SrMARY
THE
VIRGIN
BATTLE
ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, BA TTLE
ANNUAL REPORT
AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OF THE
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
For the year ended 31 December 2022
SL Mary tho VSryln, High Stroe& Battle
Dean." The Vory Revd D￿￿ett, The Deanery, CakJbeG Hlll. Batue TN33 OJY

Indep0nd￿t Ex•nln•r. Mannirytons Chartered A¢c￿ntsnts. 39 High Str8at, Battle. TN33 OEE
Bankers." National we8trnw￿tsr Bank plc Hastin9s (A) Branch. Havek)d< Road, Hastings. Eaat
Sussex TN34 1GW
Parochlal Church Covncll of St Mary Ihe Vlrgln. B<rtNe
Annval R•port for 2022
Admlntslralfve Infomiallon
st Mory Ihe Virgin is sFtualed adjacent to the High Street, Botlle. 11 is part of the
Chichester Dlocese wthin Ihe Church of Englond.
The PCC Secretary d￿Ing 2022 was Mrs S Blackman.
The parish is a chority and is registered with the Charity Commission under the terms
of Ihe Chorities Acl 1993. a5 subsequently omended. The registration number is
I1413￿.
FoNowing the 2022 Annvol Porochial Church Meeting the followng swed os
members of the Parochial Chvrch Council (PCCI:
Dean
The Very Revd Lee Ouckett
Chalr
l. Churchwarden Mr Poul Levds
2. Churchworden Mr Phil Coifins
Reader
Mrs Alison Hassell
Dean•ry Synod Rew•J•ntatlves
(elected for 3 y8ors I
Mrs A Hossell lunlll 20231
Mrs J Thorp luntil 20231
hArs 8 Cox (until 20241
El•ct•d M•mbers:
Until April 2022
r1r￿ Stoton
E￿zabeth Hart
Penny Colquhoun
Jane Cowan
unt￿ 2023
Mrs Sue Blackman
Mr Dovid Porfitt
Mrs Patricia Roberts
Mrs Corotyn Collin5 (elected April 20221
Mrs Trocy Dixon Ico-opled I I Ih Moy 20221
Mrs Jackie Richards {COwOPted May 20221
Mr5 Helen Ormrod Iresigned April ￿22}
Mr Richard Wiifioms
Mrs Elaine MU￿aY
Mr kneran Hills
Mrs fina Slaton {re*lected April 20221
Gio Selmon lelected Aprl 20221
Mr Rowan Smilh (elected April 20221
Mr John Robert5 lelected April 20221
Until 2024
Until 2025

mana
Membership of the PCC bs determined under the Church Representation Rules and
consi5t5 Qf ¢￿aIn ex-officio member5 {fhe Dean: Mr5 Alison Hassell - Reader.. the
Churchwardens and members of the Deanery Synod) ond ￿e1Ve members of the
church who ore elecled ot the Annual Parochial Church Meeling IAPCMI. The latter
twelve member5 are elected on a rotary basis, fovr being elected eoch year to serve
for a three-year temi. Individuols may serve for a lotal of slx years and then mv51 stand
down for two y80rs b6for8 being eligib￿ for reryelection.
The primary objective of St Mary's PCC is the FKomolion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ according to the doclrines and praclices of Ihe Church of England. The PCC
hos the responsibility of co-operoting with the Deon in promotiro in the ecclesiastical
parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral. evongelistic, social and ecumenical.
The PCC is responsible for the worship and general life of the church throvghovt the
parish and lor the buildings al Sl Mary's sile. The Church of Ihe Ascension and
Churchyard at Telhom are owned by a seporate chority. Deon Crake's Gilt. which
has its own monaging Trv5tees.
Public benefil is ochieved throvgh Ihe provision ol public worship,. edvcolion of odvlls
ond children in the Christian faith; availobli ity as a venue for Christian marriage
services and provision of fvnerol servlces ond ossocioted postorol support. These ore
available to all porfshloners vAlhin Ihe legislative provision of the Church of Englond.
As at 31 sl December 2022 there were 143 members of the Church Bectorol Roll, ol
whom 42 were not resident in Ihe porish. The nvmber5 hove remoined foirfy sleody,
despite the sad loss of several members of the congregotions.
After re-opening following lockdovm ond the closure of church buildings in 2021 the
parish and the charity hos bounced back strongly wilh congregational allendance
and church activities well amanded. Knonciolly, the chority survivad Ihe closure
period well. in part helped by Govemmenl fvnding channelled through locol
oulhoritiès to charilies ond community focilities.
Contribution lo the life of locol schools:
The growing link5 Wth Battle Abbey Sch¢X)I continue to be strengthened. A request
from the school ol the beginning of 2022 to be oble to use the church lor their weekly
Tuesday ossernb￿ was granted ond thls has proven to be very helpful to the school.
other significant use of the church by Battle Abbey School includes The Dean hosting
their Fovnders Doy Seryice in the Autumn at St Mary's. Ihe end of year Christmas
Carols. and Speech Day in the summer.
The Dean worked wlh the heodmo5ter of Bollle Abbey Sch)ol by preparing I I
students for the first school confirmation seryice since the 19805. This resulted in 8
students being confirmed at Chichester Cothedrol by the Bishop of Horsham in May
2022.

