THE
4¢Y
Ann￿￿ fteport
st•tem•ntolFkn•KW AdMlle5
Ji-20

PCCare•lxo TnBteesofthedwrlty.
Sarnh Northal
Orterinto 2023)
Akn PCC i•y awlr
Akojort p￿ 5ttr*t•ry ffrom 14 20231
(ro 141A•y20U)
M*yJan*s
IFrwn 14 M￿2023>
AknJo*rtPCCSerrelwy1from 14Mw 21n31
Ann Bryant
j￿1th Ford
AkoPCCSt£r*ary Ito 8 May 2023)
Phllippj
(Ffom 14 20231
fFrm 14M￿2{￿l3

THE YEAR EN
StWdstarL
re8lst¢r OR the El•rtOT•I Roll and fot elockn to th• PCC AH member5 of the PCCareatso*nJsiees of the Chailty.
The PCC met formaty so¥a) lknes the year. li also w*ed thwh subcommlltoes ¥thlth met between PCC
meetln85. Tlwe are the Stsndlrq Comnth has PO￿ to tran5art the bus1￿ of th¢ PCC tetwtrn meellny
subjert to thv dlredlon ol the PCC ¢ornmltte•s the Fabrlc of the Its Wowshlp. wlth
•lbtk less x> In 2020, 2021 and 2022. kn that •t1•￿•￿0 hwe sthl not ts wtrpandembc levets.
Desplle thk thè Prltsblrthrye and PCC towfr*r ¥￿h • *llkant I￿1 of frorn thwch members cont1th￿d
RESP(Msi8iunE5
Church •nd Churth H•ll. The Chrlst Churth chapel Is retslned by the Dkncese for use ￿ the Parljh out of the l¥Je of the
Touy Centre to the Loc•1 Authorty. The InveY•twy of the a>rtents of the thwth W•ted ty M•ry•rnt G•ndDn •nd
d*¢k•d In M•rchIA￿I 2023 priryto the APCIA.
St Wuht4n •nd WoTce3ter St Nkhokn) mknlster and Is therekn nortrstlpndl•ry. 7he PCC C￿ered
PARISM EiEcfoRAi RIXL
The trusteesthnfirni th•ttht p￿105 the thrty In sectkni 1715) ofthe 2011 Chrlt1•5 Actto hwedue regard
of th• PCC Is th• promth of th• mlsskm of th* Chw¢h ofEr4knnd In the Erdes￿oI Parlsh ofst B4m•baswlth
Chrfst Churth, All p¥blk woyshtp Is provkled free of ¢h•rye and 1$ open to•ll. Thè ￿t￿ltIeS Include:_
the olthe Chrfsiian falth
th•vthfofprywtyand hardthip

AIIN
FOR THE VEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER Xb23
COMMUNICATIONS
Penny Ever
THE MINISTRY TOTHÈ YOUNG
ourselv1￿ encc*Weparti(*7atK￿ (Aas thiklm peDPlea5*r2￿¥￿8ndTWhgwo1￿dmke1o-1ndUth
Sue Sthes and Judsth Ford talthfidty the OpeDthe Book ses%knis •t SL 8•rn•bJ5 Sd*ffjl elery ln terni tlme.
su¢ossfvl cwertion *ith our n￿reSt5th0
The Rectory 15 no Jon8erreq¥A¥Ed ￿the£￿£S4 kto be for s*. It 151MW thatthearw ofKdrden Ullllzed
THE MIIIISTrY TO FAMIU
In 2023 the dwrch (thTed the u5uoI Crlb Ser¥ke on chrts￿ Eve aThJ WI￿ A well ewkpped
dedicat•d ￿•v ar• 1$ ayah•bl• at *H s•wk•5 par￿ts1 The uwl Gvryj Fr¥Jty seThke for chldren was
THE MINISTRY TO ThE COMMUNITY." LfxAL NATIoIIALANDIIITEIINATK￿L
and for prfv4te hirety Pa￿lDn
Natniity Crib Set& Weconthwe to PTovide a wekaTed forgreen area for tlx>se Th4￿ thg5 and kning their children to
MIM&)n61¥b¥6Mup

