Church of En
land Parish of Bemerton Salisbu
Annual Report
and
Financial Statements
of the
Parochial Church Council
Registered Charity.. 1183774
for the year ended 31 December 2021
Bemerton Parish Office
96 St. Michael's Road
Bemerton Heath
Salisbury SP2 9LE
Bank:
Lloyds Bank Plc.
Blue Boar Row Branch
Salisbury
Independent examiner".
Brian Chapman for 2022 APCM
To be appointed by PCC for 2022 Accounts
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Safe
uardin
The Parish complies with The Diocesan safeguarding policies which were ratified at a PCC in
January 2021. DBS checks were up to date Including checks for all members of the PCC as they
are Trustees of a charity. Helen has attended the annual update training for Parish Safeguarding
Officers as well as that for DBS Verifiers. There were no serious safeguarding incidents reported
during 2021
Report written by Helen Pessell
Evan
elism Minist & Mission
Throughout 2021 the Rector re-established good working relationships with Bemerton St John
School, St Peter's Primary School and Sarum Academy after the parish needed to allow links to
fade during the vacancy.
There is now a Collective Worship held weekly in Bemerton St John, and every half term in St
Peter's School and Sarum Academy. In November Year 7 attended a seNice at St Michael's
Church and in December Sarum Academy recorded its Carol Service in St Michael's. During the
periods of lockdown the Rector provided collective worship via video. School ministry is an
important part of our evangelism, ministry and mission. When we gather in collective worship we
are very much the Church Gathered in learning and prayer and although we don't have families
and children attending our Sunday morning services regularly we have hundreds of children
learning and worshipping as Church through the year. During 2021 Rev'd Ali Alexander, the Curate
from St Thomas,, joined us for a half day a week as part of her curacy. Rev'd Ali has become a
governor at Bemerton St John and also re-introduced Open the Book there.
As part of our ministry and mission we explored how we might best serve and be a presen
among the people we serve in the parish. Laler in this report you will read about the work of St
Michael's Community Café and the Community Fridge and Larder. In the last quarter of 2021 we
started using St Peter's School Hall for Informal Worship on the first Sunday of the month and for
Messy Church on the second Sunday of the month. This is the beginning of our looking to offer an
opportunity to build community on a new housing development that doesn't have any other places
for the community to gather.
Our Worship has continued to evolve and we now have a committee that meets to plan the music
for our Principle Sunday service. Part of our evangelism, ministry and mission has been to
carefully consider the theology we might be presenting to regular and visiting worshippers alike.
We are an Inclusive Church, which means we need to be aware that some people may come to
our parish because we have signed up to be an activist parish community for promoting the
equality of God's love for all God's people. We subscribe to the Inclusive Church statement-
"We believe in inclusive church- a church which celebrates and affirms every person and
does not discriminate.
We will continue to challenge the church where it continues to discriminate against people on
grounds of disability, economic power, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning disability,
mental health, neurodiversity. or sexuality.
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We believe in a Church which welcomes and serves all people in the name of Jesus Christ;
which is scripturally faithful- which seeks to proclaim the Gospel afresh for each generation; and
which, in the power of the Holy Spirit, allows all people to grasp how wide and long and high and
deep is the love of Jesus Christ."
Throughout 2021 we have considered how best we can minister to the community we are called to
serve. Part of this process has been to agree to the process of removing pews from St Michael's
and having stackable chairs instead. The full extent of what we are seeking to achieve is
mentioned later in this report. Our hope is that we will provide continued support to our community
by being able to offer space for support groups, local artists exhibitions, holding cOnferen￿S and
days of quiet and reflection. The Garden at St Michael's has been in phase one of turning it into
facility for individuals. couples and families to come to use if they don't have gardens themselves.
We have been considering how we reach out to the people of Quidhampton and we held an open
air carol service there in December by walking through the village and assembling outside the
village pub. We have been considering how we become involved in village activities as part of our
mission and ministry.
In Lower Bemerton we started holding moming prayer in St Andrew's Church Tuesdays to
Saturdays. We have continued a Friday morning BCP Communion there also along with a
Wednesday morning Common Worship Communion at st Michael's Church. We did have
Evensong every Sunday at St Andrew's at 6pm but this has reverted back to only being on the
First Sunday of the month when we started a new service pattern toward the end of the year.
We very much see mission and ministry as ensuring we see where the community gathers and
joining in. This has meant we ensure a visible presence at community events such as open
gardens and various fetes and concerts as well as the Pantomime by the local Bemerton Players
in December. Our approach to evangelism, ministry and mission is to be present and available
and committed to seNing in which ever way we can. Later in this report you will see the number of
'Life Event, services we had in the parish in 2021. Our policy for Baptism is that we offer a couple
of meetings with families of children to be Baptised and then plan the Baptism. We no longer
insist they come to church several times before we put a date in the diary. Our approach is that
we are not gatekeepers of God's Grave, Love and Presence but channels of it into our community.
Part of our evangelism, ministry and mission work has been to create stronger ties with local
authority and community groups who are also offering support in the local community. In
conjunction with this we were delighted to start and develop a working relationship with
Community Payback through the year. We have continued to enjoy the presence of the Twssell
Trust and Age UK on our St Michael's site as they continued to rent shop and Offi￿ space from
us. We have also worked with RISE.'61 to ensure they have continued to work safely during the
Pandemic and who continue to lease land from us for their Bike Hub.
