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2022-12-31-accounts

St. Matthew’s Church, Reading

Annual Report

Year Ended 31[st] December 2022

Registered Charity Number: 1148083

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Welcome to the Annual Report of the mission and ministry of St. Matthew’s Church, Southcote Lane, Reading.

Under the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956, the PCC is required to cooperate with the vicar in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. This report describes how this has been achieved during 2022. Further details of the activities of the PCC and of the various ministry areas of the church can be obtained by contacting those named in each report.

Sections

1. Trustees Report p.3
2. Report from the Vicar p.6
3. Electoral Roll p.10
4. Deanery Synod Report p.10
5. Churchwardens Report p.12
6. Family & Children’s Report p.14
7. Youth Report p.15
8. Safeguarding Report p.15
9. Statement of Financial Activities p.16
10. Independent Examiners Report p.23

Our Vison:

"...a thriving, growing church at the heart of the parish, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ and serving the community.”

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Trustees’ Report for the 2023 APCM

Membership

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio, elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules, or co-opted onto the PCC. During the year, the following served as members of the PCC:-

Vicar: The Revd. Pads Dolphin Associate Minister: The Revd. Kirstie Dolphin Churchwardens: Jan Ball (also PCC Secretary) David Horne

Deanery Synod Representatives:

Brian Day Mary Day

Elected Members:

Nick Burn (also Treasurer) Gwyneth Rudman Steve Rudman Emma Noonan Erick Nwanshi Abigail Fryer-Saxby

Co-opted Members:

None

Non-Voting Members:

None

The PCC held meetings in February, April, July, October and November in 2022.

Standing Committee and Finance Committee

The Standing Committee is the only committee required by law and transacts the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any direction given by the council. If there is an urgent need to approve expenditure which cannot wait for a scheduled meeting, a Standing Committee can be convened to approve up to £500. The Standing Committee consisted of:

Any approvals made by a Standing Committee must be reported to the next PCC meeting and will be minuted.

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The Finance Committee had the following membership:

Pads Dolphin, Nick Burn, Brian Day, Alan Chandler. Most of its business was conducted via email and finance was a standing item on every PCC agenda.

Review of the year

The PCC met 7 times since the last APCM.

The following items were included in the business of the PCC during 2022

Financial Review

The PCC is responsible for the financial affairs of St. Matthew's Church. The reduction in the number of people attending St Matthew’s in the months after the COVID pandemic has been a challenge for us as a church to meet all our major financial commitments of parish share, salaries and necessary services and utilities, especially in the light of increasing energy costs. We are very thankful to the generous hearts of the congregation of St Matthew’s who kept us afloat during difficult times. Below are the figures for the year 2022 compared with the previous two years.

2020 2021 2022 2022
Actual Actual Budget Actual
VoluntaryIncome £108,167 £101,581 £108,400 £97,724
Total Income £120,234 £113,342 £125,030 £114,171
Total Resource Used £112,962 £120,389 £138,076 £125,518
Net Income £7,362 (£7,047) (£13,046) (£11,347)
Unrestricted General Reserve £68,874 £69,129
£56,083		 £66,500

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As the table above shows, our income for the year was around £10,500 lower than budgeted, primarily due lower voluntary and hall income. Despite this, the majority of planned giving from members of our church family continued, proving to be a huge source of stability for us throughout the year. We were able to pay our full Parish Share.

Our expenditure was approximately £12,500 less than budgeted due to reduced salary costs as we had no youth worker which had been budgeted. We finished the year with a deficit of £11,347 compared to a budgeted deficit of £13,046.

Reserve Policy

The PCC has a policy of keeping three months running costs in reserve to cover unforeseen circumstances. We expect to be able to operate within this policy during 2023. The unrestricted general reserve at 31 December 2022 was £66,500.

Basis of Preparation

The accounts have been prepared using the accrual accounting method consistent with last years’ accounts.

Health and Safety

A report on health and safety is considered at each PCC meeting. Accident books and First Aid kits are located in both Church and Hall and the First Aid kits are inspected regularly and refilled if necessary.

Safeguarding

A report on safeguarding is considered at each PCC meeting. This takes account of all vulnerable or potentially vulnerable users of our facilities and participants in our activities. A safeguarding agreement is included in the documentation issued to all hall users.

The PCC would like to thank everyone who has worked so hard during the year to help support the mission and ministry of St. Matthews.

Signed on Behalf of the PCC

Pads Dolphin, Vicar

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Vicar’s Report to the Annual Church Meeting – April 2023

As I look back on the year 2022, I am reminded how little we know about the future. If someone had told me in the summer of 2021 that next year we would see war break out in Europe, the death of the Queen, and a spate of three different prime ministers in the course of a few months, I probably would have dismissed their thoughts as wild speculation.

