## **FRIENDS OF ST MARY’S HAWKESBURY** ## **MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 held on Sunday 25[th] July at 5.30 pm in St. Mary’s Church** **Present:** Air Marshal Sir Ian Macfadyen (Chairman); Mr Michael Bendry (Treasurer); Mrs Lisa Overton (Secretary); Mrs Pauline Setterfield; Mr Peter Setterfield; Mrs Debbie Young; Mrs Mary Davies; Mr Colin Dixon; Lady Macfadyen; Mr Christopher Overton; Mrs Pamela Bendry; Mr Paul Broad, Mrs Sarah Cousins-Short. Mrs Beresford. **Welcome:** Sir Ian welcomed everyone to the meeting, once again taking place in the church after the previous year’s meeting on Zoom. **Apologies:** Professor and Mrs Fairney, Mr John Appleby (Vice-President), Mr and Mrs Fozard, Mr and Mrs Hope, Mrs and Mrs Smith, Mr and Mrs Ionides, Mrs Coley, Mrs Rogers, Mr Tim Davies; Mr and Mrs Bryan; Mr and Mrs Gordon Beresford. ## **Minutes of 2019 and 2020 AGM:** The approved Minutes of the 2019 AGM were signed by the Chairman, as this could not be done at the 2019 meeting held by Zoom. The Minutes of the 2020 AGM were accepted as a true record and their signature by the Chairman approved. ## **Matters arising:** None. **Chairman’s report:** Sir Ian Macfadyen gave the following report: ‘Last year I spoke of our plans for the year ahead. Today the church has been transformed. Indeed, with so much that has happened, I feel I should bring you up to date rather than just reporting events during the financial year. This time last year, I spoke of the work being undertaken by Carrek Ltd. Their wonderful work on our tower masonry was revealed in February as the scaffolding came down. I am sure you will agree they took immense pains to ensure the tower remains in great shape for at least another 100 years. Their work on the vestry and new bellringing platform has been equally striking. They completed their work by late February and with only a modest increase in cost, brought about largely by having to redesign the entrance to the bellringing platform on Health & Safety grounds. New fire regulations also added around £2,000 to our costs. All in all Carrek were a pleasure to work with; I wrote and thanked them accordingly. I must also add that our architect, Jessica Holland, not only took a keen interest but the vestry and platform is her design. She guided us all through the work in a most professional manner. I also wrote to her CE who kindly wrote back saying he had passed my letter on to the entire Insall Board (to Jessica’s embarrassment!). The FOSM contribution to all this work was a wonderful £55,000. Turning to our new bells, they arrived in the UK just before Christmas and were tuned at the Radstock factory of our bell engineer, Matthew Higby. Following the historic Blessing of the Bells service in May, installation in the tower began and was completed by 6 July. Those who have heard them will I am sure agree that the sound is superb. Experts have told us they are the finest set of 8 in the country. We cannot formally ring them until The Bishop of Gloucester comes here on Friday 10 September to inaugurate them. We will then hear bells ringing from this tower once again after gap of at least 300 years. Work has been ongoing to restore the Lord Liverpool Garter and Death Banners and we hope to have them back up, hanging in a new location, up in the Choir, later in the year. I spoke last year of the conifers on the South side of the churchyard. Thanks to a most generous donation, they have now been felled which has allowed more light in the church and given a new vista of the church from the South West. Our architect, Jessica Holland, has also undertaken the Quinquennial review of the church, due this year. We await the formal report. There will be some items I am sure that require work but I am sure nothing as compared to 5 years ago! Our latest project is to install a roof alarm to protect our lead roof. ACE Defence will be doing the work. The cost is £3750 plus VAT but we should get a 50% grant from Allchurches Trust (on offer in 2021) which will cut the cost to us to £1375…a sum the Friends’ committee has agreed to finance. Some key members of the DAC visited the church last month and, amongst other matters, strongly supported the idea of a lavatory near the Lychgate. That looks to be out next project and we await a note from the DAC to formally get the ‘go-ahed’. Covid-19 has put a complete stop to any FOSM fundraising, so I have nothing to report on that score. Indeed, despite Government restrictions being eased, and with the D variant running wild, I see no early prospect of much happening, other than our stand at the Hawkesbury Show late in August. We also hope for an event in the autumn to mark the tenth anniversary of the installation of the St Wulfstan window. We may possibly get the Bristol Male Voice Choir here in the church in the Spring. Watch the Parish News! Meanwhile, there is one thing we can do and that is to encourage new members to help boost our funds. Some of you may have seen a note on this in the August edition of the Parish News. £10 per year is but a small sum to help us to carry out the work of looking after the fabric of our lovely church. If you have not already seen it, I do commend our wonderful website, being looked after brilliantly by Debbie Young. There is a mine of information there to encourage new members. This is my third term as your Chairman, and I think it is now time to finally hand over the reins to a fresh mind. Subject to your approval, I wish to hand over the Colin Dixon who has generously agreed to take on the mantle. As I stand down, I would like to record my sincere gratitude to all my team for their hard work and support during my somewhat elongated tenure. I would like to pay a special tribute to both the Secretary and Treasurer who have been especially hard pressed and brilliant in their work. This will end a family association with FOSM that began over 40 years ago with Sally’s parents who helped set up The Friends. I will of course remain a staunch supporter, but I do wish FOSM all success in the years ahead.’ The Chairman also recorded the death of Gordon Beresford who, with Mary, have been such staunch supporters of the Friends of St. Mary’s over many years, and extended the Friends’ condolences to Mary. **Treasurer’s Report:** Mr Michael Bendry presented the accounts for the year 2020-21 and gave the following report: For a good number of years we have been raising money to restore the tower. Well, we’ve restored to tower to much of its former glory, and unexpectedly we also have a peal of bells inside it, thanks in particular to John Appleby. Throughout the programme because the works have been the sole responsibility of CARREK, their invoices haven’t distinguished between restoration and bell installation costs. So it hasn’t always been straightforward to separate Restricted and Unrestricted Expenditure, but I have done my best, and at the end of the day, the Friends will have a balance of £10000 which the committee demanded at the outset. During the project with bills coming in thick and fast, there was a point where the Friends funds amounted to less than £1000 and the PCC took out a loan from the Diocese to prevent any embarrassment! But we weren’t embarrassed, and we have paid all our bills to date. At the end of the financial year 31[st] March, the accounts are showing that the Friends had £46362 in the bank, but there were at that time, a number of outstanding bills, particularly from Matthew Higby, the bell engineer. His final bill has now been paid and was slightly more than the £30000 identified at almost £33000. (There was also £6500 in VAT as well, but that will be recovered). The VAT recovery will be paid to the PCC and will cover other remaining costs and we have also submitted a document to the G&B bell ringers in order to release their grant of £10000. This grant will also go to the PCC. It is hoped that the PCC will then be able to repay the loan. It is likely that it will be the PCC that owes some money to the Friends rather than being a creditor as shown. Thanks again go to Peter Setterfield for his support in auditing the accounts. Mr Overton proposed the adoption of the accounts, seconded by Mr Colin Dixon. All in favour. The Chairman thanked Mr Bendry for all his hard work as Treasurer. Mr Dixon recorded his appreciation of the work done by Matthew Higby on the installation of the bells, stating that he was the finest person to have worked with on the project. **Re-appointment of Auditor.** Mrs Macfadyen proposed and Mary Davies seconded, the re-appointment of Peter Setterfield as Auditor of the accounts. All in favour **Election of Committee:** Following his retirement as Chairman, Sir Ian took the chair for the election of FOSM Chairman, and proposed the election of Mr Colin Dixon, seconded by Mr Peter Setterfield. All in favour. The rest of the Committee was re-elected en bloc, nem con. It was agreed that new members of the Committee may be seconded during the year in order to increase the numbers. **Vice Chairman** : Prof Fairney. **Treasurer:** Mr Michael Bendry. S **ecretary:** Mrs Lisa Overton **Committee** : Mrs Pauline Setterfield; Mr Neil Fozard; Mrs Mary Beresford; Mrs Linda Fairney; Mrs Hilary Rogers; Mr Peter Setterfield; Mrs Debbie Young; Mr Peter Setterfield recorded the gratitude of the Friends of St. Mary’s for the huge contribution made by Sir Ian during his years as Chairman, fully supported by all present. The Chairman thanked all for attending. There being no other business, the meeting closed at 5.55 pm **Journal of accounts receipts and payments 2020-2021** **----- Start of picture text -----**
ref Date C'foil Subject
Carried Forward
1 01.04.20 A/C Subs - M Hare
2 01.04.20 A/C Subs - B&P Kerby
3 09.04.20 500130 All ChurchesTrust
4 09.04.19 A/C Interest
5 16.04.20 BACS Pignus Ltd - C Dixon re Enovert
6 28.04.20 A/C [SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 7
7 11.05.20 A/C Interest
8 14.05.20 500131 SGC Grant - VE Day and Tower
9 28.05.20 Transfer to BIA
10 28.05.20 500132 Subs - A & P Cochran
11 29.05.20 A/C [SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 8
12 08.06.20 A/C Interest
13 09.06.20 Transfer from BIA
15 09.06.20 A/C Interest
16 10.06.20 BACS St Marys PCC - re Collins Env - Bat Licence
17 17.06.20 Transfer from BIA
18 17.06.20 BACS Ward Cole - Structural Engineers
19 22.06.20 A/C Donation - P Wilmott
20 29.06.20 A/C HMRC Gift Aid refund JA Bells
21 29.06.20 A/C [SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 9
22 30.06.20 Transfer to BIA
23 07.07.20 500133 Donation - D Deacon - Bells
24 09.07.20 A/C Interest
25 11.07.20 500134 Donation - Beaufort - Bells
26 17.07.20 BACS St Mary PCC - BANES Building Control
27 20.07.20 500135 Donation - P Coley - Bells
28 23.07.20 BACS I Macfadyen - VE Day Mugs for School ref 8
29 29.07.20 A/C [SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 10
30 03.08.20 A/C Subs - D & M Coates
31 05.08.20 A/C Transfer to Treasurers Account
32 05.08.20 BACS Donald Insall - Architect fees
33 05.08.20 BACS Watts and Watts - Bell Pads
34 10.08.20 BACS St Marys PCC - re SGC - Building Control
35 10.08.20 A/C Interest
36 14.08.20 500136 Donation - Sandra Trust - Tower/Bells
37 20.08.20 500137 Donation - RWE Charlton - Tower/Bells
38 25.08.20 Transfer to BIA
39 01.09.20 A/C [SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 11
40 03.09.20 BACS Ward Cole - Scaffolding Survey
41 03.09.20 A/C Transfer to Treasurers Account
42 03.09.20 BACS Donald Insall - Architect fees
43 04.09.20 A/C Transfer to Treasurers Account
44 04.09.20 BACS St Marys PCC - re CARREK Ltd 2710
45 07.09.20 A/C Interest
46 09.09.20 A/C Interest
47 17.09.20 Transfer to Treasurers Account
48 17.09.20 BACS Matthew Higby - 2nd instalment - Bells
