# **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke with St Bartholomew** **Reading Reg. Charity No. 1158694** **Annual Parochial Church Meeting Sunday 22 May 2022, 12 Noon, In-person at St Luke’s Church and via Zoom** **Agenda Minutes of 2021 Meeting Parish Reports including Parish Accounts** ## **Sunday 22 May, 12 Noon, In-person at St Luke’s Church and via Zoom** **Meeting of Parishioners for the Choice of Churchwardens** _**(Anyone on the electoral roll of the church, OR resident in the parish may vote in this meeting)**_ ## **AGENDA** ## **1. Election of Churchwardens** ## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting** _**Only those on the electoral roll of the parish may vote in this meeting. Others may ask questions and join in discussion at the discretion of the Chair**_ ## **AGENDA** **1. Apologies for absence** **2. Minutes of the 2021 APCM** **3. Confirmation of Deanery Synod Members** **4. Elections of PCC Officers and Ordinary Members** - I. Election of PCC members - II. Appoint independent examiner if necessary - III. PCC Secretary ## **5. Outline of the Annual Reports:** - I. Chair of PCC Report - II. Warden’s Report - III. Electoral Roll Update - IV. Treasurer’s Report **6. Feedback, Questions and Any Other Business** (Items to be considered for AOB to be sent to the Chair no later than 18 May 2022) **7. The Year Ahead** **8. Closing Prayers** **9. Dates of PCC meetings** – to be agreed by the members of the PCC APCM report May 2022 ## **Minutes of the Meeting of Annual Parishioners Meeting and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting Sunday 23 May 2021, 12 Noon, via Zoom and in person** **Present: Present in person** Rev’d Ross Meikle (Vicar), Rev’d Christine Blackman, Jane Kenyon, Kirsten Bayes, Bar Blakey, Libby Stroud, Elizabeth Rebbeck, Alan Tonkyn, Shelagh Tonkyn **Present on zoom** Steve Allen, Sylvia Allen, Barbara Walton, Bridget Green, Leslie Green, Vernon Speed, Janet Davis, Melanie Shrubsall, Sally-Ann McDowell, Julian Pratt, Mary Evans, Gillian Lyne, Roger Cox, Veronica Cox, Lynne Webb, John Starr, Marion Pitman, Hilary Jakeman, Francis Jakeman, Jenny Page, Sarah Collins ## **Meeting of Parishioners for the choice of churchwardens** ## **1. Election of Churchwardens** - i. Resolution to remove Section 3 of the Supplementary Material of the Churchwardens Measure 2001 to permit a person to continue serving as a Churchwarden of the Parish for a period exceeding six terms. This was proposed by Libby Stroud, seconded by Jenny Page and passed unanimously. - ii. Election of Churchwardens Only two nominations were received so Jane Kenyon and Kirsten Bayes were duly elected. ## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting** ## **1. Apologies for absence** No apologies were received . ## **2. Minutes of 2020 APCM** Acceptance of the Minutes as written of the 2020 APCM was proposed by Kirsten Bayes, seconded by Bar Blakey and passed unanimously. APCM report May 2022 ## **3. Deanery Synod election** Kirsten Bayes proposed the following continued:- Leslie Green Hilary Jakeman Marion Pitman Sally-Ann McDowell All agreed to continue as Deanery Synod ## **4. Election of PCC officers and ordinary members** - i. **Election of PCC members** Paul Carnell, Gillian Lyne, Roger Cox and Steve Allen will continue as members of the PCC Above were re-elected un-opposed Lynne Webb was elected as a new member of the PCC. Alison Carnell was thanked for acting as minutes secretary. She is now standing down. Mary Evans is also retiring after many years. She was thanked for her hard work. - ii **Appoint Sidespeople** Sidespeople were appointed for the coming year. - iii **Appoint Independent Examiner** The continuing appointment of Michael Dix as independent examiner was proposed by Sally-Ann McDowell, seconded by Leslie Green and passed unanimously. ## **5. Outline of the Annual Reports** The Rev’d Ross Meikle began this section by reflecting on the passage from Matthew’s gospel which describes the wise man building on rock and the foolish man on sand. The pandemic could be described as a storm and the church as a ship. Although we have been battered by the deaths of loved ones, uncertainty over St Barts and the interregnum, we have survived. He thanked all those who had worked to steer the ship and reminded us that we are all part of the crew. We are moving slowly into the easing of restrictions (sending out a raven from the ark) and as we do - i. we are working to improve our IT and communications; - ii. we are planning to reopen the hall and create new ways of using it for the community and mission; - iii. we are planning for the future remembering that a previous vica or St Barts waited 7 years before starting new works; - iv. we are putting our efforts into our primary work of worshipping God in thankfulness and praise. ## • **Chair of PCC Report** Chair of PCC Report was accepted with no questions. APCM report May 2022 - **Churchwardens report** Warden’s Report was accepted with no questions. ## • **Electoral Roll update** Electoral Roll Update was accepted with no questions. ## • **Treasurer report** Sally-Ann McDowell agreed to continue as treasurer. We have spent more than our income this year. Libby asked if we had plans to rectify this. Ross stated that this is mainly due to lack of income from Hall. The Buildings Committee has met to see how we can start using the Hall. The income from St Bartholomew’s is helping despite us giving Read College a payment holiday. If individuals are in a position to increase giving that would be helpful, but personal circumstances dictate what each person can afford to give. No one should feel guilty. Alan Tonkyn asked about our ongoing financial commitment to St Bartholomew’s. Leslie Green responded – we are in an advanced stage with the lease agreement, but this was held up by the pandemic. Building work has been delayed by a national shortage of materials. This should start late summer. Libby Stroud stated she had fund raising ideas which she will share with Ross via email. Treasurers report was accepted as proposed by Kirsten Bayes. ## **6. Feedback, Questions and AOB** Feedback and questions were invited as each report was considered. There was no other business raised. **7. A closing prayer** was offered for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the life of our Church. **8. Dates of future PCC meetings** will be agreed by the members of the PCC using an electronic calendar as some members were in Church and some on zoom. The meeting was closed at 12.30pm APCM report May 2022 # **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST LUKE WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW FOR THE YEAR ENDED APRIL 2022** ## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST LUKE WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW FOR THE YEAR ENDED APRIL 2022** ## _**Administrative information**_ St Luke's and St Bartholomew's are two churches joined into one parish, situated in Reading, Berkshire. They are part of the Diocese of Oxford within the Church of England. The correspondence address is _**The Parish Office, St Luke’s Church, Erleigh Road, Reading, RG1 5LH.