St Nics Church Annual Report for 2023 APCM date 14.5.24 Charity Number.. 1134708 l. Rector's Report 'Justasyou received Chi-istjesiisas Loi'd, coiitinue to liveyour. IIVES iii hiiii, l'ooted alFdbiiilt in hiiii, strepigtheiied lil thefuith asyou were tollght. apidoverjloiving with tliankfulj1e￿. {Colossians 2.6-7}. We tan beencouraged by sentences like this wlien we read the iii the Bible. But Ét'.g another tliing to experience them in our collective life! I believe that, li) this past year, we liave been strengthened ijTr oui. faitl?, I'ootcd in Cl)i-ist, and as we revlew the year there is good reasoii to overflow witli thanklulness. We haven't ￿eCeSSarIlY all felt stroilg thei'e liave beeii considerable cliallenges In our ii)dtvid1131 lives aiid testiiig tiines iii OL]r corpoi'ate life but. as the Apostle Peter remtnds us, falth is stj'engtlieiied through Iiard5hip atid I'efliied through fli'e. We Iiavedellberately souglit to gl-ow sti-onger in faith. particularly tl)rougli two extended pi-eachiiig sei'ies on Abi'ÉEI?um the Lifeof Faith and The Apnstle's Creed, as well tt5 oul. sei'ie5 IJA the'uiidei.. represeiited'gifrs of apostle5hip. prophecy, and evangelism.wlth dSSOClated ti'aining, We had a great chui'ch weekend away with Di. john Andrews teaching us to live faitlifully Iti the space 'betweeii midnsght aiid daylight,. All our teaching has been gi'eatly eiihanced thi-ough tl)e new Delve Podcast, tl)e bi'ainchild of our Comillunicatlolls Lead, Sarah. This has Inci'eased eiigagei)iei)t with tEie preachiiig and really helped preachei'5 to be n?ore touclj with the congregation. Tl)2nkyoii, Sarah as well as Dave aiid Mike, whose diligei)t and servant-heai-ted woi-k behiiid the scenes underpins all tl)atwe do. Coiiscious tliat we can so often focus most ofour energles on the younger generations. we had two eveiits partlcularly suppoi'tii)g older people. David aiid lanie Beale5 can)e to encoiii'age us to'keep the spirltual fil'e but'ning, as we get older, and Di- Tricia Wllliain5 bi'ought sonie excellent ti'ainlng about splrituality iii deniei)tia. This year two of oui. very long-standiii¥ cliui'Lh members, Robert Douglas atid HllaRy Cai-tei., wei)t to be with the Lord. Tliis l?as riot beeii an easyyear foi. oiir city, We Iiad the sl)ocluJi8 killiiigs in the city ceiitre on 13 Eh June, and the City Coiincil, 31oiig with otlier councils aci-oss the counti'y, lias liad malor fIna￿cIAl cliallei)ges. Oui'preseiice a5 a light in tlie city centre has beenvital in offerlt)g Iiealth atid hope. It was great to be able to onte Inore offei. St Nids as a venue foi. Light Night this year, witli hlindi'eds of peoi)le remarksng on thewarinth of the welcume theyreceived. Preparations for oui- building pi'oject liave continued to progress, and £i)Rlish at St Nic's has continued to gl'ow with loo-120 students each week. Tliaiiks to a Inalor gi'aiit secui'ed by Rofugeps Worker, Ellie Wiiifield, we have been able to employ Eniily Ridyard as leader of the lai)guage school. Foi. Iiiost of the yeai., Etnily was one of oui. foul. excellent inreri)s ai)d the way she has been able to iiiove into thls staff positlon (like Esther nioviiig to be Youth Teain Leadev) deinonsti'ates the value of tlie second year of tl)e intern sclieii)e. Our clergy tean) has beei) gi'eatly ellhai)ced through Dai)Sel T501 joiiiiiig us as curate. Daiiiel ha5 taken 011 some 5i¥nificaiit areas of I'esponstbility. Ii) particulaJ-, lie oversees all our miiiisti-ies with refvgee5 and asylum seekers, and lie Is responsible for the 'welcome patliway, into tlie life of the chui'ch. We liave had two welcome courses with meals rhi5 year. In additioii, we al-e (telighted tl)at Fr311 has been able to continiie ministi'y 2t St Nic's as Associate Ministei- while also being a Priest on the airivaves. working foi. BBC Lincolnsliire. St Nic's Notrlngham, Fii)aiiclal & Trustee Report for the yeai- 2023 While Eiiiily Huggayd has been on materiiity leave, Taslia has ably ovei'seeii studeylt nlinisti'y thls yeai. alongside our woiidei'ful iiitern, Steffi. Tasha has also done a great job in ovei'seeing our lllterii pI'ogran)nie. Eixily has been ali outstaiidiiig iiiembei. of the staff team, and we will nils5 her wlsdoni and encourageiiient. lan contliiueg his extensive wi'lting and itinerant gpeaking ministry. Although his appointinent was bhoi'ter than we had hoped, we beiiefitted gi-eatly fron) Sam Mellor's time as Woi'sl)ip Miiiister, aiid it has been great to have Toni Howe51s as Production Lead. Oui. Eastei. Holidayclub is now established aiid this yeai. we