St John's PCC Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 31 December 2023 The Parochial Chweh Coun¢il of th¢ Ecclesiastical Parish of St Jolm the EV￿8¢]1$[ BI￿khe￿lh ("St JOl￿'S PCC,? is a re8i9*red charity nurDber 1132894 CONTENTS Report of the Tn￿te¢S Including Structure> governance and rnanag¢m¢nt Aims. obj¢ctivu. activities and achieveJ)Knts Financibl review Sthtement of trustees. responsibilities Accounts for the yearendcd 31 D¢c¢mber2023 10-23 Report from Auditors 24-27 StJohn's PCC: RepDrt of the Trnste The tswtee8 submit th¢iT Report and the Finaneiol Sthtcments of St Jolm's PCC forthr ycHr aKled 31 December 2023. rRUCTUR4 GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ThE Parncbiai chU￿h Council of the Ecclesi￿1¢￿1 P4rish of St John th¢ EvanB¢lisL B]Ackheath gre the tyst¢¢s who admitiistcr St JoI￿,S Chu￿￿ Blockhcath. The cbarity 15 also referred w as St John's churc￿ St John'i Parochial Church COU￿11 and SiJohn's PCC (which is the name used in this report). Addrém The correspondEnce th i5 St John's Church, Strath&len Roa4 Blackheatty Lor#lon SE3 7fH. It 15 Partor the Dioe¢s¢ of Southwark within the of En8land. Stjokn's PCC is a tE8i5tered th￿lty under nurnber 1132894. Governing doc4menr StJohtt'5 PCC h&8 two Bpproyed goYcrnin8 dDcuments.' The Parochial Church Council's (Powers) Me&#ure 1956 L8 Bmcnded 4nd the Church Rcpresclltation Rtslel (contained in Schedule 3 to the s￿0d1C8] Governm¢nt 1969. as amended). The Church R¢pT¢5¢ntstion Rules Sp￿ify the ¢ompo8ition of St Jolm's PCC who Ate the tNstees of the eh8riry. Stjohtt's PCC is rnade up of minislerial apPointh￿nts. lay ¢huTchw3rd¢ns (elected by the partshioners at￿lla11y at the Annual Parochial ClJur¢h me￿1￿8) l&y members of the PCC and Deanery s￿0d (elECted foT a thr¢¢- yetr Tenewable tenn at the Annuthl Parnchial Chw¢h Meeting). Jn additioo there are c04*Pted IAY rnembets with d¢fiDed respon$iTr*ilities. StJohtt's PCC 15 chaired byone of ihe ¢hur¢hw*rdens ￿ vice¥chair (Sarnu¢l Hart) at the invitstion of the minister under M19(2Xc). All eli8ible membtts of the ehurdl are encouraged to join the eledornl lull. When v￿3￿1 positions arige, requests for nominalions are published in Si John's Church. New lay tnJste¢5 we provided with dcthiled inforntion on their le881 obligaiiotts under charity law and an ¢xplanation of what the role will entsil. Their training needs are asses￿d from time lo tim¢ by th¢ Si John's PCC 2tMI trainittu provided wh¢r¢ required. Tn￿teeS are ettcournged to attend appropriate external and diocesan training events where thesc will facilitAts the ￿￿er*aking of their role. All trust¢es Ire T4vired ffj complde the Church of England's Foundations safeguarding training. St Jobn's PCC members who have served frnm 1st J3nyary 2023 until the date this ryort was appr¢*v¢d, or th¢ date shown if differettL Are set out below. In¢AtmbeAr Assisrdnt eurots.. Churehwardens.. Reverend Dr Edward Scrase-Field R¢verend AnthEW Be5wetherick Samuel Hart K&tharine MacKenzi¢ (from April 2023) VIn¢5￿ Ratcliffe (until April 2023) ElÉcied loyr¢presenlatives.' Babatunde Akithgbe {elected APCM 2022) Joy Hayes, PCC SeEretary (from Novemb¢r 2023. filling the casuHI vacancy arising from the resiBnation of Tim Webster) Louisa Nevison-Andrew5 (¢l¢ct¢d APCM 2021) Tirn Websttt, PCC S¢cr¢tary (elected APCM 2022. utttil September2023) Julia Wri8h¢ (elrx¢¢d APCM 2021. until Swember 2023) LqyrepreYthiaiiKf to ike Deanery Symod.. Vi¢tOTi4 Alexander (¢kcted APCM 2020, until April 2023) Richard Godden (elected APCM 2023) 15aar Okine lelecied APCM 2023) Katharine MacKenzie (elcctEd APCM 2020, witil April 2023) K&fherine McPherson (eltttcd APCM 2023) Ryth Mwart¥an8i (elected APCM 2023) Jeremy Olsert {eleet¢d APCM 2023) Loy repruenrarfvu io ihe Genen¥lsY￿Od.. Aliww¢ Smith (from Novembtr 2023) CovOPtÉd menjbers." Raki Bogan ￿reaSUrer) St John's PCC Iwl nine ordinary business meetings durinE the year, wbich were held monthly excluding ApTiI (when the APCM w95 held). August and December. Various comrnittees met between medings and details of theirdeliberations were received by St John's PCC for discussii>n and endorsement wherc necessary. Th¢ Standing CommittEe is th¢ only