## **The Parish Church of All Saints, Stand Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** ## **Administrative Information** All Saints, Stand is part of the Diocese of Manchester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: Stand Rectory, 32 Church Lane, Whitefield, and Manchester M45 7NF. Bankers Details: Barclays Leicester LE87 2BB The Independent Examiner of the Accounts is: Angela Fletcher The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission 1131227 and each member of the PCC is a Trustee. The function of the PCC includes co-operation with the Minister in promoting in the parish the mission of the church, pastoral, social, evangelistic and ecumenical. Chair: - Revd Elizabeth Binns PCC Members from APCM 2024- APCM 2025 ||Name|Position|When
elected|Term
Ends| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Revd. Elizabeth Binns|Priest in Charge||| |||||| ||Chris. Dodd|Warden|2021|| |||||| ||Judith Ellis|PCC Secretary|Ex Oficio|| |||||| |1|Chris. Haworth|DeanerySynod|2023|2026| |2|David Davies|DeanerySynod|2023|2026| |3|Gail Branch|DeanerySynod|2023|2026| |4|PhilipWharmby|DeanerySynod|2023|2026| |||||| |1|Ian Orrell||2024|2027| |2|Allan Atkins||2024|2027| |---|---|---|---|---| |3|Neil Nelson|Safeguarding|2024|2027| |4|Sue Orrell||2024|2027| |5|Jackie Pearson||2023|2026| |6|Lynda Hinton||2023|2026| |7|Mandi Davies||2023|2026| |8|Susan Cahal||2023|2026| |9|Joyce Lomax||2023|2026| |10|Glenda Hegg||2023|2026| |11|Christine North||2024|2027| |12|Vacant|||| **Number of lay representatives at APCM 2025 and beyond** The APCM of 2020 agreed that PCC members be elected for 3 years, with the option of being re-elected for a further 3 years and then a year off. This should allow continuity and learning especially for new PCC members. The number of lay representatives for 2025-26 is 12 the number of Deanery Synod members for 2023-26 is 4 **Church Statistics** there are 121 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, of whom approximately 32% live outside the parish. Statistics in the form submitted to Parish Returns of the Church of England **.** |Event|2024|2023|2022| |---|---|---|---| |Attendance Christmas|272|221|191| |Attendance Easter|224|314|149| |Average Week, October|82|97|91| |Average Weekly Attendance Adults
(October)|66|91|88| |Average Weekly Attendance
Children(October)|16|16|3| |---|---|---|---| |Average Usual Sunday|72|66|61| |Average Usual Sunday Adults
Average Usual SundayChildren|64
8|59
7|57
4| |Average Usual Wednesday|15|15|| |Baptisms|12|40|26| |Weddings|6|7|7| |Wedding Blessing|1||3| |Funerals|16|14|23| |Burial of Ashes|26|21|20| Easter includes: Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Easter Day Christmas includes: Christmas Eve, Crib service, Christmas Day October includes: Harvest This is the third time I have had to sit down and write “ _The Vicar’s Report”_ for the APCM and all of a sudden, I am very conscious that I will only be writing two more after this one, because things are changing. Yes, things are changing, and WE need to be ready to change with them. The capitals are deliberate because WE all know this, but WE [including myself] don’t really like to think about it too much. The church, whether small c or big C tends not to be keen on change and when it does come it does not manage it well. Perhaps change is especially challenging when, as most of us are, we are fairly satisfied with how things are here at Stand. At least I hope that is true! I don’t think any of us are claiming that we are perfect or that our way is the only way, but we are, most of the time, a happy church. Neither am I saying that I am the best priest you could possibly have [feel free to disagree]! However, I do believe that I have been the right priest for this time and will, God and Bishop David willing, be so for the next two years. Together we have made Stand that happy place. And that is wonderful, it is special and [sadly] it is rarer in churches than we might think. Still, as I said, that may make the future even more challenging. So, like it or not, at this point on our journey, we must start planning for the future, which means that we have to ask and answer some big questions: 1. What are the things we could do better at Stand now? 2. How can we make this church more relevant to the wider community? 3. How do we prepare for a future where we may not have “our own priest”? 4. What can we do to make the Mission Community a more integrated part of our church life? 5. What can WE do – that’s you, me and all of us to support our church. 6. And, most importantly, what can WE do to help someone hear the good news of Jesus Christ? These questions are my thoughts, there will be others and probably better ones because things will keep changing as time and circumstances develop. Now at this point, just like you, I don’t really know what the future is going to be, but we can take some educated guesses based on what we know: - We know that clergy vacancies are taking longer to fill, and that the Diocese has made no secret of the fact that the number of stipendiary clergy must be reduced. So, even though here at Stand we have grown and met [even exceeded] diocesan targets set for increased attendance it may not be enough to secure a full-time priest. - We know that the Church of England is going through a difficult time for which there can be few/no excuses. There may well be changes in Safeguarding and other areas which we will have to implement but we also need to understand that most people in this country no longer look on the Church with reverence or even respect. And I really think this gives us in the _small c church_ a further challenge to demonstrate that we are caring, capable and relevant. - We know that in this diocese