Diocese of Salisbury ## _The Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin_ Gillingham, Dorset _**‘Open to God, Open to Gillingham’**_ Agenda for the Annual Meetings and Annual Reports for the year ending 31[st] December 2023 Thursday 4 April 2024 Registered Charity Number 1158272 1 The Annual Report for the Parochial Church Council (PCC) and Accounts for St Mary the Virgin, Gillingham. ## **Data Protection Notice** GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) came into force in May 2018. As with all organisations, whether large businesses or small charities like ourselves, we must conform. We can advise that the only data we hold in confidence on any person within the parish is: - - contact details that we use solely for communications with yourselves - planned giving details that you choose to provide and held in total confidence on encrypted, password protected systems shared only with HMRC. - contact and other details for baptisms, marriages and funerals for contact purposes and as required in law for the registers. We do NOT share this information with any other outside bodies. _____________________________________________________________________ 2 ## **The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Gillingham ‘Open to God, Open to Gillingham’** **Agenda for the Annual Meetings to be held on Thursday, 4 April 2024, at 7.30pm in St Mary’s Church** 1. Welcome and opening prayers 2. Apologies ## **Annual Parish Meeting** 1. Election of Churchwardens 2. Close of Meeting ## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting** 1. Minutes of last meeting – Tuesday 21 February 2023 2. Matters Arising 3. Address - Revd. Canon Tim Heaton 4. Elections - Parochial Church Council Members - 12 places, 5 to be elected - - Deanery Synod - 3 places, 1 to be elected 5. Appointments - a. Independent Examiner 6. Reports - a. Electoral Roll Report - b. Presentation of the Annual Report - c. Presentation of the Financial Report - d. Fabric Report - e. Presentation of the Inventory - f. Deanery Synod Report - g. Safeguarding Report - h. Reports of Church Groups ## **First PCC Meeting** 1. Appointment of Officers 2. Date of next PCC meeting Closing Prayer 3 ## **The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Gillingham** ## **‘Open to God, Open to Gillingham’** ## **Minutes for the Annual Vestry Meeting and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting held on Tuesday, 21 February, 2023 at 7.30pm in the VSR** **Present:** Revd Canon Peter Greenwood **(Chair)** , Revd Eve Pegler, Revd Angus Mayhew, Charlotte Armstrong, Martyn Sanger, Sarah Sanger, Susan Bailey, Meriol Cottrell, Richard Cowell, Teresa Goatham, Jeffrey and Carol Hall, Gillian Harding, Jean Harding, Linda and Alan Jeffs, Jennifer Light, Helen Long, Eileen Piper, Margaret Porter, Mary and Mike Sargent, Philippa Sargent, Sarah Snook, Lois and David Wardle, and Tom Wickson. Apologies were received from Maureen Atkinson, Margaret Cowell, Margaret Grant, Colin and Anne Marsh, Jerome Pegler, Allen Walker and Cate Wickson ## **Minutes of The Annual Vestry Meeting** The Rev Canon Peter Greenwood opened the meeting with a welcome, a reading from Acts 2 and the Lord’s Prayer. Peter talked about how many good things the early church celebrated, and how many good things we can celebrate looking back over the course of 2022. He reminded us that at an annual meeting it is sometimes easy to focus on the things which are lacking. Actually the picture is much more balanced there are many things to celebrate as well as things that may ask questions of us. Thus encouraged we went on with the meeting. ## **Election of Church Wardens** Nominations were received from Charlotte Armstrong and Martyn Sanger. There was therefore no need for an election and both were appointed as Church Wardens. Charlotte and Martyn are both employed and are not free to devote as much time to warden duties as has been possible for past wardens who have enjoyed this post whilst being retired. It has been suggested that it might be helpful to have a group of six to eight people who might act as Warden Assistants to carry out duties such as opening the church, fulfilling warden duties on a Sunday morning, meeting builders etc. very occasionally and from time to time. Richard Cowell, Margaret Cowell, Sarah Snook, David Wardle, Lois Wardle, and Tom Wickson volunteered to act in this capacity: The Meeting closed and was followed immediately by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. ## **Minutes for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting** 1. Acceptance of the Minutes of the last meeting held on 22 February,2022. The Minutes had been circulated before the meeting. There were no corrections to be made and their acceptance was proposed by Charlotte Armstrong and seconded by Sarah Snook. The motion passed unanimously. 2. Matters Arising from the Minutes There were no matters arising from the Minutes 4 ## 3. Elections for new PCC Members Teresa Goatham and Meriol Cottrell both agreed to stand for another term of office and Sarah Sanger was proposed by Mary Sargent and seconded by Helen Long. She was elected to the PCC for the three year term of office. ## Election of Synod Representatives Cate Wickson and Sarah Snook agreed to continue as Representatives ## 4. Appointments Independent Examiner for Accounts. John Bartlett, a volunteer from Probus, has agreed to examine the Accounts for 2022. His acceptance was proposed by Mike Sargent and seconded by Sue Bailey. The proposal passed unanimously. Mike was thanked for his efforts to find an examiner. ## 5. Reports a. Electoral Roll Report. The number on the Roll as at 21 February 2023 was 145. (For details see the pamphlet for 2023). b. Presentation of the Annual Report by Revd Canon Peter Greenwood. Peter spoke of all the good things that have been achieved by the church during the year. There is much to celebrate. He reminded us that the church is open every day of the year and large numbers of people come to services and for private prayer. The church also plays an active part in the life of St Mary the Virgin School. Open the Book takes place regularly and new Foundation Governors are being appointed. Large numbers of children from the school visited the church during the year and the Christmas Service was very well attended. The Vicarage School Room (VSR) is used for a variety of functions. Messy Church offers fun activities and worship for younger children and their parents. The weekly Friday Free Breakfast is a popular event for several families. Other members of the community can attend activities at the VSR which range from meditation to arts and crafts. The Eden Café provides a warm, comfortable and friendly meeting place twice a week. c. Presentation of the Financial Report by the Treasurer, Michael Sargent. Mike reported a significant deficit this year, although there had been generous legacies and donations. Planned Giving was down 3% on last year and out goings up 2%. Mike‘s projections suggest that our reserves will be gone by 2025. When asked for information about the Share in future years, Mike said he expected further increases as costs rise and congregations diminish. Angus mentioned Anna Hardy’s positive approach to fund raising from the wider community. Mike mentioned a possible central fund to which Dioceses could apply. **For the full report see the booklet entitled ‘Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2022’** Peter thanked Mike for his hard work and continuing investigations into St Mary’s finances. 