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## **Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council**
For the year ended 31st December 2023
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## **Clergy Report**
## Welcome to our Parish report which covers the year January to December 2023.
This year has been full of change in our Parish. In January our Team Rector Miranda was seconded to a part time role of Archdeacon of Liverpool and then in August took up the post full-time. We also said farewell to our Curate Louis in June who moved to Lancaster Priory. In September we had the joy of welcoming our Tsedaqah placement student Liam Higgins to the Parish and in November Rev'd Dr Anne Kazich was licensed to the Parish as an Associate Priest. Our PCC members have changed too with some long serving members stepping down, sadly passing away or simply changing roles and as a result new members have stepped in. We were delighted that James Fleming one of our Parish Wardens, has begun Reader Training and that St Brides and Open Table member, Beth Powell is now serving on a Ministry Experience Scheme at St Cuthbert's, Croxteth Park. Lilly Nelson, previously our student worker, will be completing her ordination training at Cranmer Hall, Durham in June and beginning a curacy at St Peter's Church, Formby.
In December 2022 the congregation of St Dunstan’s met to discuss ways in which it could grow its numbers. It was agreed that 5 members would attend a church growth course. As a result in March 2023 we ran the Growing Good Lent course which other congregations were invited along to as well. The material, although interesting, was not easily transferable to our context. We continued to see lower numbers (than before the Pandemic) attending worship for our Sunday morning services however we have seen growth within Open Table. We have actively followed General Synod’s discussions about prayers of blessing for same sex couples and have a times found the conversations to be hurtful and the results disappointing. However, as a Parish we have adopted a formal resolution to commit to using the Prayers of Love and Faith when they come into effect.
In response to some of challenges and opportunities we face as a Parish we called a Parish Away Day in May. Here we looked at the reality of our circumstances and explored options for the future. Those attending were invited to share their ideas and groups formed these ideas into actions. Coming out of that day was the desire of many to explore a Parish rhythm of prayer. Rose Green then began a prayer evening on Tuesday nights online which is now part of our regular pattern of worship. We started conversations about a small group to lead on pastoral care and although this has progressed getting the team trained and ensuring we comply with GDPR has resulted in the process taking longer than expected.
In the Deanery all Parish clergy were invited into the Engage Phase of Fit for Mission. For ten weeks clergy met to learn about FfM and attended a two day residential in order to make a decision about moving forward. The residential was inconclusive but decided further information and consultation with the laity was needed.
Within the life of our churches we've seen some encouraging developments. St Bride's began the year hosting the Living the Questions course which was a great success, the Taize service this year has developed a committed group of musicians from both our Parish and RC Church St Vincent de Paul. In August a group of folk travelled to Greenbelt festival and were inspired by the alternative worship, music and creativity there. Open Table has re-initiated its Agape meal, has been consulting with a church growth advisor about future developments, they also hosted an insightful retreat day based on the Life of Julian of Norwich and co-ordinated the annual Carol Service with over 150 attending. Fern Arthurs committed to leading the music group at St Bride’s and has now become our Director of Music. On Thursday evenings Jackie Corcoran continues the music drop-in which has attracted a regular group of musicians.
St Dunstan's has provided a space of welcome for the folk coming to Micah's community market which works in partnership with Lauda. These Wednesday’s are now host to a number of other local organisations such as the NHS Life Rooms, local midwives, NHS immunisation clinics and even Liverpool Philharmonic who have run drop-in music sessions since October. Lauda has continued to serve local Roma families through its advocacy work, teaching English and running two after school clubs at St Hugh’s Primary School and Lawrence
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Community Primary School as well as a lunchtime reading club at Archbishop Blanch Secondary School. Worship at St Dunstan’s moved into the warmer Lady Chapel and the large wooden altar previously in the chancel was moved into the chapel to create an intimate and sacred space set aside for prayer.
St Michael's hosted some memorable joint services in 2023 including a water themed service for Miranda’s last service there, harvesting food for Harvest festival, burning prayers and at the Nativity there was dressing-up and questionable acting skills on display! In September the Bible Course ran for 8 weeks which was a great springboard for discussion about the texts that so many of us wrestle with. Faiths4Change continued to breath life into St Michael's garden and collaborated with Black Lodge local brewery to create our own beer.
This year with a smaller team we had to make some decisions about what actitives we would have to limit. We decided that both the Pumpkin Carving Party at St Michael’s and St Bride’s Christmas tree festival would not run but hope that in the future we can offer special events like this once again in the not so distant future. We did still work with Faiths4 Change to offer our two annual action-packed events; the Summer and Christmas Fair. At St Dunstan’s we ensured that we would continue to host the annual Remembering Service which was a poignant time of quiet reflection. In November, after some months of proposing our need for a Rector, the Deanery Mission and Pastoral Committee agreed to put forward their recommendation to the Diocesan committee. This was approved with the agreement that for one day a week our Rector will also serve as Priest in Change of St Margaret’s of Antioch.
Financially, we ended the year in good health. The parish is paying its Parish Share and has committed to increasing our payments over the course of three years in line with our Deanery’s financial plan. Our rentals have continued to contribute greatly to our income but with the increased prices of gas and electricity our bills have seen significant rises in 2023 and beyond. We are hugely grateful for all those whose faithful giving to the church ensures that we have a stable base of support with which to carry out our ministry. This enables us to continue making the church spaces available at no charge for the Foodbank, the community market and Roger Smalley’s homeless meals project, for some of the community garden activities and for the Lauda project.
Looking ahead to 2024 we continue working towards filling our Rector vacancy, we are currently preparing the Parish Profile and other documents for the role and plan to advertise by May/June. We also eagerly anticipate the arrival of our new Curate Lu Skerratt-Love who will be ordained in June. We hope that as we move into new territory with Fit for Mission and adjust to new leadership we will deepen our roots, strengthen our body and branch out into the world baring good fruits.
**Laura Ferguson** Team Vicar
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## **Reference and Administrative Information**
The Parochial Church Council of the Team Parish of St Luke in the City is a registered charity, and its registered number is 1152031. Details of PCC members, who are the charity trustees, have to be provided to the Charity Commission.
The parish includes three churches: St Bride & St Saviour, located on Percy Street; St Dunstan on Earle Road, and St Michael in the City on Upper Pitt Street. The parish is part of the Diocese of Liverpool and its official correspondence address is: St Luke in the City Parish Office, St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT.
