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2021 Annual Report
## 2021 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of Christ the King, Newcastle
## Aim and Purposes
The Parochial Church Council of Christ the King, Newcastle, in collaboration with the Clergy Team, aims to promote the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical across the ecclesiastical Parish. The Team Parish was established in 1988. The PCC has oversight of four districts, and 5 worshipping communities: St Matthew’s Dinnington and St Cuthbert’s Brunswick; St Columba’s Wideopen; and St Aidan’s Brunton Park and Church in the Park (Newcastle Great Park).
## Objectives and Activities
The following ten priority areas for development emerged from discussions during 2019.
1 New Housing: Each district in the parish has significant new housing developments. We need to discover more about how best to relate to those who move into our districts and support community building.
2 Health and Wellbeing: We believe that the church has an important contribution to make in this area and we are actively exploring how best we can offer support to tackle the issues of isolation and support mental wellbeing especially.
3 Young People: As well as encouraging young people in their faith journeys we are also concerned to reach out to young people to show that we care about them and the challenges they face.
4 Mission / Building Bridges: We are keen to build effective bridges and make common cause with the many active and caring groups that also seek to address important current issues. We look for opportunities to work in partnership with others.
5 Communications: We are working to improve the way we communicate within the parish and how we make effective use of social media as we communicate more widely.
- 6 Prayer: We recognise that we will only be effective in our mission if we are tuned into God’s purposes and will, and enrich our prayer lives together.
- 7 Discipleship: We are exploring ways to encourage confident disciples who relate their faith with the issues and concerns they meet in daily life and work.
8 Ministry: We are encouraging more lay development in leading aspects of ministry in leading worship, pastoral care and community development.
- 9 Evangelism: We are looking for more opportunities to encourage new disciples and grow our faith communities.
10 Team synergy: We are exploring ways to maximise the benefits of being together as a team and to simplify ways of working.
## Achievements and Performance
## **Team Parish Report**
2021 has been another year of change and adaptation in turbulent times. The Parish has continued to seek avenues to support one-another and collaborate where appropriate. While lockdown meant less ability to do this early in the year some notable team highlights have included:
The licensing of our new Team Rector, Rev’d Gerard Rundell, who joined us on 8[th] September 2021 and was supported by the whole Parish in his licensing.
The Parish Eco group collaborated to mark COP26 in Nov 2021 with an Angel made of re-cycled materials visiting churches in the parish, and shared resources for making that landmark event.
A Team confirmation with 3 candidates - 2 from St Columba’s and one from St Matthew’s - presided over by Bishop Stephen Platten on the feast of Christ the King, hosted at St Columba’s. There was an excellent turn-out and the candidates were warmly supported.
The creation of a Parish Youth Group, following a bowling trip with young people from around the Parish. It currently meets weekly, largely at St Aidan’s, but is open to youth from across the Parish. We continue to hope this will develop and encourage young people from around the Team.
Parish Advent and Lent courses. The 2022 Lent course with guest speakers leading us in reflection on prayer has been particularly well received. St Cuthbert’s has hosted us with great hospitality, and the turn-out has been consistently in the 20s30s.
Parish Evening services for Advent and Lent, with beautifully crafted choral worship led by Rev’d Chris Clinch.
We hope 2022 will bring more opportunities to discern where the team can support, encourage, and deepen our Christian work and witness in each of the communities within which we’re set.
## **Individual Reports**
Each of the churches in the team has also been active in their ministry and includes a Clergy report:
## _**St Matthew’s and St Cuthbert’s – Rev’d Mark Edwards**_
There is no other way to begin my report than with Covid-19 and its impact on us as a community since last March 2020. There is no doubt that the last two years has had an impact upon the whole of society as we have had to adjust to a new way of living and interacting with each other. During the first lock down I continued as best I could to ensure that the church community was looked after as well as joining schemes to help the wider community such as the food distribution organised by the parish council. Many of our services were disrupted again during 2021 the
second lock down. Many of our activities, not just worship changed or ceased completely. As soon as it was practically possible with restrictions still in place we opened up the churches (St Mathews and St Cuthbert’s) for worship and started to simply live with Covid 19.
It was lovely to be able to hold our annual remembrance service, though somewhat scaled down and all of our Christmas services again, perhaps not the numbers we are used to, but none the less it was important to make the statement that the Church was open. What joy it was also to be able to hold the first wedding since lock down in January with the couple who had to postpone on two occasions. Some of our social activities such as the harvest supper, Beetle drive and the Christmas fairs also returned. Sadly, we lost during two years of lock down some key members of our church family, they are sadly missed.
