**Registered Charity no: 1193556** ## **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC** **REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** Chartered Accountants **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC** ## **CONTENTS** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Legal and administrative information 1
Report of the Board of Trustees 2 - 5
Independent examiner's report 6
Receipts and payments account 7-10
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**PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC** ## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** **Registered charity number** 1193556 **Registered address** 1 Portland Road Weymouth DT4 9ES ## **Administration** The Parish of Wyke Regis All Saints with St Edmund is situated in the Weymouth suburb of Wyke Regis and Lanehouse, Weymouth. It is a Church of England parish in the ecclesiastical diocese of Salisbury. The membership of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) consists of the incumbent, Licensed Lay Ministers, Churchwardens, and those elected to represent the congregation and the parish on the Deanery Synod who have to be members of the church electoral roll. The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules (CRR). All regular members of the Churches are encouraged to register on the Parish Electoral Roll. **PCC members during the period of this report were as follows:** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Incumbent Brother Alasdair Kay PCC Chair
Licencesd Lay Alan Macintosh
Minister
Janet Hall
Gary Hepburn Vice Chair
Jeffrey Thomas
Churchwardens
Caroline Elliot
Vacant
Maxine Legg
Diana McDonald
Deanery Synod
Rita Cheek
Diana Benn
Secretary Lyndsay Wiles
Treasurer Michael Dillistone
Elected Members Julie Norris
St Edmunds
Maxine Legge
Church
Carol Capole
Judy Walbrin
Derek Grifin
Leslie Seamark
Jane Thomas
Elected Members
Cheryl Wise
All Saints Church
Janice Hudson
Anothony Shearman
Yvonne Watmore
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- 1 - **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC** ## **REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_ ## **Aims and purposes** The PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, Rev’d Brother Alasdair Kay, who was instituted on 24 September 2019, in promoting within the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of All Saints Church, Wyke Regis and St Edmunds Church and Hall, Lanehouse. ## **Objectives and activities** ## **Public benefit** The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The objectives of the charity for the public benefit are as follows: The PCC is committed to working with the incumbent to provide an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere to everyone who wants to come to our churches to worship and to share in the wider life of our parish community. The PCC maintains a strategic overview of worship throughout the parish, and works with the incumbent on the development of worship, services and parish groups to ensure we provide worship and other activities for a wide range of the parish community. Our services, groups and worship put faith into practice through prayer, scripture, music and sacrament. The PCC ensures the fabric of our Church buildings is properly maintained, so that they are not only available as a place of worship, but also a venue for parish events, music concerts and activities of our schools within the parish. When planning our activities for the year, we considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through: •Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. •Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. •Missionary and outreach work. To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church buildings and Hall •To provide the Occasional Offices of Baptism, Weddings and Funerals for those people living in or connected to this Parish. ## **Achievements and performance** 2022 has been a time of emerging from the Covid 19 Pandemic. Services have taken a former rhythm with the adjustment of a very popular Café church service with Baptisms following on the first Sunday of the Month. We have continued to offer a livestream service on Sundays at our 09:30 service and have invested financially to ensure we have good equipment to provide this service. Funerals have still been conducted and a total of six weddings were carried out this year. During this period Rev’d Betty Port has continued as Priest with Permission to Officiate, and Janet Hall has served as Local Lay Minister with Permission to Officiate. Our APCM for 2021 was held on the 4th of May 2021. This meeting voted to adopted the new Vision and Values of the Parish as had previously been agreed by the PCC. In terms of serving the Parish we have been very active: ## **Church membership and attendance** There are 184 members on the church electoral roll. The average weekly Sunday morning attendance during 2022 is variable depending on time of year. We continue to see an average weekly attendance of 80 people across the three services, up from 2021 . We have not recovered many children and families however we have seen some added through the Café Church Services. Of note we saw a marked increase of people in attendance at our Christmas services even up on our 2019 figures prior to the pandemic. The Wednesday Eucharist moved back to a Friday as per before Covid this has continued to have a good attendance and people have been able to have time to share in refreshments together. ## **Worship and prayer** As well as our regular services, we offered weekly Toddler Praise with a weekly Toddler group staring in term time at St Edmund’s church. Weekly and Daily prayer has happened online. We have also had some Bible study groups meeting in house groups. Additionally book groups followed. - 2 - **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC** ## **REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_ All Saints church is also well used for occasional offices with funerals and six weddings being conducted throughout the year. St Edmunds hosted a number of Baptisms as well as funerals of beloved members. We have begun to have two lay led services at ST Edmunds a month a part of our strategy to see greater lay participation in our services. ## **Fellowship Group** A very well attended Fellowship group has been offering a space for people to find support and social activities. Including weekly walks and coffee stops, craft activities and even opportunities for Arts. This group has grown and has been supportive to all in the parish. Of note we are grateful to this group that as finance and the cost of heating has been a tremendous challenge, they have been able to raise funds and make their activities not only cost neutral but have contributed to the finance of the parish. This winter they helped to set up and provide a warm space for those people who have been unable to heat their homes and to provide a warm meal for those attending. ## **Fundraising** Some very creative Fundraising events have taken place this year including table top sales, Jubilee Celebration, Tower Tours, Quiz Nights, film nights, Bingo as well as the Rose Queen Festival which was back for the first time in three years. We helped the community to run the Annual Wyke Christmas Fayre. An enormous effort has been put in to fundraising by both Churches this year and the teams of both churches who help to organise and run these events are to be truly commended for their efforts. ## **Eco church** We have registered with Arocha UK as an Eco church,. We have conducted an extensive survey. We have also participated on the churches count on nature in our church yards. This is an ongoing work that will see us responding to the Church of England’s goal of being at Carbon Net Zero by 2030. We rejoice that this year we achieved our Bronze Award and are making headway for our Silver Ward. The Eco Church team have particularly enhanced things with the Church’s count for nature, the building of a Labyrinth and the installing of bird boxes in the Church yard. Strides have been made to reduce our carbon footprint and to tackle plastic waste on both church sites. We have also set up a small terra cycling area to allow the recycling of blister packs and other forms of plastic. We have conducted two Forest Church Café Church Services where Bug Hotels and other activities took place. ## **Fairtrade church:** We held Fairtrade week and were thrilled to double our goal in the 90 kg Rice Challenge to support Children in their education in Africa. ## **Support to Ukrainian Refugees:** Wyke Parish has been able this year to support Ukrainian Refugees through donation of money, provision of housing, furniture, and hospitality. As well as providing space for refugees to meet socially and support one another. Trips out have been arranged for them on the MV Freedom this summer. ## **Bell Ringers and Junior Ringers:** Last year we installed “Dumbbells” in our church tower and these are being used weekly to train local young people in Bell Ringing. The Bell Ringers goes from strength to strength in their activities. The Tower Captain and Ringers are to be commended for their commitment and service to the church. It has been good to host Bell Ringers from other churches to All Saints. ## **Toddler Group** We now have a weekly toddler group that attracts approximately 20 parents and children on a weekly basis. Beginning on a Wednesday at St Edmunds this has now moved to a Thursday along with the Toddler praise. The group is vibrant, and it is a pleasure to see the Children clearly having a large and safe space to play. ## **Live Streamed Services** In 2021 A major new step taken to ensure our outreach to those in the Parish was the installation of Livestreaming Equipment in All Saints Church. This was financed from a legacy left by a former parishioner to be used at the discretion of the Rector and Churchwardens in 2020. This facility has enabled worship to continue through a mixture of pre-recorded hymns as well as people contributing from home via remote connection. We have in addition held virtual quizzes and online prayers and Bible teaching sessions. ## **Strategic Review** At The APCM we adopted our strategic review which provides us not only with a cohesive vision but also a guide against which to measure our progress as a Parish for the following five years. Key points of growth are that we would grow younger and live more sustainably as a Church. We also want to provide a greater range of styles in worship and this year we have been able to establish a worship band for the Café Church services. - 3 - **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC** ## **REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_ ## **Café church** This new initiative from the Strategic review has resulted in a marked increase of younger persons attending worship and prove to be a good first place for people who are looking to Baptise their Children to meet the church and join in its activities. ## **Deanery Synod** Four members of the PCC sit on Deanery Synod, which provides the parish with a valuable link for our churches and other churches within the Church of England family in the Deanery. Deanery Synod meetings are usually open meetings, sometimes with external contributors. Deanery Synod has met three times this year at St Aldhelms Church. ## **Buildings** Maintaining our two church buildings is an expensive but necessary activity. The refurbishment of the clock dial and mechanism for All Saints Church has been completed. At St Edmunds Church PAT testing was carried out, and several new tables were purchased. St Edmunds Quinquennial Inspection was completed. A major work of repair and fundraising has begun on All Saints Church roof. We have had our faculty approved for the North Aisle Roof of All Saints and