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2022-12-31-accounts

Parish of St. Anne, Lydgate, Oldham Part of the Saddleworth Team

Deanery of Oldham East

Diocese of Manchester

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

For the year ending 31[st] December 2022

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Contents

Contents

Agenda .................................................................................................................................................... 4 St Anne’s Lydgate, 2022 Annual Vestry and APCM Minutes – Sunday 8[th] May 2022 ............................ 5 Administrative Information .................................................................................................................... 8 Standing Committee ........................................................................................................................... 8 Church Buildings Committee .............................................................................................................. 8 Worship Committee ............................................................................................................................ 8 Fund Raising Committee ..................................................................................................................... 8 Task Groups ......................................................................................................................................... 8 The Parochial Church Council - Objectives and Activities ................................................................... 9 Church Services ................................................................................................................................... 9 Reports .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Electoral Roll Officer’s Report ............................................................................................................... 10 Team Rector’s Report ........................................................................................................................... 10 Safeguarding Officer (Responsible for Children and Adults) ................................................................ 11 Deputy Churchwarden Report including the Fabric of the Church, The Churchyard and the Goods and Ornaments ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Church Building Committee .................................................................................................................. 13 Worship Committee .............................................................................................................................. 15 Report from the Sexton ........................................................................................................................ 16 St Anne’s EcoGroup............................................................................................................................... 16 Lydgate Community Association Report ............................................................................................... 18 Coffee Team .......................................................................................................................................... 19 Card Distribution Report ....................................................................................................................... 19 Junior Church ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Creche ................................................................................................................................................... 20 May Queen ............................................................................................................................................ 21 Girl Guiding Associations ...................................................................................................................... 21 Rangers ............................................................................................................................................. 21

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Guides ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Rainbows ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Boy Scouting Associations ..................................................................................................................... 22 Beavers (children aged 6-8) .............................................................................................................. 22 Cubs (children aged 8 - 10 ½) ............................................................................................................ 22 Scouts (children aged 10 ½ to 14) ..................................................................................................... 23 Junior Leaders ................................................................................................................................... 24 Group Scout Leadership and Administration .................................................................................... 24 Safeguarding Policy – Promoting a Safer Church .................................................................................. 25 POLICY STATEMENT ON CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE & THE CHURCH .................................................. 26 POLICY STATEMENT ON SAFEGUARDING OF ADULTS .......................................................................... 27

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Agenda

St Anne’s Church, Lydgate, Oldham

Sunday 26[th] March in Church immediately after the 11.00am service

Annual (Vestry) Meeting of the Parishioners Agenda

Election of the Church Wardens for the year 2023/24

Annual Parochial Church Meeting Agenda

  1. Opening Prayers

  2. Apologies for Absence

  3. Approval of minutes of the APCM held 8[th] May 2022

  4. Presentation of the General Report

  5. Treasurer’s Financial Report

  6. Electoral Roll Report

  7. Child Protection Report

  8. Elections of;

PCC members Deanery Synod Representatives Charities to Support Examiner of accounts

Date of next PCC meeting: 16[th] May 2023

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St Anne’s Lydgate, 2022 Annual Vestry and APCM Minutes – Sunday 8[th] May 2022

Present: Revd Canon Sharon Jones (in the Chair), Revd Pat Gillian, Al Gillian (Treasurer), Anne Smith, John Pearson (acting Minute Secretary), Sue Willett, Susan Fleming, Jennifer Greenwood, Gwen Morton, Kath Hodges, Rachel Damianou, Margaret Schofield, Danos Damianou, Kath Kershaw, Liz and Ian Brocklehurst, Dorothy Clarke, Molly Ellis

Apologies: Jo Coxon, Neil Davies, Dave Marshall, Natalie Doran

Sharon thanked all those who had done all the preparation and copying of documents in preparation for the meeting and particularly Anne Smith and Sue Willett. John Pearson agreed to take the minutes.

Annual Easter vestry meeting

Sharon announced that Anne Smith was standing down as Church Warden and thanked Anne for all her excellent work in that role. Sharon asked if there were any nominations for Church Warden. There were none.

Sharon asked if there were any nominations for Deputy Church Warden.

The following agreed to stand as deputy church wardens:

There were no objections so all will stand as deputy church wardens over the next year.

There being no further business the Annual Vestry closed.

Annual Parishioners Council Meeting

Approval of the minutes of the APCM held 25[th] April 2021

No amendments to the minutes had been requested. Therefore the Minutes were approved as being an accurate reflection of the meeting.

Presentation of the General Report

The General Report had been distributed prior to this meeting

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Sharon thanked Sue and Anne for arranging for all the necessary paperwork for the meeting to be copied. There were no questions regarding the report

Treasurer’s Financial Report

Sharon thanked Al Gillian for the report and accounts.

Income - Al mentioned that the closure as a result of the Pandemic affected income particularly as there were no Wednesday services for some time. There were problems with HSBC Bank who changed the name on the accounts and this affected online payments. Some 200 Club members have been lost. The investments were doing well, £3000 in the year. There have been 2 grants towards Church LED lights and from the Council for the path.

Expenditure – As we could only gather for 9 months in the year there was reduced income which led to only £40000 being available for the Parish Share of £61384, set for this year. Team costs have reduced. Bibles have been provided for year 6 and reception classes at a cost of £1062. Well worth the expense and covered by a generous donation. Heating has been reduced from 12 to 11 degrees. Gas and electricity are on a contract but will increase. £3000 has been spent to keep the roof watertight. The Parish Hall has received Grants of £20000 from the Council which will help to provide help for the lonely and isolated and a drop in centre – also a community garden. Al reminded the meeting that the PCC is responsible for the Parish Hall. £12000 was needed initially but more has been requested. £9600 is available in the accounts. The stipend of £48000 includes provision of housing and pension costs.

There being no questions the financial report was accepted unanimously.

Sharon thanked Pat, Al and other non-stipendiary clergy for their help.

Electoral Roll Report

Rachel Damianou, our Electoral Roll Officer, referred to her report which had been included in the General Report. Sharon thanked Rachel for her work in maintaining the Roll and for continuing in this role.

Child Protection and Safeguarding Report

Susan Fleming, our Safeguarding Officer, read out the Safe Church Policy and her formal report. Susan also made reference to her report which had been included in the General Report. Disclosure checks are now required every 3 years. Philip Williamson is now Susan’s supervisor.

No questions were raised. Susan announced that as nobody has come forward to replace her she very kindly agreed to carry on until a replacement can be appointed.

Sharon thanked Susan for her work and emphasised the importance of her role.

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Elections of the following roles

Parochial Church Council

The following people stood for election for the Parochial Church Council.

Dave Marshall, John Pearson, Sue Willett, Al Gillian (as Treasurer), Revd Canon Sharon Jones, Revd Pat Gillian, Sam Lowe, Neil Davies David Lloyd Jo Coxon Natalie Doran and Danos Damianou.

