## Parochial Church Council of North Moreton All Saints’ Church 

## Annual Report and Accounts 

of the Parochial Church Council 

for the year ended 

31 December 2020 

## Incumbent: 

The Revd Jason St John Nicolle Blewbury Rectory Church End Blewbury Oxfordshire OX11 9QH Independent Examiner: Mrs T Kidd 29 Chain Hill Wantage Oxfordshire OX12 8HS 

## Contents: 

Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council 

Independent Examiner's Report 

Receipts and Payments Account 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities 

## Notes to the Accounts 



## North Moreton Parochial Church Council 

## Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020 

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) presents its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020 

## Reference and administrative information 

The PCC is an excepted charity and is not registered with the Charity Commission. 

The address of the church office is The Benefice Office, Blewbury Rectory, Church End, Blewbury, Oxfordshire OX11 9QH 

The trustees, members of the PCC at the time of this report, were as follows: 


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|Incumbent:|Reverend|Jason|St John|Nicolie|
|Churchwarden:|ws|
|Elected Members:|Keith|Hutchence|(Secretary)|
|John|Harrison|(Treasurer)|
|Mary|Greene|(Electoral|Roll|Officer)|
|Vickie|Squires|(Deanery|Synod|Member)|
|Robert|Nickless|
|Polly Vacher|
|Robert Griggs|

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## Structure, governance and management 

The PCC has been formed under the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956. PCC members are recruited in a number of ways. The clergy and churchwarden are members by virtue of their office. Deanery Synod representatives are elected by the annual parochial church meeting (APCM) and hold office for three years. Other members of the PCC are elected annually at the APCM. 

The PCC is the standing committee, as required by law, and met 5 times during the year. There is a sub-committee for the management of the Village Hall comprising 1 member of the PCC and regular users of the hall. 

## Objectives and activities 

The objectives of the PCC are defined by the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956 as “to co-operate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.” The PCC also has maintenance responsibilities for the Church and Churchyard of All Saints’, North Moreton, and for the upkeep and running of the Village Hall, High Street, North Moreton. 

## Congregation 

There were 48 parishioners on the electoral roll in 2020. The average attendances and communicants at services during normal times are 14 and 13 respectively. 

It is with sadness that we say goodbye to four parishioners who died in 2020 and have supported All Saints Church over many years: Jack and Elsie Harrison, who donated the new Sanctus bell in memory of their granddaughter; Anne Howat, who continued to donate regularly to church funds during her final years at The Old Rectory, Moulsford; and Patrick Greene, who died as a serving member of the Parochial Church Council. Patrick served for 24 years as Churchwarden. He was a noted fundraiser for All Saints and will long be remembered for the success with which he organised the Grand Raffle at the Village Fete. 

## Review of the year 

North Moreton is part of the Churn Benefice comprising Aston Tirrold, Aston Upthorpe, Blewbury, the Hagbournes, North and South Moreton, and Upton. We thank the Reverend Jason St John Nicolle and the Reverends Louise Butler and John Clarke for their ministry and support throughout the year. 

## Worship 

Although we were unable to use the church for most of 2020, when restrictions were eased we started to have informal Sunday afternoon services on the Croft, often accompanied by local musicians and the sound of cricket in the background! 

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The Remembrance Day service was held in the Churchyard and was very well attended, taking part this year, from the village, a serving woman member of the Army. Christmas was celebrated with a Festival of Christmas Music and Readings, with a small informal choir providing the singing, and a 9.00 p.m. ‘Midnight Mass’ on Christmas Eve. 

Fund raising and material contributions 

Fund raising during 2020 was severely curtailed due to the Covid-19 restrictions. We were unable to hold 4a summer fete but with the enterprising efforts of several members of the village the plant and produce stall was set up during Lockdown from which £1,083 was donated to church funds with further funds going to other good causes. We thank Clare Price and Janet Prescott for their hard work, and all those villagers who have lent their support. 

