at Holy Trinity, Barrow-uponSoar. Our ministry team continues to be enhanced with the ministry of three retired priests alongside the Rector, Associate Priest and Curate and four Associate (Reader) Ministers.

Our commitment to becoming recognised as ‘Eco Churches’ has continued across the benefice. We were therefore delighted when Holy Trinity Church, Barrow-upon-Soar became the first of our churches to achieve the Bronze Eco Church Award from A Rocha UK. A significant contribution to this process was the introduction of swift nesting boxes and a swift call sounder being introduced in the bell tower at Holy Trinity Church in conjunction with the RSPB and Charnwood Borough Council. Along with St Mary, Wymeswold there are now two of our churches providing nesting sites for swifts. Both Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar and St Mary, Wymeswold received official recognition as Fairtrade Churches.

A number of significant services and events took place during the year. Including a Confirmation Service presided over by The Right Reverend Saju Muthalaly, Bishop of Loughborough with six candidates from the benefice being confirmed that evening. Services were held to mark the 80[th] Anniversary of D Day, our Patronal festivals, and the seasons of the church year. The benefice continued to mark significant numbers of Occasional Offices, with, in particular, many marriages taking place at St Andrew’s, Prestwold. St Mary, Walton le Wolds continued to enjoy a pattern of Festival Church events and services.

Community engagement remained a priority, with a number of events continuing to prove popular with the local community. These included plant sales and afternoon teas at Prestwold, ‘Strawberry Tea’ and ‘Harvest Home’ events at Walton, the annual ‘Christmas Tree Festival’ and the ‘Trinity Proms Concert’ and ‘Trinity Fest’ music and arts fair in October at Barrow and a number of concerts and heritage events along with the ‘Easter Café’, ‘Harvest Lunch’ and ‘Victorian Christmas’ at Wymeswold.

The Barrow and Wolds Group website, our group wide Social Media platforms on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) and our dedicated You Tube Channel continue to be the significant means of communication offering up to date information and engagement with our churches.

The four churches of the Benefice of Barrow-upon-Soar with Walton le Wolds, Wymeswold and Prestwold with Hoton have continued to work closely together planning a range of shared events and services in conjunction with each other. This has been particularly relevant as we have discerned our future partnership with other parishes in the local area as part of the Leicester Diocese Shaped by God Together initiative and the process of Minster Community formation (further details elsewhere in this report).

This report is enhanced by the video presentation “The Barrow and Wolds Group - Year in Review 2024” which can be viewed on our website www.barrowandwoldsgroup.com and on our You Tube Channel “Barrow and Wolds Group”.

Worship and Prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. Regular services at Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar each month include Common Worship Holy Communion, Intergenerational Morning Praise, and a Healing Service. A midweek Book of Common Prayer service alternating between Holy Communion and Morning Prayer is also provided.

Eight annual services are offered at St Mary, Walton le Wolds as part of the Festival Church programme, including Christmas, Easter, harvest, and summer songs of praise.

Other services within the Barrow and Wolds Group provide both morning and evening Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion and Evensong. Weekly Morning Prayer is offered via Zoom video conferencing. We continue to provide a significant number of Occasional Offices during the year.

Barrow and Wolds Group continues to offer a hybrid worship option with the Live Stream of the weekly service from Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar, which is then also made available via our website and dedicated You Tube Channel and social media.

As well as the Annual Service of Thanksgiving with Authorisation of Local Ministries a number of other significant worship events took place during 2024, including the annual ‘Raise a Ribbon’ Mothering Sunday event, Harvest Festivals, Remembrance Sunday and our Patronal Festival service. Special services were held to mark the 80[th] Anniversary of D Day. We continue to worship together on 5[th] Sundays of the month as a group of churches.

During Lent at St Mary, Wymeswold, weekly services of Compline with Reflections on the Book of Common Prayer Collects were introduced with retiring collections supporting the Bishop’s Lent Appeal for BACA. A shared Palm Sunday Service took place with a Palm Procession from the Wymeswold Methodist Chapel to St Mary, Wymeswold.

More informal worship for young people is offered with a ‘Little Angels’ pram service held at Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar.

Electoral Roll

All are welcome to attend our regular services. In 2024 there were 82 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar, of which five were not resident in the parish. Following a full revision of the Electoral Roll in 2025 there are 72 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll of which three were not resident in the parish.

In St Mary, Walton le Wolds there were 47 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll in 2024 of which one was not resident in the parish. Following a full revision of the Electoral Roll in 2025 there are 48 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll of which one is not resident in the parish.

The Electoral Roll Officer for Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar is Sue Jones and for St Mary, Walton le Wolds is Patricia Blossom.

