2021-12-31-accounts

The Ecclesiastical Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Haydon Wick Registered Charity No: 1128874

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The Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Haydon Wick Year ended 31%t December 2021

Contents

	Page(s)
Legal and Administrative information	3
Annual Report	4-12
Independent Examiner’s Report	13
Financial Statements	14
Accounting Policies	15
NotestotheFinancialStatements	16-21

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The Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Haydon Wick Year ended 31%t December 2021

Legal and Administrative information

Incumbent & Chair of PCC (and correspondence address) Revd Canon Raymond Adams 54, Furlong Close, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1QP

Churchwarden Mrs Sharon Mortimer 17, Helmsdale, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1PN

Mr Sam Opoka (until 24 May 2021) 34, The Boulevard Swindon, SN25 1WD

PCC Secretary PCC Treasurer Mrs Sharon Mortimer Mr James Bennett 17, Helmsdale, 77, Britten Road, Haydon Wick, Redhouse, Swindon, Swindon, SN25 1PN SN25 2HQ

Bankers CAF Bank Ltd. 25, Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ Independent Examiner Mr A Coombes FCCA David Owen & Co., 126, High Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1LZ

Governing Document Church Representation Rules Registered Charity Number 1128874

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Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council of St. John’s, Haydon Wick, for the year ended 315t December 2021

Administrative Information

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St. John’s Haydon Wick is situated on Thames Avenue, Haydon Wick, Swindon. It is part of the Diocese of Bristol within the Church of England. The correspondence address is 54 Furlong Close, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1QP.

Background

The PCC of St John's has the responsibility of co-operating with the Revd. Canon Raymond Adams in promoting the whole mission of the church, whether pastoral, evangelistic, social or ecumenical within the ecclesiastical parish. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church. The PCC determines parish policy. The elected officers of the PCC who served during 2021 were:

• e Rod Mortimer (Vice-Chair),

• e Sharon Mortimer (Churchwarden and PCC Secretary), e Sam Opoka (Churchwarden) (until 24" May), e James Bennett (PCC Treasurer)

Membership

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is registered with the Charity Commission. PCC members who have served from 1% January 2021 until the date this report was approved are:

Vicar Revd Canon Raymond Adams (Chair)

Churchwardens Sharon Mortimer, Sam Opoka (until 24°" May 2021)

PCC Secretary Sharon Mortimer

Representatives of the Diocesan Synod

Revd Canon Raymond Adams (until Summer 2021), David Tunley, Man Kam (from Summer 20271), Simon Robertson (from Summer 2021)

Representatives of the Deanery Synod

Rod Mortimer Sharon Mortimer

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Elected Members

James Bennett , Michael Crosby, * Lesley Mead, Liz Morecombe (until 31% October 2021), Tony Nash (from 24'" May 2021 to 31% October 2021), Paul Nichol , Charmain Tan (from 24" May 2021), Tom Vandamme, Ali Wiltshire (from 24" May 2021)

Structure Governance and Management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and may then stand for election to the PCC. The maximum number of members elected to PCC is nine.

Standing Committee:

This is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any directions given by the Council. Members of the Standing Committee are:

e	Vicarand Chair:	Raymond Adams
@	Vice-Chair:	Rod Mortimer
e	Churchwarden and PCC Secretary:	Sharon Mortimer
e	PCCTreasurer:	JamesBennett

Sub-Teams:

In addition to having regular meetings of the whole PCC, PCC has operated using five sub-teams. During the Covid pandemic, the sub-teams were suspended and, in 2021, PCC established a Covid recovery team to assess how St John’s could return to full activity as the effects of the pandemic lessened. Part of the recovery team’s remit is to consider how these sub-teams will function going forwards. The five sub-teams are:

• e Finance, Fabric and Governance (FFG);

• e Mission and Outreach;

• e Discipleship; ¢ Communication; e Prayer and Worship

Electoral Roll:

At the 2021 APCM, there were 180 people on the Electoral Roll. This was an increase of 2 from 2020’s figure of 178, with 4 people being removed from the roll because they had either moved away from the Parish, ceased to worship with us or had died, and 6 new members being added to the roll.