The following people served as members of the Parochial Church Council:
|**Team Rector**|Miranda Threlfall-Holmes (until August 2023)|
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|**Team Vicar**|Laura Ferguson|
|**Curate**|Louis Johnson (until June 2023)|
|**SSM Priest**|Sara Doyle
Anne Kazich (November 2023)|
|**Reader**|Christopher Bartley|
|**Reader in Training**|James Fleming|
|**Churchwardens**|Christopher Bartley
James Fleming|
|**Deanery Synod**
**representatives**|Sue Say
John Denno
James Fleming
Christopher Bartley|
|**Elected Members**|John Denno
Sharon Ginley
Rose Green
Karen McCaldon
Kath Pace
Suzie Rotheram
Sue Say
Helen Stocker
Mari-Anne Valkass (resigned August 2023)
Emma Watson|
|**Treasurer**|Raymond Bissex|
|**Co-Opted Members**|Warren Hartley (in Autumn 2023)|
|**Ofcer**|Jackie Corcoran|
|**PCC Secretary**|Suzie Rotheram|
|**Safeguarding Ofcers**|Rose Green|
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||Sue Say|
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|**Recruitment Lead**|Laura Ferguson|
The licensed clergy and Reader are each ex-officio members of the PCC. The Team Rector is ex-officio Chair of the PCC and this defers to the Team Vicar when in Vacancy.
|**Bankers:**|The Cooperative Bank PLC
1 Balloon Street, Manchester, M60 4EP|
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||Central Board of Finance of the Church of England
80 Cheapside London EC2V 6DZ|
|**Independent Examiner**|Mr. I Wright B.A. F.C.A.
15 Stretton Drive, Southport PR9 7DR|
|**Legal Advisors:**|Mr. H. Dellar
1, The Sanctuary, Westminster, Liverpool SW1P 3JT
Hill Dickinson LLP
1 St Paul's Square, Liverpool L3 9SJ|
|**Estate Management:**|PKPM Chartered Surveyors
Suite 7, Church House, 1 Hanover Street, Liverpool,
L1 3DN|
|**Architects: (St Bride’s,**
**St Dunstan’s and St Michael’s)**|Finlayson’s Architects, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 9SY|
## **Structure, Management and Governance**
The St Luke in the City PCC is a body corporate and operates under the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 and the Church Representation Rules.
The PCC business has a sub-committee, the Building Sub- Committee.
The function of the PCC is to enable and support mission, to foster communication and collaboration between the individual churches as appropriate and to provide a framework of accountability to the Diocese, Charity Commission and other legal bodies.
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All church
members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The general functions of the PCC are stated within section 2 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.
Our specific objectives in 2023 were to
1. Achieve a balanced budget and if possible end the year in profit
2. Deepen our links with and mission in our local communities
3. Develop our discipleship and pastoral care in order to rebuild and grow our congregations
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Over the course of the year we have made some progress with these objectives, as outlined in the Clergy Report at the start of this document. Our finances have stabilised and we have increased our numbers of hirers across all our sites enabling us to move into the black and thus be in a much better position to pursue our mission. Our Parish links continue to develop, particularly at St Dunstan’s where Lauda, our outreach to the Romanian Roma community has lead to a flurry of activity there.
## **The Electoral Roll**
There are 67 people on the Electoral Roll of the parish:
44 - St Bride’s 9 - St Dunstan’s 14 - St Michael in the City
## **Public Worship**
Our Sunday services continue with three weekly service with the exception of the last Sunday of the month being a joint service that rotates across the churches. Open Table meets twice monthly on the 1st and 3rd Sunday evening of the month with both services available on zoom.
At St Dunstan’s we offered Eucharistic services weekly on Sunday at 10am. The midweek communion continued until August 2023 when repeated weeks of low of no attendance resulted in the decision to stop for the time being.
St Bride’s Sunday morning 10am service numbers have fluctuated and although the main worship space has enabled the St Bride’s tradition of discussion around tables, for the colder months we have moved from the main worship space into the Narthex. These services are Eucharistic twice or three times a month. On alternate months our Reader in Training co-ordinates a thoughtful and reflective Taize service at 6pm. Open Table continues to meet twice monthly with the first Sunday being Agape meal and the second Sunday being a Eucharist service. These services have been well-attended, particularly the 3rd Sunday service which often hosts notable church leaders and theologians.
St Michael’s continues to meet at 11.15am with a regular pattern of alternating services of the word with Holy Communion. On the second Sunday each month St Michael’s has a Godly Play service which is geared towards interactive worship and play. This service makes use of the new TV and sound system which gives the service a contemporary feel. We have enjoyed teaming up with Faiths for Change for our joint services at St Michael’s which always have an eco theme, this year’s featured themes have been water and fruits of the earth. Our Nativity Service was held here in 2023 and was a memorable occasion with lots of laughter.
Our midweek worship pattern has reduced as the Team Vicar is occupied with other duties - this is temporary as we aim to appoint new full-time team members. Rose Green our LLM has begun a weekly evening prayer group online on Tuesday evenings which has offered a gentle and reflective space. With more time and energy we would like to revisit our weekly worship pattern and hope to offer more online in 2024.
As for our occasional offices, we have had no weddings this year, 2 baptisms and 15 funerals. In the summer a group of about 12 of us travelled down to Kettering for Greenbelt Festival. We enjoyed four days of great talks, alternative worship, playing outside, hot days and cold nights and lots of late night camp chats.
## **Pastoral care and service to our community**
St Bride’s is home to a number of local charities and organisations including: Refugee Women Connect,
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Narcotics Anonymous, Roger Smalley’s Homeless Meals Project, the British Red Cross, two community choirs, Jackie Corcoran’s community music group and our social justice anchor project, Micah Foodbank. Both the Parish currently offers informal support to individuals and there the early stages of a pastoral care group beginning. Open table offers support one-to-one and met with a consultant throughout 2023 to explore opportunities for growth and the potential to develop it’s own care team. There remains potential to offer more support during the Foodbank sessions but this may be revisited when volunteers are more readily available.
St Michael’s is home to the Chinese Well-being group, Liverpool Rainbow Choir and Faith Clinic church. Our social justice anchor project Roots in the City continues to offer green space, therapeutic gardening and horticultural training for various groups. The Team Vicar now regularly attends the Tuesday drop-in group for local people. This group has also been attended by our Tsedaqah placement student.
St Dunstan’s is home to Kumon language school, Pastor Shelley’s church and Garden of Hope as well as the social justice anchor project Lauda. This outreach to the Roma community in the Parish has continued to grow with secondary and primary schools requesting Lauda run projects with them. Lauda now runs an after school club in St Hugh’s primary school weekly in term time as well as at Lawrence Primary School - children love ‘Lauda Bible Club’ so much that there is a waiting list. Kindly volunteers for Lauda has at times been challenging and despite Lawrence Primary school club going well there were not enough volunteers to run the club and it has had to stop for the time being. Wednesday’s at St Dunstan’s have become a significant community hub with Roma women taking part in a language class, a clothes stall, refreshments and toast available and Micah’s new weekly community market. Our work with Lauda has enabled us to strengthen relationships with Toxteth’s Kuumba Imani centre and the Granby and Toxteth Development Trust, along with Archbishop Blanch School.
As a Parish we continue to take our safeguarding responsibilities seriously and are regularly reviewing our practices.
## **Our Church Buildings**
With our buildings committee disbanding for a period of time building works have been a challenge to keep on top of at times. We have however appointed Finlayson’s Architects and some work has progressed. We are currently waiting on the Diocese to approve our architecture firm so that the Quinquennial Inspections that are due can go ahead.
