Annual Report and Accounts of The Parochial Church Council of
Holy Ascension, Upton by Chester For the year ended 31[st] December 2024
Registered Charity Number: 1131069
Vicar’s Report
Welcome to our Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] December 2024.
Our Church’s Mission Statement:
To be the people of God in this place, committed to Christ,
to one another and to service in the community:
Together we worship God with joy and love,
with an openness to the renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Over the past year as a Church, we have been looking to be just as our Mission Statement says and as you look through this booklet and read about the many varied activities and groups that we are running as a Church in the community, I hope that you are as encouraged by it as much as I am.
To do all this involves an awful lot of people and I am fortunate to be a Vicar of so many volunteers who are prepared to use their talents and give their time to make this happen.
This has resulted in us seeing more people attending both our regular Church services and the activities that we run and it gives me great encouragement for the year ahead.
God bless
Paul
Administrative Information
Holy Ascension is in Church Lane, Upton, Chester and is part of the diocese of Chester within the Church of England.
Correspondence address is: The Parish Office, Holy Ascension Community Hall, Demage Lane, Chester, CH2 1EL
Incumbent: Revd Paul Newman
Reader Emeritus: Mrs Barbara Capstick
Parish Safeguarding Officer: MrsTara Newman,
email safeguarding@holyascension.org.uk
Bank: Unity Trust Bank, Four Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2JB.
Independent examiner: John McLintock FCA FCCA
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Ascension is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, charity
registration number: 1131069.
When planning our activities for the year, the PCC gave consideration to the
Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance to charities concerned with the advancement of religion.
The PCC is a body corporate and operates under the Parochial Church Councils Powers Measure 1956 and the Church Representation Rules 2020.
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church
Representation Rules. All church members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.
The PCC currently has 13 members and normally meets on the second Monday of each alternate month in the Kempe Room.
Members of the PCC:
Elected: Graham Barley
Susan Campbell Michael Curtis - Churchwarden
Rob Evans
Colin Foden - Churchwarden
Heather Hill - Appointed 13[th] May 2024
Peter Lloyd - Appointed 21[st] April 2024
Liz Squire Sally Symes
- Co opted: Colin Bain.
Ex officio: Sue Burgess
Barbara Capstick Paul Newman.
Bible Study Group
There are 19 members of this group, 17 from Holy Ascension and 2 from other
churches.
We meet on the 1st and the 3rd Thursday of the month in the Kempe room at
2.40pm for coffee/tea/ biscuits and a time of fellowship.
Our study begins at 3.00pm with prayers followed by 'what's on' events. This year we have studied:
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The Feast of Epiphany
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Genesis -early chapters
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The Lord's Prayer
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The Letter of James
In February and June we were pleased to welcome David Savage from
St. Columba's R.C. Church to speak to us about The Hebrew Scripture and The Wisdom Books of the Old Testament.
We are always pleased to welcome new members to join us.
Barbara Capstick
Caring & Sharing Lunch
On the second Wednesday of each month, a light lunch is served in the Kempe room after the communion service. It is a time when we can gather together for food and fellowship. Everyone is welcome. Jane Curtis
Caring and Sharing Christmas Lunch in the Kempe room.
Choir
The choir with its three committed members has continued to lead our singing at our 9.00am Sunday Choral communion service.
Revd Paul Newman
Christian Aid
Christian Aid supporters have been busy raising funds by doing bucket
Chester is England’s best fund raising traditional group and there is a notice in the Kempe Room that explains this as well as a big thank you to all.
The total amount raised was £22,839.02, sadly this was a decrease of £7,000 despite all the efforts to diversify from the normal house to house collections. The main fund raising event was the street to street collection and our church members collected £1,023, which was lower than last year. Chester as a whole raised £13,823.68 with many churches taking part.
Please look on the notice board for posters advertising events and support them whenever you can. Thank you.
Margaret Bain
Churches Together in Upton
This is a group comprising representatives from three churches in Upton.
Holy Ascension Representatives are: The Vicar, Barbara Capstick, John Butler and Margaret Whaley.
St. Columba's are Father William, Rev. Lawrence Hordley and David Savage. Upton URC’s are Margaret Hainsworth, Jane Morris and John Hainsworth. Churches together in Upton has again been funded by a CTU surplus.
