## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1/1/2023 To 31/12/2023** **Charity name:** The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wilfrid's Davenham ## **Charity registration number:** 1132068 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The PCC is required to co-operate with the
Rector in promoting in the Parish the whole
mission of the Church – pastoral, evangelistic,
social and ecumenical.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Regular public worship which is open to all.
The provision of sacred space for personal
prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work,
including visiting the sick and bereaved.
Teaching of Christianity through sermons,
courses and small groups. Taking of religious
assemblies in schools.
Promoting the whole mission of the church
through provision of activities for senior citizens,
parents and toddlers.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Existing and new trustees are requested to read
and have regard to the guidance on public
benefit issued by the Charities Commission.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Charity has not provided any grants to
others in the period nor made any investment
decisions.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|The Charity has not provided any social
investment to others in the period nor made any
investment decisions.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Trustees are all volunteers except for the
Reverend Robert Iveson.| |---|---|---| |Other||All Charity funds are retained either within a
Barclays current account or a CCLA interest
bearing account.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity continued with its main aim which is
to be a Church which serves the community as a
whole, of all ages, in particular in the Parish of
Davenham and serving the communities of
Davenham, Kingsmead, Leftwich and Gadbrook
by way of mission and ministry which includes
services of worship as well as a wide range of
pastoral care needs. In 2023 no major new
works were carried out on the Church or Church
buildings.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the year-end total charity funds were
£199,951. Of which £27,885 were restricted
funds and £172,066 were unrestricted. Of the
£172,066 unrestricted funds £1,552 were
designated funds leaving a balance of £170,514
general funds for use by the PCC.
The Charity was unable to reach the full Parish
Share contribution requested by the Diocese of
Chester in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,
and 2023. This is noted in the accounts and a
record will be retained by the Diocese of the
arrears of £288,750. The Charity will endeavour
to restore payment of a Parish Share
contribution in 2024 and future years and is
aware that failure to reach and sustain a full
payment will result in future Clergy provision
being reviewed.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity does not have a policy on reserves
with all decisions being made at regular
bimonthly PCC meetings however the PCC does
track and set aside restricted and designated
funds for later use.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The charity maintains a working capital balance
which is reviewed at regular bimonthly PCC
meetings.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principal sources of funds are
collections at services, fundraising income such
as fairs and coffee mornings, gift aid received,
fees received from weddings and funerals and
related activities, planned giving and property
rental.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The charity’s principal expenditure relates to
the running costs of the Church, utility bills,
expenses of Clergy and staff, repairs to the
Church and related property, mission, a parish
share payment given to the Diocese of Chester
and the payroll for the Parish Administrator.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Church has seen an increase in costs
associated with utility bills and increased
running costs as well as maintaining the church
building itself without seeing a significant
increase in regular giving and is reliant on
selling assets and being fortunate to be left
legacies to raise considerable income.| |---|---|---| |Other||The financial statements of the PCC have been
prepared in accordance with the Church
Accounting Regulations 1997 as amended by
the Church Accounting (Amendment)
Regulations 2001 using the Receipts and
Payments basis.
General funds are those that are not subject to
any restrictions regarding their use and are
available for application to the general
purposes of the PCC. These include funds
designated for a particular purpose by the PCC.
The accounts include monetary transactions,
assets and liabilities for which the PCC can be
held responsible. They do not include the
accounts of other church groups that owe an
affiliation to another body, nor those that are
informal gatherings of church members.
Subject to the above, receipts and payments
include income as received and expenditure
when irrevocably paid.
The following assets are recognised but not
necessarily valued in the statement of Assets
and Liabilities;
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Movable church furnishings held by the
wardens on trust for the PCC and which
require a faculty for disposal.
•
Land and buildings held on behalf of
the PCC.
•
Other fixtures, fittings and office items
where the PCC is free to dispose of
such assets without faculty and where
the original cost exceeded £1000.
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Investments held beneficially by the
PCC.
