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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St. John's, Ben Rhydding

2024-12-31-accounts

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John’s, Ben Rhydding

ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2024

VICAR Reverend Peter Willox

CHURCH OFFICE St John’s Church Office Bolling Road Ben Rhydding LS29 8PN Tel: 01943 601430 Email: churchoffice@benrhydding.org.uk

BANK Virgin Money 1 Westgate Shipley BD18 3SD

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Karen Gardner FCA 10 High Wood Ilkley, LS29 8SB

Charity No: 1133844

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024

The members of the Parochial Church Council (the PCC) present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. The PCC is a registered charity and a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (SORP FRS102) effective 1 January 2019. The PCC is eligible for, and has chosen to, apply the disclosure exemption permitted by FRS 102, Section 7.1B, and has not therefore presented a statement of cash flows in these financial statements.

Objects and activities

The PCC has the responsibility, with the Vicar, Rev Peter Willox, in promoting, in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the church building and hall of St John's Ben Rhydding and for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent.

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at St John’s and become part of the church family. The PCC aspires to see the faith of the congregation being put into practice in the communities where members live and work, and so has a commitment to ensure that the teaching and worship are both challenging and relevant to today's society. The PCC is also committed to finding ways of helping others in the community find direction and challenge for their lives, as well as fellowship and comfort through their relationship with God and His Church.

The Vicar and the PCC have been working with the whole church of St John's to continue to develop our vision for the future. This can be summarised as:

“To be a welcoming and inclusive church, reaching out to our community with the love of God”.

Our mission is to create a caring and compassionate safe space for all who come in to our church community and, working together with others where we can: Fulfil our calling to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom; teach, baptise and nurture new believers; respond to human need through loving service; seek to transform unjust structures of society; challenge violence of every kind, and pursue peace and reconciliation; strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the Earth.

The PCC met 6 times during 2024, and the ‘Wardens and Standing Committee’, a subcommittee of the PCC, met 6 times. In planning and carrying out activities at St John’s for the year, the PCC have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit.

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Review of performance and achievements

Church electoral roll and attendance

There are 144 people (2023:143) on the church electoral roll, of which 53 are men and 91 women, 90 being resident and 54 being non-resident in the parish

Worship

In 2024, we continued to maintain our pattern of Sunday worship at church, as well as livestreaming on Zoom, providing a variety of services to suit the needs of the congregation and its visitors:

A service sheet was sent out every week via email, so that those not able to come into church could still participate in worship either online or quietly at home. This was accompanied by a copy of the talk, the prayers for the day and news sheet with feature articles. Paper versions of this pack were delivered to those who are not online.

Zoom prayer meetings continued, on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, at 6pm. These were stopped in the late autumn as we reviewed the time and place for such a meeting.

Our team of musicians have continued to show great commitment in providing inspiring worship to our 10am services. Special thanks go to the Stidworthy family, Dave and Elaine Atkinson, Caroline Watson, and Jan and Andy Copsey, for taking responsibility for their respective Sundays .

The preaching and leading team consist of Rev Peter Willox, Rev Jan Copsey, Sylvia Walker (Licensed Lay Minister (LLM)) and Dawn Jenkins (LLM), who meet regularly online to look at themes for services. Elizabeth Hall, Methodist Lay Preacher, also preaches occasionally. The Venerable Mike Edson (retired), who celebrated 50 years in ordained ministry in 2023, has stepped back from preaching and leading this year due to ill health. Our thanks go to him for his ministry and support.

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Worship (continued)

The Ark service , a fresh expression of worship, where people of all ages with or without learning difficulties, are encouraged to join us in worship and fellowship in a very informal setting through crafts, dance, music, and drama, continued to meet once a month in church, with online presence as well. Attendance is generally around 35-40 adults. Many of our members have connections to other churches but a significant number are now owning The Ark as their church. To stay in contact with everyone, regular mailings are sent out by email and relevant information updated on the website.

Messy Church services are held on Sunday afternoons once a month. These are aimed at enabling families of all ages to come and share some fun time and worship in a safe Christian environment. Whilst some families come and go there is a core group of 12 families attending more regularly.

School services. No Easter services were held in church this year for our schools. However, we did host Ben Rhydding Primary’s harvest service in October and, just before Christmas, we were able to host Christmas services for Ashlands Primary School, Moorfield School, and Ben Rhydding Primary .

