## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **01 01 2022 31 12 2022** **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF **Charity name** THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WITH ST BARNABAS, WESTON-SUPER-MARE St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Weston-super-Mare **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1149546 **Charity's principal address** The New Rectory, 3, Old Church Road Uphill Weston-Super-Mare **Postcode BS23 4UH** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev’d Mark Keith
Madeley|Rector||Bishop of Bath & Wells| ||Michael Perrin|Chair/
PCC Secretary||Elected at APCM| ||James Loring|Churchwarden/
DeanerySynod||Elected at APCM| ||Lynn Pack|Churchwarden||Elected at APCM| ||Annabel Loring|Treasurer||Elected at APCM| ||Pauline Farley|DeanerySynod||Elected at APCM| ||David Pack|||Elected at APCM| ||Frances Pelengaris|||Elected at APCM| ||Edna Hunter|||Elected at APCM| ||Cheryl Costigan|||Elected at APCM| ||Elaine Dedicoat|||Elected at APCM| ||JefferyRealff||01/01/2022-22/05/2022|Elected at APCM| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| ||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| PCC St Nicholas with St Barnabas WsM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Page 1 of 9 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |Independent Examiner|Tom Burgess|27 Ellesmere Road, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare,
Somerset, BS23 4UT| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts** Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended and Type of governing document Church Representation Rules that came into force on 02/01/1957 (eg. trust deed, constitution) Parochial Church Council How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Elected by Annual Parochial Church Meeting and Annual Vestry Meeting (eg. appointed by, elected by) (for Churchwardens). Ex-officio and seconded trustees appointed in accordance with ecclesiastical law. **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include The lay person previously appointed to oversee the ongoing work of additional information, where Safeguarding has continued in post. relevant, about: All PCC members and key figures, such as musicians, are required to • policies and procedures complete the Church of England’s Basic Awareness and Foundation adopted for the induction and Courses on Safeguarding. training of trustees; The Parish maintains its policies in regard to Data Privacy (GDPR), Health • the charity’s organisational and Safety, Conflict of Interest, Safeguarding, Legacies, and Financial Reserves. structure and any wider network with which the charity Regular checks and risk assessments are carried out to ensure we are in works; line with Health & Safety requirements and are protecting the safety of those who attend. • relationship with any related parties; • trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. PCC St Nicholas with St Barnabas WsM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Page 2 of 9 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|Promoting in the Ecclesiastical Parish the whole mission of the church.| |---|---| ||The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to
worship at our churches that they may become part of our parish
community at St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Weston-super-Mare.
The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and
supports the Rector in discussing suggestions on how our services can
involve the many people that live within our parish. Our services and
worship put faith into practice through prayer, scripture, music and holy
communion.
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.
We provide pastoral care for people living in the parish. We have
appointed a lay person as a pastoral worker. She is a volunteer. We
need to be seen in the community and be seen to serve it~~.~~Some of our
Church members are actively involved in the community to develop those
links and we work closely with the local Village Society in Uphill and other
agencies, where possible. The Rector works with the local schools to
offer support and maintain good links.
Our intention is to be inclusive. We see ourselves as open to accepting
non-Church members to be part of our worshipping community and our
social activities, which provide support for people who are often on their
own, such as our Luncheon Club, several concerts a year, or quiz
evenings. This year we have started an after school club for children and
parents, which has been exceptionally well received and allows a chance
of attendance for those who cannot commit to a Sunday.
We relay most of our main services by zoom, which has enabled us to
keep in touch with those who are unable to attend in person and to reach
out beyond our usual members as we upload everything to Facebook
and the Church website. This has enabled more people from the
community to join us in a non-threatening way. This gives us a wider
reach still and meets the needs of the housebound or those who are not
yet integrated into our Parish life.
The local Pre-School has used St Nicholas’ Church Hall mornings and
afternoons on five days a week. The Rector is involved in its governance
and management, so there are strong links.| PCC St Nicholas with St Barnabas WsM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Page 3 of 9 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We tithe our Parish Income to make donations to five Mission Societies as part of our ongoing support with periodic reviews. We also contribute from time to time to local initiatives. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. The PCC is able to deliver a wide range of activities thanks to church members giving freely of their time to lead and support its activities and initiatives. The expertise of PCC members provides effective governance and oversight whilst ensuring that the buildings are maintained in a satisfactory condition. The PCC continues to review annually all of the policies that are required by law and extra ones appropriate to our situation. We have a team of volunteers who are there to look after people and are available to the wider community if requested. We are seeking someone to serve the local community from St Barnabas and enable the Church to be open much more for community events. PCC St Nicholas with St Barnabas WsM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Page 4 of 9 Section D Achievements and performance |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|The parish of St Nicholas with St Barnabas broadly covers the following
districts within Weston-super-Mare: Uphill, Coronation and Oldmixon
estates with a population of over 6,000. These three distinct
communities are delineated by a trunk road and/or railways lines.
