**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD (Charity Registration No. 1169955)** 

**ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** 

**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 



## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD** 

**(Charity Registration No. 1169955)** 

**ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **CONTENTS** 

- Page 1 - 3 Report of the Parochial Church Council 4 Independent Examiner's Report 

   - 5 Statement of Financial Activities 6 Balance Sheet 

   - 7-19 Notes to the Accounts 



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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE,** 

## **DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD** 

**(Charity Registration No. 1169955)** 

## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** 

## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** 

Meadgate Church is part of the benefice of St Mary the Virgin Great Baddow, Chelmsford and became a separate parish on 1 January 2016, obtaining charity registration on 31 October 2016. It is part of the Diocese of Chelmsford within the Church of England. 

|Charity Number:|1169955||
|---|---|---|
|Principal Office:|The Orchards||
||Meadgate Centre||
||Chelmsford||
||Essex||
||CM2 7NS||
|Independent Examiner|Claire Bullen||
||Taylor Viney & Marlow Limited (incorporating|Alexandra Anthony)|
||46-54 High Street||
||Ingatestone||
||Essex||
||CM4 9DW||
|Bankers|Barclays Bank PLC|Metro Bank PLC|
||1 Churchill Place|1 Southampton Row|
||London|London|
||E14 5HP|WC1B 5HA|
|PCC members who have served during 2023 are:|||
|Team Rector|Rev. Canon Timothy Ball (Chairman)||
|Other Team Clergy|Rev. Funmilayo Vaughan|Rev. Philip Sheldrake|
||Rev. Canon Roger Matthews|Rev. Andrew Brown|
|Elected Members|Malcolm Burrell (Treasurer)|Luke Ridgwell (until 14 May 2023)|
||Natacha Dudley (until 14 May 2023)|Richard Robinson (Deputy Church Warden)|
||Denise Hom (Church Warden)|Jason Smart|
||Martin Amundsen (from 14 May 2023)|Amanda Robinson (until 14 May 2023)|
||John Kennett|Locardia Takawira (until 14 May 2023))|
||Elizabeth McKenzie (from 14 May 2023)|Rosalind Coleridge|
||Charlotte Parsons|Duncan McKenzie (Church Warden)|
||Angela Parker|David Belbin|
||Graham Delves|Moira McQuiggan (from 14 May 2023)|
||Paul Smith (from 14 May 2023)|Sheela Burrell (from 14 May 2023)|



## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

The church is governed by the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended and by church representation rules. The church is a charity, registered with the Charity Commission. 

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. 



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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD** 

**(Charity Registration No. 1169955)** 

## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** 

## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** 

Meadgate Church PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the team rector, the Rev. Canon Timothy Ball, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has the maintenance responsibilities for the Church centre complexes at the Parade and the Orchards. 

## Background information 

Meadgate Church was established as a daughter church to St Mary the Virgin, Great Baddow, in 1963 to serve the needs of the Meadgate district which comprises a mix of former council housing now run by Chelmer Housing Partnership, and a number of privately owned dwellings. The church started in the home of one of the founder members and quickly grew, such that a church was built as part of the Meadgate Parade. Following various extensions as the church grew an opportunity to take over the site of the former Meadgate Junior School was taken advantage of and in July 2014 the Church took a three year lease from Essex County Council on the site now known as The Orchards, where as well as running Sunday services we have opened a cafe with under 5s soft play area which is open 5 days a week in school terms, as well as making the rooms available for other agencies serving the needs of the Meadgate Community. The lease was extended in 2017 allowing for discussions and agreement in principal for the purchase of the site, which completed on 16 September 2020. 

## Mission statement 

Called by Christ, Commited to Serve, Caring for our Community. 

## **ACHIEVEMENTS, PERFORMANCE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION** 

## Church attendance 

There are 111 people registered on the Electoral Roll (2022: 107). Approximately 70 adults and 10 children attend the services each Sunday. 

## Review of church council and church meeting business during the year. 

The PCC meets approximately every quarter with additional sub-committee meetings for mission, buildings and finance held when needed. Copies of the minutes are available to all church members on request after they have been signed and agreed by the PCC. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

Meadgate Church has once again witnessed the blessings and provision of God in respect of its finances. 

We started the year with a budgeted deficit of £8,130 for the General Fund and Orchards Cafe Fund combined, and ended at break-even. However, this break-even figure included a transfer of £11,100 into the Reserve Fund, and so these combined Funds generated a surplus prior to the funds transfer significantly in excess of budget. The General Fund ended the year with an unchanged balance of £33,327. 

Total income on ordinary unrestricted funds was £294,185 (2022: £245,246). Total unrestricted expenditure amounted to £252,815 (2022: £222,619).  On the income side, giving by church members continued at similar levels to 2022, and Cafe income was significantly higher than 2022.  Expenditure was significantly higher than 2022, largely as a result of the much higher turnover of the Orchards Cafe. 

The Church continues to pay in full our Deanery Share (or Family Purse) contribution – this year £58,771 (2022: £60,865). 

Following the purchase of The Orchards in 2020, the Orchards Purchase Fund is now sitting at £452,762 (2022: £435,862), represented entirely by the net asset value of The Orchards.   £1,070 was transferred out of this Fund into the Reserve Fund.  The Orchards Refurbishment Fund ended the year at £5,737 (2022: £12,463), with £45,805 (2022: £48,858) having been spent on refurbishment works during 2023, these being primarily the completion of the replacement of the windows and doors.  The PCC gratefully acknowledges the receipt of £5,000 from the Asda Foundation, being the balance of the matched-funding grant awarded in 2022.  The PCC is also very grateful for a generous donation of £31,250 (including the Gift Aid recovered) from a church member which facilitated the completion of the windows and doors replacement. 

