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2025-12-31-accounts

ohn's Church Dukinfield Annual Report 2025

1. Aim and purposes

St John’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent, the Reverend Tim Hayes, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the following buildings:

During 2022 we put St. Alban’s up for sale. The sale will further our mission objectives. There were significant delays in the complex process of establishing the title with the Land Registry, leading to a complaint from our solicitors and the involvement of our MP. The Title registration was finally completed during 2024, but the rest of the sale is still taking a long time. The initial sale collapsed early in 2025 after the potential buyer reduced their offer below our threshold; another offer was withdrawn after searches. The sale was completed at the beginning of March 2026.

2. Objectives and Activities

St John’s aims to be

We can confirm that, in pursuing the objectives set out above and detailed in the following sections of this report:

We have a variety of activities that support our aims, these include:

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3. Achievements and Performance

Review by the Incumbent/PCC Chair

Numbers 13:25-31 (ESV)

25 At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.

26 And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

27 And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

28 However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.” Growth in

30 But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”

31 Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.”

As I look back at 2025 I am struck by God’s faithfulness and his gracious blessing which has brought growth in many areas. The evening service is now part and parcel of our common life together giving an opportunity for more in-depth bible exposition and more focused worship and prayer. There has been continued growth in the services with new people being added to the church. This is seen in both people coming to Christ and those of more mature Christian faith and experience who have now joined us. The Alpha we did during the Autumn was the biggest Alpha we have ever done and with the most non church attendees. This is continuing to be an excitement as it has transitioned into Discipleship Explored. There is a tangible sense of God not just producing growth in people coming to him but also in a greater hunger and desire for him. We are thankful for his work of grace and grace alone.

We are seeing signs of harvest and with it the call to discipleship. As we look to the future we see the Lord’s forward and upward call with him and to him. The familiar passage from Numbers reminds us that God call us into his promise by grace yet it still needed people to enter the land. There was fruit in abundance but the people still needed to step forward in faith, trusting in His resources rather than their own. He called them to trust his leading but there was much battle to be done. This brings into tension God’s incredible work of grace working alongside our own response in moving forward trusting him, moving one foot in front of the other in obedience. We need to keep that twin perspective in our church life and journey.

We will need to increase the ministry team in all areas to deal with growth. This is not primarily seen in “filling jobs” but releasing people into their God given shape and ministries. We are using more people involved in leading worship and that will need to grow. We also need to see wider growth translated into our financial giving. God is calling us deeper into him and we seek that, pray for that and work for that. The future for God’s people in Numbers was both fruitful and scary. It was a call to go forward trusting him into the unknown yet realising that the Lord had called them and gone before them. The future was fruitful (quite literally in their case) but it needed a deep trust to keep their eyes on the Lord. And so it is for us! Learning from the mistakes of God’s people then, we instead, do something they didn’t.

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Hebrews 12:1-2 (ESV)

Children, Youth and Families

Our ministry with children, youth and families continues to work in line with the mission statement of the church and exists to transform lives by bringing our young people into a living and growing relationship with Jesus Christ. As we build into the lives of our youngsters, we long for them to know and experience a real sense of belonging to Christ and to the whole church family.

Children’s Ministry (St John’s Kids)

Creche; we are still in the process of recruiting volunteers to join the children’s ministry team with the vision to have the creche room structured so that infants and their carers spend time focused on God's word, praying and worshipping in a way that is age appropriate. It also is an opportunity to support our families in raising infants to know God.

Sharon Noon has been successful in her application to join the team. Sheila’s application form has been accepted, and her interview will take place soon.

There have been three members of the congregation who have been approached, and we are waiting for their applications if they wish to apply

Sheep; we have around 9 children that attend the group.

Since last year, we have changed how the group is structured.

Inspired by Acts 2:42-47. We now share our highs and lows (opportunity to share with one another about their week and for others to pray for them) we then have a short focus time teaching God’s word (this is in line with what is being taught in the service, which includes an activity that they can participate in. We then worship with music, actions, and words. We finally come around the table and share food (fruit) which has been especially wonderful to see the children coming together and talking about God and their faith.

Doves; we have around 15 children that attend the group.

