_Newchurch Parish Church, Culcheth Diocese of Liverpool_ ## _Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council_ ## _Contents_ _1. Reference and Administrative Information_ _2. Structure, Management and Governance_ _3. Objectives and Activities_ _4. Achievements and Performance_ _5. Finance Report_ ## _6. Plans for the Future_ _For the year ended 31[st] December 2024_ 1 ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** The Parochial Church Council of Newchurch Parish Church, Culcheth is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Charity registration number: 1128702 The Church is based on Church Lane, Culcheth. The parish is part of the Diocese of Liverpool and its official correspondence addresses are during the interregnum: Mr Alan Wright Mr Geoff Bent 16 Bollin Close 10 Burnham Close Culcheth Culcheth Warrington Warrington WA3 5DU WA3 4LJ For the period from 1[st] January 2024 until the date of approval of this report, the following people served as members of the Parochial Church Council: **Incumbent** Rev Martin Cox **Churchwardens** Mr Alan Wright Mr Geoff Bent **Deanery Synod** Mr Alan Wright Mr Rupert Rees until September Mrs Jean Williams Rev Barbara Alldred from September **Elected members Safeguarding Officer** Mrs Jean Williams **PCC Secretary** Mrs Ann Atkinson **Treasurer** Vacant until December then Nicola Seferta Mrs Jean Wright Mr Kenneth Quick Miss Maureen Hurley Mrs Freda Wilcock Mrs Chris Crye Mrs Rachel Bunce Rev Barbara Alldred Mr Paul Campbell ## **Electoral Roll Officer** Mr Bill Leatherbarrow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance acted as Custodian Trustee for the inalienable property of the church. **Bank** NatWest, 32 Market Street Leigh Lancashire WN7 1DX **Independent Examiner** Mr Alan Parkinson, 7 Spires Gardens, Winwick, Warrington, WA2 8WB ## **Quinquennial Architect** **Legal Advisors** The Bishop of Liverpool’s Registry (Lee Bolton, MonierWilliams, Solicitors, 1 The Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3JT). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day to day management control of the Church is exercised by the incumbent and wardens: Mr. Alan Wright, Mr. Geoff Bent. 2 ## **2. STRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE** Newchurch, Culcheth PCC is a body corporate and operates under the _Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956_ and the _Church Representation Rules._ The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All church members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC Newchurch Parish Church, Culcheth, forms part of a joint benefice with Christ Church, Croft. ## **Other related trusts:** Culcheth Educational Foundation - registered charity No. 526389, a religious instruction trust. The Rector and the two churchwardens are trustees. ## **The PCC operates three subcommittees:** **Standing Committee** : The terms of reference of this commitee are to transact the business of the council between PCC meetings subject to any directions given by the PCC, to set the agenda for PCC meetings and to reflect on issues which may require more time than can be set aside at Council meetings due to pressure of business. This team is composed of the clergy and lay officers of the church plus one elected PCC member. **Rector’s Worship Planning Group:** This committee is comprised of clergy and readers. It is responsible for the rota and content of services. **Finance Committee:** This committee is composed of the Nicola Seferta (PCC treasurer), the Church Wardens and Albert de Jong up to October and then transferred to Phillip Jeffs (the Freewill Offering registrars). Its role is to oversee all financial transactions of behalf of the PCC. The PCC monitors basic policies and procedures for: Health and Safety, Risk Assessment and Management, Child and Vulnerable Adults Protection. Individual members of the PCC receive training as and when deemed appropriate by the PCC These are as follows:- ## **Risk Assessments** To identify their major risks, procedures are in place to manage those risks and minimise their impact on the life of the church. Action in the main areas of risk has been taken as follows: ## **Financial Risk** Investments are only made in approved low risk funds approved for charity use, however, Newchurch is unable to make any financial investments due to general lack of funds. The PCC have reviewed internal controls for annual accounts, cash and cheque handling, and the Treasurer reviews and controls in line with regulatory requirements to ensure Financial Governance. These include: - Formalisation of the monthly Finance Meeting with the Finance Committee with the following agenda items discussed and reviewed: - Agree cheques to be paid - Review progress on actions - Discuss risks and issues - AOB - Minutes produced detailing invoices to be paid and key decisions made. - Production and distribution of monthly income and expenditure sheets. 3 ## **Compliance with Law and Regulation** A Health and Safety review has been undertaken by a member of the PCC. The PCC has been appraised of the risks and the necessary compliance requirements and these are being followed. These procedures are reviewed regularly. There are procedures for recording accidents and churchwardens and side persons are usually trained annually in fire safety, however this year this has not been possible. Training will be re-introduced as soon as time constraints allow. ## **Operational Risk** Plans have been agreed so that in the event of the church becoming unusable for a limited period then services will be held in the Parish Hall, if available. ## **Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection** The PCC takes its duty and obligation to protect children and vulnerable adults seriously. Church members, where appropriate, are checked under child protection legislation through the agreed online DBS service; this includes Parochial Church Committee members as Trustees on the PCC of Newchurch. The PCC will continue to review its policies based on the diocesan and the Church of England guidelines. ## **Reserves Policy** The PCC has an aspirational reserves policy whereby it intends to hold three to four months running costs as a general reserve (circa £25,000 - £30,000). At the end of the financial year, the reserve stood at £19,886.97 remaining the same as 2023. It will continue to be the aim of the PCC to add to this, should the opportunity arise. ## **3. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** The general functions of the PCC are stated within section 2 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956. This states that the PCC ‘is to cooperate with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.’ At Newchurch our mission is to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England, both through the Word and our deeds to love the Lord our God and to love his children – our neighbours. When planning our activities for the year, the PCC considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and in particular, the specific guidance to charities concerned with the advancement of religion. ## **Our objectives for 2024 were to provide the following public benefits: To Love the Lord our God and to be open to Him through** - Regular public worship open to all - The provision of a sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. - To help people who have asked for assistance with prayer - To review our services to enhance the beauty of our worship and to make occasional offices more accessible to those with no experience of church. ## **To Love our neighbours and be open to them** - Pastoral work including visiting the sick, bereaved and elderly. 