Some weeks ago we celebrated what became known as Freedom Thursday, when all restrictions the government announced, were lifted. Sadly World events have overtaken our sense of euphoria, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The church continues in all the uncertainty of life to be a symbol of hope with a message of good news which is an antidote to all the bad news. Faith must always dispel our fears and root us in Christ who is the source of our hope.
I would like to thank all my church officers for the sterling work they did throughout lock down. We were often way ahead of the diocese directives with hygiene, social distancing, the way we worship, ensuring everyone was kept safe particularly during those times the church was open. The church buildings themselves were well looked after, cleaned and maintained. A special thanks to Tom, who also acts as verger as well as Church warden. He has kept the path clear during the Autumn/winter, kept the grave yard tidy, and has been my right hand man when it comes to internment of all the ashes that took place last year, as well as being with Elsie at all the church funerals to assist me.
Finally, I wish to thank the great team of people I work with. I am thankful to all those who do things behind the scenes without fuss: flowers, music, social events, cleaning, stewarding, reading in church, intercessions, secretaries DCC members treasurers or simply being a prayer warrior from your arm chair, thank you for all for your ministry. Whatever you do, you do for the Lord.
The message of salvation, healing, wholeness and hope continues to be the Good news of the Gospel of which we are all called to be agents of, as disciples of Jesus Christ.
May God bless and keep you all in his love now and always.
## _**St Columba’s – Rev’d Pauline Pearson**_
In January 2021 we were back in Lockdown, but still permitted to worship in church. The decision making was devolved to us at local level. Life is much simpler when someone else, with all the data to hand, makes the decisions! However we continued throughout 2021 with services, reminding people of current rules at each stage. The Bishop had asked me to be acting Team Rector from January 2021 whilst recruitment for a new Team Rector took place (Gerard was licensed in September). Hence the 8am service took place once a month until Advent, to enable me to be more flexible. We recommenced the server team from the beginning of September. Together with the introduction of some singing this brought us closer to a new normal. We have continued to offer our services on Facebook and YouTube.
Our Parish Lent course delivered on Zoom attracted around 18-20 people and focused on the Beatitudes with an eye to the pandemic. Revd David Emmott preached for us during Holy Week and Easter. We celebrated our Patronal Festival with two events – a special service in the evening on Wednesday 9th June with Revd Dr Sarah Moon, a member of the Iona Community, preaching, and a display and activities about Columba on Saturday 12th June, along with cake to celebrate his 1500th birthday! Bill Lomas and I completed confirmation preparation with Daniel and Nathan, and they were confirmed by Bishop Stephen Platten at St Columba’s on 21st November, when the parish celebrated Christ the King. Daniel was appointed as our Eco Ambassador at our AGM, and during the year enabled us to develop an Eco Policy.
We worked with Woodlands Park Community Centre and Daverson Hall in January 2021 on a bid to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Local Connections Fund. Recognising that one of the biggest challenges facing our communities as we continue to live with COVID-19 is that of loneliness and isolation, we proposed, working together, to reach out to people, building on our existing work. Wideopen Wellbeing was awarded £2,370 for this, used on tablets, flyers and outside seating and planters. We hope to continue to bid for monies together to promote wellbeing in this community.
Our Summer Fair, with Pedro the pony, was well attended, on a glorious day. In September and October thanks to Bill Lomas we held a series of very successful Musical Evenings, including one with singers from North Gosforth Academy and another with our new Team Rector on marimba which encouraged people back into church and raised much needed funds. Gradually over the autumn we received more hall bookings which has helped. Links with Greenfields CPS were greatly enhanced by our activities around COP26 and the environment, and by a series of visits to church. Though COVID prevented their return to church for carols, I was invited to lead an outdoor carol service at school.
## _**Church in the Park – Rev’d Ruth Hewett**_
2021 has been a year of transition, of readjustment and of new beginnings. The Church in the Park celebrated its seventh birthday on 18th April 2021, online, the second time with no “party” celebration. The year started and continued, as last year, with weekly online services on You tube followed by Zoom meetings to personally keep in touch. The CITP WhatsApp Group has been very active and an excellent way of staying in touch; sharing information, prayers and social concerns.
