2024-12-31-accounts

Gnn6'& CHURCH Reports for Annual Parochial Church Meeting 18" May 2025 Our vision is 'to know Christ better and to make Christ better known,

Vicar’s report 2025

Dear Friends

One of the things about having a tough year is that we have to depend on God more. Trusting in His promises to us, trusting in the power of the cross, trusting in His presence with us day by day. If we look in on ourselves all the time, it can lead to self-pity, bitterness and despair in the bad times, and pride and conceit in the good. These are not the places to go. Over the past year I have sought to look with gratitude for all those who have cared for us as a family and myself. I try to count my blessings every morning for the goodness of the Lord and what He continues to do. Keeping our eyes on the Lord takes them from ourselves.

I have increasingly found that prayer and being with God a great source of strength. It is not a surprise, because as we read the Bible it shares with us those exact promises, but the Evil One doesn’t like this and deters us from the thing that would actually bring us true hope and the sense of the Lord’s presence.

As we travelled through Lent and reflected on the Bishop’s call to prayer, I hope we take this seriously, because as we pray things start to happen. I pray that we would turn the ‘Spiritual Temperature’ of our church up, that as individuals and a community, we would be faithful in prayer, in reading our Bibles, in meeting together and service.

St. Paul writes in his letter to the Romans:

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervour, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share

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with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12 verses 9-13

We have seen many good things over the past year; many people stepping up and volunteering; our events team starting new events; wonderful and well attended services and a very large increase in our Easter service attendance. We also look to a new refreshment area at the back of church, which will enable fellowship in our regular and larger special services and events. We give thanks that God is at work.

We also mourn the loss of dear friends and servants of the church over the past year, especially Jim and Jean Evans and Sharon Drury, amongst others who have given devoted service over the years. We pray for their families and give thanks for their energy, love and service.

As we look forward to the coming year, let’s remember the faithfulness of the Lord and let’s, “never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervour, serving the Lord.”

Your Brother Andrew

Electoral Roll Report for the A.P.C.M. 18th May 2025

The electoral roll has been completely revised this year, as it is every six years. The number on the new roll is 88 of which 25 live outside the parish. (The number on the roll in May 2024 was 142)

Heather Rawson (PCC Secretary)

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Report of the proceedings of the PCC May 2024 to April 2025

The PCC meets bi-monthly and met on 6 occasions during the year under review.

There were several changes to the elected PCC during the year.

We were very sad to lose Sharon Drury and Jim Evans who both died in the autumn. Both had been loyal and hardworking member of the PCC over many years. Sharon had served variously as PCC secretary, Parish Safeguarding Officer and member of the Deanery Synod. Jim had managed all aspects of running the Parish Centre looking after the maintenance, managing bookings and the finances.

Norman Cullen left the parish and Rev Jenny Brown moved to a job with the diocese thus relinquishing their membership of the PCC. We were grateful to Les Robinson and Nigel Gillson who agreed to be co-opted during the year. Les took on the role of Parish Centre bookings secretary, and Nigel the role of Parish Safeguarding Officer.

The number of elected members to the PCC is governed by the number of people on the Electoral Roll. For many years this has been greater than 100 and we therefore could have up to 12 elected PCC members, in addition to the clergy, two churchwardens and two Deanery Synod representatives ex officio. The 2025 revision of the Electoral Roll resulted in just 88 people signing up and therefore we will now have up to nine elected PCC members plus those who are ex officio..

Topics discussed during the year (fabric, finance and safeguarding were on every agenda).

I n July we thought about the church’s vision for the year which aligned with that of the diocese to inspire children and young people, grow leaders, make disciples for Jesus Christ and be witnesses to Jesus Christ.

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In September we discussed All Age worship and the viability of worship at Standish Lower Ground which had not re-commenced after the summer break due to lack of numbers

In November we discussed the way forward for St Anne’s in the short and longer term in the light of Rev Jenny Brown leaving her post as part time Associate Vicar and Rev Andrew Brown taking on his job as Vicar full-time. In January we again discussed the way forward for St Anne’s and ways in which we could support Andrew as full-time vicar. Plans were made for the first new style All Age worship, the Men’s Breakfast was to restart and a Social Events Team was proposed.

In March we had a presentation by Sam Lee, Diocesan Ignite Team Project Manager.

