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2020-12-31-accounts

Charity Number 1129191 St. Johns the Evangelist Ravenhead

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

Contents Page
Church Information & Annual Report for 2020 2 to 7
Examiner's statement 8
Statement of fnancial activities 9
Balance sheet 10
Notes to the accounts 12 to 20

Church Information

Council of Members during the year were: Name Position Rev Dozie Moneme Chairperson (to May 2020) Rev Helen Coffey Chairperson (from May 2020) Mr A Abbot (Ex Officio) Assistant Treasurer Mrs M Abbot Mrs K Hunt (Ex Officio) Deanery Synod Rep (to Oct 2020) Mr J Ingham Acting PCC secretary Mr Cyril Barratt Treasurer Elizabeth Johnson Mr John Ingham Warden Val Ingham Mr John Davies (to Oct 2020) Janet Henderson Mrs Sheila Lancaster Mrs J Light Mr D Hadfield Warden

Address

Crossley Road St Helens Merseyside WA10 3ND

Bankers

HSBC Bank Plc 33 Ormskirk Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 2SZ

CCLA Investment CBF Church of England Deposit Fund

Independent examiner

Mr David Southerden

Administrative Information

Status

The Parochial Church Council is a registered charity of excepted status.

Structure, Governance & Management

The members of the Parochial Church Council are either ex officio or elected by the

Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. All church members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

Chairperson Rev Dozie Moneme (to May
Chairperson 2020)
Rev Helen Cofey (from May
2020)
Vice Chairman Mr J Davies (Oct 2020)
Church Wardens John Ingham
Derek Hadfeld (from Oct
Reps On Deanery
Synod
Elected Members of
PCC
Val Ingham 3 yrs
Elizabeth 3 yrs
Johnson
Mr John Davies 2 yrs
Margaret Abbot 1 yrs
Janet 1 yr
Henderson

Other Officers

Treasurer/ Gift Aid Treasurer Assistant Treasurer

Cyril Barratt Alan Abbot

Reps on Diocesan Vacant Synod Rep on General Synod Vacant Sidepersons Mike Lane Ms J Light M Wilson Mr R Lea Mr A Abbot DBS Officers Vacant Health & Safety Officer John Davies

Structure, Governance & Management

The members of the Parochial Church Council are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. People are elected for a term of office for three years, two years and one year in order to enable one third of the elected people to come off PCC each year and as a result only elect annually one third.

Standing Committees

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.

Health and Safety Officer

John Davies was elected as Health & Safety Officer.

Risk Management

The PCC actively reviews the various risks and challenges associated with the church by means of its regular meetings. Measures to mitigate those risks are implemented accordingly.

Safeguarding

The PCC has a Policy for Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults. All members of the Church and visitors must comply with the Policy. Anyone hiring the premises or any organisation using the premises must comply with the Policy or present and comply with, an equivalent policy of your own.

We will ensure that children, young people and vulnerable adults are protected at all times, by taking all reasonable steps to prevent injury, illness, loss or damage occurring. All hirers of the premises must insure the Church against such risk.

Objectives & Activities

The PCC has responsibility for the oversight and the maintenance of the Church Centre complex at St John's.

When planning our activities for the year, the Minister and the PCC have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Worship and prayer, learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.

Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. Missionary and outreach work.

Trustees Report

This year has been particularly difficult due to the worldwide COVID-19 virus. Church was closed in March then re-opened with limited numbers in September only to close during the November 2020 lockdown. You Tube services were available from April onwards and Team Zoom Services were also made available to the congregation.

Some morning services started up again in September with a limited number of people being allowed to attend due to the need to socially distance and not congregate in groups of more than 6 people.

Early in 2020 the Reverend Dozie Moneme advised the Church that he would be leaving St John’s in May 2020 and, sadly, it was not possible for us to say our farewells in person but many members of the congregation viewed Dozie’s farewell service via You Tube.

The covid lockdown also meant that we had to postpone a lot of our evangelistic work in the community but wherever possible we stayed in touch with members via our weekly Newsletter.

We are very grateful to John Ingham for all the work he has done during the last year and, on many occasions, he has had to take on sole responsibility for “managing” the Church.

The Church Centre was closed during lockdown and so there was a significant hit on our income from hiring out the Centre. Some groups did return in September following detailed Risk Assessments but the November lockdown impacted on their ability to use the Centre to full advantage.

