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2020-12-31-accounts

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, DARESBURY.

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1130503

ANNUAL REPORT 2021 AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2020

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From the Vicar and Chair

46Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,[47] praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved (Acts 2:46 -47)

This annual report covers the activities of Daresbury Church for 2020 and what a year it has been!

You do not need me to catalogue in detail how the Coronavirus pandemic has affected our lives – as individuals, as families and as a Christian community. The breadth of worship in the church building, which is at the core of the Christian life, has been severely curtailed. It has taken on different forms and means, but our witness to the Christian faith has continued to a point that, as we come out of ‘lockdown’ in stages, we need to consider how we build upon what we have experienced and learnt. We have learnt how to worship publicly in the car park with great success. We have learnt how to stream all our Sunday services on Facebook. We have added Morning Prayer on Facebook to our daily worship pattern. As a result of all this we have gained new followers. Never has our public worship been so public!

All the weddings and baptisms we had booked in for 2020 have been rearranged and will be starting again fairly soon, the lifting of restriction allowing. We have been able to continue to hold funerals and burials subject to the rules and guidance at the time.

Yet as this report shows, other aspects of our communal life have been put on ice. The thaw is now starting but it will take time.

It would be wrong to think that we will soon be able to return to what was ‘normal.’ We cannot ignore what we have learnt and experienced. There is a lot of work being done by the Church of England on how churches are to move into the post lockdown world. Just as we cannot rush back to the past nor can we rush into the future. But things will be different, if only because I am retiring at the end of July after almost 22 years, and 35 years of fulltime ministry. The process of what happens next has already started with the Diocese asking you to consider working collaboratively with an adjacent parish. Gill, with Mark and Steve as Churchwardens, are already representing you in those discussions and will need your continued support and prayers.

Should this come about, you will gain a broader understanding of mission and enable you to learn how other churches respond to the challenges God presents them. Each will learn from the other. Wonderful though the parish system is, it encourages isolation from what’s beyond the walls of the parish boundaries and a limited view of the way things should be done. It is good news that over the last few years many have joined us with different experiences of what the Christian life is, and which will be to your benefit.

We also have the gift of new leadership in the Diocese with a new Bishop of Chester already in post and two new assistant Bishops soon to be appointed. They will and

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do bring with them a wealth of new ideas as to how the parish system will develop and you are being given the opportunity to help shape the future direction of the Diocese.

There will other opportunities for me to give public thanks to many people, but at this point, I would like to single out Gill, James, Gavin, Linda and Simon for their unstinting contribution to our worship. It takes a great deal of time outside of their many other commitments and which is, perhaps, not always acknowledged.

But above all I give thanks to God, as we should all do, for His love and generosity. Without God’s guidance and our listening to His Word we would not be able to play our part in the story of the Christian faith and to ‘proclaim afresh to this generation’ that love and generosity.

With God’s blessing,

Revd Canon David Felix Vicar 29th April 2021

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THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS DARESBURY

All Saints Daresbury Parochial Church Council (PCC) has, as its primary object the promotion of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England, under the PCC Powers) Measure1956, has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd Canon David Felix, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

As a registered Charity, the PCC has to demonstrate that it has an identifiable benefit or benefits and that those benefits must be to the public or a section of. the public. Thus the PCC works, amongst other things, to advance the Christian religion and education, and the relief of poverty.

Members are required to act to further both these sets of purposes. In order to do so the PCC adopted some year ago the following vision statement and core values to guide its work:

Vision Statement

We strive to be an inclusive and outward looking Christian community embodying the life of Christ and bound together by the love of God and love for each other, welcoming everyone who wants to learn about and be involved in the Christian journey of faith.

