St Sviour’s Westcliff: Charity 1132331
Trustees Annual Report 2020
At the beginning of the year things were looking extremely positive at St Saviour’s. The plans for the new kitchen and accessible toilet in the church had been agreed and contractors had been invited to tender for the work. Three companies had responded and we were in the process of choosing our preferred contractor with a view to commencing construction by the middle of the year. And then Covid struck and everything ground to a halt . The church and hall were closed as the country went into lockdown and income dried up totally.
Although by the summer of 2020 things had improved somewhat to allow the church to re-open for services and the hall to be used but in both cases with restrictions, the concerns of the congregation and the hall users regarding the spreading of the virus meant that attendances at services and hall bookings were much lowere than before the pandemic started and although a number of church members had switched to their offerings by standing order, income during this period plummeted. Just when it seemed that things were returning to something approaching norml, the virus came back with a vengeance and we were once again placed in lockdown. Churches were allowed to continue holding services where possible but all the hall activities were again stopped.
Because of ongoing concerns it was decided that St Saviour’s would not reopen for worship but services would be provided in the form of a podcast. This gas proved to be quite popular and has continued even though the church is now open again.
As a consequence of the restrictions during the year our incoie fell by around £36,000.00 and whist expenditure was also lower because of reduced maintenance to the church and hall this did not compensate for the fall in income. In addition, for the first time St saviour’s failed to pay its Parich Share of some £60,00.00 pounds to the diocese.
We do however have issues with the diocese regarding one of the funds which they hold on our behalf, The Ada Ferguson Fund. For many years we have used the income form this fund to offset against some of the parish share. However for the past three years the diocese have not provided us with details of how much income this amounts too. Also, as mentioned in the Independet
Examiners report, in the past year the diocese have claimed that the fund does not actually belong to St Saviour’s but to the diocese, despite allowing us to draw funds from this account two yers ago to pay for our new heating and lighting system. If the diocese were to be correct this would reduce our assets yu an additional £30,000.00 (We have subsequently heard that the diocese now agree that this fund is St Saviour although they have still not provided us with details of the income for the past three years)
With all the uncertainty and the effect of church funds the café/toilet projet has for the time being been placed on hold but we hope that this will be able to be revisited once the situation, both pandemic and financial, improves
St Saviour’s became the base for the Westcliff Foodbank, administered by the Trussel Trust, During 2020 the need for the foodbank has grown massively reflecting the damage that the pandemic has caused and continues to cause to the local population. Although we would wish that this was not the case we are pleased to be able to assist inthis necessary resource by providing space and volunteers to run the foodbank.
During the past year our connection and co-operation with neighbouring churches has declined as they were also unable to function.
We hope that 2021 will prove to be a somewhat better year for us all
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IndepeDdent Examiner's Rfport To the Paroehlal church Council of SI SA%'iour's Church 'eslcIlff-onea This report on the fuwi¢ial stai¢nnrs of St Saviour's PCC. Wcstcliff for ihe year ended 3111 Dec¢mb¢r 2020, which are scl out in ihe atiached Note& to ihe Accounts. Siaicmenl of Financial Aclivilies and Balance Shc¢t, is in r¢sp¢ci of an examiDaiion carried oui in accordance wilh S¢Ciion 145 of ihe Chan'ties Act 2011 ('Ih¢ Acl"). Respfftfve responslbllttles of Ihe Trnslees and ihe exminer As Trustees ot" the Charill, vou are responsible t'or lh¢ preparation of the financial stalements. you consider ihal an audii Is nol reqUd t-or this y¢ar und¢r sli0n 144 of the Aci and that an ind¢pendent examination is needed. It is my responsibilily to.. Examine the accounis under seciion 145 of the Act Follow pnKedures laid dO.n m ihe gcncral directions given by the Chariiy Commission under s¢clion 14515Kb) of ihe Act. and Stat¢ whdher particular mailers have Come lo my aiiention. Baslj of thls report My L'xamin(Il ion M'as ¢aTied oui in acLordance with lh¢ Gen¢ral DIrLi0n5 ¥iven by the Chariiy commi10n. An examination includes a review of accounlin¥ records k¢pi by the PCC and a LomparigA)n L>t' Ihc aLLuunl% prcsentcd with Ihosc reLords. It ills() in¢lud¢s ¢onsidL'rinB any unubual ilenLts or dis¥10surL'>+ in thL fan(MI slal¢nKnlS and seLkmg explanaiions from you as Irusiccs conccmin8 any such mallepo. The pn)c¢durcs undertak¢n do not PfOVKlc all the eN'idLn¥e ihai would be r¢quired in an audil. and onscqucnily no opinion is given as IO 'h¢¢h(r ihe aLLouni& pre%L"ni a.true and fair" vi¢w and rcport Ib limit lo iho¥¢ Inaiicfb SLI out in IhL' &latcnKnt b¥"low. mphaslj of matter My examination and di8cu*sions with Ihe Tre&surer has highlighted ihai ihere is pruvision fur fund& duL lo the churLh frum ChelnL%fvrd DioL¢se in respcLI ut. Ihe Ada FcryUn Le¥acy (WF.SSVOI) tn the anK)unl of £6.950. This amount rcpfcsenls ihe accumulaicd inLomc which has noi bLxn IraDsfcrr¢d lo ihc stipcnd quoia for a numbcr of y¢ars. chi.1n1Ord Dioc¢s¢ has noi pOndLY1 to ¢lan"fy Ihis Wsition t.or some yeara and the value is now relaiively hi8h. should these fuAds uliinwiely noi bc due the funds available to (h¢ Church would dccftx by ihis anx)un¢. 11 has a150 come lo light ihi5 wttk that ihere is a Loniradiclion of infornmlion provided by Ch¢lnL%lord Di(K¢SC 'hICh ha% ¥allcd inio queslion ihc ac¥is5ibilit)' of ihc Ada FL"rgusson Legacy {WESSVO I ). histoncally ihi5 has been accountcd for and ireated as a d¢signaicd funds lo whiLh the ChurLh has access. li has now been suggLsied thal Ihis fund is in faLt an augm¢nlcd fund 10 w'hich Ihc Church docs noi ha%( aLCCSS. ThL DioLcse havc bcen asked lo ¢vidence thi% tx)silion wilh no response 10 dat¢. Should it traSpire that this tund is noi available 10 the Church il would r¢duce the funds availabk by £30.559. 50
Independent examther's statement In connLLliiin w'iih my exdminJliun. with the exception of the emphasis of malter parngraphs abovc, no matter ha% come ro my alleniion: which gTves me reasonable cause to believe ihai in any material respeci Ihe requiremenls lo kccp XLounting rccords in accordance wilh scclion 130 of ihe Act: and to prcparc financial statcmcn¢S. which accoTd with ihe accounting rc¢ords and comply with the requircments of the Aci have not bLYn mvl: or 2 lo which. in my opinion. aiiention should be drawn in order to ¢nable a proper understanding of Ihc accounts to b¢ reachc. Dale 14th April 2021 Danny MLC 19 Ma0]1 C . C•nvey lsknTrd.Ets¢x SS¥ OGD This concludes this yearfs reports. 51