## ## ## |PC|C Ann|ual
|Report|for the year to31OECEMBER 202| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||The Parochial Church Council ofStPaul's Letchworth| |Registered|charity|number|(ifany)|1133066| |Charity's|principal|address||179Pixmore Way,| |||||Letchworth,| |||||Hertfordshire.| |||||SG61QT| |ames ofthe PCC Me|mbers who|manage t|he charity|:||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Name||Office(ifan|)|Dates acted ifnot for whole|ear|Notes| |Rev Jeni McQuaid|Incumbent|||||| |Rev Amanda
Ferris|Associate|Vicar||||| |Rachel Snow|Assistant|Curate||||| |Derek Snow|Church warden|||From May 2022||| |Irene Adam||||||Elected Member| |Keith Blundell|PCC Secretary|||||| |Rachel Cheffy||||ToJune 2022||| |Chris Dingwall|Treasurer|||||Co Opted May 2022| |BeccieGalloway||||From April 2022||Elected Member| |Anne Hignell||||From November 2022||| |Pam Hull||||||| |Chris Hulme||||From April 2022||| |Miriam John||||From April 2022||| |Judith
Nash||||||| |Paul Owen||||||| |Helen Pattinson||||From August 2022||| |Dan Pinco||||||| |Paul Thomson||||||| |Emily Wilkinson||||||| |Madeleine
Nicholas|Synod Rep.|||||| |Maureen
Phillips|Synod Rep.|||To November 2022||| |Judith
Nash|Synod Rep.|||||| |Emma Vernon|Children|and Families Worker||||Observer| |Claire McDonnell|Youth Worker|||||Observer| ## ## |How the|StPaul's Letchworth
is a registered
charity as well as being part ofthe Church| |---|---| |Church is|ofEngland.| |constituted|The structure
and governance
arrangements
ofthe charity are set out by the| ||Church ofEngland
and StAlbans Diocese. The church sits within the Hitchin| ||Deanery and the Archdeaconry
ofStAlbans.
Full details ofgovernance| ||arrangements
are set out on the StAlbans Diocese website.| ||St Paul's is part ofaJoint Benefice with All Saints' Willian, jointly served by the| ||incumbent,
associate minister, curate, and readers.
All Saints' is administered| ||by its own PCC, appointed
from its own membership,
and has separate| ||financial records and accountability.
St Paul's PCC has no responsibility
forthe| ||pastoral or administrative
affairs ofAll Saints'.| |PCC and|The responsibilities
ofStPaul's PCC are enshrined
in the Parochial Church| |Committees|Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.As such, the purpose of the PCC isto| ||cooperate with the incumbent
in promoting
in the parish the whole mission of| ||the Church, pastoral, evangelistic,
social, and ecumenical.
The PCC is| ||responsible
forthe maintenance
ofail church buildings
and grounds,
ensuring| ||the smooth running ofthe church and for ensuring that the church in compliant| ||with all relevant
legislation
relating to its functions —health and safety, data| ||protection, safeguarding
and employment
taw. The ordained
ministers,| ||curates, readers, and church wardens become members ofthe PCC on| ||appointment.
Elected members are appointed
by ballot ofchurch members at| ||the APCM on 3-year terms, with vacancies during the year being filled by PCC.| ||PCC meets its objectives achieved through:| ||~
Full PCC meetings 6times ayear, bi-monthly| ||~
Standing Committee,
which has powers toacton behalf ofPCC,| ||meeting 6times ayear bi-monthly,
alternating
with PCC| ||~
Missionary Committee
which oversees the church's
links with our| ||mission partners| ||~
Ad hoc task groups, formed during the year as required.| ||None ofSt.Paul's objectives would have been achieved without the dedication| ||and support ofour 3staff members
(our Children
and Family's worker, our| ||Youth Worker, and our Parish Administrator)
and the very many church| ||members who give their time voluntarily
and unstintingly
in all areas ofchurch| ||life.| |||Our Purpose —"ToShow the Light and Love ofJesus forall"|| |---|---|---|---| |||The first notable thing about this report, isthat rather than being written
by|a| |||Churchwarden,
itcomes from your Vicar, who would implore you tocontinue|| |||to pray for awarden
(actually, two wardens!) but also begs your forgiveness|| |||for any errors in the below as it is being written
during Easter preparations.|| |||This year feels as ifit has been ayear oftwo halves. From April to Christmas,|it| |||really felt as ifwe were still finding our feet after the most extraordinary
few|| |||years as a church. Gone were the days ofrestrictions
such as masks, no|| |||singing and social distancing,
but we certainly didn't feel "backto normal"|| |||either.|| |||Christmas
however felt like a real turning
point, with increased
numbers|| |||attending
our services since 2019(which is our last real benchmark).