I want to recognise the core group of people who have attended the Church in the Park throughout the pandemic. They are deeply spiritual and committed to bringing the Good news of Jesus Christ to the ever expanding Great Park. I would like to thank too, the worship leaders: the Stephenson family, John and Lena who often lead worship spontaneously and supply us with lively guitar led music; and the Halton family: Jon Halton whose profession in Computer Technology has provided a heavy duty broadband with which to upload the very large service files on Youtube, and Nicola Halton who has provided support and whose dedication to worship was recognised as she was licensed as worship leader in May at St. Aidan’s along with Bernie Troughton. Many others have helped keep the Church going in this strange time those who have read, prayed, baked, tidied, washed, carried and done all the other things that are necessary for a ‘pack away’ church.
At the start of the Pandemic the successful stewardship campaign has held us in good stead during the years of the Pandemic. Not having to hire the GPCC hall, our income was greater than outgoings, over about 18 months. This has helped the church to become sustainable in its own right, balancing current income and expenditure levels. Thanks must go to Joanne Christie for her unswerving dedication and enthusiasm in the role of treasurer.
During the Lockdown the CITP applied and was granted funding for the Virtual “Ark in the Park” project. Banners were put up across the NGP. This enabled a library of computer tablets to be lent to older folk or younger people as an aid to zooming, and using new technology during the lockdown for those without the ability to do so. One lady said it was the first time she saw her son in Australia.
Over the summer we took advantage of the ability of outdoor gatherings in a ‘star gazebo’ to hold services at various venues across the Great Park on Sunday afternoons. These services continued from for the 16 weeks over summer, with the tent only used when weather conditions were appropriate. We had flags too, with our motto Be Kind, **K** now Jesus, **I** nvestigate Nature, **N** o one excluded, **D** emonstrate Respect. This caused a lot of visibility and awareness that the Church is an active part of this community.
The CITP monthly eucharist restarted “live” in the community centre, on September 12th 2021 when Gerard led his first eucharist. The average attendance has reduced significantly due to reticence, ‘coming out’ and the understandable fear of covid transmission. CITP held an ‘eco’ service on 7th November and a service of Remembrance on November 14th.
Messy Church restarted too, on 12th November with the theme “the wise man built his house upon the rock”. Twenty-three adults and seventeen children attended, this was reduction in previous numbers but a good start.
Pastoral ministry this year included a triple baptism of the Jones family from Warkworth Woods and the funerals of Billie Cullen and Eric Davidson. Eric has left a considerable amount of money as a legacy to CITP, and also his electric organ which is at the moment in Bowmont House although it must be moved out, any storage ideas will be considered!
A collection of toiletries for Afghan Refugees was started at the ARK by a simple request on facebook. This resulted in two overflowing car loads of toiletries collected and taken to NEST charity at the University.
The CITP set up a Facebook eco group and Ann Cross was appointed as CITP Eco Community Champion. Community litter picks and gardening sessions in the GPCC garden were organised. An advent ‘Angel' trail was again set up across the play parks in a similar vein to the Easter egg trail in the spring (see social and community below). The Christmas Great Park Nativity was cancelled due to the surge in cases of covid and CITP children joined in the online Nativity service with St. Aidan’s.
## _**St Aidan’s - Churchwardens (up to Sept 2021) Rev’d Gerard Rundell (from Sept 2021)**_
## _**Churchwardens: Catherine Stewart and Christopher Sayers**_
During the Interregnum we were very grateful to the Rev Ben Pullan for presiding at the majority of the services and to Rev’d Dr Pauline Pearson and Rev’d Bill Miller for their assistance. The Wardens were also grateful to Pauline for her guidance and assistance during this difficult time.
We were able to continue streaming the services and some funerals thanks to our small but dedicated technical team. We are grateful to the sacristans who continue to prepare for all liturgical services and for the care of the linen.
There are still a number of our congregation who feel they are unable to attend church for various reasons. A group of members continue to deliver newsletters and stop for a chat. We were pleased to be able to deliver small bunches of daffodils on Mothering Sunday and also distribute to others in the community.
We were delighted to welcome to St Aidan’s the Rev Gerard Rundell, his wife Karen, Theo and Phoebe at his Installation on 8[th] September. Unfortunately, we
had to restrict the numbers attending but the service was streamed and it was wonderful to be able to meet Gerard’s family and friends in the Community Centre after the service.
We are gradually trying to get back to some normality again but are still very aware of the dangers of spreading Covid. We still provide face masks and hand sanitisers.
We are pleased to welcome new members into our congregation and lovely to be able to welcome young children in church again.
## _**Rev’d Gerard Rundell**_
Much of the report for the year comes from Catherine and Chris, as I can’t report on what I wasn’t here for! However there has been plenty happening since my licensing as well.
