## **Parish of Padiham with Hapton and Padiham Green** ## **Annual Report for 2022** ## **Background** The Parochial Church Council (P.C.C.) has the responsibility of co-op **e** rating with the incumbent, Rev. Mark Jone **s** , in promoting in the ecclesiastical pa **r** ish, the whole mission of the Church as set **o** ut in the Mission statement. ## **Parish Mission Statement** We, God’s people of the Pari **s** h of St. Leonard, Padiham, depending on the Holy Spirit, undertake to Worship God w **o** rthily, and to proclaim the Good News of His love shown to us in Jesus, our Saviour. We will endeavour to develo **p** spiritually and to bring more people to **k** now Jesus. We will seek to serve both our **c** hurch family and the local community. We will aim to work together with our fello **w** Christians both at local level and withi **n** the worldwide Christian Church. ## **Membership** Members of the Parochial C **h** urch Committee are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. During 2022, the following s **e** rved as members of the P.C.C:- **Incumbent** Rev. Canon M. **A** . Jones (Chairman) **Curate** Rev. C (Kit) W **a** lker (up to September 2022) **Wardens** Mr. R. Birch Mr. R. Smyth ( **V** ice-chairman) **Diocesan Synod Members** Mr. J. Pendley Mrs. L. T **r** udgill Mr. J. Dell. **Deanery Synod Representatives:-** Mr. F.W. Birch Mr. G. T **r** udgill Mrs. K. Hudson 1 **Elected members:St. Leonard’s** Mrs. C. Beattie 2025 Mrs. K. Proctor 2025 M. Heaton 2024 Mr. A. Summers 2023 Mr. J. Sellick*/**2024 Mrs. R. Pickles 2024 Mrs. M. Morton 2025 Mr. J. Addison 2023 **St. Margaret’s** Mrs. E. Geldard 2025 Mrs. K. Foreman 2023 Mr. P. Lamport 2023 Mrs. L. Birbeck 2024 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 4 main meetings of the PCC in 2022. The average level of attendance at meetings was 66%. ## **Finance Committee** The Incumbent, Parish Wardens, those who act as Wardens at the daughter church and 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 185 members. St.Leonard's has 142 on the roll, 91 resident in the parish, and 51 non-resident. Since last year, 5 people are deceased, 2 have been removed and there are 11 new members. St.Margaret's has a total of 43 members, 36 resident in the parish and 7 non-resident. There has been 1 death, 1 removal and 3 new members. Fred Birch 2 ## **Secretary’s Report** There were four main PCC meetings held in 2022, thankfully all in person, not via Zoom! Items under discussion during the year included the Living in Love & Faith initiative from the Diocese, the appointment of a second debt coach to assist John Graver with our extremely busy CAP office and development of our Parish Food Bank. Discussions were held regarding applying for a new curate in 2023 to replace our colleague, Rev. Kit Walker, but this is unlikely to happen this year. A Parish Youth provision group was set up this year with events aimed at encouraging young people to engage and remain engaged in church. We have been very encouraged by the involvement by some of them in our on-line streaming of services throughout this year.Later in the year discussions took place on the possible employment of a Youth & Family Worker and we hope to finalise this in early 2023. Richard Birch **Treasurer’s report** (See accounts at rear of booklet also) The Parochial Church Council (commonly known as the PCC) is the legal organisation responsible for our two churches. Each of the churches run their own accounts, with the PCC account used to take care of common expenses, such as clergy costs and payments to the Diocese, etc. It also receives income from fees, rent from our property and other outside sources. It is also responsible for reporting the assets of other organisations within the umbrella of the PCC. e.g. The Food Bank and Christians Against Poverty (CAP). The PCC is only responsible for the administration of the CAP account; their own management committee is responsible for the fundraising, etc. on behalf of the Deaneries. Before I report on the main activities of the PCC, I am going to refer briefly to the Food Bank and the CAP accounts. The Food Bank started the year with a healthy reserve of **£4,272** which was bolstered by donations and grants totalling just over £4.500. The cost of food purchased over the year to maintain stocks amounted to £3,266, leaving a year end total of **£5,762.