## **ST MARY THE VIRGIN WESTONZOYLAND – REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1171602** Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with charities legislation as consolidated by the Charities Act 2011, the charity's governing document and the Charities Statement of recommended Practice (FRS102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities. The trustees consider that an audit of the report and financial statements is not required but an independent examination is required this year to fulfil the filing requirements of the Act. ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** The registered name of the Charity is The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Mary the Virgin Westonzoyland. The names of the Trustees who are all members of the PCC and served during the year are as follows: Revd Dr Jane W Sutton (Chair) (appointed 22 May 2023) Martin Malin (appointed 22 May 2023) Mrs Rosemary Bawden Mrs Carole Edmunds Mrs Ruth Marks Mrs Julia Hines Mrs Ann Philcox Mrs Angela Field Mrs Kim Adams The Charity’s governing document is The Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) As Amended and Church Representation Rules that came into force on 22 January 1957 The PCC is responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including financial decisions. The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** St Mary the Virgin, Westonzoyland PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the Church. ## **How our activities deliver public benefit** The PCC has kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and consider that the activities, summarised below, provide benefit to the public and comply with the duty in section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011. ## **Achievements and Performance** Worship, Life Events and attendance – Weekly services throughout the year, Easter, Harvest, Christmas, Funerals, Baptisms and Weddings. Twenty-eight regular members of congregation. Westonzoyland Primary School carol and end-of-term concerts Social activities – coffee mornings, afternoon cafés and sales, music venue, book exchange, Tower Open Day Other – Donation point for Bridgwater Food Bank, historic connection to the Battle of Sedgemoor and location for the Visitors’ Centre and school enrichment activities ## **Financial Review** The year-end position of the finances, as shown in the accounts, was a net increase in unrestricted funds balance of £5,586 compared to the start of the year. The policy and presentation of Restricted and Unrestricted Funds within the accounts has been applied to these financial statements so that; 1. A new designated fund has been created to account for the balance of donations received for supporting the costs of the Battlefield Stewards Group; 2. The Restricted Roof Fund’s aim, with fundraising and specific gifts, was to pay the interest on and repay the Loan from the Bath & Wells DBF which financed the heating works as a priority; and 3. The Restricted Hall Fund is the accumulation of costs incurred in insurance, maintenance and disposal of the former Parish Hall. At the year-end, the designated Battlefield Stewards fund had a surplus of £530.71 A surplus of £5,055.32 was retained from the year’s Church Activities and will be used to support future ministry costs and establishment costs The year’s fund raising generated almost £5,000 in income so that the Restricted Roof Fund returned to surplus, having met the objective of repaying the DBF Loan. Further £137.60 insurance costs were incurred relating to the former Parish Hall before the Bath & Wells Diocese were registered as the legal owner. The total receipts from collections, at services and by standing order, remained comparable to 2022. Memorial donations include £927.50 from the family of Pat Gardner. The continued support by weekly offerings and regular donations, is most gratefully received. Income tax is recoverable on the majority of cash and card reader donations and collections under the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme. The Parish Share request for 2023 was met in full. The unpaid balance is acknowledged by the PCC but not considered a debt by the DBF. Water ingress, which forced a brief closure of the church, was an inexpensive repair but