ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 315r DECEMBER 2024 The MissÉon Area of Estuary and Mountain Within the DI0￿Se of.. St Asaph The Corresponden￿ address is., Estuary and Mountain Mission Area HO￿ Trintty Church Basingwerk Avenue Greenfield Howell CH8 7JT The Churches which make up the Mission Area are: St Mary and St Peter, Bagillt St Michael, Brynford St Mary and St David, Flint St Thomas, Flint Mountsin St Paul, Gorsedd Holy Trinity, Gr￿nfIeld st Mary the Virgin, Halkyn st. James, Holywell St Peters, Holywell Christ Church, Mostyn Christ Church, Rhes y Cae st Paul, Rhosesmor Ss Mary and Beuno, Whiiford St Marys, Y5ceifiog Page I THE MISSION AREA CONFERENCE (MAQ The members who served from l January 2024 until the date this rep)rt was approved were: Name If appointed or resi ned in Date ointed offi￿ held Date Mission Area Leader Revd Anne Hoo er 12.09.2018 Revd Hu hBu ess Revd Dominic Cawdell OGS Revd Kath n Evans Revd Dr Richard Hainsworth Revd Gareth Williams Revd Kath n Hall Revd Andrea De Vaal Horciu Mission Area Wardens Pamela Masse Mission Area resentatives lan Austerber Jackie Blain John Burton Mar aret Caudwell Alice Davies-wri ht Dawn Evans Alison Ka Evans L nn Fearnhead Bethan Hall Gabriela Husband Yvonne Hewitt Colin Le Emma Fenne -williams Carrie-Anne Gr￿nwoOd Loma Owens Barbara Hea Ste hanie Rule Ashle Griffiths Rebecca M￿)re Patricia Eaton Sandra Williams 12.09.2018 24.11.2020 30.06.2025 15.06.2020 21.03.2022 19.OL.2025 24.04.2013 24.06,2023 24.04.2024 12.09.2018 Elected 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 12.09,2018 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 12.09.2018 24.11.2020 24.11.2020 24.11.2020 24.07.2022 27.07.2022 15.05.2023 13.07.2023 24.04.2024 24.04.2024 17.06.2024 24.04.2024 MA Secreta 15.06.2025 14.10.2025 30.04.2025 15.06.2025 24.04.2024 14.07,2025 15.06.2025 Page 2 srRucfuRE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The Church in Wales is governed by its Constitution, set up urKler section 13(1) of the Welsh Church Acts 1914, as amended from time to time by its Governing Body. The MAC is not a body corporate, Its composition, procedures and w)wer5 a￿ regulated by the Constitution, which provides that before assumirrfJ offi￿, every member must sign a declaration that he or she will be tound by the Constttuknon. The Constitution provides that the members of the MAC shall be: The Mission Aw Leader, Vicars and Assistant Curates; IMO Church Wardens, one app)inted by the Mission Area Leader and one elected at the Annual Vesty Meeting (AVM); two Sub-wardens for each Church where there is more than one Church in the Mi&sion Area, one appointed by the Incumbent and one elected at the AVM; Up to 25 lay members elerted at the AVM; co- opted Secretsry and Treasurer {if not already ex-officio or elected); and up to 7 ￿rther Co-opted rnembers. Layi communicant persons over the age of 16 may be entered on an Electoral Roll (subject to certain condibons) and all such persons, so entered, are entitled to vote and to stand for election. OBJEcfIvES, AcfIvITIES AND PUBLIC BENEFrr As required by the tharities Act 2011, the MAC has given due regard to guidan published by the Charity Commission in respect of the operation of the public benefit requirement. The acbvities undertaken to fijlfil the MACS txJrrx)ses for the public benefit are described and detailed hereunder. The Churth in Wale5 is a Province within the Anglican Communion and seeks to advance the Chrisban religion through world-wide mission. It is the reskK)nsibility of the MAC and the Mission Area Leader