The average adult weekly attendance counted during October 2021 was 77. (October 2020 was 29, (the low numbers being due to the nationwide restrictions as they related to church worship, as a result of the COVID 19 Pandemic). October 2019 — 102 and October 2018 — 112).

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PCC Review of the Year

The PCC held six meetings during the year - including a brief meeting after the APCM. Meetings were held on: ;

• e 1% February 2021 (via Zoom) © 15" March 2021 (via Zoom) e 24 May 2021 (after APCM) « 14' June 2021 (via Zoom) e 20 September 2021 (in person) @ 22" November 2021 (in person)

Public Benefit Statement:

Public Benefit at Congregational Level:

• ¢ St John's exists for the benefit of all who attend, whether members of the electoral roll or not. We teach the Christian faith and promote Christian values in marriage and family life, offering support, advice and counselling where requested;

• • St John’s aims to help those who are not members of the church to discover faith in Christ and live that faith out at work and in their communities;
• • St John’s has groups meeting in homes or on Zoom which offer mutual support and encouragement, at an emotional, spiritual and practical level;
• • $t John’s usually organises weekly groups for children and young people from ages 3 to 14.

• Public Benefit at Parish Level:

• The vicar has led assemblies online in four local primary schools during the course of the academic year and in person at three schools;

• • The church runs a Craft Club to engage local people. This was suspended for much of 2021 but became active again during the year;
• • St. John’s normally runs a community café, called The ROCK Café, which operates on a non-profit basis. This did not operate during the year due to the limitations imposed by the pandemic;
• • The church supports the Swindon Food Collective, Willows Counselling Service, Swindon Pregnancy Choices and Swindon Youth for Christ (SYFC). SYFC offers spiritual guidance and advice to young people and helps them discover a personal faith.

Public Benefit at International Level:

• St John's supports financially several educational, medical and religious organisations in Uganda, as well as offering support to named individuals;

• • It provided the finance to build a school at Bwaziba in the diocese of Luweero and in partnership with the children and parents of St Francis’ school continues to expand and develop it;
• • St John's members are active in building links with the people of Uganda. Exchange visits between members of the church in Uganda and members of St. John’s have been suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic;

• ¢ St John’s is active in its support for Mercy Ships, providing medical aid for the poor, for Open Doors as it seeks to defend the persecuted church, and the Church Pastoral Aid Society which enables clergy and congregations to fulfil their mission nationally.

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Objectives and Activities:

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Aims in 2021:

Covid Recovery

PCC aimed to restore as many aspects of church life as Covid would allow. We entered our second year of the pandemic in March 2021.

Worship

PCC aimed to develop and sustain our worship during the year in the following ways:

• a) Maintaining a weekly Eucharist at 9am;

• b) Holding a series of open air services in the Summer;

• c) Re-opening the 11am service in person service in August;

• d) Live streaming our 11am in person services;

• e) Bringing back our children’s groups;

• f) Re-introducing a Christingle service and Carols by Candlelight.

Church Fabric

PCC aimed finally to settle the long-standing issue of subsidence affecting three rooms within the church building.

Evangelism and Outreach

• a) Alpha: PCC intended to use the Alpha Course as a means of adult evangelism; b) Hong Kong: PCC aimed to become “Hong Kong Ready” in view of the large numbers of Hong Kong citizens invited by the government to move to the UK;

• c) The Resourcing Church Plant: Pattern Church sought to plant a new church in the SN25 area. PCC aimed to support them in that task as much as possible;

• d) Assisting a UPA church: PCC wanted to support an initiative among the financially deprived community of Pinehurst and resolved to explore possibilities there.

Environmental Concerns

PCC aimed to reduce the church's carbon footprint.

Diocesan Initiatives

• a) Parish Boundaries: PCC planned to respond to an initiative from the Diocese, aimed at ironing out anomalies with our parish boundaries;

• b) Transforming Church Together: PCC planned to respond to an initiative from Bishop Viv designed to allow parishes to help frame the new Diocesan Strategy;

• c) ‘Living in Love and Faith’: PCC planned to respond to an initiative from National Church to engage in this listening exercise on the subject of human sexuality.

