2023-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of All Saints Harrow Weald

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2023 Trustees Annual Report for the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Harrow Weald

Aim and purposes

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Harrow Weald (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Dr John Barker, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. PCC members also act as Trustees of the Blackwell Hall charity.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at All Saints. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.
Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish.
Missionary and outreach work.

To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of All Saints Church and Blackwell Hall.

Achievements and Performance

Worship and Prayer

The PCC is committed to offering a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. For example, formal worship provides a reflective environment for worship whilst opportunities are provided for people to engage in more informal fellowship and outreach such as that provided by a range of social events and weekday clubs such as the Tuesday Craft Group.

Throughout 2023, we conducted regular public worship as well as offering informal fellowship and outreach activities throughout the year. The vast majority of services were live streamed, using Facebook and YouTube. Services were recorded and can be viewed at any time. Throughout 2023, there was a total of 142 acts of worship, of which the vast majority were public worship in All Saints. Significant numbers of people viewed recordings of the services from their homes and we have welcomed to our congregation a number of people living not only all over England but also around the world. Some assist worship by reading lessons and leading intercessions.

In 2023 we were delighted to welcome a significant number of new members to our congregation, resulting in an overall increase of numbers on our electoral roll for the first time in recent years. At the end of 2023 there were 89 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, a net increase of 5 over the year. 38 of whom were not resident within the parish. No names were added during the year and four were removed as a result of their deaths. The average weekly attendance in church, counted during October, was 80, but this number does not include people following services online.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God’s blessing and through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God's keeping. In 2023, we have celebrated 3 baptisms and led 18 funerals in our church and at the crematorium. We have also had 12 services including interment of ashes.

Deanery Synod

Two members of the PCC sit on the deanery synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church. This year the PCC has also focused its attention on the questions posed to parishes in the deanery about how best to serve the people of our parish who do not attend traditional church services.

The Church Centre Complex

We want our church to be open to our community for private prayer. During the week the church hall is used regularly by the All Saints Pre School. Twelve children have been regular attenders in the last year. Outreach activities for children and their families is greatly enhanced by the activities of a Forest School adjacent to the church. The Forest

School activities are integrated with those of the church and Messy Mossy Church activities are periodically.

A major challenge during 2023 has been to undertake urgent and necessary works identified in our 2022 Quinquennial Report. These include repairs to the church and church office roof, stained glass windows, and stone works. We were able to benefit from a Diocese buildings grant to the value of £50,000 and we anticipate all works should be completed by May 2024. At the same time, the PCC has been working hard to identify finance and develop plans to implement the long planned ASSH (All Saints Serving Harrow) project. This will include replacing the passageway linking the church and its office block, introducing step free access and providing disabled toilet facilities. We also aim to improve our kitchen facilities and make an informal meeting area in church. Our aim is to submit all applications for planning permission to Harrow Council and Faculty approval to the Diocese of London by mid 2024.

Pastoral Care

Some members of our parish are unable to attend church due to sickness or age. The Vicar and the pastoral support team visit all church members who request it, to celebrate communion with them either at their homes or in hospital. We have a regular pattern of visits and eucharistic services at an increasing number of care homes located in the parish.

Mission and Evangelism

Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. We seek to respond to urgent needs for assistance, both local and international. Our parish newsletter is distributed weekly to parishioners. The newsletter keeps our parishioners informed of the important matters affecting our Church and articles that help develop our knowledge and trust in Jesus.

Ecumenical Relationships

The church is a member of Churches Together in the Weald. We share our church facilities with the Sinai Mar Thoma Church and organise joint services and activities, particularly at major festivals. We also participate enthusiastically in the annual ecumenical Good Friday Pilgrimage and Worship.

Financial Review

Total receipts of unrestricted funds in 2023 were £102,396 of which £80,759 was unrestricted voluntary donations. Restricted donations of £53,772 were also received

and are detailed in the Financial Statements. Giving, overall, through envelopes, direct bank payments and banker’s orders was relatively stable in 2023. Total income was greater than in 2022, in part the result of a number of substantial legacies from former parishioners. £104,623 was spent from unrestricted funds to provide the Christian ministry from All Saints Church, including the contribution to the Diocesan Common Fund that largely provides the stipends and housing for the clergy.

The net result for the year was a deficit of receipts against payments of £3,440 on unrestricted funds. Adding bank and deposit balances brought forward at the beginning of the year, the balances carried forward at 31st December on unrestricted funds totalled £23,720. An additional £134,083 is set aside, £99,615 of which is designated to meet the costs of a planned investment in church fabric (the ASSSH project). There is a further £18,635 held as a project fund, the result of a gift to facilitate the purchase of a new church organ.