Denise Connolly has joined the Children’s ministry team working in Doves. She brings a lot of knowledge and experience to the role. Both Jayne and Denise have been given the responsibility to plan the sessions with the supporting role of John. The teaching is in line with what is taught in the service that is age appropriate and accessible for the children in that group. They have started to trial a change to the communion Sunday teaching. That week they will not focus on teaching but to spend that time in fellowship sharing a meal (fruit & pancakes), spending time reflecting on the teaching of the past month. As well as time spent in prayer. It will be great to see how this may develop in seeing children come to know God and to have a living relationship with him and deepen their faith. (not just to learn about the Christian faith)

We have implemented an on-call Rota to help support Doves in keeping with good practice of adult to child ratio as we have seen an increase in number of children attending. The adults who are on the on-call Rota are members of the PCC so are fully safeguarding trained and DBS checked.

Youth Ministry (Fusion)

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Fusion Youth Ministry works with young people in Year 7-13 (aged 11-18). We currently work with around 16 individual young people each week. This year to aid transition, Fusion opened to Y6 on a Monday.

Fusion meets Monday evenings from 7:30pm until 9pm. In the last year we have seen strong numerical growth, with a large number of year 6 and year 7 children starting to attend, alongside improved retention of 15-18s. We have an average weekly attendance of 25 young people, supported by a strong team of 8 volunteer leaders. On Mondays we have social time, refreshments, organised games and bible study and reflection.

Fusion also meets Sunday mornings during our 10:30 service, except for the first Sunday of every month. On Sundays approximately 10 young people have breakfast together before engaging with age-appropriate teaching mirroring what both the adults and children’s church are studying. We have continued our bible study approach throughout 2025, focussing on more practical training in how to read and study the Bible. This involves all young people having their own journal and applying a bible-study approach to examine an extract from the verses being looked at in the main service. This has proved popular with the young people, and has generated good discussions whilst simplifying our planning.

In 2025 we continued our Youth Takeover Sunday approach, providing young people with opportunities to serve on teams to identify their skills and interests for future service opportunities. Our most recent takeovers have focused on welcoming, and youth is now part of the welcoming rota, embedding this as a regular way to serve.

We also go on numerous trips throughout the year. In April 2025 we returned to Quinta as part of our annual weekend away, and in Summer we took the young people to Bakewell for a day trip. In autumn 2025 we also took three of our girls to the youth stream of The Orchard women’s event, hosted at Gas Street Church in Birmingham. The three young people who attended responded very well to the teaching, worship, and activities on offer, and were able to experience church alongside a wide range of young women from across the UK.

Little Explorers

St John’s Little Explorers main purpose continues to be;

An outreach to the community for those with young children aged 0-4 years old. To share the Gospel and to demonstrate God’s love in an accessible way to families who do not know God and/ or those who do not attend church.

We have on average 20-25 children attending each week. This includes members of the congregation and the local community.

Debbie Catterall has recently joined the team; she is a great addition as it means there are more opportunities to have conversations with the adults who attend the session.

This year we have had great opportunities to serve and minister to the adults who attend. They have been positive and receptive to being offered to pray for them in the spirit. We have seen prayers answered. There is a real sense of relationships deepening. Erica has also played a crucial part in speaking with the adults and has been meeting up with one lady in particular who has asked to invite others along for their coffee meet ups. We are hoping to invite them to the Alpha course, waiting for the right time to ask as they are open to conversations about faith.

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Families Ministry

Following Erica, our families pastor, attending a ‘Whole Church Approach to Families Ministry’ course, Erica surveyed PCC members to see how they viewed our current approach to families, leading into a plan of action to bring us up to the next level. Whilst we had a positive approach in many areas they felt our weakest area was the recognition and celebration of parent/grandparents. Erica’s targets in response to this have included praying for families as well as children when they leave the service to go to their groups. Erica hopes to survey the whole church family next to identify other ways we can improve in this area.

During 2025 Erica has expanded her support for discipling children, 1:1 pastoral care meetings and building relationships with parents/Grandparents to those attending the 9 am service and to new families. The aim being twofold both supporting them to encourage their children and grandchildren to know and love God for themselves but also to deepen their own relationship with God. Erica is also building a team of people to expand the reach of this ministry.

The Families Library has been reintroduced and specific books promoted either related to the theme of the message or current cultural issues e.g. banning of social media in schools. This has led to some useful conversations.

Future plans include running another Grandparenting for Faith and pop-up groups on topics such as digital and social media safety, love languages and mental health/wellbeing to include invitations where appropriate to families on the fringe of church and in the community.

