# **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH BEXLEYHEATH**
**REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31[st] December 2020**
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## **PAROCIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH**
## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
## **Administrative Information**
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Bexleyheath (PCC) is a registered charity (number 1127820).
The parish is part of the Diocese of Rochester within the Church of England. Christ Church is situated in Bexleyheath town centre; its postal address is Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent DA6 7BT.
The following persons served as members of the PCC during the period from 1[st] January 2020 until the date on which this report was approved:
## **Incumbent**
The Reverend Trevor Wyatt
## **Other Clergy**
The Reverend Neil Bunker
## **Wardens**
Laurie Bennett (from APCM 2020) Bernard Clewes (until APCM 2020) Roy Humphrey
## **Representatives on the Deanery Synod**
Mike Cann (until APCM 2020) Bernard Clewes (until APCM 2020) Lydia Fuller (from APCM 2020) Roy Humphrey (from APCM 2020) Richard Percival
## **Elected Representatives of the Laity**
Laurie Bennett (until APCM 2020) Bernard Clewes (from APCM 2020) Glenda Cooper Chris Gill PCC Secretary Yvonne Fowler (from APCM 2020) Mark Fuller (from APCM 2020) Sheila Hancock (from APCM 2020) Jane Hilless
Mary Holcroft Daimon Hunt (from APCM 2020) Nike Jolaoso (until APCM 2020) Kim McLachlan Rachel Miles Pat Perks Stephen Taylor (from APCM 2020) Francis Tibbles
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## **Co-opted members**
Rob Hilless (from APCM 2020 to APCM 2021)
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The function and purpose of the PCC is outlined in the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956. The PCC operates through its Standing, Outreach, Fabric, Publicity, Catering, Stewardship and Halls Management Committees and receives the minutes of the meetings of those committees.
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and to stand for election to the PCC.
## **Objectives and Activities**
Christ Church PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Reverend Trevor Wyatt, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The main activities are the provision of church services (including baptisms, weddings and funerals), further teaching of adults (including house groups and courses), youth and children’s work, and supporting missionary and charitable organizations and causes in the UK and overseas. The PCC also has maintenance responsibilities for the church and hall buildings on the site in the Broadway, Bexleyheath.
## **Achievements and Performance**
## _**Church Attendance**_
At the time of the preparation of this report, there were 208 persons on the Church Electoral Roll (there were 203 in March 2019). Church services in 2020 were unsurprisingly disrupted and held on Facebook when the Church had to be closed due to the pandemic. The average weekly attendance at all Sunday services (Facebook and in Church) in 2020 was 109 adults (210 in 2019) and 16 children (32 in 2019), though these numbers fluctuate considerably through the year. These averages are based on the Statistics for Mission attendance figures for October 2020.
## _**Review of the Year**_
I think that 2020 will go down in history as the most challenging year for us all since the Second World War. At the start of 2020 nobody could have imagined how life would be literally turned upside down by the Covid Pandemic that was to strike across the world. We started off 2020 well enough in January with a very successful welcome lunch where we welcomed over 30 adults and children to our church who had joined us over the last year during 2019. On 23[rd] March, the Prime Minister made his statement announcing the lockdown and this meant that all churches across the United Kingdom were to be closed for the foreseeable future. Christ Church Bexleyheath would be closed completely from 29[th] March until 5[th] July.
During the lockdown we were unable to meet together in church and we were all confined to our
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homes. During this period we implemented measures that sought to ensure the continuity of our church and its life as best as we could, and to provide ministry and pastoral care to everyone in our church family. A booklet called “Changing Times” was produced and delivered to the homes of everyone in our church family. This booklet contained an order of service for Morning and Evening Prayer and provided a way for everyone to pray and worship in their homes. Services moved online (on the internet) and we used live stream Facebook for our Sunday services as well as morning and evening prayer. It has been lovely to see how the number of people who have signed up to our Christ Church Bexleyheath Facebook group has grown to nearly 500.
At the start of the lockdown we were especially keen to ensure that we could do what we could to ‘care’ for members of our church family and especially those who lived on their own. It was wonderful to find around thirty people volunteer to be “care group leaders” who were each given a list of about eight or so people to look after and keep in contact with during the lockdown. From feedback, many people in our church family appreciated this.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing for us about the lockdown has been the way that Christ Church people have responded to the financial situation. We are enormously grateful for the way that people have maintained their giving to the church despite the lockdown, and this has kept the financial deficit in 2020 much lower than we could have ever imagined. People have helped by changing their way of giving to standing order or posting their cheques, or collecting envelopes during the pandemic until they could bring them to church. A massive thank you to everyone for your financial support.
