The Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council for the...

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The Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council

for the year ended 31 December 2014

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Description of the Parish The Parish is situated towards the South of the town of Pontypridd covering the areas of Graig, Treforest, Glyntaff, Rhydyfelin and Hawthorn. The Parish consists of three churches.

St Mary’s church was built in 1839 and is a large ‘Commissioner’ type church, ie double height nave/space without aisles, having a small apsed chancel area and large rear upper gallery. Designed by TH Wyatt. The church has a tower and (later added) vestry/sacristy. It is situated in Glyntaff adjacent to the A470.

St Luke’s church is a modern polyognal Church built in 1962, replacing the previous church of 1907, designed by Caroe & Martin, with a many sided nave wrapped around the sanctuary which extends in height above the general level of the nave. Caroe and Partners created a naturally well lit, visually clean, modern and uncluttered nave and sanctuary with a formal, radiating, geometry, focussed towards the altar. It is situated on Cardiff Road at the Southern edge of Rhydyfelin.

St John’s church was built in the 1920s, replacing the previous church from the end of the 1800s, parallel to the steep hillside of the Graig which employs the hill slope to provide a large undercroft used as a hall, below the nave and chancel which lie at the upper ground level. In the 1970s a two story extension was added to the North side providing addition ancillary accommodation including a chapel on the upper level and kitchen and lavatories on the lower level. It is situated in Graig Street in the centre of the Graig.

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Incumbent Father Michael Gable

28 Llantrisant Road Graig Pontypridd, CF37 1LW

Curate Until 31 Oct

Father Wayne David 16 St Illtyd’s Road Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1DA

Bankers

Lloyds Bank Pontypridd Main Branch Market Square Pontypridd, CF37 2TF

Natwest Bank 1 Taff Street Pontypridd CF37 4UU

Churches, Charities & Local Authorities Investment Management Ltd 80 Cheapside London, EC2V 6DZ

Virgin Money plc, Jubilee House, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4PL

United Trust Bank 80 Haymarket London SW1Y 4TE

Independent Examiners Miss Anne E Hodder 11 The Shires Marshfield Cardiff, CF3 2AX

Mr P Young FCA The Bungalow Wyndham Street Penygraig CF40 1EP

Church Architects Alwyn Jones Penseiri Architects The Bank Cardiff Road Taff's Well Cardiff CF15 7RA

Page and Dean Consulting Old St Peters Peterstone Cardiff CF3 2TR

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Membership At the end of the year the following were members of the Parochial Church Council

Father Michael Gable Chairman

David Morgan Churchwarden Dennis Compton Churchwarden

Neal Wood Secretary Keith Bann Subwarden St Mary Keith Hodson Subwarden St Mary Christine Bowen Subwarden St John Barbara Minton Subwarden St John Peter Storey Subwarden St Luke Kathy Sharp Subwarden St Luke Sheila Nurse Brenda Cawthorne Gary Godwin Phil Hopkins Warwick Butler

Child Protection Officer Kathy Sharp

It is the responsibility of the Incumbent and the Parochial Church Council to work together and co-operate in all matters of concern and importance to the Parish for the promotion of the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in the Parish. At the end of the year the electoral roll stood at 86. Average adult attendance was 66 (made up by St John 28, St Luke 23 and St Mary 15).

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Review of the Year

The PCC spent part of it's time looking at the seven sacred spaces leaflet that we had produced in 2013 which gave us a plan to work to for growing the parish both spiritually and numerically. We examined the targets we had set ourselves a year earlier. Some of them we decided should continue to be targets as we hadn't yet achieved them. One, to have a parish calendar of pictures from around the parish we chose to abandon as it was going no where and unlikely to be successful at this time.

One item which was a great success was to have a parish pilgrimage. We left early on a May Saturday morning for the bus ride to St Davids. We were welcomed to the Cathedral and began with a celebration of the Eucharist. Some then had lunch in the Cathedral while others went to alternative places. The afternoon offered the chance for a guided tour of the Cathedral or the chance to shop or to simply wander. Thanks to the Dean and Chapter for allowing us to visit and for offering such a welcome. The weather was warm and sunny which helped and there was a definite desire to repeat this next year.

A second item on our seven sacred spaces that proved effective was to have some Eucharistic ministers. These are persons from the congregations who are licensed to take the Blessed Sacrament to members of the congregations who are unable to attend worship in church. This is a role shared with the parish priest meaning more can be achieved through having more able to share in such a ministry. Currently we have two people who are licensed and together with Father Michael they visit a number of people each month in their own homes. Monthly visits alternate with Father Michael one month and a Eucharistic minster the other.

