ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE
YEAR ENDED THE 31 DECEMBER 2024
## St Anne’s Church, Edgeside
## ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE
YEAR ENDED THE 31 DECEMBER 2024
## **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.
|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_|
Mrs Angela Jones|
_Focal Leader_|
||Mrs Susan Hopkinson|_Secretary_|
||Mr David Hampson|from May 2024|
||Mrs Carolynn Fletcher|_from May 2024_|
||Mrs Linsey Hernon||
||Mr Malcolm Lord|_until September 2024_|
||Mrs Joanne Lynch||
||Dr Sarah Wilson||
||Mrs Claire Wise||
||Mrs Laura Wright|_from May 2024_|
_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.
## **Objectives and Activities**
St Anne’s PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Team Rector, 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 97 members on the Electoral Roll (compared to 94 in 2023). 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 the School Leavers Service in July which 272 people attended and 243 people attended the School Carol Service; 180 people came to our Crib Service on Christmas Eve. During the year our monthly Messy Church has consistently seen the highest number of people attending regular worship, now having an attendance of over 90 people each month.
## **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 continued to review 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 retained the following 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 and times of great change and uncertainty. If you would like
more information or have questions or would like to get more involved in working out these priorities in practice, please get in touch. We continued to explore ways of encouraging the congregation in Prayer. Messy Church, our Baby & Toddler Group and Kidsrock music sessions exemplified our commitment to children and families. Our two Bible Study Groups along with the Alpha Course and monthly Alpha Plus were ways of helping with faith development. Psalms and Stretches was a creative addition in this area. Examples of our engagement with the local community came through the Community Choir and a Pilates Class.
The Rossendale Team and Mission Community, with Rod as Team Rector and Janet and Samuel as Team Vicars, showed encouraging signs of growth during the year. The Diocesan Priority of Growing Younger was adopted as a priority with three strands – Children, Young People and Families. In addition to this the Team have appointed Patricia Calway as an ALM and Anna Chaplain to further the Priority of Ministry to those in Later Life. These along with Prayer make up the three Team priorities.
## **Financial Review**
Our income for the year was £84,896 (compared to £81,571 in 2023) and expenditure was £81,004 (compared to £ 85,564 in 2023), giving a surplus of £ £3,893. We are very grateful to our members and other supporters who have maintained their giving despite 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 £42,649, compared to £39,657 in 2023. This is testimony to the remarkable dedication of our members. We will continue to seek new ways of generating income and encouraging planned giving to ensure our sustainability. Rising energy costs continue to put enormous strain on the health of our finances. Our Gas Bills for example totalled £10,392 for the year.
## **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 14 May 2025 and signed on their behalf by Revd Rod Bevan.**
## R Bevan
## **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 2024 which are set out on pages 5 to 7
## **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 New Hall Hey Business Centre, New Hall Hey Road, Rawtenstall BB4 6HL
9 May 2025
## **ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**
|**Note**
**Receipts:**
**Voluntary receipts**
Planned giving
Collections at services
All other giving/voluntary receipts
**3a**
Gift 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 2024
Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December 2024|**Unrestricted**
**Fund**
**Unrestricted**
**Designated**
**Fund**
**Restricted**
**Fund**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
**Total 2024 Total 2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
42,649
42,649
39,657
2,913
2,913
2,022
29,489
29,489
26,174
6,508
6,508
7,063|
|---|---|
||**81,559**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**81,559**
**74,916**
0
0
0
732
732
491
2,605
2,605
6,164
0
0
0|
||**84,896**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**84,896**
**81,571**
24,000
24,000 24,000
26,422
26,422 26,548
26,285
26,285 30,288
-
- 785
1,485
1,485 1,425|
||**78,193**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**78,193**
**83,047**
2,811
2,811
2,517|
||**81,004**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**81,004**
**85,564**
3,893
3,893
(3,993)|
||**3,893**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**3,893**
**(3,993)**|
||49,831
49,831 53,824|
||**53,723**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**53,723**
**49,831**|
## **ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 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 2024**|**Unrestricted**
**Fund**
**Unrestricted**
**Designated**
**Fund**
**Restricted**
**Fund**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
**Total 2024 Total 2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
2,533
2,533
814
51,190
51,190
49,007
(0)
(0)
10|
|---|---|
||**53,723**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**53,723**
**49,831**|
||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||**53,723**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**53,723**
**49,831**|
## **ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 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
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|Balance
Brought
forward
Receipts Payments
Transfers
Balance
Carried
Forward
0
0
0
0
0
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**Unrestricted**
**Fund**
**Unrestricted**
**Designated**
**Fund**
**Restricted**
**Fund**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
**Total 2024 Total 2023**
18,289
18,289 13,693
11,200
11,200 12,481|
|---|---|
||**29,489**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**29,489**
**26,174**|
||0
0
0
0
0
0|
||**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**|
||**732**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**732**
**491**|
||179
179 340
2,426 - - - 2,426 5,824|
||**2,605**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**2,605**
**6,164**|
||**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**|
## **ST ANNE'S CHURCH, EDGESIDE Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December 2024 NOTES (continued)**
## 4. **Further analysis of payments**
## a) **Church running expenses**
|**rch 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|2,055
2,055
1,333
167
167
155
13,289
13,289
7,820
973
973
1,737
583
583
519
144
144
3,967
2,893
2,893
2,834
5,259
5,259
7,223
595
595
2,125
(32)
(32)
(27)
360
360
2,604|
||**26,285**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**26,285**
**30,288**|