## **HELLINGLY and UPPER DICKER PARISH** ## **ANNUAL MEETING OF PARISHIONERS** ## **30 April 2023** ## **AGENDA** 1. Scripture Reading and Prayers. 2. Minutes of the Annual Mee;ng of Parishioners held in 2022. 3. Elec;on of Church Wardens for the year to 30 April 2024. 4. Vote of thanks to the Church Wardens. ## **ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING 30 April 2023** ## **AGENDA** 1. Minutes of APCM held in 2022. 2. Report on changes to the Electoral Roll since the last APCM and appointment of 3. Annual Reports of the proceedings of the PCC and ac;vi;es of the Parish - aIached. 4. Annual Financial Report and Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2022 - aIached. 5. Vote of thanks to the Treasurer, Officers of PCC and other volunteers. 6. Elec;ons of lay representa;ves to the PCC. (Treasurer, Vice-Chair and Secretary are elected at the first PCC mee;ng) 7. Elec;on of Deanery Synod Representa;ves. 8. Appointment of Independent Examining (Auditor) 9. Items of Parochial interest given by Reverend J Sykes. 10. Items of Parochial interest to be raised for discussion by PCC at a later date. 11. Prayers and The Grace. APCM 2023 ## ST PETER & ST PAUL HELLINGLY AND HOLY TRINITY, UPPER DICKER ## ANNUAL REPORTS For the Year 2022 ## MISSION STATEMENT - “The Church is a community witness by lifestyle, words and ac;ons that we live in Christ’s world. We seek to show that the love of our Creator and Saviour is for everyone. APCM 2023 ## **CONTENTS** Annual Mee;ng of Parishioners minutes of 8 May 2022 Annual Parochial Church Mee;ng minutes of 8 May 2022 Vicar’s Report Church Trustees (PCC) Report Deanery Synod Report Treasurer’s Briefing Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 Appendix of Addi;onal Reports Mother’s Union Report Choir Open the Book Bell Ringers Friends of Hellingly APCM 2023 ## **The Parish of Hellingly and Upper Dicker** St Peter & St Paul is located in Church Lane, Hellingly, East Sussex. BN27 4HA Holy Trinity is located in Coldharbour Road, Upper Dicker, East Sussex. BN27 3QB ## **Electoral Roll Numbers:** 129 The Parish is a charity registered with the Charity Commission within the meaning of the Chari;es Act 1993. During the year the following served as members of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) (Trustees) |**Incumbent:**|Rev. Jeremy Sykes| |---|---| |**Wardens:**|Miss Carol Haywood| ||Mr Robert Moore| |**RepresentaNves on Deanery Synod:**|| ||Mrs Gillian Chubb| ||Mrs Olive Lewis| ||Miss Carol Haywood| |**Elected Members:**|Mrs Shirley Hamper (Hellingly PCC Rep on SC)| ||Mrs Alison Sylvester| ||Mrs Margie Thorp| ||Mrs Susan Lees| ||Mr Andrew Piper| ||Mrs Gillian Daw| ||Mrs Jacky Clark| ||Mr Gerald Hartley| **Standing CommiPee:** The Incumbent, the 2 churchwardens, Secretary, Treasurer, Mrs Shirley Hamper. APCM 2023 ## **MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF PARISHIONERS OF HELLINGLY AND UPPER DICKER Held in Hellingly Church on Sunday 8 May, 2022** **Present:** The Revd. Jeremy Sykes (Vicar), Miss Carol Haywood (Churchwarden), Mr Robert Moore (Churchwarden), members of the Parochial Church Council. Miss Carol Haywood took the Minutes. **1. Scripture and Prayer -** The Vicar welcomed everyone to the mee;ng and opened the proceedings with a Scripture reading and prayers. **2. Apologies** - a number of apologies for absence were received **3. The Minutes** of the Annual Mee;ng of Parishioners (Vestry Mee;ng) held in Hellingly Church on Sunday, 25 April 2021 having been previously circulated and read individually. There being no amendments to be made, Steve Monico proposed and Cissie Hartley seconded, they were passed unanimously. **4. ElecNon of the Churchwardens for the year to 30 April 2023** - the Vicar reminded everyone that the Churchwarden’s were elected each year and forms had been received for the elec;on of Robert Moore and Carol Haywood to be Churchwardens for the following year. This was proposed by Shirley Hamper and seconded by Olive Lewis, this was unanimously agreed by the mee;ng for the following year. The Vicar thanked Rob and Carol for all the support and encouragement they had given throughout the year and also for the work behind the scenes. The mee;ng was then closed. APCM 2023 ## **MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING OF HELLINGLY AND UPPER DICKER Held in Hellingly Church on Sunday 8 May 2022** 1. **Minutes of the APCM held on 25 April May 2021.** The Vicar asked those present if the Minutes of the APCM held in Hellingly Church the previous year were factually correct and on no response they were proposed by Steve Monico and seconded by BeIy Bragg to be correct and the mee;ng then unanimously agreed. **2. Electoral Roll** . Fin WestcoI gave her apologies at not being able to aIend the mee;ng, but confirmed that the roll had increased by 10 during the year and the number was now at 129, this being made up on 11 new members and 1 being removed. **3. Annual Reports. T** hese had previously been circulated and there being no ques;ons on them, Ka;e Layer proposed and Margie Thorpe seconded that they be adopted and the mee;ng was in full agreement. **4. Summary of Finance.** Andrew Piper our Treasurer, confirmed that the accounts had previously been circulated and hoped that everyone had had an opportunity to look at them, he then went onto summarise that our income had been £91,434.00 and our expenditure was £91,204.00 giving a general fund surplus of £229.00, this being the 2[nd] year of being able to breakeven. We hold some reserves, which are mainly designated for fabric and in 2021 they appreciated just short of £7,700.00 which ar;ficially improves our accounts to show a surplus of £ 7,900.00. He reported that although Covid now seemed to be a thing of the past, we were s;ll affected and we spent liIle on the fabric and running repairs which led to most of our outgoings being rou;ne. It remained to be the case that our voluntary giving, (parish giving, envelopes, offertory including gik aid) doesn’t cover our regular outgoings. In 2021 we paid 72% of the costs allocated to our Parish for our Parish Share which means we are relying on the generosity of other Parishes paying more than their share to support us. Friends of the Church. In 2021 through fundraising events and dona;ons there was an income of £7,016.18 with an expenditure of £1,513.38, giving a surplus of £5,502.75 towards the fabric of the church. The Friends are suppor;ng the refurbishment of the clock faces and clock mechanism. The Treasurer then commented on the fact that we are 4 months in to 2022 and we are currently running at a deficit of £9,0000.00. The Vicar thanked the treasurer for his hard work throughout the year. There being no ques;ons, it was proposed by Susan Lees and seconded by Sylvia Skinner that we adopt the accounts and this was then passed unanimously. APCM 2023 **5. Vote of Thanks** . The Vicar proposed a vote of thanks to the Treasurer, Officers of the PCC and for all the volunteers who con;nue to keep the church running throughout the year who are not always acknowledged for all that they do as there is so much done behind the scenes to support the ministry in the community. This was proposed by the Vicar and seconded by Lynne Evans. **6. ElecNons** . The elec;on of officers (Treasurer, Secretary, PCC Representa;ve) would take place at the first mee;ng of the PCC. The Vicar explained that a number of years ago a PCC resolu;on was made that a number of 10 places for the PCC were available and each member of the PCC comes off aker a 3 year rolling programme. Those con;nuing were: Andrew Piper, Susan Lees, Jacky Clark, Gillian Daw and Gerald Hartley, with Shirley Hamper and Alison Sylvester finishing their current term and Maureen Eason handing in her resigna;on. Nomina;ons had been received from Shirley Hamper and Alison Sylvester, to stand again and there being no other nomina;ons, it was proposed by Teresa Butler and seconded by Jane Tourle and agreed. **7. Appointment of Independent Examiner.** The Treasurer asked that Watson Associates be appointed as our Independent Examiner, with no other names put forward, the mee;ng agreed. **8. Items of parochial Interest.