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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of East Farnworth And Kearsley

2024-12-31-accounts

Diocese of Manchester

Parish of St John the Evangelist Farnworth & Kearsley Annual Report for 2024

Index of Report

Chair …………………………………………………………… Page 3
Secretary …………………………………………………………… Page 4
Treasurer …………………………………………………………... Page 7
Planned Giving and Gift Aid
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Warden …………………………………………………………… Page 8
Authorised Lay Ministry
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Electoral Roll Officer
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Child Protection
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Social Media
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All Saints CE Primary School Head teacher
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St John’s CE Primary School Head teacher
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St Peter’s CE Primary School Head teacher
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3rdFarnworth St John’s Brownies
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Café Church …………………………………. Page 23
Statement of Account
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Chair’s report

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ,

As we gather here today at the close of another year, we look back on the journey we have taken together as a family of faith. The Lord has guided our steps through moments of great joy and times of trial, and in every season, His grace has been sufficient for us.

This period has brought with it highs and lows. We have seen much progress across the team, in our buildings, in terms of growth, new services, and many new volunteers stepping forward in exciting ways. We have celebrated new life, welcomed new members into our flock, and seen God’s hand at work in the hearts of so many. These moments remind us of His goodness, His provision, and the unbreakable bond we share as His children.

But alongside our triumphs, we have also faced our share of challenges. We have experienced the tragic passing of dear friends, the trials of failing buildings and surrounding walls, and financial struggles—only to see our Parish share reduced drastically by the grace of God. We have wept with those who mourn and lifted those who felt weary. And yet, through every trial, God has remained our refuge and strength. He has turned our mourning into joy, our doubts into faith, and our fears into hope. We have seen His light shine even in the darkest moments, reminding us that we are never alone.

Amid these challenges, we have also celebrated great highs. We rejoice in the appointment of new Authorised Lay Ministers, and we are excited by those seeking Ordained Ministry and Reader ministry. A well-received Advent course has prepared excellent ground for a new Bible study group, and we look forward with anticipation to celebrating St John the Evangelist’s 200-year centenary.

As we stand on the threshold of a new year, let us not be discouraged by the difficulties of the past but instead, let us carry forward the lessons we have learned. Let us continue to love one another, to serve with humble hearts, and to place our trust in God, who makes all things new. His plans for us are good, and His promises are unwavering. Whatever lies ahead, we walk into the future hand in hand, united in faith, bound by love, and strengthened by hope.

So, my dear brothers and sisters, let us welcome the new year with hearts full of gratitude and expectation. Let us shine as beacons of Christ’s love, bringing light to the world around us. May our faith grow deeper, our love grow stronger, and our hope remain unshaken.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He guide your steps, fill your hearts with peace, and grant you His abundant joy in the coming year.

Amen.

Fr Stephen

Team Rector and Chair of St John the Evangelist Church PCC

PCC Secretary’s Report

The year began with PCC meetings on 17 January 2024 and 6 March 2024 .

Over the 27 to 29 February 2024 , ‘Experience Easter’ was offered to seven local schools with nine classes attending. In small groups they had a chance to ‘walk into Jerusalem’, learn about the Servant King and partake of a ‘Last Supper.’ They visited the Garden of Gethsemane and found out about the Crucifixion. Then they explored the Resurrection of Jesus coming together for a consolidation of the Easter story. Many thanks to Kim, Alison, Denise, Gill, Judith, June and Susan for delivering this experience to over 260 children! A number of lovely thank you letters were received from the children.

An All-age Communion was held celebrating Easter Sunday on 31 March 2024 . At the beginning of the service the congregation were invited to place a fresh flower on the cross in front of the pulpit. The church was beautifully decorated.

The Annual Parochial Church Council Meeting, the Parish Church Meeting and the First Parochial Church Council Meeting took place on 8 May 2024. There were unanimous votes in favour of the appointments as warden of Judith Birchall and Jackie Powell. Denise Entwistle was unanimously elected as Deputy Warden. Deanery Synod Representatives Alison Mole, Jackie Powell, Steve Mann had been appointed the previous year for three years. John Pritchard was elected as auditor by way of unanimous in favour and Antony Hemming as Gift Aid Officer with a unanimous vote in favour.

The following were elected to serve: Stephanie Buckley, Denise Entwistle, Sharon Goodwin, Susan Stevens, Michelle Winter, Jackie Powell, Alison Mole, Steve Mann, Cynthia Gethin, Victoria Gethin, Chris Gee, Anthony Hemming.

The PCC met again on 7 June 2024 .

St Johns Summer Fair took place on 8 June 2024 at Trinity Church. St John’s School Choir did a wonderful job singing and opening the Fair. There were lots of stalls and games including the Tombola, Name the Teddy, Guess the Number of Sweets in the Jar, Hook a Duck, Mystery bags, Pick a card, Bullseye and Play Your Cards Right. Refreshments were available and stalls sold cakes, Father’s Day gifts and plants including tomato plants, sunflowers, strawberries and various vegetables. Over £2,100 was raised for the church which is a fantastic amount. Thank you to everyone who attended and many thanks to all those who volunteered their time running stalls and particularly Susan Stevens who did a fantastic job in coordinating the event. Thank you also to the Brownies who contributed including making gifts for Fair and selling raffle tickets.

The Harvest Festival October All Age service was led by Steph Buckley, Liz Cook and Alison Mole and opened with the Brownie flag presentation. The talk by Liz Cook focussed on the the link to harvest time and recognising our environment, having being summoned by God to care for His creation including praying for those in other countries affected by flood,

drought and severe heat and striving to do our best to care for the earth and the ways in which we can do this in every day life.

The PCC met on 4 September 2024 and 20 November 2024. Fr Stephen had raised over £1000 for the advent and bible study course and money was still being collected for Mission Fund, to buy new King James bibles with the intention to give them away to members of Bible study. Very positively, as was confirmed at the PCC meeting on 4 September 2024 the church saw a significant reduction in its Parish Share from £41,000 to £14,000. At the 20 November meeting the PCC agreed to pay £15k towards the Parish Share.

On 10 November the All Age Service of Remembrance was held. Wreaths were laid, the names of all from church who had lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars were read and petals fell from the balconies during the Last Post.

