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Annual Report and Accounts 2022

2022 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Council of St Paul’s Church, Stockton

For the APCM 22 May 2022

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Aim and Purposes	Page 3
Objectives and Activities	Page 3
The PCC	Page 4
Achievements and Performance	Page 5
Worship and Prayer	Page 5
The Band	Page 6
Welcome Team	Page 6
Deanery Synod	Page 7
Building and Fabric [Warden’s Report]	Page 7
Faculty Status	Page 8
Pastoral Care	Page 8
Safeguarding	Page 8
Mission and Discipleship	Page 9
Children and Youth	Page 10
Life Groups	Page 10
Ecumenical Relationships	Page 11
Missionary Giving	Page 11
Building Committee	Page 12
Volunteers	Page 12
Electoral Roll	Page 13
Administrative Information	Page 13

Annual Report and Accounts 2022

Aim and Purposes

St Paul’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Paul Arnold, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the church building.

Paul Arnold

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to the vision of the church being the ‘beating heart of God’s love in Stockton.’ It seeks to ensure that the values of the church are embedded in decisions that they make; these are:

All Family – We see all people as part of God’s family and seek to honour the image of God in everyone and help all to come to know God as Father;
All Led – We are led by the Holy Spirit and seek to enable people to be led by the Holy Spirit in their personal lives through prayer, listening to God and taking steps of faith;
All Jesus – We are all disciples of Jesus, seeking to follow his example of love and service in our everyday lives as we help others to follow him;
All In – We are committed to the mission that God leads us on here in Stockton and as people who rely on God we take bold steps that require faith;
All Real – We are honest about who we are and how we are, maintaining authenticity in our relationships and finding ways to support one another in times of difficulty;
All Can Play – We are all able to participate in the life of the church and seek to find ways to allow and to value the contributions of all.

This year we have focussed mainly on coming back together as church physically. Our goals have been to:

establish St Paul’s as a worshipping presence once more in the church building;
make the place a warm and welcoming space throughout the week;
successfully bring together the team from All Saints’ with the congregation from St Paul’s to create one new St Paul’s congregation; and
begin reaching out into the community with a particular focus on children and young people.

We have done some ‘hard landscaping’ to achieve this. We launched St Paul’s Stockton, physically, at Pentecost last year and established a new PCC and staff team to lead on some of this work. I was licensed as your new Priest-in-Charge at the end of July and a new staff team were hired in August (Stuart McCormack Administration and Communications, Deb Hird and Lauren Goodrick Children

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and Youth Workers). We also received a Youth for Christ serve team member in Brennan Wilson. I am really pleased to see the progress that the team and PCC have made in bringing us all back together as well as we have over this past year and I am really grateful to all of the congregation for making them feel a part of the St Paul’s family.

Last year saw the beginning of the reordering work to replace the heating system and insulation in the building. We have certainly felt the benefit of this and visitors to the church building comment on how warm and friendly the building feels. There is more to be done to the building but this will form part of the later report.

At the beginning of 2022, we discussed the missional focus for our church. It was agreed that we feel God is calling us to focus on engaging children and young people. It had been clear through the summer and latter part of 2021 that there was a need to cater for the children and young people in the area. We have seen growth in our baptism ministry, youth drop-in and schools work, with further interest in a toddler group. It has been wonderful to see some local young families joining us as this work begins and we pray to see more as we reach out into our community.

Not everything has been easy: as we come together to form essentially a newly resurrected church we are bound to have moments of discomfort and frustration, and the reality of the pandemic means that – even without a revitalisation – the church would never ‘go back’ to where it had been. But the joy is that with the team we have and with this congregation, we have a fighting chance to follow Jesus’ Great Commission to make disciples in our communities.

My prayer for us this year is that we continue to pursue God’s presence and grow in maturity as the body of Christ together; each realising our individual gifts and putting them to use for God’s Kingdom together in Stockton.

Paul Arnold

The PCC

The PCC meets once a month on the third Tuesday of the month, with Standing Committee meeting on the first Tuesday of the month. For PCC and Standing Committee membership between June 2021 and May 2022 see the list at the end of this annual report.

The routine items on the agenda have been regular reports on church finances, safeguarding, Covid-19 arrangements and fabric reports from the Churchwardens, together with updates on staff employment and from the Building Committee. It was decided that it would be a better use of PCC time to alternate a ‘business’ PCC including the regular reports, with a PCC meeting focused on a specific area of church ministry. The first such meeting was held in March 2022 with children’s and youth work on the agenda. We will continue to prioritise this ministry in meetings during the year ahead.

