,SAuLS St Paul's Slough. Stoke Road. SL2 SAS ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023 PCC Trea$uYer Mr. Marco Krlek 18 Moor Furlong sloug Berkshlre. SL15TL Incumbent The Rt Revd Capt Dr Tlmothywambunya The Vlcarage 196 Stoke Road Slough, SL2 SAY Bank National Westminster Bank plc 118 Hlgh Street Slough, SL11JH Independent Eximln•r The Revd Gordon Brlggs FCPFA DlpTEM 52 Freemans Close Stoke Poges Bucks. SL2 4ER Charlty No: 112932A
St Paul's Churth ts sltu*ed kn Stoke Road, Slouts. It ts part of the Dlocese of f0rd wtthln the Church of England The corresptsndence address Is St. Paufs Clyjrch. 130 Stoke Road, Slough. SL2 5 The Pamchfal Church Coundl IPCQ is a charlty reg15tered wlth the Charty Commlsslon. re&str•tion number 1129324. KC Members who hale seNed 111January2023 untll 315r Dec¢mber 2023 are: The Rr. Revd Capt, DrTlmothy Wamburya Revd Naoml Hlll MrAlan Deen Mr Steven Dass (from APCM 12131231 Mrumalr Asif Mr Steven Dass Mr Javed Gill Mr5 Angela Tk Mr Ronie T¥m)S1 (onLI PCC Secretary) (from APCM 12131231 MrAde Aremu MrsAngellna Alexander Mr Sam Dass Mr5 Rose Gaitho Mr Kevin151es Mr Marco Krfek Mrs Noella Lwffen Mr Sumalr Lawren¢e Mr Raymond Lewis MrAndrew Malebl Mrs Ruth Maunze Mrs Naoml Mwaft Mrjames Mwan81 Mrs Ruth Rehmat Mr Walter Shayo Mr Ronnie Twumasi Mr lan Wlcox luntll APCM 12ts1231 luntyl APCM 12ts123} (from APCM 12131231 lfrom APCM 12r3r23- and Treasurer) (from APCM 12131231 luntll APCM 12131231 lun1 APCM 1V3123- and Treasurer) (fromAKM 1213123) (from APCM 12131231 ffrom APCM 1213123) (from APCM 1213Q31 IUn¢ll APCM 12r3123} The follo7•vlng people attended PCC meetlngs in thelr ca(ItIeS as shown below. but had votin8 capa¢ty as they wère not dected PCC members orothefwlse allowed a Yuif pcc pkce under the Church Representstjon Rules because of the role theyfulfilled:
Mr Nadeem Azarn IPartsh Worker)_Thoughout 2023 Mrs SarwatAzam IParish Workerl- Throughts 2023 Mrs Lara Deen Ilntercultural Mlsslon Enablerl-Throughout 2023 Mr Umalr K%tflOperations Mana8erl-Throughout 2023 Mrlohnson Damd (Parlsh Admlnlstrator)-Throughout 2023 Mrs Yones IAatslnde IPaY6sh Safeguardln8 offi¢erl-Throughout 2023 7he method of apOntment of PCC membe5 set out In the Church Representatlon Rules. All Church members are eNouraged to registeron the Ele¢toral Rdl and stand forelettlon to the PCC, The PCC meets as requlred but there are at least 4 meetlngs per year. It15 requtred by law to have a Stsndlng Committee. vthlch meets wthen requlred between full meetlngs of the pcc. The Standlng Commlttee has the power to transart the buslness of the PCC between its meetlng% subject to directlons gfven bythe Parothial Church Councll, Thestnjaureof the PCC and the vtsy both andthe managementof the Patlsh operate5 Is kn a waythat Is dlfferentto a tradrtlonal Pccand operètlonal SLrurture.Commlttees tfeamsl have beencreated whkh operateassu&committeesreportlngtothe PCC. made upmalnty of PCC members butwith some people vtho are not PCC members. Each has a nomlnated Chalr and has delegated spOnSIbIlity to take dedslons, Including the authorlsatlon of expendlture subject to the limtts set ¢xrt In the Parf5h Expendlture Policy. Some PCC members serve on more than one committee. &Kh Commthe has a partlcular responslbllty and overslght and ¢onslst of thefdlwlng: nance and Genwal Purp05ts 5tewardshlp Promotlon Buildlngs, Content5 and Property Asian Fdlowshlp Outreach and Nurture Pastorate5 Prornotlon Intercuftural & New Fellowshlps Enablement