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2020-12-31-accounts

THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, RAINFORD

ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS

OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1127817

The Parish of All Saints, Rainford PCC Annual Report and Accounts

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Contents Page
Annual report of the Trustees 3 – 20
Independent Examiner’s report to the Trustees 21
Statement of Receipts and Payments 22
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 23

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Aims and Purpose

The general functions of the Parochial Church Council of The Parish of All Saints, Rainford (“PCC”) are stated within section 2 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.

The PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, Revd Janet Heighton, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the Church and Parish Church Hall in Church Road, Rainford.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at All Saints. The PCC continues to develop the vision of the church following the diocesan vision of a “Bigger Church making a Bigger Difference” and promotes the Diocesan Rule of Life – “Called to pray, read and learn. Sent to tell, serve and give.”

The PCC maintains an overview of worship and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of All Saints and the Parish Church Hall.

Support for Charities

The PCC decides on which charities to support, having regard to need. Details of charities benefiting in 2020 are set out in the Achievements and performance section of this Trustees’ report.

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Objectives for 2020

Our specific objectives at the start of 2020 were to continue to work to the Diocesan growth agenda and develop the mission of the church. We aimed to:

COVID 19 – Global Pandemic

Due to the Global Pandemic all churches were asked to close at the end of March 2020 and social

restrictions remained in place for the rest of the year. This has impacted the charity financially by:-

The effect of the pandemic on church services and finance is reported on later in this document. In order to manage the Charity, the Standing Committee met on a very regular basis, particularly in the first part of the year, and we would like to thank them for this extra burden of work. The Standing Committee for 2020:- Revd Janet Heighton, Janet Davies, Diane Bate, David Burgess, Myra Hartley, David Roughley (until Oct 2020), Helen Mackenzie (from Oct).

The APCM was delayed until 31[st] October 2020 and an extension of time for receipt of the Annual Report and Accounts to 31[st] December 2019 was granted by the Charity Commission.

Volunteers

We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. In particular we want to mention our wardens, Janet Davies (retired Oct 2020), Diane Bate and Helen Mackenzie (from Oct 2020). Our deputy wardens in 2020 were Ivor Fingard, Myra Hartley, Roger Burrows (retired Oct 2020), Rupert Nichols, Helen Mackenzie and Ralph Rigby.

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A considerable amount of hours are given each year by our volunteers in their work for the church and we are most grateful to everyone who helps in any way with the smooth running of the church and our mission and ministry.

Clergy Team

Our SSM Assistant Curate, Revd Gwen Carter resigned at the end of July 2020 in order to complete her Curacy in the Bootle Team Ministry. Revd Noel Mc Garrigle joined our team as full-time Assistant Curate on 28[th] June 2020. He was first licensed as a Lay Worker due to the ordinations being postponed because of COVID. He was ordained Deacon on 26[th] September. Revd Jayne Shepherd (Priest) continues to hold the Bishop’s Permission to Officiate. We are grateful to all of them for all their work and support in the parish.

Achievements and Performance

Worship and prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling.

COVID19 caused all churches to be closed completely during lockdown twice in the year, with limited physical worship during the rest of the year. However, worship on Zoom was quickly introduced and developed. A summary of our worship pattern is:-

Mon 16[th] March – Churches instructed to close for public worship but could remain open for private prayer. Private prayer was offered Fri 20[th] – Mon 23[rd] March.

Mon 23[rd] March – The government declared a total lockdown and all churches were required to close for public worship and private prayer. Funerals could only take place at graveside.

Good Friday 10[th] April – Rainford Parish Church launched worship on Zoom.

Wed 29[th] Jul – Funerals started to take place in church

Sat 4[th] Jul, 18[th] Jul, 1[st] Aug, 15[th] Aug – Church opened for private prayer

Sun 9[th] Aug – 1[st] Nov – 8am Holy Communion reintroduced almost every week

Thurs 27[th] Aug – 29[th] Oct – 10.30am Holy Communion reintroduced almost every week

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We were able to hold three Sunday afternoon Holy Communion services in Sept/Oct, including the Harvest Festival.

Mon 2[nd] Nov – Tues 2[nd] Dec Second National Lockdown – public worship suspended Wed 3[rd] Dec – Sun 3rd Jan 2021 8am Sun and 10.30am Thurs reintroduced almost every week.

