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2025-12-31-accounts

Parish Church of St Peter Le Poer, Friern Barnet Commonly referred to as ‘St Peter’s Muswell Hill’

Annual report and financial statements of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2025

Vicar: The Reverend Philip Sudell Churchwardens: Linda Doyle, Stephen Hendry

Albion Avenue

London N10 1AQ

Parish number: 2014

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Le Poer, Friern Barnet, registered charity no. 1209880, registered in England and Wales.

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St Peter’s Muswell Hill Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025

Annual report of the Parochial Church Council

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Peter Le Poer, Friern Barnet, within the Edmonton Area of the Diocese of London, is the legal entity responsible for the parish church of St Peter Le Poer. The name commonly used by the church is St Peter’s Muswell Hill (‘St Peter’s’).

This report covers the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.

The PCC is registered as a charity in England and Wales with the Charity Commission, with charity number: 1209880.

Objectives and activities

The PCC of St Peter’s has the responsibility, together with the Vicar, for promoting the whole mission of the Church of England in its local parish. This responsibility covers evangelistic, pastoral, social and ecumenical matters. In planning its activities, the PCC has considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.

The main activities of the charity during the period have been:

The PCC also has maintenance responsibilities for the Church building, the attached hall and offices, and the house occupied by the Vicar. (No housing is provided to other clergy or staff members.)

Achievements and performance

Throughout the year our energies have been directed to fulfilling our vision of being a church committed to “Making and Maturing Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ”.

Our outreach to the local community has been worked out through our regular Community Café and craft afternoon on a Thursday and our “Chat&Play” toddler group and FAB Club, our afterschool club for primary age children. We also run Family Fun days each term to welcome our local community and a Holiday Club for children each year. The staff team have continued to lead school assemblies twice a term in Coppetts Wood School, in partnership with Pathway, and maintain links with Hollickwood School. We have also run our “Jesus in his own words” course for those wanting to explore the Christian faith in more detail from the bible.

This year has also seen a fruitful partnership with London City Mission as we have been trained in and implemented a programme of regular door to door outreach visiting on a weekly and occasional Sunday basis.

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A particular outworking of our desire to “mature disciples” is seen in our midweek discipleship groups. We have a Tuesday morning men’s group (meeting over Zoom), three Tuesday evening groups and one Thursday evening group meeting in homes, as well as a women’s group that meets on a Thursday morning before Community Café.

Over the course of the year we have followed sermon series on “Freed to Serve” from 1 Corinthians 8-10, “The Discipleship Agenda” from Matthew 4-7, “The Kingdom of God is like..” from the Parables in Matthew 18-22, “Prayers under Pressure”, “Not ashamed!” from Romans 1-5, “The Life of Faith” from Hebrews 11-13, “Who is this Jesus” from Matthew 8,9, and “Advent Warnings” from Jeremiah.

Our dependence on God in prayer has been reflected in our monthly prayer gatherings on the “First Tuesday” of each month, where we prayed for our outreach and discipleship and the work of our Mission Partners around the world. We have also introduced a regular Friday morning breakfast prayer meeting.

Our thanks go to so many who volunteer to serve in these areas of ministry in our church life, whether in the more visible leadership of groups or contributing to our music and worship on Sundays or serving behind the scenes.

Particular thanks go to those on the staff team - Clare Hendry, Honorary Assistant Minister, who, alongside other pastoral ministry, coordinated the ministry amongst women, Beth Collins who served as our administrator and pastoral worker amongst children and families until her marriage in June 2025 and Sam Reeder who stepped into Beth’s role on an interim basis from September 2025. John Lenton, a retired minister with “Permission to Officiate”, is also a great help in our ongoing ministry.

Electoral roll

The electoral roll determines eligibility to vote at the Annual Meeting of Parishioners and at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM), and to stand for election to the PCC. The electoral roll is revised each year in advance of the APCM. In April 2025, the roll was completely renewed, as it is every six years. In April 2026, it was revised with 94 on the roll (2025: 93), with four removed and five added.

Maintenance of church buildings

The PCC aims to keep the church building in a good condition, making it look as inviting as possible, to support the church family life and outreach to the community.

