2024-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Peter, Shipley

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Parochial Church Council

Annual Report of PCC Business 2024 - 2025

Adopted by the Parochial Church Council and signed on behalf of the PCC.

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Date: ……………………………

Miss Gemma Richards (Church Warden & Chair of the PCC to June 30 2024) Revd Natasha Thomas (Interim Priest-in-Charge and Chair of the PCC from July 1 2024)

OUR VISION

Our vision is to see the town of Shipley changed by the power of God. We want to see this happen through a Church which is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and committed to the Word of God, which serves others in order to bring God’s Kingdom. We want St Peter’s to become a key ‘transforming community’ bringing about this change, as a church alive with the joy of knowing and worshipping Jesus Christ.

OUR VALUES

WORSHIP

We believe that we are to cultivate a life of prayer and worship ‘in spirit and in truth’ and to experience intimacy with God. Our corporate worship is to be anchored in God’s Word and inspired by the Holy Spirit.

NURTURE

All our teaching will be based in the Bible because we believe it is the inspired Word of God. We seek to train and equip church members to discover and use their gifts in Christian service and in building up the church.

Children and young people will be nurtured amongst us as the church of today.

FELLOWSHIP

We encourage loving, caring mutual respect for all through small groups and various forms of worship.

We will do everything we can to make sure everyone can take a full and equal part in our church life, regardless of any particular needs.

We believe God is willing to use any group of people who will together seek and call upon him in prayer.

MISSION

We believe that God commands and equips us to share the Gospel in word and action. We want to be the local church for local people. We will take the Gospel out to people around us in whatever ways they will best see, hear and understand. We believe that we are to get involved and take initiatives in worldwide mission which transforms lives, through our money, prayers and effort.

SERVICE

We as the body of Christ will serve one another and the local community, both as individuals, and through making our premises available whenever possible to local people and organisations.

GENEROSITY

We promote generosity which arises out of a desire to be like Jesus in the ways we use our time and possessions, and in which we offer hospitality and interest in others.

Section 1: Governance and Management

Parochial Church Council Parish Church of St Peter’s Shipley Moorhead Lane, Shipley, BD18 4JH

Parochial Church Council Members 2024-2025


Ex officio Members:
*The Parish Priest and any ordained minister or deacon or lay worker licensed to the Parish*
Revd Natasha Thomas	Interim Priest	From July2024
Revd Brian Greenfield	Associate Priest
Revd Emma Wilkinson	Associate Priest
Joseph Buthee	Familyand Children’s worker	From March 2025
*The Churchwardens*
Mr Alan Armitage	DeputyChair
Miss Gemma Richards	DeputyChair

*Members of the Electoral Roll who are members of higher synods:*
Mrs Zahida Mallard	Diocesan Synod & Aire & Worth DeanerySynod	Term expires 2026
Mr Michael Moss	Diocesan Synod & Aire & Worth Deanery Synod PCC Treasurer	Term expires 2026
Mrs Viv Brealey	Licensed Lay Minister & Aire & Worth DeanerySynod	Term expires 2026

Elected Lay Representatives:
Mr Mark Davies	Gift Aid Secretary	Term Expires 2027
Mr Stephen Hetherington		Term Expires 2025
Mr Mark Jordan	PCC Secretary	Term Expires 2025
Mrs Jackie Loach		Term expires 2025
Mrs Karen Parkinson		Term expires 2027
Mrs Susan Pedley		Term expires 2026
Mr David Slaney		Term expires 2025
Mrs Louise Forbes		Term expires 2025
Mrs Frances Vose	SafeguardingOfficer	Term expires 2026
Mr Chris Beard	Minutes Secretary	Term Expires 2027
Mr Mervyn Silva		Term Expires 2027

Church Bankers:

Co Operative Bank, PO Box 250, Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale WN8 6WT

Independent Examiner:

Hart Wright Accounting, Chartered Certified Accountants, 24 Hall Drive, Sutton BD20 7NH

The Parochial Church Council (hereafter referred to as the ‘PCC’) is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure and is registered with the Charities Commission no. 1134797. The appointment of PCC members is governed by and set out in the Church Representation Rules. Lay representatives are appointed, by election, to vacancies if necessary, from members of the Electoral Roll who are nominated to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). Initial induction for all new members of the PCC is conducted by the Incumbent.

