2022-12-31-accounts

St Wilfrid's Church, Calverley Annual Report and Financial Statements of the

Parochial Church Council

for the year ended 31 December 2022

Prepared for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting Tuesday 2nd May 2023

Vicar

Reverend Rob Denton

Bankers

National Westminster Bank plc

New Line Greengates Bradford

C C L A Investment Management Ltd The C B F Church of England Fund 80 Cheapside London EC2V 6DZ

Independent Examiner

A Whalley FCA Carlton House, Grammar School Street, Bradford BD1 4 NS

Registered Charity Number 1130921

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ST. WILFRID’S PARISH CHURCH CALVERLEY

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2022

Background

St Wilfrid’s, Calverley P.C.C. has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

When planning our activities for the year, the incumbent and the PCC have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. We try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Worship and prayer, learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.

Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. Missionary and outreach work.

To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of St. Wilfrid’s Church and The Barn.

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Structure Governance and Management

St Wilfrid’s Parish Church is situated in Calverley, Pudsey.

It is part of the Diocese of Leeds within the Church of England. It is a corporate body established by the Church of England. It is a registered charity, number 1130921. The correspondence address is: Parish Office, St Wilfrid’s Parish Church, Town Gate, Calverley, Pudsey, LS28 5NF.

Membership

Membership of the P.C.C. are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.

Incumbent:	Rev. Rob Denton (Chairperson	10/10
Wardens:	Mrs Sandra Tempest (Vice Chairperson)	10/10
	Mr Dan Cohen	8/10
Elected Members:	_the late_Mr Richard Crooks (deceased July 2022)	1/6
Secretary	Mrs Fiona Hainsworth	7/10
	Mrs Julie Horan	4/10
	Mr Richard Jobes	8/10
	Mrs Susan Jubb	5/10
Treasurer	Mrs Nicola Lightfoot	10/10
	Mrs Rachel Marcus	9/10
Co-opted & Parish Rep.	Mrs Brenda Pickard	9/10
	Mrs Kim Raja	6/10
Deanery Synod Rep:	Mrs Rachel Rudman	8/10
	Mr Geoffrey Simpson	8/10
Co-opted (May 2021)	Mr John Corbin	3/10
Safeguarding (non-voting)	Mrs June Hopkinson	2/10
(Jan – Apr 2022)	Mr Stephen Batty	3/4
	Sylvia Cooke	4/4
	Pauline Duxbury	4/4
	Glenice Hutton_(resigned Mar ’22)_	0/3
(May – Dec 2022)	Mrs Olivia Gaunt	5/6
	Mr Jonathan Lacey	3/6
	Mr David Williams	5/6

Committees

The P.C.C. operates through Standing Committee between full meetings of the P.C.C. if needed.

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Chairman’s Address

2022 Vicar’s Report St Wilfrid’s Calverley

2022, my first full calendar year in St Wilfrid’s, was another busy year for us here at St Wilfrid’s. A more descriptive review of the year came out in January to our Newsy Email subscribers, this is a shorter and more factual review. It is my intention to establish a format with this report that will allow for useful comparisons year-on-year, bear with us as this format evolves.

Events and Worship

Towards the start of the year we had a vision day, leading to our updated vision statement and logo (Loving God, Loving Calverley, Growing Together). 2022 saw us experiment with service times, with the family service moving to Sunday evenings for June and July. We have now settled into a slightly revised pattern for Sunday worship – 9:15 and 11 on Sundays, with a joint service on every 5[th] Sunday in a month and for major festivals. There is also communion on Midday on Mondays in term times, our ‘hour of quiet.’ We continue to produce online Morning Prayer, which is now offered once a week on Wednesday from a small, committed team.

Our Sunday services are well-served by a large team of people who preach and lead, and a growing team of many ages who pray, read, serve coffee, welcome etc.; church works when we all pull together, and it is a delight to see this at work at Calverley. We have established the pattern of Ask Me Anything sermon slots once a term too, where everyone’s questions are cherished and explored together. We continue to explore how to best do worship for everyone – kids have a great time when they go out to Sunday School, and we are learning and experimenting with how to worship together on the weeks when they stay in.

There were several high-points to our worship – major festivals were celebrated with gusto and joy, with many joining us at Easter and over Advent and Christmas, and in November we saw several candidates confirmed by Bishop Arun, the new Bishop of Kirkstall. Of us engaged with the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith course over lent, exploring issues of sexuality and gender, learning a lot and growing together. This led to our first prayer service for Pride in August.

A new addition to the calendar was the inaugural Beer Festival, run by a large team of volunteers from within the church community and beyond. Hundreds of people joined us in a joyful celebration of brewing, many of whom had never or rarely been in church before, and around £4000 was raised.

There were many other events, some raising money, some serving the community; all a chance to Love Calverley.

Numbers

Sunday attendance figures remain steady, although as we return to a new normal after the pandemic it is hard to make comparisons. I consider this year to be our new baseline, from which we hope to grow. Growing Together is rightly part of our vision statement – numbers matter, not as a statistic, but because numbers are people, individuals for whom our hope and prayer is that they get to know the joy of life in all its fullness we have found in Christ.

