In the DIOCESE OF YORK and the DEANERY OF HULL St St John Columba ## Victoria Dock ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for 2024 Our vision is **“To Proclaim the Christian Message of Hope to the People of Drypool Parish”** **INTRODUCTION** The **Parish of Drypool** , situated in the older eastern area of the City of Kingston upon Hull, is the largest parish by population in the Hull Deanery. A Team Ministry was established in 1980. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Parish is a charity directly registered with the Charity Commission (no. 1130341). There are three District Church Councils. This report is published by the PCC in accordance with the requirements of the Church Representation Rules that ‘require an annual report on the proceedings of the Parochial Church Council and the activities of the parish generally’ to be received by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. As such, it is a legal document and much of its structure is prescribed. The PCC hopes it will be an interesting read and helpful as the Parish carries on its mission to the communities of East Hull. Reports on the activities of the three DCC’s, and other groups for which the PCC or DCC’s take direct responsibility, are detailed and cover a huge range of activities. Further information about the various church activities can be obtained via the web site **http://www.drypoolparish.org.uk** or the Parish Office at 139 Laburnum Avenue, Hull, HU8 8PA (01482 786553). All three Churches have Facebook pages and our Privacy Notice is displayed on the web site. **https://www.facebook.com/StColumbaChurchDrypool https://www.facebook.com/St-Johns-Rosmead-Street-108212454394785 https://www.facebook.com/victoriadock.church** **The PCC would like to thank everyone who has worked tirelessly during this year to make our Churches a lively and vibrant community. Special thanks to all our Ministers (Ordained & Lay); to those who lead worship, to our Churchwardens, to all Council and committee members and to all our many other volunteers in so many areas. Thank you all so much!** **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**The Charity’s Trustees**_ PCC members who have served from 1[st] January 2024 until the date this report was approved were: Team Rector (St Columba): Revd Dave Griffith-Jones (Chairman) Team Vicar (St John’s & Victoria Dock): Revd Martyn Westby to 23/3/25 Curate Revd Jonny Guy Churchwardens St Columba’s Dale Curristin John Saunderson St John’s Lesley Durham Melanie Whetton Diocesan Synod Members Canon Richard Liversedge (Vice Chairman & Treasurer) Cathy Westby to 31/7/24 Deanery Synod Members Elaine Galloway Cathy Westby Zsak Long Elected Members Lynne Scott Judith Axford Rose Wragg Marlene Harrison (Secretary) It is agreed policy that Readers are not ex-officio on the PCC but they are eligible for election. The current Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) is Margaret Liversedge. **3 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**The Church Councils**_ ## Parochial Church Council (PCC) The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Team Rector in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is the legal employer of any lay workers in the Parish (currently Lois Thomas & Jodie Whetton). As usual the PCC met each quarter (plus a short meeting to elect the officers). During the year the PCC dealt with: - We monitored and discussed national developments in the “Living in Love & Faith”. - We planned another Parish Away Day which was held in September in Bridlington - We kept the significant number of policies under review. - We dealt with employment matters relating to Lois and Jodie. Standing items at each meeting: - Reports from the three churches including clergy comments - Finance, including receiving reports on payment of the 2024 Freewill Offers being made by the individual churches and monitoring of the small PCC account. - Approval of Faculty Applications as the ‘parent’ body - Safeguarding - Deanery Synod Reports ## District Church Councils (DCC) Officially established DCC’s exist at all three churches and these dealt with many significant issues at a ‘local’ level. The method of appointment of PCC & DCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. The PCC & DCC’s comprise the Incumbent, the Team Vicar, the Churchwardens, those elected to the Deanery/Diocesan/General Synod (who serve on one DCC), other members who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting by those on the Electoral Roll or who are co-opted. Members of the congregation are always urged to join the Electoral Roll, and to stand for election to the PCC and/or DCC’s. **4 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**Overall Perspective of the Parish**_ Thank you for taking the time to read our annual report! We kept praying through the year for Martyn and Cathy Westby and their family and we're keeping on praying for his treatment to be successful"? Thank you so much to everyone who has stepped up across the churches to support and keep everything going. Martyn will officially retire in March 2025. We’ll all miss the Westbys, and are grateful to God for sending them to us. When I first started as a vicar here, it was so good to have Martyn as an experienced colleague and wise friend to serve with here, and I’m grateful for all the encouragement, advice and support he’s given me. We’re glad to know they’re hoping to stay in Hull. So our big prayer entering 