St Peter's Church Bentle Annual Report 2022
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the Annual Report for St Peter’s Church in Bentley. We are a Church of England Parish Church. Working with other churches in our deanery (which is called Adwick le Street Deanery) and the Diocese of Sheffield. Our Bishops are The Right Reverend Dr Pete Wilcox (the Bishop of Sheffield) and The Right Reverend Sophie Jelley (the Bishop of Doncaster). We are a registered charity, 119023.
If you have any questions about this report, you can contact us on 01302 495855, write to us at St Peter’s Team Hub, St Peter’s Community Hall, High Street, Bentley, DONCASTER, DN5 0AA or email hello@stpetersbentley.org
The Church Representation Rules 2020 require the Parochial Church Council (the PCC) to provide the Annual Parochial Church Meeting with reports on:
- changes to the Electoral Roll since the last annual meeting;
synod;
This Annual report covers all these areas and includes some statutory information about Safeguarding too. The PCC hope and pray that in reading it you will be encouraged by what God was doing amongst us in 2022.
Dave Berry Vicar and Chair of the PCC.
Electoral Roll
At the time of the Annual Meeting in 2022, 41 names were entered on the electoral roll.
Since then, three new names have been entered on the roll, and one removed. Therefore, our electoral roll at the APCM held in 2023 stands at 43.
Only those entered on the electoral roll can vote for members of the PCC or attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
Dave Berry
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the proceedings of the PCC and the activities of the parish in general;
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for the year ending 31 December;
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the fabric of the building; and
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the proceedings of the deanery
Vicar’s Report
2022 was a year when for most purposes things went back to normal after Covid.
There were lots of changes to our staff team in 2022. Rachel Price came to join
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us curate, completing her training with us until June 2025. Steph Darbyshire moved on from our Children and Families Worker role at the end of her Centenary Project Worker contract. Kate Davies also left the office to start training as a midwife. We were joined by Abbey Hudson, providing support to the CMA team and Kate Hague as our new Children and Families Worker.
At St Peter’s we look at our church life through five lenses. Adoration, Belonging, Compassion, Discipleship and Evangelism.
Adoration: This looks at our worshipping life as a church. Our Sunday attendances were very depleted at the start of 2022, but they have steadily increased across the year. On a usual Sunday in 2022, 39 people came to church. This is an increase from 2019. We also saw the Wednesday communion It’ was not unusual for service flourish. this to have 8-12 people attending. We started a new pattern of services for Easter including a Sunrise service which was well attended.
Belonging: Little Fishes and Cuppa are mentioned elsewhere in this report. We have continued with Connection, our church family meal once a fortnight. Numbers attending are still good and it’s a great opportunity for people to get together and chat. It was a joy to celebrate with Strawberry Tea and to
have the Vermuyden Concert Band back in the building for a Christmas concert.
Compassion: There are updates on CMA Bentley and our new initiative, the Uniform Bank elsewhere in this report. We also have an away giving goal. We try to give away a percentage of our income each year to other causes. Those causes have been: Bentley Baptist Community Foodbank, Doncaster Youth for Christ, Betel UK and Grassroots. As you will see from the accounts, we ended our year with a significant deficit, so we were unable to meet our 6% aim. The PCC have kept this aspiration in 2023.
Discipleship: Reading the Bible and praying are the key aspects of personal discipleship and we continued to publish our five-a-day readings online to help with that. Pattern Groups are still not embedded in our church life, but there are plans to rectify this in 2023.
Evangelism: We held a mission week in October, supported by the team of Evangelists in the Diocese and continued to run Alpha each term sometimes online, sometimes in person and occasionally both!
2022 was a great year of recovering after the shocks of Covid-19 and we pray that it has left us in a good place to build from in 2023 and beyond.
Dave Berry
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Children and Families
Kate’s report cover’s the period since she started work at St Peter’s.
I started here at St Peter’s Bentley on Monday 26th September 2022 and knew straight away that this was my calling! My thanks and praise to God for this opportunity and blessing. I received a very warm and friendly welcome and felt at home. Welcome over, i was quickly thrown into the role (Ha Ha)
Little Fishes: As I started late in September, parents and carers had already formed friendship groups. I started to get to know everyone and remembering names.
