2020-12-31-accounts

St Peter’s Church Littleover

Annual Report 2020

VESTRY MEETING and ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING

Agenda Wednesday 28 April 2021 at 7.30pm St Peter’s Church, Littleover

Vestry Meeting

1. Opening worship and prayer

2. Apologies for absence

3. Approve Minutes of the last meeting (18 October 2020, see back pages)

4. Election of Churchwardens (nominations to be received in advance of meeting)

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

1. Apologies for absence

2. Approve minutes of last APCM (18 October 2020, see back pages of this document)

3. Matters arising

4. Electoral Roll Report

5. Election of Churchwardens results

6. Election to the

7. Parochial Church Council ( 7 vacancies)

8. Deanery Synod (? vacancies)

(tellers will be appointed to count voting papers if needed)

1. Financial report – Mrs Sue Limberger

2. Reviewing reports – time for questions

3. Results of Elections to PCC and Deanery Synod

4. Safeguarding update

5. Chair’s report and vision – Alicia

6. Any other business

NOTE: Please notify any other business in writing to the Vicar or the PCC Secretary (Ellen Goodman) at least 48 hours in advance – this will guarantee a considered response.

1. Date of next APCM

2. Closing prayer and worship

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St Peter’s Church Church Street, Littleover, Derby DE23 6GF Phone: [phone]

www.stpeterlittleover.org.uk 2020

To comply with the Charity Commission regulations of 1997 the following details about St Peter’s Littleover are updated annually and included in the annual report.

Vision, Purpose and Organisation

Vision Statement for St Peter’s

GRACE – God’s people Reaching out to All: Church for Everyone

Aims and Purposes

St Peter’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Alicia Dring, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church Halls of St Peter’s, Normanton Lane, Littleover, Derby DE23 6GA.

Organisation of the PCC

St Peter’s PCC is organised by holding alternative monthly PCC meetings on the first Tuesday of the month, except August and December. PCC Action Teams (Fabric, Mission, Children and Young People, Events and Bridge) meet on the other months. If necessary, extra meetings may be organised. A Standing Committee meets alternative months to deal with routine matters or urgent business between PCC meetings.

Purpose and terms of reference of other teams and ministries at St Peter’s

As St Peter’s is a large church, business is conducted through delegated teams and committees answerable to the PCC. All organisations that function to further the vision and purposes of St Peter’s, whatever their name, are ultimately answerable and accountable to the PCC. Leaders of any such groups should be available at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting to answer questions from the floor if they should so arise.

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The PCC 2020

The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and a charity currently excepted from registration with the Charity Commission.

The following have served as members of the PCC since the last APCM:

Revd Alicia Dring Vicar and Chair appointed September 2013 Jim Britland Church Warden Christine Taylor Church Warden Sue Limberger Treasurer Ellen Goodman Until 2022 (PCC Secretary)

appointed April 2018 appointed April 2019 appointed April 2020 appointed April 2016

Merryl Faleiro Until 2021 Sue Limberger Until 2021 Tiffany Hey Until 2021 Helene Roe Until 2021 Wendy Gretton Until 2022 Charlie Elston Until 2023 Jenifer Baines Until 2023 Julie Scott Until 2023 Chris Jones Deanery Synod Representative until 2023

The Standing Committee 2020

Revd Alicia Dring Chair Jim Britland Church Warden and Vice Chair Christine Taylor Church Warden Ellen Goodman PCC Secretary Lynda Diggins/ Sue Limberger Treasurer (changed in April 2020) Jenifer Baines Rev Rachael Brooks From July 2020

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Service Attendance at St Peter’s Littleover 2020

Sunday Services Average over four consecutive weeks in October 2020	Holy Communion 8am	Holy Communion 10am*	Evening Service 7pm
Communicants	0 (14)	NA (89)
Total Attendees	0 (14)	57 (100)	0 (0)
Wednesday Services
Average over random four consecutiveweeks	Morning Worship
Morning Worship	18 (18)
	Holy Communion	Holy Communion
Easter Sunday 2020	8am	10am
Communicants	0 (20)	0 (130)
Total Attendees	0 (20)	Online approx. 150 (149)
	Christingle	Christingle	Holy Communion
Christmas Eve 2020	3pm	5pm	11.15pm
Communicants			32 (73)
Total Attendees	online (297)	online (371)	30 (77)
	Holy Communion	Holy Communion
Christmas Day 2020	8am	10am
Communicants	0 (11)	32 (98)
Total Attendees	0 (11)	63 (103)

• The 10am Sunday Services generally alternate between Holy Communion and Morning Worship/All Age

(XX) Figures in brackets are for the year 2019

Please note that many of these new figures are so reduced as a direct consequence of Coronovirus restrictions.

Other Services held at St Peter’s during 2020	Other Services held at St Peter’s during 2020
Baptisms:during the 10am Sunday Service	2	(7)
Funerals/memorial	32	(35)
Weddings	3	(4)
St Peter’s School Services	1	(7)
High School Services	0	(3)

Electoral Roll

117 resident in the parish and 49 live outside of the parish = 166 total roll

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The Vicar’s Report

The things they don’t train you for in vicar school – no one could ever have foreseen this last year, or how we would find our way through. And although it had seemed like always winter and never Christmas as described in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, I believe we have found a way to flourish in these exceptional times.

And it began with a phone call from Jon Russell who suggested we set up on Zoom a good couple of weeks before the lockdown took place in March 2020. I am indebted to Jon for so much, not just his expertise (which is legendary) but his gracious and sensitive insight in how to manage particular services and situations. I believe this prophetic action meant that throughout we have been able to offer live worship, positive interaction and a strong sense of fellowship to all who join us. While other churches have recorded and used YouTube and Facebook, our real time services – including

running live, in-person worship in the building alongside a Zoom congregation – has meant we have stayed together, prayed together and grown together.

The other wonderful benefit has been the emergence and flourishing of so many new leaders, readers and prayers across our daily services. At the start I did all the services for a good many weeks – with a short break for Covid – so I was grateful for the support and delighted to see so many people step up to the challenge with grace and creativity. My prayer is that we can keep you all on the rota as we return to the building.

In addition, those who were not able to connect online were blessed by a dedicated team of volunteers who printed and delivered newssheets and service orders as well as others who would call once a week to share the service over the phone. Deep fellowship has evolved through this and has been a profound blessing to those who would otherwise have had no spiritual contact.

The challenge of in-person and online worship revealed the poor internet speeds in church and with the support of a Diocesan charity we have been able to have a superfast fibreoptic cable connection installed. I’ve never known a Diocesan faculty (permission to make an alteration to the building) go through so very fast! This means that when we do eventually return I hope we will continue to offer our services online as well as in person. This has also been especially helpful when conducting weddings or funerals with limited numbers or when travel was prohibited. One son was able to do the eulogy for his late father’s funeral from his study in Australia, projected direct to the screen in church – a huge support to his grieving mother.

We have not been without our grief too as a church family. Losing Chris Wood to Covid early in the pandemic, painfully brought home the strength of the virus and the witness and grace of church family lining the streets to wave their goodbyes was profoundly moving.

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Similarly, we said goodbye to our friend and former warden Tim Goodman when he died of cancer in the Autumn, too quickly and too young. There was a profound synchronicity when just ten days after Tim’s funeral we gathered for the wedding of his son Pete, to his beautiful bride, Katy. The grief of Tim’s loss, coupled with the rejoicing in heaven at his coming home brought a particular deep sense of love and hope to the wedding.

In addition, we lost Keith Leeson, who also served as warden, as well as helping to create the prayer ministry team with his late wife Cynthia. And Janet Woodhouse who had joined St Peter’s as a new bride during the Second World War, becoming a faithful member and still serving as sacristan to the 8am service until well into her nineties.

I’m grateful to the Fabric Team for the considerable work on the Church Halls as well as routine maintenance and regular checking of the buildings and churchyard – without you we would not have had decent buildings to return to. And the cleaning teams who had a mammoth task on their hands after the first lockdown was lifted, but also returned in between services and funerals to ensure we were compliant with our risk assessments.

Through all of this the core team with the wardens, Standing Committee and PCC has been a source of strength, wisdom and prayerful insight. We have frequently been ahead of the curve in our planning and documentation which has helped with the chasing of ever moving goal posts. These teams are crucial to the future of our church – do you feel God calling you to serve in this way? We have vacancies this year for a warden and members of the PCC – please speak to me further if this is something you want to pursue.

The coming year will also see the congregation from St Andrew’s come ‘up the hill’ to St Peter’s as their building closes to Sunday worship and the parishes merge. It is hoped new boundaries will be established with St Giles’ (St Andrew’s parish was originally created out of part of St Giles’ and part of St Peter’s) and we will prayerfully consider how we work alongside the church plant from St Giles’ that was set up in St Andrew’s parish two years ago. The reality is that as our parish boundary extends down Blagreaves Lane we have a real calling to serve the community in mercy and hope. We have a great deal to learn from our brothers and sisters from St Andrew’s and together can bring blessing to those who are struggling.

Finally, it has been a privilege to welcome Rachael, Andrew and Isaac Brooks to St Peter’s and St Andrew’s – despite the challenges of her Deacon year, Rachael has already brought new insight and challenge to us as a church. And we look forward to her priesting later in 2021.

And within all of this God has been sovereign, gracious and full of blessing. It has not been an easy year but we have worked together, looked out for each other and grown as a Church Family. My prayer is that as we tentatively emerge into the light of 2021 we will be all that more appreciative of what we have taken for granted for so long. To meet together, to sing, to pray and to receive bread and wine around the same table.