4 - Taking assemblies for children in local schools and on church premises - Promoting the mission of the Church through the provision of activities - for the whole community. - Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas. ## **To Love each other through fellowship** - Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. - ● To continue to meet with our ecumenical partners locally and to support - one another. ## **4.ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE INCLUDING REVIEW OF CHARITABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AGAINST OBJECTIVES** The following section highlights the areas of activity and performance. ## **The electoral roll is now 76.** ## **Worship:** Church services are either 9.00am or 10.30am on Sundays except for the first Sunday of the month when there is a service with the other churches in the group. The venue for these joint services rotates amongst the parishes. Special services are arranged at relevant times, e.g. Carol services, Tree Festival services, Crib services, All Souls and Remembrance Day services. ## **Average attendance at Sunday services during 2024 was as follows:** **10 30am Holy Communion:** (held on 2[nd] & 4[th] Sundays of the month) Adults: 56 Under 16’s: 4 (27 services were held this year) **10.30am Morning Worship** Adults: 46 Under 16’s: 4. (18 services were held this year.) **10.30am Average for both services** : Adults: 51 Under 16’s: 4 **6.30pm services** held this year. All Souls 102 Adults 1 children. Christmas Tree Festival Closing Service 52 Adults 3 children and Choir Carol Service 52 Adults 2 children. Crib service 90 children 150 adults. **Tuesday Service** in the Parish Hall: 10. There were 32 services held this year. ## **Occasional Ofces for 2024** Weddings 5 Baptisms 18 Funerals 26 Interment of ashes 22 Communion was also given in homes and care homes in the village. **Cafe Praise.** A service of worship, reflections, prayer, and songs with a live band began in June 2022. It is held on the first Sunday of the month at 6.30pm in the Parish Hall. ## **Pastoral Care and Service to the Community** Visiting of members of the congregation who are unable to attend services has been possible and we are able to stay in touch with members of the congregation and friends of the church. Regular monthly communion services 5 in both Chatburn Court (sheltered accommodation) and Holcroft Grange (Care Home) continue. Members of the clergy team have also provided home communion when required. 6 ## **Newchurch Junior Church** At present we have 6 children, the eldest of which is 9 and 5 are below school age. We have 3 leaders and several parent helpers. The age range for whom we cater is 2 -16 years. We were able to make our Easter Garden. We meet in the Family room every Sunday at 10.30am including when there is no service in church. Our Nativity Play this year was interactive and involved the whole congregation. The leaders organised 2 outreach/social events in Church, the Easter and Harvest Extravaganzas and also craft activities during the Christmas Tree Festival. These attracted a significant number of families from outside the usual congregation. ## **Mothers’ Union** Mothers Union began 2024 in February with the AGM – including a financial statement and a recalling of the events of 2023. In March Newchurch hosted the Deanery festival, the Rev Martin Cox, newly instated as Rector for the parish, leading the service. This was followed by light refreshments; the proceeds being sent to M U Liverpool Diocese. Once again, we hosted the Deanery afternoon tea, the proceeds going to Mother’s Union summer appeal. We held an afternoon tea for St George’s day and also after our Wave of Prayer service. We were fortunate in having a full program of events for the year, with a variety of speakers. We continued to support the Merseyside Mission to seafarers, visiting their premises with the usual knitted products, toiletries and donations. We enrolled 2 new members in 2024, but we were saddened by the death of one of our long serving members. The year ended with an Advent Service and a Christmas lunch. There are no changes in the leadership of the branch for the coming year. ## **Church Building Report** (January – December 2024 We have not disposed of any assets and retain all our possessions and the general standard of maintenance of the Church building is relatively good, a fortuitous situation bearing in mind the continuing financial deficit. The annual boiler service was completed, as was the clearing of the lower levels of the gutters to remove vegetation and debris. There is evidence of rotting wood at the front of the lych gate where it meets the stone wall and also loose slates. These issues are being addressed. The project to refurbish the porch is ongoing. The poplar trees planted in 1928 were very tall and posed a possible risk. Consequently these were reduced to a more manageable height. ## **Fundraising Activities** Fundraising activities in 2024 equated to a total of £8277.53. This included the usual fundraising events undertaken by volunteers within the congregation such as the Christmas Tree Festival, regular film nights, music concerts, quizzes, tea & coffee activities, card sales, magazine sales. 7 The Christmas Fayre and Christmas Tree Festival raised £1,672.37 and £1,470 respectively. This is a decrease of income from £3,240 to £3,142.37 8 ## **Finance, Giving and Fundraising** 2024 has proven to be a challenging year financially with many factors impacting on incomings and expenditure, such as economic inflation, the energy crisis and cost of living increase. Overall, the total income for the church in 2024 has increased on 2023 levels (up by 18% i.e. 2023 £69,383.64 and 2024 £81,925.86. Planned giving in 2024 decreased by 18% to £23,268.40. The re-claim of tax rebate will be made in 2025 for 2024. We would encourage all members of the congregation to continue to review their giving and, if not already part of the Free Will Offering scheme, to consider making regular donations via the Parish Giving Scheme, standing order, cheque or envelope. If you pay any form of tax, please sign a Gift Aid declaration. We would encourage members of the congregation to consider bequest donations in their financial and will planning. General fund donations for the year saw a decrease of 89%from £3402.31of £390. Income from funerals increased by 151% from £9544 in 2023 to £24,041 in 2024. Income from weddings decreased from £2,838 to £1,669. The parish magazine is not produced now and so there was only £6.10 income this year. In 2024 detailed figures for donations to charities have yet to be ratified. ## **Restricted Funds** Due to the Newchurch interregnum, the restricted fund required for the Sequestration account to keep a record of assigned fees has been maintained. The balance is currently £27847.40 in credit, due to the dedication of the clergy team who have carried out many services during the period without recompense. Restricted funds are: - Churchyard fund is set up to provide essential supplies for the improvements and maintenance of the churchyard. This is also intended to cover the cost of any contractors required. Monies have been used from the churchyard fund for general equipment expenses and maintenance, the expenses show a 67% decrease from £1,467 to £208.67. - The separate fundraising project called the ‘Drainage Project’ which ran for the duration of 2017 to raise monies specifically to improve drainage within the churchyard paid out retention monies of £1,200 following acceptable re-seeding of the area. Another phase of work is required to complete the project; however, this would require further fundraising to supplement the balance of monies held within the Drainage Project restricted fund (£6,886). 