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Charity Registration No. 1128611 

The Parish of Brentford St Faith's and St Paul's 

Annual Report and Unaudited Accounts 

For the Year Ended 31 December 2020 



The Parish of Brentford St Faith's and St Paul's Report and accounts Contents 

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|Legal and Administrative Information|1|
|Annual Report||
|APCM Report:Priest in Charge|2-5|
|PCC Report|6|
|Electoral Roll Report|7|
|Safeguarding report|8-10|
|Deanery Synod Report|11|
|Report on Youth & Children|12-13|
|Churchwarden's Reports|14-17|
|Report to the PCC|18|
|Staff and PCC members|19|
|Financial Review|20-22|
|IndependentExaminers Report|23|
|StatementofComprehensive Income|24|
|Statement of Financial Position|20|
|NotestotheFinancialStatements|26-35|



Appendix (this does not form part of the financial statements): Brentford Parish Trust Fund - 2020 Statement of Financial Activity and Balance Sheet 



## The Parish of Brentford St Faith’s and St Paul's Legal and Administrative Information 

Priest in Charge Reverend Sarah Guinness 

## Treasurer 

Russell Rajendra 

Charity Number 1128611 

Independent Examiner Accountancy Management Services Limited South Street House 51 South Street Isleworth Middlesex TW7 7AA 

Address The Parish Office St Paul's Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 OPN 

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## Annual Report Year end 31 December 2020 

## Priest in Charge’s Report 

Covid19 This year has been unprecedented, as we've responded to a global pandemic, which significantly impacted us from March 2020 onwards, and is very much still present as | write this in March 2021. It has caused considerable suffering, threatened to overwhelm our NHS, heightened people's anxiety and forced people to isolate. 

We moved our services online, from Sunday 22°? March 2020, which was Mothering Sunday. After a week we were instructed to live stream from our homes and moved the kit to the Rectory where we continued to live stream until we moved back into St Paul’s in August 2020. Since then we’ve had two further lockdowns, but have continued to live stream from St Paul’s. We would never have ordinarily considered live streaming our services, but now have a YouTube platform (and for a period also live streamed from Facebook), and a telephone service whereby people can call the parish landline to listen in to the service each week. We quickly got a pastoral care system up and running whereby 10 or so people were each responsible for a group in the church and regularly kept in touch with them, ensuring that everyone had someone who would remain in touch. There has been a sense that this crisis has deepened relationships amongst the church family, and brought us closer to together. There has also been more mixing online between members of St Paul’s and St Faith’s. Our church buildings were open again on Sundays from September 2020, shut for the November lockdown and then shut from January 2021 as we went into lockdown 3.0. 

## Services & Worship 

Despite the pandemic we have celebrated Harvest, Remembrance and Christmas. Our Nativity play and online Carol service were well received. We delivered Christmas candles to everyone in the church family, and baubles to youth and children, and 22 'goody bags’ for people who we thought might be on their own for Christmas. 

We now have 139 subscribers to our YouTube channel, and 208 returning viewers. 74.8% are watching from the UK and the remainder are watching from the USA, Sri Lanka and France. We have between 152 to over 400 views for each service and have had 1194 views in the last 28 days alone. It’s fair to say that our reach has been much wider than the parish boundaries, and far greater than our electoral roll (13 people in 2020). 

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I've taken 4 funerals, 1 wedding and 2 baptisms in 2020, although we have a number of people waiting to be baptised. 

## Prayer 

We've continued to host ‘The Gathering’ fortnightly or monthly, online and in person to pray for our parish and regularly have about 10 people attending. During Lockdown 2.0 we held Night Prayer each weekday evening and a mid week Agape Service, which was well attended. In 2021 we held three 24 hour prayer events on Zoom, which were popular and we were able to pray uninterrupted as a parish for 24 hours. 

## Staffing 

Our staff team have worked hard, and at home where they can. Claude, our Finance and Operations Manager has continued to work full time, Tipi has continued to work 15 hours a week through the Diocese as our Children & Youth apprentice but has been furloughed for half her role from January 2021 until we can get the After School Hub started. Rajini, our part time administrator has been furloughed but worked 3 hours per week and Jason's caretaking role was made redundant in November. We now have contract cleaners whose hours fluctuate according to our needs. We look forward to welcoming a curate in July 2021. 

## Schools 

Our assemblies have been delivered online for St Paul’s primary school, for the duration of Covid. Sarah has become a Governor at Ealing Fields secondary school, which moved into the parish in September 2020. We've also made contact with Brentford School for Girls, and have been invited in to assist them with pastoral care during this pandemic, which we hope will begin in March 2021. Sarah will also deliver the ‘Live Well’ course to students. 

## Community Engagement 

- e We've done a listening campaign on racism as part of our membership of Citizens, which involved a group of 13 or so people having some training and then engaging in learning from a series of resources before then sharing that learning together. We’ve agreed to hold social justice film nights post Covid, hold unconscious bias training for our PCC and try to be more intentional about ensuring the diversity of our PCC and other leadership. 

- e We have worked with the Mutual Aid Groups in Brentford to host a number of food drives. 

- e We raised money for ‘Hounslow Foodbox’ and Muslim Hands. 

- e At Christmas we arranged for 3 care homes to have a free Christmas dinner, courtesy of a local Christian charity. 

- e In Feb 202] we began to explore working with the charity ‘Hestia’ who would use St Faith’s 4 days a week to support survivors of modern day slavery. This working partnership is in progress. 

- ¢ Open House stopped in March 2020 when the pandemic began, as did Play Café. 

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- e Sarah continues to attend Ministry meetings with other Church leaders in Brentford. 

- e Sarah is an ex-officio Governor at St Paul’s primary school and a Deanery Governor at Ealing Fields Secondary School. 

## Children & Youth 

Play café ran weekly until March 2020. We begun Youth Alpha in January 2020, took our youth to a LIFT event at St Alban’s and to HTB Onslow Square, and Tipi and | continued to visit the squadron for the Air Corps. During Covid our youth met online on Sunday evenings, with mixed success and we look forward to engaging with them in person again post Covid. We regularly see about 6-10 young people on Sunday evenings, and keep in touch by sending them postcards, treats and posting youth videos on our social media. Sunday School began with resources to print out each week, was then held on Thursday mornings via Zoom, but moved to Sunday mornings at 10am from September 2020, which has worked well. We regularly have up to 10 children engaging with us weekly online and have a fantastic group of leaders and helpers. 

## Mission and Evangelism 

- e Alpha: We hosted a large Alpha course (12 people) in person in the Spring Term 2020, which we were not able to complete due to Covid. We held an Alpha course online in the autumn, with 3 people attending, but our largest yet has been the Spring Term 2021 with Tl online participants. We held our own ‘Alpha Holy Spirit’ day away in March 2020, which went very well, and which we plan to repeat. 

