# **St. Christopher’s Hanwell Charity Number 1135371**
# **End of Year Financial Statements Year ending 31 December 2023**
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## **Introduction**
Resumption of more normal activities following the pandemic enabled the church to catch up on essential maintenance. Steady income from the house-to-let and the nursery means that the church is more financially stable than it was a few years ago. We have, however, had to use some of the restricted funds to repair the roof of the building, which is now twenty years old.
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
||**Total funds**
**Prior year funds**|
|---|---|
|**Building - Building Fund (Restricted)**
**Expenditure**
Expenditure on charitable activities
2330 - Church maintenance
_Total Expenditure on charitable activities_
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
**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
0550 - Donations appeals etc
0601 - Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
0701 - Legacies
_Total Donations and legacies_
Income from charitable activities
1101 - Fees for weddings and funerals
1241 - Pop-in Income
_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
1830 - Giving - relief and development agencies
1850 - Home mission
1870 - Secular charities
_Page 2_|10,097
—|
||_10,097_
_—_
(10,097)
—
59,166
59,166|
||**49,068**
**59,166**
1,045
1,045|
||**1,045**
**1,045**
2,509
2,599
360
525
1,395
1,935
2,257
2,068
920
3,000
1,272
1,261
—
2,000|
||_8,714_
_13,389_
80
390
1,528
—|
||_1,608_
_390_
27,200
27,150|
||_27,200_
_27,150_
1,626
179
24,200
43,500|
||_25,826_
_43,679_
4,487
4,254
1,196
1,435|
||_5,684_
_5,689_
1,000
—
1,010
2,000
—
10|
|1910 - Ministry parish share etc
2101 - Working expenses of incumbent
2140 - Water rates - vicarage
2150 - Vicar's telephone
2170 – Education
2301 - Church running - insurance
2310 - Church office - telephone
2330 - Church maintenance
2331 – Cleaning
2340 - Upkeep of services
2350 - Upkeep of churchyard
2360 – Administration
2370 - Visiting speakers / locums
2401 - Church running - electric
2410 - Church running - gas
2420 - Church running - water
2710 - Church major repairs - installation
_Total Expenditure on charitable activities_
Other expenditure
1742 - Bank Charges
_Total Other expenditure_
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
**Carried forward balance**
**ZReval - Revaluation reserves (Restricted)**
Brought forward balance
**Carried forward balance**|42,012
40,008
594
250
434
388
199
227
35
—
1,277
1,420
596
577
18,024
1,819
2,667
1,984
708
826
—
1,000
243
300
154
49
2,153
4,620
3,375
1,953
284
384
10,564
36,744|
|---|---|
||_85,333_
_94,565_
—
5|
||_—_
_5_
(27,668)
(15,650)
668,036
683,686|
||**640,367**
**668,036**
12
12|
||**12**
**12**|
## **Balance sheet**
|**Class and code**
**Description**|**This year**
**Last year**|
|---|---|
|**Fixed assets**
6430
Sample fixed asset
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|—
—
580,000
580,000|
||**580,000**
**580,000**
4,712
6,641
1,528
1,045
103,984
140,358
268
215|
||**110,494**
**148,260**
—
—
—
—|
||**—**
**—**|
||**690,494**
**728,260**|
||(37,766)
(15,650)
728,260
743,911
—
—|
||**690,494**
**728,260**
640,367
668,036
1,045
1,045
49,081
59,179
—
—|
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**Total**
**690,494 728,260**
## **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**
**Grand total**|580,000
—
—
—
580,000
580,000|
||**580,000**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**580,000**
**580,000**
26,962
(21,951)
(298)
—
4,712
6,641
(23,994)
22,996
2,527
—
1,528
1,045
56,152
—
47,832
—
103,984
140,358
1,248
—
(980)
—
268
215|
||**60,367**
**1,045**
**49,081**
**—**
**110,494**
**148,260**|
||**640,367**