** The Vicar reported that the Mission Ac;on Plan had been sent round by email, but that he was also visi;ng everyone. It shows where we are going and what our challenges are. Two main points from the document were, firstly we need to diversify. A diverse and inclusive community tends to be healthy and grows; and secondly we need to place our finances on a sustainable foo;ng. Most years we incur a financial deficit of 10% of income. We have some reserves but some of this is earmarked for the fabric of the building. Our biggest single cost of expenditure is the “Parish Share” (£74,000). The PCC took the decision to limit our Parish Share where we ran down our reserves by no more than 12% per annum, however we can’t con;nue this forever and our challenge therefore is to raise our income over the coming years, ideally to £130,000 per annum, our current income coming to £95,000, if we don’t we will run out of reserves or we will be asked about how we fund our ministry. How do we do this - firstly the Vicar reminded us what we offer the community - welcome, care, beau;ful buildings and churchyards, a visible and reliable presence, having fun, faith, empathy, fellowship and talents. This boiled down to one word “Sanctuary”. No one is really offering this in the way we are with our tradi;on behind us, this is the one gik we can offer the community. This should encourage us as no one else will do it in quite the way we can. We have started to communicate this by Eco Church, which has started at Upper Dicker, The Vicar men;oned that the process of leasing Upper Dicker to Bedes is in hand, the consulta;on period has closed and we now go forward. We hope this will see a shared partnership and investment in the building. APCM 2023 The other message from the Mission Ac;on Plan is that there are a number of ac;vi;es and events we as a Parish can do to involve the wider community who do not come on a Sunday by Sunday. Communica;on - we are looking at re-designing the website, keeping it fresh and crea;ng a church booklet sepng out what we want to do and promo;ng ourselves. The Vicar went on to explain a pyramid system whereby we could raise the £130,00 in order to put us on a sustainable foo;ng. He reminded us that this was a tall order, however it could be manageable if we have an exci;ng, vibrant and aIrac;ve offer for our community. The Vicar commended this to our prayers and thoughts and that many are already commiIed to this and we could see this as a road map forward. Raising the funds can be through our ;mes and talents as well as financially to generate this. . The Treasurer at this point thanked those at the mee;ng for the resources they offered. ## **9. Items of Parochial Interest to be raised to the PCC at a later date.** **9.1** On the subject of administra;on of communion, we will be star;ng to offer the chalice again shortly. This will need to be in a way which is smooth and seamless and safe. Those wishing not to accept the chalice will be able to do so. **9.2** We are s;ll adver;sing for an organist, we have had an applica;on and going through the normal employment channels. **10.0 Prayers and Grace** . The Vicar closed the mee;ng with a prayer and grace and invited those who wished to, to stay for lunch. APCM 2023 ## **VICAR’S REPORT FOR 2022** The year turned out to be one of the resump;on of many norms as we pulled further away from the effects of the COVID pandemic. Aker all the disrup;on of the two previous years it was wonderful to enjoy an unbroken stream of services and the full return of almost everything that had been before. The days when we gathered without singing or conversa;on seem a distant memory in many ways. The fact that we have bounced back so well speaks of the good health of our congrega;onal life which has survived despite all. So the year begun with audi;ons for a new organist and our usual Epiphany celebra;ons. At this stage I was also involved in taking assemblies on a regular basis at four local primary schools. As things seIled down into a regular rou;ne space was permiIed to think about some compliance issues such as safeguarding and data protec;on for which our documenta;on needed some aIen;on. Home communions also become more of a regular feature as people began to feel more confident again. Access to care homes resumed too. As the winter faded and Lent drew near I was involved in preparing nine adults for bap;sm and confirma;on. It was an enormous privilege so to do. Some were regular members who just felt the ;me had come; others were aspiring godparents whose paths had crossed with ours. In early February we launched our Eco-Church ini;a;ve at Holy Trinity in Upper Dicker. We welcome the co-chair of Green Chris;an to preach at our services on Sunday. From here a commiIee of seven has been formed comprising residents of Upper Dicker who are working to develop this project. By November a tree was planted in the churchyard to mark the rewilding process currently underway. Ash Wednesday was celebrated in the usual way and Lent began. Our Lent Course focused on a Chris;an understanding of the environment using material provided by A Rocha, the charity which promotes the Eco-Church award. About a dozen people in total aIended over the weeks of Lent. In addi;on to confirma;on prepara;on, we con;nued to prepare our many wedding couples for their marriages. The Loving for Life day was reinstated and aIended by a handful of couples who enjoyed it very much. During the year 12 weddings were celebrated in St Peter & St Paul and 1 in Holy Trinity. 1 Thanksgiving for Marriage was celebrated in St Peter & St Paul. There were: - in Hellingly at St Peter & St Paul: - 16 funerals in church - 3 burials of ashes in the churchyard - in Upper Dicker at Holy Trinity: - 1 funerals in church - 24 children under the age of eight were bap;sed. APCM 2023 Holy Week returned to normality as with so many other things. We enjoyed an Agapé Supper, with the washing of feet, followed by a vigil. On Easter Day we celebrated at 5am with the Bishop of Lewes presiding and confirming our nine adults. In early summer our new organist joined the staff and quickly established herself. Our musical life has developed impressively since. Our other ini;a;ve, Messy Church, commenced in May with the first of several gatherings taking place in the Community Hub in Hellingly. Numbers aIending have fluctuated but we have recently seen a high of 32 coming along. Most are drawn from the families who have come to us for christenings which show how an established link is oken needed to aIract new faces into our fold. A team of ten or so have faithfully supported these events and reports suggest that they are enjoyed very much by those who come. During the Easter season we launched our Apostles’ Award scheme which offers a programme of discipleship to those who have been confirmed involving study, service, prayer and pilgrimage. Some of those who were confirmed have started this scheme and in October a Prayer Day was held to offer ways to develop a life of prayer. In September I undertook my, now annual, pilgrimage from Hellingly to Chichester. Several members of the congrega;on joined me at various stages which was a delight. As the Autumn unfolded we celebrated Harvest as usual with a supper. As the months passed by we have no;ced an increase in numbers aIending including younger families at our family services coming for the Welcome of their newly christened children. The average aIendance on a Sunday has held steady at around 80 (across all three services). Remembrance marked the fact that autumn was truly upon us with winter not far behind. As Advent came round again it was wonderful to see an even bigger and beIer Christmas Tree Fes;val drawing in crowds. The year concluded with Carols by Candlelight in December and our usual school carol services, crib services and Christmas Day Eucharists rounding off the year. So much to celebrate but also much to challenge us too. We drew heavily on our financial reserves in 2022 which is unsustainable. This year we have taken the step to reduce our parish share pledge by £14k to reduce the deficit by 70%. The level we are at (£39k) reflects the cost of a full ;me incumbent to the diocese. We need to find ways of raising our financial commitment to the diocese, However, there is much on which to build: we have an ac;ve and flourishing church life which offers things no one else is providing locally: a rich liturgy, immersive experiences of worship, a welcome to all with celebra;ons of key moments in life. Plus a lovely warm-hearted and welcoming congrega;on! With these, our trust and our prayers I am sure we can meet this challenge. And my thanks go to our Churchwardens, members of the PCC, our staff (organist and parish administrator) and all who minister alongside me whether lay or ordained. I am truly blessed with wonderful team. Rev Jeremy Sykes Vicar of Hellingly and