- e ‘Live Well’: Sarah hosted and led one ‘Live well’ Course, with 5 people, which was well received. 

- e After School Hub - this was due to open in September 2020 but we've had to postpone due to Covid. The refurbishment necessary has happened and Tipi and Sarah have developed links with Brentford School for Girls. Tipi is to work there 15 hours per week from March 2021, helping to support them with pastoral care, with a view to opening the After School Hub in September 2021. 

- e Mission Partners: We continue to maintain good links with Heather Johnstone our CMS Missionary in Tanzania, who spent time with us when she was back in the UK last year, and left in February 2020. 

- e Our Mission action Plan was finalised in January 2020. 

- e Missional Community at St Faith’s: we held several meetings to begin to explore the possibility of a Missional Community at St Faith's, with visits to the young Franciscans. 

- e The Shelter Project ran, for a shorter period during February and March 2020. 

## Discipleship & Ministry 

Sarah has done most of the preaching this year, with help from Steve, Denise, Leslie, Izzie and Tipi. We did a series on mental health titled ‘living in Isolation’, looked at Jonah and racism, the Acts Church, Nehemiah, death & dying and celebrated Harvest, Remembrance and other festivals. We begun prayer ministry training in January, which was cut short due to Covid, and which we hope to pick up again post Covid. 

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## Branding and website 

Our branding was finalised in 2020, and our new branding was developed and launched in September 2020, with new logo’s, a new website, fonts, social media signage. We've had more traffic through our website since it was redone, and we now have a more cohesive and consistent branding across our Parish. We're very thankful for those who have worked tirelessly to do this. We are looking to update our signage in 2021 to reflect this. 

## Refurbishment 

We've taken advantage of the closed buildings and begun to refurbish St Paul's, thanks to Jacky Douglas who has worked for us as a Project Manager. We've resanded the floor, painted the church, narthex and meeting rooms and put ina new kitchen in the Narthex from which we hope to open a new café in September 2021. Mini Miracles Montessori also began their lease of St Faith’s church hall in September 2020, and as part of this have refurbished the outside area and interior of the hall, including the kitchen. 

## Thanks 

lam deeply appreciative to those who work tirelessly for the Parish, whether they are paid or volunteers. My thanks to our Church wardens, LLM’s and PCC who are supportive and wise, our dedicated staff team who work hard and many of our volunteers, who spend considerable time invested in the life and ministry of the Church. | feel excited by what God has in store for the Parish and the ways He is at work amongst us and in our wider community. I’m also thankful that they have released me to take on the role as Area Dean for Hounslow, which has increased my wider responsibility and spread me a little more thinly. 

## Looking ahead 

2021 is full of exciting new opportunities. We hope to continue the refurbishment, putting in glazing, new signage at both churches and new bathrooms and toilets at St Paul’s. The PCC have agreed to open a new café in September 2021 from St Paul’s narthex, which we hope will engage our local community. Our after school hub for secondary aged pupils will hopefully be launched in September, and we look forward to working with Hestia, who will be using St Faith’s as their base from Spring 2021. Our new curate, Chris Curry is arriving in July 2021 and we long to be able to resume services with singing, refreshments and hugs all round, once we are through this pandemic. 

Rev Sarah Guinness 

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## Annual Report Year end 31 December 2020 

## PCC Report 

The PCC met 10 times in 2020, moving onto Zoom meetings from the March dates (21 Jan, 26 Feb, 24 Mar, 21 Apr, 19 May, 23 Jun, 21 Jul, extra ordinary1 Sep, 20 Oct and 17 Nov). 

A significant part of the PCC's time is hearing and receiving various reports concerning the life of the Churches, youth, and children's work, Safeguarding, Health & Safety, recruitment, building maintenance and usage, Financial Reports and Budget-setting. As well as how as a Church we would provide our services online during the pandemic. 

Key points discussed and decided upon during successive meetings during the year under review Included: 

- e Citizens UK 

- e Rebranding website and the Church logos 

- e COVIDI19 plans and its effect on the Parish 

- e Nursery at St Faiths 

- e Proposed After School Hub 

- e Refurbishment at St Paul’s 

Helen Dickinson PCC Secretary 

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Annual Report Year end 31 December 2020 

## ELECTORAL ROLL REPORT 

The Electoral Roll when closed prior to the APCM in September 2020 stood at 113. 

The updated electoral roll has 113 people. 

If you are listed on the electoral roll of the Parish of Brentford, it gives you a say in how your church is run. 

It also gives you the right to vote at the APCM or to stand for election in the PCC you must be on the Electoral Roll of the church. 

Any member of the congregation of St Faith’s or St Paul’s can be on the electoral roll. 

New applications can be made at any time after the APCM. 

lf you are unsure whether you are already enrolled, please ask for further details and/or for an enrolment form. 

Rajini Rajendra Electoral Roll Officer 

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## Annual Report Year end 31 December 2020 

## Safeguarding Report 

At the Parish of Brentford we recognise that the few who are determined to harm children or adults, deliberately seek out groups or organisations where they can meet children or other vulnerable people and the church is particularly vulnerable to these people. In response, the Church of England requires that we create and maintain a safeguarding culture that will discourage them from becoming involved for the wrong reasons and make it difficult for them to harm or abuse children or adults if they do. 

## Safeguarding, who is responsible? 

The PCC in support of Sarah has taken this on and they have appointed a number of people to help them fulfil their responsibilities. Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) | was appointed in May 2016, having already undergone several courses of safeguarding training to perform my role as safeguarding governor in a nearby secondary school for a number of[years.] In addition Rajini Rajendra, our church administrator, following her training was made responsible for the DBS administration for all those who work in a paid or voluntary capacity in the parish. This year Tipi Turner, who leads the Children’s Ministry has also undertaken the same training to enable her to oversee DBS applications as well. . 

Tipi Turner has also been appointed as the parish Children’s Champion with a specific duty to ensure that our children and young people are kept safe and that no decisions made within the organisations of our churches that will create a risk to their safety. To perform a similar role for our vulnerable adults, Alex Auther in St Faith's and Sheila Underwood in St Paul's are Vulnerable Persons’ Champions. 

In addition to these roles, the Diocesan Safeguarding team provide prompt support or signposting whenever we approach them with concerns or advice. 

However, we are very much aware that it is every one of us, in both churches, who have responsibility for looking out for everyone who takes part in our activities by being alert to the risks to their safety. 

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## Recruitment of volunteers and training 

All roles are appointed following the House of Bishops’ Safer Recruitment practice guidance and are all required to complete training every three years where PCC members must complete basic Safeguarding Awareness Training (CO) and those who work with children must take an additional safeguarding course, Safeguarding Foundations (Cl). Both courses are on line. The clergy, those with oversight of children's ministries and PSO have undertaken the required additional face to face Diocesan training. 