In 2024 our clergy conducted 1 baptism (2023:5), 3 weddings (2023:2) and 11 funerals (2023:10).

Fellowship and pastoral care

There continues to be several committed members of St John’s, who visit people who are sick, housebound, or elderly on behalf of the Church, and far more who keep an eye on neighbours and those who are vulnerable, simply as a matter of Christian love. Sylvia Walker (LLM) co-ordinates this important work together with Caroline Elston.

This year we have had 4 house groups, and 2 smaller Spiritual Growth Groups, meeting in people’s homes for study and support involving up to 50 people. We have also provided opportunity for people new to faith or wanting to refresh their understanding of the faith through the ‘Being With’ course.

Children and young people

The work with, and amongst, children and young people continues to be an important part of our ministry at St John's. Numbers of families returning post-covid to our 10am service have been low, families instead preferring to come to our Messy Church. This has had an impact on our Sunday School (known as Lighthouse). Sally de La Poer, Geri Huang-Faulkner and Ros Brown continued to run Lighthouse on the 1[st] , 3[rd] and 4[th] Sundays until October 2024 when unfortunately the lack of children meant they were unable to continue this ministry.

Amy Stidworthy, Nick Heywood and our Vicar, Peter, have continued to run the CYFA (14-18) group on Sunday evenings. Amy stood down, after many years of being involved, at the end of the year. Our thanks go to her for her love and care for our teenagers.

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Children and young people (continued)

The two mid-week morning toddler groups on Wednesday and Friday, have continued to offer a much needed space for carers of young children. Jan Copsey has contuned to coordinate the groups despite having to take time out due to injury.

Fellowship and pastoral care

All those who work with children and young people at St John’s are checked in accordance with our Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection Policy and are subject to its procedures which are in line with Diocesan guidelines. Our Safeguarding Officer, Dawn Jenkins, who has received training and guidance from the diocesan safeguarding team, helps us ensure we are keeping up to date with our responsibilities, and that the PCC undertake all the regulatory safeguarding training provided by the Diocesan Safeguarding team.

Local community

Welcome Café/Warm Space. In 2024, our weekly ‘Welcome Café and Warm Space’ staffed by volunteers from St John’s, continued to run throughout the year. The ‘warm space’ concept is a national initiative to offer a warm and welcoming environment to anybody in the local community during the energy crisis. St John’s received Warm Spaces grants of £2,451 in 2024 (2023: £1,770) from Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BMDC) to help fund this initiative. This was mostly attended by church members but also drew others from our local community.

Open The Book in Schools . Our team, which takes dramatic versions of Bible stories into our local schools’ assemblies resumed on a once per month basis with the helpful addition of some new members. The children of the local primary schools were once again able to enjoy participating in “What’s the Story” of Christmas, a story telling event held in church.

Other Community events run by our church

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Local community (continued)

Community event runs for the purpose of fundraising for the North Aisle Roof consisted of:

The church building and hall

Our building continues to be a great resource for our local community groups, including the Wright Theatre Arts dance school, The Ben Rhydding Community Choir and related groups, The U3A, and a Singing for Lung Health group finaced by the NHS. We have been able to keep the church open during daylight hours every day of the week over the year, for visitors and people who want to pray or be quiet. The Church space continues to benefit from the new chairs, and a number of concerts have been held there.

Room hire took another upturn this year and special thanks go to Miss Lisa King for practically overseeing the administration of the hiring of the church premises during 2024.

Links with other Christian organisations

St John's continues to have an active role in the deanery of South Craven and Wharfedale. The Vicar is on the standing committee of the Deanery Synod and has become a representative on Diocesan Synod. He has also recently taken on the role of Retired Clergy Officer for the Bradford Episcopal Area. We continue to support and greatly benefit from the Otley Christian Resources Hub (OCRH) which started out as a deanery project. Our Vicar is Chair and a trustee of the OCRH which is a charitable incorporated organisation. The Church also maintains links with others in the Ilkley area through Churches Together in Ilkley (CTI) – our Vicar is currently Moderator. These ecumenical links continue to be strong as the church plays its part in CTI, notably helping to support the locally organised Food Bank.

