## **ALL SAINTS WITH ST COLUMB, NOTTING HILL PCC**
**ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020**
**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1170152**
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
All Saints with St Columb, Notting Hill Church is situated in Notting Hill in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is located in Kensington Episcopal Area of the Diocese of London, but under the pastoral care of the Bishop of Fulham. The correspondence address is All Saints Notting Hill, All Saints Vicarage, 12 Powis Gardens, London, W11 1JG.
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity excepted from registration with the Charity Commission, and other name by which the charity is known by All Saints Notting Hill
PCC members who have served from 1st January 2020 until the date this report was approved are:
_Incumbent:_ Father Philip Corbett _Churchwardens:_ Mr Victor Fergus Miss Rosalind Topping _Representatives on the Deanery Synod_ Miss Gillian Shaw Mr Theodore Lawrence _Licensed Lay Minister_ Mr Gladvin Allen _Elected members:_ Mr Alexander De-Ben Rockson (Treasurer) Mrs Michelle Prime Mrs Marcia Haynes Mr Ross Buchanan Mr Nigel Dean Mrs Elizabeth Aschenbrenner (Safeguarding Officer) Mr Lester Fearon-Hales Miss Jennifer Alleyne Miss Jessica Masi Mrs Allyson Williams
## **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 to the PCC.
## **Objectives and Activities**
All Saints Notting Hill has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent, Rev Philip Corbett, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. In order to achieve the objectives All Saints provides: regular public worship open to all, scared space for personal prayer and contemplation and pastoral work including visiting the sick, the housebound and the bereaved. Teaching the Christian Catholic faith by means of sermons, courses and small groups and accommodation for nursery, a homework club and local support groups. It supports other charities in the UK and abroad financially.
## Achievements and Performance
There are 106 people on the Electoral Roll of whom 56 live in the parish. We have an average Sunday attendance of 60 and an online viewing average of 70.
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
## **Review of the year**
The PCC was not able to meet in person for much of 2020 but did meet 5 times, including twice online with an average attendance of 90%.
This year has been a strange one for the parish, and indeed for the church, nation and world as whole. We began the year focussing on building our mission and ministry in the community. Then in March it seemed that things were going to change as the pandemic spread. On the 22nd March the Parish was closed by order of the government. In consultation with the PCC it was decided that we would work hard at ensuring we did as much as the law and guidance would allow. Each week a Sunday Mass would be recorded and broadcast to parishioners; we also recorded a full set of Holy Week services, devotions and Mass on major feast days. A weekly email and monthly mail out was also instituted as well as a WhatsApp group. All of this has helped us keep in touch with parishioners during this difficult time. We used the Walsingham Chapel for Mass so that people could gather outside to view the Mass and take part in worship. We also used the window for display purposes.
We continue to be a place that encourages vocations. In February we welcomed Fr Alexander Hobbs SSC on a Curacy Placement from the Diocese of Exeter. We also welcomed Fr Bello Mahilum as an Assistant Priest, and in June we were joined by Fr John Blackburne as our Assistant Curate. Fr Philip continues to be involved in vocations work as well working as Editor of New Directions Magazine and in November he was appointed as General Secretary of our Patrons the Society for the Maintenance of Faith.
We have also continued our focus on the young people of our parish. We have admitted girls as servers, undertaken a review of the Junior Church and prepared an area for those with young children attending Mass. Fr Philip attended the Launchpad course and as a result new ventures such as a monthly 'youth mass' have been started.
In April we were approached by local councillors to see how we could help in Colville Ward. Out of these conversations the All Saints Foodbank was founded. The Foodbank, which runs for an hour each week, is run entirely by volunteers and funded by the local community. It feeds approximately 70 people each week. There is no referral. For this work we were awarded the Mayor's Award by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
We were privileged to be asked to hold the 4th Anniversary Grenfell service in All Saints in June. This was a recorded online service broadcast by Sky and ITN. It was a great privilege to be at the centre of this community commemoration and to work closely with local groups to ensure an appropriate commemoration in difficult circumstances. We were able to carry out First Communions and Confirmations - holding multiple services to ensure social distancing. We are grateful to our Pastoral Assistant Ross Buchanan for his work on this and on our weekly sheet and publicity.
We were also able to hold our annual commemoration of the faithful departed in November and our Black History Month Service in October.
In terms of our building, there continue to be serious worries about the structure. We were able to use lockdown to carry out the redecoration of the Church Hall and also some remedial repairs to the exterior of the building. This will be the major project in the coming years.
