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2020-12-31-accounts

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HANWELL ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020

Incumbent (Rector) Revd Andrew Dand (chair) Curate Revd Susy Dand Permission to Officiate Revd Helen Cosstick

Churchwardens Helen White Tim Barnes PCC Secretary Beryl Bevan Treasurer Yvonne Johnson & Neil Davies (From October 2020)

Representatives on the Deanery Synod

Edsel Jodhan

Elected Members Camille Adams Tamsyn Kent Beryl Bevan Susan Powrie Gareth Bevan Monique Richards Lucy Rocques Simon Croyden Monique Richards Hannah Foxcroft David Sebuyira Yvonne Johnson

Safeguarding Officer

Maria Barnes

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.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Rector in promoting the whole mission of the Church within the ecclesiastical parish: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

It also has maintenance and safeguarding responsibilities for the Church Hall on Greenford Avenue, which is primarily let to community users, but also used for church activities and events, including the Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter, our weekly play group Noah’s Ark, and Make Lunch.

General Statistics

Church membership

As at 31st December 2020 there were 163 People on the Church Electoral Roll. Of these 70% were resident in the parish. Of the total Electoral Roll, 56% were female and 44% were male.

Occasional Offices

During 2020 there was 1 baptism and 1 marriage in church, and the clergy conducted the funerals of 16 parishioners (2 at St Mary’s church).

Review of the year

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (at which 4 new PCC members were elected), and the Annual Meeting of Parishioners (at which two churchwardens were elected) were held on Sunday 18[th] October 2019 in accordance with the Church Representation Rules and The Churchwardens Measure. The full PCC met 5 times during the year with an average attendance level of 83.7% In addition, we held a PCC vision morning in February at St Nicholas Church in Perivale.

During the year we had several changes of personnel in key roles. In June Revd Susy Dand joined us as Curate from St Thomas, Hanwell. Her licensing by Bishop Pete took place on Zoom and was live streamed to our Facebook page. Susy will serve as Curate until June 30[th] 2021.

Our Administrator Charlie Wheeler left in August to begin ordination training at Ridley Hall in Cambridge. Sophie Dand joined us in September as our new Administrator, joining Lucy Roques on our staff team.

Tim Barnes and Helen White continued in their roles as churchwardens.

2020 has been a year unlike any other as we felt the full force of the global Covid-19 pandemic here in the UK. Almost every aspect of church life has been affected on some level in a year where we have needed to innovate and radically rethink what worshipping together and undertaking mission looks like. We have been through two periods of National

lockdown in 2020, the first from 23[rd] March to 4[th] July, and then 5[th] November to 2[nd] December, where public worship was prohibited by law.

We have added a new lexicon of words and phrases to our lives with ‘online worship’, ‘social distancing’, ‘pivoting’, ‘facemasks’, ‘in person’, ‘PCR tests’ and ‘Zoom’ all becoming a familiar part of daily life.

In a year that has been extremely difficult on many levels, God has clearly been at work in the life of our church. Given sufficient time to reflect, we will see many positive impacts and changes to retain as we move forwards.

I shall divide my report into two halves, the innovations we have made, and then the things which have not been able to happen during 2020 as a result of the pandemic.

Sunday Worship

From the beginning of the first national lockdown we moved our Sunday worship online, using the ‘Facebook Live’ feature of our church Facebook account. This was the beginning of an adventure which would last the rest of 2020. We choose to try and embrace the new medium on it’s own terms, rather than to replicate what we did in more normal circumstances, meaning a shorter focussed service (about 30mins) with dedicated time before and after for people to interact through the comments feature. ‘Virtual coffee time’ and ‘questions of the week’ soon became a highlight for many as we found new ways to share with one another what was going on..

Holy Week and Easter reflections and services were held entirely online during 2020.

We have engaged with many new people, and reconnected with old friends, through our online services, and many new people have joined our church family as a result. Even when we were able to return to service in our building we retained (unlike other churches locally) good numbers attending online.

In August we were able to return to worshipping in our church building with social distancing and other restrictions in place, alongside our online offer. In September we relaunched our Sunday offer with the ‘Online @9’ and the 10:30am ‘In Church’ with a view that people could ‘mix and match’ between the two. Our online service remained the place and this was where most people choose to gather on a Sunday morning.