9 - Bell Tower, and Porch Funds are for any supplies for improvements, maintenance and repairs to these areas. - The clock fund has been set up to collect monies to assist with repairs to the clock and mechanism, which was in disrepair. Repairs are currently ongoing. It was agreed by the PCC that the restricted funds from the clock fund and also £7795.20 was paid from the porch fund. £560 remains in the from the clock fund. - Choir Fund is for supplies, licences and payments to musicians and any other items necessary for the choir to function efficiently. - Junior Church fund is for essential supplies, equipment, prizes and treats for members when in church or at any organized events. - Tree Festival fund is for supplies, licence, prizes, electrical checks and sundries required to run the festival Overall, there is a net decrease in restricted funds of £1,174.37, detailed in the table below. ## **Pensions Regulation** New Pension law impacted the church during 2017 with the staging date set for pensions of 1/8/2017. The Finance Committee selected the government scheme NEST as the preferred pension offering, and the two eligible employees were offered the option of taking up a pension in the scheme. There was no take up. The declaration of compliance was completed & returned to the Pensions Regulator 4/9/2017, a further re-declaration was completed 05/08/2020 in line with Pension law requirements. There continues to be no take up of the scheme. ## **Expenditure** Expenditure continues to be monitored closely and restricted to essential expenses only, with cost savings made wherever possible. 10 Church Building costs were all funded by restricted funds, with close monitoring of costs. There was a decrease in spending on Gas, Electricity and water. In 2023 it was £7118.76 and in 2024 it was £5,672. In 2024 the upkeep for services was £271. It was agreed by the PCC that £8,346 from the general account would be set aside for major repairs to fund the removal of several unsafe poplar trees surrounding the church in the church yard. The work was carried out in early 2024. A Sequestration account has been maintained and the balance of assigned fees held in a restricted fund. PCC were unable to pay five of the 2024 Parish Share payments totaling £27,666, during the year due to lack of unrestricted funds, this combined with arrears from 2019 and 2022 gives a total of £44,265.68 due to Diocese in Parish Share arrears. There is no repayment plan in place currently for these arrears. In conclusion, the overall financial position continues to be precarious, with the continuing increase in expenditure, continuing decline of average attendance figures and average age profile of the congregation needing to be reversed to secure the long-term financial future of the Parish. However, we are grateful for the continued support from our loyal and generous congregation. ## **6. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE** In 2025 we intend to… - Continue to refurbish the entrance way of the church. - Make repairs to the lych gate. - Look to explore how we can attract younger families to start attending on a more regular basis. - Continue to be part of our deanery in the deanery mission plan. - Engage with the Diocesan ‘Fit for Mission’ plan. - ## **Agent Transactions** - The PCC acted as a financial agent for the following people / organisations: - ● Treasurer and Wardens £4,746 was received in regard to assigned fees for weddings, funerals and burials from March to December 2024. This money is yet to be paid to the diocese. - Organist, bells and vergers - £724 was received from funeral directors and wedding couples regarding funerals and weddings respectively. This money was passed directly to the appropriate individuals. 11 ## **NEWCHURCH PARISH CHURCH - CULCHETH** |**FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
**Analysis of**
**resources**
**2024**
**1. Newchurch PCC: Main Account: Receipts & Payments Account**
**RECEIPTS**
**Voluntary Income**
**Planned Giving**
Free Will Offerings
101
23,268.40
£
Tax Rebate
102
5,269.93
£
Plate Collections
104
8,560.53
£
**Individual Donations**
Bequests
202
-
£
General fund
104
390.00
£
Churchyard Fund
104
280.88
£
Other Restricted Funds:
- Porch Fund
104
-
£
- Clock Fund
104
560.00
£
- Bell Tower Fund
104
524.86
£
-Drainage Project
104
-
£
- Sequestration Fund
104
1,619.00
£
- Choir Fund
104
349.50
£
- Junior Church
104
70.00
£
- Xmas Tree
104
1,470.00
£
**Fund Raising Events & Activities**
Christmas Fair & Draw
203a
1,672.37
£
200 Club/bonus ball club
203a
500.00
£
Tea / Coffee
203a
1,264.64
£
Income from rent of space
203a
400.00
£
Other Parish Activities
203a
2,970.52
£
**Other Income**
Fees to PCC
Weddings
404
1,669.00
£
Funerals
404
24,041.13
£
Memorials
404
2,293.00
£
**Parish Magazine**
Advertisements
403b
-
£
Sales
403a
6.10
£
**From Christ Church Croft**
Contribution to Council Tax
103a
Contribution to Rector's Expenses
103a
Contribution to Assistant Curate's Expenses
103a
Contribution to Water Rates
103a
Other

**Other Receipts**
From reserve account
Churches together
Collections for Charity
104
**TOTAL INCOME & RECEIPTS**
Note 1 - this figure includes payments to Verger, Organist, Bells & Choir
**1. Newchurch PCC: Main Account: Receipts & Payments Account**
**PAYMENTS**
**2024**
**Ministry**
Rector's Expenses
501
£ -
Rectory: Council Tax & Water
501
£ 8,368.17
Rectory: Garden
501
£ -
Other Ministry:
501
£ -
- Assistant Curate Expenses
501
£ -
- OLM Expenses
501
£ -
- Visiting Clergy Expenses
501
£ 120.00
**Church Building**
Church Gas / Electricity / Water
510
5,677.20
£
Cleaner
506
1,040.00
£
Church Insurance
512
2,742.56
£
Organ Insurance
508
515.00
£
Church Repairs & Maintenance
509
969.23
£
Clock Fund
508
-
£
Bell Tower
509
£ -
Porch Fund
508
£ 7,795.20
Choir Fund
508
£ 272.00
-
£|**2023**
28,533.49
£
-
£
7,335.90
£
37,098.86
£
-
£
3,402.31
£
1,085.00
£
510.00
£
340.00
£
447.00
£
-
£
4,805.00
£
492.80
£
-
£
-
£
5,264.24
£
1,426.54
£
1,000.00
£
750.71
£
-
£
3,013.71
£
6,807.53
£
2,838.00
£
9,544.00
£
136.00
£
28,003.13
£
564.00
£
1,346.62
£
6.10
£
-
£
**£ 77,179.86**

-
£
**77,179.86**
**£**
**2023**
£ -
£ -
£ -
£ -
£ -
£ -
£ -
8,488.17
£
7,118.76
£
1,080.00
£
2,679.82
£
515.00
£
618.26
£
560.00
£
£ 64.80
£ 2,911.80
£ 175.00
-
£|**2022**
25,603.78
£
3,051.36
£
8,245.59
£
35,869.39
£
-
£
9,145.15
£
795.00
£
-
£
220.00
£
170.00
£
-
£
7,083.00
£
100.00
£
-
£
-
£
11,082.11
£
2,409.19
£
1,929.50
£
438.00
£
-
£
3,659.57
£
6,190.96
£
3,369.52
£
11,392.00
£
-
£
12,518.00
£
1,301.60
£
921.86
£
1,910.62
£
-
£
**£ 67,571.08**

105.00
£
**67,571.08**
**£**
**2022**
£ -
£ 1,055.89
£ -
£ -
£ -
-
£
2,945.19
£
1,080.00
£
2,320.18
£
515.00
£
499.78
£
-
£
£ -
£ -
£ -
-
£|**2021**
25,834.59
£
3,045.77
£
5,817.93
£
36,900.73
£
300.00
£
9,737.32
£
620.00
£
-
£
-
£
85.00
£
50.00
£
5,715.00
£
-
£
-
£
17,513.15
£
2,260.11
£
1,560.00
£
-
£
300.00
£
4,829.66
£
8,436.26
£
1,128.64
£
10,505.62
£
-
£
14,761.52
£
994.10
£
976.36
£
2,223.46
£
-
£
**£ 79,835.12**
380.00
£
**79,940.12**
**£**
**2021**
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
1,055.89
£
1,670.63
£
880.00
£
2,229.76
£
515.00
£
1,625.79
£
-
£
1,099.41
£
-
£|**2020**
27,461.68
£
4,184.81
£
5,048.57
£
34,698.29
£
2,000.00
£
5,762.41
£
615.00
£
-
£
-
£
25.00
£
-
£
6,444.00
£
-
£
-
£
16,507.32
£
-
£
2,138.50
£
82.21
£
-
£
2,532.07
£
8,949.77
£
781.00
£
14,666.00
£
110.00
£
11,634.26
£
815.30
£
1,159.76
£
1,970.46
£
-
£
**73,760.10**
**£**
450.00
£
**74,140.10**
**£**
**2020**
454.21
£
563.40
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
1,985.47
£
600.00
£
2,241.44
£
488.93
£
1,217.50
£
-
£
2,006.24
£
489.68
£|**2019**
30,430.14
£
5,192.12
£
8,003.60
£
36,695.06
£
10,000.00
£
4,267.00
£
8,165.00
£
-
£
-
£
255.75
£
125.00
£
5,961.50
£
-
£
-
£
14,846.41
£
2,624.94
£
1,200.00
£
