orley United Reformed Chur
11
iknnual Report & Accounts
2023

Contents
Page
Cover
Annual Report 2023
Contents
Addresses and professional a(fvisers.
Report
4-10
Annual Accounts 2023
Statement of Financial Activity
Balance sheet
Notes to the financial Siatements
Treasurers, statement
Independent Examinerfs re￿rt
3-12
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CHORLEY UNThED REFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
REPORT OF THE TRusfEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Ch4rity Commisslon Number:
1128897
Church Addr
34 HclI1￿ Street
LarKaShI￿ PR7 IEP
Mlnister: R￿. Martin Whiffen Rdated Community Mlnlster: Arty Littlejohns
Churth Manse Address:
6 LIThj￿1l C&
Vthittk È Wthts
LancBshire
Adam J Sythjall MA FCA
PBSythll&Co
Grdfton F*)use
81 CW Okd Roa1
BLI 3A]
BuikJiThJs
28 Queen Street
ma￿er
M2 5JJ
GeneRI Flrklrte:
URC NW SynLxI Office
Unit 20. Sandpiper Quay
Modwen Road
Saword
Manthsler
M5 3EZ
Legal..
Legal Off
URC NW s￿0d Offi
Unli 20. Sandp¥Jer Quay
Saiford
Manchester
M5 3EZ
Birthal Blacktmjm Law
Merchanl H¢JJse
Avenham Street
p￿S1on
PR1 3BN

CHORLEY UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR ThE YEAR EPIDED 31 DECEP4BER 2023
Thls rewrt irKI￿ irrfcmakn r￿uir&I lry tharTties Att 2011 and Accountlng arKI Rewrtlng
ty Charitie5: stata￿lt of PractKe to dhir￿e5 preparing their
accounts in ￿r(e wlth ￿nar￿JaI Rwting Stsrnlar(l in the UK and
RepublK of Irela￿1 (FRS102) l&Yeth l Janujry 2015).
ADMINIsfRATIVE INFORMA71014
Chortey United Ref0m￿j Churth Clb3rity ts a church of Unrt8Y Refomied Church In
Gwt Brliain. and ￿ a thurch of tr* Nrxth West Syn￿1 of the Churth. It was
registerEYJ on 31 March 2C#J9 as Charity NumLv 1128897.
Chotty URC Church is situated at 34 H(AllnsheaJ SW Chy*, LancaShI￿ PR7 IEP.
The rn￿t￿s of ￿ Ekkrs, Meeting a￿ [93￿tered as ￿ dwrty trust￿5. TtKJse sewj
fr(yn l January 2023 until tr* date thls ret(Mt was at¢xv￿j arE:
Mrs Ballard
Mrs Yvonne Barkty
Mrs ￿he1 Brown
Mr Brian Darbyshlre
Mrs Fk)na Hc
Mrs Bemadette Philli
Mrs Stella Kerr. re5ign&J D￿emi￿y 2023
Dr GrahanE Barkby {Char6ty Ctmnmissaon ccffrtal f(Y ￿ [￿fyj)
Mrs Kathleen Longton. resign&Y Septemtw 2023
Mr Ian MCKerKjr￿k
Mr James Mawd•
Mrs Maroa pe￿Ile0Vry
Mrs Pat Holgate
srRucfuRI GOVERNA14CE AND MANAGEMEKr
The aCtfv￿eS cé Chorfw Untied RdCwrn￿I Cthurth a￿ cNer5een ty the Ekkn. Meetirwj (rf the
Churrh in aCCc￿dar￿e with the pr[￿￿k)nS str￿re of UniW Rd(KrtBJ Church
determi￿1 ty the Asseffltjy of the United Ref(%￿1 (hurth, arKI sUpp￿n￿l try
the rules of Clx)rÈy URC Church. The g)vemiro of register￿j thanty is a
Ststen￿t *)pted Lry Churrh MeetrThJ on l Febnjary, 2LKtr), whth was ￿ew￿l and
revised during 2017 a￿1 Curr￿ urnkr furtt￿r re4Èw.
The Ekiers, Wing Os resFonsib* ftx the firkiThial &JministratkM of ￿urCh, aTrJ the cBrE
aNI maintenano of Church Fffemi*s. West Sync#Y of trt United (hurd)
(URQ 6 now resp￿11￿ for mainterh3rKe of the manse. Tr ￿urth MeetiThJ ((* all
Iter5 wthing to atte￿1) gNes ge￿al gu#Ja￿e ￿ the Ilfe and v*yk of the thurch. The
Eklers assist Minister in pastoral care thu￿.
The rrffiitm of Ekters MeetirKJ are the minister in pastrxal tharge, Rev. Martin Whfftn
who was Inductsj in SeptemtH 2011. aThY rrEmter5 of Ch)rW URC Church rKKninateY aThi
el￿ as Eklers by the wntErs (rf OKty URC (thurch at a Church Meetiw. Ekkrs serve
for 4 year5. ret0￿ by rotstK)n a￿fj a￿ elKJlbÈ for r*elett¥M. There 6 no limit on the numLEr
of conserutive ￿K#￿S of 5erte. Tr memlErs of the Ekler5' p+￿]￿J are the trustees of the
rejister￿1 tharity during tti￿r of seTvKe ￿ eklers unth kn opt (Krt or are ineligible.
The Ekjers are assisted In administsatth of the Church, Its pro[￿ and tts in￿￿nts
ty committees ÉststAislHI ts ￿rki￿e atKt Fa￿. In Ilre with ￿ URC MLThkl Tnrt t￿ URC
The Charity Trustees (klegate to ts fi￿ar￿ CL¥rwnlttee fotkwlw tssks whlle
maintsiniThJ stKh:

I￿11 managerwt of fina￿ rf the thurch within agr￿ authority,
finan(ial limits and b￿.
. Monit(*lThJiman&JiThJ aThJ exrthliture arKJ makiw tXMW r￿(￿n
. ProartNety manaJirb3 the (hurth's inNe5tn￿ts withln the inves1Jnert obiectNe5,
delega￿￿ au￿lty aThJ finarKK31 limits aJre8J with the Charity Tn￿ee5.
The (Tharity Trustees detyte to the FaIy￿ cmilt￿ task5 YéhlÈ malntsini
resronsibility fcff such:
Mar4iging the maintenaTKe, upkeep improvfftnt of all thurch buik1iNJs and fabric
within the ￿e￿9a￿l au￿1￿ arKI finanaal Ilmits viith the th3rty Trustee5.
ManagiNJ the Èttiws of all Church l)uikJiws.
The EhJer5' MeetiTrJ have met aThJ. in a*JStK)n, If drcumStar￿eS required such,
indudlThJ its InvestJ￿t sutrgroup, aThJ Committ￿5 nEt quarterty arKI, In
a(kIrt￿)n. ff arcUmstar￿$ wuired S￿h. We have teen able to nKmitor t￿ church's
in￿￿ts arkj seek advte from ￿ cfkirivs finaKial aJviser5.
The charrty learnt frc¥n ￿ artwitss Lrf t￿ Fknl1jnsl￿￿ Centre (see urMJer MissK)n atNJ
Evangdism) that an Up)r￿lir￿j of the chariws 4K)vema￿e ￿lI(]eS aThJ kwctedures was
urgentty t￿￿. Work was ¢Th)mis5KJ￿￿ to (k) ths. tsknrffj professK)nal in (loirKJ 50.
There is N)w a Tiesilient CY)verna￿e. storLYl el￿onICAl￿ on a ￿ntral daiatrase
As a kxal COWKJregatK￿ of ttE Unf￿1 Ref(NT￿l Churrh. (JW Refowi ￿Urch
seeks to advan￿ the Chrisban relvJK)n its ￿￿V[be$ and f￿lI￿S offer&J to the
communty by its pr￿ntses. 0￿crIt￿l rr￿ 4Bifiolty in its mi55#)n statenEnt as:.
ro a centre ofe¥ce/kn in
77p Church swth a Iwrt/n tte /Wrt￿LI
The Eklers, MeetlThJ is awa￿ (rf Charity Crmnmisshjn's gUiJa￿E on wbli tEnefft in
lfvarterrent of Rdhjion for publ￿ Be￿ avKI has rgjard to rt in ￿ aYminLStratK)n c¢
the Church.
a￿1 fty puL¥r htW5hip, (3re and s￿rtual
Our CLNnmunlty Er¥>ige￿ Pr*1 and ary ￿tsvIty arisirKJ frcffi that are bawj on the
Th55 pro]* Is on-golrhj and fvrther (ktslls of arny pffNJrs durfrKJ the yEar are
cMJtllned k*r In rerxyt un(kn ts approtKots I￿&0￿s.
REVIEW OF AcrivrrIES AND ACHIEVEMEpirs

The church has been l)less&l with s(JY* ￿ ialentLYl ￿&￿￿ttxI FeoF4e who gNe
selfw their tirr* and ext8tse to ertsure that qualty of worship arKJ pasthl ca
continue. We have Contin￿ to cwr usual rdrvje (* s￿V￿e5 duTiThJ 2023. Our wee
Onli￿ Sery1￿ remains available ¢)n Y￿j Tutr*, still tEiTrJ on DVD'S ft)r
und churth ￿EMterS and. for t￿ who have ￿ to Y￿j TULE, d￿￿Er& ty hand
rf rECes￿ry.
We ￿￿brated 9 and trEkJ 4 fufvals In cwr church duriThJ 2023, tMJt rK• weYdlThJ>
Missh)n has proJressed during 2023. As as ￿ weekly ￿l.11ne Services on Y￿j Tube
continuing to whth continue to recelve kxisthe restK)nses and resuming CAfé (hurch wlth
tts PUPFet mini5ty, our c(xnmunity c￿ti￿L￿ to LE bw duriro 2023 w￿h The
Meeting pla￿ and The RetKiir Café, as w￿s￿￿15 of ￿r faith. d￿nstrating G(xJ's kNe for
the ccmmunity. ￿ contratt with LarK35h1￿ CC to run Tr RefLwAAsylum Seekers Centre
Y in Decemtsr 2022, lyrt the Wp that ty041￿j ty fcK tr* communty through that
faolty has continwj in y￿￿5. All the cTrnmunity activtt]es we provMJe a￿ now known
as The HollIns￿ Centre a￿1 to assist in ￿ c(trordlnatK¥n of those aCtfviti￿ a Centre
Manager was aPEK)Fnted at t￿ (rf 2022 wlth the a￿Sta￿e of a grdnt from Awards for
Ail. This is in &Jdits)n to t￿ MeettrKJ P*e Co￿r01nat0r. atwintay in 2021.
In kM)st for tI￿Se 2 roÈs hèj to reswJn t(rth [￿sts t*alth g￿n￿5 durfw 2023 and
t*￿ p)sts are rffi hL*J Tr Future).
tsrgets we set out in ttst thxuffEnt uThkr ￿ WirKJ5 rrf w￿Ship, Miss*)nlEvangellsm.
CarftNJiknKe (LK)th for k(al c1￿MUn￿ in Ilai9)n with outsKle ￿JerK￿S aThJ for our own
church famity), army LeamiNJ are urthrw1 a￿1 will COntinL￿ to te taken foTwar(l ty t
chur(Ji as ar￿MSta￿ allcw.
To faolliate our objectives arkJ ￿tsv[be5 ft ts imF(¥tsnt that we maintsin the PdbrK ￿ all the
church prerni￿. despite the events of t￿ kist 2.3 years. The NcKth West Syrt*J of the URC
Is now ￿E￿nSIb* frK the Ma1nt￿r￿ of man*.
Thls is the rok rf the Fabr￿ Ccffnmittee wrth t￿1r (w)irrtJ proJYamn* of weventatwe
rna1ntenar￿ arKI ImwoveY*nts to the fabit atll Ixcwty, keepiThJ wthin btyry
guKldines. However. In VEW of prr¢M)s&J church (￿elopmen[ only essential
rnaintenar￿ was (arried (Krt in 2021. 2022 aThl 2023. the 443s arKI elth supp
0)ntr￿ts conts.nue to trE monttrKe(I to ensu￿ for rrK)ry.
The thanty trustees are miThYful that we thuld use our monies and assets wi• and
effettivety a￿1 not SqUa￿r monEs. o)nsi*r that t￿ resE￿ib￿ ￿ of our rffJ)ur
is still tr) develop on our r*esent str to I￿(￿￿kJe rrKKe llexible ar￿ Versati￿ prEynise5 that are
attractive. effioent aThJ ￿k)3fca1ty arKI disabled frEndly for ￿ L*nefft of tt
communty, while sbll provkJi￿j ￿￿niseS that wr*JkJ tE r￿niSab￿ as a worship.
This (kos￿ frcKn 2019. Tr 0)urch De￿￿)￿nt Group (Dntinues to lake this
forwar(I, but, ttmwgh prryjress was lim[t￿ by the Im[)* of Covid 19 parKlwnK, bid
by Ckney K. of which we part to GKNernmaWs ￿111￿ Up Fu￿1 has in the end
teen sufxessful aThJ we are rv•V I￿lty W on to rwlamp cc￿munity L)uikiings
The use of ￿Jr s(kn1 l)uikJiThJs, irKI￿lI¥J ts uroraknl kit(t￿, lry a Trrdrl8J numt*r of
organisations a￿1 communty gr(MJps continues.
The rx)ssiiility of (tsrities aThJ (Kgani&itkMs who have tKevi)usly
expressed an interest in with us in the fvbjre will n￿1 to tE dartfvj as we pursue
ftjrther revampir¥J of our pr￿lse5.
In revisitiThJ ts ne&ds of the ccfflmunity by repeatirKJ ￿P duriThJ 2017, that rqxyt
c(￿firmed that very little W charw nN)st of t￿ r*eds tvnained. In 2020 our
r￿rthr5 confirmed trot thts V•YMJki still IE tr* case. in ￿t so rKhY. arKI