Chlldrens and YoungAdu Local Management TÈam There Is a staff mlnlstry team tomprlslng the Incumbent Mcar, Asso¢late VKar,, Intercultural Minlstry Enabler, Aslan Mlnlstry Worker, Parfsh Admlnlstrator and Operat5ons Manager meets everyTuesday to report on preOU$ commitsnents and take on new obllgatlon5. Thls meetlng monitors the day to day Issues and pwdes the opport(tnttyfor prayerand mutLK71 accountablllty. As requlred by la4•J. the PCC has been registered vlth the Charfty Q>mmbslon slnce Aprll 2( and the Reglstration Number Is 1129324. St, Paufs Parochlal Church Councll IPCO has the responslb11 of co-operadng wtth the inoJmbenL The Rt. Revd. Capt Or.TSmothyWambunya in promotln8 In the ecclesbastical parlshthewhole mISsn of the Chwch- pastoral, evangellstlc, social and ecumenkal. It also hès malntenance responsibl11e$ for The Padsh Church and the adlolnlng Glllfiat Hall. togetherwlthtwo houses.
SL Pauvs is part ofthe Bumham Slough Deanery, 51nce 2CQ8 the Deanery been organtsed Into four Gn)up Ministrles. 5t Pauvs Is in the Worthem Grou, together th the parishes of Stoke Poges Famham Royal. Farnham Commoffj Hedgerley. Stlohns and 5t Mlchaels Slough, Br1111. Thè alm 15 to enable sharing of resources and work more c105ety tQ8ether In order to be better alje to re¥ond to firture dllenges. Parlsheswould retaln thelr autonomyas separate benefkes. ChwchAttnd¢nc• There were 251 names on the Church Electoral Roll as at 11112> By 31112123 thls had reduced to 222 of whom 125 were not resldent wthin the parlsh.112 names had been added to the roll. whitst 41 were removed a5 thty had e6ther dled orno longer atnd and do not Ilve In the parlsh. We have a vlde dfverslty in the ethnlc ¢rl8lns of our congwatk>n, whlth aftyacts many people from outslde of the parlsh. People wrth rctyJts In the Indian Sutrpconrlnerrt are the malorlty group vnthln the Church, wr¢h the rest rnalntyof Whlte Brr(IshlEuropean and AfrO¢an herltage. Other geo8raphScal groups and natlonautles are also represented, but In muth smaller numbers. The church a150 attracts peopte from oursbde the parf5h vtho are drawn In ty our strong ev¥nBefi(al ethos, stye5 of worship and ethnlc Induslon, vthlch Is unlque In both the TtyMI & Deanery in vthlch our parish is situated. Thère were regular 5eNkes on a Sunday each week as ft>lloAs 9.00am 5ervkev47th Holy Communlon month, Average attendancewas27Adults and O Children. 1030am SeNo Holy Communlon ono a month IrKluding provision of Sunday khod Ifor the prlmary school a8e Up) and a yO¢Ang per group those of Secondary schc¥)l age). Average attendance wa$ 95Adults and 35 ChM(ken Additlonal se(e5 were also made •vallable covln8 the LenL Easter. PentecosL Chrfsrmas and Ne Year perlod 13 Communlty Groups (more commonty kFwn as Horne Groups) operated durfng the year and whlch usualtymeetweekty, prowdlng a facii¢tyforpraSse, prayerarKI studyas a group bet%en fomial seNlce5. Aevlew•Athep¢rl The full PCC m¢t4 dmesdur4n82023.The average level of attendanWas76 PCC meetlngswere held elther In-pets or by u51ng Zoom ctsnfrnclng. The Standlng Cornmlttee did not meet durlng 2023. The P.C.C. contlnued to employ a member of staff, Mr Nadeem Al, as a Parlsh W0er, %*hos¢ particular tmphasi5 s on evangellsuc and pastoral OLrtreath ¥wrk amongst Asian peoFle. He Is supported In thlswor1( by hr5fe San¥at In an unpald capacity. The parlsh hasthethallenge of meetlng the costs of this minlstry from parlsh funds. as nogrants are currently avallable.
