CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees. Annual Report for the period
From 1 January 2024 To
31 Decembèr 2024
Charity name: Berwick St John PCC
Charlty registration number: 1190646
Objectlves and Actlvlties
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
ovemin
document
Summary ofthe main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit. in particular. the
activities, projects or
ServI￿S identffied in the
accounts.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
i>>ued by the Ch8rity
Commission on public
b8nefit
Para 1.17
The charity 1$ the Parochial Church
Councll of Berwlck St John. Wlltshlre
Para 1.17
1.19
The PCC has the responslbility of c
opèrating with the rector The Revd Dr
Ruth Howlett-shipley in promotlng the
ecclesiastical parish and is responsible
for the malntenance of the Church and
Churchyard at Befwlck St John
Para 1.18
The PCC mombors have consIder￿ the
Commission's guidance on public
benefft and. In particular, the sP￿1￿C
guidance on charities for the
advancement of rellgion.
To faclllLth thls work It Is Important that
we malntsin the fabrfc of tho Church and
Churchyard as woll as contrlbutlng to
the costs of running the Dlocose of
Salls1￿ whlch
s our cle
Achievements and
Perfomiance
Wé hav• eontlnued the work of the
Church in the parlsh of Berwlck St John.
As before. Services are held on at least 3
Sundays every month.
and
are
Conducted by members of tho Clorgy
Team as well as by lay membws of the
Church.
Pww120
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity's work has made to
the circumstan￿$ of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefrts to society as a
whole.
We arn extromety fortunats thal wlth the
Licensing during the year of both the
Revd Allson Waterhouse as Team Wi¢ar
and the Revd Maggle Metcalfe as
Asslstsnt Prlos( now havo a full
Clergy Toam.
The contlnuallon of rogular worshlp In
the Church and other Chur¢h related
a¢tlvlty wlthln the community is
extremel Im
rtart as ar• tho maln

Christian Foslivals of Christmas and
Easter.
Apart from the regular Church Services,
we held a Lantern Parade and Carol
Singing everrt around the village led by
Romulus
Percheron
and
accompaniod by the Shaftesbury Sllver
Band, and ending with refreshments at
the Cross kindty provided by the Talbot.
The PCC supported two Craft and Coffeo
momlngs in Holy Week and December.
The Fete, agaln held at Upton Lucy by the
kind pennisslon of Bob and Margaret
Montgomery, produced a much neodod
surplus of £7.695 for Church Funds.
Although a drop of £1,779 from last year
this was a remarkable result In vlew of
the bad ￿ther.
The two brass Aftar Candlesticks have
been beauufulty repalred. as have the
Prayer Books used by the Congregatlon.
We owe much to Yvonne Follott for
S￿Ing through these two projects.
The Churchyard contlnues to benefft
from use of tho income arising on the
restricted Guwy Funds. During the year
we have contlnued wlth repalrs to
gravèstones and monuments in the
Churchyard. A wlldfi¢)wer area is belng
established In the north western Comer
of the Churchyard. and we hoy to
extend this.
Financial Review
Review of the charit￿$
finanaal position at the end
of the period
Pwa121
The charlty had deficits of £657 and
unrestricted fvnds and £1,841 on
restrlctsd. At the end of the year It held
£27,170 In unrestrlcted funds and
£262,672 In restrlcted
The PCC'S pollGy Is that unrestrlctod
funds should be at least £15,000 whlch
is approximately 6 months, expenditurn.
to fund worf(ing ¢apilal and provlde a
buffer against a downtum in Incom? or
unforeseen ex
nditure
ReseNes (unrestricted funds) amounted
to £27 170 at the end of the
ear
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
122
Amount of reserves held
Pwa122

