stmarys wootton Annual Report & Financial Statements For the year ended 31 Dec 2022 The Parochial Church Council of St Mary the Virgin Wootton, Bedfordshire Registered Charity 1150817 Knowing Jesus Making Jesus Known to All www.stmaryswootton.org.uk 01234 7653751768391 office@stmaryswootton.org.uk The Vicarage, Church Rd, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9HF Mission Statement (what we aim to do) **Knowing Jesus; making Jesus known to all** ## Towards 2024 _(adopted March 2020)_ ## **St Mary’s 2020-2024:** **Our vision is unchanged:** to be a church family of disciples of Jesus Christ, rooted in the Bible and prayer, committed to making disciples, to holiness of life and to every-member service; a family of loving welcome, passionate proclamation, glad service, global heart and sacrificial change.* **Our five year goal is simple: to double in size** **Our priority is clear:** to develop our life as a church towards this goal. **Our strategy is threefold:** - to develop our facilities for growth - to establish PCC-led teams to support ministries for growth - to launch at least one new congregation - all in dependence on the Lord in prayer ## Values Statement (what matters to us) **We believe that we are reconciled to God the Father through faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, and therefore we value:** - **The Bible** as the written word of God and our supreme authority in following Jesus in the whole of life. **Prayer** as the prime expression of faith in Jesus and of our dependence on God’s loving grace and sovereign power in all things. **Church** as a family of wholehearted worshippers and disciples of Jesus Christ committed to mutual encouragement, care, and accountability. **Evangelism** as the proclamation of the good news of God’s salvation in Christ for all people **Service** as a family of God’s people caring for people in Wootton and Stewartby and beyond with the love of Christ. ## Identity Statement ## **We are...** **Christ’s church:** the church is the bride and body of Jesus Christ; it is through him alone, revealed to us by the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures, that we know God; it is through the power of the Holy Spirit that we worship and serve Christ; and it is Christ’s future return which is our hope and motivation for life. |**A local church:**|a full and authentic expression of the universal church, called into being and sustained by God’s word.| |---|---| ||We have a specifc responsibility to proclaim and demonstrate the love of God in Christ among the| ||people of the parish of Wootton. We are also called to involvement with the world-wide mission of the| ||whole church.| |**An Anglican church:**|while we welcome Christians of all backgrounds, our permanent and most visible connection is with the| ||Church of England. We accept and uphold its founding documents (The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion,| ||the Book of Common Prayer, and the Ordinal) as authentic expressions of orthodox Christian belief. We| ||are committed to supporting and encouraging biblical faith and practice in the Anglican Communion,| ||both within and beyond the diocese of St Albans.| |**An evangelical church:**|we recognise the convictions of historic evangelicalism as crystallising and expressing the kernel of| ||orthodox Christianity, including: the supreme authority of Scripture; the universal nature of human sin;| ||the grace of God, seen above all in the substitutionary atoning death of Jesus Christ; and the gift of| ||justifcation and new life in Christ, received and enjoyed only through repentance and faith. We value| ||the examples, among others, of the sixteenth-century reformers, the eighteenth-century evangelists,| ||and the nineteenth-century social reformers. We are committed to gospel partnership with evangelical| ||mission agencies, as well as with our patron, the Martyrs’ Memorial and Church of England Trust, and| ||the Church Pastoral Aid Society.