Soon into October I decided to move tables and put out less chairs, to encourage parents and carers not to just sit in specific groups and to engage with their children. This seems to have worked nicely.
Generally, we will always get out the popular toys for children, but we do like to change the set up on a weekly basis, to keep things fresh. We also have arts and crafts out on the tables and a baby area. When I started, I asked for more faithbased toys as I want to bring more of a Christian feel to Fishes. specifically
As I got to know all the Fishes and their grown-ups and formed great friendships with them. I was now able to invite them to upcoming church events. This included: Mixed Fishes during half term and The Light Party on 31st October. Also, one of our church families started to attend Fishes and we have seen new people coming along.
During October Break we held an All-Age Fishes. Where we invited our Fishes siblings to join us whilst they were on school holidays.
We rounded the year off with our Fishes Christmas party which was a lovely day. Spent partly in church with faith-based crafts, music and prayers and partly in the hall, with a visit from Santa! 12 children attended the party.
So lastly just to say a HUGE thank you to Sue D, Chris W and Rachel P. Who are always with me and help make Fishes the friendly and fun group that it is. I literally could not do it without them.
Cuppa in the Car Park: Every Thursday morning during term time. Myself, Dave, Rachel and now back with us Dave W (Many thanks Dave)
Give out hot drinks (and stickers to the children) to the people of Bentley passing by the Church. Most often this is the parents and carers on their way to school next door, but also regulars who come for a chat.
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We now have some of the Fishes mums who stop to talk on a Thursday and we have found this a great place to pass on news of upcoming events.
This is also a place where people are able to just talk and get things off their chest and we will always listen and help where we can.
I was told recently that Cuppa was so appreciated by the community and people often only stopped for a chat, not the free drink!! Although the drink is never turned down! I was also asked if it could be extended to Friday as well!
with the session and always with a smile.
Schools: The school next door to Church came over for Explore Christmas. This was a fun day where the children enjoyed meeting people from the Bible, who were actually a part of the Nativity. The children also made paper angels, did an amazing Big Craft to take back to school and enjoyed some star biscuits as well!
It was a lovely day, enjoyed by all. With a BIG thank you to all involved, from the characters who looked great, to the big craft ladies and of course to our catering team. I am so thankful for all you did.
Cuppa is very relaxed and a great place to spread the good news of Jesus.
Lighthouse: Having only done one Lighthouse session in 2022, its hard to get a feel for it yet!
This is our y4 to y6 aged children’s discipleship group. Where we have an informal approach and a chance for children to pick up a Bible, as we learn and ask questions about Jesus and our Faith together. After learning we offer a host of relatable games, competitions and crafts. For these sessions we are using the Faith in Kids material and this happens from 6pm to 7.30pm once a month on the last Friday.
Unfortunately, there was only one child at the first session, but onwards and upwards towards seeing more faces in the future. Many thanks to Chris W who helps
Sunday 11.15am service: This is our 4 W’s service for everyone. This format has worked well for us, but as the number of children has been increasing we held a consultation to see if there was value in taking the children to the fall for more child focussed input. The new service starts in January.
Light Party: The Light Party is held on 31st October and focuses on Jesus the light of the world. It was a popular and fun event, open to all in the church children’s sessions and their families.
We had lots of light crafts including making a candle, face painting, the donut game and a treasure hunt! A huge thank you to everyone who made the event possible.
Kate Hague.
Children and Families Worker
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CMA Bentley
CMA Bentley is our debt and money advice service. It is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
provider of debt advice in the borough with a reputation for getting the “job done” to help clients with debt and financial capability. It is the “go to” service for referrals from Doncaster North Social Services teams, St. Leger Homes and the Youth Offending team. We partner with other organisations to provide sim cards for mobile data, hygiene products, food parcels, insolvency fees and any other material need a client may have.
Abigail Clarke is now an Approved Intermediary for Debt Relief Orders (DRO) which means we don’t have to go to a thirdparty provider for DRO’s. She can submit applications directly to the Insolvency Service and provide a faster turnaround for clients.
Abigail Hudson joined the team as an administrator, relieving the debt advisors of admin work, so they can give more time to appointments and see more clients.
With a growing team and an increase in demand, we relocated to Conyers Road in October, which provides a professional and private setting for client appointments.