From 5[th] July we were able to restart public worship in church and open the church for private prayer. However, although we were able to restart worship in church we had to learn to live with the restrictions that were understandably imposed upon us by the government and the church e.g. hand sanitising, social distancing and wearing of face coverings. The most difficult aspect of this for many of us was that initially there was no singing at all. Restrictions in this respect did ease and by October the choir were allowed to sing, however not the congregation. In order to limit the numbers of people at the main 10am service, we decided to adjust the times of services to be 9.15am, 11am, and 6pm to try and smooth out the attendance. We also encouraged people who did not have children or young people to attend at 9.15am or 6pm. This plan worked well, and ensured that we weren’t overfull at the 11am service and not able to maintain social distancing. Thanks to the technical skills and commitment of Daimon Hunt and Stephen Taylor we were able to live stream many of our church services on Facebook so that people who were isolating at home could still watch the services in church from their homes.
In the summer and early autumn it looked like things might start to get back to normal, however there was a second wave of the Covid Pandemic, and in the autumn a new strain of the virus developed that was very contagious and spread like wildfire around the country. The spread of the virus among our own church family meant that we could not have our Advent Carol Service, and the prevalence of the virus in Bexleyheath meant that once again the church was closed to public
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worship from Sunday 20[th] December. Although closed, we implemented two important online initiatives that were much appreciated. The first was ‘storytime’ each day where a member of the church read an Advent/Christmas story, and the second was the recording of a ‘nine lessons and carols’ type Christmas Service that featured the choir.
Shortly after Christmas the Prime Minister announced another lockdown but this time he did allow churches to remain open if they wanted to. Due to the prevalence of the virus in Bexleyheath, we, along with most other churches in the area decided that it was not safe for us to open the church for public worship and we were closed until 7[th] March 2021 when the virus was seen to have abated.
As a consequence of the Covid pandemic many of the wedding and baptisms that were planned had to be postponed or cancelled. However, it was extremely busy with funerals, with 74 funerals in total for 2020. At the height of the pandemic in one very busy week I took six funerals many of which were due to the Covid virus. There was also tragedy from other directions. I also took two funerals over the summer of people who had committed suicide. However, perhaps the most challenging of all was to take the funerals of many dearly loved members of our church who had been stalwarts over many years and are so missed by us all: John Passmore, Patrick Wood, Bill Price MBE, Edna Clewes, Jean Davis, Muriel Burman, Gina Holmes and Francies Moore.
As a result of the pandemic, most of the things that we would do as the church family have had to be abandoned including social events, lunchtime concerts, knitting group, home groups, messy church, summer and Christmas fairs, ladies group, fund raising events etc etc. We do hope that we will be able to restart most of this in 2021.
In August 2020 Deborah Davey resigned as our children’s leader and we are most indebted to Kim McLachlan who came forward as a volunteer to lead our work among children. Lydia Fuller has continued during this time as our youth leader albeit she has been furloughed part time for much of the pandemic under the government scheme. Both Kim and Lydia have done an amazing job doing online services and other kinds of activities and bible study with the children and young people. The 14th West Kent Boys Brigade and Girls Association has been similarly affected by the pandemic and much of their engagement with the children and young people has had to go ‘online’. However, it is to the credit of Captain Andrew and his team that they have kept the 14[th] West Kent going so that they can emerge with a viable company in 2021.
One piece of bright news was that we finalised our plans for the kitchen extension in 2020 so that work could start in early 2021. The plans were approved by the Chancellor of the Diocese granting us a Faculty, and we completed a Tender process and awarded the contract for the building of the kitchen extension to the builder B W May & Son Ltd. The building work started in January 2021.
