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2021-12-31-accounts

Charity Registration No. 1053251

Company Registration No. 03153215 (England and Wales)

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED

WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Directors and Trustees Sister Anne Miller FMM Mr. Ben Clackson Mrs. Barbara Paskins Dr. John Wijngaards Mrs. Jacqueline Clackson Mr. Brian Gallagher Miss Pamela Wearing Ms. Miriam Duignan Mr. Colm Holmes Mr. Graham Gillman Secretary Mrs. Jacqueline Clackson Charity number 1053251 Company number 03153215 Principal address Flat 9 Silverdale Lancaster Road Southport PR8 2LF Website www.wijngaardsinstitute.com Telephone 07351 62831 Registered office Flat 9 Silverdale Lancaster Road Southport PR8 2LF Independent examiner Derek J. Skinner FCA Skinner & Co The Old Vicarage 10 Church Street Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1BS Bankers Barclays Bank plc Marble Arch Corporate Banking Group PO Box 32016 London NW1 2ZH

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH CONTENTS

Page
Trustees' report 1 - 5
Independent examiners' report 6
Statement of financial activities 7
Summary income and expenditure account 8
Balance sheet 9 - 10
Notes to the accounts 11 - 14

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

The Trustees present its report and for the year ended 31 December 2021.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and the Statement of Recommended Practice, "Accounting and Reporting by Charities", issued in March 2005.

Structure, governance and management

The charity was incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee and not having share capital on 31 January 1996, company registration number 03153215. The company is also registered with the Charity Commission, number 1053251.

The directors in office in the year were as follows:Sister Anne Miller FFM Mr. Ben Clackson Mrs. Barbara Paskins Dr. John Wijngaards Mrs. Jacqueline Clackson Mr. Brian Gallagher Miss Pamela Wearing Ms. Miriam Duignan Mr. Colm Holmes Mr. Graham Gillman

None of the Trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the Trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.

The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.

Objectives & activities

Its objective and principal activities are the advancement of the Roman Catholic religion and the Christian Gospel in any part of the world. In pursuing this objective, the company has, among other things, the power to:

The policies adopted in furtherance of these objects are explained more fully below and there has been no change in these during the year.

The Trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

Charitable Purpose and Public Benefit

THe Trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission in determining the activities undetaken by the Charity.

The institute has continued its work to preserve its online educational resources, make them more accessible to internet users, and expand them by adding original research and other material.

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

Charitable Purpose and Public Benefit

In October 2021 the founder of the institute, Dr John Wijngaards, published a book entitled Ten Commandments for Church Reform: Memoirs of a Catholic Priest. It sketches the wonderful intellectual, moral and spiritual journey of one of the best-known reformist Catholic priests and theologians since the Second Vatican Council.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the testimony and recommendations of such a book, given they come from somebody who has been working for the Catholic Church in senior positions for decades, as a priest, missionary, vicar general of the Mill Hill society, advisor to bishops, theology professor, and founder of this Christian educational non-profit think tank.

That is arguably why the book has received very positive reviews, including from high-profile Catholic personalities such as Mary McAleese, and considerable coverage in the Catholic press and among Catholic reform organisations. The Institute will continue working to further publicise the book, including via a public launch.

On the basis of his book, Dr Wijngaards also published a petition asking the ongoing “Synod on Synodality” and the Pope to consider ten specific reforms of the Catholic Church touching on immediate pastoral issues. The petition too received favourable coverage in Catholic media, and so far it has been endorsed by more than 1,200 people, among whom distinguished Catholic theologians and scholars, as well as 25 Catholic reform organizations from around the world.

Work on the need for structural reform of the Catholic Church has also taken place via two other initiatives involving the Institute. In August 2021, the director of research was asked to contribute a text on authority in the Catholic Church which, after minor amendments by an ecumenical panel of church experts, was launched to the public at the so-called “Root and Branch Synod” which took place in Bristol (UK) in September: that contribution now appears as the section on church authority of the so-called “Bristol Text”.

That lay synod also saw the called from Mary McAleese and Baroness Helena Kennedy for the fundamental human rights to be fully implemented in canon law. This provided the spark for starting a major research project to draft a proposal for a Constitution for the Catholic Church. The aim is to provide the principles and laws which every other law within the Catholic communion would have to abide.