We also have a dedicated Facebook page, encouraging conversations and to drip feed faith related resources for families to use at home and there are regular posts on our church social media platforms with follow up resources related to the Sunday teaching or identified needs (e.g. return to school). We also now have a Families Instagram page to use as a resource base.

Community Ministries

We continue to undertake a range of other community ministries, including:

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Church Centre

The Church Centre remains a hub for many of the weekly activities that take place as part of church life. The administration of the church is based there with a small team covering the week and the office is open every weekday morning. As a result, there is someone on site to welcome and engage with visitors who drop in unexpectedly. The Vicar also has an office in the building as a place to pray and prepare and also holds meetings there e.g. for pastoral support, planning funerals etc.

Our Sunday children’s and youth groups, plus after services refreshments all take place in the Centre. Through the week we have a significant number of regular activities taking place including Foodbank, Thursday Brew, Little Explorers, midweek youth groups and activities, staff meetings, occasional Deanery meetings, in-house training events, several Connect groups and Rooters. We also now have monthly All-Age services in the Atrium and from February 2025 our evening service has been running in the Atrium.

We also hire out two of the rooms in the centre as required, largely to training groups from the NHS, Tameside Council and local education. We also occasionally host local PCC awaydays, prayer days for local clergy etc which fits with our aim to make our facilities available to other local churches where possible.

We also regularly have surgery times for some of our local councillors at the same time as Foodbank and have hosted public meetings with the councillors. We have also hosted some planning and training events for local charities at low or even no cost, demonstrating our ongoing desire to support our local community as we are able.

We do not host parties or regular weekly bookings for external agencies and groups so that we can arrange the bookings we do take around our own regular activities, and the requirements of our regular ministry groups is usually prioritised over external bookings.

The Centre relies on a committed band of volunteers – both to staff it and to maintain it, including running repairs and cleaning and could not run without their hard work. We also have a small team who care for the surrounding grounds and have run several all-church work party days for both the grounds and the centre over 2025.

4. Worship and Prayer

Worship Services

Our 9am service includes sung worship, a full sermon and communion and has an average attendance of 35-40. It is followed by the 10.30am service which includes an ‘All Together‘ time pitched at all ages towards the beginning of the service. This introduces the topic for the day at a level which engages the children as well as the adults and the teaching topic is then followed as closely as possible by both adults in church and children and young people in their own ageappropriate groups. The All Together time also includes an action worship song which has seen a number of children and young people coming up to the front to help lead the worship for that song enabling them to be more engaged in the worship.

During 2025 we have had a monthly All-Age service at 10.30am where we do not run separate groups for children and youth. This includes a 20/25-minute opening time of worship in the Atrium all together, and including a short segment introducing the theme for the morning. The

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congregation then participate in a short activity – usually craft based with all ages involved sharing together. Finally, everyone comes back into the Atrium to conclude the service with worship. This format was also followed over the six-week summer break for the children’s groups and was much appreciated by all those that attended.

We began a 6pm evening service in February 2025 which runs mostly in termtime. This has been attended by 20-30 people on average, including some visitors from other local churches. The format has included an extended time of worship and teaching usually via video, including a series on the Armour of God, and now Ephesians.

We also have a weekly service for the local Church school in the church building, usually led by the Vicar, and host their special services for e.g. Easter, School Leavers etc.

Prayer Ministry

The Zoom Prayer Meeting continues to take place on Thursdays at 7.30 am and our missionary partners – Rajan in India and Celio in South Africa join us on a regular basis.

Prayer requests posted on our Facebook page attract a good response from people willing to pray - which indicates our confidence in praying prayers of intercession (asking God on behalf of other people, places or situations) and prayers of petition (asking God for our own immediate needs) Recently we have invited members of the congregation who wished to do so to join in a brief time of prayer before the start of the 10.30 am Sunday Service to make themselves ready for worship and to pray for everything that will be happening in the service.

Ever conscious of the importance of prayer in the life of the Church we are committed to enabling every member of the congregation to develop their prayer life as part of discipleship. In 2025 prayer ministry restarted after the 10.30am service and training took place for the team members.

