## **St Luke’s Newcastle Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023, presented on 24 April 2024** # **The Parochial Church Council of Newcastle St Luke, within the Diocese of Newcastle** **Church Leader:** The Revd Adam Smith **Associate Leader:** Alice Wilkinson **Address:** St Luke’s Church, Claremont Street, NE2 4AH ## **Church Leader’s Foreword** Over the year 2023 it was my great joy to spend increasing amounts of time at St Luke’s, getting to know the people and the parish and getting a sense of what God has been doing through St Luke’s and what might be on His heart for the future. The scope of an Annual Report tends to be to focus on the preceding calendar year, in this case 2023. This is largely so it can form a companion to any financial statements (the Church’s financial year follows the calendar year), giving context and relating them to the wider life of the church. However, it can be confusing because we tend to receive the report several months into the next calendar year (as is the case with this report). For the purposes of this year’s Annual Report we will focus, in the main, on 2023. Given our unique set of circumstances at St Luke’s and the great number of changes and developments that have taken place in even the short period of time since 1 January 2024, you will see that we have also chosen to include some information on the first portion of 2024. On Advent Sunday 2022, I visited St Luke’s to provide cover during the interregnum, preaching and presiding at Holy Communion. When I had agreed to it, that had been the sole purpose, but in the lead up to my visit the Lord spoke to me through 3 unrelated people about St Luke’s and what a revitalisation there could look like, one of whom was the Revd Dr Robert Ward, your former Priest-in-Charge and the stuff of St Luke’s legend. As the Diocesan Resource Curate, I was looking for where God might be calling me to lead a church revitalisation project, a church plant or graft. Through conversations that began in December 2022, 2023 became the year that the Lord unveiled something of his new plan for both my future and that of St Luke’s. **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **1** As 2023 unfolded, David McRae as churchwarden and the rest of the PCC invited St Thomas’ and I to join with St Luke’s as part of a church graft. The Revd Ben Doolan, Church Leader at St Thomas’, and I continued our conversations with Bishop Mark Wroe and the team at the diocese, who were very pleased to support and approve the plan. We continued to develop the plan and build links before Ben was officially licensed as Priest-in-Charge on 6 July, which paved the way for my own licensing as Assistant Curate, acting as Church Leader, on 2 September 2023. As we have moved along this journey together, it has been my absolute joy and pleasure to get to know the people of St Luke’s as I’ve spent more and more time with you since then. It was a real privilege to be invited to speak on several Sundays and of course to join you all for the weekend away at Minsteracres in May. My wife Abby and I have such a heart for this parish and the people of St Luke’s, which has only increased as we’ve spent more time here and given more of ourselves to you. We are completely committed to listening for and acting on the Holy Spirit’s good plans and purposes for St Luke’s. In the middle of 2023, Abby and I, along with Alice Wilkinson, gathered a team of ‘grafters’ from St Thomas’, it was humbling and exciting to discover the Lord had given so many others a like heart, keen to be part of what God was already doing at St Luke’s and strive for the more he had in store. All along it has been clear to me that, while St Luke’s had diminished in number and thus became a good candidate for revitalisation, it has never been what might be termed a ‘dying’ or ‘failing’ church. On the contrary, the faithful saints at St Luke’s have been diligently seeking God’s face, obediently discerning His will, and waiting on Him in all things. I would like to thank all of you and commend you for your faithfulness and service to the Kingdom, particularly David McRae as he led St Luke’s with such a servant heart throughout the interregnum – well done, David! I have loved working with both David and Jane Dawson as Churchwardens, they have already taught me much about what it is to be a faithful disciple of Jesus the support and challenge they bring has been invaluable. I look forward to continuing our partnership! We are still at the