HOLY APOSTLES PARISH CHURCH, LEICESTER ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 AIMS AND PURPOSES Holy Apostles Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of working together with the Priest-in-charge, Curate, associate minister, the wardens and staff in promoting, in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the church building and hall of Holy Apostles, at the junction of Fosse Road South and Imperial Avenue, Leicester. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES We seek to build up the congregation through:. worship, prayer and teaching pastoral care outreach to the communty responding to the needs of the church and community through the occasional services To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of Holy Apostles Church and hall. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE We minister to our congregation through our Sunday services. Throughout 2024 we held a weekly 10:30 Servi in the church with groups for children now known as HAL'S kids. We held café style church seN[S in the hall when there was a 5th Sunday in a month. Prayer is encouraged through the monthly Prayer Diary and seasonal prayer bulletin. As a church we supported the Global prayer initiative 'Thy Kingdom Come, and have prayer gatherings once a month. Personal prayer for specific needs is offered in church on Sundays as well as via our WhatsApp group. Our discipleship groups continued meeting in the church hall, and at Wggestons for mutual encouragement in bible study and everyday faith. Daily Bible reading material was circulated with the monthly prayer pointers. There were 48 people on the Electoral Roll (as at 31.12.24) of whom 19 are resident In the parish. The Sunday attendance counted during October, was 32 adults and 8 under 16 yrs Attendance is usually increased considerably for festivals. 2024 we held our usual events and services for Christmas. The Christmas Café and tree festival was very well attended and led to over 600 children and young people come to the building on
school visits and for the scouts Christingle seNice. Our own Christingle service was attended by 125 adults and 44 under 16s, which was an increase on 2023. The connedions with the two primary schools in the parish continued to grow through 2024 with assemblies being taken by the clergy once a month in each school, as well as support for RE lessons both in school and in the churGh. Imperial Avenue infant school came to church for a special assembly at Easter, harvest and Christmas accompanied by staff and parents. St Mary's School year 4 children also held their carol service in church with 65 children and 100 adults. During 2024 we have celebrated 1 marriage and 2 funerals. Pastoral Care is an important feature of the church's ministry, with visits to the sick and housebound. Ashley Prince continues to support this ministry as pastoral assistant with PTO (pennission to officiate). Safeguarding is taken seriously by the PCC and the Promoting a Safer Church document has been adopted. The church has policies for the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. All roles are recruited according to the safer recruitment guidelines. DBS checks are carried out as required and safeguarding training undertaken at the level appropriate for each role. Safeguarding is regularly brought to the attention of the whole church. In so doing, the PCC has complied with its duty to act according to the House of Bishops guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The PCC uses the Safeguarding dashboard to support Complian with regulations. The parish safeguarding offior is Elaine Swanson, lan Newcombe,. leads the safeguarding of vulnerable adults. Mi88ion and outreach is strategic and multi-faceted. We have reached out to our community through making links with local schools and community groups. These include long running groups such as Tiddlywinks; our parents and toddler group and Soup*r Group, a monthly lunch for older people. In 2024 Welcome Pla began with a vision to provide a warm friendly Spa for people to drop in. It includes refreshments, an opportunity to pray together and lunch. In the warmer months a gardening group forms part of this welcome pla. The monthly community café has continued to be successful in creating a space for church and non-church families and individuals to enjoy each other's company, good food and drink. In the autumn of 2024, we launched a youth group for young people aged 11-16. The aim is to provide a safe Spa to come and meet with friends after school, to have fun, eat together and begin to explore aspects of faith and spiritualty together. Manor House foodbank is a focus for our support for the poor in the community. The church supports Chri8tian partners working abroad. In 2024 support the work of INF specifically by funding the work of Nepalese nationals at the Green Pastures hospital. The church also supports Andrew Fanstone in his work with Iris Ministries in Brazil. We also support Christian Aid and Open Doors as well as local charities, Safe families for Children, One Roof LeISter, Mosaic Foodbank and Sound Café