Our total worshipping community are below. I intend to publish the last few years ever year from now on. (These are figures we send annually to the Church of

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England about those who worship with us once a month or more, or who would if not prevented by illness).

2022

Total 215 (+25%) Children (Age 0-10) 46 (+84%) Young People (Age 11-17) 12 (+71%) Adults (Age 18-69) 95 (-9.5%) Adults (Age 70+) 62 (+77%)

2021

Total 172 Children (Age 0-10) 25 Young People (Age 11-17) 7 Adults (Age 18-69) 105 Adults (Age 70+) 35

Another way of counting our people is the Electoral Roll – in 2022 this consisted of 119 people, of whom 76 lived in the parish and 42 outside.

Occasional offices

These are in the heart of our calling as a parish church, something we offer to the whole community. In 2022 we continued to ably served by Kath, Sylvia and Claire who oversaw admin in these areas.

Funerals in church: 10

Funeral at crematoria by clergy or LLMs: 17

Interments of ashes: 15

Burials: 2

Baptisms: 11 Weddings: 6

Mission

As mentioned above, Growing Together is in our vision statement, and we often pray the LYCIG prayer for growth in our services:

God of Mission

Who alone brings growth to your Church,

Send your Holy Spirit to give

Vision to our planning, Wisdom to our actions,

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And power to our witness.

Help our church to grow in numbers,

In spiritual commitment to you,

And in service to our local community,

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

I love how it recognises that growth is about our depth of relationship with God and how we serve the community, as well as in reaching the community, and that it is God who grows the church, and our calling is to join him as the Spirit leads.

With this in mind, this year a team, of us went away on the inspirational LYCIG course, and some of us continue to attend regular meetings. Our focus coming out of that was to be more inclusive in our worship and ministry, reaching younger people better, and also to make our services, especially at high-points such as Easter, Christmas and Remembrance, great opportunities for people to rethink and encounter God.

As well as the events mentioned above, the foundation for and site of many invitational conversations, our ongoing mission of connecting to the community continues through activities such as Coffeeshop and Barn Babies, our many connections with both schools such as Open the Book assemblies and What’s the Story and Heritage days in church. TAG continued to grow, welcoming a generally older crowd to a fortnightly(ish) session of connection and fellowship with some exploration of faith. The Easter trail and walking nativity engaged the wider community outside the walls. Short video series in Advent and the summer allowed other voices to be heard in people’s homes.

Structures

Behind the scenes, many important structures were established or refined in 2022. As mentioned above, we settled on a new logo and strapline. Our protocols for Safer Recruitment of employees and volunteers were pinned down. Our paid staff finally received the National Living Wage, and Sally and Claire had contracts and policies put in place. Claire started work as our Missional Buildings and Events Manager – it’s too long a title, I know! She is already doing great work looking after the barn and church, sorting chairs, and coordinating events such as next year’s Beer Festival.

Finally

Regular worshippers will know the delight I take in seeking and promoting gratitude. We start all our acts of worship with the question ‘what are we thankful for?’, as well as staff meetings. This report ends with it. I remain thankful to be the vicar of such a wonderful church, full of people prepared to try new things with and for Christ, to seek to Love God, Love Calverley and Grow Together. A church where people participate, pray and love to be together. This vicar’s report stands on the work of many dozens of faithful servants of Christ – thank you all. Rev. Rob Denton

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Standing Committee

This is the only committee required by law. It has the power of the PCC between meetings, subject to any directions given by council. (Full Terms of Reference & Procedures available on request) It met during the year.

Church Attendance

Church numbers are roughly 45 at the 9.15am service and 60 (including children) at the 11.am. Christmas services continued without restrictions in numbers but we had to restrict numbers for the Christingle services due to health and safety.

The Parochial Church Council

The P.C.C. met in-person on 10 occasions.

Major areas of Parochial, Deanery and Diocesan concern addressed by PCC:

Systems and structures – employment contracts and pay for our employees, including recruiting a Missional Buildings and Events Manager. Creating and implementing the License Agreement with Play Academy for the Barn. Safer recruitment structures and planning.

Mission and worship – Engaging with the Living in Love and Faith course, addressing issues in human sexuality, gender and relationships, and considering our inclusivity. Consolidating our pattern of worship. LYCIG, church growth, creating and implementing a strategy. Running a beer festival to raise money and connect with Calverley.

Rev. Rob Denton

Staffing

Toby is paid for 2 and a half hours for the work he does in updating the website and producing our morning prayer for You Tube (and many other things). Susan Jubb is paid for 2 hours a week to clean the office, vestry, toilets and server. Sally CorbinSmith our Church administrator is paid for 12 hours and we have recently employed Claire Tular as our Church and Barn Events Manager for 5 hours a week.

Resources Income

The income from donors by way of regular giving, tax recovery, plate and fundraising was £87,813 (£119,298 in 2021), a decrease of 26 % on the previous year. The total income was £130,363 (£140,709 in 2021) a decrease of 7% on the previous year.