Through the year the all age services have been very well attended. Many thanks to Alison, Steph and Liz for all their hard work.

Over the 26 to 28 November 2024 seven local schools attended our ‘Experience Christmas’ Event. The children (about 260!) learned about the Christian story of Christmas. With the help of six volunteers, Alison Bradbury, Judith Birchall, Gill Hadfield, Susan Stevens, Denise Entwistle and Kim McIntyre.

The Christmas Fair was held on a very wet and windy Saturday 7 December 2024 . Fortunately, people braved the weather and they were treated to St John’s school choir singing to open the Fair. There were various stalls, including the Raffle, the Tombola, Elfridge’s, Homemade cakes, Guess the Name of the Penguin, Secret Santa, Christmas Tree Tombola and of course a visit from Santa. £1679 was raised. Well done to all involved and many thanks to all those who volunteered.

Sunday 8 December 2024 saw St John’s with a very full congregation for the annual carol service. The Arch Deacon Rachael Mann and the Area Dean Simon Cooke joined us. All three church schools were represented, singing a song or carol each.Lots of parents and extended families attended which meant using the balcony seats because the main body of church was full. It was a fantastic service and a great start to Advent/Christmas celebrations.

On 24 December 2024 St Johns held the annual Christingle Service and Midnight Mass was held at the earlier time of 9pm when it is midnight in Bethlehem.

Victoria Gethin, PCC secretary

Treasurer report

As we look at the accounts for 2024 and compare from the previous year it isn’t great reading.

We finished the year with an overall deficit of just over £300.00 which isn’t as bad as the previous year. Regular giving is down by over £3,200 but one-off loose giving on the plate has risen by over £1200.00 which offsets the regular giving but still shows our giving has dropped.

There is however some good news on income, the highlights being fairs and events which raised much the same as last year at just short of £5,000, so a great big thank you to all who help organise and volunteer their time to make these fairs a success.

Funerals are up by nearly £4,000 and mast rental is up by almost £1,000.

Concerning Expenditure, our biggest expense as previous years is Gas and Electric which cost us £17,000 more than 2023! This is historically our biggest expenditure and goes up by a substantial amount year on year.

We also paid over £10,000 more towards our Quota than the previous year.

I would like to close by thanking all the people who help me out through the year, Tony Hemming, Steve Mann and Shaun.

Sandra Croston, Treasurer

Planned Giving and Gift Aid

In 2024 there were 30 regular doners (giving either via an envelope or through a bank standing order), 24 taxpayers and 6 non-taxpayers.

Donations from the 24 taxpayers amounted to £10,771.21 and from the non-taxpayers £2,525.00 giving a total of £13,296.21.

The tax reclaimed in 2024 from those who had signed up to the Gift Aid Scheme plus those who had signed One-off Gift Aid envelopes amounted to £3,229.12. Please note that the tax reclaimed in 2024 is dependent on income received in the tax year ending in 2024 rather than the calendar year.

Due to HMRC’s Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (or GASDS for short) which was introduced in April 2013, we are now able to claim ‘top-up’ payments on amounts of up to £8,000 on none Gift Aided cash donations of £30 or less. The income from this amounted to £1,425.63.

Thank you to all who contribute through Planned Giving and the Gift Aid Scheme.

Tony Hemming, Gift Aid Officer

Warden report

The Churchwardens would firstly like to thank you for your continued support.

This year has been quite challenging what with the finances and the continued disruption of the building work still needing to be sorted. On a good note, we were able to get our quota reduced to £14k from £40k and we managed to pay an extra £1k.

The All-Age Service is very well attended with around 70 people attending. Here we need to especially thank Alison Steph and Liz for all their work in planning and delivering these services. The normal services are attended by around 30/40 people. The carol service saw our schools and brownies singing which was fantastic and saw around 200 people joining in; it was great to see the church so full.

Fundraising has been difficult this year but due to Susan and her team who helped at the church fairs we raised around £4k. We have been unable to organise anything else due to the need of the building work needing to be done. So, thanks to Susan and her team.

The church puts on experience Easter and experience Christmas events where our church schools, the local catholic school and some of our community schools attend. Thanks to Kim and her team.

Let us now ask God for His help and guidance as we move forward to continue to worship here and with His help grow the congregation and our faith.

Judith, Jackie & Denise, Wardens and Deputy Warden

Authorised Lay Minister report

Another year has passed…………….

Another year of ALMing at St.John’s.

My church life continues to be of great importance to me and I enjoy co-leading the services with Stephen.

Our intergenerational service on the second Sunday of each month has continued to thrive. Myself, Steph and Liz continue to receive great feedback from the congregation each month saying how much they enjoy coming.

We have continued to have new worship songs with or without actions and traditional hymns. We encourage participation of the congregation. It is amazing to see how the confidence of members of the congregation has grown and have become very willing volunteers to join in.

I find my Authorised Lay Ministry very rewarding and enjoyable and would greatly encourage others to look at the training. I am always encouraged and amazed by the support I receive from all at church.

Who knows what the next 12 months will have in store for us as we know that Stephen is going on sabbatical 3 months but team work and supporting each other and talking, listening and trusting in God will more important than ever.

Remember – All will be well

Alison Mole, Authorised Lay Minister

Electoral Roll Officer’s report

In accordance with Church of England regulations the Electoral Roll is required to be renewed every six years. This year 2025 is the year for this action.

The Electoral Roll started last year at 114 members as I informed everyone in my report last year.

Having displayed the legal notices and provided new application forms the new 2025 Electoral Roll, only has 50 applicants. Many of which are new.

I understand that this is due to the death of some older members but mostly due to members moving away. I was aware of this and shared my concerns last year.

Hopefully, we may attract some new members during the year.

Kim McIntyre, Electoral Roll Officer

Child Protection

All the members of the PCC have or are in the process of getting their DBS so we will be fully compliant. They are also doing their safeguarding training; volunteers who help at events are in the process of doing this.

No safeguarding issues have been reported to me which I am happy about because it means we are a safe place for young children and vulnerable adults.

I thank God for His guidance in my first year of being the Safeguarding Officer and that we can offer a safe and welcoming to worship.

Please do not hesitate to speak to me if you have any concerns.

