SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE OUR LORD TOGETHER
Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council.
Year ending 31st December 2023
St Dunstan with St Thomas, East Acton Friars Place Lane London W3 7AW
## **Vicar’s Report 2023**
Back in the day, when I was young enough to be in Sunday Club, we used to sing a song called “Count your blessings”:
Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your blessings, see what God hath done;
So, here are just some of our God-given blessings in 2023 for which I’d like to thank God (I’m sure you could add your own).
**Martha and Manori:** We said farewell to Martha, Rob and family in June as Martha left us to start her curacy. What a blessing they have been to us. Rob with his musical gifts and Martha helping with Alpha, Little Acorns, Friday lunchtime group, youth confirmation and youth group.
As Martha departed, so Manori arrived - St Dunstan’s first curate in 17 years! What a blessing Manori has been to St Dunstan’s. She has already helped start our first ‘Listening Group’, brought much needed skills and experience to EASE, grown the Friday lunchtime group, helped re-launch the youth work and much more besides. Please keep Martha and Manori in your prayers as they continue in their first year of their curacies.
**Children and Youth:** I don’t know if you’ve noticed but there are quite a lot of children at St Dunstan’s. In 2022, the average Sunday attendance of children in the Church of England was only 6 children. Last year, St Dunstan’s had 50 children attending weekly. This puts us in the top 5th percentile of churches across the country.
So, can I say, a huge thank you to our Sunday Club teams for the fantastic work they do, especially to Rosanna Hill and Esther Brown for the work they do as our Sunday Club coordinators, to the Little Acorns team, the Kidzone team and to John Everington for the important work he does as our Safeguarding Officer. There is a national shortage of Children’s Workers but the PCC remains committed to appointing one.
One of our ongoing challenges is keeping children in church when they begin Secondary School. However, with Manori’s help and the support of parents this might be beginning to change. Please pray for our secondary school aged young people, particularly that they may stand firm and grow deeper in their faith. They really need all the help and support we can give.
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**Tom, Verity and Miranda:** We said a final farewell to Tom and Verity (and their many wonderful children), our Church Mission Society partners for 5 years on their return to the UK, settling in Sheffield. They have been such a blessing and inspiration to us as they chose not to pursue comfort and career in this country but rather follow God’s call to serve in a poorer and more turbulent part of Uganda. Meanwhile, our very own Miranda has returned to Australia to continue her work with _Youth with a Mission_ . (See later on how we tithe to mission work for more information about our mission partners).
**People, past and present:** In 2023 we gave thanks for the lives of two individuals who had been very much part of St Dunstan’s. Pat Revier, one of the longest standing members, and Rev John Morgan a previous, long-serving and much-loved vicar of St Dunstan’s. It was under John’s tenure that St Dunstan’s was re-ordered with the vision of turning the church building into a ‘home for the church family.’ (We are looking to build on this legacy through the heating and reordering projects planned for 2024).
We also witnessed and celebrated the confirmation of 15 adults and teenagers on Advent Sunday. Please continue to pray for them as they begin the next stage of the Christian journey.
There are always more blessings to count and people to thank God for – the Night Shelter, Community tea, Home Groups, EASE, The Pain Exchange, Little Acorns, the increase in hall bookings (thank you Jacqui!) and, well I could go on. God has blessed St Dunstan’s in so many ways.
Why not take a moment now and think about someone who blessed you in 2023 and send them a text just to say thank you.
Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your blessings, see what God hath done.
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**CHURCH ACTIVITIES 2023**
## _**Worship Services**_
Our main services on Sunday are:
**9 am** – traditional communion service with choir and Sunday Club.
**10.45 am** – with worship group, Sunday Club and monthly communion.
**Festivals and summer holidays** – All age service at 10 am.
**On Wednesdays** , we hold a short said communion service at 10 am.
## _**Home Groups**_
These provide a great opportunity to grow in our relationship with God and each other as we meet on a weekly basis for Bible study, prayer and fellowship at the home of the Riddioughs on Monday evenings and the Morgans on Thursday evenings.
Over 2023, we looked at, amongst other things, the Psalms and Hebrews and ran a paraclesis pastoral care course. We have also set up Listening Groups during the week to discover this key practice in our journey of faith. If you’d like to learn more, please speak to Manori, Jacqueline Perryman or Deborah Everington.
