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2022-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 2022

St Mark’s Church Haydock and T.A.N.G.O community outreach project Registered Charity number 1128590

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Aims and Purpose & Objectives and Activities

The general functions of the PCC are stated within section 2 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.

St. Mark’s, Haydock, Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

When planning our objectives for the year, the PCC gave consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of:

2022 was the first year free of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and many areas of church life returned to a new normal. Both ministries and PCC gave much thought to the ways they had changed during the pandemic and took time to evaluate what new ways of working they wanted to retain, what old systems they had missed and would like to reinstate, and what had been temporary during the pandemic and was no longer necessary.

T.A.N.G.O. - Staff/Volunteers Community project.

As Christians, we also seek the holistic wellbeing of those who access these services, and opportunities for listening, prayer and connecting with other St Mark’s events. Part of becoming whole is being connected to Jesus, and so we seek to live and share life in ways which share his love.

T.A.N.G.O is coordinated by G. Shaw and the team leaders of T.A.N.G.O., overseen by the PCC’s subcommittee.

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Other St Mark’s community-focused ministries

These groups are focused on community connection and providing spaces of meeting and belonging; the space to meet with others, as well as meeting followers of Jesus, and, at the right moment, being introduced to Him.

Expressions of church

Every expression of church listed below exists to help people become better disciples of Jesus and encounter God.

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During our Sunday morning teaching, outside of Church festivals and special annual services, we have focused on Jesus’ mission through encounters people had with Jesus including Nicodemus, a rich man, the woman at the well, a royal official, at the tomb of Lazarus. We then explored the Spiritual gifts and how we are invited to receive and use them from the Holy Spirit. Our Summer series focused on the Prophets and our autumn series focused on “Jesus and…” which comprised Work, Rest, Sharing the gospel, Jesus and Love (unpacking the 4 Loves identified by C.S. Lewis).

Morning Prayer on Zoom was one of our pandemic ministries, established at the start of the first lockdown in March 2020 as a way for the congregation, our community and for society at large, to stay connected. This has continued throughout 2022 and will continue for the foreseeable future as it continues to be a place of meeting, disciplegrowing and daily prayer for a core group of people. It is now run by a small team of our lay people and we look forward to celebrating its third anniversary in March 2023.

One-off events:

Our one-off events are designed to give social and fun opportunities for community to be established, joined or experienced. We always offer high-quality hospitality (free wherever possible), great entertainment and something for most age groups, although youth is our current area which we need to develop. At each expression of community, we also offer an encounter with Jesus and people who join us have an opportunity to respond to the call of God on their lives.

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with His Spirit as we partner with Him in seeing Haydock, our workplaces and home communities changed by Him.

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St. Mark’s Church commits to tithing its offerings, and so 10% of its income is marked out for charitable purposes when the budget is set for the year. St. Mark’s has a Mission Team who prayerfully consider how to use the tithe each year and send reports regularly to the PCC to keep them informed.

During 2022, the Missions Team were given a budget of £20,000. At the end of December 2022, the expenditure was £22,094 but was in line with the overall guidelines of the church.

All commitments to Global Mission Partners were maintained in 2022. Donations were made to The Message Trust at the same level as 2021. A one-off donation was made to the Tearfund Ukraine Appeal. A one-off donation was made to support the activities in France of The House of Hope, Marseille.

For information the main giving in 2022 was to the following: Tearfund – Harvest Tearfund – Ukraine Appeal Crosslinks, including Geoffrey Japhet in Tanzania Open Doors (Persecuted Church) Compassion (2 children in Peru) and contribution to General Funds Youth with a Mission, Scotland (YWAM) Greg and Shawna Heyes CMS CPAS Hope Centre Message Trust Hands of Hope, Romania Good News for Everyone (formerly Gideons) House of Hope, Marseille

St. Mark’s congregation continued to support the local Food Pantry throughout 2022, redirecting our Foodbank donations to the stocking of the Food Pantry in the knowledge that the increased contact with Foodbank through the Food Pantry would ensure all food provision is well stocked.

The Wardens are grateful for the unnumbered hours from volunteers that allows jobs to be done like deep cleaning and painting of rooms. They are grateful to their team of assistant wardens/sidespeople for their work on Sundays with monitoring attendance, offerings and general help with congregation and visitors.

The PCC wishes to thank our Wardens for their hundreds of hours of faithful service to St. Mark’s during the year, as without their keen eye and servant hearts, St. Mark’s could not be the church it is.

In 2022, the clergy were Rev Dan Leathers, as the Vicar of St Mark’s, with support from Rev Alison Carson as a Self-supporting Curate and Rev James Wallace as Stipendiary Curate.

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St. Mark’s paid staff during 2022 (all part-time) include:

During 2022, staffing changes were:

Achievements and Performance

The average attendance figures for our Sunday services were:

During 2022 there were:

There was a Confirmation of one of our members at the Deanery confirmation service at Parish Church, St. Helens.

We are delighted to have been able to live-stream every 10am service in 2022 and every other major service, which includes offering live-streaming to funeral families.

There are many faithful volunteers across the ministries within St. Mark’s. The following section is a snapshot of some of those ministries and their work during the challenge that was 2022. These accounts are written by some of the leaders of these ministries.

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Children’s Ministry

- Little Stars (pre school children)

We have seven children on the register and a usual attendance of between one to three children. Parents stay with children those under two years old to offer support. The parents and children like coming to the group and feel at home with the combination of free play and structured learning. Each week we gather around a table to learn a Bible Story and do some corresponding craft and activities. There is a lovely atmosphere of welcome and nurture.

All Stars (primary aged children).

There are nineteen children on the register, and group size varies between six to sixteen children attending on Sunday mornings. The children enjoy being together for games, craft, Bible teaching and prayers. In the Spring we learned the stories of the different people who encountered Jesus and who were often surprised by what He said. In the summer we focused on Spiritual Gifts and the children had time to listen to God and thank him for the gifts that He has given them, and one child spoke about her gift of drawing. In the Autumn we looked at some Bible Characters from the Old Testament and were particularly inspired by the stories of Deborah and Gideon. The group have supported two Compassion Children in Peru and have attended church nights of prayer. We often welcome visiting children into this group.

Cool Club

We meet every other Monday after school in the church centre. We usually welcomed about four church family children and between two and four children from the community. We have learned life skills including some first aid, communication skills, food preparation and camping activities. Each week we have a healthy snack and listen to a Bible Story.

Smarties (St. Mark’s Tinies)

Our parent and toddler group meet during term time on Wednesday and Friday mornings. We have between ten and twenty five children each session. The children have free play for the first hour then have a time of socialising whilst having toast and a drink. We provide a bible story, craft that is associated with the story and song time. Smarties is a safe place that encourages children to enhance their development skills. It is also a place where adults can chat about the skill sets that may come in useful in their own children’s development, and find comfort and support just being with other adults that have faced the same issues that they may be facing too. This year we’ve seen two of our parents and grandparents come to church on a Sunday morning.

Wider children’s ministry

We joined together with T.A.N.G.O café to provide gift bags which included a box of cereal during the half term holiday.

Summer Holiday club was Science themed, with thirty-five children attending over the three-day event. A fun time was had by leaders and children alike, with games, crafts, bible story, songs and dance, and the children were fed a healthy lunch each day.

We held events at Easter and Christmas which have been well attended. Lite Night, our alternative to Halloween, had around twenty children attend, who enjoyed joining in with crafts, songs and dance, a bible story, games and healthy refreshments.

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School connections

Our Clergy, Dan, Alison and James, have been supporting Legh Vale Primary School with monthly assemblies and started offering lessons to Grange Valley Primary School. Dan is also a governor at Legh Vale and in 2022 became a governor at Outwood Academy.

