2023-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Andrews Southgate

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Annual Report & Financial Statements

of the

Parochial Church Council

For the year ended 31[st] December 2023

Janet Mae Wheeler and Patricia Margaret Webb

May they Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory

The PCC of St Andrew’s Church, Southgate comply with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016, in relation to having due regard to House of Bishop’s guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Safeguarding

At St Andrew’s we are committed to safeguarding our children, young people and adults who may be vulnerable. Where appropriate the volunteers who help with our activities have valid Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, renewed every three years. Something that we have been focusing on more this year is group Safeguarding Training, The London Diocese have made available a range of courses to help us support and help those who need assistance. Many volunteers have undertaken these courses on-line but we have also held two group sessions which gave us the chance to chat through the course material over a coffee. More group course sessions are planned and they are open to everyone so please do come along when you see the next one advertised.

We have a Basic Safeguarding Course, a Foundation Course, a Leadership Course, an Awareness of Domestic Abuse Course and a Safer Recruitment Course and most of our volunteers have completed at least two if not three of these courses. Thank you all for working with me so we have such a high pass rate.

I have regular monthly meetings with the other safeguarding officers throughout London and have found it invaluable to be able to share best practices and resource material with other Churches.

If something is concerning you or something just does not “feel right” please speak to me, Fr Edd, or any of the PCC members. Together we can all help make St Andrew’s as safe and welcoming as possible.

Anne Anderson Safeguarding Officer

Vicar’s Report

It has been an incredibly productive and joyous year at St Andrew’s. It was a wonderful surprise and a great blessing to have Fr Tom join us as curate along with Dayna. With Jonny continuing to explore a vocation in the Church and acting as Pastoral Assistant I have been particularly well supported in the Sanctuary and with managing parish work. Juliette has continued to work tirelessly to ensure the smooth running of the premises and to fill the many spaces in the church and halls with activity which benefits the community and gives glory to God. Thanks to the many volunteers who are willing to get hands on with DIY and hospitality, the diligence of the Finance Committee and the “can do” attitude of the PCC, the buildings are being more well used than ever before and we are in a far stronger financial position than we have been for some time. St Andrew’s now has three quite distinct concert and show seasons during which we host orchestras, choirs, dancers and amateur dramatics groups. Our focus on supporting the arts has brought us into contact with many more people and lovely connections are being forged between members of the congregation and the wider community.

The greatest joy for me in 2023 was the number of people coming to faith. The number of Baptisms that took place at St Andrew’s was very high and we had a fantastic adult confirmation group all of whom have become cherished members of our congregation. All our outreach and social action groups are thriving with record numbers attending our Lunch Club and Memory Café, Can Bank and Toddlers.

Another success story has been the server team, with so many young people keen to be involved. Readers and Intercessors have been wonderfully organised by Judith and it has been great to hear new voices during worship and some very thoughtful and wise prayers. Rowena has steered a dedicated team of welcomers, who with warmth and kindness have helped new people feel that our church is somewhere they want to stay and I am sure we are all in awe of Katharine who musically supports our worship so well whilst also being mum! I would imagine that everyone who reads this will have contributed in some way to the life of our church and I am so grateful to you all, but as we only have Fr Tom with us for a little while I want to say what a huge impact he has had in such a short time, teaching us through Bible Study and Ignatian prayer, overseeing important safeguarding procedures at the Can Bank, bringing us innovative social events, singing with the choir, a huge amount of work with the school and even doing electrical work for us! And lets not forget Dayna; flower arranging, food bank sorting and cocktail mixing!

Fr Edward Turner

Curate’s Report

My ministry at St Andrew’s during 2023 has been fulfilling and informing in preparation for my final months and for leaving this loving community in Southgate. During this time, I have undertaken new initiatives and continued with the stable ministry within our church which has allowed me to grow in my priesthood and experience that which will be invaluable to me and those I go on to minister in moving into incumbency.

At the start of the year, I initiated a project at St Andrew’s School, for the children to offer prayers and messages in the form of cards for those who suffered from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. This came to fruition in attending the Turkish Embassy in London and in inviting the associate Priest of the Antiochian Orthodox Church representing Syrian Christians in London, to an assembly at our school, and for the prayer cards to be delivered. It was pleasing knowing that the outreach of our children would reach those suffering in these communities.

I further reached out into the community visiting Merryhills and Westgrove Primary Schools in the lead up to Easter. I was also invited to attend an interfaith project at the Jewish Community Secondary School in Barnet to offer a Christian perspective to the pupils in their interfaith tent. I followed this up in attending a prayer meeting with the staff and children at JCoSS after the terrorist attacks in Israel in October. I have sensed that reaching out beyond our own faith is an important and growing feature in my ministry.

My first Lent and Easter at St Andrew’s as curate allowed me to be involved and take on lead roles in talks and services. This was both a busy time in all the preparation required, but also a fulfilling period, including experiencing and managing my inclusion in the biggest festival of the year.

Summer brought an opportunity for rest but also included my organising of our summer gathering at Jesus Church in aid of our Can Bank, and our attendance to Greenbelt Faith and Arts Festival with a number of families from our church. Greenbelt is very much home for me and my ideal of church. I do hope to continue attending in future years and gathering with the St Andrew’s crew.

As the academic year began, I found time to take on some short online study with the Eastern Region Ministry Course. This has been a benefit for me in my continued learning and for my ministry now and in the future, and I thank Fr Edd for his encouragement in this.

Another first for me during the autumn was to lead the famous Animal Blessing Service which was a complete joy. The response from the church was wonderful in them bringing in their pets in recognition of the important part played by all God’s creatures in our lives and in our world.

One final highlight that completed the year was delivering a bespoke online Advent Bible Study and Ignatius Prayer Course which was both informing in writing, and enjoyable in delivering, with good feedback offered by all who attended.

The above is a small portion of my involvement in the ministry and life of St Andrew’s. I would like to offer my thanks to Fr Edd and all at St Andrew’s during this past year, for the many blessings and encouragement that Dayna and I have received. Dayna has been a huge support to me this year and I thank her dearly for that. I look forward to walking with you all in these few months ahead before beginning my own incumbency where as yet, I do not know! Wherever my ministry continues, I am aware that the positive and loving experience gained at St Andrew’s, will certainly be with me.

In Christ, Fr Tom Smith

1. Aims and Objectives

St Andrew's Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Edward Turner, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church and halls.

2. Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at St Andrew. The PCC maintains an overview of worship, outreach and charitable work throughout the parish. Our worship and activities put faith into practice through prayer, music, charitable giving and Sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Worship and prayer; learning about the gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus Christ.
Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish.
Missionary and outreach work.

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St Andrew and the Church Halls.

3. Achievements and performance

A) Children and Youth

Toddlers

Toddlers attracts around 35 families every week. We have many regular families who attend but we are also attracting new families each week. We have seen an increase in dads coming with their children and more babies. The change by Asda car park back to 3 hours has meant families are staying longer although we find many leave around 11am (maybe to avoid tidy up time or my singing).

Most people pay weekly despite the option to pay for the half term. This remains at £3 a session. We are keeping costs down as much as possible by using minimal materials for crafts and shopping around to buy what we do need. Coffee, milk and biscuits are often donated.

We chose not to run the MacMillan Coffee Morning this year, instead promoting Harvest and our Can Bank. This has resulted in raised awareness and a small amount of regular donations to the Can Bank each week.

The Christmas Party was really well attended and thanks goes to Father Tom for dressing as Santa this year. Each child received a small cuddly toy animal and enjoyed a selection of party food, mostly donated by the parents. We were delighted to have the ladies from Tuesday’s Rhyme Time run a short Christmas session and also have year 2 from St Andrew’s School come and sing a selection of Christmas songs.

We are currently preparing for the Easter Party in 2 weeks time. Father Tom has kindly agreed to dress as the Easter Bunny again as he hopped so well last year.

