# **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
# **FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **:Incumbent**
Rev. Andrew Doyle Holy Trinity Vicarage Bryan Road 5 Rotherhithe London SE16 5HF
**:Bank**
## **Charities Aid Foundation Bank (CAF)**
,St. Bride Street 10 London EC4A 4AD
London SE1 2UE
**:Treasurer** Mr. Jolin Holme
## **:Independent Examiner** Mrs. Patricia Kavanagh-Brown
**A:** Holy Trinity Vicarage, 3 Bryan Road, London, SE16 5HF **T:** 020 7237 4098 **E:** Andrew.Doyle@holy-trinity-rotherhithe.org.uk **W:** www.holy-trinity-rotherhithe.org.uk
**HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ROTHERHITHE**
## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **Administrative Information**
Holy Trinity Church is set in the eastern part of the Rotherhithe Peninsula in London. It is part of the Diocese of Southwark within the Church of England. The correspondence address is Holy Trinity Vicarage, 5 Bryan Road, London, SE16 .5HF
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is also a registered charity, No. 1174630 :PCC members who have served in the last year are
Rev. Andrew Doyle (Chairman)
_Incumbent:_
April 2021 – April 2024 April 2021– April 2024 April 2021 – April 2024 April 2019 – April 2025
Kosi Naidoo _Wardens:_ Angela Samuels Peter Hill _Deputy Wardens:_ Pat Ojo
_.Representatives on the Deanery Synod_ April 2020 – April 2023 Louise Bishop
April 2019 – April 2022
Aisha Sandy _Elected P.C.C.:_
Sept 2020 – April 2023 Samantha Pullin Peter Hills Foundation Pauline Madison Governor Sept 2020 - April 2023 Hudson Scott April 2021- April 2024 Martin Dadswell April 2021- April 2024 Cindy Glover May 2022- May 2025 Fiona Mackay May 2022- May 2025 Cherance Jalloh May 2022- May 2025 Ronald Pattenden
Jolin Holme _Treasurer Secretary to the PCC:_ Sue Aldred
**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. Three new members will be .elected this year
**Objectives and Activities**
Holy Trinity’s PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the Incumbent, the Revd. Andrew Doyle, in promoting the ecclesiastical parish and indeed the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has .maintenance responsibilities for Holy Trinity Church and Trinity Halls
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**Church Attendance** Although congregation members continue, on occasion, to come down with Covid, it feels as if we are striving to get back to something like “normal”. Numbers have yet to reach pre-Covid heights, but they are going in the right direction and as I right this they are almost back to normal. The next thing is to .start growing further
Although it may seem a long time ago, it was only after Easter 2022, that we reintroduced the chalice, the abandonment of mandatory face-coverings, the “one-way system” and the reintroduction of the sharing of “the peace”. It was certainly good to celebrate not only Trinity Sunday, but also Harvest with a shared sit-down meal. And having cancelled our Christingle service in 2021 as .Covid increased again, we held our first Christingle again on Christmas Eve 2022
**The Church year** It has been a year in which we have lived our faith here in Rotherhithe against a back-drop of world events and National moments. Weather-wise it was another beautiful year, although too hot for some, with temperature records being broken. But it did mean that for the first time we could almost guarantee beautiful weather for our church annual trip to the beach. This was made extra special in that because of a donation, everyone was able to go free. So two packed coaches left London for the coast of Hastings after two years of nothing, due to Covid. A summer outing also brightened up a time where the war in Ukraine was raging and where President Putin was making unsubtle threats of nuclear devastation. Nationally there were also highs and lows, with the celebrations of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in June, to be matched in .sorrow by her death and funeral in September
With the decline in Covid, we as a church have not only been able to share our journey or worship and faith with one another, we have been able to be open more to the community around us. It has been good to welcome children from both Peter Hills and Redriff school, both for class services and for special services. Peter Hills held a First Communion and Baptism service at Holy Trinity for the first time in July. While leading up to Christmas both schools held a number of services, almost 1,000 people came through our doors. And by the .state of the church floor, after a number of wet days, it showed
The church was also open to a number of concerts by our resident Choral group, Musica Antica. It has been a pleasure to have such quality music produced in our church. This in turn led to six packed concerts, which filled not only the church - some then joining us on Sundays - but also helped greatly with church .fundraising and finances
The church also has hosted Surrey Docks Police Ward Panel meetings through the year and some residents groups, who have found that a church building has been .conducive to more peaceful meetings
The bedrock to our life as a church has still been our pattern of worship, with Morning and Evening Prayer said through the week (with the exception of Fridays) and with our main Sunday services and Thursday morning Eucharist. Behind this are a number of people who have faithfully discharged their duties to ensure that things happen and we continue to be. We are blessed in our Wardens and deputy Wardens, treasurer and assistant treasurers, our sides people,
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## **HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ROTHERHITHE**
welcomers, tea makers, readers and intercessors, our retired clergy (who keep working) and our reader in training. Though we are many, we are called to be one body, working in love and faith and common purpose together. It is our faith and love that will enable us to shine. Our willingness to engage with the world around us, the issues we face in society and our ability to be “open”, rather than “closed”, that will allow us to be a church for the parish, rather than a church in a parish. By God’s grace we continue to journey on together and despite the uneven road of life, we find through that grace of God, that company and fellowship of one another, through Christ Jesus, blessings unnumbered as we go .along
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## **.Financial Review (for full details please see Church accounts)**
The Church again has been blessed with the giving of the congregation, without their financial support the Church finances would be in a far less healthy position. In faith - despite still struggling with the after effects of Covid, a struggling economy and raging inflation, we increased our giving to the diocese by 4% .again
:Church receipts of £128,950 compared to £112,037 in 2021
- Collections, other giving and gift aid of £77,683 (2021: £60,544.)
- Fund raising, church fees, nursery, investments and lettings of £51,268 (2021: £51,493)
Church payments of £74,078 (2021: £63,445), as the PCC continued to carefully :manage outgoings
- Parish share increased to £39,188 (2021: £37,680)
- ● Church running expenses and church major works £14,205 (2021: £9,260) ● Hall running costs and hall major works £14,796 (2021: £13,243) ● Other: staffing, mission giving, cost of generating funds £5,890 (2021: £3,262)
Overall there was an excess of receipts over payments of £54,642 (2021: £48,592). This contributed to the bank balance at the end of the year of £266,951 (2021: £214,419)
## **Reserves Policy**
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It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least six months unrestricted payments. These reserves are held to smooth out .fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies
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**Independent Examiner's Report to the members/trustees of Holy** . **Trinity Church, Rotherhithe, Parochial Church Council**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2021 which are set .out on the proceeding pages of the Accounts
## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner**
As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and .that an independent examination is needed
:It is my responsibility to
;examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act •
follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the • Charity Commissioners section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
.state whether particular matters have come to my attention •
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General 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 management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit .opinion on the accounts
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention
Which give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the .1 ;requirements
To keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act; or •
To prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records have not • been met; or
To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a .2 .proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
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