LeISter. The offering from Ihe ChriSting servi went to support the work of the Children's Society. Our buildings are a vital resour in our mission. In 2024 they were used for church events, most notably, the Good Friday café and the haNest supper. Brownies, and other community groups as well as New Covenant ChurGh and Reach Leister Church also make use of our buildings. Until July 2024 Stephen Gorton continued to support us exploring the redevelopment of the church and site to make it fit for purpose. West Leic•8ter Mission Partnership Holy Apostles is part of the West Leicester Mission Partnership. In 2024 This Partnership encompassed the churches of St. Anne, St. Paul & St. Augustine, The Martyrs. Holy Apostles, St. Peter's Braunstone Park, St Margaret's and Wyggestons. The Mission Partnership leaders continued to meet weekly for morning prayer on zoom throughout 2024. Deanery Synod The APCM is entitled to elect tsvo people to the Deanery Synod who are ex-officio on the PCC. This provides the PCC with an important link btheen the parish and the wider structures of the church. In 2024 we had one such representative. 2024 STAFFING Revd Jenny Ridge (Priest in Charge) continued to lead the church forward with the support and encouragement Rev'd Tony Leighton (assistant minister) until his retirement in February 2024. Dr Nick Henwood continued as a 'Caleb student, on placement at Holy Apostles as he undertook both dIsrnMent and training for ordination. We were delighted to welcome him as curate following his ordination in July 2024. Rev'd Andrew Micklethwaite joined the team as 40Yo time associate priest following his linsTrng in August 2024. Barbara Dzima, continued as a ministry apprentice until July. Margo Henry continues to work in the Offi as our church administrator. Francis Hruszka continued in the role of Church cleaner and did some paid gardening hours early in the year. FINANCIAL REVIEW Financial Review of 2024 Total receipts on unrestricted funds was down from £76,551 to £72,252 but at the same time expenditure of unrestricted funds was down from £74,102 to £68,777. This means that even with reduced income the deficit in unrestricted funds was down from (£2,554) to (£1,066) which is good news.
For 2024 we introduced a new modem accounting system and along with that made some changes so that the accounts are easier to understand. All the funds that we held with money designated for the building were consolidated into one which can be seen as the BD for Building Development line. As a reminder designated funds (unlike restricted funds) Gan be reallocated by the PCC at any time. The new accounting system has many advantages and is one used by lots of churches but it does mean that the accounts look slightly different compared to last year and, as always, rf anyone has any questions, detailed or otherwise, they are always welcome to contact me. The reseNes policy has not changed (4 months operallng costs) and accordingly the amount of reseNes would now be £23,000 and this is now shown within the General Fund to avoid having a fund for reserves that requires annual fund transfers tolfrom the General Fund. In 2024 we received 2 grants of £500 each from Near Neighbours to help us furnish the small hall for our Welcome Place initiative and also from the City Council to help fund our new Youth Group. However, as ever the bulk of our income was from gifts and donations which redUd by about 100/0 to £45,404. This can be seen on the "donations and legacies. line On the £1,000 grant income has been deducted. This continues the long-term decline in donations that we along with many churches are experiencing. Income from renting out the hall continues to be very important to us and almost unchanged from 2023 at very close to £8,000. As mentioned above expenditure was reduced and we beneffted especially from reductions in energy costs as they further reduced from the 2022 peak though they are far from historic levels and the outlook remains unclear. We also spent significantly less on maintaining the church hall but that is likely to be a temporary respite. Staff costs continue to rise and we continue to have a policy of paying the Real Living Wage. In 2024 we increased the Parish Contribution by £1000 and have pledged a further increase of £3,000 in response to the request from the di0Se for a 100kn increase. The vast majority of expenditure (£9000) of restricted funds were spent on the second and final payment to Mayway Construction for the building project. We hold most of our funds (£246,126 at year end) with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund run by CCL4 and the Diocese holds £26.292 on our behalf relating to the balan of the funds from the sale of St Oswald's. Although interest rates have reduced slightly we still received just over £14,000 in 2024 wrthout which our financial picture would be very different which is a challenge given the expectation that interest rates will continue to fall over the long term.
