ST JOHN THE BAPTIST 8URSCOUGH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL for the year ended 31 December 2024 NARRATIVE REPORT FOR 2024 Bxkground Under tho of th• SyTh)th•l G¢>vommgnt Me48ure 1W. 1115 duty of ts Fr￿￿bent and the Parochwl Church Counol rfh8 PCC. or-st John'$l b ?￿8￿1t09el￿r0n mthrs ofgeneral 0￿COM and importance in the parish. The m81n of The PCC Is to aloTrytd* with the VThr In the mtsskn ofthe Church. pastoral. eV￿ells11c. sc#ial etyjIn￿Thl. In to the Paiish Clwrth, there is a mi￿10￿ Chwch. St. Alm8 and wrp0805 The g￿181 trJnd1c￿ of The PCC are stot•d withln secth)n 2 of the P8rothkg1 Church CouncOL4 (Powers) Measur¥ 1988. Burs¢>Jryh PCC Is a Rwstèrèd Charity. Ils re ' ler&J numbgr is 1128273. The PCC ga￿ ¢crfMitleral*Jn to thè Ch81ity Ci¥nmLsS￿$ guidance on pullk benerrt and. in partKul8r. tr* are a thrfvtNJ 8vwvJelkal church with a ¢ombkn*h)n (I both tr&Jih)nal 8nd ())ltt￿￿ary s￿(￿, mlive 8XPm8ions of worstrop and strong lith to our locd community, all mth possib]0 by a commltt¢d team and rAid and lay peopl8. 18 a WKle range ofwmhiwng sty* a￿1 our worshippm￿ wnmunity IS to be a mix of all ￿e$. All made pos¥l￿e by a d8(Icatsd team of pakl staff and vcluntefjrs At St. Jthrfs wg hw a vtsion statemert Our to PfOGlolm the Gospel ofour Lord Chrht K) TNord arnl xlion. awdkn9 to t1￿ doctrln8s and practices ofthe Church of Er*nd. Obi•ctiv•s. acllvlllos and plans lor th• fu￿rn Our obpthes ft>r 2024 were lo tu•Mrds Pwish Viston Slalwnw We sought to fvlfil Ihis bryBion ty wowding thelJlwlrg put4￿ b￿.. Knowlng J•su•' Lo¥• Regul¥ woTrhlp Op￿ to 811., The pmvisw* of sacred sp￿8 for pejrsonal prayerand c¢Nrtemplabon a￿1 ￿pIng to aecoss preyer To revpw (xtr in order to whance the b68uty of our wothp and makg our ￿$￿81 office8 Gro*lng In Jw$' love Teathirwd of Chrtsliartyllvo￿ wmcTh. C*JUT8es aNI tsmall gn)up. LeadTwJ cdlectwe wotship in schooLE Provbkj) dui* vllh a Chr*tsan Ill￿. Sh•m¥ J•*￿ I Pastoral ¥ishIr￿ the sit*, b8r•av•d, hou88trtwnd. those tn v88kl8nlial care h)me8 and tlThe In need; Pron￿tIng the whole miSs￿n of tho Church through kYovk%hin of acthth¥ for al ages fvr thos• wilh partrojlar I￿$,. SupporliThJ cdherdwilieB in 1he UK overseas by wr TThS8ion givin9', A FTogramme of swias and w4enls to exteThJ and deepen commLmty: and Buildmg rm ecurn￿k•l parlnwshlt*. Achlevernents and perforniance In all areas ofnwnwty St aims to keep Jesus at Ihe centre ofall tyJr&b¥itss. Al W￿ do p)S51￿• through the hard wort ofthe slaff and a ￿￿t￿l￿de of¥olunteers wm) hdp carry out the MI￿on ofth8 ¢hur¢h. We Ilketo all the Staff aThl VLlunteern w￿) so m*e our church thts wdccyniry and VIbr￿t worshwjpww ts)kYwN1￿y it i Staff Team.. Administr** Opern¢l￿ Manag ch￿dr￿n and F8fr41ies COc¥dna￿v Youth YcAry Athlts Vtsbrker Joanna Marnhall Pa8t(Kal and Social Juslice C￿r￿n*Y Davld Emmètt R¢ad8r chil￿1￿ Don Readgr Dlane Taylor.H8rvfisc v￿ar Euiott ITeton Islnce 25 June 20241 David Banlyjry (untm 14 January 2￿4) Dovle Emmatt {Si￿e 22 Juno 2024) Lesley Mill J•nr¥o th)rt Curate The dwrch also SluwlAshL¥oft and Baxttras cr¥n￿. We Ihankftd fiyth•rdilfvt ￿re of our buildirys. PAlntstry thi8 year. Ofler&J a broad rang8 of OpP￿1n111eS for tw[40 to connect wlth God worshlp. Provvjed a wid• ofaLkn, ovents and wp8 forchLthn, y(4mg p#ylg arml famllÈ8. Adiv8ty 0Th3awl in sw>poth"ng I[￿al schod8 ovr two CE Prfmary Scknts. A prcgramme foryth adLts In(￿Ing grtr•&iNJ in the bxal Flgh Sthoc4. A dev*iFxng (1sdpl8shlp kywamffle. Support for Small groups and le8dgrs. Further develop our VIS￿ for mlni%ty In Buiscw Iwid. Hel￿rg Peo￿ exptofè falth in ChrMt thr￿ >2-1 basics courn•. Support for mi88lon inilwtwe8 In the UK and ov0F8ea8 indud1￿ swific rnissM Pasloral Ca￿ BUPPK*t In ¥ vAd• rnngp of C£￿ta￿￿ 0ccg5ior￿l offices. FolIty￿r￿ a Fit for klls*)n fFff4qi ¥(*8 in 21723 to'acl as Ir PCC h2B c(rfrtlTh*d to wtth aThJ further explore thg Parish. This has irKguded. aThwt¢lhor IIHngs. paTtidpaOw in a nurrthr offv tharpJe teams. b¢iry a venue for thè Cuwivate cww, I￿511n9 the'one* year on. FIM informalkn tvormng. Th￿￿ have been posltr¥e step8 made for Mut[￿ support and cottab0ratw￿ ￿08¥ tradilwl tK>uThJartes but PCC have COnd￿d not to withJoHiing a Largw &ngle Parfsh wllhNI Ffm al Ihis twn?. Attheirfind vKekend us in January 2024, said a s•J f￿1 faTwAI to Rev David Kothy Banbury. moved on from St Johns this yw. we hugety grAlefulfor L)avKfs 188d8rship overthe past 6 years, and ttwh the pandemiC￿l￿¢h has b88n a line ofUnpr￿$n￿ uwKertainty. 