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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of The Sherbornes With Pamber

2024-12-31-accounts

SHERBORNES WITH PAMBER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

ANNUAL CHARITY REPORT Year Ended 31[st] December 2024

Registered charity number 1171088

Purpose

The Sherbornes with Pamber Parochial Church Council (SwPPCC) is responsible for the mission of the church in this parish within the Diocese of Winchester in co-operation with the Priest-in-Charge. Our vision is to see lives transformed as people from every generation and every part of our communities connect with church, share in God’s love, and grow in faith in Jesus.

The PCC is responsible for the maintenance of the churches and churchyards of St Andrew’s in Sherborne St John and All Saints in Monk Sherborne and also for the services that take place in Pamber Priory.

The PCC is registered as a charity with PCC members as its Trustees.

Objectives

To see our vision realised, the PCC will to all it can to enable the church to:

  1. Connect with our Communities: reaching out and inviting in

  2. Share God’s love: through our actions and our words

  3. Grow in our faith in Jesus: as we learn and respond

When planning church activities, the PCC have considered the Commission’s guidance on the public benefit for charities for the advancement of religion.

To facilitate this work, the PCC are committed to maintain the fabric of the churches and the Parish Room attached to the Rectory, ensuring our churchyards are well cared for, ensuring legal compliance with charity and ecclesiastical law (including safeguarding policies), and acting as a channel of consultation with the wider church.

Activities and Achievements

Ministry team

Reverend Stewart Deering was appointed as Priest-in-Charge in July 2023. There is a Common Tenure Interim Post improvement plan with a number of specific targets on the needs of the benefice for the PCC to progress.

Steve Howe and Andy Spence have the Bishop’s Commission for Mission (BCM) for Worship. Andy Spence has the Bishop’s Permission to Preach and has preached regularly. He has been accepted for ordination and is undertaking training. Steve Howe and Bret Rohlof have also preached occasionally and Pippa Aslet has given all-age talks. Sunday services have been led by Andy, Steve, Bret, Julie Crawley and Pippa Aslet. Jenny Cooke and Julie Crawley have the Bishop’s Commission for Mission for Pastoral Care.

Many people in our church community are involved in serving in a wide variety of ministries which are overseen by a team of Ministry Co-ordinators.

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Employees

The PCC employed a part time Parish Administrator Sam Reeves until October 2024 who was line managed by the Minister. The Parish Adminstrator does a lot of work to facilitate the smooth, efficient and timely running of church business as well as supporting and releasing the Minister in his pastoral role. The PCC appointed Judith Simpson as Parish Administrator (8 hours per week) in February 2025.

Church Services

All are welcome to attend our regular services. Until September we had a weekly 10am service at St Andrew’s and a monthly 10am service at All Saints’ Monk Sherborne and Pamber Priory respectively. Following a consultation with the church community we altered the service pattern to the following:

St Andrew’s: 10.30am every Sunday

All Saints’: 9am 2[nd] Sunday

Pamber Priory: 9am 4[th] Sunday

This was reviewed in November and the service times at All Saints’ & Pamber Priory have been adjusted to start at 9.30am.

The average weekly attendance at all services and all churches, counted during October, was 64 adults (60 in 2023) and 11 children (8 in 2023). There were 93 on the Church Electoral Roll (89 in 2023). The worshipping community was 99 people of all ages (97 in 2023). We have continued live streaming of our Sunday and other services on YouTube though this was not possible for several months until replacement technology was installed. These remain available to watch afterwards and were watched by an average of over 20 per week unable to attend in person.

We held two “Summer Sunday” services at the beginning and end of the school holidays with a picnic and ice-cream afterwards. One was at St Andrew’s and one was in Monk Sherborne Village Hall.

Leading up to Christmas, an Advent Carol service was held at Pamber Priory and a carol service at All Saints. At St Andrew’s there was a morning all age carol service held for families and an evening candle lit carol service for adults, both of which attracted newcomers. A Crib Service was held at All Saints’ on Christmas Eve. Holy Communion Services were held on Christmas Day at All Saints’ and St Andrew’s.

As well as service leaders and preachers we have a range of people taking part in our services each week including a team of bellringers, a committed and gifted group of singers and musicians, those who do the Bible Readings, lead Prayers, the AV team, flower arrangers, welcomers, refreshments team, wardens and those who help with communion.