Resources Used

The mission giving for the year, to each of the five mission agencies, Church Pastoral Aid Society, £1,628 Tearfund, £2,152 South American Mission Society (now part of CMS), £3,300 Church Army (Sorted), £2,152 Church Mission Society (Azaria Spencer support), £1,628 Jesus Shaped People, £1,200

Total expenditure was £143,830 (£168,958 in 2021) a decrease of 15% on the previous year.

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Reserves Policy

It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on free reserves (net current assets) which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to £32,000. It is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The balance of the free reserves at the end of the year was £59,003 which is higher than this target but which includes a legacy amount of £24,104.70, the use of which has yet to be decided.

Restricted funds (fabric, graveyard and youth work) comprise £22,757 of fixed assets and £25,368 of current assets.

The Diocesan Share

The share, a proportion of which meets the stipend, pension and housing costs of the clergy, was £62,366 (£60,000 in 2021 which included a voluntary contribution of £3,303) . The share is allocated on a formula, which has been agreed by the new Diocese. The current year’s Share has an unpaid balance of £20,000, this will be paid if sufficient funds remain after the current years share has been paid.

The Trustees Report was approved by the Parochial Church Council on Monday 17[th] April 2023

R Denton

Revd Rob Denton

Chairman of the Meeting.

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Parochial Church Council of St Wilfrid’s Calverley

Independent examiner’s report

I report on the accounts of the Parochial Church Council of St Wilfrid, Calverley (the church) for the year ended 31 December 2022.

RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PCC AND THE EXAMINER

The church’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The church’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

• Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;

• To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners

(under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and

• To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT

My examination was carried out in accordance with the Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity 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:

1.gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act: and

prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met: or

2.to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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

Alison Whalley FCA Naylor Wintersgill Carlton House Grammar School Street Bradford BD1 4NS

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Parochial Church Coun cil of St Wlfrid, Calvorley stalement of lknandal acthltSesfor ihe year ended 31 December 2022 Unrtr strided Funds Restrict- Erth￿ Total mer FI￿d$ Funds Unrtr Endow- Tolal stricted stri(ed ment Fun Funds Funds Funds Nob Fu￿S 2022 2021 2021 2021 2021 In¢(￿frO￿￿ DonawMs 2FJ 87.663 athviles 2b 12,1B7 13) 87F13 e6,385 32.913 119298 12,187 1,359 1,359 Inv8StmEnt8 576 1,640 105 535 659 chl￿ ￿ti￿tie 2d 21.328 7. 28.723 16,257 3.136 19293 Otrer Totd 121.923 7.864 576 130,363 104,106 26,068 $35 140,709 REIOURCES ExFeNDEO'. 134.437 9.YJ3 143,830 128,361 40.597 168258 Tot¥ EXp￿dityj1e 134.437 9.393 143,830 128,361 40,597 168,958 Net LO￿e￿On inve%t. ments 12.707) 12,707) 2,771 (12,5141 11,5291 12.131) 116.174) (24,2551 (4,5291 3,306 125,4781 2,771 IExpeTrli￿r Tra1$fe￿ betW37 nds (1,0881 1.Ck 310 (310) Nd fr(￿e￿I In FuTrJs (13,6021 (4411 12.131) 116.174) (￿,945) (4,8391 3,306 125,4781 RECo￿￿￿￿oN Fu￿5 72.605 48.566 28.4￿ 149,610 ,550 53.405 25,133 175,088 Total thds bj Tot¥ Funds cathe 59,003 48,125 26.3CE 133,436 72,605 48,566 28,439 149,610 io

Paiochial chU￿h Coun cil of St Triifilfiid, Calvetl Balance Sheet at 31 December 2022 Lhre- Restrict- strictÈd Èd FuThls ds Endo mènt Funds Total Funds ilire- Restrict- strtdéd Èd FuThls FLrds Endow. MÉ Funds Total Funds 2022 2021 Fixt4J T￿glI￿e Ix assets 22.757 22.757 24,920 ', 24.¥J) Im85tmaits )),393 20.&33 23,100 23.10] 22.757 ￿,393 43.150 24,920 23,100 48,020 Debbrs 19.444 19.444 33.739 1,936 35b75 Cath fit b￿k inha 65.215 25.368 5,91 S 96,498 86.514 21,710 5P39 113,563 84.e69 25.seé 5,915 115.942 120.￿3 23,646 5,339 149.238 Llabiltles 25.￿6 25.￿6 47.648 47.648 o￿ts falling n eye¥ Net CutY8it ￿S￿S s9.m3 25.3E8 5,91 S go.￿6 72.￿6 ￿,646 5?39 101.590 Totd nd asls 59.CIJ3 48.1J ￿,306 133.436 72. 48,566 28,439 149.610 PANSHFu￿5 End0WTr￿t 26,308 26,￿8 r6,439 28.439 Lhre3trictttl 59.m3 5g,m3 72.￿6 72.￿5 Restric&l 48.125 48,125 48,566 '. 48.566 59.m3 48.125 ￿,308 133,436 72.605 48,566 28,439 146,610 The Balan￿ Sheet. Slalemenl of Financia Activities arKJ noleslherelo. looelher with the Anrrual Report for the year ended 31 December ￿22 were by the Parochial Church Council on 17th April 2023 Chairman of the meeting li

Church Council of St Wilfrid, Calverley Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Parochial Church Council of St Wilfrid, Calverley is a Parochial Church Council (PCC) registered in England and Wales number 1130921 and governed by its Power of Measure and Church Representation Rules.