An important aspect of evangelism, mission and ministry is our commitment to developing
ecumenical relations. We were delighted to work with Bemerton Methodists over 2021 and shared
an outside service together at Easter. The Rev'd Steve Hawkes has also been helpful in offering
pastoral care to those in Salisbury District Hospital at times we were not allowed to visit as he is
part of the chaplaincy team there. We are very grateful to him for his SLSPPOrt and look foNard to
working together more often in the coming years. We have attempted to make contact with the
Roman Catholic Church but with only hmo clergy covering a vast area it has been difficult to
arrange joint services or mission activities. We committed to developing a good relationship with
that worshipping community in the future.
Written by Kevin Martin
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LPA
Pastoral Assistant
and Pastoral Care
The 5 of us did not manage to meet often in 2021 but this did not stop the pastoral work continuing
with us visiting those who asked for Home Communion, walking alongside those who were
experiencing difficulty and praying for those in need known to us in the parish. July also saw us al
remotely relicensed by the diocese to se￿e for a further 3 years. In November Maureen
Winstanley was appointed as the chaplain to the LPA group. This means she is available to
answer any questions that may arise from LPA visits and to offer pastoral support to the LPA
team. The Rector was able to follow Covid guidelines to conduct pastoral visits and to celebrate
Holy Communion and the ministry of laying on of hands and anointing to people in their own
homes and in the church building.
Pastoral care continued to be challenging through the year with more lockdowns and restrictions.
We have managed to offer the range of Life Event services in the parish however and we are
pleased to see the return of the option for people to celebrate together and to remember loved
ones who have died. Throughout 2021 there were 22 funerals, five weddings and the Baptism of
five children and three adults.
In October we held an All Souls Remembrance Service in St John's Place which was followed by
a tea. This service was led by Rev'd Canon Kim Stephens and Rev'd Kevin Martin and is in the
diary to be an annual event.
Pastoral care has continued to be offered to those who are tenninally ill although visits to hospitals
have been difficult at times.
The Community Fridge & Larder and the Community Café continues to be a way in which we offer
pastoral care to a wider group of people beyond those who are regular worshippers in the parish.
In conjunction with the local authority community centre on Bemerton Heath we have once again
been able to offer a weekly lunch club to some senior residents in the parish. This often sees
between eight to 12 people in attendance.
We have also been able to continue to grow our presen￿ in the local Church of England Primary
and Secondary Schools in the parish. The focus has been on offering teaching and training
support to staff but also offering pastoral support to the whole school communities when they have
had to continue to deal with the difficulties Covid continued to bring.
Report written by Helen Pessell and Kevin Martin
Social Events
Our usual social calendar has once again been curtailed this year. We planned and ran 2 Jumble
Sales in August and October which were lovely social events for those helping and those buying.
Both raised over £300 but more importantly got us out of our homes and just enjoying being
togelher. More are planned for 2022. October also saw a lovely 'Fish and Chip, evening where we
gathered to eat and then talk about how we as a parish reached out to the wider community
focussing especially on the new development at St Peter's Place.
Report written by Helen Pessell
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Bemerton Parish Communi
Art Grou
We meet on Thursday afternoons 3pm-5pm in the Poppy Room.
We have managed to meet most of the time during the pandemic when it was allowed to meet
together in small groups. We are an open group with freedom to come when you can. Mostly we
are a group who haven't done much painting before or have just dabbled a bit. Although some of
us are very skilled and had some training.
We are free to paint or draw anything that takes our fancy, and use whatever medium we enjoy.
However, recently we had a session on portrait drawing by one of our trained artists.
We have plenty of art paper and paints and books to give us inspiration, or you can bring your
own. We charge £2 per session to help towards the heating which includes a cup of tea or coffee.
Report written by Mau￿en Winstanley.
Flowers for St Michael's Church.
We are a small group who enjoy arranging flowers and want to see the Church decorated. We do
a session for 2 weeks at a time as usually the flowers remain fresh over the 2 week session,
although they will need to be watered in between times. There is a flower fund available to help
with the expense of the flowers.
We are grateful lo Pat Cleeve who has taken over arranging the rota after Jenny Thomas, who ran
out rota for many years, died suddenly in October.
As we don't have flowers in Church during Lent and Advent this usually means we are committed
only 2-3 times per year with the exception of Festivals when we usually all take part. We would
welcome anyone who would like to join our rota, you don't need to have had training, just a love of
flower arranging.
Report written by Maureen Winstanley
Flowers at St Andrew's
Jane Malkin took over the rota in January 2020 after Susan Drewitt stood down. We then entered
lockdown and no arrangements were allowed.
Jane recruited some new people following some moving away and others retiring. In total there
are now 14 ladies and one man on the rota, most doing an arrangement once during the year and
some two. An arrangemerlt is kept in place and refreshed over two weeks excluding Lent and
Advent. Costs can be borne by the participant or claimed back from an available flower fund.
Harry Baker did an outstanding Harvest display on the south window ledge.
Written by Lynn Kershaw
Deane
nod Re
ort
The new Deanery Synod met twice in 2021, in June on Zoom and in November in person in St
Paul's. Its main business, apart from electing its officers and receiving and discussing Deanery
Synod reports, was familiarisalion with the draft Deanery Plan drawn up in August 2018 and
discussion of how to move ahead with its implementation. The plan sets our ways in which we can
work together more effectively as a deanery in the light of the diocesan vision and programme of
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Renewing Hope.. Pray, Serve, Grow. Members share how their parishes had been affected by
covid, coping with which had taken priority over other matters and precluded in person discussion
of them by PCCS.
