## The Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth
The Severn Wye Ministry Area Annual Report Year Ending 31st December 2023
Charity number: 1203570
## **The Ministry Area Council of the Severn Wye Ministry Area**
## **Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st December 2023**
## **Structure and Governance**
The Severn Wye Ministry Area is a grouping of twelve Churches in the Diocese of Monmouth in the Anglican province of the Church in Wales. The Ministry Area was formally inaugurated in November 2022. The following church communities are part of the Ministry Area: -
St Andoenus, Mounton St Arvan, St Arvans St Christopher, Chepstow St Deiniol, Itton Holy Cross, Kilgwrrwg St James, Devauden St Mary, Penterry St Mary’s Priory, Chepstow St Peter, Newchurch St Peter, St Pierre St Tewdric, Mathern
St Thomas a Becket, Shirenewton
The Representative Body of the Church in Wales holds the land and property of the Church in Wales, they are an exempt Charity set up under Section 13(2) of the Welsh Churches Act 1914. They act on behalf of the province in paying the stipends of the full-time clergy and administering the Church in Wales’s scheme of gift aid. The Ministry Area Council acts as Parochial Church Council and Charity Trustees for the entire Ministry Area. It is not a body corporate, and its composition, procedure and powers are regulated by the Constitution of the Church in Wales. Trustees are elected annually and as far as possible are formed as one representative from each church; the trustees met 5 times during 2023.
2023 was a transitional period as the new Ministry Area was formed and the church began the process of gaining charitable status as ‘The Severn Wye Ministry Area.’ The charity was formally registered on 15 June 2023.
Prior to this, none of the individual churches were registered as charities in their own right, coming under the umbrella of the Church in Wales.
## **The Trustees**
The trustees who served the Charity during the period from the Annual General Meeting in November 2022 until the end of the calendar year 2023 were as follows:-
Rev Philip Roger Averay (Ministry Area Leader) Rev Michael John Gollop David Robert George Carne (Warden) Rosalind Louise Downs (Warden) Hilary Claire Hillier (Lay Co-chair) Kevin Douglas Higgs (Treasurer) Verena Evans Catherine Anne Higgs Lynne Margaret Brierley Peter Blakeborough Kenington Cynthia Nellie Anne Matthews Wendy Margaret Montague Anne Forbes Octon Catherine Timothy Matthew Geoffrey Brown
Retired: Rev Julian Edward Llewellyn White (retired 05/11/2023)
Registered address: Peveril, Chapel Close, Pwllmeyric, Chepstow NP16 6HW
## **Auditor**
Raymond J Lewin FCA R J Lewin Company Limited 17 Wyelands View Chepstow NP16 6HN
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Objectives and aims**
The charitable object of Severn Wye Ministry Area is the promotion of the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
Our two top priorities for the first year were:
**Cohesion/Working Together** - encouraging the church communities to work together, engaging the sceptics, building trust. Generating enthusiasm and energy **Outreach /Going for Growth** – engaging with more people, particularly those in younger age groups through a range of new initiatives
## **Activities**
During 2023 the 12 Churches came together and formed ‘The Severn Wye Ministry Area’. The 12 individual Churches still exist with their own identities and historic character but are now on a journey to see how best to work together to better promote the whole mission of the Church. The regular activities of the ministry include:
- Conducting regular Christian worship including the Holy Eucharist, marriages, funerals and baptisms;
- The provision and maintenance of the fabric of each of the twelve churches, churchyards and associated buildings;
- The maintenance of Christian burial places;
- Promoting the study of Christian teaching, practices and Scripture;
- The provision of means and encouragement to promote fellowship within the membership of the Churches and the wider community;
- Pastoral care: providing counselling, and visiting the sick, dying, bereaved, lonely and vulnerable.
The Churches have continued to establish working procedures and are getting to know one another. Our financial systems were established, with use of the common account software required by the Church in Wales. Clergy rotas became established, and also use of the Common Lectionary for worship. The three year cycle of readings is enriching – as well as making it much easier for our Clergy who can take up to three services on a Sunday. Most of our churches offer worship services every week, and Chepstow Priory and St Arvans also hold weekday Eucharists. A Ministry Area wide prayer group has been established and met in
every church during the year. We also have a Ministry Area wide bible study group based at Shirenewton.