Without services in Church there have been no regular collections. However, the collections from the four funerals held during the year were donated to church funds and we are grateful to the families for this. 

An email was circulated to the village explaining the financial situation of the church during the pandemic and asking for help. As always, parishioners have been willing to support their village church raising £5,770, all of which was gift-aided adding a further 25% to church funds. 

## Church Building 

The Quinney Day was successful in October and many cleaning and maintenance tasks were dealt with in the church and churchyard. 

A new - and much more effective - heating system was installed in the church including under-pew heaters and an over door heater in the entrance area. We thank Rob Nickless for overseeing this project. 

## Churchyard 

Regular maintenance of the churchyard was again carried out in 2020 by Azalea Landscapes and our thanks go to them for their services. The PCC is grateful to the Parish Council for its grant of £350 towards the upkeep of the churchyard and the village hall. 

## Village Hall 

Due to lockdown, the income from hiring fees in the year was down to £1,056 (2019: £3,798) There were some savings mainly on energy and cleaning costs and the total expenses in the year were £2,250 (2019: £3,197). The Parish Council provided a grant of £100 towards the cost of hosting and providing electricity for the defibrillator. With the hall closed, the opportunity was taken to paint the hall exterior at a cost of £2,544.00. 

The book sales could not be held in the year, but some books were sold to a dealer. Total funds raised during the year was £120 (2019: £1,898). 

A transfer of £4,000 was made from the Hall Fund to the church towards the cost of the heating system. The reserve fund for the Hall at the end of 2020 was £10,201 (2019: £17,819). 

## Financial Review 

The result for the year has been an overall decrease in the bank balances of £8,339. The closing balances for the five funds were: General Fund £11,612; Roof Repair Fund £3,222; Bell Fund £883; Window Fund; £1,701; Hall Fund £10,201. 


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Reverend Jason St John Nicolle 

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Independent examiner's report to the members of the Parochial Church Council of All Saints, North Moreton 

| report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 4 to 8. 

## Respective responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner 

As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act’). It is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; 

- - follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and 

- - State whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently, | do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. 

## Independent examiner’s statement 

In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention: 

- (1) which give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements 

   - (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 

   - (b) to prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records 

## have not been met; or 

- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

## Mrs Trudi Kidd 

29 Chain Hill Wantage Oxfordshire OX12 8HS 

Dated: 20 May 2021 

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North Moreton Parochial Church Council 

## Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 

## Receipts and Payments Account 


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|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Restricted|
|funds|funds|funds|funds|
|(Hall)|(RooffHeating|(Window)|
|2019|Note|/Bells)|Total|
|£|RECEIPTS|£|£|3|£|£|
|Receipts from|generated|funds:|
|14,264|Voluntary|income|2|19,806|-|473|274|20,553|
|15,689|Activities|for generating|funds|3|5,205|4,076|-|480|6,761|
|994|Investment income|4|988|-|-|=|988|
|30,947|25,999|1,076|473|754|28,302|
|455|Other cash|receipts|5|250|100|-|-|350|
|31,402|Total|receipts|26,249|1,176|473|754|28,652|
|PAYMENTS|
|Payments for generating|funds:|
|124|Cost of generating|voluntary|income|6|-|-|-|-|-|
|1,011|Fundraising|costs|7|-|-|-|-|-|
|-|Investment management|costs|8|-|-|-|-|-|
|1,135|=|=|*|-|“|
|21,566|Church|activities|9|16,860|4,794|-|-|21,654|
|1,153|Charitable donations|10|209|-|.|-|209|
|3,802|Church|management & administration|11|3,882|-|-|.|3,882|
|5,903|Other cash|payments|12|378|-|10,868|-|41,246|
|33,559|Total|payments|21,329|4,794|10,868|-|36,991|
|(2,157)|NET RECEIPTS|/ (PAYMENTS)|4,920|(3,618)|(10,395)|754|(8,339)|
|-|Transfers|between|funds|905|(4,000)|3,095|-|0|
|(2,157)|NET|RECEIPTS|/ (PAYMENTS)|after transfers|5,825|(7,618)|(7,300)|754|(8,339)|
|35,958|Cash|balances|at start|of year|5,787|17,819|11,405|947|35,958|
|33,801|Cash|balances|at end|of year|11,612|10,201|4,105|1,701|27,619|

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The notes on pages 6 to 8 form part of these accounts. 