Deanery Synod

There have been 3 meetings since our last APCM. At all three there was an update on the ongoing process of forming Minster Communities. Deanery Synod has provided a

forum to voice the challenges and opportunities that are being perceived. As always, a Diocesan Synod Report was given at each meeting, plus items of Deanery news, including clergy appointments, licensing and departures.

In June 2024 at St James’s Oaks-in-Charnwood The Reverend Elizabeth York, Lead chaplain at Loughborough University, gave a presentation on the ministry of chaplaincy and the ways in which it supports the university community at Loughborough.

A the October 2024 meeting at Christ Church Mountsorrel, Matt Long, Youth Engagement & Intergenerational Communities Enabler for the Diocese of Leicester, gave a presentation on the work of the Bishop’s Children & Youth Council to engage and listen to younger people across our diocese and to develop intergenerational worshipping communities.

The guest speaker at the February 2025 meeting at St Edward’s Castle Donington was Kat Marjoribanks, Curate at Emmanuel Church in Loughborough, who gave a presentation about the trip to Tanzania undertaken by a small group from Emmanuel last August. While there, the group were able to visit church plants, community churches, and local schools in the Anglican Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro (DMK) and Kiteto, with which the Diocese of Leicester has been twinned since 1982.

The next two meetings of Deanery Synod will be held on Thursday 19th June 2025 at St Peter & St Paul, Hathern and on Tuesday 7th October 2025 at St Bartholomew’s, Quorn. All are welcome but only those who are elected members may vote. Lifts to the different venues are shared where possible.

The elected Deanery Synod representatives for Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar with St Mary, Walton le Wolds are Mrs Beverley Lott, Mr David Spencer and Mrs Pam Knowles.

Pastoral Care

The ministry of pastoral care is coordinated across the Benefice of Barrow-upon-Soar with Walton le Wolds, Wymeswold and Prestwold with Hoton by The Reverend Fiona Cotton-Betteridge, who leads a group wide Pastoral Care Team. Mrs Beverley Lott is the Pastoral Care Coordinator for Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar and Mrs Pam Knowles is the Pastoral Care Coordinator for St Mary, Walton le Wolds. In addition to the clergy and associate ministers, seven members of the congregations are Locally Authorised as Pastoral Care Workers. The ministry team and volunteers have continued to visit or contact members of the congregation, particularly those members of our parish who are unable to attend church due to sickness or age. Communion in hospital or at home is provided by members of the ministry team where appropriate. Within the wider Pastoral Care Team, Locally Authorised Baptism Visitors support the pastoral work with those families seeking baptism for their children, Mrs Jenny Boldrin is the Baptism Visitor for Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar and Mrs Pam Knowles for St Mary, Walton le Wolds.

Mission and Evangelism

The PCC remains committed to reaching out in mission and evangelism to the local community.

Little Angels continues to offer fellowship, fun and a ‘pram service’ for toddlers and parents, attracting members from across all three parishes.

The Barrow and Wolds Group website continues to be developed offering up to date information along with our group wide Social Media platforms on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and our dedicated You Tube Channel.

A very successful Christmas Tree Festival was held at Barrow in December with visitors from across our group of churches and participation from many community groups. Our ‘Lessons and Carols’, ‘Crib’ and ‘Christingle’ services were well received by members of the church congregations and the wider community as were our Remembrance Day services across all four churches. A number of ‘special’ services and community events at St Mary, Walton have contributed to the success of this church as a ‘Festival Church’.

St Mary, Wymeswold embarked on a significant Heritage Project as part of major refurbishment works to the church roof with a National Lottery Heritage Fund Project, launched at a special event in October 2024, further events included a Heritage Open Day in September and a Victorian mince Pie Morning in December.

Holy Trinity continues to provide a very popular ‘Community Café’ each Saturday morning, with many regular attendees, and members of the community from across the benefice visiting. The Community Café has further become the venue for our baptism and confirmation preparation sessions and some smaller or informal church meetings.

A particular highlight of our missional activity for 2024 was, once again, the fourth Raise a Ribbon event held for Mothering Sunday, with the names of mothers and significant women in our lives written on large ribbons flying from the tower flagpole. This caught the imagination of many local residents who valued our prayers for their loved ones past and present.

The Barrow and Wolds Group has enjoyed a number of social events across our group of churches, including a fish and chip supper, a number of harvest meals and a “harvest home” party, regular coffee mornings and afternoon teas, wildflower walks, and an Easter café. The Wymeswold Church Fund Appeal holds social events, raising funds for the fabric of the church building at St Mary Wymeswold.