are presently fundraising to pay for it. A review was made of St Edmunds hall and a major work of tidying up has hopefully resulted in making the space more available for groups to use. ## **Pastoral care** Pastoral care is an important part of the work of the parish. Our LLM and Lay Pastoral Assistants assist the ministry team in visiting those unable to attend church due to sickness or age. Visits are made to hospital, care homes and to parishioners at home, and communion is taken to those who wish to have it on a regular basis. This Autumn Br Alasdair ran a Lay Pastoral Assistants Course for the Deanery assisted by other members of Clergy. This resulted in 12 new LPA’s for the Deanery. ## **Mission** The church is keen to keep in touch with its parishioners. It runs a series of concerts and other fundraising activities that bring parishioners into our church buildings. Our parish magazine is distributed throughout the parish. We have a parish website with a wealth of information on parish activities, and the parish is active on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. In addition a weekly pews sheet is produced with additional information for those who come to church at the moment we are emailing this weekly to parishioners. ## **Schools** Working with and supporting the schools within the parish is a very important part of parish life. Rev Betty Port provides Chaplaincy to All Saints School along with Br Alasdair. We have continued to support and serve the two schools in the Parish as School Governors, and the Incumbent and Rev’d Betty Port as Chaplains, as well as providing liturgical support including regular eucharistic and seasonal services to both schools. We have appointed a new foundation Governor to Wyke Primary Federation. The chaplaincy team has been established for All Saints Church of England Academy and despite the restrictions of Covid have managed to help the school get a good report from their SIAMS. Of note Wyke primary Federation was awarded a Good Report from OFSTED having been in Requires Improvement. ## **School mission** A school Mission was very successful at Wyke Junior School this summer with Project Touchline which resulted in a weekly prayer club in school hours to which 8 -10 children attend and lead the sessions supported by the Rector. Funding has now been obtained to run this mission in 2023 in both Wyke Federation and All Saints Church of England Academy. The establishment of the Chamberlain Prize of RE was approved by the governors and two new Crib sets were purchased for the School by the Chamberlain Trust. All Saints Church of England Academy achieved a good report by SIAMS. The Rector has been able to extend the chaplaincy team to All Saints Church of England Academy by the introduction of part time youth workers from Youth for Christ in the School. Also, the School has opened provision for pupils who are Roman Catholics, and the Pupils may now regularly receive Mass in the new Chapel established on the School Site. ## **Financial Review** The two churches of the parish maintain separate accounts, but this review presents them combined, as for the parish as a whole. Total gross receipts on unrestricted funds were £103,764, the main components of which were £47,686 in voluntary donations, £1000 from legacies, £700 from grants, £19,707 from fundraising, £11,152 in fees, £11,119 from St Edmunds church hall letting, £11,922 from income tax recovered and £478 from Dividends and Interest. Gross restricted income was £3,015 of which £1,728 was donations towards the food bank. - 4 - ## **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC** ## **REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_ £89,198 was spent from unrestricted funds to provide the Christian ministry from the two churches, of which £48,746 was the diocesan parish share. The parish share was not paid in full by either church, both churches paying 75% of the requested amount. The net result for the year, excluding exceptional items such as legacies, was that St Edmunds made a surplus of £7,082 on unrestricted funds, while All Saints made a loss of £1,246. The combined balances carried forward on 31st December on unrestricted funds totalled £60,904; and on restricted funds totalled £69,801 including All Saints roof fund (£36,013), All Saints fabric fund (£19,484) and foodbank surplus (£7,443). As in the two previous years, withholding some of the parish share was necessary in order to prevent the current accounts of both churches from falling below the minimum permitted by the reserves policy. Taking into account debt accumulated in previous years, at the end of 2022 All Saints owed the diocese £21,500 and St Edmunds £14,700 in unpaid share. Compared with the previous year, there was a decrease in voluntary giving at All Saints church, particularly through online donations, but this was more than offset by a large increase in unrestricted income from fundraising. St Edmunds saw a dramatic recovery in takings from the church hall, which allowed it to increase its share contribution by 15% compared with the previous year. At All Saints running costs were similar to the previous year, but at St Edmunds they were significantly higher, partly at least because of more use of the hall. ## **Reserves** Both churches aim to maintain a minimum level of unrestricted funds that is sufficient to pay six months of normal expenditure excluding the parish share. This is done to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. At the end of 2022, the unrestricted funds of both churches were above these minimum levels. The minimum levels are determined by the treasurers of the two churches, and are currently £12,500 for All Saints and £5,000 for St Edmunds. ## **Principal Risk Factors** The policy of withholding part of the share in order to maintain a prudent minimum level of unrestricted funds results in a debt accumulating with the diocese. This is unlikely to be acceptable to the diocese in the long term. Approved by the Board on 23 May 2023 Signed on behalf of the board by Brother Alasdair Kay (PCC Chair) - 5 - **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC** ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PCC** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Parish of Wyke Regis All Saints with St Edmund PCC for the year ended 31 December 2022, which are set out on pages 7 to 10. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity’s trustees 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 charity 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. **H E Jones BA (Hons) FCCA Edwards and Keeping Chartered Accountants** 30 May 2023 Unity Chambers 34 High East Street Dorchester Dorset DT1 1HA - 6 - **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Gift-Aided Planned Giving 32,712 300 33,012 31,978