5 ## d. Presentation of the Inventory Charlotte reported that there have been no additions or removals from the Inventory during the year. The Saxon Cross was on loan to a Museum but is still on St Mary’s Inventory. ## e. Fabric Report It was reported that scaffolding would have to be used to investigate the leaks in the church roof. The guttering has been cleared of vegetation. ## f. Deanery Synod Report by Cate Wickson Four meetings had been scheduled for the year but one had been cancelled because of the Queen’s death. The previous meeting had been an unsatisfactory Zoom one due to problems with both sound and vision systems. However, the meeting which dealt with Lay Ministry had been interesting and well presented. ## g. Safeguarding Report by Carol Hall (Benefice Safeguarding Officer) There have been changes in the Safeguarding Team at the diocese reflecting the introduction of a new computer system. This is to bring it in line with the national church. It has not been a very busy year in the Benefice. I have been asked to verify two DBS applications, but Wendy Braithwaite from Milton has also verified several applications. Jeffrey attended a ‘Safeguarding Leadership Pathway’ course in March. As the PCC is a registered Charity, all its members are Trustees and therefore require DBS Certificates. On 1 December the PCC adopted the House of Bishop’s Safeguarding Policy (Promoting a Safer Church). One issue concerning safeguarding arose and was dealt with by the clergy. No other issues have been brought to my attention. ## h. Reports of Church Groups Mothers’ Union Report by Revd Jeffrey Hall The MU is part of the world-wide fellowship within the Anglican Communion with more than three million members. We are but a small group, known as a Prayer and Fellowship group, one of only two in the Blackmore Vale Deanery. We meet in the Vicarage School Room on the first Tuesday of each month with the exception of January and August. We plan our own programme which ranges from friendly social events to Bible studies, with speakers usually from within our own members. Our current membership is 10, but this is often boosted by others from the congregation. In September we had a birthday celebration as Janet Botterrill was 80 in August and I was 80 on September 6[th] . The following day I was admitted to Salisbury Hospital for 6 days and I had to take a ‘back seat’ for that part of the year. Our meetings always begin with prayer and hymn singing with music, usually provided by David and Janet Botterill, for which we are very grateful. Anyone is always welcome to join us, whether as a member or just when the programme is of interest. In April, Anne Kings will be speaking on Dementia Awareness. 6 ## Bell Ringers’ Report by Alan Jeffs There are 9 regular ringers, with several more registered. Usually, all 8 bells are rung but sometimes only the lighter ones can be managed. (The largest bell weighs as much as 2½ ‘mini’ cars). Ringing is good fun and supports the church. More ringers would be welcome. The bells were rung for the Platinum Jubilee and also for the Queen’s funeral, when they were muffled. They will ring again for the Coronation of Charles III. ## Messy church Report by Cate Wickson Sessions are now held every month on the 4[th] Sunday, in the afternoon. There are usually 4 activities, one of which is always origami. Parents are becoming more involved with the activities. 36 families are on the role and each receives information about the next meeting. Average attendance is about 40, though the Christmas session hosted 66 people. The average age of the children is between 4 and 5 years old. At the end of last year, a donation plate was introduced and the money collected covers the cost of the food and drink at tea time. Planning meetings are held two weeks ahead of each session. Several people regularly bake cakes or biscuits and donate them. ## St Mary the Virgin School Report presented by Tom Wickson Governors’ meetings were reported to be good. It is easier to get into the School now that the Covid epidemic is under control. Tom mentioned the wide range of subjects on offer to the children. An unannounced Inspection by Ofsted took place recently. The full report should be available on the school website soon. ## Open the Book Report These sessions started again in September. Years 1 and 2 are grouped together and enjoy the presentations, which happen twice a term at present. More readers/actors would be welcome. The School inspector seemed pleased with the production he saw. ## 6. Any Other Business ## Appointment of Sidespeople. Charlotte proposed and Meriol seconded the re-appointment of Helen and Jeremy, Lois and David, Val and Bob, Meriol and Jennifer, Christine and Katherine, and Richard and Margaret as sidespeople. The proposal was accepted. All the sidespeople were thanked for their help. Charlotte also thanked the retired clergy, who do so much to help with the smooth running of St Mary’s Church. She thanked Mike for the service he gives as sacristan and Carole in her vital role as Parish Secretary. ## Churches Together There was a Walk of Witness this year and continual prayers for the unity of Christians. There will be no Churches Together activities during Lent but monthly lunches for ministers will resume after Easter. ## 1[st] Sunday in the Month Services These stopped during the Covid outbreak and have not started again. The School is still planning the use of their Hall. 7 ## Thanking of Helpers Peter thanked the named and un-named helpers who contribute so much to the life of the Church. Angus was welcomed and thanked for his participation in Church activities. Carole was thanked for carrying out her important role as Parish Secretary with great efficiency. Philippa was thanked for setting up a new website using ‘A Church Near You’. Sue Bailey thanked the Choir and Organist. Margaret Porter expressed her appreciation of the move to the VSR for Sunday Services, finding it easier to hear the choir and congregational responses. Mike pointed out that the transport of books, altar items and other equipment needed for the service from the church had been difficult. The meeting closed and was followed immediately by a meeting of the newly elected PCC. ## **Minutes of the PCC meeting held on 21 February, 2023** ## Election of Officers. The proposal that Mike Sargent continue as Treasurer was put forward by Meriol and seconded by Martyn. The proposal passed unanimously. Meriol was asked to continue as Secretary until a replacement was found. ## **Date of the next PCC Meeting: Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 7.30pm in the VSR.