Rev Alicia Dring

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The Curate’s Report

2020 has provided a unique start to curacy for my cohort of curates. We started as licensed lay workers in July, and were ordained as deacons across three services in September, during which time we all started serving our churches virtually. It’s not what we were trained for, nor is it what we wanted. But it was what we had, and God has been brilliantly at work in it.

One of the things Bishop Libby said during the ordination service has stuck with me. She spoke about it being entirely appropriate that our ordinations were socially distanced and disrupted because the communities we serve are having to live with that distancing and disruption too. It is the job of the church to live with its community, facing what it faces, but doing so in God’s strength, in Jesus’ name, by the power of the Holy Spirit. As such we witness to God’s identification with humanity and his love in the way we respond to our situations, supporting each other and reaching out to support those around us in need. Remembering this has helped me resist the temptation to focus on what we can’t do, what we don’t have, and seek to make the most of what we can do.

The most creative way I’ve found of doing just this was at Advent when I borrowed a friend’s idea and invited my avenue to decorate their windows as a way of bringing a smile to the faces of the people walking to the hospital, just round the corner, and providing something for the children to look at on their walk to school. This had the knockon effect of bringing a sizeable number of people on our avenue together, we now have a WhatsApp group which has taken on a life of its own and is providing a way for us to become a proper community. I’d been hesitant to suggest it but I’m

so glad I did: the positive response, the desire for connection, were well worth the risk of it failing.

Morning Prayer, and Evening Prayer until the end of August, has provided a wonderful way to get to know a pretty large group of parishioners. Both the worship, and the fellowship provided by the breakout rooms, have helped me settle in and feel part of the church. Plus needing to prepare a reflection every week has been a really helpful discipline which is great for my training and deepening my own walk with God.

During Summer and Autumn 2020 I visited quite a few of you, it was so good to meet and start to get to know you. I’ve focussed on phone calls during lockdown 3, and aim to continue to make contact with each of you in some way over the coming months.

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Learning to lead services and preach on Zoom has been a wonderful challenge, particularly during October and December when we ran services on Zoom AND in the building. As well as the challenge to mute and unmute at the right times, I am continuing to to fight my tendency to lower my voice at regular intervals, I now have ‘speak up!’ written in bold red type at intervals on my service plans and sermons. Please bear with me on this, and do please wave a hand when I’m talking too quietly as a reminder to speak up - you’ll be doing me and countless other people a favour!

It has been great to join in with the All Age services team, Sarah and Jane, as well as being able to work with Liz and the children’s leaders to launch a zoomed children’s group before the 10am Sunday services. Working with the team to put on the Nativity service was a roller coaster ride but great fun, I hope you enjoyed this unorthodox presentation of the timeless story!

I’ve joined the PCC and so am getting an insight into all the work that goes on behind the scenes to further the Kingdom of God in our parish. It might not seem exciting, but how we manage our resources says so much about our attitude to God and the work he has for us in this parish. It’s a delight to serve

with and learn from with such a committed team.

It was humbling to become a trustee of the Joyce Harper fund and help allocate grants to people in extremis financially, before Christmas and deliver reverse advent calendar hampers so generously put together by you. This mission in action makes my heart sing, the Good News of Jesus addresses the body as well as the soul. I hope that over the coming year we’ll find ever more creative ways of loving our neighbours as a response to knowing God’s love for us.

Rev Rachael Brooks

Rachael’s socially distanced ordination in September 2020 with Bishop Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby.

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Treasurer’s Report

This is my first report I have presented to St Peter’s Church Family. and it was a privilege to serve the Lord and the family of St Peter’s. I was aware that taking over the work of Treasurer would be challenging but at the time I had not factored in COVID 19 and all the impacts this bought! 2020 was indeed an unprecedented year and St Peters as a whole had to learn to understand how we can continue to serve the Church family and the wider community in these challenging times.

The financial aspect was not untouched by this and we encouraged as many people as possible to give via Standing Order as well as being to take card payments via our card reader and, the technology has gone even further with donations now being able to be taken via a link on Facebook and the website.

Unfortunately, our expenditure exceeded our income and at times there were concerns that this deficit could have been a lot worse. BUT I must thank the whole of the Church family by rising to these new challenges and continuing to be faithful to St Peter’s which enabled us to maintain the same level of income from giving during 2020.

However, our Church Hall was shut for a large majority of the year and of course our community groups lunch Club, Cross Keys Café etc had to be suspended and therefore our income from these sources were impacted.

Although we had a difficult year financially, the PCC agreed that we would still honour our commitment to pay the whole of the Parish Share along with our agreed giving to our mission partners. The PCC also committed to the facelift of the Church Hall as well as the general upkeep costs of the Church.

Finally, I would like to thank everybody in the church family for their patience and support whilst I settled into my role as treasurer and especially to Chris Woodhams for his support and a special thanks to Lynda Diggins who was at the end of the phone, text or email answering my many numerous questions.

I would like to propose that the 2020 accounts be accepted, and that Azets of Nottingham (formally Baldwins) Chartered Accountants be accepted as auditors for 2021.

Sue Limberger

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S LITTLEOVER RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT AT 31 DECEMBER 2020 General Designated Restricted Tot41 Funds Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 21120 2019 Note RECEIPTS Donations and legacies l{al 110.204 1,799 112,(M)3 147,247 Activities for raisin&¥ funds l{bl 6.636 6,636 17,148 Income from investments l(c) 472 472 832 Incoming resources from church a¢tiviti¢s Ildl 16,708 1,380 18,088 24,971 134,020 1,799 1,380 137,199 190,198 PAYMENTS Grants 2(al 9,448 9,448 11,074 Church actiyiiies 21bl 135,606 2.178 137,784 169,190 Goveman¢e costs 2(cl 2,742 2,742 2.706 147,796 2.178 149.974 182.970 SURPLUS I (DEFICIT) OF RECEIPTS OVER PAYMENTS {13,7761 1,799 1798) (12.775) 7.228 TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS (3,1831 6,065 (2,882} NET MOVEMENT {16,9591 7,864 (3,680} (12,775) 7,228 Bank balances brought fon¥ard at l January 2020 97.426 9.954 107,380 IIK),152 Bank balances carried forward at 31 December 2020 80.467 7,861 6.274 94,605 107,J80

Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 11 April 2021 and signed on its behalf by: Vicar Reverend Alicia Dring Treasurer Sue Limberger

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Gift Aid Report for Financial Year 2020

For the 2020 financial year, total donations which qualified for Gift Aid amounted to £78,433 which delivered a tax recovery of £19,607. Gift Aid donations in 2020 showed a decrease of approximately £25,000 over those of 2019. This £25,000 figure corresponds almost exactly with the amount of donations given for the boiler appeal last year. This shows that giving to general church funds for this past year was actually at a similar level to the previous year, despite the very difficult year we have all experienced.

This is an amazing achievement and the incredible generosity of you all is really very much appreciated.

		2019			2020
	Gift Aid Donations	Tax Recovered	Gross Income	Gift Aid Donations	Tax Recovered	Gross Income
Quarter 1	£19,346	£4,836	£24,182	£19,367	£4,841	£24,208
Quarter 2	£22,060	£5,515	£27,575	£18,569	£4,642	£23,211
Quarter 3	£33,792	£8,448	£42,240	£19,424	£4,856	£24,280
Quarter 4	£23,272	£5,818	£29,090	£21,073	£5,268	£26,341
Total	£98,470	£24,617	£123,087	£78,433	£19,607	£98,040

The figures show what an enormous difference Gift Aid makes to the funding of the work of our church; so, a huge thank you to everyone who supports the church with donations through the Gift Aid Scheme.

Please remember that it is very important for you to notify the church office if your contact details change, if your circumstances change and especially if you no longer pay an amount of income and/or capital gains tax equal to the tax that we reclaim on your donations. Further information on Gift Aid is available from the church office.

Chris Woodhams Gift Aid Secretary

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PCC Secretary’s Report

The Parochial Trustees Church Council (PCC) met three times between June and October 2020 via Zoom. The 2019 APCM was held in October 2020 and the PCC have met four times, again via Zoom between November 2020 and April 2021.

PCC Action Groups have not met this year due to Covid restrictions. In addition, the PCC Standing Committee met in April following the lockdown and then prior to all of the Zoom PCC meetings from August 2020. All meetings start and end in prayer.

We have welcomed Julie Scott as a new member onto the PCC in 2020, Sue Limberger was elected as Treasurer and I was re-elected as the PCC secretary. We also welcome our new curate Rachael Brooks. Jim Britland and Christine Taylor were re-elected as Church Wardens.

The Standing Committee and PCC meeting agendas continue to remain in a standard format which includes an action column. Most of the paperwork for the meetings continues to be distributed and stored electronically in an endeavour to save on paper and printing. The significant topics that the PCC has discussed over the year are:

• Finance. Finance features as an item on every agenda and huge thanks goes to Sue Limberger and those that help her, for all the hard work in this area. Thanks also to our very generous church family who continued to give in faith during this difficult year

• Major ongoing projects led by the Fabric Team included refurbishment of the church halls, and installation of Fibre Optic internet to the church building, and the general maintenance of the church and churchyard. Many thanks to the small team that work hard in this never-ending job and the involvement of Community Payback

• Community engagement – special services and events have been reduced this year, but we have invited the bereaved community to the church for a time of reflection and continued many of our annual events such as Christingle and the Carol Service online

• Safeguarding – featuring as an item on every agenda. Thanks goes to Janet Edwards who will be replaced by Margit Staehr this year (Children and Young People) for her very important role in this area

• The development of new relationships with St Peter’s School as it came under the umbrella of Derby Diocese Academy Trust and welcomed a new Headteacher

• Relationships with the other churches in Littleover and the wider Deanery, especially welcoming members of St Andrews, Blagreaves to join our online services

• Many hours of work on making St Peter’s church and halls Covid safe.