49 23.09.20 Transfer to Treasurers Account
50 23.09.20 BACS 2 men went to mow - Yews
51 23.09.20 BACS AA Comparetto - Yews
52 28.09.20 A/C Donation - Enovert
53 28.09.20 Transfer to BIA
54 29.09.20 A/C [SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 12
55 07.10.20 500138 Subs & Donation - R&S Bezar
56 09.10.20 A/C Interest
57 13.10.20 500139 Transfer from Barclays
58 14.10.20 BACS Donald Insall - Architect fees
59 14.10.20 BACS St Marys PCC - re CARREK Ltd 2714
60 18.10.20 Transfer to BIA
61 23.10.20 500140 Donation - Priebe
62 23.10.20 500140 Sales of church guide books
63 23.10.20 500140 Transfer from Petty Cash
64 25.10.20 Transfer to Treasurers Account
65 25.10.20 BACS St Marys PCC - re CARREK Ltd 2718
66 28.10.20 Transfer to Treasurers Account
67 28.10.20 BACS Donald Insall - Architect fees
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|**68**|**29.09.20**|**A/C**|**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 13**| |---|---|---|---| |**69**|**09.11.20**|**A/C**|**Donation - R Tyson**| |**70**|**09.11.20**|**A/C**|**Interest**| |**71**|**12.11.20**|**500086**|**Donation - R Kingston re D Blakeney**| |**72**|**12.11.20**|**500086**|**Subs & Donation - T&M Davies**| |**73**|**19.11.20**|**A/C**|**Donation - Anon via CAF**| |**74**|**23.11.20**|**BACS**|**St Marys PCC - re CARREK Ltd 2719**| |**75**|**23.11.20**|**A/C**|**Donation - K Hoskins**| |**76**|**23.11.20**|**A/C**|**Donation - Waddington**| |**77**|**23.11.20**|**A/C**|**Subs - Stinchcombe**| |**78**|**23.11.20**|**A/C**|**Subs - Fielden**| |**79**|**23.11.20**|**A/C**|**Subs & Donation - Evans**| |**80**|**23.11.20**|**A/C**|**Subs - P Bell**| |**81**|**23.11.20**|**A/C**|**Donation - P White**| |**82**|**26.11.20**|**A/C**|**Subs & Donation - B&N Stephens**| |**83**|**26.11.20**|**A/C**|**Subs & Donation - Floater**| |**84**|**28.11.20**||**Transfer to Treasurers Account**| |**85**|**30.11.20**|**BACS**|**Donald Insall - Architect fees**| |**86**|**30.11.20**|**A/C**|**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 14**| |**87**|**07.12.20**|**A/C**|**Interest**| |**88**|**09.12.20**|**A/C**|**Interest**| |**89**|**15.12.20**|**A/C**|**Donation - Ferrari**| |**90**|**16.12.20**|**500087**|**Subs - B Salthouse**| |**91**|**22.12.20**|**A/C**|**HMRC - Gift Aid refund**| |**92**|**23.12.20**|**500139**|**Transfer from Barclays**| |**93**|**30.12.20**|**A/C**|**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 15**| |**94**|**30.12.20**|**BACS**|**Donald Insall - Architect fees**| |**95**|**30.12.20**|**BACS**|**Ward Cole - Structural Survey**| |**96**|**30.12.20**|**A/C**|**HMRC - Gift Aid refund**| |**97**|**30.12.20**|**A/C**|**Donation - R Fielden**| |**98**|**07.01.21**|**500088**|**Subs - CJ Bryan**| |**99**|**09.01.21**|**A/C**|**Subs - C&J Harding**| |**100**|**26.01.21**|**A/C**|**Sales & Donation - C Dixon**| |**101**|**30.01.21**|**A/C**|**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 16**| |**102**|**01.02.21**|**BACS**|**Donald Insall - Architect fees**| |**103**|**28.01.21**|**500090**|**Donation - Truebody**| |**104**|**01.02.21**|**500091**|**Donation - Verdon-Smith Trust**| |**105**|**12.02.21**|**A/C**|**Donation - J Appleby - Bells**| |**106**|**15.02.21**|**A/C**|**Donation - J Appleby - Bells**| |**107**|**22.02.21**|**A/C**|**Donation - Rausing Trust**| |**108**|**28.02.21**|**A/C**|**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 17**| |**109**|**01.03.21**|**BACS**|**Simply Gardens - Tree removal**| |**110**|**26.02.21**|**500146**|**Donation - Anon - Churchyard Trees**| |**111**|**08.03.21**|**A/C**|**HMRC - Gift Aid refund - ref 105,110**| |**112**|**08.03.21**|**A/C**|**Interest**| |**113**|**11.03.21**||**Transfer to BIA**| |**114**|**17.03.21**|**A/C**|**HMRC - Gift Aid refund - ref 106**| |**115**|**17.03.21**||**Transfer to BIA**| |**116**|**24.03.21**||**Transfer to Treasurers Account**| |**117**|**24.03.21**|**BACS**|**St Marys PCC - re Avon Ropes - Bell ropes**| |**118**|**29.03.21**|**A/C**|**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 18**| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Lloyds (Treasurers Account) Lloyds (Instant Access)
Receipts Paid out Balance Receipts Paid out Balance
£1,066.94 £62,051.53
£10.00 £1,076.94
£15.00 £1,091.94
£2,300.00 £3,391.94
£2.57 £62,054.10
£2,000.00 £1,391.94
£20.00 £1,411.94
£2.72 £62,056.82
£1,895.00 £3,306.94
£2,500.00 £806.94 £2,500.00 £64,556.82
£15.00 £821.94
£20.00 £841.94
£1,500.00 £2,341.94 £1,500.00 £63,056.82
£2.51 £63,059.33
£1,896.00 £445.94
£1,000.00 £1,445.94 £1,000.00 £62,059.33
£912.00 £533.94
£500.00 £1,033.94
£10,061.78 £11,095.72
£20.00 £11,115.72
£10,000.00 £1,115.72 £10,000.00 £72,059.33
£100.00 £1,215.72
£2.70 £72,062.03
£100.00 £1,315.72
£274.57 £1,041.15
£200.00 £1,241.15
£465.30 £775.85
£20.00 £795.85
£15.00 £810.85
£4,000.00 £4,810.85 £4,000.00 £68,062.03
£1,590.49 £3,220.36
£2,433.61 £786.75
£640.67 £146.08
£2.52 £68,064.55
£4,000.00 £4,146.08
£250.00 £4,396.08
£3,500.00 £896.08 £3,500.00 £71,564.55
£20.00 £916.08
£384.00 £532.08
£1,500.00 £2,032.08 £1,500.00 £70,064.55
£1,608.13 £423.95
£32,500.00 £32,923.95 £32,500.00 £37,564.55
£32,522.16 £401.79
£0.52 £37,565.07
£37,000.00 £37,401.79 £37,000.00 £565.07
£37,068.00 £333.79
£500.00 £833.79 £500.00 £65.07
£325.00 £508.79
£325.00 £183.79
£20,000.00 £20,183.79
£20,000.00 £183.79 £20,000.00 £20,065.07
£20.00 £203.79
£25.00 £228.79
£0.13 £20,065.20
£25,000.00 £25,228.79
£1,608.13 £23,620.66
£9,650.42 £13,970.24
£13,000.00 £970.24 £13,000.00 £33,065.20
£100.00 £1,070.24
£20.00 £1,090.24
£60.00 £1,150.24
£31,000.00 £32,150.24 £31,000.00 £2,065.20
£31,252.02 £898.22
£1,200.00 £2,098.22 £1,200.00 £865.20
£1,608.13 £490.09
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£20.00 £510.09
£250.00 £760.09
£0.12 £865.32
£50.00 £810.09
£20.00 £830.09
£100.00 £965.32
£60.00 £890.09
£200.00 £1,090.09
