ST AUGUSTINE'S IPSWICH ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2023 The Church ofst AugustinootHippo. Ipswich Registered charity number1131319 Financial year ended 31 December 2023 CONTENTS Legal ond Adminlstrative Informatlon 3 Trustees. Report 4- Independent Examiner's Report statement of Flnanclal Actlvitles (includir.g summary Income and expenditure account) io Balance Sheet 11 Notes to the Finonclol Stotements 12-18 The Church of St Allgustilleof Ilippo, Ipswick- YcAr endtd 31 Dectmber 2023 Charity reference •nd ￿dmItt￿traITve de¢4iLq Trustee5 Incumbent.. Cur3te'. Al Metcalfe Rev5arah Hall (from July 20231 Wardens: Tim Nai5h Philip Stotklev Tredsurer: Rachel Renfrew Self-supporting Minister: lan Daniels Representative Readtt: JulieDanids Deanery Represffitatives.. dre•V Woods Colin Scott Elected Manbers Adele Rudland iceB1￿chard Bev Smi¢h Chriscunndl Dan Schmusxker Jennifer Grace Katlesmith Kirsty Clarke Loulse Cook Molra Briggs st￿en Chittock Stephwswan Sue Pettitt Una Korse C.hari¢Tr numbtr 1131319 Reglytered office St. Augustine's Community Hub Bucklesham Road IPSWICH IP3 8TH Cont4£t Del•115 Td.'1014731723960 Email-. 0ffice@staugvstlne￿pSwlth.0rB.uk Independent Eiaminer L¥￿￿￿￿ou$MAlTPmDlp 4 Layham Gardens STOWMARKETIP142PY Bankers Lloyds Bank PLC ST AUGUSTINE'S IPSWICH TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEA18ER 2023 Th$ board ol trusiees present tsr rep(xts c￿e￿jniS lor Porochhjl Church Crxjncil of St Auwsrine'$ Church. Ipswth ('st Augustinè's. lpsw.chl lor th8 p8ri¢)d 8ndirvJ 37￿ L)ecomber 2023. The Porochial c￿rCh Covncil Ipcc) hos t4en o C￿rity rogistered the Chority Commission (charity number11313191 since Juty 30, 2CK19. Th8 rn6thod ol oppointmont ol PCC memters 1$ sgt out In tho Chwch Repr95entat￿ Rules. All Church members ore gncourogod to regi$tor on the Elecioral Roll ond staThJ lor electton lolhe PCC whiGh in 2023 comprised 23 rrombers. The porochlol Churc Council m8t on six o¢cosir)ns thrirKJ 2023 ond Ihe APCM (Annual Poiochiol COU￿11 Mg0ts'ng) took place on May 9. 2023. Locatlon andft*Hhl•• St Augustine's Ipswich is situot8d on thejuneth)n of Felrystowo Rood orKI &Jckleshom Road, Ip5w*ch. It Is part of the DI0￿$e of St Edmundsbury and Ipsvith wimin the Cmjrch of Inglornd. Th• PCC has maintenonce responsibilltws tor tho Who￿ church corn￿e¥ (ChurcN Lantem Room ond The Hub). Ihe corre5p(YKlon¢• oddfvss iq Cmrcts Office, The Hukn Buckb5ham RoJd Ipw¢h IP3 8TH. El•ctorol Rdl and Alt•nd The Electorol Roll prepared for thg 2023 AAnuol ClwJrch Ki8ehng show8d 220 on the Chur¢h Eloctoral Roll. 122 01 whom were resKleii wthin the porish orKI 9S who were not. The overoge wgekly ott9ndance ot Worshi￿ counted in O¢tob&r. wos 175 adults and 23 children. With othèr mi(*ve8k children's, youth on¢J cornn￿nItY octivitie4 we estIn￿le Ihg overogg wookly reach of our mini￿ry in 2023 to be around 350 paopb. V¢lunt••r4 st Augustine's Ipswich benefits from the dgdlcat•KI wyk ol 0 ltsr98 NJmber of vduntoer& In accordarKg with FRS i¢Y2 arKI t￿ c￿)rIt* SORP (FRS 1021. v)e ecOr￿M￿ contr41yJtion of gÈn8rol volunl$$fS is not recoJnis8d in thosg occounts Ol>l•¢i* ar￿ Actlvkles Sl Augustin8's PCC hcKI the resFK)nsibility ￿ co-owroting with the incumb8nl Revd Al Metcolle, in promotiry in the eCC￿s1OstjCal porish the wtrw)le visw of the clwrGh wh￿h is to moke dtsciples ol Jesus as we gather in tss r￿rne. grow d¢eper in his word ond give ¢Jwoy W￿]1 we've been g￿8￿. We are e5peciolly CLYnmittgd to doiro whalever it tokes to see GCKI lying us growth in thr￿ kay