## St Gabriel’s Church, Cricklewood
## **Annual Report**
of the Parochial Church Council **April 2022 to April 2023**
**St Gabriel’s Cricklewood, Walm Lane, London NW2 4RX www.st-gabriels.org office@st-gabriels.org**
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Meeting God, sharing the love
## Vision
At St Gabriel’s we want everyone to encounter the love of Jesus, whoever they are and wherever they find themselves on a journey of faith. We believe this is possible by seeking after God, encountering his presence and sharing the love that we receive with the community around us. We want to do this in Word, Spirit and Action, teaching and experiencing God’s love as well as showing it in practical ways.
## Values
Living out these values help to shape who we are as a church and the kind of culture we want to inhabit in everything we do whilst acknowledging our own brokenness and receiving God’s grace.
## **Meeting God**
## Spirit Powered
We long to be filled with God’s Spirit and want to do everything in his strength and not our own. We believe the Holy Spirit is at work today and his gifts are for the whole church and for the benefit of the whole world. _1 Corinthians 12:7 “…the Spirit is given for the common good”_
## Worship Fuelled
We love to worship in song and with our whole lives, through which we can come close to God and encounter his love.
_1 Chronicles 16:23 “Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day.”_
## Bible Driven
We are inspired by the life of Jesus revealed in the gospels and look to him as a lens through which the whole of scripture is viewed. Our behaviour and values are accountable to the truths this reveals in the Bible. _Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”_
## Prayer Soaked
Prayer backs everything we do because it ensures we are listening and sharing everything with Almighty God. By covering all we do in prayer, we expect his answer and by faith, see him work powerfully in different situations for his glory. _Philippians 4:6 “…by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”_
## **Sharing the Love**
## Abundantly Generous
Nothing we have is our own, it is given to us by God and we delight in giving back to him. We want to continually be giving our best away to his purposes, even if it does not benefit us directly because we know it will enlarge his Kingdom. _Mark 12:44 “They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything…”_
## Delighting in Difference
Our diversity of cultures and persons of different backgrounds and experiences lights up our community and is part of what makes it special. We seek ways to be an eclectic family and care for one another as we journey together into God’s truth. _Revelation 7:9 “…from every nation, tribe, people and language…”_
## Enduring in Faith
We have a rich heritage of faith and deep-rooted spirituality. We seek to cultivate resilience in our community so that our faith may endure and thrive even in difficult times and that we might be ready for anything! _Hebrews 11:1 “…Faith is confidence in what we hope for…”_
## Outward Reaching
We desire to share the love of Jesus with as many people as we can! This includes those both near and far, from all walks of life, that do not yet know the good news of Jesus. We do this as an overflow of the love he has shown us. _Matthew 28:19 “…make disciples of all nations…”_
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CONTENTS
|VISION AND VALUES|page 2|
|---|---|
|INTRODUCTION|page 3|
|VICAR’S REPORT|page 4|
|FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY|page 5|
|WORSHIP REPORT|page 6|
|DEANERY SYNOD|page 7|
|CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY|page 8|
|MEMBERSHIP|page 9|
|A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ST GABRIEL’S PCC|page 10|
|FABRIC REPORT|page 12|
|SAFEGUARDING|page 13|
|ALPHA|page 14|
|CHILDREN AND YOUTH|page 15|
|ENGLISH CLASSES|page 16|
|FINANCE REPORT AND SUMMARY ACCOUNTS|page 17|
## INTRODUCTION
Welcome to our Annual Report. You are invited to read more about the life of the wonderful and diverse community that is St Gabriel’s.
This report outlines just a selection of some of the events and circumstances from the last year.
We hope that as you read, you will want to join us in giving thanks to God for his grace and life in our church family.
April 2023
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## VICAR’S REPORT
The Church has been a witness to much in the past year. We have been a place for celebration, marking the 125th year of the church’s inauguration with confirmations and a great party, drawing together to mark not only the church’s coming of age, but the many other celebrations that were missed in the seasons past. We also played our role as part of the national church by opening our building to mourners following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, shortly after doing the same to celebrate her Jubilee earlier in the year.
It has greeted us with some unique opportunities. Not least the growth and development of Hope Café, leading to new appointments to sustain it, the pleasure of celebrating Nowruz with our Iranian community, and enjoyment of successful Women’s and Men’s outreach events. We have run CAP Money, Alpha and Re-Purpose courses – each bringing new life and focus to our collective discipleship journey. This year has also been (relatively) unencumbered by the pandemic and has seen numbers return once again to prepandemic levels and it is particularly encouraging to have had a few Sundays recently where we have needed extra chairs.
Moving forward we have some significant challenges ahead. We know that our financial reserves have been depleted over the last few years and we have again set a faith budget. This is where we build into our planning God’s provision, based on his generosity and goodness and what we believe he has revealed for us to do. This is not done lightly, nor has it been done recklessly – the forecast we have made is already encouraging, based on the growth are seeing. What remains, is for those of us that call this church home, who I believe are increasing all the time, to be confident in pledging their support. This of course is not limited just to finances, and one of the challenges this year will be when our staff team is re-organised, creating new opportunities for volunteers both existing and new, not least the arrival of a Pioneering Curate who will begin to challenge us to be reaching out even further.
I am confident however, in the way in which this church has responded with sensitivity to the Spirit and readiness to move where we are guided. I also have seen in pastoral work, real stories of strength and growth in individuals that have led to tremendous resilience and development as disciples. This combined with a doubled down approach to prayer and worship, as shown by the increased hunger for Encounter Nights and Prayer Evenings, leads me to believe that we are on the path God has guided us to, and those he calls, he also equips.
_“Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13:20-21_
In this way I am filled with hope for the year ahead and look forward to continuing to serve you as vicar into 2024.
_**James Yeates, Vicar of St Gabriel’s**_
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## FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY
This year has been an exciting year in the Families and Community ministry.
**In Boogie Angels** this year we have seen lots of returning and new families join us for our toddler group and music and movement session. It’s such fun to get to know the children and their families. It is a joy to provide a safe space for families to play together and ask faith questions. The Boogie Angels team has grown and they are all brilliant at chatting and welcoming our community into our building. We have seen a number of the families join us at special services and events like the Queen’s Jubilee celebration, and February Fam Fest with their older siblings.
We have loved working alongside Mariam on hosting some special events, including Light Fest making St Gabriel’s shine brightly inside and out in October, Easter trail with lots of Easter eggs and Feb Fam Fest. Special events are also a chance to welcome back some of our old Boogie Angels families who have started school.
**Hope Café** One of the greatest joys this year has been seeing what God is up to the Hope Café. Last April we were still very much in the early stages, having just completed a six week trial. Now we run almost every week apart from bank holidays.
We now have forty or so people come along most weeks to either have a chat, ask for some prayer, find some advice from the CAP team or look for information for other services. We have also welcomed some special guests to talk about everything from local services and charities to specialists like lawyers to ask advice from. It’s exciting to see people grow not only in the social aspect but also growing in faith. It is a place full of joy, love an indeed hope.
As always all this would not be possible if it were not for the amazing teams that lead and support the and Families and Community ministry. They are all brilliant and serve wholeheartedly with the love of Jesus.
**Wednesday Fellowship** have been enjoying meeting weekly. They meet for prayer for themselves, for the church, worship and a Bible study. It’s been lovely to see lots of different people leading the Bible study especially the series of ‘Who’s your favourite woman in the Bible and why?’. Celebrating birthdays and special events with a meal is also a definite highlight.
_**Susie Yeates, Families and Community Minister**_
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## WORSHIP REPORT
“You are worthy of it all! For from You are all things And to You are all things You deserve the glory”
Yes Lord, you are worthy of all our praise - be glorified in everything we do including our sung worship of you!
Sung worship continues to be at the heart of St Gabriel’s - in every way, I hope. We love to praise in song in all our gatherings, and we aspire to take that attitude of worship into all of life.
As a team, this year our biggest development has been to be more intentional about meeting to learn and grow together in our hearts for worship as well as in our actually singing and playing. So from the start of this year we have been meeting more regularly on Thursday evenings to make this happen. We have been watching a video course covering aspects of being part of a worship team, we have been reading a provocative book ‘Why Worship?’ and also meeting to audition and learn songs together. We would love to do more, but we are pacing ourselves to keep this up as a way of growing together as a team and hope to see it bear fruit.
