# **Parochial Church Council of St Augustine’s of Hippo, Hedon** ## **Trustees Report and Financial Statements** **31[st] December 2022** ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Augustine of Hippo, Hedon** ## **I N D E X** |Charity Information
Report of the Trustees
Independent Examiner’s Report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Financial Statements|Page
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9 – 11| |---|---| _._ 1 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Augustine of Hippo, Hedon Charity Information** ## **Architect** David Sherriff acts as consultant Architect and Project Manager and is paid in accordance with standard rates. David Sherriff, BA (Hons), Arch Dip Arch, AABC 30-35 Dock Street LEEDS LS10 1JF ## **Independent Examiner** David Gray, NLFCA Main Road Thorngumbald HU12 9LS ## **Bankers** All banking of Church Accounts are held with HSBC 3-4 Jameson Street Hull HU1 3JX ## **Insurers** All insurance policies are held with: Ecclesiastical Insurance Group plc Beaufort House Brunswick Road Gloucester GL1 1JZ 2 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Augustine of Hippo, Hedon Registered Charity** ## Report of the Trustees _for the year ended 31[st] December 2022_ St. Augustine’s Church is situated in the town of Hedon in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is part of the Diocese of York within the Church of England ## **Objectives and Public Benefit** The promotion of the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England. The PCC aims to promote the whole mission of the Church – pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical within the Parish. When planning our activities for the year, the incumbent and the PCC have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, especially, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community and to facilitate this it is important that we maintain the fabric of St. Augustine’s Church. ## **Mission Statement** To witness the love of God through worship, fellowship and service. ## **Safeguarding** The Parochial Church Council has adopted and is implementing The House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy ‘Promoting a Safer Church’. ## **Benefice** St. Augustine’s Church is one of four Churches forming the Benefice of Hedon, Paull, Sproatley and Preston in Holderness. ## **Responsible Body** Responsible Body is the Parochial Church Council of St. Augustine’s Church, Church Lane, Hedon HU12 7TQ. **Charity Registration No. 1130525.** ## **Principal Offices** Sheena Baylis, 10 Cedar Court, Farrand Road, Hedon, HU12 8XL – PCC Secretary ## **Parochial Church Trustees** The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. Any named person on the Church Electoral Roll was eligible for nomination and election as a Church Trustee. ## **PCC Membership 1[st] January 2022 to 17[th] May 2022** ## _**Ex Officio**_ Rev Dr Susan H Pulko – Rector Warren Branton – Church Warden Simon Richardson – Church Warden 3 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Augustine of Hippo, Hedon Registered Charity** ## **Report of the Trustees (continued)** _For the year ended 31[st] December 2022_ Norma Branton - Co-opted as Treasurer Dorothy Winter - Diocesan Synod Representative Rev Philip West - Deanery Curate ## _**Elected Members**_ Paul Franzen Brenda Goldspink Shirley Grayson John Groome Jenny Jones Susan Swales ## _**PCC Membership – 17[th] May 2022 to 31[st] December 2022**_ _**Ex Officio**_ Rev Dr Susan H Pulko - Rector Warren Branton - Church Warden/Deanery Synod Representative Dorothy Winter – Diocesan Synod Representative Brenda Goldspink - Deanery Synod Representative Rev Philip West - Deanery Curate ## _**Elected Members**_ Norma Branton - Treasurer until June 2022 when Volunteer Colin Shepperdson took over Paul Franzen - Resigned November 2022 Shirley Grayson John Groome Jennifer Jones Susan Swales Barbara Harrington ## _**Co-opted Members - None**_ ## _**Remuneration/expenses**_ The Rector’s Stipend is paid directly by the Diocese who also provides the living accommodation and attendant costs. No remuneration is paid to any other Trustee or Officer other than repayment of direct expenses where appropriate. ## _**PCC Standing Committee**_ PCC Standing Committee comprising Rector, Churchwardens, Secretary, Treasurer, Lay Vice Chairman and 2 other PCC members. No Standing Committee meetings were held during 2022. 