Prayer

Prayer underpins our work and there are regular prayer meetings. Central prayer meetings were held monthly on Saturday mornings typically with a dozen attendees. Throughout the year, there has also been a mid-week prayer meeting alternating between St Andrew’s, All Saints’ & Pamber Priory attracting 7-12 attendees. There was also a prayer meeting in the SSJ Village Hall to launch the “Giving for Growth” campaign. Many of our congregation meet in 2s and 3s to pray together.

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Discipleship

The church normally runs a full programme of men’s and women’s ministry events, particularly Saturday morning breakfast meetings with a Christian talk and group discussion.

In 2024, three women’s breakfast meetings and a coffee morning were held. The men met four times for breakfast in 2024 and there is also a monthly Retired Men’s Bible Study.

One to One Bible reading and smaller groups flourish as people meet to read the Bible and grow in faith. 59 of our congregation are members of six home groups which are held fortnightly. Our study materials for our regular Home Group meetings in 2024 were based on studies of Philippians, Vaughan Robert's book God's Big Picture and finally Fruitful Living using material from LICC (London Institute for Contemporary Christianity).

Homegroups were suspended during Lent to encourage members to engage with a series of talks organised by OneChurch Basingstoke led by a speaker from CARE (Christian Action, Research and Education).

Evangelism & Outreach

Evangelism and outreach (E&O) continue to be important mainstays of our ministry as a local parish church as we seek to connect with our communities and share God’s love.

The church-run baby and toddler group “Little Acorns” in Sherborne St John met regularly, providing the opportunity to meet local children and their carers and share something of the Christian Message through storytelling and craft activities. This group has grown and there are now regularly 20-25 children coming with their carers. The group made a visit to Marnel Lodge Care Home in December to share the Nativity Story and spend time with the residents.

A new monthly group started this year called “Being Together” which is led by Brenda Lewis with support from Margaret Plumb and Jenny Cooke. This group is especially for women in their late 70s and older to meet for companionship a talk and often a short thought from the Bible.

There have been a number of Women’s & Men’s Outreach Events including a Men’s Curry Night in February, Men’s Walks in the summer, a Dads & Kids event in November, a summer “Pimms & Pudding” Evening, and an Women’s Advent Craft Evening. We also organised a Quiz Evening in July and a Comedy Night in October with Christian Comedian Paul Kerensa.

We held two family outreach events: an Egg Hunt at Easter and a Light Trail at the end of October.

Church members assist with local community activities with the aim of meeting people, building relationships and sharing the Gospel (e.g. Coffee Mornings in SSJ & Monk Sherborne Village Halls).

Members of the congregation volunteer with Christian-based charities seeking to serve our Lord and Saviour in a variety of ministries amongst those in need, including Prison Fellowship, Cedar Tree Counselling, Basingstoke Food Bank and Money Lifeline. We held a Community Lunch at Harvest with donations going to the Foodbank. A team of helpers from our churches helped Basingstoke Foodbank to deliver 50 Christmas Hampers in our community.

In 2024, there have been 12 baptisms (5 infants, 4 children, 1 youth and 2 adults) and 2 weddings at St Andrew’s and 1 wedding at All Saints. In May, Bishop David of Basingstoke confirmed 8 individuals at St Andrew’s.

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To help those new to the church or to the Christian Faith to come and find out more about what Christians believe, a “Hope Explored” course took place in January 2024. A newcomers group developed from this and met during the Spring. A number from this group have since joined Homegroups. Another Hope Explored Course is taking place in January 2025.

Youth & Children

Our Youth & Children’s work is co-ordinated by David Freeman (10-14s), Caroline Elphick & Pippa Aslet (4-10s) and Becky Deering (0-4s). Throughout the year a brief talk in Sunday Services for the children is followed by Sunday Club - separate activities for the children with Bible education for a combined group of typically 3-6 attendees of primary school age. A new group StAY (St Andrew’s Youth) has started to meet monthly on Sunday mornings for about 4-6 attendees aged 10-14. A supervised Creche for pre-schoolers began in September. All of these groups meet in SSJ School.

The removal of two aisle pews at St Andrew’s has enabled a dedicated space for children to be provided with some toys for parents and carers to use as needed.