Reserves policy

It is the PCC’s intention to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments. This was equivalent of £26,459 in 2023. It is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The cash balance of £23,720 held on unrestricted funds at the year end, falls short of meeting that target. It is the PCC’s hope to meet our target in the current year.

The balance of £99,615 in the project designated fund is retained towards meeting the cost of our planned refurbishment of the church interior plus necessary works to replace the link passageway between the church and its offices that had to be demolished in 2022 (our revised ASSH project). It is our policy to invest our fund balances with HSBC and the CAF Bank.

Volunteers

We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. In particular we want to mention our churchwardens who have worked so tirelessly on our behalf.

Structure, governance and management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At All Saints, the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar),

churchwardens, the assistant priest (if any) and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services/members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. The full PCC met six times during the year with an average level of attendance of 80%. In person meetings were augmented, as required, by occasional decision making following electronic correspondence. Given its wide responsibilities, the PCC has a number of sub-groups each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life.

Administrative information

All Saints Church is situated at 90 Uxbridge Road, Harrow HA3 6DQ. It is part of the Willesden Area of the Diocese of London within the Church of England. The correspondence address is All Saints Church, 90 Uxbridge Road, Harrow HA3 6DQ. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and a charity registered with the Charity Commission (Charity Number 1173619).

PCC members who have served at any time from 1st January to 31[st] December 2023

are:

Ex Officio members:

Incumbent: The Reverend Dr John Barker (Chairman)
Wardens:
Mrs Denise Cooper
Dr Dave Rogers (to 30[th] October 2023)
Mr Michael Butler (from 18[th] November 2023)
Mrs Mary Abbott (Secretary and representative on Deanery Synod)
Mrs Mandy Whitfield (representative on Deanery Synod)

Elected members:

Mrs Charmian Baker
Mrs Edith Steele (deceased 5[th] May 2023)
Mrs Jo Lever
Mrs Jo Lever
Mr Nick Oulton
Mrs Denise Mordell
Mrs Philippa Jackson (Treasurer)
Mrs Maggie Rodger
Mr Derek James
Mr John Abbott
Mrs Linda Gathercole

John W Barker

Approved by the PCC on 14[th] April 2023 and signed on their behalf by the Reverend Dr John Barker (PCC Chairman)

ALL SAINTS. HARROW WEALD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

All Saints Harrow Weald Statement of Financial Activities For the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 Tofal funds Income and endowments frDm: Donation8 and legaries Income from tharitabl& a¢YJ Olher tra£ting athvrties InveStnnts Other income Total Inco Expenditure on.. Raisrng funds EXp)dItuTe on (aritable aoivibes Other ex enditure Total ex enditur• Net inc¢>me l (expenditure) resourc•s bpfore tran5f8r lunds Prlor year total funds 80.759 7,159 13.989 10,( 142.762 7,159 14.435 1,420 392 73,020 7,624 10.336 1.252 1.322 11r2.396 10.0 166.166 86.21K 104,623 316 1.130 104,714 361 392 73,883 3,082 91 105.836 3ni 106206 (3.440) 10.OKI Transf8rs". Gross transfets between fiJnds- in Gross trdnsf8rs between ftjnds. OLrt Other r8(xJgnised gains / losses Gainsllosses on investmeol assets Gains on revaluation, fixed a&8ets, charit 's own use Net movement in funds Rewnciliation of funds Total fvnds brou ht forward Total funds carried forward 12,355) 2,258 (3.008) 10.1100 51.946 58.938 11,106 26.729 10 82,137 134083 108 875 t67.813 97.769 108.875 10.010 Represented by Unrestricted General fvnd D&signated Legaw InM Youth Fund Rgstricteij Ann Sahler Chanty Bell Fund F¥iends Proiect Fund 1 CAF Fund 2 HSBC Proie¢t Fund Ctrgan Restoration Appeal SperAal Purpuses 23,720 26.729 10.LIXJ 10 10.0 10 10 7,776 1,082 5.331 42.929 2.150 19.679 3,166 24 1,11Y2 6.118 1,102 6,118 2,720 18.635 2.120 18,635 24 24 Totsl fund$ carried fon¥ard 23.720 10.010 1x083 16713 108,875 Pagè 1