The MISS￿ Fund is aHocat*d IiPA of the Pre¥kn￿￿￿stO1a1 doTr•kn from the Plarned Scherne and the Sundwi
Morn1￿ seNlte pl*e ¢ollKUon
Th15 Mlsslon Fund ￿0wan¢t ts allocated on a quarterly b•s1s and doTratlons are usually rnade around itnL Haw¥e5t tlme
and at Chrfstrn4& The commbttee meets to dlscv5$ OPtlon5 and ideas and don•tlon allowaTKe4 usualty dlvlded betwe
local. N*tlohal and Intem•tionat charttl¢s •nd Dioc•san Llnks. The su8VStd payments •re then fornially agreed
by the PCC A list of donltlons ts¥ether wlth Informallon and a¢kn)owleknents we on the Mlwltsn Fund Notlce
Board It the b&<kof the Church.
Our Chrlstm•s shoebox appejl forthe homelw, co-ordlnated by Maryjames. rewlted In ) total of 150 boxes whlrh werè
￿￿*n tost. P•ufs H05tel and Ma8Ks Day centre. Wethank Rryen¢y Hl8h schod. Bfftannl• Squ•re residents and the Unlted
Reformed thwch as t*ll *5 our own ccth8r•o•tlon and frlends for th•lr ynotowl. The bomes bkssed In clwrch 4
Wedne￿¥ the 20 December 202L
Th•Chlk1r•n'sS￿0*tyBtsx collertkni co•rdln•ted by John Denth •nd£u7.07 w•s rnlÉ•d thhye•r.
20ts MIMk>n Fund Ghl
Acorns Chlldr¢n'3 Hosplce
Behlnd The Srnll
Maggs Day Contre
Th• MyrS•d C•nire
N•w Hope Worttst•r
St Paufs Hostel
St Rlcttard's Hosplce (ln m*mory of N•ncy MurftrP•t•rsl
WCWR tworcester Cltywokomes
Wortest*r FoodbAnk
Worcest•rshlre& DI￿￿V Hl$tork ChUrd￿$T1Urt
£2
£150
£2(X)
£150
£1
£i(K>
£200
Churth Urb•n Fund
Eco Churrh Project
£2(Xl
£2(Kl
E2(
8bhop John'$ LertApped forDlo¢ese of
8rtti5h fted CrO￿- La>ya Flood D1515tsr
Brlti5h Red Cross- Morocco Earthqu4*e Dlsa5ter
DECTurkey-Syrl• E•rthquake Appeal 2023
Marf$t4fj•115
Prartical Atuon H4fvestAppeal 21)23
T•arfund
£250
£2
£5
£Z(K>
£21X)
£21¥J
£2ryJ
TotslDon*tbMft•r211U.
£4ts0

