## **Berwick PCC**
## **Trustees Annual Report and Financial Report**
UK registered charity number 1197144
**For the year ended 31st December 2024**
## **CONTENTS**
**Page** _**2-5**_ **Trustees annual report** _**6**_ **Statement of financial receipts and payments** _**7**_ **Statement of assets and liabilities 8-12 Notes to the accounts** _**13**_ **Report of the independent examiner**
## Website: www.berwickchurch.org.uk
Reverend Canon Peter Blee Incumbent: The Parsonage, Berwick, BN26 6SR Independent R T K Walsh FCCA examiner: Barclays Bank Plc, 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP Bankers:
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## **Berwick PCC**
## **Trustees Annual Report**
## **For the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## **1 Background**
St Michael and All Angels Church is situated off the A27 at Berwick, East Sussex. It falls within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park and forms part of the Diocese of Chichester within the Church of England. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a body corporate established under sections 2 and 3 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956, and is a UK registered charity, Berwick PCC, number 1197144.
## **2 Our aims and purposes as a charity**
The primary objective of the Parochial Church Council of St Michael’s and All Angels’ Church, Berwick is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England.
The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Reverend Peter Blee, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The councillors have complied with the duty in section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on Public Benefit in deciding what activities the PCC should undertake.
The main objectives of the PCC are:
- To encourage worship, prayer and learning about the Gospel
- To develop links with the wider community
- To develop youth worship
- To maintain the Church buildings and grounds
Membership of the PCC is determined under the Church Representation Rules and consists of the incumbent, exofficio, the Churchwardens and up to 9 members of the Church who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). Casual vacancies may be filled by the PCC by co-option. Members of the Church are warmly encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible.
## **3 Membership**
During the year the following served as members of the Parochial Church Council:
**Ex Officio members** Incumbent Revd Canon Peter Blee _Chair_ Churchwardens Mr Paul Lewis _Vice Chair_ Mr Andrew Williamson _Vice Chair_ **Elected Members** Mr Charles Anson Mr Jonathan Chiswell-Jones Mrs Jane Corkran Ms Rosemary Roscoe Mr Crispin Freeman _Treasurer_ Mrs Catherine Marsh Mrs Ruth Nares Mrs Christine Skinner _Safeguarding officer_ Mrs Beryl Smith
## **Standing Committee**
Chair: the incumbent, the churchwardens and the treasurer.
The Standing Committee is the only committee required by law. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any directions given by the PCC.
**Electoral Roll Officer** Mr Keith Sutton.
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## **4 Church Attendance**
There are 65 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, of whom 47 are not resident in the parish. The average Sunday attendance for the services in church was 29 adults and 2 children.
## **5 Review of the Year**
The full Parochial Church Council met four times during the year. Additional meetings between the incumbent and the churchwardens and other PCC members were held as required in relation to the restoration project and outreach. The Standing Committee met once during the year.
Berwick Church is part of the Berwick benefice of churches – Alciston with Selmeston, Arlington, Wilmington and Berwick. Reverend Shirley Pearce, the Assistant Priest, has particular responsibility for the parishes of Arlington and Wilmington. The pattern of services for worship in the Church was maintained on nearly all Sundays, and Morning Prayer was held on Wednesdays. The Church was kept open throughout the year.
A vicar’s ministry includes preaching, teaching and offering pastoral care to the sick, bereaved, or those in any kind of trouble - whether members of the Church or not. He is supported in his ministry by his Churchwardens, PCC, members of the congregation and the ‘Benefice Administrator’. The Incumbent is also involved in encouraging Church members to exercise their own particular vocations and work in the service of Christ and in the service of their community. The Benefice maintains its links with the wider Church through the Deanery Synod and Clergy Chapter. A Lent course was held at Berwick based on an exploration of T S Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday led by Antony Mair, the poet in residence. The Benefice has a Mission Action Plan which covers all areas of Church life and identifies a number of aims and objectives. Weddings, Baptisms and Funerals are important events in the life of the community and the benefice Churches are often full on such occasions. The pastoral care of the Church extends to the elderly, sick and those preparing for marriage. Newcomers are welcomed.