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Achievements in 2021:

Covid Recovery

With the arrival of the Covid-19 vaccine we knew that things would eventually open up again. However, Covid continued to exercise its malign influence over the winter months and beyond. We were forced to broadcast recorded services online until the Summer.

PCC appointed a Covid Recovery Team which met a number of times during the year. Plans were made to open the Rock Café and other key initiatives. However, towards the end of the year the Omicron viral variant caused cases to rise substantially, hitting Christmas attendance hard and dampening our hopes for 2022.

Worship:

PCC maintained and renewed worship in the following ways:

• a) Maintained a weekly Eucharist at 9am throughout the whole of 2021;

• b) Held four open air services in June and July;

• c) Re-opened the 11am service after the so-called “Freedom Day” in July;

• d) Established a live-stream to those at home during our 11am service;

• e) Brought back some of our children’s groups. SAS and Scramblers, our youngest and oldest groups did not meet during the year. Attendance and children’s groups was hit particularly hard;

• f) Re-introduced an in person Christingle Service and Carols by Candlelight.

Church Fabric

PCC successfully completed the task of raising the subsiding floor in the kitchen, lounge and church room.

Evangelism and Outreach

• a) Alpha: PCC ran an online Alpha course in the autumn for baptism couples; b) Hong Kong: Warm and welcoming messages to new arrivals from Hong Kong were placed on the church website and A Church Near You. The church also joined the UK Hong Kong Church Network, and ran a very successful day in November when former Hong Kong residents met and shared lunch in church;

• c) Resourcing Church Plant: Without the support of St John’s PCC, no church plant could legally be established in the parish. However, PCC generously supported the new initiative and The Well opened in St Francis school in September 2021;

• d) Assisting a UPA church: PCC met with the leaders of Shine Pinehurst, the church community in Pinehurst, towards the end of the year. It was agreed that St John’s would adopt Shine as one of our charities for 2022 onwards.

Environmental Concerns

PCC aimed to reduce the church’s carbon footprint. David Rudland made an initial report in December to enable the PCC to think through the concept of Going Greener at St John’s and to identify the priority areas.

Diocesan Initiatives

• a) Parish Boundaries: PCC responded positively to the request from the Diocese to re-draw our boundary lines, after discussions with St Mary’s Rodbourne Cheney.

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• b) Transforming Church Together: An evening was organised when members of St John’s met jointly with members of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol to answer the questions set by the Diocese for this purpose

• c) Living in Love and Faith: Two facilitators were trained. One group was held on Zoom and the other in person. .

Policies Reviewed

As part of the PCC’s regular assessment of policies and procedures, the following were reviewed:

• e Alcohol Policy;

• e Robes Policy;

• e Baptism Policy

• e Memorial Fund Policy;

• e Fair Recruitment of Ex-offenders Policy;

• e Handling of Disclosure Policy.

High and Low Points of 2021

In summary, the high points of 2021 were:

• an encouraging number of new members;

• strong and ongoing giving;

• avery successful live streaming operation.

The low points were:

• low attendance at in-person services overall, even though it is only be expected;

• • a substantial reduction in the numbers of children attending groups on Sunday; ¢ the fact that, for the first time, St John’s did not manage to recruit a second churchwarden.

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Financial Review

The Covid-19 pandemic continued to have an effect on the finances of St John’s during 2021 with restrictions on the church’s ability to meet and on activities such as the Rock Café and Pram Club, neither of which were able to function in 2021. Income from our tenants was also lower than hoped for as their activities too were placed under pressure. PCC regularly reviewed financial forecasts and monitored expenditure to ensure that the General Fund remained in surplus.

We are particularly grateful for the financial support that St John’s received during 2021, overall offerings and collections increased by 2.5% compared to 2020.

Total General Fund receipts were £133,491 (2020: £130,589) and are detailed in the financial statements.

From the General Fund, £106,877 (2020: £109,647) was spent on providing for ministry from St John’s, including the Diocesan Parish Share of £93,580 (2020: £93,580). The Parish Share largely provides the stipends and housing for clergy in the Diocese.

