MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
HOLY TRINITY, MINCHINHAMPTON & ST BARNABAS, BOX
CHARITY NUMBER 1163940
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
INCUMBENT
REVD CANON HOWARD GILBERT

MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Overvlew
The Parlsh of Minchinhampton with Box is situated between the town5 of Stroud and Cirencester,
in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has two churches, Holy Trinity Minchinhampton and St Barnabas,
Box.
The two churches exist for publlc benefit in the advancement of the Christian Faith by
proclaiming the Gospel and by working to address the needs of many, both locally and in the
wider communlty.
The Parish is part of the Minchinhampton with Box and Amberley Benefice.
The PCC
The Parochial Church Council IPCCI is a corporate body established with ex-officio and elected
members in accordanee with the Church Representation Rules of the Church of England.
The PCC became a registered charity, number 1163940, with the Charity Commission on 12th
October 2015. All member5 of the PCC are Trustees of the Charity.
The member5 of the PCC at the tlme of this report are:_
Ex-offico
Revd Canon Howard Gilbert
Revd Coral Francis
Revd Tracey ClementS
Linda Jarvis (Reader)
Elected
Martyn Beaufort
David Bonney
Jamie Dalrymple-Hamilton
David Goldsmith
Nlck Horsley
Jackie Natt
Simon Ritter
William Reddaway
Deanery Synod
Julian Elloway
Margaret Sheather
Jennie South
Ali50n Wood
Church Wardens
Angle Ayling
Caroline Thackray
The PCC met six times during 2024. In addition, the Standing Commtttee met four times
in the year. The Standing Committee has eight members who at the time of this report are the
Rector, the two Curates, the Reader, the two Church Wardens, the Secretary, and
Jackie Natt. Revd Canon Howard Gilbert was licensed as the Rector of the Minchinhampton
with Box and Amberley Benefice in January 2019. Revd Coral Francis, our Curate,
came to Minchinhampton with Box in 2021, while Revd Tacey Clements became a Curate in 2023.
Church Wardens are elected at the annual Vestry Meeting at which all resident5 of the Parish can
attend and vote. The other members of the PCC and the Deanery Synod are elected at the Annual
Parochial Church Meeting IAPCMI at which only people on the electoral roll can vote. They serve
for a period of three years before standing down. After one year has elapsed they are eligible for
re-election for a further three year period. Only lay members are eligible for election.
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Icontlnuedl
Management of Church Business
Church business is managed in line with the Parochial Church Councils (Powers1 Measure 1956.
This provides that the PCC co-operate with the Rector in promoting the whole Mission of the
Church within the Parish. To achleve this the PCC has agreed policies and procedures which are
reviewed and updated regularly. Accoun15 of the PCC are reviewed on a quarterly basis. Formal
minutes are taken of decisions, which are displayed in Church once they have been approved.
Management ol Rlsks and Health and Safety
A new Safety Officer was appointed during the year and he has produced a lull risk assessment
which has been adopted by the PCC. All emergency lighting was updated during 2024. All fire
and burglar alarms are tested regularly by approved agents.
The quinquenni81 inspection for both Churches was carried out in August 2022 and, as part of thi5
a very thorou8h electrical inspection was performed. All items of significant concern arising from
inspectlons have been corrected.
Safeguardlng of Chlldren, Young People and Vulnerable Adult5
There are agreed Safeguarding Policies in place for Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults.
These policies have been subject to annual review by the PCC. There is one Parish
Safeguarding Officer whose contact details are prominently displayed.
There were no report5 of concern made during the year.
Insured Risk5
There were no claims on our insurers, Ecclesiastical Insurance Offlce plc, In 2024.
FINANaAL REVIEW
The results for the year are Shown on page 7. Usual Sunday attendance in Church continued to
slowly decrease from 120 in 2023 to 114 in 2024. However there are now several people who
watch our services in their homes utilising the excellent 'live-streaming' equipment which was
generously purchased by a member of the congregration. Between twenty and forty people dial
into our 'live-Streaming' every Sunday.
a.) General Income and Expenditure
Planned Giving for general funds fell at a faster rate than the usual Sunday attendance In 2024.