Christine Skinner continued as Parish Safeguarding Officer reporting to every PCC meeting on safeguarding matters including regulatory and training compliance. Her role is to ensure that both national and diocesan policies and procedures are followed that protect children, young people and vulnerable adults. In this reporting year no safeguarding concerns or investigations have been recorded and ten PCC members have achieved full compliance with both DBS and training requirements.
The Cuckmere Pilgrim Path linking the churches in the Benefice together with the adjacent churches of Alfriston and Lullington continues to attract people from outside the Benefice. A Poet In Residence for the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path was appointed for the year, Antony Mair until July, and Oenone Thomas from September. A number of poetry events were held during the year for parishioners and brought local poetry groups to the church.
The Mission Links were maintained with Eastbourne Networx, a charity supporting refugees and immigrants in Eastbourne and the nearby locality, with the diocesan charity Family Support Work, and with the UK charity Desta Ethiopia which supports remote communities in Ethiopia.
Church members are active in producing the parish magazine, published monthly.
The books published or commissioned by the parish continue to sell from the bookstall in the church, and via the virtual bookstore on the parish’s website. These are Berwick Church and The Bloomsbury Group, Reverend Peter Blee’s scholarly book on the wall paintings in the Church, the updated edition of The Recollections of a Sussex Parson, the memoir of Edward Boys Ellman, rector of Berwick 1844 to 1906, and the books produced by Rodney Castleden on the History of Berwick and the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path. Also on sale are the booklets produced by the poets in residence, For the Journey by Fr Kevin Scully, and Behind the Seen by Antony Mair.
Richard Constable at Sunset Design continues to manage our new website www.Berwickchurch.org.uk, and the website for the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path www.cuckmerepilgrimpath.org.uk.
One of the aims of the restoration project completed in 2023 was to make the Church more accessible and available for different charitable groups and faith organisations as a place of retreat, reflection and creativity. The aim is to work particularly with groups and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and those who are vulnerable. We were successful in a bid to Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance Mission Fund for a grant for outreach, supplemented by a generous gift from the late Lord Lloyd of Berwick. This enabled us to appoint an Education and Outreach Facilitator, Catherine Marsh, to reach out to groups and arrange visits. Various schools and groups visited during the year. These included; Young Oasis, Imago Community, Towner Gallery Wriggle Room, Abbots Wood Manor Care Home, Esteem, DV8 College Brighton, Ocklynge Junior School, St John’s Meads, The Lindfield School, Breakwater Academy, Family Support Work, Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide, mindfulness workshops, Battle Abbey School, St Peters College, Oxford, Summerdown School, Compass Arts, and Hazel Court School. We also hosted a Prayer Presence Retreat.
The late Lord Lloyd of Berwick had generously given the Church funding for a series of Ludlay concerts, and string quartet performances led by Maeve Jenkinson were held in April and November supporting the Church and our Mission Links - Eastbourne Networx, Desta Ethiopia, and Family Support Work.
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A play written for the church by Jeanette Adams for the children of Alfriston Primary School called ‘The Magi’ was performed in the church on 12[th] and 13[th] December.
The Churchyard is being managed for nature conservation as well as for visitors to graves.
It is with great sadness we report the death of The Right Honourable The Lord Lloyd of Berwick on 8th December 2024. Lord Lloyd, with his wife Lady Jane Lloyd who survives him, was a dedicated member of the congregation and a great benefactor of the Church. He and Lady Lloyd gave exceptionally generously to the Murals Conservation Fund, enabling the project to move forward with confidence, and more recently Lord Loyd made substantial donations to the Education Fund to facilitate our outreach programme and to the Music Fund so the church could put on a series of “Ludlay” concerts, named after his beloved home. He is buried in the churchyard.
## **6 Basis of Preparation of the Accounts**
As the Church’s income in the year was less than £250,000 we have again chosen to prepare the accounts on the receipts and payments basis.
## **7 Financial Review - Unrestricted Fund**
## _**Incoming and outgoing resources**_
For Berwick PCC unrestricted fund income was £96,339 (2023 £78,770) and expenditure was £94,162 (2023 £67,398). The net surplus was £2,177 (2023 £4,972) and the balance carried forward at the year end is £104,084 (2023 £101,907).