The parish magazine The Word, continues to be a great success with lots of interesting articles submitted by different people. There is always room for further contributions and anyone is welcome to send articles, the more people who contribute the wider the appeal. So if you have something that might be suitable please let the editor have a copy. To increase the use of the magazine as a tool for mission we took away the price tag from the cover. This means it is offically free and we can distribute it to those who might not choose to buy a copy, it can be placed in libraries or shops or other places people congregate without having to worry about collecting 50p from each copy. We were giving some copies away before but now it doesn't raise any embarrassment. We do still ask those in church to make a donation of 50 p to cover the printing costs. Copies are now sent each month to the Diocesan Communications Officer and the National Library of Wales.

The parish retreat took place in September with members of each congregation spending several days in silence at Llangasty retreat house. The theme for this year was Mary, looking at her life at key times through the Gospel. Starting with the Annunciation when Gabriel announces the forthcoming birth of Jesus, the next topic was the birth of Jesus. The visit to the Temple when Jesus was 12 raises issues in the life of Mary and her relationship with her Son as does the next subject of the wedding at Cana. The final topic was Mary at the cross witnessing the death of her Son. We all enjoyed the peace, quiet and good food.

In an attempt to try and grow each person's understanding of our faith we have organised having a library of books in each church. St Luke's already had some books in the porch but St Mary's and St John's invested in new bookcases to make the donated books readily available to any who are interested. The books are able to be borrowed and then returned when finished with.

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In the autumn Fr Wayne reluctantly tendered his resignation as curate. He was appointed chaplain to the Cathedral School in Llandaff and he quickly discovered it was not possible to do both roles and to do both well. We thank him for his 4 years of ministry in our churches and hold him in our prayers.

A new venture based at St Luke's is Messy Church. This is proving a popular opportunity for people to come to Church approximately once a month. We meet on a Sunday evening at 5pm for some craft activities and then a short celebration followed by some food. Children and adults alike all have fun and enjoy learning as we try different crafts and hear a story from the Bible. The children and young people are always ready to tuck into the food when it arrives.

In the autumn we ran a group to study the Lord’s Prayer using the Pilgrim course recently produced by the Church of England. People came from all three churches to discuss the different parts of the prayer and it was an enlightening time as we all made various comments and listened to each other. We will arrange another course for after Easter this time on The Beatitudes.

On the wider scale the parishes in Pontypridd have been having discussions in the latter half of the year to propose how we might be better at being the Church now and in the future. The current parish system is struggling to function and is likely to become harder and harder to sustain. The Diocese has asked the parishes to design the structure and resources needed to become a sustainable church. The new year will bring these discussions to the PCCs and the congregations for their comments before any decisions are made.

Thank you to the many who support the parish and all that it does to proclaim Jesus as Lord.

Fr Michael

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Saint Mary’s Church Report

The church celebrated 175 years this year and has a proud and wonderful history within the parish. The Church as always has been a place of devotion and peace to all who have attended. Services have been held throughout the year with weekly services on Thursday and Sunday. Father Michael has actively supported the church and ensured that Services have been maintained.

During the year we have, had several visiting clergy including some familiar and some new faces Revd David Parry, Canon Mel Jones, Canon Glyn Turner, Archdeacon Bill Thomas and CanonMichael Short have all assisted in ensuring that worship has been maintained and we had some wonderful sermons which have encouraged the people attending in their faith and devotion. All visiting priests have been ably assisted by Lois Johnson who has taken on the duties of server and has been a great addition to our church.

The parish commitment to the Seven Sacred Spaces has continued with Father Michael updating the booklet and bringing into focus what we are trying to achieve. We also had Father Richard Lowndes visit and give a interesting talk on Seven Sacred Spaces which was enjoyed by all present helping to bring into focus what the Parish is trying to achieve in its mission.

The pilgrimage to St David’s was a moving experience and enjoyed by all who attended, and we look forward to 2015. The new bible study group has started and those that have attended have reported that the format has been very interesting with in depth knowledge being shared by all. A library has been started at the back of church and we would love to have books anyone has within in the parish which they would like to donate to allow for Christian study. The shared services at Lent and Stations of Cross have allowed people from across the parish to attend other churches and be welcomed and well received

Socially the church has been very active this year and whilst money is raised at these events the social interaction and Christian charity is far more important. Cheese and Wine in April and August; Garden party in June; Barbeque in July; Harvest lunch; Prize draw and Sunday Lunch in December. Thanks must be given to Sheila and Brenda for their work in organising and to Lillian for the delicious puddings. The Whist on Tuesday evening once a month is still regularly taking place although few in numbers and enjoyed by those who attend. The monthly hundred club draw and coffee morning after Sunday morning service are enjoyed by all and give us a regular opportunity to meet as a group of friends and fellow Christians.

