2021-12-31-accounts

Bebington Parish Annual Report 2021

Incorporating a strategic review of the year, the aims and activities of the PCC, financial review and a statement of financial activities

Our Vision

A Christ-Centred Family Sharing God’s Love

Christ-Centred: Followers of Jesus Christ, grounded in scripture, prayer and worship Family: An inclusive fellowship where all ages are nurtured and enabled to use their God-given gifts Sharing God’s love: Making Christ known in our daily lives with everyone we meet Serving and loving each other, our community and beyond

Contents

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3 Rector’s Report
5 Townfield Report
7 Wardens’ Report
9 Safeguarding Report
10 Treasurer’s Report
11 Parochial Church Council Report
12 Youth Hub Report
14 Children & Families Hub Report
16 Seniors’ Hub Report
19 Poverty Action Group Report
20 World Mission Report
22 St Andrew’s C.E (Aided) Primary School Report
23 Deanery Synod Report
24 Conroy Trust Report
25 In Memoriam
25 Welcome
26 Minutes of the Meeting of Parishioners 25 May 2021
26 Minutes of the APCM 25 May 2021
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Rector’s Report on St Andrew’s

The Coronavirus pandemic had a major impact on our churches and activities throughout the year. We had to continue to be “light on our feet” and adapt continually to changes in the situation and in regulations and guidance; it was not possible to look ahead and plan in the usual way.

As the year began, we entered another lockdown, and although this time the choice whether to hold in-person services was left up to individual churches to decide, the PCC agreed that we could not do so during this period – although there was a range of views, we did not have sufficient volunteers who felt comfortable at that point fulfilling the necessary roles, to enable us to proceed. So we reverted to online services, with St Andrew’s pre-recording and compiling remotely, and Townfield livestreaming from the church hall with a small team. We continued to open the church regularly for private prayer.

St Andrew’s restarted 10:30am services in the church on Palm Sunday, and the 8am service on Easter Day. We continued a pre-recorded online service as well, which for a while enabled us to cater to some degree for the differing needs of online and in-person congregations (for example the latter were not allowed to sing for some time), but this was demanding on resources & preparation time. After a long wait for broadband to be installed, we were able to start livestreaming services from late June onwards, and it is our plan to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Whilst we would much rather people come in person when they are able, we recognise that there will always be some for whom this is not possible for various reasons, and one positive legacy from this period is that we have found ways to enable those who are not able to attend to take part. We have also continued to send out dvd’s or cd’s of services to those who need them.

During the year, we ran teaching series including Scenes from the cross, Meeting with Jesus in Luke, Ruth, Characteristics of a Christ centred family, How to share God’s love (these last two focusing on our vision statement); How to serve God, and Meeting the King. We also were able to continue the daily online “Thought for the Day” for most of the year, until October half term. By that point, demand (as shown by viewing figures) had reduced significantly, and it was getting more difficult for us to resource, so we took the decision to bring that to an end. I’m glad that we managed to run this for some 18 months throughout the main period of the pandemic.

Some of our other activities restarted at various points during the year (the hub reports will give you more information). It was not until September that we were properly able to restart Sunday club and Sunday youth groups, and even then not every week. This has had a big impact on families, for whom it has been much harder to engage online. Some other activities had not yet been able to restart at the end of the year, mainly due to resourcing issues.

By the end of 2021, many people had returned to church, but we had noticed some significant changes. A number of new people had joined us, in which we rejoice. Some others had left, having either moved away, or taken the decision to join a church more locally to where they live. That in itself is healthy, but of course we miss them. A

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significant number had not yet felt confident to return in person, either being understandably wary of larger gatherings, or being vulnerable. Some, sadly, were (either temporarily or long term) no longer physically able to come, whilst some others had quietly disengaged or found other things to do. The combined effect of this was that our Sunday attendance in person was at most 50-60% of usual numbers before the pandemic. Some of the gap can be accounted for by those joining online.

We also found that the number of people available to serve on our various volunteer teams was greatly reduced. In addition to two years’ natural wastage, as activities restarted it was a natural point for people to review their commitments and consider whether they were able to continue, and a number took the opportunity to stand down. Some change in people serving on teams is of course healthy as it’s important that anyone can stand down when the time is right for them, and that there are opportunities for new areas of service.

We have recruited many volunteers for different areas – some teams, including livestreaming and creche, are completely new, whilst others have a number of new leaders or helpers. We’re very grateful to all those who have stepped into new roles, or continued to serve in old ones. As the year closed, however, there were still many gaps, and some activities unable to run, or running less frequently, or with an uncertain future as a result. Please do think and pray with an open mind, asking whether the Lord is leading you into a new area of service.

There are some financial challenges too, partly due to the loss of giving from those who left or, sadly, died during the year. There was a positive response to the teaching & information we gave about financial giving during the year, but this was largely offset by the losses. We will need to continue to encourage financial giving, to cover increasing costs and resource our ministry. As always, I am enormously grateful for God’s provision and to the members of our congregation for their sacrificial giving which enables us to undertake our ministry. During the year we were also advised of a sizeable legacy to the church which we expect to receive during the coming year when the estate is wound up, which will enable us to cover the cost of some significant forthcoming repairs to the spire and tower, and will provide a rare opportunity to develop our facilities and ministry. The PCC will be considering options for this over the coming months.

Perhaps one of the most significant effects of the pandemic though has been on the loss of fellowship. Even whilst we were able to meet in person, the reduced numbers present, the inability to offer refreshments or hospitality for much of the year, and the inability of some housegroups or other activities to run, has had a dramatic impact. It will take time to rebuild fellowship and this is something we will need to work on over the coming year. All of these issues are common to very many churches.

We saw a complete change in the wardens’ team for St Andrew’s during the year. Both Mike Smith and Mike Shevlin stood down as wardens, and Paul Roberts as Assistant Warden. We are very grateful to them for their service, and to Mike Smith for his extensive and very time consuming work on the lighting project and fire safety improvements, which were completed by the summer (save for the external lighting for which we are still obtaining planning permission).

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Being aware that the Churchwarden’s role was extremely demanding, we have restructured things to make it more manageable. We now have a larger team of assistant wardens in place to support with opening up for & overseeing services, and a maintenance team under Stuart Waldron’s leadership has taken responsibility for most of the building maintenance work. Viv Halliday was elected as Churchwarden, and at the end of the year we were hopeful of filling the vacant place soon.

More than ever this year, I have been so grateful to our dedicated staff team, our Wardens Team and all the PCC, and to all who have served in different ways in contributing to our very different ministry during the year, for their partnership, commitment and support. Although there are too many people to thank individually I would also like to express thanks to all those who have stepped up to support in new ways during this period – especially with livestreaming & technology, and running family services and children’s & youth work in various ways during the year.

Once again it has been an extraordinarily challenging year for most people individually as well as for us as a church. But unlike those who are battling this situation without faith, we can, and must, hold fast to the hope we have in Jesus Christ. Let us focus on Him to lead us forward, as we seek to discern priorities and direction over the coming year.

David Vestergaard

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Townfield Report

Like pretty much every organisation, we found that 2021 was a year of holding on to hope, as the longed-for horizon kept on slipping slightly further into the distance!

But Townfield, being Townfield, didn’t give up easily! With continued restrictions in place, the patterns of informal mutual support, prayer and practical help continued, and house groups, prayer groups and other activities found innovative ways of carrying on, as we kept on being church for more than just Sundays. Everyone has been a part of that, and everyone deserves our thanks as we have continued to work out how we, together “are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it” (1 Corinthians 12.27).

Although church is about more than just Sundays, it is also about Sundays, as both our main moment of being together, and as our ‘shop window’ of how we are the Body of Christ. And, of course, Sundays continued to be a challenge in 2021, not just because of the pandemic, but also because, as a church community without a building, we were dependent on national rules about how education settings could be used during the pandemic.

Our theme for Sundays in Spring 2021

That meant that, for most of 2021, we were unable to meet in St Andrew’s school (much to our regret and theirs), and (with our thanks to St Andrew’s Church) we met in the Church Hall instead. Although this was better than nothing, it was far from ideal. The Church Hall was too small to accommodate more than 1/3 of our regular congregation (sometimes less, depending on the restrictions in force), and for many, it didn’t feel like

‘home’, so out of choice or necessity, the majority of our congregation remained online for the first part of the year.

But it felt like a great moment of celebration when we were able to return to meeting in the school from October 2021.

5 Our theme for Sundays in Summer 2021

Our thanks go to Mrs Lamkin (the head teacher), Richard Walker-Glen and Peter Jardine (the previous, and current site managers at school), and all the school staff, for being so helpful in enabling us to return to the school hall. It would have made life much easier for them to delay our return to a later date, but they all went above and beyond the call of duty to see how we could safely, and within all the relevant Department for Education regulations, ‘come home’ as a church.

Our thanks also go to the Townfield congregation. In preparation for our return to school we began recruiting volunteers in a number of areas, some old (chair set up, coffee rotas, music, sound) and some new (Covid-safe cleaning, Livestreaming), and we had a fantastic response. Within days, we had a team of 29 people ready to be trained for the extensive postservice cleaning that would be needed, and in many other areas we had more volunteers than we’d ever had before the pandemic – thank you all!

Our theme for Sundays in Autumn 2021

It was easy to see how much the congregation appreciated the opportunity to be meeting back in school – our numbers dramatically increased straight away, averaging close to pre-pandemic numbers in October, and it has been fantastic to be regularly joined by new people who found us online during the closures.

Numbers have fluctuated a bit in the months since our return to school (mostly due to people attending less frequently, rather than because people have stopped coming altogether). Our numbers have been reduced most among children and younger families, which seem to reflect the experience of churches nationally, and will, no doubt, be a focus of our future thinking as circumstances allow us to do more.

Although, in many ways, things were beginning to look quite ‘normal’ on Sundays towards the end of 2021, it’s important to remember that we have a long way to go in rebuilding Townfield after such a challenging 2 years: while Sundays are the most ‘public facing’ parts of church, many of the less public, but equally important parts of church life will take time to rebuild, especially if we want to not only be a mutually supportive community of believers, but also want to be an outward facing “Christ Centred Family, Sharing God’s Love”.

That should give us lots to pray, and work on in 2022 and beyond!

Al Rodgers

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Wardens’ Report

It is very easy to forget how different our circumstances were when I was appointed as church warden in May 2021. At the time, only a small number of people were attending live services in church and most of the congregation were watching pre-recorded online services at home. Covid19 restrictions were still in place and all attendees at live services were still required to book in advance and sign in as they arrived. There was no congregational singing at our services and no refreshments. We are very grateful to a small but dedicated group of sidespeople who manned the doors through this period and to all those who helped in various ways in leading and assisting in the church building on Sunday mornings. Our thanks also go to all those who were responsible for recording and producing the various elements of the online services. We must not forget the wonderful team of assistant wardens who assisted with duties at Sunday services throughout the year. I am particularly grateful to Kate Butler who was willing to join me in the role of church warden in February. David Vestergaard’s sabbatical in July and August coincided with a national relaxation of restrictions for Covid, the need to book for services ended then and congregational singing returned, much to everybody’s delight. The need to sign in ended in September and refreshments were back on the menu in October. There was a brief tightening of restrictions over the Christmas period, but we still managed to have successful Carol Services, the Tree Festival and the Christmas Journey, and the slow return to normality and increasing physical church attendance has continued into 2022.

At the beginning of this period, most of our church groups were still unable to meet. Little Fishes had started up in a very restricted format in April and we were running online prayer meetings, daily thoughts for the day and an online Alpha Course, as well as some in person youth activities. Monday Gang resumed their labours at the end of June for which we are all grateful. Many more church groups were able restart in the autumn including Men’s Fellowship, Knit and Natter, Women’s Fellowship, Crèche and Sunday Club. During the lockdown a number of leaders stepped down from the positions they had previously held. We thank them for the faithful service they have given in that capacity, and we are also grateful to those who have stepped up into these roles. We are particularly grateful to Stuart Waldron who has agreed to head up the Maintenance Team which deals with the fabric and building issues. Whilst we are very grateful to all who have taken on new responsibilities, we are aware that we are short of helpers in many areas of church life and pray that God will provide the personnel we need to run our ministries effectively.

Following the relocation of the sound desk the live streaming hardware and the new lighting controller have now been integrated into it. TV screens have also been installed in the central area of the church to enhance visibility, by reducing blind spots caused by the historic pillars. The lighting project installation took place from May to July and is now completed and working well. Livestreaming of our services became possible in June and that too is now working very well. We are very grateful to the team who have taken on this responsibility. Another new acquisition is a card reader to enable electronic payments to be made to the church. A group of people have been trained in using this.

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We would like to thank Mike Smith for all his work in overseeing the lighting project and the many other projects from which the church plant is currently benefitting. We would also like to express our gratitude to Mike for the meticulous detail of his record keeping and the care he showed in every aspect of church life.

Following the departure of the previous tenants, redecorating and various minor repairs have been completed at 8 Rolleston Drive to enable its reletting. This brings in welcome revenue for the church.

We would both like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for all the love, support and prayer which have surrounded us over the past year.

Viv Halliday and Kate Butler

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Church Buildings

As Covid restrictions eased through the year a number of church projects and building activities were able to recommence.

Church Lighting

The major project to renew the great majority of the internal lighting was undertaken during the summer of 2021. The old lighting was replaced with an intelligent and programmable LED system, with some 152 fittings, set largely at wall plate and truss level. In addition, fire safety lighting was improved and the crèche lighting also upgraded. Although minor adjustments are still required the new lighting has greatly enhanced our services and events.

With regard to the external lighting proposals, informal consultation with Wirral Council identified the need for a full Planning Application to be submitted primarily due to heritage implications and the potential impact on local residents. The initial Application was submitted in November and further information has been required by the Council. This is currently being compiled.

Toilet Facilities in Church

The wooden screen at the access to the toilets in church has been relocated to create greatly improved access for wheelchair users. Many thanks to the Monday Gang for undertaking this project.

Heating has also been provided to the toilets, resolving the long-standing problem with damp, not to mention making them more comfortable to use!

Trees in Churchyard

Three yew trees have been lost during the recent winter storms and a number damaged. Urgent action was taken by the church to ensure the building remained open and no damage to the structure occurred. The Council remain responsible for the churchyard.

Planning and Records

An Annual Maintenance Plan has been instigated involving coordinated Health and Safety inspections and monitoring the condition of the church infrastructure and fittings and also covers the other church properties.

Full records will be held in a digital format and the outcomes will assist with the planning and delivery of regular planned maintenance and specific projects.