A St Mary'5 Battle Orgon Scholarship was set up lo enQ￿e a student from the school
to undertake organ lessons and attend a day at Chiche51èr Colhedrol in the autumn.
to gain experience of Cathedral worship. This will hopefully encoLwage fulure students
to WO[* towards on Oxbridge ￿ Musical College or Conservolcire 5cholar5hips and
conlribute lo the much needed fvture organists in Ihe Church of England. Funding for
this was from a donation lor Ihis irwtiattve and Ihe Dean is seeking to find fvrther funding
for continuing yeors.
The Deon and Chvrch Reader Mrs Alison Hassell have continued to setve as
Foundation School Govemors at Battle & Langton Church of Englond Primory Schoor
during 2022. The Dean also work5 ecumenic01￿ wlh Bottle Boplisl Church to take port
in leading collectivo worslwp duting the wee
Cranmer Awards School Competition:
St Mary's hosted its third annval Prayer Book Society 'Cranmer Awards, School
Regional Compelilion for Chichester Diocese. Various local schools and wder ofleld
enlered vp to 4 slvdenls eoch In both the junior ond senior categ￿leS wllh 2 finollsls
bein9 entered in Ihe nolionol finol ot Liverpod Hope University in February 2023,
Slgnlflcant annual services at St Mory's were very well ottended wth numbers vp on
the past few years. The services inclvded Remembrance Svndoy attended by l¢xal
civic dignitories, community leaders ond vnifomed orgonisolions.
Chvrch Corol setvices (Advent Corols ond Nine Lessons ond Corolsl ond Christingle all
took place, and were olso very well oltended. Corols In the Churchyard. flrst
inlrodvced os a response to Covid wos held again os a now regvlor port of the
Christmos progromme and well received and continues to grow in number wllh
peoplé who would nol normolty come to o church service.
Two significont civic sérvices were held in 2022. The first for Ihe Queen's Plotinvm
Jubilee which was also on the Feasl ol Pentecosl. Worship was conducted by the
Bishop of Lewes who blessed o Rowon Tree in the groveyard os port of Ihe Queen's
Conopy initiative. HM Vice Lord Lieutenant of East Svssèx attended olong with Hvw
Merriman MP and other civic dignilories and church180d8rs and churches frorn Bat1￿.
The second mojor civic service wos for the lote HM Qveen Elizobeth's death. Protocols
were followed occording lo guidance from The Chvrch of Englond ond Operation
London Bridge. St Mory's fulfilled ils role os Ihe Civic Parish Chvrch during this lime with
the church open for mourning, and a book ol remembronce forsigning by the public.
The Dean attended the proclamation in Battle as well os visiling the lale Queen lying
In state in the Greot Hall in Westminster on behalf of St Mory's and the porish. The Ctvic
seNice for Ihe Queen was w811 attended by the town and HhA Lord Lieutenont of East
Sussex along with other civic dignilories and church leaders.
There were nine baptisms, seven eonffrmations. four weddings. thirteen funerals and
three burials of ashes which took place at st Mary's as well as an Archdeacon's
Vlsilalion service for the swearing in of Churchwardens.