A team of church members has continued go into SSJ school each week to lead Collective Worship. Four school services held in St Andrew’s were very well attended by parents. The Minister has been visiting the school regularly to build relationships with children and staff.

We have also maintained and developed our relationship with the Priory School, with church members invited to talk to classes about what Christianity is and take Y6 on a tour of Pamber Priory led by David Cullum. The Minister was also invited to lead a whole school assembly at the Priory School in October.

A youth event was organised for 10-18 year olds to gather and enjoy pizza, games and a bible study. This was enjoyed by all and we hope to plan more similar events next year.

Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care is overseen by four Pastoral Care Co-ordinators: Stewart Deering (Minister), Julie Crawley & Jenny Cooke (Bishop’s Commission for Pastoral Care). There is a wider Pastoral Care Team made up of Home Group Leaders and others who have specific areas of responsibility. The Coordinators and Team meet regularly during the year and communicate in between times to ensure that all pastoral care needs are known and met as well as possible either through Home Groups or otherwise. Pastoral Visiting is a key part of our pastoral care, particularly for those who are unable to attend church in person.

Afternoon Tea (“Tea at 3”) is organised several times through the year on Sunday Afternoons and a church family lunch took place in early December. These were good opportunities for getting to know one another better and building relationships. Hospitality is an important part of Pastoral Care and as well as encouraging church family to get involved with this informally we have formed a new Catering Team who take responsibility for providing meals and/or refreshments for specific events or for households in need.

Visits to Marnel Lodge care home have been made by a small team and short services held each month which have been very well received by the staff and residents. Our aim is to help those who have faith to keep trusting Jesus and our prayer for all is that even in their latter days they may have that assurance of sins forgiven and a certain hope of eternal life

The Minister and a small group of volunteers also visited The Grange Care Home regularly during 2024.

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The Minister took several funerals, visiting the bereaved families to offer pastoral care as well as to help them to plan the service. We held a Bereavement Café in September with the aim of offering a space for mutual listening and support for anyone in the community who has suffered loss. We plan to run these on a termly basis going forward.

Safeguarding

Throughout the year the PCC believe they have complied with the duty to have ‘due regard’ to the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance.

Pippa Aslet is the Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) and Caroline Elphick and Lynda Harding deal with the administrative responsibilities. Pippa has undergone further training with the Diocese.

The PSO reports to the PCC or Standing Committee each month and is striving to build on and develop the practices already in place to create and maintain a safe, caring, open and transparent environment in which survivors and the vulnerable can hear and experience for themselves the love offered to them by their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. All voluntary roles involve a Safer Recruitment process and our regular communications contain contact details for the PSO.

We held a Safeguarding Sunday service in May with the aim of informing the wider church community about the responsibilities we all share.

Links with the wider church

The Minister and two lay members of the PCC sit on the Deanery Synod. This provides the PCC with an important link with clergy and lay representatives from Church of England churches in the Basingstoke area. Good discussions and presentations were had and contacts were made and blossomed. Pippa Aslet was a member of Diocesan Synod until her term ended in July.

We support OneChurch Basingstoke which supports local churches through fellowship, communication, mission and prayer. We are working on developing links with neighbouring parishes.

The PCC is discussing how we can partner with CEEC – the Church of England Evangelical Council which aligns closely with our vision and values.

Buildings & Grounds

Regular maintenance was carried out on the church buildings, two churchyards and the separate cemetery in Sherborne St John. The building at Pamber Priory is the responsibility of Queen’s College, Oxford.

All Saints

Work to improve the paths at All Saints’ was done in January. Electrical repairs were done in December to repair the heating. No other significant work was undertaken in 2024. Tree surgeons cut back trees in the churchyard in January 2025.

St Andrew’s

Work to improve the paths at St Andrew’s was done in January . Following a faculty, two pews at the back of the north aisle were removed in September and another turned around to create a

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dedicated space for young children. No other significant work was undertaken in 2024. In 2025 there are plans for treatment of wood worm in the belfry and to install a defibrillator.

Communication

We have continued to communicate with our parish in the following ways:

Mission Support in 2024

As an active partnership in the Gospel and including Christmas collections, the PCC gave 8.5% (2023 : 8%) of its income to Christian missions.