## _**Fund raising activities**_
The planned giving through the Parish Giving Scheme was £21,158 (2023 £14,955). Non-gift aided donations through the wall safe and contactless payment machines were £7,412 (2023 £7,805). Collections at services were £3,727 (2023 £4,770), and other donations were £10,243 (2023 £2,314). Gift aid recovered was £4,490 (2023 £7,237). We also received a grant from The Old School House Berwick Trust £3,005 (2023 £2,577) to help defray the Benefice administration costs incurred.
Bookstall sales of cards and other items were £12,656 (2023 £12,763), and book sales of The Bloomsbury Group in Berwick Church written by Revd Peter Blee were £10,053 (2023 £9,692). Other book sales were £2,645 (2023 £1,882). Income from concerts was £2,511 (2023 £1,360), talks and tours in the church brought in £2,501 (2023 £1,932). The renewable heat incentive income from the ground source heating system was £3,954 (2023 £2,834).
Deposit interest was £8,629 (2023 £5,737).
## _**Sharing the ministry costs of the Diocese of Chichester**_
The largest unrestricted expenditure of the PCC was the Parish Share of £34,120 (2023 £33,083) paid to the diocese for our share of all Churches’ Parish Ministry Costs. This amount contributes towards the housing, stipend and pension costs of the clergy, and also a standard sum for diocesan central costs, clergy training and a contribution to national Church funds. It represents 84.4% of the costs the diocese asked us to cover (2023 84.4%). It is the diocese’s intention that the Parish Share should rise in the years ahead to cover 100% of costs.
## _**Staff costs**_
The PCC pays for relief clergy from time to time, as detailed in Note 5 to the accounts.
## _**Trustee payments and expenses**_
The PCC supported the incumbent by paying £7,386 in respect of the parsonage, administration expenses, and motoring (2023 £2,288), and refunding him for other costs incurred by him for the PCC £401 (2023 £634). Expenses of the assistant priest were reimbursed £Nil (2023 £413). In addition, payments of £6,116 were made to 8 other PCC members during the year to reimburse expenditure incurred by them on behalf of the PCC (2023 £4,670 to 7 other PCC members). Catherine Marsh provided services to the PCC as Education and Outreach Facilitator costing £11,257 (2023 £6,167). No remuneration was paid by the PCC to any other member.
## _**Repairs to the fabric of the Church building**_
Various small repairs were carried out to the Church facilities during the year totalling £1,881 (2023 £1,309). In addition costs were incurred on the outside classroom gazebo in the churchyard and Pilgrim Path stations £13,643 (2023 £2,050), and consultancy and planning costs were spent on preparations for a planning application for a new car park totalling £6,347 (2023 £1,734), and on legal fees with a view to securing a lease for the land occupied by the ground source heat plant room and boreholes £3,432 (2023 £Nil).
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## **8 Financial Review – Endowment Fund**
**The Capital & Fabric Endowment Fund** is an expendable endowment which has been raised for maintenance of the Church building and facilities. It received a donation £1,750 (2023 £1,750 plus gift aid £438) and did not incur any expenditure (2023 £Nil). The resulting balance carried forward is £123,421.
## **9 Financial Review – Restricted Funds**
**The Education Fund** comprises the balance brought forward from 2023 £20,123. The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance Mission Fund for education outreach made the 2nd of 3 committed grants £9,000. Expenses incurred £14,530 were the funding of the Education and Outreach facilitator, materials and resources for educational purposes, and contributions to the transport costs for school visits. The balance at the year end was £14,593.
**The Music Fund** comprises the balance brought forward from 2023 £8,450, funded by a donation from the late Lord Lloyd of Berwick, less the costs of two Ludlay concerts held in the church in April and November 2024 £4,000. The balance at the year end was £4,450.
**Funds raised for third party charities** £2,704 comprise amounts raised at the Desta Ethiopia ecumenical service in October £1,195, the Christmas collection for Eastbourne Networx £156 and Family Support Work £156, the Josphat, Kenya, appeal £930, and the collection for Royal British Legion at the Remembrance Day service £267. Expenditure £2,392 comprised Desta Ethiopia event expenses £383, the payment of the net proceeds to Desta £812, payment to Josphat £930, and payment to Royal British Legion £267, leaving a balance at 31 December 2024 of £312. This was defrayed in January 2025 when the Christmas Collection was paid to Eastbourne Networx £156 and Family Support Work £156.
