ST. MARY'S DONCASTER
RegAstered CJ]arity No. 1189575
Diocese of Sheffield
Ajmual Report
and Financial Ststements
of the Parochi￿ Church Council
for the year ended 31st December 2023
icar.
' Rev. Andy ThoD
The Wicarage
59 St. Mary's li￿ad
Donc&ster.
DNI ZNR
Church Office:
59 SL Mary's Ro
Doncaster.
DNI 2NR
Soutb Yorkshire.
nMon¢y (yorkshi￿ BaDkPLC)
St Sepulcbre Gate
South Yorksbixe.
Independent Examiuer;
MT. Richard Honeybonc
PenÈsÈone
South Yorkshire.

SL Mary's Ch￿rth- Report for 21)23
Membership of the Parochi￿ ￿vICh Coune
Members ofthe PCC ￿ either ex-offioTO orelrfted at th¢Amiual Parocbia] Meeting.
LiceMedfyAfjni%ter. Mr. C. Tayky (utttii 301(rf23)
mr￿ Nood
Ifardens
theDewwySyn￿l Mr. C. Taylor (until 3016r23)
Mr. J. Jobnson (from Inf23)
Elect&4Memkns Mr. K Hobbs
Mt5. L. fJ¢h
Mrs. M. johns￿
lth. li N¢ill
MT. J. O'L£ary
Mrs. A SayeTrFlood
Mrs C. V¢rnon
Mr. ￿ Wilson (Secretary)
The Parochi￿ Church CouTLthI (PCC) is a corpornte bi￿ ¢stablished by 1he Clwrth of The PCC
vthole mi%sioD of the Churth. It also has the respon￿kn11ty of jDaInts￿ the allwch bullding with the hajj
attach￿1 to it

Aehievements and Perfonllanee
CILurch Attendance
The aew Elector￿ ROIL presentsl at the 2023 AG￿ contsiDd 57 08a￿s. Two new members had bee
wejcomed and th￿e nam&8 had beon removed - l of whom v￿$ d￿se41 and 2 no lonw attendiJ)g
(both Jivixjg outsi(k th¢ paris￿ ojje ofth¢m baving relocated to Lnndon). Averdg¢ w￿ty att¢J)daDr* for the
Sunday service during October was increased on the previous yEar at 93 (64) plus a couple of m¢mbers
remaini￿ ILousebouud post-cov1￿ and PTiUteil copies of the sttvice b¢iug delivered to them at howe. Home
Colluryuoion is also made avaaable to them. The sernion is recorded each wtrk 3JJd post&l onIiD4 beiJJ8
ily accessL7>le via our websik Altendance on Fa8ter Sunday was 104, and 98 oa c1￿[sti￿ Day,
following a Clwiskn Eve ￿lSts￿ Carol S¢rvACe with 96 people. Sunday Morni￿ wups coutinue for
I l-year Old￿ with an1￿ grow) fv l(k14& (The averdgenumber of under 16s in (ktokwas 25.)
Review of the Year
The fiLtI PCC met on seven occasions during 1he year. The Leadership Team fimctions as the Firyance
Commits aad Stan(liDg CoD)mitt¢e, aud makes reCon￿datiOnS to the PCC. The Ttr&sur¢r has also kept
us ￿ to date with the fillancial positioJJ of the Church at each meetÈn& No ryorts from our Wheatl¢y
Churches To8ethwrepres*ves have been received by th¢ C4)UD¢iI dv¢ to lack of meeting&
Togeth¢r with his faD]ily, Crnig Taylor (Lic¢Dsed Lay Minister) left St Mary's in Juty 2023, follovnng his
OrdiDation. is now serving a Curacy in Lyon, France. Becky (ChiltheD'S W0￿¢r) a]so left St
Marfs io Juty 2023, as she married and settled ill Bright0￿ where her husband is a Chu￿￿ millTSter. W¢ ar¢
gratefvl for the ministy of both of th¢nL Th¢ PCC agreed to continue employing Ali Say¢tS-Flood
(Wom¢n's Wolker), at kast )Jtrti] August 2025, and has gtvell Rosemary Neill pemi5sion to officiate as
Reader for 8nothery¢ar, givingthanks for her ongoing s¢rvi¢e to the church and community.
In Febn?ary, The Hyndmao's Bounty TTUStees traJ]sfeTred theyrri¥)t of patsDnage irj reSP￿t of Doncaster St
Mary to Chur¢b Sc¢iety, in the light of Ityndman's h]St￿lC Jinkwith slavery.
