## 2022 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of Kimberley and Nuthall ## **Aim and purposes** Kimberley and Nuthall Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Reverend Canon Barbara Holbrook, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Parish Churches of Holy Trinity, Kimberley and St. Patrick’s, Nuthall and their associated Church Hall. ## **Objectives and activities** Our PCC is committed to promoting our community, both as a faith community and within the wider community within which we live and work. As such, we work to enable access to our church buildings by the community around us, for both public worship and private prayer as well as through open days and activities which invite the wider community into our buildings. In addition, we actively encourage our members to participate in activities within our wider community, and to seek to grow as disciples in their journey of faith. The PCC maintains an overview of worship in the parish and participates in decisions about service formats and focus. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and teaching and sacrament. When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Commission's guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through: - Worship and prayer; learning about the gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. - Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. - Mission and outreach work. To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Churches and the Church Hall. The PCC has full regard for the House of Bishops’ Guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and acts accordingly. ## **Achievements and performance** ## **Worship and prayer** The PCC wishes to offer a range of services on Sundays and provision of space for private prayer during the week that our community find both encouraging in their discipleship and spiritually fulfilling. 2022 saw an increasing return to shared worship in person. The format of our worship services has continued to develop post-COVID. We have endeavored to provide for the spirituality of our congregation and the wider community in the following ways: 1 - Daily reflections emailed to our church congregation and the existing wider ‘reflections’ group during Lent and Advent. - Weekly mailings with both news and teaching / prayer content. - St. Patrick’s church open for private prayer for an hour each. - Video recordings of the Sunday sermons uploaded to our website (superseding the recordings of the live worship) As services became more established, we were able to offer Table Church in Holy Trinity once per month. This was initially intended as a space to allow families to worship together safely in an age-appropriate way. There have been no families attending but it has developed a shape of its own that is valued by the congregation. We introduced Family Church in autumn to encourage families to worship together with us. All are welcome to attend our regular services. The Electoral Roll numbers are shown below. ||Number on Electoral
Roll|Non-residents|_Number on previous_
_Electoral Roll_| |---|---|---|---| |Holy Trinity|39|2|_40_| |St. Patrick’s|76|8|_78_| |Total|115|10|_118_| The average weekly attendance figure in October was 39 across both churches. We have celebrated 9 baptisms and 2 weddings and held 7 funerals in our church this year, with a further 15 at the Crematorium or Cemetery Chapel. ## **Deanery Synod** Two members of the PCC sit on the Deanery Synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church. Over the year, Deanery Synod meetings have encouraged a wider reflection on the role of the Church. ## **The Church Hall** St Patrick’s church hall was open throughout the year, but continues to be under-used. The community facilities in Holy Trinity continued to be used by Noah’s Ark playgroup throughout the year. ## **Pastoral care** Pastoral care takes place informally by members of the congregation and through the Tea Club which continues to keep monthly contact with its members. ## **Mission and evangelism** Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. In December we collected donations for The Great Notts Toy Appeal, and Christingle donations to the Children’s Society. We continue to maintain our status as Fair-Trade Churches and as an Eco-Congregation, encouraging our concern for the Environment. Our parish magazine continues to be produced and distributed to contacts within the community. Our web page is a key presence this year, helping people to contact us and understand our values and the faith which underlies them, as well as providing a platform for sharing our services and reflections, new sheets and magazines. 