** CAP added an extra member to the staff during the year which accounts for the increase in costs compared to the previous year. The CAP account received donations and grants totalling **£29,420** (£21,581) Salary and expenses of the CAP Manager and assistant totalled **£17,034** (£12,471), together with administration costs of the CAP organisation of **£8,250** (£7,200). An additional **£3,395** (£482) was spent on food. Non income items were specific amounts given to clients from an organisation called Acts 435 with £300 still outstanding. The Gold account holds a larger amount of money (attracting interest) until it is required. The year finished with a total of **£8,673** (£6,473) in the CAP account. Moving onto the PCC accounts, I am again able to present a positive report. As you will appreciate, 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 3 totalling **£62,071** (£62,053) in full, which helped us through the year. Fees for weddings and funerals rose against the previous year to **£7,550** (£5,911). We continue to receive a regular income of **£7,080** from our property in St. John’s Rd. and the income of **£1,155** (£935) from advertising in our magazine is used to offset 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 **£18,377** . This helped to reduce our Parish quota from £66,263 to **£47,886** (£42.924). The Curate’s costs were considerably less than anticipated at **£3,016** (£19.407) due to his departure in August. Maintenance costs of **£2,335** ( £2,740) for our property in St. John’s Road were in line with expectations We continue to support our overseas partners (Alun and Debbie Burt) through Crosslinks, with a regular contribution through the year amounting to almost **£3,000** (£2,396). Fee credits (income from Weddings and funerals) to the value of **£7,493** (£5,516) were returned to both churches. There was an overall fall in the value of our investments of **£11,356,** due to international events, giving a total value of **£119,693** (similar the value in 2020). In conclusion, the basic PCC account fell slightly to **£241,021** (£245,439). The addition of the Food Bank and CAP accounts has increased this to make our total assets **£255,536** (£256,183). Of this, **£14,515** was restricted and **£113,934** was designated. In conclusion I would like to thank our examiner Ian Todd, for examining our extended accounts and also for the invaluable help in securing the numerous advertisers who support our Parish Magazine. I’d also like to thank Richard Birch for his help authenticating the many payments that I make online throughout the year. ## **Reserves Policy** The PCC has reviewed the parish’s needs for reserves in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission. Whilst the bible clearly indicates that we should not hoard, it is also clear that sensible planning should take place to account for known future areas of expenditure, volatility in the costs of unavoidable expenditure and potential risks in terms of future levels of Parish Share. Whilst each individual church has delegated budgetary responsibility for the day-to-day expenditure within the churches, the PCC budget has primary responsibility for parish-wide expenditure, including central administration costs, the maintenance of 5 St John’s Road, the payment of Parish Share and any parish staff costs. The CAP service and Parish Foodbank are also supported by the Parish Treasurer although separate accounts are held for each of these entities. It is the policy of thePCC to hold free reserves equivalent to a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 months annual expenditure and this will be held as unrestricted funds. In addition, the PCCaims to hold designated reserves sufficient to cover the costs of planned commitments for expenditure on parish staffing, along with two additional 4 reserves of £10,000 (emergency building maintenance grant fund) and £20,000 (carbon neutral target fund). For the future, the PCC will also consider allocating reserves as necessary to cover any other non-revenue expense linked to the mission of the church going