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Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

St Matthew, Perry Beeches, Birmingham

Trustees’ Annual Report for year ended 31 December 2022

Reference and Administrative Information

St Matthew’s Church and Centre is situated at the corner of Aldridge Road and Birdbrook Road, in the Great Barr area of Birmingham.

The office address is:

St Matthew’s Parish Office, Birdbrook Rd, Birmingham, B44 8RA.

The Revd Trevor Thurston-Smith is the Incumbent (from 23[rd] February 2022)

His (temporary) address from 23[rd] February 2022 to 20[th] November 2022 was: 88 Hillingford Avenue, Pheasey, Birmingham, B43 7HN

and his (permanent) address from 21[st] November 2022 is: St Matthew’s Vicarage, 313 Beeches Road, Birmingham, B42 2QR

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a body corporate (PCC powers measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2020) and is registered with the Charities Commission, registered charity no. 1164756.

Bankers:

Barclays Bank plc.

Independent Examiner:

Mr. Chris Lee, Wychbury Lee, South Staffs Freight Building, Lynn Lane, Shenstone, Staffs WS14 OED.

The Parish is part of Handsworth & Central Deanery, in the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham.

The PCC is responsible for working with the Incumbent to promote the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical - in the Parish of Perry Beeches. This includes the life of the Parish Church of St Matthew, including the church centre complex comprising the large hall, lounge and family room, and grounds, and the general and restricted funds

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required for the operation of the church and centre, and for the mission of the Parish.

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected annually by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. The ministers licensed to the Parish and Churchwardens are members by virtue of their office. Deanery Synod representatives are elected at the APCM and hold office for three years. Other members of the PCC are elected at the APCM. Up to two additional members can be co-opted by the PCC.

The membership of the PCC in 2022 was as follows:

Trevor Thurston-Smith Ex officio Vicar (from 23/2/22) Thomas William Ruston Ex officio Curate (from 25/6/22) Peter Conabeer Ex officio Licensed Lay Minister Tim Bartlett Ex-officio Churchwarden Janet Cook Ex-officio Churchwarden Rodney Williams Elected Paul Phipps Ex-officio Licensed Lay Minister and Deanery Synod Rep. John Hope Ex-officio Deanery Synod Rep. Ann Harrison Ex-officio Deanery Synod Rep. Parish Administrator/Treasurer & Electoral Roll officer Adrian Deverell Elected PCC Secretary Judith Deverell Elected Safeguarding Officer Vera Lawrence Elected David Gadd Elected Carolyn Phipps Elected Susan Kyte Elected Robert Moulds Elected Andrew Mitchell Elected

Electoral Roll

In April 2022, there were 59 names on the Electoral Roll. No names have been added or removed during the course of the year.

Usual Sunday Attendance

Our main act of worship on a Sunday is the 10.00am Parish Mass. During 2022, the average attendance at this service was 34 adults, 4 children under 16 and 31 communicants.

Usual weekday attendance.

Throughout 2022 we maintained 3 weekday celebrations of the Mass:

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Monday 7.00pm (from 5[th] September 2022) Average Communicants: 4 Thursday 10.00am (from 5[th] September 2022) Average communicants: 7 Friday 12 noon Average communicants : 3

Other services:

We have maintained a weekly ‘phone-in’ service for those who are no longer able to physically attend ‘in person’ worship. Average ‘attendance’ at these services is between 10 to 17.

Morning and Evening Prayer is said at fixed times on most weekdays either in person or on ‘Zoom’ with an average attendance of 2 to 3.

Structure, Governance and Management

The PCC makes all decisions corporately, except that the Standing Committee has delegated powers to make decisions between PCC meetings, subject to keeping the PCC fully informed.

The PCC is responsible for all parish finance, its management and control, including the appointment of the treasurer. The work of the PCC is supported by its committees, which meet between full meetings of the PCC. These are:

Standing Committee – Consisting of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Parish Treasurer, Lay Chairperson, PCC Secretary, and one other member of the PCC elected by the PCC. They have power to transact the business of the PCC between PCC meetings, reporting to the full PCC as appropriate.

Fabric and Finance Committee – Including the Parish Treasurer, the Churchwardens, the Vicar, other PCC members as appointed, to ensure adequate skills and representation and other invited members with appropriate knowledge and skills regarding our buildings and their maintenance. They are responsible for the production of reports and recommendations for the PCC.

Church Growth Group – established after the PCC’s annual review in 2016. This Includes the Vicar, another member of the PCC, the Clerk for Baptisms & Marriages, and other appointed members with appropriate knowledge and skills.