In October we invested into upgrading our streaming technology and the Online@9 gained the capacity to have guest preachers join the service, the use of graphics on screen and upgraded sound and vision.

We relaunched our Family services in October, moving to the first Sunday of each month, giving our children an opportunity to worship inside our building.

Wednesday Communion restarted alongside Sundays in church and has been particularly helpful for those who have wanted to worship in church but avoid the larger number of people on Sunday and the associated Covid risks.

Junior Church and Youth

Both of these groups moved online with mixed success. Junior church online launched in September and now has a committed core group of children and leaders. We ran a small number of ‘in person’ Junior church sessions in the summer and Autumn terms.

Youth have struggled to engage online (with so much of their life, including school, having done so). But we were able to run some sessions ‘in person’ over the summer and beginning of Autumn terms.

Pastoral Care

During the first lockdown we were able to set up a comprehensive network for pastoral care, dividing people up into groups into which they naturally fell, and tasking a group of leaders to keep in touch on a regular basis through that time and facilitate help where needed.

Deliveries of service sheets, prayer resources, and daily bible readings have been made available through 2020 to those who have been unable to join us for online events.

Online Events and Ministries

Many other aspects of church life have moved online in 2020. Our APCM took place as a hybrid meeting based in church, with others joining online via Zoom. PCC has met on Zoom, as did the Lent course ‘Prayer: Toolbox Talks’ which we began in person.

Our Choir have been meeting via Zoom, and then ‘in person’ in small groups when restrictions have allowed. They have created recordings which we have used in reflections and Christmas services.

We moved into the world of online giving , both for our regular donations and for one off campaigns. We took part in Tearfund’s ‘Big Quiz’ hosting the entire event on the Zoom platform with teams in their own ‘breakout rooms’.

We augmented our live streamed Sunday content with a series of pre-recorded reflections throughout the year which has been well received and broadened what we could offer.

St Mary’s Players Panto

Not deterred by the pandemic this year’s panto ‘Puss in Boots’ took place on Zoom and provided some much needed fun and cheer to many across two performances. A recording was made available for people to watch online over the Christmas holidays.

Christmas

Against the backdrop of great uncertainty on the Covid front, and restrictions like not being able to sing in church, we took a hybrid approach to Christmas. ‘Lessons and Carols’ became ‘Carols @ Home’ on Zoom featuring a mix of live music plus pre-recorded content from the choir.

The Christingle took place online to a far smaller audience than in previous years, and featured a ‘virtual congregation’ of families who had dressed up to join in with telling the nativity story, and pre-recorded music from our band.

Christmas Day took place in church, and the service was live streamed at the same time.

The flip side of all that has taken place has been the impact on ministries and events that haven’t taken place:

Make Lunch hasn’t taken place in 2020, and a decision was taken by Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter not to run for the 2020/21 season as it’s multi-church model could not be delivered in a Covid secure way. We hope these ministries may restart in 2021. Similarly, Noah’s Ark , our toddler group, hasn’t run since the first lockdown in March, again we hope to restart in 2021 when possible.

The Church Hall has been closed to users for large parts of 2020, with the nursery returning last June, and some users briefly returned in the Autumn term. However, thanks to a grant of £10,000 and a £5,000 legacy we have been able to completely refurbish the kitchen to bring it up to standard for preparing food.

We were unbale to run Church Open Afternoons , and popular Autumn events like the Autumn Fair and Harvest Hog Roast could not take place. Ealing Half Marathon was cancelled so we could not serve as a water station like previous years.

The Family Life Project (replacement of the ‘Ark’ buildings) has been paused after much progress had begun at the beginning of 2020, we hope to review our needs and restart this work in 2021

However, our support for Ealing Foodbank and the Women’s refuge has evolved and through online giving we have been able to provide food, games table and smart TV to the refuge, and money and food donations to the Foodbank.

The Grow Course (diocese initiative) which we began so positively at the end of 2019 was postponed by the team running it and will return in a revamped format online in 2021. We will continue to complete the course next year.

Growth – we have seen many come to join our church family through 2020, but also seen many younger families move away. The lockdown and enforced pause in our lives has given a great many people chance to reflect on London life and all its challenges. We, like other churches, have seen many making big decisions to leave London, largely enabled by the rise of remote working, and less need to be situated close to a workplace.

