|Diocese|Swansea & Brecon||Archdeaconry||Gower|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Parish of|St. Mary's Church|||||||||
|||||||||||
||**ANNUAL FINANCIAL RETURN FOR**||||**2023**|||||
|||||||||||
|Dedication of all Churches included in this return|||St. Mary's Church|||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**PLEASE REFER TO THE GUIDANCE NOTES & TO THE INCOME & EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS WHEN FI**|||||**LLING IN THIS RETURN**|||||
|**ROUND ALL FIGURES TO NEAREST £**||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**INCOME AND EXPENDITURE**||||||||||
||||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Total of**|
||||||**Funds**||**Funds**||**all Funds**|
|INCOMINGRESOURCES /RECEIPTS|||||||||**£**|
||Voluntaryincome|Plannedgiving|||16,899||0||16,899|
|||Loose collections|||11,886||0||11,886|
|||Donations:|||1,891||276||2,167|
|||For Mission|||7,520||0||7,520|
|||Tax refunds|||5,490||0||5,490|
|||Legacy gifts received|||500||0||500|
|||Grants|||22,464||17,803||40,267|
||Generated income|Moneyraising|||18,105||0||18,105|
|||Fees|||2,578||0||2,578|
||Investment income||||11,955||0||11,955|
||Other incomingresources||||0||0||0|
|||||||||||
||TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES / RECEIPTS||||99,288||18,079||117,367|
|||||||||||
|RESOURCES EXPENDED / PAYMENTS||||||||||
||Support for Ministry||Parish share||46,924||0||46,924|
||||Parochial expenses of clerics||4,167||0||4,167|
||||Other||400||0||400|
||Parish Activities||Maintenance of services||14,961||0||14,961|
||||General Parish expenses||3,201||0||3,201|
||Church Property||Maintenance of churches||34,350||2,045||36,395|
||||Maintenance of otherproperty||0||0||0|
||||Exceptional expenditure||0||0||0|
||Grants and Financial Support|||Parish|0||4,759||4,759|
|||||Home/World|365||0||365|
||Other Resources Expended||Capital Payments||0||0||0|
||Cost of MoneyRaising||Cost of MoneyRaising||1,428||0||1,428|
|||||||||||
||TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED / PAYMENTS||||105,796||6,804||112,600|
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**BALANCE OF TOTAL FUNDS**||||||||||
|||||||||||
||Brought forward 1st January||2023||95,919||2,196||98,115|
||Carried forward 31st December||<br>2023||89,411||13,471||102,882|
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|Diocese|Swansea & Brecon||Archdeaconry||Gower|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Parish of|St. Mary's Church|||||||||
|||||||||||
||**ANNUAL FINANCIAL RETURN FOR**||||**2023**|||||
|||||||||||
|Dedication of all Churches included in this return|||St. Mary's Church|||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**PLEASE REFER TO THE GUIDANCE NOTES & TO THE INCOME & EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS WHEN FI**|||||**LLING IN THIS RETURN**|||||
|**ROUND ALL FIGURES TO NEAREST £**||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**INCOME AND EXPENDITURE**||||||||||
||||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Total of**|
||||||**Funds**||**Funds**||**all Funds**|
|INCOMINGRESOURCES /RECEIPTS|||||||||**£**|
||Voluntaryincome|Plannedgiving|||16,899||0||16,899|
|||Loose collections|||11,886||0||11,886|
|||Donations:|||1,891||276||2,167|
|||For Mission|||7,520||0||7,520|
|||Tax refunds|||5,490||0||5,490|
|||Legacy gifts received|||500||0||500|
|||Grants|||22,464||17,803||40,267|
||Generated income|Moneyraising|||18,105||0||18,105|
|||Fees|||2,578||0||2,578|
||Investment income||||11,955||0||11,955|
||Other incomingresources||||0||0||0|
|||||||||||
||TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES / RECEIPTS||||99,288||18,079||117,367|
|||||||||||
|RESOURCES EXPENDED / PAYMENTS||||||||||
||Support for Ministry||Parish share||46,924||0||46,924|
||||Parochial expenses of clerics||4,167||0||4,167|
||||Other||400||0||400|
||Parish Activities||Maintenance of services||14,961||0||14,961|
||||General Parish expenses||3,201||0||3,201|
||Church Property||Maintenance of churches||34,350||2,045||36,395|
||||Maintenance of otherproperty||0||0||0|
||||Exceptional expenditure||0||0||0|
||Grants and Financial Support|||Parish|0||4,759||4,759|
|||||Home/World|365||0||365|
||Other Resources Expended||Capital Payments||0||0||0|
||Cost of MoneyRaising||Cost of MoneyRaising||1,428||0||1,428|
|||||||||||
||TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED / PAYMENTS||||105,796||6,804||112,600|
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**BALANCE OF TOTAL FUNDS**||||||||||
|||||||||||
||Brought forward 1st January||2023||95,919||2,196||98,115|
||Carried forward 31st December||<br>2023||89,411||13,471||102,882|
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st. Mary's Church

