2021-12-31-accounts

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALDHELM, EDMONTON

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

Priest in Charge Mother Anna Stuttard

Churchwardens

Helen Quashie Julie Willoughby

Bankers CAF Bank Ltd West Malling ME19 4JQ

Independent Examiner

Richard Hill, Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co 21-27 Lamb’s Conduit Street London WC1N 3GS

Contents

	PART ONE	Page
	Contents	2
1	Reference and Administrative Details	3
2	Annual Report for 2021	4
3	Financial Statements	10
4	Independent Examiner’s Report	14
	PART TWO
5	Agenda for Annual Meetings	15
6	Minutes of the Annual Meetings held on 23 May 2021	16
7	Report on Changes to the Electoral Roll	19
8	Churchwardens’Report on the Fabric, Goods and Ornaments of the Church	19
9	Deanery Synod Report	20
10	Safeguarding Report	22
11	Reports on church activities:  Curate’s Report  Social Committee  Mothers’ Union  Children and Sunday Club  West Lea café project	22 22 23 24 25 26
12	Sidespeople appointed for 2022-2023	27

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1. Reference and administrative details Charity Name

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Aldhelm, Edmonton also known as St Aldhelm’s, Edmonton.

Charity Number

1132175

Address

Geographical location: Silver Street, Edmonton, London N18 Postal address: 4 Windmill Road, Edmonton, London N18 1PA

Website

www.aldhelms.org.uk

Membership of the PCC

Ex officio

Clergy The Rev’d Anna Stuttard * Priest in Charge, Chair of PCC The Rev’d Patricia Brown Assistant Curate (from 4 July 2021) Churchwardens Helen Quashie * from 28 April 2019, re-elected 23 May 2021 Julie Willoughby * from 28 April 2019, re-elected 23 May 2021 Lay members of the Enfield Deanery Synod Lorraine Coppin elected 11 October 2020 to November 2023 Merlene Nurse re-appointed by the PCC 27 October 2020 to November 2023 Helen Quashie elected 11 October 2020 to November 2023

Elected members

Geoffrey Sampson to April 2021 Veronica Davis to May 2022 Edie Duncan * to May 2022 Roger Gleave to May 2022 Desmond Williams to May 2022 Zavia Parker to May 2023 David Reed to May 2023 Valerie Sampson * PCC Vice Chair; to May 2023 Maureen Smith to May 2023 Peter Clark * PCC Secretary; to May 2024 Michaelene Holder-March to May 2021; re-elected to May 2024 Gloria Littler to May 2021; re-elected to May 2024 Ann Toussaint to May 2021; re-elected to May 2024

Co-opted members Peter Ginnings * PCC Secretary, to 23 May 2021 Roger Gleave * PCC Treasurer, from 28 April 2019, reconfirmed 11 October 2020 and again 23 May 2021 Rebekah Grey-Bubu from 23 May 2021

Standing Committee

Those marked with an asterisk * were members of the PCC Standing Committee for some or all of the year.

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2. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2021

Aims and Objectives

St Aldhelm’s is a Church of England church, serving this parish in Upper Edmonton since 1903.

Our worship is within the Catholic tradition of the Church of England, sacramental but varied in style and our choir and musicians enrich our worship with modern and traditional music. Our congregation reflects the rich diversity of the community in which we serve and we seek to be inclusive and welcoming of everyone who walks through our doors.

Our faith demands that we love our neighbour as well as God, so we engage with the local community in a variety of ways, working in partnership with other organisations to provide places and activities where people can meet, connect, find support or simply find peace in a beautiful environment.

Public Benefit

We are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and the advancement of religion, and we believe that, working with the Incumbent for the promotion of the mission of the Church in the parish and in the wider community, the church benefits the public by providing:

• a variety of forms of public worship and spiritual, moral and intellectual development for the wide range of its members and for any member of the public wishing to take advantage of the services and opportunities which it offers;

• pastoral care and practical support to vulnerable and lonely people within the parish

• opportunities for skills development and training for young people

• space, facilities and encouragement for community activities and for recreation.

Governance

The Parochial Church Council (the PCC) is a corporate body established by the Church of England. It operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure 1956 (as amended) and the Church Representation Rules. It is also a charity registered with the Charity Commission (registration number 1132175).

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent in the task of participating in God’s mission to the world and taking counsel together for the sake of the pastoral, evangelistic, educational, social and ecumenical ministry of the church within the ecclesiastical parish. Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules, or co-opted by the PCC. Membership of the PCC comprises: the licensed clergy, the two churchwardens, lay members of the diocesan and deanery synods (ex officio); and 12 lay members elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (“the APCM”), who serve three-year terms. In addition, the PCC may co-opt up to three members annually. The names of members are listed above.