Quinquennial Inspection

The latest Quinquennial Inspection was completed and submitted by the Church Architect in October 2021. The recommendations have been approved by PCC and progressing them will be subject to further development and funding considerations. The Church Architect has been instructed to draft the Specification and Schedule of Works for the previously identified Church Tower project.

Stuart Waldron

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Safeguarding Report

St Andrew's and Townfield take our obligation and duty to protect everyone seriously. The PCC has adopted the Church of England safeguarding Policies and Practice Guidance. During 2020 safeguarding training has been available on line.

All staff and volunteers working with children, young people and vulnerable adults have been provided with a copy of the C of E's Parish Safeguarding Handbook with our own supplements, and have been required to confirm that they have received and read it. All are supported with Safeguarding Training and Basic Awareness safeguarding training is provided to PCC members and others with a relevant interest. We follow the C of E's safer recruitment process for appointments, including the use of DBS checks and references.

In June Penny Tomlinson, who has been Safeguarding officer for St. Andrew's, passed this role onto Richard Lawrence.

If you have any queries or concerns, please speak to one of the Parish Safeguarding Officers.

Richard Lawrence for St. Andrew's Gwen Derrig for Townfield.

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Treasurer’s Report

The year 2021 continued in a similar way to 2020 for a major part of the year, seeing a reduction in services and other activities, and with Covid having a financial impact on some of the congregation.

With the reduction in weekly services there has been an impact on the income received in cash on the weekly plate, but the majority of church members give generously via their bank, having moved to weekly or monthly standing order. This giving on a regular basis helps enormously with our budgeting, and many more have realised the benefit of being able to increase their giving via Gift Aid.

A number of families have moved away from Bebington and St Andrews during the year, having an impact on our giving, but we also welcomed many new members to church.

Our regular planned income including Gift Aid in 2021 was £257,195, an increase on the previous year of £251,665. A number of donations were received which compensated for the reduction of cash collected weekly, and many church members have increased their level of support.

The annual accounting records for 2021 indicate an overall income for the church and its activities of £296,988 against expenditure of £332,979, a deficit of £35,991. This deficit of spending over income has been incurred by the completion of the lighting project, with spending undertaken during 2021 utilising reserves set aside and built up from 2018 to 2020.

The church has also utilised some legacy funds during the year to provide equipment for our streaming of services, with approx, £6000 spent on equipment, wiring, speakers and pc equipment.

The internal lighting project was completed in 2021 at a total cost of £77800, including VAT. Although funds held for the Lighting Project were a little short of the cost of the internal works, it was felt expedient to progress the project, utilising existing unrestricted General reserves. The funds raised for the lighting work was £73900, including VAT reclaimed.

During 2021 we have continued working on a separate budget for Townfield with appropriate apportionment of costs, so that Townfield members can see how their giving supports the work of the church. Townfield saw a generous boost to its income in 2021, with many members reviewing their giving during the year.

We wish to thank Brenda Duffy, our Gift Aid secretary, for the additional work in manging the weekly cash mostly on her own and continuing with the work of managing the Gift Aid Claims twice yearly. The office staff have also had to manage additional correspondence and handle gifts & donations routed via the Office during the closure of the church, much of the time whilst working remotely.

Bryan Higgins

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Report on the activities of the Parochial Church Council

As if 2021 wasn’t strange enough, it brought us something new to a PCC meeting – Mike Ludbrook chairing a meeting. We were thankful for his stepping in whilst the Rector completed his well-deserved sabbatical; but he had put himself forward as vice-chair, so he knew what he was getting himself in to!

We continued to make use of the words, ‘Zoom’ ‘online’ and ‘Hybrid’ but the work of the church thankfully continued and whichever way we did it, the Council were able to regularly meet throughout the year.

The lights inside the church were finally installed and they make a massive difference. Our thanks to Mike Smith, the Rector and others who worked on the project. Thoughts and works now turn to the external lights…

We said goodbye and thank you to Mike Smith and Mike Shevlin, who stepped down from their roles as church wardens and were thankful to Viv Halliday (and latterly, Kate Butler) for being willing to stand.

We installed broadband at St Andrew’s which allowed us to start livestreaming services and received permission to fit tv screens to the pillars in church – they’ll come into their own during busy services, allowing people stuck behind pillars to see what’s going on.

The quinquennial inspection was undertaken and fortunately, with the exception of the works to the spire - which we were already aware of – there is nothing like the amount of work to undertake that the previous inspection highlighted.

Some of the larger items we looked at included looking into the use of Sunday evenings and the possible format of any evening services or other events when resources permit. Consultations are still ongoing, but it offers us exciting possibilities ahead.

We started to think about questions of faith, life and love, and all things connected with them, as the Church of England look to the future and ask parishes what direction they feel we should be taking with the likes of relationships, marriage, identity, and sexuality.

During the year Townfield worked with the parish treasurer to consider Townfield’s giving income, and expenses. Historically Townfield has not had a separate budget, and this was identified as unhelpful, because it means that the congregation doesn’t have the opportunity to shape their spending priorities, and it also makes it more difficult to present a costed vision as part of the annual Townfield stewardship conversations. Therefore it was agreed that Townfield would have its own annual budget (as part of the wider parish budget) to enable more strategic spending planning, clearer recognition of the financial contribution Townfield makes to shared parish costs, and facilitate better informed fundraising initiatives.

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We were lucky to receive notification of a very generous legacy donation, which prompted the setting up of another PCC working group, to consider possibilities for the best use of these funds as an investment for the future to the benefit of the parish.

The Diocese asked every PCC to consider the welfare and wellbeing of their clergy and so the meetings set aside some time to discuss how best we can support our parish clergy and their families - be it spiritually, mentally, practically; and how we can look to set healthy boundaries. It has been revealing as the Rector has shared some of his hopes, joys, and sorrows of his time in Bebington.

It may essentially be a cut and paste from previous reports, but no less pertinent: thanks, as always, to Karen and Jenny in the church office for all their assistance throughout the year in ensuring agendas, minutes etc. are where they should be, and to the Rector for his continued support and faithful leadership. Please keep the PCC in your prayers.

Ian Swindlehurst

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Youth Report

Weekly Church Groups

Unplugged

After Easter we returned to face to face groups and have been meeting in person ever since. All three groups have seen consistent engagement from core young people and have been free to delve deeper into Bible study as a result. The middle and youngest groups have been working through Nicky Gumbel’s book ‘Questions for Life’ while the older group have recently covered the Living in Love and Faith material released by the Church of England. We are soon to welcome the new Year 6’s up into the youngest group and say goodbye to the Year 13’s.

Amplify

Amplify has been running alternate Friday’s in person since Easter with a group of 15-20 attending most weeks. Young people are starting to invite friends again which is causing the group to extend beyond church family young people and we hope to introduce some small scale faith-based content soon. In the past year we have made pizza, played mini golf, walked from Heswall to Park Gate for fish and chips, and held a Christmas party, amongst other things.

Youth Band

Youth band has continued to run alternate Fridays and has seen the confidence of the young people grow incredibly. The youth band performed a piece at the Christmas Carol Concert, led worship for the weekend away, and several members have been involved in family services at St. Andrew’s as part of the main worship band.

Sunday Mornings

Like most groups, Sunday morning Amplify returned to face to face sessions after Easter and is now in a pattern of alternating between the church hall and Townfield to meet and discuss various aspects of God and Christianity.

Schools Work

Between Easter and the summer, the Pulse group (C.U.) returned in Wirral Girls (though not yet in Wirral Boys) while primary school assemblies remained online. I look forward to other normal activities returning, in both our primary and secondary schools.

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Mentoring

Mentoring has been on the shelf for most of this past year but is starting to slowly return to the ministry.

Amplivacation

Due to the pandemic, our annual youth weekend away was postponed, then cancelled. As the year ended we were progressing plans for and greatly looking forward to a weekend away at Whithaugh before Easter.

Other Items

The prayer partners scheme we tried to launch did not quite take off, but instead we are hoping to have every group within the ministry prayed for by committed individuals on a regular basis.

I am undertaking a year long training course in counselling which has already been put into practice working with some of the young people who are dealing with difficult times.

Similar to other church ministries, the cohort of volunteer leaders has been smaller than it was pre-pandemic. With the current number of leaders, we are able to deliver the core youth activities - although we are stretched, and keen to recruit more leaders. Should the number of young people attending increase as we would like to see, we will need more volunteer capacity.

Chris Jarvis

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Children & Families Hub

The Hub didn’t meet during the year, because activities were so curtailed due to the pandemic. During the course of the year we were gradually able to restart some activities as below.

St Andrew’s Sunday Club

Sunday Club runs throughout term time in the Church Hall for pre and primary school aged children, with an average of 12 children attending each week. There are 3 groups: Super Crèche (pre-school); Scramblers (KS1) and Explorers (KS2). After virtual sessions at the beginning of the year, we were delighted to meet again in person in the Church Hall garden during the summer, when we linked with Euro 2020 and explored the challenges and rewards of being in Jesus' team, as well as Bible stories about people joining together to celebrate.

We have adapted to sharing the Church Hall with Townfield and challenges over leader and helper numbers by running All Together sessions for KS1 and KS2 children, initially with Townfield and now in the Hall. We are able to sing and learn verses, as well as helping our children understand how God provides for them through Noah, Elijah and Nehemiah, leading to God's greatest gift at Christmas.

Super Crèche continues to offer their lovely introduction to our children with play and a Bible story, usually linked to the same topics.

We were sorry to say goodbye to a number of team members including Louise Hilder, Richard and Julie Watson, Zander Smith and Kate Butler (who kindly came back to help cover in the autumn term). Thank you to them for their commitment and service, as well as our current team of faithful leaders.

Alison Collins & Ali Gurr

Little Fishes

Little Fishes started up again mainly communicating via the Facebook page and in the early part of the year, distributing monthly craft bags to local families to keep contact over lock down.

We re-opened after Easter with a booking system and very small numbers which has gradually increased as Covid restrictions have lifted, we now no longer book places. We now have up to 25 at the 1st session and up to 15 at the 2nd session.

The children are babies up to school age and attend with a mix of grandparents, parents, childminders and foster carers.

We have restructured the sessions so that we now have two shorter sessions, all taking place in the morning, which is more manageable for team members. However the core team of helpers is much smaller than it used to be and we could do with expanding the team, especially for the first session.

We have run our Christmas and Easter sessions fully over at the church building, which has been brilliant and a bridge from Fishes to the church.

The atmosphere is friendly and welcoming. Especially after lockdown we are very aware of people’s need to chat and have fellowship; for some children this was the first group they have ever been to.

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The aim is to be a welcoming God centred session that presents simple Bible stories and songs alongside nursery rhymes, bubbles and fun for our local families to show them the love of Christ.

Sarah-Joy Davies

Church Lads & Church Girls Brigade (CLCGB)

During the past year the CL&CGB have met regularly on a Thursday evening during term time when Covid rules allowed, and met on zoom at other times. As you will appreciate most activities have been curtailed, but great to see our youngsters back and enjoying fun, faith and fellowship, even though some was at a distance. Whenever possible members have attended family services and Sunday Club. We only managed one Battalion event, being a trip to the Crazy Golf. We unfortunately had to cancel our annual camp, but look to 2022 for a hopeful return on Thursday nights during term time and attending Family Services. Our band has taken a rest but we hope to be back soon.

The children helped produce a decorated tree for the Christmas Tree Festival. The year was finished with a trip to the Gladstone Theatre to see their annual pantomime. Oh yes they did.

Overall our numbers have stayed steady, with several members moving to the older Senior section we need to look at recruitment for the younger sections (ages 5-10). Richie Clarke

Crèche

The crèche restarted in October 2021 with a new team of enthusiastic volunteers. It is available for children from birth to the age of 3 and parents/carers can stay and play or leave their child with our volunteers. We aim to have two volunteers in every session during each Sunday morning service (except the Family Service). We have many age appropriate toys and books and the play kitchen is proving to be very popular. We currently have three families regularly using the crèche which has been a lovely number to get started with. We look forward to welcoming more families as more people return to services post pandemic.

Lisa Ehrlich

Townfield Sunday Club report

It goes without saying that 2021 was a challenging year for children’s work at Townfield (just like any church). The fact that we were unable to hold our Sunday services in the school for most of the year made things a bit more complicated for us (and also for St Andrew’s), as the Church Hall was not large enough to accommodate anything like our normal congregation numbers, and the number of rooms available for children’s groups was too limited for either St Andrew’s or Townfield. However, everyone pulled together and thanks to our fantastic volunteers we were able to:

• Make use of a national resource, Virtual Sunday School to provide weekly session opportunities for younger children.

• Our year 4-6 team ran weekly online sessions at 12.00 each Sunday, which were well attended.

• We were able to run a few joint ‘in person’ Sunday Club sessions with St Andrew’s.

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Once we were able to return to meeting in the school (from October 2021), things became much more normal, and thanks to a fantastic response to our recruitment drive, our Sunday Club groups now have a larger regular volunteer base than they did before the pandemic.

We have all valued being able to be back in the school, and have been able to operate weekly Sunday Club groups for all age groups (apart from the occasional week hijacked by self-isolation and illness) – so a huge thank you to all our volunteers!

We have noticed that numbers of children have been reduced since the pandemic (often due to people attending less frequently rather than not attending at all) so part of our pandemic recovery will be to look at how we can revitalise this part of our church life. Al Rodgers

Messy Church

We have not so far been able to restart Messy Church at either St Andrew’s or Townfield. The kind of activities and mixing involved, and for Townfield lack of access to the school, made it impractical to consider running through much of the year, but there is also an issue of resourcing. We are very grateful to Marie & Will Beale, who had led St Andrew’s Messy Church throughout its ten years, but prior to the pandemic they had already indicated the need to stand down from this and we don’t currently have sufficient team members to restart. For the time being, we’re concentrating our resources on activities which have restarted but are short of leaders, including Sunday Club, Youth work and Little Fishes. David Vestergaard

Who Let the Dads Out?

Our Who Let the Dads Out group only launched a few months before the pandemic struck, but had made an encouraging start. We hope to be able to relaunch the group at some point, but have not been able to so far, due to the need to focus our resources on a manageable number of activities.

