2023-12-31-accounts

Registered Charity Number 1128278

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Faith, Havant Annual Report and Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31st December 2023

Compliant with Charity Commission Guidance on Annual Reports

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF

St Faith, Havant

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 2023

1. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Full Parochial Name: Havant, St Faith with St Nicholas Chapel, Langstone Registered Charity No: 1128278 Location: St Faith’s Church is situated in West Street, Havant, PO9 1EH St Nicholas’ Chapel is in High Street, Langstone to the south of Havant. Church Office The Parish operates a parish office for administrative purposes, situated at 2-4 North Street, Havant, PO9 1PR. Telephone [phone]

2. MEMBERS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (PCC)

Chair (Rector), ex-officio The Reverend Canon Thomas Philip Kennar (from February 17[th] , 2015). Address: The Rectory, 5 Meadowlands, Havant, PO9 2RP

Licensed Readers, ex-officio none – although Reader Sandra Haggan attends meetings in a non-voting, consultative capacity (as an employee of the Council).

Churchwardens Mr Colin Hedley (from 30 April 2017 to 13 July 2023– six years of service) Mr Clive Barnett (from 28 April 2019 to 13 July 2023– four years of service) Mr Gary Crockford (from 13 July 2023 – first year of service) Ms Michaela-Jayne Stray (from 13 July 2023, but then resigned 10 June 23) Miss Naomi Sloane (from 30 July 2023 – first year of service)

Deanery Synod Members Mrs Sue Tinney & Mrs Shelley Saunders ex-officio Parish Secretary Mrs Pauline West (employed as Secretary from October 2018). Non-voting. Safeguarding Officer Mrs Pauline West (from April 2018).

OTHER PCC MEMBERS DURING 2023

a) Resigned or term-expired during the year

Hilary Deadman (October 2020 to April 2023) Mike Fluck (April 2020 to April 2023 Sheena Jefferis (from February 2022, Hon Treasurer from November 2023)

b) Serving PCC Members during the year In first year of service Nick Saunders (2[nd] Term: April 2023 to April 2026) Clive Barnett (3[rd] Term: April 2023 to April 2026)

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Colin Hedley (3[rd] Term: April 2023 to April 2026) Bill Jones (4[th] Term: April 2023 to April 2026) In second year of service Alison Horncastle (1[st] Term: May 2022 to April 2025) Linda Pope (1[st] Term: May 2022 to April 2025) Sue Tinney: (2[nd] Term; May 2022 to April 2025) Sheena Jefferis (1[st] Term: May 2022 to April 2025; Hon Treasurer from November 2023) In third year of service Rosemary Turner (1[st] Term: April 2021 to January 2024; Hon. Treasurer until April 2023)

Main Bankers: CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Ave., Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ A subsidiary bank account is held at Lloyds Bank, for ease of payments. Independent Examiner: P J Underwood, Morris Crocker, Chartered Accountants, Station House, North Street, Havant, Hants, PO9 1QU Church Architect: Richard Andrews, Carden & Godfrey, 33 Clerkenwell Close, London

3. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

3 (a) The Parish Church Council (PCC)

The Church of England General Synod sets out the method of appointment of PCC members in the Church Representation Rules as published online. All regular church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The Roll was last revised in 2023, prior to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.

The PCC is the body of trustees for the Parish. Their responsibilities are understood primarily as the setting and careful monitoring of parish policies, including the annual budget. (Other policies are listed later in this report.) Day-to-day management is devolved (with set budgets) from the PCC, through the salaried staff; based on a 40-hour week. There was the equivalent of 4.7 full time employees – 10 employees (to December 2023), plus clergy, and a number of formal and ad-hoc committees or teams, containing a wide range of other PCC members, advisors and co-opted members. These are listed below.

3(b) Reverend Canon Tom Kennar

The scope of the activities undertaken in 2023, and hence the structure and work of the PCC and its various committees, was determined by the ill health of our Rector, Canon Tom, who went on sick leave in December 2022 when he was required to enter hospital for a major heart operation. A phased return to work began from Easter 2023.

As a result, a significant amount of additional responsibility fell upon the Ministry Team, comprising the Worship Leaders and our Lay Pastor (Sandra Haggan), who continued to ensure that all services took place. The Churchwardens, PCC and the whole congregation are extremely grateful to those members of the clergy, some of whom are retired, and our lay readers who ensured that a very high quality of regular worship was maintained. In particular, the PCC would like to thank Bishop John Hind, Reverend Frank Hillebrand, Canon Tim Schofield and Reverend Judy Henning for their willing support and tireless efforts on its behalf.

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3(c) “Doing Less Better” – Re-structuring the management of St Faith’s

The illness of the Rector and the consequent need to re-structure the way in which St Faith’s is run meant that during the early part of 2023 a number of committees met more regularly and took on more responsibility than hitherto. This was part of a considered strategy, called “Doing Less Better” , which aimed to ensure that on his return Canon Tom’s role would be sustainable and that he would not be burdened by many of the management and administrative functions which are part and parcel of running a modern church.

The long-term absence of Canon Tom was not the only driver of the wish to re-structure. Others included a steep rise in energy costs and the earlier ending of pandemic support which resulted in a significant monthly deficit in the operational budget; a decline in fund-raising activity during and in the aftermath of lockdown; and a decline in those prepared to come forward as volunteers following the easing of lockdown reflected in part the ageing nature of the congregation.

The strategy “Doing Less Better” was adopted unanimously by the PCC at its meeting of 9 August 2022 and continued into 2023. It is based on the following key principles. We will:

1. As a whole church community, focus unremittingly on our core mission to enrich the spiritual life of our congregation and the community which we serve;

2. Shelve activities that are not directly related to this core aim of our Mission Development Plan until financial and personnel resources are such that they are sustainable once again;

3. Develop a management structure which clearly separates responsibility for the spiritual and worship life of St Faith’s from the ‘business’ (i.e. the social and community activities, and financial and estate management) of the church;

4. Ensure that there is no single point of failure – no pinch point – by providing appropriate support and back-up for all systems and personnel;

5. Apply tight budgetary control to all operational costs and expenditure;

6. Ensure all major projects have clear success criteria and outcomes;

7. Revert to a single Big Build fund (rather than a series of smaller specific funds) with the PCC prioritising annually the aims of the fund-raising campaign to ensure thereby that they are refined and thus clear and recognisable to all, and then communicated widely to the congregation;

8. Make donating to the Big Build Campaign as easy and transparent as possible;

9. Prioritise the re-creation of a “generous church” by improved communication of need, impact and thanks; and

10. Accepting that the drive to volunteer is not what it once was, structure projects and activities accordingly.

Overall, the hope and expectation of the PCC is that this re-structuring will better support our Rector and enable him to concentrate on his role as the spiritual leader of the congregation.

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3(d) Principal Committees and Teams of the PCC

Standing Committee: Rector (Chair), Churchwardens (with Gary Crockford acting as Vice-Chair), Parish Secretary (currently a non-voting employee), the General Manager (also currently a non-voting employee), the Hon. Treasurer, and representatives of the PCC, Linda Pope, Alison Horncastle (from July 2023).

The Standing Committee is responsible for furthering the work of the PCC between meetings. Key staff members are invited to attend from time to time (as non-voting members) depending on the business to be transacted.

Worship Committee: Rector (Chair), Director of Music (advisor), any Licensed Readers or Readers with Permission to Officiate, Head Server (Bruce Strugnell), Michael Laird, Sybel Laird, Clive Barnett and Nick Saunders.

The Committee is responsible for advising the Rector and PCC on all aspects of the worshiping life of the parish.

Pallant Development Team: Colin Hedley (Chair), Sandra Haggan, Jackie Udy, Andrew Bowker (Dynamo Youth Theatre – users’ representative), Shelley Saunders (General Manager - advisor), Gemma Eadie (Pallant Assistant).

This team advises the PCC about work required to upgrade and develop the Pallant Centre (formally “Church House and the Church Hall”).

Ministry Team: Rector, Worship Leaders, Accredited Lay Workers, Lay Readers. This team agrees rotas for the leading of services and plans new worship initiatives.