## Safeguarding information on display 

In the APCM a formal statement of adoption of the House of Bishops ‘Promoting a Safer Church safeguarding policy statement’ is required to be signed on behalf of the PCC and copies will be displayed in both churches. These copies will show; 

- Contact details of the PSO, Churchwarden, the Diocesan Safeguarding Team — including phone, email and website details. 

- Information about where to get help with child and adult safeguarding issues, domestic abuse and key helplines e.g. ChildLine. 

- Also posters showing the photos of the children’s champions and PSO so you know who to contact if you have any safeguarding concerns are on display in each church. 

## Reviewing the Past year 

- e lam sure you will all join me in gratitude for the speed at which Sarah and Joel and the family acted to stream live services for most of the year. They were joined by a dedicated band when restrictions allowed. For much of that time the Children and Young Peoples team streamed online sessions and huge thanks to everyone involved in the services and Sunday School lessons and Youth sessions. They followed the policies that have been drawn up and adopted for everyone's safety. 

- e All PCC and staff members have DBS certificates and have completed all their required training. 

- e Update on our last year’s actions: 

- - Toimplement new advice from the Diocese Safeguarding Board on the information that is to be recorded on our parish website. Our new website contains the parish’s safeguarding information. 

- Toensure that all risk assessments for all users of our buildings are stored centrally. All our risk assessments are stored virtually on Drop Box 

- To encourage all PCC members and those working with children or vulnerable people to fulfil their training obligations. 

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Although there have been some changes to the Youth and Sunday School Teams all DBS certificates have been obtained and all have completed their training, which needed to be in place before they took their place their teams. 

- Torecruit much needed Sunday school teachers for both churches, in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Sadly there are insufficient volunteers to run acreche at St Paul's. We are very grateful to all the volunteers but would always value more particularly to have a male presence on the youth team. 

- - To work on instilling acommitment to developing safeguarding awareness in all our volunteers and members of our congregations. Ongoing 

- To ensure that a procedure for keeping risk assessments is accessible to all who need to access them and that all who need to know about the relevant risk assessments, do. 

   - Volunteer attendance to children and youth team meetings has increased where this information is highlighted. 

- To bring to completion our Parish Resilience Plan. Not started yet. 

- Whilst we continue to be constrained in many ways by our finances, we shall need to consider how to be creative with our resources in ensuring our churches are welcoming and safe. The building work and decorations in St Paul's have made a huge contribution to this and plans are in place for St Faith’s. The most valuable resource to ensure those who come are welcomed is us! 

This has been such a difficult year for so many of us but as we look forward to being back together again, let’s give thanks that we return to the possibility of renewed and strengthened relationships through the safeguarding of God’s grace. 

## Carol Fletcher 

## Church Safeguarding Officer 

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## Deanery Synod Report 

The past year has been a time nobody had experienced before. In March 2020 we went into lockdown, distancing us physically but making us more focused. 

Services were not cancelled; they were moved online and are also accessible via telephone. Most congregation members are able to tune in. Meetings were also moved online and with technical assistance, everybody adjusted to this. 

Area Deans, in line with the Arch Deacon's and Bishop's offices, created information guides, often changing from week to week. These covered church services, bereavement support, finances, Covid and Zoom resources, community care, training, youthwork, helplines for the lonely, and many other areas. 

Summer saw the end of lockdown, reopening of church buildings but keeping the social distancing and mask wearing during services. 

In December, after lockdown two, we had the first Deanery Synod Zoom meeting which introduced the Deanery Champions: Community Engagement champion Rev Andy Watkins Vocations champion Rev Elis Matthews 

Evangelism champion Rev Martine Oborne 

Capital Vision 2020 ended and the Diocese of London launched its 2030 Vision: ‘For every Londoner to encounter the love of God in Christ.’ The key to this vision is Acts 2, the church as it was and as it could be. The diocese team will support local initiatives across the following 6 areas 

- e Caring for God’s creation — responding to the climate crisis. 

- e Mental health and wellbeing - esp. through the impact of COVID. 

- e Modern day slavery and refugees. 

- e Debt and Money advice. 

- e Youth violence and knife crime. 

- e Homelessness and housing. 

In March 2021, while still in the third lockdown, we had another Zoom meeting where the above points were discussed. As no parish can cover all points, we are encouraged to work together to avoid reinventing the wheel. We learned about further resources to enable us to do this work. 

Iszy Metzner Deanery Synod Representative 

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## Annual Report . Year end 31 December 2020 

## Report on Youth & Children 

Unfortunately, as a result of COVID, we have had to stop all of the groups we held that met in person. This includes Play Café, Air Cadets, assemblies, Sunday school and Brentford Youth gatherings. 

However, we did take a lot of these groups online. 

## Play Café 

At the beginning of April, we took Play Café online. We had a small attending, and we mainly spoke with parents rather than the children to check in. Since the group did not have much of an attending, we decided to cancel until we can gather in person once again. 

## Air Cadets 

Once lockdown started, we could no longer run our groups with the Air Cadets. Since then, Sarah has taken on Area Dean, and | have also taken on some extra responsibilities, therefore due to that fact and the fact that we were not permitted to talk about God or offer any prayer, we decided to step away from the group. 

## Assemblies 

Again, assemblies in person stopped in March, and for a short while we didn't have any assembly provision. In September, Sarah and myself met to film some assemblies for St Paul's primary school in the church. Since then, we have extended our online assembly team. 

We have covered lots of topics from diversity and prejudice, to the Sermon on the Mount. We have plans to invite the school back into the church building in September, provided the guidance permits it. 

## Sunday school 

Again, Sunday school had to stop in March, but we began Sunday school online soon after. Up to summer, the Sunday school was held online on a Thursday morning and in that time, Tipi and Lizzie Kennedy put together some materials for children to use which was sent out in Sarah’s Sunday morning email. For a short term, we were able to hold assemblies in person again, and started our own bubble system, whereby Group A met at St Faiths every Sunday morning, and at St Pauls, Group B and C ran on alternate weeks. This seemed to work well, and our Sunday school team were incredible. 

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Again, soon after we had to move back online. We held Sunday schools online with a mixture of the Sunday school teams from both churches. These groups have been amazing, a huge thanks to the Children’s ministry team for being so agile and great! 

## Brentford Youth 

Like with Sunday school, our youth group started meeting online, managed to have a few weeks in person, and then went back online. We have covered all kinds of topics, ranging from going along with the sermon series to Alpha videos, Nooma videos and trying out some more craft centred sessions. When we were in person, we had to split the group into younger youth (years 6-8) and older youth (years 9+). This seemed to work well as the young people felt very comfortable approaching different topics with the leaders that they may not have around different age groups, for example, fights in schools and anxieties. Our youth team has been great and | am so grateful for their commitment. Our youth have been so agile and resilient, we are so proud of them. 