The empk>yment of a Parlsh Worker and the work he and his fe have undertaken, has cortdbuted slgnlficanttyto ourourreach totheAslanwmmunltles Inthe parfsh. Weconttnueto see nthvpeoplefrom many ethnlc l)ackgrounds attendlng servkes. The PCC also employes Mrjohnson Dd as a fvll-dme Pash Admlnlstrator140 hours per weekl The Parlsh Admlnlstratorrole Includes basoc bookkeeplng. The parish made a svccessfvl bid for fundlng from the Clwrth Of England Soclal Development Fund ISDF)trJ enable itto fvlfil the role of belngthe Intercukural Ministry Hub for the Dloceseof Oxford Iwhl¢h fullysupported and encouraged the bld). Asa resultthe HUbeffeCtfvelye5led from 01105121,Thegrant ndlng from SDF prdeS a ttstal of E406,966 In grants for the proJecL spread over a 5year perlod. A5 a resulLthe parlsh has been ded wlth a fvl1-tlmeh5sodate Mlnister. employed by the DlcKese t)f Oxf¢rd but funded by SDF. The parish has dlrecty employed both a fv114me operatlons Mana8er and a part-tlme Intercultural MISsn Enabler, both currendy fvlty funded from the SDF grants whSth we recee. Each of theseroles arevltèltotheoperatlon andsuccessof the Hub IproJertN Both are employed on tlmtrllmiied contratts that reflectthe length of SDF fvnding for eath role. Throughout 2023 theAssoae Vlcar was the RevNaoml Hlll. Mr UmalrAslfwasthe Operatlons Manager and the Intrrculujral Misslon Enablerwas Mrs Lara Deen. A"Local ManagementTearf for the prolrft has been estab115hed. ConsIsn of representate$ from St Paufs the Deanery. the kna Bishop and the Dlocese. Meetln8 of the team are held relarty and a quarterty report15 5ubmtlled to the SDF Boarfl, shvHlng progress ag4lnstthe prolett plan and goals set out In the Project Han agreed byall parfje5 as part of the bld process. Mr Raymond Lews was the PCC Treasurer unttl 1213r2023 after which the role was underta(en by Mr Marco Krlek. Mr RaTr0nd continued to prode as5iSt4n¢e and 8uldanc• to Mr Krlek land rfhers) through0 the year, bDftg de¢ade5 of expertwKe in the role for the kneflt of the Parfsh. The pothon of Verger ha5 remalned vacantfor manyyears aThJ thts sttuatlon Is unliketyto Change. k a re5uIL the parlsh contlnues to rety upon valued and ¢ommltted volunteers to fvlfil the v¢er related duties. alded attthnes tythe salaried employees. The PCC contlnued to actfvety tske foNMrd a project imiomng the reorderlw refvrblshment and extenson of the fa¢ilftle5 at St. Pauvs Church. Our alm Is to provwje facllbtiesthat better servethe needs of an artble, growln& evangellcal parfsh In the21# Century. Phase 1 ofthe prect¥r4S to refvrblsh and rethèr the churth. Trthlch Cornmend Sn August 2018 reached 95% of completion In February 2020 - but shortty after this the rnaln contractor went Into Admlnlstratlon. Wt have bèen able to fvlty use of the bullding and fts facllltles slnce then as the outstandlng issues relate malntyto external V•fJts and general flnlshlngoff and snaggin8 but Indudln8 a slgnfficarrt Intemal glazlng rep41r Issue. We are confident that the prolett funds whlch Includ* those pledged by the Bobwer Tr( vlll be sufflcient to complete phase l of theprolect Ilncludlngsnagwngl in duecourse- butthls cannot proceed untll we recelve the next sub5tantlal grant from the Bowyer TrusL whlch we areconfidentwill be pald to us In 2023. There were suffident projert funds In 2021 to refvrbbh the Gllllat Hall tollets as part of the planned Phase 2 ofthe Impro¥emÈn¢work& Phase 2alsoalms to extend and refurblsh the maln kltchen In the GllliaL butagaln Is dependent upon the antlclpated BobtyerTrust grant belng rece.
