## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of St Mark Teddington.**
I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31[st] December 2023 which are set out on finance pages of the Annual Report.
## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
The church’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The church's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act **2011** (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act);
- To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and
- To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
_Since the gross income for the year exceeds the amount provided in section 145(3) of the Act, I confirm that I am qualified to act as Independent Examiner under the provisions of that section of the Act and that my qualification is as shown below._
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- 1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or
- 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed
Date
Eddie Sheow A.C.A
## **St Mark’s Church, Teddington**
## **Registered Charity No 1132262**
## **Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023**
St Mark’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. It has responsibilities for the church building, grounds and hall of St Mark’s, Teddington.
## **Reference and Administrative Information**
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mark Teddington is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Registered Charity No 1132262.
The church is located on St Marks Road, Teddington. The parish is part of the Diocese of Kensington and its official correspondence address is:
The Vicarage, St Mark's Church, 23 St Mark's Road, Teddington TW11 9DE
Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. During the year 2023 the following served as members of the PCC:
|Ex officio members||
|---|---|
|Chair (Priest-in-charge)|Rev Karen Wellman (until 13 August 2023)|
|Church Wardens|Mrs Rachel Bide (also safeguarding) and Mrs Sally Maxwell|
|Deanery Synod Representative|Mrs Rachel Bide|
|Elected Members|Dr Peter Butterworth, vice-chair and treasurer,|
||Mrs Jill Telfer, Mrs Maggie Dennis, Mr John Bazalgette, deputy|
||warden, Mrs Susan Saunders. Mrs Tina Herterich was co-opted to|
|the at|the PCC at its meeting on 21 May 2023, after the APCM.|
|Bankers|Barclays Bank Ltd, Kingston branch|
|Parish Accountant|Mrs Jane Hale|
|Independent financial examiner|Mr Eddie Sheow|
## **Structure and Governance**
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attenders are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and to stand for election to the PCC.
## **PCC Meetings**
The PCC met 11 times during 2023 _._
## **Standing Committee**
The Standing Committee has the delegated authority to transact the business of the PCC between meetings, subject to directions given by the PCC. Membership is: Parish priest, Church wardens, deputy warden, treasurer and PCC secretary.
## **Trusts**
There are no trusts managed by the PCC.
## **Employees**
There are no employees of the PCC. The PCC is very grateful for the volunteering of so many people that
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enables the church life to run smoothly. The church pays a cleaning company to clean the church for two hours a week.
## **Financial Risk**
Annual budget setting is now an important part of our financial regime.
Stewards, who count the collections, are appointed by the PCC after the APCM.
As the parish has an account which was a reserve for buildings (No 2 account) there is an implied reserves policy. The money in that account is from a legacy and should be used for fabric and for an audio visual system rather than the running costs of the church.
## **Compliance with Law and Regulation**
Risk assessments have been written and updated at regular intervals for the use of church and hall.
To comply with copyright legislation St Mark’s Church is registered with CCLI and PRS.
## **Safeguarding**
The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have due regard to House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). This means that all authorised clergy, bishops, archdeacons, licensed readers and lay workers, churchwardens and PCCs are not free to disregard it but are required to follow it unless there are cogent reasons for not doing so. ('Cogent' for this purpose means clear, logical and convincing.) Failure by clergy to comply with the duty imposed by the 2016 Measure may result in disciplinary action.
The required polices have been discussed and adopted by the PCC. All hirers of the church and hall have to sign up to the church safeguarding policy or provide one of their own. Safeguarding posters are displayed in church. The website is compliant. The licensed members of the church are up to date with training and DBS checks. In reviewing the guidance for churches on safeguarding, the decision was made to ask the Diocesan Safeguarding Officer to lead training for the whole church on safeguarding as not all those who needed to undergo training had access to the online materials. The first session of in person training was in late 2021. The second session was run on 26 May 2023.
Revd Jerry Field and Mrs Susan Saunders May 2024
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## **St Mark’s Teddington Financial Statements Year ending 31[st] December 2023**
## **St Mark’s Teddington**
**Year ending 31st December 2023**
||**Unrestricted funds**
**Designated funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior year funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**|
|---|---|
|**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
Income from charitable activities
Activities for generating funds
Investments
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Cost of raising funds
Common Fund contribution
Clergy and staffing costs
Church running expenses
Hall running costs