It is timely that as I write this report we are also looking at our value of being ‘Worship Fuelled’ as the current Sunday sermon series. My prayer is that the Holy Spirit will draw each and every one of us into a closer relationship with God in which we grow in our desire to worship Him - show Him His true worth - in every aspect of our lives.
Over the course of the year we have also held a few more ‘Encounter Nights’ where we are able to give a longer time to sung worship intermingled with scripture, words of knowledge and prayers. These seem to have been well received by those coming along. They have been a great opportunity just to be in God’s presence - not rushing away (to quote a golden oldie worship song). And as we spend time with God our desire is that we’ll grow in our hunger for more.
As well as worship in our regular services, the Christmas Carol Service provides a great opportunity for a wider group to come together to sing as a choir. We had a great time once again last November and December preparing songs, and hope that our worship blessed those who came to that service - as well as blessing the choir themselves.
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I wrote last year that we are mindful of our limited pool of instrumentalists in the team. Whilst we have made some small steps in the right direction, this is an area I would love people to pray about for the future - that maybe hidden talents in our midst would come to light, or we would nurture talent that is there and needs encouragement to flourish.
Finally, my thanks to all the members of the worship team who give much time to this important ministry, and also to the less visible but equally critical team at the back making sure that the cameras, visuals and sound are also completely in sync with what is happening at the front - to allow everyone to participate and worship together - to God who deserves all the glory.
## _**Marcus Liberman**_
## DEANERY SYNOD
In January 2023, the Revd Sophie Schuil-Brewer (Holy Innocents' Church, Kingsbury) was appointed Area Dean and the Revd James Yeates (St Gabriel's, Cricklewood) Assistant Area Dean. They are both called to continue (as the previous Area Dean Fr Andrew Teather) to help address the social needs of Churches in London Borough of Brent; in doing so continuing London Diocese’s Capital Vision 2030 mission.
In June 2022, the first 2022-2023 Brent Deanery Synod meeting was held at St Catherine's Church, Neasden. Alison Tsang was the guest speaker for the evening. Alison is a representative from the Diocesan Initiative ‘Compassionate Communities' which is committed to supporting the Diocese of London churches’ Capital Vision 2030. The Capital Vision 2030 journey has six core elements:
- Caring for God's Creation
- Mental Health & Isolation
- Refugees Modern Slavery & Asylum Seekers
- Debt & Financial Wellbeing
- Housing & Homelessness
- Serious Youth Violence
In November 2022, continuing the Capital Vision 2030 journey, The Capital Youth Project Manager, Emma Biddle examined the role of young people in the Church.
In February 2023, there was meeting about Disability and Inclusion in the church, held at St Andrew's Kingsbury. The evening talk was conducted by the Rev Preb John Beauchamp, the London Diocese Disability Enabler.
There are two more meetings scheduled for this remaining calendar year (21 June and 7 Nov 2023).
## _**Colleen Francis and Winsome Spence, Deanery Synod Representatives**_
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## CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY (CAP)
St Gabriel’s has been partnering with Christians Against Poverty (CAP) for over 11 years now, to offer their free service in finding freedom from unmanageable debt. Our ‘patch’ extends well beyond the church parish, comprising anyone based in NW2, NW6, NW10 with personal debt.
## **CLIENTS**
Our caseload for the Debt Centre is usually around 30 clients, approximately a third of whom are in the longer-term solution phase. We have had six clients become debt free across five
households in 2022 and one client in 2023 so far. Four to five clients have been through the CAP process to assess the best route out of debt and have then chosen to manage the situation for themselves. Whilst sometimes disappointing not to see the client through the whole journey to debt freedom, this counts as a triumph in addition to those who are debt-free. We have had three recommitments to faith through baptism from our client base this last year and countless conversations of faith and hope in the face of heart-breaking troubles in people’s lives.
## **TEAM**
Through 2022 the Debt Centre has been working at full capacity of 4 new clients per month, between Emma and Debbie. Alongside this, Debbie has been striding forward in her CAP Area Manager role for London beyond the Debt Centre but decided at Christmas to take a sabbatical from the local Debt Centre after leading it
for many years. Management of the Debt Centre passed to Emma in mid-February, and in a further development another Debt Coach is being recruited to work alongside her. Debbie is looking to return from sabbatical into a volunteer role assisting partnerships across our Centre’s postcodes. This will serve
as part of a wider strategy to broaden the CAP team, spreading the work across a wider base of volunteers from St Gabriel’s and (hopefully) other partner churches. We are blessed with 13 Befrienders from St Gabriel’s now, having welcomed five new Befrienders (critically including two male Befrienders) onto the team. Further expansion still will be needed to prevent overloading current Befrienders and to support Clients across the whole of our geographical reach.
## **CAP MONEY**
In the last 12 months, we have offered CAP Money courses to 44 signed-up guests, across six courses, two of them online and four in-person at St Gabriel’s Church, daytime and evening. The latest course (online) is just starting and has 12 guests registered. We are exploring opportunities to offer or host CAP Money via other partners and have had some enquiries from local schools, to serve their parent community; we’d like to find similar partners to reach young adults – one of the 2022 courses was targeted at young adults, serving as a successful trial with Youth alumni from St Gabriel’s. The CAP Money course has also proved to be a staging post for those realising that they are struggling with debt, leading them to reach out to CAP or others for further support. We are eagerly awaiting refreshed CAP Money materials, when we’ll then be looking for additional CAP Money Coaches. The team is always delighted to equip people of any age, stage or geography with the tools and know-how to avoid getting themselves into unmanageable debt.
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## **HOPE CAFÉ & ST GABRIEL’S SUPPORT**
The support for CAP clients and the broad CAP team has been phenomenal over the past year – huge thanks to the St Gabriel’s family. This included amazing support, participation in and contributions to the CAP Fundraising event, the purchase of Christmas gifts for clients, an astonishing number of Easter eggs for clients and their families, plus helping to deliver Christmas hampers and presents.
The deep sense of care and relationship fostered by Befrienders has blossomed more widely in our new venture, Hope Café, through this last year. Members of St Gabriel’s and the CAP
team have gone above and beyond for clients and Hope Café guests, on occasion helping to deliver donated furniture, accompanying them to appointments, assisting with difficult online enquiries and referring them to applicable support. CAP invited a range of speakers and visitors to come to Hope Café and share their expertise, advice and opportunities, ranging from benefits, legal, pensions, rental matters and creative opportunities, from visitors including Advice4Renters, Ashford Place & The Kiln. The Hope Café Christmas and Easter Specials were particularly valued by all attending, particularly across the local community, including some CAP clients. CAP London and CAP Head Office (Bradford) have seen and noted the steadfast and enthusiastic support that the Cricklewood Debt Centre enjoys within St Gabriel’s, not least as the largest group to support CAP’s national prayer event at Westminster Chapel.
## **FUNDING**
As well as the featured events and donations above, the CAP Debt Centre at St Gabriel’s has been incredibly blessed with quiet and deeply generous donations, gifts and regular giving. We want to thank all our CAP Angels, and a family who gave a legacy, two local funds who have increased their commitment to us this last year, a CAP Angel moving away from London who gave an extraordinarily generous parting gift, another CAP Angel gave five years of donations in advance as well as Cricklewood Baptist Church’s Ceilidh and Alison Ingram’s Great North Run, both in aid of CAP. There has been a slight drop in the number of CAP Angels (14 to 11), but we continue to trust and believe that God will provide what we need, as we’ve seen Him do it this year. Praise God!
_**Debbie Thomas (to March 2023) and Emma Liberman (from April 2023), St Gabriel’s CAP Debt Centre Managers**_
## ST GABRIEL’S MEMBERSHIP 2022
Our membership for April 2023 is 162. We have taken 9 people off the Electoral Roll – for a variety of reasons: 3 have moved away, 2 died, and 4 are people who have stopped coming or with whom we have lost contact. 18 people have joined the Electoral Roll this year.
## _**Sarah Broadbent and Charmaine Clarke, Electoral Roll Officer**_
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## A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE ST GABRIEL’S PCC
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a group of people drawn from the membership of St Gabriel’s, who hold legal responsibility as Trustees of the Church. The PCC meet regularly to make decisions about how the church runs. The report below outlines the main areas of focus over the last year. Our Church Council year started with the APCM (Annual Parochial Church Meeting) in May and then we met at subsequent monthly meetings.
**Away Day** In June the Church Council members and Staff Team were able to go away for a day to the Niland Centre in Bushey (where many previous away days have been held too). It was good to spend a longer
time together and we focussed on putting together our church equality statement. As usual we had a bring and share lunch, which in true St Gabriel’s style was plentiful and delicious. The sessions were informative and challenging and we came back to Cricklewood with many ideas to take forward.