Fiona Spratt

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Achievements and Performance

Relationships with schools: work happening in schools and at church on a regular basis with Oaktree Academy, St Mark’s CE Primary School, Fairfield and Greengates Academy.
Youth Drop-In on a Tuesday at 15:30 growing to 14 7-11 year olds so far.
We have run the Alpha course twice now for baptism families (24 people have gone through the course now) and are part way through our third as a church.

We held our first holiday We can really celebrate the amount of things that this church has achieved since the June 2021 APCM:

A new pattern of worship.
club to serve children and young people in the area over Easter.
Our Christmas crafting services – redeveloped at the last minute as a result of the Omicron restrictions.
The establishment of our monthly coffee morning – initially to bring our congregation together but this is quickly developing into an ‘open table’ where people can feel comfortable coming to be a part of the community regardless of whether or not they are a regular church attender.
The beginnings of small groups in our church with two groups led by Stu McCormack and Rachel Lawlor and John and Jean Eyles.

From this we are beginning to see an increase in Sunday attendance from young families and a growth in connections with children and young people as we reach out. Just last Sunday (4[th] April) we counted ten under 16s as part of our service. To think that only a year ago that number would have been three.

Paul Arnold

Worship and Prayer

Worship and prayer are at the very centre of our church and whilst developing and reacquainting ourselves with each other has been important, of even more importance is reawakening our relationship with God in worship and prayer.

Our services strive to allow for a diversity of space for different ways to connect with God with a newly established monthly pattern that always offers prayer ministry as part of the service:

Sundays @ 10:30:
1[st] Sunday – Communion with children’s ministry – fairly traditional common worship service with a mix of band-led music;
2[nd] Sunday – Café church – all-age interactive space for encounter over a cuppa, seeking to explore faith together and do church a bit differently;
3[rd] Sunday – Worship and Word – A modern service with contemporary worship music and an emphasis on teaching the Word.
4[th] Sunday – Service of the Word with Baptism – all-age lighter service with baptisms.
5[th] Sunday – Re:Create – A chance to rest and be creative – using arts, crafts, poetry, music, games and anything else that will help us to connect with God in enjoying his Sabbath rest.

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Sunday Evenings @ 6pm on the 4[th] Sunday
Prayer and Praise – Time to pray together as a church and praise him in sung worship.

Our weekly pattern of prayer and worship has also begun to develop:

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 09:00 – Morning prayer – a mixture of Common Worship, Lectio 365, Book of Common Prayer and Sung Worship.
Wednesday 09:30 – Midweek Communion – following Common Worship with refreshments afterwards.

As our church continues to develop and grow we will look to increase our offering on a Sunday so that we can cater for a wider range of worship. There are plans to incorporate an earlier morning communion and potentially something in the afternoon for families who can’t always make a Sunday morning service. But at this stage we are focussing on serving one congregation.

Paul Arnold

The Band

What a year of sung worship! From online worship through the COVID lockdown, then singing in the church building with masks on, to singing with visible faces! So many changes!! BUT… one awesome constant throughout … Jesus! Worship at St. Paul’s continues to be all about Jesus! Praising him every Sunday for who He is, celebrating what He’s done, inviting Him into our lives and situations … trusting Him for what He is going to do and loving Him because He loves us! Whether we have keyboard, cajon, bass guitar or just one guitar and one voice, we worship the only One, worthy of our focus love and praise, Jesus. We come together as a Christian family to sing in awe of our amazing God and His amazing grace. Our worship team is growing with guitarists, bassists, pianists, cajon tappers and singers, all with a heart and passion to worship Jesus in ‘Spirit and in Truth’. Our Worship Leaders are preparing their hearts every week, seeking our Heavenly Dad’s face, to help lead our church family into the presence of Jesus. And this team of amazing people will continue keeping Jesus at the centre of all our worship!

Deb Hird

Welcome Team

The Welcome Team exists to welcome all who come to our church in the best possible way. We not only greet people when they enter the building, but talk to them after the service and make sure that they are introduced to others.

At the moment the team is small and we would like to have a couple of additional people join us. You don’t have to be long standing members of the congregation; in fact people who have recently joined us can make the best team members. In particular we are looking for a couple of men to join the team and balance the numbers.

Richard Spratt

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Deanery Synod

Deanery synod is the place where wider mission is discussed and planned across the Church of England in Stockton. We share good news stories, make more strategic plans about our deanery and see where we can co-operate in mission together. The focus this year has been mainly in relation to creating a new deanery plan that is beginning to think of new ideas of how we can be the Church of England together.