The following assets are recognised, and a
monetary value given as part of the description
in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities;
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Amounts owing from the inland
revenue where a claim has been made
(none)
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Any other amounts owing to the PCC
includingchurch halls lettings and| ||insurance claims (none)| |---|---| |•|Legacies where formal notification of| ||entitlement and amount has been| ||received at 31 December by the PCC.| ||(none)| |•|Closing bank balances as shown in the| ||receipts and payment account| ||(included)| |The following liabilities are recognised in the|| |statement of assets and liabilities:|| |•|Any loans/overdrafts| |•|Any arrears of parish share (see notes| ||above in respect of reserves)| |•|Creditors for goods and services where| ||supply has been received and invoiced| ||by 31stDecember.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||None| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Excepted| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Parochial Church Council| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by existing trustees following
nomination and election at Annual Parochial
Church Council Meeting.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Charity is a Parochial Church Council within the
Diocese of Chester and part of the Church of
England.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|Charity is a Parochial Church Council within the
Diocese of Chester and part of the Church of
England.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St
Wilfrid's Davenham| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charitynumber|1132068| |Charity’s principal address|57 Church Street,
Davenham,
Northwich,
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev Rob Iveson|Chair||| ||Virginia Geraerts|Vice Chair||| ||Paul Davies|Warden||| ||Jamie Griffiths|Treasurer||| ||Elsie Barber|||| ||Joanne Hyslop|||| ||PhilipHilditch|||| ||Patricia Jean Jolley|||| ||Rachel Le|||| ||Joanna Brady|||| ||Elizabeth Rene|||| ||Kathryn Dakin|Secretary||| ||Ivan Pennington|||| ||Janet Martin|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
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**Address**||| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Rev. Rob Iveson is Chair ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **None** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE PCC OF ST WILFRID'S This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the 12 months ended 31 December 2023 is in respect of an exaLnination carried out in accordance WAth the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 (the Regulations) and Section 43 of the Charities Act 199i (the Act). As D]embers of the PCC you are responsible for the preparatioll of the financial statements: you consider that the audit requirements of the Regulations and Section 43(2) of the Act do not apply. It is my responsibility to i&gue this report on those financial statements in accoth¢e with the Regulation& My examination WBS carried out in accordance withthe general directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 43(7)0)) of the A¢t and to be found in tbe Church Guidance 2006 edition. That examination includes a review of thc a¢¢ounting records kept by the PCC and a ¢ompari80n of the financial 8tatem¢nts viith tlwe accounts. It also includes consideration of any unusual item5 or disclosures in the accounts and seekin8 explanations from you as tNstees ¢on¢¢rning any matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the ¢videnee that would be required in an audit and subsequently I do not express an audit opinion on the vi¢w given on the finaneiol statements. In connection with my ex8mInatio￿ no n)atters have come to my attention which givet reasonable cause to believe that any in any material respectthe requirements to keep accounting records to accordance with Section 41 of the ACL to prepare financial St￿ments which accord with the accounting records and to ¢oniply withthe requiretnents oftheAct and the Re8Utations have not been met: or to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. However, my examination was hampered by the absence of the January 2023 ReconcÉIiation Statement and no overaIl reconciliation of the f￿all¢la1 activities of the PCC forthe year 2023. I am also coneemed about the amount of ¢asb held in the Current account during tbe year rather than putting it on deposit with CCLA given the high intwest rat&s during the year and would advise the PCC to consider placing some of its cash on dep)8iL John J C Freeman- hon indop¢ndent ¢xaminer-April 2024 20a Leigh Way Weaverham NORTHWICH CW8 3PR ## The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wilfrid's Davenham ## Balance Sheet As of December 31, 2023 ||TOTAL| |---|---| |Fixed Asset|| |**Total Fixed Asset**|| |Cash at bank and in hand|| |Business Premium ME 90316547|0.00| |CCLA Account|52,094.45| |Community 90017442|153,229.85| |**Total Cash at bank and in hand**|**£205,324.30**| |NET CURRENT ASSETS|**£205,324.30**| |Creditors: amounts falling due within one year|| |Current Liabilities|| |Payroll Clearing|0.00| |Payroll Liabilities|| |HMRC|690.00| |**Total Payroll Liabilities**|**690.00**| |VAT Control|0.00| |**Total Current Liabilities**|**£690.00**| |**Total Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**£690.00**| |NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)|**£204,634.30**| |TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES|**£204,634.30**| |TOTAL NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES)|**£204,634.30**| |Charity funds|| |Opening Balance Equity|82,585.56| |Retained Earnings|171,565.29| |Surplus/(Deficit)|-49,516.55| |**Total Charity funds**|**£204,634.30**| **1/1** **Cash Basis Thursday, 21 March 2024 03:29 pm GMT+00:00**