## After School Hub 

We had hopes of opening an After School Hub for Secondary school aged children, however, COVID quickly held that in its tracks. Sarah managed to get the funding for extra hours for Tipi and starting costs for the project, which are all on hold. Currently we are hoping to start the After School Hub in September 2021, although in the mean time we are hoping she will be able to undergo some work with school. 

## Christmas 

Over Christmas, Tipi put together 60 baubles with ingredients to make a hot chocolate with marshmallows and wrote cards to go with each of these. These were sent out to the children and young people in our parish. Also, with the help of Jo Brotherstone, we put together a Nativity film with adults and the appearance of a few young people which was well received. 

## Easter 

Over Easter, the all age team put together some materials to use over Holy Week, to illustrate each day. 

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## Annual Report Year end 31 December 2020 

## St Faith’s Churchwarden Report 

To say we have had a strange year at St Faith's would be an understatement. Due to social distancing rules and lockdown restrictions, we have not met together in person for much of the year and miss seeing each other a lot. When we were open, we had to put in place covid-safe practices, such as restricting numbers in the building, minimizing any social gatherings after church and strict hand sanitising and face mask wearing rules which at first seemed strange, but are now part of everyday life. Otherwise we have been gathering online to watch the brilliant services from St Paul’s and keep in touch with regular online events. Thank you to all who have contributed to the online services and numerous ways - it's always lovely to hear familiar voices doing the readings or the prayers, even though we can't see one another in person. 

We still managed to have a Carol Service this year, albeit online. Matthew and Izzie did a brilliant job putting together the music and recording the choir singing together at St Faith’s with some people joining in from their homes. St Faith's was open on Christmas Day for the morning service, but no other Christmas services were able to take place in the building unfortunately. We are very much looking forward to being back at St Faiths’ from the start of Holy Week and hope restrictions will remain eased for the foreseeable future and that one day we will be back to normal again. 

Despite being locked down, various things have happened with the church building this year. 

In June a group met to help clear out decades of stuff from the hall to get ready for the new nursery which was moving in. Much work has been com pleted in the hall, including a new kitchen and cupboards built along the back of the stage for storage, as well and as several new doors and a general freshening up of the building. The outside space has been transformed into a bright and child-friendly playground and a new fence built. It’s all looking fantastic. They opened for business towards the end of 2020, and appear to be making a great success of it so far, despite the current difficulties with the pandemic, and long may it continue. 

One of the most exciting developments this year has been the relationship we are starting to develop with Hestia, a national charity which supports survivors of 

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abuse. They have approached us to use St Faith’s 4 days a week as a hub to support survivors of modern slavery. They will be providing counselling, training and a social space for people to meet as well as all sort of other helpful things. There will be opportunities for us to volunteer too which is very exciting. It’s so wonderful that St Faith's will be making a serious contribution to helping the local community in a really meaningful way. 

One thing that has been concerning us this year, it the potential impact of a new development — Churchill House - which is currently going through the planning approval process at Hounslow Council. Sarah and Marilyn have met with the developers several times and expressed concerns over the scale of the building, how the lack of parking may impact people being able to come to church and community events and how the largest block will block out the daylight from the vicarage and impact privacy. We are waiting to see what happens and pray they council take our concerns into consideration because St Faith's will very much be impacted by this into the future. Thank you to Marilyn for all her help with this. Work has been carried out in St Faith’s largely driven by Joel. There are plans to replace the light bulbs to LED ones, thereby saving us £3000 on our energy costs every year and we are hoping for some new television screens to replace the now broken overhead projector screen at some point when Joel has a moment to do it. The sump has caused us some problems in the basement, but has now been fixed and the roofer has been to fix some missing tiles which had caused some leaks. The heating is also now working much more efficiently thanks to Joel who has spent some time working out how long the building takes to heat up and the most cost effective way of keeping it warm when we need it. Thanks you again Joel for everything you do. 

We are planning to get a skip and start to clear out some of the things we don't want in the church and the hall. This has been spurred on by when we cleared a lot of stuff from the hall (and put it in the vestry) for the nursery but also because Hestia will be in the building and will probably need the space to be less cluttered at the back. We are also thinking generally about how we can improve the look of the church and Jacky has been having a think about what might be good to do in the future to smarten it up. Thank you Jacky! 

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard practically and to support and encourage us all over this difficulty year; we think particularly of Sarah and Joel, our fellow churchwardens, those on the PCC, lovely Tipi and Claude and Rajini. We are very confident there is an exciting future awaiting us at St Faith's. 

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Annual Report Year end 31 December 2020 

## St Paul’s Churchwarden Report 

## Our building 

This has been the year which serves to remind us that the building in the centre of Brentford is not the church but God’s gracious provision for us as a place to meet when it is safe, and a centre for a range of missional opportunities. 

For some time, there has been a plan under discussion to make the buildings fit for what we envisage. The pause in physically meeting together has created the opportunity to make a considerable number of improvements to the buildings and fabric: 

- e Cleaning and resealing to a high standard the floor in the Narthex, the meeting rooms, vestry, creche room, the main body of the church and the chapel. 

- e Decoration of main church, narthex, meeting rooms and créche. e Redesigning, revamping and updating the kitchen area in the Narthex. e Clearing the mezzanine rooms to make them fit for purpose e Installing transparent doors to the meeting rooms and créche and replacing an area of partition adjoining the vestry with a stud wall. 

- e Extensive cleaning of all the windows. e Purchasing furniture, white goods, fixtures and fittings as well as the receipt of generous gifts to furnish these spaces appropriately. 

- e Updating and enhancing the lighting provision in the newly decorated rooms. 

- © Adding night latch lock and enlarging the peephole on the external access door the office. 

All these enhancements have been paid for using the investment fund administered by the Church Trustees. This is primarily what the Trust Fund was set up for. 

The heating which for years has been a source of anxiety has now been fixed and is now easy to operate. The third boiler is functioning again. Both the heating and the lights can now be controlled remotely. In addition, our phone system has been replaced with a more economical and efficient system and the church clock and bell is working again. 

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In response to the first lockdown, lighting and technology equipment was purchased so that high quality live services could be delivered each week. Many thanks to Joel our heating, tech and lighting guru. 

As well as replacing and renewing, there has been removal where cupboards and storerooms were cleared out and the items that were kept were reordered so that in future, there is a place for everything and everything is in its place. 

Whilst all this activity has been taking place Mini Miracles Nursery has continued to operate and it is likely that a Saturday morning drama group will be renting too. 