We continue to host the Pimento Centre, Montessori School and 12 step programme groups. As well as being the home of the London International Gospel Choir, we are also now the home of the Portobello Orchestra and look forward to a good relationship with them.
Gladvin Allan and our pastoral team have worked hard in keeping in touch with people during lockdown and we are grateful for their work. In December we said farewell to our organist Rimas Vingras and we are grateful for all he did for music in the parish.
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
Fr Philip conducted a larger number of funerals in 2020 than before, and whilst not all of these were Covid related, this is an important part of his ministry in the community.
As we look back at 2020 we can be proud of all that we were able to achieve as a community and can look to build on this in the years to come.
## **Chairman Remarks**
This has not been an easy year; from the 22nd March 2020 onwards we were in a series of lockdowns due to the Coronavirus. The parish however has remained in good spirits. It was a particular joy to welcome two clergy colleagues to the parish this year, Fr Bello Mahilum who cares for a Filipino congregation as well as working as a Chaplain at the Royal Brompton Hospital and also Fr John Blackburne who joined us as assistant curate in June, and was ordained to the diaconate in September. Whilst much of our worship has had to go 'online' this year we have continued to place the celebration of the Mass at the centre of the life of the parish. We have used effectively the Walsingham Chapel with its large window out into the community to show that the church is still here for all. Amongst the important events of the year, holding the National service for the Grenfell Anniversary was an important one for me personally as it was a sign that our parish continues to be at the centre of our community. I am grateful to all who work so hard to ensure that ministry can continue in this place, especially to the Churchwardens, ministry team and PCC who work tirelessly to ensure we can continue our work together. I look forward to celebrating our 160th Anniversary in 2021.
## **Safeguarding**
Fr Philip worked closely with Elizabeth Aschenbrenner, the Safeguarding Officer, to ensure that all safeguarding measures were in place. The Safeguarding Audit was completed and improvements put in place. All PCC members and church officers have been DBS checked; Safeguarding is a standing item on our PCC agenda, and relevant Safeguarding training has been undertaken.
## **Deanery Synod**
Our Deanery Synod representatives attended meetings in person when possible or on Zoom along with our clergy. We continue to play and active role in the Deanery and work particularly closely with St Michael's Ladbroke Grove and St Stephen's Gloucester Road.
## **Financial Review**
Total receipts were £189,365 on ordinary unrestricted funds were £166,894 (2019: £147,812) of which £121,894 was voluntary contribution and a further £45,00 was from donations and others. Restricted donation of £22,000 were received for Foodbank. The expenditure was £142,280 of which unrestricted £120,987 (2019: £132,878) of unrestricted and £21,293 restricted and are detailed in the Financial Statements. The church hall continues to be let temporarily, which provided an income of £1,930.
The planned giving through envelopes and banker’s orders decreased by 19% and collection also decreased by 31% mainly driven by Covid-19 pandemic. However, the total income, increase by 28% compare to last year due new fund rising activities ideas by the Priest in Charge activities Note the 2016 donation £31,935 was set aside towards the disable toilet project.
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
The state of the nave roof has been causing concern for some time. After many years, during which routine maintenance has been carried out, a detailed report on its condition has been prepared by the architect and we are working on access to grants to facilitate the repairs. It is our policy to make provisions from general income in the hope that an urgent appeal can be avoided.
£142,280 was spent to provide the Christian ministry from All Saints, Notting Hill, including £56,000 contribution to the diocesan parish share. Total expenditure increase by 7% compare to last year which largely provides the stipends and housing for the clergy. The sum that the Churches in the deanery have to find is shared between the Churches according to a formula that is based mainly on a head count of the congregations. We have to find more of the sum at All Saints as the size of our congregation increased more compared with other churches.
The net result for the year was an excess of receipts over payments of £47,085. Unrestricted £22.914 and Restricted £24,171. After transferring £22,993 to the designated repairs fund to cover expenditure incurred in future year expenses and adding bank and deposit balances brought forward at the beginning of the year, the balances carried forward at 31[st] December for unrestricted funds totalled £49,966 and restricted funds £87,943.
## **Reserves policy**
It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to approximately three months unrestricted payments, to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. The balance of £5,000 on unrestricted funds at the year end did not match this target. The total deposit balance carried forward at 31[st] December 2020 for restricted funds totalled £87,943. This include £5,000 PCC, £16,382 foodbank donation, £32,000 was donation from deceased member and £31,172 set aside for Church roof and disable toilet project.
It is our policy to invest our funds balances with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund
## **Volunteers**
We would like to thank all volunteers who worked so hard to make our church a lovely and vibrant community it is. As a parish we are grateful to all those who give of their time, resources, skills and money to ensure that our valuable ministry in this place and in the wider church can continue. We want to mention our churchwardens who have worked so tirelessly on our behalf.