The main expenditure during the year was an organist for two Fifth Sunday Services and Remembrance Day Reflections.
The Fifth Sunday services are well attended and generally appreciated by between 25 -30 worshippers, rotated round the Churches with refreshments and fellowship afterwards. The Upton Prayer diary is published yearly.
Coffee Mornings are held on the 2[nd] and 4[th] Thursdays of the month (Excepting August). Lent and Advent material is readily available to share at these coffee mornings; one coffee morning had a visit from 3 Guide Dogs and their handlers, together with a sales table. Carol Singing took place at a December coffee morning.
A fellowship Lunch was held for Christian Aid at Holy Ascension in May. A successful Quiz Night was held in October. A wreath was laid at the War
Memorial by a member of the Churches Together Committee on Remembrance Day. A visit to Chester Cathedral took place and included a guided tour, refreshments and Choral Evensong.
Whilst not strictly a Churches Together event; “Knitting for Africa” received enthusiastic support from the three churches congregations.
John Butler
Connect Group
The ‘Connect’ group is aimed at the younger ladies who come to Holy Ascension Church, to offer them a chance to take time out from their work / family commitments and get together, get to know each other and support each other in the journey of life.
In 2024 (except in Lent) up to 16 ladies met for a range of activities that have included our January Potluck Supper, making Confetti Cones for use at a wedding, a walk to and around the Chester Zoo environmental area, a cake and catch up evening, an evening of playing ‘Herd Mentality’ and finishing the year with the activity of creating Christmas table or door decorations at the start of Advent. We always open with a prayer and then at the end of the evening we take the opportunity to finish with a time of sharing and praying for each other, a chance to offer each other our support and to thank God for blessing our time together. A branch off the ‘Connect’ group is our bible study group where 9 of us meet weekly in term time to study Gods’ word and pray. We use the Life Builder study guides by IVP to lead us in our studies. In 2024 we started the year studying the book of ‘James – Faith that works’, followed by ‘Meeting Jesus’ where over 13 sessions we explored in detail aspects of Jesus life and teachings. In November we followed a 4 week Advent study ‘Because of Bethlehem’ by Max Lucado which helped us to focus on the real meaning of Christmas. All the studies we have followed have been challenging and have helped us to focus and grow in our relationship with Christ through group discussions, personal reflection and prayer. Tara Newman
Electoral Roll Report
At the time of the APCM in April there were 134 names on the Roll and, by the end of the year, this had increased to 145.
Every six years a completely new Roll is drawn up. This will happen again in 2025
Graham Barley
Fabric Report
We continue to look after our buildings and our graveyard and endeavour to keep them in good states of repair. We did some work on our hedges to open up views of our church and our clock was repainted and gilded following two generous donations, one in memory of a past member, Jennifer Benson, and the other to celebrate the wedding of our Church Patron, His Grace Hugh Grosvenor the Duke of Westminster.
Revd Paul Newman
Fellowship Group
We had a busy programme in 2024 with 30-45 people, on average, attending the meetings.
We meet in Church on the third Monday of the month at 2.30pm, followed by tea and biscuits in the Kempe Room after the talk.
We started the year with a talk given by Tim Ditchburn ‘The Story Teller’ who runs a traditional oral storyteller group at the Storyhouse. February was a talk by Harvey Stephens, chief gardener at Eaton Hall and in March Linda Webb told us about James Hampson Spencer who was a Chemist in Chester from 1876 and had a passion for photography.
In April we had hymns and readings to celebrate Easter.
29 members had an outing in May to Upton Golf Club to have Afternoon Tea, a
good time was had by all!
There was a fascinating talk about Medical Detection Dogs in June.
The history and work of the R.N.L.I. in September followed in October by ‘The History of the Deva Hospital’. November brought Ken Pye with his talk ‘The Joy of Scousers and Scouse’!!
We finished the year with our annual Carol Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Margaret Brizell
Fellowship Group members enjoying afternoon tea at the golf club
Finance
The Receipts and Payments accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 are set out at the end of the Annual Report.
Unrestricted Fund
There was a surplus of receipts over payments of £267.
Voluntary income was up £12,500 compared with the previous year. This was mainly due to an increase in collections at services of £3,711, as numbers attending church services have increased, the receipt of three legacies totalling
Total receipts were up £13,651 on the previous year. Income from social activities increased due to the regular running of the Afternoon Tea and a very successful Christmas Fayre, community hall hire income also increased.