the development and influence of Mission Communities will continue and also, that more of what we do will not just be about US at Stand. Sometimes our priorities will be in and for the Mission Community. If we can all play our part our Mission Community has the potential to develop into a group which is supportive and meaningful for all of us but to do that WE have to support it and make it meaningful to us. - We know that our wonderful building will continue to be a source of pride and of problems in fairly equal measure and that on top of all the repairs we really are going to have to get our heads round Eco Church. - We know that there is a big push by the Church and the Diocese to get young people in our churches and again, we have to look at this seriously and respond. But please, please remember that whatever our age we are valued and valuable. We are, after all, All God’s Children! Well, I think I have probably depressed you enough now, so let’s put the challenges and problems aside for a moment and let’s be well, yes, a little selfsatisfied… Because YOU are wonderful people who bring joy and happiness to our church, and you certainly bring joy and happiness to me. You have changed my life for the better and I thank you for that. And I thank you also for the privilege of sharing your journey. So please, have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and have faith in yourselves. Yours in Christ THE REVEREND ELIZABETH A. BINNS PRIEST IN CHARGE ## **Parochial Council of All Saints' Church, Stand Statement of Financial Activities For the Year Ending 31 December 2024** |**Notes**
**Incoming Resources**
CR
**Voluntary income**
1
**Income from church activities**
2
**Activities for generating funds**
3
**Income from investments**
4
**Other incoming resources**
5
**Total incoming resources**
Check
**Resources Expended**
DR
**Fund Raising Trading Costs**
6
**Church Activities**
7
**Total resources expended**
check
**Net Incoming (Outgoing) Resources**
**Losses/Gains on Investments**
**Gross Transfers**
**Net Movement in Funds**
**Balances B/Fwd Jan 1st 2024**
**Balances C/Fwd December 31st 2024**
Check
diff|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2024**
**2023**
244553.40
59922.10
304475.50
73163.30
36648.00
36648.00
34865.00
7486.31
7486.31
18306.09
8997.71
3252.60
12250.31
9371.41
7105.48
7105.48
0.00| |---|---| ||297685.42
70280.18
0.00
367965.60
135705.80| ||297685.42
70280.18
640.65
4131.14
4771.79
10206.23
298997.25
17.00
299014.25
145172.48| ||299637.90
4148.14
0.00
303786.04
155378.71| ||299637.90
4148.14
-1952.48
66132.04
0.00
64179.56
-19672.91
185263.61
185263.61
18162.86
10327.66
-10327.66| ||8375.18
55804.38
185263.61
249443.17
-1510.05
313863.91
26998.37
259371.16
600233.44
601743.49| ||322239.09
82802.75
444634.77
849676.61
600233.44| ||322239.09
82802.75
444634.77
849676.61
600233.44
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00| 06/06/202514:01:46 Page 1 ] ## **Parochial Council of All Saints' Church, Stand** ## **Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2024** ||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|**Endowment**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Notes**|**Funds**||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2024**|**2023**|| |**Fixed Assets**|||||||| |Church Hall|120000.00||||120000.00|120000.00|| |Investments||||444634.77|444634.77|259371.16|£175000 Bequest balance plus| ||120000.00||0.00|444634.77|564634.77|379371.16|| |||\|||||| |**Current Assets**|||||||| |**Debtors**|4467.25||56.25||4523.50|5307.25|| |**Bank Accounts**|||||||| |Restoration A/c|||74391.18||74391.18|21575.94|Heyworth Bequest| |COIF A/c|||222.07||222.07|208.56|| |Gen A/c|8825.93||||8825.93|5221.52|| |General Bonus A/c|169225.49||||169225.49|165412.41|| |Church Hall|0.00||||0.00|0.00|| |Designated A/c|259.65||||259.65|255.80|| |HIBA|481.53||||481.53|474.39|| |Holy Toast café|||8133.25||8133.25|5157.62|| |BPA Trust 1& 2|20160.95||||20160.95|18253.29|| |**Total bank**|198953.55||82746.50|0.00|281700.05|216559.53|| |Total Assets|203420.80||82802.75|0.00|286223.55|221866.78|| |**Liabilities**|||||||| |Creditors: amounts falling due in one|||||||| |year|1181.71||0.00|0.00|1181.71|1004.50|| |**Net Current Assets**|1181.71||0.00|0.00|285041.84|220862.28|| |**Total Assets less current liabilities**|322239.09||82802.75|444634.77|849676.61|600233.44|| |**Creditors - amounts falling due**|||||||| |**after one year**|0.00||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|| |**Total Net Assets**|**322239.09**||**82802.75**|**444634.77**|**849676.61**|**600233.44**|| ||||||||| |**Total Funds from SOFA**|**322239.09**||**82802.75**|**444634.77**|**849676.61**|**600233.44**|| Accounts approved by the Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Stand on [Date] and signed on its behalf by [Christine Haworth] **diff 0.00** 0.00 0.00 0.00 06/06/202514:01:46 Page 2 ## **Parochial Council of All Saints' Church, Stand** ## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities - Incoming Resources Incoming Resources** |**Nominal**
**A/c no**
**Note 1Voluntary Income**
Planned Giving
26
Gift Aided Giving
27
Tax recovered
28
Collection from plate
30
Donations and appeals
32
Grants
33
Legacies
34
**Note 2Income from Church activities**
Fees Weddings/Funerals/Monuments
39
Fees Music/Heritage
40
Church Hall lettings
41
Church Hire
70
**Note 3Activities for generating funds**
Fund Raising
35
Holy Toast Café
35
Magazine Sales
36
Magazine Advertisments
37
**Note 4Income from Investments**
Dividends and interest
38
**Note 5Other Incoming Resources**
29
**Total Incoming Resources**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024**
**2023**
**CHANGES BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024**

