ST MARY'S CHURCH, KINGTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Registered Ihatity oumber 1185453 TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS for 2020 St Marf5 Church is situated in Kinglon. in the Kington and Weobley Deanery in the Diocese of Hereford within the Church of England. The correspondence address is Church Office. The Vicardge, Church Road, Kington, HR5 3AG. The PCC is 3 body corporate {PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Rep￿sentatIOn Rules 20111 and is now registered with the Charity Commission IRegistered charity number 11854531. As Charity Trustees. all PCC members should be mindful of the Charity Commission's six core principles for charity trustees, which are as follows: l. Ensure your chority is carrying out its puryM>sesfvr the public benefft. 2. Comply WiTth Yourcharlt￿S governiTng dotument ie PCC Meosure ond Church Rep Rules- ond the wider low. 3. Art in your chorit￿5 best interests. ie. by moking sure that you actfor the church ond not t7ny conflicting interes¢ eg o reloted school or other orgonis(rtion. ensure thot the decisions are yours. not those influenced by others. 4. Manage your charirfs resources responsibly. 5. Act with reosonoble core ond5kiTII. 6. Ensure your chority is occountabla PCC members who have served at any time Sin￿ the Annual Church Meeting 2019 until the Annual Church meetings in May 2021 are: Licensed aergy: Assistant Curates: Revd Benedict Griffith (Chair) Revd Linda MacDemiott Revd Paul Buckingham Mr Rob Maccurrach Licensed Reader Churchwardens: Mi55 Ann Edwards Mr Rodney Bowdler (Wice Chairl Mrs Eileen Thomas Isacristanl Mrs Bev Fensom Ideputy sacristan and deputy churchwarden) Mrs Penny Halcrow {PCC Secretary) Mrjohn Hakrow. Mr Philip Sell Mrs Deborah Horne. Mrs Alliwn Wright Mrs Janet Price. Mr Malcolm Price, Mrs Margaret Cooke, Mr Nick Cooke Deanery Synod Representstives: Elettsd members: 2018 2019 2020 Structure, governance and management The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Marfs. the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar). assistant curate5. churchwarden5, the reader licensed to the Benefice, parochial representatives elected to the Deanery Synod. and members elected by those on the electoral roll of the church. Al members of the congregation a￿ 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 decidirsg on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the normal pattern of meetings for the PCC had to be abandoned. Two meetin8S were held in January and March, in the Parish House as usual, with an attendance rate of 68%. Once we were able to meet again, albeit having to abide by Covid regulations {social distancin& wearing face masks etcl the Annual Church meetings were held in the Church on ottober 13 wtth a PCC meeting in the Church on De￿mber 15 The Standing committee met three times (Sept. Nov and Dec). principally to discuss the sale of the property owned at Bradnor Green. Aims and Purposes St Marfs (Kingtonl PCC has the responsibility of c(TroperatinB With the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church. pastoral. evangelistic. social and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the Maintenan￿ ofthe Church and ofthe Parish House. Objertives and Artivities The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at the church and to become part of the parish community at St Marfs. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish. Our services and worship put farth into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. We try to enable everybody to Itve out their fatth as part of our parish community through= o Worship and prayer; leaming about the gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Je5US. o Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. o Missionary and outreach work. To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St Mary and the Parish House. Worship and Prayer The PCC is keen to offer a range of services over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. However. due to the