## **10 Why we hold some money in unrestricted reserve**
The balance on the Unrestricted Fund at 31 December 2024 was £104,084 (2023 £101,907). It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on the unrestricted fund which equates to a minimum six months’ worth of recurring unrestricted payments, say £35,000, as the PCC’s income is seasonally affected and we need sufficient funds to pay our Parish Share to Chichester diocese as detailed above. In addition, the unrestricted fund is earmarked for completing the outside classroom gazebo in the churchyard, developing the new car park once the necessary planning permission has been obtained, and a parish office.
## **11 Risk Assessment**
The PCC confirms that the major risks to which the council have been exposed have been identified and reviewed, and systems and procedures put into place to manage these risks. The health and safety of all who visit our Church is paramount. The PCC confirms it has had due regard to the House of Bishop's guidance on safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults as noted in section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016.
This Trustees’ Annual Report was **approved** by the PCC and signed on their behalf by The Revd Peter Blee, PCC Chairman
_Reverend Canon Peter Blee_
Date _23 April 2025_
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## **Berwick PCC Statement of Financial Receipts and Payments For the year ended 31 December 2024**
The financial effect of our activities during the year can be summarised as follows
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Unrestricted Total Total
General Restricted Endowed All Funds All Funds
Fund Funds Fund 2024 2023 Notes
£ £ £ £ £
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies 50,035 10,509 1,750 62,294 210,710
Charitable activities 3,307 - - 3,307 2,085
-
Other trading activities 34,321 1,195 35,516 31,580
Investments 8,629 - - 8,629 5,737
Other receipts 47 - - 47 -
Total received 96,339 11,704 1,750 109,793 250,112 3
Expenditure on:
Cost of raising funds - - - - -
Charitable costs 91,147 16,923 - 108,069 189,763
-
Trading costs 2,877 4,000 6,877 29,714
Other payments 138 - - 138 -
Total paid 94,162 20,923 - 115,085 219,477 4
Reconciliation of funds:
Net income or (net expenditure) 2,177 (9,219) 1,750 (5,292) 30,635
Transfers between funds - - - - -
Net movement in funds 2,177 (9,219) 1,750 (5,292) 30,635
Bank accounts at 1 January 101,907 28,573 121,671 252,151 221,516
Bank accounts at 31 December 104,084 19,355 123,421 246,859 252,151 11
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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
## **Berwick PCC Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
## **As at 31 December 2024**
Our financial position at the year-end was
|**Assets:**
Cash at bank and in hand
CBF Deposit Fund|**_Unrestricted_**
**_Total_**
_Total_
**General**
**_Restricted_**
**_Endowed_**
**All Funds**
_All Funds_
**Fund**
**Funds**
**Fund**
**2024**
_2023_
_Notes_
£
£
£
**£**
_£_
35,202
11,657
**-**
**46,859**
_102,151_
68,881
7,698
123,421
**200,000**
_150,000_
104,084
19,355
123,421
**246,859**
_252,151_
**104,084**
**19,355**
**123,421**
**246,859**
_252,151_
11
7,856
2,768
875
**11,498**
_5,707_
5,469
-
-
**5,469**
_4,365_
**13,325**
**2,768**
**875**
**16,967**
_10,072_
2,823
**-**
**-**
2,823
_4,885_
17,900
-
-
17,900
_22,181_
**20,723**
**-**
**-**
**20,723**
_27,066_
41,778
**-**
**-**
41,778
_42,705_
49,379
**-**
**-**
49,379
_52,671_
16,472
**-**
**-**
16,472