Core Values

We turn our vision into action by recognising and valuing: -

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Membership

Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. During the period 2020 – 2021 the members were:-

Clergy Revd Canon David Felix (Vicar & Chair) Revd Canon David Felix (Vicar & Chair)
Revd Gill Younger (Associate Priest)
Licensed Readers Linda Mills
James Baird
Gavin Hall
Church Wardens Steve Lander
Mark Longstaff
Representatives on The Deanery Synod:
Jocelyn Squires_(also Pastoral Worker Emeritus)_
Ian McIntyre
Simon Lomas
Lay Representatives
Elected until 2021 Neil Shenton Kathy Broom
Sue McIntyre
Elected until 2022 Lee Parkin Phil Geddes
Susie Li
Elected until 2023 Myra Fye Kevin Johnson
Doug Johnson Jane Parkin

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Officers of the PCC

Vice Chair Steve Lander Churchwarden Emeritus Doug Johnson Assistant Churchwarden Phil Geddes Safeguarding officers Suzie Li Steve Kirkbride Secretary Myra Fye Treasurer Jocelyn Squires Gift Aid Secretary Kevin Johnson Pastoral Care Lead Linda Mills Data Protection Officer James Baird

Church officers

Director of Music Claire Longstaff Deputy Director of Music Gyopar Pavai Bell Tower Captain Christine Owens Parish Administrator Stuart Wigley Clergy PA Alison Upton Webmaster Mark Longstaff Sexton Brian Heakin Deputy Sexton Mark Longstaff

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Safeguarding

The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). More information can be found here https://daresburycofe.org.uk/safeguarding/ or here https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12623/page/45657/view/

Proceedings of the Parochial Church Council

The PCC has met seven times via Zoom, during the past year. These included a short meeting to pass a resolution requesting dispensation from the bishop, from holding Sunday services and opening the chapel for private prayer, at the start of the third lockdown, and a meeting with the archdeacon regarding the future of the parish, once Canon Felix retires. A working party was formed to continue discussions as a result of this meeting with the archdeacon.

Actions were agreed, twice, via email, in accordance with Church Representation Rules, and the Standing committee also met online on eight occasions. The delayed annual church meeting was held in October 2020, via Zoom.

Much of the business of the PCC has been concerned with the Covid-19 pandemic, and our response to, and implementation of, the guidelines set out by the government and the Church of England. A grant from the diocese of Chester, which was made to every parish in the diocese to help each respond to the situation in the most appropriate way, was gratefully received.

‘Normal’ business has also continued to be addressed, discussed, and acted on as necessary, including the following:

A thorough review into our financial affairs was undertaken by the Finance Team and received by PCC.

A Budget has been set for the year.

The Quinquennial Inspection took place in July and the report has been received. A review of committee structures, terms of reference and members was made. As a result the number of committees was reduced.

Myra Fye.

PCC Secretary

Report of the Facilities Team 2019/2020 including Annual Fabric report

The responsibility for upkeep of the Church and its environs has been placed with the Facilities Team, who have done an excellent job, bearing in mind the financial constraints, together with Coronavirus pandemic. Team members are Steven Lander, Phil Geddes, Mark Longstaff, Graham Lancaster, Neil Shenton, Stuart Wigley Jane Parkin and Rev David Felix, with regular attendances from Rev Gill Younger and Simon Lomas.

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All our meetings are, of necessity, carried out via Zoom.

Following the recommendation of our architect Mark Pearce, the boiler has been refurbished. It was found that the flue from the boiler house was blocked and fumes were escaping into the Church. A temporary fix has been applied by the engineers by fixing a subsidiary flue to the wall of the Church. This seems to have solved the problem up to a point, but more work needs to be done in the future.

We have asked an independent heating engineer to carry out an audit of the heating and electrical systems within the Church and we await his report. The reason for the inspection to is to try to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030. The engineer’s recommendations will be discussed by the PCC.

Although the team has been hampered by the pandemic, we have still managed to achieve most of the projects we had in hand.

The stable in the Church car park for the carol service was well received thanks to the donation by Webb’s of Runcorn, of some wooden pallets, which enabled the team to design and build the structure, which was later transformed into a tomb for the Easter services – recycling!

We have had several discussions with the DAC regarding the ‘moat’ around the Church, which is a real hazard to anyone walking around the Church exterior. We have finally got the go-ahead to cost the construction of a fence together with handrails from the chapel exit, the choir vestry exit, and the construction of a gate at the top of the boiler house steps. We are also investigating the possibility of laying an industry style, heavy duty mesh over the ‘moat’, this will entail less cost and will be as effective as a railing.