On the General Fund, there was a surplus for the year of £4,858 (2020: surplus of £515) after transfers were made to the Mission and Development Funds. Such transfers were in accordance with PCC approval. The balance carried forward on the General Fund at 318 December 2021 was £61,996 (2020: £57,138).

The Mission Fund is allocated 11% of offerings and of the tax recovered on gift-aided giving. Mission fund income and transfers from the General Fund in 2021 were £16,415 (2020: £22,253) demonstrating strong ongoing support for mission at home, overseas, for Christian relief and development agencies and a range of other charities. The fund made mission payments totalling £17,748 during the year (2020: £22,719). The fund is partially restricted (being the surplus carried forward in respect of specific gifts for mission purposes) and partially designated (in respect of unspent amounts transferred from the General Fund). Full details on the balances held are shown in the notes to the financial statements.

The Fabric Fund (the recipient of generous gifts in prior years) has helped St John’s maintain key aspects of the fabric of its building (such as boiler replacement). The fund ended the year with a balance of £3,751 (2020: £3,751). The PCC were able to fund all routine repair costs from the General Fund in 2021. The Development Fund receives donations from members of the church and a portion of rents paid by the non-church users of the building. £19,476 was drawn from the fund during the year (to complete repairs to the subsidence affecting the lounge floor and to attend to re-decoration of the church following completion of the works). The fund currently stands at £34,733 (2020: £50,520). The entire balance on the fund is available to meet the cost of future special projects.

The Memorial Fund was set up by the PCC to fund capital projects and to support ministry throughout the parish and has been the recipient of generous gifts since its inception. The fund cannot be used for general running expenses. In 2021 the fund received donations of £200 and was credited with bank interest of £37. During the year the fund made payments of £115 (2020: £nil) and ended the year with a balance of £6,168 (2020: £6,046).

The Rock Café’, which operates on a non-profit making basis, opens the church to members of the community. Due to Covid-19 related restrictions, the Café did not trade during 2021 (In 2020 the Café made a surpius of £197). At the end of 2021, the Rock Café fund held a balance of £6,640 (2020: £6,640).

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Pram Club ended 2021 with a balance of £600 (2020: £600). The Club did not meet during 2021.

Reserves Policy

It is PCC policy to maintain a balance a General Fund balance which equates to approximately 4 months’ unrestricted payments to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. The General Fund balance of £61,996 approximates to a reserve of 6 months’ (based on 2021 expenditure levels — ‘expenditure’ includes the transfers that PCC have agreed to support mission payments: 11% of offerings and associated gift aid) and accordingly met the target.

Covid-19

The Trustees have considered the potential ongoing impact that the Covid-19 pandemic will have on the PCC’s current and future financial position. These include the potential impact on giving, which could be affected by the reintroduction of social-distancing measures, such as the closure of the church building, the suspension of public worship and the prohibition of non-essential gatherings. Other income sources are also likely to be directly affected should such restrictions reemerge, such as fee income and reduced property rental income.

The PCC is taking the following steps, in the light of the potential ongoing threats that Covid-19 may pose:

• Careful control of cash balances;

• Regular monitoring of income and expenditure and reserve levels.

The Trustees consider that the PCC will continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved for the following reasons:

• The PCC has sufficient cash to meet short-term needs;

• The PCC could consider reductions in expenditure if required;

• Sufficient unrestricted funds exist to be able to support ongoing running costs.

The Trustees therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of preparation of the accounts, as detailed in note 14 to the financial statements.

Declarations by Trustees

The Trustees declare that in 2021:

• e No income was received from contracts from central or local government to deliver services;

• e PCC received no grants from central or local government.

As from 1% January 2017, PCC policy has been to pay its staff no less than the Voluntary Living Wage. The Church applied for and received accredited Living Wage status in 2019.

PCC reviews its financial controls on an ongoing basis.

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The Trustees further declare that PCC has complied with its duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016, to have due regard to the House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. ,

Trustees’ Responsibilities

Charity legislation requires the Trustees to prepare statements of account for each financial year. In preparing those statements the Trustees are required:

• e to prepare financial statements that showa true and fair view; e in preparing financial statements:

• to select suitable accounting policies and apply them on a consistent basis;

• o to make judgements and estimates that are prudent and reasonable; o to apply the going concern basis unless it is not appropriate to do so.

