## APCM ANNUAL REPORT ## Churchwardens' Report 2022 The year 2022 saw great changes in the life of our church. The most momentous of these was the departure of David and Lucy Brewster in July for a new ministry as wardens of Foxhill. Since David had been vicar of our parish since its inception in 2007, and prior to that vicar of St Mark's since 2003, he had played a central role in all that had taken place in the life of the church and the parish. The great regard in which David and Lucy were held by many in the church and in the wider community was fully marked at their departure in July, and they continue to be held in great affection by many. For the period following David's departure the Bishop of Stockport, Sam Corley, proposed an interim arrangement with a final year curate based in Marple, who he felt would benefit from some additional experience. Jeremy Beatty (Jeb) joined the team on placement in August, to assist the wardens and the church as whole through the vacancy period. This was on the clear understanding that legal responsibility for the oversight of the church remained with the wardens and the arrangement did not place St Matthew's or Jeb under any long-term obligation. Jeb has continued David's positive work with local schools, taken baptisms and funerals, supported Telephone Prayers, Wednesday Communion, Toddle Time and built relationships with church members. He has regularly led Sunday services, preaching and presiding and was very involved in the planning and delivery of the Christmas programme. The combination of lay ministry and having Jeb as a resource has enabled the church to sustain its programme through the vacancy period. We are grateful to Jeb for all his efforts to maintain the life of the church over this period. We are appreciative of his willingness to throw himself fully into all aspects of church life, of his warmth and good humour, of his good organisation, and of his care and guidance of our church family. ## Churchwardens' Report on the Fabric of the Building 2022 saw the completion of the substantial internal reordering of the church building which was begun the previous year. The major changes were: removal of the old internal west porch and its replacement by internal glazed doors; removal of the font from its central position under the tower to a position adjacent to the south column of the tower arch, with a new plinth, thus allowing unobstructed access to the nave and a clear view of the church interior from the west end; creation of two toilets in the south porch, one of them fully accessible; a new, more substantial kitchen area in the south-west corner of the nave; creation of a nave dais, with internal ramp, extending from the old chancel step; installation of two new central heating boilers in the old organ space; adapting of the organ space to be a storage area, with the organ speakers positioned on high shelves; replacement of nave pews by chairs. The error of disposing of the pews before the faculty for the changes was received led to a Consistory Court being held in June. This criticised the illegality of our actions but approved the faculty for the changes. Repair work remains to be done, including stonework repairs specified in the last Quinquennial Inspection, gutter repairs, and making good of broken flagstones on the drive, but overall the building is now in good shape for the future. ## Community Development report for APCM During 20202, the groups who normally meet in church were supported through creative use of Church House and gardens or a local community centre. It was good to finally welcome our community back into church following the completion of the building project in the summer. Our Community Development Manager (CDM) supported the building project by securing around £30K in grants towards the work, as well as implementing the Adopt-a-Chair project which secured over £11K in grants and donations. It was good to see the return of the Christmas Fair, which was very well attended by the local community. Across the community, our CDM continued to raise the profile of the church through her connections with other churches, venues, schools, charities and community groups, helping them build sustainability through networking and securing funding. Towards the end of 2022, a grant was secured from the local council to open a Warm Space, offering free lunches, hot drinks, and a place to chat to all in our community. During this year, our CDM celebrated 10 years in her role and the celebration event to mark the occasion was attended by over 60 people, with 20 different organisations