Regular maintenance has been carried out on the Clock and organ.

We have for a few years now, been trying to get funding for the maintenance of the War Memorial in the Churchyard. Thanks to the endeavours of Graham Lancaster, the work is now in progress and, hopefully, will be completed in time for the Remembrance Day service. Another longstanding problem has been the lighting on the pathway from the car park to the Lewis Carroll Centre. This has now been resolved with an overhead string of lights which give excellent illumination on the path.

With the expert knowledge of our IT consultant Mark Longstaff, we have been able to stream services for the Church and the Ministry Team homes throughout the pandemic.

Doug Johnson

Chair

Facilities Team

Lewis Carroll Centre

The church guides met on 29[th] February 2020 to prepare for the guiding season ahead, which was planned to begin three weeks later, on Mothering Sunday. But as it turned out, that couldn’t happen, bookings had to be cancelled, and the Lewis Carroll Centre has remained closed to visitors during the past year.

We had hoped to take part in Warrington’s planned heritage event, ‘The Time Machine’

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which would have seen us in the Parr Hall in August 2020, with activities for families try out, and information available about the church and centre, to encourage people to visit. Again, the event couldn’t take place, but we did manage to advertise ourselves in a shop window in Bridge Street, as part of a small heritage display during August. Then for Heritage Open Days in September, rather than being indoors, participants could follow a history trail made available to download from our website, entitled ‘Lewis Carroll’s Boyhood Walk’, which began at the church, and took walkers over the lanes and farm tracks of the parish.

Information, fact sheets, and activity suggestions about Lewis Carroll and All Saints were emailed to two schools who had hoped to visit us, so that they could use them in their topic work.

Let’s hope we are able to welcome actual visitors again in the not too distant future. If anybody would like to join us as a guide, you’d be most welcome.

Deryk Fye

Chair Lewis Carroll Management Committee

Future Direction of Church Finances - A transparent conversation on finances

What reaction does that headline initiate within you? I can well imagine that it could be something along the following…

No, I have not wittily made up the above, but rather I cribbed it from a 2019 national advertising campaign. The advertisement continues “… It isn’t easy talking to your family about money, but it is important. The M-Word: it’s good to talk about money. The bank said of the campaign: "By focusing our efforts on the M-Word we hope that this campaign will help start the conversation in families and make people more comfortable talking about money matters.".

We have had several discussions about money over the years, but the issues remain as challenging now as they did years ago. In 2012, faced with a projected deficit of £35,000 per annum, the PCC launched TRIO, the result of which was that the demand on reserves was reduced to around £15,000 pa. The PCC and the Finance Committee has continued under TRIO to examine expenditure and income so that the gap might be closed and the utilisation of reserves be minimised. Many of you

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will know this already, thanks to Jocelyn’s previous reports on the progress of TRIO, however for some this is all quite new.

In 2014 we were making good progress on addressing the gap between income and expenditure. We had reduced the gap from circa £25k in 2013 to around £10k per annum. We therefore started to look at what legacy we might leave for future generations, as between 2008 and 2014 we had used a total of about £80,000 of capital reserves to fund the year-on-year budget deficit.

Though a significant improvement, we were mindful of the inevitable future for the parish if we continued to draw on reserves to “back-fill” the gap between current income and current expenditure. In 2015 we reported “If we do not change the current rate of utilising our reserves, to cover the budget deficit, even assuming good return rates on the investments and that inflation stays below 1.5%, they will be exhausted by 2021”.

Well, 2021 has arrived and as predicted our reserves are exhausted. What monies we still hold are now substantially “spoken for” either ring fenced for specific purposes specified by the donors or earmarked to cover essential contingency as dictated by the parish’s reserves policy.

Back to the advertisement above: do I hear you ask, “Which Bank?”. Well, it was none other than Lloyds, yes the very same people who summarily closed our bank account in 2018, from then Church finances have been even more challenging than they already were.

