The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## The Parish of Basingstoke Down A celebration Annual Report and Financial Statement Presented to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting > 11[th] May 2025 Page 1 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Statutory Annual Report 2024 ## Introduction This document serves two main purposes: - To ensure compliance with a number of statutory statements about the organisation, life and ministry of the churches of Immanuel, Hatchwarren and Beggarwood, and St. Mark’s, Kempshott, in the Parish of Basingstoke Down in 2024. - More importantly, it provides us with an opportunity to thank God for his goodness and for his generosity through his people as we review much of all that has happened within the parish over the last year. ## Locations The Parish has two places of worship: - Immanuel Church, Hatchwarren and Beggarwood, is incorporated into St. Mark’s Church of England School on Danebury Road, Hatchwarren; - St. Mark’s Church, Kempshott, is situated in Homesteads Road, Kempshott. This is the principal address of the Charity and the Parish Offce is here (Homesteads Road, Kempshott, Basingstoke, RG22 5LQ). The Parish is part of the Basingstoke Deanery of the Diocese of Winchester within the Church of England. ## Charitable Status The Parish became a Registered Charity Number 1202279 on 10[th] March 2023. As a Charity, we are governed by the Parochial Church Council (PCC) Powers Measure (1956) as amended and the Church Representation Rules that came into force on 02 Jan 1957. Our Charitable object is _promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church_ . And the PCC, who are the charity’s trustees, have regard for the Charity Commission’s public beneft guidance as this report will show. ## Contents Statutory Annual Report 2024......................................................................................................................................................................2 Leadership.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 Review of the Year.....................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Parochial Church Council..................................................................................................................................................................................8 Deanery Synod report 2024............................................................................................................................................................................9 Electoral Roll (Apr ‘25)............................................................................................................................................................................................9 Fabric Report...............................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Financial Statement for the year ending 31[st] December 2024....................................................................................11 Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of The Parish of Basingstoke Down.....................12 Adoption............................................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Page 2 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Leadership The PCC is elected from the church membership. PCC members and Deanery Synod Representatives serve for a period of three years before requiring re-election. Churchwardens are elected each year. The Vicar, Churchwardens, and Deanery Synod Representatives automatically serve on the PCC and since 2011 LLM (Readers) should they so wish. Currently our LLM serves. The role of Treasurer is held by one of our Churchwardens, assisted by a member of the PCC. The PCC has appointed a Safeguarding Offcer who ensures that any person coming into close contact with Children or Vulnerable Adults has a current “volunteer contract” and DBS check for such purpose. In this way the PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have due regard to House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). The PCC is required to meet at least four times a year to discuss the business of the parish and work of the church. If need be, a Standing Committee meets between PCC meetings to progress items of business that are urgent. The