Paul Arnold

Building and Fabric [Warden’s Report]

It’s been a busy year in the building this year. Following the completion of the building works in May the Wardens have reviewed most of the church contents and decided whether they will be required in the future or are now unnecessary. It has taken a lot of effort to decide how to rationalise things, including a lot of sorting and finding homes for everything. The cupboard opposite the toilets is now a cupboard just for the Children & Youth team, plus spare toilet rolls and hand towels.

We have been working towards refurbishing the former Vicar’s Vestry into a 21[st] century office space for our staff. At first we expected to require a faculty for the work, but instead it only requires an Archdeacon’s permission which we hope to receive in the next week or so. We have also commissioned a design and drawing from our architect to allow us to replace the baptistry windows. Visually the design is almost the same, but the new windows will be double glazed. A faculty application is currently in progress.

In December we noticed water on the floor of the Lady Chapel. It transpired that the roof was listed in the 2017 quinquennial report as due for replacement soon! That too requires a faculty and in applying for one we have been required to insulate the roof by the DAC. We are currently waiting for Stockton Borough Council to tell us if we need planning permission as the roof will be 6” taller.

For both pieces of work to go ahead we need to seek grant monies and look at how we can raise the money via fundraising events, as we don’t have sufficient funds currently in the church accounts. We will need £35,000 to replace the windows and £14,000 for the roof. We are seeking support from the church family and are looking for a volunteer who could review the list of grant providers to identify possible grants that we could apply for. This will involve reviewing each provider's website and see if we would meet their requirements to then apply for funding.

We would also welcome ideas and volunteers to help with planning and holding fundraising events throughout the year.

Faye Thompson & Richard Spratt

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Faculty Status

a. The DAC reviewed the combined application for the baptistry windows and Lady Chapel roof and will not oppose it when it is presented to the Chancellor. I am currently waiting to hear from Stockton BC to confirm that we will not require planning permission for this work. Once I have that then I will post the 30 days consultation notice.
b. The office modifications have been confirmed to be List B items. We are waiting for Rick Simpson’s secretary to complete the paperwork then we can start work.

Richard Spratt

Pastoral Care

As we have returned to church during this year, we have seen the growing together of St Paul’s congregation and the All Saints’ team to form a new church family and we are still spending time getting to know one another. We have also welcomed new people and families into our church, and it’s been commented on how warm, friendly, and welcoming we are.

There has been the commencement of Life Groups and other church activities that see us forming new friendships and providing support to each other within those groups.

We have seen the commencement of regular coffee mornings (2[nd] Saturday of each month), which provides the opportunity to share time with each other over coffee and cake. A time to get to know one another and welcome our local community into the church building.

During the year, we have held baptisms and weddings and are delighted to share in these happy and joyful occasions. We have also conducted funerals, giving us the opportunity to provide support and comfort to those families in their time of need.

Rev Paul has been visiting the church family over the year, to get to know everyone and continues to provide visits to those unable to attend church.

Faye Thompson

Safeguarding

I have now been working in the role of Parish Safeguarding Officer since August 2021 having taken over from Diane Backhouse.

It has been interesting developing the role to meet the needs of St Paul’s Parish. There has been a far bit of training to get through as new team members take on different roles which have needed them to complete safeguarding training. With the development of children's work as a priority, keeping everyone up to date with training is an ongoing responsibility of the PSO. Alongside training it has been important to ensure DBS checks are up to date.

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I have found it interesting to learn more about the safeguarding issues and the needs of the people we come into contact with as they arise in the Parish and in this area of Stockton. As children and young people’s work has become more active it has become clear that this is an area where many issues can arise and the team need to be constantly aware and ready to adapt, with appropriate safeguarding strategies.

As the church grows and develops it is a learning curve for all of us and I am fully expecting new safeguarding challenges over the next year. There have been nine concerns across the year. As a church we can all help by completing training and DBSs as appropriate to our roles and by developing and following effective policies to keep people safe. As PSO I also try and be present and approachable so people know who I am and that I am available to discuss any issues arising.

Geraldine Donegan

Mission and Discipleship

This year we have chosen a focus for mission and evangelism – engaging with children, youth and young people aged 18-25. Whilst this is not our only area of work, it is our priority. It means that in every decision we take as a church we must ask the question: ‘How does this engage our children and young people?’ If the answer is that it doesn’t, then we have to ask if we are OK with that, given our missional priority.

For example, there are elements of what we need to do pastorally that are specifically for our more elderly parishioners, and of course it is important that we continue and build on things that reach them. Or there may be things that we need to do to be good stewards of God’s creation, or to challenge the injustice of poverty – in those areas there will be ways that we can engage children and young people.