The PCC has repeatedty discussat d(xtrinal changes.in the Church of Ellglattd to do vlith Living irt tA)ve and
Faith and th¢ subscqueDt Prny¢rs of Love and Faith. On 12 March the Vicar alld PCC wrote to the Bishop of
Sheffiel(L The letter illcEudedthis par48rap]L"
e must si￿1 our disappointtnent that you voted iTr favour of moving forwards with the
droft Prayejs of kne and Faith. Our position regardin.ts the prayers is clear. they
God's appnyval ofsone.ser sexual irtsilnacy which the Bible cleavly describes as unda7
people in such rektioThtlrips beingprajedfor with these words will be encowaged.to repnain
t sadne44 w¢ feel we llLUSt visfi)ty dist2nce ournelv¢s from YO￿ ￿ we bad indicated we
would in our letter of 4 October 2022. We will do so until suGh tin￿ as you cbange your
Positio￿ wbi¢b we hope aJMI pw you wilJ.-
The letttr described various steps of visible dIffereDtia￿ St Mary's would th￿tak4 tak¢n from the Church
of Eug18lld Evangeli￿] CounciJ'5 drnent Ye¢pin¢F Faith.-
The Buildings Coll]mits contiTMW to supp)rt the Wardens in the maintenance and d¢v¢lopnMt of the
buildTrng% irA¢luding revarnishing of the chvrch ho11 floor. The Quinquennial Inspection was completed in
May, with th¢ report being r¢ceiv¢d io Nov¢mber, whith led to the PCC appoiuting lan Haiton as the.
Church ATchite¢L Future plans itlclude rep8iOting th¢ interior of th¢ chuwl4 now that the walls damaged by
Bibl¢ Training YoTk&hire wntinues to use St Mary's hall for one day each w¢eK at)d a Rom8nion
Pents¢ostal church started to use the Church ball on Sunday afternoons alld Thur&lay ¢v¢nings in January
2023.

The PCC bas continu¢d to give fman¢i81 support to our ￿ton Partfj¢r. Jolm worki￿. with
Crosslinks in South Afri￿ to D)nc&gter Sthools WoTk¢r Trii¢ our Missiorj Partlltt TrV(YkiDg io Asia witb
Frollti￿ Tearfimd. Open Dcm" andlDternational Justice Mission.
The Accounts for 2023 show UNRESTRIcfED income of £97.878, a littk10sYer than in 2022 {£99.000).
Giving by non-taxpay¢TS fell by more than s￿/0 in 2023 (£8067 down from £170J21 but this wag largety
'offset' by the big iticrease itt Int￿¢St Tettived Im Ihe CBF Deposit Fund (£5962 up fEOm £186£ tspite a
lower bank balanc¢) alld by i1￿e￿ in p￿d (£6298 from £1284) as we welcomed the RoD]alli
to Giyj for the faitl)fithess and generosty of Ch￿￿h members aod frAaJds for tbis iDcom¢
and for RESTRtCTED ￿fi$ of £4748 (£3787).
Unrestri¢ttd EXP￿dI￿ W￿$ Jnoch lower thad the previous year {£9&69J dosvD from £108,076A largety
a result of staff salartes. We bad already budget￿ (UUTestricted) ¢X￿UdItr on staffing of only £13,000
Oess than s￿/0 of the atllomtt spent in 2022) with the view of tsking the exces8 nec¢&w from Restricted
FuJJd5. which worked out less thall plaDned whejj our Children's w0￿er left in th¢ summer to ttet married
and relocate! We were again able to inore&8e our Common Fund payments to £52,000 (£48,000 in 21y22 &
£36,000 in 2021), despite tbis being kss than th¢ allLount oriwlly pledged befor¢ we kttew of a £llOOO
loss of 8anua] income from i)ne donor. A]thougb there were increases across the borf we remained
sbi¢lded fiDrn the vast Iises IJJ heating costs b¢iog suffw¢d by many othor8 as we continu¢ to enjoy the
benefits of fjxed tsriff8 uegotiated by Green Energy Consultin& uthil the end of 2023 (gas) and into 2(r24
(electricity). We have therefore 'retsin¢d' the ¢ll¢T￿ grant of £1150, given to alE churches by tbe Diocese, to
be used in 2024. whel) en¢r8y costs will mor¢ than double. PCC governance costs were higber in 2023
(£345 from £216, as ￿ l)ad the fjrst tsll year since the bank began to m8ke Gharges for eaclL credti aad debit
Th¢ PCC has Djaintsined its poJ3cy of giving IIY/o of its Unrestricted income to widermission.
Our Awunts shtjw a sjight ex￿ of income over expendIti￿¢ for th¢ year, v/hich bewmes a very small
excess of expenditsre over inwm4 on¢e bank iJ)terest has been traDsf¢rr¢d to Restricted Funds. FollowiJJg
plawicd wse of both UNIiESTRECTED and RESTLUCTED to co]tt[D￿¢ to cover staff salaries iti 2023,
aod the futsJr4 we still fmish the year with an unrestrioted fun¢ls balan¢¢ of £90,738 (£90.961 in 2022),
which together wltb re5tsi¢ted fullds for staffing totaling £17270 (£32,091) - totsl r¢stricted fuDds of
£38,309 (£51,795) - continues to allow the PCC tri plan strategically for 2024-25. As the number of
volullteers in St m￿,$ wntinues to gTOW, arLd with balances of £129,047 we ar¢ Confident that the mission
and outr¢ach of the Church will contiDlle in ourparish commujjity in 2024. aliingsidc th¢ J)ttititeDaoce of o
buildings. wknlst rnaMts￿ an efficient cash flow to be able to s¢rvicetb¢ necessary aiti￿ and objedives of
Fwid balances are invested v4Ath the CBF Churcb of ￿gland Deposit the Curr¢nt ACC4)￿￿t (YorkshiR .