Our “Christmas Day” Holy Communion took place on Thurs 24[th] at 10.30am and we were also able to clean the church and re-open for Midnight Mass at 11.30pm.

Mon 4[th] Jan Third National Lockdown announced. Churches were not instructed to suspend public worship but, due to high local COVID numbers, many churches including Rainford Parish Church again suspended public worship.

From 10[th] April onwards we held our Sunday 10.30am on Zoom and numbers attending quickly grew. This enabled not only worship but also a great amount of fellowship.

From 22[nd] April we held our weekly Tots Worship online.

From 28[th] April we started a weekly Praise at Home session with primary school children to offer them some spiritual and emotional support. Although it started with a few more, it settled to a consistent four children who continued to meet throughout the year and also started to become involved in helping to lead the Family Services.

Other services held on Zoom were:- Pause for Thought and Prayer, All Souls and Memorial Service, Ecumenical and Community Remembrance Service, Advent Taize, Christingle, Carol Service, Crib Service, Christmas Day, Ecumenical service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Jan 21 and World Day of Prayer in Mar 21.

The Junior Choir met occasionally online for fellowship and recorded two pieces of music from home for use in the services. In Sept, Oct and Dec the Junior and Adult choirs were able to meet and rehearse in the church hall, socially distanced. They took part in the three Sunday afternoon services and two Christmas services in church.

Everyone is welcome at our services and the reported figure for the Church’s Electoral Roll in 2020 was 232, following some bereavements within the congregation (2019 – 236).

One delight of Zoom services was the ability to welcome people from other churches and throughout 2020 we were regularly joined by people from: the Wirral, Leicestershire, Leeds, Marske-by-the-sea, Speldhurst, South Africa and the Bahamas.

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Average attendance figures for 2020:

verage attendance figures for 2020:
2020 Notes
(2019 comparison)
Sundays
8.00am in Church 16_(17)_ Jan – Mar + others where possible
10.30am Family service in church
10.30am Family Service on Zoom		 130_(140)
_100 (-)		 Jan – Mar
May – Dec
10.30am Morning Service in Church 76_(96)_ Jan – Mar + two 4pm services
10.30am Morning Service on Zoom 73_(-)_ Apr - Dec
Excludes Ecumenical Remembrance
Evening services 23_(23)_ Jan – Mar
Thurs morning Communion in church 23_(27)_ Jan – Mar + others where possible
Spiritual Communion on Zoom 17 (-) Others watched on Facebook live

Attendance at:

2020 Notes
(2019 comparison)
Occasional offices
Baptisms 4 (27) Mostly postponed
Confirmation 0_(5)_ No Confirmations in the Diocese
Weddings 3_(8)_ Mostly postponed
Funerals in church 25_(34)_ Apr – Jun funerals could not take
place in church
Funerals direct to crematorium 21_(14)_

Consideration has been given to making the most of the opportunities provided by occasional offices and using the Church of England resources.

Church building and hall

In addition to the programme of services, the Church is generally used by the Bell-ringers and the Church Choir for regular weekly practice, and for Tots’ Time worship on a Wednesday morning. These were all suspended during the pandemic.

The hall is generally used throughout the year by various church organisations, including. Wednesday Welcome, Boys’ Brigade and Girls’ Association, Mothers’ Union, Men’s’ Fellowship and Rainford Parish Church Amateur Dramatic Society, and for Parish lunches and coffee mornings. These and all occasional activities in the hall were suspended during the pandemic and the financial implication of this is referred to in a later section.

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In previous years the PCC undertook a review of the facilities we have and the facilities we need in order to meet the objectives of the mission plan. In the autumn of 2019 we appointed an architect to undertake a feasibility study on the space within the church. An initial presentation was made to the PCC in March 2020, which needed further discussion. However, as that was just at the point of the first lockdown the project was immediately put on hold and will be reviewed again at a later date as we come through the pandemic.

Churchyard and Field

The PCC have responsibility for the Churchyard and Field. The PCC pay for grass cutting and other maintenance to ensure that the Churchyard is well kept throughout, including the oldest sections, contributing to the tidy feel of the centre of the village. The Churchyard remains open for new graves and cremation plots and is well used by those visiting loved ones graves. Where possible, the maintenance of the churchyard continued throughout the year. Due to the pandemic the church field has not been used for events during the year.

