PARIS￿ CFFLIRCFP OF STBARNABAS NDRTrFDLT PARK RegLStered ChoY(*y NMMber - 1160222 ji 2023 RFPDRfAND ACCOLINTS DF TFkE PARDCFFIAL C1*￿Re￿ COLINCIL OF STBARNABAS, NDRTFFDLTPARL FOR TPFE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 nual FInan￿Report AdMiviistrQtive i¥bforMotio St Barnabas Church Northolt Park is situated in Northolt. It is part of the Diocese of London within the Church of England. The correspondence address is St Barnabas Church. Raglan Way. Northolt UB5 4SX. PCC members who have served at any time from l January 2023 until the date that this report was approved are: Ex Officio members: Incumbent The Revd Edmund Cargill Thompson (Chair) The Revd Patty Linders until July 2023 2 vacancies Curate Churchwardens: Deanery Synod Representatives: Margaret Cobley, Treasurer, Standing Committee Julie Holmes. ALMA rep; Synod rep until May 2023 Elected members: Jane Cox Emma Green Luke Kwamya Nicola Inson Julie Holmes Christopherjohnson Jennifer Thompson Standing & Fabric Committees Standing, & Fabric Committees Gift Aid & Stewardship Sec Safeguarding Officer until APCM 2023 from APCM 2023; ALMA rep until APCM 2023 Electoral Roll OFficer stN&t￿re, gover￿￿￿ The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body estsblished by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure registered with the Charity Commission. The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Barnabas, the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), l elected Deanery Synod members, and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish, including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. New members are offered and actively encouraged to undertake initial training into the workings of the PCC provided by the diocese. Since our entitlement is for 9 elected members. we have 4 vacancies for elected members. There are no churchwardens, PCC Secretary or Safeguarding Officer. AThnual ￿Than¢e Report1023 The full PCC met 9 times throughout the year with an average level of attendance of 77%. In the last half of the year there were only 7 PCC members, so with an attendance of maybe 5 makes it difficult to have constructive discussions or make/action decisions. AL￿ P￿TrOseS St Barnabas, Parochial Church Council {PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Reverend Edmund Cargill Thompson. in promotin& in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral. evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church complex of St Barnabas, Raglan Way. Northolt, which includes a residential property in Vernon Rise, Greenford. objeotives Actithtits The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at St Barnabas. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. Pastoral care is provided to both our existing congregation and those in need in the local community. We reach in mission and evangelism to serve and to share the Christian faith with those around us. We maintain the fabric of the Church of St Barnabas and the Church complex, including the Vernon Rise property to provide the accommodation and resources for our mission and outreach. AChievew￿ PerfOY￿ Worshlp and prayer Our Sunday services were led by both the Reverend Edmund Cargill Thompson ("Father 'Mund"} and the Reverend Patty Linders {"Mother Pattf ). We welcomed Robin Griffiths. Mthr Bryony Franklin, Revd Anna Dias and Fr Valmor Pimenta as visiting preachers (and in some cases celebrants) and also had members of the congregation preach on a couple of occasions. An average of 38 adults and 5 children have attended the Sunday mass. In December 1273 people participated in Adventorchristmas services,theoverwhelming majority of these being services held in the local community such as in pubs or atthe tube station. (By participated we include those who engaged in some way with the service and exclude those (for example at the tube station) who simply walked past without stopping or engaging). 180 took part in Advent and Christmas services held within the Church building. In addition, 155 people attended schools events in church. 147 people attended our Christingle. Midnight Mass and Christmas Day services, 124 of whom were communicants. nual Hnance Report2023 During 2023, there was 2 Baptisms. The clergy of St Barnabas officiated or assisted at 6 funerals taken, 4 of which were held in church. No weddings occurred this year but there was I service of thanksgiving following a civil wedding. Church membership The year ended with 72 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll. At the beginning of February 2023, we lost our beloved sister Enid Mitchell at the age of 97 and in December Sheila Nesfield. both are sadly missed by many. Nicola Inson & Kevin Szum moved out of the parish and Oniille Walker relocated to the Caribbean. Pastoral care Some members of