2022 Statistics
New clients 67
Total debt £817,463.29
DRO’s 28 – this makes up 48.3% of our case load!!
You can help CMA Bentley by praying for funding, to keep the service going and for
the team for resilience in a demanding service.
Karen Jones
CMA Centre Manager
St Peter’s Uniform Bank
This service is run by Abbey Clarke and Sarah Farmer. It is open during term time on Fridays 9-11am and the first Saturday of every month 10am-12pm.
In October 2022 St Peters launched another community project – St Peters Uniform Bank. We opened this in response to the cost of living crisis as the sad reality is more and more families are already having to make difficult decisions about eating or heating their homes. Giving out free school uniforms frees up money in peoples budgets to help ease the burden of these difficult financial decisions. Not only is it good for the purse strings, but it is good for the environment. We have recycled significant amounts of uniform that would have otherwise gone to landfill.
It started small , based in the Church, but moved to the Town End Community Hub at Conyers Road as soon as we had the keys as it needed more space. The clothes are always donated, but we have been blessed enough to be awarded some grants which have allowed us to
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buy new school shoes in as we were struggling to get good quality donations of secondhand ones.
We have built links with Asda at the Dome who are so generous in donating their unsold stock to us. We have been working with the local schools getting them to hold recycling days for us where parents can drop off outgrown but not out used uniforms that then finds its way to us. The schools have been critical to our marketing strategy too, sharing our leaflets with their parents. We think we are starting to become well known, but there is lots more work to do around this.
To the end of 2022 we had helped 73 children.
The uniform bank continues to grow. Please pray for finances as we look to streamline our operations and more volunteers to help sort clothes and serve our clients.
Finance Summary 2022 was a challenging year for our church finances.
In 2022 we received a total income of£108,058 (2021:£99,245) and we spent a total of £123,213 (2020:£105,456).
In years gone by, people would have been paid in cash and many of them had
a stash of envelopes behind the clock on the mantelpiece which they used to budget that cash. Under charity accounting rules we have to keep money in envelopes to make sure we spend it on what it was given for. There are three envelopes we have to use when reporting our income and expenditure, but for the day to day management of the money, there are more!
Envelope 1 is money that has been given that can be used for any purpose. This includes all our Sunday morning giving, standing orders, direct debits, a chunk of the fees for weddings and funerals, the rental money from the Hall and so on. In Charity speak this is called the General Fund.
Envelope 2 is money that has been given for a specific purpose. So grants for a children and families worker or towards CMA Bentley, or the Uniform Bank. These are called Restricted Funds. In reality each purpose for which money has been given has to have its own envelope, but all the restricted funds are grouped together for this report.
Envelope 3 contains money that has been invested for the church. These are called endowments. If the value of the investments increases that money stays in envelope 3. Any dividends or interest on the money goes into the other envelopes depending on how the endowment was set up.
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So looking at the three envelopes:
General Fund
Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018.
General
| General Fund | |
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| b/f from 2021. | +£6,319 |
| Income 2022 | +£66,298 |
| Expenditure 2022 | -£74,636 |
| Adjustments c/f to 2023 |
+£11 -£2,009 |
| Restricted Funds | |
| b/f from 2021. | +£50,215 |
| Income 2022 Expenditure 2022 |
+£39,791 -£45,576 |
| Adjustments | -£11 |
| c/f to 2023 | +£41,419 |
| Endowment Fund | |
| b/f from 2021. | +£5,263 |
| Increase in funds c/f to 2023 |
+£1,969 +£7,231 |
As you can see, our general fund ended 2022 in deficit. To remain compliant with charity law, we must bring this back into surplus at the earliest possible opportunity. The full accounts, independently examined by Nic Davison, Chartered Management Accountants in Toll Bar, are at the end of this report.
Fabric Report
This report is made to the parochial church council and annual parochial church meeting under the Ecclesiastical
The general state of the fabric is good. General maintenance, repairs and service checks have all been maintained. Ian Hurst continues to maintain the grounds of the church.
We have welcomed the bell ringers back in 2022, it is so joyful to hear them going and express great thanks to the bell ringers who are being very generous in taking care of the bell tower.
The quinquennial report was due to be completed in November 2022, but our architect was unable to complete the work in time. This will be completed in 2023.
