## **Vicar’s Report – APCM – May 2022 - Suzanne Vernon-Yorke**
## **Gratitude:**
It continues to be a huge honour to serve here at St. Christopher’s under God. Tom and I love this church and this neighbourhood. From the start, over 4 and a half years ago, I would look out at you all from the altar and feel overwhelmed by the love God has for all of you. This hasn’t changed!
Charlie & Chris continue to be supportive and helpful wardens, and they are willing to continue being so. Hooray! With them and the rest of the PCC, we are blessed here with our leadership team.
The last year has been a slow and steady emerging from the restrictions of covid, to gently start to meet again after church for a cuppa and a chat. A time of fellowship much missed and much needed.
## **New opportunities:**
I lead the Church of England online service last summer and we will do it again, as a church in July.
I was interviewed for the Lent Appeal run by the diocese about doing Street Chat before covid, which will be back this term.
I started Craft-tea Café on Saturday mornings and we saw a few people come along to that. Broadened it to Community Café in case some weren’t coming along because of crafts. We continue that as a place both of fellowship for the church and a place for the community to come for company.
We have been praying about the lack of young people in church and responded to the diocesan call to grow younger, and encourage more lay leadership, and began 11am Café Church alongside a 9.30am Holy Communion service at the start of May.
We restarted a Bible study on Tuesday evenings.
## **Continued opportunities:**
We continue to try to be faithful to God both together as a church gathered and individually in our lives as church scattered.
We continue to ask God to help us with our mission: “To welcome, love and serve all people”.
May God bless us and use us as a blessing! <><
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## **Church Wardens Report 2022**
Covid is still with us but thanks to the vaccine we are all learning to live with it.
Last Christmas we were happy to sing the Christmas Carols rather than “humming” as we did the previous year! Made it feel more like Christmas.
Suzanne has also started our Community Café on a Saturday morning and what fun they have there. All the new games with drinks and cakes! I wonder how much cheating goes on with the games. Especially the Herd game.
We are finally having normal services. And now we are trying something new and exciting. Holy communion at 9.30am then an All-Age Café Church Service at 11am. It is wonderful to have these new beginnings for our church to try and open us up to the younger generation. So, watch this space.
At our 11am services it has been wonderful having the live band. Thank you to Tom for learning the hymns without reading music. You are truly amazing. And much appreciated.
Thanks also to our awesome vicar, Suzanne. Your ideas and props have given St. Christopher’s a breath of fresh air. Each year you have been with us you keep us going with your bright ideas. Thank you!
Thank you
Chris and Charlie
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Electoral Roll:39
Deanery Synod:
Another year of the Deanery Synod has passed as we come out of the pandemic, with a hybrid of in person and online meetings. Starting with the AGM and the election of Officers via Zoom. Following this we had the Deanery Celebrations and the Archdeacon’s Visitation.
The Mission Fund Presentations, normally the highlight of the year for me, took place via Zoom with a total of 44 applicants. Time constraints limited it to 6 inspiring presentations. The grant money was doubled from last year and all applicants were successful.
We were also informed that there will be a huge change to the structure of the Winter Night Shelter. Resources will now be used to put people up in temporary hotel accommodation. This was introduced during the pandemic when Churches were not an option. The reasoning behind this is that people were spending their time going from one place to another each night and the time spent doing this could be better used helping people look for job opportunities.
I also had the opportunity to vote for the Deanery Synod West London Representative, with over 40 candidate statements to consider, so there was a lot reading to be done with a huge variety of candidates to consider. My first vote was for a progressive, disabled, pro female & LGBT candidate. I was also delighted to support the application of our own Nigel Clarke.
Mark Howlett
Deanery Synod Rep.
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## **St Christopher’s Church, Hanwell**
## **End of Year Financial Statements**
**Year ending 31 December 2021**
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## • **Introduction**
During 2021 the Covid 19 pandemic regulations required the church to be closed at various times. Smaller congregations occurred when services were held and this had an impact upon the donations received. The pandemic also meant it was not possible to let the hall for hire. Due to the amount of wear and tear the PCC took the decision that no further hall lettings for parties etc. would be allowed. This was reflected in reduced income.