Our gratitude also goes to our worship group and in particular Paul Henry for putting together the weekly You Tube Services. Thanks also to Rev Colin Smith and Jan Henderson who are continued to provided music for the morning service

via recordings made in their own homes. We thank God for their dedication and commitments and for their willingness to offer their own ideas and be open to musical creativity.

We are gradually embedding ourselves into the Eccleston Team and look forward to benefitting from the sharing of resources. A new Team Vicar will be appointed in 2021 and although resident in the St John’s Vicarage the appointed person will be shared across the Eccleston Team.

Once the Covid restrictions are lifted we look forward to our Bible Study groups meeting on a regular basis and a continuation of evangelism across the local community but most of all, to being able to worship together in the church building.

As we move forward we:

GIVE THANKS

PRAY FOR

Churchwardens’ Report

What a year, 2020 is a year we won’t forget. The year started well and we were planning for the APCM which was scheduled for March and planning the events and services for Easter. The Covid 19 virus arrived on our doorstep in March and resulted in the country being put on lockdown and the church having to close for worship, bible study, toddler group, coffee morning and all the other activities that usually occurred in the church and centre. Billy the caretaker was furloughed and the centre effectively closed down.

During the closure of the church we looked at ways of keeping in touch with each other and Paul Henry proposed that we should do a pre recorded You Tube service which could go out to everyone who could access You Tube, this has proven to be a great success and has enabled the church to keep in contact with the majority of people who usually worship at St. Johns. There is now also a live zoom team service every Sunday and also a WhatsApp praise and prayer app that people can access on their phones and again this is a great way to stay in touch with each other and to praise and worship our God with friends from the other team churches. We decided to continue to publish the notice sheet each

week as another way of staying in touch, this is sent out on email and some are hand delivered by John, Val and Alan Abbot.

We also had the announcement from Dozie that he would be leaving St. Johns and moving to the Isle of White. This of course came as a shock and St. Johns had to start looking at how to plan for the immediate future with no vicar. The APCM had to be cancelled because of the lockdown as did the PCC meetings and contact had to be maintained with PCC members through emails and phone calls. The team rector Helen Coffey and the other team clergy and curates became the support arm for the church which has enabled us to develop a closer relationship with them and the rest of the team and we were invited to take part in the Team meetings which are held every week and gives all the churches in the team an opportunity to have an input into planning for the future. We were able to hold services in church from 13 September but with limited numbers, a strong risk assessment, no singing and wearing face coverings, we held both 08.30 BPC services and 10.00am service of the word and was able to offer Holy Communion to both services. Our Christmas services were very different but at least we were able to have our usual midnight communion on Christmas Eve and a celebration on Christmas Day.

The Covid virus raised its head again in January and a new strain made it more contagious than before so a decision was made by the team to close the church once more to protect people and to review the situation at the end of January.

The church building is in good condition considering its age although we did have some water ingress in December which was a result of some disturbance in the roof slates on part of the roof, this has been repaired and is now dry again. We now have a vaccine for the virus and are praying that once it has got to most people we will be able to return to some kind of normality, having said that the last year with all its restrictions has given us new ways to worship and reach out, it has brought us closer

to our team churches and when we are able to return to worship together without the restrictions we have now, we can build on the team work that has already started and through it all we have the love and protection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

John Ingham and Deryck Hadfield

PCC Secretary's Report

As a result of the Covid 19 virus there has been very little activity during the year, the virus reached us in March and as a result the country was put on lockdown including places of worship, this meant that we had to close bible studies, toddler groups coffee mornings, Evangelism outreach and Sunday services as well as PCC meetings.

We had managed a PCC meeting in January and a special meeting in February to approve the accounts ready for the APCM which was to take place in March. We had our last Sunday service in church on the 16[th] March and we were open for prayer on the 22[nd] March prior to the complete lockdown.

Dozie made the announcement that he would be leaving in a letter to the congregation as we weren’t allowed to meet together and the APCM had to be postponed because of lockdown.

Dozie put out a reflection on Facebook and Instagram each Sunday and we had a pre recorded farewell service for Dozie on You Tube. This lead eventually to a pre recorded You Tube service each Sunday organised by Paul Henry. Our dear friend Marjorie Bates passed away during lockdown and it was disappointing not to be able to hold the funeral in church because of the restrictions.

