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2021-12-31-accounts

Annual Report 2021

Registered Charity Number 1184256

St. George’s Church is situated on the western edge of Marlborough on the south bank of the River Kennet. The Parish of Preshute serves the villages of Manton and Clatford, the Barton Park estate, part of the western end of Marlborough and a rural area stretching both north and south. The church is in the Diocese of Salisbury (Deanery of Marlborough) and is part of the Marlborough Anglican Team, with an office in Silverless Street, Marlborough. St. George’s and the associated churchyard is open every day and anyone is welcome to visit the church for prayer, quiet contemplation or simply to enjoy the wonderful location next to the river.

Aims and Objectives – Making Jesus Known

The Church is the family of Christians meeting together to worship God and to find fellowship together through prayer and learning. Our work is to spread the Good News of our faith by ‘Making Jesus Known’.

St George’s is well placed to serve the town of Marlborough and most of our mission has a two-fold strategy: to deepen and enrich our own worshipping life and also to find creative ways of making connections with the local community to both introduce the Christian story and deepen engagement with all in the local area.

St George Parochial Church Council (PCC)

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Team Vicar in promoting, in the ecclesiastical Parish of Preshute, the whole mission of the Church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The life of St George’s is within the Marlborough Anglican Team, Marlborough Churches Together and the Diocese of Salisbury in the Church of England.

Membership:

Members of the Parochial Church Council are either elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting or co-opted by the PCC due to the functions they perform in the Church (provided the person is willing to be co-opted). The PCC is a charity, and the PCC members are its Trustees and are responsible for ensuring the Church is serving its community. This report shows how St George’s engages with the local community. Incumbent (Team Vicar): Rev. Pete Sainsbury

Churchwardens: Neil Croucher, Sally Cripps

Deanery Synod: Sarah Musgrave, Jeremy York, Simon Bonham

Members: Anne Notton (Secretary), Alastair Barr (Treasurer), David Beacom (Fabric and Churchyard). The other members are Lydia Bauer, Paul Lefever, Marcia Johnson, Robin Notton, Amanda Brown, Linda Morgan who take on responsibilities as needed. The Team Rector, Revd Christopher Smith is an ex officio member.

The PCC has met 6 times during the year either on Zoom or live. The most recent approved PCC Minutes and Past Minutes can be obtained from the Secretary on request.

The main items of business at each meeting are a consideration of our core task of ‘Making Jesus Known’. Against this background, we have reviewed our worship,

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considered matters of finance and fabric, explored how we might best ”grow” St George’s, the way we welcome people, and discussed the social events that are offered. However, during the last year some of the options above have become less limited

At the Annual Meeting in 2021, there were 120 names on the Electoral Roll of church membership, approximately 70 of whom are regular worshippers. The average number of worshippers each week has been approximately 40.This number decreased during the pandemic but, with the gradual relaxation of Covid rules the numbers have been increasing again.

Team Rector’s Report

2021 was a challenging year as the pandemic dominated. The year began with the hopes of the vaccine rollout yet ended with an Omicron surge. As a church our fellowship, communion, finances and outreach were all diminished. Who knew how much we would miss such simple things as after service coffee and being able to sing? In 2020 there seemed to be some excitement about lockdowns but this evaporated in 2021. While lives were saved the cost began to become clearer: increased loneliness and drinking. Missed treatments, exams and holidays. And great frustration at plans being continually blown off course. For the country that hoped to take back control we now seemed completely out of control.

On the plus side St George’s and other churches made magnificent efforts to keep the faith show rolling. In Lent we organised a course looking at Faith in the Arts, which was attended by more than 100 people. Love Marlborough Kids Meals continued to deliver hot, nutritious food to the town’s most needy families. Your ministers became zoom Jedi and much worship occurred online. We learnt to stream and now breezily talk of mixed media worship. Who would have imagined all this in 2019? All the little gatherings online of 10 or 20 people did much to keep us going through dark times. The 5pm prayers on Wednesday were a great source of solace and encouragement.

According to Christianity Today 38% of ministers considered quitting in 2021. The pressures have been intense. How can groups be led when some think Covid is a cold, yet others have run for the hills? Very little appreciation has gone to ministers as key workers - yet Pete visited and took funerals all through the pandemic. While technology is a great blessing it has been exhausting to use and so little feedback comes through the computer. Some members of our congregations have been cranky because they have been locked up again and ministers have sometimes been the punchbags for their frustration. The clergy and other ministers need our love, prayers and support. Be a blessing to your ministry team! One person who sadly left us in 2021 was Laura Willis. She served as the Administrator of the Marlborough Anglican Team for 14 years. Her role was very much behind the scenes but only in leaving did we all find out how much she did for churches across the town. We pray for a blessed retirement for her and Paul.

As we look to 2022 may God give us the end of the pandemic. The Bishop of London has said she feels after the pandemic ends it will take the churches two years to recover. May God keep us safe and help us through this process. And may somehow much good fruit be borne from a difficult time.

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I’m very grateful for the ongoing work of St George’s. In all my visits it seems a very happy church and it brings the sunshine of God’s love to the team and the town. Well done church; and thank you Pete, Sally and Neil for all your hard work and service.

Revd Chris Smith, Team Rector of Marlborough

Team Vicar’s Report

I was once told that the main purpose of a vicar’s annual report was to thank the people for all the hard work, done often behind the scenes and with great cheerfulness. I therefore start with a great, all-embracing and heartfelt thank-you to you all. St George’s is marked by a wide breadth of activity that ‘makes church happen’ in its different ways and I am deeply grateful for this and for the quality of relationships that underpins this. Of note, we expressed thanks to Richard Denning (Treasurer) and Charles Graham (Churchwarden) for sterling work over many years in their respective roles, and we were pleased to welcome Alastair Barr and Neil Croucher to fill those roles, respectively. After my uneven start in the parish due to lockdowns at the end of 2020, things began to settle and it has been good to see a whole year through from beginning to end. I will look back through the lens of highlights.

2021 marked a continuation of the pandemic but I am so glad to say that we have attempted to go about things as normally and fully as possible. Worshipping numbers were down (but up from 2020), and things picked up numerically in the autumn.

Early in the year, we devised and delivered an online Lent Course based around ‘God and the Arts’ which was attended virtually by about 125 people. This course, delivered by local clergy including Bishop Andrew was greatly appreciated and showed the considerable fraternal spirit that Churches Together in Marlborough enjoys.

My involvement with Preshute School began in earnest and as a foundation governor alongside Brian Crowe, we attended meetings mostly online in 2021. The school continued to rise to the significant challenges of a building project (the addition of some very fine new classroom space) and some more difficult issues staff-wise. With support from ‘County’ and the appointment of a new chair, things began to settle down. Our activity within school was necessarily reduced and even now, church/school activity has not quite regained its shape. We hope that 2022 will bring back the regularity of assemblies and ‘Open the Book’ sessions.

We don’t have the resources presently to run Sunday School as such at St George’s but we are nevertheless blessed with some very committed people who have a heart for our children. Teddy Prayers (for pre-schoolers) reduced in activity in 2021 but Messy Church increased, with great success. I am very grateful to Amanda Brown for her key role in that and for the support of many, significantly Sue Elks, in delivering Messy Church termly or twice-termly.

The church’s ‘Occasional Offices’ (baptisms, weddings and funerals) resumed regularity in 2021 with a burst of necessary catch-up: we had a great deal of weddings and baptisms to perform. Funerals continued to happen but typically limited to 30 people in church.