Rev Neil Bunker has continued to work for us as Honorary Assistant Priest and has been taking 8am and 6pm services. With my knee injury in May and following surgery in August I have been especially grateful to Neil and the wider ministry team for helping out to ensure that all services have been covered. Marilyn Ormes and Yvonne Fowler have continued to preach regularly as Licensed Lay
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Ministers (LLMs) together with Vicky Darton-Bigg our evangelist. Richard Percival as Pastoral Assistant continues to head up our pastoral team. Our occasional preachers Roy Humphrey, Elizabeth OluGarrick, Steve Cave, David Soile, Robert Ramsdale, George Johnson and Sherry Snowden have continued to do talks for us at services. George Johnson has continued with his Diocesan training to be Licensed Lay Minister and will be licensed by the Bishop in May 2021.
At the start of 2020, Philip McGarvey retired and Vicky Hill took up the reigns as Parish Administrator. Vicky has transformed the church office. It has been cleared and redecorated and for anyone who has been inside the new church office you will see that it looks amazing. Vicky has worked the extra mile particularly during the lockdown and helped to ensure that many of the Covid initiatives that we needed were put in place as well as launching our new website and social media accounts.
In the music department Michael King has continued as our Organist and Tony Holcroft has continued as Choir Director. We are very blessed at Christ Church to have such a talented team. The work of the choir and singing has been much affected by the Pandemic but there have been some choir practices. However, it has been the junior choir that has been most affected by the Pandemic with very few practices allowed during the year. The junior choir is an important area to focus on when things start getting back to normal in 2021. Our music group has also been a casualty of the Pandemic and has not been able to rehearse or play at services since the start of the lockdown in March 2020.
We continue to have the necessary Safeguarding information on our church website and this subject continues to be a standard item on the agenda of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) meetings and also of the Ministry Leadership Team (MiLT). At the October APCM (for 2019) Laurie Bennett was elected to be churchwarden and handed over her role as Safeguarding Officer to Yvonne Fowler.
It continues to be a huge privilege for me to serve here at Christ Church Bexleyheath as Vicar. I look forward to many blessings as we emerge from this terrible Pandemic and go forward together in faith and love.
In Christ’s Service,
Trevor
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## _**Financial Review**_
Our net position in the **General Fund** at the end of the year was a **deficit of £8,215.** This was a far more favourable position at the end of the year than the £26,552 deficit that was forecast in April after the start of the pandemic. The expectation was that halls income and voluntary income would be significantly impacted. Whilst that was true for halls income (50% less than 2019), our faithful congregation ensured that the voluntary income was actually higher than the year before.
Two grants of £5,000 each were awarded to Christ Church from Bexley Council to support charities whose income had been impacted by the pandemic. This generous contribution also helped to reduce our expected deficit. The resulting end of year balance in the General Fund was £27,270.
## _**Reserves Policy**_
Our reserves policy is to have a General Reserve Fund of £25,000 and a Development Fund of £25,000. The balances of both funds are £25,000 in line with the policy.
At the year end, therefore, the principal reserves comprised the General Reserve Fund at £25,000, the Development Reserve at £25,000, the Organ Fund at £4,153 and the Diocesan Repair Fund at £14,290. The Building Our Future redevelopment fund had an end of year balance of £258,507.
The resulting balance for the General Fund and all the Designated and Reserve Funds is £360,304.
## _**Investments**_
In 2018, the PCC members voted to invest £200,000 of the Building Our Future fund and £50,000 of the Church reserves in long term investment funds managed by Sarasin & Partners. During 2019 a further £20,000 was transferred to the Building Our Future investment fund, bringing the total invested amount to £220,000.
As at the end of 2020, the portfolio value of the Building Our Future investment stood at £249,971 and the portfolio value of the reserves investment stood at £53,458.
