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St. Francis Church, Monks Hill

Annual Report & Financial Statements and Statement of Public Benefits of the PCC for the year ended December, 2020

June, 2021

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St Francis Church, Monks Hill

Agenda for Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Opening Prayer

Annual Meeting of Parishioners

1. Election of Church Wardens

2. Appointment of Assistant Wardens

3. Thanks

Annual General Meeting

1. Apologies for absence

2. Minutes of previous Annual Parochial Church Meeting

3. Matters Arising

4. Finance Report

5. Church Wardens’ Report

6. Fabric Report & Security Round up

7. Deanery Synod Report

8. Children’s Work Report

9. Youth Work Report

10. Safeguarding vulnerable children and adults report

11. Churches Together Report

12. Food Stop Report

13. Overseas Mission Report

14. Electoral Roll Report

15. Community Work Report

16. Election of PCC members

17. Election of Sides people

18. Election of CTSA Representatives

19. Election of Deanery Synod Representative for 3 years

20. Appointment of Independent Examiner

21. Minister’s Address

22. AOB (notified ahead)

23. Closing Prayer & blessing

Appendix 1 – Report to Charities Commission on Public Benefits Appendix 2 – Annual Accounts for 2020

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Item 2: Minutes of previous Annual Parochial Church Meeting held on Sunday 18[th] October 2020

There were 15 people present in Church and 3 on Zoom.

The meeting opened with a prayer

Annual Meeting of Parishioners

1. Election of Church Wardens

Jimmy Wavamunno and Yemi Oseni were unanimously appointed as Church Wardens.

2. Appointment of Assistant Wardens

Geoff Okeke was unanimously appointed as Assistant Church Warden.

3. Commissioning of Wardens

Peter commissioned the wardens and assistant warden using the words sent by the diocese as

there cannot be a commissioning service this year.

4. Thanks

Peter thanked all who serve as wardens and assistant wardens.

Annual General Meeting

1. Apologies for absence

There were no apologies for absence

2. Minutes of previous Annual Parochial Church Meeting

The minutes of last year’s meeting were unanimously approved.

3. Matters Arising

There were no matters arising.

4. Finance Report

Sarah Burne the Church treasurer gave the finance report. The Church ended last year with a surplus however, £3000 was spent on refurbishing the hall and entrance which together with the loss of nursery income will probably mean we have a deficit this year. We decreased the quota we pay by £2000 last year and will, probably, hold it at the same level this year to take account of this. There were no questions about the Church finances and the accounts were approved unanimously.

5. Reports

All the reports about Church activities are included in the APCM report which people are asked to

read.

14. Electoral Roll Report

4 people have been removed and 2 added so the Electoral Roll now stands at 60.

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15. Election of PCC Members

Paul Conde, Michelle Wyatt, Jonathon Canning, Pam Joseph, Geoff Okeke and Steph Waddell were unanimously elected to the PCC.

16. Election of Sidespeople

Charles Akitoye, Robert Ley, Margaret Mowll, Lincoln Smith, David Forsyth, Melva McIntosh, Sam Pearson, Anne Beinomugisha, Jimmy Wavamunno and James Buckle were unanimously elected as sides people.

17. Election of CTSA Representatives

Gay Costello and Olu Akitoye were unanimously elected as CTSA representatives

18. Election of Deanery Synod Representatives

Gay Costello was unanimously elected as Deanery Synod representative.

Peter thanked all those who had written the reports and contributed to the work within them.

19. Appointment of Independent Examiner

No independent examiner was appointed as because of the money involved with the building project we may need a full audit next year.