had Jiingle Quest. Ai'oiind 70 chlldi'en had a great time, siippoi-ted by alarge team ofvoliiiiteei's. Thankyou, Rlch, foi. your exuberant leadershlplwe need to build up the weekly cliildren's miRÉstiyteaiii both on Sundays,at Sparklei's, and suppoi'tii)gTOTS, whlch has moved iiito the church buildingoii Thursdays.As DlQ5t people make a cominitiiientto Cliri5t before adulthood, children's and youth mknistry Is the most effective area in which we Cdn get It)volved. Thi'ough this year our St Nids Coniinuttitles have coiitinued to play a vital role in welcnnilttg. providing pastoi'al cai'e, aiid nurLurii)g people in the faith. We are indebted to Joliti and Analla Buckiey wl)o have been supporting leaders of con)niui?Ities and llostlng Meals foi. thein, while I pi'ovlde termly training evei)ii)ES. Aftei. 53 years at St Nlds. due to the Iiiassive liiftux of families Froin Hoiig Koiig, the Nottiiigl)am Chinese Christian Chui'ch lias i)ow moved venue.Tl)is ha.s been a very fvuitful partnei-ship, whichwill contiiiue witliout sliaring ali ovei-_u5ed buildiiig. We coi)tiiiue to be eni'iclied tl)i'ough people joining St Nids froin all over the world. Amoi. Y Esperanza contintses to n)ature, and our i'ecent Alpha Course operated in a number of 1311guages. As 10.45 is at capacity we iieed to tliinkabout how oui. 9am and 6.30 services can also adapt and integrate people fi'on) different ethnic backgrounds. We end tlii5 year wSth plans liaving been annouiiced foi- a new partnership between Si Nic's and the Siieinton chui-thes of St Stephen and St Clii'istophei.. Tl)is is a natural developn)ent of our histoi'ic involvemei)t with Siielnton, Urban Abbey, the YWAM team, and the graftiiig team that we seiit to St Steplien's. We can embrace tl)is new oppoi'tunity ivith coiiftdente aiid laith because we havo. seeii how God has givei) us all tlie I'esoui'ces we have needed durlngthis past yeai-,We Iiave I'eceived Jesus a5 Lord and we will ¢oi)tlnue to be rooted and built up iii liim. 5trei)gtheJied oui. faith. 2. Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting St Nlcholas, Church, Nollirvjham Tuesday 25th April 2023 al 7.30pm Chair.. Steve Sifvesler 1. Welcomg Tlie Rectoi. welconied everyoiie to the nieetit)& followiiig a tinie of socialislng over desserts aiid watching a video reviewing the year at St Nic's. St Nlc's Nottingham, Finaiicial & Trustee Report fr)r the year 2023 There wei-e 82 people pi'esent. Frances Finn led 8 time of sung worship prayer. 2. Mlnules Minutes of tlie last APCM Iield on 10th May 2022 were approved and signed by tlie Rector, witli iio I'eque5ts for aniendillents, These had been agreed as acciii'ate at the PCC away day 011 21st May 2022. 3. Electoral Roll update Sai'ah McCraEken repoi'ted that the electoral roll stands at 224 people compai'ed wfith 257 at APCM last year. The I'eason for the drop in numbers was a niajoi. Update of ilanies on Cliuiihsuite, when 48 people wei'e ren)oved. 15 people have beeii added to Electoral I'oll this montli. Sai'ah reminded tlie nieeting thata iiewelectoral roll would need to be created for the APCM in 2024 and everyone would have to re855tei- afresh. 4. Electlons a) Electlon of Churchwardgns The Rectoi. tliai)ked Juliet Wriglit, wlio is staiidlng dowi). foi. her 12 years of sei'vlce as a cliurch wardei) (2 sets of 6 year5 Wlth a 2.year8ap In between) dui-itig wliich tiine she has been a tower of strengtli. Allsaii fietcliei. was also thanked foi- ller sej'vice as cl?Iii'cli wardeit over tlie last year and for Iiei- willingiiess to contiiiue. Tlie Rector presented theni both witl) flowers. Wlll lanies has been iiominated to staiid as a new cliiirch wal'den by Alison Fletcl)ei-, seconded by David Hepworth. Tl)e Rector explalned that Will has beei) a nieinber of St Nl£s foi. 10 years dut'iiig wliich tiine lie lias gt'own as a Clii'istian leadei. and is highly I'espected aci'oss all tl)e coitgi'egations. Alison fletcher was nomiiiated by lohai)nes Sprei)gei' aiid seconded by Fatemeh Mansoui'i Both were elected ui)aniittously. b) Approval of stèwards and dutyward8n¥ A list of all the duty wardens was showi) oil screen aiid appi'oved by a sliow of l)and5. john aiid Wendy Sayej-s Hugh ai?d Di Mccliiitock Maytyn and Pi-iscilla PaFadi5e Vanessa Owen lei'ome and Adline Daniels Max and £ai'ol Kay Sue and Peter Ellis Dave Wakefield 41Pdge St Nic's NottlTrgham, Finaiiclal & Ti'ustee Repoi't for the year 2023 Rachel Brouglitoii Julie Bignell Sani aiid Abi Rlley ¢) Electlon of Deanerysynod representatives This ye31- is the end of the Deanery Synod