Pastoral care

Due to social distancing regulations, from March 23[rd] it was not possible to undertake pastoral visits and home communions. Revd Janet has undertaken home visits for end of life care. Organisation leaders and members of the congregation have kept in touch to offer a network of pastoral care. Home worship packs were delivered to those without internet access at the start of lockdown.

Mission and evangelism

The Mission and Pastoral Committee has continued to review the Bishop’s Growth Agenda and encourage commitment to the Diocesan Rule of Life. In February we were able to hold our “Pancakeorama” Family Fun event after the family service.

Our Church School Partnership continues with Rainford CE School. Revd Janet, Diane Bate, Andrew Rigby (until end of summer term) and Helen Mackenzie (from September) continue to be committed in their roles on the governing body. In the autumn term Revd Janet and Revd Noel were able to offer Collective Worship back in school on a weekly basis for one class at a time. These were planned to ensure they saw every class once each half term. Unfortunately other events and services with the school were suspended due to the pandemic.

Our relationship with Brook Lodge School has continued and Revd Janet Heighton was able to visit and offer support to the Heads of Rainford CE, Brook Lodge and Corpus Christi when they formed a hub before summer to cater for the children of key workers.

Our Parish magazine keeps our parishioners informed of the important matters affecting our Church and Parish. The delivery of the April magazine was almost complete at the point of lockdown.

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Printing of the magazine was suspended for May - August for safety reasons but was restarted with the September edition. However, in June we launched the full magazine as an electronic edition, circulated to our mailing list and available on our Facebook and Website pages. Since the relaunch of the printed edition we have continued to offer an electronic edition as well.

At the start of lockdown we launched our Facebook page, which has proved helpful in keeping people up-to-date, offering worship and prayer materials and live streaming our weekly spiritual communion service. The weekly newsletter has been distributed to all on our Electoral Roll who have provided email addresses and to all on our mailing list who have signed up under GDPR. The weekly circulation is approximately 190 copies, far greater than when it was only issued in Church.

Charities Supported

Charities we have supported during the year, included within our accounts, are:-

£
Church generally
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and Macmillan – fund
raising through Christmas Tree Festival to be split between
the two (additional funds received in 2020 over and above
the £4,888 reported in 2019) 1,299
Christmas Charity Collection for Willowbrook Hospice 932
Men’s Fellowship
Alder Hey – donation 50
Boys Brigade and Girls Association
St Rocco’ Hospice 20
Willowbrook Hospice 25
Derian House Children’s Hospice 25
Chocolate Orange Appeal 96
Children’s Society – Christingle 50
Poppy Appeal 40

In addition, £653 was raised for the Children’s Society through the Christingle Services collection and was banked with them direct.

In addition to these monetary contributions, donations-in-kind were made in the year to support local charities: The Church acts as a collection point for food donations, regularly sent to the Skelmersdale Food Bank for distribution, and at the Family Service in December, our “Toy service”, members of the congregation brought in toys and other gifts which were taken to the St Helens Women’s Refuge Centre. Harvest produce was donated to YMCA St Helens and the local foodbanks.

Ecumenical relationships

The church is a member of Churches Together in Rainford and the Clergy of the churches have worked closely together and met regularly throughout the year to reflect and offer support. The 2020 Service of Christian Unity took place at Rainford URC. Lent groups had just started before lockdown and then had to be suspended, as were the usual Good Friday Walk of Witness and the annual Walking Day in June. However, Churches Together in Rainford were able to host a VE Celebration Charity number 1127817

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Service and Concert for the community on Zoom on 8[th] May and also the Ecumenical Remembrance Sunday service on Zoom, both were well attended.

Although we were not able to distribute Easter cards we did manage to distribute the Ecumenical Christmas cards, with a message of hope during lockdown.

Deanery Synod

Four members of the PCC sit on the Deanery Synod, along with the clergy. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider Church. The February synod met but all other synod meetings were suspended due to the pandemic.

Financial review

Record keeping and controls

The Trustees are responsible for the day to day management of the PCC and approve income and expenditure. Accounts are kept using “MyFundAccounting, a software package specifically for churches, an enhanced version of the previously used Finance Co-ordinator. This was the first full year of keeping the accounts in this way and changes to our record procedure were introduced in January to assist with the process. The new method of working is now fully embedded with two years of accounts entered and the power of the software to assist with ongoing budgeting will be able to be fully utilised.

