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2022-12-31-accounts

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park, Leicester

Registered charity number: 1178009

Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council Year Ended 31 December 2022

Incumbent

Reverend John (Sami) Lindsey Church Office 4A Clarendon Park Road Leicester LE2 3AD

Bankers

NatWest Bank Plc 5 The Parade Oadby LE2 5BB

CAF Bank

25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill West Malling. ME19 4JQ

Independent Examiners

Wyatt & Co. 125 Main Street Garforth Leeds LS25 1AF

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

The trustees present their report and financial statements for the charity year ending 31 December 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (FRS 102) in preparing the annual reports and financial statements of the Charity.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published on 16 July 2014 (as amended by Update Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016).

Administrative information

St. John’s Church is situated on Clarendon Park Road just south of the centre of Leicester. It is part of the Diocese of Leicester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: St John the Baptist Church, 4a Clarendon Park Rd, Leicester, LE2 3AD

Incumbent: Revd. John (Sami) Lindsey Curates: Revd. Jonathan Tearne, Revd. Alexia Simpson-Smith, Revd. David Lewis Wardens: Fiona Aldridge, Huw Miles Deanery Synod Members: John Coffee, Shirley Parsons

Parochial Church Council (PCC) Members 2022/23

Designation Term of Office
Ex-officio members
Revd John(Sami)Lindsey Parish Priest Ex-officio
Fiona Aldridge Churchwarden(St John’s) Ex–officio
Huw Miles Churchwarden(St John’s) Ex-officio
Revd Jonathan Tearne Curate Ex-officio
Revd Alexia Simpson-Smith Curate Ex-officio
Revd David Lewis Curate(From 3/7/22) Ex-officio
Elected Members (Must be on the Electoral Roll of Parish to be eligible for election)
1. Jane Kendrick Elected 2020-2023
2. Grace McSharry Elected 2022-2025
3. ShirleyParsons DeanerySynod(re-elected 26/4/21) 2021-2023
4. John Coffee DeanerySynod(elected 26/4/21) 2021-2023
5. Nigel(Piers)Lindley Elected 2022-2025
6. Rachel Lowe Elected(resigned 1/10/22) 2020-2023
7. Susan(Kate)Aldridge Elected 2021-2024
8. Trevor Welch Elected 2020-2023
9. Francisca Oloto Elected 2020-2023
10. Judith(Ann)Dooley Elected 2020-2023
11. Daniel Dooley Elected 2020-2023
12. Charles Carr Elected 2021-2024

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

PCC Officers

Chair: Fiona Aldridge Vice Chair: Huw Miles Secretary: James Banks Treasurer: Carole Huffee

Structure, Governance and Management

The PCC is a body corporate (Church Representation Rules 2020) and a charity registered with the charity commission (reg. Charity no.1178009 ). The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. New members receive initial training into the workings of the PCC.

The full PCC met seven times during the year and was fully quorate at each meeting.

The PCC has one committee, the Standing Committee made up of Incumbent, Wardens and PCC Secretary.

Risk Management and Review

The PCC recognises its responsibility for identifying and managing risks within the organisation. A working party of PCC members has identified, collated and scored risks for the PCC to manage and action as necessary.

Safeguarding

The PCC of St John the Baptist are committed to the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.

In accordance with the Church of England policy, we have written and implemented a safeguarding policy and procedures based on ‘Promoting a Safer Church’. This was formally adopted by the PCC on 24/11/2020 and last reviewed by the PCC on 23/5/2022. A copy of the safeguarding policy can be found on our website. www.sjbchurch.co.uk/safeguarding

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility but it is the duty of the Incumbent, Parish Safeguarding Officer and the PCC to ensure that the policies and procedures are being followed and reviewed on at least an annual basis. Safeguarding is a standing item on every PCC agenda.

The day to day responsibility for safeguarding within St John’s is delegated to the following officers:

Our local Safeguarding contacts are: Incumbent – Revd Sami Lindsey: slindsey@sjbchurch.co.uk Parish Safeguarding Officer - Fran Oloto: foloto@sjbchurch.co.uk Children’s Coordinator – Sharon Leeson: sleeson@sjbchurch.co.uk Youth Coordinator – Joshua Young: jyoung@sjbchurch.co.uk Independent Person – Dawn Diggle: ddiggle@sjbchurch.co.uk

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

Aims and Purposes

The PCC of St John the Baptist Church is responsible for cooperating with the Incumbent to promote the ecclesiastical parish and the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is responsible for the maintenance and management of the Church buildings and attached Parish Centre, although these building are not owned by the PCC, but the Diocese of Leicester. The use of these buildings is gifted to the PCC by the Diocese.

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our church community at St. John’s. The PCC maintains an overview of worship in the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

Public Benefit Statement

In setting our objectives and planning our activities for the year, the trustees have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.