As has already been stated, we are already seeing the fruit of our work with children and young people through our staff team and volunteers in schools and in our communities as well as on a Sunday. I am really looking forward to seeing how our new Toddler group grows and develops alongside the other work here.

We will be looking at things this year that will help to equip us as individual disciples of Jesus: courses and experiences that help us to be comfortable knowing our gifts, sharing our stories and being disciplers of our children and young people as well as their parents and carers.

Paul Arnold

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Children and Youth

A lot has been going on these past 9 months since the team was formed. We have set up Kids Space; Tuesday Night Drop In; schools work with three (soon to be four) schools such as assemblies, prayer spaces, services for festivals, and school trips; 1-2-1 with one of our college students; Christmas events; and the Easter holiday club. We also played ball games in the car park in the Autumn as a way to get to know some of the children and young people who live locally and have undertaken some detached youth work training which has helped us to think about the area, where the young people are and how we can reach them.

We have seen God doing so much since we have started. The relationships we have built with schools are great and it is so encouraging seeing how much the children enjoy the time they spend with us and even say hi when they see us outside school. Some of the young people from Drop In have shared that coming here brings them joy. There’s so much more I could share but the last one I’ll write here is that our Easter Holiday Club was so encouraging. We had children from both our church, friends of people at church and the local community who found out through Facebook and school. The children loved their time here and we’ve heard from parents that they remembered what they learnt that day and that it had an impact on them.

Our hope for the future is for our team to grow to match how our children and youth work has grown so that we can keep doing what we’re doing and do more.

Lauren Goodrick

Life Groups

Norton Life Group started meeting October 2021. We meet roughly every second Tuesday evening and have 11 people connected to it, but regular attendance is 5-8 people (8 very regular). We have a mixed age range (including members aged 15, 24, 27, 43, 47, mid 50s, 60). We are praying about mission opportunities to do as a group, including thinking about homelessness and food poverty. Meetings take place in Stuart’s house and various pubs in the Norton area.

Stuart McCormack

We meet on Friday afternoons from 13:30 at our house; currently running at 6 members (7 at the end of May).

Good positive Jesus centred relationships are being formed. The group is steadily growing in numbers and confidence, scripture is a constant with testimonies easily shared and prayer readily entered into. Music has been a good part of our meetings but having no musicians in the group “Alexa” and You-Tube have been a blessing.

John & Jean Eyles

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Ecumenical Relationships

In the first half of 2022 we became the venue for the ecumenical group Teesside Churches Senior Leader’s prayer. Every Tuesday at 8am leaders of churches across Teesside gathered to pray here at St Paul’s. It is a joy to pray with our brothers and sisters here and to be part of such a good and strong ecumenical movement in Teesside. We are hoping to see new plans for a big celebration together soon.

Paul Arnold

Missionary Giving

Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith and despite the delayed reopening of the church, due to building works, in 2021:

£439.65 was raised for The Children’s Society – a charity which St Paul’s Church has supported for many years.
We support Samaritans Purse Operation Christmas Child shoe box appeal every year, encouraging not only the congregation but also schools and individuals to take part. 98 gift filled shoe boxes were donated in 2021.
Dried/tinned goods and fresh produce brought along to the Harvest Festival Service were donated to the local Trussell Trust foodbank and Bridge House Mission for the homeless.
Toiletries, sweets etc were brought by the congregation to our annual Gift Service in December. These were then donated to local charities, Bridge House Mission and A Way Out, in time for Christmas.

Julie Collins

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Building Committee

The PCC have given the Building Committee the remit of recommending the scope of Phase 2 work to develop the small hall, kitchen and toilets. We have met several times in the past year. The committee have decided not to make any alteration to the small hall so that the church has the maximum possible space for children’s work on Sundays. We have had our architect draw up revised plans to convert the current kitchen into toilets and to utilise the space in the NW corner of the church nave for a larger kitchen and serving area where we currently serve tea & coffee on Sunday mornings.

We are currently developing plans and costings for a couple of the kitchen equipment designs. Ian Bendall has been getting quotes for the patio on the north side of the church and the path around the small hall.

We are currently looking for grant funding for the future work, and would welcome anyone with time to give to this key role to contact Richard Spratt a.s.a.p.

Richard Spratt

Volunteers

A massive thank you to everyone who serves this church, on a rota or not, you epitomise what it means to be a part of this church family where all can play! The heart of church is the service that Jesus shows us and you are all demonstrating that in spades. If you would like to volunteer for something then do let Reverend Paul or one of the wardens know.