Other Planned Giving 837 837 923
Collections at Services 7,594 7,594 6,013
All other giving receipts 6,543 1,780 8,324 15,960
Tax Recovered 11,922 11,922 10,730
Legacies 1,000 1,000 1,000
Grants 700 700 -
WRCPS magazine sales and advertising - - -
Fundraising 19,707 604 20,311 17,562
Dividends & Interest 478 330 808 447
PCC Fees - - 9,962
Parochial fees 11,152 11,152 -
Income from other activities 11,119 11,119 4,008
Sub total (Gross income for AR) [ 103,764 ] 3,015 - 106,779 98,583
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 103,764 3,015 - 106,779 98,583
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A3 Payments
Fund Raising Costs 2,227 2,227 2,073
Bank Charges and Interest 170 170 -
Donations to Charities 1,158 1,158 70
Parish Share C.2 48,746 48,746 44,148
Salaries, Wages & Honoraria 1,632 1,632 1,050
Expenses - - 164
Mission & Evangelism 153 - 153 -
Printing and material costs - both churches - - - 150
Postage and Carriage - - - -
Church Running Expenses 4,653 - 4,653 3,135
Church Utility Bills 6,918 200 7,118 5,741
Costs of Trading 3,054 - 3,054 728
Governance Costs 930 936 1,866 5,490
Major Repairs Church 217 181 398 4,702
Major Repair/Replace/Hall 607 - 607 -
Fees (Incumbent/Diocese) 3,889 - 3,889 10,588
Organ Stipend 3,140 - 3,140 785
Telephone 900 - 900 -
Church maintenance 1,701 141 1,842 1,396
PCC Fees - - - 230
Church insurance 5,723 - 5,723 5,506
Significant purchases 797 797 11,425
WRCPS Funds Removal - - - -
Sunday Sch petty cash written off - 52
Foodbank costs - - 9,348
Sub total [ 86,615 ] 1,458 - 88,073 106,780
A4 Asset and investment purchases,
(see table)
Computer equipment 2,583 - - 2,583
Sub total [ 2,583 ] - - 2,583 -
Total payments 89,198 1,458 - 90,656 106,780
Net of receipts/(payments) 14,566 1,557 - 16,123 - 8,197
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 46,339 68,243 - 114,582 122,779
Cash funds this year end 60,904 69,801 - 130,705 114,582
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- 8 - **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** **Registered Charity no: 1193556** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds All Saints Current Accounts 36,962 690
All Saints CBF Deposit 16
All Saints Rector & Churchwardens 3,571 9,144
Rector & Churchwardens petty cash -
Fabric fund current account 3,580 7,747
Fabric fund CBF account - 47,749
R Organ fund CBF account - 42
R St Edmund CBF Deposit 2,888
R St Edmund Lloyds Current account 155 4,428
St Edmund CAF account 12,929
St Edmund NS&I Account 803
Total cash funds 60,904 69,801 -
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Details to nearest £f d to nearest £f d to nearest £f d
B2 Other monetary assets - - -
- - -
- - -
Fund to which Current value
Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B3 Investment assets All Saints - Quibbell Legacy Restricted - 1,542
All Saints - Income Shares Unrestricted -
Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance Unrestricted - 13,120
-
- -
Fund to which Current value
Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the Computer equipment R & CW 2,583 -
charity’s own use - -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities -
Independent Examination Unrestricted -
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval
Brother Alasdair Kay (PCC Chair) 23 May 2023
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- 9 - **PARISH OF WYKE REGIS ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND PCC RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **Section C Notes** ## 1. Basis of preparation These financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations using the receipts and payments basis Reserves policy - The PCC tries to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that equates to approximately 6 months unrestricted payments excluding diocesan share, to cover fluctuations and emergency situations that may arise. The combined All Saints and St Edmund unrestricted current account balances of approximately £44,000 meet this requirement. ## 2. Parish share 2022 St Edmunds paid a total of £11,948 in 2022, representing three-quarters of the requested amount. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 All Saints paid £36,798, representing three-quarters of the requested amount. ## 3. Restricted funds |**YE 31/12/2022**
All Saints fabric
All Saints organ
All Saints bells
All Saints roof
Food bank
Sunday school
Choir fund
St Edmund|Opening balance
18,679
41
531
36,790
5,916
690
1,170
4,428
68,244|Receipts
986
1
-
300
1,728
-
-
3,015|Payments
181
-
-
1,077
200
-
-
1,458|Transfers
-|Closing balance
19,484
42
531
36,013
7,443
690
1,170
4,428
69,801| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ## Notes (1) In 2021 £15,000 of the restricted Fabric Fund was designated by the PCC to the Roof Fund. It is shown under the Roof Fund rather than the Fabric Fund, but if undesignated it will revert to the Fabric Fund (2) Food bank payment to St Edmunds Current Account for utility costs recognised in A3 (Payments) Church Utilities Restricted and Unrestricted balances. - 10 -