Objectives and Activities

Mindful of its responsibility for the mission of the Church in Perry Beeches Parish, the PCC seeks to provide a welcoming spiritual home and community resource for all in the neighbourhood. Our worship is firmly rooted in a modern and inclusive Catholic tradition centred on the Eucharist, but we recognise that God’s love and saving grace are not limited to the

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confines of the church building and its institutional life. St Matthew’s bears witness to this through its on-site life, where the sacred space sits side-byside with the hall which draws in many people from the wider community.

Our specific aims and objectives are:

The provision of Regular public worship open to all.
The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation.
Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved
Teaching Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups
Leading Collective Worship (Assembly) in schools and welcoming schools on church visits and for specific services (e.g. Easter and Christmas)
Promoting Christianity through the staging of events and meetings, the distribution of literature and the use of Social Media.
Promoting the whole mission of the church through provision of activities for people of all ages and abilities.
Encouraging and enabling individuals to be faithful and effective disciples of Jesus Christ.
Organising and/or hosting Community Events
Making our buildings available as a resource to local Community Groups.

PCC Secretary’s report 2022

The PCC met on 8 occasions during the year with an average attendance of 13 members per meeting.

Major items of discussion included:

Agreement to join a 5-year project, along with 4 other parishes including St. John’s Perry Barr, to provide the resources to employ an Anglo Catholic Missioner with responsibility for growth

and

Under the “People and Places” initiative, agreeing to join a small group
of local churches in order to promote closer links and enable the sharing of resources.

Other topics discussed included reaching agreement to replace the church hall boiler, upgrading the existing fire alarm system in order to conform to current fire service regulations and resolving issues surrounding the flooding of the vestry and visitor car park. Adrian Deverell PCC Secretary

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Children and Families Worker:

We appointed Rosalind Hardy in September 2020 and she continues to work, along with volunteers, with the Children in the benefices of St. Matthew’s and Lozells and Newtown.

We have maintained a Sunday School on most Sundays, coinciding with the Parish Mass, but attendance varies enormously. We also run a ‘Messy Church’ session in all school holidays, with 5 sessions during the long summer holiday.

We are slowly re-establishing relations with local schools following lockdown and have made particular progress with Glenmead School where we have once again begun to take part in Assemblies, and for whom we have hosted church visits and a Christmas Carol Service.

Prayer & Spiritual Development.

The spiritual life of the parish centres on the Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer which are said according to the following pattern:

Sunday: 9.15 in person (Chapel) Monday: 9.00 in person (Chapel) and 17.00 on ‘Zoom’ Tuesday: Said in private Wednesday: 9.00 on ‘Zoom’ and 16.00 in person (rotating venue in ‘Oversight Area’) Thursday: 9.00 in person (Chapel) 17.00 on ’Zoom’ Friday: Said in private Saturday: Said in private

The celebration of The Eucharist is also at the heart our tradition and takes place at the following times: Sunday: 10.00 Monday: 19.00 Thursday: 10.00 Friday: 12.00

A Julian Group meets for contemplative prayer once a month.

Our team of Lay Pastoral Assistants regularly visit the sick and housebound members of the parish, and assist in taking Communion to those unable to attend Mass.

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Paul Phipps, our Reader in training, is a valued member of our Lay Minister team along with Peter Conabeer who has been a Reader at St. Matthew’s for many years.

The council has complied with its duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 to have due regard to House of Bishop’s guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Thanks to the people of St. Matthew’s we were able to deliver Cards at Easter and Christmas to all of the parish.

In 2022 there was 1 Baptism . Baptism is offered either as part of the 10.00am Mass or as a separate stand-alone service, usually at 12.00pm.

Most funerals take place at Perry Barr Crematorium. In 2022 6 Funerals took place in church and 8 at a Crematorium or Cemetery Chapel. There were no weddings in church.

A Fun Day marking the Platinum Jubilee of the late Queen Elizabeth II was held in June 2022 and an annual Christmas Fayre in December 2022, both of which were well supported and most appreciated by the people of the parish.

The Friday Café did not reopen following the pandemic, but there are plans to develop a similar initiative on Thursdays from Easter 2023.

Church Fabric Our grade 2 listed church building (Murray & Maguire, 1964) provides an exceptionally user-friendly space for prayer and worship. It is also potentially an excellent space for concerts and other events, and is currently underused in this regard as there are issues of lighting and sound that first need to be addressed.

Church cleaning, flower arranging, and gardening are carried out by volunteers. The Parish is very conscious of the value of all the volunteer hours that we depend on every day.