**_ The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity which is registered with the Charity Commission. Members of the PCC from the last APCM (23 May 2021) until the date this report was approved are: The Rev’d Ross Meikle, Vicar, Chair The Rev'd Christine Blackman, Associate Priest Kirsten Bayes, Church Warden, St Luke's Jane Kenyon, Church Warden, St Bartholomew's Dr Steve Allen, Deputy Warden, St Luke's ## _Deanery Synod representatives (until 31[st] May 2023)_ Leslie Green Hilary Jakeman Sally-Ann McDowell, Treasurer Marion Pitman, Deputy Warden, St Bart's ## _Other elected members_ : Paul Carnell Roger Cox Mary Evans ## _Co-opted members_ : Sarah Collins (Parish Administrator and Acting PCC Secretary) ## _Officers who resigned during this current year:_ Mary Evans _Officers newly elected at APCM 23 May 2021_ Lynne Webb APCM report May 2022 ## _**Structure, governance and management**_ The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election on the PCC. ## _**Objectives and activities**_ St Luke with St Bartholomew's PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Vicar in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has the maintenance responsibilities for the Churches of St Luke's, Erleigh Road, Reading; St Bartholomew's, London Road, Reading; and the Parish Hall, Erleigh Road, Reading. ## _**Church attendance**_ The number on the Electoral Roll at 8 May 2022 is 87. Due to Covid restrictions services were a mixture of restricted number in person attendance and attendance via zoom. The average weekly in attendance in October was 37 (of which 1 was under the age of 16) at St Luke's and _**0**_ at St Bart's. A family service was held at St Bartholomew’s just before Christmas. This was attended by 14 Adults and 12 Children. On Christmas Day 23 adults and 7 children attended the service in person with a number of others joining via Zoom. ## _**Review of the year**_ The PCC has met on 7 occasions since the last APCM. ## **Chair to PCC** Since our last APCM, the PCC has met 8 times (including extraordinary meetings), where it has continued to review policies make decisions, and begin a process of discerning a long-term vision. With the new Safeguarding Dashboard, we are more aware and set up to ensure that we are a church who take our Safeguarding duties seriously. We have approved our Safeguarding policy, and processing a Lone Worker policy and a Social Media policy. We are also committing ourselves to the Safer Recruitment process for all roles of responsibility, focusing on proportionality and diligence. I'm grateful to Gillian Lyne as Parish Safeguarding Officer for all her work in holding us accountable with our training, policies, and implementation. Regarding Safer Recruitment, we have approved the Role Descriptions for various roles across the church: three to support Sunday worship (Steward; Welcomer; Tech Team Member), and one to support our hall bookings (Hall Assistant). Other future roles are in the works, including Vergers and Hospitality. An innovation from Gillian is to ensure that each role has an assigned PCC member to support new recruits. We have also passed a Parking Policy, which seeks to outline our responsibilities as a parish and manage the expectations of our congregations, neighbours, and hall users with regards to the parking bays in front of the Parish Hall. I'm grateful to Hilary Jakeman who compiled a lot of information which helped to form the final policy. APCM report May 2022 At one of our extraordinary meetings in February, we were informed of the major cost that the parish had incurred as a result of a broken boiler at St Bartholomew's. As we heard the figure, I was impressed that the PCC remained level-headed and calm. I am grateful to Sally-Ann for her handle of the finances and keen oversight, and to Roger Cox and Leslie Green for their stewardship of St Bartholomew's. This was followed by an afternoon of exploring vision for the parish. We explored thoughts and ideas for the 140th anniversary of St Luke's church, and then began to look ahead to the next 10 years, asking the question: "who do we want to have been by the 150th?" or "what do we want Redlands Parish Church at the 150th anniversary to say about us at the 140th?". It was a hopeful and stimulating conversation, which will feed into other activities and conversations over the coming months and years at PCC level and across the whole parish community. ## **The Reverend Ross Meikle** APCM report May 2022 ## **Churchwardens’ Reports** ## **St Luke’s Church** The last year has been characterised by two competing drives. On the one hand the desire to return the life of our Church to the busy worship, social and groups schedule that characterised its life pre pandemic. On the other the stubbornly high and (currently) rising levels of Covid which has demanded a cautious, step by step approach. The Christmas period provided a very welcome return to a more recognisable service pattern, and with its beautiful decorations and the amazing cribs from the festival. Easter similarly brought joy (though marred personally by having to self-isolate). We face a degree of financial challenge from the boiler issues at St Bart’s that will mean we need to keep finding new ways to do things. And we need to keep the focus on Safeguarding, building on the work being so ably led by Gillian to ensure our Church nurtures and protects all who come to it. I continue to be hugely grateful to our clergy team; to Jane my fellow warden; to Sarah our administrator; to our PCC and all the volunteers that help keep the Church running. It is my hope that with God’s help this coming year truly will be one of healing and wholeness, and we will move forward into the next phase of our collective life, whatever that may bring, together and in good heart ## **Kirsten Bayes, Churchwarden** ## **St Bartholomew’s Church** It has been a year in which, at last, the “what are we going to do about St Barts and all its things” problem has begun to be dealt with head on. Most of the items on the inventory have now been moved to St Luke’s and some have seemed to have found semi /permanent homes almost seamlessly. There is a genuine feeling of two churches truly becoming one. Now that the lease of the building has been signed, giving Read College greater responsibility inside the building, the urgency to remove the rest of the larger items belonging to the church has increased and hopefully will be resolved in the coming year. The beginning of advent saw the return of Delilah the donkey to St Barts, together with a not very good shepherd (played by Ross) and lots of lost sheep. It was a Christmas service for families and was well received. ## **Jane Kenyon, Churchwarden** APCM report May 2022 ## **Annual report from PCC Buildings Committee March 2022** As the Covid 19 pandemic lessens, we are starting to open up our three buildings however where necessary social distancing rules are still applied and rigorous cleaning protocols adopted. On 30 November 2021 we signed the 25 year licence with Read College, allowing them to use St Bartholomew’s church as their main operational home, thus securing the church’s future. The roof of the nave and side aisles have been renewed and the roof of chancel and lady chapel undergone major repair. The guttering and downpipes have been refurbished and now look like their original design. The soakaways have been cleared and enlarged. We saved £25,000 against the original budget. In November the boiler broke down and has had to be replaced. The gas regulations are much tighter now and with the discovery of asbestos the whole job has not only used the surplus but reduced the church’s reserves to single figures. The new boilers are now working and Read College have a much more efficient source of heat. All issues identified in the 2019 Quinquennial Inspections have been completed. All of the statutory inspections and annual maintenance contracts on our three properties are up to date. Routine repairs, maintenance and replacements of expired equipment have been carried out as the need required. The main Hall windows have been freed and new pull cords fitted. This has increased ventilation, required to reduce the risk of Covid. Several regular users have returned but we are still being very cautious about fully opening the hall to single use hirers. The opportunity has been taken to re-floor and redecorate the Turner Room and upgrade the electric supply points. It is now a much more friendly and