Ascension Trusbees, Annual Reporb (TAR) 2022 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of The Church of the Ascension, Bitterne Park Contents Vision and Values....................................................................................................................................................... Welcome.................................................................... Encounterlnz Jesus................................................................................................................................................... Sunday Ser¥ices...................................................................................................................................................... Prayer....... Life Events..................................... . ..................................................... ................................................................. Alpha........................-.-..................................................................................... The Rlsing Generation............................................... EDGE (Every Day God Encounters)........................................................................................................................ Deep community........................................................................................................................................................ Small Groups................................................................................................... Sotial Events.....................................................................................-....-................................................................ Loving mission..........................................................................................-................................ Ascenslon Running Community..... Wellbeing Café ......-................................................................................................................................................ Townhill Christmas Pre5ence...-............................................ GrACE......................................................... .......................................................... -10 Market Place and Basic Clothing Bank................... .10 Ascension Cafe .....................................................................................................................................................io Ascenslon Art Group....................................... ....................................................................................................ii Per50nnel...................................................................... .11 Facilities. .12 Financial Review..... -12 Reserves Pollcy............................................................. .12 Strurture. governance, and management................................................................-............................. ................13 The Parothial Church Council IPCC)..... ...............................-.................................... Attendance and Elertoral Roll................................................. .13 .13 Southampton Deanery Chapter...................................................................... . ..................................................13 Safezuarding...... .14 Admlnistrative Informatlon .....................................................................................................................................15 Ascension Vision and Values Vision To see God's kingdom come to our communities through making and growing whole life followers of Jesus. Values We are a warm and welcoming community, rooted in the good news of Jesus Christ. hungering for the in-filling, presence, and empowerment of the Holy Spirit, and seeking to love the world in the name of Jesus. Therefore. we value.. Encountering Jesus Our highest, greatest privilege and deepest joy is to have a relationship with Jesus. It is this relationship with Him that defines our lives. We are called to be His disciples, follow Him, worship Him, and be shaped by Him. We believe that our live5 are changed forever when we encounter Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Deep community Church is family where you can find your home. We seek to live generously, prartice h05Pltality, release creativity, and have hearts of compassion. It's a place where we encourage one another to discover and follow God's call on each of our lives. Loving mission God is on a mission to reconcile all things to himself. Together we are called to join him in that mission, creatively and prophetically engaging with our local area, and seeing people come to faith and communities thrive. Welcome Welcome to the Annual Report of Ascension Church in Bitterne Park for 2022. What a difference a year makes. With restrictions lifted and people able to return to some normality, we find ourselves faced with a new set of challenges, the cost of living and the political uncertainties. Yet through all of this, we have seen the church respond to the needs of the local community, seeing people eager to learn more bout Jesus, and here at Ascension, we have seen continued