The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene Church, Torquay
Registration Number: 1188333
Trustees’ Annual report and Accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2023
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023
Charity name: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, TORQUAY
Charity registration number: 1188333
Objectives and Activities
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St. Mary Magdalene, and the team clergy, work to promote the worship, mission and ministry Christ in the parish of Upton, Torquay, within the diocese of Exeter.
The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church Hall, within the grounds of St Mary Magdalene.
St. Mags exists to proclaim in words and deeds Life to the Full through Jesus Christ.
As well as Sunday services and occasional offices, St Mags runs
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The Living Room - Community Café
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The Play Room – Stay and play for parents with pre-school children
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The Store Room - food bank
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The Recovery Room – as an umbrella for work with those in recovery. Celebrate recovery and Surf to recovery
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The Prayer Room – as an umbrella for the prayer chapel and rhythm of corporate prayer.
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The Youth Room – youth work for years 6-12)
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Voyagers - children’s ministry on Sunday mornings.
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Schools’ ministry in two church schools.
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Active engagement with the local authority and social issues in the town centre.
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Opportunities to grow in faith and friendship through a variety of events.
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Creative and cultural events.
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We work ecumenically with other local churches and the clergy take an active role in the life of the Anglican chapter.
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We also hire out the church hall throughout the week to a wide variety of community groups, parties, including the Prince’s Trust.
To enable all this to happen the Incumbant works closely with the other clergy, Local lay ministers, one full time paid Living Room Pastor and a part time paid Operations Administrator, and a large voluntary leadership team. The doors of St Mags are open to all, including / especially the most marginalised and fractured.
The PCC trustees understand their important role in the governance of the church and charity.
Achievements and Performance
Through the activities listed above we see lives changed as people come to faith in Christ and are supported in the community of faith. The church cares for people in body, mind and spirit.
We continued to broaden the reach of St Mags and welcomed new people into the church both online and in person.
Through the work of living room and wider church we support many people in recovery from addiction, mental health crisis and trauma.
We are working hard to diversify the funding streams of St Mags and have received funding from
the local authority for Store Room and Living Room.
We have further cemented the church as an appreciated and professional hub within the wider life of Torbay, and broadened the demographic appeal of the church.
The PCC are deeply grateful to well over 100 volunteers who participate in the life of the church and who demonstrate the love of God to all who come through the doors.
Financial Review
I want to begin by offering my immense gratitude to three people who have been key in dealing with the financial aspect of church life: Joy Payne and Susie Williams, who do the vast majority of the day to day processing and paying of bills and invoices; and Chris Daniels, the former Treasurer, who has given many hours to help me get to grips with the church’s accounting systems and also with the preparation of these year end accounts. Since taking over as Treasurer at last year’s APCM I have largely been playing ‘catch up’ but feel I am almost there!
What do these accounts at 31 December 2023 tell us about the church’s financial position?
- Statement of Financial Activity. The headline figure is that we have a deficit for the year of £15,805 compared with a small surplus of £1,136 in 2022. What has caused this?
Total Income has increased which is good news - £167,655 compared with £147,630 last year – but most of the increase is due to grants we have received. Some of these did reduce costs for us – i.e. £6,490 was a Diocesan Energy Grant to help offset the increased cost of gas and electricity; and £5,000 from the Council was for the Living Room. However, we also received 4 grants for Store Room from the Torbay Food Alliance totalling £26,525 with a further £3,500 for baby supplies which can only be used against Store Room costs. Currently almost £25,000 of these Store Room grants are in Deferred Income and will be used as required to cover the cost of food etc distributed by Store Room in the future.
Other sources of income remained relatively steady although how people are giving is changing – much more is coming in via the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS). PGS giving is much easier to administer from our point of view and has the added benefit that any associated Gift Aid is both claimed and paid over to us monthly by PGS. PGS is the best vehicle to use for giving to the church and we need to continue to encourage its use as much as possible.
