Trustees' Annual Report (TAR) 2021 **Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of The Church of the Ascension, Bitterne Park** ## Ascension ## **MISSION STATEMENT** Inviting those around us to encounter the living Jesus and be transformed to a life captivated by him. ## **VALUES** ## **JESUS IS THE DEFINITION** We look at Jesus to see fully who God is, what it means to be human and how it looks to be fully alive. ## **PROPHETIC INTERRUPTION** We expect that the Holy Spirit will interrupt our plans, as he leads us as a community. We make space to respond to this as we follow him together. ## **EMPOWERING VOCATION** We are committed to helping people discover who Jesus has made them to be and empowering them to play their role in his rescue plan for creation. ## **JESUS ENCOUNTER** We expect to encounter Jesus as present with us and to be changed through this. We intentionally shape our gatherings to make space for this. ## **DEPENDANT PRAYER** We seek to engage deeper and more often in prayer, only with this foundation will we see the impossible happen and lives be transformed by Jesus. Welcome to the Annual Report of Ascension Church in Bitterne Park. After the disruption of 2020, 2021 continued to be a challenging year, with COVID 19 still persistent in disrupting church life. Yet, despite these challenges, Jesus has been working amongst us, and there is much to be thankful for. We have seen the congregation continue to grow; we have seen the community adapt to the challenges that have presented; we have been able to meet more regularly to worship together; some normality is returning. This has been a time when everyone has pitched in, especially through the interregnum. I want to say thank you to you all for those who are on the PCC, our churchwardens Andy and Loz, the staff team, and countless others who have volunteered, giving of their time and energy across all areas of the church. We have seen growth in children and youth work, where nearly a third of our community at Ascension is below 18 years old. That is amazing. We have also seen Jesus at work in Townhill Park through the ministry of Ruth, and we are excited about what God has in store. There have been some extraordinary gifts given to the church for the sake of the mission, for which we are truly thankful. Sadly, we have had several people pass away over 2021, and we give thanks for them and all they have been to the congregation. Arriving in September, Sandy, Chloe, and I received a really warm welcome. We are so grateful to you all for supporting us as we settle in. It is a real privilege to be your vicar, and I look forward to seeing where Jesus will lead us in 2022. So let us keep on discerning together, looking out for where the Holy Spirit is moving and, prayerfully and expectantly, let us join in with what we see God doing within the life of the Benefice of Bitterne Park. I warmly commend this report to you. **Revd Simon Robertson, Vicar** Every Church of England church has the same aim: ‘to promote the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.’ Please read on to see how we fulfil that mission. Worship and prayer We welcome anyone who wishes to attend our **regular services** . Throughout these challenging times we have continued to gather, in person, online, and sometimes both simultaneously, to worship together. We believe we are changed through these opportunities, whether in praise and sung worship, preaching, prayer or Eucharist, at home or at Ascension God is at work. On Sundays, when in person worship was permitted, we have continued to offer two distinct services. A quieter, more formal, **9.00am Eucharistic** **Small Groups** Our small groups have continued to flourish over the course of the last year, with new groups being formed and existing groups growing in numbers. For many in the church, small groups are vital sources of pastoral care, family and friendship, for others a brilliant chance to grow in discipleship. Some of the groups established during the first national lockdown have adapted to life offline and have continued to meet, others came to natural conclusion following the re-opening of church buildings and the reintroduction of our regular pattern of Sunday worship. Our small groups continue to play a central role in the life of our Ascension community, and there is a hope that they can continue to develop in the coming years. If you are new to church and would like to get involved in a small group, please contact Peter or Marc _Marc Allez, Curate_ **service** , which once a month is reflective. The **10.45am service** is more informal and contemporary and always has specific provision for children. We have introduced a new monthly **6.00pm service** of praise and prayer. **Edge+** in Townhill Park continues fortnightly. The church family is continuing to