We still employ Joanne as our cleaner for the community hall which is thriving . The hall is used every day during the week and we have also seen and increase in party bookings too. We had a visit from the council in May 2022 and we were given another 5* hygiene rating which is brilliant news.
Whilst the community hall is busy it is falling into a sorry state. We are desperate for the hall to be refurbished, and Alec has made a start on this in 2022. He has completed a consultation, and we have had a survey done by the architects. We are waiting on the next steps, but the work is well overdue.
We have continued to be blessed in 2022 by flowers provided by Anne Siddle and the Tree and decorations at Christmas.
Work completed in 2022: Fire alarm and extinguisher service
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Gas inspection Organ Service Lightening conductor service Windows fixed inside church Rebuild of one boundary wall Clock repairs NBC environment visit confirming no further pigeon breech in the building
Abbey Clarke and Karen Jones Churchwardens
Safeguarding
At St Peter’s we want to make sure that everyone is safe. We follow the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team’s Policies and Practice Guidance with due regard to the House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
Deanery Synod
The Deanery Synod met three times in 2022.
In February we heard from Dr Cathy Rhodes, the Diocesan Environment She talked about the Officer. commitment of the church to reach net zero by 2030 and about the Arocha Eco Church awards as a way to start on this path.
In July Hannah Sandoval helped us to explore what it means to live as lights for Christ in our daily lives and communities.
Training outstanding at 31[st] December 2022.
C2 Training
Two people’s C2 training expired in November and was still outstanding at the year end.
C1 Training
It is the policy of the PCC that all members complete C1 training and that they all have a valid DBS check in place in line with Charity Commission guidance for charities that work with children.
Six people’s C1 training expired in 2022 and was outstanding at the end of the year.
Gillian Genders
Parish Safeguarding Officer
In October, we were joined by Keith Mallon and Libby Culmer to hear about the Diocesan finances and the help and support available to parishes
Dave Berry
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About Us
St Peter’s Bentley is a Parish Church in a the Church of England. We are part of mission area with St Mary’s Sprotbrough.
Our Vicar is Revd Dave Berry.
The church is governed by the Parochial Church Council (PCC). The members of the PCC are elected by the members of the church and serve for three years, one third being up for re-election each year.
Before the elections at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on the 14[th] May 2023 the members of the PCC are:
Revd David Berry (ex officio. Chair) Abigail Clarke (ex officio Churchwarden) Stephanie Darbyshire (ex officio
Diocesan Synod)
Kate Davies
Gillian Genders (Parish Safeguarding Officer)
Ann Gray (ex officio, member of Diocesan Synod, and Deanery Synod) Karen Jones (Churchwarden and member of Deanery Synod) Patricia Paine (ex officio, Deanery Synod)
The church is on Bentley High Street and the office is in St Peter’s Community Hall. Our postal address is
St Peter’s Team Hub
St Peter’s Community Hall High Street Bentley DONCASTER DN5 0AA
Our phone number is 01302 495855 CMA Bentley can be contacted on 01302 637336.
hello@stpetersbentley.org hello@cmabentley.org
stpetersbentley.org cmabentley.org
CMA Bentley, our debt advice centre, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Bentley is a registered charity and our charity number is 1191023.
Revd Rachel Price (ex officio)
Anne Siddle Liz Talbot
Christine Walker
David Walker
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Financial Statements: Summary and Income
Church Accounts to 31 December 2022
These accounts are prepared on an accruals basis.
| 2022 | 2021* | |
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| Income | £ | £ |
| Unrestricted Funds | 66,298 | 47,761 |
| Restricted Funds | 41,760 | 51,484 |
| Total Income | 108,058 | 99,245 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Unrestricted Funds | 74,637 | 50,209 |
| Restricted Funds | 48,576 | 55,121 |
| Total Expenditure | **123,213 ** | 105,331 |
We include more detail below.