Income and expenditure

The cashflow was hit particularly hard during the early months of 2020 due to the pandemic, not only with loss of income from the closure of the hall but also from the loss of loose plate collections and the ability of members of the congregation to hand in their envelopes. The Standing Committee met very regularly and were proactive in their approach to manage the finance. Action was taken to suspend or reduce ongoing costs and letters were sent to all members on the Electoral roll encouraging a move to the Parish Giving Scheme. In addition, online and text giving was set up to provide other ways of people making donations and to reach the wider community. This reduced the number of envelope givers 24 (previously 65). Planned giving increased by £4,184 despite a number of envelopes not being submitted.

The surplus of unrestricted funds (including designated) showing in the accounts to the General Fund is £5,872. However, this includes a COVID19 Support Government Loan of £50,000. The actual deficit for the year is £44,128.

Total receipts of unrestricted funds were £168,771, including the loan of £50,000 (previous year £186,241, including an insurance payout of £25,105). One legacy of £2,500 was received in the year. Other unrestricted voluntary donations were £51,758 (previous year £50,786). Planned giving Charity number 1127817

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increased by £4,184 but collections from loose plate were reduced by £7,261. Gift Aid has been claimed on eligible donations for the year £9,959 (£7,525).

£157,591 (£194,048) was spent from unrestricted funds on charitable activities and to provide Christian ministry.

The diocesan parish share for 2020 was £90,096 (previous year £90,884), which is supplemented by the Church Commissioners to provide: Clergy stipends and National Insurance, Clergy pensions, Clergy housing, Clergy training and Reader training. The total amount for all churches in the diocese is shared between those churches applying a formula which takes into account nationally determined deprivation statistics and each church’s Sunday adult congregation attendance. Due to cashflow, we were only able to pay ten months of the Parish Share by the end of the year, which meant we owed the Diocese £15,016 (shown in liabilities). In February 2021 we paid the November amount but still owe December and are unable to currently pay the 2021 parish share. However, this will all be paid in full from investments when they have recovered from the crash caused by the pandemic.

Our Caretaker was put on furlough in March and this enabled us to apply for the Job Retention Scheme grants from the government. We also applied for and received a Business Rates grant. In order to protect the Charities interest in terms of our investments we applied for and received a Government Business Bounce Back loan of £50,000, which is repayable over six years.

Our major fundraising event, the annual Church shop in May, could not take place which left a huge gap in income, previous years having generated approximately £15,000. Most weddings were postponed and in the early part of the year funerals could not take place in church, resulting in a loss of fees. Although fee income is always variable due to the number of services, a comparison with the previous year does give an indication of the loss of income. For 2020 we received £17,043 (previous year £31,126)

The PCC are continuing to rationalise expenditure in order to maximise the effective use of resources and once the restrictions lift we will do all that we can to generate additional income. In 2019 it had been noted that we had been overcharged by Waterplus since July 2017, for the Church Surface Water and Highway Drainage. This was taken up with Waterplus and resolved in May 2020 with a reimbursement of £7,157.

It should be noted that, following the vestry fire reported in 2019, £16,052 remains in the account from the insurance claim, partly to pay for the refurbishment of the vestry, which is still in need of doing.

In November 2019 the PCC agreed to purchase a house, for the Curate and his family to live in in Cross Pit Lane. It was impossible to obtain a mortgage, therefore £250,000 was drawn down from the investments in 2020. COVID-19 delayed the move in, we eventually took possession of the house on 14[th] August 2020.

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Investments are actively managed by an investment manager Quilter Cheviot. The timing of drawing down the investment for the house purchase meant that funds were secured before investments crashed due to the pandemic. The remaining investments have since started to recover. They have generated interest of £5,598.

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Reserves Policy

It is still the policy of the PCC to maintain a balance in the general current account of unrestricted funds that equates to at least two months of unrestricted payments and covers emergency situations that may arise from time to time. However, the pandemic has made this difficult and has required close management of the finances. In order to protect the Charities interest and minimise loss, the PCC decided not to draw down money from investments to aid cashflow, at a time when the market was low. The Government Business Bounce Back loan, held in a Reserve account, is available to assist any short term cashflow issues.

Legacy policy

It is the PCC’s policy to record any legacies received and, if given without any restriction, to use them in such a way that wherever possible reflects the person who has given the legacy. Restricted legacies will be used in accordance with the restriction. One legacy, in the sum of £2,500 was received in the year.