committee ttquired by law. Ithas power to transact th¢ business of the PCC between meetings. subject to #ny directioDs given by the PCC. The Staniling COn￿ltr¢¢ ¢Ollbwised the vi￿. ChurchwardEns. PCC S￿retary and Ricbard GoddeTh and did not mttt in the year. Day-t￿dhY mattcr5 Dot r¢s¢rv¢d for the PCC or Stsnding Committee aT¢ dult with by the Vicar and Chll￿hWardeTh$. The following were eligible to join St John's PCC Cbose not to assume theirpiitions. Reoder5: Louis Alexknder (until April 2023) Swhcn Grecnall Rosie Mdhur5t Th¢ Vicareswblished a Leader's Courteil to join him tn prayin8 and dI￿¢min8 the 5trate8ic diTrction of th¢ thurch. It generally meets rnonthjy and ¢ompTi5ed Victori& AlexandLY{utttil April 2023). Matt BHker, Richard Goddw SAmuel H8o Katharine MaeKen7ie (from April 2023), Vane55H Ratcliffe aDd Edward scr￿-FIcId. Risk NanAg¢ment The primaryAirn of Stjohn's PCC is the PfDmDtion of th¢ 805pel of our Lord J¢sus Chris¢ and as Christi8n5 we tn& thpl God will complete Hiy work aDd purpose5 in us. St John's PCC acknDwledge5 the requir¢ffl¢ot to identify and manage the risks faced in &¢hi¢ving its primary ainL Idetttified risks are routinely reviewed aryl systerns or procedures designed to maDB8e those risks have been e5tsbli5hc(L S4fesuordinz The PCC bL8 a dyty of CJTe to the pJDtectlon of the *w]nerable in the chureh commwiity. In this Te8Hrd the PCC pmmotes a safer church for all in the ChU￿h ¢ommunity and ha5 a Pl￿ to rdise awllreness and promote training where required. The PCC ha5 adopted the House of Bishops, Promotin8 a Saler Church yf¢8UATding policy staiemeni and also has regard for the Dio¢¢san safeguardins policies and practice guii13DC¢. The PCC h appointed Loui￿NeV]$On-Andrews ¥ Parish Safeguarding Officer who TeEularly reports on safeguzrding in the PArish. Safeguarding is a Stsnding agend4 item at PCC meetin& AIM& OBJEcnvES, ACTtVlTIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS The primwry aim of StJohn's PCC 1$ th¢ PTomotion of the gospel of our Lord Jesus CThTiSt a¢cordill8 to the do¢tiine5 and Pl￿tice$ of tbe Church ofEngland. St John's PCC b&5 the T¢5ponsibility of5UPPOrtiDB and C￿OperatIng with the incumbent in pmmoting the whole mi5$ion of the Church. p85torn]. evanBelisti¢, socia] Hnd ecumenical in the ecclcsiastivai parish and for continuing that work during the absence incumbenL Pwbllc ben¢Jl¢ The In￿l¢eS have given due re8ard to the Charity co￿￿15510￿.S guidan¢¢ ￿ public b¢nefiL 5¢ John's PCC'S cu￿ent vision Stateme￿ comprise5 three pillars: Rcvivc.. puTros¢fv1 r¢fre5hinB of ow hearts; Build.. pu4)osefvl buildi￿g up of disciples: S￿k.. pwp05¢fv1 wing in our witness. ivities lllld4¢himents StJohn's welcomes people of all llges. backwound5 and vicwints. Up io three Sunday servi¢es are hdd. at 07.30 {one Sunday per month for a tradiiional Holy CommuKion using the Book ofcornmon Prnyer). 10.15 (rarnily-frtendly and welcoming services for a]1 a8e5 with SUn￿Y 5clb)ol. Bible teaching and mwic worship) 18.00 {8n infonnal service in a ¥￿Iety of differeDi fOrn￿ts). Re8ular rneelin85 forpT&yer are held some weekday nwrnin85 and oft the second Monday evening oleach month. In addition to the Teguiar sttvic baptisms. ththnkssivin85 fvr th¢ birth of ¢hildM nwrriaue atKI fill￿ra1 seryices are held throughout ihe year. During thE we¢k th¢ church building is opett to visitOT5 fora few hour5 each d&y and many w)up n*e¢ings and activities take place. As a ¢hll￿￿ family, member5 5UPPOrt ¢￿h other through the Ch￿1¢n8¢y of daily life. This iDcludes through friendship and hospitality iwo of th¢ n￿nY gifis God ha5 given lo for each other. Smoll Broups meet in people's homes or at chwch to discus5 the Bible, prdy tOBether. h&ve fim and support ￿Ch other in the developn￿l of their Christian faith. As ChristiAllS the dcsire is to be a positive presaice in the community. This inCI￿leS th¢ parish, in places of work and throuBh missiou patthers in the UK and ov¢Th¢as. Church attend¢v￿e Th¢ ¢l¢ctoral roll cumtly ts)tals 233. L srnall inCTease from 221 in th¢ previo￿ y¢aT. Approxin)*ly 84% of these people live outside the Parish. The aveTaBe weekly atteTLda￿e during 2023 wa5 170 orLd 50 cbildrni (thou8h wdtehed