beginning of this new moment in the life of St Luke's – an established church, setting out on a new adventure. We don't know exactly where it will take us, but we trust God and we’re following the Holy Spirit’s lead, so whatever we come across we know it’ll be a wild ride, and we're excited to navigate it together! ## _**Revd Adam Smith, Church Leader**_ ## **Introduction** St Luke’s Newcastle is situated right at the heart of the city, next to a major hospital, Newcastle University and its halls of residence. We are in a prime position to reach the people of Newcastle and have a desire to be a light to our parish, serving them and reaching out to them. We have a strong emphasis on the Word of God, prayer and worship, we see these as indispensable characteristics of a healthy church family. **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **2** As part of the Church of England, St Luke’s operates with a dual structure of leadership (church leader) and governance (the PCC). The primary focus of the church leader is spiritual, theological, pastoral and operational leadership. This involves initiating vision, developing culture and direction, implementing the decisions of the PCC (Parochial Church Council), and overseeing the day-to-day management of the staff team and pastoral leaders of the church. They also hold the teaching and doctrine of the church, chair the PCC, lead the staff team and are the representative of the church to the community and neighbourhood. The church leader often shares these responsibilities with a small leadership team, including the churchwardens. The primary focus of the PCC is governance and strategy, and to represent the voice of the congregation. The PCC works with the church leader in upholding the vision, ethos and framework of the church. Members of the PCC listen to and represent the interests of the congregation to offer effective feedback and advice to the church leader. Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees, which include safeguarding, buildings and finance, are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly with minutes of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary. ## **Safeguarding** The PCC and the incumbent (‘incumbent’ in our case means a combination of the Church Leader and Priest-in-Charge) have a duty of care to ensure the protection of the vulnerable in their church community. Part of this is to appoint an appropriately experienced, named Parish Safeguarding Officer, as well as having the necessary policies and procedures in place, including adopting the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy ‘Promoting a Safer Church’. Safeguarding is about much more than good policies and structures – it requires us to care for one another in the example of Jesus. Good safeguarding practice rests most heavily on relationship – building open and trusting relationships that help keep everyone safe. The PCC has complied with the duty to have 'due regard' to the House of Bishops' Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance. ## **Membership** PCC members who have served from May 2023 until the date of this report was approved are: ## **Ex-officio Members** _(full, voting members of the PCC on merit of another office held)_ Adam Smith – Church Leader; **Chair** _(since 2 September 2023)_ Ben Doolan – Priest-in-Charge _(since 6 July 2023)_ David McRae – Churchwarden Jane Dawson – Churchwarden; **Vice-chair** **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **3** ## **Elected Members** _(lay representatives of the parish to the PCC (6) and to deanery synod (2), all of whom serve on the PCC and are elected by the parishioners at the APCM)_ Kim Simpson – PCC Member; Parish Safeguarding Officer Anne McRae – PCC Member Gayle Seymour – PCC Member Robin Seymour – PCC Member _(elected into casual vacancy 4 Dec 2023, previously a co-opted member)_ Helen McIlveen – PCC Member Floss Douglas – PCC Member ## **Co-opted Members** _(the PCC may co-opt up to 2 additional members)_ Gary Taylor – PCC Member; Treasurer _(co-opted as Treasurer 2 October 2023)_ ## **PCC Secretary** _(this is an executive, non-voting role, appointed by the PCC)_ Jo McRae (28 May-31 Aug 2023) Alice Wilkinson (appointed 6 Nov 2023) The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Luke’s, the membership of the PCC consists of the church leader, churchwardens, and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the parish electoral roll. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the electoral roll once they have been worshipping at St Luke’s for six months or more and, having been on roll for six months or more, to stand for election to the PCC. There are 40 persons registered on the roll, of whom 4 live in the parish. ## **Churchwardens’ Report** This has been a good year at St Luke’s and one of great change. The best thing has been God’s answer to our prayer for provision for St Luke’s moving forward. The PCC has continued to work together in unity throughout all the changes this year. We were delighted that St Luke’s had been chosen to be a revitalisation project with a church graft from St Thomas’. The Revd Ben Doolan was appointed priest-in-charge last July and the Revd Adam Smith was then also licensed to St Luke’s on 2 September 2023 to be our Church Leader. From then, Adam spent increasing amounts of time at St Luke’s and by January was here full-time, along with the grafting team. On 7 January 2024 we held a ‘Revitalisation’ service to commission the ‘New St Luke’s’, which was attended by Bishop Mark Wroe and Archdeacon Rachel Wood and the Revd Ben Doolan, giving their **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **4** full support to this new venture. We welcomed about 20 new young adults plus children and appointed Alice Wilkinson as Associate Leader. This has changed the whole dynamic of the church family in a wonderful way. We are thankful to God that the integration has worked so seamlessly and that the unity, that has always been so precious to St Luke’s, has been preserved. The weekend away in February, at the Minsteracres Retreat Centre helped to cement new relationships as we came together for meals, games, teaching and worship. Through 2023, there were several groups meeting midweek to facilitate discipleship through the St Luke's church family. These included The Spitler group, who met at the Spital Tongues Community Centre (the Spitler), Wednesday Morning Prayer at St Luke's, both of which were led faithfully by Robin Seymour, and "Life Without Lack", an insightful study group and time of fellowship led by Kim Simpson. These midweek groups have been reorganised since January this year into a central meeting at the church, where we delved deeper into the book of James, which was the focus of the Sunday service. Going forward, the plan is for four new home-based groups, meeting weekly for food, study, worship and prayer. It is hoped that they will become a safe place for new people and that the Kingdom of God will expand! Our heart is to be an increasing blessing to the Parish. Links with the Spitler have been strengthened, as Adam and David are now both trustees and meet regularly once a month. The Christmas day lunch was really appreciated by those in the community who attended, and was much talked about. Our service to the community continued with the church being opened for the Great North Run. This is always GREATLY appreciated by the runners. Our Easter celebrations began in Holy week with the delivery of cards to our Parish. Maundy Thursday Passover meal and feet washing, was a precious time. The community commented favourably on our Good Friday procession with the cross and the glorious sight, on Easter Sunday morning, when it is covered with flowers. We have started monthly breakfast events to reach out to and support men and women in their walk with Christ. One result was Catherine Trillo taking a group of 22 (12 women and 10 children) to Spring Harvest. A prayer ministry team has been set up, with a core of 20 people willing to pray for others during church meetings. 18 attended training given by Philip and Allison Le Dune from St Thomas’. This was well received and ensured that everyone is on the same page and up to date with safeguarding. We consider it an honour to serve as churchwardens and are looking forward, with expectancy, to what God is going to do in the year ahead at St Luke’s. ## _**David McRae & Jane Dawson, Churchwardens**_ **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **5** ## **Finance Report** ## **General Account** The accounts during 2023 were healthy for a majority of the year, during this period, we were in interregnum and therefore it is fair to say we were allowing our finances to ‘tick over’ with expenditure mainly being our utility bills, the weekend away and cleaning fees. It is fair to say we were frugal with our finances. However, in December, we saw a number of larger bills take a hit on our bank account. We required works to be carried out