wmi cHR6T￿UftCH
THE YEAR ENDED
IDE
MBER a)2Y
d•lwry Utth
It was stlm not P0551Aetowelcome• p•rty of ¥i4torsto thepbrlth In 2023. dueto the •fter*ffeLts ofthe pandemk
contart Is b¢lnB maInt•ln￿.
One Euth4FlsteKh on 5und•y mornlns and or4 wedne￿aY M¢Anh￿ except for
One Sund•y morninG seNice per month, Usu•1￿ the Ilfst Sunday, whith 18 del￿fiated as Somethln8 Else Sunday
nd when a no¥pEuth•rlsllc %er¥ice is held. led by members of thevglunteer Itadershlp kn ¥￿[shIP taim. and OT
Wethie¥d4y 5eThlcel*ewkn•.
When there Is a flfth Sund•y In the month. a thst•r Eucharfst wvlce Is held for the comblned conyeytlt￿s of
th¥Ee duster pJrlshÈ& Thls ts held In one of the duster d)wch buildir¥4 by rotstti¥
S0750n•l ￿Cl￿1[￿S Ash Wedr*sday. Lent. Holy Week and our P•tron•l F•stl441 w•r• held 45 wwl. plus
thrlstmas services •nd schools carol seNl¢4s and other wor5hlp events.
Our prayer request'post4oQ wlth wa5 It￿laIted outslde the moln churth doorJ contlnues to be wed. Oft￿ by
n(bn-churth mtmbers. Itls opened ro8ulaAy and the Pfayer rem￿$￿ we xtloned.
Rewlarblbl• study courses whlth iethmrnenced fomowthi the Covld Intemiplkn cwllnued dwkn£ 2023.
PtmAMlon to Officlale IPTOI, wl¥J J150 contlnutd to run the hous• Bible stu￿ group •nd offer p•#tornl supwt: Revd
Jonathan Klmber who haslolr*d our conyeBatlon h•s now 4150 been ¥rant*d P•rmlsston to Offlrlate by the Blshop. 4nd
therefvrt a wdcorn• 4ddith)n to th•tearn.
Julie Berrow conilnued hervalued contrlbullon •s Lk•nsed L•y Mlnlsttt.
Jwmth and Chtts Ford knspbrnd the PCC Jnd CO￿r￿•t￿N as Ec0-r*￿ up the lkne of unthndy dMth kn M•y
2023. Replacem4ntarTangements h•v• nol yet been pl•tt.
The Audto Vlsu•l systwn contlnued to prthild• n•v •nd tmtl¥e way5 to en￿e In worshlp 4nd to T*nlcome those pwpl•
who Come wh> •re more f•mlN•r wlth usln8 th1$ t•chhology. as Dn to mare Invofvement wlth wh•t happens In chU￿h.
Th•nks •re due to tho* who contrlbute to Sunday wrfshlp ￿ welcomlnK p•oph. rn•kI￿ musk, r••d￿. lepdloq
Intercessknn4 ¢ountln8 llower wraryiry and ienernily preParf￿ the churth,. ATrJ to the many pEople WI￿ 4150
e thalr tlrne Ind •ffort durlng th* week to ensure the smooth runnln4 ond upkeep of th• chur<h •nd thurth halL l>oth
of whlth had m•lntenance aTrd r•pabr wths dontto them to keep ihem Ilt for PUEPOSe.
Muslc ¢w•r the last y•*r hm Contlnued mort or less as befort wlth adaptattons to th• thange5 In $oThk¢s- notsbty •tth•
Ilt5t Sunday In th• month, whkh in fvture T*lll usualty be noTrEu¢harlstk. The reu>rdin8 fadllty on the dl8lt¥l or8an has
proven Its wryth wth weekday Serv1￿ now havh¥ acce55 ts •ccompanEed hyrnns as wtN as those Sundays when N>
ory•nlst ha5 been a¥allabte. Th•th awe due to Mary Jarne5 who has shown her vlrtuoslty In Than•gI￿ the sequencer
5YSt•m. Thevlxountdbwtal or8•h has Trowl￿en In ￿•te for 41rn05tthrn•yw
and mlnor m•intenance on the Instrument. The organ tun•r Prtted a new hou￿n¥t0 cover the coupllng around the blower
to protert it from the enrroJ¢hment of d*anlng equlpment and other Itern5. At thls tlme we dlscussed some on8olni
problems wlth the aetlon 1corrosl￿ of tr￿ker and st*kw ￿Are5 aThJ
dtrnBtuthn8 of leathersk are syTrptoms of the gen•ral dètèrloratkni of thè Orga￿ Any fwther TtyalT/repkn¢ernent
of these would be a larze and Cost￿ urrtlertaklrq 4nd rnay M longer bevaluefor mon

held Inthe communltyhau. a5Tff4S a150the oct11￿ liftl￿sUr￿¥ (Jtster Eu(hart
HNANCIAL REVIEW
expendltwe l$thou4htlikelyto be required-forexamplÈforthe OftheChU￿. there bean Opera￿ deficlt
ye4rf$ exP￿dI￿re.
The GenDrnl Fund
ThE F15WRE
The PCC plon5 tt¥ twMlert&ethe 20Z4:
NorthaN and Area Dean fte4d Canon DI￿ Cooksey ¥4d cofttthue to fc6terrel•tlonsh4>5.
s•fe aThl sacred Space as wel as use asa ¥•n