At St Dunstan’s, although the organ sale had been agree this has now been revoked due to unforeseen circumstances. The building has increasing issues with blocked drains which cause leaking throughout. Roofers have made remedial repairs but the drain clearance that is needed requires scaffolding to be installed which places the cost well into the tens of thousands. An option to clear the lower drains is currently being explored and may resolve some of the issues. The upkeep of the building has placed increasing pressure on the small congregation at St Dunstan’s and needs careful consideration when planning for the future.
St Bride’s continues to need roofing work as well as some external and internal repainting. Both of which we plan to address in the coming year once we re-establish the buildings committee.
After the preliminary investigations were carried out into the drains issue at St Michael’s, United Utilities finally visited the site at the end of 2023. They suspect that collapsed drains at the end of the site next to the NCP car park may be reason for the flooding inside the church and the architects requested that we clear all the vegetation around the perimeter of the building. This is now complete and has revealed some large tree roots that may also be contributing to the flooding. In 2024 we hope that work can begin to repair the drains now that the surrounding area is accessible. The PCC approved up to £30,000 to replace the fencing around St Michael’s but this process is yet to be carried out. The St Michael’s flat is now vacant with the tenant leaving in August. There are some problems with ventilation and persistent mould. Until work can be carried out to remedy this the flat will remain empty.
## **Deanery, Diocese and the wider church and mission**
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This year we received grants from the Deanery Mission and Growth Fund for Lauda and our Tsedaqah placement intern. The team vicar and two PCC members were sucesfully voted onto the Deanery and Mission Pastoral Committee which has enabled our Parish to offer more support to the Deanery.
The Team Vicar attended all of the Fit for Mission engage stage meetings earlier in the year. Over the 10 weeks Deanery clergy explored what Fit for Mission could look like in our context. In June this group went away for a two day residential to decided whether they wanted to take the next steps and commit to Fit for Mission. All clergy agreed that they were not ready to do that and felt that the laity needed to be as informed as the clergy now were before any decisions could be made. A series of information evenings were planned for 2024 and the Diocese created a unique offer to our Deanery. This offer was that Toxteth and Wavertree would be given an additional year to explore what it could be like if we entered FfM and that after that year the Parishes could then make their final vote in March 2025.
We have also been thinking more about our activities and mission within the Parish. In January we begun the Living the Questions monthly course which has had over 20 folk attending and has been a great opportunity to develop relationships and deepen faith. In March a survey was sent to all our newsletter subscribers asking for their opinions on church life. A Vision and Planning away day took place at the end of May. Some new activities came about as a result but maybe of the plans were limited by volunteer numbers and lack of leadership and oversight to see the actions through. We hope with a new Rector in 2024 we will be able to strategically think through which actions are achievable and how they can happen.
## **Ecumenical and Inter-faith relationships**
We have continued to work with St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Parish. This year during the week of prayer for Christian Unity Miranda was visiting preacher there and Father Terry Madden preached and led discussion at St. Bride’s church. We have continued our involvement with Kuumba Imani who led a faith walk in our local area. St Bride’s was one of the host sites and over 50 people attended.
## **FINANCE OVERVIEW (see full report below)**
## **The Performance of Investments**
The PCC's funds are held in a Current Account with Co-operative Bank and in deposit funds with CCLA Investment Management in the Church of England's Finance Deposit Fund and the Church of England Global Equity Investment and Property funds. Investments saw a net gain of £7,950, the gain on the Global Equity Fund exceeding a further reduction on the Property Fund. The Investment Manager expects the Property Fund to start recovering in 2024. An investment with M&G Investments was transferred to the PCC during the year. This investment was sold at a loss of £3,422 and the proceeds of £41,323 included in debtors at the year end.
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees have established the level of operating reserves (that is those funds that are freely available) that the charity ought to have, which is roughly equal to six months general expenditure, £100,000. Reserves are needed to even out any short term funding gaps between spending and related income. We have also continued to invest the capital released from the sale of St Stephen’s for income, holding this as an additional expendable reserve but with the aim of it providing a long term income stream. The PCC are content with the current level of reserves.
## **Income from lettings**
Lettings income this year was a total of £56,817 which is a slight decreased compared on the £61,191 in 2022.
## **Giving to the church**
Our second largest source of income is giving by the congregation. Planned giving in 2023 was £22,805 (down from 2022 which was £24,920, with an additional £4699 given as donations, in collections and other. These
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gifts allowed us to reclaim £4803 tax from HMRC making the total giving-related income £32,307. In addition we received £17,500 from grants from external bodies.
## **Financial Risk**
The Standing Committee closely monitored the evolving financial situation. Having finally turned around years of deficit budgets and now finding ourselves in profit. The PCC is committed to sustaining balanced budgets in 2024 and beyond. These years have shown that our income is very dependent on lettings and in 2023 a focus has been diversifying the mix of lettings income that we receive to increase our financial resilience. We will continue to promote the Parish Giving Scheme as it too will be an important part of our managing financial risk. All assets are insured and levels will be reviewed by our insurer Ecclesiastical.
## **Employees**
The parish employed three part time staff: Jackie Corcoran as parish administrator, Vicky Clarke, cleaner at St Michael’s and Megan Fleming cleaner at St Dunstan’s and St Brides’. Leah Daly, Lauda leader was employed by Liverpool Parish Church and continues to be supervised and support by the Team Vicar in our Parish. Our payroll is managed by LCVS.
## **Risk Assessments**
The PCC regularly monitors risk. Risk assessments are undertaken for all new or extraordinary undertakings.
## **Compliance with Law and Regulation**
Our procedures are reviewed regularly and formally reported to the PCC.
## **Safeguarding**
Sue Say and Rose Green continued as Safeguarding Officers with Laura Ferguson remaining as Lead Recruiter. Safeguarding is a standing item on the PCC agenda. The Team Parish of St Luke in the City takes its duty and obligation to protect all extremely seriously. We have adopted the national Church of England's procedures and guidelines. You can find out more about the national policies and procedures at www.churchofengland.org/ safeguarding
If you have any safeguarding concerns or issues on a safeguarding matter then you can find useful contact information at www.liverpool.anglican.org/safeguarding.
## Looking forward: Objectives and Activities
The general functions of the PCC are stated within section 2 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956. As a parish we aim to be ‘Living Life in Full Colour from the Still Centre of God’.
Our three priorities continue to be:
- Sustainability: developing our financial resilience and developing as Eco-Churches
- Locality: deepening our roots in our local parish communities
- Growth: in numbers in our churches, in spiritual depth, and in service to our communities
In addition, we aim to contribute to the Deanery Priorities which are
- Developing Discipleship
- Strengthening Churches
- Developing Lay Leaders
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## **ADDITIONAL REPORTS**
## OPEN TABLE LIVERPOOL Annual Report **Warren Hartley, LGBTQIA+ Ministry Facilitator**
Open Table Liverpool (OTL) is a Fresh Expression of Church and a ministry and congregation of St Luke in the City Team Parish led by our Local Missional Leader (LML), Mr Warren Hartley commissioned by the Bishop of Liverpool to this ministry. Open Table is for everyone but especially welcomes and affirms folk who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer/Questioning, Intersex & Asexual (LGBTQIA). Open Table gathers at St Bride’s on the first and third Sunday of every month. The first Sunday is a bring and share agape meal including a time of informal worship sharing life, faith and food together. The third Sunday of the month is a service of Holy Communion except in December when it hosts the parish Carol Service.