Two of our congregation are trustees of CTI 2000, along with our Vicar who acts as Chair for the committee. CTI 2000 is a registered charity originally set up by Churches Together in Ilkley (CTI) whose aim is to provide accommodation, and opportunities for socialising, for those in our community with learning difficulties.

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Links with other Christian organisations (continued)

It continues to be a privilege to be able to host the CTI 2000 gardening project, for adults with learning difficulties, on our church allotment, and a few more people are now helping from the church. This connection also helps to strengthen ties between that project and the Ark.

St John’s Church has many links into the world church, and through money, gifts and prayers, supports many good works and people, in places often quite different to ours. The congregation have also benefited from these links, being challenged to look at how they can be active Christians in our community.

Several of our church members, including Rev Peter Willox, are on the board of trustees of Give a Child a Hope, which supports disadvantaged children at a school at the Revival Centre in Matugga, Uganda.

We support Miss Azaria Spencer who works amongst street children in Guatemala with the Church Mission Society. Azaria got married to David De Pocasangre, who has also become a CMS mission partner. We also support Pam and Simon Wanderlii, working with Mission Aviation Fellowship.

The Mission Support Group is chaired by John Sheen. The group continues to maintain contact with our mission partners and has also reviewed the list of mission partners and organisations we support. The group regularly provide information to update the congregation of the prayer and practical needs of our mission partners. The group also makes recommendations on mission giving to the PCC and managing the distribution of funds. In 2024, £7,350 was given to mission (2023: £8,137).

Environmental responsibilities

Care of the environment is a core part of St John’s mission and climate emergency declaration, and continued to be included in worship and communications in 2024. The ‘Season of Creation’ was marked, in September, by four services with an environmental focus.

St John’s is working to achieve the goal, set out by the Church of England, for all its churches to achieve carbon net zero by 2030. The PCC continues to monitor our carbon footprint, supported by our environment and carbon net zero committees. Both our electricity and gas contracts were renewed during 2024 on three year green tariffs.

Using the same energy footprint tool as previously but adjusting the 2023 comparative to reflect the fact that non electric vehicle usage is no longer incorporated within the calculation the results for St John’s are as follows:

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||| |---|---| |Year Gross CO2 Footprint|Net CO2| |2024 22.4 2.1| |2023 17.8 (16.7 adjusted) 2.4 (2.2 adjusted)|

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The increase in the gross footprint is due to the significant increase in the use of the church during the year for a wide variety of concerts and events. However this is offset by Climate Stewards.

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Environmental responsibilities (continued)

St. John’s have set up community recycling bins for pens, dental products and marigold gloves which will be taken to Terracycle collection points.

Governance and structure

Rev Peter Willox was licensed as Vicar on 16[th] September 2012. He is assisted by the Rev Jan Copsey, who is licensed as a non-stipendiary Associate Priest.

Committees

To enable the church to fulfil its Vision, we have several committees and teams. These meet when required between full meetings of the PCC, and bring items to it for discussion and decision.

Standing committee: This is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between meetings, subject to any direction given by the Council. At St John’s, this is named the Wardens and Standing Committee. It meets every two months and consists of the vicar, the wardens and assistant wardens, treasurer and secretary. It meets to progress items of general maintenance and other issues delegated to it by the PCC, and ensures that the duties of the wardens are being covered.

Finance committee: This oversees the general financial activities of St John's (including mission giving) by monitoring income and expenditure, budgeting and maintaining appropriate financial controls.

Mission support group: This group attends to matters relating to St John's support of mission and relief agencies. The Mission Support Group works with our mission partners to assess needs.

Environment Committee: This committee, with the assistance of the Carbon Net Zero Group, is concerned with St John’s ‘Care of Creation’ mission; to “strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth”. The committee is chaired by the Parish Environment Officer, Lynn Haygarth.

Clergy and Readers team : The Vicar met regularly with the Associate Priest, Rev Jan Copsey, and our two Licensed Lay Ministers, Sylvia Walker and Dawn Jenkins, to discuss worship and general and particular pastoral issues.

Many members of the church give much of their time on a voluntary basis to help the church function and grow, and the PCC would like to formally record its thanks to them. Where external professional advice is necessary the Diocesan Advisory Committee and church architect have proved most helpful.