The meeting was unanimously in favour of electing all of the above.

Examiner of Accounts for 2022

Mike Royle was proposed and accepted as independent examiner of the accounts for another year

Charities

The following were proposed as our chosen charities for the year – Toilet Twinning, Lydgate Community Association and Diabetes UK. These were accepted unanimously.

Any other Business

There being no further business the meeting closed.

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Administrative Information

Standing Committee

This is the only committee required by law. It has powers to transact the business of the P.C.C. between its meetings subject to any directions given to it by the Council. Its members are:

Team Rector; Churchwarden (currently vacant); PCC Vice-Chair; PCC Secretary; Treasurer; Chair of the Building Committee; and Worship Committee Representative.

Church Buildings Committee

Worship Committee

Fund Raising Committee

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The Parochial Church Council - Objectives and Activities

The primary object of St Anne's Parochial Church Council is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England. It also has responsibility for co-operation with the Team Rector in promoting throughout the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

The Members of the PCC since the last APCM are:

Mrs Joanne Coxon Miss Natalie Doran Mr Danos Damianou Mr Neil Davies Mr Al Gillian (Co-Opted Member & Treasurer) Rev’d Patricia Gillian (Ex Officio Member) Rev’d Canon Sharon Jones (Chair) Mr David Lloyd Mrs Sam Lowe Mr David Marshall Mr John Pearson Mrs Susan Willett

Church Services

The following services were held in St Anne's Church during the year from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022:

2022 2021
Comparison
SundayServices: Eucharist 42 30
Service of the Word 10 9
Other Sunday Services 4 2
Weekday Eucharist 2
WeekdayFamilyService 50 16
Other WeekdayServices 11 6
Baptism Services 60 21
Marriage Services Includinga renewal of vows 19 13
Burial & Funeral Services 9 14
Internment of Ashes 12 8
Total of all Services 217 121

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Reports

Electoral Roll Officer’s Report

Every six years it is a legal requirement to completely revise our Electoral Roll. Everyone then needs to fill in an application to the Roll form and we did this four years ago. This usually results in a trimmed down roll initially.

At our year end last December there were 94 members on the Electoral Roll. 63 are resident and 31 are non-resident in the Parish. The Roll will be updated again just prior to our APCM so numbers may be slightly different by then. Our new roll will be displayed at the back of church.

Anyone who is 16 or over, baptised and regularly attends worship here or who lives in the Parish is eligible.

It would be good to see new members joining the roll as they get involved with our church family.

If anyone wishes to take certain roles in the church, they should ideally be a member of the Roll, so it is important that as many people as possible are encouraged to join the Electoral Roll. After the AGM and throughout the year anyone not on the Roll is welcome to join at any point.

Rachel Damianou

Team Rector’s Report

Jesus calls us the Salt of the earth and the Light of the world. That is a big responsibility to live up to, that God puts his trust in us to be like Christ.

Within the Saddleworth Team we share a diversity of traditions and practice with strengths and weaknesses being part of our shared life. It is tempting to be worn down by financial issues, challenging buildings to maintain, the time constraints and pressures upon volunteers. God constantly reminds us to avoid grumbling and criticising and instead to be tolerant and respectful, focussing on the good and the positive.

As St Paul writes in Philippians:

‘Fill your minds with everything that is true, everything that is noble, everything that is just and pure, all that is lovely, virtuous, excellent. Think on these things.’

2022 has been a challenging year for the Benefice. The retirement of John Rosedale as Team Vicar left a huge gap in our life together. The ongoing illness of Susan our much-

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appreciated Team Adminstrator has added to the pressures. The year has been an exhausting juggling act.

I would like to thank all those who have maintained kindness, understanding and cooperation; all who have gone over and beyond in terms of serving their community and their congregations; all who have contributed their time, skills and finances. You are the salt of the earth.

We have much to celebrate in terms of our ministry particularly among children and families. They are God’s precious gift to us. Our midweek services have flourished. There has been an increase in baptisms, weddings and funerals, all of which are opportunities for God’s love and welcome to be demonstrated. There has been an increased interest in studying the Bible together and simply sharing our faith with one another. Our eco church initiatives are also growing in strength. Those who offer to lead service of the word and those who are offering themselves for Accredited Lay Ministry, are to be thanked and celebrated. We pray for God’s wisdom and direction for the year ahead as we share God’s work in growing the Kingdom through belonging, believing and becoming the disciples we are called to be.

Canon Sharon Jones

Team Rector

Safeguarding Officer (Responsible for Children and Adults)

Introduction

I have continued to update myself with all the duties expected of this role by reading the Church of England Safeguarding E Manual published September 2021 and am up to date with all the relevant on line training provided by the Diocese.

Child Registration details

The recommendations regarding the registration of all children attending Junior Church, Crèche and Youth Group are followed and each parent/guardian is required to complete a registration form for their child. All information is updated regularly to ensure the safety of the children in our care.

Volunteer Details

Currently we only have 4 volunteers for Junior Church. This means Junior Church cannot be held every week. Youth group and crèche are currently not running.

A completed application form, two references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate are held for each volunteer. All DBS certificates are renewed every 5 years and our current volunteers have completed on line Basic and Foundation Safeguarding Training. Information on our volunteers is kept in a locked safe.

Safeguarding Statements

Our Safeguarding Policy Promoting a Safer Church is in line with guidance from the Diocese and is available for viewing on the notice board at the back of church along with the Referral Flow Chart stating what to do if there is a case of suspected child abuse.

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The parish Safeguarding Handbook (new for 2019) is also on the notice board and all volunteers have a copy of the “pocket guide”. There is also a safeguarding statement on our website.

PCC members

It is a requirement that all PCC members should have a DBS check completed because they are trustees of a charity overseeing work with children and adults at risk and therefore have safeguarding responsibilities. This has been completed for all current members.

The Future

I did let the PCC know 2 years ago that I would be standing down from the role of Safeguarding Officer as of the AGM 2022. To date I am not aware that the vacancy has been filled. I agreed to continue in the role until a successor was found.

Susan Fleming Parish Safeguarding Officer February 2023

Deputy Churchwarden Report including the Fabric of the Church, The Churchyard and the Goods and Ornaments

Following the pandemic of COVID 19, church managed to safely open again in January 2022. We have steadily resumed almost normal worship again.

The total number of services we held was 217 which was attended by 15401 worshippers. The number of baptisms was 60, marriage services 19, and funerals and burials 9,interment of ashes 12.

Our Wednesday family service continues to be very well attended and appreciated by all the families.

Our links with St. Anne’s school remains strong with experiences in church for the children at Easter, Pentecost, Harvest and Christmas. There are also services in church for the new reception class and year 6 leavers. I wish to thank the Rev Pat Gillian for all her hard work in this role.

The interior of the church has been painted and work carried out on the roof and guttering. We also have LED lighting to help with our ECO commitment.