£15.00 £1,105.09
£15.00 £1,120.09
£25.00 £1,145.09
£10.00 £1,155.09
£50.00 £1,205.09
£65.00 £1,270.09
£50.00 £1,320.09
£600.00 £1,920.09 £600.00 £365.32
£1,608.12 £311.97
£20.00 £331.97
£0.01 £365.33
£20.00 £351.97
£1,551.97 £1,903.94
£1,680.00 £3,583.94
£20.00 £3,603.94
£1,608.14 £1,995.80
£720.00 £1,275.80
£175.00 £1,450.80
£20.00 £1,470.80
£25.00 £1,495.80
£15.00 £1,510.80
£107.25 £1,618.05
£20.00 £1,638.05
£1,008.12 £629.93
£100.00 £729.93
£350.00 £1,079.93
£8,000.00 £9,079.93
£20.00 £9,099.93
£3,456.00 £5,643.93
£3,500.00 £9,143.93
£5,875.00 £15,018.93
£14,000.00 £1,018.93 £14,000.00 £14,365.33
£2,500.00 £3,518.93
£3,000.00 £518.93 £3,000.00 £17,365.33
£1,568.00 £2,086.93 £1,568.00 £15,797.33
£1,568.00 £518.93
£20.00 £538.93
£202,004.00 £202,532.01 £538.93 £66,113.80 £112,368.00 £15,797.33
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Barclays Petty Cash
Reciepts Paid out Balance Reciepts Paid out Balance
£56,648.42 £77.42
£15.21 £56,663.63
£7.84 £56,671.47
£25,000.00 £31,671.47
£6.00 £83.42
£60.00 £23.42
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£30,000.00 £1,671.47
£0.93 £1,672.40
£10.00 £1,682.40
£1,680.00 £2.40
£20,000.00 £20,002.40
£10,000.00 £30,002.40
£0.20 £30,002.60
£30,034.18 £56,680.00 £30,002.60 £6.00 £60.00 £23.42
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**Total funds available £46,362.28** **----- Start of picture text -----**
INCOME
Subs Donations Gift Aid Gift Aid Misc Bells
Other Bells
£10.00
£15.00
£20.00
£1,395.00
£15.00
£20.00
£10,061.78
£20.00
£100.00
£100.00
£200.00
£20.00
£15.00
£20.00
£20.00
£15.00 £10.00
£100.00
£26.00
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£20.00
£250.00
£50.00
£15.00 £5.00
£100.00
£60.00
£200.00
£15.00
£15.00
£15.00 £10.00
£10.00
£50.00
£15.00 £50.00
£15.00 £35.00
£20.00
£10.00
£20.00
£47.50 £1,504.47
£20.00
£62.50 £112.50
£20.00
£10.00 £15.00
£15.00
£89.00 £18.25
£20.00
£100.00
£350.00
£20,000.00
£10,000.00
£20.00
£3,500.00
£875.00 £5,000.00
£2,500.00
£20.00
£215.00 £5,004.00 £985.00 £19,178.75 £1,439.25 £30,640.00
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||**EXPENDITURE**| |---|---| |**Tower**
**Lloyds**
**Barclays**|**Yews**
**Bells**
**Tower**| ||| |**£2,300.00**
**£2.57**
**£2.72**
**£500.00**
**£15.21**
**£2.51**
**£500.00**
**£2.70**
**£2.52**
**£4,000.00**
**£250.00**
**£7.84**
**£0.52**
**£20,000.00**
**£0.13**|**£2,000.00**
**£1,896.00**
**£912.00**
**£274.57**
**£1,590.49**
**£2,433.61**
**£640.67**
**£384.00**
**£1,608.13**
**£37,068.00**
**£325.00**
**£325.00**
**£1,608.13**
**£1,608.13**| **----- Start of picture text -----**
£1,608.12
£0.93
£0.01
£1,608.14
£720.00
£1,008.12
£8,000.00
£0.20
£1,568.00
£35,550.00 £13.68 £24.18 £650.00 £41,069.61 £17,466.50
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**Total income £93,049.86** **T** **----- Start of picture text -----**
St Mary's Misc
£465.30
£32,522.16
£9,650.42
£31,252.02
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£30,000.00
£3,456.00
£103,424.60 £3,921.30
Total expenditure £166,532.01
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|**Opening Balances**
**2017/18**
**1**
**19.03.18**
**A/C**
**J Appleby - re Bells**
**2018/19**
**2**
**10.04.18**
**A/C**
**J Appleby - re Bells**
**3**
**11.04.18**
**A/C**
**J Appleby - re Bells**
**4**
**18.04.18**
**A/C**
**HMRC Gift Aid refund (ref 1)**
**5**
**19.04.18**
**BACS**
**Ward Cole Ltd - Structural Survey re Bells**
**6**
**31.05.18**
**CHAPS**
**Matthew Higby Bellfounders**
**7**
**04.06.18**
**A/C**
**Payment for CHAPS transfer**
**8**
**06.07.18**
**500107**
**Donation - C Bryan - re Bells**
**9**
**31.07.18**
**500108**
**Donation - S&M Webb - Bells**
**10**
**30.08.18**
**500109**
**Donation - Link - Bells**
**11**
**28.09.18**
**500110**
**Donation - J Appleby - re Bells**
**12**
**15.11.18**
**BACS**
**St Mary's Eco Bat Survey**
**13**
**14.01.19**
**A/C**
**Donation - Bells - N&B Stephens**
**14**
**15.11.18**
**BACS**
**Donald Insall Associates - Bells**
**2019/20**
**14**
**24.04.19**
**A/C**
**HMRC Gift Aid refund (ref 9,10,11)**
**15**
**17.04.19**
**A/C**
**VAT Refund - LPoW**
**16**
**21.05.19**
**BACS**
**Donald Insall Associates - Bells Project**
**17**
**04.07.19**
**500111**
**Donation - Bells - EM Salthouse -Bell Rope**
**18**
**04.07.19**
**500111**
**Bells - Garden Open day takings**
**19**
**08.07.19**
**A/C**
**Donation - Bells - D Fletcher**
**20**
**23.07.19**
**5000112**
**Donation - Bells - Rev R Turner**
**21**
**22.08.19**
**500120**
**Donation - Renishaw plc**
**22**
**22.08.19**
**500120**
**Donation - AG Casewell**
**23**
**05.09.19**
**500121**
**Donation - P Coley - Bell Rope**
**24**
**26.09.19**
**500122**
**Donation - Juniper - Bells**
**25**
**26.09.19**
**500122**
**Donation - Kerby - Bells**
**26**
**26.09.19**
**500122**
**Donation - Holy Trinity Wickwar - Bells**
**37**
**04.10.19**
**500123**
**Donation - J&A Smith - Bells**
**41**
**04.10.19**
**500123**
**Donation - B&L Robinson - Bell Clapper**
**40**
**04.10.19**
**500123**
**Donation - L Overton - Bell Clapper**
**42**
**07.10.19**
**A/C**
**Donation - P Broad - Bells**
**46**
**26.10.19**
**S/O**
**Donation - Curnock - Bells**
**57**
**29.11.19**
**500126**
**Donation - RJ Kingston - Bells**
**58**
**29.11.19**
**500126**
**Donation - C&J Harding - Bells**
**60**
**29.11.19**
**S/O**
**Donation - Curnock - Bells**
**71**
**11.12.19**
**5000128**
**Donation - Wotton Bellringers**
**71**
**11.12.19**
**A/C**
**HMRC Gift Aid refund (ref 23,24,25,37,41,40,57,58)**
**75**
**24.12.19**
**BACS**
**Donald Insoll Associates**
**78**
**30.12.19**
**S/O**
**Donation - J Curnock - Bells**
**79**
**29.01.20**
**S/O**
**Donation - J Curnock - Bells**
**83**
**28.02.20**
**S/O**
**Donation - J Curnock - Bells**|**Receipts**|**Receipts**|**Paym**|**e**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Lloyds**|**Barclays**|**Lloyds**|| ||**£8,716.98**|**£38,619.11**|**£1,476.84**