£25.5 million has been received by Blackburn Diocese from central C of E funds to continue Vision 2026 into the future. This funding is to be used to invest in growing a younger, more socio-economic and culturally diverse church. The plan is to at least double the number of under 18s in the diocese who engage with church. This will be achieved by employing 30 dedicated members of staff (Ignite Leaders) attached to specific parishes throughout the diocese. This is a proven model for effective young peoples’ ministry.

Sam Lee explained what was involved in applying for an Ignite Leader, what they would do in a parish and how they would be funded jointly by the diocese and parish over 6 years.

In April we discussed what Sam Lee had said and decided that it was not for St Anne’s at the moment. Andrew planned to develop the work he already does with St Anne’s School and Millbrook school and hoped to gain entry into Shevington High School. These links could provide the basis for work with primary and secondary aged children in church, with or without an Ignite worker.

Heather Rawson (PCC secretary)

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Treasurer’s Report for the year ending December 31[st] 2024

Income

Total receipts in unrestricted funds were £115835 of which:

£49195 was planned giving

£14759 was unrestricted voluntary donations,

£8837 was from Gift Aid.

£25000 was a legacy from Olive Aspinall

£12690 was fees for weddings and funerals.

£2134 was from fund raising activities

£3220 was bank interest

Restricted funds of £18693 were also received, including:

£8718 for hire of the parish centre.

£2100 Benefact Trust Grant towards quinquennial repairs

£6981 restricted fees

£600 donation from the Community Association towards upkeep of the churchyard

£294 other restricted donations

67 people out of a membership of 142 donated by way of planned giving, either by standing order or Free Will Offering envelopes. £49195 was given of which £38943 was eligible for gift aid. Gift Aid continues to be a lifeline for St Anne’s and I would urge you if you are a tax payer and have not signed up for gift aid, to do so.

Expenditure

Total expenditure for 2024 was £148,006:

£69001 was for parish share.

£4725 was for upkeep of the churchyard

£2430 was for church gas and electricity

£3064 was for insurance

£33092 for quinquennial repairs and other church maintenance

£1116 for the organist

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£3674 was spent out of the £50K gift received in 2022 £6811 for restricted fees

£6890 Mission giving

£4820 clergy expenses and vicarage council tax and water £7891 was parish centre running costs

Parish share is the contribution each parish makes to the diocese for, amongst other things, clergy housing and salaries. The sum that the churches have to find is shared according to a formula that is based mainly on a head count of the congregation. In 2024 that was £69,001. In 2025 it is £73,382. That is a lot of money, and is much more than the single salary our vicar receives, but the parish system works on the basis that better off parishes support the less well off so that all can have a paid minister. In order to make

savings, many parishes are being merged to form larger group ministries with fewer

clergy. The hope is that if we keep making payment of our parish share a priority we will continue to have a full time paid minister at St Anne’s.

We continue to remain committed to giving 10% of our unrestricted income to support mission, which in 2024 amounted to £6890. £1540 of this was paid into a fund (the Barchester Fund) specifically for the use of St Anne’s school; £1600 was given to OMF specifically for Roz Stimpson working to spread the gospel in Japan; £1250 was given to Open Doors an organisation supporting the persecuted church; £1250 was given to Mission Aviation Fellowship, an evangelical Christian organisation and the world’s largest humanitarian air operator, flying medical supplies, doctors, and nurses to places no one else can reach; 1250 to Manchester City Mission a local organisation which shares the Gospel through training, prison visitation, street work and chaplaincy.

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At the end of the year we had £83,797 in the bank compared with £97,275 the previous year. This sounds a lot of money but it costs roughly £2000 per week to run St Anne’s. The drop in funds is due mainly to building repairs.

Conclusion

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the finances of St Anne’s. And we are extremely grateful to Olive Aspinall for her legacy of £25000 which arrived just as we needed to pay for the quinquennial repairs.

I am sure that when dealing with your personal finances you assess what you expect your income for the year will be, whether that is from a salary or pension, and then decide what you have left to spend when you’ve budgeted for expenses. The church is no different. We know it costs on average £2000 per week to keep St Anne’s going and pay all the bills. I would strongly urge you, if you don’t already, to give in a planned way either through the bank by regular standing order, or using Free Will Offering envelopes, so that we can have a clearer idea of what our income will be and budget accordingly. Maybe it’s time to increase your giving and perhaps you could follow Olive’s example and leave a legacy to St Anne’s in your will. Gifts to charities avoid inheritance tax.