Jackie Powell, Child Protection Officer

Social Media Report

Facebook and Twitter followers are both still actively used. Facebook followers have shown a small increase from 519 to 528. Twitter following is steady. We no longer have access to the website statistics and so we are not able to monitor activity.

Thank you to all that have made contributions, please keep up the good work. The more we use these sites, the more useful they become.

Steve Mann

Head Teacher Report for the Parish from All Saints’ CE Primary

‘With God, all things are possible’ Matthew 19:26

This is my first annual report as Head Teacher at All Saints. Whilst I have been with the school since September 2012, I feel enormously blessed and privileged to now lead such an amazing school community. Our three core values are Friendship, Fellowship and Hope, and they continue to underpin all that we do.

Friendship

The relationships between staff, children, parents and wider community are one of the many strengths at All Saints. The power of these friendships supports me and all the staff through challenging times that may arise. Our OPAL Play Scheme, that is now predominantly facilitated by the children themselves, allows children to develop friendships through play. Our High Needs Base Nursery provision, offering 6 places each morning and afternoon to children with additional needs goes from strength to strength. The children are placed with us by Bolton LA but spend time in our outdoor area with the rest of our Nursery children. It’s uplifting to see all our children develop their friendships through play.

As always, our church friends continue to support in so many ways. Our children love Fr Stephen’s weekly worship. The Y6 children attended the Diocesan Leavers’ service at Manchester cathedral. Our children have enjoyed coming to Experience Christmas and

Experience Easter and the school choir take part in events held in St John’s Church. I attended my own Head Teacher commissioning service at Manchester Cathedral in October and continue to benefit from a programme of support from the Diocese aimed at new Head Teachers. More recently, I was blessed to be a part of the ‘Love Your School’ initiative where Alison Adlum and Steph Buckley dropped in at All Saints during their prayer walk. One of our governors, Kim Mcintyre, also joined us at school. The chat, cup of tea and prayer was the “pause” that we all need to take at times.

Fellowship

“Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship with others and the love it displays.” (Andrew Murray)

Our community at All Saints is incredibly diverse, and this really is one of the best things about our school. Our children learn about different faiths, cultures, and family backgrounds every day, as they chat to their friends. Our Muslim families join us in our Nativity and Carol Services as well as our Easter service. Our Christian families join us at our Eid assembly. This year the Muslim festival of Ramadan has fallen at the same time as Lent and so we have had lots of opportunities to draw parallels between these holy times. Our community also worked together for our annual Harvest collection and worship, where we donate to the foodbank at The Well. We are also very much looking forward to our first “Fellowship Week” celebrations due to take place in April.

We have continued to work closely with our other Farnworth schools. #Farnworth matters is now a well-established part of the Y5 calendar, and the end of year celebration event at Bolton school is an amazing celebration of all that they do. Our KS2 children are also a part of the Farnworth Combined initiative which sees local school councils working together.

Hope

The Children Changing Places Project continues to engage our children in activities that support the growth of the Christian faith in schools, parishes and — — the home. We welcomed Ni-Cola Scott and her team into school in Freel October where they delivered an assembly and worked with some of our KS2 classes.

fill you with all joy We continue to develop our academic support for children. Our R Bi and peace as you trust in mayhim,overflowso thatwith you hope Maths progress was in the top 3% nationally, and our phonics and by the power of the times tables data were also above average. With the drop in birth Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13 rate and challenging times for schools filling places, we are fortunate that we expect to be close to full for our September 2025 intake and have taken an additional class into KS2 in September 2025. I worked closely with and was guided by the previous Head Teacher, who gave me the courage to apply for this position. I trust in God, the school and church community to support me in leading All Saints for the good of all. Please continue to hold All Saints in your prayers.

Helen Bullock, Headteacher, All Saints

St John’s CE Primary School Head teacher’s Report for the Parish

'For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you, plans to give you hope and a future.'

As the Acting Head Teacher, I am delighted to share this annual report, reflecting on a year of growth, faith, and community at St John’s CE Primary School. As a school rooted in Christian values, we remain committed to nurturing our children’s spiritual, academic, and personal growth. This year has been filled with opportunities for our children to learn, lead, and give back, strengthening our ties with both the parish and the wider community.

In September a number of our pupils joined children from across the Archbishop Temple Trust to complete Children chaplaincy training. The children worked alongside Canon Jill Pilling and Revd Ian in order to equip them with the skills to be able to lead prayer and worship within their class and across the school. It has been great to see these children from the Ethos team, grow in confidence, deepening their faith and leadership skills.

Our daily collective worship remains a cornerstone of school life, providing a time for reflection, prayer and the celebration of Christian values. A special service took place on 20[th] September 24, when we held the ‘Seeds and Gardeners’ worship at St John’s Church. During this interactive service, the new reception children were warmly welcomed into the St John’s family, supported by their Year 6 ‘gardeners’, marking the i | beginning of their seven-year journey with us. Steph, Alison and Claire, k from Children Changing places led a short Wiggle Worship within the im. ‘ service and introduced the children to ‘Wiggle the Bookworm. ‘Wiggle’ & bs a has visited our Key Stage one classes a number of times since September and we look forwards to inviting him to other worships before the end of the academic year.

October was another busy month, with all the classes creating an Olympic themed scarecrow for the Farnworth and Kearsley Scarecrow festival, followed by our amazing Harvest worship led by the children. Each class led a short presentation on how harvest is celebrated in another country around the world and we managed to donate a huge amount of food to the Farnworth Food Bank. These donations helped families in the local area at their time of need.

After a few false starts, we were excited to announce on 1st November that we officially joined the Archbishop Temple Academy Trust! This new chapter marked an important milestone for our school. Becoming part of the Trust brings a wealth of new

opportunities, resources, and support that will enhance our children’s educational experience and further strengthen our community. We are looking forward to the many ways this partnership will contribute to our growth and success in the coming months and years.

As part of our Remembrance Day celebrations, Year 4 and 6 attended a service of remembrance at Bolton Parish Church with over 450 children from the five trust schools. Canon Jill Pilling CEO led the service alongside Revd Hannah Lane and the Right Reverend Mark

Davies, Bishop of Middleton. The five trust choirs sang a beautiful compilation of war time songs, including ‘This is the army Mrs Jones, Bless ‘Em Al, Washing on the Siegfried Line and We’ll meet again’.

