2021-12-31-accounts

St Peter’s Church, Petersham

The Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31st December 2021

Vicar until May: The Revd Canon Tim Marwood Bankers: Barclays Bank, Richmond Independent Examiner: Richard Holman

Note: this report is usually produced by the priest of St Peter’s but this year the responsibility fell to the Churchwardens who asked a number of members of the congregation (listed at the end) to contribute. We take responsibility for any errors or omissions.

Background

St Peter’s PCC co-operates with the Vicar in promoting the pastoral mission of the Church of England in Petersham. It is responsible for the maintenance of St Peter’s Church and the churchyard. By virtue of a scheme made by the Charity Commission on 18 June 1992 the PCC is managing trustee of the charity registered as The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter’s Petersham.

Membership of the PCC

Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) or co-opted in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.

During the year the following served as members:

Vicar:	The	Revd Canon Tim Marwood (until May)
C_hurchwardens:_	Brian Willman, Rob Sandford
Deputy Churchwardens:	Gloria Osei (until November 2021)
		Louise Tumchewics
Deanery Synod Representatives:		Keith Walter (elected 2020 until 2023)
Elected members:		Jean Allsopp (elected 2021 until 2024)
		Christopher Oliver (Churchyard Secretary)
(elected until 2022)
		Paula Plaza (elected 2019 until 2022)
		Lisa Rees (elected 2020 until 2023)
		Lin Sherwood-Page (elected 2020 until 2023)
		Radomir Tylecote (elected 2018 until 2021)
		James Viner (elected 2019 until 2022)
Co-opted:		Susan Oliver (PCC Hon. Secretary)
	Richard Robinson (Treasurer from January to May)
	Radomir Tylecote (Treasurer from May to November)
	Michael Davies (Treasurer from November)
Assistant Priest:	The Revd Frances Forward

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The PCC met three times with Susan Oliver as Secretary. Lisa Rees as Vice Chair took over the chair following Canon Marwood’s departure. The Treasurer’s position was taken by Radomir Tylecote but, with a young baby and a demanding job, he found he could not give the post the attention that he felt it deserved. We are grateful to Michael Davies who took over the role in November. Richard Robinson remained in his role of co-ordinating with CCLA.

The Standing and Finance Committee met five times. The Committee “has the power to transact the business of the PCC between the meetings subject to any directions given by the Council”. The Standing and Finance Committee manages the investments, proposes policy on charitable giving, monitors income and expenditure and assists the Treasurer as needed. The Standing and Finance Committee comprises the Vicar, the Churchwardens, the Treasurer, one other member of the PCC (Lisa Rees) and one co-opted member (Michael Bundock). The Standing and Finance Committee reports to the PCC.

The Parish

The Parish of St Peter has about 2,000 inhabitants. There are currently 67 people on the electoral roll while in 2021 it was 71: 3 have died, 4 moved away, 2 stopped coming and there are 5 new members. The Electoral Roll Officer is Kate Stapleton.

After two years of disruption, it is very difficult to provide figures for the worshipping community but in 2021, the adult figure was roughly stable at around 80 adults who attended St. Peter’s at least once a month. The number of younger people (under 16) who attended fell to a very low level for a number of reasons and this will be given attention in 2022. The 9.30am Parish Communion service is the principal gathering for worship on Sundays in the parish and the average attendance at this service in 2021 was about 35 adults and a small number of children. In addition, there is one 8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) service on the first Sunday each month though, due to lack of interest, this did not take place from October. On the first Sunday of every month the Parish Communion service is shortened and includes a talk for children.

St Peter’s is linked with St Richard’s in The Ham and Petersham Group Ministry and is a member also of the Ham and Petersham Churches Together, an ecumenical partnership of seven local churches. In 2021 (2020 figures in brackets), there were 0 (2) weddings, 1 (0) wedding blessing, 8 (5) funerals, 6 (2) baptisms 7 (0) adult confirmations conducted by the clergy. Sadly, the funerals in 2021 included these long time and regular members of the congregation: Bill Crossley, Jim Kimbell, Suszie Vignoles, Jackie Webb and Anne Abercrombie. There was also a funeral for Charlie Archer who had served as Chair of Petersham United Charities for many years.