In addition to routine maintenance, the main items of work carried out during the year were:

The wall on Albion Avenue by the carpark entrance has suffered repeated damage. The Building Committee is looking for ways to remedy this and to make it less vulnerable.

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During the year, the PCC appointed Olga Vladic-Weal Architecture as the Quinquennial Inspector. The report was completed in August 2025. The Building Committee has reviewed the report and recommendations and is developing a pragmatic prioritisation. The highest priority items highlighted in the report were:

The Building Committee aims to contract for the roofing work and for brickwork related repairs during 2026. Finding suitable, experienced and cost-effective contractors has continued to be challenging.

Green Tree Safety have again carried out an annual health and safety survey. No major issues were identified.

Safeguarding

St Peter’s Church is committed to providing a safe environment for children and adults to participate in its services and ministries.

St Peter’s PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). The safeguarding policy was last approved by St Peter’s PCC on 18 May 2025. This is displayed on the Church website and in the Church Hall, along with contact details for those wishing to obtain advice or to raise safeguarding concerns.

St Peter’s volunteers and paid staff who work with children, young people or vulnerable adults are recruited in line with the Church of England’s Safer Recruitment guidelines and appropriate DBS clearance is sought. During 2025 and 2026, St Peter’s Church partnered with teams from London City Mission, for community outreach, and Pathway, for the Easter Experience event. These organisations recruited their own workers but provided evidence of DBS clearance to St Peter’s where roles required this. An updated Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders was approved by the PCC in July 2025. This is provided to all applicants for roles requiring safeguarding checks and is also available by request to the office.

St Peter’s volunteers and paid staff who work with children, young people or vulnerable adults complete regular, mandatory safeguarding training, including domestic abuse training, which is now a Church of England requirement for those working with children, as with adults at risk of harm. Prompts are now sent directly from the parish safeguarding dashboard to individuals needing training or refresher training. In addition, seven of St Peter’s volunteers and staff team attended emergency adult and paediatric first aid training in February.

Risk assessments are carried out and updated as required for activities in the Church. The Vicar and the Church Safeguarding Officer meet every one to two months to review safeguarding needs and concerns. In the last year, the London Diocesan Safeguarding Team has been consulted about one issue of safeguarding concern and their guidance followed.

The PCC is immensely grateful to St Peter’s Church Safeguarding Officer Sue Upcott and Wendy Franklin, Safeguarding Administrator, for their leadership and support over the last year.

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Haringey Deanery Synod

Deanery synods provide one of the formal links between parishes and the wider structures of the Church of England. St Peter’s clergy and three lay members of the PCC have been members of the Haringey Deanery Synod. This met in March 2025 to consider how our relationship with creation might be transformed and again in June 2025 to hear from the Bishop of Edmonton, Rt Revd Anderson Jeremiah, on his brief for Racial Justice in the Diocese of London. It met in again in October 2025 with the leader of Haringey Council to discuss links between the Council and local churches.

Financial review

The financial needs of the PCC have been generously met. In 2025, income grew, while costs were well controlled. Total income for the year was £288,466, as a result of growth in donations, as well as exceptional grant income from Grace Church, Muswell Hill. Despite inflationary cost pressures, total expenditure fell year-on-year, largely because of the absence of major building work in a Quinquennial Inspection year and because of a staff vacancy. Total expenditure during this period, on the charity’s activities and on grants, amounted to £162,098. This resulted in a net surplus for the year of £126,368. Excluding the grants from Grace Church, Muswell Hill, this would have been a surplus of £12,457.

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2025 Income (£288,466)
£4,846, 2%
£766, 0%
£24,590, 9%
Regular Giving Donations
£20,497, 7%
Lump sum donations
Interest
£23,180, 8% £86,996, 30% Grants (Grace Church Muswell Hill)
Grants (Stewardship)
Gift Aid
£113,911, 39%
Trading Activities
£8,998, 3%
Self Funded Activities
£4,682, 2%
Other
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The charity’s principal sources of funds continue to be donations from members of the church family (with associated Gift Aid) combined with income from renting out the St Peter’s church hall. The PCC is immensely grateful to God and to the church family for their continuing financial support. Unrestricted income from donations, including associated gift aid, was £139,171 (2024: £116,993), an increase of 19% from some new regular givers, as well as from existing donors increasing their support. A one-off donation of £5,000 was made towards the purchase of new audio-visual equipment. Church hall lettings remain challenging and were less

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than the previous year at £24,095 (2024: 25,400). Additionally, St Peter’s received grants from Grace Church, Muswell Hill CIO totalling £113,911. That charity has now been wound up.