Upper Dicker APCM 2023 ## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT (PCC) - The New Normal** In 2022 we were able to con;nue our recovery of services, events and ac;vi;es, although this will be on-going, it’s been comfor;ng to see more of our old and new congrega;on feeling able to join us on a Sunday to worship and at other events. We held 5 PCC mee;ngs over the course of the year and each mee;ng contained the usual business of services, finance and a new subject of “Simple Quality Protects” (SQP). This subject encompasses Risk Assessments, Health and Safety, GDPR and Safeguarding. This may seen for a church and to the congrega;on a liIle strange, but we need to look aker, and out for, our congrega;on and those who visit us. AIendance and Pastoral Care Each week our congrega;ons are slowly growing and for our Thursday BCP service at 9.30 in Hellingly Church, it is a chance to reflect on the older style of language and service for its congrega;on. On a Sunday at 8.00am in Hellingly a quiet said Eucharist can start the day or finish the week. At 9.15am in Upper Dicker there was a chance to sing but with a smaller congrega;on for those s;ll not wishing to mix with larger numbers. At Hellingly’s 10.45am, the numbers began to grow steadily over the year and aker the service it was good to have a chat over coffee and a biscuit. With some of the congrega;on not ready or able to get to a service our team of Home Communion takers were able to visit. And pastoral care visits to those in their own homes or PARCHE at the Nursing Homes was gepng back the same way as before Covid. Teaching and Nurturing new and exis;ng believers. The Vicar ini;ated the Apostles Award and this is on-going, (if you wish to learn more, please ask the Vicar). At our dawn service on Easter Day we welcomed the Bishop of Lewes for a confirma;on and renewal of bap;sm vows, followed by breakfast , one of the ways we can sit and welcome our new members and get to know them. The Award is an ideal way of exploring our faith and challenging some of what and why we believe. We con;nue to face challenging ;mes where housing around us is s;ll increasing and to be able to offer a peaceful and tranquil space in our Church and churchyard we hope gives everyone, should they need to, a respite from our ever busy lifestyles. In this way we con;nue to show we are here 24 hours of the day, every day of the year. Evangelism and Outreach Throughout the year we maintained our ac;vi;es such as Fes;val of Transport and giving to Hailsham Foodbank, but to con;nue to do this we thank you for your help. Being a presence for the weekend at the end of August at the FOT with our variety of cakes takes a lot of work. Our contribu;on and volunteering to help at the Foodbank is done by those willingly. Some;mes these ac;vi;es go un-no;ced and it is a quiet form that perhaps we need to make everyone more aware of. Our Messy Church sessions at the Community Hub are going from strength to strength and it is this small seed that is planted now at Hellingly, which we may never know when or where it bears fruit in the future. APCM 2023 Our Roga;on Service around the village was once again met with peace at the water mill and a whole different sound of the cows at the farm. It is a small community, but we are lepng people know we are there. The Pet Service, held outside under shade gave us an opportunity to think about our pets and all the animals that we take for granted. The one thing we can never say “Thank You” enough for is you our congrega;on, our volunteers, our doers. Without the support that you give to our 2 churches we would not be able to accomplish half of what we do. Those of you who feel that it’s only a liIle bit and not much, it is appreciated that all will give what they can. As we come to the end of 2022 it looks as if some will be pushed to the limit where travel costs, fuel and energy prices and general daily costs will be increasing and it is now that we can show that as Chris;ans we can show we are even more relevant in today’s world by praying, caring, suppor;ng and giving our ;me and talents where and when we can. Provision of our church buildings. During the year we received our Quinquennial report, and whilst we didn’t get a clean bill of health, there were no nasty surprises, but guIers and drainpipes and internal redecora;on remain high on the list on needing to be done over the coming years. We were fortunate for the Bishop to give us permission to undertake to regild the clock faces without having to obtain a full Faculty and this has given us the opportunity to send the clock away for refurbishment during 2023, The Friends of Hellingly Church are sharing the es;mated cost of £18,000. Upper Dicker is s;ll a slow work in progress, however preliminary agreement has been reached between Bedes and the Church of England legal team. Our churches con;nue to be appreciated by our parishioners and many others as a space where life events are celebrated, but as with all buildings that are approaching 1000 years of age in parts there are difficul;es, but overall we, and they, struggle forwards with great for;tude. During the year our Eco project took place in the churchyard at Upper Dicker and whilst during 2023 it will be handed over to Bede’s school, they and the village will con;nue to follow in this direc;on. At Hellingly our churchyard con;nued to be looked aker by the Gardening Club. Charitable Giving Once again we selected various chari;es for our seasonal giving and should anyone wish to put forward the name of a charity for this, please don’t hesitate to give the idea to the PCC Secretary. More of our charitable giving can be found in our accounts. We look forward to 2023 when we can look at building on our firm founda;ons to encourage, challenge and develop our Chris;an life through work and ministry. APCM 2023 ## **DEANERY SYNOD MEETINGS 2022** The summer Synod focused on upda;ng members of the Diocesan Strategy and Deanery Mission Ac;on Plan. (Anyone interested in seeing this, please contact a Synod member) It should be used as a tool by Parishes to create and renew current mission plans, not just read and forgoIen. Mr. Auton-Lloyd speaking for the Family Support Workers in November emphasised the need for more people to support this important outreach. He urged that each parish have at least one representa;ve to keep abreast with, and support the needs in the Deanery. If interested please contact the Vicar. In our last session of the year the speaker was Bejoy Pal, CEO of Ascension Trust and School Pastors. He explained how essen;al the work is and would love to see Street Pastors on every High Street in the Deanery. Most schools already have a link but more volunteers are always needed. A reminder that elec;ons for new representa;ves are now due. If interested please contact the Vicar or Carol. ## **TREASURER’S BRIEFING - Financial Review** ## _**Incoming and outgoing resources**_ The total receipts on general unrestricted funds received were £87,228.75 and are detailed in the Financial Report. Our planned giving though the Parish Giving Scheme, standing orders and envelopes fell by 7.6%. Our total voluntary income including tax recovered, but excluding legacies fell by 4.7%. The PCC took out a lease in February 2022 for a terminal to enable us to receive contactless dona;ons. The ini;al costs were £102 with £30 per month regular costs. From February to December contactless giving contributed £1756 to the total above. The PCC was grateful to receive a legacy of £20,000 from a parish resident which is restricted to the fabric of Hellingly Church. ## _**Sharing the ministry costs of the Diocese of Chichester**_ The largest expenditure of the PCC was the sum of £52,037 paid to the diocese for our share of all churches’ Parish Ministry Costs. This year the contribu;on from Hellingly and Upper Dicker increased by 5.1% on the previous year and the church is mee;ng 78% of the costs allocated to this parish compared with 80% paid last year. The total relates directly to the housing, support, s;pend and pension costs of the clergy of this parish, training of new ordinands, a contribu;on to na;onal church funds and, shared costs of the Chris;an family throughout the whole diocese. Because we do not pay our full Parish Ministry Cost, our parish is supported by others in the diocese that pay more than their share. ## _**Staff costs**_ The PCC pays for an administrator, organist and a cleaner. APCM 2023 Further details are provided in the notes to the accounts. ## _**Trustee