This was my fifth year as secretary, and this has been a year like no other. We have been physically separated from so many in various ways but reminded very much of how God always walks beside us even when it doesn’t feel like it.

I am willing to continue to serve God in this way for one more year until my term ends in 2022. I would like to thank the members of the PCC for their support to me this year, and those who have prayed for the PCC in 2020, please continue and particularly pray that a new secretary will be called to serve God in this role in the coming year.

Ellen Goodman

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Churchwardens Report

2 Peter 1: 5-8

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to, perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ .

We have just come through unprecedented times for our church family. Most of 2020 has been spent with the church closed or at best compromised. From a practical point of view, Church opening has been a challenge. Given the average age of all the volunteer help, welcome teams have been hard to re-establish, especially as they need to be bigger to deal with the extra demands of stewardship.

We are sure everybody is looking forward to returning to a church service where we can meet, greet, sing, worship, and have a coffee afterwards. We will need as many people as possible to step up and share the responsibilities week on week that go into making church services happen, be that being part of the welcome team, reading, prayers, sacristan, coffee, sound desk and zoom. Please pray about this and let us know what you would be willing to do. With enough volunteers this only would be a once-a-month task.

The church wardens are responsible for the fabric or assets of our church. Despite the church being closed things have needed to be done to maintain the buildings. We would like to thank Chris Jones who has faithfully kept on top of a number of issues during the year, regularly running the water to keep the pipes flushed, dealing with a couple of leaks in the heating system and the roof, and organising tree maintenance in the church yard to name but a few.

Thank you too, to all the volunteers who rallied to assist with a major redecoration of the church hall during the summer months.

We have taken significant steps during the latter part of the year to future proof our church from a technology point of view with the installation of a very fast Internet system. This will give us greater opportunity to develop our on-line worship capability from within the church. For this we would like to thank Charlie Elston and Pete Goodman, for their time, patience and practical support.

We would also like to acknowledge and thank all involved with developing zoom services, particularly Jon Russell and Peter Holmes, to name but a few. Others have stepped up to assist to allow for morning and evening worship, Home Groups, Knit and Natter, Music Group meetings as well as formal meetings such as PCC and creative sessions with the children. Therefore, not only have we been able to mitigate the effects of this pandemic on our known parishioners but recognise that virtual church may well continue as an exciting and effective way of reaching out and growing, as well as providing a safe environment for others who perceive barriers to accessing the building for whatever reason.

As we all discuss and consider the ways that St Peter’s can focus and develop to meet the future needs of the parish, we recognise that previous plans may need adjusting or totally rewriting, but of one thing we, as Church Wardens are certain, we are led by an amazing Vicar

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(Alicia Dring). Alicia’s enthusiasm and commitment to us all is exemplary, and with the addition of an incredible Curate (Rachael Brooks) we can be confident that whatever the future holds for us at St Peter’s it will certainly be exciting for everyone who continues to journey with us.

Finally, we would like to recognise the work Iona does for us in the Church Office. Iona accepted being furloughed with good grace but returned with her usual professional enthusiasm and we were all so pleased to have her back.

So, thank you everyone for sticking with us, supporting us through the not so good times and may 2021 bring us closer to God and each other once again.

Jim Britland and Christine Taylor

Safeguarding Report

Safeguarding Children and Young People Report 2020

As can be seen in last year’s report, Janet had decided to stand down from her Safeguarding role at St Peter’s at the APCM in April 2020, but the APCM was postponed until October 2020 due to the pandemic.

Fortunately, Margit Staehr volunteered to take over the Safeguarding role from October 2020. Janet and Margit managed to meet in October – socially distanced - to liaise about the handover, but had to suspend meetings due to the late November lockdown. Returning to church in October and December meant many risk assessments, but no specific safeguarding needs were required as our children continued to access church online. Janet will continue to work alongside Margit as we emerge from lockdown, assisting as required.

We still need someone to take on the safeguarding responsibilities for Vulnerable Adults after Carole Dickinson also stepped down. If this is a role you feel God is calling you to, please speak to Alicia who will be happy to outline what is involved. Margit and Janet will help where we can.

Safeguarding Training

In January 2020, 25 people from St Peter’s attended a Safeguarding Foundation (formerly C1) Training session held in St Peter’s Church. Several people’s Safeguarding Foundation training was due for renewal in 2020. This did not happen due to the pandemic.

Once activities are resumed and volunteers for children and young people’s groups (re)formed, Margit will roll out the on-line Basic Awareness training to those involved. According to the latest Safeguarding newsletter, Foundation as well as Basic training modules can now be completed via e-learning on the Church of England’s national safeguarding training portal. As before, they must be renewed at the highest level previously taken.

Safeguarding Leadership (formerly C2) will be provided in the Diocese by Zoom sessions and some independent work. Margit will be in touch with people about these courses.

DBS

In 2020, four DBS applications were completed and processed by Janet and one by Margit.

No safeguarding referrals were made in 2020.

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Other

The PCC annually submits a statement to the Diocese indicating that the practice within the Parish adheres to this guidance. The PSO (Parish Safeguarding Officer) also submits a statement affirming that appropriate child protection systems and processes are in place.

Following the publication of the Church of England’s IICSA report (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse) a great deal is likely to change with regard to how Dioceses manage safeguarding. But there will still be a need to produce volunteer agreements and monitor training and checks for every parish – it remains a privilege to serve God in this way.

Janet Edwards (retired autumn 2020) and Margit Staehr

Mission Report

This last year has been very different for all our Mission Partners. Contact with them has been limited due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions; though it was a lovely surprise when Penny Marcés (all the way from Peru) joined us at one of our evening zoom meetings.

News from some of our partners has been featured in Keyhole magazine. Locally Derby City Mission has moved into new premises in Normanton Road which means they have more space and can house all the food donated, which assisted with distribution during lockdown

We are in the middle of our three years commitment to our partners and are extremely thankful that in spite of our regular income being reduced we have been able to send the full amount we promised to each of our partners (as set out below). £500 is kept aside each year so that it can be donated during the year to a special cause/appeal.

Mission giving will be reviewed at the end of 2021 and commitments made to local, national and international mission partners from 2022 – 2025.

Category	Organisation	2020
Local	DerbyCityMission	£700
	Head High	£500
National	Care for the Family	£500
International	Bible Society	£500
	MAF	£500
	CMS(Tim and Kate Lee)	£1,400
	Penny and Juan Carlos Marcés (Lima, Peru)	£1,400
	Rachel and Dominic Milazzo (linked with YWAM)	£500
Worldwide/International	Open Doors	£500
	Total	£6,500

Jeni Baines

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MISSION GIVING FOR THE YEAR 2020

Name	Year 2019 Restricted	Year 2019 Unrestricted	Year 2020 Restricted	Year 2020 Unrestricted
Bible Society		500		500	Overseas
Care for the Family		500		500	Home
CMS Jigsaw		1,400		1,400	Church - Overseas
Children’s Society	978			845	Home Christingle
Emergency Fund		500		500	Not used
Harvest Appeal Bishopof Derby		100		0	Overseas
Derby City Mission	200	500	200	500	Home
Women’s Fellowship	290		110		Various/Bible a month
St Peter's Derby	868		250		Christmas Lunch on Jesus
Head High Mental Health Derby		500		500	Home
MAF		500		500	Mission - Overseas
de Marces		1,400		1,400	Mission - Overseas
Barnabas Fund/ Open Doors		500		500	Mission - Overseas
Royal British Legion	564		165		Secular Charity
Rachel and Dominic		500		500	Mission – Overseas
W/Aid-Jars of Change	51				Overseas
TOTAL	2951	6900	725	7645
	Total 2019	9851	Total 2020	8260

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Fabric Team

The Fabric Team comprises :- Chris Jones, Phil Rollinson, Angie Rollinson, Jim Britland and Jan Jackson. Chris Woodhams continues to manage Community Payback. Jan does the meeting minutes. We met only twice, in January and March, before Covid restrictions and Lockdowns.

Church Halls

• Church Hall boilers were replaced by a single 35kW boiler installed in the Kitchen by Blue Flame in February £4235 + VAT. It provides hot water to toilets and both kitchens, replacing separate water heaters for each

• External water stop cock was buried under pavement and so deep and corroded as to be unusable. Replaced by Severn Trent. February

• Gas Meter shed and gas meter demolished by a run away car from White Swan carpark causing a “major incident”. New meter, regulator and lever valve replaced and enclosed by British Gas / Cedant. February

• Main Hall decorated and paid for by Dance Group. Two radiators replaced with vertical radiators by Blue Flame. New puce roller blinds fitted. Long mirrors to end wall.

February

• Main door wired glass window pane vandalised again. Replaced by Abbey Glass. February

• Main entrance door lock inoperable. Repaired B Toon and Son, Locksmiths. March

• Central Heating air lock caused one side of small hall radiators to remain cold. Sorted March

• Wall near Car Park entrance, demolished in September 2019, was rebuilt. March

• Leak through meeting room roof. Three strips of felt replaced by Dave Roe. March

• Water stopcock in Meeting Room was inoperable. Replaced and protecting box repaired. June

• Security box installed over heating control programmer to prevent misuse/tampering. June

• Down pipes to small hall were vandalised. These and guttering replaced by Dave Roe

• Volunteer Painting Team painted Small Hall, entrance vestibule and both kitchens. July, August and September

• Small Hall lights replaced by new fluorescent lights. September

• Small Hall fire door mechanism repaired. September

• Car Park entrance single gate made lockable by padlocked vertical bolt into tarmac. This has reduced/eradicated illicit drug dealing in Car Park. October

• Small Hall blinds replaced by dark green 24/7 Roller Blinds. December.