Connect Groups

During 2025 the Connect Groups at St John’s have continued to meet and grow together. The groups are mostly well established. During the past year a number of people who have not been part of a group before, joined a group. A new group started on Monday evenings early in the year and continues to run. We have continued the established pattern of basing the Bible studies on the material we covered in the Sunday service. The questions have been very much focussed on where we are as a church, and the challenges and opportunities we face in this place at this time so that the Bible teaching is rooted in people’s lives.

We are hoping that there will be a new leader of the connect groups in the very near future.

5. Pastoral Care

Pastoral care in bereavement or complex personal situations is carried out in the first instance by the Vicar and Associate Minister, who also provide sustained pastoral support when a high degree of professional long-term care is required. The Vicar also visits a small number of people who are unable to attend church, usually due to illness, to share communion with them on a regular basis.

Pastoral care provided by Connect Group leaders for their members is also encouraged and highly valued and this has been supplemented with the spontaneous pastoral care provided by the Food Bank Teams, Children & Families Teams and Prayer Ministry.

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6. Mission & Evangelism

The retiring collection at the Carol Service was given to Silver Cord.

Rajan, Celio & Paddy update the congregation themselves on an occasional basis so we can pray for them via Sunday worship prayer times, our Thursday morning Zoom prayer group which they both attend regularly and also through our closed Facebook group for those who are regular attenders in Church. Konnect Radio, Open Doors, and Tearfund all have a member of the congregation responsible for leading prayers for their organisation on Sunday mornings and keeping the church informed about their work. In addition, the work of the Tameside East Foodbank, Silver Cord and our Care Home ministries are included in the Sunday Morning prayer rota and we pray regularly for our children and youth groups.

7. Financial Review

Summary

Total receipts on unrestricted funds were £126,287 (£130,765 in 2024). Of this total, £101,491 was unrestricted donations (£100,030 in 2024), and a further £17,320 was tax recovered under Gift Aid (£19,502 in 2024). Income from the use of the church centre amounted to £7,476 (£11,233 in 2024).

£127,391 was spent from unrestricted funds, compared with £141,611 in 2024. The net result for 2025 was a General Fund deficit of £1,104 – compared with a deficit of £10,846 in 2024.

The change in the church’s financial position was primarily attributable to:

The total held in Restricted Funds was £9,760 by the end of 2025. Full details of this are shown on the accounts below.

8. Reserves policy

The PCC has a target figure of £20,000 for its General Fund contingency reserve. The primary purpose of this reserve is to smooth out cash flow fluctuations and to help meet emergencies. Total unrestricted reserves reduced from £13,602 at the start of 2024 to £12,498 by the end of the year. This is less than the PCC target for the General Fund Reserves.

PCC have been made aware that our spending cannot continue to exceed our income, and plans have been discussed during the budget review for 2026.

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9. Buildings

The latest Quinquennial Inspection of the church building was carried out in August 2025. The resulting report identified a small number of areas requiring attention in the near future. We also had a survey done of the church centre in December 2025. Now we have both reports the buildings group will be meeting to make recommendations on prioritising the most important works. At present we are completing smaller repairs on an as need basis, and always when health and safety require it. We have not yet received the information from the Diocese that would trigger the next quinquennial report although it is now due.

We also received a Net Zero grant towards updating our heating so that it could be controlled more precisely using an app, and to replace some of our centre lighting with LEDs. This work has just been completed in early 2026. We are required to report our energy consumption to the diocese to track how effective these upgrades have been.

After discussions with the diocese in 2022 the PCC decided to sell St. Alban’s. Long delays with registering title with the Land Registry were finally resolved after the intervention of our local MP Jonathan Reynolds. Since then progress with completing the sale has been slow but we finally completed on the sale at the beginning of March 2026.

10. Structure, governance and management

Parochial Church Council (PCC)

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. The PCC consists of the incumbent (PCC Chair); licensed lay reader (now confirmed each year at the APCM); churchwardens; deanery synod members and twelve elected members. In addition, from May 2025 our Parish Safeguarding Coordinators (PSC)was co-opted to the PCC in May 2025 along with the PCC secretary.

All those who seek election to the PCC should also be willing to serve as a member of a PCC SubGroup.

PCC members are responsible 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 met seven times during 2025, with an average attendance level of 88%. One was an emergency meeting concerned with details of the sale of St. Alban’s. Eight decisions were made by email between the regular meetings, four relating to St. Alban’s. These were reported to the PCC at the next meeting in person and recorded in the minutes.