_17,130_
**107,628**
**-**
**-**
**107,628**
_112,506_
_10_
**245,760**
**22,122**
**124,296**
**392,178**
_401,796_
4,738
1,714
-
6,453
_3,508_
_-_
**4,738**
**1,714**
**-**
**6,453**
_3,508_|**_Unrestricted_**
**_Total_**
_Total_
**General**
**_Restricted_**
**_Endowed_**
**All Funds**
_All Funds_
**Fund**
**Funds**
**Fund**
**2024**
_2023_
_Notes_
£
£
£
**£**
_£_
35,202
11,657
**-**
**46,859**
_102,151_
68,881
7,698
123,421
**200,000**
_150,000_
104,084
19,355
123,421
**246,859**
_252,151_
**104,084**
**19,355**
**123,421**
**246,859**
_252,151_
11
7,856
2,768
875
**11,498**
_5,707_
5,469
-
-
**5,469**
_4,365_
**13,325**
**2,768**
**875**
**16,967**
_10,072_
2,823
**-**
**-**
2,823
_4,885_
17,900
-
-
17,900
_22,181_
**20,723**
**-**
**-**
**20,723**
_27,066_
41,778
**-**
**-**
41,778
_42,705_
49,379
**-**
**-**
49,379
_52,671_
16,472
**-**
**-**
16,472
_17,130_
**107,628**
**-**
**-**
**107,628**
_112,506_
_10_
**245,760**
**22,122**
**124,296**
**392,178**
_401,796_
4,738
1,714
-
6,453
_3,508_
_-_
**4,738**
**1,714**
**-**
**6,453**
_3,508_|**_Unrestricted_**
**_Total_**
_Total_
**General**
**_Restricted_**
**_Endowed_**
**All Funds**
_All Funds_
**Fund**
**Funds**
**Fund**
**2024**
_2023_
_Notes_
£
£
£
**£**
_£_
35,202
11,657
**-**
**46,859**
_102,151_
68,881
7,698
123,421
**200,000**
_150,000_
104,084
19,355
123,421
**246,859**
_252,151_
**104,084**
**19,355**
**123,421**
**246,859**
_252,151_
11
7,856
2,768
875
**11,498**
_5,707_
5,469
-
-
**5,469**
_4,365_
**13,325**
**2,768**
**875**
**16,967**
_10,072_
2,823
**-**
**-**
2,823
_4,885_
17,900
-
-
17,900
_22,181_
**20,723**
**-**
**-**
**20,723**
_27,066_
41,778
**-**
**-**
41,778
_42,705_
49,379
**-**
**-**
49,379
_52,671_
16,472
**-**
**-**
16,472
_17,130_
**107,628**
**-**
**-**
**107,628**
_112,506_
_10_
**245,760**
**22,122**
**124,296**
**392,178**
_401,796_
4,738
1,714
-
6,453
_3,508_
_-_
**4,738**
**1,714**
**-**
**6,453**
_3,508_|**_Unrestricted_**
**_Total_**
_Total_
**General**
**_Restricted_**
**_Endowed_**
**All Funds**
_All Funds_
**Fund**
**Funds**
**Fund**
**2024**
_2023_
_Notes_
£
£
£
**£**
_£_
35,202
11,657
**-**
**46,859**
_102,151_
68,881
7,698
123,421
**200,000**
_150,000_
104,084
19,355
123,421
**246,859**
_252,151_
**104,084**
**19,355**
**123,421**
**246,859**
_252,151_
11
7,856
2,768
875
**11,498**
_5,707_
5,469
-
-
**5,469**
_4,365_
**13,325**
**2,768**
**875**
**16,967**
_10,072_
2,823
**-**
**-**
2,823
_4,885_
17,900
-
-
17,900
_22,181_
**20,723**
**-**
**-**
**20,723**
_27,066_
41,778
**-**
**-**
41,778
_42,705_
49,379
**-**
**-**
49,379
_52,671_
16,472
**-**
**-**
16,472
_17,130_
**107,628**
**-**
**-**
**107,628**
_112,506_
_10_
**245,760**
**22,122**
**124,296**
**392,178**
_401,796_
4,738
1,714
-
6,453
_3,508_
_-_
**4,738**
**1,714**
**-**
**6,453**
_3,508_|**_Unrestricted_**
**_Total_**
_Total_
**General**
**_Restricted_**
**_Endowed_**
**All Funds**
_All Funds_
**Fund**
**Funds**
**Fund**
**2024**
_2023_
_Notes_
£
£
£
**£**
_£_
35,202
11,657
**-**
**46,859**
_102,151_
68,881
7,698
123,421
**200,000**
_150,000_
104,084
19,355
123,421
**246,859**
_252,151_
**104,084**
**19,355**
**123,421**
**246,859**
_252,151_
11
7,856
2,768
875
**11,498**
_5,707_
5,469
-
-
**5,469**
_4,365_
**13,325**
**2,768**
**875**
**16,967**
_10,072_
2,823
**-**
**-**
2,823
_4,885_
17,900
-
-
17,900
_22,181_
**20,723**
**-**
**-**
**20,723**
_27,066_
41,778
**-**
**-**
41,778
_42,705_
49,379
**-**
**-**
49,379
_52,671_
16,472
**-**
**-**
16,472
_17,130_
**107,628**
**-**
**-**
**107,628**
_112,506_
_10_