We were allowed back in church on the 13[th] September after marking out the church to make it safe and to keep everyone two meters apart and a very comprehensive risk assessment.

We were able to hold a PCC meeting in September in person keeping socially distanced and with people wearing face coverings. The meeting was chaired by Rev Helen Coffey Team Rector at the meeting we were we were able to set a date for the re arranged APCM.

The APCM was held on Sunday 20[th] September following the 10am service and a new PCC was elected and Deryck Hadfield was elected Church Warden along with John Ingham.

A PCC meeting on zoom on the 19[th] October elected the officers for the new PCC. J Henderson was elected vice chair, C. Barratt treasurer, A. Abbot assistant treasurer. Secretary, J. Ingham said he would do the secretary for another year if nobody else could do it, C. Barratt suggested that his wife Jean would be happy to take the minutes of the meetings if that was agreeable to the council all agreed. The meeting was also able to set a calendar for future meetings and the APCM which would be on Sunday 28[th] March 2021.

At PCC meeting was held on zoom on 16[th] November we were able to plan for the Advent and Christmas Services which we were able to held in church.

So in summary it was a topsy turvy year but we were able to hold some meetings and get some of the work done to keep the church running, I pray that 2021 will be more normal and the work to appoint a new team vicar will go smoothly.

J ohn Ingham, PCC Secretary Financial Review

Total receipts for ordinary unrestricted funds were £52,808. £76,982 was spent to provide Christian ministry of St John’s including £39,130 Diocesan Parish share.

The net result for the year, including Restricted Funds, was a deficit of (£32,166) compared to a deficit £16,653) in 2019.

The impact of not meeting in the Church building was very serious as a significant proportion of our income comes from weekly envelopes, open plate collections and from renting out the Centre.

Investment Policy

The Council has considered the most appropriate policy for investing surplus funds and has found that charitable bonds meet their requirements to generate income. The council considers the average return on investments at about 0.2% in the year, to be satisfactory.

Reserves Policy

The Council have reviewed the Church's need for reserves in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission and have issued a detail reserves policy. The Council believe that in addition to known commitments there is a need to hold at least three months running costs in free reserves given that the Church's sources of funding are not certain and to ensure that the church can run efficiently and meet the needs of its parish.

At 31 December 2020 total reserves amounted to £351,937 of which £269,439 was held as restricted fixed assets.

Statement of Council's Responsibilities

The Church Accounting Regulations 2006 require the Council to prepare accounts for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the church, and of the results of the church for that period.

In preparing these financial statements we

are required to: select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently make reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates

state whether accounting standards have been followed and give details of any departures prepare accounts on a going concern basis unless in our view the charity will be unable to continue in operation

We are also responsible for:

Keeping proper accounting records Safeguarding the Charity’s Assets

Taking reasonable steps for the detection and prevention of fraud.

Declaration

I declare that, in my capacity as Treasurer of the PCC that:

The members have approved the report and have authorised me to sign it on their behalf

Cyril Barratt February 2021

Independent examiner's report on the accounts of Parochial Church Council of St John The Evangelist, Ravenhead for the year ended 31 December 2020

My report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 9 to 18, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting

Regulations 2006 ('the Regulations') and section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act')

Respective responsibilities of Board of Trustees and the examiner

The PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

Basis of Independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention to indicate that:

David Southerden

David Southerden 30[th] January 2021

19 Myers Avenue, Whiston, Prescot L35 7NN

Statement of Financial Activities

2020 202 2020 20
0 19
Unrestrict Restrict Total Tot
ed ed al
funds fund funds fun
s ds
£ £ £
Incoming Resources
Voluntary Income 2a 33,19 119 33,311 53,
2 940
Activities for generating funds 2b - 95 95
551
Income from investments
2c
Church activities
2d
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Church activities
3a
Governance costs
3b
Total resources expended
Net
incoming
/
(outgoing)
resources
Transfers between funds
Fund balances brought forward
Fund balances carried forward
(4)
for the year ended 31 December 2020		 39
4
19,22
2
52,80
8
76,62
2
36
0
76,98
2
(24,174)
-
106,672
82,498		 -

-

The notes on pages 11 to 20 form part of the financial statements.