For 2024 the pcc has 48reed a dget of £17,254 in rv4)ect of various works of planned repalr and malntenance required for thjrth owned Propee& the Pèrish Church lexcl¥Jdingwork covered ty the bulldlng Pro)and the Gllllat Hall. St. Paul's sh has a tradltion of thIng a percentage of offertorles to mlssionaryworL dtstributlon of whlch15 re¢ommended bythe Outreach and Mission Partners Commtttee, The peentr8e tsrhtr In 2023 was 10% andthls included a ¢the of ftaid taxretovery. Full detsils can befound Intheannual a¢counis. There 1% iri addltlon. planrttd and unplannedgmngtylndmdual parfshloners forthe support of speo'fic missionary organi5ations. Grants to Barnabas Ald, thurch Pastoral Soclety ICPAS), Church of EnBland Evangel11 Councll, Rooted in Jesus, Emerge Wexham ParTr Hospttall SL Lukrfs Hospltal For The aergy, Diocese Of Peshawar. The 8wkingham Clergy Chartty. Slough Pastor¥ NewrK Moses Banm Susielacob, Vlctor & Pew Pulido and Wayne Dlxon were also made In 2023. tymembers of the con8re8ation inue4 durln82023. totallng£140.281 comparedto £13Sfi46 In 2022. Total recdpts for ordlnary Unrestrttted Funds were É237.314. for Re5tri¢ted Funds £ia745 and for Deslgnated Funds £1.000. Al are detalled In the financlal statements. £2W03 from Unr*sthtted fijnds, £7,122 from Designated Funds and £91398 from Restrfcted Fun<ls spent to provide Chrfstian rninistry Ilncluding grants w mlsslonary and other Chst{an organisationsl from St. Paul's Churth. Thi5 induded the contrlbutlon to the Olocesan parlsh share (£80,994I whlch larsely provTrd¢s the stipends penslons and housin8 for cler&Y. The ntt result forthe year was an excess of Unrestrlcted IrKom¢ ¢)ver UnreKrtrted exFendlture of £811 whlch was added to ourre5erve5. Re5trirted funds IrKome exceeded expendi¢ure by £3S347. DesS8nated furnls expendfture exceeded Income by £122. Addlng the balartes brou8ht forward * the beglnning ofthe year. the totsl balance carried forward at 31£t December 2023 was £285.126. This was split £20&350 for Unrestflrted Funds lof whlch £130,050 Is propertya$5etsK £&781for Designated Funds and £67,995 for ReSttted Funds. ••5 Pollcy It Is PCC pdky to malntaln a balatKe of uestrICted fvnds vh)Ich Ilf posslble) equates to approxlmattty three months unrestrirte(I payynents, to cover emergency SituaOn5 that may arlse from time w time. The balancè of ¥/8.3 (net of fixed and Investment assets) held under unrestrkted (unds at the year- ené meets this target. The balance of £67.995 In restrlrted funds Is matle up of several Indmdual fijnds. full deta$ of ¥thich are shown In the detalled financ1415tatemencs. 1¢ is PCC pollcy to invest the balances of our specific Re5rrfrted and Endowmen¢funds In the CBF Churth of England Deposjt Fund- the only exceptitsn belng
the St Pauvs Fund, Wttere Sor of the balance is held In a specffic buslness currert account wth our bankèrs. A wlder and more detalled attount of parlsh a¢th45tles for the year can be found in the Parlsh Annual Revlew. Coples of thls wlll avallable to both church members and e¥temal partles by appltsfjon to the Parish Administrator after the 2024 APCM. whlch wlll be held on 2W May 2024. but COF4es are provlded to all those who attend the APCM. wecort1nuetopd¢ our¢y•vnWebslte:*mKstpfftulsslouzh.oryasan addttlonal %>ur¢èof Infomiatlorn publlcty and trea( along Ylth the factllw to donate morsey to the churth. There have been mary txamples of contact belng made the Par15h that almost certalnty would not have othetrwlse occurred. Tlmothywambun i¢•r & PCC Chalmian Alan D¢en (ChurefvrdenI On behalfdth• PCC steven Dass {Chvrclbward•Th) on b•halfof the PCC
