2024-12-31-accounts

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Redcar

Reports & Accounts

Financial Year Ending 31/12/2024

Contents

Legal & Administrative Details Trustees Report Independent Examiners Report Receipts & Payments Statement Asset & Liability Statement Notes to the Accounts

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Legal & Administrative Details

Charity Name: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Redcar Charity Number: 1130713 Charity Address: St. Peter's Church Redcar Lane Redcar TS10 3JL Trustees: Rev'd Andrew Greiff Mrs Marion Birtwistle Mr Oliver Craig Mrs Barbara Fitzpatrick Mrs Janet Fox Mr Steven Graham Mrs Suzanne Graham Mrs Anne Hagen Mr Gary Hagen Mr Brian Harvey Mr Nicholas Harvey Mr Rhiddian Nugent (Appointed 28/04/2024) Mr Malcolm Steele (Resigned 28/04/2024) Mrs Susan Steele (Resigned 28/04/2024) Mr Geoffrey Usher Mrs Sandra Veitch Mrs Daphne Wood Independent Rodney H Johnson F.C.A. Examiner: 4 Hornleigh Grove Redcar TS10 1QS

Trustees Report

Objects of the charity

St. Peter's PCC has the responsibility for promoting, in the Ecclesiastical Parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social and eccumenical. It also has the maintenance responsiblities for the Church.

SAFEGUARDING

As a church we continue to follow the House of Bishops ‘Promoting a safer Church; safeguarding policy statement and review this annually.

We have an appointed Safeguarding Officer – Brian Harvey, who holds records of all current DBS held by individuals who require them when working with children, young people, and adults within our church and also records of the appropriate safeguarding courses that they are required to attend.

Safeguarding is a regular agenda item at all PCC meetings and any new practices or guidance that is brought out is discussed and adopted.

At our last Safeguarding Audit, no remedial actions were required.

All safeguarding and Health & Safety information can be found displayed at the back of church.

Summary of the charity's main activities and achievements

To further the above objects and vision, the charity's main activities and achievements were as follows:

The full PCC met 8 times during the year, with an average level of attendance of 69%. Committees met between meetings and reports of meetings were received by the PCC and discussed as appropriate.

We continued to provide worship on Sundays at 10.00am – average attendance 60, Wednesday mornings at 9.30am – average attendance 18 and the Pram Service Thursdays 10.00am – average attendance 18.

We started the year in January by Celebrating the Kings, with games, crafts and food, a good way to celebrate Epiphany.

Our first coffee morning of the year was held on 27th January with much needed funds being raised for the church. Coffee mornings are a good way for us to promote the church to others, to socialise together outside of worship and raise some much-needed monies both for the church and other good causes or charities.

A Pancake party was held 13th February with fun, games, crafts and food - including plenty of pancakes.

Our Lent course started on 15th February and this year we were looking at the Television drama series “Chosen”. Each session started with a 40 minute video clip followed by questions and discussions. We held 2 sessions a week, one during the day and one on an evening.

The Mothers’ Union coffee morning on the 24th February managed to raise £360 which was split between the MU ‘Make a Mothers’ Day’ appeal and the church.

The Easter Eggstravaganza, one of our most popular coffee mornings took place on the 16th March. Comprising of refreshments, stalls, raffle and our Famous Easter Egg Tombola we manage to raise £650 for church funds.

This year our dear old organ was in need of a major overhaul which was going to cost £15,000, so a major fundraising project started. We started with an “adopt a stop or nurture a note” appeal for people to make donations – Nick even made an organometer to record progress. Redcar Community Choir put on a concert 23rd March to raise funds and the then Bishop of Whitby the Rt. Rev Paul Ferguson, agreed to give an organ recital on 25th March – Monday evening at the start of Holy week. The organometer and the 2 concerts managed to raise £2000. That and a £1000 grant from the Catherine Cookson Trust plus a £400 grant from the ON Organ Fund got us off to a good start with more events and concerts to follow through out the year.

We held another family event - Come and Celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus with us, with songs, a quiz, drama and chocolate! Fun for the entire family on Tuesday, 26th March.