**Roles** There are many roles that are important to the smooth running of the church and PCC meetings so at our first meeting we agreed our key roles of Secretary and Treasurer, who along with the Vicar and Churchwardens form the Standing Committee. Charmaine Clarke was appointed as the Electoral Roll Officer in July. We reflected how successful our ‘Champion’ roles are, and it was unanimously decided to keep the Racial Justice and Eco Champions the same (Sophia Ajani and Tuong Vi Le Magowan), Winsome Spence took over from Marcus Liberman as Mission Partners Champion and during the year we added Disability Champion to these, Shelley Murray has stepped into that role. It has been good to see the development and growth in these areas over the year.
**CAP** In July Debbie Thomas came to PCC updating us about CAP. Her own role had changed and she was only working one day a week for St Gabriel’s. Emma Liberman had joined the team and was now working three days a week. The CAP Debt Centre is now very busy and we have more people interested in becoming Befrienders. Hope Café was opened in March and quickly became a place where CAP could work in partnership with St Gabriel’s to offer somewhere people can meet, grab lunch and gain help with all sorts of things, including being able to see what CAP offers.
**Staff Changes** The new year brought many staff changes that will be implemented across the coming year. Sarah Broadbent has recently moved to Ealing and is planning to leave her role as Church Manager, which she has held for the last 12 years. She has also been the PCC secretary for many of those and is finishing after the Annual Meeting. Debbie Thomas who has another role for CAP as an Area Manager is stepping down as St Gabriel’s CAP Centre Manager but will still be around in a more advisory capacity. Mariam Kizza is moving onto a new and exciting opportunity as a Community Organising Apprentice in Hackney and studying at The Centre for Theology and Community. This will see her first reduce her hours with St Gabriel’s and then leave in the summer. All these changes have led to restructuring Emma Liberman and Susie Yeates’ roles, and both have taken on new responsibilities. We acknowledge that we have been blessed with an amazing staff team and wish all those moving on all the very best in their new adventures.
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**Safeguarding and Finance** As well as significant one-off topics covered above, the Church Council always prioritises time to review our safeguarding arrangements and our financial arrangements. Shelley Murray (our Safeguarding Officer) and David Vivian (our Treasurer) do a huge amount of work on these important topics and ensure the Church Council are equipped with the necessary information to oversee and update policy, ensuring that St Gabriel’s is a safe place to worship and complies with Safeguarding guidelines and policy. Also, PCC ensures that wise financial decisions are made throughout the year - particularly in setting the budget for the church.
## **Membership of the Church Council during 2022-23 was as follows -**
Vicar: Revd James Yeates Churchwardens: Marcus Liberman, Shelley Murray Treasurer: David Vivian
Representatives on the Deanery Synod: Colleen Francis, Winsome Spence Elected Members: Sophia Ajani, Patience Asare-Tweneboah, Anita Bowen, Charmaine Clarke, Alison Ingram, Harriet Luwum, Tuong Vi Le Magowan, Faith Mba, Rose Streatfeild, John Wolffe Sarah Broadbent (who is not a member of the Council) attended meetings as Secretary
## _**Shelley Murray, Churchwarden**_
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## FABRIC REPORT
It is fair to say that there have not been any major investments in the fabric of the church building, hall, hall flat or grounds in the last year. This in part reflects the financial situation we as a community find ourselves in - individually and as a church. That’s not to say that there hasn’t been plenty of smaller maintenance tasks and improvements going on. Some are invisible, and some there for the eagle-eyed amongst us to notice and be thankful for. In fact, I counted 48 updates to the PCC on work that has gone on over the last year across church, hall and flat.
The activities range in size, complexity and time absorbed from relatively small tasks such as getting our maintainer in to do the annual service on the clock to more involved tasks like fixes to the heating system. Some will be completely invisible to all who use the building (like making sure our fire extinguishers are all working) whereas some are more obvious changes - like a window in the Raphael Room door which is a great safeguarding measure.
Most of these tasks are overseen by our Church Manager, Sarah, using a whole range of suppliers and trades and some help from members of the church. All this takes time, patience and sometimes some firm conversations to ensure the tasks get done. As Churchwardens, Shelley and I are very grateful that all this happens largely without any effort on our part! But I hope we are all extremely grateful to Sarah for this work that keeps our buildings safe and fit for purpose. We will miss her attention to all these many tasks when she finishes this summer.
I also want to highlight the church grounds - which I am very happy to report are being looked after by a growing and very enthusiastic team of ‘eco-warriors’. Last year Shelley reported on the two working parties that had planted hedge saplings and created two raised beds for growing vegetables. That start has kept momentum throughout the year and we regularly have a great team coming together on a Saturday morning - often fuelled by Winsome’s wonderful breakfasts!
As a result, we had a good crop of vegetables for Harvest Sunday (and more besides) that the team was able to share around. We have a fledgling hedge
that looks very healthy - surviving the winter frosts. We had more limited success with our wildflower beds (which turn out to be much harder to keep going than the name suggests). We are also not sure any birds have taken advantage of the nesting boxes we have put up for them. And sadly we were not able to source bees for our hive - although Derrick Green is hoping to get us started this year. And alongside these developments we have also kept the grounds mowed, strimmed and cut back - despite many of us being completely ignorant about horticulture. We believe this is good stewardship and makes
for a welcoming environment for those passing by or visiting. More guidance from knowledgeable members of the congregation would always be welcomed, as would any offers of general help. That could be on Saturday mornings or at other times if you are able. Please just ask!
## _**Marcus Liberman, Churchwarden**_
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## SAFEGUARDING REPORT
We subscribe to and have adopted the Church of England policy on Promoting a Safer Church, and have endeavoured over this year to put in place the recommendations and procedures advised by the policy. In May 2022, the PCC approved our Safeguarding policy for the year.
As recommended by the Church of England we have ensured that DBS checks are carried out on everyone who works or volunteers with children and vulnerable adults. We have also been ensuring that everyone who needs it has Safeguarding training to an appropriate level for the position they hold in church. In addition to this all the leaders of the church are trained at least to leadership level.
Safeguarding appears on the PCC agenda every month as it is of extreme importance and needs to be given a high profile. Recently, I undertook some additional training for Safeguarding Leads about Modern-Day Slavery. It was a tough, yet relevant subject and some of this has been shared with the PCC.
We are now at the stage of beginning to roll out our volunteer job descriptions across the many different areas where people volunteer in church. These are part of the Church of England’s Safer Recruitment procedures and will help us to ensure that St Gabriel’s is as safe as can be in who we employ and have on the volunteer team.
Over the last year the Diocese have introduced a Parish Safeguarding Dashboard. This helps us ensure that we comply with the Church of England Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines, and that we comply with the law. It helps us keep track of DBS, training, policies, risk assessments, safer recruitment and much more. We started at level one and are now at level three, meaning that we have many of the requirements already in place that make us a safer church.
Over the next year we aim to build on what we already have in place, and to take on any further recommendations by the Church of England, to ensure that St Gabriel’s is a safe place for all who come here. Any issues that may arise will continue to be responded to quickly and dealt with appropriately and effectively.
If you have concerns that someone may be being abused, please fill in the form on our website stgabriels.org and fill in our online form, found on the opening page and/or speak to either myself or our vicar, James Yeates. If you think someone is in immediate danger ring the police on 999.
## _**Shelley Murray, Safeguarding Officer**_
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## ST GABRIEL’S ALPHA COURSE
Alpha has continued to be a fantastic resource and opportunity for people to find out more about the Christian faith and to explore who Jesus is and the big questions in life.
Four guests joined us for an in-person course in the autumn. The group included people who had an existing connection with St Gabriel’s and others who were brand new. God worked powerfully through the course, bringing people closer to him and enabling them to open up and talk about their doubts and their faith. The Holy Spirit day at Holy Trinity Brompton was a highlight!
In the Spring term, 12 new people attended the Alpha course. Some from outside the parish and many within, particularly building a strong bridge with those visiting Hope Café on Mondays. A new team of volunteers was invited to help, which included an amazing team of helpers and cooks from St Gabriel’s. All our guests (and team) enjoyed a delicious meal every week, which added to making Alpha and St Gabriel’s the hospitable and welcoming place we hope and commend it to be. Thank you to all those given up their time and energy to serve and bless our guests!
