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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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ch|oose to|include fur|ther statements|
|---|---|---|---|
||||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||||
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|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.||
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|Achievements
against|Para 1.41|
|---|---|
|objectives set||
|Performance
offundraising|Para 1.41|
|activities against objectives||
|set||
|Investment
performance|Para 1.41|
|against objectives||
|Other||
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|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|||||||||
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|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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|ou ma
|choo|se to include|furth|er statem|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|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|||||
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|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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Ch||||||
||||||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|
|||||||||||dd/mm/|
|D
CHARITV COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND
AND WALES|D
CHARITV COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND
AND WALES|The Parochial|The Parochial|Church|Charity
any)
Annual
accounts for the period
Council ofSt Luke's,Bricket Wood|Charity
any)
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accounts for the period
Council ofSt Luke's,Bricket Wood|Charity
any)
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accounts for the period
Council ofSt Luke's,Bricket Wood|Charity
any)
Annual
accounts for the period
Council ofSt Luke's,Bricket Wood|Charity
any)
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accounts for the period
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any)
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accounts for the period
Council ofSt Luke's,Bricket Wood|No|(if|I|1137630||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||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.||||
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