growth in those who call Ascension their home. We have much to celebrate as we now have two new members of staff. Lizi and Anna, who are an incredible asset to us. We have partnered with Southampton City Mission and others to run the Market Place in Townhill Park. We have started a well-being café supported by NHS social prescribers and MIND. This has been expanded to every week overthe winter period as part of our response to Warmer Place's initiative. We have seen continued growth in our children and youth work and are now in the process of appointing an assistant children and youth worker. We have now become a Centre of Mission, partnering with the Diocese and the Church Army. and now Claire has joined the team working alongside Ruth. These are just a few exciting developments; as you will read in the rest of this report, there is more besides. In these challenging times, it is essential more than ever for the church to be a place of hope, a beacon, and a place where we share the light of Christ. Where we continue to grow in our discipleship to Jesus. l am grateful for everyone playing their part in seeing God's Kingdom come to Bitterne Park and beyond. Our vision is to see God's kingdom come to our communities through makin8 and growing whole life followers of Jesus. where we value Encountering Jesus, Deep community, and Loving mission. We will continue to discern God's guidance and look forward to another exciting year ahead. I warmly commend this report to you. Revd Simon Robertson, Vicar Encountering Jesus Sunday Services Throughout 2022 we have continued to gather, in person and online, to worship together. We believe we are changed through these opportunities, whether in praise and sung worship, preachin& prayer or Eucharist, at home or at Ascension, God is at work. On Sundays, we have continued to offer two distinct services each week. A quieter, more formal, 9.00am Eucharistlc Service and a 10.45am service is more informal and contemporary and has specific provisions for children. In addition, we have continued our monthly 6.00pm service of praise and prayer. Edge+ in Townhill Park continued to run fortnightly with a move to weekly in 2023. The church family continues to grow steadily at all services. in-depth and in numbers. Prayer 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 has received several requests for urgent or confidential needs during the year. Anyone can let the Parish Office know if they would like this team to lift a need in prayer. Life Events There were seventeen baptisms and one thanksgiving/dedicatlon Service held during 2022. There were two weddings conducted, two funerals and two services of thanksgiving in our church. and a further six conducted by our team at a Crematorium. There were nine interments of ashes in Ascension's Garden of Remembrance. Alpha As last year, we have again had the opportunity to host several Alpha courses at Ascension and in our Ed8e+ community. It has been enormously exciting seeing so many people taking the chance to explore the big question5 of life and faith. and we are currently exploring how we can work with other churches across the city to keep up this trend. Marc Allez, Curate The Rising Generation Over the last year, our Ascension Youth Group on Thursday evening has continued to grow, with around 40 young people regularly attending. We begin each Thursday by eating together and have spent time on and off-site. with some highlights bein8: twilight kayaking up the Itchen, water fights and torch light tag at Deep Dene, Ikea scavenger hunts and treasure hunts and chips in the park. We are excited to soon meet with another local youth group with a human 'among us, game. In the building. we have scrapheap challenge. bakin& and crafts. 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, ask questions and continue to grow in their faith. We have also been blessed to have the input of Joy Chalke, who runs the Southampton prophetic community. Seeing unchurched kids hearing God was incredible, and we are excited that she will be coming more regularly. For Christmas, we gave out bibles to many of the young people 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. Ascension Youth 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, relationships continue to thrive. and some have begun coming to Church on Sunday because of the Thursday evening group. In summer, we had a youth famil￿5 weekend away in Devon and are set to have another this year. Also, in collaboration with two other churches, we helped run a 'Youthfest'. A weekend of worship, friendship and teaching for young people, which saw many young people saved and spiritually grow. This event was attended by around 100 young people from seven different churches. We celebrated this within Ascension Church in January with a similar format, hosting 130 young people. Seeing so many of our Thursday evening youth attend and enjoy the evening was lovely. We look forward to another 'Youthfest' in June and all that Jesus will do in the young people's lives. Our school's work has been excitin& particularly as relationships grow. Over Christmas, we saw over 1,400 children in 7 different schools and preschools. During the last year