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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Anne's, Edgeside

2023-12-31-accounts

ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE

YEAR ENDED THE 31 DECEMBER 2023

St Anne’s Church, Edgeside

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE

YEAR ENDED THE 31 DECEMBER 2023

Administrative Information

St Anne’s Church, Edgeside is part of the Rossendale Team in the Diocese of Manchester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is The Vicarage, Ashworth Road, ROSSENDALE, BB4 9JE.

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a Registered Charity No 1131908.

Membership

During the Year the following served as Members of the PCC.

Vicar Revd Rod Bevan Chair
Wardens Mrs Amanda Robertson
Mrs Kathleen Talbot
Deanery Synod Mrs Trisha Bernard
Representatives Mrs Jill Bevan
Ms Siana Farrow
Elected Members Dr Christopher Eacott Lay Chair until May 2023
Mrs Susan Hopkinson Secretary
Mrs Linsey Hernon
Mrs Angela Jones
Mr Malcolm Lord from May 2023
Mrs Joanne Lynch
Dr Sarah Newport from May 2023
Mrs Claire Wise
Ex officio Revd Peter Heywood until May 2023
Treasurer to the PCC Mr Joseph Wright

The Independent Examiner is Mr M Urquhart, Chartered Certified Accountant.

Structure, Governance and Management

The method of appointment of the PCC is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

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Objectives and Activities

St Anne’s PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Vicar, Rev Rod Bevan, in promoting in the Ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibility for St Anne’s Church and Churchyard.

Achievements and Performance

Church Service Attendance

There are 94 members on the Electoral Roll (compared to 88 in 2022). On Sundays we meet in church for morning and evening worship, and we have continued to offer a zoom link for our evening service which allows members who are housebound, ill or away from home to join.

Our services with the highest attendance during the year were over the Christmas period with a total of 229 people attending the School Christingle Service, 184 people attending the School Carol Service and 126 people came to our Crib Service. During the year our monthly Messy Church has consistently seen the highest number of people attending, now having a regular attendance of over 90 people.

Review of The Year

The PCC met six times during the year and the average attendance was 8 members.

St. Anne’s Mission Statement is:

Let’s build together

During the year the PCC have reviewed our Mission Action Plan, which sets out our plans for growth for the next five years in each of these three key areas. We have identified three priorities for the year ahead:

This is where we believe we need to focus our time and resources in the year ahead to be the church God wants us to be in this place. Please pray about the way ahead – these are difficult times for many people. If you would like more information or have questions or

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would like to get more involved in working out these priorities in practice, please get in touch.

2023 was the first year with the Rossendale Team fully up and running – with Rod Bevan as Team Rector and Janet O’Neill and Samuel Hameem as Team Vicars.

Financial Review

Our income for the year was £81,571 (compared to £71,938 in 2022) and expenditure was £85,564 (compared to £77,679 in 2022), giving a deficit of £3,993. Given the nature of the economic climate overall this is a result we would expect given our rising costs, and we are very grateful to those members and other supporters who have maintained their giving despite the continued disruption caused by the cost of living crisis. Our Parish Share was met in full accounting for £24,000 of our payments.

Planned giving for the year (without tax reclaimed) stood at £39,657, compared to £45,240 in 2022. Although this is disappointing this is largely the result of the loss of a small number of significant donors. We have been pleased to see the addition of new members to the planned giving scheme and look to increasing this figure as we move forward. Nevertheless our thanks go out for the dedication of our members in their financial support of the church. We will continue to seek new ways of generating income to ensure our sustainability now, but we are faced with new challenges in particular rising energy costs.

Reserves Policy

Reserves are held on deposit at Barclay’s Bank. The PCC has earmarked £1000 to be reserved to meet emergency payments.

Approved by the PCC on 24 May 2024 and signed on their behalf by Revd Rod Bevan

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ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE

Independent examiner’s report to the members/trustees of St Anne's Church, Edgeside, Parochial Church Council.

