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|Trustees'<br>annual<br>report||||
|Independent<br>examiner's<br>report|to the trustees|||
|Statement offinancial<br>activities||||
|Statement offinancial<br>position|||10|
|Notes to the financial statements||||
|The following<br>pages do not form part of||the financial statements||
|Detailed statement<br>offinancial|activities||22|
|Notes to the detailed statement|offinancial|activities|24|





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|Registered|charity|name|The Parochial|Church|Church|Council|OfThe Ecclesiastical|Parish OfSt|
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||||Mark, Bedford||||||
|Charity registration||number|1164416||||||
|Principal office|||St Marks Church||Community||Centre||
||||Calder Rise||||||
||||Bedford||||||
||||MK41 7UY||||||
|The trustees|||||||||
||||Rev Canon C Royden||||||
||||Mr<br>I Farthing||||||
||||Mrs J R Day||||||
||||Mrs M Stewart||||||
||||Mrs E R Bean||||||
||||Mrs A Williams||||||
||||MrJ Day||||||
||||Mr V Holloway||||||
||||Rev Dr G R Cappleman||||||
||||Mr M J Cooper||||||
||||MrJWiliams||||||
||||Mrs M Appleton||||||
||||Mrs W C Waters||||||
||||Mrs J E R Ibberson||||||
||||Ms M P Prior||||||
||||Mr M J Warren||||||
||||Mrs J Warren||||||
||||Rev A Kirk||||||
||||Mrs L Seymour||||||
||||Mrs EJackson||||||
||||Mr BSoutham||||||
||||Mrs L Farthing||||||
||||Mrs J E Kirk||||||
||||Dr TWilkes||||||
||||Mrs D Johnson||||||
||||Mrs J York||||||
|Independent|examiner||Andrew<br>Upton|FCCA|||||





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|Members|of the|PCC|are<br>the<br>Trustees,|elected|elected|by|the|Annual|Parochial|Church|Church|Meeting|in|
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|accordance<br>with the Church<br>Representation|||||Rules|or are ex-officio.|||The following||people|served|as|
|members|ofthe PCC for all or part ofthe year:|||||||||||||
|Vicar|||The Reverend<br>Canon Charles||||Royden|||||||
|Associate|Priest||The Reverend<br>Dr|Graham||Robert||(Sam) Cappleman||||||
|Church Wardens|||Laura Farthing|||||||||||
||||Elizabeth Jackson|||||||||||
|Elected representatives|||ofthe Deanery<br>Synod|||||||||||
||||Lynne Seymour|||||||||||
||||Dr Timothy Wilkes|||||||||||
|Elected PCC Members|||(Trustees) - See list on||page|1||||||||
|Church Treasurer|||lan Farthing|||||||||||
|Wardens|in Waiting||The Reverend<br>Alan Kirk|||||||||||
||||Elizabeth Bean|||||||||||
||||Diana Johnson|||||||||||
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|Income and endowments||||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||4|88,768|173,650|262,418|189,327|
|Charitable<br>activities|||5|26,615|87,366|113,981|84,127|
|Other trading<br>activities|||6|52,032||52,032|40,217|
|Investment<br>income|||7|1,815|476|2,291|124|
|Other income|||8|2,187||2,187|2,220|
|Total income||||171,417|261,492|432,909|316,015|
|Expenditure||||||||
|Expenditure<br>on charitable||activities|9,10|216,410|194,124|410,534|319,084|
|Total expenditure||||216,410|194,124|410,534|319,084|
|Net income/(expenditure)||||(44,993)|67,368|22,375|(3,069)|
|Transfers between|funds|||46,085|(46,085)|||
|Net movement<br>in|funds|||1,092|21,283|22,375|(3,069)|
|Reconciliation<br>of|funds|||||||
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|Total funds carried forward||||225,523|75,317|300,840|278,465|





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||Donations|||59,846||59,846|
||Donations|Gift aid|tax recovery|14,959||14,959|
||Pre-school|funding|||173,650|173,650|
||Church groups|||635||635|
||Grants||||||
||Grants receivable||-Beds BCfunding|8,179||8,179|
||Government|grant|income||||
||Other donations||and legacies||||
||Mission fundraising||income|5,149||5,149|
|||||88,768|173,650|262,418|
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|||||Funds<br>F|Funds<br>f|2022<br>f|
||Donations||||||
||Donations|||57,143||57,143|
||Donations|Gift aid|tax recovery|13,152||13,152|
||Pre-school|funding|||114,462|114,462|
||Church groups|||649||649|
||Grants||||||
||Grants receivable||- Beds BCfunding|2,286||2,286|
||Government|grant|income||138|138|
||Other donations||and legacies||||
||Mission fundraising||income|1,497||1,497|
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|5.|Charitable|activities|||||
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
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||Plot sales and related income|||21,613||21,613|
||Diocesan fees collected|||4,816||4,816|
||Sundry income|||186|90|276|
||Nursery fees||||87,276|87,276|
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||Diocesan fees collected||||11,043||11,043|
||Sundry|income|||383|206|589|
||Nursery fees|||||51,994|51,994|
||||||31,927|52,200|84,127|
|6.|Other|trading activities||||||
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||Fetes,|bazaars, other events|||8,025||8,025|
||Copier|income|||1,219||1,219|
||Church|hall letting income|||42,788||42,788|
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||Fetes,|bazaars, other events|||2,917|340|3,257|
||Copier|income|||1,258||1,258|
||Church|hall letting income|||35,702||35,702|
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|7.|Investment||income|||||
||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
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||Bank interest||receivable||1,815|476|2,291|
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|8.|Other income|||||||
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|Church|activities|189,090||189,090|
|Garden|of Remembrance|25,136||25,136|
|Pre-school|||194,124|194,124|
|Support|costs|2,184||2,184|
|||216,410|194,124|410,534|
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|Church|activities|151,338||151,338|
|Garden|of Remembrance|10,623||10,623|
|Pre-school|||155,047|155,047|
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|||||directly<br>f||ofactivities Support|costs<br>6|2023<br>6|2022|
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||Remembrance|||25,136||||25,136|10,623|
||Pre-school|||194,124||||194,124|155,047|
||Governance|costs|||||2,184|2,184|2,076|
|||||407,058||1,292|2,184|410,534|319,084|
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||Depreciation|oftangible|fixed assets|||||3,052|1,620|
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||Independent|examination||ofthe financial|statements|||2,184|2,076|