Unfortunately, total expenses have increased by much more than our income - £183,460 compared with £146,494 last year. These increases come primarily under 3 headings: our contributions to the Diocesan Common Fund - £53,790 compared with £41,306 in 2022; Admin Wages - £42,672 compared with £31,315 last year – this is due to 2023 being the first full year showing the cost of Trina’s and Susie’s extension of contracted hours; and Cost of Trading which is where the costs of operating the Living Room are included.
This size of deficit is not sustainable in the long term. We need to look at ways to increase our income and I know Sam and Tony, one of our Churchwardens, are actively looking into possible grants but, in the short term, we need to reduce our costs as much as possible. Everyone who spends money on behalf of the church needs to ask themselves about every expense – is this needed now (or can it be
postponed for a period of time)? Is this the cheapest price? Is there a better, cheaper way of doing what we’re doing? One example might be – do we need to use disposable plates and cutlery etc for the Living Room or can we find volunteers to wash plates and cutlery up – this in itself would save hundreds of pounds….. I accept this may not be practicable for a number of reasons but I offer it solely as an encouragement to us all to examine how we operate so that we can reduce our costs. The Living Room is a vital part of our mission and one of our great strengths as a church, but we need to make sure we safeguard its future by carefully managing, and where possible, reducing its operating costs. One other option would be for areas of church life to have a budget for the year to control spending but this would take a considerable amount of work to set up initially and also to monitor. It would be reliant on our reconciled accounts being more up to date than they currently are. For example, in order to have time to prepare these year end accounts, I haven’t begun to work on any month ends from January onwards.
- Balance Sheet. Although it is not immediately obvious from the Balance Sheet, the deficit has put our financial resources under strain and will continue to do so in the current year. The level of Unrestricted funds – basically the amount of uncommitted money we have - is only £3,626 compared with £16,392 in 2022. Although the CAF Cash balance was slightly higher this year £25,096 compared to £22,962 in 2022 we could not, for example, do all the work covered by our Restricted Funds (£29,165) and use the almost £25,000 which is in Deferred Income for Store Room. Ideally, we should have an extra £30,000 or more in our bank accounts to be able to do everything we have planned to with some headroom for unforeseen expenses.
To help this move towards greater stability, there has been a review of the Restricted Funds to decide whether they still need to be held. Some small funds have been closed and the balance offset against appropriate costs. For example, the Warm Spaces fund balance has been used to cover Living Room costs. Some other funds – such as Essential Plasterwork for kitchen - may be released into general funds but first the original donors need to be contacted to check that they are happy for their donations to be redirected. This might release up to £6,000 into our unrestricted funds.
There are also investments showing on the Balance Sheet totalling £6,064 and I will be contacting the Diocese or appropriate body to see whether they can be released into our unrestricted funds.
An additional CAF Gold account will also be opened so that future amounts for specific funds can be deposited there to ensure restricted funds and the church’s general money are not combined as is currently the case.
A quote from Chris Daniels’ Financial Review last year remains appropriate:
“The focus for the next few years will need to be on building these unrestricted reserves back up to build resilience, which in turn will allow us to explore any new and exciting opportunities which may be on the horizon.”
The need to do so is even more urgent and pressing than it was last year.
Charities reserves policy:
It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on free reserves (net current assets) which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to £30,000. 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 £24,615. The PCC is taking active steps to reduce costs to increase the free reserves back up to £30,000.
A description of the principal risks facing the charity:
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A major unexpected demand on building maintenance could put the viability of the Charity at risk.
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Running deficit
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One more year of Energy Prices fixed in 2021. Due to renewal in Oct 2024.
Structure, Governance and Management
The PCC is a Body Corporate established by the Church of England (PCC Powers Measure 1956, and the Church Representation Rules 2006) and is a Charity registered with the Charity Commission. The PCC is governed by the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended that came into effect on 2[nd] January 1957, and the Church Representation Rules [CRR] (2020).