Mission Action Planning –

In 2010 the PCC agreed a Parish Vision Statement: “To use the resources of the Parish of Petersham to:

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1. Maintain St. Peter’s as an inclusive church that has high quality and varied public worship with a strong musical tradition.

2. Advance the Mission of the Church in the community and work in partnership with St. Richard’s, the Deanery, the Diocese and other local churches.”

The PCC adopted a revised Mission Action Plan (MAP) in May 2018 for the period 2018 to 2021.

Rachel Ferguson continued as Mission Pastoral Assistant throughout 2021, her role was to support the objectives of the current MAP.

Events of 2021

Following a difficult 2020, 2021 was an equally challenging year for St Peter’s with lower than usual attendance at services and other activities held less frequently. Financially we experienced a small deficit. However, compared to other churches we are in a very good place: our finances remain strong, the church fabric is in excellent condition and we have a loyal and active congregation containing a variety of age groups. This report contains information about the activities that went on despite the challenges and the year ended with cautious optimism that 2022 would be a much better year. We look forward to working with our new priest, Rev Kate Daymond.

The churchwardens would like to thank everyone at St Peter’s for their loyalty and patience and we are grateful to all those who take on responsibility for jobs, big or small, as they help to keep our community alive. Two members of the congregation in particular deserve special mention. Kate Stapleton, our Parish Administrator, has done an amazing job under great pressure organising all the elements that combine to ensure that the church building and services operate efficiently. The weekly Enews that she sends out continued throughout the year and played a vital role in keeping people informed and engaged. Ben Driver, the Director of Music, has worked tirelessly to ensure that music remains a central part of St Peter’s spiritual life. He has provided a full report of music at St Peter’s below.

The Covid 19 disruption we had experienced in 2020 continued and measures to ensure safety including social distancing and mask wearing continued throughout most of the year. The parish events that were held followed the official guidelines and numbers attending major events were restricted. In addition, the Parish was in an interregnum from May following the retirement of Canon Tim Marwood. The farewell service held on 16[th] May was a joyous event that celebrated the immense contribution that Tim and Jane had made to the Parish and among other gifts, they were presented with a book, expertly prepared by John Asbridge, containing photographs and messages from the congregation.

We are immensely grateful to the clergy who helped us through the interregnum. Rev Elisabeth Morse became our regular priest and her work was much appreciated by the congregation. Our loyal Assistant Priest, Rev Frances Forward, conducted the third Sunday service and helped us on many other occasions including several baptisms.

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We are grateful to Rev Stuart Affleck who conducted the 8am service on the first Sunday from June until September.

Special events

An adult confirmation took place on 2nd May with 7 adults confirmed by Bishop Richard.

The annual Vancouver Commemoration took place on 9th May.

St Peter’s hosted a Konfirmation Service for the local Lutheran congregation on 26[th] June.

Area Dean Alex Barrow conducted a service on 4th July. Sadly the Parish Picnic scheduled for the same day was rained off.

The Harvest Festival was held on 3[rd] October with a large amount of produce donated to the Vineyard Centre.

All Souls service was held on 7[th] November.

Remembrance Sunday on 14th November was attended by about 100 people including local councillors and the largest turnout of Petersham and Ham Sea Scouts that the congregation can remember. John Asbridge had created a wonderful poppy mobile which hung over the central aisle.

On 5[th] December, we held the annual Messiah Concert. Even with covid restrictions, 75 people attended and £1000 was raised for the Vineyard Centre. There are more details in Ben Driver’s report below.

A Christmas service was held for the Russell School on 14[th] December with Rev Alice Pettit present. Strathmore School held its celebration on 15[th] .

The Sea Scouts had their Celebration of Scouting on 3[rd] December led by Rev Simon Coupland.

As with last year, we had to restrict numbers for our Christmas services, operating a “book-a-pew” system but attendances were up compared to 2020 and there was a wonderful atmosphere at both events. About 50 people attended the 3pm Crib Service where there was the usual children in costume and a lot of mayhem while over 100 attended the 5pm Candlelit Carol Service with beautiful carols, readings and an inspired John Asbridge poem “The Ham House Mouse”. On St. Stephen’s Day, St Richard’s hosted a joint service for all three local churches which 30 people attended including 5 from St. Peter’s.