## _**Grants**_
During 2020, we received the following grants:
£10,000 from Bexley Council to help with lost income during the Covid pandemic
£2,000 from the Archdeacon for Youth Worker
£3,000 from The Fellowship of St John for Youth Worker
£2,000 from the Archdeacon for the kitchen extension project
£2,250 from the All Churches Trust for the kitchen extension project
£250 from the Archdeacon for a security camera outside the office
Glenda Cooper Treasurer
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31st December 2020**
|Notes
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
2
Voluntary income
2(a)
Activities for generating funds
2(b)
Investment income
2(c)
Income from church activities
2(d)
Grants
2(e)
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
3
Cost of generating voluntary
income
3(a)
Cost of generating funds
3(b)
Cost of church activities
3(c)
Outreach
3(d)
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
NET INCOMING/
OUTGOING RESOURCES
Transfers between funds
9(a)
Transfers between funds (net 0)
9(b)
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
BALANCES
brought forward
**BALANCES**
**carried forward**|**General Fund**
**Designated Funds**
**Restricted Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
116,665
_113,692_
354
_4,163_
7,783
_14,219_
478
_1,931_
0
_0_
1,660
_11,193_
2,553
_3,213_
39
_30_
7,464
_7,208_
48,382
_76,865_
0
_0_
0
_0_
10,000
_0_
0
_0_
9,500
_10,050_
**178,078**
**_195,701_**
**393**
**_4,193_**
**26,407**
**_42,670_**
205
_273_
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_852_
175,738
_187,579_
0
_1,590_
13,308
_36,522_
7,550
_10,952_
1,076
2,226
0
_0_
**183,493**
**_198,804_**
**1,076**
**_3,816_**
**13,308**
**_37,374_**
-5,415
_-3,103_
-683
_377_
13,099
_5,296_
-2,800
_-2,800_
2,800
_2,800_
_-13,933_
_13,933_
-8,215
_-5,903_
2,117
_-10,756_
13,099
_19,229_
35,485
_41,388_
63,266
_74,022_
254,552
_235,323_
27,270
_35,485_
65,383
_63,266_
267,651
_254,552_|**Total Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**
124,802
_132,074_
2,138
_13,124_
10,056
_10,451_
48,382
_76,865_
19,500
_10,050_|
|---|---|---|
|||**204,878**
**_242,564_**|
|||205
_273_
0
_852_
189,046
_225,691_
8,626
_13,178_|
|||**197,877**
**_239,994_**|
|||7,001
_2,570_|
|||7,001
_2,570_
353,303
_350,733_|
|||360,304
_353,303_|
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH BALANCE SHEET For the year ended 31st December 2020**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
4
**CURRENT ASSETS**
5
Stock
Debtors & prepayments
Cash at bank
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Creditors
6
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**LONG-TERM LIABILITIES**
Loans
7
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
8
General
General Reserve
Development
Fabric
Choir
Outreach
Catering
Social
Repair
Redevelopment Fund
Organ
Fund for Youth Worker
Fund for kitchen extension|**General**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Fund**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5
33,674
65,378
266,501
33,674
65,383
266,501
-6,404
1,150
27,270
65,383
267,651
27,270
65,383
267,651
27,270
25,000
25,000
0
953
50
0
90
14,290
258,507
4,153
3,208
1,783
27,270
65,383
267,651|**Total Funds**
**2020**
**£**
5
365,553|
|---|---|---|
|||365,558|
|||-5,254|
|||360,304|
||||
|||360,304|
|||27,270
25,000
25,000
0
953
50
0
90
14,290
258,507
4,153
3,208
1,783|
||||
|||360,304|
Approved by the Parochial Church Council and signed on its behalf by:
Roy Humphrey _Churchwarden_
Glenda Cooper _Treasurer_
The notes on pages 7 to 11 form part of these accounts
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH BEXLEYHEATH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31[st] December 2020**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
## _**Basis of financial statements**_
The financial statements have been prepared under in the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the current Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities and applicable accounting standard FRS 102.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention investment assets, which are shown at market value. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.
## _**Fund accounting**_
_Endowment funds_ are funds, the capital of which must be retained either permanently or at the PCC’s discretion; the income derived from the endowment is to be used either as restricted or unrestricted income funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established in the first place.
_Restricted funds_ comprise (a) income from endowments that is to be expended only on the restricted purposes intended by the donor, and (b) revenue donations or grants for a specific PCC activity intended by the donor. Where these funds have unspent balances, interest on their pooled investment is apportioned to the individual funds on an average balance basis.
_Unrestricted funds_ are income funds that are to be spent on the PCC’s general purposes.
_Designated funds_ are general funds set aside by the PCC for use in the future. Project funds are designated for particular projects for administration purposes only. Funds designated as invested in fixed assets for the PCC’s own use are abated in line with those assets’ annual depreciation charges in the SOFA. Designated funds remain unrestricted and the PCC General funds are unrestricted funds that can be used for PCC ordinary purposes. Designated funds remain unrestricted will move any surplus to other general funds.
## _**Incoming resources**_
Planned giving, collections and similar donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received. Grants and legacies are accounted for when the PCC is entitled to the use of the resources, their ultimate receipt is considered reasonably certain and the amounts due are readily quantifiable. Dividends are accounted for when declared receivable, interest as and when accrued by the payer. All incoming resources are accounted for gross.