As you read this information, please do use it as a prompt to prayer and ask the Lord how you can respond. We thank God for his gracious provision and continue to trust Him for the mission and ministry of St Anne’s, and the upkeep of our buildings, as we seek to fulfil our mission statement of ‘Knowing Christ better and making Christ better known’. Heather Rawson (Treasurer to St Anne’s PCC)

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Churchwarden’s Report for APCM Meeting on 18[th] May 2025

Church Quinquennial Repairs

Following the Quinquennial Inspection, we have now completed most of the repair work required. The high-level roof work was based on a survey of the roof from ground level, and we expected to find more work required once safe roof access was available. The 2 large stone crosses on the roof apex were both found to be rocking and unsafe. This meant extra expensive scaffolding for them both to be reseated and stabilized. Also, the redundant boiler house chimney was found to be unsafe, and we decided to reduce its height, since the problem area was the top of the chimney. Again, this meant more expensive scaffolding and building work, plus it needed a faculty permission.

So far, the works have cost in excess of £34,000, but we have been helped by a grant from the Benefact Trust of £2,100. We now have to complete pointing work and car park entrance improvements.

Church Refreshment Area

Plans for a refreshment area at the back of church are ongoing, as we seek to find a solution that is both cost effective and practical.

Car Park Sink Hole

A sink hole appeared in the church car park, which for safety and risk assessment reasons meant we had to employ a groundworks surveyor for advice before we could repair it.

Churchyard

A new notice board has been installed near the church entrance, and the grassed areas continue to be kept in good order by our gardening contractor.

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Thanks to our volunteers

Our thanks go to ALL our volunteers and helpers who do so much, and whose hard work saves us money. We are not naming individuals, so as not to offend anybody missed, but THANK YOU to all of you.

Vicars

Jenny Brown has now moved on from our parish and we thank her for all the work she did for St. Anne’s, and wish her every success in her new Diocese position. Now Andrew is our full-time vicar and we thank him for all his hard work, enthusiasm and commitment during the last year.

John Rawson and Rodger Lock

Safeguarding Report St Anne’s, Shevington May 2025

The PCC of St Anne’s Church, Shevington are committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As a church we operate under the guidelines laid down by the “Promoting A Safer Church” document published by the House of Bishops, 2017. This statement is based on the 5 foundations of the Gospel, Human Rights and the Law, Core Principles, Good Safeguarding Practice, and Learning from the past.

The PCC of St Anne’s Church, Shevington, are committed to six overarching principles laid out in the “Promoting a Safer Church” policy. These include:

• Promoting a safer environment and culture,

• Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children, young people and vulnerable adults within the Church,

• Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation,

• Caring pastorally for victims and survivors of abuse and other affected persons,

• Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns or allegations of abuse and other affected persons, and,

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• Responding to those that may pose a present risk to others within our church community.

In 2025, Nigel Gillson was appointed Parish Safeguarding Officer. His role is to ensure that St Anne’s has a healthy safeguarding culture. He has an overview of all church activities involving children, young people and vulnerable adults, and helps to ensure the implementation of the safeguarding policy by all volunteers and workers within St Anne’s. Nigel has completed the necessary safeguarding training and is waiting to complete the Parish Safeguarding Induction training in June. We now have a dedicated safeguarding email address for any disclosures:

[e-mail]. Alternatively, if you do have a disclosure and need to talk to someone about it, please contact Nigel Gillson, Parish Safeguarding Officer on 07710012553.

Since being appointed, Nigel has worked to update the Safeguarding Parish Dashboard. This is a centralised platform for record keeping and to ensure we are compliant with all legislation that make us a safer church community. We are currently at 95% completion with plans to complete the outstanding tasks within the next month.

Nigel has delivered two safeguarding courses in the Parish Centre and is planning on delivering another two in the coming month. This will ensure all volunteers and workers at St Anne’s who work with children, young people and vulnerable adults are fully aware of any safeguarding needs within our church community. They are also aware of how to work safely not only to protect those in their care, but themselves also.