trleni)ium. so all i'epresentatives have to be re-elected. Trevoi. Peel will staiid agaiii for I'e-electloti. He is now Deaneiy ti'easui'er. Petei- Bates is standiiig doivn and was thanked by the Rectoi. foi. his wisdoin ovei. 6 years on PCC mattel's and within the deaneiy. Tsemaye Agboglioroma is also standing down and Marsha Farinei. reslgned whei) she becan)e an 0]￿*1]and. lill10iies, Pauline Walkei. and Graliam Bowpltt have been noininated foj. the vacancies. Nomlnee Proposer Hugh McClintOGk Karen Pheasant Seconder Trevor Peel Peter Bates Jill Jones Alison Fletcher Pauline Walker Margaret Bales Priscilla Paradise Fi¢)na Ci)oper Karen Pheasant Graham Bowpitt No elEttion was needed, and these 4 people will i'epi'eseiit St Nicholas foi- 3 years. These people will hold ex offi¢lo office on PCC. The Rectoi. explained thathewas pleasedthattliere was the correct number of nomlnations because he prefei's not to1I3ve an electlon. d) Electloii of ineinbers to the Pa1￿Cl)Eal Chuirh Couiicll (4 for three years) The Rectoi. tliailked Sarali Mccracken and Fatenieh Mansoui'i for theii'service oil PCC s5nce 2017 and 2019 respectively. There are 4 vacancies.. Pi-i5cilla Paradise and Lisa Chamberlaiii al-e standing for re-election. They have botli served fiji. l year Dagobei-to Ii. Rodriguez and Adriana Cifuente5 are standii)g foi. the first time. All were elected for 3 years without the iieed foi. a vote. The Rectoi. expi-essed his deliglit that two Inetnhei's of Amoi. y Espei-anza wll be serving on the PCC siiice th5s provides aiiother exan)ple of how the Spaiiisli spealang cungj'egation 15 now fully Iiitegrated into tlie chui'ch. Noniinee Proposei. Secoiider Lisa Chamberlain Will lanies Gei'ald Cook Sai'ah Mccl-acke Prlscilla P21'adise Penceta Stoi)e Dagoberto Ir Rodi'iguez Adriana Lifuentes Yai)cy Holden David Hepwoi'tl) Esthei-Townsend Rich Wood 5. Audltedaceountsofthe Parochlal chui'ch Collncll and the Treasurei s Repoi't forthe St Nids Nottiiigham, Flnaiiclal & Ti'ustee Repoi't For the yeai- 2023 year ended 31 December 2022 (see the Aiii)ual Report) Ti'evoi. Peel pi'eseiited the 2022 occounts by refÈri-illg to tlie audlted accounts already avaÈlable to vi&w In tlie Aniiu31 T'ÈPOI'ts for 2022 and thanked God foi- l)is fiiiandal pi'ovislon for the work of St Nics. He explaii)ed that loss of giving by those who left in tliui'ch gi'afts had ali inipact on the chui'cli rInances and I'epi'esei)ted IO% of total giving. Tl)ei'e was a 5urpliis oF£4000 iii 2022 but ui)fortuiiately it had riot been posslble to iiiove any money into I'eserve5. All capital projects tTrioi)ey lias beei) nioved into tlie fund ftsr the buildiRg pi'oject at 79MMW. Tlie PCC lias unusually, but by necessity, set a deficit budget. The ti'easurei. invÉted qLiestions on the accounts. A question was asked about the reason the expenditiire oil te2cI)iiig and pastoral had doubled tllis year. This was because olgre41tei' activity with tlie 5pai)ish communlty and wni-k with i'efugees. A furthei. qiiestion was asked 2bout whetlier rlie parish s112t'e would be reduced to take accoiint of tlie105s of incoiiie caused by the grafts. Only 90% of par￿sh shal'e has been iticlLlde(l in the budget because tl)e reduction ii) pai'ish shal'e allocatioii did ilot take iiito tlie account the effect of the loss of iiiconie fron) people leavii)g iii the graft5. It is howevei. tlie iijtention of the PCC to pay the I'equested parlsh share in full if possible. The Rectoi. felt tliat rlie diocese encourages church graftlng so needs to be aware of tlie implication5 for the liost chui-cl)es. The aecouiits had been appi-oved by the PCC. Alisoii Fletclier proposed tl)at the APCM accepted the accounts, secoiided by Peter Ellis, This was approved unailimo￿sly. Steve thanked Ti'evoy Peel and all those who are involved in pi'epai'ation of the accounts, in£luding Mike Kli'k and Dave Hepwoi'th 6. Appolntment of Indepondent Examlnerfor2024 Chris Nurden completed tlie inspection this year and he is willlng to do so next ye3r. Tjie pi'opos21 that Chris Nui'den be appolnted as indepeiideiit exaniii)ei' for 202 4 was proposed by Trevor Peel ai)d seconded by Sin£laii' Payne, amd uiianinioiisly approved. If the churcl) I'aises Inoi'e thali £ln) ovei. the i)extyear. aij audltoi. will be requlred rathei. thali an exaiiiliiei.. By careful schedulii)g of donations foi. 79MMW pi'olect. It is likely tliat ai) Indepeiideiit examii)er will be able to it].spect tlie account5 next year. 7. Report on fabric* goods and ornaments of the church (see Annual Report) Tlie cliui'ch wardens reported