## _**Resources expended**_
Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the PCC. The diocesan parish share expected to be paid over is accounted for when due. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.
## _**Fixed assets**_
Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with section 10(2)(a) of the Charities Act 2011.
Movable church furnishings held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal, are inalienable property listed in the church’s inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For anything acquired prior to 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the financial statements. Subsequently no individual item has cost more than £1,000 so all such expenditure has been written off when incurred.
Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight-line basis over four years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £500 or less are written off when the asset is acquired.
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31st December 2020**
|**2. INCOMING RESOURCES**
2(a) Voluntary income
Planned giving
- under gift aid
- other
- income tax
Collections
Donations
Legacies
2(b) Activities for generating
funds
Saturday coffee mornings
Summer fair
Christmas fair
Redevelopment fundraising
2(c) Income from investments
Dividends
Interest
2(d) Income from church
activities
Church hall lettings
Church hire
Fees
2(e) Grants
Fabric projects
Youth leader
General
**Total Incoming Resources**|**General Fund**
**Designated Funds**
**Restricted Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
72,484
_67,981_
14,443
_15,013_
19,289
_18,439_
1,761
_864_
2,459
_8,728_
_2,401_
5,990
_3,531_
354
_4,163_
6,022
_10,292_
2,000
_662_
116,665
_113,692_
354
_4,163_
7,783
_14,219_
478
_1,931_
_2,160_
_3,100_
1,660
_5,933_
478
_1,931_
0
_0_
1,660
_11,193_
836
_1,036_
1,717
_2,177_
39
_30_
7,464
_7,208_
2,553
_3,213_
39
_30_
7,464
_7,208_
29,773
_58,097_
-70
_665_
18,679
_18,103_
48,382
_76,865_
0
_0_
0
_0_
4,500
_2,050_
5,000
_8,000_
10,000
10,000
_0_
0
_0_
9,500
_10,050_
178,078
_195,701_
393
_4,193_
26,407
_42,670_|**Total Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**
72,484
_67,981_
14,443
_15,013_
21,050
_19,303_
2,459
_11,129_
12,366
_17,986_
2,000
_662_|
|---|---|---|
|||124,802
_132,074_|
|||478
_1,931_
_2,160_
_3,100_
1,660
_5,933_|
|||2,138
_13,124_|
|||836
_1,036_
9,220
_9,415_|
|||10,056
_10,451_|
|||29,773
_58,097_
-70
_665_
18,679
_18,103_|
|||48,382
_76,865_|
|||4,500
_2,050_
5,000
_8,000_
10,000|
|||19,500
_10,050_|
|||204,878
_242,564_|
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31st December 2020**
|**General Fund**
**Designated Funds**
**Restricted Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
**3. Resources Expended**
3(a) Costs of generating voluntary income
Planned giving & stewardship
205
_273_
0
_0_
0
_0_
3(b) Costs of activities for generating funds
Summer / Christmas Fair
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_0_
Redevelopment costs
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_852_
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_852_
3(c) Cost of church activities
Ministry
- Parish share_(offer)_
66,064
_72,429_
- DBF fees
9,817
_0_
- Clergy expenses
591
_989_
- Clergy housing
2,703
_2,760_
Youth work
1,103
_1,400_
Youth worker
11,363
_4,108_
3,269
_14,472_
Children’s workers
2,765
_9,392_
Worship
2,298
_2,434_
_1,590_
Director of Music
6,900
_8,700_
Education & training
188
_249_
Magazine
654
_1,847_
Bookstall
100
_0_
Church running costs
- insurance
6,830
_6,725_
- utilities
6,389
_8,071_
- printing & stationery
1,092
_4,211_
- cleaning
3,490
_950_
- bank interest & charges
574
_780_
- administration
21,658
_13,938_
- fabric & maintenance
10,654
_9,973_
- kitchen extension
_4,718_
2,718
_2,050_
- organ maintenance
2,880
_20,000_
- side aisle screens
4,441
Church halls running costs
- insurance
2,685
_2,580_
- utilities
5,226
_6,776_
- cleaning
4,860
_4,850_
- supplies
901
_1,002_
- fabric & maintenance
6,833
_18,697_
175,738
_187,579_
0
_1,590_
13,308
_36,522_|**General Fund**
**Designated Funds**
**Restricted Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
**3. Resources Expended**
3(a) Costs of generating voluntary income