Ballk baviEvg been tak¢o over by Virgin Mouey) usually beltig kept atthe minimum ne£essw for day.t(ptsy
acwtdiugty. (See note at ¢nd of A¢counts!)
Approved by the PCC on 5 Febrw 2024 aud signed oll its behalf by the Chairma

PAROCHL4L CHURCH COUNCIL OF sr. MARYS. DONCASTER .
. R￿IStered Charity No. 1189575
STATEMENT OF FI￿ANcIALACl1vrnEs . .
For the yearended 31st Deomber 2023.
TOTAL FUNDS
2023
2022
Funds
INCOMING RESOURCES
V￿Untary IncL)me
Actiwbes forgeneT8ting fvnds
Income from Investsnents
21a)
2(b)
2(c)
2{dl
2(e)
4748
89147
21
95244
16
1868
3125
21
7001
7001
Other Inc4)ming Re50wces
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
4748
RESOURCES USED
3{a)
3(b)
4c)
3(d)
Church arthibes
Church expen
80109
19287
357
115379
16939
TOTAL RESOURCES USED
19644
116335
134011
INCOMING RESOURCES
1187
-1411
-14896
1411
-13709
41224
1st January 2023 (2
Balances LZTrigJ forward at
31st De￿￿2023 (2022)
51795
142756
129047
142756
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.PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. M4Rfs, DONCASTER
BALANCE SH￿As AT 310ECEMBER 2023
2023
CURRENT ASs￿s
6244
4420
Cash at Bank.
3985
120485
213
3972
13S235
CBF Deposit Fund
Cash in harKI
130927
144628
CREDrroRS
1871
CURRE￿[ AWS
129047
142756
FUNDS
Unrestricted. General Alc Balan
. Resthded FabTtc Ftmd
Organ Repairs
Gocxlall Bequestfor ￿0w￿S
Children'slyouth Wo
Poor of the Parish (Legacy)
Boiler
' Chars
staffing exAT
Os4s
90738
90738
90961
6922
J26
5171
5171
80
3989
2960
4317
100
32091
90
17270
17270
1150
1150
129047
142756
AP￿ed bythe Parcthal c1￿￿Ch c￿￿¢11 on 5 Felw 2024 ar￿ won ts behaff ty.
(ChaimTrn)
(Memt*r)
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. MARYS, t)ONCASTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEmE￿Irs
For the year ended 31 Dwiber2023
ACcou￿￿NG POUCIES
1 (a) The finan￿￿ statements have been Wep¥[￿ apptying the acuuds basis of axouming.
whefher or not received orwd.
1(b) &natl items of opttal expendibjre are￿itten off in the year in wlith Iheyare inrAured.
Unrestrtcted Restslcted
Fun¢ts
Funds
TOTAL
2023
TOTAL
2022
2{a) Voluntary Ino)me
T.ax Effi(ient ptanned GivÈng
Income Tax recovered
Other Pianrwl Giving
Loose cdlections
Sundry Donations & Appea]s
Legacies & Grfts
Income Tax recov¥ed
1158
290
55014
15386
17012
2748
2619
15344
8067
3915
1325
3915
3475.
2150
250
2214
1150
4748
1150
89147
21b) Aththes for generating funts
Easy Fundrasing
21
21
21
16
16
2(cl Income from investrne
lnterest.on CBF Deposit FuThJ '
1868
5962
21d) Income from Church Acbvibes
Church Hall letttngs:
298
958
. &ner
BLX)kstall
213
490.
7001
213
31
1810
3125
2(e) ott￿ irKryning rESWtr
Insuran￿ c4aims
495
495
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
97¥78
4748
102787
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PAROCHL4L CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. MARYS, DONCASTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (continued)
Forthe year ended 31 December2023
RESOURCES USED
TOTAL
TOTAL
2022
Funds
' FurKIs
3(a) Costs of generating fvnds
3(b) Church Athitses:
Mission Giwng & Donations
Common Fund Payments
Safaries, Wages & Honoraria
Associ*e Minister
Women's Worker
Children's Worl
Ministy T￿nee
Cleaner
Clergy & staff expenses
Equiprne
9865
52000
135
10000
52000
9500
48000
7154
20204
187fj4
5373
2005
4136
243
21277
10775
5000
5775
2151
2839
254
2151
2839
354
100
80109
19287
115379
3(c) Ch￿r￿1 expenses
Mission & Evangelism
Mission & Ewangelism- Conf. costs
Mission & Evangelism- Publiuty
Church Tunning expenses:
Insurance
Rouiine repairslmaintenance
Quinq￿ni￿ provision
Upkeep of serviceslorgan
Upkeep ofthurth grounds
HaEI Costs inc. deaning nwts.