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2025 Expenditure (£162,098)
Common fund contribution
Administrative costs
£26,318, 16%
£8,425,
5% Cost of Outreach
Grants Out
£69,500, 43%
Cost of Self-Funded Activities
Diocesan Fees
£34,648, 21%
Building (Premises)
Mission support
£14,097,
£432, 0%
9% Staff costs (inc accommodation) &
training
£3,320, 2%
£995, 1% £4,363, 3%
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Total expenditure in 2025 was £162,098, a decrease of 13% on 2024 (£185,664). The decrease was due primarily to: a reduction in building maintenance costs in a Quinquennial Inspection year; lower staff costs as a result of a vacancy and fewer one off grants from Mission Funds. Our diocesan Common Fund contribution (“Parish Share”) increased to £69,500 in 2025.

In accordance with good practice, the PCC seeks to maintain a proportionate reserves policy. At the end of 2025, the undesignated and unrestricted reserve to meet future operational requirements and to protect the church against future financial uncertainties, including loss of income and unexpected increases in operating costs, amounted in total to £182,346. In addition, as at 31 December 2025, the charity held specific designated and restricted reserves to meet future financial commitments:

The vast majority of our reserves are held in interest earning deposit accounts.

Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others.

The PCC does not hold funds as custodian trustee on behalf of others.

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Structure, Governance and Management

Since 1 January 2025 and up to the date of this report, the members of the PCC, the charity trustees, have been (except where noted):

Clergy (ex officio): Revd Philip Sudell Revd Clare Hendry Retired 5 April 2026 Churchwardens (ex officio): Linda Doyle (Deanery Synod Representative) From 18 May 2025 Steve Hendry (Deanery Synod Representative) Simon Upcott (Deanery Synod Representative) Retired 18 May 2025 Deanery Synod representative (ex officio): Keith Edmunds PCC Secretary Elected members: Moji Agboola Retired 18 May 2025 Andrew Cusdin Joint Treasurer Alyson Coombs Retired 2 Jan 2025 Linda Doyle Retired 18 May 2025 Itty Emwionkpa Andrew Marsh Vice Chair Sam Reeder Rebecca Stewart Elected 18 May 2025 Simon Upcott Elected 18 May 2025 Michael Wright Joint Treasurer

The PCC held seven meetings during the course of the year. Key items considered during the course of the year included:

Much of the work of the PCC is addressed through its committees. The PCC has established Terms of Reference for each of these Committees, which are kept under regular review. The PCC is very grateful to those of its members and other members of the church who served on committees during the year.

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Standing Committee

The Standing Committee conducts the affairs of the PCC, when that is necessary between PCC meetings. The Committee met once during 2025, to discuss staffing arrangements.

The members of the Standing Committee were Andrew Cusdin, Linda Doyle (from 18 May 2025), Keith Edmunds, Andrew Marsh, Stephen Hendry, Philip Sudell, Simon Upcott (until 18 May 2025)

Mission Committee

The PCC sets aside 10% of its total general income to support gospel ministry outside the immediate parish ministry. This is overseen by the Mission Committee. In total £8,425 was paid away in 2025 to six different mission and ministry initiatives, detailed in notes 6 and 13 to the 2025 financial statements below.

The members of the Mission Committee were Paul Smith, Philip Sudell, Simon Upcott.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee meets approximately quarterly to oversee St Peter’s accounting and financial management and advises the PCC on financial matters.

The members of the Finance Committee were Andrew Cusdin, Keith Edmunds (from 18th May 2025), Philip Sudell, Simon Upcott (until 18 May 2025), Michael Wright.

Building Committee

The Building Committee meets approximately quarterly. Its work is covered in the report on maintenance of church buildings above.

The members of the committee were Philip Franklin, Stephen Hendry, Lynne Punchard, Rachel Reeder, Philip Sudell

Declaration

This Annual Report, together with the Financial Statements which are set out on pages 10 to 27 below and which form part of this report, was approved by the PCC on 27 April 2026.

