Parish Church of St Thomas ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ## Contents Administrative Information_______________________________________________________1 Parochial Church Council______________________________________________________________1 Structure, Governance and Management______________________________________________2 Objectives and Activities______________________________________________________________2 Public Benefit_________________________________________________________________________2 Achievements and Performance_______________________________________________________2 Vicar’s Report____________________________________________________________________3 Churchwarden’s Report__________________________________________________________4 Fabric Report_____________________________________________________________________5 Safeguarding Report_____________________________________________________________6 Deanery Synod Report___________________________________________________________7 PCC Activity Report______________________________________________________________7 Treasurer’s Report________________________________________________________________8 Annual Accounts_________________________________________________________________9 ## Administrative Information The church of St Thomas is situated in Stourbridge, West Midlands. It is part of the Diocese of Worcester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: St. Thomas’ Church Office St. Thomas’ Church Hall Market Street Stourbridge West Midlands DY8 1AG ## Parochial Church Council The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a registered charity. The Charity Number is 1134825. PCC members who served from 25th October 2020 to 23rd May 2021 were: Ex officio Members **Vicar and Chair** Reverend Andrew Sillis **Assistant Curate** Reverend Adam Hadley **Churchwardens** Val Charles, Jess Warburton **Deanery Synod Members** Andrew Harding, Wendy Hemming, Gary Leek Elected Members Jannette Griffiths Kathryn Harding Wendy Hemming Kathy Knight (Treasurer) Gary Leek (Lay Vice-Chair) Susan Marks Janet Taylor Esky Wood (Secretary) Alistair Greeves Joy Baylis Jo Bond (Safeguarding) Independent Examiner to the PCC, David Hawkins Page 1 The Church of St Thomas Stourbridge Annual Report of The Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31st December 2020 ## Structure, Governance and Management The method of appointment of PCC members 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 St. Thomas’ PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for St Thomas’ Church Hall. ## Public Benefit The public benefit is served by enabling as many people as possible to worship at St Thomas’ and to become part of our parish community. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. When planning its charitable activities for the year, the PCC has considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. ## Achievements and Performance ## Church attendance The average total attendance at Sunday worship during the year was 48 adults and 2 children (under 16). ## Electoral roll 3 people have left the Electoral Roll and 0 have joined between October 2020 and May 2021. Total number of people on the roll stands at 82. Page 2 ## Vicar’s Report ## Dear Friends, What a year it has been! Only the very oldest of our members will be able to recall a year of greater turbulence and disruption to the church’s life and ministry; and of course the effects of the virus pandemic are still not confined to history, nor will they be for some time. I was very tempted to simply repeat many of the comments from my report written last August for the last Annual Meetings. We are ministering in an entirely new context, and we must be prepared to change much about the way we have done things. The aim is to be healthy and sustainable as a church. Fit for the purpose of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and able to do so without too great a reliance on others. This past year, St Thomas’ has weathered the Covid19 storm well. It has done so because of the exceptional dedication and commitment of a handful of people. Of course, everyone plays their part, and small or great every part played contributes to the mission. However, can I direct you to particular gratitude for the parts played by your Churchwardens, Val & Jess, by Emma & Gary, and by Adam: who have read countless pages of advice (sometimes contradictory); produced papers and risk