'Adapt and overcJJme' VAN b8 somthirvJ we ￿ forwath wllh us Into our no¥t cJ•as a ¢hwch. Thank youl Towards the orKI of 2023. we Announ￿￿ thal our n8w inrJJnthnt wcdd be Rev. Elliott Ir•kn. Em￿, Jo and famly loirnd u8 in June 2024 Our aims for2025 ar•a¥ fullv*&" Offer • tMDod ofw¢)rslip 8ervtCgS. Priryibse with thitdren and families. Actively er¥Jage in kn¢ot scho￿8 partkulaty ¢)uT two CE S￿￿1$. PIoneerwo￿ ni98tng ger￿all0n (11.298). Reestabllshing men's aThJ *rxnerf8 mlFWStry. D0vak)pTh￿nt ofdbdpl88hip wograrrAne paitthlth thrnugh supwrt and trankn9 dsmal 9￿up Wgrs. Explore the devewnent ot￿r.C￿JrCh VISI￿ Statemerf; Run C￿1￿$￿ to hdp peopl& Connèct a￿1 gw in failh Partic￿0[￿ thè &2-1 cour88. Be Inten￿nallY outrHard focussed in ow disa*ship 'Love where you in￿81￿6$ indudiThJ the coffm moming. Improve our ¢L*nmLm￿atms eSp￿181[Y onlin¢ arKI through s￿107 mwjia. ContIn￿￿ ¢knlLyngnt and SLWOrt ofrxjr ffl15si￿J path8rships. ProvL%*Jn of eff•¢tive pa8toral w in a T¢Ad8 rangg olcontext8. Develop our hospitality and w*c4ng. Work with LNarK￿l dtocese and Ckn)skith Deww to extlfXO Ihe Frt*)r MIMlon I*(>gram￿* and parUJJl*to addre4s Conc￿ by PCC. Strength¥n and invest in th¢ Staff Team and gi¥e 0)￿ld￿010n to fuiurn pattwn8 wSlh regard to 8tafflng levets ofoYd#irtgJ minF3ty ¥￿thin the wl$h. Flnanclal r•vlew Our t1￿9•1 for ￿24 was set toward8 the end d 2023 arwj vas a dthit cl £28,110 whlch 8eek8 to Ir￿Ude all und0ty1￿ Inccxne 8nd ￿N￿J&ture as well as on￿ff OXF4ndllure knrA¥n at ts lkne of Setting th8 budget. T principles whth w6 appty in $ettOng out l￿d92t 1$ to be reali%tic In wr assumptr)n$ OVeT ongLNng loveh of c(MYJregab"onal ¥ving. and s11O11ty pnKlent on expendlbjre wthere there is eslwnation u￿rts1nty. Incom Our In￿Me from r8gul•r plan1￿d cmjieyabonal has t*en ah*l of budw durry 2024. fo[krt￿g tea¢hiD3 in b)th j￿￿ary arKt Othr 2024. Once again ￿ thank ow i*urch merthrs for their ￿•1(￿. and Saciificl￿ givlng twhkh ts the prlmary way wo wr work here * St Jthns. Two years ago wo laurKhed the Par￿h s¢￿ fPGVI as a w for rIg￿T givws to make mnlhty donations. PGS 18 a free se￿￿? to us by fv Diocese, it coNthn8te¥ regularmonth￿ giving and aThanggs all matt8r8 relaling lo Gift Aid which rethNO admin 1ndmd￿l c*urches I￿1r finan￿ teams. To Il*e, applU￿rnatelY 80% of our regular order gMtyJ has been swit¢hg11 a(¥DS8 to PGS-Th8nk youl Thi8 reaty thes mok¥ 8 tsg differ8nL* to the Iwne noeded to pr¢Ke58 our regular gMrKJ. Foranyone not yet u3ing PGS. p￿aSe do tslk to us, this $lmF4e mechanism sove8 tsam Iwne and effort. FLY context. have (￿r numberofirLdividual wo¢esslng tran8adw by I,￿ Itewts thi5 year due to PGSI The uptske and on￿1￿j u$8ge oftyjr I￿8kIY orwek•pe5 has C(￿tiM￿d to dgJin8 thirirwj 2ff24 wilh approximatety 10 rwlar u8ers. Twrds the end of 2024. the PCC decldod to brfng the weekty MveloFe 8chame to ¥n 8t>J, 7Mth the 8irnple attematrts lo use the rvadfy *va￿a￿e while erwelopes which in the back of each pew. We are hugely gratefrjl for￿1 donalM)ns. and for God's proviston of gilts. through the w¢ekly envelope SCh￿e over sl￿ a perfod oftinr. We have cc¥nmUn￿tiw th* our preference for ￿vIng ￿ PGS or Onjer. but for th¢)Be uTrat4e to utilise those methclls. we rn(xynmend tt￿t indviiduals Tek4ac•w*kty envelop8s ￿ the vthitè'grft aid. envelcyo¥ wlwL* are availaL48 n (knh. Our loc6e Fdatg offertory CoMin￿S to bo re¢8ivèd at 8 level lower than pr￿ndem￿. is partialty due to a higher ￿rthr otregular givers, but algo folkm Ihe n8l¥Jnal trend ol f¥￿r.caSh trar6actions'. To D￿nterart this, we have purchaBed arKI inst8ifad a cont*les$ gNiTrJ termlnol in th& End of Sl j0hr￿ to provide o qLrth and Th8 