I arrived as lockdown was easing, and it’s been clear what an amazing effort has been made in keeping the church accessible throughout the difficulties of Covid. The tech teams deserve a special mention for their live streaming and they have helped those unable to be in church to still feel part of the community.
Christmas, of course, brought a new wave of Omicron, and forced slightly subdued festivities. We adapted in creative ways though, and with the help of families from St Aidan’s and Church in the Park put together a creative family nativity video, as well as socially distanced Christingle and Crib services. Regular Christmas services still went ahead and even if numbers were slightly down, the joy of Christmas couldn’t be stopped and there was much to celebrate in the birth of Christ!
We have also experimented with welcoming more families and young people at services with a more family-oriented feel. Our Harvest service drew families back who hadn’t been to St Aidan’s in a while, and we then had a second Family Communion for Advent Sunday, and several others since. Our Mothering Sunday service was particularly well-received with around 25 children and young people in church. We’re continuing to explore patterns and ways of joining together as a mixed church-family – brothers and sisters in Christ across all ages! With several baptisms coming to St Aidan’s (some delayed due to Covid), we’re also encouraging those families to join in our worship and community life.
The young people of the parish have joined in a Parish-wide Youth Group that started after a bowling trip in October. It has been great to spend time with them as they explore faith and life together (along with playing pool and eating a lot of pizza!). Food for Thought has also re-started in person and joined with the Youth Group in a slightly re-imagined format there, as well as continuing to meet weekly online.
We have held two evening services of Healing and Wholeness over the last months, with the second preceded by a discussion led by Dr Stan Chapman, on the church’s ministry of healing. The services have been well received by those
who came, and I hope that continuing them will provide a space for powerful and prayerful encounter with the healing love of God.
The Eco group has continued to work together to promote care for God’s creation. We have held two regular Eco services, as well as a special lay and youth led service for COP26 in November. This was preceded by a week of prayerstations creatively put together by the group. We hope to continue to work towards an Eco Church Silver Award.
It has also been good to see some of St Aidan’s community activities re-starting. The Saturday Café had already begun again before my arrival, outside to begin with, and has been steadily drawing members back over the months. The parish lunches got going again – and I was very pleased with both the quantity and quality of my first cooked dinner at the Rugby Club! Then Chat and Craft, and more recently Prayer and Praise got up and running. It’s wonderful to be able to provide both social and prayerful spaces for the community in all the ways that we do.
There have, of course, also been losses. And with great sadness we have bid farewell to some beloved members of the church community over the last year. John Ward, Margaret McMillan, Godfrey Wright, Kate Clarke, Anne Havis, Andrew Anderson, Eric Davidson, Joan Sargent, Kenneth Hylton and Val Hay will all be very much missed.
In all the ways that we have been a part of God’s church together over these months, it has been a great blessing to be here at St Aidan’s. I look forward to all that we have in store together as we follow God’s leading in the years to come.
## **Safeguarding**
The Parish continues to comply with its duties under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016, to safeguard children and vulnerable adults. Each of the churches in the Parish are working towards full engagement with the Parish Dashboard system and hope to reach level three across the team by the end of 2022.
## **Deanery Synod**
During 2021 there was only Deanery Synod meeting, in April 2021. An update on parish share indicated that the deanery was largely on track with the money promised for 2021. In fact we very slightly exceeded our 2021 promises as a deanery. Parishes were asked to appoint environmental ambassadors. There was discussion of Transformation plans and Mission Action Plans across the Deanery. In September Jane Nattrass, our Area Dean moved out of the Diocese, and in October Pauline Pearson was appointed as Acting Area Dean.
## **Electoral Roll**
At the Annual Parochial Meeting of April 2021 it was declared that 351 names were entered on the combined Electoral Roll.
## Financial Review
The aggregated accounts for the parish as a whole, incorporating the accounts of the PCC in respect of its own transactions and those of the four DCCs, are attached to this report. The finances of the parish were, as in 2020, affected by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Across the parish, there was an overall surplus of £5,000 during the year (receipts £152,750, payments £147,750).
On general unrestricted funds there was a surplus of £4,450 compared with a deficit of £7,450 in 2020. The major source of income, planned giving and service collections, was largely unchanged at £84,500, although still some £10,000 below pre-pandemic levels. Fundraising, although slightly increased compared with 2020, was also £10,000 below the year before. The PCC expresses its deep gratitude to all those who have contributed and continue to contribute to maintaining the finances of the parish.