The mnthty Repair Qfé pThwJe5 a frEe servKe ts t1￿ on k)w run with
qL4IlTr￿ register8J ts*s (￿unt*s). on a￿Alar￿$ arhj
I•￿In ￿31th aThJ • guio*li
The M￿[n9 P*e wovides a drotFin thlty for vulnerabk aThJ tr4)latal in the
oNnmunity. 2 days a wrih a part.tsrn￿ cTr(Kdinator In p)st.
Reft￿￿1￿￿￿M Seekers Cattre ran until the e￿1 ￿ 2022 {see at*)ve).
The Meeting pl￿ runs with the suptKKt c( atNJ in collattration viith the NHS aThl (hJ1ey
BC. indudirnj patherships with cixnmunity a￿1 ￿￿la1 prwibiNJ teaTr￿, aFK1 0
vduntary ()rganiSat￿S gxh as otiz￿￿ fvth￿e.
In add[t￿)n, dUri￿j 2023. Tr MeetitwJ P￿e fws attrthl fiJTrJiNJ for what it ix(NKles for tt
c￿Mun￿ fr(¥n Chorley Bcs ￿kN￿ehO￿l SuprA)rt Fund.
All communty that Y￿ a￿ rthv k￿n as The Hollir6heaY Centre.
The C(mmunty Project FuTrJ set up wrthin charity acC￿nts, deals with ttE ftJndirKJ arKI
TtN)se monts ind￿le grants fTLNTr La￿aSh￿re Ca Dwjry cl La￿aSter, tt
North West Syn￿1 of the URC and other organisatw)ns duriw 2023.
The worship sr*3ce of our present prerni￿ continues to be a mwh Versati￿ aThJ
flexits￿ S￿ usaJ ty the ciynmunty duritvj b%Eek.
We are continulrKJ to k()k at wampiTrJ tr￿ ([￿Unty bJlkdiNJ5. seekir*3
from the architects as to the tx)ssiLNlttie5 aTrJ IyEfulty provHlirKJ f￿il￿tres ￿UatirKj to ttK)se
that ￿￿k1 have IEen provide(J ty ttE prtWKMJsty pro￿ w I￿lkj communty wtre. This
woukfj tske ￿Unt of the c(¥nmunity ￿IlIty tfOVKknJ tv revam[￿1 worshlp St￿ arn1
will lead to a revamriThJ of exisbng cc¥nmunty buiklings arKJ a smalÈr w buikl.
This is f￿ltsted by the bKI ty (]Kty 8C, (rf whth we part to the govemwvs
L￿d11r￿j Up FuThJ f*ir¥J 9mS5fv1 ￿ is tew wrjjressal ty the churth d￿J￿￿￿t group
tlng on tr￿tr of the charty and v4ith fin3￿JaI suptxyt of Chorw BC and the North
West Syrkxl of the URC. while still takiNJ akyOt￿@te prrJknwThl aJvKe as r8]uird.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The finarthl rnanagen￿t st￿￿￿re uThler ￿ overall manJRment of ttE Charity
TruSte￿Ek￿rs wtth Finan￿ a￿1 Fati￿ C(xnmiitees omtinues to fU￿tion well. This eases
the day to day tsjrden Charity TriWEkJefS fina￿101, PlYVTty and investrnert
We iEliebE ttklt v* tove manw ￿ thurth's financlal in last year well.
Th0￿h ha￿ an awng rhurch nBnt*r5hlp overdll. the Cong￿tK)n and memlkrship
have t￿en nwintained. Thurch ￿￿￿t￿r5 aThJ frierKts in their giv1￿j to er6U
that the chanvs exter6es S%Ere
To ensure that ry￿11￿$ churth d￿e￿¥￿ are set aSK* frrm L*her arKI
expeThJiture. ttE Church Developn* FuThJ P£count r￿nal￿. Tr I￿ome to this fund from
church nBnt*rs atxj regular worshipkw5 rdkcts confAkne they have in the way
f0Th4ard. Equalty to ensure that rrK)nies tIE afrne c(Mnmunity work a￿ set askle from
other InC￿e arK1 eX￿￿lItUre, ￿ Community Fu￿# (wates f(Y Tr trk41i￿aO
Centre.
wrth help of the NW SYTKMJ as all￿. still been abÈ to I￿et all our ex￿nSeS,
buL as Notes 8 a￿1 9 to the Financial StateTr￿ts shcml, aThJ our givirKJ to waryiThJ charits.es
and deSeN1r￿ Ca￿ continues. totsllirmj £3,715. In ￿litIon, tt￿e direct
donatknns fr￿ furnlraigThJ acbvrti& that did PllSS through ￿ ￿coUnts.
this has i￿en minimiseo.