1.1 ACCOUNTING CONVENTION

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the PCC's Power of Measure and Church Representation Rules, the Charities Act 2011 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2019). The PCC is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The accounts have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.

The accounts are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the PCC. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

1.2 GOING CONCERN

At the time of approving the accounts, the Members have a reasonable expectation that the PCC has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Members continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.

1.3 FUNDS

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

Endowment funds are funds, the capital of which must be maintained; only income arising from the investment of the endowment may be used either as restricted or unrestricted funds depending on the purpose for which the endowment was established.

Restricted funds represent (a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest, and (b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invite by the PCC for a special 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 the fund. The PCC does not usually invest separately for each fund. Where there is no separate investment, interest is apportioned to individual funds on an average balance basis.

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Parochial Church Council of St Wilfrid, Calverley Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

1.4 INCOME

Planned giving, collections and donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the income to which they relate is received. Grants and legacies are accounted for when the PCC is legally entitled to the amount due. Dividends are accounted for when receivable. All other income is recognised when it is received. All income is accounted for gross.

1.5 EXPENDITURE

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under heading that aggregate all costs related to the category. Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

1.6 FIXED ASSETS

Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with s.10 of the Charities Act 2011. Equipment used within the church premises has been written off in the year of acquisition.

Moveable church furnishings are capitalised at cost and depreciated over their useful economic life other than where insufficient cost information is available. In this case the item is not capitalised, but all items are included in the Church’s inventory in any case.

Depreciation is calculated to write off the capitalised cost of fixed assets less their anticipated residual fair value over their estimated useful lives as follows: - Fixtures and Fittings 20 years and 3 years straight line Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange or whose value derives from them are valued at market value at the year end.

1.7 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.8 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the Charity's balance sheet when the Charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

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Parochial Church Council of St Wilfrid, Calverley Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

De-recognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.9 EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the PCC is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.10 RETIREMENT BENEFITS

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

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1 Parochial Church Councll of St Wilfrid, Calverfey Nole5 lo Ihe financial statements (conlinu ed Unre- Restrict. stri¢ted ed￿J￿$ dow Funds ment Fund Total Funds Urre- stricted stri¢ted O)*me FLhids Funds T￿31 Funds I 2022 FLnds 2021 2 knc(qne: Dondions &leJaLies- Plain&l giiing Gift ￿ld donvthons Tax rerov￿&Ie Other , Open Flate C£ll￿tionS kndrasing 59.837 15.414 59,837 57.974 15.414 21.049 1.936 208 2,772 57,974 22.985 208 2,772. 15,977 15,520 3.862 5,551 5,551 90 1,250 5.671 90 15.977 520 15,000 3.862 GY￿ts Dondions gPp￿LS 1,250 5.631 40 87,683 130 87,813 e6.385 32.913 119,29e Otter tr&ing adivile> CofÈe Other knd rasing 4P97 8.090 4,097 8.090 1,359 1?59 12.187 12.187 1.359 1?59 3) Ino)me trom inv&t- ments Di￿ldendS and irterest including tax ￿¢0Ve13b 725 339 576 1,640 105 19 535 659, 725 339 576 1,640 278 19 535 659 JI Inojme trom Chwthactr¢it'e% Chuth Hdl letbngs Childr￿¥ activib'85 16.420 16.420 14.076 815 11,488 28.723 16.257 3.136 14.076 277 5,090 19B93 815 6,580 7,395 277 2.181 2.909 4,908 21 B28 Totd Inrn 121,923 1,164 516 130,363 101106 36,068 535 140,109 15

Parochial Church Coun cil of Si Wilfrid. Calverle Mot85 to the financial staBm8ntB (continued Unre. stri¢t4d ds Re5trirt. Endow- d mont Funds Funds Total Funds Unre- Rt. stri¢t 20 3 Expmdlwe: 3 Chuth activits" Mi&%ion tharitatle oimng OV￿e8$ CMS 1,628 3.￿0 2.152 I,￿8 3.￿0 2.152 1,628 3,300 2.152 1.628 Tearknd HokT cpNs 2.152 1.628 2.152 1.200 1.628 2.152 I.￿0 1,628 2,152 1200 1500 1.628 2,152 1.2Tr) 1.5C ￿mY Jesjs &)￿￿4 P￿pIe GtDwYour Chud) 12.wo 12.C60 13,560 13.%0 Ministry Dioces￿ Sbare Oherministry o)sts chl￿ fLnning 2nd Maintai￿tec0<S 62.6 62.%6 60POO 60.mo 33.826 33.826 28,629 1,277 9,￿7 1.445 968 2,163 28.S29 4.￿3 8,456 1277 4,053 ChLmth Hal (y)sts Printiry stat'onery Orgai rqjars Depr￿latiOTr D&nk cha￿e$ 9.￿7 1.445 8.456 998 6.407 32.CQ5 2,439 38.442 2,439 2,163 80 107.544 4,408 111.952 104,490 38.527 143.017 3 Coff* b ch￿dr￿￿￿O FLndYiising 1.CQ1 1.CQ1 710 3.588 351 351 525 710 525 4.669 710 5.379 351 525 876 3 GOV&n￿Ce ￿sts c Ind@)￿d￿t Exarrin er$ Fee 600 600 564 564 3 Other st8flcostsJ 9.564 4,275 13.￿9 9,396 1.545 10.941 Totd EXpffldl￿re 134437 9,393 143,130 121,361 40,597 168,958 16