Health and safety matters

The Churchwardens have the responsibility for Health and Safety. Any issues are reported at the Fabrics meeting and to the PCC. Our Health and Safety Policy will be reviewed again in 2021. The Policy covers all aspects of Health and Safety including: Accidents, Alarms, Evacuation of Buildings, Fires, Food Hygiene, Graveyard, Plant and Machinery, Paths, Trees and Walls, Working at Height. Copies of the Policy are held by each PCC member, leaders of organisations, and in the Church Hall Office, as are the Registers of periodic checks and accident book. We endeavour to ensure that our policy is maintained and kept up to date.

All Risk Assessments are also up to date and reviewed. A faculty has been received to remedy any unsafe gravestones in section 3 of the grave yard. Work is ongoing in terms of contacting families.

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Risk Assessments

The PCC undertakes a programme of risk assessments to identify major risks. Procedures are put in place to manage those risks and minimise their impact on the life of the church.

Financial Risk

We have reviewed the PCC’s investment portfolio and ensure that it fully complies with the Church of England Ethical Investment Policy.

Compliance with Laws and Regulations

In order to comply with The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, we have a written Fire Risk Assessment.

All Risk Assessments are also up to date and at the date of writing this report there have been no notifiable incidences to RIDDOR.

Safeguarding

The PCC is responsible for ensuring the church has a safeguarding policy which is agreed, understood and enacted. We have approved our Safeguarding Policy in line with the Diocese of Liverpool’s and will keep it under review annually. This is to keep it in line with current expectations and to ensure it meets our own needs. The PCC routinely receives reports to enable them to track the safe recruitment of volunteers where their roles bring them into contact with children and/or vulnerable adults in their ‘official’ capacity. (‘Safe recruiting’ involves a DBS check, the uptake of references, a clear role description, an induction interview and an assessment of training needs.)

Our church is committed to and will champion the protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Everyone who meets us, comes to us, or works with us should feel safe and cared for irrespective of their social background, culture, their abilities, religious belief or any other factor. It is the responsibility of all of us, individually as well as collectively, to make these aspirations real, to look out for one another and to pass on any concerns.

As required by the Diocese, we have a designated safeguarding officer, Diane Bate, who was appointed in May 2018. We also have an approved policy to guide our actions. The Safeguarding Officer’s role is to support, advise and deal with certain specific issues for which she has been trained – but she does not ‘do safeguarding’ for us; we are all responsible for doing the right thing.

Further information about safeguarding including contact details for reporting (in confidence) any concern is available from the church website and the diocese of Liverpool website.

This last year the PCC and/or safeguarding officer has

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General Data Protection Regulation

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in the UK on the 25th May 2018, and affects all organisations, including churches, which store personal information about individuals.

The Regulation is designed to give individuals more rights when it comes to how their information is gathered, stored and used. It will build on current Data Protection legislation to ensure that all organisations are acting transparently and fairly when it comes to personal information. The GDPR aims to ensure an individual’s right to make sure their data is held securely, correctly, and in a manner which is easily accessible and is under one of GDPR's six lawful bases, one of which is consent.

In line with this regulation the PCC continues to issue data consent forms to all new members and contacts. These are processed in line with the regulations and are securely stored.

Plans for the future

In 2021 we will continue to work to the Diocesan growth agenda and develop the mission of the church. We wish to:

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Structure, governance and management

The PCC is a corporate body established by the Church of England. It operates under the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 and the Church Representation Rules and is a charity registered with the Charity Commission.

PCC members are appointed in accordance with the Church of England Representation Rules 2020 and are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (“APCM”).

All those who attend as members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. Individual members of the PCC receive information on appointment, including the health and safety and safeguarding policies, and external training as and when deemed appropriate by the PCC. This includes courses and events run by the Diocese.

The PCC met during 2020 on seven occasions: 22 January, 18 May, 29 June, 3 August, 7 September and 16 November, 12 December. All meetings except January were held on Zoom. Under the Bishop’s extension due to COVID, the annual meeting was postponed and held on 31[st] October.

There are two paid employees: caretaker and parish secretary. Our caretaker is Martin Cox. The role of parish secretary is performed by Pippa Wisedale. We would like to thank them for all their hard work. It should be noted that Pippa Wisedale became a PCC Member and Trustee in April 2019. Her role as trustee is voluntary and no part of her salary includes her role as trustee. Full details of all related party transactions are given in the notes to the accounts.