The method of appointment of the PCC members is set out in the CRR. The Council comprises the Incumbent, the Churchwardens, those elected to the Deanery Synod, and other members who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, by those on the Electoral Roll. The PCC members receive training as required from courses run by the Diocese. Members of the congregation are always urged to join the Electoral Roll, and to stand for election to the PCC.
The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance in the parish, and for all financial matters. The PCC meet 6 times a year. Given its responsibilities, the PCC has a number of sub committees, each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life.
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The Leadership team which meets monthly.
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The Buildings advisory Group. (BAG) – termly.
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The Living Room Action Group (LRAG) - monthly
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The Playroom Development Group (PRDG) – half termly.
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Store Room steering group – termly
Each reports back to the PCC with the minutes of their meetings.
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, TORQUAY |
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| Other name the charity uses | St Mags |
| Registered charity number | 1188333 |
| Charity’s principal address | ST. MARY MAGDALENE PARISH CHURCH CHURCH HALL UNION STREET TORQUAY TQ1 4BX |
| Phone | 01803211868 |
| office@stmarymagdalene.org.uk | |
| Website | https://stmags.org.uk |
| PCC members who have served from 23 rd April 2023 untl the date this report was approved were: Trustee name Ofce (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year 1 Sam Leach Rector 2 Tony Hughes Warden Elected Mar 23 3 Jim Corderoy Warden Elected Mar 23 4 Sue Cooper Deanery Synod Elected April 23 5 Edwina Corderoy Deanery Synod And PCC Secretary Elected April 23 6 Virginia Hamilton Ex-Ofcio Deanery Synod Elected April 23 7 Nigel Deller Treasurer Co-Opt 8 Petrina Jones Living room and CR pastor Co-Opt 9 Rev John Garner PTO clergy Co-Opt 10 1. Elaine Wilson PCC Elected 2022 11 2. Meg Clemence PCC Elected 2022 12 3. Kev Wilson PCC Elected 2022 13 4. Judith Fortune PCC Elected 2022 14 5. Beki Newcomb PCC Elected 2022 15 6. Mike Pugh PCC Elected April 23 16 7. Jane Badcot PCC Elected April 23 17 8. Joy Payne PCC Elected April 23 18 9. Judy Fraser PCC Elected April 23 |
PCC members who have served from 23 rd April 2023 untl the date this report was approved were: Trustee name Ofce (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year 1 Sam Leach Rector 2 Tony Hughes Warden Elected Mar 23 3 Jim Corderoy Warden Elected Mar 23 4 Sue Cooper Deanery Synod Elected April 23 5 Edwina Corderoy Deanery Synod And PCC Secretary Elected April 23 6 Virginia Hamilton Ex-Ofcio Deanery Synod Elected April 23 7 Nigel Deller Treasurer Co-Opt 8 Petrina Jones Living room and CR pastor Co-Opt 9 Rev John Garner PTO clergy Co-Opt 10 1. Elaine Wilson PCC Elected 2022 11 2. Meg Clemence PCC Elected 2022 12 3. Kev Wilson PCC Elected 2022 13 4. Judith Fortune PCC Elected 2022 14 5. Beki Newcomb PCC Elected 2022 15 6. Mike Pugh PCC Elected April 23 16 7. Jane Badcot PCC Elected April 23 17 8. Joy Payne PCC Elected April 23 18 9. Judy Fraser PCC Elected April 23 |