In 2024 it totalled £71,512, a drop of £11,760 from the 2023 level. It ha5 now fallen by more than
25% from the level in 2020 when it was £95,962.
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Icontlnuedl
FINANaAL REVIEW lcontlnued)
These decreases reflect the drop in major donors to the Church. In these year5 six major
donors, who together made annual donations of over £18,000, either died or stopped payin8
their donations to help pay for care c05t5. In addition many of the congregation are
pen5ioner5 whose incomes have not been rising in line with inflation and therefore find rt
difficult to maintain their giving in real terms.
Fortunately these deC￿aSe$ have been partly offset by new donors coming into the Parish
and by some existinB donors increasing their giving.
While planned giving ha5 fallen over the last five year5, this has been offset in part bv
much increased rental of the Church and Porch Room. The reordering has made the Church
a much sought after venue. Rental income, having been just over £l,OW pre-reordering, rose
to £9.285 in 2024, the highest ever achieved. It is hoped this source of Income will continue
to grow in future years.
The number of weddinES and funerals that took place in the Church in 2024 was also lower
than in 2023. The resulted in the net fee5 from weddings and funera15 falling by £2,909 to
£13,591 in 2024.
So total General Income fell £9,744 to £136,959 in 2024 compared to 2023.
2024 General Fund expenditure was £2,821 below the 2023 level. Included within this however
was Parish Share where £38,000 was paid in 2024. a reduction of £9,537 from the £47,537
paid in 2023. It was also very much lower than the Parish Share requested from
Minchinhampton in the year which was £50,865.
The big increase in expenditu￿ in 2024 was in property costs where lighting and heating
expenses rose significantly. The electricily and ga5 used in 2023 was contracted at proces
agreed in 2020, way before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which caused energy prlces to
increase significantly. For 2024 and 2025 a new contract Wa5 required and this was agreed at
prices 160% higher than those for 2023. As it has turned out, this has also proved to be at very
beneficial prices as, despite the hLFge price increase we are now paylng, the prices we are
well below current market rates. Lightin8 and heatlng costs rose from £6,284 in 2023 to
£16,616 in 2024.
Within property costs, the huge rise in lightlng and heating costs was in part offset by lower
costs of upkeeping the Churchyard. In 2023 Chufchyard upkeep cost £4,938 which was reduced
to El,718 in 2024. The main rea50n was that 2023 included repalrs to the Churchyard wall at a
cost of £1,700. There were no further repairs required in 2024. Upkeep of the Churchyard costs
were further reduced in 2024 by the introduction of an agreed pattern of work which has
significantly reduced grass cuttlng and other costs.
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Icontinuedl
FINANCIAL REVIEW lcontlnued)
Apart from these two major cost changes within property Costs, most of the other costs are
at very similar levels to 2023.
So in 2024 the PCC made a General Funds loss of £4,079 after transfers to and from
designated and restricted funds. And this is after a year on year reduttion of £9,537 in the
Parish Share paid in ihe year.
b.) Restricted Income and Expenditure
As noted last year, there are only two 6Ps projects left to be completed Minchinhampton
Church, these being the organ and the stained glass windows. The main 6Ps work, that of
reorderSng the Church, was completed in 2020.
The first of the two remaining projects is the work on the organ. The PCC signed a
contracl in 2022 with Goetze & Gwynn, a firm of organ builders baseil in Nottinghamshire, to
refurbish the organ at a cost of approximately £232,000. As reported last year, this amount had
been raised in either cash or pledges and the organ had been rnoved to the Goetze & Gwynn
workshops. While significant money has come from grants, fund raising activities such as
the 'Sponsor A Pipe, scheme have also been very successful. It is now hoped the organ will be
returned to the Church in June 2025.
The second of the remainlng prolects Is the restoration of the stained glass in the Church.
Detailed surveys have now been done on both the Rose Window and the East Window. These
have shown the condition of the windows is much worse than had previously been
believed with serious degradation of both the stonework and the glass . The work now has
to be done very vr8ently. It is estimated the cost of the stained glass restoration will be about
£240,000, of which we held some £87,0(XJ in cash at the end of 2024. It is planned the work
on the stained glass windows will start in November 2025, with the Rose Window being the
first to be restored.