The Community Assist Fund is now sitting at £1,778 (2022: £1,583), with income in 2023 of £313 and having funded £117 of donations of food and other essential items to those in need. 



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STATEME14T OF ANANaALACTMnES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr DEQMOER 2023
TOTAL FUNDS
2023
INCOMEAND ENDOWMEKrs
Voluntsry Income
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174384.99
19.140.26
193,525.25
201.OXt.39
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44.287.83
327.99
71.057.28
4.126.43
44.287.83
343.78
71,057.28
4.126.43
37,688.95
17.19
15.79
49.688.11
6.377.68
10.11,13,
14.16
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294.184.52
I9.15&￿ts
313,340.57
291.853.67
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252,815.38
51,141.17
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51,141.17
X13,956.55
278,426.
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4L369.14
31,9f*12
9.384.U2
16,427.07
Bou8ht forward at l Januiry 2023
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61.349.24
42,IEn.22
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448.324.73
42,IfA).22
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519.057.99
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD** 

**(Charity Registration No. 1169955)** 

## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

|**2022**<br>Notes<br>**FIXED ASSETS**<br>662,080.29<br>**CURRENT ASSETS**<br>11,489.77<br>Debtors and Prepayments<br>47<br>16,144.05<br>492.59<br>Deposit Account<br>48<br>508.38<br>67,548.62<br>Current Account<br>49<br>48,355.40<br>1,029.35<br>Charge Cards<br>50, 51<br>2,407.07<br>443.24<br>Youth Account<br>52,56<br>-<br>95.00<br>Cash in hand: General Fund<br>95.00<br>-<br>Cash in hand: Junior Church / Youth<br>20.69<br>81,098.57<br>**CURRENT LIABILITIES**<br>7,286.31<br>Creditors and accrued expenses<br>53<br>1,235.05<br>7,426.59<br>Loans repayable within 12 months<br>45<br>6,406.25<br>218,791.99<br>Loans repayable beyond 12 months<br>45<br>202,911.59<br>233,504.89<br>**509,673.97**<br>**NET ASSETS / (LIABILITIES)**<br>**FUNDS**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>33,326.65<br>General Fund<br>**Designated**<br>-<br>Orchards Café Fund<br>-<br>50.00<br>Creative Hands Fund<br>-<br>683.50<br>Community Garden<br>-<br>443.24<br>Youth Account<br>-<br>-<br>Junior Church / Youth<br>20.69<br>1,583.24<br>Community Assist<br>1,778.40<br>25,262.61<br>Reserve<br>25,432.42<br>**Restricted**<br>-<br>Mission / Charities Fund<br>-<br>435,861.72<br>Orchards Purchase Fund<br>452,762.46<br>12,463.01<br>Orchards Refurbishment Fund<br>5,737.37<br>**509,673.97**<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|67,530.59<br>210,552.89|**2023**<br>662,080.29<br>519,057.99<br>33,326.65<br>27,231.51<br>458,499.83<br>519,057.99|
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD** 

**(Charity Registration No. 1169955)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

## a) Basis of accounting 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (FRS 102), and the Charities Act 2011 . 

## b) Funds 

Restricted funds represent donations or fundraising income invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of each year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund. 

Where funds received have been restricted for the purchase of fixed assets, the value of the specific object is transferred at the purchase date from the restricted fund to the general fund in the Statement of Financial Activities. 

General Funds represent funds of the church council that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the Church. Funds designated by the Church Council for a particular purpose are also unrestricted. 

## c) Income and Endowments 

All income and endowments are included in the statement of financial activities when the Church is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: 

- Collections and planned giving receivable under covenant are recognised when received on behalf of the Church Council. 

- Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received. 

- Funds raised from outreach activities and similar events are accounted for gross. 

- Grants and legacies to the Church Council are accounted for as soon as the Church Council is notified of its legal entitlement and the amount due. Grant income is matched to the period to which it relates. 

- Rental income from the letting of church premises is recognised when the rental is due. 

- Trading income is recognised when the goods have been sold. 

- Interest is recognised when received. 

d) Expenditure Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates: 

- Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of running fundraising events. 

- Church activities expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. 

- The costs of governance which include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the Independent Examination fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity are included as support costs for our charitable activities. 



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**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD (Charity Registration No. 1169955)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **2.  DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** 