All Saints Harrow Weald Balance Sheet detailed Asat Asat 3111212023 3111212022 Fixed assets 6342". Imperial 6430." M&G Invesbnents 6431.. CCLA Sh¥es kn Sah 6432". Live StreatniTrJ Equ¥¥n¢fjt 12.712 11322 7,124 14,778 11,891 6,516 433 33.616 Total Fixed assets Current a$sets 31158 61.. C4F mls1JY 65J2 a4F Project A¢£our 6X)3'. PFSBC PthnistyA(nt 6W. HSBC ProjeLArtol CAFYouth Account 6x20.. CCLAAnTr Sahkrchaniy 6590.. Cash in hand Total CuTrent assets 31117 24,628 4782 7,720 2,150 10 1.261 Liabllities 140.935 83.351 7.27D 821 Z04." AcOts Payab Total Liabilities Net Asset surplus {dèficÉt) Reserves 5.280 167,813 8.091 108.875 Exce8slldthxtl b) date Z01.. Stting balar5 Z02.. GainslOo¥sesl On rNe¥Jnert 8s%ts Z03. GaIn51(SE5) iÈvaLwts)n tsf 8s8ets Total Resèrves 8.848 97,769 2.258 108.875 236 11.2601 167,813 108.875 Represented by Funds Gene IUnteEth¢WI DespJatgJ Restiictsd Total 28,729 10 10.010 I34.r3 167.813 82.137 108.875 The financlal statements on page5 1 to 6 wete approved Ly the PCC on .. and 519ned on its behall by: Rev J BaFkèr PJ*son

Notes on the Balance Sheet and Flnancial statements Loans During previous years loans were rled from London Dic¢esan Fund in respect of etlwency works done to the buildings. As at 31st t)ernber 2023. the loans CMJtstandirg to the DiLWn Fund. whith are unseowed aThJ repayable in in8talmÈnts, were as follows: 31112r2023 3111W2022 Brought fonward {fr(Mn a preyF(X year) Received during the year Repaid during the year 7.270 3.000 4.395 (125) (1.990) 5.280 7.270 Page 3

All Saints Harrow Weald Analysis of income and expenditure Selected period.. 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 Total Ggneral Designated Restrfeted Thls year Last year Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 0101- Gift AKJ- Bank Q103- Planned Giving Stheme 0110- Gift Aid- Et)V8lopes 0201- Other planned grving 0301- Ltxjsa plate C4)Ilections 0401- Regul8T gift days 0410- Giwng through tK)xes 0501- Onè-off Gift Aid gifts 0550- Donaiions appeals etc 0601 . Tax recoverabfe on Gift AAd 0701- Legacies 08A1- Non-rrrlng one-off grants 0901- Other funds werated Donations and legacies Totals Income from charitable activities 1101- Fees lor wedd1rS and funerals Income from charitable activitles Totals Other trading activlties 0910- Fund rasing 0920- Goffee Mor 1240- Church hall letrings- furtd raisir Other tradlng activities Totals Investments 1W1- Dividend5 1020- Bank and building scKiY interesl Investments Tolals Other income 0930- Parish Trips 3000- Unid6ntified Intxjme Oth8r income Totals 32.176 32.176 35,996 631 17 1,963 2,361 3.176 3,176 86 70 70 76 1.170 17,657 6,112 11.194 2.(K)3 13,198 10.1XLI 60.CKXJ 23,026 249 142,762 7.036 249 80.759 10.000 52,003 73,020 7.159 7.159 7,159 7,159 1,624 1.624 13.965 14.411 10,322 14 24 13.989 24 14435 10,336 1,167 1S5 1.322 1,167 253 1.420 1.188 1.252 M2 (50) 392 442 142 Is)) 392 {1681 {26) Income and ondowments Grand totsls 102.396 10.000 53.772 166,168 86,206 Paoe 4