While we continue to hold significant funds, a luxury many churches do not have, we continue to face challenges with both the Church itself and the Church Hall. Since we are unable to proed with the plans we had been working so hard on for the site redevelopment we have had some donors divert giving from the building project to the general fund or the newly created Children and Youth Fund. As ever in line with the regulations governing Charites (and we are a registered charity) we must follow donor wishes with regard to restricted grfts. David Ridge, Treasurer. Holy Apostles PCC VOLUNTEERS We are extremely grateful to all who volunteer in whatever capacity to enable the ministry of the church to progress. Thanks go particularly to those who have cleaned the church, maintained the church garden's and kept the carpark tidy as well as those who serve in a variety of ways on a Sunday. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with Church Representation Rules. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish. The PCC met on 8 occasions during the year (January, March, May, June, July, September, November and December) The PCC has a Standing Committee which has power to transact the business of the PCC beeen its meetings subject to any directions given by the Council. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION The parish church of Holy Apostles is located in the West End area of the city of Leicester, at the junction of Fosse Road South and Imperial Avenue. It is part of the Diocese of Leister within the Church of England. Correspondence should be addressed to Holy Apostles Church, Fosse Road South, Le1$ter LE3 1AD. The PCC is a corporate body (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2023) and Charity Registration was completed in January 2021. Holy Apostles. Leicester is a Registered Charity in England and Wales No.. 1192946 Holy Apostles has a Priest-in-charge., Rev'd Jenny Ridge and had an associate Priest, Rev'd. Tony Leighton. (until Feb 2024), Then associate priest Rev'd Andrew Micklethwarte (from Aug 2024) and curate Rev'd Dr Nick Henwood (from July 2024). Ministry at Apostles is supported the Associate minister lan Newcombe and the authorised Pastoral Assistant, Ashley Prince (PTO). Susan Brownsword is a locally authorised minister. PCC members who have served at any time from 1st January 2024 until the date this report was approved are:
Ex-officio members: Priest-in-charge.. Revd Jenny Ridge Associate Minister." Revd. Tony Leighton (until Feb 2024) Rev'd Andrew Micklethwaite (from Aug 2024) Rev'd Dr Nick Henwood (from July 2024) Associate Minister Curate Wardens." Elizabeth Gooderham (from May 2022) Melanie Carter (Until May 2024) Elaine Swanson (from May 2024) Co -opted members Deputy Warden Melanie Carter Reader.. lan Newcombe Deanery Representative." Elected Members." John Branney (2023-2026) David Ridge (2022-2025) Ashley prin (2023-2026) Sue Brownsword (2023-2026) (lay chair) Carole Dagley {2023-2026) Mark Wigston (2024-2027) Nwachuckwu Nwabufo (2024-2027) Elizabeth Gooderham (until May 2024) Margo Henry (role from May 2024 as part of her role as church administrator not as a member of PCC) Treasurer David Ridge PCC Secretary.. Approved by the PCC on and signed on their behalf by
