## **Annual Report**
For the year ended 31[st] December 2020
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## **Description of the Parish**
The Parish serves the town of Pontypridd in the South Wales valleys. The Parish is a part of the Diocese of Llandaff in the Province of the Church in Wales.
The Parish consists of 8 churches, 7 of which serve as parish churches plus St Gwynno’s church.
**St Catherine's church** was built in 1868 by John Norton, architect of London and was a development from Norton's own St David's church in Neath. The North aisle was added in similar style to the South aisle in 1885, a North vestry in 1915, and the West porch in 1933. In 1890 the church was restored and clock faces added to the tower. In 1919 Sir Giles Gilbert Scott modified the chancel by whitewashing the walls and adding new stalls and reredos. In 2013 the church building was joined up to the neighbouring church hall to form a hub for community projects. It is listed grade 2*.
**St Mary’s church, Glyntaff** was built in 1839 and is a large ‘Commissioner’ type church, i.e. double height nave/space without aisles, having a small apsed chancel area and large rear upper gallery. Designed by TH Wyatt. The church has a tower and (later added) vestry/sacristy. It is situated in Glyntaff adjacent to the A470. It is listed grade 2.
**St Luke’s church Rhydyfelin** is a modern polygonal Church built in 1962, replacing the previous church of 1907, designed by Caroe & Martin, with a many sided nave wrapped around the sanctuary which extends in height above the general level of the nave. Caroe and Partners created a naturally well lit, visually clean, modern and uncluttered nave and sanctuary with a formal, radiating, geometry, focussed towards the altar. It is situated on Cardiff Road at the Southern edge of Rhydyfelin.
**St John’s church, Graig** was built in the 1920s, replacing the previous church from the end of the 1800s, parallel to the steep hillside of the Graig which employs the hill slope to provide a large undercroft used as a hall, below the nave and chancel which lie at the upper ground level. In the 1970s a two story extension was added to the North side providing addition ancillary accommodation including a chapel on the upper level and kitchen and lavatories on the lower level. It is situated on Graig Street in the centre of the Graig.
**St Luke’s church, Cilfynydd** was built in 1892 and consists of nave and chancel, with a western bellcote and a small south porch, slope, and containing a large hall, toilet block and kitchen. It straddles Bedw Road and Bodwenarth Road in Cilfynydd
**Christ Church, Ynysybwl** was built in 1887. In Early English Gothic style, with an apsidal chancel, vestry, nave, south porch and bellcote. Built of rock faced Pennant with Bath stone dressings beneath concrete tiled roofs. It is located on the corner of Clive Terrace and Church Street in Ynysybwl.
**St David’s Church, Hopkinstown** was opened in 1855. It is located along Gyfeillon Road towards one end of Hopkinstown. In 2016 reordering took place with the pews being replaced by chairs and the floor levelled to provide a very flexible space in the nave.
**St Gwynno’s Church Llanwynno** has parts of it which date back to the 6[th] century, whilst other parts were added during the 12[th] century and consists of nave and chancel with a bellcote and south facing porch. It is located in Llanwynno forest North of the town of Pontypridd. It is listed grade 2.
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## **Team Vicars**
## Fr Michael Gable
## The Rev Jude Bevan
## The Rev Peter Watson
## **Bankers**
Lloyds Bank Market Square Pontypridd CF37 2TF
Co-operative Bank 16-17 High Street Cardiff CF10 1AY
Virgin Money plc Jubilee House Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4PL Hampshire Trust Bank 55 Bishopsgate London EC2N £AS
Natwest Bank 1 Taff Street Pontypridd CF37 4UU
Churches, Charities & Local Authorities Investment Management Ltd 80 Cheapside London EC2V 6DZ
United Trust Bank 80 Haymarket London SW1Y 4TE
Charities Aid Foundation 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4JQ
Barclays Bank Taff Street Pontypridd CF37 4SN
Monmouthshire Building Society 87 Caerphilly Road Birchgrove Cardiff CF14 4AE
Santander Bank Fraternal Parade Pontypridd CF37
## **Independent Financial Examiners**
Kingsley John MAAT 21 Andrews Court Graig Pontypridd CF37 1SF
## **Church Architects**
Hook Mason 41 Windemarsh Street Hereford HR4 9EA
Alwyn Jones Penseiri Architects Caroe and Partners The Bank 98 Cardiff Road Cardiff Road Llandaff Taff’s Well Cardiff CF15 7RA CF5 2DT
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## **Membership**
The members of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) are the trustees of the charity. It is the responsibility of the PCC to work together and cooperate in all matters of concern and importance to the Parish for the promotion of the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in the Parish.
The PCC operates through a number of committees that are responsible to the PCC and assist it in fulfilling its functions and responsibilities. Each church has a committee that looks after the day to day matters of that church.
The following were members of the PCC at the end of the year.
Jude Bevan Babs Minton David Carver Ray Minton (treasurer) Brenda Cawthorne David Morgan Ann Davies (secretary) Sheila Nurse Sara Fowler Rozenn Powell Michael Gable Elaine Rees Christine Godfrey David Tazzini-Lloyd Helen Gulliford Peter Watson Phil Hopkins Neal Wood Keith Johns Glynis Lloyd
Administrator and Safeguarding Officer: Richard Bundy
## **Attendee Figures**
_Average number of adults attending once or more a week_
Previous year
St Luke Rhydyfelin 18 19
St Mary 12 13
St John 25 26
St Catherine 89 85
St David 23 25
Christchurch
21 21
St Luke Cilfynydd
11 15
Total
199 204
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**Morning Hours**
## **St Catherine**
We started the year saying farewell to Rev Peter Lewis who moved the short distance to take up a new post in Abercynon.
Unfortunately, it was no longer viable to keep the CAP Debt Centre running and Lorraine left in February. Our financial commitment continues as we support those clients who are still on debt recovery plans.
Our Café Manager Tina also secured a new job in February and left just as lockdown started. At this time, all face-to-face community work and roomhire ceased. Gareth, our café supervisor was furloughed. All services in the church were suspended and the church members started to meet online. We used Facebook at first and then moved onto Zoom where people could have more interaction. Rev Jude led a communion one Sunday a month and other clergy were invited as guest leaders occasionally. All other services were lay-led, and we were blessed by hearing from a wide range of people and discovering many previously untapped gifts.