20. Minister’s Address and Questions

Peter spoke about what we were waiting for last year, the start of the building project, a new youth worker and the start of the food stop. All these prayers have been answered and are going well. The Lord has provided. Peter talked about the harvest in Matthew 6 verses 37 and 38 and the need for more workers and how these workers may be us. God will finish the work he has started. Peter is encouraged by 6 new PCC members. During the pandemic the Church has had to find new ways of working and will, probably, never be the same again. We need to find ways to engage those who are watching online. St Francis is known for being a small, happy, Church and Peter is happy with that. God is providing new musicians and we are being asked to work with many agencies. We are being the light on the hill. Some things are completed, there is always more to do, we need to work and pray hard. Peter asked the congregation to be kind and considerate to one another, be measured in what we say to one another and allow for the stress of the pandemic. We need a new PCC secretary and electoral roll officer. Peter thanked all who work on behalf of the Church, especially Sarah who has had a lot extra to do this year. There were no questions for Peter. Steve Thomas thanked Peter for all his work.

21. AOB The PCC will meet on Tuesday 3rd November at 8.00pm in person and on Zoom.

The meeting closed with prayer at 12.20pm.

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Item 4: Finance Report

Financial Highlights for 2020

Surplus of general funds of £1,260 , answer to prayers as we were heading for approximate £6k deficit

• Accounting method changed from Receipts and Payments to Accruals and Prepayments due to the building of the new hall which increased our income to over the 250,000 threshold.

• General Funds -Tax efficient giving is a decrease of £252 compared to 2019, however compared to budget it was an increase of £2,215, as we had expected in 2020 a significant reduced income due to members moving out of the area.

• Cash collection is a decrease of £2,594 compared to 2019. Peter sent a letter to congregation during lockdown requesting members to donate on-line and to reevaluate their giving, as we were heading for a £6k deficit. Received one-off donations of £4,319 and increased on-line giving.

• General Funds - Tax recovered increased by £2,441 compared to 2019, however tax recovered in 2021 will be approximately £2k lower compared to 2020.

• Utility expenditure has increased by £799, meters were reconciled and accrual of £1,000 was added to 2020 accounts to cover electricity costs for Foodstop and the new hall (building project).

• Hall hire nursery ‘Fountains of Life’ we received income from Sep to Dec of £1,200, however we cannot rely on income, as nursey has no children to date.

• General hall hire has decreased by £162 compared to 2019, which you would expect due to COVID-19. However, we would expect hall hire to increase significantly when our new hall is available for hire July 2021

• Quota - requested a decrease of £2k in Quota for 2020 to take into account no nursery income and two members leaving the area who contributed to 10% of our overall income in 2019. To be reviewed

• Hall and entrance refurbishment expenditure of £3,020

• Expenditure has decreased by £251 compared to 2019, live streaming equipment was purchased for on-line services.

• General Funds - Overall income has decreased by £2,435 compared to 2019

• No fundraising in 2020

• No change in Sharing Fund £4,284 and Mission Fund £150

Building Fund £36,945

• Grants of £343,087 were received In 2020

• Tax recovered of £3,254 in 2020

• Expenditure £477,614

Foodstop £6,634

• Grants £8,400

• Donations £2,247

• Sum-up & Cash £3,362

• Expenditure £9,338

Donation to Missionaries & Charities

• £1,000 CCAT

• £1,000 Priscilla

• £1,000 Mahbuba

• £100 Contact

• Youth Worker £25,736

Community Hall Organiser 2020 £9,335

• Grants £23,916 (Including furlough grants)

Grants £12,500

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Expenditure £3,164

• Donations £5,800

• Expenditure £19,381

The full set of Financial Accounts 2019 for the church are set out in Appendix 2 at the end of this Annual Report

Item 5: Churchwardens’ Report

Since the lockdown for Covid-19, the church service has been streaming live to Facebook from the Vicarage hosting virtual groups and sharing content digitally via Facebook and zoom.

Services to crafts and story time for children, prayer meetings, PCC meetings and home groups/ bible study groups, the invitation is offered to tune into from home and join with a community of people sharing the gospel.

We are continuing to live stream out worship service every Sunday at 10am. People can join us at church safely now! We have distanced seats, hand sanitizer and washing and of course face masks are required; apart from those who are exempt. Or join us online at www.Facebook.com/StFrancisMonksHill Do like our page- it makes it easier to access.