represented. The Friendly Fridays project, of which our CDM is a co-project lead, continues to go from strength to strength and is seen as a flagship project across the whole of Stockport. Pam Robinson ## Mothers’ Union Mothers’ Union meets every third Saturday at 1pm in Church. We have 15 members to date, we have, sadly, lost 4 members this year due to personal circumstances or the rather substantial rise in Tribute subscription. At the moment we do not have a Branch Leader as Rita stood down from Office in January, nor do we have a Treasurer as Sandra also stood down in January, but is continuing to deal with the money until the end of the year. At our last meeting it was agreed, due to the lack of Officers, to change our Status to become a Fellowship of the Mothers’ Union. This means we have no Officers, no Bank Account and no AGM, we pay our Tribute Subs direct to Head Office and any Fund Raising money is also sent direct into the Denary Bank Account. We still receive the Mothers’ Union Matters Brochure each quarter and can still attend all the various events. We have decided to postpone applying for Fellowship until the end of this year, as we need to have the authority of our Incumbent, which we cannot do at the moment. Also, we have paid our Tribute, our BranchSubs and our Denary Subs for this year, so it makes sense to wait. We have a full Programme planned for this year with various Speakers and activities and anyone is welcome to attend our meetings. We would like to thank Rita and Sandra for their Service to us over the years and Jeb and Julie for their support. Di Bebb, Secretary. ## Choir Well, what can we say, we are a very small group at the moment, but we love to get together and sing for the Glory of God. We only sing once a month as a choir now and we are grateful for that opportunity, it means so much to us. We want to say a MASSIVE thank you to Heather who has supported us so much and plays for us on our ‘Choir Day’, thanks Heather – you’re a star. Of course, anyone who wants to join us will be very welcome, just have a word with one of us. We do enjoy getting together to sing with others when Corrine and Andy have something special for us to sing, what a treat to sing with parts in a large choir, thank you to Corrine and Andy for making those moments happen. Thank you to all who support our little band – for us - we will ‘keeeep singing’ for as long as we can. Di Bebb ## Toddle Time report ## April 2022 - Apr 2023 What an eventful year we have had! In April 2022, we were a small group of regulars meeting in York Street Community Centre. The space was not ideal, but it enabled us to support our families as best we could, whilst the work in St Matthew’s was completed. In June 2022, we moved back to Church House gardens, where we were able to provide sand, water and messy play. We also had to say “goodbye” to David and his guitar – song time hasn’t been the same since! Then finally, we were able to move into the new space of St Matthew’s – and it’s been brilliant on all levels. Numbers have grown around our faithful attenders, as we have expanded into the space that is now so easy to create. In October, we were able to celebrate 10 years of Toddle Time – with additional funding from Forever Manchester allowing us to provide each family with a party bag. On a week by week basis, we are able to self-fund our activities , but small grants like this mean we can buy treats to help our families feel like they belong. We have been able to watch our children develop in skills and in confidence, and run up the (long) path to come and play. Their parents, grandparents and carers are well known to the team, as we are able to spend time chatting with them, finding out a little about their lives. And often news will reach the team and the prayer chain as needed. It’s wonderful to know that our families are supported in prayer from the congregation. We have had some really positive feedback from our families, that I want to share here as it is testament to all the people that make it happen every week: Sylvia, Mike, Becca, Audrey, Heather P, Sandra, Heather T, Gabby and Jeb. “Thanks to you and the team who make Fridays what they are” “Thank you! It’s an amazing service that you provide” “Just to say that x and y are loving your toddler group. It is very welcoming and is very well run” Karen Bailey ## Safeguarding Report for 2022 A safeguarding issue was reported to St Matthew’s, however, as this was an external matter it was dealt with externally. All relevant DBS checks were updated. June Edgar applied to be Assistant Safeguarding Recruiter in