## **The Parish Church Council of St Anne with St Faith, Wandsworth** ## **Aim and purpose** The Parochial Church Council has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd Gordon Jeanes, in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The Council seeks to serve people in the ecclesiastical parish and the area by opening to them the worship of God, instruction in the Christian faith and pastoral care and support. ## **Church services etc.** The PCC takes the lead with the incumbent in planning the life of the parish with an eye to the aims stated above. The ministry of the church in the community carries on, with both regular services and baptisms, marriages and funerals through which we are involved with many members of the local community. However, COVID restrictions severely affected events this year. Sunday services continued initially just on Zoom, then later with much reduced congregations due to the necessity to socially distance people. Sunday school did not meet and the popular Messy Church for pre-school children has yet to be reinstated. ## **Community activities** We have close links with our local primary schools, especially in two Church of England schools where the vicar and a number of church members serve as foundation governors. We have good links with Wandsworth Homestart and a number of parishioners have worked in previous years with the _Glass Door_ winter night shelter for the homeless in St Barnabas, Southfields. The well established quarterly lunches for older people in partnership with the local “Community Matters” group did not happen this year due to COVID restrictions. These restrictions also meant that we were unable to host our usual fundraising carol services and concerts, but we were able to celebrate Christmas with a service on Christmas Eve and another on Christmas Day. The collection of £867 from these services was donated to _Prostate Cancer UK_ and _Welcare_ ## **St Anne’s Church and St Anne’s Church Hall.** The church and hall are used for our own activities and also for a wide range of community events. The maintenance of these two buildings is a major part of our responsibilities. (In 2015 the parish was informed that the hall was in fact owned by the diocese, not the parish. After many pleas from the parish the diocese finally agreed to a meeting in October 2017; heads of agreement have now been sorted and a lease successfully negotiated.) Plans for internal development of the church building having been finalised with the diocese, work was begun early in the year and has now been completed, including the installation of a new sound system and internet facilities which enabled broadcasting of services during lockdown. In addition the PCC owns a property (28 Aslett St) and the former St Faith’s Church in Ebner St which at present are applied to income generation for the purposes of the parish. ## **Structure, governance and management** The PCC is appointed according to the Church Representation Rules. The membership consists of the incumbent, churchwardens, Deanery Synod representatives and elected members. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006). Its Charity No. is 1144983. The PCC is responsible for decisions of all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including decisions on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. The PCC has nine regular meetings each year. There is also a Standing Committee which meets according to need: it met a four times in 2020. PCC members who have served from 1 January to 31 December 2020 are: **Incumbent (ex officio)** The Revd Gordon Jeanes ## **Churchwardens** Clare Howarth Andrew MacIntosh (until AGM 2020) Karen Mayne (from AGM 2020) ## **Deanery Synod Members** Pam Davies Clare Groves Charles Mathiesen Karen Mayne (until AGM 2020) ## **PCC members** Teddy Akello (until AGM 2020) Margaret Cooper Maureen Edwards Andrew MacIntosh (from AGM 2020) Duncan Faulkner Stephanie Schlingensiepen Marion Trelawny Liz Turner Andrew Yeates (until AGM 2020) Jennifer Ripley Sharon Dickinson (until AGM 2020) Richard Hutchinson (from AGM 2020) ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the PCC of St Anne’s Church Wandsworth** **This report on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 1 to 7, is in respect of an examination carried out under the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 (‘the Regulations’) and s.43 of the Charities Act 1993 (‘the Act’).** ## **Respective responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner** **As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of Regulations and section 43(2) of the Act do not apply. It is my responsibility to issue this report on those accounts in accordance with the terms of the Regulations.** ## **Basis of this report** **My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 43(7)(b) of the Act and to be found in the Church guidance, 2006 edition, issued by the Finance Division of the Archbishops’ Council. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes considering 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 I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.** ## **Independent examiner’s statement** **In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:** **1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements** - **To keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the Act; and** - **To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of the Act and the Regulations 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.** **David Mel Zuydam F.C.A. The Bridge House Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3EW 21 April 2021**