## _**Sunday Club**_
This continues to grow and we continue our search for a children’s worker. We have 2 age groups at the 10.45 am service and there is one group at the 9 am service. Thank you to all who’ve volunteered to help. It’s a great opportunity to join in the fun with the children and demonstrate God’s love for them. Speak to Esther Brown or any of the Sunday Club team if you want to be involved.
## _**New Wine**_
A number of St Dunstan’s families spent a week in the summer camping in Kent for a wonderful celebration of God’s work in our lives. Please speak to the Riddioughs or the Perrymans for more information about joining us at New Wine in Shepton Mallet, 25-30 July 2024.
## _**Youth work**_
For secondary school ages, we ran Sunday evenings meet-ups with the odd pitch-and-putt session with Jon and Manori. We also ran a Youth Alpha course together with a youth confirmation course for 6 young people.
## _**Kidzone**_
This is a short, afterschool church service on **Mondays** for primary school children and their parents. It’s a great way to involve the children in church particularly if you can’t come on Sundays.
## _**Prayer**_
After the Sunday services a dedicated team are available to talk and pray with anyone who might value it.
As part of our communal prayers, you can join us on ZOOM at 8.30 am, Mondays-Thursdays when we loosely follow the Order for Morning Prayer.
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## **Confirmation Stories**
During 2023, a number of our congregation were confirmed. We were able to hear their stories about their journey with God. Here are the testimonies of **Nicola** and **Emma:**
“I come from a family with Christian beliefs and values. I recall being bought story books from a local Christian shop, and on occasion going to Church.
In my adult life I came to a point where I had lost hope. There was a calling to go to a Church nearby. I found that the building and community gave me a sense of peace and hope. Since going to church I have experienced healing of some of what I had lost, both spiritually and physically.
Over the past 2 years my relationship with God has strengthened. The many conversations I have been part of has included completing the Alpha course and having discussions about Jesus walking alongside us.
I have experienced the peace and hope of Christ in ways I never expected to. I am now ready to declare that openly by being confirmed. “
“I was baptised as a child, but I was not attending church as an adult.
I started coming to church because I was lost and looking for something. I was looking for community and love. I have found that, and it has helped me commit to God.
Throughout my life I have said I was spiritual rather religious but since coming to church my faith has become important to me. I am now ready to declare my faith in Christ openly by being confirmed. I see this as a positive step for sharing God’s love in the world.”
**Emma**
## **Nicola**
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## _**Drop-in**_
Every Thursday, during term time, we host a drop-in for people who are refugees or seeking asylum. The aim is to help them on their way with life in the UK. This service has grown massively over the last year so that a group of volunteers from the local community and our church now welcome over 100 visitors who receive hot food, living supplies, English lessons and support.
## _**Stewardship**_
This is wholly volunteer led - so please consider how you could support this venture. And our heartfelt thanks to those of you who are involved. For more information about Ease and the struggles of those they help, follow then on X (twitter) and - https://ealing.news/news/opinion/helping refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-acton-andealing/
Thanks to Nyuk Lau for being our Stewardship Secretary. As her report overleaf emphasises, we thank everyone not only for giving monetarily but also providing time, talents, possessions and prayers. Opportunities to get involved include:
- Cooking meals for anyone in need – from new parents to the recently bereaved, to helping with Community lunches and the Ease drop-in.
- Giving lifts to those who can’t make it to church independently.
- Assisting Sunday Club leaders and helping with the children and young people.
- Operating the audio visual system on Sundays.
- The pastoral team’s work – prayer and practical help for anyone in need.
- Helping with mid-week church activities.
- Involvement with our **Green Team -** to make our church community more sustainable and looking at the challenges of meeting Net Zero.
## _**Night Shelter**_
- Joining Sunday service rotas for the music team, prayer, readings or tea/coffee making.
During the winter of 22/23, we welcomed 10 men as part of a shared programme run by Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter. With the effect of the andemic still being felt, the charity also used a hotel to provide shelter. At St Dunstan’s, our team provided a hot meal, somewhere to sleep, breakfast and, above all, companionship and friendship. Many thanks to Jacqui and her team of helpers for all their hard work - from washing dishes, preparing delicious food, braving the overnight shift and washing bed linen.
