**T** r **ustees’ Annual** R **epo** r **t fo** r **the pe** r **io** d **F** r **om 1 Janua** r **y 2021 Pe** r **io** d **sta** r **t** d **ate to 31** D **ecembe** r **2021 Pe** r **io** d **en** d d **ate**
## **Cha** r **ity name: Pa** r **ochial Chu** r **ch Council of the Ecclesiastical Pa** r **ish of East G** r **eenwich**
**Cha** r **ity** r **egist** r **ation numbe** r **: 1175274**
## **Objectives an** d **Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1 17 . Promoting in the Parish the whole
of the charity as set out in mission of the Church pastoral,
its governing document evangelistic, social and ecumenical .
Summary of the main Para 1 17 an . d •Regular public worship open to all.
1 19.
activities in relation to •The p rovision of sacred space for
those purposes for the personal p rayer and
public beneft, in contemplation.
particular, the activities, •Pastoral work, including visiting
projects o r services
the sick and the bereaved.
identifed in the accounts.
•Teaching of Christianity through
sermons, courses and small
groups
•Taking of religious assemblies in
schools.
•The p rovision of a youth club with
a Christian ethos.
•Promotion of Christianity through
the staging of events and
meetings, and the distribution of
literature.
•Promoting the whole mission of
the Church through p rovision of
activities for senior citizens,
parents and toddlers and other
special need rg oups.
•Supporting other charities in the
UK and overseas
Statement confrming Para 1 18 . The T rustees
whether the t rustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public beneft
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## **Achievements an** d **Pe** r **fo** r **mance**
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SORP reference
Summary of the main All 3 Churches’ activities were severely
achievements of the restricted by COVID and the attendant
charity, i dentifying the restrictions on human activity. Both
Para 1 20 .
diference the charity’s Christ Church and St Georges continued
work has made to the to put out online services on Sundays
circumstances of its via Facebook and YouTube and all 3 of
benefciaries and any our Churches continued study and
wider benefts to society discipleship G roups online.
as a whole.
Financial R eview
Review of the charity’s Para 1 21 . The reserve in the Parish has g rown
fnancial position at the
end of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1 22 . Reserves Policy requires reserves of 3
policy for holding reserves months bills covering the whole Parish
stating why they a re held are held within the Churches. The
reserves held considerable exceed this.
Amount of reserves held Para 1 22 . £240K
Reasons for holding zero Para 1 22 .
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1 24 . St George’s Church needs signifcant
in defcit repairs over the next 10 years. There is
not sufcient money held to do this
work. Sub committees continue to look
at options for achieving this.
Explanation of any Para 1 23 .
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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## **St** r **uctu** r **e, Gove** r **nance an** d M **anagement**
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Description of charity’s The Charity is governed by its PCC
trusts: (Parochial Church Council)
Type of governing Para 1 25 . The Parochial Church Council (Powers)
document Measures 1956 as amended and the
(trust deed, royal charter) Church Representation
Rules (contained in Schedule 3 to the
Synodical Government Measures 1969
as amended)
How is the charity Para 1 25 . Unincorporated association
constituted?
(e g uninco. rporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1 25 . Trustees a re elected by the Members of
methods including details the Parish. They serve for 3 years and
of any constitutional vacancies a re flled annually at the
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provisions e g . . election to post o r name of any person o r body entitled to appoint one o r more trustees
APCM meeting
## R **efe** r **ence an** d **A** d **minist** r **ative** d **etails**
> Charity name **Pa** r **ochial Chu** r **ch Council of the Ecclesiastical Pa** r **ish of East G** r **eenwich**
Other name the charity Parish of E G reenwich uses Registered charity 1175274 number Charity’s p rincipal a ddress Parish of E G reenwich C/ The Forum Trafalgar Road SE10 9EQ
## **Names of the cha** r **ity** r **t ustees who manage the cha** r **ity**
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Name of pe r son (o r bo d y)
D ates acte d if not fo r
T r ustee name Ofce (if any) entitle d to appoint r t ustee
whole yea r
(if any)
Rev Margaret Chair Ex ofcio
1
Cave
Rev John Philpot Assistant P riest Ex ofcio
2
Howard
3 Jane Petrie Team Vicar Ex ofcio
Dominic Priest Ex ofcio
4
Hubbuck
Laura Faturoti Team Vicar Ex Ofcio
5
Esther Reader Jan – Nov 21 Ex ofcio
6
Whittlesea Read
7 Tim Cave Reader/Deanery Ex ofcio
8 Julie Mason Reader Ex ofcio
Sussan Ibiama
9
10 David Thomson PCC