St Peter’s PCC held nine meetings during the 2024-25 year following the May 2024 APCM.

During the year the PCC continued to authorise the Buildings and Land Group chaired by Mike Moss and currently involves 6 PCC members including representation from the Environment Group, and two lay people with particular expertise, to enable detailed decisions to be made about these assets without the need for all of them to come before the full PCC. Regular reports are received.

Day-to-day management and responsibility for the church and its activities was delegated to the Leadership Team (which functions as the Standing Committee of the PCC), currently consisting of the Church Wardens, Mr Alan Armitage and Miss Gemma Richards; the Licensed Lay Minister, Mrs Viv Brealey; the Treasurer, Mr Mike Moss; and a member of the PCC appointed by the outgoing incumbent – Mrs Karen

Parkinson, this was continued by the new Interim Minister, Revd Natasha Thomas, appointed in July 2024.

The Leadership team continues to meet regularly to ensure that operations for the functions of the church are managed. This meeting is also attended occasionally by the Lay Pastoral Coordinators, Mr & Mrs Keith and Carol Brown.

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Zahida Mallard
Families
Gemma Richards
and Youth Karen Parkinson
Karen Baguley &
Jessica Criddle
Vicar
Finance/
Rev Natasha
Thomas Operations/
Viv Brealey Buildings
Mike Moss
Serving
Others
Rev Natasha &
Louise Forbes
Viv Brealey
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The Leadership Team, is currently running in conjunction with new Strategic groups which are facilitated by a member of the PCC. These groups are Families and youth; Prayer Ministry; Discipleship; Pastoral; Outreach; Finance. These groups were approved at the PCC in November.

A further working group of PCC members has continued to operate during the year to consider issues of Environmental Policy. This continues to develop into ensuring good partnerships with those who use the Fernhill Site

Section 2: Main activities

2.1 Appointment of new Interim Priest in charge

In July 2024, Revd Natasha Thomas was licensed to be the Interim Priest in Charge for the next three years. The nature of this role is to explore how the Benefices of St Paul’s Shipley, Christchurch Windhill and St Peter’s Shipley might work together. There are 5 main objectives that need to be explored:

To develop outreach and worship which will attract a younger demographic into St Peter’s (in particular more families and young people);
To devise and implement a strategy for disciple-making which provides ways for fringe people to consider Jesus, opens new approaches to discipling beyond existing home groups, and fosters a culture of disciples who make disciples and leaders who grow leaders;
To bring St Peter’s to work closely with the parishes of St Paul’s Shipley and Christ Church, Windhill to reimagine mission and ministry for the whole town of Shipley, and to explore possible structural changes, including pastoral re-organisation, which might support this better
Working with St Paul’s and Christchurch, to develop outreach and new worshipping communities for less-reached parts of Shipley (for example, Hirst Wood and Windhill)

5. To play a visible role in the life of the town of Shipley, alongside other churches as part of Shipley Christians Together, engaging strategically with civic, business and other church leaders, and helping to develop a vision both for the town and for the place of the churches in the town.

2.2 Mission

Welcome Space

Welcome Space, continues to be a major part of our mission activity, formed in October 2022 as a response to the cost of living and energy crises. Welcome Space continues to thrive with an average of around 70 people attending each week and sometimes attracting over 90. It’s intergenerational with participation ranging from babies and children attending with their parents or guardians, to our more mature visitors many of whom are in their 90’s.

Welcome Space offers a warm and welcoming environment, a chance to meet and chat with others, refreshments, including hot drinks, cake and biscuits, fresh fruit and a lunch of soup and bread. Feedback from participants indicates that what is offered is well received, with people enjoying the refreshments and the opportunity to spend time with others, this is especially true for our older guests many of whom live alone. The scheme is helping to address social isolation and many new friendships have been formed.