In particular, we seek to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St. John’s and the attached Parish Centre.

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

Review of the Year – Sami Lindsey

Leadership and Vision

We began 2022 with the continuing mix of a strong sense of God at work combined with a sense of human fragility. Anxiety levels around COVID remained high and the pandemic was still impacting our mission and ministry. Many things felt fragile, most notably were the church finances and the challenges of rebuilding teams.

But we carried a powerful sense of God with us, at work through the challenges and leading us and guiding us. We felt God re-emphasise to us the importance of doing church Jesus’ way. That is to be less programmatic and Sunday-centric in our approach and keep missional discipleship at the heart of all we do, seek to build and plant existing and new authentic missional and worshiping community, and foster the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our midst, and the importance of prayer and fasting in the life of our church. These learnings have shaped our thinking and planning for the future.

In the early part of the year, our focus was largely on recovery from the pandemic. This involved reestablishing Sunday Services, rebuilding key ministries including with children, young people, school, and sung worship, re-establishing teams across the life of the church, supporting small group leaders, and understanding the impact of the pandemic on church finances.

In the first part of the year, we determined to keep the overall activity of the churhc relatively light and instead focus on reconnecting and rebuilding teams. As we approached the summer, we sensed that relationship building was important, so we declared a Summer of Hospitality. As part of this, we organised a few centrally organised events and then encouraged people to connect informally. The Summer of Hospitality ended with a church BBQ organised by Ann and Dan Dooley in the vicars back garden. This was hugely successful with many people attending (approximately 80).

As the year progressed, it always felt like it would be September before people would be ready to consider how we move forwards as a church. This proved to be the case. As we approached Sept, we sensed God speaking to us through Acts 1. In Acts one, the disciples regrouped after the crisis of the cross. They regrouped in the presence of Jesus and heard him speak to them. Jesus envisioned them, commissioned them, and promised them the Spirit. They then waited upon him in prayer.

In response, our focus on Sundays in early Sept was around vision. Then we held two weeks of prayer, culminating in a day of fasting ending in a powerful evening of prayer and breaking fast together. Following this we ran the highly success ReGroup series (details below).

The church finances felt precarious throughout most of the year. In summer we took decisive action to curtail spending to the bare minimum. Then in September we held a gift day. The response to the gift day was encouraging. One-off gifts were given to more than cover the projected deficit and regular giving increased significantly.

Staffing

The mission and ministry of St John’s happens because a large number of committed people have responded to the call of God and freely give of their time and energy in committed and at times sacrificial manner. We don’t distinguish between paid and volunteer members of the team in terms of their importance or status within the church and consider all part of the team.

Chris Beaumont, our Associate Vicar, left at the end of 2021 to take up a post as Priest in Charge at a church in Dorset. This role was funded by Resourcing Church monies. Chris leaving part way through the programme, meant that significant monies remained. Rather than appointing a successor immediately, we sensed it right to take stock and re-think. We developed a new Job Description in line with our vision of Director of Discipleship, Leadership Development, and Church Planting. We then advertised and recruited for this role in the Autumn, eventually appointing Scott Else to the role in November. He starts from January 2023.

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

In other staffing moves, David Lewis joined us as Curate and was ordained Deacon in July, Dawn Diggle (administrator) reduced her working hours, our interns Josh Oppel, Rosanna Glover left and Eloise Graham joined as a new intern.

Ali Simpson-Smith was ordained as priest in July.

During the year, we held a Commissioning Service for a number of official volunteers. These included: Rachel Lowe – Compassion Ministry Lead

Shirley Parsons – Pastoral Worker Kate Aldridge – Pastoral Team Lead

Luke Briggs – Discipleship Coordinator

Worship and Prayer

Prayer remained a core focus. As we continue, prayer and fasting become more and more important. Through 2022 we sensed and increasing call to ‘wait on the Lord’ in dependency on him; the Holy Spirit was calling us to pray. We held a successful evening of prayer and worship on Ascension Day and then again, a focus on prayer in early September and two more prayer evenings in December following ReGroup.

On Sunday mornings, we continue to feel the importance of holding two services of different tradition and worshiping style. Across both in different ways we have sought a healthy balance of word and spirit, structure and spontaneity.

At our services we have covered the following teaching series:

Luke Briggs is coordinating and developing a growing team of preachers. In addition to preaching at St John’s, we have also sent members of the team down to preach at St Peter’s.

Our sung worship team has been developing. David Lewis is brining oversight and coordination to it. We are blessed to have a team of worship leaders which this year has included David, Huw Miles, Dan and Grace McSharry, Jon Tearne, and Emma Else. As the year progressed, more and more frequently we had a full band playing.

Prayer ministry has been an increasing feature of The 11. We are blessed with many people who are experienced at praying so have been able to keep the coordination of this ministry very organic for the time being.