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Electoral Roll

The electoral roll for last year was reported as 48, this was incorrect and should have been recorded as 47; one person was counted twice and one person was included on the roll that should not have been on it.

For this year’s roll the person who should not have been on the roll has been removed, four people asked to be removed from the roll and eleven people were added to the roll.

The roll for this year is recorded as 53. The new electoral roll has been displayed on the notice board in the foyer for 14 days, since Saturday 7[th] May 2022.

Duncan Hird Electoral Roll Officer

Administrative Information

St Paul’s Church Bishopton Road Stockton-on-Tees TS18 4PB admin@stpaulstockton.church 07926 549125

PCC membership:

Paul Arnold – Chair Fiona Spratt – PCC Secretary Faye Thompson – Churchwarden Richard Spratt – Churchwarden Julie Collins – Treasurer Dorothy Aithwaite – Assistant Treasurer Geraldine Donegan – Safeguarding Officer Duncan Hird Scott Linnett – June to November 2021 Erica Cowell – June to July 2021 Diane Backhouse - Safeguarding Officer – June to August 2021 James Kane and Jenny Kane - Deanery Synod Representatives - June to July 2021

Standing Committee membership:

The Parochial Church Council of the St Paul's Church, Stockton-on-Tees Financial Statements For the year ended 31st December 2021

The P2ro¢hi#l Chureh Council of the St Paul's Church, Stockton-on-Tees Index Annual Report Report of the Independent Examiner Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sh¢¢1 Notes to the Financial Statements 7- 11

The Parochial Church Council of St Paul's Church, Stockton-on-Tees Annual Report For the Year Ended 31 December 2021 The Parochial Church Council present their report and financial ststemenls foi. the yeaT ended 3 1st December 2021. Referenee 3nd Administralion Information Principal address Bishopton Road Siockion-on-Tees TS184PB Status Registered Charity No.. 1195893 Chairpersons Rev. P. Arnold Treasurer Mrs J. Collins Trustees Rev. P. Arnold Mrs. F. J. Spratt Mrs. D. F. Aiihwaite Mrs. J. Collins Mr. S. Linnett Mr. R. C. Spratt Mr. D. C. Hird Mrs. F. E. Thompson Independent Examiners Lynne Dickson FCA JBC Accountanls Limited 3B Lockheed Court Vreston p.arm Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3SH Banker5 Barclays Bank plc 49 High Street Siockion-on-Tees TS18 IAG Page

Tbe Parochial Church Council of St Paul's Church, Stockton-on-Tees Annu21 Report For the Year Ended 31 December 2021 The primary object of the PCC is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according 10 the doctrines and practices of the Church of England. The PCC of St Paul's has the responsibility of co-operating with the clergy team in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish. the whole mission of the Church. pastOTal, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is committed enabling as many people a5 POS5ible to worship aÉ St Paul's Church. When planning our activities for the year. the PCC liave con5ideiEd the Commission's guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific tsuidance on charities for the advancemeni of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to livc out their faith as part of our parish community Ihroutsh.. Worship and prayer: leamino about the Gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus., Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish., Mi55ionary and outreach work. Aehievemtnt5 and Perforrnance Became a registered charity. Reorderints of the church building to make it a wami and accessible space for all. This included installing ground source healing. new windows, removing pews, raising the level of the floor and moving the entrance. Rev Paul Arnold was licenced as priest in charge and a new staff team of 3 people was hired for Adminl Comms and Childrenlyouth work. A team from All Saint5 Church was brought together with the congregation of St Paul'5, creating a new St Paul's congregation. A new pattern of services has been established and Alpha ¢ourse5 have started. The Childrenslyouth staff have established relationships with local schools and are working with them on a regular basis. A weekly youth Drop In Is growing and an Easter Holiday Club is planned. A monthly Coffee Moming has been established for congregation and the local community alike. There has been an increase in the number of young families and children attending on a Sunday. Finaneial Review Total incoming resources on unrestricted funds were £25.590 (2020.. £13,072). of which £15,240 (2020.. £8,459) were planned voluntary donation5 and £70212020.. £1765) were fees from weddings and funerals. Restricted donations and grants of £356,006 {2020.. £75,569) were receiv¢d during the year. These, together with a loan of £100,000 advanced from the Diocese have been spent on building work at St Paul's. Our Diocesan Quota paid for 2021 was £10.500 (2020.. £9,500). Reserves policy li is the intention of the PCC to maintain a balance on unrestricted fjjnds of ai least £5000, in case of a sudden drop in giving. or other emergency situations which may arise from time to time. The balance held on unrestricted fijnds is in line with this p)licy. Page 2

