Emmanuel Church Weston-super-mare Registered Charity No 1182674 ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December 2024 Incumbent The Rev Tom Webber The Cedar Montpelier Weston-super-mare Bank Nat West High Street Weston-super-mare Inde endent Examiner Mrs H C Evans ACCA (Affiliate)
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of The PCC of Emmanuel Church Weston-super-mare On accounts for the year ended 31 Decernber 2024 Charity no (if any) 1182674 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusfi for the year ended 3111212024 Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1.the Acr) I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying OLrt my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no matellal matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no cOnrnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 23 February 2024 Name: Helen C Evans Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any): Association of Chartered Certified Accountanls (Affiliate) Address: 171 Longridge Way Weston Village Weston-super-mare North Someiset BS24 7HT IER October 2018
BACKGROUND Emmanuel Parish Church continues as part of a joint benefi with Christ Church remaining independent in temis of being self-goveming and responsible for the management of its own affairs. During 2024 we have maintained our fellowship and ¢o- operation with Christ Church. We continue with the online weekly news sheet "Connected" started during the pandemic which is delivered to those without technology, and covers news and information about both churches. MEMBERSHIP Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the APCM in accordance with the Church Representstion Rules. the following served as PCC members during 2024. Incumbent Revd T Webber Curate Revd L Trust- resigned September 2024 Reader Mrs M Hill- Lay Chair Reader Mrs D Pilgrim Church Wardens Mrs M PaIrner-frn 14.04.24 Mrs M Passey Mr K Bury- resigned 14.04.24 Representative on Deanery Synod Mrs D Pilgrim Ms S Judson Elected Members Mrs S Beckford Mrs P Blake- from 14.04.24 Mrs C Evans Ms P Hanson- resigned 14.04.24 Mrs D Hill Mrs D Parker Miss J Morgan CHURCH ArrENDANCE - There are 46 parishioners on the Electoral Roll, STANDING COMMirrEE This is the onEy committee required by law. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between meetings subject to any direction given by the council. It was unanimously agreed that the Standing Committee should comprise:_ Revd T Webber PCC Chair Revd L Trust Curate - resigned September 2024 Mrs M Hill Reader and PCC Vice Chair Mrs D Pilgrim Reader Mrs M Palmer Church Warden-from 14.04.24 Mrs M Passey Church Warden MrKBury Church Warden - resigned 14.04.24 Mrs C Evans Treasurer Mrs D Parker Project Manager REVIEW OF THE YEAR The full PCC met 6 times during 2024. At the post APCM meeting OffirS to serve for the coming year were appointed as follows: PCC Vice Chair Mrs M Hill PCC Treasurer Mrs C Evans PCC Secretary Mrs D Hill Project Manager Mrs D Patker Page 1
DARISH LIFE 2024 The Beacon and the Thursday Friendship Group continued to meet as before. Our hall was well used by A4, NA and CA while New Dawn Counsellors worked in the first floor offices. Monthly coffee momings were held on the first Saturday of the month from April until December and these WEre always well attended. Communion continued to be served with wafers dipped in wne and the monthly midweek communion seNice was held on the second Wednesday of the month unless otherwise notffied. Deaf Church met at Emmanuel on the second Sunday of the month. The servi of Light in January was held at St Andrews Church and on the first FrKlay in March the Workl Day of Prayer servi was held at the Salvation Amiy. both events were attended by members of Emmanuel. At the APCM on Sunday, 14 April Mary Passey agreed to continue as church warden and Mavis Palmer was elected as church warden to replace Keith Bury who stepped down. Sheila Judson and Donna Pilgrim Continu& as Deanery Synod Reps and Pat Blake vtss eFected to PCC to repla Pat Hanson. Sadly we lost several members from our electoral roll when Brian Crellin (Deaf Church), Margaret Young. Revd lan Girling, Derrick Lewis, and Richard Maggs died during the year. We also miss Lynn Maggs. a staunch member of our singing group, as she decided to attend a more local church after Richard died. Several new members have joined and the electoral roll stands at 46. The main work this year on the church was the installation of gatss to protect the area around the South D(K)r and the replament of new guttering on the south side of the church. The church wardens were kept busy during the year with the