2875.00
2875.00
4576.10Weekly envelope donations reduced

45821.63
900.00
46721.63
45366.20Monthly Donations into the bank.

13252.70
225.00
13477.70
13412.86Tax refund on gift aided donations

3119.41
3119.41
4636.72Weekly services cash reduced

4484.66
4484.66
5171.42Donations plus via Payaz machine baptisms in 2024 reduced-

0.00
0.00
0.00

175000.00
58797.10
233797.10
0.00Heyworth Legacy
**244553.40**
**59922.10**
**304475.50**
**73163.30**

14866.00
14866.00
12604.00Weddings, funerals and BOA plus monuments

0.00
0.00
0.00

21277.00
21277.00
21756.00Alyson Livesey £17627 Painting £3650

505.00
505.00
505.00Concerts in church
**36648.00**
**0.00**
**36648.00**
**34865.00**

5111.10
5111.10
2929.15Nickies Concerts £2630 - Duck Race £200 - Plants £632. Wedding packag

7105.48
7105.48
13595.88Café

1285.21
1285.21
1557.06

1090.00
1090.00
224.002022 included £540 for 2023
**7486.31**
**7105.48**
**14591.79**
**18306.09**

8997.71
3252.60
12250.31
9371.41interest received on Bequest before transfer to Trust
**8997.71**
**3252.60**
**12250.31**
**9371.41**