The church was reopened through August for private prayer, and the 8am and Wednesday service restarted in mid-September. The 11am service remained online where we could safely sing together.
Gareth was employed again in September to keep the grounds and clean before services. Liz, our community worker left her post in July as she had a new opportunity and funding for her role was short.
Throughout the whole year, Trish kept in regular contact with many families and has continued to link with schools wherever possible. She organised weekly zoom calls for the school aged children and toddler music went live on Facebook every Wednesday morning. In October and November, Trish led ‘Muddy Church’ getting families together in a socially distanced way in the carpark. Kids Club met in the hall between November and December.
The Zoom Christingle was a great success with many families making their own Christingles at
## **Llandaf Cathedral**
In January 2020, Jude was invited to support St John’s and Llandaff Cathedral in working towards setting-up a version of Morning Hours (Grace Café) in Cardiff City Centre. This included offering two training sessions to more than 40 volunteers. Several members of the Morning Hours team joined Jude to share their experience of volunteering.
## **Llandaf Cathedral School**
In July 2020, Jude was invited to deliver the end of term speech to the students and staff at Llandaff Cathedral School. The talk was specifically focused towards homelessness. Following the speech a generous donation was given to the work of Morning Hours.
## **Morning Hours Hub**
In partnership with Adref Homeless Hostel (RCT) and Annie Galt from Mind, Jude is in the process of launching a Morning Hours Hub. The aim of the Hub is to offer mental health provision and spiritual care for vulnerable adults who are struggling to cope in the wake of the pandemic.
home and sharing in an online service. We broadcast an outdoor carol service.
Prayer and connection have been at the heart of our church experience of 2020. Despite not being able to meet physically we have kept in touch by expanding the text message prayer chain. The Friday evening prayer group has met either in church or by gathering on Zoom. David TazziniLloyd led several successful 12-hour days of prayer. As a community we have looked after each other, messaging and phoning people who are on their own, making doorstep visits, shopping and offering help for those shielding or isolating.
As we reflect on a difficult and unexpected year, we rejoice in our faith which has been strengthened and we look forward to discerning what God has in store for us in 2021.
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## **St Luke Cilfynydd**
What a challenging year! We really missed going to church during lockdown, but the network of phone-calls and “visiting” at a distance ensured that our community stayed in touch at such a difficult time. Our traditional festivals of Easter, The Cilfynydd School Harvest festival, the Cilfynydd School Christingle, Christmas Eve, all are services when the wider Cilfynydd community meet and occasions when friends meet to celebrate and sing and were sadly missed. The Queen said in her Christmas speech, “This year, many people are missing friends and family members and have to distance for safety, when all they really want for Christmas is a simple hug or a squeeze of the hand”, a sentiment shared by millions.
The Queen went on to say “…. for many 2020 was tinged with sadness, some mourning the loss of those dear to them” and this year we mourned the loss of our faithful church member Iris Profitt, Mr Ken Gupwell (husband of our member Margaret Gupwell) and Angela Blackman, wife of our long-time member Terry Blackman.
As mentioned above, we were unable to have our usual Christmas Tree Festival but decided to put up the traditional (and rather old!) big tree at the front and six others at the sides. We put lights on them all and had lots of candles too, so that those who were able to attend over Christmas had a bit of sparkle at such a dismal time. We all missed our usual Christmas Eve service, when St Luke’s is normally packed and we enjoy mince pies, sherry and a chat with old friends. However, the small congregation who attended felt the joy that Jesus is the Light of the World and were also pleased to meet Reverend Peter Watson. “Let the light of Christmas, the spirit of selflessness, love and above all, hope, guide us through the times ahead”, words which are more than ever relevant for 2021.
the bellcote and are now looking for a new dry space are not so pleased.
“We continue to be inspired by the kindness of strangers” was another phrase from the Queen and the food bank at Cilfynydd community centre relies on the kindness of villagers. As most of the congregation of St Luke’s Cilfynydd is elderly/shielding and unable to travel, some of us have been donating to the village foodbank while we are unable to donate to the Trussell Trust foodbank.
We are looking forward to the appointment of a new member of the clergy in the coming year and hope that they will be following in the footsteps of Reverend Peter Lewis to continue supporting the RRR furniture restoration project in our church hall. It’s certainly wellequipped and the continuation would be much appreciated by all those involved. We are looking forward to hearing about the new leader who will replace Liz. The furniture project has a perfectly organised workshop environment, with segregated areas for painting, wood turning, sawing and drilling, planning, large storage area, kitchen and toilet facilities etc. RRR is an essential community project.
As the Queen concluded, “Light always follows the dawn” and our Christian belief assures us, just as she stated in her Christmas Day message, “You are not alone”. At St Luke’s Cilfynydd we pray for better times ahead and look forward to brighter days when we can all meet again.
On a practical note, David Siggery, who undertook the building work is now ready to complete the paperwork after some minor adjustments and we are pleased with the final result. The jackdaws who had set up home in
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**St John's Church**
2020 was an exciting year to look forward to. Besides the Centenary Anniversary of the Church in Wales and our Diocesan Year of the Pilgrimage, it also marked the 125th anniversary when the original 'iron church" of St. John the Evangelist was dedicated to the service of God. Covid-19 then arrived but it did not prevent the congregation from fulfilling the mission, vision and ethos of our church to the Glory of God.
_**Telling a joyful story and Growing the Kingdom of God.**_ The year commenced with a service at the Cathedral to collect a candle and prayer card to mark the Year of the Pilgrimage. We were lucky to have the artefacts in February. We held a family mass where the artefacts were introduced, two children from our Sunday School were baptised followed by a "teddy bear" picnic party and congregation members were invited to bring a teddy to meet Emily, the Pilgrim Bear. It was a momentous day.
Open the Book continued for the first three months at Maesycoed Primary School and we were also delighted to expand to Trallwn Primary School, which we hope to continue in the future. In the meantime we support the worldwide work of the Bible Society in a financial way. Contact was maintained with Maesycoed school and in December a letter was sent with a donation towards their new music centre equipment for when their assemblies will again take place.