| ~~2~~ ## * Vision Statement (what we aim to become) **One body of wholehearted worshipping disciples, ever more deeply rooted in the Bible & prayer, growing together in holiness and every-member ministry to become a family of:** - **loving welcome** , caring for one another with the love of Jesus Christ nurturing, teaching and training one another for lives of holiness and love - **passionate proclamation** , committed to reaching the people of Wootton, Stewartby and beyond, with the vital good news of Jesus Christ for a lost world - **glad service** , dedicated to being salt and light for Jesus Christ in the world - **global heart** , BOTH prayerfully and practically engaged in the worldwide mission of the church, AND training and - sending men and women into gospel ministry within and beyond the parish - **sacrificial change** , giving generously of ourselves, our money, and our talents to realise this vision 3 ## Aims and Purposes St Marys Church Wootton exists to glorify Almighty God through the proclamation of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to all people, and through the pastoral care of all who call on his name. This is our mission, which we summarise as ‘Knowing Jesus and making Jesus known to all’, and which is our privilege and joy. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, Canon Peter Ackroyd, in promoting this mission - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical - in the ecclesiastical parish of Wootton, which comprises the two civil parishes of Wootton and Stewartby. ## Objectives and Activities The primary objective of the Parochial Church Council is the promotion of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrine of the Church of England. To this end the PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship in the parish church, to providing opportunities for adults and young people to hear the gospel and grow in discipleship, to caring pastorally and practically for people in need, and to supporting Christian mission within and beyond the parish, indeed globally. The PCC regularly reviews the effectiveness of the church’s ministry in the light of its own Mission Action Plan, and the three themes of the Living God’s Love vision of the Diocese of St Albans: Going Deeper into God, Transforming Communities, and Making New Disciples. In planning and overseeing the mission of the church, the incumbent and PCC consider the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. The PCC Vision Statement continues to be: St Mary’s will be one body of wholehearted worshipping disciples, ever more deeply rooted in the Bible and prayer, growing together in holiness and every-member ministry to become a family of: - **loving welcome** , caring for one another with the love of Jesus Christ - **passionate proclamation** , committed to reaching the people of Wootton, Stewartby and beyond, with the vital good news of Jesus Christ for a lost world. - **glad service** , dedicated to being salt and light for Jesus Christ in the world - **global heart** both prayerfully and practically engaged in the worldwide mission of the church and training and sending men and women into gospel ministry within and beyond the parish - **sacrificial change** giving generously of ourselves, our money, and our talents to realise this vision. During 2022 the PCC recognised that the church’s ministry was still recovering from the impact of the COVID pandemic, and that detailed long term planning would depend on the strength and pace of recovery. The PCC endorsed two strategic priorities for the recovery process: Deeper Discipleship, and Generous Space. Deeper Discipleship relates to the need to foster confidence in the gospel and in gospel-driven living and service. Generous Space recognises that the facilities in the church building are ill-suited in many ways to the achievement of the church’s mission and vision, and in the autumn involved a comprehensive consultation process to clarify future needs and inform future work on how they might be met. For many years Wootton has enjoyed being a training parish for newly-ordained curates. In September we said farewell to the latest of these, Revd Phillip Young, as after three years as Assistant Curate he moved with his family to take up an appointment as Rural Missioner in the deanery of Harwich (Diocese of Chelmsford), based in the village of Dedham. September also marked the end of Revd Shaun Atkins’ much-appreciated ministry since 2019 in Wootton and Stewartby as self-supporting Associate Minister. The year accordingly ended with a smaller staff team of the vicar (Peter Ackroyd), part-time administrator (Di Murray), and part-time youth and children’s worker (Emma Hearn), while Jim Hignett continued to serve as licensed Reader, leading services and preaching at Wootton and Stewartby United Church. To facilitate the ministry of the church the PCC makes a priority of maintaining the fabric of both the church building and the church hall, which is on a separate site. Maintenance of the churchyards, which are closed, is the responsibility of Wootton Parish Council. ## Achievements and performance ## Worship and Prayer Public worship was offered at 10am in the church building every Sunday morning, and at the monthly Sunday evening prayer meeting (which occasionally met online). During the year, numbers attending church in person stabilised following the pandemic disruption, settling at a level comparable to or slightly less than pre-pandemic total Sunday attendance. 