Signed on behalf of the PCC:

(Signed) PHILIP H SUDELL Philip Sudell, Chair

(Signed) ANDREW MARSH Andrew Marsh, Vice Chair

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Section B Balance sheet Section B Balance sheet Section B Balance sheet
Fixed assets
Intangible assets (Note 15)
Tangible assets (Note 14)
Heritage assets (Note 16)
Investments (Note 17)
Total fixed assets
Current assets
Stocks (Note 18)
Debtors (Note 19)
Investments (Note 17.4)
Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24)
Total current assets
Creditors: amounts falling due within one
year (Note 20)
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after one
year (Note 20)
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Provisions for liabilities
Total net assets or liabilities
Funds of the Charity
General Funds (undesignated &
unrestricted)
Self Funded (Designated - unrestricted)
Vicarage Fund (Designated - unrestricted)
Church Upkeep Fund (Designated -
unrestricted)
Mission Funds (Designated - unrestricted)
Total unrestricted funds
Roof Funds (Restricted funds)
Staff Funds (Restricted funds)
Charitable funds (Restricted funds)
Total Restricted funds
Total funds
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees		 Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
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F05
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- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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- -
214,238 96,998
218,803 100,562

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215,426 89,058
215,426 89,058
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- -
215,426 89,058
182,346 66,762
- -
- -
10,807 7,707
20,034 12,224
213,187 86,693
2,240 2,240
- -
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2,240 2,365
215,426 89,058
Print Name Date of
approval
dd/mm/yyyy

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Note 2 Accounting policies

Please complete this note when first reporting under FRS2102. Section 35 of FRS102, requires 3 reconciliations to be presented, if all are applicable.

2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

Please provide a description of the nature of each change in accounting policy

Reconciliation of funds per previous GAAP to funds determined under FRS 102

Start of End of period period £ £ Fund balances as previously stated Adjustments: Fund balance as restated 102 End of £ Net income/(expenditure) as previously stated Adjustments:

Reconciliation of net income/(net expenditure) per previous GAAP to net income/(net expenditure) under FRS 102

Previous period net income/(expenditure) as restated

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Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025

2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES

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2.4 ASSETS
Intangible fixed assets
Heritage assets
POLICIES ADOPTED
ADDITIONAL TO OR
DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE ABOVE
They are valued at cost.
These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least
Redundancy cost
The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period.
Deferred income
No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts.
Creditors
The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade
discounts
Provisions for liabilities
A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently
measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the
reporting date
Basic financial
instruments
The charity has intangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have
physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through
custody or legal rights. The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note
9.5
They are valued at cost.
The charity has heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic,
scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and
maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture. The depreciation
rates and methods used as disclosed in note 9.6.1.4.
Liability recognition
Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or
constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of
the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per
paragraph 11.7 FRS102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17
to 11.19, FRS102 SORP.
Tangible fixed assets for
use by charity
The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 9.2.
Governance and support
costs
Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support.
Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and
its compliance with regulation and good practice.
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost
categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, e.g. allocating property
costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by
their usage.
They are valued at cost.
Investments
Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are
valued at initially at cost and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year
end. The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be
measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment.
Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a
maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments
Grants with performance
conditions
Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of
service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the
recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.
Grants payable without
performance conditions
Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to
realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be
recognised.
Stocks and work in
progress
Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or net
realisable value.
Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net realisable value
based on the service potential provided by items of stock.
Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on the
contract.
Debtors
Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at
settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently,
they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.
Current asset
investments
The charity has has investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash and
cash equivalents with a maturity date less than one year. These include cash on deposit and
cash equivalents with a maturity date of less than one year held for investment purposes rather
than to meet short term cash commitments as they fall due.
They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments.		 15
2.4 ASSETS
Intangible fixed assets
Heritage assets
POLICIES ADOPTED
ADDITIONAL TO OR
DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE ABOVE
They are valued at cost.
These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least
Redundancy cost
The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period.
Deferred income
No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts.
Creditors
The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade
discounts
Provisions for liabilities
A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently
measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the
reporting date
Basic financial
instruments
The charity has intangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have
physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through
custody or legal rights. The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note
9.5
They are valued at cost.
The charity has heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic,
scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and
maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture. The depreciation
rates and methods used as disclosed in note 9.6.1.4.
Liability recognition
Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or
constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of
the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per
paragraph 11.7 FRS102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17
to 11.19, FRS102 SORP.
Tangible fixed assets for
use by charity
The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 9.2.
Governance and support
costs
Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support.
Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and
its compliance with regulation and good practice.
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost
categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, e.g. allocating property
costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by
their usage.
They are valued at cost.
Investments
Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are
valued at initially at cost and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year
end. The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be
measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment.
Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a
maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments
Grants with performance
conditions
Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of
service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the
recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.
Grants payable without
performance conditions
Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to
realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be
recognised.
Stocks and work in
progress
Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or net
realisable value.
Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net realisable value
based on the service potential provided by items of stock.
Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on the
contract.
Debtors
Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at
settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently,
they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.
Current asset
investments
The charity has has investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash and
cash equivalents with a maturity date less than one year. These include cash on deposit and
cash equivalents with a maturity date of less than one year held for investment purposes rather
than to meet short term cash commitments as they fall due.
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Note 3 Analysis of income