pandemic. the normal pattern of services had to be abandoned after March 23" While the Church was in complete lockdown. the vicar led a live streamed service every Sunday morning from his Study. Once churches could be reopened. then it became possible to live stream the Sunday moming service from St Marfs. Much work had to be done to make it possible for members of the congregation to attend seNices, bearing in mind the need for ensuring that everything was Covid safe. This included the need for regularly sanitising everything and the requirements for social distancing and wearing fa￿ coverings. The March 2020 revision ofthe electoral roll showed a net gain of 5 members. 9 new members joined the ro51. and sadly, 4 members died, so for 2020- 2021 we have 123 members. 40 male and 83 female. During 2020, there was one wedding in St Marfs Church. Twenty three funeral services were condurted by members ofthe ministryteam. Mission and Evangelisrn Helping those in need is a demonstration of our frdith. Through various special collections and donation5. £2.229 was sent to various charities. Through the Deanery. we continue to support the Diocesan Train-a-Priest scheme in Tanzania. OL*r parish magazine keeps our parishioners infom)ed of the important matters affecting our Church as well as providing a valuable source of community infomation. As mentioned in the churchwardens, report. alternative arrangement5 had to be made for the Parish News for several months during the year. Ecumenical Relationships St Mary's is a member of Churches Together in Kington and we have continued to maintain good relations with the other member Churches. DEANERY SYNOD Three members of the PCC continue to sit on the Deanery Synod. with both a clergy and a lay representative from Kington serving on the Deanery Stonding Committee and on the Deanery Mission and Pastoral Committee. The Deanery Synod provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider struttures of the church. drawing together the thoughts of the Church's life in the Deanery and considering matters referred to it from the Diocesan Synod and General Synod. Unfortunately, all the planned Deanerysynods had to be cancelled. However, the Deanery leadership team have been much encouraged by the amount of work done in Parishe5. Benefices and at Deanery level responding to the demands of Covid-19 as well as the continued work of the church which has helped all communities. A meeting of the Kington & Weobley Deanery Mission and Pastoral Committee was held by Zoom in November 2020. An Outline draft ofthe Deanery Mission Action Plan, the re5uSt of much work bythe De3Dery leadership team, was presented and well accepted. It was agreed that the draft MAP would be presented at Deanery Synod on 14th January 2021. Also discussed was the proposal from the Diocese to transfer the Magnis Benefice from Hereford Deanery to Kington and Weobley deanery. This proposal has since beet7 Withdrawn. PARISH HOUSE It was possible to keep the Parish House open for the first three months of 2020. generating income from the hiring out of the hall. A detailed risk assessment was carried out in April 2020 and Special Condttions of Hire during Covid-19 drawn up, but sadly, this, together wtth the government guidancellaw on numbers pemiitted to meet together etc made it impossible to reopen the Parish House. Fortunately, a discretionary supwrt grant of £1,334 was received fro Herefordshire County Council. awarded to compensate in part for105s of income due to Covid regulations. This was recewed in February 2021. The building is regularly checked and the water system flushed through all points of use. The emergency lights and smoke alarms have been tested regularly. The annual ser*11￿ of the boiler and cooker was carried out by British Gas. The boundary fen￿ to the car parking area has been replaced and the car park itself has now been cleared and levelled and completed with 3 stone surface. Overhanging trees have been cut back. The upstairs window atthe east end of the building has been repaI￿d and