**DEANERY OF HARROW** ## **ST ANDREW'S CHURCH ROXBOURNE** _**Malvern Avenue, Harrow**_ **www.standrewsroxbourne.org.uk** **REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1131727** **ANNUAL REPORT** ON THE **PROCEEDINGS** OF THE **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** AND THE **ACTIVITIES OF THE PARISH GENERALLY** _**and the**_ ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** OF THE **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** _**for the year ended**_ **31[st] DECEMBER 2022 Approved by the Council at its meeting on Sunday 2[nd] April 2023** 1 <￿￿te￿ WArdett) JOY(3NIcw￿y [BLANK PAGE] ## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL 2022** ## **OUR MISSION: “TO KNOW CHRIST AND BE SENT”** ## **1. Prayer, Worship, Bible study and Parish Outreach** 1.1 The Church was not closed during 2022, as the Coronavirus pandemic was manageable mainly due to the mass vaccinations that were given to the general population. Communion wafers were given to communicants by the Vicar. Later in the year wine was offered with a majority take-up; a few communicants have not resumed drinking from the cup. 1.2 The main Sunday service continued throughout at the new start time of 10.00 am. The average attendance at the 10.00 am service for the same period including August averaged 79 members. The Sunday Service continued to be recorded and the link sent out by e-mail or WhatsApp and was available on the website. 1.3 The 8.00 am service also took place on Sundays, which averaged about 9 members, there being no 8.00 am service in August. 1.4 Morning Prayer took place at 9.00 am every weekday whenever possible. The Barnabas Fellowship has not resumed meeting on Saturday mornings. 1.5 During the year there were 2 weddings at the church. The Vicar took 3 funeral services at the church (one being for Stuart Hobbs and another for Len Gray). The Vicar had conducted 8 other funeral services at the crematorium. There were 9 persons confirmed at a service in November conducted by the Bishop of Willesden, the Rt Revd Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy. 1.6 The Vicar and David Alleyne, our lay Pastoral Assistant, took home Communions as the need arose. Our Pastoral Group, comprising David Alleyne, Sue Broatch, Enid ScottKerr, Kulan Mills and the Vicar met regularly after Wednesday morning services to review the pastoral needs of the of the Parish. Healing prayers in the Lady Chapel at the end of communion at the 10.00 am service had re-started towards the end of the year. Other ways of keeping in touch with pastoral needs and care were found via use of the internet. - 1.7 David Alleyne continued with the bereavement care ministry, which concentrated around two events. The Annual All Souls’ Service was organised by Enid Scott-Kerr on Sunday 30[th] October at 10.00 am. The Lights of Life Tree was put in place during Advent, with the Vicar providing the tree and Mol Rowat organising the prayer cards and writing facility. 1.8 **Lent Group Meetings 2022** “Holy Habits” (a book by Andrew Roberts) was the subject of our Lent Study in 2022. A variety of topics were studied, based on the teachings of Jesus, including Biblical teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, prayer, sharing resources and eating together. The four Group Leaders were Susan McLeod, David Alleyne, Pam Storey and Keith Nicholls. Twenty-five members of the Congregation attended. - 1.9 Other churches using our premises operated as follows: The Korean Church met every Sunday continuous- 3 ly throughout the year; Friends of Christ (an English-speaking Tamil-founded group) met every first and third Sundays; and Holy God Ministries (a Tamil Church) met continuously every Sunday throughout the year. 1.10 Several of our congregation continue to subscribe to the New Daylight Bible Study notes run by the Bible Society. These books are issued 3 times a year and provide a very interesting and thought-provoking insight into understanding the Bible. We thank Gill Moore for continuing **to** organise this service. - 1.11 The Communications Committee comprising Keith Nicholls, Robert Crowhurst and Joyce Nickolay, did not meet during the year as it was felt that the production and distribution of leaflets throughout the parish was not sufficiently efficient. When events, such as the Christmas market, advertising through banners, the internet, community groups and people using the halls proved to be more effective. - 1.12 Communication was continued with as many parishioners as possible, through E- mail, WhatsApp, text messaging and post. Our thanks are due to Wendy Godwin who organised and maintained the system. - 1.13 The Vicar circulated prayers through the internet at appropriate times. The 10.00 am service continues to be recorded with thanks to Keith Nicholls and is available on the website. - 1.14 Our website **www.standrewsroxbourne.org.uk** maintained by Keith Nicholls continues to be a source of useful communication to the Parish and the wider world. In 2022 the average monthly access was 50,000 (compared to 41,000 2021). Maximum usage in 2022 occurred in June at 69,000 (compared to 53,000 in May 2021). ## 1.15 **STAR LINK** - Our weekly parish bulletin, giving the Sunday Collects and the Readings, topical notices and future events was maintained during the year. It contains the Old Testament, New Testament and Gospel readings and the welcome addition of coloured pictures thoughtfully introduced when appropriate by Sue McLeod who also prints the leaflet each week. We are grateful to Susan for her continued diligence