Carols|| |||by Candlelight
and our Christingles
were packed tothe rafters and
Ifor one|| |||was giddy with relief!|| |Summary ofthe objects
ofthe charity set out in
its governing
and the
main activities||From Christmas to present day we have seen Sunday services top 200most
weeks and although
we're not quite at our previous attendance
of235per
week, there iscertainly the atmosphere
ofenergy, life, and worship that we
were accustomed to.Thanks to Emma Vernon and her wonderful
team|| |undertaken|forthe|(which has grown significantly)
we frequently
see upwards of 40children
in|| |public benefit in relation||church on a Sunday.|| |tothese objects (include||Although
several ofus have done what we could tosupport the Youth work|| |within this section the||while Claire was on maternity
leave, we are overjoyed that she has begun her|| |statutory
declaration
that trustees have had
regard tothe guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public||phased
return to work, she will be back to full time by August. No one is
happier than the young people! We have grown the team and recently taken
year 8to Saturday Celebrations
at Soul Survivor Watford which they loved
(they are willing to go again, which isas enthusiastic
asteenagers ever get,
I
think!)|| |benefit) document|||| |||The addition ofa midday,
midweek
Communion
service with sung worship|| |||has been well received and well attended.|| |||Moving refreshments
back into church after the 10am has proven very|| |||popular and significantly
increased the number ofpeople staying and|| |||socialising after the service, we will stick with this for now, although
the|| |||option to review always remains open should things change.|| |||The take up ofConnect Groups has increased, and we are delighted tosee|| |||that one ofthose groups have formed a new Home Group.|| |||The brave (and
I believe Spirit led) decision by the PCCto appoint an|| |||Associate Vicar has resulted
in Rev. Nick Smith joining us 3days per week.
I|| |||want tocommend
Nick forthe way in which he is building
relationships
and|| |||getting stuck into the life ofthe church (not least by donning
a Centurion|| |||outfit for our Easter Journey!)
I have every confidence that our pastoral care|| |||and discipleship
will strengthen
as a result ofthe extra ministry support and|| |||therefore the retention ofour established
church family.|| ## ## ||||Unrestricted|Restricted||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Note|Funds|Funds|Total 2022|Total 2021| |Income|||f|E|E|E| |Voluntary
Income|||207,238|151,664|358,902|245,652| |Income from fees and charges|||28,296||28,296|16,638| |Income from local mission activities||||3,326|3,326|321| |Income from investments|||1,787||1,787|| |Other|||611|1,036|1,647|265| |Total incoming resources|||237,932|156,026|393,95$|262,921| |Expenditure||||||| |Ministry||3|31,298|1,927|33,225|50,998| |Parish share|||86,409||86,409|84,212| |Support provided to missionaries|||18,453||18,453|21,201| |Cost ofgenerating
fees and|charges||31,599||31,599|26,595| |Costs of local mission activities|||3,579|9,016|12,595|6,073| |Buildings and other runnings
Total resources used|costs|3|175,910
347,248|1,906
12'|177,816
360,097|150,998
340,077| |Net income/(expenditure)|(M9,316)|143,177|33+61|(77,156)| |---|---|---|---|---| |Transfer between funds|141,836|(141,836)||| |Total funds brought forward|2,009|25,187|27,196|104,352| |Total funds carried forward||26,52$|61,057|27,196| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |||Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||f|f|f|f| |Voluntary
Income|||||| |Covenanted
giving
Collections
Donations and gifts
Gift Aid tax recoverable||165,118
3,156
2,134
36,830|1,983
127,226
22,455|167,101
3,156
129,360
59,285|165,430
1,926
36,165
42,131| |Income from fees and charges|Total|207,25$|151,664|55$,902|245,652| |Weddings
and funerals
Church
hall lettings||6,648
21,648||6,648
21,648|6,426
10,212| ||Total|2$,296||2$,296|16,63$| |||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||f|E|E|E| |Ministry|||||||||| |Clergy||||||2,018||2,018|2,582| |Children|and||families|||19,611|1,330|20,941|27,511| |Youth work||||||9,669|597|10,266|20,905| ||||||Total||1,927|33+25|50,998| |||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021| |||||||E|E|E|E| |Buildings and|||other running costs||||||| |Church|building|||||135,613||135,613|117,700| |Equipment||non||capital and maintenance||7,648|1,906|9,554|6,026| |Administration||||costs||31,899||31,899|26,672| |Independent|||examiner fee|||750||750|600| ||||||Total|175,910|1,906|177,816|150,998| ## |6Debtors||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||2022|2021| ||||||f|f| |Trade debtors||||||| |Gift Aid tax recoverable|||||14,619|8,756| |Taxation and social security|||||3,033|| |Other debtors||||||| |Prepayments
and accrued income||||||384| |||||Total|17,651|9,140| |7Cash and cash|equivalents|||||| ||||||2022|2021| ||||||f|f| |Short term deposits|||||221,531|109,744| |Cash at bank and in hand|||||39,850|19,772| |||||Total|261,381|129,516| |8Creditors and|accruals falling due|within one year||||| ||||||2022|2021| ||||||f|f| |Trade creditors|||||151|1,546| |Accruals and deferred income|||||7,196|| |Other creditors|||||540|174| |||||Total|7/87|2,842| |9Provisions for|liabilities|||||| ||||||2022|2021| ||||||f|f| |Balance at the start ofthe reporting||period|||118,530|10,418| |Amounts
added|in current period||||118,234|108,112| |Amounts
charged against the provision|||in the current|period|16,764|| |Balance at the end ofthe reporting||period|||220,000|118,530| ## ## ## ||||2022|2021| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||f|| |Parish|Share||86,409|84,212| |||Total||84+12| |||||2022|2021| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||f|f| |Wedding|and|funeral|fees|4,343|2,667| ||||Total||2,667| ## ## ## ##