the resolution incurred architect fees of £360. Issues with the heating system incurred repair costs of £836. Parish Office Rent is reimbursed by the Diocese. The Church Prize Draw contribution of £4,305 represents two years and accumulated donated prize money. The Friends of Westonzoyland Church gave £2,500 in the year. Carol Singing for the Children’s Society raised £105 for them. The first Benefice Fete took place. A reconciliation of the net surplus is given in Note 4. ## **ST MARY'S CHURCH WESTONZOYLAND Registered Charity Number 1171602 RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st December 2023** |||**Unrestricted Funds**|**Unrestricted Funds**||**Restricted Funds**|**Restricted Funds**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Church**|
**Battlefield**|||||||| |||**activities**|**Stewards**||**Roof**|**Hall**||**2023**||**2022**| ||**£**||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**||**£**|| |**Collection etc**||||||||||| |Free Will offerings||5,264.75||||||5,264.75||5,226| |Open collections||981.96||||||981.96||713| |Standing orders||8,274.00||||||8,274.00||8,208| |Memorial donations||1,097.70||||||1,097.70||171| |Penny boxes||127.89||||||127.89||138| |Wedding and baptism collections||133.27||||||133.27||182| |||15,879.57|-||-|-||15,879.57||14,638| |**Other income**||||||||||| |Funeral fees||1,615.00||||||1615.00||678| |Wedding and banns fees||1,703.00||||||1703.00||768| |Income tax refund||3,784.90||||||3784.90||3,415| |Other general income (note 1)||3,390.67|1,060.00|||||4450.67||1,161| |Personal and gift-aided donations|||||190.00|||190.00||209| |LPOW VAT refund||107.50||||||107.50||-| |||10,601.07|1,060.00||190.00|-||11,851.07||6,231| |**Activities for raising funds**||||||||||| |Friends of Westonzoyland Church||2,500.00|||-|||2,500.00||1,900| |Church Draw proceeds||4,305.00|||-|||4,305.00||-| |Summer Fete|||||-|||-||769| |Benefice Summer Fete (note 4)|||||406.59|||406.59||-| |Christmas Bazaar|||||637.90|||637.90||401| |Wall safe donations||492.98|||-|||492.98||361| |Go Forth and Multiply|||||-|||-||55| |Draw prizes returned|||||25.00|||25.00||15| |Glastonbury MV Choir concert|||||-|||-||125| |Visiting parties|||||40.65|||40.65||36| |Coffee mornings and café|||||3,320.60|||3,320.60||3,149| |Stall at May Fete|||||196.80|||196.80||-| |Christingle|||||72.44|||72.44||55| |Carol singing|||||131.48|||131.48||100| |Tower Open days|||||155.00|||155.00||79| |Donations by card reader||652.21|||-|||652.21||658| |||7,950.19|-||4,986.46|-||12,936.65||7,703| |**Grants etc**||||||||||| |Cost of Living Grants||-||||||-||900| |Zoyland Heritage contribution||1,000.00||||||1,000.00||350| |Hand bell ringers' donation||144.00||||||144.00||-| |Heating contributions MOTL||405.00||||||405.00||225| |||1,549.00|-||-|-||1,549.00||1,475| |**TOTAL Receipts**||||||||42,216.29||30,047| |TOTAL Payments||||||||32,584.87||31,985| |Surplus/(Deficit)||||||||9,631.42||(1,938.00)| ||||||||.|||| ## **ST MARY'S CHURCH WESTONZOYLAND** ## Registered Charity Number 1171602 **EXPENSES AND BALANCES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023** |**Church**
**Activities**
**Battlefield**
**Stewards**
**£**
**£**
Parish Share
15,454.00
DBF Parochial fees
918.00
Electricity
2,597.56
Heating oil
2,614.02
Vicar's expenses
940.05
Other clergy duty fees
-
Miscellaneous (note 2)
500.00
Craft expenses
175.19
Admin and sanctuary (note 3)
1,451.35
Repairs and maintenance
1,880.04
Card reader rental
172.80
Loan repayment
-
Fire protection and alarms
505.97
Insurance
2,665.50
Children's Society donations
-
Loan interest
-
Church office rental
1,050.03
Church hall expenses
-
Organ tuning etc
-
Battlefield stewards expenditure
529.29
30,924.51
529.29
**Reconciliation of Movement of Funds**
Monetary assets/(deficit) b/f
12,187.27
Funds transfer
Net surplus/(defecit)
5,055.32
530.71
Monetary assets/(defecit) c/f
17,242.59
530.71
**Balances as at 1st January 2024**
Lloyds General account
Roof account
Memorandum: Liabilities
Loan from Bath & Wells DBF
2022 Parish share
**Unrestricted Funds**|**£**|**Roof**
**Hall**
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
15,454.00
12,302
918.00
730
2,597.56
2,665
2,614.02
2,718
940.05
95
-
603
500.00
455
175.19
57
1,451.35
872
1,880.04
1,128
172.80
-
871.25
871.25
6,000
505.97
162
137.60
2,803.10
2,216
