## ANNUAL REPORTS & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL ## For the year ending December 31st 2021 INCUMBENT Rev Chris Spittle The Vicarage Church Rd Skelmersdale Curate Rev Lizzy Ferguson 6 Wilcove Skelmersdale BANK Barclays — The Concourse, Skelmersdale INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Accounting Clinic John Moores University Liverpool Registered Charity No:1128068 12 1 **Administrative Information** The Parish Church of St. Paul Skelmersdale, Church Road Skelmersdale WN8 8ND Official correspondence to Parish Administrator Parish Office at the above address. PCC Members are: Incumbent The Revd. Chris Spittle Chairperson Curate The Revd. Lizzy Ferguson Church Wardens Mr John Taylor Readers Representative Deanery Synod Reps Mr J Davies (until 2023) Mrs J Price (until 2023) Diocesan Synod Rep : Elected members Mrs J. Cliff (until 2025) Mrs J. Price (until 2025) Mrs D. Bennett (until 2023) Mrs E Kenyon (until 2023) Mr J. Davies (until 2024) Mrs A Faza (until 2024) Mrs L. Oakley (until 2024) Mrs B. Curry (until 2024) Treasurer Mrs June Price Secretary Mrs Lynne Lomas Child Protection Officer Mrs Ann Taylor Vulnerable Adults Officer Mrs Ann Taylor Bankers Barclays Bank. Auditor The Accounting Clinic John Moores University Liverpool Architect Mr Robin Wolley Day to day management control of the church is exercised by the Incumbent and Wardens: Revd. Chris Spittle, Mr Ken Skelton and Mr J. Taylor contactable via the Church Office 01695 716439 or the Vicarage 01695 722087 2 11 **Structure, Management and Governance.** St. Paul’s Skelmersdale PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure 1956. It is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission The method of appointment of the PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC operates Two Subcommittees when needed: The Standing Committee: Incumbent, Treasurer, Secretary, Church Wardens and three elected members The Finance Committee: Incumbent, Treasurer, Secretary, and Church Wardens plus any member of the PCC who would like to attend. ## **Financial Risk.** The PCC continually reviews the financial position. Although our finances are a cause for concern particularly in light of rising energy prices, there is no immediate financial risk. ## **Health and Safety** The PCC has identified a review of our Health and Safety procedures as a priority. All formal risk assessments are listed within the PCC’s Risk Register. Every year the Fire Alarm is checked to make sure that it is in good working order and the fire extinguishers are also checked on an annual basis. A five yearly Electrical Inspection is undertaken. A survey of the trees in the churchyard took place in 2018 ## **Child and Vulnerable Adult Protecton.** At St Paul’s the safety and well-being of all people, especially children and vulnerable adults, is taken seriously. We continue to follow correct procedure and policy so that all people are recruited to teams and roles using the official ‘Safer Recruitment’ procedures. We are grateful to Mrs Ann Taylor who is our Safeguarding Officer for her work and for all the people in St Paul’s who volunteer on our various teams, groups and PCC. They all have a firm commitment to a safe culture and all Disclosure and Barring Service checks are up to date. There were no formal safeguarding incidents in 2022. 10 3 ## **Objectves and Actvites.** The PCC (Powers) Measure 1956 states that the PCC is to cooperate with the Minister in promoting in the Parish the whole mission of the Church, this includes the Pastoral, Evangelistic, Social, and Ecumenical ministry. At St. Paul’s we have a Mission Statement which confirms our mission to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England, both through the proclamation of the word and to encourage members of the congregation to put their faith into action, as we serve Christ in the Parish. ## **Mission Statement** Jesus Says, “Go and make Disciples” we try to do this:- Through the teaching of the Bible as God’s Word to us in all matters of faith and moral behaviour, Through allowing God’s Holy Spirit to work in us in order to make us more like Jesus, Through worshipping together: listening to God; talking to Him; responding to Him and encouraging one another. Through using the different gifts God has given us to love and serve Him, each other and the local community. Through making Jesus known to others by what we say and what we do. Through encouraging and supporting children and younger members of the Church family at St. Paul’s and Trinity Anglican/Methodist School and making every effort to ensure that we are a “Child Friendly” Church. Through seeking to work with other Christians and by building links with the world-wide church. ## **In order to do this our aims and objectves for 2022 were:** To review, renew and refresh church life in light of a vision of growth in three dimensions: Up towards God, In towards one another, our church family, and Out to a world in desperate need of the good news that we have to share 4 9 ## This would include: To nurture vocations and the ministries of all believers, and to share our ministerial resources more widely. To address the financial challenges that the church is facing To maintain and develop our role in the community looking particularly to develop ministry in the town centre To look at developing our building