2025 is for a new team vicar! Please pray that we discern and follow God’s will in this, and that he sends us a faithful minister who will have a fruitful time in Drypool and will be a blessing to our churches. There is more detail on each individual church in their reports –some other highlights from the team as a whole were: - We had our regular parish day away in Bridlington in September, with teaching from Dan Fryer, music led by David and Kat Cooper, and children cared for by Lois and Keith Thomas. - Our Deeper teaching evenings on Wednesday nights, looked at what Jesus said about topics such as work, rest, family, friendship, politics and getting old! - We continue to be grateful for our curate Jonny Guy and his wife Suzi and for all the ways they have served us while training here. - We bought a hot tub for adult baptisms that got good use at St John’s and at St Columba’s as we welcomed new people into God’s family. Jesus promised, “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18). We enter 2025 confident he will continue to do this and looking to his grace and guidance. _Dave Griffith Jones_ **5 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**St Columba’s Report**_ Here are the main ways in 2024 that by God’s grace, we sought to grow as a family who follow Jesus and reached out to our community. Prayer was a big priority for us. Jonny Guy led a Lent course helping us to pray, and we had monthly prayer gatherings. This is still an area where we need to grow as a church – to learn what it means to seek God’s face together and be empowered by him. Pray that we learn to pray! To help this, Jonny has gathered together a team of people to offer prayer for people in the side chapel after services in 2025. We saw the Lord raise up new leaders among us – a big thank you to everyone who helps out in church in so many ways. Lucy Curristin became our new treasurer. Dean Rose took on the gardening. Godwin Obot and Zsak Long preached their first sermons. Julie Daysley joined the DCC. We had new Sunday school helpers and others start to serve in new ways. Jonny Guy led a stewardship campaign to encourage everyone to pray about their giving in June. Thankfully, in 2024 we didn’t spend more than we received, so thank you to everyone who gives financially to our mission. And a huge thank you to Ron Gooding, who stepped down as treasurer after 39 years, and to Richard Liversedge, who has helped us move to electronic accounting and looked after our accounts during the handover. At the start of the year, I sensed that the Lord’s message to St Columba’s was “Get off the fence” – to follow Jesus wholeheartedly and not just pay him lip service. Looking back now, I think that has been happening – our numbers on Sundays have dipped a bit, but we saw new people become Christians and join church and step up to serve in various ways. As part of this discipleship (helping each other to take the next step in following Jesus) we started a system of triplets in September – groups of 3 people meeting once a fortnight to read the Bible, share and pray together. 28 people are currently part of these groups, which we pray will bear fruit in increasing faith and love. Let’s pray on that through all the twists and turns of 2025, the Lord would continue to bless us and work among us, and to grow us in faith, in unity and in number. _Dave Griffith-Jones_ **6 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**The Churchwardens report on the Fabric and Contents for St Columba’s**_ ## **Architect** A new church architect was appointed. ## **Church** Gutters were cleaned professionally in April. In consultation with the new architect, plans for the repair of the north-eastern aisle flat roof have progressed, but a contract for the work had not been finalised by the end of 2024. All the church chairs were cleaned by volunteers, for which we offer our hearty thanks. ## **Church hall** Gutters were cleaned and a pipe replaced by contractors in April. A new kitchen window and a new cooker hood were fitted by contractors. A key box was fitted outside the hall. It will only be used for lets on the rare occasions that a key cannot be handed over in person. Repairs were made to the men’s toilet waste pipe by a contractor and to the disabled toilet filler by a volunteer. Heavy metal covers over the radiators, fitted by nursery when they rented the hall, were removed as no longer required. This has significantly improved the heating. ## **Grounds** The grounds have been kept in good order by volunteers, with a special thank you to Ron Gooding, Linda Hobbs, Dean Rose, Julie Daysley and Chrissie Hale for their sterling work. ## **General** The church wardens would like to thank the Friday morning cleaning group and everyone who has helped to keep the church buildings and the Garden and grounds clean and in good order. _Dale Curristin and John Saunderson_ **7 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**The Churchwardens report on the Fabric and Contents for St John’s**_ Main body of the Church and Community Centre: - The walls have all been vacuumed and are cobweb free. - Fire extinguishers inspected and some replaced - 4 volunteers were shown how to activate them correctly. - All alarms serviced. - The heating system is 'work in progress' the boiler was serviced and the system drained. We had one heater not working in the main body of the church - in trying to fix it, we now had two not working! Kitchen Area - Two new freezers have been