forward. In terms of planned expenditure on staffing (Family Worker), this currently equates to the sum of £80,000 over 3 years (including a 20% contingency to cover for failure to attract grants and end of contract costs). As at 31[st] December 2022, the level of unrestricted reserves stood at £140,015 which is equivalent to 22.21 monthsof free reserves. However, at present the PCC is not meeting its aim to hold sufficient designated reserves to meet planned future expenditure. It is proposed therefore that £110,000 be transferred from unrestricted funds into the designated reserves identified above. This will leave £30,015 in unrestricted funds - equivalent to 4.76 months of free reserves. John Sellick ## **Christians Against Poverty** Christians Against Poverty (CAP) was set up in 1996 and currently has over 600 debt centres nationwide. Its purpose is to offer free debt advice and to support clients to become debt free. CAP also offers a variety of courses; CAP Money to help with budgeting, CAP Life Skills to help with basic life skills and CAP Job Clubs to help find employment. Currently 14 million people in the UK are living in poverty. Poverty is so much more than going without. Poverty destroys lives and robs people of joy, hope and opportunity. It tears families apart and leads to isolation. ## Burnley Debt Centre Burnley Debt centre was launched in January 2020 with John Graver as Debt Centre Manager working 3 days a week. During the Lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 John continued to work with clients through phone appointments until he was allowed to meet with them again in person. In July 2022 Katy Oehring was employed as a Debt Coach working 2 days a week. Currently we have the capacity to work with 72 families a year. We are currently supporting 67 families. We have worked with approaching 200 families in the past 3 years. 28 are now debt free with an additional 6 in the process. We run four regular drop ins where people come for basic advice and information about Debt and the service CAP can offer. One at the Burnley Community Grocery, One twice a month at the Job Centre in Burnley and two more in Nelson and Colne. We are also trained to deliver CAP Money, which is a three-session budgeting course. If participants need additional support with debts afterwards they have automatic access to our Debt Advisors at head office. We can also deliver an age-appropriate version in schools. In the next year we will be partnering with a CAP Life Skills course being run from Life Church Burnley. Life Skills is a group where people learn practical money saving techniques, such as cooking on a budget and making their money go further. There is a natural process for those who have been seen through the Debt Centre to be offered a place on the course. 5 ## What we do Clients can self-refer through calling a ‘0800’ number which takes them through to the New Enquiries Team at Head Office in Bradford. They are then given an appointment with a local Debt Coach. In Burnley we have started a triage system where we make initial contact within a week of referral and offer basic advice. We can also offer up to three emergency food shops, phone top ups and fuel vouchers. We can also support purchasing school uniform and small white goods. This is from a central fund given to CAP by donors, the food shops are topped up by funds raised by our Debt Centre. As debt coaches we are trained and authorised by CAP to support clients in the process of becoming debt free. We will visit the client in their home with a Befriender. This benefits those clients who find travelling to appointments difficult. Whether that’s due to financial restrictions or health conditions, many of our clients suffer from anxiety. Over the course of 3 appointments, we gain a clear picture of their situation and the best way to help them through it. Although the model is based on 3 visits, we will often see clients more than this to ensure they have gathered all the correct information and to help them with queries from head office. The initial meeting is to introduce the debt coach to the client, explain the process and leave them with a list of information required for the next Visit. The second appointment is when we collect