we have continued to see growth, in all areas of Sunday Children's and Youth work, with around 90 children on the books. making up a third of the congregation each Sunday. The increase in our youth group has led to the formation of an older youth group both on a Sunday morning and a Weekday evening. It has been exciting to see the kids grow in worship and prayer, engaging with the Sunday morning worship in the main service and their own groups. We are very excited to see many of them attend a monthly youth worship band. As in previous years, the youth begin their time together with breakfast and fellowship, and all the children have a full programme that involves role- play, drama. worship, games, object lessons, a craft. Our heart is to see children and young people grow in their relationship with Jesus, walking in the fullness of his plan for their lives, knowing who He says they are and sharing that faith with those around them. Our annual Light Party Wa5 a great success, with the youth helping to run it. With a 'League of Super Pets, theme, it was attended by over 200 people. It was great to see so many of the dads in the community getting involved in a tug-of-warl My personal favourite was the guinea pig gauntlet and the bat cave, but it was also so lovely that leaders from other churches offered to help with this event. Because children, families, and the wider community are so interconnected, we a150 try to develop relationships with families. For example, a low-cost wreath-makin8 workshop before Christmas for 90 people was a wonderful opportunity to come tO8ether, 'pause' and chat and creatively celebrate the festive season. It was also lovely at Christmas to be present in 'Christmas in the Triangle, running a craft table and chatting to parents and children was 3 real privilege and it is lovely to see those inter-church relationships deepen. Jo Szedlok, Children & Youth Worker EDGE (Every Day God Encounters) The Church Army Southampton Centre of Mission moved from Sholing to Bitterne Park in September 2022 and to the parish of Ascension. Ruth Hills is now the full-time Lead Evangelist, and Claire Lingard has joined us from Middlesborough as the Pioneer Evangelist. Claire works part-time in Townhill Park with Ruth and EDGE+ and is part-time across the Diocese rolling out Envoy, a discipleship community. Footsteps, the parent and toddler group which Claire is now leading, continues to be very popular. The greatest joy of Footsteps is the overlap between it and EDGE+. the fresh expression emerging in Townhill Park, and the 10.45am service. The Tuesday morning group, EDGE Disciples, is a wonderful small group that meets to grow in faith and understanding of walking with JesU5. There is a hunger to know Jesus and, thanks to Rosemary looking after the children, where we have begun to have worship. times of the Holy Spirit breaking in, wonderful questions, prayer, tears, and laughter. Tuesday evening's EDGE meeting is a lovely community. We support and encourage one another beautifully and love our time together. We have been watching The Chosen together and have had some wonderful discvssions a5 they see the Bible fleshed out for them. Working out our faith together in amongst the complicated messiness of life and encouraging each other to see where God is moving in each other's lives. EDGE+ continue5 to grow in numbers and, more importantly. in the depth of understanding. We have now had a total of 10 baptisms, with another one pending. From the beginning of 2023, we will meet weekly, with food offered each week, a huge undertaking for which we are very grateful to ourteam of volunteers who cook and clear up afterwards. It is especially difficult to cater when the number who attend fluctuates so muchl The team normally cater for around 40. and etther we have smaller portion5 or there is enough for folks to take some home with them. It always works out! We are a community of people working together to see God's kingdom grow in that place, which is evident every week as everyone mucks in throughout to help. EDGE Parent Support Group, which will begin shortly at the Surestart centre in Townhill Park, will cooperate with the local council and with local mums as volunteers. This is an exciting step forward in the ministry of EDGE, and we will see how it goes. We continue to look for premises in the Townhill Park area that we could use as our own but have. as yet been unsuccessful, though discussions with the council around a couple of future possibilities are ongoing. Your prayers for all the work God is doing are much appreciated. Ruth Hills, Leod Evongeli5t Deep community Newcomers: This year, we have continued to see new people join our community. This has been across the whole breadth of our community, from the 9..00 service to Edge+, in our youth and children's groups, and our 10'.45 congregation. We are delighted with how Jesus is bringing people to us, but we would love to see this continue. ML7rc Allez. Curute Small Groups Our small groups have continued to flourish over the course of the last year, with another new group being formed. For many, small groups are essential to their discipleship journey, being places of care, family, friendship, teaching, prayer and encouragement. 