4 The Sunday morning service continued to be livestreamed on the church’s YouTube channel, while a dial-up phone service enabled those without internet to access the weekly sermon. Ministry at St Mary’s is founded on expository preaching of the Bible. Sermons preached during the year included series covering the Ten Commandments (‘You are not your own’), the passion in Mark, resurrection in the sermons of Acts, the ministry of Elijah in 1&2 Kings, and an Advent series in Isaiah. Thematic series covered the Bible’s teaching on the ascended Jesus and on ‘a changing church’, including Safeguarding Sunday. During the course of the year we welcomed as visiting preachers Mike Kendall (St Neots Evangelical Church) and Nathan Taylor (Mission Aviation Fellowship). Other visitors during the year included mission partners YP & Jude Gayet (Belgium), former curate Lucas Durant and family (Resurrection Church, San Tung, Hong Kong), and a long-serving Baptist pastor from Ukraine. The Lord’s Supper was celebrated monthly, with bread and wine being distributed to communicants in the pews rather than at the communion table in the chancel. Eight children were baptised during the year, plus Thanksgivings for two children. Five weddings were celebrated in church and St Mary’s clergy officiated at nine funeral services for present or former parish residents at St Marys, Stewartby United Church, or Bedford Crematorium. The lifting of COVID restrictions enabled festivals and other events to be celebrated and observed more freely than since 2019. Services at Easter and Christmas were well-attended. The churchyard was illuminated with lights and a life-size Nativity scene for the fortnight leading up to Christmas Day, inaugurated by a Sunday afternoon Carols in the Churchyard event which attracted many families. The parish council Act of Remembrance on Sunday 13 November took place at the War Memorial in Church Road, and was preceded by a service in church. School events included regular Preschool services, and a Wootton Lower School Christmas assembly. The vicar participated in Wootton Academy Trust’s online Christmas service. On Sunday 5 June a Service of Thanksgiving was held for the reign HM Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee. Following her death on Thursday 8 September, a Book of Condolence was opened and the church was open daily for private prayer. A Service of Commemoration of the Queen’s faith, life and service, attended by representatives of the Borough and Parish Councils, local schools and uniformed organisations, was held on the evening of Sunday 18th September. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, church members participated in supporting the relief of refugees. Regular prayer for the end of hostilities and the relief of suffering was offered. St Mary’s hosted an evening meeting addressed by a Baptist minister from Ukraine. In October a well-attended concert was held, with contributions from many members of church and community, to highlight the continued impact of the conflict and raise relief funds. ## Families, children and young people After 2 years of various restrictions and new ways of working due to the Covid-19 pandemic this year a sense of normality returned as we were able to resume many of our regular activities. We were able to continue to meet inside church on a Sunday with 2 children’s groups (Aged 2-Reception and Year 1-Year 8). We held monthly evening Pathfinder meetings for children in Years 5-8 with a much reduced team and unfortunately in September we took the decision to cease Pathfinders until more leaders could be recruited. J@M sessions continued with a small but faithful group. As part of the Life22 mission we held a Family Fun afternoon with inflatables and various activities for families to take part in including a circus workshop and a final gospel juggling presentation. This event attracted approximately 150 people from the community and people were very appreciative of the opportunity to gather together. We were able to return to Chellington for a residential trip after missing 2020 and 2021 due to the Pandemic with 20 children and 7 leaders from St Mary’s and Ss Peter & Paul’s church in Cranfield. We welcomed a guest speaker from The Brave Trust and had lots of activities including a trip to a local country park and a circus workshop and gospel show which was a real highlight for all. . 