**1,045**
**49,081**
**—**
**690,494**
**728,260**|
## **Fund movement by type**
||**Opening**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing Transfers Gains/losses Journals 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**|59,166
—
10,097
—
—
—
49,068|
||**59,166**
**—**
**10,097**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**49,068**
1,045
—
—
—
—
—
1,045|
||**1,045**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**1,045**
668,036
63,349
91,017
—
—
—
640,367|
||**668,036**
**63,349**
**91,017**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**640,367**
12
—
—
—
—
—
12|
||**12**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**12**|
||**728,260**
**63,349**
**101,115**
**—**
**—**
**—**
**690,494**|
## **Analysis of receipts and payments**
|||||||**Total**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Designated**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|**This year**|**Last year**|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**||||||||
|**Donations and legacies**||||||||
|0101 - Gift Aid – Bank|2,509|—||—|—|2,509|2,599|
|0110 - Gift Aid – Envelopes|360|—||—|—|360|525|
|0201 - Other planned giving|1,395|—||—|—|1,395|1,935|
|0301 - Loose plate collections|2,257|—||—|—|2,257|2,068|
|0550 - Donations appeals etc|920|—||—|—|920|3,000|
|0601 - Tax recoverable on Gift Aid|1,272|—||—|—|1,272|1,261|
|0701 – Legacies|—|—||—|—|—|2,000|
|Total|8,714|—||—|—|8,714|13,389|
|**Income from charitable activities**||||||||
|1101 - Fees for weddings and|80|—||—|—|80|390|
|funerals||||||||
|1241 - Pop-in Income|1,528|—||—|—|1,528|—|
|Total|1,608|—||—|—|1,608|390|
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|**Other trading activities**
1240 - Church hall lettings - fund
raising
Total
**Investments**
1020 - Bank and building society
interest
1030 - Rent from lands or buildings
Total|27,200
—
—
—
27,200
27,150|
|---|---|
||27,200
—
—
—
27,200
27,150
1,626
—
—
—
1,626
179
24,200
—
—
—
24,200
43,500|
||25,826
—
—
—
25,826
43,679|
|**INCOME TOTAL**|63,349
—
—
—
63,349
84,609|
|**EXPENDITURE**
**Raising funds**
1740 - Investment Management
Costs
4,487
—
—
—
4,487
4,254
1741 - Investment (House)
Maintenance Costs
1,196
—
—
—
1,196
1,435
Total
5,684
—
—
—
5,684
5,689
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
1830 - Giving - relief and
development agencies
1,000
—
—
—
1,000
—
1850 - Home mission
1,010
—
—
—
1,010
2,000
1870 - Secular charities
—
—
—
—
—
10
1910 - Ministry parish share etc
42,012
—
—
—
42,012
40,008
2101 - Working expenses of
incumbent
594
—
—
—
594
250
2140 - Water rates – vicarage
434
—
—
—
434
388
2150 - Vicar's telephone
199
—
—
—
199
227
2170 – Education
35
—
—
—
35
—
2301 - Church running - insurance
1,277
—
—
—
1,277
1,420
2310 - Church office – telephone
596
—
—
—
596
577
2330 - Church maintenance
18,024
—
10,097
—
28,122
1,819
2331 – Cleaning
2,667
—
—
—
2,667
1,984
2340 - Upkeep of services
708
—
—
—
708
826
2350 - Upkeep of churchyard
—
—
—
—
—
1,000
2360 – Administration
243
—
—
—
243
300
2370 - Visiting speakers / locums
154
—
—
—
154
49
2401 - Church running – electric
2,153
—
—
—
2,153
4,620
2410 - Church running – gas
3,375
—
—
—
3,375
1,953
2420 - Church running – water
284
—
—
—
284
384
2710 - Church major repairs –
installation
10,564
—
—
—
10,564
36,744
Total
85,333
—
10,097
—
95,431
94,565
**Other expenditure**
1742 - Bank Charges
—
—
—
—
—
5
Total
—
—
—
—
—
5|4,487
—
—
—
4,487
4,254
1,196
—
—
—
1,196
1,435|
|---|---|
||85,333
—
10,097
—
95,431
94,565
—
—
—
—
—
5|
||—
—
—
—
—
5|
|**EXPENDITURE TOTAL**|91,017
—
10,097
—
101,115
100,260|
|||
|**GRAND TOTAL**|(27,668)
—
(10,097)
—
(37,766)
(15,650)|
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## **Conclusion**
Key items in this year’s accounts are as follows:
1. Regular donations over the year fell by £606 compared to 2022.
2. The separately held “Pop-in” funds were transferred to the church early in the year. Now being treated as “designated” and shown as the redevelopment bank account.