731.74
£
300.00
£
5,747.61
£
4,752.78
£
5,962.00
£
14,559.50
£
108.00
£
15,557.00
£
663.00
£
1,045.56
£
1,975.06
£
489.68
£
**74,315.99**
**£**
2,425.10
£
**74,765.99**
**£**
**2019**
609.31
£
2,348.33
£
590.00
£
149.96
£
2,000.10
£
152.00
£
1,017.61
£
3,260.57
£
1,000.00
£
2,178.68
£
488.93
£
2,301.47
£
149.80
£
540.00
£
1,464.95
£|43,625.86
£
28,774.25
£
10,604.29
£
20,629.50
£
1,708.56
£
1,464.95
£
**106,807.41**
**£**
**109,232.51**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||5,849.70
£| ## **NEWCHURCH PARISH CHURCH - CULCHETH** |**FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
**Analysis of**
**resources**
**2024**
Junior Church
508
£ -
Churchyard
509
228.67
£
Drainage Project
508
£ -
**Upkeep of Services**
Service costs (eg altar bread / wine & candles &
Flowers)
507
271.71
£
Resources (eg books / PRS licence etc)
507
-
£
Organist
506
80.00
£
Major repairs
509
£ -

**Communication**
Stationery & Photocopying
511
813.41
£
Administration
511
2,792.35
£
Printing of Magazine
511
202.00
£
Mission costs
511
-
£
**Due to Diocese**
Parish Share
505
22,134.84
£
Loan
£ -
Assigned Fees Weddings & Funerals
£ -
Sequestration Fund
-
£
**Other Expenses**
Parish Activities
503
150.00
£

**Other Payments**
Wedding Pay (Verger, Bells, Organ & Choir)
502
2,549.50
£
Donations to Charity
504
25.00
£
Cost of generating funds
-
£
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE & PAYMENTS**
**1. Newchurch PCC: Main Account: Receipts & Payments Account**
**2024**
**Summary for the year**
Bank balance at 1 January
89,477.77
£
Plus
Total Income & Receipts
77,179.86
£
Plus Unpresented Cheques (see Note 1)
108.00
£
Christmas Tree & Crib Festival Fund
-
£
Previous years unpresented deposits presented this year
4,276.86
£
Minus
Total Expenditure & Payments
56,746.84
£
Spreadsheet rounding's
Previous years o/s chqs presented this year
14,106.53
£
Unpresented deposits as 31 December (see note 4)
2,453.41
£
Closing Balance at 31 December (see notes 2 - 7)
**Notes:**
Note 1. Cheques not presented at the Bank as at 31/12/2024 totalled £108 breakdown|**2023**
£ -
1,466.62
£
£ -
19,239.86
£
88.40
£
861.62
£
135.00
£
£ 8,346.00
£ 351.71

44.33
£
2,661.57
£
1,271.00
£
267.00
£
3,807.76
£
38,732.47
£
£ -
£ -
337.50
£
22,134.84
£
£ 150.00

724.00
£
362.00
£
-
£
2,574.50
£
**56,746.84**
**£**
**2023**
82,864.21
£
67,571.08
£
14,106.53
£
1,812.56
£
5,044.35
£
71,020.95
£
6,623.15
£
4,276.86
£
**97,735.71**
**£**
detailed below:|**2022**
£ -
4,430.86
£
£ -
17,190.06
£
643.82
£
44.28
£
80.00
£
£ -
£ 9,431.02

181.58
£
997.30
£
1,182.40
£
75.00
£
4,243.90
£
49,385.79
£
£ -
£ -
938.00
£
39,069.97
£
1,327.49
£
£ -

1,596.00
£
177.77
£
-
£
1,086.00
£
**71,020.95**
**£**
**2022**
71,153.13
£
79,940.12
£
6,623.15
£
962.82
£
-
£
69,476.33
£
1,294.33
£
5,044.35
£
**89,477.77**
**£**|**2021**
4,166.01
£
-
£
11,791.01
£
27.50
£
586.58
£
500.00
£
-
£
£ 768.10
304.10
£
999.26
£
1,118.80
£
-
£
2,436.28
£
47,329.28
£
4,180.97
£
-
£
504.50
£
50,323.79
£
1,225.19
£
£ 1,327.49
870.45
£
552.00
£
-
£
1,773.77
£
**69,476.33**
**£**
**2021**
67,991.93
£
74,140.10
£
1,294.33
£
-
£
-
£
70,385.23
£
1,888.00
£
-
£
**82,864.21**
**£**|**2020**
5,246.55
£
1,200.00
£
12,186.60
£
128.90
£
460.18
£
1,000.00
£
1,114.08
£
184.89
£
551.00
£
689.60
£
190.44
£
2,422.16
£
49,302.72
£
4,200.00
£
-
£
52,014.75
£
571.68
£
1,225.19
£
644.00
£
450.00
£
-
£
1,422.45
£
**70,385.23**
**£**
**2020**
66,879.09
£
74,765.99
£
1,888.00
£
-
£
-
£
74,377.15
£
1,164.00
£
-
£
**71,153.13**
**£**
**Amount**
108.00
£
108.00
£
2,496.36
£
6,886.79
£
1,658.25
£
560.00
£
495.30
£
435.68
£
4,095.38
£
5,224.24
£
21,852.00
£
27,847.40
£
30,494.75
£|**2019**
1,003.46
£
13,000.00
£
14,986.13
£
346.45
£
450.43
£
1,120.00
£
1,589.08
£
264.69
£
846.24
£
1,334.99
£
-
£
1,615.93
£
58,523.30
£
3,600.00
£
3,246.00
£
53,502.72
£
1,592.72
£
571.68
£
2,017.50
£
2,425.10
£
-
£
1,094.00
£
**74,377.15**
**£**
**2019**
63,186.61
£
109,232.51
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
105,540.03
£
-
£
-
£
**67,991.93**
**£**|23,922.91
£
1,916.88
£
2,445.92
£
65,369.30
£
1,592.72
£
4,442.60
£
**105,540.03**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||**66,879.09**
**£**| |||||||| |**Unpresented cheques**||||||| |**Payee**
PTSG (Lightning Conductor Inspection||||**Amount**||| |||||108.00
£||| |**Total**||||108.00
£||| |Note 2. Balance at year end includes Restricted Funds:
Note 3. Due to the Parish being Interregnum, sequestration commenced 01/05/2019. A
The balance of the sequestration fund as at 31/12/2024 is
Note 4. General Fund Balance at year end:|sequestration restricted fund has been|set up and reporting the account is in pla|Church yard
Drainage Project
Bell Tower
Clock Fund
Choir Fund
Junior Church
Xmas Tree Festival
Porch Fund
Total Restricted Fund Balance:
ce.|||| ## **NEWCHURCH PARISH CHURCH - CULCHETH** |**FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Analysis of**||||||||| |||**resources**||**2024**|**2023**|**2022**||**2021**|**2020**|**2019**| |Note 5. General Fund Reserve now|stands at £19,886.97. These monies|||are held in line with our Reserve Policy requirement.||||||| |Note 6 - Parish Share Loan set up with the Diocese in|||June 2017 to commence payment of arrears from 2017 and previous years. Initial Loan amount £16,180.97|||||||| |**Parish Share Loan**||||||||||| |**Total Loan**||£|16,180.97
|||||||| ||||||||Payments|||| ||||||||Made to Date|||| |Loan Repayment Plan:||Monthly|||||per annum|||| |**2017**|(July onwards)|£|200.00
||||£|1,200.00
||| ||**2018**|£|250.00
||||£|3,000.00
||| ||**2019**|£|300.00
||||£|3,600.00
||| ||**2020**|£|350.00
||||£|4,200.00
||| ||**2021**|£|350.00
||||£|4,180.97
||| Parish Share Loan balance outstanding as at 31/12/2024 is nil following full scheduled repayments being paid. However, Parish Share is still in arrears (see note 7) Note 7 - as at 31st December 2023 Parish Share Arrears have increased further. November and December 2019 remained unpaid (totalling £11,704.66). Arrears from 2020 totalling £16,434.24 were offset by a grant received from the Church Commissioners for £16,906 with the balance to be credited against 2021 repayments. In 2021, challenging financial circumstances due to Covid-19 have continued with church closures and limited opportunities for fund raising events. A further 3 Parish Share payments of a revised plan agreed in March 2021 have not been made for August, November & December. It was agreed that any unpaid 2021 Parish Share would be written off by LDBF. As of 31/12/22 the parish share for November 2022 and December 2022 remain unpaid at a total amount of £10,922.74, due to insufficient monies in the general account. As of 31/12/23 the parish share for August 2023 to December 2023 remain unpaid at a total amount of £27,666.05, due to insufficient monies in the general account. Total Arrears are: |May 2024
June 2024
July 2024
August 2024
September 202
October 2024
November 2024
December 2024
TOTAL
December 2019
November 2019
August 2023
September 2023
October 2023
November 2023
December 2023
November 2022
December 2022|5,852.33
£
5,852.33
£
5,461.37
£
5,461.37
£
22,627.40
£
5,533.21
£
5,533.21
£
5,533.21
£
5,533.21
£
5,533.21
£
27,666.05
£
5,533.21
£
5,533.21
£
5,533.21
£
5,533.21
£
4
5,533.21
£
5,533.21
£

5,533.21
£

5,533.21
£
44,265.68
£
22,132.84
£
94,559.13
£| |---|---| There is no repayment plan in place currently for these arrears. Note 8 - a contract for the required annual inspection of the Lightning conductor has been entered into with PTSG Services group to save costs, £90 plus VAT (£108.00) per annum for the period 05/12/20 to 04/12/2025. ## **2. Newchurch PCC: 200 Club Receipts & Payments Account** |**2. Newchurch PCC: 200 Club Receipts & Payments Account**||| |---|---|---| |April 2025 - Section no longer relevant as account closed.