It was exciting to be able to plan a Christmas Programme without the hindrance of lockdown restrictions. The programme was full and well-attended. The various services and events all attracted visitors and people who don’t normally come to church from different demographics. Some new activities included the Campfire Christingle held in partnership with St Peter’s on St John’s school playground and ‘beer and carols’ at the Classroom pub. Due to the complexity of the Christmas Programme, we combined our regular services so that we held one joint service at 10am on each day.

Sunday morning attendance was low a the beginning of the year, reflecting on going anxiety around COVID and public gatherings. It seemed not just about overall numbers of people attending, but also the frequency with which individuals came to church. Attendance steadily increased as the year went on. There was a step change in attendance on Easter Sunday and then again after the summer holidays as people used those time-markers as reason to return to church.

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

Children, Young People, Families and Schools (CYFS)

Through lockdown we established the MOLO (Mums of Little Ones) group and following lockdown we reestablished BuZzy Bees. These groups grew throughout the year. By Autumn, BuZzy Bees was full (35 mums with their children) with a waiting list and MOLO often had 20 or more mums attending with their babies. Both these groups have had much life about them and have been growing. In recognition of these groups, the team were Reginal finalists for the Ecclesiastical Good News Award. A group including Beth Tearne, Anya Briggs, Angela Baer Schalch, Coreen Hyde, and SuJin Jung (as representatives of the wider team) travelled to London to be part of the award ceremony. In addition, we also began Wild Honey, a creative evening for mums who attend BuZzy Bees and MOLO (40 people attended the Christmas Wild Honey) and SatDads, a Dad’s and toddler group which was immediately very popular with 20-30 dads attending. Through all these groups, we make regular and frequent connection with many unchurched people.

The year began with volunteer teams feeling thin on the ground. Much work took place to rebuild and re-establish teams. By year end the majority of the teams were in a much better place.

Sunday morning work with young people and children gradually developed. By year end, we were seeing pre-lockdown numbers of children/young people each Sunday (over 40). We began the year with a much simpler structure, just two groups. By year end we had three, 0-5s, 4-11s, and 11-14s.

SJB Youth had shrunk significantly over lockdown, but steadily group as it got back to normal over the course of this year. It is now attended by an enthusiastic group of 10 or more young people. The partnership with St John’s school continued to develop. In addition to the regular services and assemblies held, we added two lunch time groups with Year 5&6 children. These have become very popular, and we have had some success in inviting children from those to SJB Youth.

In summer, we took a group of Young People to the Satellite event in Peterborough. This was an impactful time for all.

CYFS remains an area of strategic focus for us. We are actively considering how to develop and grow this mission and ministry.

Evangelism and Discipleship

Early in the year, we held an Alpha Course attended by a small group of guests. It was held at Luke Brigg’s House. Later in the year, we held St John the Baptist Day. This year, we went for a ‘lighter weight’ approach, which was, if anything more successful than previous events. It was well attended by people from the wider community, felt more relational and was fun for all. Some significant connections were made and conversations held.

As we approached Autumn, we sensed God speaking to us through Acts 1. Just as in Acts 1, the disciples ‘regrouped’ in the presence of Jesus, we sensed God was calling us to do similar. We asked our evening small groups to stop meeting for a while and instead encouraged everyone to gather for 8 weeks in church on Thursday evenings. We had fun, ate together, and spent time in worship. The aim was to rebuild and establish relationships, renew our passion for Jesus, and begin to discern together how the Holy Spirit was leading us on. ReGroup was hugely successful, with everyone appreciating it. Around 90 people attended at least one ReGroup evening. We anticipate continuing ReGroup in the New Year. Under the leadership of Rachel Lowe, the Foodbank has become increasingly active. The demand for services has increased. The Compassion team remain active and have explored establishing a cooking club for refugees and hosting Ukrainian refugees. The team coordinated the Love Christmas campaign, with many gift bags being given to needy families.

Kate Aldridge with assistance from Shirley Parsons has been leading the pastoral team. Kate and Shirley meet informally with many people within church offering pastoral support. Shirley takes home communion and visits a number of our housebound members and makes care home and hospital visits.

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

As we have regrouped following lockdown, corporate evangelism has been less of an immediate priority, however, we remain highly committed to evangelism seeing it as a core part of our call and ministry. In addition, we sense God speaking to us more and more about creating a culture of missional discipleship. These are things we will look to develop int the new year on appointment of our new Director of Discipleship, Leadership Development and Church Planting.

Resourcing Church, Pioneering, and Planting

The Resourcing Church vision that we share with the other five Resourcing Churches is to:

To develop a network of church planting churches that plant churches, so as to better reach and serve the 93%, and encourage a step change in the planting culture of the wider diocese.

Several initiatives form part of this, described below.