The Paroehial Church Couneil ofst Paul's Church, Stoekton-on-Tees Report For tlie Year Elided 31 December 2021 Reservts polity (tontinued) The balanc¢ on the R¢storation accouttt Irestri¢ted funds) is io eover planned roof repai[3 as well as future regular payments for cliurcli cleaning. ground5 rnaiiii¢nanc¢, organ SeTvi¢e, et¢. The balanee on the Grnfting a¢¢ount Irestricled funds) is 10 pay for DUtstandin¥ Phase I building WOTk5. i.e. eJnerEency exit paving and P1a¢ement baptistry windows. Stru¢ture* Governance knd MaageMent The Paiochi21 Chtsrch Council is a corpordte body e518bli5hed by the Chur¢h of England. Tlie PCC 0ra(eS under the Parochial Church Couneil Powers Measure11956) a5 arnended and Church repTeseThlation rLile5 that came into force on 1st April 20 IJ. I'he PCC is r¢8lStercd with the Chaiilies Comtnissien during the y¢ar. The method tsf appointment of PCC members is set out in the Churcli Represents¢ion Rules. All Church attendees are ¢v¢oura8ed to re8lSter on the Electorlll Roll Rnd 5tBnd for election to the PCC. Appropriate induciion and tralning PTocedures are in place, and PCC members are sent on relevant training COUTse5 wh<n, wh¢Te n¢¢essary. The Th?jor ri5k5 tti whbch rhe PCC is exposed. as identifd by the PCC tneinbets: have beth reviewed and $ystem5 or proceduT¢S have b¢cn ¢stablished 10 Tnanage those risks. .106 Approved by the PCC on and signed on ilieir behalf by.. Mn. J. Collin5- Tr¢asyTCrn.

The Parochial Church Council of St Paul's Church, Stockton-on-Tees Independent Examiners Report For the Year Ended 31 December 2021 I report on the accounis of the PCC for the year ended 31 st December 2021, whi¢h are set out on pages 5 to I l. Responsibilities and basis of report As the members of the PCC, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requiretnents of the Charities A¢t 2011 {"Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examination on the PCC'S accounts carried out under section 145 of the 201 l 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 st#tement I have completed my examination. J confirm that no material Tnatter5 have come to my attention in connection wilh the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the account5 did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applieable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (A¢¢ounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a'lrue 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 tnatters 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. Signed". Name: Lynne Dickson FCA Firm: JBC Accountants Limited Address: 3B Lockheed Court Preston Fam Stockion-on-Tees TS18 3SH Date: 11 Islzoz2 Page 4

The Parochial Chureh Council of St Paul's Church, Stockton-on-Tees Statement of Financial Activities For the Y¢ar Ended 31 December 2021 Unrestricted Restrieted Fund5 Funds Total 2021 Total 2020 Note Income and endowmenls from: Donalions andlegacies Church aCiivilic5 Oiher Irading aclivilies Investnienls Oiher 24,325 1.132 132 356,006 380,331 1,132 1,282 88,296 2,879 3,600 14 1,150 2b 1,150 2d 2¢ Total 25,590 357.157 382,747 TT39 Expenditure on: Raisingfvnds Mission giving & donalions Church acliviiies 67 67 560 458,230 65 811 56,381 3b 560 435,254 22.976 Total 23,043 435,814 57 57,257 Net income/(expenditure) 2,547 (78,657) (76,110) 38.682 Transfer between funds {100,418) 100,418 Net movement in funds 71 21,761 (76,11 38,682 Total funds brought forward 8&9 15,867 59,795 75,662 36,980 Total funds earned forward 8&9 The notes on pages 7 to I I form part of these accounts. Page 5

The Pgrothlal Chureh Council of St Pllul's Church, Stockton-on-Tees Siatement of FlnaNci#I Activities For the Year Ended 31 December 2021 2021 2020 Nole Current Assits.. Drbknr3 Cash ai bank ond in hd 4.198 98.419 75,062 102,617 75,662 Cr¢di1015'. aniounts falling due ivilhill QDe year 8,1163 Totgl Assets less curreRt ligbilities 94,552 75. Crodltoys: 8moubi$ flliNg due #fter more than one year TotAI net Jsstts 95,000 PArish fwnds- Unrc¥lriclcd fun(ts I82,0) 15.867 Jiesirictcd fund5 81556 59,79) Tht no*s on p88e$ 7 LO I I parl ofihc5e accounts. Approved by the Parochiol Church Council on Approv¢d by.. R¢v. P. Atnol Mrs. J. Collins Pa8e 6