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Although I am mostly at St George’s for these, as a team, the clergy operate across all three churches including on Sundays. The number of clergy available to assist with worship and occasional offices has significantly reduced, but Henry Pearson in particular helps out at St George’s from time to time, and I am grateful.

An occasional but great part of life at St George’s is the churchyard clear-up days. A few times a year, a team assembles on a Saturday morning, does a few hours of good work on the churchyard and then enjoys lunch. Thank you to David Beacom for his energy in bringing these enjoyable sessions together. In 2021, Action for the River Kennet did some sterling work in improving the flow of the river directly behind the church. The treasurer and I were even photographed in waders, driving stakes into the river-bed!

It was evident in 2021 that finances were under pressure, not just for us but across the Church of England and the Diocese, and the economy generally. The Generous Giving scheme was devised by the Diocese as a tool to help parishes focus on giving, and we responded by focusing on a one-off Gift Day with a commitment to give one-third to the three most financially pressured parishes in our deanery. Across the Anglican team, something like £30,000 was raised which is a significant achievement. I am very grateful for your response to this and also for Alastair’s work in administrating this with all the followup work necessary.

Our worship is blessed by a very good quality of music, and on an occasional basis, this is augmented either by the Georgians or the Junior Georgians, our occasional choirs. Andrew Brown and I devised a programme of Choral Evensongs in 2021 and these have been very well received. Music is a great asset to a church family and locality, and with the enthusiasm and commitment of both Andrew and Amanda, we hosted an evening of rather fine music at the end of November.

Our social evenings of Quiz Nights, Harvest Suppers and Nights at the Raj are always very well received. Together with the music night, they represent a considerable fund-raising effort.

As the year drew to a close, numbers were significantly down at Christmas services due to an increase in Covid infections, but it was wonderful to be able to celebrate together in sung worship, unlike 2020. Our ardent, prayerful hope is for an entirely unrestricted Christmas in 2022.

Finally, my life was significantly difficult in 2021 for personal reasons which most of you know. I am grateful to many of you, my family of St George’s for your support and love, and not least to Chris Smith and Sarah Musgrave who have been exceptionally supportive and loving colleagues and friends.

Remembering 2021 and anticipating all that God has for us in 2022 and beyond: every blessing, everyone – and thank you.

Revd Pete Sainsbury, Team Vicar

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Electoral Roll Report

Those whose names are on the Electoral Roll are listed on the notice board in the porch. Any regular worshippers at St. George’s who are not on the roll are encouraged to contact me or one of the churchwardens for an application form.

There were 119 names on the Electoral Roll at 31 December 2021, one fewer than a year ago. We welcomed newcomers Stephen Robins and Anne Rigby, but we record with sadness the death of Anthea Haydon, Diana Hony and Derek Robinson, all of them well advanced in years, having lived happy and fruitful lives.

Charles Graham

Church Attendance

Church attendance at St. George’s remains good following the relaxation of Covid restrictions. Teddy Prayers and Picnic is hoping to change its format and to and is hoping to support Messy Church more. Teddy Prayers members have attended the All Age Services that are now taking place regularly. Evening Prayer on a Wednesday is now on line and is popular. At Easter we had Services, as the Church is now open for public worship, though there were still some restrictions. At Christmas the Carol Service and Christmas Services took place, though not so well attended as was hoped. Unfortunately, all the children’s services over Christmas were cancelled due to a resurgence of the covid virus.

Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals

During the last year at St. George’s, we have celebrated eight weddings and one wedding blessing. In addition there have been five baptisms. Sadly, there have been five funerals and five interments of ashes.

St. George’s in the Community

With the easing of lockdown restrictions, St. George’s activities in the Community have been gradually getting back to “normal”.

At Christmas, a group led by Amanda and Andrew Brown sang carols in Barton Park and then in the Oddfellows Inn. The money raised was donated to Crisis at Christmas.

St. George’s members are involved in the life of Manton Village, the Jubilee Centre, St. Peter’s Trust etc. Links with Preshute School are being maintained, though “Open the

Book” has not yet started again. The St. George’s Newsletter is now being delivered to most houses in the Parish again.

Let us continue to hope and pray that by this time next year all activities will be back to normal and flourishing

Despite its fairly isolated setting, St. George’s receives a regular trickle of visitors, and there is a history of the church on sale at the back, as well as a free Walk-Round Guide.

Anne Notton

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Safeguarding

St George’s Preshute policy and practice for safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults is based upon the guidelines from the Church of England House of Bishops and is updated annually. A summary of our policy is posted on our website and on the notice board in the porch. A full hard copy is kept in the church and the vicarage. The safeguarding and protection of children, and adults at risk is everyone’s responsibility, not just parents, guardians and carers. St George’s Preshute is committed to:

The Parish Safeguarding Officer is Judith Denning; she is the first line of contact if there are any concerns. The Parish DBS Verifier is Marcia Johnson.

There are no safeguarding issues to report. Over the course of this year following Church and Charity Commission guidelines all PCC members have been DBS checked or are currently undergoing DBS checks. Currently due to COVID 19 all Safeguarding Training is still being carried out remotely, the Basic Awareness course (C0) and Foundation course (C1) can be accessed via the Diocese of Salisbury website. Ideally all church members who come into contact with children, young people and adults who may be at risk need to undertake the basis awareness course.

Judith Denning - Parish Safeguarding Officer

Lay Pastoral Assistants

The role of the Lay Pastoral Assistant is to provide assistance with pastoral ministry for the local church. This can involve work with children and young people, the sick, the recently bereaved and the elderly and housebound. They may take communion to those unable to come to church. The Marlborough Team as a whole has a number of LPA’s; St George’s at present only has one. However, St Georges is fortunate in that it has a congregation who support and are good neighbours to one another.

Judith Denning

Website

We continue to operate a website in conjunction with both St Mary’s and Mildenhall churches. This is used to provide information on the church, services and provide contact details for ministers, the office and key posts such as churchwardens. Rev Chris Smith spent much of the first lockdown updating the site and it now looks much more modern with links to the new Love Marlborough site and YouTube channel.

Richard Denning

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2020 ACTIVITY REPORT

Open the Book

For obvious reasons the book had to remain closed for most of the year. We were able to do one session in September, when we acted the Creation story (from the Lion Storyteller Bible). The children enjoyed playing their part as “green growing things”, “flying things”, “splashing things” and “walking, crawling, running, hopping and climbing things”. We hope that 2022 will offer more opportunities to bring Bible stories to life for the children of Preshute School.

Charles Graham and Sarah Musgrave

Home Group

Home group has 11 members (9 from St George’s and 2 from St Mary’s) and meets on Monday evenings, fortnightly. 8 members have managed to meet regularly on zoom over the past year and we enjoyed a brief period when we were able to meet face to face. Over the course of the year our home group sessions have been led by Charles Graham and Keith Fryer (St. Mary’s).

We have studied The Greatest thing in the World by Henry Drummond, based on 1 Corinthians 13 which explores the nine components of love including patience, humility and kindness. We have recently finished studying 1&2 Peter and Judah by Tom Wright and have enjoyed some stand-alone sessions throughout the year. We have also spent time thinking about social issues and linking them into passages from scripture and our final session of the year was a ‘bring and share’ evening with music, poetry, one of Charles’ famous quizzes and a lot of laughter.

Julie Conlen

Teddy Prayers and Picnic

Teddy Prayers started five years ago when Rev. Miri Keen was our vicar. I had been involved with a similar initiative forty years ago in Houghton near Stockbridge, under the guidance of Canon Sam Hayman, when my own children were young.