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## North Moreton Parochial Church Council 

## Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 

## Statement of assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2020 


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|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|funds|funds|funds|funds|funds|
|(Hall)|(Roof/|(Window)|
|Heating/|
|2019|Note|Bellis)|Total|
|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|Monetary assets|
|-|Cash|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|3,936|Bank|current account|3,070|-|-|-|=|3,070|
|32,022|Bank|deposit account|8,542|10,201|4,105|1,701|-|24,549|
|-|CBF|Deposit|account|.|-|-|-|-|“|
|35,958|11,612|10,201|4,105|1,701|-|27,619|
|Other monetary|assets|
|1,000|Licence fee due|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|-|Communion|wine|=|*|®|=|en|el|SE|
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|Investments|assets|
|Central|Board|of|Finance|InvFund|14|
|23,156|E|Spratley Memorial|Fund|-1208|-|-|-|.|24,700|24,700|
|4,725|Churchland|Charity|- 90|-|-|-|-|1,840|1,840|
|7,169|Churchyard|Trust|-|374|-|-|-|-|7,647|7,647|
|32,050|14|-|-|-|-|34,187|34,187|
|Assets|used|for the|charity's own|use|
|100,000|Church|Hall|at valuation|(est)|100,000|
|Liabilities|
|-|Loans|from|Parishioners|2|
|The notes on pages6|to|8 form|part of these|accounts.|
|;|These|financial|statements were approved|by the|Parochial|Church|Council|on|ROK|June|2021|
|Chairman|Trustee|
|LU org|2021|

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1 Accounting policies 

## North Moreton Parochial Church Council 

## Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 

## Notes to the financial statements 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with section 42(3) of the Charities Act 1993 using the receipts and payments basis and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 1997 to 2001. 

||2|Voluntary income||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Designated|Restrictedfunds|Restricted||
||||funds|funds (Hall)|(Roof/ Heating/|funds||
|2019|||||Belts)|(Window)|Total|
|£|||£|£|£|£|£|
|||Recurring income:||||||
|6,415||Tax - efficientplanned giving|7,345|.|-|-|7,345|
|2,436||Collections at services (gift aided)|2,998|-|-|-|2,998|
|834||Collections at services (other)|716|-|.|-|716|
|100||Other individual donations|236|-|473|274|983|
|2,909||Tax recovered|2,643|-|-|-|2,643|
|370||Church boxes|98|-|-|=|98|
|13,064|||14,036|-|473|274|14,783|
|||Non-recurring income:||||||
|1,200||Legacies|-|-|-|-|-|
|-||Special Appeals|5,770|-|-|-|5,770|
|14,264|||19,806|-|473|274|20,553|
||3|Activities forgenerating funds||||||
|3,851||Fete|-|-|-|-|-|
|4,030||Giftday|230|-|-|-|230|
|143||OHCT Ride & Stride|-|-|-|-|-|
|1,271||Concert|-|-|-|-|-|
|1,800||Safari Supper|-|.|-|-|=|
|.||Plant Sale|1,083|-|-|=|1,083|
|1,658||Book sales|-|120|-|-|120|
|240||Soup Lunch|-|-|-|~|-|
|-||Sourdough day|-|-|-|480|480|
|1,000||Licence Fee re churchyard|2,000|~|.|.|2,000|
|998||Fees -weddings, funerals etc|1,892|-|.|.|1,892|
|3,348||Fees- hiring of hall|-|956|-|-|956|
|350||Fees - tent hire|.|-|-|-|-|
|15,689|||5,205|1,076|-|480|6,761|
||4|Investment income||||||
|931||CBF dividends|960|-|-|-|960|
|63||Bank interest|28|-|-|.|28|
|994|||988|-|-|-|988|
||5|Othercash receipts||||||
|455||Grants|250|100|-|-|350|
|455|||250|100|-|.|350|



