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2021-12-31-accounts

The Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. WILFRID BRAYTON

Annual report & accounts of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) for the year ended 31st December 2021

Registered Charity 1169956

Contents

Administrative Information 3 Aim and Purposes 4 Objectives and activities 4 Achievements and performance 4 Worship and Prayer 4 Pastoral Care 5 Missionary and Outreach Work 6 Deanery Synod 9 Staff 9 Ecumenical relationships 9 Financial Review 9 Reserves policy 10 Plans for future periods 10 Risk management and Safeguarding 11 Structure, governance and management 12 Notes to Accompany Annual Accounts 13 Annual Accounts of St Wilfrid’s 14 Independent Examiner’s Report 18

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Administrative Information

The Parish Church of Brayton is St Wilfrid’s and is situated on Doncaster Road, Brayton It is part of the Diocese of York within the Church of England Our sister church, St Francis, in Thorpe Willoughby is an Anglican/Methodist Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) The correspondence address for St Wilfrid’s is The Rectory, Doncaster Road, Brayton, Selby YO8 9HE The Parochial Church Council (PCC) was registered with the Charity Commission in October 2016 and the registered charity number is 1169956

The PCC members who have served at any time from 1 January 2021 until the date this report was approved are:

Ex Officio members

Incumbent Reverend Pete Watson Multiply 20s-40s Minister Reverend Rob Suekarran (until December) Reader Ms Jackie Jackman Warden Mrs Pat Jarvis Elected members Mrs Jill Clarke (Treasurer) Mr Alastair Taylor (until April 2021) Mrs Paula Still (until April 2021) Mrs Ruth Breeze Mr Mike Bunn Mr Martin Pearson (from April 2021) Mrs Cathy Rodgers (From April 2021) Mr Simeon Pearce Storm (co-opted April 2021) Miss Hilary Putman (co-opted April 2021)

The APCM was held on 10th April 2022

Bankers Virgin Bank, 16 Market Cross, Selby YO8 0NU CCLA Investment Management Ltd, Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4ET Independent Examiner Mrs H Ripley, 16 Westfield, Selby YO8 9DH

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Aim and Purposes

St Wilfrid’s PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Pete Watson, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical

Objectives and activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to discover and learn about the love of God by reaching into the community through evangelism and Christian service, and by ensuring our church community is a welcoming place for all The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament

When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and especially the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion In particular, we try to enable people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St Wilfrid and the Parish Hall, and also the access lane, paths and the car park

Achievements and performance

Worship and Prayer

St Wilfrid’s offers a varied menu of worship opportunities throughout the week that enable people of all ages to connect with the church community whether they are regular or only occasional attendees

From January to Easter 2021 church was closed due to government restrictions and no services were held During this time weekly ‘Church at Home’ Sunday services were streamed via YouTube These followed the usual pattern of services i e Morning Prayer on the first Sunday of the month, Family Communion on second Sunday, Celtic Communion on third Sunday and Holy Communion on fourth and fifth Sundays. An average of 60 to 70 viewings were made each week Wednesday Morning Prayer followed by Coffee & CatchUp by Zoom continued until end August 2021

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The first in person services were held at Easter, numbers were restricted and there were 33 communicants on Easter Sunday A streamed service also held on Easter Day had 103 viewings Weekly in person Sunday services continued alongside weekly streamed services from Easter to the end of August Numbers attending in church services were initially restricted to about 30 but increased gradually over the summer and attended well by a core of worshippers The parallel live streamed services averaged about 40 viewings From September the normal in church service pattern resumed with Sunday services being livestreamed when this was possible 30 to 40 people regularly attended Sunday services with about 20 to 30 live viewings of the streamed services

At Christmas numbers attending were affected by high levels of Covid and the planned Christingle service was cancelled, however there were 52 attendees at the Carol Service and 48 attendees at the Crib Service The Midnight Communion had 40 attendees and communicants and the Christmas Day Communion 20 attendees and 15 communicants Services in church involving schools have not been possible and visits to schools very limited However weekly screenings of Christian messages and education were delivered to children in school and at home between January and July (Numbers not able to calculate) Live streamed Christian assemblies with schools were possible at times using Google Meet in the Autumn Term

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life During the year we celebrated 11baptisms and 6 weddings Some weddings due to be held were postponed There were 23 funerals in our church, two thanksgiving services plus a further 8 funerals involving parishioners at crematorium and 1 service was held at the graveside