- Joining the PCC and becoming involved in prayer and decision making for St Dunstan’s.
## _**Building hire**_
We hire out our wonderful building to a number of organisations such as the Christian Mission Church and the Hammersmith Dog and Puppy Club and for one-off events and parties. We thank **Jacqui** for all her work overseeing the hires which have increased over the year.
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## _**Alpha**_
As part of the adult confirmation classes, we ran the Alpha Course to prepare for confirmation. If you are interested in either being confirmed or taking part in an Alpha Course that explores the basics of the Christian faith, please speak to our Vicar, Jon.
## _**Schools Works**_
Our previous children’s worker Sam helped build relationships with the local schools and we are still involved, particularly with East Acton Primary School with whom we ran a Christmas schools visit.
## _**Community Garden**_
Together with The Pain Exchange, and with the help of a grant from the Diocese, Lesley Moszoro and her team constructed raised beds in the church garden as part of a community engagement project. It’s early days, but the beds have already borne a good harvest of vegetables. If anyone is interested in joining, do speak to Lesley.
## _**Little Acorns**_
The Little Acorns Toddler group continues to be a popular community service and numbers are increasing after the pandemic. It runs from 9.45 to 11.15 am every Friday during term time. The toddlers enjoy toys, snacks, stories and songs in the Church Hall.
We thank our wonderful helpers for their time, energy and service.
## _**Community Lunches**_
Our monthly Monday Community Lunch is run by Lesley Moszoro and her team who provide a light lunch and company in the Church Hall.
## _**Women’s Socials**_
Jacqueline Perryman and her fabulous team of helpers organised two very enjoyable Friday Night social evenings in the Goldsmith’s Room where we were able to chat and mingle and get to know each other more.
## _**Supporting charities**_
## _**Acton Churches Together**_
We support 5 charities:
As an informal network of Christian Churches in Acton, on Good Friday, we walked together along the High Street before holding a joint service and just before Christmas, we sang carols and presented a united witness on the Market Place. The Annual Celebration was an opportunity to rejoice in all the things God has done for us in Acton. The network also work together to provide services to local people including the Night Shelter and Ealing Food Bank.
- ALMA in Mozambique. ALMA is the Diocese of London's companion link with the Anglican Church in Angola and Mozambique.
- The Pain Exchange - a charity run by Sharon Morgans, a physiotherapist, to support those living with persistent pain.
- A Rocha - a UK based, international conservation organisation committed to environmental action through community-based conservation projects.
- CMS - now that the Clares have finished in Uganda, we continue to support the Church Mission Society.
- Hope 4 Kids International in Guatemala - committed to serving at-risk children living in impoverished environments.
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## **Stewardship Report 2023**
Thank you St Dunstan’s family - for your generous giving. Your time, talents and financial support enabled the Church to fulfil its mission of reaching out to the community with the Good News of Jesus.
In 2023, the total giving income amounted to £90,691 (a 10% increase from 2022 income - £82,152).
60 regular givers were responsible for 74% of the year’s total giving income - £66,746. We appreciate that 41 of 60 regular givers gave via the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS). It meant that gift aid was automatically recovered through PGS every month, improving cash flow for the Church.
If you are a regular giver and a tax payer, we encourage you to give via PGS, so we won’t have to wait for the tax year to end before claiming the gift aid.
It is also worth noting that we can claim gift aid on ‘anonymous’ plate and contactless card donations, uplifting the amount given by 25%.
The Table below summarises the types of giving.
|Types of Giving|Amount -
Year 2023|% of Total
Giving|Number of
Givers|
|---|---|---|---|
|Parish Giving Scheme
Other regular giving|£49,654
£17,092|55%
19%|41
19|
|Sub total – regular giving
One-off donations
Plate collection|£66,746
£5,723
£1,180|74%
6%
1%|60|
|Total Giving (before gift aid)
Gift aid from PGS
Gift aid from other eligible donations (claimed
annually)*|£73,649
£12,348
£4,694|81%
14%
5%||
|Total Giving|£90,691|100%||
* Other eligible donations for Gift Aid are claimed annually in April, at the end of the tax year.