Further information on both the organ and stained glass win(lows projects is shown in
note 16 to these accounts. At the end of 2024 there wefe a further 16 Restricted Funds held in
the PCC, details of which are shown in note 14 of these accounts.
c.) Box
The level of General Income anil Expenditure at St Barnabas Church in Box wa5 similar to
that in 2023, except that Box received a legacy of £1,000 in 2023 which has not been repeated.
Additionally, as with Minchlnhampton Church, the costs of electricity rose significantly from
2023. As a result Box made a loss of General Funds of £148 in 2024.
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 {contlnu¢d)
FINANaAL REVIEW {contlnued)
d.) Reserve levels
In 2016 the PCC adopted a policy in line with the recommendations of the Archbishop'5
Council that Minchlnhampton Church should hold General reserves equivalent to two months
general expenses, plu5 an additional two month'5 salary costs of non-clergy personnel. It is
also part of this policy to hold some Fabric Reserves towards the likely building works arising
from the quinquennial inspection.
For Minthinhampton Church the PCC held general reseryes of £26,509 at the end of 2024.
Thls Is well below the level recommended by the Archbishop'5 Council which is £29,309.
As for the Fabric Reserves. a very full and thorough quinquenial and elertrical inspection was
carried out in August 2022 by our architect. Fortunately as a result of the extensive work done
in re-ordering the Church over recent year5. there were no significant items of work to be
done other than the urgent electrical items, the organ and the stained glass. Partly as a resulL
the PCC agreed to reduce the Fabrie Reserves and held £20,126 at the end of 2024. It IS
hoped this will be sufficient to cover any emergency fabric work in the near future.
For Box Church the PCC has adopted the policy of holding General Reserve5 equlvalent to six
month's general expenses. plus sufficient reserves to cover future cost5 arising from the
quinquennial inspertion which was completed in 2022. The reser¥e5 held by St Barnabas Box
were above this level at the end of 2024.
The PCC will continue to monitor the Church's finances to ensure we retain our secure
foundatlons.
The PCC want to thank GCSD for carrylng out the independent examination of these accounts.
CHURCH ADMINISTRATION
Vicki Hayward has performed wonderfully as the Church Administrator in 2024 and the PCC
want to thank her for her hard work and commitment throughout the year. She can be
contacted at the Parish Office on 01453 889004. or by emall at admin@minchchurch.org.uk
The address of the Parish offi￿ is, The Parish Office. The RectOry* Butt Street.
Minchinhampton, Glos GL6 9JP
App
the PCC on 29th March 2025 and signed on their behalf bv:"
evd Canon Howard Gilbert
Rector
Mrs Caroline Thackray
Churchwarden
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Mrs Angle Ayling
Churchwarden

MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
BASIS OF INDEPENOENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Independent Examlnèr's Rèporttothe Membersiyrustees of the Parochial Church Councll
of MlnchSnhampton wlth Box ParL)thlal Church Countll.
This report 15 on the Church Funds lor the year ended 31 December 2024 which are set out in pa8es 7 & 8
and in England and Wales in respert of an exèmination carried out ¥nder the Charties Act 20111'ihe Act'l
and Church Accountln8 Re8ulation5 2(X)61'the Regulations'l.
Respettlve responsibllitle5 of the PCC and the èxaffllner
As members of the PCC. you are responslble for the preparation of the accounts.
It is my responslbillty to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act,.
• follow the procedure5 laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners
section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act. and
state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Ba$ls of Indèpendent examlnels report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directlons given by the Charity
Commission and found in the Church Guidance, 2006 Edition. The examination included a review of the
accounting records maintained by the Pawochial Church Council and a tomparison of the actount5 With
wlth those records. It also include5 Considera￿on of any unusual item5 or dbsclosu￿s in the accounts,
and seeking explanations fiom you as trustee5 concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken
do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express
an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examlnePs statement
In connection with my exarninztion, no matter has corne to my attentÉon'.