This term, we ran the Holy Spirit Day in the church building. It was encouraging to see our guests encountering the Holy Spirit by prayers being answered, healing taking place and many feeling at peace whilst many enjoying sung worship. We’ve loved seeing the relationships built within this cohort and we praise Jesus for each of our guests, past and present. Some guests described their group at the end of the course as “a little family”, who continued to meet for discipleship and fellowship after Easter. Also, we thank God for our guests who have started attending Sunday services. Our prayer is that they find St Gabriel’s to be their spiritual home and seek a deeper relationship with Jesus.
We were encouraged that one person who completed the Alpha course last year chose to reaffirm his baptism, reflecting how his faith has come alive after doing Alpha.
For the next term we will be moving Alpha to Wednesday afternoons as a trial. After listening to God and to people asking about alternative timings, we thought we would try something new.
We hope to reach people in our community who wouldn’t be able to attend in evenings, with ideas to reach and build stronger links with those attending Boogie Angels and other groups. Please do continue to pray for Alpha and may it continue to be an open door and a loving place to all those who are seeking more and needing a Saviour.
## _**Alison Ingram and Jenny Erber**_
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## CHILDREN AND YOUTH
The start of the new academic year saw the rolling out of the new Children and Youth Ministry Strategy with the overarching goal of “growing in relationship with God and with one another”.
Some memorable moments we saw God drawing us closer together and towards Him are:
- Childs Hill Primary’s Year 3 visit last June and Donnington Primary’s Year 4 visit in February to learn about the life of Jesus, his teachings, and St Gabriel’s as a Church community.
- An interactive assembly at Mora Primary School sharing the real meaning of Easter with KS1 and KS2 pupils who listened, commented, and asked questions with great enthusiasm.
- Friday evenings with the youth including attendance at the CAP Fundraiser evening, the annual campfire, a lyrics workshop, and a pizza night where former youth joined us to share their sixth form, university, and work experiences with those following in their footsteps.
- Trips to Flip-Out trampoline park, Trafalgar Square to see the Passion of Christ Open-air play on Good Friday and Kiln Theatre to see a play about the implications of social media misuse.
- Youth taking part in the Worship band and serving on Sunday teams and one-off events.
• All Age Christmas Celebration with the children and youth who courageously read and shared the nativity story with an audience of families from the wider St Gabriel’s community and other guests.
• Outreach to families in the community, through the Afternoon of Arts, Light Fest, Fun Fest, and February Family Fest in collaboration with Daytimes Ministry and generous team members from the congregation.
As the outgoing Children and Youth Minister, I give God thanks for His grace, provision, power, and great love demonstrated through the ministry
over many years. Each year God has drawn children, youth, and families and sown and watered seeds of faith in Christ and brought growth. I pray and believe for each heart, that this growth will be lasting and transformational and look forward to hearing how the Lord moves in the new season.
## _**Mariam Kizza, Children and Youth Minister**_
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## ENGLISH CLASSES
We have continued our English classes on Monday evenings. Our teachers included Richard, Caty, Jemima, Sim and Helen. For a while we had help from Cecilia, who was a professional ESOL teacher, but she has now retired. Cecilia was handling the basic class, where students start with very little English. We now do not have a basic class teacher, and this represents a big gap in our offering. All the students who come now are intermediate speakers, meaning that they have a little English already. Rachel continues to teach, but during the daytime on Monday. Rachel's special gift is with Arabic speakers.
The materials we use are all written from scratch by ourselves. Our objectives are to boost vocabulary and encourage confidence in speaking. This makes our classes quite unique. Although preparation can be hard work, in the long run it is good. And St Gabriels will end up having a good stock of open source materials that future teachers can improve.
The classes are a decent size, maximum twelve. This is a lot smaller than the class sizes we used to have before the twin shocks of Brexit and Covid. But they are enjoyable and sometimes boisterous. Students come from Iran, Brazil, Ukraine, Poland and a smattering of other places. The classes are an opportunity for people to make friends and also share with others from their own home countries. The same applies to the teachers of course, because we make good friends with intelligent and interesting people from other countries.
As always, English classes can lead on to other things, and we are always open to help our students with whatever they need, including help with translation, form filling, advice, eating good food, or touring London sights.
Most students who come do not necessarily identify as Christian. Preaching the gospel verbally is not part of what we do during the English classes. However we do try to emulate Christ and demonstrate his character, in the hope that all will want to follow him. By making learning English a pleasurable experience, we hope the students enjoy our Monday evenings. This will help them learn easily, relax, gain confidence in speaking, and come back the following week.
## _**Richard Berry**_
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## A NOTE FROM THE FINANCE TEAM TO INTRODUCE THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR 2022
Financial gifts from the congregation enable St Gabriel’s to
continue in worship, to offer weekly activities to the local community, put on special events, support other churches in London, and support mission partners in this country and internationally. In these uncertain times when the cost of living is increasing, and it’s not clear whether all these
activities can continue, God finds a way to keep things going through unexpected gifts, legacies and the generosity of the congregation.
## _**The Finance Team during 2022-23 was Debbie Thomas, Colleen Francis, Sarah Broadbent, James Yeates and David Vivian**_
## FINANCE REPORT AND SUMMARY ACCOUNTS FOR 2022
## **How we work out our money in St Gabriel’s**
In St Gabriel’s we look to cover our regular expenses with our regular income. Regular expenses are the running costs for our ministries and activities, on Sundays and during the week, engaging with our local community and showing faith in action, contributing to clergy and wider church costs, paying our other staff, heating and looking after our buildings and grounds, and giving for God’s mission locally, in London, nationally and internationally. We set our sights high, and obviously need our income and outgoings to balance, which is a challenge to us.
In 2022 we received some ’ Eco’ funding that we were able to use to for some ecologically friendly projects in and around the church grounds. We also received some funding from the Diocese to help with our heating and lighting costs. We will use to this to help with the costs for Winter 2022/23.
As part of our 125 anniversary celebrations we raised funds to start an “Investing in our future” fund that we will use to fund future initiatives that we feel we are being called to.
## **So how did our money work out in 2022?**
Other than the Eco funding and the grant to help with heating and lighting costs, we didn’t receive any outside funds, so all other funds were given by members and friends, together with hiring our Hall, rent from the Hall Flat, rent from the telecoms in the tower, and activities.
**Income:** Regular income was higher in 2022 than the previous couple of years– much of this was due to people’s generous response to our pledge appeal at the beginning of the year. Income from hall lettings and daytime and other activities was also significantly higher than in 2021. We received several generous oneoff gifts throughout the year, and a generous response to the fund raising for our “125 Investing in our Future” fund. For our CAP centre some of the money given was to cover costs in future years as well as for 2022/23.
Thank you to everyone who gave to St Gabriel’s during the year.
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**Spending:** Spending in 2022 was largely in line with expectations, with the exception of heating and lighting, where we saw a significant increase in the cost of energy, and church maintenance, where we had electrical works that were required following our 5 year electrical survey.
**Overall:** We ran a deficit for 2022, although the position overall was significantly better than we anticipated at the start of the year. We used £15,500 from the legacy to cover the shortfall. We thank God for his continued provision in these challenging times.
## **What does this mean for 2023?**
So that we can continue to worship God, serve our community and bring others to know Jesus, we need to continue to build up our regular income to allow us to cover our day-to-day costs and to meet new challenges and unexpected expenses as they arise.
We are all facing uncertain financial times and increases in the cost of living. The church is no exception – in particular we are seeing a sharp increase in the cost of heating and lighting in the church. This means that in 2023 we again are expecting to run a deficit.
We will use the legacy to meet some of this shortfall, but we expect that the legacy will be exhausted before the end of the year. To bridge this gap, and keep our buildings and facilities in good order for people to come into and to enjoy, we will also need to reduce our reserves and use some of the money donated to our “125 Investing in our Future” fund.
All this means if we wish to continue doing everything we are currently doing at St Gabriel’s beyond the end of the year, maintain our reserves, and use our “125 Investing in our Future” fund to invest in our future rather than meeting day-to-day running costs, giving (regular and one-off) will need to increase to close the gap between income and outgoings.
Prayer: We give thanks that our financial needs have been met in 2022, and for the generosity of all who give. We can pray that for 2023 giving will meet our costs. We can trust that God will provide what we need. Please pray, asking and trusting God to meet our needs. We want St Gabriel’s to be all that God wants us to be, for his church and his name to be known in this area, so that more people will come to know him.