All members of the PCC are trained to the highest level appropriate for their role in church.

All safeguarding posters have been updated, as has the website with all the relevant safeguarding information, including contact details of Nigel Gillson, Rev. Andrew Brown and the Diocesan Safeguarding Team at Blackburn.

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Safer Recruitment

The PCC have agreed that all roles from 2025 onwards are to be safer recruited. This means anyone who would like to volunteer in serving God within St Anne’s can be safely recruited. This involves the creation of a job description, interview and, where appropriate, references sought from appropriate bodies. To date, there are two members of the PCC who are safer recruitment trained, Nigel Gillson and Heather Rawson (this is in addition to Rev. Andrew Brown).

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) May 2025

In 2025, the PCC approved the GDPR policy. As a church, we are doing very well in maintaining data protection. There have been no data breaches since the policy was approved.

The GDPR policy details what personal information the St Anne’s Church confidentially keeps and why. If you would like to know what information is kept about you, please contact either Nigel Gillson, Rev. Andrew Brown or Heather Rawson.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

In 2025, the PCC approved the DBS policy. All volunteers who work with children, young people and vulnerable adults should have a valid and up to date DBS certificate that has been completed by St Anne’s Church. This certificate needs to be updated every three years. To date, all the members of the PCC have received an enhanced DBS. All volunteers working with children, young people and vulnerable adults have received their DBS. There are two volunteer’s whose DBS is due to expire. Nigel is working on getting them renewed.

Prayer Points

Please continue to pray that we will remain a safe church for children, young people and vulnerable adults and in addition for victims and survivors of abuse as we live to serve the Lord and share his Gospel.

Nigel Gillson

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Weekly Prayer Meeting

Meeting to pray together is the most effective activity we can do as a church and our weekly prayer meetings continue to take place on a Wednesday morning at 11am at 55 The Oval.

Andrew leads with a short Bible passage and then we pray, both silently and aloud, for the needs of the world, the church and every area of St Anne’s church life. We pray particularly for those in the parish who are sick, giving time to pray for their specific situations, their families and their carers.

This is a relaxed and informal time of prayer lasting about 45 minutes. Currently 6 or 7 people attend and we would love this to grow.

Home Groups

There are 4 Bible Study Groups which are part of St Anne’s Church Monday 1 meets at 55, The Oval at 1.30pm. Leader Brenda, 07757079229 Monday 2 meets at 29, The Oval at 1.30pm, Leader Sue Mousley via Brenda as above

Thursday daytime meets at 12, High Park at 1.30pm, Leader Sue Cooper, 01257425910

Thursday evening meets at 61 Glenside at 7.30pm, Leaders Heather Rawson and Pauline Byrne 07827625084

We use a variety of different materials for study, and discussion can be very lively. We value each other’s experiences and views as we learn more about our Christian faith and what that means in today’s fractured world. We can pray together and practice pastoral care for each other.

All the groups welcome new members for times of learning together. Brenda Harrison

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The Wednesday Group

The Wednesday Group meets twice a month in the Parish Centre. We have an attendance of 15 and everyone is greeted with a warm welcome and a smile. The aim of the group was thinking about individuals living alone due to bereavement or their families living some distance away, but the group consists of singles and couples. Tea, coffee and cake are plentiful throughout the afternoon. Four of the group enjoy a game of Scrabble while the rest enjoy a good talk about family, friends and occupations they once held. Birthdays are celebrated with cake, and recently we had someone who was celebrating their 99[th] birthday! Although the group is small we think it’s of benefit to those who come, and hope in the future numbers will increase. For those living alone who attend it’s something to look forward to on those weeks, and they know it will be an afternoon of friendship.

Ruth Porter

The Wednesday Group Christmas Party

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Sparkles meets every Tuesday during term-time, run by a team of dedicated volunteers. The session runs from 10-11.30am and we have an average of 24 families attending weekly. The aim of Sparkles is that the children have a fun time in a safe, nurturing environment and that parents/carers know they will always receive a warm welcome and there’s a ‘listening ear’ if it’s needed..

The children enjoy crafts which are based on Bible stories, and also free play. Sparkles is linked with the All Age Service and one of the recent crafts was to make sheep as we were covering the Parable of the Lost Sheep. The children enjoyed this and some of their work is displayed in the Parish Centre on the Sparkles display board.