Music at St Peter’s 2021: a report by Ben Driver

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1. Services. Live services continued in 2021, though the various strictures of lockdown meant that services were shortened and congregations did not sing hymns until August. Throughout Lent 2021, leading right up to Easter Sunday, we welcomed a succession of visiting singers and instrumental players (some had travelled a considerable distance) who had contributed to recordings over the previous twelve months, returning to St Peter’s to assist the home choir in leading the live Sunday morning worship with hymns, psalms and anthems. Further musicians were keen to volunteer their services in the following Sundays to mark special occasions such as a group Confirmation, the Vancouver ceremony, a presentation to the church architect and finally Canon Tim Marwood’s final service. Autumn 2021 saw the welcome return of congregational singing, and there were the usual services for All Souls Remembering Service and Remembrance Sunday which had been disrupted the previous year. The Petersham Consort sang at a special Choral Evensong in October, and returned for a Sequence of music for Advent on Advent Sunday. The Advent season once again gave us further songs, choral items and instrumental music performed by various home and visiting musicians, the return of the Russell and Strathmore schools for their Christmas concerts, and the ever-popular Christmas Eve Carols by Candlelight once again featured the Petersham Consort, albeit in somewhat depleted form following the unwelcome and sudden arrival of Omicron B.

1. St Peter’s YouTube channel . Links to music and service recordings were issued fortnightly in 2021 from January until May, as part of the weekly Enews emailed to the congregation. They usually contained a service of Holy Communion, a hymn and some music, enabling not only our congregation to continue to worship but provided also an opportunity for the participation of people who would not normally be able to attend St Peter’s. Music was recorded increasingly over this period at the church, rather than remotely by isolating singers and players. The recordings, which often featured short films from in and around the church building (for example one featuring an exploration of the Creation Window in the relatively new Parish Room), as well as the celebrant and performers, were viewed widely and we had some lovely feedback. After May, further new music was uploaded regularly over the summer, and since then, as we slowly returned to live performance, musical items have been published occasionally for special occasions and seasons.

Our YouTube channel, created in March 2020, currently lists 18491 views and 67 subscribers. The channel contains 235 recordings, nearly all made at St Peter’s in 2020 & 2021. 149 of these (music only) remain publicly available, and the others (mostly recorded services) are now archived. The video quality and editing of the videos we made were of a basic standard; many of the original hymn recordings were recorded by individual singers in isolation, using an organ accompaniment played at the church, then edited together in a pretty rough and ready way. 57 of the music videos have been viewed over 100 times each, and two over 1000 times (the most popular recording - with 1368 views - is of the Hymn ‘Lord of all hopefulness’. Of the top ten, six are hymns, two organ pieces and two accompanied solo songs).

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1. Concerts . Concerts attract people who may not otherwise visit St Peter’s, and can also raise substantial sums for charity. Unfortunately, because of the pandemic, and despite much planning and re-planning, in the end we again could not have any concerts in 2021, save right at the end, when the Elysian Singers returned to break the silence with their 10[th] Messiah Concert on 5th December. A successful occasion, thanks to the hard work of Brian Willman as well as Miranda Johnson (who has led the organisation and planning of the event since it started in 2011), it raised over £1000 for the Vineyard Project. Not bad for a socially distanced concert!

2. Piano . After much research and discussion, compounded in the later stages by considerable delay due to Brexit and Covid, a Roland LX706, funded by a single donor, finally arrived in March 2021. It now lives in the Parish Room and is available for concerts and services in the church – it was used several times in 2021. It is a good and flexible instrument and was a forward-thinking purchase. I am very confident that musically it fits the bill and will enhance all forms of music and worship at the church for years to come. Importantly, it will have next to no ongoing or maintenance costs.

3. Organ . There have been a couple of minor issues with pipes and tuning, but overall the instrument has stood up well over the last twelve months and continues to be regularly maintained by Harrison & Harrison.