tl)at the inventory is in good order. Allsoii thai)ked God tliat tl)e building 15 well used and in a safe lllanner ihrougliout each day of the week. Slie 21s0 tlianked the duty wardens foi. eTrsui'ing that the church Is ordei'ed and ready for woi'shii) each Sunday, as well as all the volunteei's 01) various rotas. The quiiiquennial I'epoi't has beei) completed and It revealed that essentlal work is needed on the tower. Juliet reported that one of the Silver chalices needs to be repali'ed. juliet then introduced a vldeo that Fi'ances FiRn had put together to mark 2nd celebrate Steve ai)d lane's 15 yeai's of minlstry at St Nles. It featured Itiembers olthe congi'egations expi-esslng their 61Pdge St NÉC'S Nottiiigham, Fiiiaiiclal & Trustee Report for the year 2023 gratitude. luliet then pi'esented lane with flowers and goodies witli tl)e proinise of a nionetary pi'e5ent to follow. This was an en)otlonal tinie foi- Steve and lane. He expressed tliai he felt the pi'esei)ttiine was the In05t exciting and fruitful timeof their iiiinistryand thatit was a privllege to be leading this wonderful chuirh. 8. Report on the proceedFngs of the PCC (see Annual Report) Tlie Rectoi. explaiiied that the annual I'eport oil tlie proceedings of the PCC gave an insigl)t into mattel's dealt witl) by PCC ai)d iiiwted questioiis. 9. Report on the proceedings of Deanery Synod (see Annual Report) The Rector asked if there were questions on deanery synod report. 10. Rectof s remarks Frances Finii (curate} asked stsff iiieinbersand some IninisLry le3dei's to give thei?. Iiighllglits for the last yeai. whlch iiicluded conti'ibutions fi-oin Rich Wood (Children and F3m51ies mii)ister), Mai'slia Fai'll)ei' [ordinaiidand Faitli Lounge leaderj. Sarali Mccyackeii (about Rachel Bussell's iiivestn)ent ii) the ii)uslc worsl)ip teanis), Emily Huggard (student niinister), Estl)er Townsend (Youth leader iiicluding ininistry at Bluecoal sixth form ), lo and Mick Raiiibow (leaders of language school English for Life) ai)d Tasl)a Gei)ck Morton [turatel. Fi'ai)ces Finn tlien asked people oil each table to dlscuss togethei. how the 4 values ()f St N5c's are beiiig lived our. The 4 values Jre Love God. Make Disciples, Seek God's lungdoii) and Heal the City. Examples for each value were shared fi'om the tables. The Rectoi. thei) read out Iiis Annual Reportas provided in tlie Annual Repoi-t. This was followed by a Question-8nd-Answer sesslon. Earlier in the evening, evei'yoi)e pi-eseiit was Invited to submit questions using tlie Slido app. Quebtioiis appeal'ed in ol-der of tlie fi'equenty with whicli they wei-e asked. These were handed to the Rector on an iPad for hiin to choose i'elevant qiiestlOn5 Questloi)s ai)swered included: What are you most excited about in the futui-e foi- St Nscs? What are the needs of people tliat the chui-cl) cai) iiieet? What cali coniiiiunity of the church do to belter suppoi't the staff tean)7 The Rector asked lonatliaii Etheridge for ali update on the fii)ances for the 79MMW bulldli)g pi'oject. Tlie knioui)t i-aised al the receiit gift day was £611,000 (iiicludiiig Gift Ald reclaim). Petei-Bates [¢liali' of World Mlssion Committee) expressed his excitellient at the posslbllity of 4 aiew I'equests foi. suppoi't foi. Ii)tei'iiational sel.v1￿, believing that God is calling people froni tliis coininunity into i'isk aiid adventui'e. The Rector thanked lan Paul for h5$ support as Associate mTnistei'. 11. Closlng Prayer The meeting concluded wlth woi'ship and prayer. St Nic's Nottliigham, Fiiiai)cis1 & Ti'ustee Report for the year 2023 Approved by Date 3. FINANCIAL REVIEW T])e Statement of Fiiiaiicial Activitles (SOFA) for the year ended 31 December 2023 shows a net loss before traiisfers oil the Uiire5ti'icted General Fuiid of £61,011 This figure Is after depi'eciativn of oiii. asset5 an)ouiitiiig to £58,996.This is an accouiiting adjustnient weare requii'ed to niake but does not i'epresei)t any cash paynient. The PCC blidgets for aiid manages tlie net Stkrplus or deficit pi'ior to depreciatioii chai-ges, whicl? was thei-efore a net deficit of £2,015. 2023 was a difficult year financially as we felt the first full year's impact of tlie church plants in 2022. In thls context the PCC are thaiikful foi. the gener051ty of chui'ch members which has allowed the chui'ch's nilnistry to contiiiue and new meinbei's ofstaff to be employed. In Ol-der to build oui. i'eserve5 for future expenditure, we would Iiormally translei. fiinds to the Fabric Fund and to the Swanwick fund. Howevei., due to the lack offtinds this ivas defeTI'ed by the PCC in 2023, although an allocatioii of up to £12.000 was made in 2024 for Swanwick. OUJ. baiik deposit accouiits 2nd tlie casli ai)d cui-rent bank balances on 31 Decembei. 