** The meeting ended at 8.45pm with a reading from Acts 2 v.43-47 and The Grace. _______________________________________________________________________ ## **Statement of Accounts year ending 31 December 2023** Please see separate booklet _______________________________________________________________________ 8 ## **Reports and Information for the 2024 Annual Parochial Church Meeting** ## **Electoral Roll Report for APCM to be held on 4 April 2024** The number on the Roll as at 31 December 2023 totalled 139. ## **Names added during 2023** Kathryn Joy, Helen Saxton, Richard Cowell and Margaret Cowell. ## **Names removed during 2023** Ray & Joan Palmer (moved), Lavinia Skevington (moved), David Grundy (moved) Susan Cooke (RIP), Thomas Brain (RIP), Joyce Rainey (RIP), Steve Young (RIP), Anne May (RIP) ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2023** ## **Administrative Information** Saint Mary the Virgin Church is situated in Queen Street, Gillingham, Dorset. It is part of the Benefice of Gillingham, Milton on Stour and Silton in the Diocese of Salisbury within the Church of England. The correspondence address is c/o The Rectory, High Street, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4AJ. The Parochial Church Council (PCC, Church Representation Rules 2020) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission. PCC members that have served since 21 February 2023 until the date this report was approved are: - Incumbent (Chairman): Vacant, previously Revd Canon Peter Greenwood (ex-officio) (left October 2023) Pioneer Priest: Vacant, previously Revd Eve Pegler (ex-officio) (left July 2023) Benefice Curate half time: Revd Angus Mayhew (ex-officio) Churchwardens: Mrs Charlotte Armstrong (resigned June 2023) Mr Martyn Sanger (resigned May 2023) Deanery Synod Reps: Mrs Sarah Snook (to APCM 2026) Lay Vice Chair: Mr Alan Jeffs (to APCM 2025) Treasurer: Mr Michael Sargent (to APCM 2025) Secretary: (Minutes) Miss Miriam Light (co-opted member July 2023) 9 Elected Members: Mrs Susan Bailey (to APCM 2026) Mrs Meriol Cottrell (resigned with effect from APCM 2024) Mr Richard Cowell (to APCM 2025) Mr Michael Giddings (to APCM 2025) Dr Teresa Goatham (to APCM 2026) Miss Jennifer Light (to APCM 2025) Mr Colin Marsh (resigned May 2023) Mrs Sarah Sanger (resigned October 2023) Mr Steve Young (RIP) Parish Administrator & Electoral Roll Officer: Mrs Carole Blackmore Gillingham Churches Together Representatives: Revd Canon Peter Greenwood – until October but now vacant Parish Safeguarding Officers: Mrs Carol Hall and Mrs Sarah Snook ## **Aims and Purposes** Every Church of England Church has the same aim: “To promote the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical”. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Members of the PCC are either elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, (APCM) in accordance with Church Representation Rules, or act ex officio. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. ## **Objectives and Activities** St. Mary’s PCC as trustees have the responsibility of co-operating and working with the incumbent in the ecclesiastical parish of Gillingham, sharing in the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and the Vicarage School Room in Queen Street, Gillingham. ## **Achievements and Performance** ## **Church Attendance** St Mary’s Church was open for public worship throughout 2023 always in accordance with the guidance given by the Church of England. Sunday attendance averaged 65 with larger congregations at festivals such as Easter and Christmas and other special occasions. The midweek communion service regularly numbers 12. We marked the coronation of His Majesty King Charles with Holy Communion ‘A Celebration of the King’s Coronation’ on Sunday 7 May. We participated fully in the civic ceremonies held in our town. We celebrated the major festivals including Advent Carol Service, Burning of Ashes on Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Eve, School Leavers Service, Remembrance Sunday, Christingle, Crib Service, Christmas Midnight Mass and Christmas Day. 10 **Statistics of Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms and Confirmations** Baptisms 16 Weddings 1 Funerals at St Mary’s 13 Funerals at Crematorium 14 Burial of ashes 6 **Regular Services** 1[st] Sunday 8.00am Holy Communion Sunday weekly 10.00am Holy Communion Wednesday mornings 10.30am Holy Communion Thursday evenings fortnightly 7.15pm Meditation Saturday mornings fortnightly 10.30am Meditation 4[th] Sunday 3.30pm Messy Church Services were held for all significant festivals. St Mary’s Church is open daily between 10am and 4pm for quiet prayer and reflection. ## **REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2023** During the year 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 the PCC met on six occasions with the Standing Committee meeting occasionally on a casual basis. The PCC continued using the ‘Build’ committee which looks after finance, housekeeping and buildings. The Christian Action Committee was reformed and the Grow Committee currently operates as part of Messy Church. The Annual Parish and Annual Parochial Church Meetings were held on 21 February 2023. We thanked and said goodbye to Revd Eve Pegler in July and Revd Canon Peter Greenwood in October. In June the Revd. Angus Mayhew was ordained priest at Salisbury Cathedral supported by parishioners from both this benefice and Marnhull (who share his curacy). During the course of the year our churchwardens Charlotte Armstrong and Martyn Sanger resigned. In October Helen Long and Tom Wickson were elected Churchwardens in their place. Eden Café, opens twice weekly in the Vicarage School Room, enabling fellowship and service to the local community at the same time as contributing significantly to our fund raising. Recycling continued alongside Eden although there may be some changes to what is collected in 2024 (December minutes). The meditation group continues to thrive. Messy Church met on a monthly basis when possible throughout 2023 and new families were regularly welcomed. The church’s work with local schools continues through the work of governors, collective worship, and Open the Book. 11 Our annual stewardship appeal was launched as usual on Passion Sunday and again resulted with individual increases to planned giving. However, with deaths and moves out of the area we have seen a decrease in planned giving and overall income. The PCC continues to manage the maintenance of the church. The Key Holder List is regularly updated. Risk Assessments are routine and various policy documents are available. ## **FINANCE REPORT SUMMARY** Please see separate booklet ## **RESERVES POLICY** It is current PCC policy to maintain a balance of unrestricted funds that equates to three months outgoings in order to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. With finances such as they are and to ensure that these reserves can be maintained into the future the PCC approved the treasurer’s suggestion to cancel the Direct Debit for the Diocesan Share by the end of 2023 so that