Young People and Families Team: Colin Hedley (Chair), Sandra Haggan, Fiona Hedley, Clive Barnett, Claire Toole, Jeremy Toole, Gary Crockford, Sarah Rickett (Educational & Heritage consultant – advisor). This team is carrying forward the Mission Plan’s focus on engaging with young people and families.

Finance Team: Hon Treasurer (Chair), Rector, Churchwardens, General Manager, Finance Officer Key staff members are invited to attend (as non-voting members) depending on the business to be transacted. In the absence of a Hon. Treasurer, this Team did not meet in 2023, but normal financial business was carried out by email.

Other Groups: Ad-hoc groups, which also met during the year, include the Communications Team, ‘Churchyard Redevelopment Group’, ‘Flower-Arrangers’, ‘Serving Team’, ‘Choir’, ‘Bell-Ringers’, ‘Senior Staff Team’. Much of the work of these teams is carried out on a day-to-day basis via email and interpersonal conversations. The PCC is advised of their work in general and takes decisions regarding any significant policy or financial matter, when requested by these teams.

3(d) Parish Staff

A range of stipendiary, salaried, contracted and voluntary staff supports the PCC and its associated subcommittees, working groups and teams. These comprise:

Full-Time Staff:

The Rector: Reverend Canon Thomas Kennar

Lay Pastor (including Little Lambs Manager): Lay Reader Sandra Haggan

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Part-Time Staff:
General Manager:	Shelley Saunders (from July 2022)
Director of Music:	Graham Kidd (from September 2019)
Parish Administrator:	Pauline West (from March 2018)
Charity Shop Manager:	Clare Kennar (from March 2018)
Charity Shop Supervisor:	Sandy Signorelli (from August 2022)
Finance Officer:	Ani Moore (from December 2019)
Capital Programmes Manager:Kevin West (until December 2023)
Caretaker:	John Glassett
Pallant Assistant:	Gemma Eadie (from November 2023)

Volunteer Clergy and Readers

Four self-supporting (retired) clergy with Permission to Officiate: Rt Rev’d John Hind, Rev’d Frank Hillebrand, Canon Tim Schofield and Rev’d Judy Henning (who has primary responsibility for monthly services at St Nicholas Langstone)

Two Licenced Readers (self-supporting): Mrs Sandra Haggan, Mrs Sally Kirk-Stephens Four self-supporting (retired) Readers with Permission to Officiate : Dr Michael Fluck (PtO), Mrs Jackie Brookfield (PtO)

Note: All of the paid members of staff noted above routinely work for far longer than the hours for which they are paid. The PCC acknowledges and is extremely appreciative of their commitment to the work of St Faith’s which goes way beyond what is required of them. In addition, Volunteer Staff are busy across the whole range of the parish’s work, including the Charity Shop, the Pallant Centre and the Pallant Warm Hub, bell-ringing team, livestreaming and sound system team, maintenance team, Little Lambs assistants, young persons and families team, pastoral visitors, stewardship team, communications team, servers, choristers, flower-artists, stewards and welcomers. There are too many to list by name (not least for fear of missing someone off the list!). The PCC is immensely grateful to each and every one.

3(e) Charitable Status

Under the terms of the Charities Act 2011, the PCC, having an income in excess of £100,000 was registered with the Charity Commission (under no. 1128278); this registration was confirmed on the 26[th] February 2009.

3(f) Accountability and Policy Framework

The PCC is fully aware of the risk factors involved in the running of church affairs and continues to ensure that all our properties are adequately insured, including public liability. We have policies for all significant areas of the Parish’s life, which guide the decision making of the PCC, and the actions of officers and staff. These comprise:

• The Annual ‘Budget’ (called the Financial Operating Plan)

• PCC Statement Regarding Potential Churchyard Developments

• Constitutional position of the PCC

• Finance Policy and Procedures including Operational Policy (significantly revised in 2021-22)

• Reserves Policy (the standing policy throughout 2023 was to maintain reserves equivalent to at least one month’s normal revenue budget expenditure)

• Investment policy (reviewed in 2021) - the standing policy for long-term trust funds is to invest them through Diocesan-approved investment vehicles, while general cash reserves are held on deposit for ready-deployment on parish projects

• Legacies Policy

• Extra-Parochial Giving Policy

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• Safeguarding Vulnerable Children and Adults Policy (we adopt the Diocese of Portsmouth Policy wholesale, and comply with all its guidance and rules)

• Appraisal Policy

• Complaints Policy

• Grievance Policy

• Health and Safety Policy (including COSHH),

• Lone Working Policy,

• Staff Compensation policy.

• Mission Plan

• Admission to Communion Policy

• Data Protection Policy (including GDPR and Data Privacy)

• Social Media Policy

• Equalities and Diversity Policy

• Volunteer Policy

• Whistleblowing Policy

• Risk Management Policy

• Conflict of Interest policy

The operational policies are published on the parish website at http://stfaith.com/pcc/pcc-policies/ and are periodically reviewed as required and as scarce volunteer time allows.

We comply (as far as heritage considerations make possible) with the Equality Act 2010, and subject to funding are planning to improve further the access we provide for disabled people to the church and Pallant Centre. We have plans to build a fully accessible toilet in the Church as soon as possible, for which we have raised approximately half the cost.

The PCC gives regular updates on its decisions and activities to the wider parish, through a variety of media, including redacted copies of minutes, and summaries of key decisions and actions through the fortnightly newsletters.

An Annual Parochial Church Meeting is held so that the PCC may be publicly accountable to the whole membership of the Electoral Roll.

3(g) Public Benefit

The Trustees (PCC) are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance and requirement on public benefit in ‘The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit’ and have had due regard to it in their administration of the PCC. As a part of its Charitable Objects of ‘promoting of the whole mission of the Church’ the PCC provides a benefit to the public by:

• providing facilities for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual, moral and intellectual development, both for its members and for anyone who wishes to benefit from what the church offers;

• promoting Christian values and service by members of the Church in and to their communities, to the benefit of individuals and society as a whole; and

• providing administrative and meeting facilities to local charities, small local businesses and youth and community organisations.

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4. OBJECTIVES

The PCC’s primary objective, defined by the Church Representation Rules of the Church of England is ‘to co-operate with the Incumbent (i.e. the Rector) in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical’.

4(a) Mission Plan 2020-2025

In pursuance of its primary objective, the PCC agreed a second five-year Mission Plan ( “Live/Pray/Serve” ) - - in 2020. This plan may be read in full on the parish website (www.stfaith.com/mission development plan/). It is aligned with the mission strategy of our Diocese.

The 2020-2025 Mission Plan builds on our Spiritual Development Plan (November 2018), Pallant Development Plan (February 2018) and the Re-ordering Plan (November 2017). It takes forward the work of the previous plan (2015-2020) and seeks to enable our parish (and indeed our diocese) to grow in depth, impact and number. The Mission Plan is due to be reviewed and revised in 2024, to take effect from the APCM 2025

4(b) Buildings to serve our Mission

In pursuance its primary objective, the PCC has responsibility for a number of buildings, which are used to underpin and promote the mission of the church. These comprise:

a) St Faith’s Church – a Grade II* Listed building with medieval origins. A Re-ordering Plan for the church - was agreed during 2017 and may be viewed on the Parish website at http://stfaith.com/wp content/uploads/2017/11/Re-ordering-St-Faiths-Plan.pdf. During 2023, fund-raising went ahead to purchase new chairs for the nave.

b) St Faith’s Pallant Centre – a collection of three joined buildings, known as Pallant Hall (formerly St Faith’s Church Hall), Pallant House (formerly ‘Church House’) and The Coach House. The site has a Grade II listing category applied. This complex provides the most visible example of the PCC’s public benefit statement above. Within these three buildings, facilities and storage are provided to a very wide range of local and mainly charitable organisations and social clubs. Organisations currently using the Pallant Centre currently comprise:

• Havant Dynamo Youth Theatre (based in the Coach House);

• Havant Orchestras;

• Solent Male Voice Choir;

• Hayling and Havant Bowmen;

• U3A Art Group;

• MIND Young Persons’ Safe Haven;

• Self-help groups (AA, Al Anon, GA, Women’s AA);

• The Redeemed Christian Church of God;

• SSAFA - the Armed Forces charity;

• Brownies and Rainbows;

• Little Lambs for toddlers and their parents and carers (run in collaboration with St Alban’s, West Leigh);

• Ukrainian Art Group and Ukrainian Choir;

• Bridge to Unity – CommUNITY Kitchen;

• Havant Town Regeneration Board;

• Southern Music Project;

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• Specialist support for vulnerable adults such as Creating Chaos and Dementia Support and many new and established physical and mental wellbeing groups; and

• Child Social Services contact point.