the pigeon loft has been cleared of jackdaws, nests. A new ten year lease for the rent of the Parish House from the Diocese has been agreed and signed. (This lease dates from March 2019}. Penny Halcrow (Secretary to the PCC} ST MARY'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31- DECEMBER 2020 2020 has been an extraordinary year. It was the year in which the Covi(K19 pandemic put a stop to much of the fund raising activity. I give my thanks to all those generous souls that have kept giving money through the Parish Giving Scheme, standing orders. envelopes. the contactless devi￿ and cash in liberal quantities. Church is not about money but money enables u5 to do things that would otherwise be impossible. The total receipts for the year amounted to £85,088.69. Unsurprisingly. it was considerably smaller than the 2019 receipts l£l(XJ,068.87) and with payments being El(JJ.856.05 meant that there was an excess of payments over receipts of £15,767.36. This looks worse than it is because a Itttle more than £7,6(K) was Spent on fencing and resurfacing the Parish House car park. This is not something that we will have to spend in 2021. Given our current cash resetves we can accept this shortfall for six more years before the relevant bank accounts are empty. This assumes that re￿iptS and payments continue at their current level. It is comforting to reflect that the generosity of Maggie Edwards means that next year there will be extra income of £168.(YK) from the sale of her cottage and the coppice that She left to the Church in her will. am convinced that prayer and generosity on our part will mean that we will survNe. l.one givesfreely. yet grow5 all the richer,. rJnother withholds what he should give. ond only suffers Wont. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who woters will himse£f be wotered.- PROVERBS 11.24-251 The Parish Giving Scheme IPGSI continues to be a Suc￿sS. Many have index linked their donations so that our income keeps pace with our costs. Of course we have not been able to run many of the fund raising activittes but the Bonus Ball continues to raise a useful sum and our thanks go to Bev Fensom for faithfully managing this and bringing in much needed extra funds to the tune of £943.20. 1 was so surprised by Trish Maccurrach's plant sales. By putting a small stall on Cutterbach Lane and stocking it with plants grown in the garden. along with some market sales she raised £981.101 The big expense that we have every year is made direttly to the Diocese of Hereford. In 2020 we gave the sum of £41.000 which pays for the things that the diocese does for u5. Ben's and Linda's salaries come from this. We are proud that. despite the difficulties of the year, we met the cofflmitment that we made. Reserves At the end of December 2020 our cash reserves stood at £47.033.29. This sum is arrived at by subtractin8 the liabilities (see Balance sheet) from the total cash funds held in our bank accounts and in hand. N A Cooke (Treasurer) 22. February 2021. St. Marfs Church, Kington Balance Sheet as ut 31" December 2020 Rtglrteredd￿fItyn0. 1185453 20 U45H FiIMDS HSBCcurrentuttount I￿2&15 311611￿) CBFDEp05it1618026(k7lDJ- CopittilReserve Ctjsh andcheoues inHond Totulcushfunds &n8. 6.622.16 77.678.49 59.428.09 6B.146A9 84.3CQ.65 1,650 Glt7xo smith Kline shores (EBowen teque5t) 24195. 195. 293S3.50 29.353.50 ￿￿69 LESS: Li¥knlitie5 Loons Ilntere5tfree) 11s(x).ry)I 11stx).irf)I 120AOI 12LYM(I)I 121SIK).fX>I ISQ ADTr. ENDOWMENTTRV￿FuMDs In¥e5tmentassets BillPrice Bequest {485 utd Utilitlessf￿esJ KJI Prite 8equv5tlCBF InvestrnentFundJ_ 1371S M Edwords, BequestlC8F In¥e5trnent Fundl..6(X115 Mag6ie Ed¥vards' Beque5tlowoitiRg rein￿str￿e[Jtl Gregory Trnst {C8F Investment FundJ...- 12895 Gregory Trnst {Lknceson CBFFund}...1452D 4348.51 &385.86 1499.66 20.(XX).(xI 4575.49 7.t46. 2.338.82 20.(XM). 49.475.45 4.303.75 <303.75 91415.50 88.539.81 Note.. Endowmenttrustfw￿s C?n￿t bespent. Onfythe interest ard dmdenosfrty)) themcan Freeholdproperty- 8rodnorCottoye NET ASSETVALUE Of FVPIDS 168.(XM). 168.(XX).