l. The full PCC met eight tirres in 2022. They considered a number of slgnificant
i55ves,' in particular, they consdered in delail proposab for Ihe refiJrbishment of
the Church Hall.
2. Th& Deon and PCC would fike to extend a special thank-yov to the Pastofal
Core team. who maintain o high level of contact and care for the elderty. the
sick. and housebound. Mony thanks also to the Socrislan and his a55i5tant for
Iheir faithful services and to oll who clean ond decorale both chvrches on a
regulor bosis and lo those who help lo provide and serve refreshments after
services. Additionolly. Ihonk yov to everyone who helped to organise and run
the vorlovs se￿Ice$. especially the retired clergy and our Reader5.
3. The PCC had pledged £28.IXK) to the Diocese of Chlchester. a carefulty
considered and budgeled omount based on expected income and avoiloble
reserves. Follow receipt of Iwo unrestricted legacies during 2022. the PCC
opted to pay IO%.1£10S01 os on odditional payment. A further reslricted legacy
wos received in the care of the Dean ond Churchwordens. of which 5%1£29001
was olso mode os an additional payment. mokin9 0 fir)al total of £31,950 for
2022.
4. The PCC received the firsl port of o large legacy from the estole of Tom Long
This is reslricled legacy in the core ot the Deon and Churchwordens. 5% was
made os on odditionol poymenl lowords the 2022 Porish Contribulion in
recognition of th8 regvlor donations Tom Long used to maké towords the Parish
Contribution during hts later years.
5. The PCC recefved Iwo further unreslrlcled legocies, £1 O.IXO from Freda Pell and
£500 from Potricia Grinstead, which were placed in the designated legacies
fund to be used for church projects.
6. St Mary's Church was delighted to host concwts ogoin followng Iwo years of
Covid reslrictions, and welcomed both Botme Chorol ond the Whotlington
Singers for choral concerts. as well as hosting 8otHe Feslival for o Charity
Concert in aid ol Ukraine lunds.
7. St Mory'5 Church wos olso delightad to host a fundraising ev8nl for Ukraine. at
whlch £5,384 was given In donations and purchases.
8. The PCC made a tolol of £10,141 of outward giving donotions from income
received. This included money from the Ukroine fundroising event. the
Christmas Tree Feslival, Remembrance Servlces and the Civlc Setvice for Queen
Elizabelh11 among others.
9. St Morys Ch￿Ch held o very successful Celebrotion of Aowers weekend for the
Queens Platinvm Jubilee, which inclvded a Civic Service, attended by mony in
the Parish along with the MP Huw Mefflman and the Vice Lord Lieutenanl Sara
stonor.

10. St Mory5 Church joined with the all of the country in mouming HM Qveen
Elizabelh11 when She possed away in September 2022. The flag wos lowored,
the bells muffled and o Civic Semce held with the attendonce of the Lord
Lievtenant of E05t Sussex.
I l. Th6 mother and toddler group Busy Bees restarted under the new leodership of
Mrs Sue Blackman and Miss R05eann8 Blackmon. Places were quickly bookèd
up and remoined fvl all year, with requests for more 5e55ions.
12. The Bottle bonch of th8 Bexhil Foodbank continued lo operole from the
Church Hall and is increasingly busy. This is on ecumenicd venlure ond Is In Ilne
with the diocesan encourogement to 'seNe Ihe common good,. The PCC
charges for this usa of th8 premises. but gives 0 99% rebote as part of ils
endeovours to 'serve the common good..
13. The Christmos Tree Festival took ploce over the weekend o1261L27m November.
The church wos very busy ond the weekend was o success. Three chorities were
sent £775 each from the funds rolsed.
14. During 2022 the Porilh Sofeguording Officer role vrfos handed over to Mrs Jan
Collin5 in Moy, with MT5 Trocy Dixon stepping down. There were no sofeguarding
Issues durlng Ihe yeor ond the PCC hos compled wllh Ils duly to hove 'dve
regord, lo the House of Bishops, Sofegvording Policy ond Proctice Guidonce.
15. Volunleers- The Church depends on Ihe voluntory services of mony helpers in
order to offer svch a wide range of activities.
16. In line wlh the Charity Commissions recommendation. it 15 PCC policy that the
balonce on any unrestricted funds {excluding property) should equate to at
least nine months of unre5tTiCted èxpendilure Iconsidering olso some relioble
Incomel os o contingency ogoinst unfueseen silvotions. This was Irue ot the
closing balonce 31 sl December 2022. When plonning our octivities for the year,
the incumbent and the PCC hove considered the Charity Commission's
guidonce on public benefit ond. in porticvlar. the specific guidonce on
'charities for Ihe advancement of religion,. In particular. we try to enable locol
people to live out their faith os part of our porish community through:
al Worship and prayer; leaming obout the Gospel.. ond developing Iheir
knowledge of. and tnjst in Jesus: the occasional offices, and administering
the socraments.
bl Provision of paslorol care for people living in Ihe porish:
cl Mi55ionary and outreach work.
To focililote this work. it is importont Ihot we mainloin the fabric of Sl Mary's in
Battle. Church ol The Ascension at Telham and the Deonery.
Signed on beholf of Ihe PCC.
Chairman
Dote .