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. Morc Allez, Curate The student community continue to meet on a Sunday evenin& sharing a meal followed by a bible study or joining with the whole church for evening worship. This year we've tried to find natural ways of helping students get to know other members of the church. This has included running workshops for the whole church on Sunday evenings on topics like prayer and prophesy and joining in with the monthly worship evenings. We've had a few socials throughout the year, including a scavenger hunt at IKEA and we look forward our day away together in March. We've seen God at work through the increase in new students comin& in seeing how we're growing closer as a community. and seein8 people serve in all different ways. Lookin8 ahead we're excited about being witnesses wherever we are, and seeing people grow in their faith so they're able to share Jesus with their friends and colleagues. Anne Ronasinghe, Student group co-let7der Our seniors Group is now in its second year, meeting every other month on a Saturday afternoon. Interest in the group is still growing as the word gets around. Chris starts each afternoon with twenty minutes of Armchair Keep Fit to music, followed by tea, cake and time to chat. During tea. Jennifer sells photographic cards in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. After tea the group continue with a talk, music or quiz and a variety of interesting subjects and entertainment have been arranged for the coming year. Many thanks to Jenny and the ladies who supply and serve the tea and cake and to all who help and take part. Any enquiries and ideas for the future, please contact Barbara. Borboro Winsborough The long running Ladies Group continues to meet mostly twice a month at the Ascension Centre with programme of talks and social events, craft, quizzes etc. We continue to fund raise and were able to donate £400 to the work ofthe Wessex branch of the Blood Bikers. Most importantly we continue to be a friendly and supportive group and are always happy to welcome new members. Frt7nces 5omphire Social Events We have enjoyed running social events again this year- creating opportunities for the church family to unite socially or worship together creatively. We held a Maundy Thursday meal and worship evenin8, a Summer Ball. a Volunteer's Thank You BBQ a Quiz and Chips Night and a Christm35 Party. All of which were well attended and a wonderful opportunityto spend time together. 2022 also saw the return of our regular Baked Potato Sundays- an opportunity to share a simple meal together after our 10..45 service. Lizi Fewtrell. Operations co-ordinator Loving mission Ascension Running Community The Ascension Running Community continues to lead free community running activities to promote good mental health and wellbeing through running together. We regularly have 2 groups out running each Monday and have resumed our gentle weekly Friday morning runs with cafe social afterwards. We continue to have new people join our community, the majority of whom are not otherwise connected with our church, and we encourage discussion and open conversation about wellbeing to offer support and encouragement in pursuing good mental health and seeking support as required. We will 500n launch a daytime walking activity which we hope will help us engage with a different audience and promote the benefits of physical activity on mental health and wellbeing. We are grateful to our team of volunteer Run Leaders and Mental Health Champions for supporting our activity in this way and strive to seek God's plans for this activity going forward. Anno Gordon, Run Leoder Wellbeing Café In May, we opened a monthly Wellbeing Café. The Wellbeing Café is a welcoming space where anyone from the community can come and relax, chat, and have a free drink and something to eat. We run the café with partners from various community groups, including Mind and Social Prescribers from the NHS Living Well Partnership. Due to its success, and in response to the cost-of-living crisis and warm spaces initiative, the Wellbeing Café will run weekly from January 2023. Lizi Fewtrell, Operotions Co-ordinotor Townhill Christmas Presence Over Christmas, we ran the Townhill Christmas Presence - a fun filled day in Townhill where families, identified as being most in need. were invited to share a meal. enjoy some festive crafts and, most importantly, pick out and wrap some gifts for members of their family to be given on Christmas Dav. Through the amazing generosity of our congregation, this project saw over 100 gifts donated and £1440 received in cash donations to be spent on gifts for the project. Through this project 60 children and 38 adults had gift5 chosen and wrapped for them. GrACE GrACE IGreening Ascension's Community and Environment Steering Group). This small group of people, passionate about caring for the world that God has made. has organised a number of projects this year- the Ascension gardeners each 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 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 supporting the church in reducing its carbon