We continue to maintain our relationship with Shipley College students who are undertaking life skills courses, offering them work experience and an opportunity to engage with the community. This has been an enriching experience for both the Welcome Space participants and volunteers and the students. It has been a pleasure to see them develop and grow in confidence.

There is no charge for Welcome Space, but attendees can make a pay-as-you-feel donation if they wish, which helps to fund the project along with a small grant from Bradford council. We are extremely grateful to the Orange Grove for the provision of vegetables for the soup making and to Melvyn Davis for the bread. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the cake makers and to the dedicated team of volunteers who turn up every week and without whom Welcome Space simply couldn’t happen.

Wrestling Church

Wrestling church, under the leadership of Gaz Thompson and Kingdom Wrestling, started in September as a pilot to see whether there was a way in which we could link with groups of people who would not normally attend Sunday services. The format has been varied with a 5-minute bible story or testimony given at the beginning with prayer being offered at the interval. As a result of this engagement, 1 person has reaffirmed their baptismal vows, 2 attended Alpha and have started coming regularly to different services and bible study groups. There has been significant media publicity about this and St Peter’s as a result has been on Good Morning Britain; Radio 2; Five News; Calendar; Look North; Japanese, Australian, French, German, Italian and Swedish TV.

It continues once a month and over 150 people regularly attend. Kingdom Wrestling also uses our premises regularly to run training sessions and support groups.

Mission Groups

The PCC continues to maintain several links with both local missions and overseas Mission Partners. They are as follows:

Garry Ion from CMS
The ZephaniaTrust
The Sheltons – Wycliffe Translators
Sudan Episcopal Church
Sri Lanka local church charities
Christians Against Poverty - Shipley Debt Centre
Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire

2.3 Children and Youth Work

See & Know

See & Know continues to meet weekly during term-time. With an average of 35-40 children attending, mostly with mums, but we also have a good number of dads, grandparents and childminders. Unlike previous years, we now have a strong core group of families who attend each week, which gives the team a great opportunity to build up relationships; the smaller group size also helps with this. That said, new families keep attending most weeks, mainly through word of mouth.

One particular highlight of the year was being asked by Bradford City of Culture to take part in an art and music exhibition – A Letter to the Future – which is now open in Salts Mill. Our families recorded some singing and humming to be played as an audible background to the art installation. A couple of our mums also recorded lullabies they sing to their children to be included in the project. It was a real privilege to share our group with the artist and musician (both from the USA) as well as the wider City of Culture team. They all loved the group and felt so welcomed; the theme of the installation is what would we like to see in the future, what might we gift the future from the present, and a number of the team commented on how See & Know should definitely be a gift to the future because it was such a loving and welcoming place. What a vote of confidence!

Messy Church

Messy Church continues to meet monthly and numbers remain consistent. We have been looking at big questions this year, which has allowed us to explore some deep topics in an accessible way. It remains gospel-focussed and evangelistic. Everyone who comes along enjoys it and is really blessed by it. They enjoy the fact it fills a Sunday afternoon, which is often a difficult time for families, and that someone else cooks dinner and washes up for them.

Both these groups can only happen because of the extraordinary volunteers who help. We are immensely grateful for them all.

Youthie

Youthie continues to meet fortnightly on a Friday evening, providing a safe space with a structured evening of activities for young people aged 10-14 years old.

Activities have included making ice-cream sundaes, board games and hot chocolate, quizzes, crafts, pizza-making, baking and sports. After a dip in numbers, we are now building membership and currently have around 8 regular members. These comprise of a mix of Church families and local community young people, some of whom have additional needs.

The small, but amazing team of leaders are looking forward to exciting times ahead working with our new Youth & Families coordinator to grow and develop Youthie.

Risen Meet Up (for Young Adults )

We have continued to organise meet ups approximately monthly on a Sunday evening, organised via an associated What’s App group. The current age range is now 18-24ish. Some members have moved on to University or a home group during the year (although we keep in touch!), so regular attendance is small - 2-3 people. The evenings are usually hosted by Jackie Loach and Karen Baguely with invaluable help from Jonathan Starley and we are grateful to Rev Natasha for stepping in on occasion too to cover holidays.