114622 9 

_Registered Charity No._ 

**CHURCH COUNCIL** 

**ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** The Parish is situated in Swansea  West Glamorgan Swansea & within the Diocese of Brecon The correspondence address is St. Mary's Church, St. Mary's Square, Swansea, SA1 3LP The Churches which make up the Parish are St. Mary's Church 

## **CHURCH COUNCIL (CC)** 

|The members who served from 1<br>January<br>2023<br>until the date this report was approved were:<br>_Name_<br>_if appointed or_<br>_resigned in period_<br>_office held_<br>date<br>_date_<br>_appoint_<br>_ed_<br>_resigned_<br>Clergy<br>Justine<br>Davies<br>Jul-22<br>Sam Aldred<br>Jun-19<br>Jan-23<br>John<br>Anthony<br>Jun-16<br>Church warden appointed by<br>Incumbent<br>Helen<br>Murray MBE<br>Apr-22<br>Church Warden elected<br>Bashi<br>r Gill<br>Nov-22<br>Lord Mayor' Wardens<br>Jacqui<br>Morgan<br>Apr-22<br>Julian<br>Mamiso<br>Apr-22<br>Wardens of<br>Holy Trinity<br>Alison<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Ryan<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Council<br>Members<br>Paul Murray<br>Apr-23<br>Yvonne Pitt<br>Apr-23<br>Ruth<br>Roberts<br>Apr-23<br>Karen<br>Phillips<br>Apr-23<br>Tony<br>Davie<br>s<br>Apr-23<br>Margaret<br>Apr-23|The members who served from 1<br>January<br>2023<br>until the date this report was approved were:<br>_Name_<br>_if appointed or_<br>_resigned in period_<br>_office held_<br>date<br>_date_<br>_appoint_<br>_ed_<br>_resigned_<br>Clergy<br>Justine<br>Davies<br>Jul-22<br>Sam Aldred<br>Jun-19<br>Jan-23<br>John<br>Anthony<br>Jun-16<br>Church warden appointed by<br>Incumbent<br>Helen<br>Murray MBE<br>Apr-22<br>Church Warden elected<br>Bashi<br>r Gill<br>Nov-22<br>Lord Mayor' Wardens<br>Jacqui<br>Morgan<br>Apr-22<br>Julian<br>Mamiso<br>Apr-22<br>Wardens of<br>Holy Trinity<br>Alison<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Ryan<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Council<br>Members<br>Paul Murray<br>Apr-23<br>Yvonne Pitt<br>Apr-23<br>Ruth<br>Roberts<br>Apr-23<br>Karen<br>Phillips<br>Apr-23<br>Tony<br>Davie<br>s<br>Apr-23<br>Margaret<br>Apr-23|The members who served from 1<br>January<br>2023<br>until the date this report was approved were:<br>_Name_<br>_if appointed or_<br>_resigned in period_<br>_office held_<br>date<br>_date_<br>_appoint_<br>_ed_<br>_resigned_<br>Clergy<br>Justine<br>Davies<br>Jul-22<br>Sam Aldred<br>Jun-19<br>Jan-23<br>John<br>Anthony<br>Jun-16<br>Church warden appointed by<br>Incumbent<br>Helen<br>Murray MBE<br>Apr-22<br>Church Warden elected<br>Bashi<br>r Gill<br>Nov-22<br>Lord Mayor' Wardens<br>Jacqui<br>Morgan<br>Apr-22<br>Julian<br>Mamiso<br>Apr-22<br>Wardens of<br>Holy Trinity<br>Alison<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Ryan<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Council<br>Members<br>Paul Murray<br>Apr-23<br>Yvonne