footprint; encouraging more recycling; encouraging the purchase of fair trade and environmentally- friendly products; and continuing to improve the grounds for wildlife. Helen Pain. Co-ordinotor Market Place and Basic Clothing Bank We have partnered with Southampton City Mission and others to run the Market Place initiative from the community centre in Townhill Park. The aim of the Market Place is to offer "choice and dignity through a personal selection of discounted, quality, fresh, refrigerated, and frozen food products to supplement people's weekly shopping. They are also intended to be small, welcoming communities offering all the health and wellbeing benefits of regular contact with a supportive network of peers and friends. Additional support will be offered by havin8 regular visits and workshops by other charities and agencies such as Social Prescribers, Debt Advice, Mental Health nurses etc." We continue to provide a venue for the weekly Basic Clothing Bank. Following the Pandemic lockdowns, the number of people taking advantage of the free clothing project based at Ascension has been steadily climbing- clothing 1906 people in 2022. As usual, the clientele are from mixed backgrounds.. single people, couples, and families; unemployed, retired, part-time and full-time workers; those referred in because of a tragic life event, because of addiction or mental health struggles and those who are just not coping financially in the current climate. We continue to be blessed with enough donated clothes to meet demand and to be able to sort carefully and be very selective about only putting the best quality of clothing Out for clients to choose from. It has been a privilege to operate this free Service and welcome people into the space with dignity. respect, and warmth. We continue to collect food donations to pass on as well. Peter Goodoll, Curate Ascension Café The Ascension café remained closed during 2022, but the café committee is exploring re-opening it during 2023. The vision is for it to be a place for the community to belong and to provide an opportunity to equip those in our community to get back into employment and support those in need. Lizi Fewtrell. Operations Co-ordinotor CommunityArt Group We continue to host to a Community Art Group which remains popular after 14 years, over which time they have raised many thousands of pounds for various charities. Since last July. the Art Group has moved from twice weekly to once a week, meeting on a Tuesday morning. A brief report from the group leaders provided the following additional information which readers may find useful. there are 25 members currently, with a waiting list of 8. The Art Grotjp's annual Hampshire Open Studios Exhibition in August raised £1,250 to support Ukrainian families. and the charity has acknowledged receipt of this donation. We welcome painters of all abilities, and we know that church member-led groups such as ours are increasingly recogni5ed as supporting those who attend. Given the backgrounds of those within our membership and our operating ethos of "caring and sharinl,, we can provide some degree of support for our student's physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Dave Hewett, Painting Tutor Jenny Hewett, LLM Personnel 2022 saw some significant changes to the staff team. We said goodbye and thanked our Parish Administrator of over 10 years, Isobel White, and welcomed Anna Gordon into this role. To support the operational management of the church, Lizi Fewtrell was appointed to the new role of Operations Co- ordinator. We also welcomed Charlie Gibbs to the Ascension team. Charlie is on the Discipleship Year programme, so he will be interning with us for a year. The final member of the team to join us in 2022 was Claire Lingard. As part of the Church Army, Claire will work closely with Ruth in our outreach activities and with the Diocese of Winchester, spreading the love of Jesus all over the placel Looking to the year ahead, we hope to expand our staff team further in 2023 with the recruitment of an As515tant Children and Youth Worker to support our ever-growing ministry for the rising generation. We celebrated a double ordination in the summer, with Revd Marc Allez being ordained a priest and Revd Lorna Allez a deacon. Both Lorna and Marc have continued their curacy training with us this year. Revd Peter Goodall continues to serve as SSM Curate with us part-time, Ann Devereux continues part- time as an ordinand, and Simon continues to lead u5 a5 the vicar alongside his shared role of assistant area Dean. As ever, the staff team are supported by a wider team of volunteers, without which we would be unable to carry out even a fraction of what we do. We would like to take this opportunity to thank every member of our congregation who has volunteered their time and expertise to support us in our mission. Facilities The ongoing care of our building has continued to be a priority this year. We had a Quinquennial Report completed by an external architect at the start of the year, highlighting areas of the building that need attention. A 5-year building maintenance plan has been drawn up to ensure the building is well- maintained. As well as ongoing