areas.. childrerL Y￿ry peD￿e (Jnd famili84 disa￿eShip to j{￿￿￿ through smll groups and especiolly Alpho, and ministries of comFXJSSKJn to (xjr community. In Ihe last throe yeors we hove sent tv40 cmrch pbnts inlo our town.. River Cknurc￿ o new HT8 ehurch locussed on rs%]ching students and young odutts in thg Woterfront of the towN and LirKlbergh Roud CorrYThJnity ChurcN a mi5yonol cornmunity lotsjssed on a mghbour￿jjd within our own porish. Both are seein9 thg fruit ol new disa￿8$ of Jews. We are now in o new pthse of retrAJikling ar¥J gr¢)WEty and t￿Ugh we hove no immediat8 plans to plont agoin, we are eager to continug to ploy thjr wrt in growng tho kingdom ol Grxl in IPS￿ch. Publk B•n•fit ITr oecordance wth our dvtigs Stated in 8ecti)n 17(5) of thè Choriiias Act have C￿8￿￿￿r9d the guKlgnce provided by the Chority-Commi5s￿n in r8lotion to wblic ben8liL Thls public bgnelit has onc8 ogoin tsen damonstrated by activities utx*rtaken this y8or outlined bdow. Achl•v•m•ntsand p•r1•m￿n¢• This is an exciling ilme to ts a port of the lorThly ul St Augusiine's. a vlbrant and growlng cmrch cx) the easl sid8 01 Ipswich. within the Cl¥Jrch of England in Sullolk ond port of th8 HT8 fomily of rches. Wg h(JvÈ set fAJr hearts on lollowiThJ Josus. wè low to demonstrate the beauty ol belng his disciF4e$- tho¥9 wh). in the wcrfds ol chjllos wil￿rd..are hiry borning lo be like him., Guth¢riw In worship and prayer forms the heart of our life together in Christ. Throughout 2023 we gathered lor public worship every week of the yety, on Sundoy mornings (9 and 10.30aml and on Thursday morning110.30am). We seek to rwke sgn59 to Poop￿ of ev8ry th3è and bockground In our parish. so loud-ond-livety, contenwotive and more tradit*)ThJ5 Styles ol worship all form part ol our weekly programme. All our N%wship is in moderry c(ynprehensi￿8 larrfJuag8, and while we volug deep reverence in worship, do not phxe Importonco on dress tsr coremony. Our overoge weekly oitendor￿O otworshipgr*w 21% between 2022 and ￿?3. wlth 175 adults ond 23 childfen rgcordgd in trtobor. wa hosted three regular Fx¢Jyor fnegtiffjs ￿e￿ w88k {Mondays at 9.30om and 7.30pry Thursaoys ot 7am) an averoge of 40 toking part each w80k. Kingdom Come prayer nlghts olfered an ¢]ddIt￿MI OpP￿rtunity for th8 churcll to engoge in fre8- flowlng Spirlt-led ￿K￿hIP and intercessiory golherlng up to 50 poopl• on temly mk*voek gvonirvJ$. This oll added up to a year of w￿￿ragIng gItr￿h in our worslipping community for which we thonk God and b)laly ask rry)re. Al¢Y¢ Hirsch writes ol th9 essence of dI￿lPIeshiP as,'To worship is to obey. It is not simply giving word& it is 68comirKJ like.. Deeper worship results in more obedigr)¢e to Jesvs, ond holingss rosults In rrKsre lJg&8in9 lor tyjr Churc￿ overfknwry to (xjr ¢¢)mmunlty. Our discipleship to Jesus imvitobty resuhs in o desire to slwjre hirn with Othe￿ and increosingty our Ille together is b8coming about joyfully ond confi'dontly invttin9 lriend4 lorrily, neighbour5 and Coll￿gueS into relotionship with hiryK'Mi55KXT' 15 a word w• try to use caretulty- we do not mrely wish It to b8 a Syr￿nyM for'actw. but a C￿r iThJicoicrf ol desirg to s89 b•coming discipl8s ol Jesus.. men, women ond ¢hildTen reSpW￿l￿9 to the gospel ond beiro born ogain. studying ond taking seriously God'$ word, bw"NJ lilled fws Spirit and senl to love (Jnd s•rva his workl. In 2023 gggin ¥ow rnony first liTh wolewons ot roith in Christ aThJ wero thrilled to boptisè six boligvers in septembw. Our rhree mission prioritl8s continue to be: chiklren. yrxjng FW)lè families ijttult evongelism ond discipleship, and community corrwssion. Clyldrery ygung p8opla ond lomili8s come firsL starting with our hi￿ quolity Sunday ffN)rrNry sessions Wh￿11 agoin ron wgekly throu9kw)ut 2023, apart from sttrt breaks f¢x Sc￿1 ￿)liday* and wr now well-estoblishoJ All Togeih8r s8rvlce5 on thè tirsi Sunday ot each montrt Ihtsnks to o ccmrlrytted t80m 18d by Mglwi Nais Our w88kly daytimè groups for the urKler-54 hAusic & Rhym• (Tuesday mornirss) ond Hippos Iwgdnesday rrwingsl re￿larlY 5gw rr￿ye than 60 ¢hikargn each ¥YoeK building community and beginning to lint théir famil￿ into oth6r oreas ot our chLJrch lif•. Klessy ChufGh once agoin run thro tim8s during 2023. attracting up io SO chiklran oach tima, togathgr with puronis. grandpor8nts OTr friends. Parenting solo, o new monlhty Saturday afternoon supp)rt group, goingd traction ONJ provide¢Y o much nfjgaad resource tor single parents orKI their chiltrerL Our provISp￿ for young peO￿e was ￿ts￿l¥ offeeted by l￿de￿rtUre Of our youth miri$18r 8arly In the y8ar. our popular Youth Café wos wt on hiatus L￿d Sunday rrinisty wos r0￿cO￿ bLrt continued thonks to the genofosity of volLtnt8er& A n9w Ini￿tIOn ol followad tha appointment ol Lydia Luerchlord 05 Port-time Youth P05tor in Sept8mber, vtho mod8 on imprèssive and onorggtl stort with evgnis I￿ludir0 o fireworks night whlch gOthered12 young Fw4Y8 and their tr1gnds- a grgot gncouragement to the ctwJrcfL Adult avangelism discipleship, including Alpha. forms second of our mi$$i¢)n prlor51ie& Alpha continues io bfr u key ploce p8ople find loith in Jesus lor thg lirst tiTTW. C4Jr tw¢ Coursos In 2023 saw18 guests begln lh9 course, some ol Ihw subs8quontty beiry boptised arKI joining our chur¢h family and Ot￿r¥ $XW8s￿ro o de5irt to conbrnJejourwng iowards J8sus Helping disciplas grow in ￿u$ orè our Grow Group5, wè•kty or lortnMJhtly opportuniti8s to come around God's Word with a srThJll num*r of felkpA Wover& tXJriNJ 2023 we launched new group and stortirvJ moking pKJn$ lor two others. A ten-¢oy tocus on proyer bety¥8gn Ascension and Pentgcosl noiionolly knthvn as Thy Kingdom Com8, sow rr￿nY p]rt￿1p011ng in nw ways includin9 a busy Kingdom Come worship ond proyar niy)L Our Bible teaching on Sundoy mornings (usually ava510b￿ on th* St Augustin8's YouTub• Pa￿ after èach Sunday) oirn5 to b• inspirotK)nal. gncouraging ond pract￿01 in lormiry us as discipla& Much ol the year l¢¢ussed rm expowtory 1oochir#J through tho t￿ Gospel of John. Thg Church became lomiliar wih Al's regukjr Or￿Our0geMent to'bring o BIt￿e to cmrcn.. to locus wr rrinds on God's word onoj takg cur own notas. ()Jtlines With quesiions sugjestions lor wdcome, worship und'whot ext, ar• provKkd for gfOUP1oodors ofter most iolks. R8sour¢as such as 8iblg in Ona Y6orarKI 18¢tIo 365 ore r8gularly promot8d io encourage the pr￿lty of doily personal tirn￿ with G￿￿. During ihe course ol the Ye0r￿ advertised lof a new stall wsition, an Associate Vicor l(x Misslon to oversee and drive lorword our evangglism in 2024 ond beyorNJ. Rovd Ros Willioms Curate ot St Mark's Coveniry was oppdnted in tha autumn to ttjke up her ro￿ in Janwry 2024. Our third mlsslon locu$ is community compossK)n. As wdl as orwoin9 Postorol care lor our brgo ond diver59 church family. n￿ry ofwhom ore very èk*rty ￿ th)usebound GcTrl￿n1tr T05tapwWther partKular matieis ￿¥•£￿￿*t01rty MycAa￿nat1ort W¥c3rrf¢dt￿ Mi KcNdaNtwith ttr Generl threttHin5 by the Chlntycon**￿h?ft. Yth• PCC aCornpFrf￿Th0l thtx¢th*nts pr•sofiied with 7hoJe