**Approved by the PCC on 23 May 2020 and signed on their behalf by Rev Philip Corbett (PCC chairman)**
## **Date 23[rd] May 2021**
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPNSIBILITIES**
Members of the PCC are required by the Church Accounting Regulations and the Charities at 2011 to prepare accounts for each financial year which gives a true and fair view of the states of affairs of the Church and of its results for that year. In preparing those accounts, the trustees are required to:
- (a) Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
- (b) Make judgements estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- (c) Prepare the accounts on a going concern bases unless it is inappropriate to assume that the church will continue in operation
The members of the PCC are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Church transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the church. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the church and hence taking reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
## **Signed on behalf of the PCC**
**Father Philip Corbett Chairman to the PCC**
**Date 23[rd] May 2021**
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE PCC**
**RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND 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 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **BASIS OF INDEPENDENT**
**EXAMINER’S STATEMENT**
- My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions 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 in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
**INDEPENDENT** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention **EXAMINER'S STATEMENT** 1.
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
- have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Charles Osei, ACIE Practical Accounting Training Ltd Suite 203 10 Woolwich New Road London SE18 6AB**
**Date 23[th] May 2021**
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**
|**Receipts**
**Note**
**Voluntary receipt:**
Planned giving
2(a)
Collection at services
2(b)
All other giving/voluntary
2(c)
Gift Aid recovered
2(d)
**Activities for generating funds**
**Income from investment**
2(e)
**Church activities**
2(f)
**Special Collection**
2(g)
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
**Church activities**
Parish share
3(a)
Clery and supporting cost
3(b)
Church running expenses
3(c)
Hall running costs
3(d)
Mission giving and donations
3(e)
Special collection
3(f)
**Cost of generating funds**
**Total Payment**
**Excess pf receipts over payment**
Transfer of funds
**Net receipts and payment**
Cash at bank and in hand at 1 January
**Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**TOTAL**
TOTAL
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2020**
2019
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
13,684
-
13,684
16,813
4,500
-
4,500
6,569
11,855
-
11,855
15,822
-
-
-
6,229|
|---|---|
||30,039
-
30,039
45,434
-
352
352
345
136,856
-
136,856
102,378
-
22,118
22,118
-|
||**166,894 **
**22,471**
**189,365**
**148,157 **|
||56,000
-
56,000
66,000
7,305
-
7,305
7,659
51,854
15,557
67,411
52,293
5,283
-
5,949
5,949
545
-
545
945
-
5,736
5,736
32|
||120,987
21,293
142,280
132,878
-
-
-
-|
||**120,987 **
**21,293**
**142,280**
**132,878**|
||45,907
1,178
47,085
15,280)
(22,993)
22,993
-
-|
||22,914
24,171
47,280
15,280
27,052
63,772
90,823
75,543|
||**49,966**
**87,943**
**137,909**
**90,823**|
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
|**Note**
**Cash funds**
Bank Current accounts
Deposit funds
**Total Cash**
**Others Monetary Assets**
Debtors
6(a)
Short Term Deposits
**Total Other Money Assets**
**Liabilities**
**Creditors - falling due within a year**
7(a)|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**TOTAL**
TOTAL
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2020**
2019
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
49,966
19,836
69,802
32,866
68,107
68,107
57,957|
|---|---|
||**49,966**
**87,943**
**137,909**
**90,823**|
||6,483
-
6,483
4,203
7
-
7
7|
||**6,490**
**-**
**6,490**
**4,210**|
|||
||**(200)**
**-**
**(200)**
**(200)**|
## **Note:**
- The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounts Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.
**ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 with applicable accounting standards and the Charities SORP
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets, which are shown at market value.
## **Funds**
General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted.
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 or those that are informal gatherings of church members.
## **Incoming resources**
## _**Voluntary income and capital sources**_
Collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC. Planned giving receivable under Gift Aid is recognised only when received. Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid on 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, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt by the PCC is reasonably certain. Funds raised by bazaars and similar events are accounted for gross.
Sales of books and magazines from the church bookstall are accounted for gross.
## _**Other income**_
Rental income from the letting of church premises is recognised when the rental is due.
## _**Income from investments**_
Dividends are accounted for when due and payable. Interest entitlements are accounted for as they accrue. 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 a binding obligation on the PCC.