Pitt<br>Apr-23<br>Ruth<br>Roberts<br>Apr-23<br>Karen<br>Phillips<br>Apr-23<br>Tony<br>Davie<br>s<br>Apr-23<br>Margaret<br>Apr-23|The members who served from 1<br>January<br>2023<br>until the date this report was approved were:<br>_Name_<br>_if appointed or_<br>_resigned in period_<br>_office held_<br>date<br>_date_<br>_appoint_<br>_ed_<br>_resigned_<br>Clergy<br>Justine<br>Davies<br>Jul-22<br>Sam Aldred<br>Jun-19<br>Jan-23<br>John<br>Anthony<br>Jun-16<br>Church warden appointed by<br>Incumbent<br>Helen<br>Murray MBE<br>Apr-22<br>Church Warden elected<br>Bashi<br>r Gill<br>Nov-22<br>Lord Mayor' Wardens<br>Jacqui<br>Morgan<br>Apr-22<br>Julian<br>Mamiso<br>Apr-22<br>Wardens of<br>Holy Trinity<br>Alison<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Ryan<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Council<br>Members<br>Paul Murray<br>Apr-23<br>Yvonne Pitt<br>Apr-23<br>Ruth<br>Roberts<br>Apr-23<br>Karen<br>Phillips<br>Apr-23<br>Tony<br>Davie<br>s<br>Apr-23<br>Margaret<br>Apr-23|The members who served from 1<br>January<br>2023<br>until the date this report was approved were:<br>_Name_<br>_if appointed or_<br>_resigned in period_<br>_office held_<br>date<br>_date_<br>_appoint_<br>_ed_<br>_resigned_<br>Clergy<br>Justine<br>Davies<br>Jul-22<br>Sam Aldred<br>Jun-19<br>Jan-23<br>John<br>Anthony<br>Jun-16<br>Church warden appointed by<br>Incumbent<br>Helen<br>Murray MBE<br>Apr-22<br>Church Warden elected<br>Bashi<br>r Gill<br>Nov-22<br>Lord Mayor' Wardens<br>Jacqui<br>Morgan<br>Apr-22<br>Julian<br>Mamiso<br>Apr-22<br>Wardens of<br>Holy Trinity<br>Alison<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Ryan<br>Thomas<br>Apr-23<br>Council<br>Members<br>Paul Murray<br>Apr-23<br>Yvonne Pitt<br>Apr-23<br>Ruth<br>Roberts<br>Apr-23<br>Karen<br>Phillips<br>Apr-23<br>Tony<br>Davie<br>s<br>Apr-23<br>Margaret<br>Apr-23|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||_Name_<br>date<br>_appoint_<br>_ed_||_if appointed or_<br>_resigned in period_<br>_date_<br>_resigned_|_office held_|
||Justine<br>Davies<br>Sam Aldred<br>John<br>Anthony<br>n appointed by<br>Helen<br>Murray MBE<br>n elected<br>Bashi<br>r Gill<br>ardens<br>Jacqui<br>Morgan<br>Julian<br>Mamiso<br>Alison<br>Thomas<br>Ryan<br>Thomas<br>Paul Murray<br>Yvonne Pitt<br>Ruth<br>Roberts<br>Karen<br>Phillips<br>Tony<br>Davie<br>s<br>Margaret|Jul-22<br>Jun-19<br>Jun-16<br>Apr-22<br>Nov-22<br>Apr-22<br>Apr-22<br>Apr-23<br>Apr-23<br>Apr-23<br>Apr-23<br>Apr-23<br>Apr-23<br>Apr-23<br>Apr-23|Jan-23||





Fox Terry Davies Apr-23 

## **STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

The Church in Wales is governed by its Constitution, set up under section 13(1) of the Welsh Church Acts 

1914, as amended from time to time by its Governing Body. The PCC is not a body corporate. Its composition, procedures and powers are regulated by the Constitution, which provides that before assuming office, every member must sign a declaration that he or she will be bound by the Constitution. 