When the church closed in March due to lockdown it did not prevent ingenious ways of continuing our fundraising for charities and outreach in the community. We had already held 3 charity lunches, a jumble sale and supported Fairtrade Fortnight.
Crafty crew members commenced an array of projects, which included :- a) Made and sold facemasks, b) Made laundry scrub bags for some local nurses, c) Made clothes protector bibs and cushion covers for Nazareth House, d) Supported a local textile student with various fabrics, embellishments to enable her to complete her exam college project, e) Made pairs of matching hearts for patients and families to keep in touch during lockdown.
A lady from our congregation knitted over 100 hats for Knit for Peace. These were sent with crafty crew's knitted squares (which were sewn into blankets), scarves and toys. They were dispatched to the homeless in UK and refugee camps.
At another home, new and old clothes were amassed, sorted and sold for Cash for Clothes, with proceeds divided between Christian Aid and Water Aid. New clothes donated for the annual Barnardo's Cymru fashion show (which could not take place) were given to the Barnardo's Bargoed shop together with a donation (monies received from supporters). A “Bizarre Bazaar” - cash and cheques only – was held in November with proceeds going towards our annual
charitable giving. Over 200 Christmas cards were blessed in church for the clients of the Pontypridd Foodbank. The Word magazine was produced online - many thanks to our editor for all the hard work in its production.
_**Spiritual Needs**_ A huge thank you to Fr. Michael and his son Daniel for enabling us to continue with our weekly services. They spent many hours setting up the zoom equipment in our Lady chapel from where the services were shared. St John's committee had agreed to the purchase of the items needed and the services can be joined with the code worldwide. Mass was said each Sunday and on Tuesdays and Thursdays Fr. Michael arranged an extra half hour "coffee time" for those who were shielding or living alone to have a chat together from the comfort of their own homes.
The pilgrim candle was lit at each service so we were ever mindful of the journey we were on. We had Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, a very moving zoom service by Father Michael and his daughter Zoe. Thank you also to the Reverend's Jude, Marilyn, David, Peter and to Mr Phil Hopkins, lay reader, for contributing to the uplifting Parish Reflections .
When the churches reopened the zoom equipment was set up in the main church and continues to be shared each week. Thank you to all the Gable family for enabling this to happen. It was good to "officially" welcome Reverend Peter to our church where he undertakes his duties as deacon.
Prior to lockdown Reverend David Parry held a Parish bible study "The pilgrim people of God Journeying in the old testament". It was greatly enjoyed by those who attended.
Two of our church and Mother's Union devoted members died during the year and a donation was sent to Mary's Meals in their memory. Regular phoning, texting, emails, bereavement support praying together kept us in contact with one another.
_**Fabric of the church**_ Renovations to the toilets were completed, the flat roof was replaced, and as restrictions eased the garden had a makeover.
One of our members discovered that a local church were renewing their church chairs. He arranged for us to have their old chairs, which were in excellent condition, for our hall. We, in turn, donated our existing chairs to another church.
In lieu of the 125 year celebration lunch (due to take place in September), a thank you to our congregation for their continued faithful support (spiritually and financially) was given in the form of Christmas tubs of Cadburys Roses to the adults, including Rev Peter, selection boxes to the children, and additional gifts to Father Michael and Kirsten.
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## **Pontypridd Foodbank**
Pontypridd Foodbank are self supporting and rely purely on donations of food and/or cash to provide food parcels to those in crisis in the Pontypridd area. We sometimes offer additional items such as toiletries when available. We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry and that’s why we provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.
During 2020 we saw a significant rise in the number of people turning to us for help. This was mainly due to the local floods in the early part of the year and then of course the Covid pandemic. Data (showing increase over 2019 figures) for January to December 2020 is as follows:(a) 2372 vouchers issued = 24% increase (b) 3486 adults helped = 36% increase (c) 1505 children helped = 146% increase
included £3,250 for new dolly trollies, £500 for new tables, £600 for laptop/printer etc. equipment, £400 in essential stock food purchases, £252 for a September deep clean of St Luke's Church, and £400 to cover utilities used in St Luke's. As Churches opened again in September, it became evident that Covid restrictions meant St Luke's Church in Rhydyfelin was no longer able to meet our requirement to have the necessary storage and distribution space available. We thank St Luke's congregation for their use of the facilities over the years to enable the Foodbank to operate.
We thank Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council for the the free use of the Ilan Centre (to enable us to vacate St Luke's Church). We also thank Pontypridd Town Council for a Covid-19 Transformation Funding grant towards the increase in salary costs, supplying food stock, and their continued funding since March 2020 of our use of Travol Community Transport when we needed to switch to delivering food parcels direct to clients. A wholehearted thank you to all the Travol drivers who collect and distribute the food parcels, sometimes in appalling weather conditions!
(d) 21581 days of food issued = 127% increase
(e) 64743 meals provided = 127% increase
Thanks to the overwhelming response of individuals, groups and businesses, donations of stock received in 2020 amounted to 58539.6 kg (up 79% on 2019 figures). The amount of stock distributed to clients was 63860.8 kg (up an incredible 181% on 2019). Thank you to everyone who donated for your kind generosity.
In addition to the usual food parcel distribution – including fresh fruit and veg (thanks to Asda, Fareshare, Grow Pontypridd and local allotment growers), we also issued Easter eggs for the children and Christmas parcels (seasonal food and gifts) to clients.
We saw an exceptional increase in money donations, receiving over 350 cash donations, which included nearly £39k from companies/businesses, over £12k from fundraising events/appeals, over £21k from groups/individuals, and £6,500 in grants. We thank every single business, group and individual that have supported us. There are too many to mention by name, but we are sincerely grateful to each and every one.
A most sincere thank you to the band of volunteers who stepped in when Covid restrictions stopped most of our dedicated senior volunteers from helping. We have an amazing team and a thank you sometimes does not seem adequate but without them we would not be able to continue our Mission. We look forward to seeing everyone again when circumstances allow.
Looking to the future we are all aware that the community is going to need help to recover from the economic and in many cases mental impact of the virus. This has encouraged us to move forward on other projects. It has been agreed that we will need new premises as a distribution point as well as a base for further projects, to not only help people out of crisis, but to also support them before they get into crisis, and as they work their way back up. We have set aside funds towards a new building for the Foodbank and a feasibility study is currently underway for a suitable building at the rear of St Luke's Church Rhydyfelin. We are also looking to acquire a van of our own to help transport stock from supermarkets to the centre, and to and from the containers/Ilan Centre.