Churchwardens are elected annually at the meeting of Parishioners immediately preceding the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). The Wardens elected at the Annual Parishioners Meeting in May 2021 were Helen Quashie and Julie Willoughby.

At the 2021 APCM, four members of the PCC stood down at the end of their term of office. Three of these members were willing to serve again and were re-elected and a fourth person was also elected: more information is set out in the minutes of the APCM included elsewhere in this report. Two people were coopted to the PCC because of the skills they bring.

Safeguarding

The PCC is confident that it has complied with its duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 to have regard to the House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Clergy

Mthr Anna Stuttard is our Priest in Charge and has been with us since 8 March 2020. This year we were joined by Mthr Patricia Brown, Assistant Curate, who was ordained deacon on 3 July 2021 and joined us on 4 July.

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St Aldhelm’s in 2021

All of church life in 2021 was heavily impacted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

PCC meetings

The PCC met four times during the year (as well as following immediately after the APCM in May to elect Officers, co-opt additional members and appoint the Standing Committee). In line with guidance given by the Archbishops in the previous year, some of the work of the PCC was conducted online, with decisions requiring formal approval circulated in writing after each meeting, using the correspondence procedure set out in the Church Representation Rules 2020, Rules M29 and 76.

The first meeting, in January 2021, was conducted on Zoom as we were in lockdown. Staff were furloughed or on half pay and only Mthr Anna was able to continue to work – key aspects of church life were held up but work was beginning on the Mission Action Plan and the annual financial statements and annual report.

By the time of the April meeting lockdowns had eased and we had returned to worshipping in church so the PCC meeting was held in person for the first time since Mthr Anna’s arrival. Thanks to a large grant from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage our finances were on target and the PCC agreed that we could pay Mthr Patricia for her outreach work in the parish until the end of the year. Building works were discussed and the PCC approved policies, for Data Protection and for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Peter Ginnings announced that he would be retiring as PCC Secretary after the APCM and the PCC meeting that followed. The PCC thanked Peter for everything he had done over the last 4 years in helping to steer the church through difficult times and put in place processes to take the church forward.

A meeting after the APCM in May appointed officers of the PCC and co-opted two members to the PCC.

Considerable progress was made on building and community projects over the Summer so the meeting in September was able to approve faculty applications for works to the spire and the church, including electrical works and replacement lighting and new signage and boards inside and out, as well as hearing about progress on the community café project with West Lea School. The PCC also heard about improvements to church IT, including new hardware and upgraded software, approved by the Standing Committee. The Safeguarding Policy was re-approved and a new Fundraising Policy was agreed.

By the time of the October meeting Covid cases were rising again but the PCC noted a risk assessment covering the re-introduction of refreshments after church on Sunday. Confident of our fundraising and finance management, the PCC resolved to increase our Common Fund payment in 2022 to £40,000 and noted a crowdfunding campaign which was about to start, with the goal of raising £10,000. Electrical works approved by the diocese were almost complete and the PCC resolved to move ahead with works to the spire, approved by the diocese on a faculty. The PCC heard that the community café was up and running and that we had begun a community audit as a first step in our Mission Action Planning.

Committees

Standing Committee

This is the only committee required by the Church Representation Rules. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any directions given by the Council. Its function is to support the Incumbent in his/ her role as the spiritual leader of the parish, and to monitor and encourage implementation of plans agreed by the PCC. It meets between the full meetings of the PCC and at other times if necessary. The Standing Committee was elected after the Annual Meeting in October 2020 and again in May 2021.

The Standing Committee met five times in 2021, using its delegated authority to enable decisions to be taken in a timely and appropriate way and work to progress smoothly. Among other things, the Standing Committee oversaw expenditure and fundraising in between PCC meetings, managed risk assessments, dealt with legal questions which arose during the year, authorised minor works to the halls and had oversight of all HR issues.

Social Committee

The Social Committee is currently the only other committee answering to the PCC. Their review of 2021 is

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included elsewhere in this report.

Church membership and attendance at services

Church members must be communicants of sixteen years and upwards and on the Electoral Roll of the parish.

2021 was another year of lockdowns and re-openings. The year started in lockdown and remained closed until the end of March. Holy Week was mostly conducted online, with in-person services resuming with the Easter Vigil on 3 April. Services continued in church throughout late Spring and Summer into Autumn and we were particularly happy to be able to have a Remembrance Sunday service, with participation from the local police and the Cub Scouts. Sadly, a resurgence of Covid in the Winter meant that the church was once again closed at Christmas, with services online.