Partnership with other Christians St Matthew’s participates fully in the life of the Diocese and Deanery. Our Parish enjoys a friendly informal partnership with the neighbouring Parishes of St John’s, Perry Barr and St Paul’s and St. Bernard’s, Hamstead. This partnership is set to become more formalised as an ‘Oversight Area’ in the diocesan initiative ‘People and Places’. We also share our Children and Families Worker with the Benefices of Lozells & Newtown.

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There is an established ecumenical relationship with Beeches Evangelical Church and Perry Beeches Baptist Church, with the ministers meeting together regularly for discussion, prayer and mutual support. Sadly, joint services and pulpit exchanges are currently on hold due to significant differences regarding St Matthew’s firm commitment to inclusivity, specifically on LGBTQ+ issues, reflecting tensions in this area in the wider church. The Ministers are all committed to working together to resolve this issue and to re-establish a regular pattern of joint services. It is a cause of great sadness to St Matthew’s that this one area of disagreement has resulted in the temporary discontinuation of ecumenical projects, and we look forward to the matter being resolved.

Financial Review

We rely on St Martin’s Trust to pay our Vicar’s stipend, and our administrator, our organist, and our Children and Families worker. They also assist with office expenses and contribute to the housing costs of the Curate.

St. Matthew’s regular charities, Malawi and ‘Embrace the Middle East’ have still been supported this year through our online giving scheme, albeit with a reduced contribution.

Our common fund payment in 2022 was £23,100 (some £2278 short of our requested total of £25,378).

We must acknowledge the generosity of our congregation. Many of them contribute to the Church via the Parish Giving scheme, standing orders and envelope contributions, as well as plate donations at services in Church.

Hall hire during 2022 has seen an increased number of regular groups hiring during the week. This has been profitable for the PCC. Although the hall was also opened up in 2022 for private party hire, this has not proved as profitable as we had hoped.

Church wardens Reports

The Terrier, listing land belonging to the church, and the inventory of items belonging to the church have been checked and all items are accounted for. All Church’s insurances are in place and up to date.

2022 has seen great changes at St. Matthew’s. After 15 months of interregnum and the still present threat of Covid it was with great pleasure we welcomed our new vicar Father Trevor Thurston Smith in February 2022. Father Tom Ruston, a Deacon, joined us in June 2022 and is with us for 12 months. This, along with the covid 19 regulations being further lifted has

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meant that we are now having services 3 times a week in addition to Sundays, some being attended more than others.

In practical terms we have had a new boiler fitted in the Church Hall which has been greatly appreciated by the groups using the Church Centre.

We have had a grant for new chairs for the Church Centre and a grant to help us upgrade our kitchen equipment.

Due to flooding in the vestry we had to have substantial work done which took rather a long time but has vastly improved the vestry.

We had our 5 yearly electrical inspection, but this highlighted no issues.

The sound and lighting in the Church both urgently need upgrading. We are in the process of getting quotes but will also need to raise the money.

Janet Cook Tim Bartlett

Social Activities and Entertainment

During the last twelve months we have started to re-introduce some of the community activities which could not take place during the pandemic.

We had a great day for the Queen’s Jubilee in June 2022. We had a Fun Day with afternoon tea, bingo and activities in the Church for the children. These included crafts and a new venture for St. Matthew’s a bouncy castle in the Church. 100 people from the local community and Church came and had a good time. We are going to do a similar activity for the King’s Coronation.

We have also had a Skittle night, a Beetle Drive, and a Bingo evening all of which have been enjoyed by those attending. We hope to continue with these activities which bring together the members of the Church and nonChurch members.

In May last year 11 of us eventually went to Jersey on a week’s holiday. This holiday was postponed from 2020 and we all had a great time.

SAFEGUARDING REPORT

Each year we are required to review and report to the APCM what tasks are outstanding or not fully implemented in relation to our work with children and young people and vulnerable adults.

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These tasks are:

To ensure that copies of the latest policies and the Pocket Guide to Safeguarding are made available to volunteers.
To ensure that volunteers undergo safeguarding training, including instruction on what to do if they receive information or have concerns about possible abuse. This should be renewed and updated as required.
To ensure that volunteers and staff are aware of the expectations upon them, particularly in relation to social media and the use of text messaging with those under 18.
To complete and update risk assessments for activities and to ensure that adequate insurance is in place for them.
To clarify our first aid needs and to train volunteers as appropriate.
To continue to ensure that consent forms for under 18s and contact details for volunteers are in place and up to date.
To be sure that confidential details are kept securely and where they need to be shared are done so according to correct procedure and are GDPR compliant.