UK. Both Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar and St Mary, Wymeswold received official recognition as Fairtrade Churches.

Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith and missional work, we continue to support a number of charities, local, national and international. St Andrew, Prestwold continues to support Bishop Christopher’s appeal for medical clinics in Malawi. Churches Together in Barrow (and the wider area) has designated BACA as its charitable recipients for 2024, supporting refugee children without families in the UK. This was further supported by St Mary, Wymeswold with donations from the Lent Compline with Reflection services. Many boxes of Christmas gifts were provided for Samaritan’s Purse along with Christmas Card sales for the Children’s Society and a collection for Christian Aid Week. Harvest collections of non-perishable produce were distributed to foodbanks at Project 5,000 and The Carpenters Arms along with regular collections of food donations.

Two magazines are distributed monthly across the group of churches (Parish Magazine for Barrow and Walton and The Christian Link for the Wolds villages).

Schools

Our Rector, The Reverend Clive Watts, maintains regular contact with three Primary Schools and one Secondary School within our group of parishes.

Weekly Collective Worship is conducted in Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School by The Reverend Clive Watts, with contributions from the Minister of Barrow Baptist Church. The Rector meets regularly with the Head Teacher and lead teacher for Religious Education and Collective Worship. There are three Foundation Governors at Hall Orchard School, The Reverend Clive Watts, Mrs Vickie Bowman and Mrs Jenny Boldrin.

Hall Orchard have visited Holy Trinity Church on numerous occasions throughout the year, including Nativity and Carol Services, an Easter Service, and the end school year Leavers Service. Class and year groups have attended for sessions including Baptism, Easter and a Church Treasure Hunt. In addition, Hall Orchard School have used the church as the venue for some of their regular productions and concerts. Children from the school entered the Christmas Drawing Competition, with the winner’s artwork featuring on the Barrow and Wolds Group Christmas Card, and the covers of the various Christmas Orders of Service.

Ecumenical Relationships

There is a Churches Together group based in Barrow-upon-Soar with representation from the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches. The ministry teams and members of the churches meet together on the first Monday of each month for Ecumenical Prayers. The ministers of the various denominations continue to meet

regularly and to pray together. Ecumenical Services involving Anglican, Methodist and Baptist ministers and congregations including the Roman Catholic community were held for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Good Friday, Remembrance Sunday. Weekly ‘Lent Lunches’ offering a frugal lunch continue to prove a popular ecumenical event.

There are strong links between St Mary, Wymeswold and the Wymeswold Methodist Chapel, including regular shared worship, special and social events and work in the local primary school. A shared Palm Sunday Service took place in 2024 with a Palm Procession from the Wymeswold Methodist Chapel to St Mary, Wymeswold.

Financial Review

Barrow:

Total Church funds increased by £334 in 2024 to £56956 at 31st December thanks to a surplus of income to expenditure on the Joint Benefice account of £299 and other small increases from interest payments on our CBF Church of England Deposit funds and also the Restricted funds. These amounts exceeded the deficit on our General Account of £1759 resulting in the small overall surplus of £334. (See page 5 for full details)

The deficit on the General Account was lower than expected due mainly to record profits from the Christmas Tree Festival of £7990 together with other very successful fundraising activities. Receipts from Trinity Rooms lettings also increased considerably to £16637.

We managed to increase our Parish Contribution to the Diocese by 10% to £34667 and in fact overall expenditure fell slightly by £1031 to £91065.

Walton:

Total funds at 31st December were £112752. This large increase on the yearly total came from the Lexie Clarke bequest of £112408. Apart from £2500 which was kept in the current account to meet normal expenditure the rest of the bequest money is held in the in the CBF Church of England Deposit fund.

During the year, healthy receipts from donations, church events and church collections contributed to the increase in maintenance and repair costs.

Consolidated Funds:

Total funds of the 2 churches increased to £169709 at 31st December. This large increase was mainly due to the bequest to Walton Church from Lexie Clarke.

For full set of accounts see Appendix One.

Reserves Policy

It is the PCC policy to maintain a balance of unrestricted funds ( if possible ) which equates to approximately 3 months unrestricted payments to cover emergency situations that may arise.

For Holy Trinity, Barrow our reserves are comfortably in excess of that figure. For St Mary, Walton reserves are considerably in excess of that figure. However, major repairs are necessary and these funds are needed to meet the costs.

Fabric Report

Barrow:

This was a quinquennial year for Barrow and the inspection was carried out in October, as well as the full electrical installation inspection which is performed alongside this. Overall, the state of the fabric remains good through regular maintenance. Roof leaks during wet weather conditions remain a persistent problem, and the need for further inspections and critical repairs to the roofs will be identified during 2025.

