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Annual Report and Accounts 2023

2023 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Council of St Paul’s Church, Stockton

For the APCM 21 May 2023

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Aim and Purposes	Page 3
Objectives and Activities	Page 3
Achievements and Performance	Page 4
The PCC and Activities	Page 6
Deanery Synod	Page 6
Building and Fabric [Warden’s Report]	Page 7
Faculty Status	Page 8
Mission & Pastoral Care	Page 8
Safeguarding	Page 9
Children and Youth Ministry	Page 10
Friday Life Group	Page 11
Ecumenical Relationships	Page 11
Financial Review	Page 11
Reserves Policy	Page 12
Structure, Governance & Management	Page 12
Electoral Roll Report	Page 12
Administrative Information	Page 13

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Vicar’s Report – Paul Arnold

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.

Our aim as a parish revitalisation project, is to ensure a strong foundation for the church in this parish for the foreseeable future. Seeking to be the ‘beating heart of God’s love in Stockton.’ This means that as we gather and go through the week we follow a rhythm like a heartbeat that helps us to be present in our communities as missional disciples in our everyday lives. Bringing our homes and communities into ever greater relationship with Jesus.

Objectives and Activities

To help the church in this aim we have developed key values that form the basis of our decision-making; we believe that by following these core values we can ensure the growth that our vision entails. We are all:

God’s Family – We see all people as part of God’s family and seek to honour the image of God in everyone and helping all to come to know God as Father; we also see one another as part of the church family, treating one another as brothers and sisters.
Spirit 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. We believe in the power of the Holy Spirit at work today in healing and miracles and we seek to be obedient to his call.
Jesus Centred – 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. We seek to learn about him through study and be like him in service.

This means that we get to be:

All In – We are all 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, as individuals we give wholeheartedly into this mission in how we live, service and finances.
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 as well as celebrating with one another in times of joy.

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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.

Achievements and Performance

This year we have focussed mainly on reaching new people for Jesus and in particular children and young people. Our goals have been to:

Build up our toddler worship on a Tuesday establishing a strong team and growing in number and discipleship;
Challenge poverty and isolation through warm spaces in the building and outside;
Energise church growth through embedding a culture of invitation and welcome.

Nearly two years on from our launch in Pentecost 2021 it is great to see how God has brought these goals to fruition together alongside the faithful work of our church teams. The toddler team has gone from strength to strength and our youth club, whilst paused to reconfigure, has been successful at reaching our local young people particularly those at the end of their time in primary school.

Our warm spaces work through mission outreach in Oasis and Warm Spaces in the Church Building have been a great exercise in taking steps in obedience. We should celebrate the risks that we take and what we can draw from this for our next steps.

I have been particularly encouraged by how we as a church have been a welcoming and inviting church throughout 2022. When new people join us for worship it is consistently the feedback that I hear. We need to be a church where everyone is welcomed by everyone just as Jesus welcomes us. So seeing this in action both in how we have grown together as a congregation and as new people have joined us has been wonderful to watch.

There are some challenges for us in this. Some are about doing more and ‘turning up the volume’ on some stuff. We are great at welcoming people as part of a Sunday service, can the same welcome be extended to sharing our home spaces? I would love to see people beginning to open up their homes to one another through the week extending that radical hospitality that we see in the Bible and that we see on a Sunday.

As such, I want to encourage each of us to join a life group if we can. Currently we have one active life group on a Friday afternoon, but we have scope for two or three more this year. They help us to become more accountable to one another as disciples through the week and help us to provide spaces where people can feel welcome. I will be looking for people to host and lead these this year. If you feel a call to host something, then let’s talk.

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We have had a challenge in terms of staffing, having lost our administrative staff last summer. Big thanks to Stuart for the work that he had done, and for everybody who filled in all the gaps until Liz was able to step into the breach at the beginning of the year and doing that awful job of working for your husband! At the time of writing this we have advertised for a new administrator and would urge us all to pray for the right person or persons to come forward.

We are now looking at continuing our re-ordering work with plans to make the baptistry area structurally sound, to renovate our office space, create a ministry room for youth work and to install a new kitchen and toilets so that we can serve our growing congregation. These are good problems to have but require time and effort as well as a significant amount of funding.