Yemi Oseni

Item 6: Fabric Committee Report

During the last two decades there have been several break-ins, or attempts, mainly at the ‘Crittall’ steel-framed windows looking out on to the field, plus one attempt on the Bike Shed. Thieves have cut or broken the glass enough to reach in and try to release the window catch. A few have achieved access. Losses have included a computer. Damage (vandalism) includes that suffered by the processional cross - which has defied expert attempts to re-straighten the top part. Internally , most doors are now lockable; and both of the main entrance doors and the lobby doors have had key changes. We have a key-cabinet with restricted access, and a key register was kindly updated by the Wardens, recently by Stephanie Waddell, now by Jimmy Wavamunno. The New Hall will have a master-key system, and a proper key cabinet is ready to be fitted.

Realising that the ‘Crittall’ windows are the most vulnerable security points , we have recently fitted[1] locking devices to each steel window frame, though at a cost of about £20 each, including the keys. No simpler lock seems to be available. Nevertheless, Hall-users do not always bother to ‘lock’ the windows after use. This could be a problem as the warm weather approaches and more windows are opened. The double door between the church and the lobby becomes of greater security importance, because the Video streaming equipment, though light in weight – is high in value!

1 With the invaluable help & patience of Roger Pearson! Each steel window frame has to be drilled and threaded!

David Huntley

Item 7: Deanery Synod Report

Deanery meetings have continued on Zoom, chaired by Rev Debbie Forman the Area Dean. These were held on 12[th] October, when, after the business meeting, Moira Astin, the Archdeacon of Reigate gave a talk entitled, ‘How Christianity came to Britain’ and 24[th] February 2021, when the speaker was Jay Colwell, Canon Missioner and Mission Director. He spoke with slides on ‘Missional ways of working during and after Covid19 – no experts only practitioners. These talks are open to all.

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Two items of note have come down from Diocesan Synod, first regarding racial justice, there is a statement that it is not enough to be anti-racist but need to be pro-active in opposing racism. Also the acronym BAME will no longer be used, instead it will be replaced by UKME which is UK Minority Ethnic. Also, a new initiative called ‘Living in Love and Faith’ about identity, sexuality, marriage and relationships. There is a course and there are videos and live discussion on the website https//llf.churchofengland.org. Everyone is asked to take part both at parish and deanery level and report back by November 2021 regarding six principles:

• Acknowledge prejudice

• Speak to silence

• Address ignorance

• Cast out fear

• admit hypocrisy

• pay attention to power

Gay Costello

Item 8: Children’s Work Coordinator’s Report

We had Sunday school. We stopped Sunday school. We had splash group in the vestry and youth in the hall. We stopped Sunday school. We currently have Splash on line and youth in person. Needless to say we have had a changing and disruptive time but our amazing team have been fantastic especially Jemimah, Sharon, Chloe and Susan who have not been able to meet us in church as they have sacrificially served us all by doing Splash online which has been good but not without its technical issues. I cannot thank them enough.

Michelle Wyatt

Item 9: Youth Work Report - Youth Action for Monks Hill 2016

Our Youth Action for Monks Hill project continues to provide free and accessible activities and support for young people on Monks Hill, and this has continued despite various lockdowns and restrictions that have been enforced throughout the last year. Our experience shows that there is a major desire amongst young people to keep meeting each other even in lockdown, and that we have been creative in making this happen, such as moving to an online platform during the peak of the lockdown. We have found that maintaining contact during these periods has been really key in cementing relationships and offering support, and doing this has certainly made it easier to return to face-to-face contact, despite the stop-start nature of the last year. This is set to continue, hopefully returning ‘to normal’ as the government roadmap continues, and assuming we are able to secure funding to maintain the services of our new Youth Worker. Our three main activities continue to be:

• Monks Hill Youth Club – 6.30-8pm on Thursday evenings for 11-16 year olds

• Monks Hill Football Academy – 2.30-4pm on Sunday afternoons for school years 5-9

• Mentoring – 3 students are mentored in Quest Academy each week.