useable space. Storage is also being addressed. Discussions are on-going as to how the hall will be managed outside of the buildings committee and new hall agreements have been established. The wifi signal in the church has varied significantly during the year and a number of different setups tested. As a result new phone lines and Internet contracts are being set up for the church and hall. This will not only improve the performance but is expected to save money. To improve security in the church office a new door-bell video system is being installed. The retractable posts have helped to safeguard our parking but parking is still a big issue and will again receive further consideration this coming year. We again owe a huge thank you to Roger Cox for project managing and, in many cases, undertaking the tasks involved in maintaining and refurbishing our three properties. APCM report May 2022 The Buildings Committee would also like to thank Sarah for the day to day management of the Hall and the Church. Due to the pandemic, carrying out this responsibility has been made more difficult. May I conclude this report by thanking all members of the congregation who have assisted the Buildings Committee in maintaining the fabric of the buildings. ## **Leslie Green, Chair of the Buildings Committee** March 2022 ## **Finance** ## **Treasurer’s Report** This report is based on the accounts produced by the treasurer directly using the accounting software. At the summary level, in 2021 our income was greater than our expenditure. ## **INCOME** Total Income was about £99,500 (compared to £100,000 in 2020 and £125,000 in 2019). ## _**Income from donors**_ In 2021, this was about £33,700 (compared with £37,500 in 2020 and £47,000 in 2019). ## _**Income from buildings rent (hall and churches):**_ In 2021, income from building rent was about £34,700 (compared with £34,500 in 2020 and £50,000 in 2019). The reduction was due to a decrease in hall rent due to the continuing pandemic and the fact that although there were fewer restrictions, the hall was not being used other than for the NHS holiday club and then only during holidays, thereby reducing hall income massively. Although Read College were able to use St Barts, there was a major boiler failure in November and so some of the rent due (£10,000) was used to offset costs that Read College had incurred by installing emergency heating. This has however been included in the figures above. ## _**Other income:**_ There was about £31,200 in other income during 2021. This included mainly gift aid from our giving plus dividends. We had minimal income from our single coffee morning in November, minimal income from weddings (banns) and funerals and about £950 from the Christmas Fair. APCM report May 2022 ## **EXPENDITURE** Total expenditure was about £253,500 (compared to £115,200 in 2020 and £107,500 in 2019). ## _**Major Building works and repairs**_ The PCC approved money to be used to replace the roof at St Barts. Funding for this is explained later. There were also unexpected costs due to a boiler breakdown at St Barts which necessitated emergency heating in addition to boiler replacement costs. In 2021, this amounted to £93,300 with more spend in 2022. ## _**Utilities and insurance (excluding water)**_ Insurance in the two churches (and hall) increased to £12,400 from £10,800 in 2020. This was because from September the insurance at St Barts changed due to the agreement with Read College and the fact that services were no longer held at St Barts necessitated a change to a Landlord insurance. The formal agreement was only signed in November so from December Read College were invoiced for the insurance costs in addition to utilities costs with a reduced rent. Electricity in the two churches was about £2,400 which is about £500 lower than the previous year but given we were not in the building during the Winter months is not surprising. Gas was about the same in the two churches (about £10,200) in 2021 as in 2020. Although time in the church was different in the two years this reflects the increase in gas prices in 2020. As mentioned above the boiler broke at St Bartholomew’s and Read College installed emergency heating which in 2021 was £10,000. Hall gas was 50% lower than in 2020 at about £1,300, but this was due to very minimal use of the building. In 2021, electricity was about £500 compared to about £800 in 2020. ## _**Charitable giving:**_ As in recent years, we did not give 10% of our planned giving to charities in 2021. Our plan had been to continue to donate to some local charities regularly (which we continued to do) and then do one off fundraising for others throughout the year. However due to only one coffee morning in November 2021 we were only able to give about £2,500 to charities which is considerably lower than 2020 (£2,600) and 2019 (£4,200). ## _**Parish Share:**_ Our Parish share was £47,250 in 2021 compared to £44,800 in 2020. ## _**Parish Administrator:**_ Costs for Parish Administrator increased to about £12,700 including tax, national insurance and pension compared to just over £10,100 in 2020. This was due to some additional hours being worked to get the new vicar settled in. APCM report May 2022 ## **BALANCE OF FUNDS** Our usable funds have dropped significantly to £86,700 in 2021 from £103,300 in 2020 and £119,000 in 2019. This has been due to a reduction in income from rent and a small reduction in giving but mainly due to the extra spend on St Barts roof plus the costs associated with a new boiler and emergency heating at St Barts. We do also have some untouchable funds, which were valued at £301,512 on 31 Dec 2021 compared to £378,811 on 31 Dec 2020. These are the Lawrence Bequest, the Curacy fund, the Schoolrooms fund, and the Cockburn Bequest. A sale of £130,00 of shares in the Lawrence bequest was used to fund the replacement of the roof at St Barts. This was approved by the PCC and also by the Charity Commission. Interestingly despite the pandemic, the value in the shares increased as can be seen by the fact that £130,000 worth of shares from the Lawrence Fund were sold to fund the roof at St Barts but the value of that particular fund only reduced by £111,000. ## _**Reserves Policy**_ The usable funds that we hold in reserve reduced due to a decrease in rent of buildings plus the major works and repairs at St Barts. The reserves policy was not discussed in 2021, however our accounts show that we still meet the reserves policy as set in 2011. The treasurer will ensure a meeting of the finance committee in 2022 to reconfirm this. The reserves policy is still to maintain reserves of at least £5,000 per building for emergency maintenance to the buildings. The maximum amount to be held in reserves was agreed to be £100,000, although we could potentially hold more if the PCC determined there was a valid reason for doing so. All reserves are held as funds invested with the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England for the time being. ## _**Finance Committee**_ The finance committee is being refreshed and anyone interested in joining should contact me directly. **Sally-Ann McDowell Treasurer** APCM report May 2022 ## **Safeguarding report 2022** ‘For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you’ Jeremiah 29:11 Creating a safer environment and culture within our church, where all will prosper and none will be harmed _,_ continues to be of the utmost importance. Many steps have been taken over the last year to create an environment which is welcoming, respectful and enables safeguarding concerns to be raised and responded to openly, promptly and consistently. There have been considerable changes in the last year to ensure that our churches are places of safety and well-being for all children, young people and vulnerable adults. A new Safer Recruitment and People