Out heating system continues to perform well and suffered no breakdowns this year. Upgrades were made during the year to improve the provision of WiFi access throughout the buildings, and to move to a digital phone-line along with the associated implementation of a GSM intruder and fire alarm auto dialler. We continue to suffer from frequently blocked toilets and are looking at measures to reduce the number of expensive callouts associated with this issue.

A project to install swift nesting boxes to the louvred belfry openings was completed during the spring. An electronic swift caller is installed on the tower roof, to attract the birds and enable them to locate the nesting boxes. This process may take a number of years. Meanwhile, the church proudly achieved a ‘Bronze’ Eco Church award in the autumn.

New bell ropes were fitted to all eight bells during the summer/autumn and these were blessed by The Reverend David Stoter in December.

Walton:

This was a quinquennial year for Walton and the inspection was carried out in October, as well as the full electrical installation inspection which is performed alongside this. Overall, the state of the fabric remains fair through regular maintenance. Roofs are a point of particular concern, including some slipped tiles throughout the year and the need for flashing /ridge mortar repairs identified in the quinquennial report.

Repairs to the tower base continue to be an outstanding concern which with the new quinquennial report and improved communications with our architect, we hope to progress the specification and approvals for this work during the coming year.

Volunteers

The mission, ministry, life and work of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar and St Mary, Walton le Wolds, is dependent on the generosity of time and energy given by the many volunteers who contribute in a myriad of different ways. We would like to express our grateful thanks to all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the vibrant community it is.

We held our fourth annual service of thanksgiving for our volunteers in February 2024, when all volunteers across the Barrow and Wolds Group are celebrated for the contribution they make, and thanks are expressed to all involved.

Structure, Governance and Management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar with St Mary, Walton le Wolds the membership of the PCC consists of the Rector, Associate Priest, and Curate, churchwardens, the elected Deanery Synod representatives, the readers / Associate Ministers and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. New members receive initial training into the workings of the PCC.

The full PCC met eight times during the year. Given its wide responsibilities the PCC of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar and St Mary, Walton le Wolds has a number of committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees which include, the Standing Committee, Finance and Buildings, Trinity Rooms Management, Social and Events (Barrow) and Social and Events (Walton) are all responsible to the PCC their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary.

Safeguarding

A safeguarding Policy has been signed and adopted by the PCC and is on display in the church. Mrs Sue Disley was appointed Safeguarding Coordinator for the Barrow and Wolds Group in January 2022, (resigning from February 2025) taking over from The Reverend Clive Watts. The position of Safeguarding lead for Holy Trinity, Barrow-uponSoar has remained vacant following the resignation of Mrs Frances Acton. Mrs Pam Knowles has continued as Safeguarding Lead for St Mary, Walton le Wolds. Contact details for the Diocesan safeguarding team, the safeguarding coordinator and safeguarding lead are displayed within the church building. The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016

(duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults).

In addition, the PCC has developed a GDPR Privacy Notice, a Health and Safety Policy, Social Media Guidelines, and a Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy. The PCC seeks to conduct recruitment following the Safer Recruitment principles.

The Barrow and Wolds Group and United Benefice

Following a period of consultation during 2023 and a revision to the Pastoral Scheme, from 1[st] January 2024 the parishes of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar with St Mary, Walton le Wolds, St Mary, Wymeswold and St Andrew, Prestwold with Hoton were united as a single benefice to be known as “The Benefice of Barrow-upon-Soar with Walton le Wolds, Wymeswold and Prestwold with Hoton.” The benefice continues to be known locally as “The Barrow and Wolds Group.” The Reverend Clive Watts is Rector and The Reverend Fiona Cotton-Betteridge is Associate Priest. The Reverend Bob Edge is licensed as Curate to the benefice.

Some services (Fifth Sundays, Patronal and other festivals) are held jointly around our churches. The Barrow and Wolds Group hosts a shared website and share the services of a paid administrator and weddings administrator.

Some financial aspects of the Barrow and Wolds Group are jointly administered, the annual accounts for these, year ended 31[st] December 2024, approved by the PCCs are attached at Appendix Two.

Minster Communities and Shaped by God Together

The Diocese of Leicester states: “Minster Communities are groups of churches and fresh expressions working collaboratively and sharing resources to enable effective mission. Out of a process of discernment, reflection and conversation, about twenty Minster Communities will be formed by 2026.”