The children sit with siblings and friends for snack time and then children and parents help with ‘tidy up time’. Finally everyone settles on the carpet for ‘circle time’ which consists of nursery rhymes and songs which the children select, and ends with the Sparkles prayer.

The leader always says goodbye to each family as they leave and it’s good to hear from parents/carers that

the children have had a lovely time. This is entirely due to the dedication and hard work of the Sparkles team.

Ruth Porter

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Men’s Breakfast and Women’s Prayer Breakfast

Both the Men’s and Women’s breakfasts started again in 2025. The emphasis is slightly different with the men enjoying a full English breakfast followed by a speaker – an event you could comfortably invite someone who is not part of the church to.

The women enjoy a simpler breakfast followed by singing, listening, praying and thinking about God's plans which we see in the Bible and in our own lives.

There is plenty of room for more men and women to come – look out for future dates in the Monthly Mailing.

St Anne’s Mother’s Union branch is a welcoming and lively group which meets in the Parish Centre at 1.30pm on the first and third Wednesdaysof the month.

The program consists of a variety of different speakers, encouragement for social action e.g. prevention of domestic abuse, times for prayer and fellowship, and an Agape meal during Lent.

The new leaders for 2025 are Linda Green and Marie Simpson and new members are always welcome.

Contact Linda on 07939123036 for more information

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Independent Examlnevs Report to the members/trustees of St knne's Church, Shevln8ton, Parochlal Church Councll. I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31 December 2024 whlch are set out on pa8es I to4. Respectlve R•spongibllltle$ of Trustees and Examlner The church's trustees are responslble for the preparatlon of the accounts. The churth's trustees consider that an audlt15 not requlred forthS5 year under sectlon 144121 of the Charltles Act 2011 {the 2011 Actll and that an independent examlnatlon Is needed. It Ss my responslbility to: Examlne the accounts (under sertlon 145 ofthe 2011 Act). To follow the procedures lald down In the General DlrertSons 8lven by the Charlty Commlssloners (under section 145{51{bl of the 2011 Act). and To state whether partlcular matters have come to my attentlon. Basls of Independent Examlner's r•port My examinatlon was carrled out In accordance wlth the general Dlrectlons glven by the Charlty Commisslon. An examlnatlon Includes a revlew of the accountin8 records kept by the charlty and a comparlson of the ac¢ounts presented wlth those records. It also Includes conslderation of any unusua7 Items or dls¢losures In the accounts, and seekln8 explanatlons from you as trustees concernlng any sueh matters. The procedures undertaken do not provlde all the evldence that would be requlred In an audlt and consequently no oplnlonls given as to whether the.accounts present a 'true and falr vlew, and the report Is Ilmlted to those matters set out In the statement below. Independent examlner's statement In connection wlth my examlnatlon, no matter has come to my attentlon: whlch 8lves me reasonable cause to belleve th¥t in any materlal respect the requlrements to keep accountlng record5 in accordance wlth 5ectlon 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts whlch accord wlth the accountlng record5 and comply wlth the accountln8 requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met. (Namel G? Il {Datel (Relevant pro I quallfltatlon or body) 4 c M fi (Address) 11 (D,.clFJ¢ ￿v￿£. Giinjctyli Ckl Isi,,? slo ef 6 frf¥

Independent Examiner's Report to the members/trustees of St Anne's Church, Shevlngton, Parochlal Church Council. I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31 December 2024 which are set out on pages I to4. Respectlve Respon5ibllltles of Trustees and Examlner The church's trustees are responslble for the preparation of the accounts. The church's trustees consider that an audit is not required for thls year under section 144121 of the Charitie5 Act 2011 (the 2011 Actll and that an independent examinatlon is needed. It is my responsibility to: Examlne the accounts lunder section 145 of the 2011 Act),. To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissloners lunder section 145151{bl of the 2011 Act),. and To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent Examlner's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accountin8 records kept by the charlty 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 vlew, 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: whlch gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any materSal respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance wlth section 130 of the 2011 Act. and to prepare accounts whlch accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met. (Namel G? Il IDate} (Relevant prof ssional quafification or body) 4 c M fi {Addressl )I ts3,-cJFJ¢ ￿v￿￿, S(InJoFII Ckc ff 6 frf¥