The church was open for public worship on 35 Sundays in 2021 and during that time the average Sunday attendance was 40 adults (27 in 2020, 55 pre-Covid in 2019) and seven young people (4 in 2020 and 9 in 2019). Thirty adults and two children attended on Easter Day (99 in 2019) and the church was closed again for Christmas (210 in 2019). There were three Baptisms (0 in 2020, 6 in 2019), two Weddings (0 in 2020, 1 in 2019) and six Funerals (0 in 2020, 4 in 2019) in church in 2021, and no Interments of Ashes (1 in 2019).

The Sunday morning Parish Eucharist continued to be the main focus for our corporate worship whenever the church was not closed. Our Sunday worship is supplemented by live streaming services, directed by Peter Clarke and Rebekah Grey-Bubu, to whom we owe huge thanks. We held a series of special Sunday services in the Autumn, called Exploring the Eucharist : intended to be part of our confirmation preparation the services were also a well-received opportunity for all the congregation to explore and learn about the sacramental tradition in our church. In addition, we met throughout the year for Morning Prayer on Zoom and in Advent we introduced a daily service of Compline on facebook. This year we re-introduced our inperson Thursday morning service of Holy Communion from the Book of Common Prayer and our Bible Study continued online.

Towards the end of the year we introduced a new Sunday Club for children, led by Rebekah Grey-Bubu. This monthly activity club provides Bible-based activities, food and fun for children aged roughly 4-12 and has gone from strength to strength.

Staff Team

We are grateful to Margaret Barrett, our Parish Administrator, Chris Littler, our Halls caretaker, and Tosin Akinremi, our Director of Music, each of whom had to contend with radically changing demands on their skills, creativity and commitment to the church during a difficult year.

Margaret is an employee, for whom the church pays National Insurance and deducts PAYE tax. Under the government’s furlough scheme we were able to claim back part of her salary during lockdown. Chris and Tosin are both self-employed and responsible for their own tax arrangements. They kindly agreed to a suspension of work whilst the church and halls were closed, and to a reduction in pay.

Mthr Patricia Brown began working for us in July and is a Non-Stipendiary Assistant Curate for three days a week, and for three days a week is employed by St Aldhelm’s Church as an Outreach Worker. Like Margaret, she is an employee and on our payroll.

Data Protection

Mthr Anna and the PCC Secretary have kept the PCC’s Data Protection obligations pursuant to GDPR under review and are satisfied as to compliance.

Our buildings

Church halls

The Halls are a vital source of income for the church, as well as an important meeting point for community activities. The loss of rental income this year as a result of Covid lockdowns was significant.

Supported by government grants, PSD was able to remain open and pay rent throughout the lockdowns. The PCC took the decision to limit hire of the large hall to regular bookings, refusing one-off hires

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throughout 2021 in order to ensure compliance with Covid guidelines and minimise the risk of Covid transmission. By introducing restrictions and safety measures to our hall hire agreement we were able to reopen the hall to regular bookings at some points during the year, although the kitchen was not made available.

Church building

Thanks to successful grant fundraising we were able to carry out minor works in the church, including upgrading the lighting and replacing signage and noticeboards. More information is available in the report on the church fabric.

With the arrival of Mother Patricia in July we were able to begin opening the church during the week, which means many more people now visit the church. People come in to pray, to light a candle, to talk to the clergy, leave prayer requests or simply to sit in a peaceful and beautiful space for a while.

Supporting our local community

In September, in partnership with West Lea School, we opened up a small community café project, staffed by young people with disabilities. The young people on placement make hot drinks and baked goods under the supervision of staff from West Lea - the café is open in term time on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 2pm.

As well as providing training and employment opportunities for young disabled people this project also provides a place for local people to meet, use the internet and make connections. In this resource-poor neighbourhood on the wrong side of the digital divide this café is a much-needed community resource. A report from the project is included below.

Mothers’ Union

Under the leadership of Dorothy Nnene, St Aldhelm’s Mothers’ Union continued to meet in person and online in 2021. A report below sets out further details.

Looking forward

2022 began, like 2021, with the church closed and no public worship in person. We were able to offer online worship throughout the closure and, while continuing to take a cautious approach to Covid in our buildings, we re-opened with extensive risk assessments in place in mid-January. At time of writing (April 2022) we have not had to close the church since then.