repair work going on in our building and general rna1ntenan. Open Gardens were held by Meg, Donna and Ray and Sandy and Tony, which were all well supported and enjoyed. The summer fete. quiz and cream tea and Christrnas bazaar were well attended too. At our Harvest lebratIonS in Septembers we were encouraged to donate to Ripple Effect followtng a talk by Lynda Morris about their vK>rk. and £500 was raised. As a result of Lynda's tslk, it was decided that monthly a church member would be given the opportunrty to address the congregation about a charity they were passionate about. Claire Horton led church members on a Vision Day which Donna organised on the 20 May. One of the suggestions that came out of the Vision Day meeting was a day time Lrfe Group to encourage members and John Birkett started one. A Vision Day Follow-up Group was set up and included June Morgan, John Birkett, Penny Cockell and Donna. A Sunday Evening meeting was later held to read and pray about all aspects of the Vision Day Report. A bereavement course ran from September to mid-December at Christ Church with approximately 20 people taking part, 2 being non-christians brought along by a member of the congregation, those taking part thought it was very helpful. 10 September was celebrated as Homelessness Sunday. Our curate Larissa left in September to become Vicar of St Augustine's. Locking and St Marls, Hutton" a framed version of our Sung Blessing was organized as a gift from our congregation. Many of the congregation attended her installation as vicar at Locking. The Church Weekend Away at Home, held at Christ Church, was led by Donna and she encouraged everyone to stay connected to God on a daily basis. Carols in the Square was hekd on Monday 9 December at 2.30pm, followed by refreshments organised by the Welcome Group" the Town Centre Carol service took pla th at lunchtime on the 11 December, our Carol servi was held on Friday 20 Dember and the final service of the year was on SurKlay 29 December. Page 2
TREASURER'S REPORT Our giving in 2024 was up by £1,506.61, however we did not hold a Gift Day therefore tax recovered was less being £2,336.73. Income on our hall letting was up by £452 and we have to thank Meg who organises them. The fete, bazaar, cream tea and quiz, which together with Open Gardens held by Meg, Tony and Sandy and Donna and Ray raised £2,328 which was £238 more than in 2023. Saturday coffee momings raised £1,247 a little less than in 2023. but Storm Darragh put paid to the 7 Dember Coffee Morning and Sale. Gifts and Legacies included a generous donation of £1,000 from a member of the congregation, donations at our Carol Service and Carol singing in Church Square and small donations from the congregation. Another church member donated £500 towards the cost of wnning a course called °Being With. to be held in 2025. The VAT claim raised £8,670. The Children's Society annual box opening and donations raised £323.13. We contributed £85 to Easter Eggs and £40 to Christmas hampers for Christians Against Poverty clients. At Harvest we raised the sum of £500 for Ripple Effect after Lynda had given us a fascinating talk about their work. We contributed £135 to joint leaving gifts with Christ Church to our curate Larissa, also a gift and flowers organised by Ray and Donna from ourselves to Larissa and £50 to Archdeacon Adrian Youing's leaving gift. Our giving to Missions and Charities on page 6 shows that we gave £600 to Interserve for the BLISS project,. £200 each to Tearfund, Andrew and Lydia's work at Life Book shop, and St Peter's Church Youth Drop in Centre and £100 to support Revd Julie Birkett's work as College Chaplain. We gave Christians Against Poverty £50 per month towards their work in 2024, but as they have stopped working in this area, this amount ceased earlier this year. World Day of Prayer subs was £10. After all Larissa's succ888ful work in securing finan and organising our Gift Day In 2023, to repair the windows and mullions on the west side of the building we made the final payment of £1,211.94 in July. We knew we needed to repair the guttering on the south side of the building but had found that the work was going to be much more expensive that we expected. As reported last year, New Dawn kindly donated £1,500 towards work on the gutters and these were installed during the summer for £11,961.60. New LED lights were installed in the upper hall for £544.72 and New Dawn kindly contributed half the cost. Loose lling plaster in the church and porch cost £633 to make all safe which included hiring a scissor lift. Double gates were installed on the south side costing £4,620, which allows us fr church access. Organ tuning