purchased for 'Pantry' use - Food Safety and Hygiene Inspection- awarded '5' The kitchen wall has been pointed outside and plastered inside ## Outside Patio Area has been replanted. Thanks to Hester Bridges and the local councillors for a grant for the plants and the Inmates of Hull Prison for making the planters. Lesley and Mel are very thankful for your on-going support. _Mel and Lesley_ **8 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**St John’s Report**_ It has been quite a year for St John’s with Martyn only very part time due to ongoing health issues and Cathy subsequently less free. The fact that we come to my retirement in such a healthy condition as a church owes much to the work ok of a strong team who have owned, embraced and continued the ethos of sharing Christ as a central part of our community. Special thanks to Mel, Lesley, Nick and Jodie, and Karen and to the amazing food team. Also great thanks to Dave and Jonny. Also a very special thanks to Richard Liversedge for faithfully and beautifully done the accounts over many years. Sundays are thriving with regularly 20 plus adults and up to 15 kids. The atmosphere is lovely, and prayer life very strong. WOW continues to evolve and flourish. Thursday Stay and Play and Thursday group are providing real support to different age groups and Tuesday mornings are providing space, fellowship and have had really good nurture courses like Alpha. We love for a new vicar to take us on with a great foundation. Thanks to all. ## _**Victoria Dock Church Report**_ Victoria Dock continues to be strong, loving incarnation of Jesus in the village. Numbers may be small, although we continue to welcome a trickle of new people, but we continue to provide lovely worship, prayer for each other and the community and whatever outreach we can offer. A massive thanks particularly to Mel for all she does, but also to Margaret, Jonny, Dave and Nick. There is a strong house group, thanks to Margaret’s input. Overall, we continue to provide beautiful care for each other and an incredible, warm welcome to any who would choose to join us whether it be for a fleeting visit, or they choose to tarry a little longer. Thanks to everyone. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**9 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**The Curate’s Report**_ This year I've been more spread out across the parish and have enjoyed getting to know St John’s and Victoria Dock better. I want to thank everyone who has taken on more responsibilities and helped to ‘keep the show on the road’. One of the highlights was the baptism service at St John's in September, where Nick and I baptised 15 beloved members of the church family. It was a splashy, chaotic and joyful occasion, and a real celebration of all the Lord is doing in that corner of the parish. “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful” (James 5:16), so it’s been a joy to have set up Prayer Ministry at St Columba’s. Just a few months in we've seen how that space to either pray alone or be prayed for has been helpful to many people. It'll be open after every Communion service, and I encourage you to give it a try if you haven't before. We have some wonderful young people in our churches, and I've enjoyed co-leading Youth Group at St Columba's and recently starting the Lads Group at St John's. They never fail to make me feel old and out of touch, but they make me laugh and it's a joy to eat biscuits and open the Bible with them and encourage them to follow Jesus. There's been many developments in the wider Church of England that have been profoundly depressing, and I've tried to channel my frustrations in a helpful direction by joining Diocesan Synod. I pray that I can play a small part in helping to shed light on past failures and enabling Christ’s church to look and sound ever more like him. I continue to be grateful to Dave for his input and patience, and countless others across the parish who have given me a mixture of advice, feedback, and encouragement. I was gutted to hear the news of Martyn’s retirement and am so thankful for the support he’s given me in our time working together. This year will be a big one for me, as I will hopefully complete my training, and Suzi and I would greatly value any spare prayers you have as we begin to discern what the Lord has planned for us next. _Jonny Guy_ **10 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**Children's and Youth Work**_ _Jesus said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.” (Luke 9:48_ Did you know that our parish has more children and young people attending church than 98% of parishes in the Church of England? Praise God for his goodness to us! We have many opportunities across the parish to share Jesus’ love for children and young people, including: - Thursday Night Thing at St Columba’s, which has 10-15 families each week helping each other to follow Jesus by serving together, listening to God together, praying together and eating together (thank you Keith Thomas for the food!) - Worship on Wednesdays at St John’s, led by Jodie Whetton their families worker, gathers local families for activities, Bible teaching and a meal together - Helen Griffith-Jones and her team lead two Sunday School groups at St Columba’s - Kike Adewale-Adesina teaches the children and young people at the back of St John’s on Sundays - Lois Thomas, the families worker at St Columba’s leads Starting Blocks playgroup on Tuesdays - Jodie leads a playgroup at St John’s