We usually meet in the Meeting Place at church with refreshments (largely chocolate based but other options are available), chat /catch up, activity/games and finish with a short reflection/discussion and ‘prayer points’. We enjoyed a summer evening campfire hosted by Pip up at the field at Fern Hill in August and a mid-week evening walk and chat around Hirst Wood in April, finishing for a drink in a local pub.

2.4 Development of Ministry at St Peter’s

House Groups

St Peters continues to support 8 regular house groups, with fellowship groups occasionally running alongside. These are a place where people can share fellowship, study the Bible, explore their faith and pray for one another.

Courses run this year

Bereavement Course

In October we ran the Bereavement Journey 6-week course with 8 people attending. Everyone was also invited to attend a specific Commemoration Service in early November.

Prayer Course

In the build up towards supporting the congregation to pray for 24 hours in advance of a congregational away day, Pete Grieg’s Prayer course was run with 9 people attending. This also linked in with the regular prayer walks that have taken place since August around the parish.

Alpha

This was run over 10 weeks from early January. 12 people regularly attended, and as a result one member has reaffirmed their baptismal vows.

Call the Midwife Lent Course

This year during Lent, we followed material that linked reflection and bible stories to ‘Call the Midwife’ relating particularly how we as church are able to respond to Difference. This involved both Sunday service teaching and a group which met mid-week and included people from other churches in Shipley.

Social Activities

Special thanks go to Martin and Louise Forbes who organised different social events and activities for members of church to attend to get to know one another. Some of these were also attended by members of the other Anglican churches in Shipley. And to and Ann and Eric Parker who planned a Christmas infamous Beetle Drive!

2.5 Safeguarding

The Parish of St Peter’s Shipley takes our collective responsibility for safeguarding those most vulnerable in our community seriously. Safeguarding policy is the responsibility of the PCC and appears as an item on every PCC agenda.

All policies in relation to Safeguarding children and Vulnerable adults used in the Parish are those of the Diocese of Leeds and Church of England. Details of these are displayed on the main noticeboards at the entry to church.

This past year, Rev Natasha Thomas and Parish Safeguarding Officer Frances Vose have worked with statutory and voluntary agencies (as required) with support from the Diocese (when necessary), to manage safeguarding concerns and ensure appropriate support for all individuals involved. Alongside ourselves we have recruited other members of the church who have supported us in this role, and we appreciate the time and effort they have given us.

We continue to use The Church of England Parish Dashboard and Hub , which is a tool to help us easily identify who needs what training. We are a busy church with many groups which all require volunteers. This leads to a lot of administration on the part of the Safeguarding officer and Rev Natasha. If anyone wishes to help in the administration of safeguarding, please let Frances or Natasha know.

Most volunteers in our church must do some degree of safeguarding training, depending on their level of role, and many need a DBS check. Thanks are due to Mike Moss for his administration of the DBS system.

Frances and the team are working to ensuring that training is completed and reviewed, and volunteers are encouraged to ask if they need to know what they have to complete. We take the training of all our volunteers at St Peter's very seriously, as it is essential to safeguarding our young people and vulnerable adults in our church and the community we serve. Safeguarding training courses often reveal issues to us that we would not have thought about ourselves and increase our awareness of being alert to abuse in whatever form. Safeguarding training at most levels is now available online via the Diocesan website. The PCC appreciate the diligence of those who have undertaken this in a timely manner demonstrating their understanding of the importance of safeguarding as a collective responsibility.

We have successfully run one safeguarding course at church (Basic Awareness) where 7 people attended. We hope to continue to run these when needed, for volunteers who find it difficult to access online, or would prefer to do the course in a group setting.

Please remember - Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility - please be aware of anyone you might consider to be a vulnerable individual, adult or child, and do not hesitate to contact Frances or any of the staff team or Revd Natasha, if you have any concern whatsoever.

Frances Vose, Parish Safeguarding Officer – April 2025

2.6 Buildings and Fabric Maintenance

Buildings and Land Report

The buildings and land group met regularly through 2024, roughly bi-monthly. Many items were discussed and ideas for improvement discussed.