The Rev Julian Edward Llewellyn White retired in November after more than 20 years of faithful ministry in this area, marking the end of an era. He will be sadly missed and the whole Ministry Area wishes him well in his retirement.
The LyCiG (“Leading Your Church into Growth”) conference in October was attended by the Ministry Area Leader and the Lay Co-chair. It was inspiring and spurred us on to develop priorities and an action plan to help grow our churches – already being put in place, with new café services monthly in Shirenewton, and a new Family friendly communion service in Devauden.
A ‘warm space’ was started in Autumn 2022 and runs during the day on Monday and Tuesday at St Christopher's. It offers a safe, warm place to come and socialise and get some food which is very kindly given free by Lidl supermarket, which operates next door to the Church. It regularly attracts between 20 and 30 people although on occasions it has seen a footfall of over 40. The guests age ranges are from toddlers accompanied by their parents, through to children brought in on their way home from school, up to and including folk who are in their mid 90's. Some are simply lonely others have mild dementia or depression. The warm space project is overseen by Rev John Waters and run by a dedicated team of volunteers. Prior to Christmas 2023, attendees asked for and enjoyed two carol-singing services.
St Arvans started a monthly “Tea and Chat” social club run by the church for village residents, catering for around 17-25 people each month. Most of the attendees are elderly and isolated but it also attracts a couple of children, and people who are new to the village. The project is run by volunteers from the church.
The Ministry area was awarded funding from the Representative Body for the creation of a new Hub Church intended to reach out to children, young people and families. We would like to particularly thank Archdeacon Stella Bailey and Dicesan team for their work in developing the bids and getting the funding from the RB. This will mean that in 2024 we will be funded for two full time staff – a ‘Mission Hub leader’ and a ‘Pioneer Children and Families Worker’ plus a part-time administrative worker for five years. This promises to be an exciting time for the Ministry area going forward. Recruitment of staff commences in January 2024, with the expectation of starting work in the Autumn.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty in section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard for public benefit. The object for which the
charity is established is the promotion of the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The achievements of the Charity in meeting these objectives for 2023 have been summarised in this report.
## **Financial Review**
## **Receipts and Payments**
Total **receipts** in 2023 were £230,094.89.
The main components of this were:
Donations and Legacies 137,333.30 Fees for funerals, weddings, baptisms etc 25,476.00 Fund raising 18,702.56 Interest and investment income 24,007.15 Other 24,575.88
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Receipts 2023
Donations and legacies Fees Fund raising Interest and investments Other
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The largest single component of income was from donations. Of the £137,333.30, just over £52,000 was planned giving, and £16,100 was tax recovered through Gift Aid. The Church in Wales Gift Aid scheme continues to pay recovered Tax to the Churches, and is the most efficient way for people to contribute with regular giving and making the life of Treasurers so much easier.
Weekly Loose plate offerings were £16,490.51. A further £1,606.01 was collected during baptisms, weddings and funerals. One off Donations were £29,645.08.
So far, contactless donations remain small, only £1253.10 in 2023, but this is an area we will be trying to increase in the future.
## Total **payments** in 2023 were £267,103.78
The main components of this were:
Diocesan share £146,791.88 Clergy and vicarage expenses £12,634.32 Expenses for services £13,402.39 Utilities £23,173.49 Insurance £13,086.30 Church, halls and churchyard maintenance £26,821.77 Support for other charities £6,964.67 Other £20,228.96
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Payments 2023
Share Clergy/vicarage expenses
Expenses services Utilities
Insurance Church, hall, churchyard maintenance
Support for other charities Other
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The largest single component, accounting for over 55% of total expenditure, is the Diocesan share. This is largely to pay the costs of our 3 stipendiary priests and is set by the Diocese. The MA share for 2023 was fully paid. This amounted to £146,791.88, which includes some payments for the previous year, but it does cover the full share for 2023 of £126,745.00. A 5% discount (£6,337.24) is paid if we meet the deadlines for each of the four quarterly payments. This was passed back to each church on a proportionate rate.
Insurance is through Ecclesiastical Insurance – this is negotiated through the Church in Wales.