5 We held a Holiday Club with approximately 100 children and a team of 50 volunteers. We based the club on Backpackers material from Scripture Union which focused on Holy Week using passages from Matthew. We were able to return to one hall session for all ages and we were able to host a family BBQ. A particular highlight this year was the provision before and during the week for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, our approach was much appreciated by families and it meant that we were able to create an environment that was inclusive and children could engage in their own way with most aspects of Holiday Club. A group led by Maria Richardson visit Wootton Lower School weekly during term time, as the ‘Open the Book’ team, to share Bible stories with the pupils. Open the Book is a national initiative, which began in Bedford, and their aim is to enable children to hear Bible stories as local churches, like St. Mary’s serve the community. Some highlights during 2022 include: - Sunday Children’s groups inside church - Weekly J@M sessions - Monthly Pathfinder sessions (Jan-July) - Equip Training Day attended by 3 YCM leaders - Life22 Family Fun Afternoon - Chellington residential trip - Holiday Club - J@M trip to Sorted (6 young people & 2 YCM leaders) - Christingle Service - Lower School Visit to Church & Zoom Assembly - Lights in the Churchyard-lanterns and trail - Nativity service with congregational involvement - Family Carol Service ## Discipleship, Pastoral Care and Training Midweek growth groups afforded members the opportunity to reflect further on Sunday sermons and apply lessons to daily discipleship. Six Growth Groups met during the year, weekly in the evening or daytime, to study the Bible, pray, and support one another. Leaders met termly to receive training and support, and to pray together. A group for some Lunch Club members met fortnightly. A further weekly Growth Group was formed in the autumn, led by Peter and JoJo Ackroyd, following Foundation Studies materials in Christian Discipleship and Christian Doctrine produced by Crosslands Training. In January eighteen church members participated in a Living in Love and Faith study day run jointly with Cranfield Parish Church, using the LLF video and discussion materials. The monthly Men’s Breakfast met in person, and attracted up to twenty men for mutual support and encouragement. A number of church members attended the Bible by the Beach conference in Eastbourne during the first weekend in May. A Pastoral Coordination Team consisting of four members has continued to meet monthly. The aim of the team is to support the clergy in caring for church members and their families at times of sickness, hospitalisation, infirmity, isolation and the general struggles of life. Social events were held during the year enabling church members and their guests to build relationships and mutual support. In 2022 these included a summer barbecue held in the vicarage garden, a Harvest Supper and Celebration generously hosted by a church family, and a Bonfire Night party. An occasional bookstall was maintained in church. At Lent and Advent, a large number of church members and families purchased and studied daily devotional readings. ## Mission and outreach St Mary’s mission is summarised on its publicity, website and noticeboards as ‘Knowing Jesus; making Jesus known to all’. PCC continued to pursue this mission through a range of activities. 6 A group led by Phillip Young worked through 2021 and early 2022 to prepare Life 22 - a series of outreach events in March, each with a speaker. Growth Groups prepared for Life 22 by using some national A Passion for Life training videos. Events included a Curry and Comedy evening in Cranfield, a Cake and Prosecco evening, and a Family Fun afternoon held on Wootton Recreation Ground. The latter attracted around 150 people of all ages. The programme concluded with an invitation service on Mothering Sunday. Enquiry courses for people exploring the Christian faith were offered throughout the year, normally using the Hope Explored materials. The monthly Lunch Club for the over 50’s resumed during the year. Leaders have continued to offer pastoral support to members. ## Mission & Mission Partnerships The PCC tithes its income from regular giving to support Christian mission beyond the parish, according to its Global Mission Policy. In 2022 the following partnerships received support from mission funds: - Faith in Kids – resources and training for church youth