PCC Govemartt ￿)Str
Churth Utility B￿lS
147T
357
2114
1247
702
71r2
3545
200
1011
2f
1302
3545
2￿
1011
2880
200
766
851
216
1316
1316
ectricrty
759
220
240
240
Books￿1
16582
18632
3(d) Major Repairs & Replacements
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. MARYS, DONCASTER
NOTES TO THE FI￿ANCIAL sfATEMEMfs (conttnuod)
Forlhe year ended 31 Deeember2023
Fabric Fund £344.0& Organ Fund £244.86. FlTh¥er FuThl £3.79, Staffing FWKI £817.85.
5(a) TaTvJible fixed assets.
The PCC dtss not ov•n ary land. ￿NIdIngS or vehide5.
5(b) Invesknents
The PCC holds no fnvestments otherthan nN)ney de￿S1￿ wllh ts CBF.
6(a) Debtors
6117
6117
127
127
4384
4420
6244
6(b) Creditors
AcLruals
Others
359
1521
359
1521
1880
395
1616
RESTRICTED FLINDS AND RESERVES
At 31112r2022
Income
Expendithre At31M2r2023
Fabric
Organ
Flowets
Youth Work
Poor of Parf5h
7266
5171
245
29
328
4317
Boiler
Chairs
Energy Grant
Mission Partne
Women's Worker
Chiklren's Worker
Staffing (Ex AT)
2960
100
2960
100
1150
135
2975
438
818
1150
135
2975
438
15639
See ncrte
See rK)te
s￿ note
32091
17270
Quinqu.Provisron
200
Note re:
Wt)men¥ W0￿r
Chrldren¥ Worker
80¢XI
2975
10302
212Tr
5000 From Unrestricted &neral FurKI
438
From Restricted (WWICW) Fund '
5337
From Restricted (Stsffing) Fund
10TIS
Pagg 8

Fees collerAed and thsbur*l"
SDBF
Reader
Organist
341
225
110
TOTAL (AH c4>lJeJ*lons to nearest £1)
1.613
EXPLANATORY NOTE re CCLA (CBF Church of EnglaThd Deposft Fund)
CCLA uwlated its sy*ms in 2023, whith seems to have ￿USed detays in proc£du
End ofyear statern￿ wth the Q4 interest were not forthcoming ty 23 January 2024,
leading to a phone LZII from the Treasurer.
On being told thatthe CCLA statements would only te posted out in theforth¢x¥ni
days. a vertjal totat of the Q4 interest was given.
This amount (£1712.17) wa5 L*d to complets theA¢counts. induding appropriate
apportionirvj of interest to Restrirted Funds, so that the AccAwnts could go to PCC
Mem￿ forscrutiny. as their meeting was scheduled for 5 February 2024. .
Itslmmed a Year End Ba1￿ce which did NOT include interestfor
with the interestfor Q4 showing as a Debtor. An 'emergeW meeting of the Leadership
Team (Standing Committee) was held C￿ 4 February 2024 tr) agree the charKJes to the.
A(xx)unts before the PCC meeting on 5 February- to indude this explartration.

ST. MARYS PAROCHLqL CHURCH COUNCIL
GeneE3E Fund Budgetfor2024 slKMing figures to 31 D￿mber 2023
Common Fund
2151
EqLHpment
Mtssion & Evangdism:
1477
Website & pu￿1￿￿
Instwanf
Minor Repa¥s
1011
Upkep ofthLudJ gr￿nds
Hall (￿Sts
250
1Q)O
1316
3fyJO
1200
ectritity
W*er Fates
20748
Pairrfing of Churth
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
105848 96691
106510
INCOME
Voluntsry Irbxme
Other Ptanned .
3915
Grnts
Easy Fwwjraising
Inte￿sE on CBF Deposit Fu￿1
ErtsUra￿ Clarm
Inojme frorn Churth Athib
21
Churth h￿1. Generd LEse
Slatutory Fees from wedrfings &
213
TOTAL INCOME
88500
97878
99100

ST. MARY'S DONCASTER
RegAstered CJ]arity No. 1189575
Diocese of Sheffield
Ajmual Report
and Financial Ststements
of the Parochi￿ Church Council
for the year ended 31st December 2023
icar.
' Rev. Andy ThoD
The Wicarage
59 St. Mary's li￿ad
Donc&ster.
DNI ZNR
Church Office:
59 SL Mary's Ro
Doncaster.
DNI 2NR
Soutb Yorkshire.
nMon¢y (yorkshi￿ BaDkPLC)
St Sepulcbre Gate
South Yorksbixe.
Independent Examiuer;
MT. Richard Honeybonc
PenÈsÈone
South Yorkshire.

SL Mary's Ch￿rth- Report for 21)23
Membership of the Parochi￿ ￿vICh Coune
Members ofthe PCC ￿ either ex-offioTO orelrfted at th¢Amiual Parocbia] Meeting.