online). RrriewofIhe￿llr StJohn's continues lo exist to grow diseiples of jes￿ Christ committed to WDf5hippinB God in all aspects of lif¢. This is especially by sharing the good news of Jesus Chrisi attd showing love to (me another and the wid ommunities. Through 2023, led by the Viw. S¢ John's continued its Vision whith is structured underthe three pillors of Revive, Build and Speak Fabnc report A quinquennial inspection was undert￿eTr itt April 2021 which identified a srnall number of i55u¢s but none cILsiified ￿'￿eeding immediate attention". Th¢ item5 identified as requiring httention within th¢ quinquennial p¢riod were primarily masonry in nature and wer¢ artended to in a smwll project during the autumn of 2022. Minor repairs were made to the interior of the buildinB when reqllirttL The Elsie MaYsho11 Memorial Hall continws to be let to a Iwal nuTh¢ry midweek Menther¥ ofsh7ff In addition to the Vicor. Edward Sctase-Fi¢ld, the work of the chuych ¢ontinucd to be 5UPPOrt¢d by the sthff t¢arn. Cathy Live5ey continued as Administratio￿0PCratl¢JTr5 A55iStatrt and Su¢ Redford us Parish Worker. HarLnah Mugenyi was Childr¢n'5 Worker until MArch 2023. after which childTen's work was coDrdinatcd by l•y mernbers olthe church until LISR Trav¢r5 was appointed Childr¢n's Worker in January 2024. ChloE Ginns CODtinued As Youth Workeron a part time bosis. Liwn Chilton wls employed as Ministry Assistant (Music CoordiDalor) untll June 2023. Victoria PArsons was appoint¢d Ministy As5isthni sn September 2023. Non- Clergy staff are employ¢e5 of St John's PCC. Their respor￿]bIlItieS and performance are discu55ed in an annu41 review with the Vicar and a Churchwarden. Pay l¢v¢ls Are set by the Vicor wjd Churchwardcns on behalf of the PCC with r¢g4Td to the Icvel offered for 5imil4rroles in otherchtsrches the clLDTity s¢dorand with QD5id¢ratiorb to prevailing int1￿10ft Icvels. Budgets for theiT rcspective arEa5 as xt by St John's PCC. Children s (lip lo schoolyeor 6) Children's WDrk wa5 led by Hanllah MuEenyi witil she left the Tole at E&ster. For the rest of 2023, Marie Buckley co.ordinatcd the children's work ort a voluntary basis. Lisa Travers was appointed ￿t[dren'S Worker from January 2024. Weeklyactiyities include.. groups for I l year ol& at SUn￿Y rnOTning services. 'Footprin¢5' 51Ay and play and 'Di8' a bilJl¢ study for children in school yedts 4 to 6. EvAngelistic ev¢nts such ￿ a Summer Holid&y Club. Li8bt Party. Toddler Services and Christmas Event4 including a play by the Artless Theatre ¢ompany, hove presented fiwther oppurlunitics to welcom¢ m¢mb¢T5 of the community into the church to hear about JE5U5. Connections hav¢ remained with a nunthero(Iwai %hools and eveats inEluded collecrive wotship And Christingle seryice. In Dec¢mber loral srlwo15 Trisi*d the 'Christhias Journey. exllll)itioD in the chU￿h buildin& Yomih workfschoDlyeors 7_J3) Youth work continued io be led by Chloe Ginn5 SUPPOrt¢d by a team of vol￿teerS. Four mid-wttk 8row 'Fuel Up" (a BilTrle study 8roup for those in years 7-9). 'Leg4cy Home GrDup' (a Bible study group for thos¢ in y¢Hts 10-13}.'Fuel' club tit8ht (a youth ¢lth foryoun8 EKople in school yews 7 to 9) and'LeBacy' club isht (8 youth ¢lub for young people itt school yCBT5 10 to 131. There have been several encourngemeNts includinB groth in nutnbers with youns people bringing friet)ds and a numberof young people rnakinB conjrnillneni for the firsi time or ttikinB the next Step ofConfinnatiDn or bapti5rn. Other activiti¢5 have included day trip& sle¢povers in the church building, A ¢arnp in July aThJ tennly joint church youth events COvh05ted with GYFC. Whe￿ ovtt IQO young people Bathered together. Dk¥¢wleship Sma]1 Group5 continued io play an important part in the life of the ¢hurcl4 reflecting 0￿r Vision to be purpos¢ful in building up disciples of Christ. There are I15mall gTOllPS coni#inin8 &tsta] of Around 125 members. which meet predominonily on Tuesday. w￿nesdaY and Thursday evenings. Gmp study material ha5 be¢n Ttcommended to Complement the overnll church teaching Programme. Notes pnd questions specifically linked to each Sunday rnorning 5¢nnon are dist￿￿u[ed wttkiy to the leader5 and rnore Te¢entiy