to work together and co-operate in all matters of concem and lMFX)rtan￿ to the Mission Area for the promotion of the mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, soc￿1 and ecumenical in the Mission Area. The MAC is responsible, inter-alia, for the parochial budget and all expenditure thereunder, the c3re and maintenance of ￿urth fabric and of the Churchyards, and for any acknon or other matter referred to it in arxordance with the Constitution and is the nomial thannel of communication between parishioners and the Diocesan Bishop. The MAC prowdes a benefit to the public by: - The provrsion of regular public worship The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation Pastoral wort(, including visiting the sil* and the bereaved - Teaching of Christianity through sernK)ns and small groups - Taking of Assemblies in loc31 sch(K)Is - Promotion of Cfrristianty throwJh staging of everts aThl setvices, and the dlsthbuti¢Jn of literature Promoting the whole mission of the Church in Wales in aiding community cohesion through provi&on of activibes for older peop￿, mothers and toddlers and other specific grcxjps Page 3 MEMBERSHIP AND ATfENDANCE Last ear 313 Members on MA Electoral Roll in 2024 308 PLEASE NOTE.. A new Membership App was introduced and rolled out during 2023 which aims to capture infomiation on Membership forThe Church in Wales and St Asaph Diocese. It is not yet teing fully utilised, therefore we cannot provide accurate Attendan￿ information for this year. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE During 2024 the charity has sUPPOrted our communibes with multiple weekly food supplies, various weekly and monthly groups to help with s(Kial isolation, youth and children's groups and a new Anna Chaplain seNice for older peop￿. We have also been able to con￿ntrate resources on the Holway estate in Howell and set up multiple support *rvices. Obviously this is alongside our involvement in the fath based se￿1￿ that the individual churches offer with pastoral care and support through major life events. Missional Our mi55ional activity ha5 increased again this year wtth additional actNities alongside growth in already existing groups. During this year we have maintained our Well Fed Hubs and our Messy Churches and various other school and community activities. a consequence we are seeing additional thurth attendance and invofvement. In the spring we started a new initiative in a estste in Holywell wtth a new ￿$s(￿late priest who ha5 the vision for the building of the community infra5truthJre whith ha5 been talked about for many years. Although this only started in late Spring by the end of this year there are multiple groups and fo(Kl support being supplied. There is the potential to form a new church community. ni During the year we have W0￿ed on tigh￿Ing our organisational prO￿dureS and increasing our cornmunication links, expanding our soaal media impact. We are committed to building the Mission Area into a more cohesive whole.. We are intentionally working to be able to set budgets and have doser ￿)nitoring of financkil information. Develo mental We have had new members of the team i)in us and add to the variety of mi￿10nal and faith based activities across the Mission Area. We have seen the completion of the building work at St, Jatlles and launthed the Well being centre there. We have seen individuals and groups develop and have enjoyed a time of COhe￿Ve visionary expectation. PeNinal As I contlnue to be Mission Area Leader I can Icok back on successful projects that have been sustsined this year and