Youth Club is well attended and there is a very good dynamic at the club. This group was in such a good way prior to this Lockdown, that we decided to try meeting in an online format. Needless to say, it was not as popular as Youth Club, but we did manage to see several different young people during that time, with a small core group attending every week. Since reopening, the Youth Club has hit the ground running, with a large number of our regular members returning, and others waiting to return after June 21st.The football academy each week continues to give young people an opportunity to develop their football skills, and compete in occasional matches, and we are grateful to Kick London who continue to provide us with a qualified coach to ensure our coaching standards are high. This group had really suffered in the Lockdowns, but is now in an encouraging, and much better place now that we have restarted! The young people who have been mentored from the Quest Academy have presented a number of complex issues, both in school and outside of it, and it

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has been a real pleasure and a privilege to support them through these. Again, this has been very difficult for the young people with the stop/start nature of the last year. However, this has made the mentoring even more valuable for the young people. It has really helped them that mentoring, if nothing else, has been a constant for them in their school lives, and all mentored pupils have really benefitted from having a safe space to talk with an adult they trust.

A huge thank you to all those who support the work.

Jonathon Canning

Item 10: Safeguarding Vulnerable Children and Adults Report

Safeguarding vulnerable children and adults at St. Francis church.

The past year has been a difficult one but with all its challenges, we have not had any concerns regarding safeguarding.

As a church we believe that it is just unacceptable for a child, young person or adult to experience any form of abuse and recognise put responsibility to safeguard and welfare all by commitment to practise that protects them.

The Diocese offers safeguarding training and there’s a basic course online that anyone in the church is welcome to complete. https://safeguardingtraining.cofepotal.org/

The church has a copy of the Diocese safeguarding policy and it is also available on their website. https://Southwark.anglican.org/safeguarding/diocesean-policies-and-procedures

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility therefore if you should have any concerns regarding the welfare or safety of a child or vulnerable adult, please do not hesitate to speak to Peter or myself.

Jemimah Lawson Barnes

Item 11: Churches Together Selsdon and Addington (CTSA) Report

At the AGM in November, Peter Wyatt stood down as chair, having completed his term of office, and handed over to Trevor Neil, minister at Selsdon Baptist Church. Meetings have continued as scheduled during the pandemic but held on Zoom rather than in person but if all continues well, we plan to hold a physical meeting in July.

There was a very successful online United Service on 20[th] December, still available on YouTube and another in January for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and on Good Friday. Although again this year our Walk of Witness had to be cancelled, it was replaced by Stations of the Cross videos from each church, linked to QR codes and available online.

The very enjoyable and stimulating, ecumenical Lent course this year was based on ‘Bridging the Gaps’ by our own Trevor and raised important questions about church dynamics and how we relate to each other and our community.

The first Family Ramble of the year will be a shorter, local, Sunday afternoon on 27[th] June so do join in.

Gay Costello

Item 12: Food Stop Report

Food stop is like a food bank but members can come every week, choose their own food which includes meat, veg and dairy products. Members pay £3.50 Fareshare who we get most of our food from have nationally joined forces with the Felix Trust so we now get our food from them. During the pandemic time the government has paid Fareshare etc, to supply charities with food so we haven’t been having to pay

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towards the food costs – that is going to change and we will be paying again. Hopefully the £3.50 per week will cover this like before. As well as providing cheap food we are also using food that otherwise would go to waste just because it is short dated, more has been produced than needed for the supermarket or it’s past it’s best.

Since starting we have served 114 households. We currently serve between 31 and 38 households per week. We have an appointment system every Friday and home deliver to those who are having to selfisolate/unwell every Thursday. Anyone living on Monks hill, Forestdale or Selsdon or who is a church member with ‘more month than money’ is able to join. We don’t ask for proof of financial difficulty we take it on trust. Some people have been members since we started in October 2019 and some have come for just a short time to tide them over. We have had some good conversations and developed friendships. We have heard some lovely stories of how coming to food stop has meant that money is available to clear debts, pay the gas bill or have a family treat which wouldn’t otherwise have happened. We have also heard some very sad stories…. We rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.

As well as providing food we receive supplies from the hygiene bank of face and body and household cleaning products.