The estates have significantly high levels of social deprivation making it
one of the top 20 parishes in the Diocese of Bath & Wells on a composite
measure of multiple factors of deprivation.
St Barnabas has been available to the local community. This building
can be hired, as can St Nicholas Church Hall when not being used by
PreSchool.
There is goodwill towards the Church generally. The Wednesday morning
service has a loyal following of mostly older people.
We run several events for the benefit of the community and it is always
our aim to do so from both buildings. We are constantly considering what
other options might draw families and young people into a relationship
with Jesus. Messy Church, which enables families to come along for fun
and a meal and to take part in as much or as little as they want.
We are able to offer the usual life event services of normal Church life –
baptisms, weddings and funerals.
We have actively engaged with our regular people to provide the
teaching and encouragement needed for each of our members to grow in
their faith. Teaching from the Bible is a key feature of this parish through
sermon series and meeting in homes for study, prayer and support. We
have done this through web links and by post for those who are unable to
access the web.
Our church members are involved in a number of church and community
initiatives including: Street Pastors, Samaritans, Citizens Advice. The
hall is normally used by a pre-school for 10 sessions each week and St
Barnabas hopes soon to host more community groups in addition to
those meeting currently - a craft group, table tennis, and a monthly
Luncheon Club. Some of these are longstanding commitments enabling
the building of relationships with people over the years
Church members have been generous with their money as well as their
time. The Church has been able to pay its own way. The Parish
continues to monitor the buildings and repair and improve them where
finance allows. The Parish is aware of some improvements that are still
needed and is working on these issues.
The active church membership is about 70 and we have attracted 16 new
regular participants to our worship services over the past year. In
addition, the launch of Messy Church has attracted on average 30
children with their parents/carers to this monthly event.
We recognise the importance of Jesus’ commission in Matthew 28 to go
and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and we are certain that this
will result in both spiritual and numerical growth in our membership.| |---|---| PCC St Nicholas with St Barnabas WsM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Page 5 of 9 ## **Section E Financial review** The PCC maintains a general reserve equivalent to 3 months’ regular **Brief statement of the** expenditure including Parish Share, plus one month’s notice for **charity’s policy on reserves** employees. In addition, we set aside £10,000 for unanticipated building work. **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** Because of diminishing reserves, we are no longer able to pay our Parish Share in full in January in order to attract a more favourable discount, instead making monthly payments. You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); Over 78% of the PCC’s income comes from its members directly and the tax recovered on Gift Aid. We had no legacies in 2022. The balance mostly comes from letting the church hall to St Nicholas Church PreSchool (operates independently of the church), some regular community lettings, parochial fees and interest. We were also blessed with some small grants towards heating costs. - how expenditure has lettings, parochial fees and interest. We were also blessed with some - supported the key objectives small grants towards heating costs. - of the charity; - • investment policy and We, like most churches, were challenged by the loss of income due to objectives including any Covid, but have seen this rise over 2022, both in planned giving and in ethical investment policy donations. We aim to encourage regular giving by every member of the adopted. congregation, however small. Along with everyone in this country, we are faced with an increase of expenditure across the board, and particularly a large increase in fuel bills. This was challenging in 2022, and will become more so in 2023. The increase in expenditure of £50,000 in 2022 was nearly all due to a new kitchen in the church hall (covered by a donation) and a replacement energy efficient heating system at St Barnabas (the original one being condemned). It is becoming more and more difficult to break even as the years progress, and our reserves are reducing. We realise that we will no longer be able to fund necessary building works, and will be increasingly dependent on grants. However, we remain optimistic for our future, and trust God our provider. ## **Section F Other optional information** (This section left blank) PCC St Nicholas with St Barnabas WsM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Page 6 of 9 ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Mark Keith Madeley (Reverend) George Michael Perrin **Position** Chairman PCC Secretary **(eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 23 April 2023 **Date** 23 April 2023 PCC St Nicholas with St Barnabas WsM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Page 7 of 9 ## St Nicholas with St Barnabas Weston-super-Mare's Receipts & Payments Account _for the year ended 31 December 2022_ |**Receipts**