our parish are unable to attend church due to sickness or age. These receive a mix home cornmunions and telephone services from our clergy. Care for church members who are going through specific personal difficult situations is provided by our two clergy. A WhatsApp Group offers a two-way channel of communication from notices to personal thanksgivings and prayer requests. The Barney Group (see below) led by Yvonne Bailie, Margaret Cobley and Jane Nicholls offers mutual support and care for our over 55s. Children's Work Funmi Hinimikaiye has been leading Sunday School once a month while the fact we now have two priests in the parish means Fr Mund has b￿n able to lead ad hoc addiiional sessions. Safeguarding Nicola Inson stepped down as our safeguarding officer during the year and Fr Mund looked after the role until a new safeguarding officer was appointed after the year end. The role includes ensuring our Safeguarding Policy Statement is updated and displayed. Jane Cox is our Children's Champion, Mother Patty Linders is our Elders champion. The PCC complies with the duty under Section 5 or the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016. in relation to having due regard to House of Bishops, guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The Church Centre Complex The church is occasionally open for prayer and our Garden of Rest is accessible by arrangement. Ealing Foodbank operate on a Tuesday from the hall and is well used. Some church members volunteer. Various community groups meet during the week in the church hall including Stsy Active 4 Life helping people with their mobility. Children's parties at the weekend continue to be popular, and the Church of God meets most Sunday lunchtimes. The Barney Fellowship Group aimed at the over 55s. meets once a month and have enjoyed outings including a canal trip. steam train trip and lunch at Ruislip Lido, and Christmas lunch at Sudbury Golf Club . The Community Payback Team. undertake a lot of tasks both in and outside the hall, around the outside of the church and in the Garden of Rest. Their work reduces maintenance expenditure on our buFldings. Our Building fund holds £5000 for security work. Mission and evangelism Christmas events were advertised on our website and through social media and through the distribution of Church Christmas Cards to local schools and around some of the local streets. In December Christmas outreach events including the carols at the Greenwood pub and two sets of carol singing at Greenford Tube Station. The Church hosted visits from various uniformed organisations groups and from Greenwood Primary School to learn more about the Christian Faith. Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. We were able to send £190 from our Lent Appeal to Christian Aid, and from Harvest and Christmas services £2000 to ALMA for our twinned parish in Chigoma. Mozambique for their water well appeal. Harvest donations of £716.18 were match funded as agreed by PCC. We supported Ealing Winter Night Shelter and Ealing Foodbank from our Carol singing, raising totals of £292.12 and £305.05 respectively. These totals include gift aid where applicable. Ecumenical relationshlps The church is a member of the Soul in Northolt and Greenford group {SING>. The main joint activity is the Good Friday Walk of Witness to Northala Fields. Deanery Synod The Deanery Synod provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider strurtures of the church. During the year, we have one elerted member, who is also the Deanery Synod Treasurer. I￿nUal Wnance Report2023 ￿tr￿e proGess The accounts are prepared using the Receipts and Payments basis. Bankers: Current account- CAF Bank Ltd. 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Mallin& Kent Deposit account- CBF Church of England Deposwt Fund managed by CCLA Investment Management Ltd, 80 Cheapside, London. Independent Examiner- Mr S Patel, 19 Dewhurst Road, London W14 0 rerfLew Funds are made up of Unrestricted Igenerall, Designated and Restricted funds. Designated funds are monies set aside for particular activities but may, rf necessary. be used for general activities. The fixed asset value of Vernon Rise is treated as a Designated Fund- the property belon85 to the London Dsocesan Fund but St Bamabas are perniitted to retain the rent. Total receipts for unrestrirted {general and desigmated) funds were £73,964 {down £9.000 on 2022), £8,000 of this due to loss of rent from Vernon Rise. Worthy of noting is the ordinary unrestricted income was the same as last year. Within this total Planned Giving totalled £25,267, £934 up on last year. The introduction of the card machine has made giving simpler for visitors and those not on a planned giving scheme. There was an increase on the Plate Collection £4155 compared to £3932 in 2022. Gift Aid envelope