It was great to see so many children and staff dressed up and embracing the Remembrance Day theme and the children completed a variety of activities that were displayed with our library. Bess [Sespanth =>]mee

The festive season at St John’s was filled with joy, celebration, and community spirit! We kicked off the festivities with the ‘Hey Ewe’ nativity, a delightful performance that showcased our talented Reception, Year 1 and 2 children and brought smiles to faces throughout the school. Their enthusiasm, confidence, and hard work made it a truly special event for families and the school community.

Our youngest children in Rabbits Class had a magical time at their special Elf Breakfast alongside their parents and families, adding to the excitement and wonder of Christmas. The rest of the school were treated to an in-house pantomime of Beauty and the Beast, which all the children thoroughly enjoyed. Laughter and excitement filled the building as they experienced this festive tradition together.

St John’s school choir were particularly busy in the lead-up to Christmas, opening the St John's Church Christmas Fair and singing carols for local residents at Farnworth Care Home. They also spent time making Christmas decorations with the residents, bringing joy and fostering intergenerational connections.

Another highlight of our Christmas celebrations was the Christingle and Carol services, both beautifully led by the children. These meaningful services brought our school and parish together in worship, celebrating the light of Christ during the festive season.

Throughout the Spring term, we have continued to work closely || with Andy Wynne, from Healthy Minds UK, to support children ae ee with their mental health and help them develop coping strategies for different situations they might find themselves in. So far, thechildren have had the Brain Dome experience and took part in ee ; the #BeYouProject, where children used emojis to express their emotions in response to events in their lives. These workshops are always amazing and the children learn a great deal that they can use in their everyday lives.

As we look to the future, we are excited about further strengthening our links with the church. Plans for the coming year include:

Myself, the staff and children at St John’s are grateful for the church’s continued support and prayers. Your partnership plays a vital role in our school’s success, and we look forward to working together to nurture the faith and learning of our children in the years ahead.

Thank you for your ongoing encouragement and commitment to St John's CE Primary School.

With blessings,

Emma Barr, Acting Headteacher, St Johns

St. Peter’s C.E. Primary School

Head teachers Report for the Parish

2024 was once again a year filled with opportunities for our community to work with purposeful effort, driving forward our school aims, ethos, values and vision. It was an exciting time as we said goodbye to Mrs Williams, but welcomed Mrs Scott as she undertook her role as our new full time Head Teacher.

What is our school Christian vision?

Our values, rooted in our Christian FAITH, are the underlying guiding principles of all our work.

Our vision is to develop our children to enable them to create the future they aspire for themselves, inspired by God, influenced by the teachings of Jesus and underpinned by Christian Values; rooted in The Bible and the word of God.

Our intention is that our children will “contribute to and prosper in society”, bringing God’s plan for them to fruition.

Our school purpose is to signal a route to a life that many don’t think possible! We aim to maximise social mobility, with God’s support & guidance! This purpose is embedded in the following words taken from The Bible Jeremiah 29;11

We believe this purpose and Christian vision will be achieved if we provide an environment where our children are enabled to “Learn, Sparkle & Shine…”

But what does “Learn, Sparkle & Shine…” mean?

Our school demographics and context require that we provide a curriculum that;

 promotes high aspiration (learn) Provide wisdom

 encourages positive attitudes, resilience and strong mental health (sparkle) Provide dignity and hope and,

 develops positive citizens with a strong sense of community through promoting Christian and British values (shine) Promote community spirit

Our daily work is dedicated to achieving these aims so that our children leave school ready to be beacons of light in society.

At St. Peter’s each term is dedicated to promoting a particular Christian value, linked to a theme which the children are able to commit to memory and recite to SLT, staff and each other; to ensure the message is embedded for the children and is linked to their thoughts and actions. Weekly worship is dedicated to exemplifying and developing the children’s knowledge and understanding of that theme, through song, story and prayer. The themes for the spring and summer terms of the 23-24 and Autumn term of 24-25 academic year are shown below.

Some of the opportunities for our pupils to ‘sparkle’ through curriculum enrichment January 2024 - December 2024

Visit from Bart Gee

In June 2024 we were delighted and honoured to be visited by Bart Gee. Bart

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was born with a physical disability called Arthrogryposis. Doctors said he would never walk,
may never have the strength to be able to sit up and would have a bleak outlook to life - that
being the limit!
Bart is a motivational speaker and helped the children to understand that when you pray to
God that He would help to control the situation, this is God who knows no impossibility, limits
are broken and miracles happen as Bart has found in his own life and shared his experience
with us.
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Shades Project

In July 2024 Mr Lane and Year 5 embarked on the Shades Project. Shades is a racial justice and faith project, designed to support schools and churches to be a place of belonging and flourishing for everyone, celebrating the rich diversity of our school, helping to embed anti-racist practice within our schools and churches.

The project aims to develop discipleship pathways for children, young people and their families, enabling them to grow in their Christian faith and to belong to a thriving ‘ | ao : q a Ta church community. The Shade Team works with Church of England primary and secondary schools and parishes across Manchester Diocese.

The Shades team are working with Year 6 this academic year. A team of pupil ‘Shades’

Ambassadors will be working on a project together from Spring Term 2025.

Pupil led services

Our pupil led services continue to be a highlight of our school year, with attendance from our parents often leading to the school hall being standing room only.

Partnership with the Parish.

Our partnership with the parish continues to flourish

The children are regular visitors to St Johns Church and participate in all the ‘Experience’ events that the church hosts. It was lovely to see Y2 experiencing a sense of awe and wonder as they were allowed to ‘investigate and explore’ the church as part of their curriculum work. Year 3 have been part of the experience Easter too. Year 6 loved the leavers service presented at St John’s when Mrs Williams was acknowledged for her retirement.

Father Stephen continues to be a valuable provider of spiritual guidance for our school community; staff and pupils alike, through his inspirational and entertaining weekly Wednesday worship. We thank him for his guidance and presence in our school.

Father Stephen leads worship weekly on a Wednesday and he always uses an engaging way to teach the children.