11 Janet Clipsham Churchwarden
12 Helen F rith Churchwarden
13 Gav Desir To April 21 PCC
14 Kerry Mehmi To April 21 PCC
15 Folarin Akinbami To April 21 PCC
16 Patrick Kekula PCC
17 Tracey Milsom PCC
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18 Michael C rawford Churchwarden
19 Judith Eastaugh Deanery/Treasurer PCC
20 Pansy G raham Deanery To April 21
21 Olaitan Kupoluyi PCC
22 Tendai N danga PCC
23 Courtney Plank PCC
24 Sydney Smith Deanery
25 Ruth Ohlsen Churchwarden PCC
26 Grace Emmett
Amanda
27
McGillivray
28 Ben Hagos
29 Paul Rogers
30 Jo Lewins
31 Alex Homfray
32 Pam Zigomo
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Name of t rustees holding title to p roperty belonging to the charity
**T** r **ustee name** D **ates acte** d **if not fo** r **whole yea** r **N/A**
**Fun** d **s hel** d **as custo** d **ian** r **t ustees on behalf of othe** r **s** Description of the assets NONE held in this capacity
## **T** R **EASU** R **E** R **’S** R **EPO** R **T 2021**
2021 saw our Churches’ incomes restored to p re – COVID levels and both Christ Church and St George’s were able to return surpluses well ahead of budget largely due to depressed spending as a result of the Lockdowns and other restrictions on activities that were in place throughout large parts of the year.
Our reserves held steady although there was signifcant planned expenditure on the Balcony Project at Christ Church, this was ofset by b ringing the P rayer Space reserves into the Consolidated Accounts for the f rst time. In line with our Policy to hold reserves at the Church level, the reserve held at the Parish also decreased in 2021 as it was used to pay for its activities and this will continue in 2022. The reserve at St George’s increased in line with its objective of saving to partially fund ra edevelopment. Overall reserves a re strong and the Parish is in a good place to face the changing wor d l it operates in.
## R **EPO** R **TS** R **F O** M **THE CHU** R **CHES OF THE PA** R **ISH**
## **Ch** r **ist Chu** r **ch 2021**
2021 has been a year in which we have g ratefully and rg adually emerged rf om lockdown. We have seen a lot of changes and, again, it has been a very diferent year in the life of Christ Church.
We had hoped to start the year on a very positive note by resuming weekly midweek Holy Communion services in the church, however renewed restrictions imposed for Lockdown 3 in early January meant that this was not possible, and all regular Sunday worship services remained online although we were able to b roadcast some services live f rom the church and be open for funerals. Our Holy Week and Easter services were all online in 2021. We also hosted after church “cofee mornings” on Zoom once a month after church, and our “Sunday at Six” evening p rovision continued, with short talks on Zoom followed by refection and discussion, and occasional Social events such as quizzes, and a virtual p rayer room and vigil as part of the ‘Thy Kingdom Come’.
During this time, we g radually began “coming out” of lockdown and started more live activities such as a parish p rayer walk, some Sunday evening worship, talks in church and midweek Holy Communion. Once restrictions were further lifted, we resumed our regular Sunday morning services in church at the end of June although we made the decision to continue to stream them live on Facebook and YouTube. Our in-person attendance has fuctuated and has not yet reverted to p re lockdown numbers. However, it does continue to g row, and has been partially ofset by some new members joining us and the steady and considerable numbers who continue to attend online.
Overall, the church community has continued to thrive through live and online services, Children & Young People’s work and Connect g roups, which have resumed in-person, but often in “hybr di ” format as online attendance has p roved more convenient for some attendees.
We a re delighted that the balcony refurbishment p roject was completed in early June in time for our Sunday worship to start again in the church and this has been a welcome a ddition to allowing more light into the building, as well as p roviding more seating and space for people to “spread out” o r sit in comfort on the sofas during services.
We held a special ‘back to church’ Sunday service in September focussing on Climate Sunday joined by Bishop Christopher who blessed the balcony, p reached and rp esided. The service was followed by an outdoor celebration for all in the church garden, compete with Jamaican street food and festive drinks.
A special baptism and confrmation service was held in November, p resided over by Bishop Karowei, with infants, young people and da ults all being confrmed and baptised together. Our commitment to inclusion and racial justice continues, with two special services held for Black History month in the autumn.
Early in the year, Megan Husband joined as our parish a dministrator with a particular focus on Christ Church. She has made an enormous contribution to the life of Christ Church.