assessments galore; searched out innovative solutions to problems practical and digital; and spent long hours cleaning and preparing the church for worship and prayer. St Thomas’ has been open more often, for longer, and served more people because of their efforts, than might otherwise have been the case. Our aim is to continue to extend our offering, in person and online, as circumstances permit. For part of last year I was granted a period of sabbatical study. I aimed to spend time in reading, study, prayer and reflection considering what might be learned for the business of growing disciples and leading a ‘more natural’ church, from the ecological technology of ‘rewilding’. When a group of ecologists seek to rewild an area, they put back what has been taken out and take out what has artificially been introduced to an ecosystem. It seems right to me that to grow as disciples we too need to think carefully about what is missing from our spiritual lives and to remove from our lives those things which restrict life and growth. For each individual these things are likely to be different. Additionally, rewilded areas have all their internal boundaries removed so that flora and fauna might migrate freely. I’ve interpreted that as removing the limits we put on God’s reach into our lives - it’s about taking down the fences that we erect that the Holy Spirit will not cross (out of politeness, rather than weakness). It’s about learning to say, “yes” to God, in those areas where we presently say, “I’d rather not”. So it is about a simpler and more open approach to God’s presence in our lives. I’d like, as a community, that we approach our shared life and ministry with a simpler and more open aspect. I expect that with a greater openness to what God might want to do with us, and a greater concern for the basics of our discipleship - prayer, worship, care for others and so forth, we will experience more growth in number and in our spirituality. Some of you might have detected the ways in which we have grown, as we worshipped more simply and shared more openly online during the periods of lockdown. One last word of thanks is to you all for your financial contribution to our ministry. You have all been most generous. In 2020, we once again failed to meet our full share of the costs of the church’s ministry. In 2020 we paid only around a third of what we were asked. You will understand that the Diocese does not have an infinite supply of money. They will always support us in ministry, but as you know, the money has to come from somewhere. It is expected that in 2022 a new scheme for sharing the costs of ministry will come into operation. This scheme is based on how much it costs to provide a vicar’s stipend, Page 3 pensions, housing, and training for ordinands and curates. It’s around £64500 this year. There will be a ministry support scheme for poorer parishes and support in raising levels of giving; but it should be obvious that more will be asked of us. We are all grateful for your contributions, but we all need to look again at our finances and ask ourselves whether we are able to get closer to the Bible’s standard of a tithe - 10% divided equally between the church and the other Christian charities we support. In order to do that, you might need to remove one or two of your internal fences; but don’t give more unless you’re sure you can afford it. There’s lots to be looking forward to in 2021, so long as the virus can be held at bay. The Mission Team are planning a wonderful Climate Festival for the autumn and there are a host of other ideas just waiting for the right moment. It has been a difficult year, and the next might not be much more predictable, but we have a solid foundation on which to build. God’s presence with us is a constant support and encouragement. Simply keep on with your prayers, seek the Lord where he is to be found, pour out compassion on your neighbours, care for creation, live generously and see how the Lord will bless you. With every Blessing ## _**Andrew Sillis**_ Vicar, St Thomas’ Church, Stourbridge ## Churchwarden’s Report We are very fortunate here at St Thomas’s to have quite a number of committees made up from our congregation, who volunteer their time freely to ensure St Thomas’ is fairly represented in all areas of our church life. The Wardens would like to thank both Andrew, our Vicar, for his dedication and service he is now part of the new Greater Dudley Team of Deans and Adam, who