The St Peter’s partnership has developed. Following Jon Tearne’s sign off as curate, Sami resigned as Interim Team Vicar and Jon was appointed as such. Jon will be licensed in January. As part of this process, the partnership agreement between the two churches was revised and updated. Both churches remaining committed to a partnership that will lead to the revitilisation of the mission and ministry of St Peter’s. There has been significant growth and development at the church. Highlights include:

The Emmaus congregation that meets in church on a Wed morning for morning prayer and Holy Communion has been growing and developing. This is overseen by Ali Simpson Smith involving several committed volunteers. Additionally, Ali is forming plans for an Outdoor Church to be established. Ali also runs At the Table a discipleship group for women, and for a time ran a Thursday afternoon Bible Study. Ali also mentors a number of people from both within and beyond St John’s.

Presence has continued. However, with the lack of an obvious leader, we have run Presence as a prayer and worship gathering rather than a new congregation.

We are also exploring the possibility of launching a Sunday afternoon church aimed at young families who can’t make church on a Sunday morning.

Thank you!

So many people commit time and energy to the mission and ministry of St John’s. We are so grateful for everyone who serves in whatever capacity. None of the above would be possible without significant time commitment from many volunteers. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who is part of the journey.

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

The Church Building & Parish Centre – James Banks

Throughout 2022 the main church building and attached parish centre continue to be well used to support the mission and ministry of the church and are let out to supplement church income. This year has been the first ‘normal year’ for the last two years and saw most activities in the building return to normal.

The main external user of the parish centre is ‘Little John’s Pre-School’ who continue to use it MondayFriday during term time. There are a selection of other ad-hoc users who use the building in the evenings and at weekends.

Various groups during the week continue to benefit from use of the main church space, especially MOLO, BuzZy Bees & SAT DADS baby/toddler groups. We have also been able to host a wedding reception and our own large church gatherings such as ReGroup. The fitting of carpet to the main church alongside the purchase of chairs and round tables in previous years, has been key to enabling these things to happen.

Throughout the year minor works were carries out around the church including boiler & guttering repairs. We also carried out a mini-refurbishment of the Octagon room within the parish centre, including new blinds, painting, a whiteboard & TV. Works were also assessed (but not carried out) for repairs to the parish centre roof.

There are several major outstanding items from the quinquennial report that still need to be addressed, these include the repairs to external stonework & the replacement of the floor in the main church. It is currently our plan to consider these items as part of a wider building project in the next few years. This could potentially include new heating within the church & refurbishment/extension of the parish centre. The quinquennial is due once more in 2023, this will enable us to better understand the current state of the church building and scope of future works.

During 2022 we started to look at ways in which we can work towards the church becoming ‘net carbon zero’. This included commissioning an audit which sets out our path to ‘net carbon zero’. It is hoped that we can make progress towards this over the next year.

City of Leicester Deanery Synod Report 2022 – John Coffee

Tuesday 22nd March 2022 – via Zoom only

A presentation was given by Emily Williams, the Diocesan Disability Advisor. The main theme was ‘What do we mean by Accessible Church?’ Break-out rooms were used to discuss issues on disability in our own churches. Legally, organisations must make “reasonable adjustments” for people with disabilities AND they have an “anticipatory duty” to think ahead etc. Emily then described the Medical and Social models of Disability. THINK: How can your church be changed, physically and otherwise, to accommodate disabled people, if there are barriers to it currently?

Revd Tony Leighton, Master of Wyggestons, part of the West Leicester Mission partnership, gave a fascinating insight into life at Wyggestons and the building developments recently completed, as well as their investments. A lot is going on including partnerships with other, similar organisations.

Wednesday 6th July 2022 – St. Margaret’s Church

Florence Gildea, Social Policy Advisor to the Bishop, presented on the Cost of Living Crisis. Churches are trusted in a way that statutory services are not. The worst affected people are the poorest in society. To address this, there are three steps to social action: Being grounded in God’s vision, Assessing the need and Planning and Planning how you might deliver. Each part was examined.

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

Philip Leech then presented on Generous Giving - how we finance our Mission and Ministry. There are four principles: Transparency, Trust, Working together and Christ like generosity. The present diocesan financial situation was described and explained, and background given on the current parish contribution system. The Generous Giving team aims to continue building a generous church which includes facilitating the mechanisms and processes for giving, highlighting the impact and importance of giving, and leading on vision, scripture, and discipleship of giving – a key component of the new Minster communities.

Thursday 17th November 2022 – Hope Hamilton School

Revd Liz Rawlings, Diocesan Discipleship and Vocations Enabler presented on Vocations within the church. Isaiah 61 vs 1-4 is central to the team and used as their manifesto. All of us are called by God and to be Ministers of the Gospel. The various different courses and roles within ordained and lay ministry, and the discernment process through it all, were explained and the different dynamics of ministry considered in detail. Questions were taken by Liz from the floor of the meeting.