As of April 2021 there were 121 names on the electoral roll at St Wilfrid’s

Pastoral Care

This is shared between the clergy and members of the congregation, particularly the Ministry Team

The volunteer group set up by Rev Pete and others during the first lockdown in 2020 has continued but to a lesser degree Many volunteers continue to keep in contact with vulnerable members of the congregation and Parish by providing telephone support and help with shopping and collecting prescriptions if this is needed

Contact with the two residential homes for older people in the parish has been maintained and in September Holy Communion monthly services in both homes were resumed Although the majority of parishioners receive the parish magazine Connected online, printed copies of the parish magazine have continued to be available, particularly to the residential homes and members of the congregation without internet access

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Given Covid restrictions pastoral care has been carried out remotely by phone, or with appropriately socially distanced indoor or outdoor visits This has been the same with pastoral care around funerals, as well as weddings With 34 funerals in 2021 there were many contacts with bereaved families

As Rector, Rev Pete has a chaplaincy role with the local school communities Again, this had to be carried out remotely for the for the first half of 2021, by phone, email and an online presence with his weekly Pete in Touch videos for schools to use in Collective Worship/ assemblies, as well as for families at home From September 2021 Rev Pete resumed in person collective worships/assemblies, although a rise in Covid cases locally meant a return to online involvement from Oct-Dec 2021

Missionary and Outreach Work

There are a great variety of activities, groups and events which indicate the breadth of mission taking place at St Wilfrid’s but it is especially focused on some key areas of activity

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resumed in the summer, and together with other social fundraising activities such as the summer and autumn fairs, provide significant opportunities for a variety of parishioners of all ages to engage with church and create community

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personnel and pastoral care information, have been installed, enhancing the personal nature of the welcome visitors experience and to enable them to seek assistance more effectively

• Multiply Ministry: In July 2019, the Rev Rob Suekarran was licensed as 20s-40s Minister in the Brayton Parish This post, along with 12 others across the Diocese of York, is part of the diocese’s missional and evangelistic ‘Multiply’ strategy to reach those in their 20s-40s The focus of the Multiply role is to seek to grow a team and build a new worshipping community in the 20s-40s age group over the subsequent 5 years After a period of listening and discernment in 2019, the plans for engaging with those in their 20s-40s outside of church were inevitably impacted by the Covid pandemic However, new opportunities arose as a result of the pandemic which helped to build connections with those in this age group through Multiply- related ministry, most notably, working with and leading the Alive@5 team to carry on with Alive@5 services during lockdown though Zoom, and investing in relationships with those who attend Rev Rob moved on to a new post in November 2021 and is greatly missed

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Deanery Synod

Deanery synod met at All Saints’, Sherburn in Elmet on 19th July 2021 The main agenda item was LIVING CHRIST’S STORY – THE DIOCESAN STRATEGY AND THE DEANERY PLAN, where possible restructuring of some parishes and greater deanery mutual support were discussed

Staff

Clergy: Rev Pete Watson (Rector), Rev Rob Suekarran (Multiply20s-40s Minister until Nov 2021) We are also blessed with the services of our reader, Jackie Jackman, as well as Rev Roy Shaw, Rev Paul Finlinson and Rev George Greenhough as active retired clergy Mrs Pat Jarvis and Mrs Jill Clarke continued as Churchwarden and Treasurer respectively

Ecumenical relationships

Along with our local ecumenical partnership sister church of St Francis, St Wilfrid’s is an active member of Churches Together in Selby and this includes supporting the Selby Food Bank In December a parish collection of wrapped toys was organised to be given to children in Selby This was in collaboration with Captain Richard Cooke of the Church Army

Financial Review

We are very grateful to our congregation for their regular giving In 2021 planned giving (primarily standing orders and weekly envelopes) amounted to £29,587 plus £7502 reclaimed gift aid, 51% of our total income for the year Planned giving however was slightly less than in 2020 as parishioner circumstances changed By the end of the year there were 40 standing orders and 10 households gave by weekly envelopes

Our other main sources of unrestricted income were PCC fees for funerals and weddings (£13,622), St Francis contribution towards the Freewill Offering (£5,639) and donations at baptisms, weddings and funerals (£4566). In total unrestricted income (£66,471) increased slightly from 2020 (£64,192) but was still well below pre-pandemic levels

