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2020-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period start date Period end date Period end date
**From ** 1st January 2020 To 31st December 2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name[THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ] ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, WALTHAMSTOW

Other names charity is known by St John’s PCC, Walthamstow

Registered charity number (if any) 1179140 Charity's principal address 18 Brookscroft Road,

Walthamstow

Postcode E17 4LH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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14		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Revd Kieran Bush Chair
Mrs Ann Nurcombe Churchwarden
Mr Stuart Christie Churchwarden
Mr Andrew Bellis Until 20thOctober 2020
Mr Graham Belsham PCC Secretary
Mrs Jean Clarke Until 20thOctober 2020
Mr Tim Cole From 20thOctober 2020
Ms Diane Collins From 20thOctober 2020
Mr Orall Cornelius
Miss Lydia Dyer
Mr Jerome Ilenotuma Treasurer
Mrs Rosemary
Morgenrood		 Until 20thOctober 2020
Mr Benjamin Raymond
Mr Rajesh Thanasingh

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

The Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 as amended and Type of governing document the Church Representation Rules (contained in Schedule 3 to the (eg. trust deed, constitution) Synodical Government Measure 1969 as amended). Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Trustee selection methods Representation Rules. All regular church attendees are encouraged to (eg. appointed by, elected by) register on the Electoral Roll and we look to encourage those who share our aims (see below) to stand for election to the PCC.

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Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Trustees are inducted and reminded of their duties each year in the first PCC meeting after the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.

Trustees receive information and training annually linked to Safeguarding, GDPR and conflicts of interest.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

St John’s PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd Kieran Bush, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church buildings.

The PCC’s charitable objects (‘Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church’) are primarily focused on the advancement of religion, which is recognised as a charitable purpose having public Summary of the main benefit. All regular public worship is provided free of charge and open to activities undertaken for the all. In addition, the PCC’s activities have further public benefits; for public benefit in relation to example, teaching and taking assemblies offer advancement of these objects (include within education which is recognised as a charitable purpose having public this section the statutory benefit. Donations to other charities and our own projects provide public declaration that trustees have benefits in the relief of poverty and need, whether within or outside the had regard to the guidance ecclesiastical parish, often for minority groups with particular needs such issued by the Charity as the elderly. Commission on public benefit) All trustees have received the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and hereby declare that we have continued to focus on the public benefit that our charity provides.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include The PCC does not have a formal grant making policy, nor does it have a further statements, where business plan. It will bear in mind it’s charitable purpose and those relevant, about: promoting a Bible-based evangelical faith when determining who will receive grants.

• policy programme related The PCC is very grateful to all those who give their time to volunteer in investment; the life of the church. These volunteers undertake a variety of roles in line with the objectives and activities of the Charity.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of
the main
achievements
of the charity
during the
year		 Achievements and performance
Church attendance
There are 100 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, 50 of whom are not resident
within the parish. 19 names were added during the year and 19 were removed either
because they moved away from the parish or no longer attended. The average weekly
attendance, counted (as far as possible using in person figures + Zoom figures) during
October, was 94 (66 adults and 28 children). Due to Covid-19 this number did not increase
significantly at festivals.
Review of the year
At our January 2020 PCC meeting, we noted that our weekly attendances had started
increasingly steadily, mostly through new families joining St John’s. This was supported by
Messy Church meeting weekly at the second service.
We were pressing ahead with seeking to reinforce this growth through increased Bible
reading and prayer, rebranding, seeking to set up a door-to-door visiting team, seeking to
reach schools more effectively, encouraging every household to live out our church vision
and continuing to update St John’s building to maximise its’ potential to serve gospel
ministry through updated rental agreements, upgrading the disabled toilet, removing
asbestos from the underground boiler room, improving storage under the main staircase
and relocating the church office into the upstairs vestry.
However, under God, Covid-19 changed many of our plans. Wonderfully God is still
the almighty ruler of the universe, Jesus is still our Lord and Saviour, Christians priorities
are unchanged and our church vision is still the same.We still want to see North
Walthamstow transformed by Jesus one life at a time!
In mid-March, A small core team met to shape our response to Covid-19 around our
church vision and values. Swiftly, our meetings moved onto Zoom; a new Church website
was set up using the new Saint John’s logo(www.stjohns.ws); 4000+ flyers were delivered
to the parish; Messy Church packs were made and delivered along with a new Church
directory, service sheets and books, and details of pastoral care groups. Our service
pattern moved to 1 joint service.
Quickly around 70% of the congregation moved onto Zoom including good numbers of
children. Most of our midweek groups transitioned online, and several new groups started
including a weekly prayer meeting, a new weekly Bible Study group and a new Youth
Group.
After this initial response, we became aware St John’s faced significant financial
challenges do to rental income stopping. Wonderfully, God prompted many in the church
family to give generously, and we sought to minimise costs.
Post lockdown, we made various practical changes including relocating the Church Office
upstairs and upgrading our internet connection, upgrading cupboards upstairs and
downstairs, dangerously overgrown trees were cut back and significant repainting
undertaken.
We restarted services in person as quickly as possible. Initially numbers were low in the
building. But, we were joined by several newcomers.
Significant effort was put into making the most of a Covid Christmas, but Lockdown 3
meant that most of these ideas were largely unable to happen.
The full PCC met 4 times during the year with an average level of attendance of 66
percent. The standing committee (comprising the Incumbent, Wardens, Lydia Dyer,
Women and Families’ Worker & Andrew Bellis, PCC rep) met occasionally to discuss and
implement day-to-day maintenance issues and administration, and also communicated via
email, WhatsApp and Zoom.
Once again, the church has been very ably served by our servant-hearted and very gifted
Oak Hill students: Andrew Bellis (and his wife Emily) until summer 2020, James Lee (and
his wife Bethan) and since September, Jez Day (and his wife Rachel). We have also been
served by a number of visiting preachers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