Donations and Legacies:
Planned giving
Collections, donations & other giving
Income tax recovered
Legacies
Other Trading activities
Magazine/Bookstall sales/Hall Lettings etc
Annual Fete/events
Receipts from Investments:
Interest & dividends
Receipts from Charitable activities:
Parochial fees
Other Receipts
Insurance claims
Other|General
fund
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fund
£|Restricted
fund
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**£**|_2021_
_£_| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||38,660|-|-|**38,660**|_33,152_| ||17,065|-|29,230|**46,295**|_12,504_| ||11,035|-|-|**11,035**|_9,824_| ||-|-|-|**-**|_500_| ||||||| ||17,394|-|-|**17,394**|_15,016_| ||697|-|-|**697**|_368_| ||||||| ||1,573|13|-|**1,586**|_1,406_| ||||||| ||1,025|-|-|**1,025**|_1,454_| ||||||| ||1,111|-|-|**1,111**|_-_| ||371|-|-|**371**|_333_| ||||||| |**Total Receipts**|**88,931**
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**29,230**
**118,174**||||_74,557_| |**Payments**
Charitable activities:
Donations/Grants to charities
Mission & Evangelism
Parish Share
Clergy expenses
Church running expenses
Churchyard maintenance
Cost of raising funds
Support costs
Administration costs (inc. staff costs)
Governance Costs
Other
Major expenditure
Repairs to church buildings
Repairs to other property|||||| ||(13,354)|-|-|**(13,354)**|_(8,950)_| ||(739)|-|-|**(739)**|_-_| ||(42,224)|-|-|**(42,224)**|_(45,923)_| ||(1,509)|-|-|**(1,509)**|_(1,230)_| ||(8,418)|(1,508)|-|**(9,926)**|_(8,870)_| ||-|-|-|**-**|_-_| ||(5,146)|(1,490)|-|**(6,636)**|_(6,024)_| ||(379)|-|-|**(379)**|_(46)_| ||(1,633)|(8,213)|-|**(9,846)**|_(8,967)_| ||(100)|-|-|**(100)**|_(100)_| ||(1,480)|-|-|**(1,480)**|_(1,373)_| ||||||| ||(17,644)|-|-|**(17,644)**|_(903)_| ||200|-|(29,230)|**(29,030)**|_-_| ||||||| |**Total payments**|**(92,426)**
**(11,211)**
**(29,230)**
**(132,867)**||||_(82,386)_| ||||||| |**Surplus/(Deficit) of Receipts over payments**|**(3,495)**
**(11,198)**
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**(14,693)**||||_(7,829)_| |_Transfers between funds_|||||| ||(12,000)|12,000|-|**(0)**|_-_| ||||||| |_Cash at bank and in hand at 1 Jan_|(15,495)|802|-|**(14,693)**|_(7,829)_| ||66,074|1,286|-|**67,360**|_75,189_| ||||||| |_Cash at bank and in hand at 31 Dec_|50,579|2,088|-|**52,667**|_67,360_| PCC St Nicholas with St Barnabas WsM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Page 8 of 9 Independent Examinerfs Certificate for the PCC Accounts Report to the trustees of. Sl. Ntholas wth St Bamaba5, Weston.5uper4Aa Parochial Church Council 'On accounts for the year ende¢J Set out on pages 3111 December 2022 Chanty Number Irf applublel. 1149546 Respectbve ro•poMlbl1ltl￿ of trust•M and •xamln•r The charity's trustees a￿ ￿rOnSIb￿ for the preparab.on ofthe accL)unts. The charity's twstees cons¥Jer that an audrt ts not required for this year under sect¥)n 144 of the Charibes kt 2011 lthe charl￿ Actl and that an independent examinats'on is needed. It is my resFKJnsibilrty to". examine the ￿COUnts undef sectK)n 145 ofthe Charities Act, to folbw the procedures kid du4vn in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under seth.on 14515llbl of the Charities *Lt, and to stste whether Par1￿ular matters have come to my attention. Bas18 of Ind•p•nd•nt My examinotK>n was carwj out in ac4xrdance wth general DIrect￿n$ gwen by the oxamln•r'• ￿a10m?￿l Chanty c0mmw￿. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a compari50n of the accounts presenle(I wth those records. 11 also inclutjes consKlerats)n of any unusual or disckjsures in the accounts. and seeknng expL4nab"ons from the twstees concerning any such matter5. The proxdures undertaken do not provmje all the e¥Hyen￿ that would k required in an autjrt, and &Msequenty ¢)pinK)n is given as to whether the a￿OUnts ptesent a Irue and fairf vw and the report ts limrted to those Matte￿ set out in the statement tek￿. Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•rfs In connecti￿1 vrith my examinaiion, no rrotter has come to my attenlion whtch #iatsmorrt gNes me reasonable cause to belEve that In. any material res￿[ acccwnts.ng ￿e0rd$ were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or the ￿cOUnts do not accord with the accounting records I have corr* across no other matters in connection with the examinats'on lo which atteniK>n shoukl be drawn in order to enab￿ a propef understanding of the accounts lo Sign•d: D*t•: 23rd April 2023 023 N•m•: Tom Burgo Rele¥•nt profess￿1 quallficatlonlsl or body Ilf anvl: Addr•M: 27 eiknm•rn Ro•d .Uphill. We•ton4uper4Aarn BS23 4UT PCC Sl Nicholas wilh St Barnabas WSM 2022 Trustees Annual Report Pagè9019