Our Legh Vale school annual Christingle service held in St Mark’s was well received, and included our Curate, James, dressing up as a Christingle. There was a nativitythemed dressing up relay race, as well as sharing the good news of Jesus and a special moment of lighting the candles while worshipping God through singing Silent Night.

The first Outwood Academy Christmas Service was also well received, and included sharing the good news of Jesus, exciting videos, challenges, carols and prayer. The feedback was that the young people had thoroughly enjoyed their time in Church and the school want to make this an annual fixture in the school calendar.

Youth ministry

2022 was a great year for the youth of St. Mark’s. On the back of The Message Bus visits, a weekly youth group started on Wednesdays which was called Voyage. A small team of leaders met to come up with the overall vision to provide a safe place for the young people of Haydock to come to, with the main purpose of them getting to know the amazingness of God. The average weekly attendance is 26 young people, and with the exception of a couple of weeks, they are always provided with hot food. Food is one of the big events of the night and the team love that God has allowed us to provide this for the young people. A grant of £2,000 was obtained which allowed us to purchase a new pool table, table football, PlayStation games, craft activity materials, bibles amongst other things. The youth in church on Sundays has also have seen growth and during the year they have explored different books in the Bible and the aim to delve deeper into the Gospels next year. Heartfelt thanks go to those who volunteer as helpers each week and to those on the rota for providing the food.

Voyager

June 2022 saw the launch of Voyager, a New Worshipping Community which meets the second Sunday of each month at 6pm in St. Mark’s Centre. We have a small team of around twelve people that supports the event each month. Voyager Community’s Vision is to help anyone who are on the fringes of church to engage with Jesus in a relevant way. Our strapline is:

Voyager is:

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Our hope has been that people we are engaging with in the Centre through ministries like: Voyage Youth Group, the Pantry etc. as well as friends, family, work colleagues etc. would find a spiritual home at Voyager. We bring food to eat together, we worship through song, pray creatively using prayer stations, listen to a relevant talk and discuss it in groups. We are currently seeing between thirteen and twenty-five people attending each month, but attendance has been lower in recent months, so prayers are appreciated for how we move forward with this. Finally, this project has been made possible by the Joshua Centre who have given a grant of £5000 in 2022 which has helped us to purchase the equipment needed to run Voyager.

Ladies’ Meeting

The Ladies’ Meeting is led by Lynn Smith and Jackie Dutton, with the help of Alvis Frith, Hilda Bond, Joan Murray, Joan Scott and other volunteers. We are a group of ladies from both church and non-church community backgrounds who meet on Tuesday afternoons in the church centre. Everyone is warmly welcomed, and we hope will soon get a sense of belonging. First and foremost, we aim to offer Friendship, Fellowship and Fun within a Faith framework, and we feel we are successful in this. Our activities include visiting speakers from various organisations and churches, and we also have social events at various times through the year. It has been encouraging to see new members coming along and enjoying what we are doing. Lastly, in 2023 our Ministry is 100 years old, and we are hoping to mark this important milestone with a thanksgiving and celebration in church.

Community Garden

In the Community Garden , we aim to provide a space where folk can come and reflect, enjoy God’s creation and encounter Him. We want to connect with our community and each other, learning skills along the way. We aim to be good stewards caring for God’s creation, and with that in mind we recycle, reuse and repurpose what we can, we collect rainwater from the Centre roofs, and we try not to use harmful chemicals such as pesticides etc. Over the year we have hosted a Jubilee Party and a beach party for the Dementia Group contributing cakes as well as manual labour. We have been part of the Easter Experience and the Summer Gala giving away plants, fruit and home-made jam. There was an Advent Reflection in the garden, led by Avril Chisnall.

The year was a very mixed one weather-wise, with some very cold, wet weather and some record-breaking high temperatures in the summer. Nevertheless, some crops did very well and we were able to contribute to the Food Pantry and to our community in general, leaving produce and flower bunches on a table with a sign “Please take” and they were gratefully received. We gave an Easter gift of ForgetMe-Not plants to our Dementia Group and made Easter gardens with the children.

In Easter 2023 we have plans for decorating crosses and plating sunflowers at the Easter community event. We pray that as a team, God continues to give us the strength and good health we need to be able to continue in this ministry, and that we get more opportunities to share and show how amazing God is through His creation and maybe to inspire other groups and churches to do something similar of their own.

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Seekers

In May 2022, a new ministry was set up in St. Mark’s called “Seekers”. In the spring, St. Mark’s were made aware of refugees staying in local hotels because they turned up to a Sunday morning church service. After conversations with them after the service, a few members of St. Mark’s met together to see what support they could offer to these families, perhaps language lessons or clothing donations. It was discovered that there were other churches in St. Helens offering language lessons, so the decision was for St. Mark’s to offer Friday afternoon sessions as this would not clash with what other churches were doing. They were grateful for David Ogden Coaches offering free transport to the first session, to Donna in T.A.N.G.O. café who had made cakes with a few of her volunteers, and for eight members of St. Mark’s congregation who volunteered to help despite not knowing if anyone would turn up. To their surprise, the first Friday saw twenty-five people arrive, and this then became a weekly meeting and the Ogden’s have continued to provide transport.

Over the weeks, the Seekers group grew, and more nationalities became represented in the group. There were amazing amounts of donations from people at church and from T.A.N.G.O. and as the weather was good, many of them used the Community Garden, helping the gardening team or just sitting enjoying nature. The refugees enjoyed the socialising, and activities like knitting and playing games were offered, which had a way of breaking down barriers between the different cultures in a way that conversations had not. Their children would play football on the playground outside the centre, and the volunteers brought smaller toys like water pistols and bubble blowers, and the youth leader offered the use of the table-tennis table. Many of the group also attended St. Mark’s Summer Party. During the year, it became obvious that what the refugees were valuing most was having space to socialise and relax. The refugees asked permission to use the Centre kitchen as they missed cooking their own food and explained that cooking was something in their culture that brought them dignity. Some of the group now volunteer in the community garden, and in T.A.N.G.O. kitchen and warehouse.

One of the aspects of the Seekers group that the volunteers are continually amazed at is that these refugees were always happy and smiling, and yet as the months went by and they have opened up about the trauma they had faced, the team felt humbled by their resilience. Later in 2022, it was discovered that a hotel in Haydock was also housing seventy refugees, but as these were all single men, the hard decision was made to keep the Friday afternoons for the small families, which included single females, and instead visited their hotel to provide gifts from the ample donations that have continued to flood in throughout the year.

The Seekers ministry will continue into 2023 but will change to meeting fortnightly due to the drop in numbers towards the end of 2022, and also the fluid nature of refugee numbers in our area. St. Helens struggles for social housing for the people of the town, and so there is not the capacity to offer more permanent housing to refugees in our town. Whilst the Seekers team feel sad when the families move away, there is also a sense of happiness as it means these people who have suffered so much are progressing further through the application process and are being found more permanent accommodation. Some of the families, who have

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moved to places like Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham and Blackpool, have kept in contact and sent photographs of their new homes.

The Buildings Team

St. Mark’s was awarded the Silver Eco-Church award in 2022. Throughout this year, considerable time and effort have been spent reviewing the cost of utilities to mitigate the impact on the church finances of the rising costs, especially for gas and electricity. A review of the heating systems was undertaken for the Church, the Centre and the T.A.N.G.O. Warehouse. Several presentations were put to PCC at each meeting through the year, showing the progress of the different possible scenarios, along with an overview of the cost and environmental impacts of different choices. PCC were also provided with information on air-sourced and ground-sourced heating options, and photovoltaics on each of the three buildings, considering their usefulness in reducing electricity bills, as well as St. Mark’s carbon footprint, in conjunction with their cost and the associated payback times. This debate has been made more difficult because of the uncertainty of how gas and electricity prices will change in the coming months, and PCC will make their final decision early in 2023 when the draft budget is presented to them.