**Income :**
|**Income :**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|
|StandingOrders|**£ 87,580**|_£ 82,040_|
|Offeringbaskets|**£ 17,410**|_£ 13,120_|
|One-offgifts|**£ 9,950**|_£ 15,140_|
|For our Christians Against PovertyCentre**[*]**|**£ 62,150**|_£ 32,475_|
|Tax reclaimed|**£ 28,500**|_£ 25,295_|
|Event income|**£ 5,100**|_£ 2,510_|
|Flat rent(includingwater rates)|**£ 16,025**|_£ 15,915_|
|Hall lettings|**£ 14,010**|_£ 7,280_|
|Service fees_(for weddings, funerals in church) _|**£ 2,505**|_£ 1,865_|
|Insurance claims|**£ 3,410**|-|
|VAT reclaimed|**£ 1,660**|_£ 260_|
|Interest|**£ 250**|_£ 35_|
|Tower Telecoms|**£ 14,580**|_£ 14,300_|
|St Michael’s Hall – Ground rent|**-**|_£ 250_|
|ECO Funding|**£ 1,045**|_£ 250_|
|Church Use|**£ 550**|-|
|Other_(Special Mission Giving, Yuliya’s Refuge,_
_conference deposits, ministry gifts)_|**£ 45,270**|_£ 4,880_|
|125 InvestingIn Our Future Donations|**£ 30,000**|-|
|EnergyCost Support Grant|**£ 2,640**|-|
|**Total Income**|**£342,635**|_£ 215,615_|
> **[*]** Includes £21,698 given for future years
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**Spending – Ministries:**
|**Spending – Ministries:**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|
|Branding|**£ 4,495**|_£ 4,175_|
|Clergy and Area & Diocesan support_(called the_
_Common Fund)_|**£ 85,200**|_£ 85,200_|
|Clergy expenses_(includes house costs, training and_
_conferences, travel and hospitality) _|**£ 1,190**|_£ 2,405_|
|Worshipresources|**£ 3,220**|_£ 1,945_|
|Children and Youth Minister and expenses|**£ 26,930**|_£ 24,940_|
|Children and Youth resources|**£ 1,440**|_£ 625_|
|Families and CommunityMinister and expenses|**£ 12,735**|_£ 12,350_|
|Families and CommunityMinistry|**£ 1,585**|_£ 920_|
|Events|**£ 995**|_£ 1,500_|
|Hospitality|**£ 1,205**|_£ 420_|
|Alpha,Welcome|**£ 115**|_£ 10_|
|Equipment|**£ 745**|_£ 665_|
|Training,consultancyand conferences|**£ 3,470**|_£ 2,330_|
|Leavingand other Gifts|**£ 1,120**|_£ 165_|
|Staff and Clergy Phone, Internet and Sundries
_(previously included in individual staff expenses)_|**£ 1,340**|_-_|
|Staff Team - Entertainingand Gifts|**£ 100**|_£ 215_|
|AdvertisingEvents|**£ 50**|_£ 785_|
|**Total Ministries Costs**|**£145,935**|_£ 138,650_|
## **Spending - Church and Grounds:**
|**Spending - Church and Grounds:**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|
|Church Manager and expenses|**£ 18,265**|_£ 17,715_|
|Light and Heat and water rates|**£ 13,665**|_£ 8,920_|
|Insurance|**£ 8,605**|_£ 8,260_|
|Equipment|**£ 295**|_£ 120_|
|Accountingcosts|**£ 805**|_£ 675_|
|Housekeeping _(cleaning and materials) _|**£ 3,615**|_£ 2,010_|
|Postage and stationery
_(previously Printing, postage and stationery)_|**£ 1,250**|_£ 1,330_|
|Telephone and Broadband|**£ 905**|_£ 605_|
|Licenses,Website and ChurchSuite|**£ 2,545**|_£ 2,545_|
|Service Fees Payable to the Diocese/Others|**£ 845**|_£ 900_|
|Insurance claim repairs and items
_(2022: roof repairs – storm damage)_|**£ 4,390**|_£ 660_|
|Eco Projects|**£ 800**||
|Maintenance and Works:|||
|Electrical works_(2022 inspection and remediation_
_works, 2021 kitchen strip light replacement;)_|**£ 3,605**|_£ 140_|
|Heating and plumbing (_2022: plumbing includes_
_outside taps and leaking toilet repair_)|**£ 920**|_£ 1,320_|
|Tree felling/maintenance|**-**|_£ 1,200_|
|Gutter cleaning|**£ 330**|_-_|
|Fence maintenance and repair|**-**|_£ 50_|
|Fire safety,alarm|**£ 665**|_£ 565_|
|Clock _(Annual service)_|**£ 320**|_£ 315_|
|Lightningconductor check|**-**|_£ 70_|
|Drinks machine_(engineer callout)_|**-**|_£ 130_|
|Projector cleaningand service|**£ 440**|_-_|
|Office area screens|**-**|_£ 1,150_|
|Other maintenance and works|**£ 620**|_£ 105_|
|_(Total Maintenance and Works)_|**(£6,900)**|_(£5,045)_|
|**Total Church and Grounds Costs**|**£ 62,885**|_£ 48,785_|
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## **Spending - Church Hall**
|**Spending - Church Hall**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|
|Light and Heat and water rates|**£ 1,495**|_£ 270_|
|Insurance|**£ 1,425**|_£ 1,365_|
|Cleaning,includingcarpets|**£ 665**|_£ 570_|
|Equipment and Wi-Fi|**£ 510**|_£ 630_|
|Flat costs|**£ 860**|_£ 330_|
|Openingand closingfor hires|**£ 775**|_£ 265_|
|Maintenance and Works:|||
|Heating, plumbingand electrical repairs|**£ 360**|_£ 575_|
|Fire safety,alarm|**£ 220**|_£ 290_|
|Other maintenance and repairs
_(2022: Including noise limiter repair)_|**£ 205**|_£ 380_|
|_(Total Maintenance and Works)_|**(£ 785)**|_(£1,245)_|
|**Total Church Hall Costs**|**£ 6,515**|_£ 4,675_|
## **Mission Giving:**
_Each year we give away at least 10% of the previous year’s giving income_
||**2022**|_2021_|
|---|---|---|
|International Mission|||
|Stone family|**£ 2,640**|_£ 2,640_|
|Open Doors|**£ 540**|_£ 540_|
|Tearfund|**£ 460**|_£ 960_|
|Tumaini Health Centre,Kenya|**£ 1,000**|_£ 1,000_|
|Other_(Yuliya’s refuge)_|**£ 41,600**|_£ 3,470_|
|National Mission|||
|Church Pastoral Aid Society|**£ 900**|_£ 900_|
|New Wine|**£ 430**|_£ 430_|
|Evangelical Alliance|**£ 150**|_£ 150_|
|Other_(Green Christian, Children’s Society)_|**£ 160**|_£ 40_|
|London and Willesden Area Mission|||
|Other Area Churches _(through extra Common Fund)_|**£ 5,110**|_£ 5,110_|
|Church Schools|**£ 905**|_£ 905_|
|Other|**-**|_£ 760_|
|Local Mission|||
|Christians Against PovertyCentre**[*]**|**£ 27,410**|_£ 27,800_|
|Other Mission Giving|**-**||
|Bishop’s and Vicar’s DiscretionaryFunds|**£ 100**|_£ 100_|
|**Total Mission Giving**
**_[*]_** _includes given for CAP centre 2022: £26,900_
_(2021: £27,300)_|**£ 81,405**|_£ 44,805_|
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2022 _2021_ Total income £ 342,637[[*]] _£ 212,932_ Total spent £ 297,036 _£ 233,489_
**[*] 2022 figure includes £55,341 given for expenditure in future years/future projects**
For 2022 we again had a shortfall between our income and expenditure for our day-today expenses. This shortfall was met from the legacy. We had anticipated that we would need to spend approximately £29,000 from the legacy to cover the deficit (which would have all but exhausted the legacy). However due to increased giving (as a result of people’s generous response to our pledge Sunday), and more one-off gifts than we had anticipated, we only needed to draw approximately £15,500 from the legacy to cover the shortfall. Additionally we spent £4,495 from the legacy on our new branding. This means we still have £10,420 available from the legacy.
For 2023 we are again expecting a sizable shortfall between what we will need to spend day to day and our income. In large part this is due to the increase in the cost of living, particularly the cost of lighting and heating the church. The anticipated deficit for 2023 is approximately £32,000. We plan to bridge the gap by using the remainder of the legacy, significantly reducing our reserves, and taking around £11,000 from our “125 Investing in our Future” fund.