Bookings for the Pallant Hall and hire space continued to grow throughout 2023 with many regulars returning. The hall was used for various activities events throughout 2023 from music events to Havant’s first Green Festival in September. Creating Chaos organised a Christmas Meal which was open to anyone to attend. We had a St Faith’s Christmas Party, and the Charity Shop held a lunch for volunteers. The Repair Café continued to be a monthly event on the first Saturday of each month.

As a result, in 2023, the Pallant Centre continued to be more than self-sufficient financially. Total income from lettings and events was recorded as of December 2023 as £70,400 (compared to £53k in 2022) with expenditure totalling £52,756 delivering a £17,644 net income to the Parish in 2023. This is a remarkable turnaround under the management of the current General Manager and the new Pallant Assistant.

The Pallant Development Group continues working towards the refurbishment of The Pallant Centre, to secure the long-term future of this vital community building. A ‘Way Forward’ document is available to view on the parish website at http://stfaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Pallant-Plan-the-WayAhead.-Final-agreed-document.pdf .

In addition, in 2022 a Pallant User Group was formed with agreement to continue with quarterly meetings. These meetings continued through 2023 and are extremely useful for the Pallant Development team and General Manager in order to ensure the centre runs as efficiently as is possible.

The Pallant website (https://www.pallantcentre.com) was designed and developed by a local independent creative designer and has generated weekly interest for bookings. Return on investment for the website has already been achieved with confirmed bookings.

The Havant Dynamo Youth Theatre (DYT) took up residence in the Coach House in June 2022. A new Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the autumn and is proving to be the start of an exciting venture for both parties. DYT submitted and received planning approval for renovations to the Coach House that will be of benefit to the Pallant Centre long term. This includes the planning approval to install central heating, a toilet, remove an existing asbestos wall and install a redesigned staircase. Works of which are subject to written approval by the General Manager.

In the autumn, the Pallant Centre reopened the Warm Room every Monday during the autumn and winter from 1200 – 1400. Staffed by St Faith’s volunteers and volunteers from the local community, the warm room has been a great success with an average of 10-12 people attending weekly. All are welcome to use the warm room regardless of circumstances; it provides a safe, warm space that is welcoming and accessible to all and offers soup, bread, biscuits, coffee, fellowship and peace together with activities such as knitting, reading and games. People can switch off their heating at home and meet in a community space.

4(c) Christchurch Centre and Bungalow – a modernist church building was erected in the north of the parish during the early 1980s as a mission church, with an associated bungalow. After some years, the church building was no longer needed for worship, and it is currently let to a local provider of nursery education (commensurate with the PCC’s objectives and public benefit statement above), the Bright Beginnings Nursery . In April 2021, a new 20-year lease was successfully negotiated to give the owners of the nursery a greater measure of security of tenure than they erstwhile enjoyed. The bungalow is used

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at times for the housing of clergy or is let-out to generate a general revenue for parish funds.

4(d) 1 & 2 Churchfields – these are a pair of houses, left to the Parish in Trust, which are let out to local people from time to time to generate revenue, or are used for the housing of clergy when needed. In the second half of 2021, a family of Syrian refugees moved into 2 Churchfields.

4(e) 2-4 North Street – Creation of ‘The Parish Hub’ The old Church Institute is a building with two shop units and an overhead flat, held in Trust by the Incumbent (Rector) and Churchwardens, but treated as though directly owned by the PCC. Following the move of the Charity Shop and Bookshop to this location in May 2022, a Parish Hub, with high visibility on busy North Street, has facilitated the bringing together in one place of the Charity Shop, Bookshop and Parish Office with a commensurate saving on running costs. In 2022, the overhead flat was let to a local housing association to provide accommodation for those in housing need. However, on the ending of the agreement with the housing association a considerable amount of work has had to be undertaken, and is still being completed, to bring the flat back up to a level which allows it to be relet. Therefore, the flat was empty in 2023. It is hoped the works will be completed (funds allowing) and the flat re-let by the summer of 2024

Our Charity Shop and Bookshop is staffed by volunteers, with the support of a Charity Shop manager and a supervisor (both part time). The Shop therefore offers part-time employment to two local people, volunteer placements to local people (including some with additional needs), and encourages the efficient recycling and re-use of clothes, small furniture and other household goods – particularly popular as the cost-of-living crisis has had an impact. Surpluses generated are used to support the general objectives of the parish.

The Charity Shop and Bookshop is now open 6 days a week. The move to the ‘high street’ location in North Street proved to be immensely successful in terms of its impact on the sales generated. In 2023, the gross income was £67,868, with expenditure totalling £53,079 delivering a £14,789 net income to the Parish in 2023. This is a great achievement for which thanks must be given to the shop staff and its management.

5. Review of Activities and Achievements

5(a) Statistics of Mission

In this section it is usual to provide a selection of statistics compiled on an annual basis, which indicate the progress and trajectory of certain parish activities - especially in relation to the pastoral and evangelical elements of the PCC’s primary objective (especially worship). It should be noted that following the closure of the Church for public worship and the Pallant Centre during the COVID lockdown, in 2023 activities, numbers of worshippers and those making use of the facilities available took time to pick up.

Throughout 2023, weekly services continued to be broadcast either by livestreaming or Zoom technology, and subsequently made available as recordings on the Church’s website. This medium continues to prove very popular.

Inevitably, the impact of the pandemic meant that statistics relating to attendance at worship, baptisms, weddings and funerals for 2021-22 remain significantly different to those for the years up to 2020 and for 2023.

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In addition to our core worship services, St Faith’s has once again been the chosen location for a number of civic events during the year, including the Remembrance and Carol Services; in 2023, these were also livestreamed. School carol services were also held for Fairfield Junior School and Bosmere School. The programme of weekly lunchtime concerts continued to take place, and in early December the Advent Experience was once again staged by the Young People and Families Team for Year 3 pupils from Bosmere School. An Easter Experience was also staged for Year 4 Bosmere School pupils. Both Experiences were very well received by the pupils and their teachers.

5(b) Evangelical and Pastoral Objectives

The raw statistics of attendance in the previous section do not do full justice to the richness of parish life, particularly in respect of the PCC’s efforts to fulfil its evangelical and pastoral objectives.

Evangelism (understood as the promulgation of the ‘Evangel’ or ‘Good News’ of Jesus Christ) requires that the PCC should exert itself to provide the comfort of faith, and the challenge of the Kingdom of God to the community it serves. The word ‘Pastoral’ is taken to mean the active care of people whom the church encounters, wherever they are from and whatever support-needs they present.

It is pleasing to report an increase in activities in 2023 to further St Faith’s evangelical and pastoral objectives. To this end, during the year, the PCC has:

• regularly reported to the congregation about its work;

• received expert advice on stewardship and fund-raising;

• kept a close eye on staff wellbeing;

• oversaw the management of the large estate for which St Faith’s is responsible;

• provided subsidised accommodation to SSAFA – the Armed Forces charity (which it has done since 1946);

• provided low-cost meeting facilities for many local charities, community groups and small businesses;

• raised funds through personal donations and gifts from the Rector’s Discretionary Fund to support a diverse number of local and national charities, including the Rotary Shoe-box Appeal, the Children’s Society, and the Havant Passion Play. Funds from the sale of the Rector’s book, ‘Scribblings’ were also sent to Ghana, for the support of medical services to far-flung villages in the Diocese of Ho.