Standing Committee comprises the Vicar, Churchwardens and two Lay Representatives of the PCC. The Vicar also meets from time to time with the Associate Minister, Churchwardens and the LLM for prayer and to review the pastoral, worship and business concerns of the church and parish. The PCC has a Committee structure aligned with our Parish Mission Action Plan (pMAP). Usually committees are chaired by a member of the PCC and a proportion of their membership is from the PCC. Their minutes are circulated and received by the PCC at its meetings. The following chart shows the Committee structure. Each Committee administers a budget on behalf of the PCC and, within the Teams that report up to the Committee, there are some Budget Managers who have an allocated budget for their activities. Page 3 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down |_In 2024 the following_
_people served on the PCC_|_Elected /_
_Appointed_|_End of_
_Term_|_Position_| |---|---|---|---| |Rev’d Nicola Such|-|-|Vicar| |Rev’d Kim Robins|-|-|Associate Minister (ex-offcio)| |Dave North|-|-|Licensed Lay Minister (ex-offcio)| |Chris Welton|2024|2025|Churchwarden and Vice Chair| |Sue Hooper|2024
2023|2025
2026|Churchwarden and Deanery Synod
Representative| |Pauline North|2023|2026|Deanery Synod Representative| |Andy Briggs|2023|2026|Council Member| |Ena Bull|2022|2025|Council Member| |Clare Nunn|2023|2026|Council Member| |Hilary Nickell|2024|2027|Council Member| |Ian Ross|2023|-|Council Member (resigned in July)| |Jason Nunn|2022|2025|Council Member| |Jeannette Welton|2023|2026|Council Member| |Jon Morris|2023|2026|Council Member and Vice Chair| |Laura Wilkinson|2024|2027|Council Member| |Primrose Gibson|2022|2025|Council Member| Page 4 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Review of the Year ## 2024 – the year that was… It always seems strange to write a review of the previous year a quarter of the way through the next one!! Nevertheless, it’s been a good excuse to look back through our newsletters and social media to help remember what we got up to… and an opportunity to thank God for so many things – not least the teamwork and the resources that have enabled us to do so much. Here’s a little reminder… Having had a little time to draw breath after the Christmas busyness we entered into in ent **L** via our Pancake Party and Lent refections. It was great to welcome Colin Bezant on his LLM placement for a couple of months during that time… and also good to engage with thinking about racial justice during a focused service in February. Our monthly visits to Dashwood for communion and other activities have continued to be very much appreciated. Around **E** aster we got involved in the prayer stations at St. Mark’s School (and again during the autumn) alongside our own Messy Easter and Easter services and celebrations, and as we moved towards the summer it was wonderful to celebrate Kim’s licensing as our Associate Minister as well as welcome Beka from Stop the Traffik to tell us more about their vital work. In July our ‘Big Brew’ cream tea raised enough money for a new community store in Bangladesh and our Olympic themed appearance at the Hatch Warren Summer Festival hopefully raised our profile a bit in the local community. The CAP schools team were busy in even more schools running the CAP money kids course, which continues to flourish. After the summer we looked forward to welcoming Saltmine Theatre Company for a community production and commissioned a showreel video to let people know what we’re about as a parish. Thanks to Sam Weller for his work on that – it looks great! Scarecrow Alice took shape as part of our continued engagement with Dashwood care home – we came second again – and as the autumn progressed, we celebrated all things pumpkin as we reflected on God’s generosity to us at our Pumpkin Party. Saltmine’s ‘Red Riding Hood’ message about belonging went down a treat, and it was brilliant to welcome so many families from our local community and share something of the gospel message of welcome, reconciliation and acceptance with them. With Christmas following close behind it was another chance to welcome schools for the Christmas Journey (this time with a real baby, Aria!) and a few busy weeks of Christingles, carol singing and other Christmas services. Alongside