December '22. The following online Safeguarding training courses were completed, however, a few volunteers still to complete: Basic Awareness Foundation Raising Awareness of Domestic Abuse Online Safeguarding Officer Training was cancelled and rescheduled for April '23. Leadership Training still to be completed as cancelled. Karen Perry Safeguarding Officer ## Deanery Synod Report Stockport Deanery synod meet and discuss what is going on in their churches, diocese & general synod (what is going on at national level) one of the topics discussed was about church ages ranges with a guest speaker of Jonathan Masters from Chester diocesan youth/children & families office. The meeting are conducted in Church with a short service before the minutes & agenda. Mark Rushton ## Financial Report We have had a 7% nominal increase in gift aid giving compared with last year, little nominal change in non-gift aided planned giving. Other types of giving are down by £3k, partially because of a large one-off donation last year, partially because some Church House bookings were miscategoried as ordinary donations shortly after it reopened. The treasurer and the church warden have since improved their communication in Church House matters and the 2022 Curch House figures should be correct. There was a significant mistake in the 2021 accounts; the restricted charity collections in 2021 should have been £2654. This error occured from copying over two wrong spreadsheet data cells into the annual report's restricted charity collection and donations sections and does not affect the remainder of the 2021 accounts. The actual £1.3k fall in restricted collection is due mainly to the one-of sponsored walk in 2021, together with there being a much larger collection for Barnabus in April 2021. The income tax recovered is roughly in-line with the gift aid giving increase. For other income sources, we received a number of grants towards our community development manager, including a single £10k grant. We also received a £1.2k grant from the diocese towards energy bills, although this does not come close to covering the increased energy costs. We held a Christmas fair in 2022, for the first time in 3 years, hence the reapperance of fund raising events. Church and Church House booking fees have recovered to pre-lockdown levels. There has been no substantial change in the Cellnex mast rates; the apparent increase is due to irregular scheduling of their quarterly payments. We received two large legacies in 2022 totalling £37k, all unrestricted. The treasurer is now categorising donations for refreshments as sundry receipts, hence the increase in this amount. We received a total of £14k of grants towards building works in 2022, largely towards the chairs. We purchased the chairs and paid the builders for the building works and were able to reclaim VAT of £20.7k towards remaining payments and future works. There was significantly more expenditure on church building works (£108k) compared with the previous year. This sum is almost entirely composed of paying the building contractors for completing the planned church development works and the purchase of chairs. The obvious major change in church activites costs is the doubling of utilitites expenses, caused by the well-publicised increases in energy prices. Arthur Bullock ## **Assets & Liabilities December 2022** **Monetary Assets £ £** Current Bank Account Edgeley & Cheadle Heath 27,806 Other Accounts |St Matthew's Vernon
Account
24,159
CBF
Deposit
67,542
**Designated Funds**
Legacies/ In
Memory
25,567
Flowers
327
Children's Church
578
Oil
Candles
**Restricted Funds**
**and Grants**
Friends of the Holy
Land
9
Community Development
Manager Donations
25,860
**Buildings**
Restricted
Church Refurbishment and
Maintenance
27,440|**119,507**|**119,507**| |---|---|---| |||**79,781**| |||39,726| ## **Receipt & Payment Accounts** |**Receipt & Payment Accounts**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**2022**||**2021**|| |**Receipts**|£|£|£|£| |**Incoming Resources from Donors**||||| |Gift Aid Giving|47095||44153|| |Planned Giving|2267||2287|| |Collections and other giving|2411||5431|| |Restricted Collections for charity|1296||5403|| |Income Tax recovered|13987||12729|| |||**67,055**||**70,002**| |**Voluntary Income from other sources**
Grants R*
Community Development
Manager
27715
Grant R*
HMRC job retention (2 salaries)
CDBF energy grant
1218
Fund Raising events
934
**Income from Investments**
Interest
663
**Income from charitable and ancillary trading**
Fees
1166
Church Booking Fees
895
Church House Booking
3350
Sale of furniture
200