steadily grow at all services, both in depth and numbers. **Prayer ministry** is an integral part of the life of our Church, and we seek to allow time to pray for one another when we gather to worship. The **prayer chain** , for urgent or confidential needs, has received several requests during the year. Anyone can let the Parish Office know if they would like this team to lift a need in prayer. In the recent past **Quiet Days** have been held four times a year but following the onset of Covid and lockdowns this was not possible for much of 2021. But, in November we were finally able to run again, the format was a little different, attendees brought their own lunches and we provided drinks. Silence was observed throughout the day except for over lunch. Reading and art materials were provided as well as prayer and meditation resources including our large labyrinth. This new format proved so popular we are likely to keep it for future days. _Jenny Hewett_ ## Mission and evangelism The **café** remained closed during 2021, but a committee was established, and a lot of background work has been done with a view to re-opening it during 2022. The vision is for it to be a place for the community to belong and to provide opportunity to equip those in our community to get back into employment and to support those in need. _Alex Hills_ **Footsteps** the parent and toddler group continues to be very popular, with a new family joining almost every week. Thanks go to all who help at Footsteps for their faithfulness in their support of this group. The greatest joy of Footsteps recently has been the overlap between it and both EDGE+, the fresh expression emerging in Townhill Park, and with the 10.45 service. We have a **Tuesday morning group** that began as an informal Alpha - informal due to the number of children around and has now become a small group. There are between 8-10 mums and their children, from 6 different nationalities (“make disciples of all nations” … they come to my front room!). They are hungry to know Jesus and, although we often only get a few minutes of peace, we have had times of the Holy Spirit breaking in, wonderful questions, tears, and laughter. Thank you to the volunteers who have helped amuse the children enabling those few minutes of God time. They are starting from knowing absolutely nothing about scripture and it is so refreshing to have such honest questions. Please pray for their growing faith journeys. Tuesday evening **EDGE** meeting is a lovely community who each have their own struggles. They support and encourage one another beautifully and love their time together, child free. We have been doing some of Jesus’ parables but with a modern take. Their reaction was priceless when I was “arranging” them to help me with clearing a local pond, offering £500 for the day to those I employed in the morning (how much? Wow, I’ll work for you!) and the same amount to those at lunchtime and in the evening (a very irate…but that’s not fair!). I hope you can spot the parable there? Please do pray for these lovely people as they tentatively try to find Jesus during their struggles. **EDGE+** continues to grow, both in numbers but, more importantly, growing in depth. In September we had 4 adult full immersion baptisms, the first of this little community, and very exciting. We now have a planning group, including some of the local ladies, who both help plan and lead the bi-weekly events. We have another local woman, who has begun to introduce some worship to us; she is an excellent musician but is learning to lead us in worship as we are learning to worship as a community. The ladies from the Tuesday morning group have really serving hearts and are very quick to help cook, wash up and clear up at the end. We are looking to find local premises into which we could have a more consistent presence throughout the week. Please do pray for wisdom around that. Please also pray for God to draw more men into what we are doing. A big thank you to all who make that happen. _Ruth Hills_ Over the last year, despite the many challenges created by covid, **Ascension Youth (ASC:Y)** has grown by over 150%, with around 35 young people in total (we had 15 before lockdown). We begin each Thursday by eating together which the young people love and is a time for them to really develop in their relationships. We have spent time on and off site with some highlights being: twilight kayaking up the Itchen, water fights and torch light tag at Deep Dene and treasure hunts and chips in the park. In the building we have made and raced go carts, baking, crafts, dodgeball, and many other events. Over 50% of the young people are non-churched but come together and engage with the spiritual input time, learning to hear the prophetic voice of God, to ask questions and continue to grow in their faith, we have