Report written by Gillian Newton
Church Buildin
St Andrews
The church was open for services only at the start of the year with strict limits on numbers.
Evensong restarted in May and the building was reopened for private prayer being open during the
day and locked by local people on a rota.
The fabric of St Andrew's is generally in good repair.
In February some tiles slipped on the porch roof and this and the guttering on the north side were
repaired by Mouldings.
The Chasubles from St John's have been moved to St Andrew's, they have all been cleaned and
are now being routinely used.
Plans to replace the board with the list of rectors are at the point of awaiting final details from the
supplier and obtaining list B pennission from the Archdeacon.
The plans to replace the curtain in the south west corner with cupboards has been abandoned and
at some time replacement of the curtain or alternative screening of the area will be addressed.
The condition of the bell has not been assessed for some time and contacts have been made with
experienced bell ringers I tower captains to determine what we should do and how. A meeting with
the tower captain of St Thomas, has identified a need to build a tower scaffold or similar inside the
church to gain access to the bell for inspection. A condition report and risk assessment can then
be completed. This will be progressed in 2022.
The 5 yearly electrical inspection is due in Jan 2022 and the electrician was contacted in October.
The inspection will be delayed due to his availability and the insurance company have been
informed. A plan has been prepared to update the electrical consumer units, timers etc in the
south west corner which will be done with the inspection, early in 2022. Advi￿ has been received
from Ihe DAC thal the work planned can be completed as List A with details of possible upgrades
which can not be completed as list A.
The report from the Quinquennial inspection conducted in September 2019 (received in April
2020} notes some repairs required to stonework and some interior treatment of woodwork required
in the next year or so. These should be progressed in 2022.
Written by Hilary Bird
Friends of St AndrevKs Re
ort 2021
The Friends met twice in 2021, in April and September, the April meeting was Kevin's first meeting
with the Friends.
The outcomes have mainly been fabric related and are in the St AndThv's report.
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It wasn't possible to hold a George Herbert Festival Evensong in February 2021 in St Andrew's but
we did have a service on Zoom which saw people zooming in from across Europe. Plans for 2022
were discussed and it was decided to have a local speaker or celebrant and to decide on the
inclusion of refreshments nearer to the time.
Written by Hilary Bird
St John's
There is no change to the condition of the Chancel.
St John's Church ard
Bemerton Community Projects requiring Faculty Permission..
Additional lighting has been installed along the path from the main door to the lych gate.
The faculty for the installation of notice boards by Bemerton Community which had been approved
and put on hold has now lapsed.
Bemerton Community are no longer seeking to increase their storage space outside the church.
Burials of Cremated remains have continued since the closure of the Churchyard and it is now
apparent that this was an incorrect interpretation of the situation so there are no permissions for
this and a retrospective Faculty is required for this and for burial of cremated remains in the future.
This application will be made at the start of 2022.
Written by Hilary Bird
St Michael's
The fabric of St Michael's hasn't changed and significant work on the brickwork will be required in
the next few years.
The door for the fire exit from the stairs which had been damaged was repaired.
The credence table in memory of Barbara Tinkler was purchased in May.
The church architect provided the PCC with plans towards the end of the year for the reordering of
St Michael's to provide stacking seating, a servery and two toilets in the main part of the church.
In the undercorft the plans provide for disabled access being created and the refurbishment of the
existing to provide three group rooms and a disabled accessible toilet.
Written ljy Hilary Bird
St Michael's Communi
Centre
Despite being in lockdown at the start of the year, the Community Centre made an Operating
Surplus for 2021 of£5,485.19
2021 started with another lock down and the Community Fridge was kept open in this time. During
April to July groups started back along with the cafe being open. We gained some new groups and
ensured everyone followed Covid guidelines.
Fortnightly meals for the elderly continued wherever possible under Terri's careful management,
with support from Wiltshire Council and became a weekly arrangement towards the end of the
year.
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At the beginning of the year we had a water leak in the grounds which we had to get repaired and
claim for lost water, the difference in cost was claimed on our insurance.
The room next to the Parish Office has now been turned into the Community Centre Managers
Office. And the old office redecorated and turned into a one to one consultation room which
Community Payback decorated.
The Community Garden has been cleared and tidied and Alzheimer's group are back planting
vegetables, while Community Payback have completed some amazing clearing work to the bank
alongside St Michael's Road and brought the community garden back under control. They erected
a new fence and have refreshed paths through the garden. The general upkeep of the church
grounds are also covered by the work of Community Payback and we are grateful for and
delighted with their hard work.
Howard and Laurence have continued to fixed the leaks in the roof over the Age UK Offi￿ but a
new flat roof with insulation is required. Howard is continuing to apply for grants to pay for this.
A new photocopier has been purchased with stapling and folding capability.
The BT contract was renewed providing full fibre to the building and fast internet speeds, with the
parish paying for the phone and the community centre paying for the Broadband.
Report written by Laurence Newton.
Communi
Café
In spite of the pandemic meaning the café closed for the first 3 months of 2021 it remained a
successful year. Under Terri Seaton's leadership and with 14 volunteers the café served and
made friends with many people becoming a safe space to meet and chat. Many who come to meet
and socialise at Ihe café now contribute to the life of the parish by helping at events such as
jumble sales. They also donate to the community fridge and larder by giving donations of food they
no longer need themselves.