payments and expenses**_ The PCC also supported the clergy by paying Council Tax of £3,718, Water and environmental charges amoun;ng to £731 for the Vicarage plus other annual costs towards travel, hospitality, telephone, postage and broadband amoun;ng to a liIle over £2,130. Payments were made to the following PCC members, who are also trustees, for du;es carried out at weddings and funerals. (Verger, Sound, Choir and Sexton). R Moore £40.00; G Hartley £288.00; C Haywood £217.00; J Clark £185.00. £74.00 was paid to J. Piper who is related to a trustee. £1045.80 was paid to Rev. P. Clark (related to a trustee) for du;es as a re;red minister. The only other payments made to PCC members were for the reimbursement of expenses. No PCC members / Trustees received payments for being a PCC member or Trustee. ## _**Office costs**_ A replacement phone was purchased for the administrator at a cost of £219. Other office and admin costs amounted to £687. ## _**The Friends of Hellingly Church**_ The Friends of Hellingly Church are a secular group of enthusias;c locals dedicated to preserving the fabric of Hellingly Church. The Friends held events at Holmbush House, Carters Corner Farm and The Christmas Tree Fes;val. The Friends fundraising is purely for the fabric of the grade one listed church. Over the year through membership, dona;ons, events and the Christmas tree fes;val, The Friends raised £5,864. ## **Why we hold some money in reserve** The PCC holds some funds in reserve restricted to the fabric of the church which can be used for fabric repairs, including those iden;fied in the Quinquennial Inspec;on. These funds originate from the amalgama;on of a number of historic trusts. These funds are largely held in CBF Church of England Funds. As well as holding the above reserves, from ;me to ;me the PCC receives restricted legacies for expenditure on restricted purposes, defined by the donor. We aim to expend such money as soon as possible aker receiving the legacy, depending on the specific objec;ves of the donor. APCM 2023 THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HELLINGLY AND UPPER DICKER SUSSEX Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2022 Contents Page General Fund 2&3 Reconciliation of Funds and Investments 4&5 Church Trust & Chancel Fund Statement of Assets and Liabilities Notes to the Accounts Retiring Collections and Charitable Giving Fundraising Friends of Hellingly Church 10-12 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker General Fund Receipts and Payments Account 2022 Deslgnated Fund Restrlcted Fund Tol•l All Funds 2022 Total TOtsI￿r Funds 2021 Total INCOME Gener•1 Fund Income Donatlons attd Le8acles Legacies Planned Gtvlng INot PGSI PGS Includlng Gift Aid Collection5 and Other Glving Gfft Ald- From HMRC Income from thurch Actlvltles Tiading Income Magazlne sales and Adverrlsing Fundraisin8 Fees Weddin s l Funerals Etc Insurance Returned Books Sale of Eoulpment LPW Grant Scheme Grant Wealden DC Other 2(#JOO.fK) 2(KJC(J.00 4541.50 35535.03 17612.64 3477.62 30￿.00 6312.00 37388.13 17036.86 3424.93 4541.50 35535.03 173S7.64 3477.62 255. 688.45 688.45 0.00 3138.40 18899.77 370.72 3138.40 18899.77 6119.49 15296.74 749.60 1028.tXI 533.94 749.60 2028.00 533.94 174.80 1774.lJ) 535. Income Investments CCLA Interest CCLA Interest Bank Interest Margaret Lawrie Trust 0.07 8.91 14.82 0.07 8.91 14.82 o.oi 1.33 T¢)tsl All Income 86973.75 255. 107228.75 91434.45 0È518rTrated Fund Restrlcted Fund Totsl All Funds 2022 Total All Furtds 2021 EXPENDITURE General Fund Expendlture Ralslry Funds EXpendItu￿ Rai51ng Funds ithj. Ico.c(J 0.00 52037.OD 0.00 927.44 13027.46 2￿.00 0.00 495CKJ.00 Church Artlvllles Parish Contribution Charlty Collectlon Charitablè Giving Salarie5 and Nl 52037.00 927.44 13027.46 339.99 9671.94 Church Runnlng Expenses Gas Electricity Water and Waste Water WafeT5 J Wine Candles Church Insurante Lent Books I Palm Crosses Stationery Baptism Cards I Candles / Confirmatlon Prayer Books Hall Hire-Variou5 Events Music l Hymn Books / FLSCM Ma8azine and Printlng Assi ed Fees & Fees- Other Refreshments Copyright Wedding & Funeral- Support Costs Covid 19 Materials 2302.61 1103.20 188.77 234.87 587.98 3967.29 22.87 373.80 2302.61 1103.20 188.77 234.87 587.98 3967.29 22.87 373.80 1539.87 812.30 212.30 72.65 3879.44 27.10 180.33 329.77 325.00 iio. 411.94 3691.40 279.40 412.50 8265.63 329.77 325.¢XJ iio. 411.94 3691.40 279.40 412.50 8265.63 31.43 265.00 123.94 113.45 5250.40 97.06 359.58 40CKI.20 46.96 Cle¥8y Expenses Vicarage Expenses- Water, Council Tax, Et¢ Vicar's Ex enses Benefi￿ expenses lotherl 5110.69 1468.98 142.56 5110.69 1468.98 142.56 5149.97 1999.46 endlture Other Church Fabrlc Bells and Belfry Church ard Return of Wedding Deposlt Clock Repalrs Electrician Organ I Plano S3 and Risk Assessments 5529. 252.(Kl 1855.00 5529.00 252.C4) 1855.QO 0.00 579.60 1044. 7W.00 0.00 109.68 78.tx) 343.00 0.00 579.60 748.80 358.60 1776.60 748.80 358.60 1776.60 k_i..11 5ecurityl Fire Equ4 ment Offlce and Admln Other Fundralsing Q)sts Webstte / Zoom l Facebook et Bank Charge5 GBX Core Costs (Contartless Terminall Other 128.44 228.32 603.43 49.CKI 302.60 370.94 432.CK) 128.44 228.32 603.43 49.00 302.60 370.94 432.(X) 517.75 525.50 645.57 298.99 233.C(I 365.69 0.00 521.23 592.64 118.90 711.54 109347.03 Total All Expenditure 109Z28.13 i￿.90 OAJO 91204.76 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Reconciliation of General Fund and Investments 2022 2022 2021 Total Re￿Ipts Transfer from Church Trust {Fabric Fund) Totsl Payments Excess Recelpts over pa￿nts Interest Retsined in Organ Fund Unrealised Appreciation on Investments Totsl Excess Receipts over Payments 107228.75 0.00 91434.45 0.00 91204.76 229.69 0.43 109347.03 -2118.28 10.87 -4742.93 7689.32 7919.44 -6850.34 2022 2021 Barclay5 Current A/C 40203890 Cheques Outstanding Barclays Deposit A/C 30465046 Barclays Current AIC 2¢X181795 IUD) CCLA Deposit Alc 610414(MXIID l Upper Dl¢ker Organ Fund) CCLA Share Accounts (From below) CCLA Deposit Account (￿2D CCL4 Deposit Account ￿3D Natwest Account Total in All Generol Funds Exce55 Receipts over Payment5 Check Sum 986.59 3908.21 o.oo 6070.66 941.58 826.01 17406.39 409.19 836.88 36973.93 51716.86 1338.00 io.io 1338.00 io.io 0.00 57961.08 64811.42 -6850.34 57961.08 57961.08 The Parochial Church Council of Hellin8ly and Upper Dicker Financial Statement for Share Accounts 2022 rinanclal Statement for Share Accounts 2022 2021 Unreallsed Appreciation CCLA IF Closing Balance 0.00 CCLA IJ Closing Balance Opening Balance Sale of Shares 36973.93 51716.86 4742.93 51716.86 iOO(M).00 Totsl 36973.93 51716.86 4742.93 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Financial Statement for Upper Dicker Organ Fund 2022 Flnanclal Ststement for UD Or8an Fund 2022 2021 Interest Retslned CCLA 6104140001D Totsl 836.88 826.01 10.87 836.88 826.01 10.87 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Church Trust and Chancel Fund CHURCH TRUST {Thls Is Fabrfc Fund) 2022 2021 Unrealised Appreciation A/C IIIXQ1189F Totsl 50325.65 50325.65 56554.34 -6228.69 -6228.69 56554.34 IANCEL FUNO 2022 2021 Investment Income Received Deposit Account Interest Income received 905.47 875.71 12.50 330.30 Total Accumulated Income Held on Behalf of the PCC 25688.68 24452.91 Following a review of the law the Chichester DBF declded In 2019 that the previous presentation of Chancel Funds had been misunderstood and that a revision was required. Income re￿Ived from Chancel trusts is not investment income, as the PCC does not own the trust fund nor its investments. Incorne from Chichester DBF is a restrlcted charitable 8rant to reimburse the c05t of Insuring the chan￿1. which previously has been paid by the PCC from General Fun(ts. In 2022 the grant was held on deposit by Chichester DBF. Accumulated grant income rK)t yet received from Chithester DBF and included In Debtors amounted to £25,688.68 at 315t December 202212021 £24,452.911. The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Statement of Assets and Liabilitles 2022 General Funds Designated Funds Re5trlcted Funds Endowed Fund Total All Funds 2022 Totsl All Funds 2021 ASSErs Current account Current account 795 Bank reserve account Isee Note 9) CCLA depostt account ￿3D {Generall CCLA deposit account IXJ2D (Fabrlc) CCLA Share Account IXIIJ (Fabric) CBF deposit account ￿lD IUD Organ) Church Trust Debtors Chlchester DBF Chancel Insurance Grant DebtorsHellingty Parish Council Hub Rolling Depos 890 189.55 409.19 -8593.61 797.04 986.59 409.19 17406.39 3908.21 **** 941.58 3000.00 230￿.