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
The diocesan parish share is accounted for when paid. Any parish share unpaid at 31 December is provided for in these accounts as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the Balance Sheet
ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont)
## **Fixed assets**
## _**Consecrated property and movable church furnishings**_
Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by s.96(2)(a) of the Charities Act 1993.
Movable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the Church's inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For inalienable property acquired prior to 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the accounts. Items acquired since 1 January will be capitalised and depreciated in the accounts over their currently anticipated life on a straight-line basis.
All expenditure incurred in the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings, individual items under £1,000 or on the repair of movable church furnishings acquired before 1 January 2000 is written off.
## _**Other fixtures, fittings and office equipment**_
Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight-line basis over four years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £1,500 or less are written off when the asset is acquired.
## **Current assets**
Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable.
Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds or at a bank.
The Children's Fund receives grants from two charities to advance religious education amongst the Sunday School children and provide them with treats. This year a total of £352 was received from the charities; £0.00 expenditure incurred.
Special collection is plate collection during funeral services, funeral fees and special appeal.
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|NOTE
**Receipts**
Incoming resources from donors
Planned giving
2(a)
Gift Aid recovered
2(d)
Other giving - non-planned giving
2(c)
Collections (open plate) at all services
2(b)
Other voluntary income - donations
2(c)
Special collection
**Income from Investment/Voluntary**
Interest children fund investment
2(e)
Donations, appeals, etc
**_Church Activities_**
Bookstall & candle sales
Bazaars & other fund-raising events
Hall lettings
Contributions to rent of flat
Church Centre rents
Fees
2(f)
**Special collections**
2(g)
**Repairs – donations & collections**
2(h)
**Total Receipts**|Unrestricted
Restricted
**TOTAL**
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
**2020**
2019
£
£
**£**
£
13,684
-
13,684
16,813
-
-
-
6,229
801
-
801
2,232
4,500
-
4,500
6,569
11,053
-
11,053
13,590|
|---|---|
||**30,039**
**-**
**30,039**
**45,434**|
||-
352
352
345
-
-
-
-|
||**-**
**352**
**352**
**345**|
||475
-
475
1,522
14,940
-
14,940
4,707
1,930
-
1,930
8,485
6,240
-
6,240
6,240
113,270
-
113,270
81,424
-
-
-
-|
||**136,856**
**-**
**136,856**
**102,378**|
|||
||**-**
**22,118**
**22,118**
-
**-**
-
-
-|
||**166,894 **
**22,118**
**189,365**
**148,157 **|
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **Payments**
Grants - Missionary & charitable giving
|- relief & development agencies
Home missions & other Church Societies
3(e)
Activities directly related to the work of
the Church
Ministry: diocesan parish share
3(a)
Clergy expenses
Rent of curate's flat
Support costs
3(b)
**Church running expenses**
Church - upkeep of services
Church - running costs & maintenance
Church major repairs
Expenditure on bookstall
Upkeep of churchyard
Children's Fund
Church management & administration
Administration - office + fundraising costs
Bank charges
Loan Repayment
Bazaars & other fund-raising events
3(c)
Church Hall running costs
3(d)
Special collection
3(f)
**Total Payments**|100
-
100
500
445
-
445 445|
|---|---|
||**545**
-
**545**
**945**|
||56,000
-
56,000
66,000
1,154
-
1,154
1,146
6,151
-
6,151
6,074
-
-
-
439|
||**7,305**
**-**
**7,305**
**7,659**|
||8,524
-
11,890
11,890
41,592
-
30,432
30,432
-
15,557
15,557
4,788
120
-
220
220
-
-
552
552
-
-
-
1,618
-
4,441
4,441
-
-
- -
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -|
||**51,854**
**15,557**
**67,411**
**52,293**|
|||
||**5,283**
**-**
**5,283**
**5,949**|
||**-**
**5,736**
**5,736**
**32**|
||**120,987**
**21,293**
**142,280**
**132,878**|
## **ALL SAINTS, NOTTING HILL PCC NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|Fixed Assets
DEBTORS
6
Income tax recoverable
Accrued Fees
Other debtors
LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE
WITHIN ONE YEAR
7
Deferred income
Accruals of utility and other costs
Creditors for goods & service - diocesan parish share
Other creditors|Unrestricted
Restricted
**TOTAL**
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
**2020**
2019
**£**
£
3,421
-
**3,421**
**4,203**
-
-
-
-
3,062
-
**3,062**
**-**|
|---|---|
||6,483
-
**6,483**
**4,203**|
||-
-
**-**
**-**
-
-
**-**
**-**
-
-
-
-
(200)
-
**(200)**
**(200)**|
||(200)
-
**(200)**
**(200)**|