Expenditure on charitable activities
**Total expenditure**
**Net (expenditure) resources before transfer**
**Transfers**
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
**Net movement in funds**
**Total funds brought forward**
**Total funds carried forward**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Designated**
Building for Mission Fund
**Restricted**
**Not for general purposes**
New Hall Fund
**Total funds carried forward**
Charity Collections|56,667
0
0
0
56,667
57,524
0
80
0
0
80
0
17,619
0
0
0
17,619
21,666
0
0
0
0
0
0|
||**74,286**
**80**
**0**
**0**
**74,366**
**79,190**
0
0
0
0
0
17
38,000
0
0
0
38,000
38,000
1,450
0
0
0
1,450
2,102
23,768
0
0
0
23,768
23,102
1,447
0
0
0
1,447
523
0
80
0
0
80
0|
||**64,665**
**80**
**0**
**0**
**64,745**
**63,743**|
||**9,621**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**9,621**
**15,447**
0
0
0
0
0
959
0
0
0
0
0
(959)|
||**9,621**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**9,621**
**15,447**|
||**1,179**
**712**
**19,979**
**0**
**21,870**
**6,423**|
||**10,800**
**712**
**19,979**
**0**
**31,491**
**21,870**|
||10,800
0
0
0
10,800
1,179
0
0
0
0
0
0
712
0
712
712
**19,979**
19,979
**19,979**
0
0
0
0
0
0|
||**10,800**
**712**
**19,979**
**0**
**31,491**
**21,870**|
## **St Mark’s Teddington**
**Year ending 31st December 2023**
||**General**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Thisyear**
**Lastyear**|
|---|---|
|**Current assets - Cash at bank and in hand**
Bank current account No1
Bank Current Account No2
**Grand total**
**Fund movement by type**|207
0
0
0
207
1,737
10,593
712
19,979
0
31,284
20,133|
||**10,800**
**712**
**19,979**
**0**
**31,491**
**21,870**|
||**Opening**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing**
**Transfers**
**Gains/losses**
**Closing**|
|**Charity - Charity Collections**
Designated
712
80
(80)
0
0
712
**Sub-total for Charity**
**712**
**80**
**(80)**
**0**
**0**
**712**
**Hall - New Hall Fund**
Restricted
0
0
0
0
0
0
**Sub-total for Hall**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**Legacy - not for general purposes**
19,979
0
19,979
Restricted
**19,979**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**19,979**
**Mission - Building for Mission**
Designated
0
0
0
0
0
0
**Sub-total for Mission**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**General - General fund**
Unrestricted
1,179
74,286
(64,665)
0
0
10,800
**Sub-total for General**
**1,179**
**74,286**
**(64,665)**
**0**
**0**
**10,800**
**Grand total**
**21,870**
**74,366**
**(64,745)**
**0**
**0**
**31,491**|712
80
(80)
0
0
712|
||
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
19,979
0
19,979|
||**19,979**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**19,979**
0
0
0
0
0
0|
||
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
1,179
74,286
(64,665)
0
0
10,800|
||
**1,179**
**74,286**
**(64,665)**
**0**
**0**
**10,800**|
||**l**
**21,870**
**74,366**
**(64,745)**
**0**
**0**
**31,491**|
## **St Mark’s Teddington**
## **Year ending 31st December 2023**
|**Income**
**Donations and legacies**
Planned Giving – standing orders
Planned Giving GA Envelopes
Loose plate collections
One-off donations
Donations – designated
Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
Legacy
Non-recurring one-off grants
Other funds generated
Tota
**Income from charitable activities**
Retiring Collections
Tota
**Activities for generating funds**
Fund Raising
Hire of hall
Hire of Church
Fees for weddings and funerals
Coffee money
Wednesday coffee
Tota
**Investments**
Bank and building society interest
Tota
**INCOME TOTAL**|**Unrestricted funds**
**Designated funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior year funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
20,855
—
—
—
20,855
23,915
2,734
—
—
—
2,734
2,888
1,755
—
—
—
1,755
1,159
15,649
—
—
—
15,649
4,187
0
0
—
—
0
0
5,558
—
—
—
5,558
2,755
10,057
0
10,057
19,979
0
—
—
—
0
2,641
58
—
—
—
58
—|
|---|---|
||l
56,667
0
0
0
56,667
57,524|
||0
80
—
—
80
—|
||l
0
80
0
0
80
0|
||25
—
—
—
25
0
3,725
—
—
—
3,725
2,083
12,858
—
—
—
12,858
17,548
568
—
—
—
568
1,913
**132**
—
—
—
132
122
312
—
—
312
0|
||l
17,619
0
0
0
17,619
21,666|
||—
—
—
—
—
0|
||l
0
0
0
0
0
0|
|||
||
74,286
80
0
0
74,366
79,190|
## St Mark’s Teddington
Year ending 31st December 2023
|**EXPENDITURE**
**Cost of raising funds**
Costs of stewardship
Tota
**Common Fund contributions**
Common fund
Tota
**Clergy and staffing costs**
Assistant staff costs
Working expenses of incumbent
Water rates - vicarage
Visiting speakers / locums
Total
**Church running expenses**
Insurance
Insurance claims
Organ / piano tuning
Organist
Church maintenance
Upkeep of services
Upkeep of churchyard
Church running - electric
Church running - gas
Church running - water
Church major repairs - structure
Church major repairs – architect fees
Bookkeeping/Accountancy
Total
**Hall running costs**
Hall running - electricity
Hall running - gas
Hall running - water
Hall repairs
Legal fees
Total
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Giving to missionary societies
Giving - relief and development agencies
Home mission
Secular charities
Total
Administration|0
—
—
—
0
17|
|---|---|
||l
0
0
0
0
0
17
38,000
—
—
—
38,000
38,000|
||l
38,000
0
0
0
38,000
38,000
168
**—**
**—**
**—**
168
120
1,186
**—**
**—**
**—**
1,186
1,565
96
**—**
**—**
**—**
96
346
0
—
—
—
0
71|
||1,450
0
0
0
1,450
2,102
4,865
0
0
0
4,865
4,653
(4,831)
(4,831)
259
0
0
0
259
204
70
0
0
0
70
290
7,024
0
0
0
7,024
5,535
392
0
0
0
392
411
480
0
0
0
480
360
3,084
0
0
0
3,084
1,459
9,671
0
0
0
9,671
2,205
262
0
0
0
262
215
0
0
0
0
0
6,926
0
0
0
0
0
0
50
0
0
0
50
300
2,443
0
0
0
2,443
544|
||23,768
0
0
0
23,768
23,102
247
—
—
—
247
51
0
—
—
—
0
0
0
—
—
—
0
(2)
0
0
474
1,200
1,200|
||1,447
0
0
0
1,447
523
—
—
—
—
0
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
—
80
—
—
80
0|
||0
80
0
0
80
0|
|**EXPENDITURE TOTAL**|
64,665
80
0
0
64,745
63,743|
|||
|**GRAND TOTAL**|
9,621
0
0
0
9,621
15,447|