But it’s also true that if someone had told me that the following year we would start up no less than four new outreach initiatives at St Matthew’s in 2022, I might have been quite doubtful too. The good news is, we have a God who knows the end from the beginning and he has told us that it ends well. So I am hugely encouraged by all that has taken place over the last 12 months and want to start by giving thanks to God for everything he has done, and everything he has given us.

Prayer

It is a well understood principle that almost anything that we do of any value for the Kingdom of God begins in prayer and Kirstie and I have both been encouraged by the prayerful hearts of our St Matthew’s church family over the year. Prayer begins each week with the whole church family praying and worshipping together on a Sunday morning and being sent into the week nourished on the word of God and the bread and wine of communion. And then, in addition to our daily personal devotions, the church family met on Monday mornings and Monday evenings, on Tuesday afternoons, Wednesday mornings for Holy Communion, some met in homegroups on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and in March 2022 we held a well-attended Prayer and Vision Day to seek God’s heart for the way forward, the outcome of which could best be summed up by the words “Get out there!” based on Isaiah 58. And out we went!

Outreach

This led on to the first of four new outreach initiatives, ‘ Southcote Community Street Pastors’ , with a team being trained up and sent out from July 1[st] to patrol the streets of the parish to be good news and bring good news to the people of Southcote. This has been received hugely positively by the local community.

The first Street Pastor Patrol in Southcote

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Then in September, championed and led by Abbie, a new baby and toddler group was started up in the church hall called ‘SouthTots’ – reaching out to parents of young children who do not normally connect with church. One of the early attenders at Southtots is now a regular attender at church on Sundays.

As we looked forward to autumn with colder weather and rising energy bills, Kirstie felt called to start up a warm hub at lunchtime, with soup and bread, called ‘ Winter Warmers’ which started on 4[th] November and provided a place for some vulnerable people, some lonely, and some with mental health problems who found a warm and friendly community.

Winter Warmers in the Church Hall

As Winter came on and Christmas approached, Lynn felt that this warm welcome should be extended to families, including those who were struggling with energy and food bills, and on January 20[th] 2023 the ‘ After-School Warm Hub’ was started with some 75 adults and children coming from after-school to enjoy a warm welcome, activities, games, and a hot meal. This has connected several new families with church life, and we expect that the ongoing fund raising for the work will enable us to update our kitchen and our cooker so that we can be much more involved in feeding the community into the future.

One successful funding bid – thank you to the John Sykes foundation!

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Although I have talked about four new outreach initiatives, in truth there is a fifth – and it was the first one to launch – in the shape of the ‘Sensory Garden’ – the vision of Ian and Julie Bullock particularly, which transformed the front of the church and provided a peaceful place to sit and pray or chat – and was used through the summer by both church family and people in the community. As the weather warms up again we look forward to that space being used to bless many others.

The new ‘Sensory Garden’ soon after it was created early in 2022.

Readifood and Torch – a helping hand from local churches

Although not specifically St Matthew’s outreaches, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to those – especially Anne Bingham and Erick Nwanshi - who have volunteered in the communities around Reading through Torch, blessing a huge number of people in need and to all those who have given to or volunteered with Readifood, the food bank.

Serving

The church absolutely depends upon members of the church family stepping up to serve in a whole variety of different ways the ministries and mission of the church – without which there simply would not be any. Although we still need more people to be serving in every area of church life, I give thanks to God for those who have stepped forward in the last year to join one of the teams to serve on Welcome, Tea and Coffee, AV, PA, Youth team, Children’s team, our outreach initiatives, looking after the church grounds (thank you, Simon!), and for the Candles for Ukraine (thank you Jane) and for many others who I will no doubt have missed out!

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Worship

I would like to say a special thanks to Emma and Martin for their tireless and inspired service in leading the music and sung worship at St Matthew’s. The team is smaller than it has been in previous years and so please do be praying for more musicians and singers to step forward and join the team. I know they would welcome some fresh faces on the worship team – so don’t be shy – if you have a gift in that department, step forward!

We have also enjoyed a new organist, Andy Stancliffe, playing the organ for us at the 11.45am services which greatly enriches our traditional worship and all of us in church have been blessed by the beautiful flower arrangers who bring a wonderful sense of God’s good creation to the services.

I want to especially thank all those who have given hugely of their time and resources to both the life of the church, and also to those in need in the community. There are many people who’s lives over the last two years would have been so much more painful, so much more lonely, so much more hopeless – without the people of St Matthew’s loving their brothers and sisters in Christ as well as their neighbour.