A big thank you to everyone who has donated products or donated financially to us. We always have a ‘drop box’ at church which you can put donated products in. And a great big thank you to the Pearson family, Wendy, Steve and Natalie for helping us and to CVA, Waitrose and our local Co-op for their kind donations.

We are looking forward to being in the new building and being able to have a ‘help yourself breakfast’ again.

Please pray for us as we seek to show God’s love to those we meet. Pray for wisdom in what we say and do. Pray for God’s kingdom to come. For lives and situations to be gloriously transformed. Pray that we will be able to have a counselling service available in the new hall. Thanks

Michelle Wyatt

Item 13: Overseas Mission Report

Dima and Mahbuba serve with Scripture Union in Tajikistan, where they are pioneering a wellreceived ministry among local children – who love to join their activities. These include games and swimming, as well as teaching and circulating Scriptures in the local languages.

Margaret Mowll reports:

Dima’s health has been poor, but after a visit to Moscow, he was able to enrol in the equivalent of our NHS, and is receiving vital medication by mail.

The only other ‘Christian Window’ in that republic, are the nightly broadcasts from Transworld Radio.

On their visits to UK, Mahbuba has shown us pictures of the children’s accommodation, the cabins and buildings, and the enthusiastic gatherings of the youth and children.

The government remains in the style of Russia. Today Tajikistan is a semi-autonomous, but a very secular, communist-leaning ‘republic’. Mahbuba also works with women’s groups and is able to use the US embassy to meet people without running into problems with the State.

Priscilla Ng is supported by OMF (the former China Inland Mission ), which is now serving across East Asia). She has served two full terms in sizeable East-Asian university cities, with excellent and encouraging response among the student world. She has a warm invitation to return to teach in a different College, and a work-permit is available; but during the current pandemic, visas are not being granted by that country. She is currently ministering daily, via the WWW ; and encouraging East Asian students (using their own language) in their faith.

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Croydon Community against Trafficking. Activities in 2020-21

In normal times Modern Day Slavery (MDS) is very much a hidden crime and during the pandemic even more victims went undiscovered and could not be helped due to Croydon Council’s declared bankruptcy.

So CCAT is using social media and links, ensuring the authorities did not forget the need to deal with MDS issues. The CCAT composes announcements so that potential victims may seek help via their mobile phones. The CCAT Intelligence Gathering team made searches &two East European females were assisted and given safety through the Salvation Army.

Post-pandemic, CCAT plan to:

• Monitor Child Trafficking Guardian scheme.

• Continue campaigning that the law treats victims of MDS as innocent victims rather than potential criminals

• Develop the CCAT pioneering Spot the Signs communications in order that members of the public can identify potential MDS victims in their neighborhoods.

• Conduct independent research into the MDS position to assist CCAT plan further activities as the borough emerges from the pandemic restrictions.

Peter Cox, Trustee CCAT. 27[th] April 2021

David Huntley

Item 14: Electoral Roll Report

Since last report on 10/10/2020, 4 names have been added and nil removed. Therefore the total on the roll stands at 64.

Gayle Costello

Item 15: Community Work Report

A place of welcome: 12 attendees weekly.

Our place of welcome is a safe space that gives opportunity for those in our community chance to meet new people. We meet on a Wednesday morning for two hours. During this time, we lay on a free healthy brunch and use the time to catch up with those that are struggling alongside activities such as jewellery making. Over the last year we have had over 50 people attend of which an average of 12 come every week. We have had some fantastic success of friendships being made that has helped end isolation for some of our members.

When surveyed 97% of people said that the place of welcome made them feel like they were now a part of the community. Also 100% said that it helped them to feel less isolated.

The floating shelter.

Due to covid-19 restrictions we were unable to run our floating shelter this year but managed to support the homeless in over ways - this included working with a charity called Night Watch to supply packed lunches to on average 40 people a week. This allowed us to use community volunteers that could not usually get involved in the floating shelter including some that were shielding due to covid 19. The feedback we got from the volunteers said that it made them feel helpful and gave them some routine in what was an exceedingly difficult and lonely time for them.