**RECEIPTS**
**2024**
Subscriptions
203a
Donations
203a
Cheques not Paid Out
203a
**PAYMENTS**
Prizes
503
Transfer to PCC
503
Warrington Borough Council
503
Credits not presented
**Summary for the year**
Bank balance at 1 January
Plus
Receipts
Minus
Payments||**2022**
**2021**
**2020**
**2019**
2,195.00
£
2,916.00
£
2,965.00
£
3,395.00
£
-
99.00
£
-
-
£
60.00
£
70.00
£
~~-~~
~~£~~
2,195.00
£
3,015.00
£
3,025.00
£
3,465.00
£
1,770.00
£
1,440.00
£
1,410.50
£
1,622.00
£
60.00
£
1,596.00
£
2,164.50
£
1,200.00
£
20.00
£
20.00
£
40.00
£
~~-~~
~~£~~
1,830.00
£
3,056.00
£
3,595.00
£
2,862.00
£
518.50
£
559.50
£
1,129.50
£
526.50
£
2,195.00
£
3,015.00
£
3,025.00
£
3,465.00
£
1,830.00
£
3,056.00
£| ||**2023**
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~|| ## **NEWCHURCH PARISH CHURCH - CULCHETH** |**FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECE**
**Analysis of**
**resources**
Closing Balance at 31 December
**3. Newchurch PCC: Junior Church Account**
April 2025 - Section no longer relevant as account closed. Restricted
**RECEIPTS**
Collections
203a
Donations
203a
**PAYMENTS**
Stationery
503
Gifts / Prizes
503
Miscellaneous
503
Party
503
Visits / Subscriptions
503
**Summary for the year**
Bank balance at 1 January
Plus
Receipts
Minus
Payments
**4. Newchurch PCC: Christmas Tree & Crib Festival Accoun**
April 2025 - Section no longer relevant as account closed. Restricted
Due to Covid-19 Pandemic there was no fundraising Christmas Tree &
**RECEIPTS**
Christmas Tree & Crib Festival
203a
**PAYMENTS**
Alan Wright
503
F Wilcock expenses
503
Raffle
503
Newchurch Parish Church (donation & heating)
503
Printers
503
Band
503
Ann Atkinson expenses
503
Mulled Wine
503
Children's Society
504
**Summary for the year**
Bank balance at 1 January
Plus
Receipts
Minus
Payments
Closing Balance at 31 December
Note 9 - 200 Club closed as of 08/11/22. Closing bank balance transfe
The Christmas Tree Festival had a separate bank account with Barcla
dormancy letter, however it was not sent as correspondence was supr
Note that 2023 Christmas Tree expenses have not yet been calculated|**MBER 2024**
**2024**|**2023**|**2022**
~~**-**~~
~~**£**~~
**2022**
50.00
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
315.68
£
50.00
£
-
£
**365.68**
**£**
**2022**
1,629.98
£
1,812.56
£
21.00
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
150.00
£
-
£
62.00
£
434.16
£
-
£
**2022**
-
£
1,629.98
£
667.16
£
**2,775.38**
**£**
had been marked as 'gone away', and cor
ce taken. The takings for the 2021 festiva
ses will be shown on the 2024 annual ac|**2021**
**883.50**
**£**
**2021**
50.00
£
50.00
£
-
£
-
£
265.68
£
50.00
£
-
£
**365.68**
**£**
**2021**
1,580.81
£
1,629.98
£
142.16
£
-
£
-
£
810.00
£
-
£
300.00
£
-
£
330.00
£
667.16
£
**2021**
95.84
£
1,580.81
£
1,582.16
£
**962.82**
**£**
respondence supressed. As no takings w
l have been paid into the Newchurch PCC
counts.|**2020**
**518.50**
**£**
**2020**
17.49
£
162.00
£
50.00
£
-
£
39.15
£
-
£
22.27
£
33.00
£
-
£
180.61
£
179.49
£
94.42
£
**315.68**
**£**
**2020**
-
£
1,580.81
£
-
£
1,582.16
£
**2020**
95.84
£
-
£
-
£
**94.49**
**£**
ere received last year due to Covid-19, the
account held with Natwest, and monies f|**2019**
**4,154.50**
**£**
**2019**
88.26
£
50.25
£
179.49
£
13.00
£
39.38
£
-
£
21.11
£
102.00
£
94.42
£
217.59
£
138.51
£
175.49
£
**265.68**
**£**
**2019**
1,487.74
£
-
£
111.91
£
900.00
£
-
£
200.00
£
350.00
£
-
£
**2019**
170.01
£
1,487.74
£
1,561.91
£
**95.84**
**£**
account became dormant. Barclays pre
or 2023 have been paid into this accoun|**3991.50**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||~~**-**~~
~~**£**~~|||||| ||funds are tracke
r to Main Accoun|
d.
**2023**
~~-~~
~~£~~
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
~~-~~
~~£~~
365.68
£
-
£
d.