Safeguarding Officer Report 2022

During the year, the Safeguarding, Domestic Abuse and Recruitment of Ex-offender policies were reviewed along with the Safeguarding Action Plan.

As a result of the requirement for DBS checks to be conducted every 3 years as opposed to 5 previously, an ongoing programme has been implemented in order to bring these up to date.

In December, the Safeguarding Officer underwent training to enable them to conduct training as and when required within the church environment.

Judith Deverell Safeguarding Officer

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Vicar’s Report 2022

I have always believed that when a priest moves to a new parish, their first twelve months are best spent taking the spiritual temperature of the church, getting to know the people, learning how things have been done in the past, gaining a sense of the parish’s strengths and weaknesses and generally getting ‘bedded-in’.

I’m enormously grateful, therefore, for the support, encouragement and shared wisdom that I have received over the last year or so, not least from our Churchwardens, Janet and Tim, but also from many members of our very welcoming congregation, all of which have enabled me to do these things.

Last year in this report, when I had only been in post for a couple of months, I wrote:

“When I first read the Parish Profile……. I sensed that St Matthew’s would be a warm, vibrant and faithful Church community. Two months into the job, I’m delighted to say that that perception, however it was arrived at, is proving to be correct.”

That perception has, if anything, been further strengthened by my experiences over the last year.

I also commented that we had a number of challenges to face:

“In common with many other parishes, we need to do a certain amount of rebuilding of our congregation and our finances, following the major disruption caused by Covid. As well as exploring how best we can develop our mission to the local community - including its families and young people - we also need to look at how we can nurture regular worshippers and newcomers alike in the faith in order to grow both spiritually and numerically.”

Like many other churches, our attendance figures, although very steadily rising, have not returned to pre-Covid levels. There are various reasons for this, including the fact that some former worshippers will still not feel confident about re-joining public ‘in person’ worship, whilst others will simply have got out of the routine of coming to church. Of course, it would be wonderful to have those people back, not because we want our numbers to increase - that should never be our primary motivation - but because the Body of Christ in this place is diminished without them and because they matter to the God who longs to feed his people, principally as they gather together to celebrate the Eucharist.

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Whilst it’s important not to be ‘hectoring’ in any way, we need to gently urge and encourage those members of our church family who are able to re-join us for worship to do so, but just as importantly, we need to encourage new people to join us too.

I believe that our friendly, relaxed ambience, our commitment to inclusivity and the quality of our worship are all (if you pardon the secular language) key ‘selling points’, and we shouldn’t be shy of inviting others to ‘come and see’; indeed, this is part of the mission of every Christian.

Whilst you will gather from my opening paragraph that I don’t favour the ‘new broom sweeping clean’ principle, it is clear to me that we need to address our missional challenges in a number of ways, building upon the many strengths that St Matthew’s has, but also recognising that this will involve an element of change. Frankly, as a growing number of our folk are realising, the time when we could do all of this on our own is long past, and we now need to look for new ways of working in partnership with other churches, community groups and other agencies.

In this regard, during the course of 2022, three potentially exciting developments have emerged.

The first is the setting up of an ‘Anglo-Catholic Mission Enabler’ post for three years using Strategic Development Fund money from the Church Commissioners. This is a pilot project which is being developed jointly by St Matthew’s, St John’s Perry Barr, St Mark’s Kingstanding, St Alban’s Highgate and St George’s Edgbaston. The person appointed will work with each of these parishes in exploring how their mission can be made more effective in their specific context and identifying what further support and resources we need to make this happen.

The second is a re-shaping of our approach to work with young people and families. I’m very grateful to Ros Hardy for all that she has done in her role as Children and Families Worker, especially as she had to grapple initially with Lockdown, two incumbents leaving unexpectedly and the challenge of trying to hold together a post shared between two very different benefices.

The three-year grant for this post ends in September 2023, and, subject to funding (which is currently being sought) we are now looking to create a new full-time post of ‘Children, Youth and Families Ministry Leader’, based solely at St Matthew’s, which will also have a more outward-looking, missional focus.

The third development stems from the Church of England Birmingham ‘People and Places’ initiative and is the proposal that St Matthew’s, St John’s Perry Barr and St Paul’s and St Bernard’s, Hamstead should form a local

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‘Oversight Group’, working together and supporting one another in various aspects of mission and ministry. As the clergy of these parishes already have a good working relationship, I think there is great potential here, but we will need to overcome a tendency to insularity, which I suspect is one of St Matthew’s weaknesses.