these events a whole host of wonderful people enable our regular activities to happen – Little Angels, Chat ‘n’ Play, Create and Cuppa, Oasis and Tea@2, God’s Gifts, TCP, as well as prayer and home groups and various short courses – thank you for your faithful service. Thanks too, to all those involved in Sunday services on various rotas. For all the ways in which you live out your faith every day and in supporting charities and organisations locally and further afield you inspire me – and it’s a privilege to continue to be your Vicar. Page 5 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down We give thanks for those we love and prayed for who have gone before us – this past year or so: Myrtle, Josephine, Edna, Les, Olga, Kay and more recently Jenny and Graham – as well as others known to each of us. Looking forward… A special thank you to the PCC and the leadership team for their support as we continue to seek to grow, care, love and share – do continue to pray for us, and particularly as I step back from ministry over the summer for some extended study leave. With a new school opening in Hounsome Fields and with new opportunities ahead we need wisdom and a continued desire to grow as followers of Jesus ourselves as we look to share the good news in our growing parish. Rev’d Nicola Such, Vicar Page 6 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Parochial Church Council The PCC met on 8 occasions in 2024, with an additional Standing Committee in December. In June, following the APCM in April, we welcomed new Members to the PCC, as well as saying fond farewell to outgoing Members, additionally the PCC had one other Member leave in July. The PCC delegates detailed work to its Committees – Ministry, Mission, Children Young People and Schools, Premises and Finance – who then bring recommendations back to PCC as well as having autonomy, within the boundaries of their Charters, to take action. The Council relies on Committees to do detailed work in their areas of focus and bring recommendations to the Council for decision making. Our PCC agendas included recurring topics such as the Parish’s fnances, safeguarding, risk assessment updates and policies, as well as the progress of our Parish Mission Action Plan (pMAP). pMap discussions were ongoing throughout the year, with a detailed discussion around communication – resulting in moving PCC minutes to a sharable digital format and producing a showreel to allow the wider community to see what our parish does. An important recurring theme throughout the year was the Grow Course. Its intention was to support the leadership of churches in guiding the development of discipleship and growth in the church. It covered 4 modules: vocation, formation (growing disciples, evangelism and growing new leaders); mission; multiplication (planting new churches). The PCC distilled 3 key actions from the course: building relationships in the community; growing confdence to share our faith; identifying and developing new leaders, and these were discussed on many occasions with action plans produced. The PCC gave their blessing to Nicola’s extended study leave scheduled for summer 2025, and celebrated Kim’s licensing in June. We also spent some time thanking the unsung heroes/heroines of our congregation/ community for all their hard work, by way of handwritten thank you cards. Laura Wilkinson, PCC Secretary Page 7 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Deanery Synod report 2024 The Basingstoke Deanery Synod, comprising representatives from each Anglican church within the Deanery, met on four occasions during 2024. In February, the Synod met at the Church of Christ the King, where Philip, Bishop of Winchester, shared his background and facilitated group discussions over the three themes of Healing, Heritage and Hope. The June Synod met at St. Mary’s, Eastrop, the theme being Mission and Ministry Amongst Older People. Kate Powell (Anna Chaplain team leader for Alton) told the story of Anna Chaplaincy in Alton, sharing her experience building a ministry amongst older people, growing her team and working in partnership within her local community. Synod members were then invited to join breakout group sessions covering various aspects of ministry among older people. The Deanery Synod returned to the Church of Christ the King in August for an informal ‘Summer Social’, which gave members an opportunity to mingle and to hear of news and activities taking place at other churches within the Basingstoke area. The fnal meeting of the year took place in October, at St. Mark’s Church, following the theme of ‘Net Zero: Towards a More Sustainable Church’. Sam Scott, Winchester Diocesan Environment Offcer, spoke of Mission Creation Care being a way to fnd common ground with other community groups around us who are interested and care about their local area. General Synod and our Diocese are committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon by 2030, with the key advice being to have a plan, enabling churches to access grants in order to help achieve this. It was recognised that within the Basingstoke Deanery, a majority of parishes, including ourselves, already have an Eco Church award. Pauline North and Sue Hooper, Deanery Synod Representatives ## Electoral Roll (Apr ‘25) 2025 saw a complete revision of the Electoral Roll of the Parish. The 2024 Electoral Roll had 115 names on it, but a number of those people left the church following the 2021/2 reorganisation and their names were not removed until this revision. Two long-standing members of the Roll have passed away. A number of new people have joined the Roll. We now have 94 names on the roll, of whom 24 live outside the Parish. Jon Morris, Electoral Roll Offcer Page 8 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Fabric Report St. Mark’s Premises Committee is responsible for the upkeep of the building and the grounds, which is achieved by a variety of volunteers and paid professionals. The committee met six times in 2024. Members during the year were Will Hooper (Retiring Chair), Tom Cawley, Nicola Such, Clare Nunn, Steve Coleman-Williams and Laurence Besemer (Incoming Chair). The following tasks were completed - Fixed blocked drain in kitchen hand wash sink. - Replaced the soaked chip board splash back in the kitchen. - Built a wooden enclosure for new sound desk equipment and tidied up the wiring. - All new AV equipment was marked with smart water. - The stained carpet tiles in the Keble & Whitfeld room were replaced with spares. - Wonky slabs by the Garden of Remembrance were lifted and re-laid. - Security was improved by installing external security lighting all around the building. - Hinged fnger guards were installed on the main doors to the worship area. - The hinge pivot of the main entrance door was replaced. - Repaired the perimeter wire fence, strengthened the corner post, replaced and tensioned wire. - The external drain outside the kitchen and the blocked toilets were unblocked. The Church is grateful to all those who gave of their time and skills to complete all these works in order to keep our building and grounds in good repair, ensuring the good stewardship of everything in our care. The following tasks are outstanding as at the date of this report - Complete the sale of the redundant AV equipment. - Replace the faulty foodlights in the balcony with LED units. - Install a light above the external noticeboard. - Install TV on wall brackets in the Sumner Room and in the worship area. - The vestibule and corridor area need to be re-decorated and re-carpeted. - The fridge freezer in the Hood Room needs replacing. - Replace the rainwater gutters and downpipes with commercial grade materials. - The line of trees along the boundary of the church grounds has become overgrown and in need of pruning. Sparsholt Agricultural College has been contacted but has a two year waiting list. One garden maintenance day took place on 24[th] August. ## Accident Record Book Two accidents were recorded in the ARB during 2024. Both were investigated and action taken to remedy the cause where necessary. ## Quinquennial inspection The last inspection took place in 2019. The main outstanding item requiring signifcant expense is the replacement of the rainwater gutters and downpipes with commercial grade materials. The Committee has contacted our quinquennial inspector, Ryan Bunce to notify that our inspection will be delayed pending the replacement of the gutters and downpipes. Advice is also being sought on the best type of guttering to meet our main requirement of longevity. ## Laurence Besemer, Chair of Premises Committee