To explore using the Holy Habits materials to build up our fellowship and to offer an Alpha Course to nurture faith To develop our small group life. To improve our Pastoral Care. ## **Achievements and Performance including review of charitable achievements against objectves** . ## **Parish Details** **PCC Name** ST. PAUL. SKELMERSDALE **Year (e.g. 2020)** ## 2022 **Name of signature 1 on accounts: Name of signature 2 on accounts Name of Independent Examiner** Revd Christopher Spittle Mrs J.Price The Accounting Clinic **Professional Qualifications of Independent Examiner (if any)** **Address of Independent Examiner** John Moores University **Date of Accounts approval by PCC Date of Independent Examiners Report** **21st** February 2023 After the Covid affected years of 2020-21 it was a relief for normality to return in 2022 and for many valued aspects of church life to return more fully. Live streamed Morning Prayer continued through much of the year although this was eventually scaled back, and there were a significant amount of weddings and baptisms in church, some of which had been held over from previous years. We retained two Sunday morning services and it was encouraging to see attendances moving back towards pre-Covid levels. The PCC have continued to believe that it isn’t currently right to reinstate a Sunday evening service. Easter and Christmas services were well attended, the All-age, All in Nativity with live animals has become a well-received part of our Christmas celebrations and Carol Singing in the Concourse for the first time was part of our plans to develop ministry in our local Shopping centre. We plan to launch a chaplaincy service there in 2023. In December we held a crown festival and church looked stunning through the Christmas period filled with crowns created and decorated by church organisations and local schools. In the autumn we agreed to start holding many of our monthly All-age Services in Trinity School. This has proved very successful and has seen a significant increase in those attending. Offering food after these services has also been very well received. At Easter the church ran Experience Easter for the first time. Over a period of two days every child from Trinity School was taken through the Easter story with different stations around the church, exploring Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We intend to run this again in the future and open it up to other schools and the wider community. 8 5 **The Electoral Roll.** Is now 123 In September we responded to the death of Queen Elizabeth II by opening church for people to come and pray and remember, and held a Service of Remembrance ahead of her funeral. This again was appreciated by the local community and well attended. We have continued to be blessed in the area of Vocations and Ministry. This has been a significant movement of the Spirit at St Paul’s in recent years. Rev Lizzy Ferguson was ordained Curate in June and we were pleased to welcome her, Jon and Aoife to the St Paul’s family. Paul Davies was accepted for Ordination training and he began this through Emmanuel Theological College in the autumn, combining training with a placement three days a week at St Paul’s. In September Jane Cliff was licensed as a Reader and in April Chris became Area Dean of Ormskirk alongside being Priest-in-Charge at St Paul’s. ## **Church Buildings.** Mr. Ken Skelton continues to work as “Building Manager”. He has organised minor work that needed to be carried out on the church building. There is an ongoing programme to improve the church fabric. Important checks such as the electrics, boiler and fire appliances are all up to date. A Quinquennial Inspection of the Church took place in 2018, which although broadly positive raised some concerns about the roof and perimeter walls. In 2022 some progress was made toward the Vestry Redevelopment. It is hoped that this will be completed in 2023. **Finance** The Financial Accounts can be found elsewhere in this document. A very successful SPA (St Paul’s Away) weekend was held at Quinta in July with Revds Beth Anderson and Sandra Jones (both formerly of St Paul’s) leading us. Dave Bilbrough led worship for us. In view of how successful this was another weekend has been booked for 2023 with Adrian and Bridget Plass as our speakers. SPY (St Paul’s Youth) and the St Paul’s Men both held very successful weekends away in April and September respectively. ## **Reserves Policy.** It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to approximately three months unrestricted payments, to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. We greatly value our partnership with Trinity our church school. The Bright Lights worshipping community at Trinity school is now an established part of church and school life and is growing. We hold monthly gatherings where the attendance ranges from 60-95. A joint initiative with our Methodist friends is ReNew 100 a wellbeing drop in and cafe. This is also growing in attendance and there are plans to open twice a week. Addressing our financial challenges has been another ongoing priority for us. We continue to encourage use of the Parish Giving Scheme and contactless giving using a card reader. We are currently working with the diocese to produce printed materials encouraging giving and explaining its importance. The PCC would like to thank everyone who has worked through this year to make our Church a lively, loving and welcoming worshipping community. 