A huge thank you to the volunteers at toddlers who keep us running. As always, we could really do with more people to help serve teas once a month.

Philippa Santoro

Sunday School

It has been a great year for Sunday school. After Alex and family sadly moving house, Leyla has stepped in even more frequently and done a fantastic job, a huge thanks to her! There have been anywhere between 5 and 15 children on a regular basis ranging in age from 2 to 16. There has been lots of great learning and lots of creative projects to reflect the church calendar and readings. The Christmas Nativity was a particular highlight! We have also been lucky to have Eleanor helping us weekly bringing her wisdom and kindness, a huge thanks to her too. Finally, we have had teenagers Luca and Leo volunteer with us as part of their Duke of Edinburgh award, which has been a pleasure for us all. I am grateful for their enthusiasm and community spirit.

Charlotte Turner

St Andrews School

This year has welcomed a new Head Teacher (HT) to St Andrew’s in the person of Mrs S Pitsillides, more commonly known as Dina. Dina has settled quickly and, from the point of view of the governing body, has shown herself to be friendly, approachable, knowledgeable and proactive.

At the last Teaching and Learning meeting, the following was noted:

The new website has come online and looks great.
Near the end of last academic year, many whole school policies were updated, reviewed and passed by the governors (including the behavioural policy).
In terms of data for the current Y6 cohort, this was presented to governors in November.
Early in the academic year, the HT asked for staff input in reviewing the current School Development Plan (SDP). The HT presented an updated SDP to governors in November. The rationale for the targets was clearly expressed by the HT. A ‘Green/Amber/Red (GAR) system was suggested for updating the governors at our next meeting on the progress towards these goals.
In regards to subject leader reports, governors received a progress update from the HT on the ongoing consultation with subject/curriculum leads.

I feel that I can safely speak for the governing body when I say that I sincerely look forward to continuing to work with Mrs Pitsillides.

Jodie Commons

B) Worship and prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. With this in mind we have held Morning Prayer both on zoom and in person. This supplements the usual Sunday services: The main 10.30am Eucharist which is sung, the evening service which is in the style of the Taizé Community and the 9am Holy Communion which is spoken, and the Children’s Eucharist which are on the first Sunday of the month. We also have the very popular Little Fishes service for pre-school children on Fridays. All are welcome to attend our regular services.

The average attendance from March to December was 90 including both ordinary and special Sundays. As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God's blessing and through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God's keeping. We have celebrated 16 baptisms, 1 wedding and our ministers have officiated at 3 funerals this year.

St Andrew’s school services were held at Easter, Harvest, All Saints and Christmas. We hosted the Osidge School Harvest and Christmas Services, Salcombe Prep School Christmas and Leavers Service, and one school visit from Durants School and Fr Tom visted Westgrove School and Merryhills School.

Fr Edward Turner

Church Music

Music continues to enrich our lives at St Andrew's and we are so lucky to belong to a church that welcomes experienced musicians and newcomers alike. A bumper Christmas has translated into some wonderful new recruits bolstering our numbers at choir this Spring. Sunday night Taizé is constant in its quality with themed services over the summer and visiting virtuoso musicians enhancing the worship. Band Sundays continue to offer another style of music- hopefully including some old school favourites! We are thankful, as always, for the enthusiasm of the congregational singing and, of course, to Fr Edd and Charlotte for all they do to inspire and encourage.

Katharine Robinson

Altar Servers

During 2023 the Altar Servers continued to provide wonderful service at the altar; enhancing our worship, supporting our priests and inspiring other youngsters to come on board. Numbers have grown during the year and presently stand at around 23. Rotas that are posted on the WhatsApp group ensure that every server has a turn at least once a month and a weekly reminder serves as a useful reminder.

During the year we lost Cerys and Edward due to relocation to Lincolnshire, and Luis, Mary and Gabriel due to the increased pressure of school work, exams and sporting commitments. Adam and Hannah also retired for similar reasons but can sometimes be persuaded to serve on special occasions. We miss all of these wonderful servers and thank them for their commitment to St Andrew’s.

We did not have to wait long before our numbers were swelled by Matthew, Natalie, Katy, Harleigh, Jackson, Adrianna, Anastasia, Ariella, Mila and Nicholas who all took up their new duties with enthusiasm and careful attention.

Serving at the altar at St Andrew’s during 2023 were:

Tony (Crucifer), Jenny (MC), Violet (Thurifer), Michael (also Crucifer, MC and Thurifer), Adam (also Crucifer), Hannah (also Crucifer), Cerys (also Crucifer),Valentino (also Crucifer and Thurifer), Cecilia (also Crucifer), Matthew (also Crucifer and Thurifer), Natalie (also Crucifer), Daniel, Aarin, Natasha, Eleanor, Clara, Katy, Harleigh, Jackson, Anastasia, Ariella, Adrianna (also Boat Girl and MC), Phoebe (also Boat Girl), Lavinia (also Boat Girl), Jamilah (also Boat Girl and MC), Edward (also Boat Boy), Nicholas (Boat Boy) and Mila (Boat Girl).

We have encouraged more children to take on other roles as they feel ready; our older (and stronger) children to Crucifer and Thurifer and our littlies to start as Boat Children. It’s great for St Andrew’s to have that depth to call on and important to extend the children so they are kept interested and gently challenged. It’s also wonderful to see them grow in confidence, truly be integral to our worship and be fully involved in the liturgy.

Well done everybody and thank you to all the parents who support our servers and make sure they arrive on time!

Linda Turner

C) Pastoral care and social

Hospitality and Social Events. Another successful year has passed with a variety of concerts and events taking place in our lovely church.

We started the season with the Life and Mission Choir performing “Swing Boat Musical” which was very enjoyable and had our own Pennie performing in it too! This was followed by the Enfield Music Service, which has now become a regular as St Andrew’s and brings a large audience of both adults and children and performs two days running. The Southgate Symphony Orchestra and The Aurora Choir are also regulars, with the choir actually using the church each week for rehearsals. Lumia Dance had their student performance in June. There was a social event of a quiz night run by the church, and Students from the Guild Hall School of Music performed on another evening whilst the “Enfield in Song” choir performed for the Thursday Lunch Club.

Added to this was a very successful evening held in the Large Hall of “The Sound of Music” singalong. All the seats were sold and we had standing room only at the back!

Coupled with the above, the hospitality team provided a wedding buffet for Eleanor’s daughter Suzella and her husband Gary. Also, the team sadly arranged the food for the wake after Tricia Webb’s funeral.

On the brighter side, the King’s Coronation was an extremely happy day spent in church watching the ceremony on TV and everyone indulging in cakes and “booze” and lots of flag waving!

We seemed to be going from strength to strength with all the events and making a profit but we mustn’t forget things like Pancake Day, Mothering Sunday, the yearly Confirmation Service and of course the Christmas Craft Market, all of which the hospitality team work very hard at and I want to thank each and everyone of them for their very valuable support all during the year.

Trish Jones

D) Mission and evangelism

Children’s Book Project

Another successful year for the Children’s Book Project at St Andrew’s. As a book donation hub we have moved on thousands of books this year. This innovative charity supports over 65,000 families annually, and is going from strength to strength.

We have started up a small book swap near the kitchen at the back of the church. I cast my eye over the books just to keep it as fresh and interesting as possible. Do have a browse and either borrow or swap or both. Happy reading!

Diane Bowman

Bible Study

Meeting on zoom, sessions have been very popular with over a dozen attending on a regular basis. In 2023 we studied the books of Esther, Acts and Fr Tom lead special Advent bible studies.