Standing Committee

This is the only committee required by statute. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between full Council meetings, subject to any directions given by the Council. Five Standing Committee decisions have been made since the beginning of 2025 and reported to the PCC where a subsequent meeting has taken place.

Other Committees and Working Groups

The following groups report to the PCC or Standing Committee:

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Key Leadership

The pastoral leadership team support the Incumbent. Some of the team are able to meet on Monday mornings to plan and review, the whole group meets once or twice a term to plan more widely :

Rev Tim Hayes: Incumbent Pat Bradshaw: Lay Reader (leadership development) Wendy Clifford: Treasurer Helena Hill: Churchwarden Andrew Knight: Churchwarden Karen Dewsnap-Clarke: Children’s Pastor Erica Splawnyk: Families Pastor Ben and Hannah Hayes: Youth leaders Denise Connolly: Parish Safeguarding Officer Kate Hayes: PCC Secretary and Church Administrator

All relevant decisions are reported to, or subject to ratification by the PCC.

11. Responsibilities of Trustees

Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year.

We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.

We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.

12. Legal and financial information

Charitable and legal status

St. John’s Church was registered with the Charity Commission on 2 March 2010 – Reference No. 1134598 - under the name of The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dukinfield St. John. It is part of the Church of England and operates under two governing documents:

Incumbent

Rev Tim Hayes, 37 Harold Avenue, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5NH.

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Church Officers

Vicar: Rev Tim Hayes (PCC Chairman) Licensed Lay Minister: (Reader) Patricia Bradshaw Churchwardens: Andrew Knight, Helena Hill PCC Secretary: Kate Hayes PCC Treasurer: Wendy Clifford PCC Vice-Chair: Helena Hill

Deanery Synod

Four elected places on Mottram Deanery Synod were available to St John’s from 2023. We elected Pete and Val Devlin, Liz Broadbent and John Leigh as our representatives for a three-year period. From May 2025, our number on Deanery Synod reduced to three, which coincided with the resignation of Liz Broadbent.

PCC Membership

The following served as PCC members during 2025:

Role Name Note
Incumbent Rev Tim Hayes
Churchwardens Helena Hill From 2022 APCM
Andrew Knight From 2023 APCM
Licensed LayReader Patricia Bradshaw Now confirmed annually
Deanery Synod Members
Elected Members		 Peter Devlin From May2023 until May2026
Valerie Devlin From May2023 until May2026
Liz Broadbent From May2023 until May2025
John Leigh From May2023 until May2026
Catherine Burgess Elected till 2027 APCM
WendyClifford Elected till 2026 APCM
Ben Hayes Elected till 2027 APCM
Sue Mason Elected till 2026 APCM
Ian Leech Elected till 2028 APCM
LucyLeech Elected till 2026 APCM
Grant Morrison Elected for twoyears until 2027 APCM
Jane Metcalfe Elected until 2026,resigned Nov 2025
Erica Splawnyk Elected till 2026 APCM
OsypSplawnyk Elected till 2027 APCM
Vanessa Zanft Elected for oneyear until 2025 APCM
Karen Dewsnap-Clarke Elected till 2028 APCM
Jayne Hindley Elected till 2028 APCM
Denise Connolly Parish Safeguarding Officer from May
2025 APCM
Kate Hayes From May2025(PCC Sec)

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Standing Committee Membership

The following served as Standing Committee members during 2025:

Role Name Note
Incumbent Rev Tim Hayes
Churchwardens Helena Hill
Andrew Knight
PCC Treasurer WendyClifford
LayReader Patricia Bradshaw
Elected Members Ben Hayes

Banks

Yorkshire Bank (Virgin Money), 26 Market Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 6AN Manchester Credit Union, Ground Floor, Queens Court, 24 Queen St, Manchester M2 5HX

Examiners

Stewardship Services (UKET) Ltd, 1 Lamb’s Passage, London, EC1Y 8AB.

Church Correspondence Address

St John’s Church Centre, Vicarage Drive, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5HZ.

Approved by the PCC on and signed on their behalf by Tim Hayes (PCC Chair)

Tim Hayes

Tim Hayes (Mar 31, 2026 08:34:55 GMT+1)

Date: Mar 31, 2026

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INDEPENDENT EXA MINER'S REPORT

TO THE T RUSTEES OF

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF {Ç WhIb�{� 5ÜYLbCL9[5

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St John’s, Dukinfield ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 2011 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.