The number of customers vary with the weather, the day or other events happening. We see a
marked increase in the number of people using the café when there are groups hiring the hall or
poppy room. On average the café sees eamings of around £1000 a month. This is undoubtedly
down to the friendliness of the volunteers and the delicious cakes! And thanks go to Terri and
others who make these. In 2021 the decision was taken to close the café through the summer but
moving forward the hope is that it will remain open at a time of year when families especially are
struggling to put food on the table.
Communit Frid
e and Larder
The Community Fridge remained open even whilst the café was closed and over the course of the
year was used over 2,500 times. At the beginning of the year the then new Rector explored, with
established volunteers, where we were receiving food from. It was apparent we were getting
deliveries on a somewhat ad hoc basis and we were only getting one to four people a day coming
to access the fridge. After he spoke with FairShareGo, the Co-op and Lidl, we experienced a
more regular donation taking place. Once he established a new Facebook Community Fridge
Group and arranged for daily updates to be added we saw a significant increase in the number of
people accessing the Fridge.
The regular donations we receive now come from Tesco, Lidl, Co-op and Waitrose. We are very
grateful to Ihese companies for their continued support of the community fridge. We record our
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thanks to Harri, the manager of the Co-op in Wilton Road who supported a grant application for
the community fridge and larder during the year and provided us with food items at Christmas up
to the lotal of £50. Gilbert, the Community Champion at Tesco, also deseNes a mention who has
been supportive with additional donations throughout the year. We are also incredibly grateful to
the many volunteers who sign up to the rota for collecting these donations because we simply
wouldn't be able to function without them. During the year we developed our remit to include a
larder provision as well. The Rector has re-established good communication with Salisbury
Foodbank who regularly make donations to the Fridge and Larder when their stock levels allow.
This Community Fridge and Larder is a wonderful example of outreach in this part of the parish
and it is supported by other local organisations with Sarum Academy, Bemerton St John and other
organisations who have supported us throughout 2021 with donations shared, from collections
they held, with the Community Fridge and Larder. The schools especially wished to offer support
when they heard about the work of the Community Fridge and Larder from the Rector on the
occasions he has mentioned it whilst taking collective worship in the schools. This is in conjunction
with the work he has done to build a collaborative relationship with other food charities working
across the city.
Reading the above shows that little would be achieved without all the volunteers, some from
church and some from the wider community, and our grateful thanks goes to these people giving
their time so generously.
Written by Helen Pessell and Kevin Martin
Performance and Achievement
This report on 2021 shows clearly how we have been working to be a strong and serving Christian
presence in the Church of England Parish of Bemerton. During the continued disruption of Covid
19 restrictions we continued to offer outreach, service, evangelism, ministry and mission. We
have achieved our desire to be a community based on worshipping God and serving the people of
God in this parish which is everybody who lives within our parish boundary.
Written by Kevin Martin
Treasurer's Re
ort
Our 2021 church Balance Sheet and Statement of Financial Activities show an overall increase in
our assets and a small (£10K) surplus of receipts over payments. However, the increased value
of assets stems from the end of year valuation of the Warre Trust, an endowment from which we
receive dividends but cannot withdraw money, and another investment held for our benefit by the
Diocesan Board of Finance (DBF) from which we also re￿1ve dividends but can only withdraw
money with the agreement of the DBF.
The surplus of receipls over payments in the overall accounts is due to the Community Centre
income and payments (money restricted for Community Centre activities) from increased lettings
and people using the café On￿ covid restrictions began to lift, donations towards the Community
Fridge and grant money received to offset covid losses of income and towards much needed
maintenance and planned improvements to the Community Centre building and surrounding land
obtained through Howard Tranter's diligent and time consuming work on grant applications.
The ordinary church income and expenditure of the PCC has however faced a deficit budget for
the last six years, gradually increasing from around £4K to the almost £20K of this last year. We
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have drawn money from reserves each year to meet this. We transferred £9,000 from our easily
accessible reserves, money invested in the CCLA Fixed Interest Securities Fund, into our current
account in 2021 and now have only just over £8K remaining.
Despite the months when no services in church could happer), giving by various means continued
and our income from giving remained steady. Some additional funds have been generated from
hire of the church to organisations when the Community Centre was fully booked. And some
church weddings and funerals and fundraising activities were able to take place again. Parish
Share was kept at the same figure as in 2020 by the Diocese (But with a /4 % less discount for
paying by Direct Debit) but still represents 70 % of our expenditure.
The PCC are very aware that we need to increase income, as there is little we can do to reduce
costs with both parish share and inflation set to continue rising and are seeking ways forward to
that end.
Report written by Gillian Newton
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Administrative Information
St Michael's. St Andrew's and St John's are located in the Parish of Bemerton part of the Diocese
of Salisbury within the Church of England.
The parish office is located within the Community Centre at 96 St Michael's Road, Bemerton
Heath. Salisbury SP2 9LE. The PCC is a body corporate {PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church
Representation Rules 2006) and a charity registered with the charity commission. The PCC is
required to hold an annual meeting and the minutes from the meeting held in May 2021 covering
the operating year 2020 are provided in Annex 2.
Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting
IAPCMJ in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.
Reverend Kevin Martin as Rector of Bemerton is an Ex-officio member. PCC members who have
served from 27th May 2021 to the APCM on 27th April 2022 are as follows..