Notes

Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2020

2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2019
Unrestri Restric Total Total
Fixed Assets cted ted
£ £
£ £
Tangible Assets (5) 25,482 301,
267,536 293,018 900
Total fxed assets 25,482 301,
267,536 293,018 900
Current Assets
Debtors and prepayments (6) - - -
0
Cash at bank and in hand (7) 57,016 1,903 58,919 82,
203
Total Current Assets 82,498 269,439 351,937
82,
Current Liabilities 203
Amounts falling due within one year
Creditors and accruals.		 (8) - - -
Total Current Liabilities -
Net Assets/Liabilities 57,016 1,903 58,919
Total assets less current liabilities 82,498 269,439 351,937 82,,
203
Net Assets 82,498 269,439 351,937 384,1
03
384,1
03
Funds
Restricted Funds - 269,4 269,439 277,4
39 31
Unrestricted funds 82, 82,498 106,6
498 - 72
Total Funds 82, 269,4 351,937 384,1
498 39 03

The annual report and accounts were approved at a meeting of the Parochial Church Council held on 18 February 2021 and signed on its behalf by:

Mr C Barratt Treasurer

The notes on pages 14 to 19 form part of the financial statements.

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020

1 Accounting Policies

a Basis of accounting

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with applicable accounting standards and the Charities SORP 2005.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets, which are shown at market value.

There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.

b Funds

Unrestricted fund represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also restricted. Restricted funds are funds that can only be used for a particular restricted purposes within the objects of the Church.

Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted

The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body or those that are informal gatherings of church members.

c Incoming Resources

Voluntary Income and Capital Sources

Collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC. Planned giving receivable under Gift Aid is recognised only when received. Income Tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is recognised when the income is recognised.

Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its legal

entitlement, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt by the PCC is reasonably Sales of books and magazines from the church bookstall are accounted for gross.

Income from Investments

Interest entitlements are accounted for as the accrue. Tax recoverable on such income is recognised in the same accounting year.

Gains and Losses on Investments

Realised gains or losses are recognised when investments are sold. Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of investments at the year end.

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020

d Resources Expended

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation to the PCC.

Activities Directly Relating to the Work of the Church

The diocesan parish share is accounted for when paid. Any parish share unpaid at the year end is provided for in the accounts as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor on the Balance Sheet.

Allocation of Costs

Costs are allocated between direct charitable and other expenditure according to the nature of the cost. Where items involve more than one category, they are apportioned between the categories according to the nature of the cost.

Expenditure and Liabilities

General liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the church to expenditure.

e Fixed Assets

Consecrated Property and Movable Church Furnishings

Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by Section 96(2) of the Charities Act 1993.

Movable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the church's Inventory which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For inalienable

property acquired prior to (2000) there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the accounts.

All expenditure incurred in the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings, individual items under

£1,000 or on the repair of movable church furnishings acquired before 1 January 2000 is written

Buildings, Other Fixtures, Fittings and Office Equipment

Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets over their expected useful lives on the following basis:-

Buildings: 2% straight line basis to nil Fixtures and fittings: 7 years straight line Motor Vehicles: 4 years straight line

2 Incoming Resources

2a Voluntary Income
Planned Giving
Weekly ofering (Gift Aid
donations)
Income tax recoverable
Other planned giving - FWO
Envelopes
Collections (open plate) at all
services
Gift days
Sundry donations
Water Aid/Harvest
Baptism Weddings Funerals
Charity Boxes
2b Activities for generating
funds
Flower Fund		 £
19,11
0
6,67
5
4,26
9
54
8
21
0
64
0
57
9
1,16
1
0
32,192
-		 £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
119
119
95		 £
19.110
6,675
4,269
548
210
640
579
1,161
119
33,311
95		 £
25,
528
8,
748
8,
252
3,
072
1,
078
1,
651
684
4,
251
676
53,

940
551

2c Income from investments

Bank Interest
2d Church activities
Book Sales
Magazine Adverts
Room Hire Charges
Other Income		 394
£
5
319
10,893
8,005
19,222		 -
£
-
-
-
-		 394
£
5
319
10,893
8,005
19,222