Structure, Governance and Management
Description of d)arity's
trusts:
Type of goveming document
(trust deed, royal charter)
P•8 125
The charity is constituted under the
Parochial Church Council Powers
Measure
1956
as amended
The charity is a body corporate with
How is the charity
constituted?
ie g un5Trcorporated
association. CIO
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
eleth'on to post or name of
any person or body entided
to appoint one or more
trustees
p￿d1
P¥af
The method of appointment is set out in
tho Church Roprosentation Rules
Reference and Administrative details
Chari
name
other name the chari
uses
istered chari
number
Charity's principal address
BerAfjck St John PCC
lI￿A6
The Old Rectory
BetwiGk St John
Shaftesbury
SP7 OEY

Names of the charlty trustees who manage the charity
Tntstso nam
Offi¢• Ilf ony)
Int truste*
rfan
Ex officio as Rector of the
Parish
Elected by Annual General
Meeting of the Parish
Elected by Annual Generdl
Meeting of the Parish
Elected by the Annual
Generdl Meeting of the
Parish
Rev Ruth Mary
Hewlett-shipley
Angela Margaret
Bridaes
Trustee
Trustee
Mark Thomas
Bridges
Philip John Gready
Trustee
Trustee
Kevin Alex Follett
Trustee
Elected by the Annual
General Meeting of the
Parish
Yvonne Janette
Follett
Trustee
Elected by the Annual
General Meeting of the
Parish
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Slgned on behalf of the charity's trustees
Slgnaturo(s)
Full name(s)
Posltlon (eg Secretary.
Chair, etc)
Datè
Ll

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
0IA11r2CQ4
31112rJ)24
To
Sectioii A Receipts and payments
Restricted
Endowment
funds
To1*1 furn1•
A1 Rgc
1&7r
7,167
GiftaKJ ￿C0¥•￿1
3.792
839
12256
7At7
Funth?￿l
19,WA
&718
Sub totsl(Gmss inixyno for
AR)
10316
37.6QQ
A2 Assst and Invostmenl
1898 tabte).
rotd rncdpts
A3
DhXWty 8h¥È
Chalke v￿1￿ terth
Churth bu1￿11vj nmThr¥J ef6ts
Chuwth and olurchy8rd fepws
Costs offvTr1raig
14102
1fj47
14102
1647
?.453
3.727
13J¥J
1.84f
1.123,
1.123
3.196
A4 A￿•t 4nd Invo#tm•rf
ureha888.
Net of tYc*ts/(p•ym*
AS Trnn•f•rn l)•lwnen fund•
Ae C4•h fund• la•t yoar •nd
2.49
27
CCKX R1 •rr))u￿ {SS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
UnrÈstrieted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowrnent
funds
to neaT￿t£
Categories
Details
to #eJrESt £
B1 Cash fund$
11016
11745
27.170
oyA•)}
fvnds
lo rwr85t £
Details
Fundto wl4ch
Curr￿* vall
Detsils
B3 Inv081mont a880ts
F￿d towtoch
Detslls
Cunwrt vlu•
B4 A88ets I￿1n•d for th•
eh*rity'8 own u
Detalls
85 Llablllt188
by crf two trustw
bahaff of all th& Iwstee8
Print Na
Date of
PIIILI P SLL-h?y
CCXX R2 awJnts ISSI