4.qFy3*".-
ANNUAL REpoKf OF THÈ PAROOI
F¢JR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 OECEMBER 2023
The PCC mEmbers are rnsp0ns1￿e for preparlry theTru5te& Annual Re￿t the fiTranrial ststemert5 in attordan
The law appkabkto charSlles In Er%knd &Wths the tru5teestoFnp•reknci•l statem￿fOr Ilnan¢i41
vear thlch 8hTe a true and falrvknv ofthe stste of•ff•lrs otthe charlty aAI ofthe kKffiilng Tesowces and ¥pllcaUon of
select sultablEac¢ouDtlng po¥de5 and appfy them cons1￿.
make judgmÈnts and ￿l￿at¢S that are reaSODable and
state whether applicable account*¥ staxlards have been folknved. gA¥ett to any mtslal dtparture5 dlsd05
ftnancial posltlon of the and enablè them lo ensuyè thèt the fr￿fi￿al Statern￿ts comt* t￿th thE Charblles Act
and othèrlrregularflles.
Pftri

REP
T OF THE INOEPENDENT EXAMINER TOTHE MEMBE
I r¢port to the (harfty trustees on my er6mknotbn of the •cwunts of ihe PCC fol VWJf ended 311)ecembeT 2023
whith m s•tout on p•8•$9 to 20.
ResponsthAltles•nd olY•pDrt
As tho charws trustè*S YOU aTe resportslble for tK• pryratlorl of thè xeounts In xcordaht• TAIth the requlrements
of the Charltles Act 2011 {the A¢fl.
I report In resp¢rt Of rny examlnation ofthe thaTWs accounts ￿ryI¢d out und*r$¢dlon 145 oftht Artand In tarry1Tr8
out my examlrtatlon I have fol0¥￿1 all th¢ appllcable Dlfectlons 8fven by Charfty Cornmlsslon undef sectlon
14S(Sl{bl of th• AeL
I I￿• compl•t•d rny •Mmlnallofv. I tonkn th•* no rnatsrf•l rn•tters h•￿ rJxn• to my •tt•ntlon In ¢onn•ctl¢m wlth
th¢ examlnatlon ￿VIn9 me c4we to be￿ that In any materlal re5pEcL
•cwJhtkni r•cordB w•re not l¢ept¢n wpttt ofth• ¢h•rfty•¥ rnquk*d by s•cthm 130ofthe A¢or
the •¢¢uuntsdo not uccord wlth those records: or
the acfounts do not compty wtth the appllcable roqulrements Co￿•m1n￿ th* form and tonterrt of iC¢OUMS set
t In the Ch•rftles IA¢tounts and Reports) R•8ulthnJ 21J)8 other than any requlrement th•t thtt ￿￿Unts$￿le
'tTue and falr vw whlth15 not a matter conshlered •8 part gf •n Ir#lependentex•mln4tlon.
I can mnfimi that there Irt no rnDtters In tonnetkn wlth th• to t*hkh attentlon be dr•wn In th1•
r•port In owder to emble • prop¢r und*rnt•ndl￿ ofth• •c¢ountsto b• rn•ch•
Rlchrd Dunkl•yPCCA CTA
RD pAwuntI￿ itd
12C TWD io¢
Huvrt Bwln•ss P•rk
8rf*rkny Hlll
W••t Mldknnd•
DY5 IUU

TBARNABASWITh CHRISTCHURCH
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
R THE YEAR ENDED 310ECEM8ER 2023
Total
lotal
Fundi
2023
Total
Funds
022
Restrlrted
Funds
Funds
Funds
INCOME AND EN(IOWMENTS FROM
Grants, donallons •nd legacles
Incorne from thlrltable artlvltl¢s
othertradlng actlvltles
Income trom Invostments
WJ
4,675
160
19,383
105
L4
58,1450
19.383
105
64,596
20A08
385
147th1
L4
418
Total Income and Endowfflents
64,358
1471r
79,066
86,049
EXPENDITURE OM
Charltabl• actl¥ltl•s
OU70
17072
4791
141J3
81M87
Total Expendltu
62.170
17.072
4791
81.487
Net 8•lns I Ilossesl on Investments
NET INCOMEI IEXPENDITURE)
(1364)
(8761
141911
(S￿7)
4,587
Translers between Funds
(5m)
4275
17751
775
Net movement In
L911
1.651
4016
5.667
4,387
Balance B
ht Forward ljanu
17.358
77.585
9494>
50.514
145.477
140,8
Balance Carrled FowAid 31 December ￿23
13.796
79.496
93.292
4&518
139mO
145,477