Rev, Miri Keen suggested we met in church twice a month in the afternoon for a short service, songs, a story, prayers and a children’s tea. We were fortunate Sarah Musgrave was keen to take part and Heather Croucher was able to play the piano for us.

We have enjoyed these years and watched the children grow to be kind and thoughtful through the teachings of our Lord. They have made good friends both children and adults and have grown up supported by members of the church and been given much

encouragement and love. Please see our scrapbook for photos! I am very happy to lend this book if you would like to take it home to look at.

However, time passes, children grow, and life moves on. The original TPP children are now at primary school. TPP is the type of organisation that owes its success to personal contact and word of mouth.

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So, looking to the future, we plan to hold three larger meetings a year – Easter, Summer and Christmas. These gatherings will be for local families, new and old, who would like to come along. Also, we are supporting Amanda with her Messy Church Days. St George’s is known locally as a child-friendly church, and we hope to continue this with our plans.

Sue Elks and Lydia Bauer

Messy Church

At the beginning of the year, with a lockdown in place, there was still no opportunity to meet together, but instead, a home video was compiled with a demonstration of how to make an Easter garden.

After such a long period of restrictions, it was with great excitement that we were able to make plans for a ‘live’ Messy Church on Saturday 25 September to explore the theme of ‘ Walking with Jesus’ based on Mark 1, v 16-20. It was a lively and heart-warming afternoon, with 13 children and 12 adults gathered for songs, the Bible reading and teaching, prayers, and activities all based on the passage from scripture. The children thought about what it means to walk with Jesus and created a banner of footprints, crafted origami prayer fish, became ‘fishers of men’ by making an invitation card to give to friends for the Harvest Festival service, and made a 3-D scene representing Jesus’s call of the disciples in the Bible story. It was a particular joy to welcome some families who were new to Messy Church.

Spurred on by the good response to the September Messy Church, a further session was organised for Saturday 20 November, focusing on the theme of Advent. Once again, the church was buzzing with activity as 17 children and 15 adults enjoyed worship and songs together with activities leading to an understanding of Jesus as the light of the world as well as the idea of waiting expectantly for Jesus in Advent. The children went home with the fruits of their afternoon’s work: an Advent wreath with candles ready to light on each Sunday of Advent, an Advent ‘prayer’ calendar, a lantern to show Jesus’s light to others, and a flowerpot planted with spring bulbs to illustrate the idea of waiting (for quite a long time!).

It has been a great joy to be able to re-introduce Messy Church into the church calendar and we look forward to establishing a programme of three to four services per year as part of the children’s ministry in the parish. On each occasion in 2021, there were many people involved – very many thanks indeed to all helpers for their help with preparations and their support on the day. A special thank you to Pete too, for leading the heart of the service with lively songs and thoughtful worship.

Amanda Brown

The Flower Group

The last year saw many weddings, several postponed from the previous year in lockdown, and we all delighted in enjoying the glorious flowers arranged for these occasions - even if it entailed extra work for our team in dismantling and clearing!

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Our volunteers work to have some fresh flowers in church every week, though each person can do as little or as much as they want. There is plenty of scope for the more ambitious but, even if you have never ‘had a go’ before, you would be very welcome to join our group. Judging from the comments of visitors our church always looks beautiful, welcoming and loved. Thank you to all who help achieve this.

Pru Groffman

Music

Despite the year starting unpromisingly with the second lockdown imposed early in January, other restrictions, and difficulties with the church ceiling, we tried to maintain as normal a musical offering as possible through 2021.

Sunday services resumed in March, with social distancing, no congregational singing indoors, and restrictions on choirs. Hymns were instrumental only and singing in services was by soloists. Many thanks to soloists Amanda Brown and Michael Bauer, and to Jessy Pomfret who provided accompaniment on the cello. On Easter Day a small group sang, and since outdoor singing was allowed, we all sang the final hymn, Thine be the glory , in the churchyard. It felt like a wonderful liberation, the first congregational singing of any kind for over a year! Over the next couple of months, we moved outside for the final hymn whenever the weather permitted.

Children's choirs could be of any size; so with great excitement the Junior Georgians reassembled for Music Sunday on 4 July. 10 children sang Jubilate everybody and Heaven is singing for joy , following this up at Harvest on 3 October with Everybody praise Him and Above the moon earth rises . This service had a strong environmental focus in line with our Eco-Church work. The Junior Georgians have recruited several new members this year: 17 singers were preparing for the Crib Service on Christmas Eve, which sadly had to be cancelled because of fears over the spread of Coronavirus.

From July we were able to expand the adult choir to 6 singers, and in memory of Ian Penfold, one of the founder members of the Georgians, who had sadly passed away on 23 May, we sang Choral Evensong on 11 July, which was attended by Megan and other family members. The two hymns were particular favourites of Ian's ( How shall I sing that majesty? and There's a wideness in God's mercy ), and the anthem was For the beauty of the earth , by John Rutter, whom Ian had known since school days. In addition, on 12 September a congregational sung Evensong was much enjoyed.

With congregational singing and choirs of any size returning in the autumn, we were finally able to resume a more normal pattern of music in worship. Two services saw the Georgians back in full voice for the first time for nearly two years: Choral Evensong on Advent Sunday, and Carols by Candlelight on 19 December. The soloist for Once in royal David's city was Annabelle Moody, and the choir carols were The truth from above , The infant King and Star Carol . In addition, a gallery quartet sang an arrangement of the Coventry Carol in the First Communion of Christmas on Christmas Eve.

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After our Barton Park carol singing in 2020, we repeated this outreach in the week before Christmas. 30 hardy volunteers assembled to sing carols in several streets before proceeding to the Oddfellows where we sang to and with the customers in the side courtyard. The evening raised £270 for Crisis - my thanks to all involved, and to Holly at the Oddfellows for her hospitality.

As one of the autumn fund-raising events, a group of 14 musicians from the church family presented a musical evening Falling leaves and early snow , on 3 December. With choral items, solo songs, instrumental items and readings, this was a hugely enjoyable concert, clearly much appreciated by the audience and raising £1000 for the work of the church. Many thanks to all who were involved in whatever way.

The organ, piano and keyboard continue to give good service. For a few weeks in

September the organ was roped off after a ceiling panel above it had collapsed. Fortunately, the organ escaped damage and was back in service as soon as the ceiling was repaired. It has been agreed that the electronic keyboard needs to be upgraded: a new keyboard has been ordered and should be in use in the spring.

My thanks to the PCC for their support in both these matters, and for the purchase of new choir folders and reading lights.

Andrew Brown

Social Committee

Sadly, the COVID 19 Pandemic meant that we had to cancel a lot of our annual social evenings.

September saw a great turnout for our Ride and Stride, and thank you to Charles, Jeremy and Howard with all your fundraising.

We had our Harvest Celebration in October with a Supper in the Village Hall. A very well attended and thoroughly enjoyable evening with a raffle at the end.

In November we had a quiz in the Village Hall thanks to our quizmasters Julie and Peter Aylliffe. Fabulous night with cheese, wine and desserts.

In December we had a concert in the Church, “Early Leaves and Falling Snow”, organised by Amanda and Andrew Brown. Fabulous event with Junior Georgians, poetry reading and beautiful songs and music. We even had a solo with our Vicar playing an organ. Afterwards everyone was treated to canapés with a glass of wine.