For 2024 we will need to find additional funds, or start to make cuts to our expenditure. This in turn will mean we need to review the activities and areas of ministry we are able to support.
## **What money have we got for 2023?**
|**What money have we got for 2023?**||
|---|---|
|**At the end of 2022 our General Fund had . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .**|**£ 10,000**|
|**Our other Funds are:**||
|Restricted funds:||
|Christians Against Poverty Centre Fund (Current Year) . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 28,355**|
|Christians Against Poverty Centre Fund (Future Years) . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 21,698**|
|Eco Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 496**|
|Energy Support Grant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 2,641**|
|Local Ministry Fund[**1].**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 804**|
|Designated funds:||
|Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 10,420**|
|Family and Community Ministry Transition**[2]**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 7,300**|
|Reserve Fund_(for emergencies and temporary funding)_. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .**£ 10,000**||
|One Off Giving For Future Years**[3]**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 1,000**|
|125 – Investing In Our Future**[4]**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|**£ 30,002**|
- **[1]** The PCC set up the Local Ministry Fund to allow us to put money aside from our Mission Giving over a number of years for investing in strategic/long term projects in our local area
- **[2]** Money put aside from the legacy to help with the cost of Family and Community Ministry
- **[3]** Money gifted in 2022 for spending in 2023
- **[4]** Money given as part of our 125th anniversary celebrations for investing in future projects
## _**David Vivian, Treasurer**_
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**Thank you for reading our Annual Report – we hope you have found it interesting and informative, and that you will give God thanks for all his goodness.**
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## St Gabriel's Church, Cricklewood
**Registered charity number 1130425**
Financial Statements
## of the
## Parochial Church Council
for the year ended 31 December 2022
Vicar Reverend James Yeates
Treasurer David Vivian
Bank CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ
Independent Examiner Richard L Berry BA ACA
## **St Gabriel's Church, Cricklewood**
## **Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2022**
## **Contents**
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|Annual Report|1|
|Statement of Financial Activities|2|
|Balance Sheet|3|
|Notes to the accounts|4-7|
|Examiner's Report|8|
## **Explanatory notes**
The accounts for 2022 are in 4 columns, with the 5th column giving the figures for 2021 for comparison. The 4 columns for 2022 are: **Unrestricted** - this is all money not given for a particular purpose - **Designated** this is money which we have decided will be for something particular **Restricted** - this is money given for a specific purpose **Total Funds** - this adds together the Unrestricted, Designated and Restricted figures, so this is the column to concentrate on **Page 2** is a summary of income and expenditure **Page 3** tells us what money we have, plus a nominal (historic) figure for St Gabriel's Hall (£140,000) **Pages 4-6** give details of income and expenditure **Page 7** shows our Funds, where money is given or set aside for a specific purpose eg Money given for our Christians Against Poverty Centre **Page 8** this is the External Examiner's Report on our 2022 Accounts **Debtors** - this is money we are owed **Creditors** - this is money we owe to others **Assets** - this is what's ours **Liabilities** - this is money we are liable for eg payroll liabilities of National Insurance and Income Tax
## **Parochial Church Council of St Gabriel's, Cricklewood Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2022**
## **Administrative Information**
St Gabriel's Church is situated at Walm Lane, Cricklewood, London, NW2 4RX.
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission (no. 1130425). The PCC members who have served from 1 January 2022 until the date this report was approved are:
_Incumbent:_ The Revd James Yeates Chair _Wardens:_ Marcus Liberman Shelley Murray _Representatives on_ Colleen Francis _the Deanery Synod:_ Winsome Spence _Elected Members:_ Harriet Aber-Luwum From 8th May 2022 Sophia Ajani Patience Asare-Tweneboah Anita Bowen Charmaine Clarke From 8th May 2022 Alison Ingram Isaac Kizza Up to 8th May 2022 Tuong Vi Le-Magowan Faith Mba Rose Streatfield David Vivian Treasurer John Wolffe
None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity. The total of
donations received from trustees and related parties in 2022 was £45,693.
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 20th March 2023 and signed on its behalf by
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The Revd James Yeates (PCC Chair)
and by:
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Marcus Liberman (Churchwarden)
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|**Parochial Church Council of St Gabriel's, Cricklewood**|**Parochial Church Council of St Gabriel's, Cricklewood**|**Parochial Church Council of St Gabriel's, Cricklewood**|||||||||
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|**Statement of financial activities**|||||||||||
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|**For the year ending 31 December 2022**|||||||||||
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|||Unrestricted||Designated||Restricted||**Total Funds**|||
|||Fund||Fund||Fund||**2022**||_2021_|
||Note|£||£||£||**£**||_£_|
|**Incoming Resources**|||||||||||
|VoluntaryIncome|2(a)|184,534||31,002||62,149||**277,685**||_172,314_|
|Income from Trading|2(b)|-||-||-||**-**||_784_|
|Income from Investments|2(c)|252||-||-||**252**||_37_|
|Income from Church Activities|2(d)|50,265||-||-||**50,265**||_40,257_|
|Other IncomingResources|2(e)|10,748||-||3,688||**14,436**||_3,011_|
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|**Total Incoming Resources**||245,798||31,002||65,837||**342,637**||_216,403_|
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|**Resources Expended**|||||||||||
|Church Activities|3(a)|259,929||9,395||27,712||**297,036**||_241,511_|
|TradingCosts|3(b)|-||-||-||**-**||_-_|
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|**Total Resources Expended**||259,929||9,395||27,712||**297,036**||_241,511_|
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|**Net incoming resources before other**
**recognisedgains and losses**||(14,131)||21,607||38,125||**45,601**||_(25,108)_|
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|Transfer between funds||14,719||(15,523)||804||**-**||_-_|
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|Net movement in funds||588||6,084||38,929||**45,601**||_(25,108)_|
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|Balances b/fwd 1 January||9,412||192,638||15,064||**217,115**||_242,223_|
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|Balances c/fwd 31 December||10,000||198,722||53,993||**262,715**||_217,115_|
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|**The notes onpages 4 to 7 formpart of these accounts.**|||||||||||
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|||||*****figures above||include £140,000 historic cost of the Hall|||||
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|**Parochial Church Council of**|**Parochial Church Council of**|||||||
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|**St Gabriel's Church Cricklewood**||||||||
|**Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2022**||||||||
|||||**2022**||_2021_||
|||Notes||**£**||_£_||
|Fixed Assets||||||||
|||||||||
||Tangible(this is the historic cost of the Church Hall)|4(a)||**140,000**||_140,000_||
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|||||**140,000**||_140,000_||
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|Current Assets||||||||
||Debtors|5(a)||**11,940**||_6,625_||
||Short term deposits|5(b)||**48,729**||_34,790_||
||Cash at bank|5 (c)||**61,855**||_35,771_||
||Pettycash and floats|5(c)||**191**||_37_||
|||||**122,715**||_77,223_||
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||Creditors - amounts fallingdue within 1year|6||**-**||_(108)_||
|||||||||
|Net Current Assets||||**122,715**||_77,115_||
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|Liabilities||||||||
