2021-12-31-accounts

St Andrew and St Peter, Blofield Annual Report And Financial Statements Of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December 2021 Registered ChaTity No 11516 Rector: The Revd Kevin BIll￿n The Rectory Oakwood Blofield N￿3 4JG Banks: Santander UK plc Barclays Bank plc Independent examiner: Sarah Reynold5

PCC Annual Report of the Church of St Andrew and St Peter, Blofield For the year ended 31 December 2021

Background

The PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. It also has the maintenance responsibility for the Church building.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at Blofield. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year, the incumbent and the PCC have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. We believe we provide a benefit to the public by:

• providing resources and facilities for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual, moral and intellectual development, both for its members and for anyone who wishes to benefit from what the Church offers;

• promoting Christian values, and service by members of the Parish to the community, to the benefit of individuals and society as a whole.

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church.

Membership

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. During the year the following served as members of the PCC:

Incumbent:	The Rev’d Kevin Billson
Wardens:	Yvonne Mack	(from April 2021 to April 2022)
	Stephen Wales	(from April 2021 to April 2022)
Deanery Synod
Representatives:	Yvonne Mack	(from May 2021 to May 2024)
	Roy Allgood	(from May 2021 to May 2024)
Hon. Secretary:	Avril Tyrer	(from May 2021 to May 2024)
Hon. Treasurer:	Martin Tyrer	(from May 2021 to May 2024)

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Elected Members:

Avril Tyrer (from May 2021 to May 2024) Martin Tyrer (from May 2021 to May 2024) Caroline Wales (from April 2019 to April 2022) John Kelly (from April 2019 to April 2022) Adrian Gibbons (from April 2019 to November 2021) David Pilch (from April 2020 to April 2023) David Pearce (from May 2021 to May 2024) Margaret Smillie (from May 2021 to March 2022)

Committees

The PCC operates through a number of committees which meet between full meetings of the PCC:

• Standing Committee – This is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between meetings, subject to directions given by the Council.

• Pastoral Care Committee – Considers how the laity can extend the care activities of the church, both to church members and visitors at our services and in the parish.

• Fabric Committee – Considers all aspects relating to the fabric and maintenance of the church and undertake remedial repair work or replacements not requiring faculty.

During the year the PCC met on 9 occasions (4 times via Zoom) with an average attendance of 78%. The Standing Committee met once. Along with routine business they dealt with the following topics:

• The management of online services and ministry to those shielding while churches in the benefice were closed for public worship.

• The management and conduct of communal worship in the benefice when churches were permitted to open their doors again for public worship.

• Opening of church for private prayer.

• Pattern of worship going forward for a new benefice.

• Anti-social behaviour in the church porch.

• The Quinquennial Inspection Report priority items that needed to be addressed.

• Receiving Holy Communion in both kinds by simultaneous administration.

• The Covenant for Clergy Care and Wellbeing.

Retired Clergy

We are grateful for the support given to our church community by the Rev. Canon Judith Wilson (retired) and Rev. Canon Pat Atkinson (retired).

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Ministry Team

The coming together of the Blofield benefice and the parish of South Walsham Upton and Fishley has enabled us to form a combined ministry team. This now consists of myself as Rector and the only stipendiary member of the team and the Rev Sue Shillam who was ordained as a deacon during 2021, and who is now a non-stipendiary curate in the benefice. Rev Sue will be ordained as a priest in June 2022.

There are also several very active retired colleagues, The Rev Canon Judith Wilson, The Rev Cannon Pat Atkinson and the Rev Ron Ingamells who are also a part of the team. Margaret Mallet who lives in North Burlingham, but worships at South Walsham is part of the team as a Licensed Lay minister. I am grateful for the consistent support of all these colleagues who give of their time so willingly and freely and which enables us to hold services in our 6 churches week by week.

Ministry is also supplemented by several AWA’s from the Parish of South Walsham, Upton and Fishley and these support services in their parish by leading services on a monthly basis. Their ministry too, is offered as a gift and is invaluable. They are sometimes represented at team meetings by Matthew Arrow Smith-Brown.

Church Attendance

The electoral roll for 2021 was 98 (2020 was 90).

For the period: 4 January to 20 March, the church was closed for public worship with services being livestreamed or recorded on YouTube.