on Thursday mornings - Some of the mums who Jodie works with joined in with a Start Course and Alpha on Tuesday mornings in 2024, with one getting baptized in September as a result - Lois and Jonny lead a youth group on Thursday evenings for young people in years 6 and above, and Jonny is hoping to start a group for youth at St John’s in 2025 - Dave and Jonny continued to lead assemblies in the 7 primary schools in our parish. - 11 young people attended CPAS summer camps at Ripon and Foremarke (where Jonny was a leader). Thank you to everyone who helps with these ministries, and to Margaret Liversedge, Mel Whetton and Marlene Harrison who have helped us to do the vital work of safeguarding that goes with them. _Dave Griffith-Jones_ _Lois Thomas (St C)_ _Jodie Whetton (St J)_ **11 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## **The Members!** **12 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## **Church Attendance & Other Statistics** **13 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**How are our finances?**_ _The Receipts and Payments accounts are prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations and independently examined by an accountant._ The total parish receipts, including restricted funds, were approximately £151K (up by £17K) and the total spend was £142K (up by £5.5K) giving a surplus of over £9K with overall unrestricted funds decreasing by only £1.6K and restricted funds increasing by £11K. Much of this increase is attributed to St Columba’s receiving a repair grant of nearly £10K which had to be held pending works in 2025. ## Particular comments were: ## St Columba - Grants for Lois increased by £3.5K. - The drop in Planned Giving and cash collections of £4K was disappointing but Church Hall income improved by a similar amount and the Hall returned to an operating surplus. ## St John - Receipts and Payments decreased by an almost similar amount leaving a small surplus once more. - By an arrangement with the separate Project company the DCC pay 25% of the utility bills but these doubled. _[Energy costs for St Columba’s and St John’s reduced compared with the higher costs of 2023 and a grant of_ _£1,000 was received from the national church via the Diocese towards their costs]._ ## Victoria Dock - The DCC continues to ‘enjoy’ the advantages of a rented building and hence insulated to variations in many of the building costs experienced by St Columab’s and St John’s. - Owing almost exclusively to the payment of outstanding Mission/Charitable Giving relating to 2023 there was a recorded deficit. The Freewill Offer to the Diocese increased to £57,900 and was paid in full. As part of the Diocesan programme “Living Christ’s Story” and the need to have sustainable finances, the parish is urged to pay the whole attributed cost of Dave and Martyn by 2026 and that target has been met. [This is calculated as whole costs of stipends, NI, pension and housing but the Parish ‘benefits’ from a special grant of around £44K from national church funds as Drypool is classed as a ‘low income community’] ## _**Our Reserves Policy**_ The PCC maintains a small amount of reserves, as DCCs are responsible for most of the receipts and payments made in the parish on a day-to-day basis. Given that Victoria Dock DCC rent accommodation most of the current risk relating to possible unexpected maintenance falls to St. Columba’s and St John’s DCCs. Whilst their unrestricted funds vary considerably during the year, restricted or designated reserves are maintained relating to possible fabric maintenance by both Churches. It is policy to invest generally in the Central Board of Finance’s funds, although in some cases smaller funds have been invested elsewhere. Overall within the whole parish and each Church the total unrestricted fund balances should cover up to 4- 6 months of intended unrestricted expenditure which currently is the case. **14 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## _**Safeguarding**_ The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 to have due regard to the House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and adults at risk. No Serious Incident occurred during the year that should have been reported to the Charity Commissioners. Consideration is given and arranged as necessary for appropriate training with the required DBS checks and confidential declarations completed. Each Church has an appointed Safeguarding Representative (contact details on Parish Website): - St Columba Margaret Liversedge - St John Melanie Whetton - Victoria Dock Marlene Harrison (Marlene stepped down in 2025) ------------------------------------------- ## _**The Church in the City - Report on the Deanery Synod**_ The Synod consists of members of all the licensed clergy/lay workers and elected lay representatives of the churches in Hull & District. Licenced Readers are invited to all Synod meetings. During the year it had 4 inperson meetings at St Aidan’s, St John the Baptist, St Hilda’s and St Barnabas. Our agendas were designed to carry forward aspects of the Deanery Plan agreed earlier. We have had presentations and discussions on: - Mission and coming to Faith – Steve Wilcox - Mustard Seed Updates – Heather Black - Diocesan Generous Giving Team Update – Jan Grey - Prison Ministry – Simon Elliott and Gary Sword (Hull) - Mission & Ministry at Christmas – Group Work We held one workshop “Supporting Churches in a Hybrid World” and two Deanery Gatherings on Pentecost Sunday at Hull