and adjustments cost £318., Portable Applian Testing was undertaken for £127.20; the kitchen cooker was repaired for £195., several plumbing jobs were undertaken for £275 and 2 new Air pots were purchased for storing hot water for teas and coffees costing £69.57. Mavis Palmer and Sheila Judson attended a First Aid Training Course at Christ Church costing £120. My thanks go to Keith Bury and Mary Passey for care of our church collections which Keith banks. We have paid for the servicing of our gas boilers and fire extinguishers, periodic inspection and testing of the fire alam system and emergency lights, had our lightning conductor checked and had no outstanding bills at the year end. We have new 3 year fixed energy tariff which is dearer than our previous one. Our Parish Share becomes Benefi Share (with Christ Church) in 2025 and the PCC agreed to pay the same as they did in 2024. Caring for Emmanuel will always be our concern as well as our outreach, and we need to search our hearts and consider our giving. If you pay income tax, do tell me then I can claim it back (25p in the £), however if you use the contsctless devi and pay tax, I cannot claim it as I have no means of tracing the gtver. Page 3
EMMANUEL CHURCH- WESTON-SUPER-MARE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 GENERAL FUND- RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 2024 2023 RECEIPT Giving Gift Da Tax recovered on 19.125.97 0.00 2,336.73 £17,619.36 £11,050.00 £6.782.86 ivin REGULAR RECEIPTS £21,462.70 £35.452.22 Bank & CBF Deposit Alc Interest Caterin Events Church Course Fete, Bazaar & Open Garden Windows Gutter fund Flowers for Church Gas and Electric General Refund Gifts and Le acies Hall Lettin s incl Deaf Church HMRC VAT Claim Insurance Claim azines. Directories & Weston's Heart New Dawn Heating Parochial Fees Funerals UNRESTRICTED RECEIPTS Accrual 980.50 1,247.20 500.00 2.328.01 0.00 0.00 20.00 534.01 60.00 1.189.50 13,874.36 8.670.71 430.00 78.75 1,477.04 516.00 31,906.08 36.46 31.942.54 £864.64 £1,463.66 £2,090.78 £16,600.00 £1,500.00 £0.00 £1,126.80 £0.00 £1,277.78 £13,422.50 Refund £3.985.00 £48.16 £1.216.65 £176.00 £43,771.97 Grants & Donations - Restricted Charity Collections Cost of Ener Grant Hardship Fund - Restricted Restricted Receipts 948.33 £1.343.03 £1,000.00 £120.00 £2,463.03 £120.00 £1,068.33 TOTAL RECEIPTS £54.473.57 £81,687.22 Page 4
EMMANUEL CHURCH - WESTON-SuPERARE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 GENERAL FUND - RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT PAYMENTS Admin Expenses Architect'slsurve Calerin Events Church Service Expenses Cler . Readers, & Ver erEx Diocesan Parish Share Fixtures & Ftttin Gas. Electricit Halls-cleanin Insurances main1enanEqUiprnent Missions and Charities anisls & Organ Tunin airs Sunda Link Sundries Grfls Window Pro ect 1,756.08 881.70 263.63 238.24 864.00 18.363.60 4.689.57 5,151.00 4,045.00 2.593.15 2.302.82 1,900.00 343.00 15,531.60 220.32 640.35 221.51 22,492.92 ovs Fees 1,200.00 2.757.35 369.36 852.00 16,688.88 6,101.34 5,333.50 4.325.00 2.218.26 1,648.74 2,240.00 427.00 4.175.84 243.27 198.30 110.00 25.984.60 enses and Water and Sup lies l Repairs Unrestricted Pa Pre mer ments 82,498.49 600.00 81.898.49 76.382.13 76,382.13 Restn"¢ted Pa ments Missions & Charities - Restricted Winter Wamith - Restricted Restricted Pa ments 948.13 0.00 948.13 952.99 61.69 1.014.68 Total Payments £82,846.62 77.396.81 Tolal ReIpts 54,473.57 81,656.92 Receipts over Payments -£28.373.05 4.260.11 Bank Current & Deposit Al at 1 Jan 55.286.90 51,026. 79 Bank Current & Deposit Alcs at 31 £26,908.41 55,286.90 Page 5
EMMANUEL CHURCH WESTON-SUPER4IARE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT MISSIONS & CHARITIES 202 Children's Society Christians Against Poverty Interserve BLISS Life Book shop Operation Christmas Child Prayer for Israel Revd J Birkett Ripple Africa Ripple Effect St Peter's Youth Drop In Tearfund Wodd Day of Prayer subs 323.13 725.00 600.00 200.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 500.00 200.00 200.00 10.00 £2,858.13 327.69 1046.00 600.00 0.00 40.00 300.00 0.00 10.00 519.30 50.00 300.00 10.00 £3,202.99
GENERAL FUND RESTRICTED FUND TOTAL 2024 MONEfARY ASSETS Bffwd 111124 ReIpts 2024 Payments 2024 Tlfer funds Clfwd 31112124 54.028.49 53.405.24 -81,898.49 1,258.41 1.068.33 48.13 55.286.90 54,473.57 -82.846.62 25,535.24 1,378.61 26,913.85 Represented by.'- NWB Current Account CBF Deposit Accourst Total Monetary Assots 23,155.94 2,379.30 25,535.24 1,378.61 24,499.55 2.379.30 26,878.85 1,378.61
Approved by the PCC on 24 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by Rev T Webber- airman Mrs C Evans - Treasurer Page 6