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## **FORMALITIES**
## **Parochial Church Council**
The PCC comprises the Clergy, Churchwardens, Representatives of the Deanery Synod and up to 12 elected plus up to 2 co-opted members of the congregation. The job of the PCC is to co-operate with the Vicar in promoting the mission of the Church in the Parish. Those who have served on the PCC since January 2023 are:
ex-officio: Jon Westall (Vicar and Chair), Sue Bolton (Deanery Synod representative), Camilla Slade Viles (Deanery Synod representative), James Riddiough (church warden) and Carlyon Viles (church warden).
elected: Peter Blagg, Roger Bowerman, Paul Bretherton, Deborah Everington, Martin Haenlein (to April 2023), Helena Maitland (PCC secretary), Lesley Moszoro, Eva Nabeta, Jacqueline Perryman, Alison Wood (treasurer) and Neil Yates (from April 2023).
The PCC met 6 times in 2023.
The Standing and Finance committee, which met 6 times in 2023, comprises the Vicar and the PCC chair, Jon Westall, church wardens Carlyon Viles and James Riddiough, secretary Helena Maitland, treasurer Alison Wood and Sue Bolton. This committee carries out PCC business, as directed by the PCC, in between its meetings.
## **The Electoral Roll**
The Electoral Roll stands at 151 with 16 persons added. (Mark Moszoro)
## **Fabric Report**
We are indebted to all those who have spent time and effort in keeping the building and the grounds of the Church in good order over 2023.
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2024 brings with it a Quinquennial Inspection of the Church fabric and we expect that there will be some issues arising – e.g. brickwork maintenance. We are, however, very blessed that we have resources (both financial and practical) at our disposal to be able to address these. We will report on any major issues that arise from the report. Our aim is to continue to be good stewards of all the resources we have been entrusted with.
The garden has seen a great transformation over the last year. The raised beds were installed by Lesley Moszoro and form the basis of The Pain Exchange’s Community Garden, contributing to the outreach to the wider community and being a focal point for education about nutrition and a forum for sharing God’s love for each one of us as we experience pain in our lives.
The North side of the Church has been a labour of love, starting with the extensive fence replacement done in 2022. There was a work morning in February to move the bushes, trees and garden waste which had been generated by the clearing of that area, into a skip. We took the opportunity of also throwing away some of the items no longer needed which had been taking refuge in the storage areas hidden away in Church. Thanks to all who took part – there was a great turn out and a fantastic sense of teamwork, despite the cold.
That area to the North of the Church has since been improved by the good offices of Ground Works, (i.e. free of charge) – we aim to use this area for both tending vegetables and for helping the children understand the wonders of God’s creation in ‘Muddy Church’. We are excited about how this area can be used to extend fellowship and worship for us all.
We are blessed to have a great garden for use for community events, barbecues, egg rolling at Easter etc. and for the team which works so hard to tend it on a regular basis. The railings were painted by Sohrab and Maryam.
The path leading to Friars Place Lane has been re-laid, so that it provides smoother access to church, with fewer trip hazards. This path is used regularly and therefore benefits our neighbours as well as well as making us generally more accessible.
Inside the church, work has been done in the kitchen to install a new efficient dishwasher, which allows us to be quicker in tidying up and
for us to use normal plates and mugs, instead of deferring to disposable plates and cutlery. Repairs have been carried to the heating system, and boilers have been repaired and serviced. We are planning dates for the installation of new boilers, which have been approved. We have also invested in a new sound mixer to ensure that music and words can be heard inside the church as well as on the live stream.
There has been a great deal of work put in by Paul Bretherton in proposing and presenting an update to the chancel and the dais area to allow for better visibility and greater flexibility in
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worship. The plans include the replacement of the carpet in the body of church and for the installation of new power and input points for musicians to improve the audio experience. These plans have been approved by the PCC and have been submitted and commented on by the Diocese. They have been explained and shared with the congregation before work starts (hopefully August 2024).