**£1,509.00**
**£2,919.30**
**£5,677.34**
**£4,814.95**|| ||**£2,000.00**
**£200.00**
**£5,000.00**
**£100.00**
**£30,000.00**
**£100.00**
**£8,775.00**
**£200.00**
**£493.00**
**£20.00**
**£100.00**
**£1,500.00**
**£40.00**
**£200.00**
**£35.00**
**£50.00**
**£100.00**
**£350.00**
**£200.00**
**£200.00**
**£50.00**
**£20.00**
**£1,000.00**
**£200.00**
**£20.00**
**£500.00**
**£678.75**
**£20.00**
**£20.00**
**£20.00**|**£8,000.00**
**£20,000.00**
**£20,000.00**
**£6,910.69**||| |**89**|**30.03.20**|**S/O**| |---|---|---| ||**2020/21**|| |**3**|**09.04.20**|**500130**| |**8**|**14.05.20**|**500131**| |**6**|**28.04.20**|**S/O**| |**11**|**29.05.20**|**S/O**| |**16**|**09.06.20**|**BACS**| |**18**|**17.06.20**|**BACS**| |**19**|**22.06.20**|**A/C**| |**20**|**29.06.20**|**A/C**| |**21**|**29.06.20**|**A/C**| |**23**|**07.07.20**|**500133**| |**25**|**11.07.20**|**500134**| |**26**|**17.07.20**|**BACS**| |**27**|**20.07.20**|**500135**| |**29**|**29.07.20**|**A/C**| |**32**|**05.08.20**|**BACS**| |**33**|**05.08.20**|**BACS**| |**32**|**10.08.20**|**BACS**| |**33**|**14.08.20**|**500136**| |**37**|**20.08.20**|**500137**| |**39**|**01.09.20**|**A/C**| |**40**|**03.09.20**|**BACS**| |**41**|**03.09.20**|**BACS**| |**44**|**04.09.20**|**BACS**| |**47**|**17.09.20**|**BACS**| |**52**|**28.09.20**|**A/C**| |**53**|**29.09.20**|**A/C**| |**57**|**13.10.20**|**500139**| |**58**|**14.10.20**|**BACS**| |**59**|**14.10.20**|**BACS**| |**65**|**25.10.20**|**BACS**| |**67**|**28.10.20**|**BACS**| |**68**|**29.09.20**|**A/C**| |**73**|**19.11.20**|**A/C**| |**74**|**23.11.20**|**A/C**| |**85**|**30.11.20**|**BACS**| |**86**|**30.11.20**|**A/C**| |**91**|**22.12.20**|**A/C**| |**93**|**30.12.20**|**A/C**| |**94**|**23.12.20**|**500139**| |**97**|**30.12.20**|**BACS**| |**95**|**30.12.20**|**BACS**| |**96**|**30.12.20**|**A/C**| |**97**|**30.12.20**|**A/C**| |**100**|**26.01.21**|**A/C**| |**101**|**30.01.21**|**A/C**| |**Donation - J Curnock - Bells**
**All ChurchesTrust**
**SGC Grant - VE Day and Tower**
**Donation - J Curnock - Bells 7**
**Donation - J Curnock - Bells 8**
**Collins Env - Bat Licence - to St Mary PCC**
**Ward Cole - Structural Engineers**
**Donation - P Wilmott**
**HMRC Gift Aid refund JA Bells**
**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 9**
**Donation - D Deacon - Bells**
**Donation - Beaufort - Bells**
**BANES Building Control - to St Mary PCC**
**Donation - P Coley - Bells**
**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 10**
**Donald Insall - Architect fees**
**Watts and Watts - Bell Pads**
**St Marys PCC - re SGC - Building Control**
**Donation - Sandra Trust - Tower/Bells**
**Donation - RWE Charlton - Tower/Bells**
**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 11**
**Ward Cole - Scafolding Survey**
**Donald Insall - Architect fees**
**St Marys PCC - CARREK Ltd 2710**
**Matthew Higby - 2nd instalment - Bells**
**Donation - Enovert**
**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 12**
**Transfer from Barclays**
**Donald Insall - Architect fees**
**St Marys PCC - CARREK Ltd 2714**
**St Marys PCC - CARREK Ltd 2718**
**Donald Insall - Architect fees**
**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 13**
**Donation - Anon via CAF**
**St Marys PCC - CARREK Ltd 2719**
**Donald Insall - Architect fees**
**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 14**
**HMRC - Gift Aid refund**
**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 15**
**Transfer from Barclays**
**Donald Insall - Architect fees**
**Ward Cole - Structural Survey**
**HMRC - Gift Aid refund**
**Donation - R Fielden**
**Sales & Dination - C Dixon**
**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 16**|**£20.00**
**£2,300.00**
**£500.00**
**£20.00**
**£20.00**
**£500.00**
**£10,061.78**
**£20.00**
**£100.00**
**£100.00**
**£200.00**
**£20.00**
**£4,000.00**
**£250.00**
**£20.00**
**£20,000.00**
**£20.00**
**£25,000.00**
**£20.00**
**£100.00**
**£20.00**
**£1,551.97**
**£20.00**
**£1,680.00**
**£175.00**
**£20.00**
**£89.00**
**£20.00**||**£1,896.00**
**£912.00**
**£274.57**
**£1,590.49**
**£2,433.61**
**£640.67**
**£384.00**
**£1,608.13**
**£32,522.16**
**£37,068.00**
**£1,608.13**
**£9,650.42**
**£31,252.02**
**£1,608.13**
**£1,608.12**
**£1,608.14**
**£720.00**| |---|---|---|---| |**102**|**01.02.21**|**BACS**|**Donald Insall - Architect fees**|||||**£1,008.12**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**103**|**28.01.21**|**500090**|**Donation - Truebody**|**£100.00**|||||| |**104**|**01.02.21**|**500091**|**Donation - Verdon-Smith Trust**|**£350.00**|||||| |**105**|**12.02.21**|**A/C**|**Donation - J Appleby - Bells**||||**£20,000.00**||| |**106**|**15.02.21**|**A/C**|**Donation - J Appleby - Bells**||||**£10,000.00**||| |**109**|**22.02.21**|**A/C**|**Donation - Rausing Trust**|**£8,000.00**|||||| |**107**|**28.02.21**|**A/C**|**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 17**|**£20.00**|||||| |**111**|**08.03.21**|**A/C**|**HMRC - Gift Aid refund**|**£5,000.00**|||||| |**114**|**17.03.21**|**A/C**|**HMRC - Gift Aid refund**|**£2,500.00**|||||| |**117**|**24.03.21**|**BACS**|**St Marys PCC - re Avon Ropes - Bell ropes**|||||**£1,568.00**|| |**118**|**29.03.21**|**A/C**|**[SO] Donation - J Cornock - Bells 18**|**£20.00**
**Total receipts +Balances**
**£135,029.50**
**£84,910.69**
**£267,276.28**||||**Total pay**
**£146,358.14**
**£240,13**|| |||||**CARREK quote**||**agreed**||**£154,648.00**|| |||||**Payments ex VAT**|||||| ||||||**1**|**CARREK Ltd 2710**||**£27,101.80**|| ||||||**2**|**CARREK Ltd 2714**||**£18,669.57**|| ||||||**3**|**CARREK Ltd 2718**||**£26,043.35**|| |||**Balances**|**(Includes interest payments)**||**4**|**CARREK Ltd 2719**||**£33,224.47**|| |||**Lloyds**|**£16,336.26**||**5**|**CARREK Ltd 2724**||**£26,362.58**|| |||**Barclays**|**£30,002.60**||**6**|**CARREK Ltd 2727**||**£21,476.24**|| ||||||**7**||**CARREK Ltd 233**|**£11,467.26**|| |||||||||**£164,345.27**|| |||||**provisional**|**8**||**CARREK Ltd 27??**|**£5,000.00**|| |||**B&G Bellringers **|**£10,000.00**||||||| |||**Cotham**|**£4,000.00**||||||| |||||||**Balance**||**-£9,697.27**|| ||||**£60,338.86**||||||| |||||**Matthew Higby for bells**||||**£93,000.00**|| |||||**Payments ex VAT**|||||| ||**Payment 1**|**£31,000.00**| |---|---|---| ||**Payment 2**|**£31,000.00**| ||**Payment 3**|| |||**£62,000.00**| |**CARREK + Bells**||**£247,648.00**| |**Payments to date**||**£226,345.27**| |**Balance**||**£21,302.73**| **----- Start of picture text -----**
ents Balance Income