P•rochial (hurth C￿￿￿1 rf St WThlfrKI, Calvalry Note8loIhefm￿C•el fortheye&r 31 OecarbeT 2022 STPFF COSTS 4a. NUmberOf￿ploye The ￿er￿je morthly numb& of ernployees tlurfng tr)e yearvhs.. 2022 3]21 EmplOYrn￿t o)st8 2022 3J21 W&)es >￿¢4 salmes 8,498 6,535 No employee eEM￿ over £60POO in tr)e C￿raitOr preli0￿ yew. 5 TNXATION s a th&ity the PCC is &<empt IDrn ta< on In￿Me faling wihin p&t11 ofthe Cotporation T* 2010. 6.FIXED ASSETS 6a. T￿￿ble knets Fixture s & Frttings Cost 1 J4nuary 2022 36,027 dd'tic￿S 31 Decembw 2022 Depr￿lation t 1 J￿￿ary 2022 Ch&yebrtt)eyear t 31 Decembw 2022 11,107 2.163 13.270 Net took Ydue 31 Decembw 2022 22,757 24.920 t 31 Decemb& 2021 17

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THE BARN

The Barn has continued to be used morning and evening throughout the year by Play Academy, also pilates meet weekly on a Monday term time only along with Barn babies who now only meet on a Thursday term time due to low numbers. Sandra Tempest

BARN BABIES PARENT & TODDLER GROUP

We re-opened in September 21 with just one session on a Thursday and decided to wait and see if any more sessions were required. Attendees have been down from pre- covid with around 15 names on the register typical attendance being around 10 mums/ grandparents with their children. Although it is disappointing that we haven’t had more interest the smaller number has allowed us time to get to know those who have been coming and good friendships have developed among the parents with them organising to meet up in the holidays. We’ve advertised we have spaces available and hope more will want to attend next term. We have a great team of 5 helpers on the refreshment rota, Sally Littlejohn, Naomi Simkins and myself are there on a weekly basis. After 16 years Naomi has stepped down at the end of Spring half term due to work commitments, a big thankyou from everyone who has passed through Barn Babies and enjoyed your singing and friendship. Fiona Hainsworth, Barn Babies Co-ordinator

BELL RINGERS

Although we have continued to ring at least five bells for the Sunday Services as often as possible, low numbers of ringers has meant this has been far less frequent, than we would have chosen, in 2022. The opportunity to ring all eight bells has rarely arisen and I’m sure Calverley residents have noticed that Thursday night practices have been rather sporadic especially in the latter part of the year.

We have however, managed to ring the bells for Easter and Christmas Services and on Remembrance Sunday. The tenor bell was tolled for Queen Elizabeth the Second both on the evening of her death and on the day of her funeral.

Four couples invited us to ring for their weddings in 2022. One of these was John Walker’s daughter. We are always pleased to help to mark these special occasions. Requests from visiting ringers have been far fewer since the Covid pandemic but we did welcome the Ladies Guild to Calverley in October.

Two members of the band attended a safeguarding course in November and one member has had some training in basic bell maintenance.

An annual meeting between the Ringers, the Vicar and the Church Wardens was instigated in March 2022. This resulted in an action plan which is currently being implemented.

We have recently had some expressions of interest from people who might be interested in learning to ‘Ring for the King’ i.e., for the Coronation in 2023. We hope that some new blood will enable us to ring more regularly in 2023.

Anyone interested in finding out more about ringing or the bells should contact: [e-mail]

CHURCHYARD MAINTENANCE & ANIMALS

The year has been a very busy one: cutting and mowing, trimming, lopping digging raking and hoeing to keep the Churchyard looking tidy for the congregation, visitors remembering loves ones, and also for the local community as an inviting place for a bit of peace and quiet, away from the hurly- burly of daily life. David Jubb has

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provided some very handy joinery repairs to a damaged bench in the cremated remains area and Sue Jubb is always busy keeping the area looking tidy and uncluttered. In between, there's been Ashes Interments and Remembrance Day to prepare for, and Easter Pageant of the Crosses, Tomb and Stone. We're very lucky to have two new volunteers, Steve and Geoff, who’ve made a very valuable contribution to the team and been enormously helpful in getting through those very busy, and hot, summer months.

