Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish ChurchAnnual General Meeting

9th November 2015

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Welcome & Agenda

Welcome – Richard Seamarks

Opening Prayer – Father Matthew

Apologies for Absence - All

Father Matthews Report – Father Matthew

Parish Advisory Council Chair Report – Richard Seamarks

Financial Report – Phil King

AOB & Questions - All

Closing Prayer – Father Matthew

Please do join us for wine, soft drinks, cheese & biscuits

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Opening Prayer & Apologies for absence

John McGowanArthur Staton

Who else?

Apologies for absence

Opening Prayer – Father Matthew

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Looking back since this time last year…

• 65 Baptisms this year, 2 Weddings, 11 Funerals

• New Hall Management Committee put in place

• Another year of successful events

• 1st Parish Party – Very successful, now an annual event

• BBQ

• Curry & Quiz Evening – Social

• Christmas Fayre

• Jumble Sales

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Welcome Father Matthew

Microsoft Office Word Document

Father Matthew read out the attached AGM Report.

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Fundraising for Redecoration & Improvements

Year Amount Total2013-14 £1241

2014-15 £3195

2015-16 £1272

£5708

Redecoration fund -- £5708 as at October 2015

£0

£1,000

£2,000

£3,000

£4,000

£5,000

£6,000

£7,000

£8,000

£9,000

£10,000

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We’ve invested in our Parish

• Church and Hall professionally decorated

• New Carpet in the Church

• Pot Holes in Car Park Repaired

• New tables bought for the Parish Hall

• Chapel in Presbytery redecorated

• Recycling bin implemented

Complete:

Still to do:

• The rest of the Presbytery needs redecorating

• Fire exit in hall needs modifying

• New handrails to Parish Room Fire exit

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Looking forward to the next 12 months…

• 60th Anniversary of Parish

• 20th Anniversary of the new Parish Church

• Centenary of the Cardiff Archdiocese.

• Can we keep the Abbot Leonard Club going?

• Replace/provide alternative music machine “Cynthia”

• Develop our engagement of the Polish Community

• Regular Parish events Parish BBQ, Regular Jumble Sales &

Quiz Evenings

• First Holy Communion & Confirmation preparation

• Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes (Dependent on numbers)

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Thank you!

All PAC Members & those who helped run the Parish January - August

All who help out with the drinks after mass

Church Volunteer Cleaners & Flower Arrangers

And of course Fathers Cenydd, Jonathan, Andrew, Matthew & Abbot Paul!

All who organise socials, run the hall bookings and bingo

Children’s Liturgy & Club Leaders

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Finances – Phil King

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs HerefordFinancial Summary Apr-Sept 2015

£000's

Income 25.1

Expenditure 52.2

Deficit (-) -27.1

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, HerefordFinancial Summary Apr-Sept 2015

£000's 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 2012-14 2011-12half year

Income 25.1 60.6 59.2 53.0 48.5

Expenditure 52.2 50.6 80.3 58.4 35.8

Surplus (or) - Deficit -27.1 10.0 -21.1 -5.4 12.7

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Hereford

2015-16 2014-15 % 2013-14(half year)

Offertory 17101 35689 48 36742

Other Collections 1228 3152 39 3902

Tax Refunds 5573 3218

Net Fund Raising 2699 5925 8342

Investment Income 580 675

Net Rents -369 900 829

Legacies and Once offsRedecoration fund 923 3195 1241

Parish car diff 1830Feed-in tariff 2155 2162Miscellaneous 1375 1640 4247

25112 60646 59196

INCOME

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Hereford

2015-16(Half year)

Offertory 17101 £Other Collections 1228Tax Refunds Gift Aided 9801Net Fund Raising 2699 Not Gift Aided 7300Investment IncomeNet Rents -369Legacies and Once offsRedecoration fund 923Parish car diffFeed-in tariff 2155Miscellaneous 1375

Total Income 25112

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, HerefordExpenditure

2015-16 2014-15 2013-14half year

Clergy Allowances 2,367 5,141 4,103Office Housekeeping 123 655 1,060Repairs & Maintenance 32,683 8,277 30,660Light & Heat 4,041 11,080 4,627Rates & Insurance 683 2,747 2,321House Expenses 249 359 348Liturgical Expenses 1,241 4,010 3,861Printing & Stationery 1,952 1,902 1,445Telephone 304 714 1,061Curia Assessment 4,334 8,080 7,635Belmont Abbey Assessment 3,100 6,220 8,919Books newspapers 1,173 974 -97Replacement car 10,310Miscellaneous 448 3,979

52,250 50,607 80,232

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Hereford

£ Total 2015-6 2014-5 2013-4 2012-3(half year)

Hall heating/insulation 16500 16500Solar Panels 25500 25500Church lighting 3500 3500Drainage 1500 1500Church heaters 1000 1000Redecoration 15600 15600Church carpet 9600 9600

Totals 73200 25200 2500 29000 16500

Funded by: £Redecoration fund 5700Parish deposit account 34700Feed in tariff payments 4950Parish surpluses 27850

73200

MAJOR MAINTENANCE

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Hereford

Money in the Bank 1 April 2013 31 March 2014 31 March 2015 30 Sept 15£ £ £ £

Current Account 6138 4427 17220 4081Deposit with the Diocese 96650 77325 77755 64003

Total 102788 81752 94975 68084

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Hereford

£000'sNational Appealscafod- March 2015 54.76cafod-nepal 540.9cafod-October 2015 686.6holy places 169.87world communications 168.21peters pence 200apostleship of the sea 233.75world mission Sunday 428.6Other Appealspriests training fund 10lenten almscolumban fathers missions 642.6life hereford 158.22

Total 3293.5

COLLECTIONS NOT FOR PARISH