The Carol Singing just before Christmas started off in College Fields and Barton Park, and then we made our way to the Oddfellows Arms in Manton where we entertained the

villagers with carols. Cash collection and the Just Giving site were all in aid of Crisis at Christmas

The success of these events is due to everyone who helps, whether it is by cooking, putting out chairs, serving, clearing up, or just turning up to support, and enjoy them. Our thanks go to all involved.

David Beacom and Judith Denning

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Bellringing

Bellringing re-started at St. George’s Preshute on Monday 19[th] July2021 following a break of over a year due to the covid virus.

Minimal maintenance was carried out during this period due to the fact that the bells were not being rung. The bellringing team has 5 new recruits who are being trained and are making good progress.

Richard Metters

MARLBOROUGH, the DEANERY and the DIOCESE

Diocesan Synod

My report for 2020 was stark, outlining the challenges our diocese was facing, while considering a ‘5 Year Financial Framework’ to eliminate the financial deficit. None of us were to know that Covid-19 would continue, with significant challenges for the church at every level, and so 2021 was equally challenging. In February 2021 , our meeting was held on Zoom, with 120 people attending. Interestingly, in the middle of lockdown and a demoralised world, Bishop Nicholas led a discussion on what we were learning from our experience and how hope was being renewed. Many talked of the importance of reaching out, connecting through live streams and social media, and prayer. He also introduced a draft Mission and Pastoral Plan. The dual purpose of the plan was to present the diocesan priorities and enable discussion at a local level. The three priorities were 1. Clearer paths to mission & ministry (growing vocations, developing lay ministry and resourcing mission); 2. Better care for those who serve (including welfare and training of ministers and volunteers) and 3. Stronger roots for the local church (financing the future and sustaining church buildings). There was considerable support for the general direction of the plan (97 in favour, 2 against and 21 abstaining). A Generous Giving Campaign was considered, with a mixed response Our meeting in June was also held on Zoom and Bishop Nicholas delivered his final Presidential Address, prior to retirement. Themes included the financial impacts of Covid; the potential for growth and flourishing in our parishes if the Generous Giving Campaign is successful; congratulations to the Cathedral for achieving a Gold EcoChurch Award and encouragement for all churches to engage with EcoChurch.

The financial impact of Covid meant share income had reduced and the size of the deficit was concerning. Nevertheless, many mitigating measures were already in place to help balance the budget over the coming years. Again, a great deal depended on the success of the Generous Giving Campaign, planned for the autumn.

The Archdeacon of Sarum, Alan Jeans, re-introduced ‘Living in Love and Faith’. He explained that the hope is for people in Church of England churches across the country, in each congregation, to use the LLF resources to study and pray together, as part of discerning a way forward in relation to matters of identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage.

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In September , we met to discuss a diocesan paper entitled ‘A thriving Christian presence, while balancing the budget’. There was a lengthy explanation of the financial difficulties and ways of resolving these, including reviewing and outsourcing glebe management and development, changing investment portfolios, growing the building consultancy business, cutting the Church House salary budget by 10%, losing nine stipendiary posts as part of an overall reshaping of ministry in 2021/22 and actively sharing resources with neighbouring dioceses etc

In November , we finally met in person, to discuss and approve a budget for 2022. The DBF chair reported that Diocesan leadership remained committed to the principle of maintaining a Christian ministry in every parish and that this Diocese has one of the highest ratios of clergy to churchgoers of anywhere in the country. The 5% share increase proposal was discussed, aiming to reduce the deficit to under £1 million during 2022. External costs had increased, but internal costs had been reduced and efforts continued to find further savings. These central savings do not, however, greatly affect Share because central administrative costs account for such a small percentage of the whole. 74% of Diocesan income comes from parish Share and 87% of Diocesan expenditure directly supports ministry in parishes. It soon became obvious that the only long-term way to maintain clergy in the parishes is for income from parishes to increase to pay for them.

Sarah Musgrave LLM

The Deanery Synod

Meanwhile, our Deanery Synod meetings offered the opportunity to hear and discuss the diocesan aims and plans – and to feed back thoughts and suggestions from our parishes. On 8[th] June 2021, I presented the Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Plan to the Deanery Synod, on Zoom. (Do contact me for a copy of the paper or my presentation). We also discussed the Generous Giving Campaign , starting in September with a week of prayer, followed by focussing on God’s generosity, thanksgiving for what we ourselves have received from God and ending on week 4 with our response, and a pledge form. The Marlborough Team responded with a Thank Offering, and our congregations responded with great generosity, offering 1/3 of all money raised to other parishes in the deanery who have been struggling, particularly during the pandemic.

In October, we met in St Mary’s Church to discuss the diocesan paper ‘A thriving Christian presence, while balancing the budget’. Nick Swannell (Deanery Treasurer) gave an excellent presentation explaining Diocesan income, expenditure and the Parish Share and explained that our weekly giving is not a tax but a personal investment by members to maintain ministry across the diocese. As he said, ‘there is no pot of gold’, and ‘it’s not us and them, we are the diocese’. He encouraged us to change our mindset, to be ‘cheerful investors’, and to accept the personal responsibility. Afterwards, there was an animated question time, full of interesting, challenging, and creative thoughts and comments.

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Naturally, there was serious concern about the idea of reducing the number of priests, while acknowledging the difficulty of poor share returns.

Sarah Musgrave LLM and Deanery Lay Chair

THE FABRIC

Fabric Report

A lot of weeding to the edges of the Car Park was carried out in the summer together with spreading some gravel.

Church and Churchyard tidy up – This happens usually in April and October and many thanks to all the helpers that come to help keep our Church and Churchyard looking pristine. This year we tackled a lot of essential hedge cutting. We are very lucky to have Wiltshire Council cutting the grass for us during the summer, and the additional help we get from volunteers is essential. Thank you also to Ken Martin and his tool box for carrying out various maintenance jobs.

New Handrail and New Glass South Porch Doors – Faculty application was submitted back in June, and we are still negotiating with Salisbury DAC before we can start these works. The Quinquennial report was completed this year, and various works suggested by the Architect will be carried out in the better weather.

David Beacom and Brian Crowe

Eco-Church

When we first heard about Eco Church the question was - how do you make a church that originated in the 12th Century into an Eco Church. The Fabric of the Church is important and we at St George's are limited due to the age of the Church. However, it is very important that the way we run the Church and all the purchases we make are as eco-friendly as possible. We have to ensure that our gas and electricity are on the most economical settings and we are paying for greener tariffs. Our purchases for the Church have to be recyclable where possible and coffee should be bought from a source such as Fair Trade. The pattern extends to the Ministry and the prayers, readings and sermons which have to include as often as possible thanks to God for giving us the earth we live on. We should also mirror all these thoughts and practices in our own lives and homes in caring for God's greatest creation. Many thanks go to Sarah Musgrave for being instrumental in starting this journey with the Christian environmental charity A ROCHA. We were awarded the Bronze award and we now have some Silver marks as well. Our goal is the Gold award and with help from you all we intend to achieve it.

There are over 2,000 Churches within the Church of England and only 10 of these have achieved this top award. This involves every member of the Church caring for God's earth in whatever way they can.

We have teamed up with Living Churchyards, Transition Marlborough, ARK (Action for the River Kennet) and the RSPB. ARK have agreed to help us with managing river erosion

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and tidying up the river bank and have made two visits with their volunteers so far. We intend to have our Gold Award within our three-year target and look forward to having speakers from these various organisations advising us on how they can help us. The PCC are supportive of these plans and hopefully with all the future functions and sales the Eco Church will be self-financing.