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ￿ MARY THE VIRGIN. BArnE
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL A￿1VITIF￿
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Reth￿￿ E￿10￿1 Tolal Fundi
20
INCOMING R&SOURCF3
Voluntary Income
Aciiviiieg for 8enerniin8 funds
Income fmm investmenls
In¢om¢ from Chur¢h AL¢ivili¢5
Totsl In¢on15ng re4our¢e8
108130
61677
169807
3486
411511
32582
£ 21072.fj
30
3485
£ 145533 £ 65192 £
R￿ouRcF￿ EXPENDED
Costs 01"8e￿￿tlng Volun1￿ income
Fund Raising Costs
Church Aciivilics
Gi)vCma￿C Cosis
Tot81 regourees expended
280
145013
1914
£ 147207
119241
1914
£ 141435 £
.1772
5772 £
Net (ou(golng)Aneomlng resource8
Other r¢¢ognlsed y1n81(l(￿w)
Gain$/(IAp3s¢sI on inveilineni oi4eiJ
Fund iransfrrs
Nel nK•vement In fun
59420
6.3518
112682 ) (12682 }
3485 )
35935
7583
112682 ) 50837
Total funds brou8hi forwwd l Januory 2022
Totul funds carried fonvard 31 December 2022
683051 £ 105954 £ 1071fj8 £ 896163
£ 6￿634 £ 161889 £
94476 £ 946999

THE PAR(KHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BATTLE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
eomparadve Slatement olFlnandd Adlvltles for 2021:
INCOMING RESOURCFS
Voluntary Income
Aaivilie5 for genernling fvnds
Income fmm invesimenls
Income from Church Adivilies
TotAI In¢onthg resour¢4s
12(>480
3039
31C
3039
1572
1528
£ 142755 £ 2528 £
£ 145283
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Cosls ofgenerdtin8 volunw income
Fund Raisin8 Cosis
Church Activiua
Governance Costs
113614
1882
115496
2040
£ 117676
£ 115794 £ 1882 £
Nel loutgolngylneomlng rttour
Other recogDlsed gal￿￿(1￿￿)
Gains ILossesJ on invesimeni asseii
Fund Iran5fers
Net movement In funds
2￿1
27￿7
I2￿2
12(A)2
26961
12(1)2
40209
Total funds brought forward l January 2tr21
£ 656CW £ 105308 £ 94556 £ 855954
Total funds forward 31 lknnber 2Q21 £ 683051 £ 105954 £ 107158 £ 896163

THE PAROCIUAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BAME
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT JI DECEMBER 2022
Nde
2022
2021
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Fixol A&KLS
Jnvestsnent Assets
598242
94476
692718
598242
107158
7054(X)
CURRENT AssErs
Stock
D¢biors
Dcp05its at CentTr] Bcwd of Finawe
Cash al Bank. Building Sc¢idy and in HaThl
2291
131449
122642
256382
2261
I2￿26
61761
193049
CURRENT LIABILITIFS
Ctediiots.. an￿nts falling within
one yur
2101
TOTAL ASSETS LLSS CURRENr
LIABILITILS
254281
I￿763
CREDITORS: amounts falling due ofter
Nrf ASSETS
£ 9469)9
£ 896163
Retrfe5cnled by:
Unresiriaed Fund4
Restric*d FuDds
Endowmenl Fund%
10
10
10
683051
105954
107158
£ 896163
161889
94476
£ 946W)
Apptoval by the th Parr¢hia] Clturch C(wKil on and sigwj on if5 l￿haIfby.
Lgkn1,1
LEE DUCKE
PAUL IEWts
Cthurd)wurden