Then the remaining Holy week services took place – Wednesday, stations of the Cross, Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday followed by stripping of the sanctuary, Good Friday Meditations, The Easter Fire, followed by breakfast and Holy Communion for Easter Day finished off what was a very busy week and month.

April was more of a quiet month, however the coffee morning on the 27th which included a stall by the Friends of Redcar Cemetery, was well supported and helped them to raise £145 to continue the good work in maintaining the cemetery.

The Parishioners meeting and the APCM took place after the Sunday service on 28th April where, Churchwardens and PCC members were elected, reports heard and finances discussed.

There was a service of Holy Communion at 7.00pm on 9th May to celebrate Ascension Day.

A family social to raise funds for the Church Army – The Family Fundraiser - was held on the 18th May. This involved a Karaoke sing along, food, crafts, games, music and a quiz and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Pentecost was celebrated at out all age worship on 19th May and our Coffee morning on the 25th rounded off May.

In June we started up an initiative called Prayer Walking which is a type of intercessory prayer that involves walking to or near a particular place while praying. As you prayer walk, your prayers extend beyond your own concerns, focusing directly on the needs of others and opening yourself to see them with God’s eyes and heart. Our Aim was to cover all the streets within the Parish.

Saturday the 15th June our summer concert series continued with the Teesside Apollo Male Voice Choir. The Annual Summer Fair was held Saturday, 6th July, with lots of stalls and games for us to enjoy, while raising much needed funds for the church. The total raised amounted to £1,298.96.

13th July was the date for another one of our summer concerts this time by the Redcar Community Choir who were raising funds for

Teesside Hospice.

On Sunday 14th July, we held our Sea Sunday Service, a day when we can specifically remember and thank those who work on our seas, particularly locally. Being so close to the sea, St Peter’s has a long history with sailors and fishermen.

31st July saw two members of Come to The Table having fully submersion baptisms at South Bank Mission. It was a beautiful service and was such a joy to have been able to witness the beginning of discipleship for these two ladies.

Claire Lingard finished her training as a Church Army Evangelist and was admitted into the Office of Evangelists and Commissioned into Church Army UK & Ireland at a service in Sheffield Cathedral, led by Bishop Saju of Leicester. Claire was also licensed at York Minister in September.

September 7th we continued with our summer concert series by hosting the EAGA Gospel Choir for the weekend. We had workshops on the Saturday afternoon followed by a wonderful concert on the evening. The Church was literally rocking. The joy their music brought to all was so easy to see in everyone’s happy shining faces. Then they joined us for our Sunday morning service again wowing us with their music, before returning home.

Francis Jowsey, our organist for over 40 years retired this month and we were all sad to see him go.

The annual Teddy Bears Picnic and parachute jump took place on 21st September. This is always a popular event, which raised £216.10 for much needed church funds and the teddies even allow their human owners to come along.

Our traditional Harvest Festival Service was held on Sunday, 6th October. Dried and tinned food donations were donated to the area foodbank, and the monetary donations were split between the Food Bank and Christian Aid.

Saturday 12th October and Sunday 13th October – John Froud, singer songwriter and founder of the Zephaniah Trust, and Daryl Hackett, street performer extraordinaire, visited us. There was a Messy Harvest session for children and families on Saturday afternoon and an evening concert took place on Saturday evening. John and Daryl also joined us for worship on Sunday morning.

Saturday, 26th October saw another fundraising coffee morning with Cake Stall, Raffle, MU Christmas Card Stall, Jewellery and Gift Stall, which was followed by the opening and counting of the Children’s Society Boxes which held a total of £277.85.

We started November with a Service of Remembrance on the 2nd which consisted of prayers for the bereaved and dearly departed and the lighting of candles for loved ones.

Redcar Community Choir with special guest Sarah Paterson held a concert on 8th November, raising funds for the Royal British Legion.

Our Remembrance Day service was held on Sunday 10th November.

And we finished November with a Christmas Memorial Service on the 30th hosted by Stanway and Garnett Funeral directors and led by Rev’d Grieff.

The Christmas Fair was held on 7th December. Our fantastic Santa’s Grotto returned which is always a big draw for local families. The usual array of seasonal stalls were provided including the Grand Christmas Raffle where luxurious hampers, vouchers and gifts galore were won. We managed to raise £2,420.30 towards church funds.

