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|Aims for2O23|Whetherachieved|
|---|---|
|WORSHIP||
|ContinuetoworkwithSt.fames'andSt|Themonthlyeveningservice continuedforatimebut|
|Peter'sto provideamonthlyevening|isnowinabeyancefollowing therecentappointment|
|service.|ofRevSam)ohnsonatStfames' andStPeter's andthe|
||imminentappointmentofRevJennieHardyatSt|
||John's.|
|Re-introduce Bible studygroup|A newtwice monthly Bible study grouphas been
started in the hallonWednesdayafternoon.|
|Continue prayer meetingstwice per
monthwhilstencouraging ad hoc|This hascontinuedto bewell-supportedandused.|
|prayermeetingsforspecificneeds||
|GROWTH||
|Trackattendanceat|Thishasbeendone|
|Sunday services||
|Publiciseservicesin|Thishasbeendonethroughsocial media, thewebsite|
|the community|andthe monthlymagazine|
|Ensureservices are|Allourservices areplannedwithvisitors in mind|
|accessibleto visitors||
|Outreachtoencouragenew peopleto|We continue toffytoreachthe communityand|
|comeintochurchbuilding|encouragenew members|
|STEWARDSHIP||
|Toaimtoachievefinancialstability|No-aftermeetingall our financial responsibilitieswe|
|during national|ended the yearwithadeficit of87300.This waspartly|
|economicuncertainty|dueto expenditureonthechurchbuilding whichhas|
||beenmet fromourreserves.|
|Continueto reviewthechurchbuilding|Thishasbeendone.|
|and fabricofthe church||
|Continuetoincreaseuseofhall|We continue totryto maximisetheuseof thehall.|
|facilities||
|COMMUNITY||
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|Tocontinue tosupportmembersofthe|Wecontinue to contact membersofthecongregation|
|congregation andthe local community|whoareinneed ofsupport,|
|pastorally||
|Develop a closelinkwithour new
missionpartners andfollowtheirnew
work in Brazil|We havecontinued tosupport ourmissionpartners
and includetheirnewsletters in the monthly parish
magazine,although thelinkisnotasstrongaswe|
||wouldlike ittobe.|
|Toworkcloselywiththe other Birkdale|We havecontinued to holdjointservices onthefifth|
|churcheslookingatthefutureofthe|Sunday eachmonthand havejoinedwiththem in|
|threeparishes|organising and manningastallattheBirkdale|
||ChristmasFair.|
|CommitmenttomakingStfohn'sa|We have had somenew visitors toourserviceswho|
|welcomingplacetobeforexisting
congregationandthosevisiting|have decided toworshipwithus becausetheyhave
commentedonhow friendlyandwelcoming weare.|
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|Plansforthefuture||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Aims andobiectivesfor|Howwehopetoachievethis|Whowillbe|Timescale|
|2024||responsible||
|WORSHIP||||
|Continue toworkwith|Regularplanningsessionswith|Worshipgroup|Ongoing|
|St.fames',StPeter's and
LRMCtoprovideioint|IeadersfromStJames'/St Peter's,
LRMCtoseehow wecanwork|||
|worshiponafifth
Sunday|togetheronjointservices|||
|Encourage
participationinBible
studyorGrowthgroups|Personally rnvite membersofthe
congregationto BibleStudyor
GrowthGroups,keepprofilehigh|RoyandSue
Doran,Tim,Sally
andLucyWright|Dwing2024|
||usingWhatsAppgroup|||
|Continue todevelopthe
useofITwithinthe
servicesandbuilda
team tofacilitate this
weekly|Lookingatusing newsoftware
options tomakethe presentation
more professionalandtrainothers
in theuseofthe equipmentand
software|SallyWright|Ongoing|
|GROWTH||||