Through SiM (UK), the church supported Jonny and Olga Anderson as mission partners who are working to spread the Gospel message in Bolivia to speakers of the Quechua language.

Through JCM, we supported James Ballinger on the Samurai project for JCM ministering to Japan until April when he moved on from his role.

Through Crosslinks, we supported a conference for training clergy in Nigeria initiated by Bishop Ishaya Baba of Zaria.

We also supported three local charities Prison Fellowship, Money Lifeline and the Basingstoke Foodbank (including our Harvest Service collection).

We donated the collections for our Christmas services to a combination of the local Camrose Centre and the Tear Fund Middle East Appeal.

Home groups are linked to a mission partner and regularly pray for the needs of that mission worker and also develop a personal relationship with them through regular contacts via email. Homegroup Links are currently as follows:

Andy Spence: Andersons in Bolivia (Serving in Mission)

Steve Howe: Prison Fellowship & Basingstoke Foodbank

Tim Aslet: Bishop Ishaya

Peter Marrison: Potters in Mozambique (Wycliffe Bible Translators)

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Stewardship & Giving

Giving to the PCC is organised through a number of tax-efficient methods such as standing orders and white envelope donations using Gift Aid where tax can be reclaimed, and schemes where donations are received with tax credited such as Give As You Earn schemes and Stewardship Services. Tax is also reclaimed for cash donations in the church donations boxes using the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme. During 2024, £853 was received via the tap & go terminal in St Andrew’s.

Of the total donations (excluding Gift Day), 78% (2023 67%) were regular donations. A total of 48 parishioners made regular donations to the PCC during 2024 (2023 40).

Around 97% of PCC income from parishioners was tax efficient. The PCC reclaims tax on Gift Aided donations, including small donations through GASDS, at a rate amounting to 25% of donations, and in 2024 a total of £17,924 (2023 £14,493) was repaid in this way with a further £6,120 claimed in January 2024. This includes tax reclaimed on small cash donations (e.g. cash placed in donation boxes) where no Gift Aid Declaration is signed.

In September 2024, a “Giving for Growth” campaign was held. This resulted in a 74% increase in regular giving and an increase in regular donors to 48. The success of this campaign meant that there was no need to hold a Gift Day in 2024 and it is anticipated that expenditure in 2025 can be met from regular donations.

Volunteers

The PCC would like to thank all those who serve in a wide variety of ways to make our church the lively and vibrant community that it is. Particular thanks are due for all that they do to the churchwardens Lynda Harding and Andy Spence. Thanks also to Nick Harding for looking after the church finances and accounts, to Tim Aslet who chairs our Buildings & Grounds Committee and to Pippa Aslet who is our Parish Safeguarding Officer and chairs our Safeguarding Committee. Thank you to all members of the PCC for their valuable contribution to our ministry.

The PCC is also grateful to everyone who co-ordinates or serves on all our ministry teams: Admin, AV, Baby & Toddler, Bereavement Care, Bible Reading, Buildings & Grounds, Care Homes, Cleaning, Duty Wardens, Events, Flowers, Finance, Home Groups, Hospitality, Men’s Ministry, Mission Partners, Music, Prayer, Pastoral Care, Refreshments, Rotas, Safeguarding, Schools, Sunday Worship, Welcome, Women’s Ministry and Youth & Children.

Structure, Governance & Management

The Church Representation Rules set out how the PCC members are appointed. The membership of the SwP PCC consists of the Priest-in-Charge, the churchwardens and other lay members.

The 2024 Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) was held April 21st when new PCC members were elected by the members of the congregation who are on the Electoral Roll. All members of the church are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and can stand for election to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including decisions on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent.

There were 6 regular PCC meetings in 2024. The average attendance was 85%. Given its wide responsibilities, the PCC has a number of subcommittees dealing with particular aspects of its work.

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These include a standing committee and subcommittees for Finance, Buildings & Grounds, Mission Partners and Safeguarding. These subcommittees report back to the full PCC on their deliberations and any important decisions.

The standing committee has met regularly throughout the year to ensure the continued smooth running of the church.

Risks and Insurance

The main risks for the PCC are the two historic church buildings that it is responsible for. Insurance policies are held covering the two churches, the parish room and employer’s and public liability. The PCC has adopted a number of policies on how activities should be conducted including Health & Safety and Safeguarding for young people and vulnerable adults. 37 current church members have enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificates (2023 : 25).