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ￿ MARY THE VIRGIN, BATTLE
NOTLS TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YL4R ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
I ACCOUNTINC IIOLICIFS
riwiil ststenMts have kn weP￿d thechureh Aeciwnting ReguL￿1C￿ in
with ylicthk &uwnlinB stsn(krd5 and cunrnt120151 Stala￿1[ d Rec0Mn￿
Prnuice Attcdniing llThJ Wing by awities SORP (FRS1021.
fina￿]￿1 thments hv¢ tten hill<￿¢41 ￿ ¢ThMI1(￿ &8 by
the irKlusion of inve￿A￿ts ￿ matht val￿. inclth ail traL$xIi(￿&
Iwis and lillbili1￿ fLYwhich th Ffc is reSpYA1b￿ in12w. Tryth ￿nIS
ofchurch wups ow* rnin affili*1￿ to i￿y. wlu¢hut in({￿￿]
8aiheritt89 of church mtskn.
Tr Irusltt% Cr￿%7(￿ tht It A) matsiil utThtsI￿1es theOHrity$ 4m.lity localin￿¢
95 o going¢oncem.
Funds
held by PCC are:
Unreiiricled fwth. Fr￿1 fur#ls whi¢h cth te u*1 ftr Ifc ordimry
t*i8ntsJ fuThh. furdi fwa fwtr¢ Fwpx¢.
ReMrK*d fuThJ$.
il i￿ome from Iru5ts or en(b)wmj￿ wtu'ch may IxeAtQKkd ￿lY(M kn r¢strKied
pyoyithd in wm$ of the L¥ ttqiiesi.
ii) &>nDtions tt8fllnts recei￿ ftv o wifie LY u1vi￿ by the rcc fiff o vir
obiecL The fund£ moy ￿lY E¢ ewthl wific (W fcrfwtruth 8iTh.
Any ￿21￿ rEmiining theeThl dihe)u is f￿ard hlartt ttllt
FAowment ￿lld5. fvnd5 the of which must t¢ mainthiKd.' C￿lY InwMe￿SinS ftom t
invcstmeni of& ¢ndowDXni moy be eithr os ffstricted or UQT¢styi￿ fun￿ &FDibn8
the pu￿, sa oul in th lenrts ry181t￿l en(knw￿.
All incoming ￿5￿[ce$￿t ￿mIed
Coileciions wiytsl. Pl*xd 8iVin8ttCeiV4bk recwixd onlywkn
r￿elY￿. IK¢Th 14A on Gift Aid isT¢w￿l￿
recows)J.
Grants aTrl legKiN ￿ the Ffcllre PCC is wlycnll￿ed lo the
Other IJKQD
Rentsl income fr(w ]dtiD8 ddwrch wmiscs I￿1 all is rwsed whtn it 15
receivib]e.
10

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF sr MARY THE VIRGIN, BAME
NiyfEs TO THE ACCOUN15 Ict•linwdl
FOR THE YFAR ENDED31 DECEMBER ￿21
"vidth ￿t Ge￿n￿ f￿ wlxn dL* and Inkyest emtitkmots *E frr
R￿li￿d gain5 wt 1cco￿l￿d wko in%rstmentsuE sr4d. Unralixd yins ]￿e$ are
R•)yngs U5cd
Rex)urc¢s ¢xttth ￿J￿￿1 xcnmls t•sis*bJ wrxc(WNed g03&
Gt4Rts
Gr&nts and dcwlions forfthi pxl o%v.tr when t*lKr¢ d%uwaTd
creotes a binding obligiion C￿ the FCC.
Chll￿h Adl
The ¢th(resan wishcomribjiion is fty Any ￿lsh unw'd
31 Decemt¢r is wivi4W fwin ￿cL￿N$&I￿ Ml a kpil ￿￿.]llY
is sknwTr u J etsliior in the Bkn SFttL
Flxed Assets
Tangible Flx¢d As%ts
Con*rrTr￿d and iKnefKed mof ￿Y klt#J li exelwkd fri¥n the by s.l(K2K•l Ind
1¢) of ChBrities ALX Xli i.
Mov#bkchurch furnithinylKkl by tt* D¢kn 4TrJ lThwchw¥&ry￿ fly th Irc
which rryuire a fwvliy fw di4wI. ure &YryJn*d ￿ iMlierAbk unless
conwrated. They are in tr ChuTrh's Invenw which Con k inswed. For inalienabk
proFrty acquirtd prity10 2Lll) there 15 iQSUtrKieM inf￿1￿￿ avfjil*k aThJ thr¢fLY¢ sKh
•￿ts41t nc4 valwd in the
All incurred in iy I¢￿rKed bJi]dingsar#l 1rdiv1th￿ ilalls
crolin8 under£l(KKi ￿ writtffl off in Ilr )rarth¢y were
Tr chU￿h Hall 15 slkiwn in the aceiwnts Insur￿ tIMS is the &tr¢d valu•11￿ 45
Trusttts. No (kNtti&ion is prow&d on iThl ￿1]ding5#s il is the F(f5 io nuifttsin thex #&w in
Cthktinui of ￿]nd repair. Tr useful e£¢*Mmni¢ life we4$ k￿8 KJ hi
th￿anY dy'jtion W[￿￿1 r#X be n11￿1￿.
urch y¥pnwni IN (lgprwl4￿ on * thi￿.11r* b••i¥ ov¢r four >w•. Indiyidud itsms of
equip￿K￿t with a FYI￿ of £l(KX) or i¢ss att W7ilt¢n assei
IDvestJxebts
Inve&ment5 arr￿ the bJloKe kn d*
Currenl
Amounts owin8 ts th• Kr￿ 31 D¢t¢th ID resyt of few LYthirK¢qti¢ •r¢
slrn us debt￿5 k&% Fffoyision tha may ￿D¥C uMxJlkcthk.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ￿ MARY THE VIRGIN, BArnE
NOT&S TO THE ACCOUNLS l¢oolinyed
FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 DECFJIBER J21
(Jmol It￿ atsd gr•nl
Following areview of the law the Cludut¢r DBF&¢ithd in 2019 the kTh]￿j$ Nesefflation of awn¢¢l
misuThJerstcd and A reYisi¢M tw11￿
Incon* w¢iv•J from awl tnJa5 Inveth%￿ &stk Irc tkns nc4 owtt th tru￿ fuThJ llLTits
iDve5ttwJts.
IrKonK from CThithewDBF i$u Rethic*4 ¢kn1￿bk wi ￿ re4n*wrse the ofinwnng Ik CJwrK¢l.
which previwsiy ha5 by pcc C¢DeTrl Fthbjk In J)22 the 10 ti￿112021 £nill.
The PCC d￿lded¢0 Ilr Fu￿1 w repknish fulld fLYttr¢ cty oraw￿¢1
The previously thsclostd v4lue Jnkwniing lo £MI.98 E¢¢n renK)￿d fnxn & value of Ftc
investnKnts lo reileci the Ffc (k¢$r￿ Wly ￿ i￿rIc￿llY owll Ch￿￿tI fund lis
inve5thkM&
Accumulied incomE re£¢1￿] from DBF￿￿ iKlwkd in tkn aMr￿￿ted lo
£2291.23 w 3]￿ tknber2022 IYJ21 £2261.56).
12