|Trackattendanceat|Followupthosewhohave stopped|Leadership team|By December|
|Sunday services|attending churchand||2024|
||offer pastoralsupport|||
|Publiciseservicesin
the community|UseWhatsApp,website,Facebook
andInstagramtopublicise
services and raisetheprofileofSt|ITteam|Ongoing|
||]ohn's|||
|Ensureservices are
accessibleto visitors|Keepingservicestyleunderreview
toaskourselveswhatanewcomer
might see/feelwhilstkeeping to|Leadershipteam|0ngoing|
||ourcorevision|||
||statement|||
|Encouragingand
engagingnew members|Developingpersonal relationships
throughinvitationtoevents, Bible|Leadership team|Ongoing|
|ofthechurchsothey|Study,GrowthGroups and|||
|feelpartofStlohns|hospitality|||
|STEWARDSHIP||||
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|Toaimtoachieve|Reducecostswhereverpossible,|PCCand|By December|
|financialstability|continuetoencourage peopleto|Treasurer|2024|
|during national
economicuncertainty|maintainandreviewtheirregular
giving,Stewardshipcampaign|||
|Continuetoreviewthe
churchbuildingand
fabricofthe church|Building inspections tocontinue
andjobscarriedout to keep
churchbuildingandgrounds in|Churchwardens
and DavidHalsall|Ongoing|
||goodrepair|||
|Continuetoincrease
use ofhall facilities|Use ofwebsite to promote the hall
facilitiesand team to managehall|Clive andJean
Morris|Ongoing|
||Iettings|||
|Raisefunds for the
repairsontheWest
Window|HoldaGift Daytoraise awareness
oftheworkon the WestWindow
andtoraisefunds towardsthat|Stewardshipteam|By Easter
2024|
||work|||
|COMMUNITY||||
|Tocontinue tosupport|Byoffering practical supportand|PCC|By December|
|membersofthe|spiritualsupport whenrequested.||2024|
|congregation andthe|Bycontinuing to support the|||
|local community|FamilyWellbeingCentre,theFood|||
|pastorally|PantryandtheSoupKitchen.|||
|Toworkcloselywith
the other Birkdale
churcheslookingatthe
futureofthethree|Bycontinuing to attend thejoint
meetingsofthethreechurches and
any services and social events
whichmay be arranged, andby|Churchwardens
andPCC
representatives|Ongoing|
|parishes|invitingthem to ourservices and|||
||social events|||
|Commitmentto making
Stfohn'sawelcoming
placetobefor existing|Bycontinuing toactively welcome
peopleintoourchurchatevery
opportunity, demonstratingthat|Allchurch
members|Ongoing|
|congregation and those
visiting|everyone matters toStJohn'sand
beingseen as aplacewhere
relationshipscanbenurtured|||
||witheachotherandwithGod|||
|Continuetodevelop
onlinepresence
throughwebsite,ACNY
andsocial media|Make sureonlinecontent isupto
date,attractive,engaging and
relevant|StuartBake4Sally
Wright,Lucy
Wright|Ongoing|
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|For theperiod from 0'l Jan|uary2023to31December|2423|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Lfr*'trffT:|*Im|Tel
fi-rri$|fftr)ttr
t{talf{rds|
|lrEsrEard endoffirsnts flom:|||||
|Donalionsand leEacies|62.511|2,500|65,011|60,275|
|IncometromcnaJi{ab.leaditites|8,487|2,06r|10,528|1,863|
|Othsrkadir€ adi\.ities|13^328||13,328|9.738|
|ln\astTl6nts|807||807||
|Otilor incorng||||876|
|tctathffi|fls,{1!|456r||72,927|
|Erpertitt.feon:|||||
|Raisingtunds|||Z.JUI|3.710|
|Ependi|Jmondra,rbbl6adr-\ru&s|s3,188|1,920|95,108||
|Iotalexperdhre|95,4{IE|1,920|97,416|68,'158|
|tStlnc6ne/(expeIxthrelrcoflrcesbe{trEtrarBfer|(10.3s3)|2,64f|(7,742i|4,rIq|
|Trerefure:|||||