Fr Edward Turner

Food Bank

There are 10 Volunteers in the team at the moment; Fr Tom, Jonny, Maureen, Violet, Dawn, Dayna, Abigale, Tony and myself. Emie joined us as soon as she came to St Andrew’s but left after Easter. We thank her for the service she offered during that period. Frankie has offered to join us soon and he will be welcoming our guests at the door especially those who are new to direct them where to go. Opening hours 10am-12 midday Saturdays, but sometimes beyond in case there are late comers. We get about 35 people each Saturday and at least 2-3 new people every Saturday. During opening hours our guests sit down in Martha’s Cafe for a cup of tea and coffee and a chat while waiting for their bags of food. The team sometimes joins them for fellowship and a chat.

Tesco delivers fresh treats every morning for them to have with their drinks, as we had to stop making sandwiches due to health and safety issues. Tesco also Delivers fresh bread every morning and we are very grateful. At the moment we are well stocked especially pasta and rice. We are okay with tinned food except fruits and coffee we are low. Asda and their customers still give us 2 trolleys of food twice a week and HAB in Barnet still offers food stuffs which Philippa picks them up and we are very thankful for her help. Jonny used to bring items of food etc from a food centre in Kings Cross, but that has stopped as Jonny is on placement in Enfield but that will re start when he comes back. We thank the congregation for their continued generosity putting cans in our food boxes at the back of the church and Mums and Toddlers on Fridays. We have solved the problem of carrier bags as we now insist on that they bring the bags back though it has been a struggle to achieve that. The carrier bags were expensive to buy and not good for the environment.

Pennie Bongomin

Confirmation Classes

Classes were held for adults and children over 6 weeks culminating in one of our biggest cohorts and a wonderful service and celebration.

Fr Edward Turner

Baird Homes

The Baird Homes committee met three times in 2023. The Charity is in a relatively healthy financial situation and has explored the possibility of adding to the property portfolio. We have concluded that this is not feasible and are now concentrating on the upgrading the interior of the cottages. At the beginning of the Year, we had one vacancy which was filled in April last year. After some difficulties to start with the new tenant has fitted in well with the other residents.

Clive Gomme

Lunch Club and Memory Café

Thursday Lunch club continued throughout 2023. The Memory Cafe continued to join us officially twice a month which meant that numbers ranged between 20 and 50. A choice of sandwiches, including smoked salmon at Christmas, cakes and tea and coffee are served to all. Adrian provided quizzes, music and entertainment on a weekly basis until he relocated at the end of the year. However we are fortunate to still have Jenny who sings wonderfully for our guests. The Club runs over half term and also often in the Easter and Christmas holidays. Our lunch providers were Pennie, Diane, Colin, Linda, Poh and Chin who were joined during the year by Chris, Dawn, Claire and Daniel. Tony puts out chairs and tables and puts everything away at the end.

Usually the providers, two or three at a time, are only called upon once a month but if anybody would like to join this busy but fun ministry, do let Fr Edd know asap. It is always good to have more people to call on.

Extra excitement was provided by a visit by Food Standards towards the end of the year. With support from Trish we were all brought up to date with the latest hygiene practices and passed our inspection with flying colours.

Linda Turner

Other social action and community activity

Various activities were hosted or supported by St Andrew’s church in 2022. This includes: The Autism Café, Overeaters Anonymous Group, Age Aware Footcare Service, Support for children of parents who are alcoholic. Mature Movers, Artstop and the Bangladeshi Over 50’s Association.

E) Ecumenical Relationships

Churches Together

It has continued to be difficult to bring the churches together for worship. St Andrew’s offered an ecumenical Taizé service with buffet afterwards which was a great joy and not badly attended, with the Methodist Minister joining the band for the evening. Unfortunately the memo didn’t reach the Roman Catholics at Christ the King and they didn’t attend this time. Yours in Christ.

Pennie Bongomin

Deanery Synod

In 2023 the Synod met as usual 3 times, in February ,June and November. The Synod typically has 2 parts, formal business then some other activity . In February we had a Lenten devotional where we looked at ‘The Prodigal Son‘ from the viewpoint of the son left behind. In June we had the Summer Party, in November we heard about the Gregory Centre for Church Multiplication, which seeks to help churches to Grow. The Deanery held a Quiet Day in September which was attended by over 40 Parish Members from throughout the Deanery. We hope to do the same in September 2024.

Clive Gomme

F) Communication

We have used the following methods to inform members of the congregation and the people of the parish of all that happens at St Andrew’s:

Weekly Notice Sheet (with details of services and activities) (Only at the beginning of the year)
Notice Boards (which have been kept up to date and full)
Temporary banners (for special events and youth work)
Stand-alone board (to tell people when the church is open)
Website www.standrews-southgate.org
Email
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Whatsapp groups
Youtube

G) Welcomer’s report

Following the re-grouping of the Welcomers Team in the summer term of 2022, the team continues to strive to welcome and greet everyone who worships and visits the church with love and compassion. The group of volunteers have a list of tasks which evolved from the traditional duties as "Sidemen" including handing out service sheets, ringing the bell, noting attendances and collecting offertory and generally supporting all who may be in need. Some of the team members have attended the Safeguarding Basic Awareness Training on 17 July 2023.

We are thankful to our brothers and sisters who volunteer for this important part of our mission : Ann Onwutalu, Chin Seow, Poh Seow, Cive Gomme, Debbie Gomme, Karen Hearne, Linda Turner, Noami Amarh, Ruth Alaile, Oluyemisi Raiwe (Yemi), Joe Chan and Rowena Chan.

Rowena Chan

H) Church building and fabric

Gutter maintenance was carried out by Ian Howell.
Organ maintenance and tuning was carried out by Vincent Coggins.
Polishing of the brass was carried out by Gwen and Alan Cox and team of volunteers.
The fire extinguishers have been checked and serviced as necessary.
The logbook of repairs is maintained and filed.
The Terrier and Inventory has been digitised and maintained.
A Collectin for card donations was installed by the main south door.
A new ambo was built for the lectern.
The structural engineer’s report about the cracks in the North wall was received. There is no immediate danger and movement in the building does not seem to show
subsidence. It was advised that trees and shrubs be removed in the church garden. This was done. It is advised that we have drains investigated.
A lectern desk counter was purchased for the Can Bank.
The antique armchair in the vestry was repaired by David Santoro
3 new computers were given by Dan Evans. 2 are used in the office and the other in the vestry.
Two wooden lecterns in church were repaired.
The room under the stars was given a new ceiling and carpeted to become the new foodbank storage.
New sockets were installed in the hallway beyond the art room for kitchenette appliances.
The hallway beyond the art room was re-decorated and carpeted.
3 new internal cameras were fitted in the church for security.
An electrical socket in the church was repaired by Fr Tom.
A plaque in memory of Joyce Drake was installed by the south door.
The old stations of the cross were relocated to the stairway.

Alex Lewis

I) Church halls fabric

The fire extinguishers have been checked and serviced as necessary.
New doors were installed at the stage entrance to the hall and outside the green room.
The security lights between the church and hall were replaced with LED fixtures.
A sink and water heater were installed in the green room along with a stud wall and new electrical sockets.
Fr Tom built a stud wall on the stage to create a more permanent “rat run” for shows and to provide a screen for projections. Neill Boscoe plastered and painted it.
The dance studio was redecorated.
The large hall lobby was redecorated and carpeted.
The old gas water heaters in the large halls toilets were decommissioned and new electrical ones installed by K-Side.
The Lighting rig on the stage received a complete overhaul.
2 Boundary microphones were added to the stage.
The hall received new signage “Halo Theatre”
Fr Tom installed LED sensor lights in the hall lobbies and toilets.

Alex Lewis

J) Lettings and facilities

Happy Days Nursery School have been with us for 9 years. Their hours of operation in the Large Hall are Monday to Friday 8.00am to 3.00pm. The manager of the Nursery has continued to work with us to reduce the nursery equipment in shared spaces, enabling us to use the buildings more flexibly at weekends and during school holidays. Our vision is for a building that operates as a nursery during their operational times, but which transforms easily into a space for dance, fitness, music and theatre at other times, particularly at weekends.