|**Notes**<br>**INCOME**<br>Planned Giving<br>4<br>Income Tax Recovered (Planned Giving)<br>4<br>Collections<br>5<br>Non-Planned Giving<br>5<br>Donations<br>6<br>Income Tax Recovered (Non-Planned Giving)<br>5<br>Church Letting Income<br>7<br>Catering Income<br>8<br>Orchards Café<br>9<br>Sundry Income<br>10<br>Creative Hands<br>11<br>Community Garden<br>12<br>Youth Account<br>13<br>Youth Fund<br>14<br>Community Assist<br>15<br>Parochial Fees<br>16<br>Bank Interest Received<br>17<br>Funds raised for Mission/Charities<br>18<br>Funds raised to purchase The Orchards<br>19<br>Funds raised for The Orchards Refurbishment<br>20<br>**Total Income**<br>**EXPENDITURE**<br>Clergy Expenses<br>21<br>Staff Costs<br>22<br>Training<br>23<br>Worship Costs<br>24<br>Premises Rental<br>25<br>Upkeep of church building/grounds<br>26<br>Catering<br>27<br>Administration<br>28<br>Junior Church / Youth<br>29<br>Orchards Café<br>30<br>Community Outreach<br>31<br>Sundry Costs<br>32<br>Creative Hands<br>33<br>Get Meadgate Gardening<br>34<br>Youth Account<br>35<br>Evangelism<br>36<br>Orchards Loan Interest<br>39<br>Community Assist<br>40<br>The Orchards Purchase<br>43<br>The Orchards Refurbishment<br>44<br>Team GB Shared Expenses<br>41<br>**Outside of Parish**<br>Parish Share<br>37<br>Mission/Charity Giving From the General Fund<br>38<br>Mission/Charity Giving From Special Appeals<br>42<br>Balances as at 1 January 2023<br>Surplus/(Deficit) for year<br>Transfers between Funds<br>**Balances as at 31 December 2023**|**General**<br>**Orchards**<br>**Creative**<br>**Community**<br>**Youth**<br>**Junior Church**<br>**Community**<br>**Reserve**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Total**<br>**Fund**<br>**Café**<br>**Hands**<br>**Garden**<br>**Account**<br>**Youth**<br>**Assist**<br>**Funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Designated**<br>**Designated**<br>**Designated**<br>**Designated**<br>**Designated**<br>**Designated**<br>**Designated**<br>**Summary**<br><br>110,154.48<br>110,154.48<br> 1.2<br>22,121.75<br>22,121.75<br> 2.3<br>5,161.43<br>5,161.43<br><br>4,492.50<br>4,492.50<br><br>30,739.10<br>5,000.00<br>35,739.10<br> 2.5<br>1,377.35<br>62.50<br>8,497.06<br>9,936.91<br><br>43,075.00<br>43,075.00<br><br>1,212.83<br>1,212.83<br><br>71,057.28<br>71,057.28<br><br>3,036.69<br>3,036.69<br><br>541.92<br>541.92<br><br>25.88<br>25.88<br><br>294.06<br>294.06<br><br>253.76<br>253.76<br><br>250.00<br>250.00<br><br>0.00<br>0.00<br><br>327.99<br>15.79<br>343.78<br><br>4,400.20<br>4,400.20<br><br>843.00<br>843.00<br><br>400.00<br>400.00<br>221,699.12<br>71,057.28<br>541.92<br>25.88<br>294.06<br>253.76<br>312.50<br>0.00<br>19,156.05<br>313,340.57<br><br>764.77<br>764.77<br><br>40,255.52<br>40,255.52<br><br>0.00<br>0.00<br><br>222.21<br>222.21<br><br>200.00<br>200.00<br><br>55,549.63<br>55,549.63<br><br>385.46<br>385.46<br><br>8,625.97<br>8,625.97<br><br>547.45<br>547.45<br><br>57,033.15<br>57,033.15<br><br>1,939.51<br>1,939.51<br><br>6,538.82<br>6,538.82<br><br>0.00<br>0.00<br><br>733.85<br>733.85<br><br>602.31<br>602.31<br><br>121.29<br>121.29<br><br>15,896.94<br>15,896.94<br><br>117.34<br>117.34<br><br>0.00<br>0.00<br><br>45,804.66<br>45,804.66<br><br>649.84<br>649.84<br>0.00<br> 17<br>58,771.32<br>58,771.32<br><br>3,860.00<br>3,860.00<br><br>5,336.51<br>5,336.51<br>193,781.28<br>57,033.15<br>0.00<br>733.85<br>602.31<br>547.45<br>117.34<br>0.00<br>51,141.17<br>303,956.55<br>33,326.65<br>0.00<br>50.00<br>683.50<br>443.24<br>0.00<br>1,583.24<br>25,262.61<br>448,324.73<br>509,673.97<br>27,917.84<br>14,024.13<br>541.92<br>-707.97<br>-308.25<br>-293.69<br>195.16<br>0.00<br>-31,985.12<br>9,384.02<br>-27,917.84<br>-14,024.13<br>-591.92<br>24.47<br>-134.99 #<br>314.38<br>169.81<br>42,160.22<br>0.00<br>**33,326.65**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**20.69**<br>**1,778.40**<br>**25,432.42**<br>**458,499.83**<br>**519,057.99**|
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD** 

## **(Charity Registration No. 1169955)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **3.  RESTRICTED FUNDS SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

|||**Mission/**|**Orchards**|**Orchards**|**TOTAL**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Charities**|**Purchase**|**Refurb**||
|**INCOME**||||||
|Funds raised for Mission/Charities||4,400.20|||4,400.20|
|Orchards Purchase|||843.00||843.00|
|Orchards Loan|||||0.00|
|Orchards Refurb||||400.00|400.00|
|Donations||||5,000.00|5,000.00|
|Deposit Interest|||15.79||15.79|
|Income Tax Recovered|3A|936.31|210.75|7,350.00|8,497.06|
|**Total Income**||5,336.51|1,069.54|12,750.00|19,156.05|
|**EXPENDITURE**||||||
|Funds raised for Mission/Charities||5,336.51|||5,336.51|
|Orchards Purchase|||0.00||0.00|
|Orchards Loan Repayments|||||0.00|
|Orchards Refurb||||45,804.66|45,804.66|
|Church Group Expenses|||||0.00|
|Gifts|||||0.00|
|Other Expenditure|||||0.00|
|**Total Expenditure**||5,336.51|0.00|45,804.66|51,141.17|
|Balances as at 1 January 2023||0.00|435,861.72|12,463.01|448,324.73|
|Surplus/(Deficit) for year||0.00|1,069.54|-33,054.66|-31,985.12|
|Transfers between Funds||0.00|15,831.20|26,329.02|42,160.22|
|Balances as at 31 December 2023||**0.00**|**452,762.46**|**5,737.37**|**458,499.83**|