4 PCC Report All remaining govemTnent Covid restrictions were lffted in February arKI by May the Church do0￿ were once again opened daily from 9am to 4pm. Follow7ng receipt of the Quinquennial Report al the end of 2021 David Shefriff {Architect} mel with the PCC in February to answer questions and explain the priorities. There is a significant amount of urgent work to be done in particular wrth falling masonry and the roof la new roof is required)., temporary repairs were undertaken to the roof following stom7 damage during this year. The abseilers who undertook the work also removed some greenery which had taken root. Healing charges for weddings and funerals have had to ￿ increased Significantly due lo increased fuel charges. This continues to be a problem with prices rising Significantly throughout the year. Events in winter have been Severely curtailed as we cannot adequately heal the building. Faculty approval was sought and given for the installation of under pew heating in the Chancel where services will now be held during the winter. The Chancel heating has enabled some Smaller events lo take place during the winter. We also tenefrted from a grant towards heating for Christmas events from Hedon Town Council which was much appreciated. This year we have managed to hold many events during the summer which have brought in some much- needed funds., events induded concerts, a theatrlcal event and a beer festival. Some of these will hopefully become annual events and grow in popularity. We Gontinue to explore innovative ways lo encourage the community to use and visFt the Ghurch focusing our efftjrts mainly on the Spring, Summer and earfy Autumn month$. The Project Group Continues alongside the Di0￿e lo develop plans for the long-temi future of St Augustine's and to seek large scale grant funding. To this end variotjs necessary suNeys have been conducted during the year including an Environmental Survey by Tobit Curteis. those regarding the glazing and for a$￿st0S are still lo take place. The Pantry foodbank continues to provide a service to the communty on a weekly basis. Several new users have joined us in recent weeks. During the moming hol drinks are provKled gtving an 0p￿tunrtY for clients to speak to the Rector, each other and volunteers ill a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. helped by inslallalion of a radiant healer which lakes a little of the chill off the air in the North Transept. We received a welcome donation of £500 from Sainsburys to be used for Christmas products and meal in December. FINANCE The accounts with this report are self*xpL4natory but the followng notes help to explain the result. The totsl income for the year was £78779 and the total expendrf(ure £60561. These figures ￿fleCt the increased income re¢eived fTom events during 2022 whth has also helped to meet our obligation lo the Diocese again this year. Sheena Baylb- PCC Se¢rntary Colin Shepperd8on- Tr•asur•r INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, HEDON I le￿rt on th¢ ￿cOUnts of th¢ Chw¢h for the ye4r ¢nded 31. Deccmbff 2￿2 which 8r¢ srt on tbe *tached pages 7.11. audit is not ttquiyed for this ye4r under seLtion 144(2) of th¢ Charities Art 2011 (the 2011 Act) a￿1 consid¢r that an mdepeDJent exAMi￿Oll is neald It Is my ffsp)rribility to: eXan)1￿ th¢ ￿)unts und¢r section145 at the 2011 A¢ to follow the pr(th laid dowtt in the g￿er&I Dir#lioL8 given by the Clwity Comm￿oll under section 145(5Xb) of the 2011 A¢L and Baski of independeArt examin•￿8 r•port Cbarity COMM￿0￿ An examinthon tn¢ludc5 a review ofthe accounting records kw by the clwkty and a ¢ompari80n of the aco)unts preseDted Hryth those r#ords. It also in¢lud&8 the evide￿ that would be required in an a￿lit and ¢onsequenily no opinion is 8iven &8 to whether the accounts present a'true aThl hir vi¢w' and the rcprt is limi*d to those mattry5 8¢t out in the folli)wing statem l. vwbich gives me rE￿nable caus¢ to believe that in any Matrri￿ resFtct thc krtp a￿unting re£or&8 in acwrdance with s#tion 130 of the 101 I Art aad b. to prepare accounts Ththich &cwrd ￿￿th th¢ am)unttn8 rccords comply with the a¢u)untitig rquire￿ of thc 2011 ACL bav¢ not iKell me¢ or 2. to whi¢l4 in my OP]Di¢)￿ attention Should be drrn in