In addition to these initiatives, we are hoping to develop a weekly Coffee Morning following Mass on a Thursday, which may evolve in due course into a ‘Community Café’, again perhaps developed in partnership with others as some kind of Social Enterprise.

Alongside all of this, there is the potential to improve the spiritual nurture offered to our congregation, especially its newer members. I believe very firmly that numeric growth only occurs where first there is spiritual growth, and I’m hoping and praying that through a series of Pilgrimages, Quiet Days, Retreats and Discipleship Courses over the next two years or so, we will experience genuine renewal within our firmly Catholic tradition.

Over the last year, a couple of potential ‘springboards’ for this renewal have emerged.

First, in October we hosted a Midlands Renewal Day for ‘On Fire Mission’ (for whom I’m currently the Midlands Co-ordinator). Attended by over eighty people, it was good to be joined by some of our regular congregation for this event which brought together worship that was both sacramental and spiritfilled, and traditional and contemporary with a gentle Charismatic edge. Those of our number who attended enjoyed the day and were reassured that it is possible to worship occasionally in a slightly different way, with more contemporary music etc without compromising on our tradition or altering our standard form of worship week by week. It’s likely that we will again be hosting this event in 2023, and I personally hope that our relationship with ‘On Fire Mission’ will develop further, not least because this rapidly growing movement is bringing new life to many Anglo-Catholic churches and is attracting many younger worshippers. We ignore our growing need for the latter at our peril!

Second, I’m grateful to our Curate Fr Tom for establishing a weekly Bible study, which I know has been much appreciated by those who have taken part. Again, this kind of small group work is a vital element in spiritual growth and renewal and I hope we will be able to do more of it in the future.

This brings me very conveniently to the subject of Fr Tom! It has been good to have him with us, and to benefit from his ministry as a Deacon following his ordination in June. Sadly, Tom’s time with us is limited to a year due to his plans to marry and move to the Diocese of Chester in June 2023.

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Nevertheless, I for one have enjoyed having him as a colleague and I know you will all join me in wishing him and his fiancée Amy every blessing in their new life together.

The diocese is keen to place another Curate here, and we will be joined at Petertide 2023 by Br Martin Price SSF following his ordination as Deacon. Br Martin is a fully-professed member of the Franciscan Order, and has recently been appointed as Novice Master. Following his ordination, he will continue to live in the Franciscan House in Edgbaston, but will spend Sundays and another couple of days a week here at St Matthews. We look forward to welcoming him and to exploring what impact having a ‘Religious’ on the ministry team has on our life of worship, work and witness.

In the meantime, I have been very appreciative throughout the year of the Ministry of our two Licensed Readers – Peter Conabeer and Paul Phipps, though the ministry of the former was sadly limited due to ill-health. I’m grateful, too, for the work of our very faithful team of Pastoral Assistants.

So, having reviewed the past year and the opportunities and challenges it has presented, and having given some idea of what I believe should be our future direction of travel, I now need to thank the many people who contribute to the life of St Matthew’s in any way, among them our good friends and Patrons St Martin’s Trust, for whose ongoing financial assistance we are most grateful. There are also many people, including some who work quietly and imperceptibly behind the scenes, who help to keep things going. To name individuals is dangerous, because it brings with it the attendant risk of forgetting someone, but hopefully you all know who you are. So I will simply say “Thank you Team St Matthew’s”!

With my prayers and best wishes,

Fr Trevor

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ST MAThHEWS CHURCH CENTRE PERRY BEECHES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIALCHURCH COUNCIL FOR THEYEARENDED 315T DECEMBER 2022 PARISH PRIEST., Reverend T¥evor Thurston-smith St Matthews Churth Birdbrook Road Great Barr irmingham 8448RB BANK: Barclays PIC Pefry Barr INDEPENDENT EXAMINER: Wythbury Lee 83 Blackwood Road Streetly West Midlands B74 3PW

ST MAThHEWS CHURCH CENTRE PERRY BEECHE5 CONTENTS Accounting pollcles Ihdependenl examiners report Balance sheet statement of flnancial aitlvlties Notes to the Ilnancial statements 5-11

