ALL SAINTS, CHURCH BRANKSOME PARK THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS,, BRANKSOME PARK, POOLE DIOCESE OF SALISBURY CHARITY NUMBER. 1132583 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2024 AIM AND PURPOSES ALL Saints, Branksome ParKs Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibiLity of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Dr Luke Steven, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whoLe mission of the Church. The PCC also has responsibility for paid staff and for the maintenance of the church building. churchyard. vicarage (for which primary responsibiLity rests with the Diocese Board of Finance), and church hall. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The PCC are committed to enabLing as many people as possible to worship at our church, become part of our community at AIL Saints,, and benefit from the pastoral and missionary activities that we offer. This objective was reflected in our mission statement of 2024 to be a church of oLd and young, sharing God's love with everyone" The PCC has given due regard to the Charity Commissions, guidance on public benefit. To this end we try to enable ordinary peopLe to Live out their faith, or to expLore faith, as part of our community through.. Worship and prayer,. Learning about the gospel,, developing their knowLedge and trust in Jesus Provision of pastoral care for peopLe Living in the parish and beyond Missionary and outreach work ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Vicar's report 2024, what a year! l arrived in January as the new Priest-in-charge and received such a warm welcome and so much support from everyone. I've been struck by what a strong culture of getting involved there is at AIL Saints,, From 9 year-oLds to 90 year-olds. there are just so many people who give their time and skilLs in our church community. l am hugely grateful to each one of them, and a true highlight of the year for me was our Volunteers CeLebration just before Christmas. One person to mention and ceLebrate in particular this year is Revd Kate Edwards, who was ordained deacon over the Summer at SaLisbury Cathedral and is now serving as Curate here at ALL Saints,. What a gift she has been to me and to our whole church, Kate has put so much love into this church community over many years, and now she has b&n ordained to foLlow her caLling to serve the people here, I'm al50 very grateful to the Churchwardens, PCC. and staff team for their Leadership and hard work Together this year as we've met and planned, we have been feeling our way into God's exciting caLLing for our church to be a community of 'Saints ALive, old and young, sharing God's Love with everyone.. But even before alL the amazing saints alive who help at ALI Saints,, the reaL driver behind alL thats been happening in 2024 has been prayer. In the BibLe it says that it's God who teaches us how to pray. and this year I've certainLy learned a thing or two as God has sent us out into different environments to pray in new ways. Over Lent we took our weekly Wednesday prayer meeting onto the cliff tops above the sea. On Good Friday alL ages squelched up Branksome Chine on a prayer journey through Jesus, passion and crucifixion. Over Summer church moved to the beach for'send Us Out Sundays" where we prayed. played. worshipped. met new people, and on the final Sunday of summer ceLebrated 10 baptisms in the sea! Thanks to extraordinary people and powerfuL prayers ALL Saints, has continued to offer.. Sunday services, with the 11am service in particuLar growing in numbers, Monday Teddies and Toddlers, Wednesday Tea Parties. Friday Knit-and-Natter. our Stepping Stones waLking group, and pastoraL support for local people and nursing homes. In addition to these - and other Long-standing and much vaLued services to our Local community. new things have also sprung up. for exampLe: a monthly Bereavement Support Group. the SLOW StroLLers walking group for shorter and slower walks, and our "BLessed Are the Carers Service" to celebrate NationaL Carers, Week. So there is lots to give thanks for, and l am realLy excited to see what God has in store for his saints alive here at ALI Saints, in 2025. Revd Dr Luke Steven Churchwardens, report on the Fabric, Goods, and Ornaments The Churchwardens are pLeased to confirm that the fabric, goods and ornaments of the church are regularly checked and inspected. The silver, brass. pLate and wooden items were all found to be present and in good order, Items checked included all the Communion silver. together with the traveLling Communion sets used when Communion is taken away from church. We operate a rolling program of maintenance which incLudes the roof. walLs, windows, rainwater goods, etc. Some minor stone repairs to the exterior walLs of the church are being arranged for 2025, using correct methods and materials and in consultation with our quinquenniaL architect. In addition, routine redecoration of the vestry wilL aLso be undertaken with the