572
£
530
0
23,
158

572
24,
260
2020 2020 2020
2019
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds
3 Resources Expended £ £ £ £
3a Church Activities
Grants - - -
-
Water Aid/Harvest 579 - 579
674
Donations 378 - 378
500
Barnabus - 0 0
100
Alder Hey Childrens Charity - 0 0
150
Thatto Heath CP School - 0 0
150
Ravenhead Foyer -
 0 0
200
Sub Total 957
 0 957
1,774
Parish Share
 39,130 - 39,130
39,421
Vicarage Costs 534 - 534
2,637
Vicar’s Expenses 532 - 532
1,390
Heat, Light, Water 8,285 - 8,285
9,222
Insurance 3,668 - 3,668 3,593
Repairs 5,324 - 5,324
2,800
Service Costs 970 - 970
2,545
Book Purchases 0 - 0
1.098
Flower Fund 96 96
513
58,443 96 58,539
64,993
Activity Centre
Wages
 15,451 15,451
13,173
Payroll Costs
 282 - 282
942
Telephone, Postage 193 - 193
795
Sundry Expenses
 338 - 338
3,123
Events 0
 - 0
530
Depreciation 772 8,110 8,882
8,882
Cleaning 186
 - 186
1,364
76,622
 8,206
 84,828
93,802
3b Governance Costs
Administration 0 - 0
48
Subscriptions
 0 - 0
1,670
Accountancy
 360 - 360
450 360 -
360
2,174
4 Staf Costs
Gross Salaries
 15,451 - 15,451
13,173
5 Tangible assets
Total
Cost
At 1stJanuary 2020
Additions
At 31stDecember 2020
541,306
Depreciation
At 1stJanuary 2020
Charges for year
At 31stDecember 2020
248,288
Net Book Value
At 31stDecember 2020
293,018
At 31stDecember 2019
301,900
6 Debtors and Prepayments
2019
Income Tax recoverable
-
Others
7 Cash in Hand and at Bank
Cash and Bank
82,221
8 Creditors and accruals		 Freehold
Fixtures &
Buildings
Fittings
£
£
£
444,078
97,228
541,306
-
-
-
444,078
97,228
142,178
97,228
239,406
8,882
-
8,882
151,060
97,228
293,018
-
301,900
-
2020
£
£
-
-
-
58,919
2020
2019
£
£

Creditors 0 0 Accruals 0 0

£
Balance B/F
Reaching Out Project
275,646
Flower Fund
87
Sundry Donations
1,613
Charity Boxes
85

277,431
Unrestricted funds summary
Balance at 1.1.20
Net movement in funds for the year
Balance at 31.12.20
Analysis of Net Assets by fund
Fixed Assets for Church Use		 £
Incomi
ng
95
-
119
214		 £
£
Outgoing
Transfers
7,960
96
-
-
-
150
-
8,206
-
General
Fund
Designated
Fund
£
£
99,948
6,724
(21,054)
(3,120)
78,894
Unrestricte
d
Fund
3,604
Restricted
Fund
£
£
25,482
267,536		 £
Balanc
e C/F
267,68
6
86
1,613

55
269,43
9
Total
£
106,672
(24,174
)
82,498
Total
Funds
£
293,01
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Fund balance		 57,016
-

82,498		 1,903
-
269,439		 8
58,9
19
-
351,96
7

Capital Commitments

At 31 December 2020 there were no commitments for capital expenditure

Adequacy of assets to meet fund restrictions

Sufficient resources are held in an appropriate form to enable each fund to be applied in accordance with the restrictions imposed.

Change in year end The PCC have not changed the year end date nor the length of the charity's financial year.

Funds

The charity holds restricted and designated funds.

Discontinued, continuing and acquired operations

All the charity's operations are continuing operations and there were no operations discontinued or acquired during the year.

Funds in deficit

No funds (unrestricted, designated, restricted or endowment) are in deficit at the balance sheet date.

Inalienable of historic assets

The charity had no assets at the balance sheet date classed as inalienable or historic.

Intangible assets

The charity has no intangible assets.

Revaluations

None of the charity's functional fixed assets have been revalued during the year and the charity does not have a policy of revaluation of these assets.

Subsidiaries

The charity has no subsidiary companies.

Uncapitalised fixed assets

The charity has no material fixed assets which have not been capitalised and included on the balance sheet.