St. Mark’s worship team

St. Mark’s worship team consists of the band, the sound and the visuals teams.

The band numbers around a dozen people and the addition of an extra worship leader during the year has meant that many more services in 2022 were led by our live band rather than iSing, which is an increase compared to 2021. There continues to be two of our team also involved in the Sound and Streaming team, and several members being involved in more than one ministry within church continues to stretch us as we juggle the commitments of family life, their paid employment and the needs of those other ministries. The Carols By Candlelight service in 2022 returned to having the community scratch choir for the first time since the pandemic began, which was enjoyed by choir and congregation alike. The Roland stage piano bought in the mid 1990s had a significant failure of its mechanism and required costly repair at the start of the year. When the same problems occurred again a few months later, further repairs were considered by the team as uneconomical. Whilst the team were preparing a request to PCC for money to purchase a new one, a gift of money was received from members of the congregation specifically towards the purchase of a new stage piano which enabled St. Mark’s to swiftly find a replacement. More regular evenings of learning new songs are planned for 2023, and it is hoped that Volunteer Sunday in Spring 2023 will bring new members for the worship team to ease the load on those members who are involved in more than one ministry within St. Mark’s. We have also had an item requiring forward planning regarding the drum kit in church, which is currently on loan from a previous member of St. Mark’s congregation who has been working abroad. It is known that they will want to move the drum kit to their new home in about two years’ time and so a request to keep some money aside to purchase a new kit some time in 2024 will be made to PCC in 2023.

St. Mark’s Sound and Streaming team is unchanged from last year with six volunteers covering all the Sunday morning services and as many other events as work patterns will allow, with help from the vicar, curate, and office coordinator if needs arise. In April 2022, it was a privilege to be able to support the Latvian

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Community to provide sound, visuals and streaming for a celebration service which saw Latvians from across the UK gather to have a day of celebration and worship in St. Mark’s church building. The two new speakers in church installed in 2021 have worked well, and fortunately none of the other four speakers have needed to be replaced this year. In 2023, there will be a need to purchase new microphones for the drum kit as some of these are beginning to fail.

St Mark’s Visuals team provide the technical support for visuals during the services, including information slides, words for songs and videos within the services as well as operating the iSing software on weeks where a live band is not available. During 2022, the Visuals team got back into its regular routine after the disruption caused by the pandemic and each person on the team has committed to doing a particular week of the month. Three of the younger members of church, aged between 9 and 12 years’ old, have asked to become involved in the visuals team. During 2023, training for these young people will continue, as well as trying to find new members to join the team.

Light and Life.

Our aim as Light and Life is to reach spiritually hungry people. We believe that every individual is unique and of great value. Our aim is to love individuals and communities 'back to life' through community events and in helping people to encounter God's love by combining creativity with the Gifts of the Spirit. In addition to participating in community events, we aim to provide a non-threatening environment for people to 'connect' and receive direction, comfort, encouragement, healing and peace.

We have successfully provided a team every Thursday at the St Mark's Food Pantry to offer free hand massages, offer prayer if requested and prayers for healing. The best news in 2022 is that one customer gave their life to Jesus! Sadly, they passed away soon after and we are assured they are now with the Lord. In 2022, since St Mark's Food Pantry opened, we have done over 460 hand massages and 92 prayer requests.

We had a great but challenging day at the St Marks Summer Party with appointments for mainly the Seekers, they came thick and fast. We were obedient and turned up and God did the rest. We had 54 appointments from a variety of therapies we offer Hand Massage, Encouraging pictures or words, Personality Styles and Healing Prayers

We will continue to offer our support to the St Marks Food pantry every week offering hand massages, and prayer. We would like to increase what we offer each week but would need a bigger team to do this. We hope to find fresh opportunities to engage with communities of St Helens and further afield at event days. We are also looking for new people to join our small team and help them to develop their gifts and encourage them to grow more confident in using them.

Food Pantry

St Mark’s Pantry T.A.N.G.O. exists to tackle food poverty whilst providing dignity, hope and choice for its members. The membership scheme for locals provides great savings on groceries, reducing food waste and is also a place for building community

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and providing support beyond food provision. We aim to support people longer term by improving life choices; healthier eating, cutting costs, making friends etc.

Throughout 2022, we have seen a continuous increase in demand for our services as more and more people hear about us and want to become members. We are open to anyone in the local area, but unsurprisingly we have increasing numbers of people struggling substantially with the cost-of-living crisis, and many people who had been using the Food Pantry for environmental impact have stepped back to make sure those who need it most can access it. Our good links with local services mean that the Food Pantry is being recommended by many teams to those who need help. Each week we have up to four guests visit to provide extra support to our clients. These include the Digital Inclusion team, Affordable warmth team, citizens advice, NHS social wellbeing prescribers, health and wellbeing team, representatives from Torus and the Job Centre Plus and from Leisa promoting the warm space and as a precursor to the renew and brew team starting up. Light and Life are with us weekly offering Jesus through prayer and hand massage, listening ears and a safe space to talk. Their partnership helps make the Food Pantry what it is.

To date we have seen 521 households come through our doors, with 186 of them having visited in the last 90 days (304 adults and 201 children). Some of these have been coming since we opened, others have moved on and we have new members join weekly. In order to maximise the number of people we are able to support, the franchise we are part of lapses memberships after 90 days of inactivity. This also enables us to keep better statistics for how many people we are helping and how much food we are likely to need.

We want to thank everyone who contributes to the work of the Food Pantry; we couldn’t do what we do without you. We are grateful to those who tell others about the pantry, help in the pantry or drive for the pantry, and those who donate to the pantry enabling us to serve the community and those most in need of our help. Each week we have over 30 people gifting well over 100 hours of time to make this work. Every food charity is struggling currently for food supplies, so your support is amazing, and God has weekly kept us from running out of food and energy.

As well as individuals giving to us, we have received grants from Torus Foundation, Arnold Clarke, All Churches Trust (now the benefact group), Feeding Britain and gifts from Bryn Lodge, Heyeswood retirement village residents, Haydock Band, Ladies Meeting, the Green Party, The Girls Brigade and Haydock Warriors Rugby Girls’ Team, as well as gifts from donations through St. Mark’s Church harvest and Christmas services. We also receive a weekly donation of baked goods from Warburtons.

At Christmas we were able to provide extras gifts to some of those struggling most, due to gifts from three local schools (Legh Vale, Outwood Academy and St Catherine’s), reverse advent calendars and Christmas donations. We managed to provide every member with a Lindt advent calendar as well.

Visits from and links with Your Local Pantry franchise, Feeding Britain, Feeding Liverpool, The Network of Kindness, Halton and St Helens VCA (in particular the food alliance), Healthy Start scheme and the RSPCA and Hygiene Bank and both St Wigan

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Helens and Pantry Networks help to make sure we are well connected and providing a support network.

Plans in place for early 2023 are to be involved in the local Tesco community grant process, via their blue token scheme in store, and for Claire Leathers to access training to be a “fed up slow cooker trainer” with the course paid for by Feeding Britain with the hope of providing some cooking lessons within the Food Pantry afterwards.

PCC Activity

During 2022, PCC held six regular meetings, three extraordinary meetings and one which was the Archdeacon’s Visitation in early December. Standing Committee held thirteen meetings.

In January, PCC debated whether to keep masks in church as local covid rates were still high, and some congregants had not returned to coming to church on Sundays as they were too anxious about mixing. PCC agreed to zone church as there were no national restrictions in place but to provide an area where people could still wear masks and know that people would respect their wish to remain two metres apart from others.

Due to the success of the Food Pantry, PCC were approached by C Leathers to approve spending for additional storage space, and a container was the most appropriate option for the needs of the Pantry.