HOLY APOSTLE.£ PCC 2024 ACOUNTS Recelpts and Paymeiits Account Prlor Unrestrlcted Deslgnated Ro*trSGted lund8 lund8 nd8 Total funds year tot81 lunds Recelpts Donation$ and leg8ues £46,404 £2,198 £48.602 £57.076 Income from tharitable aGb¥t$ £8,877 £8,877 £10,230 Cmher trading adivitios £2,962 £2,962 £2.914 Investments £14,009 £14,009 £8,337 Totsl Recelpts £72,2S2 £2,198 £74,450 £78,557 Paym•nts Expenditure on Charitab activitse5 £65.848 £3,150 £9,044 £78,042 £86,119 ¢Jher exFendrture £2.929 £2.929 ,132 Total Payments £68,777 £3.1SO £9,044 £80,971 £89,251 Exce olrnGelpts over paym•nls boforn ivansf¢r £3.475 1£3,1501 1£6,8461 1£6,5111 1£10,6MI Transler8: Gross tsan$fers beh¥e8n fvnds- in £8,614 £6.5M £6.923 £Z2,081 Grosstransfern beh¥een lund$- out 1£13,1541 1£2,0031 1£6.9231 1£22.0811 Exc£ss of reIpts over payTrwnts before other gains i£i.oe61 £1,3WJ 1£6,8461 It6,5211 1£10,6941 1£1,0661 £1.390 1£6,8461 1£1.5211 1£10,8941 Reconciliation of fund5 Excess of r8colpts ovor paym•nts •t boglnnlng y•ar £03.390 £157.620 £72,193 £28J,207 £291901 Exc886 of recolpts over paym•ni• for yèar £52.325 £159,015 £66,347 £276,686 £283.207 THE PAROCHIALCHVRCH ¢OUNCILQFTHEÉCCLESIAST1CPARIS OF HOLY AP05tLES, LEICEStEklSAREGISTEREDCHfvRIT¢NUMBER 1192946
HOLY APOSTLES PCC 2024 ACOUNTS Statement of Assets and Llabllltles Gl• G•n•ral D••l4natetl R•#tYletèd Total Laltyr Flxgd A¥¥et- TanglblgABs•ts Dell Ccrfnputer £277 Laptop £512 £S12 Total £S12 £$12 £277 urr•ntAss•t- Cash Al BankAnd In Hand Bank current account Nat west 1£1.2881 £3,oeo £1,765 £3.537 £16.459 CCLAd8p05rt acrnunl IH•k4 at SIIHI £26.292 £26.292 £26.292 C¢{cFI depo$rt oc¢ount £52,880 £129,663 £63,582 £246,126 £240.117 Cash in hand £220 £220 £62 Total £61,812 £169,015 £6s,347 £276,174 £282,930 Neitotsl aB#ots £62,325 £169,016 £65,347 £276,686 £283,207 Repranted by Gener81 IUnTe5trithdl £52.325 £52.325 £53.390 De5ignated- BD £155,621 £155,621 £155,621 De5ignated- Miss £3,394 £3,394 £2,003 Resth"cted- BV £84,241 £64.241 £71,481 Reskncted- CYP £438 £438 Re$lrifAed- H8rdsh¥J £668 £668 £712 Total £62.325 £159.015 £66.347 £276.686 £283.207 Fund movement summary nd d trAlanco5 I[g Chrt9oing fwwjrd Re¥4)urG•¥ R¢¥ourGe¥ Fynd balancos Carried forward Trabfer8 General Fund IUnreslriLledl Building DelOpmentIOESIgn9tedI Mssion &iing Fund Idesignatedl Building Msion (Restricted) Children &Youth (Reslridedl Hardship IRe5thc*dl Tol$l¥ £53,390 £155.621 £2,003 £71,481 £72,252 £68.777 1£4.5401 £52,325 £155,621 £3.394 £64,241 £438 £668 £3.150 £9.000 £4.540 1£3131 £313 £2.073 £125 £712 £44 £283,207 £74,4JQ £OQ,971 £276,686 THE PAROCHIALCHVRCH CJJN¢ILOFIHE ELESlAST1cAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, LEICESIERISAREQISTEREDCHARlflNUM8ER 1192946
HOLY APOSTLES PC,Q 2n24 ACOIINTS Analysls of Income and expendlture Total Unrostrlcted D$slgnated R88trl¢tod Th18 yoar La8t ar INCOMEAND ENDovNeNTS FROM.. Don8tlons and leg•¢l Standing Orders £3.160 £360 £3,520 £2,950 Pari$h Giving Scherr £32.226 £1,388 £33.614 £35,996 Sumup l On Llne Giving £477 £477 Other planned 9wing £1,378 £100 £1,478 £2,855 L005e plate collectiMs £991 £991 £825 £49 £49 Don8ts"on$ appeaL8 et¢ £186 £186 £2ao Tax rAVerabkn on Grft £6,565 080 £6.915 £8,648 NOnJn9 grants £1,OOCI £1,000 £S,QQJ Otherfunds generated £370 £370 £42 Domiiom and lg•¢lo Tota16 £46,404 £2,198 £48.602 £51,076 Incom•from charftats act1vles Fees for wdding8 and Jn8r81& £799 £799 .262 Church hall lettings- ol'ediv8S £8.078 £8.078 £7. Intomo from thatr• a¢Vt41tl&s Total• £8,877 £8,877 £10,230 Othertradlng actlvltle• Fet881 Fayres otc £588 £588 £677 CBr Park IrKorne £1,330 £1,330 £1.575 Cryrmunity Cafes £1.044 £1,044 £762 Othgrtradlng acdvltlob Totals £2.962 £2,962 £2,914 InveBtments B¥nk and buihying 80daty intsrest £14,009 t14,U09 £8,337 In¥e¥tm•nts T4)ts £14.009 £14,009 £8,337 Incomeand 8nd0vOnts Grdnd tcrta £72,2S2 £2,198 £74.450 £78.S57 THE PAACtHIALCHURCH COUNCIL DFTHÈ EecLESL4STICALPARISH (HOLy APOSTLES. LEICESTER ISAREGL4TERECICHARrrYNUNBER1192g45