David Vestergaard

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Seniors’ Hub

The Hub didn’t meet during the year, because our activities were so curtailed due to the pandemic. Updates from the various groups are included below Knit and Natter

Having been unable to meet for some time due to the pandemic, when we restarted after the summer holidays we chose to use the Church hall. We felt that the Rectory room was too small to be able to keep the required distance. Now our meeting day has changed to Thursday as this was the day the church hall was free. However the hall was vast for our little group so the Ormerod room seemed to be a better option. On 10[th] Dec there was the usual Christmas trip for Dinner, this time at the Hare and Hounds near Frodsham. It went very well. The group finished then for Christmas break. Unfortunately this year we were unable to decorate our Christmas tree for the Tree Festival in church due to lack of resources.

We resumed on 3rd Feb. Sadly we have lost two of our members who have gone to be with our Lord. Also our numbers have reduced by another three members who have left the group, but we do have one new member, bringing us to 14. We do not have any projects going at present. It is just nice for folk to gather together once again for company and a cuppa. Some wearing masks others not. Others would be welcome to join us. Sylvia Roberts

Monday Gang:

The Monday Gang, comprising a group of retired men, both church members and from the local community, willingly give up their Monday morning to help with regular upkeep jobs and small maintenance projects on the church, churchyard and our other properties. All contributions are appreciated and valued, and it has been great to welcome new members over recent months. But in addition and most importantly we value the time, over a cup of coffee at the end of the morning, we can share together and chat about what is going on in church, locally and the wider world.

For 2021, after Covid restrictions eased in the later part of the year, we were able to resume our get togethers and Alan Roberts kindly offered to continue to lead the group for the foreseeable future. Sadly, due to ill health he had to give this up at short notice, but we are all pleased he is making good progress. We wish him a full and speedy recovery, and look forward to him joining us, even if only for a cup coffee, in the near future.

We meet from 9.00am to 11.30am every Monday except Bank Holidays. Stuart Waldron

Charlotte House

Despite changing covid circumstances in the last year, nursing homes have continued to be very cautious in allowing outsiders to visit and this has affected our ability to take services in person. So, we have been sending services by email and PowerPoint every 2 weeks to the activities co-ordinator, Dawn, who agreed to take them. The services have

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included talks, prayers and hymns either from CDs or from YouTube links. Dawn has given us regular feedback and says that the residents have very much valued the services during the year. We are now hopeful of returning in person for our Easter service.

Sandy & Carolyn Muir

Pastoral Work

During the last twelve months, much of the pastoral work has been done via the telephone but this hasn’t prevented help and prayer being offered. More recently, the opportunity has opened up for face to face visiting in people’s homes. There are currently six people available to visit. Two of those work as a pair visiting someone who lives near them. The others are visiting as circumstances allow and are continuing with phone conversations as well. The list of those needing to be visited is still quite long - more people joining the team would be welcomed. There has also been an opportunity to visit in some nursing homes, as long as the requirement of a Covid Lateral Flow test is carried out on the day of the visit.

The taking of Holy Communion to those currently housebound was re- established at Christmas; those receiving this ministry, very much appreciated it. It is expected that this will happen again at Easter and, God willing, in the months ahead. Amy Haigh

Women’s Fellowship

This year began with tentative plans to restart after Covid restrictions were lifted, and we began to meet again in October 2021.

We meet weekly, on Tuesday afternoon, 2.15 to 3.15, except for school holiday times. Our numbers are down on previous years, varying between 15 and 25. For various reasons the leadership team has altered somewhat and we are immensely grateful for Sheila Lindsay joining the team and Wendy Doran for becoming our treasurer. Cathy Morris has also brought great inspiration and encouragement. We thank Julie Rigby for her service as treasurer and great encourager and also Christine Vale for long and faithful service in various capacities in the leadership and running of the fellowship.

We are currently seeking God's will as to how we can reach out to more women in the church and community and share the good news of Jesus with them. Alison Wolfe

Men’s Fellowship

The Fellowship did not meet between March 2020 and September 2021, in the interests of members during the pandemic. Communication was maintained by regular telephone conversations and Christmas cards. All members remained healthy. There was an eagerness to resume when safe to do so. Meetings resumed in September 2021. There are a few new members, regular or occasional. Keith Lindsay.

Prayer Ministry

Prayer Ministry is an up close, confidential ministry, so due to Covid and Covid regulations, we have not been able to function as we normally would after the Morning Services.

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During this period of time, the Prayer Team set up a private WhatsApp group, which has enabled us to pray into several situations that people have contacted me about. God has answered many of these prayer requests, which we have found encouraging. We prayerfully hope to begin our ministry in church again, once we feel it is the correct time.

Sylvia Tomlinson

Bereavement Team

The bereavement team’s ministry has similarly been very curtailed, limited to telephone contact during the year but also with a number of team members unable to be involved at least for now due to personal circumstances. We hope to be able to restart the ministry over the coming months.

David Vestergaard

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Poverty Action Group

Responding to poverty locally, nationally & internationally –

Like everything else, PAG’s normal activities changed with the outbreak of Covid. As restrictions relaxed we held our first Zoom meeting in June 2020 when the main topic was starting Besom up again after the break of three months and having to operate within safe guidelines and restrictions. However, with the permission of the Trustees, a couple of family groups agreed to deliver by leaving items at the doors whilst checking the occupant was at home. An on-line system was set up to keep the admin up-to-date without visiting Heswall Parish Centre. No collections were made during this time. Thanks to the wonderful volunteers, everything worked well.

For those who felt they could not do anything, the opportunity to pray was a blessing to both the pray-ers and for those for whom we prayed. We continued to update prayer requests from Besom, Foodbank, The Ark, Ferries Family Groups, Wirral Change, Wirral Debt Advice, Christians Against Poverty and The Oak Project.

We zoomed again in July 2020 to consider involvement with both Harvest and Toy Services.

Delivering Harvest flowers was not going to be an option but it was decided to offer a cash collection to buy Christmas toys. We were very grateful to the church family for their donations totalling £545.29 which was spent on toys which were delivered to Social Services.

Though we were unable to collect filled Samaritan’s Purse Shoe Boxes empty boxes were made available in church and instructions circulated regarding collection points or how to make financial donations.

Wirral Scout Post had suspended their normal service but were trying an E-card alternative.

We next met in September 2021 to review the situation and the future of PAG. Whilst acknowledging that we needed to encourage younger people to be involved, the group was keen to continue. Prior to Covid, attendance at coffee mornings giving an opportunity to alleviate social isolation and at the same time raise a contribution to a variety of worthy causes had been steadily growing. We wanted to be able to offer a Covid safe coffee morning before Christmas and managed to achieve this during November.

It is always a temptation to include December to the present activities in this annual report but suffice to say, PAG is gradually resuming our support to those in need, locally, nationally and internationally, particularly thinking of the Ukraine situation. So thank you to all who have contributed in any way to our being able to help with what we have been able to achieve during the recent challenging times. We have a small but amazing team of reliable, supportive and loving volunteers from both churches and in the case of Besom, some from other churches for whom we also thank our gracious loving Lord.

Our next meeting was February 2022 but more about that in our next Report.

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BESOM – Receiving household items, time, skills, or money to pass on to those in need. Referrals :

2020 January to June – Covid restrictions 2020 July to December – 153 2021 January to December - 225 Givers : 2020 January to June – Covid restrictions 2020 July to December – 104 2021 April to December – 131

Projects -

The opportunity for a small group to carry out a decorating project or tidy a garden had been very worthwhile both to those on the teams and of course, to those on the receiving end but, even prior to Covid, it had become difficult to find sufficient volunteers so we have been unable to continue offering help in this area. It would be helpful to have one or two who could carry out simple DIY jobs from timeto-time.

WIRRAL FOODBANK–

Weekly food collections changed with the onset of Covid. Alternative ways to send financial contributions were encouraged. We still receive a very small amount of food which is kept until there is sufficient to justify taking it to the Foodbank. Townfield appeal for food items from time-to-time.

RE-CYCLING – We continue to collect various items in the plastic bins at the back of church for recycling. Used postage stamps currently for RNLI, spectacles for Africa via The Lions, Jewellery and watches incl. broken for Wirral Society of the Blind & Partially Sighted & foreign coins, mobile phones & ink cartridges for Age UK.

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World Mission Support

Our established practice is to allocate a tenth of the income we receive through regular giving and one-off general gifts to supporting mission. St Andrew’s operates a Mission Committee who are responsible for recommending to the PCC the allocation of St Andrew’s share of this tithe. The PCC members for Townfield Church fulfil the same role for Townfield.

St Andrew’s Mission Committee follows the principle that work to which we are contributing should have a directly evangelistic element, although it may also include other aspects such as social action. We also aim to spread the allocation widely in terms of geographical area and type of work. Some of the organisations we support we have been giving to for very many years, others are more recent.

The committee members also each act as representatives for one of our mission partners, being responsible for communication with them and with individual supporters in the congregation, and obtaining updates for prayer and disseminating these. We also aim to welcome visits from mission partners where this is practical, or otherwise representatives share information with the congregation, in the form of a focus spot or presentation, covering several mission partners each year in this way.

In 2021, St Andrew’s Mission Committee gave support to the following mission partners. All of them have faced challenges through the pandemic and have needed to adapt and change their way of working:

• Bible Society (Rep – Martin Heale) – promoting access to the Bible worldwide – translating and distributing the Bible in different countries, and providing resources and events to promote the Bible in the UK.

• CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society) (Rep – Helen Thomas) – providing children’s & youth camps, teaching & leadership resources and training for churches, and acting as Patrons for many C of E churches

• Anglican Province (formerly Diocese) of Chile (Rep – Amy Haigh) – towards training Alex Cordova for ordination, and following his ordination, towards support for his ministry planting a new congregation in San Pedro Church, Concepcion.

• CMJ (the Church’s Ministry amongst Jewish People) (Rep – David Halliday) – working amongst Jews, Muslims and others in the Middle East and the UK to share and promote understanding of the Christian faith.

• Crosslinks (Rep – Vacant) – to support the work of Jomo Nderitu, the Diocesan Youth Coordinator for Marsabit Diocese in Kenya.

• Wirral Youth for Christ (Rep – Chris Jarvis) – taking the gospel to young people across the Wirral through work in schools, in partnership with churches including ourselves.

• Barnabas Fund (Rep – Rachel Lindsay) – working to support persecuted Christians around the world and lobbying on their behalf, raising awareness of persecution and seeking action.

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• Ferries Family Groups (Rep – Vacant) – contributing towards the costs of their office base and their staffing, facilitating their work with and witness to families in need of support in various ways.

• St Catherine’s Church, Tranmere (Rep – David Vestergaard) – towards their employment of a young people and families worker.

The Pandemic made mission partner visits impractical during the year. We hope to be able to restart these soon, supplemented by videos from those unable to visit in person. We pray for our mission partners at some of the weekly zoom prayer meetings. If you would like to receive news updates on one or more partners, please contact the church office. If you are interested in serving as a mission rep for one of the partners, please speak to me.

Our thanks are due to the Mission Committee for their service.

David Vestergaard

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St. Andrew’s C.E (Aided) Primary School

Looking back to 2021, and writing this very close to Townfield’s 30th birthday, it’s made me realise that last year must have been one of the strangest in Townfield’s existence. Apart from the obvious direct Covid implications, the pandemic has meant significant changes in the way that Townfield Church and St Andrew’s School have been able to be involved in each other’s lives. And that has brought sadness with it, because, as you know, the relationship between school and church has always been a key part of our identity. So it has felt strange that many of the things we used to do together had to stop, or change, during the pandemic. Toast Club was no longer possible, parent’s evenings went online (so didn’t need childcare provision), and Messy Church had to stop… although members of both churches were able to continue as school Governors (online), and our involvement in school’s Collective Worship (online) was able to continue, when technology allowed!

But, thankfully, many of the limitations and restrictions lifted during the year. And it was with huge celebration that, in October 2021, we were able to move back into school for our regular Sunday services. We are hugely grateful to Mrs Lamkin, Richard WalkerGlen and Peter Jardine (the former and current school site managers), and all the school staff, for their support in welcoming us back. In a time when school staff had so much on their plates already, it would have been easy (and understandable) if they had decided that it was one job too many to find ways for us to safely, and within the regulations, meet in school. But we have been bowled over by the kindness and helpfulness of everyone at school, as they have made it possible for Townfield to ‘come home’. So thank you all!

And while we’re on thanks, we should note our formal thanks here to all the Toast Club volunteers who, for so many years, tirelessly ran a short before school club. During 2021, Toast Club volunteers and Governors agreed that Toast Club would not be restarting after the pandemic closure. Although finding enough volunteers to run the club would have been a challenge, it was agreed that the changing needs of the school community (which now has its own professionally run before and after school provision) meant that Toast Club was no longer providing the essential service it once was. So thank you to all of those volunteers who got up early for so many years to provide a friendly pre-school welcome!

Al Rodgers

As a school, we have gradually been able to return to our normal school life. We began our school year with our younger children returning to a newly refurbished Infant department, thanks to funding from Chester Diocese and St Andrew’s CE School Governors Fund. This has made such as difference to our children with more space to enjoy their learning. Other areas were also refurbished including a new staffroom, which we have all enjoyed using.

One of our joys this year has been enabling our children to mix together again, coming away from ‘bubbles’. Just seeing our older children making friends with our younger

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children has been delightful to observe, such as children from different year groups enjoying eating their lunch or playing in the playground with children from across the school and different classes.

If I was asked what has been my most positive point this year, I would have no hesitation in saying returning to whole school collective worship. Our first whole school collective worship took place in St Andrew’s Church for our Easter Service, which was led by our Year 5 children. The children were so excited to be returning or visiting church for the first time ever as our last visit was in December 2019. A big thank you to St Andrew’s for facilitating the whole school.

Our wonderful ‘Clergy Team’ has continued throughout the year to lead collective worship either remotely, by Key Stage or whole school in school – aren’t they amazing! As a school that loves to sing, ‘Come and Praise’ collective worship is the highlight of my week. I was in our Reception class the other day and one of the children was singing ‘My Lighthouse’ as they were making a huge dinosaur out of Lego! What a privilege it is to serve as the Headteacher in a church school.

Mrs Lamkin Headteacher

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Deanery Synod

Deanery Synod is made up of elected lay members and clergy of the Deanery. We celebrated the enthronement of Bishop Mark Tanner, Bishop of Chester, in June, 2021. We welcomed the announcement of the appointments of the Venerable Julie Conalty and the Revd Canon Sam Corley as Bishops of Birkenhead and Stockport respectively and celebrated their subsequent consecration in July. Danny Sedano (former Trainee Minister) was ordained priest and continued his curacy at Frankby, St John in July.

In July, Lay Canon Betty Renshaw announced her retirement from General Synod and 35 years of dedicated service to Deanery and Diocesan Synods. In February, David Halliday was elected as Lay Chair of DS, following the end of Lesley Young’s term of office.