Barclays Appleby VAT Refund Donations Fundraising Grants Architect
£47,336.09
£55,336.09 £8,000.00
£75,336.09 £20,000.00
£95,336.09 £20,000.00
£97,336.09 £2,000.00
£95,859.25
£37,068.00 £58,791.25
£25.00 £58,766.25
£58,966.25 £200.00
£63,966.25 £5,000.00
£64,066.25
£94,066.25 £30,000.00
£92,557.25
£92,657.25 £100.00
£89,737.95 £2,919.30
£89,737.95
£98,512.95 £8,000.00 £775.00
£105,423.64 £6,910.69
£99,746.30 £5,677.34
£99,946.30 £200.00
£100,439.30 £493.00
£100,459.30 £20.00
£100,559.30 £100.00
£102,059.30 £1,500.00
£102,099.30 £40.00
£102,299.30 £200.00
£102,334.30 £35.00
£102,384.30 £50.00
£102,484.30 £100.00
£102,834.30 £350.00
£103,034.30 £200.00
£103,234.30 £200.00
£103,284.30 £50.00
£103,304.30 £20.00
£104,304.30 £1,000.00
£104,504.30 £200.00
£104,524.30 £20.00
£105,024.30 £500.00
£105,703.05 £678.75
£100,888.10 £4,814.95
£100,908.10 £20.00
£100,928.10 £20.00
£100,948.10 £20.00
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|**£25,000.00**
**£30,000.00**
**£1,680.00**|**£100,968.10**
**£100,968.10**
**£103,268.10**
**£103,768.10**
**£103,788.10**
**£103,808.10**
**£101,912.10**
**£101,000.10**
**£101,500.10**
**£111,561.88**
**£111,581.88**
**£111,681.88**
**£111,781.88**
**£111,507.31**
**£111,707.31**
**£111,727.31**
**£110,136.82**
**£107,703.21**
**£107,062.54**
**£111,062.54**
**£111,312.54**
**£111,332.54**
**£110,948.54**
**£109,340.41**
**£76,818.25**
**£39,750.25**
**£59,750.25**
**£59,770.25**
**£59,770.25**
**£58,162.12**
**£48,511.70**
**£17,259.68**
**£15,651.55**
**£15,671.55**
**£15,771.55**
**-£14,228.45**
**-£15,836.57**
**-£15,816.57**
**-£14,264.60**
**-£14,244.60**
**-£14,244.60**
**-£15,852.74**
**-£16,572.74**
**-£16,397.74**
**-£16,377.74**
**-£16,288.74**
**-£16,268.74**||**£10,061.78**||**£20.00**
**£20.00**
**£20.00**
**£500.00**
**£20.00**
**£100.00**
**£100.00**
**£200.00**
**£20.00**
**£250.00**
**£20.00**
**£20.00**
**£20.00**
**£1,551.97**
**£20.00**
**£175.00**
**£20.00**
**£89.00**
**£20.00**||**£2,300.00**
**£500.00**
**£4,000.00**
**£20,000.00**||**£1,590.49**
**£1,608.13**
**£1,608.13**
**£1,608.13**
**£1,605.12**
**£1,608.14**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| **----- Start of picture text -----**
-£17,276.86 1008.12
-£17,176.86 £100.00
-£16,826.86 £350.00
£3,173.14 £20,000.00
£13,173.14 £10,000.00
£21,173.14 £8,000.00
£21,193.14 £20.00
£26,193.14 £5,000.00
£28,693.14 £2,500.00
£27,125.14
£27,145.14
yments
£93,773.00 £135,561.78 £6,910.69 £21,754.72 £493.00 £28,300.00 £24,047.85
31.14
Income to date Expenditu
inc VAT FoSM £47,336.09 Architect
£5,420.36 £32,522.16 (inc GA) J Appleby £135,561.78 Bats
£3,733.91 £22,403.48 (inc GA) Donations £21,754.72 Stuctural Eng
£5,208.67 £31,252.02 Fundraising £493.00 CARREK
£6,644.89 £39,869.36 Grants £28,300.00 Higby
£5,272.52 £31,635.10 VAT Refund £6,910.69 Watts&Watts
£4,295.24 £25,771.49 Build Cont
£2,293.45 £13,076.71 A £240,356.28 £213,
£32,869.04 £196,530.32 Other funds Further Ex
PCC £35,000.00 Architect
£1,250.00 £6,250.00 B&G BRA £10,000.00 CARREK
Cotham £4,000.00 Higby
paid to PCC Vat Refund £9,478.62
paid to PCC Vat Refund £6,984.91 VAT
paid to PCC Vat Refund £5,813.12
paid to PCC Vat Refund £4,295.25
B £75,571.90 £97,6
-£1,939.45 -£11,636.72
A + B £315,928.18 £311,
Balance £4,897.04
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Expendfiture
Bats Structural Carrek Higby Other
£1,476.84
£37,068.00
£25.00
£1,509.00
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**£1,896.00 £912.00 £274.57 £2,433.61 £640.67 £384.00 £32,522.16 £37,068.00 £9,650.42 £31,252.02 £30,000.00 £720.00** **£1,568.00 £3,405.00 £3,492.84 £103,424.60 £75,704.00 £3,373.85** £213,448.14 ## **ure to date** **£24,047.85 (inc VAT) £3,405.00 (inc VAT) £3,492.84 (inc VAT) £103,424.60 (inc VAT) £75,704.00 (inc VAT) £2,433.61 (inc VAT) £915.24 (inc VAT)** **423.14** ## **xpemditure** **£1,608.00 (ex VAT) £5,000.00 (ex VAT) £31,000.00 (ex VAT)** **£60,000.00** **608.00** **031.14** ## **Friends of St Mary's, Hawkesbury** ## **Income & Expenditure Account for the Year ending 31st March 2021** |**Income**|||**2020/21**|**2020/21**|**2020/21**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**| |**Subscriptions**||**Sub-total**|**£215.00**||**£215.00**| |**Donations**|Verdon-Smith Trust||£350.00||£350.00| ||Tower||£35,550.00||£35,550.00| ||Bells|||£30,640.00|£30,640.00| ||Other donations||£4,654.00|£10,000.00|£14,654.00| ||Reclaimed Gift Aid||£985.00|£19,178.75|£20,163.75| ||South Glos re VE Day||£1,395.00||£1,395.00| |||**Sub-total**|**£42,934.00**|**£59,818.75**|**£102,752.75**| |**Fundraising**|Sale of Guide Books||£44.25||£44.25| |||**Sub-total**|**£44.25**|**£0.00**|**£44.25**| |**Interest received**|Barclays||£24.18||£24.18| ||Lloyds||£13.68||£13.68| |||**Sub-total**|**£37.86**|**£0.00**|**£37.86**| |||**Total Income**|**£43,231.11**|**£59,818.75**|**£103,049.86**| |**Expenditure**|Yew trees||£650.00||£650.00| ||Tower||£17,466.50||£17,466.50| ||Bells|||£76,569.61|£76,569.61| ||Donations to St Mary's re Works||£77,406.30|£36,881.30|£114,287.60| ||Other||£3,921.30||£3,921.30| ||**Total Expenditure**||**£99,444.10**|**£113,450.91**|**£212,895.01**| # **Excess of Income over Expenditure -£56,212.99 -£53,632.16 -£109,845.15** |**2019/20**|**2019/20**|**2019/20**| |---|---|---| |**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**| |**£732.61**||**£732.61**| |£500.00||£500.00| ||£21,722.44|£21,722.44| |£7,570.00||£7,570.00| |||£0.00| |||£0.00| |**£8,070.00**|**£21,722.44**|**£29,792.44**| |£1,870.00||£1,870.00| |**£1,870.00**|**£0.00**|**£1,870.00**| |£102.82||| |£27.64||| |**£130.46**|**£0.00**|**£130.46**| |**£10,803.07**|**£21,722.44**|**£32,525.51**| |£600.00||£600.00| ||£10,492.29|£10,492.29| |£2,187.27||£2,187.27| |**£2,787.27**|**£10,492.29**|**£13,279.56**| £8,015.80 £11,230.15 £19,245.95 ## **Friends of St Mary's, Hawkesbury** |||**2020-21**|**2020-21**|**2020-21**|**2019-20**|**2019-20**|**2019-20**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Balance Sheet at 31st March 2021**|||||||| |||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**| |Fixed Assets||£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |Current Assets|||||||| |Cash at bank|||||||| |**Barclays**|||£30,003|£30,003|£38,831|£17,818|£56,648| |**Lloyds**|IA Account|£9,438|£6,359|£15,797|£26,237|£35,814|£62,052| |**Lloyds**|Treasurer|£539||£539|£1,067||£1,067| |**Petty cash**||£23||£23|£77||£77| |**Total Cash**||**£10,000**|**£36,362**|**£46,362**|**£66,212**|**£53,632**|**£119,844**| |Stock||£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |Debtors|GBBRA|£0|£10,000|£10,000|£0|£0|£0| |Total Assets||**£10,000**|**£46,362**|**£56,362**|**£66,212**|**£53,632**|**£119,844**| |Less Current Liabilities|||||||| |Creditors|M Higby||£30,000|£30,000|£0|£0|£0| ||CARREK||£5,000|£5,000|||| ||Architect||£500|£500|||| ||PCC.||£10,862|£10,862|||| |Net Assets||**£10,000**|**£0**|**£10,000**|**£66,212**|**£53,632**|**£119,844**| |Represented by : Accumulated Fund|||||||| |Balance start of Year||£66,213|£53,632|£119,844|£58,197|£42,402|£100,598| Plus Income and expenditure account |-£56,213|-£53,632|-£109,845|£8,016|£11,230|£19,246| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**£10,000**|**£0**|**£10,000**|**£66,213**|**£53,632**|**£119,844**| I have audited the books and records from which the accounts have been prepared and found them to be correct. .......................................................................... Peter Setterfield ## **FRIENDS OF ST MARY’S HAWKESBURY** ## **MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 held on Sunday 25[th] July at 5.30 pm in St. Mary’s Church** **Present:** Air Marshal Sir Ian Macfadyen (Chairman); Mr Michael Bendry (Treasurer); Mrs Lisa Overton (Secretary); Mrs Pauline Setterfield; Mr Peter Setterfield; Mrs Debbie Young; Mrs Mary Davies; Mr Colin Dixon; Lady Macfadyen; Mr Christopher Overton; Mrs Pamela Bendry; Mr Paul Broad, Mrs Sarah Cousins-Short. Mrs Beresford. **Welcome:** Sir Ian welcomed everyone to the meeting, once again taking place in the church after the previous year’s meeting on Zoom. **Apologies:** Professor and Mrs Fairney, Mr John Appleby (Vice-President), Mr and Mrs Fozard, Mr and Mrs Hope, Mrs and Mrs Smith, Mr and Mrs Ionides, Mrs Coley, Mrs Rogers, Mr Tim Davies; Mr and Mrs Bryan; Mr and Mrs Gordon Beresford. ## **Minutes of 2019 and 2020 AGM:** The approved Minutes of the 2019 AGM were signed by the Chairman, as this could not be done at the 2019 meeting held by Zoom. The Minutes of the 2020 AGM were accepted as a true record and their signature by the Chairman approved. ## **Matters arising:** None. **Chairman’s report:** Sir Ian Macfadyen gave the following report: ‘Last year I spoke of our plans for the year ahead. Today the church has been transformed. Indeed, with so much that has happened, I feel I should bring you up to date rather than just reporting events during the financial year. This time last year, I spoke of the work being undertaken by Carrek Ltd. Their wonderful work on our tower masonry was revealed in February as the scaffolding came down. I am sure you will agree they took immense pains to ensure the tower remains in great shape for at least another 100 years. Their work on the vestry and new bellringing platform has been equally striking. They completed their work by late February and with only a modest increase in cost, brought about largely by having to redesign the entrance to the bellringing platform on Health & Safety grounds. New fire regulations also added around £2,000 to our costs. All in all Carrek were a pleasure to work with; I wrote and thanked them accordingly. I must also add that our architect, Jessica Holland, not only took a keen interest but the vestry and platform is her design. She guided us all through the work in a most professional manner. I also wrote to her CE who kindly wrote back saying he had passed my letter on to the entire Insall Board (to Jessica’s embarrassment!). The FOSM contribution to all this work was a wonderful £55,000. Turning to our new bells, they arrived in the UK just before Christmas and were tuned at the Radstock factory of our bell engineer, Matthew Higby. Following the historic Blessing of the Bells service in May, installation in the tower began and was completed by 6 July. Those who have heard them will I am sure agree that the sound is superb. Experts have told us they are the finest set of 8 in the country. We cannot formally ring them until The Bishop of Gloucester comes here on Friday 10 September to inaugurate them. We will then hear bells ringing from this tower once again after gap of at least 300 years. Work has been ongoing to restore the Lord Liverpool Garter and Death Banners and we hope to have them back up, hanging in a new location, up in the Choir, later in the year. I spoke last year of the conifers on the South side of the churchyard. Thanks to a most generous donation, they have now been felled which has allowed more light in the church and given a new vista of the church from the South West. Our architect, Jessica Holland, has also undertaken the Quinquennial review of the church, due this year. We await the