In November, the PCC agreed updated priorities for 2021 as follows: Priorities for 2021: We want to see North Walthamstow transformed by Jesus one life at a time.

ii) praying for God to grow disciples among children&young people -in Crèche, Messy Church, Jelly Tots, All Stars + Youth - specifically recruiting a group aiming to identify specific changes to help us increasingly reach young families for Christ by: making the most of lockdown opportunities; restarting physical groups quickly; recruiting new leaders (especially for Creche/Youth); and seeking to grow children attending regularly.

iv) praying for God to unite us as 1 Church family (through our 2 services remaining together) – specifically, praying God would unite us to actively pursue our Church vision by sharing Jesus with more young families.

2) Evangelism (= making disciples of all nations) – people of all nations becoming disciples of Christ is God’s work, by his Spirit as his people prayerfully speak his word – therefore 3 of our values are: loving Jesus, one another and everyone in North Walthamstow and beyond; serving Jesus and people wholeheartedly; and sharing the good news of Jesus with everyone everywhere. Aims:

i) praying for God to make new disciples -as the gospel message is proclaimed on Sundays, at all our groups and meetings, 1-2-1 and at regular Christianity Explored courses. Specifically, we aim to continue our termly ‘guest’ services where we encourage the regular church family to invite guests.

ii) praying for God to prompt us to increasingly go out from church to seek to share the good news of Jesus with everyone everywhere –family, friends, work colleagues, neighbours, at the school gate etc. Specifically, (Covid-permitting) we long to start a doorto-door visiting team & run 1+ community event evangelistic stalls.

iii) praying for God to continue enabling us to communicate our church vision more effectively by updating our church publicity in line with our ‘rebrand’ (specifically, new welcome packs, flyers, posters+social media).

iv) praying for God to restore/grow our evangelistic outreach to schools – specifically, restarting lessons about what happens in church and why; Christmas Explored – reaching new schools & offering more options.

v) praying for God to help us make the most of a ‘Covid Christmas’ – specifically praying for God to enable us to safely + effectively bring Carol services to people’s streets and offer a walk-through Nativity.

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Section D Achievements and performance

3) Generosity – God has blessed us abundantly-first in Christ, second with Bible teachers, and third with practical resources, we want to steward God’s provision wisely in order to safeguard and establish ongoing gospel ministry at St John’s and beyond for future generations: specifically, we aim to:

In 2020, two major areas of building work were completed:

In 2021, we are hoping to remove old Church furniture and are considering upgrading the disabled toilets and the flooring in the main downstairs hallways and installing new toilets into the back-vestry space.

We are also investigating making the upstairs meeting space more flexible in the future.

The PCC has discussed and taken the following actions:

Regularised the employment of our new cleaner.

Agreed to pay our parish share via the Essex and East London Good Stewards Trust from January 2021.

Agreed to pursue updated rental agreements.

Updated our Safeguarding policies and risk assessments. With regard to the PCC's obligations to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, the members of the PCC confirm that they have complied with their duties under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016.