new cmjtreach and a)mmunty engagement that are starting Page 4 to flourish. It Is theretore a personal pleasu￿ to look bafk ¢)n 2Q24 and thank aN who have conbityuted to an excdlent year of achievement. FItIANCIAL REVIEW The receipts arjd payments for the year, and the assets and liabitlU&s at the year end are shown sn the Strt￿ts of account which accompan¥ thls reporL AESERVES POUCY . The MAC aims to retsln a balantr of unreslrfrted 'fr* resfft to pmvide work*ng capital, and ts meet any future shartfa115 in re￿Ipts or unexpected payments, at least equal to 12 months payrnent& The unreststs resms amount detalled above ￿ In line wlth this poliry. APPROVED b¥ the mI￿10n Area cOnferen￿On L&j￿IDate) . and slgned on Its behalf by: Forthe 5*qrE￿dJIX￿￿fjmh?rl PrbxTr** tDtslfurd5 In¢orn¢ AndÈrtdovMentStrcm.' tsonation53ndlegatiBs Incthlle lYomtharifAble activrtles othEI L701￿£ ¥O￿tyeS Investments Othei irKome Total IllCOTnB I￿.910 2%753 576 17L385 3ffj3JJ 55IUIL 54957 87,527 14.9 69 15.767 71Q5 537. 744,2S ftwyngtunds Expeoditure oncharft*l•aLtivltit* OthÈ'Èxwdliure rutal expendlture 24 439 3&4d4 759 455.J32 J75 373 FAI,910 35th9 tl£tI[￿ME1¢expen￿r￿rÈ) ￿s￿￿￿￿b￿f0r￿tra￿Sl@r IBL172) 12215 37.616 IZfS.rthi 14,992 GrD5ytranSle￿ &Etwpen funds- In GfossEransferS betwÈén funds- rwt 0th4rrtcOVd5ttd84hLsll¢sse5 fjalTrs/losse&Dn InYf5tmqrtaststs Net movement In￿ndS 791 IIA(thb 41]3 IX5WI 59.4$1 159,4S4) 262,410 Iwi 14269 314SI 1231 I3￿1 1221.2 613 41752 Tot¥ futsds bfoukntfDrward 173 3117B3 L391434 349.678 TDta lund5 ￿medI0.￿rd Lts1786 Li91434 Pf•S•nt•dby Unre5Eri(tqd Gèner￿fbThd ostyn. Chrt5EChuth-Muwer DuJlEnated aslllt,5tMary&stpeter-ExpÈri*SFun Int 5-.Trthrw¢- MESSY chu￿ Fund Int, St Mary&stLk￿¢-P4brf) 177,4W 742.$27 Cu¥rent assets Investments Cash At 8ankAnd In Hand 1&482 16.482 4ts.367 16.356 81028 186,9YJ 161,912 Creditor5.' Amounts fallln8 due within one year 12,5 12,590 1,320 1,320 Netcurrentas%ts less turrent Ilabl1￿leS 174,319 161,912 417.260 684,865 Totsl assets les5 currehtll•bllldes Uabllltles 339.396 L159,787 1392,434 Total net a55ets less IlobllltlÈs 234.182 339,396 159,787 L39l434 Page 8 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEPffS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 l Accounting policies L.1 Accounung con¥?￿tion The financial statements have been prepared in ￿0)r￿alKE d*rity'S consuttJ¢k)n, the aKrities Act 2011 and'Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommpmded Prathte applthble to charib.es preparing thelr accounts in accordap.ce with the Fir￿￿al Rew1ing StsrAard apjicable in the UK and Repubbc of IrelaThJ (FFLS 1021, (as amended for acccxJnbThJ periols commenaThJ l January 20161. The financlal 5taternents have been preparec to gNe a'lrue aNJ fdir view, arKJ have departed from the charib.es (Accounts and Rep)rts) Resulats'ons 2(￿ onty to the extent reyuired ts wowde a'lwe and far viekv. ThL% departure has iivolvd folbwing Accountiw and RetyytiThJ by ￿arit￿5 preparing their ￿￿Unts in actDrdarTrce wlth the Financial ReEK)rting *ndard aA)licaole in the UK aThJ ￿land IFRS 1021 i5yJed on 16 ju￿ 2014 rntker than the Accountirrfj and Reporting by Chanties: state￿￿nt of PraLtio effedive from l April 2005, whlch has SI￿￿ b￿n wtthdrawn. The Charfty15 a Publlc Benefit Entfty as d￿ned by FRS 102. The Charfty has taken advantage of the provisc￿$ in the SORP for tharitias FRS 102 Update Bulletin I not to prepare a Ststemert of Cash P￿. The charit(s presentati(n ojrrency Ls arKI all amwnts ststed wthin the financial statements are rounded to the nearest pound. 