in this task. ## **2 Working with Young People** **2.1. Children’s Church** meets every Sunday in the Youth Centre during the 10.00 am Morning Service. We do not meet in August. We have approximately 15 children on our register with a regular attendance of 9-12 each week. We have an age range of 2-14 years. The Group is led by Barbara North, Gill Moore, Brenda Udall, Sue Jull and Annie Dawson which works on a rota basis. Each session focuses on a Bible story linked to the Lectionary where possible and includes teaching, crafts, food and games The children and young people are generally taught in one group but may separate for more in depth questions and study when older children are present. The children continue to have a regular slot at the end of the 10.00 am communion service to report back 4 on what they have learned. **2.2 Messy Church** takes place once a month on a Saturday from 10.00 am till 12 noon. It is a fun filled morning with a variety of craft activities. It is free of charge, but any donations are gratefully received. Children must be accompanied by an adult. It was great to have a complete year of Messy Church after Covid restricted our activities last year. Our theme for each month follows the Church calendar, so themes celebrated included Epiphany, Candlemas, Lent , Easter, Harvest and Christmas. We celebrated our late Queen’s 70 years on the throne with a variety of activities, including making lots of bunting! The Light Party at the end of October was very successful. Our Christmas Messy Church was very well attended and Father Christmas managed to find time in his busy schedule to drop in and was very enthusiastically received. A very big thank you to all of our dedicated and enthusiastic team for their support for Messy Church during the last year and especially to Gill Moore for her organisation and commitment. **2.3 Little Steps** parent and toddler group has continued successfully in its second year. There are between 20 and 30 families each week: the parents are almost equalled by the number of grandparents. Over time friendships are developing between those attending and with the team. The children have a chance to socialise in a safe environment. The team ethos is serving the community and supporting families, based on Christian love. A great Diversity of nationalities is represented through the families at Little Steps. Our aim, led by Rev Lyndon, is to welcome all and provide a place where good relationships can be created and our faith is communicated through action. Little Steps has benefited from donations of used toys and equipment so the running costs are low. The biggest problem is storage. The metal shed which houses the larger items – bikes, slides etc is in a state of disrepair as the walls have detached from the roof. We are looking at the best options to replace this in 2023. The Little Steps team consists of Rev Lyndon, Annie Dawson, Barbara North, Jenny Kerr, Joyce Hughes, Bernadette Rajan, Angela Zadurian and Enid Scott Kerr. Over the past year Lyndon has seen several parents bring children to be baptised and there is a strong link to Messy Church. 5 **2.4 Holiday Club** We had an excellent Holiday Club in the Summer with 100 children attending over 3 days with approximately 80 each day. The children are aged 5-10 years. We had 15 helpers who fulfilled a variety of roles including leading a group, running a craft or initiating and supervising games on the field. The Club was called ‘Transformers’ and was focussed on how we can be transformed to be more like Jesus when we follow him. The children had great fun joining in the stories, doing crafts and games. Our aim to share the love of Jesus with our community in an exciting and accessible way and look forward to doing it again this year. **2.5 St Andrew’s Youth** St Andrews Youth Club meets every Friday during term-time between 7-9 pm. The Youth Club is community based and attracts young people from all faiths and none. We currently have 25 plus youth on a Friday including a small number of girls. We use all our facilities across the site, including basketball in the car park. Football on the field, dodgeball in the large hall and table tennis, board games, table football, table tennis and pool in the Youth Centre. We are a Christian Youth Club and provide opportunities for the young people to talk about faith in a small group and also have whole group talks related to the Christian faith from time to time. Some of our young people also now attend our Youth Club on Sunday Group. Our aim is always to provide a safe environment for the young people and to share our love of God with them through our words and actions. We currently have 10 volunteer helpers helping on a rota basis. As with all our groups we are always looking for additional help. If you think you could help in any capacity, please let me know. **2.6 Youth on Sunday** This is our Young Peoples Group for Youth aged from 11 years. This group is led by Ayo Aina and Deke Adebambo. They meet on a monthly basis and have an attendance of up to 8 young people many of whom have come from our Friday night Youth Club. They have studied Youth Alpha and the Beatitudes over the last few months. - 2.7 **Scout organisations.** The groups, ably organised by Scout Leader, Darrell Courten, comprise Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. The Beavers have grown from nothing last year to a healthy 16 Beavers. The Cubs are doing well run by James Courten, ably assisted by Edward Tinsey. Darrell would like to thank all the leaders and helpers that have helped over the last year and looks forward to continued growth and scouting at St. Andrew’s. 6 - 2.8 **School Assemblies.