During the year, repairs have been carried out and the Vicar’s Vestry turned into a modern office / meeting room, with excellent storage for the music equipment, and other items used regularly. Thanks go to those who transformed and modernised this space. Jacqui has organised and coordinated the annual maintenance of the heating and the electrics, the lightning conductor, the gutters, as well as arranging the gas certification and the annual inspection of the organ blower. We have also had to have repairs to the damaged fire doors and other locks, as well as some of the electrical fittings in the kitchen. New radiators have been installed in the ladies’ toilets and new controls put on the radiators.
An additional faculty application has been submitted to allow us to display a new picture to be hung to represent the life and attributes of St Dunstan. We are still waiting to hear whether this has been approved.
We are more than mindful of our impact on the environment, whether this is with respect to the choices we make about the type of heating we choose, the amount of electricity we use, and water consumption. We have formed a Towards Net Zero group to think about how we might reduce our carbon footprint. Thanks to Neil Yates and Camilla Slade for leading on this.
When we write all this down, it seems as though so much effort has been expended by so many to maintain and enhance the building and the grounds. This includes those who have freely given up their time to clean the church after Sunday services, on Love St Dunstan’s Days or before and after special occasions. Many people have also helped tend the garden, through mowing the lawn, weeding the borders, clearing the path etc. This work makes the Church so welcoming and evidences our love for one another and our care for our surroundings. Carl and I thank you for all your hard work.
(James Riddiough and Carlyon Viles)
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## **Deanery Synod Report**
The Ealing Deanery Synod brings together representatives from all the 33 churches in the Deanery and the meetings are open to any church member. Our PCC representatives on the Deanery Synod are Sue Bolton and Camilla Slade Viles and they attended the meetings with the occasional attendance by our Vicar and Curate.
What is the Ealing Deanery Synod?
Synod meetings during 2023 provided great opportunities to worship and learn from other churches in Ealing. Besides sharing case studies of good practice and good news, formal processes such as voting on issues related to the wider Church of England were carried out together with the distribution of its Mission Fund in the summer.
The Deanery Synod met 3 times in 2023, the first meeting in February was held at our very own St Dustan’s where our Vicar talked about some of the activities held at our church including Kidzone, the Asylum Seekers’ Drop-in and the Pain Exchange. It was a welcome opportunity to show the other churches what we are doing and to receive encouragement and prayer. The meeting also focussed on the important role of school governors and the issue of safeguarding. We were given guidance on how to access and use the resources available on this subject.
The next meeting in July was held at St George’s, Southall. Business matters such as approval of accounts, election of school governors and Synod representatives were dealt with followed by the distribution of grants by the Ealing Deanery Mission Fund.
November’s meeting took us to St John’s, West Ealing where Bishop Lusa joined us, together with our Archdeacon and members of the Willesden Area mission team to talk on the theme of “Speak God, we are listening”. A video of Bishop Lusa’s presentation can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypwC-8-3z6Y.
We are grateful to be able to connect with our church family across the Diocese and to receive encouragement, ideas and inspiration from our church family across Ealing. We would also encourage any of you who have an interest in education to consider standing as a governor for one of the Church schools within the Diocese. Vacancies continually arise and for more information, see https://ldbs.co.uk/governor-vacancies/
(Sue Bolton, Camilla Slade Viles).
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## **Sidespeople**
Our grateful thanks to those who served as Sidespeople during 2023 including Michael Arthur, Peter Blagg, Sue Bolton, Roger Bowerman, Paul Bretherton, Alex Cornell, Nyuk Lau, David Morgans, Sharon Morgans, Lesley Moszoro, Eva Nabeta, Derek Pasquill, James Riddiough, Jacqui Roberts, Nariman Sarafan, Adam Shaw, Paula Shaw, Carlyon Viles, Neil Yates and Joshua Yates.
## **Safeguarding**
Safeguarding is part of our core faith and an integral feature of our life at St Dunstan’s. St Dunstan’s church has due regard to the House of Bishops' Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
We continue to review practice in line with Diocesan guidance and in particular 2023 saw each of the PCC members complete their appropriate safeguarding training via the Church of England National Safeguarding Team's online learning portal.
Our Safeguarding Officer during 2023 was John Everington and our Children’s Advocate was Esther Brown.
## **Finances – Overview**
Regular income and expenditure
In 2023, we had a surplus of £23,000 in our day-to-day running costs. We have still not found a new Children’s worker, so we are not paying out that salary.
