Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Alban and St Patrick Highgate, Birmingham B12 0YH
Registered Charity Number 1169941
ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
For the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022
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Annual Report for 2022 of the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Alban & St. Patrick, Registered Charity Number 1169941
Introduction – Responsibilities of the PCC
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent (vicar) in promoting the whole mission of the Church of England, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in the ecclesiastical parish of St. Alban and St. Patrick. Highgate, Birmingham. The parish boundary runs clockwise from the junction of Alcester Street and High Street Deritend along High Street Bordesley, Camp Hill, Old Camp Hill, Stratford Place, Highgate Middleway, Belgrave Middleway, Sherlock Street, Macdonald Street, Rea Street South, Moseley Street and Alcester Street back to High Street Deritend.
The PCC is also responsible for proper maintenance of the Parish Church of St. Alban the Martyr, a Grade II* listed building (ID 1290539) situated on the corner of Conybere Street and Stanhope Street, and of the adjoining St. Patrick's Room church hall.
The PCC is governed by the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 as amended, the Church Representation Rules in Schedule 3 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969 as amended and the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit for charities for the advancement of religion.
Membership of the PCC
Membership of the PCC may be ex officio, through election by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) or through co-option by the PCC.
The incumbent or priest-in-charge is a member and chairman ex officio. Other clergy, lay workers or readers licensed to the parish would also be members ex officio; but there were none in 2022.
Two churchwardens, who are elected annually at the Vestry Meeting that precedes the APCM but do not take office until formally admitted by the Archdeacon), are ex officio members of the PCC.
Deanery Synod members, elected every third year at the APCM to serve for three years, are ex officio members of the PCC. Any lay members of Diocesan General Synod on the Electoral Roll of the parish would also be ex officio PCC members of the PCC. By a resolution of the 2013 APCM, up to three PCC members are elected each year to serve for three years. This is the default number under the Church Representation Rules for an electoral roll between 51 and 100. The roll was 39 at the 2022 APCM, for which the default number is two.
As well as these elected lay members, a PCC with six or nine elected members is entitled to co-opt up to two members to serve until the next APCM.
The Vestry and APCM for 2022 were held on Sunday 27[th] June in the church hall, St Patrick’s Room.
Members serving on the PCC at any time from 1[st] January 2022 until the date of this report:
Members serving ex officio:
Incumbent: Fr Dr Gerald Sykes
Churchwardens: Fay Wilson until 10[th] July 2022 Christopher Smith (re-elected at APCM) Amanda Cadman from 10[th] July 2022
Deanery Synod members Elected at 2020 APCM to serve until 2023 APCM: Amanda Cadman Andrew Harvey
Directly elected members:
Elected at 2019 APCM to serve to 2022 APCM: Rachel Smith
Stephen Wycherley (resigned from 2021 APCM) (There was no third candidate for office.)
Elected at 2020 APCM to serve to 2023 APCM: Edward Fellows Peter Marsh (died 4[th] January 2022) (There was no third candidate for office.)
Elected at 2021 APCM to serve to 2024 APCM: Maureen Fellows
Dianne Wainwright (resigned 22[nd] March 2023) (There was no third candidate for office.)
Elected at 2022 APCM to serve to 2025 APCM: Bryce Somerville Rachel Smith Fay Wilson
Co-opted members:
Kevin Blakey from 1[st] May 2002 to 2[nd] August 2022
(resigned due to pressure of work)
Aled Liddington from 30[th] June 2022 to APCM 2023
Officers 1[st] January 2022to the date of this report:
Chair: Fr Dr Gerald Sykes
Deputy Chair: Edward Fellows
Secretary: Andrew Harvey
Electoral Roll Officer: Rachel Smith
Treasurer: Christopher Smith
Parish Safeguarding Officer: Fay Wilson
Children's Advocate: Peter Marsh to 4[th] January 2022; Amanda Cadman from 27[th] January 2022
Vulnerable Adults' Advocate: Dianne Wainwright DBS Administrator/Identity Verifier: Rachel Smith Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville from 1[st] May 2022 Sidesmen : Christopher Smith, Fay Wilson, Amanda Marsh, Andrew Harvey and Bryce Somerville.
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PCC Meetings
The PCC held seven meetings in 2022, numbered 494 to 500, which were held in the church hall with provision for online participation. There was an average attendance of 79%. In 2023 the PCC held two meetings. to the date of this report.
PCC Committees:
Standing Committee
The PCC is required to have a standing committee of at least five members. This committee can transact PCC business between full meetings, subject to directions from the PCC. The members in 2022 and until the date of this report were: Fr Gerry Sykes, Fay Wilson, Amanda Cadman (from 10[th] July 2022) Christopher Smith, Andrew Harvey, and Edward Fellows.
Restoration and Maintenance Task Group
This Task Group had a remit to supervise the work of restoration and maintenance of the church building, apply for grants for restoration of the church, plan for regular maintenance and apply for diocesan faculties as necessary for the work. It did not meet in 2021 or 2022 and its functions have reverted to the churchwardens and the standing committee.
Children and Young People Committee
This group addressed issues to do with the Family Multimedia Mass and appropriate participation of the children in the liturgy. Chaired by Fay Wilson, participants included, Amanda Cadman, local parent Negash Mebrahtu and Fr Gerry Sykes. It did not meet during 2021 or 2002 and its functions have reverted to ad hoc consultations by the Vicar.
Music Development Committee
Consisting of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Honorary Assistant Organist John Jenkin and Choir Member Edward Fellows, this committee considered the job description and funding for a post to replace that of the Director of Music who resigned in June 2019. After a delay due to Covid-19, Aled Liddington was interviewed in January 2022 and appointed as Organist and Choir Director from 1[st] March 2022. After this the committee was disbanded from 1[st] May 2022 and Bryce Somerville was appointed Music Secretary with a fundraising remit.
Liturgical Advisory Committee
Consisting of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Edward Fellows, and Dennis Clark this committee did not meet in 2022.
Other Parochial Bodies:
Although not committees formally appointed by the PCC, the following include members of the PCC and deliver reports to the PCC when appropriate.
Church Printing Unit
Operated by Edward and Maureen Fellows, the Printing Unit (also known as the Litho Unit, from its former use of offset lithography) prints our parish magazine and other items for the PCC. In 2022 it also printed magazines for two other churches (a
third church cancelled its order after many years at very short notice from the start of the year) and a quarterly magazine for an amateur radio society. In 2021, the Unit purchased a new machine to print, folds and staple magazines at a cost of £9,310, to replace an obsolete machine bought in 2015. The cost is being spread over four years by linear depreciation. Despite the cost of the new machine, the Unit contributed £2,000 to the General Fund from the profits of external work.
Friends of St. Alban's and St. Patrick's
Formed both to keep in touch with old friends and to raise funds to support the activities and fabric of the church, the Friends had 42 members with various connections to the parish at the end of 2022; 10 were members of the congregation on the electoral roll. At the date of this report, one member has died in 2023.
The Friends held no meetings in 2022. The Friends’ Committee, chaired by Amanda Cadman, is seeking new volunteers and hopes to place a new emphasis on events enabling wider participation from the congregation and beyond.