Management framework has been implemented which requires a more rigorous approach to those who volunteer in church. This includes online training modules and DBS checks to be undertaken every three years. All PCC members are required to do several of these safeguarding training modules. A new Safeguarding Parish Dashboard to monitor essential aspects of Safeguarding has been introduced. The Diocese would like all parishes to have completed level 1 of this Dashboard. We have not fully competed the requirements for Level 1 but have an action plan to do so. Following the guidance of the new Safer Recruitment and People Management framework both the Toddler Group and Sunday Club were able to start back at the end of 2021 with clear volunteer role descriptions and person specifications for those involved. These guidelines will be followed as we return to greater volunteer involvement with Welcomers and Stewards helping at church services. There is still a large amount of paperwork in the vestry office that needs to be reviewed and collated. Much of this will probably not be required and we should avoid keeping records we don’t need to ensure compliance with GDPR regulations. Many thanks to Jenny Page for all her work as DBS verifier and to all those people who have undertaken the online training and recruitment process. I am also grateful for all who contributed to the role descriptions and person specifications. ## **Gillian Lyne** APCM report May 2022 ## **Worship Spaces** ## **Clergy Report – The Reverend Ross Meikle** Now I have been with you for a full year, it is good to share with you a year's worth of church mission and ministry. Starting with last summer, some of the highlights for me include the opportunities that we had to use the fine weather to congregate. An especially fun afternoon was a picnic in Palmer Park to celebrate St Bartholomew's Day. By the leadership of Jenny Page, we also had our Big Book Giveaway outside the Parish Hall, which not only cleared over a thousand books from the Turner Room but also served a good number of people local to us who took books in their hundreds. Since then, the Turner Room has been redecorated, freshened up, and now has access to brand new Parish Hall WiFi which will make it a more viable space for hirers. We have kept the books related to faith and spirituality, and they have been categorised by topic. This significant piece of work has been part of a vision statement that I've used called 'Getting our house in order'. From a physical perspective, some of us have gone through our cupboards and storage to review what we have, what we need, and how we might better use our available resources so that we are primed for mission post-pandemic. This has included the storeroom, backstage areas and under the stage (Parish Hall); the organ loft, the vestry, the cupboards in the choir vestry, and the office (St Luke's church); and, much of the church treasures and furniture from St Bartholomew's. Relatedly, our lease with Read College is now signed and approved. Thanks go to Leslie Green for spearheading that particular piece of work, and to Roger Cox who has been key in so much of the developments across all of our buildings and the community garden too. We have improved our communications systems with email and WiFi systems, re-installing a phone line into the Parish Hall. We have also taken the opportunity to begin to consider how we manage our Hall Bookings, and some of us heard from Earley St Peter's church to learn how they manage things. A huge part of getting our house in order has been to do with Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment, ensuring that we are not only do what is necessary but also what is wise and appropriate for our community. Shout out to Gillian Lyne for her sterling work in this regard. Over the course of the year, we have begun to open up more our church buildings to different missions and ministries as it has become safe to do so. It has been good to see the Toddler Group, the Craft Group, and the Coffee Morning start up again, as well as the more seasonal Christmas Fayre. We have also welcomed back some of our regular hall hirers. Advent saw us celebrating a Nativity Festival, utilising our window-sills, which has been adapted for our Easter celebrations too. We had a 'Purple Party' the night before Advent 1 where a number of gathered to clean the church for the new year. Advent was an exciting season, with Delilah the Donkey making her return at St Bartholomew's Church, St Luke's playing host to Christmas concerts from both the Thames Valley Gay Chorus and musicians from the University of Reading. We also APCM report May 2022 celebrated our Crib service again in the Community Garden - it may have been quite wet, but a lot of fun was had and it was good to make use of our garden. Spiritually-speaking, it has been good to be back in the church for more regular service patterns on a Sunday morning and throughout the week with Breathe on a Tuesday morning, mass on a Tuesday evening and also on Thursday morning. Daily prayer has also been continuing on Zoom, and it has been good for as many of our services as possible to be accessible via Zoom for those who are housebound, unwell, or absent. Thanks go to Christine too, who has been a kind and excellent colleague in her support of me, and is indeed a good friend. In her role as Assistant Priest, I find myself thinking of her as a Chaplain offering wisdom and insight, care and kindness to the congregation and to me. We have had two funeral services at St Luke's, including our sister Jean Bascom. We have had a number of baptisms, primarily for infants but also for Amy who has joined our worshipping community who was baptised by full immersion using the deanery baptistry on the afternoon of Advent 1. With regards to discernment of the future of the church community, the Ministry Team met for a night away last October. Thoughts and ideas were then shared with a PCC Afternoon Away to Earley St Nicolas' church in February, and further work will be done following the Parish Weekend. We are not only excited to be thinking about marking the 140th anniversary of St Luke's church, but also looking ahead to the horizon of the 150th anniversary. Personally, it has been good over the year to get to know you better through church events and also over drinks and meals to which I've been invited. On St Luke's Day last October, I was installed as Vicar to the parish and in February I was elected to General Synod following a casual vacancy. I am developing chaplaincy work with both Read College and the University of Reading Chaplaincy Centre, as well as continuing my role as LGBTI+ Chaplain to the Diocese of Oxford. I am also a Young Vocations Champion for the Berkshire Area. I'm enjoying being your vicar. A lot has been achieved since I have arrived, and as I look to the year ahead, there are ways in which I need to learn to better ask for your help and support as we grow and proclaim the Kingdom of God to Redlands Parish. ## **Ross** APCM report May 2022 ## **Music Director's report 2021/22** As we have returned to singing live in church, it has been good to be able to return to music we have not sung together for a while. Despite many changes in the way the choir operates, a core committed group of members continue to sing each week and attend choir practices when they occur. It has been great to hear the return of in person singing and less limits on numbers and the amount of music within a service. We continue to be affiliate members of 'The Royal Schools of Church Music' and receive musical inspiration from their Sunday by Sunday publication. With recent changes of circumstance, the choir continue to sing each Sunday, with particular focus on Festal Services when we can rehearse and sing on a larger