maintenance and cleaning, a number of larger projects have been completed this year, including repairs to the boiler and underfloor heating, repair to the roof following storm damage, clearing and pigeon-proofing the roof voids and repainting flaked areas of the worship space. Lizi Fewtrell, Opemtions Co-ordinator Financial Review 2022 has been a good and stable year for us financially. We have seen an increase in regularly giving which is wonderful to allow us to expand our work. Income from hall hirings is now starting to return to pre-COVID levels and we want to increase this further into 2023. We still own and rent out the house at 25 Lacon Close. Due to the economic downturn our medium-long term investment has decreased in value by around Il% since the beginning of 2022. Expenditure was in line with our planned budget and the Parish has met all of its routine commitments including salaries, and the Diocesan Common Mission fund. I'd like to thank the staff team for being prudent with their expenditure and keeping to the agreed budget. Resenrfes Policy It is PCC policy to maintain reserves equivalent to three months, running costs, this was increased at the end of 2022 from £22,000 to £27,000. It is our policy to invest the short-term investment fund balances with the CCLA Church of England Deposit Fund, and the remainder in the CCLA Church of England Investment Fund. Tim Nutt, Tret75urer Structure, governance, and management The Parochial Church Council (PCC) The Parochial Church Council IPCCI 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 8 times during 2022. At the APCM, Andy Gordon and Loz Foskett agreed to continue in their roles as Church Wardens and were duly nominated. Tim Nutt agreed to continue in his role as treasurer and was duly nominated. There were two PCC members who stepped down - Matt Fewtrell and Karen Clucas. The elettions of their replacements were conducted as set out in the Church Representation Rules and Lizi Fewtrell las Secretary) and Sunke Trace-Kleeberg were appointed to the PCC. We would like to thank all who served on the PCC during 2022. For full details of the current PCC please see back page. Attendance and Electoral Roll The average weekly attendance, at Ascension, counted during Ortober. was 120 adults and 38 under 165 at our Ascension Services, and 23 adults and 14 under 165 at our EDGE+ service. We continue to offer a live YouTube broadcast of our 10.'45 service, with an average of 35 views per week during the same period. All those who attend our services, are encouraged to register on the Elertoral 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 25th May 2022 the number on the electoral roll was declared at 105. During the past year 10 members have moved and we have received 10 new enrolments- leaving a total of 105 members on the roll. Frances Somphire, Parish Clerk Southampton Deanery Chapter Peter continues as secretary to the Southampton Deanery Chapter and in 2022 Simon took on the shared role of as515tant area Dean. In June 2002 Reverend Sheena William5 Stepped down as Area Dean and Simon together with the Reverend Dan Clark 1st James by the Park, Shirleyl held the reins. At the beginning of 2023. both Dan and Simon were licensed by +Debbie as joint Area Deans for the Southampton Deanery. Peter Goodall, Curate Safeguarding The Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults continues to be a priority at Ascension. 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). Over 2022 we have worked through the Parish Safeguarding Dashboard to ensure that we are compliant with all safeguarding regulations and best practice. Megan Bailey continued in her role of Safeguarding Officer, standing down from the role at the end of 2022. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Megan for her dedication and support whilst in this voluntary role. Any Safeguarding concerns can be reported to safe uardin ascensionsoutham ton.co.uk Lizi Fewtrell. Operotions co-ordinator Administrative information The Church of the Ascenslon is on Thorold Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton $018 IHZ. It is part of the Diocese of Winchester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is The Parish Office, Ascension Centre, l Thorold Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton S018 IHZ. We continue to Bank with National Westminster Bank. and our Independent Examiner is Jonathan Marchant. Registered charity number 1128861 PCC members for 202212023 Chair Revd Simon Robertson Church Wardens Andy Gordon, Loz Foskett Secretary Lizi Fewtrell Treasurer Tim Nutt Deanery Synod Peter Goodall, Sam Nichols and Ben Parkin Other Members Marc Allez, Lorna Allez, Megan Bailey, Jackie Cooper, Ann Devereux, Rosemary Haughton, Helen Pain, Christophe Szedlak, Sunke Trace-Kleeberg and Alex Walker. Ex Offlcio- Ruth Hills (Licensed Lay Worker) Approved by the PCC 27103/2023. Signed on their behalf by Simon Robertson Indeppndtnt examlnerfs report to the trLrstees of Bltteme Park PCC I report to the trustees on my exaTnination of the accounts of The Parochial Church Council Of The Eccleslastfcal Parish Of Bitterne Park, Southampton I'the PCC'I for the year ended 31 December 