|&cstransfersbehresn funds-in|||||
|Gosst-dnsfersbelweenfunds -dt|||||
|CtlEr reogrt$Edgsiffi/h63€tr|||||
|G6imlosseson ih\€str*eilt assaB|5,481||5,481||
|Gains onrs\dlualiofi,fu@dassdts, drarityslMus&|||||
|ItEtme.tmentinfur*|(de0r)|2,641|{2260}|4,77V|
|Fbcorlcitl*fiofloflurds|||||
|Tc*sltrrlehrt,JgttftrB.{d|7S,S!6|1,031|rE"B27|T*W|
|Tc{ali"trds carrhdfsw€rd|71,094|4,6"t2|75J66|?8,08r|
|||Staterne|nt ofAssets and Liabilities{bycode}
Asa*31December2023|nt ofAssets and Liabilities{bycode}
Asa*31December2023|nt ofAssets and Liabilities{bycode}
Asa*31December2023||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Glassandnominal cod{:|||G€n6ral(unr€strictsd)DesisnatEdRestrictod|||Endsnm6nt T6talLastllEar|||
|Fixsd,Ass€t-lnvcstmgnts|||||||||
|6441:CCLA(CBF) tmaslrne'lt tund-145||||42.187||-|42,187|37,4$0|
|6461:ESaonhEquity Fund(GoMU||||2.895||-|2.835||
|6462:Ep*rrtrEquity Fund (UK)||||s38s||'|s38s|9,098|
|||Total||il,567||-|54,5fl7|49"885|
|Current Assei- Cash At Bank|AndlnHand||||||||
|5501rNawVsstornsntac.ount-|120||s,957|||-|10,311|15,875|
|6521: DBposit accrxrnt iEpvrorlh|Cashfiss)||10.571|||-|10,s71|10,121|
|6591:C63hinhmd|||||202|||640|
|||To{al|16,528||4,622|-|21,150|27,637|
|Liability-AqencyAccounts|||||||||
|5&BB:Agency mlleclions|||||(s0)||(50)|(1,373)|
|||Total|||(sol||(50)|(1,373)|
|Liahility-Creditors:,ArnoEnts|FallingDuslnOna||Yeer||||||
|ZM: AccoufiEPaFblc||||||||68|
|||Total||||||68|
||Noltotal|assets|16,528|54,567|4,672|-|75,766|78,027|
|Representadby|||||||||
|G6n€r3l {Unrestddod}|||16.528|||-|16,528|26.S11|
|Oesignsl€d-Fl'edpgsets||||54,5C7||-|5i1,567|{s,085|
|Rest'icled-Emergency|||||2,742|-|2,7il2|&I0|
|Resticled-S€qusbafor!|||||1.S71|-|1a71|1.3S1|
|||Tolal|10,528|54,567|4,672|-|75,766|78,027|
||Eirftdale,StJohn(CharityRog"No.11281?1)|Eirftdale,StJohn(CharityRog"No.11281?1)|Eirftdale,StJohn(CharityRog"No.11281?1)||||
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||Fund|mcysment summary|||||
||S€tect8dporiod:01|January2023to 31 D6csmb€r||2023|||
|Frd|hrtdhbl$ brd.EFirwed|ffi*lg
(}igotrE
&ma
tblees|IroBtos|kad
Iss|.ddtu|MbhN
CarMfftnd|
|Geied.Germl End|265ll|95,4S5
85.113||||16.5?8|
|EmsgerEy-Em€rg@c&$d
iieqlsllM-
S€qffiBlis fifr
Flred&s$- FrEdF6ss|640
1391
4S.045|1,65,6*:
3.r{7i||5.Sr||2,702
I97;
5"1567|
|;{&k|78,77|8S,6'.I4
97.416||5,{EI||75,76d|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
||General llesigdtted|Restrict*d|Thisyear|t-asl)rear|
|Receipts|||||
|Donations and legacias|||||
|0'101-CltAd-Par'shGlingSd"rame|24,483||24.483|2,1,SBB|
|0102 -CiiflAd- Bsftklslandingftd8ls]||||2530|
|0110-Gtlid-Efteiopes|2a.oo||2,399|?.058|
|020'1-Oi)Br da*neCgitring -ParlshGling Schsffis|906||s08|880|
|0202-*herplflnnedgi\iftg-Bank(SlandingGders)|600||600||
|0210-Oherplannedgiring- En\,Elopes|||121|a16S|
|0301-Lmssplatecolled,o,rs{GASOS€{igiblei|2"78S||2,769|7.342|
|0305 -Loossplatacoflmt-ms(n6t CASDSBligible)|4||4||
|0405'.!d{rmdcnations:nonClftAd(GASDSeligible}|1,348||1,34S|1,760|
|041 5-Id+rocdsnslions:non(fftAd(notGASDSeligible)|5.812||$,*2|5,413|
|0420 - O&o-ofCifrAddsffi11olrS|2,509||5,009||
|0450- Spociai orsp*cifcapposisotr:,|1.085||r,0s5|1,641|
|0€01 -Tilrem\erableonClftAd|5,950||5.S50|8,443|
|070'1 -Lcgaoes|10.m0||'10,000||
|08Ai-Non-recurnrqons6fg{ants|2,531||2.531||
|090'1 -tlndrais'r€(geflerElJ|10||10|73A2|
|Donations and legacies Totals|62,5't1|2,500|