Three meetings of DS were held during the year.

9[th] June 2021 via Zoom with 37 people participating

David Vestergaard welcomed the Revd Sarah Fenby, Diocesan Director of Vocations. After a brief explanation of her role she introduced the topic ‘Let’s talk vocations’. In breakout rooms we discussed how we can grow a vocation culture in our churches, recognising that vocation isn’t just about ordained ministry.

10[th] November 2021 at St. Chad’s, Irby

Presentation by Jane Proudfoot, member of the Diocesan Advisory Group on Living in Love and Faith. It included the need for a safe space to speak about identity, sexuality, relationships, marriage without feeling judged. Churches were encouraged to run the LLF course and report back to the House of Bishops.

Covid update: similar experience in most churches – attendance down or less often, people stepping back from roles. Positives – more opportunity and appetite for change.

7[th] February 2022 at St. Mary’s, Upton

Mission Andy Greenhough outlined plans for the forthcoming Life Mission, led by Glen Scrivener. Evening and daytime meetings planned, details on Wirral Gospel Partnership website. Reminder that ‘The Word does the work’.

Christians against Poverty Mrs Moira Barber spoke about CAP’s work at St. Mary’s, for the last 10 years helping people with financial problems and lack of household equipment. Review had been carried out of Heswall cf Bidston, the latter showing much lower %age life expectancy and higher %age financial problems. Clients are also offered spiritual help and prayer and some go on to Alpha courses and church. Christmas and Easter events David Vestergaard and Al Rodgers (St. Andrew’s and

Townfield churches) reported on Christmas Journey held in the rectory grounds and the Christmas tree festival in church. Members of both churches acted out scenes from the events of the Christmas story. People were given literature to invite them to Christmas services and an opportunity to join an Alpha course. A similar Easter Journey had been run for several years on Good Friday.

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Living in Love and Faith Nikki Eastwood (Chair, Diocesan Advisory Group) reminded Synod about resources for LLF, help available to run courses, responses due by 30[th] April 2022 to feed into report to General Synod.

On 7[th] July 2022 Wallasey, Birkenhead and Wirral North Deaneries have joint meeting arranged to update on how Everyday Faith (formerly Setting God’s People Free) is progressing and being implemented.

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Conroy Trust

The Conroy Trust was established in 1873 to benefit the poor of the Parish of Bebington, as defined by the then parish boundaries. These boundaries are maintained today.

The management of the Trust is overseen by between three and five trustees. A report on their management is presented to the annual general meeting of the parishioners and this report is for 2021.

The management has the power to appoint new trustees when the occasion arises and the appointment process is conducted by a majority vote.

The current Trustees are Rev. David Vestergaard, Mrs B Cartwright, Mrs Beryl Lord, Mrs Maureen Preston and Mr Alan McGraa.

2021 Financial Statement

The summary income and expenditure for 2021 was as follows:

2021 2020 Income from Investments 6410 6303 Expenditure on grants 7572 3300 Surplus/Deficit -1162 3303

During the year we have managed to support the work of Ferries Family Group and Life Church Bebington, along with a couple of individual grants. Expenditure during the year was in excess of the current years income, but in reliance of reserves.

As at 31st December 2021 the value of funds under management stood at £269709 compared to £239904 in 2020. Apart from a current account held at HSBC all investments are held with CCLA Investment Management Ltd.

A modest grant can be awarded to anyone in the parish who is experiencing financial hardship. Grants can also be awarded to charitable organisations within the parish who are working to help the poor of the parish. Anyone interested in discussing grants should in first instance refer to the chair of the management, Rev David Vestergaard.

Secretary to the Trustees Bryan Higgins

In Memoriam

During the year we said a sad farewell to the following members of our congregation:

Wally Creed Barbara Favager Bill Pace Alan Soderberg

Welcome

We were delighted to celebrate the birth of:

Lucian Williams

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Minutes of the Meeting of Parishioners held on the 25 May 2021 at St Andrew’s, Bebington church hall and online via zoom at 7.30pm

Present: The Rector, the Reverend David Vestergaard in the Chair, and 48 Parishioners and members of the electoral roll.

The meeting opened with an act of worship and a reading from Psalm 34

Apologies for their inability to attend were received Karen Davies, Mike Shevlin, Ann Shevlin, Sylvia Tomlinson and Ash Vestergaard

Minutes of the meeting of 20 October 2020 having been previously circulated, following a proposal by Mike Smith and being seconded by Richie Clarke were signed as being a true record.

Election of Wardens

There being only one nomination for the position of warden, Viv Halliday was duly elected for the coming year. That means there is one position outstanding and legally the current warden – in this instance, Mike Smith – continues in the role to the end of July. The Rector commended the vacant position to our prayers as it is a vital role within the church.

The Rector, on behalf of the Parish, went on record in expressing his thanks to both Mike Smith and Mike Shevlin for all their work over the last few years.

Receipt of the Conroy Trust Report

Having been printed in the Annual Report, the report was duly received based on a proposal from Ann Renison, seconded by Amy Haigh; with all in favour.

There being no further business, the meeting closed at 7.50pm.

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Minutes of the APCM held on the 25 May 2021 at St Andrew’s, Bebington church hall and online via Zoom at 7.50pm

Present: The Rector, the Reverend David Vestergaard in the Chair, and 48 Parishioners and members of the electoral roll.

Apologies for absence

Apologies for their inability to attend were received Karen Davies, Mike Shevlin, Ann Shevlin, Sylvia Tomlinson and Ash Vestergaard

Minutes of the meeting of 20 October 2020

The minutes, having been previously circulated were, following a proposal by Christine Smith and being seconded by Stuart Waldron, signed as being a true record.

Electoral Roll Report

The report was given by the Electoral Roll Secretary, Alison Collins. The number on the roll at 25 May 2021 was 348. This was a fall of 10 from last year’s roll. The Rector expressed his thanks to Alison for her work. The report was accepted on a proposal by Margi Lewis, seconded by Nathan Storm; with all in favour.

The Treasurer’s report was given by Bryan Higgins. The figures as shown within the annual report were explained in some greater detail. He explained that, as of the 31 December 2020, the total assets of the church came to £865,672 but the majority of this figure is our buildings. Total income for the year was £288,561 and total expenditure was £315,437 – the expenditure figure includes things such as deposits for the lights and work connected to the roof – for both of which funds would already have been collected.

Total monies received through regular giving in the year was £251,665 – slightly down on the previous year – meaning there was a slight deficit at year end of £3300. This is less than it could have been due to reduced expenditure during the year. He highlighted the importance of Gift Aid, which this year accounted for £43,051.

Our cash in bank is £203,961 which is broken down into various smaller pots earmarked for funds towards a Children’s and families worker, church hall improvements, lighting and £60,000 held in reserve as best practice to be able to meet two months’ worth of expenditure.

For information, our giving outside the parish was £24,850; and our Parish Share cost was £128,486.

The Rector extended his thanks to Bryan, and to Libby Higgins for her their work on the accounts throughout the year.

Receipt of the Annual Report

The Annual Report was received. It had been printed in advance of the meeting and gave reports on Townfield Church, Youth activities, Growth Action Planning, Wardens’ & Treasurer’s reports, Sunday clubs, World mission support, St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School and the activities of the Parochial Church Council.

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The receipt of the Wardens Report, the PCC Report, the Deanery Synod report and the Treasurer’s Report were accepted en bloc on a proposed by Kate Muskett, seconded by Viv Halliday; with all in favour of receiving these reports.

Appointment of Independent Examiner

Mike Forshaw was appointed as Independent Examiner on a proposal by Chris Jackson, seconded by Steve Burrows; with all in favour.

Election to the Deanery Synod

There were no nominations this time. Whilst no nominations are allowed during the meeting, the vacant position can be filled during the year.

Election to the PCC

There were 3 St Andrew’s spaces available for the PCC and two nominations. There were 2 Townfield PCC places available and 1 nomination. Therefore, for St Andrew’s were elected Kate Muskett and Wendy Doran, and for Townfield was elected Mike Ludbrook.

For information, Townfield have one warden – technically, an assistant warden- and have requested an extra one. Judith Battersby indicated her willingness to fill the position, alongside Mike Ludbrook, and this will be formally accepted at the next meeting.

These were agreed to on a proposition from Christine Smith, seconded by Mel Heale; with all in favour.

The PCC would look to fill the vacancies during the year.

Townfield Report

The Revd. Al Rodgers expanded on the work of Townfield church. He explained that Townfield are currently halfway through a series on Exodus: the story of Exodus tells us a better future is on the horizon, but it takes some time to get there. This feels like a good allegory for the church at the moment.

Currently worshipping in the church hall and can only get eleven families in. This isn't ideal and not where they want to be. From what they've learned they know God takes people from bleak places and lifts them up to better so they are confident things will happen but don't know when. St Andrew’s school are happy to have Townfield back but they are governed by Department of Education guidelines with regards to cleaning etc. Townfield are starting a weekly meeting specifically around rebuilding Townfield church.

Rector’s report

The Rector expressed his thanks to volunteers, staff and readers who have all pulled together in these strange circumstances, for their continued support and their flexibility!

Looking forward, he recognised there’s so much we can’t know about what the future holds but was excited the contractors had finally commenced installation of the lights in church. He extended his thanks to Mike Smith for all his hard work on the project over the last couple of years. He noted that it is intended to have broadband installed in the church building which will allow us to live stream services rather than pre-record them.

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Alongside this we have applied for permission to install tv screens in church but it has been a long time in the planning stage. The Rector expressed his pleasure in the restarting of Little Fishes and thanked all those involved.

He acknowledged there is likely to be plenty of logistical obstacles in the restarting of other church groups and whilst no decision has been made with regards to distancing, mask wearing etc, we will try to remain flexible. In his opinion, the Rector thinks things will remain changeable until at least September. He noted that Penny Tomlinson had handed over the safeguarding officer position to Richard Lawrence and taken over the leadership of the worship group from Chris Smith and Little Fishes, with Sarah Davies, from Viv Halliday. For information, Louise Hilder had stepped down from her Sunday Club leadership role and a number of other people had also indicated they would step down from various roles within the church. He ended by acknowledging the ongoing focus would be on rebuilding fellowship within the church and welcoming new members.

Youth report

Chris Jarvis reported that the Unplugged groups are pretty much back to being as they used to be – albeit with some distancing restrictions in place. Amplify has mainly been outside but hopeful of getting back indoors and being able to visit places such as bowling. Some assemblies have been possible online and the hope is that it will be possible to take a class in person with Yr 6 before they leave. There is a joint initiative with Wirral YFC to try and launch a listening service that will help the youth to talk about, and process, what they’ve gone though. The youth weekend away will hopefully take place in 2022 after postponements and cancellations. There is also a look at Friday night Amplify groups and how they’ll look in the future as Chris feels it may have lost its focus as an entry point to other meetings such as Unplugged.

Any other Business

A letter of thanks has been received from Mavis Nicholson and Beryl Parker. The letter also asks whether the trees overhanging the path to the lychgate can be given some attention. Some small measure of maintenance can be undertaken by the church but anything major would be undertaken by Wirral Council.

Alison Gurr expressed her thanks to the leadership team and all those involved with the online services which has meant church has been possible. The Rector reciprocated those thanks to Alison, Lou Hilder and Alison Collins for their online work with Sunday club during the pandemic.

There being no further business, the meeting closed with an act of worship and a prayer at 8.40pm.

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Beblngton Parlsh Church Trust•e$' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2021 Chis Jeckson Rodqers 08vKt HIKI•y David Ve5tergaa l•n H•liday Ian SvAnolehurst Juthth 8•tter Kale Muskott Me Ludbrook C•rol P•rry C8kth'n• Adwn• Vql Waljron 8wn Hwi Sh•ron M••¢n c8￿M P•lw• NAth•n Sksrm VN HallN1ay Wendy Dor•n Simon JC￿ 21+tw￿21 Th• I￿¥￿Th￿ p•rnoM ••rthl •• durkng th•yw •nd•d )1 D•c•n•r 2021 :. In •¢kbon toth• •bO￿ fv tyL• lK duriryj tr• wnod tsjt 1•8V￿rt￿•d duriN th• w•.. Miko Sh•¥l¢n M• Sm#h Hfr41• &'118r•dY t8u G￿tt Slo 25105r2021 31107Q021 2710812021 2YO512021 2510512021 I lh• Annu•l G•1￿4 M•thq ••Thd lor 3 rntir• •• trust￿, iwt 4w• dvJlt* lor

