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2022-12-31-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 December 2022

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All Angels Church, Farnsfield

Registered with the Charity Commission Number 1192128

Table of Contents

  1. Trustees Report

  2. Receipts and Payments Account

  3. Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  4. 4-6. Notes to the Financial Statements

  5. Independent Examiner’s Report

2022 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of St Michael and All Angels, Farnsfield.

Aims and purposes

St Michael and All Angels Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Chris Pearse, in promoting the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Objectives and Activities

In line with our Growing Disciples Plan and our ‘10-in-10’ Vision (to see ‘10% of the people in Farnsfield living as devoted followers of Jesus within 10 years’ ) the PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to engage with church, become part of our worshipping communities, and grow in their faith and discipleship to Jesus. The PCC maintains an overview of worship and mission throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services and ministries might best connect with the diverse community in which we are placed. Our gathered worship enables us to put faith into practice through prayer and Scripture, music and sacrament and equips us to go out and share the Good News of Jesus with our community.

When planning our activities for the year, we have consideration for the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion through:

To facilitate this work, it is important that we are good stewards of the financial and material resources that we have.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Worship and Prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services and opportunities for prayer and worship during the week and over the course of the year that connect with our local community and equip us all to go deeper in our faith and discipleship to Jesus.

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We have identified some key markers/values for our life together as a church: ‘Praying, Sowing, Serving, Growing’ and are working to embed these in to the culture of our church’s life and ministry.

Our new regular service pattern (established in September 2021) of two Sunday morning services (9.15am & 10.30am) continued throughout 2022 and has bedded in well. These two services are intentionally different in style and aim to connect with different groups of people within our community. It has been wonderful to see both of these services flourish over this past year and to see many new people finding a home at St Michael’s alongside our longstanding members. To keep a sense of togetherness we have enjoyed the occasional shared service and our shared coffee times between the services each week are always a good time to get to know one another. It has been a joy too to have a number of ‘Friendship and Fun’ gatherings throughout the year which have enabled people from across our congregations to meet, chat and enjoy fellowship.

Our 9.15am service has retained the same service pattern with Holy Communion services on the 1[st] & 3[rd] Sundays of the month and Morning Praise services on the 2[nd] & 4[th] Sundays. The organist and choir’s regular involvement in leading our sung worship has been hugely appreciated and greatly enhances our services. The 10.30am service has grown over the last year to around 40 adults and over 20 children most weeks. It’s been great to see growing involvement too with many joining the various Sunday morning teams (including the Hospitality & Welcome team, the Children’s team, and the Band).

Our dedicated team of Licensed Lay Ministers & Clergy continue to do a great job leading and preaching week by week and we are very grateful to have such an experienced and committed team. It was wonderful to welcome Trine Pearse as our latest LLM (with a focus upon outreach/10.30am service) in October 2022 after she completed her two-year training with the diocese.

We have enjoyed special services at Easter, Harvest, Remembrance and Christmas, as well as joint services with our Cluster, and special ‘Remembering Service’ for those who have lost loved ones in recent years. Particular highlights in 2022 were our Adult Baptism service after Easter (where 4 adults were baptised/renewed their baptism vows) and the church and school’s involvement with BBC Radio Nottingham’s Christmas Carol Service.

Whilst we were not able to Livestream many services in 2022, we have continued to upload Sunday talks and readings to our Youtube channel which

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has been well used and remains a good way to stay connected with those unable to attend services and to reach out to others within our community.

Connect our After-School Church has met fortnightly through term time in 2022 and now seems to have re-established itself well after covid. We have seen some growth to our dedicated team which has been welcome, and though numbers are still slightly down from pre-covid levels, our gatherings have been well attended (with around 30-40 children coming each time). It has been good to welcome visitors throughout the year from other churches/schools around the diocese who are interested in setting up a similar schools-based provision and encouraging to see a number of other ‘Connect’ churches emerge. We’ve also enjoyed some exciting ‘Connect Specials’ throughout 2022 including a Good Friday Trail, a Light Party, and Nativity Trail. These have all been great fun and have enabled us to connect and share the message of God’s love with yet more children and families within our local community.