We also got involved in making hot meals, for the charity No second Night Out, once a week throughout November and December.

We have also just started a new project called Never Alone. We have secured some funding that has allowed us to purchase 20 tablets so that we can run an online network for those that are house bound

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for a variety of reasons. With a weekly organised meeting with quizzes and games so people can get to know one and other. then the tablets will be set up so they can video call each other throughout the week.

We have also launched two Facebook pages one with the Foodstop and one for the Monkshill community association with allows us to reach the community in their own homes. We are looking at setting up a web page and a Facebook page for the new community centre to go live just before the official opening to keep those around us updated.

I have also produced our first termly newsletter which has been delivered to every household on Monkshill.

Sam Pearson

Item 17: Election of sides people

Proposed: Margaret Mowll, Sam Pearson, Roger Pearson, James Buckle, Rob Ley, Anne B, Jimmy W, David Forsyth

Item 21: Minister’s Address St Francis – A Light on the Hill

It felt like 2020 was the year of the pandemic! We missed our Mother’s day service in March and didn’t resume in church till the end of July. Then we had two further periods of lockdown - in November and from January to March 2021. It has been a year of extreme turmoil for everyone and not least St Francis. On the plus point we have learnt to do live streaming, initially from the vicarage and then from the church, and a massive thank you to the Pearson family for their constant help and expertise throughout this period. This has allowed us to gain a small online following – some from all over the world. On the minus side, some members have suffered a decline in physical and mental health during lockdown and others are still cautious about meeting people in person. It has also affected our youth and children’s work greatly and we are still working out how to bounce back from that.

Highlights

There were many highlights in 2020, including:

• starting the building project on June 23[rd] 2020, which is due to open on 3[rd] July 2021.

• An explosion of demand for our Food Stop with around 40 active members, representing well over a 100 people being fed every week. In all our surveys members express a great appreciation for the support and friendliness. Thank you to all the volunteers who help every week.

• Live streaming our services which we will continue in the future

Many events were cancelled, though we still managed to do a Christmas carol service (including singing in the rain and a Midnight communion.

Numbers are down significantly post pandemic, but we believe God is faithful and will draw new members to us to strengthen our community of faith.

Mission Action Planning

These are our vision areas and I include a highlight for each one.

• Working together – we are grateful to all the volunteers who have supported the mission of the church over the year – whether it is the food stop, streaming, youth work, rota duties, kids work. We have an amazing team of people who work hard together to make it all happen. More help is needed on the admin side, if you have those skills!

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• A Church full of people – numbers have taken a dip during the pandemic, but we are seeing signs of a rebound with more interest from local families, especially from the Food Stop.

• Finding healing – we have kept prayers going through Zoom meetings, but we really miss our prayer ministry and healing services which have been suspended in the pandemic.

• Praising God – we are so sad not to be able to sing in church as a congregation, but we are grateful to Joel who has excelled at the piano nearly every week, with Paul W, Deborah, Morgan and Chi-Chi.

• Transforming lives in the community –We have moved forward in this area through the Food Stop and the Place of Welcome coffee morning, and we know we are making an impact here on people’s lives. One lady said before she met us she was lonely, now she has a family at St Francis. Thank you so much to Sam Pearson for her enormous efforts to get these community activities working well. Our vision is to become a “Hub” for the community – the first-place people will turn to for practical, emotional and spiritual help and support and it’s happening.

Other Areas

Real People Real Lives

Youth Worker

Jonathon has done amazing work with the youth and I believe we are starting to see all the hard work bear fruit in terms of stronger engagement with all our activities and a stable group of youngsters attending church and Body and Soul.

Building Project

Despite the pandemic, the building is nearly finished and ready to open in July. We are so grateful for all the support from our funders, and from Peter Chapman our project manager. Pray we have all the money to equip it and make it work.

Cadets and John Ruskin

I continue to do “padre’s hour” at 66 squadron Air Training Corps, Mitcham Rd, encouraging spiritual interest amongst the cadets, mostly online. We are grateful for their support at various events.