65,011|
60,275|
|lncome from charitableactiviti6s|||||
|'!10'1-Psrishieobr sisddir€orfunsri*|1,160|M4|2,004|1,863|
|1230-Church or Hallteting$-obiodiles|1,741||1141||
|1280 -Churih e\6nt iilcome|5,567||5.567||
|1290 -Brmchorgmisa[ons-rmipts||l.t l|1.277||
|Inc6m€from charitable activitiEs Totals|8,467|2,061|
10,528|
1,863|
|Othar trading*clivities|||||
|0!10-tuftdfiising($[ic,CBriBc.]tTibl8iry,Jumble s€l€s)|||2f"4|804|
|'124O-Chun}lor l-tall teftings-fundrdising|11,366||11,386|7.9E1|
|1250 -l',&ga:ineinmms-adrariising|246'||246|378|
|1260 - t1.Bga2,n6ln.0fi1c-5al6s|aol||8Sl|765|
|1270 -Gtlsr fmdsgsner&tod|620||420||
|Other trading aetiYitirETotals|13.328||13,328|
9,738|
|InvBstm€nts|||||
|1001*Di\idsndsfrofisharBs|357||||
|1020-Banfrrndbulldingstrietyintsest|450||450||
|lnvE$tmEntsTotals|807||8{t7|375|
|OlherineomB|||||
|1310 - lnsurancEdaifits||||o/6|
|Oth€r income Talals||||676|
||||Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||G€nEralDesignat€d ReslrictedThisyearLast llBar||||
|ReceiptsGrandTotals|85,113
1"|||72,927|
|PaynEnts|||||
|Raisingfunds|||||
|1730-Costs offundraisirE elEnts|2.W7||2,X47|3,7'10|
|Raisingfunds Totals|2,3fi7||2,307|3.710|
|Expenditureoncharitableactivitiss|||||
|'1801-G\inglr}missionarysocjelies|1.821||1.821||
|1850 -lhf,nemission|||4't2||
|1910 -DoBneryPadsh Stl8re|.183||41,183|3A55s|
|2010-SalaryotorganisUmusicians|10||10|75|
|2055 - PAYENl&Pension- Padsh Admin&Srppofi|I||s|160|
|2060-SlafiCsts(ctturcfibuildingl||||5./6|
|2101 -Oe{gyllorkingsryenses|4,7&|?6s|5,019|56|
|2140-ll4htgrrstss(dergyhorsing)||||(ar]|
|2160 -Semonpr*paratiod matBrialsandreaoutces|24||24||
|2180 -Readerexpensesandsubs(riptions|50||50||
|21S-Vsilr8speal€rs/loorns|91||91|139|
|2250-Gsfleral Mssio{Vgrpportadi\rtes|N1||401||
|2301-Insurancsp{emiurns(churchbuildirq}|3,070||s,070|2.920|
|2310 -Tol8dlone(cfnrrcfituildirElparishoffco)|335||335||
|23fi-Gganlpiamtlningand maintsnance|350||350|345|
|2330 - Churchbuildir8 maintenance (roinino)|4.509||4,599|5,1U|
|2331 -Oeaniqmalerials&equiprnont (c*rurdl tuildinE)|86||86|1.878|
|2itit5- Churchequipmentosls|2,821||2,U1||
|2340 -Upkeep0fsenices|57S||57S|'1,964|
|2345 -ChurchmnsumabNs items|836||836||
|2350- UpkBep ofdlcrfiyard&grarnds|29||2S|908|
|2360-Adminisbalion oosBforparish|425||425|1.011|
|2401-ChunflbuildirE-ele(f|1.148||1,148|622|
|2410- Churchbuilding-gas|4.139||4,139|2,193|
|2420- ChurchbuildirE-wat6r|JJ||323|185|
|2501 - [,&gazin66p6nsesincludingpflnlingcosts|885||885|531|
|2515-0ltortradingelpdndihne|544||544||
|2530 -Hall,frErbuilding-decficiry|1.339||1.339|588|
|2540-l-lall/oftsrbuildirE-gas|4,416||4,416|2,142|
|2550 -l-hlkcher h:ilding-insurance pramiums|m6||606|518|
|2560-Hallilfh8.buildi6g-maintsna*cs {mutin68|3,768||3,768|2,850|
|2585 -Ftallloherbuilding -(bnsumables|34||u||
|2590 -l-lall/OtlertuildirE-deaningrcts|4.176||4,170|2:45|
|2599 -Brmcfr0$nisalion-paynents|50|1,656|1,706||
|2701 -Churdl buildiftg maiorropairs -shr{ra|6.958||5,958||
|2720 - Churchbuildir€inbdorand€{Erior docoralion|2,856||2,856||
|2801 -Hallloittsrb{rilding majorrepaiE-sfuclurB||||565|
|2820-l-talllolher buildirE major repails-irlstallalon||||379|
|ExpenditureoncharitableactiviliesTotalg
PayncntsGrand Totals|93,r88
95,495|1,920
1,920|95,108
nff|
64,447
68,158|
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