In view of kK6sibÈ thurch ￿eVek)￿ as itsuilHi earlier aThJ ljie financial impltations,
the conoms that ￿ Minster aTrJ Ekkn have an)uThJ regular giwThJ continue to L
a￿dreS￿j the nvnlmhip a￿1 covMjr8jat￿ a￿1 ￿ TRIO material by
URC, whth is bas8J cm prO￿rt￿￿ givFNJ, 15 ￿di￿3ble to us.
The thurch's ciKrtril)utlon to URCS MFntstry aThl MissKM FuThJ thn)Loh the ￿)rth West
Syn(xi of the URC was still ￿ major tien of ex￿￿litU￿ for 2023 ano will te for 2024. As
the sum is cakukit& in arrears, t￿ a￿ churcth n￿l￿5 to raise that mrw, tyjt
any cBpfital and capltsl assets church (thkxrnt arKI ft)r $￿th aThJ tt
communty [Yoi￿ fvfKI are rthv riThJ-fenc&J a￿1 ex￿Ud￿J fr(Mn Its c3h)JIat￿n.
Ex￿K1￿ure for 2023 Ind￿￿$ e¥tEr6es for ￿ cTrThmunty wc**er, but the maix
extenses will te met ￿ntraIty by t￿ URC.
The full flnancial iM￿￿ationS of thurth on our txesatt site {3n￿ at this ￿nt
I￿ fulty ￿dr￿d. tIM)wJh ￿ dethwt team will t* on estimataj (D5t1r￿ as
the pro]￿t rff(Keeds. If ￿￿ find that the c(6tifVJ5 for any further communty i*vekipment a
tworKi what the charity c3n re9)urce arby txrt the charfvs finar￿5 thItEs In
)pardy, t￿ the chanty tr￿ will review the of that devekn￿nt and [xc￿eedir￿j
ftjrther, horthlty wtthout k)sing key ￿lIllIeS for ￿ crjnmunty as frdr as p)ssible. Major
i*cisions will go to the church rneeting in ￿c(￿d with rmr Cl￿sts￿￿ ts rdtiFKatwM tefore
any ￿tK)n can te taken.
Idealty, t￿ Q)arity Trustets vA)ukl wish to in hatK1 an arn￿nt ￿￿al to at kast 6
months regular exFerKJiture frx"busIr￿ as u￿￿1.. The cash bak3rKes at 31 De(emter 2023,
exduding the Church CWekyMt FuThd, CLvnmunity Pro]￿t Fund. other desKJnated
monies for church d￿p￿￿n( any restric￿￿ fu￿5 arKI Fabric CLJnmittee accounts,
represent appn)ximatsty 4 nK)rths of kTh)wn estimateL1 eXEETrjEtu￿ ￿"buS•re$S as
usual- ¢Juring 2024. ￿ t￿surel5 that still ha￿ Suffici￿ fU￿ts to cover t
church's fixed exp*nses for 2024.
The bank arnj cash tk3kvKes at 31 DecerntEr 2023 *Efe as
Generdl fuTrJs: £68,759 comkxiray with £82.402 in 2022.
All (Jesignated fi1￿ls. exdLKJlrNJ (apKial assets a￿1 invthnts: £28,483 c(¥npar&1
with £5,172 In 2022 a￿1 refkrt5 ￿K￿leS (lesigna￿ for thurch (￿￿￿t.
All restr￿￿1 ￿j￿IS. £34.074 c(Nnpa￿1 with £35,816 in 2022; this reflects donatiors
army grants for tt* (nmmunty ￿bVitE5 of the Fk)Ilinshead Cefttre.
Totsl all fijrxts. exd￿Ir￿3 assets and investr￿ts. £131.316
cOMpa￿j with £123,390 in 2022.
•*
InvestNEnts at 31 2023 t(tslbJ £45,613 ccffnpargj with £51,018 in 2022. T
fyJures stc(k Ma￿et ￿tsVity w￿ have the of our financoal alfvisers
to er6ure the return on our inve#JTEnts fundiTrJ fUrtI￿r
d)urch deVekn￿T￿rt.
Further c¢)nN￿ts are male utKÈr"MaKr rsks to the (hariv.
The Charity currerty (wates 5 de5•J￿1 Fun(15 w6th tr* eruxJragen￿nt of Church
P4eeting. Th&e have t*8) desul￿ in Note 15 of FinarKial 5￿t￿l￿ as:.
Fabr￿ Comm￿tee FUFKI
s71p￿rt Fu
Ttddler5
Ladies FelknNship t)cKk3tth Fu
Ewjnated Furnts wtthin ￿ (hurth Fund Pm)unt
pur[￿ aTrJ wlthin fur#ts durlrwj year Is slxwm in Ncrte 15 c¢ ￿na￿￿71

The Church Fu￿1 Ir￿1￿ 10 restrKted furxts 2023, rrK)nEs ￿n onty tE U￿
at the dispwl of the (harity Tnste&Ekderslthurch I+￿1￿j any Frtjry. T
are ￿Cri￿ In ￿e 16 of ￿ financial StatoMt ahJNJ with movowt In the funds
durlrKJ the year aTrJ irKJu(È the Restr￿ within the Church Fund
Acc(MJnL Communty Pro￿ FuTrJ aTrJ ￿ Holllnshthj Centre Apreal Account.
The (harlty rK) k)rw a P*Wiro P*e CTrMlinator arkj a Centre Manw.
Our deaw 15 self-emttsl.
The church organist retir&J at ￿ end rA 2021 a￿1 ¥r4urteers play lthe organ for us In hls
It S￿k1 tE tN)ted that the of tt* Myk of the ttkirlty is carr￿1 out ty willing
volunteers and it is rffity when tt* is t(x) diffi￿lt CY S￿ltst trot outsw
are proba￿ 6 continuiro mai)r risks to tharty:
A continuing fall in numLw (rf twde vKwshi￿Mng at the thurth in ￿nt year5
dir￿ related to an increangty cCryr￿jat￿)nl￿￿1l￿5hIp. Appr0￿mate
80%+ of our Vduntary Incr￿ is dirett giwrKJ ty m￿l￿r$ a￿1 adtsrents, in wh(h
recovery uThler Gift AMI is sKJnrftant. This paTtKukrty ￿nphaStses the for our
Minister arKI Eklers tt) nK>nitor t￿ pr(￿jr￿ atKI furKliThJ (rf our ￿￿vibeS and e￿re
that t￿ continues to fvffil Fts obKttive5.
To the contsnuatKJn (rf the supt¥Jt for ￿ communty of provmded by
The P￿￿lI￿She31 Centre. charity 15 pursuiThJ the setting up of a Charitable
Irwrated organiSat￿ In tk3rtrwhlp wlth ￿)rth West sY￿x1 of the URC aThJ
Chorley ￿ whlle takir¥J Wl afft to engjre that ￿ irt￿eSts of Lthaty a
proter￿. ShouhJ ￿ thurth cktse as a i*e of v*)rship. the ccmnmunty f&ilty
5tlll ranajn.
. Rfsks to lTrvestn￿nts. The ￿na￿e C￿nmittee continues to seek pr(*eSs￿nal to
revw and rtrts31a￿E its investr￿ as r￿uir￿j to saf8Juard a￿1 dwersify its
caEMtal Investn￿nt a￿1 r￿￿e of risk while still seeknThJ a sonil*ant th of
catmtsl growth atNJ irKome fr￿ InveStn￿nts. TfK)wh the market value of our
inVestn￿nts was ty e￿nts in ￿nt years. we have still met a tsrget income
fn)m investsments of 4%. Risks to invthnts will C(K￿ndY te kept under revEw.
Thls catmtrl wlll te a sgnifirAnt conthtxrtK)n to the costs of church d•nL
. IrKTearKJ costs aTiSiThJ frcm "Dra3miThJ wr Drearrs". ￿)me a
relatNety minor a￿1 easity met whik Ott￿ a￿ rn3￿r, Slth as the chL¢rch
iknebixnent, for whth we will seek grants ots 9jJr￿ of cMJt5k* fuTh1iThJ as we
rThNe forward in Ikli9)n with profeSSK￿l fuThJraisers arm1 national arKi k(al outshye
Fncies, statLrt(Ky and ThM.statutw. Wth professMMal afvfj￿, we stIii ￿ to t
PWiOU5ty Njentified. TIE tthtsve reSt(￿se frc¥n thurch r[￿nterS a￿1 ￿V￿￿r
V•Df5hippEf5, supth of tts Ncth West SY￿1 of the URC a￿1 it5 W offi￿, the
suptK)rt (rf BC aThl ￿ fe&jIk￿ frryn (￿r &vi5er5, ￿$t￿ve so far,
a￿ all er￿￿ragIng signs.
Our vKxk In the OtEn Kitchen. Re￿Ilr Gifé arxj The MeetirKJ PkKe hNJhlKJhts issu85
arouNi safegu3rdiNJ for Vul￿rab￿ ￿r￿JraphiC groups. Our tdKies pr(￿lureS
cOntinL￿ to t* aThl uDYatoJ with pr￿￿￿) L* ro3ular trainiThJ.
These actNrties have tEen SUp￿rted financialty by CJNJrÈy BC, LancaShI￿ CC, the
Dwhy of Lancaster. the North West Syrthj of the URQ NatKThl Lottery (Awards
for AJI) a￿1 ffljaniSat￿.
It tEen kkntiW that (Mjf IxEsalt pr￿n1￿ are siitiw on top of an do coal seam
aThJ mire thir￿5 cryinati￿ a miles away. Tlve is ￿ rsk of sutsijence that is