Health and safety checks, risks and associated procedures have been implemented to control risks and avoid insurance liabilities. These are monitored by the church Health & Safety officer who sits on the Safeguarding Committee.

The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults).

Financial Review

Financial Overview

The receipts and payments account for the year shows a gain of £9,806 (2023 : a deficit of £9,346).

There are separate funds held in the General Fund (unrestricted), the Building Fund (designated) and three restricted funds with details shown below.

There was i) a gain of £9,119 on the General Fund ii) no change in the designated Building iii) a gain of £658 in the Restricted Funds (This compared to 2023 : i) a deficit of £2,488 on the General Fund ii) a deficit of £6,858 on the designated Building iii) no change in the Restricted Funds.)

Unrestricted Income to General and Building Funds

The PCC is delighted by the success of the “Giving for Growth” campaign which has raised regular monthly giving from parishioners by about £3k - so £3.7k including Gift Aid. This reflects a 34% increase in giving from existing regular givers and 30% new givers. This should cover the normal day to day expenditure in 2025 without the need for a Gift Day and will also help with future planning. Planned giving of £59,861 was 25.0% up from 2023. One off giving totalled £25,125 down by 26.0% from 2023 as there was no Gift Day in 2024 due to the success of the “Giving for Growth” campaign, whereas in 2023 a Gift Day had been necessary to balance giving and regular expenditure. However, one-off giving of £7,750 was raised in the campaign (2023 Gift Day : £10,753).

A gift aid claim for £6,120 will be received in 2025 in respect of donations received in the last quarter of 2024. Grants of £8,800 were requested and received from the Ministry Trust - £7,000 that was passed onto the Diocese to boost our contribution to the Common Mission fund and another £1,800 to support ministry training, youth work and outreach.

The total unrestricted giving to the PCC, including gift aid, of £102,554 (2023 - £96,124) made up 82% of the total receipts of £124,584 (2023 - £106,806). Of the total giving 70% was planned and

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regular, 30% is made up of one-off donations and none from collections (2023 : also 58%, 42% and <1%).

Fees, rents received and bookstall income amounted to £8,273 (2023 - £6,539 ) and bank interest was £823 (2023 - £498).

Payments from the Unrestricted General and Building Funds

Common Mission Fund. During the year £69,863 (2023 : 62,863) in total was paid monthly by direct debit to the Diocese.

Mission Donations. £9,574 (2023 - £8,448) was mostly paid to regular mission partners – SIM (UK) throughout the year and three local charities Basingstoke Foodbank, Prison Fellowship and Money Lifeline, and with a one-off donation to Crosslinks for a clergy conference in Nigeria. Mission donations were 7.7% of the unrestricted income (2023 : 8.5%).

The Toddlers group had a shortfall of £328 during the year (2023: £409). Income was £1,022 and expenses £1,350.

Building Fund. There was no spending in 2024 (2023 :£8,880) and no transfer from the General Fund (2023 : £5,000) The fund at year end was £24,749 (2023 : £24,749)

Restricted Funds

All Saints Building Fund - This is restricted to work on the building at All Saints The roof is in need of substantial repairs flagged again in the 2021 Quinquennial Inspection, but the source of funding and timescale for such repairs is still unknown. There was an increase of £688 to £4,852 with no expenditure.

All Saints Bell Restoration Fund - This is restricted to improvement or restoration work at All Saints, excluding repairs to the building. There was no activity so it remains £1,152.

Summer Camp Fund – This is restricted for supporting children to attend Christian summer camps. There was no activity so it remains £89.

The Christmas collections raised £1,092 including Gift aid (2023 : £1,463) in aid of i) a local charity – the Camrose Centre and ii) Tear Fund Middle East Appeal, and this was paid out in 2024.

Reserves

It is PCC policy to maintain sufficient funds to be able to deal with building costs that may arise, bearing in mind that we have two listed churches in our care, and to provide working capital. £25,000 of unrestricted funds was agreed to be appropriate in 2024. In January, the PCC agreed to increase this to £30,000.