2020
**2023**
1,812.56
£
~~-~~
~~£~~
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
~~-~~
~~£~~
**2023**
962.82
£
1,812.56
£
-
£
**-**
**£**
t was**£1,155.50**
of £95.84. For some reason the account
count was closed on 17/11/21 and balan
the account as of 15/02/24. These expen|||||**,**

138.51
£
175.49
£
**180.61**
**£**| ||
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~||||||| ||**t**
funds are tracke
Crib Festival in
ys with a balance
essed and the ac
and taken from||||||1,487.74
£
1,561.91
£
**95.84**
**£**
-populated a
t.| ||~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~
~~-~~
~~£~~||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ## **NEWCHURCH PARISH CHURCH - CULCHETH** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024** **Monetary Assets 2024** £ Newchurch PCC Main Account £97,735.71 Junior Church £0.00 Total Monetary Assets £97,735.71 ||**RECEIPTS**||**RECEIPTS**|**RECEIPTS**||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**VOLUNTARY INCOME**|||unrestricted
restricted
Newchurch a/c||unrestricted
restricted
200 Club/Bonus Ball||unrestricted
restricted
Junior Church||unrestricted
restricted
Christmas Tree*||TOTALS
unrestricted|restricted| |1 Tax Efficient planned giving(101)||£|22,257.70
||||||||22,257.70
£|-
£| |2 Other Planned Giving-103a||£|532.50
||||||||532.50
£|-
£| |3 Collections at Services-104||£|8,560.53
||||||||8,560.53
£|-
£| |3a-103b|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |4 All other giving & voluntary receipts including Special
Appeals-105||£|390.00
|1,715.24
£|||-
£|70.00
£|||390.00
£|1,785.24
£| |5-203b|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |6 Gift Aid Recovered-102||£|5,269.93
||||||||5,269.93
£|-
£| |6a GASmall Donations Scheme||£|478.20||||||||478.20
£|-
£| |7 Legaciesreceived (capital value)- 202||£|-||||||||-
£|-
£| |8 Grants (inclone off&recurring)- 201a||£|-||||||||-
£|-
£| |8a- 201b|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |**ACTIVITES FOR GENERATING FUNDS**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |9 GrossIncomefrom FundraisingActivities- 203a||£|5,907.53||500.00
£||||-
£|1,470.00
£|6,407.53
£|1,470.00
£| |**INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |10Dividends,interest,incomefromproperty-301& 302|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |**CHURCH ACTIVITIES**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |11 Statutory fees retained by the PCC (weddings , funerals
etc)- 404||
£|28,003.13|1,619.00
£|||||||28,003.13
£|1,619.00
£| |12 Gross income from trading (e.g. hall lettings, magazine,
bookstall)NOT fundraising401/402/403 & 500||£|406.10||||||||406.10
£|-
£| |**OTHER INCOMNG RESOURCES**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |13Any other income/receiptsnot alreadylisted-601& 602||£|-||||||||-
£|-
£| ||||||||||||-
£|-
£| |||**£**|**71,805.62**|**3,334.24**
**£**|**500.00**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**70.00**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**1,470.00**
**£**|72,305.62
£|4,874.24
£| |||£|75,139.86||||||||75,139.86
£|-
£| |||£|75,139.86
||500.00
£||70.00
£||1,470.00
£||77,179.86
£|-
£| |14 Number of tax efficient planned givers
15 Number of other planned givers
16 Number of new legacies received|||1||||*I||ncl in Newchurch||TOTAL|| |Payments|||Newchurcha/c||200 Club||JuniorChurch||ChristmasTree||TOTALS|| |**PAYMENTS**||||||||||||| |**COST OF GENERATING VOLUNTARY INCOME AND**
**GENERATING FUNDS**||||||||||||| |17 Fundraising activities (Costs &Payments)-503||£|150.00||-
£||||-
£||150.00
£|-
£| |**CHURCH ACTIVITES**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |18Missiongiving and donations-504||£|25.00||||||||25.00
£|-
£| |19Diocesanparishshare contribution-505||£|22,134.84||||||||22,134.84
£|-
£| |20 Salarieswages andhonararia-506||£|1,120.00||||||||1,120.00
£|-
£| |21 -Clergy and staffexpenses 501& 502||£|11,037.67|-
£|||||||11,037.67
£|-
£| |22 -Church Expenses: MissionandEvangelismcosts 507||£|271.71||||||||271.71
£|-
£| |23a-Church running expenses 508||£|515.00|272.00
£|||||||515.00
£|272.00
£| |23b Churchbuildingmaintenance costs 509||£|969.23|228.67
£|||||||969.23
£|228.67
£| |23c Church insurance costs 512||£|2,742.56||||||||2,742.56
£|-
£| |24ChurchUtilityBills-510||£|5,677.20||||||||5,677.20
£|-
£| |25-Cost of Trading 511||£|3,807.76||||||||3,807.76
£|-
£| |**COST OF GOVERNANCE**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |26 Governance costs- 4000b|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |**MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |27 Major repairs to the churchbuilding||||7,795.20
£|||||||-
£|7,795.20
£| |28 - Major repairs to church hall or other PCC property incl
redecoration 2013 &2014|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |29 - New building work to the church, church hall, clergy
housing or other PCC property 2015|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |99 Otheroutgoingresources/payments||||||||||||| |assignedfees- NOT INCLUDED||£|-||||||||-
£|-
£| |||**£**|**48,450.97**|**8,295.87**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|48,450.97
£|8,295.87
£| ||||||||||||-
£|-
£| |||£|56,746.84
||-
£||-
£||-
£||56,746.84
£|-
£| 31 Cash and deposit balance as at 31 December 32 Investments as at 31st December 33 Liabilities due within 1 year: ||**RECEIPTS**||**RECEIPTS**|**RECEIPTS**||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**VOLUNTARY INCOME**|||unrestricted
restricted
Newchurch a/c||unrestricted
restricted
200 Club/Bonus Ball||unrestricted
restricted
Junior Church||unrestricted
restricted
Christmas Tree*||TOTALS
unrestricted|restricted| |1 Tax Efficient planned giving(101)||£|27,103.49
||||||||27,103.49
£|-
£| |2 Other Planned Giving-103a||£|1,000.00
||||||||1,000.00
£|-
£| |3 Collections at Services-104||£|7,335.90
||||||||7,335.90
£|-
£| |3a-103b|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |4 All other giving & voluntary receipts including Special
Appeals-105||£|3,402.31
|2,874.80
£|||-
£||||3,402.31
£|2,874.80
£| |5-203b|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |6 Gift Aid Recovered-102||£|-
||||||||-
£|-
£| |6a GASmall Donations Scheme||£|430.00||||||||430.00
£|-
£| |7 Legaciesreceived (capital value)- 202||£|-||||||||-
£|-
£| |8 Grants (inclone off&recurring)- 201a||£|-||||||||-
£|-
£| |8a- 201b|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |**ACTIVITES FOR GENERATING FUNDS**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |9 GrossIncomefrom FundraisingActivities- 203a||£|5,190.96||1,000.00
£||||1,812.56
£||8,003.52
£|-
£| |**INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |10Dividends,interest,incomefromproperty-301& 302|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |**CHURCH ACTIVITIES**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |11 Statutory fees retained by the PCC (weddings , funerals
etc)- 404||
£|12,518.00|4,805.00
£|||||||12,518.00
£|4,805.00
£| |12 Gross income from trading (e.g. hall lettings, magazine,
bookstall)NOT fundraising401/402/403 & 500||£|1,910.62||||||||1,910.62
£|-
£| |**OTHER INCOMNG RESOURCES**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |13Any other income/receiptsnot alreadylisted-601& 602||£|-||||||||-
£|-
£| ||||||||||||-
£|-
£| |||**£**|**58,891.28**|**7,679.80**
**£**|**1,000.00**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**1,812.56**
**£**|**-**
**£**|61,703.84
£|7,679.80
£| |||£|66,571.08||||||||66,571.08
£|-
£| |||£|66,571.08
||1,000.00
£||-
£||1,812.56
£||69,383.64
£|-
£| |14 Number of tax efficient planned givers
15 Number of other planned givers
16 Number of new legacies received|||1||||*I||ncl in Newchurch||TOTAL|| |Payments|||Newchurcha/c||200 Club||JuniorChurch||ChristmasTree||TOTALS|| |**PAYMENTS**||||||||||||| |**COST OF GENERATING VOLUNTARY INCOME AND**