giving had increased by £625, although most of this will transfer onto Planned Giving for 2024. Interest is now paid on the CAF current account which counteracts the bank charges. We are grateful for all your efforts in supporting the ministry of our church over this past year. At the beginning of the year there were 38 members (30 gift aided their payments) in the planned giving scheme and the year ended with 34 members (29 gift aided their payments). In addition, there is another giving through the Stewardship Scheme and one through CAF Give as you earn scheme, giving a total of 36 regular givers. The Church Hall continuesto be well-used especiallyforweekend parties. providing a valuable source of income. £21,504, doNvn £3224 on last year. although further income came in afterthe year end. A cleaner is urgently required a5 in-house cleaning is getting difficultto manage in the longtemi. so allowance has been made forthis in the 2024 budget. The house in Vernon Rise continues to be let. although there have been dsfficulties w5th rent collection, so huge arrears have built up. Action is being tsken to remedy this. Restricted donations of £4,541 were also received; these comprised donations to flowers, charity appeals/collection. Building Fund. refunded Gift Aid tax, restricted funds interest. The Barney Fellowship Group purchases food and catering items for their monthly meetings, costs being covered by donations. Annual Flrtance Repfrfi 2023 Interest rates on our CCLA account have risen this year giving a better retum for our money in the restricted funds. The unrestricted income provides forthe Christian ministry at St Barnabas including our contribution to the Diocesan Common Fund, which provides for the cost of our vicar. vicarage, staff training and support Costs. Total expenditure amounted to £68,766, of which the unrestritted expenditure totalling £63.938 was virtually the same as last year. However, the general costs were £5,(M)O higher than last year mainly due to the increased cost of gas and electricity. The parish's contribution to the Diocese of £30,250 {£27,5(10 in 20221. Thls amount represented around 34% of the amount required to cover our relevant costs for one member of clergy: the remainder is covered by the generosity of other churches. Cler8y expenses were reimbursed up to an agreed budget. Payment is made for the visiting pianist. We are grateful to those who increased their giving to help payforthe cost Utility bills in the church cost £4,406 {up by £1.482 on 2022). Hall utilty bills totalled £4,512 {up £326 on 20211. The grant received from the diocese has assisted with the church utility bills. the church particularly being expensive to heat, £15 per hour. due to the number of individual heaters. Insurance for our buildings was paid in fv11 £4.077 With carefully managed expenditure we continue to add to the Reserve Fund and have, at the end of the year, £54.478. As agreed by the previous Archdeacon, money is to be set aside for the major works needed to the church building. The Link door and window sets were fttted and the balan￿ of £9,261 paid. are able to pledge a 15% increase on the Common Fund for 2024 are able to retain a balance budget Including Reserves we ended the year with Unrestricted funds of £81,250 and Restricted funds of £23.630. a Total balance of £104,880 Although the year ended with a net surplus of £9738 there were liabilvtles of approximately £2770: Clergy expenses September to December, Christmas expenses. printer costs, hall electrical repair, gas & electricity bills for December and gutter cleanin& Reseyves poLiG It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on free reserrfes (net current assets) which equates to at least three months, non-restricted payments. This is equivalent to £12,721. It is held to Annual Finan￿Report 2023 smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The balance of the free reserves at the year*nd wa5 £58,478. The Reserve Fund is being built up to carry out quinquennial repairs. The agreed figure for Common Fund in 2024 is £34.788 A further £5.(KIO in restricted funds are held for a security System The balance in the CCLA Church of England Deposit Fund belon8Sto the Screen Fund, Purple Fund, Youth Walsingham donations and Youth Club funds. RepDYts I k￿L￿ded Receipts and Payments Report- this summarises the income, expenditure and transfers across the top-level actwities. as defined by the Annual Return Forni. ft also shows how these activities are represented across the funds. Balance Sheet- this shows a breakdown of the Assets of St Barnabas and how these are spllt across the different funds. Analysis of Receipts and Payments-this shows, forthe varioustypes of funds. the income and expenditure across the variou5 nominal accounts (activities). Fund Summary-this summarises