Ex-officio Members
Incumbent: The Reverend Kevin Martin
Churchwardens
Hilary Bird
Deanery Synod Representatives
Gillian Newton (from 06.10.2020- 2023)
Terri Seaton (from06.10.2020 - 2023)
Elected members
Bob Kershaw {27.05.2021- 20241
Lynn Kershaw {27.05.2021- 2024)
Chris Cochrane (27.05.2021- 2024)
Howard Tranter (2020 - 2023)
Joanna Hancock {2020- 08.08.2021 }
Shirley Frayling {27.05.2021- 20231
Colin Frayling (2019 2022)
Helen Pessell (2019 - 2022)
Frank Pessell127.05.2021- 2022)
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Bemerton Paro¢hlal Church Councll
Balance Sheet detailed
Asat
3111212021
Asat
3111212020
Fixed assets
7550.. Fmed Intsrest Se¢uritsos
8,616.32
18,269.21
7555.. Parish Room
7565". Ghurch Hall
87,7C6.64
76.578.00
7570." 3 5% War Loan
7575.. Warre Tw$t
138.264.91
120,721.20
Totsl Fixed 8$8ets
234.587.87
215,568.41
Current assets
6501". Bemerton PCC current account
6502.. St.Andrews Current account
6503.. Cornmunty centre turrent 8ccount
6510.. CCLA ICBF) depo$it account-
st.Michaels
6515.. CCLA daposrt- st.Andrews
6520." CCLA Depo$it- Cornrnunity Centre
6525.. St Andrews Pay Pal
6530.. StAndreWs AKI Tax due
6531.. Community Centre Petty Cash
Z05.' Accounts Receivab
8.953.53
4.539.02
37,038.95
10.69
19,491.79
4,417.25
7,276.91
10.69
14,888.76
14,881 00
109.91
91.29
36.85
24.34
Total Curr8ntass•ts
65,577.71
46.193.27
Liabllities
6699". Agency colle¢tion8
Z04.. Account5 Payab18
2.482.24
2,379.04
Total Li•bllld8s
2.482.24
2.379.04
Net surplus Idefficlt)
297,683.34
259.382.64
Reservo9
Excess I IdefiGrtI lo dale
Z01.. Starting balances
Z02.. Gainsll1055e$l on investm8nt assets
10,281.24
259.382.64
28,019.46
178,904 261
324.706.48
13.580.44
Total Re8erv
297,683.34
2S9,382.64
05 April 2022
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Asat
3111212021
Asat
3111212020
Rèpresentsd by Funds
Unr851rKted
Designated
Restri¢led
6,005.18
9,(65.07
144.348.18
138,264.91
17,190.39
18.174.21
103,296.64
120.721.20
Enrto%Mnent
Total
297,683.34
2S9,382.64
05 April 2022
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Bemerton Parochiol Church Council
ststement of Financial A¢tlvltles
For the period from 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Unrestrtcted
ftAnds
R•strfctod EThlowm•nt
fund5
fund5
Total
fund8
Prlor year
totsl funds
Recelpts
Planned givin9
Colle¢tions and other gwing
other tiading aciivities
Other voluntary re￿Ipts
Gift recovered
Investm?nts
29,893.10
4,408.79
747.11
3.909.39
8.906.28
5,734.68
723.28
3,251.00
29,693.10
4.408.79
747 11
29.496.30
4.821.64
804D
30,597 19
7,835.63
5,829.16
31.316.26
2.024.00
17,460.47
36.85
7.76
50.135.70
21,369.86
6,943.13
5.742.44
50.858.98
3,251.00
other receipt5
Recepts from Ghurd) actlvlU8s
Total inG¢)m*
65.373.63
67,640.78
123,014.41
112.000.58
Payrnent5
Missionary and charitab￿ GNing
P8rish Share
Clergy #nd Staffing costs
Church Running Expenses
Ha11 Running Costs
Chuth Repaits & Maintenance
2,230.00
51.848.00
6.231.32
14.707.77
2,230.00
51,846.00
6,231.32
15,052.19
37,373.66
3,630.1]0
51,716.10
4,818.58
13,604.53
52.132.e3
29,252 89
344 42
37.373.66
Total expendlture
Gain5 110sses on investment assets
75.015.09
1652.891
37.718.08
11,128.64
112,733.17
166,154.73
17,543.71
28.019.46
13.580.44
Net income I lexpendlturel re8ourc•s bofore transler
120.294.351
41,051.34
17,543.71
38,300.70
129,573.711
Tr•n$fers
Gross iransfer$ ￿tween funds- in
Gross transfers between funds- out
9,000.00
19,000.001
9.000.00
19.000.001
45.000.
145,OW.001
other rncognis8dgaln$/l0s￿S
Net movement In funds
120.294.351
41.051.34
17.543.71
38,300.70
129.573.711
R6conclllaNon of funds
Totsl funds brought forward
3S.364.60
103.296.84
120.721.20
259,382.64
288,9S6.35
Total fund5 carried forward
15,070.25
144,348.18
138,264.91
297.683.34
259,382.64
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Bemorton Parochial Church Council
Analysls of income and expenditure
Selected period: 01 January 202110 31 December 2021
Total
Unre8trfGted
De51gnBtod
Endowrnent
Th15 yur
Lwstyear
Rgceipts
Planned giving
0101 Grft Aid- Bank
0110- Grft Aid- Envelopes
0201- Planned gnii
27,618.00
850.(hJ
1,225.10
27,618.