Printing
Cellnex
11094
SMBC council tax refund
455
EIG
**Other Income**
Legacy
37263
Sundry Receipts
804
**Buildings**
Grant R*
Reclaimed VAT (building work)
20753
Grant R*
SMBC (to mount memorial
boards)
Grant R*
Building work grants
14260
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
£
**Grants**
Charitable Giving
1330
**Activities directly related to the work of the**
**church**
Parish Share
56397
Ministry Expenses
4855
Church Running Costs
8986
Utilities
4833
Church House Running Costs
997|22470
4277
**29,866**
126
**663**
2156
360
7955
**17,159**
**38,067**
1582
38677
**35,013**
**187,824**
£ £
5403
**1,330**
55154
5284
8120
2358
969|**26,747**
**126**
**10,471**
**-**
**40,259**
**147,607**| |---|---|---| |||£
**5,403**| |Cost of Services
Grant R* part
Salaries incl. NI & Pension
30879
Support costs & mission
D*
Children's church
**Church Management & Administration**
Fund Raising Expenses
96
Administration
723
Printing Costs
1234
**Other**
Flowers
Sundry Payments
**Buildings**
Grant R*
Roofing Project
108253
R*
Church Refurbishment
9
R*
Church House
**Total**
**Payments**
R*= Restricted Funds
D*= Designated Funds|0
29853
0
**106,947**
98
1252
1667
**2,053**
40300
**108,253**
**218,581**|**101,737**
**3,016**
**-**
**40,300**
**150,456**| |---|---|---| |||| Financial Statement for Year Ending 31/12/2022 Edgeley Cheadle Heath ## **Receipt & Payment Accounts** |**2022**
**Receipts**
£
£
**Incoming Resources from Donors**
Gift Aid Giving
47095
Planned Giving
2267
Collections and other giving
2411
Restricted Collections for charity
1296
Income Tax recovered
13987
**Voluntary Income from other sources**
Grants R*
Community Development Manager
27715
Grant R*
1218
Fund Raising events
934
**Income from Investments**
Interest
629
**Income from charitable and ancillary trading**
Fees
1166
Church Booking Fees
895
Church House Booking
3350
Sale of furniture
200
Printing
11094
455
**Other Income**
Legacy
37263
Sundry Receipts
804
**Buildings**
Grant R*
Reclaimed VAT (building work)
20753
Grant R*
Grant R*
Building work grants
14260
**Total Receipts**
HMRC job retention (2 salaries)
CDBF energy grant
Cellnex
SMBC council tax refund
EIG
SMBC (to mount memorial boards)|**2021**
£
£
44153
2287
5431
5403
12729
**67055**
22470
4277
**29866**
126
**629**
2156
360
7955
**17159**
**38067**
1582
38677
**35013**
**187790**|**70002**
**26747**
**126**
**10471**
**0**
**40259**
**147607**| |---|---|---| Financial Statement for Year Ending 31/12/2022 Edgeley Cheadle Heath ## **Payments** |£
**Grants**
Charitable Giving
1330
**Activities directly related to the work of the church**
Parish Share
56397
Ministry Expenses
4855
Church Running Costs
8986
Utilities
4833
Church House Running Costs
997
Cost of Services
Grant R* part
30879
Support costs & mission
D*
Children's church
**Church Management & Administration**
Fund Raising Expenses
96
Administration
723
Printing Costs
1234
**Other**
Flowers
Sundry Payments
**Buildings**
Grant R*
Roofing Project
R*
Church Refurbishment
108253
R*
Church House
**Total Payments**
R*= Restricted Funds
D*= Designated Funds
Salaries incl. NI & Pension|£ £
5403
**1330**
55154
5284
8120
2358
969
0
29853
0
**106947**
98
1252
1667
**2053**
**0**
40300
**108253**
**218581**|£
**5403**
**101737**
**3016**
**0**
**40300**
**150456**| |---|---|---| |||| Edgeley Cheadle Heath Financial Statement for Year Ending 31/12/2022 Edgeley Cheadle Heath Financial Statement for Year Ending 31/12/2022 Independent Examiner's Report to the membersltrustees of the Parish of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath Parochial Church Council I report on the accounts for the year ending 2022 which are set out on the attached sheets. Respective Responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(21 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act} that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to'.- Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act Follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act., and State whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with Ihe General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a view of the accounting methods kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all Ihe evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion of the accounts. Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention which give me reasonable cause to believe that accounting methods were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act., or the accounls do not accord with the accounting methods. I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. J.J.C. Freeman