(M) 6070.66 io.io io.io io.io 1338.00 1338.00 1338.(J) 36973.93 36973.93 51716.86 836.88 836.88 826.01 50325.65 50325.65 56554.34 25688.68 24452.91 Ico. I￿.0) li￿.00 0.00 TOTALS 5971.92 135988.26 OAX) 134075.41 145918.67 LIABIUTES Wedding Deposlt To D8F 192.80 192.80 42.20 Uncleared Cheques TOTAiS 192.80 0.00 0.00 192.80 42.20 Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 16Fk lois Signature Posltlon Date L6 IOl3 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Notes to the Financial Reports 2022 11 The Financial Statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the tharities act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulation5 2(KJ6. using the Receipt5 and Payments basls. 21 The following assets are recogni5ed but not valued in the Ststement of Assets and Liabilltles- Moveable church furnishinss held by the thurchwardens on a special trust forthe PCC, whlch require a faculty for disposal. 31 Payments to PCC Employees: The PCC of Hellln8ly and Upper Dicker 15 registered as an employer wlth HMRC. The PCC has two current employees. Gross payments were made amounting to Ell,540.00, included in this are the appropriate PAYE and Nl deductions that were sent to HMRC amounting to £1.154.60. The church Clea￿ r is 5elf*mployed. Payments were made to the value of £1,487.46. No deductions for tax or Nl were made. 41 Payments to PCC members / Trustees.. Payments were made to the followins PCC member5, who are a150 trustees, for duties carried out at weddings and funera15. Iverger, Sound, Choir and Sexton). R Moore £40.OJ; G Hartley £288.00; C Haywood £217.00; J Clark £185.00. £74.00 was paid to J. Piper who Is related to a trustee. £1045.80 was paid to Rev. P. Clark Irelated to trustee) for dutles as a retired minister. The only other payments made to PCC members were for the relmbur5ernent of expenses. No PCC members / Trustees re￿ived payrnents for being a PCC member or Trustee. 51 Donations from PCC Members l Trustee5: Identlflable donations from PCC Members /Trustee5 exceeded £9,744.74. Some donations into the charity are receNed anonymousty- It is F)ossible that some of these are made by trustees. 6) Charity donations and retiring collections were paid as detalled in Appendix A on page 9. 7) The accounts for the Friends of Hellingly Church are shown at Appendlx B on pages 10 and 11. This account is under the control of the Parochial Church Council: however, It doe5 not form part of the general funds. 8} Following a review of the law the Chichester D8F declded in 2019 that the previous presentatlon of Chan￿1 Funds had been misunderstood and that a revision was required. Income recewed from Chan￿1 trusts is not investment income. as the PCC does not own the trust fund nor its Investments. Income from Chichester DBF is a restrltted charitable grant to reimburse the cost of insurlng the Chancel. which prevlously has been paid by the pcc from General Funds. In 2022 the grant was held on deposit by Chichester DBF. Accumulated grant Income not yet re￿ived from Chichester DBF and included In Debtors amounted to £25,688.68 at 31st December 2022 12021 £24A52.911. 91 The bank reserve account is restricted to fabric. During 2022 £8593.61 was loaned to the general fund to support the ¢ashflow. The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Appendix A- Charitable Givin& Retirin8 Collections and Fundraising 2022 2022 Charity 6ivl Retiring Collertion5 Chlldren's Society Christingle Icandlemasl Water Aid (Lent Lunches) World Food Programme (Harvest) Children's Society Christmas Collections Total 146.00 215.CKI 207.IyJ 359.44 Total 927.44 Fundralsing for Church Fund5 Income 1367.80 Costs iTh).00 49.00 325, Festlval of Transport Christmas Raffle Tickets 2021 Harvest Supper and Raffle / Patronal FestNal Amazon Smile Donations Hellingly Open Garden Refreshments Bluebell Walk Totsl 613.(KJ 23.94 603.50 l(M)O.00 474.(N) The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Appendix B- The Friends of Hellingly Church Receipts and Payments Account 2022 INCOME In￿rne from Donations Single Donations Donations in Memory Standing Order5 Other Donations Gift Aid- From HMRC 2022 2021 540. 1256,01 0.00 2163.00 250.CKJ 685.72 2256.00 439.26 Total Income from Donatlons 36xn 3951.27 Income frorn Fundralsing Income from Events 4922.16 3064.86 Total Income from Fundraislng 4922.16 3064.86 Totsl All Income 8560.88 7016.13 EXPENDITURE Expenditure Rai5in8 Funds Advance Dep)sit Future Events Printing Stationery etc Event Expenses Web Renewal Bank Charges 2022 2021 150.00 414.26 59.11 1907.10 81.42 1330.31 5.00 96.65 166.83 2697.30 Totsl Expendfture Ralslng Fund5 1513.38 Expenditure Charitable Activftles 0.00 Totsl Empendlture Charitable Activities Total All Expenditure 2697.30 1513.38 io The Parochial Church Council of Hellin8ly and Upper Dicker Appendix B- The Friends of Hellingly Church Financial Statement 2022 Flnancial Statement for Frfend5 Account 2022 2021 Income from Fundraising Events Income from Donations Inc GiftAid Totsl Income 4922.16 3638.72 8560.88 3064.86 3951.27 7016.13 Fundraising Expenses Donatlon to Hellingly Church Fabric T¢)tal Expendi￿re 2697.30 1513.38 2697.30 1513.38 Excess Re￿Ipts Over Payrnents 5863.58 5502.75 Frfends of Hellingly Church Current Account 2020 2020 Openln8 Balance Excess Receipts over Payments a05iry Balanre 21912.03 5863.58 27775.61 16409.28 5502.75 21912.03 li The Parochial Church Council of Hellin8ly and Upper Dicker Appendix B- The Friends of Hellin8ly Church Statement of Assets and Liabilities 2022 Gènernl Funds De6ignat8d Funds Restrlcted Funds Endowed Fund Totsl All Funds Total All Funds 2022 2021 ASSETS Current ac£ount-'750 Debtors Hellingty Parish Council Hub Sg¢uri De osit 11103123 27775.61 27775.61 21912.03 150.00 150.00 0.00 o.oo 0.00 TOTALS 27925.61 om 27925.61 21912.03 LIABIUTES Unc*red Che ues TOTALS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 42.20 Approved by the Paro¢hial Church Councll on Sw3nature Position Date 16 12 ## **APPENDIX OF ADDITIONAL REPORTS** ## **HELLINGLY & UPPER DICKER MOTHERS UNION** Looking back over 2022, it has been a very active and busy year and we have enjoyed some great times at our meetings. We currently have 41 members and this is my second year as Branch Leader. We held another successful Loving for Life course on Saturday 12[th] March 2022, which was attended by only 3 couples, but they were lovely people and once again we received excellent feedback and thanks. This I feel is one of the most important events we put on and I’m glad to say that this was our 12[th] course. Huge thanks to the team who took part. Jeremy and Jane were our speakers for our April meeting and 29 of us came and enjoyed a brilliant talk on their amazing journey that brought them to Hellingly. It was very kind of them to be so honest and talk to us, we enjoyed it very much. In May we invited back Rev’d Sue Foster. Sue is on the Board of trustees and her role is the link with the Clewer Initiative, who fight against modern day slavery. She always gives a brilliant talk and we have invited her back again this year. Another very good friend that many of you now know, Anne Procter, came in June with a very moving talk simply entitled ‘Prayer’. In July, we held our Walk and Lunch at the beautiful Ashburnham Place. 16 of us enjoyed a beautiful sunny day and a lovely lunch. Afterwards, there were a variety of walks, and we could choose the distance we went. A lovely, relaxed afternoon and we were so happy that dear Paddy Pope was with us for that day. We have lovely photos and memories of our time together. We held a Summer of Hope Appeal Coffee Morning the day after at our house, and we raised an amazing £260 to send off to the appeal. We always love a Coffee Morning! In August, Rob very kindly drove 9 of us over to Rye for The Mary Sumner Day Service. We have set ourselves a real challenge this year as we have agreed to host this annual event on Wednesday 9[th] August 2023 in Hellingly Church. Everyone is welcome! In October, we were very thankful to Rev’d Des Burton who always gives a brilliant and entertaining talk. A very interesting and up-lifting evening, his talk simply entitled ‘Mary’. APCM 2023 In November we invited Anne Blight from The Starfish Project to come and up-date us on their progress in the amazing work they do with people who suffer with stammering. In December we had another Christmas meal at the Hellingly Community Hub and 41 attended. My committee all kindly agreed to contribute to the cooking and I received so many thanks for a wonderful evening. Thank you all on my Committee