3. The church roof, facias and gutters had to be repaired, Where wood had originally been used it was replaced with more durable plastic to secure a longer life. The cost was a little over £20,000 of which half has been paid this year. The balance was paid in January 2024.
4. The church emergency lighting was found to be faulty. The PCC decided that a complete replacement of all the lights was the most economical solution at a cost of £3,284 of which half was paid this year.
5. Following an incident involving a parent of a child attending the nursery a decision was taken to improve security by replacing the railings around the perimeter of the church. This required planning permission from the council. Final cost was £13,646.
6. New signs identifying the church were purchased and erected at a cost of £2.196,
7. Bank account interest in 2023 was £1,626 compared with £179 in 2022.
8. £2.000 was sent to good causes - £1,000 to a needy northern church, and £500 each to Doctors without Borders and Sightsavers.
9. It is worth observing that under “Investments” rent from buildings is £19,300 lower in 2023 because in 2022 the YMCA had made a one-off payment of twenty year’s ground lease arrears of £20,000.
I would like to thank Ms. Sheila Burt for examining these accounts.
David Thomas Treasurer. St Christopher’s Hanwell 15 February 2024
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## **Trustee’s (Church Wardens) Report 2023/2024**
At the end of this year (March 2024) we are now in vacancy, after we said goodbye to our vicar Suzanne and her husband Tom on 25 February 2024. We would like to extend our thanks to them both for what they have done for our church. They have certainly left their mark at St. Christopher’s and we wish them luck and many blessings in the future.
The team behind us church wardens are also very supportive in the ongoing vacancy and what this involves. Thanks to Andrew, Prince and Nigel for the service you do in leading, preaching and taking Holy Communion by extension. Nigel has continued giving Holy Communion to two of our congregation in their homes since they are not able to come to church. David is keeping up to date with the church’s house and the vicarage with regards to paying the vicarage amenity bills. Thank you David.
We are continuing to hold Café Church style services at St Christopher’s and we are pleased that people are happy to come along and provide cover. It is hoped that almost all services will be covered from June onwards. Keith is supporting us until we have a vicar by coming to take our services the second and fourth Sunday of the month. St Mary’s are taking the service on the third Sunday of the month. St Mary’s are also supporting us with the readings for our rota and are very happy for us to ask questions, offer advice and support. Other Sundays we are getting some cover but after a time when cover was difficult to secure, in the longer term we have good coverage for our Café Church Holy Communion service.
This past year, Hanwell Big Local held a very successful Fun Day at the Church, with a bouncy castle, stalls, burgers and drinks! Ealing Half Marathon ran again in September 2023 and as usual St Christopher’s provided a base for the volunteers, handed out oranges to the runners and provided a pit stop at what is the half way point.
We held a ‘20th Anniversary of the new building’ service of thanksgiving in November 2023 with Archdeacon Catherine Pickford presiding. Our local MP came along and the YMCA managers were invited. There was a lunch afterwards, to which all were invited.
We had a visit from Woodlands Primary Academy at Christmastime to listen to the Christmas story Along with the Ealing Winter Night Shelter, we welcomed our homeless guests for ten consecutive days when St Christopher’s became a 24 hour home for around 14 people over Christmas and the New Year. We had new signs installed at the front of the church and stained glass tryptic of the trinity placed on the windows behind the altar.
The Community Café at St Christopher’s continues to welcome anyone who would like to come along, offering refreshments, a peaceful environment and place to chill out on Saturday mornings. We continue to host a pop in on Tuesday mornings in the main church to which all are welcome too!
The fabric of the church has seen some changes since last May. The main one being the new fence around the garden, which appears to be holding up well and provides the nursery with reassurance. All the internal lighting in the hall and church has been upgraded, and a totally independent electricity supply provided, which should make having control of our bills so much easier. A new boiler for Café Church was kindly donated and is in use this year. Externally, a trench for the electricity supply was dug and now filled in again, and all the woodwork around the eaves of the church upgraded and replaced with a long-lasting composite material.
Finally, we would like to say a huge thank you to you, our congregation and friends, for the kindness and encouragement you are giving to us. Your words really keep us going during this difficult time of vacancy.
Thank you Chris and Charlie April 2024
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CHARITY COMMISSION
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