Our electricity suppliers have been unable to invoice us since June, so we owe about £11,000 on fuel bills.
We are contributing a small amount to Manori’s housing costs, as we have no curate’s house to offer.
Capital and projects
We have invested £14,000 in projects, such as the path and installing a dishwasher. We have also made some control improvements in preparation for the heating upgrade in 2024. As is our custom with legacies, we paid out a 10% tithe on Valerie’s 2022 gift (having been a PCC member herself, she would have expected this), to The Pain Exchange and Refugee Education.
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For more details, our accounts can be found at the end of this Report.
## **Glossary**
- Fabric the physical church building and contents.
- Incumbent the priest responsible for the Parish (Vicar).
- Parish the area in which the Church of England has given St Dunstan’s responsibility.
- PCC the Parochial Church Council - people elected by the congregation to help the Vicar run the church.
- Sidespeople those who greet people on a Sunday morning, give out leaflets, guide people up to communion, and help services run smoothly.
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## **Accounts 2023**
The accounts now follow. They were independently examined by Matthew Reilly of Stewardship.
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**St Dunstan with St Thomas East Acton Registered Charity 1177614 End of Year Financial Statements Year ending December 31[st] 2023**
_Accounts 2023 - Page 1_
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## **1. Statement of Financial Activities**
|**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
Income from charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
91,691
6,162
69,864
7,775|**Designated**
**funds**
2,000
334
30
|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Total**
**2023**
93,691
6,496
69,894
7,775|**Total**
**2022**
222,616
4,259
39,330
2,779|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Expenditure on charitable activities|**175,492**
1,946
135,377|**2,364**
34,788|3,315|**177,856**
1,946
173,480|**268,984**
2,205
110,536|
|**Total expenditure**
Net income - expenditure
resources before transfer|**137,323**
**36,169**|**34,788**
**-32,424**|**3,315**
**-3,315**|**175,426**
**430**|**112,741**
**156,243**|
|**Transfers**
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
**Net movement in funds**
**Total funds brought forward**
|22,907
–47,513
**11,563**
**12,107**|44,537
–19,459
**–7,346**
**229,838**|4,125
–4,597
**–3,787**
**15,862**|71,569
–71,569
**430**
**257,807**|215,276
-215,276
**156,243**
**101,564**|
|**Total funds carried forward**|**23,670**|**222,492**|**12,075**|**258,237**|**257,807**|
|
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Designated**
Children & Youth
Fabric
Mast electricity
Mission
Refugee Housing Deposit
Reserve (General)
Valerie Legacy Tithe
Vicar's Discretionary Fund
**Restricted**
Bell Fund
Garden Club
Heating Appeal 140th
Mission Fund (Guatemala)
Night Shelter
Pew Bible & Lectionary Fund
Refugee drop-in
Sound System|23,670|
37,942
82,000
11,731
47,819
1,000
37,000
5,000|130
11,132
597
131
85|23,670
37,942
82,000
11,731
47,819
1,000
37,000
5,000
130
11,132
597
131
85|12,107
38,579
78,501
11,731
53,219
34,000
13,382
426
130
2,000
11,132
597
354
85
470
1,094|
_Accounts 2023 - Page 2_
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## **2. Statement of assets and liabilities**
|**Current assets -**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
CAF current account
CCLA (CBF) deposit account
**Totals**
**Accounts receivable**
Mast electricity use
Hall rentals
Gift Aid April-December
**Totals**
**Accounts payable**
Electricity used but not billed
NI and tax due Q3 2023
Independent Examination fee
**Totals**|**General**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**2023**
**2022**
12,883
7,643
131
20,657
8,014
10,787
214,849
11,944
237,580
249,793|
|---|---|
||**23,670**
**222,492**
**12,075**
**258,237**
**257,807**|
||7,813
7,813
2,369
2,369
2,258
2,258|
||**12,440**
**12,440**|
||19,839
19,839
385
385
938
938|
||**21,162**
**21,162**|
|||
|**Net Total Assets**|**14,948**
**222,492**
**12,075**
**249,515**
**257,807**|
Assets recognised but not valued;
- 1 Fixed assets retained for Church use include the land purchased at cost in February 2011.
- 2 Movable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust on behalf of the PCC.