Our Benefice is fully participating in the Minster Community Formation Process. This means we have worked through Phase 1 of the process during 2024 and the objective of getting to know ourselves and each other. We have done this through the completion and sharing of Storyboards and Conversations Prompts. We have worked through a discernment process that has shaped our potential Minster Community Groupings. In Phase 2 we have been working in those smaller groups of churches, rather than across the wider geographical area of Phase 1. This phase continues to be a process of Christian Discernment during which we aim to understand more about the current realities and begin to think through how things could change as we move into Minster Communities, working together.

The churches working together in our proposed Minster Community Grouping are:

St Leonard, Swithland
St Bartholomew, Quorn
Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Soar
St Mary, Walton le Wolds
St Andrew, Prestwold with Hoton
St Mary, Wymeswold
All Saints with Holy Trinity, Loughborough
St Andrew, Kegworth
St Peter & St Paul, Hathern
All Saints, Long Whatton
St Michael and All Angels, Diseworth
St John the Baptist, Belton
St Mary the Virgin, Osgathorpe

We have continued working together in Phase 2 during 2024 and this work continues into 2025. Working Groups have been focusing on different areas of the mission and ministry of our Minster Community churches. These Working Groups are overseen by a Coordination Group; The Reverend Clive Watts, Mrs Kath Eastwood-Paramore and Mrs Melanie Davis from our benefice are all members of the Coordinating Group and there are representatives from our benefice on each of the Working Groups

In 2025 at the completion of Phase 2 there will be a vote from all PCCs on whether to commit to the proposed Minster Community based on the proposal which is a culmination of all of the work in Phase 1 and 2.

More information on Minster Communities and the Shaped by God Together process can be found on the Leicester Diocese website at https://www.leicester.anglican.org/minster-communities

Administrative Information

Holy Trinity Church is situated in Barrow-upon-Soar and St Mary’s Church is situated in Walton le Wolds, in the County of Leicestershire. They are part of The Benefice of Barrow-upon-Soar with Walton le Wolds, Wymeswold and Prestwold with Hoton They fall within the Akeley East Deanery, in the Archdeaconry of Loughborough, and are part of the Diocese of Leicester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is The Rectory, 27 Cotes Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, LE12 8JP. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2011) and is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission as The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Church, Barrow-upon-Soar, and St Mary’s, Walton le Wolds, Leicestershire with the Registered Charity Number 1140303. Its registered working name is Holy Trinity and St Mary’s PCC.

PCC members who have served at any time from 1st January 2024 until the date this report was approved are:

Ex Officio members:

Rector: The Reverend Clive Watts. (Chairperson)
Associate Priest: The Reverend Fiona Cotton-Betteridge
Curate: The Reverend Bob Edge
Associate (Reader) Minister: Mrs Pam Knowles (Deanery Synod & Lay Chair)
Associate (Reader) Minister: Mr David Spencer (Deanery Synod)
Associate (Pioneer) Minister: Mr Jason Jones (from May 2024)
Mrs Beverley Lott (Deanery Synod)
Churchwarden: Mr Richard Hudson
Churchwarden: Mr Jeremy Bowman
Churchwarden: Mrs Kath Eastwood-Paramore
Churchwarden: Mr Ben Kingscott (From May 2024)

Elected members:

Miss Lynne Brookes (Secretary)
Mr Martin Roberts (Treasurer)
Mrs Patricia Blossom
Mrs Louise Jackson
Mrs Helen Woods

Co-Opted members:

Mrs Julie Walker (From May 2024)

Approved by the PCC on 18[th] May 2025 and signed on their behalf by

The Reverend Clive Watts. (PCC Chairperson)

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TOTAL FUTh Bth¢e811 1 2024 55366 109666 454 3318 454 Trar¢dfeiiAqusuxwhl B¢• at 31 12 21 422) 169709 Unr¢$lrtroWOe5ale 165488 165488 4223 4123 4223 401 213 e078 163631 C8F Fund 163418 3 F AccounT by Ihe Dy ty)• Tots1v4• 41 31 12 2024- £9S57 Con¥e¢reledL0jnd Bil Th• mow•wo oLrh fw4thir•8are ¥••din the ASSETS. Th• tA*DflhW h•hJ kn CBF 20