has trained for 3 years with us as a Curate, we wish him well in his new position as Priest-in-charge of St Mary’s, Kingswinford and The Church of Ascension, Wall Heath. It goes without saying, “You will be greatly missed by us all” There are numerous other people whom we thank for their hard work and dedication here at St Thomas’. ## Covid-19 update: The church has been well attended since we re-opened from this last lockdown, both at the Wednesday 11.30am and Sunday 10.30am services. Covid-19 has seen many changes in the way our services have adjusted to enable them to be broadcast live each week, plus the introduction of many online meetings, bible courses, virtual coffee mornings, and ongoing training links via Worcester Diocese all, successfully set up and running on weekly/monthly basis throughout the past year. These changes have enabled us, we believe, to adapt and to equip ourselves for future ways of connecting with each other throughout our daily lives as Christians. Finally, a sincere thank you to everyone for supporting us in our role as Wardens. ## _**Jess Warburton, Val Charles**_ Page 4 ## Fabric Report Since the October 2020 APCM we have: - Investigated the use of a digital lock for the church hall side door but, on advice received from our insurers, we have decided not to procced with this, instead a new manual lock was installed. - Repaired the Sanctuary Cill with 50% funding from National Churches Trust. - Sought advice from our insurers about the Auto locking system on the church South Porch door. - Received £1,000 funding from Allchurches trust towards the repair of the boundary wall and need to raise a further £2,700 plus VAT before the work can start. - Applied for a faculty for the Gwynne Plaque and have introduced a Memorials Policy on the advice of the DAC. - Carried out remedial works on some of the south-side stained-glass in the church. - Established with our insurers that external wire guards are not required on the two small circular stained-glass windows in the tower. We needed to do this to ensure that our insurance was valid for all our windows due to a change in policy wording. - Had tuned both pianos in the church and the organ continues to be regularly tuned. - Received a Condition Report of the church from our Architect, paid for by Dudley MBC, in case problems arise from the deep holes drilled for the heat source pump work at the Crystal Leisure Centre in the future. - Replaced one of the Community Garden trees which had died with a Rowan tree. - Temporarily removed the Maundy Money display and intend to re-house it in the former Gift Book Display Case. The Gift Book will be archived. - Asked the Conservation Officer of DMBC to report on the replacement cheap wooden gates on the adjoining entrance to the Bell Apartments and informed them that supporting posts for this double row of gates and the metal fence behind, are attached to our historic wall. These wooden gates have replaced the conservation standard metal gates which had been installed after discussions with the Conservation Officer and the Bell about five years ago. - Decided to install an extra CCTV camera in church to avoid a black spot which enabled a theft which occurred in January not to be able to proceed to prosecution although the thief had been identified by police from the outside CCTV camera recording. Permission will be sought from DAC for the extension of the CCTV faculty. We have also installed extra bolts on the inside of the song room doors. - Arranged for a service and repair visit by Smiths’ Clocks to the Tower Clocks as the West Face is 20 mins fast. We are obliged to maintain tower clocks. - Received a visit from the DAC Heating Advisor as part of the Project 300 investigations. During 21-22 we hope to: - Repair the Boundary Wall - Re-house the Maundy Money - Repair the Tower Clock - Seek PCC approval and apply for a faculty for a curtain for the outside of the Aumbry. - Continue to seek a report from the Conservation Officer concerning the Bell Apartments work. - Arrange a Maintenance Visit for the church and church hall. - Continue to work on Project 300 as and when Covid 19 restrictions allow. - Obtain quotations and funding for the replacement of the smaller church hall windows, the refurbishment of the kitchen and toilets and the re-siting of the accessible toilet. ## _**Wendy Hemming**_ Page 5 ## Safeguarding Report The PCC is aware of its duty to have due regard to