** The Vicar continues to maintain and strengthen our links with 7 local schools and frequently takes some assemblies. Children from the various schools visit the church on various occasions and the Vicar gives them instruction in the faith. - 2.9 **Safeguarding** St. Andrew’s takes this issue seriously and continues to fulfil its obligations (under Section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016) that our vicar, churchwardens and the PCC as a whole “have due regard to guidance issued by the House of Bishops on matters relating to the safeguarding of children and adults”. See the latest information on the following websites: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/safeguarding#na https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding/promoting-safer-church/policy-practiceguidance Our Safeguarding Officer (CSO) is Mrs Marita Brown (from 4[th] January 2017). Gill Moore has continued as the Section X checker” – confirming identities and processing the necessary on-line Disclosure & Barring Service application process through the Diocese. All organisations using St. Andrew’s premises are also required to have and have confirmed that they have suitable Child Protection Policies in place which meet Diocesan requirements or have agreed to and signed the Parish Safeguarding Policy issued by the Diocese. All hirers of the church premises are required to agree to and to sign a hiring document containing a paragraph about the Parish Safeguarding Policy. The Vicar and the CSO and other members of the parish in leadership roles have undertaken Safeguarding Leadership training in November 2022 and all PCC members and other people in relevant positions have either completed or are completing the on-line Diocesan Basic Awareness and/or Foundation training, as applicable. The CSO continually tries to be aware and follow up the latest Diocese Safeguarding Requirements as they arise. Safeguarding information and contact numbers are displayed at various locations on the Church premises and have been recently updated. Information concerning Safeguarding in the Church can be found on the Parish Website: www.standrewsroxbourne.org.uk ## 3 **Working with adults, social and community events** **3.1 St.AR Friends** ( **St. A** ndrew’s **R** oxbourne **Friends** ) This time last year, the Friends were full of hope and expectation that the Club was up and running after the forced Covid closure. Members were attending regularly, and were all enjoying fortnightly sessions – with the usual mixture of Quizzes, Bingo, Exercises and the occasional speaker. (In fact, one of the speakers enjoyed coming so much she become an honorary helper.) The sadness this year was when Pam Storey, leader of the group for 16 years, after a great deal of careful consideration and prayer, came to the conclusion thar her continuing immobility was making it 7 impossible for her to carry on leading the Club in the way she felt was required. Four of the helpers, Maureen and Les Pattison and Georgina and Peter Sage had been with the Club since it opened, and all the other helpers were long standing. After 16 years understandably none of them wanted to take on the leadership and many had other commitments. The Club has been an outstanding outreach into the Community and the helpers were all sad that a new leader and helpers has not been found. It is a joy to know that a lot of members are still keeping in touch with each other and with some of the helpers too!! Pam sends her sincere thanks to the Team of Helpers and to the Vicar for his unstinting support and to the congregation for their willingness to support the Friends when needed. Many thanks are due to Pam Storey for her dedication to the Club for 16 years. **3.2 Social Committee** We attempted to run a quiz in April but unfortunately it had to be cancelled as insufficient tickets were sold. We had a very successful and enjoyable ‘picnic’ to celebrate our late Queen’s 70 years on the throne. This was intended to be held outdoors but the weather didn’t co-operate, - so the event was moved into the main hall. The children enjoyed the bouncy castle. Wendy Godwin organised a very successful cake decorating competition which had a lot of entries. The competition was won by an artistically decorated crown. Over 100 people attend this event, 75% of whom were not church members so it was a really good community outreach event. In October we had a very enjoyable Harvest Lunch. Our Christmas market was very well attended. We tried - some new stalls which were successful as well as the traditional ones. Father Christmas and his elf were extremely busy, being visited by over 100 children in the superb grotto! This was a very successful community event, raising over £3,000. - **3.3 After Service coffee G** eorgina Sage continued maintaining the coffee supplies and Judi Grice organised the coffee rota. The after service drinks remain free of charge. - **3.4 The Sunday Lunch Club** , meeting on the first Sunday in the month at the Ascott in Eastcote resumed in November 2021; it averages 6-9 people attending. The weekly Tuesday men’s Lunch Club has not resumed meeting. ## **4 Music and Choir and Servers** 8 Although we presently have no permanent choir, a group of just over 20 singers were able to come and lead a Carol Service the weekend before Christmas with a varied mix of popular items for all to sing and a number of more specialist carols for choir alone. It was well attended