also been blessed to have the input of Joy Chalke who runs Southampton prophetic community; it was incredible seeing unchurched kids hearing God and is something we have built on since. For Christmas we gave 18 bibles out and a prophetic word for every young person; we were greatly encouraged by the number of non- church parents who said how touched they were and how accurate the words were. Asc:y provides a safe place for young people amidst the challenges of their lives, where they can come and chat and know they are unconditionally accepted and relationships continue to thrive and some have begun coming to Church on Sunday as a result of the Thursday eve group. Since **schools** have begun to reopen to the outside world, we were pleased to have been invited to four schools over Christmas, creatively delivering sessions that related to their curriculum using interactive drama, crafts and songs and giving out almost 1000 copies of the Bible Societies Christmas story. We have recently reinstated our relationship with Bitterne Park Secondary, taking part in a panel answering questions to roughly 100 children and we have been invited to continue our Q&A sessions visiting each form during years 7 and 8. Although our **preschool** work was cancelled this year due to a rise in covid cases, we were able to provide almost 200 bags for the children each containing a small gift, a craft, and a book. During 2021 there were 3 groups running each **Sunday morning** : Early years, older kids, and Youth. Again, despite the challenges, we are thankful to have seen rapid growth in all groups, almost 100% with now around 50 children “on the books” and just under 20 children each Sunday. We are excited to begin to have regular interactive family services led by our youth band while the children have streamers and sign to the worship. These have, so far, been well received. The youth begin their time together with homemade waffles and discussion, and all the children have a full programme that involves role-play, drama, worship, games, object lessons, a craft - all centring around a passion for them to learn the word of God and to develop a personal relationship based on reflective prayer and how they can work with Jesus to show others God’s love. One way we do this is to use their work to form a window display but sometimes it is more reflective: what is Jesus saying? Our annual **Light Party** was a great success, with the youth helping to run it. There were ten creation/jungle inspired crafts and as many games on offer, it was attended by over 200 people. It was great to see so many of the dads in the community getting involved with tug of war! My personal favourite was the crocodile and butterfly cave! Because children and families and wider community are so interconnected, we also try and develop relationships with families. For example, a low-cost **wreath making workshop** before Christmas for over 30 people was a wonderful opportunity to come together, ‘pause’ and chat and creatively celebrate the festive season. In summer we will have a youth family’s weekend away in Devon and a Rocket Day (we design and launch rockets in the new forest while having a picnic). _Jo Szedlak_ **Newcomers** This year we are pleased to have seen a huge number of new people, across a variety of age groups, join our church family. As restrictions have eased, we have been delighted to be able to have more opportunities to get to know each other socially. _Marc Allez_ The **student community** at Ascension are a core part of the wider church, and many serve in different ways across the different ministries. Several of the students have found mentors from the wider church community which has been a huge blessing and support to them. Despite COVID restrictions, we saw new students visit us in October for their first time and hosted four weeks of student lunches after the 10.45 service. The student group meets on Wednesday evenings, and many have invited friends to church events or services over the past year. Although we couldn't have a **student** **weekend away** last year due to COVID restrictions, we look forward to an away day in March! Overall, we've seen God at work within our student community and have heard testimonies of new conversations students have had with their friends about Jesus. As we look to the year ahead, we are excited about forming deeper community and seeing more students come to know the living Jesus! _Lorna Allez_ Many of the **events** we had planned for 2021 were disrupted by Covid, but we continue to try and create opportunities for the church family to come together for social events or to creatively worship together **Ladies Group** having not met since the first lockdown, had our first meeting outdoors in July 2021 and have been meeting, mostly regularly, in the Ascension