on the roof and the bell tower of the sanctuary to make them watertight. We also had to replace the boilers. These two costly projects cost in excess of £20,000. We started 2023 with a bank balance of £9292.77. Through transfers of accounts and finances being apportioned incorrectly, the building fund returned £24279.22 to the general account. We ended 2023 with a bank balance of £16188.67 which could be seen as lower than anticipated, but the financial commitments required by building works and boiler replacements were detrimental. ## **Building Account** In June 2023, we received a donation of £10,500 from the Lyndhurst Trust which we are very thankful for. £500 of this went towards a new dishwasher, which has supported the mission of Connect. As we have not carried out any works on the sanctuary, we have not used any finance from our Building Account. Leaving this account currently gaining quarterly interest and a year end balance of £10874.13. ## **Financial Reports** Unfortunately due to interregnum and change of team, we’ve not yet been able to complete the accounts for 2023 and have these independently audited. This will be carried out as soon as possible, with the expectation that we will be able to submit our audited accounts to the Diocese in June as usual. When the accounts are fully completed, the PCC will announce as much and we shall make them available should anyone wish to look over them. We have provided a fnancial statement of our unaudited accounts. ## _**Gary Taylor, Treasurer**_ **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **6** ## **Fabric Report** This church year has been spent identifying the building issues and getting quotes for the cost of rectifying them, thus enabling us to build up a body of knowledge of the state of the buildings and the money we need to carry out the necessary repairs. ## **The Sanctuary** In response to the Quinquennial Inspection Report of January 2023 the PCC commissioned Thornton Firkin, a Quantity Surveyor recommended by Chris Elder, Operations Director at St Thomas’, to complete a survey of the Sanctuary and to write a report of what was needed to make it operational. The report in May 2023 estimates that completing the existing architect’s designs would cost around £750,000. This cost is based on rates as of 2nd quarter 2023, and will now be significantly higher. The report also noted that, based on their site visit, the inspectors felt correction may be needed to several aspects of the work that has been completed to date, the cost of this is not included in the figure above. As no money is available, none of the recommended work can be carried out in the Sanctuary. We aim to organise a working party to clear some of the debris accumulated thus far out of the Sanctuary, but further work is presently on hold indefinitely. The bell tower had been leaking into the nave below. Upon external inspection further concerns were raised around the safety and structural integrity of the bell tower. The PCC commissioned Stone Technical Services Group to carry out a detailed inspection of the bell tower and surrounding roof. At the same time they effected some minor repairs including pinning slates and leadwork that had been contributing to the leak. The inspection itself was not inexpensive, but the cost of this should be covered by a grant of £7,500 awarded to us towards this work by Northumbria Historic Church’s Trust. The cost to completely repair the bell tower comes to well over £60k and in the light of the current financial situation of the church, the repairs are yet to be progressed. ## **The Main Building** The work carried out by Miller Eyre under our water leak insurance claim with Ecclesiastical Insurance was completed in August 2023. This involved the repainting of the hall, stage and upstairs kitchen with top quality scrubbable endurance paint, laying new Amtico flooring in the American Diner and new non-slip flooring in the upstairs bathroom. The water heater in the upstairs kitchen was replaced and the damaged underlay in the Linden Room was also replaced. Finally the carpet in the Linden Room was cleaned by professional carpet cleaners. We were delighted to have this work done to such a high standard. The claim was valued at £19,432.97. The gas boiler was condemned in July 2023 at its annual gas inspection. This came as a surprise and there was no choice but to replace it. A new boiler was installed in October 2023, just before the onset of the cold winter weather. Three quotes were