We continue with the business decision to refuse parties and catered functions, to protect the fabric of the buildings and to keep cleaning, caretaking, and security costs to a minimum. The use of the Large Hall kitchen has occasionally been made available to groups for access to drinking water and a kettle but this space is predominantly for use by the nursery.

The light and sound desk which was originally installed in October 2022 at the back of the Large Hall has continued to be well used with hiring groups being able to borrow a microphone and plug their own portable device into the sound system. Extensive use of the sound and lighting equipment in the Large Hall is now charged for separately to hourly hire. An economic upgrade to the overhead projector in October 2023 was made and first used for the church Sound of Music sing-along fundraiser night and then by Orsi Productions who hired the halls and stage for their Christmas season pantomime during December 2023 – their second production at St Andrew’s.

We continue with a significant majority of hall lets going to regular, repeat business. Dance, fitness and performance classes for adults and children, along with maths, English and Spanish classes for children form most of the available activities. We have 2 adult social groups which meet weekly in the halls. These groups, whose members are elderly, have been meeting at St Andrew’s for over 10 years now.

The Aerial and Pole Fitness classes in the Dance Studio form the largest and steadiest proportion of hire in the Dance Studio with other fitness and dance classes on offer during daytime hours. There has been an increase in enquiries about casual, one-off lets in the Dance Studio where individuals who need a rehearsal space can take advantage of availability at the last minute.

Use of the Dance Studio as a dressing room for groups hiring the Large Hall and stage for shows continues to work well.

St Andrew’s Church is home to several different musical groups for weekly rehearsals, including the Aurora Choir and Southgate Symphony Orchestra with Show-Up Southgate and the A-Chord Choir joining us in 2023. Some of these groups also hire the church for their concerts during the year. We had several visiting groups this year: The Life and Mission Choir performed Swing Boat in the spring; The Southgate Youth Opera performed La Bohème in the summer, and we hosted Lumia Dance’s end of term show in the church as well, all groups using the nave in an imaginative way with lighting and staging. We hosted the Sutton Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Brian Choi, for the first time in 2023. It was through Brian’s connection with Southgate Symphony Orchestra that he learnt of our ability to support musicians and performers. Southgate Opera Company visited us and performed in October and the London Youth Concert Band in December. A local music school called Excelsis School of Music held their student recitals concert at St Andrew’s during the year. Local schools, including St Andrew’s Primary, and Enfield Music Service also hold important events and concerts at the church throughout the year.

The church kitchen-bar has been invaluable and enabled the Church Hospitality Team to serve refreshments at the concerts. The permanent alcohol licence which the church successfully applied for was received in November 2022, removing the need to apply for Temporary Event Notices for each event where alcohol is sold by the St Andrew’s Church

Hospitality Team. We recognise that not all events require or indeed want alcohol to be on sale, we do however continue to provide a Hospitality Service at all events which we host.

The London Autism Group Charity meet on the second Sunday of the month in the church, and they run a café style community advice drop in. Rhyme Time is new for 2023, a children’s singing and story time group which operates free of charge on Tuesday mornings in the church.

The Art Room is well used, with Art Stop art classes for both children and adults led by artist and teacher Lisa Howes. Three different support groups run weekly meetings on different evenings from the Art Room; Age Aware Foot Clinic and Street Pastors meet once a month.

The Music Studio continues to attract small local groups who use the studio as a regular rehearsal space. The Jewish Community Secondary School hired the Music Studio and recording facilities for an entire day, for their A Level Music Technology Class and there have been other one-off bookings throughout the year as well as regular use by, amongst others, the Truants (St Andrew’s Church and School parents’ band). Requests for a technician to assist with setting up and recording in the Music Studio are often made.

We have 2 regular cleaners who attend the church once each week and a cleaner who attends to the church halls 3 mornings each week. Heating the church and halls continues to be the most expensive running cost. We have a regular gardener who attends to the church garden once a month and keeps the perimeter of the buildings tidy. Increasingly, this is including rubbish clearance and cleaning away the pigeon droppings from the brick flooring areas in the church garden. Rubbish regularly builds up outside, around the buildings, as it is often dropped or blown into the gardens and over the wall from the ASDA car park. We are increasingly aware of passers by using the perimeter of the church buildings as a public toilet, particularly outside the church office. Despite having a small area of designated church parking on balance we manage very well but were pleased to see that ASDA had reinstated their 3-hour free parking allowance last year.

Juliette Winter

4. Financial review

Summary

Overall, 2023 was a positive year financially. Our income was over £22K more than 2022 and more than £30K more than the budget we set. Our expenditure was higher than budgeted but by only about £7K and very similar to 2022. There were no major investments in the Church or Church Hall this year but continuing work to maintain the buildings to a good standard. We had an overall surplus of income over expenditure of over £24K.

Expenditure:

Our expenditure was contained to £7K above budget.

Our largest expenditure was £50,400 for the Diocese of London Common Fund. This was at a similar level as for 2019 which was £51,150. We have increased our Common Fund contribution for 2024 to £55,000. There will be pressure to increase our common fund contribution for 2025 given the level of deficit in the diocese.

Income:

Compared to 2022 income from Hall lettings increased to £76,836 which is more than £12K above 2022. This is £12K above the budget and nearly £nearly £17K more than the prepandemic figure of £60K. We had income of £13,172 from the Hall Flat.

Stewardship and open collections increased compared with 2022 by over £6K to £46,964. Church rental was very similar to 2022 at £8,606. We had £2500 in large donations in 2023.

Assets:

The Hall and Hall Flat are, as last year, valued at the level they are insured for and there has been no change in this sum in 2023.

Our investments have increased in value by over £8K which has helped maintain their value in a period of high inflation.

Legacies:

We have used £2,237 of our legacies this year to fund the reconstruction of the Ambo.

Prospects for 2024 to be added.

Looking to this year we will have substantially increased utility costs but no planned major capital expenditure.

Use of the Hall and of the Church is increasing and we can expect more income from these sources but with pressure on household budgets we should not expect increased giving through stewardship and open collections.

For full accounts and budget see below

5. Structure, governance and management

St Andrew’s Church is within the area of Enfield, the Deanery of Edmonton and the Diocese of London. It is managed according to the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. PCC members are either ex officio (the Vicar, Curate, Church Wardens and Deanery Synod representatives) or are elected at the Annual Parish Church Meeting. The PCC may also coopt members, duly nominated and proposed, and invite guests to its meetings. The PCC members are charity trustees, bearing responsibility for its income and expenditure and for making all decisions on matters affecting the management of the church.

PCC members during 2023 were

Vicar	The Reverend Edd Turner (Chairman)
Curate	The Reverend Tom Smith
Church Wardens	Pennie Bongomin and Alex Lewis
Deanery Synod reps	Julia Chen and Clive Gomme
Elected members	Anne Anderson, Cordella Bart-Stewart, Diane Bowman, Pam Dean
	(Secretary), Colin Green, (Treasurer), Jonathan Esposito, Violet Henry,
	Trish Jones, Philippa Santoro and Judith Stones. During the year, Jodie
	Commons and Meryem Guler joined us as co-opted members.
By invitation	Juliette Winter

The PCC met six times during 2023, mainly by Zoom, with 68% attendance. Zoom meeting were very successful in drawing the PCC together. The Finance Committee reported regularly to the PCC on St Andrew’s income and expenditure. Other matters considered included replacement of the hall toilets, security of church following break-ins and opening of church when unattended, litter and anti-social behaviour around the church and the Facility Officer’s job description. Anne Anderson led the PCC through the complexities our responsibilities for safeguarding and encouraged all PCC members to take the required three courses in basic training and to become DBS checked as is now required.

Pam Dean, PCC Secretary

The Electoral Roll as at 31[st] December 2023 was 153 of which 72 of those registered live in the parish (47%) and remaining 81 (53%) of those registered live outside the parish within 10 mile radius to the church.

The last preparation of new church electoral rolls was in 2019, which means that everyone will have to re-apply in 2025 as this takes place only once in every six years.

Rowena Chan

6. To Contact Us

Address for correspondence St. Andrew’s Parish Church, Chase Side, Southgate, N14 5PP Website www.standrews.southgate.org Parish office – telephone 0208 447 8108 e-mail standrewssouthgateoffice@gmail.com Venue hire e-mail standrewsvenuehire@gmail.com Registered charity number 1135534

Income

Income
INCOME
Actual 2022	INCOME	ACTUAL 31/12/23	Budget 2023	Variance	%
28689	Stewardship	29152	30000	-848	-3
7697	Tax Refunds on Gift Aid	7070	7500	-430	-6
12052	Open Collection	15312	9000	6312	70
21385	Hall Lettings (Nursery)	24115	22000	2115	10
43620	Hall Lettings (Other)	52721	40000	12721	32
14400	Hall Flat Rent (Net)	13172	14000	-828	-6
8883	Church Rental	8606	7000	1606	23
3553	Donations Stations of the Cross	200		200
0	Donations	2550	500	-2050	410
1300	Music Studio Rental	1631	1500	131	9
563	Arts Room Income	1995	500	1495	299
6449	Fund Raising Activities	7584	4000	3584	90
3765	Toddler Income	3830	3400	430	13
2113	Night Shelter/Can Bank	4395	1000	3395	340
854	Other (Coffee, Flowers, Magazine, Wed Lunch, Bread & Wine, Miscellaneous)	2540	850	1690	199
1338	Fees (Funeral, Wedding and Baptisms)	1656	1200	456	38
0	Chair Sale	840		840
0	Rebates and refunds	1604	2000	-396	-20
983	Dividends and Interest	808	700	108	15
157644		179781	145150	34631	24

Expenditure:

EXPENDITU RE
Actual 2022	EXPENDITU RE	ACTUAL 31/12/23	BUDGET 2023	Variance	%
0	Donations	0	0	0	0
50400	London Diocesan Fund	50400	50400	0	0
20	CTSOC and Enfield Deanery	20	50	-30	-60
2135	Clergy Expenses	2693	5000	-2307	-46
586	Vicarage Maintenance and Water Rates	471	850	-379	-45
16651	Church Running Expenses (Ins, Light & Heat, Water, Renewals, Flowers, Bread & Wine, cleaning)	20800	25000	-4200	-17
6176	Church repairs and Maintenance	13405	10400	3005	29
1059	Charitable Org Contributions	392	1000	-608	-61
	Stations of the Cross	2000		2000	0
0	Organ Move	0		0	0
370	Music Studio & renewals	486	500	-14	-3
	Altar + Servers	1108	500	608	122
1980	Choir, Organist and Music	2715	2000	715	36
	Sound System			0	0
2934	Office Utilities, Books and Stationery	3010	2900	110	4
	Hall Stage Expenses	1186		1186	0
18	Sunday Club	50	250	-200	-80
	Youth Work			0	0
892	Fund Raising Costs	557	1000	-443	-44
6217	Hall Running Expenses (Light & Heat, Renewals)	8367	7500	867	12

31005	Hall Maintenance	10033	5000	5033	101
23187	Hall Lettings Admin, Cleaning and lockup	28512	23000	5512	24
	Hall Misc (incl PRS)		2000	-2000	-100
496	Hall Flat Maintenance	508	1000	-492	-49
	Capital Expenses - Chairs Depreciation	1392		1392	0
2804	Sundry Expenses (Toddler, Winter Night Shelter, Can Bank Other)	7266	3200	4066	127
9600	Special Projects (includes church door replacement)	0	7000	-7000	-100
156530	Total	155371	148550	6821	5

Balance Sheet:

			2023	2022		2021		2020	2020	2019	2019
	Fixed Assets					£		£		£

	Hall Property		2,668,961	2,668,961		2,668,961			110,637		132046
	Hall Flat		291,039	291,039		291,039			279,180		262925
	Church Chairs		15,308	16,700			18,092		19484		20876
	Alliance Trust (3252)		36,097	30,764		33,300.48			29,170		27317
	Black Rock Commodities		0	0			19,022				13068
	(19331)								14,885
	Fundsmith Sustainable		31,731	28,822
	Equity Accumulation

	Total Fixed Assets		3,043,136	3,036,286		3,030,414			453,356		456232
Hall value based on the insured value				of the hall and flat			less the value of the flat.				This value
is the cost of reinstatement			if there was a total loss		of the hall and flat building.
The total insured value of the hall and				flat is £2,960,000.
Chairs depreciated by £1392 a year.
Investments valued on			31st December 2023.
	Current Assets	2023	2022			2021			2020		2019

	Bank Current Account		80,219	55,223			55,091.09		32,359.93		36729
	National Savings		316	316			319		316.35		312
	Scottish Widows		739	739			740		738.49		738
	Savings
	Hargreaves		307	720			5,201.28		3,880.92		2643
	Lansdowne Cash
	Petty Cash		0	0				0		0	100

Hall value based on the insured value of the hall and flat less the value of the flat. This value is the cost of reinstatement if there was a total loss of the hall and flat building. The total insured value of the hall and flat is £2,960,000. Chairs depreciated by £1392 a year.

Debtor - Inland Revenue, Gift Aid Estimated	Debtor - Inland Revenue, Gift Aid Estimated	0	0	0	0	0	0
Prepayment - Insurance (church and hall)		0		0	0	0	0
Creditors		0		0	0	0	-421
Total Current Assets		81,581		56,998	61351.37	37,295.55	40101
TOTAL ASSETS		3,124,717		3,093,284.00	3,091,765.55	490651.5	496333

Funds	2023		2022		2021	2020	2019

General Fund	3,109,863			3,076,166	3,052,280.55	451166.5	459848
E Hayes Legacy Fund	13,525			15,762	24567	24567	24567
Village Hall Trust Fund	0			0	11918	11918	11918
Joyce Drake	0			0	3000	3000
D Jerrard Legacy Fund	1356			1356	0	0	0
Night Shelter Fund	0			0	0	0	0
TOTAL FUNDS (LIABILITIES)	3,124,717			3,093,284	3,091,765.55	490651.5	496333

Allocation of legacies in 2023.

£2,237 was allocated from legacies in 2023 for the reconstruction of the Ambo..

Detail of financial activities:

St Andrews Southgate - Statement of Accounts 2023 Income Notes

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 1 - Voluntary Income
Stewardship 40011, 4012 &4013	29,152	28,689	26,380.50	34,315.80
Open collections 40015	17,812	12,052	7,933.95	9,649.95
Donations Sundry Donations includes Christian Aid	170	274	10,859.50
Stations of the Cross	200	3,553
HMRC Gift Aid Refund 40016	7,070	7,696	9,379.70	7,686.62
Total	54,404	52,264	54,553.65	51,652.37

Note: No voluntary income was restricted in 2023

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 2 - Activities for Generating Funds Codes 40040, 40050 & 40060
Fund Raising General 40053	7,464	6,449	962.87	2,746.02
Income for Toddlers 40036	3,830	3,765	1,560.40	1,093.22
Income for Stage 40035	0	0	0	671.5

Night Shelter and Can Bank 40061 & 40063	4,395	2,113	3,219.52	1,078.00
Church Rental 40031	8,606	8,883	6,422.50	2,158.52
Church Arts Room Income 40037	1,995	563	553.86	110
Church Recording Studio 40034	1,631	1,300	400.75	0
Total	27,921	23,073	13,119.90	7,857.26

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 3 - Income from Investments
Dividends from Shares	808	987	1,320.36	1238
Interest	0	-4	5.42	4
Rent on Hall Flat	13,172	14,400	8,150.19	0
	13,980	15,383	9,475.97	1242

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 4 - Church Activities
Wedding and Funeral Fees	1,656	1,338	1,486.00	1,841.00
Refreshments, Flowers and Magazines & Misc. 40071, 40072, 40073, 40074, 40075, 40076 & 40079	2,540	580	367.58	716.84
Hall Lettings	52,721	43,620	24,219.68	21,584.38
Hall Rental from Nursery	24,115	21,385	20,250.40	17,329.26
Total	81,0323	66,923	46,323.66	41,471.48

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 5 - Other Income Resources
London Diocese - sale of vicarage garden	0	0	0	0
Sales of Chairs	840	0	0	120
Rebates and Refunds	1,604	0	2,160.00	4,395.00
	2,444	0	2,160.00	4,515.00

Notes on expenditure 2023.

		Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
		2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 6 - Fund Raising Costs	60110
Fund Raising General	60115	557	892	0	78.15
Toddlers	60112	0	141	0	157.5
Hall Stage & recording studio	60091, 60092 & 60102	1,602	0	0	0
Night Shelter	60114	1,100	872	943.51	1,231.10

Other expenses		&	6,216	6,216	1809	293	473.19
Total			9475		3,714	1,236.51	1939.94

		Unrestricted		Unrestricted		Unrestricted	Unrestricted
		2023		2022		2021	2020
NOTE 7 - Church Activities	60030
Diocese of London Common Fund	60011	50,400		50,400		37,800	37,800
CTSOC	60012	20		20		20	20
Vicar Expenses	60031	2,693		2,135		3,166.30	6,435.72
Vicarage Costs	60032	471		586		406.72	680.55
Choir master and organists & Alter & servers	60052 & 60053	3,823		2080		1,414.92	1090
Sound system	60055	70		0		60	25
Charitable Org Contribution	60020	392		1059		448.9
Total		57,869		56,280		43,316.84	46,051.27

		Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
		2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 8 - Church Expenses
Church Maintenance	60044	13,405	6176	8,567.71	13,528.52
Church Cleaning	60057	2,974	1,272	51.87	518.31
Churchyard Maintenance		0	0		0
Church Insurance	60041	7,172	6863	6477.78	2118.21
Church Gas & Electric	60042	7,092	4934	4,932.33	5,570.08
Church Utilities Water	60043	208	127	71.72	158.35
Church Renewals	60045	1,215	1544	532.48	833.03
Altar and Flowers	60046 & 60047	2,138	1811	1,302.77	1493.93
Hall Gas & Electricity	60072	6,874	4795	3,555.08	5,287.88
Hall Utilities (Insurance, Water and Elec)					3864
Hall Maintenance	60074	10,033	5015	4,249.32	3008.49
Hall Wages (lettings admin andlockup)	60076	17,882	17030	12,522.90	8,040.00
Hall Cleaning	60077	10,630	6157	2,241.72	3,477.34
Hall Lock up costs	60078				1,107.60
Hall Renewals	60075	1,492	1422	1,867.88	1,162.27

Hall Flat Maintenance and Fittings	60084	60084	508	496	496	3,578.28	3,578.28
Office Admin
Office Utilities	60063		467	345		425.46		452.01
Stationery	60062		1,215	1391		246.36		477.5
Church Office Expenses	60061, 60064 & 60065		1,329	1198		618.6		332.1
Recording Studio Repairs & Maintenance	60101 & 60102		0	370		2,262.63		270.94
BRF				0		0
Youth Work				0		0
			84634	60,946		53,504.89		47,836.56


Total Expenses			151,978	120,836		98,058.24		95,827.77

			Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted		Unrestricted
	Code		2023	2022	2021		2020
NOTE 9- Capital Expenditure
Mezzanine & Organ Restore/Move	60044		0	3600	3,600		6,000
Renewal of Church Doors	6044		0	6000
Music Studio	60044		0	0			8,037.88
Hall Redecoration (stage) and Lightning	60074		0
Hall Windows Replacement 60074	60074		0	25990
Church Chair Depreciation			1,392	1392	1,392		1,392
Stations of the Cross	60058		2,000
Total			3,392	36,982	4,992		15,429.88

Total Expenditure expenses and capital, including church chairs’ depreciation.			155,370	157,818	103,050.24		111,257.65

Note 10 Summary of fund movements 2023
Balance at 1 January 2023		3,036,286
Incoming Resources		179,781
Resources Expended		-155,371
Investment gains		8,242

Hall Property Valuation change	0.00
Hall Flat valuation change	0
Church Chairs depreciation	-1392
Balance at 31/12/2023	3,124,518

Note 11 Summary of Assets by fund		Unrestricted at 31/12/22
Tangible fixed assets		2,960,000
Investment assets		67,828
Church Chairs		15,308
Current assets		81,582
Total		3,124,718

Difference Note 11 and 10 £200

Note 11 Accounting Policies

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Church Accounting Regulations 1997 as amended in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 with applicable accounting standards and charities SORP.

Funds

General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted. The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law.

The accounts do not include the accounts of Church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of Church members.

Incoming resources

Collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC. Planned giving receivable is recognised only when received. Income tax recoverable on gift aid donations is recognised when the income is recognised. Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement and the amount due. Funds raised by events and sale of books and magazines are accounted for gross.

Rental income from letting of Church premises is recognised when the rental is received. Investment income is accounted for when receivable. Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of investments at 31 December.

Resources Used

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

The diocesan Common Fund is accounted for when payable. Any Common Fund unpaid at 31 December is an operational (though not legal) liability and is therefore shown as a creditor in the balance sheet.

Fixed Assets

Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from the accounts section 96 (2) (a) of the Charities Act 1993.

Movable Church Furnishings held by the Vicar and Church Wardens on special Trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted for as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the Church’s inventory. For inalienable property acquired prior to 1 January 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and there fore such assets are not valued in the accounts. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or benefice buildings, individual items under £2,000 or the repair of movable Church furnishings acquired before 1 January 2000 is written off when the asset is acquired.

Other movable Church furnishing and equipment used within the Church premisses is depreciated on a straight-line basis over their expected lifetime e.g. Church Chairs. At present the Church Chairs are being depreciated over 20 years.

The Church Hall is given a value based on its insured value less the value of the hall flat.

Investments are valued at market value on 31 December.

Reserves Policy

In accordance with guidelines from the Charity Commission and the Church of England, the PCC intends to keep reserve of three months expenditure £25,414 at the end of 2021 in liquid assets for the General Fund in order to manage cash flow and handle emergencies. At the end of 2022 the General Fund had £56,998 in immediately available funds. In longer term investments the PCC had £59,586.

Risk Management Policy

The PCC does not currently have a formal risk management policy.

Related Parties

Members of the PCC are trustees of the Charity. No remunerations were made to PCC members and their close relatives during 2022.

Budget 2024

INCOME	ACTUAL 31/12/23	Budget 2023	Variance	Budget 2024
Stewardship	29152	30000	-848	30000
Tax Refunds on Gift Aid	7070	7500	-430	7500
Open Collection	17812	9000	8812	18000
Hall Lettings (Nursery)	24115	22000	2115	24000
Hall Lettings (Other)	52721	40000	12721	53000
Hall Flat Rent (Net)	13172	14000	-828	13000
Church Rental	8606	7000	1606	7000
Donations Stations of the Cross	200		200
Donations	50	500	-450	500
Music Studio Rental	1631	1500	131	1500
Arts Room Income	1995	500	1495	2000
Fund Raising Activities	7584	4000	3584	7500
Toddler Income	3830	3400	430	3400
Night Shelter/Can Bank	4395	1000	3395	4400
Other (Coffee, Flowers, Magazine, Wed Lunch, Bread & Wine, Miscellaneous)	2540	850	1690	2540
Fees (Funeral, Wedding and Baptisms)	1656	1200	456	1700

Chair Sale	840		840	0
Rebates and refunds	1604	2000	-396	2000
Dividends and Interest	808	700	108	700
	179781	145150	34631	178740