k)¢o1 I(￿dbank Creating a Wl nwssion aThJ minHtry fuThJ. totsl app881 raised £25.C44. mfj¥Nng that pfthg three ¥eas re¢•ived £8.348. Thè for Fwd Ba just P&8ses through th¢ thurch, so thes notlorm pgrtofourinrAyne ￿ra¥p￿IllIUre, butlhe nw)niB8 foT Love ￿[8 you ￿ve and Mis$lon and Ministry fvnd have been processed throu￿? fpAT re8trKaed re8ervèÈ sat Ihe year. Wg IoL* foThv8rd to 84¢ing tst morny wt to woth over the comiThJ mvnttm. Church hall 1gt16ng has ¢kneas¢d in the year as we lost a regular bookirrfJ ¢arly in the year. we gratefjjl for th longstandKYd r8￿￿onShIpS w• have our hal uw3. and we con1n￿ to b8 on ts [oth￿rt for (ther reg￿￿ hall users, $0 Ih8t we can m8kè the rnost of ourfantaslic asset in the centre ofthe vlllo90. Oiw vacant aYat8s propty has been 18a*J IYA %)r the niwity of ts yw, w￿lding a mfxthty inc(¥ne In tha region of £900 whf¢h is a wokoma bxist to the financ*8. As a wor5hwry Chiisfiw comnwnity it 1$ immnt that we regulwly rev*w ¢JJr giving In the Ight of God's generosity to us and take ThJt8 not ¢nty of the impact ol irfflallon our atslty lo wnmunty &Xivities, conshjer Ihe Itve8 we are ablg to Change and improve th¥se peoFle (8)ming to kn£￿ Jesus. My uthuirg expari8nce of St Joms arml St An¢trth¥s Is radKal g￿l￿sty cothirths to be demonstratod. and this means Ihgt we continu9 10 gnTr)y 8UPPOrting o wlde rnnge of projects both in Burs(*ugh and beyond. Ex Wt have been lo￿n*t8 thts yew that thue t*•n ¥wy Itue unfore88en ex￿$thrO rgquirBd on of our buildlngs. We w¢r• notified that our p*l8h Bhare for 2024 would be bm8dPy eonsist•rt wth 2023, wthl¢h k aPPOXiTnatety £7,LXQ less we o¥perted inibaly. We knowthal Parish Shareis being held artifiaalty byoneoff funding gran￿jt0 th& DKJ¢e3eCentsaI￿. and as such, the PCC has decadedto hofdthèaddtt*)nal £7k kn designated reseN•s with a view to In¢reasiw our n￿ssIon and mintstiy accl￿dinglY. I conlirnp to I>MI IhatW8 TAwe fft thevery posthon to hohj afLxed pill￿ energy c(x)trad fDr St John8 and the church hall, V4P *0 brougm St Andre¢/s Cr8btree into Ihat arrnrvJementthi% y6OT. Alhowh thes6contra¢ts wer• r8n8wed ￿ Wemtw 2023, ￿ are ¢urrentty pawng o unrt pite whKh is b•bw the wico w, and man4emenl of tho nffiv(rnh) h• sy¥tom kn St Jthn's h8$ rnudted in g￿ne $1wft•rt redudi(Th in talal gas age in ts main church tknng the year. we made NKKlest savlnys on couneli tax and water fates dur1￿ the Interwrvxn as the vicara vras vacant. Wa al80 0)nllnu8 to benefft (firwKi911y) from our lethry of the ￿TateS Fwrty, again n*ning that councl th and water r* •re rmrt patd ty Church. We hav• olsocompfetsd 8 num￿r01M1nor￿ryk¥ totyjrtststs Sn theyew, Ihe8e indLhladYefftthgthe thxYbehv••n the prayer arrfl the cl￿rCh at St jth￿, r8pth in the thLYch c¥paiK and n￿erOUs smaller matters IhroLKtsKrt1he year. ￿ gwe tha￿ and the ow>iThJ th of Step￿. D8¥ld and the e8tates Iw for m8naglng aThJ ourbuldhig8 50 We havo w¢ctyJnternd some ¢Iffi￿lI1[88 wilh ow c*ur¢hyarf m*rtenanc• duiing th& year. in an earfy tsnnirth of that 8wewnent. Vk we d*hted IhBt hwle m8de a n￿1 appowthnt for 2025. and h￿ety gratafvl for the by ot our cthh ttwregalicffi ni mtyY#¥. ¥trwThning mainta.ning Ihe churthyord th￿ ￿ year. We akn reojgnise Ihe ￿ntriL¥JI0n ofthe K￿Y￿k tewn VA have comp￿1 many Ma￿tenanC• tssks in the dwr¢hyarf agam) this year. sutF4u$ of£35.828 Ir¢lth OJnai(MwloNards the Hwvest wsal 2024. The 3urplu8 can b• **s8d irrto tho ￿lMing otwJor*s St Jiths clwxh- gener81 fund £14.042 tsu￿ dthit £1.871 d8ftit £7,473 (transf8rr&l Hi Sl John'$ 9gngrn1 funrfj St JoM8 chxch Mi8Skin aThJ M￿*￿-d￿9r¢tod Subtt>tsl ov•r*ll unm*t￿¢t0d fund8 £19.222 Burph Lovewhwe Y￿ I￿￿- f4thd Missitin ￿tre￿- re8trio*ed TOTAL £8,0&ry suiplus IW up HaN8612024 appeal) £8,348 Su￿lUSI$et up Hwvest 2W24 appeaD 26su Wt m￿t roccrfJiMse thgtthi¥ is not a true rèfloclon of wr un(￿r￿1￿j and expend￿re as we ¢urr enjoy irrnme rathgrthan expwtse from our ojrate's propty at WarFers Mo$8, Should we requ￿ this propety for our new we would roduce our onwr¥J px81l1￿ by approximotely £17.