Subjects considered during the year included:

Redecorating The Meeting Place (previously known as Reception or Choir Vestry)*
The use of the small hall by Kingdom Wrestling once the Hive left *
Various leaks into the church and halls *
Improving the church and halls heating systems
Creating an acceptable use policy to which all hall users have been asked to sign up to *
Redevelopment of the lounge kitchen and replacing equipment
Clearing out items stored for many years without use *
Gardening working parties *
Creating and agreeing a terms of reference for the group *
The quinquennial due in 2024 *
Changing lounge toilets to unisex *
Upgrading the church and hall WiFi solution *
Church lighting replacement with LED units to reduce costs *
Drains from corridor toilets *
Wall between halls and neighbours that is bowing
Fernhill Open Meeting *
Setting up a regular land users meeting *
The sinking stone slab outside the halls entrance *
Raising money from the car park when not heavily used using Just Park *
Toilets refurbishment
Changing the automatic doors at the main entrance to church to manual *
The failure of the automatic doors into Hope Chapel
Moving filing cabinets from meeting place *
Additional caretaking resource *
Charges for use of the halls *
Becoming more hospitable
Environmental concerns

All items marked with an asterisk have been progressed.

We have also arranged for the regular servicing of:

The heating systems including the air conditioning systems in the lounge
The CCTV system
The electronic lock entry system
Automatic doors
Fire alarm
Wheelchair lift between church and halls

We also altered the layout of the office to facilitate better usage and to allow our new staff to all work from the office.

There has been a lot of work done but lots more could be done if we had more volunteers willing to help, either mid-week or at a weekend. The gardens need regular attention to keep them tidy. There are a number of other tasks that could be managed by volunteers such as decorating and small maintenance tasks. If you are able to assist, please contact Mike Moss.

A lot of thanks need to go to our wardens Alan and Gemma, Jackie Loach, David Slaney, Mervyn Silva, Revd Natasha Thomas who have all contributed to making things happen as part of the group. Also, thanks to Martin Forbes who has facilitated getting the Fire Alarm sorted out and the slab outside the hall door levelled both at substantially less cost than quoted by other contractors.

I would especially like to thank Jackie Loach for the work she has done getting the users of the Fernhill Land together and working together towards a common purpose. It has taken a lot of hard work and is appreciated.

Mike Moss - 2025

Fern Hill Management Group

This group was established in 2024 to facilitate a coordinated approach to the sustainable management of the church site at Fern Hill and enable the Church and the users – St Peters Bowling Club, 3rd Shipley (St Peters) Scouts Group and St Peters Tennis Club - to communicate well and work effectively together to manage the site for the benefit of users, the church and wildlife, both now and looking to the future. Members of this group currently are: Jackie Loach, Carolyn Neale (Bowling), Frances Vose and Jason Agar (Tennis), Ed and Claire Wright (Scouts), Mike Moss, Gemma Richards, Hugh Firman, Glyn Levis, Rev Natasha Thomas (St Peters)

We are very grateful to Glyn Levis and Hugh Firman, who have helped us with their expertise in wildlife and managing land for community and environmental benefit. There is a huge amount of voluntary effort that is undertaken by the 3 groups to look after the different parts of Fern Hill which provides a wonderful community asset. Each club has produced a report for the church which we will circulate widely in a Fern Hill Newsletter.

Over the last year we have:

Clarified ownership/responsibility for the land with the Diocesan legal team -the Church PCC are the managing trustees; Leeds Diocese Board of Finance are the Custodian Trustees.
Developed and agreed joint Aims for the Management of Fern Hill so that together we:
Provide a sustainable recreational outdoor amenity to the church, the Fern Hill clubs/ organisations, and the wider community in line with the mission and values of St Peter’s Church and its Environment Policy
Recognise and manage the environmental aspects of the site, enhancing flora, fauna and wildlife and ensuring that actions taken now do not jeopardise this in the future
Support and enhance the activities of the users, encouraging participation of the wider community - including providing opportunities to learn about and enjoy the outdoors and environment for children and young people
Meet all legal, health and safety and safeguarding requirements
Ensure that actions taken are sustainable
Worked together to hold a successful ‘What’s Behind the Gate’ Open Morning in June 2024.
Written to our neighbours to make contact, improve understanding of the site and who uses it, gain their support in keeping it clean and safe – it was a delight to meet so many at the Open Day.
Community consultation on ideas for the Middle field
Continued to develop our Land Management Plan and improvements to the safety, amenity and biodiversity of the site (eg. clearer entrance to the field area, encouraging wild flower areas, managing trees, leaf fall, bindweed and brambles, improvements to the garden areas, native hedging, bug houses, establishing long grass areas, new composting areas and the siting of a house sparrow nesting box). We have had to remove 2 large trees that were diseased and becoming dangerous and these will be replaced in due course.
The middle ‘Scout Field’ is being looked after by scout leaders Ed and Claire Wright , scout volunteers (and Claire’s wider family have also contributed hugely) - they provide outdoor activities for 100 children and young people a week but there is capacity for wider church use (with care given the slightly bumpy and wild nature) and a need for other groups to help with maintenance.

Jackie Loach - 2025

2.7 Deanery issues

The synod met three times during the year. Each meeting considered a different topic. The first synod meeting was held at Utley and looked at three different Christian Nurture courses. The Start Course, The Moving On Course and the Being With course.

The second meeting was held at Cottingley and after a short update on the Leadership and Personal Growth course by Richard Burge, the rest of the meeting focussed on finance with a presentation by Jane Adams, a finance manager in the diocese. The final meeting was held at St Peter’s and focussed on education and what the education team can do for parishes.

Mike Moss 2025

2.8 Policy issues

We continue to respond to the need to put in place policies for a number of areas of church life. A policy register has been created with a renewal date for each. All are currently within date. New policies will be added to this as required.

Health and Safety

Health & Safety continues to be a regular item for review at PCC meetings. The Wardens, together with Martin Fawley (Caretaker) and Katharine Leech (Cleaner) are responsible for monitoring safety issues around the site on a day-by-day basis.

Environmental Policy and Eco Church

St Peter’s environmental policy was completed in 2020 and updated in January 2023. This ensures we stay committed to a target of being Carbon Net Zero by 2030.

In May 2024 St Peter’s church achieved the Silver A Rocha eco award, having — previously achieved bronze in March 2022. This is not simply to gain an award, SILVERAWARD WINNER but a structure of the A Rocha framework (www.ecochurch.arocha.org.uk ). 20) f

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Jackie Loach 2025
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2.9 Disability issues

During 2024 – 2025 Ms Jenni Reid was our Disability Officer and has now left this role. The PCC intend to appoint a new Disability Officer for 2025 – 2026 to ensure that St Peter’s continue to prioritise making our worship, activities, land and buildings accessible to all. If this is a role you would be interested in please speak with Natasha or a member of the PCC, and please raise any ways in which we could improve accessibility.

2.10 Employment issues

During 2024- 2025 the PCC employed two administrators as a job share Ms Kerry Milwain and Ms Jenni Reid initially for 35hrs reducing down to 25hrs in November. Additionally Ms Jenni Reid was employed to cover the administration for the Children’s work (10hrs) and also to explore the possibility of a pilot for a Baby Bank in Shipley (10 hours). Both these positions came to an end in March and Ms Jenni Reid left St Peters at the end of March. We are grateful to her for all her work. We were delighted to be able to appoint Ms Jen Titchmarch for 10hrs administration per week on a permanent basis. Mrs Kerry Milwain went on maternity leave at the end of March 2025 and administration maternity cover will be appointed. Additionally we have appointed Mr Joseph Buthee as the Family and Youth coordinator for 30hrs per week.

We continue to employ Mr Martin Fawley as the caretaker and Mrs Katherine Leech as cleaner. Ms Annabel Rigby continued to be contracted on a sessional basis from July 2023 as Welcome Space Coordinator until the end of March when the grant covering the costs of this role came to an end after several extensions. Thanks, are due to the PCC Treasurer, Mike Moss and to the church accountants, HW Accounting, for management of salaries.