and children’s work - Festive - working with sixth forms and further education colleges to equip Christian young people to reach friends. - IMPACT – Christian workers supporting local schools. - Jude and YP Gayet - in church planting and youth ministry in Belgium. - Bishop Alf and Hilary Cooper - supporting church planting and evangelical unity with CMS in Chile. - Speak Life – UK evangelistic ministry (Director: Glen Scrivener) - The Church Pastoral Aid Society - Tearfund PCC also supported Tom Ackroyd as a 2022-23 Relay Worker with UCCF, supporting student Christian Unions in Newcastle and Sunderland. Throughout the year church members supported the work of Bedford Foodbank through a collection point in the church, and contributed to periodic ‘red bucket’ appeals for the relief of countries hit by natural disasters, notably Pakistan following devastating floods. Church members participated in the annual Operation Christmas Child (Samaritan’s Purse) appeal, and at Christmas supported the SMART Prebend Centre CRIB appeal for the homeless in Bedford. ## Church buildings One of the objectives of the PCC is to maintain the church, church hall and grounds as well as a house which has in past years accommodated the curate. Following several years of covid related disruption 2022 was a year for assessing needed repairs and restaffing of rotas. The repairs to the North Porch roof are planned for 2023. The leak in the flat roof over the creche needs repair, quotes were obtained and the work was completed early in 2023. The 5 yearly architects’ inspection and report on the church building, the Quinquennial Report, was carried out and did not raise any substantial unknown issues. Following this a working party was held in the church to deal with several small maintenance issues. Also a new maintenance team was established for the Church Hall to deal with a number of ongoing larger maintenance needs. Once our curate left us in August we gave up the tenancy on the property we had been renting in Cranfield. We started a consultation process and needs assessment for the Generous Space project, which will help us prioritise future maintenance and building works at the church and hall. ## Ecumenical Relationships The PCC aims to strengthen Christian witness and service in the community through membership of Wootton and Stewartby Churches, though during 2022 there was little joint activity. The vicar attended regular prayer meetings for leaders of Bedford Churches in sympathy with the doctrinal basis of the Evangelical Alliance, of which St Mary’s is a corporate member. PCC agreed to support the formation of a Four Counties Gospel Partnership, in collaboration with a number of local evangelical churches including Grace Community Church (Kempston), Cranfield Parish Church, All Saints Riseley and Kings Church, Flitwick. 7 ## St Mary’s Preschool Oversight of the Preschool is undertaken on behalf of a PCC by management group comprising the Preschool Manager Tracey Kerins and her deputy Lina Rosato, and three members of PCC: Peter Ackroyd, Pauline Kendall and Charles Ashbrook. ## Holywell Church of England School, Cranfield The PCC nominates a number of governors at Holywell School. Continuing Wootton PCC Foundation Governors were: Pauline Kendall (Chair of Governors), Martin Sanders, Fiona Frossell and Isabel Turner. The Vicar regularly met with the Head, Mike Simpson, and in partnership with Cranfield Parish Church provided support for Key Stage and whole school assemblies. ## Deanery Synod St Marys was represented in Deanery Synod by its licensed clergy and three representatives of the laity. Pauline Kendall continued to serve as Lay Co-Chair of the Synod. During the year the Synod met four times. ## Structure, governance and management The PCC met nine times in the year. Some of the work of the PCC is carried out through the following subcommittees: Standing, Finance, Youth Council, Preschool Management. The Standing Committee met between PCC meetings, and is made up of the vicar, wardens, treasurer and secretary. The role of the Standing Committee is to prioritise items for the PCC meeting, discuss and make decisions on items of a confidential nature or look in more detail on matters that have been brought to the PCC. The Youth Council met four times. Issues discussed during the year included: recovery & rebuild of church life; the pattern of Sunday services; mission support; the Generous Space project; Deeper Discipleship, including proposals for a 2023 Away Day; evangelism and outreach (including A Passion for Life); ministry among young people; Living in