Although we have kept records of numbers attending services in church and online it is difficult to make any meaningful comparison to previous years. Our anecdotal observation is that the vast majority of our church family have been able to stay connected and worship with us across the year, though not all – it is too soon to tell what impact the pandemic will have on our congregation numbers.

Financial review for the year ended 31[st] December 2020

Overall income - £146,869

Income excluding the Hall grant was £28,075 lower than 2019 of which £17,114 related to the hall.

Overall expenditure - £158,341

Expenditure for the year excluding the Kitchen refurb was £11,369 lower than 2019.

Hall kitchen refurbishment cost £14,777 of which £10,000 was funded by a grant and the balance from the Legacy fund.

Fabric fund The annual grant from the Hobbayne Charity of £7,500 was received and £2,908 paid out.

General fund (all income excluding the Hall) deficit This was £38,581 and was covered by £26,381 from the Hall fund and reducing reserves by £12,000

Hall fund the fund balance of £38,262 was utilised to cover the General fund deficit and a transfer of £2,500 to set up a recovery fund, primarily for technology spend in 2021, leaving a balance of £9,137.

Reserve fund Due to the impact of the pandemic, it was necessary to deplete the reserve fund by £12,000 to £15,000.

Chris Cosstick, Interim Treasurer

Safeguarding

Our Safeguarding Co-ordinator Maria Barnes, on behalf of the PCC states that it has, to the best of its knowledge, taken all reasonable steps to comply with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016.

There were 2 DBS checks carried out in 2020. There will be 9 DBS checks/renewals to be carried out in 2021

We took part in the Past Case Review 2 process (PCR2). We have had 0 incidents to report to the Diocese Safeguarding Team in 2020.

Conclusion

2020 has been a year like no other, one marked by profound difficulty and suffering on many levels, but also by a renewed and deepened reliance on God. We have ‘pivoted’ and innovated in order to keep gathering to worship both online, and when possible, in church, and as the dust settles in 2021 I have no doubt that we will have learned much that can be taken forwards and shape new growth in the future.

Rev Andrew Dand Incumbent and Chair 5[th] May 2021

St Mary's Church Hanwell

Statement of Financial Activities

For the period from 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total Prior year
funds funds funds funds total funds
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary income 97,382 7,560 104,942 97,753
Activities for generating funds 40,678 40,678 61,771
Investment income 57 57 207
Other incoming resources 1,191 1,191 5,212
Total income 139,309 7,560 146,869 164,944
Resources used
Cost of generating funds 21 21 147
Cost of generating voluntary income 50 50 2,948
Charitable activities 147,750 3,411 151,161 143,812
Governance costs 1,877 1,877 732
Other resources used 5,234 5,234 7,653
Total expenditure 154,933 3,411 158,344 155,293
Net income / (expenditure) resources before transfer (15,623) 4,148 (11,474) 9,651
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in 81,993 6,367 88,360 38,438
Gross transfers between funds - out (75,038) (13,322) (88,360) (38,438)
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains / losses on investment assets 45,786 45,786 45,446
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use
Net movement in funds (8,668) 42,979 34,311 55,097
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 20,989 1,359,107 1,380,096 1,324,998
Total funds carried forward 12,320 1,402,087 1,414,407 1,380,096

There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown

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St Mary’s Church Hanwell

End of Year Financial Statements Year ending 31[st] December 2020

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of St Mary Church Hanwell

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st December which are set out on finance pages of the Annual Report.

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The charity’s trustees 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(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of Independent Examiner's report

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 you as 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

Since the gross income for the year exceeds the amount provided in section 145(3) of the Act, I confirm that I am qualified to act as Independent Examiner under the provisions of that section of the Act and that my qualification is as shown below.