All this effort by the team was, we understand, one of the major influences of Calverley receiving The Gold Medal accreditation for Village in Bloom; the Judges were particularly impressed with beds and borders maintained by Peter, Freda and Mary and the simple measures taken by the team to encourage biodiversity in the meadow. There is however the ongoing problem with the damaged water supply pipe to the adjoining farmland and which may bring its own problems with mowing and strimming as we go through the summer. There may also be some safety/security issues which the PCC may need to give some thought to, to avoid further damage to the temporary surface length of pipe, and to keep visitors aware of this. Thankfully, there's been no major vandalism issues to report. The team would also like to place on record our thanks to Adam for providing the transport facilities for getting our mowers and strimmer’s to and from their annual repair and maintenance.

Anyone interested in getting involved in the Churchyard Team would be most welcome. We have plenty of light work tending the beds and borders where a spare pair of hands would be a big help. So if you have a spare couple of hours on a Friday morning with a nice bunch of folk and a free Coffee to go with it, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

Sadly, Pablo (the black and white alpaca) died and consequently Geoffrey was rehoused at Tong Alpaca farm where he originated from. In the latter part of 22 we also lost Edna one of our easy-care sheep, the cause of death could not be determined. The remaining three continue to thrive albeit we have had to call the vets out on three occasions one of which resulted in John and Sandra running round trying to catch one so it could be injected,

Caring and looking after the animals is a responsibility and the church is grateful to our band of volunteers Sandra, Margaret Clayton, Fiona Knowles, Shirley Carson and Denise Ratcliffe who ensure the sheep are fed daily and look out for them, thank you.

John Corbin is presently overseeing their general welfare and making sure they have water, straw and hay but the church is looking for someone to take over these duties if you know of anyone please speak to John, alas if no help is forthcoming we may have to rehome them, which would be a shame as we have animals grazing in the churchyard for well over ten years.

Pat Kelly for the Churchyard Team

COMMUNITY COFFEE SHOP

The community coffee shop has continued to open during term time every Friday morning from 9 until 12. This is thanks to the volunteers in each of the five teams many of whom give up their day off work to serve.

All our volunteers work cheerfully and willingly but we would welcome more helpers for this valuable outreach work.

Please consider whether you could join us. The team leaders Margaret, Sylvia, Brenda, Judith and Claire would be happy to have you on their team.

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Margaret Roundhill

DEANERY SYNOD

The Deanery Synod met in February 2022 at St Peter’s, Morley where the new Area Dean,

Rev Phil Harris was introduced. The guest speaker was Rev Jude Smith, Director of Church Revitalisation, who came to talk about what Church Revitalisation is.

In June 2022, the Deanery Synod met at St Mary’s, Woodkirk and there was a presentation from Richard Earnshaw, Leeds Diocese Digital & Social Media Officer. Synod vacancies were discussed and an update on the timetable for Deanery Reorganisation was given.

There was an Area Forum at St George’s in September 2022 to meet the new Bishop of Kirkstall, Arun Arora. In October 2022 the Deanery Synod took place at Ven Bede, Wyther and the speaker was Rev Roger Reece, Armley Prison Chaplain. There was also a discussion about the motion “This synod would welcome the Church of England withdrawing its opposition to the distribution of wine in individual cups at Holy Communion”.

The launch of the new South Leeds Deanery took place on 1[st] November 2022 and there was a Celebration of the New Deaneries on 30[th] November 2022 at St Matthias, Burley. The election of David Joryzs as the Lay Chair of the new South Leeds Deanery also took place at this meeting.

We are thankful for the work of Rev Phil Harris, Area Dean, and David Jorysz, Armley Deanery Lay Chair.

FABRIC

All maintenance and servicing was completed and all safety certificates obtained.

We had a blockage in a pipe in the lower churchyard which feeds spring water to the farm at the back of church. There is a temporary pipe installed but will be buried once our church architect has done his quinquennial report and advised us as we will need a faculty.

Sandra Tempest and Dan Cohen (Churchwardens)

FLOWER ARRANGING

Easter 2022 was our first big celebration of the year and the Flower Team Ladies excelled themselves with an explosion of yellow, white and spring colours in beautiful arrangements in Church. Once again, the floral crosses on the external gates welcomed everyone into Church during this special time.

The Platinum Jubilee for QUEEN ELIZABETH 11 was celebrated in Church so it was appropriate to display some large pedestal arrangements in the Royal colours to compliment the occasion.

Harvest was next and as always Hydrangeas were the star of the displays along with an array of fruit and vegetables splendidly displayed on the windowsills, we are very grateful to Calverley Allotment Society for their generous donations which helped to make it all possible.

Remembrance Sunday – many compliments were made about how stunning the Poppy displays looked and very fitting for the occasion.

Christmas as always is a very special time of the year for the Church and this year we had an exceptional team of ladies which included some new volunteers who we look forward to seeing again in the future.

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The festive arrangements were enhanced by lovely micro lights woven amongst the holly and spruce.

A Wreath making workshop was an extra event added this year and it proved to be a very popular and successful evening enjoyed by everyone who attended and some stunning results were produced. This maybe a yearly date on the Church calendar so watch this space.

As always we are most grateful for the generous donations received in the Green Flower Box which is a great help.