Tuesday Morning Prayer on Zoom and Bible Chat Fellowship on Thursday’s at 11am have continued each week, providing encouragement and spiritual nourishment to those attending, and the Ark Coffee morning also resumed in 2022 providing a welcoming place for people to come and enjoy time together.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life; in marriage, public vows are exchanged with God’s blessing; through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life that is now complete in this world, and commend the person into God’s keeping. In 2022 we had 19 baptisms and 3 weddings . We also had 8 funerals in church, 9 funerals at local crematoria, and 11 burial of ashes in the churchyard.

At present there are 84 parishioners on the church electoral roll . 5 names were added during the year and 2 were removed (either through death or because they moved away from the parish).

Deanery Synod

Two members of the PCC sit on the Deanery Synod (Ian Boothroyd & Corinne Moore) and in 2022 Ian Boothroyd replaced Geoff Illingworth on the Deanery Standing Committee. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider work and mission of the Deanery and Diocese.

Pastoral Care

There continues to be a good network of informal support within our church and village community, and throughout 2022 good progress was made in developing

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plans around a St Michael’s Visiting Team. This team will offer spiritual and pastoral support to those who are housebound, bereaved, or in need of support in our village. More work will follow on this in 2023.

The ‘Remembering Service’ held in December was hugely appreciated by those who attended and provided a good opportunity to provide ongoing care and support to those who have been recently bereaved.

Staffing & Volunteers

Throughout 2022 Andy Proffitt has continued his work as our Children and Families Minister at St Michael’s. As well as leading the children’s groups at our 10.30am Sunday service and increasing his involvement with Connect, Andy has been able to build on our strong connections with the school and has contributed widely to our mission and ministry as a church. Most recently Andy has worked with a team to begin a new Toddler group (Shining Stars) which meets on Tuesday mornings in the village and enables us to build connections and offer support to those with young families.

Angela Main continues to bring much enthusiasm, dedication, and support in her role as our Operational Assistant at St Michael’s. This role, alongside administrative tasks, includes assisting the vicar and PCC in the strategic and operational development of St Michael’s Church.

Charlie Matthews has continued in his role as our church organist, and we very much appreciate his contribution to our worship at St Michael’s week by week (alongside Jackie Smith too of course as our choir leader). Alison Slinger continues to offer accounting support to the church Treasurer and PCC and we remain hugely thankful for her invaluable support and input.

Inspiration Charity Shop has gone from strength to strength in 2022 and continues to be a real blessing to both the village at large and to the church. We are very thankful to all those who volunteer their time and energy there. Particular thanks go to Christine McGregor and Janet Boothroyd for all they do in leading the shop team and for all the dedication and hard work they put in.

In 2022 we also appointed a new Parish Safeguarding Officer, Kim Smith and we are very grateful to Kim for stepping into this important role. She brings a wealth of knowledge with her and has already demonstrated a real care and dedication to the role in her first few months since her appointment.

One other key role that was established in 2022 was a Creche Team Leader to help oversee and lead our creche team and provision at our 10.30am services. We are hugely grateful to Lyndsay Townsend for stepping into this role with

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such enthusiasm and for the really positive developments she has already initiated.

We of course remain reliant upon our many dedicated volunteers for our mission and ministry to flourish as a church. It’s a huge team effort and we are hugely grateful to all those who give of their time, money, and skills to support the work here in so many different ways.

Mission and Evangelism

Helping those in need is a core part of our Christian faith and witness and we seek to support our local community and those further afield in a number of ways.

As a church we have now developed a Missional Giving Strategy and identified a number of charities/mission organisations that we wish to support going forward. This includes our new CMS (Church Mission Society) Mission Partners, Rosie & Stu Bayford (who are based in North-Eastern Brazil), the Trussell Trust, Betel, and the Emmaus Project in Newark. The aim with these ‘Mission Partners’ is that alongside offering financial support we can develop meaningful relationships with them and offer prayerful and practical help in other ways. The next time the Bayfords are in the UK they will be keen to come and visit us and to share a little more about their work in Brazil and about how we can be praying for them. Alongside this, the Charity Shop team chose a number of other charities and initiatives to support each year and this year charities such as Newark Women’s Refuge and the Samaritans have been supported financially.

St Michael’s remains heavily involved in the Foodbank effort across the village with a number of church members on the Foodbank team. A new Refugee Support Group has also started up in 2022 with the aim of helping support refugees in the local area and their support families.