Minster and Advent Sunday at St Mary’s Cottingham. We welcomed new ministers to the Synod, Lindsey Pearson (Marfleet), Richard Coutts (Newington), Vicki Earll (Ascension/St Thomas), Kevin Barnard (Swanland), Steven Benford (St James, Sutton). Under the Bishop’s initiative and encouragement, we have continued to develop the Deanery response to “Living Christ’s Story” with further consultations under the banner of “Heart for Hull”. Following a special grant from the Church Commissioners, an enabler, Gillian Shepherd has now been appointed to help Hull to take the work forward and a Treasurers Pilot is planned for 2025 to help parishes that find it difficult to recruit to that important role. Other strands will follow. _Richard Liversedge_ **15 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## _**Our Linked Bodies**_ ## **(Connected Charities and Not for Profit Companies)** The _**St Andrew’s Educational Foundation**_ is a non-registered excepted charity (ref. 4035148) whose trustees are appointed by the PCC and it exists to - further the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Drypool; - promote the education, including religious instruction, in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England of persons’ resident in the parish and: - the whole or any part of the property of the charity may be applied towards providing land and buildings for use for the purposes of the charity. The current trustees are: - John Saunderson - Melanie Whetton - Elaine Galloway The Rector is an ex-officio trustee. The _**St John’s (Drypool) Community Project Ltd**_ is a company limited by guarantee (ref. 5922835) which was created to further physical wellbeing activities in the local community. The St John’s District Church Council appoints the directors. As at 31/12/24 they were: - Revd Martyn Westby - John Saunderson - Melanie Whetton - Amanda Richardson - Steven Lack - Canon Richard Liversedge - Alan Woodhead _______________________________________________________________________________________ ## **Report approved by the PCC on 7[th] April 2025** **Signed on their behalf by Revd Dave Griffith-Jones (Chairman)** **16 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **CONSOLIDATED PCC ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ **17 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **CONSOLIDATED PCC ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT** ## **PCC Consolidated Summary** **----- Start of picture text -----**
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
Total £ No. Division Unrestricted Endow ment Restricted Total £
funds £ funds £ funds £
Receipts (INCOME RESOURCES)
1-8 Voluntary Income
Central PCC Funds 1,000.00 1,000.00
71,977.76 St Columba DCC 63,088.92 19,583.26 82,672.18
26,947.18 St John DCC 14,285.34 11,549.18 25,834.52
12,800.12 Victoria Dock DCC 11,172.67 489.56 11,662.23
10 Income from Investments
135.11 Central PCC Funds 46.14 97.36 143.50
4,218.89 St Columba DCC 6,768.62 5,679.33 12,447.95
36.94 St John DCC 50.27 50.27
230.83 Victoria Dock DCC 262.63 262.63
11-12 Church Activities
413.00 Central PCC Funds 384.00 384.00
13,289.10 St Columba DCC 13,970.95 13,970.95
299.00 St John DCC 0.00
13 Other incoming resources
General Inter Church Transfers 0.00
St Columba DCC 400.40 230.83 631.23
4,001.29 St John DCC 2,488.00 2,488.00
Victoria Dock DCC 0.00
134,349.22 TOTAL RECEIPTS 113,917.94 37,629.52 151,547.46
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2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
Total £ No. Division Unrestricted Endow ment Restricted Total £
funds £ funds £ funds £
Payments (RESOURCES EXPENDED)
18 Mission Giving & Charitable Grants
1,949.58 St Columba DCC 500.00 505.75 1,005.75
2,415.63 St John DCC 185.45 185.45
347.19 Victoria Dock DCC 3,726.00 1,310.94 5,036.94
19-25 Church Activities
6,903.56 Central PCC Funds 6,502.64 6,502.64
89,531.46 St Columba DCC 78,976.27 14,033.08 93,009.35
24,891.68 St John DCC 13,918.30 10,592.61 24,510.91
9,516.08 Victoria Dock DCC 10,285.37 10,285.37
26 Governance Costs
500.00 Central PCC Funds 500.00 500.00
27-29 MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
571.51 St Columba DCC 1,157.05 1,157.05
136,626.69 TOTAL PAYMENTS 115,565.63 0.00 26,627.83 142,193.46
-2,277.47 Excess of receipts over payments -1,647.69 0.00 11,001.69 9,354.00
Trust Fund - Gregson/South 125.00 125.00
155,237.84 31 Cash & bank deposits 1 Jan 60,702.89 0.00 92,257.48 152,960.37
152,960.37 32 Cash & bank deposits 31 Dec 59,055.20 0.00 103,384.17 162,439.37
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
Total £ No. Unrestricted Endow ment Restricted Total £
funds £ funds £ funds £
Cash, bank balances and deposits
4,644.00 Central PCC Funds 1,404.11 0.00 2,764.75 4,168.86
95,969.07 St Columba DCC 28,142.92 0.00 79,501.31 107,644.23
31,953.31 St John DCC 17,012.37 0.00 17,617.37 34,629.74
20,393.99 Victoria Dock DCC 12,495.80 0.00 3,500.74 15,996.54
152,960.37 TOTAL 59,055.20 0.00 103,384.17 162,439.37
Fixed investment assets
63,378.84 St Columba DCC 0.00 21,827.83 42,759.37 64,587.20
63,378.84 TOTAL 0.00 21,827.83 42,759.37 64,587.20
Fixed tangible assets
825,314.00 St Columba DCC 0.00 825,314.00 0.00 825,314.00
825,314.00 TOTAL 0.00 825,314.00 0.00 825,314.00
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The following pages drawn together by the PCC Treasurer and DCC Treasurers show the individual PCC and DCC accounts in detail. **20 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **PCC ACCOUNTS (CENTRAL FUNDS) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT** ## **PCC** |**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**PCC**|||||||| |2023||||2024|2024|2024|2024| |Total £|No.||Division|Unrestricted