Our final challenge comes as we understand what it means to be disciples together, we read in Acts that the disciples pooled their resources and gave to those as had need. We are facing a challenge in the cost of living crisis, as it has had an effect on us all, it has also had an effect on us as a church. Our funding from the central church runs out in 2026 and we begin contributing our own funds from next year. Our average giving per head per week is approximately £7.63, the actual costs per head of keeping this church going (including ministry costs through parish share) equate to £14.46 per week. We currently meet this shortfall through grants and legacies, but these are not available forever. Simply to maintain our activity beyond our SDF envelope running out (2026), to meet this shortfall we could:

Grow by 150 giving members in the next two years – at our current rate of growth this is not out of the realms of possibility but it is a push.
Each review and increase our individual giving – where we aren’t giving through Parish Giving Scheme, consider doing so as this is the most efficient way of doing it.
Seek grants and funds from outside.
Pray that God will provide from the above and from elsewhere for the needs that we have.

Of course, the reality is that all of this is needed to ensure we are stewarding our resources as church wisely. But we should never fear because we know that God is with us and will provide in the midst of our needs.

It is at this point that I want to say a huge thank you to everyone in this church family. All of you are giving of your time and skills in a huge way, and it is this above all else which makes this church family special. At a time when overall attendance and volunteering is going down in the world around us, it is very much on the up here and that is down to how God is using you to build His Kingdom here.

I particularly want to personally thank everyone who is on a rota in this church, in whatever way. We held a leaders’ dinner just before Holy Week to say thank you to you as you often

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go unnoticed and often are working your socks off to make services and other aspects of church life happen. Thank you to our PCC members, whose time spent in evening meetings making key decisions and providing excellent support and counsel has been incredibly valuable to the life of this church and to our Staff Team who have helped on the ground to develop our leaders and see outreach happen.

PCC and Activities

As a PCC we have met throughout the year and experimented with structuring what has been discussed differently: creating separate mission and discipleship, and buildings and finance meetings alongside meetings that focus on the PCC ‘business’ of governance. This was to gain some more time to chew over some of the more difficult subjects and ensure that decisions were made. As a result, a Pastoral Care team has been created whose remit will be to assist in ensuring a good level of care across the church family.

The PCC will be saying a fond farewell to Julie Collins this year who has served as treasurer for a long time at St Paul’s. We hope that she is able to enjoy the rest and that her replacement will be able to pick up the reigns of treasurer well.

We will also be saying a very big thank you to both Richard Spratt and Faye Thompson who have served amazingly as Church Wardens from the inception of the revitalisation to now, having stepped in at an incredibly challenging time for the church in the middle of transition to a revitalisation and managed that transition incredibly well. Both have been a great source of support and wise counsel for me as the vicar, and they have kept the ship more than steady through some really difficult times.

Deanery Synod – John Eyles

Most of the Deanery Synod meetings I managed to attend were interesting and informative; of note was the Diocesan “state of the nation” report which included plans and funding to sustain the existing whilst actively promoting outreach to the young. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the excellent presentation on prayer spaces in schools given by Deb Hird.

Representation on the Deanery Synod is important for our church. In these changing and challenging times, it is the first level at which motions can be raised for General Synod, and evangelical churches are historically poor at involving themselves in this process.

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Building and Fabric – Faye Thompson and Richard Spratt

Fabric Report

This past year has seen us continue with the re-ordering of the church, which is still very much a work in progress, and beginning to plan the ongoing development of the building to serve our church family as we grow into the space.

These plans include:

Creating a Church Office in the former Vicar’s Vestry,
Re-purposing the Choir Vestry into a comfortable and relaxing space, which can be used for youth work and as a social space,
Phase Two building works to provide an updated kitchen and an increased number of toilets, without losing any of the Hall space. This phase will also include updating the heating and lighting in the Hall,
Refurbishment of the Baptistry (in 2021 estimate cost £35,000),
Roofing repairs on the Lady Chapel roof (in 2021 estimate cost £14,000).

During the year, we have completed annual maintenance requirements, repairs, and some of the outstanding Phase One building works, including dealing with ongoing snagging issues.

Annual Maintenance

Lightning Protection Inspection and Test Certificate issued by Stone Technical,
Guttering Inspection and Clean by Stone Technical Services Group Ltd,
Organ Maintenance and Service: Brian Brighton serviced and completed remedial works.

Repairs and Upkeep

The grounds have been maintained between spring and autumn by a garden company,
A cleaning company has done periodic cleaning of the building with additional cleaning by church members,
Decanting of shelving from the choir vestry into the Lady Chapel, to help with planning for the new office space and choir vestry updating.

Building Works

Patio and fire escape route: the patio and path have been installed to provide a fire escape route from the main body of the church. The landscaping will be completed once the weather improves.
Managing ongoing snagging issues from the Phase One Building work, i.e., lighting, external handrails fixing, flooring

Fixtures and Fittings

Agreed on and ordered new tables and chairs for the children and youth work (received in 2023),
Agreed on and ordered new fabric chairs for church (received in 2023),

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Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported with the work and ongoing planning! Volunteers always welcome.