very likety to ￿c(mjnt of stnthral t￿￿err6 that are NY•V apparent in our
kvesent premise& W￿ wrsue thurch on our wesent site, we a
seeklng wOfeS￿l the ￿ vthat can LE ￿l￿tKa1￿ Kh1￿￿1, partKularty in IwJht
the afxive risl armfj (NercomiThJ 5￿kn, whKth 6 very likety. Wrth sUp￿rt of t
h West SyrKKI of URQ tsklrwJ apwoprlate a(fvice and S￿SfUllY
seeking financial SUPM. ¥￿ can r￿lY the situation sbll pursue further
rewamtyro c( t￿ pr￿ntses.
. Any church iknekymt still has tKkntki1 risk a5 fr￿kW￿.
l. Finanoal rsk of futyts IRlng crxnmltt￿I to any red￿)￿nt aTh1 that frdils and
funds (7nrKt te reCoVer￿J. twh profesthl supwrtlafvts arnl ￿￿r(1Thj
outsKÈ funOiTrJ minimise this rfs
2. Buiiding work, when OJnw￿. t*FrYJ fcwThJ to ￿ not fft purFrf)se. by having
re￿￿lty researc￿1 (rf t￿ ktal (rKnmunty arKJ ensuriThJ that our
Pkins meet tlx)se ￿uIreMents as v*ll as ￿Jr (hyn a￿1 with furt￿ a(fv￿e from
architects arnj suNeyors, this risk wfill te Minim￿].
3. The risks of any church de￿nt to the ttortws finances in future
years. As v￿1 as (Mjr own acc(wJntanL the legal aTrJ finarKial afvisers of t
North W& SyncKI of the URC wlll a19) I￿ ensuriThJ that the charity (kEs not tske
any Unf￿ary or risks.
4. Fc4k)wirbJ kK31 may ctk4roe its plannirKJ sbBteJy. H(A¥￿.
b•+E have u￿￿rstl￿￿fj frcwn C￿￿71 offKers that this runains very unlike￿.
Financial supm fr(wn t￿ c(MJnal re(knknwEnt 6 assured. tosed on
t￿ t*iro match-fU￿11￿ fr(Mn CIKty United Rdcm)ed (Jurch arKt the North
West sY￿j of the Uniw Rdc¥nkO Churth.
As prevkjusty stated. rf W￿ fi￿1 that costing5 a￿ iwJ vthat dwnty can r￿1
and put the thanvs finances a￿1 actvitEs in Ropardy, then charFiy trustees ￿11
conb'nue to rfftw the SC￿ c¢ any church ￿e￿￿t aTrl think ajain a￿ut pr(Keeding
any further. Tr do*EkI￿ gF(MJp a￿ aware of these iss￿5 arK1 CDntinue to take
The Charlty Trust￿$ are al¥a￿ financial ThplKatv)ns of the alx)ve Iss￿. All church
n￿nber5 arnj the whjer c(￿jr￿JatiOn will te C￿(n￿lI￿ kept infom￿￿ of the charivs
finartces. pattKularty in Iwjht of (kn•Eky￿ts ari￿ng frcrfn "DreamiThJ wr Dreams" and any
Tri5 re￿￿( w6th atwoval of tr* Church Meetirkj. VRS cwipi￿J ty tk. Grahame Barkty
(Charity C(MnmEsth contatt f(K the aTh1 ar¢Jroved by the Thanty Trustee'slEkJers'
MeebrKJ on sett￿nter 2024 aThJ is si3￿j its tthlf ty Ian PrtKetMJrKX Charity
Trustee.
18th SetÈ&nlH 2024
io

Registered Charity Number: 1128897
CHORLEY UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH
FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
TO
31 DECEMBER 2023
CONTENTS
Page
Statement of financial activities
Balantr sheet
Notes to the financial statements
Treasurer's ststement
Independent examiner's report
3-12
13
14

CHORLEY UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIvrrIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Funds
2023
2022
INCOME FROM:
Donation5 and legaaes
Other trading activities
Investments
Other
Total income
55,419
4,893
42,922
4,628
10,296
70,343
4,893
51,985
65,929
4,970
37,121
45.289
153,3C
54
347
156 842
EXPENDITURE ON:
Charitsble activities:
URC Ministry & Mission FurKI
Ministerial costs
Costs of church activities
Grants payable and restricted
donations passed on
Total expenditure
44,119
2.761
33,245
44,119
8,024
92.755
47,096
7.2(Y3
168,692
5,263
22.595
36,915
Jo
2,986
148 613
Gainsl(losses) on investment assets
13
7,251
NET ZNCOMEI(EXPENDITURE
25,373
(21.897)
(955)
2,521
179,9251
Transfers between funds
39 803
787
Net movement in funds
(13.643)
17.gJ6
(1,742)
2,521
{79,9251
Total funds blfv•d l January 2023
82,402
281,373
141.389
505,164
5,089
Total funds clfwd 31 De￿rnber 2023
507 685
505.164
INote 151
INDle 16)
MONIES RING-FENCED FOR CHURCH
DEVELOPMENT AND REsfRICtED FUNDS
TO BE PASSED ON
17
219,664) (139,323) (358,987)
1416,9101
(Note 17)
(Note ln
Total funds ¢/fvid 31 December 2023
adjusted for rin9-fen￿d monies
324
148 698
88,254

BALANCE SHEEr
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
TaThJible assets
225,183
45,613
275,srJ
s￿,756
45,613
51,018
551,774
275.573
14
6292
62.467
67
34.fKJ7
6,￿3
124,413
131.316
6,lQ7
117.283
123.39)
27.939
28.483
CURREIIT LIABILTfiES
Credttors payaUe within one Trir
170,[
1170m))
135 926
139.647
505.164
TOTAL MEf ASSErs
5,164
THE FUNDS OF THE CWIRtrY
unrestrict￿ irthne fvThJs:
General
68.759
68.759
299.279
368.038
82,402
281.373
363.775
299,279
68.Th 2YJ.279
Tctsl
139.647
14L389
%)5.164
aTh14n&J on ts try