The churchyard has a wonderful group of volunteers working hard to ensure it is a haven for nature and wildlife. This includes removing invasive plants, building ‘homes’ with logs for hedgehogs and other animals, also planting wildflowers for pollinators.

I wish to thank John Pearson, David Lloyd, Jennifer Greenwood, all the sides people, readers, intercessors, flower team, coffee team, Sexton, Electoral Roll Officer, Safe guarding Officer and card distribution team for their fantastic work. They all have contributed to keep our church so lovely and welcoming to all.

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I will continue my work as Deputy Churchwarden, Verger, wedding coordinator and sacristan for the next year.

Anne Smith.

Church Building Committee

Another varied year for the Building Committee and some ongoing themes that are constants for a Church like ours.

Church Grounds

I’m sure you will agree that the Church grounds are looking in fairly good shape at the moment, and this is thanks largely to Al for the work he does to organise working parties and puts the hours in to tackle the jobs that need doing.

Working Parties have been happened on a semi-regular basis throughout the year with some good turnouts from parishioners which has really enabled us to tidy up areas of the grounds that had become a bit overrun with weeds and invasive plants. The woodland area and the gardens to the south of church in particular are looking great with some hard work gone in to clear undergrowth and to provide some much needed light to the trees and shrubs that we want to keep. There has also been substantial work in lower graveyard where work has been done to thin out shrubs and rebuild sections of the internal dry stone walls.

In the north graveyard, Al has also been very busy creating our very own composting areas using bits from his old shed. An excellent re-use of materials that would otherwise have gone to the tip.

Roof

Work has continued on the Church roof throughout the year with small jobs being done fairly quickly to fix loose or missing tiles. Building on the work that was done last year by Roofmaster to fix some of the more major problems including resolving the water ingress issue on the north wall, this will continue with the replacement of several of the rainwater pipes around church which I mentioned in this report last year. Hopefully this time we can get that sorted before the APCM.

Inside walls

As mentioned in my report last year, there was planned to be some work to re-paint the inside of church as a lot of the paint work had begun to flake and surround to the window in the west wall had discoloured somewhat. I am pleased to say this work has now been completed and the cost covered by a generous donation by a member of the building committee. It was a struggle to find a window of opportunity large enough, but the CTiS

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service gave us a week in which we could close church and carry this out. I hope you’ll agree they have done an excellent job.

Heating

Back in November 2022, just when the weather was getting cold our boiler stopped working, meaning we were without heat for a while. The problem turned out to be a broken fan, which was replaced and we are now back in working order.

Having said that, some of you may not notice as to help reduce our energy costs (and to save some CO2 emissions too) the PCC made the decision to reduce the temperature in Church. We have kept the thermostat to have a background temperature of 11 degrees C at the recommendation of our Architect to ensure the building doesn’t get damp, but during services this has also been reduced to 15 degrees or so.

On the topic of heating and CO2 reduction, we have been working with our new Architect (more below on this) and the Diocesan Advisory Committee to understand what options we have to replace our aging boiler and to perhaps install something that will help us to reduce our carbon footprint and do our bit for the environment. This is an ongoing conversation with no easy or cheap options. So, whilst there is no news at the moment, hopefully we can have some viable alternatives soon.

Monument in Church

Back in May 2020 the first marble monument on the north wall (In memory of John Buckley) detached itself and smashed on the floor. I am glad to say that discussions to replace this are well advanced and we have received a quote to replace and are working with Heritage Construction to understand how we can fix the new one to the wall. This is likely to involve work to replaster and create new fixings to ensure it doesn’t happen again in the future. We are also looking at grants to enable us to fund this work, but it won’t happen before the APCM so this is just a note to explain what is being done.

Church Architect

Last year we were informed that sadly, our Church Architect for a number of years, Ian Lucas, had passed away. This meant we needed to appoint a new one, and work began to identify possible candidates. I reached out to Paul Wooding at Dobcross and following a recommendation and conversations we appointed Andrew Kepczyk of Kepczyk Pearce Sanderson. We have had one meeting with him since to talk about the Church and the priorities, plus if there are any options to reduce carbon footprint from our heating. This is a work in progress which will be referenced in the ECO report.

It's also worth mentioning that 2023 is our Quinquennial year, and an inspection by Andrew will take place this year no doubt providing some more jobs to keep the building going.

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Building Committee membership

As in previous years, I make a note about membership of the committee. This year it has remained static at 5 members. Each of us does what we can in between work and home life, but if anyone has an interest in old buildings, or has experience in the building trade you would be more than welcome to join us.

Many thanks

David Lloyd

Worship Committee

The worship committee is a sub-committee of the PCC and focuses on the worship and services at St Anne’s. Membership is not restricted to the PCC, and it would be fruitful if members of the congregation joined to give a wider perspective on our worship. We encourage the children to be involved in the services by taking part with readings, intercessions. We also encourage our Youth to help lead services and in the research that is sometimes needed beforehand. We are always looking for more people to volunteer to lead the prayers and to read the weekly readings for us so please give it some thought and volunteer.

2022 saw us back to near normal with our services with most of the restrictions we had during Covid being removed. Slowly but surely during the year we have worked towards getting back to normal or the new normal. We still do not share the peace by shaking hands, but we share it by looking round and acknowledging people. Also, we started receiving communion in both sorts, the bread being dipped in the wine by the priest at Communion.

Our Wedding, Baptism and Funeral services are now back to normal after Covid, and it is a delight to welcome families to our church. It was a bumper year for Baptism which saw 60 people being baptised: a record, I think.

On the 8[th of] July we were able to hold our Confirmation service with Bishop Mark at St Mary’s Greenfield and it was good to see the candidates and their families gathered to celebrate their confirmation.

Our weekday service goes from strength to strength with an average attendance of 126 people. We held our “Admittance to Communion Confirmation Class” again, and we decided to hold two classes during 2022 to help to catch up from the time we were closed over Covid, and we admitted 17 children over the year which was great.

Our participation in School Collective Worship and Experience Church plus now Faith Explorers is being delivered in person which is a much better experience for the children. We also now have a Eucharist service at school once a term which the children enjoy and participate in.

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We have also managed to hold End of Term Services along with a very successful Christingle Service and Harvest Service with the food from the Harvest service, brought by the children, being delivered to Oldham Foodbank, Bible presenting services to Year 6 and Reception.

So, you can see we are moving forward at St Anne’s in many ways but are always open to new ideas and helpers so please get in touch if you have ideas to share.

Report from the Sexton

The progress made in 2021 has continued apace in 2022 and the churchyard is really beginning to provide the tranquil beautiful place it needs to be. Thanks is due to all the willing volunteers that have worked so hard on the working parties and on their own as we seek to turn the churchyard into a bio-diverse haven for wildlife. Log piles have been carefully placed to provide wild animal habitats; tree stumps need to be drilled for insects to nest in; bird and bee houses have been installed along with bird feeders.