have been made available on the thureh website. In additio￿ there are two rnidw¢¢k women's groups and one ellrly tnorning men's praycr *ups meeting weekly. Other aelivities durin8 thc ycv included seeker corn includin8 Hope Explor¢d and C&se for Christ. Church memkn are strongly ¢ncourd8ed ￿ use The Word One to One book8 forper8oDal evangelism and disGip1¢5bip. Community outreach Activities in the ¢ommunity cijnlinued through the yar. Re8ularxtiviiies inc]￿le * pub disEU55ioll 8rnup and knitting group. InNovember Andrew Beswetberick led the Royrdl Borough of GrEenwi¢h's publi¢ act of Remembraftce where local COU￿1110(5 and other digniwies ottended. ChTi5tm85 commwiity events included a play for families hosted by thc ehurch and advertised in our local schoD15 aDd th¢ cornmunity newspaper. Three 'Beer and C&rols' eveninB5 w¢r¢ held in two loca] pubs. A MaAthon breakf￿t was held outside St Johrt'4 offerinB rcfreslhrn¢nts to mcmbers of the local Community. The church operatss the St John's Foodbank Welcome C¢ntr¢ in the church building whith is opcrated by chU￿h volunteers. This hDs now been numing for three yeaTS and has recently seert Browing Dumb¢r5 attending. Mernbers olthe ehureh are aetively involved in Greenwich Christian$ A8ain5t Poverty. ViSLtorB 4tt¢nded the church during opening hour5 to Pray and di5aWJ life matters. Positive relationships with local businesses COntinuEd. with T¢wlar visits to womote events. build connections and offer pray¢r. Fellow5hw/p4ftornl About 20 weekly t¢lephone C￿lS rn￿E to keq) in conwt with both chureh allendtts and thosc who BIE housebound. One to one appointments are held to support members of thc ¢hurch and wider ¢omrnurrity. Alongside weekly visit4 five 5ervice5 per￿al continue th be held at Westcornbe PthNursin8 Home a nthly communion 5¢rvice 15 held ai Tudor Grange sheltered accornmodation. Other activities in the year ittcluded 'Moke Your MaTk'. a monthly lunch and qui4 'Holid•y at HonK', a Summer week of activities for old¢r p¢opl¢ Jnd wel¢onK te•s for newcomets. Support for D¢W POTents continued includin8 wayer rneetin prior to Biving birth and meals delivcred fDrparent5 afterwards. MAulonary CoMiNee The Missionary Committee lin￿ to support Snd infonn the cort8rc8Htion about St JDbo'5 mi55ion paTtheT& The church provides both financial and prayer support forthe work olsevernl divcrse missions. operating in the UK nd oversea5. Th¢ Committee comprises Beverley Campbell, Tony G05d¢￿ Aon Hill, Christine Le8& Barborn Ray, Janel Rehn, Alianore Smith (Chair) and Edwllrd Scras¢-Fi¢ld. CuTr¢nt mi5SiOn POTtheTS are: CMS. GreEnwicb Youth for Chri5¢. London City Mission. Marn Dicoege T3n72mia, Sports a￿plain¢Y UK Street Ptstors. Tear Fund and Youth forchrist. Thrcc Sunday 5¢Tvices a year are designa*d Mission Sundays to mjintain theprofile of the mission aaivities that the cFLur¢h supports. R¢8ular rnission Dewsletler5 ar¢ also pmduced to enable the congrEBation to receive updths ￿lYerpolmts forthe missions. Ov¢rylew IDcoTn¢ for th¢ yeartotslled £481.?08 which primarily comprised donations. Whilst this wa5 bElow the 2022 totsl of £805,877. excluding 81¢8llcy of £345.783 in 2022. income year increased 4Ya year-on-year. Total expenses 8Y• from £486.918 in 2022 to £449,495 in 2023* partly rcflecting lower Staff wsts owing lo vwcies. Overall theff was a n¢tGenera] Fund yin of £32.2l3. An amount ol I l•/• of Genera] Fund incon from otTerings is tithed to mtssiort work tsth year{for details see note 7.1). Whi15t thr lesacy is utw¢stri¢t¢l St John'5 PCC is intendinB to set aside the fiLnd5 for a specified capitsi inveAmeDt rathcrthln funding ongoing working copithl wuir¢mrnts. The nature of the c8pitsI investment has not ivn determin￿. Pending furtherdecisions on thL4 thE fuDd5 have been allocated to the Maintenance Fund an interirn m¢asuTe. In 2023, therE VAS a full tt3Dsferto the Maintenance Fund of the £36.