ST m18cVRCM WALTI)N LE WOLDS ANNVAL ACCOUNTS TO 31.12.IW4 BE¢EI 11¢6JF *Jl.Iixe4 14P ¢nWuil( 4>) 21

Appendix Two NT BENEHCE INCOME EXPENDITURE Walton Totas ounts Eii.600. ,075 £5.075. £430m £12.180.W £22,440.Tr) TOT IPX £11.600. £5,075.00 £5.075. £430.00 £22.180.rMI Rel. (IlWaIts Exp R. FlonaCoiton.Brttthdy&ps mon Wch¥dson Ex Rfftf, EdyynteJuty23 Rw. D¥4ld Stot•r joint eliCe01ce£ ChuKh OffiifvJrniniStratot-S¥¥v ChuNh offi(eMInIrtrI1or-PC Cdlettemrnin. wEddilE¥p •fflptorlit p1¢¥1 PhotocowOni Pho¢otoplwP¥rth• tlsm,M¥rlaywd 5•Thlc•PfYt Pwn Hallwn4lowv58¥rrNI TOT fApENDmJRE £1.646.31 £621.77 É545.87 £780.22 £817.27 £309.10 £269.42 £3.99 £817.27 £309.10 t269.12 £386.99 £50.96 £19.76 £30.33 £26.95 £3.331.81 £1.160.73 £1.115.04 £1.581.15 £4.247.67 £1,111.69 £1,655.91 £400.80 £211.11 É182.57 14.U9.51 E419.96 £160.74 E?10.JO É49J.07 É927.9J E2B7.32 £85.83 É89.62 1.643.16 £149.15 £03.64 £119.2S £244.24 £460.44 £141.76 £89.62 £1.643. f 149.15 £83.64 1119.15 £2H.24 £460.44 £141.76 £14.45 f56.31 £3.67 £6.50 f 7.74 £19.91 £30.55 £7.79 É376.26 £981.44 U.233.54 fJ,877.94 E731.93 £716.04 É342.52 £0. É186.54 £486.54 £1.001.46 £1,182.62 £1.•79.36 £1,879,36 £580.63 £574.92 £85.83 56.97 £174.92 £21.006.•0 £12,454.15 4,715.74 £4.715.74 oIMin024 31112n024 É477 59 É771 19 -£314 15 E45 11 4307 79 £51 47 £33 95 £18903 -£110.40 Él.Q62.10 22

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report IIoL8 Ctr4LI AknFI Kj"T0 goAL s'r. tiMulci4 ALT6d Lt WuL.bS Report to tho trusteegj members of POL 4- On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) I l LkOIL)-I Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity twstees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Acl 2011 {"the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Diredions given by the Charity Commission under seclion 145(5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. l confimi that no material matters have come to my attention ( in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe Ihat in, any material respect". accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with Ihe accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have Gome across no olher matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a propar understanding of the accourrts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brdd(ets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualificattonls) or body (if any): Address: ER October 2018

Gen oral Church Funds F•bri Roof Re$t ricted Fund c Fund Fund Totsl BARRowPON-S0AR DISTRICT CHURCH COUNCIL ACCOUNTS to 3111212021 RECEIPTS Incoming Re$our¢e$ from Donors Planned Giving Gift Aid envelopes Income Tax RecOVed Collections Donation$ 31706 919 8349 2452 1555 317061 9191 83491 24521 1555 Total Inc Res from Donorn 44981 44981 Other Voluntsry pic. resour¢e$ Charitable oonab.ons Legacie$ Total Voluntsry In¢.re$ 2972. 3546. 6S18 2972 3546 6518 Fund RaisiThJ and Ancillary Income Xmas Tr Fe81ival Other events DCC Fee$ Mag 8alesladvertsft)kstall Trinity Rooms lettings 8301 4242. 2379 563 16638 8301 4242 2379 563 16638 Total F'ralsing l Anc income 32123 32123 Income From Investments CBF 2123 11 889 30231 Total in¢ frorn InVlMonts 2123 11 3023 Other Oidinary Irtone Insurance Share. Babington Walton Reims Benefice Reimb Other Churches rein•ursements VAT refund Qlhers Community Cafe Bellringers Total other (ffd income 1311 404 509 574 4041 509 574 662 101 1375 470 5406 101 1375 470 1845 3561 TOTAL RECEIPTS 89306 11 1845 92051 See Nole 1 on pagtr 4

General hurch Funds F•brt¢ Fnd Rf Fund Rg$lrl¢l•d Funds PAYMETrS Totsl Charitsble Giwng (see note 2 page 4) Total ¢hawitable Giving 2S87 2587 ' frlinistry Parish ConlribulA)D 34667 ..Total Mini¥try 34667 34667 ". Churth Mainv Costs GaslE*rJWate[el Insufan Cbanit¥3 Reg and Repairs . Totsl Ma4nt•n•n¢e ¢osts 11585 6188 6828 8250 32651 500 12085 6188 6628 8250 33151 . Church Smplmapr repaKs New 8dl rcp88 GSM Dialler 1680 701 1880 701 ' Tolal knproVerneIrnJj0r r1 2381 2381 . Upkeep ol servtis Altsr refvers JUn)r Church Church bocks Organis15 RSCM affili8ti0Tr Total Upk¢ep of s•rvi¢•s 930 132 210 1380 133 2785 132 210 133 2785 Fund Raisiryl Pubfjcity Xmas trge Fest Others ' Totsl Fundrals91PUbll¢ify 311 1625 1936 1625 1936 To Bènèficè EXnsesA¢t0n1 116 11600 Total to Bepwfice Expens95 1161MI 11600 Management aThJAdmin AdMinlStalrry Honorafia For lea & coffee Preslwokl reimtwrsww Walton reimbursement Olhers Total anageMentlAdMIn 1517 150 447 101 1667 65.. 512 101 150 479 2909 93 TOTAL PAYMENTS 91065 951 9201fj