Revd Rob Hinsley gave another fascinating parish update about St. Luke’s and Christ the King Churches, including the challenges of working in that particular benefice. The ties and relationships with schools and other groups in the community were highlighted as well as projects happening around homelessness and foodbanks.

Comings and Goings

We wish all the clergy who have left the diocese, and those who have joined us, throughout the year, well in their new ministries or retirement. This includes the Dean, the Very Revd David Monteith, now Dean of Canterbury Cathedral.

Church attendance

At the date of the APCM in 2022 there were 110 persons on the Electoral Roll. 18 people have been removed and 26 people added bringing the total to 118.

The analysis of the general attendance and participation in the life of the church was:

Financial Performance – Carole Huffee

The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 have been prepared on an accruals basis in line with the previous year. The key financial objectives in 2022 remained as they had been in previous years – to ensure the day to day finances of the church were on a sustainable basis and to build financial resilience through reserves to ensure challenges can be weathered. In addition to building up the general reserve, the church has continued to set aside funds into a Church Planting fund to support future mission activities and has allocated a percentage of its income for mission giving.

Excluding the legacy income, total income for the year from all sources fell compared to 2021. This was due to lower levels of grants, a reduction in donation income and the planned reduction in resource church income. Room Hire income returned to pre-pandemic levels partly offsetting these other reductions.

St John the Baptist Leicester Annual Report Year Ending 31 December 2022

Throughout the year, close attention was paid to costs incurred to avoid a deficit for the year and as a result total costs were slightly lower than in 2021 even after an increase to the Parish Share contribution. The profile of the expenditure is similar to previous years with Parish share & staff costs representing 2/3 of the total expenditure.

As in previous years, most of the church’s reserves are held in cash. All debtors outstanding at the year end have been recovered in 2023.

The church is named as a beneficiary in the Hoyes estate will. The estimated income from this has been included in the 2022 statement of financial activities, with an interim payment expected to be received in Spring 2023. There are no conditions on use attached to this legacy, but it is the intention of the PCC that this money will be designated for specific purposes rather than added to the general reserve.

Reserves Policy

It is not the intention of the PCC to hold large amounts of reserves for Investment purposes, it believes the church resources should be used for the work of God’s kingdom as they are provided to us. However it is recognised that it is prudent to keep some general reserves in to cover primary operational costs in the event of an unforeseen reduction in income or increase in expenditure. It is the policy of the PCC to hold reserves equivalent to three months core operating costs (gross salaries and essential operating costs) at any one time.

Statement of Trustees Responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Signed

Sami Lindsey

Incumbent

Fiona Aldridge Huw Miles Warden (Chair) Warden

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park, Leicester Year Ended 31st December 2022

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park, Leicester ('the charity') for the year ended 31st December 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements 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.

Independent examiner's statement

I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements do 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 no concerns and 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.

Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA

Date:

25/04/2023

Independent Examiner 125 Main Street

Garforth Leeds LS25 1AF

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2022

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITES

notes
Total
INCOME from:
Voluntary Income
2a
279,301
4,231
283,532
Activites for Generating Funds
2b
16,810
-
16,810
Investment Income
2c
18
-
18
Income from Charitable Activites
2d
39,714
2,068
41,782
Other income
2e
980
690
1,670
TOTAL
336,823
6,989
343,812
EXPENDITURE on:
Charitable Expenditure
Mission and Ministry
3a
106,308
9,671
115,979
Property, Management and Admin
3b
75,233
1,567
76,800
TOTAL
181,541
11,238
192,779
NET INCOME (EXPENDITURE)
155,282
(4,249)
151,033
Transfers between funds
-
-
-
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
155,282
(4,249)
151,033
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:
Total funds brought forward
13
28,672
14,906
43,578
Total funds carried forward
183,955
10,657
194,611
2022
2022
2022
Un Restricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
141,715
15,038
156,753
12,308
-
12,308
18
-
18
45,401
1,833
47,234
1,188
970
2,158
200,630
17,841
218,472
110,342
11,444
121,786
77,408
233
77,641
187,750
11,677
199,427
12,880
6,165
19,044
3,830
(3,830)
-
16,710
2,335
19,044
11,963
12,571
24,534
28,673
14,906
43,578
2021
Un Restricted
Funds
2021
Restricted
Funds
2021

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2022

BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2022
notes
FIXED ASSETS:
Tangible assets
6
CURRENT ASSETS:
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
LIABILITIES:
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
9
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year
TOTAL NET ASSETS OR LIABILITIES
7
THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY:
Restricted funds
13h
Unrestricted funds
13l
TOTAL FUNDS		 2022
notes
1,919
6
153,705
8
43,602
197,307
(4,615)
9
192,692
194,612
-
194,612
7
10,657
14i
183,955
14m
194,612		 2021
1,319
3,771
43,916
47,687
(5,428)
42,259
43,578
-
43,578
14,906
28,672
43,578

Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 27/03/2023 and signed on its behalf by :

Revd Sami Lindsey Carole Huffee Incumbent Treasurer

The notes 1 to 15 form part of these accounts.