**0.00**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**297685.42**
**70280.18**
**367965.60**
**135705.80**| |---|---| 06/06/202514:01:46 Page 3 ## **Parochial Council of All Saints' Church, Stand Detailed Statement of Financial Activities - Resources Expended Resources Expended** |**Nominal **
**A/c No**
**Note 6**
**Fund Raising Trading Costs**
Fundraising Trading Costs
**61**
Fundraising Costs Holy Toast Caf
**61**
**Appendix to Note 6**
All Fund Raising has been received net of cos
and is accounted for in the Fund Raising Acco
**Note 7**
**Church activities**
Parish Share
**44**
Clergy Expenses
**45**
Rectory Costs
**47**
Church running costs
**48**
Church Maintenance
**49**
Upkeep of Services
**50**
Upkeep of churchyard
**51**
Church Hall running Costs
**52**
Organists
**62**
CYF Worker
**72**
Weekly Envelopes
**43**
Cost of Magazine
**53**
Administration
**54**
Support Costs
**55**
Bank Charges
**56**
Loan Interest
**57**
Donations
**58**
Restricted Costs
**59**
Charitable giving - home
**60**
Fixtures and Fittings
**68**
2026 Celebration Project
**72**
Major Works
**65**
Investment
**3**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024**
**2023**
**Diffs between 2023 and 2024**
640.65
640.65
936.51
4131.14
4131.14
9269.72Reduced openings
**640.65**
**4131.14**
**4771.79**
**10206.23**
ts
unt.
57000.00
57000.00
55000.00Agreed Parish share after Discussio and Agreement meeting
2111.97
2111.97
1723.94donation towards new robes
0.00
0.00
0.00
24729.46
24729.46
18578.13
12700.04
12700.04
170.00
2579.76
2579.76
6385.80Service Books, all services now covered - Projector £385
239.85
239.85
18264.092023 - storm damage. Tree Work and Burst Water
5994.79
5994.79
8879.07
6970.00
6970.00
6905.00
0.00
0.00
156.25
156.25
149.14
2530.00
2530.00
2805.00
7540.13
7540.13
4918.32Risk Assessment - Licences - Cabinet - Photocopier
30.00
30.00
196.99
17.00
17.00
0.00Holy Toast a/c
0.00
0.00
25.00
25.00
75.00Gtr M/c Preservation Soc
0.00
0.00
1390.00
1390.00
1430.00CAP/ Pantry/ Poor Whiteield
0.00
1260.00
0.00
960.00
0.00
17472.00No major works
175000
175000.00
0.00
**298997.25**
**17.00**
**299014.25**
**145172.48**
Insurance Church and Hall £8800 - Gas/elec/water £7860 - Carillion £210 -
Lightning Conductor £222 - Service :- PAT, Bells - Handrail £1480 Organ £612
plus security
Bell Ropes £1400 Boiler £1680 Roof £1320 Decroation £6500 Toilet £360 LEDS
£460| |---|---| ## **Note 8 Other payments** No other payments or personal expenses were paid to any PCC member or persons closely connected to them or other related parties. This does not include reimbursement of expenditure where a PCC member was acting as an agent for operational purchases on behalf of the Church. The cost of the independent examination in the year and in the prior year was £200. The Church had no employees in the year or the prior year **Total Resources Expended 299637.90 4148.14 303786.04 155378.71** 06/06/202514:01:46 Page 4 ## **Parochial Council of All Saints' Church, Stand Detailed Balance Sheet** |**Detailed Balance Sheet**|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Fixed Assets**|Nominal a/c No||| |**(a) Tangible**|||| |Church Hall|1|120000.00|\| |||120000.00|| |**(b) Investments**|||| |Investment Trusts CBF|25|393094.42|| |Investment Trusts CCLA|25|51540.35|| |||444634.77|| |**Debtors (Unrestricted Funds)**|3||| ||HMRC|3212.80|| |Alyson|Livesey|1180.00|| |Manchester|Diocese|74.45|| |||4467.25|| |**Debtors (Restricted Funds)**|3||| |HMRC||56.25|| |||56.25|| |Total Debtors||4523.50|| ## **Liabilities** ## **Amounts falling due in one year ( 2024) Unrestricted Funds** |21
Water Plus
British Gas
Corona Energy
**Amounts falling Due in one year (2024) Restricted Funds**
21
Total Creditors|122.66
822.47
236.58| |---|---| ||1181.71| ||0.00| ||0.00| ||1181.71| ## **Funds** The restricted funds comprises the Restoration Fund, Holy Toast Restoration Fund and the COIF Account. The Restoration funds contains funds raised and grants received for the Restoration of the Church Building. The restricted debtor relates to the restoration fund. |**Fund movements**
Balance at 1st January 2024
Incoming resources
Resources expended
Balance at 31st December 2024
**Analysis of Net Assets**
Tangible fixed assets
Investment Fixed assets
Current assets
Debtors
Cash
**Liabilities**
Amounts falling due in one year Unrestricted
Amounts falling due in one year Restricted|**Restoration Fund**
21575.94
60635.24
-7820.00
74391.18
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
120000.00
4467.25
56.25
198953.55
82746.50
-1181.71
0.00|**COIF A/c**
208.56
13.51
0.00
222.07
**Trust**
**Funds**
444634.77




444634.77|5157.62
7123.77
-4148.14
**Holy Toast**
**Restoration**| |---|---|---|---| ||||8133.25| ||||| ||322239.09
82802.75||| Page 5 06/06/202514:01:46 ## **ALL SAINTS - STAND - Charities 2024** *** Direct to Charities not through PCC account** |**Charities not through PCC account**|**Charities not through PCC account**|**Charities not through PCC account**| |---|---|---| |Leprosy *
56.23
Alzheimers
410.00
Childrens Society Christingle Service
252.90
Childrens Society - Boxes
378.50
**Via PCC Accounts**
Needy families
600.00
Christians Against Poverty £20 per month
240.00
The Pantry - £50 per month
600.00
2537.63||| |||2537.63| Page 8 Independent examinerfs report to the PCC of All Saints,. Stand I report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 1 and 2. is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2008 {Ihe Regulations.) and section 43 of the Charrties Act 1993 ("the Act") Respective responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. You consider that the audit requirement of the Regulations and section 43(2) of the Act do not apply. It is my responsibility to issue this report on those financial statements in accordan￿ with the terms of the Regulations. Basis of thls report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 43(7)(b) of the Act and to be found in the Church Guidance, 2006 edrtion, issued by the Finance Division of the Archbishops. Council. That exarnination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts wrth those records. It also includes considering any unusual rtems or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from you as trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audFt. and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examinerfs statement In connection with my examinats'on, no matter has come to my attention: (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and to prepare financial ststements. which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of the Act and the Regulath'ons 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. Signed.. FF Trj CL6LA Q*.T.¢.t4.E Address'_ 25 RIPoa i LJ14 I TQf- S'T￿¢& . M £PJ IEILk12s Date . Page 10