LiceMedfyAfjni%ter. Mr. C. Tayky (utttii 301(rf23)
mr￿ Nood
Ifardens
theDewwySyn￿l Mr. C. Taylor (until 3016r23)
Mr. J. Jobnson (from Inf23)
Elect&4Memkns Mr. K Hobbs
Mt5. L. fJ¢h
Mrs. M. johns￿
lth. li N¢ill
MT. J. O'L£ary
Mrs. A SayeTrFlood
Mrs C. V¢rnon
Mr. ￿ Wilson (Secretary)
The Parochi￿ Church CouTLthI (PCC) is a corpornte bi￿ ¢stablished by 1he Clwrth of The PCC
vthole mi%sioD of the Churth. It also has the respon￿kn11ty of jDaInts￿ the allwch bullding with the hajj
attach￿1 to it

Aehievements and Perfonllanee
CILurch Attendance
The aew Elector￿ ROIL presentsl at the 2023 AG￿ contsiDd 57 08a￿s. Two new members had bee
wejcomed and th￿e nam&8 had beon removed - l of whom v￿$ d￿se41 and 2 no lonw attendiJ)g
(both Jivixjg outsi(k th¢ paris￿ ojje ofth¢m baving relocated to Lnndon). Averdg¢ w￿ty att¢J)daDr* for the
Sunday service during October was increased on the previous yEar at 93 (64) plus a couple of m¢mbers
remaini￿ ILousebouud post-cov1￿ and PTiUteil copies of the sttvice b¢iug delivered to them at howe. Home
Colluryuoion is also made avaaable to them. The sernion is recorded each wtrk 3JJd post&l onIiD4 beiJJ8
ily accessL7>le via our websik Altendance on Fa8ter Sunday was 104, and 98 oa c1￿[sti￿ Day,
following a Clwiskn Eve ￿lSts￿ Carol S¢rvACe with 96 people. Sunday Morni￿ wups coutinue for
I l-year Old￿ with an1￿ grow) fv l(k14& (The averdgenumber of under 16s in (ktokwas 25.)
Review of the Year
The fiLtI PCC met on seven occasions during 1he year. The Leadership Team fimctions as the Firyance
Commits aad Stan(liDg CoD)mitt¢e, aud makes reCon￿datiOnS to the PCC. The Ttr&sur¢r has also kept
us ￿ to date with the fillancial positioJJ of the Church at each meetÈn& No ryorts from our Wheatl¢y
Churches To8ethwrepres*ves have been received by th¢ C4)UD¢iI dv¢ to lack of meeting&
Togeth¢r with his faD]ily, Crnig Taylor (Lic¢Dsed Lay Minister) left St Mary's in Juty 2023, follovnng his
OrdiDation. is now serving a Curacy in Lyon, France. Becky (ChiltheD'S W0￿¢r) a]so left St
Marfs io Juty 2023, as she married and settled ill Bright0￿ where her husband is a Chu￿￿ millTSter. W¢ ar¢
gratefvl for the ministy of both of th¢nL Th¢ PCC agreed to continue employing Ali Say¢tS-Flood
(Wom¢n's Wolker), at kast )Jtrti] August 2025, and has gtvell Rosemary Neill pemi5sion to officiate as
Reader for 8nothery¢ar, givingthanks for her ongoing s¢rvi¢e to the church and community.
In Febn?ary, The Hyndmao's Bounty TTUStees traJ]sfeTred theyrri¥)t of patsDnage irj reSP￿t of Doncaster St
Mary to Chur¢b Sc¢iety, in the light of Ityndman's h]St￿lC Jinkwith slavery.
The PCC has repeatedty discussat d(xtrinal changes.in the Church of Ellglattd to do vlith Living irt tA)ve and
Faith and th¢ subscqueDt Prny¢rs of Love and Faith. On 12 March the Vicar alld PCC wrote to the Bishop of
Sheffiel(L The letter illcEudedthis par48rap]L"
e must si￿1 our disappointtnent that you voted iTr favour of moving forwards with the
droft Prayejs of kne and Faith. Our position regardin.ts the prayers is clear. they
God's appnyval ofsone.ser sexual irtsilnacy which the Bible cleavly describes as unda7
people in such rektioThtlrips beingprajedfor with these words will be encowaged.to repnain
t sadne44 w¢ feel we llLUSt visfi)ty dist2nce ournelv¢s from YO￿ ￿ we bad indicated we
would in our letter of 4 October 2022. We will do so until suGh tin￿ as you cbange your
Positio￿ wbi¢b we hope aJMI pw you wilJ.-
The letttr described various steps of visible dIffereDtia￿ St Mary's would th￿tak4 tak¢n from the Church
of Eug18lld Evangeli￿] CounciJ'5 drnent Ye¢pin¢F Faith.-
The Buildings Coll]mits contiTMW to supp)rt the Wardens in the maintenance and d¢v¢lopnMt of the
buildTrng% irA¢luding revarnishing of the chvrch ho11 floor. The Quinquennial Inspection was completed in
May, with th¢ report being r¢ceiv¢d io Nov¢mber, whith led to the PCC appoiuting lan Haiton as the.