scale. I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who assist with the other musical aspects; the band who are making their comeback, Gordon and Timothy for playing the organ and their support. As I prepare to step down from my role of music director, I would like to thank everyone at St. Luke’s for the opportunities and support I have received from a young age and to wish everyone all the best and continued music making within worship together. ## **Gemma Mason** As Vicar, I’d like to extend my thanks to Gemma for her ministry to the church as Director of Music since 2006. I’m especially grateful for all that was managed with music during the lockdowns when I arrived. Gemma and her family remain a part of our community, and we pray for them and wish them well in their new chapter. I’d like to thank everyone who has contributed to our music-making this year: to our organists Gordon and Tim, to the choir, and to the Worship Band who made their return to worship for our Mothering Sunday Messy Mass. An especial thanks goes to Gordon for his work during the maternity leave and during this vacancy. We are currently advertising for a Music Leader and are hopeful to have someone in post over the summer. Ross APCM report May 2022 ## **Social Spaces** ## **Pastoral Care Team Report** The Pastoral Care Team, alongside other committed parishioners, have tried to maintain support, to others, during another uncertain year, due to Covid. Cakes and flowers were delivered at Easter time in April when social mixing was still not allowed. Telephone contact has been a source of communication, chats on doorsteps to some parishioners and then from Summer 2022 visits have re-commenced to keep in touch and to visit those who are unwell or need additional support. Shopping has been delivered when needed and also support with technology to enable church members to join in Zoom Services and Meetings. Ross informed church members to ask for help if they had Covid and needed any items delivered by church members. Sadly Jean Bascombe died this year and her funeral took place in October 2021. Gloria Atwell’s Funeral took place in December 2021. The Pastoral Care Team consists of Christine Blackman, Mary Evans, Everette Marshall and myself, Sheila Cox. Ross Meikle attends the Pastoral Care Team Meetings whenever possibIe. I'd like to thank all of the team for their support and visits during this another unusual year. We have also returned to providing lifts to people when they have asked to come back to church services. Sheila tries to keep the prayer list up to date of those members who need praying for. Please contact her or Sarah if names need adding or taking away from the weekly sheet. Thanks must also go to members of the church who give support without necessarily any recognition, in particular Steve and Sylvia, Shelagh and Alan and Jane, amongst others, providing on-going support to individuals in the Parish. ## **Sheila Cox - Pastoral Care Leader** ## **Parish Toddler Group** The Toddler Group started meetings again on Wednesday 3 November 2021, having last met on Wednesday 11 March 2020. We meet every Wednesday in school term time, in the parish hall The numbers attending the Group have been variable, from only 2, up to 17, with their carers. We hear constantly from those who attend that the group is really important, as so many children had little or no opportunity to mix with other children during lockdown, & socialising is a major part of early years development. It is also very good for the parents & other carers to chat to other adults. Bringing up small children can be a very busy but also very lonely time. We have a wonderful reliable team of helpers who turn up to make tea, coffee & squash for everyone, with biscuits, or on 6 April Easter eggs. It is vital to be hospitable. APCM report May 2022 On 15 December 2021 we had our annual Christmas party, with a great deal of festive party food being consumed! We were interested to observe that the children liked the colourful bubbles being blown out of our machine, but did not go wild to chase them, whereas they squealed with delight at balloons & were not worried when the balloons burst! The party was followed by a delightful time in church, when the children were able to "help" the vicar put together a Nativity scene. We always get a lot of positive remarks & thanks, but after the Christmas party the carers, including a number of grandparents, were particularly appreciative. We were recently given a number of children's books, which we offered to the Toddler Group families to take home, as the Group already owns 2 boxes of excellent books. We have been able this Easter to give £100 to the church, to help with costs. ## **Hilary Jakeman** ## **Monthly Coffee Morning** It was wonderful to start the coffee mornings again, on 6 November. As usual, the first Saturday in December was filled with the church Christmas Fair, there was no coffee morning on the first Saturday in January (New Year's Day!), but since then, following the long-established pattern, they have been held on 5 February, 5 March & 2 April. Members of the congregation have flocked to the coffee morning for a chance to chat over coffee, something so much missed on a Sunday morning, and people who live locally have also come into the coffee mornings for delicious cake, Mary's wonderful preserves, bric-abrac, Traidcraft & the raffle. On 6 April we even saw Ray Towsend, in the usual group brought by the excellent carers at Pembroke Lodge. On 6 November we were glad to raise over £220 for the Chocolatada in Pilcomayo, Peru. It means so much to a poor village, and the children especially. We got some lovely pictures from the village party! On 5 February the total was over £250 for Church Action on Poverty. On 5 March, in Fair Trade Fortnight, we were able to send the magnificent amount of £285 to Traidcraft Exchange. On 6 April we raised £253 for Reading Refugee Support Group. The next coffee mornings will be: on 7 May, with funds to go to Medical Aid to Palestine on 4 June, for the Jo Cox Foundation and on 7 July for USPG. We shall have the usual break in August, with the next coffee morning to be held on 3 September. ## **Hilary Jakeman** APCM report May 2022 ## **Traidcraft** Traidcraft was started in 1979 by a group of Christians who wanted to challenge the deep injustices embedded in global trade. It has grown to working with producers from 30 different countries around the world. It is a member of the World Fair Trade Organisation, and it co-founded the Fair Trade Foundation in the UK. It is this organisation which checks the conditions in which items are produced, so that you can be sure that the Fair Trade logo on anything tells you that every transaction was conducted with justice. Since we were able to start the church coffee mornings again, on 3 November last year, I have held my usual Traidcraft stall at the coffee morning in the parish hall. Sales vary considerably - from £20 one month to over £100 another month - and I am always happy to take orders for items that I do not currently hold in stock. It was a great joy to see so many people at the church Christmas Fair, at which I had my usual stall, on 4 December, but in the church building, as that was open in addition to the hall. Continuing the tradition of having a Traidcraft stall on the second Sunday of the month, at the family service, I re started this on 10 October, selling out of my car boot. This was successful except that I got very cold & wet outside on 13 February, and had to cancel the stall on 13 March as I was ill. I hope soon, as I am sure you do, for a Traidcraft stall back in church again every second Sunday. It was so good that the team running the church coffee mornings was prepared to raise funds on 5 March, in Fair Trade Fortnight, for Traidcraft Exchange. This development