Outside, with the help of Cultivate London in partnership with Brentford Together and a little bit of help from the congregation the garden areas have been cleared and there are healthy signs of growth in the newly planted areas. 

## The Living Stones 

Our building only acted as host to services over the summer months until the rate of infection rose to such an extent that the PCC judged it prudent to revert to remote live services. However, whilst our buildings appeared dormant that was not the case where the activity of the church was concerned. 

In the past year our Sunday live services, attended by many far beyond the boundary of the parish, have been supplemented by regular Zoom meetings with the opportunity for phone access, on most days. The Pastoral group has worked together to keep up contact with members of the congregation and pass on any prayer requests that have been made. 

At the time of writing signs of spring, new growth is in evidence. As we anticipate returning to our building, we hope to maintain our online service provision and the links with our new friends that have joined us. Also, we anticipate the arrival of a Jo Cheung’s new venture The Spire Café and the After Schoo! Hub for secondary school students led by Tipi. We have sought to connect with our community more closely through our membership of Citizens UK, have been inspired by their support, seek to listen more carefully, value others without prejudice and learn of ways to counteract racial injustice, seeking restoration and healing in our churches but also in the Brentford community and beyond. 

Many thanks to Sarah, Jacky, Tipi and Claude who have worked so hard to bring about such a transformation to the St Paul’s Centre. 

## Sheila Underwood 

Carol Fletcher 

St Paul’s Church Wardens 

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## Annual Report Year end 31 December 2020 

## Report to the PCC 

## Structure, Governance and Management 

The Parish of Brentford was established as a Parish of The Church of England and comprises of two churches St. Paul’s and St. Faith's. 

## Appointment and induction of PCC members 

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio, co-opted or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. New PCC members are made aware of their legal obligations under charity and church law, the content of the constitution, the Council and the decision-making processes and the recent performance of the church. They meet the other PCC members as well as key employees over the course of the year. 

## Standing Committee 

This is the only committee required by law. In the past year it met 3 times. 

## Organisational Policy 

The PCC works according to the Church of England Canon Law. The PCC and Standing Committee hold responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the churches including finance and employment matters. 

## Risk Assessment Policy 

From the Standing Committee meetings appropriate recommendations for mitigating identified risks are made to the PCC members. 

## Objectives and activities 

The Parish of Brentford’s PCC is required, as stated in the PCC (Powers) Measure 1956 to actively promote in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical; towards this end an After School Hub providing a safe space for youth to enjoy their time after school socialising and doing homework was due to open in September 2020 but has had to be postponed due to COVID. In planning such activities, the incumbent and PCC have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. 

## Achievements, performance and future plans 

The electoral roll as at the 31** December 2020 was 113. In pursuit of the Parish vision i.e. as the people of St Paul's and St Faith’s to seek to follow Jesus and build community where everyone’s welcome, everyone matters and everyone's involved, we took advantage of the closed buildings to refurbish St Paul’s for opening a new café during 2021 to provide a welcoming and comfortable environment to everyone living and working within the local community. 

This report and attached accounts were approved by the PCC on 20th April 2021 

Signed on their behalf by Revd Sarah Guinness, Chairperson of PCC 

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## Financial Review 2020 

This is my last report as the Treasurer of the Parish of Brentford. 

| took over the role in 2018, when the Parish filed a deficit of £33k (before gains/losses on investments) with the Charity Commission. 

| come to the end of my tenure and with the help of the PCC, the Parish will file a surplus of well over £67k (before gains/losses on investments). This surplus includes £49k that is ring fenced to be spent on the Refurbishment of St Pauls in 2021. 

It is the policy of the PCC to maintain a balance on the church unrestricted funds of a minimum of3 months of its payments. 

Covid pandemic had a major impact on the Church lettings and despite with the Church buildings being closed for most part of the year, the regular giving increased. 

A Big thank you to all our Church family for making a contribution to the life of our Church during these hard times. 

The Parish Income as at the end of the financial year was £392,229 (2019: £269,111) 

## Mainly from: 

Trust Fund: Transferred to the Parish £76,638 (£66,629 in 2019) 

Trust fund transfer for the Refurbishment of St Pauls £106,500 

Lettings: at £58,998 (£78,992 in 2019) 

Overall Giving :(with Gift Aid) at £95,678 (£89,749 in 2019) 

Rental income: 34 Brook Road South amounted to £18,900; (This investment property is estimated to be valued around £500,000 for accounting purpose in accordance with current Charities SORP) 

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The Parish Expenditure as at the end of the financial year was £325,100 (2019: £284,689) 

Mainly due to: 

Staff Costs: £61,065, (£74,661 in 2019) 

Common Fund: £85,200 (£103,020 in 2019) 

Building Maintenance, Utilities: £58,022 (£53,147 in 2019) 

Refurbishment of St Pauls: £56,542 

The Parish paid its full cost towards the common fund for the year 2020. 

It is, encouraging to note that our giving had increased during the pandemic and my hope is that it continues for the works of the Parish in the future. 

We continue to seek further regular giving from the congregation in order to sustain the increase running cost of both churches and, to be able to expand the ministries in work of the Parish of Brentford. 

The planned works on the redecorating of St Pauls was under way during the lockdown and work will continue In 2021 funded by the Trust fund. 

Finally, my sincere thank you to all those who stood by and supported me during my Treasurership. 

Russell Rajendra 

Hon. Treasurer 

Parish of Brentford 2018-2021 

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH’S AND ST PAUL’S 

| report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2020, which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position and the related notes. 

## Respective responsibilities of Parochial Church Council and examiner 

The Parochial Church Council are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s Parochial Church Council consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

It is my responsibility to: 

- e examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act: 

- e follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; 

- e to state whether particular matters have come to my attention 

## 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 the seeking of 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 Charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. | confirm that | am qualified to undertake the examination because | a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies. 

Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared accounts in accordance with Accounting and reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in reference to the accounting and Reporting by Charities:Statement of Recommended Practice issued in 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn. 

| understand that this has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015. 