Planned giving & stewardship
205
_273_
0
_0_
0
_0_
3(b) Costs of activities for generating funds
Summer / Christmas Fair
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_0_
Redevelopment costs
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_852_
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_852_
3(c) Cost of church activities
Ministry
- Parish share_(offer)_
66,064
_72,429_
- DBF fees
9,817
_0_
- Clergy expenses
591
_989_
- Clergy housing
2,703
_2,760_
Youth work
1,103
_1,400_
Youth worker
11,363
_4,108_
3,269
_14,472_
Children’s workers
2,765
_9,392_
Worship
2,298
_2,434_
_1,590_
Director of Music
6,900
_8,700_
Education & training
188
_249_
Magazine
654
_1,847_
Bookstall
100
_0_
Church running costs
- insurance
6,830
_6,725_
- utilities
6,389
_8,071_
- printing & stationery
1,092
_4,211_
- cleaning
3,490
_950_
- bank interest & charges
574
_780_
- administration
21,658
_13,938_
- fabric & maintenance
10,654
_9,973_
- kitchen extension
_4,718_
2,718
_2,050_
- organ maintenance
2,880
_20,000_
- side aisle screens
4,441
Church halls running costs
- insurance
2,685
_2,580_
- utilities
5,226
_6,776_
- cleaning
4,860
_4,850_
- supplies
901
_1,002_
- fabric & maintenance
6,833
_18,697_
175,738
_187,579_
0
_1,590_
13,308
_36,522_|**Total Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**|
|---|---|---|
||205
_273_
0
_0_
0
_0_|205
_273_|
||funds
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_852_
0
_0_
0
_0_
0
_852_
66,064
_72,429_
9,817
_0_
591
_989_
2,703
_2,760_
1,103
_1,400_
11,363
_4,108_
3,269
_14,472_
2,765
_9,392_
2,298
_2,434_
_1,590_
6,900
_8,700_
188
_249_
654
_1,847_
100
_0_
6,830
_6,725_
6,389
_8,071_
1,092
_4,211_
3,490
_950_
574
_780_
21,658
_13,938_
10,654
_9,973_
_4,718_
2,718
_2,050_
2,880
_20,000_
4,441
2,685
_2,580_
5,226
_6,776_
4,860
_4,850_
901
_1,002_
6,833
_18,697_
175,738
_187,579_
0
_1,590_
13,308
_36,522_|0
_0_
0
_852_|
|||0
_852_|
|||66,064
_72,429_
9,817
_0_
591
_989_
2,703
_2,760_
1,103
_1,400_
14,632
_18,580_
2,765
_9,392_
2,298
_4,024_
6,900
_8,700_
188
_249_
654
_1,847_
100
_0_
6,830
_6,725_
6,389
_8,071_
1,092
_4,211_
3,490
_950_
574
_780_
21,658
_13,938_
10,654
_9,973_
2,718
_6,768_
2,880
_20,000_
4,441
2,685
_2,580_
5,226
_6,776_
4,860
_4,850_
901
_1,002_
6,833
_18,697_|
|||189,046
_225,691_|
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31st December 2020**
|3(d) Outreach
Missionary & charitable giving
Bible Society
Craft Aid International
CMS Latin America
Leprosy Mission
Support for Kidoku Parish
Postage for items to Kidoku
Kondoa bible college students
Support for Rev Chizenga
Spark in the Park
MIND
CRIBS
Poverty & Hope
Scripture Union
Vicar's Discretionary Fund
Breakfast Club
Bexley Deaf Group
Visiting preachers’ expenses
Churches Together in B’heath
Night shelter
Pilgrim /Kingdom Come books
Christian Aid
Street Pastors
School Pastors
Greenwich & Bexley Hospice
Retained balance
Evergreen
**Total Resources Expended**|**General Fund**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
1,500
_1,800_
1,950
_1,800_
130
_242_
900
_1,000_
1,150
_1,400_
66
650
_1,000_
55
_825_
0
_200_
300
_600_
150
_0_
0
_450_
0
_250_
200
0
_200_
200
0
_250_
200
0
_200_
200
0
_100_
0
_50_
0
_100_
0
_67_
0
_20_
25
500
_0_
0
_230_
0
_1,494_
0
_400_
0
_400_
400
_0_
50
_335_
0
_100_
7,550
_10,952_
1,076
_2,226_
0
_0_
183,493
_198,804_
1,076
_3,816_
13,308
_37,374_|**Total Funds**
**2020**
**_2019_**
**£**
**_£_**
1,500
_1,800_
2,080
_2,042_
900
_1,000_
1,216
_1,400_
705
_1,825_
0
_200_
300
_600_
150
_0_
0
_450_
200
_250_
200
_200_
200
_250_
200
_200_
0
_100_
0
_50_
0
_100_
0
_67_
25
_20_
500
_0_
0
_230_
0
_1,494_
0
_400_
0
_400_
400
_0_
50
_335_
0
_100_|
|---|---|---|
|||8,626
_13,178_|
|||197,877
_239,994_|
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31st December 2020**
## **4. Fixed Assets**
## None
**5. Current Assets**
- Debtors and prepayments include an accrual of fees receivable in respect of hall lettings together with other items. Cash at bank comprises money held in current and deposit accounts with Lloyds TSB and other banks, monies held on deposit with the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England and monies in the Diocesan repair funds for the church and the two clergy houses.