What was not foreseen in the 2015 forecast was the significant impact on regular income which would arise out of the action of Lloyds bank. Out of that event, we lost approximately £600 per month from regular givers in relation to standing orders which were not reinstated after we opened the new accounts. In short, our regular income fell by over £7k per year as a direct consequence to the change in banks. Since then, we have also lost around another £5k pa as individual personal circumstances have changed.

Faced with difficult choices, the PCC decided to not pay our parish share in full. This difficult decision was taken after a lot of discussion, with unpalatable, but recognised risks. Whilst we might not all consider the principles fair, it is none the less how things work – parish clergy are funded out of the parish share – if a parish cannot afford to pay its parish share in full, at the time of a vacancy it is not likely that a fulltime minister will be appointed to the living by the diocese. Having only paid £40k of £72k per annum (about 55%) over the last 3 years (2018 – 2020) (plus a £20k top-up in 2020) the PCC has been advised that David will not be replaced by a fulltime minister.

The discussions which are taking place on the future of the parish are predicated on us finding 80% of a full share, that is around £60k – some £20k more than our budget plan for 2021. The 2021 budget is predicated on utilising every bit of spare money in our reserves. We cannot continue with that approach into 2022, never mind finding a further £20k in parish share.

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To add to the historic challenges, like many charities, COVID has had a significant impact on our income. Though some church members make their regular giving direct to the bank, many gave regularly through the collection plate each time they attended. Whilst the church has been closed or not taking cash collections when open, that significant source of income has largely been lost. Though closed, the church continued to have operational costs which still needed to be paid, albeit on a reduced income. A small number of people have opted to give via CAF Donate (for which the church pays a service charge) whilst others saved up their gifts and made lump payments via cheque. The PCC really appreciates that support and is examining how in-church collections might be reinstated.

The bank’s advertisement sums up the subject well for us here in Daresbury: it is not easy talking about money within the Church family, but none the less it is important to do so, in fact right now it is essential. There are challenging times ahead, which we need to face together, as a family in on open and transparent manner. Collectively we need to have a conversation about such matters and feel comfortable in doing so; not doing so is deleterious to the future of delivering God’s work here in Daresbury. The church wardens have a difficult future as they prepare for the interregnum after David’s departure and an exploration with the diocese on how parish ministry here will be supported in the future. I ask that you all bear the enormity of their task in mind, keep them in your prayers and reflect on your response to God’s gifts to you and your generosity to the Church. Most of all I implore you to set aside matters in the past and look positively to the future of the parish, which more than ever needs everyone’s support and forgive me for saying so, particularly financial support. In short, we need to be looking outward, looking upwards, looking forwards, not inward, downward and backwards.

Kevin Johnson

Finance Team - Gift Aid Administrator and Giving Recorder

Children’s Society

The Christingle service which we hold each year in aid of the Children’s Society was very different this year. Indeed, there was something of Blue Peter about it all! A happy band of socially distanced and masked volunteers, each sitting at their own workstation, met in the Lewis Carroll Centre to put oranges, sweets, candles, tin foil and cocktail sticks into bags, ready to be collected or delivered. Then those joining in the online service on Christmas Eve followed David’s directions to make their Christingles in the comfort of their own homes. People were invited to make a donation to the Children’s Society via the church website, and some donated direct to the Society, so the sum raised isn’t certain.

The house box opening, which we usually do in February, has been delayed this year. However, some box holders have sent donations direct to the Society via

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their website, and as more people begin to come to services in person, so boxes are being returned, and the money sent on. Hopefully this year’s collection will be completed soon.

Thank you to all box holders and friends for your continued support for the Children’s Society and the important work they do with vulnerable children and young people, and thank you also to the Christinglers!