(￿ bud8etamount per St John's PCC'S reserKs poltcy. During 2023 the Fitjartee Committce was unchanged and compriscd.. Treasurer {Raki Bogan), Payinents MonaBtr (Christine Le8g), Payroll Manager (Joamha Goddenl. Gift Aid M4n8g¢m¢nt (Chri5 and Amat Cooth) 4nd Accounts Manager (fony Gosden). The mos¢ sigthificant 8rdnts made by St Jol)n's PCC are to mission poftners. The distribution of these Bifts 15 overseen by the MissioDAry Conm?ittee which operntes under a GuidEline5 and Poli¢y d¢xunKnt weed by St Jolm's PCC. The Overa￿hing principles of mission are in line with the An81ican Communion Five Marks of Mi¥siom Mission WOTK including work in T8nzani4 incurred ¢xperbdittue ofjust over £52.(￿ (for dethils see note 7.2). In additionTr ￿onal wants. which Jre Ben¢Tally smaller in natttr< Are m￿¢ to individual8 w]d¢r Hardship Fund ￿)11¢Y which I￿% been a￿d by St John's PCC. ReseFvesptr&¢y St John'5 PCC, being a church within the jurisdietioD of the Church of England. is responsiblE for the good order of th¢ church buildinu md its assOCi&ted chwch hall and foroperating the norn￿1 fillKtion of an evangeli*ic church. St John's PCC has con5id¢T¢d the reserves th&t are 8pAwiate h&vith8 regud to the scope of its Ktivities and the buildiny and other &8sEts for which it is rEspon$iblE. Its poli¢y 15, at ¢h¢ end of each financial year. io have (a) cash in bank and in hand at le851 equol to the amount of the creditors le55 the amount uf the debkns lexcludin8 prepayments and Any aft￿unt DWiThB by HMRC) at th¢ yearwend (to ensure tha( it p&y its yar4nd debts they fall due) (b) tbe foll¢)win8 resmrs.. {1) a liquidity Teserve equal to th¢ amount of budg￿ed General Fund reeovericl for the following fin￿claI y¢ar l¢ss the amowit of any budgeted Gener&] Fund 5UTpIus for that year prior to any budgeted traThsfer to th¢ Maintenance Fund. At the yeuend, th¢ balance of the liquidiry reserve was £57.344 {2022'. £52294); (11> a budget deficit ItservE ￿U￿1 to the of any bud8e*d General Fund deficit for thc followinB financial Ye￿ prior to any bud8Cted transfer to the Maintena￿E Fund. At the year ¢n￿ th¢ hl4n¢¢ of the budget deficit res¢rve was £Nil12022: £Nil): (iii) a Short-ttrrn Èncome deficiency reserve qual to one third of th¢ amoun¢ of the b￿￿geted General Fund inco￿￿ for the following finonciAI year. At the yearend. the Wance of the short-temi income d¢fi¢iency reserve was £]57.5￿ (2022: £107,8731: and (iv) a mainiendn¢< rEscrve of at l¢a5t £150.000 or. in the years following maiorexpenditwe on repair5 aNI n￿l￿tellIn¢4 such lower amDunt a5 the PCC may considcr adequate having rewd ¢0 th¢ likely scheduling offuture repair and maintenance costs. At the yearend, tht ba]anee OD thc maintensnce reserve was £388.746 (2022.. £416,012). Th¢ first th￿¢ of these TeseTves are held within the GcnerBI Flll￿ and must be represented by cash, short.terni dqKysits or debi owing to St John'5 PCC by HMRC. At the year end the residu￿ general hjnd was £12,415 (2022: £Nil). The nThintenance reserve is held within a separate Maintenance Fund and rnay be repre5cntcd by such ass¢ts ss the PCC considcrs apptDpria* from time to time. Ai 31 December 2023, the chyrth total flee re5er4es of £620.25] {2022: ￿58.038). St John's PCC reviews the finaN￿ sitithtiott of th¢ ¢bu￿h 41 lewst four ¢ime5 per Y￿ and tskes interirn #Iq￿ to briEf th¢ members of the church at le&st ￿le¢ per year. Annually St John'5 PCC Teviews the flnancid position of the chU￿h fimd5 and makes deEi5ions appropri4te. PrlnclpalJlMucio1 mqn+7gmenipollcles The Finance Cotnmittee prephres budgets annu￿lY which aTe approvEd by StJohn's PCC. A¢tivi¢i¢s are MO￿8¢d in line with th¢ approv¢d budget with a view to ensuring that sisnificant ullpl￿td deficits do not Cash bal￿¢$ in ¢xc¢ss of St John's PCC'S immediate rEquirements Are invested with CCLA Jnvesnnent M8Da8emeDt Ltd in COIF Ch￿lty Fund5. PrincipalfHndlngA•¥rees Si John's PCC is principally fijnded by the mernbcr5 attend¢¢5 of the ¢bu￿kn thmugh Te8ular givin8 and to Icsscr exteni Irreg￿ gifts. Bwikers St John's PCC current a¢¢tsun¢ is held at Barclays Bonk UK PLC brancb at 93 L¢wisham High 5trtt1. Londo SE136BB. AM&'topy The atthched financial statern¢ot5 hav¢ been audited by Shipleys LLP of 10 Otan8e Stree4 HayThrkeL WC2H 7DQ. STATEMENT OF TRUSTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES The trustees ar¢ responsible for preparing the Tnjsttts, Report the finaDcial Statements in accordance with applicablc law and United Kingdom