r￿ards. It•lsgincbJdesc¢JnJthrnTknnpf •nYUnUSu •m5 0rdWsuT•S knthe linanrial st•ttmtrfS4nd￿ekI Xp￿DA¢￿SfrOrnyoU as iruyets c¢rtt*rrrfw atsy suth mattws. Th* pro¢edww uTrdenakthdoThot pqmde alth• Ewdenc•thJt wouw bp M4u4*t. ethise4UVT No low￿t￿erIht3cCtyJfftts wni •"irue 5t•tomertt b•bw. In ¢onne£tkn riOrnlItEr hn. 2015. The financial ststem¢nts have been prepared on a going concern basis undcr ihe historical cost convention modified to Include certsin i￿rn5 at fair value. The financial sthtements are prcpared in sterling which is h¢ funcrional currency of ihc charity. {b) Recognltlon Of IDcomlM% ruources All incoming resources are in¢lud¢d in the Sth*meni of Financial Aclivili¢s (SOFA) when th¢ charily is l¢gally eniitled io the income after any performanc¢ conditions have been met, the amount ¢t1n be measured rLliably and i( is probible that the in¢ome ivill be received. For donaiions to be rccognised lh¢ chariiy will have been notified ol. Ihc amount5 and the seiil¢ment date in writing. It. Ihcr¢ arc conditions aitsched io ihe donaiion and ihis requires a lev¢1 or perfurmance before entitlement can b¢ Ob￿1n¢d then incomc is d¢fcrred until those conditions are fully met or th¢ fuifilm¢ni nf those condilions is within the control of (h¢ charity and i( is probable thdt (hey %Nill be fulfilled. Dunated facilities and donated prof¢&sionJl 5ervi¢a are reeognised in ineome at their fair value hLn Lheir economic benefit is probable, It ¢an be mcasured rcliably and the chariry has conlToI over the ilem. Fair valuc is determined on the basis of the i'alue of ihe siri io the Chariry. For example th¢ amount the chariiy would be willirtg io pay in ih¢ open markei for such fa¢iliiie5 and serviLes. A ¢orresponding amounl 15 rccogniscd in ¢xpendiwre. No 8mount is irtcluded in th¢ financial A8¢ements for volunteer lim¢ { alihouuih expenses relating to there rLTrle is includcd in project costs ) in line with ihe SORP (IRS 102). Any funh¢r detail 1$ given in thc Trustec%' Annual Report Where PTactlLubl¥, gifts in kind donated for di5tribuiion lo ihe beneficiaries of the charity are included in slock and donations in ihe financial ￿tements upon rcL¢ipt. I f il ig impracticable lo &%%e4% the fair value ai receipt or if ihc costs lo undertake such a valua¢ion ouM¢igh any benefit& then ihe fdir value is rccognis¢d J5 a component of donations when it is distrtbuted and an ¢quivalcnt amount rccognised as charitable expenditure. Fixed ￿Se1 gifts in kind are recognis¢d when rec¢ivable and are included at fair value. They are nut deferred over thc lif¢ of the asset. For l¢gacies. enti(lem¢nl is the earlier of the Charl￿ being noiified olan impending dislribuiion or Ihe legacy being received. Ai this point in¢omc is r￿ognIsed. On occasion legacies will be notified to lh¢ ihJriLV however it is noi possible to measure the amounl ¢xpected ID be distribu*d. On ihe5e OCCa5ion& ihe legacy is trea￿d &s a contingent assei and dis¢losed. Intere.%t on funds on deposit is included when re¢eiN'able and the amounL can be mcasurcd reliably the ¢OTnpan>" this is norm&lly upon notificalion of the interest by the bank. l2 T￿tCh￿reh of St Aupstineof Hipp&* Ipswkh- 1131319 Notes to tht Accounts Y¢gr tndtd 31 Decernb¢r 2023 e) Esperydl¢ur¢ retognitio All cxpvndilute is accounted for on an accruals b&sis and has bern ¢lassified under lieadinss that aggrcgat¢ all costs rela*d io the cait80ry. Expenditure i% recognised where there is 8 Icxal or con4iructivc obligat¢On TO niake paymcnts io ihird parties it is probabk that the selllem¢nt