The project has built on important precedents, such as: 1. the aborted project of an official Vatican constitution for the Roman Catholic Church, called Lex Ecclesiae Fundamentalis, whose final version – approved in 1980 by the commission of experts which drafted it and submitted to Pope John Paul II – was never ratified or published; 2. the unofficial proposal of a Church Constitution put forward in 1994 by the Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church, led by Prof. Leonard Swidler; 3. “The Principles of Canon Law Common to the Churches of the Anglican Communion” (2008), i.e. the official constitutional principles regulating the relationships between the constituent churches of the Anglican Communion; 4. the “Principles of Christian Law” inspired by that Anglican precedent and drafted between 2013 and 2017 by an interdenominational committee of experts in church law; 5. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The final draft of the constitution is currently being circulated to leaders of church reform movements, who have asked to be involved in providing feedback with a view to having the organisations they lead endorse the constitution. It will also be sent to a few distinguished canon lawyers for suggestions and endorsements, in preparation for its public launch and subsequent submission through various channels to the consultation process for the worldwide “Synod on Synodality” planned for autumn 2023.

On the subject of gender equality, the ground-breaking multi-disciplinary research report “Christian Objections to Same-Sex Relationships: An Academic Assessment” which the institute published in May 2021 brought some attention to the institute. In addition to some media coverage in the Catholic press, the Irish Times commissioned an article about the report from the director of research of the institute, which was published in June 2021.

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

The report also brought the institute attention from the producers of a forthcoming feature-length documentary “Wonderfully Made - LGBTQ+R(eligion)”, scheduled for release in Q3 2022. The documentary explores the challenges of LGBTQ+ Catholics in the face of the Church’s rejection and persecution of them, features the unprecedented creation of new religious iconography of Jesus as LGBTQ+, and interviews leading advocates. As a thank you for the research work of the Wijngaards Institute, the producers have credited it as one of the “Advocate producers” of the documentary.

Finally, the report has also been listed as one of the many resources of a major new website for LGBTQ Catholic (i.e. https://outreach.faith/) launched on May 1 2022 by Catholic media personality Fr James Martin SJ.

Likewise, the 2017 research report on the ethics of contraception continues to make an impact. It brought the institute to the attention of the president of the British Medical Association and professor of neonatology at Imperial College London. As a consequence, the institute has been invited to collaborate to two projects led by medical researchers and professionals aiming to inform policy-makers about two central findings, namely that the principal determinants of health and wellbeing lie outside healthcare (and so their attainment requires greater social and economic justice); and that health and well-being should be prioritised above the mere pursuit of GDP growth. The distinctive contribution of the Institute is to show the compatibility of such an approach with Catholic Social Teaching and the Catholic understanding of “Integral Human Development”, which has become a primary goal of the current pontificate. Both projects to which the Institute has been invited aim at informing policy-makers worldwide, and so they will cooperate with, and involve, the World Health Organisation, World Bank, UN, and, with the help of the Institute, the Vatican. Upgrading and Maintenance of Websites

The conversion of our flagship website www.womenpriests.org to WordPress, which was started in October 2019 by a local IT firm, was finally completed in November 2021. However, much work still needs to be carried out after such a conversion, to check the websites links, images, navigation menus and indexes, and so on. Several team members are contributing to that undertaking, with the ultimate goal being that of increasing the website’s Google ranking, readership, and make it eligible for free advertisements which Google grants to non-profit websites fulfilling certain criteria.

Fundraising

Dr John Wijngaards has managed to obtain funding from some of the historic donors, but new donors have yet to be approached. With the Covid impact on the economy in the UK being now smaller and more predictable than over the past two years, the director of the institute planned to approach over the second half of 2022 a number of religious institutes and foundations, primarily but not exclusively in the UK, with a proposal to fund an endowment to fund the Wijngaards Institute research position at the Catherine of Siena College of the University of Roehampton. This fundraising proposition is now likely to have to be modified in light of development at the University of Roehampton itself.

Partnership with Catherine of Siena College - Roehampton University

Since July 2020 the Institute has had a partnership with the University of Roehampton and Catherine of Siena College, a non-profit offering online courses in theology originally established by the Institute in 2007, and handed over in 2015 to the University of Roehampton. The agreement consisted in the Institute paying for a full time research position within the Department of Theology and Religion of the University of Roehampton, with two days a week dedicated to the Catherine of Siena College (CSC). A principal goal of the partnership was to enable the Institute to fundraise for an endowment fund in support of such a research position at a recognised public university, a proposition familiar to institutional donors and so likely more acceptable than fundraising for the Institute alone.