Love and Faith; Christmas ministry & outreach; church finances and property maintenance; appointment of PCC officers & working groups following the APCM; 2023 PCC & Preschool budgets; Backpackers summer holiday club; ministry with children and young people; mission partnerships; health and safety and other policies; Stewartby United Church; relationships with other churches including the formation of the Four Counties Gospel Partnership. The safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults was a standing item on the agenda of every meeting. The Parish Safeguarding Officer, Kate Wilson, is a member of PCC. She was supported by Emma Hearn and Pauline Kendall as deputy safeguarding officers. Training on safeguarding arranged by the Diocese has been attended by members of the PCC, as well as by leaders of young people’s groups and others as required under the church’s safeguarding policy and by the Church of England. The PCC employs a part-time administrator, part-time Youth and Families Worker, the staff of the Preschool, and a church hall cleaner. Jim Hignett serves as a licensed Reader and attends regular diocesan events. The PCC and staff work in partnership with teams of volunteer helpers, appointed by the PCC and the vicar. The PCC and Administrator comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regarding the privacy of church member’s information. 8 ## Financial Review Total receipts of unrestricted giving and income amounted to £133,834 whilst restricted giving totalled £25,916, giving our church a total income of £159,750, which included £21,291 from Gift Aid eligible donations. As a result, our total income grew by £10,963 versus the previous year, although this was largely due to a one-off donation of £12,000 received into the Youth & Children’s Ministry at the start of the year. Our total expenditure for the year was £147,060, this included our Parish Share contribution of £65,863 which was met in full, leaving our expenditure reduced by £329 on the previous year. Overall, the level of income remains extremely encouraging considering the continued pressures put upon the congregation following the COVID pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis that arose in the second half of 2022. For 2022 our church set a budget of £146,734 for income and expenditure and by the end of the year we had generated a surplus of £9,226 versus that budget, however excluding the one-off donation into the Youth & Children’s Ministry, this then dropped to a modest budget deficit of (£2,774) for the year. Our overall unrestricted funds, the funds we’re able to utilise in our day-to-day operation and mission activities, fell on the year from £26,389 to £20,216, a reduction of £6,173 mainly due to our expenditure of unrestricted funds exceeding income. Whilst this is not an immediate cause of concern, it is noted that following on from a reduction in 2021 our continued ability to meet our obligations in full in future years is potentially put at risk. ## Reserves Policy Throughout the year we maintained our reserve fund at £10,000, this allows us to meet our obligation in terms of staff salaries and church running costs for a period of two months. Our cash reserves, excluding endowments, remain strong with a total of £267,997 on deposit at the end of the year, with £247,780 of this being funds restricted to specific expenditure. During the year we continued to operate two current accounts with our Metro Bank account as the main account while we maintain the NatWest Bank account to ensure no account has funds exceeding £85,000, the limit set under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. In terms of a deposit account, we continue to invest in the CBF Church of England Funds. ## Safeguarding The PCC has complied with its duty to have ‘due regard’ to the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance. Relevant safeguarding policies are reviewed annually by the safeguarding team and agreed by the PCC. In July 2022, the PCC adopted a Social Media policy and agreed their statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders. In January 2023, a revised Responding to Domestic Abuse policy was agreed by the PCC. Safeguarding is a standing item on all PCC agendas and the Parish Safeguarding Officer reports any matters arising. The Parish Safeguarding Dashboard, a framework that aims to support Parishes to have due regard to the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policy, is being used with good effect and this is regularly reviewed by the PCC and Safeguarding Team. Ultimately, the PCC has