PCC members who have served from 23 rd April 2023 untl the date this report was approved were: Trustee name Ofce (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year 1 Sam Leach Rector 2 Tony Hughes Warden Elected Mar 23 3 Jim Corderoy Warden Elected Mar 23 4 Sue Cooper Deanery Synod Elected April 23 5 Edwina Corderoy Deanery Synod And PCC Secretary Elected April 23 6 Virginia Hamilton Ex-Ofcio Deanery Synod Elected April 23 7 Nigel Deller Treasurer Co-Opt 8 Petrina Jones Living room and CR pastor Co-Opt 9 Rev John Garner PTO clergy Co-Opt 10 1. Elaine Wilson PCC Elected 2022 11 2. Meg Clemence PCC Elected 2022 12 3. Kev Wilson PCC Elected 2022 13 4. Judith Fortune PCC Elected 2022 14 5. Beki Newcomb PCC Elected 2022 15 6. Mike Pugh PCC Elected April 23 16 7. Jane Badcot PCC Elected April 23 17 8. Joy Payne PCC Elected April 23 18 9. Judy Fraser PCC Elected April 23 |
PCC members who have served from 23 rd April 2023 untl the date this report was approved were: Trustee name Ofce (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year 1 Sam Leach Rector 2 Tony Hughes Warden Elected Mar 23 3 Jim Corderoy Warden Elected Mar 23 4 Sue Cooper Deanery Synod Elected April 23 5 Edwina Corderoy Deanery Synod And PCC Secretary Elected April 23 6 Virginia Hamilton Ex-Ofcio Deanery Synod Elected April 23 7 Nigel Deller Treasurer Co-Opt 8 Petrina Jones Living room and CR pastor Co-Opt 9 Rev John Garner PTO clergy Co-Opt 10 1. Elaine Wilson PCC Elected 2022 11 2. Meg Clemence PCC Elected 2022 12 3. Kev Wilson PCC Elected 2022 13 4. Judith Fortune PCC Elected 2022 14 5. Beki Newcomb PCC Elected 2022 15 6. Mike Pugh PCC Elected April 23 16 7. Jane Badcot PCC Elected April 23 17 8. Joy Payne PCC Elected April 23 18 9. Judy Fraser PCC Elected April 23 |
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| Trustee name | Ofce (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year | |
| Sam Leach | Rector | ||
| Tony Hughes | Warden | Elected Mar 23 | |
| Jim Corderoy | Warden | Elected Mar 23 | |
| Sue Cooper | Deanery Synod | Elected April 23 | |
| Edwina Corderoy | Deanery Synod And PCC Secretary |
Elected April 23 | |
| Virginia Hamilton | Ex-Ofcio Deanery Synod | Elected April 23 | |
| Nigel Deller | Treasurer | Co-Opt | |
| Petrina Jones | Living room and CR pastor | Co-Opt | |
| Rev John Garner | PTO clergy | Co-Opt | |
| 1. Elaine Wilson | PCC | Elected 2022 | |
| 2. Meg Clemence | PCC | Elected 2022 | |
| 3. Kev Wilson | PCC | Elected 2022 | |
| 4. Judith Fortune | PCC | Elected 2022 | |
| 5. Beki Newcomb | PCC | Elected 2022 | |
| 6. Mike Pugh | PCC | Elected April 23 | |
| 7. Jane Badcot | PCC | Elected April 23 | |
| 8. Joy Payne | PCC | Elected April 23 | |
| 9. Judy Fraser | PCC | Elected April 23 |
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10. Nick Pannell | PCC | Elected April 23 |
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| 11. Rachel Miller | PCC | Elected April 23 | |
| 12. Robin Hart | PCC | Elected April 23 | |
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Nigel Deller
Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc)
Date 19/03/24