Churchyard

• Community Payback contract renewed at £2000 with working times reflecting seasonal variation of workload. Stopped in Lockdown then restarted

• Fir Trees obscuring light to cafe on Normanton Lane were reduced in height and a sycamore was felled by Betel. October

• Canadian Maple tree by West door. DCC gave approval to trim - but only by 10% so not worth proceeding with. However since we were allowed to trim any branches within 3m of the Church the Fabric Team undertook this. October

• Churchyard Cleanups March and October

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• Interment of Ashes. Just three during the year

• Gate by Normanton Lane repaired and rehung to prevent grounding. June.

Church

• Vestry Church toilet. Ceiling water damaged. Partly re-plastered. July

• Paper Towel dispensers fitted to vestry toilet and outside toilet/boiler room. June

• Electrical Installation. Non-compliance C2 issues all corrected. Gas main now earth bonded.

Thanks to all who took part, especially the Church Hall decorating team, throughout 2020.

Chris Jones

Church Hall

Due to Covid 19 the usage of the halls has been extremely restricted. The only user from March 2020, was the Littleover School of Dancing, who managed to operate for a short time in the Autumn. Improvements have been made to meet the new requirements and some redecoration has taken place, thanks to Jim Britland, Chris Jones and other willing volunteers. Income for the year is £4,441.11

Angie Rollinson

Women’s Fellowship

Meetings took place on the first Tuesday in January, February and March 2020. Subsequent meetings were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic. Janet Guy had previously given notice of her intention to resign as the leader in July 2020, due to personal reasons. It is unlikely this group will resume once lockdown lifts.

Janet Guy

Events Team

We haven’t met since January 2020 and obviously we have had no church events. We look forward to restarting with events from September 2021 onwards if things go according to plan. Robin Wood

Worship Group

For the bulk of this strange year, we have been in lockdown and absent from the church building. The Group has, however, been active throughout, meeting regularly on Zoom on Thursday evenings for an hour of worship and fellowship together. We have learned quite a few new songs together which we’re looking forward to introducing to the congregation when we return to church. We did have a couple of months back leading worship in the building in the Autumn, although making a good sound both in the building and simultaneously on Zoom proved to be a difficult challenge.

Sadly, two fantastic long-term members left the group when John and Audrey Elliott decided it was time to retire in the Summer. Thanks are due to them for many years of faithful and inspiring service. We acknowledged our thanks with a gift delivered under current restrictions.

We sincerely hope and pray that the coming year will be a better one in which we can regularly worship together in church without too many restrictions.

Peter Goodman and David Barker

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Parish Administrator

Having taken over from Jen in December 2019, I was just settling in and getting into my stride when along came COVID-19, and after just 4 months in the role we were all put into a national lockdown and I was furloughed from 24 March to 1 September. Although, I wasn’t at work, I was still kept very busy with my three boys and lots of home schooling!

I was rather nervous about coming back in the September, having been furloughed for longer than I’d actually worked here, but fortunately with Alicia’s guidance and all my notes I was able to resume with no major hiccups. After helping with the health and safety preparations to open the church building in time for our Harvest Festival service, the Country then went into its second lockdown and this time I was put-on part-time furlough. This meant I was able to keep things ticking over in the office two days a week and enabled me to print and distribute the weekly Interlink and monthly Keyhole magazine.

I resumed my normal working hours in the lead up to Christmas and was able to continue in my role of managing the administrative workload of the church and supporting Alicia and Rachael.

Iona Hague

Data Protection

The church operates within our GDPR guidelines, only keeping and using data as required. This has led to condensing of files, destruction of no longer used material and improved security of our systems.

We continue to ensure we are compliant and Iona has actively pursued those who needed to give their consent. If you have any feedback that you think may help us with this, please contact Iona Hague in the Church Office.

Alicia Dring

Keyhole

Keyhole magazine ceased for much of 2020, since our church life was severely curtailed. We resumed printed and electronic copies in October as the church re-opened for Harvest Festival. We are still printing the magazine and are extremely grateful to those who help with distribution, albeit with a slightly smaller edition than usual. If you would like to help compile the magazine please get in touch.

Alicia Dring

St Peter’s Bridge Team

Jen stepped down from her role leading the team as she moved to work at the hospital – we have been very blessed by her leadership and organisational skills. And then with the lockdown, once again everything ceased. We hope to resume in 2021 with a renewed team and with the consent of the new headteacher and governing body.

Alicia Dring

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Youth and Family Worker

Jonathon Fowler, our Youth and Family Worker for the last eight years handed in his notice in February, with a view to leaving in the August. Just weeks later and he was on furlough until his return later in August to finish up before he left. He now works with a Baptist Church down in Essex.

During those early weeks of 2020 Jonathan continued to work with the parishes in Mickleover and Blagreaves as well as with St Peter’s. Sharing his expertise across so many churches brought a blessing to many and we are indebted to Jonathan for his strong organisational skills which meant he kept of top of what each church was demanding of him.

As we emerge from lockdown we need to consider how to progress with our youth and family work and to consult with Mickleover and Blagreaves about their needs before we make a decision about a further appointment.

On Jonathan’s behalf, I record heartfelt thanks to all the volunteers who made the ministry to our young people possible, through the work of Pathfinders, The Den and Gateway. We hope you will be part of our decision making process for the future.

Alicia Dring

Messy Church

We did Messy Lent and pancakes in February, around 70 attended, enjoying crafts video talk and songs, and a buffet we gave out Lent booklets. Due to Covid we missed Easter, Summer and Harvest sessions.

It was decided to do Messy Christmas to homes in a bag. We delivered to around 70 children, 5 activities and an Advent calendar. With Alicia and Jon Russell’s help we produced a video link to accompany the bags. It included instructions, meanings of crafts, a story video, talk and song. We had some great feedback from the parents. We plan to do Messy bags during 2021.

Everyone in the large team of around 20 plays a great part in preparation, helping at the sessions and at Christmas delivering the bags. Thanks to you all.

Liz Eley

Tiddlywinks

We met from January to March before closing due to Covid. Most were happy to have the Sunday family activity sheets linked to the Sunday services emailed to them. Some who also do Messy Church got an activity bag at Christmas.

We hope to be able to meet again when it is safe to do so. Thanks to Liz, Di, Pam, Fiona and Irene for help and encouragement.

Liz Eley

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Friends and Heroes

We met January to March before closing due to Covid, sessions include story video, hot toast, games, puzzles work sheets and hockey.

The children joined in church services (with our own worksheets emailed in advance) until October when a 9.15am session was set up to meet via Zoom before the main service. We now use weekly@ Blackburn diocese to plan sessions and again send them with an activity sheet to do at home and some children join in on Sundays. A rota for the leaders helps us to keep contact with the children. All the children received Messy Church bags.

Some children have found it hard to sit listening on a computer (though we’ve enjoyed some fantastic Lego creations) so we look forward to seeing them in person soon and having the opportunity to be more active in our sessions.

Thanks Sarah, Tiffany, Joy and Shirley (who was due to join us after Easter 2020)

Liz Eley

See and Know

The under-five children from See and Know are still here in spite of lockdowns and no face-toface meetings – apart from screen views, and chance meetings with family walks in parks! In fact (although fewer in number) a consistent core of children seems to have enjoyed the screen engagements from their own home environments! Hence with grateful thanks for the hard work of Alicia, Rachael and Liz Eley, with support from a rota of additional ‘leaders’, our younger children have been able to form part of the zoom Family Church that has been established on Sunday mornings at 09.15am. This does appear to have been very successful. Although numbers are small, 3-5 children are consistent.

A very different year, but a worthwhile year when the love of Jesus for his children has continued to shine and help them learn and grow in their faith. We do hope that very soon we might be able to meet face to face again; and that we may be able to answer the question a young girl asked me in a park recently, ‘When are we going to Church again?’

Praise be to God for His faithfulness in these difficult circumstances! Also thanks to St Peters Church Family for their loving support for the children when they appear in the Sunday morning service.

Fiona Taylor and Team

Knit and Natter

Knit and Natter proved difficult for us last year, as it did for many of us, when we had to stop meeting in March with the first lockdown. As this continued for months, eventually the time came when we could meet again albeit socially distanced in October, this lasted for one month only.

We continued to make teddies, baby hats and blankets and in November we enlarged the ‘Nativity’ set by two, making two Mary’s, two Joseph’s and two donkeys, sharing the task between us. This was to ensure appropriate quarantining of the Travelling Nativity round the parish during Advent.

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At the beginning of December, we were able to meet together on ‘zoom’ each week on Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm, pausing briefly over Christmas. Our numbers have gradually increased, now to 9 - 12 folk. February has been busy for us making hearts with crosses to be used over Easter. We are so looking forward to coming together again enjoying each other’s company with tea, coffee and nibbles.

Di Learman

Pastoral Visitors

This team expanded overnight to include the entire church family when lockdown commenced and it has been amazing to see pastoral support in action for so many – thank you for your hours of love, care and support to those in our church family and surrounding community who have been in greatest need. Special thanks are recorded to David and Joan Ditch.

There is a need to re-form this team so that we can offer everyone involved appropriate support as they, in turn, care for others. Please contact Alicia if you would like to be part of this team.

Alicia Dring

Prayer Ministry Team

This time last year, March 2020, most of the Team were able to gather together to enjoy a lovely full English breakfast kindly hosted by Maggie and Bill, after which we prayed for the church family and each other. Only five weeks before, at the end of January I had been in hospital for an operation, shortly after which I then slipped at home and broke my wrist! Not long after that the Coronavirus pandemic was upon us, lockdown and the church eventually closed. What a difference a year makes!