sought and RF Henderson Limited were awarded the contract. The cost involved was £16,297.44. **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **7** In May 2023 Helen McIlveen organised 2 Fire Risk Assessments, one with Crusader Fire (Northern) Limited and the other with Cormeton Fire Limited. The inspections identified some areas requiring attention and quotes were obtained to complete some of the necessary works, including additional emergency lighting, smoke detectors, and door upgrades. The cost for implementing all the recommendations came to around £10,000, which was prohibitively expensive, since then circumstances have changed and the PCC hopes to move toward implementation in the coming months. In June and July 2023 we also had a fixed electrical inspection and a lightning conductor upgrade and safety test, thanks again to Helen for organising. Woodworm was discovered in the cupboard next to the stage in Jan 2024. Rentokil undertook a survey in February 2024 and confirmed evidence of infestation by Common Furniture Beetle in the underside of the timber stage and in the plywood in the stage side room; more evidence of further infestation has subsequently been found elsewhere in the hall. Further quotes are now being sought and a decision will be made on how best to rectify the situation, particularly bearing in mind we would not have use of the main hall for the duration of any works. The Buildings and Fabric Committee was formed in January 2024 as a sub-committee of the PCC. It met the same month and did a familiarisation walk around the inside of the buildings noting and prioritising work required. Thus far, executing the work is yet to commence, largely due to a lack of funds. Finding the means to get some of the issues addressed remains top of the Agenda. In February 2024 Lynn, our long-time cleaner, handed in her notice. We are so grateful for her years of diligent service and hard work! After inviting various cleaning agencies to quote, the PCC has awarded the cleaning contract to Minster Cleaning Services. Maintaining an old building comes with many challenges and substantial monetary costs. We feel we now have a very good understanding of what needs doing and we want to pray and ask God for wisdom and money so we can begin to prioritise the most urgent jobs. ## _**Jane Dawson (ed. Adam Smith) on behalf of the Buildings and Fabric Committee**_ ## **Deanery Synod Report** The Deanery has spent the past year discussing and completing the 3 year Deanery Development Plan which has 4 key targets: - Working together to promote Net Zero - Building a deanery directory identifying ways to share resources and expertise(e.g. youth, children, fabric, heritage, finance and music. - consider how we might offer more prayer together as a deanery - addressing local needs collaboratively by forming partnerships with other churches e.g. churches in Wallsend pooled their resources to start ‘Walking With’ the refugee charity. **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **8** There has been discussion on the eco agenda. A proposal has been passed to reach Net Zero across the Deanery by 2030. The central Church will be giving out money to achieve this. In the Deanery Directory being drawn up they will try to connect eco groups on WhatsApp. Catherine Trillo has served faithfully as eco-representative, and one way St Luke’s could participate in this more fully is to appoint an additional eco-champion, who could undertake an energy audit, helping us to be more eco aware. The idea behind a deanery directory is for churches needing extra support in a specific area to be able to contact another church with the required expertise and resources for some help. At St Luke’s we have been collaborating with St Thomas’ e.g. at Adam’s licensing we borrowed their pizza oven. The suggestion on prayer was for churches in the Deanery to come together and do some prayer walking together. There was also a suggestion for churches in the Deanery to come together once a month to worship together in a set service. At St Luke’s, which is a small church, we are currently in the process of establishing prayer walking round part of the Parish on a Tuesday morning. It’s probably not feasible at the moment to do any prayer walking round another parish. Time has also been spent talking and analysing data on Parish Share and Parish Giving. The picture across the diocese is not very positive, but our deanery (Central) is one of the more financially positive deaneries. At St Luke’s we have committed to increasing our Parish Share steadily as we are able. ## _**Jane Dawson, Churchwarden acting as Deanery Synod Representative**_ Agreed by the PCC on 24 April 2024. Signed: ## _**PCC Chair** | Revd Adam Smith, Church Leader_ **Registered Charity No. 1174238** **9** stLukes ST. LUKE'S CHURCH SPITAL TONGUES ACCOUNTS for the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2023 Essell 29 Howard Street North Shields NE30 1AR Tel .. 