## **FRIENDS of STEYNING PARISH CHURCH (Charity No. 1169773)** 

## **Trustee’s Annual Report for the Period 1. January 2020 to 31[st] . December 2020.** 

The objects of the Friends of Steyning Parish Church remain the same i.e. to assist the Vicar, Churchwardens and PCC with the conservation, repair and improvement of the church, promote education about its history and purpose and develop its use by the wider community. The year has seen considerably less activity than 2019 due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the necessary lockdown. Zoom committee meetings have taken place regularly and we have continued to recruit members via the internet. Our committee remains as follows with the following trustees, Fr Mark Heather, the Vicar, John Downe, ex-churchwarden, Don Harry, treasurer, Liz Harries, secretary, Sarah Leigh, publications secretary and Jeremy Tomlinson, chair. The committee also includes Sally Barnard, membership secretary, Christine Aubrey and Tony Struthers, representing the PCC Project Management and Fundraising Group and Brian Sawyer and Carol Mitchell as music events coordinators. Bill Thompson has joined us for publicity and marketing. 

At the end of the year our accounts show that we have £56,983.94 in our funds. We had promised to make a payment of £35,000 towards the badly needed replacement of the church’s lighting system. This project has been delayed due to the Covid lockdown and will now appear in next year’s accounts. A demonstration of new lighting will be shown at our next AGM together with a short musical concert. Unlike last year when we had income from a number of concerts, a Flower Festival and a Holly Fair, our income this year has been restricted to standing orders, donations, investment interest and Gift Aid. Our expenses were limited to funding new church ramps, the printing of church and graveyard guides and members stationary. Research is underway to renew and update a new board in the Church listing as many vicars as can be traced over the many years of the church’s existence. The Friends will pay for this board. 

We have now made it possible for donations to be made on line, hopefully raising our income. 

It is good to record that the church is now open again and services are taking place. The Choral Evensong, which took place at the end of the recent Steyning MiniFestival demonstrated the strength and support and some new Friends were recruited. 

In every way there is a sense of emerging from a dark time. The church will always need its Friends. 

Donald Harry, Hon. Treasurer. Sept. 2021. 

The Friends of Steyning Parish Church is Registered Charity No. 1169773 c/o Penfold Hall, 35 Church Street, Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3YB 



The Friends of Steyning Parish Church
Registered Charity No. 1169773
Income and Expenditure Account 1st. January 2020 to 31st. December 2020
2020
2019
INCOME
Standing Orders
Donations
I nterest
HMR&C Gift Aid
Sale of Church Guides
Chanctonbury Chorus Concert
Bernadi Concert
Sing Out Sisterfs Concert
Vineyard Visit
Flower Festival
Holly Fair
400.00
125.00
136.26
100.00
350.00
115.00
284.48
145.00
20.10
455.55
215.00
1,002.80
287.11
8,091.27
1,610.41
12,576.72
761.26
EXPENDITURE
Church Ramps
Printing
Insurance
Bar LiCen￿S
Events Refreshments
F of SPC Badges
Flower Festival Expenses
343.20
80.00
91.23
126.00
173.60
42.00
283.44
25.00
2,009.41
2,659.45
514.43
Excess of Income over Expenditure
246.83
9,917.27
Funds carried forward from 2019
£56,737.11
£46,819.84
Funds at 31st December
56,983.94
56,737.11
Balance Sheet at 31st. December 2020
56,983.94
Funds
Assets
Barclays Bank PLC Current account
COIF Deposit account
56,737.11
2,838.50
54,145.44
56,983.94
4,727.93
52,009.18
56,737.11
At the 31 st De￿mber 2020 the Friends had committed £35,000 towards the Church's lighting appeal.
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Independent Examiners Report
lfftave examined the income and expenditure account for the period ended 31st December
2020 and Balance Sheet at 31 st December 2020 and confimi that they are in accordance
with the records of the charity.
David Fitton
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