Note 3 Analysis of income Analysis of income
Regular Giving Donations
Grants (Stewardship)
Lump Sum Donations
Gift Aid
Total
Trading Activities (e.g hall lettings)
Self-Funded Activities
Charitable Activities (e.g. Christian Aid)
Other
Total
Grants from GraceChurch Muswell Hill
Total
Interest income
Total
Total
Other information:
TOTAL INCOME
Analysis
Donations
and
legacies:
Charitable
activities:
Other
Income:
Income from
investments:
Separate
material item
of income:		 Analysis Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Total funds
Prior year
£
£
Regular Giving Donations 86,996 - 86,996 81,050
Grants (Stewardship) 23,180 - 23,180 16,506
Lump Sum Donations 8,498 500 8,998 5,163
Gift Aid 20,497 - 20,497 16,129
Total 139,171 500 139,671 118,848
Trading Activities (e.g hall lettings) 24,095 24,095 25,400
Self-Funded Activities 4,846 - 4,846 5,490
Charitable Activities (e.g. Christian Aid) - 495 495 456
Other 766 766 1,796
Total 29,707 495 30,202 33,142
Grants from GraceChurch Muswell Hill 113,911 - 113,911 30,319
Total 113,911 - 113,911 30,319
Interest income 4,682 - 4,682 2,679
Total 4,682 - 4,682 2,679
- - - -
- - - -
Total - - - -
287,471 995 288,466 184,988
All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for:
(please provide description and amounts)
Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the
reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion.
Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the
prior period, please give the reason for the conversion.
Within the income items above the following items are
material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior
year amounts)

Note 4: Analysis of receipts of government grants - Not Applicable Note 5: Donated goods, facilities and services - Not Applicable

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Note 6 Analysis of expenditure

Staff Costs & Training
Analysis
Expenditure on Church Activities:
Common Fund Donations
Diocesan fees for wedding & funerals
Administration Costs
Building (Premises)
Cost of Outreach
Cost of Self-Funded Activities
Total expenditure on raising funds
Expenditure on Mission Support:		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Total funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Total funds
£
£
This year
Last year		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Total funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Total funds
£
£
This year
Last year		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Total funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Total funds
£
£
This year
Last year		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Total funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Total funds
£
£
This year
Last year		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Total funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Total funds
£
£
This year
Last year		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Total funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Total funds
£
£
This year
Last year
69,500
432
14,097
34,648
4,363
26,193
3,320
152,553		 -
-
-
-
125
-
125		 69,500
432
14,097
34,648
4,363
26,318
3,320
152,678		 65,520
485
6,984
48,433
3,586
6,411
5,140
136,559		 -
-
-
600
32,049
-
32,649		 65,520
485
6,984
49,033
3,586
38,460
5,140
169,208
Grant Making To Mission Partners &
Other Charity Grants		 8,425 995 9,420 16,000 456 16,456
Total expenditure on charitable
TOTAL EXPENDITURE		 8,425 995 9,420 16,000 456 16,456
160,978 1,120 162,098 152,559 33,105 185,664

Other information:

Restricted Grant Payments also includes payments collected at special events and then forward onto a designated charity - e.g. Christian Aid Quiz Night - funds for the Christian Aid

Note 7: Extraordinary items - Not Applicable Note 8: Funds received as agent - Not Applicable Note 9: Support Costs - Not Applicable Note 10: Details of certain items of expenditure - Not Applicable

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Note 11 Paid employees

Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.