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
||**Total funds**
**Prior year funds**|
|---|---|
|**Building - Building Fund (Restricted)**
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
**Carried forward balance**
**Redev - Redevelopment Fund (Designated)**
Brought forward balance
**Carried forward balance**
**General - General fund (Unrestricted)**
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
0101 - Gift Aid - Bank
0110 - Gift Aid - Envelopes
0201 - Other planned giving
0301 - Loose plate collections
0601 - Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
_Total Donations and legacies_
Income from charitable activities
1101 - Fees for weddings and funerals
_Total Income from charitable activities_
Other trading activities
1240 - Church hall lettings - fund raising
_Total Other trading activities_
Investments
1020 - Bank and building society interest
1030 - Rent from lands or buildings
_Total Investments_
**Expenditure**
Raising funds
1740 - Investment Management Costs
1741 - Investment (House) Maintenance Costs
_Total Raising funds_
Expenditure on charitable activities
1801 - Giving to missionary societies
1850 - Home mission
1870 - Secular charities
1910 - Ministry parish share etc|59,516
59,516
(350)
—|
||**59,166**
**59,516**
1,045
1,045|
||**1,045**
**1,045**
2,869
3,264
950
640
1,180
2,380
1,544
824
1,185
1,794|
||_7,728_
_8,903_
246
149|
||_246_
_149_
27,330
28,470|
||_27,330_
_28,470_
40
406
21,000
21,000|
||_21,040_
_21,406_
4,284
5,110
2,658
723|
||_6,942_
_5,833_
—
45
3,000
3,000
10
—
37,800
36,000|
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|2101 - Working expenses of incumbent
2140 - Water rates - vicarage
2145 - Parsonage - water
2150 - Vicar's telephone
2301 - Church running - insurance
2310 - Church office - telephone
2330 - Church maintenance
2331 - Cleaning
2340 - Upkeep of services
2360 - Administration
2370 - Visiting speakers / locums
2410 - Church running - gas
2420 - Church running - water
_Total Expenditure on charitable activities_
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
**Carried forward balance**
**ZReval - Revaluation reserves (Restricted)**
Brought forward balance
**Carried forward balance**|200
229
375
—
—
359
480
125
1,321
1,292
575
575
1,152
206
1,242
1,112
281
531
259
—
48
—
2,525
666
673
262|
|---|---|
||_49,947_
_44,406_
(544)
8,688
683,881
675,192
350
—|
||**683,686**
**683,881**
12
12|
||**12**
**12**|
## **Balance sheet**
|**Class and code**
**Description **|**This year **
**Last year **|
|---|---|
|**Fixed assets**
6431
House Purchased 2019
**Total Fixed assets**
**Current assets**
6501
Bank current account
6502
Redevelopment A/c
6505
Bank deposit account
6590
Cash in hand
**Total Current assets**
**Liabilities**
6699
Agency collections
Z04
Accounts Payable
**Total Liabilities**
**Net Asset surplus(deficit)**
**Reserves**
Excess / (deficit) to date
Z01
Starting balances
Z03
Gains/(losses) on reval of fixed assets
**Total Reserves**
**Represented by funds**
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Endowment
**Total**|580,000
580,000|
||**580,000**
**580,000**
32,586
33,696
1,045
1,045
130,178
129,137
101
712|
||**163,911**
**164,591**
—
136
—
—|
||**—**
**136**|
||**743,911**
**744,455**|
||(544)
55,708
744,455
688,746
—
—|
||**743,911**
**744,455**
683,686
683,881
1,045
1,045
59,179
59,529
—
—|
||**743,911**
**744,455**|
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## **Statement of assets and liabilities**
||**General Designated**
**Restricted Endowment**|**This year **
**Last year **|
|---|---|---|
|**Fixed assets - Tangible assets**
House Purchased 2019 -
**Totals**
**Current assets - Cash at bank and in hand**
Bank current account -
Redevelopment A/c -
Bank deposit account -
Cash in hand -