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2022

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

St John the Baptist Church, Clarendon Park, Leicester is an unincorporated charity registered in England and Wales. The address of the charity is given in the charity information on page 1 of these financial statements.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006.

The charity is a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of ireland (FRS102), the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The financial statements have been prepared as a going conern under the historical cost convention except for the valuation on investment assets where appropriate, which are shown at market value. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £.

As a charity with an income less than £500,000 we have made use of the exemption under the Charities SORP and not prepared a statement of cash flows.

In 2020 there was a fundamental change in the basis of the preperation of the financial accounts from cash accounting to accruals accounting.

Funds

General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restriction regarding their particular use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC.

Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted.

Funds received that are subject to a restriction are held in a separate fund and used only for that purpose. Where monies given for a restricted capital purpose are expended, the asset is no longer viewed as restricted and an appropriate transfer is made to the General Fund. This includes the payment of any related mortgage liability.

The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

Incoming Resources

Voluntary income

Donations are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC or in the case of pledged donations when the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt by the PCC is probable. Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is recognised when the income is recognised. Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt by the PCC is probable.

Activities for Generating Funds

Rental income from the letting of church premises is recognised when the rental is due.

Investment Income

Interest is accounted for as it accrues.

Income from Charitable Activites

Income from activities run by the church is recognised when it is due.

Gains and losses on investments

Realised gains or losses are recognised when investments are sold. Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of investments at 31 December in each year.

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report

Year ended 31 December 2022

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Resources used

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid, or when awarded if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

Allocation of Costs

Costs have been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Taxation

The PCC is exempted from tax under s.505 ICTA 1988, as a registered charity (reference 1132601).

Fixed assets

Consecrated land and buildings and movable church furnishings

The value of these assets is excluded from the accounts by virtue of s.96(2)(a) of the Charities Act 2011. Any expenditure, whether maintenance or improvement, is written off to revenue in the year it arises. Other fixtures, fittings and office equipment

Expenditure below £500 per item is written off in the year of acquisition. Computer equipment and other equipment is depreciated over 3 years on a straight line basis.

Current assets

All amounts owing to the PCC at 31 December are shown as debtors, less a provision for any amounts that may prove uncollectable.

Provisions for liabilities are shown where an essential future cost is estimated at the year end.

Pension costs

The PCC as 'Employer' has an auto enrolment pension scheme with the Peoples Pension. All qualifying employees are automatically enrolled on the scheme and non-qualifying employees offered to enrol, at the start of their employment. Contributions are made by both employer and employee into the scheme according to their staff contract. Employers continuing responsibility and duties will be undertaken.

Donated goods, facilities and services, including volunteers

Income raised from donated gifts for resale is recognised at the point of sale where the value of the donation is considered not material in the context of total annual income and/or where the estimated resale value cannot be determined.

The organisation relies on the contribution of many unpaid general volunteers to carry out activities. In the absence of a reliable basis for measurement, this contribution is not accounted for in monetary terms.

Going Concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to contine as a going conern.

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report

Year ended 31 December 2022

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

2
INCOME
2a Voluntary Income
Regular Donations
One Off Gifts
Collection Plate
Gift Aid Received
Legacies
Grants
Diocese Grant Income
Job Retention Scheme
2b Activites for Generating Funds
Room Hire
2c Investment Income
Bank Interest
2d Income from Charitable Activites
0-18 Ministries
Resource Church
Church Events
Church Fees
Staff Training
Operations Support Service
2e Other income
Gains from Sale of Assets
LPW Grant for VAT
Printing Charges
Other
TOTAL		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
TOTAL
FUNDS 2022
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
TOTAL
FUNDS 2021
£
£
£
£
£
£
87,017
1,200
88,217
90,283
900
91,183
10,522
1,532
12,054
14,782
2,573
17,355
5,081
-
5,081
2,832
-
2,832
23,624
649
24,273
24,311
765
25,076
150,000
-
150,000
-
-
-
3,057
850
3,907
5,008
5,800
10,808
-
-
-
-
5,000
5,000
-
-
-
4,499
-
4,499
279,301
4,231
283,532
141,715
15,038
156,753
16,810
-
16,810
12,308
-
12,308
16,810
-
16,810
12,308
-
12,308
18
-
18
18
-
18
18
-
18
18
-
18
2,409
-
2,409
958
-
958
31,752
60
31,812
41,260
-
41,260
495
-
495
139
-
139
758
417
1,175
544
609
1,153
-
1,591
1,591
-
1,224
1,224
4,300
-
4,300
2,500
-
2,500
39,714
2,068
41,782
45,401
1,833
47,234
150
-
150
-
800
800
639
-
639
765
-
765
191
-
191
56
-
56
-
690
690
368
170
538
980
690
1,670
1,188
970
2,158
336,823
6,989
343,812
200,630
17,841
218,472

Note - Change from 2021 Accounts

Following a review of our accounts we have moved operations support service from grants (Voluntary Income), where it was in 2021, to charitable activities under it's own heading.

