2023-12-31-accounts

2023 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.

2023 saw the introduction of an additional, afternoon, service on one Sunday per month. This has been well received and makes provision for those who struggle to attend our morning services. We have endeavored to provide for the spirituality of our congregation and the wider community in the following ways:

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• 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.

Table Church in Holy Trinity continues once per month. This year we introduced a common theme for these services – the first one being ‘The Bible’. It has provided a deeper exploration and engagement in faith.

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	37	2	39
St. Patrick’s	75	8	76
Total	112	10	115

The average weekly attendance figure in October was 39 across both churches.

We have celebrated 9 baptisms and 7 weddings and held 11 funerals in our church this year, with a further 4 at the Crematorium or Cemetery Chapel.

Deanery Synod

One member of the PCC sits 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. In addition, there is a Rainbows and Brownies group meeting there and some other evening bookings.

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.

Our Chat and Craft group continues to meet in a local Community Café.

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Ecumenical relationships

There are three other church groups within the area; Nuthall Methodist Church, 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 information cards.

Financial review

Details are shown in the Financial Statements.

Our voluntary income (mainly planned giving through envelopes and banker's orders and the use of Gift Aid envelopes) decreased by about 14% over the previous year, after adjusting for a bequest. Both income and expenditure were generally down on 2022. 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. Our thanks to Jason and Christiana for all their work in careful management of our cashflow, and to John for his time and effort in bookkeeping.

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 above this, but we expect some exceptional expenditure in 2024.

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 churchwarden Matthew Beeston and all the Deputy Wardens 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.

The full PCC met six times during the year. Our average level of attendance was 84%.

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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 (Chair) Wardens: Meryl Lambton (until April 2023) Matthew Beeston (representative on Deanery Synod until April 2023)

Elected members: Pam Bradley David French (until April 2023) Michelle Brown (from April 2023) Sharon Hughes Jayne Byron Amanda Randle Chris Chambers Jason Riley (until April 2023) Pat Churchman (from April 2023) Stephanie Robinson Mark Dack (from April 2023) John Cass (representative on Deanery from April 2023)

Approved by the PCC on 4 April 2024 and signed on their behalf by the Reverend Canon Barbara Holbrook (PCC Chair)

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The Parish of Kimberley and Nuthall Statement of Financial ktlvities For the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 iLxts irAalfvnd In(xKlling r95wr(¥s froxn fuxts 25.W7.Xl 25.W7.50 38,397.66 InwtrEntinwme Inojming reSthJr￿ than1a￿e8ClI￿eS (knerirK￿min9￿￿o￿r(xS 16S7 21.910 5.538.75 16.97 21.910.50 5.831.91 0.81 15,910.98 3,671.11 1.16 53,373.72 93.16 53A66A8 57,W.56 Cosiofg8net21ngfvnds Coslofgeneratirvj Mjuntsryinowe Fu￿Jral8iry trajing coslolgfA)Ys soldand otrwcosts Instr￿nIma￿PMts￿oJsIs CharTFaElea(iibes 11625 916.25 1.301.OD 28.8&1hJ 784.72 29.668.32 100.(N) 10.189.14 45,43527 1W.OD 4,312.72 OherreswttX5 ￿ed lo,(￿.14 120.C¥) TXal eX￿r¥￿t￿e 39,852.74 900.97 120.00 40,873.71 S1,1￿99 I￿￿1(8x￿xItt¥ej r08W¢88 trAftyotransf8f 13,520.9B 1900.9n (26￿) 12,593.17 &831.57 Trarnlers.. Ctoss tsnSfe￿ be￿￿fiJndS- in &085 tr8n$feB ￿t￿lUndY-￿￿t 525.11526 79.777.$5 (527.092.191 (77h)0.821 &)4.892.81 (804.892.811 I￿￿)} Gyn5Aossos w i￿￿tr￿entl$S9ts fA"ns ￿ r¥Iuab"￿, fiknj assets,thantys use 11,544￿5 1,075.96 126041 12.593.17 831.57 TL81 tmWftward 41,317A7 145,57U1 378.15 13,878.7¥ 110.710.36) Trtal ￿r￿edfO￿mrd $2,8fj1.Y2 144,498A51 351J1 8.71428 13A7&791 In accordance with your instructions, I have compiled without carrying out an audit, the attached Income and Expenditure account from the accounting records and information supplied to me Philip Shaw Christiana Zowonu 25 March 2024

The Parfsh of KImber￿Y and Nuthall Balance Sheet dethi￿d Agat 3111212023 A8at 3111212022 Current a88ats 69)1.. Bank￿￿￿)))U 69J8.. the5m8St IL6251 25,575.( I4.(￿3.78 558.D9 Total Current 8SSOts 25.348.81 14,621.87 Liabilitiès 6699."&8TwaAledi(ns 3)4.'knthtrts Pa￿e 634A3 )0.66 16,Om.00 18,{￿0.00 Total Liabilitie$ 16,634.43 18,500.66 N8t sset surplus Ideflcltl 8.714.38 13.878.791 Re$er¥$ Esr8sslldefir4lltodate 1..92￿r¥j b3lartss 3)3'.¢kn5ar￿ losses i)vm use 12,593.17 13,878.791 6,831.5T I10.710.￿) Ttstal Re$erve$ 8,714.38 13,87B.791 Represented by Funds (knral IUNestsirtedl tksunated Restrcd 66,W.61 113.701.091 144.498.451 &51.31 ,877.10 115.559.631 145,574.411 37&15 T(lal 8,71428 13,87&791 (25 m￿￿h a)24 5..19 wnl Pap 1 d 1

St. Patrick’s Church, Nuthall, Nottingham Tower Fund Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023

Income Weddings (6) Donations: Visiting bellringers (2) Quarter Peals (1) Peals (2) Bank Interest Income for 2023 Expenses for 2023 Excess of Income over Expenses Cash at Bank as at 1 January 2023 Cash in Hand as at 1 January 2023 Income for 2023	£ . Expenses 210.00 Ring for the King badges Wood for replacement stays 26.00 18.00 80.00 33.16 367.16 367.16 (107.99) 259.17 2,679.16 Expenses for 2023 42.40 Cash at Bank as at 31 December 2023 367.16 Cash in Hand as at 31 December 2023 3,003.92	£ . 40.00 67.99
		107.99
		107.99 2,712.32 183.61
		3,003.92

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