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
- Faith in God
- Hope for the world
- Love for each other
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:
- Prayer
- Ministry to Children, Young People, Young Adults and Families
- Moving people on in faith
- Engaging with the local community
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
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; and
3. 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**|
3. **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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