_Visibility_
Christ Church has continued to focus on high level visibility both during lockdown and beyond through regular website updates and being active on social media - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. In particular, the website ‘Covid-19’ page, which was set up in the f rst week of lockdown, together with social media and A Church Near You has been regularly updated as restrictions have changed. There has also been a focus on regular contact with all the members
of the church family through a number of hard copy mailings as well as electronic ‘ Mailchimp’ messages.
We were fortunate that Marathon Sunday was rescheduled for October, and as part of the event we held a tea and cofee stall outside the church where we ofered rf ee drinks to passers-by and spectators; while our regular steel band set up outside the church and rp ovided live music to a dd to the festive atmosphere. Our Jamaican street food and juice stalls also participated. Church members wore Christ Church T-shirts as an efective way of maintaining visibility safely at an outdoor event. Our parish wide Carols Singing in the East G reenwich Pleasaunce went ahead in 2021, as d d i the usual celebratory Christmas events such as Carols by Candlelight and the Christmas journey.
r _G owing Ou_ r _Spi_ r _itual Lives Togethe_ r As government restrictions on meeting in indoor spaces continued, Connect G roups continued mainly to meet via Zoom to Connect with God and connect with one another. Although we were online, we managed to continue and thrive, with some g roups a dding new members. The hard copy mailings in 2021 had a particular focus on encouraging everyone to remain connected during lockdown and to encourage people in p rayer, and activity, such as the mailing of packets of mustard seeds to everyone during our “parables” themed worship series. The worship band led by Jim has continued its amazing job of p roviding worship videos for our online services which have been really appreciated by everyone in the church family while we were still operating under restrictions. However, it was fantastic to be able to sing again in church f rom the autumn.
_Chil_ dr _en an_ d _Young People_ Children and Young People’s work has continued throughout 2021 whether online o r in person.
The Huddle started meeting again regularly on F r di ay nights in the Church in the autumn afte trying various diferent formats over late 2020 and early 2021.
Sunday CYP work continued in three diferent g roups on Zoom once a fortnight: Sparrows, Junior Church and Sunday Huddle. Then it started again in person once we were back in church in the summer thanks to Pam Zigomo leading Sunday Huddle, Sue Hall and Bev I rving Junior Church and Cath Hubbuck leading Sparrows.
We a re delighted that Christ Church has seen continued biological g rowth and that we have welcomed a number of new babies to our church family during lockdown.
Working with our deanery colleagues and led by Revd Dom, we held the Christmas Journey for schools in 2021 which was a wonderful way of re connecting with our schools and local community at Christmas. _Loving Se_ r _vice to the Community_ The East G reenwich Legal A dvice Clinic has remained busy in lockdown via telephone and online consultations and started operating again in real life in the autumn. The level of demand remains high, and we a re fortunate to have help f rom volunteers f rom inside and outside the church community with Tim Cave as clinic coordinator. EGLAC successfully applied to become a Charitable Incorporated rO ganisation in the autumn of 2021 but will continue to operate f rom the Christ Church building.
Christ Church has continued to host the ‘East G reenwich’ welcome centre for the G reenwich Food Bank with venue coordinator, Stephen Wallace as foodbanks were exempt f rom lockdown. Sonia Egure has now joined the team as our Christ Church link person.
The G reenwich Winter Night Shelter has undergone a t ransformation in p rovision, with a dedicated rp emise i dentifed and refurbished in Eltham – this space will open in early 2022 and will replace the rotating venue model with involved Christ Church hosting homeless guests on Monday nights.
_Ca_ r _e fo_ r r _C eation_ Christ Church received the Eco Church Silver Award in November 2019, and we a re continuing our commitment to Care for rc eation, with the intention of maintaining our Silver Award, and appointing a Care for rC eation “Champion” to spearhead the drive for a Gold Award. During and since lockdowns, we have continued to work hard to make our church garden a haven of peace for people and wildlife.
M _a_ r _ga_ r _et Cave, Vica_ r _an_ d _Team_ R _ecto_ r R _uth Ohlsen,_ M _ichael C_ r _awfo_ rd _, Chu_ r _chwa_ rd _ens_
## **St Geo** r **ge’s 2021**
We started the year in lockdown again but with renewed hope that there was a vaccine which would help us all to overcome Covid. Life was very diferent this year as we were in an interregnum. Our church services were on zoom and facebook, meetings were on zoom. We still managed to keep in touch with everyone either by phone calls, zoom cofee chats after morning service and we sent out two special g reeting cards to everyone the f rst included a small c ross and the second da ove. During this time we had ra g eat deal of support f rom the parish with the Rev. Barbara Moss taking two services per month and continuing with bible studies on zoom, Rev John Philpott-Howard continued to lead Sceptics G roup on the f rst Sunday evening of the month via zoom. Rev Margaret Cave worked rti elessly to ensure that St George’s was allocated a part time stipend, thank-you.