At 31 December 2023, the cash funds of £50,848 (2023 : £41,042) were represented by reserves in the General Fund of £20,007, in the designated Building Fund of £24,749 (together £44,756 unrestricted -2023 £35,638), and restricted reserves of £6,092.

In October, the WDBF closed their loan accounts and the PCC opened a new deposit account with CAF Bank.

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The Sherbornes With Pamber PCC Annual Charity Report {cont Administrative Information The PCC is registered with the Charities Commission as a charity in its own right with registered charity number 1171088. PCC Correspondence Address . PCC Secretary, Mulberry Cottage. New Road, Pamber Green, Tadley. RG26 3AG Website . v￿4￿.Sherb0rne￿lthpaMbel.0[8 Regular donations to the PCC are organised via the Stewardship Secretary Lynda Harding PCC members at 31" December 2024 were . Incumbent & Chairman . Stewart Deering Deputy Chairman . Steve Howe Churchwardens . Andy Spence & Lynda Harding Treasurer . Nick Harding Secretary . Andy Spence Deanery Synod representative . Bret Rohloff and Pippa Aslet Other elected PCC members . Jenny Spence, Sally Gridley, Ron Leeds, Rod Harding, Keith Bunker and Tim Aslet. There is one vacancy on PCC. Approved by the PCC and signed on their behalf by the PCC Chaimian, Rev Stewart Deering Signed . Date . ,I,/,, io

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Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total Total
Fund Fund Fund 2024 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Receipts and Payments Account
RECEIPTS
Voluntary Receipts
Planned giving 59861 0 0 59861 47886
Collections 0 0 1092 1092 1463
Gift Day and other giving 25125 0 0 25125 34113
Tax recovered 17568 0 138 17705 14646
Donations 1134 0 550 1684 4053
Grant from Ministry Trust 8800 0 0 8800 1093
Legacy 3000 0 0 3000 0
Receipts from activities for generating funds 0
Bookstall 279 0 0 279 55
Rent received 100 0 0 100 100
Toddler fees 1022 0 0 1022 637
Fees 6872 0 0 6872 5747
Other 0 0 0 0 0
Receipts from investments 0
Bank and CBF deposit interest 823 0 0 823 498
0
Total receipts 124584 0 1780 126364 110291
PAYMENTS
Church
Activities
Overseas and home missions 9574 0 1092 10666 9912
Diocesan parish share 69863 0 0 69863 62863
Church running expenses 11458 0 0 11458 10315
Building maintenance 7164 0 0 7164 13778
Clergy expenses 9225 0 0 9225 6165
Cost of services 6042 0 0 6042 14466
Youth work and outreach 2140 0 0 2140 2139
Total payments 115465 0 1092 116558 119637
Excess of Receipts over Payments 9119 0 688 9806 -9346
Transfer between funds 0 0 0 0 0
9119 0 688 9806 -9346
Bank Accounts at 1 January 10888 24749 5404 41042 50388
Bank Accounts at 31 December 20007 24749 6093 50848 41042

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The Sherbornes With Pamber PCC Annual Charity Report (cont) Unrestricted Deslgnated Restricted Fund Fund Fund Total 2024 Total 2023 Statoment of Assets and Liabilities Cash Funds CAF Bank- Current Lloyds Bank VIDBF Loan CAF Bank- Gold Cash 7404 6257 7403 6257 25907 4585 10000 6325 21 20006 24749 6093 37168 21 50848 550 41042 24749 6093 Other Monetary assets Income tax recoverable VAT recoverable 5913 5913 6175 5913 5913 6175 Liabllltles Note to the kcounts (Employees and Pensions) During the year the Sherbornes with Pamber PCC employed one member of staff who did not want to be included in a workplace pension scheme. Approved by the PCC and signed on their behalf by the by the PCC Chairman Rev Stewart Deering and Mr N Harding IPCC Treasurer) Signed Date . Signed Date . 25/5/2r 12

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Sherbornes with Pamber Parochial Church Council

I report on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 and Financial Review, which are set out on pages 7 to 11.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the Examiner

The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to :

Basis of the independent Examiner’s Report

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 trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.

Independent Examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention :

have not been met or

Date : 24[th] March 2025

Signed by: Chaweevan Williams FCCA Chartered Certified Accountant Verdant Accountants Limited 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU

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