2.11 Finance and giving

St Peter’s continues to use the Parish Giving Scheme. The numbers of bookings for the use of our buildings continues to be high and now forms a significant component of St Peter’s annual income.

We remain indebted to all those who are involved in managing the church’s finances on our behalf, in particular the PCC Treasurer, Mike Moss. Our Gift Aid Secretary is Mr Mark Davies who continues to advise us on maximising the benefits of Gift Aid, which has become easier via the Parish Giving Scheme. Thanks also to Mr Jeff Parkinson, for dealing with insurance matters, and to all those who have taken responsibility for counting and banking money each week, notably Miss Elisabeth Sture.

The Parish Share position was again prominent this year, and the figures are detailed in Section 4 below. St Peter’s fell short of meeting the share payment in full in 2024. We are mindful of the need to be good stewards of the resources made available to the church, through hall hire, grants, other income, and the generosity of church members so that we can meet our financial commitments.

Scrutiny of the church’s finances is a prominent item month by month on PCC agendas. Further details of the finances through the year to December 2024 are given at Section 4 of this report below.

Gemma Richards and Alan Armitage - Church Wardens

Section 3: Facts and Figures

Section 3: Facts and Figures
Number on Electoral Roll as of April 2024	173 ( 96 resident in Parish and 77 non resident)
Number of attenders at regular Sunday services	126 (16 years and over), 20 (children)
Number attending Messy church	29 Adults, 36 children
Number of baptisms	4
Number of confirmations	0
Number of weddings	1
Number of funerals	5

Section 4: Financial Review 2024

4.1 Treasurer’s report for the year ended 31st December 2024

Introduction

This report is provided to go alongside the Statutory Accounts, which are available upon request.

During 2024 St Peter’s has continued to address the issue of slowly declining voluntary income by maximising our income from hiring out the halls. In the first half of the year we were without a priest but managed to continue to attract income. We had a church income some £18,000 higher than last year but still have a gap to fill. We managed to pay 92% of the Diocesan Share requested and cleared all other debts.

General

The Church’s general total income for 2024 was £256,535. Expenditure was £245,804 resulting in a notional “profit” of £10,731. Our Share was set at £94,612. Missionary/Charity Giving amounted to £36,820. This was £3,231 higher than the previous year.

Income and Special Collections

Collections and planned giving (restricted and unrestricted) stood this year at £108,879 whilst tax reclaimed through Gift Aid was £29,380. This compares to 2023 figures; £106,689 given and Gift Aid of £27,117.

Sundry donations stood at £27,464 compared to last year’s figure of £39,167.

The special collections made during the year totalled £14,084 compared to £7,922 in the previous year.

Expenditure

We have once again tried to keep Church running costs to a minimum. Maintenance costs were again well above budget in 2023 but some of this was offset from the fabric fund. We have spent £49,479 in 2023 compared to £24,393 in 2022 on direct repairs. We were hit by lots of pieces of the church needing urgent repair and replacement, Thanks to the wardens and the Buildings and Land group for doing their best to keep on top of expenditure whilst ensuring our premises are fit for purpose.

Missions and Diocesan Share

In 2024 £17,200 was allocated from the Church’s general voluntary giving income for dispersal to our mission partners. We allocated £18,000 in 2023. This money was dispersed in December to our various mission partners as requested by the vicar in consultation with the PCC.

Our Share for 2024 was set at £94,612 a 5% reduction since 2023. We paid £87,112 by the end of the year.

Deposit Accounts

The deposit accounts that were opened in 2008 with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund have been maintained. In general, interest rates have started to increase this year. As a result, interest increased from £1,229 in 2023 to £2,323 this year.

There are 3 accounts, one for the Youth Pastor Fund, one for Mission Funds and one for all other funds, principally the Building & General (Main Account) Fund. Currently across all its accounts the Youth Work Fund has £27,187 available.