• e to keep proper accounting records;

• e to safeguard the assets of the charity and take reasonable steps for the prevention of fraud and other irregularities.

This report was approved and adopted by the Parochial Church Council on 14 March 2022.

Raymond Adams (Chair of PCC)

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist Year ended 315t December 2021

Independent examiner’s report to the Parochial Church Council

| report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31% December 2021 which are set out on pages 14 to 21.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s PCC is responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s PCC consider than an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;

• • follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
• • state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of the independent examiner’s statement

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 prepared with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from you as trustees concerning 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

in connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements:

2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and

3. • to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act

have not been met; or

1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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Mr A Coombes FCCA David Owen & Co Chartered Accountants 126 High Street Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1LZ 15 March 2022

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist
Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31° December 2021
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		General	Designated	Restricted	Total	Total
		Fund	Funds	Funds	2021	2020
	Note(s)	£	£	£	£	£
Receipts
Voluntary Income
Offerings and collections	1	99,400	-	-	99,400	96,998
Gift aid recovered		19,457	-	-	19,457	20,908
Specific gifts	2	-	-	200	200	200
Mission gifts	4	-	-	3,352	3,352	9,315
		118,857	-	3,552	122,409	127,421
Income from investments	3	1,064	-	37	1,101	1;557
Income from church activities	5
Rental income		12,299	-	-	12,299	8,299
Fees and charges		1,270	-	-	1,270	911
Coronavirusjob retention scheme grant		-	-	-	-	1,922
Other income from church activities		-	-	-	-	1,164
		13,569	-	-	13,569	12,296
Total receipts		133,490	-__—_—-3,589		137,079	141,274
Payments
Achesdirectlyrelating totheworkofthe	6	106,876	19,475	115	126,466	413,622
Mission gifts	4	-	13,939	3,809	17,748	22,719
Church management and administration	7	5,003	-	-	5,003	5,667
Total payments		111,879	33,414	3,924	149,217	142,008
NetReceipts / (Payments)		21,611	(33,414)	(335)	(12,138)	(734)
Transfers between funds	8	(16,753)	16,753	-	-	-
Net movement in funds	8	4,858	(16,661)	(335)	(12,138)	(734)
Opening fund balances at 1**January	8	57,138	67,371	8,543	133,052	133,786
Closing fund baiances at 318tDecember	8	61,996	50,710	8,208	120,914	133,052
Statement ofAssets and Liabilities as at 315' December 2021
		General	Designated	Restricted	Total	Total
		Fund	Funds	Funds	2021	2020
		£	£	£	£	£
Bank current accounts		3,822	1,872	-	5,694	4,716
Bank deposit accounts		58,074	48,808	8,208	115,090	128,206
Cash in hand		100	30	-	130	130
Totalmonetaryassets		61,996	50,710	8,208	120,914	133,052

The financial statements, accounting policies and notes, contained on pages 14-21 were approved by the Parochial Church Council on 14" March 2022. Cy Kola f.

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Year ended 31%t December 2021

Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and in accordance with Section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and comprise:

e A Receipts and Payments Account, and

• e A Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Fund Accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds that are available for use at the discretion of the trustees (PCC members) in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and that have not been designated for other purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements and the financial review.

Restricted funds are funds that are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or that have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds is charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements and the financial review.

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, investment is apportioned to individual funds on an average balance basis.

Tangible Fixed Assets

Consecrated and benefice property of any kind is not included in the accounts as permitted under s.10(2) of the Charities Act 2011.

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.

Tangible fixed assets purchased for £1,000 or more in the last five years are listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities on page 20 of the Report and Financial Statements.

Accordingly, any expenditure on tangible fixed assets is shown under capital expenditure in the receipts and payments account.

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The Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Haydon Wick

Year ended 31%t December 2021

Notes to the Financial Statements

1 Collections and Offerings

	2021	2020
	£	£
Planned giving	92,847	90,451
Cash collections and one-off gifts	6,553	6,547
	99,400	96,998

St John’s claims Gift Aid on regular giving where the individual has provided a signed gift aid declaration as a UK taxpayer. St John’s also claims gift aid on small value donations as permitted by HMRC’s Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS).