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|||**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|||||||Page 10|
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||||||**2023**|||**2022**||
|||**UNRESTRICTED INCOME**||||||||
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|4||**PLANNED GIVING**||||||||
||1.1|Planned Giving- DD,Pledged,Gift Aided||86,980.00|||87,437.00|||
||1.5|Planned Giving- DD,Pledged,CAF etc||5,105.48|||9,685.48|||
||1.7|Planned Giving- DD,Not Gift Aided||14,842.00|||13,790.00|||
||1.4|Planned Giving- Other(NGA)||1,420.00|||420.00|||
||1.6|Envelopes - Not Gift Aided||350.00|||216.00|||
||1.3|Envelopes - Gift Aided||1,457.00|||1,615.00|||
||1.2|Income Tax Recovered||22,121.75|||21,894.68|||
||||||132,276.23|||135,058.16||
|5||**NON PLANNED GIVING**||||||||
||2.1|Non Planned Giving (Gift Aided)||2,073.50|||1,138.00|||
||2.2|Non Planned Giving (Not Gift Aided)||2,419.00|||784.00|||
||2.5|Income Tax Recovered||1,377.35|||1,855.17|||
||2.3|CCollections||5,161.43|||5,377.08|||
||||||11,031.28|||9,154.25||
|6||**DONATIONS**||||||||
||2.4.|Donation - Unrestricted||25,950.00|||455.00|||
||2.4.|Donation - Hampers||125.00|||160.00|||
||2.4.|Donation - Alms Fund||0.00|||150.00|||
||2.4.|Youth Fund||80.00|||400.00|||
||2.4.|Defibrillator||0.00|||2,474.00|||
||2.4.|Elizabeth Snowden||0.00|||470.00|||
||2.4.|SensoryPlay||0.00|||50.00|||
||2.4.|EALC Warm Spaces||330.00|||1,000.00|||
||2.4.|CDBF EnergyBills Support||3,420.00|||0.00|||
||2.4.|Evie Ball||367.10|||0.00|||
||2.4.|KirstyPearce||467.00|||0.00|||
||||||30,739.10|||5,159.00||
|||||||||||
|||**OTHER GENERAL FUND INCOME**||||||||
|7||Church LettingIncome:||||||||
||3.1.|NELFT||22,124.00|||19,700.00|||
||3.1.|CHESS||0.00|||0.00|||
||3.1.|Moo Music||7,953.00|||7,410.00|||
||3.1.|U3A||2,112.00|||1,735.00|||
||3.1.|8<br>CCG Choir||968.00|||780.00|||
||3.1.|9<br>Diocesan Meeting||330.00|||276.00|||
||3.1.|Other||2,698.50|||894.00|||
||3.1.|Sounds Right||759.00|||930.00|||
||3.1.|Chelmsford CityCouncil||525.00|||0.00|||
||3.1.|Starlight Music Theatre Group||990.00|||1,200.00|||
||3.1.|Made For More||2,029.50|||1,830.00|||
||3.1.|Do Re Minis||847.00|||810.00|||
||3.1.|YMCA||484.00|||880.00|||
||3.1.|SigningSense||0.00|||195.00|||
||3.1.|TappyToes||1,255.00|||630.00|||
||||||43,075.00|||37,270.00||
|||||||||||
|8|3.2|CCateringIncome|||1,212.83|||418.95||
|9||Orchards Café||||||||
||3.3.|DailyTakings||68,150.78|||49,663.11|||
||3.3.|PartyHire||206.50|||25.00|||
||3.3.|Donation||2,700.00||||||
||||||71,057.28|||49,688.11||