**245,760**
**22,122**
**124,296**
**392,178**
_401,796_
4,738
1,714
-
6,453
_3,508_
_-_
**4,738**
**1,714**
**-**
**6,453**
_3,508_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|PCC-owned bank balance||||||
|**Total bank and deposit accounts**|**104,084**
**19,355**
**123,421**
**246,859**|||||
|||||||
|Gift Aid recoverable
Other debtors||||||
|**Debtors**|**13,325**
**2,768**
**875**
**16,967**|||||
|||||||
|Stock of cards etc for bookstall
Stock of books||||||
|**Stocks at cost**|**20,723**
**-**
**-**
**20,723**|||||
|||||||
|Plant room
Ground source heat equipment
Organ||||||
|**Fixed assets at cost less notional**
**depreciation**|**107,628**
**-**
**-**
**107,628**|||||
|||||||
|**Total assets**||||||
|**Liabilities**
Creditors||||||
|**Total liabilities**|**4,738**|**1,714**|**-**|**6,453**|_3,508_|
This Financial Report for the year ended 31st December 2024, including the notes following, was approved by the PCC and signed on its behalf by The Revd Peter Blee, PCC Chairman:
## _Reverend Canon Peter Blee_
Date _23 April 2025_
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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
## **Berwick PCC Notes to the Financial Report For the ear ended 31 December 2024 y**
**1** The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and current Church Accounting Regulations, using the receipts and payments basis.
**2** The following assets are recognised but not valued in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities: Movable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, which require a faculty for disposal.
**3** Analysis of total received
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Unrestricted Total Total
General Restricted Endowed All Funds All Funds
Fund Funds Fund 2024 2023 Notes
£ £ £ £ £
Planned giving (excl. tax refunds) 21,158 - 1,750 22,908 16,705
Loose cash collections 3,727 - - 3,727 4,770
Other donations 10,243 1,509 - 11,751 4,370
Wall safe 7,412 - - 7,412 7,805
Gift Aid recovered 4,490 - - 4,490 12,073
Legacies - - - - 827
Grants 3,005 9,000 - 12,005 164,160
Donations and legacies 50,035 10,509 1,750 62,294 210,710
Fees for weddings & funerals 3,307 - - 3,307 2,085
Charitable activities 3,307 - - 3,307 2,085
Concert income 2,511 - - 2,511 2,477
Tours & Talks 2,501 - - 2,501 1,932
Ethiopian Ecumenical service - 1,195 - 1,195 -
Bookstall sales 12,656 - - 12,656 12,763
Book: Bloomsbury Group 10,053 - - 10,053 9,692
Book: Reflections of a Sussex
1,781 - - 1,781 1,275
Parson
Book: Go Home, Dear Friends - - - - 495
Book: Berwick History 70 - - 70 20
Book: Cuckmere Pilgrim Path 451 - - 451 32
Poetry books - Scully 188 - - 188 60
Poetry books - Mair 155 - - 155 -
Renewable Heat incentive 3,954 - - 3,954 2,834
Other trading activities 34,321 1,195 - 35,516 31,580
Deposit interest 8,629 - - 8,629 5,737
Investments 8,629 - - 8,629 5,737
Other receipts 47 - - 47 -
Total received on all funds 96,339 11,704 1,750 109,793 250,112
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**Berwick PCC Notes to the Financial Report For the ear ended 31 December 2024 y**
**4** Analysis of total paid
## **Notes to the Annual Financial Report**
## **Analysis of total paid:**
|**Analysis of total paid:**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Investment management costs|**_Unrestricted_**
**Total**
_Total_
**General**
**_Restricted_**
**_Endowed_**
**All Funds**
_All Funds_
**Fund**
**Funds**
**Fund**
**2024**
_2023_
_Notes_
£
£
£
**£**
_£_
-
-
-
**-**
_-_
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