NOTE 1 CHARITABLE DONATIONS For Charftabb GlvSng Royal Br Le9ion- Churd) Collectn Coffee collection$ Chil¢*ens Soc- Christh'ngle servrce Childrer)s Soeièty CMS Boxes CMS donations Harvest Festivals- terd Rainbows- Folk Collrt 555 106 212 388 545 TOTAL Floodlight Donations TOTAL 330 2971 AIOTE2 CHARITABLE GIVING From Church Funds Char Doni CMS- Ben & Katy R8y Acb'on Aid- from coffee F8re5hare- fvom coffee coll Project 5000 Thè Children's Soryety BeerlFolk Concert- Rainbows Friends of Launde BOS Library- Raise a Ribbon Royal British Legion New Horizons bereavement grJp BOS Gd Neighbour scheme Harvest FestivaPWaterAd Trinty Lunch Group 318 191 545 388 TOTAL 2086 GRANDTOTAL

Re$trl¢te Fabric Fund Restricted Fund Roof Fund Total SUMMARY Fvnds Balan 1.1.24 38538 202 1125 16757 SUrpluWDelt lor year -1759 11 35 Jnt BenefitsAccx)unt surplusldefiat 299 Transfer$ beheen funds Balan 31.12.2024 37078 213 2019 17646 56956 LtnrestiiCtedlOenated 37078 17646 54724 Restricted 213 2019 32 37078 213 2019 17646 56956 SantaThJer CuitentAcvJunl 437 2019 11 2456 Joint Benefice Account 777 CBF Funds 213 17646 53723 37078 13 2019 17646 5S956 Fund Acuunts held by the Dictese arKI manèged by the Leirsler Di)tssan Board ol Finan as Custodian Trustee CapL and Mrs C E Huston BeqUt 81ntenan ol Nave Roof 7359 Chancèl Fund Ch8n¢el Repairs Chancel Repalr Fund Chancel Repairs 1338 Totsl Consecratèd Land and Bulldlngs . These are Dot Ihe prryrfy oflhe CCC Mov&abl• Church Furnlshlngs - These are vesled in Wardens on sperial Iwst arKI it is nol o)nsthred appryate or cost effe¢tNe to ace a Val on these rtems. Tse a helc In a Bank rren1acrth1nI & CCLA Depost a(tL)Lsnls Llquld A89•ts NIL The aceounls have been prepa on an rxrM ba%8 in aCcd8n with Regvlal

CONSOLIDATEDACCOUNTS FOR BARROW4JPOlkS(MRANOWALTONIE•IOLDSCHUftCH COUNCILS FOR THE YEAR ENDING.. 3111212024 TOTAL Fund In¢orrMng Re$ouw¢•$ liom Clonors -Planned Ging -IncarnefrornTax Relun -cle¢hon$ T#1 Other Volunmry In¢omlw Re8otsr¢•s -Don8bwslLega4es 33656 33658 8630 7391 49679 7391 119647 Y19647 Fund RthlnglAn£lNary Intorng .FU iatstho evenis . Fees - mag saleslthrts .BarfOW Trinty IrKxKne Totsl InGomefromlnvtstm2nts -CBFlti¥idetsJs 13088 3313 563 16638 3313 JO12 11 3023 Oihèrordlnary Incomè Inswan(t reknburs)nt Wdlton Rewns VAT wefur$ BeTrefice re1mrentS Cxher Ordinary Ino) Communty Cafe 404 509 1027 1375 470 6758 1375 470 3913 211709 Donali¥ and Charfiablo glvln9 .From thurth Funds & RestriGte¢ 2712 2712 MIDJ•lry -Parlsh Eare 38672 31672 Church MalntsnancelRunnlng Cts 37087 37587 Chuf¢h Improvon1MIJOT R•pa8 -B&rrow -walton Tolal 2381 2381 2301 Up*eepof $wvlc•8 2T86 2785 Fund R•l8lnglPubll¢lty Bènvflt• Exp•n8eS 12030 120 MarbagemènVAdrranlstratSts AdTninPdnliryJ Olhei Exp Reimbursewts 1517 816 251 1517 1267 251 303S 451 TOTAL PAYMENT3 100187 951 1011