We will be assessed for our award on the basis of what we have documented and that could be anything from newsletters, orders of service, receipts for coffee, cleaning materials etc. all with the relevant section highlighted. We need to get a rhythm going that everything relevant needs to go into the brown Eco Church box at the back of the Church for future filing. We don't want to get the award and then lose it for not having a system in place. To get us warmed up we had a survey of the Churchyard with Nationwide Churchyard Surveys which all the kids enjoyed especially the building of a Bug Hotel. With help from Heather Croucher, we also hope to get Preshute School more involved once the easing of Covid takes the pressure off our schools. Our own Preshute Ecocides (PEK's) will also be helping. Indeed, with the help two Preshute School families and the PEK’s we managed initial summer survey. We need to survey what is in our Churchyard and what we are trying to attract, like bees etc. Hopefully in March we will see the introduction of bee hives in the Churchyard.

There are a number of mini-projects around the churchyard that will be started as the plan develops. Anyone wanting to get involved further then please let us know.

Linda Morgan and David Beacom

Churchyard Records

The electronic version of the records has been updated for 2021. Copies are held by the Church Wardens, the Team Office, the Team Vicar and me. This is updated as necessary and re published annually. There continues to be a few burials each year; usually the interment of ashes. In 2021 there were nine interments, all ashes. Many of these related to deaths during 2020 and the Pandemic. This led to families waiting for restrictions to be lifted to allow wider family and friends to attend.

Thanks to Ian Maurice for updating the information relating to the Maurice family area. Again, it has been possible to help people making enquiries as to the location of relatives buried in the Churchyard which makes all the work rewarding.

There is a file hard copy of the records kept in the church.

Laurien Carter

Cleaners

Brass cleaning resumed in July and has since been undertaken every two weeks. We welcomed some new brass cleaners but always look for more help. Thank you to those involved. If anyone interested in becoming a brass cleaner is welcome to join the team – please let us know.

Laurien Carter

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Archives

Important additions to the Archives over the past twelve months include: Legal and other historic documents relating to the establishment of the church car park. The exceptionally well-illustrated Quinquennial Inspection Report for 2021. The 5-yearly Electrical Installation Condition Report dated 22 June 2021

Jeremy York

Financial Review

Data to be provided

The Dominy and Turner Trust

In 1888, H.B. Turner invested £55 for blankets to be lent to poor parishioners. In 1938 Ethel Dominy gave money for a former Mission House in Manton to be rented by an old person. The house was sold in 1973 and the proceeds invested. In 1994 the two charities were amalgamated and its purposes defined as a) the advancement of religion b) the relief of the poor c) general charitable purposes of the inhabitants of the parish of Preshute. The Trustees are The Vicar and Churchwardens of St Georges, in 2021 Revd Pete Sainsbury, Sally Cripps and Neil Croucher.

I am pleased to say that the balance of the fund is modest but good, with pleasing returns from the fund’s investment. We aim to keep the investment income and grants at the same level in any year. We are continuing to give support to Preshute Primary School with part-funding of an interactive white board as well as Bibles for children who were leaving last year. In addition, we have made a small donation to the Preshute Fun Club to support after school activities for children, providing some much-needed play equipment.

During 2022, the trustees would like to consider wider support for the people of the parish of Preshute and we will be contacting various organisations to discuss our objectives and see if there is anything we can do in a small way; being mindful that we do not want to open the floodgates of requests.

Neil Croucher

Churchwardens’ Report

The report for 2021 sees Pete’s first year completed, and we are so grateful for all that has been achieved during this difficult year.

You will read in more depth in other reports, of the amazing work being done to fill St Georges with music, but we especially want to thank Andrew and Amanda Brown, along with Hamish assisting, for the breadth of music achieved this year. We have enjoyed lovely solos (when there was no congregational singing in church).We enjoyed hearing the Junior Georgians Choir who sang so beautifully for music Sunday in July and for our Harvest Festival in October. We had Choral Evensong, the Georgian Choir at the Carol service, Community carol singing, and a splendid concert with professional musicians and the Concert choir, singing a varied mix which catered for all. We are blessed to be singing again in Church, albeit in masks for the time being.

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Thank you to Pru Groffman and her team who have kept the Church looking so beautiful with floral arrangements. The very special red and green Christmas flowers were truly stunning.

Thank you to Deputy Church Warden Jeremy York, for at least a thousand things; keeping us on task, assembling the Christmas chandeliers, his candlelit runway, and caring for the Church in such a prayerful thoughtful way. This year we were delighted to hear Jeremy was honoured with a presentation of The Queens Maundy Money.

David Beacom and Linda Morgan have got us all working towards a better ECO church, with many schemes, even getting the Vicar in the river all kitted out in waders. David and Linda have, together with Action for the River Kennet (ARK) encouraged Preshute school to join in activities, along with some wonderful wildflower planting by Chris McColl.

Thank you to David Beacom and his team who have put together splendid social events, we were unable to plan for this year because of covid related restrictions. You will read more in other reports.

Thank you to our Treasurer Alastair Barr who financially steered the Generous Giving campaign and has done a great job, particularly during this restricted time.

Laurien Carter administers the graveyard plots and has put together a file with the layout of the churchyard, the graves and occupants noted. You can find this at the back of the church. This invaluable document has been so helpful to many visitors who come searching for a grave of a relative. Thank you to Laurien for this and also for putting together the brass cleaning rota, and here we would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to the people who keep our brass sparkling.

Melanie Rolfe continues as our cleaner and does her job with loving care; Melanie is also a member of the Teddy Prayers team and often reads for services.

We owe a debt of gratitude to Ken Martin who with great expertise, deals with some of our trickier problems: the worn main door latch, the wobbly light in the pulpit, the cracked wooden paschal candle holder, the stuck coffee cupboard door. He makes our lives easier; thank you Ken.

To all the folk who assist in so many ways for all our Church services, we thank you for your time and care.

Sally Cripps and Neil Croucher

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Appendix 1 – Financial Information to be provided

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Appendix 2

St. George’s Church, Preshute Annual Parochial Church Meeting to be held in the Church on Tuesday 26[th] April 2022 at 7.30pm

AGENDA

  1. Welcome and Opening Prayers

  2. Apologies for Absence

  3. Minutes of the Meeting of Sunday 18[th] April 2021 (See Appendix 3)

  4. Electoral Roll Report

  5. Report of the proceedings of the PCC

  6. Finance:

  7. a. Treasurer’s Report

  8. b. Adoption of audited accounts

  9. c. Appointment of Independent Examiner

  10. Report on the Fabric, Goods and Ornaments of the church

  11. Safeguarding

  12. Report on the proceedings of the Deanery Synod

  13. Team Vicar’s Comments

  14. Any Questions

ELECTIONS

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Appendix 3

St. George’s Church, Preshute Minutes of Annual Parochial Church Meeting and Vestry Meeting On Sunday 18[th] April 2021 at 11.45am in the Church

Present: Rev. Pete Sainsbury( Chair ), Rev Chris Smith( Rector), Sarah Musgrave, Charles Graham, Sally Cripps, Jeremy York, Simon Bonham, Neil Croucher, Heather Croucher, Anne Notton, Robin Notton, Howard Cripps, Marcia Johnson, Lynn Whatley, Chris McColl, Yvette Courtney, Laurien Carter, Nicky Huckle, Judith Denning, Richard Denning, Amanda Brown, Andrew Brown, David Beacom, Chris Musgrave, Paul Lefever

Apologies: Kath Harding, David Harding, Brian Crowe, Kay Cripps, Prue Groffman, Linda Morgan, Philip Morgan, Lydia Bauer, Richard Metters

1. Welcome and Opening Prayer

The Vicar Welcomed everyone and opened the meeting with a prayer

2. Apologies are as noted above

3. Minutes of 2020 APCM

The Minutes of the APCM of 13[th] September 2020 had been published in the Annual report and taken as read and agreed unanimously and signed

4. Electoral Roll Report

Charles Graham reported that there had been losses from the Electoral Roll for various

reasons.