In connection with my examination, | confirm that no matter has come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or ° the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

e the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

## Paul Alexander BFP, FCA aALL 

for and on behalf of Accountancy Management Services Limited Chartered Accountants DATE: (2 Mey ZoZl 

South Street House 51 South Street Isleworth Middlesex TW7 7AA 

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## THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH'S AND ST PAUL'S CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1128611 STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

|||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||funds|funds|funds|Total 2020|Total 2019|
|INCOMEAND ENDOWMENTS|Notes|£|£|£|£|£|
|Donationsand legacies|3|164,763|106,500|31,214|302,477|163,400|
|Charitable activities|4|61,798|.|-|61,798|88,608|
|Othertrading activities|5|362|:|>|362|2,190|
|Investments|6|19,344|-|-|19,344|14,943|
|Otherincome|7|8,248|-|-|8,248|-|
|Total Income||254,515|106,500|31,214|392,229|269,111|
|EXPENDITURE|||||||
|Raising funds|8|7,477|-|18|7,495|1,875|
|Charitable activities|9|241,957|56,452|19,196|317,605|282,814|
|Total expenditure||249,434|56,452|49,214|325,100|284,689|
|Netgains/(losses) on investment|||||||
|Gains/(losses) on non-property investments|12|(4,673)|.|-|(4,673)|1,413|
|Net Income/{Expenditure) before Transfers||408|50,048|12,000|62,456|(14,165)|
|Transfers between funds|15|9,517|(1,250)|(8,267)|-|-|
|Net Income/(Expenditure) afterTransfers||9,925|48,798|3,733|$2,456|(14,165)|
|Net Movement in Funds||9,925|48,798|3,733|62,456|(14,165)|
|Total funds broughtforward at 1 January 2020||511,688|0|5,004|§16,692|530,857|
|Totalfundscarriedforwardat31December2020||521,613|48,798|8,737|579,148|516,692|



The statement of comprehensive income includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. 

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## THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH'S AND ST PAUL'S CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1128611 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 

## AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020 

||||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Note|£|£|
|Fixed Assets|||||
||Tangible assets|40|19,717|4,503|
||Investment property|"1|500,000|500,000|
||Non-property Investments|12|1,025|752|
||||520,742|505,255|
|CurrentAssets|||||
||Debtors|13|8,309|8,627|
||Cash at bankand in hand||67,650|17,813|
||||75,959|26,440|
|Creditors: amounts|falling duewithin oneyear|14|17,553|15,003|
|NetCurrentAssets|||58,406|11,437|
|Total assets less currentliabilities|||579,148|516,692|
|FUNDS|||||
|Unrestricted|General funds|16|306,613|296,688|
||Fairvalue reserve|16|215,000|215,000|
||||521,613|511,688|
||Designated|15|48,798|-|
||Restricted|15|8,737|5,004|
|TotalFunds|||579,148|516,692|



The accounts were approved by the Parochial Church Council on 20th April 2021 

everend Sarah Guinness Russell Rajendra riest in Charge PCC Treasurer ~ 

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## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

1. Charity Information 

The Church is a charity registered with the Charity Commission, constituted under the PCC Powers measure Act 1956 as amended and Church Representation Rules 2017. The charity is a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. 

1.1. Accounting convention 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016). 

The accounts have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for Charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the regulations but has since been withdrawn. 

The accounts are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statement are rounded to the nearest whole pound. 

- 1.2. Going concern 

At the time of approving the accounts the Parochial Church Council (PCC) have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the PCC continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. 

- 1.3 Charitable funds 

## Endowment funds 

Are funds, the capital of which must be maintained; only income arising from investment of the endowment may be used either as restricted or unrestricted funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established. 

## Restricted funds 

Represent (a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest, and (b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of each year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund. The PCC does not usually invest separately for each fund. Where there is no separate investment interest is apportioned to individual funds on an average balance basis. 

## Unrestricted funds 

Are general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes. 

## Designated funds 

Are unrestricted funds where money has been set aside for specific purpose by the PCC. They may be undesignated and money moved to other such funds at the discretion of the PCC. 

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## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## 1.4 Incoming resources 

Planned giving, collections and donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received. 

Grants and legacies are recognised when there is sufficient certainty that they will be received and the incoming resources can be measured with sufficient retiability. 

Job retention scheme grants are recognised in the period to which the underlying furlough staff costs relate to. 

Dividends and interest are accounted for when received. All other income is recognised when receivable. All incoming resources are accounted for gross. 

## 1.5 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 is accounted for when due. Amounts received specifically for mission are dealt with as restricted money. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross. 

## 1.6 Creditors and provisions for liabilities and charges 

A liability is recognised for the amount that the charity anticipates it will pay to settle a debt or the amount it has received as an advance payment for goods or services it must provide. A provision is recognised when: 

. there is a present obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event; : it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit, usually in the form of cash, will be required in settlement; and ’ the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. 

1.7. Fixed assets 

## For use by the PCC 

: In so far as consecrated and benefice property of any kind is excluded from the statutory definition of “charity” by Section 10(2) (a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011 such assets are not capitalised in the financial statements. 

Moveable 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). 

Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight-line basis over 5 years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £1,000 or less are written off when the asset is acquired. 

## Investment property 

The trustees’ policy is that freehold property held for investment purposes is included at the trustees’ best estimate of market value, based on local house prices or independent valuations where available. 

Investment property is not depreciated. Unrealised gains and losses are taken to the Statement of Comprehensive Income under the heading of gains/(losses) on tangible fixed assets and are shown as a separate unrestricted reserve on the Statement of Financial Position. 

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## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## Other Investments 

Investments are valued at market value with gains or losses recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. 

- 1.8 Allocation of support costs 

Support costs are allocated to individual activities where they directly related to that activity. Where the support cost is not directly related to an individual activity it is allocated to activities on the basis of the proportion of total direct resources expended for each activity. 

1.9 The Brentford Parish Trust (formerly St Paul’s Centre Trust Funds) These funds arose out of the proceeds of sale of the site of St James Gunnersbury. There are 2 funds managed by a separate Board of Trustees. 

The managing trustees may from time to time at their absolute discretion, permit (at a meeting of the Trustees) the release or sale of all or part of the capital of the first fund to finance major or urgent repair work and/or capital expenditure to church buildings within the parish of Brentford. The first fund comprises the sum of £750,000 at the date of the deed. If the first fund exceeds £750,000 the surplus or such jesser amount (if any) as the managing trustees may in their absolute discretion deem appropriate shail at the direction of the managing trustees be transferred by the fund to the second fund. 

The second fund, both capital and income, is available for expenditure entirely at the discretion of the PCC although the funds are managed by the trustees. 

The trustees produce separate accounts for trust fund one and figures relating to it are NOT included in these accounts. 

2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the PCC are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. 