Centre since the autumn. Most of our members voted to change our meetings from evenings to afternoons and although we have sadly therefore lost some members who are working the move may hopefully encourage older members and others who are free during the day to continue to support what is now a full, twice monthly, programme of talks, events, charity fund raising activities and most importantly fellowship. _Frances Samphire_ The **Prayer Shawl** team have still not met up in person since the start of Covid, but they have still been praying and knitting shawls to be given to those in need of a blessing. They have given a few away during this time but do have several looking for homes. So, if you know of anyone, who perhaps is poorly, or recovering from an operation, facing particularly challenging circumstances or otherwise who would like (or needs) to know that they are loved and known please contact Diana Higgins. _Diana Higgins_ The **Flower Team** is a small but enthusiastic group, who continue to bring colour to our worship space. We have been able to enhance the beauty of our church for the major festivals using arrangements that bring joy to worshippers and those who visit during the week. These have been created using mainly silk flowers, but fresh flowers on special occasions. Even though worship in person wasn’t possible on Mothering Sunday, we were able to make our usual posies for the mothers in our church and they were distributed around the parish by the church team. Our Easter Lily display rose from the font to remember those who have passed both in recent years and before. And at Christmas the Advent Ring and other arrangements around the worship space brought life to our church. Our Flower Team would love to welcome new members, whether it is to be on a regular rota or just available to help on special occasions. We can undertake weddings and other occasions on request. Donations are welcome towards the flower fund for displays in the church. Please contact the church office or members of our team. _Jane Tudor_ Covid impacted on attendances at the Ascension **Art Groups** as it did for other groups. Early in the year, whilst still under lockdown, we maintained contact with members by telephone and a series of lengthy newsletters which included our “Lockdown Muses” - poetic reflections on our experiences. This provided us all with a lively and amusing outlet for our lockdown frustrations. The PCC supported us running our annual Hampshire Open Studios Exhibition in August. This was well attended, and we raised £1,500 for The Church Army via the auction and sale of paintings together with the sale of Cream Teas & refreshments. During the week we had many enquiries and requests to join our groups, so many in fact we had to create a “reserve list”. Eventually we commenced our new sessions on Tues 14[th] & Thurs 17[th] Sept, with an average of 24 attending each week since then across both groups. One of our members whilst recognising that there are some talented painters in the groups as well as others who continue to develop their technique observed that “we are all amateurs, and we really operate as a Church led support group which does a bit of painting”. _Dave Hewett. Tutor_ **Ascension Running Community** continues to deliver free community running activities to promote good mental health and wellbeing. It has been exciting to see our group grow over the last 12 months, and we particularly enjoy getting to know those who have been joining us from outside the Church community. Thanks to the grants from All churches Trust and Southampton Council’s Community Chest, we have been able to train up a fantastic team of Run Leaders and Mental Health Champions to support our activities. We now have three people who have completed run leader training and initiated new activities including: a weekly Mental Health Miles session, a gentle run and café social (accessible even for parents with preschoolers in tow), and a monthly run and social activity just for men. We now also have another Mental Health Champion who supports our activities, and another person in training as a Run Leader. Each leader’s background and gifts have enriched our activities and facilitated our connection with different groups within our community. The Project Coordinator role is established for a fixed term, providing administrative support for our current activities and team, whilst pursuing the development of new activities. _Anna Gordon_ This year we have again had the need to run multiple **Alpha** courses, both at Ascension and in our Edge+ community. It has been enormously exciting seeing so many people taking the chance to explore the big questions of life and faith, and we are hugely thankful for all involved in helping to run these courses so brilliantly. _Marc Allez_ We continue to provide