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Statement of Financial Activity St Mary Magdalene Church For the year ended 31 December 2023 2023 UtrIRÉSTrrnD x) DESr&TED AESTWED Income Standin2Oiders& PGS Offertory oiher Donations 420 74.1 64A67 10,69) 4,$24 15.174 11,957 &733 .132 21.559 GiftAid 1.457 19J22 18,CQ2 Stewardship Piopertylncome WedLlin8sand Funw• Inve5¢nEnt Inc¢me SJ37 S.L37 8.911 8.911 3217 3217 145 loi 613 253 Other IDcoffle. Grats Lesx TM41 Income 3557 2.375 23.020 28.952 12.604 2.930 31,911 167th55 147.630 Ex nses Admlnwa es&Cier AdminWa8e5 Clergy Expenses Tot•lAdmlnW•st$&Cieryy EApenMI 19J94 23.271 173 42.672 31,315 1.416 20011 L.589 HJ62 2.593 33,901 23.451 Cle•nln R Irs •rKI Renew• 4240 4267 Equlpmeni Hlre Repair5aDd Renewals TotalCleanln& Aepalr5and Aemwa 12 1286 iJ41 11.9 17.522 12.447 18 9,361 14.691 47B vtiiitesand Insurance 1.617 3216 Gas 7A99 573 Wèier 1314 1314 924 1.178 Phonellnternet 144 In$urance Total vliteS Ind Inwr•ntt lJ45 1345 7,191 18,645 1I765 18,565 Other Ch¥rch Runnln Bank fee5 Costs 7J9 IÈ 295 Church seNice suths- bread.inert¢. Common fund 1.858 1.7Cfj 53.M) 41J Costoftrading- coffeeett. • bYingrO5yFl*s Depreciationexpense Donations paid Miscellanwusewenses Printin& postage and statsJr Profewonal fees 1275 25.718 27,995 I&T39 551 90 2,937 973 TTS 1,748 4.361 1.271 3,571 247 3,B19 2,953 1298 Subscriptions 4.471
2023 UMRESTFtrnD 23 DEsTED )23RESTRICTED 2023 2022 Weddings and funerals Total oiherChur(h Runningcosis 2,156 7U27 2,156 102553 145 1.913 27,813 79,309 Transfer offund type Total Expenses 21.116 L43,041 IL58 37260 183.460 146,494 Surplus I (Deficit) 1133371 12281 2,3401 1150051 1,136
Balance Sheet St Mary Magdalene Church As at 31 December 2023 31DEC1013 31DEC2 Fixed Assets T• ibieAssts AV and Cofflpuier Equiert Le55 Kcufflulateddepreciation onAVarKJc¢Jmwtere(wipment Motorvehicles B,526 B,526 16.5971 15,6331 Le55 accufflulate¢tdepreoation on mOtLYVehts Fixturésand Fittings Le$5 accumulated depreoation on fwtufesand fittings TotslTJn8lbleAssets (2A281 8,949 13.9301 12.4921 5.1 12.2941 6,797 Tot•1 MxedAsseis 7&19 6,797 CurrentA55ets Servlces we've tto rKd¥e In5UTance &Annual Subs¢iiptionslPrewmenisJ Totsi stNS¢esw'%yrtto retelv 1.017 1,017 861 $hvrt'¥t ttort¢efve GiftAid IAccrued IrKornel L3,936 12,716 Unbanked offertorylOutstandinBhall IMrellnwweintomE(kcounts REcer¥ablèl Suspected Fraud Total CaSh,yrfIQTc?• 12261 8,761 22.470 ,761 14.463 Inve5tffl•nt5 CBF Dep051t Fund J74 CBF Invesirnwi Fund Shar Totsi Investmefits 3261 3,160 2A03 6064 2,803 S,963 Cash at nkana in hand C*FCash Account 25.0% 22.962 ChFGoldAt£tyJnt IlnsF4rel Petty Cash StripEGBP Soldo TotalCa5h at bankand in hand 19,957 19589 15 15 127 244 1.571 46.765 1.901 4.711 Total CurremAssets 76,IfAI 76,154 'urrent Liabilities Services we've stlll tto deliv Cai Parkingl Grants Receivej InAdvance IDefeNed IOme1 Totalserwlceswe've stillgot todell¥er 25.483 25.483 7.568 ash we've still otto Unpaid Bills IAccounts Payable) Wa8e Liabilities l88t> PAYE. Pensions) 2.414 4.9S8 350 lJ33
31 DEC2023 31 DEC2022 OtherAmouftts (kwed IA¢twaisl Totalcash we've sifjii 8Olto pay 1.752 180 6,271 Totalcurrent Liabilities 13.138 NetAssets 53.780 69.113 ital and Reserves Vnrestrirttd Funds 3h26 16J92 Rstrlrtd Funds Restricted Fund-ThePlay Room Restricted Fund-CBF Depo Fund Restricted Fund- FaCEIFanNfy andchildren Entknierl Restricted Fund-GTèllt tsvingRoDm Mayots Fwd- Laptops Restricted Fund- LfvlngRoom Restricted Fund-coronavints Fund 836 182 3261 3,160 2.428 2.428 203 157 262 359 367 Restricted Fund- Pew 61bles 36 Re5trjcted Fund. Play Roorn Leader Restricted Fund- £50) TorbayCounc1lCtht Grwt Re5trjcted Fund. Essential pl1stenvothkkitcn Restricted Fun(J-Culiure Rec?ry Re5trjcted Fund. Store Rty)m 1.329 1,329 163 S.OL3 4,963 245 454 277 416 Re5trictpd Fynd- Fesli¥5 9l7 465 Restricted Fund. SurfTo Rectr 1.193 1,198 Re5trictpd Fynd- Fusion £209Gr4n¢ Restricted Fund-CommunityMiss#Jn