Covid-19 has led us to make changes which are likely to be permanent. In particular, we are now committed to livestreaming our public worship, not just our main Sunday service but, after the success of our Advent Compline services, we now also offer a daily service of Evening Prayer via our facebook page.

Moving into 2022 our priorities have been:

• to support and grow our partnership with West Lea School

• to build relationships with other schools

• to continue and develop our work with children in church, involving children in our main Sunday services and developing our Sunday Club

• building relationships with other local organisations, especially with a view to signposting people to find help and building funding partnerships

• finding new routes to funding, including community fundraising events

• to complete and begin to implement our Mission Action Plan

• to find new ways to use our buildings to improve the neighbourhood

Church life would not be possible without the tireless work of our staff and volunteers. The grateful thanks of the clergy go to everyone who helps keep the church going, among them our churchwardens Helen and Julie; our reader Dorothy; our paid members of staff Bobby, Chris, Margaret and Tosin; Rebekah and Matilda for their work with the children in church; Rebekah and Peter for their incredible work keeping us streaming and online; our choir and musicians, servers, readers, intercessors, welcomers, stewards, flower team and providers of refreshments after services. We are grateful to members of the PCC, Standing

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Committee and Social Committee for their work and to Betty who, despite her own ill health, keeps all of us organised through her magnificent rotas. Thank you, one and all.

Life with Covid-19 continues to present challenges; changes in the economy suggest that things are going to get more and more difficult financially, both for St Aldhelm’s and for the people in our parish; and globally, war and armed conflict and the continuing environmental crisis continue to be a cause for worry and grief. But despite all this, we have seen many signs of God’s goodness and compassion at St Aldhelm’s and continue to be hopeful about the future.

Financial Review and Results

The church’s accounts for 2021 form part of this annual report and are set out on pages 10-14 of this document.

Total receipts on unrestricted funds were £90,136 (£73,904 in 2020) of which £38,382 was from hall lettings, £26,911 from the planned giving scheme (£14,315 in 2020), £1,368 from gift aid claims (£13,283 in 2020), and £1,535 in furlough payments from the HMRC job retention scheme. Total payments on unrestricted funds amounted to £84,923 (£80,475 in 2020), of which £33,350 was contributed to the London Diocesan Common Fund (£18,408 in 2020), and there were loan repayments to the Diocese of £7,200.

There was restricted income of £38,905 in gifts and grants, and restricted payments of £45,028, of which £3,650 was contributed to the London Diocesan Common Fund.

The net result for the year was an excess of receipts over payments of £5,213 on unrestricted funds, and an excess of payments over receipts on restricted funds of £6,123. The balance to carry forward at 31 December 2021 at the bank on unrestricted funds was £43,204, and on restricted funds, £4,726.

The balance owing to the Diocese at 31 December 2021 on the loan for the Hall roof was £1,366, which will be repaid in full in 2022.

Thank you to our supporters

At St Aldhelm’s we are grateful for the support of all our donors and value every gift, however large or small. We are particularly grateful to all those individuals who committed to give to St Aldhelm’s regularly through standing orders, to everyone who supported our online Crowdfunding campaign, to people who made generous one-off donations and for the legacy received this year.

In 2021 we also received several grants from trusts and foundations and we are deeply grateful for their help and support. We would like to express our thanks to:

• The Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage, delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England, using funds provided by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

• The Bellefontaine Trust

• The Arnold Clark Community Fund

• Magic Little Grants from the People’s Postcode Lottery

• The National Emergencies Trust Local Action Fund

The support we received enables us not only to continue to support our community during this very tough year, but also to make improvements, the benefits of which will continue to bless us for years to come. Thank you.

Investment policy

None of the church’s funds are permanently endowed, and in the event of any significant surplus funds ‐ arising the PCC will take advice to ensure safe long term growth commensurate with planned spending needs from time to time.

Reserves

It is the PCC policy to try to maintain sufficient working capital to meet expenditure as incurred. It has agreed a level of unrestricted funds which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments, which amounts to about £20,000. The balance of available unrestricted funds, as shown on the statement of assets and liabilities, is £43,204 and thus, at 31 December 2021, the PCC met its reserves policy and was a going concern.