the PCC pays only what our finances allow. ## **FABRIC REPORT** The fabric of St Mary’s continues to cause concern, especially as there are still areas where the rain can be driven in, depending upon the direction of the weather. The repairs to the northwest nave aisle roof carried out by Ellis of Shepton Mallet under the wardenship of our predecessors have been valuable and successful, though the water staining on the paintwork on the northeast section of the tower (facing into the nave) remains unsightly. We are advised to wait two years to allow the stones to dry out fully before repainting. The church architect we have employed for a number of years has left the practice for which he worked and set up on his own account. The PCC decided it would prefer to remain with the larger organisation and we have appointed Tomas Griffin of b2 Architects of Wedmore to be our architect. He is on the diocesan list of approved architects. This is a Quinquennial Inspection year for St Mary’s and at the time of writing May 7[th] has been pencilled in as the date for Mr Griffin to come and look over the building in detail. On an acquainting visit, we drew his attention to what concerns us, particularly the roofs. We have received a complaint from a couple who recently moved into St Mary’s Court that the bells ring loudly on Sundays and at practice on Mondays and that the clock chimes keep them awake at night. The Ringing Coordinator, Alan Jeffs, has been in touch with Smiths of Derby who maintain the clock. They have quoted a figure of approximately £2,500 plus VAT to install a mechanism to allow the chimes to be turned off at night. The sound system has been augmented with a Bluetooth device to allow music to be played from mobile phones, iPads, etc. This is used chiefly at funerals. The whole sound system keeps working but is old and fussy in its habits. We have been quoted £11,700 (including VAT) to replace it and at this time of financial stringency we do not feel able to go ahead with such a large investment. We also feel that it would be reasonable to wait until a new rector is appointed and canvas their ideas on the subject. 12 The Town Council has considered in the recent past rebuilding the churchyard wall nearest Spring Corner and re-doing the churchyard paths and the steps leading towards the Parish Office. They too are feeling the limiting effects of inflation and economic stagnation, so there is no progress to report at this time. The Vicarage School Room is busier than ever, having taken on a number of bookings from the now closed Methodist Church hall. Perhaps most important of these is the Gillingham Community Cinema. The Methodists very kindly allocated funds from their closing accounts to pay for moving the screen, projector, sound system, etc to the VSR. We hope that this may add to Eden Café as one of our major fund-raising initiatives. _Helen Long and Tom Wickson, Churchwardens_ ## **DEANERY SYNOD REPORT** We have two synod members, Kate Wickson and Sarah Snook. I was at two of the last three meetings. In May we met in Shillingstone church for a presentation on Giving and Fundraising by Anna Hardy. As suggested at this meeting, we now have a bank card reader in church. We then had a meeting at Stalbridge primary school where we discussed finances and the new Deanery Plan. We were asked to take this away to consider. Our most recent meeting was here in St Mary’s VSR, on January 16[th] . We looked at the final, and adopted, Deanery Plan, and considered in groups how we might be able to implement actions to respond to it in our parishes. It is always very good to meet with people from across the Deanery and discover we all share very similar worries and problems but are all struggling on together. _Kate Wickson, Deanery Synod Representative_ ## **SAFEGUARDING REPORT** The Parish Safeguarding Officers (PSO's) are Sarah Snook and Carol Hall. Some members have completed training and have a DBS. There have been a few safeguarding incidents that have needed to be dealt with over the past year. PSO Sarah Snook is currently working with the team and Salisbury Safeguarding Team to ensure everyone has a DBS if needed and that they have, or will, undertake the relevant safeguarding training online as soon as possible. _Sarah Snook, Parish Safeguarding Officer_ ## **MESSY CHURCH** We have now settled into a successful format that we are all happy with and seems to suit our families. We offer Messy Church monthly, usually on the 4[th] Sunday of the month, from 3.30pm to approximately 5pm in the VSR. We try to stay in step with the church year but have also looked at creation and Baptism, baptising a doll. The children loved this session. 13 Anne Heywood is our regular worship leader and uses her wonderful ability to connect with the children most effectively. When she was away one time we used a video of her that Sarah Snook and I spoke to. The children really believed she was there and were very keen to find our lost sheep for her. We have a wonderful team of helpers, always creative and great with the families. I am very grateful for their willingness and enthusiasm. We have a pretty regular group of families that come. We usually have approximately 30 to 35 people attending, parents and children. And we all sit down to a lovely tea together to end each session. I am delighted we can offer Messy Church to families in our community. _Kate Wickson_ ## **SMTV SCHOOL REPORT** The school has had to adapt since September to a new regime of Jen Williamson, previously Deputy Head Teacher as Head of School and Matt Barge as Executive Head. This is a compromise in terms of time as Jen teaches a class two days a week and Matt is only in school two days per week. He is also head of 2 other schools. These arrangements are made by Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST) of which St Mary’s is part. But despite real challenges with staff absence because of sickness last term standards of work in the classroom remain high and the children’s behaviour is very good. The children are taught to respect their Christian values, through prayers and reminders in class, and in worship. Open the Book sessions are seen as part of the school’s worship activity. We are still able to send a team in every week to share Bible stories with the children in years R, 1 and 2. Many thanks to those who volunteer for this very worthwhile and enjoyable task. _Kate Wickson_ ## **CHRISTIAN ACTION COMMITTEE REPORT** The committee was reformed during the year, but with only 2 members at present we are limited in what we can do. Mostly this involves money raising activities for charities that the church supports, as well as distributing harvest gifts. Some activities that fall under the remit of this committee are (thankfully) done by other members of the congregation, and so do not currently need our active involvement. We have picked up the Church of England Children's Society activities, and thank Janet Botterill for doing this for the last few years, and her continued support. I am currently bringing the church Traidcraft Stall to an