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOF ￿ MARY THE VIRGIN, BATn
NOT&S TO THE AccouTrll5 Itoottnutd
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Unrutriclal RestrKtd T(lal
Fund$ 21122
2 INCOMING RESOURCES
Volunlgry
ned gy￿ng..
Gift Aid tlinati(ffjs
Tax Tecoverable
Co]leciionsllt serrice5
139J9
IYJ57
15622
t028
13959
15)57
IY299
É028
12591
Ilh37
8170
16W7
35475
3677
Cjrants. (thr
Le￿1¢5￿￿J Don￿11￿ in MewKTy
tr*r Votvntary Inwne
6377
6377
£ 108IJI £ 61677£ 169807
£ 12(
b. Artlvlilts forFDer•tiry
Chrisim&s Tree Fe5tivJl
&Krai fvrAt rniiin8
2828
(As3
(03
£ 3039
c. Intome Invmlmehts
tAvidends and
30 £ 4850
£ 31C(I
d I￿o￿E Irom Ch•nh Adlvltl
rch ud CThurth Hall kllinv
Benedicts Whistler Ceoue
Fees fvom wethlin8JfflC
Magazine
13815
13815
10586
3571
10586
3571
3485
2m7 £ 3485 £ 3J? 82
5514
1776
cloim
£ 18654
TOTAL INC(IME RFSOURCFS
£ 145533 £ 65192£ 210725
£ 14528J
13

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL ovsr MARY IHE VIRGIN, BAME
NOTFS TO THE ACCOUNTS Iconlln￿dl
FOR THE Y&4R ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•2Z
3 RFSOURCLS EXPENDED
tt. C(&5 olgtner81iJ¥ Ydunt•ry
Funds
Fu#&
Si¢warthlMp ¢cds
FundrAtslng
c Chureh let1￿1
Ministy ¢osts.'
hri5h tlict
IknT¢lergy COMS
Urch running ex
L￿[ch mwnlena
Up*eep of services
SLilior£ry
ExFnditure on Ma8￿1*
Church Holls Jwnnin8 ttffjll
di¢th wh1￿1¢r Ccntye
Rowrrs
MissiLm. (￿lIe￿h ￿d Ch¥1￿k Givi
Stsff w48
Bonk ¢lw8ts
Sundry su￿ri010
Eco Chyrch Gathi
Sumnxr Ffxxl
319x1
14283
18435
21627
16935
22￿j
2228
17454
14283
177L
21627
15845
10430
17383
IOS18
12415
2629
17454
166J3
2016
972
1153
10142
39)7
371
2183
10142
3Y)7
371
2183
333
270
£ 139241 £ sm£ I4￿113
£ 115496
Iltynde￿ eAaminoDon fee
Lyi ond pmf¢s8i(Thl fecs
1914
1914
1914 £
£ 1914
£ 2C40
TOTALRLSOURCLSEXPENDED £ 141435 £ 5772 £ 147207
£ 117676
4 REGUtAR C(AYfRAcfoRS' COSTS
t￿ring the yearpyments ro th djw¢hc￿k¢1. thillislwty. and
orgllni5ts oi Si ￿8￿1$1 I￿1 achuthhll ¢kanerardcardak¢r.
of these payW £18,94515)21.. £18.4861
14