After 9 years I have decided due to health reasons to step down from my role as Flower Team Co-ordinator and have handed over to the very capable hands of Kim Pollard and Sally Corbin.

Sincere thanks to everyone for their help and support over the years I couldn’t have done it without you all. Blessings.

Julie Horan for the Church Flower Arranging Team

COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER ROTA

This year there have been some small changes to the Flower Rota, firstly there will be no flowers on the Altar Pedestals during the weeks of Lent. Secondly due to the excessive hot weather in 2022 the flowers were not lasting for the required two weeks, so it has been decided to replace them weekly during the Summer of 2023.

Therefore, the following dates are now vacant JUNE 18[th] , JULY 9[th] & JULY 23[rd.] Should anyone be willing to fill any of these dates please have a word with me. The dates roll over year to year, so it is a good way to remember a special date or a loved one.

Many Thanks to everyone who provide flowers on this very special rota.. Julie Horan

GIFT AID

Anyone who pays tax can sign a gift aid declaration when they make a financial gift to a charity. This enables the charity to recover and additional 25% of the gift from the inland revenue. Many of our congregation commit to regular giving to the mission of our church and have agreed that gift aid can be reclaimed on their giving. Every year I submit a return to the revenue to recover gift aid and this year our refund was (need to look at my files to check this)

Since July, however, 34 people have joined the PGS giving scheme and the gift aid on their giving is paid to us monthly.

There are now many ways to support the mission of the church and I am happy to speak to anyone in confidence about the various methods of giving. Margaret Roundhill

SMALL GROUPS

There are 5 weekly small groups and 1 fortnightly group (TAG). Approximately 50 adults attend small groups on a regular basis which is approximately 1/3 of the adult church goers.

All groups are back to meeting face to face in homes or at church. Groups have autonomy to study a mixture of topics of their choice and some use the Go Deeper notes that accompany each sermon.

One new group started in 2022, but otherwise all other groups have been running for some time with a steady membership.

All groups are open to new members although in practice very few new people have

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joined groups during 2022.

No training or meetings have been delivered to small group leaders in 2022, one will be scheduled for Q2 2023. Victoria Denton

Small group co-ordinator

LAY EUCHARISTIC MINISTRY

2022 saw us slowly begin to recommence visiting at home and hospital to administer Home Communion to those unable to attend church, although it was still, understandably, proving difficult to get into Champion House with Communion. During this year 14 HC’s were administered in total to 8 people.

Numbers of HC has declined this year partly due to new safeguarding and training procedures brought in by the Diocese and also, we lost some of those church members we visited during 2022 - Joan Kitson, David Badger and Malcolm Raistrick. Pauline Corbin

PASTORAL CARE

As with Home Communion visits Pastoral visiting has been restricted, but telephone contact has remained where possible. Again, many of our church members have kept in touch with others once again showing how the Body of Christ works for the good of others.

A new Pastoral Team is being formed who are undergoing the necessary safeguarding checks and training. This team should be fully operational some time in 2023.

Pauline Corbin

LICENCED LAY MINISTRY

Putting aside the war in the Ukraine and natural disasters that are becoming regular and more devastating by the week, the church at St. Wilfrid’s starts to get back to some normality after covid and political upheaval.

I was relicensed by Bishop Nick to officiate as a Lay Minister in the Diocese until 31[st] October 2026 and God willing shall continue serving the church and community till then.

I have been busy, despite having a brief sabbatical from church at the beginning of the year and like all those in leadership roles I successfully completed the Diocesan Virtual Safeguarding Training in addition to holding a current Enhanced DBS Certificate.

In March along with others from church I attended a ‘Leading Your Church into Growth’ a three-day conference at Swanick, later in the month I was privileged to lead prayers at the Calverley Park Cenotaph, to commemorate The Royal British Legion Calverley and Rodley Branch 100[th] Anniversary Service.

In April I attended Ripon Cathedral on Maundy Thursday with clergy and fellow Lay Ministers to renew our commitment to our ministry at The Leeds Diocesan Chrism Eucharist.

Throughout the year I conducted six interments and twenty funerals including those of Joan Kitson, Malcolm Raistrick David Badger and Jean Stead all members of this church in addition we remember Pat Collinge and Richard Crooks, may they all Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory.

Pastoral and Bereavement visits both at homes and hospitals including particularly Wheatfields Hospice allows me to share the Gospel with those who were facing

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death, a very poignant and humbling experience.

I would like to thank all those in the church family who encourage me on my preaching and…. take pity on my joke telling! And for the love and support I receive from Pauline and family.

To God be the Glory.

John Corbin Licenced Lay Minister

MARRIAGE COURSES No courses took place in 2022.

MESSY CHURCH

After online Messy Church in Feb and March, we held our first Messy Church back in church in April for Easter. Following that, we took a break to plan for a new start in October which was Harvest. We retained the booking system created after COVID and this worked really well but sadly, several Messy Churches had to be cancelled due to very low bookings the team met to discuss possible ways forward. Ultimately, the decision was to accept that maybe Messy Church had outlived its attraction. We decided to reduce the number of ‘Messies’ to festivals so we had a Messy Harvest and a Messy Christmas which were well received.