|10||SundryIncome|||||||Page 11|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||3.5.|Banns Fees||51.00||||||
||3.5.|Night of Song||0.00|||1,215.00|||
||3.5.|Barn Dance||475.00|||695.00|||
||3.5.|Other||540.69|||834.31|||
||3.5.|8<br>CurryNight for Afghanistan||0.00|||507.00|||
||3.5.|9<br>Christmas Concert||1,135.00|||1,020.00|||
||3.5.|Panto||0.00|||310.00|||
||3.5.|New CityVoices Concert||835.00||||||
||||||3,036.69|||4,581.31||
|||||||||||
|11||Creative Hands||||||796.27||
||3.9.|Creative Hands(Tue)||180.00||||||
||3.9.|Creative Hands(Wed)||361.92||||||
||||||541.92|||||
|||||||||||
|12||CommunityGarden||||||||
||4.8.|Donations Gift Aided||0.00|||0.00|||
||4.8.|Donations Not Gift Aided||20.70|||0.00|||
||4.8.|Grants||0.00|||1,000.00|||
||4.8.|4Income Tax Recovered||5.18|||0.00|||
||4.8.|Other Income||0.00|||0.00|||
||||||25.88|||1,000.00||
|||||||||||
|13||Youth Account|||294.06|||||
|||||||||||
|14||Junior Church/Youth||||||||
||4.7.|Donations||200.00||||||
||4.7.|Other||53.76||||||
||||||253.76|||||
|||||||||||
|15||CommunityAssist||||||||
||3.10|Donations Gift Aided||250.00|||100.00|||
||3.10|Donations Not Gift Aided||0.00|||1,200.00|||
||3.10|Donations CAF etc||0.00|||0.00|||
||3.10|Income Tax Recovered||62.50|||77.50|||
||||||312.50|||1,377.50||
|||||||||||
|16|3.7|Parochial Fees|||0.00|||80.00||
|17|3.8|Bank Interest Received|||327.99|||42.15||
|||||||||||
|||**TOTAL UNRESTRICTED INCOME**|||294,184.52|||244,625.70||
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|||**RESTRICTED FUNDS INCOME**|||||||Page 12|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||
|18|3a F|**FUNDS RAISED FOR MISSION/CHARITIES**||||||||
||4.1.|Denisa Care Home(was Hope for Kids)|Donations|1,129.40|||2,019.70|||
|Refer also|4.1.2 Denisa Care Home - Income Tax Recover||eIncome Tax|227.35|||409.93|||
|to||||1,356.75|||2,429.63|||
|Restricted||||||||||
|Funds|4.1.|Samaritans Purse|Donations|2,216.30|||780.00|||
|Summary|4.1.4 Samaritans Purse - Income Tax Recovere||Income Tax|517.83|||151.25|||
|||||2,734.13|||931.25|||
|||||||||||
||4.1.|9Little Edi|Donations|75.00|||510.00|||
||4.1.10 Little Edi - Income Tax Recovered||Income Tax|6.25|||127.50|||
|||||81.25|||637.50|||
|||||||||||
||4.1.|Ukraine Families at Denisa|Donations|0.00|||1,615.00|||
||4.1.12 Ukraine Families at Denisa - Income Tax||Income Tax|0.00|||133.75|||
|||||0.00|||1,748.75|||
|||||||||||
||4.1.|Bible Society|Donations|979.50|||1,008.00|||
||4.1.14 Bible Society- Income Tax Recovered||Income Tax|184.88|||194.50|||
|||||1,164.38|||1,202.50|||
||||||5,336.51|||6,949.63||
|||||||||||
|19||**THE ORCHARDS PURCHASE**||||||||
||4.3.|Donations Gift Aided||494.00|||0.00|||
|Refer also|4.3.|Donations Not Gift Aided||349.00|||452.00|||
|to|4.3.|Donations CAF etc||0.00|||0.00|||
|Restricted||CCLA Deposit Interest||15.79|||6.39|||
|Funds|4.3.|4Income Tax Recovered||210.75|||78.00|||
|Summary|4.3.|Fund Raising||0.00|||0.00|||
||4.3.|Fund RaisingEvents Income||0.00|||0.00|||
||||||1,069.54|||536.39||
|||||||||||
|20||**THE ORCHARDS REFURBISHMENT**||||||||
|Refer also|4.5.|Donations Gift Aided||400.00|||16,055.00|||
|to|4.5.|Donations Not Gift Aided||0.00|||1,643.10|||
|Restricted|4.5.|Grants||5,000.00|||20,000.00|||
|Funds|4.5.|4Income Tax Recovered||7,350.00|||4,123.75|||
||4.5.|Other Income||0.00|||0.00|||
|Summary|||||12,750.00|||41,821.85||
|||||||||||
|||**TOTAL RESTRICTED INCOME**|||19,156.05|||49,307.87||
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|||**UNRESTRICTED EXPENDITURE**|||||||Page 13|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||
|21||**CLERGY EXPENSES**||||||||
||5.1.|Mileage||215.64|||137.10|||
||5.1.|Office||106.68|||70.70|||
||5.1.|Telephone||373.13|||347.60|||
||5.1.|4Other||31.42|||125.73|||
||5.1.|Books and Publications||0.00|||0.00|||
||5.1.|Area Dean||37.90|||0.00|||
||||||764.77|||681.13||
|||||||||||
|22||**STAFF COSTS(EXCL. CAFÉ STAFF)**||||||||
||6.1|AAdministrator Salary||6,483.00||||||
||6.2|AAdministrator PAYE,Pension,etc||331.20||||||
|||||||||||
||6.3|YYouth Minister Salary||19,500.52||||||
||6.4|YYouth Minister PAYE,Pension,etc||4,063.51||||||
||6.10|Youth Minister SMP Refund||0.00||||||
|||||||||||
||6.5|Pastoral Worker Salary||0.00||||||
||6.6|Pastoral Worker PAYE,Pension,etc||0.00||||||
|||||||||||
||6.7|CCommunities Worker Salary||5,835.00||||||
||6.8|CCommunities Worker PAYE,Pension,etc||1,798.99||||||
|||||||||||
||6.11|Caretaker Salary||2,135.10||||||
||6.12|Caretaker PAYE,Pension,etc||108.20||||||
|||||||||||
||6.9|SStaff Review Costs||0.00||||||
||||||40,255.52|||35,595.08||
|||||||||||
|23||**TRAINING**||||||||
||7.1|GGeneral Training||0.00|||543.95|||
||||||0.00|||543.95||
|||||||||||
|24||**WORSHIP/SERVICES COSTS**||||||||
||8.2|CCommunion Bread & Wine||54.25|||9.00|||
||8.4|Books & Booklets||36.31|||77.96|||
||8.6|SSpecial Services||2.00|||0.00|||
||8.9|Refreshments||94.52|||342.03|||
||8.11|SundryExpenses||35.13|||0.00|||
||||||222.21|||428.99||
|||||||||||
|25||**PREMISES RENTAL**||||||||
||9.2|CChelmer HP||200.00|||200.00|||
||||||200.00|||200.00||
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|26||**UPKEEP OF PREMISES**|||||||Page 14|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Upkeep of The Parade**||||||||
||10.1|Utilities||4,920.03|||2,567.65|||
||10.1|Insurance||1,189.29|||1,108.23|||
||10.1|Refuse Collection Fee||0.00|||73.76|||
||10.1|Extinguisher Service||70.92|||70.92|||
||10.1|Maintenance & Repairs||2,906.91|||1,069.96|||
||10.1|Cleaning||1,065.71|||1,157.47|||
|||||10,152.86|||6,047.99|||
|||**Upkeep of The Orchards**||||||||
||10.2|Utilities||22,695.50|||16,638.67|||
||10.2|Insurance||2,910.13|||2,720.81|||
||10.2|Refuse Collection Fee||1,951.24|||867.88|||
||10.2|Extinguisher Service||172.26|||109.62|||
||10.2|Gardening||0.00|||9.56|||
||10.2|Maintenance & Repairs||6,443.34|||5,775.44|||
||10.2|Cleaning||8,538.74|||8,259.96|||
||10.2|Container Hire||446.40|||446.40|||
||10.2|CleaningSupplies||875.99|||427.88|||
||10.2|AV Equipment||1,363.17|||71.92|||
|||||45,396.77|||35,328.14|||
|||||||||||
||||||55,549.63|||41,376.13||
|||||||||||
|27||**CATERING EXPENSES**||||||||
||11.1|Orchards CateringGeneral||331.08|||616.12|||
||11.5|Parade CateringGeneral||54.38|||150.01|||
