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Darlington Annual Report and Financial Statements 31st December 2021 Admlnlstratlve Infomiatlon St. James's Church is situaled at Allen Street. Darlington. It Is part of the DI0￿Se of Durham within the Church of England. The correspondence address is Allan Street, Darlingion DL1 2LU The Palochial Church Council IPCC) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission - Registered Number 1127841. PCC m8mbers who have $8Ned from 1 st January 2021 until the date this report was approved are: Incumbenl.. The Reverend Michael Way Ward8ns.' Mr David Warren Mrs Judith Wilson Secretary.. Mr David Warren lactingl Treasurer.. Mr David Warren Representatives on the Deanery Synod (2).. Mrs Judith Wilson. Mr David Warren Elected Members.. Mrs Andrea Burton; Mr RaymorKI Flowers: Mrs Mary Sweeten Bankers: CAF Bank Limiied 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ Independent Examlner Eric Southwick BA{Hons) FCA FCIE DChA Eric Southwick & Co Charity Accountants 51 The Avenue Seaham Co Durham SR7 8NS The Parish of St. James the Great, Albert Hill, Darlington Annual Report and Financial Statements 31s1 December 2021 Struclure, governance and management The method of appointment of PCC membèrs is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church att8ndees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for 818Ction to the PCC. Oblectlves and Actlvltles The PCC ol St James, has the responsibility of co-operating wilh the incumbent. the Reverend Michael Way, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral. evangelistic, social and ecumenic￿. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the Church Hall, al Grey Street, Darlinglon. Achlevements and Pertormanee Church attendance The Church of England requires a slalislical retum of atterKlan¢e based on the month of October. For 2021, the average ￿Week1 attendance was 25.1 The averag8 weekly attendance f￿Ure is based on the number of￿1 who have attended at least one sarvice during the week) Communlcants: Easter Da Christmas tlsms: Under 1 Adult Occaslonal Servlces: Funerals Weddin Conflrmation: 35 14 Includin Midni ht ear Eleclor81 Roll The Church Representation Rules required that the Electoral Roll be revised in 2021. Thig was carried out by Raymond Flowers. Electoral Roll Officer, prior to the Annual Meeting ot 2021, the numbers registered are: Resldent: 28 NonwResldenl: 301 Tolal: 58 Revlew of the year The full PCC met 4 times during the year with an average level of attendance of over 95Q/o and at various limes during the year considered Green Shools Project Covid-19 Mitigation Liturgical programme Hall floor and potential refurbishm8nt of the hail Hall lettings Safeguarding including training requirements Church financ8S Once again, the year presented financial challenges Ihat Were met thanks to the generosity of our congregation, and a significant increase in income from hiring out the hall to two regular corporale users. We were able to pay our Parish Share pledge of £9,000 in lull and leli able lo make a similar pledge for the year 2022. A full liturgical calerKlar has be8n upheld including Holy Week. Easler Triduum; May Festival and Patronal Festival. Evensong in a¢¢ordance wilh the Book of Common Prayer and followed with Benediction continued throughoul 2021. being hekl on the first Sunday of each monlh. The Parish of St. James the Great, Albert Hill, Darfington Annual Report and Financial Statements 31st December 2021 Review of the year (Continued) A successful pilgrimage to Walsingham t¢Jok place in September with five pilgrims. A Pilgrimage for May 2022 has been booked and the number ol people expected to take part is ten. On Ihat occasion we will be joined by pilgrims from St Mark's Church Roger Ohr has continued as our organist throughout 2021, providing music at th8 Sunday Mass and on other occasions throughout the year. He has also play8d at funerals wh8r8 music has been requested. The parish has continued to play a full part in the life of the Deanery Synod through the attendance by our elected representatives at meetings and other events. We make a small linancial contribution each month towards the c£Jsts of Ihe neighbouring parish of St Andrew's Christians Against