0191 259 2743 Fax 0191 257 2249 E-mail '. info@essell.co.uk Ref.. ACR13478 ST. LUKE'S CHURCH SPITAL TONGUES CHURCH INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Chanty Commission Registration Number 1174238 Church Address St Luke's Church Claremont Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AH Bank CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill Wesl Malling Kent ME19 4JQ Independent Examiner Essell Accountsnls Limited 29 Howard Street North Shields Tyne & Wear NE30 1AR ST. LUKE'S CHURCH SPITAL TONGUES Page 1 INDEpeNDENT EKIMINERS REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 I have examined the attached financial statements which have been p￿pared unller the historical cost convention ReJpectlv• responsibilities of the Tru8teos and examln•r¥ Tha Trustees a￿ responsible for the prèparatyon ol the finanual statements lor the year ended 31 Decernber 2023 and consider that the Church is exempt frorn an audit. The Trustèes further consider that an audit Is not required ft>r this year (under sects'on 145 01 tho Charities Act 20111 and that an indèpendent examination is needed. tt 1$ my responsibilty to". al Examine the accounts lunder section 145 ol the Charities Act 20111.. bl To follow the procedurtrs laid down ill the General Directions given by the Charities Commis510ners (under section 14515llbl of the Charities Act 2011." and cl To state whether particular matters have come to rny attenti¢n. Basls of Indopgndent examlneTS' 8tst•rnent My examination was carried out In accordance with the General Directions given by the Chantie3 Cofflmissioners. An ex8rnination Includes a review ol the Accounting records k8Pt by the charity and a comparison of the Accounts presented with those records. 11 also includes consideration ol any unusual items or disclosures In the Accounts. arid seeking explanation5 frorn the Trustees conceming such rnatters. The procedures undertaken do not provide evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently I do not èxpress an audit opinion on the Acc￿Unts. In accordance with your instructions. we have compiled these unaudited financial statements in order to assist you to lulfil your statutory responsibil￿es. from the Accounting records and information and explanatsons supplied to us. In connection rny exarninth"on. no matters have corne to my attention.. 11 which gives rne reasonable cause to believe that In any rnalerial respect the requirements". al to keep Accounting records in accord< rt￿ with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011 bl to prepare Accounts which accord wrtFI the Accounting records and comply with Ihe Accountsng requirements ol thè Charitli?s IAccounts and Reports) Regulatsons 2008 have been met. or 21 to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understanding of the Accounts tts be reached. Alex C Robinson FCCA 29 Howard Street North Shields NE30 1AR Date". 8T. LUKE'S CHLIRCH SPITAL TOWGVES Pa*2 STATEMENTOF FINANC￿LA¢￿v1￿s FOR THEYEAR ENDED )1 OECEMBEII 2023 Total 022 INCOMING RESOURCES vO￿nt*ry Re￿pt5 AcbYrf* forge￿￿1￿ lunds In¥esth8niin(X￿8 Iroyne trom thvrth aL*¥th8 43.009 lo.￿9 231 2,422 44,124 55.736 518 231 31.77 50 1e.362 t6,650 10,500 rot•l Ir￿Tr￿n9 R￿Qure•l 88.321 19.968 B7 304 .321 RESOURCES EXPENDEO Church Actlvitie$ Acb¥ilies toChurch￿￿rk G￿fftan￿ Cos 3,635 S9.338 2,163 200 4.100 82.461 2.183 2,486 133,504 2,72$ 5,557 Tffj•l R•wurui ExpNded 75.136 5.822 7.766 88.724 138.755 E¥eess olirwneover expwditwe Tw8lar6 ￿ert fijn 14,143 457 3.252 {1.4201 155,4341 2,45 Total Fund* Broughtfr)r*7rd l Januery2023 40.642 16.346 3.2 27.532 02.985 Totsl Fund& Carrfed lor*ard 31 De¢•mb•r 2023 19,370 254 6,487 26,111 27.S31 S* Del*￿ St8tefflem of FinanrAalAcbvthson Pa9è 3for Lyeakd ST. LVKE'S CMURCII SPITAL TOIIGUES PAge 3 DETAILED STATÈMEIIT OF FIPIANc￿L ACTMTIES Foft THE YEAR EPIOED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Un Fu nate Total 23 To Fund INCOMIIIG RESOURCES VOI￿nI•ry ItQC•ipt¥ Planned Giw Incom& Tax Rerovefy Open Plate Coll6cbons Lth•rVolunl•ry R￿Ipts Donaliuns ar￿ Apwaly