## 3. Income from Donations and Legacies 


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|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|
|funds|funds|funds|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Gift|aid|donations|57,990|-|5,818|63,808|60,745|
|Donations|non-gift|aid|6,126|-|1,500|7,626|2,167|
|Plate|giving|2,585|-|-|2,585|10,797|
|Gift|aid|tax|recoverable|20,209|-|1,450|21,659|16,040|
|Grants|76,638|406,500|19,696|202,834|66,629|
|Other funds generated|41,215|-|2,750|3,965|7,022|
|Year end|31st December 2019|149,323|14,077|163,400|

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## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## 4 Income from Charitable Activities 


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|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|
|funds|funds|funds|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Courses|-|-|-|-|50|
|Fees|1,046|-|-|1,046|1,219|
|Open|house|café|meals|1,754|-|-|1,754|8,347|
|Church|hall|lettings|58,998|-|-|58,998|78,272|
|Church|lettings|-|-|-|-|720|
|61,798|-|”|61,798|88,608|
|Year end|31st|December 2019|86,808|-|-|86,808|
|§|Income|from|Other trading|activities|
|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|
|funds|funds|funds|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Fundraising|-|-|82|
|Food|sales|to|commercial|entities|60|-|-|60|463|
|Other|activities|to|generate funds|-|-|-|-|240|
|Sunday|hospitality|302|-|-|302|1,405|
|362|-|-|362|2,190|
|Year|end|31st|December 2019|2,190|-|-|2,190|
|6|Investment|Income|
|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|funds|funds|funds|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Dividends|423|-|-|423|619|
|Bank and|building|society|interest|21|-|-|21|29|
|Rental|income|18,900|-|-|18,900|14,265|
|19,344|-|-|19,344|14,913|
|Year end|31st|December 2019|14,913|-|-|14,913|
|7|Other|income|
|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Total 2020|Total|2019|
|funds|funds|funds|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Job|retention|scheme|grant|8,248|-|-|8,248|-|
|8|Expenditure on|Raising funds|
|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|
|funds|funds|funds|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Costs of Fundraising|3,696|-|18|3,714|1,478|
|Publicity|and|other costs|3,781|-|-|3,781|397|
|7,477|-|18|7,495|1,875|
|Year|end|31st December 2019|436|-|1,439|1,875|

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## THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH'S AND ST PAUL'S 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL. STATEMENTS 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 


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|9|Expenditure|on|Charitable|activities|
|Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|
|funds|funds|funds|Total|2020|Totai|2019|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Grants-special|collections|-|-|-|-|37|
|Mission-|Partner|giving|15,253|-|-|15,253|16,621|
|Apprentice|scheme|-|~|5,000|5,000|-|
|Rectors|Discretionary|Fund|-|250|250|-|
|Common|fund|85,200|-|-|85,200|103,020|
|Parish|staff|costs|55,956|-|-|55,956|71,757|
|Other|staff costs|107|-|-|107|1,654|
|Parish|office|costs|2,906|-|-|2,906|4,499|
|Clergy|expenses|365|-|-|365|1,598|
|Clergy|house|maintenance|299|-|-|299|1,358|
|Adult|2,406|-|-|2,406|12,725|
|Youth|11-18|698|-|-|698|1,672|
|Children|&|families|33|-|-|33|1,117|
|After|School|Hub|-|-|10,610|10,610|~|
|After|School|Hub|Salaries|~|-|3,069|3,069|-|
|Insurance|8,567|-|-|8,567|10,124|
|Sunday|hospitality|687|-|-|687|1,716|
|Licences|1,410|-|-|1,410|1,614|
|Depreciation|5,819|-|-|5,819|2,188|
|Sanctuary|materials|481|-|-|481|1,531|
|Equipment costs|2,995|-|-|2,995|2,982|
|Sound|and AV equipment|953|-|54|1,007|1,897|
|Other church|expenditure|507|-|101|608|65|
|Parish|utilities|23,352|-|-|23,352|23,926|
|Maintenance|10,063|-|112|10,175|16,897|
|Bank|Charges|251|-|-|251|506|
|Independent|examination|fee|1,110|-|-|1,110|1,110|
|Church|interior and|exterior decorating|4,449|56,452|-|60,901|-|
|Hall|+|interior and|exterior decorating|5,659|-|-|5,659|-|
|Other PCC|property|upkeep|12,431|-|-|12,431|2,200|
|241,957|56,452|19,196|317,605|282,814|
|Year end|31st|December 2019|274,180|-|8,634|282,814|

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## 10 Tangible fixed assets 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other equipment|Total|
|£|£|
|Cost|
|At|1|January|2020|18,426|18,426|
|Additions|21,033|21,033|
|At|31|December 2020|39,459|39,459|
|Depreciation|
|At|1|January|2020|13,923|13,923|
|Charge|5,819|5,819|
|At|31|December 2020|19,742|19,742|
|Net|book|value|
|At 31|December 2020|19,717|19,717|
|At|31|December|2019|4,503|4,503|

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THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH'S AND ST PAUL'S 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

11. Investment Property 

£ Market value at 1 January 2020 500,000 Additions - Disposals - Revaluation - Market value 31 December 2020 500,000 

The PCC is the beneficial owner of the freehold property situated at 34 Brook Road South, Brentford. 

The valuation in the accounts as at 31st December 2020 is based on the trustees best estimate of market value based on local house prices rather than an independent professional valuation. 

## 12 = Investments 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|CBF|Fund|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|£|£|£|
|Market value|at|1|January 2020|752|762|11,339|
|Additions|§5,000|55,000|40,000|
|Disposals|(50,054)|(50,054)|(52,000)|
|Revaluations|(4,673)|(4,673)|1,413|
|Market value|31|December|2020|1,025|1,025|752|

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## 13 Debtors due within one year 

Gift aid tax recoverable Lettings income due Other debtors 


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|---|---|---|---|
|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|£|£|
|3,778|3,561|
|2,795|3,895|
|1,736|1,171|
|8,309|8,627|

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## 14 Creditors due within one year 


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|---|---|---|---|
|Trade|creditors|
|Accruals|
|Taxes|and|social|security|
|Other|creditors|

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|---|---|---|---|
|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|£|£|
|1,901|4,618|
|12,290|5,802|
|809|792|
|2,553|3,791|
|17,553|15,003|

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THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH’S AND ST PAUL'S 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## 15 The movements in restricted and designated funds during the year were: 

|||Receipts||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Donations/||||
||01-Jan-20|Fundraising|Payments|Transfers|31-Dec-20|
|Restricted|£|£|£||£|
|St Faiths Church organ and items|112|-|(142)|-|-|
|Apprentice Fund|-|1,518|(1,393)|-|125|
|Barn Dance|4,267|-|(101)|(1,166)|“|
|General Outreach Fund|3,625|-|(3,625)|-|-|
|AfterSchool Hub|-|19,696|(13,679)|1,166|7,183|
|Rectors Discretionary Fund|-|1,500|(250)|-|1,250|
|St PaulsAV|-|8,500|(54)|(8,267)|179|
||5,004|31,214|(19,214)|(8,267)|8,737|
|Designated||||||
|StPaulsRefurbishment|-|106,500|(56,452)|(1,250)|48,798|



The transfers from funds above of £8,267 and £1,250 were to unrestricted (and undesignated) funds. 