(N)) pw ygar. Had that been th& sa this year. Itw PCC'& result *)Fth• ￿TIv0U￿* been broalty a brnakry*ffjn ￿>SItIon. Lookin At th• stort of2024 we ￿ld a weok Of50￿ wh8Tr we weocfRd attht ¥acrtfic4al glvirvJ and set OLrtth•finanrial FA)8thon of our chur¢h as a vknole*. later in ALbtwnn 2024. Elltott and Pet• provtile(l an update ¢)n oJr finanaal poth 8n(J 8et f￿r finandal A foTeca8t deffat forthe yearZ024 . £5.LYJO Cost of infi8tD)n for ye8r 2025- £5.0(KI A IIW Incr￿? in par18h 8har8 In the reghjn of £6,OtxJ Th• rngd lo hw8e our now gJr8te. therefore losiry rentsl Fnc4me ir￿Umn9 8ddilThd associated htsusing o)sts- £17,000 18m delighted to report that ¢m¢o 4wn. the ofour cotvJreg0Uc￿, and the failhkJIne￿ of God has l•d to 1.) Changes kn the giwng of ow church h8s m¥ant that the def￿11 pos11c￿ crf £5k h•s b••n co¥8rgd by IncW￿ to regulai 9￿ing. 2.) We the be8n notrfed that inst&ad of an irKre&ge kn pafish shara. we 8fe aduaty govy to rtre1￿ a decfe8se for 2025 crf 13% whi¢h IB eqthlgnt to a ￿￿￿ctiOn of£16,(A)O. 3.) We expe(*the ne* ¢urntewll eled to their iyopeity. aml a& su¢h w Wto r*in ow curyent renlal [r￿or￿. An annual Is Prepa￿ to plan OUT finances and enabl8 them to be rThJnitored. Ath•l r&%ults cowowed vAlh budget are nw)nilorad by the Hon. Treaswer. Incumbont, and Chur¢h Warden5. Th8 Twsuier f(xmaNy reports on all ffin*Kial matters lo PCC memb8rs at PCC meetings for th￿r review and divJjss￿. PCC knv8sknenls are held in knv rtsk fi￿d3 appr(wed fDrthaiity use. PJI are approwiltdy nsured. insura￿￿ lavels rBviBwed and approved wffluatty. ReSI￿t￿l for a p9rf1¢￿aT ministy purpxe. At 31 D￿lber 2024 the urwerrt polbon 0fth￿ funds Is £256.046 (2023.. £￿.642). has ulcreabed by £16.404 to the donated thrw#i our 2024 Havesl Appeal. Of ou¥ restrKted reserves. £230.282 L8 Inve8tod in the ￿[*,8 how on W8ry>er5 Moss th ￿K1 the chwch hall. )d is Iherefom not hekl as cash. Grnntmaklng pollcy st. Johrfs m8de to Mi5Ston ATri*in F•lcw51Np. and Famty assist kt41 am. ￿ld1110t781 Sm410rgra￿ are awarthj to oruani8at*M aThJ members wothirw in ftwssM)n. We have also supported To8r Fund, MAF and W8komè Chun*e$ durlr¥ the ￿r. raised * our haNest in SUPFKJrt of the BIw8ctyJgh MethoJi&t FothnK e8taithiwy ￿ naw Iwdihp lurKI 'L0￿ Where You and a wfund to enat4e mtssi(m aNI mrnTrsty in our W •r63. Grwts are &waft￿l b) ¢*g￿lIa￿ and churth nwnb*5 I￿￿1r￿j kn m1$81on after an evafuatth cle8ch c*8e. All grving follows The PCtr$ mt8sh)n Fdtcy for th• promthn oftha ch￿￿18n gow)d in proclamth and wal •ct*)n throUgh￿rt the world. R•S•r￿ pollcy Consequth, thtr of The PCC 1$ to up reJeryes b8yoThl th8 wrkng n88ts of tho charlty. a)d, wh8r8¥8r powble, to eX[￿d incLvne rnceNed during ofeach ftnandal year on its P￿F￿. H(wrn*, in orderloensure that the chureh h•$ Sufficient￿￿tr￿ ¢•pital to meetlts obllgatlry)s to118 en¥>loyees and creiltor8. th8 Trustè&s gim to hDld suffwJwrt Yree. reserves. 'Free Reserves. ts defined as tolal ￿1*￿{ricaed ￿￿J$.10$S long tom a88ots whlGh are to be Se￿ed o a perioj of gre8ter than rme year. Free res8N8s 0$ at 31 December 2024 SI￿d at £79.717 f2023.'£60.495). Durkng the year. Ihe PCC ha8 recortsid8rad its reserve5 pdicy aThJ have conduded that we wsh to ccwer at lea* Six rncrfrths. net expendfturè in Te88rve. afterlaklng irrto account rngular montw donalth in￿rne gr¥en by StaTrJkng order arHI PGS. W8 have 8180 deuded to ex¢kth amounis paid over to the Burscough Outreach Trust in respect the gaL8rbs of tha￿eMplOYe# as the T￿￿ has ib•tFa 6 mor#h ra8•n￿ co¥erthoso a¥p￿￿￿. As at 31 D￿rTts 2024. Ilwl ¢akWlh1iL￿ Wcrts 8$ fdlm." 8 months of Total budgeted gxpgNJlture for 2025: £136,071 L￿￿.. salary contribution to Burscough Outreach Tntst for same 6 rn￿1h pwiod {£23.