2 Our Men’s Breakfast and Chat and Craft groups continue to meet in a local Community Café. ## **Ecumenical relationships** There are three other church groups within the area; Nuthall Methodist Church and Kimberley Neighbourhood Church and the Risen Life Church. Although there is no formal ecumenical group there are informal links between congregation members. We have worked together on the production of Christmas and Easter posters. ## **Financial review** Details are shown in the Financial Statements. The planned giving through envelopes and banker's orders and the use of Gift Aid envelopes decreased by about 10% over previous year. Both income and expenditure were generally down on 2021, although the figures are skewed by support grants received and exceptional costs as a result of COVID. However, it is clear that we are facing some financial challenges. This year, we were unable to pay our diocesan parish share in full. This largely provides the stipends and housing for the clergy. Net movement in funds was overall positive, but this was due to a significant bequest which cannot be used within our General funds. Our thanks to Jason for all his work in careful management of our cashflow. ## **Reserves policy** It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance in our current account which equates to at least three months' unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to £15,000. It is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The balance of the free reserves at the year-end was below this, but as mentioned above there is was some expected exceptional expenditure this year. ## **Volunteers** We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our churches the lively and vibrant communities they are. In particular, we want to mention our churchwardens Matthew Beeston and Meryl Lambton who work so hard on our behalf. ## **Structure, governance and management** The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. The membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent, churchwardens, and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church, with 50% of the elected members being from each of the two churches. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. 3 The full PCC met six times during the year. Our average level of attendance was impacted by COVID, which affected the ability of some members to attend. ## **Administrative information** St. Patrick’s Church is situated on Kimberley Road, Nuthall. Holy Trinity Church is situated on Eastwood Road, Kimberley. They are part of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham within the Church of England. The correspondence address is The Rectory, 1, Eastwood Road, Kimberley, NG16 2HX. PCC members who have served at any time from 1 January 2019 until the date this report was approved are: ## **Ex Officio members:** Incumbent: The Reverend Canon Barbara Holbrook (Chairman) Wardens: Mark Dack (PCC Secretary) (until April 2022) Graham Trowbridge (until April 2022) Meryl Lambton Matthew Beeston (representative on Deanery Synod) (from April 2022) ## **Elected members:** Matthew Beeston (representative on Amanda Randle Deanery Synod) (until April 2022) Jason Riley (Treasurer) Pam Bradley Stephanie Robinson Jayne Byron Chris Chambers Pat Churchman (representative on Katherine Dack (until April 2022) Deanery Synod) David French Sharon Hughes Approved by the PCC on 6 April 2023 and signed on their behalf by the Reverend Canon Barbara Holbrook (PCC Chairman) 4 The Parish of Famb¥rl•y and Nuthall Statament of Flnancial Activlties Forthe perlod from D1 January2022 to 31 December 2022 Unreglrfclcd lunt18 Reslrlcted lund8 Endo￿ant lunda Totsl fiJnd8 Prfory8ar fotkl funds InGomlngrosourc25 p.cDmlffj r@$ourGe5 ffom genE￿ied fund5 V￿Untary Investffl8nt Incorne Inco￿1￿9 rasourL&b ftum th3diable acfjvllBS Olliw Intotnlng Te5011Kes 37A97 38,397 33,108 15,910 8,042 15.9fO 3,&11 29,838 4,768 250 978 Totol In¢Dm8 56,352 1,2SO 378 57,980 6T,716 R¢wur¢os usgd Qool of gtrJnerallnD fiinds Costotg8n8rAllru volontary Incomè CharilgLlg acllwlll 1,301 45,435 100 4.312 1,301 45,435 IOD 447 T1,848 10Q 5,743 Olhw rosourpes u¥¥d 4,312 rvtal pxpendttyTB GplnB 1108888 on InYeBtmÉnl886ots 5q,148 53,148 .139 Not In¢r*rnB I IBxpenditurel r6$ouTcgsbofoM Irangfor 5,203 1,250 378 4B31 I1￿422} Tf#175fors Grogs tr8n¥fers bakn¥Hon fviids-ln Oross Imnsfaro btrtwoon lunds-oul 60 1601 14.8801 QlhgrrEc¢wnFsodgaln511ossos GalD8 on revaluallon. IbCAll&1￿n tsffttrxf_ Total ftmd4 brought forward 36,114 146,B241 l#Q,Y101 12861 Tolal funda GarrlBd forwrdrd 41,317 145,5741 376 13.B781 110,7101 PLL•. rhere m8ybgmlnor dlScrepanCl￿ In the totsls If Ihep8nce8r6 nolbelngsho The Parlsh of Klmberley and Nuthall Balance sheet (Church of England) As at: 31 December 2022 As at 3111212022 As at 3111212021 Current assets In¥estsnents ash al bank and In han SS8 14,063 557 7.076 14621 7.634 LIa￿l￿e# C￿￿110￿., Amounts Islling due Sn one year 18.500 18,344 N8t current ass8t5 105s current Ilabllltl88 13,8781 110,7101 Total ¥ss•ts loss ¢urr•nt liabiliti0¥ 13,8781 110.7101 Tc*al [￿t assets less liabilitie5 13.8781 110,7101 Un￿$t￿¢ted UnresIr￿led- Go￿rat fund UnwtrKaed- Other Desonated Giving 56.877 43.087 D8signat Designated- Fabric-fund Hall HT rJe$ignated- St Paind<$ Hall. Proe¢t$ Fun De5ignated- Sl Patrick Church Projects Fund Design8ted- Fabric-fund Sl Patrick's Designated- Fabri¢-lund Hall StP Designated- FIr￿er Fund HT De51gnated- Flower Fund SIP Designated Gereral Hall fund HT Designated- G8r￿Tal Hall fund Stp Design8led- Music fund Sl PatridÉs De$ignated- Oroan Fund HT De5ignated- R8-ordering Fund Holy Tfinity 2.Y51 14.4671 29 620 2.551 12,3931 21,197 100 11.0301 112.2621 5.283 16.4741 328 127.Sfj51 127.9351 12.5351 Resirfcted Restricted- Church Boards Resiniaed- Agency ￿llectIon Fleslricted- Men s Breaklasl Restricted- Fabric Fund Holy Trinity Resiriried_ Fab￿fuftd Hall SIP Reslrided- Fbwer Fund HT Restricted- Organ Fund HT Reslncled- Remernbrance Book Resinrt￿- Re4)rdenng Fund Holy Trinty R•s1r￿ed. Fabric-fund St PAIrr￿'S 389 62 82 25a 146,3921 146.3921 Endowm8nt End(h4m?nl. Thomas Hardy Char 378 Funds ofthe church 13,8781 110,7101 Thern may be mlnordlscrepancles In the tot81s If the pence are nol belng shown