**GENERATING FUNDS**||||||||||||| |17 Fundraising activities (Costs &Payments)-503||£|-||-
£||||-
£||-
£|-
£| |**CHURCH ACTIVITES**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |18Missiongiving and donations-504||£|362.00||||||||362.00
£|-
£| |19Diocesanparishshare contribution-505||£|38,732.47||||||||38,732.47
£|-
£| |20 Salarieswages andhonararia-506||£|1,215.00||||||||1,215.00
£|-
£| |21 -Clergy and staffexpenses 501& 502||£|724.00|337.50
£|||||||724.00
£|337.50
£| |22 -Church Expenses: MissionandEvangelismcosts 507||£|950.02||||||||950.02
£|-
£| |23a-Church running expenses 508||£|515.00|175.00
£|||||||515.00
£|175.00
£| |23b Churchbuildingmaintenance costs 509||£|618.26|9,877.42
£|||||||618.26
£|9,877.42
£| |23c Church insurance costs 510||£|2,679.82||||||||2,679.82
£|-
£| |24ChurchUtilityBills-510||£|7,118.76||||||||7,118.76
£|-
£| |25-Cost of Trading 511||£|4,243.90||||||||4,243.90
£|-
£| |**COST OF GOVERNANCE**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |26 Governance costs- 4000b|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |**MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE**|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |27 Major repairs to the churchbuilding||||3,471.80
£|||||||-
£|3,471.80
£| |28 - Major repairs to church hall or other PCC property incl
redecoration 2013 &2014|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |29 - New building work to the church, church hall, clergy
housing or other PCC property 2015|||||||||||-
£|-
£| |99 Otheroutgoingresources/payments||||||||||||| |assignedfees- NOT INCLUDED||£|-||||||||-
£|-
£| |||**£**|**57,159.23**|**13,861.72**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|**-**
**£**|57,159.23
£|13,861.72
£| ||||||||||||-
£|-
£| |||£|71,020.95
||-
£||-
£||-
£||71,020.95
£|-
£| 31 Cash and deposit balance as at 31 December 32 Investments as at 31st December 33 Liabilities due within 1 year: |**Diocese:**
**Liverpool**
**UNRESTRICTED**
**RESTRICTED**
**UNRESTRICTED**
**RESTRICTED**
**(nearest £)**
**(nearest £)**
**(nearest £)**
**(nearest £)**
**Voluntary Giving**
**Cost ofgenerating funds**
1
Tax efficient planned giving (reglular Gift Aid giving)
22,258
£
-
£
17 Fund-raising activites (costs and payments)
150
£
-
£
2
Other planned giving (non Gift Aid)
533
£
-
£
**Church Activities & Church Expenses**
3
Collections at services
8,561
£
-
£
18 Mission giving and donations
25
£
-
£
4
19 Deanery Share/Parish Share contribution
22,135
£
-
£
20 Salaries, wages and honararia
1,120
£
-
£
6
Gift Aid recovered
5,270
£
-
£
21 Clergy and staff expenses
11,038
£
-
£
6a Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme repayment
478
£
-
£
22 Mission and evangelism costs
272
£
-
£
7
Legacies received (capital value)
-
£
-
£
23 a. Church running expenses (inc. Governance)
515
£
272
£
8
Grants (include recurring and one-off)
-
£
-
£
b. Church building maintenance costs
969
£
229
£
A
**SUB-TOTAL Voluntary Giving:**
**37,489**
**£**
**1,785**
**£**
c. Church building insurance (inc. contents)
2,743
£
-
£
**Activities for generating funds**
24 Church utility bills
5,677
£
-
£
9
Income from fundraising activities (gross proceeds)
6,408
£
1,470
£
25 Cost of trading
3,808
£
-
£
**Income from investments**
D
**SUB-TOTAL for Church Activities & Raising Funds:**
**48,451**
**£**
**501**
**£**
10 Dividends,interest,income frompropertyetc.
-
£
-
£
**Major expenditure**
**Church Activities**
27 Major repairs to the church building
-
£
7,795
£
11 Statutory fees retained by the PCC
(weddings, funerals, etc.)
28,003
£
1,619
£
28 Major repairs to church hall or other PCC property, including
redecoration
-
£
-
£
12 Trading activities (gross proceeds) e.g. hall lettings,
magazine, bookstall. NOT fundraising.
406
£
-
£
29 New building work to the church, church hall, clergy housing or
other PCC property
-
£
-
£
**Other**
E
**SUB-TOTAL for Major expenditure:**
**-**
**£**
**7,795**
**£**
13 Anyother income/receipts not alreadylisted
-
£
-
£
99 Otherpayments/expenditure not alreadylisted
-
£
-
£
B Column Totals(Line Aplus lines 9 to 13)
**72,306**
**£**
**4,874**
**£**
F Column Totals(Lines D and Eplus 99)
**48,451**
**£**
**8,296**
**£**
**Cash and Investment Balances**
**UNRESTRICTED**
**RESTRICTED**
14 Number of regular Gift Aidgivers(include PGSgivers)
36
31 Cash and deposit balance as at 31st December
-
£
-
£
15 Number of regular non Gift Aidgivers(inc. PGSgivers)
2
32 Investments valued as at 31st December
-
£
-
£
16 Number of new legacies received during year
0
33 Liabilities due within 1year
108
£
-
£
C
**Grand Total Receipts/Income**
**77,180**
**£**
**Are your accounts Receipts&Payments or Accruals (indicate ONE)?**
G
**Grand Total Payments/Expenditure**
**56,747**
**£**
30 **Receipts andpayments[]**
**Accruals[]**
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES (FROM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)**
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED (FROM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)**
**PLANNED GIVERS AND LEGACIES**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
All other giving and voluntary receipts, including Special
Appeals (recurring and one-off)
390
£
1,785
£
**Return of Parish Finance Church Number:789**
**Church Name: Newchurch**
**Deanery: Winwick**
**January to December 2024**
**Looking back across 2024, were there any exceptional circumstances that may have led to unusual figures? Please provide**
**brief details with this form.**
v ~~=~~
~~ee~~
~~ere~~
~~——~~
~~a~~| |---| |Date
30/04/2025
Name
Nicola Seferta
Position
Treasurer
Tel or Email
07808 067179 nseferta@hotmail.co.uk
Please refer to the notes available from our diocesan website to help clarify what is
included in each section. Line numbers refer to RPF notes, consistent with the guidance
provided in PCC Accountability, 5th edn. (https://www.liverpool.anglican.org/return-of-
parish-finance/)
**Note:**Please complete this return
directly online. Contact
C Gaskell or Central Services at St
James'House for details.
~~a~~| |**Diocese:**
**Liverpool**
**UNRESTRICTED**
**RESTRICTED**
**UNRESTRICTED**
**RESTRICTED**
**(nearest £)**
**(nearest £)**
**(nearest £)**
**(nearest £)**
**Voluntary Giving**
**Cost ofgenerating funds**
1
Tax efficient planned giving (reglular Gift Aid giving)
22,258
£
-
£
17 Fund-raising activites (costs and payments)
150
£
-
£
2
Other planned giving (non Gift Aid)
533
£
-
£
**Church Activities & Church Expenses**
3
Collections at services
8,561
£
-
£
18 Mission giving and donations
25
£
-
£
4
19 Deanery Share/Parish Share contribution
22,135
£
-
£
20 Salaries, wages and honararia
1,120
£
-
£
6
Gift Aid recovered
5,270
£
-
£
21 Clergy and staff expenses
11,038
£
-
£
6a Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme repayment
478
£
-
£
22 Mission and evangelism costs
272
£
-
£
7
Legacies received (capital value)
-
£
-
£
23 a. Church running expenses (inc. Governance)
515
£
272
£
8
Grants (include recurring and one-off)
-
£
-
£
b. Church building maintenance costs
969
£
229
£
A
**SUB-TOTAL Voluntary Giving:**
**37,489**
**£**
**1,785**
**£**
c. Church building insurance (inc. contents)
2,743
£
-
£
**Activities for generating funds**
24 Church utility bills
5,677
£
-
£
9
Income from fundraising activities (gross proceeds)
6,408
£
1,470
£
25 Cost of trading
3,808
£
-
£
**Income from investments**
D
**SUB-TOTAL for Church Activities & Raising Funds:**
**48,451**
**£**
**501**
**£**
10 Dividends,interest,income frompropertyetc.
-
£
-
£
**Major expenditure**
**Church Activities**
27 Major repairs to the church building
-
£
7,795
£
11 Statutory fees retained by the PCC
(weddings, funerals, etc.)
28,003
£
1,619
£
28 Major repairs to church hall or other PCC property, including
redecoration
-
£
-
£
12 Trading activities (gross proceeds) e.g. hall lettings,
magazine, bookstall. NOT fundraising.