(QO) Lès8: Bud slanthn order and PGS for same 6 Tr#)nlh TOTAL Therefi)re. as ourfw of £79.717 aro in of6 m￿th8 net expendltwe. a￿ acli¥J in complianc vAlh w reEeTve Fdcy. The TnL%t8e8 conliTh￿ to bo mindfvjl of thls free resems larget kn maktrrtJ decth)ns and alkKatkng The PCC I￿Ome5 all gifts in will¥, hthvthfer large or small. It Is our pdicy to u8e legacy gfts to ￿1p fvnd development projects that wll benefit p8ri8h. and Io SWF(*t outreath to our l(Kal communty. Over the years n8ed8 and Iherofore everyone is ¢Txoryed to l&ave a gift in Ihelr VblTh for the purk¥)ses of th8 p￿. r3lher than for Trstri￿ pury>osa*. ind￿01¢￿. ￿ PCC prOn￿e to disws thè po88it>le Ltses of a 18gaw gft with tr• •¥er￿￿5 ￿ to bw in nind the kniy*n wea¥ Ixl rnterest hdd trjf person leaving fvl gfft. Rl8k management The PCC hes C￿ndUCted a rev*M of the major rfsks lo ch8rUy is exFrtwd. A rfsk reoistw has beèn estsblthed and kupdat8d annualty. Mthere approwiate. system$ and preCe￿rn$ tr•¥e been gBtablish&J lo nmbgate thè rfsks that the church faEe8. Pr￿ed￿rn$ arn in place to ansurn wnpliance vAlh health and tsafdy of staff. voluntew8 and ¥1￿1(￿. The 8chedulè olrnaior risks and uncertainlt•¥ identsfied is set ¥Jrton page 8. Related parties Oetarfs ofrdated port* •Te gri8n 14 ofth8 IIrFa￿al 81at¢merrt8. Funds hdd as cu8todlan trustees on behalf of othern th8 Burscough OLrtwth Tll￿t. It is ￿gregated within our CCLA Deposit Fund wilh a sfjpgrale Deposlt A￿oUnt Nurnber. The assixxatim *ith the Bur8cough o￿tr￿h Twst is defined bdow ur¥Jer'SlnJctur•, manag•ment an gcNerrOr￿￿'. The bo10￿e hekl as at 31 DWi￿r2024 is £42.(NJ) (2ff23.' £42,(KV). rho PCC as 8 fro￿al ag*it forthe people1￿gaI￿s8f￿￿ in th* yw. Llve Diocesan P4)eNI of Finw LDBF. - 8 pthi dfees trweddlngs. ￿ne￿I$ and ¢)thfjr occa$iw* offices are to the LDBF. St Johns mak8s rnguknr payment ofthg$9 m¢)nies lo LDBF. £79 vrd8 at yeor*KI. Thts moneywas di$trt*rt•J to LDBF in accorthcé with ¢urrwt diocesan Or arfsts V and Grave Di r5- Sinli 8ty to Ihe LDBF fee5. ￿neY k8 frorn w8th1ing (xjuples and Funernl Ditors. in reg•d lo vergern musician trweddings. fiJner a￿1 ￿rIalS rèwtivdy. Of￿￿Ch £125wa$ ￿Wing at y￿r WKI. This money was poss8d on to the rekvant indr11th￿s. kn appropriate. a pro￿￿ ofthis money was s•paratsd Berrt dIr￿lY to HMRC in refatx>n to iwtome tax p8ym8nts. CNldrw)'s ￿10 p1vn￿llY through the Cthslirwle serykes. Due to tha trming oflhe cdlth. Ifds was an oMrvJ at yeareTrJ. m(YKe¥ have b8en distributod to the Chmdren's Socty in Jan￿ry 21Y25. Harvast 2024 a l- Our haNest appeal was p￿tiallY in wport ofth8 Bur$C￿gh MotMdl$t Fo>lJank £8,4S) is OWiThJ to Ihè food08￿{85 al yearerKI and has been distrityjted in Jwwary 2025. Lunth Aid- th*1ng thè year. the bonkirwJ arrwgements for ow Lunch AKI ryNntsty have beon bTOU9ht into Ihe St JolTh slalem&th. PrevI￿$1y tlw (wated a separats b8nk a¢¢ount. As * the year end. there bs a tolal of£1.437 hekl on bthglfof LwK* hxl, the w ofwthlch wdl be by the mgdar atteThlg¥5 ofthat rnirmsty. ueonxoLwI Hos -(xY Coroh by ￿d￿Ight seNke rncepied don•0￿ of £1.321 forthe bel￿fit of Q￿nscourt hospK•. Th¢ PCC has Matc￿ that fuThJwu frcrfn our 2024 9r8nt mthiTha and has 8enl £2.642 to thts organisatvjn in Janu•ry 2025. Th? PCC also hoth paKI in ty Mort￿R￿firtUre pJknh and hdiday4 •rn1 miu#)n trps. Structur•. management and governance Th& PCC Y6 a ojiporate bcéy e8tablished byth8 Chur¢h ofEngland. ￿ PCC qjeratss underthe Paroc1￿1 c1￿￿h Cwicl$ IP(h¥*51 Measuro 1956 (as wdthe (*urch Rewesurtth Rules. The PCC 15 a190 8 r8gistsr chanty opBr*ing under Ihe raqurnn￿ts irfthe Clwrtttes Act 2011. The Burscough Outrèach Tn¥t is a ch8rtywh￿h shareg a numbfjrofcoffl￿n Iwstsg8 with thB PCC. There we no phys￿1 ass•ls in this trust. The tr￿1 L8 rnanag￿ r88tritid fjjnds for c*lklren 8nd youth wor Pastoral care and certain charfoble Wving. The wiwlmeni af PCC mwnbw8 IB gownxd by •nd the Chwth Represert￿on Rules. The PCC rAJmprisès dl Ihe dwgy. the tlvo thur(*warthns {•Je¢ted annualty at thè polish meeling unmediatety pr￿Ing the APCM). lay rneM￿ annually at tho APCM, and lay d8ded Bvery three yews as St. John's representative8 on the Omi$kirk Deaw Synod. A￿d￿Onalty. the PCC ha$ the right to co￿p1 m8mbars. All ¢hurt* are enctyjrapj to rggistw cm the El￿t￿￿ Roll stand *Jr elth to PCC. Thè PCC revisited the kn aTrJ ofthe ¢haity. The PCC have re¥i8%sEd and approved ljeath safety Hèalth ar￿ S8(•ty wulrements are miw*d regulaty by kntyvkndgeable WKl¥rthe