We wish to maintain a metre-wide margin around the boundaries that enable birds, bees and other insects to thrive alongside small mammals. Leaving the grass and other vegetation will allows seeds to set and provide wild flowers and this is also being encouraged on the banks in the lower churchyard. Alongside that it is important to ensure the churchyard’s primary purpose as a graveyard: the grass in the burial areas will need to be kept mown once a month; the gravel paths have been attended to and extended to make a safe passage down to the lower churchyard. With the new field consecrated it has quickly come into use with several burials and it is being made clear to all that headstones will only be permitted in natural local stone. The bench in the semi-circle garden has, unfortunately been damaged beyond repair and we are in discussion with the sponsor family to introduce a sturdier model. As the semi-circle cannot be used for burials, it is being developed into a flower garden by John Blackburn and Anne Smith and congratulations to them for the work that is steadily turning this into lovely area.

We should not forget that this is an important working churchyard and here are the numbers for its use in 2022:

3 Burials

8 Interments of Ashes

16 Memorials, plaques or additional inscriptions were added

Al Gillian

St Anne’s EcoGroup

Last year I mentioned that myself and Al were putting together a group to do our bit towards the diocesan vision of being carbon neutral by 2030, and we have done just that.

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The main resource we have used to support us in this work is the A Rocha EcoChurch initiative. This covers 5 areas of Church life, and through a series of questions gives a score for each, and an overall score relating to the lowest rating of the groups.

The areas are:

During the year, myself and Al have met several times to score and identify actions we can take to increase our score and lower our impact on the environment, either directly through managing the Church grounds for nature, and reducing our gas and electricity usage, or through others by suggesting ways each one of us can reduce our own impact on the environment.

I’d like to thank Al for being the driving force behind a lot of this work, through his organisation of the monthly working parties in the grounds and creating a semi-regular Eco newsletter highlighting what we are doing and asking the congregation to support our work and perhaps join us in this quest.

Silver Award

Through the hard work put in this year I am pleased to say that we have now achieved our Silver award in all of the categories, and can now apply for the Silver Award and plaque which will be displayed proudly in the grounds somewhere.

This isn’t the end though. We are continuing with the work with a view to achieving our Gold Award. This may take several years to complete and will require more of us to support, so if anyone is interested in supporting this crucial work, do please get in touch.

Carbon Footprint

One other area we are actively pursuing, is how we can reduce our energy usage both to save ourselves money in these challenging times, but also to reduce our emissions. We have started conversations with our new Architect and a member of the Diocesan Advisory Committee that is particularly focussed on heating and electrical installations.

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The challenge with a building the size of ours is that most of the solutions are simply not economically viable, with high cost and very little gain. I understand this is not all about money, and that is why we are continuing our exploration of other solutions. It may not be in 2023, but hopefully in the not-too-distant future we will have some news.

Many thanks

David Lloyd

Lydgate Community Association Report

The Trustees’ aim of creating a community hub, available to all ages, has come to fruition better than any hopes we might have had and provides a real link to the more tranquil church and churchyard across the road from the hall; they compliment each other so well.

Although planning is so important, it helps success to allow plans to evolve to recognise changing needs and circumstances and this is very evident in the hall. With many of the daytime slots booked up by regular groups, care has been necessary to meet the increasing demand for the use of the hall and it is wonderful that families have found the space to be ideal for those family parties that are sometimes difficult to accommodate and Sundays have been heavily booked from this source.

In terms of refurbishment work, this has continued: the last few adjustments have been made to the kitchen; problems with the hall electrics have been corrected and lights replaced with LED units; the toilet refurbishment and redecoration has been completed; windows repaired and replaced where necessary; the matrix boards have been refurbished; the list will go on, but we are now on top of the refurbishment and are focussing on redecoration and carpeting of the two fire exit lobbies with a new built-in cupboard. As major structural issues, the Church PCC authorised the funds to enable sealant to be applied to the exterior stonework, to halt the ingress of water, and for the broken hall boiler to be replaced.

Outside has not been left out with a new notice board affixed to the outside wall; the tarmac area between the entrance and steps has been resurfaced and two raised garden beds installed; the play area in the north-east corner has been tidied up and a picnic table installed and plans are being drawn up to turn the rest of the grounds into a Community Garden with much improved surfaces. This is for 2023 and, though some funds are available, will require some additional funding which the church is helping to source by way of grant. To be a true Community Garden we hope that members of the community will step forward to help build and run it, but more of that in due course.

It is impossible to list everyone that has helped with all the ongoing work, but the Trustees are anxious to offer their grateful thanks to everyone that has for their hard and loving efforts. It is appropriate to single out Jennifer for her untiring work and leadership. We have also welcomed Julie Whitehead who has joined as an additional trustee and thanks also to

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all the individuals that have provided their support for the project by joining our membership scheme.

The hall is here for the whole community, so if you wish to be involved or make use of the facilities, please contact one of the Trustees.

Al Gillian (Chair), Jennifer Greenwood, Frank Boocock, Rachel Damianou, Henry Burbidge, Simon Edge, Julie Whitehead.

Coffee Team

Coffee and tea are usually served after every 11 am Sunday service thanks to our dedicated team of volunteers. Our contribution to our three charities this year was £438.93 which will be donated equally between the charities.

Lydgate Community Association have taken over the running of the Parish Hall and we now have a new kitchen fit for all kinds of catering which we use for coffee The hall is now also regularly used for parties which is a great source of income towards continuing to renovate the hall. It does however mean that coffee needs to be served at the back of church if the hall is in use. Some people find this more convenient for a quick coffee after the service, some find it too crowded. It remains a moot point as to where is best but hopefully the combination goes some way to accommodate everyone.

Thank you to everyone who has, brewed up, cleaned up, donated biscuits, collected and counted our donations, shared a cuppa and donated!

Card Distribution Report

An estimated 2740 cards were distributed at Easter and Christmas by a team of 41 volunteers to people in the Parish.

The numbers included 220 being handed to the pupils at St Anne's school in Lydgate, 40 to residents at Hood Square, Grotton, 42 to residents at The Old Mill House in Grotton and a further 23 to Lido House, Grotton.

The need to recruit volunteers remains onging. Whilst we have only one vacancy round available at the present time invariably there will be turnover during 2023. It was particuarly pleasing to be invited to speak at a Wednesday night service in December when we attracted four new volunteers to the role. Thanks therefore go to our new Postmen / Postmistresses:

Katie Griffiths Anthony Lamb Clare Patrick Becci Shaw

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I would also like to thank all the volunteers for their continued support. We had cold and slippery conditions at Christmas but happily no injuries were recorded.

Special thanks must also go to the Card Production Team including the printers Colormania for the speedy delivery of cards which enabled the volunteers to receive the cards in good time. This enabled many children to enjoy delivering the cards in the daylight during the weekend before Christmas.