end, but will continue to promote Fairtrade. We hope shortly to review our eco church position - are we doing what we should be (for our current award?) and if there more can we do? More committee members would be welcome - you do not have to be on the PCC. _Teresa Goatham_ 14 ## **BELL RINGERS** We have managed to ring for the Sunday morning Eucharist services throughout the year, and also for the national event of the coronation of King Charles 111, Remembrance Sunday, and the Town Carol Service. The regular ringing band is small in number, reduced due to long-term sickness; we are often helped by ringers from other towers, and would welcome a few more recruits (young or not so young) willing to learn to ring on our ring of eight bells. Ringing is good exercise for mind and body, is a service to the church, and good fun as well! Practice night is on Monday evenings (excluding bank holidays). If any member of the congregation would like to see us ‘in action’ on a Sunday morning or practice night, we are happy to arrange this. _Alan Jeffs, Ringing co-ordinator_ ## **IMPACT MAGAZINE** Impact, the parish magazine produced 10 editions this year but regrettably December 2023 was the last issue as no volunteers came forward to act as either editor or advertising administrator. ## **PARISH OFFICE** Mrs Carole Blackmore looks after the whole benefice dealing with all day to day enquiries, arranging weddings, funerals, baptisms, taking VSR bookings, liaising with all elected parish officers, organising and printing the weekly newsletters, the collating and printing of Impact until publication ceased, and keeping the administration in good order. There is also a pastoral element to her role in the office in listening to and dealing with parishioners queries and supporting the clergy. ## **THE VICARAGE SCHOOL ROOM (VSR)** Our church hall has become more and more a community hub. We now have Gillingham Repair Café, country dancing, pilates, the local community cinema, and our community café, Eden café, Friday Breakfast and Board Games Afternoon running from this building. Occasional events include Art and Craft Events, Lent Lunches, various fundraising pop-ups, and it is also popular for hire for children’s parties when there is a free slot. A family of Syrian refugees run Syrian Cuisine, their takeaway and restaurant, from these premises on Friday and Saturday evenings. It is the place where St Mary’s congregation gather for coffee after Sunday morning Eucharist. 15 ## Diocese of Salisbury ## _The Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin_ Gillingham, Dorset ## _**‘Open to God, Open to Gillingham’**_ Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31[st] December 2023 Registered Charity Number 1158272 1 ## **Overview of Finances as of 31 December 2023** As you can see from the 2023 Statement of Accounts the bottom line has gone from bad at the end of 2022 to worse in 2023 with a new deficit of £29,097, reducing our reserves still further. The bottom line arises from greater expenses of which diocesan share, diocesan fees, energy and insurance alone amounting to £114,617 exceeding our real income – (real income excludes transfers from restricted funds). Likewise, income is reduced with Planned Giving again down as sadly some of our church family have moved on or have departed this life (RIP) and others, due to cost-of-living impact, are reviewing their giving, mostly downwards. The effect is that Planned Giving has reduced by 4.2% against a previous longer-term trend of 3.3%. However, income for this year only, was boosted by claiming an extra £4,822 Gift Aid (the overall total of £19,239 covered the previous 18 months). Fees relating to funerals and weddings (both received and paid) reduced significantly in 2023 as there was a weddings bonanza in 2022 following delays caused by Covid. VSR rental again improved and continues to increase as we pick up bookings from what was the Methodist Hall, but this has consequentially increased running costs and complicates cleaning. Fund Raising has again provided a most welcome income stream of some £6,250 from Eden, Sunday coffee and Repair Café donations and other events such as the welcome Plant Sale. This was however down against budget as the sale of loose goods ceased early in the year. We must congratulate all involved in fundraising because it was indeed a goodly sum that was raised. Other variances can be seen on examination of the Statement of Accounts. The deficits of 2022 and 2023 are clearly unsustainable. As things currently stand, with our projected income and including all of our available reserves, we have insufficient funds to pay the 2024 diocesan share in full. With PCC agreement, I have therefore produced a balanced budget for 2024 that will maintain our reserves at their current level into the future. To achieve this, we have cancelled the Direct Debit with Diocese and will use our Diocesan Share contribution as the balancing item which, in ‘plain speak’, means only paying what our finances allow. This is likely to be just 44% of the £91,544 that diocese have requested for 2024, although it can be adjusted either way depending how our finances develop. The downside of all churches struggling to fully meet their share request is that clergy numbers would likely be affected across the diocese. However, Diocese are changing the way the Share is calculated in 2025 though it is not possible to know quite how that will affect us in the longer term, but it is envisaged that the system will be phased in over 4 years in order to keep the increases for those whose Share will rise to reasonable amounts. Those whose Share will decrease will be pegged at the 2024 share ask for a further 2 years and this will fund the phasing in of the increases. Decreases will be applied in a phased manner in years 3 and 4 of the transition period. The Fabric Fund remains reasonably healthy with over £35,000 available, which is just as well with a leaking nave roof requiring attention. The Fabric Fund also contributes 50% of the cost of church/VSR insurance which is generally slightly less than its income from investments thus ensuring that the fund is not reduced by this methodology. The Pioneer Fund stands at £34,164 but that is only available for mission related tasks. So, superficially it may appear that there is more money available than the above commentary suggests but all the funds labelled as ‘restricted’, or ‘investment’ cannot be used for general purposes. At this time, it is therefore very appropriate to be thankful for the reserves secured by our forebears without which we would have not met our commitments over the last couple of years. Mike Sargent - Hon. Treasurer 2 |FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR TO DATE||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT|Budget|Budget to|Actual|||Whole Year||| ||2023|31/12/2023|31/12/2023|||2022||| ||£||£|£||£|£|| |RECEIPTS||||||||| |Incoming resources from donors||||||||| |Planned giving|55000|55000|49146|||51320.4||| |Collections and other giving|5100|5100|7187.83|||5566.35||| |Tax recovered|15000|15000|19238.75|||7959.1||| ||||||75572.58|||64845.85| |Other voluntary incoming resources||||||||| |Legacies|2000|2000|3244.37|||8500||| |Donations|4025|4025|3508.49|||7483.18||| |Grants|300|300|793.16|||952.4||| ||||||7546.02|||16935.58| |Income from operating activities to further the work of the church||||||||| |Impact magazine|2260|2260|1168|||2432||| |Rent from VSR|5200|5200|6500|||5191.2||| |Fundraising|10200|10200|6520.38|||9243.81||| |Fees|13000|13000|10450|||23133.29||| ||||||24638.38|||40000.3| |Income from investments||||||||| |Bank interest|200|200|1436.57|||815.92||| |Central costs paid by Milton|2450|2450|2294.02|||2349.62||| |Central costs paid by Silton|2450|2450|2327.92|||2306.88||| |Transfers from restricted funds|3200|3200|12301|||5459.92||| ||||||18359.51|||10932.34| |Total Receipts|120385|120385|||126116.49|||132714.07| |PAYMENTS||||||||| |Grants||||||||| |Home charities & misc charges, etc.