EnatAer Restricted Fund- Trinacai Repairs RestrScted Fund-OctoberGnB. PilorSty l- PcNertySuppMw TheWinter- £2{} Restricted Fund-OctoberGiwnB. Priority 3- Hab8en Heater InThe Lao¥Chapei- £540 Restricted Fund-OctoberGithn8. Priority 5-ChUh NAnd SHIeSleLIzhtsnS- £lX Restricted Fund-OctoberGiwnB. Priority 6- Hall Wilchen. ÉIOX•)O Restricted Fund- To Mdp Indryu¥l$ In Need Restricted Fund. Emma's leavingwft Total Restrfcttd Funds 2,707 117 2.000 470 540 2.500 6093 6,755 1211 12 75 29.165 3104 Desl nated Funds Designaied Fund- Inspire De5ignaled Fund-van Total Degnated Funds 1,921 Z1217 21217 TotalCapital*nd Re5er¥es 53.7 69.113
Notes to the Financial Statements
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with applicable standards and the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for investment assets which are shown at market value. The Accounts include all the transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include accounts of church groups that owe their affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.
Fund Accounting
Unrestricted funds are income funds which are to be spent on the PCC’s general purposes.
Restricted funds comprise (a) income from endowments which is to be expended only on the restricted purposes intended by the donor and (b) revenue donations or grants for a specific PCC activity intended by the donor. Where these funds have unspent balances, interest on their pooled investment is apportioned to the individual funds on an average balance basis.
Designated funds are general funds set aside by the PCC for use in the future. Project funds are designated for particular projects for administration purposes only. Funds designated as invested in fixed assets for the PCC’s own use abated in line with assets’ annual depreciation charges in the Statement of Financial Activity. Designated funds remain unrestricted and the PCC will move any surplus to other general funds.
Endowment funds are funds, the capital of which must be retained either permanently or at the PCC’s discretion; the income derived from the endowment is to be used either as a restricted or unrestricted income funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established in the first place.
Income
Planned giving, collections and similar donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received. Grants and legacies are accounted for when the PCC is entitled to the use of the resources, their ultimate receipt is considered reasonably certain and the amounts due are reliably quantifiable. Dividends are accounted for when declared receivable, interest as and when accrued by the payer. All incoming resources are accounted for gross.
Expenditure
Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the PCC. The diocese parish share expected to be paid over is accounted for when due. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.
Fixed assets
Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with s.10(2)(a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011. Anything acquired prior to 2019 has been fully depreciated on purchase under cash basis accounting, and therefore such assets are not included in the financial statements.
Assets purchased from 2019 onwards will be depreciated at the following rates from the month of purchase: Computer Equipment – 33% reducing balance
Fixtures and Fittings – 25% straight line Motor Vehicles – 33% reducing balance
Investments are valued at market value on 31 December annually.