guidance of the quinquennial architect. In July our church noticeboard was compLeteLy repaired and redecorated. and now looks much tidier and more inviting. The five-yearly electrical testing and inspection highlighted that some parts of the circuitry would need replacing. This has now been completed to appropriate standards. Michael Steen and Janet Morris, Churchwardens Deanery Synod report ALL Saints, is part of the Poole and North Bournemouth Deanery Synod. Each church in the Poole and North Bournemouth area, send representatives to the three meetings each year. It is an opportunity to meet and worship together. to learn about each church and to Listen to a speaker on a variety of different, topical subjects. The three meetings for 2024 were as foLLows: Wednesday 21st February St. Philips Church West Howe, Bournemouth The Rev. Christine Brooks welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained that the church was a pLant from St. Andrews, Kinson in 1953. It was rebuilt in 1986, She talked about a once monthly group called Kingdom Kids. where all ages get together to discover more about Jesus through crafts. bibLe study. worship. prayer, crumpets and cakesl Mark Rathbone gave an update on the support for a project to construct a new buiLding at st John's CoLLege, Wau. Rev. Lucy Holt spoke about the new logo for the Diocese of SaLisbury. She also taLked about the revised parish share. David Reed aLso spoke about the Lessons to be learnt from the Church Graft in Hamworthy and that the graft is not a "takeover strategy." but a colLaborative partnership, where people could deveLop their own vision and way forward, independently of the sending church. Wednesday 5th June St. James Church, Poole Rev. Lucy HoLt welcomed everyone to the church and outlined the £3 miLLion buiLding project the church is working on. She outlined the need to undertake the project and ways in which they hope to raise the money. We had a presentation by Alistair Doxat-Purser from Faithworks, who outlined the work of the charity, what their aims were and the different chaLLenges they face. Thursday ioth October The Church of the Good Shepherd Rev. Debbie Smith weLcomed everyone to the new church building, in its first week of opening. The theme of the evening was to be climate action, with four presentations: Clothes swap at st. Thomas, Church of Good. Shepherd Design. Renewable Energy, Churchyard projects. Each presentation was followed by group questions and answers. These meetings are both interesting and informative, If you would like to know more about any of the meetings. please speak with any representative from ALI Saints,. WILL Unwin, Sam Moore, Howard Cunningham-smith, Janet Morris FINANCIAL REVIEW TotaL unrestricted income for the year was £123,364, an increase of 9.4/ over Last year. This change was due to an increase in alL the methods of reguLar giving. in particular donations through the Parish Giving Scheme. The fete provided a healthy contribution to the coffers again in 2024. Due to the good work of our gift aid officer, Ray Stephenson, we received £16.114 in gift aid, a substantial increase on Last year. The totaL unrestricted expenditure for the year was £187,520, a reduction of 14% over Last year. The decrease was mainly due to a reduction in our Parish Share and Lower costs for office staff as their numbers were reduced from 3 to i. There was an increase in utiLities costs. Most other costs have remained broadLy the same as Last year as endeavours were made to keep costs to a minimum. The net result for the year was a deficit on unrestricted funds of £64.156. This was supported by drawing funds down from the unrestricted legacy fund in 2025. A detailed breakdown of all the income and expenditure can be found in the annual accounts, along with details of the restricted and endowment funds. Lynne Meacock, Treasurer STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church CounciL Powers Measure. The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation RuLes. At ALI Saints, the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), curate. churchwardens. and members eLected by those members of the congregation who are on the eLectoi'aL roll of the church. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on aLL matters of general concern and importance to the parish, incLuding deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. New members receive initiaL induction into the workings of the PCC, as weLI as a copy of Handbook for Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councillors.. New Revised Edition (London: Bloomsbury, 2010). The full PCC met nine times during the year. ADMINISTRATION ALL Saints, Branksome Park is situated in Branksome Park. PooLe. It is part of the Diocese of Salisbury within the Church of EngLand. The correspondence address is All Saints, Church Branksome Park, 28 Western Road. PooLe. BHI3 7BP The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2011) and a charity registered with the