despite the competition of World Cup football and various local Christmas concerts. St Andrew's was also represented once more in the 60-strong choir for the annual Deanery Choirs’ Festival service held St Alban's Church North Harrow in October. - **4.2** Sunday services continue to be led musically by our Organist, Alan Heyes, whose expertise, loyalty and diligence are much appreciated and help ensure uplifting worship. - **4.3** Thanks are due to David Alleyne, our Head Server, who continues to lead the team of servers, comprising Susan Brown, Enid Scott-Kerr and Gill Moore, who lay-up on a Saturday working on a rota basis in preparation for the Sunday service. Other servers include Marita Brown, Di Bidder, Ann Varley, Omid Sarafun and Keith Kiruba. ## **5. Donations to charities** We encourage church members to take individual responsibility and ownership for giving to missions and other good causes of their choice, so that as a church we can devote what resources we have to local mission. However, we continue to promote seasonal appeals as follows (where applicable, the sums quoted include tax refund through Gift Aid): **Christmas 2021 and 2022** - £316 was paid in January 2022 to Angel Tree, the Charity that enables prisoners to send Christmas presents to their children. The charity was again selected for Christmas 2022 and donors gave gifts; in addition a cash donation of £275 (plus some being used to offset the cost of postage) was paid to the charity in December 2022. **Lent 2022** £960 was raised and paid to Standybyme, a charity that rescues and takes care of children in many countries overseas. **Ukraine Aid** We raised and paid £365 to Ukraine aid during the Year. **Christian Aid Week** - £631.50 was raised at a Big Brekkie on a Sunday in June in the church hall between the two morning services. Along with leftovers from the previous year, £790 was paid to the charity. Thanks are due to Rebecca Pennells for organising and running the event. It was not possible to organise door-to-door collections which indeed may also be the case in the future. **Christmas 22 Firm Foundation** , a charity for the homeless was selected for Christmas and £1,793 9 (including some contributions that were given in January) was sent to the charity in 2022. **Shoe Boxes** led by Barbara North, in excess of 50 shoe boxes were sent to the appropriate centre. ## **6. Who’s who in the Church** - **6.1** Our **Archbishop** in the See of Canterbury is the Most Reverend Justin Welby, appointed in 2012. - **6.2** Our **Bishop** in the Diocese of London is the Right Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally who was installed on 12 May 2018. - **6.3** The **Area Bishop** of the Willesden Area appointed in November 2021 is the Rt. Revd Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy; formerly he was part of the BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) in the Diocese of Leicester. - **6.4** Our **Archdeacon** in the Northolt Archdeaconry is the Venerable Catherine Pickford, appointed in September 2020. S[t] Andrew's is visited generally every 3 years by the Archdeacon who verifies all registers, minutes and other written records, goods and ornaments, and compliance with faculty-requirements. The next formal visitation and inspection will be in 2023. The role of the archdeacon is both pastoral, and administrative, granting (or refusing) permission for changes to the buildings. In 2022 she was invited to be shown the Spire project and to preach. - **6.5 Harrow Deanery** consists of 21 parishes and 12 other chaplaincies. Our **Area Dean** of Harrow is The Revd Ann Lynes since March 2021, who is also Priest in Charge of Holy Trinity, Northwood. The former Area Dean was the Revd Ian Dowsett, who served from January 2016 to March 2021 and is also Vicar of our neighbouring parish of St Paul, South Harrow. The role of the Area Dean is to support the clergy in pastoral matters, and to take charge, along with the churchwardens, in an interregnum. - **6.6** Our **Vicar** is Revd Lyndon North, appointed 2012, St Andrew’s Vicarage, Malvern Avenue HA2 9ER. (Tel 020 8422 3633). In 2020 he became one of the chaplains at Northwick Park Hospital and in 2022 he was appointed as Chaplain to RAF Northolt. - **6.8** Our **Church Wardens are** Kemi Aina (appointed in April 2019) and Gary Williams (appointed in May 2022). Churchwardens are appointed every year by the meeting of parishioners, which immediately precedes the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). No Assistant Churchwardens were appointed in 2022. Churchwardens are limited to 6 years continuous service, unless a special Resolution is passed by the meeting of Parishioners dispensing with that limitation. - **6.9 Deanery Synod** Our current representatives are Wendy Godwin, Paul Hart and Susan McLeod who were - elected in 2020 for three years but can serve for a longer period if elected to do so. Representation on the Deanery Synod is 1 per 57 on the Electoral Roll and the figures are rounded up from 57. As we have between 114 and 171 on our Electoral Roll our deanery representation is recorded as 3 members. - **6.10** The **Parochial Church Council (PCC)** has as its purpose “to cooperate with the Vicar of S[t] Andrew's in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church: pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical” It is a “body corporate with perpetual 10 succession” which means, in everyday English, that members may come and go but the PCC goes on for ever. It is a registered charity (NO 1131727). Its members are the