(M) 70.IXX). 70,(KX).(N) 329.25& 250.693.96 Represented by". fjENERAi FUND. openlng Add.. 1nve5tmentA55etrevglvgbonlEndown￿ni *6SK) RevulvGIiOJ) of BrodnorCortO9e Exte55 or lilefi(it} of IncorDeoverEAperrfrttsre Ti>tal fhange in Restricted and tle5i8nated furtds 197.973.81 11281011 98.(XX). 116,153.761 19.115.(YJl 21KI.113.89 15,125.01 2.575.33 19.840.42 267.4Z2. 197.973.81 RE51RICTED FUNDS Fobricfund 4L81&50 17.5L6.( 41.24824 9.824.39 5932358 51.on.63 Note.. Restricted fund5aTe re5trittedbythe wypose forwlwth the fvnds were rassed. The PCC has ￿ 5perxJ them purpose. DESIGWATEO FUNDS Pon5h House 11303.16) 164.591 Kington Kgnguroo Mission Support 5Africon Otphoncge{Preriou5Blessirtos} Fomily ser￿lre Note". The PCC hasfilll control ovef desI￿atedlurxl￿ Tware desÈqnated forour¢onvenience 119.321 221.03 L107.13 63.61 1.405.91 2.511ffj6 J.405.91 1.64752 Totsl CUTreThta55ets St. Mary's Church, Kington F￿￿Kial StateMents￿the 31# Dwn¥ber Z020 Re￿tered tharity no. 1185453 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT Vohjntary reoipts Regular Giving Gift-uthdplunnEdgiving Income tfjx recovered gift-oidedplonned givin9 CG5h tollfttioFtS (rt5ervi Oonution5 through Porish Givinqsthe IncoF￿ tox recoveytd thmugh P(71ish Gmngsdfrffi Othervolwrtary retripts 4.995_10 59 3.698.33 4.3 L173.(M) L4 &68Z.67 &7 9.195.64 9.2 1,079.85 1.1 3.099.30 3.1 14398.76 18A 428839 43 L683_93 Z.0 2259ts.17 2&5 5.29138 6.2 39.431.91 44.744.61 ZiU).W 2.4 O.(X) (LO GruntforPoNsh House OtherGmnts (Induding VA TrefvndI￿rn liOtiigiD2018J SuFtdry Doootr)ns Don(rtTons."ContodlESS Easy Fundmi5iAJg Burton Communion Group Charity ColknlK Funerul, ￿EddifJg orjd charity(olleLThns Re￿Ip￿￿orn arti￿tle$for gener*ngfund5 Ponsh News-soles ond odvefts Rents/Hire of Churth PFUPÉrty Church 0.￿ 0.0 3.(XX).(KY &5 L618.47 L9 280.09 0.3 o.(M) 0.0 L525.31 1.5 70.40 Qi 63.61 267.25 0.3 1.5S2.71 8.585.28 4.387.78 4.4 6.IW.34 7.485.(¥1 I(¥￿50 &1 0.0) 940.(K> 0.9 Cottoge Porish Hottse I9￿63 >9 {793￿0 11.8 L[54.￿ 12 FundRotsAng Generul Chrirtm05 TreeFestwcl &17951 &1 4￿70_s8 50.(0 0.1 &982.24 9LI 2.4￿.07 1.436.02 1.4 Purish IIou5V 18,639.09 30.539.26 Restrictedjunds Orgon FomilyServKe FubricFund 931.35 627U 0.6 O.W D.0 2￿.Cfj 0.3 1.21L35 8O).O) 0.8 IA27.88 Re￿iptsIrorn Churth *tFvlties Fee5 Kington Kongortx) Club ￿e￿IptS from irwestments Dep051tAccountjnt￿$t Dividendsfrom ifr7VeStn￿ts Sundry Ret¢ipts 532&LKI 63 21.47 0.0 s￿.(￿) 6.0 173.68 0.2 S.349.47 6.139.6B 331.23 0.4 584.29 0.6 3.208.08 354131 3.262.32 3.3 3,846.61 5its LTnd Chyrth lunth Mi55ion Support Clergyond odmin e¥pen5e5 (fvrnOy￿ffpLts in benefi￿) Insumnte dtsin￿ ondotherincouE L076.20 926.10 L3 1,029.fA) 1.0 150.fy) Qi Ll 014.42 7.1 4.132.54 4.1 o.(x) 0.0 OtherrEwpts 312. 8.329.28 1,878.35 1.9 7.191.49 TOTAL RECEIPTS i(K> 85.(￿.69 IOOJ)68.87 St. Mary's Church. Kington Row5tÉredtrttyw 1185 RECEIPTS AND PAYMEp¥fs ACCOUP 2W592 2 227J5 LLW ￿ Z2X 4410￿ 35 YU7 (hurthI￿r￿SeYrl￿s I.7￿￿25 18 4441. 4270.7B 4.4 4A9127 46 fj¢¢ 4.GtsL61 4.7 L6a73 L7 16&15 Q.Z 15.27 S3Ag D.1 14 JI 5Y4m Q 17.7S4.59 1.694.J9 1.7 28am 02 2Wfv42 LI 3￿63 03 453.18 0.5 Curate Ir).SG 4A24 75&87 126.39 921C6 Q9 1327111 3.7Its3 J.iEJA 3.78PAPB dmknlstr* 4J44Ag 5,667.66 2927 ?on.92 9.24&26 1579m 3.5 1.1 lJ29.W L2 3J74AWJ 5.45 Q3 232.35 Q2 55&38 IY&76 Ifj 7.74LIO 7 03 51?.i4 rfj o IL15IFI 351LL7 IL4 9tsty) tt9 4467.46 1. tuj ao ¥93-93 17 61.14 726 03 fyStrn(t ¢Jm oj) (o 00 21& 75 1>5Tr 161492 t642SJJ 1.7 Llal.g) Ll 126L28 4.7S%S7 97.912.Ql 1Th]53.76) WJ Restritted and Designated Funds 2020 Fabric 41?48.24 2J)58.14 II¥AutE dated 719120201 536.40 prild￿rf R(¥rf HEpkitS 11520 2020Totais 17rfy.74 Rtstr￿ed Pawnent5 Br￿ht Ft*ward 2019 9A24.39 Th￿￿t￿r¥Par 931.35 Nèt If￿n OKiSbnaS Tm Fe5tsBI 5.74934 te￿￿￿01 Irc¢n (￿lS￿￿$Tee Festivi 202UTata15 7.￿).69 17505.r• tk5i8Wte Mission Su F¢￿ardInA￿ 2019 221.03 2020Totals 926.10 D7.13 In on Kan ar(￿ Club BroLyht F(¥wardfr(Th 2019 2020Toials 21.47 67.14 164991 Fami Servi &r￿ht Fin¥3tdfr(x)1 20J9 I.rfS.91 202DTats 1,405Si Precious Blessin S African O ha oJ)J 63.61 202QTrta15 63.61 OA 65.61 Parish House Or¢whl F