No remuneration was paid to any member of the PCC for their rôle on the PCC. All payments made to reimburse members of the PCC for expenses properly incurred have been documented. The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations using the Receipts & Payments basis.
The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, and there are sufficient reserve funds to cover calculated losses.
The accounts were approved by the PCC on 14[th] March 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
Rev’d Jon Westall, Incumbent
Alison Wood, Treasurer
_Accounts 2023 - Page 3_
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## **3. Analysis of income and expenditure**
|**INCOME**
**Donations and legacies**
Giving (bank & PGS)
Sunday giving envelopes
Sunday giving plate
One-off Gift Aid gifts
One-off gifts no Gift Aid
Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
Legacies
Grants
Other income
total
**Income from charitable activities**
Fees for weddings and funerals
Hall hire - mission
Church activities income
total
**Other trading activities**
Fairs and Sales
Mobile Mast
Hall hire - one-off
Hall hire - regular
total
**Investments**
Bank interest
total|**Unrestricted**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**2023**
**2022**
63,880
63,880
55,282
2,866
2,866
8,732
1180
1,180
1,202
3,465
3,465
1100
1,258
2,000
3,258
716
17,042
17,042
15,121
133,822
2,000
2,000
6,641
30
30|
|---|---|
||91,691
2,030
93,721 222,616
767
767
1018
4,900
4,900
2050
495
334
829
1191|
||6,162
334
6,496
4,259
624
624
4,100
46,706
46,706
14,724
2,904
2,904
3,828
19,630
19,630
16,678|
||69,864
69,864
39,330|
||7,775
7,775
2779|
||7,775
7,775
2779|
|**INCOME TOTAL**|175,492
2,364
177,856 268,984|
|||
|**EXPENDITURE**
**Raising funds**
Costs of applying for grants
Costs of stewardship campaign
Costs of fetes & other events
total
**Expenditure on charitable activi-**
**ties**
Giving - tithe to charities
Giving - charity donations
Ministry
Children and Families
Common Fund (Diocesan Quota)
Assistant staff costs
Salary of parish administrator
Working expenses of clergy
Clergy housing expenses
Church running - insurance|1,946
1,946
2,205|
||1,946
1,946
2,205
7,000
13,382
20,382
6,000
231
231
8
850
6,536
221
7,607
13,278
971
971
2,061
46,200
46,200
46,200
90
90
90
8,588
8,588
8,431
1,888
1,888
2,240
7,896
7,896
1,498
6,115
6,115
5,603|
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|Church office - telephone
Church maintenance
Cleaning
Upkeep of services
Administration
Visiting speakers & clergy
Church running - electricity
Church running - gas
Church running - water
Governance - examination fee
Fabric Investment
total|731
5,738
3,375
7,879
1,790
260
26,181
11,862
213
490|13,899|456
1,094
1,544|731
6,194
3,375
8,973
1,790
260
26,181
11,862
213
490
15,443|730
5,979
2,833
6,007
958
201
729
6,256
152
480
802|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||137,377|34,788|3,315|175,480|110,536|
|**EXPENDITURE TOTAL**|139,323|34,788|3,315|177,426|112,741|
|||||||
|**GRAND TOTAL**|**36,169**|**-32,424**|**-3,315**|**430**|**156,243**|
Notes to Financial Statements
- £11,731 was paid to us by the mobile mast operator in 2019, possibly in error. This remains in a designated reserve in case it has to be repaid in future.
- The mobile mast operators reimburse us for the large amount of electricity that the equipment uses. This amounted to £32,231 during 2023.
- Since a new power supply and meter were installed in June 2023, EDF have been unable to bill us for electricity used.
- In 2022, a very generous legacy of £133,822 was received from Valerie Forge. As usual, a 10% tithe was paid from this in 2023. It was split between the Pain Exchange and Refugee Education.
- Capital investment in the fabric of the church in 2023 included relaying the path between Vyner Road and Friars Place Lane (£7,000), installing a commercial dishwasher, and improvement to the heating controls.
- Major work on replacing the heating boilers and remodelling the chancel is expected to take place in 2024, costing up to £93,000.
- There was no Christmas Fair this year, as the team running it retired. This normally raises £4,000 - £5,000.
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