Throughout Lent, lentern refections were held on zoom but behind the scenes plans were being made to reopen St George’s in line with government recommendations and it was with g reat joy that we held our rf st service on Good r dF i ay when the church was open for refections with our Easter Sunday service at 9 30am as we continue . d our online service at 11am thanks to Paul and Tracey. We continued with the two services each Sunday until on 27th June we moved the in person service to a new time of 10 30am an. d stopped our online service. We continued to observe socially distancing and masks were worn, but singing was reintroduced. During this period we began to a dvertise our vacant position and on 10th July interviews were held for the vacancy. We were very pleased to learn that Rev Laura Faturoti had been successful and had accepted the position and it was with g reat delight that we were able to welcome Laura and her family on the 14th September at her licensing service. Welcome Laura, Ebun, Lucas, Elli and Levi.
It is with sadness that we have to report that two of our long term members have died, Ron Turner who’s funeral was held on the 23rd June and Audley Johnson who’s funeral took place on the 1st August.
Changes have taken place with our Junior Church, many thanks to T racey for taking over the lead and many thanks to Julie for all the work that she has done in the past. The Junior Church now follow “Godly Play” which is very child centred asking questions such as “I wonder what … ”.
etc. We a re working alongside Christ Church in this endeavour and ra e g rateful to Sue Hall who has p rovided support and rt aining for St George’s as well as a very informative study evening for the DCC. This is p roving very popular with our younger members of our church.
Tentative plans were being made for Christmas services but with the rise of Covid numbers due to the Omnicran variant we were unsure what we would be possible. Our outreach p rogramme continued with us leading Carol singing outside of the Royal Standard pub. In the end, we were able to hold a carol service in Church, somewhat diferent than was planned with less singing and we were not able to have our choir leading the singing but even with these changes the services were joyous and full of love and hope for this Christmas and future services.
Lots of people have worked rti elessly within the church during these very difcult times and we are very g rateful for all their inputs especially the DCC and PCC.
Many thanks to you all who have helped to make this very difcult year successful.
_Helen F_ r _ith an_ d _Janet Clipsham - Chu_ r _ch Wa_ rd _ens_
## **Holy** r **T inity 2021**
2021 at Holy T rinity was, as for the other churches in the Parish, a strange year, but one in which we took signifcant steps forward. Most notably, we established worship services in North Greenwich; initially f rom June with a monthly family-friendly service (as part of a pattern running also once a month at Christ Church) and a monthly service aimed more squarely at a dults, the latter of which spent the summer and autumn thinking about the theme of ‘Blessing’. We have been fortunate to be able to hold these services in the chapel at St Mary Magdalene School, which is a fantastic and very versatile space, and have established a small but dedicated community, which we seek to g row in 2022.
At the beginning of A dvent we then took the step of starting to hold worship services on a weekly basis, including a special Christmas e dition of our family-friendly services, featuring diferent scenes f rom the Christmas story, children and da ults in fancy-dress, lantern-making, and the outdoor classroom at the school doubling as the stable, complete with real-life Mary and (four-month-old) baby Jesus.
We continued our weekly pattern of a Wednesday midweek gathering, which has been a place of encouragement and rg owth, spending the autumn looking at the book of Acts and increasing in prayer and fellowship. We’ve also been able to continue meeting for morning p rayer at the Prayer Space on Thursday mornings. At the P rayer Space, bookings have increased as Covid has receded - and we also ran a successful interfaith gathering in October attended by a good number of local faith leaders, as well as key members of G reenwich Council, including the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council. We hope to build on this work in 2022.
I have continued to be involved at St Mary Magdalene School, taking collective worship in both primary and secondary, and also being involved in F r di ay afternoon sessions exploring ‘big questions’ about Christianity with year eight classes. I also made a couple of visits to Millennium P rimary School via Zoom and in person, talking about Christian festivals and the Christian understanding of peace.
We ran a successful Easter rt ail for local families in conjunction with developer Knight Dragon, which involved them spelling out words via letters hidden on the Peninsula, in exchange for Easter eggs, and at the same time also took up a collection of money which we used to make Easter food parcels for local vulnerable school families. My thanks go to all who’ve been involved in Holy T rinity in many diferent ways - and a special thank you to Louise Knight for her continued work as T reasurer. R _ev_ d _Jane Pet_ r _ie, O_ rd _aine_ d M _iniste_ r _fo_ r r _G eenwich Peninsula_
## **PCC** R **EPO** R **Ts**
## **Safegua** rd **ing**
Our church services in the parish largely remained online for the f rst six months of 2021 and our activities remained curtailed.