Faculty Status

2020-053913 Reordering, including GSHP Underfloor Heating, Glazing and Hall Modifications

Created	Saturday15 Aug2020	Status	Facultyworks completed
Details	Phase One work completed

2020-056282 Loose asbestos removal and drain works

Created	Friday13 November 2020	Status	Public Notice
Details	Retrospective faculty for urgent work. Public notice was on the door at beginningof December 2022,and no one objected. DAC to sign off
2021-066817 Conversion of vicar's vestry andpassage into an office space
Created	Tuesday02 Nov 2021	Status	Post determination List B
Details	Closed – as work can be completed with Archdeaconpermission(granted)

2022-069317 Roofing Works to Lady Chapel

Created	Monday31 Jan 2022	Status	Abandoned
Details	Now included aspart of 2022-069312

2022-069312 Replacement of Baptistry bay window and roof construction and replacement roof covering to Lady Chapel

_roof covering _	to Lady Chapel
Created	Monday 31 Jan 2022	Status	Await applicant completion of thepetition form
Details	To proceed we need the funding and possibly planning permission from Stockton BC.

Richard has continued to monitor, update and apply for any faculties as required throughout the year. We have also worked closely with Martin Howard, Buildings for Mission Secretary and DAC for any advice about the building, if a faculty is required and our future developments.

Mission & Pastoral Care

During the year, we have continued to grow as a church family and have seen new people and families join us. This January 2023 a new Pastoral Care Team was established to ensure that we can keep a good level of pastoral care for those that need it and we are already seeing fruit from that. If you are in need or you know someone in our church family who might be in need of a visit, or for some more practical help then do get in touch with our vicar who leads the pastoral team.

We now have several well-established events ranging from the Toddler Group, Youth Club, a Life Group and the monthly Coffee Mornings. During the year, we have held Alpha Courses, both as part of the Sunday morning services and as the baptismal preparation course.

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We have also held some church family socials throughout the year, including a Harvest Supper and Ceilidh, Tear Fund Big Quiz and a Platinum Jubilee themed street party at one of the coffee mornings. We have also supported the Children’s Society and the Macmillan Big Coffee Morning, where we have used our regular Saturday morning coffee to support these charities. We have also hosted two concerts by Bella Canta Ladies Choir, a Summer Concert saw them joined by the Cobweb Orchestra and a Christmas Concert with Rhapsody Choir.

As ever, we engaged wholeheartedly in both the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child shoebox collections and Harvest. Both provided much needed food and items to people at home and abroad and our prayers and love go with them too. A huge thank you to Julie Collins for organising our Operation Christmas Child contributions!

During the past 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.

Our life group has also taken on the missional challenge of planting a community café space called “Oasis” in the Newtown Resource Centre. This is in their life group report but it is great to see missional zeal moving into our communities to reach people for Jesus, and we are praying as they pause to discern what the next steps are for that.

Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported the various events and services throughout the year. We would also welcome ideas and volunteers to help with planning and holding fundraising events.

Safeguarding – Geraldine Donegan

Safeguarding is embedded into the daily life of St Paul’s. We have responded to the changing needs of our parishioners and the needs of those in our local community who have come into contact with our church, as our church has grown over the last year.

There have been eleven new ‘causes for concern’. This means that a record is made of a situation where someone may be harmed and so awareness is raised. Immediate active intervention is not always needed. Sometimes pastoral support is helpful in avoiding a real crisis and safeguarding at St Paul’s aims to be pastorally sensitive. Sometimes the safest and most effective way forward is to work closely with professional safeguarding services to keep people safe.

As Parish Safeguarding Officer, (PSO) I have aimed to work closely with the Diocesan Safeguarding Team. They have devised an online Safeguarding Dashboard for PSOs, working closely with the Parish Priest, to use as a checklist to ensure safeguarding tasks are all completed.

Keeping on top of DBSs and safeguarding training is an ongoing part of this role. This will be easier administration wise when our permanent administrative worker is in post.

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Children and Youth Ministry – Lauren Goodrick

It has been great seeing our children and youth ministries grow over the past year. In this year we have been continuing Kids Space, schools work, and events like our instant nativity and pancake party that are able to engage both those who are regularly at church and those from our community who we have been connecting with through our outreach. Below is a picture of what has been happening in a few areas of our work with children and youth here at St Paul’s.

In our church services themselves we have really begun to see a culture of intergenerational worship when we are holding our ‘all in’ services with children free to worship in the way that they need to alongside our young people and adults.