• provided an open church for visitors to have the space to sit, pray, ask questions, explore faith or simply enjoy the ancient and hallowed surroundings. A team of dedicated stewards is present on most week-day mornings – subject to strict health and safety protocols and risk assessments – to offer refreshment and friendship to all;

• provided the Warm Hub – an initiative taken by all the local churches working together to coordinate opening times and created to help the community in this cost-of-living crisis;

• continued the increased collaboration with St Alban’s, West Leigh;

• supported the work of Bosmere Junior School, through the provision of assemblies, R.E. support and general support of the teaching staff through the ‘Pray, Bake, Read’ scheme. The very successful initiative of offering an Advent Experience to Year 3 pupils, first staged in 2019, was repeated in December 2023 and an Easter Experience was offered in April 2023. More limited support is also given to the other two Havant schools (Fairfield Infant School and Warblington Secondary) at their invitation;

• supported the ministry of our wonderful choir: the church choir is in very good heart;

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• supported the creation of "Faith in Harmony" , an initiative of our Director of Music and mainly made up of Year 4 and Year 6 pupils from Bosmere School;

• promoted the come-and-sing choral evensongs which were well attended in 2023;

• provided and supported Pastoral Visitors who visit any in the parish who need regular contact, friendship and (if requested) home communion; members of this team regularly phoned individuals needing support and delivered copies of the Fortnightly News; and

• held a variety of social and fundraising events , including a Variety Show, weekly lunchtime concerts, monthly coffee mornings, weekly Tea & Chat (Mondays), a St Faiths Christmas Party and a Christmas market; some of these events have the function of raising money, but were mainly focused on bringing people together in community.

5(c) Ecumenical Objectives

Partnership with St Alban’s West Leigh

The PCC has been delighted, over recent years, to foster and encourage a new partnership with our neighbouring parish of St Alban’s West Leigh. The two parishes actively seek opportunities to work and worship together, whenever possible and practical, for the greater benefit of parishioners in both parishes. The most prominent weekly co-operation is achieved through the provision of ‘Little Lambs’ – a group for pre-school children and their adults, which meets weekly at the Pallant Centre. Little Lambs is led by our Lay Pastor, and supported by the Vicar and Curate of St Albans – and attracts young families from both parishes The two parishes co-ordinate their Holy Week services (so as not to duplicate efforts) and we arrange joint worship on key Sundays in the year (such as at the Patronal Festivals of each church). We also share each other’s key events and study groups; and support one another’s fayres, fetes and coffee mornings whenever possible.

In pursuance of its ecumenical objective, the PCC has also:

• played a full part in the life of the Deanery and Diocese; there are two representatives elected to the Deanery Synod, who attend along with the readers and clergy. Clergy meet regularly with Chapter colleagues (from other local Anglican churches). Our Rector is a member of the Bishop’s Council, the Diocesan Synod, the Diocesan Advisory Council on Church Buildings and is an honorary canon of Portsmouth Cathedral; and

• been represented steadfastly on the ‘Churches Together in Havant and Bedhampton’ Group, by both our clergy (and readers).

The PCC has also:

• co-operated in efforts to relieve the misery of homelessness and poverty experienced by many in the town, not least through the raising and then provision of funds through the Rector’s Discretionary Fund – especially to individuals and families known to the parish who find themselves in crisis;

• fulfilled the requirements for the Church to be a free trade church;

• supported the clergy to have regular fraternal meetings with clergy of other local churches; and

• provided space (in the Pallant Centre) for an independent church (of African origin) called ‘The Redeemed Christian Church of God’; Pallant House is now their permanent home.

• Planned for hosting the Easter 2024 Passion Play, to be held outside St Faith’s by Havant Passion Play (an ecumenical project).

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5(d) Social Objectives

Many of the achievements and activities described in the previous sections have strong social elements to them, and so are not repeated here. In addition, it is worth noting that in 2023, the following activities with a strong social content have also been supported by the PCC:

• Bellringing – the provision of high-quality bell-ringing which calls people to worship and celebrates marriages and special civic occasions;

• Church Choir - while also enhancing worship, the church choir provides the social function of bringing people together in the making of music;

• St Faith’s Men’s Group - a group of men (including those who don’t regularly attend worship) who meet for fellowship and fun. The Men’s Group also provide voluntary labour on occasions throughout the year when projects are undertaken;

• Tea and Chat (Mondays) – established in response to the pandemic and providing an opportunity for people to meet together virtually via ‘Zoom’;

• Church Recorders – A group of dedicated volunteers, who are members of the Arts Society, Portsdown, are compiling a detailed record of every item in the Church.

• St Faith’s Charity Shop and Bookshop –the Charity Shop (staffed by volunteers with support from part-time paid managers) provides a valuable social space. The move to North Street proved to be immensely successful in terms of its impact on the sales generated: in 2023, it raised £67,868 (gross income) for Parish funds (compared with £45,822 in 2022, £20,845 in 2021, £11,416 in 2020, and pre-pandemic £31,159 in 2019, £22,812 in 2018, £23,219 in 2017 and £18,397 in 2016);

• A Parish House Group for fellowship, support, study and prayer. A monthly prayer group, based at St Nicholas’ Chapel, got underway in December 2022;

• Flower Team – The flower team regularly decorates the church with fantastic arrangements, often working together in fellowship and fun as they do so;

• Church Cleaning & Maintenance Team – a small band of volunteers gathers once a month to clean the church, and enjoy each other’s company for a while; and

• The Monday Club – an ad hoc gathering of local people led by Bill Jones and Sandra Haggan on Monday mornings in the church: this is essentially a social group, providing mutual support and a strong bond of friendship.

6. REVIEW OF THE YEAR – PCC

The PCC met six times during 2023 in February, April, May, July, September and November. All meetings were quorate.

During the course of the year, among the usual administrative matters (overseeing, monitoring and approving the detailed work of sub-committees, working groups and teams), the PCC:

• maintained vigilance over safeguarding and health & safety issues by reviewing and approving the PCC policy, ensuring that all relevant checks and training are being carried out, offering training sessions in person or virtually (for example in recognising signs of domestic abuse) and supporting our Safeguarding and Health and Safety Officers;

• taken forward measures to streamline the running of St Faith’s (see above “Doing Less Better” – Re-structuring the management of St Faith’s ) to ensure a more sustainable role for the Rector on his return;

• maintained its commitment to paying its ‘Parish Share’ of Diocesan expenses each month;

• within the context of the energy crisis, maintained tight budgetary control through the receipt and discussion of regular financial updates from the Finance Officer, and set the 2024 budget;

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• set the priorities for the Big Build campaign and expenditure in 2023 (purchase of new church seating and the systematic renovation of windows in the Pallant Centre);

• approved faculty applications for church improvements;

• oversaw the management of the large estate for which St Faith’s is responsible: where appropriate, negotiated, and authorised leases, set rents and monitored tenants’ activities and payments;

• standardised and updated all staff contracts;

• received updates from and approved actions taken by the Standing Committee;

• planned the APCM (in April 2023) and approved the 2023 Annual Report;

• oversaw the development of ideas to open up the churchyard for more public use;

• liaised with the North Street developers over the historical access to the rear of the North Street shop;

• monitored the Electoral Roll; and

• authorised the permission of Lay Readers and Chalice Assistants;

7. FABRIC REPORT (The State of our Buildings and their Contents)

7(a) St Faith’s Church

Broadly speaking, St Faith’s Church is judged to be in good condition considering its age and usage patterns. This assessment is supported by a quinquennial (five-yearly) inspection on the state of the church, which was completed in 2019, and which noted some considerable improvements to the building since the previous report (2014). The PCC, through the Churchwardens, the General Manager and the Buildings Maintenance Team has been steadily working through the issues identified as funds become available. The 2024 inspection is underway at the time of writing this report.

Notable changes to the fabric are:

• high level maintenance including the repair of guttering and lead flashing on the South aisle roof in addition to replacement of roof tiles whilst scaffolding was available;

• cleaning of external elevations, drainage and rainwater ducts;

• repair of the automatic doors;

• removal of boiler room air vents/ducts;

• Installation of more flexible and comfortable seating system with the first seats in place during the summer of 2023; and

• fire-proofing the Choir Vestry Door.