My special thanks goes to Jan Ball and David Horne, my churchwardens, to Lynn, our Family and Children’s worker, to Karen, our Parish Administrator, to Liberty, our new Youth Worker, the members of the PCC and to everyone who serves or belongs to the church family at St Matthew’s. It is a privilege to journey with you on the Way of Jesus.

With love in Christ,

Pads

Revd Pads Dolphin, Vicar of St Matthew’s

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Report on the Electoral Roll

The Electoral Roll of St Matthew’s in 2023 sees us with 88 adult members which is the same as that reported at the Annual meeting in 2022. Eight people came off the roll and eight new members came onto the role leaving the number unchanged.

Applications for membership of the Electoral Roll can be made at any time during the year and applications forms are available in the Welcome Area. Forms should be completed and handed to a member of the Clergy, to the church office or to me.

Pads Dolphin (in lieu of an electoral roll officer)

Deanery Synod Report

Deanery Synod is a forum where parishes from across Reading can come together to discuss issues and opportunities that transcend our parish boundaries. It is a forum for sharing ideas, addressing common challenges and linking into the wider mission of the Diocese.

St Matthew’s deanery synod representatives for 2022 were Brian and Mary Day.

Report for 2022

Reading Deanery Synod entered the post-Covid new normal in 2022. Meetings took place in person, but were also hybrid meetings, so that those who were unable to attend in person (for example testing positive for Covid) could attend remotely.

There is now an Area Dean, Mike Smith of Caversham Thameside, and Reading Deanery Synod now has a Secretary.

March Meeting

The first meeting of the year was held at St Barnabas Church.

Synod heard about the Greyfriars Atrium development, and had a presentation about PACT (Parents and Children Together), a Reading-based charity mainly focused on helping the adoption process including providing ongoing care and support to adoptive children and their (new) family.

Members of the Parish Share Committee were elected.

June Meeting

The second meeting was held at St Peter’s Earley Church hall.

Synod heard about the large number of Hong Kong refugees now attending Southlake St James Church. There was also a presentation about ECO Churches – churches were advocated to join this initiative.

Deanery Synod then passed the following motion:

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“Reading Deanery Synod a) propose that all reasonable steps are taken to influence HM Government to amend planning regulations so that there is a presumption of permission for the installation of solar panels on the roofs of churches, and facilitate the installation of heat pumps, even if the churches are listed buildings; and b) propose that Oxford Diocesan Synod pass a motion to support this proposal, and refer this motion to General Synod.”

“Reading Deanery Share 2023 Principles” were approved, and the 2023 Parish Share Scheme was approved.

November Meeting

There was a presentation about Citizens UK. It was agreed that Reading Deanery Synod would join Citizens UK as an umbrella organisation for churches in the Deanery, the membership fee would be paid from the Reading Deanery MAP Fund.

Th 2023 Parish Shares were ratified at the same level as had been presented to the June Synod Meeting – Diocesan Synod had agreed that LLMs and SSMs could claim the Diocesan portion of fees for Services they take after Deanery Synod had finalised its Parish Share Scheme, but there was sufficient headroom not to increase the proposed Parish Shares.

There was a presentation about REinspired (which was originally set up by Churches Together in Earley and East Reading (CTEER)).

Churches had been asked to complete Cost of Energy Crisis Questionnaires and the analysis would be used to inform strategy at a higher level.

The Solar Panel Proposal is to be discussed at Diocesan Synod in March 2023, and it may be necessary to amend the motion to gain more support and Deanery Synod authorised the Lay Chair to negotiate a new motion for this purpose.

Mark Burton (Chair, Deanery Synod)

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Churchwardens’ report

Churchwardens – what do we do?

It’s a very odd role really. We are ultimately responsible to the Diocese of Oxford, but also answer to the Vicar (Pads). Because the Church of England is tied to the State (sometimes referred to as the ‘established’ church), the laws of the Church of England are a subset of the Law of the Land. In practical terms, we are keepers of the many!! keys and bear ultimate responsibility for making sure Sunday services happen. Wardens are also accountable for the state of the church buildings and grounds. We are also responsible to the Bishop to ensure the Vicar isn’t going rogue and preaching heresy – something we don’t have to worry about! ☺

Sunday Worship

We are grateful that the Covid issues seem to have resolved and that normal services were able to resume. Phew!

Sadly, some people never returned post-Covid, and at one stage the 10am service dwindled to an attendance as low as a couple of dozen people. It was the 11.45am service which came back in numbers first and since then it’s been terrific to see 10am numbers pick up as well, partly because people have felt safe to return, but it’s been an absolute pleasure to see a lot of new faces in the congregation. Welcome to St Matthews!

Reaching out

2022 has been an extraordinary year in terms of outreach (and in-reach) initiatives.