In Kids Space, we have worked with 15 children since September. It has been amazing seeing our children grow in how they pray as we spent several weeks learning about how God listens to us, talks to us, and answers prayer. We can see how they have taken this on board in our prayer time and in prayer spaces we often use in our all age services. Perhaps the most exciting part of Kids Space this year is seeing our team of leaders grow, which gives us more discipleship opportunities.

Our Tuesday morning Toddlers Group has been running for almost a year now. It has been great to build relationships with families with babies and toddlers in our local area. Comments we have regularly gotten is how warm and welcoming the church is and parents and grandparents are continually inviting their friends with little ones to come too. We had our first Teddy Bear Picnic at the park during Easter which we hope to do again as it was fun (even with the mud).

We have continued to work with 4 of our local primary schools running assemblies, prayer spaces, and school trips which vary from hosting services to more interactive trips where we explore Christianity through games and prayer space. We have also been meeting with schools to explore how we can support them and hope out of that to build relationships between the schools and others in the church in the form of 1-2-1 reading and learning new skills or hobbies.

In September we launched our Tuesday night Youth Club. Over the course of 6 months we were able to connect and build relationships with 19 young people. During the course of the night we’d have lots of games of many kinds (from dodgeball to Uno) and have 5 minutes together to think about a topic ranging from the power of words to Christmas. For the time being, we prayerfully made the decision to pause the youth club to create space to seek God to hear what he wants for our youth ministry and how we can disciple our young people well. We have also been piloting our 1-2-1 discipleship and junior leaders this year. We are looking forward to expanding how we do this.

We would like to thank all the volunteers who have provided time in all of our teams: toddlers, youth and kids space. You make our Kids’ growth in relationship with Jesus possible. Thank you!

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Friday Life Group – John Eyles

Normally meeting every week, the group is currently 7 strong.

Over the last year we have grown closer, through scripture study and discussion, prayer and being there for each other, not forgetting chat, laughter, and meals together. We are currently using the course “Way of Discipleship” (Guy Donegan Cross), which has proved to be stimulating, challenging, and entertaining.

Our group venture “Oasis” is now taking time out to seek ways of reaching out to more of Newtown and surrounding areas, offering time, conversation, and tea, to build friendships and rebuild community. Oasis enabled some good new and old friendships to grow, a real sense of community was developed amongst the regulars (including the team), obviously this community will be supported during the Oasis time out.

Ecumenical Relationships

These continue to blossom as our ecumenical Transforming Teesside Together movement continues. This year the announcement was made that we will be holding Festival Teesside in 2024. We hope to play a part in this and will be looking to provide people, missional support and where possible finances to what promises to be an exciting and rewarding evangelistic event. If you would like to be a part of this then let Paul Arnold know, core teams are forming now and it would be really exciting to be able to join in with prayer, practical support or giving. There will be opportunities in the run up to this to be involved in evangelism training and follow up from the event itself.

Financial Review – Julie Collins

I have given main details of the accounts in our detailed financial report and accounts for the year 2022, which show the income and expenditure relating to each account. You will note that income from donors, via standing order, Parish Giving Scheme and envelopes to the PCC account has decreased slightly.

Once again, we have paid our parish share in full.

On behalf of the PCC, I would like to offer grateful thanks to everyone for your support in 2022.

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Reserves Policy – Julie Collins

It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), of at 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 funds in the Business Premium account is in line with this policy.

The balances on the Restoration accounts (restricted funds) are to cover any repairs as well as future regular payments for grounds maintenance, cleaning, organ service, etc.

The Grafting account (restricted funds) is used for building works. Emergency exit paving was paid from this account in 2022. Replacement baptistry windows are yet to be purchased but, due to increased costs, further funds will have to be sourced to meet the full cost.

Structure, Governance and Management

The PCC is the governing body of the Church and works in co-operation with the Priest-inCharge (Paul Arnold), to co-ordinate the life of the church in matters missional, social, pastoral and evangelistic. Meetings cover all the above and include time for reflection and prayer, as well as days away and it can be a really rewarding part of contributing to the life of the church.

Members are made up of those who hold a place because they have an office in the church (Clergy, Wardens, Deanery Synod Reps, Readers) and elected members of the church (currently a maximum of 6). The PCC can also invite (or co-opt) 2 further members from anywhere.

To be elected as a PCC member you must be over 16, be a regular attender of the Church and be on the electoral roll of the parish.

Electoral Roll Report – Duncan Hird

The electoral roll for last year was reported as 53. One person has unfortunately died in the last year. Seven people have asked to be removed from the roll, and three people have been added.