The number of people currently on the rollis120

5. Proceedings of the PCC

The Secretary had nothing further to add to her written report

6. Finance

7. Report on the Fabric, Goods and Ornaments of the Church

There was nothing to add to the report except that there is now a book of photographs of the Church ornaments etc.

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8. Safeguarding

All PCC members and Church Wardens need to have an Enhanced DBS. Judith Denning agreed to continue as Safeguarding Officer

9. Report on proceedings of the Deanery Synod

Sarah Musgrave said that she had nothing to add to her report

10. Elections

a. Pete Sainsbury gave a summary of the number of members on the PCC and duration of their lengths service. He proposed that due to the numbers on our electoral that we can have ideally 9 ordinary members of the PCC. This was approved unanimously

b. Elections

Churchwardens ;

Sally Cripps Proposed Charles Graham Seconded Jeremy York Neil Croucher Proposed Charles Graham Seconded Jeremy York

There were no nominations but, Paul Lefever agreed to serve for another 3years and Linda Morgan had expressed interest in joining the PCC

11. Conclusion and Thanks

The meeting concluded with a certain amount of discussion on the matter of greening the Church environment and Eco Church and on the matter of Church finance.

The Rector congratulated Pete Sainsbury and Sarah Musgrave for all they have done in the last year.

He also said our message and faith is the Good News.

There were presentations to Charles Graham who is standing down as Churchwarden and Richard Denning who is standing down as Treasurer. Our thanks were expressed to them both. The Vicar Thanked all who attended the meeting.

12. The meeting closed in prayer at 12.20pm

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FINANCE

Financial Review

The following provides an overview of the accounts for 2021 which have been examined by Mr Wheeler and are prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.

2021 saw improvements for St George’s financial position with an increase church services and a return of a number of social events and weddings in the church. The mainstay of our income remains the regular giving from our parishioners and we remain fortunate that this continued even when services were suspended. The Generous Giving campaign in the second half of the year raised a total of £11,972 (excluding Gift Aid), 2/3 of which was retained in the parish and the other third shared with parishes in the Marlborough Deanery.

The general fund turned from a deficit of £7,982 in 2020 to a surplus of £12,224 in 2021, which includes a contribution of £7,981 from the Generous Giving campaign. As in person services returned, we also raised £2821 through special collections and charity donations. £7,481was spent on capital project work from the legacy fund. As we move into 2022, the pressures on finances will remain, with increases in the Parish Share and energy bills. However, we should continue to improve our receipts through services and social events which gives us a forecast of a small surplus by year end.

We continue to pay our contribution to our vicar’s Worship Director role in conjunction with the Marlborough team, with the money raised in 2019 along with the regular contributions covering this cost. This continues to be detailed separately in the accounts as a restricted fund

The full accounts are presented in the appendix.

Notes on Income:

The table below summarises the main sources of general income over the past three years, excluding restricted income such as Worship Director donations and special collections. Planned giving was broadly the same as previous years, and we saw income recover in a number of areas. The main changes that led to the surplus in 2021 were increased donations and the Generous Giving Campaign.

2019 (£) 2020 (£) 2021 (£)
Planned Giving (incl blue envelopes) 32,197 32,136 30,796
Collections (excluding special collections) 3,538 1,258 1,858
Donations (incl Alms, yellow envelopes) 4,962 4,186 11,572
Generous Giving Campaign 7,981
Gift Aid refund 12,332 11,170 11,425
Social Events (Net) 2,901 1,249 1,555
Church activities (Fees) 4,174 2,506 4,157

Notes on Expenditure:

General expenditure has been controlled closely through the year and in most areas were below the budgeted amount for 2021. There were some unexpected charges, such as repairs to the ceiling in the church which partially collapsed and increased energy costs as both energy prices and energy use in the church increased.

Budget 2022

The budget for 2022 in the Appendix was approved by PCC. This should leave us with a minor surplus at year end but a number of uncertainties remain on what social events can be run and increases in energy costs. We have reintroduced support for National Charities in 2022.

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Independent Examiner’s Report

The independent examiners report, full accounts and balance sheet are at Appendix 1.

Reserves policy

It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that equates to at least three months' unrestricted payments (including ¼ or the value of the share payment but excluding charitable giving). This is equivalent to £15,000 and this was met as of 31 December 2021 when the general fund stood at £24,258, when it had not been met in the previous year

We currently maintain a relatively large Gift and Legacy fund. This fund is to be used on major projects some of which are currently entering final consultation and faculty stage whilst others are at early discussion stages but all of which will significantly reduce this designated fund.

Alastair Barr, Hon Treasurer

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Appendix 1

Independent Examiner’s Report

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE'S PRESHUTE, MARLBOROUGH - Financial Statements for the Year Ending 31[st] December 2021 Accounting policies are detailed at Note 1 Receipts and Payments Accounts

Receipts and Payments Accounts
Note Unrestricted
Funds		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Endowment
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
Receipts £ £ £ £ £ £
Voluntary Receipts
Planned Giving 30796 1945 32741 32681
Collections at Services 1858 933 2791 1808
All othergiving /voluntaryreceipts 4a 19554 4991 24544 25681
Gift Aid Recovered 11425 69 11494 11252
Sub Total 63632 0 7937 0 71570 71422
Activities forgeneratingfunds 4b 2187 766 2953 1444
Investment Income 4c 347 602 121 1070 1241
Church Activities 4d 4157 4157 2506
Total Receipts 70323 602 8825 0 79750 76613
Payments
Church Activities
Parish Share 40164 40164 39560
Clergyand StaffingCosts 4e 9600 9600 2730
Church RunningCosts & Improvements 4f,7 16140 7481 23621 22873
Mission Givingand Donations 5 1123 5690 6812 4248
57426 7481 15290 80197 69411
Cost of GeneratingFunds 4g 672 672 195
Total Payments 58098 7481 15290 80869 69605
Excess of Receipts overpayments 12224 -6879 -6465 0 -1119 7008
Transfer Between funds
12224 -6879 -6465 0 -1119 7008
Gains/ Losses on Investments
Realised
Unrealised 2685 2308 4992 4587
Net Movement in funds
Balance brought forward at 1 Jan 2021 12033 111348 22853 16130 162364 153198
Balance carried forward at 31st Dec 2021 24258 107154 16388 18438 166237 162364
Net change in funds inyear 104469 3873 9167
Comprising
Total Receipts 79750
Total Payments 80869
Investment Gains/Losses 4992
Net change in funds inyear 3873

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31[st] December2021

Note Unrestricted
Funds		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Cash Funds
Bank Current Account 10947 1900 2100 14947 16124
Deposit Fund 13311 83803 14288 111402 111344
Total 24258 85703 16388 126348 127468
Note 31-Dec-21 31-Dec-20
£ £
Fixed Assets
Investment Shares CCLA General 21451 18766
Investment Shares - Aspent Copse Trust 13657 11948
Investment shares - Angela and William Whitrow 4781 4183
Current Assets
Cash on hand at bank 14947 16124
CCLA Deposit Fund 111402 111344
126348 127468
Total Assets 166237 162364
Represented by:
Unrestricted funds 24258 12033
Unrestricted designated funds 107154 111348
Restricted funds - 16388 22853
Angela and William Whitrow Fund 4781 4183
Aspent Copse Endowment fund 13657 11948
166237 162364
Represented by:
Lloyds Bank Current Account 14947 16124
CBF Deposit Account 111402 111344
CBF Share Account 21451 18766
Angela and William Whitrow Fund 4781 4183
Aspent Copse 13657 11948
166237 162364

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Notes to the 2021 Accounts and Further Analysis

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George’s Preshute, Marlborough, is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

a) Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with applicable accounting standards and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK & Republic of Ireland (FRS102) issued on 16th July 2014.