Restricted income totalled £6,744 in 2021, mainly the £2,762 collected at funerals to be passed onto other charities and £1,538 from fundraising This is much less than in 2020 when we had a legacy of £33,139

With lockdowns and other restrictions reducing our income, expenditure had to continue at a lower level We therefore maintained our Freewill Offering at the reduced level of £3500 a month, £44,000 for the year, which accounted for 67% of our unrestricted expenditure for the year, compared to 66% for 2020 and 59% for 2019 (The Freewill

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Offering is paid to the Diocese to help fund clergy and other services such as training and safeguarding provided by the Diocese. Ideally parishes should be paying about £70,000 per annum) Other main items of unrestricted expenditure were payment of fees to the Diocese (£4678), insurance (£3976) and energy and water costs (£2861- reduced as we had a large electricity credit in January). Total unrestricted expenditure for 2021 was £65,725 compared to £66,977 in 2020.

Restricted expenditure in 2021 was only £8,576 and consisted of donations to charities (mostly from funerals but also £836 to the Swaziland Schools Project, £597 to the Christian Mission Society and £597 to United Society Partners in the Gospel), the annual repayment of £2,100 for the Diocesan loan given in 2017 for the lane upgrade and £1,506 for a survey of the D’Arcy tomb

The Fabric Account started the year with a balance of £76,685 and finished with £79,172. Over £1,500 was raised by the Craft Group, either at their coffee mornings which restarted in the summer, or by individual sales An online quiz in the spring raised over £400 for the Tower Fund and we also had donations from a funeral

By the end of 2021 there was £11,154 specifically for the Tower Fund.

Reserves policy

Diocesan advice is that levels of reserves should generally cover 4-6 months of operational expenditure, excluding the Freewill Offering, and this was calculated as being about £4,000 to £6,000, for St Wilfrid’s At year end there was a balance in the No 1 Account of £5,694 and also a balance of £2744 in the No 2 Account. This enables us to smooth out cash flow and meet emergencies

The No 2 Account contains surplus No 1 Account funds and is invested with the CCLA Church of England Deposit Fund Interest of £1 was received in 2021

Plans for future periods

From Jan 2022 Alive@5 will be increased to twice a month, recognizing that this, along with Friday Fun Club, is becoming the primary forum for the church’s ministry and mission among children and families As a result, Junior Church will no longer run on Sunday mornings, to enable our children’s and family team to focus their energies and time where it will have the greatest effect Prior to Covid only a small handful of toddlers were making use of Junior Church provision This was not deemed a good use of our team, as a resource The Zone & A2O, Friday Fun Club, community lunches and coffee mornings, Well-being Café, Beer & Banter, Refresh, Communions in residential/care homes and the extensive schools’ ministry will continue and develop

It has not been possible to carry out the work to replace our heating system in the past

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year Initially, restrictions during the pandemic caused the work to be delayed, then steeply rising costs, which put the work beyond funds available to us in the Fabric Account, and a concern to install a more sustainable system to meet emission targets caused us to put the work on hold However, this and other major works are still needed in the coming years A Quinquennial Inspection is overdue and should be carried out in the coming months This will give us an update on the work needed to repair the Tower, which in 2019 was estimated to cost about £300,000; the impact of damp on internal stonework and consequent buildup of salts and the urgency of repointing internal and external stonework Externally gutters and pipework needs replacing with those of a larger diameter to cope with the increasingly heavy rainfall This causes rain to cascade over the gutters onto stone work and contributes to the damp and consequent stone damage which could lead to further structural damage to the church

During the summer months the church experiences a lot of bat activity inside the building The bats leave extensive droppings on the fittings in church and on the stone work which are a concern for health and safety and for the fabric of the building

We have received the report on the survey of the D’Arcy Tomb, carried out in December 2021, which highlights in detail the remedial treatment needed to rectify the fractured stonework and open joints in the north-west corner of the tomb The main cause of this is liquid moisture which has caused the iron work to corrode The estimate for this work is £30,082 50 plus VAT

In the churchyard we still need to replace a temporary path around the tower with a permanent one, possibly to include some kind of design elements that incorporate prayer reflection and/or memorial inscriptions. This path is much needed to enable access from the front to the back of church (and hall) for prams and wheel chair users All these projects will need considerable time and finances.