During the year St John’s recovered £19,457 in Gift Aid that was credited to the General Fund. Other gifts (restricted and designated) attracted £95. This represents gift aid claims submitted in respect of the period to 5th April 2021.

Details of gift aid claims to be submitted in respect of the period 6" April — 318* December 2021 are set out in Note 9.

Gift aid attributable to general fund receipts is applied to the General Fund. Any gift aid arising on specific gifts is credited to the relevant fund (Mission, Fabric, Memorial, Rock Café or Pram Club).

2 Specific Gifts

During the year, specific gifts were given by members of the congregation and others to:

others to:
		2021	2020
		£	£
Memorial	Fund	200	200
		200	200

3 Investment Income

		2021	2020
		£	£
Bank	interest	1,101	1,557

Bank interest arising on designated funds is made available to the General Fund. Restricted funds held on deposit receive a portion of bank interest received based on the average value of the funds held during the year.

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4 Mission Funds

	Balance at istJan	Total receipts	Total payments	Transfers	PCC Allocation	Balanceat 31stDec
	2021					2021
	FE	£	£	£	£	£
Mission - Overseas:
Open Doors	377	-	(1,869)	-	1,866	374
Mercy Ships	867	-	(1,869)	-	1,866	864
Jars ofGrace	618	2,071	(685)	(648)	-	1,356
Luweero and Uganda	1,367	841	(5,741)	2,575	1,867	909
	3,229	2,912	(10,164)	1,927	5,599	3,503
Mission — Home:
Church Pastoral Aid Society	377	-	(1,869)	-	1,866	374
Challengers Youth Weekend	-	190	-	-	-	190
Royal British Legion	5	5	(10)	-	-	-
Swindon Youth for Christ	189	-	(935)	-	933	187
	571	195	(2,814)	-	2,799	751
Christian Relief& other charities:
Swindon Pregnancy Choices	189	-	(935)	-	933	187
Swindon Food Bank/Collective	309	245	(1,300)	-	933	187
Willows Trust	189	-	(935)	-	933	187
	687	245	(3,170)	-	2,799	561
Unspent generalfund allocations	3,856	-	(1,600)	(1,927)	1,866	2,195
Total	8,343	3,352	(17,748)	-	13,063	7,010
Represented by:
Designated funds						4,970
Restricted funds						2,040
Total						7,010

The PCC has approved a policy of designating 11% of General Fund collections and offerings to mission work. In 2021 the PCC agreed to support a range of mission ventures under its ‘Seventh Share’ principle — the results of that allocation of giving is shown above in the PCC allocation column.

Mission funds are typically paid quarterly to beneficiaries. Funds collected for Uganda and Tearfund (via the Jars of Grace Appeal) are paid over annually.

Any unspent allocation of General Fund money represents designated funds. All monies given directly by donors for the above missions have been treated as restricted funding.

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5 Other income from Church activities

	.		2021			2020
		£		£	£	£
Rental income				12,299		8,299
Coronavirus job retention scheme grant				-		1,922
Fees and charges				1,270		911
Other income from church activities:
Rock Café		-			933
Pram Club		-		-	231	1,164
				13,569		12,296

Fees and charges relate to the charges levied for services at the Church as laid down by the Diocese net of sums paid over to the Diocese, leaving the fees attributable to St John’s.

6 Activities directly relating the work of the Church

	2021	2020
	£	£
Parish Share	93,580	93,580
Church running expenses	4,848	7,733
Cost ofservices	1,639	1,820
Rock café running costs	-	736
Pram club running costs	-	159
Postage, telephone and travel costs	2,154	2,040
Building maintenance	22,412	6,910
Events and refreshments	179	157
Memorials	115	-
Sunday school	337	284
Courses and publications	179	203
Capital expenditure	1,025	-
	126,468	113,622

7 Church Management and Administration

	2021	2020
	£	£
Printing and stationery	644	1,152
Parish administrator’s salary	3,425	3,645
Accountants’ fees	834	815
Bank charges	100	55
	5,003	5,667

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8 Analysis of Funds

Movements in church funds are shown below, the purpose of each fund and the policies set out by the PCC in respect of each fund’s management is provided in the Financial Review on page 10.