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER•S REPORT TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUIYCIL OF sr PAULIS CHURCH, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE This report on the awount5 of the PCC for the year ended 31 # December 2023, is in Tespe¢t of an eMminatii)n Caled out in accordan¢e with th¢ Church Ac¢ounting Regulations 2006 las amended) and Section 145 of the CbaritiesAct 2011. Re8pec¢ive respollslbllitlv of trustees And examiner As members of the PCC (In} you are responsible for the ryeparntion of thg fmancial 8thtements #nd you onsid¢r that th¢ audlt requirements of Section 144(2) of th¢ chariti Act 2011 (the A¢tA as amended by The Ch4TÉties Act 2011 (Accounts and Audit Order 2015), do not apply, because gr05s income ig less than £l.O(Ki,(th, and total net as5¢ts do not ¢x¢¢ed £3.26m.. Therefor4 you have ele¢t¢d both to prepare tho OD the a¢¢ThIS basi ond to subje¢t them to ind¢p¢ndent examination rather th8n audit. It is my resportsibility to iswe this report on thos¢ financi statements in aOrdanCe with the terms of the R¢EulAtion&. B4sis of Independent Exomlner's Report My examination was caffi¢d out in accordance with general dItionS given by the Charity Commission and to be found in the PCC Accountsbility Guidance 2017, (as updated), issued by the Business Committee of G¢neral Synod.. The examination ittclude3 A review of the accounting reoords kept by the PCC and a c4)mparison of the accounts with those records. It also in¢ludes considering any Unusu tt¢ms or disclo8vras in the financial statements and se¢ktng explanations from you &8 tntst¢es concerning such matters via your #ppinted Honornry Treasurer. The procedures undert¥ken do Tt provide all the evidenc# that would be wuired in an audit. and consequently I do noi express an audit opinion on th¢ view wen by the aA}unIs. Independ¢ttt Ex*min¢r's Statement ID connection with my examination. no matter bas come to my attention which gives m6 rta80nable c4US¢ to believe that in any mat¢ri81 respect the Nutrements have not been m¢t- to keep aOUnting records in ac¢tsrdttnce with Section 130 of the Ac¢ Jnd to prepare financial statements. which 8¢wrd with the aceounting r¢wds' and to Comply with the requirements of the A¢t and the Church AoUnting Regulations 2006. Also in ¢onne£tion with my cxuminatTOn. there TS no matter to which. in my opinion, attention should bo drnwn, in ordw to enable a proper und¢rstanding of th¢ accounts to be rea¢hed. Th¢ Revorend Gordon J Briggs FCPFA Dip TEM MAAT A Fellow of th¢ Chartered ItlIte of Publi¢ Finance and AeLounton¢y [tIOn 145(4) 2011 A¢t] 52 Freemans Close Stoke Poge5 Bucks., SL2 4ER 07500743882 91b April 21f24
FIXED ASSErs TangllA0 fixed 098Ots InvenI 8980ts 130.060 ta0,(0 1XI.0S0 130.05• CURRENT ASSETS 24.957 81,414 12.8*2 87,418 Short torm dgpo¥ts Cash ot bonk Cath In hwd 250 128,998 167.399 UABLIT1ES.. Cr&Jlk>r8- Arnts tsIng duo wlthln on• -12,323 -7.958 NEf CURREMT A3SErs 119,040 TOTAL NEf AS8Ers 285,121 249,09 PARISH FUNDS Urmlrfci•d.. Caoh & B8 78,309 130.080 110.0x4 1.903 07,995 215.126 249.0 Awovodbyth• P8ro¢hlal ChuTth coun T 14th MayarSUd on Irs l)ohaMbN.' Tlrnothy Wambunyo Icholmian & Vl¢ Alon Deen (Churchwarden a PCCMemberJ
RC KOIMG REI(WRCE• 1M,n4 121347 14U74 22,547 3S,707 13 1825 3470Y 4*1 TOTAL WCOMINfj RESOURCES 217.114 1,000 125.740 a61•U• 1.122 •2,391 ¥24INJ 286,840 IIET INGOMING IOUTGOIIIGI RESOURCES BEFORE OTHER 422 $1,Jd7 14990 FwKIMustffl•nt• NET IIOVEIENT W FIAID8 -1 J47 1#MUIRY2023 32,848 241 AT 31•1 DECEMeER2023 17,• 121
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