Thanks

A special thanks to Jimmy and Yemi, our wardens; to all on the PCC, especially those stepping down this year; all who run the Kids Hour who work incredibly hard to teach our children; to Jonathon, and the youth; to our guest pianist Deborah; the coffee morning; prayers, readers, wardens and musicians and social committee; house group leaders and helpers; sound and PA and not forgetting maintenance of the premises! I would also like to thank Olu and Steve our readers, and our clergy David for his great help and support in the time I’ve been here.

Peter, Minister in charge.

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Appendix 1: Public Benefits Report for 2020 to the Charity Commission

ST FRANCIS CHURCH, MONKS HILL

We are a church and provide to the local community all the Christian services and events set out in the attached annual report which we believe are in themselves a public benefit in promoting a strong and healthy community on the Monks Hill estate where we are located. For the purpose of reporting on general public benefits to the charity commission we would specifically highlight the following items: -

• Running a Food Stop which helps feed those in need and enables them to access relevant council services

• We provide youth services to the estate including a mentoring programme for young people, running a youth club and providing with Kick London a regular programme of football for children on the estate. We have also formed a band and given young people experience with playing the keyboard, brass instruments, drums, acoustic and electric bass guitar. We believe this provision of youth services by our church is of public benefit in helping young people and giving them positive things to do. We believe this Youth work is of public benefit.

• Our premises are used for weekly coffee meetings which promote a sense of community and help combat loneliness Both uses are of clear public benefit.

• Our premises were used as a polling station for elections in May 2020. We believe such use of our premises will continue and is of public benefit.

• Our premises can be (and are) hired by the public for parties and other special occasions and we believe such a use of our premises is of public benefit in promoting a strong sense of community feeling.

• The Monks Hill Community Association carries out activities based at our church such as quizzes and craft events. Our premises are also used for big community events like a fireworks party and a Christmas Fayre, and we believe these bigger community events are of public benefit in promoting a strong sense of community on Monks Hill.

We are in the process of building a new church hall cum community centre which will provide far better facilities for community events and services to the Monks Hill community and so we expect the list of public benefits provided by the church to increase over time. We use our website and Facebook to promote the services we provide to Monks Hill to generate a strong sense of community on the Monks Hill estate.

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Appendix 2: Annual Accounts for 2020 Parochial Church Council of St Francis Church, Monks Hill Year Ended 31st December 2020

Incumbent The Revd. Peter Wyatt

Registered Charity Number: 1150124

Bankers CAF Bank Church of England Deposit Fund 25 Kings Hill Avenue Queen Victoria Street West Malling London ME19 4JQ EC4N 4TR

Independent Examiner Chaweevan Williams, FCCA

Contents Accounts Cover Page Page 1 Balance Sheet - Statement of Assets and Liabilities Page 2 Statement of Income Page 3 Statement of Payments Page 4 Statement of Movement of Funds Page 5 Report of the Independent Examiner Page 6 Agreed and Signed on 2021 by

Revd. Peter Wyatt Minister in Charge

Jimmy and/or Yemi Oseni Churchwardens

THIS IS PAGE 1 OF APPENDIX 2

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ST FRANCIS CHURCH- 1150124 Balancè shèèt (Church of England) As at.. 31 D•c•mb•r2020 As Ot 3111212020 As at 3111212019 c￿[ertt assets Deblofs Ca8h 21 b￿k and In hand 705 109,507 214.397 110,212 214.397 Llabllttles Crèthtors". Amtyjnts lalliThJ due year 1,184 tlet curt8ni a5s81518ss cuffeni liabiliiies 109.027 214,397 Toial assets kss current IlaNlltle$ 109,027 214.J97 Total nel assets les$ liabil￿e$ t09,OIT 214,397 Repr8seiit8d by ￿r￿estrICted Lknreslrictsd. Gener 25,939 24.679 Restricted ReStnC￿d- Bulld￿￿ fund ReStr￿ed- Communty Ha8 OtganY6ei RestricieU- Dr Be ReslricteO- Miss￿ Fund 36.945 9,335 168.093 ReStrIc￿a- Mothèrs LJnK RestrIc￿￿- Re$￿ents- Fo(xt stop RÈskncied- snanng Fund Restricted- Wtykef 1.787 4.284 15.401 4,284 25,736 F￿dS of the church tOg,027 214.397 Page 15 of 2021 Annual Report