all the information needed by our debt advisors at head office to formulate a financial statement, a budget and give an advised route out of debt. The third visit is when the head office Debt Advice team will have created a detailed budget and plan. We present this and the different options to get out of debt and advise which one CAP thinks is best for them. We spend time making sure that the client understands the advice given to them. At this point the case is handed over to the relevant department at CAP head office for continuous support. Head Office in Bradford has over 200 staff, including Debt Advisors and Counsellors. Our befrienders are able to offer additional support when needed, often attending local foodbanks with them, sitting with them whilst they make phone calls and celebrating with them when they become debt free. Many befrienders stay in touch with clients for years afterwards. We know that debt is often a symptom of other issues but also creates additional problems, particularly isolation. Befrienders are able to help with this, if the client wants to engage. Rev. John Graver ## **Food Bank** Overall, it has been a very busy year for the foodbank. The number of parcels given out has increased significantly. To help address growing need we have been given several grants and fortunately have had lots of support from individuals, businesses and other organisations. We have 19 regular volunteers who carry our various roles within the foodbank from distributing the food, collecting donations, setting up the foodbank on Thursdays and fundraising. Ideally, it would be beneficial to have more volunteers moving forward. 6 Two events have been held for service users during the last year including a BBQ in the summer and a Turkey buttie event in December. As the foodbank continues to grow we need to think carefully about the best way to move forward. Kate Proctor ## **Safeguarding** Safeguarding continues to underpin all our church activities encompassing our Under 18 groups as well as those involving the more vulnerable members of our community. We must remember, that, from time to time, we will all fall into the vulnerable category therefore this role is challenging due to the variety of concerns that can arise. Over the last 12 months, advice has been sought by a number of people in regards to Safeguarding. These have included welfare concerns, potential domestic abuse concerns, and general safeguarding concerns. All this has been dealt with in confidence and respectfully, and has, in the main, involved signposting, however sometimes just a friendly ear with which to share worries, has been needed. The introduction of a Parish Dashboard on which to store Parish policies is an admin project to be tackled this year. No personal information is stored in this area; it is merely a repository for our documentation, making it easier to access. There will be a request for current group information to ensure records are up-to-date, so if you are a group leader, I will be contacting you shortly. DBS checks are up-to-date and it will now be easier to carry out the checks due to changes in the procedures. Less paperwork will be needed to accompany an application, which will make it easier for all involved. ## Claire Beattie ## **Deanery Synod** Burnley Deanery Synod met twice in 2022 and the Standing Committee also met. In March, Sarah Earnshaw, Diocesan Children’s Work Advisor, spoke about the place of Baptism and Confirmation in our mission. Baptism is the beginning of a child’s journey with God and she stressed it is important that we make families welcome, both on the day and afterwards, keep in touch and mark anniversaries. Research shows that 70% of people come to faith before the age of 18 and 60% have moved away from faith before the age of 18, particularly at the ages of 11,14 and 18. Confirmation needn’t always happen in church, but needs to be meaningful and offer an opportunity for children to ask questions. The Rev’d John Graver gave an update on the work of CAP. The speaker at our September meeting was Joy Rushton, Being Witness Manager for the Diocese, who filled us in on the latest initiatives. 