1.2 Golng concérn At the tirne of aprxovirw the finanoal statem￿￿ the Mem￿r5 ha¥e a rea50nabk expedation that the charity has adequate resour￿5 to tonknD.ue in c)peratic￿aI exsterKe ts the foréseeable futtjre. Thus the M￿nberS com￿nUe to adopt the going concem basis of ￿CoUnting in pwaring the fina￿￿1 staterrents. 1.3 tharftable funds Unrestricted finds are aVaIlab￿ use at the disttet5on of the members In furt￿n￿ of their charftsble objectives unle55 the funds have desvjnated for other wrk¥)ses. De&gna* funds comwise fv-.ds which have been set ￿de at tlE di%re￿￿ of the rnembers for specific purposes, The purposes and uses of the deswJnated fijnds are set out in the note5 to the ffnanaal statements. Endowrnent rv￿lS ere (reat￿ when a [k)n1￿ ￿ the tnJste8s yafy that a gift Inv&ed and only the income eamed on the investment may te spert a SFeafic puy. Resth'Ltsd furKIs are svbjett to S￿iNC 0)nd￿0￿5 by dorKy5 ￿ to how they may ￿ used. The purposes ond uses of the restrlcted funds are set out in the notes to the financsal statemerts. 1.4 Incoming rtsources Income is recognised Wh￿ the charty is kgalty entttled io it after ary Pthrnan￿ coryJthn5 have m the amounts (an be measur&d reliabty, and ￿ is pmbable that income Will be received. Cash donat￿n5 are recogni5ed on receipt. Othw ¢knalior6 are rwni%d onTr th4Fty has teep, nOtif￿d of the donatr"￿, unless Fwforrnance condfftiorts require deferral of the arnOLmL IrKome tax reix)verable Irh rdatlon to dwatiffis r￿1Ved under Gift or deeds of covenant i% re￿￿￿ed at the time ol the donation, Legac￿ are recognisa on receipt or othermse if the d￿rity ha5 bepJ notiff￿j of an imrkndiNJ dl*rlbJtDn, the aFnount In knohvn and fecdpt is expected. CK the arnount Is not known, the legacy Is ￿ated a5 a [￿tIngent 1.5 Fixod asset investments Fixed asset inv*mènts are Initial￿ mè&swed at transackn ￿lte exdudlrq trangathn costs aTrJ are subsequentty mea9Jred at fair value at each rewling date. Q￿nge5 in fair value are ￿nISed in net Income l{expendlknJrel for the year. Trarnsactif￿ costs are eXp￿￿j as inoJThaJ. Page 9 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMETr￿s FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 1.6 Cash and cash equlvalerts Cash and cash eqUiVa￿AtS include cash in hand, dewgts at call banks, other thrt-term liquk1 Investments with original matUr￿e5 of three months or less, ènd other bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowlngs in current liabilitie5. 1.7 Flnanclal instruments The tharty has elect￿1 to apply the KxDwslons of Secbon 11 Finan(ial Instruments, and Section 12'0ther Financlal Instruments Issjes, of FRS 102 to all of its finan031 i[￿￿ts. Flnancial assets and liabilities are offseL wfch the amcAJnts presented in the finarnual Statern￿ts, when there is legally enfOr￿able right to set off the rec£NJnEed am(xJnts arKI tjve i5 an intention to settle on o net basis or to reafise the asset and settle the Itabilty gmuhneouly. Basic financial assets, which Ir￿lude debtors and osh bank balances, are InI￿alty Measured at transaction pri Including transaCt￿n costs and are gjbsequentiy carrkn1 at am(*tised aisi using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where ihe transaction Is meawred at the pr&ent value of the futrjre receipts di5QY)urrted at a martt& rate of IntEre5L finanaal assets cL￿ffled as r￿1Vab[e wlthln one year are not amijttised. Basicflnanclalliabllities Basic financial liabilities, includir*J and bank lOar￿ are in￿la1￿ measured at tran￿CtiOn unless the arrangement Constitutes a flnanang transaction, where the debt in%trument 15 rneasured at the pre*nt value of the future payments dismunted at a market ￿te of interest. finarKial babilfftie5 dassifi8J as payable within one year are not amortlsed. Tra1e ueditors are Obl￿atIonS to pay for or Serv1￿ that Ikive tr£en acquired in the t)rdinary COU￿ of operations from SUppl￿r5. Am(yJnts payabÈ are dassified as curr￿ liabilfri￿ if payment is due w￿h1n one year or les5. If ￿t. they are pr￿ented ¥ non-current liabilities. Tr&Je treditors are r￿griZed initially at transactlon prKe and subsequenuy measured at amottsed u)5t U￿ng effeciive i[￿reSt method. 