House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The PCC has complied with the duty under Section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have due regard to the house of Bishops’ guidance on Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). In 2019 the PCC used the “Safeguarding Toolkit” provided in the Diocese as a way of selfassessment to seek to ensure it fulfils that duty. This year, self-assessment using the Parish Dashboard is being used. The difference between the two is that the “Toolkit” was completed on paper and gave fewer options for self-assessment whereas the “Dashboard” is completed online in real time and can help us to assess our progress in more areas as the year progresses. Several people have had their DBS clearance renewed during the year and several people have attended training courses for their roles, including leadership training. All members of the PCC have completed basic safeguarding training via an online platform as this is now mandatory for members. Risk assessments for activities both in Church and the Church Hall have been completed. We are working on a risk assessment for Home Communion visits, which will be completed when we have information, from the government, on the rules for visiting care homes and the homes of individuals. We have ensured that Childline and Parentline posters are displayed, along with our Safeguarding Policy in the Church, Church Hall, Bell Tower and Song Room. Jo Bond is Parish Advocate – a person to whom anyone can talk if there is a safeguarding problem. Jo now has a dedicated email address if people need to contact her with safeguarding issues. It is: pso@stthomasstourbridge.org We are extremely grateful to our existing team of choir helpers and to our team of bell ringing tutors for giving so freely of their time. If anyone would like to join either of these teams, please speak to Richard Hurst (Bell Ringers) or Jo Bond (Choir). ## _**Jo Bond**_ Parish Safeguarding Officer ## Deanery Synod Report With the reduction in the number of deaneries in Worcestershire, commencing 1[st] February 2021, St Thomas’ is now in the Greater Dudley Deanery. The Area Dean is Revd. Canon David Hoskin (Team Rector in the Brierley Hill Team Ministry). Area sub-Deans are Revd. Rachel Newell (Team Vicar in the Dudley Team Ministry) and Revd. Andrew Sillis (Vicar at St Thomas’ Church, Stourbridge). As a result, the Deanery Synod is now much larger – approx. 100 people (including licensed clergy). In its new guise, the Synod met (online) for the first time on 10[th] March and all 3 representatives from St Thomas’ (Andrew Harding, Wendy Hemming and myself) attended. The agenda for the meeting included: - Commissioning of Area Dean and sub-Deans by Bishop Martin - Election of Lay Chair Page 6 - Discussions on “A New Deanery – Vision, Hopes and Concerns”, “Developing our Deaneries”, the wider Diocesan Transformation Process and the Dudley “As One” movement. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 15[th] September. ## _**Gary Leek**_ ## PCC Activity Report The Church Council has met five times since the APCM in October 2020. Key matters under discussion were: - Arrangements for public worship and private prayer as Covid-19 defence arrangements changed - Items of work for the protection and maintenance of the church buildings - Oversight of the church finances - Revision of certain policies of the council ## _**Andrew Sillis**_ Page 7 ## Treasurer’s Report Dear Friends 2020 was a difficult year for us all, we had to learn to stay safe while coping with the pandemic. Sadly, some of us also experienced the traumatic loss of friends and family because of Covid-19. However we, as a church community, pulled together and were able to see one another and enjoy church services, predominantly through Facebook and Zoom, and for this I am personally grateful. As a treasurer it was an extremely worrying time, Stewardship was down over £5,000 in comparison to 2019. This of course influenced the amount of gift aid that could be claimed, resulting in a further drop in income of around £2,200. Together with a lack of loose cash usually received at church services has meant an overall deficit of £10,035. The impact of the pandemic also reduced the church hall’s income, resulting in an earnings loss of £10,900, I do not think I need to impress on you the difficulties this combined loss of income created. However, we were very fortunate to receive grants toward loss of income from