St Mary’s Costs and Income

We estimated that the cost of running St Mary’s in 2009 would be £335,000, or nearly £6,440 per week. The weekly break-down was as follows:

Thanks to the generosity of all concerned, weekly income for 2009 is expected to be as follows:

As you can see, in June we forecast a deficit for the year, but the current outlook is that this will be reduced.

However this does not represent the whole picture, because no allowance is included for significant repair work. We have our next quinquennial building inspection during 2010 which is likely to identify the need for new expenditure.

Last year the amount pledged to the stewardship scheme decreased by 3 %, while costs continue to rise. Also there has been a small reduction in the number of members in the scheme.

So for these reasons it is important to increase the average pledge from the current £840 per year and particularly to recruit new members

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