The roll for this year is recorded as 48. The new electoral roll has been displayed on the noticeboard in the foyer for 14 days, since Sunday 7th May 2023.

Duncan Hird Electoral Roll Officer

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Administrative Information

Address	St Paul’s Church Bishopton Road Stockton-on-Tees TS18 4PB
Contact details	Email:office@stpaulstockton.church Telephone: 07784 780407(voicemail)
Status	The PCC is a registered Charity, with charity number: 1195893 and is registered under the name: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul’s Church,Stockon-on-Tees.
Membership	Ex-Officio: • Paul Arnold (Priest-in-Charge) • Faye Thompson (Warden) • Richard Spratt (Warden) • John Eyles (Deanery Synod) Elected: • Geraldine Donegan (Safeguarding) • Fiona Spratt (Secretary) • Duncan Hird (Electoral Roll) • Julie Collins (Treasurer) • Dorothy Aithwaite (Assistant Treasurer) • Joan Williams

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The PT•chknl Clmreh Couel of St Paul's St4xktTrTc Report For the Yar Ended 31 December 2022 The primary obiecti"v¢of thc Pcf is th¢w(xnotioD of theG ofour Jesus (TrLriSt 18 thed(tro)u practices of the Chllr¢h of Ett8land. The PCCofSt Paul's h&$ the respnsibiltyof with the in the¢51 pari the wbole Missi of thc PlonL ¢vn8eli social and 3Th1t81. Th¢ PCC is coÈMDitted to eDablmB a$TtMypleas rthsible fwof5bip a¢ St Papfs Whffl planning oyr8ffliviw forthe , the PCC bav¢ constdertd dclIni$sOll's gvidanc¢oo public bencfii al. in leIlr. the Slf guId¢t on charitiC5 for the adv8Dcemcmi of religioTr ltt pArt1&r. we tty to c@bI¢th"4ry peopl¢ to liv¢ oui their faith *$ pfirt olour wisb corDfDunity thTOU8h.. - W4Nship atwj PTaJ%r, learning the Go4d atyd deveple living ID the paris. . Missiondry attd outrexh work. • The outsiik patM> aud thw8ency exil w45 compktt41 • Att Alpbft course was well atteDdol Thd ¢£llY¢0rnpl&1 4knm8theswr • The CbildreDYollth 5tsff bave estab] a wc¢kJy The weeklYth 8YOUP 18 well att¢ndedaDd Ytlationships with louj schools flouri5b • Wid¢rcoTrWIiry cngaganetti bas ¢(¥Jtinued aDd floyri4Jd thTDugb cothctrts, coffee mornings selsottal Ce1th]0¥ • The Pl1nn jubike pwtywa% weil attethj fmm xros6 the cixnmuthityattd the church formournitig f Elizabab 11 pi$sitt& FIMDd•l R UDTeJtritted fuJJ Total incoming resouf¢es on Unrestri funds £34.8W (2021.. £15590). of which £14.433 (2021: £IS2401 w¢tt plD voluntarydonatiolls via staDthng oth, the Parish Gi¥ing S(han¢(PGS). Also £1.83812021: £774) via thecolltttion plx £1,239 {2021.. £702) ftt5 from weddiDgthnuaL% £%5 {2021.. £4301 from hall latig5 #d £1270 12021.. £1282) from ex ¢olTee tDxillg4 ttdmlb. Itt our oulgoillgs. our utility costs (el¢oTicity and wa) £9.45712021.. £2398). ThA% isbeuuse Si Paul's 8nd h&ll buildin¥¥ Ke tLOW opcll mor¢ than io previous yc4rs. To 4s5i with these Costs. Tly1 frwi Strxkton BC (Wam spts £500) and from Dtham Dioxs¢{EDffj sllp £24&5k Re$e1¢d buildings and Brounds. i.& chuTC]vball cltaDin& otKaD 5thice. ligbtuing ¢oDdu¢orthck4 et¢. Grnfting aC£OUDI. rmcrgw ail PViO8 (p ofphast I works) was Gompletojwith 18fjdwin8 to be ¢x)ttwieA•l in Swing 2023. Repla¢Ot b¥tistiy wUWe>rE to Ix pllrbase41 tt. iDcr¢%d Yrfa) will bav¢to b¢ s¢¢ur&t to mttt thc full W5L li 15 thc inDtitstt ofthe PCC to maintain a uhrtstrict&l ndS of Ic4q LSIIKI. in aseof a su&kn itrop in givill& orother emwsiDJatiffis wbith Jnay ST frrrfD lime umty Tbe b3ltsceheld on unreThi#l funds rs in line with this p)Ixy. Ptr8e 2