Salaries are set annually by the PCC, and paid monthly after deduction of appropriate PAYE, employee pension contributions and National Insurance. The PCC uses The People's Pension, provided by B&CE, as the workplace pension for its employees.

The Organist and Choir Master, Mike Jones, is self-employed. He continues to bring new music to enhance our worship, as well as running the Choir and Junior Choir – although both were suspended for most of 2020 due to COVID. We are very grateful for his guidance and enthusiasm.

The Verger, Diane Bate (a PCC member and Trustee), is paid for weddings and funerals by direct fees. All other responsibilities included in the role are undertaken voluntary. We are grateful for the care with which she carries out these duties. David Roughley (a Trustee until October 2020) covered a funeral for the Verger and was paid the direct fee.

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Committees

PCC main committees:

Other committees

Church groups and representatives:

Membership of the main committees is decided at the first PCC meeting after the APCM. The Vicar and Churchwardens are ex-officio members of each.

Standing committee

Day to day management of the church is exercised by the standing committee, the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact PCC Business between PCC meetings and considers strategic issues which may affect the church. The Committee functions under Rule 15 (appendix 2, para 14) of the Church Representation Rules of the Synodical Government Measure 1969.

The Standing Committee elected in 2019 and serving until the 2020 APCM consisted of the Reverend Janet Heighton, Janet Davies (Warden), Diane Bate (Warden), Myra Hartley, David Burgess and David Roughley. From the 2020 APCM onwards the standing committee consisted of Revd Janet Heighton, Helen Mackenzie (Warden), Diane Bate (Warden), David Burgess, Myra Hartley, Janet Davies.

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Reference and Administrative details

All Saints Church is situated in Church Road, Rainford, in the Ormskirk Deanery of the Diocese of Liverpool, within the Church of England All correspondence should be addressed to Rainford Parish Church Hall, Church Road, Rainford WA11 8HE. Charity trustees on the PCC from the start of the financial year 2020 until approval of the financial statements in 2021 are set out below.

PCC Members Name

Office / Dates

Ex officio members:

The Reverend Janet Heighton The Reverend Gwen Carter The Reverend Noel McGarrigle Janet Davies Diane Bate Helen Mackenzie

Incumbent and Chairman

SSM Assistant Curate (resigned July 2020) Assistant Curate (appointed June 2020) Warden (until APCM 2020) Warden (and Vice-Chairman) from APCM 2019 Warden (from APCM 2020)

Deanery Synod appointed members:

David Burgess June Burgess Roger Burrows Mike Potterill One vacancy from APCM 2020

Parish Giving Officer Deputy warden (resigned APCM 2020)

Elected members:

Chloe Alban Diane Bate Judith Collins Pam Davenport Janet Davies Ivor Fingard Anne Harrington Myra Hartley Pat Jones Helen Mackenzie Gill Potterill Keith Powell Sally Powell Pamela Rigby David Roughley Diane Wesley June Philippa Wisedale 5 vacancies from APCM 2020

(Resigned APCM 2020) (Also warden and ex officio)

(From APCM 2020) (From APCM 2020) Deputy warden (Retired APCM 2020)

Deputy Warden

(Also warden from APCM 2020) (Retired APCM 2020) (Retired APCM 2020) (Resigned APCM 2020) (Died February 2020) (Retired APCM 2020)

Co-opted members:

None

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Bankers

National Westminster Bank plc 5 Ormskirk Street St Helens WA10 1DR

CCLA Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET

Investment manager & Stockbroker

Independent Examiner

Solicitors

Quilter Cheviot 5 St Paul's Square Liverpool L3 9SJ

Peter Taaffe FCA CTA DChA BWM Chartered Accountants 43 Castle Chambers Castle Street Liverpool L2 9SH

Hill Dickinson LLP 1 St Paul’s Square Liverpool L3 9SJ

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Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others

Agency Transactions

The PCC acted as a financial agent for the following people/organisations in the year.

Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance (“LDBF”)

£10,545 (2019 £9,296) was received as fees from Funeral Directors and private individuals in respect of LDBF fees for funerals, burials and weddings. This money was distributed in accordance with current diocesan guidance.

Church organist, verger, other organists and clergy

£4,530 (2019 £6,994) was received as fees from Funeral Directors and private individuals for funerals, burials and weddings. This money is passed on to the relevant individuals who all deal with their own tax payments.