The major item of expenditure, the diocesan parish share which largely goes towards the salary and housing costs of clergy, was also unchanged at £90,900, some £9,000 below the last pre-pandemic year. None of the DCCs was able to increase their payment in 2021, and St Cuthbert’s and St Matthew’s were again only able to pay a proportion of the parish share requested pre-pandemic.
The situation at the individual DCCs regarding their general unrestricted funds was:
- St Aidan’s – deficit of £1,400, the result of one-off items of expenditure set against in memoriam funds, with the continued loss of income from letting of premises offset by Covid-19 grants from Newcastle City Council.
- St Columba’s – deficit of £5,000, the deficit mitigated by a small legacy and a Covid-19 grant from North Tyneside Council.
- St Cuthbert’s – surplus of £3,900.
- St Matthew’s – surplus of £6,900, helped by a catch-up on gift aid reclaims.
There was a small net expenditure on unrestricted designated funds at St Columba’s, and a small surplus on restricted funds, mainly attributable to interest earned on St Matthew’s deposit account.
At the end of the year the PCC and DCCs had total funds of just under £309,000. Of this, £191,000 was in unrestricted funds, mainly at St Aidan’s and St Columba’s, largely derived from generous unrestricted legacies over the past few years. Just under £118,000 was in funds restricted for specific purposes, mainly at St Cuthbert’s and St Matthew’s, again largely derived from a major legacy for buildings and fabric received in 2015.
## Structure, governance and management
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. In the Christ the King Team we have four Districts each with a church, and a church plant in addition. The membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (The Team Rector), the Team Vicars, the Assistant Curate, the Readers, the Churchwardens of each church, Deanery Synod representatives, and two members elected by members of the congregation in each District who are on the electoral roll of each church. All those who attend our services or are members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the relevant Electoral Roll and may stand for election to the relevant District Church Council, or to the PCC.
The PCC members delegate to individual Districts, through the relevant DCCs, responsibility for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance, including decisions on how the funds of the DCC are to be spent. Each DCC reports back to the PCC regularly with reports being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary. The PCC retains overall responsibility for strategic direction and decisions affecting the parish. New members receive initial training into the workings of the PCC.
## Administrative information
The Christ the King Team Parish was established under the Pastoral Measure 1983 and confirmed by the Queen in Council November 1988. It is one of the largest parishes in the Diocese of Newcastle. Part of Newcastle Central Deanery, it covers an area of approximately 20 square kilometres. The Parish is a Team Ministry made up of four Districts: St Aidan’s Brunton Park (including the Church in the Park serving Newcastle Great Park), St Columba’s Wideopen, St Matthew’s Dinnington and St Cuthbert’s Brunswick Village. The correspondence address is 60 Barmoor Drive, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5RG.
## **Charitable Status**
The PCC is a charitable body and a registered charity no 1174195
## **Members of the PCC**
Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.
Following the Annual Parochial Meeting in April 2021, the following served on the PCC at any time during 2021/22 until the date this report was approved:
## _Ex Officio_
Incumbent: Rev’d Gerard Rundell (from 8 September 2021) Team Vicar: Rev’d Mark Edwards MBE
Team Vicar: Rev’d Dr Pauline Pearson (Acting Team Rector to 8 September 2021) Associate Priest (with responsibility for Great Park): Rev’d Ruth Hewett
Reader: Ken Newitt
## _Churchwardens_
St Aidan’s: Catherine Stewart, Christopher Sayers
St Columba’s: Marjorie Fairbairn; Bill Lomas
St Cuthbert’s: Dorothy Winter; David Gray (to 3 Feb 2021) St Matthew’s: Tom Laidler; Elsie Docherty
## _Diocesan Synod_
Bill Hickey (to 31[st] July 2021) Margaret Urquhart (to 31[st] July 2021)
## _Deanery Synod_
St Aidan’s: Michael Taylor
St Columba’s: Bill Lomas
St Cuthbert’s: Margaret Jennings
St Matthew’s: Pamela Graham
## _Elected members_
St Aidan’s: Dorothy Clasper (PCC Treasurer); Julie Seaton (Lay vice chair)
St Columba’s: Mary Lobb; Joyce Elrod
St Cuthbert’s: Brenda Steven
St Matthew’s: Ruth Morris
_Independent Examiner_
John Oswald Stephenson Coates Audit Ltd West 2 Asama Court Newcastle Business Park Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YD
_Bankers_ Lloyds Bank plc 32, The Gosforth Centre, High Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1JQ
Approved by the PCC Standing Committee, 5[th] April 2022, and signed on their behalf by:
Rev’d Gerard Rundell
Team Rector
The parochial Chuffh Coundlof the Ttam Paiish of (hrfsttt* Ktn