Myra Fye. Parish Contact

Copyright Mark Longstaff Aperture Image 1Photo

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

of

ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020

Registered Charity Number: 1130503

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020

CONTENTS PAGE
Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 1
Balance Sheet 2
Notes to the Financial Statements 3-12
Independent Examiner’s Report 13

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ending 31 December 2020

INCOMING RESOURCES
Note
Voluntary income
2a
Activities for generating funds
2b
Income from investments
2c
Church activities
2d
Other incoming resources
2e
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Church activities
3a
Fundraising costs
3b
Other
3c
Governance costs
3d
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
NET INCOMING RESOURCES BEFORE
OTHER GAINS AND LOSSES
Gains and losses on investments
Transfers between funds
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
BALANCES BROUGHT FORWARD AT
1 JANUARY 2020
BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD AT
31 DECEMBER 2020		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL FUNDS
Funds
£
Funds
£
2020
£
2019
£
50,558
4,500
55,058
94,712
1,080
-
1,080
5,428
2,311
98
2,409
2,659
4,917
482
5,399
16,716
23,000
18,312
41,312
16,702
81,866
23,392
105,258
136,217
99,389
7,560
106,949
108,527
213
-
213
645
-
5,537
5,537
7,640
781
-
781
750
100,383
13,097
113,480
117,562
(18,517)
10,295
(8,222)
18,655
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(18,517)
10,295
(8,222)
18,655
64,319
27,230
91,549
72,894
45,802
37,525
83,327
91,549

The notes on pages 3 to 12 form part of these accounts

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY

BALANCE SHEET At 31 December 2020

Note
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets
6
CURRENT ASSETS
Stock
Debtors
7
Cash on deposit
Cash at bank and in hand
LIABILITIES:
Creditors falling due within one year
8
NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES)
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
Unrestricted
10
Restricted
9
5		 2020
£
2019
£
25,752
28,184
4,400
5,012
3,164
10,835
31,067
19,007
24,150
35,293
62,781
70,147
(5,206)
(6,782)
57,575
63,365
83,327
91,549
45,802
64,319
37,525
27,230
83,327
91,549

Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 22 April 2021 and signed on its behalf

by: The Reverend Canon David Felix

D R FELIX

D R FELIX (Apr 29, 2021 12:27 GMT+1)

The notes on pages 3 to 12 form part of these accounts.

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2020

The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with applicable accounting standards and the Charities SORP (FRS 102).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for the valuation of investment assets, which are shown at market value.

The accounts have been prepared using the accruals accounting method.

Funds:

General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted.

Restricted funds are those funds that must be spent on restricted purposes and details of the funds held and restrictions are provided in note 9.

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

Incoming Resources:

Voluntary income and capital sources

Income from investments

Dividends are accounted for when due and payable. Interest entitlements are accounted for as they accrue. Tax recoverable on such income is recognised in the same accounting year.

Gains and losses on investments

Resources Used:

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2020

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Resources Used - continued

Activities directly relating to the work of the Church

The diocesan parish share is accounted for when paid.

Fixed Assets:

Consecrated property and movable church furnishings

Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by s.96 (2) (a) of the Charities Act 1993.

Movable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the church’s Inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For inalienable property acquired prior to 2001 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the accounts.

All expenditure incurred in the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings, individual items under £1,000 or on the repair of movable church furnishings acquired before 1 January 2001 is written off.

Other fixtures, fittings and office equipment

All items acquired prior to 31 December 2000 were written off to expenditure under the accounting rules applied in the preparation of accounts on the receipts and payments basis. Since 1 January 2001, equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight line basis over four years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £1,000 or less are written off when the asset is acquired.

Car park

The car park is included at the market value at 30 June 2010.

Investments

Investments are valued at market value at 31 December.

Current assets

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

Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds or at the bank.

Stock is valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value.

Current liabilities

Payments received in advance as non refundable deposits for weddings are recorded as deferred revenue and only accounted for as income in the year that the wedding takes place.