_-_
942
2,392
-
**3,334**
_2,518_
34,120
-
-
**34,120**
_33,083_
7,386
-
-
**7,386**
_2,701_
_6_
112
-
-
**112**
_115_
_5_
712
14,530
-
**15,242**
_9,096_
13,157
-
-
**13,157**
_12,092_
3,323
-
-
**3,323**
_3,074_
3,153
-
-
**3,153**
_2,888_
1,881
-
-
**1,881**
_1,309_
60
-
-
**60**
_1,513_
13,643
-
-
**13,643**
_2,050_
6,347
-
-
**6,347**
_1,734_
3,432
-
-
**3,432**
_-_
-
-
-
**-**
_114,946_
2,880
-
-
**2,880**
_2,646_
**91,147**
**16,923**
**-**
**108,069**
_189,763_
341
-
-
**341**
_394_
-
4,000
-
**4,000**
_3,904_
2,326
-
-
**2,326**
_2,580_
-
-
-
**-**
_13,626_
-
-
-
**-**
_8,760_
-
-
-
**-**
_240_
-
-
-
**-**
_70_
210
-
-
**210**
_140_
**2,877**
**4,000**
**-**
**6,877**
_29,714_
**138**
**-**
**-**
**138**
**-**
**94,162**
**20,923**
-
**115,085**
_219,477_||||||
||**Fund**||**Funds**
**Fund**
**2024**||||
||£||£
£
**£**||||
||-||||||
|**Cost of raising funds**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**||||
|Charitable grants and donations|942||2,392
-
**3,334**||||
|Parish share to Chichester Diocese
Clergy and other people's expenses
Salaries and honoraria incl NI
Mission & evangelism costs
Church running costs
Electricity
Benefice administration
Church maintenance and repair
Upkeep of churchyard
New building work - Gazebo & Pilgrim
Path stations
New building work - Car Park
New Building Work - Plant room lease
Murals Conservation Project
Independent Examiner|||||||
|**Charitable costs**|**91,147**
**16,923**
**-**
**108,069**||||||
|Costs for tours & talks|341
-
-
**341**||||||
|Costs of concerts
Bookstall costs
Book: Bloomsbury Group
Book: Reflections of a Sussex Parson
Book: Go Home, Dear Friends
Book: Berwick History
Book: Cuckmere Pilgrim Path|||||||
|**Trading costs**|**2,877**
**4,000**
**-**
**6,877**|||||_29,714_
**-**|
|Other payments|**138**
**-**
**-**
**138**||||||
|**Total paid on all funds**|**94,162**|**20,923**||-|**115,085**|_219,477_|
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## **Berwick PCC**
## **Notes to the Financial Report For the ear ended 31 December 2024 y**
## **5** Staff costs
## **Staff costs**
|**Staff costs**|||
|---|---|---|
|Relief clergy|**2024**
**£**
**112**|_2023_
_£_
_115_|
||**112**|_115_|
## **6 Payments to PCC members**
The PCC supported the incumbent by paying £7,386 in respect of the parsonage, administration expenses, and motoring (2023 £2,288), and refunding him for other costs incurred by him for the PCC £401 (2023 £634). Expenses of the assistant priest were reimbursed £Nil (2023 £413). In addition, payments of £6,116 were made to 8 other PCC members during the year to reimburse expenditure incurred by them on behalf of the PCC (2023 £4,670 to 7 other PCC members). Catherine Marsh provided services to the PCC as Education and Outreach Facilitator costing £11,257 (2023 £6,167). No remuneration was paid by the PCC to any other member.
## **7 Transactions with persons related to PCC members**
Payments of £831 were made in the year to 2 persons related to PCC members (2023 £998 to 2 such persons).
## **8 Donations by PCC members**
PCC Members made identified donations during the year in aggregate £7,114 (2023 £5,083). In addition to this, PCC members may give anonymously such as through cash collections and therefore it is not practical to quantify the full amount of donations received from PCC Members during the year.
## **9 Transactions with related charities**
The Old School House Berwick Trust, of which the incumbent and the churchwardens are the trustees, made a grant to the PCC of £3,005 (2023 £2,577).
