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Annual Report & Accounts 2017 Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust Annual Report & Accounts 2017 About the Diocese of Westminster The Diocese of Westminster is one of the smallest dioceses in England and Wales in geographical area, but the largest in terms of Catholic population and priests. The diocesan boundaries include the London boroughs north of the River Thames, between the River Lea to the east and the Borough of Hillingdon to the west, the County of Hertfordshire to the north and the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. Since the restoration of the Catholic Hierarchy in 1850, its bishop has often been appointed a Cardinal. His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols is the eleventh Archbishop of Westminster, having been installed as Archbishop on 20 May 2009. In an increasingly cosmopolitan city, the diocese reflects wide ethnic and cultural diversity amongst its Catholic population. The Diocese of Westminster is also a Metropolitan See, having as members of its Province the Dioceses of Brentwood, Northampton, Nottingham and East Anglia. The Archbishop’s Council assists the Archbishop in the governance of the diocese. It is comprised of the Archbishop, the Auxiliary Bishops, the Vicar General, the Chairman of the Council of Priests, the Private Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer/ Financial Secretary. Archbishop’s House Ambrosden Avenue London SW1P 1QJ Tel: 020 7798 9033 Email: [email protected] Charity Registration Number 233699 Diocese of Westminster Annual Report & Accounts 2017 Contents Annual Review Reference and administrative information 2 Introduction by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster 3 Purpose of the Charity 6 Feeding the hungry in Borehamwood 8 Ending human trafficking: Bakhita House 12 Inspiring achievement and excellence 16 Forming our youth 20 Supporting the vision for our diocese 22 Volunteers 24 Financials 25 Reports Report of the Directors of the Corporate Trustee 30 Independent auditor’s report 55 Accounts Consolidated statement of financial activities 57 Consolidated balance sheet 58 Charity balance sheet 59 Consolidated statement of cash flows 60 Principal accounting policies 61 Notes to the accounts 66 Diocesan committees 90 P A G E 1 2017 Annual Report & Accounts Diocese of Westminster Reference and Administrative Information Trustee Audit and Risk Committee The trustees are incorporated as ‘Westminster Roman Miss L Ferrar Catholic Diocese Trustee’ (WRCDT), a company limited Rt Rev J Sherrington by guarantee. This company does not conduct any trade Mr K Ingram or business on its own account and has no assets or liabilities. Its sole purpose is to act as trustee of a number Auditor of trusts and funds, of which the Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust is the principal one. Buzzacott LLP 130 Wood Street The Directors of Westminster Roman Catholic Diocese London Trustee (herein referred to as Trustees) are: EC2V 6DL His Eminence Cardinal V Nichols Rt Rev J Sherrington Principal investment managers Rt Rev N Hudson Sarasin & Partners LLP Rt Rev P McAleenan Juxon House 100 St Paul’s Churchyard Rt Rev J Wilson London Rev Mgr J O’Boyle EC4M 8BU Rev Mgr M Hayes Lord Brennan QC CCLA Senator House Miss L Ferrar 85 Queen Victoria Street Rt Hon R Kelly London Mr C Kemball EC4V 4ET Mr A Ndoca Principal bankers COO/Financial Secretary HSBC Bank plc Mr P Camoletto CPA 69 Pall Mall London Finance Director SW1Y 5EY Mrs M Luiz MSc Charity solicitors Principal address Winckworth Sherwood LLP Minerva House Archbishop’s House 5 Montague Close Ambrosden Avenue London Westminster SE1 9BB London SW1P 1QJ Principal insurers Charity registration number The Catholic National Mutual Limited Level 5 233699 Mill Court La Charroterie St Peter Port Guernsey GY1 1EJ P A G E 2 Diocese of Westminster Annual Report & Accounts 2017 Cardinal’s Introduction Our world is full of signs of hope. They surround us every day. They come as daily strivings to establish, maintain, express or consolidate efforts to attain something both desired and difficult to achieve. No matter how fragmented our world, no matter how lacking in overall vision, there are countless fragments of hope. What kinds of fragments do I mean? They are often the experiences of our daily lives to which we respond with warmth of heart, a quiet smile of gratitude and admiration: a neighbour’s kindness, a friend’s compassion, the utter generosity of a friend, the creativity of a gifted person brought to a good purpose. These stories do not fill our newspapers; but they do fill our hearts and encourage us along the way. These fragments express the strivings of hope and are themselves generative