## _**A Final Sincere Thank You To Everyone Who Supports Pontypridd Foodbank!**_
Our largest expenditure in 2020 was nearly £14k for the salary costs of the Foodbank Manager (the only paid person) – an increase attributed by an increase in hours, workload and duties. Other main expenses
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**St David’s**
**Prayer** The Ministry Area of Pontypridd represents a wide breadth of tradition and this diversity is reflected in our prayer. In other words, we don’t all pray in the same way, but when we pray _together_ it reminds us that we are _one body,_ in Christ. One of the issues that we are currently facing at St David’s is in relation to our finances. This was brought into sharp focus following the cancellation of our summer fete. In September the committee agreed to meet every Thursday evening until the end of December to pray for the future of the church building. This time of focused prayer has proved to be a great source of comfort in this period of uncertainty. It also allowed us to put aside our own conclusions and agendas and entrust the future of the church building into God’s hands.
**Pastoral Care** remains an integral aspect of our ministry at St David’s. Due to the virus this has largely been expressed through phone calls, although Jude has made a limited number of home visits when requested. Wonderfully Jude has been able to visit members of the congregation in hospital in her capacity as an honorary chaplain at the Royal Glamorgan.
**Ty Gwynno Care Home** Throughout the pandemic we have remained in close contact with our friends at Ty Gwynno Care Home. Ann Davis regularly contacts the home and Jude has also been in touch with the staff and residents in different ways throughout the year. At Easter Jude filmed a special service from St David’s, which was played in the lounge to the residents and staff. Jude also wrote and recorded an Easter Prayer for GTFM. The recording was later sent to Ty Gwynno’s and in December Jude asked Peter and Kay Murphy to record a Christmas prayer for the staff and residents. The Christmas prayers were greatly appreciated, as were the boxes of chocolates that Jude dropped off for the staff and residents.
**Volante Opera** Julian Boyce and Simon Crosby Buttle brought music and joy into people's homes over the Christmas period with the Volante Opera Productions Musical Advent Calendar. Working with Rosie Hay, Helen Greenaway and Jasey Hall, they brought together over 30 professional musicians to create a new festive video for each day of December, raising money for Shelter Cymru. They will never know exactly how much money has been raised from this project for Shelter Cymru, but the charity reports record donations over this period with giving increased by nearly a third. For the first time ever they have crossed the £100,000 mark over the festive season and the Advent Calendar has contributed to that. What is
certain is that this project has brought joy and light into people's homes at a very difficult time for many.The videos have been viewed all around the world and have achieved over 27,000 views across the various internet platforms. Heartfelt thanks to everyone at St David's and in the wider community who have been so generous in donating to this worthy charity.
**New Ways of Doing Things** In the midst of Covid 19, we need to do things in new ways. Christmas Eve provided an opportunity for St. David’s Church to gather for an early midnight mass. Since the Bishop had asked us to sing a carol on our doorsteps, we went outside into the churchyard at 7:00 p.m. and, widely spaced, wearing masks and using phones on torch settings, we all sang a verse of Silent Night. It was wonderful to raise our voices in song. Then we went back in for a traditional service. One person in the congregation had encouraged visitors, so we had 4 people with us who don’t normally come to services. It was a sign of what we can do to welcome others just as the Lord welcomes us.
David and Marilyn Parry found new ways of doing things - on our allotment during Holy Week 2020. With churches closed and no opportunity to do the usual, we took our old palms outside, blessed them and gave them to other allotment holders in a socially distant kind of way. We made time in Holy Week to pray outside on our hilly patch and set up a large wooden cross at the very top. On Easter Sunday we draped it with a large piece of white cloth. Come Rogationtide, we asked other allotment folk if they wanted us to bless their vegetable patches. The answer was a warm yes; so water was duly set apart for the job and we wandered the back lane sprinkling water as far into the gardens as possible. And so on ... We have been surprised by how much folk noticed what we were doing and welcomed it.
**Community Partners** Sadly, due to the virus a number of new ventures such as, ‘Praying for Your Street’ and the launch of ‘The Drama Workshop’ have been put on hold. However, with a view to developing our outreach to the local community Jude did get the opportunity to attend a Kidsmatter training session at the beginning of the year. Kidsmatter engages local churches to equip parents and carers facing disadvantages with confidence, competence and community, enabling their children to thrive.
## **Mother’s Union**
January 14[th] No meeting due to flooding and illness. January 31[st] Wave of Prayer at St David’s Church. February 11[th] Mr John Sheen – 5 Boys & a Pasty! March 10[th] Maureen Harries – Armchair Yoga.
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**Christ Church**
## **Prayer**
If there’s one thing that 2020 has taught us, it’s that we are not in control. But God is in control and as we look back over the year we have much to give thanks for. One of the many joyful stories that emerged last year is a renewed commitment to prayer. In September Christ Church launched a weekly prayer meeting. This time of gathered prayer has been a huge source of encouragement as we pray for each other and for our local community and as we share stories of what God is doing in this moment.
## **Pastoral Care**
Christ Church is committed to the ministry of pastoral care with a small team of dedicated volunteers ensuring that the lonely and isolated are contacted each week. During the first Lockdown Norma was asked to befriend an elderly lady in her 90’s called Ena who she had never met before. Over the weeks Norma and Ena built up a friendship and promised to meet face to face as soon as the restrictions were lifted.
## **Remembrance Sunday**
In partnership with The Royal British Legion Ynysybwl Branch, Jude conducted a downsized Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph. In spite of limited numbers, it was a deeply moving occasion and a wonderful opportunity to bear witness to the steadfast love of God.
families. Kidsmatter engages local churches to equip parents and carers facing disadvantages with confidence, competence and community, enabling their children to thrive.
Christ Church continues to support the work of Food Bank, World Day of Prayer and the Royal British Legion. We also continue our sponsorship of Fiona, a young lady in Uganda. During our Harvest service, Elaine shared Fiona’s most recent correspondence with the congregation and Jude led the congregation in prayer for her.