Kevin Ogilvie

Charity Bookkeeping and Examination Services 13 Evelyns Close, Hillingdon, Middlesex, UB8 3LR

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Statement of Financial Activities

UnrestrictedDesignatedRestrictedEndowment
TotalPrior year
funds
funds
funds
funds
fundstotal funds
UnrestrictedDesignatedRestrictedEndowment
TotalPrior year
funds
funds
funds
funds
fundstotal funds
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary income 87,383
10,000
7,560

104,943
97,753
Activities for generating funds 1,276
39,403


40,679
61,772
Investment income 57



57
207
Other incoming resources 1,191



1,191
5,212
Total income 89,907
49,403
7,560

146,870
164,945
Resources used
Cost of generating funds 21



21
147
Cost of generating voluntary income 50



50
2,948
Charitable activities 121,306
26,445
3,411

151,161
143,812
Governance costs 1,877



1,877
732
Other resources used 5,234



5,234
7,654
Total expenditure 128,488
26,445
3,411

158,344
155,293
Net income / (expenditure) resources
before transfer
(38,581)
22,958
4,149

(11,475)
9,652
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in 54,063
27,934
6,439

88,436
38,438
Gross transfers between funds - out (15,481)
(59,630)
(13,326)

(88,436)
(38,438)
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains / losses on investment assets

45,786

45,786
45,446
Net movement in funds 1
(8,738)
43,048

34,311
55,098
Total funds brought forward 0
20,989
1,359,107

1,380,097
1,324,999
Total funds carried forward 1
12,251
1,402,156

1,414,408
1,380,097

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Balance sheet

Class and code
Description
Thisyear
Lastyear
Fixed assets
6431
Church Hall
1,354,131
1,308,345
Total Fixed assets 1,354,131
1,308,345
Current assets
6510
CAF Gold Account
39,977
48,045
6541
Barclays current account
2,793
17,420
6542
CAF Cash Account
13,256
10,673
6543
Hall Account
0
0
6544
Charities Account

6545
Business Saver Account

6590
Cash in hand

Z05
Accounts Receivable
16,961
600
Total Current assets 72,986
76,737
Liabilities
6699
Agency collections
1,115
1,848
Z04
Accounts Payable
11,594
3,137
Total Liabilities 12,709
4,985
Net Asset surplus(defcit) 1,414,408
1,380,097
Reserves
Excess / (defcit) to date (11,475)
9,652
Z01
Starting balances
1,380,097
1,324,999
Z02
Gains/(losses) on investment assets
45,786
45,446
Z03
Gains and losses own use

Total Reserves 1,414,408
1,380,097
Represented by funds
Unrestricted 1
0
Designated 12,251
20,989
Restricted 1,402,156
1,359,107
Endowment
Total 1,414,408
1,380,097

Signed

Signature ___ ___ Name ___ __ Position ___ ____

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Date

Fund movement by type

Opening Incoming Outgoing TransfersGains/losses Closing
General - General fund
Unrestricted 0
89,907
128,488
38,582

1
Sub-total for General 0
89,907
128,488
38,582

1
Hall - St Mary's Hall Fund
Designated 15,304
49,403
26,445
(29,125)

9,137
Sub-total for Hall 15,304
49,403
26,445
(29,125)

9,137
Recover - Recovery
Designated


2,500

2,500
Sub-total for Recover


2,500

2,500
Fabric - St Mary's Fabric Fun
Restricted 25,602
7,500
2,909


30,193
Sub-total for Fabric 25,602
7,500
2,909


30,193
Reserves - Reserves Fund
Restricted 22,000


(7,000)

15,000
Sub-total for Reserves 22,000


(7,000)

15,000
Assets - Church Hall Fixed As
Restricted 1,308,345



45,786
1,354,131
Sub-total for Assets 1,308,345



45,786
1,354,131
Crypt - Crypt Fund
Restricted 1,092

164


928
Sub-total for Crypt 1,092

164


928
Choir - Choir Fund
Restricted 0


0

Sub-total for Choir 0


0

Legacies - Legacies
Designated 5,000


(5,000)

Sub-total for Legacies 5,000


(5,000)

HighClean - High Level Cleaning
Restricted 1,904




1,904
Sub-total for HighClean 1,904




1,904
NightShelt - Night Shelter
Restricted 233
60
338
46

Sub-total for NightShelt 233
60
338
46

Lunch - Make Lunch
Designated 614




614
Sub-total for Lunch 614




614
Messy - Messy Church
Designated 71


(71)

Restricted (71)


71

Sub-total for Messy 0


0

SJGZim - SJG Zimbabwe
Restricted 1


(1)

Sub-total for SJGZim 1


(1)

SJG - Events
Restricted 1


(1)

Sub-total for SJG 1


(1)