A significant development in the Diocese during the latter part of 2021 was to consider whether to join “Fit For Mission 2” (FFM2), whereby churches could join together as one large parish and have centralised administration, joint missional activities, etc. This occupied the entirety of two Standing Committee meetings, one called as an extra meeting as it had proved a significant item to discuss. Following this, the same information was provided to PCC who wanted to ask more questions and it was decided to have an Away Day solely to pray and discuss FFM2 and St. Mark’s response to the invitation to be part of it. PCC requested that Diocesan personnel be asked to attend, and they were very grateful to Archdeacon Simon Fisher and Rev Richard Gedge who attended the afternoon section of the November Away Day to answer the queries PCC had around FFM2. After several months of prayer and research, PCC decided that it was not appropriate for St. Mark’s at this time.

Parish Giving scheme training was attended by D Leathers, V Jolly, S Hodgetts and C Gedney and feedback was provided to PCC following this event. They recommended to PCC that this was a good scheme which would make it much easier for the Treasure and Gift Aid Secretary, although it was acknowledged that the Diocese collected the money on the 1[st] of every month which may not suit everyone’s financial situation.

The Wardens requested PCC to come back to the Maintenance Person role, and debate whether employing someone to address the smaller issues in the buildings that St. Mark’s was responsible for, rather than having to pay for outside contractors which was proving very expensive. PCC decided that a ten-hours per week position should be created.

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A frequent discussion at both Standing Committee and PCC was the rising cost of gas and electricity. That the church heating system needed replacing was agreed by all, as the system was so old that replacement parts could no longer be sourced, and such an old system would not be efficient in comparison to newer boilers. Throughout the year, there were presentations by S Conway on the different types of heating systems, both gas and electric, including the cost of installation, the carbon footprint of each and the payback time (how much saving it would provide each year, and thus how many years it would take to recover the installation cost). Air-sourced, groundsourced, and biomass heating systems were researched and evaluated, as was the cost of just getting a new gas boiler. Photovoltaic cells were costed for each of the church, the Centre and the T.A.N.G.O. Warehouse, and it was a surprise to learn that all companies except one were not prepared to quote to install them on the church roof. Poor insulation was a large factor in each building, but the technical difficulties envisaged in insulating each building looked prohibitive. PCC had approved the purchase of hive radiator valves for the church extension, but a lack of supply nationally made this impossible during the summer.

There is a strip of land on Park Street adjacent to the Centre which the Land Registry shows as belonging to St. Mark’s, as it used to be a pathway to allotments, which are now the Community Garden. An adjacent strip of land was put up for sale by the neighbour and it was not clear in their advert that some of the land belonged to St. Mark’s, which was rectified by contacting the estate agent to apprise them of this. The neighbour did contact St. Mark’s on several occasions, and as one of the Wardens is a retired Surveyor, he dealt with the process. The Diocese advised us that this would be very difficult due to the status of the land which belongs to the church and has restrictive covenants preventing the sale for development purposes PCC were concerned that they may appear negligent if the boundary was not clear when a prospective buyer viewed the land and agreed that a fence should be erected to delineate the boundary.

From a regular T.A.N.G.O. report, PCC discovered that when the café assistant role was not replaced last year, there is no current provision for when the T.A.N.G.O. Café Leader takes holidays. Due to the increased demand in the café, PCC decided to advertise for a Café Assistant role, which was successfully filled during the summer. The sales in the café are expected to cover the increased costs in wages.

The savings expected in the graveyard gardening contract have not materialised, as the Wardens have had to buy in extra hours from this gardener to maintain the graveyard to an acceptable standard. Extra hours have had to be bought in for the hedges around church, and extra hours in the graveyard, so a discussion of the proposal for next year’s gardening contract will be discussed early in 2023.

S Ashcroft had researched other churches’ arrangements for the burial of ashes and put together a proposal for a section of our graveyard to be used for this, which PCC approved. Ongoing issues with memorial stones not always matching the requirements set out by the Church of England prompted her to produce a leaflet to be given to all funeral directors and stone masons who use St. Mark’s so that families could be given all the information needed. In 2023, she will oversee the installation of the concrete plinths to support the memorial stones.

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Storage issues in the Centre were discussed towards the end of the year as storage is very limited and relatively new ministries like Seekers and the Food Pantry were struggling for storage space. This will become an issue when the Centre heating is eventually replaced as the current boiler is underground outside but is very likely to need installation inside the building. In 2023, Centre users will be asked to have a clear-out.

An increase of hours was approved for the Office Administrator as the original hours were insufficient for them to complete all the work in the job description.

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Financial review

The P.C.C. has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested (called ‘the free reserves’) should be sufficient to cover between 4 and 6 months of the general expenditure of the church.

The Statement of Financial Activities is set out on page 31. At the 31[st ] December 2021, the figures stand as follows:

At the 31[st ] December 2022, the free reserves were £142,541 (£103,972 in 2021).

In September 2022, St. Mark’s sold the house in 11 Wagon Lane as Rev Ian Hopkins has moved to a new role in July 2022. As the mortgage on this house has now been paid off, St. Mark’s Church no longer has any loans.

PCC are aware of a yearly deficit in the budget prepared by the Treasurer. Our budgeted deficit does not take into account unplanned giving particularly in the form of ‘gift day’ each year which is a significant income to the Church.

We were grateful to receive support from various grants and from the Church of England, administered through the Diocese of Liverpool toward our Parish Share contribution, which allowed us to reach and support more people. The PCC particularly wants to thank Mr R Bennett and Mr J Robinson for research and applications of various grants throughout the year to support the work of ministries within St. Mark’s and T.A.N.G.O.

Concern was raised during 2022 that there were so many requests for PCC to approve spending that a “wish list” should be considered for 2023 and the different projects prioritised as another deficit budget is predicted for 2023. Following this suggestion, a PCC member has suggested that accounting should consider moving to a forecast/projected spending as a way of managing spending and spreading the cost of large items over a few years. This will be discussed further at the start of 2023.

Further financial review details

The PCC’s principal source of income continues to be gifts and donations from members of the church, supplemented by Gift Aid from eligible people’s offerings. Giving by Standing Order is recommended to more robustly generate the estimated income for the year. An envelope scheme for Gift Aid is used by all taxpayers who prefer to give cash. Other sources of income vary throughout the year, but include

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grants from outside bodies, income generated in the course of the church’s outreach work from activities such as T.A.N.G.O. and hire of the premises.

It is the policy of the PCC to invest fund balances with the CBF Church of England Deposit fund.

The PCC actively reviews the major risks and challenges generated within the church by means of monthly meetings of the PCC and monthly meetings of the Standing Committee. The Treasurer gives a formal Report at each meeting of the PCC and provides updates between meetings to Standing Committee. The Stewardship Team (comprising Vicar, Treasurer, and other congregants who have financial qualifications or expertise) has not met in 2022 as the key people on this team are on Standing Committee this year and so monthly reviews of the finances are being monitored during Standing Committee meetings with updates being fed back to PCC via the minutes of those meetings.

The total missional giving for 2022 totalled £24,244 compared with the Budget of £20,000 but was in line with the overall guidelines of the church to tithe 10% of its income. All commitments to Global Mission Partners were maintained in 2022. Donations were made to The Message Trust at the same level as 2021. A one-off donation was made to the Tearfund Ukraine Appeal. A one-off donation was made to support the activities in France of The House of Hope Marseille.