We have commenced a list ( albeit with not many names on it ! ) for persons living outside the Parish to receive cards. If considered appropriate arrangements can be made to deliver or post cards and names should be submitted as appropriate.

Richard Buckley Mobile. 07805 970799 Email: richard.buckley17@btinternet.com

Junior Church

Well like most things, Junior Church started to get back to normal this year and we were able to provide Junior Church on most second and fourth Sundays of the year. For the other Sundays in the month we were able to offer the children in church the Look weekly sheet which provides activities such as stories; drama; art and crafts; and discussion, themed around the Sunday Gospel.

In Junior Church, the children have completed a variety of activities throughout the year which teaches the children the Gospel but through child friendly means. In addition to this, we prepared and performed our annual Christmas Eve Crib Service which is always a wonderful start to the Christmas period. The children also continued to amaze us with their designs for the parish Easter and Christmas cards – we are just thankful we don’t have to choose the winning design for the card.

The number of children attending Junior Church throughout the year have remained quite strong but we will always welcome new children.

After many years of leading Junior Church Lianne and Sam have both stepped down and we thank them both for their many years of service. We are also thankful to Rachel, who along with Clare, will lead Junior Church going forward.

Creche

We have been unable to recruit new volunteers for crèche to restart. We are in need of leaders who will be willing to take on this role. If this you would like to find out more, please ask one of the deputy wardens or sides-people.

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May Queen

I am enjoying my reign as May Queen at St Anne's. I was honoured to serve in 2022 as our late Majesty Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Platinum Jubilee and now, the start of 2023 as King Charles himself is crowned. My great grandmother, and my namesake, was a big fan of Queen Elizabeth and I know she would have been very proud of me.

Along with my retinue, Lola, Chloe, Matilda, Matilda and Connie, I have been raising as much money as we can for St Anne’s and our chosen charity, The Christie. Our fundraising will continue until May.

Girl Guiding Associations

Rangers

We now have a small ranger unit for girls aged 14 plus who are completing badges and taking part in adventurous activities. They are looking forward to camping this summer completing a get muddy challenge.

Guides

Here at 20th Oldham Lydgate Guides we are based within the Parish Hall across from Lydgate church next to the White Hart.

Currently we meet every Thursday evening between 7-9 and we spend half an hour each week collaboratively with Lydgate brownies. We enjoy working on lots of exciting activities which allow us to learn new skills and earn colourful badges which we can decorate our camp blankets and uniforms with. We enjoy playing games, making camp fires and singing campfire songs.

We have two big camps per year which are filled with lots of enjoyment and adventure. If you are looking for fun, adventure, excitement, friendship and somewhere you can be yourself and make some amazing friends then 20th Oldham Lydgate Guides is the place for you.

It is £28.50 to join and £12.50 per month thereafter. You need to be 10 years old to join us.

If you would like to get some more information or join please email: bingleyclo@gmail.com or rookie67@tiscali.co.uk

Rainbows

Lydgate Rainbows is for girls aged 5-7 years old. We meet every Thursday from 6-7pm during term time at Lydgate Parish Hall on Stockport Road and charge a joining fee of £15 and subs are £10 a month.

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We currently have 15 Rainbows in the unit (with many more on the waiting list!), 1 leader, 3 leaders in training, a young leader and 2 Duke of Edinburgh award volunteers.

During the year of 2022, Lydgate Rainbows enjoyed crafting, playing games, singing songs, learning sign language, having a pretend indoor campfire and trips to the cinema and local pantomime with Lydgate Brownies, Guides and Rangers.

Boy Scouting Associations

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. Many local children have experienced this with our group throughout the decades of its existence.

Scouting at St Anne's has offered children from 6 to 14 the ability to be involved in their local community and to undertake activities which challenge them and build skills and develop confidence which can be taken through into other areas of their daily lives.

Scouting is about preparing young people with skills for life. It gives them the character, employability and practical skills they need to succeed, encouraging them to do more, learn more and be more. From teamwork, leadership, and resilience – skills that have helped Scouts become everything from teachers and social workers to astronauts and Olympians. The Scouts bring people together. We celebrate diversity and stand against intolerance. We're a worldwide movement with over 55 million members, creating stronger communities and inspiring positive futures.

Beavers (children aged 6-8)

Beavers is the beginning of the Scouting adventure. It's about trying new things and making new friends. Every week, they gather in groups called Beaver Colonies to hop, skip and jump their way through lots of different games and activities. Each Beaver undertakes activities in order to achieve a variety of activity and challenge badges which, once completed, earns them the Chief Scout's Bronze Award.

Our Beavers Colony closed in early 2020 due to a lack of parental help and leadership assistance. The last leadership group committed to helping all of that current group progress into Cubs before the section closed. Sadly, we had plenty of interest from parents wanting their children to be part of the Scouting movement, however, no offers to help keep the Colony alive. This is unlikely to reopen.

Cubs (children aged 8 - 10 ½)

Cubs is the next stage in the Scouting adventure, providing more difficult and challenging experiences for the members to experience. Every week, they gather in groups called Cub Packs to take part in lots of interesting and challenging activities – achieving anything they

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set their minds to and having lots of fun along the way. Each Cub undertakes activities in order to achieve a variety of activity and challenge badges which, once completed, earns them the Chief Scout's Silver Award.

The Coronavirus impacted volunteering groups hard, and it has had a negative effect on Scouting numbers too with many members breaking the link with attending meetings over the lockdown periods and subsequently not re-joining the movement.

This is true for both children and adult members.

Our Cub Pack did not reopen following the easing of restrictions in 2021 due the lack of numbers remaining, lack of parental help/leadership assistance and due to a number of the members being in the Scouts age bracket. This is unlikely to reopen.

Scouts (children aged 10 ½ to 14)

Scouts is the next stage in the Scouting story. Scouts are a go-getting group of young people. They master new skills and try new things, make new friends, have fun and go on adventures, explore the world around them, help others and make a difference, in their own communities and beyond.

Week in and week out, they gather in groups called Scout Troops to conquer the small task of changing the world. Each Scout undertakes activities in order to achieve a variety of Activity and Challenge badges which, once completed, earns them the Chief Scout's Gold Award.

Over the last 12 months our Scout Troop has undertaken a number of activities as part of our Scouts’ work towards their Gold Award through Activity and Challenge badges. They have competed in athletics, rifle shooting and reloading, learnt about astronomy in the astronomy dome, celebrated the Queen’s jubilee, reflected on Her Majesty’s passing, built electrical circuitry, planned and cooked a 3-course meal, baked cakes, entertained the group with magic tricks, planned an expedition, undertook an introduction session to snowboarding, and started planning their spring camp to Brownsea Island. The Troop marked Christmas with a Go-Karting night out in Manchester – a meal was followed by some ‘team building’ racing competition!! They have also attended District Scout camp which included cooking their own food, zip line, shooting, catapults and bushcraft skills – including dissecting and cooking a pigeon along with foraged wild garlic - Bear Grylls would be proud!