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**Berwick PCC**
**Notes to the Financial Report For the ear ended 31 December 2024 y**
## **10 Fixed assets**
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GSHP
Plant room equipment Organ Total
£ £ £ £
Cost
At 1 January 2024 46,378 65,838 19,763 131,979
Additions - - - -
At 31 December 2024 46,378 65,838 19,763 131,979
Notional Depreciation
At 1 January 2024 3,673 13,168 2,632 19,473
Provision for Year 928 3,292 658 4,878
At 31 December 2024 4,601 16,460 3,291 24,351
Net book value at 31 December 2024 41,778 49,379 16,472 107,628
Net book value at 31 December 2023 42,705 52,671 17,130 112,506
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## **Notional Depreciation rates**
Plant room 2% p.a. straight line over 50 years of the lease GSHP equipment 5% p.a. straight line over 20 years consistent with RHI grant period Organ 3.33% p.a. straight line over 30 years as advised by Wyvern Organs
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**Berwick PCC**
**Notes to the Financial Report For the ear ended 31 December 2024 y**
## **11 Statement of funds**
## **Explanation of funds**
## **Endowment Fund**
**The Capital & Fabric Endowment Fund** is an expendable endowment which has been raised for maintenance of the Church building and facilities.
**Restricted funds** are not invested permanently but are to be spent within reasonable timescales.
**The Education Fund** comprises the balance brought forward £20,123 together with a grant £9,000 in 2024. Expenses incurred were the funding of the Education and Outreach facilitator, materials and resources for educational purposes, and transport for school visits.
**The Music Fund** comprises the balance brought forward £8,450, funded by a donation from the late Lord Lloyd of Berwick, less the costs of two Ludlay concerts held in the church in April and November 2024.
**Funds raised for third party charities** £2,704 comprise amounts raised at the Desta Ethiopia ecumenical service in October £1,195, the Christmas collection for Eastbourne Networx £156 and Family Support Work £156, the Josphat, Kenya, appeal £930, and the collection for Royal British Legion at the Remembrance Day service £267. Expenditure £2,392 comprised Desta Ethiopia event expenses £383, the payment of the net proceeds to Desta £812, payment to Josphat £930, and payment to Royal British Legion £267. The Christmas Collection was paid to Eastbourne Networx £156 and Family Support Work £156 in January 2025.
**Unrestricted funds** are not subject to any donor restrictions and can be spent as the PCC decides.
## **Summary of funds**
Fund income and expenditure and final balances are as follows:
||**Balances**
**Transfers,**
**Balances**|**Balances**
**Transfers,**
**Balances**|**Balances**
**Transfers,**
**Balances**|**Balances**
**Transfers,**
**Balances**|**Balances**
**Transfers,**
**Balances**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Capital & Fabric Endowment Fund|**b/fwd**
**other gains**
**c/fwd**
**1 Jan 2024**
**Income Expenditure**
**and losses**
**31 Dec 2024**|||||
||£
£
£
£
**£**|||||
||121,671
1,750
-
-
**123,421**|||||
|**Total of all endowed funds**|**121,671**
**1,750**
**-**
**-**
**123,421**|||||
|Education Fund
Music Fund
Fund raised for third party
charities|20,123
9,000
(14,530)
-
**14,593**
8,450
-
(4,000)
-
**4,450**
-
2,704
(2,392)
-
**312**|||||
|**Total of all restricted funds**|**28,573**
**11,704**
**(20,923)**
**-**
**19,355**|||||
|Unrestricted fund|101,907
96,339
(94,162)
-
**104,084**|||||
|**Total of all unrestricted funds**|**101,907**
**96,339**
**(94,162)**
**-**
**104,084**|||||
|||||||
|**Total funds**|**£252,151**|**£109,793**|**£(115,085)**|**-**|**£246,859**|
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to Berwick PCC for the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
This is my report to the Berwick PCC on the annual report for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 set out on pages 2 to 12.
**Respective** The PCC members are responsible for the preparation of the annual reports. The PCC **responsibilities of** members consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the **trustees and examiner** Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
1. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
2. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
3. to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
**Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the **examiner’s statement** 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 also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the 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 present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
**Independent** In connection with my examination, no material matter has come to my attention which **examiner's statement** gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Examiner’s signature** _R.Walsh_
**Examiner’s name** Rowena T K Walsh FCCA **Date** _22 April 2025_
**Relevant professional** Certified Chartered Accountant **qualification Examiner’s address** Manningtons Chartered Accountants, 39 High Street, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0EE
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