The P0th]l Chllreh Connell of Si Paul's churc Sto¢kt•Hn-Te Annual Report For tbe Year Ended 31 December 2022 StrCtUr& GovernaD¢¢ MattgemeDt The PamchiAI Church Council is a Corpora b(Y eyrablished by the Chyrth of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Chureh Council Pow¢rs Measwe {1956) as amend1 8nd Church represen13tioD rul&8 that came 7nto force on I si April 2013. The PCC is retered with th¢ Cbarities C(Knmission thring the year. Th¢ method of apwtrintment of PCC members iy sd (l in the Church Rep[lation Rules. All ChUh atten arc ncouraged to.rvgi8t¢r on the Electornl Roll and for ¢le£tion to the PCC. when, ond wheTe ne¢e8sary. The majorrisks to whi¢b PCC is expKwd. Tdth)tified by the PCC hav¢ be¢0 reviewed and 8y4¢ms or pro¢r¢S have been established to tDanage thLW rNsk%. Approved by the PCC SAed OD tbeiT behalf by. Mr8. J. CoUl•. Treagurer Pa8¢ 3

The PArochi#l Chur¢h CoTrn¢il of St Paul's Churth, Sto¢kton-on-Te IDd¢pendent Eiamlners Report FOT the Yur Ended 31 December 2022 I reFK)rt on the accounts of the PCC for th¢ year ended 31$¢ Decembff 2021 vlhich are set out on pages 5 to l l. RupoDslbllltld and basis of report As the MberS of the PCC. aye res$71 >le for the prwti4)D of the &¢cOts in acrdance with tbe requirements of the Chariti&4 Act 2011 ("the Actry. I repth tn of my examinatioll on the PCC'S #¢eounts carri¢d out under tion 145 of the 2011 Act end in carrying out myexAminatioD. I have ftillow•J all th¢ at4)licable Direaions giveD by the Clwiry Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the ACL Indep¢ndeut examlner's Itatellnt E have completed my eXaMitiO0. I confirni that no m&ial mattus have come to my aueDiion in connection with the examination whith giv¢s t))e cauK to believe that in. ally materia] rwE.' . the accountiDg r¢r&S were kw ID accord4D¢¢ with %lon 130 of the Chatiti&s Act" ( . the a¢counts did not accord with th¢ a¢counting r. or - the accthmts did not comply with the app17¢4ble requir•wits concerniiig the forn) aDd Conteni of aCCOUDts set out in th¢ chariti {A¢coullts and Rqx)rts) Regulations 21X)8 other than Any requtrement thai the accounts giv¢ * and fail vicw which is not a rnattrr considued as of an I have no Conce and have come across no other Matr$ in coone¢tion with the rxatDitio to wbi¢h attention sbould be drawtt in this report in order to enable a Undeng of the accounts to be reath¢d. SlgDed: Nome: Lyme Dickson FCA Flrm: JBC Accoun1$ Limit Addr#J: 3B Lockheed Co Prfsion Farni StwktOn-on.Tees TS18 3SH DAt¢: 2ts1411033

The PAr0cl Chur¢h Cowiell of St Paul'$ Churc& Stockton-on-Te Ststement of Fillan¢1 Aetlvltles For the ye Ended 31 December 2022 Total 2021 Funds FDad5 2022 Note Income and endovrneDts from: Donatinnf and legaci Church activilies Oiher Ir(41¥ng aetiv¢ti& Inveslmertts OihÉr 21599 50.898 72.496 2204 lJ76 36 9.799 380.331 1.132 1.282 2b 1276 12 9.799 2d 24 Tot] 34.8 51. 85,911 747 Expenditire on: Raisingfvnds Mission VIrtg & donatio Cht4rch aeiiviiies 104 911 31.918 104 1,765 101.012 67 560 458.230 3b 854 69.095 Tot1 31933 69,94 102.8 458.857 Net In¢omel(expenditutt) 1.957 (18.927) (16.970) (76.110) Transfer betweeD fuDds Net movement ill fuDds (18.927) (16. 76.11 Total fimds brought forward 8&9 (82,(X)4) 81.556 (448) 75.662 Total fAMds cvrled forward 8&9 The notes on pages 7 to I I forni part of the accounts. Pys