the church hall, and this redressed a portion of the deficit. My thanks go to Wendy Hemming, who made the grant applications to DMBC on our behalf. The loss of income impacted the amount of Parish Share we were able to contribute to the Diocese (most other churches were also in this position). I am hopeful that our contribution will improve somewhat in 2021. That leaves me to thank you, our church community, for your prayers, your stewardship, and any additional donations that you may have made to help us through this exceedingly difficult period. ## _**Kathy Knight**_ Page 8 Annual Accounts The Church of St Thomas, Stourbridge Annual Accounts For the year ended 31[st] December 2020 Page 9 The Pwl8h Church of St Th0rno9 S¢ourf>rldgg - 1134825 Stai•m•nt ol Flnan¢ial Adlvttl•s For tho perlod from •1 Janlwy 2020 to 31 Decqmbqr 2020 T•t4 PriDry•* nd tot•lfuhd luThl¥ In¢omlnyrnsotsrtes In¢om*gre$ourtr$fromgernrfitgJknd8 Volty)tarylncom 4x3 45.884 512 53,V23 512 195 Invegwl In(zJttry rffiOurt￿ frum th¥18149 ￿1￿195 Oherlnwthg 7.872 4.61 7.872 21.gJ7 6.493 3.5 Totd Ir+ta 57,fOty 62. 03,412 Rosorffcesusqd oslof9wwalTrJ fLWP 50 112,289 314 15.172 Tot4 •Ap￿dI￿ 1%172 71,SX 112,65J Net IncoMo1 l•¥andl￿r•i Msourc￿bQfDT• tr*nsf•r 749 19,30JI 18.5551 129,2401 Tran5f•rs Gtoss tr*5fws fLTr*_ GpJ55 tra￿terS betwefft fLnd5-OUt 3.498 13,4981 Gats IIDSBVSQn knvest￿ta868 677 1,547 745 I27M￿l R•¢oncMlationollunds Totd l￿d¥ *811 532 1Q4225 Tot* fwd*¢avrh)d forwaryr 10.381 47.718 1¢489 R•pTrspnWby Unr8sID¢tsd G￿er4 fw tleslgn8t8d FnaYd8oftho Guitortng Mtht*iii R8strlGled Ch￿h Hal lftwYgm￿ts Fahic F￿d FID*qT Fpsl¥al FlowGuWd hp￿V￿iF￿d Socid Msskn Sl Thc#ra8Galthby FLThI Endow1n￿L G•￿'n￿r0 Tnsl 8,811 44.639 55.34 95 $91 1.544 19 69 19 10. 10.489 9.811 Thqrnrn•yb• m￿￿r&I$￿￿•￿l￿th*￿t1tsK￿*pWK•Irnnolb•￿glholvfv D2ttsrch2D21 Pa9• 1 Page 10 The P•rfsh Ghw¢h gf St Thom•s Stowbrfdye - 1134825 84an¢• sh•ot (Church of En91* As at 3108coml>or 2020 A#at 31r12r2 A8*3111212Ql9 Flxed Ku•t• 10.489 10.489 Curffwtats￿* 08trknré 2.280 64,438 1fy) 66.716 Ll•blllth* CroJlDrd.' 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Galnj and 1088¢8 on Inv¢•trn•nts Unr•alked galns or105ses arg xcoiwit8d loron r8V8luthn of knvestrnents •vwy D￿b￿. 1.2 R#sourc•• u#•d Adlvllle8 dlrecmy rolatlng lo tho I￿r￿ of th• ¢hur Pjrish Share is a voluntary obligation ol the PCC lo tfrg Diocese. For ￿20 thts w83 £42,458 Th08e accounts 8IKJw lh8 amount pdd. •Jr¢¢d by tho PCC, durfw the year of £15,OCQ. The 8hortrdi 01 £27.458 IJ r￿t rpflected in Ihese 8CCOUllt8. Page 18 PCC OF ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL ACTivrriE5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Accountlng policleg l¢onlFnu￿7 Flxed assets Cons8cr8tod propety •nd movablè thurch fvrn5shlngs Consecrated beneflcfjd propty of any kind is excluded from the wxounts by 5.10 ol the Charitl8s Act 2011. Movable church herd by th8 Vfcar •KI C*w¢trMBrderk8 on speclal trust lor PCC, which rgqulre a f¥Lrfly ford￿posal. we as inolienable propwty unles5 cor￿8C￿ted. They ar8 11sted Sn the church's Inventory Gan bg Irispecte(J lat ary rttason*Jle timel. All expeTrlilure ir￿Urred in the Y￿ on cortsecraied Orbe￿iCed bU1￿1￿j8. IrKlividu* items Luyler £1.OOD. or on the repair of mova)le chLwch fumk8hing5 IS off. Oth•T flxlurns, Ilttlngs and offic• •quipm•At Jlvldwl Items of 8qLipment ￿th a PLwch95e p￿ of £1,CtsJ orlgss We *fltten off th# 8538t Inv¢8lments Investments a￿ v#lu•l al market value at 31 Decembw. cUrr￿t asséts Short-tem) deposits I￿lI￿￿e cash W on ¢Jeposit either *Tth tho CBF C￿[¢￿ of F¢md8 or at ltrh9 bank. Funds Unrnstrlcted frJn(ts Genoral f￿￿16 repr85•nt the fLN*Js of ts PCC thal we r•Jl subieer to reslricliorw wardlng Ihelr uso and arg avallable forappli¢atéon on the general pury>os85 of thePCC. Fthjs d88ignaled fora partlcular purpose are &so unr&%trict•d. Re5tr1ctqd lunds Rèstricted fwds *• those IL¥*Ys that nxL8t be spw* on reskn.ctad purposes arml detaHs of the funds held and restrpclions ¥re provlded In nole I Endowmont lund$ Endovmient funds th)se furKls whare th8 c4plt* rw8t be retainwj 8rn1 dots118 of Ih85e funds are provlday In nole 2. Ths accounts rncl(ftJe all ir8m5aCt￿n$. as8ets liabil￿$s fOr￿¥¢h PCC rgspor*lblè in law. TW do ￿t i￿lUde acGount5 Of cl￿r¢h that tt*lr main affllatlon to anolhgr body orlhose Ih8t are wrfom21 gatsings ol c￿[Ch mernbw8. Pag811 Page 19 PCC OF ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE NOTESTOTHE FINANCIAL ACTivrriES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2020 