PCC Social Responsibilities:
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
The PCC is committed to promoting a safer church for everyone. In 2015 the PCC adopted an updated policy for the protection of vulnerable adults, in Protecting All God's Children: The Child Protection Policy of the Church of England and in January 2019 the PCC adopted the Church of England House of Bishops’ Promoting a Safer Church safeguarding policy statement, the Church of England – Birmingham’s procedures for their implementation and The Church of England – Birmingham Policy Statement on Domestic Abuse. None were reviewed in 2022; the new PCC should review all in 2023.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Under the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the PCC is a Data Controller, holding and processing personal information about individuals including church members, donors, members of the Friends, of St Alban’s & St Patrick’s, users of the premises, visitors and customers of the Printing Unit.
A Data Protection Notice explaining the kinds of data held, how and why they are processed and for how long some data must be kept is available on the parish website or on application. A consent register of those who have given explicit permission to the PCC to contact them in particular ways for various purposes has been compiled.
The PCC does not disclose personal data to third parties except when required to do so by law.
The churchwardens act as Data Protection Officers in the absence of a specific appointment.
Both the Diocese of Birmingham and the Vicar are separate Data Controllers from the PCC and responsible for any personal data that they hold.
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Accessibility
Because the church is built on land rising from west to east, there are flights of steps at both the west entrance from Stanhope Street and the south entrance from Conybere Street. Step-free access is available through the ‘cloister’ entrance to the vestries and church hall, reached by a path from Stanhope Street north of the church and an adapted toilet suitable for wheelchair users is provided. In 2021 work was completed to provide a lobby at the cloister entrance with separate doors to the church and vestry area, allowing this entrance to the church to remain open during services without compromising the security of the vestries.
Insurance
Until 15[th] August 2022, the PCC had a Parish Plus insurance policy with Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc, which provided employer’s and public liability insurance of £10m and buildings cover of £32m. (Although the PCC is responsible for the church building, it is inalienable and not capitalised as an asset of the PCC.) From 15[th] August 2022 the PCC has a ParishCare policy with Trinitas Church Insurance Services, underwritten by Aviva, which provides public liability insurance of £10m and buildings cover of £30m.
Risk Management
Charities that are required to have a full audit of their accounts are also required to include a Risk Management Statement a legal requirement in their annual report confirming that “the charity trustees have given consideration the major risks to which the charity is exposed and satisfy themselves that systems or procedures are established in order to manage those risks”. The PCC did not fall into this category for 2022 and the PCC has yet to adopt a formal risk management strategy with a regular review of risks.
Parish Statistics
Estimates from the 2011 census show a parish population of about 4,500 of whom 32% said they were Christian, 38% Muslim and 5% declared other religions. 70% were of Minority Ethnic Background; 40% were born outside the UK; 28% had a main language other than English. (At the date of this report figures at parish level from the 2021 census are not yet available; with additional housing, it is expected to show a substantial rise in population.) The parish is within the most deprived percentile of parishes in England (116[th] out of 12,307).
The electoral roll for the APCM in 2021 had 44 members of whom 8 lived in the parish. After removal of eight names (2 died, 4 moved away, 2 by request due to family commitments) and the addition of three names, the Roll for the 2022 APCM had 39 members, 8 living in the parish. At the date of this report it was 42 of whom 11 lived in the parish after six additions and three deaths.
The Worshipping Community – those attending at least monthly or who would have done so if not prevented by illness or precautions against Covid19 – was assessed as 46 in December 2022, with 1
under 10, 4 age 11–17, 25 age 18–69 and 16 age 70 or over. Totals for previous year were: 2021, 42; 2020, 51; 2019, 58; 2018, 71; 2017, 74; 2016, 69; 2015, 68; 2014, 64; 2013, 57; 2012, 49.
Church Services
The pattern of regular weekly services is now:
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Sunday 10:00 a.m. sung Mass with choir.
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Saturday 5:00 p.m. a simple Mass for families and children in the church hall using video, sound, and light as a vigil Mass for Sunday (during term times).
Prior to Covid-19 there was also a 12:30 p.m. said Mass on Thursdays and a 9:00 a.m. said Mass on Saturdays followed by breakfast in the church hall, both of long standing, and a more recent simple ‘Celtic’ evening service with exposition and benediction at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. It has not proved viable to restart these services, which were already poorly attended as those who used to attend regularly, all of whom also attended on Sundays, indicated unwillingness to attend the weekday services regularly again.
During 2022 there was a gradual relaxation in precautions against the spread of Covid-19, with the reintroduction of Stations of the Cross in Lent and the traditional pattern of services for Holy Week and Easter. Holy Water was restored to the entrance stoups from September, but Communion continued with wafers alone until January 2023 when the chalice was again shared.
During 2022 five funerals were held in the church and one at a crematorium; there were no baptisms, confirmations, weddings, blessings after a civil ceremony or services of thanksgiving after the birth of a child.
Church Building and Contents
The Building No Longer Formally at Risk
In 2016 the church was put on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, with the note: “The terracotta tiled roof has passed the point of repair and needs to be replaced urgently. The C20 extensions are also in poor condition and in need of repair. Rainwater goods need attention and there is work to be done to the perimeter of the apse because the external ground level is higher than the internal level.” The PCC is pleased to report that the main issues have been addressed and the church was no longer included in the 2021 edition of Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register.
Renewal of the Church Roof Completed
In 2016, aided by a Heritage Lottery Fund Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund grant and VAT reclaim under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, the St Patrick's Chapel, the South Transept, Ambulatory and Organ Loft roofs were renewed.
In 2017, the PCC began a two-stage application to what was then the Heritage Lottery Fund (Listed Places of Worship) scheme, leading to the award in October 2019 of a project delivery phase grant of £222,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (which had been renamed between the application
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and the award). With the title Revealing St Alban’s Hidden Heritage, the project included improving step-free access to the church, developing a range of new interpretive materials about the church and its history and providing more frequent open days, as well as completing the renewal of the church roof and other high-level repairs.
During 2020, the roofs of the Nave, Chancel, North Transept and the North and South Aisles were renewed, and their rainwater goods refurbished or renewed as needed. At the same time the windows were repaired, and other high-level repairs were carried out while access from the scaffolding was available. Work began at the start of March 2020 but was suspended from the 24[th] of March until the 1[st] of June 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Although renewal of the roof was completed in December 2020 and the scaffolding struck, “Practical Completion” was not signed off by the church architect until November 2021, due to delays in completing work in the same contract to improve step-free access.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund grant covered 43% of the cost of this work, again assisted by VAT reclaim under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, with the balance funded by the PCC’s restricted church restoration fund and designated funds, mainly from past unrestricted bequests.
Ground Level Lowered
The ground level at the east end of the church was lowered in 2016/17 and a French Drain created around the apse and St Patrick’s Chapel, funded by part of the bequest of John Taylor (and VAT reclaim under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme).
Quinquennial Inspection
A quinquennial inspection was carried out in November 2019 by Richard Lamb RIBA AABC of Hook Mason Ltd. Some of the defects identified in the quinquennial inspection were addressed by adding to the work carried out in 2020 and 2021 to renew the roof and provide improved accessibility.
Floodlights Remain Defective
The floodlights were installed in 2001, part-funded by a grant from the Millennium Floodlighting Trust. In 2017, while reinstating the garden after work to lower the ground level, contractors damaged a buried floodlight. Compensation was received for the damage, but investigation revealed much of the underground cabling and many of the lights (of an obsolete type using high-pressure sodium lamps) need replacing and these had to be disconnected. In 2022 only some of the floodlights at the west end were functional, with the South (Conybere Street) and North sides of the church not illuminated. The system needs complete renewal using low-energy LED lamps; but the PCC currently has more urgent issues to address with the funds available.