|200|200|1219.41|||1786.01||| ||||||1219.41|||1786.01| |Activities directly relating to the work of the church||||||||| |Diocesan parish share|88433|88433|88433.4|||85857.72||| |Church running expenses|16300|16300|17068.71|||10380.15||| |VSR running expenses|7150|7150|7667.86|||3783.68||| |Clergy expenses|1000|1000|741.95|||929.7||| |Cost of services|1040|1040|859.21|||1002.53||| |Cost of fundraising|150|150|571.67|||168.8||| |Church capital expenses|3000|3000|7384.71|||331.2||| |VSR capital expenses|1000|1000|2702.38|||3666.08||| |Salaries and honoraria|13760|13760|14013.37|||15295.33||| |Mission and evangelism|1700|1700|908.03|||1947.43||| ||||||140351.29|||123362.62| |Church management and administration||||||||| |Office costs|4400|4400|4140.13|||4462.17||| |Assigned fees|5700|5700|7092.6|||11332||| |Bank charges|0|0|0|||0||| ||||||11232.73|||15794.17| |Transfers to restricted funds|3900|3900|2410|||3960||| ||||||2410|||3960| |Total Payments|147733|147733|||155213.43|||144902.8| |Excess - Gross Receipts minus Gross Payments|-27348|-27348|||-29096.94|||-12188.73| |Total opening funds held|||||70423.29|||82612.02| |Total closing funds held|||||41326.35|Note 1||70423.29| ||||Checksum||41326.35|||| |Opening reserved funds available for general use (inc. Legacy Fund)|||||66517.92|||| |Closing reserved funds available for general use (inc. Legacy Fund)|||||37735.51|||| Note 1 35410.21 is currently held for singular purposes (includes Misc and Legacy Funds) 3 |GENERAL FUND BANK RECONCILIATION
Reconciliation
DATE:
31/12/2023
LEDGER
C/F from 31.12.22
Plus Receipts YTD
Minus Payments YTD
SO's in bank but outstanding to Ledger
Total
BANK
Santander current
@ 30/09/22 CCLA deposit
Plus cash
Flower cash
Plus Cheques to be paid in
Plus uncleared credits
Minus uncashed cheques
Minus uncleared debits
Gillingham Shaftesbury Show
Total
Difference
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR
Monetary assets at 31.12.22
RECEIPTS
Net receipts
Donations
Interest
Income from other CCLA investments
Investment gain/loss
Transfers in
PAYMENTS
Net payments
Transfers out
Monetary assets at last reconciliation|70423.29
126116.49
155213.43
0.00
41326.35
10824.06
30423.17
393.75
315.55 Held in
0.00
1160.12
1040.30
0.00
0.00
0.00
750.00 Not in
0.00
41326.35
0.00
31/12/2023
GENERAL
FUND
SANTANDER
97333084
CCLA
634117003D
CB3034452
70423.29
112378.92
1436.57
12301.00
152803.43
2410.00
41326.35|Church Safe
Ledger- Non church assets
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Carlton
Choir
Pioneer
Fund
Cross
Fund
Pot
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
634117001D 634117002D 634117006D 634117007D
CB3034449
CB3034451
CB3034453
CB3034454
41119.63
7289.82
1311.24
31563.80
1120.62
333.12
41.27
1025.39
4199.89
283.09
835.00
0.00
0.00
1575.00
12167.00
0.00
134.00
0.00
35108.14
7906.03
1218.51
34164.19|Church Safe
Ledger- Non church assets
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Carlton
Choir
Pioneer
Fund
Cross
Fund
Pot
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
634117001D 634117002D 634117006D 634117007D
CB3034449
CB3034451
CB3034453
CB3034454
41119.63
7289.82
1311.24
31563.80
1120.62
333.12
41.27
1025.39
4199.89
283.09
835.00
0.00
0.00
1575.00
12167.00
0.00
134.00
0.00
35108.14
7906.03
1218.51
34164.19|Church Safe
Ledger- Non church assets
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Carlton
Choir
Pioneer
Fund
Cross
Fund
Pot
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
634117001D 634117002D 634117006D 634117007D
CB3034449
CB3034451
CB3034453
CB3034454
41119.63
7289.82
1311.24
31563.80
1120.62
333.12
41.27
1025.39
4199.89
283.09
835.00
0.00
0.00
1575.00
12167.00
0.00
134.00
0.00
35108.14
7906.03
1218.51
34164.19|Church Safe
Ledger- Non church assets
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Carlton
Choir
Pioneer
Fund
Cross
Fund
Pot
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
634117001D 634117002D 634117006D 634117007D
CB3034449
CB3034451
CB3034453
CB3034454
41119.63
7289.82
1311.24
31563.80
1120.62
333.12
41.27
1025.39
4199.89
283.09
835.00
0.00
0.00
1575.00
12167.00
0.00
134.00
0.00
35108.14
7906.03
1218.51
34164.19|INVESTMENT FUND|S|S| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||GENERAL
FUND
SANTANDER
97333084
CCLA
634117003D
CB3034452|RESTRICTED FUNDS||||||| |||||||Nurse
Reid
CCLA 634117001S
CB3034450
Bid marke|Administered by Diocese|| |||Fabric
Fund
CCLA
634117001D
CB3034449|Carlton
Cross
CCLA
634117002D
CB3034451|Choir
Fund
CCLA
634117006D
CB3034453|Pioneer
Pot
CCLA
634117007D
CB3034454||Church
Trust
CCLA 134001358S
CB3015378-001
t valuation|Carlton
Cross
CCLA 134001343S
CB3015372-001| ||70423.29
112378.92
1436.57
12301.00
152803.43
2410.00
41326.35|41119.63
1120.62
4199.89
835.00
12167.00
35108.14|7289.82
333.12
283.09
0.00
0.00
7906.03|1311.24
41.27
0.00
134.00
1218.51|31563.80
1025.39
1575.00
0.00
34164.19|136779.09
149760.11|3551.71
3888.79|12665.94
13857.05| Checksum 41326.35 4 GENERAL FUND APPORTIONMENT @ reconciliation |GENERAL FUND APPORTIONMENT
@ reconciliation||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||£||£| ||||2023|2022| |||||(Year end)| |NON-SPECIFIC (UNRESTICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|37942.92|||| |Receipts|122488.82|||| |Payments|154515.6|||| |Funds YTD|||5916.14|37942.92| |LEGACY FUND (UNRESTRICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|28575|||| |Receipts|3244.37|||| |Payments|0|||| |Funds YTD|||31819.37|28575| |FREE BREAKFAST FRIDAY (DESIGNATED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|851.92|||| |Receipts|5.6|||| |Payments|327.23|||| |Funds YTD|||530.29|851.92| |BELL RINGERS (RESTRICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|2546.5|||| |Receipts|88.7|||| |Payments|0|||| |Funds YTD|||2635.2|2546.5| |BIBLES for SCHOOLS (RESTICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|96.4|||| |Receipts|209|||| |Payments|285.6|||| |Funds YTD|||19.8|96.4| |MOTHERS UNION (RESTRICTD)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|90|||| |Receipts|0|||| |Payments|0|||| |Funds YTD|||90|90| |CHURCH FLOWERS (RESTRICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|320.55|||| |Receipts|80|||| |Payments|85|||| |Funds YTD|||315.55|320.55| |TOTAL|||41326.35|70423.29| |Of which misc funds (inc Legacy Fund)|||35410.21|32480.37| |Of which misc funds (NOT inc Legacy Fund)|||3590.84|3905.37| |Total misc receipts|||3627.67|| |Total misc payments|||697.83|| |Ecess reciepts over payments|||2929.84|| 5 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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The above graph is intended to highlight how we intend to bring our finances firmly under control. The Green line indicates our projected income. The Yellow dotted line shows the Share request allocated to St. Mary’s, whereas the solid yellow line indicates what we have budgeted to pay. The consequence of paying this reduced share is that our total expenditure (red line) drops to match our income resulting in the flatlining of our reserves. All of the above is, of course, based on projected figures and we will monitor income and expenditure throughout the year and make adjustments to maintain a balanced set of accounts. 