inslnth oflhe PCC. to ena￿e th¢ PCC to aFVai8e risks ond Imk%w*nt neceBSary ¢rynplbance Prncedur•8 for recordiig ar￿ertS are in pl￿. Athninistrativo infomiation PCC Mom1￿¥hIP Nan End Date Prièst in Char 25 M8r¢h 2018 25 Junts 2024 14 Janua 2024 Rev. E￿￿tt Jreton Curato8." l8j￿2023 18 June 2023 Rev. David Emmett 22 June 2024 2022 2tr23 2017 2020 Chuth Wardens: Dean6 S trj: Mark Ta C￿8 Hu or 2026 2026 2Q4 2027 Crabtr8e R Estates Mana EIKt•(l Membe 2018 2019 2022 2023 Hon. Tr&%urer MaxL 2025 2026 Helen C(kn 2023 2024 first 2027 2027 2027 Sam Ta It is consideffjd th8t al P.C.C. tMmb•s and any Oth￿ who couhj be ￿d￿$t0[￿J as'm8nagers' kn trt off8lr8 e4 activittes of St. Jthn the Baptst Churth. Bursccwh are do¢rr*d lo te proprf uThJer of Ihe FNance Acl 2010. All P.C.C. fflgn￿ elecled ft>r the ffr8tlJme aThJ any othern who have t*en r￿ecte(j to the P.C.C. aft8r an of sometime are suppli&J vmh thè copie5 of mlnutes of P.C.C. me81#igs for the last year. are given a copy oflhe last Annu￿ Rwt and Accounts. *d Invlted to meet wth Iho P.C.C. Treasurw. the Church Ward8n$ 8nd the I￿umbant in order that they may be thorWty btsfed oft thè fmnLial ¥i￿al￿)n oflhe Parish. St•)i*rvJ Ccqnrnittee is errgcwrned by The PCC to make deciS￿s i*1We￿ PCC n*olwvJ$. The minutes oftha Slanthng CC￿7￿1ttee meetings a￿ cirojlated to PCC rnembers. StJohn Ihe B8plts¢ Scf#Jof L￿e. BursC￿gh, L40 4AE Ra Can(m Da*d B•*wy- until l4Janw2￿4 We have apwnted Rev Ellott ITet(m the Incomlr incLwnb&nt. hè will lalol kn 21)24 B•ftkorn DwmmTrJ House (C4) 8r•nth 1 Avenug. E(*)bwih. EH12 WN Ccw Btsnk Delf House. Sotthvdy Skehm8r8dafe, 8NY Indopndent Examlnw Rw. A A cl￿en1* Padsh of St Jthn the Baptist Bur8cough &Td06 1128273 Charlty Numb IdAJOR RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES teading lo Inwsed rnst base and thwethxe SL Jd¥rf8 on (>Ks ￿dthe generc¢ of lh* wryryation to meat its frbartial needs, c4)re Our aim SB to 6 months of Yree unTeslrkted the beh•lourof sen1t￿ lea(ler8bNp or statf Organisat•￿al vafues S￿ ¢learty deffned and rOw￿rIY communuted. pra￿ ar¥J are centralfo Ile at & John'& and staff. vulnerat48 *lutt sar¥guard￿9 st. John's is cknsety wilh thg Dh)c•s$ of Liv*pwl kn en¥m that bt models t*st practre in vulnwabte adults aro requiwl lo complete the Harm come8 to t￿lE0r5 or*aff tXt8 to ￿ of approwate a￿1 complarrt trI￿th & Safgty Rsgularheth at)d sahty Iwirvj takes ptace at PCC Me￿Ing$. PoordeclsiuFmaknNJ arbj bl￿th ol PCC m80tNy struiknro8 are ojmplkgnt wth pcc kni. Inabilty to opw*& in a continiffty pkqnnhvJ. Business (xth eA)mprorni8&J or uilk* data thrDugh cYt*r-8t￿th. rnainten8r￿ oftwD churth bulthw #nd the church hal. maintenm and hi¥ostrnent in our bildings. Slgned on bohall of th• Gharfty'strwl Slgnaturn{¥) and la Full namd•) Rev. Elott Ire P04Won (•g S•cMt•ry. Chir. Hon. Treagu 8nd PCC Chak I hff,I loLf 1 14lLs PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. BURSCOUGH STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivrrEs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 TOTAL FUIffl>S TOTAL FUIIDS INCOMING RESOURCES 3(a) 30) 246.WJ3 11816 2613(e 247.954 8,505 10,549 4c) 16,W 16,W29 17,886 3( 8.935 12,911 3(8) 6.39) roTAL IIICOMWIO RE90URCES 288,591 16,816 3QTh407 295, RESOURCES EXPEMDB) (￿,169) (4121 1269.5811 (307.¥201 4(b) 4(e) 4(d) 12001 TOTAL R&8OURCES EXPENDED 412 308,120 INCOAIEIIEXPENDITUREI BEFORE 19222 16,404 112.43)) . R081Med . Unreali8•d Ef INCOMEMEXPENDMIR 19222 12.430 rRANSFER 8￿EN FLSNDS 19,222 16,404 35,626 112,4301 IALANCES ￿ at 1stJANUARY 2024 144213 163,43S 419,481 11 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL the ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. BURSCOUGH BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024 30 T4ngtt>lo fNod a$8¢18 314,(r 314,C(() URRENT ISSETS 3.210 Shortterm 1(￿,5T7 105.577 Coglt atbank In hthid 71.288 31858 179,854 144,445 LWIUTIES: Amouirfs FALLING DUE ONeYEAR io {67.2511 157.1411 NET CURREIIT ASSErs 112.W3 LWBIUTES: AMOUNT3 FALU140 DUE AFTER ONEYEAR 17,1221 117,4491 419,481 383,855 PARISH FUIIDS