HOLY APOSTLES PCC 2024 ACOUNTS eypendliurn on charÉtabl• acuvltl Gwing to missionary sodet £3,150 £3,150 £S.719 HO rni¥sicfi £1,264 £44 £1.308 £30 Community Cafes (Ncrne MISonI t611 £611 £1,769 HALS K$ IH¢n Miss) £1,480 £1.480 £514 Ministy parf$h shara etc e28.000 £28.000 £27,000 As5tant stsff costs £419 £419 £572 Salary of piri$h adMintratC £6,914 £6,914 £fj.935 P•nsbn for Staff £324 £324 £945 Mlnistry Experiencè Scham• £2.8Q4 £2,804 £2,564 rking expen5e$ of In¢wmbent £1.250 £1.250 £979 ¢ats telephone £139 £139 £158 Church nJnning- i$urnnc8 £3,159 £3.159 £3.233 Churth offict. tdephoneloroadband £366 £368 £451 Churth Offi¢e- printing £857 £657 £8 Church rnaintenance £2.240 £2.240 £2,150 Cleanin9 £210 £210 £100 Upke$p of seNlces £1,919 £1,919 £660 Upkeep of thurchyard £1,247 £1,247 £830 Administratic £1,132 £1,132 £2,804 V15iting ¥éakers I lovjms £10 £10 hurch Nnning- ele¢t £2,854 £2,854 £3.173 hurch nJnning- ga$ £4,789 £4,789 £8,4CKI Church running- wat¢r £601 £601 £472 Hall runnin9. gas £682 £682 £1,270 H811 running- malnt¢nanc8 £2,523 £2.523 £4.51) Governance oJsts exanynationlaudit fee £2S2 £252 Churth major TepaST5- Oesign & Bui £9,000 £g,LYJ) £9,410 ExPendUr* on charftable act1¢8 TolalB £66,048 £3,150 £9,044 £78.042 £86,119 other •xpendliurn Cl08nerKtsges £2,929 £2,929 £3.132 Oth•rexpendllur• Totsls £2,929 £1929 £3.132 Expendlturn Grnnd tolals £68.777 £3.150 È9,044 £80,971 £8B,261 THE PABOCHIALCHURCFtCOUNCILOFTHE ECCLES1ASTICALPAR15H OFHOLY APOSTLE&LEICESTEA ISAAEGISTEPEDCHAWP¢ NUMBEA11Y2946
Holy Apostles Church Holy Apostles Church, 281 Fosse Road South, Leicester LE3 1AD Phone.. 0116 298 3218 Email: office hol 05tles.co.uk Website m.holYapOstle$.¢O.uk Holy Ap)stles Leicester. is a Registered Charity in England. and WaS-. No. 1192946 Leicester I have approved the accounts set out on pages I to 4 and confirm that I have made available all relevant records and information for their preparation. Signed: Name- Mr Oavid Ridge Role: Church Treasurer Date: Countersigned: N3me: 112A¥Tk a&lpAa Role: Date 15
(HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts 5eciion A Independent Examiner's Report Report to th? trust•881 mombgrs of Hoty Apostles Church, Leicester LE3 1AD On accounts forth& year ended 31* December 2024 Charity no {If any) Set out on pago8 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charily I'the Trust'l for the year ended 3111212024 Re8ponslbllltle8 and basls of report As the chanty's trustees, you are sponsible for the PTepaTation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {°the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts earried out under seclion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinalion, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sects.on 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my attention in connection with the examination I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinab'on to which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the aceounls to be reathed. 20th February 2025 Slgned: N•mo: Colin Wood Relevant profe8slonal quaisficationlsl or body {rf any): Member of the Association of Accounting Te¢hni¢ian$ Address: 16 Wordsworth Rd Loughborough Leicestershire LE114LQ IER Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Only cornplete if the examiner needs lo highlight material matlers of concern (see CC32, Independenl examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brief detall8 of any Items that the 8xamlnor wishes to dlsclose. IER Oct 2018