The flowers in Church have looked wonderful this year, Jocelyn and Jean are to be thanked for their skill and talent. This year we had 3 Weddings, 1 Baptism and 1 Funeral. The Baptism was a joyful service on a Sunday morning and it was great to have a large number of people in church on a Sunday. The funeral of Ann Osmond was of a wonderful lady who had been a life long member of the Church and she will be missed. Rest in Peace.

Zenna Young celebrated 80 years, Joan Jones and Gwyneth Birkenshaw both celebrated their 90th birthdays this year none of whom have been in the best of health, we all hope they enjoy many more birthdays and can join us in church again soon. The church organist Keith Bann suffered a heart attack this year and we all wish him a full recovery. The playing of the organ during the Sunday service has been missed and it a shame such a wonderful instrument is not being used. We must thank Brenda Cawthorne for providing the piano accompaniment to the service and it is much appreciated.

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The church fabric has required some work this year. Water ingress in the winter required remedial work and repair to the main church ceiling and repainting of two large sections early in the year. The plaster work around the Apse required attention and repainting. Further work will be required but we all appreciate the work that Vincent Jones, assisted by Jim, have completed.

The Church is continuing its charity work supporting Ty Hafan; Clic Sargarent cancer charity; Adref Mill Street; Food at back of church for foodbank; Send a Cow charity. All good causes which benefit by the generosity of attendees

The church hall is still regularly booked out for music exams and RCT elections to bring in additional funds. Gift day for St Marys was well supported this year and shows the love the church is held in within the parish.

We were sorry to see Father Wayne leave as Curate this year but understand his new position within the church is keeping him busy. We shall I am sure be welcoming him back for services from time to time.

The average attendance has been around 13-18

Finally I must thank everyone who has not been mentioned for the time and effort they have put in to maintaining and running of the church without the help of all those who carry out readings, cleaning, attending meetings and assisting others we would not exist and all the time and devotion to St Mary’s is appreciated. Although few in numbers the team effort to ensure that both the spiritual and social needs of the people of St Mary’s are met, to give a focus to allow for future generations to continue the Christian mission in the Parish give all of us hope for the future of the Church in Wales.

Keith Hodson

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Saint Luke’s Church Report

As with many other congregations unfortunately the numbers attending the weekly Sunday services are fluctuating so it was very uplifting to welcome three member of the same family, Grandmother, Daughter and Granddaughter, as new communicants into the family at St Luke’s. They were prepared together for confirmation and then baptised and confirmed by Bishop David in May at St Luke’s Church. Even more encouraging is how quickly Christine, Hayley and Jessica have become active members of the Congregation joining in and helping out in lots of capacities all of which is very much appreciated.

As well as welcoming new members we sadly said farewell to Mandy and Alan Westlake as they moved to France to enjoy they’re much planned for retirement. Mandy was such an active member of the Congregation with her many interests she has not only been missed on a personal level but also on a practical one. Later in the year our Peoples Sub warden Peter Story left us to move to Pencoed, Peter was minute secretary and long standing member of the Church Committee, both Mandy and Peter have been missed but we wish them well in their new lives.

Messy Church After several meetings, much deliberation and even more praying it was decided to hold the first Messy Church Service. The date was set for 27th April and the theme was Easter, the service was well attended with over 30 children and adults.

We’ve now had 9 Services in all, with themes ranging from Zacchaeus to Calming of the Storm culminating with Messy Christingle in November and Messy Christmas on Christmas Eve, both of these Services were very well attended but the biggest difference from previous years was the coming together at the end of the Service to share a meal, this has made a big difference and is a lovely way of ending the worship.

No matter what the theme or the number of people turning up all the Services have been extremely enjoyable and a positive way of inviting families into the Church, all of whom have enjoyed painting, sticking, building and making all manner of things from rain makers and butter, to paper aeroplanes and a junk boat, all of which have been used to bring God’s word alive.

Worship/Ecumenical Our monthly Services at the Sheltered Complexes and Caerglas care home continue to be an important part of our worship and again this year St Luke’s hosted the PCT Carol Concert on the Sunday after Christmas.

Eco/Fairtrade We continue to support the Fairtrade movement by using all Fairtrade products for refreshments and cleaning of the Church, we also support the Fair Do’s shop with people ordering goods which are collected and brought to church once a month and by going on our Annual Christmas shopping evening there, which was very much enjoyed again this year.

This is the last year of the 3 years of our ECO Church Award, so work will have to be done again to ensure that we still meet the current criteria to ensure that we are still eligible for consideration to renew it.

Fund Raising/Social We continue to fund raise for Mbale through our mile of pennies. This is a link known as PONT with various different groups and organisations supporting work in and around Mbale in Uganda. Groups include churches, schools and healthcare. Also we support US, with our link to Tanzania, having supported the work at Teule Hospital through the sale of home made Jam and weekly collection boxes.