Th¢ •r£b CovAcll of St Pa,% ¢b, Sto¢ktOAwO•.Tee4 B•ltstt Sheet For the Year Fded 31 December 2022 2022 2021 ok Dd)tor5 Cash Jd in band &791 77.014 4,198 98,419 102.617 Lillbllltlu: Crditors: aowunts falli due within one 14935 &065 Totd uets eirrellt liabllltks Credilors: tho••¢• flkng dwe *fter wre 95,(XM) P•rlsh .047) (82,0041 RestsiLXed fiwMJ5 62ffi29 81J50 10 The ttoleson p• 7 10 11 forn part of th¢se xwuiit& AtTmv¢d by the PzTochial Church C(wm¢il OD IglLt( 23 Apwovd by. Rev. P. Arno Mr& J. ColliDs

Tke Parwktsl Chorth CoryB¢il of Si Paul'i Cbwt¥ Stockt•rATrTeeg Nrfes to the F5anetsl Ststeme#ts For (kn Year ded 31 De¢tmber 2022 J ACCOUNTING POLICIES B•s14 of prepJrlion The PCC roDstitutes a 1b11¢ betlefii &¢£kfllj by FRS 102. The finar1 stalmtr have be w¥ttythe CbarÈiiÉs A¢1 2011. ¥cith with theaLurch Acc(MmtÉTrg R¢gulatiim$ 21Kh5 governing the individual accrAmts of Pccs, UDts FRS102 {20I6185 th¢ 4plicxbk aca)un¢ing sraDdwth attd the 2016 Versi ofthe Stat£maOf PFaaiK AcL¥MthtirÈ8 arjd Rwtin8 by (Jwitits {SORP(FRS10211. The financial Sts1ets h&vc pr¢parnl uTrlerthe hi(al except fw lttvestn)eDi A¢ shom t markavalue. The finarKial statvwts iti¢luth all trans ass¢ts athl liabilitie5 f(r whi¢h th P(f isre5PJB5Th1 1¢ ID law. Th¢y do iTr¢lude the acLNmts of chwch tbarmiD affililtirm to ancrthcr iMMly. n(rtIe Ihat itiftrm gathity of I02.._ th¢ ryvirLryLcuts rfstttiwj 7 of CAsh Fk)w& Funds Rdstheiedw nEi$¢{al itK(me frrmn thxt's is to cxpx¥J¢d (mly the PUTSKW inteLd&l by the thnorand Ibl gtaDts sFGific PCC 1Vity Inded by the ¢ndowmeDts legacies e tEcwised whcn the incaning FES(xtrce towbKTh th¢y Ttle is teCeiV Grdnts and l¢pcies #te ftr 7hen the PCC 1$ enutld to the of the reswcfs. their rtteiw is pt(thbte and thc •[¢ liably4U•nllfiOble. Oiherirodiog octivtti All ineoming irfludill8 fundraims se Church activit1& Rrntsl inc(Rx fr( the l¢tting of rmntses is theTtmtal 15 Expenthture obligaliw tsj the PCC. co$¢cratedprnttyOVdThobIe clwchfvrnsiw." Collse¢ralc4 and bcn¢ficd rnofany kmd is achthl frrm the]1¥1 5.11¥2Xa) and (¢) ofih¢Clitie5 Aa 2011. disposal. are inalieMbJ¢ WIT. listJ in the[th.$ love4Jtro which c¥n be itLSKftd (at aDy r¢astXLBbk tim¢). For an>ryhing aCqUiredw ro21KK> there 18 trUffiCi¢t ¢4)st avaihbl¢ I1thtfuL. such ass¢t5 ba bee VAJutsl in the accwnw SulwpthdynoiDdivthl itaD £I.(lJl all tspwjttwe bas be WTitt•) off when irt¢UTr41. EquipDJelli u5eAI within th ch[th Ff¢rniSts i% ¢aPitalisd afiddqrti rn i StrshI IiD¢ bEsis yea JNJividual it¢ros of Fquipmthi with a of £1SLKb w1¢45 £4TwlKa the as8d is¥quirt41 Curr¢nt Amounts the PCC 31st tkcaThlwiti resp of <(hl0¢Je slwjwn *sdaAus 1<95 wovisiott f all¥yJDts th•t m•y prow ¢Iltabl&