6 7 ## ANNUAL ACCOUNTS ## For the year ending December 31st 2021 Registered Charity No:1128068 INCUMBENT Rev Chris Spittle The Vicarage Church Rd Skelmersdale Curate Rev Lizzy Ferguson 6 Wilcove Skelmersdale 8 1 Variables to be answered PCC NarnellN CAprrALSI Sl Pail Skelmersdgle Yeaile.g. Xthl 2022 Narne of S￿nature l on accoun￿. 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PCC Members are: Incumbent The Revd. Chris Spittle Chairperson Curate The Revd. Lizzy Ferguson Church Wardens Mr John Taylor Readers Representative Deanery Synod Reps Mr J Davies (until 2023) Mrs J Price (until 2023) Diocesan Synod Rep : Elected members Mrs J. Cliff (until 2025) Mrs J. Price (until 2025) Mrs D. Bennett (until 2023) Mrs E Kenyon (until 2023) Mr J. Davies (until 2024) Mrs A Faza (until 2024) Mrs L. Oakley (until 2024) Mrs B. Curry (until 2024) Treasurer Mrs June Price Secretary Mrs Lynne Lomas Child Protection Officer Mrs Ann Taylor Vulnerable Adults Officer Mrs Ann Taylor Bankers Barclays Bank. Auditor The Accounting Clinic John Moores University Liverpool Architect Mr Robin Wolley Day to day management control of the church is exercised by the Incumbent and Wardens: Revd. Chris Spittle, Mr Ken Skelton and Mr J. Taylor contactable via the Church Office 01695 716439 or the Vicarage 01695 722087 2 11 **Structure, Management and Governance.** St. Paul’s Skelmersdale PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure 1956. It is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission The method of appointment of the PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC operates Two Subcommittees when needed: The Standing Committee: Incumbent, Treasurer, Secretary, Church Wardens and three elected members The Finance Committee: Incumbent, Treasurer, Secretary, and Church Wardens plus any member of the PCC who would like to attend. ## **Financial Risk.** The PCC continually reviews the financial position. Although our finances are a cause for concern particularly in light of rising energy prices, there is no immediate financial risk. ## **Health and Safety** The PCC has identified a review of our Health and Safety procedures as a priority. All formal risk assessments are listed within the PCC’s Risk Register. Every year the Fire Alarm is checked to make sure that it is in good working order and the fire extinguishers are also checked on an annual basis. A five yearly Electrical Inspection is undertaken. A survey of the trees in the churchyard took place in 2018 ## **Child and Vulnerable Adult Protecton.** At St Paul’s the safety and well-being of all people, especially children and vulnerable adults, is taken seriously. We continue to follow correct procedure and policy so that all people are recruited to teams and roles using the official ‘Safer Recruitment’ procedures. We are grateful to Mrs Ann Taylor who is our Safeguarding Officer for her work and for all the people in St Paul’s who volunteer on our various teams, groups and PCC. They all have a firm commitment to a safe culture and all Disclosure and Barring Service checks are up to date. There were no formal safeguarding incidents in 2022. 10 3 ## **Objectves and Actvites.** The PCC (Powers) Measure 1956 states that the PCC is to cooperate with the Minister in promoting in the Parish the whole mission of the Church, this includes the Pastoral, Evangelistic, Social, and Ecumenical ministry. At St. Paul’s we have a Mission Statement which confirms our mission to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England, both through the proclamation of the word and to encourage members of the congregation to put their faith into action, as we serve Christ in the Parish. ## **Mission Statement** Jesus Says, “Go and make Disciples” we try to do this:- Through the teaching of the Bible as God’s Word to us in all matters of faith and moral behaviour, Through allowing God’s Holy Spirit to work in us in order to make us more like Jesus, Through worshipping together: listening to God; talking to Him; responding to Him and encouraging one another. Through using the different gifts God has given us to love and serve Him, each other and the local community. Through making Jesus known to others by what we say and what we do. Through encouraging and supporting children and younger members of the Church family at St. Paul’s and Trinity Anglican/Methodist School and making every effort to ensure that we are a “Child Friendly” Church. Through seeking to work with other Christians and by building links with the world-wide church. ## **In order to do this our aims and objectves for 2022 were:** To review, renew and refresh church life in light of a vision of growth in three dimensions: Up towards God, In towards one another, our church family, and Out to a world in desperate need of the good news that we have to share 4 9 ## This would include: To nurture vocations and the ministries of all believers, and to share our ministerial resources more widely. To address the financial challenges that the church is facing To maintain and develop our role in the community looking particularly to develop ministry in the town centre To look at developing our building To explore using the Holy Habits materials to build up our fellowship and to offer an Alpha Course to nurture