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|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Balance|Total|Total|Netreceipts/|Transfers|Balance at| |at|1st|Jan|receipts|payments|(payments)|31st|Dec| |2021|2021| |£|£|£|£|£|£| |General|Fund|57,138|133,490|(111,879)|21,611|(16,753)|61,996| |Designated|funds:| |Mission|fund|5,846|=|(13,939)|(13,939)|13,063|4,970| |Development|fund|50,520|-|(19,475)|(19,475)|3,690|34,735| |Fabric|Fund|3,751|-|-|-|-|3,751| |Rock|Café|Fund|6,640|-|-|-|-|6,640| |Pram|Club|Fund|600|-|-|-|-|600| |House|Party|Fund|14|-|-|.|-|14| |67,371|-|(33,414)|(33,414)|16,753|50,710| |Restricted|funds:| |Mission|fund|2,497|3,352|(3,809)|(457)|-|2,040| |Memorial|fund|6,046|237|(115)|122|-|6,168| |8,543|3,589|(3,924)|(335)|-|8,208| |Total funds|133,052|137,079|(149,217)|(12,138)|-|120,914|

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Transfers from the General Fund, approved by the PCC, comprise:

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||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |General|Mission|Fund|Development|Total|Total| |Fund|Fund|Designated|Funds| |Funds| |£|£|£|£|£| |To|support|mission|work|(13,063)|13,063|-|13,063|-| |To|provide|for|special|projects|(3,690)|-|3,690|3,690|-| |Total|transfers|(16,753)|13,063|3,690|16,753|-|

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The PCC have approved that:

• e 11% of total offerings and collections and gift aid reclaimed should be directed to mission work. The unspent portion of these funds are held as designated funds;

• e An agreed portion of rental income received, (approved by the PCC in March 2021) is designated for the future funding of special projects (such as fundamental improvements to the church building and facilities).

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9 Other Monetary Assets

St John’s Church has calculated its entitlement to Gift Aid in respect of offerings, collections and gifts received in the year. These amounts will be claimed in April 2021 and will be available as follows: °

			2021	2020
			£	£
General	Fund		14,363	14,161
Mission	Fund	(restricted)	144	31
Total			14,507	14,192

10 Endowment Investments

St John’s Church benefits from the Jack Richards Endowment Fund which is held on special trust as a permanent endowment such that only the income may be spent. Income arising on the fund is made available on a restricted basis for the fabric fund. The endowment is held in 594 Central Board of Finance Fixed Interest Security Shares and the market value of the holdings as at 31* December 2021 was £941 (2020: £1,008). ;

11 Tangible Fixed Assets

As set out in the accounting policies (see page 14) consecrated and benefice property of any kind is not included in the accounts as permitted under s.10(2) of the Charities Act 2011.

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.

Tangible fixed assets purchased for £1,000 or more in the last five years include:

	£
Multi-media !Tsystem and console	21,085
Kitchen worktops	3,444
Keyboard	1,275
Baptistry and Holy Communion Table	1,605
ColourPhotocopier	3,234

12 Liabilities and Creditors

There were no liabilities and creditors as at 315* December 2021.

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13 Remuneration of Trustees

The Trustees neither received nor waived any emoluments during the year (2020: £nil). Mrs S Mortimer (Churchwarden) received a wage of £3,425 during 2021 (2020: £325) in relation to her work in the capacity of Parish Administrator.

In total 2 Trustees (2020: 3) were reimbursed for travel, subsistence and out of pocket expenses totalling £2,355 (2020: £2,365)

14 Going Concern

The Trustees have reviewed the anticipated financial position of the PCC for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and concluded that there is no material uncertainty regarding the PCC's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due, and to continue as a going concern.

On this basis the Trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to have an impact on the global economy, and it may in turn affect the PCC. The Trustees have considered the impact of this issue on the PCC's current and future financial position (see page 11). The PCC has taken the necessary steps to cover its committed costs for a full year. For these reasons, the Trustees consider that the PCC has sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved.