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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  1 January 2022 To 31 December 2022** 

**Charity name: Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East Greenwich** 

## **Charity registration number: 1175274** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Promoting in the Parish the whole<br>mission of the Church pastoral,<br>evangelistic, social and ecumenical.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|<br>Regular public worship open to all.<br><br>The provision of sacred space for<br>personal prayer and contemplation.<br><br>Pastoral work, including visiting the sick<br>and the bereaved.<br><br>Teaching of Christianity through<br>sermons, courses and small groups<br><br>Taking of religious assemblies in<br>schools.<br><br>The provision of a youth club with a<br>Christian ethos.<br><br>Promotion of Christianity through the<br>staging of events and meetings, and the<br>distribution of literature.<br><br>Promoting the whole mission of the<br>Church through provision of activities for<br>senior citizens, parents and toddlers and<br>other special need groups.<br><br>Supporting other charities|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm this|





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## **Achievements and Performance** 


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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|As COVID restrictions were lifted, the<br>churches were able to return to worshipping<br>in person within the church buildings. In<br>addition, study and discipleship groups could<br>meet in person. The Sunday services<br>continued to be available online and some<br>study groups continued to meet online or in<br>a hybrid style, making them accessible to<br>individuals who are unable to attend in<br>person. The Parish’s youth work was<br>enhanced by the hire of a youth worker<br>during 2022.|



## **Financial Review** 


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Review of the charity’s  Para 1.21  There was overall a small growth in reserves<br>financial position at the end  during the year. There is expected to be a<br>of the period  small deficit during 2023 due to pressures<br>resulting from cost increases, most notably<br>heating at St George’s and other inflationary<br>increases. The trustees will monitor the<br>situation and actively seek ways to improve<br>the financial outlook. There are currently<br>sufficient reserves to meet forecast deficits.<br>Statement explaining the  Para 1.22  Reserves Policy requires reserves of 3<br>policy for holding reserves  months bills covering the whole Parish are<br>stating why they are held  held within the Churches. The reserves held<br>considerable exceed this.<br>Amount of reserves held  Para 1.22  £181k of general reserves and £66k of<br>restricted funds – please see accounts<br>below.<br>Reasons for holding zero  Para 1.22  N/A<br>reserves<br>Details of fund materially in  Para 1.24  St George’s Church needs significant repairs<br>deficit  over the next 10 years. There is not<br>sufficient money held to do this work. Sub<br>committees continue to look at options for<br>achieving this<br>Explanation of any  Para 1.23  No significant uncertainties regarding the<br>uncertainties about the  going concern status.<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Structure, Governance and Management** 



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|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||The Parish is governed by the Parochial<br>Church Council (PCC)|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The Parochial Church Council (Powers)<br>Measures 1956 as amended and the Church<br>Representation Rules (contained in schedule<br>3 to the Synodical Government Measures<br>1969 as amended)|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by the Members of the<br>Parish. They serve for 3 years and<br>vacancies are filled annually at the Annual<br>Parochial Church Meeting (APCM).|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 


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Charity name  Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East<br>Greenwich<br>Other name the charity uses  Parish of E Greenwich<br>Registered charity number 1175274<br>Charity’s principal address  Parish of E Greenwich<br>C/ The Forum<br>Trafalgar Road<br>SE10 9EQ<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Dates acted if not for whole  Name of person (or body) entitled<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)<br>year to appoint trustee (if any)<br>1 Susan Hall  From April 2022<br>2 Joyce Stewart  From April 2022<br>3 Rev Laura Faturoti  Team Vicar<br>4 Grace Emmett<br>5 Ruth Ohlsen  Churchwarden<br>Amanda<br>6<br>MacGillivray<br>7 Pamela Zigomo  Secretary<br>8 Benyam Hagos<br>9 Alexander Homfray<br>10 Rev Jane Petrie  Team Vicar<br>11 Vanessa Stewart  From April 2022<br>12 Thomas Emmett  Treasurer  From April 2022<br>13 Folorin Akinbame  From April 2022<br>14 Ebunoluwa Faturoti From April 2022<br>Rev Dominic  Priest<br>15<br>Hubbuck<br>16 Patrick Kekula<br>17 Sussan Ibiama<br>Rev John Philpott- Assistant Priest<br>18<br>Howard<br>19 Janet Clipsham  Churchwarden<br>20 Sydney Smith  Deanery<br>21 Helen Frith  Churchwarden<br>22 Julie Mason  Reader<br>23 Michael Crawford  Churchwarden<br>24 Judith Eastaugh  Chair<br>25 Rev Margaret Cav  To April 2022<br>26 David Thomson  To April 2022<br>27 Tracey Milsom  April to May 2022<br>28 Tendai Ndanga  To April 2022<br>29 Courtney Plank  To April 2022<br>30 Paul Rogers  April to May2022<br>31 Jo Lewins  To April 2022<br>32 Olaitan Kupoluyi  To April 2022<br>33 Tim Cave  To April 2022<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** N/A 


Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 


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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**N/A** 

## **Other optional information** 



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## **Treasurer’s Report 2022** 

The financial year for 2022 was a steady year for the overall charity results. There was in total a small surplus of £10.9k, which has increased the general reserve to £181k. However, there have also been specific challenges identified within the churches. 

Christ Church made a small deficit for the year (£1.5k) and this was largely attributable to a reduction in planned giving. In St George’s, 2022 saw a surplus of £13.7k and Holy Trinity £1.6k. In addition, the Prayer Space made a surplus of £4k for the year. As noted in the prior year, it is the charity’s policy to hold reserves primarily in the churches and not the central Parish bank account, and therefore there is a deficit of £6.8k from general parish reserves for 2022. 

For 2023, the impact of reduced giving in Christ Church will continue to be felt for the full financial year, and St George’s faces the challenges of rapidly rising heating bills to keep the church building adequately warm for services and events. The central costs incurred by the Parish are also expected to exceed the available general funds within the parish account and therefore the churches will return the norm of contributing to the parish. Whilst these combined pressures are difficult, the team of treasurers (one from each church in addition to the parish treasurer) will work alongside the trustees to ensure the continued financial viability of the parish. There remain healthy reserves within the charity, and sub committees have been formed to identify opportunities for increasing income and for funding specific projects. Therefore, whilst there are challenges ahead, the parish remains in a strong position to overcome them. 

_Tom Emmett, Treasurer_ 

## **Reports from the churches of the parish** 

## **Christ Church 2022** 

2022 has been a year, which, like the previous year has seen a lot of changes and, again, it has been a very different year in the life of Christ Church. 

We started the year on a very positive note with regular in person Sunday services. Our evening Sunday services reverted to our pre-COVID monthly Taizé provision, and our midweek communion services continued with a monthly lunch being providedafter the service.  We retained our online provision, streaming all Sunday morning services on Facebook and YouTube for the benefit of housebound and overseas congregants and guests, and those who were still feeling reluctant to attend services where there would be crowds of people indoors. 

Unfortunately, our beloved Vicar and Team Rector, Rev Canon Margaret Cave left her position in the Parish to take up the post of Special Advisor to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York; and from Easter Sunday (Margaret’s last church service) we have been in a period of “interregnum”. We bid farewell to Margaret with a special service as part of the Annual Parish Church Council meeting and also held a big party (complete with quiz) which was enjoyed by all. Since Margaret left, we have, however been very blessed in our Parish and Diocesan Clergy provision and support, and Christ Church has continued to thrive throughout 2022. 



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In preparation for advertising for and appointing a new team rector, the PCC and DCC worked hard to ensure the Parish profile represented the congregations, churches and needs of the Parish, as well as our priorities, aspirations and hopes for the future. We held an away day event, where all members were invited to attend, participate in workshops  and prayerfully contribute. We chose Parish representatives and formed a steering committee to lead on the preparation and appointment, and it was prioritised as the focus of our “Big Discussions” at PCC and DCC meetings. 

Team Rector Post was advertised in August and although  several applications were received, on reviewing them the selection Panel made the difficult decision not to shortlist on this occasion and to revise some of the material and focus in the Parish Profile in order to attract applicants with more experience. Though this news was disappointing at first, we rallied and with input and support from the Diocese, PCC, DCC and congregants, we “revamped” the Parish profile with a view to re-advertising the post in early January Our in-person attendance at services has not yet returned to pre-lockdown numbers, and a number of our congregation moved out of London or overseas during the pandemic. However, we have gradually been building again, with new families and members joining – including several refugees, one of whom was baptised in the church. Overall, the church community has continued to thrive through live and online services, Children & Young People’s work and Connect groups, which have remained a mixture of inperson, but often in “hybrid” format as online attendance has proved more convenient for some attendees. 

Our commitment to inclusion and racial justice continues, with a special service held for Black History month in the autumn. 

As part of Fresh Expressions mission funding, Greenwich Sign church began planning and praying in September 2022. They have been meeting in Christ Church on Sunday afternoons (approximately once a month). With the funding, we are fortunate to have a mission enabler, Mrs Penny Beschizza who is working with the Deaf community across Southwark and Diocese and making links with those in London Diocese also. Please pray for us as we grow and develop, as we offer worship in British Sign Language and as we seek to offer training and support to those who wish to support deaf people in their community. 

_Visibility_ 

Christ Church has continued to focus on high level visibility through regular website updates and being active on social media - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. There has also been a focus on regular contact with all the members of the church family through electronic ‘Mailchimp’ messages. 

Our involvement in the local and wider community has remained strong, and we have maintained our financial support commitments to USPG in Tanzania, Power the Fight, Greenwich Debt Centre, as well as continuing to host Greenwich Food Bank and EGLAC (for which both of these Christ Church continues to provide volunteer support). We participated in Marathon Sunday in April and as part of the event we held a tea and coffee stall outside the church where we offered free drinks and biscuits to passers-by and spectators, and accepted donations for the Greenwich Winter Night Shelter; while our regular steel band set up outside the church and provided live music to add to the festive 



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atmosphere. Our Jamaican Street food and juice stalls also participated. Church members wore Christ Church T-shirts as an effective way of maintaining visibility at an outdoor event. The Christ Church “Green Team” formed in September this year, with the dual aim of increasing community visibility and caring for the local environment. A small group of volunteers meet once a month on a weekend to pick up litter around the parish and to maintain the front of the church by keeping it free from weeds and litter. 

Our usual Trafalgar Day Memorial Service went ahead this year, and we held our parish wide Carols Singing in the East Greenwich Pleasaunce,, as well as our usual celebratory Christmas events such as Carols by Candlelight and the Christmas journey, which attracted over 350 children this year. At Christmas, Christ Church participated in raising funds for Ukrainian refugee families and along with St Georges and Holy Trinity, collected over £300. During the Greenwich Forum Christmas Fair, Christ Church was open for tea, coffee and private prayer and we had a visit from the Mayor of Greenwich. 

_Growing Our Spiritual Lives Together_ Connect Groups have continued meet both in person, and via Zoom to Connect with God and connect with one another. some groups have added new members, but others have lost members. Connect groups all participated in the “Living in Love and Faith” course in January, for which a follow up service was held in church. 

_Children and Young People_ Children and Young People’s work has continued in person throughout 2022. We are delighted to have appointed Ebun Faturoti as the Parish Wide Youth Leader, and Ebun has proved a great blessing. 

The Huddle continues to meet regularly on Friday nights in the Church, and twice a month during Sunday morning services where once a month they now participate in “sermon surgery”  - an analysis and critique of the morning’s sermon. 

Pam Zigomo continues to lead Sunday Huddle, Sue Hall and Bev Irving Junior Church and Cath Hubbuck leads Sparrows. “Messy Church Goes Wild” – an outdoors variation on Messy church has attracted children and families throughout the Parish and runs once a month 

We are delighted that Christ Church has seen continued biological growth and that we have welcomed a number of new babies to our church. 

_Loving Service to the Community_ The East Greenwich Legal Advice Clinic has attained Charitable status, and is now indepedent of Christ Church, though we continue to contribute financial support. They have a new Centre manager, Emma Martin and continue to operate in the church on a regular basis. The level of demand remains high, and has increased since the cost of living has risen so sharply this year, and we are fortunate to have help from volunteers from inside and outside the church. 

Christ Church has continued to host the ‘East Greenwich’ welcome centre for the Greenwich Food Bank with venue coordinator, Stephen Wallace. Nicole Nwasike has joined the Team as our Christ Church link person. 



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The Greenwich Winter Night Shelter opened in January 2022 and is flourishing in the refurbished premises in Eltham –, with Christ Church providing some of the volunteer staff. A day centre provision offering access to showers, laundry and IT facilities and lunch opened in April  and has proved extremely beneficial and popular. 

_Care for Creation_ 

Christ Church received the Eco Church Silver Award in November 2019, and we are continuing our commitment to Care for creation, with the intention of maintaining our Silver Award, and appointing a Care for Creation “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. 

We hope and pray that our 2023 report will include the appointment ad installation of a new Team Rector! 

_Ruth Ohlsen, Michael Crawford, Churchwardens_ 

## **St George’s 2022** 

This year at St George’s has been about steady growth and readjusting after we came out of the pandemic restrictions. 

It has been over a year since we welcomed Laura and family into our church with her gentle kindness, giving us a new purpose as a church for moving forward. 

We have had a number of things happening with the social committee. We maintained our links with The Standard pub and organising a quiz like no others... The Vicars Knickers Quiz. A good time was had by all. Very noisy, raucous and enjoyable. We also had an outing to see Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall. It was a lovely day and time to spend together. 

The church spent time together with the other churches in the parish in May to look to God’s guidance for the church going forward. 

Other members of our congregation are also needing our care. Doris, our long-time member had a fall last year and has been hospitalized frequently, our prayers are with her and the family through this time. 

In June we celebrated Our late Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with afternoon tea and some prosecco of course. Jackie managed to procure a cut out of the Queen for her to share us. It was a joint effort by everyone making it a successful afternoon. 

Members of St George’s enjoyed participating in recording of Songs of Praise at the Naval College in Greenwich. It was an exciting and enjoyable, if not tiring, time and we enjoyed seeing Kathryn Jenkins perform a solo. We were shown on TV, but alas only the backs of us could be seen. 

We carried out a baptism in August and in October we held the long overdue memorial service for Vera, with a buffet tea afterwards. It was a beautiful simple service, helping us remember her cheerfulness, willingness, and kindness, as well as giving us closure. 



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Community café was launched in June of last year. A safe space to come and have a free tea/coffee and toast, having the space to be with no expectations or demands, has been welcomed by the congregation as well as people in the local community. 

Café church was also launched in October last year. A church service with a difference, having a more relaxed feel. Sitting around in an informal way enjoying tea and coffee with fruit and biscuits available . Various activities to help us see God in a different way and  a short talk expanding on the discussion. It has been generally very well received with people encouraged to participate in the services. 

## _Helen Frith and Janet Clipsham, Churchwardens_ 

## **Holy Trinity 2022** 

2022, as for churches everywhere, was a year that gave rise to a bit more ‘normality’ than the previous two years had afforded. We have continued to hold weekly services in St Mary Magdalene School, having started close to the end of 2021 - these have operated with a monthly all-age worship service on the first Sunday of the month, and a monthly Communion service on the third Sunday. We’ve also had the occasional special service elsewhere, such as our annual Easter tradition of holding services on the river beach by the Yacht Club, followed by a barbecue featuring bacon rolls and Prosecco - and Remembrance Sunday at the war memorial. 

Events-wise, we’ve held various pop-up marquees at various times - most notably at the GMVRA summer fete, when badge-making and scratch pads were a resounding success, as well as the prayer tree that allowed people to write and attach a prayer. On Good Friday and Christmas Eve we held stalls in Oval Square - giving out hot cross buns at Easter; and at Christmas doing a pop-up nativity, craft, mulled wine and mince pies. We intend to do more of this in 2023. 

We continued our weekly pattern of a Wednesday midweek gathering, which has been an encouraging and hopeful space, looking at the passages from Sunday services in more detail, and growing in faith and fellowship. We’ve also continued meeting for morning prayer at the Prayer Space on Thursday mornings. At the Prayer Space, we hired a new administrator, Marsha Brazil, halfway through 2022, which has freed up parish time and helped with the smooth running of the Prayer and Community Spaces. 

It was also a joy to start running Messy Church goes Wild in the Forest School and Community Garden area at St Mary Magdalene School, as well as some initial sessions at Christ Church School. This has been a whole Parish endeavour, and it’s been great to get up close to the natural world, in an area where the architecture means that very few Peninsula residents have patches of ground to call their own. 

In community news, it was a pleasure to chair the hustings event for the local elections in the new Peninsula Ward, which took place at St Mary Magdalene School, and to continue our involvement with Knight Dragon on the Peninsula, holding fundraisers including a Christmas chocolate collection for the local schools. We’ve also continued to be involved leading collective worship at St Mary Magdalene, with the occasional outing to Millennium Primary School as well. 



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My thanks go to all who’ve been involved in Holy Trinity in many different ways - a special shout-out to Louise Knight for her continued work as Treasurer, Aike Kennett-Brown for her involvement in service leading (and Messy Church goes Wild), and Coco Shi for worshipleading. Thanks go too to the wider Parish Ministry Team, clergy and lay, for help and support throughout the year. 

_Revd Jane Petrie, Ordained Minister for Greenwich Peninsula_ 

## **Reports from the PCC** 

## **Safeguarding** 

During 2022 we have worked hard to bring all safeguarding requirements up to best practice and to take due regard of all advice and guidance that has been issued. We held an audit of out safeguarding practices in January 2022, which highlighted some areas where we could improve and throughout 2022 we have worked with our volunteers to ensure they are able to access the training required for their role and they understand their responsibilities with regard to safeguarding. 

The meetings of our Parish Safeguarding team continued throughout 2022 to ensure that the Parish Safeguarding Officers and the Parish Safeguarding Lead were all working in the same way to ensure that the safeguarding procedures that we have work well. 

In 2023 we hope to commission further training to ensure that more people in the parish have first aid training and food hygiene certificates. 

_Revd Laura Faturoti, Team Vicar and Parish Safeguarding Lead._ 

## **Deanery Synod / Forum Report 2022** 

Deanery Forum has taken a light touch approach over this year, as we have been very aware that churches are still working hard to recover from the pandemic and to build up their own work and congregations again. It was felt very important that Deanery activity was supportive of these efforts, rather than a further drain on resources. 

As such there has only been one in person meeting this year, which was held in November 2022 and was related to the cost of living crisis. We were joined by Nicola Thomas, from the Diocese of Southwark, who shared with us local data that had been gathered, prompted us to think about what we could do about the issues in the local community and then facilitated engaging group discissions about what we might like to do collectively and as individual churches going forward. There was a real desire amongst those present to co-ordinate our work to ensure that we were servicing the local community to the best of our ability. 

Revd Laura Faturoti and Revd Liz Newman joined the leadership team as Assistant Area Deans in October 2022 and in December 2022 Revd Margaret Cave stood down as Area Dean, with Red Faturoti and Revd Newman Acting as co Area Deans until a new Area Dean is appointed, hopefully after Easter 2023. 

_Revd Laura Faturoti, Acting Area Dean_ 



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## **MAP Report 2022** 

In 2022 we were in interregnum and the parish team focused on maintaining the momentum with the mission action activities set up in the previous year. The preparations for the recruitment of the Team Rector were the focus of the Away Day and this gave the PCC time to reflect on what we had managed to achieve in the past years and the direction we would like to take with the new Team Rector in the next few years to come. In this year we started a pilot of a monthly service for deaf church and the part time Youth Worker has developed youth outreach work to include the launch of the Kick Academy – a football club for young people in the parish. 

_Pamela Zigomo, Secretary_ 



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## **Statement Of Assets & Liabilities as at 31 December 2022** 

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|**Assets**|||
|Bank -  Current accounts|204,636|196,167|
|Bank -  Deposit accounts|10,056|10,034|
|Deposits held by SDBE|32,810|32,384|
|Amounts owed between churches|0|4|
|**Total assets**|**247,501**|**238,589**|
|**Restricted funds**|||
|Restricted funds held within SDBE deposits|32,810|32,384|
|Restricted funds held within overall cash and bank|33,685|36,186|
|**Total Restricted Funds**|**66,495**|**68,569**|
|**General Fund**|||
|Opening General Fund|170,020|126,204|
|Unrestricted Surplus / (Deficit) for year|10,986|43,815|
|Closing General Fund|**181,006**|**170,020**|
|**Total Restricted and General Funds**|**247,501**|**238,589**|
|**Liabilities - settled post year-end and therefore not yet recorded in statement of receipts and payments**|||
|Liabilities to be paid from Restricted Funds|151|-|
|Liabilities to be paid from General Funds|1,056|-|
|**Total Liabilities**|**1,207**|**-**|





## **Independent examiner’s report to the members of Parochial Church Council of the Parish of East Greenwich** 

I report to the members on my examination of the accounts of the Parochial Church Council of East Greenwich Parish (PCC) for the year ended 31 December 2022. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

The members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation 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 procedures laid down in the general Directions 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 independent examiner’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 Directions 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 or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. 

- The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent examiner'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; or 

- The accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 



- The accounts did 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 ‘true 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

I have not identified any areas for improvement in this year’s examination. 

## Signed: _Adeola Boateng_ 

Name: Adeola Boateng CPFA 

Professional body: The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy 

Membership number: 00105114 

Address: 66 Caldy Road, Belvedere, DA17 6JS 

Date: 16[th] April 2023 