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2020

2
INCOMING RESOURCES FROM GENERATED FUNDS
Unrestricted
Funds
£
2a
Voluntary income
Planned giving:
¤Gift aided (tax recovered shown below)
25,537
Other planned giving
3,391
Collections at services
2,063
Donations
9,253
Income tax recoverable on the above
9,227
Offertory box
1,087
Grants
-
Legacies
-
Donations – Lewis Carroll centre
-
50,558
2b
Activities for generating funds
Fetes, bazaars, other fund-raising events
1,080
1,080
2c
Investment income
Dividends and interest, including any
reclaimable tax
2,311
Lewis Carroll bank account
-
2,311
2d
Income from church activities:
to further the Council’s objects
Shop/traidcraft
-
Alice prints
149
Fees
4,768
Music
-
Bells
-
4,917		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
1,500
-
-
2,000
1,000
-
4,500
-
-
90
8
98
-
-
-
-
482
482		 TOTAL FUNDS
2020
£
2019
£
25,537
34,088
3,391
2,205
2,063
13,157
10,753
22,271
9,227
17,244
1,087
5,467
2,000
-
1,000
-
-
280
55,058
94,712
1,080
5,428
1,080
5,428
2,401
2,657
8
2
2,409
2,659
-
410
149
444
4,768
10,965
-
4,122
482
775
5,399
16,716

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ending 31 December 2020
2
INCOMING RESOURCES (continued)
Unrestricted Restricted

Funds
Funds

£
£

2e Other incoming resources
Printing
-
-
Car Park
-
-
Coach Reimbursement
-
-
Shop sales – Lewis Carroll centre
-
2,102
Tour/refreshment fees – Lewis Carroll centre
-
-
Room hire – Lewis Carroll centre
-
210
Management fees
3,000
-
Educational visit
-
-
Transfer from Woodhouse Trust
20,000
16,000
Creamfields
-
-
23,000
18,312
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
81,866
23,392		 TOTAL FUNDS
2020 2019
£
£
-
169
-
1,000
-
-
2,102
9,186
-
888
210
575
3,000
1,800
-
334
36,000
-
-
2,750
41,312
16,702
105,258
136,217		 TOTAL FUNDS
2020 2019
£
£
-
169
-
1,000
-
-
2,102
9,186
-
888
210
575
3,000
1,800
-
334
36,000
-
-
2,750
41,312
16,702
105,258
136,217
16,702
136,217

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2020

3 RESOURCES EXPENDED

3
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Unrestricted
Restricted

Funds
Funds

£
£
3a
Church activities
Missionary and charitable giving:
Home missions and other Church
-
-
Societies
400
-
Secular charities
-
-
400
-
Ministry: diocesan parish share
60,000
-
clergy expenses
240
-
vicarage
4,871
-
Visiting locums
200
Church – running expenses
10,649
535
Church maintenance
2,454
3,925
Upkeep of services
909
-
Upkeep of churchyard
3,978
987
Shop/traidcraft
22
-
Alice prints
-
-
Salaries, honoraria
206
-
Training and mission education
1,275
-
Major repairs and replacements
(726)
-
Music
3,084
-
Bells
-
276
Administration
5,050
-
Marketing
248
-
Salaries of administration team
1,494
-
Bookkeeping costs
1,558
-
Website and computer maintenance
660
-
Organ tuning
494
-
Room hire
140
-
Covid19 costs
-
1,837
CAF donation charges
95
-
Depreciation
2,088
-
99,389
7,560
3b
Fundraising costs
Fetes, bazaars, other fund-raising events
213
-
213
-		 TOTAL FUNDS
2020
2019
£
£
-
1,289
400
-
-
-
400
1,289
60,000
40,000
240
1,653
4,871
4,488
200
-
11,184
15,307
6,379
7,538
909
3,458
4,965
4,045
22
658
-
131
206
1,422
1,275
249
(726)
-
3,084
8,389
276
765
5,050
5,266
248
346
1,494
6,153
1,558
1,444
660
3,046
494
480
140
120
1,837
-
95
-
2,088
2,280
106,949
108,527
213
645
213
645
1,289
40,000
1,653
4,488
-
15,307
7,538
3,458
4,045
658
131
1,422
249
-
8,389
765
5,266
346
6,153
1,444
3,046
480
120
-
-
2,280
108,527
645
645

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3 RESOURCES EXPENDED (continued)

Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted TOTAL FUNDS TOTAL FUNDS
Funds Funds 2020 2019
£ £ £ £
3c Other
Lewis Carroll Centre account costs:
Computer costs - 403 403 46
Equipment - - - -
Marketing - - - -
Subscriptions - 210 210 20
Depreciation on AV screen - - - -
Shop purchases - 1,193 1,193 5,267
Depreciation on till - 344 344 281
Maintenance - 273 273 150
Bank charges - 114 114 76
Management charges - 3,000 3,000
 1,800
- 5,537 5,537 7,640
3d Governance costs
Independent Examiner’s fees 750 - 750 750
Books 31 - 31 -
781 - 781 750
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 100,383 13,097 113,480 117,562

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4 STAFF COSTS AND FEES

The PCC employed one parish administrator until March 2020, there was an employment cost of £1,494.

4a RELATED PARTIES

Mark Longstaff who is a member of the PCC, provides IT services for the PCC through his company Xeno Solutions, during the year Xeno Solutions was paid £1,800. His wife Claire Longstaff is the director of music and was paid £2,470 during the year for music services.

The Reverend Canon David Felix who is a member of the PCC is also a trustee of the Milner Church Institute to whom the PCC pay for the hire of the hall to hold a service, £140 was paid for room hire during the year.

5 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND

Fixed assets for Church use
Current assets
Current liabilities – falling due within one year
Fund balance
FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BY THE PCC
Tangible fixed assets
ACTUAL COST
at 1 January 2020
Additions
Disposals
at 31 December 2020
DEPRECIATION
at 1 January 2020
charge for the year
on disposal
at 31 December 2020
NET BOOK VALUE
at 31 December 2020
at 31 December 2019		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Fund
Total
£
£
£
25,000
752
25,752
26,008
36,773
62,781
(5,206)
-
(5,206)
45,802
37,525
83,327
Lewis Carroll
Church
Car Park
Equipment
Equipment
£
25,000
-
9,208
-
15,692
-
-
25,000
9,208
15,692
-
8,112
13,604
-
344
2,088
-
-
8,456
15,692
25,000
752
-
25,000
1,096
2,088

Lewis Carroll equipment comprises a till and printer shown at cost.

Church equipment comprises a photocopier, computer equipment and CCTV equipment shown at

cost.

The car park is included at market value.

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DEBTORS
Income tax recoverable
Prepayments and accrued interest
Other debtors
Other debtors – Lewis Carroll Centre
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LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Accruals of utility and other costs
Deferred revenue – wedding deposits
Other creditors – Lewis Carroll Centre
Other creditors - PCC
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RESTRICTED FUND DETAILS
The restricted funds comprise the following:
B/Fwd
Resources&
Other
gains/losses
£
£
Deposit accounts - CCLA
War Memorial Fund
3,582
1,073
Bell Fund
3,073 941
Parish Charities
415
1
Church Repair Fund
70
16,051
Church Organ Fund
1,245
6
Churchyard Repair Fund
-
1,000
Covid19 Fund
-
2,000
Lewis Carroll Centre
18,845
2,320
27,230
23,392		 7
DEBTORS
Income tax recoverable
Prepayments and accrued interest
Other debtors
Other debtors – Lewis Carroll Centre
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LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Accruals of utility and other costs
Deferred revenue – wedding deposits
Other creditors – Lewis Carroll Centre
Other creditors - PCC
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RESTRICTED FUND DETAILS
The restricted funds comprise the following:
B/Fwd
Resources&
Other
gains/losses
£
£
Deposit accounts - CCLA
War Memorial Fund
3,582
1,073
Bell Fund
3,073 941
Parish Charities
415
1
Church Repair Fund
70
16,051
Church Organ Fund
1,245
6
Churchyard Repair Fund
-
1,000
Covid19 Fund
-
2,000
Lewis Carroll Centre
18,845
2,320
27,230
23,392		 2020
£
2019
£
755
6,071
356
545
2,053
2,750
-
1,469
3,164
10,835
2020
£
2019
£
3,982
6,682
1,224
100
-
-
-
-
5,206
6,782