trustees and are elected by members of the church who are registered on the parish's Electoral Roll. A list of members of the PCC for 2021 is given in Appendix A. The list of current members is posted in the church porch. The vicar is the Chairman of the PCC. The Church Wardens, and Deanery and Diocesan Synod representatives are _ex officio_ members of the PCC. There are up to 12 directly elected members who are appointed to serve for three-year terms, with a few members standing down each year and eligible for further election subject to a person not serving continuously for more than six years without standing down for at least one year. The PCC also has power to co-opt up to two additional members. To avoid conflict of interest, PCC members should not normally be paid by the church for services. David Alleyne received payment as verger at funerals. Apart from reimbursements for purchases made on behalf of the church, no other payments were made to PCC members. - **6.11** The **Electoral Roll** is a list of people over 16 and baptised in the Anglican Church who _either_ have worshipped “regularly” at St Andrew’s for at least 6 months _or_ live in the parish. The Electoral Roll is updated before each APCM (although people can join at any time) and is renewed completely every 6 years. A renewal took place in 2019. The PCC meeting of 14[th] June re-appointed Joyce Nickolay to be Electoral Roll Officer. The Electoral Roll for 2022 was recorded as 152 of whom 81 are resident within the parish, and 71 living outside the parish. We have said goodbye to Ralph Bedford who has moved into residential care which is nearer to his son and family and, more sadly, those who have died and are listed in our Memorial Books, in particular Stuart Hobbs and Len Gray. - **6.12** The PCC has a legal duty to appoint members to the **Standing Committee** (See Appendix A) and has the power to appoint various other **sub-committees** as it sees fit. The Vicar is _ex officio_ a member of the standing committee and all subcommittees. Members of sub-committees do not have to be members of the PCC. The PCC agreed at its meeting on 14[th] June that there should be sub-committees for: (a) Estate Management; (b) Communications; (c) Pastoral Team; (d) Social events; (e) Stewardship & Grants; (f) Spire repair project and (g) Children & Youth Group. ## **7. The work of the PCC** - 7.1 Current arrangements are for the PCC normally to meet every other month, with the Standing Committee normally meeting in the alternate months. The PCC met on 11[th] January, 20[th] March, 14[th] June, 2[nd] August, 4[th] October and 6[th] December and the Standing Committee met on 8[th] February, 7[th] May, 5[th] July, 6[th] September and 1[st] November 2022. - 7.2 The Agenda for each PCC meeting is e-mailed to members one week in advance of the meeting. A summary of the Minutes is placed in the notice board at the back of the church. PCC members consult by e-mail in between meetings. - 7.3 General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force in May 2018. Joyce Nickolay has incorporated this task with her work on the Electoral Roll and Parish Directory, and was reappointed at the PCC meeting on 14[th] June following the APCM on 22[nd] May. 11 ## **8 Estate Management** As one member has commented “We are in the mission business – with sacrificial giving – and not that of real estate”. However, we are stewards of buildings and a site which occupies nearly two acres of potentially very valuable land. Matters involving care and use of our premises do occupy a lot of time for the PCC, standing committee, wardens and sub-committees. - **8.1 The Flat** The flat had been occupied by 3 individuals, who in turn resigned their tenancies, the final person departing in October 2022. Repairs and cleaning were then undertaken to the flat which was subsequently let to a family in December 2022. Thanks are due to Easterine Suresh for organising the repairs and redecoration and for the ongoing management of the tenancy. - **8.2 Hall lettings.** Weekday lettings are ably managed by Sue Barnard, the Vicar’s Secretary. The main day- - time in the Youth being the Playgroup under the leadership of Claire Severino. In the large hall the main day-time lettings are the hospital rehabilitation groups - Cardio Rehab and Respiratory Rehab, both organised by Harefield Hospital. Weekday evening lettings include the Scout groups, Zumba classes, Capital Connection singing group and Harrow Association for Disabled people. - Weekend lettings are being well managed by Joan Oxenham – thanks are due to her for her thorough organisation of this task. - **8.3 Caretaking.** Chris Netsel has continued as caretaker at weekends, and John Paul locked the halls and Church on weekday evenings until mid-year when the Vicar and Gary Williams continued for the second half of the year. The Church remained open on weekdays in daylight hours for private prayers. The cleaning firm, comprising Pam Quartermaine and helpers, continued to clean both halls. - **8.5 Church cleaning rota** Chris Mills continues to organise the volunteer church cleaning rota comprising - ‘ten teams of helpers’ who clean the church fortnightly. A number of long serving individuals have dropped out of the rota due to age and other reasons, so there is a need for more helpers. - **8.6 Health and Safety** A plan already exists for the evacuation of the Church and hall in emergencies. - Although the risk of catching Covid had subsided due to the national vaccination - programme some - worshippers felt more comfortable wearing masks. During