Church Heating and Lighting
At present the church is heated by eleven gas heaters around the walls. Eight are balanced-flue convection heaters (of which three were renewed like-for-like during 2022) and three are fan-
assisted. A fourth fan-assisted heater failed several years ago and cannot be repaired or replaced likefor-like as it is an obsolete model. Due to the size of the building and the large area of single-glazed windows, these heaters are not able to bring the church to a comfortable temperature for the congregation during cold weather. The vestries and hall are heated by a separate gas-fired heating/hot water system, with another system for the choir vestry, allowing it to be heated independently.
The Church of England has committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030 and in August 2021 the PCC moved from British Gas Business as gas and electricity supplier to a three-year “50% renewable” gas tariff from Crown Gas & Power and a three-year 100% renewable electricity tariff from SSE/SWALEC (soon to be SSE Energy Solutions). Pending a long-term solution to heating the church effectively with zero net carbon footprint, in 2022 the PCC ordered like-for-like replacements for the three failed balanced flue convectors (there was no suitable equivalent for the failed fan-assisted heater).
The PCC has replaced the most accessible incandescent filament lamps with low-energy LED lamps, but most of the church lighting system is inaccessible without specialist equipment.
The Church of England Energy Footprint Tool gave the church an energy rating of E for emissions/m[2] usable floor space and G for emissions/person hour of occupation for 2019. With less use of heating and lighting due to closure of the church for part of 2020 the figures ‘improved’ to D for emissions/m[2] and F for emissions/person hour of occupation. For 2021, with the figures still affected by reduced use of the building and allowance for the renewable electricity tariff, the Energy Footprint Tool gave an improved rating of B for emissions/m[2] but did not provide a figure for emissions/person hour of use. For 2022 the tool has changed and reports that for total CO2 emissions the church is in the 70%-80% band, for emissions/m[2] of floor area in the 50%60% band and for emissions adjusted for usage in the 20%-30% band where churches are ordered from least to most CO2 emissions. The tool does not take account of our 50% renewable gas tariff.
Church Floor
Over the last few years areas of heave/settlement in the church floor have become a problem, resulting in potential trip hazards. The PCC has added investigation and remedial work to the list of essential work for which funding is needed.
Removal of Asbestos beneath the North Transept
In August 2021, part of the wooden block floor in the north transept that had felt insecure underfoot for several years collapsed, revealing asbestos insulation board covering a chamber connected to old heating ducts and containing old iron heating pipes. In September 2022, after obtaining a faculty for the work, the floor above the chamber was dismantled by specialised contractors using a negative-pressure containment. The asbestos was
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removed and the chamber and recovered wooden blocks decontaminated. Plans to reinstate the floor could not be prepared until the chamber could be properly examined after the asbestos had been removed. At the date of this report application for a faculty for this work is progress.
Pigeons in the Roof. At the end of September 2022, it was discovered that a high-level door into the roof space, invisible from the ground, was open and pigeons had set up home in the roof space. Specialists in humane control of birds installed a one-way mesh gate allowing birds to leave but not enter. The gate was removed in January 2023 and a new hasp and padlock fitted to the door.
Church Hall and Vestries
In October 2022 asbestos was removed from the old boiler room (beneath the priests’ vestry but accessed from a hatch in the hall floor) and any remaining traces on the walls sealed with paint.
Asbestos-containing vinyl tiles and the flue of a former gas heater, believed to contain asbestos, were removed from the choir vestry, revealing the poor condition of the floor beneath. Plans have been prepared and at the date of this report a faculty application is in progress for its renewal.
At the date of this report the toilets are undergoing renovation and redecoration, funded by a donor.
Use of the Church Hall – St Patrick's Room
During 2022 more normal use of the church hall, St Patrick's Room, resumed following Covid-19. In late January we resumed serving tea and coffee in the hall after Sunday Mass, which had again been suspended from mid-December 2021 due to high levels of Covid-19 infection. The hall was used for seven PCC meetings; for the Saturday afternoon Family Mass; for refreshments after the funerals of Jason Bright and Eveline Hall, after the Patronal Festival and after the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. It was hired by Highgate Community Support Ltd for the meetings of a Women’s Group, by Birmingham Anglo-French Society for its meetings, and for a private birthday party.
Church Open Days
A condition of the National Lottery Heritage Fund grant that enabled us to renew the roof was that the church should be open to visitors for at least forty days in the year outside religious services. The programme of open days that we began in 2020 was almost immediately suspended due to Covid19 and we were unable to open the church for the Heritage Open Days and Birmingham Heritage Week in September 2020. Instead, we posted a video tour of the church on YouTube and two 360° views on Facebook. We were not able to resume open days in 2021, or to open for the national Heritage Open Days and Birmingham Heritage Week but continued to expand the material about the building and its content on our website. In 2022 we were able to open for the national Heritage Open Days and Birmingham Heritage Week with 90 visitors over ten days, but we have not yet been
able to restart a programme of regular open days, for lack of suitable volunteers to steward them.
Concerts and Recitals
In 2019 the church hosted eleven free concerts, seven by members of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, with a total attendance of 244, a ticketed performance of Messiah given by the Birmingham Festival Chorus with an audience of 215 and 97 performers, and the annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols of the Birmingham Bach Choir with a congregation of 190. In 2020, after a concert in January 2020 by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Camerata Choir attended by 33, all other concerts and recitals arranged for 2020 were cancelled due to Covid-19. In 2021 there was a song recital in September attended by 14, but the Birmingham Bach Choir’s service of lessons and carols in December was cancelled due to a rapid rise in infections. In 2022 there were two free concerts (combined attendance 37), a ticketed organ recital (attendance 43), and in December the church hosted Birmingham Bach Choir’s Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, attended by 143.
Food Bank
Operated by Amanda Cadman, assisted by Akole Sykes and young people from the congregation, the United Highgate Food Bank uses the South Porch to store food donated or purchased from grants and donations. It continues to provide weekly food parcels to those in need in the parish.
Music, Choir and Organ
Until the appointment from March 2022 of Aled Liddington as Organist and Choir Director, Bryce Somerville continued to organise the hire of temporary organists and marshal the choir. Bryce now has the title Music Secretary.
In 2022 a faculty was obtained and alterations that had been made in 2017 to one stop each on the Choir and Great departments were reversed, because the alterations were considered by eminent organists to have been deleterious to the instrument.
Servers
During 2022 Harry Daniels and Simon Wainwright have kept up the standard of serving at Sunday Mass, now regularly assisted by Samuel and Simon Mebrahtu and when available by Andrew Harvey.
Financial Review
The PCC considers it proper to make grants from general income to charities and other external bodies in furtherance of the mission of the Church if funds are available to do so.
Deposits and Investments
The PCC considers it proper to accumulate and retain reserves to provide for future repairs and maintenance of the church and ancillary buildings. It deposits short-term reserves in the Central Board of Finance (CBF) Church of England Deposit Fund and invests long-term reserves in CBF investment funds. The investments are valued annually on the 31[st] of December, usually at the “net asset” or “mid-
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market” value, which lies between the “bid market value” at which shares may be sold and the “offer price” at which they may be bought. From 2019 the CBF Property Fund shares of Joyce Madeley’s bequest have been valued instead at the lower “bid market value” because the PCC might need to sell them to pay for building restoration work.