2022. Re5ponslblllde5 and basis of report As the charity trustees of the PCC yov are re5POll5ible for the preparation of the account5 in ccordance with the rÈquirement5 of the Charitie5 Act 20111'thÈ Act'l. I report in respert of my examination of the PCC'S accounts carried out under 5eciion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable DirethonSg￿eTr by the Charity Commission under Sec￿on 14515llbl of the Act. Ir￿ePendent exarnlnerfs statement I have completed my exarnination. I tonllrm that no material matter5 have come to my attentioTr in connection with the examination gNin8 me ¢au5e to believe that in any material respect.. accountfng records were not kept in ￿SpeCt of the PCC as required by section 130 of ihe Act.. or 2. thÈ accounts do not accord with those word I have no concern5 and have come across no other matters in connection wirh the examination to whith attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper Ijnderstanding of the accounts to be reached. Name.. Jonathan Mèrehant Address.. 53 Wood End Way, Chandlerfs Ford, Eastleigh, S053 4LN Date.. 11 hPRIL t113 ## **Bitterne Park Parish Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at: 31 December 2022** ||**As at 31/12/2022**
**As at 31/12/2021**
**£**
**£**|**As at 31/12/2022**
**As at 31/12/2021**
**£**
**£**| |---|---|---| |||| |**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand|45,364.83
44,374.14
17,557.53
42,162.11
886,978.83
1,004,727.71
**949,901.19**
**1,091,263.96**
903,336.02
1,039,216.61|| |CBF Church of England Deposit Fund||| |CBF Church of England Investment Fund at valuation||| |||| |**Net current assets less current liabilities**||| |||| |**Unrestricted**||| |Unrestricted - General fund||| |**Represented by**
**Designated**
Designated - Family & Children Worker
Designated - Garden of Remembrance
Designated - 25 Lacon Close
Designated - Windows Cafe
Designated - Windows Cafe equipment renewals reserve
Designated - Tithe
**Restricted**
Restricted - Running Club
Restricted - Lift Maintenance
Restricted - Poverty Fund
**Total Designated and Restricted Funds**
**Funds of the church**|-
-
36,115.00
40,884.82
-
-
-
-
-
- 7,118.51
7,350.53
10,350.53
1,341.85
5,554.71
1,500.00
1,500.00
257.79
875.80|| ||**46,565.17**
**52,047.35**
**949,901.19**
**1,091,263.96**|| |||| |Total Income
Total Expenditure|£155,452
£138,279
£179,383
£136,996|| **Approved:** **11-Apr-23** ## **Bitterne Park Parish Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022** |**From**
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**To**|**01 Jan 2022**
**01 Jan 2021**
**31 Dec 2022**
**31 Dec 2021**|**01 Jan 2022**
**01 Jan 2021**
**31 Dec 2022**
**31 Dec 2021**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||||||| |**Lift-Fund - Lift Maintenance (Restricted) Fund**
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
Freewill Offerings
_Total Donations and legacies_
**Total income and endowments**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
**Total carried forward balance**
**RunClub - Ascension Running Club (Restricted) Fund**
**Income and endowments**
Other trading activities
Takings
_Total Other trading activities_
Other income
External Funding
_Total Other income_
**Total income and endowments**
**Expenditure**
Other expenditure
Courses and training
Equipment & Books
Events Outreach
Salaries
_Total Other expenditure_
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
**Total carried forward balance**
**General - General fund (Unrestricted) Fund**
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
Alms
Freewill Offerings||||—
1,500|| |||||_—_
_1,500_|| ||||||| |||||**—**
**1,500**|| |||||—
1,500
1,500
—|| |||||**1,500**
**1,500**
57
100|| |||||_57_
_100_
—
2,432|| |||||_—_
_2,432_|| ||||||| |||||**57**
**2,532**
1,169
1,810
189
188
9
—
2,901
980|| |||||_4,270_
_2,978_|| ||||||| |||||**4,270**
**2,978**|| |||||(4,212)
(445)
5,554
6,000|| |||||**1,341**
**5,554**
2,204
1,819
72,611
72,463|| |Gift Aid
Lauren Leaving Gift
_Total Donations and legacies_
Other trading activities
Hirings
Takings
_Total Other trading activities_
Investments
Dividends
_Total Investments_
Other income
Events
External Funding
Fees
Miscellaneous
Refunds
Smith Gift
Staff Leaving Gift
_Total Other income_
**Total income and endowments**
**Expenditure**
Other expenditure
CEMES scheme expenses
Cleaning
Courses and training
Curates' expenses
Distribution of external funding
Electricity
Equipment & Books
Events Social
Events Outreach
Fees
Fire Protection
Food
Gas
Hire Deposit return
Insurance
Maintenance, fixtures and fittings
Discretionary fund
Music
Office expenses
Ordinands' expenses
Outreach worker's expenses
Parish Administrator Costs
Parish Share - CMF
Refuse
Sanctuary
Vicar's expenses
Water
Students
Marketing
Licences
Parish Phone/Broadband
IT Operations|12,504
—|12,504
—|10,992
100| |---|---|---|---| ||_87,321_
12,426
227||_85,375_
3,888
98| ||_12,654_
25,754
25,754
2,613
2,829
5,365
(100)
140
—
103||_3,987_
24,548| ||||_24,548_
1,051
38
3,856
10
459
15
—| ||_10,951_||_5,429_| ||||| ||**136,682**
57
6,034
1,646
2,889
1,825
3,052
8,179
1,963
1,336
2,074
560
1,431
4,538
240
5,322
11,226
692
290
2,455
45
2,486
11,743
38,628
802
3,508
389
1,914
637
514
1,442
899
4,699||**119,340**
—
4,865
593
141
660
2,034
4,033
1,453
144
1,760
207
20
5,511
—
4,773
9,282
146
316
2,348
297
1,161
10,071
40,932
775
976
115
2,168
623
1,225
1,038
779
929| |Payroll Costs
COVID-19
Smith Gift Expenses
Lauren Leaving Expense
GRACE Group
Worship Team Expenses
Community Engagement
Bank Charges
Operations costs
The Christmas Presence (TCP)
_Total Other expenditure_
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
**Total carried forward balance**
**arden of Remembrance (Designated) Fund**
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
Freewill Offerings
_Total Donations and legacies_
Investments
Dividends
_Total Investments_
**Total income and endowments**
**Expenditure**
Other expenditure
Gardening
_Total Other expenditure_
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
**Total carried forward balance**|237
291
—
792
—
15
—
224
50
—
403
—
934
—
260
—
8,964
—
1,490
—|237
291
—
792
—
15
—
224
50
—
403
—
934
—
260
—
8,964
—
1,490
—| |---|---|---| ||_135,868_
_100,712_|| |||| ||**135,868**
**100,712**|| ||695
18,627
74,398
75,713
-23,900
-19,942|| ||**51,192**
**74,398**
—
525|| ||_—_
_525_
1,040
1,006|| ||_1,040_
_1,006_|| |||| ||**1,040**
**1,531**
1,170
1,786|| ||_1,170_
_1,786_|| |||| ||**1,170**
**1,786**|| ||-129
-255
1,291
1546|| ||**1,161**
**1,291**|| ## **Garden - Garden of Remembrance (Designated) Fund** ## **F-C-Worker - Family & Children Worker (Designated) Fund** |**Income and endowments**
Other trading activities
Takings
_Total Other trading activities_
Other income
Events
Refunds
_Total Other income_
**Total income and endowments**|2,628
237|2,628
237| |---|---|---| ||_2,628_
_237_
1,562
489
83
—|| ||_1,645_
_489_|| |||| ||**4,273**
**727**|| ## **Expenditure** |**Expenditure**||| |---|---|---| |Other expenditure
Children and families
Courses and training
Equipment & Books
Events Social
Children & Youth Worker Costs
Light Party
_Total Other expenditure_
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
**Total carried forward balance**
**Poverty - Poverty Fund (Restricted) Fund**
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
Freewill Offerings
_Total Donations and legacies_
**Total income and endowments**
**Expenditure**
Other expenditure
Distribution of external funding
Electricity
Equipment & Books
Maintenance, fixtures and fittings
Discretionary fund
_Total Other expenditure_
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
**Total carried forward balance**
**Cafeequip - Windows Cafe equipment renewals reserve (Designated) Fund**
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
**Total carried forward balance**
**Tithe - Tithe (Designated) Fund**
**Expenditure**
Expenditure on charitable activities
Charities
_Total Expenditure on charitable activities_|4,127
3,499
100
—
190
—
2,602
565
27,175
25,886
—
669|| ||_34,196_
_30,620_|| |||| ||**34,196**
**30,620**|| ||(29,922)
(29,892)
—
—
29,922
29,892|| ||**—**
**—**
199
200|| ||_199_
_200_|| |||| ||**199**
**200**
678
200
100
35
—
85
100
—
—
250|| ||_878_
_570_|| |||| ||**878**
**570**|| ||(678)
(370)
875
245
60
1,000|| ||**257**
**875**
(7,118)
(7,118)
7,118
—|| ||**—**
**(7,118)**
3,000
—|| ||_3,000_
_—_|| ## **Total expenditure** |**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
**Total carried forward balance**
**Lacon Close (Designated) Fund**
**Income and endowments**
Other trading activities
Rent
_Total Other trading activities_
**Total income and endowments**
**Expenditure**
Other expenditure
Insurance
_Total Other expenditure_
**Total expenditure**
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
**Total carried forward balance**|**3,000**
**—**|**3,000**
**—**| |---|---|---| ||(3,000)
—
10,350
10,350|| ||**7,350**
**10,350**
13,200
12,450|| ||_13,200_
_12,450_|| |||| ||**13,200**
**12,450**
—
329|| ||_—_
_329_|| |||| ||**—**
**329**|| ||13,200
12,120
—
(1,170)
(13,200)
(10,950)|| ||**—**
**—**|| ## **Lacon - 25 Lacon Close (Designated) Fund** _**There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown**_ Independent examlnerfs report to the trustees of Bltteme Park PCC I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Parochial Churth Council Of The Ecclesiastlcal Parish Of Bitterne Park, Sourhampton I'the PCC'I for the year ended 31 December 2022. Respc•n$lbllltles and basls of ￿pOrt As the charity trustees of the PCC you are respoDsible for the preparation of ihe accounts in accordan￿ with the reqU1￿MentS of the Charities Act 20111'the ACYI. I report in respect of rny examination of the PCC'S accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Att and in carryin8 Out my examination I have followed all the applicable Dlrections Biven bv the Charity Commission under section 1451Sllbl of the Act. Independent examlnerfs statement I have completed my examinaUon. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attentlon in connection with the examinaiion giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in iespert of the PCC as required by se￿70n 130 of the Act. or the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come acioss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed..knL Narne.. Jonathan Marchant Address-. 53 Wood End Way, Chandlerfs Ford. Eastleigh, S053 4LN Date.. li hPRIL g113