communion, the Vicar - offered wine from the chalice from mid-March in addition to the wafers which were ongoing. - **8.7** The **Estate Management Team** (EMT) is responsible for ensuring that the church, halls and grounds which are equipped and maintained to a high standard in terms of facilities, cleanliness/tidiness and repair as well as advising on any statutory and/or Diocesan requirements relating to the premises - such as compliance with fire protection regulations, the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, and formulating a general Risk Assessment strategy. It can also advise the PCC on appropriate charges for renting out the halls. The repairs undertaken in 2022 were as follows: Church Tower 12 Major refurbishment of the Church Tower and steeple was carried out, to restore the concrete surrounds of the tower windows, replace the aluminium cladding of two faces of the steeple, and to replace some parts of the wooden structure of the steeple which were found to be rotten. The wooden louvres were also refurbished and re-secured. A considerable area of the tower walls was re-pointed. Heating A leak detection company was employed to attempt to locate the leak in the system, but despite employing a variety of detection systems, no leak was found. A power flush of the pipework was carried out and has significantly improved the overall efficiency of the system. The system expansion vessel was found to be faulty and has been replaced. Further work is in hand to replace some flue pipework, and carry out various minor repairs. ## General maintenance The main entrance door to the hall had to have some of the door frame replaced. The hall kitchen Lincat had to be repaired. The youth centre oven had to be replaced. We had a successful “clean up” day. **8.9 Christmas lights** were put up by Paul Hart, Keith Nicholls and Robert Crowhurst. It comprised a lively display of snow falling down the side of the church and two projecting lights of snowflakes to the front of the church, from the rose garden. ## **9 Finance.** The Treasurer’s report on the Financial Accounts follow this report. **9.1** Mr Noel Rajaratnam of 19 Deane Ave, Ruislip, HA4 6SP continues to be the independent examiner. - Mr Rajaratnam has examined the accounts which follow, and other financial - statements. Many members devote many unpaid hours of work to St. Andrew’s in various capacities, which saves the church thousands of pounds. However financial giving has been gradually reducing year by year due to decline in the number of people in planned stewardship giving. Ageing membership is reflected in the reduction in numbers of both money giving and volunteer workers. This needs to be reversed by recruitment of new members and volunteers. Our hall let income continues to sustain our income. We have now fully recovered from the drastic reduction in hall letting due to covid in years 2020 and 2021. Acquisition of new weekday lets and an increase in hall rates applied towards the end of the year as well as a new single-family tenancy of the flat we expect to generate income at a good level in 2023. 13 We are expected to meet our true cost of the common fund set at £90K but we have been allowed to pay £40K in 2021, £48K in 2022 and £60K in 2023. We will be expected to meet our full cost as from 2024. Our operational cost is running at £2,200 a week. Our members contribution including donations contribute £1,100 a week, just 50% of the cost. Our letting income from Halls and the Flat helps us to bridge the gap and then to begin to restore reserves used up by the Spire repair. We need to increase the number of people in committed giving as well as amounts given per person. This will also mean attracting new members and making casual and occasional attendees to be regulars and committed givers. Giving has been relatively static in recent years and it is difficult to see how it will increase due to increasing fuel bills for everyone. Our aim is to get more worshippers into the church. The shortfall has to come from rent from the flat and payments from those who hire our premises, such the play schools, rehabilitation groups and other lets. - **9.2** Planned giving, now almost entirely by standing order, remains the bed-rock of our church’s finances. - Membership of our Stewardship scheme decreased from 58 (in 2021) to 49 (including 10 couples who both attend and give jointly, who are counted as one. Our Diocesan Common Fund contribution based on our cost is close to £90,000 a year. During Covid years we were able to reduce our contribution to £40,000 in 2022 and 48,000 in 2023. Our spire project cost too gave us a reason to hold back on our contribution. We would, however, be expected to meet our costs as from 2024. - **9.3** Peter Sage continues to be our Legacy Officer. This is a sensitive area, but it provides an important potential source of income from which many churches increasingly benefit. - **9.4** Stewardship is not of course just financial: equally important are the planned giving to God of time and talents - and, indeed, more widely in acting as Stewards of God's Kingdom. We also continue to be accredited as a "Fair Trade Church." As such, we are committed to using Fairtrade tea and coffee at all church-hosted refreshments and encourage greater use of Fairtrade products. Recyclable disposal cups are used on a regular basis. - **9.5** The PCC annually reviews: the organist's stipend; bell-ringer, verger and others' non-statutory fees for weddings and funerals; payments to the Vicar's secretary and, in line with the London Living Wage, those to our caretakers; and clergy expenses and allowances. ## **10. Wider Outreach to the Community** **10.1** Our premises continue to be used extensively by Church groups, the Uniformed Organisations and outside lets - some of which are long standing. **10.2** We were pleased to provide the venue once more for our Uniformed Organisations to put on a first-class bonfire and fireworks display on the 5[th] November with church members assisting. 