Poverty group. Father Michael Way was invit8d to join a Diocesan clergy developmenl inilialive and resulting from this Ihe 'Green Shoots, project has been devekjped which seeks to creale opportunities for greater communty participation in various initiatives some of which ar8 in the early stages of development. Part of the proje￿ is about refurbishing the church hall to make it mor8 versatile, and to repurpose a room ¢urr8nlly used for storage. This room will become a chapel dedicated to St Hilda where weekday services may be held, and which will also be used as a quiel room. Much goes on behind th8 scenes to ensure the church looks as glorious as il does. Our congregalion is not large and so a r81atively small number of people are engaged in this work - arranging flowers, cleaning and generai maintenance, both inside and externally. A huge debt ol gratitude is owed lo everyone who contritrmjtes to maintaining the liturgy to such a high slandard. Flnanclal Revlow Total receipts on ordinary unrestricted funds were £31,95S and are detailed in Ihe Financial Slalemenls. Income ol restricted tunds lolalled £1,595 and Ihis figure was predominately made up of payments by pilgrims taking part in the Walsingham Pilgrimage. Giving through weekly envelope scheme has remained constant. During the year, n8W W8ekly envelopes were issued to 40 donors. As r8p)rted in the 2020 report, the generosity of our people Is much appreciated but the weekly giving on its own is nol enough to cover all the expenditure we incur in the running of Ihe church and hall. Because CovKJ-19 has restricted our various fuThJraising activilies, w8 have earned no income through social events or Spring and Autumn Fairs. However, during this report year 012021, we have been fortunate to have obtained a high level ol hall hires that have generated around £15,000. This has been mainly from ¢orFXsrale users and we are confident that this level of income will b8 maintained in fLrture years. But we have also seen an increase in the number of bookings for children's parties which has also contributed to the overall income from hall lets. Towards the end of the year, we had received enquiries from organisations who weie interested in hiring the hall on a long term basis. 11 these come to fruition it will mean that evening and weekend hires will gen8rate income ol around £6,000 per year. Outgoings totalled £36,111, resulting in a deficit of £3,835. However. the true picture is more favourable. in that at the year-end there were outstanding payments of invoices for hall hire by one of our corF)orate users that total £5,280. This was brought aly)ut by administrative problems exacerbated by Covid-19. At the time of preparing this rewrt the arrears had been paid. Towards the end of the year the company supplying gas to both the church and hall went into administration. This resulted in Ihe supply being shtfted to another company at a 'deemed rate, far higher than we had been previously charged. The services of a broker were used which obtained a better rat8, bLrt still vaslly more expensive than we had been used to paying. Going forward this is going to be huge challenge to us as we anticipate bills approximately three times higher than in the past. The Parish of St. James the Great, Albert Hill, Darfington Annual Report and Financial Statements 31st December 2021 Flnanclal Revlew (Conlinued) At the end of Ihe year. we decided to cary out some interim repairs to the hall floor pending the eventual renewal of the whole floor. We receivèd a quotation of £50,000 which is to replace the existing floor and lo construct a partition wall to form a corridor that will provide for a¢¢ess to all parts of the hall without disturbing other groups. Included in the quote is Ihe provision ol lolding doors in the main hall that will enable subdivision into three Or￿0- separate spaces. This will allow greater use by more groups. The quotation was invited from a training enlerprise named Opening Doors, who prepare trainees for work through the provision ol re￿ technical experience, whilst leaching simple yel key attribules required in a work environment. Opening D¢)ors is part of Hartlepool NDC TrLbSt Ihat is a community led charitable Company operating throughout the T88s Valley