for all your support. Sadly, 3 Mothers Union members passed away during 2022 and we remember them all fondly – Lorna Tippett in April, Gillian Chubb in July and Paddy Pope in August. I would like to thank a few people for the valuable jobs they do - Katy for looking after Birthday Bear, Linda for playing the piano for us, Pat for making sure we always have milk for the coffee, Jacky for producing the Notices and Marj who sends branch birthday cards out to all our members. Wedding couples also have cards sent after their weddings and we offer prayers for them at our branch meetings too. Thank you very much to you all for covering these important jobs, your effort and time and enthusiasm are all very much appreciated. I close wishing you all happy times, much success for our branch and lots of opportunities to promote Mothers Union. Long may we continue to help others and most importantly to enjoy our time of fellowship together for 2023. With love and prayers and many thanks for all your support. Val Moore – Hellingly Mothers Union Branch Leader ## **CHOIR** I have been directing the choir at St. Peter and St. Paul Hellingly since June 2022. We have met for choir practice every Friday evening, generally from between 19:15 until 20:45, depending on the amount of material we need to see to. Each choir practice begins with different vocal exercises, exploring sounds, articulation, dynamics, and general technique. We then move on to preparing music for the coming Sunday, then other musical items and/or musical discussions to end. Attendance is generally very good, with the exception of those with additional work commitments, illness, or other prearranged appointments. Choir members are impressively committed to working on more challenging and unfamiliar musical items, providing enough time is given, and this has included new hymns/songs, and my own arrangements of Taize chants with instrumental accompaniment of flute, guitar and cello. We are currently working on my own compiled ‘Anthem’ for the Easter Day 10:45 service, which doesn’t appear to have been attempted before, using the hymn ‘Arise O God and Shine’, along with the organ prelude ‘Rhosymedre’, by Vaughn Williams, which has presented its own unique challenges for us all. We have also had the pleasure of singing/playing for external events, including Christmas Carol singing at Abbots Wood residential home, Hellingly Primary School, and APCM 2023 ## community Hub. Soon after my appointment, I thought it would be a good idea to set up a ‘Hellingly Choir’ WhatsApp group. This has proved to be an invaluable resource, not just for keeping in touch between meetings, but also a useful way of sharing ideas/concerns, as well as a very helpful way of my sharing audio recordings of music for§ private learning and practice purposes. This has included my recording tunes and accompaniments, both in sections and in full, along with links to professional recordings and/or words where required. I held a general choir meeting on Friday 24 March, to offer everyone the opportunity to voice any ideas or concerns for further discussion. The choir and I agreed that everything had been positively going well so far, and all were very happy with how I have been managing things. I have contributed two books to the library, ones which I have already had transcribed into Braille: ‘The Oxford Easy Anthem Book’ and ‘Songs and Prayers from Taize’, for us to be able to work from together. We explored the idea of preparing an anthem for one Sunday per month, as well as other musical possibilities. We also looked at potentially revamping robes, and I am currently looking into purchasing my own, not least for bringing us more together for services. All in all, the choir are very happy with how I have been directing them so far, and I am delighted to be working with such a friendly, helpful, supportive, cooperative group of people! Apart from the choir, I have attempted to form an instrumental group for playing during services. This has so far only comprised of flute or two flutes, guitar and cello. This is a little disappointing, but I’m still able to prepare alternative musical arrangements on occasions, although this is something I would really like to be able to develop over time with additional instrumentalists. I have also wondered about the possibility of introducing handbells, although I appreciate that obtaining a set of bells can be difficult, and potentially costly. I have also very much enjoyed contributing my other musical skills for services, including playing hymns and other music on the accordion, flute, piano, and harp. I am generally happy with the condition of the organ, although it does have its own unique obscurities, as they all do…! I would like to be able to arrange a concert or music evening at some point, and also an event to showcase my other more unusual musical instruments, including the Psalmodicon and bowed psaltery, amongst other traditional instruments from other countries and walks of life. I believe this would be an interesting education for many, to be able to hear and see these unique instruments, as well as to experience touching and holding them, and to learn how they are played. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for appointing me as your organist and director of music, and to express how happy I feel to be able to share and utilise my skills, knowledge, and experience with such a friendly and supportive church! I would also like to thank you for making Husband Matthew and baby Reuben feel so welcome and a part of the church community! Note: For professional purposes, I use my Maiden name ‘Purll’ for any public events, weddings and funerals… Thank you! APCM 2023 ## **OPEN THE BOOK** Open the Book is still going strong in our three non-church schools. We always get a warm welcome from the staff and the children when we visit and when schools need to cancel for various reasons, they ask us to rearrange if possible because they don’t want the children to miss our visits. Since last year’s report we have visited the schools 5 times which is one less than usual due to Easter holidays in April. Our Harvest visit in October was interesting because Park Mead school asked us to perform our play as part of the schools Harvest Festival assembly with the parents there. They asked for a definite Harvest theme and somehow to include a message about the Foodbank. Well after having checked with The Bible Society (Open the Book is part of that) to see if they had any suitable material and drawn a blank, we wrote our own play. It was based on the parable of the Sower, and we called it “The Farmer”. Thankfully it worked well, and it was a wonderful chance for the parents to see what we do. In December we did a play called “Joseph’s Story” when our newest member played Joseph and his performance with his loud snores had the children and us in fits of laughter. Sadly, the congregation missed that one as the Family Service fell on Christmas Day! “Stilling the Storm “followed in January and “Me First” in March, both of which were performed in the Family Services. We have also had some disruptions with the programme and dates due to the teachers’ industrial action and Ofsted visits but were able to reschedule. These are the occasions when I say a big thank you to the team for rearranging their plans to fit in. Since last year we’ve had another new member which is great as we now have 4 men and 6 women. However, I am still looking for new members to join us. We really do have a great time doing this special ministry. Its only 1 rehearsal and 3 performances 6 times a year. We visit all the schools in the same week and the rehearsal is usually the week before. A big thank you to all the team and for all their support and the fun and laughter we have shared this past year. In conclusion I quote from a young girl at Park Mead school who said as we left one day. “I wish you could come every day you are very good actors, and we love your stories”. Jacky Clark ## **BELL RINGERS - Annual Report 2022** 2022 was the first full year that regular ringing could resume without any Covid-19 restrictions. The total number of regular ringers in the band is currently seven, with a further four semi-regulars, including one from Hailsham. Sadly, Maggie Burt passed away suddenly at the end of the year, and she is much missed. As well as tolling the tenor bell on the announcement of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II and ringing full-muffled for her funeral, we rang for the Platinum