funds £|Endow ment
funds £|Restricted
funds £|Total £| ||**Receipts**
**_(INCOME RESOURCES)_**||||||| ||||**Voluntary Income**||||| |0.00|8|a|NON-RECURRING or one-offgrants|1,000.00|||1,000.00| ||||**Income from Investments**||||| |135.11|10||Dividends,interest,income frompropertyetc|46.14||97.36|143.50| ||||**Church Activities**||||| ||||Gross income from trading||||| |413.00|12||AwayDay|384.00|||384.00| ||||**Other incoming resources**||||| |5,000.00|13||General Inter Church Transfers|5,000.00|||5,000.00| |5,548.11|||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|6,430.14|0.00|97.36|6,527.50| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Payments**
**_(RESOURCES EXPENDED)_**||||||| ||||**Church Activities**||||| |3,622.89|21||Expenses of clergyetc|4,061.35|||4,061.35| |500.00|22||Mission & Evangelism costs||||0.00| |135.97|23||Regular church runningexpenses|775.86|||775.86| |2,000.00|24||Church utilitybills Grant|1,000.00|||1,000.00| ||||Costs of Trading||||| |644.70|25||AwayDay|665.43|||665.43| |500.00|26||**Governance Costs**|500.00|||500.00| |7,403.56|||**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|7,002.64|0.00|0.00|7,002.64| ||||||||| |-1,855.45|||**Excess of receipts overpayments**|-572.50|0.00|97.36|-475.14| ||||||||| |6,499.45|31||Cash & bank deposits 1 Jan|1,976.61|0.00|2,667.39|4,644.00| |4,644.00|32||Cash & bank deposits 31 Dec|1,404.11|0.00|2,764.75|4,168.86| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**||||| ||||||||| |2023||||2024|2024|2024|2024| |Total £|No.|||Unrestricted
funds £|Endow ment
funds £|Restricted
funds £|Total £| ||||**Cash, bank balances and deposits**||||| |362.46|||PCC Current Account|93.82|||93.82| |4,281.54|||Skipton BS|1,310.29||2,764.75|4,075.04| |4,644.00||||1,404.11|0.00|2,764.75|4,168.86| ||||**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| |2023||||2024|2024|2024|2024| |Total £|No.|||Unrestricted|Endow ment|Restricted|Total £| |||||funds £|funds £|funds £|| ||||**Cash, bank balances and deposits**||||| |362.46|||PCC Current Account|93.82|||93.82| |4,281.54|||Skipton BS|1,310.29||2,764.75|4,075.04| |4,644.00||||1,404.11|0.00|2,764.75|4,168.86| **21 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **St COLUMBA DCC ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT** ## **St Columba DCC** |**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**St Columba DCC**|||||||| |2023||||2024|2024|2024|2024| |Total £|No.||Division|Unrestricted
funds £|Endow ment
funds £|Restricted
funds £|Total £| ||**Receipts**
**_(INCOME RESOURCES)_**||||||| ||||**Voluntary Income**||||| |46,301.90|1||Plannedgiving|41,489.81||45.00|41,534.81| |1,718.24|3||Other collections at services|2,446.14||26.00|2,472.14| |9,463.52|5||Donations(non-recurring)|8,718.95||320.00|9,038.95| |11,467.10|6||All tax recovered through Gift Aid|9,934.02||97.75|10,031.77| |0.00|7||Legacies received(capital value)|500.00|||500.00| |5,027.00|8|a|NON-RECURRING or one-offgrants|||19,844.51|19,844.51| ||||**Income from Investments**||||| |4,218.89|10||Dividends,interest,income frompropertyetc|45.62||5,679.33|5,724.95| |4,305.52|10||Income fromproperty|6,723.00|||6,723.00| ||||**Church Activities**||||| |1,144.00|11||Statutoryfees retained bythe Church Council|2,148.00|||2,148.00| ||||Gross income from trading||||| |7,839.58|12||Church Hall - General|11,822.95|||11,822.95| ||||**Other incoming resources**||||| |0.00|13||Miscellaneous|400.40||230.83|631.23| |91,485.75|||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|84,228.89|0.00|26,243.42|110,472.31| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Payments**
**_(RESOURCES EXPENDED)_**||||||| ||||**Mission Giving & Charitable Grants**||||| |1,003.08|18||General|500.00||88.75|588.75| |946.50|18||Rector's DiscretionaryFund|||417.00|417.00| ||||**Church Activities**||||| |42,000.00|19||Freewill Offer|42,000.00|||42,000.00| |11,694.54|20||Salaries and honoraria|4,204.51||8,500.03|12,704.54| |0.00|21||Expenses of clergy,staff etc|205.65|||205.65| |4,688.85|22||Mission & Evangelism costs|3,110.20||884.92|3,995.12| ||||Regular church runningexpenses||||| |2,988.73|23||Insurance|3,074.84|||3,074.84| |1,564.82|23||Repairs/Maintenance|-9.48||1,342.13|1,332.65| |1,015.50|23||Upkeepof Services|1,582.74|||1,582.74| |4,073.58|23||Refreshments|4,273.80|||4,273.80| |574.94|23||Office Expenses & General Sundries|1,247.56|||1,247.56| ||||Non-Traded Halls||||| |212.08|23||Scout Hall & BabyUnit|2,238.75|||2,238.75| |3,000.00|23||General PCC Expenses|3,000.00|||3,000.00| ||||Church utilitybills||||| |8,576.92|24||Gas|5,951.41||750.00|6,701.41| |1,760.12|24||Electricity|1,710.73|||1,710.73| ||||Costs of Trading||||| ||25||Church Halls||||| |5,555.56|25||Gas|3,208.74|||3,208.74| |1,894.88|25||Electricity|1,357.29|||1,357.29| |4,930.94|25||General|4,819.53||3,306.00|8,125.53| **22 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **St COLUMBA DCC ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ **----- Start of picture text -----**
MAJOR CAPITAL/ EXPENDITURE
0.00 27 Church Building 575.25 575.25
PROPERTY COSTS
571.51 28 Elm Avenue 581.80 581.80
97,052.55 TOTAL PAYMENTS 83,633.32 0.00 15,288.83 98,922.15
-5,566.80 Excess of receipts over payments 595.57 0.00 10,954.59 11,550.16
0.00 Trust Fund - Gregson/South 125.00 125.00