Resources
Expended
£
C/Fwd
£
-
4,655
(276)
3,738
-
416
(5,447)
10,674
-
1,251
-
1,000
(1,837)
163
(5,537)
15,628
27,230
23,392		 (13,097)
37,525

9 RESTRICTED FUND DETAILS The restricted funds comprise the following:

Deposit accounts - CCLA

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9 FUND DETAILS- continued

Bell Fund: This fund is for the restoration and maintenance of the bells, hand bells, frame, ancillary items and also the maintenance of the clock. Received £941 during the year and £276 was paid for the annual bell service.

Parish Charities: This is managed by the PCC to the order of the trustees of various Parish Charities The beneficiaries are the residents of the Ecclesiastical Parish and surrounding areas.

Church organ fund:This is for the church organ improvements.

Church repair fund:This is for church repairs.

Churchyard repair fund:This is for the repair of the churchyard.

Covid19 fund: This fund is for specific expenditure relating to the Coronavirus pandemic. During the year there was a grant received from the Diocese of £2000 and costs of £1,837.

10 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS

The unrestricted funds of £45,802 includes a legacy fund totalling £4,237 at 31 December 2020: included within this is £3,303 designated to mission and marketing. There is also £4,000, which has been designated to children’s work.

During the year funds were received via “Agency” collections amounting to £629.90. These were Lent lunches - £195.00 – which was sent to USPG (March 2020) and also the selfiestable project £200.94 sent to Room at the Inn and Christingle £233.96 sent to The Children’s Society (both December 2020)

11 PARISH SHARE

The parish share has not been fully paid over the last three years 2018, 2019 & 2020. There is currently £76,819 showing as a shortfall, this is a voluntary contribution to cover the clergy costs therefore this has not been shown as a liability in the accounts.

The Archdeacon has informed the PCC that they do not have to be concerned with the past shortfalls but to address the future payments. However the shortfall in the parish share will impact on the deployment of clergy to the parish after the vicar’s retirement on 31[st] July 2021.

Year
Parish Share
Paid
£
£
2018
70,496
40,000
2019
72,258
40,000
2020
74,065
60,000
Total		 Unpaid
Contribution
£
30,496
32,258
14,065
76,819

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INVESTMENT ASSETS HELD BY CONNECTED CHARITIES
Miss Dorothy Woodhouse Trust
The fund value at 31 December was
CBF Investment Fund
Endowment income received by the PCC during the year was		 2020
£
56,375
2,260		 2019
£
88,692
2,542

The restriction as a trust as a Permanent Endowment has been removed, following approval from the Charities Commission, under Section 282 of the Charities Act 2011.

Jasmine Cottage Trust

Jasmine Cottage Trust
The fund value at 31 December was
CBF Deposit Fund
CBF Investment Fund		 2020
£
547
-
547		 2019
£
545
-
545

The remaining balance of the Jasmine Cottage trust has been transferred out after the year end, this was to pay for the final settlement due to the liquidator for the contractors Heritage Building and Conservation (North) Ltd, who did work on the tower in 2017.

The PCC as discretionary beneficiaries of both trusts have the use of both income and capital from the trusts. The Vicar and Church Wardens are the Trustees of the connected charities. There is no obligation to transfer funds to the PCC and it remains at the trustees’ discretion to make funds available.

13 QUINQUENNIAL INSPECTION

The inspection was carried out in July 2020, the inspection found that there was no urgent works requiring immediate attention, however there were four items which require attention within 12 months:-

The facilities team are working through these items and the indications are the costs for the above will be around £32,000. Grants are hoping to be secured to go towards the expenditure.

14 REGISTERED CHARITY

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, Daresbury, was entered in the Register of Charities with effect from 10 July 2009.

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE PCC

This report on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 1 to 12, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 and s.145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).

Respective responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner

As members of the PCC, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is therefore needed. It is my responsibility to:

Basis of this report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act and to be found in the Church guidance, 2006 edition. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you, as trustees, concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

have not been met; or

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