Supported the Red Balloon Foundation by providing storage space and supporting the Boxes of Hope project.

The last quinquennial inspection was held in August 2018.

The following Urgent repairs were identified. Items 1-3 (below) relate to the 2013 Quinquennial and were completed before 2018. Items 5-8 were dealt with before the end of 2019. Item 4 was investigated and completed in December 2020.

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Section D Achievements and performance

1 Ensure that former chancel eaves gutters have watertight west stop-ends.

2 Investigate and eliminate cause of sagging floor in women’s lavatory.

3 Repair masonry and concrete floor at top of bell turret.

4 Engage a specialist to investigate the lagging in the south west corner of the former boiler. If asbestos is found it must be removed by a specialist.

5 Re-seal failing mastic joint to basins in ladies WC.

6 Emergency escape doors to the south – repoint areas of missing around door.

7 Check validity of Gas Engineer certificate with church Diocese and the church insurers.

8 Gate posts to south east corner in need of urgent rebuilding and stabilisation work. The pier is loose to the top and the wall panel is loose, both of which could fall and cause injury.

Section E Financial review

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Our new reserves policy states that:

Brief statement of the The PCC aims to keep 3 months running costs (including salary costs) in charity’s policy on reserves cash reserves in case of a major problem (=£50,000). The PCC was already seeking to reduce our reserves (through building upgrades in 2019 and salary costs). Given short term uncertainties, the PCC will not actively seek to reduce reserves faster than this but will review this policy in advance of future budget meetings. Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto include
additional information, where
relevant about:
•
the charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
•
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
•
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.		 The primary source of income is the giving of church members, together
with Gift Aid & GASDS received on these donations. This is either
through planned giving, church collections or other donations. Being a
local church we know our regular donors, and the giving of visitors is at a
low level in relation to our overall income.
St John's receives income from renting parts of the Church building to
local businesses and charities.
Fees in line with Church of England guidelines are charged for
occasional services e.g. weddings and funerals.
From time to time we may apply for grants for maintenance of our
building to English Heritage, the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
or some other heritage grantmaker. We may also apply to the Diocese or
other grantmakers including London over the Border for support with
other projects the PCC wishes to undertake in furtherance of its
charitable objects.
Each year the PCC agrees a budget which is in line with the overall
objectives as defined above and the specific priorities for the year ahead.
This involves seeking to maintain in good condition the buildings and land
the trustees are responsible for.
The reality of Covid-19 continues to present challenge to St John’s
finances in 2021. This has led to a significant loss of rental income.
However, this has been offset by reducing in spending where possible
and positive responses to appeals to the congregation. St John’s are
able to continue functioning for the foreseeable future.

The reality of Covid-19 continues to present challenge to St John’s finances in 2021. This has led to a significant loss of rental income. However, this has been offset by reducing in spending where possible and positive responses to appeals to the congregation. St John’s are able to continue functioning for the foreseeable future.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Date		 Kieran Bush Ann Nurcombe
Kieran Bush Ann Nurcombe

Chair / Vicar		 Church Warden
21/05/2021
21/05/2021

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Independent examiner's report to the

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (PCC) OF

THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, WALTHAMSTOW

This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 9 to 11 following, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 ('the Regulations') and s.145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

Responsibilities and basis of report

As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145 (5) (b) of the Act and to be found in the Church guidance, 2006 edition. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC, and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements 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 I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner's Statement

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 Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. The accounts do not accord with those records.

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.

Lourens du Plessis, ACA CA(SA)

21 May 2021

56 Kinglake House, Denman Avenue, UB2 4GA

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Charity Name No (if any) THE PCC OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, WALT1179140 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01-Jan-20 31-Dec-20 To from

Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts
a.Donations Gift Aid:		 Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
7,033
28,791
5,036
3,688
1,270
400
172
17,763
42,618
14,348
-
488
-
20,720
473
10,691
159
653
-
154,302
.
-
-
-
154,302		 Restricted funds
to the nearest £
-
5,000
-
5,000
-
-
-
5,000		 Endowment funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
to the nearest £
7,033
28,791
5,036
3,688
1,270
400
172
17,763
42,618
14,348
-
488
-
20,720
473
-
10,691
5,000
-
159
653
-
159,302
-
-
-
159,302		 Last year
to the nearest £
DONATION GIFT AID PLATE COLLECTION 7,033 8,274
STANDING ORDER(GIFT 28,791 21,605
GIFT DAY(Gift Aided) 5,036 6,596
b.Donations Non Gift Aid:(DNGA)
DNGA PLATE COLLECT 3,688 8,583
STANDING ORDER NGA 1,270 -
GIFT DAY(NON GIFT AIDED) 400 97
OTHER INCOME 172 630
c.Lettings:
WALTHAMSTOW MONTESSORI SCHOOL
(ST JOHN'S)		 17,763 21,035
WALTHAMSTOW MONTESSORI SCHOOL (
PENHRYN HALL)		 42,618 46,344
VESTRY SCHOOL OF DANCE 14,348 29,158
CHURCH HALL LETTINGS - 90
FOREST PHILHARMONICAL 488 4,635
WALTHAM FOREST ALLOTMENTS - 120
RENT FROM NON CHURCH PROPERTY 20,720 21,120
CUB/SCOUTS 473 1,710
d.Other Sources
-
GIFT AID RECOVERY 10,691 9,811
(GRANT) LONDON OVER BORDER(LOB)
YOUTH PROJECT		 9,285
(GRANT) LONDON OVER BORDERLOB
WOMEN AND FAMILY WORKER		 10,000
BANK INTEREST ON CCLA & CURRENT
ACCOUNT		 159 169
CHURCH FEES RECEIVED 653 1,125
- -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 154,302 200,386
.
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
154,302 5,000 - 159,302 200,386

A3 Payments

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a. Church Related

a. Church Related
SHARE TO DIOCESE 52,815 - - 52,815 51,891
FEES PAID TO DIOCESE 762 - - 762 436
INSURANCE(MAIN) 3,815 - 3,815 3,736
UTILITIES 4,523 - 4,523 7,319
MUSIC AND WORSHIP 1,305 - 1,305 2,212
CLERGY EXPENSES 305 - 305 1,017
TRAINING 2,336 - 2,336 5,000
VICARAGE COSTS - - - -
OUTREACH & EVANGELISM 3,124 - 3,124 2,437
EQUIPTMENT AND PLANT MAINTENANCE 5,564 - 5,564 6,020
CLEANING AND CONSUMABLES 5,632 - 5,632 5,319
PENHRYN HALL INSURANCE 1,147 - 1,147 1,117
PENHRYN HALL MAINTENCE & UTILITIES 334 - 334 -
YOUTH AND SPORTS CLUB 2,260 2,260 5,400
WOMEN AND FAMILIES' WORKER 30,830 5,000 35,830 35,216
RENT AND COUNCIL TAX 21,203 - 21,203 19,440
b. PARISH ADMIN
OFFICE RUNNING COST 2,788 2,788 1,856
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER FEE 366 - 366 750
BANK CHARGES 256 256 417
c. AWAY GIVING CHURCH FUNDS
LINK LINK - - -
MISSIONARY GIVING 9,850 9,850 9,100
d. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
BUILDING MAINTENANCE - - -
CAPITAL PROJECT 2,308 682 2,990 30,673
YOUTH PROJECT - - - - -
**Sub total ** 149,263 7,943 - 157,205 189,356
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
**Sub total ** - - - - -
Total payments 149,263 7,943 - 157,205 189,356
Net of receipts/(payments) 5,039 - 2,943 - 2,097 11,030
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 117,211 5,147 - 122,358 111,328
Cash funds this year end 122,250 2,205 - 124,455 122,358

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B1 Cash funds		 Signature
JEROME ILENOTUMA
ANN NURCOMBE
Missionary giving payable
Invoice Payable
Details
Details
Details
Details
Relates to the FYE 2020
Rents receivable
HMRC Gift Aid receivable
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Details
1101 : BARCLAYS PCC ACC
COMMUN
1102 : PETTY CASH
1103 : CCLA DEPOSIT ACC		 Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
104,623
2,205
81
-
17,547
-
122,250
2,205
OK
OK
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
4,008
-
9,461
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which asset
belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which asset
belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which liability
relates
Amount due
(optional)
-
Unrestricted
4,250
Unrestricted
6,672
Print Name
JEROME ILENOTUMA
ANN NURCOMBE		 Endowment funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Endowment funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due (optional)
31 December 2020
31 December 2020
Date of approval
JEROME ILENOTUMA JEROME ILENOTUMA 21/05/2021
ANN NURCOMBE ANN NURCOMBE 21/05/2021

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