105.05
105.05
-
17.17
17.17
74
1,050.03
-
-
1,674
-
234
529.29
-
993.47
137.60
32,584.87
31,985
(2,585.21) (2,038.84)
7,563.22
9,501.12
-
-
4,182.99
(137.60)
9,631.42
(1,937.90)
1,597.78 (2,176.44)
17,194.64
7,563.22
**£**
**13,702.85**
**3,491.79**
**17,194.64**
£
£
871.25
10,000.00
10,000.00
**Restricted Funds**|**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
15,454.00
12,302
918.00
730
2,597.56
2,665
2,614.02
2,718
940.05
95
-
603
500.00
455
175.19
57
1,451.35
872
1,880.04
1,128
172.80
-
871.25
6,000
505.97
162
2,803.10
2,216
105.05
-
17.17
74
1,050.03
-
-
1,674
-
234
529.29
-| |---|---|---|---| ||||32,584.87
31,985| ||||7,563.22
9,501.12
-
-
9,631.42
(1,937.90)| ||||17,194.64
7,563.22| ||||| **ST MARY'S CHURCH WESTONZOYLAND** ## Registered Chariy Number 1171602 ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** |Note
**2023**
**£**
**£**
1 Other general income
Unclaimed burial fee
90.00
Personal donations
2,350.00
School visit donation
60.00
Ringers donations
30.00
Visitor donations
20.00
EDF refund/Government support
601.34
Repayment of duty fees and expenses
1,299.33
4450.67
2 Miscellaneous expenses
Organist fees
260.00
Ringers fees
240.00
Independent Examiner's fee
0.00
500.00
3 Admin and sanctuary
Deanery subscription
-
FWO envelopes
76.19
CCLI fees
187.42
Altar supplies and candles
320.25
Somerset churches subscription
30.00
National churches subscription
0.00
Ringers subscription
20.00
Books and resources
184.45
Reader licence registration
-
Stationery, printing etc
331.24
Other office costs
301.80
1,451.35
4 Benefice Fete reconciliation
£
Stalls - proceeds
330.59
Teas
183.00
Commissions from traders
25.00
Donations
44.00
Raffle - gross proceeds
748.00
Less: cash prizes
(175.00)
ticket printing
(33.00)
Net proceeds
540.00
Less: Morris Dancers' fee
(150.00)
Hire of SYFC field
(60.00)
Donation to SYFC
(50.00)
Donation to WZCC
(50.00)
Chedzoy PCC share
(406.00)
406.59|**2023**
**£**
**£**
90.00
2,350.00
60.00
30.00
20.00
601.34
1,299.33|**2022**
772
-
25
440
364| |---|---|---| ||4450.67|1,601| ||260.00
240.00
0.00|65
240
150| ||500.00|455| ||-
76.19
187.42
320.25
30.00
0.00
20.00
184.45
-
331.24
301.80|-
67
203
80
30
30
20
-
18
425
-| ||1,451.35|872| |||| Independent Examinerfs Certificate for the PCC Accounts Report lo th8 t(ustees of . ST Mrty TrE v IR41 ￿ 14esnI2oYLhll Parochial Church Councll On accounts for the year erKled: 31. 2027 111 Iboi Set out on pages Respectiv• r￿pon81b1IIII8s of tNsto08 and examlner The charity's tNstees are responsible for the preparalion of the accounts. Tho charity's twstees consider that an audll Is not r8qulred for Ihls year urKler sectlon 144 of Ihe Charilies Act 2011 (the Chartlles Act) aThY that an independent examination is needed. tt is my responsibility lo.. examine the accounts urKIw section 145 of Ihe Chan'ties Acl, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(SXb) of Charities Act, and to state bthether particular m8ttar8 have come to my att￿tIOn. Basls of Inde￿n￿OnI My examination was caryied out in accordance with general Directions glven by the •xamln•rf8 8latwn•nt Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by Ihe chanly and a comparison of the accounts pr8sented with those records. 11 also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, aThJ seeking explanatIor￿ from Ihe tntstees cOr￿eming any such matter5. The procedures uThJertaken do not provide all the &ild￿ce that v￿l￿d be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to %thether the accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matlers set out in the ststement below. Ind•pgnd•nt •xamlnerfs In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my atlention (other than statement that d isclosed below ') vthich gives me reasonable cause lo believe that in, any malerfal respect. accounting records *ere not kept in accordance with sKtion 130 of the Charilies Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have come across rK• other matters in connection Véilh the examination to whlch attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Pleas8 delet8 Ihe wtyds In th6 brnckets If they do nol 8￿y. Slgned: 05, ofl.LoI Nam•: (LosEN o KAJÉLL Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (If any): srrlL OP EL)S Ir*1 ISrnc41 iutsJ Addros8: I S PooT>S LAtsJ& FIIApLPfotrJ co i ICQ e L