The General Fund
This money given to the church with no restriction on how it can be spent.
| 2022 | 2021* | |
|---|---|---|
| INCOME | £ | £ |
| Giving | 23,244 | 20,318 |
| Planned Giving | 21,342 | 17,811 |
| Loose Plate / Card Collections | 1,902 | 2,507 |
| Donations | 2,934 | 5,271 |
| Tax Recovered on Gift Aided Donations | 4,593 | 3,616 |
| Fundraising | 1,012 | 0 |
| Church Activities | 6,248 | 4,936 |
| Parish Fees (weddings/funerals etc.) | 4,378 | 3,145 |
| Events and Groups | 1,870 | 1,791 |
| Trading Activities | 19,701 | 8,388 |
| Hall Rental | 19,371 | 8,298 |
| Bookshop Income | 330 | 90 |
| Legacies | 0 | 0 |
| Grants | 8,476 | 5,233 |
| Investment Income (bank interest etc.) | 90 | 0 |
| Other Income | 0 | 0 |
| Total Income | 66,298 | 47,761 |
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Financial Statements: Expenditure
| EXPENDITURE | 2022 | 2021* |
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| Adoration | 1,675 | 1,288 |
| Church Supplies | 849 | 824 |
| Copyright Licenses / Live Streams | 826 | 464 |
| Belonging | 1,305 | 959 |
| Hospitality and catering | 1,138 | 452 |
| Living Hope Occasional Ofces |
0 167 |
405 102 |
| Compassion | 3,980 | 999 |
| Away Giving | 3,286 | 999 |
| CMA Bentley Costs | 500 | 0 |
| Uniform Bank Costs | 194 | 0 |
| Discipleship | 73 | 43 |
| Evangelism | 1,120 | 826 |
| Alpha and Evangelism | 117 | 143 |
| Making Church Digital | 31 | 448 |
| Schools Work | 261 | 134 |
| Literature Giveaways | 55 | 100 |
| Mission Week | 656 | 0 |
| Fabric and Finance | 19,185 | 9,887 |
| Church Insurance | 3,956 | 4,087 |
| Church Maintenance | 3,959 | 3,053 |
| Church Re-ordering Costs | 4,829 | 0 |
| Church Utilities | 6,441 | 2,747 |
| Governance | 342 | 0 |
| Independent Examiner | 300 | 0 |
| Bad Debts (unpaid hall invoices) | 42 | 0 |
| Trading Costs | 6,467 | 3,587 |
| Hall Maintenance | 2,063 | 1,874 |
| Hall Utilities | 3,908 | 1,648 |
| Bookshop Cost of Sales | 496 | 65 |
| Staff Costs | 34,656 | 28,628 |
| Verger | 240 | 235 |
| Salaries, Pensions and National Ins. | 15,779 | 11,849 |
| Training and Expenses | 600 | 0 |
| Common Fund | 16,970 | 16,000 |
| Vicar’s expenses (inc. water bill) | 1,067 | 544 |
| Other Costs | 5,834 | 3,993 |
| Parish Administration | 3,907 | 3,234 |
| Church Groups and Events | 1,237 | 475 |
| Other Costs | 196 | 220 |
| Fundraising | 483 | 64 |
| Deanery Contributions | 11 | 0 |
| Total Expenditure | 74,637 | 50,209 |
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Financial Statements: Summary and Restricted Funds
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Total Income 66,298 47,761
Total Expenditure 74,637 50,209
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year (8,339) (2,448)
Transferred (to) from other funds 11 2,336
Brought Forward from 2021 6,319 6,431
Funds carried forward to 2022 (2009) 6,319
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Restricted Funds
spent on those purposes.
Building and Maintenance Fund Fund
This fund was established in 2021 to collect money from our community towards the maintenance of the Church building, it now also includes money charged to couples who wish to have the bells rung at their wedding towards the costs of maintaining the tower.
| Opening Balance | 29 |
|---|---|
| Donations (Bells) | 40 |
| Donations (Other) | 5 |
| Gift Aid | 1 |
| Closing Balance | 76 |
Children and Families Worker
This fund is where we keep the grant funding for our Children and Families Worker
| Opening Balance | 0 |
|---|---|
| Grant (Bramhall Trust) | 5,949 |
| Expenses | (3,145) |
| Closing Balance | 2,804 |
CMA Bentley Trust Fund
This fund was established in 2021 to collect money for CMA Bentley clients in need. For example, if they are on a Debt Relief Order and unable to take out credit, but have a crisis, such as their cooker breaks.
| Opening Balance | 215 |
|---|---|
| Donations | 330 |
| Gift Aid | 69 |
| Client Needs | (244) |
| Closing Balance | 369 |
Little Fishes Fund
This fund holds a grant for the purchase of musical instruments .