All Saints Harrow Weald Analysis of income and expenditure Selected period: 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 Total Goneral Designated Restricted This year Last year Expenditure on: Raising funds 17L11- Fees paid to fund ratseTS 1730- Costs of fundrdisir Raislng funds Totals Expendlture on charitable actlvities 1735- Refreshment cosLs 1801- Giviro to missionary scridies 140 379 751 1.130 657 3g2 392 100 1830. Grving. rel2 dovelowttagert(i 1850- Home miss 1870- Secular tharities 1910- coMrn Fun 2051- W8dding expenses {BellrinLw eic) 2052- Vefger F8es 2101 . Work expenses of irrnbent 2150- Vicarfs telephone 2170- Education 2201- Parish training and mtsstc 2301- Church tunning- Fri3urarKt 2310- Ghurch offi- telephone 2220- Organanist Fe8 2321 _ OrganlPiam tuning 2330- Church rrirrtenancè 2331- Cleaning 2340- Upkeep ofseN 2345- Flowers 2350- Upkeep of thurchyard T860- Administrab"on 2361- Bookkeeping 2365- Bank Charg8S 2370- visiti.ng speakets I IcKXtms 2401- Church running- elecaric 2420- Church running- w*er 2601- Governan o>sts examinatK)nlaudit fee 2602- DepreG1atm of Fixed A&%ets 2701- Chtwth major repairs- strucknre 134 134 Y24 162 42.581 40 224 162 15801 460 42,XJO 42.581 2.134 2.134 67 267 5,381 200 5.381 5,522 601 1.560 324 9,932 1.630 90 2.703 2 1.805 86 2.703 173 173 2,318 2.000 210 2.297 39 1,338 2,0 299 38 4,459 775 630 433 21 140 70 6.087 820 6,087 820 16.418 16.418 2711- Church mafftx repairs- Arthitecas Fees 2720- Church int8rror and exterK)r deratIrj Expenditure on charitable activities Totals Other expenditure 2380- Parish Trip Exp8r>ses 2fj03- Misc Expenses Other expendlture Totals 13.842 13.842 2,500 104,623 91 104.714 73,883 216 216 145 361 316 3.000 3.082 Expendituro Grand totals 105.836 370 106206 77.358 Page 5

All Saints Harrow Weald Fund movement summary Selected period." 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 Fund Fund balan$ l)rought Incoming (kngoin9 Translers Gains and Fund balances Bell- Bell Fund Friends- Friends Legacy- L8gacy IncThne Organ - Project Fund Organ Project1- Proj&t Fund I CAF Project2- Proied Fund 2 HSBC Rest- Rèstoration Appeal Sahler- Ann Sahler Ghanty Special- Spe(ial PuTposes Youth - Youth FurKI Gon8ral - General fvnd Carried forward 5.131 1,102 6,118 10,0 18,635 92,986 2,120 4,509 8,590 24 70 23,720 10.000 1,020 50.097 19,679 42,929 2.1S) 3.166 7.776 24 10 26.729 (2,W) 140 140 102. 105.836 432 Totals 16Q1f8 Page 6

In(kpendent Examlnerfs Reportto the Paroehid Church Coun¢il ofAII sain Haffow Wèald Forth• year ended 31 [l¢Cem2022 I report on the aouunts ofthe PCC for the year ended 31 De(irthr 2023, whith are set out on pages 1 to 6. Resp8Ctive responsibilities of trnstees and examlner As members ofthe PCC, you are resFonsible for the weparation of the a(zwnts. You ¢iderat an audit is not required forthis year under Regulation 3{3) of the ChurthA¢o)untirKJ Regulations 1997to 2001 (the Regulations} and section 144(21 of the Chartties Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). Having satisfied myseN that the (thanty is not sutr4.ect to audit arKI is eligible for independent &xamination, it is my responsibility to.. Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act and Regulation 43): To follow the prOdureS lard down in the general DirEd1(S grven by ts Charity CoMmissn under section 145(5){b) of the 2011 Ac¢ arKJ To state whether particular matters have (x)me to my attention. Basis of iTrdendent examinevs report My examination was rried crt in acClan with the General Directyons gtven bythe Charity Commission and guidelines from the FIrnCe Division ofthe Arthbistrw's Coullcil. An examination incfudes a review ofthe aUntIng records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented wrth those re(xxts. It also inctudes cL)nsideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the acc(HJnts, and 5eeknng explanations from you as trustees nCernIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eVIden that would be wuired in an 8udit and consequenuy no opinion is given as to whether the a(x¥)unts presern a ITue and fair the repcrt is limited to those matters set out In the statement below. Independent examinerfs statement In COnrtiOn with my examination. matter has come to my attention: 1) Which gives me reasonable cause to betieve that in any material respect the requirpments to: Keep accounting re(L)rds in ac(x)rdan wtth section 130 ofthe 2011 Art and To prepare accounts whith accorf with the accwnttn9 rewrds, a)mply with the alOting requirements of the 2011 Act. the Regulations and wrlh the methcmjs and prtnciples of the Statenwrt of Recomrrnd8d Practice.. Accounting and Rep)rting by Chatitres have not been met. or 2) To which. in my oplnion. attention shoukl be dvawn in onler to enable a proper understanding ofthe accounts to be reached. Rev. Davtd M Green FCA Gowers Limited. Chartored Accountants. The Old School House, Bridge Road, Hunton Bridge, Kings Langley. Herts. WD4 8SZ 1W April 2024 Page 7

ALL SAINTS. HARROW WEALD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023