Finah¢lal Statemerrt5for thè Year Ended JI DeCeffir 2021
afftd
2020
Totol
Unrnstricted Funds Rertrftted
G•Mral Oesi8n•ted
Fund5
Fund$
Recel
84,797 Planned glvln8 and service collertions
24,099 Don3tlon5 and srants
20547 Grfi aid reclaimed
12.ow Le8acies
3.356 Fundraising
15.113 Oiher receipt5
159,923 Tct31 Re¢elpts
84.468
19,785
23.865
84.468
22.155
23.865
2,OLM)
5,776
14,489
152,754
2.370
5,776
13.419
149.314
1.070
90,882 Parish share
2.749 Mi55iOll 8ivin8 and donaiions
59,254 Church octivites and expense5 and othEr prnEnts
11,560 Major capital ekpenditure
164,446 Total Payment5
90,882
2,054
50.211
1.710
144.857
90,882
4,303
SO,335
2,235
147,755
2.249
124
S25
S25
2.373
-4,533 Excess of Receipt5 over Payments (before transfers)
4,457
-s25
1.067
4,999
O Tran51ers between fuDds
121
-121
-4.533 Net ReceipisllPayrnentsl
4.578
.525
946
4,999
308,330 8alance bll at l January
178,691
8.127
116.879
303.797
303,797 8ilanc• clf •t 310e¢ember
183269
117.825
308.796
St
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Unrestrtcted Fun
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In
ACCOts
308
94,588
76,623
41.237
96,042
308,797
94,349
G7.068
9.446
12.099
183,270
239
1,853
31,791
83.943
117,826
St Columba,
St Cuthbert's
St Matthew'5
Total Awt5 at 31 Dttember 1021
7,702
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Tgtal Uabllhl•s * 31 D•¢•mb•r 2021
Approved by the PCC 5tandin¢ Committee. 5 Aprd 2022
The Revd GErard Rundell
Team Rertor
Dorothy Clasper
PCCTreasurer
## **The Parochial Church Council of the Team Parish of Christ the King, Newcastle**
## **Notes to the Aggregated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021**
The aggregated financial statements of the PCC are produced in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 and the guidance issued by the Church of England in its publication PCC Accountability, 5th edition 2017.
The aggregated financial statements comprise the accounts of the the PCC in respect of its own direct receipts and payments and those of the four individual DCCs, after eliminating transactions between the PCC and the DCCs and between individual DCCs.
The income of the parish being less than £250,000, the PCC has chosen to produce accounts on a receipts and payments basis and has opted for independent examination of its accounts.
In line with all charity accounts, the PCC and the DCCs hold two types of funds, which are accounted for separately: • Unrestricted funds, divided between:
o General fund: money given to or raised by the PCC/DCCs which they may spend in any way associated with the mission and ministry of the church; and
o Designated funds: money which is still unrestricted but earmarked by the PCC/DCCs for particular purposes, eg for spending on a future project, but which may be moved at any time, either to other earmarked purposes or to the general fund, if the PCC/DCCs so decide;
• Restricted funds: money given to the PCC/DCCs (as donations, legacies or through special collections) or raised by fundraising for specified purposes, which the PCC/DCCs must spend on the purposes specified and may not use for any other purpose.
The notes below and on the following pages set out the summarised accounts of the PCC in respect of its own transactions and those of the individual DCCs. Full sets of the independently examined accounts of the individual DCCs are available from the respective DCC secretaries or treasurers.
## **PCC-only Accounts**
|**PCC-only Accounts**||
|---|---|
|Receipts - Service collections and donations
Receipts - Other
Payments - Church activites and expenses
Net Receipts/(Payments)
Balance b/f at 1 January
**Balance c/f at 31 December**|Unrestricted
General Fund
£
280|
||280
90|
||190|
||118|
||**308**|
**The Parochial Church Council of the Team Parish of Christ the King, Newcastle**
## **Notes to the Aggregated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 (cont'd)**
|_2020_
_Total_
_£_
_39,589_
_15,169_
_11,499_
_10,000_
_0_
_7,743_|**St Aidan's DCC Summarised Accounts**
Receipts
Planned giving and service collections
Donations and grants
Gift aid reclaimed
Legacies
Fundraising
Other receipts
Total Receipts
Payments
Parish share
Mission giving and donations
Church activites and expenses and other payments
Major capital expenditure
Total Payments
Net Receipts/(Payments)
Transfers between funds
Balance b/f at 1 January
**Balance c/f at 31 December**|Restricted
**TOTAL**
General
Designated
Funds
**FUNDS**
£
£
£
**£**
39,635
39,635
12,465
0
12,465
8,767
0
8,767
0
0
990
990
4,520
4,520
Unrestricted Funds|
|---|---|---|
|_83,999_||66,379
0
0
66,379|
|_42,022_
_1,405_
_32,866_
_5,128_||42,022
42,022
1,253
1,253
24,488
124
24,612
0
0|
|_81,421_||67,763
0
124
67,887|
|_2,578_
_0_
_93,518_||-1,384
0
-124
-1,508
0
95,733
0
363
96,096|
|**_96,096_ **||**94,349**
**0**
**239**
**94,588**|
In addition to the income recorded above, £497 was received in special collections and specfic fundraising activities and paid over to other charities and missions. This sum is excluded from the accounts in accordance with Church of England guidance.