ST FRANCIS CHURCH- 1150124 Staternenl of Income and Payments Selectsd period.. 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 Incomo Irom rund$ Voluntary 0101 . CashtdKkn OfOI.TaxElk•rtPl¥mdGAYg 21.715 I.tTO 40.767 12 20.497 4.319 1.47T &n8 0101. AOtrorReuffii¥ GhT¥ Mthi 0101. PJOtsrRèw GItPd En 0116. PA 1knR0￿YGIIPth1ld Yekwj Ern 0117- PCC Foos I055 ZQ55 2TO 67 ).151 74.n6 lor 9￿￿￿lIng 0110. RaGry ot11 . RaN¥J￿GI1￿ 2,811 13 2.613 Svb40ts Incomè liom oenwttted funds Totals Othw Incomo 51137 7T.748 0112. HaIN￿ Gèfwal of13-Ha1H￿ NL Of14.Otr*rk￿￿ 147 755 752 120 2Ql? Othw Income TotJls J2.IX Incon Graiid totals 41.￿8 IM37T 110.189 Page 16 of 2021 Annual Report

PaYn￿ts Cost ol generating lundJ 2020 2019 Cost cl genèratY¥ tund5 Cost ol genorati¥ su C05t c4 generatrq 0203. 0207.U OX4. StJllE7prG OX¢. Ytythi 0211J. E¥er6e5 0211. YLMthw•knrSl￿I 3.11fj 4.119 6A75 219 4n.114 19.311 1311 515 21.X7 16.694 19JO1 0212. IAw& 0213. 412 901 4612 Q215. IhI￿R￿S￿H114)¥1r PCC 114 374 1249 114 374 02t7. 0x1.c￿Ma 0219. 871 1.on 0222. C051 of genèrat¥¥ vokntary ¢ome Sub4otais 37248 5Q.141 Furtha￿utr￿ng c05t ofgoods sold and other costs 01 . Cc4rfGerBtry F F¥ FuThlraising Irling cost of gtrc4s and other costs C03t of generating fund¥ Totals 3T241 J99 546.617 71.127 Charitable activities Charitable a¢tr¥il 02WI. (Pr￿a5 I15￿￿&Re￿I +)215.(fd 1.lQO Charital a£￿￿tR5 SutAota15 3.101 Cheiitsble acbvits'es Totsl8 3.101 Payn*nts Gtand toials A95 549.747 81.127

ST FRANCIS CHURCH-1150124 Fund movèment summary S•lect•d pèrlod: 01 January 2020 to 31 D•cémb•r 2020 FuThJ Trarffjl Buildtund Building fund CHall- CommuThty Hall org￿lser Dtbe- Dr Bike Mlund- Mission Fund Muninon- Moltsrs Urm RA- ResKlents- FcK)d slcp Shfvnd-shamg FutMI Ywotk. Y(th (￿rr21- C*neral bJTrJ 168.093 346,466 12,￿0 4T7,614 3,164 36,945 9,335 19J 150 1,787 4.284 15.401 24.679 14,166 9,338 6.634 4.284 25,736 25,939 29,716 41,￿8 19,381 40,248 To￿8 I14,￿7 444,Jn 549,747 109,127 Page 18 of 2021 Annual Report

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST FRANCIS, SELSDON INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

For the year ended 31 December 2020

Independent examiner’s report to the PCC of St Francis Church

I report to the PCC on my examination of the Financial Statements of St Francis Church for the year ended 31[st] of December 2020.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of St Francis accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the PCC as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Independent examiner: Chaweevan Williams, FCCA, Verdant Accountants Ltd, verdant.uk.com

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