Major Income and Expenditure for Building Work
The cost of the building work for the renewal of the roof, associated repairs and improvements to the step-free entrance completed in 2021 was £513,373 including VAT and professional fees (including a 2.5% final retention payable in 2022 accounted for as a liability in 2021, but excluding extra work not included in the original project). £222,000 came from the National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, £84,790 from grants for VAT under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, £55,337 from the PCC’s restricted Restoration Fund and £151,246 from the Building Fund put together from designated bequests and maintenance funds.
A further £17,867 was spent on additional work: £7,184 providing lighting for the path to the stepfree cloister entrance; £4,345 for the security fence by the choir vestry; £2,458 renovating the west and south porch doors and the hand rails and lamp for the west porch steps; £2,147 renewing the south window of the hall and on repairs to the hall roof; £1,001 repairing a leak in the water main outside the kitchen; £732 for repairs at the top of the tower.
In 2022 £7,762 (including VAT) was spent on removal of asbestos from beneath the floor of the north transept and the old boiler room and removing asbestos-containing flooring from the choir vestry and £816 on repairs to high-level tiles following the failure of a single tile on the south transept roof, which was renewed in 2016 causing damage to the south chapel roof. The VAT component of each was recovered through grants from the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
Financial Statements
The financial statements and notes on pages 7 to 18 follow Financial Reporting Standard 102 and give details of the movement and balances of PCC funds. In 2022 the PCC’s gross income did not exceed £250,000, requiring examination of the accounts for the year by a qualified accountant, and the PCC’s gross assets did not exceed £3,260,000 (the inalienable buildings and land are not capitalised), which would have required a full audit.
In 2022 the PCC received donations and grants of £36,948 for unrestricted purposes and £25,484 for restricted. It met its financial obligations, including paying £27,359 to the Diocesan Common Fund.
6% of the expenditure of the PCC was classed as expenditure for fundraising. This was mainly the costs of the printing unit for external work (costs £4,892; income £7,388; a profit of 33% on turnover). The General Fund had a deficit of £2,063, following surpluses of £542 for 2021 and £1,672 for 2020 but deficits of £5,395 for 2019 and £6,351 for 2018) resulting in a year-end balance of just £1,114.
General Fund income for 2022 was £4,754 more than for 2021while expenditure was £7,312 more (of which about £3,900 was due to a decrease in restricted grant towards insurance and alarm system costs and about £1,000 due to increased heating and lighting as the church has reopened after closures due to Covid-19). The PCC received a oneoff grant of £2,072 through the diocese from central Church of England funds towards energy costs, at a time of exceptional energy prices. However, although energy the PCC’s costs in 2022 were greater than in 2021 due to greater use of the building the unit price paid by the PCC was not increased, because the PCC has gas and electricity contracts running until mid-2024 at prices fixed in 2021. Without this grant the deficit of the General Fund would have been larger and a transfer from unrestricted designated funds to the General Fund would have been necessary to maintain a positive balance at the year end.
The contribution to the Diocesan Common Fund for 2023 will again be £27,359, representing half the average cost of a full-time clergy post in in line with the half post assigned to the parish from Fr Gerry’s position as Incumbent and Chaplain to Ark St Alban’s Academy. Little of the expenditure from the General Fund is discretionary, so in 2023the PCC will need to increase its income to make ends meet.
While acknowledging its dependence on voluntary contributions and the need to seek more or increased contributions to avoid a continued General Fund deficit, it is the view of the PCC that at the date of this report it remains financially viable as a going concern because it has considerable Unrestricted reserves in the form of Designated Funds which the PCC could redesignate for general purposes if this became necessary.
Volunteers
The PCC depends on volunteers, many of whom are elderly, for the running and administration of the church as well as donors.
Deaths in the Congregation
The PCC records with sorrow the deaths of these members and former members of the congregation: Peter Marsh – 4[th] January 2022 Jason Bright – 17[th] January 2022 Eveline Hall – 17[th] June 2022 Pauline Clark – 27[th] June 2022 John Wainwright – 5[th] July 2022 Vivien Edwards – 16[th] October 2022 Mary Priday – 8[th ] December 2022 Dennis Clark – 11[th] March 2023
Adopted by the Standing Committee on behalf of the PCC and signed on behalf of the PCC by:
Fr Gerald Sykes Amanda Cadman Christopher Smith Vicar Churchwarden Churchwarden
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALBAN & ST PATRICK HIGHGATE BIRMINGHAM
Registered Charity 1169941
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022
Statement of Financial Activities
| Income & Endowments from: Donations 2a Charitable Activities 2b Other Trading Activities 2c Investments 2d Total Expenditure on: Raising Funds 3a,4 Charitable Activities 3b,4 Total Net income/(expenditure) before Investment Revaluation Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investment Assets 6 Net Income/(Expenditure) Transfers between Funds - in 5a Transfers between Funds - out 5a Net Transfers between Funds 5a Net Movement in Funds 9 Published Balance for 2021 Total Funds at 31 December 9 Note |
General Fund £ Designated Funds £ 36,948 - 25,484 - 62,433 1,509 255 321 - 2,084 - 7,388 409 - 7,797 8 2,543 2,246 - 4,797 Restricted Funds £ Endowment Funds £ Unrestricted Funds Total 2022 £ |
141,155 790 7,476 4,309 Total 2021 £ |
|---|---|---|
| 38,466 10,186 28,460 - 77,111 |
153,731 | |
| 92 4,957 - - 5,049 42,229 9,769 27,184 - 79,182 |
5,779 168,650 |
|
| 42,322 14,725 27,184 - 84,231 |
174,429 | |
| (3,856) (4,540) 1,276 - (7,120) - (4,691) (2,995) (8,810) (16,496) |
(20,698) 17,541 |
|
| (3,856) (9,230) (1,719) (8,810) (23,616) |
(3,157) | |
| 2,000 181 - - 2,181 (181) (2,000) - - (2,181) |
2,125 (2,125) |
|
| 1,819 (1,819) - - - |
- | |
| (2,038) (11,049) (1,719) (8,810) (23,616) 3,177 122,709 59,877 74,844 260,607 |
(3,157) 263,764 |
|
| 1,139 111,660 58,158 66,034 236,991 |
260,607 |
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALBAN & ST PATRICK HIGHGATE BIRMINGHAM
Registered Charity 1169941
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022
Balance Sheet at 31[st] December 2022
| Note Fixed Assets Tangible 6 Investments 6 Current Assets Debtors 7a Cash 7b Current Liabilities Creditors 8 Current Assets less Current Liabilities Total Net Assets 10 Represented by Parish Funds: 9 Unrestricted - General Fund Unrestricted - Designated Funds Restricted Funds Endowment Funds Total Reserves |
2022 £ 4,655 123,772 128,427 10,106 104,435 114,540 (5,977) 108,564 236,991 1,139 111,660 58,158 66,034 236,991 |
2021 £ 6,983 140,268 |
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| 147,251 | ||
| 31,841 98,412 |
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| 130,252 (16,896) |
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| 113,356 | ||
| 260,607 | ||
| 3,177 122,709 59,877 74,844 |
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| 260,607 |
The notes on pages 9 to 18 form part of these financial statements. Rounding to the nearest £ sterling for presentation has been carried out after calculation.