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
"Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
BenNid( St John PCC
On accounts for the year
onded
Charfty no
lif any)
31 December 2024
1190646
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees C￿ my examination of the accounts of the at)ove
char5ty (IIE Tru￿) for ttE year ended 31112r2024
Responslbllllles and As the d￿rIty trustees (A the Trust, you are respMsible for the preparation
basls of report of the accounts in ac￿Kdarn￿ With the requirements of ts Charities Act
2011 (Ihe A(*).
I report in respe(* of my examirkqtion of the Tnjst's accounts carried out
urKler seclion 145 of the 2011 Ad and in Ca￿yIng out my examination, I
have fo15owed the applicable Directions gtven by the Charty Commission
under section 14515)(b) of the Art.
Independent
I hava cOmp￿d my examin*ion. I confinn that no material matters have
exami￿￿3 8tatwnont come to my attention (other than that disclosed below") in connection with
the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in. any material
accountir¥J records were nol kept in act￿(￿n￿ with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do n¢￿ actr￿d the ac(x)unting records
I have no coTr2ms arjd have ￿rne ar￿88 no other matters in connec#ion
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable
proper understanding of the accourrts to be reac**d.
' Please delete the the brackets ff th8y i*> a￿.
LO Jts•LLo
James F**r
Relevant professlonal
qualificatlon(s) or Ix)dy
(If any):
Chartered Aco)untsnt
Addros8:
Crown Chambers
Bndge Street
Salislxlry SP12LZ
IER
Octobor 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
0IA11r2CQ4
31112rJ)24
To
Sectioii A Receipts and payments
Restricted
Endowment
funds
To1*1 furn1•
A1 Rgc
1&7r
7,167
GiftaKJ ￿C0¥•￿1
3.792
839
12256
7At7
Funth?￿l
19,WA
&718
Sub totsl(Gmss inixyno for
AR)
10316
37.6QQ
A2 Assst and Invostmenl
1898 tabte).
rotd rncdpts
A3
DhXWty 8h¥È
Chalke v￿1￿ terth
Churth bu1￿11vj nmThr¥J ef6ts
Chuwth and olurchy8rd fepws
Costs offvTr1raig
14102
1fj47
14102
1647
?.453
3.727
13J¥J
1.84f
1.123,
1.123
3.196
A4 A￿•t 4nd Invo#tm•rf
ureha888.
Net of tYc*ts/(p•ym*
AS Trnn•f•rn l)•lwnen fund•
Ae C4•h fund• la•t yoar •nd
2.49
27
CCKX R1 •rr))u￿ {SS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
UnrÈstrieted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowrnent
funds
to neaT￿t£
Categories
Details
to #eJrESt £
B1 Cash fund$
11016
11745
27.170
oyA•)}
fvnds
lo rwr85t £
Details
Fundto wl4ch
Curr￿* vall
Detsils
B3 Inv081mont a880ts
F￿d towtoch
Detslls
Cunwrt vlu•
B4 A88ets I￿1n•d for th•
eh*rity'8 own u
Detalls
85 Llablllt188
by crf two trustw
bahaff of all th& Iwstee8
Print Na
Date of
PIIILI P SLL-h?y
CCXX R2 awJnts ISSI

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
"Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
BenNid( St John PCC
On accounts for the year
onded
Charfty no
lif any)
31 December 2024
1190646
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees C￿ my examination of the accounts of the at)ove
char5ty (IIE Tru￿) for ttE year ended 31112r2024
Responslbllllles and As the d￿rIty trustees (A the Trust, you are respMsible for the preparation
basls of report of the accounts in ac￿Kdarn￿ With the requirements of ts Charities Act
2011 (Ihe A(*).
I report in respe(* of my examirkqtion of the Tnjst's accounts carried out
urKler seclion 145 of the 2011 Ad and in Ca￿yIng out my examination, I
have fo15owed the applicable Directions gtven by the Charty Commission
under section 14515)(b) of the Art.
Independent
I hava cOmp￿d my examin*ion. I confinn that no material matters have
exami￿￿3 8tatwnont come to my attention (other than that disclosed below") in connection with
the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in. any material
accountir¥J records were nol kept in act￿(￿n￿ with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do n¢￿ actr￿d the ac(x)unting records
I have no coTr2ms arjd have ￿rne ar￿88 no other matters in connec#ion
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable
proper understanding of the accourrts to be reac**d.
' Please delete the the brackets ff th8y i*> a￿.
LO Jts•LLo
James F**r
Relevant professlonal
qualificatlon(s) or Ix)dy
(If any):
Chartered Aco)untsnt
Addros8:
Crown Chambers
Bndge Street
Salislxlry SP12LZ
IER
Octobor 2018