The accounts show an overall **operating deficit of £49,433** for 2023.
The main losses have been made by St Mary’s Priory and St Tewdric’s Churches:
St Mary’s Priory had an operating loss of £36,735.62 St Tewdric had an operating loss of £4,639.57
Several other churches also made smaller losses.
## **Balance sheet**
Total assets at the end of 2023 were £611,808.35. This was a slight increase on 2022, but that is due to the inclusion of some historic investments and bequests which have been added to our accounts for the first time this year.
A significant proportion of our reserves are held in restricted (£205,000) and designated (£63,000) funds which reduces our flexibility.
## **Accounting system and auditing**
The MA accounts are prepared using the MyFundAccounting software to the Church in Wales recommended format. Figures are provided by each church into the central software which allows the trustees to monitor our overall situation. Reports can be run for each individual church as well as the consolidated accounts.
The accounts for 2023 have been audited by R J Lewin F C A.
## **Future prospects**
Whilst our reserves currently are healthy, the Ministry Area trustees recognise the urgent need to bring our churches into a more sustainable financial situation moving forward. There are a number of elements to our strategy. We will be holding a campaign to raise awareness of the costs of running our churches with both our own existing congregations and in the local communities. The whole Ministry Area needs average weekly contributions amounting to over £20 per person per week to be financially viable. This does not cover giving to missions and charities. Regrettably we fall short of this target despite improvement.
We hope to encourage greater donations through contactless payment, especially in our churches with larger footfall and at weddings and funerals and special services.
Our primary objective, of course, is to spread the Gospel of Christ, and we hope that in our missional and outreach work we will be drawing new people to the Church, which will increase our income too.
We have also established a Financial subgroup to look at ways of reducing expenditure and increasing our income. The long term letting of the Cavill Hall is also expected to bring in increased revenue. However, because of new arrangements for assessing the Diocesan Share payment, introduced in 2022, the share is expected to increase by around 5% per year.
## **Property**
There is a growing catalogue of outstanding works which need to be done to the basic fabric of several churches. A number of churches have significant spending plans to meet the work required by the Quinquennial Inspections;
St Arvans estimate around £30,000 to sort out a recurring damp problem;
Shirenewton need to undertake repairs to their Church Rooms, approximated at around £20,000;
Mathern are using some of their reserves for the tower work, which will be in the region of £100,000 overall;
Devauden are in the process of works totalling £60,000, to repair the roof and deal with the damp problem. The work is being supported by grants from CADW, the Representative Body of the Church in Wales and Monmouth Diocese, Headley Trust, Welsh Church Act Funds, Benefact Trust and the Oakdale Trust.
St Mary’s Chepstow requires major works on the tower, drains and stonework, although it is being supported by Friends of Chepstow Priory with these projects.
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## **Balance Sheet detailed**
||**As at**
**31/12/2023**
**As at**
**31/12/2022**|
|---|---|