The Financial Statements were approved by the Parochial Church Council on the 23rd of March 2023.
Signed by the Vicar and Church Wardens on behalf of the PCC:
Fr Gerald Sykes Amanda Cadman Vicar Churchwarden
Christopher A Smith Churchwarden
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NOTES
Note 1: Principal Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 in accordance with the current Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2015), Accounting and Reporting by Charities and applicable standard FRS 102.
The financial stements have been prepared under the historic cost convention except for investment assets which are included at fair valuation. The financial statements 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 the main affiliation to another body (there are currently none), nor those that are informal gatherings of church members, nor those of Connected Charities.
The monetary unit of these financial statements is £ Sterling. All calculations have been performed before rounding pence.
Funds
Unrestricted Funds represent funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for the general purposes of the PCC. The Unrestricted Funds have been divided into the General Fund , representing the ordinary income and expenditure of the PCC, and a number of Designated Funds that have been set aside by the PCC for particular purposes. Designated Funds could in the future be re-designated by the PCC for any other purpose. Restricted Funds have been given to the PCC to be used for particular purposes. Endowment Funds have been given to the PCC with the condition that the capital is retained and that only the income from the capital is expended. Such income may be either Unrestricted or Restricted depending on the donor's stipulations.
Connected Charities
Charities connected to the PCC are independent trusts that are outside the control of the PCC (although their Trustees may include individual members of the PCC) but which have charitable objects substantially overlapping those of the PCC. They are registered separately with the Charity Commission and are responsible for the publication of their own accounts.
The PCC regularly receives monetary grants from two Connected Charities, namely the Trustees of St Alban's School (a charitable company limited by guarantee; Company Number 7287734, Charity Number 1139434, which also administers the St Patrick's Fund, previously a separate connected charity) and the Aspinall Trust (Charity Number 1061909). The monetary grants received from these Connected Charities are shown as income in the PCC's accounts.
Income
All income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when (i) the PCC is legally entitled to it, (ii) ultimate receipt is probable, and (iii) the amount to be recognised can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Planned giving, collections and similar donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the income to which they relate is received. Legacies to the PCC are recognised when the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement and the amount due. Grants are recognised when any precondition to their use by the PCC has been met. Dividends are accounted for when declared receivable, interest as and when accrued by the payer. All income is accounted for gross.
Expenditure
Expenditure is accounted for gross. Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the PCC to expend resources. Expenditure is included on an accruals basis and allocated to a specific category under two headings:
Costs of Raising Funds:
These are the costs associated with the PCC's fundraising actvities such as the work of the Printing Unit for external organisations, fundraising events, and planned giving costs; the church hall St Patrick's Room is used mainly for parish purposes and is not separately metered, but an estimate of the cost of heating and lighting for hire use is included here.
Charitable Expenditure: Charitable expenditure is analysed between Ministry and Mission expenditure. Ministry expenditure includes the direct costs of running the church such as the Diocesan Common Fund, church building and running costs. Mission expenditure includes mission giving and outreach activities in the community.
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Support costs consist of central management, administration, and goverance costs such as the independent examiner fees. The costs are allocated directly to the Charitable Expenditure heading, specifically under Resourcing Ministry expenditure and Resourcing Mission expenditure. Grants and donations made by the PCC are accounted for when awarded by a resolution of the PCC. In 2016 the Diocesan Common Fund was, as usual, paid in full. However, if any part remained unpaid at 31 December then it would be provided for in the accounts as an operational (although not legal) liability.
Assets
Consecrated or Benefice Land, Buildings and Moveable Church Furnishings
Benefice property and consecrated property are excluded from the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011. St Patrick's Room and the associated ancillary rooms are situated on beneficed land and are structurally integrated with the church building. The PCC therefore considers them inalienable property and they are not capiltalised in the accounts. Moveable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust of the PCC, which are recorded in the inventory and require a Faculty for disposal, are considered inalienable property and are not capitalised. All expenditure on consecrated and benefice buildings, St Patrick's Rooms and associated ancillary rooms, and church furnishings are written off as expenditure in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Other Fixtures, Fittings, and Equipment
In 2021 a new Canon laser printer system that prints, folds and staples booklets directly from the layout computer was purchased by the Printing Unit at a cost of £9,310. It has been capitalised and is being depreciated linearly over four years. It replaced an obsolete unit purchased in 2015 and fully depreciated over 4 years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £5,000 or less are written off when acquired.
Investments
Shares in the CBF Investment Funds and Property Funds are valued yearly at 31st December. Normally the Mid Market Value also known as Net Asset Value quoted by the CBF is used, which as the mid value between the bid and offer prices is a fair valuation of shares held for the long term. However, it is possible that the PCC will need to sell some or all of the CBF shares belonging to the Joyce Madeley Funds (an unrestricted, designated funds) to provide funding for work to the church building. Because of the possibile liquidation of this fixed asset within the next year it has instead been valued at the lower CBF Bid Market Value at 31st December 2022, which is the value that would have been achieved if the shares had been sold at that date. However, when and if these shares are sold the value will depend on the bid price at that time, which may be lower.
Current Assets
Debtors which are receivable within one year, and Creditors which are payable within one year, and which do not constitute a financing transaction are measured at the transaction price. All stocks of consumable materials, such as wine, wafers, candles, printing unit materials, guidebooks, souvenirs, and foodbank items are written off at the time of purchase.
Financial Instruments
The PCC has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 "Basic Financial Instruments" and Section 12 "Other Financial Instruments" of FRS 102 in full to all of its financial instruments.
| Note 2: Income 2a Donations Planned Giving[1] Gift Days[2] Collections[3] Friends' Subscriptions Sundry Donations Gift Aid Tax Recoverable Grants Received by the PCC[4] Legacies Received by the PCC[5] 2b Charitable Activities Fees Received by the PCC Magazine Sales Shrine Candle Boxes Refreshments after Services Church Meals and Outings Church & Hall Lettings Insurance, Compensation etc. [6] 2c Other Trading Activities Sale of Souvenirs, Guides etc. St Alban's Printing Unit 2d Investments CBF Investment Fund Dividends CBF Property Fund Dividends Deposit Fund Interest Other Interest Received Total Income |
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| 2022 | 2021 | |
| Restricted Total General Designated Funds 2022 14,995 - 700 15,695 7,430 - - 7,430 1,788 - 413 2,201 - - 57 57 103 - 7,141 7,244 5,561 - 1,760 7,321 7,072 - 15,414 22,485 - - - - Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Total General Designated Funds 2021 15,816 - 780 16,596 6,260 - - 6,260 734 - 169 903 - - 69 69 55 - 5,019 5,074 5,112 - 1,075 6,187 5,000 - 49,566 54,566 - 50,000 1,500 51,500 Unrestricted Funds |
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| 36,948 - 25,484 62,433 |
32,977 50,000 58,178 141,155 |
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| 518 - 50 568 211 - - 211 - - 119 119 - 255 - 255 - - 152 152 750 - - 750 30 - - 30 |
182 - - 182 83 - - 83 - - - - - 80 - 80 - - - - 445 - - 445 - - - - |
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| 1,509 255 321 2,084 |
710 80 - 790 |
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| - - 409 409 - 7,388 - 7,388 |
- - 2 2 - 7,474 - 7,474 |
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| - 7,388 409 7,797 |
- 7,474 2 7,476 |
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| - 497 2,135 2,632 - 1,788 - 1,788 - 258 110 368 8 - 1 9 |
- 480 2,065 2,545 - 1,752 - 1,752 - 9 3 12 - - 0 0 |
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| 8 2,543 2,246 4,797 |
- 2,241 2,068 4,309 |
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| 38,466 10,186 28,460 77,111 |
33,687 59,796 60,248 153,731 |
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[1] Restricted Planned Giving income relates to donations for the Foodbank.