||Creditors - amounts fallingdue after 1year|7||**-**||_-_||
|||||||||
|Net Assets/(Liabilities)||||**262,715**||_217,115_||
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|Funds||||||||
||Historic Cost of Church Hall|8(c)||**140,000**||_140,000_||
||Reserve Fund|8(c)||**10,000**||_10,000_||
||Other Designated|8(c)||**48,722**||_42,639_||
||Restricted|8(c)||**53,993**||_15,064_||
||Other Unrestricted|8(c)||**10,000**||_9,412_||
|||||**262,715**||**217,115**||
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|**The notes onpages 4 to 7 formpart of these accounts.**||||||||
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|Approved bythe Parochial Church Council on 20th March 2023||||||||
|and signed on its behalf by:||||||||
|______________________________________________||||||||
|The Revd James Yeates(PCC Chair)||||||||
|and by:||||||||
|______________________________________________||||||||
|MarcusLiberman(Churchwarden)||||||||
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|**Parochial Church Council of**|**Parochial Church Council of**||||||||||
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|**Year ending 31 December 2022**|||||||||||
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|**1.**|**Accounting Policies**||||||||||
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||The financial statements have beenprepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting||||||||||
||Regulations 2006 together with applicable accountingstandards FRS102(2016)and with SORP 2016.||||||||||
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||Unrestricted|||Designated||Restricted||**Total Funds**|||
|||Fund||Fund||Fund||**2022**||_2021_|
|||£||£||£||**£**||_£_|
|**2.**|**Incoming Resources**||||||||||
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|**2(a)**|**Voluntary income**||||||||||
||125 InvestingIn Our Future|||30,002||||**30,002**||_-_|
||Christians Against PovertyCentre|||||62,149||**62,149**||_32,475_|
||One Off Giving|8,947||1,000||||**9,947**||_15,142_|
||Special Mission Giving|498||||||**498**||_772_|
||St Vincents Appeal|||||||**-**||_3,471_|
||StandingOrders|87,579||||||**87,579**||_82,039_|
||SundayOfferings - Baskets|17,412||||||**17,412**||_9,260_|
||Text/Just Givingand ThursdayWorship|||||||**-**||_3,860_|
||Tax Reclaimed|28,498||||||**28,498**||_25,295_|
||Yuliya's Refuge(Ukraine)|41,599||||||**41,599**|||
|||184,534||31,002||62,149||**277,685**||_172,314_|
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|**2(b)**|**Income from trading**||||||||||
||Fairtrade Stall|||||||**-**||_784_|
|||-||-||-||**-**||_784_|
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|**2(c)**|**Income from investments**||||||||||
||Interest|252||||||**252**||_37_|
|||252||-||-||**252**||_37_|
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|**2(d)**|**Income from church activities**||||||||||
||Church Use|550||||||**550**|||
||Hall Letting|14,010||||||**14,010**||_7,280_|
||Hall Flat Rent|15,806||||||**15,806**||_15,592_|
||Hall Flat Water Rates|220||||||**220**||_325_|
||St Michael's Hall(ground rent)|-||||||**-**||_250_|
||Tower Telecoms|14,578||||||**14,578**||_14,300_|
||Event Income|5,100||||||**5,100**||_2,510_|
|||50,265||-||-||**50,265**||_40,257_|
||||||||||||
|**2(e)**|**Other incoming resources**||||||||||
||ECO Funding|||||1,047||**1,047**||_250_|
||Insurance Reclaim|3,410||||||**3,410**||_-_|
||Service Fees Received|2,504||||||**2,504**||_1,863_|
||VAT Reclaim|1,658||||||**1,658**||_261_|
||Other Income|1,000||||2,641||**3,641**||_637_|
||Conference deposits|2,175||||||**2,175**|||
|||10,748||-||3,688||**14,436**||_3,011_|
||||||||||||
||Total Incoming Resources|245,798||31,002||65,837||**342,637**||216,403|
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|||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Designated||Restricted||**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Fund||Fund||Fund||**2022**||_2021_|
|||£||£||£||**£**||_£_|
|**3.**|**Resources Expended**||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**3(a)**|**Church Activities**||||||||||
||||||||||||
||**Church and Grounds Running Costs**||||||||||
||AccountancyCosts|807||||||**807**||_674_|
||Church Manager and Expenses|18,266||||||**18,266**||_17,714_|
||Eco Projects|||||801||**801**||_120_|
||Equipment(Office and Grounds)|297||||||**297**||_-_|
||Service Feespayable to the Diocese/Others|847||||||**847**||_900_|
||Housekeeping|3,617||||||**3,617**||_2,010_|
||Insurance|8,605||||||**8,605**||_8,262_|
||Insurance Claim repairs and items|4,392||||||**4,392**||_658_|
||Licences,Website and ChurchSuite|2,545||||||**2,545**||_2,546_|
||Light and Heat|13,474||||||**13,474**||_8,766_|
||Maintenance|6,800||||||**6,800**||_3,895_|
||Major Works(NCIL funded)|-||||||**-**||_37_|
||Major Works(not NCIL funded)|-||||||**-**||_1,152_|
||Other Works and One Off Projects|98||||||**98**||_-_|
||Stationeryand Postage|1,248||||||**1,248**||_1,329_|
||Telephone and Broadband|906||||||**906**||_605_|
||Water Rates|192||||||**192**||_156_|
|||62,093||-||801||**62,894**||_48,824_|
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||**Ministry**||||||||||
||Advertising|50||||||**50**||_785_|
||Alpha|76||||||**76**||_8_|
||Branding|||4,495||||**4,495**||_4,176_|
||Children and Youth Activities and Supplies|1,439||||||**1,439**||_627_|
||Children and Youth Minister and Expenses|26,928||||||**26,928**||_24,938_|
||ClergyExpenses|-||||||**-**||_279_|
||ClergyHousing|1,056||||||**1,056**||_2,043_|
||ClergyTraining,Conferences and Retreats|135||||||**135**||_85_|
||Common Fund|85,200||||||**85,200**||_85,200_|
||CommunityEvents|-||||||**-**||_13_|
||Courses and smallgroups|-||||||**-**||_-_|
||Equipment|747||||||**747**||_663_|
||Events|996||||||**996**||_1,486_|
||Families and CommunityMinistry|1,586||||||**1,586**||_919_|
||Families and CommunityMinister And Expenses|7,835||4,900||||**12,735**||_12,352_|
||Hospitality|1,205||||||**1,205**||_422_|
||Leavingand Other Gifts|1,120||||||**1,120**||_165_|
||Staff and ClergyPhone,Internet and Sundries|1,342||||||**1,342**|||
||Staff Team - Entertainingand Gifts|101||||||**101**||_216_|
||Training,Consultancyand Conferences|3,472||||||**3,472**||_2,332_|
||Welcome|38||||||**38**||_-_|
||Worship|3,222||||||**3,222**||_1,944_|
|||136,546||9,395||-||**145,941**||_138,653_|
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||**Church Hall & Flat Running Costs**||||||||||
||Equipment and Wi-Fi|509||||||**509**||_631_|
||Cleaning,includingCarpets|663||||||**663**||_570_|
||Flat Costs|860||||||**860**||_328_|
||Insurance|1,423||||||**1,423**||_1,366_|
||Lettings(openingand closing)|775||||||**775**||_265_|
||Light and Heat|1,364||||||**1,364**||_271_|
||Maintenance|785||||||**785**||_867_|
||Major Works|-||||||**-**||_-_|
||Major Works(NCIL Funded)|-||||||**-**||_4,931_|
||Water Rates|132||||||**132**||_-_|
|||6,512||-||-||**6,512**||_9,229_|
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|||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Designated||Restricted||**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Fund||Fund||Fund||**2022**||_2021_|
|||£||£||£||**£**||_£_|
||**Mission Giving**||||||||||
||_International Mission_||||||||||
||Open Doors|540||||||**540**||_540_|
||Stone Family|2,641||||||**2,641**||_2,640_|
||St Vincent's Appeal|-||||||**-**||_3,471_|
||Yulia's Refuge(Ukraine)|41,599||||||**41,599**|||
||Tearfund|462||||||**462**||_959_|
||Tumaini Health,Kenya|1,000||||||**1,000**||_1,000_|
||_National Mission_|||||||**-**||_-_|
||Church Pastoral Aid Society|900||||||**900**||_900_|
||Evangelical Alliance|150||||||**150**||_150_|
||New Wine|430||||||**430**||_430_|
||Other National Mission|160||||||**160**||_39_|
||_London Mission_|||||||**-**||_-_|
||Area Churches(through Common Fund)|5,112||||||**5,112**||_5,112_|
||Church Schools|903||||||**903**||_903_|
||Other London|-||||||**-**||_761_|
||_Local Mission_|||||||**-**||_-_|
||CommunityMinister(halfpay)|||||||**-**||_-_|
||Christians Against Poverty|500||||26,911||**27,411**||_27,800_|
||_Other Mission Giving_|||||||**-**||_-_|
||Bishopof Willesden's DiscretionaryFund|||||||**-**||_-_|
||Vicar's DiscretionaryFund|100||||||**100**||_100_|
|||54,497||-||26,911||**81,407**||_44,805_|
|||Unrestricted||Designated||Restricted||**Total Funds**|||
|||Fund||Fund||Fund||**2022**||_2021_|
|||£||£||£||**£**||_£_|
||**Payroll Expenses**||||||||||
||National Insurance|281||||||**281**||_-_|
|||281||-||-||**281**||_-_|
||||||||||||
||Total resources expended on church activities|259,929||9,395||27,712||**297,036**||_241,511_|