Church ATchite¢L Future plans itlclude rep8iOting th¢ interior of th¢ chuwl4 now that the walls damaged by
Bibl¢ Training YoTk&hire wntinues to use St Mary's hall for one day each w¢eK at)d a Rom8nion
Pents¢ostal church started to use the Church ball on Sunday afternoons alld Thur&lay ¢v¢nings in January
2023.

The PCC bas continu¢d to give fman¢i81 support to our ￿ton Partfj¢r. Jolm worki￿. with
Crosslinks in South Afri￿ to D)nc&gter Sthools WoTk¢r Trii¢ our Missiorj Partlltt TrV(YkiDg io Asia witb
Frollti￿ Tearfimd. Open Dcm" andlDternational Justice Mission.
The Accounts for 2023 show UNRESTRIcfED income of £97.878, a littk10sYer than in 2022 {£99.000).
Giving by non-taxpay¢TS fell by more than s￿/0 in 2023 (£8067 down from £170J21 but this wag largety
'offset' by the big iticrease itt Int￿¢St Tettived Im Ihe CBF Deposit Fund (£5962 up fEOm £186£ tspite a
lower bank balanc¢) alld by i1￿e￿ in p￿d (£6298 from £1284) as we welcomed the RoD]alli
to Giyj for the faitl)fithess and generosty of Ch￿￿h members aod frAaJds for tbis iDcom¢
and for RESTRtCTED ￿fi$ of £4748 (£3787).
Unrestri¢ttd EXP￿dI￿ W￿$ Jnoch lower thad the previous year {£9&69J dosvD from £108,076A largety
a result of staff salartes. We bad already budget￿ (UUTestricted) ¢X￿UdItr on staffing of only £13,000
Oess than s￿/0 of the atllomtt spent in 2022) with the view of tsking the exces8 nec¢&w from Restricted
FuJJd5. which worked out less thall plaDned whejj our Children's w0￿er left in th¢ summer to ttet married
and relocate! We were again able to inore&8e our Common Fund payments to £52,000 (£48,000 in 21y22 &
£36,000 in 2021), despite tbis being kss than th¢ allLount oriwlly pledged befor¢ we kttew of a £llOOO
loss of 8anua] income from i)ne donor. A]thougb there were increases across the borf we remained
sbi¢lded fiDrn the vast Iises IJJ heating costs b¢iog suffw¢d by many othor8 as we continu¢ to enjoy the
benefits of fjxed tsriff8 uegotiated by Green Energy Consultin& uthil the end of 2023 (gas) and into 2(r24
(electricity). We have therefore 'retsin¢d' the ¢ll¢T￿ grant of £1150, given to alE churches by tbe Diocese, to
be used in 2024. whel) en¢r8y costs will mor¢ than double. PCC governance costs were higber in 2023
(£345 from £216, as ￿ l)ad the fjrst tsll year since the bank began to m8ke Gharges for eaclL credti aad debit
Th¢ PCC has Djaintsined its poJ3cy of giving IIY/o of its Unrestricted income to widermission.
Our Awunts shtjw a sjight ex￿ of income over expendIti￿¢ for th¢ year, v/hich bewmes a very small
excess of expenditsre over inwm4 on¢e bank iJ)terest has been traDsf¢rr¢d to Restricted Funds. FollowiJJg
plawicd wse of both UNIiESTRECTED and RESTLUCTED to co]tt[D￿¢ to cover staff salaries iti 2023,
aod the futsJr4 we still fmish the year with an unrestrioted fun¢ls balan¢¢ of £90,738 (£90.961 in 2022),
which together wltb re5tsi¢ted fullds for staffing totaling £17270 (£32,091) - totsl r¢stricted fuDds of
£38,309 (£51,795) - continues to allow the PCC tri plan strategically for 2024-25. As the number of
volullteers in St m￿,$ wntinues to gTOW, arLd with balances of £129,047 we ar¢ Confident that the mission
and outr¢ach of the Church will contiDlle in ourparish commujjity in 2024. aliingsidc th¢ J)ttititeDaoce of o
buildings. wknlst rnaMts￿ an efficient cash flow to be able to s¢rvicetb¢ necessary aiti￿ and objedives of
Fwid balances are invested v4Ath the CBF Churcb of ￿gland Deposit the Curr¢nt ACC4)￿￿t (YorkshiR .
Ballk baviEvg been tak¢o over by Virgin Mouey) usually beltig kept atthe minimum ne£essw for day.t(ptsy
acwtdiugty. (See note at ¢nd of A¢counts!)
Approved by the PCC on 5 Febrw 2024 aud signed oll its behalf by the Chairma

PAROCHL4L CHURCH COUNCIL OF sr. MARYS. DONCASTER .
. R￿IStered Charity No. 1189575
STATEMENT OF FI￿ANcIALACl1vrnEs . .
For the yearended 31st Deomber 2023.