2. Tangible Assets
| Type | Cost B/Fwd |
Purc. | Disp. | Cost C/Fwd |
Acc. Dep B/Fwd |
Dep. | Acc. Dep C/Fwd |
Net Book Value B/Fwd |
Net Book Value C/Fwd |
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| AV and computer equipment |
£8,526 | £ | £- | £8,526 | £5,634 | £963 | £6,597 | £2,892 | £1,929 |
| Fixtures and ftngs |
£5,190 | £3,759 | £- | £8,949 | £2,293 | £1,637 | £3,930 | £2,897 | £5,019 |
| Motor vehicles |
£3,500 | £- | £- | £3,500 | £2,491 | £337 | £2,828 | £1,009 | £672 |
| Total | £17,216 | £3,759 | £- | £20,975 | £10,418 | £2,937 | £13,355 | £6,798 | £7,620 |
3. Fund Analysis
a. Restricted
| Fund Name | Opening bal. |
Income | Expenditure | Transfer | Closing bal. |
Commited (see Note 5) |
Adjusted Closing bal. |
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| The Play Room |
£181.57 | £1,117.72 | £462.87 | £- | £836.42 | £682.28 | £154.14 |
| CBF Deposit Fund |
£3,159.89 | £101.27 | £- | £- | £3,261.16 | £- | £3,261.16 |
| FACE | £2,428.00 | £- | £- | £- | £2,428.00 | £- | £2,428.00 |
| Living Room Mayor’s Fund – laptops |
£203.04 | £- | £- | -£203.04 | £- | £- | £- |
| LivingRoom | £262.49 | £11,688.87 | £28,662.21 | £16,888.34 | £157.49 | £157.49 | £- |
| Coronavirus Fund |
£366.71 | £- | £7.98 | £- | £358.73 | £- | £358.73 |
| Pew Bibles | £38.00 | £- | £38 | £- | £- | £- | £- |
| Play Room Leader |
£1,328.90 | £- | £- | £- | £1,328.90 | £- | £1,328.90 |
| £500 Torbay Council Grant |
£163.00 | £- | £- | -£163.00 | £- | £- | £- |
| Essental Plasterwork for Kitchen (Ladder Climb) |
£4,962.84 | £50.00 | £- | £- | £5,012.84 | £- | £5,012.84 |
| Culture Recovery Fund |
£454.35 | £- | £209.70 | £- | £244.65 | £244.65 | £- |
| Celebrate Recovery |
£- | £1,196.35 | £7,072.89 | £5,876.54 | £- | £- | £- |
| Store Room | £415.83 | £9,242.27 | £9,380.87 | £- | £277.23 | £277.23 | £- |
| Festvals | £464.92 | £925.00 | £472.59 | £- | £917.33 | £- | £917.33 |
| Surf To Recovery |
£1,198.11 | £369.50 | £374.66 | £- | £1,192.95 | £- | £1,192.95 |
| Fusion £209 Grant |
£8.22 | £- | £8.22 | £- | £- | £- | £- |
| Community Mission Enabler |
£2,706.80 | £- | £3879.60 | £1,172.80 | £- | £- | £- |
| Trina Car Repairs |
£117.00 | £- | £117.00 | £- | £- | £- | £- |
| October Giving – Priority 1 – Poverty Support |
£2,000.00 | £- | £- | £- | £2,000.00 | £- | £2,000.00 |
| October Giving – Priority 3 – Halogen |
£540.00 | £- | £69.98 | £- | £470.02 | £- | £470.02 |
| Heater In The Lady Chapel |
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| October Giving – Priority 5 – Church Nave and Side Aisle Lightng |
£2,500.00 | £- | £- | £- | £2,500.00 | £- | £2,500.00 |
| October Giving – Priority 6 – Hall Kitchen |
£6,754.75 | £138.45 | £- | £- | £6,893.20 | £- | £6,893.20 |
| Warm Space Grant |
£- | £2896.23 | £440.41 | -£2,455.82 | £- | £- | £- |
| Diocesan Energy Grant |
£- | £6,490.00 | £6,490.00 | £- | £- | £- | £- |
| To Help Individuals In Need |
£1,250.00 | £- | £39.23 | £- | £1210.77 | £- | £1,210.77 |
| Emma’s leaving gif |
£- | £725.00 | £650.00 | £- | £75.00 | £- | £75.00 |
| Total | £31,504.42 | £34,920.66 | £58,376.21 | £21,115.82 | £29,164.69 | £1,361.65 | £27,803.04 |
b. Designated
| Fund Name |
Opening bal. |