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Our two main Fund Raising events of the Summer BBQ and the Autumn Bazaar were both well attended. The Family Quiz which was held in October was a very enjoyable night with a good mix a people including children from Wednesday Club and their parents, Champions of the evening were the Gable family who even managed to win the raffle, but a good time was had by all.

Wednesday Activity Club The number of Children attending Club steadily increased as the year progressed with as many as 20 children turning up on some occasions, this is both encouraging and rewarding. Our craft sessions have been keeping up with current trends with loom band sessions, jewellery making and lots more. It has also been pleasing to see the children who would previously only have attended Wednesday Club also attending Messy Church and some of our social events.

Thank you to all who support the church and its activities.

Kathy Sharp

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Saint John’s Church Report

This has been another good year for St John's where the regular weekly attendance of our friendly, dedicated and faithful congregation is of great encouragement. Our year began on a really encouraging note with the licensing of Dennis and Gary as Parish Eucharistic Ministers in February and, as usual, our on-going fund raiser for the Pontypridd Food Bank by way of sales of clothes to "Cash 4 Clothes".

The annual display of locally available Fairtrade products ran from 24th February to 9th March with the goods sold in aid of Teule Hospital. During Lent, the PCT Christian Aid Lent Lunches were held; with St John's hosting theirs on 14th March followed in the evening by a jumble sale in aid of church funds. Holy Week as always was marked with joint services held with St Luke's and St Mary's, with Stations of the Cross held each Friday, in one church on a rotating basis

During various school holidays the hall has been used by the Bumble Bees Playgroup and for 2 nights in August acted as “home base” for a band attending a National Marching Bands competition in Cardiff. The annual Summer Fete was held on 21st June and those attending were once again treated to excellent singing by the choir from Maesycoed School.

The Benefice Retreat in September was as usual at Llangasty Retreat House. Numbers attending from St John’s remain good and the retreatants as always were extremely grateful for Fr Michael's support of their spiritual development in this way. September also saw the Golden Wedding celebrations of Pam and Gary with a renewal of their marriage vows. The start of the school term brought the hire of the Jubilee Room by Coleg y Cymoedd for classes teaching English as a Second Language on 2 mornings each week and renewed contact with the college that supported the Crafty Crew 10 years ago. St John’s also hosted the 6 week Parish Study Course on The Lord’s Prayer.

The Harvest collection (held as part of Parish Mission) was two-fold again this year, food for the Pontypridd Food Bank and cash donations for the charity “Send a Cow”. In October a fund-raising lunch for Breast Cancer Care was held followed in the evening by a Jumble Sale.

The very successful annual Christmas Bazaar took place on the last Saturday in November. In early December the PCC met to distribute the annual charitable giving. On Advent 4 a Thank You party was held after mass for members of the Sunday school and all those who had helped St John’s in anyway during the year. The Christmas masses were well attended, as was the Feast of St John the Evangelist, our patron, which was followed by a very enjoyable Parish lunch in the hall prepared and hosted by Kirsten and Fr. Michael. The year ended with members of the congregation attending the Pontypridd Christians Together carol service at St Luke's.

We had 3 baptisms, April Rose Hall in January, Scarlett Katherine Maria Roberts in February and Alexander Edward Thornbury in September and also a wedding blessing.

Choir - We are thankful that we are blessed with a loyal and dedicated choir who love to sing as part of their offering to God. Capably led by our devoted organist Ann, the choir continues the long tradition of ensuring a sung Sunday Mass is held at St John’s throughout the year. We were very grateful to have Keith Bann to step in as deputy organist when the need arose. We were delighted when our Head Chorister Stephanie announced her engagement to Arran in September.

Mothers Union - The Mothers' Union monthly corporate communion, held on the evening of the first Monday of the month, has been well attended, and branch members have also been present at

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various Deanery events. Special Mothers’ Union cards have been sent from the branch to children on the anniversaries of their baptisms.

The Crafty Crew had another busy year. As part of our parish outreach we had stalls at the Positively Ponty Easter Fair and Art, Craft & Vintage Fair in December. In September we held our bi-annual exhibition where we celebrated our 10th birthday. Sales at these events, along with stalls at the Summer Fete and Christmas Bazaar and of course through our "outlet" at Pandora's have allowed us to raise funds for St John's.

During the year members of the congregation have volunteered at Messy Church, attended the local PACT and Neighbourhood Watch meetings and acted as contact points for the church. St John's has continued to support the Teule Hospital project and Adref Homeless Hostel with good clothing items. In addition, support is given to the Pontypridd Foodbank by way of collecting foodstuff at the back of church, assisting at the Tesco collecting days, and providing monetary support as and when the need arises.