Easter Day service at 11am was held in church with an attendance of 52 (in 2020 the service was held online).

During the whole of 2021, the 8am Service of Holy Communion was suspended during the pandemic, and following the changes that occurred in the structure of our benefice, with the addition of the parish of South Walsham, Upton and Fishley, and the extra responsibilities that this has placed on the local ministry team, the PCC at Blofield agreed that it was not possible to continue this service. The average attendance at the regular Sunday 11am service was 47 adults (2020 was 42) and 2 children (2020 was 2).

The total number for the Christingle, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services was 180 adults and 45 children (2020 was 55 adults and no children).

Review of the Year:

Due to Covid-19 restrictions in the first half of 2021, the pattern of Church services has been:

A) Periods when the Church was closed for communal worship due to lockdown restrictions:

• The Church was closed for communal worship from 4 January 2021 through to 20 March 2021.

• • During this period, weekly Sunday services were livestreamed or recorded on YouTube. A Service booklet was circulated via email. Communion services were held on Sundays with those at home providing their own bread and cup.

• Service booklets were also hand delivered by Yvonne Mack to those who did not use a computer.

• Each Tuesday at 9.00 am there was a Morning Prayer service via Zoom and a Service booklet was provided.

• Each Wednesday at 9.30 am there was a Morning Worship service via Zoom and a Service booklet was provided.

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B) Periods when the Church was open for communal worship:

• The Church was open again for communal worship from Sunday 21 March through to 31 December.

• Services from 21 March to May were also livestreamed or recorded via YouTube and a Service booklet was circulated via email.

• Each Tuesday at 9.00 am there was a Morning Prayer service via Zoom and a Service booklet was provided.

• Each Wednesday at 9.30 am, from 21 March through to 16 June, there was a Morning Worship service via Zoom and a Service booklet was provided. As from 23 June, the Wednesday service was once more held in church.

There was no Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday or Good Friday service. However, Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday services were held. A Carol Service was held on Sunday 19 December. At Christmas, a Christingle Service, Christmas Eve Service and a Christmas morning family service were also held.

There were 3 baptisms, 6 weddings, 7 funerals which took place in church and 14 at the crematorium.

Donations for the Norwich Food Bank continued to be collected via the basket in the Church porch.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the following activities were discontinued in 2021:

• Outreach amongst more senior members of the community with monthly Lay led services held at Manor Lodge, Manor House, Brewster Court, West View and Weston Close. (However, a single service of Carol singing and readings was organised by Rev. Sue Shillam, for Manor Lodge and Brewster Court when we stood outside the buildings to ensure Covid safety for the residents).

• The weekly Bible Study group

• The weekly ‘Come to the stillness’ prayer time on Thursdays in church. (This was replaced with the Tuesday Benefice Morning Prayer at 9am using Zoom.)

• The monthly prayer breakfast at the Rectory on the first Saturday of the month

• Blofield School services at Easter

As government Covid-19 restrictions were relaxed incrementally the following activities started up again:

• The West End Café coffee morning as from 23 June

• Play Church Baby & Toddler Group as from September

• The serving of tea & coffee after the Sunday 11am service as from September

• The church reopened daily for private prayer from 21 March.

• Remembrance Service

• Commemoration Service

• School Carol Service

Finance Overview 2021 (Martin Tyrer)

This year we were able to make a contribution of £35,500 towards our Parish Share allocation. This was £6,413 short of our allocated figure of £41,913.

This was mainly due to a reduction in income for the year owing to the closing of our Church until mid-March for our Sunday service and end June for our midweek service.

We managed to hold a number of fund-raising events in the second half of the year. These were well attended and supported and raised £3,601 in total.

We had one major repair bill this year of £1,974 for repairs to the North transept. This was paid by transfer from our Fabric Fund.

Monies held in our restricted funds accounts decreased during the year by a total of £1,367.

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Our endowment held by the CofE Deposit fund showed an increase of £538 during the year from £3,681 to £4,219.

Monies held in our bank accounts increased by £1,216 from £4,268 to £5,484.

In the early part of the year, we signed a new agreement for supplies of electricity and gas to cover the next three years. These were at very similar rates to our previous agreement. Therefore, the Church will be protected to a large extent from the sharp rise in prices that has emerged.