|**Fixed assets**
6431: Mathern Church Bequest Account - CCLA
6432: Mathern CIF - Brigdr Vaughan-Hughes legacy
6433: Mathern CIF - Anonymous Gift
6434: Mathern CIF - Chancel Repair Fund
6431: Chepstow Charifund Equities Investment - M&G
6432: Chepstow Charibond Fixed Interest - M&G
6433: Chepstow Chancel Repair - RBCiW CIF
6434: Chepstow Sale of St Christopher's House - RBCiW
**Total Fixed assets**
**Current assets**
6501: Vicar & Churchwarden Newchurch - Barclays
6501: Mathern Church Current Account - Barclays
6505: Mathern Church Business Reserve Account - Santander
6502: Mathern PCC Churchyard Account - Barclays
6501: Mounton Current Account - Barclays
6505: Mounton Monmouthshire Building Society
6590: Cash in hand
6501: St Pierre Current Account - Lloyds
6505: St Pierre NS & I Account
6590: St Pierre Petty Cash
6501: Shirenewton PCC Current Account - HSBC
6502: Shirenewton 200 Club Account - HSBC
6503: Shirenewton Charity Committee Account - HSBC
6504: Shirenewton Extension Account - HSBC
6506: Chepstow PCC Savings Account - Barclays
6503: Chepstow Bell Ringers Account - Barclays
6505: Chepstow Bell Ringers Savings Account - Barclays
6504: Chepstow Bell Augmentation - Barclays
6501: Chepstow PCC General Account - Barclays
6533: Investments property
6502: Chepstow St Christopher's Building - Barclays
6501: St Arvans PC Maintenance Account - Natwest
6502: Treasurers Account St Arvans Church - Lloyds
6505: St Arvans Parochial Council Deposit Account - Natwest
6523: Other debtors
6501: Current Account
6505: Deposit Account
6501: Itton Parish Church - Barclays Current Account
**Total Current assets**
**Liabilities**
6602: Other liabilities
**Total Liabilities**
**Net Asset surplus (deficit)**|36,412.80
44,464.16
6,621.01
-
42,521.18
-
4,158.11
-
26,250.00
26,956.04
17,257.29
17,635.03
33,992.85
30,859.81
93,465.23
89,391.90|
||**260,678.47**
**209,306.94**
7,602.03
9,624.29
8,788.87
11,357.91
-
(11.75)
26,785.21
25,314.40
11,570.44
14,968.99
(223.61)
(223.61)
35.57
55.00
4,544.00
8,746.73
18,978.00
18,978.00
1.00
1.00
53,002.72
35,379.72
5,496.31
5,031.35
-
15,534.49
24,082.58
25,643.14
6,811.91
6,747.67
-
50.00
143.10
0.02
12,470.47
12,290.96
82,733.95
119,806.40
10.00
10.00
1,160.22
1,149.27
(943.31)
12,394.82
9,381.93
24,942.39
53,619.98
23,931.06
2,235.39
8,759.04
17,706.24
12,200.93
5,501.24
5,498.18
7,881.07
5,015.50|
||**359,375.31**
**403,195.90**
8,245.43
14,536.89|
||**8,245.43**
**14,536.89**|
||**611,808.35**
**597,965.95**|
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**Reserves**
|Excess/(deficit) to date
Z01: Starting balances
Z02: Gains/(losses) on investment assets
Z03: Gains/(losses) on reval of fixed assets
**Total Reserves**|(37,008.89)
(32,248.75)
597,965.95
635,869.80
50,851.29
(5,655.10)
-
-|
|---|---|
||**611,808.35**
**597,965.95**|
||**Represented by Funds**||
|---|---|---|
|General (Unrestricted)|343,458.37|357,786.48|
|Designated|63,353.93|49,954.45|
|Restricted|204,996.05|190,225.02|
|Endowment|-|-|
|**Total**|**611,808.35**|**597,965.95**|
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## **Analysis of Receipts and Payments Selected period: 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023**
||**Total**
**General Designated Restricted**
**This year**
**Last year**|
|---|---|
|**Receipts**
**Donations and legacies**
0101 - Standing Order Planned Giving
0102 - Occasional Giving via Bank
0110 - Gift Aid Envelopes - Occasional
0111 - Gift Direct
0112 - Other planned giving
0113 - Weekly envelope planned giving
0201 - Loose plate offering
0202 - Offerings - Weddings
0203 - Offerings - Baptisms
