2023-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Luke's

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				SORP reference
Summary	ofthe purposes		of	Para 1.17	St. Luke's Parochial Church Council (PCC)
the charity as set out		in its			has the responsibility ofco-operating with the
governing	document				incumbent, the Reverend Kylie Hodgins, in
					promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the
					whole mission ofthe Church, pastoral,
					evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The
					PCC is also specifically responsible for the
					maintenance ofthe Church Hall in The
					Crescent, Bricket Wood.
Summary	ofthe main			Para 1.17and 1.19	St Luke's offers a variety ofservices each
activities	in relation to those				week and at other times during the year to
purposes	for the public				meet the needs ofthe church and the wider
benefit, in particular,		the			community. Worship is generally in the open
activities,	projects or	services			evangelical tradition and open to renewal.
identified	in the accounts.
					A mid-week liturgical service draws a small
					congregation, of mostly retired people.
					Throughout the liturgical year we continue to
					serve the community at large by having a
					number ofadditional services, e.g.the Senior
					Citizens Services, Bereavement service, the
					Mount Pleasant Lane School Carol service,
					and Messy Church.
Statement	confirming			Para 1.18	When planning the activities for the year the
whether the trustees		have			Vicar and members of the PCC have
had regard to the guidance					considered the Charity Commission's
issued by	the Charity				guidance on public benefit and, in particular,
Commission on public benefit					the specific guidance on charities for the
					advancement of religion.

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			SORP reference
Policy on	grant making		Para 1.38
Policy on	social investment		Para 1.38
including	program	related
investment
Contribution made		by	Para 1.38
volunteers
Other

chieve	ment	s	and Perf	ormance
				SORP reference
Summary	ofthe main			Para 1.20	Alongside regular worship and Messy
achievements		ofthe charity,			Church, St Luke's ministry includes other
identifying	the	difference the			groups exercising their own pastoral and
charity's	work	has made to			social support: a Lunch Club for the older
the circumstances			of its		members ofthe community, our Visiting and
beneficiaries and			any wider		Bereavement teams. Our worship is live-
benefits to society as a					streamed on our YouTube channel, and this
whole.					continues to be a valuable resource for those
					who cannot attend services in person.
					Members of the congregation are actively
					involved in the Bricket Wood Community
					Choir, which meets weekly in the church.
					We continue to support members in their
					short term and long-term mission in this
					country and overseas.
					We continue our tradition ofsubstantial
					giving and volunteering to Christian and other
					services outside the parish.
					Within the parish we have enjoyed sharing	in
					the life and work of Mount Pleasant Lane
					School
					We support the local Foodbanks in Watford
					and StAlbans.
					A Warm Space and a free book exchange
					are available in the church halls in daylight
					hours.
					The Church Halls are used by a wide variety
					of community groups; including a Preschool
					and a GP surgery.

Achievements against	Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance offundraising	Para 1.41
activities against objectives
set
Investment performance	Para 1.41
against objectives
Other

inanci	al Review	al Review
Review	ofthe charity's			Para 1.21	The charity continues		to be financially stable
financial	position at	the end			and has achieved	its aims of maintaining
ofthe period					and improving the	church premises		as well
					as donating substantial		sums to its	chosen
					missions and development agencies.
					The charity generated		sufficient income
					through donations	and	legacies and Church
					Hall fees, to maintain		its operating	financial
					resources.
Statement explaining		the		Para 1.22	The PCC maintains	general reserve funds
policy for holding reserves					to provide reassurance		that the operating
stating	why they are held				costs ofthe PCC can		be met for at	least 3
					months
Amount	ofreserves	held		Para 1.22	F15,000
Reasons for holding		zero		Para 1.22
reserves
Details	offund materially		in	Para 1.24
deficit
Explanation of any				Para 1.23
uncertainties about		the
charity	continuing as a going
concern

Additional information (optional)	Additional information (optional)
You ma choose to include further statements		where relevant		about:
The charity's principal	Para 1.47	Voluntary		giving	by	Church members
sources offunds (including
any fundraising)		Legacies
		Income from the			Church		Halls, and a
		residential		property.
Investment policy and	Para 1.46
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
A description ofthe principal	Para 1.46
risks facing the charity
Other
Structure, Governance	and Management
Description of charity's trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Parochial	Church		Council		Powers Measure
(trust deed, royal charter)		(1956)as	amended,			and	Church
		Representation Rules
How is the charity	Para 1.25	Previously		excepted		but	now 'Standard
constituted?		registration'		as of	27th August, 2010
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection methods including details of any	Para 1.25	Appointed Parochial	by election at the Annual Church Meeting or "ex officio" if
constitutional provisions e.g.		Diocesan	appointee,			e.g.	Reader
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees

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Policies	and	procedures		Para 1.51
adopted	for the induction		and
training	oftrustees
The charity's		organisational		Para 1.51
structure	and	any wider
network	with	which the
charity works
Relationship		with any related
parties

ame oftrustees holdin title to	ro ert belon ing to the char
Trustee name	Dates acted ifnot for whole year
StAlbans Diocesan Board of
Finance

Funds held as custodian	Funds held as custodian	trustees	on behalf ofothers
Description ofthe assets	held
in this capacity
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details ofarrangements	for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity's own assets

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					OZI O		Restricted
					CU	Unrestricted	income	Endowment	Total this	Total last
						funds	funds	funds	year	year
						K
Fixed assets						F01	F02	F03	F04	F05
intangible assets				(Note 16)	801
Tangible assets				(Note 14)	802	400000			400,000	540,000
Heritage assets				(Note 16)	803
Investments				(Note 17)	s04
				Total fixed assets	805	400,000			400,000	540,000
Current assets
Stocks				(Note 18)	806
Debtors				(Note 19)	807	6418			6,418	8,063
Investments				(Note 17.4)	808	234088			234,088
Cash at bank and		in		hand (Note 24)	809.	53843			53,843	58,472
			Total current assets		s10	294,349			294,349	66,535
Creditors:	amounts			falling due within
one year		(Note 20)			811	4077			4,077	6,591
Net current				assetsl(liabilities)	812	290,272			290,272	59,944
Total assets		less current liabilities			813					599,944
Creditors:	amounts			falling due after
one year			(Note 20)		814
Provisions	for liabilities				815
Total net assets		or liabilities			B16	690,272			690,272	599,944
Funds ofthe		Charity
Endowment	funds		(Note 27)		B17
Restricted	income		funds (Note 27)		818		6,000		6,000
Unrestricted	funds				819	684 272			684,272	599,944
Revaluation	reserve				820
				Total funds	s21	684,272	6,000		690,272	599,944
Signed by one or two			trustees on behalf of all							Date of
the trustees						Signature		Print	Name	approval
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		Pediod start date					1/1/23		To	Period	end date	I	12l31/23
								Restricted
Recommended categories by activity					Guidance	Unrestricted funds		income funds		Endowment funds			Total funds			Prior year funds
incoming resources (Note	3)						F01		F02	F03			F04	.		F05
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities					Sof S02 803		75,801 29,754		6,000				81,801 29,754			86,545 26,272
Investments Separate material item ofincome					S04 S05		2,873 1,250						2,873 1,250			10,570 2,227
Other					S06
Total Resources expended (Note 6)					S07		109,678		6,000				115,678			125,614
Expenditure on:
Raising funds					S08
Charitable activities					sos		128,438						128,438			170,252
Separate material item ofexpense					S10
Other					S11
Total					s12		128,438						128,438			170,252
Net income/(expenditure) (losses) Net gains/(losses) on investments	before investment		gains/		S13 - S14		18,760		6,000				12,760		-	44,638
Net income/(expenditure) Extraordinary items					s15 - S16	.	18,760		6,000				12,760		-	44,638
Transfers between funds					S17
Other recognised gains/(losses):
Gains and losses on revaluation offixed assets for		the charity's	own	use	sf8		103,088						103,088
Other gains/(losses)					619
Net movementin funds					s20		84328		6,000				90,328		-	44,638
Reconciliation offunds:
Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward					S21 S22		599,944 684,272		6,000				599,944 690,272'			644,582 599,944

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Report tothe trusteesI members of		The Parochial Church Council ofStLuke'		s, Bricket Wood
On accounts for the year		31"December, 2023		Charity no 1137'630
	ended			(ifany)
Set out	on pages	1 to 31
		I report to the trustees on my examination ofthe accounts ofthe above charity ("the Trust")for the year ended 31"December, 2023.
Responsibilities	and	As the charity's trustees,	you are responsible forthe preparation ofthe
basis ofreport		accounts in accordance	with the requirements ofthe Charities Act 2011
		("the Act").
		I report in respect of my	examination ofthe Trust's accounts carried out
		under section 145ofthe	2011 Act and in	carrying out my examination,	I
		have followed all the applicable Directions		given by the Charity Commission
		under section 145(5}(b)ofthe Act.