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Governance and structure (continued)

PCC membership

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the church representation rules. At St John's, membership of the PCC consists of the Vicar, churchwardens, Associate Priest, Licensed Lay Ministers, Deanery Synod representatives and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. The PCC also has power to co-opt members who have a specific role in the church. All members of the congregation are encouraged to join the electoral roll and play an active part in our church life.

Elected members serve for a period of three years. During the year the following served as members of the PCC:

Vicar

Rev’d Peter Willox Chair Wardens Debbie Walker Caroline Watson Acting Treasurer

Assistant wardens

Caroline Elston Mark Gurney

Representatives on Deanery Synod

Lynn Haygarth Sylvia Walker

Elected members

Karen Oxtoby Secretary Miranda Armitage Peter Debney Elspeth Holmes Janet Munro Andy Rayment James Wright Sharon Crosby Appointed 29 April 2024 Nikki Gibson Appointed 29 April 2024

Non-elected Members

Rev Jan Copsey Associate Priest Sylvia Walker LLM Dawn Jenkins LLM & Safeguarding Officer

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Financial summary

An overall surplus of £59,749 was recognised in 2024 (2023: deficit £(5,218)). On our general (unrestricted) fund there was a surplus of £12,822 (2023: deficit £(5,734)) and on restricted funds a surplus of £46,927 (2023: surplus £516).

The Church paid £85.5k in parish share in 2024 compared to the share request of £125k, in line with the 2024 budget approved by the PCC. The PCC has budgeted a target of £80k for parish share in 2025. The ability to meet the share continues to be affected by high utility costs as well as inflationary pressures on other expenditure. The share provides support to other parishes and mission initiatives as well as clergy stipends, homes and pensions. The PCC recognises the importance of meeting its full share request and will continue to work towards this goal, despite the ongoing difficult circumstances.

Although the church was unable to pay its requested 2024 parish share in full, no liability for this is being carried forward in these accounts based on the advice of the Diocese.

In 2024, there was an decrease in unrestricted regular giving of 4.5%. Hall hire continued to be a significant source of income at £30.2k, an increase of 3.1% over 2023. Excluding parish share, general costs have decreased by 1%, savings on repairs and maintenance offsetting the impact of continuing high inflation on other major cost categories, notably utilities and administration costs. The PCC reviews income and expenditure on a regular basis and continues to closely manage its costs, as well as look at ways to increase income.

In addition to regular giving from the congregation, St John’s also benefited in the year from a legacy of £11.5k as well as generous donations and fundraising efforts towards the repair of the North Aisle Roof. The PCC is very grateful to all its church members for their time, effort and donations which enable St John’s to continue as a thriving church for the benefit of its local community and the wider world.

Pensions

St John’s participates in NEST, a workplace pension scheme which is run by the NEST Corporation, a non-departmental public body which is accountable to Parliament through the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

The pension scheme is a defined contribution scheme. The pensions costs charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year were £434 (2023: £Nil).

Reserves policy

It is the PCC's policy to hold unrestricted funds which equates to two and a half to three months’ expenditure. These reserves are held to meet the day-to-day running costs of the church and to help finance significant projects as and when required.

The available reserves of £46.5k consist of the unrestricted reserves of £85.7k, less fixed assets of £4.4k, and reserves designated by the PCC under the above policy of £34.9k.

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Reserves policy (continued)

The allocation of the available reserves was carefully considered at the year end by the PCC when £1,500 was transferred to the restricted fund for roof repairs and an additional payment of £1,500 towards our parish share for 2024 above the budgeted amount. It was felt prudent to retain additional reserves until the north aisle roof project has been completed and some additional maintenance work required arising from storm damage which has arisen after the budget had been approved..

The budget is prepared on an annual basis, approved by the PCC, and by members, at the annual parochial church meeting. In 2024, the PCC continued its policy of budgeting for major repairs and renewals expected in the year.

Risk management

The major risks to which the PCC is exposed have been reviewed, and systems or procedures designed to manage those risks have been established.