8eblngton Parl•h Church Trustses. Annual Report for th• yMr •nded 31 December 2021 ObJ•cts and aclfvltle• of th• charlty We ha¥e run chufth servi￿ •oth SuThJay for St •rtl rrrTr￿ thurches. Doo to the par1d￿l¢ and consequent re5lriclx￿, Ill wvic•8 onlii• ff(ffi Jwuary vnbl East•r. W• tyon8d the church for a•rvi￿8 when abl¢. and Ihg h•1 forT￿M￿10 untl Od¢thr th•n wwe abl8 to return lo th• Sthool. 80th churth•8 havo akn Nn online ••th Su￿¥Y during stm? feBtsvals. ether by &v8s￿arn￿ prw•eordod servKa. Many othef rtyu￿r •dMbg8 r•st•rt•J •¢ ￿nOu0 it•ge8 dunng the y•ar, IncbJ¢j￿ Lttov Fiihts. Chiklren's gr￿p8, Youth grow￿ and •cknts•. WLxTren'1 and •len'i Felmhw, scffi• H￿￿•¢ Group•. pr•yer •¥•nls. and ho•b"rrfJ & the Churth L•Js & Church 8n90d• 8nd GuK1M, Br￿￿1•¥ R•irbw. Som• •ctrkn•, onlTh for p•rt 01 tr• ye•r. S(rfn• othèrs. induding Mu•y Chwth. dKI not rn•l•rt durirvj th• wr. The m•ln •clfvltl•• und•rt•At•n durlng th• y••r lo furth•r tho ch•rftys puqM• for th• publk b•nefiL Acbvth• ordm•i carrSad r1 servww Ihe foc1 0￿M￿nty kndud• W•ddiry. B•ptrnms and Fun•rat•'. M8rri•00 Pr•parn1￿". B•pkn 8•r•a¥ement Ms'ni¥ty'. Youth •¢ti￿￿. ￿￿¥Y Churtyl. LIiV• Fl•hM Tr•Jdkn Gw.. St Andm•l Sdx4 Toast ch￿.. u•¢rnbh••', Chri•trn•• •ThO Ea•ter •thool ••rvic••.' Mryk•• in nuiihw hern￿ and •r£omm&J•tion'. Crynmunty Ev•nls such •• ChiiB1m￿ Journey e••tw Jown•y. •nd hoslg GLr+Ylt¥J grwi •ThJ ¢¢Ynrnunty groups. to lh• p•nd•mk. m•ny ol Ihw p•uwl or h•lJ orkn lor •t p•rt ol th• y•ar. Durfng th• pand•mi¢ ¢)wn•d th• (urth lor wvate prnyer Iw the wr. •nd con¥n¥•d our oftlin• prcsr•mrM devekp•d inokning rDfl8c'orA aThJ trnM. Youth •Thd ¢hiKlwn'• miil•ty w•• njn orASM Iv th• fv•l yrt ol > Ih•n rnlum•J to M p•rnon aLvth$ •bki. We prryjuced cd'• vikng when abl•, in •Jdth to prncti¢•l ¥&th •hLwng •r￿ Th••￿. W• hm 4lK urrfl•rt•n fin•Drad •nd pr)wr for •nd Chri•ts￿ ¢)rg•niMdDTr• and •thits• W •nd •Ityj￿ tho 41 th• pArith rnroww ol th• Church. Th• TNsto8• h•v¢ h•d to Ih Ch•ty Ccfffft￿• juthn￿ on brfrt n rnana9￿g th• Ltiyilios tsf Il iJi&ilv. Th• trust•8s have rwrd to tlKI Ch•rAy C¢xnrrAubx gutyJ•nc• M wblc bMofft managuvJ th of th• ¢h•rfty. Th• m•ln •chl•v•m•nts and p•rf0mlan￿ of th• chartty durlng th• ymr. the firs1 month8 of the year aThl • ¢cffltsn•bw ol and orkn. OnWn• ViV￿g figureo irn dffhxtt to in4tys•. We •slimate tyFical Swday .•tt•rj•r￿'. trKILdw Mh'r•. in curch whm pemfdod, and by al Ipprox. 380 incJdiry ththjren. Th reywents an irKrw• on L••t ￿(315) amd on 20191300, In pern￿ ontyl tlue to ￿d￿lI1￿J orArn alt•fva4nce. ¥&hKh IB 8n qstimate. Our b￿1 •itimBtes Bre that Ihere ￿Te 35 knft ts cx)rtrJre9•tiM$14 by dealhl. and approxi￿ty 14 join•d laduRs and thihI￿nI. Duriry the y•ar the pw*h ccffjdutYAd 20 funer¥ls. 4 dd•gs. nd 5 baptsrnl (all of Ihese h•vmg been aif•cled by th? poThlemK rnstriLonsl. We untknl? to hc4Y Our usual l•ry• •vent •t Ea$ler. tyut dKI m•ftage to do $0 lon • slyhty Imalur scaf•l at Ch￿tr￿a8. 8TrJ conrrJ•d wth m•Try p8 through our onlK minMty

B•bingl￿ Parish ch￿￿h Truste•s' Annual Report for tho year ended 31 D•c•mb•r 2021 ben•lkl•rles olthe charty. Benefrts from Ihe acbwti88 lited above ho￿ ￿Uded f•th debkwnL wiritual and pastoral swjort, n81 encourngerrnnL d•vdcvn￿f of gfts and ¢yriwK•. fneThtship and CLfflpanth5hy, and ￿￿ting r•nge ol ne•ts lor81 w. benoffted wld•r socl•ty. The •cts'w¢s hst•d •bov• Mv• W0VKI￿1 1 Fange of ben•fft In¢￿ing tsilh e•lkn, •p6rStu41 •upport. p••tornl ￿1•. prowwon ol •eThus aThJ Cn Icr n8•J5 al key lifo rnorn¢nl•. 8nd to Ioc41 Structhrn, gov•rnanc• and m•n•g•m•nt of th• charlty Th• m•thod• us•d to rn¢rult aPP￿nI n•wch•rty truste•s. Dèd8￿ w• mlè ty tho PCC in ¢Lb)r•ti￿ ￿1th th? Cknrgy and St•ff leam. and wothg thro •blyecffjm¢tt•• toJ•th•r wilh y￿nE￿ for •r#J •Cts¥it￿. Th8 PCC m••ts 4t1tr4•t 6 ts'rn ye•r in lormal m¢ebngs ol th• ￿j￿￿•1 •• rocm••ry. In ¢0 Or9•nI￿ rt$ 8ff•lrn •ff•¢b¥•ty dyrirq 2021. Ih PCC t¢••t•d th• I(4Y￿ sthJJmmill••s and thin9 qmup•' St Andrthrfl Church, T1yTrf￿hj Chur¢h, Sl•ndiry.' Fin8nc• & Fkn Ytyjth Hub, Evwknwkn." Mrf•ion4ry,' Pov•ty Ac. Group". Evening SwVi￿., Legacy p￿n￿lI¥J. Mwnl•n•ru T•wTr. Th• ChK4Jr•n Famlin Hub ar￿ Hub ill exiBI but rnt ne•J to m•et dumj ¢h nkern 7ET yan Markn 8A tlp RIU, AI8C, ￿ 38 8•rknJry LIM. NorthrYt￿.rn. NN116UX Gordm C•p). ¢>Jwtsty Survw, Arm Cott•w. 13 Spriry L￿￿, K•nwoth. CV8 ACC￿ntantl {p8yrc411 KBH Ltl. 255 Ro•d, W•l•••y. Win•l, CH44 4BT {Independ•nt exami￿ H•nM Walts Chirt•rnd 1ttthnt￿tr. 3rd Fhor, Chamb•r•. lthtori• St.

Beblngton PaTknh Church Trustees, Annu41 Réport lor the ye•r end•d 31 Docember 2021 Flnanclal r•vl•w Th• ¢h•rWs fftwicWposlllon at th• olthe yO•r•KI￿ 31 December 2021 The h￿nCial posth ol Ihe ch¥ty * 31 DeLYnb8r 2021 and clynp￿￿¥¢s for tha ptrnfAJ. a5 more d•t4kd in attOU￿ can b• wfflm•rwJ u lokn".. 20 2•20 N•t In¢(ffi• 132.1411 128,8761 UnMtrict•d RthYnu• FLWKl• 833.$31 e65.672 EThdowmont R•v•nue Fun(l• rot•1 fvnr Totsl Fund• 833,531 86S.672 Fln•ncl•l r•vhw ofth•poth •t th• rnportlng d•t•, 31 D￿•mh¢r 2021 . Our tot•1 in¢irn lor lh• sty•r £3(Kl,838 •>w￿l￿1￿• £332,979, •Tr •cwJntrffj d•fiut of £32,141. Ouring 2021 our fin•N>•l h• trwt nThhig c•l• ar• gww•Ity dewts a I￿1 in pl•nn•¢J 9Ning du• to th• pand•n¢ •H•wt•d by a ITr •xp•rKlitur• on thurch aciMb# du• lo Pl￿￿j ol do•uf•.

Beblngton Parish Church Trust••$' Annual Report tor the year ena•d 31 t>eceml)tr 2L121 Polkles on res•nw. It is PCC pc4icy to mafThtsin ? bol•nce on unr•slrid•J fund8 whth equates lo •wroxrnataty month8. unrg$thded payrnnts ￿ addibon to £20.CiKJ to cover 8mw9•n¢y y￿ath"C￿5 may alt50 from ts'rne to ts"m•. At 31 D8crnbor2021 unres¢rid•d reser￿ wnounted £833.53112020- £e65.6721. Avallablllty •nd •d•qu•cyol•sMts of each of th• funds The board of trustses Li sthfd th•t fv rthaws a58ets in ••ch fur•J ar• avble •Tr1 ad•quatg to Its obl¥Jab'ons in rw•ct ol •ach fund. D•tall• of Th• Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•r Mr Alithad For•h•w FGA •in•8 Wtt# Ch4rt•r•d AcctyJntMts 3nt Ffoor, Pwfic Ch￿t VKIo￿ Str M*BgyS L2 5QQ

Beblngton Parish Church Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 310e¢ember 2021 Statement of Trustees. Responsibillties The cl78riWs trustees are re$￿sible for the preparation ol the èccovnts in accordance the terms of the Chanlies Act 2011 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Notwithstanding the explicit r8quirement in th8 extsnl statulory regulati1￿5,the Charibes {Acc￿nIS and Reportsl Regulations 2008. to pr8p8re thè financial 5tstgments In accordance ith Ihe SORP 2￿5. in view of the fact that th8 SORP 200S has been ￿￿thdraWn. lh8 Trustees d8tem)in&d lo inte￿re1 this ￿ponsIbl11ty as requiring them lo fotlow current besl practi¢8 an(J prepa￿ the accounts according to Ihe FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice Accovnling and Rew)rtir¥J by Charilsl 2015, las amended by the Bullelin issJ6d in Ctlober 2018 8Th1 applicable lo all accounbn9 penrJs beginning w or after 1s1 Janu8ry 20191. (The SORPI. . In particular. charity law requires Trustegs. rf they Fffèparè accounts on an aecruals basis. to pr8pare financial stalements for eath financial year %thich gi¥e a Iwe and fair view of the slato of affairs of the charity as at the end ol th• financial year and of Ih? surplus ry d8ficil ol the ch8rity. In pr•￿ring Ihose fin8neial slataments tho Twstees are requiTed lo :. - to prepare Ihè aCc￿n[S in accordanc8 wlh Vniled Kingjom Genernlly Accepl8d Aeeounling Piacticè IUnit8d Kingdom Acc¢yJnling Slandards and appli￿b￿ lawl. - select suitable ￿￿oUntIng polKi8s and apply them consisiènty.. - make judgements and esb"m8les that are reasonablg and pn￿ent.. . propar• lh8 financial ststem•nts on the cLN)e•m bass un$8SS it is inapproprlato to presum• that th8 charty ￿11 conlinug in tMJsin&ss'. State Yth•lher applicable accounting standards and statements of recommend•il practice have been Idlowed. subjec¢ to any malwial d•partures disdosgd and e¥plain8t1 in the financial st8t•ments.' Th• law requires Ihat lh8 Irustees must [￿1 appnm the accL￿nts urtess they are satisfie¢ tl)èl they giv& a truo and lair vivw ol th• stsiè of allairs of lh8 eh8rity and ol thè suwus or ¢Jeflcil of the charity for the year. Th& Trusie6s also res￿￿&￿ for rneinlaining adequate accounb'rg records %ieh dv6closè with f68son8bfe accuracy al any lime th8 finanrial posilth of the charity 8nd which are Su￿￿1&nI to show and explain the charrty% tran5aclN)ns ani1 enable Ihem to ensure thal the financial slalements comply with regulation$ rnade un¢Jr the Charities Act 2011. They are also ¥espwsible for safèguardin9 the assets ol the charity and hence kn laking reasonatlo ¥teps for the wa¥•ntson aThJ dètaetion of fraud and other irregularitlè5. The Trustegs are also reSFJn5i￿e the c(¥)tents ol the Tntst885' re￿1. and th8 Statutory responsibility of Ihe Indspendent Examinèr in relation lo Ihfr Trustees. ￿port is limited to examining the report and ensuring that . on the face of the report, there a￿ no material inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in thB financial $tsternents. This report w8¥ apk¥ov by thg LK)8rd of Irustees on 2022. MR BRYAN HI Trvslee Iws

B•blngton P•rlsh Church R•port olth• Ind•p•nd•ni Exmln•rtoth• Tnt•M ol th• eh•rtty on the •¢¢ounts lorth• ye•r •nded 31 DK•mb•r 2021 I nport i) t￿ Truiteos on ry X0m￿atron of tho $W¢m￿ of th• tharty on o•g¢$ 10 to 32 for t￿ year trndwj 31 Dec￿￿4￿ 2021 h•¥ bean ¢vep8red in a¢t•rf•ficé with the Chon15 A¢1 2011 (the AL#) and with the Fin•ntsal Rworting Slandard 102. leffeth¥e 1st January X1161 •dapi•d to rneel the needs of UntncO￿or8I0d or91#￿ati￿$, 0$ mojthed ty FRS 102 SORP (Stat￿8￿¢ cl PrnLce forArtoun¥ng •nd Rwing by Chafilie51 2015, las amnded ty th¢ Bultstin isswd in 2010 and to al •¢couniir¥J t•ginning on ot •fter 1st January 20191. (Tre SORPI. by Ihe Ch•rty ccfflrni5￿ in Engk8n(l & Wal•• ICCEWJ. and urthrth¢ hi￿riC￿ c￿1 ¢￿V•t￿tr(￿ th• accothtiw pokns ael out on p•ge 18. At de8cn￿d on pap 7. you. fv tharws TrLtyts. arn rwnsth IN th¢ wp•rth"￿ ofthe finan¢id swem•nt• in •¢cordAnc• the Choritits Ad 2011 oltsr IAW Ufirted K￿￿(￿ Genev•lty A￿pIed and fair View. The Trulw Ih•t th• wJrf WUW•fflefit ol S•(Ikn 144111 of tha Ch•rtsi Aci 2011 Ilh• A¢#) doe¥ n appty, and th•t Ih•r h no requi￿￿# in Go¥ernK¥J fc lh• coThJu(ng ol •udrt. A• Can•eq￿nCe. th• Try•t•e• h•wa éb8ct•J Ih•i t￿ fWnC￿ts lt•twn8￿ be to ￿deF￿dent •wxin•160n. H•¥thq rnyxoK th•t th• fin•rthl •tst•mwrt• •rn not to ￿ •udrt•d wd•r wy kng•l pro¥iBh?n, •X olh•Th¥iw. •nd •r¢ dible 1¢￿ irthp￿d4￿ •x•Trwth. it li Io."- •) th8 ffilwid￿ It•iwthwl• oltr cAwity uthJ•rS•dwm 145 ofth• A." bl IdlNttr• wot•duru in the LXr•OlcM ghn tylh Ch•rty CthMIlA%kn urth 145(5I(bl ol Ih•A Skn¢e lh• chanvi gf)M in¢4n• ¢xc4eded £250.OQ). ch•ntyi wirni￿r mu b• • ffl￿b￿ ol • bo l¢l•d In •¢¥on 145 01 Ih• Ad. I cwfirm Ih•l l •m qu•kW 1¢ uThIeri￿8 IIN• •ywnlnthn bx•uw I ￿ •n •uthM••d M¢M￿r G4 ChArt•r•d A4¢ounlwts. on• #It￿ tty)J l i•port In wp•cl ol rny ol th•nVi eAm•d out und•r 1145 01 Iho Ad In carrying my t￿mInI￿On. I h•v• fo1￿￿j al th• ￿"¢•t1 by Ihe Ch•rty C¢wnmiMi¢)n Lnd•r s•ction 1451511bl ol th• Act fjvt IM dulm ol In irthwnd•ffl examinr fft t•l*lon to ts conductinll of •n Indepond¢ni •xwnmthon. An ind•p•nd¢n¢ eMntn•tiw irb¢hth• • revi of IINry •¢¢4untlng racorth k•pt ty ¢h• ch•nty •nd of the accounkng ¥y¥t•ms emFAwd by th ch•ty • I￿p•r10￿ finAnd•l st4lernethi• preMnl•d wilh thov record¥. 11 ￿¢￿￿1•$ of •fiy uftusud item¥ or dI$d￿￿r•S ITr the fin•ntial statemenls. se•kino •W•n•ttsu from 41 TnJ¢•S. t£￿terniT¥j wJth m•n•rn. Thé puw ol lh• examin•tiM I• ttt 141 M poMtAe th•1 th•rn b•¢n M brnIch￿ of ¢h•rty l•gIiLgl￿ •nd Ih4t. on twl ol awderu reknnt ta th• amounls and didolu￿ mJe. th• fimncial 4t•tem8rti wilh SORP. by Trnstae• in th• ¢ourne of ex¥rbffi•bW is •utyd•d lo •udrt or enquiri8¥ +)¢￿ ft¢4 cover ql lh• m•n•rs thal 4n wdrtor ¢onsthr in •t •n wtnK¥rt. The pl•l￿1n9 •nd conduci of •n •udll gc48 bwd t￿ lkntsd auuArK• th•t •¥•M•bon w wo¥ CM•¢quenfy, I do not exprw an the ¥iww gmjn * lh• 8Mnonts. •nd in partKulAT. I express no cpinth u 10 w&tsther Iho finarKwl stslemenls grve a IwL l•r cl th• •ff•trs tharty, and my r•port i• h"mrted lo the matter8 set ¢yJt in fv *•temert b•kyw. l F4•nneA Ind p•rftyTh¢(I my •• lo Ih•¢ IM ¢bJetsM• ofth• ￿ep￿rth￿ •x•miThation