The main giving in 2022 was to the following: Tearfund – Harvest Tearfund – Ukraine Appeal Crosslinks including Geoffrey Japhet in Tanzania Open Doors (Persecuted Church) Compassion (2 children in Peru) and contribution to General Funds Youth with a Mission Scotland (YWAM) Greg and Shawna Heyes CMS CPAS Hope Centre Message Trust Hands of Hope Romania Good News for Everyone (formerly Gideons) House of Hope Marseille

In January 2022, Standing Committee collated the moneys spent on maintenance during 2021 which exceeded the expected salary of the Maintenance Person, and even the half year that he has been employed has proved this to have been a wise financial decision. There have been several jobs in the Church, the Centre and in T.A.N.G.O. Warehouse that he has been able to action, and his expertise has allowed him to evaluate the proposed work by external contractors when they have been needed to ensure only the necessary work is being quoted for.

A significant financial concern throughout 2022 was the rapid rise of prices for utilities, particularly gas and electric. Whilst fixed price contracts are in place for all St. Mark’s buildings, some of these will end in 2023 and other in 2024 and so members of Standing Committee are keeping track of how these prices are changing. Concern

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was raised by the Treasurer as the Chancellor of the Exchequer has said that competitive business rates for utilities will only apply to buildings that are efficient, and St. Mark’s buildings are not.

The energy review by Liverpool Diocese was carried out in January 2022 as they have asked St. Mark’s to be part of the Diocesan “Net Zero Carbon by 2030”. PCC authorised an acceptance in principle for the Buildings Team to pursue this review as St. Mark’s is eager to reduce its carbon footprint, but there is the need to balance this with careful financial decisions. The recommendations were put into a presentation to PCC, which included the costs of installation, payback time and carbon footprint of each option and an opinion to PCC about which were the wisest financial decisions.

Regular updates on the heating systems in Church, the Centre and T.A.N.G.O. Warehouse were given at Standing Committee and PCC throughout 2022. Church heating was problematic at the end of the year due to the system frequently tripping out. The lack of insulation of the church building meant that in the winter months, the church heating is having to come on in the early hours of Sunday morning to have the building warm enough for the 10am service which greatly increases the cost of the gas bill. The system in the T.A.N.G.O. Warehouse only allowed for weekday and weekend schedules, which meant the heating was operating on Fridays when the building was not in use. PCC were very grateful to the Children’s Pastor and the Pioneer Youth Worker who changed from their usual office to the Glass Room above the foyer during the winter months to remove the need to use electric heaters in their office but use a room that was already being heated as part of the zone which heats the church office and vicar’s office. Estimates show that this saved at least 25% of the usual bills for church during winter months. PCC has approved the replacement of the heating system in church which will install radiators around the building and the capacity to zone the sections within church so only those zones in use will be heated. PCC have also approved in principle the installation of photovoltaic cells on the roof of Church. Further work will be needed in early 2023 to complete the faculty applications for the proposed works Church.

Although plans to replace the chairs in church have been discussed at Standing Committee, other priorities have prevented any action and so this will be carried forward into 2023.

The Centre was formally a primary school built in the late nineteenth century, which requires regular programme of maintenance. The boiler will need replacing in 2023 and the Buildings Team have had difficulty obtaining quotes due to asbestos in the boiler, and because it is in a small basement under the old playground making its removal difficult, and to date all the companies who have been out to visit have declined to quote for the work. There has been historic efflorescence and penetrating damp, which has been treated again this year, but a longer-term solution is required which is difficult due to the solid walls and the age of the building. Several plumbing and electrical issues have been dealt with during the year.

The T.A.N.G.O. warehouse is another old building, built by parishioners over fifty years ago. The temporary repair to the roof in 2021 has limited leakages but this is an - - issue which requires a long term solution, and PCC are aware that the long term

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future of the building needs to be ascertained. There are plans to replace all the lighting in the Warehouse with LED lights to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

New software became available in April 2022 for the “Give a little” card machine in church to allow people to Gift Aid any donations made through this machine.

T.A.N.G.O. Report (including Performance, Achievements and Financial Review)

T.A.N.G.O. (Together As Neighbours Giving Out) is an intentional Community Outreach Project of St Mark’s Church, Haydock. The aim of T.A.N.G.O. is to reach out, serve and help those in need in the community, by building trust and fellowship, mirroring Christian values. The Scriptural basis of T.A.N.G.O. is to be found in the book of Isaiah chapter 58.

2022 has been a great year for T.A.N.G.O, firmly out of the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic, we were concentrating on building up connections, community and growth. In January 2022 we successfully replaced two vacant roles by welcoming two new paid staff members to the team, an Administrator and a Café Team Leader, who have been an integral part of the plan of growing the T.A.N.G.O. project.

Giving

We work with external associations to reach people in need throughout the borough of St Helens, and during 2022 T.A.N.G.O. gave the following items:

25 Wardrobes 25 Armchairs 26 Sofas
19 Chests of Drawers 19 Beds & Mattresses 40 rails of clothing
2 Fridge / Freezers 1 washing Machine 14 Table & Chair stets
31 Small Furniture Items 1 Baby Bundle
(including cot, pram and clothes)		 9 Rugs
6 Bric-a-Brac Bundles 5 Crockery / Cutlery Sets 11 Suitcases

T.A.N.G.O. has served more than 180 free meals and given 5 metric tons of free food away to the community. This has been provided to vulnerable people in need and includes our “Kids Eat Free” Initiative that is run through the T.A.N.G.O. Community Café during school holidays.

In 2022, T.A.N.G.O. processed a total of 63 metric tons of unwanted second-hand goods and redistributed this back into the community where needed. We offer a free collection service on our T.A.N.G.O. van and provided 714 free collections to the community.

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More Good News

We welcomed a Level 3 Health and Social Care Student on Work Experience in February 2022. The student loved working at T.A.N.G.O so much that in November 2022, the student came back to us on a nine-month supported work Internship placement. We have had very positive feedback from St John Rigby College and the student’s family.

In April 2022 after seeing growth in T.A.N.G.O. Community Café, I appealed to the PCC to advertise for a paid Kitchen & Café Assistant who was in post by August 2022. Having a third paid member of staff in the café ensures safer and more efficient running of the T.A.N.G.O. Community Café. We invested in new equipment in the café and received a grant to refurbish the café. We were necessarily closed for a week whilst new electric points were installed, and a commercial bain marie and a twin fryer were purchased to keep up with food order quantities. The opportunity to repaint the Centre was taken during this enforced closure, and the café re-opened in our new colour scheme of calming pastel green and ivory.

St Mark’s and T.A.N.G.O. are dedicated to improving the personal development of the people that work at T.A.N.G.O, and in 2022 T.A.N.G.O. funded training for:

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T.A.N.G.O. works alongside the community and it sees first-hand the amount of people in our community who are struggling. Some of the personal situations of the people we have been able to help in 2022 mostly include people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, people fleeing domestic abuse, homeless people, refugees, assisted living, people with disabilities trying to live independently, people trying to cope with being a carer and people suffering with poor mental health such as stress, depression, and anxiety.

In May 2022, T.A.N.G.O. staff and volunteers were shocked to learn that during the night someone had broken into our compound and stolen our T.A.N.G.O van. It was devastating news for the project. We prayed about this, and as we started to put plans in place and investigate our CCTV, an appeal for the van was posted on our Facebook page, and within an hour, our van had been spotted dumped on a roadside. Our warehouse operatives drove out to it and by the grace of God the engine started and we managed to get it back. The ignition and steering column had been damaged but thankfully this was not too expensive to repair (less than our insurance excess) and within a week, thanks to our local mechanics, the van was back on the road serving the people of Haydock and St Helens.

T.A.N.G.O.’s main online presence is our Facebook page and in the 2021 annual report T.A.N.G.O. had received more than 700 likes, and now at the end of 2022 we have more than 2,000 likes, and more than 2,700 people are following our page. Our followers certainly did us proud in the recovery of our van. Having an increased online presence is something we hope to focus on in 2023.