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

Unfortunately, in May 2022 the University of Roehampton announced mass redundancies of academic staff across all humanities, and as a consequence there is a high likelihood that the Department of Theology and Religion will close entirely in August 2022.

Were that to happen, it is highly likely that CSC too will have to wind down. In May 2022, just before the announcement of mass redundancies at the University of Roehampton, CSC was about to embark on a large fundraising campaign to cover its operating expenses over the next three to five years. But such a fundraising campaign is dependent on CSC having the support of the Department of Theology and Religion for the validation of its current and future graduate modules. Should that department be closed, it is likely that CSC will have to follow.

Should such a scenario materialise, the Institute will consider terminating its agreement with the University of Roehampton.

Death of Co-founder Jacqueline Clackson (1937-2022)

Jackie Clackson, who co-founded the Institute in 1983 with her later-to-be husband Dr. John Wijngaards, and had been not just a trustee but also a core team member since, died unexpectedly on Saturday 7th of May 2022. Her leadership has benefitted the Institute in a way difficult to measure, and she will be missed.

In the early days it was her artistic talent that was prominent. She illustrated John’s books and parts of the Housetop videos.

She also loved relationships with people to an extent which is difficult to convey. She reached out to those who came to Housetop for advice. Her friendships were a life-long affair: she kept in touch with old friends going back decades across continents, to an extent to which few people do. She kept a calendar with everybody’s birthday on it, and unfailingly sent beautifully handwritten cards for birthdays, Christmas and Easter, generally featuring one of her own paintings or drawings. And she made no secret of how much she enjoyed the weekly visit to our office, to catch up with the work of the institute and pray together. Her meditations during the weekly Mass attended by the Institute’s team members were poetic, regularly inspired by the wonders of nature and the universe to an extent that betrayed Jackie’s profound awareness of our creatureliness and smallness before the infinite: to keep our humanity in perspective.

Jackie was a staunch believer in, and public advocate for, the ordination of women in the Catholic Church.

The Institute is committed to honour her life by continuing to work on the causes of church reform which were close to her heart.

Financial review

A summary of the year's results can be found on pages 7 to 9 of the accounts.

During 2021 total incoming resources amounted to £45,361 (2020: £58,853). Incoming resources received from Housetop Trust by way of grants totalling £32,141 (2020: £37,282) were the main reason for lower incoming resources for the year.

Resources expended totalled £15,806 (2020: £87,463). They can be broken down into direct charitable expenditure of £63,406 (2020: £83,634) and management and administration of £2,400 (2020: £3,829), after deduction of the Liz Whatmore loan of £50,000, now forgiven.

Net incoming resources were £29,555 in the year (2020: outgoing £28,610) - an increase of £58,165 over 2020.

The net movement in funds for the year was an inflow of £59,663 versus an outflow of £20,537 in the previous year.

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

Statement of Trustees' responsibilities

The Trustees, who are also the directors of Housetop Care Limited for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year.

In preparing these accounts, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

On behalf of the board of Trustees

..............................

Dr. John Wijngaards Dated: .........................

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on pages 7 to 14.

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and examiner

The Trustees, who are also the directors of Housetop Care Limited for the purposes of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011, the 2011 Act, and that an independent examination is needed.

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

Derek J. Skinner FCA

Dated: .........................

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

Notes
Incoming resources from generated funds
Donations and legacies
2
Investment income was derived from the company's listed investments
and bank deposits.
3
Incoming resources from charitable activities were from sponsor's grants
and voluntary donations.
4
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
5
Charitable activities
Advancing the Roman Catholic faith
Management and administration of the charity
Other resources expended
Total resources expended
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources
Other recognised gains and losses
Gains on investment assets
Net movement in funds
Fund balances at 1 January 2021
Fund balances at 31 December 2021
2021
£
7,521
5,699
13,220
32,141
45,361
63,406
2,400
(50,000)
15,806
29,555
30,108
59,663
433,956
493,619
2020
£
9,270
12,301
21,571
37,282
58,853
83,634
3,829
-
87,463
(28,610)
8,073
(20,537)
454,493
433,956

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH SUMMARY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