I would like to thank Alison Fisher for her help over many years in handling our wedding and funeral fees and receipts. Alison, as many will know, moved away from Blofield during the year. Also, I’d like to thank Jim Morley for his continuing advice and support. Jim continues to handle our Gift Aid applications as well as other items.

Signed by The Rector of Blofield Benefice

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03 May 2022
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Rev’d Kevin Billson
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BLOFIELD CHURCH

ACCOUNTS at 31 December 2021

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. ANDREW & ST. PETER, BLOFIELD NOTES Y/E 31 DECEMBER 2021

1	PLANNED GIVING
	Through Gift Aid	28006
	Other envelopes	1210
		29216
2	GENERAL DONATIONS RECEIVED
	General Fund
	General donations	1390
	For coffee	50
	Café and Playchurch	958
	Home communion	31
	Wall safe	164
		2593
	Restricted Funds
	Fabric Fund	476
3	GRANTS RECEIVED
	Wi- Spire	100
	War graves commission	15
		115
	RAISED FOR CHARITIES AND
4	APPEALS
	VidIyal Trust	593
	Children's Society	78
	Afghanistan NDBF Appeal	282
	DEC India Appeal	224
	Norfolk Churches Trust	980
	(Sponsored cycle rides)
		2157
5	FEES RECEIVED
	These are statutory fees due to the
	PCC for weddings and funerals
	with charges made by the PCC
6	FUND RAISING
	Concert by John Farmer and Emma Nuel	448
	St. Gregory's Orchestra	591
	Mundesley Choir	376

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	Christmas Fair	1719
	Miscellaneous sales	367
	School concert	100
		3601
7	INCOME FROM ENDOWMENTS
	For churchyard maintenance.
	The Brewster income is for the
	upkeep of the lychgate with any
	surplus for church repairs.
8	DONATIONS MADE
	Pathway Cafe Gt Yarmouth	100
	Norwich Bus Charity	100
	DNA	20
	Matthew Project	50
	Children's Society	173
	Vidyal Trust	50
	Church Mission Society	425
	USPG	275
	Royal British Legion	130
	Badcog	50
	Norfolk Churches Trust	70
	Other	48
	Norwich D A of Ringers	10
		1501
9	CHURCH RUNNING EXPENSES
	Insurance	3208
	Gas	2445
	Electricity	559
	Water	105
		6317
10	CHURCH & EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
	Organ tuning	157
	Roof Alarm	427
	Gasway services	222
	Boiler service	108
	Flameskill	93
	Sundries	78
		1085
	From other funds
	Flowers	32

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11	BLOFIELD NEWS COSTS
	Paper	292
	Copying	185
		477
12	COSTS OF REPAIRS
	Gutter repair to the North elevation	1975
13	COSTS OF FUND-RAISING EVENTS
	Concert by John Farmer and Emma Nuel	220
	St. Gregory's Orchestra	190
	Mundesley Choir	100
	Miscellaneous	121
		631
14	CHURCH ADMINISTRATION ALL FUNDS
	Copyright licences	392
	Christmas Carol sheets	54
	Giving envelopes	170
	Copying	626
	Purchase of banners	62
	Postage and stationery	94
	Food, wine, coffee	138
	Sundries	187
		1723

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW AND ST PETER, BLOFIELD STATEMENT OF FUNDS

		2021		2020
	£	£	£	£
CHAMBERLIN PRIZE FUND – Restricted Fund
Receipts
Bank interest		0		1
Payments
	-			-
		_____		_____
(Deficit) of receipts over payments		0		1
Deposit account at 1 January 2021		224		223
		_____		_____
Deposit account at 31 December 2021		224		224
FABRIC FUND – Restricted Fund
Receipts
Donations and Gift Aid	322		633
For church decoration – grants, donations and Gift Aid	-		-
Deposit interest	5	327	19	652
Payments
For the guttering repair	-1974
For the alarm system	-	-
		____		_____
Excess (Deficit) of receipts over payments		-1647		652
Deposit account at 1 January 2021		4,437		3,785
		____		_
Deposit account at 31 December 2021		2,790		4,437
THE GEORGE FLOWERS TRUST – Restricted Fund
Receipts
Deposit interest		1		6
Payments
For flowers		-33		45
		__		_
(Deficit) of receipts over payments		(32)		(39)
Deposit account at 1 January 2021		1,724		1763
		__		_
Deposit account at 31 December 2021		1,692		1,724
BREWSTER LEGACY INCOME ACCOUNT – Restricted Fund
Receipts
Endowment income and deposit interest		100		100
Payments
		-		-
		_		__
Excess/ (Deficit) of receipts over payments	1	100		100
Deposit account at 1 January 2021		840		740
		_		_
Deposit account at 31 December 2021		940		840
THE TODDLERS GROUP – Restricted Fund
Receipts
Donation		50		1
Payments
Food		-		-
		_		__
(Deficit) of receipts over payments		50		1
Deposit account at 1 January 2021		200		199
		__		_____
Deposit account at 31 December 2021		250		200

