Parish of Padiham with Hapton and Padiham Green
Annual Report for 2020
Background
The Parochial Church Council (P.C.C.) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, Rev. Mark Jones, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church as set out in the Mission statement.
Parish Mission Statement
We, God’s people of the Parish of St. Leonard, Padiham, depending on the Holy Spirit, undertake to Worship God worthily, and to proclaim the Good News of His love shown to us in Jesus, our Saviour.
We will endeavour to develop spiritually and to bring more people to know Jesus. We will seek to serve both our church family and the local community. We will aim to work together with our fellow Christians both at local level and within the worldwide Christian Church.
Membership
Members of the Parochial Church Committee are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.
The PCC wishes to express it’s sadness at the death of St. Margaret’s member, Mrs. Gill Lamport who had served on the committee for several years up until February 2020.
During 2020, the following served as members of the P.C.C:-
Incumbent Rev. Canon M.A. Jones (Chairman) Curate Rev. C (Kit) Walker
Wardens Mr. R. Birch Mr. R. Smyth (Vice-chairman)
Diocesan Synod Members
Mr. J. Pendley Mrs. L. Trudgill
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Deanery Synod Representatives:- Mr. F.W. Birch Mr. G. Trudgill Mrs. K. Hudson
Elected members:-
St. Leonard’s
Mrs. C. Beattie 2022 Mrs. K. Proctor 2022 Dr. M Wright 2021 Mr. A. Summers 2023 Mr. J. Sellick/*2021 Mrs. R. Pickles 2021 Mrs. M. Morton 2022 Mr. J. Addison 2023
St. Margaret’s
Mrs. E. Geldard 2022 Mrs. K. Foreman 2023
Mrs. L. Hallas-Smith 2021 Mr. P. Lamport 2023
Years refer to date when period of office ends/re-election.
- Denotes Church Treasurer ** Denotes Parish Treasurer
The PCC is a charity, which is registered with the Charity Commission and is governed by the Church of England rules.
Committee
There were 2 main meetings of the PCC in 2020, due to Covid restrictions. The average level of attendance at meetings was 75%.
Finance Committee
The Incumbent, Parish Wardens, those who act as Wardens at the daughter church and all the treasurers meet from time to time to discuss Parish matters, such as the Parish Budget, before they are presented to the full PCC.
Church Committees
Each church has its own Church Committee, reports of which are published separately.
Electoral Roll
The revised roll has a total of 176 members.
St. Leonard’s has 137 on the roll, 84 resident in the parish and 53 non-resident. Since last year, 3 people are deceased, one has been removed at his request, and there are 4 new members.
St.Margaret’s has a total of 39 members, 31 resident and 8 non-resident. 3 additions and 2 deaths.
Fred Birch
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Secretary’s Report
Due in large part to the pandemic affecting us all during the last 12 months, activities for the PCC have been very limited this year. Only two meetings being held. Due to this, the main items discussed were the new and improved audio visual equipment at St. Leonard’s to enable on-line broadcasts of services via YouTube. This is due to be available in the early part of 2021. We hope this will be a great resource in the future. Other items discussed were the ongoing support of the CAP project in the borough and the development of a Padiham food bank in conjunction with St. Leonard’s school and others. Safeguarding is also a big priority in the parish and all church officers have to be updated in 2021.
Richard Birch
Treasurer’s report (See accounts at rear of booklet also)
Almost 70% of the PCC income comes from St. Leonard’s and St. Margaret’s churches. Fortunately both churches were able to pay their quota in full which helped us through the year. The cancellation of weddings during the year was reflected in a shortfall in fees.
Through the generosity of our congregations, the Gift Day held in February raised £7,326, which was used to pay some of the Curate’s costs, thereby reducing the amount that we had to withdraw from our assets
We continue to receive a regular income from our property in St. John’s Rd. and the income from advertising in the magazine almost covers the cost of printing. Any revenue raised by the sale of copies of the magazine is retained by each church.
The payment that we are required to make to the Diocese was considerably reduced this year. As we are designated to be in a deprived area, we received grants from the Diocese amounting to £21,110. This helped to reduce our Parish quota from £69,085 to £47,975. This year our Regular Weekly Attendance (based over 3 years) fell to 132 members (both churches), which means that we paid £532 to the Diocese for each regular attendee.