Page 9 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down Financial Statement for the year ending 31[st] December 2024 Total income from unrestricted funds for the year amounted to £114,340 (2023 £113,482). Of this £85,533 (2023 £80,223) came from giving by the congregation and Gift Aid refunds. Unfortunately, our room rent of £21,313 (2023 £26,515) was down due to the loss of one hirer. On behalf of the PCC, I would like to thank everyone who has contributed towards this higher giving fgure which has enabled us to overcome the fnancial loss of a hirer. Total expenses from unrestricted funds which provides Christian ministry for both churches amounted to £102,656 (2023 £104,911). Included in this amount was £54,488 (2023 £62,985) which was paid to the Diocesan Common Mission Fund (DCMF) and goes towards paying all clergy costs for the diocese. The reduction is after a major review by the diocese of their ongoing costs and like all parishes we were very grateful for the reduced fgure. There were no large fnancial projects undertaken in the year which required specifc fundraising from the congregation. This was despite having to carry out major repairs to each of our drainage areas as the total cost, less an excess of £250, was entirely met by our insurers. We did however utilise almost all of our missions reserve by putting on a theatrical production for the local community at a cost of £2,077 and producing a Showreel of all the work carried out in the Parish at a cost of £1,380. The parish continued with its policy of transferring 10% of its total income less it’s contribution to the DCMF into a designated reserve for mission which amounted to £5,364. Donations made to specifc charities of £2,175 are shown in note 9. In addition, we transferred the surplus on our unrestricted funds of £6,320 to our existing fund for future repairs and building works. We also received a grant of £2,300 and raised £245 from a very enjoyable quiz evening. Both of these amounts have been allocated to a new Restricted fund for carpeting/decorating part of St. Mark’s Church. At the end of December, we had a healthy bank balance of £71,395 (2023 £67,535.) and a breakdown of this fgure between the various reserves is shown in the statement of assets and liabilities. ## Reserves policy and future capital expenditure In view of the healthy bank balance, together with our reliance on income from hirers, we will continue to maintain the balance held in unrestricted funds to the equivalent of three months expenditure which amounts to approximately £27,000. The specifc reasons for each of the various Designated and Restricted reserves are set out in note 2 which also shows all the movements for the year. We are due to have our 5 year quinquennial review in 2025 and are aware that the guttering around the church will need replacing. In addition, the PCC intend to replace part of the carpeted area and paint part of the interior of the Parish Church. This will be fnanced by utilising as much of our designated building reserves of £14,066 and £6,626 as is necessary together with all of our Restricted carpet/decorating St. Marks reserves of £2,545. ## Chris Welton (Chair of Finance Committee and Treasurer) Page 10 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of The Parish of Basingstoke Down I report on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2024. ## Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to - examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; - follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. ## Independent Examiner’s Statement In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention 1. which give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - a. to keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act; or - b. to prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records - 2. have not been met; or 3. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## Carlynn Friar 10 Burrowfelds Basingstoke Hampshire Page 11 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Receipts and Payments Account |||Note|Unrestricted||Unrestricted||Restricted||Total||Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||General||Designated||Funds||Year to||Year to| ||||Fund||Funds||||31/12/24||31/12/23| ||||£||£||£||£||£| |**RECEIPTS**|||||||||||| |**Voluntary receipts:**|||||||||||| ||Planned giving||63,206||0||0||63,206||59,938| ||Collectons at services||6,738||0||0||6,738||3,447| ||All other giving/voluntary receipts|**3**|95||435||2,498||3,028||11,134| ||Gif Aid recovered||15,494||0||47||15,541||15,727| ||||85,533||435||2,545||88,513||90,246| ||||||||||||| |**Actvites for generatng funds**||**4**|1,759||0||0||1,759||1,228| ||||||||||||| |**Church actvites**||**5**|25,596||0||103||25,699||31,158| ||||||||||||| |**Investment Income - Bank Interest**|||1,452||0||0||1,452||873| ||||||||||||| |**Total receipts**|||114,340||435||2,648||117,423||123,505| ||||||||||||| |**PAYMENTS**|||||||||||| |**Church actvites:**|||||||||||| ||Diocesan parish contributon||54,488||2,985||0||57,473||60,000| ||Clergy and stafng costs|**6**|21,069||0||0||21,069||19,216| ||Charitable expenses|**7**|26,400||4,413||1,373||32,186||42,185| ||Governance Costs|**8**|360||0||0||360||403| ||Mission giving and donatons|**9**|0||2,175||0||2,175||2,625| ||||102,317||9,573||1,373||113,263||124,429| ||||||||||||| |**Costs of generatng funds**||**10**|339||0||0||339||738| ||||||||||||| |**Total payments**|||102,656||9,573||1,373||113,602||125,167| ||||||||||||| |**Excess of Payments over Receipts**|||||(9,138)||0||(9,138)||(1,662)| |**Excess of Receipts over Payments**|||11,684||0||1,275||12,959||0| ||||||||||||| |Transfers between funds|||(11,684)||11,684||0||0||0| ||||(0)||2,546||1,275||3,821||(1,662)| |Cash at bank and in hand at 1 January 2024|||41,100||24,257||1,747||67,104||68,766| |Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December 2024|||41,100||26,803||3,022||70,925||67,104| ## Statement of assets and liabilities ||||Unrestricted||Unrestricted||Restricted||Total||Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||General||Designated||Funds||2024||2023| ||||Fund||Funds||||to 31/12/24||to 31/12/23| ||||£||£||£||£||£| |**Cash funds**|||||||||||| ||Bank and cash accounts||41,100||26,803||3,492||71,395||67,535| ||Paid/held for third partes||0||0||470||470||431| ||Belonging to PCC||41,100||26,803||3,022||70,925||67,104| ||||||||||||| |**Other monetary assets**|||||||||||| ||Gif Aid recoverable||218||0||0||218||742| ||Income receivable||0||0||0||0||187| ||Stock of bio-LPG||250||0||0||250||250| ||||468||0||0||468||1,179| ||||||||||||| |**Liabilites**|||||||||||| ||Payroll deductons & pension contributons||455||0||0||455||387| ||Utlites||339||0||0||339||293| ||Suppliers||0||0||0||0||286| ||Mission giving and outreach||0||2,934||0||2,934||3,491| ||||794||2,934||0||3,728||4,457| Page 12 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down ## Notes |**Notes**|**Notes**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**1**|The fnancial statements of the PCC have been prepared in||accordance with the C||hurch Accountng Regulatons 2006||||||| ||||||||||||| |**2**|The movements in designated and restricted funds during th||e year were:||||||||| ||||01-Jan-24||Receipts||Payments||Transfers||31-Dec-24| ||**Designated**||£||£||£||£||£| ||Repairs & refurbishment St Mark's||7,834||0||88||6,320||14,066| ||Building maintenance Immanuel||3,321||0||144||0||3,177| ||Major Repairs and Renewals for buildings||6,626||0||0||0||6,626| ||Mission Parish of Basingstoke Down||3,491||435||6,356||5,364||2,934| ||Balance of CMF 2023||2,985||0||2,985||0||0| ||||24,257||435||9,573||11,684||26,803| ||||||||||||| ||Repairs and Refurbishment St Mark's was set up in the acco||unts of the Parochial||Church Council o||f St Mark's Church, Kempshot||||| ||to be used for repairs to the Parish Church.||||||||||| ||The PCC of Basingstoke Down agreed to transfer the surplus for the year ended 3||||1st December 20||24 to this reserve to pay for||||| ||quintennial items.||||||||||| ||Building maintenance Immanuel was set up by the Parish of||Hatch Warren and Beggarwood, to be||||used for repairs and||||| ||improvements for Immanuel Church.||||||||||| ||Major Repairs and Renewals of the buildings was set up fro||m the surplus made by the Parish of Basingstoke Down for the 10||||||||| ||month period ended 31st December 2022, to be used for bo||th churches.||||||||| ||Mission Parish Basingstoke Down is set up from 10% of non||-restricted income les||s the CMF contributon paid for the period||||||| ||1st October 2023 to 30th September 2024. To be spent by e||nd of 2025 on Missio||n unless required for a diferent purpose.