||||||385.46|||766.13||
|||||||||||
|28||**ADMINISTRATION**||||||||
|||||||||||
||12.1|Licences||1,424.10|||1,680.17|||
||12.2|Subscriptions||0.00|||0.00|||
||12.3|Stationery||387.81|||436.86|||
||12.4|Printing /Photocopying||3,200.21|||2,621.17|||
||12.5|Books & Booklets||0.00|||0.00|||
||12.6|Postage||44.25|||0.00|||
||12.7|GivingEnvelopes||36.59|||35.52|||
||12.8|Photocopier/Printer Toner/Ink||187.54|||224.89|||
||12.9|Equipment||1,268.97|||83.14|||
||12.1|Other||8.69|||0.00|||
||12.1|Paper||0.00|||0.00|||
||12.1|Publicity||0.00|||0.00|||
||12.1|Phone||1,102.75|||856.41|||
||12.1|Internet Subscription||965.06|||968.53|||
||||||8,625.97|||6,906.69||
|||||||||||
|29||**JUNIOR CHURCH/ YOUTH**||||||||
||13.1|Stationary||0.00|||80.00|||
||13.2|Food and Drink||59.09|||229.91|||
||13.3|Craft||106.41|||76.40|||
||13.5|Resources||299.95|||740.91|||
||13.6|Phone||82.00|||144.00|||
||||||547.45|||1,271.22||
|30||**ORCHARDS CAFÉ COSTS**||||||||
||14.1|CateringSupplies||21,228.31|||16,511.39|||
|||Café Staff Costs||31,966.26|||25,884.48|||
||14.9|Other||499.24|||71.36|||
||14.1|Equipment||279.08|||0.00|||
||14.1|Café BuildingWork||2,700.00|||8,048.34|||
||14.2|Maintenance||360.26|||222.72|||
||||||57,033.15|||42,689.95||
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|31||**COMMUNITY OUTREACH**|||||||Page 15|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||15.4|Summer Festival||561.33|||810.98|||
||15.5|Barn Dance||596.48|||582.26|||
||15.7|Pancake Night||0.00|||20.78|||
||15.1|Christmas Hampers||438.66|||0.00|||
||15.1|Kintsugi Hope||0.00|||40.00|||
||15.1|SensoryPlay||248.29|||62.02|||
||15.1|Panto||0.00|||272.43|||
||15.1|Coronation||70.57|||0.00|||
||15.1|CommunityCarols||24.18|||0.00|||
||||||1,939.51|||1,788.47||
|||||||||||
|32||**SUNDRY COSTS**||||||||
||16.1|Other Expenditure||604.22|||4,691.90|||
||16.2|Donations||1,225.00|||300.00|||
||16.4|Sundry||1,129.31|||166.79|||
||16.5|Bank Charges||354.98|||382.68|||
||16.1|HostingDiocese Meetings||444.72|||11.40|||
||16.1|Night of Song||0.00|||720.21|||
||16.1|Examination Fee||360.00|||360.00|||
||16.1|St. Mary's||47.69|||0.00|||
||16.1|St. Paul's||0.00|||0.00|||
||16.1|Payroll Services||1,020.00|||1,020.00|||
||16.1|Afghan Refugee Appeal(CurryNight)||0.00|||470.20|||
||16.1|Christmas Concert||902.90|||612.75|||
||16.2|Miscellaneous Pastoral Expenses||120.00|||0.00|||
||16.2|New CityVoices Concert||330.00|||0.00|||
||||||6,538.82|||8,735.93||
|||||||||||
|33||**CREATIVE HANDS**||||||||
||28.1|Creative Hands Expenses||0.00|||0.00|||
||||||0.00|||0.00||
|34||**GET MEADGATE GARDENING**||||||||
||15.1|Get Meadgate GardeningExpenses||733.85|||616.50|||
||||||733.85|||616.50||
|35||**YOUTH FUND**||||||||
|||Youth Account|||602.31|||711.86||
|||||||||||
|||In addition to the PCC's bank accounts, there has also been a separate Youth Fund, comprising a bank<br>account and cash, managed by the Youth Minister. In November 2023, we decided to bring all of the finances<br>associated with our children and young people's work under the one umbrella of the Junior Church / Youth Fund.<br>The seperate Youth bank account was closed, with the closing balance of £53.76 being transferred into the<br>Junior Church / Youth Fund via the PCC's bank account.  Of the £134.99 cash remaining in the Youth Fund, £114.30<br>was paid into the Junior Church / Youth Fund via the PCC's bank account, and the remaining £20.69 left as cash in<br>Junior Church/Youth Fund.||||||||
|||||||||||
|36||**EVANGELISM**||||||||
||26.3|Solid Youth Weekend||121.29|||0.00|||
||||||121.29|||0.00||
|||||||||||
|37|17 P|**PARISH SHARE**|||58,771.32|||60,865.20||
|||||||||||
|38||**GIFTS TO MISSIONS/ CHARITIES**||||||||
||20.1|Denisa Care Centre(was Hope For Kids)||1,000.00|||1,000.00|||
||20.2|Samaritans Purse||1,000.00|||1,000.00|||
||20.5|CADEF SYM||360.00|||360.00|||
||20.6|Kintsugi Hope||500.00|||500.00|||
||20.8|St. Paul's||0.00|||5,365.00|||
||20.9|Bible Society||1,000.00|||1,000.00|||
||||||3,860.00|||9,225.00||
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|39||**THE ORCHARDS LOAN REPAYMENTS**|||||||Page 16|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||23.1|Loan Repayments Principal||||||||
||23.2|Loan Repayments Interest|||15,896.94|||8,626.08||
|||||||||||
|40|27.1|**COMMUNITY ASSIST**|||117.34|||1,238.18||
|||||||||||
|41||**TEAM GB SHARED EXPENSES**||||||||
||29.1|RectoryDecoration||496.49|||0.00|||
||29.2|MMU Service For Families||8.74|||132.79|||
||29.3|Christmas Books||0.00|||0.00|||
||29.4|General Shared Expenses||144.61|||219.55|||
||||||649.84|||352.34||
|||||||||||
|||**TOTAL UNRESTRICTED EXPENDITURE**|||252,815.38|||222,618.83||
|||||||||||
|||**RESTRICTED EXPENDITURE**||||||||
|||||||||||
|42||**FUNDS RAISED FOR MISSION/CHARITY**||||||||
|||||||||||
|Refer to|21.1|Denisa Care Centre(was Hope For Kids)|Donations|1,129.40|||3,589.70|||
|Restricted|21.2 Denisa Care Centre(was Hope For Kids)-||Income Tax|227.35|||409.93|||
|Funds||||1,356.75|||3,999.63|||
|Summary||||||||||
||21.3|Samaritans Purse|Donations|2,216.30|||780.00|||
||21.4 Samaritans Purse - Income Tax Recovered||Income Tax|517.83|||151.25|||
|||||2,734.13|||931.25|||
|||||||||||
||21.7|Little Edi|Donations|75.00|||510.00|||
||21.8 Little Edi - Income Tax Recovered||Income Tax|6.25|||127.50|||
|||||81.25|||637.50|||
|||||||||||
||21.9|Ukraine Families at Denisa|Donations|0.00|||45.00|||
||21.10 Ukraine Families at Denisa - Income Tax||Income Tax|0.00|||133.75|||
|||||0.00|||178.75|||
|||||||||||
||21.1|Bible Society|Donations|979.50|||1,008.00|||
||21.12 Bible Society- Income Tax Recovered||Income Tax|184.88|||194.50|||
|||||1,164.38|||1,202.50|||
|||||||||||
||||||5,336.51|||6,949.63||
|||||||||||
|43||**THE ORCHARDS PURCHASE FUND**||||||||
|Refer to|22.1|Purchase Cost||0.00|||0.00|||
|Restricted|22.2|Purchase Fees||0.00|||0.00|||
|Funds|22.3|Fund RaisingEvents Costs||0.00||||||
|Summary|||||0.00|||0.00||
|||||||||||
|44||**THE ORCHARDS REFURBISHMENT FUND**||||||||
|Refer to|24.1|Refurbishment Works||45,804.66|||48,858.14|||
|Restricted|24.2|Refurbishment Fees||0.00|||0.00|||
|Funds|||||45,804.66|||48,858.14||
|Summary||||||||||
|||**TOTAL RESTRICTED EXPENDITURE**|||51,141.17|||55,807.77||