a venue for the weekly **Basic Clothing Bank** . There were over 1000 interactions with people looking for clothing during 2021, the first 4 months were clearly impacted by Covid, with less than 30 visiting each week, as low as 13 in March, by contrast in September 151 people were helped. We now have a clothing bin in the car park which enables donations to be made ‘out of hours’, and although there is a facility for SCM to request items of clothing it is mainly revenue for basics bank that is generated from items donated. We continue to collect food donations to pass on as well. _Peter Goodall_ ## Pastoral We have a small but loyal team of people who visit those who are sick or housebound. More than ever the capacity to take **Home Communion** to those who are sick, dying or otherwise unable to attend church has been important this year. There were 13 **baptisms** but no thanksgiving **/ dedication** services. Two were conducted **weddings** here during 2021. There were four **funerals** or **services of thanksgiving** in our church, and a further one conducted by our team at a Crematorium during 2021. There were 7 interments of ashes in the **Garden of** **Remembrance.** This past year has been particularly tough globally in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic - Our link parish, **Naminage** has seen a change in vicar which coupled with covid has restricted our ability to make links with the Parish. We do however continue our link with the Reverend Richard Rukundo supporting him in his work as children and young person’s lead for the Anglican Province of Uganda - he plays a significant role in supporting and training the dioceses and parishes in relation to safeguarding and parenting. _Peter Goodall_ ## Personnel 2021 did see some significant changes to the team. The newly ordained Revd Lauren Cheshire left us in July to take up her Curacy in Bournemouth, but we are pleased that Revd Marc Allez had his Curacy placement continuing with us confirmed, and Revd Peter Goodall is now an SSM Curate with us part-time. Sara Whitmarsh, Licensed Lay Minister, made a move to be nearer her family. We are grateful for her time with us. After 15 months interregnum, during which Andy Gordon and Loz Foskett, our Churchwardens, led the church alongside our staff team, in September we were delighted to welcome our new Vicar, Revd Simon Robertson and his family, Sandy & Chloe. Anna Gordon joined the team as Running Co-ordinator, this is a parttime post funded for 1 year by a grant. Her role is to develop free community running activities within our local community, to promote mental and physical health through running and walking together. Meg Bailey continues as the **safeguarding** officer, and we have continued to comply with section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Disciplinary Measure 2016 (duty to have due regard to the House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). ## Objectives and Activities ## **Facilities** Since the building has become more fully re-opened, we have been able to complete some bigger repairs – the canopy on the entrance and the wall along the driveway. We have also sorted some cracked windows and minor plumbing grumbles (faulty taps and cistern as well as a leaky sink). We have changed the heating contractors we use, and they appear to have managed a temporary fix for the heating in the extension – in particular for the office and the cafe, work is scheduled Feb 2022 to sort these issues more permanently. They also have made the heating in the old part of the building much more effective and reliable. Additionally, there has also been some work on the automated fire protection systems. _Churchwardens_ ## (GrACE) **Greening Ascension’s Community and Environment** **Steering Group** . This small group of people, passionate about caring for the world that God has made. Our key aim is to encourage Church members to become more aware of how we can each care for God’s creation better, and our aspiration is to help us all to do that through: reducing the Church’s carbon footprint; encouraging more recycling; encouraging purchase of fair trade and environmentallyfriendly products; and continuing to improve the grounds for wildlife. We have begun several projects this year: the Ascension gardeners each 1st and 3rd Wednesdays to manage the Church grounds for us and wildlife, to which all are welcome to join; the Church has signed up for EcoChurch and gained the Bronze Award; and we have a Facebook page to keep you all updated. Our future plans include reducing the Church’s carbon footprint; encouraging more recycling; encouraging purchase of fair trade and environmentally friendly products; and continuing to improve the grounds for wildlife. _Helen Pain, Co-ordinator_ ## Financial review 2021 has been a good and stable year