TOTAL FUNDS
2023
2022
Funds
INCOMING RESOURCES
V￿Untary IncL)me
Actiwbes forgeneT8ting fvnds
Income from Investsnents
21a)
2(b)
2(c)
2{dl
2(e)
4748
89147
21
95244
16
1868
3125
21
7001
7001
Other Inc4)ming Re50wces
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
4748
RESOURCES USED
3{a)
3(b)
4c)
3(d)
Church arthibes
Church expen
80109
19287
357
115379
16939
TOTAL RESOURCES USED
19644
116335
134011
INCOMING RESOURCES
1187
-1411
-14896
1411
-13709
41224
1st January 2023 (2
Balances LZTrigJ forward at
31st De￿￿2023 (2022)
51795
142756
129047
142756
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.PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. M4Rfs, DONCASTER
BALANCE SH￿As AT 310ECEMBER 2023
2023
CURRENT ASs￿s
6244
4420
Cash at Bank.
3985
120485
213
3972
13S235
CBF Deposit Fund
Cash in harKI
130927
144628
CREDrroRS
1871
CURRE￿[ AWS
129047
142756
FUNDS
Unrestricted. General Alc Balan
. Resthded FabTtc Ftmd
Organ Repairs
Gocxlall Bequestfor ￿0w￿S
Children'slyouth Wo
Poor of the Parish (Legacy)
Boiler
' Chars
staffing exAT
Os4s
90738
90738
90961
6922
J26
5171
5171
80
3989
2960
4317
100
32091
90
17270
17270
1150
1150
129047
142756
AP￿ed bythe Parcthal c1￿￿Ch c￿￿¢11 on 5 Felw 2024 ar￿ won ts behaff ty.
(ChaimTrn)
(Memt*r)
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. MARYS, t)ONCASTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEmE￿Irs
For the year ended 31 Dwiber2023
ACcou￿￿NG POUCIES
1 (a) The finan￿￿ statements have been Wep¥[￿ apptying the acuuds basis of axouming.
whefher or not received orwd.
1(b) &natl items of opttal expendibjre are￿itten off in the year in wlith Iheyare inrAured.
Unrestrtcted Restslcted
Fun¢ts
Funds
TOTAL
2023
TOTAL
2022
2{a) Voluntary Ino)me
T.ax Effi(ient ptanned GivÈng
Income Tax recovered
Other Pianrwl Giving
Loose cdlections
Sundry Donations & Appea]s
Legacies & Grfts
Income Tax recov¥ed
1158
290
55014
15386
17012
2748
2619
15344
8067
3915
1325
3915
3475.
2150
250
2214
1150
4748
1150
89147
21b) Aththes for generating funts
Easy Fundrasing
21
21
21
16
16
2(cl Income from investrne
lnterest.on CBF Deposit FuThJ '
1868
5962
21d) Income from Church Acbvibes
Church Hall letttngs:
298
958
. &ner
BLX)kstall
213
490.
7001
213
31
1810
3125
2(e) ott￿ irKryning rESWtr
Insuran￿ c4aims
495
495
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
97¥78
4748
102787
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PAROCHL4L CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. MARYS, DONCASTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (continued)
Forthe year ended 31 December2023
RESOURCES USED
TOTAL
TOTAL
2022
Funds
' FurKIs
3(a) Costs of generating fvnds
3(b) Church Athitses:
Mission Giwng & Donations
Common Fund Payments
Safaries, Wages & Honoraria
Associ*e Minister
Women's Worker
Children's Worl
Ministy T￿nee
Cleaner
Clergy & staff expenses
Equiprne
9865
52000
135
10000
52000
9500
48000
7154
20204
187fj4
5373
2005
4136
243
21277
10775
5000
5775
2151
2839
254
2151
2839
354
100
80109
19287
115379
3(c) Ch￿r￿1 expenses
Mission & Evangelism
Mission & Ewangelism- Conf. costs
Mission & Evangelism- Publiuty
Church Tunning expenses:
Insurance
Rouiine repairslmaintenance
Quinq￿ni￿ provision
Upkeep of serviceslorgan
Upkeep ofthurth grounds
HaEI Costs inc. deaning nwts.
PCC Govemartt ￿)Str
Churth Utility B￿lS
147T
357
2114
1247
702
71r2
3545
200
1011
2f
1302
3545
2￿
1011
2880
200
766
851
216
1316
1316
ectricrty
759
220
240
240
Books￿1
16582
18632
3(d) Major Repairs & Replacements
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. MARYS, DONCASTER
NOTES TO THE FI￿ANCIAL sfATEMEMfs (conttnuod)
Forlhe year ended 31 Deeember2023
Fabric Fund £344.0& Organ Fund £244.86. FlTh¥er FuThl £3.79, Staffing FWKI £817.85.
5(a) TaTvJible fixed assets.
The PCC dtss not ov•n ary land. ￿NIdIngS or vehide5.
5(b) Invesknents
The PCC holds no fnvestments otherthan nN)ney de￿S1￿ wllh ts CBF.