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**BALANCE SHEET**||||||||
|||||||||||
|45||**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**||||||||
|||The Parade is held on a long lease and, as a dedicated building that is used for Church purposes, its leasehold value is<br>not included in these accounts. Its insurance value in 2016 was £1,100,000.<br>The Orchards was purchased from Essex County Council (ECC) on 16 September 2020 for the sum of £650,000, with a<br>further £12,080 incurred in legal fees.  Although the Diocese is the custodian tustee holding the deeds, the purchase<br>price plus fees has been added as a fixed asset on to the balance sheet, as Meadgate Church has taken out a loan for<br>£260,000 from The Diocese to finance the purchase and has yet to repay the loan.<br>The loan is for 20 years at an interest rate of 2.5% above base. The monthly repayments commenced on the 1st<br>October 2020, beginning at £1,390.45, and increased to £1,733.14 from January 2023 onwards.<br>It should also be noted that under the terms of the sale and purchase agreement with ECC, should The Orchards be<br>sold within eighty years of its acquisition by Meadgate Church, then 50% of any resulting profit will be payable to<br>ECC.<br>It should also be noted that the PCC made twelve monthly repayments in 2023, and an additional loan repayment of<br>£12,000 in November 2023, drawing down on the Reserve Fund.  This additional repayment is reflected in the 2023<br>repayments shown in the table below.||||||||
|||||||||||
|||**Loan Repayments:**||||||||
||||Principal|Interest|Total|||||
|||2020 repayments|2,487|1,685|4,171|||||
|||2021 repayments|10,964|7,111|18,076|||||
|||2022 repayments|20,330|8,626|28,956|||||
|||2023 repayments|16,901|15,897|32,798|||||
|||2024 repayments|6,406|15,998|22,404|||||
|||Repayments beyond 2024|202,912|148,115|351,026|||||
|||Total|260,000|197,432|457,432|||||
|||||||||||
|||**The Orchards Net Asset Value:**||||||||
|||Purchase Price(incl fees)|662,080|||||||
|||Loan|-260,000|||||||
|||Repayments to 31 Dec 2023|50,682|||||||
|||Net Asset Value,31 Dec 2023|452,762|||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|46||**STAFF COSTS**||||||||
|||||||||||
|||Wages and salaries||71,633.96|||60,972.43|||
|||Pension costs||587.82|||507.13|||
||||||72,221.78|||61,479.56||
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|||The Church employed a youth minister, a part time administrator, a part time community worker, two catering<br>outreach managers on a job share, two part-time catering assistants on a job share, and a part-time caretaker. The<br>average number of FTE(full time equivalent)staff was 3.2.||||||||
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|47||**DEBTORS**||||||||
|||Gift Aid,General Fund||6,265.67|||6,269.34|||
|||Gift Aid,CommunityAssist Fund||62.50|||40.00|||
|||Gift Aid,Restricted Funds||580.08|||223.50|||
|||Other debtors||9,235.80|||2,674.13|||
||||||16,144.05|||9,206.97||
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|48||**DEPOSIT ACCOUNT**||||||||
|||CCLA|||508.38|||492.59||
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|49||**CURRENT ACCOUNT**||||||||
|||Balance asper statement||48,355.40|||67,082.29|||
|||less cheques notyetpresented||0.00|||466.33|||
|||Balance of Current Account as at 31/12/2023|||48,355.40|||67,548.62||
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|50||**POCKIT CARD**|||||||Page 18|
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|||Openingbalance||1,029.35|||774.15|||
|||Loading||2,454.00|||19,600.00|||
|||Spend||3,483.35|||19,344.80|||
|||Closingbalance|||0.00|||1,029.35||
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|51||**VOLOPA CARDS**||||||||
|||Openingbalance||0.00||||||
|||Loading||16,800.00||||||
|||Spend||14,392.93||||||
|||Closingbalance|||2,407.07|||0.00||
|||||||||||
|52||**YOUTH ACCOUNT**||||||||
|||Openingbalance||443.24|||235.00|||
|||Income||294.06|||920.10|||
|||Expenditure||602.31|||711.86|||
|||Closingbalance|||134.99|||443.24||
|||||||||||
|53||**CREDITORS AND ACCRUED EXPENSES**||||||||
|||Funds raised for missions/charities||524.08|||778.75|||
|||Other creditors and accruals||710.97|||6,507.56|||
||||||1,235.05|||7,286.31||
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|54||**ANALYSIS OF GIFTS TO MISSIONS/ CHARITIES**||||||||
|||Payments in theyear includingbothgivingfrom the General Fund and donations bychurch members:||||||||
||||Overseas<br>Mission|Overseas<br>Relief|Home<br>Societies||Total|2022||
|||CADEF|||360.00||360.00|360.00||
|||Denisa Care Centre(was Hope For Kids)||2,356.75|||2,356.75|5,178.38||
|||Samaritans Purse||3,734.13|||3,734.13|1,931.25||
|||Bible Society||2,164.38|||2,164.38|2,202.50||
|||Kintsugi Hope|||500.00||500.00|500.00||
|||Little Edi|||81.25||81.25|637.50||
|||St. Paul's Great Baddow||||||5,365.00||
||||0.00|8255.26|941.25||9,196.51|16,174.63||
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|55||**PAYMENTS TO TRUSTEES AND RELATED PARTIES**||||||||
|||The Rev. Canon Tim Ball, chair of the trustees, received reimbursement of expenses (see note 20). Tim Ball's wife,<br>Mrs Anita Ball, has undertaken paid work in the Cafe.  Evie Ball held the paid post of Youth Minister until resigning in<br>November 2023 to take upanotherposition outside of Meadgate Church.||||||||
|||||||||||
|||Mr Jason Smart holds the paid post of Café Manager and is also a trustee.  Jason Smart's wife, Mrs Sue Smart, has<br>undertakenpaid work in the Café.||||||||
|||||||||||
|||Mrs Ros Coleridge,a trustee,has undertakenpaid work in the Café.||||||||
|||||||||||
|||Mrs Pat Kennett,the wife of trustee Mr John Kennett,holds thepaidpost of Administrator.||||||||
|||||||||||
|||Mr David Belbin was the Treasurer until August 2018, and was also a trustee until April 2019, and was reappointed as<br>a trustee in May 2022.  The accountancy practice, of which Mr Belbin is a partner, provides payroll services for<br>Meadgate Church.  The invoices for these payroll services are settled by Mr Belbin from his own personal funds, as a<br>gift to Meadgate Church.||||||||