Accountinu Standard5 (United Kingdom Generally Accepwl Accountin8 Practice). Law applithle to chariti¢$ in En￿land and w￿¢5 requires the tsithes ￿ prqjue fill￿1&1 statements for e4th financial year which Bive And fair view of the ststc ofaffairs of the ¢h8rity and of the incoming ￿$0￿[(¢$ and application of Te50ur¢es of the Ch￿Iry forthAt period. In prcparinB thoge fin￿ClaI stsÉements. the ttustees ot¢ required to: Select suitable accounting policies 4nd then apply them conSis￿tly. obsuve the rneth￿ ptinciplcs in the ¢lJBrities SORP: n￿k¢ judgments and estirnates that Thre rea50nabl¢ and pNdent' stM* whether &ppliubl¢ accounting 5tsnd￿d5 h&ve been followed sllbjeetlo w tnaterial departwes dixloscd and cxplained in the finDnciAI 5tptements', pr¢pare the finllncial st&iements on the 8oinB concern bL5is un1¢5s li Is Inappropriate to presume thai the charity will continue in bu5inc5s: #nd ¢omply with section 17{5) of th¢ Chariiies Act 2011 through h&vin8 regllrd to Jny guidance issued by the Clwities Conunission whEn cxcrciSlD8 any pow¢rs or duties lo which Such guidance is relevanL The trustees are responsible foT keepin8 PToper ￿¢0￿l￿ng records which disclose with re&sonAble aCcu￿Y at any iinw the financi￿ positiOD of the chhrity and eDabl¢ them to ensure that the fillancial ststements rornply with the Charities Act 2011. th¢ awity (Accounts and Reports) ReEulati0ttg And proviyioDs of the Governing Docum¢nts. Th¢y are also responsible for safeguarding the &s5ets ofthe charity aud hence fortaking reason- able steps for the prevenuon Hnd dctection of fraud and other iTTegulpTiti¢s. This Teport was aPPToved by Si John'$ PCC on 22 April 2024 and signed on its behalf by.. Simlle] H•rt Kllth•Tlne M4cKenzle Churchwarde St John's PCC Accounts Year ended 31 December 2023 51 John's PCC SfATEMEpif OF FINANCIAL AcllviTILS ForthE PEfiDd fro￿01 Jwnuwry 2023 to 31 2•23 Unre.FiriLied Ftindi Crtnerdl Fund Missiomry MaintenJn¢L Fund Fun Total Funds iurycar TOLII Funt15 N￿25 DottDiiUM5and L¢gatiC5 lnve51111eiii In¢oiiic IKLll￿e chariiabkaciiviiies 1.889 ?.084 19ffj•? 4?4.•53 1.492 37.833 37.833 tsl locorn 45&113 lJ89 21.706 481.718 El￿nd[i￿re ChuilJbk arlivilie5 317?17 5?.306 84.97? 449.495 486.918 othl Exp¢thdithrr 312317 52J06 14J72 449A95 466.918 IW96 1,417 43266 32JlJ 318.959 Trnhsftrs Grns5 tsu￿1¢15 bciwLYn fund5-in 78.801 399.?31 -78.8(H -78.801 Oth1TM￿fer5 -7B.804 Income IExprttdlwrel after T￿￿(Cr5 67,0V_ -7h13 3U13 318.959 RtCDnciliHtioffl orrun& Towl fwTh15 bnbwghi 160,167 11.859 416.01• 588.038 TO￿ carrfed forwllrd 227259 4,246 ,746 620251 586,038 li SlJohA's PCC JAIANCESHEET Forth¢ 2011 lojl DEttNi*rlOLI C￿¢￿1 Fut Missionuy MaiNeThuKe Fund Furtd Prior YcJr Tothl F￿￿J5 Oti? ixEd C¥TTrNt WEII DtbirKs 81.565 89.565 415.80D ia barlk iTh han 151.390 446.679 603JIS 189.073 lal CurrEAt Ak%tts 446,679 L4*bililks CzEiliit*&= I￿11￿￿ due inone yeaT 7.696 57,933 65.61 16.8J5 N¢1 curr¢DI It￿(￿r[al liAWilies 2r1259 4246 J8B.746 620A51 58UI3 JSS,740 620251 58W8 pruerttd by Unr¢$iri¢¢#i.. Getypral -liquidiiy r¢xry¢ -bud8et defjcii resci¥e .short ￿Trn income &ficicncyR5m "￿<￿'r41 reSLYVC UntE51riEtEd.. MJiBienwK¢ 57.344 $7.Y4 157.J(Kl 157.SIN) 107.873 388.746 388,746 456.Dl Utht¢StTht￿d.' Mi5SID 4.146 4.7J6 217￿4 4246 620x51 5W138 si￿v￿￿Y tWD mLsi¢e5 ow behalf Dfall tyus*e5 Pvint Narne si￿0ture Oate ofApproYal Rev E Scr￿.￿￿ Jo/okn12azY 26/.,-/2 MrRBow Notr l Ba515 of PreparntioTh General Inforn￿lion StJohD's PCC Bla¢kh¢ath 15 UttID¢oryjorn￿yj r¢gIswr￿ with the Chawiiy Commission in EngEand. The principal is Si joh￿.5 Chll￿h. Sir4th￿C￿ Road, blackheuth. Lon(lon. SE) TfH. The obiLYtive5 of PCC ¥¢ sei oui oth pag¢4. B￿15 ofaecouAtlng Thi, finoticiaj SI￿¢￿￿.￿15 have beLm prepllred in acconlance with th¢ Cburch A¢¢ouDung R¢gu1411on5 ￿(￿ 108rthEr with ACC￿n11ng and RLlX)rtinB byChJriiics.- SialLy￿.