**Totals**
**Liabilities - Agency accounts**
Agency collections -
**Totals**
**Grand total**|580,000
—
—
—|580,000
580,000|
||**580,000**
**—**
**—**
**—**
54,837
(21,951)
(300)
—
(24,477)
22,996
2,527
—
72,345
—
57,832
—
981
—
(880)
—|**580,000**
**580,000**
32,586
33,696
1,045
1,045
130,178
129,137
101
712|
||**103,686**
**1,045**
**59,179**
**—**
—
—
—
—|**163,911**
**164,591**
—
136|
||**—**
**—**
**—**
**—**|**—**
**136**|
||**683,686**
**1,045**
**59,179**
**—**|**743,911**
**744,455**|
## **Fund movement by type**
||**Opening**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing**
**Transfers **|**Gains/losses**
**Closing**|
|---|---|---|
|**Building - Building Fund**
Restricted
**Sub-total for Building**
**Redev - Redevelopment Fund**
Designated
**Sub-total for Redev**
**General - General fund**
Unrestricted
**Sub-total for General**
**ZReval - Revaluation reserves**
Restricted
**Sub-total for ZReval**
**Grand total**|59,516
—
—
(350)|—
59,166|
||**59,516**
**—**
**—**
**(350)**
1,045
—
—
—|**—**
**59,166**
—
1,045|
||**1,045**
**—**
**—**
**—**
683,881
56,345
56,889
350|**—**
**1,045**
—
683,686|
||**683,881**
**56,345**
**56,889**
**350**
12
—
—
—|**—**
**683,686**
—
12|
||**12**
**—**
**—**
**—**|**—**
**12**|
||**744,455**
**56,345**
**56,889**
**—**|**—**
**743,911**|
## **Analysis of receipts and payments**
|||||||**Total**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Designated**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|**This year**|**Last year**|
|**NCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**||||||||
|**onations and legacies**||||||||
|0101 - Gift Aid - Bank|2,869|—||—|—|2,869|3,264|
|0110 - Gift Aid - Envelopes|950|—||—|—|950|640|
|0201 - Other planned giving|1,180|—||—|—|1,180|2,380|
|0301 - Loose plate collections|1,544|—||—|—|1,544|824|
|0601 - Tax recoverable on Gift Aid|1,185|—||—|—|1,185|1,794|
|Total|7,728|—||—|—|7,728|8,903|
## **INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
## **Donations and legacies**
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## **Income from charitable activities**
|1101 - Fees for weddings and
funerals
Total
**Other trading activities**
1240 - Church hall lettings - fund
raising
Total
**Investments**
1020 - Bank and building society
interest
1030 - Rent from lands or buildings
Total|246|—
—
—
246
149|
|---|---|---|
||246
27,330|—
—
—
246
149
—
—
—
27,330
28,470|
||27,330
40
21,000|—
—
—
27,330
28,470
—
—
—
40
406
—
—
—
21,000
21,000|
||21,040|—
—
—
21,040
21,406|
|**INCOME TOTAL**|56,345|—
—
—
56,345
58,928|
|**EXPENDITURE**
**Raising funds**
1740 - Investment Management
Costs
4,284
1741 - Investment (House)
Maintenance Costs
2,658
Total
6,942
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
1801 - Giving to missionary societies
—
1850 - Home mission
3,000
1870 - Secular charities
10
1910 - Ministry parish share etc
37,800
2101 - Working expenses of
incumbent
200
2140 - Water rates - vicarage
375
2145 - Parsonage - water
—
2150 - Vicar's telephone
480
2301 - Church running - insurance
1,321
2310 - Church office - telephone
575
2330 - Church maintenance
1,152
2331 - Cleaning
1,242
2340 - Upkeep of services
281
2360 - Administration
259
2370 - Visiting speakers / locums
48
2410 - Church running - gas
2,525
2420 - Church running - water
673
Total
49,947|4,284
2,658|—
—
—
4,284
5,110
—
—
—
2,658
723|
|||—
—
—
6,942
5,833
—
—
—
—
45
—
—
—
3,000
3,000
—
—
—
10
—
—
—
—
37,800
36,000
—
—
—
200
229
—
—
—
375
—
—
—
—
—
359
—
—
—
480
125
—
—
—
1,321
1,292
—
—
—
575
575
—
—
—
1,152
206
—
—
—
1,242
1,112
—
—
—
281
531
—
—
—
259
—
—
—
—
48
—
—
—
—
2,525
666
—
—
—
673
262|
||49,947|—
—
—
49,947
44,406|
|**EXPENDITURE TOTAL**|56,889|—
—
—
56,889
50,239|
||||
|**GRAND TOTAL**|(544)|—
—
—
(544)
8,688|
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## • **Conclusion**