Ark1 - Ark 1 Maintenance
Restricted 1


(1)

Sub-total for Ark1 1


(1)

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RIJSOMA - Rooted in Jesus/SOMA
Restricted 1


(1)

Sub-total for RIJSOMA 1


(1)

SJGFik - SJG Fikelela
Restricted 0


0

Sub-total for SJGFik 0


0

Ark2 - Ark 2
Restricted 0


0

Sub-total for Ark2 0


0

BishopE - Donations for Bishop
Restricted 1


(1)

Sub-total for BishopE 1


(1)

Sequest - Sequestration Fund
Restricted (1)


1

Sub-total for Sequest (1)


1

Grand total 1,380,097
146,870
158,344

45,786
1,414,408

Analysis of income and expenditure

Total
Unrestricted Designated Restricted
Endowment This year Last year
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Incoming resources from generated funds - Voluntary income
Gift Aid - Bank 64,703 64,703 59,519
Gift Aid - Envelopes 895 895 3,872
Loose plate collections 953 953 5,361
One-of Gift Aid gifts 1,600
One-of non gift aid 1,289 10,000 60 11,349 5,679
Tax recoverable on Gift Aid 19,543 19,543 14,223
Recurring grants 7,500 7,500 7,500
Total 87,383 10,000 7,560 104,943 97,753
Incoming resources from generated funds - Activities for generating funds
Other funds generated 1,276 1,276 1,011
Events 2,137
Church hall lettings - fund raising 39,403 39,403 56,474
Church Letting 2,150
Total 1,276 39,403 40,679 61,772
Incoming resources from generated funds - Investment income
Bank and building society 57 57 207
interest
Total 57 57 207
Other incoming resources
Fees for weddings and funerals 711 711 5,212
Churchyard Upkeep 480 480
Reimbursement

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Total 1,191 1,191 5,212
INCOME TOTAL 89,907 49,403 7,560 146,870 164,945

EXPENDITURE

EXPENDITURE
Cost of generating funds
Cleric's Wedding/Funeral fees 21 21 147
Total 21 21 147
Cost of generating funds - Cost of generating voluntary income
Events Costs 1,048
Other fees for weddings/funeral 50 50 1,900
Total 50 50 2,948
Charitable activities
Giving - relief and development 141
agencies
Home mission 1,277 1,277 35
Secular charities 625 625 2,088
Common Fund - LDF 85,200 85,200 82,110
LDF Schools Contribution 1,660 1,660 1,550
Ministry Cost 379 379 637
Church Open Days 25
Junior Church 227 227 1,184
Night Shelter 338 338 728
Make Lunch 37
Parish training and mission 255 255 69
Salary of parish administrator 12,940 12,940 13,271
Rector's Expenses 1,263 1,263 1,561
Rectory Water Rates 416 416 406
Rectory Telecoms 811 811 784
Organ / piano tuning 75
Upkeep of services 836 836 2,100
Administration 1,536 1,536 1,931
Printing Costs 913 913 2,223
Hall Telecomms 769 769 817
Church Telecomms 629 629 656
Church maintenance 3,753 3,073 6,826 5,807
Church running - electric 1,007 1,007 606
Church running - gas 1,601 1,601 2,781
Church running - insurance 5,443 5,443 5,452
Church Cleaning 279
Upkeep of churchyard 480 480 251
Hall running - electricity 55 1,005 1,060 2,156
Hall running - gas 1,017 1,017 2,274
Hall running - insurance 1,988 1,988 1,872
Hall running - maintenance 18,914 18,914 5,408
Hall Cleaning 1,150 1,150 3,050
Hall running - water 535 535 501
Deposit or Fee Reimbursements 1,068 1,068 945
Total 121,306 26,445 3,411 151,161 143,812
Governance costs
Governance costs 1,675 1,675 260
examination/audit fee

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Bank Fees and Interest
Total
Other resources used
Musical Director
Music Expenses
Flowers
Website Development and
Maintenance
Family Life Project
202



202
472
1,877



1,877
732
1,979



1,979
6,300
819



819
864
130



130

506



506
490
1,800



1,800
Total 5,234



5,234
7,654
EXPENDITURE TOTAL 128,488
26,445
3,411

158,344
155,293
GRAND TOTAL (38,581)
22,958
4,149

(11,475)
9,652

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