Parish of Wonersh with Blackheath
PCC Financial Particulars
…..Everything comes from you, and we
have given you only what comes from your hand……
Giving
is part of our worship.
We pay particular attention
to good financial management, this being a requirement of good stewardship of God’s gifts.
The PCC, through the PCC Finance Team, manages the finances
of
See Whos Who in the St John the Baptist Finance Team. The Finance Team administers the PCC
finances, prepares budgets, and advises the church leadership on all financial
matters, under the chairmanship of John Metcalfe. The Team is :-
Chair John Metcalfe
Treasurer Tony Pratt
Graham
Jelley
Carolyn Hemsley
John Revess as Stewardship Promoter
Vicar &
Churchwardens
We are greatly indebted to
our PCC Treasurer Tony Pratt who spends many hours ensuring that the books are carefully
maintained. He is assisted by Graham
Jelley who acts a cashier. Our accounts are brought together quarterly and for
the year end by Bruce Morley. Our
Independent Examiner is Nick Gray. The
Gift Aid Secretary is Maureen Nolan.
John Revess is
our “Stewardship
Promoter” and is leading our “Sustainable Giving Taskforce” together with
Susan Millard and Helen Shepard. There
is a huge challenge before us (Spring 2008) to meet budgetary
requirements. Individuals are encouraged
to review the principles
that guide our money decisions and to review their regular giving. The team, as
part of our Finance Team, supported by all the PCC and Ministry Team, will be
providing information about our position and explain what we should do to
support our church vision. Another Team,
led by Eric Dalton, has been charged with concurrently setting out the church
vision. You are encouraged to read The Money Revolution by
the CofE’s National Stewardship Officer.
To see a copy of our
accounts, click on PCC 2006 Accounts and PCC 2007
Accounts.
The
Parish Share, £84,741 in 2007, has been fully met
each year; this represents approximately half our total budget.
The budget is based on our
expected expenditure each calendar year, and reviewed quarterly through the
year. The current budget for 2008 and
2009 can be seen by clicking PCC 2008 & 2009 Budget. Income is predicted from recent giving,
allowing a projected balance to be determined.
The annual income has increased over the last few years to around
£180,000, and although a deficit has sometimes been forecast, God always meets
our needs. This has been particularly encouraging as expenditure also increased
with a full time Youth Worker and other part time members of staff
Blackheath contributed (2007)
towards some 9.4% of the Parish Share and 4.6% of the Parish ministry cost.
Regular giving is
insufficient to stop us having to rely on God – probably not a bad thing! Gift Days have been organised as required
over the years to meet shortfalls in the regular giving, as well as to meet
specific Outward Giving challenges. When
presented with specific needs, the congregation have always been extremely
generous and risen to the challenge.
If you have not already done so please change your
standing orders to
There are various documents that have been made available to assist the understanding of our Parish financial affairs :_
Letter to the Church November 2006
Finance Position Handout Sept 2007