2023 amounted to £1.492,820. Of this £1,389,811 relates to fvi?ds resti'icted to building or other projects, leaving £113,009 011 uiiresti'icted fvnds. Tl)e suiiin)aiy in Sectlon 13 sliows how expenditui'e ha5 taken place in supporting our objectives. FINANCIAL RESERVES,. The PCC has agi'eed that we need to retain the equivalent of three montlis expenditure in unresti'icted I'eadily available I'eserves in order to ikneet any unexpected liabilities that inay arise. Based on the accounts for 2023 excludlng depi'eciatioii this would amount to £93,154. On 3 1 Deceinber 2023 iiet cui'rent assets on uni'estricted funds amounted to £143,407, includiiig £29,192 of outstandlng tax i'ecoveyable on glft aid donatlons. The policy of tl)e PCC In respect of reserves Is tliat casl) i-esoui'ces sl)ould be such tliat all restricted and designated tuiids are available casl) oi. deposirs, together with the equivalent to 3 montlis of expendlture Sn uni'esti'icted fvnds. This takes Iiito tccount that iii emei'gencie5 the PCC have assets against whlcli borrowing5 could be secured pending an appeal to the coi)gregation tor funds to support the cliurch's mlssion, It is ￿rther t'ecognlsed tl)at wl)Ile the 8IPage St Nids Nottliigliatn, Fiiiancial & Trustee Report for the yeai. 2023 payillei)t of Parish Share i'eiiiains a pi'ioi'ity, in an emergency payn)eiit could be deferred ii) Collsultation with tlie dloeese. In addltloii to the uiirestricted ge]3eral I'esei'ves, tlie PCC has designated soiiie fuiids to a fabi'ic reserve. On 31 December 2023 tlii5 ainounted 10 £45,215 aftei- a further £942 was spent on recovei'ing tlie chairs that al'e used in Churcl). ITI vlew of tlie age of tlie buildii)g h'oni wl)icli tlie chui'ch opei-ates, repali's cali be costly, In partficular cyclical repaS1's svch as i-edecoi'ation that arise froni tiine to tlnie. The PCC try to allocate an anioui)t to tlils fund each year to accumulate a reserve to avoid tlie need for additional fithdr3ising at tl)e time repairs al'e requii-ed. Resti'icted filiids held i￿present monies received for specific purposes pi'escribed by tlie doiior oi. collectioiis takeii for specific purposes of which the doiior wag aware at the tiine they made their gift whlch have not yetbeen paid over to the ultimate benefici?ry, The illost significant restrlcted ￿lld Is the fuiid foi. the developinent of the building on 79 Mald Mal'ian Way. The balance at 31 Deceinber 2023 amounted to £1,383,734. 'rhe PCC al'e grateful for tl)e generous and sacrificial response to the gift day In Mai'cli 2023. A total of £520,031 was recelved in 2023 including gift ald tax reclalined and ii)tei'est on tl)e funds lield. A further £73,000 has been recelved in 2024 up to the date of tl)is I'epoi't. Tl)e teain is cui-rei)Ily working on applicatlons for gi'aiit ald froTn vai'ious bodies and is pi'epariiig documentatioii I'eady for the tendei'iiig process to enable all accurate assessmei)t of total project cost. Signed 01) behalf of tlie PCC. (Cliui'cli Wardeii) 18th Marth 2024 St Nic's Nottingham, Fiiianclal & Trustee Report foi. the year 2023 4. INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT | Seclion A Iiidepeiideiit Examinei"s Report Report to the trustees The Parochial Church Council of the Eccleslaslical Parish of Sl Nicholas,, Nollingham On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 Charity no 1134708 Set out on pages 9-19 I report lo the Iruslees on my examination of Ihe accounts of the above charity ("Ihe Trust") for the year ended 31 December 2023. Responslbilitles and basls of report As the charity's Iruslees, you are responsible for Ihe preparalion of the accounts in accordance with Ihe requiremenls of the Charities Act 2011 ("Ihe Act'i. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried oul under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in c8rrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under se¢lion 145(5llb) of Ihe Act. Independent The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am examiner's qualified to undertake the examination by being a quallfied statement member of The Inslitule of Chartered Accounlanls in England and Wales. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material mallers have come lo my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that In. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of Ihe Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or 101 Page io St Nic's Nottii)ghan), Financial & Trustee Report for the year 2023 the accounls did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requSremenl that the actounls give a 'lru8 and fair, vlew which is not a matter consldered as part of an Independent examinalion. I have nD concerns and have come across no other mallers in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date: 18 March 2024 Slgned: Name.. Chris Nurd8n Relevant professional quallfication(sl or body Institute of Chartered Accounlanls in England and Wales Addre89: 26 The Parks, Minehead Somerset TA24 8BT 5. ACCOUNTING POLICIES & DISCLOSURES BASIS OF PREPARATION Tliese accounts have beeii pi'epared uiider the l)istorical cost coiiveiitioi) with Items recogi)ised at cost oi. traiisaction value ujilesg otherwise stated li) tlie I'elpvaiit note to tliese accouiits. The accounts have been prepai'ed in accordance witl) the Statenieiit oFRecommended Practice.. Accountiiig aiid Repoi'ting by Chai'ities pi'epai'iiig tl)eli' a£coui)ts in accordance with the Flnancial Reporting Standai'd applicable iii the UK & Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) i55ued on 16 july 2014 and with the Financial Repoi'tlng applicable in tl)e United Kiiigdom and Republic of Ireland [FRS 102) and with the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accountli)g Regulat10115 2006. Going Concei'n: The accoui)ts have been pi-epared undei. the basls olthe chai'ity belng an ongoliig concern. FUNDS The Uni'esti'icted Geiiei'al Fund is av3ilable foi. use at the disci'etion oFtIEe PCC to fui'ther the genei'al objectives of the church. Designated Fuiids are unrestricted Funds set aside by tl)e PCC for Specific futurepui'poses oi. pi'ojects. Resti'icted Fuiidsare fvi)dstliatcan only be used for pai'ticulai'puT'poses li IIIPage St Nic's Nottingham. Financlal & Trustee Report for the year 2023 within the objects of the cl)ui-ch. Tlie aim and use of each fund is set out in the llotes to tlle Finai)cial Statements. INCOME Donated income wlthout conditlOTiS attached, including that glfted undei. Gift Aid, is taken Inro account when received by tlie Charity. Incoine T2x I'ecoverable on Rift 2id accounts Is t'ecogiiised when tlie gift aid Incoine is i-eceived. Any amount ol rax Jiotyet clkinied froin HM Revenue & Custoins is shown within tl)e Debtoi's Ilst. Funds 2'aised foi. events are accounted for gi'os5. Incoine Ii-oin bulldiiig hli'e is I'ecognised when rental is due. EXPENDITURE Expendlture is incliided on 3n accruals basis and is recognised when thei'e is a legal or constrLlCtiv obligatinn. All costs liave beeii dii'ectly attj'ihutable to one of the headings iised in tlie SOFA. The church is not I'egistei'ed foi. VAT and accordingly expendtture is shown gross of VA T. Expeiiditure that is directly attributable to meetlr]g charitable objectives is included In costs of activities In furtlieratice of tlie cliarity's objects. CAPITALISATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS Undei. tlie i)rovisioiis ofFRS 15, laiid and buildings al'e valued at historical t05t and 110 depi'eciatlon is charged agaiiist tliem. BEiildings are maiiitained to sucli a standai'd tliat theii. estimated residual value is not les5 tlian their i)et book valiie ar ally giveii time. Costs tncuri'ed in keepiiig buildings in a rit and usefiil £onditioii are wi'itten off as incurred. Consecrated and bei)efice property Is excluded fro1￿ tlie accouiits by iios. 10 [2), (33, (4) of the Chai-lties Act 2011. Eiihanceineiits of bullditigs pald foi- by the PCC such as thtr Ch￿l.ch re-ordpringcari.led out dui'iiig 2011 are capitaSised and writteii off ovei. 2 pei'iod g)f20 ye2rs. FIXED ASSETS Fixed Assets have been capita115ed at C05t and tlie depi-eciation is calculated so as to M'ite off tlie cost of the fixed asset on the followiiig basis., Buildi21g Enhan￿n1entS 50/0 Fixtures and Fittii)gs 100 Other F,quipnient 25% Computers CURRENT ASSETS Amounts owing to tlie PCC 011 3 1 Deceniber iii respect of fees, reiits or othei. income al'e sliown a5 debtoi-s less provisioi) foi. amounts that n13y pi'ove un-collectable. Sl)ort-ter1￿ deposits ITiclude cash held on deposit eithei. with the Central Boai-d of Finance, tlie Epworth Investinei)t Fund 01- Bank. PENSION POLICY PeRsioi) conti'ibLktlons xre pald to the Pensioi) Bllildei. Classic section of tl)e Cliurcli Woi'kei's Peiision Fuiid, a defincd beiiefit sclieme, based oil the level of contrlbiitions paid behalf of each en)ployee. Fiirtl)ei' details of the pension fund are contained in the notes to the accoiints. Conti'ibutions are recogiiised as resource5 expended at the time the salary cost to which they relate is incurred. 