charity helps people start up a business, or gives advice on land management. If people are able to make a living in their own neighbourhood, they do not need to become migrants or refugees, they have a better life and their children can go to school. It is well documented that the Fair Trade Premium paid to producers enables them to take care of their local environment and combat the effects of climate change. There are always new items to be seen in the Traidcraft catalogue. Do make sure you have one, so that you can order things from it , whether it's food for everyday, sweet treats, or lovely craft items for yourself or to give to other people. ## **Hilary Jakeman** ## **Community** "The Great British Spring Clean" was held this year in the spring – 25 March - 10 April. Last year because of the restrictions, it was more in the summer - 28 May - 13 June. This means there have been 2 litter-picks in one year, & groups have gone out from St. Luke's car park in each one. We picked up a great deal of litter! Our Green councillors in Redlands Ward have of course been supportive of this work, and it feels good to make this connection with the local political network. ## **Hilary Jakeman** APCM report May 2022 ## **Thinking Spaces** ## **House Group/ Evening Lent Group report 2022** The Group initially comprised twelve fairly regular members, one of whom had to leave us in October. With coronavirus still a threat in Reading, our first three meetings were held via Zoom, which worked fairly well, and the group were very tolerant of occasional technical hitches! With Easter not long behind us, we spent our May and June meetings watching a conversation on the topic of the Resurrection between former Archbishop Rowan Williams and Dr Paula Gooder, part of the series of recorded talks and conversations at St Paul’s cathedral in London. After tackling some challenging questions (e.g. Can you go on believing without the resurrection? How do we cope with the diversity of accounts of the resurrection?), we discussed Rowan Williams’s suggestions for prolonging our Easter celebrations throughout the year. Our July meeting gave us the chance to experience four dramatic paintings by the modern German religious painter Sieger Köder depicting Bible stories. (Elijah on the mountain, Ezekiel prepares for exile, Joseph’s dream, Mary meets Elizabeth.) We were delighted to welcome as presenter June Hardcastle, wife of our former Vicar, who introduced each painting, and invited us to reflect on its effect on us and on how it related to our own experiences. We cast off our Covid19 shackles in August with a tea party in the garden of 35 Eastern Avenue, the home of Alan and Shelagh Tonkyn. We spent the months of September, October and November considering The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s Gospel. This gave our new Vicar, Ross, the chance to meet the Group in person for the first time in October and then again in November. The sessions were led by Alan Tonkyn, Francis Jakeman and the Vicar respectively. The three chapters raised some difficult issues such as Jesus’s teaching on adultery and divorce, on earthly and heavenly treasures and how we are to judge others. Our December and January meetings were devoted to a further St Paul’s Cathedral talk by Rowan Williams, this time on the topic ‘What makes a good Christmas?’ (on the understanding that more than Morrison’s is required!). Rowan Williams used three carols (‘O come, all ye faithful’, ‘Hark the herald angels sing’ and ‘We three kings’) as the basis for his talk, challenging us to decide what we mean when we sing such well-known lines as ‘Born to raise the sons of earth,/ Born to give them second birth’, probing the meaning of the Incarnation, and picking out three things he feels are necessary for a good Christian Christmas. In February, Group members were invited to bring a favourite Christian poem or hymn to the session, and to discuss its value to them. Poems old and new were offered, ranging from ‘God’s Grandeur’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins to ‘Candlemas’ by Malcolm Guite, and hymns old and new as well, such as Charles Wesley’s ‘And can it be’ and Stuart Townend’s ‘See what a morning’. APCM report May 2022 In March and April, as in some previous years, we split into two weekly Lent discussion groups: a daytime one led by Francis and Hilary Jakeman (see separate report), and an evening one led by Alan Tonkyn. The latter group had eight participants, and discussions were based on a York course ‘Life to the full?’ involving a conversation between Canon Simon Stanley and the Rev. Matthew Woodcock. We looked at what Jesus means by an abundant life, discussing, amongst other things, the need to avoid lives that are overhectic, or ungenerous, and to accept the Holy Spirit into our lives as guide. We faced, again, the problem of suffering in the world, and how it can also be part of a full Christian life. ## **Alan Tonkyn 18/04/22** ## **Report of the Daytime Lent Group 2022** As in previous years, we arranged a daytime group for those who found meeting in the evening unsuitable. We followed a course produced by USPG entitled ‘Living Stones, Living Hope’. It focused on the metaphor of the Christian Community in I Peter 2 as living stones. This is also the focus text for this year’s Lambeth Conference. The passage touches on Jesus’ own experience of rejection as “the stone that the builders rejected”. Six of us met for most of the 5 weeks, looking at 5 Christian communities around the world that are experiencing challenges in one way or another. We were grateful to USPG for providing video recordings of people from each of these churches, that gave us a personal insight into the way they see God working in their situations. We met a woman in Zambia encouraging women and men in her community to tackle gender based violence. We heard from a young ordinand in South Korea who has inspired local people to re-open a derelict church building for worship and community events. We explored ‘Liberation Theology’ through the experience of a ‘base community’ in Brazil. Closer to home we reflected on the challenge facing Christians in the Church of Ireland which straddles the divide between North and South. Finally, we were told how Anglicans in India are offering hope to some of the 230 million Dalits (Untouchables) living on the margins of society. Each week an Indian Theologian offered us insights from the different passages from Scripture that were set for each week. In Week Two the passage was the Good Samaritan, a passage we thought we knew well; so, we were surprised to be invited to identify Jesus as the Good Samaritan and the Church as the Inn Keeper. Thinking about it we realised how challenging it must have been for the Inn Keeper to be presented with the stricken victim and told to care for him by someone (a Samaritan) whom he would normally see as the enemy. We were impressed to think that he trusted the Samaritan’s word, when he said he would pay whatever more was needed for the victim’s care sometime in the future! Can we, as Christ’s Church, trust Jesus to keep his promise to bless us when we care for those in need? Each week we were invited to identify situations in our own lives and that of our Church where we felt God is working in similar ways. There was much appreciation of the various church sponsored activities that are now happening again, following the pandemic. We APCM report May 2022 appreciated the opportunity to pray together and wondered whether at St Luke’s we might build opportunities to pray for each other into our Sunday gatherings. Finally, we were surprised to learn that USPG was founded in 1701 and is still going strong! We put this down to the change it has made from being an arm of Britain’s influence as a colonial power, into a movement seeking