Since being back in church for services, children & young people’s g roups and other activities from summer 2021, we have been p reparing regular risk assessments using the Church of England template. As restrictions have changed and Church of England guidance has been amended, we have had to update risk assessments for regular and one-of activities.
Later in 2021, we resumed our parish safeguarding team meetings with the three post holders and the two parish safeguarding ofcers. This has led to us starting an audit of our parish safeguarding p rocedures which will continue into 2022. This p rocess will include an audit of our procedures for DBS checks, safeguarding t raining, registration forms and the keeping of registers as well as a reas such as f rst aid rt aining and food hygiene certifcates.
The Revd Laura Faturoti, team vicar at St George’s, will be taking on the lead clergy safeguarding role in the parish f rom January 2022.
## R _ev_ d M _a_ r _ga_ r _et Cave, Team_ R _ecto_ r.
## D **eane** r **y Syno** d **/Fo** r **um** R **epo** r **t 2021**
Deanery Forum Started the year with a Zoom meeting in which we were assisted by Jay Colwill to form a Mission Action Plan, we i dentifed M6 ission: Deanery O rganisation
- Local Development/ Parish Resources
- Eco Deanery
- Deanery Schools
- Social Justice
- Funerals
At our May meeting (still by zoom) we discussed a plan for setting up a G reenwich CAP. The plan was p resented by Jamie Ginns and Leanne Rivett. Our November meeting was in person and we had an inspiring review of the many social Justice Projects run through o r in our Deanery. It was good for us to see how much is going on to reveal the many synergies between the p rojects.
- Foodbank
- GWNS
- CAP
- EGLAC
- ECO Church
- Safe Families
-
_Ju_ d _ith Eastaugh_ D _eane_ r _y_ R _ep_
## M **AP** R **EPO** R **T 2021**
2021 has been all about the future and getting back into Church reimagining Church and our projects whilst living with COVD and its aftermath. There have been many discussion of what Church should look like and how it should change and indeed in what ways it should stay the same. We have also revisited our rp oject and mission actions. Inclusion and Diversity were the topics for the Away Day discussion and the Inclusion Team now report at our PCC meetings. We revisited all of our CYP p rojects in our November meeting and agreed some changes including seeking to appoint a part time Youth Worker to the Parish.
_Ju_ d _ith Eastaugh - Sec_ r _eta_ r _y_
## **Examine** r **’s** R **epo** r **t**
## **In** d **epen** d **ent examine** r **’s** r **epo** r **t to the membe** r **s of Pa** r **ochial Chu** r **ch Council of the Pa** r **ish of East G** r **eenwich**
I report to the members on my examination of the accounts of the Parochial Church Council of East G reenwich Parish (PCC) for the year ended 31 December 2021.
## R **espective** r **esponsibilities of** r **t ustees an** d **examine** r
The members of the PCC a re responsible for the p reparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the p rocedures laid down in the general D ri ections given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of in** d **epen** d **ent examine** r **’s statement**
I report in respect of my examination of the PCC’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable D ri ections given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. An examination includes:
- A review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.
- It also includes consideration of any unusual items o r disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations f rom the t rustees concerning any such matters.
- The p rocedures undertaken do not p rovide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts p resent a ‘t rue and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **In** d **epen** d **ent examine** r **'s statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- The accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; o r
- The accounts d d i not accord with the accounting records; o r
- The accounts d d i not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘t rue and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in o rder to enable a p roper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
I have not i dentifed any a reas for improvement in this year’s examination.
## Signed: _A_ d _eola Boateng_
Name: A deola Boateng CPFA Professional body: The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Membership number: 00105114
Address:66 Caldy Road, Belvedere, DA17 6JS Date: 20[th] March 2022
D **ecla** r **ations**
## **The** r **t ustees** d **ecla** r **e that they have app** r **ove** d **the** r **t ustees’** r **epo** r **t above** . **Signe** d **on behalf of the cha** r **ity’s** r **t ustees**
**Signatu** r **e(s)** _JP Eastaugh_
**Full name(s)** Judith Eastaugh
**Position (eg** Treasurer/Secretary **Sec** r **eta** r **y, Chai** r **, etc)**
D **ate** 23 March 2021