CHORLEY UNrtED REFORMED CHURCH CHARtrY
NOTES TO THE STATEME1￿ OF FINANCIAL ACTIVMES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DecEMBER 2023
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
A¢¢ovnllng Convention
finanoal 51aterrents b*) wepared under the hsttyKal mst except Valuat￿ oflrNÉstriwrt assets, whKh
e sho*m ot mathet Value. The fina￿1¥ *atem￿ts au transacih)A assets forwhKh the PCC is respwt4e
b) by4.
The finanoal stètsrnent5 ho￿ been ￿epa￿ in the ChaiibÈS kt 2011 arnl RetNyiiry ty LThartties.'
ststement of ReCOrnrner￿ed Practi￿ awlKèUe to thar￿e5 prepanryj th*r *xwnts in KccrtarKe ¥vith the Finaroal ReFwb"ng
Stsndard appl￿b￿ In UK and RewblK of Jreland IFRS 1021 lefftht L knuary 2019)- and the Unrted Refcfmeé (hurch
Guidan￿. The cha￿tY is a Benefit Entrty as defin&1 ty FRS 102. Tr ￿(WL￿￿ tJ¥i5 ofKcountiry hos adopted and the
prtnople accounlrvj wjioes set be￿￿￿
Ib G¢lng Conctr
la
continue in operatkinal aisterKY for the fry￿ble ful]wÈ. Tru5 Tnstees conisnue to &Jopt tr* wing cOr￿eM ba*$ of
accounting in yeparkng the acrtsmts. Tlve are ￿ matsial urtwlavts atKVJt the Q*riWs to cwtir4*.
Fund Atttyunting
Ic
De&gnatK)n 15 an adnThnthtib* att try whrh iTU5tee5 w e*mark unre5tTr*ed fijnds fc¢ a partoJk3r or w, wbt
restriLting or committyng fuThls Wlty. Tr de5WJnalh￿ nyty the tr￿e$ rf Liter deo¢e that the th*ty
shcxjld not tKoceed v tyntin￿ knith the ￿e wo]ttt fimkts
In the tem)$ of a grant
End0￿r￿t fvn(ts a￿ the captsl ofwhth te motiitswj.. rthmèty rx* arsYMJ frcrfn
purwJ5e and terrr6 on whkh ihe end￿m￿ Y4as estat4shed.
Totals for page I have IllL*udett upldrmn 4rrounts
Tanylblt Fixed Assets
Freehold property: The Trustees ofb* thurch and Ma￿ tX1￿'r￿5 are the Unit&fj Ref(KI￿￿ OyJrth IMJrth W& P￿t￿e)
Trust Ltd wtrwJ hold them behaw ol CW URC for puryw5 crmKied wth OKth URC
Expendlture Irurred on the (hurth arKI marL5e is off in it L5 ¥Kwrred.
Id
Investment 055ets: These are stated at rr￿rket Val￿ rm the ba￿rtt 4*et (kntr.
I gains a￿ losses are taken to the ststerrent of fina￿al actmtses as alse. Reafsed gair
and losses w inve5trTEnts are calcuL3ted as the differen￿ sales [￿edS openirwj
market value (P￿d￿Se date rf Later). Unreaw gains ar￿ hJs5es a￿ CaknJ￿ted as drfference
tr*tr4een the nlirket value at the year ÉTr1 aTh1 or*NvJ rNirket Val￿ lor wxchase date rf LAterl.
Incominq Resources
All vduntsry 9Mng ￿ if￿1￿Jed wi the firHrKial slatewb the t5 re(th*d.
dmation ￿ receNed.
Legaoes are accounbj for le￿ipt ￿ Certain be wanliw.
l other I￿orr￿ ￿ gereraty reC£9Th￿ th it i5 recei¥at
If Re¥oyrtts Expended
The URC MIn￿ty & Mwn Fund ts)nirèMJbm i5 p3hY bxbthl in the fmwal statth￿ts
tr* year to r( r￿at
Rewurce5 eyThJed are r￿n￿ed In ts ￿r￿mI to are wrod and irfJL#Je attri￿rt￿t4e
VAT vthith canrK)t ￿ rtto¥ve(l. TW are alkKaied to partKyJL4rthty to relats.
Governartt costs represent dIr￿t expendtrjre ￿ the Ihe
and IndeFEThJent xnjtmy ¢y1￿ finanoal slater￿.
As most of managèment arKI aLtMty of the thwch s carried (xrt try v(Aunteers ths inwgit4e citst is
rw)t irrIUd￿ in the finanoal siat8)*nts as ¥rJwtsry to the lrfe of the dwjrth s irtsbx4at4e.
Taxatlon
s pèrt of the United Reforrrey Churth with an irth￿ in exce55 of £IOO,(KK), we wi<ÈrÈd ts
Chanty Commwon on February 21m. ()Jr r¢9Strntson number i4 1128897. As rxitentialty exemFt frcth ra¥atim in rE&Fett
of income ènd captal gain5 reC￿Ve￿ to ￿ e>￿t gxh W￿Me or gairs we 10 (tsrtsble kxwp
No provson for tsxat￿￿ has Lwi m* in these final￿1 slatw￿ts.
Ig
FURTHER NOTes
No further For 2023 Kcwnts

CHORLEY VNTTED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY
NOTES TO THE srATEME1￿ OF FINANCIAL ACnVrnES. cortlnued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
202>
2022
DONAIIONSAND LEGAaES
Grft & Banker5 Orders
361
37,651
6,127
iO,l73
4282
io.
Tax Ref￿d
Wedding5 & Funern￿ & Bariw
D(Mati￿& Recewed
Weddin9 & FurAxal Fee5
Supwt Fund
9,435
6R6
11748
435
15,294
225
870
225
870
MER TRADZNG AcrIvrTIES
HDllies for
Messenger
Cèr Park feesllease
Swèl Effort5
4.055
838
4,055
975
IP4VESfMEI￿S
Rent from Property111
ONidents and dthbJUc¢)s
Bonk Interest
4Z,9)4
34J19
2.595
14
2,595
18
OThER INCOME
Adlington Pa#oral EKr*hses C￿lI￿t￿rt￿ms
Adlington Manse contsibubcns
Grènts rettived
Loan5 re￿rIed
Synod ￿pport for CRCW
Prc(eeds Syrv)d Manse Scl*me
Synod wpport durirrfj CoMd paThJthc
Mwllèr*LKts item5
347
347
27,010
3Bi
43,619
27,010
2ty)
347
Totsl
153.309
MINisfRY & M155ION FUND
The church wntrbLrtes to the central URC wsts of and minsters lindufirvj the centra
paY￿nt of Sbpends. p￿￿)￿ contributions and other befths ftr ￿￿￿#¢r$I, runniry the der*rfninatiM. and
VI￿er rr￿lOn of the natwl church. Ths amual W arwtrts ty s)rre £23m1llh￿. 8C￿ ofwhKh
reuites to ￿￿ni￿er costs, al￿ 87% b prrNkJed thwjh tt* M￿l￿try & FuThY conthtr*JDmS frDm churthes.
TOTAL
20
2022
MaintWkirKe clthe Mirlsby
Pastoral exkW
3.445
Maintenartt, ￿pai￿ and red￿￿ti
Insuran
Watert gas
Counc51 tsx
&57
667

