The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul Bishops Hull
Annual Report for end 2022 “ Worship, Mission, Discipleship ”
This Report presents an overview of the Parochial Church Council’s (PCC) discussions and decisions for the year ending 31 December 2022
PCC Membership
The PCC is constituted with 18 members, together with the possibility of two co-opted additional members if required. During the past year, the following served as members:
Consists of the Vicar, Church Warden x 2, PCC Chair, PCC Representative and PCC Treasurer. This committee is required by law and co-ordinates the urgent business between PCC meetings.
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Consists of Church Warden x 2.
Incumbent (Ex Officio)
- Revd Phil Hughes
Wardens (Ex Officio)
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Belinda Luke (as of AD Visitation 2022)
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Will Osmond (as of AD Visitation May 2015) (PCC Chair, as of APCM 2019)
Reader(s) (Ex Officio)
- Vacancy
Deanery Synod representatives (Ex Officio)
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Val Traylen
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Belinda Luke
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Vacancy
Responsible for co-ordinating and commissioning minor works of maintenance and repair in and around the building (including the church hall) as well as presenting details of more complex works to the PCC for consideration and discussion.
Pastoral and Link Group
Consists of Vicar, all Link People and Pastoral Team. Oversees organised pastoral work on behalf of the church. This group has not met since Covid 19.
Ministry / Worship Group
Consists of Vicar and Reader(s).
Oversees and monitors the regular worship of the church, including seasonal and one-off services. In the absence of a Reader this work is done by the Vicar.
Elected members
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Kathryn Fear End of 2[nd] office APCM 2024
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Shirley Stapleton End of 1[st] office APCM 2024 10. Mark Dakin End of 1[st] office APCM 2024 11. Val Traylen End of 1[st] office APCM 2024
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Vacancy
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Vacancy
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Vacancy
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Vacancy
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Vacancy
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Vacancy
Children’s Working Group
Consists of Vicar and Children’s Leadership Team (vacancy). This group has not met since Covid 19.
Social Group
Consists of Pat Barrett, Belinda Luke and Beverley Keitch. Organises and co-ordinates social events for the church and the wider community.
Review of the Year
- Vacancy
Church attendance
Co-opted
Sally Adams is the appointed person for Safeguarding as of January 2022.
Appointed for 2022 at first PCC meeting Secretary: A secretary is URGENTLY needed. Various PCC members stood in for this role throughout the year. Treasurer: Kathryn Fear
St Peter & St Paul’s PCC is an elected body with responsibility, in co-operation with the Vicar, for promoting the whole mission of the Church within the parish. They are also responsible for the maintenance of the church buildings and, as Trustees, are accountable to the Archdeacon for the church’s finances.
Committees
The PCC operates through several committees or working groups as follows:
At the end of 2022, the number of names on the Electoral Roll stood at 67 ( APCM 2021, 68) .
In line with Church Law, a completely new Electoral Roll was created in April 2019.
Parochial Church Council
- The full PCC met 9 times (by ZOOM or in person) for arranged meetings.
In an exciting and challenging year we have continued to seek ways to develop our worship , gain confidence in mission and deepen our discipleship through a variety of styles of worship and teaching based on Biblical understanding.
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Worship
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The BIG NEWS for the year is the starting and almost finishing of the building project (The Bridge)! A HUGE thanks to all involved. It has been a journey of highs and lows, but the end result will be what we aimed for...to the GLORY OF GOD!
Standing Committee
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Closing the church building and moving activities to the church hall in April 2022.
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Maintaining procedures and practices to keep people as safe as possible as we venture out of Covid restrictions
Mission
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Making the services as widely accessible as possible, including a variety of platforms (in person, Facebook, Youtube, Church Website)
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Seeking ways to keep a strong presence in the community, especially for the ‘key’ festivals in the year
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Maintaining a culture of ‘both/and’ for inperson and online services
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Continuing with the way we financially support Mission Organisations
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Giving Real Advent Calendars to all Reception children, Christmas Story booklets from the Bible Society to all other children (gifted from the congregation), giving It’s Your Move booklets (end of school year) to all Year 6 children moving to Secondary School.
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Encouraged a new team for Open the Book to take Bible stories into the school.
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Encouraged a new team to take Communion to the Care Homes in Bishops Hull.
Discipleship
- A focus on Biblical teaching/understanding and real life application.
very good use of this facility while the church building was closed. The hall must be removed by the end of 2023.