￿l￿r RecanuMI(ILyI PrKu¢¢ applicatr*lL ¢ochariiiag preparing thL'ir accouTrrs in accordance with th¢ Finan¢iaJ R¢wiing Siandard applicablc in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 10?) lellLYiive I JanuJry ?D191- Ichanlies SORP IFRS 10711. thL. Financiol Reporting Stundard applicable in the UK and Republic ol lTrland IFRS 1071 And the ChJriiie5 Aci ?01 l. Thc a¢c(wnts Ifin4u)cial bee¢b PTL.pJrL￿ in accordance with the Stale￿nI ol RecomftK'ftded PrnciicL.' A¢￿￿11n￿ and RLPOrting bychari11L￿ preparing their accoun¢$ In a¢¢ordan¢¢ with th¢ Fin4Kial R¢p)ning Siandard applicabk in the UK and Republic of IrEland IFRS 10?) and thL' FEnJncial R¥porting SwidaTd applicablL' in thL. UniiEd Kingdom anLi Rep￿b]le of [￿laN1 IFRS 10?) attd thL Chariiic5 Aci ?01 l UK GenetJ]ly Accep￿￿ Prnciice a5 li applie5 fTum l January 1019, The aCC(mL￿￿ Ifinllncijl have prepaTLYI 10 gi1* a'iniL' Jnd (air. View irMI have d¢'partL'd fmm the Chllriiic5 IAccoun15 &Thd RL'port&l RL8ulthions 1008 only io exielli required 10 p￿vide a'iruc Jrtd fair vi¥w'. Thi5 dkparturL. has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Chwiiies pffpwing th¢Yr a¢¢ou¢)ts in a¢¢ordancL with Ihc Financial RLponing Sthnd4nl Jppli¢ablL irb th¢ VK R¢[l￿bIlE of treland IFRS 10?) Futh¢F than thg Arcouniing and RL'l￿rtITrS by Charitie5.' sialell￿NI of Recor[Un￿dl.d PMICL cffcthjve l April ?(WJ5 which Iws since bL*n withdmv The Ffc ty￿¢5 thL' dL'fJniiioTr of a public 7K￿Lfil eniiiy untlL'r FRS 10? AssL4S and liabilitie5 atL' inilially tECO5nised al h1510rical cosi or irnnsaciion value unl￿$ othLYWISL in IhL' fL'levaki llcc(MLrtittg poli¢y ttrrte. Th¢ funcuonlll Euvr￿(Y orth# PCC 15 Consider￿ 10 IK. sKYling thai is the cUrrL￿tY of tht prinwetoTromic ellViTonw*ni in which thL CON￿OnY qjLrnlL￿. ThL finatKia] 5tai¢nKn¢s WL. al$0 pr¢s¢ntht ITh wunds sw'wlin There ￿. no maiuial arras of judscn*DI DT Lsiun41io Preporalion if LbE Accounts OD u ykng concern b9515 The Finfjn¢c comni1￿ PTL'parL3 budgcis 4Lnnually which arL' apptoved by Si JLthn's Ifc. and the FCC tL'YiLWS the fLnancial 5iwaiion ofthL' church during the cOu￿e of IhL' i&kLS inierim SILYS 10 briLf ¢he members olthe chur¢h ai le￿( tw¢¢e year. Annually thL PCC Teviews the fjnathciaj posiiion of thc ¢hyr¢h fuThd5 makc5 thisions as appropriaw. AeiiviiiL% are rnanagcd in linL with the appmved budget with a vicw 10 ensuring tha¢ signific4ni unplThnned dLfia(s do noi arise. c￿ balon¢￿ in ix¢¢ss of Si J(thn's PCC are Invest￿ wiih CCLA In￿¢&1￿4)1 ManagLffleni Ltd in COIF ChJrily Fund5. ThL• In15K*5 arL¥ &wiSfi￿j thai, bused on 115 CUTTeni loreca5ts. the charity Sufficient fuThd5 10 WKCI its lithiiliiie5 have prq￿red the accounts on a8oÉns collcL'rn bLsi5. Thero are no MI￿riDE llnctAainiies abDllt Iht PCC'S ability iowrtlirtue as a goingconcern. 13 NDkl Arcounting ￿16¢1 INCOME REcogniliThn •f Inromv. Illcott￿ is rLYO8lli5L'd whLn charity has enli1]e￿￿￿ fund5. aThy perfDr￿￿7￿cL• conditions al￿￿￿j ￿ th¢ have il 15 wc&able the incomc will be rcceivLui and thc k. ￿￿red rcliably. Incon￿ with rel#ied expendltun: Wh¢r¥ incott* bas o.lat￿ exp¢r￿lL￿T￿. la5 with fuNlr4ising orwnuaa income) the incDrr&' and rL4aw¥J expLndiiuwL' &ryu5S in the SOFA. Gra￿ts atsd dom#¢ioib: Grnn15 and donaii¢)ns aTL' only irKludLyI in the SOFA when thL chllTiiy has uncondiiional entiilenkni io the rLwurce5. il 15 pfDbablL• Ihui the incow￿. will IK. nxeivlyl and the I￿￿nE con bc Th'asut¢d reliably. Tax re¢l￿1m5 on dvmtions Mnd girts: In¢osr£ from lax Te¢l4ims JrL irtrlud￿ itt th¢ SOFA ai thc t1￿ 0$ thc ￿[1 w which thy TcIMe. Invt51ment Income: Thi5 15 Inrludcd in thc accoun￿ WI￿ [C￿l¥￿bI¢. Lryutles: Incowt from legxies i5 includL¥I when the eni11k,￿mI beco￿￿ known 10 Si John's PCC. rtceipi is probable otbd the can reliably ttYa5uwI. Volunteers: ThL Tnju b¢nL.fits gr¥aily ITOM involvin*ni eothu£ia51iC sUP￿rt oli¢5 volyniiYr5. In accordance with FRS 10? WMI th# Choritie5 SORPIFRS 1071, the L'conomic coniribuiion olgcnernl voluniL*15 15 n(A recogni￿￿1 in the llccouni5. EXPENDrruRE Retognltlibn ofexptndlture.. Expendiillre is reco8ni5ed othce th¢rn' is a le￿1 orconMruciivL obli8ation ￿ make a payn￿[ ￿ a thitd pthy. li is p￿able Ih SL'1IIL￿￿￿l will rE4uired thL' amuThI olthe Obli￿110￿ be tllLaSUtL'd rL'liably. Ch#r1￿￿le ll¢tl¥ltlts: IncludL' com5 of thL genLrol Tunningofthe church. its rnuiniLn4nce and ofsuppDrting mission Gowern8tKetdsts: 1￿clUde cosis ofthe p￿paraLL0￿ ex0mL￿aLl￿N ofsisiuiory accounts. Iht COSL ofinLStee n￿llin8S and c051 ofany le8al *lvice io siees on ￿vernanCe aNI COn51Liuiional ma¢tets. Irrocoverublc