The Shine Team had a new challenge to lead worship and to lead Wiggle worship with EYSF, which they did brilliantly. Children changing places led through the diocese continues to support our year 6 leavers and this year, year 3 were also involved.

Café Church is now a well-established monthly event, held in school and led by Mrs Buckley. The congregation continues to grow each month, not only in number, but also in generosity of spirit and engagement. The monthly services, involving craft, fun, song and prayer are a source of spiritual flourishing and friendly comfort for all those who attend,

Our weekly “peopods” parent and toddler group also has a foundation in our Christian values and provides a nurturing space for our youngest Farnworthians each Thursday morning.

SIAMs visit

In June 2024 we received our SIAMs visit. The visit overall was extremely positive and the assessor recognised the hard work we carry out as a team to ensure the very best for our pupils. Here is a snip of the positive things that were identified:

Mrs Scott, Head Teacher, St Peter’s CE Primary School

Annual Report 2024 3[rd] Farnworth St John’s Brownies

2024 was another busy year for the Brownies. We began in January working for our Have Adventures Theme Award.

We enjoyed cooking Pancakes, celebrating Chinese New Year, World Thinking Day and reading prayers at the Intergenerational Service in Church. Bella gained her Gold Award and taught us card making skills for her Gold Award Challenge. We made Mother’s Day gifts and cards. Easter was celebrated by making Easter Wreathes, Chocolate Nests and an Easter Bonnet Competition. We invited our families and held an Easter Egg Bingo Night, Easter Stall and Easter Egg Raffle, raising lots of money for church.

The girls worked for their Charities Badge and Be Well Award learning First Aid and CPR. We enjoyed a night at Hollywood Bowl to end the term.

We made gifts to sell at the Church Summer Fair and for Father’s Day and sold lots of Raffle Tickets to our family and friends.

The Guides invited us to celebrate their Olympics Night with them.

The rest of the year was spent earning lots of Interest Badges, Know Myself Award and

Take Action Award. We painted poppy pebbles and made a poppy from modelling clay and laid a wreath in church on Remembrance Sunday.

We supported the Church Christmas Fair by holding a Chocolate Tombola and selling even more Raffle Tickets.

The girls sang beautifully at the Community Carol Service in Church and all gained their Performing Badge.

The year ended with our annual visit to the Stagedoor Productions Pantomime, Cinderella, which as always did not disappoint. The final night was our Christmas Party with the Guides, Mellisa the Elf kept us entertained the whole evening.

Susan Stevens, Brownie Leader

Café Church at St Peter’s

Café Church is a fresh expression of worship in the form of a monthly informal, café style service which has been running in the Studio at St Peter’s Primary School Farnworth since July 2022. Michelle Winter and I run these sessions aimed at families with a member of staff from the school attending each time to support.

During 2024 there has been a steady number of families coming along to each session, on average 50 people each month.

The format of the session has changed over the year and now begins with a time of praise and worship which explores a Christian theme or Bible story, we explore how the story or theme is relevant to our lives today and what it means. Following worship, the families have time on their tables, whilst having refreshments, to chat about the story/theme and to do a craft related to the topic. We then come back together for the last 10 minutes to recap, sing together and have a time of prayer.

Some of the stories/themes we have explored during 2024 were The Parable of the Sower and The Road to Emmaus. We have also explored Psalm 139:14 - “I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way” when we thought about how God made us all unique, like snowflakes. We made our own paper snowflakes and one mum shared this with me afterwards - “When talking about snowflakes and how each one is unique my son turned to me saying ‘that’s just like me, I’m unique too’.”

At the end of 2024, we asked the families for feedback on what they enjoyed and what they would like to see going forward so that our panning could be informed by this. One family said that cafe church is “a wonderful way to help families learn more about the Christian faith. A less formal setting, fun hands on activities and simple retelling of the Bible stories that capture the children's attention with songs and prayers aimed specifically at their age range”.

Five families said that they are keen to explore the Bible and do some separate sessions around this so Michelle and I are starting to have conversations around how we might do this.

Thank you to St Peter’s School for allowing us to run this fresh expression of worship in their studio and for their staff for supporting each month

Steph Buckley

Parish of Farnworth and Kearsley Statement of Account end of Jul 2024

Income
Income 2024 2023 variance
Parish regular 13235.2 16484.4 -
101 & 103 giving 1 2 3249.21
104 Parish loose cash 3618.00 2351.71 1266.29
102 Reclaimed Tax 4654.75 5238.89 -584.14
105 Donations 2925.55 3894.00 -968.45
105 Bells 0.00 92.00 -92.00
203a Fairs and events 4799.01 478.90 4320.11
203b Charity ** 304.56 5.00 299.56
10993.1 10022.5
402 Building rental (+Mast) 0 4 970.56
403 Magazine 169.00 208.00 -39.00
404 Weddings 700.00 506.00 194.00
404 Funerals 9014.00 5182.60 3831.40
404 Baptisms 100.00 0.00 100.00
monies for
churchyard 160.00 140.00 20.00
16414.8 16116.7
coffee fund 3 298.10 3
internal transfer 0.00
Register Fees 0.00 0.00 0.00
insurance claim 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBF investment
fund 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sundry 930.00 88.89 841.11
Youth worker 0.00 0.00 0.00
-
Clergy Expenses 2436.04 6973.08 4537.04
70454.0 51964.1 18489.9
Total Income 5 3 2
Expenditur
e
30000.0 19849.9 10150.0
2001 Quota 0 3 7
2002 Clergy Stationary and Post 71.44 0.00 71.44
2002 Travel Expenses 0.00 972.24 -972.24
2002 Telephones 280.00 1112.15 -832.15
-
2003 Parsonages General 0.00 1610.62 1610.62
Council
2003 Tax 3053.71 3752.56 -698.85
28473.2 11442.8 17030.4
2005 Heat & light & Ins St Johns 7 2 5
2006 Maintenance 2896.90 2749.91 146.99
2007 Service Requisites 659.39 797.46 -138.07
2008 Churchyard 0.00 290.00 -290.00
2016 Organists 0.00 90.00 -90.00
2016 Vergers 0.00 0.00 0.00
4000 Printer Stationary 1063.54 515.73 547.81
-
Parochial fees 935.00 4097.00 3162.00
1004 Charity 447.62 77.00 370.62
Holiday Club 1087.53 50.00 1037.53
sundry 1798.19 25.00 1773.19
70766.5 47432.4 23334.1
Total Expenditure 9 2 7
Surplus/Deficit -312.54 4531.71