EXPENDITURE	ACTUAL 31/12/23	BUDGET 2023	Variance	Budget 2024
Donations	0	0	0	0
London Diocesan Fund	50400	50400	0	55000
CTSOC and Enfield Deanery	20	50	-30	50
Clergy Expenses	2693	5000	-2307	5000
Vicarage Maintenance and Water Rates	471	850	-379	850
Church Running Expenses (Ins, Light & Heat, Water, Renewals, Flowers, Bread & Wine, cleaning)	20800	25000	-4200	25000
Church repairs and Maintenance	13405	10400	3005	15000
Charitable Org Contributions	392	1000	-608	1000
Stations of the Cross	2000		2000
Organ Move	0		0	0
Music Studio & renewals	486	500	-14	500
Altar + Servers	1108	500	608	1100
Choir, Organist and Music	2715	2000	715	2715
Sound System			0	0
Office Utilities, Books and Stationery	3010	2900	110	3000
Hall Stage Expenses	1186		1186	1200
Sunday Club	50	250	-200	250
Youth Work			0	0
Fund Raising Costs	557	1000	-443	1000
Hall Running Expenses (Light & Heat, Renewals)	8367	7500	867	8367
Hall Maintenance	10033	5000	5033	10000
Hall Lettings Admin, Cleaning and lockup	28512	23000	5512	28512
Hall Misc (incl PRS)		2000	-2000	2000
Hall Flat Maintenance	508	1000	-492	1000
Capital Expenses - Chairs Depreciation	1392		1392	1392
Sundry Expenses (Toddler, Winter Night Shelter, Can Bank Other)	7266	3200	4066	7300
Special Projects (includes church door replacement)	0	7000	-7000	7000
Total	155371	148550	6821	177236

Projected outturn £1504

St. Andrew’s Church Southgate - Accounts 2023

Report on 2023 accounts for St Andrews PCC.

Summary

Expenditure:

Our expenditure was contained to £7K above budget.

Income:

Compared to 2022 income from Hall lettings increased to £76,836 which is more than £12K above 2022. This is £12K above the budget and nearly £nearly £17K more than the pre-pandemic figure of £60K. We had income of £13,172 from the Hall Flat.

Stewardship and open collections increased compared with 2022 by over £6K to £46,964. Church rental was very similar to 2022 at £8,606. We had no large donations during the year.

Assets:

The Hall and Hall Flat are, as last year, valued at the level they are insured for and there has been no change in this sum in 2023.

Our investments have increased in value by over £8K which has helped maintain their value in a period of high inflation.

Legacies:

We have used £2,237 of our legacies this year to fund the reconstruction of the Ambo.

Prospects for 2024 to be added.

Looking to this year we will have substantially increased utility costs but no planned major capital expenditure.

14/03/2023

Colin Green Treasurer St. Andrews PCC 11[th] March 2024

14/03/2023

Income

Income
INCOME
Actual 2022	INCOME	ACTUAL 31/12/23	Budget 2023	Variance	%
28689	Stewardship	29152	30000	-848	-3
7697	Tax Refunds on Gift Aid	7070	7500	-430	-6
12052	Open Collection	17812	9000	8812	98
21385	Hall Lettings (Nursery)	24115	22000	2115	10
43620	Hall Lettings (Other)	52721	40000	12721	32
14400	Hall Flat Rent (Net)	13172	14000	-828	-6
8883	Church Rental	8606	7000	1606	23
3553	Donations Stations of the Cross	200		200
0	Donations	50	500	-450	-90
1300	Music Studio Rental	1631	1500	131	9
563	Arts Room Income	1995	500	1495	299
6449	Fund Raising Activities	7584	4000	3584	90
3765	Toddler Income	3830	3400	430	13
2113	Night Shelter/Can Bank	4395	1000	3395	340
854	Other (Coffee, Flowers, Magazine, Wed Lunch, Bread & Wine, Miscellaneous )	2540	850	1690	199
1338	Fees (Funeral, Wedding and Baptisms)	1656	1200	456	38
0	Chair Sale	840		840
0	Rebates and refunds	1604	2000	-396	-20
983	Dividends and Interest	808	700	108	15
157644		179781	145150	34631	24

14/03/2023

Expenditure:

EXPENDIT URE
Actual 2022	EXPENDIT URE	ACTUAL 31/12/23	BUDGET 2023	Variance	%
0	Donations	0	0	0	0
50400	London Diocesan Fund	50400	50400	0	0
20	CTSOC and Enfield Deanery	20	50	-30	-60
2135	Clergy Expenses	2693	5000	-2307	-46
586	Vicarage Maintenanc e and Water Rates	471	850	-379	-45
16651	Church Running Expenses (Ins, Light & Heat, Water, Renewals, Flowers, Bread & Wine, cleaning)	20800	25000	-4200	-17
6176	Church repairs and Maintenanc e	13405	10400	3005	29
1059	Charitable Org Contribution s	392	1000	-608	-61
	Stations of the Cross	2000		2000	0
0	Organ Move	0		0	0
370	Music Studio & renewals	486	500	-14	-3
	Altar + Servers	1108	500	608	122
1980	Choir, Organist and Music	2715	2000	715	36

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	Sound System			0	0
2934	Office Utilities, Books and Stationery	3010	2900	110	4
	Hall Stage Expenses	1186		1186	0
18	Sunday Club	50	250	-200	-80
	Youth Work			0	0
892	Fund Raising Costs	557	1000	-443	-44
6217	Hall Running Expenses (Light & Heat, Renewals)	8367	7500	867	12
31005	Hall Maintenanc e	10033	5000	5033	101
23187	Hall Lettings Admin, Cleaning and lockup	28512	23000	5512	24
	Hall Misc (incl PRS)		2000	-2000	-100
496	Hall Flat Maintenanc e	508	1000	-492	-49
	Capital Expenses - Chairs Depreciation	1392		1392	0
2804	Sundry Expenses (Toddler, Winter Night Shelter, Can Bank Other)	7266	3200	4066	127
9600	Special Projects (includes church door replacement )	0	7000	-7000	-100
156530	Total	155371	148550	6821	5

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Balance Sheet:

	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Fixed Assets			£	£	£

Hall Property	2,668,961	2,668,961	2,668,961	110,637	132046
Hall Flat	291,039	291,039	291,039	279,180	262925
Church Chairs	15,308	16,700	18,092	19484	20876
Alliance Trust(3252)	36,097	30,764	33,300.48	29,170	27317
Black Rock Commodities (19331)	0	0	19,022	14,885	13068
Fundsmith Sustainable Equity Accumulation	31,731	28,822

Total Fixed Assets	3,043,136	3,036,286	3,030,414	453,356	456232

Current Assets	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019

Bank Current Account	80,219	55,223	55,091.09	32,359.93	36729
National Savings	316	316	319	316.35	312
Scottish Widows Savings	739	739	740	738.49	738
Hargreaves Lansdowne Cash	307	720	5,201.28	3,880.92	2643
PettyCash	0	0	0	0	100
Debtor - Inland Revenue, Gift Aid Estimated	0	0	0	0	0
Prepayment - Insurance (church and hall)	0	0	0	0	0
Creditors	0	0	0	0	-421
Total Current Assets	81,581	56,998	61351.37	37,295.55	40101
TOTAL ASSETS	3,124,717	3,093,284.00	3,091,765.55	490651.5	496333

Funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

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General Fund	3,109,863	3,076,166	3,052,280.55	451166.5	459848
E Hayes Legacy Fund	13,525	15,762	24567	24567	24567
Village Hall Trust Fund	0	0	11918	11918	11918
Joyce Drake	0	0	3000	3000
D Jerrard Legacy Fund	1356	1356	0	0	0
Night Shelter Fund	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL FUNDS (LIABILITIES)	3,124,717	3,093,284	3,091,765.55	490651.5	496333

Allocation of legacies in 2023.