vnr98ti￿X8d 12 163,435 144,213 13 258.046 239,842 419,481 383.855 4pprov&J bythè p¥￿h1a1 Clw¢h Countsl 2W25 and on ts bBhalf by. E. Ire IrKar 4on Tr￿UTer 12 PARQCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, BURSCOUGH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEIABER 2024 financial 8lat•Thwts a ￿n9 c4nc4m bas4 undor hi#orfKo1 The flnw¢l•l $tatetMts havè bw pr¢psr•d In accudane• wlth thè Ctwrth Ac¢ounling Regulation8 2CrfJ6 towtrw with th FiMn¢ial R8FQtlJrtg StaTrJard aPp&￿bIg In UK Republ￿ of Irplaryi IFRS 1021. The ¢haiity 1$ a publ* b•ngftt 8ntity for Ihè purpJs88 ol FRS 102 arnt therefo￿ the d)•rity prepared finano81 ststwnents in xrxyd•nu byilh th8 Stat•mnt of ReccomorvJ8d Pr8¢*re apty1￿1￿e to ¢*arlU88 prnpaAr¥J thairaT￿Trts in ￿￿Idarth with the Finanaal ReFoth Standard in thè UK and Re￿i￿of Ir•W FRS 1(r2 Chalths SCIIP) ar*J ttEC￿¥6bOS ACL Endtr*mrt lurKls, tho ¢aprtal of *thtch must b• mah)lalMtr, onty aTXiry fr(*m Inve817wth ofthe R¢5kn¢Xed repreBent (al Incom8 from trusts or may b8 experx1ed onty on thc4e r88tricted o provrded in the ternis of thèthL8t orbsqrt ￿) donalons or grants for 8 obi•ct or Invftod by PCC a i¥fic £*"ed. Tha fvndB may only b? eXp￿j th lh• sP8dfic obi8LI for Itw w¥e given. Any bAlants remaining Un9￿nt at th• of 08th ￿ar must t* ¢arrl8d 0$ 8 b8larKe ￿ that fu￿ The PCC dc•5 inv•&t 88parat8ty fLY 8ath lund. Wtwo there is nD 5epawale in¥B*mnt irtawt ￿ aM)￿tio￿d lo i￿*￿d￿￿1 fuThJ8 on 4n averag& Wal￿ basis. Unr96tricted ftjnds am g8r*F¥I fvndB T•thlth bo usgd for PCC 0￿1n1ry purpc••& Plann￿ gNNvJ. col*tions, th)thn8, grnnts and legaci95 are when th? PCC is notif*d loyal tl* arnOLmt due is quantifiable. aThl rt6 uif#naB recEipI ty th8 PCC is wobabb. I￿￿￿e t&x r•ea¥•rabl• ￿ Gift All donati￿5 Is thè in¢tsn¢ is YeGrynl8•d. 147tw••t ¢)n b¥nk awoLmts 18 ac£oun￿l ts as it Al 0￿r incDm IB is inwffed and arcountsd forgross. Con80C¥ated bèr*fK• prnperty IB not inrA￿￿ed In thè Sta￿nts in 8cwthKe*lth s.10(2) ofbkn Charth8s 2011. Mov*• church held ty ljw aThl ¢hwrjThvard￿ on lJustfor the PCC And a f•oty for sposal indi8naW pryty, li8t•J in th• Cl￿rCh￿ Inbwrtory, bo lat any rg•¥o￿bte frrnel. For an￿hIng prior to 2(￿ there os in6uindent t<4t infrym￿ av•laiae ar•J suth a558ts 8Te Th)t in th8 Inve8th1an18 ar• 4ntslyvalugd attheir c46t ar*J sub*4uentym8uL¥ed atts1rfoirva1￿ at•xh I•Forting da*. ChaTrJes in fairvalue and g*ns ¥ffid1088•s aftyFry Lyjn of bw•81m￿ orthwged to thg inLwe or owandthrè88dion of ts Stsknment ofFin￿alAC*￿s ￿,￿n5 wlosses cffj 8ltoca*d to the aFs1fop￿ fund hddirg ordlspogng oytr* ￿knant invg8kngnL 13 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. BURSCOUGH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME14TS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 The charity •18thJ to of Ser*on 11 '8asl¢ Fthantsal Il*trur￿ts. of FRS 102 to all of its finon¢ial instruments. Finarod Instrum•nts arè fwriwl h7 the ¢*aritys baJanr8 ¥hggtMtsn the ¢haiity b8ts)mDs paTty to thtr ntradual kywsions oftr* in5trum8nt Financaal assets and Ivbilsties offseL wilh Ihe n8t amounts prèaented in the finaiK7al slatwents. wh8n there is a lryaliy onlor¢￿Ie rTrJht to Sgtoff tho rgc4)gThs•J wn¢xJnts and 4¥ ￿ intenlon to 90IUe on a orto a••et w#1 th? tsabilty 8irnWtaW. undor FRS 102. Amounts OV4ing at31 C*t￿ber in re8w*oflw r•nl8 and clher incow* as d8t40rn1g¥8 prov￿1)n# for amounts thatm8y prove uncowabk. original matUFdi88 of thFo8 c* l• Crodito¥s ar• w)gni8ed whBfgth0 ctharty has a pr8gèntot4igation Te8uIts"rvJ from a èVenlthat*￿I prr*abty m5utt in tho tran51er clfund5 to 8 thyd patyand th• Thiuntdue b 88tts ob1va￿n wests"mot•J ￿l8￿y. conditions n¥gM e*t ÈNJnfic•pntdwbt on thlfty of the ch81ityto conts"n￿ 45 a goFJ¥ c¢mC￿. The PCC has Mad tlis ￿88¥M•￿t fora p81iod ol at r•ast on•￿frOM lh¥ dale ofth8 opwov4 oftho IIA8fi¢i•I statemeth. In p8rtieularth8 PCC has tha ¢haiity8f0r￿aSts ￿)d prDi8thon88nd havo t•k•p accowrtof presBur88 on Ilonabon5 ar￿ 0th8r iyKomg. AftermakiThJ gnquiries. PCC has ￿ncluded Ihat there 18 4 reasonable expeCtsti￿ thatthe dwrity has ad8quate r•K￿r¢￿$ to C￿bnU8 in operaltonal exi8tenr*f¢rth8 f(xeseeth futtw• Ihof•fore ¢ontKiues lo &1opt Iho wing ¢on¢wn basis in p81iThJ it5 finanryal 6latwnerts. 