As part of our support for the Pontypridd Children’s Contact Centre members of the congregation have acted as volunteers and we also supported them financially in the December Charitable Giving.

St John's is committed to using Fairtrade products, by way of communion wine for church services, and when available, with food products in the kitchen. Where possible the recycling of batteries, ink cartridges, paper, glass, cans and food waste following parish functions has been carried out.

The fabric of the church has not been neglected. In February the “PAT” testing was carried out on all portable electrical appliances and in May new wooden boundary fencing was installed at a cost of £3850 giving the garden a much needed face-lift. In August a new lightning conductor was fitted, an Asbestos Survey carried out in September, a timely boiler service in October and finally the creation of a flight of steps up to the concrete hard-standing outside the kitchen window.

Plans are in hand to re-order the back of church during 2015 and a Faculty has been applied for. Work on the garden has continued, and we are very grateful to all those who give their time and effort both outside and inside, including the flower arranging, the laundry and the cleaning, and in so many other ways to maintain St John's with such loving care.

Chris Bowen & Babs Minton

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Parish Treasurer’s Report The parish account is used to collect the contribution from each church to pay the parish share to the Diocese and to cover the expenses of the parish. It only has a small income into the account other than what is transferred by the 3 churches.

Unfortunately near the beginning of the year Ray Minton had to step down as treasurer for personal reasons which meant Father Michael stepped in as acting treasurer. As the year drew to a close Ray was in a position to return to the role and will formally take over in the new year.

This year was a time for the parish to trial a piece of software the Diocese and Church in Wales were investigating. This is software that had been adapted to be used in the Church in Wales and especially for use in a ministry area with multiple sets of accounts where reports are required for one set of accounts and also for the whole ministry area or in our particular case, reports for one church and reports for the whole parish. Following updates this is now a useful asset in keeping the records of the accounts.

Income included some donations to the parish account and a small amount of collections from Messy Church. Two amounts were collected for mission, the harvest appeal to Send a Cow was £60 and £114 towards Christian Aid’s Gaza appeal. The parish share rebate was £1730.70 which was then returned to the churches. This is 5% of the previous year's parish share, a discount for paying by standing order each month. £615 was received to cover the costs of the pilgrimage to St Davids.

Expenditure included the parish share, money towards the cost of ministry in the parish. Clergy expenses made up of £879.83 for utilities (25% of heat and light, water); £359.38 on telephone; £115.76 on postage and stationary and £1,152.45 on travel. £161.45 was paid to retired clergy for taking services during the absence of Father Michael or Father Wayne. Money given to other projects include the harvest appeal to Send a Cow; Christian Aid’s Gaza appeal; The Dean and Chapter of St Davids Cathedral in respect of the pilgrimage (£140); Pontypridd Christians Together (£50) and Pontypridd Deanery (£50). The bulk of the general expenditure was £490 for the coach to St Davids.

The form of the Parish Share will be slightly different in 2015 and beyond. Included in the calculation is a fixed amount related to the number of paid posts in the parish on the basis that it costs the Diocese the same amount to provide a priest regardless of the number of people attending worship or living in the parish.

Although the balance for this account rose by £1,570 in 2015 there will be a lot more expenditure on retired clergy as we need to have cover every Sunday and in the early part of the year a data projector will be purchased to help with Messy Church, Sunday school and any other times we should wish to present information to a group.

Fr Michael

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Accounts for the Parish Account

Unrestricted Funds

Restricted Funds

Total All Funds

Total 2013

INCOMING RESOURCES / RECEIPTS

Voluntary Income Planned Giving

Loose Collections 39

Donations 80

For Mission 174

Tax Refunds

Legacy Gifts Received

Grants

Generated Income

Money Raising 43

Fees

Investment Income

Other Incoming Resources 2,346 1,778

Net Transfers from Church Accounts 36,946 40,475

Total Incoming Resources / Receipts 39,585 42,296

RESOURCES EXPENDED / PAYMENTS

Support for Ministry

Parish Share 34,021 34,614

Expenses of Clerics 2,507 3,781

Other 247 550

Parish Activities Maintenance of Services 97

General Parish Expenses 618 695

Church Property Maintenance of Churches

Maintenance of Property

Exceptional Expenditure

Grants for Financial Support

Parish 90

Home / World 415 150

Other Resources Expended

Capital Payments

Cost of Money Raising 20 20

Total Resources Expended / Payments 38,014 39,809

Net Movement in Funds 1,571 2,487

Transfers between Funds

Balance Brought Forward (1 January) 5,413 2,926

Balance Carried Forward (31 December) 6,984 5,413

Current Account 6,984 5,413

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Treasurer’s Report – St Mary’s Church

The financial report shows the receipts and expenditure of St Mary’s church and the flow of the account for 2014.