Bank Reconciliation

Bank Reconciliation
Saving
Total Current s
70697.0 70697.0
Balance at
01/01/2024		 0 0 0
Surplus / Deficit for year -312.54
Presented cheques from 2023 0.00
Minor Projects Surp/Def 0.00
Coffee Fund Surp/Def 0.00
Rest fund (current) Surp/Def 0.00
Unpresented cheques from 2024 0.00
70384.4 70384.4
Balance at
31/12/24		 6 6 0.00
Minor Projects monies 1377.00
Coffee fund
monies 2675.00
10134.0
Restoration Fund monies 0
Youth worker monies retained 0.00
56198.4
Funds at year end in parish general account 6

Year Year start Year End 2024 11112021 1213112021

2024 Farnworth and Kearsley Parish Accounts

Income

9

Date Item 301
Bank
Interest		 101
Parish
(Cov)		 102
Parish
(Tax)		 104
Parish
(Loose)		 105
Donations		 105
st johns
bells		 402
(Building
Rental)		 402
Mast
Rental		 403
magazine		 203a
fairs & events		 404
Weddings		 404
Funerals		 404
Baptism		 203b
Charity		 Monies
for
Churchyard		 Minor
Projects
Fund		 HST Sundry insurance CBF
investmen
ts		 Youth
worker		 St
Johns
Rest		 Clergy
Expenses		 Register
Fees		 Int
Trans		 Cash
removed		 Row
total
TOTALS 0.00 13235.21 4654.75 3618.00 2925.55 0.00 0.00 10993.10 169.00 4799.01 700.00 9014.00 100.00 304.56 160.00 0.00 16414.83 930.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2436.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 70454.05
1-Jan Parish 455.00 455.00
3-Jan Parish 70.00 103.10 173.10
4-Jan Christingle 304.56 304.56
5-Jan B Higham Legacy 2000.00 2000.00
9-Jan HMRC 2388.65 2388.65
9-Jan Cellnex 877.40 877.40
22-Jan Parish 218.00 39.41 52.00 309.41
24-Jan Parish 343.00 71.25 100.00 240.00 754.25
30-Jan Parish 120.50 50.52 171.02
1-Feb Parish 435.00 435.00
7-Feb Parish 125.00 27.01 77.00 984.00 1213.01
13-Feb Parish 123.40 71.30 194.70
1-Mar Parish 915.00 915.00
7-Mar Cellnex 2477.25 2477.25
7-Mar Parish 388.00 27.80 415.80
7-Mar Parish 298.00 143.48 192.00 80.00 713.48
8-Mar Memories Memorials 35.00 35.00
12-Mar Parish 87.50 42.00 5.00 134.50
19-Mar Parish 124.50 27.50 50.00 202.00
26-Mar Parish 196.30 46.00 12.70 589.00 844.00
1-Apr Parish 455.00 455.00
2-Apr Parish 239.90 84.05 52.00 125.00 500.95
29-Apr Parish 94.76 22.72 117.48
29-Apr Parish 77.50 40.67 724.00 842.17
30-Apr Parish 87.50 113.74 201.24
30-Apr Parish 171.00 82.10 253.10
1-May Parish 435.00 435.00
1-May HMRC 2266.10 2266.10
7-May Parish 288.50 51.32 339.82
15-May Parish 83.67 126.80 210.47
23-May Parish 147.00 58.70 320.00 525.70
29-May Tower UK 840.74 840.74
30-May Parish 126.50 184.60 256.00 567.10
1-Jun Parish 415.00 415.00
7-Jun Cellnex 1609.91 1609.91
10-Jun Parish 164.00 96.15 242.00 80.00 582.15
13-Jun Parish 175.00 73.63 22.00 2142.10 724.00 3136.73
19-Jun Parish 161.00 180.19 152.85 391.00 885.04
1-Jul Parish 455.00 455.00
10-Jul Parish 340.00 59.20 20.00 600.00 1019.20
17-Jul Parish 268.00 109.38 377.38
24-Jul Parish 131.00 30.34 90.00 391.00 642.34
30-Jul Tower UK 855.98 855.98
31-Jul Parish 127.50 48.40 175.90
1-Aug Parish 435.00 435.00
7-Aug Parish 148.70 147.53 282.00 634.00 1212.23
28-Aug Parish 237.13 40.00 4.00 281.13
1-Sep Parish 435.00 435.00
4-Sep Parish 70.35 55.80 126.15
9-Sep Cellnex 1609.91 1609.91
12-Sep Parish 42.50 124.74 302.00 469.24
19-Sep Parish 315.50 76.95 724.00 485.00 1601.45
25-Sep Parish 258.50 12.90 170.00 441.40
1-Oct Parish 435.00 435.00
10-Oct Parish 127.50 129.18 512.00 100.00 868.68
17-Oct Parish 120.00 89.84 209.84
23-Oct Parish 155.00 92.78 247.78
30-Oct Tower UK 1112.00 1112.00
30-Oct Parish 271.00 38.30 890.00 1125.00 2324.30
1-Nov Parish 415.00 415.00
14-Nov Parish 109.50 57.08 20.00 186.58
14-Nov Parish 262.50 69.17 20.00 20.00 492.00 863.67
20-Nov Parish 97.50 117.51 20.00 235.01
27-Nov Parish 79.50 213.30 492.00 784.80
1-Dec Parish 455.00 455.00
4-Dec Parish 216.00 70.94 40.00 326.94
4-Dec Parish 16414.83 16414.83
9-Dec Cellnex 1609.91 1609.91
16-Dec Parish 20.00 216.92 1679.91 1916.83
16-Dec Parish 1232.89 1232.89
18-Dec Parish 187.00 53.70 1203.15 1443.85
23-Dec Parish 37.00 37.00
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2024 Farnworth and Kearsley Parish Accounts