The accounts are prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis.

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets, which are shown at market value.

The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. The accounts do not include the accounts relating to any informal gatherings of Church members or small cash balances held by individuals such as the flower arrangers.

Rounding – the Accounts are prepared to the exact penny but for presentation purposes, and for ease of reading and understanding, are shown in rounded pounds. This can mean that some of the totals and/or sub totals do not appear as if they add correctly and appear to be £1 out. c) Incoming resources

g) Current Assets

Cash held in a savings account with a bank is classified as cash at bank. Cash held on deposit with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund or held in a term deposit account with a bank is classified as a short term deposit.

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h) Funds - Funds have been classified as Unrestricted, Unrestricted Designated, Restricted or Endowment.

The Angela and William Whitrow fund where the dividend income gained is restricted to use on upkeep of the churchyard.

2. Explanation of Funds

St George's has a number of funds where the PCC has allocated money for specific purposes to aid saving for projects and to manage our finances more effectively, e.g. to budget for organ maintenance. The funds and purposes are as follows:

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Note to the Accounts – Further Analysis Continued

The following pages further break down specific sections of income and expenditure.

3. Movement in Funds

We maintain a number of designated funds to help budget for future finance. At the end of the year these funds contained:

funds contained:
Balance B/F Receipts Payments Investment
Gains /
Losses		 Bal/C/f
General Fund 12033 70323 58098 24258
Restricted 6
Fabric Fund 2235 121 2356
Legacyand Gift Fund 5000 1000 6000
WorshipDirector Fund 15618 2014 9600 8031
Special Collections 5 0 1699 1699 0
Generous GivingCampaign (Restricted) 5 0 3991 3991 0
22853 8825 15290 16388
Designated
Fabric 8555 8555
Legacy& Gift Fund 7 91632 602 7481 2685 87438
Boiler -1535 -1535
Ministry 5264 5264
Church Hall 1141 1141
Organ 6290 6290
111348 602 7481 2685 107154
Total(excl of Aspent Copse & Whitrow Fund) 146234 79750 80869 2685 147799
Value of Aspent Copse Trust & Whitrow Funds 16130 2308 18438
Total 162364 79750 80869 4992 166237
£
Value at 31/12/20 162364
Value at 31/12/21 166237
Value change in year 3873
Total Receipts 79750
Total Payments 80869
Investmentgains/loss 4992
Net change in funds inyear 3873

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4. Breakdown of Income and Expenditure

Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
Receipts £ £ £ £ £
a) All othergiving / voluntary receipts
Donations(including yellow envelopes) 11279 11279 4134
Legacies 1000 1000 4000
Alms 293 293 157
Generous GivingCampaign 7981 3991 11972
WorshipDirector Planned Giving 1945 1945 545
WorshipDirector Capital Donations 0 0 16845
19554 6936 26489 25681
b) Social Activities Generating funds
Plant Sales 394 394
RajNight 0 0 167
RugbyDinners 0 0 585
Village Fete 234 234
Harvest Supper 766 766
Quiz Night 540 540 692
Concert 1020 1020
2187 766 2953 1444
c) Investment Income
Interest on CBF Deposit Fund 58 58 350
Dividends of CBF shares 544 544 526
Dividends of Trust Shares 347 121 468 365
347 602 1070 1241
d) Church Activities:
Fees for Weddings and funerals 4157 4157 2186
Fees refunded bydioscese for service cover 0 0 320
4157 4157 2506
Payments
e) Clergy and Staffing Costs Total 2021 Total 2020
Payment to clergyduringinteregnum 0 0 330
WorshipDirector Pay, NI, Pension etc 9600 9600 2400
9600 2730
f) Church Running Expenses
Workingand Office Expenses 1926 1926 658
Honoraria and Secretarial 2030 2030 3634
Organ Maintenance & tuning 481 481 233
Insurance 2085 2085 1209
Printingand stationary 2428 2428 3050
Heating,Lightingand Water 1367 1367 1094
Repairs,Maintenance & Improvements 5104 7481 12585 10044
Bank Charges 287 287 255
Miscellaneous 432 432 2696
16140 7481 23621 22873
Miscellanous breakdown:
Accounts examiners fees 432 432 422
432
g) Costs of Generating Funds Total 2021 Total 2020
Harvest Supper 484 484
Quiz Night 113 113 195
Concert 75 75 0
672 0 672 195

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5. Giving to Missions and Charities

Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Special Collection Distribution
Jerusalem and Middle East Church 213 213 0
Sudan Link(LicensingService) 0 0 50
Christian Aid 173 173 0
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust 0 0 0
Mission to Seafarers 194 194 0
RAFBF 109 109 65
RABI 766 766 82
Water Aid 0 0 0
GWH Neonatal Unit - Baptisms 0 0 0
SSAFA 0 0 0
Combat Stress 245 245 0
Crisis 0 0 113
Save the Children 0 0 60
Children's Society 0 0 60
Christian Aid 0 0 60
Age UK Wiltshire 0 0 60
1699 1699 550
Due to COVID-19 and lockdown manyservices with special collections were not held
Christmas 2021 collections for Crisis, Save the Chidren, Children's Society, Christian Aid and Age UK are distributed
in Januaryand accounted for in 2022 accounts
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021
Generous Giving Distribution £ £ £ £
Broad Hinton PCC 1330 1330
West Overton Fyfield PCC 2660 2660
3991 3991
1/3 of the total Generous Giving campaign amount was classified as Restricted and distributed 1/3 with Broad
Hinton PCC and 2/3 West Overton Fyfield PCC. Remaining2/3 was classifed as Unrestricted General Fund
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Total Special Collection Distribution 1699 1699 550
Total Generous GivingDistribution 3991 3991 0
Total 5690 5690 550
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Special Collection Distribution
Jerusalem and Middle East Church 213 213 0
Sudan Link(LicensingService) 0 0 50
Christian Aid 173 173 0
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust 0 0 0
Mission to Seafarers 194 194 0
RAFBF 109 109 65
RABI 766 766 82
Water Aid 0 0 0
GWH Neonatal Unit - Baptisms 0 0 0
SSAFA 0 0 0
Combat Stress 245 245 0
Crisis 0 0 113
Save the Children 0 0 60
Children's Society 0 0 60
Christian Aid 0 0 60
Age UK Wiltshire 0 0 60
1699 1699 550
Due to COVID-19 and lockdown manyservices with special collections were not held
Christmas 2021 collections for Crisis, Save the Chidren, Children's Society, Christian Aid and Age UK are distributed
in Januaryand accounted for in 2022 accounts
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021
Generous Giving Distribution £ £ £ £
Broad Hinton PCC 1330 1330
West Overton Fyfield PCC 2660 2660
3991 3991
1/3 of the total Generous Giving campaign amount was classified as Restricted and distributed 1/3 with Broad
Hinton PCC and 2/3 West Overton Fyfield PCC. Remaining2/3 was classifed as Unrestricted General Fund
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Total Special Collection Distribution 1699 1699 550
Total Generous GivingDistribution 3991 3991 0
Total 5690 5690 550
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Special Collection Distribution
Jerusalem and Middle East Church 213 213 0
Sudan Link(LicensingService) 0 0 50
Christian Aid 173 173 0
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust 0 0 0
Mission to Seafarers 194 194 0
RAFBF 109 109 65
RABI 766 766 82
Water Aid 0 0 0
GWH Neonatal Unit - Baptisms 0 0 0
SSAFA 0 0 0
Combat Stress 245 245 0
Crisis 0 0 113
Save the Children 0 0 60
Children's Society 0 0 60
Christian Aid 0 0 60
Age UK Wiltshire 0 0 60
1699 1699 550
Due to COVID-19 and lockdown manyservices with special collections were not held
Christmas 2021 collections for Crisis, Save the Chidren, Children's Society, Christian Aid and Age UK are distributed
in Januaryand accounted for in 2022 accounts
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021
Generous Giving Distribution £ £ £ £
Broad Hinton PCC 1330 1330
West Overton Fyfield PCC 2660 2660
3991 3991
1/3 of the total Generous Giving campaign amount was classified as Restricted and distributed 1/3 with Broad
Hinton PCC and 2/3 West Overton Fyfield PCC. Remaining2/3 was classifed as Unrestricted General Fund
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Total Special Collection Distribution 1699 1699 550
Total Generous GivingDistribution 3991 3991 0
Total 5690 5690 550