850.CM)
1,225.10
26,962.00
936.00
1,598.30
Planned givlng fotals
29.693.10
29.S93.10
29.496.30
Colloctions and other glvlng
0301 Loose plate eoll&dions
0302- Baptism1005e pkte
0501 . One-off Grft Aid grfts
1,377.79
1,377.79
58.35
2.974.65
1,448.96
2,974.65
3,372 68
Collections and otherglving
Totals
4,408.79
4,408.79
4,821.84
Other voluntary r•ceipts
0410- Giving through church boxes
0550- Donations appaals etc
0550C- Cost5 incurred for Donations
received
0560- We(Jding BlessiNJ
0701- LegatES
08A1- Non-recurring on￿ff grants
0910- Fund Raising
1400- Friends of Sl.Andrews
27.08
2,731.92
114611
27.08
3,496.92
114.611
9.50
1.264 14
765.00
400.00
400.00
5.000.00
23.446.20
80.40
877.35
17,000.00
17,000.CKI
747.11
460.47
747.11
460.47
Other voluntsryre¢elpts Total
3,891.50
765.
17,480.47
22,116.97
30,677.59
GIftAid recov•red
(￿l- Tax tecoverabb on Grfi A*J
1001 Dividends
1020- Bank and building Society
interest
6,786.53
5,734.67
o.oi
119.75
36.85
6,943.13
5,734.87
7.835.83
5,766.19
62.97
7.76
Glft Ald recovernd Totals
12.521.21
119.75
44.61
12.685.57
13,664.79
Other r•e•ipts
OW1 . Other funds generated
1000- to b& assigned
1300- Photocopk?r
1310- In$urance daim$
1500- ComftTunity Cenlrt njnning
1,255 76
1536.001
3.52
1,255.76
1536.001
3.52
1.163.82
74.04
465.20
29,613.40
50.135.70
50.135.70
Other recelpts fotsls
723.28
50,135.70
50,858.98
31,316.26
Rgcèipts from church a¢dvitles
1101 Fees for w￿ding8 & Banns
1102- Fees for fun*r815 & monuments
1,059.00
2,192.00
1.059.00
2.192.00
997.00
1.027.00
Recelpts from church aeuvities
Totals
3,251.00
3,251.00
2,024.00
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Total
D88kJnat•d
Rgstrlctsd
Endowm•nt
Thls year
Lostyo•r
Rgcgipts Grand totsls
54,488.88
884.75
67,640 78
123,014.41
112,000.58
Payments
IAissionaryand Charitable Giving
1801 Giving lo Ch￿st￿on Avj
1830- Giwng- South Afd¢a
1831 Giving- Motning Star
1850- Giving- Other Charitie5
850.00
850.00
850.00
1,000.00
1,ODO 00
1.WOOO
630.00
850.00
530.00
530.00
Alissionary and Charttabl•
Giving fotals
2.230.OD
2.230.00
3,830.00
Parish Sharg
1910- Parish share etc
51.846.00
51.846.00
51.716.10
Parish Share Totals
51.846.00
51.846.00
51.716.1D
Clergy and Stsffing costs
2050- Salary of parish administrator
2103-Working Expen5es- other8
8,231.32
6.231.32
4.933.83
1115.251
Cl•ryy and Stafflng costs Totals
6.231.32
6,231.32
4,818.58
Church Running Expensès
2201 Parish training and mission
2205- Youth Wo
2210- Social Events
2301 Church running- insuran
2310- Church office- te￿Phone &
broadband
2313- Church office- equipment
2315- Church Office- Photocop￿r
2330- Church maintenance
2331 Cleaning
2340- Upkeep of services
2360_ AdTnini5tralion
2401- Church running- tkctric
2410- Church running- gas
2420- Chur¢h wnning- water
2845- St John'$ Plare Lea5elUtilities
contribu
3000- Frk?nds of St.Andrews running
256.79
264.00
341.00
597.79
264.W
325.00
7.76
3,126.52
91.84
3,126.52
91.84
3,122.63
845.93
42.59
54.85
1.936.70
957.00
875.21
454.92
1.557.32
3.429.00
12003
1,200.00
42.59
54.85
1.936.70
957.00
875.21
454.92
1.557.32
3.429.OD
120.03
1.200.00
98.63
72.25
684.fj5
799.00
336.67
525.93
1.271.75
3.432.00
107.68
1.400.00
344.42
344.42
574.65
Church Runnlng E¥p8ns•s
rotsls
14,386.77
341.00
344.42
15,OS2.19
13,604.53
Hall Runnlng Costs
2805- Communrty Centre Runn1ng
2815- Comrnunity Centre Maintenance
37,373.68
37,373.66
32,037.67
20,094.96
Hall Running Costs Totals
37,3n.66
37,373.66
52,132.63
Church Rèpairs & Malntgnanco
2701 - Church major repalrs- structur8
2710- Church major repairs-
Installation
2.134.00
27,118.89
Church R•palrs & Maintenance
29.252.89
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Total
Unre8triGted
D•s1gnaied
Restrt¢t£d
ThI¥y8•r
Lastyear
Totals
Payments Grand totals
74,674.09
341.OD
37,718.08
112.733.17
155.154.73
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5t
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2021
Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Church Accounting
Regulations using Data Development Finance Coordinator software.
They have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis and include all assets 3rbd
transactions for which the PCC is responsible in law Ith05e of the Friends of St Andrew's
Church Bemerton,. St Michael's Community Centre; and the PCC itself). Monies not
belonging to us but received and then passed on to those to whom they do belong (such as
the part of wedding and funeral fees belonging to the DBFI are recorded a5 agency receipts
and payments.