## **6. Current Liabilities**
- The liabilities on the General Account are showing a negative figure due to an accrual of £2,685 for a VAT reclaim that had to be written off
**7. Long-Term Liabilities**
- None
**8. Fund Details**
- The designated funds comprise the following:
- **(a)** • General Reserve Fund - balance £25,000 _(2019 - £25,000)_ This is the fund set aside to meet the PCC’s reserves policy.
- **(b)** • Fabric Fund - balance £0 _(2019 - £0)_
- **(c)** • Development Fund – balance £25,000 _(2019 - £25,000)_
- This is money set aside for future development projects as approved by the Parochial Church Council.
- **(d)** • Choir Fund - balance £953 _(2019 - £850)_ This Fund comprises monies received by and under the control of the choir.
- **(e)** • Outreach Fund - balance £50 _(2019 - £875)_
- An annual transfer of money from General Fund provides money for missionary and charitable donations. Any balance is under the control of the Outreach Committee.
- **(f)** • Catering Fund - balance £0 _(2019 - -£0)_
- This Fund comprises monies received by and under the control of the Catering Committee.
- **(g)** • Social Fund - balance £90 _(2019 - £90)_
- This Fund comprises monies allocated to and under the control of the Social Committee.
- **(h)** • Church Repair Fund - balance £14,290 _(2019 - £11,451)_ The Diocese operates a repair fund scheme to which regular contributions are made from General Fund. The money is available for maintenance work on the church and clergy house. Membership of the repair funds also carries the right to interest-free loans from the Diocese when further monies are required.
The restricted funds comprise the following:
- **(i)** • Organ Fund - balance £4,153 _(2019 - £4,086)_
- This fund consists of monies given specifically to meet the cost of any significant repair to the organ that may be required.
- **(j)** • Redevelopment Fund - balance £258,507 _(2019 - £246,559)_ This fund holds monies raised for the ‘Building Our Future’ redevelopment fund
- **(k)** • Youth Worker Fund - balance £3,208 _(2019 - £1,477)_
- Grants given to support the Youth work at the Church are held in this fund
- **(l)** • Side Aisle Screen Fund – balance £0 ( _2019 - £2,430)_ Monies donated in response to the Side Aisle Screen appeal held in this fund. Balance after expenses paid was £747 and was transferred to Organ Fund
- **(m)** • Kitchen Extension Project Fund – balance £1,783 (new in 2020) Grants / monies donated to fund kitchen extension are held in this fund
**9. Transfer Details**
- **(a)** Payments into Repair Fund - £2,800
- **(b)** Final Side Aisle Screen Fund transferred to Organ Fund - £747
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHRIST CHURCH BEXLEYHEATH**
I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 8 to 14.
## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
The church’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The church’s 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.
It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act);
- To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and
- To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of the 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 with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements 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**
Since the gross income for the year exceeds the amount provided in section 145(3) of the Act, I confirm that I am qualified to act as Independent Examiner under the provision of that section of the Act and that my qualification is as shown below.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
- to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Ron Handy
82 Bedonwell Road Bexleyheath Kent
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