||||||| ||Balance of CMF was set up by the trustees when there was||a sufcient surplus to||pay the full request. Paid in February 2024||||||| ||||||||||||| ||||01-Jan-24||Receipts||Payments||Transfers||31-Dec-24| ||**Restricted**||£||£||£||£||£| ||Youth & children's work St Mark's school||721||0||721||0||0| ||Oasis - Friendship Group||366||103||0||0||469| ||Maintenance (St Mark's Garden of Remembrance)||8||0||0||0||8| ||Music group St Mark's||652||0||652||0||0| ||Carpets/Decoratng St Marks||0||2,545||0||0||2,545| ||Mission||0||0||0||0||0| ||||1,747||2,648||1,373||0||3,022| ||||||||||||| ||Oasis - Friendship Group , this reserve was set up in 2020 in||the Parish of Hatch W||arren and Beggarwood when the ba||||nk account||| ||from Hatch Warren over 50's group was paid into the Paris||h bank account. To be||used as decided by the Oasis membe||||rs.||| ||Maintenance (St Mark's Garden of Remembrance) to be us||ed grave markers||||||||| ||Music group St Mark's used during 2024, completon of AV||upgrade.||||||||| |**Notes**|**Notes**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**1**|The fnancial statements of the PCC have been prepared in||accordance with the C||hurch Accountng Regulatons 2006||||||| ||||||||||||| |**2**|The movements in designated and restricted funds during th||e year were:||||||||| ||||01-Jan-24||Receipts||Payments||Transfers||31-Dec-24| ||**Designated**||£||£||£||£||£| ||Repairs & refurbishment St Mark's||7,834||0||88||6,320||14,066| ||Building maintenance Immanuel||3,321||0||144||0||3,177| ||Major Repairs and Renewals for buildings||6,626||0||0||0||6,626| ||Mission Parish of Basingstoke Down||3,491||435||6,356||5,364||2,934| ||Balance of CMF 2023||2,985||0||2,985||0||0| ||||24,257||435||9,573||11,684||26,803| ||||||||||||| ||Repairs and Refurbishment St Mark's was set up in the acco||unts of the Parochial||Church Council o||f St Mark's Church, Kempshot||||| ||to be used for repairs to the Parish Church.||||||||||| ||The PCC of Basingstoke Down agreed to transfer the surplus for the year ended 3||||1st December 20||24 to this reserve to pay for||||| ||quintennial items.||||||||||| ||Building maintenance Immanuel was set up by the Parish of||Hatch Warren and Beggarwood, to be||||used for repairs and||||| ||improvements for Immanuel Church.||||||||||| ||Major Repairs and Renewals of the buildings was set up fro||m the surplus made by the Parish of Basingstoke Down for the 10||||||||| ||month period ended 31st December 2022, to be used for bo||th churches.||||||||| ||Mission Parish Basingstoke Down is set up from 10% of non||-restricted income les||s the CMF contributon paid for the period||||||| ||1st October 2023 to 30th September 2024. To be spent by e||nd of 2025 on Missio||n unless required for a diferent purpose.||||||| ||Balance of CMF was set up by the trustees when there was||a sufcient surplus to||pay the full request. Paid in February 2024||||||| ||||||||||||| ||||01-Jan-24||Receipts||Payments||Transfers||31-Dec-24| ||**Restricted**||£||£||£||£||£| ||Youth & children's work St Mark's school||721||0||721||0||0| ||Oasis - Friendship Group||366||103||0||0||469| ||Maintenance (St Mark's Garden of Remembrance)||8||0||0||0||8| ||Music group St Mark's||652||0||652||0||0| ||Carpets/Decoratng St Marks||0||2,545||0||0||2,545| ||Mission||0||0||0||0||0| ||||1,747||2,648||1,373||0||3,022| ||||||||||||| ||Oasis - Friendship Group , this reserve was set up in 2020 in||the Parish of Hatch W||arren and Beggarwood when the ba||||nk account||| ||from Hatch Warren over 50's group was paid into the Paris||h bank account. To be||used as decided by the Oasis membe||||rs.||| ||Maintenance (St Mark's Garden of Remembrance) to be us||ed grave markers||||||||| ||Music group St Mark's used during 2024, completon of AV||upgrade.