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Financial Statements ST ALDHELM'S PCC. EDMONTON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 RECEIPT5 AND PAYMENTSAccoupirs Unrestrirted Restricted nds funds Total 2021 Total 2020 Recelpts Voluntsry receipts 39,944 50,583 Church activities 41,623 41,623 40,173 Grants received in 2020 Grants received in 2021= Culture Recovery Funds- for core costs Bellefontaine- for outreach worker Arnold Clark- for communf(v (afé costs Magic Little- for community café costs Crowdfunder- for core costs 21.2￿) 26.1(M) 26.100 500 9305 9,305 HMRC furlough repayments Claim to LDF for expenditure durin8 vacancy VAT reclaim on heating in51allation Insurance claim Legal fees refunded 1,535 2,242 4,592 2Tr) 1.535 2,242 4.592 200 3,065 i.o(x) Loan from London Diocesan Fund 8.446 Total recelpts .136 38.905 129,041 124.557 Payments Church activities 77,723 45x128 122,751 115,088 London Diocese loan ￿payMentS 7,2(H) 11,246 Total payments 84,923 45,028 129,951 126,334 Excess of payments over receipts 5,213 16.123) 19101 11,7771 Cash at banl l January 2021 37.991 IOB49 48.840 50.617 Cash at bank, 31 December 2021 43.204 4.726 47.930 48.840 Page | 10

	UnrestrictedRestricted	UnrestrictedRestricted	Total	Total
	funds	funds	2021	2024
	f
Cashfunds
Bankcurrentaccount	43,204	4,726	47,934	48,840
Other monetaryassets Giftaid recoverable	7,334		7,334	1,368
RecoverablefromLDF			-	2,242
Otherdebtors and prepayments	7,872		1.,8?Z5,214
	9,206		9,246	8,824
Liabilities
Billsoutstanding
Charitable giving	29		29
Creditors and accruedexpenses LoanfromLondonDiocese	3,1 19 1,366		3,1r.9 1,356	92? 8,566
	4,51"4		4,514	9,488
Netassets	47,896	4,726	52,622	48,1.76
	(2020:37,32710,849		48,116i

ST ALDHELM'S PCC. EDMONTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 l. The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2￿6 using the Re￿iptS and Payments basis. 2. The loan from the London Diocese is being repaid at £6[￿ per month. 3. Restricted funds- The restricted funds are= at 1.1.21 4,139 4,51XJ Receipts Payments 4.139 at 31.12.21 Wifi installation and related costs Access and security Culture Recovery Funds for core costs Core costs Community cafécosts Children and youth 4,5CM) 37,389 111,2891 2,(M)O 9,305 1,500 26,100 11,305 1,500 2,210 2,210 10,849 38,905 45,028 4,726 A furthergrant of£25,740 was received from the Culture Recovery Fund on l February 2022. 4. Income through planned giving includes £12202 received from PCC members. Page | 12

ST ALDHELM'5 PCC. EDMONTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME1￿5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 Unrestrlcted Restrlrted fub)ds funds Total 2021 Total 2020 Receipts Voluntary income Planned giving Collection5 at all services Donations Donations for heating project Legacv Gift aid recovered 26,911 2.010 4.655 26,911 2,010 4,655 14,315 868 3.270 18.847 1.368 39.944 1,368 39,944 13,283 50,583 Income from church activities Church hall lettings Income from solar panels PCC fees from weddings and funerals Sundry income 38.382 1.375 1.557 3C6 41,623 38,382 1.375 1.557 309 41,623 36,631 2.515 1,027 40,173 Pa￿￿ents Church actNr(ies Diocesan Common Fund Church running costs Church light. heat and water and insurance Vicarage costs Hall running costs Hall light, heat and water and insurance stsff costs.. Outreach worker Organist fees Parish administrator Caretaking IT advisor Pension cost 33.350 8.316 932 3.650 7.129 3.444 37.CM)O IS.445 4.376 629 3,390 5,610 18.408 10.187 4.234 5,311 3,188 6,679 629 3,390 5,610 240 5.55S 5.406 S.646 S.555 8.112 3.835 4.845 8.112 6.016 2.704 1.430 2.40S 8CI) 181 Church major repairs Church heating installation Hall major repair5 Church wifi. website and IT tosts Equipment Community audit cost Professional fees Chaff(able ￿VIng offi￿ expenses Independent examiner's fee 15,122 15,122 6,168 27,552 7.7FA) 5,266 2.676 599 1.689 1.013 3.79) 2.676 4,379 3.428 1.013 3.780 1.739 205 347 810 122,751 115,088 481 840 77,723 443 924 45,028 Page | 13

ST ALDHELM’S PCC, EDMONTON INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

I report on the financial statements of the church for the year ended 31 December 2021.

This report is made solely to the charity's Trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's Trustees as a body, for my work or for this report.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Richard Hill FCA Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co Chartered Accountants 21‐27 Lamb's Conduit Street London WC1N 3GS Date: 17 May 2022

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