•blngton Parf•h Chu Ind•￿1￿1nl examlMe• atti￿ Ryrt aThl Opkn 145(3} of thtrArt n£25(￿1. Ihat l k) Kt •9 Indep￿d•fil EY1￿ In wrrfanr Mt bw) y•p¥•J kn &Xivdanc• wllh •thod• •nd F4kKlpkn Mt FRS 102 SORP Idin Ck•r2018 arnl •pW• lo •1 pwtyJ• or 1•lJw•ry 20191 (Th SORP 119n•d.,- Ll¥erpo Merseysldo Th18 report •1gn•O on 11 2022

Beblngton Parish ChU￿h - St•tement ol Flnanclal A¢llvltl•• for the year ended 31 December 2021 Statement of Flnan¢lalActfvltles for the yw •nd•d31 D•ceml>er 2021 Totsl Fundb Fun Fund• FundB Incom• & Endowm•nts Irvm: Oonitlons & L•g•ci Chartt•bltr icb.wt A1 2e4.41B 8.424 2$4.411 8.424 Tot•1 In¢(#n• )00.13b exprtturn I￿.. Ch•rllot40 beti¥1t￿l 332.979 332,•7• •xp•ndRuM 2,979 332,•79 ltsl Incom• y 132,1411 {31141} N•t Inwn• aft•rtinthrn 1311411 1311411 132.1411 R•conelll•llon olfvnth... Totsi fundj troyqhtlor•Jwd .8r4 186,672 83J,$31 833,631 por•9ryh 4.80 ol lh• S¢JRP. tr Ixwghtforrd and fcmrd lurNJ• to lh• She•i A warate Sl¥iwnwrt ol TO1￿ R•cr•JniMd Gw• Low• * Thjt tTr￿ •t•nt iK4ud•8 IM •nd Iw••. All acliv￿aS derive tron ¢￿tinU￿￿ owatiuis Th• not•¥ •dch•d on 16 to 32 fomi •n Iirt•grnl part of th•M accounts. io

B•blngton Parlsh Church - Statem•nt of Fin•ncl•l Actl¥llle8 forthe year •nd•d 31 Dec•mb•r 2021 PthY• ETrdwn•nt Fun Fund• 202C+ In¢tyn• & Endo¥nnqni from.. Donotion¥ & L¢gaous A1 282.928 282,926 Inve5tsnents 1.579 1,J79 Totsl In¢¢n• 288.&81 2J8.501 Exp•ndllUrn On: charl￿ 315.437 318.4)7 Totsl •xp•ndltrJv• 315.437 31&437 N•t ￿Kom• 141 th• y•v 128.8781 N•¢ In¢un• •ft•r tr￿•1•￿ 128.8761 128.8781 126,0761 A•Co￿lI1•¥¢n of lunth:. Total fvnd• 092.64B T¢)tsl fund• ￿lI1d lor•rd •64672 BSS 872 All a¢tlvlUM d•rt￿ from G¢)ntlnuthg *)p•r•llo Th• nots• •trach•d on p•gM 1$ to 32 form an Int•gv•l p•rt of th•J• •ccounts.

Beblngton Parlsh Church - Stst•m•nt of Flnanclal Actfvltl•s for th• year ended 31 Oecemb•r 2021 B•blngton Parl8h Church - RMourc•• •ppll•d In the y•ar •nd•d 31 D•c•mb•r 2021 flxod aM•ts for Ch¥rlty um:. Fur￿8 gen•rnthd in t￿ ywr M d•taU8d wbth• SOFA (32.1411 N•t r••OU￿￿ •v•ll•bl• to fund Ch•r￿lI1• •¢tl¥lll•• 32.141 The resouw awAied fixed as8•1$ lor thwity use of addi11￿5 les¥ pro disposds. Th• not•• •tt•¢h•d on p•gM 16 to 32 •n lTht•gr•l p•rt of th••• accoults.

B•blngton P•rl8h Church - Stat•m•nt of Financlal Acthihl•s for th• year •nd•d 31 Dec•mbor 2021 Movem¢nls In rfrv•nu• and capltal fund8 for the y￿r ended 31 DKemb•r 2021 R•v•nu• •¢eumul•t•d fvnd¥ T￿•1 2021 865,672 865,872 R•coJnised g￿8 8nd Ir￿1 belo tr•nsfern 132.1411 132.1411 •33.$31 133.031 (From￿9 unrn•trKa¢d fvr Clo•lrw r•v•nu• fimd 8JJ.531 8J1531 8umm•ry of lund• Tftsi Fun Fw 2021 R•¥•n￿ AecumuW fur* 833,531 133.531 Th• not•• •lts¢h•d on p•g•• 11 to 32 fomi •n Ili1•grn1 olthM• •ccount•. 13

Beblngton Parlsh ChU￿h- Slatem•nt of FInanc￿l Actl¥ttl•s forth• y•ar •ndod 31 D•cembor 2021 Beblngton Prl8h ch￿￿h Incorne and Expendlturv A¢count for th• year •nd•d 31 tl•c•mber 2021 a8 requlrn Companles Act 2006 Inec#ne frcffj op•ratiMs RefrJnd$ frcfft HMRC on gift 4Kknt donations 249,44S 43.397 In￿rn• frorn Inw$trn•rts, ottr than recw4 7.975 21 Gro•• Sn ts y••r l>•lorn•Jtc•plI￿￿ It•mi Gnyu Incorn• In th• y•mr Indudlnl •X•XloMI Itw &¥p￿￿TtUr• 332.319 Gov•m•nc• ¢￿ts Reolts•d lossu on d￿rI#l inbvbTrt rn r•l•t•d Totsl •xp•ndllur• In th• y••r 33?,979 N•t bn¢om• t¥•lor• In th• Ilnmncthl y• T•x ￿ •y￿$ on ¢NdIn￿ tril N•t InGom• •ft•rt•x In th• Iln•n¢W y4w 132,1411 R•t•ln•d •uiplw for lh• Iln•n¢lal ymr All 8th￿•5 dwive rJ)ntinuirwJ owatiUIS In 4ceorf•nc• the wtyrfloni d the Ccrfnpwles Act 20C6, ¢hg headwwi aTrJ s￿h*I￿g$ us•d in the In( ExF•ndrtur• •ccwrbt h•w b•en •daplad to ref￿￿ th• ￿¥￿T• d lh• Th• not•• •tt•¢h•d on p•q•• 16 to 32 lorrn an Int•grnl p•rt of th•M ccounts.

B•blnOon Parlsh Church - 8•l•nce Sh••t as at 31 Oecemb•r 2021 20 Flx•d ••••ts Yangit48 a8Ws 10 A2 ,132 655.132 Debtorn Cash al b8nk and in h￿￿ 11 B2 24.312 172.456 24.938 203,961 Totsl eurr•nt M••t 196.768 Cr•dif¢r•'. ￿0￿nts tslllng du• wllhkn orhi y••r 18.369 18.359 N•t curr•nt au•ts 178,399 210,540 Th• tot•1 Mi aM•ts ol th• ¢h•rlty 833.5J1 805.672 rh• total n•t i•••ts otth• th•rlty arn fvnd•d lry th• fund• ol th• ¢hwty. • fvlltr•:. un￿$t￿cted Revenue Fundj Unro8trkied Revaluat￿ Rolw 16 03 16 04 833.S31 885.672 Total ch•rltyfind• 831SJ1 Thè'SORP Ref Indkgt•Y ab)¥o l• Ih? d888ific4tk￿ of ttemi as s•1 In Iha formal SORP ocumonts. Al requirod by paraw8F 4.8001 SCIIP, lh• l¢ywwd cwri•J fw4wd lurth at#J¥8 have begn agT88d lo the SOFA.. The Tru8lee6 ocknvthedga Iheir rg8POM"tN"bts"e6 for ctyndwrvj th• ofchw"ty1•JL￿ r•spe¢¢ to acccJnling rewds * tho kYepwat￿￿ ol •>>yJnts. Th8 C￿￿ty18 gut￿ to IndopW￿ ExamiA•ttw chvlty ￿1#t￿)n, aThJ the r•rth oflh• Indep￿d￿Trt Examiner 18 cffj P￿8 9 The Trustees 8re Sa￿$￿8￿ that, Ihe charity 18 nol regBlered urthr Ihe Ccrfnp•ni•s Acts. W Ilw•re so fggistered, il be elvJit4e to Vopare accounts in 8¢¢ordanc8 lh8 in Part 15 ofthe Companles A¢¢ 2006. •pF4ic•bl• to oJmp•nb•s * REV DAVID VESTER¢IAARD Tru8t8 Approvod by tha 0ftr￿le•S on 15

Bebington Parish Church Nol8• to th• A¢¢ount• for the year •nded 31 Dec•mb•r 2021 1 A¢countlng poll¢l•• Polkl• r•l•tlng to th• pmdu¢don of th• x¢ounts. 8••1• olpv•p•r•iion •nd ￿¢0￿￿¢1￿9 ¢On¥•ntlon The accounts have teen prepared on Ihe ocuyals burs. the histo￿41 ￿5t eJJrN8ntion, and in ac￿rdan wth the Finonoal Reporting Stsndard 102, 1gffeth¢ 1st Janu8ry 20161 and 'FRS 102 SORP ISlat8rnent of Rec4rnrnend¢d Prncbce for A￿￿nIng and Rwrthg by char￿05)2015, las by th• Bul•tin i5su&J irt Odober ￿18 and ap￿￿¢48 to al accounts'ng F￿￿￿5 t￿g￿n￿9 on or ifter 151 J•nu4ry 20191. (The SORPI, pu￿had by the Chity COrnrn$5￿0n ￿ ETha￿Trd & Wa￿5 ICCEW) . •ffe¢iv J•nLF#ry 2018, . and In •ccordanc• with 411801￿￿4? Iw in th• thantysjwwdicbon ol vegistr•b"tyTr. •Xt•pt that th• th•nty prnp•r•d lh• fvAncial statenmnts in accordanc the FRS 102 SORP IStstem•nt ol Rectymended Pr•cts"r for Acc4unts"ng •nd Repo￿.￿9 by Ch4nt•sl 2015, {• •mepd•d by iuugJ in Odobgr 2018 and lo al aeuunts.ng periods b¢gthnity on or 8fler 1st J¥nuory 20191. (T￿ SORPI, in preferencé lo the previous SORP. the SORP 2005. whith h•• b¢en the facl that the exlant stalutw regulabons, th• Ch•nts lkn4unls •nd R•portal Rtyulatm 2C￿ refer e>¥￿'ty to lth• SORP 21h)5. ThK¥ bu t••n done lo 13olh• Cone•m Th¢ ¢h•nlabkn •r• •ntirrfy d•pwvknt on th)ntIn￿ want ¥0￿￿t￿ donab.oryd as ll •1 tr•dh r•¥enu•8. conwu•n(. ¢h g¢)ty baw"s li dep•ndent w th• futur• Ilow of un￿rt•1￿ funding atr•arns. Aecudingty. Trn#l••b h•v• cOt•md ltyec4sts •nd, ¥ft•r r¥￿￿￿ lh• financa•l lor•ca$ts for lutu odi to 31 Lknc•mb•r 2020. TnMl•M wt Ih¥l. •t th• Iwne ol w>roMng Ihe finanual &tst•m•nlB, il •pprepn•te to wr¥9 ¢onwn b•srd in th• financ4al Blalemonts. O¢hor than thoBO mattern. the Tr￿1¢ •r• not aw4rn al •nv rnat•Fi•l uncrtaMtss th• th•ri!s abW to f•)ntinu• M * gthno Rl•k• •nd fufyr• ••wnWIo Th• tharity ib • pth b•n•ft •ntity. lajor nJk¥ forth• PCC arn fyJrnnty•ttw fmnc4•1 orww•ty rel•bJ. Kay Fmki.. . Incorrn lits lo k••p in P•rnh Sh•r• •rMI wAi¢ dwgoi •nd minty i• e¢xnPr￿nlmd . Funds Bre not iv•ilabh to p•y it•ff s•1• . Funds Are not aVaIL￿10 lo m••t th• of ••￿ti￿ •Thl relLHb Actron8 to mrtvJgt• rwk•'. . Prov￿• p•noJic•xplanation to cty4r•g4lthi (wi¢uTh1s arn u••d th• n•&J to gwiryj. . Ragular promotion ol r•gul•r gMrrfJ •nd tax efvent gNry vhrM• . Special lo h l•ucMd to meet I￿￿ ¢osls." N•lur• of In¢om• GfOSS inwn¢ represenls the value. nel d value add•d t￿ •nd di￿￿Trts. of goodl yovthd to 4PJ•trynw8 and 16