Our Open Table community is a member of the Open Table Network (OTN). OTN is “a growing partnership of communities across England & Wales which genuinely welcome and affirm people who are LGBTQIA + our families, friends & anyone who wants to belong in an accepting, loving community.”
2023 has been a great year for OTL as we’ve continued to grow, sharing life, community and worship together. One of the great joys has been the continued growth of the music group with new members joining all the time it has deeply enriched our worship. Numbers at services are around pre-covid numbers which is deeply encouraging. An average of 33 people attend all services with an average of 14 at Agape service and 55 at communion services.
Key events during 2023 included us celebrating our 15[th] Birthday. The service was led by the Revd Cate Jacobs, a former member of OTL who was ordained priest the week before our birthday. In July we again joined around 100 folk from churches across Merseyside including and St Luke in the City marching in the Liverpool Pride festival and hosting a community stall. We also again partnered with Liverpool Cathedral to host a post Pride festival service which was attended by 90 people.
Other highlights from the year included our two Quiet Days, firstly the Spirituality of Sexuality led by Fr Richard Sloan and later in the year on Julian of Norwich marking 650 years since her visions. Lectures given by Charlie Bell and Ellen Loudon. We also welcomed OTN Co-Chair Alex Clair Young for Trans Day of Remembrance. The Carol Service with the Liverpool Rainbow Chorus and our music group was a glorious way to round off the year with 190 people attending and raising the roof in song.
We are very grateful to the PCC, the Clergy and the Bishop of Liverpool who support the ecumenical nature of the OTL community consenting to using Canon B35 provision to allow ecumenical partners to preside which this year included provision for Roman Catholic Mass and a URC service. It is a real gift to be able to celebrate in this way.
To mark 15 years we’ve been undergoing a process of Community Development, reflecting on the past, valuing what is and dreaming about what the future will be. This process is well underway with excellent engagement from the OTL community. We are excited to see the spiritual and numerical growth and depth this process will bring out of the community.
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LAUDA Report 2023 **Leah Daly, Lauda Co-ordinator**
Lauda Christmas brunch with the Liverpool Philharmonic performing.
## **After School Clubs**
In 2023 the Lauda Project continued to flourish. In January we restarted our after school program in St Hugh’s Catholic Primary School. The school called it "Lauda Bible Stories Club" and having already known many of these families, the sign up list filled up quite quickly! The club was open to all year 4 to 6 pupils in our first year and is now for year 3-6 with 34 children attending weekly. We have been enjoying a mix of children from different backgrounds, including our Roma families and many others. The club has apparently become the most popular after school club at the school and the feedback from the children has been so encouraging. The atmosphere has transformed from a frenetic feel at St Dunstan’s to a now much more relaxed and engaging club, perhaps this is as a result of the behavioural expectations in the school environment. They love coming for the Bible story, craft and games outside and interacting with our amazing volunteers from the Tsedaqah Community (Derby Guerrier, Liverpool Parish Church Parish Assistant, and Albert Osei, Liverpool Cathedral Assistant), from St. Brides (Josh Kearney) and the three L's of Lauda- Laura, Louis and Leah (and now Liam Higgins (St. Bride’s Intern) in place of Louis ;) ).
In May of 2023 we started a second Lauda after school Kids Club at another school farther down the road, Lawrence Community Primary School where they asked us to run our club exclusively for their Roma families. We were able to run this club in partnership with volunteers, Lisa Aindow and Joyce Connolly from St. Bridget’s Church on Lawrence Road and Kate Doogan from Scripture Union. In June, we had to say good bye to Louis as he moved on to his new church in Lancaster, so Derby kindly stepped in to help us at this club when he was available. We really enjoyed getting to know 24 new children and partnering with yet another amazing primary school and wonderful volunteers. This club ran successfully until the beginning of July when it wrapped up for the school year. Unfortunately our volunteers were not available in September so this club has been on hold until we can recruit more volunteers.
## **Community Market**
Micah's community market at St. Dunstan’s continued through 2023 every Wednesday, providing a natural gathering point for our Roma families and many others from the surrounding community. NHS LifeRooms continued to support our guests with heath related workshops on breast health, concerns for pregnant mothers, information on child protective services and offering support and signposting. It has been wonderful to partner with Micah Food Bank's Staff Nicher Awan, Aaron Rossiter and Jayne Hennessey, and the volunteers from St. Dunstan's Church, Karen McCaldon and Phil Bishop, and also with Lavinia from Granby Toxteth Development Trust who supports us and the Roma community. Laura Ferguson and Liam Higgins have also offered tremendous support and keep us going. We make a great team together!
In November the NHS Life Rooms partnered with the Liverpool Philharmonic to run the first ever Community Music Course for Mental health and wellbeing in the Lady Chapel at St. Dunstan’s during our community market. This was a fantastic success as many people from different backgrounds, including some from the Roma community, were able to participate and collaborate with professional musicians, sharing their favorite
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music from their different countries of origin. In December we celebrated Christmas with our Roma Ladies and all the participants of this music course, with a lovely meal and concert.
We also continue to distribute donations of clothing and toys as we receive them at the community market and help people practically where we can. In September we received a large donation toys from the year 9 students at Archbishop Blanch Girls Secondary school across the road. The families were very happy to receive these lovely donations. We held onto to a few things until Christmas when we were able to give all of the children coming to our Lauda Bible Club a wrapped Christmas gift :)
In October we hosted a health event at St. Dunstan’s set up by Central Liverpool Primary Care Network, where many different health and social services came to meet with families from around the community. This was great time and opportunity to invite many of the families we know back into the church for these important services and for the kids to enjoy some crafts and face painting.
Granby Toxteth Development Trust will soon start a new English course during our community markets and we really look forward to this and other courses that we can run together.
## **Archbishop Blanch Secondary School for Girls**
In October, Leah, Laura and Liam started supporting the growing number of Roma girls at Archbishop Blanch through a lunch time reading group. We meet weekly with about 9 girls and one of their English Teachers to read and discuss the book and life. We have really enjoyed supporting the girls and the school in this way. Leah has also been able to support the school in a special project called “Mother Tongue Other Tongue” where students are encouraged to share a poem or song in their mother tongue or in a language they have been learning at a special event for their parents. It is a way to celebrate and support the students and their families as they share their home cultures and languages. Leah has been working with some of the Roma girls to help them be a part of this wonderful project.