Charity Commission (charity number: I￿2583}. PCC members who have served at any time from i January 2024 until the date this report was approved are: Ex officio members: Incumbent.. Revd Dr Luke Steven Curate.. Revd Kate Edwards Churchwarden: Mrs Janet Morris Churchwarden: Mr Michael Steen Chairman Elected members.. Mrs Caroline Nicholson Mr PhiLip Corneby Mrs Kate Edwards Mrs Judith Glover Mr Tom Tobin Mr Robert Renshaw Mr Wyn Jones Mr Howard Cunningham-smith Mr William Unwin Mr Sam Moore Mrs Barbara Bamford Mrs Emma Barton Mrs Anne Burton Mrs StelLa Whitcombe Mr John Crowe Mrs Lynne Meacock Mr Colin Van Schagen Mrs Carol Burden (untiL May 2024) luntiL May 2024) luntiL May 2024) (from May 2024) Ifrom May 2024) (from May 2024) (from May 2024) Deanery Synod representative Deanery Synod representative Deanery Synod representative Secretary Treasurer Approved bythe PCC on: I" A ,;[ ioZ& and signed on their behalf by the Reverend Dr Luke Steven IPCC Chairman); # All Saints’ Church, Branksome Park, Poole Charity Number 1132583 # FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31° DECEMBER 2024 ## Incumbent Rev Luke Steven The Vicarage 28 Western Road Branksome Park Poole BH13 7BP ## Churchwardens Mrs Janet Morris 31 -33 Commercial Road Poole BH14 8LT Mr Michael Steen 15 Bury Road Branksome Park Poole BH13 7DE ## Independant Examiner Mr John Gunton "Kloof House" 36 Links Road Lower Parkstone Poole BH14 9QS page 1/6 ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, BRANKSOME PARK ## STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES, YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2024 |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Funds|Funds|Funds|2024|2023| |INCOMING RESOURCES:||£|£|£|£|£| |Voluntary Income||101,097|6,968|-|108,065|102,297| |Activities forgenerating funds||4,954|13,705|-|18,659|16,485| |Investment Income||824|637|8,840|10,301|10,003| |From charitable activities||14,743|877|-|15,620|16,715| |Otherincoming resources||1,746|-|1,750|3,496|2,927| |TotalIncoming Resources|||«423,366 ||22,187|10,590] 156,141|||148,426| |EXPENDED RESOURCES:||||||| |Activities relating to the||182,450|9,631|8,423|200,504|224,122| |work ofthe church||||||| |Grants to charities||-|12,661|-|12,661|6,759| |Cost ofgenerating funds||2,332|-|-|2,332|2,744| |Church Administration||2,738|-|-|2,738|2,945| |Total ExpendedResources||187,520]22,292]
~=—8,423]
218,236]||||—-236,570| |Netincoming resources||64,157 ||(405)|2,167 ||__(62,095)||(88,144| |Unrealised losses/ gains on investments||22,436|§25|7,260|30,221|(11,432)| |Net decrease/ increase in funds||(41,721)|420|9,428|(31,874)|(99,576)| |Total funds brought forward 1.1.2024||636,524|37,399|321,846|995,769|1,095,345| |Totalfundscarriedforward31.12.2024||594,803|37,819|331,274|963,895|995,769| page 2/6 ## INCOMING RESOURCES |INCOMING RESOURCES|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Unrestriced|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total| |||||2024|2023| |Voluntary Income|||||| ||£|£||£|£| |Planned Giving|58,264|-|~|58,264|47,903| |Collections and othergiving|14,050|6,590|-|20,640|20,908| |Sum up/Dona|5,984|||5,984|2,661| |Donations
Legacies|6,684
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-|6,684
-|12,060
5,000| |Gift Aid Tax Claimable|16,114|378|-|16,492|13,765| |Total|101,097|6,968|-|108,065|102,297| |Activities forgenerating funds|||||| |Fete|4,954|-|-|4,954|5,068| |Church Hall|-|13,705|-|13,705|11,416| |Total
:|4,954|13,705|-|18,659|16,485| |investment Income
Investment Income|596|637|8,840|10,073|9,869| |Shortterm deposit income|228|a|-|228|133| |Total|824|637|8,840|10,301|10,003| |Incoming resources from|||||| |charitable activities|||||| |Wedding Fees|2,613|-|-|2,613|3,433| |Funeral and Churchyard Fees|12,130|-|-|12,130|12,655| |Baptism||.||«|=| |Choir fees||877|-|877|627| ||14,743|877|-|15,620|16,715| |Otherincoming resources|1,746|-|1,750|3,496|2,927| |TotalIncome|123,364|22,187|10,590|156,141|148,426| page 3/6 ## RESOURCES USED ||Unrestriced|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||2024|2023| ||£|£||£|£| |Activities Directly Relating toworkofthechurch|||||| |Parish Share|75,000|-|-|75,000|96,270| |Musicans|4,169|-|-|4,169|2,178| |Verger|9,897|-|-|9,897|8,500| |Parish Office staff|15,987|-|-|15,987|28,402| |Children and Family Pastor|37,704|-|~|37,704|34,940| |Vicar Expenses and fees|1,660|-|-|1,660|206| |Church Services|1,167|-|-|1,167|558| |Outreach|368|-|-|368|-| |Church Insurance, Heat and Light|18,253||-|18,253|16,769| |Repairs and Renewals|1,909|-|3,554|5,464|4,666| |Upkeep ofChurchyard|609|-|2,058|2,667|2,539| |Church andVestry Cleaning|1,734|-|-|1,734|2,565| |Recoupment to Church Fabric Fun|1,750|-|-|1,750|1,750| |Weddingand Funeral Expenses|3,635|-|-|3,635|8,002| |Diocese Fees|3,493|-|-|3,493|-| |Vicarage and gardens|-|-|2,811|2,811|2,250| |Sundries|§,115|-|-|5,116|3,863| |Church Hall||9,631|-|9,631|10,663| |Total|182,450|9,631|8,423|200,504|224,122| |Grants to Charities|||||| |Missionary