Beblngton Parish Church Not•s to th• Ac¢ounts for th• y••r ond•d 31 D•c•mb•r 2021 C•tsgoriM ol Incorn• Income ￿ categoris•d as inc(m• frrm •xttw9e tr8nucknrth incml wd frcffi f￿￿¢￿th8n9? tr8ns•tbDns1gfflsl. inNsknent and oltw m¢¢Th. lficome frDrn exchaNJe tran¥actths is by Ihe thwty for gorxjs kw $uppld under c4ntr¢t or wh•r• •nb"Ilnent ffj s￿1•￿ tts fuw perfoffrt•nce relot¢d ¢￿d￿0￿$. The incorne th¢ charty r•ceiwB I• ApW0￿Mat￿Y equal In to the 9otyJs or sukw by the ¢h•rty to th¢ purth¥ser. In¢une Irryn o noTrexchange trnnsacliM 18 th Ihe chaTrty receives vakn Ihe donLY wthout wovNJing •qu81 value in ¢xthangg, 8nd Ind￿85 dMBtions of 9￿￿15 aml s•Thictt tre•ly wrthout qmnq equ valve in axch4ng•. In¢oTrw rncognluoft Incorn•. ¥thether frc¢n ¢xchanga or non exch#ng• tran5aLthons. is reec¥Jnised in tre slatem•nt of finandAI ¥ciN1￿8 ISOFAI w o receN&ble basis. y￿n a tran5acbM or oth•r •vent resuhs in •n th¢re•￿ in the thaity. •85ets C￿ • reduction in rt8 knlyts and onfvy b•n th• l•g•l •nbtiewt Il YK4yn• li prob•￿8 •nd n ba me•sured rdkqbty. Income suty"•d to twm• c4r#Jthn8 mu•t the tharty Y6 Mbll•d lo th• rMtyJrts• i not reco9nis•tt unb'l th• c4Thlttsw• ho￿ t•n meL l incortx • •ccounl•d loi wb•B, d•JuctiThJ any rnllted orrAt•. Ateounllng lor d•fan•d Incorn kn¢om• rn¢•lv•d ITr ad¥•n Wher• l•mM ind fA)NJrfm• r•l•trng to h•7M t•on urK4rt•inty ￿•￿1• u to th• th•rity mMt any t•mii w c￿n￿￿"onl ¥hI￿n ts oxtrot, I￿t 1•cogn￿od I￿1 il d￿01T•d 41 • Il•bilty rt is prob•ble th•t lh• ¢))nd￿.0n8 wrpxad m•L Any gmnt th•t is iubJ"•d to FwloThwctrr•l•l¢d rK•Ned ￿ athnc ol ddNering thè goc#Ji and c•$ requirnd by th•t Cond￿On. ¢y N ju￿¢t lo wKn•t oJrthbonB oMy ￿trol of tho map￿Trt th8rty. li a¢¢ounted for ￿ • habihty orby shcrm on Ihe balan￿ shoet as d•lw•d Cferrnd income i• r•le•Md to irwrw in th• r¢pr￿ lh• porfrnc•4•knl•d crf oth•r cor￿l￿OnI Ihat Im r¢cognthi ar¢ m•t. Wh•n inoJrn• from q grnnt or not t4en r•tow••d du• lo th¢ •￿￿ng to th• gift not t•ing wnthin the eontrd ol lh• rwnl ch•nty. il i dis()••d •• • O￿trI￿nt a85et rf recYpt ofthe grant or Where time ¥daled Af• Of by • fvnder. the incL¥n• il •Fportion8d to thè twn• ponods wncm8d.and. th•r• ap4bk•. is for M • h•bty •ThJ •howTr on the balan¢• sheet as def•rred Ineomts. When gi•nts •re In ¥dv•nc• of the eynditure on cti¥fjty fund•d by th•m, but th•M •re no Vchfic Ime rn￿1•￿ ¢￿d￿￿'￿s. then Income ra not d￿Thed. kny cond4b.on ttwt lh• rncowry by IM donor ol wy pwt of a gr•nt do•• nol wevwt wc&able. 17

Beblngton Parlsh Church Noto1 to the A¢¢ounts for th• ye•r ended 31 December 2021 1￿COM• from hgacl Inciwm Ifom ￿gac48￿ is rec(¥Jniwd tr ch•rity h•$ wfficnt thJ•nrn that a grft haB been loft to them. th•t whore r•quir8d. prcthto h88 been grnrtsd. tre eme￿tor & $•tffjf￿d Ihai th• property ￿ questsn VAI not bè reouir•d lo satsfy dain5 in Ih• eslate, Ihat rt ss prc+Jable th81 the am¢￿Trt recNed by Ihe tharity, and I omount lo be rece￿•d can bè 85lwnatsd 8Lrfficwt ¥c¢urxy. •nd ¢hal any o)ndth 4Uach8d to th¢ ore erther￿￿thifi the coAtrc4 off￿ ch8ty or have been rrt. a payment is reoyi¥¢d frtyn •n ¢stsle or o notsfod u rnc•w• by the •xecutyB •fter th¢ r¢porb"ng dats •nd Wore th• 8ccounts 8ulhorMd for vJ8w but rt w dw that Iht pl￿•￿t had baen &areed by the •x4¢utty8 pnor to lh• end ol the r8Forlw p•ncoJ. th¢ wnwnt C4)n¢ern￿ Li treatsd •s in •dju5ting event And •c¢rLvJ a$ in¢c¥n• in th• acc￿nts￿ perDI rf recayt t5 wobabbe. whe￿ th• charity has 8slablh•J ents'd8m¢nl to o Iwt there li unc4rt•inty • to Ihe of p¥yment. dètsils ol th• acy aYed￿j05￿#1 as 4 c4)nbnggnt 0$￿1 untyl Ihe rJrten• for iitxffje rvco9Trthon ar• met. Wh•r¢ • le9•cy to the ￿terest of a lenont, Ilw be9•¢y k8 nol r•wJn•d Ih deqlh ol Ihe Irf• t•norit. If rt i• doubttul that luN 88thmanl of 8 l•J•cy d¢btor il b• reufftd. th•n •n •dJ"USlm8nl ￿ made to T•dU￿ th• amount ol thtr debtor 8ThJ 1•3Ky r•I￿r Ihan th•rging th• ￿lU￿b￿￿rIt IB •>pondrtLwe tn the Stslewt ol Flmncial kntie Don•led frxed ••Ml• •r• r•rAtrJnffj•d •1 th• ￿n•nI f• ¥•￿. M •uc dm•lbyM w• r•cognM•d as donation •, and d￿1￿ to fwd assets. Donat•d gothY• Ihat •r• nol fiy•d a6Mt¥ ar• •c(xymtad for at • vk•, unl•M It imyac¢al to reli m•••ur• the VI1￿ ofth• donattd rtems. In the Its￿n￿ of any dir•ct e¥Klenc ol I￿r of don•W wJd$. i• d•rw•d th• ¢)t of th• il•m ¢0 ¢h 4Jonor or. In the ea•• of tht rn •X￿￿1 to b• •okl, ts Mlwn•l•d r•Ml• vafvA d•Jucikng •ny •rtvyt•d ¢c4ts ol ulo4. 11 il ia wnpracticubbè lo ffl•Mure th• f•ir v•k ol gmdi ¢kn•tsd lor r•B•kn, u ¢ho costs of v•lu•lKM lh• benefits. th• donated good• •r• rK¢¥nwd u mc4>71• 8n sokj. wth •Th •wivakrynl amount hiThJ rwni•ed •n •yn8e. The ¢osts ol good8 don•t•d for dMlribulM to ban•fic¥￿1 i• 4Y•Thd to t• th• f• v•hA of th￿0 goc•Ja upon rew Whn Ihe goc¢J• •m diiln"bulod freety cff lor 8 con•h•lw. th•n lh& rArrying wThount i• •djustad il tbTh ol ••kn, lo tt v•kn• t lh• wnl ol dt1X￿ and lh• ￿l￿t1￿￿t V4 sh¢n •# • e4Xt ol dOn•￿'Onl made. •mowt of any •to¢ h•hJ dlltrbikn li •5••8wd for inp•irrrw>nt •t th• repNts"ng dit•. A donal•J goodi •r• re¢c9N￿d •• dwabon WIC￿•. and dot¥t•d to trJing it0ca.Wh￿ I￿￿•r0 •tock i• •ubwu•ndy •c4d, or •ppropri•tsd an eypenw. thon the canyuvJ value d thg •toc rf rewni••d a• an •yn•e. In 0¢wd•n￿ IMTr SORP. gocth donal•d lov distrthtion lo benef￿'arl￿, orfor ￿$￿n9￿.0Th by lh• cBrity are incknJ•d in and (kyJ•tKw'. Gorth ¢Jon•l•d ￿¢j¢J#d in 'lncTh frgm other Th• co•t ol •ny •t¢ck of gOCl1 donalths for distrtyjl￿ to benefi￿rieS Yi dew•Y to be lh• f•lr Val￿ of thou• 81 th¢ of thelr 11 tho gotJi Wa w• to b? dtytthted fre* or lor a n¢Ynin•l ￿ns￿￿ts"0n. thtrn the c•nying •nount i• •ubwu•nty ￿lUsI•d to r•fi•d th• kAver of deerned cost •dJ'ustyd lor •ny loss of seNc• F4)tentral and ￿￿a¢¥Ment cost R¢pF•c￿•ftI c4st * tho •Con￿n￿ cost incund rf the tharity wa$ to reploce th• ts8￿ ol th• value 01 t￿1 grt to the th&ity. I don8t¢d services and f•dths •rn rtCty3no•d # donation wKt¢n• r•xiv•J,IwovKlwJ th• v•lu• of th• grft c8n be Measure￿ reliablyl recognised as •n an wuNalMt vafrje. 18

Beblngton Parish Church Note• to th• Account• lor the y•ar end•d 31 D8c•mb•r 2021 R•eognhlon of lablllll•• •nd •¥p•ndtluY• A li•bilrty, and th• rdat•J 8xpendiiw•, o recwed a l•yl or oMstru(4 obJation exists u a rnult of * p¥$1 ev•nt, and wheTr it is more 11(ety than ftot Ihat ¥ hnsfw of borwffts t¢ wuir•d ￿ ststthrrnnt. aTrd whm the arnount of the ￿￿￿tion t¢ rkwur•d IY feh"abtye5timated.. L¢abilIt￿ ari$in9 frrfft ftTrtur funding cornrtrnents and Constructs.￿ obkg¥ty"on$. Kthding performanc i¢l•t¢d granls, where the bmir¥J or th• wnounl d Ihe exr•ndsluTe requ¥ed to 0￿¥￿.0￿ •r• uncwlain, give rise to 8 prOWA￿￿ occouTrts. is ai th• acoJuntiThJ year end. The prowwon A iTrcr8a5ed to rdlttct gny incre888s in li&)il'tss. •nd N deut•￿ by lh• ubhswlion of any prowsion vAlhin the pen&a. and revers•d afiy prOv￿on is no lory•r reqUI￿J. T￿￿e mosn•nts arv dwrged or ryedrted to the respeth.ve funds Volunts•rn In le￿rd￿L¥) wilh ts SORP. •rd in rncognthi al thp diffiathl in on tM eontrthb. from volunteer¥, Ihe of vdunt•ern • not inchthj Trmlhin Ihe I1￿￿ ofthe ¢h•rity. Ho•v•r. the Iru•tae8 lh• wgnffic•Trt to th¢ of th¢ thonty by ur vdunl•orn •nd th￿1• d•#c¥kned m¢w• N¢)t•S. T•nqlble ffx•d•ss•ts T8ngibl¢ fixed •sse¢s •r• m•awnd •t tsir oivin•l co•t ¥￿, or •ut4ffju•nt my￿ult)￿, or rf drffl•tyd, •• Debtw •ro rr•uurnd •t tmirrncowth nounl# at th• •h••td•t& CY•dllorn •hd pio¥tslon¥ Cr•ditor• ¥re me8•ur•d at Itthr f•eo¥th •tth• •h••t dat•. P•n•lon. d•lln•d Conlylbullon Kh•n Th• ch￿ty op•r•les • ￿fin•d eontrthb.on ¥wn•. •r• th•rg•d to profit •nd l) Fund Accountlng Unr•stfid•d fvnth ar• Bv•iFablo lry •1 ol Ih biAts•8 in fvrtr￿nr￿ f4•￿¥￿ of the ¢h•nty. O¢syn•tsd fvrth •￿ unrnstrthl I￿￿J8 •annarked bythe Tru•t•es for P•￿J111 purpoMs. R¢$th¢tsd fvnds •r suLyd•d Its mlridThi ¢Jn vrwtrj by t￿ or ¢hroL￿h the term• of Bll aFfeal or as ImF4d by Iw. EndoTn8nt fvnds are fvnds don•t¢d lo tm chart¢. the fuTrJs 8haH be in￿led •rJ lh• f•irty •hal •ryoy the benefit ol the Irorn Ihe fvnd. bul r•stricts￿5 ar• F4w¢¢d ￿ th• use ofthe caprtal. 19