6 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independenl •xamln•rf• r•port on the accounts 5*ellon A kndepend•nt Eiamimr's Ruporf 1156272 2011 fv hrf). ••cIkn 145 2011 •nd •x•nkn•kn, I th•*Aor q4wllfic•tlrf•) or body S/ rrs clion 8 Disclosure •ny kn th•1 ## Diocese of Salisbury ## _The Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin_ Gillingham, Dorset ## _**‘Open to God, Open to Gillingham’**_ Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31[st] December 2023 Registered Charity Number 1158272 1 ## **Overview of Finances as of 31 December 2023** As you can see from the 2023 Statement of Accounts the bottom line has gone from bad at the end of 2022 to worse in 2023 with a new deficit of £29,097, reducing our reserves still further. The bottom line arises from greater expenses of which diocesan share, diocesan fees, energy and insurance alone amounting to £114,617 exceeding our real income – (real income excludes transfers from restricted funds). Likewise, income is reduced with Planned Giving again down as sadly some of our church family have moved on or have departed this life (RIP) and others, due to cost-of-living impact, are reviewing their giving, mostly downwards. The effect is that Planned Giving has reduced by 4.2% against a previous longer-term trend of 3.3%. However, income for this year only, was boosted by claiming an extra £4,822 Gift Aid (the overall total of £19,239 covered the previous 18 months). Fees relating to funerals and weddings (both received and paid) reduced significantly in 2023 as there was a weddings bonanza in 2022 following delays caused by Covid. VSR rental again improved and continues to increase as we pick up bookings from what was the Methodist Hall, but this has consequentially increased running costs and complicates cleaning. Fund Raising has again provided a most welcome income stream of some £6,250 from Eden, Sunday coffee and Repair Café donations and other events such as the welcome Plant Sale. This was however down against budget as the sale of loose goods ceased early in the year. We must congratulate all involved in fundraising because it was indeed a goodly sum that was raised. Other variances can be seen on examination of the Statement of Accounts. The deficits of 2022 and 2023 are clearly unsustainable. As things currently stand, with our projected income and including all of our available reserves, we have insufficient funds to pay the 2024 diocesan share in full. With PCC agreement, I have therefore produced a balanced budget for 2024 that will maintain our reserves at their current level into the future. To achieve this, we have cancelled the Direct Debit with Diocese and will use our Diocesan Share contribution as the balancing item which, in ‘plain speak’, means only paying what our finances allow. This is likely to be just 44% of the £91,544 that diocese have requested for 2024, although it can be adjusted either way depending how our finances develop. The downside of all churches struggling to fully meet their share request is that clergy numbers would likely be affected across the diocese. However, Diocese are changing the way the Share is calculated in 2025 though it is not possible to know quite how that will affect us in the longer term, but it is envisaged that the system will be phased in over 4 years in order to keep the increases for those whose Share will rise to reasonable amounts. Those whose Share will decrease will be pegged at the 2024 share ask for a further 2 years and this will fund the phasing in of the increases. Decreases will be applied in a phased manner in years 3 and 4 of the transition period. The Fabric Fund remains reasonably healthy with over £35,000 available, which is just as well with a leaking nave roof requiring attention. The Fabric Fund also contributes 50% of the cost of church/VSR insurance which is generally slightly less than its income from investments thus ensuring that the fund is not reduced by this methodology. The Pioneer Fund stands at £34,164 but that is only available for mission related tasks. So, superficially it may appear that there is more money available than the above commentary suggests but all the funds labelled as ‘restricted’, or ‘investment’ cannot be used for general purposes. At this time, it is therefore very appropriate to be thankful for the reserves secured by our forebears without which we would have not met our commitments over the last couple of years. Mike Sargent - Hon. Treasurer 2 |FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR TO DATE||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT|Budget|Budget to|Actual|||Whole Year||| ||2023|31/12/2023|31/12/2023|||2022||| ||£||£|£||£|£|| |RECEIPTS||||||||| |Incoming resources from donors||||||||| |Planned giving|55000|55000|49146|||51320.4||| |Collections and other giving|5100|5100|7187.83|||5566.35||| |Tax recovered|15000|15000|19238.75|||7959.1||| ||||||75572.58|||64845.85| |Other voluntary incoming resources||||||||| |Legacies|2000|2000|3244.37|||8500||| |Donations|4025|4025|3508.49|||7483.18||| |Grants|300|300|793.16|||952.4||| ||||||7546.02|||16935.58| |Income from operating activities to further the work of the church||||||||| |Impact magazine|2260|2260|1168|||2432||| |Rent from VSR|5200|5200|6500|||5191.2||| |Fundraising|10200|10200|6520.38|||9243.81||| |Fees|13000|13000|10450|||23133.29||| ||||||24638.38|||40000.3| |Income from investments||||||||| |Bank interest|200|200|1436.57|||815.92||| |Central costs paid by Milton|2450|2450|2294.02|||2349.62||| |Central costs paid by Silton|2450|2450|2327.92|||2306.88||| |Transfers from restricted funds|3200|3200|12301|||5459.92||| ||||||18359.51|||10932.34| |Total Receipts|120385|120385|||126116.49|||132714.07| |PAYMENTS||||||||| |Grants||||||||| |Home charities & misc charges, etc.