INCOME

For the first time in the last few years, our income has exceeded our expenditure by approximately £1,200. A pleasant surprise, given our numbers. The surplus is due mainly to bequests of £1,000 to St. Mary's from friends who are sadly missed, and a kind, anonymous donation.

The financial picture would have been better, however, as we have not received our covenant rebate from the HMRC due to technical difficulties in the software. This will be rectified in the new Financial Year.

Overall, we maintain a good flow by sensible budgeting.

EXPENDITURE

The general running costs are on a par with last year with some maintenance and repair works being carried out on the church building. There will be further work next year but the costs should not be too onerous.

I offer my grateful thanks to all those who give so generously in their continued support of St. Mary's and the parish overall.

Vincent Jones

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Accounts for St Mary’s Church

Unrestricted Funds

Restricted Funds

Total All Funds

Total 2013


Voluntary Income Planned Giving 5,170 5,170 8,784

Loose Collections 4,634 4,634 1,293

Donations 3,520 3,520 2,565

For Mission 609 609 415

Tax Refunds 1,660

Legacy Gifts Received 1,050 1,050

Grants

Generated Income

Money Raising 2,466 2,466 2,608

Fees 480 480 1,369

Investment Income

Other Incoming Resources 73 73 110

Total Incoming Resources / Receipts 18,002 18,002 18,804



Parish Share

Expenses of Clerics

Other

Parish Activities Maintenance of Services 574 574 2,051

General Parish Expenses 260 260 265

Church Property Maintenance of Churches 4,231 4,231 4,429

Maintenance of Property 1,290 1,290 1,992



Parish

Home / World 515 515 770


Capital Payments

Cost of Money Raising 250 250 275

Net Transfers to Parish Account 9,684 9,684 10,679

Total Resources Expended / Payments 16,804 16,804 20,460

Net Movement in Funds 1,199 1,199 -1,656


Balance Brought Forward (1 January) 4,856 4,856 6,511

Balance Carried Forward (31 December) 6,055 6,055 4,856

Current Account 6,055 6,055 4,856

Note: The Gwladys Constance Warren Memorial Fund is no longer included with these accounts as it is a separate charity with its own objects and trustees.

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Treasurer’s Report – St Luke’s Church St Luke’s accounts relate to money from and for the activities of St Luke’s Church and in relation to transferring money to the parish account for the parish share and parish expenses.


Planned giving through standing orders, Gift Direct and weekly envelopes came to £8,737 for 2014. Whilst this is not a bad figure it is also not good. It would be good to see this figure come much closer to covering the parish transfer, the biggest income against the biggest cost to the church. Our main source of income is the regular gifts from people in the pews and it would be good for each and everyone to take some time considering if their giving is at the appropriate amount, what percentage of your income is given to church and other charitable causes.

Donations included a regular monthly donation of £40. For mission included the money paid into the church account to then be sent on to other organisations and charities which included a little over £800 of money for Fairdos Shop. Tax refunds relates to money from HMRC on Gift Aid money, there is some further money which needs claiming in 2015 but we shouldn’t trust in this to transform the accounts. Money raising included £444.46 from the autumn bazaar; £180 for book sales; £122 for BBQ; £290 for rent of the church. We had over £1,600 in interest on savings.

Expenditure was not particularly exceptional or large, the biggest single item being the parish transfer of £12,739. Maintaining the services came to just over £1,000 including £600 for an organist and £300 for altar requisites. Maintenance of the church included utility bills totalling almost £1,250 and insurance of £576, £290 on health and safety and £260 on repairs. £470 was spent on grounds maintenance, £123 on Wednesday Club, Sunday School and Messy Church.

Giving totalled £2,120, Fairdos £826; Christian Aid £165; US £300; Cystic Fibrosis Trust £100; Leprosy Mission £100; MAF £100; PONT £107; Send a Cow (harvest appeal) £75; DEC Ebola appeal £230; The Bible Society £116.

Thank you to all who support the work of St Luke’s without the income we couldn’t do any of it.