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[2] No restricted Lammas offering Gift Day (for the Sanctuary Fund) collected in 2021 or 2022 due to Covid-19.
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[3] Collections includes both general and special collections, both gift aided and otherwise.
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[4] Grants received from Trustees of St Albans School: 2021 & 2022 £2,500 for "the Maintenance of Public Worship" - General Purposes;
The St Patrick's Fund: 2021 & 2022 £2,500 for "the Maintenance of Public Worship" - General Purposes; 2022: £500 Food Bank
The Aspinall Trust: 2021: £10,500 Insurance, £400 Alarm System and £400 Internet Connection (all Misc Restricted), £1,745 Digital Media;
2022: £7,000 Insurance, £5,000 Renewal of three Gas Heaters (both Misc Restricted), Messy Church project £1,500 (Youth Work Fund);
The National Lottery Heritage Fund, funded by players of The National Lottery: 2021: £22,200 due (received 2022) Delivery-Phase grant
for renewal of roof high-level repairs, improved step-free access and heritage projects;
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme contra VAT on work to the fabric of the listed building 2021: £14,321; 2022: £1,414.
Diocesan Grant from central church funds towards heating/lighting costs £2,072 - General Fund.
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[5] 2021: unrestricted bequest from the estate of Mary Goodman and bequest for Restoration from the estate of Rachel Waterhouse.
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[6] 2022: Compensation by HSBC for requiring a long phone call to confirm a standing order for Diocesan Quota payments.
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| Note 3: Expenditure 3a Raising Funds Printing Unit Costs (External Work) Hall Hire Costs Planned Giving & GA Envelopes Support Costs for Fundraising[1] |
2022 | 2021 |
| Restricted Total General Designated Funds 2022 - 4,892 - 4,892 92 - - 92 - - - - - 65 - 65 Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Total General Designated Funds 2021 - 5,702 - 5,702 - - - - 77 - - 77 - - - - Unrestricted Funds |
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| Total RaisingFunds | 92 4,957 - 5,049 |
77 5,702 - 5,779 |
| 3b Charitable Expenditure Resourcing Ministry Diocesan Common Fund Parish Priest Expenses Assistant Staff Costs Church Running Expenses[2] Church Maintenance[3] Upkeep of Services Upkeep of Church Garden Magazine & Bookstall Costs Printing Unit Costs (PCC work) Sunday School/Parish Training Foodbank Church Heritage Projects[4] Church Hall Running Costs Verger[5] Building Repairs & Improvements[6] Provision of Liturgical Music[7] Church Meals & Outings[8] Support Costs for Ministry[1] Total Resourcing Ministry Resourcing Mission Home Church Societies Home Secular Relief Support Costs for Mission[1] Total Resourcing Mission Total Charitable Expenditure Total Expenditure |
27,359 - - 27,359 1,890 - - 1,890 17 - - 17 9,378 1,660 12,116 23,153 120 965 1,794 2,880 552 (0) 2,529 3,080 - - 7 7 59 - - 59 - 120 - 120 - - - - - - 1,683 1,683 - - - - - 361 99 460 480 - - 480 - 5,602 2,976 8,578 1,312 - 4,620 5,933 - 1,060 1,128 2,188 1,052 2 60 1,113 |
27,359 - - 27,359 1,446 - - 1,446 50 - - 50 3,881 752 12,113 16,746 - 309 80 389 615 230 1,734 2,579 - - - - 52 - - 52 - 95 - 95 14 - 10 24 - - 1,108 1,108 - 120 91 211 - - 706 706 848 - - 848 - 56,235 57,821 114,056 261 - 1,529 1,790 - 278 - 278 408 6 407 821 |
| 42,219 9,769 27,012 78,999 |
34,932 58,025 75,600 168,558 |
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| 10 - - 10 - - 173 173 0 - - 0 |
10 - - 10 - - 81 81 0 - 0 1 |
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| 10 - 173 183 |
10 - 82 92 |
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| 42,229 9,769 27,184 79,182 |
34,942 58,025 75,682 168,650 |
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| 42,322 14,725 27,184 84,231 |
35,020 63,728 75,682 174,429 |
- [1] Support costs allocated to Fundraising , Resourcing Ministry and Resourcing Mission (see Note 4: Analysis of Expenditure)
[2] 2022: Insurance £9,357; Alarm System £2,255; Heating System £6,262; Fire Extinguishers £398; Gas £2,112; Electricity £1,840; Water £911.
2021: Insurance £10,831; Alarm System £2,024; Heating System £752; Fire Extinguishers Nil; Gas £1,152; Electricity £1,354; Water £232.
[3] 2021: regular maintenance, including organ tuning was below normal due to Covid-19 & building work.
[4] 2021: Leaflet holders and display card stands for Revealing St Alban's Hidden Heritage NLHF project.
[5] Furloughed on full pay from April 2020 to October 2021, receiving £1,072 from Job Retention Scheme through the Diocesan Pay Bureau and
£848 from the PCC to maintain a salary of £1,920 p.a. Resigned end February 2022 receiving an extra month's salary for holiday entitlement.
[6] 2021: Roof renewal, high-level repairs and provision of improved step-free access. Main contractor: £111,588; architects: £2,468. Roof renewal and high-level repairs and £59,574; Improved Step-free access lobby, security fencing, external lighting £54,483. 2021 figures include provision for 2½% final retention paid in 2022.
2022: Removal of asbestos from North Transept floor, choir vestry floor and old bolier room: £7,762; tile repairs to south roof: £816.
[7] Fees of Organist & Choir Director : £4,300; Other organists fees £550; Choir fees £150; Trumpeter £80; Repairs to Grand Piano £853.
[8] 2021 Dedication Fest. Meal. 2022 meals: J Bright mem. service £997, Patronal Fest. £488, Funeral E Hall £354; Walsingham pilgrimage £349.