31
2022
Tangible a55ets
47.767
56,088
47.767
CURRENfA55Ets
Oebtors and prepayments
Cash at bank and In hand
LX4)
91,428
98.9
95.628
UAWUTrÉS
Credlti)r5- Amount5 falling due wlthln oneyear
li
6,239
89,389
5A77
TOTAL NEfASSErs
139*
145,477
PARISH FUNDS
Unre5trirted funds
Designated funds
Restrtrted funds
17,358
14
518
50.534
145,477
•nd sqmdoftlts b•knll&r.
R•*l. Northal

IIOTES TOTHE F
YE•JI
DJIDE
G•n•rnl Inform*thth and 01￿•paThthn
Republkoflreland IFRS I￿1) 1$s￿d(th 16J*21ll4lasry¥1JtodthTh￿ U￿B￿tIn1 pubB5hEdon? Febru•ry
20161. the Fknar&l Repth Stsr*dard appkale kn tht Utiibj ￿TY10M aThJ Republk of Ireljnd IFRS 1021. thè
The ¢h4rfty has applial Update 8uOdiD l as wbh51wl on 2 Felxwy 2016 and not*thle • ¢ashfiow
transartlon5. assets and knblltle5 fpr wlach the PCC is f￿￿nsible ITh law. They do not inckMIE the accounts of
rounded to the neare5tE.
Colle¢tion5are r*el¥e4J byorrn behalfof the PCC Planned gTrAig Is re[08n￿￿1 re¢eS¥ed.
the amount and date ofthe dis1x#￿. thatthe PCC metall tem)sof the trnttt or legary •nd that
Is legally ￿thI¢d kn the dl5lxw5￿t
pay for8oods orservi
the Genernl Fund.

•Ji
Conwr•tsd PWDp•ty ofany Wnd h Èv¢kthd fwom tht &lO P) {•) ChIr￿￿A¢t 2011.
Mov•ble ¢huwth furnblty held by the Vkv•NI thurchw•nkn oft Ipedol trust fc¢ the PCC and whkh TequTrrn
for dtspo¥•l •Te•ctryJnted for •5 trwlknoble woptrty unl•M a￿Se£r•￿￿ They U5ted In the church's
￿￿uffiCIent cost 5nfornwdon w•&ble ar￿ therefore 4s*ts are not ¥•1￿d kn the aLwJnt& Items 4cqulred
Al expu￿rture hKurred In theyexm bu1th￿4$ oron *ems und*r£LS(K+ netofvAT ￿1￿XI
Eq￿*Th•￿t used wlthln thÈ thurch prernlse5 Ilr* b•slswer4yew& IndMdu•l Ilemsof
1£) of th• c￿¢111*5A¢t1OlL
Infon￿￿oft Is w￿able. In thktasethe item is not c¥tsW Ixrt all ftem5•re Indudd kn the fthurth's knientory

Inveslmenw s*£tbon of tht SOF
Inclwle hdd on dep￿tt w#h the CJF Clwrth of Eryknnd Fund5 ty •t theb•n
Fund¥
Fln•nd•l
of the *ntlty •fter deduc*K 41 of Sts Ilfi•nd￿ lablxk
flnarKhl liabll￿$ if* InCh￿d In thè wofft ksss KcO￿l costs •rn c•kyJl•ted so •s to produce •
deblted dlrect to equlty.
Tot41
Totsl
38,667
Collectlpns
196
J96 1.539
14878
454.596

Grarf5 r•cèiv•d, Includèd Inthe •bove. •re 85 follows:
Total
Totsl
2022
WCC Dis¢repancy Fund
He•tlng Grant
Low IncomeGrant
675
1614
11,589
4a
li
Totsl
Ttstal
X¢22
thufth HAII L•ttln8S
foes
Padsh Ma8ailn•
Tr•ldcraft Saths
Flowers
562
14562
14502 13,876
6,335
150
250
150
21
19.JB>
19.J•J IOAO8
Total
Unrejtrlrt
Totsi
Totsl
20
Fundraisini
38)
Tot•1
Tolal
Total
2022
Dlvidends
8ank Intèrest