area. Reserves pollcy 11 is PCC policy lo mainlain a balance on unreslrided funds lif possible), which equates to between ihree- and six-monlhs unrestricted payments. to cover emergency situations thal may arise from time lo time. Our average monthly expenditure during 2021 was £3,115 so the balance of £4,558 on unrestricted funds al the year-end lalls short of the targel, it equating to less than 1,12 months of normal expenditure. However, if the value of unpaid invoices for hall hire is added then the balance increases to £9,838 which equates to more than 3 months of normal expenditure. Fabrlc Generally, the fabric of the church building is in good corKlilion. During the year high level works were carried oul thal included cleaning of eaves guttering and testing ol lightning conduclors. The bell rope was also replaced. it having br¢￿en some lim8 ago. Some benching and pointing works n88d8d lo be done to both premises and arrangements were made with the roofing conlractor to carry this out. The roof guttering has been cleared. The heating boilers in l)oth premises have been inspected ar)d tested. As referred lo elsewhere in this report, the floor of the church hall requires attention. The costs involved are substanlial and the PCC have concluded thal it will need to Seek financial support from grantors as well as what it is able to raise through fund raising activities. Use of the hall has significantly increased during the year. This has be8n a combination of corporale users,. charitale organisalions and individuals holding chiklren's parties. A priority will be given lo the repla¢8ment of the main hail floor. All rainwater gutters and down pipes of the hall have been repaired or replaced or adjusted. Flower Fund The Flower Fund is set up as a Restricted Account which means any monies donated spocifically lor flowers are credited to that account and Can only b8 used lor the provision of flowers for the decoration of Ihe church. Al the end of the year 2021 the account had a credit balanc8 01 £98. Donations during the year amounled to £370 with spending on flowers arnount to £147. The end of year balance was £321. Th8 actual amounl spent on flowers was greater than this total due to the generosity of individuals who provided directly PUf¢hased flowers. tk)nations tor the flow8r fund are always gratefully received from ihose who give monies to the fund as a memorial for departed loved ones, and others who give for specific occasions. Approved by the PCC on 181h May 2022 and signed on Ihelr behall by Revd Michael Way (PCC Chalrnian The Parish of St. James the Great, Albert Hill, Darlington Annual Report and Financial Statements 31st December 2021 Independent examlner's Report to the PCC of Sl James the Greal, Albert Hill, Darlington This report on the financial slalements of the PCC for the year ended 31 Sl December 2021, which are set OLrt on pages 6 to 9 is in resped of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 20061lhe regulations") and s8clion 145 of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Act). Respe¢tlve responslbllltles of the PCC and the examlner As members ol the PCC you are responsible lor the preparation of the linanciai statements. You consider that the aLMlit requirement ol the Regulations and section 144121 of the 2011 Act do not apply. It is my responsibility to issue this r8POrt on those financial stalements in accordance with the terms ol Ihe Regulations. Basls of Independent examlner's report My examination was Carried out in accordance with Ihe General Directions given by the Charily Commission under section 14515}{bl of the Act and to be found in the Church Guidanc8, 2006 edition, issued by ihe Finance Division of Ihe Archbishop's Council. That examination includes a review ol the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison ol the accounts presented with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the financial stalemenls and the seeking of 8xplanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all Ihe evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audil opinion on Ihe view given by the accounls. Independenl examlner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: {1) which gives me reasonable cause lo believe that in any malerI￿ respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with s8clion 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare financial slalemenls, vthich accord with th8 accounting records and comply with the accounling requiremenls ol the Act arKI the Regulations have not been met., or {21 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding ol the accounts to be reached. Eric S hwick BAIHonsl FCA FCIE DChA Eric Soulhwick & Co Charity Accounlants 51 The Avenue Seaham Co Durham SR7 8NS Da18.' 