The Parochial Church Council of St Paul's Church. Stockton-on-Tees Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 Deeemb¢r 2021 l AccouwfING POLICIES Basis of preijaration The PCC ¢OllSlitut¢5 & public bcncfii entity as d¢fin¢d by fRS 102. Tli¢ financial staietnenls have been prepared under Ihe Charities Act 2011, in accordan¢e with thc Church Accouniing Regulations 2006 governing Ihe individual a¢coun15 Ot PCCS. undei FRS102120161 as the appliLable accounting standards and Ihe 2016 version of the Siaierneni of Rccotnmend¢d Practice. Accouniing and Repoiling by Chariiics (SORPIFRS10211. The financial slat¢rn¢nt5 hav¢ been prepaTd under the histoi'ical cosi conveniion, exc¢pt for Investment Asse, whi¢h are shoivn at markei value. The financial staicmcnis include all 117nsactions. assets and liabililies for ivhicli the PCC is responsible in law. They do not inGlude the accounis olchutth group5 that owc their main affiliation to another body, noT iliosc ihal ar¢ informal gaihcrings of ¢hui'ch metnbers. The PCC has taken advanizge of Ihe folloiving disclosure exemption in preparing thes¢ financial sraiemeni& as pennittcd by FRS 102.'_ Ihe rtqUlTetn¢nts ot. Scction 7 Siaierncnt of Cash flows. This 15 th¢ first year that the accounts have been preparcd using the acrruals accounring meihod. Funds UnTetrirIcledfndS 3r¢ income funds which aTe to be spent on the PCC'S Eeneral puryoses. Designaledfunds are general funds sei aside by the PCC for us¢ in lh¢ future. Resiriciedftsfvtt& eompri5e lal income frthing acquircd prior lo 2000 Ihetc 13 insutTicienl cost infoillnaiion available and thefore Such asseis have not been valued in ihe acLOUnts. SubsequMtly no individual item has mst £l.000 50 all such exptnditurc has kcn isrillen olf ivhcn incurred. Oihei'fixlui'es, filling5 Jndoffiee eqiiipmeni." Equipm¢nt used wiihin the ¢hurch premises is capiialised and depreciaied on a slrai8hi line basis over four y¢aTS. Individual it¢rns of equipmcni with a purthasc price ot'£l.5(X> or less are written off when the assei is acquirtd. Current XSStts Amoun15 oiving to the PCC at 3 1st D¢c¢mbcr in rcsPCCt of fcc5, rent5 or oiher income are shoivn as debtois 1¢5S Provision for atnounls ihai tnay prove uncolleciable. Page 7

The Parochial Church Council of St Paul's Church, Stoekton-on-Tees Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 December 2021 2 Income and endowments from: Unrestrieed Restricted Funds Funds Total 2021 Total 2020 2a Donations and legacies Planned.. Standing Orders Income Tax Recoverable Open Collections Sundry donations Legacy received Grants received 15,240 4,781 774 3,530 15,240 4,781 774 4,773 305,000 49,763 380,331 8,459 2,881 561 436 60,959 15,000 88,296 1,243 305,000 49,763 356,006 24.325 2b Church activities Fees foT wcddings and funerals Cliurcli hall lettings Newsletter income 702 430 702 430 1,765 ,105 1,132 1,132 2.879 2c Other tr#ding aetivites Coffee morningslsale of pews, radiators 132 132 1.150 1,150 1,282 1,282 3,600 3,600 2d Investtllents Bank ii)terest received 14 2e Other Total 25.59 357,157 382,747 94,789 Page 8

For the Year Ended 31 December 2021 3 Analysis of expenditure Unrestrieed Restricted Funds Funds Total 2021 Total 2020 3a Raising funds 67 67 65 3b Mission Giving & Donations 560 560 811 3¢ Church activities Parish Share Salaries. wages and honoraria Clergy & staff expenses Mission & evaneglism costs Church running expenses Church utility bills Costs of trading Miscellaneous expense5 New Building work to churchlhall Loan interest (accrued) Independent Examinels fee 10,500 50 169 10,500 14,115 169 2.343 22,135 2,398 205 407 403,408 2,000 550 458,230 9,500 789 513 14,065 2,343 15,438 6,697 2.398 205 407 9,592 2,561 14 114 33,298 403,408 2.000 550 22,976 435,254 56,381 Total 23,043 435,814 458,857 57,257 4 Employee Costs 2021 2020 Wages and salaries Social security costs Pension costs 13,891 174 14,065 The average number of staff employed from August 2021 was 3. I x Admitucomms & 2 x Childrenlyouth workers all part lime. The FTE is 1.670/0. No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year. The vicars and curate's expenses are included within the detail of Note 3¢. No other members have had expenses reimbursed. Page 9