CHORLEY UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH
NOTES TO THE sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcnvfTIES- ¢ontIn￿ed
FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
TOTAL
2022
23
cosrs OF CHURCH I BUILDINGS AcnvTh
Pastoral Exwrhses (other than
Jlpit ￿ppty and Wcfsh
Family Churth
(kganist & Music
Copyright Iicenses
nual subsuiptsons.. Sy￿￿. CTC
Water. gas and declriaty
ildiw5 maintenan
JSldirvJs i￿)r￿er￿lts
Garage refttrbthrTEnt
aeaning
stats￿ery, 5K)5tsge & atherti%ThJ
Tdephone Iv•l,' Lhurch tvoadbaTrJ
Messenger Cc6is
Inwrar
Aowers
Hollies for You shop rert and tsx
Churth [￿d￿rrent FLnd
Cdling repair
Communty Project FuThJ
1.507
227
240
227
240
263
263
329
15.411
15.411
3,730
958
4447
3,428
s￿05
452
576
q52
6,629
258
496
t5.9EiI
15,960
q.i
IIL
35,422
833
35.422
3.929
iii
L>Nbation5 other than restsfjcted dfftatiurs tthv p￿ed f
t*eartNng our Dreams," indudiryj other FYOfesS￿al fees
Governa￿e LI￿ts. IndeF￿dent exarruner afvj acwjnts
prepara
Bank charges
164
370
In
915
10 GRA1￿5 PAYABLE AND ResfRrcrED DOMAIIONS PASSED ON
Tear FundlCompass*MVPethany
Lepr05y Misgon
Water
CommitrrEnt for Ufe
Ladie5 F￿￿￿1p B&P (harty
Natural ￿sasterS Fund
(donations thr(xMJh Oisa*ers
(brithan to ￿￿ibUte>
Supwrt FurKJ
Ladie5 D£￿ati￿n FWKI
336
336
245
245
1,156
1,156
80
EMPLOYEE cosrs AND PAYME1￿STOT￿i1$rEES
L There were no rybjyees wth annual remwvatxffj rf£60.(ill iy {2022: ￿1.
2 No paymeffjs ￿re math to trLSt*$12022'. r4x*l.
3 Stsff costs ftr 2023 £8,294 (Meeting Plxe Cwrre 14wl,' {2022: £8.7CKII.

CHORLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
NOTES TO THE STATEMErir OF FINANCIAL AcrivinES- continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
12 YANGIBLE FIXED A55Ers
For the reasons slated in Ac￿￿tir￿j PrAry ncth Id. the w*J ￿n95 are ta
fixed assÈts of the churth. For irlwrartt purroses the Chvrth and ￿ik$.rVJ5 are inwrej fcf £5.495.5te
and Yard for £75,966. ContÈnts of the Church aThJ are for £l,LC6.303
ma￿ Irsxed ty NW SyrKxl URC
TOTAL
23
202Z
CHURCH REDEVELOPMENT
ught forwaid
225.183
27s￿S 5DJ.756
Balano èt 31 D￿ember 2023
INVE$rMEP￿ ASSETS
13.1 The Inv￿trnent assets hehy at
interest toTrJs arxj st
Equity investh*nb
25,164
16.163
25.164
16.163
35A
1¥428
L3.2 The Mr￿err￿n15 m hvethnts tt* ￿ *Ere:
Brou9ht rDrward L january 2023 at (arryvw lrnarketl v&
AddlthThs to investments * cc6t
Lisposa& at selling value
Realised gainsl1lo￿} on disr•sHt5
Unrealis•J 9ainsllk)*s1 w rela￿￿tkn *Ne¥JwLS
Rounding adlustswit
51.018
io,
{LO.5(K))
236
15.7(@)
51,018
10,568
110.50DI
236
251
14
DEBTORS
Gift Tax recovernble
67
107

CHORLEY UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH
NOTES TO THE srATEME1￿ OF FINANCIAL ACTivfriES- L))ntlnutd
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
15
DESIGNATEO FUNDS
The thurth otffite5 5 C*sh3￿1 Thurth F*th"TrJ.'
FabrK cc￿￿ittee DeSwJTha￿ Furxj
ftJnd5 ts the Maintenan￿ arK1 ￿pair of the thuth,
bj1￿1r￿ and rna￿ prw)tses wer* rnerged to fr*m fvnd,.
Ihe mainteTranth arml repair LE 5uFthwJ ty the Fat*ic Cth*)litt¢
Swrt Fund
nd tD a55i5t r* (hurch èno Its ￿ cmmiuntywith
cbkrns and finanoal drtrth￿. This 15 adminstrred discreetty by
T￿￿r5
%wal Irom c￿rega￿C￿ to fvnd with chiklren in
need thrO￿￿ut the I￿. Indu(*s wrsoring the edLKation
a chdd. Ekjers ￿ thiWnCbr￿
FLmds set asxle to artyrding ts the
lar atterth t￿rdS the rfj5ts of rew wemw fortr* churth
L>)Dat#Jns are as ￿t￿-ted hJnd5 set out uThJer th 15.

CHORLEY UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH
NOTES TO THE sfATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES. c4Jntlnued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 310ECEP4BER 2023
22
Fabric Commlttee DeslgMt¢d Fund
Balance bfftyd oiioin3
InLYJme
Transf￿ in fr(wn otherfiJnd5
132.n7
19.927
16&731
I22.4￿)
Transfers r¥Jt to c&)erfuThts
Inve5trnent gwWosse5
BaLano 31112123
>Jpport Fund
Bo1ance blthd OIIOID3
Income
1,031
740
Fxpendiiure
BakrKe 31112123
742
Thldlers Fund
Bakrtt blf4¥d 01101123
rKon
Exw(litu
Babwe 31112123
355
336
J96
Ladles Fellowship Donations
eaknce blft¥d 01101123
IrKome
Expenthtu
31112R3
Church Dev¢lopm•nt Fund Account D•%1gnèt￿ Fund
Balance blfwd OIIOL123
Irwrre..
147.586
Grft thnations and rebate recthtd
Transfers in frrxn other fuThts
42,921
I15,￿}
59*¥1
(4.1S¥J
(111Th1
Ceuing repalr
Transfets to othtrfthts
Balance 3V12r23
B•l•n¢• Elfv￿ 31 D8￿Mtser 2023
The following funds from 2022 ￿T• dowd zern balant• durfn9 2023:
None
Th• loltowlng fundo from 2022 were clomd and balaK* traxbsf¥rrnd 2023:
None