3.3% GRANTS AND MISSIONARY SUPPORT Graiits for tlie suppot'l uf inission partners 3fE accounted foi. oh the basis of support agreed by the PCC tliat relates to tlie finaiicial year. Tlie chui'cli siippoits varlous missioii partiiers and or¥anisatloi)s.Where a particu13rinissioii partiierhas beei) supported by the church foi. a numbei. of years, strÉct compliaiice witl) rhe CharStles' Statemeiit of Recommeiided Pra¢tice {SORP) may regard sonie arraiigements as coiistitutlng c0115tructive obllgatlons sucli that futlire years, support is 121 PagL' 12 St Nic's Nottingham, filiancial & TrLlStee Report for the year 2023 accounted for in these accounts a5 a Ilability.Whilst the suppoit has ilo final eiid date, the PCC asses5 mission partner fundlng on ali annual basis and are confident that the miss%on partners would not view their 5UPPOI't as am open-ended obligatioi) on the part of the church. OPERATING LEASES Rentals applicable to operatii)g leases where subsiantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership reniaiii wlth the lessor al'e cliarged agalnst pj'ofits on a straiglit-line basis over the pei-iod of the lease. 6. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ornÈnt of FlnDnGlal A¢ll¥ll6es Y*br eTrd&d 31 Decambti 2023 2021 2022 Ge￿Or91 tsèDeTal Do$l9fft31ed FuThds Rtsirl¢t*d Ivtol F￿Tr Total Imcome & from DonBtlons & le¥a¢5è 33Y,104 B6,2EO 819.370 609,120 ¥,24S 57,575 86,280 81664 8,250 1.642 45.562 SS,174 3711,598 i.e42 589.421 9$1,e64 771859 ExpoDd ture ott ChArltAbl• AG*lvliles Wl*f•T Church I PJrlsh Sh•r• It7.¥34 117.834 fj22.942 95,27 942 64,2IA ieo,430 1n,982 Youth & Ch J6,579 147,7B8 121,092 MIMloD & oulveiGh UK 22.424 404 22,828 Y,969 Ml8&10Tr & otslrtttch 32,Otts 4,457 37,350 J4.S67 EvaTrgil1i1fi & Outrbèeh 13,502 61378 50,3 Tolal eXPEThdiiwrè 431,61 942 119,156 551,708 S58.234 Nel In¢oMellexp¢￿rtIIYfèTr 7th) 471J,267 221,62S TranBhT* to V*slun•tedlRestil¢¥¢d Transf•rs frtsm Dèilgnated I Nèf MOV&r￿nt In lU￿d 7QO 470,267 4Qg.956 221,625 R¢¢(*h¢lllallan of Fwnés Tolal Funds bvouohl foTwKd 562.856 S4,51S 947,822 ,664.99J 1,413,368 Tolal FU￿￿8 Ga*iled lorw4Fd 601.B45 55,215 1,471.609 2,074.9d9 1,6t4,193 13 131Page St Nic's Nottin8ham, Financlal & Ti'ustee Repoi't for the year 2023 7. BALANCE SHEET AND STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 141Page 14 St Nld5 Nottingham, Finaiicial & Trustee Report for the yeai. 2023 Balance Sheet T•rfl¥¢MxedAS*ts CuriEf*t•¥ets Debltys P¥¢pè>ryhÈnl Dt4osltA¢¢ty 7M13 92195> 1.616.556 CuNontlJ*I1￿*5 ,IX975 074.49 L864,995 EOI.845 55.2fS L417Mg 0?4.949 662A56 51.515 91?.622 IM4.993 AeSiht￿&FV￿s pia¥ÈdbythE£hy[)7.28D 1,081704 ?IIA24 c•4*al￿¢•5heq￿I¥k￿ntsIt*hC￿néUIIh•y*lr IA92.820 8.NOTES TO THEACCOUNTS 15 151Page St Nic's Nottinghani, Fin3iicial & Trustee Report for the yeai. 2023 Notes to the Financial Statements 2Q23 0*5*nated 2023 Restrk l Oonalhni Glli irKomeT•xvecg¥*rgble Olhe¢pl￿ned Bivi 230.Zfj4 57,13 35,929 247.Q85 6LIS9 37.925 477,349 118.907 ?1, 4,185 147.075 819.370 as&562 89,381 201.766 7￿11 13,506 659.126 SundryOono1i¢ns 9,59f> 333,Jly 137,479 486.26S 19.260 2,940 45 19,160 2.940 2,498 62.122 86,820 7,6?0 4,975 14,9Q4 Grlnts iet*Yod 2,453 55,122 57,575 29.245 99,664 a I￿Or￿& Ir•mlTrvts¥mertt$ eank Ins¢ie5t 8,250 8,250 L542 1,642 ¢S.582 45,582 55.474 55,474 11,069 11.069 ChaiiiableA(tNllle5 urOcnaknoL4rÈ(I 112.SC¥) 13,749 151 w￿£1 ChuichlParish Share Tèa¢hin8 & pastoral Ytsjlh & ChSklron Ml&slon& Qulieach MiSSF￿ & outreath OYeiSE+5 £v•nipllsm &5odèlConeer SvpwrtC•Jts 5,434 BL525 108.fj97 20117￿¥ 117.934 95,274 122,94 85,585 104.256 2.902 29%42 SO,362 415.889 22.424 32,893 51.87G 431.610 19.30S 5,420 25,408 13,588 40.762 271.747 S.694 124.455 Thpreweienolela￿0 party tf8n5Xtlons 161Page 16 St Nic's Nottingham, Fiiianclal & Trustee Report for tlie year 2023 SSupportC0515 15% IV96 55.324 2a748 11&.32 L45 513 4A24 3S i.*BO $414 94$ 720 591 1950 iJ.588 Dty¢edblloTh 17,699 23.$97 ID&697 &85 40.7 6 St•lnniC•51s 2013 u￿•]*￿t¢0 48.131 61.7 54352 6L7 2L.955 6*S45 2V48 p0stor￿£xP￿￿J MiswI&OutrthxhLFA 570 2.4* 17.N9 11305 5.410 Ev1w￿￿&S06llt4re &410 E¥pnSE TraD51ys 44.$15 Jffj4l 94.515 L54l 17 171Page St Nlc's Nottiiigham, Financial & Trustee Report for the year 2023 CpEnh 301 3,057 Lyg l.740 i.sjo IQS 1.311TJ4 I￿ljI￿Vy￿1 .%5 Q59J ITO >91 V24 *èfUxJJ.5Eg 119.156 J.403.856 947A2 5&9A13 iU156 t¥r Lwr re 14m) Jioja A¥•lAbhF¥ Sfts ¢¢$kn>￿5 Fvr ltOY5eTf￿￿ 10¢6 >.810 3*912 I6.