Opening Balance 0 Grant (St Agatha’s) 500 Closing Balance 500
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Financial Statements: Restricted Funds
Vicar’s Fund for Mission
This money has been given to enable the Vicar to spend small amounts at his discretion on things that will forward the mission of the Church.
Opening Balance 11 Transferred to General Fund (11) Closing Balance 0
St Peter’s Flood Fund
The final balance of the flood fund 31 December 2019 was correctly reported in our last accounts, but the income and expenditure was not. So the full information is recorded here
Opening Balance 4,418 Flood Relief (263) Closing Balance 4,155
St Peter’s Uniform Bank
The Uniform Bank was a new initiative started in 2022. for the Uniform Bank.
ank. |
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| Opening Balance | 0 |
| Grants | 388 |
| Donations | 236 |
| Gift Aid | 13 |
| Expenses | (608) |
| Closing Balance | 457 |
South Yorkshire Community Foundation Flood Relief Grant
This is the grant we receive from SYCF which pays for CMA Bentley
| Opening Balance | 45,541 |
|---|---|
| SYCF Grant | 21,922 |
| Expenditure | (43,889) |
| Closing Balance | 23,575 |
Well Doncaster Grant
This is a grant we received from Well Doncaster towards the costs of preparing a project to refurbish the Community Hall.
mmunity Hall. |
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|---|---|
| Opening Balance | 0 |
| Grant (Well Doncaster) | 9,911 |
| Expenditure | (428) |
| Closing Balance | 9,483 |
Endowment Funds
The Estate of Lieutenant Atkinson-Jowett made an endowment to the church which is invested for the benefit of the parish. The money has to be spent on a stipend for the incumbent, so any proceeds are paid directly to the Diocese.
d directly to the Diocese. |
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| Closing Balance | 5,263 |
| Revaluation of assets | 1,969 |
| Closing Balance | 7,231 |
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Financial Statements: Balance Sheet
Balance Sheet for St Peter’s Bentley as at 31 December 2022
| Balance Sheet for St Peter’s Bentley as at 31 December | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Current Assets | 31-12-22 | 31-12-21* |
| NatWest Current Account | 10,072 | 429 |
| CAF Bank | 26,674 | 52,227 |
| CCLA Deposit A/c | 4,224 | 4,167 |
| CCLA Shares A/c | 7,231 | 5,263 |
| Petty Cash in safe | 2,130 | 1,993 |
| Debtors | 2,415 | 2,598 |
| Bookshop Stock | 396 | 323 |
| Total Assets | 53,142 | 67,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Wedding Fees | 150 | 300 |
| Garden of Remembrance | 270 | 270 |
| Accruals | 2,987 | 0 |
| Creditors | 3,094 | 4,634 |
| Total Liabilities | 6,501 | 5,204 |
| Net Assets | 46,641 | 61,797 |
| This is represented by our funds as previously listed | ||
| General Fund (including designated funds) | (2009) | 6,319 |
| Building and Maintenance Fund (restricted) | 76 | 29 |
| Children and Families Worker (restricted) | 2,804 | 0 |
| CMA Bentley Trust Fund (restricted) | 369 | 215 |
| Little Fishes | 500 | 0 |
| Vicar’s Fund for Mission (restricted) | 0 | 11 |
| St Peter’s Flood Fund (restricted) | 4,155 | 4,418 |
| St Peter’s Uniform Bank | 457 | 0 |
| South Yorkshire Community Foundation Flood Response | 23,575 | 45,541 |
| Well Doncaster | 9,483 | 0 |
| Jowett Bequest (restricted) | 7,231 | 5,263 |
| Total Funds of the Church | 46,641 | 61,797 |
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Financial Statements: Independent Examiner’s Report
Independent Examiner's report to the trustees/members of St Peter's Church, Bentley, DONCASTER, DN5 0AA
I report on the year ended 31 December 2022
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act),
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 43(7) of the Act), and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiners's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts represent a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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which gives cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of theAct; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act; have not been met; or
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to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
Signed Nic Davison
Date 23/03/2022
Prepared by :
Davison & Co Accountants Ltd Manor View Chambers
294-296 Askern Road
Toll Bar DONCASTER DN5 0QN
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