In 2024 we paid our parish share of £75,344 in full. The 2025 parish share will be £77,605 an increase of 3%.
Expenditure is always kept under review and we managed to keep total
At the yearend there was £15,270 in the general fund bank accounts.
Unrestricted Designated Funds
During the year the clock renovation was completed; the cost being shown as unrestricted designated church running expenses of £12,058. Fortunately, this cost was met by two generous donations.
The Musical Tots designated fund was set up to ensure that the fees from the weekly sessions would cover any future costs associated with running the group. The Musical Tots sessions ceased to run in March 2020 and the PCC considers it unlikely that such a tots group will be run in the foreseeable future so the fund balance has been transferred to the general fund.
The Hall fund represents money allocated by the PCC to pay for future
improvement works on the community hall such as a new boiler and kitchen.
Restricted Funds
During the year the PCC decided to amalgamate the Family Workers’ Fund with the Sunshine Tots’ Fund to create a new Children’s Fund which will be used to finance future work with children.
Reserves policy
It is the PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to
S ue Burgess
Flower Arranging Team
This year our team of 19 ladies and 2 gentlemen continue to work with enthusiasm and expertise to arrange beautiful flower arrangements to celebrate the festivals of Easter, Ascension, Harvest, Remembrance Christmas and also for Weddings.
The rota for flowers to be placed in the Sanctuary and on the War Memorial each week (except during Lent) is solely supported by generous donations from the congregation for which we are very grateful. Further donations for flowers are given at Christmas and Easter and throughout the year in memory of family and friends.
Our church is very fortunate to have so many folk who give a great deal of their time to arrange flowers throughout the year for which we are very grateful. We are always pleased to welcome anyone who wishes to join us. Barbara Capstick
Foodbank
As a church, we support Cheshire’s Food bank. Members of the congregation bring items of food or toiletries to church and once a month the Bains or Graham
A slip telling us how much food was taken that month to the food bank is pinned on the notice board in the church entrance alongside a list of food urgently
required. Last year we sent 452 Kgs which only supports 34 people. At the moment the food bank is distributing more food out than they are receiving so please add an extra item on your shopping list to support this charity. A Big Thank You to everyone who has donated in the last year. Margaret Bain
Heartbeat
As agreed by the PCC in 2023 the magazine was produced on a bi-monthly basis during 2024.However, its editor, Sharon Forsdyke, resigned her post in December 2024 after ten years valuable service which together with a dearth of contributors in recent months meant it has been difficult to produce a quality magazine, the content of which being relevant to our church life. It is for these reasons that it was unanimously resolved by the PCC to cease the publication of Heartbeat from March 2025.
Health and Safety
Thankfully, there are no major problems to report. One or two remedial items have been carried out, primarily the purchase of a boiler for the community hall kitchen replacing the use of kettles at functions. Several 'people orientated' risk assessments have taken place under the banner of Safeguarding.
Fire precaution inspections are up to date and portable electrical inspections are in train. The usual preventative checks took place at the Christingle service which ran smoothly. It is hoped that the Kempe Room will be decorated during the early part of May 2025 followed by the fitting of acoustic ceiling tiles to deaden sound. This will help users who suffer from hearing difficulties.
Again on a 'positive' note, the hedges bordering Church Lane have been lowered to enable their shearing to take place at a safer height. Colin Foden
Music Group
The band has continued to enjoy assisting the worship at our 10.45 service during the past 12 months. We now have seven members playing a variety of instruments, which means we have an average of five players available each
week, barring sickness and holidays. We are continuing to increase our
repertoire, playing two or three hymns each week and music at the end of the service. Holy Communion on the second Sunday of the month gives us the opportunity to play while Communion is being taken.
We have an 'honorary member' George, who has delighted the congregation on two occasions this year singing his own compositions of beautiful Easter and Christmas songs while playing the guitar. We look forward to hearing more during this year!
Thank you to the congregation for their support and encouragement and if there are any other musicians who would like to join us, please contact Paul or myself. Mary Foden
Safeguarding
Holy Ascension takes its duty and obligation to protect all extremely seriously. We have adopted the National Church of England’s robust procedures and guidelines. You can find out more about the national policies and procedures at www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding.