Funds
The Warre Trust Is an endowment fund. The Diocesan Board of Finance is the sole trustee
of this fund. The capital of the trust may not be expended. Dividend income from it can be
used for the maintenance and general purposes of the church at the discretion of the
incumbent and churchwardens. The fund is invested in a holding of 5904.19 units in Central
Board of Finance Investment 134001710S, Diocesan ref S45A.
Bemerton Church Hall is a restricted investment fund held by the Diocesan Board of
Finance as Custodian trustee with the PCC the managing trustee and beneficial owner.
During 2004 this fund was created by a merger of the recoupment Scheme and a previously
unrestricted Bemerton Church Hall fund. It is held in units of Central Board of Finance
Investment Fund 1340016665, Diocesan ref B102. The fund capital can only be drawn on by
the PCC with the prior consent by the DBF for specif ic approved projects or purposes.
The Fixed Interest Securities Fund is an investment fund designated for PCC
reserves/saving, held by the PCC as managing trustees and beneficial owner of units in
Central Board of Finance Fixed Interest Securities Fund 634111001K . There is no restriction
on the use of the capital or income. Dividends are paid into the church current account as
income.
St Michael's Community Centre is a restricted fund. It receives rental income from parts of
the building leased by the PCC to Trussell Trust for their charity shop and (during 20191 to
the Swindon and Wiltshire Credit Union as office space- f rom regular and occasional letting5
of the 2 ha115,' from the church run café and from donations from which it pays for heating,
lighting, insuring and other costs of running and maintaining the premises a5 part of the
church's service to the surrounding neighbourhood.
The Frlends of St Andrew's Bemerton (F.O.S.A.B.l is treated as an excepted charity under
the umbrella of the PCC and its accounts included within the PCC'S accounts. As income is
raised and used for a Specific purpose, it 15 a restricted fund.
The General Fund is the unrestricted fund that covers all other PCC capital, income and
outgoings arising from the church's life and activities apart from small amounts of money

given for specific purposes such as purchasing Bibles to be presented to children in our
parish church schools held in separate designated funds until disbursed for that purpose.
Fixed Assets Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in
accordance with section 96121 lal of the Charities Act 1993. Movable church furnishings
held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a facultv
for disposal are inalienable property listed in the church's inventory, which can be inspected
at any reasonable time. Such a55ets are not valued in the financial statements. Investments
are )hiued at market value at December 315t
Current assets
These comprise cash held in current accounts or on deposit with the Central Board of
Finance and small amounts of F.O.S.A.B money in PayPal.
Incomin
Resources
Church giving, dividends and receipts from church activitie5 remained steady but when
covid restrictions allowed activities in the church community centre and café to resume, its
income increased, enhanced by grants, some for work to be completed in 2022.
Outgoing Resources
Bemerton's Parish Share for 2021 of almost £52,000 was paid in full Iwith a /12Yo discount for
paying by direct debit in 12 installmentsl resulting in a deficit to the PCC'S general fund
budget for the year of over £19,000 after insurance, utilitie5 and other church running costs.
£9,000 was transferred from reserves to the PCC current account which ended the year
£10,000 lower than at the Start. The Community Centre/Hall running costs were lower than
the previous year when it was totally rewired but included some necessary
maintenance/upgrading work on the building and surrounding land.

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(see CC32, Independent ex8min8tion of charity accounts- directions arid
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief detslls of
any items that the
examinerwishos lo
dis¢105e.
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Oct 2018

Annex 2
Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meetin
Thursda
27th 2021
Present..
Kevin Martin (Chairl,. Shirley Frayling IMinutesl,- Colin Frayling; Laurence Newton- Gillian Newton,. Howard
Tranter,. Carol McAbendroth; Debbie Ford,. Andrew Farley; Michael Bird,. Hilary Bird,. Sandie Scott- Maureen
Winstanley,. Alan Winstanley- Nick Barsby; Teresa Barsby; Robert Kershaw,. Lynn Ker5haw; Geoffrey
Herbert,. Terri Seaton.
Apologies:
Helen Pessell,. Frank Pessell; Caroline Shipp
Annual General Meeting
In this first part of the meeting the churchwardens are elected. There were 2 positions but only one
nomination:
Hilary Bird 1st John's and St Andrew's) was proposed and seconded prior to the meeting, to the post of
churchwarden of St Michael's for the following year and was unanimously elected with thanks.
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Opening Prayers
Minutes of the previous Annual Parochial Church Meeting
The previous minutes of the 2020 Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Parochial Church meeting were
approved by Howard Tranter and seconded by Sandie Scott and signed as a true record of events. There
were no matters arising.
Annual Reports
The Annual reports were presented to attendees upon arrival and these were presented to the meeting
with the ability for those present to ask questions. After questions were addressed each report was
presented to the attendees for approval. The reports were given as follows:
il Changes in membership of the electoral roll since the last APCM.
Following the recent revision of the electoral roll, we now have 78 people on the roll, and
have 9 elected members of the PCC.
ill Safeguarding. Helen Pessell is the Safeguarding Officer. There were no questions or comments on
the report.
iiil Performance and Achievements. This report was accepted with no questions.
iv) Worship and Prayer. The Rector presented the report. Thanks were recorded to the Rev Kim
Stephens, the Rev Martin Hancock, Rev Judy Rees, Howard Tranter and Gillian Newton, as well
as clergy from other parishes, Salisbury Cathedra5 and Bishop's Staff, for leading services during
the interregnum. Thanks also to Robyn Golden-Hann for leading Compline Services since the
beginning of the lockdown.
can now
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The Rector noted that the question of the continuation of the use of Zoom in services needed to be
ddressed.