Brenda Pickard

MISSION PARTNERS

The vital work of financial and prayer support for mission is a core role of our church, taking God’s love to the world. We continue to support:-

• ¨CMS partner Azaria Spencer, who is doing an amazing job working with street children in Guatemala City. She is continuing to make strong connections and brig the good news, coordinating the mentoring program at Centro Opp and focusing on discipleship. Pray for her as she explores exciting projects and explores more of a leadership role. We also support CMS in general for their work in South America.

• ¨Sorted (Church Army) working with disadvantaged young people in three locations in Bradford. Emerging from lockdown has seen them find creative ways to engage with as many young people as possible, both in term time and holiday. They have restarted schools work, Friday socials, and Sunday nights.

• ¨CPAS who work with young people and in leadership development, as well as managing the 700 CPAS-patronage churches. They do a valuable job, and Rob continues to be blessed by their training.

• ¨TEARFUND, who offer relief and development in places that are desperate for their support.

• ¨Jesus Shaped People (JSP) whose material we have pioneered here, and whose good work continues to expand in the UK.

Revd Rob Denton

‘OPEN THE BOOK’

'..the Bible is the book So come on take a look

It's fun to turn the page Find out what God's word says....'

We sing these words at the start of every presentation the OTB team give in assembly at the C of E school. We have been acting stories from the Bible since last year, beginning with the creation story and we have progressed through the Bible stories of

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Noah Abraham Jacob and Esau Joseph and Moses. We enjoy it. The children enjoy it.

We should like to visit Parkside school but need to expand the team to be able to do this. The team currently consists of John, Pauline, Alan, Sandra, Margaret C, Margaret R and Tina.

If you think it is important that young people hear 'what God's word says' maybe you would like to join us.

Margaret Roundhill

MUSIC REPORT

Worship at St Wilfrid’s has been enhanced with a variety of live music over the past year.

The newly restored organ has performed well, playing at many 9.15 services, festivals such as Christmas and Easter and for a few weddings and funerals.

The church band has played/sung at some of the 11am services and at the family carol service and are eagerly seeking new members to augment it – both instrumentalists and singers. All are very welcome. Currently we have a keyboard, drums, violin, trumpet, clarinet & guitar.

The St Wilfrid’s singers, after a large gap caused by the Pandemic, were very pleased to get together to sing at the traditional carol service and this was very well received by the congregation and enjoyed by the choir. They will be joining up again to sing on Easter Day. The choir sang both the congregational carols and also a couple of choir only carols.

Jonathan Lacey - Organist

OUTREACH CHILDREN’S WORK

What’s The Story

In March, we invited Year 5 children from Parkside and the C of E school into church for ‘What’s the Story about Easter?’ and Years 1 & 2 children for ‘What’s the Story about Christmas?’. We were encouraged by how well the children engaged with the stories and crafts and a great time was had by all.

Brenda Pickard & the team

Stained Glass Workshops

We were relieved to be able to get back into our regular routine of visits during the year. We invited Year 3 classes from both our Primary schools to come to the Stained Glass workshops and we also then offered the workshops to Year4 groups who had missed their turn due to continuing COVID restrictions the previous year. A very happy and satisfying time and some beautiful stained ‘glass’.

We followed the same pattern for the Heritage Trail with the Year 4 groups and then Year 5 and these were equally successful. Several children enjoyed their fully costumed trip back in time to the extent that they wanted to return to school and even go home still dressed in fashions of several hundred years ago! Brenda Pickard

Safeguarding

‘The church of England, it’s archbishops, Bishop, clergy and leaders are committed to safeguarding as an integral part of the life and ministry of the church.’

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In 2022 we used the Parish Safeguarding Dashboard to monitor and report on all areas of safeguarding within the church. We are working to ensure all those involved with children and young people or vulnerable adults complete the required DBS (disclosure and barring service) checks, undergo diocesan safeguarding training and see the best practice is observed. In addition to this, Brenda Pickard, Sally CorbinSmith and Rob Denton have undertaken Safer Recruitment training and are implementing a church-wide structure which complies with this for all roles, paid or voluntary.

Anyone who has concerns regarding the safety of others within our church should contact myself or the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor, or if the risk of danger is imminent, ring the police. Contact details are available on our website and are displayed in the church and barn.

June Hopkinson, Parish Safeguarding Officer.

Children’s Work

On the second, third and fourth Sunday of each month, children of school age are invited to go out during the Sunday 11am service to sessions that take place in the barn. Numbers can range from 10 to 30 children, and we sometimes have older teenagers coming out to help out too (as well as the two requisite adults with DBS). For the last couple of years, we have been following the curriculum from ‘Energize’ which is produced by Urban Saints. Each week, there is a focus (for example, recent themes have been ‘Blessed are the Peacemakers’, ‘Full of Grace!’ and ‘merciful God’) and the resources offer a range of activities from which we choose some for the half hour session. This might include a game, some discussion, a Bible focus and maybe a craft activity.

Rachel Rudman

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