## **St Mary’s**
2020 was obviously a difficult year due to COVID19 and the lockdowns. Unfortunately, the first of these coincided with HolyWeek and Easter, meaning we missed all services then, plus Pentecost and Trinity Sunday.Once we were able to reopen and having established social distancing etc., we have had regular Sunday services and alternate Thursdays.
There has not been any work done on the building fabric but the Town Council arranged to cut the overgrown churchyard. T his was enabled due to good connections made during the production of our second book, written to commemorate St Mary’s 180 years, including detailed and interesting accounts of many of the graves. The first print run sold out and a reprint has been made.
## **Midnight Mass**
At the beginning of Advent, the church was decorated with holly and candles in readiness for Christmas. Twelve people attended the Midnight Mass, including people from the local community as well as our regular members. Unfortunately, the building was pretty cold due to a problem with our boiler. However, the cold didn’t stop us from joyfully celebrating the Saviour coming into the world.
Our congratulations to Brenda Cawthorne and her team on another splendid effort.
## **Community Partners**
Sadly, due to the virus the launch of ‘The Drama Workshop’ and our ongoing work with ‘Open the Book’ have been put on hold. However, at the beginning of the year Jude did get the opportunity to attend a Kidsmatter Taster Day with a view to developing our outreach with children and
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**St Luke's Rhydyfelin.**
The last year has been a year of uncertainty. The pandemic has, like other places of Worship, put most things on hold.
St Luke's Church members kept in touch with each other, usually by just a phone call or text or via the internet. Although our Church was closed, St Luke's members were still able to continue with our pastoral care in the community, and pray for those who asked or needed our prayers.
The Church committee were still able to meet on Zoom, so we could continue any necessary work, and a big thank you to Pat Prichard, who travelled the Parish to collect members envelopes, so we still had some income. During the last year, we had the public address system updated thanks the Fr.Michael, who organised this and is big improvement.
When services resumed, we were lucky with St Luke's being a modern building, we are able to accommodate a reasonable number to services with social distancing.
We've been able to have a service every Sunday and every other Wednesday morning. We are grateful to Phil Hopkins, who is a lay reader, and is able to lead some of our services.
The Foodbank at St Luke's, had to relocate due to services resuming and covid restrictions regarding social distancing. But hopefully, a purpose building will be built in the rear grounds of the Church so as to continue the great work helping those in desperate need in the community.
Hopefully, when things get back to some sort of normality, our usual activities can resume, such as Messy Church, which meets once a month and the children's Wednesday club. The Mother's union will continue to meet once a month and social activities such as a BBQ and we started to have afternoon teas, which were very popular and the occasional quiz nights.
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The Parish of Pontypridd
Independenl Examiner's Report to the Members of the Parocbial Church Council
I retX)rt on the financial statements of the Parish of Pontwridd accounts for the year
ended 31" December 2020, which are set out in the following pages.
Respective responsibilities of Parochial Church Council and Examiner
As the Parochial Church Council, you are responsible for preparing the Financial
Statements. You consider that the audit requirements of sectson 43(2) of the Charities
Act 1993 (the Act) do not apply. It is my responsibility to state. on the basis of
procedures specified in the General Directions Ven by the Charity Commissioners
under section 43(7)(b) of the Act. whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner's Report
My examination was carri¢d out in aLLordanLe with the General Directions given by the
Chlty Commissioners. An examination includes a Teview of the accounting records
kept by the Parochial Church Council and a comparison of the Financial Statements
presented 1th those records. It also includes ¢onsideration of any unusual items or
disclosures in the Financial Statements and seeking explanations from you as Parochial
Church Council in¢mbers conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do
not provide all the evidence that would be Tequired in an audit, and consequently I do not
express an audit opinion on the view Ven by the Financial Statements.
Independent Examiner's Statement
In conneclion Mith my examination. no matter has come to my attention..
( l ) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respecl the
requirements
(a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act and
(b) to prepare Financial Statements 'hich accord with the accounting records and to
comply with the accounting requirements of the Act
have not been met or
(2} to which, tn my opinion, attention shou]d be drawn in order lo enable a proper
understanding of the Financial Statements to be reached.
Independent Examin
Signature:
Date.. 28" April 2021
Name. Kingsley William John
Address.. 21 Andrews Court, Rickards Street. Graig. P0ntyprid RCT CF37 1 SF
Qualification". Maat (Member of the Association of Accounting TechniciatLS)
|**St David's Church Hopkinstown**
**Accounts for**|**St David's Church Hopkinstown**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|11,612||11,612|12,213|
||Loose Collections|534||534|1,149|
||Donations|4,419||4,419|1,001|
||For Mission
|||-|126|
||Tax Refunds|3,743||3,743|11,735|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-||
||Grants|||-||
|Generated
Income|Fees|10||10|212|
||MoneyRaising|626||626|4,015|
|Investment Income|||1|1|2|
|Other IncomingResources||||-|1,500|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**20,943**|**1**|**20,944**|**31,953**|
|||||||
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|||-|-|
||Other|||-||
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|338||338|1,330|
||General Parish Expenses|90||90|1,016|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|3,371||3,371|5,562|
||Maintenance of Property|2,773||2,773|3,113|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-|-|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|63||63|50|
||Home/World|||-|126|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-|1,500|
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-|180|
|Net Parish Transfers||14,250||14,250|18,646|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**20,884**|**-**|**20,884**|**31,523**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**59**|**1**|**60**|**429**|
|Transfers between Funds||1,000|1,000
-|||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||8,120|2,824|10,944|10,514|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||9,179|1,825|11,004|10,944|
|**Designated Funds**||||||
|St David's Church Hopkinstown||9,179||||
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|St David's Church Hopkinstown|||1,825|||
15
|**St Luke’s Church Rhydyfelin**
**Accounts for**|**St Luke’s Church Rhydyfelin**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|9,076||9,076|9,299|
||Loose Collections|454||454|543|