## **Other Partnerships**
We are so encouraged by the continued partnerships that sustain the work with do with Lauda. Our founding partner church, Liverpool Parish Church has been guiding us in forming a constitution for Lauda and advising us on other important administrative topics. Rector Crispin Pailing has been a great resource for us through this process. Also Tabitha Rao, their assistant priest supported Lauda, helping us with the after school club until she was appointed Team Vicar in Warrington. We also have been supported by Youth With A Mission volunteers, Michael Chesterman (USA) and Dan Hector (London). With them and our amazing Tsedaqah volunteers, the Lauda Project continues with joy and creativity.
Laura and Leah continue to lead the work together, planning and preparing for our activities and building and maintaining our partnerships. We are part of a growing network of educators, health and social care workers and schools all seeking to see the quality of life improving for Roma in Liverpool. Dr. Dan Allen of Liverpool Hope University has initiated a research project called Shukar Glasso (Beautiful Voice) with Lauda Project and other community groups and we look forward to being a part of this.
The Lauda Project continues to be presented with more Liam embracing the chaos of the kids craft table at and more opportunities for serving the Roma the Community Health afternoon community in Liverpool. We pray for continued funding and volunteer support that make our work possible and we are so grateful to the Team Parish of St. Luke in the City for ultimately carrying this wonderful project!
Liam embracing the chaos of the kids craft table at the Community Health afternoon
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ROOTS IN THE CITY Report **Annie Merry, Director of Faiths4Change**
In the first week of the school spring term, we welcomed Year 5 students and their teachers from Holy Family School in nearby Toxteth. Year 5 began the term focusing on the practical application of Catholic social teaching / values. Their focus included what kinds of jobs people did, how their work supported the most vulnerable in communities and they came to the Roots Garden to learn about our work and purpose.
They learnt how to plant onion sets and garlic and planted of all of ours to support our growing for the foodbank. By April 2023 – the garlic and onions were growing really well (photo right). We were harvesting a range of organic vegetables and herbs in February: leeks, radicchio, chard (slightly nibbed by the ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’, spinach, cabbage & purple sprouting broccoli along with the first chives, thyme and sage (above).
In March 2023 (below) and still we harvested purple sprouting broccoli – the best year ever for this delicious over winter / spring brassica, along with substantial bunches of chives, chard, perpetual spinach, mizuna, mustard, claytonia and salad leaves. Our best March harvests since we began growing for the foodbank.
In June - July our beautiful garden began to be trashed in different ways from bean sticks ripped out, thrown and broken to plant food emptied, green house panes broken and many trays of seedlings in our greenhouse and polytunnel thrown to the floor. We’ve been in this community for nearly 6 years and bar the odd incursion and hoardings removed (which was a bonus), the garden has never been broken in any way before. We managed to rescue 30 lettuce plants and 24 bean plants, the rest had to be swept up and composted.
Learning from nature in the garden – we are undeterred although we’ve been upset, angry, puzzled and cautious about coming into the garden. Volunteers continued to show up and share their feelings about the vandalism “This is our sanctuary, we’ve created this space together – we will not give up”; “What if they keep coming back, how will we cope”. We put up a sign in the greenhouse asking them not to trash the garden as we’re growing for the food bank. Neighbours we didn’t know popped in to see if we are ok and share their concerns as well as their knowledge. We’ve gained a new supportive friend in Russ Wills, our Community Police Officer. The police put out a flyer to all houses, telling them what was happening and asking people to get in touch with us if they didn’t want to talk to the police.
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In July - August those vandalising our garden over 4 weeks, had temporarily moved into the community, and were moved out. One month on and the garden has returned to the peaceful sanctuary and amazing growing space we love to be. We’ve gained a new regular volunteer and a new greenhouse is on route courtesy of the policeman’s uncle. Our French beans now have bean sticks again and are thriving. We’re anticipating a delivery of manure from the police stables.
The blackbird families, butterflies, bees, and grasshoppers continue to flourish in their garden home as do we temporary dwellers.
We’ve begun harvesting and freezing the fruits of the hedgerow that we planted 5 years ago – blackberries, haws, and rosehips. We’ll be making jam with the Tuesday group in the autumn. The comfrey in the photo above has now been harvested and is brewing in water for our home-made plant food.
Last week we donated a big pot of garlic bulbs w/ a couple of the remaining onions in the harvest, along with lettuces, spinach, squash, a big pot of our first tomatoes of the summer, sage, mint and chives (below).
SAS funding provides a regular investment in our work, it continues to provide match funding for related food projects and inspired partnership opportunities, all are needed now more than ever. The grant pays for us to grow food for the parish Foodbank, which is so busy they have reduced the supplies in each food parcel given out. We’ve doubled the amount of fresh vegetables and herbs grown this year from ¼ tonne in 2021 to almost ½ tonne in 2022. Our vegetables and herbs are top quality, locally grown, food at its best - harvested in the morning, taken home in the afternoon.
Wellbeing for one. Our long-term volunteer – Caps – applied for asylum 7 years ago and has been
volunteering with us since. The grant pays volunteer expenses - Caps has been living in Kirkby for over a year now. He has found a warm welcome and been developing his woodwork skills in our newest community garden in Stoneycroft – The Secret Garden. Caps comes most Wednesdays and has been instrumental in working with 3 other men to build an amazing shelter and eco loo on site under the guidance of our Creative Skills Coordinator, Emma. We continue to support Caps, our friend and volunteer, in his journey through the asylum process.
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## MICAH COMMUNITY MARKET at St Dunstan’s Report **Karen McCaldon, Community Marker Leader & Warden at St Dunstan’s**
The Community Market is a branch of the Micah charity. Which is run in St Dunstans church every Wednesday 10.-11.30am. Visitors pay £1.50 and select up to 15 items to take home. We also provide tea/coffee and toast and a place to meet others and talk. Sometimes there is a secand hand clothes rack. Guests, mainly women from the local Roma community make up over half of the clientele. There is an opportunity for them to join an English language programme and consult with a NHS health worker. About 30-40 people each week access the service. There is a lovely atmosphere. We now run this service ourselves on behalf of Micah and are always looking for volunteers to help us. The project has been running for almost 2 years now and has been a great success in supporting the local community.
## TAIZE SERVICE Report **James Fleming, Reader in Training & Taize Service Planner**
Throughout 2023 we have continued to offer monthly Taizé-style musical contemplative worship evening prayer services in partnership with our friends at St. Vincent de Paul’s RC church in Chinatown. People do seem to still value the opportunity to come to a calm, tranquil space to pray, meditate and contemplate; and to experience the Lord’s love and the Spirit’s presence through the beauty of music.
We have offered services on a variety of themes, including new beginnings, Lent season, and Remembrance. We have also developed Taizé musical liturgies for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter. Although congregation figures dipped during the winter period, we have continued to pray for growth and have explored advertising opportunities with social media, Open Table and Emmanuel Theological College. This has led to a larger number of people and new people attending, with one family visiting us from Barrowin-Furness! We have received some lovely feedback about these beautiful services, which have been described as sensitive, gentle, spiritual and friendly, while engaging people and encouraging communal worship.