Building Tomorrow’s Church Today
Both Planning Permission and Church Faculty Permission were granted in 2019. In agreement with the church architect, a significant revision took place in 2020 to reduce the cost of the project. We signed contracts in March 2022 and Crowstep began work in April 2022. The church was handed back(though not completed) for use mid December in time for the Carol Service and main Christmas services.
Finance
See separate report and figures.
Fire Risk Assessment
Copies of the Fire Risk Assessments are held by the Churchwardens in the Health and Safety File.
Safeguarding
Our Safeguarding Policy is based on the Diocesan guidelines. Sally Adams was the Appointed Person for Safeguarding from 1 January 2022.
There have been no Safeguarding incidents to report to the APCM in 2022.
PCC members, as Trustees of the Charity, have the ultimate legal responsibility for ensuring that the correct procedures are strictly adhered to and, in furtherance of this, the PCC consider the advice provided by the Diocese of Bath & Wells.
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A gentle restarting of the homegroups following Covid 19.
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Daily Bible Study notes made available from the Bible Reading Fellowship.
Other discussions and decisions by the PCC include as follows:
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The Quinquennial Report was completed in June 2017 and was received in November 2018. We will address the items identified in a program of works as advised by the church architect.
We have kept the church and church hall electrical systems fully checked and up to date, kept gutters and gulleys clear all around the church and monitored the condition of the churchyard. Steps and walkways have been pressure washed and weedkiller applied where necessary.
The Church Hall
The Church Hall was closed due to the pandemic and its planning permission expired in December 2020. With advice from the Church Architect we obtained temporary permission to re-open the hall from April 2022 for ‘internal use’ while building works are taking place and have made
St. Peter and St. Paul, Bishops Hull - Receipts & Payments Account
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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2022 2021
Receipts £ £ £ £ £
Donations and Legacies:
Planned giving 1 24,814 - 2,750 27,564 30,641
Collections, donations & other giving 2 4,628 470 103,261 108,359 24,397
Gift Aid recovered 7,122 - 1,527 8,649 -
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Legacies
Other Trading activities
Magazine/Hall Lettings - - - - 816
Fund Raising 3 338 - 338 99
Receipts from Investments:
Interest received 6 26 244 276 50
Receipts from Charitable activities:
Parochial fees 4 445 - - 445 346
Other Receipts
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Total Receipts 37,353 496 107,782 145,631 56,349
Payments
Charitable activities:
Magazine no longer part of church funds 4a - (3,142) - (3,142) -
Mission & Evangelism 5 (45) (192) - (237) (203)
Parish Share 6 (2,000) - - (2,000) (39,048)
Clergy expenses 7 (353) - - (353) (447)
Church running expenses 8 (895) (101) (365) (1,361) (2,846)
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Churchyard maintenance (117) (117) (57)
Cost of raising funds 8a - (165) - (165) (1,582)
Administration:
Administration costs 9 (1,366) - - (1,366) (3,688)
Governance costs (75) - - (75) (150)
Insurance (1,203) - - (1,203) (977)
Major expenditure
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BTCT spend (140,919) (140,919) (3,760)
Hub costs - - - - -
Total payments (6,054) (3,600) (141,284) (150,938) (52,758)
Surplus/(Deficit) of Receipts over payments 31,299 (3,104) (33,502) (5,307) (3,591)
Rounding differences (1) (1)
Transfers between funds 1 (1) - - -
Total Surplus/(Deficit) 31,300 (3,106) (33,503) (5,309) (3,591)
Cash at bank and in hand at 1 Jan (18,466) 21,750 135,619 138,903 135,312
131,721
Cash at bank and in hand at 31 Dec 10&11 12,834 18,644 102,116 133,594 131,721
General fund Designate d fund Restricted fund
Notes
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*produced using the Diocesan Cashbook v5
KLF 27/04/2023
Independent Examiner’s Certificate for the PCC Accounts
Report to the trustees of: Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul Parochial Church Council On accounts for the year ended: 31 December 2022 Charity Number (if applicable): N/A Respective responsibilities The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The of trustees and examiner charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
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• 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
• 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.
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Independent examiner's In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than statement that disclosed below *) 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
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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.
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Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed: Date: 4/7/23 Name: Mr Pip Millard FCCA
Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any):
Address: Front Room 2/F, 49A Bridge St, Taunton, TA1 1TP
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March 2012
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.
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March 2012