||Donations|600||600|1,050|
||For Mission
|152||152|200|
||Tax Refunds|1,386||1,386|2,127|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-||
||Grants|||-|155|
|Generated
Income|Fees|190||190|40|
||MoneyRaising|90||90|938|
|Investment Income|||294|294|1,118|
|Other IncomingResources||||-|-|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**11,948**|**294**|**12,241**|**15,469**|
|||||||
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|||-|-|
||Other|||-|-|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|1,116||1,116|950|
||General Parish Expenses|228||228|433|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|4,202||4,202|4,659|
||Maintenance of Property|555||555|1,295|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-|-|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|60||60|73|
||Home/World|1,000||1,000|1,000|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-||
||Cost of MoneyRaising|16||16||
|Net Parish Transfers||11,768||11,768|14,862|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**18,945**|**-**|**18,945**|**23,272**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**6,997**
**-**|**294**|**6,703**
**-**|**7,803**
**-**|
|Transfers between Funds||8,000|8,000
-|||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||3,959|68,583|72,542|80,345|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||4,961|60,877|65,838|72,542|
|**Designated Funds**||||||
|St Luke’s Church Rhydyfelin||4,961||||
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|St Luke’s Church Rhydyfelin|||60,877|||
16
|**Christchurch Ynysybwl**
**Accounts for**|**Christchurch Ynysybwl**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|12,188||12,188|13,705|
||Loose Collections|848||848|1,074|
||Donations|550||550|997|
||For Mission
|69||69|672|
||Tax Refunds|3,559||3,559|3,704|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-||
||Grants|||-|5,000|
|Generated
Income|Fees|||-|251|
||MoneyRaising|886||886|2,762|
|Investment Income||67|5|72|80|
|Other IncomingResources||10,000||10,000|-|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**28,166**|**5**|**28,172**|**28,245**|
|||||||
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|||-|-|
||Other|||-|-|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|89||89|256|
||General Parish Expenses|969||969|2,044|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|6,179||6,179|4,482|
||Maintenance of Property|5,485||5,485|649|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-||
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|23||23|30|
||Home/World|304||304|794|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|771||771||
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-||
|Net Parish Transfers||12,416||12,416|15,622|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**26,236**|**-**|**26,236**|**23,877**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**1,930**|**5**|**1,935**|**4,368**|
|Transfers between Funds||-|-|-||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||6,033|6,730|12,763|8,396|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||7,963|6,736|14,699|12,763|
|**Designated Funds**||7,963
6,736||||
|Christchurch Ynysybwl||7,963||||
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|Christchurch Ynysybwl|||6,736|||
17
|**St Mary’s Church Glyntaff**
**Accounts for**|**St Mary’s Church Glyntaff**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|5,655||5,655|6,410|
||Loose Collections|357||357|748|
||Donations|1,304|500|1,804|3,545|
||For Mission
|186||186|189|
||Tax Refunds|||-||
||LegacyGifts Received|10,000||10,000|2,000|
||Grants|||-|5,200|
|Generated
Income|Fees|106||106|115|
||MoneyRaising|1,092||1,092|3,521|
|Investment Income||||-|-|
|Other IncomingResources||||-|-|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**18,700**|**500**|**19,200**|**21,728**|
|||||||
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-||
||Expenses of Clerics|||-||
||Other|||-||
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|543||543|653|
||General Parish Expenses|238||238|294|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|3,945||3,945|3,336|
||Maintenance of Property|720||720|1,163|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-|-|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish||3,680|3,680||
||Home/World|200||200|135|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-||
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-|-|
|Net Parish Transfers||9,659||9,659|12,060|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**15,304**|**3,680**|**18,984**|**17,640**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**3,396**|**3,180**
**-**|**216**|**4,088**|
|Transfers between Funds||||||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||2,902|5,200|8,102|4,014|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||6,297|2,020|8,317|8,102|
|**Designated Funds**||||||
|St Mary’s Church Glyntaff||6,297||||
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|St Mary’s Church Glyntaff|||2,020|||
18
|**St John’s Church Graig**
**Accounts for**|**St John’s Church Graig**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|12,177||12,177|12,027|
||Loose Collections|109||109|249|
||Donations|632||632|649|
||For Mission
|1,582||1,582|3,115|
||Tax Refunds|2,922||2,922|3,048|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-||
||Grants|14,000||14,000||
|Generated
Income|Fees|||-|116|
||MoneyRaising|2,916||2,916|9,036|
|Investment Income|||88|88|303|
|Other IncomingResources||71||71|69|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**34,410**|**88**|**34,497**|**28,612**|
|||||||
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|||-|-|
||Other|225||225|200|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|633||633|927|
||General Parish Expenses|773||773|914|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|3,991||3,991|3,775|
||Maintenance of Property|814||814|984|
||Exceptional Expenditure|38,000||38,000|-|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|623||623|503|
||Home/World|2,255||2,255|4,528|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-||
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-||
|Net Parish Transfers||13,620||13,620|17,218|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**60,934**|**-**|**60,934**|**29,049**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**26,524**
**-**|**88**|**26,437**
**-**|**437**
**-**|
|Transfers between Funds||27,600|27,600
-|||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||3,892|52,268|56,160|56,597|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||4,967|24,756|29,723|56,160|
|**Designated Funds**||||||
|St John’s Church Graig||4,967||||
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|St John’s Church Graig|||24,756|||
19
|**St Gwynno’s Church Llanwynno**
**Accounts for**|**St Gwynno’s Church Llanwynno**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|||-|-|
||Loose Collections|||-|-|
||Donations|||-|297|
||For Mission
|||-||
||Tax Refunds|||-|91|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-||
||Grants|||-|-|
|Generated
Income|Fees|240|15|255|1,025|
||MoneyRaising|||-|-|
|Investment Income|||10|10|48|
|Other IncomingResources||||-|240|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**240**|**25**|**265**|**1,701**|
|||||||
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|||-|-|
||Other|||-|-|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|-||-|80|