There But Not There

The identified error of £92 from the 2019 payment was paid out in 2020.

Bell-ringers and Rainford Ladies’ Choir

Both receive cash payments for Wedding bookings, payable to themselves. This money does not go through the church account. Weddings requiring the Bellringers and Rainford Ladies’ Choir were all suspended in 2020 due to COVID and no transactions took place.

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Year ended 31 December 2020

Going Concern

At the time of approving the accounts, and as detailed in this report, the Trustees have considered the impact of COVID-19 on the Charity and the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the Trustees continue to adopt the “going concern” basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the above Trustees’ report. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees (the PCC) by clergy:

The Reverend Janet Heighton Approved for signature at PCC meeting 28[th] April 2021

Charity number 1127817

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The Parish of All Saints, Rainford PCC Annual Report and Accounts

Year ended 31 December 2020

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Parish of All Saints Rainford

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The Parish of All Saints, Rainford PCC (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2020.

This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My examination has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent Examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for my examination, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent Examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records;

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Mr Peter Taaffe FCA CTA DChA

BWM. Chartered Accountants. Castle Chambers, 43 Castle Street,

Liverpool L2 9SH

12/05/2021

[DATE]

Charity number 1127817

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The Parish of All Saints, Rainford PCC

Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds 2020 2019
Receipts and endowments from:
Donations and legacies 67,858 1,260 69,118 66,206
Income from charitable activities 19,653 3,070 22,722 65,034
Other trading activities 11,072 - 11,072 40,901
Investments 5,691 - 5,691 15,880
Other income - - - 25,750
Other income - COVID19 Support 14,497 - 14,497 -
Other income - COVID19 Support Loan 50,000 - 50,000 -
Total receipts 168,771 4,330 173,101 213,772
Payments on:
Raising funds 1,528 - 1,528 9,482
Expenditure on charitable activities 157,591 5,293 162,884 218,229
Other expenditure 3,780 - 3780 -
Total payments 162,899 5,293 168,191 227,711
Net receipts / (payments) 5,872 -962 4,910 -13,939

There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown

Charity number 1127817

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The Parish of All Saints, Rainford PCC

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 December 2020

Class and nominal code General
(Unrestricted)		 Designated Restricted 2020 2019
Fixed Asset - Investments
6450: Shares portfolio - 169,411 - 169,411 440,572
__ __ __ __ __
Total - 169,411 - 169,411 440,572
Fixed Asset - Tangible Assets
6410: Church Hall - 280,200 - 280,200 280,200
6415: 59 Cross Pit Lane - 249,219 - 249,219 -
6420: Church Field - 30,000 - 30,000 30,000
6430: Plant & Equipment - 31,978 - 31,978 31,978
6440: The Anchor (Boys' Brigade) - 14,400 - 14,400 14,400
__ __ __ __ __
Total - 605,796 - 605,796 356,578
Current Asset - Cash At Bank And In Hand
6501: Main NatWest bank current account -15,330 26,513 2,082 13,265 39,771
6505: 'W' NatWest bank current account - - - - 762
6510: Business Reserve bank deposit account 50,000 - - 50,000 32
6520: CCLA (CBF) deposit account - Main 1,810 - 4,904 6,713 6,685
6525: CCLA (CBF) deposit account - Fabric 257 - 13,054 13,311 13,255
6550: Organisation - Bellringers - - - - 960
6551: Organisation - Boys' Brigade - - 19,216 19,216 20,666
6552: Organisation - Choir - - - - -
6553: Organisation - Amateur Dramatics - - 3,366 3,366 5,804
6555: Organisation - Men's Fellowship - 459 - 459 182
6590: Petty cash 13 - - 13 82
6595: Cash in church safe 143 - 510 653 1,031
__ __ __ __ __
Total 36,892 26,972 43,131 106,995 89,228
Liability - Agency Accounts
6699: Agency collections - - 1,650 1,650 3,809
__ __ __ __ __
Total - - 1,650 1,650 3,809
Liability - Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year
Loan Repayable 50,000 - - 50,000 -
Z04: Accounts Payable 15,016 - - 15,016 -
__ __ __ __ __
Total 65,016 - - 65,016 -

There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown

These accounts were approved by the Parochial Church Council on 28th April 2021 and signed on its behalf by:

_____ _______ Revd Janet Heighton - Vicar Mrs D Bate - Churchwarden

Charity number 1127817

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