Bebington Parlsh ch￿￿h Notss lo th• A¢¢ounts for th• y•ar ended 31 December 2021 2 Llablltty to tax•tlon The Tw8tee8 consJ•r that Ihe thanty sats5hs the t•sts sel cwjt in P•rn9raph 1 Schedule 6 of Ihe F￿8￿cO Act 2010 for UK CO￿orSb0￿ tax Pu￿. Acctydmgty. Ihe Chanty L exempt from tsxation in ￿SpeCt of incorne or camzl g•ins reeryed caleg(m covered by ¢Wef 3 part 11 of Ihe Ccrfp)rabon Tax Act 2010 or stsd￿n 256 01 the Ta¥ab"¢)n ol Charyele Gair>s Ad 1992. to the ext•nt that suth or gains ar• 8FP •xdusiYety ¢)0 Iht speufic thantth oty.eds of the charity and lor no other purpc68. Value Added Tax ￿ not rè¢ovefabh by thè charty. •nd is ￿ref4rn I￿￿j￿j in lh¢ relevant costs in the Slatemeni of FInana￿ N£ts"vitse5. 3 Wlndlng up or dl¥•olullon olth• ch•rtty 11 upon wndiNJ up or di8x4utiM ol ch•ity b)•rn remain •ny M•ts. •ft¢r the sabsfxon of al debts and laknlitses. th• as5el¥ reprsentd by thè •coJNl•t•J lurKI sh•1 b• tr•rMferr•J to srffi• other th•rit4ble bcdy or b(J• h•M"ng obpcts to th• rth•rty. 4 N•t •urplu• b•forn tsx In th• IlTrancl•l y••r 2021 2020 Th• net b•lorn lax in th• llnanejal swi• •l•l•d •ft•r chwgry.." 822 6 Th• ¢ontrllxrtlon of ¥olunt••v• W• depend on wpwl of volunteern. •v•ry •v8nt 4eiMty h•v• undert•ken twn out •ther entirety by them or thew h. (Xr vohJnle•rn rnrtt¢d counlle38 hourn lo wr aCts.vts￿ dumg Ihe ￿•r. Thth"f SUPPOrt ffj v•lL•J womio¥sty. Th• 8rrnngo￿nl8 wlh ¥duntsern arn drffutt to in mLY• t•Th$ •rd h¥v• not b•gn r•eogfiis•d in thfr Stat￿ent of Fin•Thci•l Th• tI￿nI8•￿ and the charity •cwt Ind 6 8tsff co•ts •nd •molum•nts 2021 2020 Gr088 Saluin exduding tr￿t••1 •nd key m•n•gemwrt pwsonn•b Employ¢P$ c4 d•fin•J corththtsn schthnes 46,107 45,307 802 Totsl •alartM. w•q•• •nd co•ts 40.92• 46.109 The •wr•p nurt4r ol part tine Slall emph)>d in Ih yoarwai Th¢ ovarage ollul st•ff WI￿oyed In the ￿•r w•$ Th• o$*"rn•thd lul tm• equN4knt number of 41 staff empknTrJ in lh• Jwwa• 20

Beblngton Parlsh Church Noto• 10 th• A¢counts for th• year •nd•d 31 D•umb•r 2021 Eng•gad ￿ thantable 4cbth•s lh¢ tru•1¢￿ nor 4ny connodthj lh th•n h•¥ rec¢wd •rry Ir(¥Tr the cBrity or any related enbty, ￿ther ￿ Ihe curnnt or y•w. 7 D•fin•d ¢ontrlbutlon p•nslon •clwm•• No trust￿8 or p•r•on• ret•Ad ary tr ¢•ity, or •ny rd•t•d •fitity. 21

Bebington Parish ChurGh Nots• to th• A¢¢ounts lor th• y•ar •nd•d 31 D￿4mb¢r 2021 9 D•l•rr•d Incom•. Unrn•tricted •nd Dmlgnatod fund• Cwr•nt Yw Donabons lor1glesi•Arylic•na M Blakè ITowffielJ B Fletcher ICurt•in$l M•$sy Cur¢h (Twfi¢kll Syfvio W¥k•y acy W Baker donats.on Mi$8ion lutN4s Je•n Giiffth$. BitJbB8 and Prq"•etty F•rries Fsmilkrys 450 540 1,000 1,494 500 38S 8.547 512 6,$47 2C Tol•l 9.989 7.1SO 9.087 11,928 21 2020 ThM• d•f•rrnlB •r• Inthd•d th ¢rndhorn 11.926 9,989 prtor Y••r In y••r Don4tvJns for Ig￿$￿• Atyk4n• Bloke IT0￿[￿J} Fkntch•r ICurt•in$l M￿$Y Curch ITownfbJl W Baker don#ti¢n MiB5ion fundi J•w Grffilh• soo 385 200 3,8S0 2,588 Totsl 6,971 3,018 9,989 2020 2019 d•f•rrnlB •r• In¢lud•d kn ¢r•dlto 9.988 6,971

Beblngton Parish cfvu￿h Notm lo tho Accounts for the y•ar fjnd￿ 31 DK•mbw 2021 10 Tanglblo fixed •u•ts L•nd and Pl•nt & 8yddlw• Il•¢hln•ry Curr•nt Yvar V•hlel•• Totsl ¢￿t At 1 Januory 2021 655.132 655,132 At 31 D•wthr2021 132 666.132 At 31 O•¢•mb•r 2021 14•t boo ¥4lu• At 31 O•c•Mb•r 2021 654132 SBO.1J2 At 31 OK•n4>•r 2020 132 $SS.132 Land Ind Pl•nta Ou•dlnp Machkni•ry Prlor Y••r V•hbch• Totsl Co•t 02 J•nu•ry 2ff20 eSS.132 855,132 31 DK•rnb•r 2020 656.132 651132 D•pr•¢l•don 14•t book ￿1￿• Jl O•c•Trb•f 20x1 16&132 666.132 01 J•nuary 2020 6SS.iJ2 666.132

B•blngton Parish Church NolM to the Accounts for tho yur end•d 31 O•comb•r 2021 11 D•btors 2021 2020 PrepByments and a¢cn*J inccrf 2,411 21.gx11 23,454 24,312 24.038 12 CY•dltor¥: •mount• f•Mthg du• on• y•ar 2021 2020 A¢cru•l• Def•rred Inccffi•. Unrn•tricl•d & thignatsd fvfvJ6 Olh•r cr¢drtv• 5.122 11.926 1,321 7,279 9,989 1,091 18.369 10.359 13 P•n•l¢>n ¢ommltm•nts 2021 2020 163 157 157 14 Incom• •nd Exp•fidlbJrn •c¢oun¢ •ufflm•ry 2021 2020 At 1 J•nu•ry 2021 IDefi¢itywWu8 i￿r tsx for lh• >wr 865.672 132,1411 892.548 126.8781 At 31 DK•mb•r 2021 833,531 864172 24

Babington Parlsh Church Notes to th• A¢¢ounts for th• y•ar ¢nded 31 D•cembor 2021 15 Partl¢ulav• of how p•rtl¢ular fund• ar• by aM•ts •nd Il•bOIItI•• At 31 DIc•m￿rI02 fvnd• nd¥ Fund• Tarrfjth Fixed A¥58 Current Currnnt L￿bIk￿l 655.132 19S.768 118.3691 6S5.132 196,761 833.531 135.$31 At l J•nuary 2021 Trl•l FvndB lund• T•ngth FWJ •••ts Cunanl AaMI• Cuff•nt Li•bik•8 85S.132 228.899 118,3S91 086.132 228,899 118.36SII •K072 S672 18 Ch•ng• In totsl fund• o¥•r th• y•ar •• •ho¥m ID Not• 15, aMty¥•d ty Indlvldual fund• to 2020 lundB In 2021 2013 a•• 17 S•• trlol• 11 Un￿l￿1•d R•wnw Furl• 865.672 132,1411 3.631 Totsl unn•tAci•d d••lgn•l•d 52.141 033.631 Totsl th•rttyfvnd• 32,141 JJ.131 25

Bebington Parish Church Nots• to th• A¢¢ounts for th• y•ar ￿mIed 31 December 2021 17 An•ty•l• of mo¥•ments In funds ov•r th• y•al￿ shown In Not• 16 IAov•m•nt lund¥ UnrestriGt¢d Revenue Fund$ 1332.9791 132.1411 32.141 18 Th• purpo••• lov whkh th• fvnd¥.'. Th•sa funds •rn hek1 the [l￿o￿n9 Ihe Cbi￿￿'Ve5 ofth& th•rity, •nd to 0￿e I￿r¥0• forfijbjrn xtmth. •nd. •ubJ"eci to th•rity1¢9o1•ts'on, are frne Ircm dl re•ln¢kn OTr tl•r um. Thw lunds arn g￿r¥I fvnd•thlth n be u•¢d lor PCC 0￿￿ry purpcw. Thij fund ¥eprn#•Ats Ihe hJnd• d￿•11, blrt wh•r• th• fvndi h8¥e been for a purpose. This >wr fund¥ hav• ￿•n ringfenc4d for th¢ now rool. arKI for WT¥xovèd Iyhtsng and olher smd prwects. Unmtncl•J R•v•nu• FwKb• O••n*t•d R•v•nu• Fur¥ 19 Uttlm•t• Gontrolllng party Th• thirity N und•rth• I￿1￿01 rf Its Év•ry m•thr ofthe d￿rty it￿1 ar￿ lortr• dd>l• oflh• ts)Arity.

B•blngton Parlsh Church D•tall•d an•￿1• of Ineom• •nd gxp•ndltur• forthe y••r ••)d•d 31 Dxwnl>•r 2021 •• requlrgd by th• SORP 2015 Thls &n•1￿18 Is classslTh•d by¢onv•ntlon•l d•sertitton¥ •ndnot by•cdvity. Domlloni Grnnts and L•g•¢l•• Trtsi FwKl• Y¢knl Fun FundB 2021 20 DonAtlon• and Oft• fr(ffi Indlvldu don•tyM8 iTrJNidu•ty lom t £IIMXI 217.$75 Refind grft don4lior L•rg• doA•tkns indi¥#lu• o¥•rE11￿7 43.397 4>,J97 43.051 Total donatborn •KI gm• Irom 260.666 267.1 Don•t1￿% Ind glft• IMI IndfvkluAIB IlrtluJ• TrIIIRC glft •Sd•d don￿1. PrlorY••r ￿lly1 Furmlb 2020 prtory••r 2•7.128 7.121 T•tsi Fund• Funé• ¥J21 20 2020 Anonymous Y¢>tsl l•g•¢l•• r•cal¥abl• 3,8OJ PrlorY••r PrforY•v Prfor Y•&r PvbDrYMr T¢￿1 Fw*• 2020 Prfopy•ar 27

B•blnglon Parish Church D•tsll•d of In¢om• •nd exp•ndltyre for th• y•ar •nd•d 31 D•e•mhr 2021 •• r•qulred by th• SORP 2015 Ttthl FwKl• Trld Fund puOll¢ bodl•8 Nadonal H•i•9e 15.800 Tot•1 publlc ••¢forrnwnu• qrnrt• 16,•00 2020 20YJ Prlorymr 15.8(Kl 15.800 28

B•blTrgton Parlsh Church Dthll•d •nly•l• ol In¢¢•n• •nd •xp•ndlwrn forth• y#r•nd•d 31 Dewnb•r 2021 M r•qulrnd by the SORP 2015 Total Donatlon•, Grnnts and Totsl Dontlo•N Grnnts •nd Al L•uael•• acl•s 284,418 282,921 214A18 PvlDrYMr T4yal Pun 20X 2020 X20 Totsl Don•ll¢)n•, Grnnts •nd A1 282.9 2Jl928 21 Incom• frnm ¢h•rltAbl• •cll¥ltl••- Trndlng A¢ll¥ltl Curr•nty••r TfA•l FyrbO• T¢Ad ￿n￿l x+ 2021 X21 X20 Prfm•ry PU￿ ￿¢Mary tr•dbNJ AdiYrt￿ lor g•nératsng fundi Incom• thur¢h •L*Nth• a,424 8h24 4,056 Total Prfm•ry •nd •nGI4•ry tr•dlng 8,424 8.424 4,061 Tal￿ Fund•

J21 2020 Tot•1 Inc{¥n•ft￿ th4rt•bl8 trndiry 8,424 0.424 IA24 1,424 4.056

B•blngton Parl•h ChU￿h O•tsll•d anal￿14 ol In¢om• and exp•ndtturn forth? yew •fid•d 31 D•c•mb•r 2021 a• rnqulr•d by th• SORP 2016 23 In¥wtrn•nt In¢om• TEtsI Fw IQ x rty In( B¥nk Inlereat R•cewl¢ 7.975 21 Y,•71 21 7,996 1,450 129 1,67 7t￿1 Vund• Prfor Y••r 1.F19

B•blngton Parfsh Church D•tsll•d Inaly•l• of Inwn• and •xp•ndllUrn forth• y••r •nd•d 31 O•c•mber 2021 • r•qulr•d by th• 80RP 2015 24 Exp•ndltur• on ¢h•rltsbl• actfvlll¢•. Dlr•ct sp￿dIn1 Curr•nt Y••r Fuhd• 20 2020 GT088 w•J•• ond salar1￿- ch•618t4• activit￿8 ned contri1￿110￿ pensknn costs . eh¥rtta￿t actiwties GNin9 oulsle the Church missin Y￿th, 18chooll Church office & Ixpen8e8 Parish 8hJre Church bulkjlngs expen8 Gtnj 8nd pre8entsti0118 Roof project exp•ndllure 40.107 44307 48,107 24,•00 10,127 12.432 12A32 17,468 134.453 104.N6 1J4.463 104.006 1211,488 76.140 3,524 g.IXO 1.521 Tot•1 dlrncl •p•ndlnq 3J2.)1• 332,31• 314,7TI T¢thl FurA1• prtor Ymr F¥v*• ¥J20 Gro81 wog•B and sal¥lM. cthw61abl• actfvitle$ Defined cMtrlbLrtlon penilon coth . ¢hafbtable •¢¢￿16•8 Gv¥Nig ¢uts¥Je the pari¥ Churth misshx IMKI y￿, weekend & Kh0￿) Church office & g￿eTaI P•rf8h shale Church buSldirvJs eyp¢nus Glfti and presentstlons Roof woiect •xpendllu 44307 24,860 10.127 10.127 17.456 128.486 75.145 3.524 17,466 75.145 3.624 Total dlrn¢t •p•ndlng 314,n7 314,n7 31

8eblngton Parfsh Church D•talled •n•ty•l• of Incorn• nd expendllurv for th• y￿r •Trd•d 31 DK•mb•r 2021 M Y•qulrnd by th• SORP 2015 25 Oth•r Exp•ndlturn- Gowrn•n¢• ¢o•ts Tthl F¥r Totsl FuThd• Cumnt Ymr Independanl ExAminerfs Its• AMth• •xp•rKlkurn In the prior y••rwM unrn•trXed. 26 Totsl Charltsbh •xp•nd1￿l• Y¢Alll FLW Cun•nt Y••r 2011 20 2020 Total dlred iwdkng Totsl Govem•nc• o)•ll 332.319 332,31• 314.Tn Totsl chwltabl• •xpmdlW• 332.979 3J2,9 31U37 All th• ¢xF4TrJlur• prtu yelrtm Unr¢•tri¢a￿. Pfrtr Y••r 20 Total dlr•ct ¥J•nth TO1￿ Govem8rKe costs 314.777 314.yn 318.437 31S,437