Our Scout Troop meets in Lydgate Parish Hall on Fridays between 7-9. We have a cohesive group of dedicated leaders who put together an interesting and challenging schedule of activities and badge work meaning that meetings are always rewarding.

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Junior Leaders

Our Group has benefitted from a number of previous members returning after they have moved on in order to help run the group's activities. Some of this has been to help achieve the varying stages of their Duke of Edinburgh Award, however, each has stayed to help after their respective required time periods have concluded. This further enriches the experience delivered to members as they look up to their closer aged peers and they set an example for them to follow.

Group Scout Leadership and Administration

Our group of dedicated leaders has kept our group alive after COVID and we continue to offer a valuable and meaningful experience for our Scouts. The hard work of the group as a whole has been reflected in what we have collectively output in terms of the quality of badge work and meetings in general.

The group has taken pride in what we have been involved in which results in a meaningful and rewarding community group allowing young children in the area to be taught life skills and a connectivity with their community and environment.

For any enquiries, please direct them to the below contact points: Scouts: Lydgate_Scouts@outlook.com Group queries and admin: Lydgate_22nd_Oldham@outlook.com

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Safeguarding Policy – Promoting a Safer Church

The following policy was agreed at the Parochial Church Council (PCC) meeting held on 28[th] February 2023.

In accordance with the Church of England Safeguarding Policy our church is committed to:

The Parish will:

Each person who works within this church community will agree to abide by this policy and the guidelines established by this church.

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POLICY STATEMENT ON CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE & THE CHURCH

This statement must be read out to at least one PCC meeting each year, where progress in implementing it will be monitored.

As members of this Church, we commit ourselves to the nurturing, protection and safekeeping of all, especially children and young people.

Children and young people are an important part of our Church today. They have much to give as well as to receive. We will listen to them as we nurture them in worship, learning and in community life. We will respect the wishes and feelings of children and young people.

Review date: March 2024

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POLICY STATEMENT ON SAFEGUARDING OF ADULTS

This statement must be read out to at least one PCC meeting each year, where progress in implementing it will be monitored.

  1. We recognize that everyone has different levels of vulnerability and that each of us may be regarded as vulnerable at some time in our lives.

  2. As members of this parish we commit ourselves to respectful pastoral care for all adults to whom we minister.

  3. We commit ourselves to the safeguarding of people who may be vulnerable, ensuring their well-being in the life of this church.

  4. We commit ourselves to promoting safe practice by those in positions of trust. 5. The parish commits itself to promoting the inclusion and empowerment of people who may be vulnerable.

  5. It is the responsibility of each of us to prevent the physical, emotional, sexual, financial and spiritual abuse of vulnerable people and to report any such abuse that we discover or suspect.

  6. We undertake to exercise proper care in the appointment and selection of those who will work with people who may be vulnerable.

  7. The parish is committed to supporting, resourcing, training and regularly reviewing those who undertake work amongst people who may be vulnerable.

  8. The parish adopts the guidelines of the Church of England and the Diocese. 10. Each person who works with vulnerable people will agree to abide by these recommendations and the guidelines established by this church.

Review date: March 2024

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Parish of St Anne, Lydgate Charity Registration Number: 1132948 •. Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 December 2022

Parish of St Anne, Lydgate INDEX Page A3 Financial Report Page A5 Independent Examiner's Report Page A6 Statement of Financial Activities Page A7 Statement of Financial Activtties 2021 Page A8 Balan￿ Sheet Page A9 Notes to the Financial Statements Page A10 Incoming ReSoUr￿S Page A11 Incoming Resources (Continued) Page A12 Resources Expended Page A13 Resources Expended (Continued) Page A14 Net Position, Transfers, Revaluations & Total Balances Analysis of Funds Page A15 Analysis of Fixed Assets Current Assets & Liabilities Page A16 to Page A19 Funds Statement5

Parish of St Anne, Lydgate FinaDcial Report It has been a strange, but positive year in many respects. A proper comparison between 2022 and 2021 is not really possible or useful &$. onc¢ church had reopened after the 2021 lockdowns, number restrictions meant we weren't fully open until 1st September 2021. From that dale the Wednesda>. service ii.ent from strength to strength and this is retlected in the change in giving levels }'ear on vear. Overall. income rose to £70:737 compared to £68,812 in 2021: plus i1:e also receiN'ed 2 subsL2ntial bequests and a further small legac), all totalling £86:000. With th¢ incre&sed activity, expenditure also increased to £74.060 (2021.. £67,168). Income IP2ges AIOIAIII

Voluntary income excluding the bequest increased by 6.90/0 to £53.023, but standing ordepa reduLed 51¥nific￿lEy. down £3:359 (11.90/0). Althuu¥h loose LolleLtions rose by £1.425 and envelope giving by £870. we see a conlinuing fall in planned gi￿ing. One significant benefit in 2022 was the level of collections at Baptismal services. These have been recorded separatelv for the first time and amounted to £3,664 thanks to encouragement from Revd Pat that w'e w'elcome donations if families would like to do so, as we do not charge any fees for Baptisms. An increasing use of the card machine is being seen at these services. &s well &s at other seTrices. Membership of the 200 Club has stabilised over the year resulting in an annual contribution to general funds of £1,433. Events raised a net £1,954 (2021: £2,186} including £1,244 from th¢ Christm&s Favre and £440 from the Fizz Fashiion Show. We saw a welcome Upttrn in w¢ddings in the jear and those: along with other Occasional S¢rvi¢¢s helped fee inc()rne increase by £1,364 (14.30/0) to £1 0,915. Investment income rose slightly to £609. but the depressed Stock Market resulted in an o*erall retraluation loss of £1.908 despite the sharp increase in investment balances resulting from the bequest. Careful cash flow management has ensured that we didn't need to draw from these and we will hopefully see values rebound before we do need to do so. We received a grant of £1,250 from Manchester Diocese, as did every other church in the Diocese. to alleviate our energy costs. which i￿111 rise significantly in 2023. Turning now to the bequests. these were: £83.750.93 from the estate of the Late Muriel Wills who spent manv vears in the choir at St Anne's: L2,000 from th¢ bstate of the Late Philip Martin: and £2iO from the estate of the Late Joan Etchells. The ternis of these bequests are restricted to the work and building of St Anne's in this Parish and have, therefore, ken recorded as restricted. A3