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|The total staff costs and|employee|benefits for the reporting|period|are analysed as|follows:|
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|Wages and salaries||||185,822|157,364|
|Social security costs||||2,336|1,265|
|Employer<br>contributions|to pension|plans||2,390|1,819|
|Other employee<br>benefits||||930|950|
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||At 1 September 2022||45,505|45,505|
||Additions||6,007|6,007|
||At 31August|2023|51,512|51,512|
||Depreciation||||
||At 1 September 2022||18,369|18,369|
||Charge for the year||3,052|3,052|
||At 31August|2023|21,421|21,421|
||Carrying<br>amount||||
||At 31August|2023|30,091|30,091|
||At 31 August|2022|27,136|27,136|
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|Accruals and deferred|income|28,381|4,736|
|Social security and other taxes||1,610||
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|General|fund|||186,565|144,988|(191,275)|47,085||187,363|
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|Remembrance||fund||37,866|26,429|(25,135)|(1,000)||38,160|
|||||224,431|171,417|(216,410)|46,085||225,523|
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|General|fund|||232,612|124,299|(150,524)|(19,822)||186,565|
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|Remembrance||fund||27,405|24,570|(13,513)|(596)||37,866|
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|Tangible fixed assets||30,091||30,091|
|Current assets||220,990|80,339|301,329|
|Creditors less than|1 year|(24,943)|(5,637)|(30,580)|
|Net assets||226,138|74,702|300,840|
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|Tangible fixed assets||27,136||27,136|
|Current assets||204,465|51,600|256,065|
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|Donations<br>and legacies|||
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|Donations<br>Gift aid tax recovery|14,959|13,152|
|Pre-school<br>funding|173,650|114,462|
|Church groups|635|649|
|Grants receivable<br>-Beds BCfunding|8,179|2,286|
|Government<br>grant income||138|
|Mission fundraising<br>income|5,149|1,497|
||262,418|189,327|
|Charitable<br>activities|||
|Plot sales and related income|21,613|20,501|
|Diocesan fees collected|4,816|11,043|
|Sundry income|276|589|
|Nursery fees|87,276|51,994|
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|Other trading activities|||
|Fetes, bazaars, other events|8,025|3,257|
|Copier income|1,219|1,258|
|Church<br>hall letting income|42,788|35,702|
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|Bank interest receivable|2,291|124|
|Other income|||
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|Expenditure<br>on charitable||activities|||
|Purchases|||105,917|65,361|
|Wages and salaries|||185,822|157,364|
|Employer's<br>NIC|||2,336|1,265|
|Pension costs|||2,390|1,819|
|Other post-retirement|benefits||930|950|
|Rates and water|||306|277|
|Light and heat|||36,321|17,440|
|Repairs and maintenance|||33,079|10.558|
|Insurance|||1,836|1,726|
|Other establishment|||24,919|23,158|
|Legal and professional|fees||2,934|2,076|
|Telephone|||1,151|1,269|
|Other office costs|||5,897|6,192|
|Depreciation|||3,052|1,620|
|Bank charges|||223|290|
|Sundry|||2,544|6,775|
|Computer costs|||877|944|
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|Total expenditure|||410,534|319,084|
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|Activities<br>undertaken<br>directly<br>Ministry and service costs<br>Wages and salaries<br>Vicarage maintenance<br>costs<br>Light and heat<br>Repairs and maintenance<br>Insurance|||79,092<br>14,347<br>306<br>36,321<br>19,535<br>1,836|75,912<br>13,567<br>277<br>17,440<br>4,355<br>1,726|
|Site costs|||24,919|23,158|
|Telephone<br>and internet<br>Printing,<br>stationery<br>and <br>Depreciation<br>Bank charges<br>Sundry<br>Computer<br>and software|postage||1,151<br>5,897<br>3,052<br>103<br>364<br>877|1,269<br>6,192<br>1,620<br>103<br>2,962<br>944|
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|Grant funding<br>activities<br>Mission|||1,292|1,812|
|Garden of Remembrance|||||
|Activities undertaken|diractiy||||
|Interment<br>costs|||14,454|4,327|
|Repairs and maintenance<br>Bank charges|||10,622<br>60|6,203<br>93|
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|Prewchool|||||
|Activities undertaken<br>Nursery<br>running<br>costs<br>Wages and salaries<br>Employer's<br>NIC<br>Pension costs|directly||11,079<br>171,475<br>2,336<br>2,390|3,310<br>143,797<br>1,265<br>1,819|
|Training costs<br>Repairs &maintenance|||930<br>2,922|950|
|Legal and professional<br>Bank charges<br>Sundry|fees||750<br>60<br>2,180|94<br>3,813|
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|Governance<br>costs|||||
|Independent<br>examiner|fees||2,184|2,076|
|Expenditure<br>on charitable||activities|410,534|319,084|