Jubilee, Remembrance Sunday, the Christmas Carol Service and New Year’s Eve but we did not have enough to ring APCM 2023 on Christmas Day. We also rang for ten weddings in 2022 and one so far since the start of 2023. We welcomed two groups of visiting ringers during the year, one as part of a SCACR Easter walking tour and another to ring a quarter peal of Cambridge Surprise. A few of our band now attend ringing practice at Hailsham on a Monday evening to gain further experience of more advanced ringing methods. With most of our regular ringers over seventy years old, it is not always possible to ring with a full band on Sunday mornings due to occasional health issues. However, our 2022 recruitment campaign has resulted in several much-needed new learners, although through force of circumstances, some of them have been unable to continue. We are currently teaching two new ringers and it is hoped that they will persevere. With an ageing band, it is vitally important that we attract further new recruits to ensure the sustainability of ringing at Hellingly. As always, we welcome any interest from members of the congregation or local community in coming to join our friendly band at our Wednesday practice nights. ## Trevor Godden _Hellingly Tower Correspondent_ ## **FRIENDS OF HELLINGLY CHURCH** Like most organisations the Friends of Hellingly Church took some time to recover from the Covid Pandemic, but we got going again in May 2022 with a tea party at Holmbush House, followed by a Ploughman's Lunch in July at Cowbeech Farm; the second event much enhanced by a jolly bunch of musicians from the church congregation that got together to entertain on the lawn and again during lunch in the Barn. Our big event of the year was The Christmas Tree Festival held over three days, enjoyed by so many people and, again, the musical quartet and soloist Angela - our organist in flautist guise-much in evidence to add to the celebrations. Our warm thanks to them all. The committee greatly appreciates the sustaining support given by The Friends themselves, and non members too -- "friends of The Friends!" without which such large scale events cannot take place. Those people who have hosted events are SO special to us too. We exist to supplement the work done by the Parochial Church Council in preserving the fabric of our ancient church building. We are contributing £13,000 towards the refurbishment of the clock tower, and we await requests from the Council to assist in future work. Our motto: "when the roof leaks and the walls sag, we are there for you". Ronald Chatwin (Committee Chairman). APCM 2023 THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HELLINGLY AND UPPER DICKER SUSSEX Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2022 Contents Page General Fund 2&3 Reconciliation of Funds and Investments 4&5 Church Trust & Chancel Fund Statement of Assets and Liabilities Notes to the Accounts Retiring Collections and Charitable Giving Fundraising Friends of Hellingly Church 10-12 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker General Fund Receipts and Payments Account 2022 Deslgnated Fund Restrlcted Fund Tol•l All Funds 2022 Total TOtsI￿r Funds 2021 Total INCOME Gener•1 Fund Income Donatlons attd Le8acles Legacies Planned Gtvlng INot PGSI PGS Includlng Gift Aid Collection5 and Other Glving Gfft Ald- From HMRC Income from thurch Actlvltles Tiading Income Magazlne sales and Adverrlsing Fundraisin8 Fees Weddin s l Funerals Etc Insurance Returned Books Sale of Eoulpment LPW Grant Scheme Grant Wealden DC Other 2(#JOO.fK) 2(KJC(J.00 4541.50 35535.03 17612.64 3477.62 30￿.00 6312.00 37388.13 17036.86 3424.93 4541.50 35535.03 173S7.64 3477.62 255. 688.45 688.45 0.00 3138.40 18899.77 370.72 3138.40 18899.77 6119.49 15296.74 749.60 1028.tXI 533.94 749.60 2028.00 533.94 174.80 1774.lJ) 535. Income Investments CCLA Interest CCLA Interest Bank Interest Margaret Lawrie Trust 0.07 8.91 14.82 0.07 8.91 14.82 o.oi 1.33 T¢)tsl All Income 86973.75 255. 107228.75 91434.45 0È518rTrated Fund Restrlcted Fund Totsl All Funds 2022 Total All Furtds 2021 EXPENDITURE General Fund Expendlture Ralslry Funds EXpendItu￿ Rai51ng Funds ithj. Ico.c(J 0.00 52037.OD 0.00 927.44 13027.46 2￿.00 0.00 495CKJ.00 Church Artlvllles Parish Contribution Charlty Collectlon Charitablè Giving Salarie5 and Nl 52037.00 927.44 13027.46 339.99 9671.94 Church Runnlng Expenses Gas Electricity Water and Waste Water WafeT5 J Wine Candles Church Insurante Lent Books I Palm Crosses Stationery Baptism Cards I Candles / Confirmatlon Prayer Books Hall Hire-Variou5 Events Music l Hymn Books / FLSCM Ma8azine and Printlng Assi ed Fees & Fees- Other Refreshments Copyright Wedding & Funeral- Support Costs Covid 19 Materials 2302.61 1103.20 188.77 234.87 587.98 3967.29 22.87 373.80 2302.61 1103.20 188.77 234.87 587.98 3967.29 22.87 373.80 1539.87 812.30 212.30 72.65 3879.44 27.10 180.33 329.77 325.00 iio. 411.94 3691.40 279.40 412.50 8265.63 329.77 325.¢XJ iio. 411.94 3691.40 279.40 412.50 8265.63 31.43 265.00 123.94 113.45 5250.40 97.06 359.58 40CKI.20 46.96 Cle¥8y Expenses Vicarage Expenses- Water, Council Tax, Et¢ Vicar's Ex enses Benefi￿ expenses lotherl 5110.69 1468.98 142.56 5110.69 1468.98 142.56 5149.97 1999.46 endlture Other Church Fabrlc Bells and Belfry Church ard Return of Wedding Deposlt Clock Repalrs Electrician Organ I Plano S3 and Risk Assessments 5529. 252.(Kl 1855.00 5529.00 252.C4) 1855.QO 0.00 579.60 1044. 7W.00 0.00 109.68 78.tx) 343.00 0.00 579.60 748.80 358.60 1776.60 748.80 358.60 1776.60 k_i..11 5ecurityl Fire Equ4 ment Offlce and Admln Other Fundralsing Q)sts Webstte / Zoom l Facebook et Bank Charge5 GBX Core Costs (Contartless Terminall Other 128.44 228.32 603.43 49.CKI 302.60 370.94 432.CK) 128.44 228.32 603.43 49.00 302.60 370.94 432.(X) 517.75 525.50 645.57 298.99 233.C(I 365.69 0.00 521.23 592.64 118.90 711.54 109347.03 Total All Expenditure 109Z28.13 i￿.90 OAJO 91204.76 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Reconciliation of General Fund and Investments 2022 2022 2021 Total Re￿Ipts Transfer from Church Trust {Fabric Fund) Totsl Payments Excess Recelpts over pa￿nts Interest Retsined in Organ Fund Unrealised Appreciation on Investments Totsl Excess Receipts over Payments 107228.75 0.00 91434.45 0.00 91204.76 229.69 0.43 109347.03 -2118.28 10.87 -4742.93 7689.32 7919.44 -6850.34 2022 2021 Barclay5 Current A/C 40203890 Cheques Outstanding Barclays Deposit A/C 30465046 Barclays Current AIC 2¢X181795 IUD) CCLA Deposit Alc 610414(MXIID l Upper Dl¢ker Organ Fund) CCLA Share Accounts (From below) CCLA Deposit Account (￿2D CCL4 Deposit Account ￿3D Natwest Account Total in All Generol Funds Exce55 Receipts over Payment5 Check Sum 986.59 3908.21 o.oo 6070.66 941.58 826.01 17406.39 409.19 836.88 36973.93 51716.86 1338.00 io.io 1338.00 io.io 0.00 57961.08 64811.42 -6850.34 57961.08 57961.08 The Parochial Church Council of Hellin8ly and Upper Dicker Financial Statement for Share Accounts 2022 rinanclal Statement for Share Accounts 2022 2021 Unreallsed Appreciation CCLA IF Closing Balance 0.00 CCLA IJ Closing Balance Opening Balance Sale of Shares 36973.93 51716.86 4742.93 51716.86 iOO(M).00 Totsl 36973.93 51716.86 4742.93 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Financial Statement for Upper Dicker Organ Fund 2022 Flnanclal Ststement for UD Or8an Fund 2022 2021 Interest Retslned CCLA 6104140001D Totsl 836.88 826.01 10.87 836.88 826.01 10.87 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Church Trust and Chancel Fund CHURCH TRUST {Thls Is Fabrfc Fund) 2022 2021 Unrealised Appreciation A/C IIIXQ1189F Totsl 50325.65 50325.65 56554.34 -6228.69 -6228.69 56554.34 IANCEL FUNO 2022 2021 Investment Income Received Deposit Account Interest Income received 905.47 875.71 12.50 330.30 Total Accumulated Income Held on Behalf of the PCC 25688.68 24452.91 Following a review of the law the Chichester DBF declded In 2019 that the previous presentation of Chancel Funds had been misunderstood and that a revision was required. Income re￿Ived from Chancel trusts is not investment income, as the PCC does not own the trust fund nor its investments. Incorne from Chichester DBF is a restrlcted charitable 8rant to reimburse the c05t of Insuring the chan￿1. which previously has been paid by the PCC from General Fun(ts. In 2022 the grant was held on deposit by Chichester DBF. Accumulated grant income rK)t yet received from Chithester DBF and included In Debtors amounted to £25,688.68 at 315t December 202212021 £24,452.911. The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Statement of Assets and Liabilitles 2022 General Funds Designated Funds Re5trlcted Funds Endowed Fund Total All Funds 2022 Totsl All Funds 2021 ASSErs Current account Current account 795 Bank reserve account Isee Note 9) CCLA depostt account ￿3D {Generall CCLA deposit account IXJ2D (Fabrlc) CCLA Share Account IXIIJ (Fabric) CBF deposit account ￿lD IUD Organ) Church Trust Debtors Chlchester DBF Chancel Insurance Grant DebtorsHellingty Parish Council Hub Rolling Depos 890 189.55 409.19 -8593.61 797.04 986.59 409.19 17406.39 3908.21 **** 941.58 3000.00 230￿.