0204 - Offerings - Funerals
0302 - Wall safe / box donations
0303 - One off Gift Aid donations
0304 - Gifts of quoted securities
0305 - Donations appeals etc
0306 - Contactless Donations
0402 - Other collections/mission appeals
0501 - Recovered HMRC Gift Aid receipts
0502 - Recovered HMRC GASDS receipts
0503 - Recovered Gift Direct Gift Aid
0601 - Legacies
0701 - Recurring grants
0702 - Non-recurring one-off grants
**Donations and legacies Totals**|30,057.88
-
634.00
30,691.88
27,219.31
320.00
-
-
320.00
1,300.98
4,974.50
-
-
4,974.50
10,210.98
18,271.73
-
100.00
18,371.73
18,954.00
443.19
-
-
443.19
549.26
2,892.00
-
-
2,892.00
2,173.50
16,490.51
-
-
16,490.51
22,432.80
100.00
-
-
100.00
560.00
100.00
-
-
100.00
55.00
1,406.01
-
-
1,406.01
2,179.87
2,211.61
-
-
2,211.61
1,826.47
600.00
-
-
600.00
50.00
25.00
-
-
25.00
-
14,780.37
10,000.00
800.00
25,580.37
12,785.04
1,253.10
-
-
1,253.10
1,936.03
1,864.50
-
-
1,864.50
3,202.09
11,816.40
-
-
11,816.40
10,513.24
689.90
-
-
689.90
367.81
3,597.84
-
-
3,597.84
4,151.38
5,455.48
-
-
5,455.48
2,823.61
-
-
-
-
888.21
6,200.00
2,249.28
-
8,449.28
14,030.00|
||**123,550.02**
**12,249.28**
**1,534.00**
**137,333.30**
**138,209.58**|
**Income from charitable activities (St Peter Newchurch, St Tewdric Mathern, St Andoenus Mounton, St Peter St Pierre, St Thomas a Becket Shirenewton, St Mary Chepstow, St Christopher Bulwark, St Arvan St Arvans, St Mary Penterry, St James Devauden, St Deiniol Itton, Holy Cross Kilgwrrwg, Ministry Area)**
|0902 - Wedding fee|4,515.00|-|-|4,515.00||9,605.00|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|0903 - Blessing fee|413.00|-|-|413.00||-|
|0904 - Publication of Banns|-|-|-|-||120.00|
|0905 - Funeral fee|16,141.00|-|1,904.00|18,045.00||17,815.00|
|0906 - Burial fee|-|-|940.00|940.00||330.00|
|0907 - Memorial fee|705.00|-|858.00|1,563.00||88.00|
|**Income from charitable activities Totals**|**21,774.00**|**-**|**3,702.00**|**25,476.00**|**27,958.00**||
|**Other trading activities (St Peter Newchurch, St Tewdric Mathern, St Andoenus Mounton, St**|||**Peter St Pierre, St Thomas**||**a**||
|**Becket Shirenewton, St Mary Chepstow, St Christopher Bulwark, St Arvan St Arvans, St Mary Penterry, St James Devauden, St**|||||||
|**Deiniol Itton, Holy Cross Kilgwrrwg, Ministry Area)**|||||||
|0801 - Fund raising|18,702.56|-|-|18,702.56||22,090.98|
|0802 - Other funds generated|805.16|-|-|805.16||2,891.64|
|0803 - Hall Rental Income|2,157.50|77.50|-|2,235.00||2,719.50|
|0804 - Magazine/other publication sales|11,383.00|-|-|11,383.00||9,985.55|
|0805 - Sundry income|155.00|-|-|155.00||700.51|
|0806 - Printing Income|-|-|-|-||56.50|
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**Total**
||**Total**|
|---|---|
||**General Designated Restricted**
**This year**
**Last year**|
|0807 - Church Building Rental
0808 - MA/Parish share rebate
**Other trading activities Totals**|1,080.50
-
-
1,080.50
2,852.50
8,737.22
-
-
8,737.22
8,097.60|
||**43,020.94**
**77.50**
**-**
**43,098.44**
**49,394.78**|
|**Investments (St Peter Newchurch, St Tewdric Mathern, St Andoenus Mounton, St Peter St**|**Investments (St Peter Newchurch, St Tewdric Mathern, St Andoenus Mounton, St Peter St**|**Investments (St Peter Newchurch, St Tewdric Mathern, St Andoenus Mounton, St Peter St**|**Pierre, St Thomas a Becket**|**Pierre, St Thomas a Becket**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Shirenewton, St Mary Chepstow, St Christopher Bulwark, St Arvan St Arvans, St Mary Penterry, St James**||||**Devauden, St**|**Deiniol**|
|**Itton, Holy Cross Kilgwrrwg, Ministry Area)**||||||