order to enable a pmper David Orny, NLFCA Main Roa4 lknrngumbald HU12 9LS 13. ztst3 Pa8e 6 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNaL OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, HEDON STATEMiNf OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUWD FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31° DECEMBER 2022 UTrntrkted Restricted Totsl FuDdJ Fund8 2022 Total 2021 Nots8 Ineomlng resour¢eJ Voluntary ineome: Donation8 and gifts A¢ththk8 for genernilng iiiio 17326 28436 4935 Services an&&tivities 31681 17097 48778 37961 Other ineothe: Gift Aid and VAT refimd 3513 1565 1565 629 Tot*1 illtomkng re40ur 44356 34423 78779 47038 R¢soyr¢H ewoded Clwitable xtivitie8 38379 22182 60561 42697 Iyrt Illeomkng rnour¢eJ 5977 12241 18218 4341 TrgnsfeT ltheen fimds ances brovgbt forw4rd •t 1° j￿MAry 2022 B•]An¢u ¢4rrled forw•rd at 31" De¢¢mber 2022 16375 24583 40958 36617 22352 36824 59176 40958 The notes on p4es 9 to I I forni part of these financial staten PAROCHtAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. AUGUSTJNE OF HIPPO, HEDON BALANCE SHEET AT 31" DECEMBER 2022 2022 2021 Cmrrent asJ¢ts Cash at bank and in hAnd: - General account 22352 16375 - Development acwunt 3293 3193 294 1755 - O¢¢asionai account 33237 19635 Totsl C•sh 59176 40958 The fllnds of tbe P*rOthE￿ ehurch Councll of SL Au8U8thie or￿pPoI Hedon UnTrstsicted funds 22352 16375 36824 24583 59176 40958 Approved by the Board of Trustees on and signed on its The notrs on pages 9 to l I forni w of these financial statem Pag¢ 8 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COiiNCIL OF ￿. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, HEDON NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATKMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31° DECEMBER 2022 Ar￿U￿tIng Poli¢1# Blsts of prepAratloD of the fin￿¢111 itgtements The financial stat¢mcnts of thc PCC have be¢n pTep&ed using the receipts and The financial statements include all transactions. &%*t and Iwbilitie5 for which th¢ PCC is responsible in18w. They do not in¢lvde the accounts of church group5 that owe their affilialion to another bjdy or tknse that are inforn￿l gatherings of chU￿b members. Fund Ac¢ollnilng Incomitig tesouw that may k applied forthe Chur¢h's general purtM)ses are treated as 'UDrestricted' incoming Tesourcu a￿1 are credited to the 'unrestri¢*d fund8'. Where a donation or grant 15 required to be used for a specific purw the amount concerned is Incomkng Re8ources Total 2021 Fllnds Fwids 2022 Regular Biving Collection plate 10383 222 1(W5 11744 4789 4789 2760 tk)DRtions, Legacics and Grnllts Events iiiio 17104 28214 4935 6679 1717 Coffte Momin89 Gift Aid claimed 393 393 201 3513 Wedding￿Fun¢rnb 9437 17097 26534 21539 Other It￿)rne 1565 1565 629 Totsl Incoming Re￿￿re¢S 44356 34423 78779 47038 Pag¢ 9 PAROCHtAL CIIURCH COUNCIL OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, HEDON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEN18 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31° DECEMBER 2022 R¢8ourca Expended Unrestrlcted Restrlrted Total Funds 2022 TotAI 2021 FreewAII offering 10625 8068 6233 10625 8068 R08 7940 4007 89 293 1202 933 12 Li8ht and Heat 6233 72 157 2615 1278 Vicar's Ex 157 2615 1278 Office Telephone Sundry 291 471 Al￿ Watsoll TnLSt ExFnses Weddlngs Funerals 4W5 4905 17097 17097 705 340 4266 3729 22182 60561 15870 705 340 4266 3729 38379 Li¢en¢e Expenses CleaDin8 attd P.PE. 327 105 219 42697 Total RHource8 E Re8tri¢t¢d Funds Brought kncomlDg Resour Cvri forw*rd R¢xourceB Expended Tr•n8fer8 Fornanl 3193 160 3293 1755 351KI 4961 294 (kn8ional Account 17097 17097 Restorntion Account 19635 13666 33237 24583 34423 22182 36824 New cl￿triC heating w8s insthlld during D¢cemb¢r 2022, but not paid for untxl after the year end. It has therefore not been 1]￿l￿ded in these accounts. PaRe 10 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, HEDON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31. DECEMBER 2022 DoDalions of £940 forthe food bank aff held in the general fund bank ￿011￿( but not 7. ExFtDW for cleaning and P.P.E include £4032 for GI￿1n8 the gutters. Claim5 for Gift Aid for 20218nd 2022 ate king in 2023. The freewill off￿1n8 to th¢ dioc¢se due to be paid in December 2022 was not n il Japuary 2023. and is thefffor¢ not included in these accounts. Pa8ell