||||||||| Page 13 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down |**Notes Contnued**|**Notes Contnued**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Unrestricted||Unrestricted||Restricted||Total||Total| ||||General||Designated||Funds||Year to||Year to| ||||Fund||Funds||||to 31/12/24||to 31/12/23| ||||£||£||£||£||£| |**Receipts**|||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |**3 **|**All other giving/voluntary receipts:**||||||||||| ||Donatons||0||435||198||633||9,026| ||Grants for Carpets/Decoratng||0||0||2,300||2,300||0| ||Grants for Outreach event||0||0||0||0||50| ||Internet commission||95||0||0||95||233| ||Energy grant||0||0||0||0||1,825| ||||95||435||2,498||3,028||11,134| ||||||||||||| |**4 **|**Actvites for generatng funds:**||||||||||| ||Events||1,138||0||0||1,138||1,109| ||AV sales /Photocopier/Course Books||621||0||0||621||119| ||||1,759||0||0||1,759||1,228| ||||||||||||| |**5 **|**Church actvites:**||||||||||| ||Fees for weddings and funerals||806||0||0||806||1,286| ||Room & baptstry hire||21,313||0||0||21,313||26,515| ||Servery||1,496||0||0||1,496||1,569| ||Oasis Group||0||0||103||103||0| ||Children's Actvites||1,981||0||0||1,981||1,788| ||||25,596||0||103||25,699||31,158| ||||||||||||| |**Payments**|||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |**6 **|**Clergy and stafng costs:**||||||||||| ||Wages: Administrator, Cleaner||18,813||0||0||18,813||16,863| ||Associate Minister & Staf expenses||621||0||0||621||1,034| ||Vicar expenses||1,635||0||0||1,635||1,319| ||||21,069||0||0||21,069||19,216| ||||||||||||| |**7 **|**Charity running expenses:**||||||||||| ||Worship materials||853||0||0||853||1,340| ||Tech & music group equipment, licences||2,240||0||652||2,892||2,540| ||Broadband, telephone||1,221||0||0||1,221||1,151| ||Ofce supplies and other admin||570||0||0||570||765| ||Photocopier||1,363||0||0||1,363||1,343| ||Insurance||1,701||0||0||1,701||1,671| ||Heat, light and water||6,428||0||0||6,428||6,424| ||Building & grounds maintenance||6,082||232||0||6,314||5,543| ||Service charge - Immanuel||1,446||0||0||1,446||1,446| ||Servery||1,240||0||0||1,240||921| ||Outreach & Pastoral care||3,150||4,181||721||8,052||5,399| ||Church children & youth groups||106||0||0||106||204| ||||26,400||4,413||1,373||32,186||28,747| ||AV Upgrade & New Projector||0||0||0||0||13,438| ||||26,400||4,413||1,373||32,186||42,185| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |**8 **|**Governance Costs**||||||||||| ||Bank Charges||60||0||0||60||61| ||PCC Away Day||0||0||0||0||82| ||Independent Examiner||300||0||0||300||260| ||||360||0||0||360||403| Page 14 of 15 Annual Report 2024 The Parish of Basingstoke Down |**Notes Contnued**|**Notes Contnued**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Unrestricted||Unrestricted||Restricted||Total||Total| ||||General||Designated||Funds||Year to||Year to| ||||Fund||Funds||||to 31/12/24||to 31/12/23| ||||£||£||£||£||£| |**9 **|**Mission giving and donatons:**||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||Compassion - general / sponsored child||0||475||0||475||1,000| ||Inspero||0||0||0||0||400| ||Basingstoke Foodbank||0||300||0||300||400| ||Starfsh Enterprise Trust||0||300||0||300||400| ||Camrose Centre Basingstoke||0||300||0||300||400| ||Saltmine||0||300||0||300||0| ||Mudhouse/Lily Foundaton||0||500||0||500||0| ||RNLI from Oasis||0||0||0||0||25| ||||0||2,175||0||2,175||2,625| ||||||||||||| |**10 **|**Costs of generatng funds**||||||||||| |Equipment / Materials
Refreshments for Fundraising Actvates
Credit Card Charges|||0||0||0||0||374| ||||212||0||0||212||241| ||||127||0||0||127||123| ||||339||0||0||339||738| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |**11 **|**Related Partes**||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||One trustee works as an administrator for the Paris|h and re|ceives remuneraton||and benefts for t||his role||||| ||One trustee is a trustee of Camrose Centre Basingstoke, wh||ich works to help the||homeless and vulnerably housed.||||||| ||A donaton was made to this charity from the mission fund.||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||A number of trustees donate to the Parish.||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |12|**Trustees Expenses**||||||||||| ||Some trustees are reimbursed for payments made by them||on behalf of the Paris||h. All of these are authorised by the||||budget||| ||holder and are incurred wholly, exclusively and necessarily f||or the Parish.||||||||| ## Adoption This report was distributed to the PCC on 25-Apr-25 by email since there was no scheduled meeting. Their approval was recorded through email. Following the approval, the report was signed on behalf of the PCC by Nicola Such, Vicar. Signed: ________________________________ Page 15 of 15 Annual Report 2024