￿s 1.2)0 I,Q50 OIF iQ7D¢ 11¥58 YO￿hr¢I￿le1deI Y6.2S0 15.1 21Q6S3 4316 418.289 119.935 917ffiZZ 181P3ge 18 St Nlc's Nottingliam, Flnai)ctal & Trustee Report for the year 2023 111 F￿e￿A￿¢t$19rv￿ebVt￿pC¢ ¢UnB5 IOISL6 107,934 874,953 IP87,41J Ad￿41￿￿* C05tat31sIDe¢eM￿￿ 2073 1¢7.934 10%365 874. 08&252 Pepieciatkin C￿1¥ea1 istho tpr0da1￿TrChlryel0rv0at Attuniulared 178.6631 {47a13EI 1556,7951 146WI 158.9961 Ne1Bookvè￿¢3l D*¢Èmbpr2Q23 Neiftvgk￿￿t3l DeiefflbÈr2021 )07,*34 107.934 L4,550 25,8$3 349.987 396,831 472,471 5aO,618 13 An•tysisofNptAsl•tsbyFuDd Vrttèslikted DèJ4N 458A3B 155,225 rot•l 472A71 1.616,596 F￿Alle¥s1Or￿yrthu$e CuwentAsse 14,033 1.40S,IS6 FUndBil￿¢ 601m5 55,215 IAY7,B89 lQ74.949 12 sundryDebl*l GthAldT 29,192 6t,27S J*5 10,215 25.139 2?.57S Banklnleitsito310eiernb4r Stalf(Osisduel￿￿fu￿ 2th1dL￿1hI1* i* pMp•yrnonts IAs¥rance-C¥ntre 93 230 443 Copier 159 234 667 5,409 is8 7,594 14 ￿t￿dry(rqd￿OlS 4,022 778 fj,335 675 2.119 Cleanln$& 79AiIl4MattsnWayconsuknnls Sundry s￿¥k￿le¢s P?yro11 yoi 219 6.768 17,166 12,918 15 A¢(N•15 1,200 tommltmtntsvndeiopera￿n1lÈ￿5frs At3l0E£em￿rl0151￿e PCChas*malDkns¢omm*rnent$uftoprnoMon(ek•bkn+￿rl￿I1￿￿50%ItlO￿1 beh)w'. Opera11￿*1￿5¥5￿We(ember2424 851 1,61 9. Church Worliers Pension Fund (CWPF) 19 191Page St Nic's Nottinghaill, FiiiancSal & Trustee Report For the year 2023 DECEMBER 2023 YEAR END The Parochaal Churcli Counal of St Nlcholas. {Nottingham J participates in the Pension Buildei. Schettie sectioii of CWPF foi. lay staff. CWPF is administered by the Chui'ch of Ei)gliiRd Penstons Boai'd, which liolds the CWPF assets separately from those of the Employer and otlFer participating eniployers. CWPF has two sectlons.. the Defjiied Benefits Scheme the Pension Builder Scheine, wlilch has two subsectioiis,. a deferred annuity section luiown as Pension Builder Classic, and, a Lasli balance sectioii knowii as Pensiot] Buildei. 2014. Pension Bulldei. Scheine Both sectioi)s of the Peiision Buildei. Scheme al'e classed as defined beiiefit scliet))es. Penslon Bullder Classic pi'oyides a pension, acciiniulated froni conti'lbutions paid and canverted inro a defei'red anlluitydurliig employment based on term5 set and I'eviewed by tlie Chui'cl) of England Pensioi)s Board fron) tinie to tinie. DF.scretioiiai'y iiici'eases niayalso be added. depending on investmeiit returns aiid otlier factors. Peiislon Buildei'2014 is a cash balance sclieme tllar pi'ovides a lun)p sum which nien)beYs use fo provide benefits at I'etit'pineiit. Pei)sion conti'ibutions are reeorded in an account foi. each nien)ber. Discretionai'y boiiuses Inay beadded before I'etirÈiiient, dependingon investment I'eturns and other factoi-s. The accounti plus any bonuses declared is payable, unreduced, fvom age 65. There ts no siib-divislon of assetsbetweeh employeJ-5 in each section of tlie Pension Biiilder Sclieme. Tlie scheTne is considered to be a multi-employer scheme asdescrlbed Secti021 28 of FRS 102. This is because It is not po£slble to atti'lbute the Pensioii Builder Scheine's assets aiid liabilitie5 to speciflc employei'5 and nieaiis that contribution5 al-e accuujited for as if tlie ScheTrie were a dcfiiied coi)tribution scheme. The pensioi)s Costs chai'ged ¢0 the SOFA iii the yE21' are the coiitrlbvtions payable {2023: £17,058, 2022.. £15,524). A valuation of the Penslon Buildei. Schenie is cari'ied out once every tliree years. TEie niost recent valuation was cai'ried o￿t as at 3 1 Decembei. 2022. Tlie next valuation is due as at 31 Decembei. 2025. For tlie Peiislon Biiildei- Classic sectioii. tl)e valuatFon revealed a siii'plus of £35in on the ongoii)g assuinpti011s used. At the I￿oSt recent ai)nual review effective I January 2024, the Board chose to granta discretionai'ybonus of 6.746 to both pensions not yet in paymentand pensions in payment i respett of Service prior to April 1997.- ai)d a botr)us on pensi0115 in pay]Iient in I'espect of post Api-il 2006 servlce so that the pension inci'ease was 5% (where usually it would be calculated based on inflat5011 up to 2.50h). This followed iinprovenients iii tlie fundlng p05Etioii over 2023. Thei'e is no i'equiremeiit for deficit payn?eiits at the cui'rei)t time. The legal 5trLlCture of the s£lieme is such that If ai)other employei. falls, St Nicholas (Nottingham) could become responsible for paying a shal'e of tlie failed eniployer'5 peiisioi) Ilabilitles. 10. 2023 ACCOUNTS IN SUMMARY 20IPage 20 St Nlc's Nottiiigham. Financial & Tr'ustee Repoi't for the year 2023 2023ActountslnSummary 32S si JJTx4 i) J?J*) a15 515 J5 9$7 Icfj J7 ?)bJ 5¢a