The Fee credits (£4,594) are the amounts that were paid back to churches following funerals. A similar amount (£4,738) was paid to the Diocese as fees – this will be used as a credit against our Parish Quota in 2022.
We continue to support our overseas partners (Alun and Debbie Burt) through Crosslinks with a regular contribution through the year amounting to £2,396
Whilst the reserves in our Deposit Fund increased only slightly, our shares in our Accumulation account increased in value by £10,371. This was in spite of the sudden drop in value during March / April.
Overall, over the year, our total assets increased by £9,456 to £235,457.
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CAP is a Deanery project, rather than a parish project but as Padiham Parish is the lead church, the accounts are held within the Parish accounts. The finances are held in two accounts - a current account for everyday transactions and a deposit account which, offers a very low interest rate but acts as a reserve for large donations. The income for CAP is derived essentially from grants and donations. The Diocese made an annual grant of £6,666 whilst donations (£7,386) came from various local churches and organisations. The major expenses that were incurred were essentially the salary, and expenses of the CAP Manager (£11,864) and the cost of the CAP organisation (£3,600). (This figure was a reduction on the normal fee of £7,200 due to inactivity caused by the Pandemic.)Over the year there was an income of £17,940 with expenditure on £17,924. The year-end balance was £4,990.
John Sellick (Treasurer)
Curate’s Report
How else can someone begin a report on 2020 then by at least expressing some relief that it is behind us. Last year presented greater challenges and more adaptation than I ever thought I would face in the length of my curacy. Yet, I am eternally grateful that our God and saviour, Jesus Christ, still reigns as King and has shown us new mercies every day of the past 12 months.
The year began well when we were joined by John and Wendy Graver, and the launch of CAP at the start of February. The year has been extremely taxing for John, and the CAP work he has been doing, but the work has continued nonetheless – as has the commitment of this parish and the other churches involved. In 2020 I have continued to oversee the CAP project as a whole, which John has made much easier by his vast wealth of experience in working for CAP. The involvement of other churches in the project has proven valuable in allowing John to have face to face meetings with clients at covid secure locations. The fund raising for the project has met with good success in 2020 and John committed an extensive amount of time to applying for grants. I have also been fortunate to secure follow-up donations from those who supported us initially.
While it is obvious that the pandemic forced changes in how John has operated as debt centre manager; it cannot be overstated how much extra time he has had to commit to dealing with each individual client because of forced changes in working practises.
The initial lockdown in March 2020 forced further changes in how we adapt much of church, and aspects of my role along with it.
I am pleased to have become somewhat adept at video recording, editing, uploading, and streaming – though I'm even more pleased to have better equipment installed and much younger persons to run it.
With face-to-face visits being almost entirely banned from March, and the unfortunate isolation that so many in our churches were forced to endure, many of us have rarely been so thankful for the existence of telephones. While seeking to coordinate a phone pals network to ensure that the church can support its members in
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every way (practically, emotionally, and spiritually) I was so encouraged and remained grateful to find that, without being asked, so many of my brothers and sisters in the parish were already offering the same support to one another.
After a necessary delay, I was ordained presbyter in September 2020 and I am hugely grateful to the members of this parish for their support – not least in putting up with watching it online rather than in person.
Throughout 2020 I have, to the best I've been able, continued my role of assisting the vicar in ministry. While there has been a distinct lack of baptisms, there have been a considerable number of funerals and, most importantly, the word ministry of the gospel continues in the face of all adversity. In all the plans we have for 2021, to continue the good that is already being done, a return to more normal life, and finding new ways to tell new people of the love of Jesus – I rest secure in the fact that all these plans are, of course, God willing!
Rev. Kit Walker
Safeguarding
Though 2020 saw a cessation of activities involving both our younger and more vulnerable church members, this provided an opportunity to review the current DBS certification of our group leaders.
As all group leaders as well as PCC members must hold a valid DBS certificate, April/May 2021 will see a drive to renew all certificates in anticipation of the beginning of our regular programme of church activities.
Claire Beattie
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