overall responsibility to ensure all safeguarding requirements are fulfilled. The PCC have appointed a Safeguarding Team, Kate Wilson (Parish Safeguarding Officer and Lead recruiter), Emma Hearn, Pauline Kendall and Martin Sanders to ensure a good safeguarding culture is maintained at St Marys. The lead recruiter for the parish ensures all volunteers are safely recruited to their roles and they complete the relevant safeguarding training for their role. Relevant contact details for the Safeguarding Team are displayed in church and on the parish website. St Marys was pleased to take part in the annual Safeguarding Sunday event for the first time this year. This enabled us to raise awareness of our commitment to creating a healthy safeguarding culture where everyone feels safe and looked after. Although this was an annual event, St Marys staff team, PCC and safeguarding team work hard to ensure this culture is maintained on a daily basis. ## Support of Stewartby United Church Ministry at Stewartby United Church, a local ecumenical project, is provided under the terms of a Sharing Agreement in which the Church of England and the Methodist Church are the remaining active partners. Licensed ministers and congregation members from St Mary's continued to support Stewartby, leading the monthly Sunday morning service, speaking at the monthly T@3 service, serving on the church council and participating in other events. Towards the end of the year it was agreed that the monthly Sunday service should take place on the afternoon of the first Sunday of the month, with T@3 continuing on the third Sunday. 9 ## St. Mary the Virgin Parochial Church Council Independent Examiner’s Report of accounts for January to December 2022 10 St Mary's Church. Wootton Balance Sheet detailed To 315t December 2022 Sat Asat 3111212022 3111212021 Endowment assets 1509." Wootton Armstrong Fund 1510.. Wootton Church 1.527.80 24,568.62 1.730.62 27.830.17 Cottage5 Total Fixed assets 2&096.42 29,560.79 Current assets 1501". Natwest Current 82.356.69 116.417.29 1.73 85.410.85 120.501.34 1503.- C8FCapital Fund 1504." CBFStudley Road 1508.. Cash Book 151 l.. Metro Current 69,759.14 49,780.26 Total Current assets 268,53485 255,69416 1650." Loansf(>rSton¥ffi)rk 6699". A8en(ycolleitions 538.17 388.18 T¢)tal Liabilities 538.17 388.18 Net Asset sJrplJs (deficit) 294.093.10 284.866.77 Reserves Exce5sI Ideficiti to date 201.. 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Othergain51llosses} 116￿.70 1,398.05 279,752.56 3,716.16 13A64.371 Totsl Reserves 2￿093.10 284866.77 Represented by Funds Unrestricted Restricted 20.215.95 247,780.73 26.096.42 26.388.57 8,917.41 29,560.79 EtKJovytnent Total 294.093.10 284.866.77 261anuary2023 Page 1 ## **St Mary's Church, Wootton** ## **Statement of Financial Activities** ## **For the period from 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022** ||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**|**Prior year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**total funds**| |**_Incoming resources_**|||||| |Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources|111,514.18|17,522.00|—|129,036.18|119,278.20| |Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects|22,319.58|—|—|22,319.58|21,510.85| |Investment income|—|2,294.60|—|2,294.60|811.05| |Other incoming resources|—|6,100.00|—|6,100.00|7,187.00| |**Total income**|**133,833.76**|**25,916.60**|**—**|**159,750.36**|**148,787.10**| |**_Resources used_**|||||| |Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects|8,550.93|—|—|8,550.93|10,115.00| |Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects|122,368.25|6,797.02|—|129,165.27|131,255.07| |Support costs|6,030.24|666.00|—|6,696.24|3,261.71| |Expenditure on managing-administering the charity|2,647.22|—|—|2,647.22|2,757.27| |**Total expenditure**|**139,596.64**|**7,463.02**|**—**|**147,059.66**|**147,389.05**| |Gains / losses on investment assets|—|—|(3,464.37)|(3,464.37)|3,716.16| |**Net income / (expenditure) resources before transfer**|**(5,762.88)**|**18,453.58**|**(3,464.37)**|**9,226.33**|**5,114.21**| |**_Transfers_**|||||| |Gross transfers between funds - in|1,883.75|855.74|—|2,739.49|3,967.56| |Gross transfers between funds - out|(2,293.49)|(446.00)|—|(2,739.49)|(3,967.56)| |**_Other recognised gains / losses_**|||||| |**Net movement in funds**|**(6,172.62)**|**18,863.32**|**(3,464.37)**|**9,226.33**|**5,114.21**| |**_Reconciliation of funds_**|||||| |**Total funds brought forward**|**26,388.57**|**228,917.41**|**29,560.79**|**284,866.77**|**279,752.56**| |**Total funds carried