## Details of St Aidan's restricted fucnds
||Balance b/f|Receipts|Payments|Transfers|Balance c/f|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|Restricted Fund:||||||
|Parish Development Fund|363||-124||239|
The Parish Development Fund was estabished for parish development with the collection at the church’s 75th anniversary service on December.
## **The Parochial Church Council of the Team Parish of Christ the King, Newcastle**
## **Notes to the Aggregated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 (cont'd)**
|_2020_
_Total_
_£_
_25,595_
_1,219_
_6,606_
_2,000_
_2,178_
_5,004_|**St Columba's DCC Summarised Accounts**
Receipts
Planned giving and service collections
Donations and grants
Gift aid reclaimed
Legacies
Fundraising
Other receipts
Total Receipts
Payments
Parish share
Mission giving and donations
Church activites and expenses and other payments
Major capital expenditure
Total Payments
Excess of Receipts over Payments (before transfers)
Transfers between funds
Balance b/f at 1 January
**Balance c/f at 31 December**|Restricted
**TOTAL**
General
Designated
Funds
**FUNDS**
£
£
£
**£**
24,569
24,569
3,103
2,370
5,473
7,337
7,337
2,000
2,000
2,690
2,690
5,262
5,262
Unrestricted Funds|
|---|---|---|
|_42,601_||44,961
0
2,370
47,331|
|_37,860_
_268_
_12,696_
_2,632_||37,860
37,860
240
2,249
2,489
10,341
10,341
1,710
525
2,235|
|_53,456_||50,151
525
2,249
52,925|
|_-10,854_
_0_
_93,071_||-5,190
-525
121
-5,594
121
0
-121
0
72,137
8,227
1,853
82,217|
|**_82,217_ **||**67,068**
**7,702**
**1,853**
**76,623**|
In addition to the income recorded above, £579 was received in special collections and services and paid over to other charities and missions. This sum is excluded from the accounts in accordance with Church of England guidance.
Details of St Columba's designated and restricted funds:
|Designated Funds:
Parish Mission
Magazine
Church Windows
Restricted Funds:
Organ fund
Open Door
Youth Work
New Testaments
Wideopen Wellbeing|Balance b/f
Receipts
Payments
Transfers
Balance c/f
£
£
£
£
£
2,334
2,334
893
893
5,000
-525
4,475|
|---|---|
||8,227
0
-525
0
7,702|
||600
600
429
429
587
587
237
237
0
2,370
-2,249
-121
0|
||1,853
0
0
0
1,853|
## **The Parochial Church Council of the Team Parish of Christ the King, Newcastle**
## **Notes to the Aggregated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 (cont'd)**
||**St Cuthbert's DCC Summarised Accounts**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|_2020_|||Unrestricted Funds||Restricted|**TOTAL**|
|_Total_|||General|Designated|Funds|**FUNDS**|
|_£_|||£|£|£|**£**|
||Receipts||||||
|_8,209_|Planned giving and service collections||8,731|||8,731|
|_5,987_|Donations and grants||1,251|||1,251|
|_2,443_|Gift aid reclaimed||1,706|||1,706|
|_-_|Legacies||0|||0|
|_268_|Fundraising||865|||865|
|_150_|Other receipts||137||3|140|
|_17,056_|Total Receipts||12,689|-|3|12,692|
||Payments||||||
|_3,000_|Parish share||3,000|||3,000|
|_120_|Mission giving and donations||120|||120|
|_3,856_|Church activites and expenses and other payments||5,646|||5,646|
|_3,800_|Major capital expenditure||0|||-|
|_10,776_|Total Payments||8,766|-|-|8,766|
|_6,280_|Net Receipts/(Payments)||3,923|-|3|3,926|
|_31,031_|Balance b/f at 1 January||5,523|-|31,788|37,311|
|**_37,311_**|**Balance c/f at 31 December**||**9,446**|**-**|**31,791**|**41,237**|
||Details of St Cuthbert's restricted funds:||||||
|||Balance b/f|Receipts|Payments|Transfers|Balance c/f|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
||Restricted Fund:||||||
||Building and Restoration fund|31,788|3|0||31,791|
The Building and Restoration fund derives from a restricted legacy received in 2015.