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The Parish Shale assessment of £61:3838.60 always seemed out of reach: but we managed once again to pay £40.000. a considerdble achievement. There is another sharD increase foi 2023 to £67.522. The I￿10 cap Dr¢venled it being £86.9661 Ow Team costs are slightlv do5￿ at £7.306 [2021 £8:179] spread across the lines of Clergy expenses, Parsonage Houses, Pastoral Care. Salaries and Administration. Mission & Evangelism ivas our continuing valuable investmenl in our parish children b). th¢ gift of Bibles to the pupils in School's Year 6 and Reception classes enabled by generous matching donalions. Gas and ¢l¢ctricity costs remain stsble but our 3-)'ear contracts come to an end in October. With help from our Energ> Brokers we hav¢ entered new 2-year mid-temi contracts with Regent Gas that allow re-negotiation if wholesale prices have fallen below the fixed price. Electricity cnntracts run from October with Briti.sh C3&8 l.ite. Church cleaning was re-instated in late 2021 hence the increase and there is a new line for Bank Charges (£147) following their introduction by HSBC. £3,048 for roof repairs is the cost of the work agreed with Roofinast¢r (Rochdale) Ltd in 2021 to establish th¢ cawse and rectify the water ingress. The Upkeep of Churchyard figure of £2.062 includes £1:050 to repair the gate and improve the path to th¢ lower churchyard for which we received a grant in 2021. Pa)Tments made on behalf of the Parish Hall have been reimbuTs¢d by the LC.4. The figure for Hall Water is a residual Jh'at¢r Plus cost because of a problem with their Direct Debiting during the pandemic. Both supplies haNe now been switched to Everfiow. PCC agreed in September to meet th¢ cost (see Hall Improvements) of a new hall boiler at £3,645 and application of sealant to the hall &xternal stonework at £780. MoviD FoThard As building 0￿merS, St Ann¢'s Church retains a restK)nsibilitk for the significant structural repairs. These m.ere identified in a surve!, conducied bN' Robert James Associates in April 2022 and PCC h&s agreed to seek grant funding lo cover the estimated long-t¢nn maintenance costs of around £90.000. It would be good if this search work could be expedite(L We have been very tortunate to receive the ￿qUests detailed above and these need to bc spcnt Thiscl>'. The>. give us an unexpected opportunity. which thc Building Committee have discussed with our ne￿, Church Architect is,ho suggests investing it to: (l } mak¢ the building secure structurally (roof and pointing) (2) tsk¢ out nllining costs. such &s energy by generating our own (3) us¢ some or all of the fimds as seed capital to raise grant fimding for a larg¢r development progrnmme. These funds have to be spent on the Parish work and building. but also give us a valuable chance to look at Teducing church's carbon footprint. This makes option (2) an area of considerable interest as we ￿..ork toTh'ards our Gold ECO award. .- Our available funds are; Restricted Funds: £93958 Designated Funds". £4452 Unrestricted Funds: £7565 Total Available Funds: £105975 {Parish Hall: £90,000 - nominal valu¢ incre&ses this to £195,975) A4 Al Gillian, Parish Treasurer

Independent Examiner's Report to The Parochial Church Council of St Anne's Church, Lydgate I report on the financial statements of th¢ Charity for the year endgj 31 December 2022, which are set out in the accompanying pages. Respective mponsibilities of trustees and examiner As PCC members you ar¢ responstble for the preparation of the financial statements. The PCC members onsider that an audit is not required for this Jear (under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent ¢xamin&ion is needed. It is my resw)nsibilitN' to: examine the accounts (under section 145(1 Xa} of the 2011 Act)- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145{5Kb) of the 2011 A¢t)- to state ￿h¢ther particular matters have come to my attention Basis of iLdependeot examiner's report My examination was c8rried out kn accordance with the Gen¢ral Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the a¢counts presented with those re¢ords. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from ￿QU as Irusiees concerning any such matters. The procedu￿$ undertaken do not provide all ihe eN"idence that would be required in an audit, and Consequentl￿ I do not express all audit opinion on the view given by. the accounts. Independent examiner's slatement In connection with m>" examination. no matter h&$ come to my attention: (l) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to ke¢p accounting records in accordance with 5￿tion 130 of th¢ 201 l Act. to prepare accounts Thhich accord with ihe accounting re¥ords and compl). with the accounting requir¢menls of the 2011 Ac¢ have not be¢n met. or (2) to which, in m>. opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a pTh)p¢r und¢rstsnding of the accounts to be r¢ached. IG Mr Michael Royle BA FCA Charfered Accountant 15 Burnedge Fold Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4EE 26th Ma￿h 2023 AS

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Parish of St Anne, Lydgate Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2022 2022 2021 Notes Fired assets 5A Tangible assets 5B Investments 90,000 101550 90,000 Total fixed assets Currenl assets 6 Debtors 7 Cash at bank and in hand 191450 113.458 2,437 4.104 3.88? 714 Total current assets 6541 4.596 Current liabilities 8 AmuunL% fa. Iling due wilhin one year Nel curren¢ assets 4.425 1,748 Tolal assets 195.976 115207 4 Funds 9 Unrestricted Funds 9 Designated Funds 9 Restricted Funds 9 EndO￿Tnent Funds 7.565 4.452 183.958 9.610 8.431 97.166 Total Funds 195,976 115.207 Approved by the Parochial Church Council on ?6th MatcIL ?0?3 and signed on its behalf by: Revd Canon Sharon Jones Mr John Pearson Mr Alastsir Gillian The notes on pages A9 to A19 forn] part of these accounts A8