4. Thank you. I would like to thank the many visiting singers and players who have so willingly given their time and skills to enhance the music at St Peter’s over the last two years, as well as the home choir singers who have kept things going over this particularly difficult period. With both Covid and the interregnum to deal with in 2021, such wonderful endeavours would have been nothing without the hard work and constant support of the churchwardens, ably supported by members of the congregation, and I thank them especially.

Ben Driver

The life of the church

Chris Oliver continued to give invaluable service in the post of Churchyard Secretary. Work included a tree condition survey and repairs to a stone cross. We continued to receive many positive comments throughout the year about the high quality of the maintenance of the churchyard.

Julia-Caroline Rizos led the team of Sacristans formed of Angie Willman, Miriam Klinke and two new members Paula Plaza and Janie Denham. Tom Lee acted as Chief Server carrying out the important role of preparing the communion table with Nigel Shipman also helping. Lay leadership of intercessory prayers at the Parish Communion Service continued thanks to the organising of Kate Bundock. Margaret Coldham and Angie Willman coordinated refreshments after services and Sarah Freeman took over organising the flower rota.

Jean Allsop continued her diligent work as Open Church Co-ordinator. In July, the annual briefing session for her team of visitor guides was held and they were told about the proposed exhibition pew. They voted against opening the church for the

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remaining summer because of concerns about Covid. In September as part of Petersham Open Gardens, the guides offered tours of the churchyard with a supporting historical exhibition set up in the forecourt and some 112 visitors were welcomed. In November, 19 residents of the Hickey Almshouses visited the church; their visit had been instigated by the donation made to Hickey’s at the funeral of Suszie Vignoles.

In her role as Mission Pastoral Assistant, Rachel Ferguson continued her work supporting the mission priorities of St Peter’s throughout 2021, making adaptations as the need arose. As health restrictions eased, the Thursday morning café for older members of the congregation restarted in 2021, as did “Wholly Cookery”.

Anne-Marie Lewis led online Bible study and prayer from January (when they went through the gospel of Mark) to July. Anne-Marie, aided by Harley, also organised two excellent online quizzes which boosted morale and exposed the fierce competitiveness of some congregation members.

Fiona Sandford continued in the role of Parish Safeguarding Officer. Safeguarding is a standing item at every PCC Meeting. Information leaflets and notices on safeguarding in September were made available in the Church and the Parish Room. The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016, having due regard to the House of Bishops guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

We are most grateful to Anna Kaluza, our cleaner, who continued to play a key role in the safety and cleanliness of the building.

Work with young people

Compared to previous years, our work with younger people was not at the same level but despite the difficult circumstances, there were many achievements. Our Youth Workers, Hannah Jones and Rachel Ferguson still managed to organise regular Sunday Club meetings when church restarted, assisted by Anne-Marie Lewis, Paula Plaza and Esme Medley. They used Zoom to have contact with older members of their group. In October, they initiated a Sunday Club dinner for parents, kindly hosted by the Von Schuberts. Both decided that their time at St Peter’s had come to a natural end at the close of the year, Hannah to complete her medical studies and Rachel to return to Belfast. Their final service run by the young people they have been working with was a wonderful reminder of the great work they had done and they will be missed. Katharine Von Schubert, Lisa Rees and Kate Stapleton organised an ice skating trip to Hampton Court in December which proved to be very popular. They also purchased and distributed Traidcraft fair trade chocolate Advent Calendars (at least one per family) to Sunday club members and some of their friends.

Appointment of our new vicar

A major task for the PCC this year was the appointment of a new priest following Canon Marwood’s retirement. The churchwardens took the lead on this working

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closely with the Acting Area Dean Greg Prior, the Area Dean Alex Barrow and the Archdeacon John Kiddle. The first advertisement produced two possible candidates, one of whom took another post before the interview, and the other was not appointed. This provided us with valuable experience. The second advertisement produced a bigger response and four candidates were interviewed by the panel of the Archdeacon, the Churchwardens and Kate Bundock. We were delighted when Rev Kate Daymond from St Albans accepted the offer to be our new Assistant Priest with Rev Simon Coupland from St Richard’s agreeing to become the Priest in Charge.