11 Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any rnaterial respect, the PCC as trustee5.
have not met the requirements..
to keep accountin8 records In accoidance wlth section 130 of the 2011 Act,. and
to prepare accounls which accord with the accounting records and to tomply with the regulrements
of the Act and the Regulations,. or
21 To which. in rny opinion. attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding ol the accounts
to be reached.
Mrj Owens Bsc FCA
GCSD Accountants Limited
701 Stonehouse Paik
Sperry Way
STONEHOUSE
Gloucestershire
GLIO 3UT
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MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfiviTIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Notes
General
Funds
Designated Restrlcted
Fund$
Funds
2024
2023
Income
Donations from all sources
Trading Receipts
Interest
111,973
22,876
2,110
96.684 208,657 2CX),029
8,925
31.801
32,750
9,716
11.826
8,935
Total Income
136,959
115.325 252.284 241,714
Expendlture
Missionary & Charitable Donations
Parish Share
Property Costs
Church Running Costs
Administration Cost5
25
38,000
48,752
31,077
23,076
3,829
38,IX)O
2,007
50,759
100,513 131,590
23.076
6,972
47.537
70.073
35,115
22,967
Total Expendlture
140,9JO
106.324 247.254 182,664
Transfers from Other Funds
Transfers to Other Funds
6,892
{7,0￿)
6,000
11,0001
1,000
13,892
11,450
15,8921 113,8921 111,4501
Surplus 1 (Deficit) for the Year
14.0791
4,109
5,030
59.050
Balance Brought Forward at
1st January 2024
40,131
10,5LK)
217,141 267,772 208,722
Balance Carrled Forward at
31st December 2024
36,052
15,500
221,250 Z72,802 267.772
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MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Notes
2024
2023
Debtors and Prepayments
Short Term Deposits
Current Bank Accounts
11.864
223,485
62,795
10,477
221,118
54,833
io
298,144
286,428
LESS LIABILITIES
Creditors and Accruals
li
125,3421
118.6561
NET TOTAL ASSETS
272,802
267,772
CHURCH RESERVES
General Funds
Designated Funds
Restrlcted Funds
12
36,052
15,5
221,250
40,131
10,500
217,141
13
14
TOTAL FUNDS
272.802
267.77Z
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MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAI STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a.) Basis of Accounting
The Financial Statement5 have been prepared in accordance with the Church
Accounting Regulations 2006, the Charities Act 2011, the Charities SORP IFRS 1021, and
with other applicable accountlng standards.
The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and on
an accruals accounting basis. They show the combined results for Holy Trinity
Minchinhampton and St. Barnabas, Box.
b.l Funds
The Church has the following three types of Funds'.-
General Funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions
regarding their use and are available for use on the general purposes of the PCC.
Designated Fund5 represent the funds of the PCC that have been designated for a particular
purpose by the PCC from the General Funds. These funds can be transferred back to
General Funds by the PCC. Detai15 of the funds making up the Designated Funds are shown
in note 13 of this Financial Statement.
Restricted Funds represent funds given to the PCC for a particular Purpose. Examples of
this are money given in a charity collection such as Marah Trust, or funds given for the
refurbishment of the organ. Such funds can only be used for the purpose for which they
were given. They cannot be transferred to General or De51Enated Funds by the PCC. A
complete list of the various Restricted Fund5 is shown in note 14 of this Financbal
Statements.
c.) Funds Included in these accounts
The accounts include all transactions. assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible
in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to
another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church member5.
d.) Income
Collectlons are recognlsed when they are received by the PCC. Planned 8iving is only
recorded when received. Income tax recoverable on gift aided donations is recognised
when the related income is received. Likewise VAT recoverable under the Listed Places of
Worship Grant Scheme is recognised when the related payment is made. Sales of magazines
are accounted for net of expenses.
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MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr DECEMBER 2024
ACCOUNTING POLICIES ( CONTINUED)
e.) Flxed Assets
All expenditure incurred in the year on consecrated or benefice bulldings, parlsh offices or
on the repair and maintenance of church furnishings is written off.
f.) Trustees
The members of the PCC are all Trustees of the PCC. They receive no remuneration for
this role.
g.) Staff
The Rector and the Curate were reimbursed travellin& telephone and other costs
durlng the year. It Is the policy of the PCC to reimburse all relevant expenditure.
