Chairfs Annual Re rt 2022 Church- We began 2022 with all services being covered by a priest and thankfully in church. Face coverings were still required to be worn and we were not, as yet, using the common cup. It was decided in June 2022 that the wearing of face coverings would no longer be necessary, and we would commence usin8 the common cup again for those who wished to, but people would still stand and not kneel around the alter rail, this continues to date. Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday and all our Easter serrfices were blessed, with Rev Michelle celebrating our Triduum which she and us thoroughly enjoyed, we had an attendance of 58 people, slightly done on last year. On All Souls Day we again had a service at which all names were projected onto a screen and read out three times over a period of an hour and a half thus meaning people could drop in at any time over that period. At Christmas we held our Crib and Christingle service at 3.30pm on Christmas Eve led by Linda Dott and Aneta Bradley, and as always was a great success. Our Midnight Mass serdice was held at 11.30pm with more attendin8 than expected, our attendance was 29 people which was more than last year. The Christmas Day service was a group service held at Stranton. Our total worshipping community during 2022 was 54, and our usual Sunday Attendance was 41 adults and 2 children. There are 58 people on our Electoral role. Throughout 2022 we had a total of 12 Baptisms. 3 Marriages and 28 Funerals. Confirmation was received in January 2022 that we could proceed with the faculty for a new heating system to be installed in St Aidans but this was delayed in processing by the diocese, for which they apologised. The new system was eventually installed in October 2022 and has definitely warmed the church to everyones delight, unfortunately it is also very expensive due to the increase in energy costs. St Columbas continues with its regular Thursday morning service with a priest in attendance. The Hall is also hired on a regular basis by a Mother and Toddler group on a Monday. Sewing Bees on a Tuesday. a Meditation Group on a Tuesday and Wednesday night and a home schooling group on a Friday, with partles occasionally belng booked, and COH also now rent their office space there too. The former vicarage was to be put up for aurtion in February 2022 and a fence was been erected between the church and the former vicarage by the diocese. This has now been sold and is currently being refurbished to be used as a family home.
Deanery Synod is attended by Brian Hays and Linda Dott and the PCC get regular updates on matters discussed. An online directory was to be established for those parishes who have registered as an inclusive church and we therefore sent a donation for our inclusion on the direttory. The Kitchen- The year began with our guests only being allowed into church to pick up food parcels and have a hot drink when sufficient volunteers were available. An appeal for volunteers was to be advertised on social media. On 24 February 2022 we commenced providing hot meals to our guests, as take away only, but they were very grateful, and we continue to do this to date. By June 2022 we were picking up food from Tesco. Aldi and Greggs, and donations were bein8 received from Fareshare, Morrells, Sainsburys, Morrisons and the Nasir Mosque on a regular basis. We continue to get generous donations of food and money from many different sources. Our warehouse manager continues to run the warehouse effectively and eff iciently taking into account health and safety and the rising cost of energy throughout the year and we thank her for her hard work. Hartle ool Central Grou The Group council includes 6 members of our PCC (and the same number from the other two parishes) who attend the meetings and we try to meet every couple of months. We discuss all group workings including services, clergy arrangements, links with Communities of Hope and the advertising for a new priest. Interre num- We began the year with the announcement that Rev Norman Shave would be retiring at the end of June 2022, his last working day would be th 19 June with a joint service at Stranton and his last service at St Aidan's would th be 29 May. This then left us with two fulltime priests Rev Michelle and Rev Clive who were themselves looking for their own parishes. and a couple of retired priests and visiting priests (rf available). All sep4ices were being covered by these priests and Kathrine Batty took on the unenviable task of doing the rot3 for all services in all three parishes in the group. th On 8 September 2022 two priests were interviewed for potential appointment to the group and it was agreed to offer Rev John Bell the post as priest to All Saints Stranton and St Luke's, with the understanding he was also part of the Central Hartlepool Group and would be required to take services at St Aidans and St Columbas. Rev John was licensed on 13 November 2022.