Financially, T.A.N.G.O. ended 2022 with a small surplus of funds which will be reinvested back into the community. As we close on 2022, we know that rising utility costs and a larger wage bill is a realistic concern for the next year.

It is very evident that the amount of people who are struggling is growing, and yet the funding pots across the borough are diminishing. Where there is no funding available to people, T.A.N.G.O. operates a giving policy. As we manage the financial running of T.A.N.G.O, we would also wish to maintain at least the same amount of giving, or increase it if possible, to meet with the demands of the community. This is something we are passionate about achieving are praying into faithfully.

At the end of 2022, we celebrated with another hugely successful Christmas Fayre, which was even more popular than the year before and we were visited by hundreds of people from the community. There was lots of family fun and laughter, it was a real joyous occasion where church congregation and community people all pitched in together, so T.A.N.G.O. finished the year by doing what we do best - bringing the community together.

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Structure, governance, and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) operates under the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 and the Church Representation Rules.

The PCC is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure and is:

i) a charity currently excepted by order from registration with the Charity Commission or a charity registered with the Charity Commission.

PCC members are appointed in accordance with the Church of England Representation Rules and are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. All those who attend are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. Individual members of the PCC receive external training as and when deemed appropriate by the PCC.

Day to Day management of the church building, finance and fabric was 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.

Members of the Standing Committee are:

Rev. D Leathers, incumbent S Ashcroft, warden J Carson, warden S Conway, elected PCC representative

R Heyes, elected PCC representative (from April 2022)

S Hodgetts, elected PCC representative (until August 2022)*

V Jolly, treasurer W Conway, PCC secretary Rev J Wallace, Curate

*It was a shock for the whole of the St. Mark’s community to learn of the sudden death of Sue Hodgetts at the end of August. Sue had served St. Mark’s faithfully for many years in several key ministries. She had completed several terms on PCC, some as a church warden and some as an elected member of PCC. She was a member of the T.A.N.G.O. Subcommittee and had been the PCC’s Safeguarding Administrator for several years. Sue was one of our most experienced Vergers, was

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a long-standing member of the Visuals team and has been very sadly missed by everyone in St. Mark’s and T.A.N.G.O. An information booklet on Trusteeship is given to new PCC members at their first PCC meeting following the APCM, and all are required to have DBS check arranged unless they have a current DBS for another ministry within St. Mark’s. New members will review the policies on Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults as part of the annual review at the first PCC meeting after the APCM.

Safeguarding training is held as required, and the PCC have a designated Safeguarding Officer who is the main contact should a disclosure be made. There is also a Safeguarding Administrator who oversees the paperwork associated with arranging DBS checks, Safeguarding training and who keeps a log of all members of St. Mark’s that are required to have DBS checks and keeps a log of completed training. St. Mark’s Electoral Roll membership entitles it to have 5 Deanery Synod Representatives and 15 Elected Laity on its PCC. One of our Lay Readers is a Lay Member of General Synod, and so will remain as Ex-Officio on PCC in this capacity. The Standing Committee was decided by PCC to comprise the following people: Incumbent Wardens PCC Secretary Treasurer Two lay representatives from PCC Curate After the APCM in 2021, three people offered to stand for election to the Standing Committee. As the PCC determines the structure of Standing Committee, a proposal was put forward to allow all three persons to be given a place on Standing Committee for the term, which was seconded and then unanimously approved with no abstentions in the first meeting after the APCM. These three people were willing to stand again for the 2022-23 term, so this rule was extended for the current term. **As an aid to his training, PCC accepted the request of Rev D Leathers to include Rev J Wallace as a member of Standing Committee during his time at St. Mark’s. Rev A Carson was one of the elected members of Standing Committee before her ordination training, and as such felt that a similar offer was unnecessary in her case at this present moment. Standing Committee is a subcommittee of PCC approved annually, and so this structure will be reviewed in the first meeting of PCC after the 2022 APCM.

For the sake of transparency and shared leadership, the diagram below illustrates the current leadership of St Mark’s was adopted in May 2019 and continues to be used in 2022:

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The Vicar uses Standing committee as a sounding board for vision, but also to explore the big issues affecting the church, for strategy and for counsel. All nonconfidential items are then brought to PCC, and anything with wider scope is both fed back and consultation given, to the Congregation. Since initiating this leadership method, the results have been highly effective.

Subcommittees that are annually approved:

• TANGO Subcommittee

St. Mark’s PCC will annually appoint a T.A.N.G.O. Subcommittee, which will report to and operate under the authority of the PCC. It is made up of both PCC members, T.A.N.G.O. staff and T.A.N.G.O. volunteers. The subcommittee will have devolved responsibility for the strategy and direction of T.A.N.G.O. operations. Day-to-day management of the project is left with the T.A.N.G.O. coordinator.

• Mission team

A team who are responsible for allocating the annual tithe across both our mission partners and other charities St Mark’s supports

• Buildings Team

Devolved responsibilities include discussing the future needs of the buildings, putting together repair plans, development plans and anything regarding the buildings and fabric of the building. Both wardens sit on this team.

• Policies Team

Devolved responsibilities include reviewing current policies and putting together proposals for new policies that are deemed necessary before submitting them to PCC for approval or amendment.

• Stewardship Team

Tasked with looking at the budget and reviewing finances as the year progresses. The Treasurer and Vicar are members of this team, along with others from St. Mark’s with accountancy gifting or experience.

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As a church we have affiliations to the:

St. Mark’s pays all employees at the Living Wage rate, and they have the option of joining a workplace pension scheme. Paid staff during 2022 (all part time) include:

• T.A.N.G.O. catering staff (three people) (Changes in employment during 2022 are detailed in the “Aims and Purposes” section, above).

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Reference and Administration Information Reference and Administration Information Reference and Administration Information Reference and Administration Information Reference and Administration Information Reference and Administration Information
Church name and
location		 St. Mark’s, Haydock
The church is part of the Diocese of Liverpool within
the Church of England
Registered charity
number		 1128590
Church
correspondence
address		 St. Mark’s Church,
West End Road
Haydock
St. Helens WA11 0AX
Name Office (if any) Dates acted if not
for whole year		 Ex-Officio
members
1 Rev D Leathers Incumbent
2 Rev James
Wallace		 Curate (stipendiary) ✓
3 A Carson Curate (non-stipendiary) ✓
4 R Denno Lay member General
Synod		 ✓
5 S Ashcroft Warden ✓
6 J Carson Warden ✓
7 L Greenall Deanery Synod Rep ✓
8 V Jolly Deanery Synod Rep
and Treasurer		 ✓
9 B Jones Deanery Synod Rep ✓
10 H Denno Deanery Synod Rep ✓
11 G Duncan DeanerySynod Rep ✓
12 R Carson
13 A Chisnall From September
2022
14 L Cockram Deputy Secretary
15 S Conway Standing Committee/
PCC Lay Chair
16 W Conway Secretary
17 I Duncan
18 S Hodgetts Standing Committee Until August 2022
19 B Lister
20 K Lister From November
2022

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21 I McGinn
22 R Heyes Standing Committee
23 E O’Donnell Until Jan 2022
24 L Pearn
25 G Shaw
26 J Thornhill From Oct 2022
27 K White
28 L Wilkinson
29
Name Dates acted if not for
the full year		 Office held
M Curran Safeguarding officer
L Mather Electoral Roll officer
W Conway PCC Secretary
S Hodgetts Until August 2022 Safeguarding Administrator

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Names and addresses of advisers
Type of adviser
Name
Address
Architect
Mr Peter Williamson
Condy Lofthouse Architects
Unit 17
Connect Business Village
24 Derby Road
Liverpool
L5 9PR
Independent Examiner
Mr M Heaton
K M Accountants
Manchester Road
Burnley
BB11 1JG
Name and address of Bankers and Investments companies eg CCLA
The Co-operative Bank
P.O. Box 48
CCLA Investment Management Ltd
Senator House
~~+f—~~
1 Balloon Street
85 Queen Victoria Street
Manchester
London EC4V 4ET
M60 1GP
Any exemptions from disclosure N/Y
Funds held as custodian trustee - Agent
if Y detail below
transactions-include LDBF clergy fees,
special collections, fees for the service of
Any funds held as custodian trustee
on behalf of others N/Y if Y detail
below
bell ringers, organists, vergers or choir at
weddings and for organists, vergers and
gravediggers at funerals.
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees (PCC) by clergy and laity (laity
optional)
Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Rev. D Leathers
Position
Incumbent/Chair of PCC
Date
11thMay 2023

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of St Mark’s Church, Haydock

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] December 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

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

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material 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 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  2. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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 accounts to be reached.