Risk management and Safeguarding

Policies for conflict of interest, complaints and grievances, legacy, and risk were discussed and updated where necessary at the PCC meeting on 14th September

Cathy Rodgers was reappointed as the Parish Safeguarding Representative (PSR) at the APCM The following parish safeguarding polices were reviewed and approved by the PCC in July 2021:

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The Church of England introduced a new Safeguarding Learning and Development Framework in July 2021, which we are in the process of implementing, ensuring that everyone at St Wilfrid’s who works with children or vulnerable people undertakes relevant and regular training New Safer Recruitment Guidance begins in January 2022, including a requirement to renew DBS certificates every 3 years.

We are working to increase the understanding of safeguarding in our church community so that it is regarded as everyone’s responsibility and as an integral part of church life

Structure, governance and management

The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure The PCC is a Registered Charity The method of appointment of PCC members is governed by and set out in the Church Representation Rules At St Wilfrid’s the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our rector), curate(s), churchwardens, the reader and members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church All church attendees are encouraged to register on the electoral roll and stand for election to the PCC

The full PCC met 6 times during 2021 plus the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in April 2021 We have a Standing Committee authorised by the full PCC and with full knowledge of the PCC to address issues and make decisions between PCC meetings

Report approved by the Parochial Church Council on 15th March 2022 and signed on their behalf by the Reverend Pete Watson (PCC Chairman)

Signed ……………………

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Notes to Accompany Annual Accounts

Note 1 General Account Number 1

The Number 1 Account is used for all day to day transactions Legacies, donations and grants specifically for the structure of St Wilfrid’s Parish Church are transferred to the Fabric Fund

Note 2 Parish Hall Account

A summary of the Parish Hall Accounts has been added to this report but as the hall is managed by a separate management committee, made up of church and community members, these accounts remain separate and are therefore not included in the Current Assets Note 3 General Account Number 2

The purpose of the Number 2 Account is to earn interest from surplus Number 1 Account funds, but due to the low level of interest rates and the account balance, the income for 2021 was only £1

Note 4 Community Account

This was set up during the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020 to enable volunteers to fund essentials for those in the parish (and beyond) who were unable to carry out normal day to day activities A Volunteer Team was set up by the Rector, Rev Pete Watson to keep in phone contact with those self-isolating in the parish and provide a means of getting medicines and shopping Those shopping and handling money were DBS checked Generally volunteer shoppers will be paid in cash or by cheque by those self-isolating but when this is not possible eg The self-isolator has run out of cash/cheques, is too poorly to pay, the volunteer will be paid from the Community Account

Note 5 Fabric Fund

This fund consists of restricted donations and legacies which have been given for the specific purpose of maintaining the structure of St Wilfrid’s Parish Church The restricted part of the fund cannot be used for day to day parish expenses Subscriptions to the “Friends of St Wilfrid’s” and other appropriate donations are added to the fund

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Annual Accounts of St Wilfrid’s

2020 2021
General Account Number 1 Receipts
See Note 1 Unrestricted Restricted
Incoming resources
28,163 Planned Giving 27,587 0 27,586
1,906, Other Giving 2,000 2,000
6,024 St Francis Freewill OfferingContribution 5,639 5,639
463 One-Off Gift Aid 275 275
1,913 Baptism,Wedding,Funeral 4,566 4,566
993 Open Plate 1,369 1,369
2,393 Charities & 50% Funeral 2,762 2,762
550 Friends of St Wilfrid’s 550 550
924 M’Babane,Christian Aid,Youth 400 400
0 WellbeingCafé 0 0
2,807 Donations - General,Gift Day,Floodlights 1,301 1,301
2,099 Miscellaneous Income - Hall Fuel & Repairs 455 455
0 Donations - Fabric 0 0 0
355 Special Appeals - Tower Fund 0 750 750
8,184 Tax Recovered 7,502 744 8,245
33,139 Legacies 700 0 700
0 Grants and loans 0 0 0
81,911 Total Voluntary Income 51,393 5,206 56,600
Activities forgeneratingfunds
2,035 Fund RaisingGross 561 1,538 2,099
Income from investments
0 Bank Interest 0 0 0
Church Activities
10,435 PCC Fees 13,622 13,622
129 Bookstall Sales 308 0 308
0 LettingBuildings Gross 0 0
621 Parish Magazine,Guides,Diaries 586 586
Other incoming resources
0 Insurance Claims 0 0 0
103,131 Total Incoming Resources 66,471 6,744 73,215