It has been really hard for us as a team not to be able to minister in the way that we would like and in a way that we all love to do prayer ministry in Church at the end of the service or during Communion, listening to your concerns and prayer needs in person, face-to-face. Being able to minister in the power of the Holy Spirit, listening and sharing with you in confidence anything that is on your hearts and minds and bringing it before God in prayer.

However, in the last year we have all had to change and adapt the way we do lots of things and some things have been put on hold. The pandemic hasn’t been able to stop the church working in our community or praying for each other and interceding for the world, our nation and local needs. Our Father God doesn’t sleep, He is still listening to us and providing for all our needs.

I know that some of the team have been able to offer prayer in the chatrooms after the Zoom services as and when concerns have been discussed, or after the Sunday morning services with the help of Alicia and Rachael too. Hopefully you are all aware of the Prayer Loop (illustrated in the magazine) where you can phone anyone on the circle and share your prayer needs in confidence.

The old Sunday school hymn “Count your blessings, name them one by one” came to mind as I was writing this. Thank you, God, for all that you have given us during this year. I remember just a few of many blessings that we as a church and team have been really thankful for… Zoom meetings and all those who got us connected together in the first place. All those people who make them possible every day. Good weather during the first lockdown and the summer holidays. Thankful for our church family, and how we have grown together during the pandemic by reading the Word every day and reflecting on what it means to us today

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and spending time in the chat rooms getting to know each other better. The blessing of family and friends, even though we’ve not been able to see them as often or give them a hug. The blessing of our houses, gardens, the birds, the quiet, the NHS, the doorstep chats, the socially distanced walks, getting to know our neighbours even better when we clapped for the NHS staff. The creativeness of Alicia, Rachael and the All-Age Team and many more. Thank you so much for keeping us together at this time.

I would also like to thank the following special people on the Prayer Ministry Team for serving in the different ways that they could during this pandemic and show my appreciation for their commitment to this ministry and for their support to me:

Ruth Allen, Bill and Maggie Browne, Les Dickinson, Steve Dring, Phil Eley, Angie and Phil Rollinson, Joy Stanwell and Robin Wood. Thank you very much.

“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen” (Ephesians 3 v 20-21 NIV)

Lesley Edwards

Homegroups

The church has seven homegroups that meet either weekly or fortnightly in member’s homes to pray, to talk about the Bible and to support one another as disciples. In lockdown most groups ceased as the format of morning and night prayer was a daily contact and support, however during the year some groups decided to meet online and this was met with huge success with one group meeting weekly and other groups meeting on zooms for socials rather than Bible study. No programme of study has been provided by the church during this time.

Emerging from lockdown will include forming one, maybe two new groups – please contact Alicia if you would like to be part of a group.

Alicia Dring

Crossed Keys Café

Sadly, due to Government restrictions it was necessary to close the cafe in March 2020 and we have been unable to open since. We hope to be able to open again in the not-too-distant future to welcome back all our old customers, and hopefully some new ones too. We would like to put on record our thanks to all our helpers during the time we were open.

Paul and Fiona Taylor

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Friday Lunch Club

Well not the year we planned for lunch club, but nevertheless we have met in different ways. We started as normal after Christmas and served our usual meal and fellowship through January and February (apart from one week when the new boiler was being installed), and on into March.

After two weeks in March, we closed just before the first national lockdown, really not expecting the closure to last so long. Obviously, our guests and our helpers are in the most vulnerable group, so it was for everyone’s safety that we have remained closed.

Once some restrictions were lifted over the

summer, we were hopeful we may be able to restart, but this was still not possible. Realising that our guests and helpers were the most isolated group of people as well, we wondered what we could do. I met with Alicia and the tea delivery was born. Praying for helpers to deliver these teas our prayers were answered, and people came forward to assist with deliveries. So, we wrote to all guests and the first afternoon tea was delivered on the first Tuesday in October. We have now delivered six afternoon teas and the recipients have been most appreciative. It is moving when delivering the teas to have a quick word on the doorstep sometimes being the only person they have spoken to for some time.

The first tea was paid for from Lunch Club savings for our summer tea party, the next one was funded from our Christmas lunch savings, and we gratefully accepted a donation from the PCC for December’s tea delivery. We have since asked for donations from our guests for the next three teas and this has kept the deliveries going.

Each afternoon tea consists of two rounds of sandwiches, for example one cheese and one ham, a homemade scone with jam and butter, a piece of cake, a packet of crisps, a serviette, together with a note from lunch club and a message and prayer from Alicia. All individually wrapped and placed in a paper carrier bag.

It has been a blessing and a privilege to produce, and deliver, these teas and all involved feel we are spreading Jesus’ love to all recipients. We hope these deliveries will continue until Lunch Club can reform. If you feel you would be able to help when Lunch Club restarts, either weekly or on a rota basis please pray about it and get in touch with Alicia or myself.

Ann Dean

Thirsty Thursdays

This group met in January and February of 2020 but then ceased once The White Swan was forced to close. In the meantime, Jonathon Hemingray set up The Watering Hole online, meeting once a fortnight. It is hoped that meeting may resume in person, in the pub, sometime during 2021.

Steve Dring

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Women of St Peter’s

This also suffered during 2020 and an online group is in the process of being organised.

Rev Alicia Dring

Deanery Synod Report

Following the APCM in October St Peter’s now only has one Deanery Synod Representative, Chris Jones and we are hoping that more may consider joining at the meeting in April 2021.

As with most meetings during the year, everything was moved to Zoom and connections made remotely. The Deanery has been involved in setting up the Central Storage Unit to provide food to the many new (and existing) foodbanks across the city – this is something that St Peter’s has donated to regularly and with consistent generosity.

The Deanery plan considered the commitment to ministry across the new housing estates just outside the City boundaries just beyond Mackworth and Mickleover, Highfields near Littleover (but technically Findern), Sinfin Moor, Chellaston and Boulton Moor. It is hoped that some church planting can take place to support these new communities.

In addition, the Diocesan Vision is currently being shared with the prospect of three Archdeaconries – Rural, Urban and Post Industrial (to the west of the M1). These proposals are still in the discussion stage so there are no firm plans for the future. But there is an inevitable movement to offering a variety of different styles of church engagement, with (in the long term) fewer clergy and more involvement of congregations. Hopefully 2021 will bring more details for us to share.

Alicia Dring

Joyce Harpur Charity

2020 has been a busy year for the charity, the pandemic sadly putting more people in need of help in many ways, so we have not been idle – especially in the latter part of the year.

A little background. The Joyce Harpur Charity was set up in Littleover in the 16th century to benefit the poor of the parish and over the centuries has shared financial support with individuals in desperate need. The applicants must live within the parochial parish boundaries of St Andrew’s or St Peter’s and each application is assessed in the strictest confidence on a case-by-case basis. Grants are given out just before Christmas at the discretion of the trustees.

The current Board of Trustees comprises of seven people plus the clerk. There are four members from St Peter’s Church: our vicar, both church wardens and our curate. There is one church member from St Andrew’s and two councillors

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appointed by Derby City Council. Monica Jones resigned as a Trustee in the spring after many years of faithful service and after advertising the opportunity, as no one else from St Peter’s felt able to take her place, in the autumn we welcomed our curate Revd Rachael Brooks to the board.

The AGM is held in the spring and the annual accounts were received at this time. Once accepted, the accounts were audited and submitted to the Charity Commission as part of the annual return. The Trustees meeting that followed on from the AGM reviewed the previous year’s application process (along with the form) and made plans for the autumn application window. At the November meeting, the finances and grants were reviewed.

In 2020, 32 applications were received and 21 grants given. More than 30 children received gifts from the Derby City Mission Christmas Connection thanks to the generosity of all who were able to buy gifts through Amazon or donated at various church gift services, Ten people were encouraged to visit the Jubilee Debt Clinic and 19 people were encouraged to apply for Christmas Lunch on Jesus – which was able to operate in a different way to provide Christmas Day dinner thanks to a gift card/voucher scheme in conjunction with Sainsburys in Intu Derby. A lot of people like yourselves have made a huge difference to those struggling in our city at Christmas, so thank you. A number of people also received food parcels in the new year from those who compiled Reverse Advent Calendars – all were gratefully received.

If you would like to know anything further about the work of the Charity, please do ask.

Jen Downing Clerk to Joyce Harpur

Churches Together

Churches Together in Littleover and Blagreaves comprises six churches; Newmount Methodist Church, St Andrew’s Blagreaves, The Haven Christian Centre, Littleover Methodist Church (LMC), Littleover Baptist Church and St Peter’s Littleover. The St Giles’ Church Plant project is also included on a currently informal basis.

When the lockdown commenced so churches focussed on supporting their members rather than on wider initiatives. The plan for Holy Week did not happen and no further churches together engagement took place during the year. However new leaders arrived in 2020 with the arrival of Revd Ellie Ake at Littleover Baptist Church and our own Rev Rachael Brooks, from St Peter’s and St Andrew’s.

Alicia Dring

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St Peter’s School

What a year! A year that can best be described as a turbulent period. In March 2020 St Peter’s School became part of the Derby Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT) and 23 days later school closed as a global pandemic took its grip on our world.

Remote learning, new routines, identifying different families who needed varying degrees of support, working out how to support our school community from a remote position.

School remained open for children of key workers and we were hubbed with Griffe Field Primary School, this was a time of uncertainty not knowing when the children would return, we continued to provide work to support pupils learning and mental health and wellbeing. The year 6 pupils returned during the months of June and July and we were able to support them as they prepared for the next steps of their journey on to secondary schools.