Mark Heaton FCCA FCIE

KM Chartered Accountants Burnley BB11 1JG

14[th] May 2023

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S HAYDOCK

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

For the year ended 31 December 2022

Note
INCOMING AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:
Donations and legacies
2(a)
Investments
2(b)
Church activities
2(c)
Sale of Assett
Grants received
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE ON:
Grants paid
3(a)
Other church activities
3(b)
Governance costs
3(c)
TOTAL
Net expenditure before transfers
Transfers:
Gross transfers between funds
9(c)
Net expenditure before other
recognised gains and losses
Gains/(losses) on investment assets
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS FOR THE
YEAR		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
£
£
£
£
209,482
11,853
221,335
813
1,931
2,744
26,179
149,046
175,225
70,113
70,113
-
13,118
13,118
306,587
175,948
-
482,535
23,894
350
24,244
243,565
170,223
413,788
860
-
860
268,319
170,573
-
438,892
38,268
5,375
-
43,643
(151,974)
151,974
-
0
(113,706)
157,349
-
43,643
-
-
(298)
(298)
(113,706)
157,349
(298)
43,345
502,247
100,911
3,268
606,426
388,541
258,260
2,970
649,771		 TOTAL
2021
£
239,798
131
139,814
0
28,847
408,590
(24,596)
(365,325)
(780)
(390,701)
17,889
-
17,889
(50)
17,839
588,587
606,426

The notes on pages 32 to 41 form an integral part of these financial statements.

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BALANCE SHEET

At 31 December 2022

.
Note
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets
5a
Investment assets
5b
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
7
Cash at bank and in hand
LIABILITIES
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due
within one year
8a
Net current assets
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due
after more than one year
8b
Total assets less current liabilities
FUNDS
6
Unrestricted
9a
Restricted
9b
Permanent Endowment
Total charity funds		 2022
£
246,000
2,970
248,970
7,630
414,899
422,529
(21,728)
400,801
0
649,771
388,541
258,260
2,970
649,771		 2021
£
398,275
3,268
401,543
9,033
292,771
301,804
(22,505)
279,299
(74,416)
606,426
502,247
100,911
3,268
606,426

Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 14th May 2023 and signed on its behalf by:

____ ____ Trustee Trustee

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 December 2022

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting convention

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts, except for the valuation of investment assets which are shown at market value. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

Reconciliation with previous Generally Accepted Accounting Practice

In preparing the accounts, the trustees have considered whether in applying the accounting policies required by FRS 102 and the Charities SORP FRS 102 a restatement of comparative items was needed. No restatements were required.

Funds

Endowment funds are funds, the capital of which must be maintained; only income arising from investment of the endowment may be used either as unrestricted or restricted funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established.

Restricted funds represent (a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest, and (b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of the year must be carried forward for each fund. The PCC invests separately for its major restricted fund, the New Future fund, and interest earned is allocated accordingly.

Unrestricted funds are general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Properties purchased for use by the charity out of restricted funds are transferred to general funds once the transaction has been completed.

Where the charity has committed itself to pay grants out of income at a percentage, the balance unpaid is allocated to Designated Funds for payment in the following year.

Income

Planned giving, collections and donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received. Grants and legacies are accounted for when the PCC is legally entitled to the amounts due. Grant income is deferred when grants are received in advance of the performance of the activities to which they relate. Income received under contract or where entitlement to grant funding is subject to specific performance conditions is recognised as earned (as the related goods or services are provided). Grant income in this category provides funding to support performance activities where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. All other income is recognised when it is receivable. All incoming resources are accounted for gross.

Gains and losses on investments

Realised gains or losses are recognised when investments are sold. Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of investments at 31 December 2022

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PARISH OF ST MARK'S HAYDOCK

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 December 2022

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Expenditure

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC. The diocesan parish share is accounted for when due. Amounts received specifically for mission are dealt with as restricted funds. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.

All resources expended are incurred as part of the charitable activities of the PCC except for the audit fee which is included in Governance Costs.

Fixed Assets

a) Consecrated land and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with S.96(2)(a) of the Charities Act 2011

b) Church Hall and land are fully written down in the accounts.

c) Movable church furnishings held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed in the church's inventory, which can be inspected at any reasonable time. For anything acquired before 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the financial statements. Subsequently no individual item has cost more than £1,000 so all such expenditure has been written off when incurred.

d) No depreciation is provided on the curate's ,or the assistant vicar's houses, included within freehold land and buildings, or on the Church Centre, included within long leasehold land and buildings, on the grounds that it would be immaterial because the estimated residual values of the land and buildings are not materially different from the amounts shown in the accounts. The valuations of the properties are reviewed annually for impairment. e) Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight line basis over 5 years, starting in the year after purchase.

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f) Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £1,000 or less are written off when the asset is acquired.

Investments

Investments are valued at market value at 31 December 2022 The Statement of Financial Activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluations throughout the year.

Current Assets

Amounts owing to the Charity at 31 December 2022 in respect of fees or other income are shown as debtors less any provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable.

Bank deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds or at a Bank.

Pensions

The pension costs charged in the financial statements represent the contribution payable by the charity during the year.

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S HAYDOCK

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 December 2022

2 INCOME

2(a) Donations and grants
Gift Aid
Income Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
Collections (open plate) at all services
Standing Orders not G Aid
Sovereign Giving
Automated Payments
Sundry Donations
Total
2(b) Investment income
Interest on UK Cash Deposits
Total
2(c) Church activities
Covid Furlough Payments
Hardship Fund
Letter Box Donations
Bookstall
Ladies Cluster
Tango Community Project
Smarties/Cool Club
Wedding/Funeral Fees
Men' Ministry
Youth Worker
Hire of Centre etc
Rent re Curates House
Food Pantry Income
Diocesan recharges
Warm Space etc
Community Garden
Profit on Sale of Assetts
Covid Grants receivable
All Churches Trust Grant
Food Pantry Grant
Other Grants etc
Total
TOTAL INCOME		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
£
£
£
£
126,453
4,595
-
131,048
33,826
1,148
-
34,974
7,021
5,370
-
12,391
17,225
740
-
17,965
14,220
-
-
14,220
2,533
-
-
2,533
8,204
-
-
8,204
209,482
11,853
-
221,335
813
1,931
-
2,744
-
-
-
0
924
-
-
924
350
-
350
-
-
-
0
1,466
-
-
1,466
-
128,716
-
128,716
1,375
-
-
1,375
11,106
-
-
11,106
-
-
-
0
-
1,668
-
1,668
5,308
-
-
5,308
-
-
-
0
-
13,492
13,492
6,000
3,750
-
9,750
-
1,070
-
1,070
-
-
-
0
26,179
149,046
-
175,225
70,113
-
70,113
-
-
-
0
-
-
-
0
-
8,108
-
8,108
-
5,010
-
5,010
70,113
13,118
-
83,231
96,292
162,164
-
258,456
306,587
175,948
-
482,535		 TOTAL
2021
£
139,088
35,754
5,693
19,111
13,520
1,847
24,785
239,798
131
20,927
924
100
203
957
75,048
703
12,885
-
10,838
2,879
3,000
11,250
100
139,814
-
8,097
14,050
6,000
700
28,847
168,661
408,590