ST mAHEWS CHURCH CENTRE ACCOUNTING POLICIES The financlal stètements have been prepared in accordattce wlth the Church Accounting Regulatlons 2(x)G log&ther with applicable accouting Standards and the SOAP 2005. The fiftancial statements have been prepared under hlstorical cost convention except for the valuation of iv)vestment assets, wh¢ch are shown at market value, The financi81 statements include all transactions, assets and Ilab111tles for which th PCC Is responslble In law. They do not Include the arcount5 of church groups that owe thelr main 2fftli2tlon to another body nor those that are informal gatheiinES of church Members. Funds Funds are conslderÈd to be unrestricted if they are not subject to legal restrirtions on theSr use and held for spending on the general purposes of the PCC and deslgnated (also unrestrirtedl if the PCC have designated them for speclfi purp05e5. Restrlctod funds are monies received by the PCC for specific purposes and expended only on the specific objects. Incomlng resources Following the general princlple set out above, collection51 planned giving and donatlons are recognlsed when recewed. Tax refund (Gift Aldl are recognised when the Incomlng resource to which they relate is recewed. Grants and legacles are accounted for when the PCC is notified of its legal entltlement for the amounts due. Dividends and interest are accounted for when received. All other income 15 iecognised when it 15 ceiVable. All Sncomlng resources are accounted for gross. Resources expended Grants and donatlons 3re accounted for when pald over or when awarded, if that award create5 a binding obligation on the PCC. The diocesan common fund Is aeeounted when due. Amounts recelved Specifically for mi5sion5 are dealtwith as restricted fuftds. All other expendlture is 82nerally recognised wh&n it15 incurred and Is accounted for gross. Fl>red assets Consecrated and beneliced property is not Included In the 3ccounts in 3ccordance of s.9612llal of the Charfties Act 1993. The church curtiledge Is of nll value. No amount Is included for church furnishings the cost ol acquisition of fixes assets is wrlten off In the year unless the PCC elect othekwlse in any particular case. All matntenancÈ costs are also wrttten off. Page I

ST MATTHEWS CHURCH CENTRE INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT Thi5 report on the flnandal siatemenls of the PCC for tho year ended 31st December 2Q22, which are set out on pages 5. 11 Is in respect of an examinaticn carrled out in accordance with the Church Accountlng Regulations 2016 and s.43 of the Charftles Act 1993 (the Act). Respecilve responslbllltles of the PCC and Ex3mlner As members of the PCC you are responslble for the preparation of the f5fi8ncial ststement5,' you conslder that the audit requirement of the Regulatlons and s.43121 of the Act does not apply. It is my responsibility tD issue this report on those flnancial statements in accofdance with the terms ol the ReBulations. a$15 of thls report My examlnation was carrled out in accordance with the General Dlrections 8lvÉn by the Charity Commisslon under s.4317llbl of the Act and to be found In the Church guidance, 2006 edition. That examlnation includes a review of the accounting record5 kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also include5 consldering any unusual items or discSosured In the finandal statements and seekln8 explantions from you as tNstees coticernlng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evldence that would be required in an audtt and tonsequently I do not express an audlt opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examlnérs statement In connection with my examinatlon, no matter has come to my attention... 11 whl(h gives rne rea50n8ble cause to believe that in any material fespect the requirements to kEep accounting records in accordance with S41 of the Act,. and to prepare financial statements, whieh accord with the accounting records and CDmply wlth the requirements of the Act and the Regulations have not been meL' or 21 to which, in my opinion, attentlon should be drawn In order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts tD be reached. WYCHBURY LEE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Page 2

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MArrHEWS, PERRY BEECHES BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2022 2022 2021 FIXED ASSETS CBF Xed Interest 5hare5 356 421 CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank and in hand 61,014 50,898 Debtors and prepayments 5,940 1,373 CURRENT LIA81LITIES CdItOrS 13,6421 11,0631 NET ASSEYS 63,668 51,629 FUNDS Unreslrlcted Designated Restricted 15.249 14,190 34,229 17,127 1,808 32,695 TOTAL FUNDS 63ffi68 51.629 Approved by the Parochial Church Council on and signed on it5 behalf by.. The Re¥er&nd TrevorThurston-Smith Mrs Ann Harrlson, Treasurer Page 3

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MAThHEWS. PERRY BEECHES STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2022 Unrestrclted Deslgnated Re9trlcted Funds Funds Funds TOTAL 2022 TOTAL 2021 INCOMING RESOURCES Income from donors 33,452 382 33.834 32,738 Other voluntary income resources 3,511 38,677 42,188 46,540 Charitable church activstles 1,559 23,516 25,074 14,687 Other Income 19 3,077 10,191 13,287 2,638 TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 38,541 26,593 49,251 114384 96,604 RESOURCES iJSED Direct church actlwltles 40.418 214 47,716 88,350 76,944 Charitable thurch activities 13,997 13,997 8,130 TOTAL RESOURCES USED 40,418 14,211 47,716 102,346 85,074 hAOVEMENTIN FUNDS 11.8781 12.382 1535 12,038 11,530 BAiANCE BROUGHT FORWARD 17,127 1,808 32.695 51.S29 40,099 BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD 15,249 14,190 34,229 63.667 51,628 Page 4