Fr Michael

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Accounts for St Luke’s Church

Unrestricted Funds

Restricted Funds

Total All Funds

Total 2013



Loose Collections 1,541 1,541 957

Donations 735 735 1,539

For Mission 1,844 1,844 2,461

Tax Refunds 1,059 1,059 1,623


Grants

Generated Income

Money Raising 1,211 1,211 1,545

Fees 185 185 152

Investment Income 1,643 1,643 992

Other Incoming Resources 84




Parish Share

Expenses of Clerics

Other

Parish Activities Maintenance of Services 1,026 1,026 987



Maintenance of Property 470 470



Parish 123 123 156

Home / World 2,120 2,120 3,412


Capital Payments 4,980

Cost of Money Raising

Net Transfers to Parish Account 12,739 12,739 10,845


Net Movement in Funds -2,145 -2,145 -6,236





Deposit Account 0 0 12

CCLA Account 22,081 22,081 21,988

Term Deposits 70,000 70,000 70,000

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Treasurer’s Report – St John’s Church

St John’s accounts relate to money from and for the activities of St John’s Church and in relation to transferring money to the parish account for the parish share and parish expenses.


It is good that the planned giving from parishioners through the bank and envelopes was a little over £15,000 which is sufficient to cover the transfer to the parish account. Donations came to £2.152 made up of two single donations of £840 and £52; a regular monthly donation of £40; donations towards the flowers of £330 and Crafty Crew of £441. We received a legacy of £100 from Ann Osmond, it is good that she remembered St John’s in her will. Money raising was good at £4,629 largely made up of £294 in hall rental income; £178.60 for the magazine; £428.58 from jumble sales; £137.50 from the votive candles; £1,134 from the summer fete and £2,280 from the Christmas bazaar. For mission is money collected to give to other charities; Tax refunds is from HMRC; Investment income is the interest on our savings.

The expenditure was spread over a number of different areas. The running of the day to day activities of the church were not vast, choir, altar requisites and flowers all together came to £1,055. The general parish expenses of £1,183 included the photocopier (£459.31); paper (£359.24); shelves for the library in the chapel (£130) and a few smaller items.

Bigger items of expenditure in 2014 were maintenance of the church, including £1132.71 for gas; £329.78 for electricity; £785.44 for insurance, £288.77 for water; £378 for an asbestos survey and almost £1,200 for a new lightning conductor. Maintenance of other property where we replaced the fence around the churchyard and added steps to the area behind the kitchen came to £4,900. Capital payments consisted of a £10,000 contribution towards the work carried out at the vicarage during the summer. This was a major project to rebuild the extension and install a new kitchen. The contribution was made on the basis that the church owns a majority share in the property.

Giving for 2014 included £100 to each of the following Llandaff Widows and Orphans; Llandaff Board for Social Responsibility; PONT; Maesycoed School Fund; Mission to Seafarers; Service Dogs (for Jenson Sims); Pontypridd Street Pastors; Pontypridd Contact Centre; RNLI; Combat Stress; Christian Blind Mission; Ty Hafan; Let the Children Live; Mission Aviation Fellowship; Gaza mobile dentist. Money was also sent to the following Llanaff Advent III appeal £200; Pontypridd Foodbank £240; Breast Cancer Care £145; DEC Ebola appeal £250; Send a Cow (harvest appeal) £170; Water Aid £370; Christian Aid £321.50; US £430.

It is good that we are able to maintain all the mission and ministry at St John’s and to support so many good and worthy charities both of which can only happen because of the continued support by parishioners.

Fr Michael

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Accounts for St John’s Church

Unrestricted Funds

Restricted Funds

Total All Funds

Total 2013



Loose Collections 398 398 306

Donations 2,152 2,152 2,090

For Mission 1,235 1,235 4,453

Tax Refunds 4,129 4,129 3,475

Legacy Gifts Received 100 100 150,000

Grants

Generated Income

Money Raising 4,627 4,627 5,665

Fees 110 110 471

Investment Income 2,855 2,855 1,239

Other Incoming Resources 75 75 134

Transfer from Parish Account 649




Parish Share

Expenses of Clerics 250 250

Other 300

Parish Activities Maintenance of Services 1,054 1,054 1,635

General Parish Expenses 1,183 1,183 1,712


Maintenance of Property 4,900 4,900 190



Parish 203 203 343

Home / World 3,637 3,637 6,380


Capital Payments 10,000 10,000

Cost of Money Raising

Transfer to Parish Account 14,523 14,523 15,557


Net Movement in Funds -9,374 -9,374 151,611


Balance Brought Forward (1 January) 182,207 1,317 183,523 31,912

Balance Carried Forward (31 December) 172,833 1,317 174,150 183,523


Deposit Account 44 44 44

Memorial Account 6,451 6,451 6,424

Lloyds Deposit 7,734 1,317 9,050 19,043

Virgin Money 71,487 71,487 70,481

United Trust 82,444 82,444 80,630

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Foodbank Report We have seen another busy year for the Foodbank as we build on the work of the previous two years. Just after Easter we opened our second distribution centre at Tabernacl, Other Street, Ynysybwl. They have their own rota of volunteers to be open on Friday afternoons for 2 hours. This centre serves the top end of our catchment, namely Ynysybwl and Glyncoch which are both areas with significant deprivation. Thanks must go to the minister and members of Tabernacl for offering to host a distribution centre.