VAT: Si John's PCC is no¢ ubl¥ VAT. Inrcoyuable VATis charged a5 ocom win51 thr llcuviiy (or whKh th¢xrKndiiuTE was incu￿ed. 14 Nole 2 Accnuntim% pDlirios IroTht'dl WUND ACCOUNTING Genertsl Fund: Unrc51Ticlcd fund5 ITh thol the PCC is£nliild ID di5P>5¢ of thL'ma5 li decide5. in accardoncLi with the PCC'5 objec(ive5. ML¥sknn4ry Cllmml¢¢e¢: Funds are 10 be us(￿ for missiotb purtfft% Ilio¢L4 71. Liquidity reserve: This reseT¥e is the le5￿ orth¢ following Iwo aiiThiiis: ThL armwni of th¢ budscml GLncrnl Furbd lax rxovery forihg following financial y¢aT thL' arwuni ofany budgewl Gen¢rnl Fund surplus fw thai yL'arprior 10 any budge(￿ tran5ferto the Maintenance Fun(E; fjnd ThL sumofihL' amount ofGcnLral Fund in baDk aThd ifi hand and the General Fund HMRC debiorat the yL'ar•id IL'SS thL' amNni oft￿b noiionJlly Jllo¢aied 10 th¢ p4yn*ni of y¢llT£rul (r￿110[5 Ibcing an arnDuM ¢qual 10 the arnm olthcccncral Fund crEdilor5 le55 the aThuDt o(the Ge￿L￿rnI Fund d¢b￿￿, exclvding prepayr￿￿ts and the HMRC debiorl. d¢fKi¢ rwryt: Thi5 T￿￿v¢ is thg Ic55erofth¢ following iwo aTfmM5: Tr of budgeied GL￿LrnI Fund dL'ficii for thL following financial year priDr ￿ any budgetLyI transfer ￿ the MDIn￿￿onCe Fund- and Th¢ sumofihe amini ofGenLrnI cash in bank and in haTrtl and the General Fund HMRC debtorai th¢ yLar4ftd k￿S an anKJuni equ￿ 10 the sum of thL' amNLM$ of thi notign41 ¢a5h allLraiion rrf¢nEd io abov¢ undLTth¢ liqui(Jiiy r¢5¢rvc. SI￿rt.1¢n￿ I￿Ome dellclency reservv. Thi5 fL'S¢rve is thL, ItSSL'rofthe following Iwo &tthwnis'. One Ihinl orth¢ a￿￿￿1 of lh¢ bu¢JgthLxi GLnLAI Fund Incon￿ forthe following year. and ThL' 5umo(thL• arT￿nI of GcnLrnl Fund cash in bank Jnd in hund and thL GenLrnI Fund HMRC (lebiorai the year-end IL'55 un anK)uni¢quJl sum ofthL'afrKbvnis of IhL' no11¢￿&1 c&5h all￿allOn rtfeThed ID abovL'. undLY thL liquidiiy Ytserve and thL' budgL￿1 ¢kficii reserve. MAlntQDnnte R¢sem: This TeseThe is the amount in thL Main*nance at ¢he yetr*nd. Genernl reserve: This ￿￿L'rvL. is IhL balancing figurL' Ii.L. the art￿ni to1￿ Genernl Fund tL%er¥L' ILSS the &8￿L￿LIL ofthL Other fjeneral Fund reserves Fund: Restri¢iwl fuwl for us¢ for$up[￿l￿g wiyk in TanzaTriu PENSIONS ConiribuiiDn5 Ifj bEn¢fi¢ CDniribuiius Pl￿)5 ￿ ￿0￿￿1$#d in th¢ ￿trI￿j in wthich thL TL.luwd 5#rYic¢ is provitieil. AS5gts T9￿]e Ilxed )￿ts for use by chsrlty: ConsccrJ¢cd and beTrcficed prorthy i5 noi included in th& accounts in accordance with 5.101?Ilal and Icl octhe c￿]lIL% Aci ?01 l. M(TrvJble church furnishi*E5 hLld by the vicarand ¢hurchwardetL5 on 5PLfLal lEu￿ forthe PCC which requjft a faculiy for di5TK)sal arL' inalienable pror*rty. Itsied in th¢ chllKh's ini'¢ntory. which c￿n bc in5p¢cknJ 4ny ￿￿50n￿ble iin*l. Other fixeil assets capiialiscd if they tan be for than yeJr. Jnd c051 Ji Icasl £l,IKKI. Thtty arE vJ]uul al c05t or. ir gifiLYl. d the value ￿ th¢, Chariiy on r¢¥¢ipi. All fixed assets aTf depTeciMed ovtr3 year5 SIr￿Shi linc bllsis. DEBTORS Oth¢rd¢biors aJL' r￿gni￿d 41 th¢ X'i￿¢￿￿4 4nKwnidu¢ uad¢ dI5￿unIOr[Crd. PrepaY￿￿Tr￿ va]ud w th# prLyaid nel of any tsJde di5cauThts the. C#sh #I b#nkottd l* h*nd Cash * bank fjkd ¢45b in hand in¢luiks ¢ash and $knn highly liquid invc5(m115 with a shon mmuriiy Orth￿ months OT le55 ITDTn the olwui5iiion or0￿nIng0r th¢der￿s11 or &rnilaracwun¢. Is Accounting ￿]IrieS IroTht'dl LIABILITIL8 Credilvrs and provisions JrL' reciigni&Ld whLYC the Lhariiy a ptC5cni ubliBaliun tC5uliins ftom a pa51 eveni thal will prubably in th¥. Iratssfer of funds 10 a tht￿ party and the amount du¥10 5eiili thc obligoiioh Can bc mE)sur¢d ori¥iiThi¢d ￿ll￿bly. Cr¢diiors 4nd prDViSi0Th5 Qte narndly rlrosnised thrir Sm￿￿[￿￿1 aTIIDUM Jft¥ir Jllowing forany Irth dI￿o￿nts duE. FINANCIAL INsfRUMETrirs The PCC only has financial aSsL￿ts atmt rinJncial liabiliiiL% of a kind that qU￿11[Y ts bLsic finthcial insiturt*nts. Buic fithartebal insinLn*MS are Initifj]ly recoEni5ed at iransaciion va]ue thnd sllbs¢quLDily M￿￿red 41 thLirsLxllen￿.tsi valvL. TAXATION The chanly Is eAettJpl frDTn lax Dll inconL' and BaJn5 fJllitLg within 5e£iion 505 of ihtt Taxes Acl 1988 arsection ?5• ofthe Taxation of ch￿geabl¢ Gains A(1 199? w thL thtt¢ UTC llppli￿ 10 its Charl￿b]L obj