faith To develop our small group life. To improve our Pastoral Care. ## **Achievements and Performance including review of charitable achievements against objectves** . ## **Parish Details** **PCC Name** ST. PAUL. SKELMERSDALE **Year (e.g. 2020)** ## 2022 **Name of signature 1 on accounts: Name of signature 2 on accounts Name of Independent Examiner** Revd Christopher Spittle Mrs J.Price The Accounting Clinic **Professional Qualifications of Independent Examiner (if any)** **Address of Independent Examiner** John Moores University **Date of Accounts approval by PCC Date of Independent Examiners Report** **21st** February 2023 After the Covid affected years of 2020-21 it was a relief for normality to return in 2022 and for many valued aspects of church life to return more fully. Live streamed Morning Prayer continued through much of the year although this was eventually scaled back, and there were a significant amount of weddings and baptisms in church, some of which had been held over from previous years. We retained two Sunday morning services and it was encouraging to see attendances moving back towards pre-Covid levels. The PCC have continued to believe that it isn’t currently right to reinstate a Sunday evening service. Easter and Christmas services were well attended, the All-age, All in Nativity with live animals has become a well-received part of our Christmas celebrations and Carol Singing in the Concourse for the first time was part of our plans to develop ministry in our local Shopping centre. We plan to launch a chaplaincy service there in 2023. In December we held a crown festival and church looked stunning through the Christmas period filled with crowns created and decorated by church organisations and local schools. In the autumn we agreed to start holding many of our monthly All-age Services in Trinity School. This has proved very successful and has seen a significant increase in those attending. Offering food after these services has also been very well received. At Easter the church ran Experience Easter for the first time. Over a period of two days every child from Trinity School was taken through the Easter story with different stations around the church, exploring Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We intend to run this again in the future and open it up to other schools and the wider community. 8 5 **The Electoral Roll.** Is now 123 In September we responded to the death of Queen Elizabeth II by opening church for people to come and pray and remember, and held a Service of Remembrance ahead of her funeral. This again was appreciated by the local community and well attended. We have continued to be blessed in the area of Vocations and Ministry. This has been a significant movement of the Spirit at St Paul’s in recent years. Rev Lizzy Ferguson was ordained Curate in June and we were pleased to welcome her, Jon and Aoife to the St Paul’s family. Paul Davies was accepted for Ordination training and he began this through Emmanuel Theological College in the autumn, combining training with a placement three days a week at St Paul’s. In September Jane Cliff was licensed as a Reader and in April Chris became Area Dean of Ormskirk alongside being Priest-in-Charge at St Paul’s. ## **Church Buildings.** Mr. Ken Skelton continues to work as “Building Manager”. He has organised minor work that needed to be carried out on the church building. There is an ongoing programme to improve the church fabric. Important checks such as the electrics, boiler and fire appliances are all up to date. A Quinquennial Inspection of the Church took place in 2018, which although broadly positive raised some concerns about the roof and perimeter walls. In 2022 some progress was made toward the Vestry Redevelopment. It is hoped that this will be completed in 2023. **Finance** The Financial Accounts can be found elsewhere in this document. A very successful SPA (St Paul’s Away) weekend was held at Quinta in July with Revds Beth Anderson and Sandra Jones (both formerly of St Paul’s) leading us. Dave Bilbrough led worship for us. In view of how successful this was another weekend has been booked for 2023 with Adrian and Bridget Plass as our speakers. SPY (St Paul’s Youth) and the St Paul’s Men both held very successful weekends away in April and September respectively. ## **Reserves Policy.** It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to approximately three months unrestricted payments, to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. We greatly value our partnership with Trinity our church school. The Bright Lights worshipping community at Trinity school is now an established part of church and school life and is growing. We hold monthly gatherings where the attendance ranges from 60-95. A joint initiative with our Methodist friends is ReNew 100 a wellbeing drop in and cafe. This is also growing in attendance and there are plans to open twice a week. Addressing our financial challenges has been another ongoing priority for us. We continue to encourage use of the Parish Giving Scheme and contactless giving using a card reader. We are currently working with the diocese to produce printed materials encouraging giving and explaining its importance. The PCC would like to thank everyone who has worked through this year to make our Church a lively, loving and welcoming worshipping community. 6 7