Our Steering Group continues to work within our Growing Disciples Plan to develop and shape our missional direction as a church and we had a great PCC and Leadership Team Away Day in October where we discerned a number of focus areas for the time ahead. This included homegroup development, provision for youth/young people, and development of a website for the church.

We had a wonderful Alpha Course at the start of 2022 which was well attended and enabled people who were newer to faith to explore the big questions of life together and go deeper in their understanding. The course was well received and

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it was a joy to see four of those who attended going on to be baptised/re-affirm their baptisms in the April following.

Our St Michael’s Choir continues to provide a great opportunity to invite members of our village into our church community and enjoy singing together. After a break during covid it was lovely to have another choir concert again in the autumn. This was really well attended and a lovely event to invite people to.

Alongside our existing ministries some new missional initiatives (such as the new toddler group) have emerged through 2022 and we continue to look for fresh opportunities to strengthen relationships and connect with a variety of people and organisations within our village.

Financial Review

The income from planned giving increased by 17% to £26,649 in 2022, building on the 15% increase from 2021. Grant income of £13,000 is detailed in the notes to the accounts.

The income from the Inspiration charity shop has continued to improve as things open up again following the pandemic.

£82,339 was spent from unrestricted funds to provide the Christian ministry from St Michael and All Angels Church, including the contribution to the diocesan parish share that largely covers the stipends and housing costs for the clergy, alongside diocese support and training of new lay and ordained ministers.

In addition, £26,104 was spent on the running costs of the Inspiration charity shop. The net result for the year was an excess of receipts over payments of £5,125 on unrestricted funds. Adding bank and deposit balances brought forward at the beginning of the year, the balances carried forward at 31[st] December on unrestricted funds totalled £134,417, of which £45,000 has been set aside to meet the trading costs of the charity shop and is carried forward as a designated fund.

The restricted funds of £65,650 are detailed in the accounts.

Reserves Policy

It is a good PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that equates to at least three months’ unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to £15,000. It is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The cash balance of £134,417 held on unrestricted (including designated) funds at the year end more than covers this requirement.

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Structure, governance and management

The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure.

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Michael and All Angels, the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), churchwardens, and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish, including deciding how the funds of the PCC are to be spent in line with our mission and ministry objectives.

Administrative information

St Michael and All Angels Church is situated in Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire. It is part of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham within the Church of England. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2011) and a charity registered with the charity commission.

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PCC members who have served at any time from 1 January 2022 until the date this report was approved are:

Ex officio members:

Elected Deanery Synod Representatives (and ex officio members of the PCC):

Elected members PCC:

Co-opted members:

Officers Appointed by the PCC:

Approved by the PCC on: 14[th] March 2023

and signed on their behalf by:

(Rev Chris Pearse)

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Independent examiner’s report to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical parish of St Michael and All Angel's Church, Farnsfield

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Jennifer Jones ACA

2 The Sandholes Farnsfield Newark NG22 8HQ

19 April 2023

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH FARNSFIELD

Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2022

Receipts and Payments Accounts

Note
RECEIPTS
Voluntary receipts:
Planned Giving
Collections at services
Gift Aid recovered
Donations
Legacies
Grants
1
Activites for generating funds
Inspiration Charity Shop
2
Fundraising
Investment Income
Church activities (Wedding and Funeral Fees)
Total receipts
PAYMENTS
Church Activities
Parish Share
Clergy and staffing costs
3
Church Services
4
Administration
5
Church premises costs
6
Other expenses
7
Mission giving and donations
8
Costs of generating funds
9
Total Payments
Excess of receipts over payments
Transfers between funds
Cash at bank and in hand at 1 January
Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2022
£
£
£
25,649
1,000
26,649
2,735
389
3,124
5,890
139
6,029
1,605
1,000
2,605
3,000
3,000
13,000
13,000
38,879
15,528
54,407
64,855
64,855
499
499
294
576
870
9,041
9,041
113,568
16,104
129,672
38,448
38,448
11,601
16,406
28,007
10,388
643
11,031
3,618
88
3,706
14,534
2,307
16,841
0
665
665
3,750
1,243
4,993
82,339
21,352
103,691
26,104
26,104
108,443
21,352
129,795
5,125
-5,248
-123
62
-62
0
5,187
-5,310
-123
129,230
70,960
200,190
134,417
65,650
200,067		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2021
£
£
£
22,721
22,721
695
553
1,248
5,721
5,721
1,645
500
2,145
0
0
18,529
49,513
68,042
49,311
50,566
99,877
29,236
29,236
72
72
14
13
27
7,659
7,659
86,292
50,579
136,871
26,724
26,724
4,405
14,594
18,999
5,419
273
5,692
2,378
272
2,650
8,859
2,297
11,156
804
24,108
24,912
3,420
3,420
52,009
41,544
93,553
21,521
21,521
73,530
41,544
115,074
12,762
9,035
21,797
0
0
0
12,762
9,035
21,797
116,468
61,925
178,393
129,230
70,960
200,190