Year
ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
£ £
Gross income 45,361 58,853
Gain on disposal of investment assets held by income funds 19,273 -
Total income 64,634 58,853
Total expenditure from income funds 15,806 87,463
Net income/(expenditure) for the year 48,828 (28,610)
STATEMENT OF RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES
Net income/(expenditure) for the year 48,828 (28,610)
Unrealised gains on investment assets held by income funds 10,835 8,073
59,663 (20,537)

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
9
Current assets
Stocks
Debtors
10
Investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
11
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Income funds
Restricted funds
12
Including revaluation reserve of £3,970 (2019: £3,532)
Unrestricted funds:
Unrestricted income funds
Revaluation reserve
2021
£
1,095
220,318
232,896
40,356
494,665
(2,400)
482,784
10,835
£
1,354
492,265
493,619
-
493,619
493,619
2020
£
1,095
908
422,061
61,198
485,262
(52,400)
209,720
4,103
£
1,094
432,862
433,956
220,133
213,823
433,956

The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 December 2021. No member of the company has deposited a notice, pursuant to section 476, requiring an audit of these accounts.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to accounts, so far as applicable to the company.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021

The accounts were approved by the Board on .........................

..............................

Dr. John Wijngaards

Company Registration No. 03153215

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

1 Accounting policies

1.1 Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost conventio n, with the exception of investments which are shown at market value.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Statement of Recommended Practice, "Accounting and Reporting by Charities", issued in March 2005 and the Companies Act 2006.

1.2 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows: Furniture and equipment: 25% per annum, reducing balance

In accordance with the Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 19, no depreciation is charged on investment properties.

1.3 Investments

Listed investments in securities are stated at market value. Unrealised gains or losses arising from the difference between market value and historical cost are reflected in the Statement of Financial Activities and the associated revaluation reserves are adjusted and stated in the Balance Sheet.

1.4 Stock

Stocks of goods held for resale are valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value.

1.5 Taxation

The charity is a registered charity and therefore is not liable for income tax or corporation tax on income derived from its charitable activities as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.

2 Donations and legacies

2021 2020
£ £
Donations and gifts 7,521 9,270

3 Investment income was derived from the company's listed investments and bank deposits.

Income from listed investments
Interest receivable
Income / (Loss)
2021
£
5,696
3
5,699
2020
£
11,419
882
12,301

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

4 Incoming resources from charitable activities were from sponsor's grants and voluntary donations.

5 2021
£
Housetop Trust
32,141
32,141
Total resources expended
2021
£
Charitable activities
Advancing the Roman Catholic faith
Support costs
63,406
Governance costs
2,400
Other resources expended
(50,000)
15,806
2020
£
37,282
37,282
2020
£
83,634
3,829
-
87,463

Governance costs include accountancy fees paid to the Independent Examiner's firm of £ 2,400 (2020: £ 2,400 ) and sundry expenses amounting to £0 (2020: £1,429).

6 Support costs

Website costs & promotion
Office & miscellaneous expenses
Staff costs & research (Roehampton)
Depreciation
Loss on exchange
2021
£
13,289
1,392
47,732
451
542
63,406
2020
£
4,027
13,207
66,035
365
-
83,634

7 Trustees

None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration during the year . No expenses were reimbursed to them.

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

8 Employees

Number of employees

Administrative
Total
2021
1
1
2020
2
2

Employment costs

There were no employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more.

9 Tangible fixed assets

9 Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures,
fittings &
equipment
£
Cost
At 1 January 2021 52,974
Additions 711
At 31 December 2021 53,685
Depreciation
At 1 January 2021 51,880
Charge for the year 451
At 31 December 2021 52,331
Net book value
At 31 December 2021 1,354
At 31 December 2020 1,094
10 Debtors 2021 2020
£ £
Other debtors 220,318 908

HOUSETOP CARE LIMITED WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

11
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Other creditors
Accruals
2021
£
-
2,400
2,400
2020
£
50,000
2,400
52,400

12 Endowment funds

The Trustees allocated £200,000 of the original £400,000 investment in Listed Securities to a Restricted Endowment Fund for the upkeep and maintenance of the websites. The allocation was made to respect the intentions of the original donors of Cairn House (after its sale in 2018).However, the Trustees decided that the Restricted Endowment Fund should not be marked as permanently endowed. The Fund, or part of it, may be used for other purposes in extraordinary circumstances should the Trustees so decide.

The ownership of the Restricted Endowment Fund was transferred from Housetop Care Ltd to Housetop Trust in 2020.