101,535.87 31 Cash & bank deposits 1 Jan 27,547.35 0.00 68,421.72 95,969.07
95,969.07 32 Cash & bank deposits 31 Dec 28,142.92 0.00 79,501.31 107,644.23
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
Total £ No. Unrestricted Endow ment Restricted Total £
funds £ funds £ funds £
Cash, bank balances and deposits
20,417.58 Cash at Bank 5,967.53 5,967.53
0.03 Cash at Bank - Premium A/C 15,045.65 9,714.48 24,760.13
CBF Deposit Accounts
27,486.48 Church Building Funds 29,438.10 29,438.10
785.77 Church Organ Fund 829.49 829.49
1,157.07 Church Kitchen Fund 1,221.45 1,221.45
8,257.26 Hall Building Fund 5,226.75 5,226.75
5,771.40 Housing Fund 6,002.23 6,002.23
32,093.48 Misc bequests, gifts 7,129.74 27,068.81 34,198.55
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||||**MAJOR CAPITAL/ EXPENDITURE**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |0.00|27||Church Building|575.25|||575.25| ||||PROPERTY COSTS||||| |571.51|28||Elm Avenue|581.80|||581.80| |97,052.55|||**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|83,633.32|0.00|15,288.83|98,922.15| ||||||||| |-5,566.80|||**Excess of receipts overpayments**|595.57|0.00|10,954.59|11,550.16| ||||||||| |0.00|||Trust Fund - Gregson/South|||125.00|125.00| |101,535.87|31||Cash & bank deposits 1 Jan|27,547.35|0.00|68,421.72|95,969.07| |95,969.07|32||Cash & bank deposits 31 Dec|28,142.92|0.00|79,501.31|107,644.23| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**||||| ||||||||| |2023||||2024|2024|2024|2024| |Total £|No.|||Unrestricted
funds £|Endow ment
funds £|Restricted
funds £|Total £| ||||**Cash, bank balances and deposits**||||| |20,417.58|||Cash at Bank|5,967.53|||5,967.53| |0.03|||Cash at Bank - Premium A/C|15,045.65||9,714.48|24,760.13| ||||CBF Deposit Accounts||||| |27,486.48|||Church BuildingFunds|||29,438.10|29,438.10| |785.77|||Church Organ Fund|||829.49|829.49| |1,157.07|||Church Kitchen Fund|||1,221.45|1,221.45| |8,257.26|||Hall BuildingFund|||5,226.75|5,226.75| |5,771.40|||HousingFund|||6,002.23|6,002.23| |32,093.48|||Misc bequests, gifts|7,129.74||27,068.81|34,198.55| |95,969.07||||28,142.92|0.00|79,501.31|107,644.23| ||||||||| ||||**Fixed investment assets**||||| ||||CBF Investment Fund||||| |2,237.92|||Church BuildingFund|||2,289.15|2,289.15| |21,339.40|||JeffreyBequest||21,827.83||21,827.83| |34,676.52|||Souter Bequest|||35,470.22|35,470.22| |125.00|||Trust Funds||||0.00| |5,000.00|||HousingFund|||5,000.00|5,000.00| |63,378.84||||0.00|21,827.83|42,759.37|64,587.20| ||||||||| ||||**Fixed tangible assets**||||| |594,024.00|||St Columba Church Hall[***]||594,024.00||594,024.00| |231,290.00|||14 Elm Avenue||231,290.00||231,290.00| |825,314.00||||0.00|825,314.00|0.00|825,314.00| ||||||||| ||Notes:||||||| ||a)The St Columba Church Hall is shown at insured value[*** 2016 value]||||||| ||b)The Elm Avenue House is shown at the 'Declared Value' as at 2023||||||| ||c)The direct employment costs of the FamilyWorker are nowpartlymet fromgrants.||||||| ||d)Late in 2024 agrant of £9,714.48 was received towards the cost of roof works(to be expended in 2025)||||||| **23 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **St JOHN DCC ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT** ## **St John DCC** **----- Start of picture text -----**
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
Total £ No. Division Unrestricted Endow ment Restricted Total £
funds £ funds £ funds £
Receipts (INCOME RESOURCES)
Voluntary Income
7,825.00 1 Planned giving 8,695.00 8,695.00
2,341.80 3 Other collections at services 2,609.18 2,609.18
3,840.00 5 Donations (non-recurring) 659.00 1,585.18 2,244.18
2,434.38 6 All tax recovered through Gift Aid 2,322.16 2,322.16
10,506.00 8 a NON-RECURRING or one-off grants 10,214.00 10,214.00
Income from Investments
36.94 10 Dividends, interest, income from property etc 50.27 50.27
Church Activities
299.00 11 Statutory fees retained by the Church Council 0.00 0.00
4,001.29 13 Other incoming resources 2,488.00 2,488.00
31,284.41 TOTAL RECEIPTS 16,823.61 0.00 11,799.18 28,622.79
Payments (RESOURCES EXPENDED)
18 Mission Giving & Charitable Grants
2,415.63 18 Secular Charities 185.45 185.45
Church Activities
7,500.00 19 Freewill Offer 8,400.00 8,400.00
10,410.76 20 Salaries and honoraria 624.00 9,584.14 10,208.14
Regular church running expenses
1,975.88 23 Insurance 2,070.37 2,070.37
1,600.93 23 Repairs/Maintenance 479.00 479.00
1,000.00 23 General PCC Expenses 1,000.00 1,000.00
973.11 23 Sundries 861.91 1,008.47 1,870.38
2,431.00 24 Church utility bills 1,483.02 250.00 1,733.02
28,307.31 TOTAL PAYMENTS 14,918.30 0.00 11,028.06 25,946.36
2,977.10 Excess of receipts over payments 1,905.31 0.00 771.12 2,676.43
28,976.21 31 Cash & bank deposits 1 Jan 15,107.06 0.00 16,846.25 31,953.31
31,953.31 32 Cash & bank deposits 31 Dec 17,012.37 0.00 17,617.37 34,629.74
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**24 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **St JOHN DCC ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ **----- Start of picture text -----**
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
Total £ No. Unrestricted Endow ment Restricted Total £
funds £ funds £ funds £
Cash, bank balances and deposits
30,959.25 Cash at Bank 16,891.37 16,651.72 33,543.09
28.41 Cash in Hand 121.00 121.00
965.65 CBF Deposit Fund 965.65 965.65
31,953.31 17,012.37 0.00 17,617.37 34,629.74
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St.John's Community Project
The following summarised details are included for transparency.