In 2024
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new PCC members were appointed and checks were carried out through the Disclosure and Barring Services for them to gain a DBS certificate and then to go on and complete the safeguarding training requirements as set out in the National and Diocesan policies.
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As a church we registered for the ‘Parish Safeguarding Dashboard’ which we were invited to do by the Diocese. This is a simple to use, online tool, accessed via the computer or smartphone, to help the PCC keep track of Safeguarding in our church. There are 3 levels and we completed Level 2 in January 2025. It has required us to look at all the activities we do in the church, add them to the dashboard and through questioning ensure that we are doing all we need to do to ensure as a church we are safe. It has
been a lengthy process so far and is far from complete, but we have made great progress with it.
- A Safeguarding Report has been prepared and received at each PCC meeting to ensure the PCC are up to date with actions that have been taken, need approving or need discussing and any new reports or requirements from the safeguarding dashboard.
If you have any safeguarding concerns or issues of a safeguarding matter then - you can find useful contact information at www.chester.anglican.org/social responsibility/safeguarding or you can contact Tara our Safeguarding Officer at safeguarding@holyascension.org.uk.
Tara Newman
Sewing Group
Sewing group continues to meet every Thursday morning in the Kempe Room between 10.00am and 12noon. During the year we made Easter and Christmas decorations which were sold at the Christmas Fayre and Hospice coffee mornings. We also made pinafore dresses and drawstring bags which were sent to Africa with the ‘Fish and Chip’ Jumpers that members knitted. Everyone is welcome to come along for coffee/tea, biscuits, chat and company
Sue Burgess
Sunday Club
Our age range of the children we have presently is 5 – 10 years old and we usually have 5/7 children every week and have seen three new children regularly joining us. A rota of 4 ladies supports the leader to enable the Sunday Club and this has worked well throughout the year.
We use the ROOTS material as a basis for the Sunday Club activities. We always start with action songs, games, read a story / passage from the Bible, perhaps watch a video, a discussion time, prayer and some sort of craft activity…. the aim is to make our time together fun and stimulating as we learn about God. Presently we are learning about ‘Hearing God’s call’ as in the story of Samuel and also ‘Responding to God’s Call as in the story of Jonah.
It’s a privilege to teach the children about God and Jesus and to see how the
children are making links and connections to previous stories and topics covered as they encounter God throughout the Bible.
We pray that all of the children continue to grow in their relationship with Christ and that what they learn with us on a Sunday morning will be a foundation for their lives now and in the future.
Tara Ne wman
Table Tennis
The all male group which meets Monday and Thursday mornings at 9-30 in the back room of the Community Hall has now reached the apostolic number twelve. Games of doubles are played at a steady pace during the two hour duration. There are a couple of breaks for tea, biscuits and inevitable discussions of current affairs. Bryan Jones, one of the members, publishes a comical TT magazine each month which is turning out to be a 'must read' among the group. Colin Foden
Table Tennis group members
The Children’s Society
The annual box opening in September raised £1,518-15 for the work of the Children’s Society. The Christingle Service in December raised a further £150-57. The money will go to provide help and support for vulnerable children . Margaret Brizell
Upton Heath Church Of England Primary School
Nia Bradley and I are the representatives from Holy Ascension Church on the Local Academy Committee (LAC) – akin to Governors – for Upton Heath School. Our roles include termly meetings with the school and whilst our main focus is on the Christian Distinctiveness within the school, we also take note of aspects such as, pupil standards, behaviour, and support for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities etc. We meet with staff and pupils to talk about work and school which helps us to make judgements which we feed back into meetings. Both Nia and I visit the school’s collective acts of worship – I even helped Paul during one of his regular weekly assemblies with the children. The children take an active part in the daily acts of worship that involve singing, prayers and a story