18th May 2022 Eric Southwick&co CHARITY ACCOiINTANTS The Parish of St. James the Great, Albert Hill. Darlington Annual Report and Financial Statements 31 St December 2021 Receipts and Payments Accounts For the Year Ended 31•t December 2021 Recelpis Planned gMrKJ Bank Envelopes Other planned giwng Collections and other gMrKJ Loose plate collections Other voluntary receipts &'ving ihrough church toxes Donatiorfj, appeals elc Gift Nid recovered Tax recover￿ on Grft ** Olher r8C8IPts Other fu￿lS generaled Payments towards Fylgrimage livities for generatirYJ funds Parish breakfast Online Brica Brac sdes Investmenl income Bank interest Receipts from church activilies Fees lor wecklings arKI funerais Church hall lettings ofy'eclives 1.606 5.559 1,570 5,559 1,570 2,258 1,092 1.092 379 49 4.T19 49 5,149 137 2.031 370 5,694 5,694 1,576 327 327 1,225 1.225 202 30 202 30 10 1,475 9,570 31,955 1.475 9,570 33.550 626 12,163 28,690 1,595 The Parish of St. James the Great, Albert Hill, Darfington Annual Report and Financial Statements 318t December 2021 Recelpts and Payments Accounl (Continued) For the Year Ended 31at December 2021 Payn*nls Cost of generating funds Costs of stewardship Cosl of fetes and other events Bar r8plenishments Refreshments ssionary and CharitatAe Gmrrfj Relief a￿1 development agencies Home Mssion Secular charities Parish share nistry parish share Clergy and staffing ¢¢xsts Assistant staff costs Working expenses of incumbenl Vi¢arag8 water rates Vicals telephone Visiting speakers Church runnirvJ exFenses Parish training and mission Insurance Organ I piano luning ￿￿'ntenance Cleaning Upkeep ol services klministration Ele¢lric Gas Hall running expenses Electricty Gas knsurance dintenance Telephone Water Church repatrs arml maintenance dependent Examiner's Fee 183 39 183 39 107 57 125 125 105 1.510 75 105 2.396 75 1,839 75 10.050 10,050 9,300 2,370 2,121 414 2,370 2,121 414 1.070 876 411 715 49 1.097 1,097 190 1,869 240 430 1,869 2,CQ2 1.625 1.625 1,532 629 147 1,587 2,717 203 2.533 2,717 203 2.533 2,158 1,875 641 2,182 641 2,182 640 3.069 1,663 688 2,018 313 160 3,069 150 465 450 37,384 31.169 (3.8341 12,479) 36,111 (4.1561 1.273 Net (PayTrtnts) l Recelpts Nel Th￿Ve￿ent In lurKIs Total funds brought fonNard Total luThts carried forward 8.729 69) 260 9,679 12,158 The Parish of St. James the Great. Albert Hill, Darlington Annual Re ort and Financial Statements 31 $1 December 2021 Statement of Assels and Llabllilles As at 31*1 December 2021 Monetary assets Bank current a¢¢ount Bank dep)sit account 1.895 2.678 4,573 582 3,167 2,678 5,845 7,002 2.677 9,679 582 Llabllltles cruaLs Analy818 of Funds Genera Furvj H￿1 r8novations I repairs fund Sde ol cdendars morials furKI Church flowers and r￿uls￿e5 Cura¢y Funeral offerings Walsingham Pl￿rimage 4,573 4,573 590 6,467 590 39 61 61 61 321 259 (1} 582 259 259 11¢XI} 7,417 4.573 690 5,845 Fix8d assets not valued: Land and buildings Fixtures and fittings The financial slalements on page 6 to 9 were approved by the PCC and signed on their behalf by= Date: 18th May 2022 D Warr8n PGC Treasurer The Parish of St. James the Great, Albert Hill, Darlington Annual Report and Financial Statements 31 Sl December 2021 Notes lo Ihe flnanclal statements 1 Accounllng policies The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the f8ceipts and payments basis. 2 Additlonal assets The following assets are recognised bLrt not necessarily valued in the Statement of Assels and Liabilities.. Movable church furnishings held by the church wardens on special trust for Ihe PCC and which require a faculty for disposal. 3 PCC member. remuneratlon The 8xpenses paid to Clergy may include a small immaterial proportion, which relates to their function as PCC members. No other payments were made to PCC Members.