The food distributed from there is in the most food which has come from the warehouse in St Luke’s with a little collected locally. It also serves as a collection point for food which is then delivered to St Luke’s to add to the warehouse.

The number of people volunteering has fluctuated somewhat over the year. We had lots of people who would come along on a Wednesday to help sort and store food and also to prepare food parcels for use throughout the week. Sometimes it is a pleasure to report that we’ve had more people than work to do, unfortunately we have not really had enough volunteers some weeks. We have found it more and more difficult to recruit volunteers to be on call for one day each week.

For these reasons we looked at how to be more effective and came to the conclusion that we needed to be open more often. As the year came to a close we were open in St Luke’s Church each day, on Wednesdays from 10-12 as we had been and on the other weekdays from 3 pm to 4 pm.

This has enabled a more stable arrangement for clients and agencies who can now collect food parcels 5 days a week. It has also helped with volunteers who are now only required to be available for one hour one day per week. We have set up teams for each day so that it is not reliant on the same people every week but allow for a fluidity of different people each week on any given day. Wednesday continues to be the main day for receiving donations and sorting out the storage, but some is done on the other days and parcels are made up each day as well.

The delivering of parcels has been drastically reduced as we encourage the client or agency to come and collect the parcels. This has made it easier in that volunteers are not needed to carry heavy parcels into and then from their cars.

A venture for the new year is to have some parcels stored at St Catherine’s Church in Pontypridd. Initially this will only be for single people and will be staffed by members of the cafe which operates there. This will prove useful to those agencies which are based in Gelliwasted Road and are agencies who often deal with single people.

Financially the Foodbank is doing very well, we have a number of churches and individuals who make regular contributions to the Foodbank. We have also received money from Tesco this year following on from three collections last year and one this year where they give approximately 50p for every Kg of food collected. Thanks also go to Cor Meibion Pontypridd and the Heritage Singers who gave of their time to perform a concert for us which raised £600.

Thank you to everyone who supports Pontypridd Foodbank whether by food, money or time.

Fr Michael

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Statistics for Pontypridd Foodbank

2014 2013 02/12 – 12/14

Total Food Donated (Kg) 14,064 15,378 40,158

Total Food Distributed (Kg) 13,329 12,036 33,322

2014 2013 02/12 – 12/14

Vouchers fulfilled 840 896 2,401

Adults fed 1,077 1,175 3,099

Children fed 572 657 1,637

People fed 1,649 1,832 4,736

Accounts for Pontypridd Foodbank

Unrestricted Funds

Restricted Funds

Total All Funds

Total 2013


Donations 4,684 4,684 3,725

Tax Refunds


Grants

Generated Income

Money Raising 659 659 2,323

Investment Income

Other Incoming Resources

Transfer from Parish Account




Maintenance of Property 420 420

Exceptional Expenditure 150


Parish 74 74 304

Home / World 545


Capital Payments 3,298 3,298 330

Cost of Money Raising 26

Net Transfers to Parish Account(s) 2,993


Net Movement in Funds 1,217 1,217 1,562





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Combined Accounts for the Parish

Unrestricted Funds

Restricted Funds

Total All Funds

Total 2013



Loose Collections 6,612 6,612 2,556

Donations 11,171 11,171 9,919

For Mission 3,862 3,862 7,329

Tax Refunds 5,188 5,188 6,758

Legacy Gifts Received 1,150 1,150 150,000

Grants

Generated Income

Money Raising 8,963 8,963 12,184

Fees 775 775 1,992

Investment Income 4,498 4,498 2,231

Other Incoming Resources 2,494 2,494 2,106




Parish Share 34,021 34,021 34,614

Expenses of Clerics 2,757 2,757 3,781

Other 247 247 850

Parish Activities Maintenance of Services 2,751 2,751 4,673

General Parish Expenses 2,633 2,633 3,542


Maintenance of Property 7,080 7,080 2,182

Exceptional Expenditure 150


Parish 490 490 803

Home / World 6,687 6,687 11,257


Capital Payments 13,298 13,298 5,310

Cost of Money Raising 270 270 321


Net Movement in Funds -7,534 -7,534 147,765


Balance Brought Forward (1 January) 294,092 1,317 295,410 147,639

Balance Carried Forward (31 December) 286,558 1,317 287,876 295,410

Combined Current Accounts 26,318 26,318 26,788

Combined Deposit Accounts 190,241 1,317 191,558 198,622

Combined Term Deposits 70,000 70,000 70,000

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This Report was approved by the Parochial Church Council and signed on its behalf by

1st February 2015

Father Michael Gable Incumbent

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