|1001 - Dividends/investment income|14,096.96|3,289.21|5,447.92|22,834.09|2,161.84|
|1020 - Bank and building society interest|755.11|32.23|385.72|1,173.06|404.53|
|**Investments Totals**|**14,852.07**|**3,321.44**|**5,833.64**|**24,007.15**|**2,566.37**|
**Other income (St Peter Newchurch, St Tewdric Mathern, St Andoenus Mounton, St Peter St Pierre, St Thomas a Becket Shirenewton, St Mary Chepstow, St Christopher Bulwark, St Arvan St Arvans, St Mary Penterry, St James Devauden, St Deiniol Itton, Holy Cross Kilgwrrwg, Ministry Area)**
|1103 - Sales of fixed assets
**Other income Totals**
**Receipts Grand Totals**|180.00
-
-
180.00
-|
|---|---|
||**180.00**
**-**
**-**
**180.00**
**-**|
||**203,377.03**
**15,648.22 11,069.64 230,094.89 218,128.73**|
|**Payments**
**Raising funds**
3101 - Fees paid to fund raisers
3103 - Costs of generating resoucres - giving
3104 - Costs of fund raising
**Raising funds Totals**|25.00
-
-
25.00
-
97.81
-
-
97.81
-
5,891.08
-
-
5,891.08
4,741.86|
||**6,013.89**
**-**
**-**
**6,013.89**
**4,741.86**|
**Expenditure on charitable activities (St Peter Newchurch, St Tewdric Mathern, St Andoenus Mounton, St Peter St Pierre, St Thomas a Becket Shirenewton, St Mary Chepstow, St Christopher Bulwark, St Arvan St Arvans, St Mary Penterry, St James Devauden, St Deiniol Itton, Holy Cross Kilgwrrwg, Ministry Area)**
|2001|- Diocesan share|146,791.88|-|-|146,791.88|128,131.18|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2101|- Clergy expenses|6,618.85|-|-|6,618.85|8,908.36|
|2102|- Clergy expenses - mileage|1,520.65|-|-|1,520.65|892.35|
|2103|- Clergy expenses - printing/postage/stationery|201.29|-|-|201.29|456.40|
|2145|- Parsonage - water|861.74|-|-|861.74|568.38|
|2146|- Parsonage - gas|736.48|-|-|736.48|-|
|2147|- Parsonage - electricity|711.39|-|-|711.39|370.02|
|2148|- Parsonage - Oil/wood/LPG/other|225.80|-|-|225.80|170.08|
|2149|- Parsonage - other expenses|-|-|-|-|496.53|
|2150|- Clergy - telephone/mobile/internet|1,673.33|-|-|1,673.33|89.76|
|2201|- Assistant clergy fees/expenses|84.79|-|-|84.79|-|
|2211|- Readers expenses - printing/postage/stationery|-|-|-|-|54.00|
|2221|- Curate expenses - printing/postage/stationery|-|-|-|-|520.79|
|2340|- Maintenance of services|3,320.57|-|-|3,320.57|2,095.16|
|2341|- Costs of vergers, organists and choir|5,395.00|-|-|5,395.00|5,620.00|
|2342|- Music & performance expenses|2,750.00|-|-|2,750.00|3,501.89|
|2343|- Music Instrument Tuning/Maintenance|1,276.92|-|-|1,276.92|605.76|
|2344|- Costs of digital services (streaming, subscriptions)|659.90|-|-|659.90|725.19|
|2345|- Costs of Copyright License|-|-|-|-|180.00|
|2401|- Costs of meetings|-|-|-|-|0.09|
|2402|- Bank and Credit Card Charges|242.65|35.00|-|277.65|300.35|
|2403|- Cost of printing, post and stationery|1,650.67|-|-|1,650.67|1,047.12|
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||**Total**
**General Designated Restricted**
**This year**
**Last year**|
|---|---|
|2405 - Office and general expenditure
2409 - Professional Fees
2410 - IE/Audit and accountancy fees
2413 - Trustee expenses
2415 - Gifts to individuals
2424 - Admin/Staff Equipment
2450 - MA/LMA central costs
2501 - Church operating costs - insurance
2502 - Church operating costs - electricity
2503 - Church operating costs - gas
2504 - Church operating costs - water
2505 - Church operating costs - other
2506 - Church operating costs - oil/LPG
2508 - Church repairs and maintenance
2509 - Church Cleaning
2510 - Church operating costs - tel/mob/internet
2511 - Church operating costs - fire equipment, roof alam, CCTV service
2601 - Churchyard management costs