11.1 Staff Costs

This year:
Last year:
Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs (defined contribution scheme)
Training
Travel
Total staff costs
Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the
charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party
Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the
charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party		 This year
£		 Last year
£
19,299 33,062
2,349 -
665 1,150
3,883 4,000
122 249
26,319 38,461
Not Applicable
Not Applicable

Please give details of the number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) fell within each band of £10,000 from £60,000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.

please enter 'true' in the box provided. please enter 'true' in the box provided.
No employees received employee benefits (excluding
employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than
£60,000		 TRUE
Band Number of employees
Thisyear Lastyear
£60,000 to £69,999 - -
£70,000 to £79,999 - -
£80,000 to £89,999 - -
£90,000 to £99,999 - -
£100,000 to £109,999 - -
Family Worker
Admin/Ministry
Assistant
Total
Please provide the total amount paid to key management
personnel (includes trustees and senior management) for their
services to the charity. For specific amounts paid to trustees,
see Note 28.
11.2 Average head count in the year
The parts of the charity in which the
employees work
Thisyear Lastyear
£ £
- -
This year
Number		 Last year
Number
Family Worker 0.00 0.00
Admin/Ministry
Assistant		 0.63 1.00
Total
0.63
1.00

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11.3 Ex-gratia payments to employees and others (excluding trustees) Please complete if an ex-gratia payment is made.

Please explain the nature of the
payment
Please state the legal authority or
reason for making the payment		 This year Not Applicable
Last year Not Applicable
This year Not Applicable
Last year Not Applicable
Please state the amount of the payment (or value of any waiver
of a right to an asset)		 This year Last year
£
-		 £
-

11.4 Redundancy payments

Please complete if any redundancy or termination payment is made in the period.

The extent of redundancy funding at the balance sheet date
Please state the accounting policy for any redundancy or
termination payments
Total amount of payment
The nature of the payment (cash, asset
etc.)		 This year Last year
£
-		 £
-
This year Last year
£
-		 £
-

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Note 12 Defined contribution pension scheme or defined benefit scheme accounted for as a defined contribution scheme.

12.1 Please complete this note if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.

This year
Last year
£
£
665 1,150
Not Applicable
Please explain the basis for allocating the liability and expense
of defined contribution pension scheme between activities and
between restricted and unrestricted funds.
Amount of contributions recognised in the SOFA as an expense		 This year
£
665		 Last year
£
1,150
Not Applicable

12.2 Please complete this section where the charity participates in a defined benefit pension plan but is unable to ascertain its share of the underlying assets and liabilities. Not Applicable

12.3 Please complete this section where the charity participates in a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan that is accounted for as a defined contribution plan. Not Applicable

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Note 13 Grant making

Please complete this note if the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate form a material part of the charitable activities undertaken.

This year:

13.1 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)

Analysis Grants to
institutions		 Grants to individuals Support costs Total
£ £
To support IFES in the European
Christian Network		 £1,400.00 - - £1,400.00
To support T Parfitt as a minister in
France(France Mission)		 £1,400.00 - - £1,400.00
To support Pathway for the delivery of
school Christian Assemblies		 £1,400.00 - - £1,400.00
To support London City Mission's role
of director		 £1,400.00 - - £1,400.00
To support Kip Chelashaw as a minister
in Kenya(UFM Worldwide)		 £1,400.00 - - £1,400.00
To support Forte Torre church in Italy
for their bursary programme		 £1,425.00 - - £1,425.00
Contagious Summer Camp £500.00 - - £500.00
Christian Aid £425.00 - - £425.00
World Dayof Prayer £70.00 - - £70.00
Total £9,420.00 **£0.00 ** - £9,420.00

Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.