The Constitution provides that the members of the PCC shall be: The Incumbent, Vicars and Assistant Curates; two Church Wardens, one appointed by the Incumbent and one elected at the Annual Vestry Meeting (AVM); two Sub-warden for each Church where there is more than one Church in the Parish, one 

appointed by the Incumbent and one elected at the AVM; Up to 25 lay members elected at the AVM; co-opted Secretary and Treasurer (if not already ex-officio or elected); and up to 7 further co-opted members. 

Lay, communicant persons over the age of 16 may be entered on an Electoral Roll (subject to certain conditions) 

and all such persons, so entered, are entitled to vote and to stand for election. 

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|St. Mary's Church|||
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|CHURCH COUNCIL|_Registered Charity No._|9|
|ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL|||
|STATEMENTS|||
|FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31|||
|DECEMBER|2023|Continued|



## **OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC** 

## **BENEFIT** 

As required by the Charities Act 2011, the CC has given due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission in respect of the operation of the public benefit requirement. The activities undertaken to fulfil the CC's purposes for the public benefit are described and detailed hereunder. The Church in Wales is a Province within the Anglican Communion and seeks to advance the Christian religion through world-wide mission. It is the responsibility of the CC and the Incumbent to work together 

and co-operate in all matters of concern and importance to the Parish for the promotion of the mission of 

the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in the Parish. The CC is responsible, interalia, for the parochial budget and all expenditure thereunder, the care and maintenance of Church fabric 

and of the Churchyards, and for any action or other matter referred to it in accordance with the Constitution, and is the normal channel of communication between parishioners and the Diocesan Bishop. 

This 

**MEMBERSHIP AND** 

Last year 



|**ATTENDANCE**<br>Members on Parish Electoral Roll<br>at<br>_(date)_<br>Easter communicants<br>Christmas communicants<br>Average weekly attendance (calculated for Church in Wales Return)|year<br>71<br>147<br>178<br>275|67<br>151<br>207<br>253|
|---|---|---|



## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND** 

## **PERFORMANCE** 

A full report of all that has happened in the last year, and details of future plans, are included in the ACHIEVEMENTS  AND PERFORMANCE section of this report below. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

The receipts and payments for the year, and the assets and liabilities at the year end are shown in the statements of account which accompany this report. Further detail of the results for the year and the financial position are included in the ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE section of this report below. 

"Free" unrestricted reserves shown by the Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Cash Funds, plus Other Monetary Assets, plus Investments, less Liabilities) at year end totalled      £ 606,564 ; 

## **RESERVES POLICY** 

The PCC aims to retain a balance of unrestricted "free" reserves to provide working capital, and to meet 

months payments any future shortfalls in receipts or unexpected payments, at least equal to  12 . The unrestricted reserves amount detailed above is in line with this policy. 

## **ADVISERS** 

**APPROVED by the Church Council on** 

**Council on** _(date)_ 5.5.24 and signed on its behalf by Helen : _(name)_ Murray _(Signatur_ Hwlwn _e)_ Murray Page 2 

## **St. Mary's Church** 

|**St. Mary's Church**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**CHURCH COUNCIL**|_Registered Charity_<br>_No._<br>11462<br>29||||||
||||||||
|**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**<br>**YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER**|**2023**|Not<br>es|General<br>Funds<br>£|Restricte<br>d<br>Funds<br>£|**This**<br>**Year**<br>**Total**<br>£|Previou<br>s<br>Year<br>_£_|
||||||||
||||||||
|**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR**|||||||
||||||||
|**RECEIPTS**<br>Planned giving|||16,89||**16,89**|_17,55_|