||General Parish Expenses|80||80|290|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|1,261||1,261|5,292|
||Maintenance of Property|750||750|479|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-||
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|||-|-|
||Home/World|||-||
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments||10,000|10,000|5,000|
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-|-|
|Net Parish Transfers||||-|-|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**2,091**|**10,000**|**12,091**|**11,141**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**1,851**
**-**|**9,975**
**-**|**11,827**
**-**|**9,440**
**-**|
|Transfers between Funds||500|500
-|-||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||2,675|17,290|19,965|29,405|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||1,324|6,815|8,138|19,965|
|**Designated Funds**||||||
|St Gwynno’s Church Llanwynno||1,324||||
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|St Gwynno’s Church Llanwynno|||540|||
|Churchyard|||1,350|||
|RowleyBates Memorial|||4,925|||
20
|**St Catherine's Church Pontypridd**
**Accounts for**|**St Catherine's Church Pontypridd**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|35,179||35,179|42,087|
||Loose Collections|1,995||1,995|6,652|
||Donations|3,398|1,500|4,898|12,096|
||For Mission
||1,180|1,180|-|
||Tax Refunds|7,183||7,183|13,013|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-|1,000|
||Grants|12,385|7,500|19,885|54,301|
|Generated
Income|Fees|||-|950|
||MoneyRaising|||-|319|
|Investment Income||337||337|380|
|Other IncomingResources||||-|-|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**60,475**|**10,180**|**70,655**|**130,798**|
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|390|20|410|240|
||Other|50||50|-|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|834||834|890|
||General Parish Expenses|8,529|33,545|42,074|64,587|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|8,303|3,511|11,815|25,297|
||Maintenance of Property|269||269|4,790|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-|10,920|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|3,024||3,024|7,382|
||Home/World|1,220|1,260|2,480|2,784|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-|-|
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-|-|
|Net Parish Transfers||28,713|10,590
-|18,123|11,711|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**51,332**|**27,746**|**79,079**|**128,601**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**9,143**|**17,566**
**-**|**8,423**
**-**|**2,197**|
|Transfers between Funds||8,345
-|8,345|-||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||12,248|47,483|59,731|57,534|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||13,046|38,262|51,308|59,731|
|13,046
**Designated Funds**
St Catherine's Church Pontypridd
**Restricted Funds**||||||
|St Catherine's Church Pontypridd||9,881|CAP manager wages||-|
|Tower||1,512|CommunityEngagement||6,379|
|Lighting& Heating||-|Connect wages||1,305|
|Mbale||1,404|Children Worker wages||17,780|
21
|**Accounts for**
**St Luke’s Church Cilfynydd**|**Accounts for**
**St Luke’s Church Cilfynydd**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|
Previous
year|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|4,249|5,670|9,919|10,199|
||Loose Collections|347||347|803|
||Donations|||-|188|
||For Mission
|||-|-|
||Tax Refunds||2,730|2,730|2,718|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-|-|
||Grants|||-|-|
|Generated
Income|Fees|40||40|-|
||MoneyRaising|316||316|638|
|Investment Income|||14|14|22|
|Other IncomingResources(caf)||||-|72|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**4,952**|**8,414**|**13,366**|**14,640**|
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|||-|-|
||Other|||-|-|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|150||150|753|
||General Parish Expenses|||-|179|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|2,596||2,596|2,185|
||Maintenance of Property|||-|324|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-|6,484|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|300||300|190|
||Home/World|||-|100|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-||
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-|180|
|Net Parish Transfers||10,435||10,435|13,274|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**13,481**|**-**|**13,481**|**23,668**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**8,529**
**-**|**8,414**|**115**
**-**|**9,028**
**-**|
|Transfers between Funds||12,000|12,000
-|||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||2,250|41,844|44,094|53,122|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||5,721|38,259|43,979|44,094|
|5,721
38,259
St Luke’s Church Cilfynydd
**Restricted Funds**
St Luke’s Church Cilfynydd
**Designated Funds**||||||
|St Luke’s Church Cilfynydd|||38,259|||
22
|**Accounts for**
**Pontypridd Foodbank**
Low income|Restricted
Funds
|Previous
year|
|---|---|---|
|Low Income
**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**|||
|Donations|72,177|33,240|
|Grants|6,500|-|
|MoneyRaising|-|33|
|Investment Income|-|-|
|Other IncomingResources|-|-|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**|**78,677**|**33,273**|
||||
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**|||
|General Parish Expenses|14,931|5,526|
|Maintenance of Property|-|-|
|Exceptional Expenditure|-|-|
|Mission: Parish|-|-|
|Mission: Home/World|5,588|1,166|
|Capital Payments|-|-|
|Cost of MoneyRaising|-|-|
|Net Parish Transfers|400|400|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**|**20,918**|**7,092**|
||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**|**57,759**|**26,181**|
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)|33,725|7,544|
||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**|91,484|33,725|
|91,484
Pontypridd Foodbank
**Restricted Funds**|||
|Pontypridd Foodbank|91,484||
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64,743
Number of meals provided 28,566
4,991
Total people fed 3,174
1,505 This year
Children fed 612
Previous year
3,486
Adults fed
2,562
2,372
Vouchers issued
1,920
- 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000
**----- End of picture text -----**
23
|**Christians Against Poverty**
**Accounts for**|**Christians Against Poverty**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|||-|240|
||Loose Collections|||-|-|
||Donations||1,670|1,670|2,515|
||For Mission
|||-|-|
||Tax Refunds|||-|-|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-|-|
||Grants|||-|6,480|
|Generated
Income|Fees|||-|-|
||MoneyRaising|||-|-|
|Investment Income||||-|-|
|Other IncomingResources||||-|-|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**-**|**1,670**|**1,670**|**9,235**|
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|||-|-|
||Other|||-|-|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|||-|-|
||General Parish Expenses|||-|1,638|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|||-|-|
||Maintenance of Property|||-||
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-|-|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish||700
-|700
-|1,672|
||Home/World||2,160|2,160|2,660|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-|-|
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-|-|
|Net Parish Transfers|||343|343|2,217|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**-**|**1,803**|**1,803**|**8,187**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**-**|**133**