2 Crftical accounting estlmates and Judgements In the application of the (tharTWs accLxJnbng rM)liw, the membws are rquir8J to make judgements, estimates and assumptio[￿ about the carryng amwnt of assets a￿1 liabilities that are not readity appafftnt from other sour￿, The e5bmates and associated assumptions are based ¢J) historKal experien￿ and other factors that are considered to be rethnt. Attual results may drffer from these estimates. Th@ asbmates aThJ underlying assumplions are reviewed on an oThJoing basis. ReVI*￿S to accounting estimatst are reo)gnised In the perk￿1 in whith the estimate is revised Whe￿ the wgon affects only t￿t wiod, or In the p￿tod of the revision aTrJ futu￿ wh￿e the ￿vIs￿)n affe(ts L¥Jth current and futtjre periX4 ZIIZ5 In5utsnce daims 9,514 rp ments rE￿1Ved 8 RalslN¢lurwt5 Tota120Z4 Tota 2013 funds Costsof fund 2.424 1167 Page 11 NOTESTOTrEFINANCIALSTAIEMENTS FOR THEYEARENDED31 DECEM8ER2024 Y Ch8rliable xfj¥Tties Unrestiicled lund5 Des6p￿ed fvnds Total 2014 Tthl a123 funds Pariih sharp 144235 4.641 176,D94 expenses Parsona Maintenance Of servitss Costs ofve ers and (htsir Musicard JÈrfomiance5 Muslcinstrjmefjttuni. Co5￿ of di ifal iervlce5 Costs ¢f Copy". ht licen￿5 Cos:s of meeti Bank ch 5T2 eex ense 35 575 461 2,727 4,867 656 L9S6 95 LS33 797 I3LS S,558 410 225 L218 l rnaintenante I,c*i 103 631 iio es 120 slatione and Pa￿57 te ep￿one I InternEt Office and enera ex ensos Parish adriinistratarl staff salary Professional fees- Architert5 & Surv Aud."tand a￿LAtan -ees st 173 4.810 2,6rs 36.793 772 13.377 35,9 9,7)4 2,813 36.132 29,202 19.531 545 1,657 MAI LMA C£ntral:osts Church costs- ChLrch costs- ele(trici ChLrch o)SiS- Dil Chbr¢tr costs- Chur¢b costs- water Churcb. ¢05ts- uther Churih costs- re 137 .3.491 137 17,070 24.119 7.417 23. 593 16,283 7,417 13.470 2,W3 20,423 59 Lq14 L778 20.2 2&8.544 4.439 666 4.Ig5 16.725 2,￿1 11,438 263.148 3,303 Z72 1.764 17.746 8.456 1299 Church yard mana Majorbuildin ienovatloDs Youn peo 5ts Church ublitaytsns Mlsslon and Evan ement 3.268 .99a 2n 3.146 771 Dltstrsa ¥tenal charties ro ett55U 2,267 2t4).759 IL873 910 35.0 otheEèXPOrnllture UnrestyldÈd funds DE5ignthd e5tiiaed fu￿d5 T￿￿1 2021 Purchasc of assets Loans made 175 ),373.(Xl 11.444 175 11 Members None of rhe member5 lor￿V personsconnettedwith thÈml re￿l¥eda￿V ￿MUneratiOn OTbenefit5 Irom the tharity durlngthe year. 12 Employee$ Thefft were 2employees dunngtheyear.12023-tt¥01 la Rélated pmtran5acbons There were nu oisc105able rel*ed partytsaD5artlOllsdurin8 the year lJ)23-nth)el. Page 12 NOTESTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 14 Flxed asset investments Llsted Investments C05t or valuation at ljanuary 2024 Additions I reallocations At 31 December 2024 702,682 34,958 737,640 Ca amounl At 31ne￿Mber 2¢T24 737,640 15 Flxed assets Asset5 Costorvaluation at lJanuary 2024 Adcitions I reallocations At 31 DEcember 2￿24 4,8B8 Car atnount At 31 De￿mber 2024 4.888 16 Credito Total 2024 Totsl 2023 Accounts Accrual able 11,270 L320 1,320 L320 Page 13 NOTE5ToThEFWIIIWSTAl￿[￿T5 FlL*￿rEaREH[