7 Our Area Dean and Lay Chair continue to be involved in meetings with the Archdeacon regarding ongoing clergy vacancies in Burnley Deanery and have had several MFF (Mission and Financial Flourishing) meetings concerning future planning for the whole of our Deanery. These meetings include Carolyn Barton, the Diocesan Vision Champion Co-ordinator. Lynne Trudgill, Deanery Synod Rep. ## **Pastoral Group** The Pastoral Team comprises Canon Mark Jones, Lynne Trudgill, LLM (licenced to the Bishop); Elaine Geldard, Grahame Trudgill, David Edmondson and Julie Sidhu, ALM’s (licensed to the vicar). We continue to meet approximately every 3/4 months to go through the list of Home and Sick Communions and discuss who is to do which visits. The team works throughout the parish, and with parishioners from other churches in the care homes, if requested. Our aim continues to be to take communion to former members of our churches who are now housebound or in poor health, and those in care homes, once a month if possible. We are still mindful of individual care home rules in the lingering aftermath of Covid, and take personal precautions. Sadly, we have lost several people, but give thanks for their lives of faith. As at December 2022, there were 1 individuals on our list, and several care homes. I would like to thank all on the team on your behalf for the work they do in our parish. Grahame Trudgill 8 PCC OF THE EcaESIATh PARISH OF PADIHAM WTTH HAPTONAND PADIHAM GREEN S Sl. John's Ro*J, Path The •stimatad markal volue oltrxs l¥tyJs0 on 15th 2019.. £10)6 in Chufch In l D05unqted) V4lufr Ctyh V4wJ Parnh FuThJ- Gonoral pur￿)08$ Nv.o15hw 523.28 £27.738 19 162U Tth 2149J6 125.3S8 8hw¢ th at 31n2tr2 nce per8horè) (Unrestrkted) B•K•r 8•lan 8•i•n lit J*h Y2 31st D•c 31￿￿21 P*Jham St.L•onard8 PCC IT43D) (CCL4 2.181 29 75 J Bank 40 645 8.673 4.272 5.4Z6 3,856 5.842 FaThE￿Wel￿ Food 8•n* knvokesof£6(Klat ai# 2021 Ufjresthrtod Cash at 8anks ch￿￿h D• $tt Fmnd CINw¢h Inv•slrn•nt Fund Hou5• Totsl PCC Cash At B•nk￿4ddII Accowts Trf 20,729 5,759 20.729 5.759 113.934 I(￿,6(￿} 13.797 113.934 125,358 I(￿.6 245Aa9 10744 2S6.183 i(x).E 127.087 14.515 14.515 14515 127.087 113,934 J GSolll(k // 1113/i2 ,13/z7 Fw¥J 2.071 7.59) 62.071 7.5 62,L￿3 5911 IrKom6 Irom F4Jnefats, elc. Sl. 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Todd Indepenent Examiner Signed Date Padiham Parish CAP Accounts 2022 Recelpts. Current Non Income Restrlcted Fund Raising Planned Giving Donations Grants Misc Interest 2021 155 302 14457 6667 1.362 10.796 18.356 Totsl 30.787 Non income 21S81 690 2,035 32,822 Transfer from Gold Acct Tol* IncJ Bank 40 645 8.673 4.272 5.4Z6 3,856 5.842 FaThE￿Wel￿ Food 8•n* knvokesof£6(Klat ai# 2021 Ufjresthrtod Cash at 8anks ch￿￿h D• $tt Fmnd CINw¢h Inv•slrn•nt Fund Hou5• Totsl PCC Cash At B•nk￿4ddII Accowts Trf 20,729 5,759 20.729 5.759 113.934 I(￿,6(￿} 13.797 113.934 125,358 I(￿.6 245Aa9 10744 2S6.183 i(x).E 127.087 14.515 14.515 14515 127.087 113,934 J GSolll(k // 1113/i2 ,13/z7 Fw¥J 2.071 7.59) 62.071 7.5 62,L￿3 5911 IrKom6 Irom F4Jnefats, elc. Sl. 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Ildlw5 M•int•ln1n￿ •nd expenses 47.6WS 47m6 3.016 42.514 19, 4,784 818 120 l366 2J55 2.JJS 2,74) Sundryiaerltal Chwlty GI￿ry (Lent rt¢l Ol*as Missian In¥Ur￿Ce premlurnsl8uMlws & LI￿111￿￿1 B￿d￿nd/web sitè M•i•ilne 2.599 1.164 829 L164 392 2.596 320 326 1.159 1.159 1.195 144 Id¢wiim •tcl Fee Credlls 7,493 7,493 41 5.516 Gf•nts subT4￿ •4ynX 74929 m9 417 Trnnshrto C¥rnentA¢w￿I Tr•nsferto Gdd 19 l9J2 11797 13.Tr7 12.U4 AP 6h73 4J02 rotsi F￿&ll 31 Il•r22 $15 35244 Padiham Parish Food Bank Statement of Accounts 2022 Income Fund Raising Donations Grants Regular Glvlng Misc 103 1,681 2.872 120 Sub Total 4.776 650 5.426 Vouchers Total Pa Food/ Toiletries stst/ Misc 3,266 19 3,285 571 3,856 TOTAL Vouchers Totsi Cash at Bank at 1st January 4,272 Excess l Deficit {-) of Receipts over Paymei 1,490 Petty cash Cash at Bank 31st Dec Unspent Vouchers 5,762 79 Accounts prepared by: J.G. Sellick PCC Treasurer Signed Date Accounts checked by: l. Todd Indepenent Examiner Signed Date Padiham Parish CAP Accounts 2022 Recelpts. Current Non Income Restrlcted Fund Raising Planned Giving Donations Grants Misc Interest 2021 155 302 14457 6667 1.362 10.796 18.356 Totsl 30.787 Non income 21S81 690 2,035 32,822 Transfer from Gold Acct Tol* Inc