## SOUL FRIENDS
## **Sara Doyle, Soul Friends Group Leader & Associate Priest**
There are now 2 SF groups at present - in Sara Doyles group there are 7 members who meet once a month at Kimos - this is a safe space to share and be together. Soul Friends is something that the Parish hopes to expand in the coming years. At the moment it is still discerning what shape these group will look like going into the future.
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## ST BRIDE’S COMMUNITY MUSIC Report **Jackie Corcoran ARCT, St Bride’s Community Music Co-Ordinator**
St Bride’s Community Music runs on Thursday evenings.We are an inclusive group, welcoming folk who are returning to music practice and performance and music folk who are experienced. We are intergenerational and we have a friendly vibe going on. We continue to explore different genres of music, but lately have been exploring jazz more intently and our members really enjoy improvisation. We enjoyed our ‘field trips’ to the jazz workshops put on at Granby Winter Garden. We also take time during sessions to perform solo music that we are working on.
In December we hosted a festive party for our hire groups and enjoyed an evening of music with them. Amy Crane presented her piece ‘Acceptance’ and it is has been a pleasure adding this to our repertoire. We hope to repeat the joy this year. The new drum set is being well used at our sessions as is the piano! If you are interested in joining in with our group, just show up at St Bride’s Church on a Thursday evening a bit past 7.30pm.
## PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIAN NETWORK (PCN) Report **Lynn McAllister**
PCN continues to meet on a monthly basis at St Brides on the last Wednesday of each month (except for August & December). The meetings last for 1 1/2 hours & begins at 12.15 pm. Around 8-10 people attend each month, some from St Brides & some from other churches/denominations. This year we finished reading 'Do I stay Christian?' by Brian McLaren & then went on to read & discuss 'Honest to God' by John Stott. Some of our group remembered the stir it caused when first published! Our current book The Upside Down Bible is quite different, in that the author writes about the responses to Jesus' parables, of those reading them for the first time. He focuses on the parables that are about money, sex & violence. It is quite eye-opening. Anybody is welcome to come to our meetings & if you are interested in coming along or would like more information I can be contacted at lynnmc@uwclub.net
## TSEDAQAH INTERN Report **Liam Higgins**
In September 2023 I joined St Luke in the City as a member of Tsedaqah House. I am From Richmond, Virginia in the USA. Attending Sunday morning services at all three churches, I enjoy helping and playing with the children and leading arts and crafts sessions supplementing the readings. I am always sure to be a second pair of hands to help and someone to listen when people need to talk.
I help out with the Roots in the City garden club, aiding leadership in the garden or craft projects as well as preparing the meal after our sessions. I volunteer with the Community Market at St. Dunstan’s, often walking visitors through the process and explaining food different options. I volunteer with Lauda as well, helping at our new Reading Group with some of the Roma girls at Archbishop Blanch as well as with the afterschool program with the primary school students, usually leading the craft project for the week. At the Micah Food Bank I pack and distribute parcels of food to visitors.
I have a passion for history, so I prepared and led a five week Lent Course on Zoom about the 400 years between the Old and New Testament and how that knowledge recontextualizes the life and lessons of Jesus. We discussed the effect of empire and politics during Jesus’ day and how that informed Jesus’ teachings and values and also the cultural response those teachings brought.I look forward to leading more projects as I continue my work for the rest of my time in the parish.
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|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE|YEAR ENDED 31STDECEMBER 2023|YEAR ENDED 31STDECEMBER 2023||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||General|Restricted|Total
|Total|
||||Funds|2023
|2022|
|**INCOME from:**||||||
|Donations|2|41,950|7,857|49,807|66,175|
|Charitable activities|3|1,481|419|1,900|1,136|
|Fundraising activities|4|56,405|412|56,817|61,211|
|Investments|5|36,120|866|36,986|27,682|
|Other|6|-|44,735|44,735|470|
|**TOTAL INCOME**||135,956|54,289|190,245|156,674|
|**EXPENDITURE on:**||||||
|Charitable activities|7|131,999|18,181|150,180|133,784|
|Other|8|1,150|-|1,150|1,150|
|**TOTAL EXPENDENDITURE**||133,149|18,181|151,330|134,934|
|Net income before gains and losses||||||
|on investments||2,807|36,108|38,915|21,740|
|Net gains/(losses) on investments||11,372|(3,422)|7,950|(59,126)|
|**Net (expenditure)/income**||14,179|32,686|46,865|(37,386)|
|Transfers between funds||(210)|210|-|-|
|**NET MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS**||13,969|32,896|46,865|(37,386)|
|Total funds brought forward||488,511|16,026|504,537|541,923|
|Total funds carried forward||502,480|48,922|551,402|504,537|
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
## BALANCE SHEET AT 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023
|Note
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
10
Investments
11
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
12
Cash at bank and in hand
13
**CREDITORS**: amounts falling due within one year
14
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
15
General
Designated
Restricted|Total
2023
£
11,282
416,869
428,151
46,606
83,935
130,541
7,290
123,251
551,402
91,472
411,008
48,922
551,402|Total
2022
£
2,550
405,497|
|---|---|---|
|||408,047|
|||558
104,272|
|||104,830
8,340|
|||96,490|
|||504,537|
|||89,029
399,482
16,026|
|||504,537|
Approved by the Parochial church Council on 18 March 2024 and signed on its behalf by
Rev Laura Ferguson
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2023
## _**1. Accounting policies**_
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets, which are shown at market value.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014, and with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006.
## **Funds**
General funds represent the funds of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application for the general purposes of the charity. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the trustees are also unrestricted. Restricted funds are funds subject to specific conditions imposed by the donors or through the terms of an appeal.
Transfers of funds are made to recognise the release of restricted funds or to meet expenditure not covered by restricted income.
The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the charity is held responsible in law. They do not include the financial statements of groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.
## **Income**
## _Donations, legacies and other voluntary income_
Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which it is received by or on behalf of the charity. Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.
Planned giving receivable under Gift Aid is recognised only when received. Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is recognised when the repayment is received. Funds raised by seasonal fairs, fundraising events and similar events are accounted for gross.
The charity received substantial amounts of voluntary help from its supporters, but no attempt is made to place a financial value on these services and they have not been included.
## _Rental income_
Rental income from the letting of the charity’s premises is recognised when the rental is due.
## _Income from investments_
Dividends and interest are accounted for when due and payable. Interest entitlements are accounted for as they accrue.
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2023
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the PCC to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
## **Tangible assets**
Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the financial statements in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.
Movable church furnishings held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed in the churches inventories, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For anything acquired prior to 2010 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the financial statements.
Equipment is depreciated on a straight-line basis over four years.
## **Investments**
Investments are valued at initially at cost and subsequently at market value at the year end.
## _Gains and losses on investments_
Realised gains or losses are recognised when investments are sold. Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of investments at 31[st] December.
## **Debtors**
Amounts owed to the PCC at 31[st] December in respect of fees, rents, loans or other income are shown as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable.