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S HAYDOCK

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

For the year ended 31 December 2022

3 EXPENDITURE

3(a) Missions /Grants
To Institutions
CROSSLINKS
TEAR FUND
COMPASSION
CMS
CPAS
Poppy Appeal
St. Luke's Hospital
Open Doors
Hope Centre - Foodbank
Other small donations
Evangelical Alliance
God News for Everyone
North Africans In Mission
New Wine
Hope Romania
Message Trust
Ladies Cluster Donations
Christian Action Resource Education
To Individuals
G Heyes YWAM
Total		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
£
£
£
£
5,100
-
-
5,100
3,500
350
-
3,850
1,444
-
-
1,444
2,000
-
-
2,000
3,000
-
-
3,000
300
-
-
300
100
-
-
100
1,500
-
-
1,500
500
-
-
500
450
-
450
200
-
-
200
400
-
-
400
500
-
-
500
-
-
-
-
500
-
-
500
500
-
-
500
1,800
-
-
1,800
-
-
-
-
21,794
350
-
22,144
2,100
-
-
2,100
2,100
-
-
2,100
23,894
350
-
24,244		 TOTAL
2021
£
6,100
3,250
1,444
2,000
3,000
300
100
1,500
500
1,602
200
-
-
1,000
-
500
500
500
22,496
2,100
2,100
24,596

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S HAYDOCK

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

For the year ended 31 December 2022

3 EXPENDITURE (cont….)

3(b) Work of the Church
Diocesan Stipend & Quota
Working Expenses of clergy
Parsonage Houses
PCC Property
Assistant Staff
Youth Worker
Church Running Expenses
Church Utilities
Church Maintenance
Upkeep of Services
Upkeep of Churchyard
Centre Running Expenses
Centre M'tce
Depreciation
Training Costs and support costs
Bookstall Costs
Tango Costs
Ladies Cluster
Hardship
Smarties/Cool Club
Admin Assistants
Office Costs
Sundries
Community Garden/Labyrinth
Mortgage Interest
Warm Space
Grant-All Churches Trust
Other Grants
Grant-Food Pantry
Pantry Costs
Total
3(c) Governance Costs
Independent Examination
Total
TOTAL EXPENDITURE		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
£
£
£
£
109,633
-
-
109,633
2,911
-
-
2,911
3,565
-
-
3,565
8,128
1,577
-
9,705
14,901
-
-
14,901
-
10,715
-
10,715
10,293
-
-
10,293
4,884
-
-
4,884
11,286
-
11,286
8,570
-
-
8,570
13,233
-
-
13,233
18,145
-
-
18,145
2,370
-
-
2,370
-
-
-
7,215
-
-
7,215
-
-
-
-
123,638
-
123,638
966
-
-
966
-
-
-
-
1,392
-
-
1,392
17,192
-
-
17,192
6,095
-
-
6,095
2,604
-
-
2,604
182
-
-
182
-
1,506
-
1,506
519
-
519
-
4,041
-
4,041
-
4,887
-
4,887
-
12,359
-
12,359
-
10,981
-
10,981
243,565
170,223
-
413,788
860
-
-
860
268,319
170,573
-
438,892		 TOTAL
2021
£
113,465
1,436
3,472
5,258
14,175
6,940
10,556
3,341
31,241
4,240
7,940
7,525
4,056
2,912
4,361
149
100,454
186
665
641
11,402
3,996
14,768
-
2,867
-
4,938
3,641
700
365,325
780
390,701

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S HAYDOCK

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT (continued)

For the year ended 31 December 2022

STAFF COSTS
Gross Wages and Salaries
Social Security Costs
Pension Costs
Employers NI Allow 2021/2020		 2022
£
146,548
3,686
1,557
(3,686)
148,105		 2021
£
143,434
3,277
1,113
(3,277)
144,547

4 STAFF COSTS

The average number of employees during the year was 11.5 full time equivalents (2020 - 10.5). No employee earned more than £60,000 per annum in the current or previous years. No member of the PCC received remuneration

No expenses were paid to PCC members in their capacity as trustees.

5 FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BY THE CHARITY

5(a)
Tangible fixed assets
Used directly for charitable purposes
COST
At 1 January 2022
Additions
Disposals
At 31 December 2022
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2022
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 December 2022
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2021
At 31 December 2022		 Long
Freehold
Leasehold
Fixtures
Land &
Land &
Motor
Fittings
Buildings
Buildings
Vehicles
& Equipment
£
£
£
£
595,275
153,000
23,220
109,606
-
-
-
(152,275)
-
-
-
443,000
153,000
23,220
109,606
(350,000)
-
(23,220)
(103,253)
-
-
-
(3,441)
-
-
-
(350,000)
-
(23,220)
(106,694)
245,275
153,000
0
93,000
153,000
0
0		 Total
£
881,101
-
(152,275)
728,826
(476,473)
(3,441)
-
(479,914)
398,275
246,000

Land & Buildings, including consecrated land, benefited property and movable church fittings that are excluded from Tangible Fixed Assets, have been insured for £8,870,000 (2021 - £8,690,000)

5(b)
Investments
Historical Cost
Market Value
Fixed asset investments consist of Shares held in CBF Church of England Fixed Interest Securities Fund,
a fund registered on the UK Stock Exchange.
The shares are held primarily to provide an investment return.		 2022
£
3,036
2,970		 2021
£
3,036
3,268

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S HAYDOCK

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

For the year ended 31 December 2022

6 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND

7
8a
**8b **		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
2022
Funds
Funds
Funds
Total
£
£
£
£
Fixed Assets
246,000
-
246,000
Net Current Assets
142,541
258,260
2,970
403,771
Mortgage (> 1 year)
-
-
-
-
Fund balance
388,541
258,260
2,970
649,771
DEBTORS
2022
£
Prepayments & accrued income:
Income tax recoverable
7,630
Other debtors:
-
7,630
2022
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year
£
Mortgage
0
Other Creditors
480
Accruals
11,248
11,728
2022
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due after more than one year
£
Mortgage
0		 2021
£
398,275
282,567
(74,416)
606,426
2021
£
9,033
-
9,033
2021
£
3,450
13,152
5,903
22,505
2021
£
74,416

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

For the year ended 31 December 2022

9
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
At 1Jan
Incoming
Outgoing
Transfers
2022
Resources
Resources
Total
9a UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
£
£
£
£
General Funds
502,247
306,587
(268,319)
(151,974)
TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
502,247
306,587
(268,319)
(151,974)
9b RESTRICTED FUNDS
At 1Jan
Incoming
Outgoing
Transfers
2022
Resources
Resources
Total
£
£
£
£
New Future
30610
17260
(3084)
152,275
Letterbox Missions
350
(350)
-
Tango Community Project
34631
128990
(123637)
-
Youth Worker
23898
1668
(10715)
-
Community Garden/Labrinth
301
-
-
(301)
All Churches Trust
5112
-
(4,041)
-
Food Pantry Grants
6359
8108
(14467)
-
Food Pantry Costs
-
13492
(8873)
-
Other Grants
-
6080
(5,406)
-
TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS
100,911
175,948
(170,573)
151,974
2022
9c TRANSFERS
£
Transfer of Community Garden to General Acc
301
Wagon Lane Assett
(152,275)
(151,974)		 At 31 Dec
2022
£
388,541
388,541
At 31 Dec
2022
£
197061
-
39984
14851
0
1071
0
4619
674
258,260
2021
£
(100)
-
(100)

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