At the Christmas fair we also launched our Nativity Festival, with a taster of some of the Nativity scenes from around the world that will be displayed during the festival. There were also interactive nativities for the children to play with when they visited the festival.

The Christingle service took place on Sunday 8th December. This service is held each year to celebrate Jesus as the light of the world and to collect donations for the Children’s Society. This is a great opportunity to support the work the Children’s Society do throughout the year in the lives of vulnerable children and the amount raised was £421.49.

Wednesday 11th December saw Middleton Ladies Choir give their Christmas Concert.

Saturday 14th was the Parish Christmas Party. A faith supper was provided by all, which was followed by entertainment and quizzes. A good fun night in good company.

Friday 20th was the date for the Christmas Carols outside and this year we amalgamated with Churches Together. We also had a slot for children from Zetland Primary School Choir to perform. Once the singing was over it was time to warm up with hot drinks and mince pies.

Carols by candlelight was held on the 22nd December. A traditional service of nine lessons with carols and anthems. Candles were lit around the church which gave a lovely serene atmosphere. The Children’s Nativity Service took place on Tuesday, 24th December where the children are encouraged to dress up and to participate in the celebrations, always a winner with parents and church family.

Rounding off our Christmas services we had the Midnight Communion service which started at 11.30pm and Christmas Day Communion on the 25th at 10.00am. This year the service was followed by a Community Christmas Dinner sharing food, love and fellowship with members of our community and was open to anyone who might be spending Christmas Day alone, or anyone else who would like to join.

Advent was also the time when the local schools came to church to celebrate Christmas with carols and the re-telling of the Christmas story. This gave our church a great opportunity to strengthen relationships with teaching staff and the children by sharing God’s love and the light of Jesus. We also started confirmation classes for our teenagers,

In planning the activities, the trustees have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.

Financial Review

The current account started at a balance of £14,619.52 and the deposit account started at £52,613.58.

Overall, the level of income remained very similar to the previous year, but due to increases in utility bills and an increase in the freewill offering the expenditure was significantly more.

Although the accounts seem healthy showing a balance of £40,774.77 in unrestricted funds and £57,178.89 in restricted funds this was mainly due to a large legacy received this year and unfortunately our monthly expenditure is out weighing the income received each month. Monthly income amounts to approximately £3,000 and expenditure is approximately £5,000.

Signature

This report was approved by the trustees, and is signed on their behalf by:

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Independent Examiners Report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Redcar ('the charity') for the year ended 31/12/2024.

Responsibilities and Basis of Report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Independent Examiner’s Details

Name: Rodney H Johnson F.C.A. Address: 4 Hornleigh Grove Redcar TS10 1QS

Name Signature Date

Receipts & Payments Statement

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Prior Year
	Receipts
Donations & Legacies
Donations	109,229	725	0	109,954	48,862
Gift Aid	7	0	0	7	7,028
Grants	2,723	0	0	2,723	2,000
Charitable Activities
Event Income	11,632	814	0	12,445	8,486
Investments
Bank Interest	42	2,448	0	2,490	2,233
Trading Activities
Rental Income	4,470	0	0	4,470	2,533
Sales	0	0	0	0	0
Other
Loans Received	0	0	0	0	0
Other Income	13,344	600	0	13,944	41,025
Sale of Fixed Assets	0	0	0	0	0
Sale of Investments	0	0	0	0	0
Total receipts	141,447	4,587	0	146,033	112,167
	Payments
Charitable Activities
Activities	500	0	0	500	1,365
Admin	0	0	0	0	315
Advertising	0	0	0	0	0
Bank Charges	0	0	0	0	339
Event Costs	5,493	0	0	5,493	3,593
Gifts Given	37,660	0	0	37,660	41,923
Other Expenditure	63,457	21	0	63,478	51,931
Premises	1,137	0	0	1,137	0
Staf Costs	7,286	0	0	7,286	2,550
Governance Costs
Governance Costs	0	0	0	0	0
Other
Fixed Asset Purchases	0	0	0	0	0
Loans Repaid	0	0	0	0	0
Money Invested	0	0	0	0	0
Total payments	115,533	21	0	115,555	102,016
Net Receipts / Payments (before transfers)	25,913	4,565	0	30,479	10,151
Fund Transfers In	0	0	0	0	0
Fund Transfers Out	0	0	0	0	0
Net Movement of Cash Funds	25,913	4,565	0	30,479	10,151
Total Cash Funds Brought Forward	14,620	52,614	0	67,233	57,083
Total Cash Funds Carried Forward	40,533	57,179	0	97,712	67,234
	Represented By
Unrestricted Funds (Unrestricted)	40,775	0	0	40,775	14,620
Restricted Funds (Restricted)	0	57,179	0	57,179	52,614
Endowment Funds (Endowment)	0	0	0	0	0
Children & Youth Work (Designated)	-250	0	0	-250	0
F Jowsey Retirement (Designated)	8	0	0	8	0