MOTE$ TOTHÉ FIIIAMCL•LST
THE
(con11n￿l
Totsl
Mlssionay and¢lwitthftThiln8
DkKesan par15h share
txher Mlnt5trytosts
fees paydbletothe aic¢e
chu￿ runnirvd•nd malnten•rK
Churthy¥d upke•p
Church H•ll runningco5ts
Upkeep of seThkes
Educ*lon
Musi
Tolladlne 14lbssl<m•xpendltwo
Tr¥lduaft purchws
Sundry
Travel ￿$t%
D•pre¢4•tlo
83nktharps
Independent Ex•fflln•es Fee
4150
4J50
451t
11rn 9M79
&832
562
41
4ng
107
J6B L050
4191
r$3 81•7
The amjunt ￿V￿￿tOthe &xamln•r In rwpect of the etxt of Preparnt￿￿ of th•fknandal stat•ments
and extemll scnFiliri fortheyw•nd•J 31 Ii*c•mber 2023 w•s£L392 P(122: £L3ZO
31 December 2023 norforthe ¥e4r er01￿ 31 De¢ttnbtr 2021

UR
ATEMfNTS
31
IcontFrJuedl
TANGI
Fl
Fixtures. Ftttlngs
and Equlpmenl
As at lJ8nuary3)23
Addittons
DisP05als
As at 31 Decembér￿23
87.213
As at ljanuary 2023
Char8è forthe year
0isP05als
30,726
Asat 31 Oecember2023
39A46
1letBookva￿jeal 31 De¢eM￿TIO?3
47.767
Net 8ook Valueat lJ8nuary 2023
Totsi
Total
2Q22
rewverable
LX
IL CREDIT0ft5
Totsl
2023
Totsl
2022
Trade Creditors
Diocesan Fees Inote 141
Acuuals
Wages and Pension5
Ln3
3A83
6.239
16

OTH
TEMEN75
SIDE￿ft
ImTofved forthis Servi￿ Net fees due totheDio¢eseforthe yendd 31 Decem1￿ 2m3 are as
Bet•￿e0w5[1BaI lJanuary2023
Gr05$ fées rollect•d d￿￿$ ￿25
Admln teeretslned15%1
Asat 310ecen*er2023
F￿paId in theye¥
17

14,157
3.613
F•brit Fund
247
247
8,728
kFund
785
SOW4
14,7911
T15
46.518
ftoof fur
Toll4&ine Mb5K
Hall Appeal Fund
Ftmdrni5ir8: PA4dgeknry
Youth Pilgthwge Fund
Fund5 ralsed fDr theTolladine Mi5
Funds forP•rth H•ll related dLWeknw￿nt
Funds r•￿ed*orMa8d&￿Ho$prtamy
Fuwmls rawl for youth pl*rimylcar
FthFund
(kgan Fund
Church Boller Fund
FurK15 forthe Fabric of the buildly

H•N Ooll•r R•M
25.196
{9.9151
12711
14JSOI
19.94J
M•w•r ￿nd
Ml••5on Gl¥lns
G•n•r•l F•brk R•••
125
4J50
492
24779
492
16,779
AV 2qylpm•nt
Mwk
17,on
75
The rnaln des1￿￿ted fimds tt•hl m forthe fDIIDwlns purpos•s:
Hall Boll•r R•s•Y¥e
Hall M4knten•nce Auople
Mlsslon GlvlnA
GeJwr•l Fabrtc R•s•r¥e
Flower Fund
Don•tlon5 Unall¢xMt4d
AV Ewlpmwrt
Muslc DITector
Muslc
To ensure the churthtan m•lfttrin the Hall t￿ller.
To •Mure the church c•n keep the hallfitfor purp¢>s•.
To support Mls%lon Glvl
To wovlde IDrfvtur• hbrfc r•￿￿#
To fDt future fiower5 In thurch
Monles set aslde In antlclpotlon of Slgnllk￿¢ fvture exPendI￿re.
Funds spert on AV•qulpment held for deprechtlon Pu￿$
Ory*nbt pwments
To provlde forfuture purthases of musle resour¢es
h•AM TRANSFER5 OETWEEII FUMD5
The maln tvan5feTs durkng the year were •5 folkn*¥:
l. FloweTS fundwm overspent and tovered via Keneral resery
2. The defftclt on the Mlsslon Gh11￿4 F￿d has been ctylered by a translerfrom the fj*n*rnl Fund.

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