There were no further comments on this report.
vl Deanery Synod. Gillian Newton and Terri Seaton presented this report.
There were no questions.
vil Church Buildings. Hilary presented this report. George Chedburn, the church architect, had
congratulated the church wardens on how well the buildings had been cared for.
Kevin gave an update on the situation in St John's churchyard. The churchyard had been closed on
14.02.06 but full body burials were continuing to take place where there was a pre-existing family grave.
The Chancellor made a de-minimis decision that cremated remains could also be buried in family graves, if
these had been dLJg before 14.02.06. A retrospective faculty for the whole churchyard had been applied
for, but until this wa5 received no further burials of ashes could take place where there was a pre-existing
grave. In order to obtain the faculty, the burials had to be plotted and an up-to-date plan submitted. Colin
Frayling was thanked for undertaking this task.
There were no further comments.
vii) Pastoral Care. There were no comments on Helen Pessell's report.
St Michael'5 Community Centre. Laurence Newton presented this report. There were no
questions.
ixl Ecumenical Relationships. Gillian presented the report. There were no comments.
xl Financial Review. Gillian presented the figures for the financial statement. She was thanked for a
full report. She also wished to thank Brian Chapman for auditing the accounts.
The report was accepted by Hilary Bird and seconded by Laurence Newton. The acceptance was
unanimous.
Rectorfs Report
Tho report was presented by Rev Kevin Martin.
Kevin spoke on a theme of hope and love and how these two things have been shown in the work of those
who have continued to offer help to the wider community during the pandemic. Kevin spoke of the work
of the community fridge. Kevin also spoke of the work of the community café that opened when it could
and thanked Pessell, Terri Seaton and Carol Mac, along with Lizzie Carmody who have been regular
volunteer5 even during lock down. Thanks were extended to all who have returned to the Café now we
can open fully.
Kevin thanked all the members of the PCC and especially the Churchwardens. Thanks to Hilary and M ike
Bird who have been amazing in writing and checking risk assessments during Covid. Thank you to Laurence
Newton for your perseverance with Zooming our services. Thank you to Howard Tranter for leading our
music and to Patience Dryer for the addition you have made to the band.
Thank you to the flower arrangers who were ready to come back to church at the shortest notice and to
you all for your commitment to serving one another. Kevin stated his thank5 to Gillian Newton who handed
over lots of information to him when he arrived and who now taking some much deserved rest as she
steps back from a lot of the work she ha5 been doing during the vacancy.
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We have two members of the PCC who are standing down this year and Kevin thanked Debbie Ford and
Mike Bird for their commitment and service as PCC members.
Looking to the next few months and year5 in the parish we have some exciting projects to pray for.
Firstly we have the move to start a weekly Breakfast Church in St Peterfs School Hall at 9arn every Sunday
once Covid restrictions and volunteers allowl This is to be a light touch service that seeks first and
foremost to call the local community together.
We are also looking forward to starting Fun Church on the first Sunday of the month in the afternoon at
4pm. Initially this will be in St Michael's Community Centre Hall but will move back into St Michael's Church
once we havo faculty approval for some alterations to the church building.
We will soon be submitting a faculty application for the pews to be removed from St M ichael's Church and
to be replaced with stackable chairs. We will then use the church building for conferences and support
groups throughout the week. This will offer service to the local community and will also generate income
from paid booking5 which we hope will reduce our annual deficit so that we break even in our accounts
within the next 18 months.
We are also going to be applying to install disabled access to the three downstair rooms in the church
building to enable these rooms to be usable community spaces.
Our midweek worship has, therefore, moved to St Andrew's with morning prayer being in person and on
Zoom there Tuesday to Saturday mornings and midweek communion service5 on Wednesdays at 12noon
and Fridays at 10am. We have also introduced a Sunday evening 6pm service there every week.
Kevin has made contact with Rev Steve Hawks of the Methodist Church and we are committed to working
together and l am looking forward to building links with the Roman Catholic community as there have
been good links between the three of us in the past.
School worl( has once again been established in the parish which seeing Kevin going into 8emerton St John
every Friday for their celebration assembly and holding regular assemblies on Teams at St Peterfs School.
Kevin was at Sarum Academy before Easter doing year group assemblies and will be returning there again
at the beginning of July. Currently discussing church school projects we can be involved with.
Also looking at how we can Serve the local community better and have been talking with Bemerton Heath
Community Centre to explore how we can work together. A need to focus on being present as a listening
guest rather than a host.
Plans to increase donations to and use of the Community Fridge and Larder and looking to do this through
Interagency links being strengthened. This concluded Kevin's report.
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Gillian asked whether we were to continue using Open the Book in schools. Kevin replied that this may
happen at some point but we wanted to work with the Methodists first, to look to having a bigger team to
work in the schools.
Election and Appolntments
We could now have 9 elected representatives on the PCC. At the moment we had 6. Debbie Ford and
Mike Bird were standing down, which meant that we could elect 5 people, one for l year, one for 2 years
and three for 3 years. The following was decided..
For 3 years- Bob Kershaw
Lynn Kershaw
Chris Cochrane
For 2 years - Shirley Frayling
For l year- Frank Pessell
Any Other Business
Frank was to be appointed as a551Stant treasurer for a year and then Gillian was to step back and
thi5 was the reason Frank was appointed for l year on the PCC.
b. Gillian pointed out that the decision on giving to charities was not a function of the APCM.
It was mooted that Brian Chapman would continue to audit the accounts and this was unanimously
accepted.
Closing Prayers
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