During the year the PCC paid under contract an administrator. verger and director of
music. All expenditure is shown in the financial statements.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
General Designated Restricted
Funds
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
2. INCOME FROM DONORS
Parishioners, Planned Giving
Collections and Donations
Contribution from the Llllan South Trust
Income Tax Recoverable
Legacies
71.512
17,587
4,000
18.874
1.971
73.483
94.281 111,868
4,000
19.306
85,194
61,397
4,000
21,249
28,189
432
111.973
96.684 208,657 200.029
3. TRADING RECEIPTS
Fund raising for Masasi
Magazine Profrt
Church and Porch Room Rent
Funeral / Wedding Fees l Note 151
4.190
4,735
4.190
4,735
9,285
13.591
3.302
3,968
8,980
16.500
9,285
13.591
22,876
8,925
31.801
32,750
4. PROPERTY COSTS
Lighting and Heating
Insurance
Water Rates
Repairs and Maintenan
Upkeep of Churchyard
Cleaning
16,616
8,234
186
19.198
1,718
2,800
16.616
8,234
186
21,205
1,718
2,800
6,284
7,779
154
47,929
4,938
2,989
2.IX)7
48.752
2,IXI7
50,759
70,073
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
General Designated Restrirted
Funds
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
5. CHURCH RUNNING COSTS
Clergy Expenses
Child￿n,5 work
Verger's Cost
Organists & Music
Choir and Choristers
Organ Maintenance / piano tuning
Stained Glass Window repairs
Services Consumables
Bell Ringers
Hospitality
Flowers
Other church running expenses
2,163
2,163
418
13,228
12,157
1,129
87.618
8,665
829
897
1,996
1,786
704
1.655
351
13,014
ii,iio
724
90
418
13,228
12,157
1,129
87,618
8,665
829
1,225
1428
1,868
1,764
1,886
897
1,996
1.786
704
31.077
100,513
131,590
35,115
6. ADMINISTRATION COSTS
Salary & National Insurance
Printing, Postage and Stationery
Telephone
Audit Fee
Subscriptions and Licences
Technology Updating
Stroud Deanery
Rector's Discretionary Fund
15,736
3,025
1,952
580
599
576
608
15,736
3,025
1,952
580
599
576
13,873
4.407
1,894
368
369
1,198
250
23,076
23.076
22,967
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
7. CHARITABLE DONATIONS MADE
Friends of Gloucester Cathedral
Marah Trust
Children's Society
RNLI
Medecin Sans Frontiere
Gloucester Historic ChLsrches Trust
Norsfall House
Toilet Twinnlng
Christian Aid Gaza
Christian Aid - Syria
Christian Aid
Masasi - Priest training for Geldard Ndinbo
Masasi - University fees for Moses Nyuchi
Masasi- University fees for Faraja Stephen
Masasi - Priest training
Masasi - Formula Milk
Masasi- Books for student
Masasi - Accommodation for Father Allen
Masasi - General fundin8 to restart St Cyprlans priest's training college
25
296
100
296
25
142
142
142
204
125
60
664
207
295
809
505
505
3,340
360
100
1,3(Kl
609
550
3,829
6,972
2024
2023
8. DEBTORS AND PREPAYMENTS
Income Tax recoverable
VAT recoverable under the Listed Place5 of Worship Grant Scheme
Box Prepaid Expenses
Other Debtors and Prepayments
2,401
8,762
701
2,598
7,313
540
26
11,864
10.477
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
9. SHORT-TERM DEPOSITS
Church of England ICBF)-
General Fund
Fabric Fund
Organ Fund
Stained Glass Windows
Box General Fund
30,879
18,531
78.364
81,147
11.545
29,367
10,597
148,945
25,641
6,066
Lloyd5 Bank:
Minchinhampton Church Flower Guild
3,019
502
223,485
221,118
10. BANK ACCOUNTS { LLOYDS )
Minchinhampton Church
Minchinhampton Church - Reordering account
St Barnabas Church, Box
Minchinhampton Church Flower Guild
Minchinhampton Church Bell Ringers
Minchinhampton Church Magazine Fund
Minchinhampton Church Choir
Box Church Flower Guild
Masasi
Cornwall Bursary
21.768
16,712
2.378
1.061
2,120
10,467
22.191
3,261
7.627
3,619
1,954
8,752.