Looking to the future , the PCC plans to:

• upgrade the alarm system for the bell ringing chamber;

• install safety precautions around the gully at the North vestry access door;

• replace or repair the North transept flooring;

• make long-term plans for the eventual replacement of the church roof. A report from the present architect concurs with that of our previous architect that the roof has many problems associated with age and will need total replacement within around 20 years. However, the PCC believes (on the basis of such reports) that careful management and maintenance in the meantime will extend the roof’s life until the point where total replacement becomes essential. The replacement of some crumbling ceiling panels will need to wait until the work to the roof is complete. Temporary

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repairs using painted hardboard are currently in place, and the mapping and prioritisation of the repair and replacement of tiling is also underway; and

• improve still further access to the building for all abilities, including provision of a wheelchair accessible toilet at the West end to meet the requirements of disability discrimination legislation: this a Big Build priority in 2024.

With regards the rest of the St Faith’s estate, mandatory requirements such as electrical testing certificates were obtained, and gas servicing undertaken for all buildings under the PCC’s care.

7(b) The Pallant Centre

Over the first 15 years of the 21st century, the PCC was considering whether to dispose of The Pallant Centre as an asset which could pay for Church improvements. As a result, there was a reluctance to spend resources on anything other than the most essential repairs. In 2015, this policy was reversed by the decision (in the first Mission Development Plan) to restore, refurbish and repair the Pallant Centre, to form the centrepiece of the PCC’s social mission to the community. Since the adoption of the Mission Development Plan in 2015, the parish’s buildings’ maintenance team (of paid and voluntary staff) have achieved a great deal. Work was thwarted during the pandemic (with the exception of essential maintenance/repair). This year, we have continued the mission development journey and our small team of maintenance volunteers, suppliers and staff who are very generous with their time has undertaken the following works:

• replacement of the boarded-up bay window in the Library;

• replacement of the Green Room external door;

• installation of a security lock between the Garden Room and Hall corridor;

• installation of LED lighting in the Pallant Hall;

• installation of a basic fixed PA system in the Pallant Hall;

• repair of several roof & toilet leaks;

• building of a stage for The Langstone Big Band event and St Faith’s Variety Show;

• installation of a new cooker, sink and work benches in the Garden Room kitchen; and

• undertaking of essential remedial works to the Pallant car park wall.

Looking to the future , the PCC, through the Pallant Development Group plans to:

• complete the regeneration of the Courtyard and Garden as a safe social space;

• bring the old shop storerooms into operation to create a long-term revenue stream based on an activity-led flexible space;

• review the booking process for the space and how it is operationally managed;

• improve the design and layout of the ‘Green Room’ (behind the stage of the Main Hall) as a multiuse meeting, work and rehearsal space with showers and toilets;

• bring the second-floor attic (or ‘Garret’) back into use to create a long-term revenue stream – probably as a flexible programme space (subject to planning permission);

• explore the possibility of fitting solar panels to the Hall roof; and

• fundraise to provide improved theatrical facilities to support artistic productions.

A ‘Way Ahead’ document for the Pallant Centre is available to view on the parish website at: http://stfaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Pallant-Plan-the-Way-Ahead.-Final-agreed-document.pdf

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7(c) Christchurch Centre

The Christchurch Centre remains under a lease (to the Bright Beginnings Nursery) which was signed in April 2021 giving greater security to both the owners of the nursery and the PCC.

7(d) Christchurch Bungalow

The Bungalow is currently let to a private tenant, generating a revenue stream to the PCC. The annual inspection by our officers shows the property to be well-maintained. No repairs or maintenance were required in 2023.

7(e) 1&2 Churchfields

One house is let to local Havant residents and the other to a refugee family, creating a revenue stream for the parish while also meeting local housing need.

7(f) St Nicholas’ Chapel

Although technically unconsecrated, the Chapel acts as a ‘chapel of ease’ and meeting place for Langstone Village. Monthly (and high-day) services are held. Thought is now being given by the PCC to developing new forms of worship and new timings in an effort to rebuild the congregation and attract new worshippers. A parish prayer group began meeting there in December 2022. The building is rented by the Langstone Village Association for various events (ranging from coffee mornings to educational evenings). Thanks to the willingness of local volunteers, especially Sue Holding, the chapel is opened every day in normal weather as a sanctuary for local visitors, and to display Langstone history installed by the Village Association. The parish is keen to develop this tiny, but well-loved resource for the benefit of the Langstone community.

7(g) 2-4 North Street – “The Parish Hub” – The old Church Institute

The St Faiths Charity shop moved to 4 North Street in May 2022. Number 2a remains a residential flat let at the time to a housing association. It was vacated in December 2022. The contract with the housing association has been terminated and the flat was empty throughout 2023 due to the amount of work necessary to bring it up to the standard at which it could be relet. It is anticipated work will be finished and the flat let in the summer of 2024.

Health and safety

The use and condition of our buildings continues to undergo regular scrutiny by our General Manager and the maintenance team together with external experts by invitation or notice. Health and safety compliance continues to be embraced enthusiastically by the staff and PCC of St Faith’s.

8. 2023 FINANCIAL REVIEW

The PCC, through the General Manager, Finance Officer and Finance Team, has worked tirelessly during 2023 to maintain a tight control of finances. The financial impact of significant increases in running costs and the post-pandemic reduction in income sources have required further focus on operational cost control and income generation leading to monthly cash flow reports to the Standing Committee along with monthly management accounts reporting and commentary for regular review.

The complex Statement of Financial Activities can be difficult to interpret without experience. The bottom-line (in round numbers) is that the PCC spent £347k in 2023 (compared with £287k in 2022 and £291k in 2021) reflecting the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. We received income of £339k including investment gains (compared with £286k in 2022, and £329k in 2021) generating an

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operating deficit for the year of £8,504 (compared with a deficit in 2022 of £11,625 and a surplus of £37k in 2021) after cash investment revaluations. £7,000 of this deficit was effectively cleared by a single donation from a much-appreciated parish member, made in 2024. The parish’s income sources were mainly from donations, rental and hall hire fees and shop sales.

After other accounting adjustments are made, the cash reserve of the parish on 31 December 2023 was £138k. The PCC has £51k in unrestricted funds and £93k in restricted funds. Much of this reserve (less the reserve policy requirement set out below) is allocated to future building works in the parish.

9. RESERVES POLICY

It is the policy of the PCC to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the PCC, at a level which equates to not-less-than one month’s unrestricted expenditure. This policy was set during 2017 and constitutes a reduction from the previous policy of maintaining not-less-than three month’s unrestricted expenditure. This policy is intended to demonstrate to funders that we are fully committed to using our resources to the maximum good effect, and not ‘sitting on’ cash. This provides sufficient funds to cover parish management and administration as well as the activities directly relating to the work of the Church. The PCC confirms that unrestricted funds were maintained at least at the level of one month’s expenditure throughout 2023 and that this policy will be reviewed during 2024.

It is the PCC’s current policy to invest surplus funds with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund.

A note on the use of Building Assets

Some thought has been given in the past, by the PCC, to releasing the capital which is locked up in our various other buildings - and this topic is often raised by well-wishers. However, the PCC has found that this is difficult to accomplish (because many of the buildings are tied up with deeds of trust, preventing their sale for just such a purpose).

Furthermore, the PCC presently judges that maintaining a constant in-flow of revenue from rents is in the best long-term interest of the parish. This is especially the case while current UK-wide trends indicate that we are entering a period of lower attendance and commitment to organised religion in general. Current UK economic pressures also reduce the ability of church members to contribute to church funds. Keeping assets that bring in revenue is considered by the PCC to be a good longterm stewarding strategy. In simple terms, it is likely that most of our assets will bring more revenue to the parish over the next 25 years than their sale now would realise. Our assets are therefore considered as a way of sustaining mission in the long term – not a ‘quick fix’ for our present challenges. The PCC may decide to acquire more building assets in the future (through mortgaged purchase) to both alleviate housing problems for local people and provide long-term assets for the parish.

Trust Funds

The PCC holds a number of trust funds, generated from the previous sale of parish assets. These funds, together, had a net asset value of £84,270 at the end of 2023 compared with £77,785 in 2022 and £88,633 in 2021. These funds are held in trust, and in general, only the investment income is available to the parish (without major and costly restructuring). Dividends received from these funds in 2023 totalled £2,304.

