Every parish must hold (no later than 31 May in each year) an annual parochial church meeting, often referred to simply as the 'APCM'. 

The PCC must provide the annual meeting with each of the following, which the annual meeting may then discuss:

  • a report on the changes to the Electoral Roll since the last annual meeting or, in a year in which a new roll is prepared, a report on the numbers entered on the new roll
  • an annual report on the proceedings of the PCC and the activities of the parish generally
  • the financial statements of the PCC for the year ending on the 31 December preceding the meeting
  • the annual fabric report under section 50 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018
  • a report of the proceedings of the deanery synod.
The APCM comprises two meetings: MEETING OF PARISHIONERS (where the churchwardens are elected) and the ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING. Those not on the Electoral Roll of the Church of the Holy Cross, Uckfield, should leave after the first meeting.