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2020 2021
General Account Number 1 Payments
Unrestricted Restricted
Resources Expended
36 FundraisingActivities 52 75 127
Church Activities
5,523 WellbeingCafe /donations to charities 0 4,895 4,895
44,000 Freewill Offering (formerlyParish Shares) 44,000 44,000
1,747 Salaries,Wages,Honoraria 2,593 2,593
Clergy and Staff Expenses
4,578 StatutoryDiocesan Fees 4,678 4,678
1,586 ClergyExpenses - Rector 1,542 1,542
641 ClergyExpenses - NSM / Visitors 1,157 1,157
517 ClergyHousing 630 630
Church Expenses
1,998 Mission Costs - LayTraining, Junior Church 1,055 1,055
1,508 Church & Churchyard Maintenance 1,228 1,228
3,972 Church Insurance 3,976 3,976
16 Settlement Fees-online donations 42 42
226 Administration Costs 728 728
407 Upkeepof Services 264 264
4,560 Church heat,light & water 2,861 2,861
212 Cost of TradingBookstall 210 210
83 Upkeepof Parish Hall 0 0
800 Printer &paper costs-Parish magazine etc 711 711
Major Expenditure
3,336 Major Repairs to Church 0 1,506 1,506
0 Repair of Lane 0 0
0 New Buildings Church,Hall,ClergyHousing 0 0 0
2,100 Repayment of loan 0 2,100 2,100
77,844 Sub Total - Church Activities and Expenses 65,725 8,576 74,301
0 PCC Governance costs 0 0 0
(nil) Anyotherpayments (nil) (nil) (nil)
77,844 Total Resources Expended 65,725 8,576 74,301
103,131 Total Receipts 73,215
77,844 Total Payments 74,301
25,287 Surplus / Defcit -1,086
Add
0 Transfer from General Account Number 2 0 0
0 Transfer from Fabric Account 0 0 0
Deduct
32,457 Transfer to Fabric Account 2,447 2,447
0 Transfer to General Account Number 2 0 0
Add
16,396 Balance brought forward 1stJanuary 9,226
9,226 Balance carried forward 31st. December 5,694

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2020 2021
Parish Hall Accounts
See Note 2
General Account Unrestricted Restricted
6,594 Total Receipts 1,504
2,674 Total Payments 8,650
3,920 Surplus / Defcit -7,146
5,050 Balance brought forward 1stJanuary 8,970
8,970 Balance carried forward 31st. December 1,824
2020 2021
General Account Number 2 Receipts
See Note 3 Unrestricted Restricted
12 Bank Interest 1 1
12 Total Receipts 1 1
General Account Number 2 Payments
0 Payments 0 0
0 Total Payments 0 0
12 Total Receipts 1
0 Total Payments
12 Surplus / Defcit
Add
0 Transfer from General Account Number 1 0
Deduct
0 Transfer to General Account Number 1 0
2,731 Balance brought forward 1stJanuary 2,742
2,742 Balance carried forward 31st. December 2,743
2020 2021
Community Account
See Note 4
300 Total Receipts 10 10
0 Total Payments 0 0
0 Balance brought forward 1st January 300
300 Balance carried forward 31st December 310

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2020 2021
Fabric Account Receipts
(Restricted And Designated Funds)
See Note 5 Unrestricted Restricted
0 Donations 0 0
0 Grants 0
188 Income from investments 40 40
0 Legacies 0 0
188 Total Receipts 40
0 Repairs / Architect’s Fees 0
0 Total Payments 0
188 Total Receipts 40
0 Total Payments 0
188 Surplus / Defcit 40
Add
32,457 Transfer from General Account Number 1 2,447 2,447
Deduct
0 Transfer to General Account Number 1 0 0
44,040 Balance brought forward 1stJanuary 76,685
76,685 Balance carried forward 31st December 79,172
Current Assets
Excluding Parish Hall Accounts
9,226 General Account Number 1 5,694 5,694
2,742 General Account Number 2 2,744 2,744
76,685 Fabric Account 79,172 79,172
300 CommunityAccount 310 310
88,954 Total Current Assets 87,919
Church Furnishings are included in the inventory and
vested in the churchwardens on special trust
Permanent Assets
245,200 The St Wilfrid’s Brayton Parish Hall (Church and
CommunityBuilding)		 245,200
245,200 245,200
Current Liabilities
2,100 Loan for Lane Repairs - to be repaid April 2022 2,100
Future Liabilities
2,100 Loan for Lane Repairs 0

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