to serve Anglican churches worldwide in their own understanding of how God is calling them to share the Good News in their own situation. As the course was provided by USPG free of charge, and because we were impressed by the valuable work it is clearly doing, we said we would like to raise money for them. The opportunity for doing this that we would recommend, is for funds from the Coffee Morning on 2nd July to be allocated to USPG. ## **Francis & Hilary Jakeman** ## **Creative Spaces** ## **Erleigh Road Community Garden** The garden is looking beautiful with lots of spring flowers blooming and seed sowing is underway so that we can grow plenty of vegetables at the garden again this year. The garden has continued to benefit a wide range of people in the local area – providing a green space where they can come and help look after the garden, learn new skills and meet other people. This year we are running a Gardening for Health & Wellbeing session on Thursday mornings during term time from 10-11.30am and an after school session on Fridays from 3.15-4.30pm. Both of these sessions are funded by Activate Learning and are open to anyone. Currently we do not have funding for the Saturday sessions but we are looking at ways to fundraise for these so hopefully they can start up again soon. Last year we ran a Growing Conversations course for people with English as a second language who would like to improve their conversational skills and learn about gardening at the same time. A new course is due to start up after Easter on Thursday 28[th] April from 1-2pm. We’ll be running family sessions in the school holidays too and some more cooking sessions using produce from the garden. We also ran some talks in the garden last year including one for children about insects by Chris Foster, Lecturer in Animal Ecology at Reading University and Hadil Tamim came in to do a talk about her beautiful artwork and her book ‘Islamic Art Meets British Flowers’. We’re hoping to run some more talks in the garden this year too. Thanks to Mary who has been providing refreshments for us plus helping in the garden too and to Roger who has recently made us a new table for seed trays in the greenhouse. For enquiries about the garden please contact Naomi at garden@redlandsparish.org.uk **Naomi German** APCM report May 2022 ## **Deanery Synod** Since the last APCM there were two deanery Synod meetings held over Zoom in July and November. These discussed how the deanery should function given the work was too much for half an area dean. It was agreed the deanery should be split into 4 areas which has been working well especially as the area dean resigned at the end of 2021 and so this works out well until a new area dean is found. There was then one face to face meeting this year where we had a talk by someone from PACT. It was a great honour to be invited to hold a Traidcraft stall in the Minster - St. Mary's Church in The Butts - at the special meeting of the Reading Deanery Synod, when Bishop Steven was visiting Reading Deanery. As this was in Fair Trade Fortnight, it felt appropriate. He set an example by buying something from the stall, mentioning it & showing it off during his talk! The stall was set up for me in the middle of the church, where people went past to get their refreshments, so a lot of people stopped to look & chat & take a catalogue - all very good publicity. As always, Bishop Steven spoke very gently and encouragingly. He talked about The Lord's Prayer, exploring it line by line. His words are printed in the current edition of "Pathways" (April - July 2022) and a longer version of his talk is available as 5 films, to be found at oxford.anglican.org/come-and-see. Well worth while! ## **Hilary Jakeman** APCM report May 2022 St Luke with St Bartholomew, Reading End of Year Financial Statements Year ending 31 Dec 2021 Page I Introduction As per last year, the accounts have been produced directly from the accounting system (Finance Co-ordinator offline version 1) and are rounding up rather than showing only the pound. Statement of Financial Activiti88 Unrestricted fund$ Restricted Endowment funds funds Totsl funds Prior year total funds Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Income from charitablè 8divitiè8 Other trading activities Investments Othèr Incorne Totsl In¢omo 43,121 5.052 1,093 29.874 43,121 5,052 1,093 41,097 61.682 11,767 11,222 38.372 BB,361 11,222 99,583 99,821 Expendltur• on: Raising funds Expenditure on chgritablè actlvkles Other expendil¢Jre Total •xp•ndlture 242.Q72 310 10,999 253.382 115,C92 100 115.192 242,072 310 10,999 263,382 Net Incomo I l•xpendlture) reBource• b9foro tran8fgr 1153,7111 13101 1153,7991 115,3711 Transfers Gross transfer8 between fund8- In Grogs Ironstsrs bgtween funds- out Oth&r recogni8ed gain8 11088 Gain81108ses on investment assets Gsins on revaluation, flxed asset8, ¢harlty$ own use Net movemènt In funds 130,01)0 130,LX)O 1130,0001 25,111 125,1111 {130,0001 43,208 43.208 {23,7111 {3101 186.5691 1110.5911 {31,4871 Totsl funds brought foNffjrd 95.724 1,218 378.826 475.768 507,255 Totsl funds Carrlèd fonvArd 72,013 908 292.257 365,177 475,768 Rapresented by Unrestd¢ted General fund 72.013 72.013 95.724 Rastrlcted Admlnlstralol P8rish Woekend 908 1.218 Endowment Cockburn Bequest Curacy Fund Lawren￿ Bequest Nuttall Baquest Schoolrooms Fund 157,1XJ3 9,020 26,858 157,003 9,020 26.858 137,320 7.683 147.057 99.376 99,376 86,786 Page 2 Balance sheet Cla$$ and code Doscri tion Thi$ ear Last ear Fixed a889ts Schooliooms Fund Cockbum Bequ8sl Lawrence Bequest Nuttall Bequest Curacy Fund Totsl Flxgd a88et8 99.375 157.276 36.079 86,766 137,593 147,057 8.782 301,512 379.084 Curront assets NalWe81 St Lukes NalW881 H811 Lloyds St 88rts Santander Sl Lukes CCLA ICBFI St Lukes deposS1 account CGLA ICBFI Sl Barts deosil account CCLA ICBFI H811 deposit account Cash in hand A¢¢ounts Rec8Nable Total Current as¥•ts 32,312 1.866 2.418 41.282 1,430 44,60B 1,962 2,198 11,146 1,430 31.144 1,964 2,199 37 86.709 103,313 Ll*billtle• Agency colleclons Accounts Payable Total Llabilltl•8 23,044 6,629 Net A#s•t 8urplu8ldeflclti 366 177 475 768 Excess I Ideficill lo d81• Starting balances Gainslllos8e81 on investment assets Gainslllos8esl on invgslment assets Total Re8erve$ 1153,7991 501,981 16,994 {15,3711 533.468 126.213} 365,177 475.788 Represented by funds Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment Total 72.013 95,724 1,218 378,826 475 768 292 257 365 177 Page 3 Statement of assets and liabilities General D¢si ated Restritted Endowment This ear Last Flxed ass•ts-Tangible assets Schoolrooms Fund- Cockburn Bequest- Lawrence Bequest- Curaty Fund- sg,375 157,003 1,754 8.782 286,914 99.375 157.276 36,079 86,766 137,593 147,057 7.668 379,084 273 34,325 Totals 34,598 JOl,612 Current asstts. Cash at b•nk and In hand Na¢West Sl Luke$- NatWe$t Hall- Lloyd$ St Barts- Santartder Sl Luke8. CCLA ICBFI Sl Lukes dep08118cceunl- CCLA ICBF) St Bart$ 4e08it account- CCLA ICBFI H811 depogt awunt- Cash In hand- 77.640 1S.076 117.8131 4,898 12,7751 12,089 111,7031 270 158,01n 172n 28,689 13,4681 33,919 32.312 2,64fj 11,146 1.430 31,144 1.964 2,199 37 82,877 2,418 41,282 1,430 44,608 1,962 2,198 2,199 37 81,226 Totals 1,267 395 95.