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 cOn￿rnS 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-fr￿n 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 Offi￿rS 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
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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 repla￿ment 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 De￿mber
and the final service of the year was on SurKlay 29 December.
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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 De￿mber 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.
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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
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EMMANUEL CHURCH - WESTON-SuPER￿ARE
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
main1enan￿EqUiprnent
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 Re￿Ipts
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
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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
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GENERAL
FUND
RESTRICTED
FUND
TOTAL
2024
MONEfARY ASSETS
Bffwd 111124
Re￿Ipts 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
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Approved by the PCC on 24 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by
Rev T Webber-
airman
Mrs C Evans - Treasurer
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