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

Sarah Crispin

Sarah Crispin (Apr 2, 2026 15:56:39 GMT+1)

Sarah Crispin ACA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB

Date: Apr 2, 2026

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Charity Name No (if any)
Parish of Dukinfield St John 1134598
Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
For the period
from		 01/01/2025
Period start date		 To 31/12/2025
Period end date
Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £		 Total funds
to the nearest £		 Last year
to the nearest £
Planned Giving 86,330 1,020 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 87,350 93,897
Collections at services 285 - 285 539
Tax Recovered 17,320 550 17,870 21,368
Other Donations 10,532 5,801 16,333 8,596
Generated Funds - - - -
Room Hire 7,476 - 7,476 11,233
Little Explorers 1,423 1,423 1,200
Wedding& Funeral Fees 737 737 1,120
Book Sales 1,143 1,143 1,455
GivingPage - - 145
Other Incoming Resources -
Events 55 - 55 -
Invenstment & Deposit Income -
Bank Interest 231 231 601
Dividends 547 - 547 477
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 126,079 7,371 -
-
-
-
-		 133,450 140,631
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Loan Repayment 208 250
- -
Sub total 208 250
Total receipts
A3 Payments
140,881
Church Activities - - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 - -
Charitable Giving 12,800 3,040 15,840 18,718
Church RunningCosts 43,893 126 44,019 32,870
Clergy 6,567 - 6,567 44,924
Parish Share 62,823 - 62,823 60,993
Finance Charges 75 - 75 98
Governance Costs - - - -
Accountancy& Audit 1,233 - 1,233 1,321
Sub total 127,391 3,166 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 130,557 158,924
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Loan -
-
Sub total - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
158,924
-
1,104		 3,101 -
18,043
- - -
13,602 19,157 37,200
12,498 22,258 19,157

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets		 Signature
Agency Fund
Independent Examination Fee
Kitchen equipment
Bibles & service books
Scottish Power
Safety and Security equipment
Gardening and Maintenance tools
Details
Details
Church Centre
Church fixtures & fittings (non-
consecrated)
Audio Visual Equipment
Office and IT equipment
Musical instruments
Bank Accounts
Agency
Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Gift Aid Claimed Jan 26
Details
Tim Hayes(Mar 31,2026 08:34:55 GMT+1)
Tim Hayes
Tim Hayes(Mar 31,2026 08:34:55 GMT+1)
Tim Hayes		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
13,613
9,760
-
1,115
-
-
-
12,498
9,760
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
2,923
109
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Unrestricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds
-
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DUKINFIELD ST JOHN NOTES TO THE 2025 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Staff & Trustees

1.1 Key Management Staff

During 2025, the staff team comprised, in addition to the Incumbent (Rev Tim Hayes):

Rev Tim Hayes, Incumbent Pat Bradshaw, Lay Reader (leadership development) Wendy Clifford, Treasurer Helena Hill, Churchwarden Andrew Knight, Churchwarden Kate Hayes – PCC Secretary

The team supports the Incumbent in his day-to-day and strategic management of the church.

1.2 Pay & Benefits

The PCC of St Johns Dukinfield is a registered charity, regulated by the Charity Commission - PCC members are therefore also charity trustees. No PCC member receives payment from the church for their work as a charity trustee.

The PCC had no employed members of staff during 2025.

The Incumbent, Rev Tim Hayes, received £1,089.00 in expenses payments.

Travel expenses are paid at HMRC Mileage Allowance Payment rates.

Where church members (including trustees) incur expenses on areas of ministry, they are reimbursed from the relevant budget, on production of receipts.

1.3 Vicarage Costs

As is customary within the Church of England, the Incumbent – Rev Tim Hayes – is provided with accommodation by Chester Diocese. The PCC is responsible for vicarage costs such as Council Tax, water bills and phone/broadband. These costs amounted to £5,000.05 in 2025 – this sum is included in the Clergy & Staffing category of the PCC accounts.

Agency Funds

During the year, the PCC held and processed funds on behalf of:

At the start of 2025, the PCC was holding £184.00 in agency funds. During 2025, a total of £5,971.50 was received and £5,039.85 was paid out, leaving a balance of £1,115.65 owed by the PCC and a balance of £0.00 owed to the PCC. This is shown in the accounts.

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