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL 01￿ MARY THE VIRGIN, BATll
NOTIS TO THE ACCOUNtS (contin￿dI
FOR THE YLIR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•22
5 TANGIBLE FIXED kSSE13
laMI aDJ Fund
Buildinp F4UiPmtnt F4UiPmEnt
Tdal
Cost or V4luati
As ￿ l JaDuary 2022
Addi(iL￿3
DisFo&IIs
As ￿ 31 t*cemt* 2022
598242
6225
£ 598?42 £ 2LW £ 4285
tkpreeiiti
As ￿ l Jonll￿ 2022
Chw frrf Ik )w
Disw)sais
As fjt 31 E*¢emi*r 2022
4285
£ 21Xkfi3 £ 4285
£ 24348
Nd B￿1 Value ￿ 3A Dttmbtr Ioll £ 598242 £
Net Book V4lueAI 31 De£¢tskn2•21 £ 598242 £
£ 598242
£ 598242
The l•rHI and lyjildiny ¢YJrwse the CbJr¢h Hail T*hKh is kn at Yaluthn which is
IIK deem￿ Ya]ua¢ion ￿ peT the Tnjs
Th¢ ¢quiptr*nt consilli Ota ￿¢￿￿er. the in XX)7.
thno purchJs¢d ID 2(Xg. wrchatd in 2011 •nd kith 4UiPMkL
Safe and chitspwchA*l Xlll
6 INVFSThIENT llXED A&SEts
lnVutnxn￿ k]d by the DI￿ Ithlfd the rcc..
M•rket Value
2021
2022
32521
37645
20744
IJ745hgRs￿cBF IDV¢StsWN I
3567
42&fj8
23512
4118
IAM sh*¢% in CBF In¥abTth Fvl
3359
J525
ExpeTthbke*loThthl:
Tothl
£ 94476
£ 107158
2011
7 DEKroK
thicl*st¢T DBFC1wKel Insw￿
Pffpyments *cnxd iw
Chherdebiors
2262
£ 2291
2262
15

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFsf MARY THE VIRGIN, BAME
NOTFS TO THE Accouf4T3 (tyUth￿d)
FOR THE YEAR LYDED 31 DECEMBUi I)22
2022
8 CR￿￿TrOl￿￿ faWD8 dut withi# omyar
Acrtuais uiiliiie5 and rthr c(
2101
2286
9 ANALYSIS OF NET A&SE15 BY FUND
FUD&
598242
Funds
94476
FIKd Asse
Curmii Amdj
Less.. lJabiiilies
Fund BdaD¢e
692718
250382
2101)
165374
£ 687149 £ 165374£ 94476
10 STATEMENT OF FUNtIs
1.0122 I￿ne & k￿e%
31.1122
Unratrfcted fuoth
Generui fund
Desisnaled fund
Busy Bees
P￿1¢￿] CareTeui
Mts8aane
Le￿Ie5
Eco Chureh PrnF
Even￿ Commiiie¢
61(W3 127(Ao
129563
3125
611635
355
743
258
4355
35475
3571
2227
1339)
707
2979
145534
3187
141435
16401
3485
&83051
R¢strictod funds
Fabric fuThJs liKI. De￿ thl
CThurch Warths Fthri¢l
Fiower fvnd
tkan And a)urthw￿l￿ ILNJN)
tclK5w DBFCIA￿I inswll￿ 2261
gronl
Tom bJDg14Xy
Tclhim OTg•n fund
Telknm Electh¢ily
Ctrglln Scknlar
Si Marfs (kw
89J22
(3485)
89322
1713
1177
1153
1737
551
729
Y47
2053
2053
161889
65192
5n2 { 34851
107158
11?6821
76
Tothl fun
£ 890163 £ 210726 £ 147J)7 £ 11268?) £
16