13.2 Grants made to institutions - See 13.1

My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the
context of its grant making. Details of the institution supported, purpose of
the grant and total paid to each institution is available on the charity's web
site.		 My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the
context of its grant making. Details of the institution supported, purpose of
the grant and total paid to each institution is available on the charity's web
site.		 Yes Please provide
details of charity's
URL.
No Provide details
below
Names of institution Purpose Total amount of
grants paid £
IFES To support the European Christian Network £1,400.00
France Mission To support T Parfitt as a minister in France £1,400.00
Pathway To support the delivery of school Christian
Assemblies		 £1,400.00
London City Mission To support London City Mission's director £1,400.00
UFM Worldwide To support K Chelashaw as a minister in
Kenya		 £1,400.00
Forte Torre Church Bologna To support for their bursary programme £1,425.00
Contagious Summer Camp Children's summer camp £500.00
Christian Aid Funds from Christian Aid Weekly Quiz event £425.00
World Day of Prayer Funds collected for World Day of Prayer £70.00
TOTAL GRANTS PAID
Total grants to institutions in reporting period
Other unanalysed grants		 £9,420.00
£0.00
£9,420.00

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Last year:

13.3 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)

Analysis Grants to
institutions		 Grants to individuals Support costs Total
£ £
To support IFES in the European
Christian Network		 £2,000.00 - - £2,000.00
To support T Parfitt as a minister in
France(France Mission)		 £2,000.00 - - £2,000.00
To support Pathway for the delivery of
school Christian Assemblies		 £2,000.00 - - £2,000.00
To support London City Mission's role
of director		 £4,000.00 - - £4,000.00
To support Kip Chelashaw as a minister
in Kenya(UFM Worldwide)		 £2,000.00 - - £2,000.00
To support Forte Torre church in Italy
for their bursary programme		 £2,000.00 - - £2,000.00
London CityMission Christmas Appeal £1,000.00 - - £1,000.00
Innovista - Ukraine Ministry £1,000.00 - - £1,000.00
Christian Aid £388.00 - - £388.00
To support Kip Chelashaw as a minister
in Kenya (UFM Worldwide) -
Gracegang gift for children's work		 £68.00 - - £68.00
Total £16,456.00 **£0.00 ** - £16,456.00

Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.

13.4 Grants made to institutions

13.4 Grants made to institutions 13.4 Grants made to institutions
My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the
context of its grant making. Details of the institution supported, purpose of
the grant and total paid to each institution is available on the charity's web
site.		 Yes Please provide
details of charity's
URL.
No Provide details
below
Names of institution Purpose Total amount of
grants paid £
IFES To support the European Christian Network £2,000.00
France Mission To support T Parfitt as a minister in France £2,000.00
Pathway To support the delivery of school Christian
Assemblies		 £2,000.00
Pathway New office fit out grant to Pathway £1,000.00
London City Mission To support London City Mission's director £2,000.00
London City Mission LCM London-wide church evangelism training
project grant		 £2,000.00
UFM Worldwide
To support K Chelashaw as a minister in
Kenya		 £2,000.00
Forte Torre Church Bologna To support for their bursary programme £2,000.00
Innovista To support Ukraine Ministry £1,000.00
Christian Aid Funds from Christian Aid Weekly Quiz event £388.00
UFM Worldwide Gracegang gift for Children's work £68.00
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TOTAL GRANTS PAID
Total grants to institutions in reporting period
Other unanalysed grants		 £16,456.00
£0.00
£16,456.00

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Note 14: Tangible fixed assets - Not Applicable Note 15: Intangible assets - Not Applicable Note 16: Heritage assets - Not Applicable Note 17: Investment assets - Not Applicable Note 18: Stocks - Not Applicable

Note 19 Debtors and prepayments

Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.

19.1 Analysis of debtors Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors

This year
£
-		 Last year
£
-
4,565 3,564
4,565 3,564

Total

Please complete 19.2 where a material debtor is recoverable more than a year after the reporting date.

19.2 Analysis of debtors recoverable in more than 1 year (included in debtors above)

Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors
Total		 This year
£		 Last year
£
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

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Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.