the activities of the various funds as well asthe location of the balance of monies held. voLbLtrQeers We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our thurch a welcoming community. Being a volunteer is part of what it means to be.the Body of ChrisV11 Corinthians 12}. With the exception of the vicar, every job at St Bamabas is carried out by volunteers. However. the burden continues to be great; lacking Churchwardens and a PCC Secretary has put considerable stress onto so few. Paid Employees St Barnabas is not currently employing any staff. Anttual ReFhxt2023 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts •*+ Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to the trusteesl members of Parochial Church Council of St Bamabas, Northolt Park On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 Charity no lrfany) 116028 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examinats.on of the accounts of the above chartty (Yhe Trusf) for the year ended 3111212023 Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 fthe Aci"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sedion 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disdosed below"} in connection with the examinab.on which gtves me cause to believe that in. any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Acl or the accounts do not accord wilh the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attentson should be drawn in orderttrenab￿ a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Date: signed: Name: S Patel Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): ICAEW Address: 19 Dewhurst Road London W14 OET Annual Ftya￿t RewJrt2023 Section B Disclosure -11v comolete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern {see CC32, -.oeoe￿le￿T examinab.on of charifv accounts.. diredions and guidan￿ for examiners}. Give here brief details of any itsms that the examiner wishes to disclose. Annual Finance Rewt 2023 st Bamabas chU￿h Northolt Park- 1160828 For the perlod from 01 January 2023 to 31 D￿9mb9r 2023 I)onthn$￿d W88 119 49 41.138 4,431 46.572 1163 21.741 2S.425 17.651 4.128 10,Cfj2 76 $1139 1207 672 50.169 74.146 370 18.767 74877 10.756 9.731 21,693 Trnnsfets 10 7.010 (7.010) (T.010) (32,ri)Ji 1745 21M93 X746 21￿3 6JQ.142 l aJsetsat31 Decembor2ty2J 83Q142 7L 13 /3 /iY 13131¥ st Bamabas Church Northolt PaTk- 1160828 Balance Sheet detailed A¥at 3111212022 3111212023 Flxed assgts 6430.. Prowty 3 VerrKJn R 535.(QO 535.( Current assets 83.979 6510." CCLA ICBFI thw)Sit *XWErt 6585.. Cash in HaThl 11,559 11,2(X) 6587.. Cash in hand Pdty Cash S5￿.. Cash in hand PnKr5 105 6591: Cash in Tc¥JJlBf5 6594." PrepaKJ Exper￿$ 104894 95,284 Liabilities 1,014 142 T costs 1730- Ftsndraisiry costs 1,207 Raising funds Totats 872 1.207 Expèndilure on charitable a¢tivitms 1831- ALMA 1832- Lent ApFeal 1850- N￿e mission 1910. Co¥nrnon Fund 1911 - Dio(wan Missh)n Fund 2101- Working experws Of1Th￿MbenI 2102- Ckrgy travel expenses 2104- h¢>sptslity 2105- v￿rf$ tninEtry 2110- Vksrtiro speakers I 2140- VKaraJe ¥¥at8r rates 2161- VKafs training 2201- Mk55ion Eypenses 2202- Chnsbnas Cards Ipalish 2203- Bapt, Wettd & Fur￿la1 MinLsty 2210. NUtU￿ atyt Grtywth Re50WC85 2215- Juniorchurth 2216- Bamey FG 2301 - Church rUnnI￿- irtsurarKe 2302. CCLI LKen 2310- Iniernet charge 2330- Church rnainten8rice 2331 - ChurGh Cleaning 2334- Retr8shments 2340- Upkeep of Servi 2342_ Mus 2343- Grfts 2346. FlvhErs eXF*nditure 2350- Upkeep of churethyard 2360- Adrninislrath)n 2361-Administr3tbJn- finarK* 23S2- Administrabon- printero)sts 2363. Chufch *Ebsite 2401 . Church wnntng- e*ct 2410- Churth wnning- ga5 2420- Churth runniTKJ-watef 2450- Churth runniTYJ-ffiTe prc4eokn 2520- Even￿0￿1￿9$ Costs 2530- Hall funnirrfJ- 2540- Hall tunning- gas 2560- Hall running- maintenance 2561- Hall runniThJ- deaning 2570- Hall running- mobf 2580- Hall runniTrJ- water 2585- Vernon Rise- insuran 2586- Vernon Ri8e- S8th"ThJ fees 2587- VernoTr Ri%e pfopefty repasfs 2721 - Churth intefior enhar￿em8nt 2722- Chur¢h exterior- Link door 2801 - Hall major ￿pairS- stru¢AurE 30,250 30,250 303 1.420 27.500 275 940 213 87 20 157 351 92 120 io 12 15 2.101 3.805 127 107 107 17 1.902 4,077 133 259 925 4,077 133 259 925 240 474 438 67 70 212 61 61 83 243 442 1.491 257 243 243 $01 2,193 158 3.549 257 37 37 1.325 2.652 165 1,786 2,133 551 1,055 2.652 165 1,514 1,574 535 825 1.587 510 195 267 735 825 1,587 510 530 7,644 9,261 r4 4,762 195 9261 9.621 Ann¥al Finantt Repryt 2013 Expgndlturg on chaiitsbl• actlvld•s Totals 9),189 12.183 4.828 672(A) 74,146 2601 . Govemanc8 cc8ts 2602. Deanery Sync#J 10 10 other 0xp￿dItUrn Totals 370 Paymonts Grnnd totals 13,055 68,767 74,677 Annual Rewxl 2023 Ill￿￿1111￿11[ IIEEIEIIIIIIIIIIIIEI 11111111111111111111 11111111111111111111 IEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 15111111515115111111