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW AND ST PETER, BLOFIELD STATEMENT OF FUNDS

		2021		2020
	£	£	£	£
BELL FUND – Restricted Fund
Receipts
Donations and deposit interest		157		5
Payments		-		-
		______		______
Excess of receipts over payments		157		5
		1208		1203
		_		______
Deposit account at 31 December 2021		1365		1208
Deposit account at 31 December 2021
WEST END CAFÉ and PLAYCHURCH - Restricted Fund
Receipts
Donations		297		297
Payments
Purchases of food, equipment and toys	-
Donations to Blofield Church	297		297
	-		-
		___		____
(Deficit) of receipts over payments		-		-
Cash in hand at 1 January 2021		-		-
		_		_
Cash in hand at 31 December 2021		-		-
DEVELOPMENT FUND – Designated Fund
Receipts
VAT grants and deposit interest		1		2
Payments
Contractor re kitchen and floor alterations	-		-
Contractor re church decoration	-	-	-	-
		____		___
(Deficit) of receipts over payments		1		2
Deposit account at 1 January 2021		649		647
		_____		___
Deposit account at 31 December 2021		650		649
RENEWALS FUND – Designated Fund
Receipts
Transfers from the General Fund			200
Deposit interest	1	1	5	205
Payments
	-	-
Projector	-			-
		__		_
(Deficit) of receipts over payments		1		205
Deposit account at 1 January 2021		663		458
		_		______
Deposit account at 31 December 2021		664		663

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW AND ST PETER, BLOFIELD

ACCRUALS AS AT 31 December 2021

ACCRUALS 31 December 2021

Creditors £ Debtors £ Crown Gas 334.06 Wi - Spire 100.00 SSE Electricity 239.98 NF Coverdale 329.12 K Billson expenses 233.29 VAT - Fabric fund Organ tuning 160.80 968.13 429.12

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW AND ST PETER, BLOFIELD OUR ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 and the current Statement of Recommended Practice and Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005) using the Receipts & Payments basis which includes income as received and expenditure when irrevocably paid.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for investment assets, which are shown at market value. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of other Church groups that owe an affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of Church members.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted or General Funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any special restrictions regarding their use and are available to the general purposes of the PCC.

Designated Funds are monies set aside by the PCC from the General Fund for a particular use, but the PCC have the right to change their decision on the use of them. They are generally invested in a separate deposit account.

Restricted Funds are amounts received for specific purposes and which cannot be applied by the PCC for any purpose other than that for which they were given. These are generally invested in a separate deposit account unless held for a short period only.

Endowment Funds are funds the capital of which must be retained either permanently or at the PCC’s discretion, the income derived from the endowment is to be used either as restricted or unrestricted income funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established in the first place.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

The following assets are recognised but not necessarily valued in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

• require a faculty for disposal.

• Land and buildings held on behalf of the PCC (none in 2021).

• Other fixtures, fittings and office equipment where the PCC is free to dispose of such assets without faculty.

• Investments held beneficially by the PCC.

The following assets are recognised and a monetary value given as part of the description in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

• Amounts owing from the Inland Revenue where a formal claim has been made and by way of note when the claim has yet to be submitted.

• Any other amounts owing to the PCC.

• Legacies where formal notification of entitlement and amount has been received at the end of the year by the PCC.

• Closing bank balances as shown in the receipts and payments account.

The following liabilities are recognised:

• Any arrears of Diocesan Parish Share.

• • Creditors for goods or services.

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