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Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Charitable Giving
International
Church Mission Soceity 0 0 250
SOMA 0 0 250
USPG 0 0 250
Sudan Church(via SalisburyDBF) 0 0 250
Caldwell Trust 0 0 0
National
A Rocha 43 43 0
Mothers Union 0 0 250
Bible Soceity 0 0 250
Church Army 0 0 250
Church Urban Fund 0 0 250
2019 Additional Tearfund
Local Charities
ARK 250
Devizes and Marlborough Foodbank 0 0 250
Home Start Kennet 0 0 250
Jubilee Centre 0 0 250
MAPAG 0 0 250
Prospect Hospice 0 0 250
Friends of SalisburyCathedral 30 30 30
Emergency Fund
Tearfund - Yemen 500 500 0
Christian Aid - Haiti 300 300 0
RABI 0 0 59
Water Aid 0 0 59
Tearfund South Sudan Appeal 0 0 200
Total 1123 0 1123 3598
Standingdonations suspended in 2021
6. Note on Restricted Funds
We currently have £2,356 of restricted funds in the fabric fund, £2000 restricted to church maintenance and
£356 on the churchyard
We have £6000 in the legacyfund restricted to use on capitalprojects
We have £8031 in the WorshipDirector Fund
7. Breakdown of Legacy Fund Income and Expenditure
Income Expenditure
Interest Received from Investments 544
CBF Deposit Acct retained interest 58
Benjamin & BeauchampSurveyand Pre FacultyWork 7481
602 7481
Unrestricted
General
Fund		 Unrestricted
Designated
Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Total 2021 Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Charitable Giving
International
Church Mission Soceity 0 0 250
SOMA 0 0 250
USPG 0 0 250
Sudan Church(via SalisburyDBF) 0 0 250
Caldwell Trust 0 0 0
National
A Rocha 43 43 0
Mothers Union 0 0 250
Bible Soceity 0 0 250
Church Army 0 0 250
Church Urban Fund 0 0 250
2019 Additional Tearfund
Local Charities
ARK 250
Devizes and Marlborough Foodbank 0 0 250
Home Start Kennet 0 0 250
Jubilee Centre 0 0 250
MAPAG 0 0 250
Prospect Hospice 0 0 250
Friends of SalisburyCathedral 30 30 30
Emergency Fund
Tearfund - Yemen 500 500 0
Christian Aid - Haiti 300 300 0
RABI 0 0 59
Water Aid 0 0 59
Tearfund South Sudan Appeal 0 0 200
Total 1123 0 1123 3598
Standingdonations suspended in 2021
6. Note on Restricted Funds
We currently have £2,356 of restricted funds in the fabric fund, £2000 restricted to church maintenance and
£356 on the churchyard
We have £6000 in the legacyfund restricted to use on capitalprojects
We have £8031 in the WorshipDirector Fund
7. Breakdown of Legacy Fund Income and Expenditure
Income Expenditure
Interest Received from Investments 544
CBF Deposit Acct retained interest 58
Benjamin & BeauchampSurveyand Pre FacultyWork 7481
602 7481

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8. St George’s Church Preshute – Budget 2022

Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Budget Budget
2020 2021 2021 2022
INCOME
Collections 1258 1858 2500 3000
Planned Giving 29622 29091 29000 30000
Envelopes 2444 1705 2500 2000
33324 32654 34000 35000
Tax Refund re Planned Giving 11170 11425 12000 12000
Fees 2371 4157 3000 4500
Interest Received 1211 347 1200 400
Donations 3082 11279 5000 10000
Legacies
Alms 157 293 200 300
Grants
Miscellaneous
Special Collections 7981
Social Events 1249 1515 1500 2500
Total 52564 69651 56900 64700
EXPENDITURE
Parish Share 39560 40164 40165 42385
Transfer to Fabric Fund
Transfer to Organ Fund
Transfer to LegacyFund
Transfer to Boiler Fund
Church & Churchyard 4168 5584 5500 5500
Heat & Light 1094 1367 1200 1500
Insurance 1688 2085 2400 2400
Equipment & Consumables 1234 561 500 550
Social
Publicity,Printing& Stationery 1816 1867 2000 2000
Working& Office Expenses 658 1926 2600 2000
Honoraria/Secretarial/Fees 3634 2030 3500 3500
Missions & Charities 3698 1123 3300 3300
Christian Council & Deanery 100 100
Education and Youth Work 100 100
Bank Charges 300 287 400 400
Miscellaneous 2696 432
Special Collections
Total 60546 57426 61765 63735
Surpuls(Deficit) -7982 12224 -4865 965

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Missions and Charities proposed for 2022

Missions and Charitiesproposed for 2022 Missions and Charitiesproposed for 2022 Missions and Charitiesproposed for 2022
International £
Church Mission Soceity 200
SOMA 200
USPG 200
Sudan Church(via SalisburyDBF 200
National
Mothers Union 200
Bible Soceity 200
Church Army 200
Church Urban Fund 200
Local Charities
ARK 200
Devizes and Marlborough Foodb
200
Home Start Kennet 200
Jubilee Centre 200
MAPAG 200
Prospect Hospice 200
Friends of SalisburyCathedral 30
Emergency Fund
Charities to be nominated 500
Total 3330

Notes on the budget

  1. Spending from legacy funds and related project work are excluded to allow year on year comparison.

  2. Unless income increases, similar to 2021 we will not transfer any money to designated funds such as fabric fund. It should be noted that not designating these funds could lead to future funding challenges for say organ maintenance or work on the fabric necessitating future congregations to fund raise for such work.

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Appendix 1

Independent Examiner’s Report

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