|Loose Collections<br>Donations<br>For Mission<br>Tax Refunds<br>Legacy gifts received<br>Grants<br>Money Raising<br>Fees<br>Investment Income<br>Other capital receipts<br>**TOTAL RECEIPTS**<br>**PAYMENTS**<br>Parish Share<br>Parochial Expenses of Clerics<br>Other Support for Ministry<br>Maintenance of Services<br>General Parish Expenses<br>Maintenance of Churches<br>Maintenance of other property<br>Exceptional expenditure<br>Parish Mission<br>Home/World Mission<br>Cost of Money Raising<br>Other capital payments<br>**TOTAL PAYMENTS**<br>**NET RECEIPTS / PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR**<br>**Transfers between Funds**<br>**Bank and oncall deposit balances at beginning of year**<br>**Bank and oncall deposit balances at end of year**||9<br>11,88<br>6<br>1,774<br>5,490<br>500<br>22,46<br>4<br>25,62<br>5<br>2,578<br>10,39<br>8<br>7,257|276<br>17,803|**9**<br>**11,88**<br>**6**<br>**2,050**<br>**0**<br>**5,490**<br>**500**<br>**40,26**<br>**7**<br>**25,62**<br>**5**<br>**2,578**<br>**10,39**<br>**8**<br>**7,257**|_8_<br>_8,542_<br>_8,573_<br>_5,380_<br>_5,726_<br>_0_<br>_400_<br>_10,29_<br>_7_<br>_1,416_<br>_10,23_<br>_0_<br>_0_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||104,8<br>70|18,079|**122,9**<br>**49**|**_68,12_**<br>**_2_**|
|||47,02<br>4<br>4,167<br>400<br>14,96<br>1<br>3,118<br>34,35<br>0<br>0<br>407<br>1,546|2,045<br>4,683|**47,02**<br>**4**<br>**4,167**<br>**400**<br>**14,96**<br>**1**<br>**3,118**<br>**36,39**<br>**5**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**4,683**<br>**407**<br>**1,546**<br>**0**|_37,97_<br>_1_<br>_1,649_<br>_640_<br>_15,32_<br>_6_<br>_4,277_<br>_15,16_<br>_6_<br>_0_<br>_0_<br>_2,962_<br>_10_<br>_173_<br>_406_|
|||105,7<br>06|6,728|**112,7**<br>**00**|_78,16_<br>_4_|
|||-836<br>0<br>95,91<br>9|11,351<br>0<br>2,196|**10,24**<br>**9**<br>**0**<br>**98,11**<br>**5**|_-_<br>_10,03_<br>_2_<br>_108,1_<br>_48_|
|||100,6<br>82|2,196|**102,8**<br>**78**|_98,11_<br>_6_|
|||||||
|**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT**<br>**YEAR END**||||||
|||||||
|**CASH FUNDS**<br>Bank balances<br>Oncall deposit balances<br>**OTHER MONETARY**<br>Debtors<br>**ASSETS**<br>Gift Aid receivable<br>Loans receivable<br>Other<br>**INVESTMENTS**<br>Term deposits<br>Quoted investments||7,847<br>81,56<br>0|13,471<br>0|**21,31**<br>**8**<br>**81,56**<br>**0**|_11,05_<br>_8_<br>_87,04_<br>_7_|
|||89,40<br>7|13,471|102,8<br>78|_98,10_<br>_5_|
|||0|0|**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**||
|||0|0|0|_0_|
|||503,6<br>86|0|**0**<br>**503,6**<br>**86**|_512,3_<br>_42_|






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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Investment property|0|
|Other|0|
|503,6|503,6|512,3|
|86|0|86|42|
|ASSETS RETAINED FOR CHURCH USE (described in|
|the Notes attached to these Accounts).|
|LIABILITIES|Creditors|0|0|0|
|Loans payable|0|
|Other|0|
|0|0|0|0|

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|---|---|---|---|
|INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO ST MARY’S CHURCH COUNCIL|
|I report on the accounts for the year ended 31|[st]|December 2023|
|The Church Council (CC) is responsible for the preparation of the accounts.  The CC considers that an audit is not|
|required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is|
|needed.|
|It is my responsibility to:|
|Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act|
|To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the charity commissioners (under section|
|145(5)(b) of the 2011 act) and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.|
|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 you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not|
|provide all the evidence that would be required in and audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the|
|accounts present a true and Fairview and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.|
|Independent examiners statement|
|in connection with my examination no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe|
|that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the|
|2011 act and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records of comply with the accounting|
|requirements of the 2011 act have not been met or to which in my opinion attention should be drawn in order to|
|enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.|
|Gillian Knight|3|[rd]|May 2023|

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