Asset & Liability Statement

Cash Assets

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Prior Year
Unrestricted Funds (Unrestricted)		40,775	0	0	40,775	14,620
Restricted Funds (Restricted)		0	57,179	0	57,179	52,614
Endowment Funds (Endowment)		0	0	0	0	0
Children & Youth Work (Designated)		-250	0	0	-250	0
F Jowsey Retirement (Designated)		8	0	0	8	0
Cash Assets Total		40,533	57,179	0	97,712	67,233
Other Monetary Assets
	Notes	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Prior Year
Gift Aid		0	0	0	0	0
Stock		0	0	0	0	0
Other		0	0	0	0	0
Investment Assets
	Notes	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Prior Year
Property		0	0	0	0	0
Investment Accounts		0	0	0	0	0
Other		0	0	0	0	0
Fixed Assets
	Notes	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Prior Year
Land & Buildings		0	0	0	0	0
Music & PA Equipment		0	0	0	0	0
Computers & IT		0	0	0	0	0
Furniture		0	0	0	0	0
Motor Vehicles		0	0	0	0	0

Liabilities

	Notes	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Prior Year
Loans Outstanding		0	0	0	0	0
Pension Payment Owed		0	0	0	0	0
HMRC Payments Owed		0	0	0	0	0
Independent Examination Fee Due		0	0	0	0	0
Other		0	0	0	0	0

Signature

These accounts have been approved by the trustees, and are signed on their behalf by:

Name Signature Date

Notes to the Accounts

Accounting Policies

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with applicable accounting standards and the SORP (2005). 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 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.

Funds

Endowment funds are funds, the capital of which must be maintained; only income arising from the investment may be used in accordance with the purpose for which the endowment was established.

Restricted funds represent donations and grants received for a specific purpose or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of each year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund.

Unrestricted funds are general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Incoming resources: Planned giving, collections and donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received. Grants and Legacies are accounted for when the PCC is legally entitled to the amounts due. Dividends are accounted for when receivable, interest is accrued. All other income is recognised when it is receivable. All income resources are accounted for gross.

Resources expended: Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the PCC. The diocesan parish share is accounted for when due. Amounts received specifically for mission are dealt_with as restricted funds. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it occurs and is accounted for gross.

Fixed assets

Consecrated and benefice property is not included by section 96 (2)(a) of the Charities Act 1993.

Moveable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Church wardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed on the Church's inventory which can be inspected (at any reasonable time).

Investments are valued at 31st December 2023

Transactions to Related Parties

There were no transactions related parties during the accounting period.

Movement of Funds

Fund Name	Opening Balance	Income	Expenditure	Fund Transfers	Closing Balance
Unrestricted
Unrestricted Funds (Unrestricted)	14,620	140,967	114,811	0	40,775
TOTAL	14,620	140,967	114,811	0	40,775
Designated
Children & Youth Work (Designated)	0	250	500	0	-250
F Jowsey Retirement (Designated)	0	230	222	0	8
TOTAL	0	480	722	0	-242
Unrestricted Total	14,620	141,447	115,533	0	40,533
Restricted
Restricted Funds (Restricted)	52,614	4,587	21	0	57,179
TOTAL	52,614	4,587	21	0	57,179
Endowment
Endowment Funds (Endowment)	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	0	0	0	0	0
Restricted Total	52,614	4,587	21	0	57,179
TOTAL	67,233	146,033	115,555	0	97,712