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Note 4: Analysis of Expenditure
| Raising Funds Charitable Activities Resourcing Ministry Resourcing Mission Total 2022 Raising Funds Charitable Activities Resourcing Ministry Resourcing Mission Total 2021 |
4a: Analysis of Expenditure: 2022 |
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| 5,049 78,999 183 0 65 - - 173 Activities Directly Undertaken Grant/Donation Funding of Activities Support Costs[1] TOTAL 2022 4,985 77,886 10 1,113 |
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| 82,880 173 1,178 84,231 |
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| [1] Support Costs (as set out in 4c below) have been allocated to Fundraising, Resourcing Ministry and Resourcing Mission expenditures in proportion to their expenditure values 4b: Analysis of Expenditure: 2021 |
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| Activities Directly Undertaken Grant/Donation Funding of Activities Support Costs[1] TOTAL 2021 167,737 - 821 168,558 - 91 1 92 5,779 - - 5,779 |
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| 173,516 91 821 174,429 |
[1] Support Costs allocated to Resourcing Ministry and Mission in proportion to expenditure
4c: Analysis of Support Costs
| Office Costs (Post, Phone, Software) Examination & Publication of Accounts Legal Costs Bank Charges |
2022 | 2021 |
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| Restricted Total Restricted Total General Designated Funds 2022 General Designated Funds 2021 597 - - 597 155 - 400 555 360 - - 360 240 - - 240 - - - - - - - - 95 66 60 221 12 6 7 26 Unrestricted Funds Unrestricted Funds |
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| 1,053 66 60 1,178 408 407 815 |
| - - 95 66 1,053 66 |
- 60 60 |
- 221 1,178 |
- 12 408 |
- 6 |
- 7 407 |
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| ansfers | Between Funds | General Fund |
Designated Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Endowm't Funds |
Total 2022 |
| Printing Fund surplus to General Fund | 2,000 | (2,000) | - | - | - | |
| General | Fund to Printing Fund for PCC printing | (181) | 181 | - | - | - |
| Total Transfers into Funds | 2,000 | 181 | - | - | 2,181 | |
| Total Transfers out of Funds | (181) | (2,000) | - | - | (2,181) | |
| Net Transfer In/(Out) | 1,819 | (1,819) | - | - | - |
Note 5a: Transfers Between Funds
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Note 6: Fixed Assets
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| Tangible Fixed Assets[1] Printing Unit Canon Printer System[2] Investment Assets Unrealized Gains and Losses J Madeley Bequest (Designated Fund) W Box Music Fund (Restricted) M Goodman Memorial Fund (Endm't) Henry Lee Sanctuary Fund (Endm't) |
Net Book Value 01/01/22 6,983 Value Value 01/01/22 39,979 25,445 18,922 55,922 140,268 |
Additions Charge for Net Book the Year Value 31/12/22 - (2,328) 4,655 Value Value Value 31/12/22 (4,691) [3] 35,289 (2,995) [4] 22,449 (2,227) [4] 16,694 (6,583) [4] 49,339 (16,496) 123,772 Change in Change in Market Val |
Net Book Value 31/12/22 |
| 4,655 | |||
| 123,772 |
[1] The PCC has no freehold land or buildings; the St Patrick's Room building is on inalienable Benefice Land and is not capitalised.
[2] The system purchased in 2015 and depreciated to zero net value was replaced in 2021; the new system is being depreciated over four years.
[3] Based on bid value of 128.50 pence per CBF Property Fund Income Share at 31/12/2022 - asset may be sold for restoration work.
[4] Based on mid ("net asset") value of 2,066.14 pence per CBF Investment Fund Income Share at 31/12/2022 - long-term and endowment assets.
Note 7: Current Assets
| Note 7: Current Assets | |
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| 7a Debtors at 31/12/2022 Gift Aid Income Tax Reclaimable[1] Pre-Payments for Services[2] GPOW Grant claimed against VAT Unpresented Lodgements Printing Invoiced Sundry Debtors 7b Cash in Bank at 31/12/2022 Cash in Hand Current Bank Accounts CBF Deposit Accounts |
4,780 - 973 5,753 1,542 - - 1,542 - - 2,377 2,377 200 - 200 - 172 - 172 62 - - 62 Total 2022 General Fund Designated Funds Restricted Funds |
| 6,584 172 3,350 10,106 |
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| 43 15 187 246 (4,009) 55,031 24,591 75,613 - 17,728 10,848 28,576 Total 2022 Designated Funds Restricted Funds General Fund |
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| (3,966) 72,774 35,626 104,435 |
[1] Income Tax to be reclaimed on donations from 06/04/2022 to 31/12/2022 covered by Gift Aid and Gift Aid Small Donations Schemes.
[2] Prepayment for monitored alarm system to 30/09/2023.
| Note 8: Creditors Fees Collected for Diocese Accruals for Goods & Services[1] Owed to Volunteers[2] Due to External Charities[3] |
- - 852 852 1,479 591 517 2,587 - 639 1,108 1,747 - - 791 791 Total 2022 General Fund Designated Funds Restricted Funds |
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| 1,479 1,230 3,268 5,977 |
[1] Costs for 2022 not paid until 2023: Gas £407; Electricity £216; Printing Unit materials £263; Organ Tuning £322; Vicar's Expenses etc. £387; Organist & Choir Director's Fees December £430; Dollies for Grand Piano £300; Numbers for Hymn Boards £167; Magazine Postage £59; Minor repairs £16; Bank Charges £19.
[2] Treasurer, £911; Food Bank Organiser, £50; Printing Unit Volunteers, £191.
[3] Nagaland Hospital £522, blocked by current Indian regulations; St Thomas College Karachi £15, below cost of transaction; St Anne's Hostel £81 and Highgate Community Support £173 paid in 2023.
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Note 9: Movement of Funds
| Note 9: Movement of Funds Endowment Funds M Goodman Memorial Fund H Lee Sanctuary Reserve Fund Total Endowments Restricted Funds Birthday Book Fund Charities Fund Choir Fund Church Urban Fund Digital Media Fund Foodbank Flower Fund Floodlight Fund Friends Fund Garden Fund GPOW VAT Refund Grant Fund Lecture Fund Music Development Fund Organ Fund Organists Fund Restoration Appeal Fund Sanctuary Fund Vicar's Discretionary Fund Walsingham Pilgrimage Fund W Box Choral Music Income W Box Choral Music Reserve Youth Work Fund Miscellaneous Restricted Funds [1] Total Restricted Funds Designated Funds Building Fund Miscellaneous Bequests Fund J Madeley Bequest Fund Maintenance Fund [2] Printing Fund Refreshment Fund Total Designated Funds General Fund TOTAL FUNDS |
Balance at Income Expenditure Transfers Capital Balance at 01/01/22 (net) Movement 31/12/22 18,922 - - - (2,227) 16,694 55,922 - - - (6,583) 49,339 |
| 74,844 - - - (8,810) 66,034 |
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| 4,616 - - - - 4,616 - 173 173 - - - 640 - - - - 640 200 - - - - 200 1,671 - 1,305 - - 367 2,212 1,408 1,683 - - 1,936 141 231 220 - - 153 250 - - - - 250 3,373 148 - - - 3,521 - 7 7 - - - - 1,414 1,414 - - - 67 - - - - 67 8 1,559 970 - - 597 5,858 75 - - - 5,932 2,500 - 2,500 - - - - 125 - - 125 10,951 1,674 735 - - 11,889 53 - - - - 53 - 587 349 - - 238 - 668 668 - - - 25,445 - - - (2,995) 22,449 413 1,500 - - - 1,913 1,480 18,893 17,162 - - 3,210 |
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| 59,877 28,460 27,184 - (2,995) 58,158 |
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| 3,916 19 (0) - 3,935 54,500 0 4,922 - - 49,579 39,979 - - - (4,691) 35,289 2,979 2,344 3,448 - - 1,875 18,513 7,568 5,078 (1,819) - 19,184 2,821 255 1,278 - - 1,799 |
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| 122,709 10,186 14,725 (1,819) (4,691) 111,660 |
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| 3,177 38,466 42,322 1,819 - 1,139 |
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| 260,607 77,111 84,231 - (16,496) 236,991 |
[1] See Note 13 for details of Miscellaneous Restricted Funds
[2] Income from M Goodman Memorial Fund Endowment and invested Designated reserve J Madeley Bequest.