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFsfMARY THE VIRCIN, BAME
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS Icontlnuedl
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•n
10 S[ATEM￿oF FUNILS Icontinwdl
The endowmeni fun& ¢(th￿se Invests)*￿ kld lty tk Dirw oj Pfc 4s
detaibl in tKxe 6 w thEse
b. The FJEYi¢ Fund8 ar loex* cffj fakn ofikdwr
Tr Pastwal Cart is MLW (knthl SFttifKaiiy by the Pa*Lnl C4re
Team for i[Kiden￿l exFnses.
d. Fund ry¢sents SI￿ and usAI spcifiul]y fty the woviiion of flowers at
Si Mjrfk
wrplus fuThts fn)rn l I￿u¥ry 21
ftf the refurbishnxnl o(tk (Yjuffh of th AscenM￿. Tr M￿leS shown
were trnnsfened 10 Ik14rish dwin8 ond are kid fty fity¢ M•j(rrefu￿1tht ofthe
orÉan for rvjtine iunin8u mllinl¢Dll￿¢.
Telham Ekciricily Fvnd 15 I￿￿10n$ and f(¥ the¢ost of electri¢iry of Teljam Church.
8. Si Mary'i Oryun Fu￿4 is d￿1¢xts sw'ficolly the le￿r LI>￿￿0fthe{￿W. R¢mwninB m(
will used for future repairs.
h. L¢gJ¢ies a 5c* fwxl wed POFL1S Ihi nwy i*ms ftv Ikdwrch INI clwrdb ho11 as
ay¢¢d by PCC.
The Lon8 LeBxy is i rthided fwd unthriFKcwe De￿ C7wtdJwwdm UrKkr the lenTk8of
the will il i$10 r(ff 'Frfimuily fLYth o(w(xthipM T¢lhJm,' bui is nLN excl￿1¥¢
11 TRANSACTIONS WTfH PCC MEMBEL4
No memlKs PCC wived rAYll￿$ 4Mrt rm..
Bcox
T tlxon
£3￿•
£ti)15
Parith Ck
rish Adminishk
12 TrADING sU￿]DIARy
Si Mary's IBuiUel Nurw tAd InJiTrR as a ￿]rate CrAn￿nY limilal by euamleein
Sewembcr 2012. Tr Nursery Ceth 10 Ir& the 31￿ Augu￿ 2021 and wL4 disY)I￿d (m the 5th A￿.1 2022.
17

INDEPEND￿ EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF
ST MARY THE VIRG￿ BAML PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
I rqx)n on the acLxunts fiythe )taT 31 tknlrr 2022 which are sa on p
71016.
ResFdlve responsibijltks ofthe Trllsttts d IDdqxtht Exanth
The Charity's tn￿[￿S are re5tx)nsiblc for ihe ￿Epa￿lon of1￿ XCOUnL& Tr ChaTily'S Iiuslees consider
Ihal an audil is noi required for this year undcrseclion144(2) otthe awiues Act 20111th¢ 2011 Acl)
aTrl th￿ an Inde￿ndent examinaiion is rwled.
li is my respnsibility lo
examine the accounts uTrJer seciion145 of the 2011 Ad;
follow the prctedures laid down in CtheTal Direclions given by the
Charity Cornmissionets seciion145{5Xbl of 2011 Acl: grMI
slale whether particular matters have come 10 my attention.
Bgsls of Independettt Ex8mlner'J StslemeDI
My examindlion was carried out ID with &neral Dirxiiom given by the
Chariiy Commi&sion.
An examination includes a review of accounting re¢(*ts keN by the charity ard a rompariK)n of the
accounts pre&enied wilh those recorth. li also i￿lu(￿S Co￿￿deration of any unusual ilems or disclosures in
the accounts, and seek]'n8 eXplan￿lOn5 ftom lh¢ man4emenl oimmillee Ll)tKerning ony such mattm. The
prottdures undertaken do Provide Ell the evidence w(wld t¢ ffquired in a full audil, and
consequenlly no opinion is given 85 Ihe accounts pres¢ni a'true an lair Yiew, and Ihe re￿1 is
limited lo IIK>5e matiers set i)yl in Ih Wow.
Independent Examlner's Ststemenl
In conneciion with my examination, no m&ieriAI heve cony to my I￿￿1$￿ which ￿¥￿$ me cause io
lieve Ihat in, any maleriai res￿.
Ihe uccounting k4rf in xcrydaKe with I￿0[the awities Ad; LY
th¢ r¥wunts did Mt ac¢(rf with ikn&Y(wrtini
the Kcounts dMI with the W*#bte ￿lleD￿M$ corrnninB fo￿ andc¢JnteDI o(atttyJnis oui
MJ the Churilies (Accounts INI RqKYtsi Regul￿]0￿ M6(thrthan any r¢quirM*ni the give a
'¢nK and fwr. vicw whiGh IJ M a rr• a5 tArt rfan examlnakn.
I have come￿￿055 nots nwen itt ¢￿]neC1￿?￿ with th examinutw)n to whKh allen11￿ slwmld ￿ drdwn tn Ihis
R T K WAISH, FCCA
MANNINGTONS
Chariered Aceountonrs
39 High Stred
B&iile
Ea51 Sussex
33 OEE
tkne: 311031