3,021
248
3,278
882
7.981
62,795
54,833
11. CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS
Accruals
Pre-received Income- Weddings and Magazine Fund
Joint H05Pltality Fund
13,873
11.416
53
11.347
7,256
53
25,342
18,656
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Balance
01.01.24
Receipts
in 2024
Payments
in 2024
Balance
31.12.24
12. GENERAL FUNDS
Holy Trinity. Minchinhampton
St Barnabas, Box
30.441
9,690
180,224
2.599
184,156
2,746
26.509
9,543
40,131
182,823
186,902
36,052
13. DESIGNATED FUNDS
Fabric Fund
Masasi
Rector's Discretionary Fund
10,000
5.000
I,0(10
15,000
1,000
500
500
10,500
6,000
1.000
15,500
14. REsfRICTED FUNDS
Fabric
Organ
Stained Glass Windows
Mission Fund
Baynham Memorial
Swift Boxes
Sunday School
Messy Church
Tower
Choir
Minchinhampton Flower Guild
Magazine Fund
Minch Front Garden
Minch Junior Choir
Box
Louise Hiscocks
Friend5 of Box
Molly Hoyle
Flower Guild
General
Cornwall Bursary
2,192
162,304
26,275
1.000
2.934
23,693
69,131
5,126
98,379
86,741
1,000
3,283
87.618
8.665
4.601
493
1,318
493
150
268
897
4,020
1.376
11,363
446
268
1.954
3,020
4.121
5,532
166
967
1,050
3,387
51
296
1,063
1,000
1.335
12.098
2,120
4,080
6,267
166
967
1,050
3,435
51
308
6,500
1,482
243
195
248
3.278
882
470
5,190
600
410
1,968
Masasi-
217,141
122,851
118.741
221,251
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MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
15. PAROCHIAL FEES
Receipts from Funerals, Weddings, etc
28,395
33,406
Less..
Gloucester Diocese
Non-stipendary clergy
Verger
Organists
Cholr
Bell Ringers
Skip hire
4,274
1,864
2,881
2,190
1,635
800
1,160
3,906
2,200
3,100
3,960
1,600
2,140
14,804
13.591
I6,￿16
16.500
Net Funeral and Weddirbg Fees (to note 31
16. REORDERING - The sltuatlon at 31st December 2024
Planning for the reordering of Minchinhampton Church began in 2012 with surveys and meetings
to establish whether the reordering was a good idea and whether it could be funded. The over-
whelming answer from the surveys was that the reordering should go ahead.
Fund raising began in 2014 when we were faced with the rather daunting prospect of having to
raise a total of £1.3m to complete the whole reorderln8. The first stage of the work was the
removal of the pews and choir stalls. replacing the floor and installing under floor heating,
buylng Indlvldual chairs, and improving the entrance porch. A new audio visual system was also
installed. Thls first stage of the reordering was completed in 2020. at a cost of £888,652. This was
a little below the expected costs and has been paid for in full.
The second stage of the reordering is the refurbishment of the Church pipe organ. We signed
contract for this work with a firm of organ builders called Goetze & Gwynn in November 2022.
The contracted price lor this work is £219,046, to which we have added £12,954 to cover items
such as scaffolding which may be required. We therefore expect the total cost of the organ
refurbishment to be £232,000. We have now raised this total amount in either cash or
pledges. The organ was removed from the Church in November 2023 and we hope it will be
returned fully refurbished in mid 2025.
The third stage of the reordering project is the repair of the stained glass windows. We have not
yet signed a contract for this work to be done, but it is hoped work will begin by the end of 2025.
It Is estimated this work will cost about £240,(XJO, with the first stage, the Rose Window,
costing about £130,000 including VAT. As at 31st December 2024 we held £86,741 in cash and
pledges towards this work.
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