Income | Expenditure | Transfer | Closing bal. | Commited (See Note 5) |
Adjusted Closing bal. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspire | £21,216.86 | £555.21 | £851.10 | £- | £20,920.97 | £829.88 | £20,091.09 |
| Van | £- | £2,375.00 | £2,307.33 | £- | £67.67 | £- | £67.67 |
| Total | £21,216.86 | £2,930.21 | £3,158.43 | £- | £20,988.64 | £829.88 | £20,158.76 |
4. Transfers between funds
The Living Room, Celebrate Recovery and Community Mission Enabler restricted funds were topped up from the unrestricted funds at the end of each month.
The Van designated fund was topped up from the unrestricted funds at the end of each month.
5. Analysis of Net Assets by Fund
| Type | Cost B/Fwd |
Purc. | Disp. | Cost C/Fwd |
Acc. Dep B/Fwd |
Dep. | Acc. Dep C/Fwd |
Net Book Value B/Fwd |
Net Book Value C/Fwd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restricted – LivingRoom |
£419.99 | £- | £- | £419.99 | £157.50 | £105.00 | £262.50 | £262.49 | £157.49 |
| Restricted – Culture Recovery |
£838.80 | £- | £- | £838.80 | £384.45 | £209.70 | £594.15 | £454.35 | £244.65 |
| Restricted – Store Room |
£498.99 | £- | £- | £498.99 | £83.16 | £138.60 | £221.76 | £415.83 | £277.23 |
| Restricted – PlayRoom |
£- | £719.95 | £- | £719.95 | £- | £37.67 | £37.67 | £- | £682.28 |
| Designated – Inspire |
£2,204.80 | £- | £- | £2,204.80 | £823.72 | £551.20 | £1,374.92 | £1,381.08 | £829.88 |
| Total | £3,962.58 | £719.95 | £- | £4,682.53 | £1,448.83 | £1042.17 | £2,491.00 | £2,513.75 | £2,191.53 |
The Net Book Value C/Fwd is the committed amount shown in Note 3, the Fund Analysis. These funds are committed to the future depreciation of the assets purchased within these restricted and designated funds.
6. Staff costs
Average number of employees was 2 for 2023 (2022: 2).
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 during the year (2022 nil)
7. Transactions with Trustees
During 2023, the PCC received £16,032.12 in donations from trustees (PCC members) and their close relatives. The donors did not attach any conditions to their gifts which required the charity (PCC) to significantly alter the nature of its existing activities.
In 2023, we had 2 employees. The employee who is a trustee of the charity, received remuneration of £25,684.32 and had expense claims of £144 for mobile costs.
Other transactions with trustees included:
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£711.35 paid to InstaHost for website hosting fees. Trustee Kevin Wilson’s wife Vivienne Wilson is a director of InstaHost
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The £117 balance on the £550 which was donated anonymously in 2022 for Petrina Jones, a trustee of the charity, was used to pay for car repairs this year.
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£725 was donated for Trustee Emma Dornan’s leaving gift, £650 of which was paid over before the year end, the balance of £75 has been paid during 2024.
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Various expenses have been reimbursed to trustees where the trustees have purchased items personally on behalf of the church. These expenses have always been reimbursed at cost so no further disclosure is required.