406
£
-
£
29 New building work to the church, church hall, clergy housing or
other PCC property
-
£
-
£
**Other**
E
**SUB-TOTAL for Major expenditure:**
**-**
**£**
**7,795**
**£**
13 Anyother income/receipts not alreadylisted
-
£
-
£
99 Otherpayments/expenditure not alreadylisted
-
£
-
£
B Column Totals(Line Aplus lines 9 to 13)
**72,306**
**£**
**4,874**
**£**
F Column Totals(Lines D and Eplus 99)
**48,451**
**£**
**8,296**
**£**
**Cash and Investment Balances**
**UNRESTRICTED**
**RESTRICTED**
14 Number of regular Gift Aidgivers(include PGSgivers)
36
31 Cash and deposit balance as at 31st December
30,495
£
74,332
£
15 Number of regular non Gift Aidgivers(inc. PGSgivers)
2
32 Investments valued as at 31st December
-
£
-
£
16 Number of new legacies received during year
0
33 Liabilities due within 1year
108
£
-
£
C
**Grand Total Receipts/Income**
**77,180**
**£**
**Are your accounts Receipts&Payments or Accruals (indicate ONE)?**
G
**Grand Total Payments/Expenditure**
**56,747**
**£**
30 **Receipts andpayments[]**
**Accruals[]**
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES (FROM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)**
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED (FROM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)**
**PLANNED GIVERS AND LEGACIES**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
All other giving and voluntary receipts, including Special
Appeals (recurring and one-off)
390
£
1,785
£
**Return of Parish Finance Church Number:789**
**Church Name: Newchurch**
**Deanery: Winwick**
**January to December 2024**
**Looking back across 2024, were there any exceptional circumstances that may have led to unusual figures? Please provide**
**brief details with this form.**
v ~~=~~
~~ee~~
~~ere~~
~~——~~
~~a~~| |---| |Date
30/04/2025
Name
Nicola Seferta
Position
Treasurer
Tel or Email
07808 067179 nseferta@hotmail.co.uk
Please refer to the notes available from our diocesan website to help clarify what is
included in each section. Line numbers refer to RPF notes, consistent with the guidance
provided in PCC Accountability, 5th edn. (https://www.liverpool.anglican.org/return-of-
parish-finance/)
**Note:**Please complete this return
directly online. Contact
C Gaskell or Central Services at St
James'House for details.
~~a~~| |**Return of Parish Finance Church Number:789**
**Church Name: Newchurch**
**Deanery: Winwick**
**January to December 2023**
**Looking back across 2023, were there any exceptional circumstances that may have led to unusual figures? Please provide**
**brief details with this form.**
—~~————~~|**Return of Parish Finance Church Number:789**
**Church Name: Newchurch**
**Deanery: Winwick**
**January to December 2023**
**Looking back across 2023, were there any exceptional circumstances that may have led to unusual figures? Please provide**
**brief details with this form.**
—~~————~~|**Return of Parish Finance Church Number:789**
**Church Name: Newchurch**
**Deanery: Winwick**
**January to December 2023**
**Looking back across 2023, were there any exceptional circumstances that may have led to unusual figures? Please provide**
**brief details with this form.**
—~~————~~| |---|---|---| ||**UNRESTRICTED**
**RESTRICTED**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**|**UNRESTRICTED**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**| ||**(nearest £)**
**(nearest £)**|**(nearest £)**| ||**Voluntary Giving**|**Cost ofgenerating funds**| |1
2
3
4
6
6a|Tax efficient planned giving (reglular Gift Aid giving)
27,103
£
-
£
Other planned giving (non Gift Aid)
1,000
£
-
£
Collections at services
7,336
£
-
£
Gift Aid recovered
-
£
-
£
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme repayment
430
£
-
£
All other giving and voluntary receipts, including Special
Appeals (recurring and one-off)
3,402
£
2,875
£|17 Fund-raising activites (costs and payments)
-
£
**Church Activities & Church Expenses**
18 Mission giving and donations
362
£
19 Deanery Share/Parish Share contribution
38,732
£
20 Salaries, wages and honararia
1,215
£
21 Clergy and staff expenses
724
£
22 Mission and evangelism costs
950
£
~~=~~| |7|Legacies received (capital value)
-
£
-
£|23 a. Church running expenses (inc. Governance)
515
£| |8|Grants (include recurring and one-off)
-
£
-
£|b. Church building maintenance costs
618
£| |A|**SUB-TOTAL Voluntary Giving:**
**39,272**
**£**
**2,875**
**£**|c. Church building insurance (inc. contents)
2,680
£| |9
10
11
12
13|**Activities for generating funds**
24 Church utility bills
7,119
£
Income from fundraising activities (gross proceeds)
8,004
£
-
£
25 Cost of trading
4,244
£
**Income from investments**
D
**SUB-TOTAL for Church Activities & Raising Funds:**
**57,159**
**£**
Dividends,interest,income frompropertyetc.
-
£
-
£
**Major expenditure**
**Church Activities**
27 Major repairs to the church building
-
£
Statutory fees retained by the PCC
(weddings, funerals, etc.)
12,518
£
4,805
£
28 Major repairs to church hall or other PCC property, including
redecoration
-
£
Trading activities (gross proceeds) e.g. hall lettings,
magazine, bookstall. NOT fundraising.
1,911
£
-
£
29 New building work to the church, church hall, clergy housing or
other PCC property
-
£
**Other**
E
**SUB-TOTAL for Major expenditure:**
**-**
**£**
Anyother income/receipts not alreadylisted
-
£
-
£
99 Otherpayments/expenditure not alreadylisted
-
£
~~a————~~
~~eee~~|| ||**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES (FROM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)**|**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED (FROM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)**| |B|Column Totals(Line Aplus lines 9 to 13)
**61,704**
**£**
**7,680**
**£**|F Column Totals(Lines D and Eplus 99)
**57,159**
**£**| ||**PLANNED GIVERS AND LEGACIES**|**Cash and Investment Balances**
**UNRESTRICTED**| |14
15
16
C
G|Number of regular Gift Aidgivers(include PGSgivers)
45
31 Cash and deposit balance as at 31st December
-
£
Number of regular non Gift Aidgivers(inc. PGSgivers)
1
32 Investments valued as at 31st December
-
£
Number of new legacies received during year
0
33 Liabilities due within 1year
14,107
£
**Grand Total Receipts/Income**
**69,384**
**£**
**Are your accounts Receipts&Payments or Accruals (indicate ONE)?**
**Grand Total Payments/Expenditure**
**71,021**
**£**
30 **Receipts andpayments[]**
**Accruals[]**
~~oeco~~|| |Please refer to the notes available from our diocesan website to help clarify what is
included in each section. Line numbers refer to RPF notes, consistent with the guidance
provided in PCC Accountability, 5th edn. (https://www.liverpool.anglican.org/return-of-
parish-finance/)|Date|21/02/2023|**Note:**Please compl
directly online. Cont
C Gaskell or Central
James'House for de| |---|---|---|---| ||Name|Sophie Rice|| ||Position|Treasurer|| ||Tel or Email|01925 509826 ricesophieelizabeth@gmail.com|| **Diocese: Liverpool** ||| |---|---| ||**RESTRICTED**| ||**(nearest £)**| ||| |£|-
| ||| |£|-
| |£|-
| |£|-
| |£|338
| |£|-
| |£|175
| |£|9,877
| |£|-
| |£|-
| |£|-
| |**£**|**10,390**
| ||| |£|3,472
| |£|-
| |£|-
| |**£**|**3,472**
| |£|-
| ||| |**£**|**13,862**
| |**RESTRICTED**|| |£|-
| |£|-
| |£|-
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