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|56||**FUNDS TRANSFER**||||||||
|||Transfer Description|General|Café|Reserve||Orchards<br>Purchase|Orchards<br>Refurb|Other<br>Funds|
|||Transfer of net proceeds from the New<br>City Voices Concert to the Orchards<br>Refurb Fund.|-505.00|||||505.00||
|||Transfer of £25,000 donation from the<br>General Fund to the Orchards Refurb<br>Fund.|-25,000.00|||||25,000.00||
|||Transfer of loan principal repayments to<br>the Orchards Purchase Fund.|-16,900.74||||16,900.74|||
|||Transfer of the cash balance of the<br>Orchards Purchase Fund to the Reserve<br>Fund.|||1,069.54||-1,069.54|||
|||Transfer from the Reserve Fund to the<br>General Fund for paying down the loan.|12,000.00||-12,000.00|||||
|||Transfer of Christmas Concert net<br>proceeds to the Refurb Fund|-232.10|||||232.10||
|||Transfer of the Creative Hands balance<br>to the Refurb Fund to leave the Fund<br>closingbalance at £0.||||||591.92|-591.92|
|||Transfer of the Café Fund surplus to<br>leave the Fund closingbalance at £0.|14,024.13|-14,024.13||||||
|||Transfer from the General Fund to leave<br>the Youth Fund closing balance at £0.|-179.39||||||179.39|
|||Transfer of the bank account and cash<br>balances of £134.99 from the Youth<br>Account to the Youth Fund.|||||||0|
|||Transfer from the General Fund to leave<br>the Garden Fund closing balance at £0.|-24.47||||||24.47|
|||Transfer of surplus from the General<br>Fund to the Reserve Fund to leave the<br>General Fund closing balance the same<br>as the openingbalance.|-11,100.27||11,100.27|||||
|||Totals|-27,917.84|-14,024.13|169.81|15,831.20||26,329.02|-388.06|
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|57||**GRANTS**||||||||
|||Grant Body|Purpose||2023||2022|||
|||The Asda Foundation|The Orchards refurbishment||5,000||20,000|||
|||Essex Association of Local Councils|Warm spaces||330||1,000|||
|||Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance|Energybills support||3,420||0|||
|||Essex CountyCouncil|Youth work||||400|||
|||Essex CountyCouncil|Community garden||||1,000|||
|||Great Baddow Parish Council|AED||||1,000|||