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH FARNSFIELD

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Cash Funds
Cash in hand
Inspiration cash in hand
Bank current account 1
Bank current account 2
Bank deposit account 1
Bank deposit account 2
CCLA Deposit Fund - Organ
CCLA Deposit Fund - Redevelopment
COIF Deposit Account
Other monetary assets
Honey Sales
Gift Aid recoverable
Investment assets
Holliday COIF 406 Income units market value
Liabilities
Paye and Nic due to HMRC
Statutory Fees Due to the Diocese		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2022
£
£
£
25
25
108
108
24,627
1,000
25,627
7,679
7,679
963
36,338
37,301
101,015
101,015
8,769
8,769
16,071
16,071
3,472
3,472
134,417
65,650
200,067
81
81
1,172
1,172
7,369
684
684
460
460		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2021
£
£
£
25
25
71
71
17,181
5,990
23,171
11,166
11,166
0
37,233
37,233
100,787
100,787
8,655
8,655
15,863
15,863
3,219
3,219
129,230
70,960
200,190
1,153
1,153
8,350
667
667
470
470

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH FARNSFIELD

Further Analysis of Receipts and Payments Accounts

The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.

The movements in designated and restricted funds during the year were:

Unrestricted and Designated
General Fund
Support Fund
Trading Reserve Fund		 Bal b/fwd
Receipts
Transfer
Payments
Bal b/fwd
80,928
113,568
2,754
-107,833
89,417
3,302
-2,692
-610
0
45,000
45,000
129,230
113,568
62
-108,443
134,417

The PCC set aside £10,000 of unrestricted funds into a designated Support Fund in 2020 to make grants to people and organisations who have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In 2022 grants of £610 were made from this fund, then the remainder was transferred back into the general fund.

Restricted
Organ Fund
Redevelopment Fund
Royal British Legion
Growing Disciples Fund - Equipment
Youthwork
Farnsfield Youth Charity
Seth Hurt Holliday Charity
Churchyard Fund
Total Funds		 Bal b/fwd
Receipts
Transfer
Payments
Bal b/fwd
9,155
1,114
75
10,344
32,453
209
-2,307
30,355
553
527
-137
-943
0
4,880
-1,396
3,484
2,406
13,000
1,000
-16,406
0
17,843
-1,000
16,843
3,670
254
-300
3,624
0
1,000
1,000
70,960
16,104
-62
-21,352
65,650
200,190
129,672
0
-129,795
200,067

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH FARNSFIELD

Further Analysis of Receipts and Payments Accounts

Receipts
1
Grants:
Retail Grant to Charity Shop
Listed Places of Worship Scheme
Growing Disciples Funding SNDBF
SNDBF funding for Youthwork
Church House Trust for youthwork
Farnsfield Youth Charity
Seth Hurt Holliday Charity		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2022
£
£
£
0
0
0
10,000
10,000
3,000
3,000
0
0
0
13,000
13,000		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2021
£
£
£
18,143
18,143
386
386
11,000
11,000
12,000
12,000
5,000
5,000
17,843
17,843
3,670
3,670
18,529
49,513
68,042

The Growing Disciples Funding grant of £11,000 was made by Southwell and Nottingham Board of Financein 2021. Of this grant £4000 was towards the audio visual equipment costs which has now been expended in full. £2,000 was for setting up new worshipping communities, and this has also been expended in full. Of the £4,000 for Childrens and Youth projects there is £2,623.69 remaining to spend. Of the £1,000 for equipment for livestreaming from church there is £860.58 left to spend.