We welcomed the whole school back in September and we were able to reconnect through collective worship, albeit on zoom, and school began to feel like ‘normal’. The story of Nehemiah was used to help with our understanding of being connected even from a distance. Although we operated in year group bubbles the school was together in its journey, the autumn term was full of settling back into the rhythm and routine of school and learning was exciting and enjoyable for all.

Following the interviews for the new Head of School we worked with Mr Smith to help make the move to our school as smooth as possible, little did we know that school would once again close and learning would become remote again.

Helen Cavanagh and new Head of School Frazer Smith

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Minutes of the Vestry Meeting of Parishioners of the Parish of St Peter’s Littleover held on Sunday 18[th] October 2020 after the 10am service at 11.20am in Church and

via Zoom

Present: Revd Alicia Dring, Jeni Baines, David Barker, Rachael Brooks, Andrew Brooks, Patrick Dean, Ann Dean, Katy Dearden, Jean Desborough, Lynda Diggins, Jen Downing, Steve Dring, Janet Edwards, Lesley Edwards, Lynn Elston, Nikki Earp, Terry Earp, Merryl Faleiro, Richard Faleiro, Ellen Goodman, Peter Goodman, Penny Halfpenny, Jonathon Hemingray, Monica Jones, Di Learman, Aubrey Learman, Sue Limberger, Tim Limberger, Jon Russell, Alan Scott, Julie Scott, Joy Stanwell, Peter Thorp, Chris Woodhams, Jacqueline Woodhams. Zoom: Les Allen, Ruth Allen, Doreen Bird, John Bird, John Bradley, Jim Britland, Sally Britland, Jenny Cooper, Jane Cripwell, Michael Edwards, Audrey Elliott, John Elliott, Charlie Elston, Ruth Elston, Michael Furniss, Dave Hargreaves, Irene Hargreaves, Tiffany Hey, Jane Hughes, Chris Jones, Linsey Jones, Viv Lucas, Helene Roe, Angie Rollinson, Phil Rollinson, Jenny Russell, Sarah Sherrington, Margit Staehr, Jenny Stratford, Chris Taylor, Fiona Taylor, Paul Taylor, Ann Urquhart, Rachel Whitehorn, Richard Whitehorn, Jim Wilson. Opening Prayer – Revd. Alicia opened the meeting with prayer. Alicia Dring chaired the meeting.

1. Apologies for Absence: Wendy Gretton.

2. Minutes of previous meeting (10 April 2019)

Alicia explained the difference between the two meetings. Revd. Alicia Dring chaired the meeting and explained the protocol of being a member on the church electoral roll before being allowed to vote.

The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as a true and correct record. Carried unanimously and signed by Rev. Alicia Dring.

3. Election of Churchwardens

Alicia gave thanks to Jim and Christine’s work over the last year and especially their patience and availability. Jeni Baines also thanks ed them for all their invaluable work that goes on behind the scenes.

There were two nominations for Churchwardens

Christine Taylor Proposed: Janet Edwards Seconded: Michael Edwards Jim Britland Proposed: Chris Woodhams Seconded: Jacqueline Woodhams Both elected unanimously in church and via Zoom

The meeting closed at 11.29am.

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Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) of Church Electors of the Parish of St Peter’s Littleover held in the Church of St Peter’s Littleover

and via Zoom on 18 October 2020

Present: Revd Alicia Dring, Jeni Baines, David Barker, Rachael Brooks, Andrew Brooks, Patrick Dean, Ann Dean, Katy Dearden, Jean Desborough, Lynda Diggins, Jen Downing, Steve Dring, Janet Edwards, Lesley Edwards, Phil Eley, Liz Eley, Lynn Elston, Nikki Earp, Terry Earp, Merryl Faleiro, Richard Faleiro, Ellen Goodman, Peter Goodman, Penny Halfpenny, Jonathon Hemingray, Monica Jones, Di Learman, Aubrey Learman, Sue Limberger, Tim Limberger, Jon Russell, Alan Scott, Julie Scott, Joy Stanwell, Peter Thorp, Chris Woodhams, Jacqueline Woodhams.

Zoom: Les Allen, Ruth Allen, Doreen Bird, John Bird, John Bradley, Jim Britland, Sally Britland, Anne Burton, Bernie Burton, Jenny Cooper, Jane Cripwell, Michael Edwards, Audrey Elliott, John Elliott, Charlie Elston, Ruth Elston, Michael Furniss, Dave Hargreaves, Irene Hargreaves, Tiffany Hey, Jane Hughes, Chris Jones, Linsey Jones, Viv Lucas, Helene Roe, Angie Rollinson, Phil Rollinson, Jenny Russell, Sarah Sherrington, Margit Staehr, Jenny Stratford, Chris Taylor, Fiona Taylor, Paul Taylor, Ann Urquhart, Rachel Whitehorn, Richard Whitehorn, Jim Wilson.

1. Apologies for Absence: Wendy Gretton

Revd. Alicia Dring chaired the meeting.

2. Minutes of previous meeting (10.4.19)

The minutes were accepted as a true and correct record. Proposed: Joy Stanwell Seconded: Peter Goodman. Carried unanimously and signed by Rev. Alicia Dring.

3. Matters Arising

None

4. Electoral Roll Report – Jane Hughes

Jane thanked Chris Taylor for transferring the roll on 24[th] July 2019.

There are now 115 residents and 50 non-residents on the Electoral Roll making a total of 165. Jane Hughes proposed that the Electoral Roll be accepted as a true and correct record. Seconded: Jacqueline Woodhams. 1 abstention.

Alicia thanked Jane.

5. Election of Churchwarden Results

Christine Taylor and Jim Britland were duly elected as Churchwarden for the coming year at the Vestry Meeting.

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6. Elections to the PCC

Alicia gave thanks to Lynda Diggins who stepped down in earlier in the year and to Helene Roe, Charlie Elston, Sally Britland, Sally Edworthy, as their term of office comes to an end. There are 5 PCC vacancies for 3 years – 1 PCC vacancies for 1 year 4 Deanery Synod vacancies for 3 years

Nominations for PCC are:

• Jenifer Baines – Proposer: Joy Stanwell Seconder: Jonathon Hemingray

• Charles Elston – Proposer: Liz Eley Seconder: Phil Eley

• Helene Roe - Proposer: Sally Britland Seconder: Jim Britland

• Julie Scott - Proposer: Jacqueline Woodhams Seconder: Chris Woodhams

The four nominations were unanimously elected to the PCC.

There are four new vacancies available on the Deanery Synod for three years.

Nominations for Deanery Synod are:

• Chris Jones – Proposer: Angie Rollinson Seconder: Phil Rollinson Chris was nominated unanimously elected.

Alicia thanked every member for their work on the PCC in the last year.

Sidesmen/women

Alicia expressed her thanks for the work done by the welcome teams and sides people across all services, including all the duty wardens. She explained that due to Covid this role was now very different.

Alicia explained what the Terrier was and that it was available to view under normal circumstances. Please speak to a warden if you would like to see it. Thanks to Jeni Baines for her continued work on this.

7. Treasurers Report – Lynda Diggins

This is my tenth and final report I have presented to St Peter’s Church Family. As before it has been my privilege to serve the Lord and St Peter’s Church as treasurer. Unfortunately, we have not balanced the budget again this year but not by much. This is mainly due to timing issues when money reaches our bank. As with most years our main expenditure is on our contribution to the Diocesan Common Fund (previously known as Parish Share or the Quota), heating and staff costs.

The draft accounts are presented in this document with the caveat that they will be finally approved by the PCC before the 24 March – but we wanted this report to be out in good time before the APCM.

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• a) We are very grateful for the continued generosity of all those in the church family who give regularly and sacrificially, it makes all the difference. Especially with the generosity of our church family who donated money for boilers as that meant that we did not have to use any money from our Capital Fund.

• b) Each year we set out in faith, praying that God will give us the means to continue to undertake His work in this parish and with our Mission Partners.

• c) I would like to acknowledge the considerable help given to me by Patrick Dean as cashier and Chris Woodhams as Gift Aid secretary – without them the task would be so much harder.

I would also like to thank everybody in the church family for their continued prayer and love in what has been a very difficult year for me and my family so a big Thank You. Also a big heartfelt thank you to Sue Limberger for taking over this role and I’m sure you will give her all the support she needs, I know I will.

The 2019 accounts had already been accepted so that it could be sent to the Charities Commission earlier in the year.

Sue Limberger has taken on the role of Treasurer

Sue proposed that Baldwins (Derby) Ltd, Chartered Accountants be accepted as auditors for 2020. Seconded by: Peter Goodman

Alicia thanked Lynda for her faithful service over many years and explained that a gift had been given earlier in the year.

Alicia explained the new processes for dealing with no cash due to Covid and thanked Patrick and Chris for their hard work in 2019.

8. Reviewing Reports

No questions prior to APCM.

Alicia thanked everyone involved with activities during 2019.

9. Election Results

Not applicable

10. Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adult Procedures

As part of our statutory requirement as a parish the procedures written by Janet Edwards (Safeguarding Officer) are printed in the annual report as we have to report to the Church regarding Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adult procedures.

Janet Edwards has been our Young Peoples Safeguarding Officer for 7 years has an incredible eye for detail in keeping our job descriptions and working agreements up to date. Any national guidelines and any new guidance from the Diocese may mean more training. Huge thanks to Margit Staehr who will be taking on this roll and will be in touch with those who needs training.

There were no questions for Janet.

Alicia thanked Janet for her work and present her with a gift.

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Carole Dickinson stepped down earlier in the year as our Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Officer, please speak to Alicia if you feel called to this role of signposting people and providing training support.