forward**|**20,215.95**|**247,780.73**|**26,096.42**|**294,093.10**|**284,866.77**| 12 ## **St Mary's Church, Wootton** ## **Analysis of income and expenditure Selected period: 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022** |||||||**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Unrestricted**|**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**This year**|**Last year**| |**Incoming resources**||||||| |**_Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources_**||||||| |101 - Gift Aided|69,428.00|—|—|—|69,428.00|71,556.00| |102 - Tax recovered|17,991.06|—|3,300.00|—|21,291.06|20,345.79| |103 - Other giving|10,003.44|—|—|—|10,003.44|8,593.96| |104 - Loose Collections|2,265.16|—|—|—|2,265.16|1,542.04| |105 - Gift days- Sundry giving|6,943.26|—|—|—|6,943.26|13,786.20| |201 - Given for specific projects|1,345.96|3,537.30|14,222.00|—|19,105.26|3,454.21| |**_Donations, Legacies and similar_**|107,976.88|3,537.30|17,522.00|—|129,036.18|119,278.20| |**_incoming resources Totals_**||||||| |**_Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects_**||||||| |302 - Rent for church buildings|18,546.01|—|—|—|18,546.01|17,938.32| |401 - Monies for books|790.57|—|—|—|790.57|163.53| |404 - PCC fees Weddings/ Funerals|2,983.00|—|—|—|2,983.00|3,409.00| |**_Activities in furtherance of the_**|22,319.58|—|—|—|22,319.58|21,510.85| |**_charity's objects Totals_**||||||| |**_Investment income_**||||||| |301 - Interest|—|—|2,294.60|—|2,294.60|811.05| |**_Investment income Totals_**|—|—|2,294.60|—|2,294.60|811.05| |**_Other incoming resources_**||||||| |106 - Wootton Charities|—|—|2,000.00|—|2,000.00|2,000.00| |405 - Assigned fees|—|—|4,100.00|—|4,100.00|5,187.00| |**_Other incoming resources Totals_**|—|—|6,100.00|—|6,100.00|7,187.00| |**Incoming resources Grand**|130,296.46|3,537.30|25,916.60|—|159,750.36|148,787.10| |**totals**||||||| |**Resources used**||||||| |**_Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects_**||||||| |1001 - Overseas Mission|4,200.00|270.00|—|—|4,470.00|6,815.00| |1003 - Home Mission|2,800.00|1,280.93|—|—|4,080.93|3,300.00| |**_Grants payable in furtherance of_**|7,000.00|1,550.93|—|—|8,550.93|10,115.00| |**_charity's objects Totals_**||||||| |**_Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects_**||||||| |2001 - Diocesan Quota|65,863.00|—|—|—|65,863.00|62,335.00| |2002 - Working Expenses of Incumbent|3,353.88|—|—|—|3,353.88|2,571.24| |2004 - Assistant Staff|22,617.39|—|1,780.48|—|24,397.87|23,864.03| |2005 - Church Running expense|6,791.79|—|—|—|6,791.79|4,891.78| |2006 - Church Maintenance|819.47|—|1,221.49|—|2,040.96|1,393.08| |2007 - Upkeep of Services|1,920.22|—|—|—|1,920.22|3,127.54| |2008 - Upkeep of Churchyard|—|—|141.05|—|141.05|54.21| |2009 - Costs relating to books|732.59|—|—|—|732.59|377.12| 13 ||||||||**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**|**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**This year**|**Last year**| |2010|- Church hall|8,749.94|—|—|—|8,749.94|8,670.64| ||2016 - Honoraria, Assigned fees|—|—|3,654.00|—|3,654.00|4,397.00| ||6000 - Studley Road|440.41|—|—|—|440.41|395.14| ||6001 - Curate Housing|11,079.56|—|—|—|11,079.56|19,178.29| ||**_Activities in furtherance of the_**|122,368.25|—|6,797.02|—|129,165.27|131,255.07| ||**_charity's objects Totals_**||||||| ||**_Support costs_**||||||| ||2017 - Support Costs|4,020.28|2,009.96|666.00|—|6,696.24|3,261.71| ||**_Support costs Totals_**|4,020.28|2,009.96|666.00|—|6,696.24|3,261.71| ||**_Expenditure on managing-administering the charity_**||||||| ||4000 - Administration|2,647.22|—|—|—|2,647.22|2,757.27| ||**_Expenditure on managing-_**|2,647.22|—|—|—|2,647.22|2,757.27| ||**_administering the charity Totals_**||||||| ||**Resources used Grand totals**|136,035.75|3,560.89|7,463.02|—|147,059.66|147,389.05| 14 St. Mary’s Pre-School January to December 2022 _PreSchool Accounts_ 15 Administrative Information st Mary's church is situated in Wootton village, Bedfordshire. It is part of the Diocese of St Albans within the Church of England. The correspondence address is . The Vicarage, Church Road, Wootton, Bedford MK43 9HF. The Registered charity number 1150817 office@stmaryswootton.org.uk PCC members who served during the year were: Revd Peter Ackroyd (chair), Hazel Sanders (churchwarden), Revd Shaun Atkins, Revd Phillip Young, David Baylis (Treasurer), Jim Hignett (Reader. Deanery Synod), Pauline Kendall (Diocesan Synod), Tim Dillistone (Deanery Synod), Charles Ashbrook (Deanery Synod), Ant Hall, Amanda Newton, Jenny Roffey, Annette Hart, Matt Hearn, Abi Holyoak, Nicola Johnson, Jon Joy, Kate Wilson. Independent Examiner: Lynden Richardson