2023 Financial report: St Edmund, King & Martyr. 

**INCOME 2023** (in brackets 2022) Red not good Christian Stewardship £7,322 (£7,270) UP £52 Loose plate £2,6552 (£2,134) UP £281 Social/floral £320 (£276) UP £44 Charity £1,154 (£1,507) DOWN £362 Sanctuary £265 (£97) UP £168 Memorials/donations £100 (£495) DOWN £395 *Refunds (Vat/HMRC) £15,330 (£7,199) UP £8,131 Stationery/books/mags £401 (£281) UP £120 Funerals £368 (£1,176) DOWN £808 Grants £5,979 (£16,633) DOWN £10,354 

_Summary: Total income including grants and refunds £33,885 – (2022 £42,686 showing a paper loss of £8,801). Charities supported: Additional Curates Society £407; Children’s Society £100; Foodbank £123; MS Society £530. Total £1,145. Note; £40.46 Poppy Appeal collected by Organiser, and not included in our totals. *Refunds HMRC £3,493 & VAT £11,836._ 

**EXPENDITURE 2023** (in brackets 2022) Organ costs £100 (£397) DOWN £296 Clergy costs* £1,678 (£1,815) DOWN £137 Social/floral £329 (£276) UP £44 Stationery/books/mags £393 (£383) UP £10 Sanctuary £880 (£444) UP £436 Charity £1,161 (£1,432) DOWN £362 Parish Share* £2,400 (£2,400) Heat & light £4,088* (£1,179) UP £2,909 (INCLUDES NEW OVERHEAD HEATING) Water charges £233 (£202) UP £31 Fees £7,016* (£6,855) UP £161 (legal fees architects etc) Repairs £71,583* (£19,930) UP £52,193 (*CONSTRUCTION OF RAMP) Insurance £4,098 (£4,049) UP £49 

*Please note that combining the Parish Share and clergy cover our total Ministry Cost is £4,048. 

**RAMP: Including fees for architects; archaeological supervision; tree removal and other minor costs, the final figure net of VAT is £64,055. For your information the David Stroyd legacy in 2021 was £125,000.