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10. STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The Members of the PCC are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the PCC and of the surplus or deficit of the PCC for the period. In preparing those financial statements, the PCC is required to:

• a) select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

• b) make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

• c) prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the PCC will continue in operation.

The members of the PCC are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the PCC. They are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the PCC and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Faith Havant confirms that it is aware of these responsibilities and that it has exercised them to the best of its ability.

Signed on behalf of the PCC at its meeting on the 3[rd] of April 2024:

Rev’d Canon Tom Kennar Date: 3[rd] April 2024 Rector and Chair of the PCC

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 UnYvatrlet•d R￿trICI•d Endowm•nt Total Iub)ds Totsl lund* ndg funds funds 2023 2022 Not• INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM tl)nalws 8nd knJades bwilies lor gener8ting funds Church actSwlles Investmenl nCC¥De (Xh8r Ir￿Me 74.586 70.072 76.478 56.305 74.586 124.944 76.478 88.989 86.173 2b 2¢ 2d 2• 54.872 52.508 3.175 TOTAL EXPENDrruRE ON Raising f￿￿S hurth acUwllè$ 3b 284,402 62. 347.302 287,166 TOTAL 284.402 62.9)0 347.302 287.170 Nèt gaknsllhjssèsl crf Investmnts 6.431 8.485 (10,8481 NET IEXPENDITUREYINCOME 16,9071 18,0281 6,431 18,5041 111,6251 Trnnsf•r b•tw••n funds N•t mov•m•nt In funds [6,￿7) 18.0281 6.431 18,5041 111.6251 RECONCILIATION OF FUNOS Totsl fvnds brought fonvard 58.257 101.169 453.313 612.739 624.364 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED 51.350 93.141 459.744 El)4.235 612.739 21

03 April 2024

Revd Canon Tom Kennar – Rector and Chair of the PCC

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NOTES TO THE STATEMEpif8 THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 202 ACCOUNT114G POLICE8 8••th ot prnp•rln9 lh• thKlal •tst•m•nls Th8 fmancial ststsmants hav• bean propaf•J in accordanc8 Wrth tho SORP IFRS1021 'Aco)unts'rwJ and Rawl￿ng by Chaiits.' Stat8m•nt of Practicé aFvlicabl8 to charits'•s propartng tholr accounls in ￿Ndar￿? wlth lh• Finandal R8porb"ng Slandard applkabl• in UK aTrJ Republic of Ireland (FRS102) 18ff•ctfvo 20191.. th8 Chartlos Act 2011 and tho Churth Acojunting Rogulakns 20C6. Th• lknancaal stam•nts hav• t••n hfisicScal ts)8t C￿v•￿￿n •xc8pt l£ Its• ￿lua￿¢￿t of inveslmani assèts. whth arè shthvn at markat ￿31￿ a￿1 prop8rb8s which are shrmn al valuau'on as at 31 Dacanr 1VJ8. Tha fin￿￿al 10m￿ all transact￿$, assfjts and l'lils for the PCC is rospon&b18 law. Th& PCC mwnbern ci)nd•r tr￿1 thern ar• no rffj8rdng rwtys ablllty to Fund• Gwal funds rewe8ent tho lunds of ts PCC tw ￿ not 8utyoca b ony r•str"dons rty•ftJlng Ih•ir us• and are ava4at40 for apF4icats'on on the g8neral ￿￿oseS rl the PCC. F￿d8 desbnaknl kn a pwflular puryjosa ty th• PCC are also unr8strKtad. Th8 acojufrts all transactkjns. assots and I￿￿tItIo$ ¥thlch tre PCC Is T•spon￿bI￿ In law. They do r￿t In¢lud& th& a¢f))unts of ¢hur¢h wps Ihai ow8 Ihéir man affiliat'<￿ that are iifomw Qalherings of Church membws. F¢Ykny￿ nth¥ wulaw"¢Ms IntrfyJL￿0d in fowl of tho ywr 2007 and ￿￿￿1t1y. 8wns (￿¢1)d s￿Ofi¢ thar5￿¥ leg at ￿pI￿al. and lun•ral gor¥￿$> ar• xclud•J frc(n th8 fmancAal slat•ffnts.' pmKyusly Lyjth inoJmwb9 and (Mrtgoin9 Flnandal Instrnm•nts Tht PCC Mly enrors In￿ b¥ fin•n¢a¥ In$trw)ts tr8nstkrt thai r•suW In tr oflknanckgl assets and I￿￿"1￿.￿S Iko trad• wd othor accounts roc81vdb￿ and payat48. loans from banks a￿1 oth•r thyd pwtw kTran8 lo partias inv88tm8nts m nonuttabla sh¥•s. D•btor •nd ¢•¥h •t b•fftlK Short t￿M dabtors are measur•J at Msactk)n wlc•. loss impalfThint Loans are maastsr•J Ifwtially at lar vau8. not ol tranwtk)ns costs, are m&asurad subwuanty at anths8d e£t uslng th• off￿1￿8 IniJrnsI m•thod. any lrnpalmhL Cash and cash •qulval•nts Cash w4uival8nts l¥JmproftI￿ ca8h at bank and ￿ har#J. O&FrfxIts wlth b￿k and oth6r 8hM- iorm hlghly k.quid Investrmnts bank owdrafts. In tho bal•n¢• thoL bank CNèrth4fts aw SI￿rt borrowwys ￿ c￿[￿nt liabith'tss. crndl1￿ •nd svth4•lon Cr•lorn and pYovisJns rK(#Jr￿￿I whor8 th8 charlty has a wasonl oblbJalk)n rngjtirwj from a past I￿nI that w51 rwjll In ￿ tr•nsfw ol furknys to • trm.rf party and amouni du• to soN• tr 0tsJa￿n can be I￿$￿T￿ or es￿rnat&d rdlaty. Cr•Jib)r5 and arè rwnlt•J at th•ir so1118m•nl am(rt￿l aft8r ab)wing any trado skn. Incom• Voluntsry Ineam• co11th￿n$ • rwlt•d wh•n by or b•halld th• PCC. Pl•in•d f￿0￿9b1$ urKlor c¢y4on•nl is r•¢¢)3Th￿ C￿lY ￿1￿1. IncM* tax r￿0¥ar&￿e on CO￿nants ￿ gift akl d￿￿tionS Ls rwni58d ¥th•n th8 incom8 Ls r￿￿•￿￿1&. 23