The PCC will vote to accept the Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adult Procedures for St Peter’s, at the next PCC meeting.

11. Chair’s Report and Vision – Alicia

Alicia gave her report, highlighting on last year, continuing relationships, buildings maintenance and God’s call on St Peter’s in the coming year. She also announced that the parish boundaries will be changes as St Andrews have made the difficult decision to close the church and the parish.

12. Any Other Business - none

13. Date of Next APCM Meeting – 28[th] April 2021

14. Closing Prayer – Revd. Alicia Dring

The meeting closed at 11.58am and all members of the new PCC will be invited to a short Zoom meeting in the near future to elect a Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and members of the Standing Committee.

Please remember:

• To pray for this meeting and for God to speak as we reflect and share together

• To ask God if He is calling you to serve in any of the ministries outlined in this report, especially on the PCC or as Church Warden

• To make sure your name is on the Church Electoral Roll (membership list), otherwise you will not be eligible to vote

• A full copy of the accounts is available upon request

• To attend the meeting on Wed 28 April 7.30pm on Zoom www.stpeterlittleover.org.uk/meet

• And if you have any questions under Any Other Business, these need to be received in writing 48 hours before the meeting – either by the PCC Secretary Ellen Goodman or Revd Alicia Dring.

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

Registered Charity Number: 1133061

AZETS AUDIT SERVICES

2 Regan Way Chetwynd Business Park Chilwell Nottingham NG9 6RZ

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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CONTENTS

	Page
Parochial Church Council information	1
Parochial Church Council members report	2-5
Receipts and payments account	6
Statement of assets and liabilities	7
Notes to the financial statements	8-13
Independent examiner’s report	14

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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Parochial Church Council members who are also the trustees of the charity, who have served from 1 January 2020 until the date this report was approved are:

MEMBERS/TRUSTEES	J Baines	(Appointed October 2020)
	J Britland	Church Warden
	S Britland	(Retired April 2020)
	R Brooks	(Curate)
	L Diggins	(Retired April 2020)
	Rev’d. A Dring	Vicar & Chair
	S Edworthy	(Retired April 2020)
	C Elston
	M Faleiro
	E Goodman
	P Goodman	(Retired April 2020)
	W Gretton
	T Hey
	S Limberger	Treasurer
	C Jones
	H Roe	(Appointed October 2020)
	J Scott	(Appointed October 2020)
	C Taylor	Church Warden
	J Wilson	(Retired April 2020)
SECRETARY	E Goodman
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS	St Peter’s Church
	Church Street
	Littleover
	Derby
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER	S Harcourt
	Azets Audit Services	(formally Baldwins Audit Services)
	2 Regan Way
	Chetwynd Business Park
	Chilwell
	Nottingham
	NG9 6RZ
BANKERS	Barclays Bank Plc
	22-26 St Peters Street
	Derby
	DE1 1SH
	CCLA Investment Management Limited
	Senator House
	85 Queen Victoria Street
	London
	EC4V 4ET

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

St Peter’s Church is situated in Church Street Littleover, Derby. It is part of the Diocese of Derby within the Church of England. The charity’s working name is St Peter’s, Littleover PCC.

GOVERNING DOCUMENT

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) became a registered charity with the Charity Commission on 2 December 2009 (Charity Number 1133061). The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES

The method of appointment of PCC members/trustees is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The primary objective of St Peter’s PCC is the promotion of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England. The PCC is to co-operate with the minister, the Rev’d. A Dring, in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical as in accordance with the PCC (Powers) Measure 1956, as amended by the measure of 1969.

PUBLIC BENEFIT

Promoting in the Ecclesiastical Parish the whole mission of the Church.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Church Attendance

There were 166 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, 49 of whom are not resident within the parish.

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

____________ Average Sunday attendance at St Peter’s in 2020.

----- Start of picture text -----
Sunday Services Morning Morning Evening
Average over random four consecutive Worship Worship Service
weeks 8am 10am 7pm
Communicants 0 (14) 0 (89)
Total Attendees 0 (14) 80 (100) 0 (0)
Wednesday Services
Average over random four Morning
consecutive weeks Worship
Morning Worship 10 (18)
Morning Morning
Worship Worship
Easter Sunday 2020 8am 10am
Communicants 0 (20) 0 (130)
Total Attendees 0 (20) 120 (149)
Christingle Christingle Morning
Worship
Christmas Eve 2020 3pm 5pm 11.15pm
Communicants 0 (73)
Total Attendees 0 (297) 250 (371) 23 (77)
Morning Morning
Worship Worship
Christmas Day 2020 8am 10am
Communicants 0 (11) 0 (98)
Total Attendees 0 (11) 40 (103)
Figures in ( ) = 2019 attendance
----- End of picture text -----

All references to Holy Communion have been shown as Morning Worship following the restrictions on Holy Communion as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR

Well 2020 was an unprecedented year with the emergence of COVID-19. However, St Peter’s have certainly risen to the challenge and I believe have shown how innovative we can be.

The Parochial Trustees Church Council (PCC) met eight times in the year 2020 (of which 7 were online.) In addition the PCC Standing Committee met 6 out of the 8 times prior to PCC meetings. Due to COVID it has not been relevant for all PCC Action Groups to meet but the worship and fabric groups have met 3 times. All meetings start and end with prayer.

We welcomed Julie Scott onto the PCC from the 2020 APCM. Jim Britland and Christine Taylor were re-elected as wardens

The Standing Committee and PCC meeting agendas continue to remain in a standard format which includes an action column. Most of the meeting papers are stored and distributed electronically in an endeavour to save on paper and printing.

During the year 2020 there were 4 retirements from PCC Sally Edworthy 2017-2020 Peter Goodman 2017-2020 James Wilson 2017-2020 Sally Britland 2017-2020 Lynda Diggins 2010-2020

The significant topics discussed and actioned by the PCC this year were:

• With lockdown in March due to COVID we set up the facility of online services via Zoom. The 1[st] Sunday service via Zoom was on Sunday 29[th] March 2020 and these continue to be held weekly and have been a blessing for many people.

• We set up daily morning prayer services from April and these continue to be held every day, apart from Saturday and bank holidays.

• We set up evening prayer services from April but after some consideration these services ceased in September.

• We agreed to update the Church hall with a new boiler and the hall had a makeover with decoration and new blinds.

• In August we sadly said goodbye to our Youth Worker Jonathan who felt God was calling him to pastures new

• In July we welcomed, Rachael Brooks as a new curate. Although Rachael joined us she was not able to be ordained until Sept due to COVID restrictions. Rachael has been a great blessing to St Peter’s in the short time she has been with us despite joining the Church during such a challenging year.

• In October we agreed to update our internet to cope with the new demands on capacity with all the online services Due to significant waiting list (COVID related) and also some issues on Virgin’s side this was actually completed in Feb 2021.

2020 was certainly a year with many challenges. Financially overall we took a hit with our expenditure exceeding our income but I believe that with sensible planning and with God willing we will recover to be better and stronger than before.

Alicia Dring

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COItNC.IT. ()F THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S LITTLEOVER PAROCHIAL CHTIRC.H COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 FINANCIAL REVIEW Reservts Pollcy Three monlhb cor¢ Income will bc kq)i- to be US¢Li vnly ifliri¢s￿y. Tlii¢¢ months opcralionttl cxpenditure equates to £30,IXIO to be revicwed inniially. There is currenily £17.803 held in Reneral rc%erve5 plus The Capital Fund of £62,664 which is held for Ihe future development of the Church. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Sieve Harcourt FCCA ot"Azets Audit Serviws Limsted was Thc chdtiiy's iiia¢priifil¢Jit examiiici during ihc pcriod and offeTS hims¢lf for Te.election at the annwdl general meeting. Approved by the PCC on . Si8ncd on th¢ir behalf by Rcv'd. A Dring - Vicar/Chair

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

AT 31 DECEMBER 2020

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		General Designated	General Designated	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
		Funds	Funds	Funds	2020	2019
	Note	£	£	£	£	£
RECEIPTS
Donations and legacies	1(a)	110,204	1,799	-	112,003	147,247
Activities for raising funds	1(b)	6,636	-	-	6,636	17,148
Income from investments	1(c)	472	-	-	472	832
Incoming resources from church
activities	1(d)	16,708	-	1,380	18,088	24,971
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		134,020	1,799	1,380	137,199	190,198
		═════	═════	═════	═════	═════
PAYMENTS
Grants	2(a)	9,448	-	-	9,448	11,074
Church activities	2(b)	135,606	-	2,178	137,784	169,190
Governance costs	2(c)	2,742	-	-	2,742	2,706
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		147,796	-	2,178	149,974	182,970
		═════	═════	═════	═════	═════
SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) OF RECEIPTS OVER
PAYMENTS		(13,776)	1,799	(798)	(12,775)	7,228
TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS		(3,183)	6,065	(2,882)	-	-
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
NET MOVEMENT		(16,959)	7,864	(3,680)	(12,775)	7,228
Bank balances brought forward at 1 January 2020		97,426	-	9,954	107,380	100,152
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
Bank balances carried forward
at 31 December 2020		80,467	7,864	6,274	94,605	107,380
		═════	═════	═════	═════	═════