formal report. There will be some items I am sure that require work but I am sure nothing as compared to 5 years ago! Our latest project is to install a roof alarm to protect our lead roof. ACE Defence will be doing the work. The cost is £3750 plus VAT but we should get a 50% grant from Allchurches Trust (on offer in 2021) which will cut the cost to us to £1375…a sum the Friends’ committee has agreed to finance. Some key members of the DAC visited the church last month and, amongst other matters, strongly supported the idea of a lavatory near the Lychgate. That looks to be out next project and we await a note from the DAC to formally get the ‘go-ahed’. Covid-19 has put a complete stop to any FOSM fundraising, so I have nothing to report on that score. Indeed, despite Government restrictions being eased, and with the D variant running wild, I see no early prospect of much happening, other than our stand at the Hawkesbury Show late in August. We also hope for an event in the autumn to mark the tenth anniversary of the installation of the St Wulfstan window. We may possibly get the Bristol Male Voice Choir here in the church in the Spring. Watch the Parish News! Meanwhile, there is one thing we can do and that is to encourage new members to help boost our funds. Some of you may have seen a note on this in the August edition of the Parish News. £10 per year is but a small sum to help us to carry out the work of looking after the fabric of our lovely church. If you have not already seen it, I do commend our wonderful website, being looked after brilliantly by Debbie Young. There is a mine of information there to encourage new members. This is my third term as your Chairman, and I think it is now time to finally hand over the reins to a fresh mind. Subject to your approval, I wish to hand over the Colin Dixon who has generously agreed to take on the mantle. As I stand down, I would like to record my sincere gratitude to all my team for their hard work and support during my somewhat elongated tenure. I would like to pay a special tribute to both the Secretary and Treasurer who have been especially hard pressed and brilliant in their work. This will end a family association with FOSM that began over 40 years ago with Sally’s parents who helped set up The Friends. I will of course remain a staunch supporter, but I do wish FOSM all success in the years ahead.’ The Chairman also recorded the death of Gordon Beresford who, with Mary, have been such staunch supporters of the Friends of St. Mary’s over many years, and extended the Friends’ condolences to Mary. **Treasurer’s Report:** Mr Michael Bendry presented the accounts for the year 2020-21 and gave the following report: For a good number of years we have been raising money to restore the tower. Well, we’ve restored to tower to much of its former glory, and unexpectedly we also have a peal of bells inside it, thanks in particular to John Appleby. Throughout the programme because the works have been the sole responsibility of CARREK, their invoices haven’t distinguished between restoration and bell installation costs. So it hasn’t always been straightforward to separate Restricted and Unrestricted Expenditure, but I have done my best, and at the end of the day, the Friends will have a balance of £10000 which the committee demanded at the outset. During the project with bills coming in thick and fast, there was a point where the Friends funds amounted to less than £1000 and the PCC took out a loan from the Diocese to prevent any embarrassment! But we weren’t embarrassed, and we have paid all our bills to date. At the end of the financial year 31[st] March, the accounts are showing that the Friends had £46362 in the bank, but there were at that time, a number of outstanding bills, particularly from Matthew Higby, the bell engineer. His final bill has now been paid and was slightly more than the £30000 identified at almost £33000. (There was also £6500 in VAT as well, but that will be recovered). The VAT recovery will be paid to the PCC and will cover other remaining costs and we have also submitted a document to the G&B bell ringers in order to release their grant of £10000. This grant will also go to the PCC. It is hoped that the PCC will then be able to repay the loan. It is likely that it will be the PCC that owes some money to the Friends rather than being a creditor as shown. Thanks again go to Peter Setterfield for his support in auditing the accounts. Mr Overton proposed the adoption of the accounts, seconded by Mr Colin Dixon. All in favour. The Chairman thanked Mr Bendry for all his hard work as Treasurer. Mr Dixon recorded his appreciation of the work done by Matthew Higby on the installation of the bells, stating that he was the finest person to have worked with on the project. **Re-appointment of Auditor.** Mrs Macfadyen proposed and Mary Davies seconded, the re-appointment of Peter Setterfield as Auditor of the accounts. All in favour **Election of Committee:** Following his retirement as Chairman, Sir Ian took the chair for the election of FOSM Chairman, and proposed the election of Mr Colin Dixon, seconded by Mr Peter Setterfield. All in favour. The rest of the Committee was re-elected en bloc, nem con. It was agreed that new members of the Committee may be seconded during the year in order to increase the numbers. **Vice Chairman** : Prof Fairney. **Treasurer:** Mr Michael Bendry. S **ecretary:** Mrs Lisa Overton **Committee** : Mrs Pauline Setterfield; Mr Neil Fozard; Mrs Mary Beresford; Mrs Linda Fairney; Mrs Hilary Rogers; Mr Peter Setterfield; Mrs Debbie Young; Mr Peter Setterfield recorded the gratitude of the Friends of St. Mary’s for the huge contribution made by Sir Ian during his years as Chairman, fully supported by all present. The Chairman thanked all for attending. There being no other business, the meeting closed at 5.55 pm