for us financially. We have seen an increase in regularly giving which is wonderful along with two legacy gifts. Income from hall hiring’s is now starting to return and we expect it to increase further into 2022. We still own and rent out the house at 25 Lacon Close and our medium-long term investment has increased in value. Expenditure was in line with our planned budget, except for a few unforeseen maintenance issues around heating and café roller shutter. The Parish has met all its routine commitments including salaries, and the Diocesan Common Mission fund. The PCC has decided to tithe 10% of the legacy given last year to help fund local community projects, and we expect to receive applications in 2022. The PCC has also generously donated £3000 to St George Foundation in Sierra Leone who work closely with ToyBox to support street children in Freetown. **Reserves policy** It is PCC policy to maintain reserves equivalent to three months’ running costs, £22,000. It is our policy to invest the shortterm investment fund balances with the CCLA Church of England Deposit Fund, and the remainder in the CCLA Church of England Investment Fund. _Tim Nutt, Treasurer_ ## Structure, governance, and management **The Parochial Church Council** is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure and is a Registered Charity. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. The full PCC met (in person or on zoom) 8 times during 2021. Some additional meetings were also held specifically related to the recruitment of the new Vicar. Each year at least a third of the PCC members stand down. At the APCM there were four retiring members, these were Marc Allez, Lorna Allez, Ann Devereux (all of whom were then co-opted back onto the PCC as staff members). The fourth was Alex Hills to whom the PCC gave thanks for his role as Treasurer. The elections of their replacements were conducted as set out in the Church Representation Rules and Tim Nutt, Megan Bailey, Rosemary Haughton, and Alex Walker were appointed to the PCC. We would like to thank all who served on the PCC during 2021. For full details of the current PCC please see back page. Additionally, Matt Fewtrell moved away and consequently left the PCC in July. The average weekly attendance, at Ascension, counted during October was 136. We continue to offer live youtube broadcast of our 10:45 service, with an average of 35 views per week during the same period. This is very encouraging given the continued prevalence of covid, the nervousness around covid and the desire to offer covid safe worship. We would usually expect attendance to be higher for the various festivals. All those who attend our services, are encouraged to register on the **Electoral Roll** to enable them to vote for the PCC membership and to stand for election themselves. The electoral roll has been prepared in accordance Church of England rules. At the APCM on 23rd May 2021 the number on the electoral roll was declared at 105. During the past year 10 members have moved and I have received 10 new enrolments - leaving a total of 105 members on the roll - 61 who live inside the Parish and 44 out of the Parish. _Frances Samphire, Parish Clerk_ October 2021 Peter became the **Southampton Deanery** Chapter Secretary. Throughout 2021 Synod continued to meet on zoom. The first in person meeting in 18 months will be March 2022. _Peter Goodall_ ## Administrative information **The Church of the Ascension** is in Thorold Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton SO18 1HZ. It is part of the Diocese of Winchester within the Church of England. ## **The correspondence address is** The Parish Office, Ascension Centre, 1 Thorold Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton SO18 1HZ. We continue to **Bank** with National Westminster Bank and our **Independent Examiner** is Jonathan Marchant. **Registered charity number** 1128861 **PCC members for 2021/2022** **Chair** Revd Simon Robertson (from Sept 2021) **Church Wardens** Andy Gordon, Loz Foskett **Secretary** Marc Allez **Treasurer** Tim Nutt **Deanery Synod** Peter Goodall, Sam Nichols Ben Parkin ## **Other Members** Lorna Allez, Megan Bailey, Karen Clucas, Jackie Cooper, Ann Devereux, Rosemary Haughton, Helen Pain, Christophe Szedlak and Alex Walker. **Ex Officio** Ruth Hills (Licensed Lay Worker) Approved by the PCC. signed on their behalf by Independent examlnerfs report to the trustees of Blttern• Park PCC I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Bitterne Park. Southampton {'the PCC,) for the year ended 31 December 2021. Responsibilitles and ba$ls of report A5 the charitytrustees of the PCC you are rèsponsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements ofthe Charities Art 20111'the ACVI. I report in respect of my examination of the PCC'S accounts carried out under sertion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryin8 Out my exarnination I have followed all the applicable Direction5 given by the Charity Commission under section 145{51{b) of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I havÈ completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the PCC as required by sectlon 130 of the Act,. or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which 3ttention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the account5 to be reached. Signed.. Name= Jonathan Marchant Address.. 