We think this is quite phenomenal within a relatively small church like ours, and we are grateful to God for it all – outreach had been the subject of much prayer during Covid times, and it’s hard not to see these activities as answered prayer.

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The Church Property

2022 and early 2023 have been very busy in buildings terms.

Looking forwards

As ever, we are always looking for volunteers – on whom we are totally dependent! People come and go, take breaks from old duties and there are always opportunities. We want to thank everyone who contributes.

Aspects of church life that we would love to have help with include:

So, if you think you might be able to offer to serve in any of these areas please speak to one of us or

Pads, Kirstie, Lynn or Karen. Willing hearts are the main qualification!

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Jan Ball & David Horne

Family & Children’s Report

Kidz church is going well with a team who are happy to help teach and run sessions. Numbers of children attending vary from 9 - 24 but the team all manage very well. Holiday clubs are back up and running with approx 100 children attending. It's a much more manageable number and we love the time we spend with the children teaching the word of God and worshiping with them.

We have several outreach events throughout the year to touch base with the community. All are well received. Our senior lunches have been well attended with approx 50 elderly attending each one. We started a warm hub for families after school on Fridays in January and it has been very well attended and greatly appreciated. We are having lots of fruitful conversations with those who come along and are able to pastorally support several of them. This does mean we have had to lay down the senior lunch as the need is greater for the warm hub. There is very little in the community for families which is why we have made this decision.

I continue to help many people pastorally which is a blessing to me and hopefully them.

In March of this year I’ve been given 2 extra days for 3 months to get our kitchen up to the standards needed to pass environmental health checks. I’m also looking at purchasing a new cooker and making some changes in the hall. I’m really enjoying having something new to focus on and organise.

2022 was one of my hardest years at St Matthews for many reasons. 2023 has been a very positive start to the year and I am feeling really encouraged. We have some amazing ministries taking place in St Matthews and it's a blessing to be part of that.

Lynn Everett

Children and family worker

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Youth Report

I began Youth work in January 2023. This is a role that was completely new to me, but one I was super excited for. I looked forward to knowing the youth better, as well as creating a comfortable space where they can build relationships with each other. Alongside myself, I have a team of three other young people. They would help me run Sunday mornings and the youth social events.

Sunday mornings are usually split into two halves. We start off with toast and hot chocolate in the Church vicarage. We catch up on the past week, school and other things they have been up to. Usually, they tell me how great or not so great their week has been. The second part of the morning is our teaching space. We get comfortable in the living room ready for a discussion around a certain topic. Over the past months we have had teaching centred around transformed lives in the Bible, identity and suffering. My aim was to slowly unpack these topics, revealing what the Bible says about them and what it looks like to apply these teachings to our everyday life. I try and do this in a relevant way, thinking about the things teenagers go through today. I sometimes talk about my own experience too.

Over the months I have been really encouraged to see the teenagers contribute more and feel safe to ask all their questions. We have had a range of teens, some who grew up in Christiaan households knowing about Jesus and some who know nothing. Finding that balance of providing something for everyone needed navigating but for

the most part I believe it has worked well. Each week I am really encouraged by them. They are super fun, (extremely talkative and may need a little reining in at times), but they are great teenagers, and I am excited to watch them grow.

At the end of April, we had our first social event. This was a time of playing games and eating pizza. It was great to hang out with them in a relaxed setting and this is something we plan to do every month.

Liberty Umeh Youth Worker

Safeguarding Report

A huge thank you to Karen and Lynn who have worked hard updating our processes and bringing everyone’s DBS certificates up to date. The rules have recently changed, and the DBS certificate now has to be renewed every 3 years instead of 5.

Everyone who works with children, young people or adults at risk should complete the Basic Awareness and Foundation Safeguarding Training which is available online through the Oxford Diocese website and that has to be refreshed every 3 years. Leaders have to do an additional leadership module which can be booked through the Diocese website.

Liberty, our youth worker, has completed her leadership safeguarding training. We are still in the process of checking and training our youth helpers.

We are following the Diocesan guidance for safer recruitment for staff and volunteers and are very thankful for our ever increasing team!

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I am still the ‘interim’ PSO (Parish Safeguarding Officer) while we look to find a replacement as the Diocese have said it is not good practice for the vicar’s wife to hold this position! If you are reading this and would like to know more about this role please let me know.

Karen is the DBS administrator and verifier along with Jan Ball, so it’s a team effort.

There have been no incidents or reports which have had to be investigated. We have taken advice from the Diocese Safeguarding team on several occasions, but no further action has been necessary.

Kirstie Dolphin PSO

Statement of Financial Activities – Year ending Dec 31st 2021

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