## FUNDS DETAIL: 

## St Faiths Church organ and items 

This Restricted Fund was set up in October 2018 with an amount of £1,000 received from the family of the late Ms. Muriel Allen to be used for repairs to St Faith's Church organ. 

Apprentice Fund 

This Restricted Fund was set up in October 2019 with continuing donations from church members towards the cost (£5,000 per year) of employing our Youth & Children’s apprentice. 

## Barn Dance 

Set up from net revenue from Barn Dance held on 12 October 2019 for use by Open House which serves lunch in St Paul's Parish Centre on Wednesday afternoons. 

## General Outreach Fund 

Prior year donation from Andy & Sarah Ward of £4,000- (including Gift Aid) for general outreach activities as per discretion of Priest in charge. 

## After School Hub Fund 

This restricted fund was set up in July 2020 with grants mainly from Hounslow Welcare Trust and Needs and Taylor Educational Charity to start an after school work hub in the Narthex on Mondays to Fridays from 3:30 - 5pm which would provide a safe space for youth to enjoy their time after school socialising and doing homework. 

## Rector's Discretionary Fund 

The PCC agreed in May 2020 to establish a discretionary fund for disbursement by the Priest in Charge who consults with one other church warden before making individual grants of up to £250 each in response to requests from needy individuals. It has also benefited from donations from members of our congregation. 

St Paul's AV Fund 

This designated fund was set up with funds made available since January 2020 by a member of our congregation specifically for upgrading of the existing AV equipment in St Paul's Church. 

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THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH'S AND ST PAUL'S 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

## 16 Analysis of Net Assets between Funds: 

|||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|fairvalue|designated|Restricted|Totals|
||£|£||£|£|
|Fixed Assets:||||||
|Tangible fixed assets|19,717|-|-|-|19,717|
|Investment property|285,000|215,000|-|-|500,000|
|Non-property investments|1,025|-|-|-|1,025|
|Current Assets:||||||
|Bank Accounts|10,115|-|48,798|8,737|67,650|
|Debtors|8,309|-|-|-|8,309|
|Current Liabilities:||||||
|Creditors due within 1 year|(17,553)|-|-|-|(17,553)|
||306,613|215,000|48,798|8,737|579,148|



- 17 Diocese of London - Common Fund 

The contribution to the Diocese of London Common Fund for the Parish was paid in full in 2020. 

|Common|Fund|2020|2019|
|---|---|---|---|
|||£|£|
|Common|fund contribution|85,200|103,020|
|||85,200|103,020|



- 18 Payments to PCC Members 

None of the PCC (or any persons connected with them) received or have been paid any remuneration that was not paid at a market rate or received any benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity. 

During the year 3 trustees were re-imbursed for the following expenditure incurred on PCC business: 

|PCC costs|£|507|
|---|---|---|
|Clergy expenses|£|286|
|Telephone and internet|£|383|
|Stationery|£|33|
|Equipmentand upgrades|£|106|
|Insurance|£|28|
|Routine maintenance materials|£|75|
|Licences|£|96|
|Church supplies|£|188|
|Marketing and publicity materials|£|359|
|Alpha hospitality|£|120|
|Alpha resources|£|83|
|Mens breakfast|£|57|
|Hospitality& resources (older)|£|104|
|Hospitality& resources (younger)|£|18|
|Youth café food, drinkand equipment|£|345|
|Playcafécraftmaterials|£|264|



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## THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH’S AND ST PAUL'S 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

18 (Continued from previous page) Play café food and drink £ 21 Play café gifts £ 74 Sunday hospitality St Pauls £ 157 Sunday hospitality St Faiths £ 30 £ 3,334 During the year the following payments were made to 1 trustee for services provided: Verger fees £ 120 £120" 19 Employees Number of employees The average number of employees during the year was: 

||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|
|Parish running|3|3|
||3|3|
|‘Parish staff costs’ and ‘After School Hub salaries' in note 9 to the accounts include the following:|||
||£|£|
|Wages and salaries|50,219|62,593|
|Social security costs|633|1,761|
|Pensioncosts|916|4,191|



There were no employees who received employee benefits excluding employer pension costs of more than £60,000. 

## 20 Pension 

The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity. 

The charge to the profit and loss in respect of defined contribution schemes was £916 (2019:£1,191) 

## 21 ~=~Principal place of business: 

The Parish Office St Paul's Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 OPN 

22 The surplus/(deficit) for the year is stated after: 

Independent examination fee 


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THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH'S AND ST PAUL'S 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## : 23 Support costs 

## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

||Support|Governance||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||costs|costs||2020|2019|
||£|£|£||£|
|Parish office costs|2,906|-||2,906|4,499|
|Office equipmentcosts|1,463|-||1,463|2,736|
|Independent examination fee||1,110||1,110|1,110|
|AllocatedtoCharitableActivities|4,369|1,110||5,479|8,345|



## 24 ~=¥Related parties 

The part-time Administrator (Rajini Rajendra) who is the wife of the PCC Treasurer earned a gross salary of £8,899 and £9,022 respectively in 2019 and 2020 based on the London Living Wage (advised by Diocese of London) of £10.55 per hour until October 2020 and £10.85 thereafter. In addition, related employers NI contributions amounted to £68 and employers pension contributions amounted to £84 in 2020. 

## 25 Key Management Personnel 

The Finance & Operations Manager (Mr Claude Lobo) earned a gross salary of £30,000 both in 2019 and 2020 in terms of the contract of employment signed before employment commenced on 2 March 2017. In addition, related employer's NI contributions amounted to £2,933 and employer's pension contributions amounted to £657 and £714 respectively in 2019 and 2020. 

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THE BRENTFORD PARISH TRUST 

Year ended 31/12/2020 

This fund is under the control of independent Trustees; these figures are shown as a note only 

## Statement of Financial Activity 2020 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2020|2019|
|£|£|
|Income|from|Investments|
|Dividends|21,638|23,486|
|Expenditure|
|Grant|to|St|Pauls|-21,638|-23,486|
|Donation|to|St|Pauls|-161,500|-43,143|
|(Transfer to|Trust|Fund|2)|
|~161,500|-43,143|
|Unrealised|gain|on|revaluation|43,086|123,617|
|Profit|on|investment|sales|3,559|5,441|
|Net|movement|of funds|-114,855|85,914|
|Balance|b/fwd|784,487|698,573|
|Endowment|Fund|value|c/fwd|669,632|784,487|

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## Balance Sheet at 31/12/20 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2020|2019|
|£|£|
|Investments|
|CCLA|Investment|fund|shares|669,632|784,487|
|Endowment fund|balance|669,632|784,487|

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The grant to St Paul's is at the Trustees’ discretion. 

The Capital may only be used for capital expenditure within the Parish.