|200|200|1219.41|||1786.01||| ||||||1219.41|||1786.01| |Activities directly relating to the work of the church||||||||| |Diocesan parish share|88433|88433|88433.4|||85857.72||| |Church running expenses|16300|16300|17068.71|||10380.15||| |VSR running expenses|7150|7150|7667.86|||3783.68||| |Clergy expenses|1000|1000|741.95|||929.7||| |Cost of services|1040|1040|859.21|||1002.53||| |Cost of fundraising|150|150|571.67|||168.8||| |Church capital expenses|3000|3000|7384.71|||331.2||| |VSR capital expenses|1000|1000|2702.38|||3666.08||| |Salaries and honoraria|13760|13760|14013.37|||15295.33||| |Mission and evangelism|1700|1700|908.03|||1947.43||| ||||||140351.29|||123362.62| |Church management and administration||||||||| |Office costs|4400|4400|4140.13|||4462.17||| |Assigned fees|5700|5700|7092.6|||11332||| |Bank charges|0|0|0|||0||| ||||||11232.73|||15794.17| |Transfers to restricted funds|3900|3900|2410|||3960||| ||||||2410|||3960| |Total Payments|147733|147733|||155213.43|||144902.8| |Excess - Gross Receipts minus Gross Payments|-27348|-27348|||-29096.94|||-12188.73| |Total opening funds held|||||70423.29|||82612.02| |Total closing funds held|||||41326.35|Note 1||70423.29| ||||Checksum||41326.35|||| |Opening reserved funds available for general use (inc. Legacy Fund)|||||66517.92|||| |Closing reserved funds available for general use (inc. Legacy Fund)|||||37735.51|||| Note 1 35410.21 is currently held for singular purposes (includes Misc and Legacy Funds) 3 |GENERAL FUND BANK RECONCILIATION
Reconciliation
DATE:
31/12/2023
LEDGER
C/F from 31.12.22
Plus Receipts YTD
Minus Payments YTD
SO's in bank but outstanding to Ledger
Total
BANK
Santander current
@ 30/09/22 CCLA deposit
Plus cash
Flower cash
Plus Cheques to be paid in
Plus uncleared credits
Minus uncashed cheques
Minus uncleared debits
Gillingham Shaftesbury Show
Total
Difference
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR
Monetary assets at 31.12.22
RECEIPTS
Net receipts
Donations
Interest
Income from other CCLA investments
Investment gain/loss
Transfers in
PAYMENTS
Net payments
Transfers out
Monetary assets at last reconciliation|70423.29
126116.49
155213.43
0.00
41326.35
10824.06
30423.17
393.75
315.55 Held in
0.00
1160.12
1040.30
0.00
0.00
0.00
750.00 Not in
0.00
41326.35
0.00
31/12/2023
GENERAL
FUND
SANTANDER
97333084
CCLA
634117003D
CB3034452
70423.29
112378.92
1436.57
12301.00
152803.43
2410.00
41326.35|Church Safe
Ledger- Non church assets
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Carlton
Choir
Pioneer
Fund
Cross
Fund
Pot
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
634117001D 634117002D 634117006D 634117007D
CB3034449
CB3034451
CB3034453
CB3034454
41119.63
7289.82
1311.24
31563.80
1120.62
333.12
41.27
1025.39
4199.89
283.09
835.00
0.00
0.00
1575.00
12167.00
0.00
134.00
0.00
35108.14
7906.03
1218.51
34164.19|Church Safe
Ledger- Non church assets
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Carlton
Choir
Pioneer
Fund
Cross
Fund
Pot
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
634117001D 634117002D 634117006D 634117007D
CB3034449
CB3034451
CB3034453
CB3034454
41119.63
7289.82
1311.24
31563.80
1120.62
333.12
41.27
1025.39
4199.89
283.09
835.00
0.00
0.00
1575.00
12167.00
0.00
134.00
0.00
35108.14
7906.03
1218.51
34164.19|Church Safe
Ledger- Non church assets
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Carlton
Choir
Pioneer
Fund
Cross
Fund
Pot
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
634117001D 634117002D 634117006D 634117007D
CB3034449
CB3034451
CB3034453
CB3034454
41119.63
7289.82
1311.24
31563.80
1120.62
333.12
41.27
1025.39
4199.89
283.09
835.00
0.00
0.00
1575.00
12167.00
0.00
134.00
0.00
35108.14
7906.03
1218.51
34164.19|Church Safe
Ledger- Non church assets
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Carlton
Choir
Pioneer
Fund
Cross
Fund
Pot
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
CCLA
634117001D 634117002D 634117006D 634117007D
CB3034449
CB3034451
CB3034453
CB3034454
41119.63
7289.82
1311.24
31563.80
1120.62
333.12
41.27
1025.39
4199.89
283.09
835.00
0.00
0.00
1575.00
12167.00
0.00
134.00
0.00
35108.14
7906.03
1218.51
34164.19|INVESTMENT FUND|S|S| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||GENERAL
FUND
SANTANDER
97333084
CCLA
634117003D
CB3034452|RESTRICTED FUNDS||||||| |||||||Nurse
Reid
CCLA 634117001S
CB3034450
Bid marke|Administered by Diocese|| |||Fabric
Fund
CCLA
634117001D
CB3034449|Carlton
Cross
CCLA
634117002D
CB3034451|Choir
Fund
CCLA
634117006D
CB3034453|Pioneer
Pot
CCLA
634117007D
CB3034454||Church
Trust
CCLA 134001358S
CB3015378-001
t valuation|Carlton
Cross
CCLA 134001343S
CB3015372-001| ||70423.29
112378.92
1436.57
12301.00
152803.43
2410.00
41326.35|41119.63
1120.62
4199.89
835.00
12167.00
35108.14|7289.82
333.12
283.09
0.00
0.00
7906.03|1311.24
41.27
0.00
134.00
1218.51|31563.80
1025.39
1575.00
0.00
34164.19|136779.09
149760.11|3551.71
3888.79|12665.94
13857.05| Checksum 41326.35 4 GENERAL FUND APPORTIONMENT @ reconciliation |GENERAL FUND APPORTIONMENT
@ reconciliation||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||£||£| ||||2023|2022| |||||(Year end)| |NON-SPECIFIC (UNRESTICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|37942.92|||| |Receipts|122488.82|||| |Payments|154515.6|||| |Funds YTD|||5916.14|37942.92| |LEGACY FUND (UNRESTRICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|28575|||| |Receipts|3244.37|||| |Payments|0|||| |Funds YTD|||31819.37|28575| |FREE BREAKFAST FRIDAY (DESIGNATED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|851.92|||| |Receipts|5.6|||| |Payments|327.23|||| |Funds YTD|||530.29|851.92| |BELL RINGERS (RESTRICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|2546.5|||| |Receipts|88.7|||| |Payments|0|||| |Funds YTD|||2635.2|2546.5| |BIBLES for SCHOOLS (RESTICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|96.4|||| |Receipts|209|||| |Payments|285.6|||| |Funds YTD|||19.8|96.4| |MOTHERS UNION (RESTRICTD)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|90|||| |Receipts|0|||| |Payments|0|||| |Funds YTD|||90|90| |CHURCH FLOWERS (RESTRICTED)||||| |Funds at 31.12.22|320.55|||| |Receipts|80|||| |Payments|85|||| |Funds YTD|||315.55|320.55| |TOTAL|||41326.35|70423.29| |Of which misc funds (inc Legacy Fund)|||35410.21|32480.37| |Of which misc funds (NOT inc Legacy Fund)|||3590.84|3905.37| |Total misc receipts|||3627.67|| |Total misc payments|||697.83|| |Ecess reciepts over payments|||2929.84|| 5 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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The above graph is intended to highlight how we intend to bring our finances firmly under control. The Green line indicates our projected income. The Yellow dotted line shows the Share request allocated to St. Mary’s, whereas the solid yellow line indicates what we have budgeted to pay. The consequence of paying this reduced share is that our total expenditure (red line) drops to match our income resulting in the flatlining of our reserves. All of the above is, of course, based on projected figures and we will monitor income and expenditure throughout the year and make adjustments to maintain a balanced set of accounts. 6 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independenl •xamln•rf• r•port on the accounts 5*ellon A kndepend•nt Eiamimr's Ruporf 1156272 2011 fv hrf). ••cIkn 145 2011 •nd •x•nkn•kn, I th•*Aor q4wllfic•tlrf•) or body S/ rrs clion 8 Disclosure •ny kn th•1