## **The Parochial Church Council of the Team Parish of Christ the King, Newcastle**
## **Notes to the Aggregated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 (cont'd)**
|_2020_
_Total_
_£_
_11,404_
_1,725_
_0_
_0_
_910_
_3,144_|**St Matthew's DCC Summarised Accounts**
Receipts
Planned giving and service collections
Donations and grants
Gift aid reclaimed
Legacies
Fundraising
Other receipts
Total Receipts
Payments
Parish share
Mission giving and donations
Church activites and expenses and other payments
Major capital expenditure
Total Payments
Net Receipts/(Payments)
Balance b/f at 1 January
**Balance c/f at 31 December**
Details of St Matthew's restricted funds:
Balance b/f
£
Restricted Fund:
Building and Fabric fund
82,876|Restricted
**TOTAL**
General
Designated
Funds
**FUNDS**
£
£
£
**£**
11,533
11,533
2,966
2,966
6,056
6,056
0
0
1,231
1,231
3,220
1,067
4,287
Unrestricted Funds|
|---|---|---|
|_17,184_||25,005
0
1,067
26,072|
|_8,000_
_956_
_10,697_
_0_||8,000
8,000
441
441
9,646
9,646
0
0|
|_19,653_||18,087
0
0
18,087|
|_-2,469_
_90,525_||6,918
0
1,067
7,985
5,180
0
82,876
88,056|
|**_88,056_ **||**12,099**
**0**
**83,943**
**96,042**|
|||Receipts
Payments
Transfers
Balance c/f
£
£
£
£
1,067
0
83,943|
The Building and Fabric fund derives from a restricted legacy received in 2015.
Independemt examineff $ report to the members of the Parothlal C&urch C•un¢il
of ihe Ecekslastical of Christ the KID& Dknce8e of Newcastle
I r¢port to the memboE on my examinatioll of the account5 of the Parocbial Churcb CoutKil of the
Ecclesia$iical Parish of Clrist the Kin& Dioce8e of Newcastk, prepar¢d on ¢ reccipts and payments
basis, for th¢ y¢4r cn&d 31 December 2021.
ResponsMJUths andb4s¥¥ o/report
As members of the Parwhial Church Council Y{ are responsible forthe preparntion oftbe accounts in
ae¢ordance with thc rcquirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act,). You consider that the
audit requIr¢tt of section 144 of ihe 201 l Act do Jh)t appty aTxI thal an ]lldedent examination is
r¢quid.
laving satIsfd myself that ihe eccounts are ttot requir1 to be audi I port in of my
cxamination of ihe &ccounts as caryied out under srftion 145 of the 2DI l Art. In wing out my
exattiination l kne ft•Uowed the Directions given by the Cknity C<>rnmiBsion llder Section 145(5)(b)
of the 2011 Act.
IRdepEnd4ni&Yaminer s eIeI
l ¢oDfLnn tbat l am qualifi tQ Undatske the examioation b¢cause l am a mernber of the Jnstitute of
Chartered Accountants ill Engla[ aTrl Wales.
I have compl¢ted my ¢xau)in&tioo. I confirn th&¢ no nwttcr5 have come to my attcnts'on iu connection
wiib the examination BiViQ3 me ¢ause to b¢li¢v¢ that in ally rna11a] trst:
l) a¢¢oiinlillg reLrdS W¢ llot kept in a)rdanc¢ with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2) accounts do llol a¢cord with those aocollnting r¢cords.
I have no ¢oncmis and have ¢om¢ a¢ross uo other matters in connection with th¢ ¢xaminatson to which
attention should be drawn in this [Crt ID der to ¢nable a propcr undertt* ofthe accounts to be
John Oswald BA FCA
stephenson Coale$ Audit Limited
Chartered ae¢ouutaitS
We812 Asama Ccrt
N¢wcastle Business Pa
N¢wcasde upon Tyn¢
NE4 7YD
5 AprS12022