Legacie 33.188 6,299 1.079 33.188 6,299 1.079 41.140 6,813 2.545 2.443 3.558 5.238 44.124 55,736 F•tss Bala￿3, 0lh¥fiJnd rai*nttmn Church Hall K*bngs etc ry Ine4)mo 516 10.65Q 10.6S8 10,659 518 In￿￿￿￿entIn¢•rne IntereBt 231 231 50 In¢on*from church4El}v￿ GrAnty 15.0 10,500 25.500 11.822 Insurgnce claim Church ￿ekend i￿@1pts 3.8SQ 3,850 2.422 31.772 2,422 3,099 1.441 16.3e2 10.5 Tot•1 Incomlno R•sourc 56.321 87,304 RESOURCES E¥PENDED Ch¥rch Acu¥￿•& Missth and ChAliWLle I¥￿r￿J Gifts 285 200 1.600 2.5 4,100 2,￿0 3.635 2,408 205 2W 2.456 A￿￿0￿." to ¢hur£h wo M1rn9try-- PaTr$h $hgI• Clarw Co$ Clew Expen9è$ Vieiiino SpBgkèr8 Supptyt siaff FA￿¥e6 OutrO8¢h Church Runnirs Church Maint4nonc4 Cleanino M8ior Repairs ijpkw of Chureh Seryices Conn* and ho¥pitalty prcal In Houw Repthrtes S*iar19S Penglon Gift$ Trydiniw and mission ￿nts Church costs Sundry Expendiiurg DgVXiabtsn Lojson A8Sel Di$w¥81 Equipment Purchased 12,(Xhl 12.000 604 142 1.926 12,Q92 5.320 5,320 390 11.427 6.353 2.056 27,f65 11.427 8,353 2.058 20.999 3.088 73.746 6.C*6 1,500 1.SOD 4,051 155 239 239 501 25.181 1.221 1,200 37 37 S.S57 1,883 5,557 4.004 1.038 1,458 1.883 6.125 353 Sk.338 1.125 SS57 82,461 133.564 G•verThrync• Cwt• A(xovntan Admini$iraivJn Fqg Atherts9ing Pnnling and Stafyonefy Web$itt8nd Software SUb5cnp￿Dn4 and kn¢en Tdeph 8ank and card charyes 122 392 503 503 617 B50 f44 2.725 Sl 2,163 TotAI R•*ourc•• ExpDndg 75.136 5.822 7.766 138 755 ST. LUKES CHURCH SPITAL TONGUES Page 4 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIÈS FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 DECEMBER 2023 BALANCE SHEET AT 310ECEMBER 2023 Note Funds Fund FIXED ASSETS Tangib￿ Assets 2023 2022 8.125 CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank and in hand 20,330 20,330 254 254 6.487 6.487 27,071 27.071 20,007 28,132 LIABILITIES Creditors 600 NET CURRENT ASSETS 19.370 254 6,487 26,111 27.532 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES Gredrters falling duo after one year TOTAL NET ASSETS 19.370 254 8,487 27.532 PARISH FUNDS 19,370 254 6.487 26.111 27,532 Approved by the Parish of St Luke's Church, Sprtal Tongue$. znd svJned on it5 behaKOy Mr G Ta￿Or (Treasurer) Mr G Taylor ST. LUKE'S CHURCH SPITAL TONGUES Page 5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ACCOUNTING POLICIES The financial slalements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the accruals basis FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BY THE PCC Tanglble Assets Furnishing Fixtures & Fittings Musical Equipment Equipment Total COST As at 1 January 2023 Additions in the Year Disposals in the Year As at 31 December 2023 6,304 2,877 402 9,583 6,304 2,877 402 9,583 DEPRECIATION As al 1 January 2023 Disposals in the Year Charge for the Year As at 31 December 2023 946 1946) 432 {4321 80 1,458 1801 11,4581 NET BOOK VALUE As al 31 December 2023 As al 1 January 2023 5,358 2.445 322 8,125 EQUIPMENT PURCHASED 2023 2022 Christmas Dinner Trays Pnnler Coffee Machine Vacuum Cleaner Hand Dryer Hive Heat Control System 353 381 260 128 218 580 1,567 353 Fixed Assets under £5,000 are written off in the year of purchase ST. LUKE'S CHURCH SPITAL TONGUES Page 6 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 GIFTS 2023 2022 Gift from the church lo the new incumbent 2.500 MAJOR REPAIRS 2023 2022 Boiler Dishwasher Electrical Work and Construction Locks Sanctuary Restoralion12023 - Professional Fees) 16,480 1,370 2,279 871 6,066 27,065 73,746 73.746 GRANTS RECEIVED 2023 2022 The Nab'onal Churches Trust Lyndhurst Trust Newcastle Diocese 15,000 10,500 10,000 1.822 11,822 25,500 MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS Unrestricted Desi nated Re51ricled Totsl Funds Funds Funds Funds Balance at 1 January 2023 Ex¢essllDeficitl of receipts over pa￿ nents Transfer Be￿een Funds Balance at 31 December 2023 40,642 118,8151 2,457 19.370 116,3461 14.143 2.457 253.65 3,236 3,252 27.532 11,4201 6.487 26,111 ST. LUKE'S CHURCH SPITAL TONGUES Pay7 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Opening 8alan Income Closing Balance Designated Restricted FUNDS Expenditure Transfers Connect New¢a$i SanctU8ry ￿StoratIOn- ￿$tricted Sanctuary resloralion- designated King(Jom 8qualrty- restncted Kingdom equalty- desvJntte Childrens Church Specific off&nng5- restr￿e￿ Speofic offering$-designaled OulreaGh Sl Lukes events Weekend Away 2,032 11.5001 16.0861 532 4.9S2 11,018 15.750 115,5741 1.013 176 12001 813 192 1221 192 365 12651 78 17501 3,850 15,5571 2,457 13,110 30,983 13.588 2.457 253 65 6.487