The Paroehlal Chureh Co•n¢il of St Paul's churc StoektOD•on-Te Notes to the WIDJD¢ial Ststejnents For the Year Ended 31 D¢etmber 2022 2 ID¢ome and endovmwits from: Unrertriced Restrleted Totsl Fllods FuAd8 2022 Tothl 2021 2a DonAtlo•s and legacles Planned.. StsndiDg Orders In¢om¢ Tax Recoverable coll¢¢tsons Suuthy donati<9 14,433 14.433 15,240 4,781 774 4,773 305,000 49,763 380J31 1.838 728 1,838 1.582 854 Grts received 42,044 50.898 42.044 72.49 21599 2b Chur¢h *rtlvltl Fees foT weddings ar funffak Church hall let¢ings New$l¢iter income 1239 965 1.239 965 702 430 2204 2204 1.132 2c Other tradlng aetivlte5 Cofft¢ MorninSle of Kneel¢¥s 1276 127 lJ76 lJ76 1.282 1,282 2d Jnvestmemts Bank iniertst receive4J 12 24 2e Other. RHI sclwne It¢titives 9.799 9.799 Tot 34.890 382.74

Prnthtsl Cburth CouAdi ofst Pa.1 Sto¢ktoTrTecs T•tsl 2•11 104 67 3e Cburth 4¢tiTrit 10.6 150 TO.6r2 26,974 ioJ 26x24 Cler8y& sthff exp# 9A33 51 11497 21.930 9.457 22.135 2J98 1]ity bilb. 407 4(13.403 New Buildin8 tydvxd 24.884 24,884 550 550 101.012 59) 458 TsxI 32933 69 919 101881 458,857 26255 13391 Social ¢S 174 (I x AdmlrfL& 2 x(hltb*¥Ythrtb

The PjrntbI Chvr¢b Coullell of St Pxllfs SItt•Te the Yur Ended 31 Det¢mkn 2022 5 DEBTORS 2022 2021 91 1,198 O LIABILTflES: AMouNfs FALLING DIIE WtrHIN ONE YEAR 21 TrJ¢U11rs 515 1550 8.(K5 16 2022 Jxxj. first payrncnt mad¢in Marth 2022. Thendi¢m of th¢ aTethat tobeTwwI b¢th¢highff of £5JXMlorthe in tb¢wevws yex fromth¢RHI 5(Jn I UNRFsfRICTED FiJNDS kn¥ad * iJr0ry 2022 (8UW} l5J67 25.590 123,043) IfA>.418 181( ExPditit TT•nsf47g Car1 31#DeKoth2021 (31933> {80,(M 1022: Al l J•owry EXdirE Trgtssftts At 311)tta 30I14 30JM &024 (4912) {15.884) {854) (4.( 33.920 GTzftill8 fimd 154 DBF 9ftt 10.(ts) (5.(KXI) I141) (S) 136393) DBFFWY Swrt 14(kS 39.138 3.943 81556 51.022 (69.9491 62.629 A q1ypaYf from an l8bUC4 is theRwry)D futhl ] thiq is fDT onpinkmaintumnc xraDI(s) will hllv¢tob¢wrttsl to thefyll ¢x)SL The PCC qualif forStr•rw Funding ISDFlfJDrn Dtham DxttscthmDE 2021. This is for4 yfaTS 4r P4¢ 10

Th¢ P•roeW Clwnb C•uDa ol Paul's Chwr¢l4 StrtktT#s Nths t• the FIBa]Klal 51•te*wts For the Yw 31 Detembtt 2•22 RESTHICTED FUNDS IwDllll•Ed) 2021: Atljw Ai 31 D1b 24.4 353)2 &051 11.050) (w) 298.650 {4038081 IIKLI 15601 1133) 30.814 DBF ¥ i¢A(Kx) io.0 JQ763 1.198 59.795 357.157 (435.8141 1(Xl,418 81.556 AT4ALYSIS OF TrUNDS 2021 T•tsl Totsi IQ471 {16.935) 75J34 85.805 16,9351 862881 17.418 102.617 18,0651 75J34 RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The Parochlal Church Council of the St Paul's churc Sto¢kton4)n-Tee$ Financial Ststements For the year ended 31st December 2022

The Parochlxl Churcb Couneil of the St Paul's Chur¢ty Stockton-Oll-Tees R¢pxt of the IDdepetht Examiner Ststement of Financial Activiiias BalaD¢¢ Sheet Notes to the Fin8ncial Statements 7-11

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Contents

Vicar’s Report – Paul Arnold

Aim and Purposes

Objectives and Activities

Achievements and Performance

PCC and Activities

Deanery Synod – John Eyles

Building and Fabric – Faye Thompson and Richard Spratt

Fabric Report

Annual Maintenance

Repairs and Upkeep

Building Works

Fixtures and Fittings

Faculty Status

Mission & Pastoral Care

Children and Youth Ministry – Lauren Goodrick

Friday Life Group – John Eyles

Ecumenical Relationships

Financial Review – Julie Collins

Reserves Policy – Julie Collins

Structure, Governance and Management

Electoral Roll Report – Duncan Hird

Administrative Information