31 Glen Eyre Drive. Southampton 5016 3NQ Date: Z6 AfAIL £c4t ## **Bitterne Park Parish Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at: 31 December 2021** **----- Start of picture text -----**
As at 31/12/2021 As at 31/12/2020
£ £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand 44,374.14 17,998.80
CBF Church of England Deposit Fund 42,162.11 67,139.75
CBF Church of England Investment Fund at valuation 1,004,727.71 878,420.90
Net current assets less current liabilities 1,091,263.96 963,559.45
Unrestricted
Unrestricted - General fund 1,039,216.61 917,921.45
Represented by
Designated
- -
Designated - Family & Children Worker
Designated - Garden of Remembrance 40,884.82 36,161.00
- -
Designated - 25 Lacon Close
- -
Designated - Windows Cafe
Designated - Windows Cafe equipment renewals reserve - 7,118.51 - 7,118.00
Designated - Tithe 10,350.53 10,350.00
- -
Designated - Uganda
Restricted
Restricted - Running Club 5,554.71 6,000.00
Restricted - Lift Maintenance 1,500.00 -
Restricted - Poverty Fund 875.80 245.00
Total Designated and Restricted Funds 52,047.35 45,638.00
Funds of the church 1,091,263.96 963,559.45
Total Income £138,279 £116,854
Total Expenditure £136,996 £173,047
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**Approved: April 2022** ## **Bitterne Park Parish Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2021** **----- Start of picture text -----**
From 01 January 2021 01 January 2020
Note To 31 December 2021 31 December 2020
Lift-Fund - Lift Maintenance (Restricted) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies
Freewill Offerings 1,500 —
Total Donations and legacies 1,500 —
Total income and endowments 1,500 —
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 1,500 —
— —
Brought forward balance
Total carried forward balance 1,500 —
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## **RunClub - Ascension Running Club (Restricted) Fund** |_Total Investments_
Takings
_Total Other trading activities_
Investments
Dividends
Lauren Leaving Gift
_Total Donations and legacies_
Other trading activities
Hirings
Alms
Freewill Offerings
Gift Aid
Brought forward balance
**Total carried forward balance**
**General - General fund (Unrestricted) Fund**
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
_Total Other expenditure_
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
**Expenditure**
Other expenditure
Courses and training
Equipment & Books
Salaries
Other income
External Funding
_Total Other income_
**Total income and endowments**
**Income and endowments**
Other trading activities
Takings
_Total Other trading activities_|2,432
6,000
_2,432_
_6,000_
100
—
_100_
_—_| |---|---| ||| ||_2,978_
_—_
1,810
—
188
—
980
—
**2,532**
**6,000**| ||| ||_24,548_
_14,993_
98
475
_3,987_
_4,743_
24,548
14,993
100
—
_85,375_
_62,814_
3,888
4,268
1,819
1,757
72,463
49,197
10,992
11,859
6,000
—
**5,554**
**6,000**
**2,978**
**—**
-445
6,000| ## Other income |Transfers to/(from)
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
NHS Gift Bags
Lauren Leaving Expense
_Total Other expenditure_
Payroll Costs
COVID-19
Smith Gift Expenses
Licences
Parish Phone/Broadband
IT Operations
Water
Students
Marketing
Sanctuary
Stationery and Literature
Vicar's expenses
Parish Administrator Costs
Parish Share - CMF
Refuse
Office expenses
Ordinands' expenses
Outreach worker's expenses
Maintenance, fixtures and fittings
Discretionary fund
Music
Gas
Hire Deposit return
Insurance
Fees
Fire Protection
Food
Equipment & Books
Events Social
Events Outreach
Curates' expenses
Distribution of external funding
Electricity
Children and families
Cleaning
Courses and training
**Expenditure**
Expenditure on charitable activities
Charities
_Total Expenditure on charitable activities_
Other expenditure
NHS Gift Bags
_Total Other income_
**Total income and endowments**
Refunds
Students
Smith Gift
Fees
Fundraising
Miscellaneous
Events
External Funding|—
60
_5,429_
_9,540_
459
2,778
—
245
15
1,405
3,856
3,282
—
195
10
121
1,051
545
38
906| |---|---| ||| ||—
253
224
—
_100,712_
_115,381_
291
259
792
1,346
15
1,405
1,038
924
779
721
929
979
2,168
1,049
623
573
1,225
530
976
537
—
8
115
961
10,071
9,679
40,932
40,932
775
726
2,348
1,785
297
336
1,161
652
9,282
24,544
146
379
316
377
5,511
4,542
—
96
4,773
4,572
1,760
1,619
207
418
20
307
4,033
536