Chariities||4,560|-|4,560|4,205| |Others( See Page 6)|-|8,101|-|8,101|2,554| |Total|-|12,661|-|12,661|6,759| |Costofgenerating funds|||||| |Fete|Ace|-|-|2,332|2,744| ||2,332|-|-|2,332|2,744| |Church Administration|2,738|:|-|2,738|2,945| |Total|187,520|22,292|8,423|218,236|236,570| Page 4/6 ## STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Funds|Funds|Funds|2024|2023| ||£|£|£|£|£| |Fixed Assets|||||| |Investments|535,330|23,465|327,481|886,277|954,307| |Current Assets|||||| |Debtors|9,514|965|0|10,479|1,866| |Short term investments|4,521|0|0|4,521|4,293| |Cash at bank and in hand|§1,011|14,363|3,792|69,166|39,293| |Total Current Assets|65,046|15,328|3,792|84,165|45,453| |Less Creditors|5,574|976|-|6,550|3,992| |TOTALASSETS lessCurrentLiabilities|594,802|37,817|331,274|963,893|995,767| |Represented by -|||||| |Funds ofthe charity|||||| |Unrestricted Funds||||594,803|636,524| |Restricted Funds||||37,819|37,399| |Endowment Funds||||331,274|321,847| |TOTALFUNDS||||963,895|995,769| Note: The assets of All Saints' Church include the Church Hall. This is not included in the Balance Sheet. The Hall Extension cost £207,000 to build in 1993. Lynne Meacock, Treasurer, (se April 2025 APPROVED BY ALL SAINTS' BRANKSOME PARK PCC & SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY: Chairman: Member (april 2025 Rev L Steven whe Qtr, St ## Page 5/6 RESTRICTED FUNDS ||BroughtFwd||Income|Expenditure|Carried Fwd| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||1.01.2024|*|||31.12.2024| ||£||£|£|£| |Activities Relating tothework|ofthe church||||| |Choir|1,863||877|252|2,488| |Church Hall|23,579||14,867|9,631|28,815| ||25,442||15,744|9,883|31,303| |Missionary Charities|||||| |Children's Society|-||729|729|-| |Faith Works|2||1,337|1,337|2| |SAT 7|10||-|-|10| |Beautiful Gate|1,680||787|2,467|-| |Sudan Link|-||1,042|27|1,015| ||1,692||3,895|4,560|1,027| |Other restricted funds|||||| |Church Projects|8,494||897|5,916|3,475| |Older Persons Ministry|103||||103| |Operations &Events|1,391||-|~|1,391| |All Saints Youth|161||243|-|404| |Autumn Fair|-||1,933|1,933|-| |Wildlife Group|415||-|-|115| ||10,264||3,073|7,849|5,488| |TOTALS|37,398||ea
ie|22,292|37,818| |ENDOWMENT FUNDS|||||| ||Brought Fwd||Income|Expenditure|Carried Fwd| ||1.01.2024||-||31.12.2024| ||£||£|a|:| |Churchyard|74,149||3,755|2,058|75,846| |Vicarage
Church Fabric|109,261
128,035||5,449
8,206|2,811
3,554|111,899
132,687| |Freer Memorial|10,402||441|-|10,843| |TOTALS|321,846||17,851|8,423|331,275| |UNRESTRICTED INVESTMENT|||||| |Tyndall|591,423||21944|100,000|513,367| |Yarwood|18,310||927|508|18,729| |Maintenance fund|3,162||160|88|3,234| |TOTALS|612,895||23,034|100,596|535,930| *Income includes unrealised gains on investments Page 6/6 ## Independent Examiner's Report to the members/trustees of All Saints Church, Branksome Park, Parochial Church Council. I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 5, ## Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They 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; * follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement 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 the management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. ## Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention; 1. Which give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements * to keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act; or * to prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records have not been met. 2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached **----- Start of picture text -----**
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b April 2025 1750 Note 1 |Other incoming resources - Unrestricted|Other incoming resources - Unrestricted| |---|---| |Flower donations|1,010.00| |Sundries|26.59| |Coffees|709.34
“1,745.93_| Other incoming resources - Endowment Repayment of loan to Church Fabric Fund Note 2 |Note 2|| |---|---| |Sundry expenses|| |Sum up costs|559.63| |Bank charges|208.21| |Books and materials|73.24| |Parish sundries|3,013.13| |Flowers|1,110.91| |Coffee|149.62| ||5,114.74| Page 6/6 Independent Examiner's Report to the members/trustees of All Saints Church, Branksome Park, Parochial Church Council. I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 5. ## Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They 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; - follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity - Commissioners section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement 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 ofany unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. ## Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention; 1. Which give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act; or - to prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records have not been - met. 2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached Mr John Gunton “Kloof House”, 36 Links Road Parkstone, Poole Date 6 | April 2025