General Funds Restricted Fund$ TOTAL Balance al 1. 1.2024 Surplusloeficit lor year Joinl Benefice Account SurpluslDeficit Transfer l Adjustmenl Balance at 31.12.2024 55366 109666 454 3318 905 58684 110571 454 165486 4223 169709 Unreslrcte(11 Designated Restricted 165486 165486 4223 169709 4223 4223 165486 8snk AccountslC8sh '.CBF Fund5 2068 163418 16S486 4010 213 4223 6078 163631 169709 ' 3 Fund Accounts held by the diocese and managed by the Leicestec Oiocesan Board of Finance as Custodian Trustee Totsl value at 31.12.2024- £9557 Consecreted Land and Buildings The COnreted land and buildings are not the PCC'S property The moveable church fvrnishiThJs are vested in the Wardens on special trust and it Is not Considered approprsate or cost effe¢live lo pla a value on Ihese items. -Liquid ASSETS - The bulk ofthese lunds are hekl in CBF Inveslements Accounting Poli¢ies-The 8¢e¢unts have been prepared on an ongoing c¢N)cem basi$ and in accordance wth Regulations

Tat)le 1 ST MARY'S CHURCH WALTON LE WOLDS ANNUAL ACCOUNTS TO 31.12.2024 MMARY thcomlng ReStr¢ from Dono Plned 19S2 1.124 Gill EnveknpBS 279 Jnt 281 110537 Offertory 155 SU Other Voluntary In¢om• t)MatK>ns 112WJJ Bae31.12 20Z4 112752 ChantatAo n¥t1<8 Fundr8lsing TOv[Pe¢1- HFslricl RESTAICTED FUM>S Other IutKlraslng Fees T(Er F0 Othgrlncome Cutwt. cleI re¥t1j CCLA Jtll Benef& Charitable Glvfflng 12$ TOTAL 112752 Mlnjfstry Parish C1r Church Malntenance Ullilio8, Cl1, SswngxJ Rw"rs InsuiaTK M8iorRepai'rs and Ququnn1a1R#PQrt Towel rep4irS m98m8nt 8ndAdminlstration Benefic8 others 126 9122

JOINT BENEFICE INCOME & EXPENDITURE TO 31 12 2024 Prestwol 2023 Amounts Barrow Walton Totals In¢ome Deposits £11..00 £5.075.00 £5,075.Crf) 30. £22.180.CKI £22A40.00 TOTAL INCOME £11.600.CQ £5,075. ES,075.00 £430.00. E22,180.C4) Ex ndlture Rev. Clive Watts Expenses Rev. Fiona Cotton-8etterfdge Exps Simon Richardson Expenses Rev. Bob Edge Since July 23 R•v. Davld Stoter Jolnt Benefice Office Expenses Church Offlce Administrator-salary Church Office Admlntstrntor41enslon Collettè Adrnin. Weddlng ExpBnses Pam Knowles Expenses Redqmptorist Publieation Hymn Sheets Photocopylng New Photoctspier Purchase Baptlsm,Marriagè and SeNkè Prep Pam Hallam-Flowers BaOW TOTAL EXPENDITURE £1.646.31 £622.77 £545.87 £780.22 £817.27 £817.27 £50.% £3.331.81 £309.10, £309.10 £19.76 £1,260.73 £269.42, £269.42. £30.33 £1,115.04 £386.99 £26.95 £181.15 £4,247.67 £1,111.69 £1.655.98 £400.80 £212.18 £376.26 £981.44 £8,233.54 £8,877.94 £731.93 £786.04 £342.52 £0.00 £o.rA) £486.54 £1,182.62 £1,879.36 £574.92 56.97 £22.454.15 £182.57 £89.62 £14.45 £4,889.51,£1.643.86 £1.643.86 £56.31 £429.% £149.15 £149.15 £3.67 £168.74 £83.64 £6.50 £240.30 £119.25 £493.07 £244.24 £927.93. £460.44 £287.32 £142,76 £85.83 £11.3.40 £1.25 £7.74 £244.24, £19.91 £460.44 £30.5S £142.76 £7.79 £48654 £1.001.46 £L879.36 £580.63 5.83 £21,LM)6.80 £4.715.74 £4,715.74 £274.92 Bank Balanos 0110112024. £477.59 4314.15. 4307.79 3V1212024 £777.19j £45.11 £51.47 £33.95, -£110.40 £189.03 £1,062.80