Early last year the school received a good judgement from Ofsted in their inspection. Later in 2024 Upton Heath was successful in achieving the required standard in its inspection by the Church of England, with many positive
statements in the report about the school’s Christian Vision, the pupils’ wellbeing and links with the church and community. Rick Hawkley
World Day of Prayer
On 1st March 2024 we welcomed to St. Columba's Church over 40 members from the URC, St. Columba’s and Holy Ascension Churches to the service written by Christian women from Palestine. This service was written 5 years ago, when noone could have envisaged the situation in Palestine in 2024. With the on-going warfare, the theme of the service was very appropriate: 'I beg you, bear with one another in love'. We therefore began our service with a short time of prayer and
This same service is used in 170 countries and islands world-wide. An estimated 3 million men, women and young people will take part in the service. In the UK some 6,000 services will be held on this day. Afterwards we enjoyed a time of fellowship with refreshments. Barbara Capstick
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Ascension, Upton-By-Chester Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2024
| Note | NoteUnrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Total Total |
|---|---|
| Fund Designated Funds 2024 2023 | Fund Designated Funds 2024 2023 |
| Funds | Funds |
| Receipts £ £ £ £ £ | £ £ £ £ £ |
| Voluntary receipts | |
| Planned giving 48,044 - - 48,044 47,918 | Planned giving 48,044 - - 48,044 47,918 |
| Collections at services 10,345 - 1,191 11,536 6,896 | Collections at services 10,345 - 1,191 11,536 6,896 |
| Donations 2,036 7,156 1,290 10,482 5,903 | Donations 2,036 7,156 1,290 10,482 5,903 |
| Gift Aid recovered 12,916 - - 12,916 11,504 | Gift Aid recovered 12,916 - - 12,916 11,504 |
| Grants received 202 927 5,000 6,129 - | Grants received 202 927 5,000 6,129 - |
| Legacies 9,000 - - 9,000 3,509 | Legacies 9,000 - - 9,000 3,509 |
82,543 8,083 7,481 98,107 75,730 |
82,543 8,083 7,481 98,107 75,730 |
| Activities for generating funds3 5,698 - 398 6,096 2,717 | |
| Church Activities4 Investment Income |
4 30,009 - 1,003 31,012 33,906 Investment Income5 3,417 - - 3,417 3,107 |
Total Receipts |
Total Receipts £121,667 £8,083 £8,882 £138,632 £115,460 |
Payments Church activities Parish Share 75,344 - - 75,344 71,757 Fees remitted 2,997 - - 2,997 5,027 Clergy and Staffing costs 5,714 - - 5,714 4,862 Church costs 6 17,977 12,058 1,856 31,891 21,007 Vicarage costs 4,561 - - 4,561 4,139 Hall running costs 11,418 - - 11,418 10,975 Mission giving and donations 1,906 - 2,614 4,520 5,055 |
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119,917 12,058 4,470 136,445 122,822 Cost of generating Funds |
119,917 12,058 4,470 136,445 122,822 Cost of generating Funds7 1,483 - 393 1,876 741 |
| Total payments £121,400 £12,058 £4,863 £138,321 £123,563 | Total payments £121,400 £12,058 £4,863 £138,321 £123,563 |
| Surplus of receipts over payments 267 (3,975) 4,019 311 (8,103) Transfer between funds4,050 (4,050) - - - |
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| Cash at bank and in hand | |
| 1stJanuary 2024 10,953 14,540 15,109 40,602 48,705 | January 2024 10,953 14,540 15,109 40,602 48,705 |
| 31stDecember 2024 | December 2024£15,270 £6,515 £19,128 £40,913 £40,602 |
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Ascension, Upton-By-Chester Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31[st] December 2024
Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Fund Designated Funds 2024 2023 Funds £ £ £ £ £ Cash at bank and in hand Lloyds Current Account 7,991 - 4,598 12,589 9,769 Unity Trust Bank - Current Account 5,434 - - 5,434 6,037 Unity Trust Bank - Deposit Account 27 - 3,011 3,038 7,752 CCLA – Deposit Account 1,658 6,515 11,318 19,491 16,178 CCLA – Building in Faith - - - - 17 Cash in Hand 160 - 21 181 493 Children’s Fund Account - - 43 43 43 Flower Fund - - 137 137 313 £15,270 £6,515 £19,128 £40,913 £40,602 Other Monetary Assets Gift Aid Recoverable £3,734 - - £ 3,734 £3,997
An amount of £1,633 paid in VAT on the clock’s restoration is recoverable under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme and will be claimed in 2025.
Investment Assets
3,841.83 (3,841.83) Shares in The CBF Church of England Fund £88,834 - - £88,834 £86,846
Fixed assets retained for church use
The fixed assets retained for church use are Holy Ascension Community Hall, the Organ (refurbished 2013) and the AV system.