14 **10.3 M** eetings of the local _Churches Together in South Harrow_ take place every three months. Recently they worked together in providing warm spaces. Their website is: ## https://connectingsouthharrow.wordpress.com and has information about the 6 churches in South Harrow: Christ Church Roxeth; Roxeth Free Church; St Andrew’s Roxbourne; St Paul’s South Harrow; South Harrow Baptist Church and South Harrow Methodist Church. **11. In Conclusion** To save space, the many who have contributed to the well-being of St Andrew’s, both those mentioned by name above and the many unnamed, have not been thanked in the body of the report, but the PCC would like to conclude by saying how grateful we are to all who have given time and talents. ## _NOTES_ 1. The normal address for external correspondence to the PCC is: The Vicarage, 89 Malvern Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 9ER and marked as appropriate for the attention of the PCC Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer. 2. The PCC's bankers are: HSBC plc, 31 Holborn Circus, EC1N 2HR, and Barclays Bank plc, 235 Northolt Road, South Harrow, HA2 8HP 3. The Independent Examiner of the PCC's accounts is: Mr Noel Rajaratnam of 19 Deane Ave, Ruislip, HA4 6SP. **PCC MEMBERS, 2022** _**APPENDIX A**_ 15 ## **Vicar** _**(Chairman)**_ **and** _**ex ofcio**_ Rev[d] Lyndon North Mrs Kemi Aina Warden _(from April 2019)_ Mr Gary Williams Warden (from May 2022) _NOTE: Wardens are elected or re-elected every year normally for a maximum period of 6 years._ ## **As Deanery Synod Representative and** _**ex ofcio 2020 – 2023**_ Mr Paul Hart Mrs Wendy Godwin Mrs Susan McLeod ## **As Directly Elected Member** Mr David Alleyne _(May 2022 – April 2025) Already served 6 years followed by a year’s break_ Mrs Marita Brown _(April 2021 - April 2024) Elected for a second term_ Mrs Annie Dawson _(October 2020- April 2023) Elected for a second term_ Mr Orley McIntyre (April 2021 – April 2024) Mr Kulan Mills (April 2021 – April 2024) Mrs Gill Moore (April 2021 – April 2024) Mr Keith Nicholls _(April 2020 - April 2023) Elected for a second term_ Mrs Joyce Nickolay (April 2021 – April 2024) Mrs Barbara North (October 2020 – April 2023) Miss Rebecca Pennells ( _October 2020 - April 2023) Elected for a second term_ _NOTE: Members are elected for a 3-year period and can only stand for 6 years before being required to stand down._ ## **STANDING COMMITTEE** The Vicar and Churchwardens are members _ex officio_ of the Standing Committee. Mr Kulan Mills, Treasurer (elected by the PCC), Mrs Joyce Nickolay, Secretary (elected by the PCC from September 2019) Mrs Marita Brown (elected by the PCC) Mrs Annie Dawson (elected by the PCC) Mrs Gill Moore (elected by the PCC) 16 Parnchial Church Council St Andrew's Church, Roxbourne Registered Clwity Number 1131TZ7 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 2022 Pase Content PCC Treasurer's Notes to the Financial Statenients Note: Each Finanaal Statement shows comparative figures for the year before alongside the current year's figuTes. Balance Sheet at 31st. December 2022 This shows Assets and Liabilities at the end of the year. 3 Statement of Financial Activities (￿FA) This shows the summary of Income and Expenditure for the year. Accountsng Policies This Sets out the accounting policies followed. 5 Incoming Resources This shows, under dxfferent headings, income for the year. Resources Used This shows, under different headAn8s, expenditure for the year. Notes This shows further notes, explanations and balance sheet analysis. Independent Examiner's Report to the PCC. Parochial Church Council of St Andrew's Roxbourne Notes to the Wuwi¢ial Statements for the ended 31 December 2022 Financial Review 2022 has experierKed FKlSt pandemic t￿0Very ofour hall letting Incon￿ as from the last quarter of tho year. and one of the church's major buiIdins works in the repair of tts tower in the summer month5. Althollgh steady. the stewardship income and thc nUM￿r ￿ ￿PIe regularly, rnostIy by onthly standing order. has cODlinu￿ to (k¢Iine. Church responded well to the Tower ap[￿al that run durin% theyear. Ay in the re¢thtpast the stewardship i￿Ome w&ssteady. and these are received on a monthly basis, we were able tu meet regular month]y paYn￿nts witFM)ut touchin8 our savin88. We also mana8ed to nwet the c¢%t of the Tower pr[ry￿ without touching our savings. thanks to geneTerous mem￿r5 and friL'nds donations. arml Di¢xesan 8ranl and loan of a),(W cacFL As the church and haIl received listed building 5tstUei in early 2(Y22. we were able to r£tover the VAT paid on the works. Expenditure ThL KC maintainLxI its committed contriiwtion lo the DiiKesan G)mmonFund at £48,(IXI, a fi8ure well short pf our C(￿r￿1￿ lund cost. which is close to £85JXM). We paid near hjll c05t in 21)20 but a8 the pandcrnic had a rnator effirl on parish finan￿, tIK. Di(K(x' aLTVPtLxI what we prUFm￿ and justified afEordable 8ivin8. We also needvd rnuney ts) mtyt thv Tower prui(rt C￿t. OUT reduced cvmmim fund giving w&8 £40,{￿ in Xl21. £48.IXKI in ￿ and £￿?.