20.1 Analysis of creditors

Accruals for grants payable
Bank loans and overdrafts
Trade creditors
Payments received on account for contracts or
performance-related grants
Accruals and deferred income
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
Total		 This year
Last year
£
£
- -
- -
- -
- -
3,064 10,293
313 1,211
- -
Amounts falling due
within oneyear		 This year
Last year
£
£
- -
- -
- -
- -
3,064 10,293
313 1,211
- -
Amounts falling due
within oneyear		 This year
Last year
£
£
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Amounts falling due after
more than oneyear		 This year
Last year
£
£
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Amounts falling due after
more than oneyear
3,376 11,504 - -

20.2 Deferred income

Please complete this note if the charity has deferred income.

Please explain the reasons why income is deferred.
Movement in deferred income account
Balance at the start of the reporting period
Amounts added in current period
Amounts released to income from previous periods
Balance at the end of the reporting period
 This year Last year Last year
This year
£		 Last year
£
- -
- -
- -
- -

Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand

Other
Cash at bank and on hand
Total
Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date)
Short term deposits		 This year
£		 Last year
£
- -
- -
214,238 96,998
- -
214,238 96,998

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Note 27 Charity funds

Note 27 Charity funds Note 27 Charity funds Note 27 Charity funds
Thisyear
27 Designated funds
Planned use
Church Upkeep
Mission Fund		 Purpose of the designation
For cover of exceptional building costs (eg. Church wall repairs) from
general funds
To support mission and ministry partners		 Amount
10807.18
20033.85

Note 28 Transactions with trustees and related parties

If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in guidance notes) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box or "False" if there are transactions to report.

28.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits

This year

None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)

TRUE

In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.

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Amounts paid or benefit value
Legal authority (e.g. Remuneration Pension Redundancy Other TOTAL
Name of trustee order, governing contribution (including
document) loss of
office)/ex
gratia
£ £ £ £ £
- - - - -
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Please give details of why remuneration or other employment benefits were paid.

Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee, provide an explanation of the nature of the payment.

Last year

None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)

TRUE

In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.

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Amounts paid or benefit value
Remuneration Pension Redundancy Other TOTAL
Legal authority (e.g. contribution (including
Name of trustee order, governing loss of
document) office)/ex
gratia
£ £ £ £
- - - - -
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Please give details of why remuneration or other employment benefits were paid.

Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee, provide an explanation of the nature of the payment.

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28.2 Trustees' expenses

If the charity has paid trustees expenses for fulfilling their duties, details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box below. If there are transactions to report, please enter "False".

No trustee expenses have been incurred (True or False) FALSE
Type of expenses reimbursed This year Last year
£ £
Travel 122 25
Subsistence - -
Accommodation - -
Other (please specify): Reimbursement of purchases on personal credit
cards for use of St Peter		 875 1,022
- -
TOTAL 997 1,047
Please provide the number of trustees reimbursed for expenses or who
had expenses paid by the charity
2 2

28.3 Transaction(s) with related parties

Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a related party has a material interest, including where funds have been held as agent for related parties. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.

This year

There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False) There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False) There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False) There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False) There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False) There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False) TRUE TRUE
Name of the trustee
or related party		 Relationship
to charity		 Description of the
transaction(s)		 Amount Balance at
period end		 Provision for bad
debts at period end		 Amounts
written off
during
reporting
period
£ £ £ £
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms and conditions, including any security and the nature of any payment (consideration) to be provided in settlement.

For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.

Last year

There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)

FALSE

Name of the trustee
or related party		 Relationship
to charity		 Description of the
transaction(s)		 Amount Balance at
period end		 Provision for bad
debts at period end		 Amounts
written off
during
reporting
period
£ £ £ £
Clare Hendry Trustees Expenses Re-
Imbursement		 802 n/a n/a n/a
Stephen Hendry /
Clare Hendry		 Trustees Expenses Re-
Imbursement		 245 n/a n/a n/a

In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms and conditions, including any security and the nature of any payment (consideration) to be provided in settlement.

For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.

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Note 29 Additional Disclosures

The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet.

The vicar of St Peter’s Muswell Hill receives a stipend which is paid by the Church Commissioners. A stipend is paid in order to enable the clergy person to exercise their ministry without the need to take another job in order earn their living. It is intended to provide adequately for a clergy person to live during their working years and into retirement.

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