C>IORLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
NOTES TO ThE sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ArnvmES- cfjntlnu*d
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
16 REsfRzcfED FUNDS
The churth aCt¢￿niS 10 R£$trtt￿ %Yhere the Trnn￿ can be the SW
purpose for which they entrjsted 1¢ the thwth. Sryr* ftvKJ5 then C￿￿￿1. I)￿r￿J fuhIl￿d pxw.
Tlw a￿ at the d￿1 Off￿ (hurth fc¢ arry thr and rewe$￿t..
rw Mi5son
WaterAil
set up rrimarty wO￿t"jar$ of￿￿￿ forièrs clwa
Commitrr*nt ftr Ufe
ial*s Fdkn5hip Brkng oority
L•Se5 srx%NxEd tharty from th*r annul tKing buy
Nabjral Thsasters Futh1
ower FuTrJ
Hdlinshe•J C*)tre 4)peal kcrrtmt
Thts sets (Ktsde dcnotion5 gNen try other5 rased lfvwh tre
arwl profe5yrffial fiJnd-rai￿ng team fy fvndifg the Hdlirthd
Centre as ¢wwd to any cO)er thjrth deve￿￿￿nt
Communty Prokrt FuThg..
we are set as(* tr* fu￿ communty projects inlttated
(xjr c(xMyJnty Krter ￿ a5 the Repair Café and Tr Meeting p￿
Cwtse
Ilcties ¢SJ)ated grants for hc* w15 for the
Tthl
29
2J
Leprosy M1$51tsn
Ba&ll￿ blfwd oiioir23
I￿e,. the Lewosy &thtall dM1nl run in 20211
account of CO￿ has n¢¢ r¢5¥￿ srKe
Expenditure
Balantr 31112123
Water￿￿
Balan￿ blfv4d OIIOIR3
Inwme,.
donatyons ￿￿ved.. gft aK1 t*ywibx6
gift aid to Pa55 on
No CD[lecti(￿S made th 2022 donarAJ) *nt frtyn F￿1
Expenditure
Balano 31112123
245

CHORLEY UNMD REFORPIED aiuRCH
io
Tv
8alarKe Wh¥d OVOI123
31112123
BaLirKe blf¥¥d 01101123
Ba￿r￿ 31112R3
Bala￿ Wmd OiiOV23
497
BalarKe 31112123
324
323
BaLl￿e Wfwd 01101123
Gift axl to Pa5S L
8kn 3VLW3
{1.156
Wfv•J OIIOV23
If￿.078
Tranth in fr¢¥n othw
IBI
84￿r￿* 31112123
OVOU23
SpKwl efforts
3a25
124
ea1￿ 31112123
Bakir￿ blfv*yJ OVOII23 loyrectojl
29￿10
361
27.010
135.422)
(a793)
t.7￿)
29￿0
Ba14rKe 31112123
BaLince W￿1 OV01123,. ￿lAt$ c* 254
3.519
147
Bal￿ 31112113
139
141JVJ

CHORLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
NOTES TO THE ￿ATEMENT OF FfNANaAL ACtivrriES- ¢onQinued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
li
17
F40NIES RING-FENCED FOR PROPOSED CHURai DEVELOPIIENT
T(**1
2021
Capltal rtw.f•Ked for thurth d•nt
Funds ring.fen￿d for churth
Re5trLted fvnd5 for HollIn*￿d Centre
Omabons to be pos￿
45.613
174.W3
45,613
280,826
32,292
256
it6,823
32,292
259,791
416A88

CHORLEY UNTfED REFORMeD CHURCH
NOTES TO THE sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVmES- conunued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
12
18 2022 COMPARAnVES
2022
INCOF4E FROM..
L*nabon5 and
Cther tradiry octmtes
In¥estrnen15
610
1.645
29.226
10271
1325
65.929
4.970
37,121
Totsi Income
381
92
EXPENDIlliRE ON..
Charit3b* acti￿￿e5..
URC Mhstry & Misscffj F
Ministerial costs
47,iY
3,445
U159
47.096
7.209
168.692
3.764
121.891
Grants and restrlc
dJnath)ns [￿SSed on
Total exp¢ndltrJre
23.642
126 613
Gainsl(los*esl on Investsnentajsety
NEfiNCOMEI{EXPENDrnIRE
19,159
(IIB,yn
19.463 (79.925)
Net tttheThntln
io,
1119,6831
29,C#)2 179,9251
lotsl lunds blfwd I ￿nUary 2022
71.646
401.056
IIUB7
585,
Tot41 funds clfwd 31 2022
19
Related Party Tt•nsoctk>ns

CHORLEY UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH
FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
13
TRUSTEES. AND TREASURERS. sfATEMENT
We, with the Charity Tnjstees, acknowledge responsibility for the p￿paration of the accounts and we have
therefore p￿pared the financial statements on pages I to 12 for year ended 31 tyecember 2023.
We do not consider that an audit is required for this year.
We have made reasonable enquiries of the Tru5tee5lElders and other relevant organisations.
Church Treasurer
Dr Grahame Barkby
TreasU￿r Fabric Committee
Mr Brian Darbyshi
1£. q.

14
INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
CHORLEY UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH
I reFQrt to the charlty trustees on my eXaMina￿n of the ￿COUnts of the Chorley United Ref0m￿d
urch (the Charity) for the year ended 31 Decwnber 2023 whlch are set out on pages 1-13.
Responsibilltles and basls of report
As the trusttts of the Charity you are resFonsible for the preparatlon of the accounts In accordan
with the requirements of the Charities Art 2011 Cthe ACY).
I re￿rt in rest*tt of my examination of the (harivs xcounts carried out under Section 145 of the
2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Dlrrfbons given by the
Charity Commission Ltnder Section 145(5){b) of the ACL
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attent￿In in
connection with the examination gNing me cause to telieve that in any materval res￿.
accounting r￿rdS were not kept in re5Fect of the Charity as re]uired by Settion 130 of
the Act; or
2. the accounts do r￿t accord wth trk)se records;
3. the accounts do not compty with the applicable requlrements con￿mIng the fom and
content of accounts set out In the Charities (Accounts and Rep)rts} Regulations 2008 other
than any requirement that the accounts gNe a arKF falrf wew which is not a matter
considered a5 Port of an independent pJaminatM)n.
I have no COn￿rnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
ttertion should be drawn in this ￿port in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to
be reached.
A J 5yddall M.A., F.C.A.
Institute of Charter&J Accountants in England & Waks
P B Syddall & Co
Grafton House
81 Chorley Old Road
Bolton
Lancashire
BLI 3AJ