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF 51 MAffHEWS, PERRY BEECHES STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2022 INCOMING RESOURCES Unrestrtlted Designated Restrlcted Funds Funds Funds TOTAL 2022 YOTAL 2021 Income from donor$ Tax efficient glving Income tax recovered Collections (open platel at services Communlty celebrations Sundrydonatlons 22.356 5,838 2,961 113 22,356 5,838 2,961 113 23,231 6,155 2,814 2,185 33,452 382 2,567 33,834 539 382 32,739 Other voluntsry Income resources Grants- recurring Grants- non recurrlng.. Hopklns Sayor Charlty St Martins Trust- Keating repasrs St Martins Trust- Discretlonary Grant St M3rbns- Curate rent & expenses BDBF~ Stand-in tar5 BDBF- Energy grant Harlow Trust Roger DouglasTurner Charitsble Trust GJW Turner Tiust Lord Austin Trust Michael Marsh Charitble Trust George Henry Colllns Charlty Fundralslng 24,973 24,973 26,416 1,000 1,400 SW 5,151 856 5,151 856 2,634 3.064 1634 3,064 9,567 I,ODO 1.000 2,0(X) 2,000 1,000 2,657 46.540 3,511 3,511 3,511 42,188 38.677 Chaiitable church actlvliles Fees paid to PCC Solar pannel income Brooklyn Hall rental income 845 845 714 277 714 626 23.516 23.516 23,516 25.074 13,784 14,687 1.559 Other income Interest earned- general account Shares Snterest Insurance claim Sponsored child Messy church donatlons Sundry income Contribution to chlldrens & families worker Carrled forward 19 19 io io 2,652 2,652 191 191 249 27 37 37 190 10,000 10,191 io,o(KJ 12.909 2,158 2,638 19 2.699 Page 5

PAROCHIALCHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MAThHEWS, PERRY BEECHES STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTiwnES AS AT31ST DECEMBER 2022 INCOMING RESOURCES- contlnued Unrestrcited Designated Restrlcted Funds Funds Funds TOTAL 202Z TOTAL 2021 rou£ht forward Funeral fees.. BDBF Veryer Heating 19 2,699 33 10,191 12,909 33 2,638 25 25 320 320 19 3.077 10.191 13.287 2,638 INCOMING RESOURCE5 FOR YEAR 38,541 26.593 49,251 114,384 96,604 Page 6

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MATFHEWS, PERRY BEECHES STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2022 RESOURCES LISED Unre5trl¢ted Designated Restrlcted Funds Funds Funds TOTAL 2022 TOTAL 2021 Grants Mlsslonary and charltable giving Church overseas, missionary Dlrect church activltles Ministry- Diocesan Common fund Funeral fees: 23,100 23,100 23,600 BDBF Verger Worklng expenses of clersy Cur3te5 8ccomrnodation Churth runnlnB expenses: Heat and light Insurance Satristy seTvices Messy Church expenditure Church flowers Sponsored child Repairs & renewals Bowlers costs Miscellaneous Market1ng costs Or83nlsts wages, ch(Mr and music Admin, support Costs ¥nd mlsc Fundraising platinum lubllee party costs Church administrat0<5 wages Children & family worker costs Malor expendltures.. Church hall replacement boiler Bar cellar roof repairs Servers 259 259 6,430 602 1.279 5,151 5,405 3,704 2,035 5,405 3.704 2,035 3,984 3.361 536 21 115 175 180 175 180 300 2.175 2,175 3,664 150 203 203 888 600 2,979 1,147 231 568 1,543 367 2,979 1,082 231 300 343 343 14,719 14,216 14,719 14.216 14,130 13,500 10,296 10,296 3,466 6,000 40,418 214 47,716 88,349 76,943 Charltable church actlvltles rooklyn Hall running costs 13,997 13,997 14.211 13,997 13,997 102,346 8,130 8,130 85,074 TOTAL RESOURCES USED 40,418 47,716 Page 7