Parisb of St Anne, Lydgate Note5 to the fJn8nciI stxiements for the yer ended 31 December 2D22 I ACCOUNTING POLICIES al Basis of accounling The financial stsiements have beett prepared under the histori￿& ￿$1 tonvetttion Is rnodifted by the revaluation of certain fixed ass¢ts and tn accordance ￿1th the Church Ac¢oyniing Regulations 2006 together ith appli¢abl¢ a¢¢owJting stalsdards and the FRSIO? Th¢ financial Ststrments include all transactions, assets and liabilities for whieh the PCC is re5Frfkn5ible in law. They do noi irtclude the accounts of church groups that owe their main alriliation w another tKyJy. nor thos¢ that are Inforn￿ gatherngs of such members. bl Futtd$ Endowmentfittxts are funds. the eapitsl of which rnust be mainthined: only in¢ome arising from investment of Ihe endowment ma? be used either as restricd or urtrestrlcted funds depending upon tb¢ puryx)se for which the endovrnieni w&$ established. Resiri¢iedfvnds represent lal incom¢ from In￿ts or eAth)￿ents which rnay be expended only on those re5tri¢ted objects provided in the tenns of the trn51 or bequesL and (bl dot)ations or grnnts receii'ed for sp¢cific object or invited by th¢ PCC for a specifjc object. The funds ma}. only be expended on the specific objert for ￿h1¢h the) w'ere given. Any balance remainfjng unspeThi at the end of each )ear rn￿st be carried forward as a balance on that fimd. The PCC does TK)t Usuailv invest separely for each fund. Where th¢r¢ is no separdte inNEsttnenL Intere￿ is apportioned to individual funds on an averaqt b&lance b&si5. Designa¢edfvpRts ore gene￿1 fllnds wqjtch have reserved by the PCC fv spectfic purp)ses rndieated in th¢ fvnd title. LIFweslricledfvnds are general fwids which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes. cl Incoming resources Planned cfjlleaions and dm10￿ are tEteival. T&xTetl85tt￿l UEMkr Gift Aid is rt￿￿11ed receiitd. Grants and legacies are for￿￿ry PCC is legall!. ajtitied to the 2m(Aurts due. Diiidends and illle]tsi ar¢ acc{K￿l￿a lor when reCei￿￿j and is aitribud 10 furyj on th basss orth¢ amount in%rst¢d aad th¢ 98e of the (ni￿[Ment. Utucaltsed inwE5tnKnt a¢¢cwt¢d fff rn rn¥luatim of inve&nMt b￿ed ￿ rnid-market prices a( 31 De£Lxither. All oli￿ inLmt is re¢ogniztd IL is All ttKMui)Ul8 re￿CeS accouiitrd for 8ritss. d) Re50urcts Expended Grants and donatiO]LS ￿ acoMmt¢d fly pwd ovff. AW7Tdd if awTd ereates 8 bithling orthnsts￿clive obligation the PCC. Pa>Mts to th¢ dio¢e$8n cw)m￿ fimd ar¢ acL1x￿led p￿d. Amounts receil'ed spKcifi¢ally tor mission are dealt with nstri¢ted bnTealised in¥¢5tyneni losses are accountai for on revaluauon of investmart basal on mid-market PTi¢es at31 De￿)ber. All th ¢wb"DJre is gen￿￿]1￿. recognized li is incurred and is acco￿ted forBf(hs5. e) Fixed Assets Consecr￿ed and benefice proFtrty is included in the accounts in accor￿ with s.10(2Xal of the Charities Aet ?01 l. Movable church fumishings held by the vicar and ¢hurchwardens on speeiai for the PCC and which require a fa¢ulry for distwi are inalienable property. listrd in the church's inventory, which can be inspected Equipment used within the church premises is d￿r￿lated on a straight-ltne basis over four years. Individual it¢m5 of ¢quipmeni with a purchase Price of £l,(kn) or Fcs5 are HTitten off when th¢ asset 1$ acquired. It is the Trustees p)li¢y not ￿ und¢rr2ke a forn?al revaluation of land and buildiTh8s and no deprecÉation ts provid¢d in their respect as the curFenilv esiimaed residu￿ value (dis¢ount¢d for monetanj inflation sinc Capitalisation) is not less than the carrving value and the remaining u8efvl life of this asset ¢urrtntly exceeds 50 years, so that att), depreciation ¢haTg¢ be immatrrial. If. in the fvNre. the caThying value of ihe building should l¢y)k greater than the curreni Yalue on this basis an impaimient miew wtll be ¢artied our and an). resultant loss included in expenditure for that Jear. fl Inve5tmeots Investments are valued at market value b￿￿ mi&market prices at 31 December. A9

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Parish of St Anne, Lydgate es io ibe IIDalleknl stsiemejkts for the ytar eThded 31 December 2022 5 ANALYSIS OF FIXED ASSETS SA Tn8ibie Assets Frethold Lnd & Bllildin25 Furnitu￿ & Equipment Investments Total 21122 TotsE 2021 Cost or Valu#iio On 1st Janua AdditionyRevaluation GainlLoss) Disposals On 31st December 23.458 78.092 113.458 78.092 110,498 2.960 191 50 Depr¢ci8lion: On 1st January Charge for the Year Deduci for disw)sals On 31Et Decernber Net Book V91ue: On 1st January OD 31st December 23.458 113,458 191A50 110.498 101 J50 113.458 The freehold land & building is the Parish Hall. which is owned bj Manch¢srer Di(￿tsan Board of Finance and held in ttusi for the Parish. It w&5 1&st valued in 19)9, but the PCC is of the opinion th&t there is no benefit in incurring th¢ cost of rewdluation at this titne. although this is likely to be considerdbl) in excess of th¢ figure qLM)ted. Equally there 15 not deemed to be any n¢¢d to make a provision for dep¥eci8tton {see mote detailed Comment on p￿.49). The church building is a consecrated property, and ss excluded from the financtal stements by Nirtue of sexion 10{2lla) of the Charities Act ?01 l. The ch￿rCh buildings and contents were insured for 2022 by Trinitas Chttrch Insurance Services for £5.654,179 Ibuilding] and £149.787 IcoThtentsl. The Parish Hall in5urdnce was ttansferred io Tri¢)i¢as Church Insurdnce Services from renewal on 24ih Jun¢ ?020 and is insured for £893.725 Ibuildingsl and £18,561 (contents). The eost of indemnity insufan¢e for the Tnistees of Lydgate Communiry A5$￿i￿110n CIO ILCAI is now being palé for by ihe LCA. SB InYestuKo1 Assets 21ll2 21121 CBF Church of En￿and InveS￿ent Fund Income Shares CBF Church of Eng]ofid Invesmienr Fund Accumulatiot) Shares 19,774 81,777 22,412 23,458 6 Debtors 2022 2021 Debtors 1437 2.437 3.882 3.882 7 Csb at Battk *nd Hand 2022 2021 Cash Flower Fund Cash HSBC Current Account CBF Dep)sit A¢count NalWe5t 200 Club 87 110 {782) 1,18? 85 1.814 1.791 lio 4.104 714 8 Creditors 2022 2021 Amounts falling due within l ye8r Agency coll¢¢iions 674 1.442 548 2299 2.847 2.115 A15

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Independent Examiner's Report to The Parochial Church Council of St Anne's Church, Lydgate I repon on the financial statements of the Charity for the Jear ended 31 Decernber 2022. which are sd out in the accompanying pages. Respe¢tive responsibilities of trustees 2nd euminer As PCC Tnemkrs you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The PCC members consider that audit is not required for this J'ear (under section 144 of the Chartties Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and thai an Andependenl examination is n¢￿ed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts {under section 145( Ixa) of the 2011 Act): to follow the procedures laid down in the Generdl Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5Xb) of the 2011 Act)- to state ￿'hether particular matters hay¢ come to m), attenlion BASIS of independent examiner's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the Generkl Dtr¢rtions gtY¢n by th¢ Charity Commission. An examination in¢ludes a review of the accounting ￿COrdS kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking e.¥planations from vou as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eN'idence that would be required in an audiL and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent t￿mIner'S statemeDt In connection with m)" examination, no matter has come to my attention: ( l) which gives me reasonable cause to believe ihat in any material respect the requirements to k¢¢p accounting r¢cords in accordartce with section 130 of the 201 l Act: to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and complj with the a￿o￿nting requirements of the 2011 ACL have not been met; or (2) to which, in my opinion: attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to b¢ reached. Mr Michael Royle BA FCA Chartered Accountant 15 Burnedge Fold Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4EE 26th March 2023 A5