Rev’d P Willox Chair 12 May 2025

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the year ending 31 December 2024

Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds Total Total
2024 2024 2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
Income and endowments:
Voluntary income – direct giving 121,325 36,994 158,319 138,468
Gross income from events and
other activities 31,882 9,252 41,134 35,473
Bank interest 1,253 - 1,253 280
Total income and 2 154,460 46,246 200,706 174,221
endowments
Expenditure:
Grants and mission giving 8 7,350 - 7,350 8,137
Support costs 388 - 388 392
Directly relating to the work of
the Church 112,120 669 112,789 152,579
Church management and
administration 20,255 19 20,274 18,331
Fundraising costs - 156 156 -
Total expenditure 3 140,113 844 140,957 179,439
Net income/(expenditure) 14,347 45,402 59,749 (5,218)
Transfers between funds (1,525) 1,525 - -
Net movement in funds 12,822 46,927 59,749 (5,218)
Reconciliation of funds:
Balance brought forward 72,884 1,887 74,771 79,989
Balance carried forward 85,706 48,814 134,520 74,771

The accompanying notes on pages 14 to 21 are an integral part of this statement.

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BALANCE SHEET as at 31 December 2024

Notes 2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 4 4,356 5,518
Current assets:
Debtors and prepayments 5 32,157 19,252
Short term deposits 90,146 6,316
Cash at bank and in hand 16,263 50,693
138,566 76,261
Liabilities falling due within
one year 6 8,402 7,008
Net current assets 130,164 69,253
Total net assets 134,520 74,771
Represented by:
Unrestricted funds 7 85,706 72,884
Restricted funds 7 48,814 1,887
Total funds 134,520 74,771

The Accounts were approved by the Parochial Church Council on 12 May 2025.

------------------------------------------------- Vicar (Chair)

------------------------------------------------- Warden

The accompanying notes on pages 14 to 21 are an integral part of this statement.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2024

1. Accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, the applicable accounting standard FRS102 and SORP FRS102.

The financial statements have been prepared using the accruals basis and the historic cost convention. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

a. Funds

Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application for the general purposes of the PCC. Restricted funds are allocated for a specific purpose by either the donor or the PCC. The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that are affiliated to another body nor those which are informal gatherings of church members.

b. Incoming resources

Voluntary income:

Other income:

c. Resources used

Expenses are recognised when incurred. Grants, mission giving, and Diocesan Share are accounted for when payable.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2024 (continued)

d. Balance sheet

Fixed assets:

Current assets:

e. Reserves policy

The PCC has considered the amount of reserves that should be held and has decided that two and a half to three months of operating costs is appropriate.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2024 (continued)

2. Income and endowments

Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds Total Total
2024 2024 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Voluntary Income (direct giving)
Regular giving 85,222 - 85,222 92,413
Other collections at services 2,504 1,531 4,035 3,441
Grants 2,451 5,500 7,951 2,615
Legacies 10,418 1,070 11,488 2,000
Sundry donations 324 24,519 24,843 10,848
Income tax recoverable 20,406 4,374 24,780 27,151
121,325 36,994 158,319 138,468
Gross income from events and
activities:
Church hall and allotment fees 30,226 - 30,226 29,317
Fees 1,614 - 1,614 1,468
Fundraising activities - 8,868 8,868 3,930
Sundry receipts 42 384 426 758
31,882 9,252 41,134 35,473
Bank interest 1,253 - 1,253 280
Total income and endowments 154,460 46,246 200,706 174,221

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2024 (continued)

3. Expenditure

Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds Total Total
Notes 2024 2024 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Grants and mission giving:
Mission partners 8 4,360 - 4,360 4,250
Other mission agencies 8 2,890 - 2,890 2,750
Other charities and agencies 8 160 - 160 1,137
7,410 - 7,410 8,137
Support costs:
Teaching and worship 388 - 388 392
Directly relating to the work of the
Church:
Parish share to Diocese 85,500 - 85,500 88,000
Service expenses 2,029 - 2,029 1,741
Clergy expenses 449 - 449 509
Pastoral care 100 - 100 100
Hospitality 136 669 805 194
Insurance 2,495 - 2,495 2,387
Repairs and maintenance 9 8,390 - 8,390 48,681
Telephone and broadband 1,576 - 1,576 1,301
Utilities 10,282 - 10,282 9,376
Depreciation 1,163 - 1,163 290
112,120 669 112,789 152,579
Church management and
administration
Staff costs 10 17,165 - 17,165 15,272
Printing and stationery 2,134 - 2,134 2,638
IT 772 - 772 222
Sundry expenses 124 19 143 199
20,195 19 20,214 18,331
Fundraising costs - 156 156 -
Total expenditure 140,113 844 140,957 179,439