(M) 6070.66 io.io io.io io.io 1338.00 1338.00 1338.(J) 36973.93 36973.93 51716.86 836.88 836.88 826.01 50325.65 50325.65 56554.34 25688.68 24452.91 Ico. I￿.0) li￿.00 0.00 TOTALS 5971.92 135988.26 OAX) 134075.41 145918.67 LIABIUTES Wedding Deposlt To D8F 192.80 192.80 42.20 Uncleared Cheques TOTAiS 192.80 0.00 0.00 192.80 42.20 Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 16Fk lois Signature Posltlon Date L6 IOl3 The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Notes to the Financial Reports 2022 11 The Financial Statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the tharities act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulation5 2(KJ6. using the Receipt5 and Payments basls. 21 The following assets are recogni5ed but not valued in the Ststement of Assets and Liabilltles- Moveable church furnishinss held by the thurchwardens on a special trust forthe PCC, whlch require a faculty for disposal. 31 Payments to PCC Employees: The PCC of Hellln8ly and Upper Dicker 15 registered as an employer wlth HMRC. The PCC has two current employees. Gross payments were made amounting to Ell,540.00, included in this are the appropriate PAYE and Nl deductions that were sent to HMRC amounting to £1.154.60. The church Clea￿ r is 5elf*mployed. Payments were made to the value of £1,487.46. No deductions for tax or Nl were made. 41 Payments to PCC members / Trustees.. Payments were made to the followins PCC member5, who are a150 trustees, for duties carried out at weddings and funera15. Iverger, Sound, Choir and Sexton). R Moore £40.OJ; G Hartley £288.00; C Haywood £217.00; J Clark £185.00. £74.00 was paid to J. Piper who Is related to a trustee. £1045.80 was paid to Rev. P. Clark Irelated to trustee) for dutles as a retired minister. The only other payments made to PCC members were for the relmbur5ernent of expenses. No PCC members / Trustees re￿ived payrnents for being a PCC member or Trustee. 51 Donations from PCC Members l Trustee5: Identlflable donations from PCC Members /Trustee5 exceeded £9,744.74. Some donations into the charity are receNed anonymousty- It is F)ossible that some of these are made by trustees. 6) Charity donations and retiring collections were paid as detalled in Appendix A on page 9. 7) The accounts for the Friends of Hellingly Church are shown at Appendlx B on pages 10 and 11. This account is under the control of the Parochial Church Council: however, It doe5 not form part of the general funds. 8} Following a review of the law the Chichester D8F declded in 2019 that the previous presentatlon of Chan￿1 Funds had been misunderstood and that a revision was required. Income recewed from Chan￿1 trusts is not investment income. as the PCC does not own the trust fund nor its Investments. Income from Chichester DBF is a restrltted charitable grant to reimburse the cost of insurlng the Chancel. which prevlously has been paid by the pcc from General Funds. In 2022 the grant was held on deposit by Chichester DBF. Accumulated grant Income not yet re￿ived from Chichester DBF and included In Debtors amounted to £25,688.68 at 31st December 2022 12021 £24A52.911. 91 The bank reserve account is restricted to fabric. During 2022 £8593.61 was loaned to the general fund to support the ¢ashflow. The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Appendix A- Charitable Givin& Retirin8 Collections and Fundraising 2022 2022 Charity 6ivl Retiring Collertion5 Chlldren's Society Christingle Icandlemasl Water Aid (Lent Lunches) World Food Programme (Harvest) Children's Society Christmas Collections Total 146.00 215.CKI 207.IyJ 359.44 Total 927.44 Fundralsing for Church Fund5 Income 1367.80 Costs iTh).00 49.00 325, Festlval of Transport Christmas Raffle Tickets 2021 Harvest Supper and Raffle / Patronal FestNal Amazon Smile Donations Hellingly Open Garden Refreshments Bluebell Walk Totsl 613.(KJ 23.94 603.50 l(M)O.00 474.(N) The Parochial Church Council of Hellingly and Upper Dicker Appendix B- The Friends of Hellingly Church Receipts and Payments Account 2022 INCOME In￿rne from Donations Single Donations Donations in Memory Standing Order5 Other Donations Gift Aid- From HMRC 2022 2021 540. 1256,01 0.00 2163.00 250.CKJ 685.72 2256.00 439.26 Total Income from Donatlons 36xn 3951.27 Income frorn Fundralsing Income from Events 4922.16 3064.86 Total Income from Fundraislng 4922.16 3064.86 Totsl All Income 8560.88 7016.13 EXPENDITURE Expenditure Rai5in8 Funds Advance Dep)sit Future Events Printing Stationery etc Event Expenses Web Renewal Bank Charges 2022 2021 150.00 414.26 59.11 1907.10 81.42 1330.31 5.00 96.65 166.83 2697.30 Totsl Expendfture Ralslng Fund5 1513.38 Expenditure Charitable Activftles 0.00 Totsl Empendlture Charitable Activities Total All Expenditure 2697.30 1513.38 io The Parochial Church Council of Hellin8ly and Upper Dicker Appendix B- The Friends of Hellingly Church Financial Statement 2022 Flnancial Statement for Frfend5 Account 2022 2021 Income from Fundraising Events Income from Donations Inc GiftAid Totsl Income 4922.16 3638.72 8560.88 3064.86 3951.27 7016.13 Fundraising Expenses Donatlon to Hellingly Church Fabric T¢)tal Expendi￿re 2697.30 1513.38 2697.30 1513.38 Excess Re￿Ipts Over Payrnents 5863.58 5502.75 Frfends of Hellingly Church Current Account 2020 2020 Openln8 Balance Excess Receipts over Payments a05iry Balanre 21912.03 5863.58 27775.61 16409.28 5502.75 21912.03 li The Parochial Church Council of Hellin8ly and Upper Dicker Appendix B- The Friends of Hellin8ly Church Statement of Assets and Liabilities 2022 Gènernl Funds De6ignat8d Funds Restrlcted Funds Endowed Fund Totsl All Funds Total All Funds 2022 2021 ASSETS Current ac£ount-'750 Debtors Hellingty Parish Council Hub Sg¢uri De osit 11103123 27775.61 27775.61 21912.03 150.00 150.00 0.00 o.oo 0.00 TOTALS 27925.61 om 27925.61 21912.03 LIABIUTES Unc*red Che ues TOTALS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 42.20 Approved by the Paro¢hial Church Councll on Sw3nature Position Date 16 12 (HARIIY COMMISSION FOR E￿LAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of The Parochial Church Council of the Ecdesiastical Parish of Hellingly and Upper DKker. Sussex On accounts for the year ended 31 Decembw 2022 Charity no (If any) 1164080 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examinats'on of the accounts of the above charty (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3111212022. Responslblltles and ba$ls of report As the chanvs trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 Acr) I report in respe(* of rny examinati(x) of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commissi¢Jn under seth'on 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examlnerf8 8tatsment I have completed my examination. I confimi that no matenal matters hav• come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any malerial respect: the accounting records were not k8Pt in accordance wrih section 130 of the Chartties Ad.. 01 the accounts did not accord wth the accounting records,. or the accounts not c(Mnpty wrth the applicable r4uir8ments conceming the fonn afvj content of accounts set out in the Charrt (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts gNe a and fair. view which is not a matter conS￿ered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems arKI have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to attention should be drawn in this report In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reaGhed. . Pl8as8 1*18t& th8 M)rtts in the brack&ts rf Ihay (k) not apply. Slgned: 18.04.23 Name: John Charles Males Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or l￿dY (If any): ICAEW FCA Address: Watson Associates IER Oct 2018 30- 34 North Street, Hailsham East Sussex, BN27 1 DW Section B Disclosure Only complele If the exatniner neeols to highlight material matters of concern {see CC32, Indep￿ent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve hère brlel detall8 of any Items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. IER Oct 2018