Deanery Synod Report

Keith Walter continued as our trusted Synod representative. The Synod met twice on Zoom in January and June and there was one face to face meeting in April. Marian Mollett was lay chair at the beginning of the year and Charles Stiller was elected to take over at the July meeting. Alex Barrow continued to provide leadership as Area Dean.

Sacred Space

Led by Katharine Von Schubert in her role as Lay Pioneer plus Rev Alice Pettit and Jenny Metherell from St Andrew’s and based in St Andrew’s Church on Sunday evenings, Sacred Space was launched in September as a new initiative with the aim of connecting ‘church’ to people who normally don’t frequent it.

Meeting monthly, Sacred Space is an hour of live music, craft, conversation, company, tea and cake – all running in parallel - based on a universal theme such as Fire, Peace or Belonging. It is intentionally informal, designed to be accessible to those in our community of any faith or none, a place to celebrate togetherness, start a conversation, and find healing, inspiration or rest in company, the music, art or text. It is always experimental and responsive to who is around and so far has including partnership with local musicians, teachers and schools. Numbers attending grew steadily. St Peter’s helped to publicise it and members of our congregation who attended found it a most rewarding experience.

The Fabric of St Peter’s Church

There has been no major work to the fabric of the church. Kate Stapleton has continued to be responsible for the church buildings and for taking action on routine matters for which we are most grateful.

Friends of St Peter’s

The Friends of St Peter’s, chaired by Felix Von Schubert, formally closed on 21st April when the charity was removed from the Central Register of Charities. £95 was left in the accounts and this had been transferred to St Peter’s at the end of 2020. The Friends had been in existence for many years and had funded many important projects including the replacement of the church roof and the redecoration of the interior of the church.

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Financial Management

A record of the financial affairs of St Peter’s and associated accounts is given in the Statement of Accounts which will be considered at the APCM. Nadia Galindo Slim, our part-time Parish Financial Administrator, continued to ably maintain our financial records in another busy year. Keith Walter continued throughout the year to record the collections and Gift Aided contributions, an important role for which many thanks are due. Richard Robinson assisted Radomir Tylecote to take over the role of Treasurer but sadly Radomir found he could not devote the attention to the role that he wanted to. We are very fortunate to have Richard Holman as the Examiner of the Accounts.

In Conclusion

Members of the congregation have pulled together and worked tirelessly to keep activity as normal as possible. Our church has shown resilience and displayed agility when responding to the many challenges 0f 2021. We have lost very few of our congregants and there are new faces. We enter 2022 in good shape with a new Priest in Charge, Rev Simon Coupland, and new Assistant Priest, Rev Kate Daymond. On behalf of the whole congregation, we would like to thank our deputy churchwarden Louise Tumchewics, the members of the PCC and all the many other members of the congregation who have volunteered to support the worship and work of St. Peter’s Church in 2021.

Brian Willman, Rob Sandford - Churchwardens on behalf of the PCC with the help of Katharine Von Schubert, Felix Von Schubert, Anne-Marie Lewis, Jean Allsop, Chris Oliver, Ben Driver, Keith Walter

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustee members of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S PETERSHAM On accounts for the year ended 31& De￿rnter 2021 Charity no lrfany) 1134117 Set out on pages 1to9 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the al)ove charrty (Ihe Parish.) for the year ended 31st December 2021. Responsibilitles and basls of report As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requiremerrts of ￿ Chariti'es Act 2011 Cthe Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Parish's accourts carried out under secaion 145 of the 2011 Act and in ￿ryIng OLrt my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sedion 145(5)(b) of the Ad. Indepondent I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have examinerfs statsment come to my attention in connection with the examination whiGh give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the acGounting rE¢ords were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Chanties AL#; or the accounts did not a(xord wth the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements con￿mIng the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities <A￿Urts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the ac¢ounts gtve a true and fairf view vthi¢h is not a matter nsidered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns arKI have come auoss no other matters in connection with the examination to whi¢h attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the wvrds in the brnckets rflhey do not appty. Signed: èg /tszL Richard Holman Relevant professlonal quallficatlon(s) or body (if any): Chartered Accountsnt Address: 11 Genoa Avenue, Putney, London SW15 6DY IER Oct 2018