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2022

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

EXPENDITURE
Charitable Expenditure
3a
Mission and Ministry
Mission Giving
Parish Share
Compassion Ministries
Students, Courses, Alpha & Evangelism
0-18 Ministies
Resaleables
Resource Church
Staff Training
Interns
Church Events
Hospitality & Gifts
Church Services
Church Fees i.e. weddings
Hardship Fund
Ministerial Salaries and expenses
3b
Property, Management and Admin
Church Utilities and Cleaning
Church Repairs
Technical maint & Equipment
Admin Staff Salaries & Expenses
Office Expenses
Computer Software & Licence Fees
Third Party
Professional Fees
Banks Charges and Card Fees
Room Hire
TOTAL		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
TOTAL
FUNDS 2022
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
TOTAL
FUNDS 2021
£
£
£
£
£
£
5,287
-
5,287
4,335
-
4,335
50,000
-
50,000
48,000
-
48,000
-
2,832
2,832
-
2,460
2,460
248
-
248
1,846
-
1,846
1,792
425
2,217
1,946
4,070
6,016
-
-
-
82
-
82
3,059
60
3,119
2,167
-
2,167
1,923
1,610
3,533
1,301
1,224
2,525
2,867
-
2,867
8,757
-
8,757
184
-
184
133
-
133
1,590
20
1,610
1,052
487
1,539
2,047
-
2,047
1,853
-
1,853
62
413
475
-
609
609
-
345
345
-
2,594
2,594
37,249
3,966
41,215
38,871
-
38,871
106,308
9,671
115,979
110,342
11,444
121,786
17,262
-
17,262
16,932
-
16,932
4,186
780
4,966
6,572
-
6,572
1,900
756
2,656
2,696
-
2,696
44,013
-
44,013
44,352
-
44,352
2,677
-
2,677
2,721
-
2,721
2,780
-
2,780
2,082
-
2,082
-
-
-
-
170
170
1,450
-
1,450
1,419
-
1,419
532
31
563
634
63
697
433
-
433
-
-
-
75,233
1,567
76,800
77,408
233
77,641
181,541
11,238
192,779
187,750
11,677
199,427

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2022

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

4 STAFF COSTS

Wages and salaries
Social Security costs
Pension costs
TOTAL		 2022
£
76,568
1,384
3,248
81,200		 2021
£
76,271
-
3,123
79,395

In 2022, the PCC employed an average of 4 (2021: 5) members of staff. The full time equivalent employees were 3.2 (2021: 3.3) There were no employees who earned more than £60,000 including pension costs. The PCC contributed to a defined contribution personal pension scheme for 3 employees (2021: 3).

5 REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES PAID TO TRUSTEES AND KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

No trustee was paid for their services as trustee. Expenses incurred wholly, exclusively and necessarily for the benefit of the organisation were reimbursed during 2022 to 7 (2021: 6) trustees of £6,069 (2021: £7,478) and 3 (2021: 3) Key Management Personnel of £8,036 (2021: £13,481). Trustee indemnity was paid for on behalf of the trustees.

The total remuneration of key management personnel (including employers NI & pension) during 2022 was: £69,537 (2021: £65,587)

6 FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BY THE PCC

Cost
Cost at 1 January 2022
Additions
Disposals
Cost at 31 December 2022
Depreciation
Depreciation at 1 January 2022
Eliminated on Disposal
Depreciation for the year
Depreciation at 31 December 2022
Net book value at 31 December 2022
Net book value at 31 December 2021		 Equipment
1,979
1,889
-
3,868
660
-
1,289
1,949
1,919
1,319

7 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND

Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Current Liabilities		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
1,919
186,659
(4,615)
183,963		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
10,648
-
10,648		 Total
2022
£
1,919
197,307
(4,615)
194,612		 Total
2021
£
1,319
47,687
(5,428)
43,578

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2022

8 DEBTORS

DEBTORS
Gift Aid recoverable
Legacy
Other Debtors & Prepayments		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
878
150,000
2,668
153,546		 Restricted
Funds
£
159
-
-
159		 Total
2022
£
1,037
150,000
2,668
153,705		 Total
2021
£
761
-
3,009
3,771

During 2022 the church was notified that they were a benficary in the will of the Late Christine Hoyes and were entitled to a fixed percentage share of the estate. At the point the 2022 accounts were finalised the final value of the estate had not been determined, but the church was notified of an interim distrubution of £150,000. This has been included in the 2022 accounts as a debtor.