All assets belong to the unrestricted fund.
Liabilities
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Ascension, Upton-By-Chester Notes to the Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2024
1. The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts & Payments basis.
| **2. ** | The movements in designated and restricted funds during the year were: |
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| Balance Receipts Payments Transfer Balance | |
| b/fwd. c/fwd. | b/fwd. c/fwd. |
| Restricted | Restricted£ £ £ £ £ |
Family Workers 650 - - (650) - |
Family Workers 650 - - (650) - |
| Flower Fund 313 1,003 1,179 137 | Flower Fund 313 1,003 1,179 137 |
| Sunshine Tots 3,543 - - (3,543) | Sunshine Tots 3,543 - - (3,543) |
| Children’s fund - - 563 4,193 3,630 | Children’s fund - - 563 4,193 3,630 |
| Caring & Sharing 205 462 259 - 408 | Caring & Sharing 205 462 259 - 408 |
| Other 10,398 7,417 2,862 - 14,953 | Other 10,398 7,417 2,862 - 14,953 |
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| £15,109 £ 8,882 £4,863 £- £19,128 | £15,109 £ 8,882 £4,863 £- £19,128 |
During the year the PCC decided to amalgamate the Family Workers Fund with the Sunshine Tots Fund to form a new Children’s Fund which will be used to finance future work with children.
| Designated Hall 6,515 - - - 6,515 Musical Tots 4,050 - - (4,050) - Clock Fund 3,975 8,083 12,058 - - |
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| £14,540 £8,083 £12,058 £(4,050) £6,515 |
| The Musical Tots Fund was originally set up so that the group would be self- financing. The group ceased to run in March 2020 and the PCC considers it unlikely that a similar group will run in the future, therefore the fund balance has been transferred back to the general account. Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Fund Designated Funds 2024 2023 Funds £ £ £ £ £ 3. Activities for generating funds |
| Social events 4,855 - 398 5,253 2,703 |
| Sundry receipts 843 - - 843 14 |
£5,698 £- £398 £6,096 £2,717 |
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| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Ascension, Upton-By-Chester | The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Ascension, Upton-By-Chester |
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| Notes to the Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December 2024 | |
| Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Total Total | Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Total Total |
| Fund Designated Funds 2024 2023 | Fund Designated Funds 2024 2023 |
| Funds | Funds |
| £ £ £ £ £ | £ £ £ £ £ |
| 4. Church activities | |
| Fees for weddings and funerals 8,212 - - 8,212 12,164 | |
| Community Hall hire 21,327 - - 21,327 20,006 | Community Hall hire 21,327 - - 21,327 20,006 |
| Magazine 470 - - 470 30 | Magazine 470 - - 470 30 |
| Flower fund - - 1,003 1,003 1,706 | Flower fund - - 1,003 1,003 1,706 |
£ 30,009 £- £1,003 £31,012 £33,906 |
£ 30,009 £- £1,003 £31,012 £33,906 |
| £ £ £ £ £ 5. Investment income Dividends 2,411 - - 2,411 2,374 Interest 1,006 - - 1,006 733 |
£ £ £ £ £ Dividends 2,411 - - 2,411 2,374 Interest 1,006 - - 1,006 733 |
£3,417 £- £- £3,417 £3,107 £ £ £ £ £ 6. Church activities Church running expenses 15,020 12,058 124 27,202 16,189 Cost of services 1,664 - - 1,664 956 Administration 1,241 - - 1,241 1,791 Magazine 52 - 553 605 787 Flower fund - - 1,179 1,179 1,284 |
£3,417 £- £- £3,417 £3,107 £ £ £ £ £ Church running expenses 15,020 12,058 124 27,202 16,189 Cost of services 1,664 - - 1,664 956 Administration 1,241 - - 1,241 1,791 Magazine 52 - 553 605 787 Flower fund - - 1,179 1,179 1,284 |
£17,977 £12,058 £1,856 £31,891 £21,007 |
£17,977 £12,058 £1,856 £31,891 £21,007 |
7. Cost of generating funds |
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Ascension, Upton by Chester (registered charity number: 1131069).
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 4.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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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.
John McLintock FCA FCCA John MeLintock FCA FCCA 2 Windmill Rise 2 Windmill Rise Upton Upton Chester Chester
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