1,453
1,335
144
664
141
846
660
750
2,034
2,096
—
2,610
4,865
4,718
593
1,303
—
490
_—_
_490_
**119,340**
**92,092**| ||| ||-19,942
42,762
**100,712**
**115,871**
18,627
-23,778
75,713
69,025| Transfers to/(from) — -12,296 **74,398 75,713** **Total carried forward balance** ## **Garden - Garden of Remembrance (Designated) Fund** |Transfers to/(from)
**Total carried forward balance**
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
**Total income and endowments**
**Expenditure**
Other expenditure
Gardening
_Total Other expenditure_
_Total Donations and legacies_
Investments
Dividends
_Total Investments_
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
Freewill Offerings|_525_
_200_
1,006
971
_1,006_
_971_
525
200| |---|---| ||| ||**1,531**
**1,171**
1,786
1,390
_1,786_
_1,390_| ||| ||—
-990
**1,291**
**1546**
**1,786**
**1,390**
-255
-218
1,546
2,754| ## **F-C-Worker - Family & Children Worker (Designated) Fund** |**Total carried forward balance**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
Light Party
_Total Other expenditure_
**Total expenditure**
**Expenditure**
Other expenditure
Children and families
Events Social
Children & Youth Worker Costs
External Funding
_Total Other income_
**Total income and endowments**
Other trading activities
Takings
_Total Other trading activities_
Other income
Events
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
Freewill Offerings
_Total Donations and legacies_|—
1,000
_489_
_1,000_
237
—
_237_
_—_
489
—
—
20
_—_
_20_| |---|---| ||| ||669
—
_30,620_
_26,375_
3,499
429
565
—
25,886
25,945
**727**
**1,020**| ||| ||**—**
**—**
-29,892
(25,355)
—
(1,379)
29,892
26,734
**30,620**
**26,375**| ## **Poverty - Poverty Fund (Restricted) Fund** **Income and endowments** Donations and legacies Freewill Offerings 200 200 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Total Donations and legacies 200 200
Total income and endowments 200 200
Expenditure
Other expenditure
Distribution of external funding 200 650
Electricity 35 —
Equipment & Books 85 —
Discretionary fund 250 —
Total Other expenditure 570 650
Total expenditure 570 650
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure -370 (450)
Brought forward balance 245 695
Transfers to/(from) 1,000 —
Total carried forward balance 875 245
Cafeequip - Windows Cafe equipment renewals reserve (Designated) Fund
Expenditure
Other expenditure
Maintenance, fixtures and fittings — 1,346
Total Other expenditure — 1,346
Total expenditure — 1,346
—
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure (1,346)
Brought forward balance -7,118 -7,233
Transfers to/(from) — 1,461
Total carried forward balance -7,118 -7,118
Tithe - Tithe (Designated) Fund
Brought forward balance 10,350 10,058
Transfers to/(from) — 292
Total carried forward balance 10,350 10,350
Lacon - 25 Lacon Close (Designated) Fund
Income and endowments
Other trading activities
Rent 12,450 11,400
Total Other trading activities 12,450 11,400
Total income and endowments 12,450 11,400
Expenditure
Other expenditure
Insurance 329 294
Maintenance, fixtures and fittings — 1,668
Total Other expenditure 329 1,962
Total expenditure 329 1,962
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 12,120 9,437
Brought forward balance -1,170 14,258
Transfers to/(from) -10,950 -24,865
Total carried forward balance — -1,170
There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown
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Page 5 Indeptndent examifierfs rÈpDrtto the I￿￿teesof Bltteme Park PCC I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Parochial Church Councll Of The E£clesiastical Parish Of Bitterne Park, Southampton I'the PCC'I forthe year ended 31 December 2021. Responslbllltles ¥rbd basls of report A5 the charity trustees of the Pccyou are responsible for the prÈparatlon of the actounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charitie5 Art 20111'thÈ Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the PCC'S account5 carried out under 5ertion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the appllcable Direction$ Biven by the Charity Commission ijnder Section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlnerfs statement I have completed my exarnination. I confirm that no rnaterial matters h•ve come to my attention in connertion with the exarnination 8lvin8 me cause to believe that in any material re5pett: accounting records were ntst kept in respett of the PCC a5 required by 5ertion 130 of the Act,. or 2. the actoijnts do not accord wirh those records. I have no concern5 and have come a£r055 llo other rnatters in connertion with the examination to which èttention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a propeT understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed.. Name.. Jonathan Marchant Aildress.. 31 Glen Eyrè Drive, Southampton $016 3NQ Date.. Z6 AeAIL