In December 2022 Rev Michelle left for her own parish near Blackburn and Rev Clive is now to leave at the end of April 2023 for his own parish at Withern5ea, near Hull. St Aidan and St Columbas have now been advised by Archdeacon Rick Simpson that we are now top of the list to advertise for a priest for our parish and we can proceed with submission of our parish profile which we are at present updating. Communities of Ho At the beginning of the year COH started with only Aneta Bradley as project lead with Emma Cain helping on a part time basis, and it was not possible to advertise the other two post {families and evangelist) for another couple of months. However, despite lack of staff COH were still running Sid's Cafe, Mother and Toddlers group and Sewing Bees from St Matthew's, helping out at St Aidan's Kitchen on a Thursday morning and running a Cafe in St Aidans church on a Friday morning and Forest Church at St Aidans School on the last Sunday of the month. all these with the help of other volunteers. At the beginning of June 2022 Hayley Liversidge was appointed as families worker and as Rev Norman was retiring Janice Tarn would become Aneta's line manager. Despite the fact that the COH staff had Covid the summer camp still ran thanks to David and Angela Craig and was a great Success. In September COH took on a Soup run which was operated from Avenue Road. COH moved their office from St MattheS Hall to St Columbas in September 2022. Unfortunately, in February 2023, All Saints Stranton who are the legal employers of COH took the unilateral decision to dismiss Aneta Bradley. This left COH with no Project Lead, and this led to there being no Steering Group and St Aidans PCC making the decision to have no further involvement in the management of COH for the Central Hartlepool Group. Rev John has taken on the responsibility for COH. Helen Rochester Chair of PCC. St Aidan and St Columba th 12 April 2023
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARTLEPOOL ST AIDAN AND ST COLUMBA CHARITY NUMBER 1185257 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
| Note INCOMING RESOURCES Voluntary Income 2a Activities for generating funds 2b Income from investments 2c Church Activities 2d Other incoming resources 2e TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES EXPENDED Cost of generation voluntary income 3b Fund raising trading costs 3c Church activities 3a Governance Costs 4 Other Expenses 5 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED NET INCOMING RESOURCES BEFORE OTHER RECOGNIZED GAINS AND LOSSES Gains on investment assets: on disposal on revaluation NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS BALANCES B/FWD 1 JANUARY Movement between funds BALANCES C/FWD 31 DECEMBER |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Trust funds 2022 2021 £ £ £ £ 35422 16822 0 52244 54305 915 117 0 1032 985 150 64 929 1143 223 7750 0 0 7750 5782 882 22586 0 23468 7088 |
|---|---|
| 45119 39589 929 85637 68383 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 125886 292 0 126178 46870 8255 5218 0 13473 11283 514 4198 0 4712 26416 |
|
| 134655 9708 0 144363 84589 |
|
| -89536 29881 929 -58726 -16206 0 0 0 0 0 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 0 -89536 29881 929 -58726 78191 101635 70847 250673 66030 -66030 |
|
| 54685 65486 71776 191947 |
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARTLEPOOL ST AIDAN AND ST COLUMBA CHARITY NUMBER 1185257 BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
| Note FIXED ASSETS Tangible 6a Investment 6b CURRENT ASSETS Stock Debtors 7 Prepayments Cash at bank and in hand LIABILITIES Creditors 8 NET CURRENT ASSETS/LIABILITIES Total assets less current liabilities TOTAL NET ASSETS PARISH FUNDS Unrestricted 10 Restricted 10 Trust funds 10 |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Trust funds 2022 2021 £ £ £ £ £ 15337 0 0 15337 18404 0 0 71776 71776 70847 |
|---|---|
| 15337 0 71776 87113 89251 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3672 0 0 3672 3467 35676 65486 0 101162 165821 |
|
| 39348 65486 0 104834 169288 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 7866 |
|
| 54685 65486 71776 191947 250673 |
|
| 54685 65486 71776 191947 250673 54685 54685 78191 65486 65486 101635 71776 71776 70847 |
|
| 54685 65486 71776 191947 250673 |
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARTLEPOOL ST AIDAN AND ST COLUMBA CHARITY NUMBER 1185257 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
| 2 (a) Voluntary income Planned Giving Gift Aid Donations Tax recovered Other Collections Grants New Build kitchen donations Donations Bequests 2 (b) Activities for generating funds Annual Fair 200 club harvest Christmas appeal 2 ( c) Income from investments Interest 2 (d) Income from church activities Fees Rent 2 (e) Other incoming resources Thursday kitchen Sundry Income Charity Income Insurance Claim 2 (f) sequestration Total incoming resources |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Trust funds 2022 2021 £ £ £ £ 16851 16851 20394 6824 564 7388 6533 5462 5462 6464 3430 3430 4348 1608 16215 17823 12400 0 0 0 0 747 43 790 4166 500 500 0 |
|---|---|
| 35422 16822 0 52244 54305 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 117 117 85 915 915 900 |
|
| 915 117 1032 985 |
|
| 150 64 929 1143 223 |
|
| 2883 2883 3812 4867 4867 1970 |
|
| 7750 0 0 7750 5782 |
|
| 22071 22071 6287 882 373 1255 801 142 142 0 0 0 |
|
| 882 22586 0 23468 7088 |
|
| 0 | |
| 45119 39589 929 85637 68383 |
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARTLEPOOL ST AIDAN AND ST COLUMBA CHARITY NUMBER 1185257 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Trust | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | funds | 2022 | 2021 |
| Unrestricted Restricted Trust |
|
|---|---|
| 3. RESOURCES EXPENDED 3 (a) Church Activities Charitable giving Christian Aid Hospice Children's Society Other Ministry: Diocesan parish share Other ministry costs New Heating System Church running and maintenance Depreciation Printing and stationery 3(b) Generation of voluntary income Cost of lottery licence Trading expenditure 3 ( c) Fund raising costs concert/coffee morning annual fair 4 (a) STAFF COSTS Wages and salaries |
funds funds funds 2022 2021 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 579 |
| 0 142 0 142 579 27295 27295 26500 515 515 818 73494 73494 0 20411 150 20561 14201 3067 3067 3067 841 841 1705 |
|
| 125623 292 0 125915 46870 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 20 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 0 8255 5218 0 13473 11283 |
During the year the PCC employed a parish administrator (part time). No payments were large enough to attract social security costs.