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MAThHEWS, PERRY BEECHES STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 202Z ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT ON FUNDS At Incomlng Resources Galn ILossl on 31112121 rèsour¢es used Investment At 31112122 Unrestrlcted 17,127 38,541 140,418 11,8781 15,249 Deslgnated 1,808 26,S93 114,2111 12,382 14,190 Total unrestrlcted 18,935 65,133 154,6291 lo04 29,438 Re5trlcted Bullding maintenance 32,695 49,251 81,945 Total restrlcted 32,695 49,251 81.945 TOTAL 51,629 114,384 154.6291 10,504 111,384 Page 8

sr mAHEWs CHURCH CENTRE BROOKLYN HALL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022 Unre5trlcted Designated Restrlcted Funds Fund5 Funds 2021 2021 INCOME Comrllunlty letting Q)mmer¢ial letting Prlvate party letting TOTAL 8,926 13,390 1,2( 23.516 8,926 13,390 1,200 23,516 5,651 7,984 150 13,784 EXPENDITURE Repairs and mainte#ance Centre maintenance Hall heatlng- capital project Gas 1.386 1,957 700 1,386 2,059 700 2.558 701 2,558 701 1,375 644 Electric Water Cleaning materials Cbeaning contract Hygelne contract Postage and stationery Telephone and broadband Photocopies Noah's Art( 84 84 332 332 171 3,484 592 3,484 592 1,809 359 336 336 162 402 402 437 758 317 388 758 349 317 388 12.039 64 loo Mlsc expenses TOTAL 13,997 7,528 PROFITI IDEFICITI TRANSFERRED TO FUND 9.519 11,476 6,256 Page 9

ST mAHEWs CHURCH CENTRE CHURCH INCONIE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 202Z Unrestrclted DEsignated Rèstrlcted Funds Funds Funds 2022 2021 INCOME TaK effioent giving Income tax recovered Collertion5 (open platel at servlces Comrnun¥ty celebrations Sundry donations Funeral fees: BDBF Verger Heating Conlrlbutlon to chlldrens & f3mllles worker Hopkin5 Sayor Char1ty St Mardns Trustees Grantham York St Marti5 Trust- kEeating repalrs st Martins Trust- Discrctior7ary Grant St Mèrtlns- Curate rent & expenses BDBF- Stand-in vlcars BD8F- Energy ft¢nd Harlow Trust Roger DouElas Turner Charitable Trust George Henry Colllns Charity Lord Austln Trust Lord Austin Tru5t- Furnlture GJW Turner Tw5t Mlchael Marth Charitble Tryst Fundraising Insurance Clalm Fees paid to PCC Solar panel ir*come Interest earned- gener313ccount Share5 interest Sponsored child Messy church donations Sundry income TOTAL 22,356 5,838 2,961 113 22,356 5,838 2,961 113 23,231 6,155 2,814 2.185 382 2,567 33 539 33 25 25 320 320 ID,000 10,000 2,158 19,973 5,000 19,973 5.000 21,416 5,000 1.400 500 5,151 5,151 856 856 2,634 3,064 2,634 3,064 9.567 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 I,oo) 1,000 2,LKIO 2,657 3,511 3,511 2,652 2,652 845 277 626 714 19 714 19 io io Igi 191 37 249 37 27 190 82,819 39,396 3,077 48,395 90.869 EXPENDITURE Diocesan common fund Funeral fee5.. BDBF Verger Worklng expense5 of Clergv Curate5 accommodation Heat and light Carrled forward 23,100 23,100 23,600 259 259 602 1,279 5,4D5 30.044 5,151 6,430 5,405 35,19S 3,984 28,186 5.151 Page 10

ST MAThHEWS CHURCH CENTRE CHURCH INCOME ANI) EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEM&ER 2022 Unrestr¢lted Deslgnated Restrlcted Funds Fund5 Funds 2022 2021 EXPENDITURE- CONTINUED Brought lorward Insurance 3044 3,704 2,035 5.151 35,195 3,704 2,035 2,979 1,082 231 28,186 3,361 536 Sacristy services Organists wages, choir and mus Admin, support costs and misc Fundr£151ng Church adminlstrators wèges Children & lamlly WOTkerwages Children & famlly worker expenses Messy Church expenditure Miscellaneous 2.979 1,543 362 1.082 231 300 14,130 12.967 533 14.719 13,941 275 14,719 13,941 275 21 203 203 888 Marketing costs Community celebrations Church flowers sponsored chlld Repai15 and maintenan Bowlers costs Capital prolects Bar Cellar roof Fepalrs Decrease in share value 600 600 568 343 343 175 175 115 180 180 2,175 150 30CI 2,175 3,664 150 10,296 10.296 3,466 6.OLXJ TOTAL 40,418 214 47.716 88,349 76.943 PROFIT IDEFICITI TRANSFERRED TO FUND 11.0121 1863 679 2,S19 5,876 Page 11