2603 - Church hall operating costs - electric
2605 - Church hall operating costs - insurance
2606 - Church hall costs - repairs/maintenance
2609 - Church hall - equipment repair & renewal
2611 - Church hall operating costs - cleaning
2613 - Other property - insurance
2619 - Other property - compliance costs
2641 - Churchyard grass cutting
2642 - Churchyard structural repairs
2643 - Churchyard memorial costs
2701 - Major building repairs and renovations
2804 - Cost of church publications
2806 - Other costs of parish mission work
2807 - Cost of maintaining websites and social media platforms
2902 - Support of church charities & projects
2903 - Support of UK charities
2904 - Support of international mission & projects
**Expenditure on charitable activities Totals**
**Payments Grand Totals**|79.00
-
-
79.00
558.11
-
1,494.28
-
1,494.28
-
150.00
-
-
150.00
-
289.25
-
-
289.25
-
539.48
-
-
539.48
1,097.25
50.40
-
-
50.40
-
11.00
-
-
11.00
-
12,113.14
-
-
12,113.14
8,967.13
11,040.73
-
-
11,040.73
8,817.17
7,581.93
-
-
7,581.93
7,158.30
1,011.02
-
-
1,011.02
270.81
867.25
-
-
867.25
674.87
914.85
-
-
914.85
1,701.08
9,978.98
-
255.00
10,233.98
19,686.46
2,139.72
-
-
2,139.72
1,802.29
64.00
-
-
64.00
200.27
763.24
-
-
763.24
742.85
1,250.00
-
610.00
1,860.00
4,205.00
1,757.71
-
-
1,757.71
1,526.11
605.70
367.46
-
973.16
1,146.94
285.00
-
2,325.28
2,610.28
45.00
27.99
-
-
27.99
-
144.71
-
-
144.71
-
-
-
-
-
47.35
-
-
-
-
440.00
6,614.00
-
2,340.00
8,954.00
5,211.00
700.00
-
-
700.00
1,960.00
75.00
-
-
75.00
-
2,360.52
-
-
2,360.52
8,233.54
9,137.70
-
-
9,137.70
6,854.66
1,390.00
-
-
1,390.00
210.00
165.00
-
-
165.00
372.00
(131.03)
-
-
(131.03)
1,738.46
5,303.17
-
-
5,303.17
2,077.87
1,309.50
352.00
-
1,661.50
5,157.69|
||**253,310.87**
**2,248.74**
**5,530.28**
**261,089.89**
**245,635.62**|
||**259,324.76**
**2,248.74**
**5,530.28 267,103.78 250,377.48**|
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## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **For the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Prior year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**total funds**|
|**Income and endowments from:**|||||
|Donations and legacies|135,799.30|1,534.00|137,333.30|138,209.58|
|Income from charitable activities|21,774.00|3,702.00|25,476.00|27,958.00|
|Other trading activities|43,098.44|-|43,098.44|49,394.78|
|Investments|18,173.51|5,833.64|24,007.15|2,566.37|
|Other income|180.00|-|180.00|-|
|**Total income**|**219,025.25**|**11,069.64**|**230,094.89**|**218,128.73**|
|**Expenditure on:**|||||
|Expenditure on charitable activities|255,559.61|5,530.28|261,089.89|245,635.62|
|Raisingfunds|6,013.89|-|6,013.89|4,741.86|
|**Total expenditure**|**261,573.50**|**5,530.28**|**267,103.78**|**250,377.48**|
|**Net income / (expenditure) resources before transfer**|**(42,548.25)**|**5,539.36**|**(37,008.89)**|**(32,248.75)**|
|**Transfers:**|||||
|Gross transfers between funds - in|236.00|62.50|298.50|17,572.92|
|Gross transfers between funds - out|(62.50)|(236.00)|(298.50)|(17,572.92)|
|**Other recognised gains / losses**|||||
|Gains/losses on investment assets|41,446.12|9,405.17|50,851.29|(5,655.10)|
|Gains on revaluation,fixed assets,charity's own use|-|-|-|-|
|**Net movement in funds**|**(928.63)**|**14,771.03**|**13,842.40**|**(37,903.85)**|
|**Reconciliation of funds**|||||
|**Total funds brought forward**|**407,740.93**|**190,225.02**|**597,965.95**|**635,869.80**|
|**Total funds carried forward**|**406,812.30**|**204,996.05**|**611,808.35**|**597,965.95**|
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