£2,237 was allocated from legacies in 2023 for the reconstruction of the Ambo..

Detail of financial activities:

St Andrews Southgate - Statement of Accounts 2021 Income Notes

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 1 - Voluntary Income
Stewardship 40011, 4012&4013	29,152	28,689	26,380.50	34,315.80
Open collections 40015	17,812	12,052	7,933.95	9,649.95
Donations Sundry Donations includes Christian Aid	170	274	10,859.50
Stations of the Cross	200	3,553
HMRC Gift Aid Refund 40016	7,070	7,696	9,379.70	7,686.62
Total	54,404	52,264	54,553.65	51,652.37

Note: No voluntary income was restricted in 2023

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 2 - Activities for Generating Funds Codes 40040, 40050 & 40060

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Fund Raising General 40053	7,464	6,449	962.87	2,746.02
Income for Toddlers 40036	3,830	3,765	1,560.40	1,093.22
Income for Stage 40035	0	0	0	671.5
Night Shelter and Can Bank 40061&40063	4,395	2,113	3,219.52	1,078.00
Church Rental 40031	8,606	8,883	6,422.50	2,158.52
Church Arts Room Income 40037	1,995	563	553.86	110
Church Recording Studio 40034	1,631	1,300	400.75	0
Total	27,921	23,073	13,119.90	7,857.26

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 3 - Income from Investments
Dividends from Shares	808	987	1,320.36	1238
Interest	0	-4	5.42	4
Rent on Hall Flat	13,172	14,400	8,150.19	0
	13,980	15,383	9,475.97	1242

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 4 - Church Activities
Wedding and Funeral Fees	1,656	1,338	1,486.00	1,841.00
Refreshments, Flowers and Magazines & Misc. 40071, 40072, 40073, 40074, 40075, 40076 & 40079	2,540	580	367.58	716.84
Hall Lettings	52,721	43,620	24,219.68	21,584.38
Hall Rental from Nursery	24,115	21,385	20,250.40	17,329.26
Total	81,0323	66,923	46,323.66	41,471.48

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 5 - Other Income Resources
London Diocese - sale of vicarage garden	0	0	0	0

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Sales of Chairs	840	0	0	120
Rebates and Refunds	1,604	0	2,160.00	4,395.00
	2,444	0	2,160.00	4,515.00

Notes on expenditure 2023.

		Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
		2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 6 - Fund Raising Costs	60110
Fund Raising General	60115	557	892	0	78.15
Toddlers	60112	0	141	0	157.5
Hall Stage & recording studio	60091, 60092 & 60102	1,602	0	0	0
Night Shelter	60114	1,100	872	943.51	1,231.10
Other expenses	60111,60116, 60117, 60118 & 60119	6,216	1809	293	473.19
Total		9475	3,714	1,236.51	1939.94

		Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
		2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 7 - Church Activities	60030
Diocese of London Common Fund	60011	50,400	50,400	37,800	37,800
CTSOC	60012	20	20	20	20
Vicar Expenses	60031	2,693	2,135	3,166.30	6,435.72
Vicarage Costs	60032	471	586	406.72	680.55
Choir master and organists & Alter & servers	60052 & 60053	3,823	2080	1,414.92	1090
Sound system	60055	70	0	60	25
Charitable Org Contribution	60020	392	1059	448.9
Total		57,869	56,280	43,316.84	46,051.27

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		Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
		2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 8 - Church Expenses
Church Maintenance	60044	13,405	6176	8,567.71	13,528.52
Church Cleaning	60057	2,974	1,272	51.87	518.31
Churchyard Maintenance		0	0		0
Church Insurance	60041	7,172	6863	6477.78	2118.21
Church Gas & Electric	60042	7,092	4934	4,932.33	5,570.08
Church Utilities Water	60043	208	127	71.72	158.35
Church Renewals	60045	1,215	1544	532.48	833.03
Altar and Flowers	60046 & 60047	2,138	1811	1,302.77	1493.93
Hall Gas & Electricity	60072	6,874	4795	3,555.08	5,287.88
Hall Utilities (Insurance, Water and Elec)					3864
Hall Maintenance	60074	10,033	5015	4,249.32	3008.49
Hall Wages (lettings admin and lockup)	60076	17,882	17030	12,522.90	8,040.00
Hall Cleaning	60077	10,630	6157	2,241.72	3,477.34
Hall Lock up costs	60078				1,107.60
Hall Renewals	60075	1,492	1422	1,867.88	1,162.27
Hall Flat Maintenance and Fittings	60084	508	496	3,578.28
Office Admin
Office Utilities	60063	467	345	425.46	452.01
Stationery	60062	1,215	1391	246.36	477.5
Church Office Expenses	60061, 60064 & 60065	1,329	1198	618.6	332.1

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Recording Studio Repairs & Maintenance	0	370	2,262.63	270.94
BRF		0	0
Youth Work		0	0
	84634	60,946	53,504.89	47,836.56


Total Expenses	151,978	120,836	98,058.24	95,827.77

		Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	Code	2023	2022	2021	2020
NOTE 9- Capital Expenditure
Mezzanine & Organ Restore/Move	60044	0	3600	3,600	6,000
Renewal of Church Doors	6044	0	6000
Music Studio	60044	0	0		8,037.88
Hall Redecoration (stage) and Lightning	60074	0
Hall Windows Replacement 60074	60074	0	25990
Church Chair Depreciation		1,392	1392	1,392	1,392
Stations of the Cross	60058	2,000
Total		3,392	36,982	4,992	15,429.88

Total Expenditure expenses and capital, including church chairs’ depreciation.		155,370	157,818	103,050.24	111,257.65

Note 10 Summary of fund movements 2023	Note 10 Summary of fund movements 2023
Balance at 1 January 2023	3,036,286

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Incoming Resources	179,781
Resources Expended	-155,371
Investment gains	8,242
Hall Property Valuation change	0.00
Hall Flat valuation change	0
Church Chairs depreciation	-1392
Balance at 31/12/2023	3,124,518

Note 11 Summary of Assets by fund	Unrestricted at 31/12/22
Tangible fixed assets	2,960,000
Investment assets	67,828
Church Chairs	15,308
Current assets	81,582
Total	3,124,718

Difference Note 11 and 10 £200

Note 11 Accounting Policies

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Church Accounting Regulations 1997 as amended in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 with applicable accounting standards and charities SORP.

Funds

The accounts do not include the accounts of Church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of Church members.

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Incoming resources

Resources Used

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

The diocesan Common Fund is accounted for when payable. Any Common Fund unpaid at 31 December is an operational (though not legal) liability and is therefore shown as a creditor in the balance sheet.

Fixed Assets

Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from the accounts section 96 (2) (a) of the Charities Act 1993.

The Church Hall is given a value based on its insured value less the value of the hall flat.

Investments are valued at market value on 31 December.

Reserves Policy

In accordance with guidelines from the Charity Commission and the Church of England, the PCC intends to keep reserve of three months expenditure £25,414 at

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the end of 2021 in liquid assets for the General Fund in order to manage cash flow and handle emergencies. At the end of 2022 the General Fund had £56,998 in immediately available funds. In longer term investments the PCC had £59,586.

Risk Management Policy

The PCC does not currently have a formal risk management policy.

Related Parties

Members of the PCC are trustees of the Charity. No remunerations were made to PCC members and their close relatives during 2022.

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of St Andrew's Church Southgate Parochial Church Council I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31 December 2023 which are set out on pages 15 to 24. Respectlve Responslbllltles of Trustees and Examlner The church's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The church's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act)", To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act),. and To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent Examiner's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no

opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examiner's statement Since the gross income for the year exceeds the amount provided in section 145(3) of the Act, I confirm that l am qualified to act as Independent Examiner under the provisions of that section of the Act and that my qualification is as shown below. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Pippa Daudre-vignier ICAEW (ACA) member 15 September 2024 London