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2024 (continued)

4. Tangible fixed assets

4. Tangible fixed assets
Church fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024 22,808
Additions -
Disposals (17,000)
At 31 December 2024 5,808
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024 17,290
Disposals (17,000)
Charge for the year 1,162
At 31 December 2024 1,452
Net book value
At 31 December 2024 4,356
At 31 December 2023 5,518
5. Debtors and prepayments
2024 2023
£ £
Income tax recoverable 16,233 13,291
Other debtors 11,397 5,277
Prepayments and accrued income 4,527 684
32,157 19,252
6. Liabilities falling due within one year
2024 2023
£ £
Sundry creditors 2,394 2,954
Sundry accruals 6,008 4,054
8,402 7,008

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2024 (continued)

7. Funds

Movement in funds are as follows:

Incoming Resources Transfers
1 Jan Resources Expended Between 31 Dec
2024 (note 2) (note 3) funds 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Roof Fund 1,379 45,341 (844) 1500 47,376
Environmental Improvements 40 - - - 40
Sound and Vision (275) 250 - 25 -
The Ark 743 655 - - 1,398
Restricted funds 1,887 46,246 (844) 1,525 48,814
Gifts 12,500 - - - 12,500
Legacies 2,000 10,418 - - 12,418
Messy Church 2,538 100 (288) - 2,350
Youth Work 510 - - - 510
Designated funds 17,548 10,518 (288) - 27,778
General reserves 55,336 143,942 (139,825) (1,525) 57,928
Total funds 74,771 200,706 (140,957) - 134,520

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS – 31 December 2024 (continued)

8. Mission giving
2024 2023
£ £
Mission partners:
Give a Child a Hope 1,285 1,250
MAF 1,025 1,000
Open Doors 1,025 1,000
CMS 1,025 1,000
4,360 4,250
Other mission agencies:
Sudan Link 1,025 1,000
Otley Christian Resources Hub 565 550
Inn Churches 515 500
CAP 475 300
CPAS Falcon Camps 310 300
Operation Mobilisation - 100
2,890 2,750
Total mission giving 7,250 7,000
Other charities and agencies:
Give a Child a Hope - 350
Friends of Martin House - 350
The Principle Trust - 370
Climate Stewards 60 67
Total other charities and agencies 60 1,137
Other 100 -
Total grants and mission giving 7,410 8,137

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 December 2024 (continued)

9. Repairs and maintenance

2024 2023
£ £
Heating/boiler repairs 1342 4,585
Tree surgery 600 -
Lighting and electrical installation and repairs 478 -
Tables 500 -
Catering equipmrnt 151 -
Vacuum cleaner 146 -
Chairs - 24,151
Sound desk - 4,558
Hall windows - 2,378
Church floor restoration - 4,480
Roof work - 734
Sound and vision repairs 349 18
Piano and organ tuning and repairs 150 420
Cleaning services 2,847 4,419
Sundries including full appliance servicing 1,827 2,938
Total repairs and maintenance 8,390 48,681

10.Staff costs

The Church had three part-time employees during 2024 (2023:3) whose wages during the year were:

2024 2023
£ £
Total staff costs 17,165 15,272

The highest paid employee received total remuneration of £8,986 (2023: £7,881). PCC members were not paid and did not receive any other benefits from employment with the Church in the year other than clergy expenses of £549 (2023: £509). These expenses covered pastoral aid costs and sundry travel fees for 2 clergy (2023: 2). No PCC member received payment for professional or other services from the Church in the year (2023: Nil). There were no related party transactions during the year which require disclosure (2023: Nil).

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STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

The Charities Act 2011 requires the Parochial Church Council (PCC) to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the PCC and of its financial activities for that year. In preparing these financial statements, the PCC is required to:

  1. Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently,

  2. Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent

  3. Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the PCC will continue in operation.

The PCC is responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy, at any time, the financial position of the PCC and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006. The PCC is also responsible for safeguarding the assets and hence for taking steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by the Parochial Church Council and signed on its behalf by:

Rev’d Peter Willox PCC Chair 12 May 2025

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St John’s Parish Church, Ben Rhydding

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John’s Ben Rhydding

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report, in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

.................................... 12 May 2025

Karen Gardner FCA, 10 High Wood, Ilkley, LS29 8SB

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