SNDBF have funded the first £12,000 towards the costs of the youthworker in 2021 and £10,000 in 2022. There will be a final amount of £8,000 in 2023.

The Farnsfield Youth Charity number 522217 was closed in 2021 and the funds transferred to a resticted fund of the PCC. The objective of the fund is for the spritual, educational, moral, physical and recreational wants of the youth of the neighbourhood, provided that no grant is hostile to or inconsistent with the welfare or principles of the Church of England.

The Seth Hurt Holliday Charity number 241311 was closed in 2021 and the funds transferred to a restricted fund of the PCC. The objective of the fund is to make distributions amongst the poor of Farnsfield regardless of religious belief or sect.

2
Inspiration charity shop income:
Takings
Dry Cleaning
Rags
Scrap and jewellery sales
Donations
Advertising fees (Gascoine)		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2022
£
£
£
59,307
59,307
2,417
2,417
1,303
1,303
628
628
0
0
1,200
1,200
64,855
0
64,855		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2021
£
£
£
26,641
26,641
962
962
370
370
46
46
17
17
1,200
1,200
29,236
0
29,236

The income from the charity shop has gradually returned to pre-pandemic levels.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH FARNSFIELD

Further Analysis of Receipts and Payments Accounts

Payments
3
Clergy and staffing costs:
Clergy expenses
Training
Youthworker staff costs
Administrator salary/fees
Accountancy fees
4
Church services:
Upkeep of services
Organist fees
Alpha and outreach
Children's activities
CONNECT
5
Administration:
Church running costs
Printing, Stationery, Other Admin
Fundraising costs
Licences
6
Church premises costs:
Professional fees
Insurance
Electricity
Water rates
Church maintenance
Churchyard expenses
7
Other expenses:
Equipment		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2022
£
£
£
241
241
561
561
3,737
16,406
20,143
5279
5,279
1,783
1,783
11,601
16,406
28,007
3,130
73
3,203
5,255
5,255
402
402
1,089
365
1,454
512
205
717
10,388
643
11,031
1,085
1,085
1,503
1,503
0
0
1,030
88
1,118
3,618
88
3,706
0
2,307
2,307
3,106
3,106
5,868
5,868
153
153
3,427
3,427
1,980
1,980
14,534
2,307
16,841
0
665
665		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2021
£
£
£
467
467
165
165
14,594
14,594
2329
2,329
1,444
1,444
4,405
14,594
18,999
1,395
1,395
2,693
2,693
260
260
876
273
1,149
195
195
5,419
273
5,692
175
16
191
1,637
25
1662
1
1
565
231
796
2,378
272
2,650
0
2,297
2,297
2,770
2,770
2,696
2,696
67
67
1,456
1,456
1,870
1,870
8,859
2,297
11,156
804
24,108
24,912

The equipment costs in 2021 include £22,215 for the audio visual equipment

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH FARNSFIELD

Further Analysis of Receipts and Payments Accounts

8
Mission Giving and Donations:
Newark Womens Aid
Remembrance Sunday to RBL
Air Ambulance
Caner Research UK
Unicef
Samaritans
Church Mission Society
Emmaus Trust
Beaumond House
Other donations
Retainer to the church Organist
Other Support Fund and SHH grants		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2022
£
£
£
600
600
943
943
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
1,500
1,500
500
500
0
20
20
0
610
300
910
3,750
1,243
4,993		 TOTAL
2021
£
600 from General Fund
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100 from General Fund
0 from General Fund
2,400 from Support Fund
320 from Support Fund
3,420

A collection taken at the Christingle service raised £115.05 which will be paid directly to the Childrens Society in 2023.

9
Costs of generating funds:
Charity shop expenditure
Rent
Rates
Electricity
Water
Insurance
Repairs and Renewals
Dry Cleaning account
Other costs		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2022
£
£
£
17,780
17,780
1,030
1,030
1611
1,611
332
332
508
508
991
991
1652
1,652
2200
2,200
26,104
0
26,104		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
funds
funds
2021
£
£
£
14,500
14,500
1,159
1,159
977
977
271
271
997
997
1246
1,246
766
766
1605
1,605
21,521
0
21,521