## **Cash at bank and in hand**
Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds or at the bank.
|2 Donations
Gift aid donations
Income tax recovered
Other planned giving
Collections
Donations
Grants
Other|General
Fund
£
18,922
4,464
2,313
2,026
1,608
12,500
117
41,950|Restricted
Funds
£
1,570
339
-
691
257
5,000
-
7,857|Total
2023
£
20,492
4,803
2,313
2,717
1,865
17,500
117
49,807|Total
2022
£
23,770
6,966
1,150
1,230
5,074
25,750
2,235|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||66,175|
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
General
Restricted
Fund
Funds
£
£
3 Charitable activities
Fees
1,481
-
Events
-
419
1,481
419
4 Fund raising
Rent from lettings
56,284
-
Other
121
412
56,405
412
5 Investments
Dividends
16,531
866
Interest
1,922
-
Rent from land
17,667
-
36,120
866
6 Other
St Dunstan’s Bequest
-
44,735
Insurance claim
-
-
-
44,735
7 Charitable activities
Missionary and charitable
giving
1,031
14,044
Ministry
Diocesan parish share
40,923
Salaries
18,193
Clergy housing costs
5,014
Clergy expenses
1,798
Other expenses
210
Church costs
Council tax and water
733
Insurance
11,595
Heat and light
21,862
Maintenance
9,428
Churchyard
1,805
Security
1,248
Cleaning
6,301
Carried forward
120,141
14,044|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
General
Restricted
Fund
Funds
£
£
3 Charitable activities
Fees
1,481
-
Events
-
419
1,481
419
4 Fund raising
Rent from lettings
56,284
-
Other
121
412
56,405
412
5 Investments
Dividends
16,531
866
Interest
1,922
-
Rent from land
17,667
-
36,120
866
6 Other
St Dunstan’s Bequest
-
44,735
Insurance claim
-
-
-
44,735
7 Charitable activities
Missionary and charitable
giving
1,031
14,044
Ministry
Diocesan parish share
40,923
Salaries
18,193
Clergy housing costs
5,014
Clergy expenses
1,798
Other expenses
210
Church costs
Council tax and water
733
Insurance
11,595
Heat and light
21,862
Maintenance
9,428
Churchyard
1,805
Security
1,248
Cleaning
6,301
Carried forward
120,141
14,044|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
General
Restricted
Fund
Funds
£
£
3 Charitable activities
Fees
1,481
-
Events
-
419
1,481
419
4 Fund raising
Rent from lettings
56,284
-
Other
121
412
56,405
412
5 Investments
Dividends
16,531
866
Interest
1,922
-
Rent from land
17,667
-
36,120
866
6 Other
St Dunstan’s Bequest
-
44,735
Insurance claim
-
-
-
44,735
7 Charitable activities
Missionary and charitable
giving
1,031
14,044
Ministry
Diocesan parish share
40,923
Salaries
18,193
Clergy housing costs
5,014
Clergy expenses
1,798
Other expenses
210
Church costs
Council tax and water
733
Insurance
11,595
Heat and light
21,862
Maintenance
9,428
Churchyard
1,805
Security
1,248
Cleaning
6,301
Carried forward
120,141
14,044|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
General
Restricted
Fund
Funds
£
£
3 Charitable activities
Fees
1,481
-
Events
-
419
1,481
419
4 Fund raising
Rent from lettings
56,284
-
Other
121
412
56,405
412
5 Investments
Dividends
16,531
866
Interest
1,922
-
Rent from land
17,667
-
36,120
866
6 Other
St Dunstan’s Bequest
-
44,735
Insurance claim
-
-
-
44,735
7 Charitable activities
Missionary and charitable
giving
1,031
14,044
Ministry
Diocesan parish share
40,923
Salaries
18,193
Clergy housing costs
5,014
Clergy expenses
1,798
Other expenses
210
Church costs
Council tax and water
733
Insurance
11,595
Heat and light
21,862
Maintenance
9,428
Churchyard
1,805
Security
1,248
Cleaning
6,301
Carried forward
120,141
14,044|31stDECEMBER 2023
Total
Total
2023
2022
£
£
1,481
1,116
419
20
1,900
1,136
56,284
61,191
533
20
56,817
61,211
17,397
16,485
1,922
709
17,667
10,488
36,986
27,682
44,735
-
-
470
44,735
470
15,075
12,000
40,923
39,493
18,193
11,190
5,014
6,840
1,798
2,975
210
1,139
733
520
11,595
10,608
21,862
19,912
9,428
10,581
1,805
2,178
1,248
1,248
6,301
6,149|31stDECEMBER 2023
Total
Total
2023
2022
£
£
1,481
1,116
419
20
1,900
1,136
56,284
61,191
533
20
56,817
61,211
17,397
16,485
1,922
709
17,667
10,488
36,986
27,682
44,735
-
-
470
44,735
470
15,075
12,000
40,923
39,493
18,193
11,190
5,014
6,840
1,798
2,975
210
1,139
733
520
11,595
10,608
21,862
19,912
9,428
10,581
1,805
2,178
1,248
1,248
6,301
6,149|31stDECEMBER 2023
Total
Total
2023
2022
£
£
1,481
1,116
419
20
1,900
1,136
56,284
61,191
533
20
56,817
61,211
17,397
16,485
1,922
709
17,667
10,488
36,986
27,682
44,735
-
-
470
44,735
470
15,075
12,000
40,923
39,493
18,193
11,190
5,014
6,840
1,798
2,975
210
1,139
733
520
11,595
10,608
21,862
19,912
9,428
10,581
1,805
2,178
1,248
1,248
6,301
6,149|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||
1,136|
|||||||61,191
20|
|||||||61,211|
|||||||16,485
709
10,488|
|||||||27,682|
|||||||-
470|
|||||||470|
|||||||12,000
39,493
11,190
6,840
2,975
1,139
520
10,608
19,912
10,581
2,178
1,248
6,149|
|||120,141|14,044||134,185|124,833|
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31stDECEMBER 2023
General
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
7 Note continued
Brought forward
120,141
14,044
134,185
124,833
Music
717
200
917
865
Upkeep of services
297
700
997
1,032
Events
193
818
1,011
1,082
Training and education
205
100
305
535
Telephone and website
3,647
144
3,791
3,401
Publicity
629
629
-
Depreciation
3,019
695
3,714
231
Administration
3,151
1,480
4,631
1,805
131,999
18,181
150,180
133,784
8 Other
General
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Legal and professional fees
1,150
-
1,150
1,150
Included in the above expenditure are the following payments
Total
Total
2023
2022
£
£
Independent examiner’s fees
150
150
Other fees paid to the independent examiner
-
-
150
150
9
Paid employees
Staff costs
2023
2022
£
£
Salaries
18,193
11,190
Employer’s national insurance
-
-
18,193
11,190|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31stDECEMBER 2023
General
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
7 Note continued
Brought forward
120,141
14,044
134,185
124,833
Music
717
200
917
865
Upkeep of services
297
700
997
1,032
Events
193
818
1,011
1,082
Training and education
205
100
305
535
Telephone and website
3,647
144
3,791
3,401
Publicity
629
629
-
Depreciation
3,019
695
3,714
231
Administration
3,151
1,480
4,631
1,805
131,999
18,181
150,180
133,784
8 Other
General
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Legal and professional fees
1,150
-
1,150
1,150
Included in the above expenditure are the following payments
Total
Total
2023
2022
£
£
Independent examiner’s fees
150
150
Other fees paid to the independent examiner
-
-
150
150
9
Paid employees
Staff costs
2023
2022
£
£
Salaries
18,193
11,190
Employer’s national insurance
-
-
18,193
11,190|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31stDECEMBER 2023
General
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
7 Note continued
Brought forward
120,141
14,044
134,185
124,833
Music
717
200
917
865
Upkeep of services
297
700
997
1,032
Events
193
818
1,011
1,082
Training and education
205
100
305
535
Telephone and website
3,647
144
3,791
3,401
Publicity
629
629
-
Depreciation
3,019
695
3,714
231
Administration
3,151
1,480
4,631
1,805
131,999
18,181
150,180
133,784
8 Other
General
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Legal and professional fees
1,150
-
1,150
1,150
Included in the above expenditure are the following payments
Total
Total
2023
2022
£
£
Independent examiner’s fees
150
150
Other fees paid to the independent examiner
-
-
150
150
9
Paid employees
Staff costs
2023
2022
£
£
Salaries
18,193
11,190
Employer’s national insurance
-
-
18,193
11,190|
|---|---|---|
|||133,784|
|||
Total
2022
£
1,150|
|||Total
2022
£
150
-
150
2022
£
11,190
-
11,190|
||||
||||
The average number of employees employed by the PCC during the year was 3 for 2023 and 2 for 2022.