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTIC￿ PARISH OF ST F￿TH HAVANT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACCOUNT4G POUCES contlnu•d... Grants and the PCC are acc(￿￿)￿ kn as SO￿ as th8 PCC is notif￿ of it5 legal lill0￿nI, the aMo￿t dufr i¥ wgntifi)1g its ￿tim9￿ rKoipI by ts PCC 15 S￿￿ble. Sal88 the chwch aro acU￿ntsd fLY Oth•r Incom• Rental Ir￿Me frun the lettry of P￿158S ovmad by churth is rwni4ed V4h8n tho Tental is <￿. th'vidends interest wa ￿Unt￿l 18n roc8piabl8. Exp•ndlturn Grants Grants ond donthns are ac(ount0d fty V41wi P&KI over. awarded, rf that award cre8ts8 8 'TrJing obligatson on the PCC. Church •¢tritkn¥ The diccesan parish Share i5 xcount8d for ¥A)en pwd. parish 5hwe uryad at 31 D8comb8r ' F(ov•J&d for n these xcounts as an (pratI￿al Illwh Th)t a 18gall liability WKI iy shthvn gs CTBditor in th& balance shoot. All olh8r OXFerbJiture is g8nwalty reCogn￿d it is i￿UlTed a￿1 i¥ gro89. Flx•d •8Mts Cons•crnt•d land and bulldlng¥ and rn￿bI• Church fumlshlngs Consecrated berfice ￿opertY ol any kiTrd i% exdLJed frc¥n the xcounts n accord8we ith Section 1012Xal d Ihe Charities Ad 2011. %JvaLle churth furnishiry5 held ty the Rects arKI C￿TIv￿￿￿ on sp8cHI tru51 for th8 PCC •¥J require a faculty disF)gal. ar8 aC£wn￿ as inaliBnab18 pn)perty unless cons8crat8d. They are &sted in Chureh's Irwentory which can b8 in5ped&J lal any reasonable tim•l. inal￿nable cyerty acqured pri(K lo 20(K) there 18 insufficlenl cost infomiation availoble aTrJ theretrjre sw assets are rnt Valued in Ihe accounls. All exp8ThJituro I￿Ur1ed in ts ￿aT rffj c¢￿se¢r81@d w ￿￿fiCed IMld¥￿s, ¥Kv￿u&l it￿$ £1.1￿￿1 or r￿ the repair of movabl8 c￿TCh fiKni8hings b8fore 1 Jawary 2(KIO is written off. Oth•r fixturng. flt15ng• and offic• •qulwn•nt Indiwdual items ol equipmgnt ilh a purthase price 01 £1.OIKI ry185s ar8 writt8n ofl th8 asset 15 qwred. Assets wilai¥•J ar8 Vrfitkn off over fv gstimaw lifg of the a¥¥gL All 8xp8ncliiure ncurr8d durng the yw on cnnsecratqd or b8nefi￿ iKwklings wxl movable church frjrnishings, whether Mainten￿¢? or imp￿￿8￿ is written oft a¥ oxpeThditure in th8 SCFA 8fKI separately disdosed. Oth•r pny•rti•s ProFerties are at woles￿l valualx>n as at 31 Decemb8r 1998. ValuatK>n of a nominal £1 valu8 has been FAa(*d Ihe Church HL￿￿e the C￿1th Hall 88 al that dats il was not inlend&J Ihot th8¥e properties woukl b8 th'$w8•J of. 24

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTIC￿ PARISH OF ST FAITH HAVANT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACCOUNTING POLICES conllnu•d... knv•strn•Trts Fixed assets invesbmerrts are inckmlod at market Val￿ at the bal•)c8 shaet data. Reak8ed 98￿$ and kjsses on investments ar• calc￿ated as th8 differ8Th￿ beiween sal8 and thair market at ts start of the par or th￿"r sub5èqUent cost, and arn char9&d or cradibj to the statemont of financxal xtivibes in the ywr of disp￿￿. Unr￿1$•d gains and ￿)￿5 ral￿nt tho movèmènt in market Val￿ duriThJ t￿ ￿#r rged ￿ ￿d[ted to the statemgnt ofthanrial ￿ti￿ti85 bas￿1 ￿ market valu8 at ts erbj of CurT•nt •u•ts Amounts to the PCC at 31 December in respect of fo8s. r8rrts ￿ oth8r inc(Mne arn SIM)*￿ as debtors ￿sS provision for amounts that may prov8 uncgjllectablè. Short-term depoyts indLwJe cash on deposit at the Volunts•r8 of 8er¥icfjs Fw4¥Jed by b￿lUnteers is not IrKcYp￿al0d inb these firwi(yal 8tatemw)ts. 25

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 I INCOME FROM Unr•strlct•d Rfystrlctsd Tthl lund$ T¢tsl funds tunds funds 2023 2022 2a. Donadonts and kngacl•s Flanrd L4vknig.' Glft stawardsNp Othw slmrdshl) 47.32S 6.816 12.918 47,325 6.816 12.918 4S.688 8.033 10K1 1.116 4.949 ¢Jry donatscrf 6.627 6,627 North Si. Ints)mè- Churth In￿lUt8 l>arts jb RI1￿1k￿ Sch￿ G￿ts C(rAd 8u8rnss SuFptsI Grnnls 9.705 2.687 74.586 74,586 88.989 Ib. Athltbgs lor lunds Slw Salas ai Tha Pallanl Slw Sals ai Ntsrfh Strat. Chuttl) Insithè Gfarts 67. 13.n2 32,OSO 40351 67,8 57,076 $4.872 70.072 $4.872 124.941 86.1rJ . Church athltl•ts 3.7&8 3,796 72,682 L￿¥J# ol Church, CIKwch Hou￿. Churth Hal S3.564 76.478 76.478 55.548 2d. Inv•*tm•nt Inc<¥ tN¥lder•Js and irter•s1 rty 2.3D4 54.001 2.361 50.147 $4,CK11 S6.305 56,30S S2.5]8 2•. 1)th•r In¢om• 3.175 3.175 TOTAL 26

THE PAROCTrIAL CHURCH c￿INCIL OF THE EcCLESI￿T7cAL PARISH OF ST FA￿￿ HAVAI EXPENt¥TURE ON 1knrn8trlet•d RMtrlct•d Trtal fvnd• Total fund• nd8 funds 2023 2022 Raislw¥J fund& Xlr 11￿(￿3151r￿a 3b. chU￿h Kllvltl 59.473 59.473 44,￿8 Staff c051s . Adfftn slall. ￿1$16 12&427 12&427 115.831 . IwJnrt expgrws rndopj . CTrJylstsff ￿K￿lr￿J co•lB . Othw slaN •xp#rés 1.744 1.744 1.511 1,761 455 Z218 22.406 . Prylirffj SI￿O￿ry . oirra cosis 2666 2.273 1.352 19.467 61445 81.912 49,780 533 - Music And chc . g¥pwJitiJr• orKJ Churth Hall cthls 2.731 34,518 5270 144 Extra part>thial wiryd 2.964 2,880 107 107 119 284.402 ￿ 347.302 287.166 TOTAL 284.402 SI￿0 347.302 287,170 Trtal fund• Totsl fund• 2023 2022 2.273 1,956 3.870 5.733 GOVERMANCE c(￿T5 funds T(rtl lunds 2023 2022 1,956 27

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2021 COMPAiATI¥ES FOR THE STATEAIENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTES fuww fund luwxls T(MI furn*• C(XAE W4D EMDOlhTAEiifs FROM 45.822 51.477 40.351 1.071 86.173 &175 3.175 TOTAL Raising fLW 29.114 287.168 TOTAL 29.114 287.170 11511 110.697) IIOA48) NET IMCOMEIIEXPENDMJRE) (16.4111 15.483 110.697) 111.625) (16.411) 15.483 (10.697) 111.625) RECONCIUATIOII OF FUIIDS Totsl l￿d￿ Ixwt fonvw 74.668 85.886 464.010 624. TOTAL FUNDS CAthED F(ThARD $8.257 101.169 453.313 612,739 28

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Fr••htskl lnd and buldlhqt Plano A Fram• COST 376.s(r2 4,689 At 310oe•mtr 2023 OEPRECIATION 3.723 ChaftJ• lor th• ￿ar Al 31 D•c•mbw 2023 97 10 BODK VALUE 31 C£émb 2023 376.￿2 869 Al 31 Cc•mb•r 2022 376.502 103 PA S￿1￿M Equlwmnt cosr 370 38J.030 Al 31 O•c•mb•r 2023 370 383.030 tfftECIATION At 1 jam￿ 21trJ ￿ar 370 107 At 31 Cémb•r 2023 370 r BOOK VALUE AI 31 OKember 2023 377.464 131 C)￿emb•r 2022 377.571 Frathdd aTh1 ¢¢ffiprls• Ihè ltslknth 2023 1 Chuf¢f&ts, Havant 2 Churcthf&Js. Soubl S¢reeL Havant Cthurch 8urwJakn4. Rowan Road. D￿￿11￿$ Cxwla C*urch C•ntrè. R¢wdn Road, D￿¥11## Thè Church Pa1￿1 Tho ClwJrch Ha￿ P 110.0 105.oc 82,OCX) 110.IXIO 105.Crf)O 82,(KJO 79.SJO 29