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**4.**|Fixed Assets||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**4(a)**|Tangible - Property (historic figure)|||140,000||||**140,000**||_140,000_|
||||||||||||
|**5.**|**Current Assets**||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**5(a)**|**Debtors**||||||||||
||VAT to be Reclaimed|-||||||**-**||_-_|
||Tax to be Reclaimed|11,940||||||**11,940**||_6,625_|
||Other Debtors|-||||||**-**||_-_|
|||11,940||-||-||**11,940**||_6,625_|
||||||||||||
|**5(b)**|**Short Term Deposits**||||||||||
||CAF Deposit Account|(0)||||38,729||**38,729**||_24,790_|
||CBF Restricted and Designated|-||||5,000||**5,000**||_5,000_|
||CBF Reserve Fund|-||5,000||||**5,000**||_5,000_|
|||(0)||5,000||43,729||**48,729**||_34,790_|
||||||||||||
|**5(c)**|**Cash at Bank and in hand**||||||||||
||Cash at Bank|3,665||49,376||8,814||**61,855**||35771|
||Cash in hand|191||||||**191**||37|
|||3,857||49,376||8,814||**62,047**||_35,808_|
||||||||||||
|**6.**|**Liabilities Due Within 1 Year**||||||||||
||Creditors|-||||||**-**||_(108)_|
||Accruals|||||||**-**||_-_|
|||-||-||-||**-**||_(108)_|
||||||||||||
|**7.**|**Liabilities After 1 Year**|-||||||**-**||_-_|
|||-||-||-||**-**||-|
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||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Designated||Restricted||**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Fund||Fund||Fund||**2022**||_2021_|
|||£||£||£||**£**||_£_|
|**8.**|**Funds**||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**8(a)**|**Movement in Funds**||||||||||
||Balance at 1 January|9,412||192,638||15,064||**217,115**||242,223|
||IncomingResources|245,798||31,002||65,837||**342,637**||216,403|
||Resources Expended|(259,929)||(9,395)||(27,712)||**(297,036)**||(241,511)|
||Transfer between funds|14,719||(15,523)||804||**-**||-|
||Balance at 31 December|10,000||198,722||53,993||**262,715**||_217,115_|
||||||||||||
|**8(b)**|**Analysis of net assets by fund**||||||||||
||Tangible Fixed Assets|||140,000||||**140,000**||140,000|
||Current Assets|10,000||58,722||53,993||**122,715**||77,223|
||Liabilities due within 1year|-||-||||**-**||(108)|
||Liabilities due after 1year|-||-||-||**-**||-|
|||10,000||198,722||53,993||**262,715**||_217,115_|
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**. .**|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**8(c)**|**Summary of Funds**||||||||||
|||B/Fwd||Incoming
Resources||Resources
Expended||Transfers||C/Fwd|
||Unrestricted||||||||||
||||||||||||
||Designated||||||||||
||Historic Cost of Hall|140,000||||||||**140,000**|
||Reserve Fund(see note below)|10,000||||||||**10,000**|
||125 - Investingin our Future|-||30,002||||||**30,002**|
||Familyand CommunityMinistryTransition|12,200||||(4,900)||||**7,300**|
||One Off GivingFor Future Years|-||1,000||||||**1,000**|
||Legacy|30,438||||(4,495)||(15,523)||**10,420**|
||Total Designated|192,638||31,002||(9,395)||(15,523)||**198,722**|
||||||||||||
||General Fund|9,412||245,798||(259,929)||14,719||**10,000**|
||**Total Unrestricted**|202,050||276,800||(269,324)||(804)||**208,722**|
||||||||||||
||Restricted||||||||||
||Christians Against Poverty (CAP)Centre Fund|14,814||40,451||(26,911)||||**28,355**|
||CAP Centre Future Years Fund|-||21,698||||||**21,698**|
||ECO Funding|250||1,047||(801)||||**496**|
||EnergySupport Grant|-||2,641||||||**2,641**|
||Local MinistryFund|-||||||804||**804**|
||**Total Restricted**|15,064||65,837||(27,712)||804||**53,993**|
||||||||||||
||**Total Funds**|217,114||342,637||(297,036)||-||**262,715**|
|||*****||||||||*****|
||||||||||||
||*****figures above include £140,000 historic cost of the Hall||||||||||
||||||||||||
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## **Notes**
_**Reserve Fund:** The PCC seeks to maintain reserves to meet expenses in the event of income not keeping pace with expenditure, for whatever reason. It can also be used to fund urgent repairs. The goal of maintaining a reserve fund is not to hoard money, but to establish a safe cushion in the event of expenses exceeding income. St Gabriel’s looks to maintain reserves at the level of: 2 months Common Fund, salaries and basic running costs; plus one further month’s salaries if possible._ In 2021 the PCC agreed to transfer £10,000 from the reserve fund to the general fund to ensure that we maintain a positive balance in our general fund throughout the year, and to work to replenish the reserves when finances allow _**Other Income:** This consists of an Energy Support Grant of £2641 and a one-off ministry gift of £1000_ The Diocese awarded us an 'Energy Support' grant of £2641 to help cover the cost of gas and electricity for Winter 2022/23. This money has been put aside and will be used to help cover energy costs at the start of 2023 **One off giving for future years:** We were given a one-off gift of £1000 to be used in 2023. To seperate this from general income a new unrestricted fund was created to hold the gift until it is spent _**Local Ministry Fund:** The PCC decided that a portion of our mission giving should be put aside with a view to funding a local ministry project over the longer term. This money has been put aside in a new restricted fund_ _**Cap Future Years Fund:** Some of the CAP funding we were given during 2022 was to provide funding for several years. We have created a new restricted fund allow us to seperate CAP funds that are available for immediate use for funds that are intended to cover future years_ _**Legacy:** The PCC agreed to cover branding costs and any defecit for 2022 from the Legacy_ _**125 - Investing in our Future:** We had a fund raising drive as part of our 125 year celebrations to raise money for future projects within the church. This money has been put aside in a new unrestricted fund_ _**Income Tax Claimable:** To give a more accurate picture of the current level of the general fund we have apportioned tax still to be claimed to the CAP centre fund and 125 Investing in our future fund (£1450 for CAP and £4790 for the 125 Investing in our future fund)_
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Examiner's Report on 2022 Accounts..
St Gabriel'5 Church Cricklewood
Accounts= Year ending 31 December 2022
Examiner's Report
Date.- 19" March 2023
Examiner= Riihard L Berry BA ACA
I haveexamined the accountsof St Gabriel's Church for the year ending 31
December 2022.
l am satisfied that..
ThÈ attounts represent the true financial positlon of the Church and that
the income and expenses have been properly accounted for.
The Church has good internal procedures that ensure the proper
stewardship of Church funds. In particular. there are Bood safeguards for
the countin8 and bankin8 of cash. Givirb8 by standifis order 15
encouraged, en5urin8 that re8ular8ivin8 goes directly into the Church's
bank account. There are proper procedures for the approval of
disbursements.
Restricted fund5 are used for their proper purwjse and that the wishes of
the givers have been honoured.
Gift Aid has been Claimed.
Proper accountln8 re(ords have been neatly and completely maintained.
Suff icient. but not excessive. reserve funds have been held in accordance
with the Church's Flnancial Prlnciples.
Separate bank accounts have been maintained for good reasons.
I havè asked ouestlons. and I have been answered promptly.
RithaTd L Bérry BAACA
Examiner's Report on 2022 Accounts..
St Gabriel'5 Church Cricklewood
Accounts= Year ending 31 December 2022
Examiner's Report
Date.- 19" March 2023
Examiner= Riihard L Berry BA ACA
I haveexamined the accountsof St Gabriel's Church for the year ending 31
December 2022.
l am satisfied that..
ThÈ attounts represent the true financial positlon of the Church and that
the income and expenses have been properly accounted for.
The Church has good internal procedures that ensure the proper
stewardship of Church funds. In particular. there are Bood safeguards for
the countin8 and bankin8 of cash. Givirb8 by standifis order 15
encouraged, en5urin8 that re8ular8ivin8 goes directly into the Church's
bank account. There are proper procedures for the approval of
disbursements.
Restricted fund5 are used for their proper purwjse and that the wishes of
the givers have been honoured.
Gift Aid has been Claimed.
Proper accountln8 re(ords have been neatly and completely maintained.
Suff icient. but not excessive. reserve funds have been held in accordance
with the Church's Flnancial Prlnciples.
Separate bank accounts have been maintained for good reasons.
I havè asked ouestlons. and I have been answered promptly.
RithaTd L Bérry BAACA