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North Moreton Parochial Church Council 

## Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 

## Notes to the financial statements 

|||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Restricted|Restricted|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||funds|funds|funds (Roof|funds||
||||(Hall)|Heating/ Bells)|(Window)||
|2019||||||Total|
|£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£|||||||
||6<br>Costofgenerating voluntary income||||||
|124|GiftAid envelopes|-|-|-|-|-|
||7 Fundraising costs||||||
|511|Fete|-|-|-|-|3g|
|-|Sundryfundraising|=|:|a|2|=|
|500|Concert|=|=|5|i|a|
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||8 Investmentmanagementcosts||||||
|-|Investment advice|=|=|Fo|pyce||
||9 Church activities||||||
|11,444|Parish Share|11,698|-|-|-|11,698|
||Running costs||||||
|1,476|Heating & lighting|410|556|.|-|966|
|369|Water|-|206|-|-|206|
|2,284|Repairs|1,418|270141|-|-|4,129|
|1,456|Maintenance ofChurchyard|1,560|-|-|-|1,560|
|2,983|Insurance|1,694|825|-|-|2,519|
|1,362|Cleaning|80|285|-|-|365|
|192<br>21,566|Sundries|16,860|211<br>4,794|-<br>-|-<br>-|211<br>21,654|
||10 Charitable donations||||||
|25|Oxfordshire HistoricChurches Trust|25|”|-|-|25|
|1,000|Maggie's Centre Oxford|-|-|$|"|5|
|128|Royal British Legion|184|-|-|-|184|
|me's||209|||209||
||41 Church managementand administration||||||
|3,640|Churn Beneficeexpenses (see note 15)|3,640|-|-|-|3,640|
|-|Bankcharges|-|-|-|-|-|
|162<br>-|Sundry<br>Independentexamination|242<br>-|=<br>2|-<br>w|-<br>=|242<br>Hs|
|3,802||3,882|-|-|-|3,882|
||12 Otherpayments||||||
|845|South Aisle roof repairs|-|-|2,395|-|2,395|
|5,058|Architect's& Professional fees|378|-|378|-|756|
|-|Heating installation|-|-|8,095|-|8,095|
|5,903||378|-|10,868|-|11,246|



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North Moreton Parochial Church Council 

## Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 

## Notes to the financial statements 

|13|Fund movements|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||At01/01/20||Receipts|Payments|Transfers|At 31/12/20|
|||£||£|e|£|£|
||General Fund|5,787||26,249|(21,329)|905|11,612|
||Designated Fund|||||||
||Hall Fund|17,819||1,176|(4,794)|(4,000)|10,201|
||Restricted Funds|||||||
||Towerand RoofFund|5,995||-|(2,773)|-|3,222|
||Sound System/Heating Fund|5,000||-|(8,095)|3,095|=|
||Bell Fund|410||473|-|-|883|
||WindowFund|947||754|-|-|1,701|
|||12,352||1:227.|(10,868)|3,095|5,806|
||Total fund movements|35,958|__|28,652|(36,991)|-|27,619|



## 14 Investments 

The three investment funds are held on permanent trust. The dividend income from the Ethel Spratley Memorial Fund and the Churchland Charity is for the general purposes of the Church. The dividend income from the Churchyard Trust is put towards the upkeep of the Churchyard. 

## 15 Churn Benefice Expenses 

Separate accounts are kept for the common expenses fund for the 6 parishes within the Churn Benefice. The figure shown in these accounts represents the sum apportioned to the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2020 

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