9 LIABILITIES : AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Creditors for goods and services
Deferred Income		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
2,836
1,779
4,615		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-		 Total
2022
£
2,836
1,779
4,615		 Total
2021
£
3,484
1,944
5,428

All deferred income in 2021 was released in 2022.

Deferred income in 2022 comprises intern & winter energy grants and wedding fees received for future financial periods.

10 GOVERNANCE COSTS

The Independent Examiners rumuneration for 2022 was £730 (2021: £660).

11 TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

Donations of £37,399 (2021: £38,175) were received during the year from 16 (2021: 17) Trustees & their partners. No conditions were attached to these donations.

During the year, the church made a payment of £750 to Joel Kendrick, the son of Jane Kendrick a trustee of the charity, towards a mission trip abroad. During the part of the meeting where this decision was made, Jane was not present.

During the year the church received payments of £4,300 from St Peter's Oadby relating to operations support services provided by the church. Jonathan Tearne is a trustee of the charity and also the chair of trustees for St Peter's Oadby.

During the year, there were no further transactions with related parties.

12 GOVERNMENT GRANTS

During the year nil (2021: 1) Government Grants were received totaling £0 (2021: £4,499).

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report

Year ended 31 December 2022

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

13 SUMMARY OF FUND MOVEMENTS

SUMMARY OF FUND MOVEMENTS
notes
Restricted funds:
Hardship Fund
13a
Youth Leader Fund
13b
13c
Compassion Fund
13d
Third Party
13e
Children's Work
13f
SAT DADS
13g
13h
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Church Planting (Designated)
13i
Mission Giving (Designated)
13j
Hoyes Legacy (Designated)
13k
13l
Total funds
Buildings Development Fund		 Fund
balances
brought
forward at
1/1/2022
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Fund balances
carried
forward at
31/12/2022
£
£
£
£
£
213
357
(353)
-
217
£
3,500
-
(3,500)
-
-
£
8,662
-
(780)
-
7,882
£
601
3,505
(2,949)
-
1,157
£
-
2,777
(2,777)
-
-
£
1,930
-
(590)
-
1,340
£
-
350
(289)
-
61
£
14,906
6,989
(11,238)
-
10,657
£
23,061
186,824
(176,254)
(9,434)
24,197
£
4,988
-
-
4,717
9,705
£
623
-
(5,287)
4,717
53
£
-
150,000
-
-
150,000
£
28,672
336,824
(181,541)
-
183,955
£
43,578
343,813
(192,779)
-
194,612
£

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report

Year ended 31 December 2022

14 SUMMARY OF FUND MOVEMENTS (Prior Year)

notes
Restricted funds:
Hardship Fund
14a
Youth Leader Fund
14b
14c
Compassion Fund
14d
Church Plant Fund
14e
Third Party
14f
Near Neighbours Grant
14g
Children's Work
14h
14i
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Church Planting (Designated)
14j
Mission Giving (Designated)
14k
14m
Total funds
Buildings Development Fund		 Fund
balances
brought
forward at
1/1/2021
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Fund balances
carried
forward at
31/12/2021
£
£
£
£
£
1,509
1,325
(2,621)
-
213
£
2,000
5,000
-
(3,500)
3,500
£
8,662
-
-
-
8,662
£
371
2,712
(2,482)
-
601
£
30
-
-
(30)
-
£
-
2,504
(2,504)
-
-
£
-
2,000
(1,700)
(300)
-
£
-
4,300
(2,370)
-
1,930
£
12,571
17,841
11,677
-
3,830
-
14,906
£
11,963
200,630
(183,416)
(6,116)
23,061
£
-
-
-
4,988
4,988
£
-
-
(4,335)
4,958
623
£
11,963
200,630
(187,750)
3,830
28,673
£
24,535
218,471
(199,427)
-
43,579
£

St John The Baptist Church Leicester Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2022

15 GRANTS
Giving to Missions, other organisations and individuals:
New Wine
Trinity Life Church - United Citywide
SLCP
The Navigators - UK
South Leicester Foodbank
The Church Mission Society
St John's School - Bibles
Afghan Refugee Support
YWAM - Alla Mykhalienko
Knighton Free Church (Ukraine Aid)
The Saffires Project
Joel Kendrick
Luke Briggs (Summer Camp Leader)
Total Grants		 2022
2021
£
£
875
500
-
154
10
10
875
1,000
875
1,000
-
1,000
228
171
-
200
-
300
875
-
600
-
750
-
200
-
5,288
4,335