will be rtquir¢d and the amount of the obli8aiion can be measured reliably. li is cwegoti5ed under the fallowing h¢adin¥5'. Irreinverable V A T is ¢hw#ed Is expense again￿ the Klivity lor which expendiwre arosc. CoverN*ncE ¢0St Include cosis of Ihc prepaTation and examination of ￿a￿lOry a¢¢ount& the costs of TtU51¢r m¢eiin8S and LOSI of any legal advice to trustecs on govcrnance or ¢onxitytionai rnaiicr Support c.osts Support LOSLS are those that ￿151 the work of the charity b￿1 do noi diredl> represeni ¢harithble a¢tii'iiieA and include office iosls. governan¢e costs. administraiivt payroll costs. Thei. are incurred dirrrily in S4JPPOfi of expendiwre on ihc objects of the iharitv and include project managernent ¢arried oui at Headquart¢TS. ￿Tr￿[¢ wppori cow cannoi be dirtctl> allribuied 10 pariicuiar h¢adin8S Ihey havc bccn alloia¢¢d to cost of raising funds and cxp¢ndiwr¢ on charitable aciivilies on a b&%is consiSt¢ni wilh of Ihe TCSOUTce& Pr¢mis¢s o%'¢rheads and central funrlions ILav¢ been allo¢ated on an a¢tivity ¢osts basis consisienl with the of resour¢ts. Fund raising costs are those incurrcd in sc¢king volunw>' conlributions and do noi in¢lud¢ th¢ Costs of di&*miiiating information in support of th¢ ¢h8ritabl¢ activiiie5 Idl Tr'und$ Restricled FuThds Restricicd funds ar¢ thos¢ funds which are to be used in Aecofdance with spe¢ifi¢ restri¢iion4 imposed b). donors which hav¢ been raised by th¢ ¢hATiry for particular purposes. The ¢og of raising and adrniniAerin¥ such funds are charB¢d againrf Ihe specif)L fund. The aim Jnd use ofeach re4ric¢ed fuid is Sei out in the not¢s w the rinan¥ial s[A￿le￿[s. UnreJtTlrted Fun Uttrestri¢trd funds we ovailabk for use ai the discreiion of ihc Iru51ces ID funherance of ihe general obj¢¢iiv¢5 of the charlty and have nor hecn dcsi8nated for other purpose Desi8n*ed fynds cornpri5e of unr¢bvi¢i¢d funds that hY4ve been set aside by the Irustec5 IOT parts¢ulor purposcs . The aim and ube or each desi¥naled Cund is sei out ID the no*5 io ihe financial #at¢rn¢nts {¢)T¥% Cxempt from Corpor￿lON ￿ on ils charl￿bk activities. Tax reclalms donatiONJ *Dd Any Gift.4MI and other reclairn5 arr inLlud¢d ￿ the SOFA at the gifts same lime the donations 10 wt*ich Ihej relate. (f) Dtbtori Deb¢oTS and Creditors with no In￿e￿ ratr and r¢c¢ivable or payable within one )'ear we re¢orded at transaclion price. .4ny losses arisin£ from imDaim¢n( are reco¥nised in cxpcndiiure. Liabilitjcs are recogniscd Ih'hen ihere is on obli8aiion ￿ thc BaldDc¢ She¢t date as a rewli of a past evenl il probablc that a transfer nf economic bcnefil will be r¢quircd in 5¢tttemeDt. and Ihe amolanl af thc 5cttl¢ment Can be eAimaied reliab￿.. U¥bllltks •nd Prov1*) Fin*nciAI InstvumentS Thi5 only has assds and financial liabililies thai qualify a5 basic financial iD5trumrnts. The% 3rc initial￿. reco8HTsed ai tran5aclion value aAd 5Ltbs¢quenily measured at their settlemeni value The Church of St Augu6¢ine of Hippo* Ipswirh 1131319 Notes to the Atcouth¢s leont.) Yur ended 31 Dee¢mbtr 2023 (i) Assttg Tart£ibk filed A&8tty for us¢ by eh*rlty Tangible fixed a55eLs aTC %lated ai cosi l or d¢em¢d Cost) or valuation le&$ accumulated depreciation and aeeuniulated imP4LirTnno 500 5.000 90 Hippos ￿rant DioL¢yr H¢atin8 tiranl Dclibrilla(or 430 70 5.UOO 9rJ Total Restrkted 4YII..184 2fy.177 499 945 Ilnresirieted Res¢rvtt l)L'%ignuiLd 13uildin8 Fund (i¢nerJl funds 24.-189 12.777 2.773 2.718 24.444 7,672 IU6722 5.105 45.247 31 647 ?34 4•0 170.171 177.YY5 Tolal Fund$ 5aO.797 ?6? 157 ?04.17l 638 783