Expenditure

Date Item 2001
Quota		 2002
Clergy Stat'ry
& Post		 2002
Car
&travel		 2002
Phone		 2003
Clergy
Houses		 2003
Council
Tax		 4000
Printer
Stationary		 2016
Organists		 2016
Vergers		 2005
heat/light		 2005
Ins		 2006
maintenace		 2007
Service
requisits		 2008
Churchyard		 1004
Charities		 Holiday
Club /		 Sundry Parochial
fees		 Youth
Worker		 Evangelist
Exp		 Paid to
HST		 Prec. Year
unpaid
cheques		 Coffee
fund
payments		 mission
fund
Payments		 St Johns
rest
Payments		 Int
trans		 Cash
removed		 Row
total
Children
TOTALS 30000.00 71.44 0.00 280.00 0.00 3053.71 1063.54 0.00 0.00 23291.30 5181.97 2896.90 659.39 0.00 447.62 1087.53 1798.19 935.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
70766.59
2-Jan Ecc Insurance 427.21 427.21
2-Jan BMBC 245.00 245.00
3-Jan K Mayhew 98.82 98.82
8-Jan British Gas 1508.41 1508.41
15-Jan MDBF 15000.00 15000.00
17-Jan British Gas 1030.59 1030.59
17-Jan British Legion 25.00 25.00
22-Jan Lancashire Clock 180.00 180.00
23-Jan Printforce 348.00 348.00
29-Jan MDBF 5.00 5.00
29-Jan Christingle 312.62 312.62
30-Jan S BuckleyExp 51.88 51.88
31-Jan T HemmingExp 172.32 172.32
1-Feb Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
1-Feb BMBC 245.00 245.00
6-Feb British Gas 1132.58 1132.58
7-Feb S Nolan Exp 35.00 57.74 92.74
12-Feb St James School 93.10 93.10
16-Feb British Gas 965.46 965.46
19-Feb K Mayhew 94.48 94.48
19-Feb MDBF 935.00 935.00
27-Feb MDBF 5.00 5.00
27-Feb United Utilities 337.47 337.47
28-Feb K Mcintyre Exp 170.00 170.00
1-Mar Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
1-Mar BMBC 245.00 245.00
8-Mar British Gas 2766.84 2766.84
11-Mar J Pitchford 100.00 100.00
18-Mar British Gas 992.40 992.40
18-Mar St James School 45.50 45.50
18-Mar St James School 42.35 42.35
26-Mar K Mayhew 29.33 29.33
27-Mar MDBF 5.00 5.00
2-Apr Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
2-Apr BMBC 254.71 254.71
2-Apr Lancashire Clock 540.00 540.00
3-Apr Able Fire 89.76 89.76
3-Apr S BuckleyExp 79.68 79.68
4-Apr CCLI 93.00 93.00
4-Apr TW Lighting 336.00 336.00
8-Apr British Gas 1167.92 1167.92
18-Apr British Gas 945.28 945.28
29-Apr MDBF 5.00 5.00
1-May Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
1-May BMBC 258.00 258.00
7-May St James School 48.65 48.65
8-May British Gas 885.36 885.36
15-May S Nolan Exp 35.00 120.93 155.93
20-May British Gas 849.36 849.36
28-May MDBF 5.00 5.00
3-Jan Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
3-Jun BMBC 258.00 258.00
6-Mar British Gas 1820.75 1820.75
6-Jun J Taylor 1008.00 1008.00
14-Jun British Gas 1003.26 1003.26
24-Jun Ecc Insurance 56.00 56.00
24-Jun St James School 41.30 41.30
24-Jun St James School 39.20 39.20
27-Jun MDBF 5.00 5.00
28-Jun K Mayhew 55.48 55.48
1-Jul Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
1-Jul BMBC 258.00 258.00
1-Jul Greater Manchester 25.00 25.00
8-Jul British Gas 424.18 424.18
16-Jul S BuckleyExp 194.45 194.45
17-Jul British Gas 1010.23 1010.23
19-Jul S Nolan Exp 66.69 70.00 136.69
29-Jul MDBF 5.00 5.00
30-Jul St Saviours 38.48 38.48
1-Aug Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
1-Aug BMBC 258.00 258.00
5-Aug British Gas 104.26 104.26
5-Aug United Utilities 405.67 405.67
16-Aug British Gas 922.56 922.56
27-Aug MDBF 5.00 5.00
2-Sep Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
2-Sep BMBC 258.00 258.00
6-Sep British Gas 351.47 351.47
16-Sep British Gas 943.58 943.58
24-Sep S Nolan Exp 229.99 229.99
27-Sep MDBF 5.00 5.00
1-Oct BMBC 258.00 258.00
3-Oct Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
15-Oct S BuckleyExp 90.76 90.76
15-Oct S Nolan Exp 4.75 70.00 4.65 36.06 115.46
15-Oct K Mcintyre Exp 9.95 9.95
17-Oct British Gas 969.36 969.36
28-Oct MDBF 5.00 5.00
29-Oct S Nolan Exp 916.20 916.20
31-Oct S Nolan Exp 552.00 552.00
1-Nov Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
1-Nov BMBC 258.00 258.00
6-Nov British Gas 203.01 203.01
15-Nov British Gas 953.41 953.41
22-Nov LACR 25.00 25.00
27-Nov MDBF 5.00 5.00
2-Dec Ecc Insurance 427.16 427.16
2-Dec BMBC 258.00 258.00
4-Dec S Nolan Exp 70.00 4.65 74.65
5-Dec T HemmingExp 98.72 98.72
6-Dec MDBF 15000.00 15000.00
9-Dec British Gas 1324.81 1324.81
16-Dec St James School 134.40 134.40
17-Dec British Gas 1016.22 1016.22
17-Dec K Mcintyre Exp 302.88 302.88
19-Dec S BuckleyExp 213.70 213.70
27-Dec MDBF 5.00 5.00

2024 Farnworth and Kearsley Parish Accounts

Savings account

Income

Date Item Bank
Interest		 Payment
Income		 Inv.
Income		 Total
TOTALS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Expenditure

Date Item To
Parish
A/c		 Total
TOTALS 0.00 0.00

2024 Farnworth and Kearsley Parish Accounts

Balance

Bank Total
Barclays Current
Barclays Savings
70696.81
70696.81
70697
0
£70,454.05
£70,766.59
£0.00
£0.00
Bank Total
Barclays Current
Barclays Savings
£70,384.27
70384.27
70696.81
0
£0.00 This cell should always equal zero		 Barclays Current
Barclays Savings		 Barclays Current
Barclays Savings		 Barclays Current
Barclays Savings
70697 0
Barclays Current
Barclays Savings
70696.81 0
£0.00