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S LITTLFOVER STATEMENT OF ASSETS AfqD LIABILITIES FnR THF. YEAR EIYDED 31 DECEMBF.R 2020 General Desi%nkted Restricted Tot81 Fund5 Funds FuiJd> FuiiU> Total Fuiids 2020 2019 Nott CASH FUNDS Bank current at¢f)llnts 17,803 7,864 6,274 31,941 44.981 CBI.. dep0511 lund 62,004 62,004 02,599 80,467 7,864 6,274 94,605 107,380 OTVIER MONETARY ASSETS Int()me I&K recoverable Sto¢k 5.045 300 5,U45 300 5,¥21 5,345 INVESTMENT ASSETS 7,867 7.867 7.361 LIABILITIES 247 2,582 247 2,582 959 9,697 2,829 10,6S6 The linancial siatem¢n(s' olthl PC.C have tK£n prtpared in a¢c4)rdanc£ the Church Accouniing K¢gulations 2006 using the Receipts and Paymcnts basis. ac￿7 Approved by the Parochial Church Louncil on . - and signed on its behalf by.. Rev'd. A Dring icarl S Limberger ITr¢asur¢rl The notes on pages 8 to 12 form part of these a¢count$

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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1.	RECEIPTS
		General	Designated	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
		Funds	Funds	Funds	2020	2019
		£	£	£	£	£
1(a)	Donations and legacies
	Planned giving:
	Gift Aid	81,477	1,000	-	82,477	80,332
	Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid	20,162	-	-	20,162	23,989
	Collections (open plate) at all services	2,448	-	-	2,448	10,409
	Sundry donations	4,198	799	-	4,997	24,641
	Legacies				-
	Youth and Family Worker	1,919	-	-	1,919	7,876
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		110,204	1,799	-	112,003	147,247
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
1(b)	Activities for raising funds
	Church hall lettings etc.	6,264	-	-	6,264	14,419
	Adverts – magazine	25	-	-	25	164
	Cross keys café	347	-	-	347	2,565
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		6,636	-	-	6,636	17,148
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
1(c)	Income from investments
	Dividends and interest	220	-	-	220	273
	Bank interest	252	-	-	252	559
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		472	-	-	472	832
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
1(d)	Income resources from church activities
	Magazines	53	-	-	53	735
	Fees	6,407	-	-	6,407	14,623
	Sundry	10,248	-	42	10,290	4,693
	Lunch club	-	-	1,338	1,338	4,920
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		16,708	-	1,380	18,088	24,971
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
TOTAL RECEIPTS		134,020	1,799	1,380	137,199	190,198
		═════	═════	═════	═════	═════

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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2.	PAYMENTS
		General	Designated	Restricted	Total FundsTotal Funds
		Funds	Funds	Funds	2020	2019
		£	£	£	£	£
2(a)	Grants
	Missionary and charitable giving:
	Church overseas:
	- missionary societies	1,900	-	-	1,900	3,850
	- relief and development agencies	-	-	-	-	2,255
	Home missions and other Church Societies	6,158	-	-	6,158	1,100
	Secular charities	-	-	-	-	2,502
	Sundry gifts	1,390	-	-	1,390	618
	St Peters School	-	-		-	749
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		9,448	-	-	9,448	11,074
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
2(b)	Church activities – directly relating
	to the work of the church
	Ministry: diocesan quota	64,241	-	-	64,241	61,848
	Clergy expenses	7,973	-	-	7,973	7,431
	Church – running expenses	8,132	-	-	8,132	8,297
	Church – maintenance and roof repairs	3,914	-	-	3,914	24,384
	Fundraising expenses	-	-	-	-	1
	Upkeep of churchyard	-	-	-	-	2,980
	Church Hall running costs	14,543	-	-	14,543	7,281
	Fees	3,954	-	-	3,954	5,256
	Education	75	-	-	75	453
	Sundry expenses	939	-	-	939	4,052
	Youth and Family Worker	13,038	-	-	13,038	20,030
	Cross Keys expenses	-	-	-	-	1,414
	Lunch Club	-	-	1,768	1,768	4,255
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		116,809	-	1,768	118,577	147,682
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
	Church activities – support costs
	Printing and stationery	3,018	-	-	3,018	3,260
	Sundry expenses	118	-	410	528	60
	Parish salaries & social security	15,168	-	-	15,168	17,662
	Expenses of vicarage	493	-	-	493	526
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		18,797	-	410	19,207	21,508
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
	Total church activities	135,606	-	2,178	137,784	169,190
		═════	═════	═════	═════	═════
2(c)	Governance costs
	Accountancy (re. independent examination)	2,742	-	-	2,742	2,706
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
		─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
TOTAL PAYMENTS		147,796	-	2,178	149,974	182,970
		═════	═════	═════	═════	═════

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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3. STAFF COSTS

During the year the PCC incurred costs for an organist, vergers, a churchyard maintenance crew, a church coordinator, a youth worker and a cleaner for the church hall. This expenditure is not shown separately as staff costs but is included in the expenditure headings to which the service performed relates.

No person connected with the PCC has been paid, or is payable, remuneration or other benefits from the funds of the council, except as follows:

Travelling and out of pocket expenses totalling £1,132 (2019: £4,889) were reimbursed to 5 (2019: 8) PCC members during the year.

4. INVESTMENTS

INVESTMENTS
	2020	2019
	£	£
Shares and Securities
384 shares in the CBF’s Investment Fund	7,361	7,361
	═════	═════
These are stated at market value.

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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5. FUND DETAILS

Unrestricted funds

	Balance				Balance
	b/fwd at			Transfers in/	c/fwd at
	1 Jan 2020	Receipts	Payments	(out)	31 Dec 2020
	£	£	£	£	£
Capital fund	60,182	205	-	2,277	62,664
General funds	37,244	133,815	(147,796)	(5,460)	17,803
	─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
	97,426	134,020	(147,796)	(3,183)	80,467
	═════	═════	═════	═════	═════
Designated funds
IT Equipment fund	-	1,799	-	-	1,799
Chair fund	-	-	-	6,065	6,065
	─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
	-	1,799	-	6,065	7,864
	─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
Total unrestricted funds	97,426	135,819	(147,796)	2,882	88,331
	═════	═════	═════	═════	═════
	Balance				Balance
	b/fwd at			Transfers in/	c/fwd at
	1 Jan 2019	Receipts	Payments	(out)	31 Dec 2019
	£	£	£	£	£
Capital fund	60,182	-	-	-	60,182
General funds	30,016	190,198	(182,970)	-	37,244
	─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
	90,198	190,198	(182,970)	-	97,426
	═════	═════	═════	═════	═════

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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5. FUND DETAILS (continued)

Restricted funds

Restricted funds
	Balance				Balance
	b/fwd at			Transfers in/	c/fwd at
	1 Jan 2020	Receipts	Payments	(out)	31 Dec 2020
	£	£	£	£	£
Flower Fund	62	-	-	(62)	-
Legacy – Mrs Pilling	5,159	-	-	-	5,159
Womens Fellowship	238	42	(110)	42	212
Tiddlywinks	450	-	(300)	-	150
Lunch Club	1,723	1,338	(1,768)	(540)	753
Fabric – Funding Stock	249	-	-	(249)	-
Power Point Fund	1,192	-	-	(1,192)	-
Hothorpe Hall Fund	429	-	-	(429)	-
Redecoration	452	-	-	(452)	-
	─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
	9,954	1,380	(2,178)	(2,882)	6,274
	═════	═════	═════	═════	═════

Commentary on transfers

Transfers out of the Flower Fund, Fabric, Power Point, Hothorpe Hall and Redecoration funds to General funds reflect monies no longer considered to be restricted funds by the trustees.

Transfers into the Capital Fund of £2,277 represent movements in the related bank account in previous years not allocated as part of the Capital Fund.

Transfers into the Chair Fund of £6,065 relate to the trustee’s decision to designate monies from General Reserves.

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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5. FUND DETAILS (continued)

Restricted funds

Restricted funds
	Balance				Balance
	b/fwd at			Transfers in/	c/fwd at
	1 Jan 2019	Receipts	Payments	(out)	31 Dec 2019
	£	£	£	£	£
Flower Fund	62	-	-	-	62
Legacy – Mrs Pilling	5,159	-	-	-	5,159
Womens Fellowship	238	-	-	-	238
Tiddlywinks	450	-	-	-	450
Lunch Club	1,723	-	-	-	1,723
Fabric – Funding Stock	249	-	-	-	249
Power Point Fund	1,192	-	-	-	1,192
Hothorpe Hall Fund	429	-	-	-	429
Redecoration	452	-	-	-	452
	─────	─────	─────	─────	─────
	9,954	-	-	-	9,954
	═════	═════	═════	═════	═════

Flower Fund: Amounts of money given to buy flowers for the Church. School Worker: Monies given to finance our commitment to the Littleover, Blagreaves School Worker Project. Legacy Mrs Pilling: Restricted income to be kept for the upkeep of the Pilling Grave B245 for 99 years. Women's Fellowship: Groups for ladies who meet once a month for worship and fellowship. Tiddlywinks: Groups for under 5's and parents who meet once a week. Lunch Club: A weekly outreach meeting for older people to meet together and share a prepared lunch. Pathfinders: A church group 11-14 who meet on a Sunday and have other fun activities at other times. Fabric Funding Stock: As above but restricted to Fabric repairs etc. Power Point Fund: A fund we are building up to buy a power point for the Church. Youth and Family Worker: St Peter’s Littleover employ a full-time youth and family worker and largely fund this work from ongoing donations and drawings from the Curate Fund. Redecoration: For redecoration of the church.

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020 which are set out on pages 2 to 13.

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.

Mr Steve Harcourt FCCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants For an on behalf of Azets Audit Services

11 April 2021

2 Regan Way Chetwynd Business Park Chilwell Nottingham NG9 6RZ

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER’S LITTLEOVER

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

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I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020 which are set out on pages 2 to 13.

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.

Mr Steve Harcourt FCCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants For an on behalf of Azets Audit Services

11 April 2021

2 Regan Way Chetwynd Business Park Chilwell Nottingham NG9 6RZ

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