I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2023 which are set out on pages 5 to 8.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner

As the trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). You are satisfied that your charity is not required by charity law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the requirements of all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention giving me

cause to believe that in any material respect:1. accounting records were not kept as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or

  1. the accounts do not accord with those records; and

  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.

Martin Urquhart FCCA Lumb Accountancy Services Limited 677 Burnley Road East Lumb Rossendale BB4 9PG

15 May 2024

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ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

Note
Receipts:
Voluntary receipts
Planned giving
Collections at services
All other giving/voluntary receipts
3a
Gif aid recovered
Activities for generating funds
3b
Investment income
3c
Church activities
3d
Other receipts
3e
Total Receipts
Payments:
Church activities
Diocesan parish share
Clergy and staffing costs
Church running expenses
4a
Hall running costs
Mission giving and donations
Cost of generating funds
Total payments
Excess/(Deficit) of receipts over payments
Transfers between funds
Cash at bank and in hand at 1 January 2023
Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December 2023		 Unrestricted
Fund
Unrestricted
Designated
Fund
Restricted
Fund
Endowment
Fund
Total 2023 Total 2022
£
£
£
£
£
£
39,657
39,657
45,240
2,022
2,022
3,387
26,174
26,174
10,044
7,063
7,063
7,684
74,916
0
0
0
74,916
66,356
0
0
0
491
491
50
6,164
6,164
5,533
0
0
0
81,571
0
0
0
81,571
71,938
24,000
24,000 23,135
26,548
26,548 23,107
30,288
30,288 27,783
785
785 45
1,425
1,425 1,448
83,047
0
0
0
83,047
75,518
2,517
2,517
2,161
85,564
0
0
0
85,564
77,679
(3,993)
(3,993)
(5,741)
(3,993)
0
0
0
(3,993)
(5,741)
53,824
53,824 59,565
49,831
0
0
0
49,831
53,824

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ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Note
Cash Funds
Bank current account
Bank deposit account
Petty cash account
Other Monetary Assets
Investment Assets
Assets Retained for Church Use
Liabilities
Balance as at 31 December 2023		 Unrestricted
Fund
Unrestricted
Designated
Fund
Restricted
Fund
Endowment
Fund
Total 2023 Total 2022
£
£
£
£
£
£
814
814
2,661
49,007
49,007
51,153
10
10
10
49,831
0
0
0
49,831
53,824
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
49,831
0
0
0
49,831
53,824

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ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 NOTES

  1. The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the receipts and payments basis.

  2. The movements in designated and restricted funds during the year were:

Wedding fund Balance
Brought
forward
Receipts Payments
Transfers
Balance
Carried
Forward
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
  1. Further analysis of receipts
a) All other giving/voluntary receipts
Donations
Legacies and grants
b) Activities for generating funds
Fund raising
Other
c) Investment income
Bank interest
d) Church activities
Room hire
PCC funds
e) Other receipts
Insurance claim		 Unrestricted
Fund
Unrestricted
Designated
Fund
Restricted
Fund
Endowment
Fund
Total 2023 Total 2022
13,693
13,693 7,774
12,481
12,481 2,270
26,174
0
0
0
26,174
10,044
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
491
0
0
0
491
50
340
340 658
5,824
- -
- 5,824 4,875
6,164
0
0
0
6,164
5,533
0
0
0
0
0
0

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ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December 2023 NOTES (continued)

4. Further analysis of payments

a) Church running expenses
Other church running expenses
Governance costs
Church running - electric, oil and gas
Printing, postage and stationary
Church Office - telephone
Cleaning
Church running - insurance
Church maintenance
upkeep of services
Church running - water
Upkeep of churchyard		 1,333
1,333
492
155
155
155
7,820
7,820
7,477
1,737
1,737
1,426
519
519
488
3,967
3,967
3,431
2,834
2,834
2,602
7,223
7,223
6,945
2,125
2,125
2,631
(27)
(27)
340
2,604
2,604
1,795
30,288
0
0
0
30,288
27,783

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