6(a) Debtors
6117
6117
127
127
4384
4420
6244
6(b) Creditors
AcLruals
Others
359
1521
359
1521
1880
395
1616
RESTRICTED FLINDS AND RESERVES
At 31112r2022
Income
Expendithre At31M2r2023
Fabric
Organ
Flowets
Youth Work
Poor of Parf5h
7266
5171
245
29
328
4317
Boiler
Chairs
Energy Grant
Mission Partne
Women's Worker
Chiklren's Worker
Staffing (Ex AT)
2960
100
2960
100
1150
135
2975
438
818
1150
135
2975
438
15639
See ncrte
See rK)te
s￿ note
32091
17270
Quinqu.Provisron
200
Note re:
Wt)men¥ W0￿r
Chrldren¥ Worker
80¢XI
2975
10302
212Tr
5000 From Unrestricted &neral FurKI
438
From Restricted (WWICW) Fund '
5337
From Restricted (Stsffing) Fund
10TIS
Pagg 8

Fees collerAed and thsbur*l"
SDBF
Reader
Organist
341
225
110
TOTAL (AH c4>lJeJ*lons to nearest £1)
1.613
EXPLANATORY NOTE re CCLA (CBF Church of EnglaThd Deposft Fund)
CCLA uwlated its sy*ms in 2023, whith seems to have ￿USed detays in proc£du
End ofyear statern￿ wth the Q4 interest were not forthcoming ty 23 January 2024,
leading to a phone LZII from the Treasurer.
On being told thatthe CCLA statements would only te posted out in theforth¢x¥ni
days. a vertjal totat of the Q4 interest was given.
This amount (£1712.17) wa5 L*d to complets theA¢counts. induding appropriate
apportionirvj of interest to Restrirted Funds, so that the AccAwnts could go to PCC
Mem￿ forscrutiny. as their meeting was scheduled for 5 February 2024. .
Itslmmed a Year End Ba1￿ce which did NOT include interestfor
with the interestfor Q4 showing as a Debtor. An 'emergeW meeting of the Leadership
Team (Standing Committee) was held C￿ 4 February 2024 tr) agree the charKJes to the.
A(xx)unts before the PCC meeting on 5 February- to indude this explartration.

ST. MARYS PAROCHLqL CHURCH COUNCIL
GeneE3E Fund Budgetfor2024 slKMing figures to 31 D￿mber 2023
Common Fund
2151
EqLHpment
Mtssion & Evangdism:
1477
Website & pu￿1￿￿
Instwanf
Minor Repa¥s
1011
Upkep ofthLudJ gr￿nds
Hall (￿Sts
250
1Q)O
1316
3fyJO
1200
ectritity
W*er Fates
20748
Pairrfing of Churth
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
105848 96691
106510
INCOME
Voluntsry Irbxme
Other Ptanned .
3915
Grnts
Easy Fwwjraising
Inte￿sE on CBF Deposit Fu￿1
ErtsUra￿ Clarm
Inojme frorn Churth Athib
21
Churth h￿1. Generd LEse
Slatutory Fees from wedrfings &
213
TOTAL INCOME
88500
97878
99100

INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE PAROCHLiL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
ST. MARVS CHURCH DONCASTE￿ FOR THE YEIR ENDED 31" DECEMBER 2023.
I report on the accouots of the Parocbial Cbutch Council CPC.C? for the }'e2r ended 31" December 2023.
which are scr out on pages 4 to 8.
Respective reBponsibilities of the PCC and Independent Examiner
Ab memberb olthe PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. You consider that an audit
Is not rcquired fnr this s'ear under Secrion 144(2) of the Cb&itics Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an
independc￿t cxamination is needa.
It 18 my responsibility to
Examine the accounts under scction 145 of the 2011 Actr,
Follow thc procedures laid down in the Cjeocral Dlrcctions givcn by the Charity (￿mmI$S1()ner$
section 145(5)(b) of th¢ 2011 Act" and
tatL whL,ther particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examinees Siatemcnt
M), examination was carricd out in accordance with the General Directions given bj the ("hariry
(Aimmiss11)n.
An cxamination includes a rcirycw of thc acc<)unting records kep¢ by the PCC and a eompati80rt of the
8ccounts presented with thosv records. It also incl￿1¢8 considerJtiiin of any unLL8ual items or disclc)¥urLS in
chc accc)unts, and seeking cxplan2ti0fts from you as mjsrces conccrning an), such rnattLrs. 'llJL' pr()CL,durL'8
undLrtakLn d(} ni)t pn)iidL all th¢ ci'idL'ncc that woukl l￿ rc9uircd in a full adi4 and ci)nscquL'nd)' I d() n()r
LxpfLSS art audit upiniun on thL accountb.
Independent Examinee6 Staicmeni
In connection Nryth my C¥Aminatiort. rto matt¢rs have Con￿ to my attention:
which gil'e me reasonable Cause to believe that in an}, material respect the requirements
to keep accounting records tn accordance with $.130 of thc 2011 Acc or
to prcpare accounts whxth accord ￿th these accountin8 records hai'c ni)t b¢'rn met; (Trr
to which. In my opftnion, attention Should be drawn in order to enable 2 proper understanding of
the 2ccI)unts to be reached.
Mr ￿'char
lonc}'bone (BTEC HND Business & I'inancc)
43 Park Avcnuc, Penistone
14° April 2024