General Funds Grant Funded
£ £
B/F at 1/1/24 3,371.32 5,668.08
Receipts 11,305.02 8,187.35
Payments 11,755.25 11,154.72
C/F at 31/12/24 2,921.09 2,700.71
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## Note: As mentioned elsewhere (page 16) the Project is managed and operated through a separate company. As such their finances do not form part of the Churches Accounts. **25 |** P a g e **THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DRYPOOL** ## **VICTORIA DOCK DCC ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT Victoria Dock DCC** **----- Start of picture text -----**
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
Total £ No. Division Unrestricted Endow ment Restricted Total £
funds £ funds £ funds £
Receipts (INCOME RESOURCES)
Voluntary Income
9,077.00 1 Planned giving 8,695.00 8,695.00
1,178.07 3 Other collections at services 187.00 489.56 676.56
0.00 5 Donations (non-recurring) 0.00
2,545.05 6 All tax recovered through Gift Aid 2,290.67 2,290.67
Income from Investments
230.83 10 Dividends, interest, income from property etc 262.63 262.63
13,030.95 TOTAL RECEIPTS 11,435.30 0.00 489.56 11,924.86
Payments (RESOURCES EXPENDED)RESOURCES EXPENDED))
Mission Giving & Charitable Grantsg & Charitable Grants & Charitable Grants
347.19 18 Local Mission 3,726.00,726.00726.00 1,215.44,215.44215.44 4,941.44,941.44941.44
0.00 18 Overseas Mission 0.00 95.50 95.50
Church Activities
7,000.00,000.00000.00 19 Freewill Offer 7,500.00,500.00500.00 7,500.00,500.00500.00
797.42 22 Outreach 904.23 904.23
Regular church running expensesgular church running expensesular church running expensesg expenses expensespensesenses
0.00 23 Young People/Childreng People/Children People/Childrenple/Childrenle/Children 0.00 0.00
114.64 23 Services/Meetingsgss 237.79 237.79
93.00 23 Copyright Licencepyright Licenceright Licenceght Licenceht Licence 97.00 97.00
0.00 23 Repairs, Renewals & Equipmentpairs, Renewals & Equipmentairs, Renewals & Equipment, Renewals & Equipment Renewals & Equipmentquipmentuipmentpmentment 41.36 41.36
293.77 23 Printing, Stationery & Parish Officeg, Stationery & Parish Office Stationery & Parish Officey & Parish Office & Parish Office 299.99 299.99
1,217.25,217.25217.25 23 Hire of Premises 1,205.00,205.00205.00 1,205.00,205.00205.00
1,000.00,000.00000.00 23 General PCC Expensespensesenses 1,000.00 1,000.00
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Payments (RESOURCES EXPENDED)RESOURCES EXPENDED))
Mission Giving & Charitable Grantsg & Charitable Grants & Charitable Grants
347.19 18 Local Mission 3,726.00,726.00726.00 1,215.44,215.44215.44 4,941.44,941.44941.44
0.00 18 Overseas Mission 0.00 95.50 95.50
Church Activities
7,000.00,000.00000.00 19 Freewill Offer 7,500.00,500.00500.00 7,500.00,500.00500.00
797.42 22 Outreach 904.23 904.23
Regular church running expensesgular church running expensesular church running expensesg expenses expensespensesenses
0.00 23 Young People/Childreng People/Children People/Childrenple/Childrenle/Children 0.00 0.00
114.64 23 Services/Meetingsgss 237.79 237.79
93.00 23 Copyright Licencepyright Licenceright Licenceght Licenceht Licence 97.00 97.00
0.00 23 Repairs, Renewals & Equipmentpairs, Renewals & Equipmentairs, Renewals & Equipment, Renewals & Equipment Renewals & Equipmentquipmentuipmentpmentment 41.36 41.36
293.77 23 Printing, Stationery & Parish Officeg, Stationery & Parish Office Stationery & Parish Officey & Parish Office & Parish Office 299.99 299.99
1,217.25,217.25217.25 23 Hire of Premises 1,205.00,205.00205.00 1,205.00,205.00205.00
1,000.00,000.00000.00 23 General PCC Expensespensesenses 1,000.00 1,000.00
10,863.27 TOTAL PAYMENTS 15,011.37 0.00 1,310.94 16,322.31
2,167.68 Excess of receipts over payments -3,576.07 0.00 -821.38 -4,397.45
18,226.31 31 Cash & bank deposits 1 Jan 16,071.87 0.00 4,322.12 20,393.99
20,393.99 32 Cash & bank deposits 31 Dec 12,495.80 0.00 3,500.74 15,996.54
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
Total £ No. Unrestricted Endow ment Restricted Total £
funds £ funds £ funds £
Cash, bank balances and deposits
20,393.99 Cash at Bank 12,495.80 3,500.74 15,996.54
Notes:
a) Restricted Reserves:-
3,166.00 - For Community Projects (former Winding House Charity Funds) 2,637.48
373.75 - The Peter Crook Sudan Education Fund 373.75
296.48 - For Children's Work/Outreach 296.48
0.00 - For supporting Children in Sudan 0.00
485.89 - For Hull Food Bank 193.03
4,322.12 3,500.74
2,423.93 b) Designated Reserves (Tithes) 0.93
13,647.94 c) General reserves 12,494.87
20,393.99 15,996.54
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**27 |** P a g e O Published by Drypool PCC 2025