$64 Currnnt aM•ts. Dobtors Accounts Re￿Nable. Tots18 3,832 3,832 7,749 Llabllltl••- Ag•ncy accounts AgenGy colleCt￿nS- 141 141 141 11411 Total Llgbllltles. Cr•dltsrn.' Amounts falllng duo In one year A¢uJunts Pay•b￿- 490 490 Totsl# 47,502 124,9481 23,044 6.629 Grand totsl 508 292 267 366 177 476 768 Fund movement by type In¢omin oin Transfers G8lns/losses Clo$ln A(knln- Admlnl$tr•tor Resmrted Sub-total ft*r Admln Cockburn- Cockbum 8eque8t Endowment 137320 137.320 S¢Jb4otal for Cockbum 3.991 3,991 19.683 167,003 Curacy - Curaw Fund Enthwment 223 223 Sub4otal forcurncy 7,683 1,114 9,020 Lawrenco. Lawr•nGe Bequesl Endw18rit 147057 147.057 130000 1130.0001 Subiotal for LaW￿ne9 4,486 4,486 9.B01 26MS8 PWE. Parf8h Vleokend R85tricted 310 31Q Sub-total fc+r PWE 1,218 908 S¢hool- S¢hoolroom8 Fund Endowmenl Sub-tolal for School 86,768 2.522 2,522 12.609 99,376 G#n•al-G•nero1 fund un￿5￿£ted 242 072 242,072 130000 130,000 Sub-totsl for Gener•1 96,724 88,361 72.013 Grand totsl 475 768 263 382 Page 4 Note regarding fund movement by type.. In 2021 the curacy fund had income but there were no curate expenses in 2021 so this amount has been carried fomard to 2022. Additionally, £130,000 from the Lawrence endowment fund was sold and used to fund worf(s associated with a new roof for St Bartholomews. Advice on how to show this in th8 accounts was obtain8d from Data Developments whose accounting So￿are is used to do the accounts. PARISH OF ST LUKE WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW, READING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 ACCOUNTING POLICIES The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 1997 to 2001 together with applicable accounling standards and the Charitl8s SORP (FRS 102). The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by Ihe annual revaluation of listed investments to market value. Funds G8neral funds represent the funds of the PCC that are nol subject to any reslrfctions regarding thelr use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unr8Stricted. The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those Ihat are informal gatherings of Church members. Incomlng Resources Voluntary income and capital sOur￿s. Collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC. Planned giving receivable under wvenant is recognised only when re￿ived. Income Tax recoverable on covenants or gift aid donations is recognised when the income is recognised. Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement and the amount due. Income from fund raising events is accounted for net of incidental expenses. Other ordinary income.. Page 5 Rental incorne from the letting of church premises is recognised when the rental is due. Income from investments: Dividends and interest are accounted for when re￿1Vable. Tax recoverable on such income is recognised in the same accounting year. Resources used Grants: Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates binding obligation on the PCC. Activities directly relating to the work of the Church.. The dI0￿San quota or parish share is accounted for when payable. Fixed assets Consecrated land and buildings and movable church furnishings.. Con88crat8d and b8neficed propety is excluded from the accounts by 8.10 (2)(b) of th8 Chariti88 Act2011. No value Is placed on movab18 church furnlshlngs held by the ¢hurchward8ns on speclal trusl for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal since the PCC considers this to be inalienable property. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or benefice buildings and movable church fumishings, whether maintenance or improvèmènt, is written off as expenditu￿ in the SQFA and separately disclosed. Investments.. Inveslments are slated at market valuation. Current assets: Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds or at the bank. Page 6 Analysis of income and expenditure Totsl Ullrestricted Desi nated Restricted Endowment Tbis ear INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Donations and legacles Gift Aid- Bank Gift Aid - Envelope8 Other planned giving Loose plate Gollections DonalSons appe81s etc Tax recoverable on Gift Altj Nofvrecurring one-off grants 32.316 32,316 1.380 19 845 7.560 1,380 707 1,633 9,144 845 7.560 Totsl 43,121 43,121 51,682 Income from charltabl• actlvltles Fees for wedding8 and fvner818 Church ho111ottlng8- objoctive8 238 238 281 Total S.f)52 5.052 11,767 Other tradlng a¢tlvltles Rummage sales etc Bookstall $ales. fvnd ral8ing 158 935 1,093 935 1,093 Total Inv8stmgnts Oivldends Bank and bulklln9 8ocI8ty intere8t Rent from lands or bulldlngs 11,222 11,222 25 13,629 243 25 29 850 29,874 Total 11,222 41.097 36,372 othor Income Surplu8- sales of fixed assets 9,221 9,221 88,361 Total INCOME TOTAL EXPENDITURE Expendlture on charltable activltles Giving- rolièf and devek)pmenl agencAes Home mission Secular charth.es Ministry p8rish share etc Assistant staff costs Salary of parish administrator Working expenses 01 incumbent Education Pari8h training and mission ChuT¢h and Hall running - insurance Church office- telephone 33 33 2,190 250 36,241 3,800 12,679 997 2.190 250 47,241 3,800 12,679 997 2,190 450 44,799 3,122 10,127 673 124 465 10,755 10.999 327 12,376 810 310 637 12,376 810 Page 7 Organ I piano turung Church maintenarK8 Cleaning Upkeep of services Upkeep ofchurchyard Adminislralion Church Tunning- electric Church running- gas Church running- water Church running- emeryency heating Hall running- electri¢ity Hall running- gas Hall running- maintena Hall running- water Church rnajor repairs- stwcture Hall + major repairs- installatton Hall + interior and exierKJrdecorati Total 510 5.896 4.511 4.729 3,121 1.350 2.903 10,640 34.676 3.318 3.234 2.723 2.194 2.441 10239 231 10.C(K) 478 34,678 3.318 3.234 2,723 2,194 2,441 10,239 231 lo.0￿) 478 1.305 4.875 791 3,117 3.477 674 4.875 93,320 93.320 601 2,550 253.282 242.072 310 10.999 115.092 er expendlture Overnan￿ costs examinationlaudit 100 100 115.192 EXPENDtTURE TOTAL 242.072 310 10.999 GRAND TOTAL 153.711 310 223 153.799 15.371 FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BY THE PCC INVESTMENT ASSETS Investments held by the Central Board of Finance - Investment units. Cost at 31 December 2021 was £64,633 (market value £301,512) and at 31 December 2020 £64,633 (market value £378,811). ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND Unre8trlcted Fund8 Restrlctsd Funds Endowment Funds Tolal Flxed asset$ 2nd investment 301.512 301,512 Current assets 86,709 86,709 Current liabilities 123,044) 123,0441 Fund balance £63,665 £301,512 £365,177 See note below for identification of funds. LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2021 2020 Accruals and deferred income £23,044 £6,629 FUND DETAILS The endowment fund comprises the Church School Rooms Fund, Curacy Fund, Lawren￿ and Cockburn Bequests. This report dated 9 Jun 2022: Page 9 ZolL ,ts 44•fv S&R 2022 CHARITY (OMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of The Parochial Church Council of the Ecdesiastical Parish of St Luke with St Bartholomew On accounts for the year ended 31* December 2021 Chaiity no lrfany) 1158694 Set out on pag8S See accompanying Annual Report and Financial Statements (induding SOFA, Balance Sheet & Notes} I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ab)ve charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year endgj 3111212020. Responslbllltles and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in a(xordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {￿he Ad'l. I report in respe0* of my examirthn of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Garying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chartty Commission under section 145{51(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have examinerfs statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed belcw.) which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. the acrounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Ad,. or the accounts did not a￿)rd with the ac£ounting re¢xrds' or the acc6unts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and ￿ntent of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no ￿ncernS 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 prq)er understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Date: 0910612022 Name: Mich*1 Dix Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (rfany): Chartered Member (Instituie of Chartered Accountants England &Wales) IER Oct 2018