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Note 10: Analysis of Net Assets by Fund Type
| Fixed Assets - Tangible Fixed Assets - Investment Current Assets - Cash (Bank & CBF deposit) Current Assets - Debtors Current Liabilities Assets less Current Liabilities Long-Term Liabilities Net Assets |
Restricted Endowment General Designated Funds Funds - 4,655 - - - 35,289 22,449 66,034 (3,966) 72,774 35,626 - 6,584 172 3,350 - (1,479) (1,230) (3,268) - 1,139 111,660 58,158 66,034 - - - - 1,139 111,660 58,158 66,034 Unrestricted |
Total Total 2022 2021 4,655 6,983 123,772 140,268 104,435 98,412 10,106 31,841 (5,977) (16,896) |
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| 236,991 260,607 - - |
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| 236,991 260,607 |
Note 11: Payments to PCC Members
No member of the PCC received remuneration or expenses other than the re-imbursement of expenditure on behalf of the PCC.
| Note | 12: | Staff Costs | 2022 | 2021 |
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| Wages & Salaries Social Security Costs |
480 - |
848 - |
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| Pension Contributions | - | - | ||
| 480 | 848 |
In 2021 and 2022 the P.C.C. employed a part-time Verger. The Verger was furloughed from April 2020 to September 2021; receiving in 2021 £1,072 through the Job Retention Scheme, the PCC contributing to top up her salary to the full £ 1,920 p.a. The Verger resigned from the end of February 2022, receiving an extra month's payment in lieu of holiday.
An Organist and Choir Director appointed from March 2022 charges fees for the services provided and is not an employee of the P.C.C.
Note 13: Miscellaneous Restricted Fund
At start of year: £56 towards a new green frontal for St Alban's Altar; £500 grant from Aspinall Trust for Garden Improvement; £750 from Aspinall Trust towards improving the West Entrance; £116 remaining from a grant from Aspinall Trust for heating during school use of the church; £33 surplus from donation for a Christmas tree for Christmas 2019 towards future provision of a Christmas tree (no tree at Christmas 2020 or 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions); £25 towards provision of refreshments.
Income: Grants from the Aspinall Trust of £7,000 for insurance and £5,000 towards renewal of gas heaters. Donations (including any Gift Aid) £3,125 for removal of asbestos and reinstatement of choir vestry floor, £2,000 for restoration of the grand piano etc., £625 towards catering after a memorial service for former choir member Jason Bright, £100 towards catering after the funeral of Eveline Hall, £125 for heating and lighting for a proposed Army Benevolent Fund Carol Service that was cancelled and £75 towards the parish lamp at Walsingham.
Donations in kind: Keys cut for cloister & hall locks £164; printer/copier for Wardens' Room office £240; shelving for office; Lavalier microphone; exterior smokers' bin £83; Webhosting £38; Minor repairs £38; Easter Eggs £16; Cakes £29.
Expenditure: Insurance £7,000; renewal of heaters £5,000; heating during school use of church £116; refreshments £25; removal of asbestos £1,563; restoration of grand piano £1,841; catering J Bright £625, E Hall £100; lamp at Walsingham £50.
At end of year: £56 towards a new green frontal for St Alban's Altar; £500 grant from Aspinall Trust for Garden Improvement; £750 from Aspinall Trust towards improving the West Entrance; £33 surplus from donation for the cost of Christmas tree for Christmas 2019 towards future provision of a Christmas tree (no tree at Christmas 2022); £1562 choir vestry; £159 restoration of piano etc.; £125 ABF Carol Service; £25 parish lamp at Walsingham.
Note 14: Details of Funds
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General Fund : unrestricted and undesignated monies which may use for any purpose
Designated Funds
Building Fund : monies designated (or redesignated) to be used for building maintenance, renewal or improvement.
Miscellaneous Bequests : balance of unrestricted bequests set aside to be used at a future date
Joyce Madeley Bequest : unrestricted bequest retained as capital; income used for maintenance
Maintenance : monies set aside for maintenance and minor repairs; receives income from Mary Goodman Memorial Fund and Joyce Madeley Bequest Fund
Printing Fund : monies retained by the St Albans Printing Unit from its income to provide for the purchase of equipment Refreshment : retained surplus from providing tea, coffee etc. after services
Restricted Funds
Birthday Book : birthday donations to be used for purchase of sanctuary items etc. Charities : monies collected (on an annual basis) to give to external charitable causes
Choir : monies given for the purchase of choir vestments etc.
Church Urban : monies given by the Church Urban Fund for the Near Neighbours project
Community : community enterprise projects; grant from Keble College for a community cafe at Highgate Baptist Church Digital Media Fund : monies given to provide equipment or software or pay running costs of digital media
Flower : monies given to provide flowers for the church
Floodlight : money for replacement of church floodlights
Foodbank : monies given to provide for a foodbank run from the church
Friends : monies raised by the Friends of St Alban & St Patrick used to support projects in or associated with the church GPOW VAT Refund Grant Fund : grant monies due/received contra VAT on work to fabric of listed church building Lecture : monies raised to provide public lectures on theology and church history etc.
Music Development : monies given to support the development of music within the church
Organ : monies given for the restoration, maintenance and enhancement of the church organ Organists Fund : Monies given to pay organists' fees
Restoration : monies raised, and grants received, for the restoration and enhancement of the church building Sanctuary : monies raised for the purchase of Sanctuary items; income from the H Lee Sanctuary Reserve Fund Vicar's Discretionary : Monies used at the sole discretion of the Vicar for charitable purposes within the parish
Walsingham : monies used to fund the annual Parish Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham
W Box Choral Music Income : Income from the W Box Choral Music Reserve, used towards fees of Organist & Choir Director
W Box Choral Music Reserve : monies left by Wilfred Box and others to maintain choral services in the church; currently retained as capital to provide continuing income towards fees of Organist & Choir Director
Youth Work : monies for Youth Ministry
Miscellaneous Restricted : miscellaneous funds donated for restricted purposes (See Note 13 for details)
Endowment Funds
Mary Goodman Memorial Fund : a Permanent Endowment made in 1950 by John Goodman in memory of his mother; held by the Diocesan Trustees "upon trust to pay the income to the Vicar and Churchwardens to be applied by them for all or any of the following purposes or such of them as shall be legally charitable namely: (a) as a maintenance fund for the general maintenance and upkeep of the church; (b) for any other church purpose (but not including the augmentation of the Vicar's stipend)''. The income is considered to be unrestricted because of (b) and is paid to the Maintenance Fund because of (a).
Henry Lee Sanctuary Reserve : Considered to be an Endowment and is held by the Diocesan Trusteees. In accordance with the will of Henry Lee 'the monies to be placed on reserve to pay for the costs of replacing Cassocks, Cottas, and Slippers for Servers or any other Sanctuary requirements as and when required'. The income is restricted and is paid into the Sanctuary Fund.
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Alban and St Patrick, Highgate, Birmingham, Charity No. 1169941 on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 which are set out on pages 7 to 17
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.
The charity's Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Charities Act") and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act;
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follow the procedure laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity
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Commission Section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and
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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 Direction given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity 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 trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required for a full 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 give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: 05 April 2023
Professional Qualifications or Body: Associate of Chartered Institute of Bankers (U. K.)
Address: 70 Overbury Close, Birmingham B31 2HD