14 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. BURSCOUGH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcoThllnu•dl FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 TOTAL FLIIIDS Fund• Fund• INCOIIING REs￿RcEs 247,954 247,954 10.549 10.549 14,886 3.0¢)0 17,886 12,911 12,911 TOTAL INCOIAIMO R£s￿RG&￿ RESOURCE8 EXPENDED IW8311 111,0891 1307,9201 {21￿) 12TrJl 7,031 11.089 08,120 ¥ÉT INCCXEIIEXPENDtFURE) BFORE 14,341) 18.OS9) 112.430) INCOIIW(EXPENI)miRel 4.341 rRANSFER BETWEEM FUNDS IET IAK)VEMEIIT H FUWD8 {4,3411 {8.089) 112,4301 WANCES PJF4tyd at 1slJANUARY21JT3 148.554 247.TJ1 3￿.285 383,855 15 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. BURSCOUGH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (conllnuod) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 114COIMNG RESOURCE8 TOTAL FUNM TOTAL FUNDS FundB Funds Fun 31al Voluntsryln¢oA Planned giwrrtJ". R8gul8r p￿nn￿ gI￿r Tax r8wvgrablg Collections (w platel Glftd DoMb"ons SF4dal ￿peAlS L•gxi•s 182,025 39.362 9.146 182,025 39,362 9,146 169.742 42,319 6,351 10. 120 16.696 1Q696 5,000 1,OCQ 247,9S4 246,493 16.818 31bl Acd¥Ml8s forgener•Ury fimds Bookstall tr fundrai8irKJ Hall Wng for rwasis. Tho huad(¥Junt on a f￿￿-t￿& equlval•nt ba8L8 ts 1.312023". 1.31. In athjrfion, PCC rjystrflxjlos tow*￿8 the wa988 and 649rf8s L*stsff bythe ￿rs¢￿U9h Outr•ath Tnrt 8tsff are indud8d Snth• staff t*ts noto a$1￿1rwOrk i• dir• in Con￿￿.￿¥•th StJohrt's Burnetwgh. Th81rlwdcrtunton AthJi￿*m￿#4U1¥a18rt b* * Z2 (20rJ: 2.2). Ckngy mwthr8 ar• 8mplty•d ty thè Dio(*•¢ ofLinrpty)l Ind n￿bY St Johrf$ soth•ire*)sts Iw¢ nol IndU￿d In lh• 8aLgry figwos 6tthvn abo¥o. 17 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JOHN THE BAFnsT. BURSCOUGH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMETr¥fs Iconllnuod) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Total & B￿lI1vJs GROSS BOOKVALIJE At 1¥t janu￿ 2024 Addibons Dlsposa At 31st t)e(thr2024 314.000 314.¢)00 314,OCw) OEPRECL4TIOM At 1st Janu•y 2024 Charge for the Jwr Depreciation dlmlnalèd on dis￿ At31st [kn(*mbw2￿￿4 I1￿ BooKV￿1E At 315t Del¥M￿2024 314,1￿} 314,CO) At 31st DK*rtw20rJ 314.C 314,CQO ANALYSIS OF MET ASSET8 BY RJI TOTAL FUN08 83.718 154.0 {87.2511 ,123 314.000 179,854 167,2511 17,122 419.481 Cutrsht a$88ts CuErent liabiliti&8 Non-curwrt liaMitigS Fund b818n 25,784 256.tM6 DEBTOR8 & PREPAYIIEIITY Inrtyngty< recowèrable PrepaYr￿nts 8e¢rupd Intyo51 1.331 1,879 3210 2,989 Shorttwn dgp)srt¥ {CCLAI Cash at bank in hand 105.577 71,288 176,885 105.577 35.658 141,235 18 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JOHN THE &4PTIST, BURSCOUGH Nijres TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (contlnued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 a575 34,408 10,330 67.251 20.119 28.947 10,07S Tho Coronwrus B¢•Jn￿l* Logn Schemg 18 an un88uJr&l loaTh wlieh b l>K*od bylho UK go¥emment 11 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 148,529 Crallrne M￿610￿ thssion and miTh*v grolud. Church frfurt¥shm• 7,854 7,474 163.435 11 RESTRICTED FUIIDS 2023 Curata#' prtyety Church r8lurblthnwrt Churth hall YO￿ & thilJron Churctyard malntenanf li¥e- Hordsh IA8sion anlf outro&ch 45,238 45,236 9,380 34,[￿ 34,C t51,046 151,046 19 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JOHN THE BAvfisT, BURSCOUGH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (conlinuod) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEIIBER 2024 1& RELATED PARTIES Trust by naturo of its 8harotttrLBtge8 *itrt stJthn'8 PCC. Th8fgIl￿ng trust8Bs wwp wineclad t• l￿e ororgaraaalons In rW0fpsyft￿ty ffryn StJohn's Day¢d Bwtsj unll 2024 ElI￿)tt lreton181￿• 25 ju￿ 2024 Hoknan St•v• Baxisr The BUTSCOU h Ou￿ath Trust The &rncou h Outreach Tnjst S88 h chts￿Ch Tn Works paTtstiN* 85 pas10￿ and JL**)'$. Is thYyl¥4•J dweW by Burscou h Outreaeh TtU8t orks part-tirna as church hall t408￿r Oawd Ernrt slnca 22 June 2W24 No Jgnnyd Short