of hope in others. We can see well enough how each of them is a tiny masterpiece designed to strengthen a hope that something difficult will be achieved: the relief of suffering, the faithfulness of love, the ending of poverty, the creation of new jobs or new wealth. More challenging is to see how these tiny fragments are in fact pieces of a mosaic, the ‘tesserae’ which when brought together can make a fine and inspiring work of art. Indeed, through our relationships we assemble a larger picture, of which we are all part, thereby strengthening the generative capacity for hope. In the social sphere, our identity as social beings, whose fulfilment is bound up with that of others, finds expression. More importantly in this place, hope is something carried by the community and not just by the individual. For a common project or goal that is difficult yet possible to attain, one week I may be full of hope and cheer you along; but the next week your commitment and belief stirs me from my apathy and despondency. These are some of the ways in which we can bring together isolated fragments of hope into a wider and more coherent picture. The more we construct and contemplate that picture, the more we are encouraged to seize some of the difficult things we know are for our good and believe that they are achievable. As St Thomas Aquinas reminds us, the ultimate good towards which hope compels us is the mystery of God. Hope directs us towards God, the source and summit of all good: Goodness itself. Our reason for hope, then, is the never-ending mercy of God, who pours out his life that we might see and live again. In the pages of this Annual Report are the stories of people, groups and communities who strive to strengthen the signs of hope in every part of the diocese. Together, they form a mosaic of a Church whose service to the most vulnerable in our society is rooted in the love of Jesus Christ, who is the model of service and our ultimate hope. I am most grateful to them all. I extend my gratitude, too, to those who compiled this report and the Annual Accounts. His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster P A G E 3 2017 Annual Report & Accounts Diocese of Westminster Mosaics are created by combining numerous small pieces of materials such as stone, glass and ceramics, to form a unified image or pattern. Many examples of this art form can be found in Westminster Cathedral. The classic mosaic material is smalti, small hand-cut pieces of coloured glass with an irregular finish that makes them a great reflector of light. Each individual smalto has a unique size, shape and colour, but by choosing and carefully placing smalti into a composition a skilled artist can transform humble materials, unremarkable in themselves, into a single image of beauty. So it is with God and the Church. Although each person is made in the image and likeness of God, each is unique, not only in their outward appearance but also in their talents and abilities, their interests and passions, their faults and their imperfections. And how fortunate, for just as a diversity of smalti are required to create a mosaic of sublime beauty, a diversity of individuals are needed to contribute to the Church’s work in the world: worship, stewardship, care and evangelisation. God is a skilled artist. He takes all the diversity of people and combines them into the mosaic of the Church, his masterpiece. He calls each person to serve others as faithful stewards, so that together as one body we can strive to accomplish the Church’s work in the world: worship, stewardship, care and evangelisation. This work, however, is not just a matter of organisation or cooperation between people. It is not merely human. ‘There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.’ 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 The Church is the living Body of Christ: in him alone does the Church have its unity. Christ is revealed through the pattern of the mosaic: its life, its purpose and its beauty. ‘He is the one who holds the whole building together and makes it grow into a sacred temple dedicated to the Lord. In union with him you too are being built together with all the others into a place where God lives through his Spirit.’ Ephesians 2: 21-22 Though profoundly united in Christ, the faithful do not leave their individual identities. If the Church is to be a true reflection of Christ, everyone has an important contribution to make, according to their gifts, talents and abilities. ‘For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.’ 1 Corinthians 12:12 The following pages contain some remarkable stories about individuals who have contributed to, or benefitted from, the shared work of the Church.
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