NOTES TO THE FIPIAP4CIAL STATEME FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 114VESTIIENTS 2022 Unrnalbb•d Gal (Lossl 2023 Unitlsha Holdlngs Fund Co•t Valu• Va￿• 710.53 CBF Fixod Intoresl Fwd 1.027 3.017 CBF Fix8d Inrn81 S8cwths Fwd 4.642 12.143 CBF Fixed Intere51 Secur1￿ Fwd 19.000 2.649 CBF lryvo8ts￿nl FUNI Irr(¥no Shw8s 19.000 62.70 CBF Irweslrrrrt Furbj IrK(¥ne Sharns 720 974 4.138 16.648 54.732 1295 1.028 4.367 17.577 59.881 1.417 231 5.149 122 77.785 84270 spwl ryb th¢ genw¥l purpws of ts wis￿. 1 & 2 ClwJrthfth TrLryI 57 S￿th Strèlt Tntst . DEBTORS 2023 zo 12.834 11.793 12,834 11.793 10. CREIXTORS.. AIAOUNT3 FALLIMG DUE IITn•N ONE YEAR 2023 2022 1.452 11.710 7,478 8.162 13.162 2023 2022 Bwht forBrd 1.452 11.4521 1.933 (1.933 1.452 1.452 11. REMUNERATIOM p￿r￿ coMBc•d th*h th• PCC has be￿ paid or M p•yabkn. or fr(m PCC fwd•. £2.08412022'. £2.673}. 30

PAROCllklL(aiuRCII CO￿￿Cl OFThE EcCLEawS7￿ PJII811 OF ST F HAVAMT TO Fif&4NCi4L STATEIAEMT FORIHE YEAREMDEO 31 DEC￿ER 2fr23 r1.956 13. IIELATEO t￿L08l¥l£S rt•Y rews e Ilkdylts i rewlted the ￿xI detth. èTe e$kn￿ thè al É5tth. X23 Tx•I FuTrd Fund• Fund# Axthj 8$1$ 1.197 57,615 IB.16 51. 461.n4 455.358 15). 17D.51S ia.1621 113.162 812.739 93.141 4YJ.744 Al 1.1.2J bl knd AtJ1.1123 13enwai 57.147 240 16.WJ71 51JXI 11.&37) &(63 Id-BBC Mah Fth Y￿th Cknt45LThlty Uktj 26.674 371 371 1AY Pwle and Fim• Fund 441 Pojld. west Eno TthI Bp3 PoJld-CfArth Seatre J.493 19.911 373 15.3n Id-P*l•i¥ Fthd yo &531 11841 3.771 1x67 841 101.1fj9 ie.o281 113.141 451313 4Sk313 I ￿.14• 31

F40TES TO FWIUICIAL STATEIAEIITS Z77.441 [2th4￿)2) 27T.441 f284.4 10 {1A4TJ J Fthd t2.101 3.742 3 ￿￿J. Tethr Fuf1 723 10.878 441 lo￿76 119.9411 (5J73) {J5A12) 1531 1.658 41 1.743 a$31 11841 {1J40) Fwd 112071 1,7 54.e72 le2￿) eAJ1 1.122 At Jl.1222 1144111 $7.147 {1￿11> J A)tyf FJ Fw 5.746 16.101 0.740 371 J71 774 1229 h1. Tethr• Fufvj ￿￿1. Well End To•EI IA 19.941 &Jn 15.812 5.3n .129 1.574 11.5741 15. 10.1e 32

ThE PARCKHLAL CHIMICII COUNCIL OF ThE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST FAITh HAVANT THE FWAM TA 1S483 101,169 481.010 4S3.313 484,010 110,71 4S3,313 TOTAL FUMDS 612. lo8￿& Unr••trkt•d fvnth Gerw4 151 16.411 241,706 12S&OS61 1151} S,070 111271 2.943 (6821 RrAf Fur¥J BVJ Pojikl. Sl4) BVJ Buikl. BBC M•"n Fthl ttle L￿ts5 TAT Tom's SutJNry8 YoJr#J P¥48 F￿nI￿5 Fu BpJ ￿1￿￿. FuTrJ e•J P•Jikl. West ETr1 To1et ￿1￿￿. CF•Jrch S P￿Ik1. Nrth Stre8V1 Btrj P4JibJ. Cr•Jrchf￿ts 2 P￿Ik1. Fur 3 p￿1￿j. Lhlkng thrAKx Hec COVID &JFpxt 8trJ PoJikJ. Buibj Acc888trde Ertr Bdl Pal￿nI He￿•. W*m Rcthm. HrM•. Wwm Rcan. FbJrw¥¥ 3,17S 27,187 841 i&rni 2.8J1 I15.￿9) 6,748 11371 103 1,(63 ie61 I2(￿) 11.7711 11.7711 4.129 15)01 I15￿) 11.8471 73 11,5T41 14.5321 4.532 223S (2YI I1￿) 44.597 129.1141 15.483 110.697} 110.ffi17) TOT￿ FUNDS 33

FOR THE YEAR ETr￿ED 31 DECEMBER 2D23 {8eci Furf tÈ 9ub9eoLW•¥ t￿1[0￿ mèd t￿1￿¥.8 Thi• In Tr￿•1 bo1￿ crknr• 16. Fw T￿ R￿1 ftylP• r¥d¢thi¥nt ty Cr¢h Y•Lth Cl Cl¢h A¢¢••• I11<41h Pr• prtwty er￿¥￿d trj the the Ihat li couh1 te by I￿ P￿#1[ dr It4J.' I It1 the fftui be 57SoAh Stréèt Th&1$ a ￿. eth)WgbYJ a aum cl wirbj rthi thè o15r Stréè( In t¥•) J th2 ttl Ihe to Ptsh. ILft1& that ** Br& 10 b& Inved IFe ￿1h ptrwtllè an tic¢&w 280x•>Y 2elJ21 8¢ F•th tr¥l' P(L m•Y)￿￿ fty lh& t•Tm ryir St F•hh'• +&•ll Ilkn Ihe Pknl ce￿re1. TFe tlx zeyo 201B. to LnbJle trj Ihi al Futt¢tsr&￿t￿ ty T•m's book ule¥ wthrrn Lar•￿echa￿el Don•tions w SUP(￿tr COMM￿￿ty. 34

INOEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF Tl AL PARI T FAITH HAVANT THEE Ind•p•nd•nt •x•minw'$ v•port lo th• tru$t••$ of Th• Eccl•si•stic•l P•ri$h of St F•lth, ￿￿•nt l rnport lo the PCC memtws on my examinat￿ of thè ￿c￿nts of th& Ecthsiaslw￿l Parish of St Faith. Havant the eThd￿l31 t)ec8mter 2023. R•sponsibilill•s and basls ol r•port the members of the PCC r8sp0rB￿O ts th8 preparatK>n of th8 x(ounts in accoTdarKe wlh th8 roqurements of th8 Ch￿￿88 Act 2011 {ih8 Acr). I rewxt in resp￿1 ol my ey2rninatTh ol th8 PCCS ￿XI￿nts carriul out WKl8f Socti￿ 145 of the Act arKI in caThyiry out my examnathjn I have fol(Th¥8d all applKat48 DirBcbons given ty th8 Charty C(wnmisSI(￿ 80cl￿ 145(5Xbl d Ihe kL Ind•p•nd•nt •xamlnw'$ 8tat•m•nt I have c)mpkn18d my axaminatK¥). l ts)nfimi that no matsrial matters trove cnme to my attth th th8 exarn1natic￿ gNiTr3 me to bek•ke that ￿ any material resp8cL 1. accountvy recwds V4we rK)t kopt in res[￿t PCC as rwuirod by 130 of ts ACL 2. th8 ￿urts (kn not accord wilh thosg r￿l￿d5. or 3. th8 acc￿rts (kn not comply with the appluble requirements ccffurnirwj Ihe form ￿ conlont of Sot out in the Chariti85 (Accounts aThJ R8Fortsl Ragulalicms 2C￿ other than any roqurement Ihat g¥e a and fair viaw whth 15 Trjt a matter ojnsidared as part of an irJeFondont l that there are rwj o¢hor matter6 b which y)ur atentK>n sho￿1 b8 (trawn to enknle a wopor ur#lèrstandiThJ ol th6 ac4X￿nts to ￿ reachJ. Paul Und•n¥ood. FCCA Morr1• Crock•r Ch•rt•r•d kcounlants Stslion Hou North Slr••t Havant P09 1QU D*•: 5th April 2024 35