**-**|**133**
**-**|**1,048**|
|Transfers between Funds|||-|-||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||-|5,548|5,548|4,500|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||-|5,415|5,415|5,548|
|-
5,415
Christians Against Poverty
**Designated Funds**
Christians Against Poverty
**Restricted Funds**||||||
|Christians Against Poverty|||5,415|||
24
|**Café Connect**
**Accounts for**|**Café Connect**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|||-|-|
||Loose Collections|||-|-|
||Donations|||-||
||For Mission
|||-|-|
||Tax Refunds|||-|-|
||LegacyGifts Received|||-|-|
||Grants|10,250||10,250|3,480|
|Generated
Income|Fees|||-||
||MoneyRaising|10,695||10,695|34,513|
|Investment Income||||-|-|
|Other IncomingResources||||-|-|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**20,945**|**-**|**20,945**|**37,993**|
|||||||
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|61||61|-|
||Other|||-|-|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|||-|-|
||General Parish Expenses|83||83|188|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|||-|233|
||Maintenance of Property|5,098||5,098|7,275|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-|-|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|||-|-|
||Home/World|||-|-|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-|-|
||Cost of MoneyRaising|1,981||1,981|4,422|
|Net Parish Transfers||12,947||12,947|24,679|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**20,170**|**-**|**20,170**|**36,798**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**775**|**-**|**775**|**1,195**|
|Transfers between Funds||||-||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||1,423||1,423|228|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||2,198|-|2,198|1,423|
|**Designated Funds**||2,198
-||||
|Café Connect||2,198||||
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|Café Connect|||-|||
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|**Rebuild, Renew, Restore**
**Accounts for**|**Rebuild, Renew, Restore**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|||-||
||Loose Collections|||-||
||Donations|||-|-|
||For Mission
|||-||
||Tax Refunds|||-||
||LegacyGifts Received|||-||
||Grants|||-||
|Generated
Income|Fees|||-||
||MoneyRaising|||-||
|Investment Income||||-||
|Other IncomingResources||||-|-|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|||-|-|
||Expenses of Clerics|||-|-|
||Other|||-|-|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|||-|-|
||General Parish Expenses|||-|85|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|127||127|360|
||Maintenance of Property|45||45|298|
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-||
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|106||106|1,694|
||Home/World|||-||
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-||
||Cost of MoneyRaising|||-||
|Net Parish Transfers||||-|436
-|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**278**|**-**|**278**|**2,001**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**278**
**-**|**-**|**278**
**-**|**2,001**
**-**|
|Transfers between Funds||||-||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||2,560||2,560|4,561|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||2,282|-|2,282|2,560|
|2,282
-
Rebuild,Renew,Restore
**Designated Funds**
Rebuild,Renew,Restore
**Restricted Funds**||||||
|Rebuild,Renew,Restore|||-|||
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|**Parish Account**
**Accounts for**|**Parish Account**
**Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|650||650||
||Loose Collections|||-||
||Donations|1,942||1,942||
||For Mission
|1,413||1,413|530|
||Tax Refunds|163||163||
||LegacyGifts Received|||-||
||Grants|||-|5,017|
|Generated
Income|Fees|260||260|1,040|
||MoneyRaising|||-|2,331|
|Investment Income||||-||
|Other IncomingResources||5,589||5,589|5,497|
|Net Parish Transfers||103,962||103,962|130,253|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**113,978**|**-**|**113,978**|**144,669**|
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|88,131||88,131|111,774|
||Expenses of Clerics|7,585||7,585|10,558|
||Other|||-|1,404|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|236||236|54|
||General Parish Expenses|6,123||6,123|11,610|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|||-||
||Maintenance of Property|||-||
||Exceptional Expenditure|||-||
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|794||794|5,401|
||Home/World|||-|931|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|||-||
||Cost of MoneyRaising|20||20|20|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**102,888**|**-**|**102,888**|**141,753**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**11,090**|**-**|**11,090**|**2,916**|
|Transfers between Funds||**-**||||
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||**36,671**||36,671|33,755|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||47,761|-|47,761|36,671|
|||47,761||||
|**Unrestricted Funds**||47,761||||
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|**The Parish of Pontypridd**
**Combined Accounts for**|**The Parish of Pontypridd**
**Combined Accounts for**|Unrestricted
Funds|
Restricted
Funds|Total
All Funds|Previous
year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES/ RECEIPTS**||||||
|Voluntary Income|Planned Giving|90,785|5,670|96,455|106,179|
||Loose Collections|4,644|-|4,644|11,218|
||Donations|12,845|75,847|88,692|55,577|
||For Mission
|3,403|1,180|4,583|4,832|
||Tax Refunds|18,955|2,730|21,685|36,435|
||LegacyGifts Received|10,000|-|10,000|3,000|
||Grants|36,635|14,000|50,635|79,633|
|Generated
Income|Fees|846|15|861|3,749|
||MoneyRaising|16,620|-|16,620|58,105|
|Investment Income||404|412|815|1,953|
|Other IncomingResources||15,659|-|15,659|7,378|
|**Total Incoming Resources/ Receipts**||**210,796**|**99,854**|**310,650**|**368,061**|
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED/ PAYMENTS**||||||
|Support for
Ministry|Parish Share|88,131|-|88,131|111,774|
||Expenses of Clerics|8,036|20|8,056|10,798|
||Other|275|-|275|1,604|
|Parish Activities|Maintenance of Services|3,939|-|3,939|5,892|
||General Parish Expenses|17,112|48,476|65,588|88,805|
|Church Property|Maintenance of Churches|33,975|3,511|37,487|55,180|
||Maintenance of Property|16,509|-|16,509|20,371|
||Exceptional Expenditure|38,000|-|38,000|17,404|
|Grants for
Financial Support|Parish|4,992|2,980|7,972|16,995|
||Home/World|4,979|9,008|13,987|14,224|
|Other Resources
Expended|Capital Payments|771|10,000|10,771|6,500|
||Cost of MoneyRaising|2,016|-|2,016|4,802|
|Net Parish Transfers||9,847|9,847
-|0
-|-|
|**Total Resources Expended/ Payments**||**228,583**|**64,147**|**292,730**|**354,350**|
|||||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**17,787**
**-**|**35,707**|**17,919**|**13,711**|
|Transfers between Funds||40,755|40,755
-|-|-|
|Balance Brought Forward(1 January)||82,732|281,496|364,229|350,518|
|||||||
|**Balance Carried Forward(31 December)**||105,700|276,448|382,148|364,229|
|47,761
57,939
276,448
All Restricted Funds
Represented by
Unrestricted Funds
All Designated Funds||||||
|Unrestricted Funds||47,761||||
|All Designated Funds||57,939||||
|All Restricted Funds|||276,448|||
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This report was agreed by the Ministry Area Council, the trustees, and signed on its behalf
_**Ann Davies**_ Lay Chair
19th May 2021
There may be minor discrepancies in the accounts due to rounding errors.
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