As the Parish Administrator, Mrs Kathrine Batty, who is a member of the PCC, was paid £5590 (2021; £5220) during the year.
As the warehouse manager Ms Clare Barker who was paid £5218 (2021:£4348)
No other payments or expenses were paid to other PCC members or persons closely connected to them or related parties The parish contributed to expenses for Revd Norman Shave and Revd Michelle Delves as part of group arrangements
5. OTHER COSTS
| Professional fees Sundry Expenses Thursday kitchen |
0 360 514 87 601 601 4111 4111 25455 |
|---|---|
| 514 4198 0 4712 26416 |
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARTLEPOOL ST AIDAN AND ST COLUMBA CHARITY NUMBER 1185257 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
| 6. FIXED ASSETS (a) Tangible (b) Investments 7. DEBTORS Invoices issued 8. LIABILITIES Sundry creditors |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Trust funds 2022 2021 15337 0 0 15337 18404 |
|---|---|
| 0 0 71776 71776 70847 |
|
| 15337 0 71776 87113 89251 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 0 |
|
| 0 0 0 0 7866 |
9. FUNDS
The restricted funds comprise the organ fund and parish hall fund. The endowment funds are the Bolton Trust (to be used for general purposes) the Bulmer Trust (to be used at the absolute discretion of the vicar and Church Wardens) the PCC trust (to be used for ecclesiastical purposes within the parish) and the Wilkinson Trust (to be used for general purposes).
| Parish Hall Fund |
Organ Fund |
Bolton Trust |
Bulmer Trust |
PCC Trust |
Wilkinson Trust |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund Movements | ||||||
| Balance at 1 January2022 | 48963 | 31721 | 7415 | 33911 | 26530 | 2991 |
| resources expended | 48997 | |||||
| Interest received | 34 | 30 | 97 | 445 | 348 | 39 |
| Balance at 31 December 2022 | 0 | 31751 | 7512 | 34356 | 26878 | 3030 |
| 10. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS byfund |
Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Trust funds |
TOTAL 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangible Fixed Assets | 15337 | 15337 | ||
| Investment Fixed Assets | 71776 | 71776 | ||
| Current Assets | 39348 | 65486 | 104834 | |
| Current Liabilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 54685 | 65486 | 71776 | 191947 |
Ecclesiastical Parish of Hartlepool St Aidan and St. Columba, Parochial Church Council Year to 31 December 2020 Charity Number 1185257
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022
Note 1 – Accounting Policies
1a) Basis of Preparation
These accounts have been prepared to meet the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 together with the Charities (accounts and reports) regulations 2008 and statements of recommended practice on accounting and reporting by Charities. They have been prepared on an accruals basis. The statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible. The accounts do not include the activities of the Trust Funds held for the benefit of the PCC by the Diocese of Durham except insofar as income has been received from those funds
1b) Fixed Assets
Fixed assets are depreciated over a period generally 10 years estimated to reflect the useful economic life of the asset. The only asset being depreciated is the kitchen in St. Aidans Church.
All other assets are charged to the accounts in the period payment is made.
1c) Debtors
Amounts receivable are stated at the value expected to be realised.
1d) Liabilities, Provisions, Deferred Income and Capital Grants
Full estimates are made of income received in advance and liabilities incurred and provisions are made in accordance with relevant financial reporting standards
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Inde ndent Examlners Certlficate for Ecclesiastical Parish of Hartle Chari Number 1185257 I St Aidan and St. Colurnba I report to the Trustees of Ecclesiastical Parish of Hartlepool St Aidan and St. Columba, for the year end 31 December 202Z espective responslbilitles of trurtees and examiner The charity trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charltvs trustees consider that an audit is not required for thi5 year under section 144 of ihe Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Art 2011, To follow the procedures laid down in the general direction given by the Charity Commission (under section 14515llbl of the Charities Act 2011 and To state whether particular matters have come to my attention Basls of Independent examlnws statement My examination was carried out in accordance wlth the general directions given by the Charit. Commission. An examinètion includes a review of the accountin8 records kept by the charity and comparison of the accounts presented wrth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustee5 concernin8 any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is 8iven as to whether the accovnts present a "true and fairt view and the port is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. In connertion with my examination. no matter has come to my attention: Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that In, any material respect. the following requirements have not been met al To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011 bl To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accountin8 requirements of the Charities Act and to account for Statutory Fee5 corrertly 2. To whtch, in my opinion. attention should be dravm in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Date l ? 1+1 Name: David S. Bums ACA 30 Snowdrop Road. Hartlepool