Monthly reporting items

Balance opening Income Outgoings
Parish General £56,198 £41,510.81 £70,454.05 £70,766.59 -£14,687.46
Coffee Fund £2,675 £2,675.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Minor Projects £1,377 £1,377.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
St Johns reserve £10,134 £10,134.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Youth Worker fund £0 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
HST (In HST A/C) £5,656 £5,656.33 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Quota Paid 30,000

Parish of Farnworth and Kearsley 2024 Statement of Account end of jul 20

Income
Income 2024 2023 variance
101 & 103 Parish regular giving 13235.21 16484.42 -3249.21
104 Parish loose cash 3618.00 2351.71 1266.29
102 Reclaimed Tax 4654.75 5238.89 -584.14
105 Donations 2925.55 3894.00 -968.45
105 Bells 0.00 92.00 -92.00
203a Fairs and events 4799.01 478.90 4320.11
203b Charity ** 304.56 5.00 299.56
402 Building rental (+Mast) 10993.10 10022.54 970.56
403 Magazine 169.00 208.00 -39.00
404 Weddings 700.00 506.00 194.00
404 Funerals 9014.00 5182.60 3831.40
404 Baptisms 100.00 0.00 100.00
monies for churchyard 160.00 140.00 20.00
coffee fund 16414.83 298.10 16116.73
internal transfer 0.00
Register Fees 0.00 0.00 0.00
insurance claim 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBF investment fund 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sundry 930.00 88.89 841.11
Youth worker 0.00 0.00 0.00
Clergy Expenses 2436.04 6973.08 -4537.04
Total Income 70454.05 51964.13 18489.92
Expenditure
2001 Quota 30000.00 19849.93 10150.07
2002 Clergy Stationary and Post 71.44 0.00 71.44
2002 Travel Expenses 0.00 972.24 -972.24
2002 Telephones 280.00 1112.15 -832.15
2003 Parsonages
General		 0.00 1610.62 -1610.62
2003 Council Tax 3053.71 3752.56 -698.85
2005 Heat & light & Ins St Johns 28473.27 11442.82 17030.45
2006 Maintenance 2896.90 2749.91 146.99
2007 Service Requisites 659.39 797.46 -138.07
2008 Churchyard 0.00 290.00 -290.00
2016 Organists 0.00 90.00 -90.00
2016 Vergers 0.00 0.00 0.00
4000 Printer Stationary 1063.54 515.73 547.81
Parochial fees 935.00 4097.00 -3162.00
1004 Charity 447.62 77.00 370.62
Holiday Club 1087.53 50.00 1037.53
sundry 1798.19 25.00 1773.19
Total Expenditure 70766.59 47432.42 23334.17
Surplus/Deficit -312.54 4531.71

Bank Reconciliation

Bank Reconciliation
Total Current Savings
Balance at 1/1/2021 70697.00 70697.00 0
Surplus / Deficit for year -312.54
Presented cheques from 2023 0.00
Minor Projects Surp/Def 0.00
Coffee Fund Surp/Def 0.00
Rest fund (current) Surp/Def 0.00
Unpresented cheques from 2024 0.00
Balance at 31/12/21 70384.46 70384.46 0.00
Error 312.35
Minor Projects monies 1377.00
Coffee fund monies 2675.00
Restoration Fund monies 10134.00
Youth worker monies retained 0.00
Funds at year end in parish general account 56198.46

Minor Projects Fund

2024 Year End Statement of Account

Income 2024 2020
Fundraising 0 0
Total Income 0 0
Expenditure
Fill in 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Expenditure 0.00 0
Surplus/Deficit for Year 0.00 0.00

Bank Reconciliation

Balance at 1/1/2021 1377
Surplus / Deficit for year 0.00
Balance at 12/31/2021 1377.00

Coffee Fund

2024 Year End Statement of Account

Income 2024
income recorded in main accounts 0
Total Income 0
Expenditure
Fill in
Total Expenditure 0.00 0.00
Surplus/Deficit for Year 0.00 0.00

Bank Reconciliation

Balance at 1/1/2021 2675
Surplus / Deficit for year 0.00
Balance at 12/31/2021 2675.00

St Johns Reserve Fund

2024 Year End Statement of Account

Income 2024 2023
Fundraising 0.00
Interest/investments 0.00
Total Income 0 0
Expenditure
0.00
0.00
Total Expenditure 0.00 0
Surplus/Deficit for Year 0.00 0.00

Bank Reconciliation

Balance at 1/1/2021 10134
Surplus / Deficit for year 0.00
Current Savings
Balance at 12/31/2021 10134.00 10134.00 0.00

' Parish of East Farnworth and Kearsley - Holland s School Trust 42735 Year End Statement of Account

Income

Fill in 0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Income 0.00
re
Fill In 0.00
0.00
0.00

Expenditure

Bank Reconciliation

HST Parish Account
Balance at 1/1/2021 £5,656.33 0
Surplus for year 0.00
Balance at 12/31/2021 5656.33
Current AC £5,656.33
Savings AC 0.00
Parish AC 0.00

2024 Farnworth and Kearsley Parish Accounts

HST account

Income

Date Item Bank
Interest		 From HST Total
TOTALS 0.00 0.00 0.00

Expenditure

Date Item Amount Total
TOTALS 0.00 0.00

Income

Weekly sheet for 16/6/24 is in pack, banked on 19/6/24.

Expenditure

Ecc Ins payment for £56 no document (that I can see in Ecc docs).

Chq (10695) for £41.30 payable to St James school not been cashed? It is on expenditure sheet but there is no invoice. Wrote on 28/7/24.

If possible, can you please put Chq numbers alongside payee (use another column in necessary, this would assist Diocese & HMRC if needed).

As St James School are slow cashing cheques, I would recommend using electronic banking, so payments are instant and you’re not having cheques not cashed at year end by others so not on expenditure sheet etc.

Nice to see NO payments made from Sunday collections yet again.