(m￿j in the current year 21)23. We would k eXP￿d to return to payin% full cost as from 2￿24. Our maji)T concern ￿ the c￿•t of gas ana e]ertricity. Our two year f￿ed price contract expiral in August and, as (rom &'ptlYn￿.r, the alNt ha8 ITrn¥aseil grLYtly. price crf 12.48p per kwh sncreased to ul.xlp per kwh even after a 13% energy supp()rt yrdnt. FILYtricity rate doublLxl. We Tecelvcd another energy support sranl of £X641 Irom thc D•(K￿ in late IY22 in ¢(Knrnon with oiher churchos. La$h and Cash Depoilts La5l Bank and knvings dewits r•JuLYJ by £ 17m) i￿t this w&8 80()n reverged in early 2021 when wo rLreivcd thc VAI. refurf ¥Trxnvn in thLi accuuntr4 unsjer tkbknip4, of EJ.384. Tower Tepatr Proied An 2Q22 The project was completLxI by August 3)22 The bx)urn* of fuThJing aThl the cost are sel out in Nnte I of the Accounts. Reserves PolAcy It has been Efc Policy to maintain a bala[￿ on unrestricted reserve.s amnunting th at loast th months avera8e expenditure excluding our contnTruttvn to Di 135,880 1.15,&90 TOTAL FUNDS 110,118 140,4 FA on page l and the Arolysis and Not£s on pages U Eorni part d these ￿cOurtts. These accounts were approved at the Ffc meettng lyld m 2 April 2011. Hon I'r&isurer Mr Kulan Mills Rev. LwKlon North Page 2 PARCThIAL CHURCH COUNCIT.OF ￿. ANDRFWS ROTh)URNE SI'A"I'E"MEwfoF FINANCIAL Aciivrtt FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECE,MBE.R Totsl 2021 COMING R￿UR Volwitary Income ZI.￿5 Artivilie5 for Generatins Funds Income from Investments 52 Incotne Erom Chuwh ACti￿lieS 8*57 28,657 TOTAI. INCONaNG RFXIUR 74 RE￿)uR￿ USED Church ACtI￿lIeS Gr¥nts 1750 IT70 3J82 Acttvities relatitig to work dthe chnrch 121.245 122Jll 81y2 Church Man88em¢nt & Administratlon Exceplional & Nortrannually rtcurrin8 ¢￿ts 61.181 IO4. TOTAI. RWURCFS LBED 47J17 139,942 ]￿,115 NET INCOMING/IOLfTGOING} RbX)UkCI5 NEf MOVkMkN'f IN FUN[ ).180} (30380) 63253 BALAN￿ (Trwushtforwara at} I JANUAKY 3122 135 4,6111 14QAS 77244 FIA1.AN￿ (carr￿1 fon¥*rd at} 31 DECEMBER %)2Z PAR(KHtAI.CHbRCHCOLINCI1.OP SI.. ANDRkW5ROXNXJRNE N)IESTOTHEFINANCIAL 5TATEMEM5 I. ACCOUTrrnNG PQLICIL5 2Lni, ￿ in a¢¢ord•tYe with theChur¢h AKouMn8 l¢e8ulali￿X￿knR0ve￿￿￿tht indi¥*Ju￿￿cv￿fftts OIPCCJ. and with the Ryllltiuns'trtstand fairvAeW provi%iLTh ]Ixyhwe prtF*￿t uthFItsIIUIJ16)* tt*4wI**bj¢￿*stth11rd9 the 1116ver5iond ReKKwtsn8b>' ￿RF<￿Tr$￿O2)1. INcOm￿c RE%)UR T. the Ffc Ixromeslegally ￿ntit￿ tt> rex￿alKI L r￿apti1 vinuilty trrtsin". 3. monetary volue¢in Jrwured wtth 5uI&Trtrrbgiribly. Grartts,donatioAgAnd •r*I￿l￿ded ITh Twhen any Py￿¢￿￿￿￿TrYev￿tr￿￿1r U￿bY fvIrc￿wEI￿ifflet CollErti and planned KiviThsareirKluded when ￿ ￿T￿lsaT￿T￿￿IV￿￿. G￿¢ AKI othrtsx ¢JaimJare i￿luded ITh at limt•s the￿h dcwliLTU to which relale. ReThtlll frornthelt*tirydchurrtL Pt¢mi5es b *kni Il* b41*. trA4ow.I ThtvalueofAny volutthry help MTMrtirKludgd inthExcLThts butdwitrd in 1.11￿77t￿lTerWL￿d ￿sOL￿ as th¢legal orCorotn￿lIy¢0l￿.$al1On ToVern￿¢(¥￿ incl￿• th袢Xt of the eJArniMtsLthdtheJ&bJkny entittemi'nt to 8r4Rlwhxh reTnain wlthin Ihp((Y*dof the PLL In Pr￿rtY0(￿Y beAdudtd l¢oThtt*st•tUtr4ydednitsMd'thardy' trs, Secttr)nl￿2)(4j atyd 1¢) ol QTharJties Act Xlll Ju¢hu¥ts •Fenotc•wtslKYd thelin&￿illgtsthmffi MovAble th¥r¢h fwnl•hlJ &te capltail8ts1 ai'W￿lIenabl¢. proForty tru•tontdwM(d the FCC.1￿1 the(on￿r*trd pmpnytx(luded from the finonrioj bi. the C'h•dJE5 Art 2ml. T61f￿n￿bk.u￿b[r￿ly tt*irow nwrket v4luevn￿PI. They0Uthve< Aa4bclcAÈd th tht Ann#d RepwL Restrirtryl fundy0￿10tornefv￿d$ th•tmuttteYF￿1wl￿Str￿*d detsitsotthEfuTrJy veytsKtion>PM*￿ Jreknwn in the notes tt> the xthurtl& ThePCLha5T￿e￿j0wnylltfuN1￿. PAR(LlllAL QHUR(]I QOUNCII, UTr 51". ANDRkWS RoX￿)URNE NOTFS TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENtS FOR'fHE YEAR ENDED 11 DE￿MBER 21D 2a VoluntarybKome Commurtion & C*neral Pledges & Stewardship Tax Refund l&ewaTds"hip) thJnatioN iwluding (Geftl retu￿1 lent offering Slansjlty (J121 MINI)) chri￿￿￿ Angel"I'Yee P>ZI Angel I'rte) Lepr05y Mi&sion 'lower Pr(yKt Dor￿￿)nts 6J)37 6.037 3,272 43,229 4J17 4.317 19,481 1,136 .110 J64 6,n4 318 318 io 23Jffl 233)1 O(Kl Hank CThri5tsin Aid - Big Breakkie Roses Fund Organ Fund 632 632 379 1.1.39 Contribution fromGeneY41 Fund 20 85,445 791 86.1)97 ZIAX>5 2b Artlvltle• torCer*rallA8 Funds 3,154 3.154 3,039 F]at rent Halls Tentsl 53.136 68.3( 2c Invefitment lln¢om¢ C￿er#I kesvrve Organ Fund & RLW FuThl 27 52 52 1,021 2d fncome from Qhur¢h A¢tlvl¢le• Junior CThurLh & Yvuth Baptisms, Weddifv & Funerals Di¢￿l￿n (Jrant tcir'ltiwer tKKwn FTrrgy Grant Contribulh)n trom General Fund 1240 3,T16 20AU¥ 20,(MJJ 1641 3.T76 1641 1,125 8,657 28,657 T(YfAL INCOM￿ R￿URcEs iQ446 47,117 209￿3 PAR(￿PItALCHUftCH COUNCIL OF sr. ANDREW5ROXKK FOR TFIF. Yt.AR ￿DED 31 DECEMBER unrestr1c￿d ReStr￿￿a Total Funds Fut¥ls Total 3a Grants 1750 20 2,591 Llwity contributionfrom Ga￿Tal FuThl Vicae& Discretionary Fund 3b Acti￿tieS relatin8 to the work of the ehurch Diwesan Cvmmun &"und Di(Ke5an Fee5 40.0(M) 2,941 1578 1,528 Junior Qhurch & Youth Clergy ExperL4es C1￿1r & Organists Gas Ele¢lricity Water Telephon￿* Waste Colleclion InSura￿e Malntenanr Roscs/Gardcn Clejning Laretskn8 of HalL5 Coffcy & RL,freshThmts Lleaning Materials 4.1 3XXI 4.1(￿1 4,556 9,507 7.378 1749 2,421 3JOO IA34 1744 1749 1,66> .281 20,281 5,191 439 9J555 10.707 1.101 10.707 1,101 1,5Ai 754 Chutth Management & Adminigtr•ti•)n 3J50 Q)frkn, & Publications Flat Bod Dib¢y writtcn o li 3d Eveptlonal & NoNnnuaUy rea￿1n8 ¢0 Towcr PrDi(rt l.nntnbulion trrvm ￿er￿aL Tower Proj￿.1 Coyt Towcr ￿1. VAT Refund 1,125 7,839 61.565 (20,384) 43JOi 124,866 {20,384} io 3e Governanre Cgots Professional Fws. Ind Examiner lee TofAL RWURCFS USED (YI&S"IO 1Nb.FINA￿IAl.￿ATFmENI5 F