The ParochlAI Chureh Council of St Psul'$ Church, Stockton-o]J-Tees Notes to the Finantixl St#t¢rnents For th¢ Y¢ar Ended 31 Detember 2021 5 DEBTORS 2021 2020 Incorne laK recoverable Other d¢bto 3,0(M) 6 LIABILITIES: AfvIOUNTS FALLING DIIC IVITIIIN ONE YkAR 2021 2020 Loan Trad¢ ¢0¢torS Ac¢rua15 S,0(M) sis 2,550 8,065 7 LIABILITIES: AMOIINTS FALLING DUE AFTER ONE YEAR 2020 2020 A loan of £IOO.O(XJ was Teceived from Durham Dioce 10 puchase ground source hetlirtg. This is 10 be repaid oveF 20 years with the first payrneni due by the end of March 2022. The condilions of the loan are Ihai the Èmounl of capital 10 be repaid would be £5,000 plus intrrell {30/ol or the omount TKeivcd in the previous ycar from Ihc RHI sclietne, whichevcr is the higher. Thc RHI application WJS Still pending ttt IhEend of D¢¢¢mber 2021 but il i5 atiticipated thai astgnifIcanl payment will Ee received in 2022. 8 UNRFSTRICTED FUNDS 2021 Bmught forward at Isl Janaury 2021 15,867 In¢ornt Expenditur¢ Transfers Carricd forwaTd at 3151 D¢c¢mb¢r 2021 25,590 123.043} 1100.4181 182.0041 9 RESTRICTED FUNDS 2021: At l Janugry Tncome Expendituic TTan$fers At 31 Decetnber Rcsioralion fund Grafting fund Donations DBF 8Tanl National Lottery Brant Dickens G05hen Trust Siraie8i¢ Developnrnt Funding 24.493 35,302 8,Q51 298,650 693 4,000 10,OOD 5,000 30.763 {1.0501 1403.4081 15601 16801 100.000 (1331 30,814 30,544 4.000 10.000 5.000 130,796} 1.231 59,795 357,157 1435,8141 100.418 81.556 A quarterly payrncni from an ongoing bequesi is paid into the R¢sioration fund ond this is uscd for ongoing Tnaintrnanc Income from a b¢quesi plus sundry inconle has been included in the grafting fund and this is uscd for building works. Granis from the DBf, National Lottery snd th¢ Dickens Goshen Tru$1 will al be used for building works. including ground source heating which has teen Ilso been funded by a loan from Durham DioLYse (see tbovel. There are still strme stnaller outslanditkg works i.¢. ¢mergeiJLy exil paving gnd replace bapiisiry windows. which will be paid fTom th¢ grafting fund The PCL qualified lor Strategic Developineni Funding from Durham Diocese during 2021. Thi5 funding is for 4 years and will ver staff salaries, mission objective5 and resources. These ar¢ paid for upfront and r¢imbursemeni is requested the following month. Page 10

The Paroehiil Church Council of St Paul's Cliurch. Stockton-on-Tee5 Iyotes to the Financial Statement5 For the YcAr End¢d 31 December 2021 io ANALYSJS OF FUNDS Unrestriclcd Rc51ricted Furjds Funds 2021 Tolil 2021J Total Curr¢ni 9s5¢51S Liabiliiies.. amounts falling due within ¢)ne year Liabililies.. aTnounlS falling due after one year 21,061 18,0651 195,0001 82.0041 81,556 102.617 18.0651 195.0001 14481 75,662 81,556 75,662 RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES Theie have been no transaction5 involvin8 relad parties in 2021. Pagt 11

The Parochial Church Council of the St Paul's Church, Stockton-on-Tees Financial Statements For the year ended 31st December 2021

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The PCC

Achievements and Performance

Worship and Prayer

The Band

Deb Hird

Welcome Team

Deanery Synod

Building and Fabric [Warden’s Report]

Faculty Status

Pastoral Care

Safeguarding

Geraldine Donegan

Mission and Discipleship

Paul Arnold

Children and Youth

Life Groups

Stuart McCormack

Ecumenical Relationships

Paul Arnold

Missionary Giving

Julie Collins

Building Committee

Volunteers

Electoral Roll

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