Funds Rostslcted funds Fabrlc Fund The Fab￿ Account represents gMl$ and an0￿18 donated fort￿ pwposes of the repalr. keep and rerKJvation of chwch bulk1l￿Js. Church lrnprov•m•nl Fund Thi8 Cthurch Improvement FLWWJ has row closed IP* fund only S￿￿$ in th85e ¥COLmts the￿ w￿e trO￿aCtIonS In 2019. Chureh Hall Fund This furKJ rep￿sentS a grant money t1onat8d to bg used towards refurblshffpnts In the ¢hurch hJl. There are orly a pound5 left nt1¥8 fu￿ but It remains open. Ory•n Fund The organ l￿d represents donatlons m&le for1￿ refwb15hment of the organ. Gard8nlng Fund Th8 gar(letltvJ fLnd has ¥ smal bal¥Ko loft In lh& a¢¢ount vthkh wll posslbly beaxhaustod In 2021. sod￿ Ml¥8lon Con¢ems Fund The SMC lurKJ Ais88 money primwly forth6 b*￿tIt of a 8cknol in ￿A￿BA. Ho%%evtx due to Covld-19 Ih8r8 has rK)t been ￿ opport￿tY to fmj In 2020 v*refO￿ the f￿d relains a small b4lanc8. Flow•r Fe511vJl Fund Th18 mO￿Y forlh"s Is gér*rnI￿ from 8 b1-￿Ual flower lestlval l*ld in Ihe chLvch. Fund ralslng be9￿ fora festiva in 2CQO but thls h&Y to be poslpon&J du8 to national ￿StIktIO￿. En41owmont lund Gallimorn Burton Trt￿t This corK8i5ts 01513 IrKome Shar8s in the C B F Chwch of England kwestment Fund. t InGOrr￿ from bthich is lor thè upkegp of a grave and tha ￿N￿J￿KIS g￿erate￿I lorthe genera purposos of th8 PCC. Page 12 Page 20 PCC OF ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ACTMTIES AND ACCOUNTS APPROVAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Salaries During the year the PCC employed a secretwy however no national insurance or PAYE was payable. Payments to PCC membe No expenses or payTnenls were paid to any PCC member. persons connected to them or related parties other than expenses reirnbursed to the vicar & curale amounting to £7e6. Investment Assets 2020 {£) 2019 (£) Market Value al 1 January Revaluation (loss) I gain 9.812 677 8264 1.548 Market Value al 31 December 10,489 9.812 Cr•dStors . amounts falling du• wllhin t?￿ year 20201£) 20191£) Unreslricled funds .' Utilities Related Party Transactions There were no relale(i party transaclions (iuring the year other than those explained in note 4 above of £766. Approved by the Parochial Church Council on and signed on ils behalf by. Rev A Sillis Vicar K Knight Treasurer Pagts 13 Page 21 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPOR'f TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PARIOCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL {PCC) OF ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE I report on the accounts for the year end￿ 31 DeCernb￿ 2020 and th¢ associated notes as set out on pages I to 13 Re$￿tive respDllsibilitie5 of the member8 of the PCC and the examiner The mcmbvs of thc PCC arc rcsponsiblc for ihe preparation of the accounts. The members of the PCC Consider that an audit is not required for thi.s year (under $￿tiOn 144(2) of th¢ Chariti¢5 Act 201 I (thc 2011 ALt)l and that an indcp¢ndent cxamination is reqUir￿j. It is my responsibility to= examine thc accounts utmler s￿lI0Th 145 of the 2011 Act; lo follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions giv￿ by the Charity Commission (undcr se¢tion 145(5Kb) of ihe 2011 A¢1 to state whether particular matters havc ¢om¢ ¢0 my att¢ntion. B*%ii of the independent exJminer'5 Statement My examination was carried out in accordance with th¢ G¢n¢ral Dircctions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of th¢ acwunling r¢cords kepi by ihe PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with thos¢ r¢¢ords. It also includes considerntion of any unusual lten￿ or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the members of the PCC conc¢rning any such matters. Th¢ proc¢dur¢s und¢rtaken do not provide all the evid￿Ce that would be required in a 11 audil, and consequently I do not exprcss an audii opinion on the accounts. Independent examlner's statement tn COnn￿tIon with my exami￿tIO￿ no matt¢r has com¢ to my attcnlion.. (l) which giv¢5 mr rcasonable cause lo believe that in any material rewt the ro4uirements to keep accounting rttords in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Acl.. or lo pr¢parc acwunts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the aecounting requirem¢nts of the 2011 Act have not been m¢t.' or {2} to which, in my opinion. atlention shoutd be drawn in order to enable a proper undustanding of the accounls to be reached. Signathre: fjAL￿---- JdknL Ltd i}v, Address: Date: Pago 14 Page 22