The trustees received no remuneration during the year however expenses were reimbursed for services other than as trustees.
There is no trustee indemnity insurance.
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City
Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2023
|10 Tangible assets
2023
£
Cost at 1stJanuary 2023
20,419
Additions at cost
12,446
Cost at 31stDecember 2023
32,865
Depreciation at 1stJanuary 2023
17,869
Charge for the year
3,714
Depreciation at 31stDecember 2023
21,583
Net book value
11,282
11 Investments
The investments held at the year-end are either investments listed on a
Stock Exchange or investments in authorised investment trusts.
2023
£
Market value at 1stJanuary 2023
405,497
Addition
44,735
(Disposal)
(41,313)
Gain/(loss) on revaluation
7,950
Market value at 31stDecember 2023
416,869
Historical cost
393,000
12 Debtors
2023
£
Prepayments and accrued income
793
Other debtors
45,813
46,606
13
Cash at bank and in hand
2023
£
Short term deposits
62,904
Cash at bank and in hand
21,031
83,935|10 Tangible assets
2023
£
Cost at 1stJanuary 2023
20,419
Additions at cost
12,446
Cost at 31stDecember 2023
32,865
Depreciation at 1stJanuary 2023
17,869
Charge for the year
3,714
Depreciation at 31stDecember 2023
21,583
Net book value
11,282
11 Investments
The investments held at the year-end are either investments listed on a
Stock Exchange or investments in authorised investment trusts.
2023
£
Market value at 1stJanuary 2023
405,497
Addition
44,735
(Disposal)
(41,313)
Gain/(loss) on revaluation
7,950
Market value at 31stDecember 2023
416,869
Historical cost
393,000
12 Debtors
2023
£
Prepayments and accrued income
793
Other debtors
45,813
46,606
13
Cash at bank and in hand
2023
£
Short term deposits
62,904
Cash at bank and in hand
21,031
83,935|2022
£
17,638
2,781|
|---|---|---|
|||20,419|
|||17,638
231|
|||17,869|
|||2,550|
|||recognised
2022
£
464,623
-
-
(59,126)
405,497
393,000
2022
£
558
-
558
2022
£
59,382
44,890
104,272|
||||
||||
||||
||||
||||
||||
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2023
14 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Accruals and deferred income|7,290|8,340|
## 15 Charity funds
Details of funds and movements during the CURRENT reporting period
|Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds
Restricted funds
Open Table Network
St Dunstan’s Bequest
Lauda
Taste of God
Baltic Mission
Choir
Open Table Liverpool
Total funds||At 1st
At 31st
January
Income
Expenditure Transfer December
2023
(inc.
gains)
(inc. losses) of funds
2023
£
£
£
£
89,029
137,636
(132,453)
(2,740)
91,472
399,482
11,442
(2,446)
2,530
411,008
488,511
149,078
(134,899)
(210)
502,480
At 1st
At 31st
January
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
December
2023 (inc. gains)
(inc. losses)
of funds
2023
£
£
£
£
£
-
-
2,233
45,601
(3,422)
44,412
9,044
5,000
(14,044)
-
476
-
-
476
2,000
-
(695)
1,305
500
-
(500)
-
1,773
3,688
(2,942)
210
2,729
16,026
54,289
(21,603)
210
48,922
504,537
203,367
(156,502)
-
551,402|
|---|---|---|
||||
||||
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2023
## 15 Charity funds
Details of funds and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period
|Unrestricted funds
St Luke in the City
General
Designated funds
Restricted funds
Open Table Network
St Dunstan’s Bequest
Lauda
Tsedaqah
Taste of God
Baltic Mission
Choir
Open Table Liverpool
Total funds|At 1st
At 31st
January
Income Expenditure
Transfer December
2022
(inc. gains)
(inc. losses)
of funds
2022
£
£
£
£
£
84,898
139,148
(125,017)
(10,000)
89,029
448,736
500
(59,754)
10,000
399,482|
|---|---|
||533,634
139,648
(184,771)
-
488,511|
||15
269
(284)
-
-
-
2,233
-
-
2,233
5,144
9,000
(5,100)
-
9,044
-
2,000
(2,000)
-
-
476
-
-
-
476
-
2,000
-
-
2,000
1,000
-
(500)
-
500
1,654
1,524
(1,405)
-
1,773|
||8,289
17,026
(9,289)
-
16,026|
|||
||541,923
156,674
(194,060)
-
504,537|
## 16 Fund details
Details of the various funds held by the PCC are as follows:
Name of fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund Unrestricted funds
General fund From 1[st] January 2019 there is a one General Fund. Designated funds Included is an investment of £360,000 to provide income. Restricted funds Funds received for specific purposes.
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk
## **Independent Examiner’s Report**
Report to the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Luke-in-the-City, Liverpool, charity number 1152031, on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2023, as set out the following pages: Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet and Notes.
## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
The PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent Examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the PCC concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair” view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Ian Wright B.A. F.C.A. Chartered Accountant 15 Stretton Drive Southport PR9 7DR
The Team Parish of St Luke in the City, Liverpool St Bride, St Dunstan, St Michael in the City Parish Office: St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool L8 7LT Office@stlukeinthecity.org.uk