Mike Moss - April 2025

Section 5: Ecumenical Relationships

Shipley Christians Together (SCT)

The year started with Shipley Baptist Church again hosting Inn Churches, providing accommodation, food, friendship and warmth to several homeless people. Mayme Small continued her excellent work as Shipley CAP Debt Centre Manager and the Shipley Market Bible Stall dispensed bibles and offered prayer in all weathers on alternate Mondays. SCT continued to support Ukrainian families in

and around Shipley and a near capacity audience attended the General Election hustings at St Peter's Church. Services included ones to mark the Week of Christmas Unity, Ash Wednesday and Pentecost and a celebration service which included discussion about the work of SCT. The AGM service (also held at St Peter's) was extremely well-attended and we were pleased to elect Revd Natasha Thomas as a trustee. Subsequently, Hugh Firman was elected as Chair. The Walk

of Witness was successful and the Revd Emma Wilkinson gave a short reflection and blessing as she also did at the Market Square Christmas Lights Switch-on, which was poorly attended, as a result of the wet weather. Live@Costa provided a varied programme, including a Christmas Carols evening, raising funds for Christian Aid. A new event this year was an excellent evangelistic evening. As usual, the year was rounded off with our Christmas meal for homeless, vulnerable and lonely people with an incredible 120 meals provided. The online newsletter, which shares good news and information, was regularly produced and circulated.

Hugh Firman (Chair).

Shipley Anglican Churches

The three Anglican churches in Shipley – St Peter’s, St Paul’s and the Christchurch Windhil LEP – have continued to look for opportunities to work more closely together over the past year. These have included joint services on occasions such as Maundy Thursday and Ascension Day and a joint Christmas Carol Service. A new joint service, Breathe, was established during 2024 on the third Sunday evening of each month, moving around the three churches. This service has a particular focus on praying together for Shipley.

CHARITY COMMISSION I FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Parochial Church Council of St Peters Shipley On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 Charity no11134797 {if any) Set out on pages Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in responsibilities of accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). trustees and examiner The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an Independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145{5)(b) of the Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner's statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records 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 explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my examiner's statement attention (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or 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. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 1510512025 Name: Simon Hart Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): FCCA IER May 2018

Address: 24 Hall Drive Sutton In Craven BD20 7NH Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER May 2018

Parochial Church Council of St. Peter's• Shipley SiaiLryii¥iil uf FinaiiLial Atlitr-iLic& For the year ending 31 Dccember 2024 Unrestricted Funds Restricted Fwids TOTAL FUNDS 2024 2023 No INCq)MING RESOIIRCES l oluniary Incomc]rom dopFor.¥ Oiher voltsniory incoming reso&r(Y.$ Incoming rv,iourLes fv)m opeyoiing aLiiviiies to furthcr Ihc Council's objects . 10 2¢Jwatc funds In¢omefrom inve.¥lmenis 21a) 2{b) 154,947 21,067 24,X61 179.808 21.067 180,¥9i 2(¢1 2(d) 2(el -$3,338 -50.240 328 1.995 2.323 1.229 TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 229 679 2fj6.53i 2311.1192 RESOURCES EXPENDED C Dsi,f ofgenLpratip7gfiind3 Granl.Y AL'iiMiie.v din'cilir reloiin% lo ihc. w()rk ofihv church ("hMrL'h managemvni and admini.s¢ran'o Ufher Expen.y¢'. 3(d) 31a) 31bl 36,369 202.717 450 1.042 i6,112 203.759 33,511¢) 214,075 3(c} i225 i,225 3,4110 'I"VI'AL kES0(JKLES E'XPEiIDLD 244.312 4Y2 24) 8u4 251.144 NET INCOMINGI(oirrGOING) RESOURCES (14.633) 10.731 {12.2$31 TRANSFER TO FUNDS TRANSFER FROM FUNDS TRANSFER Tn FNMWUFNT 20.074 12.719) 2.719 (20.074) 22.793 (22.793) (12.5511 12..$51 2.722 8,009 10,731 (12.25.31 (yrHER RECOGNISED GAINS & LOSSES Capithi expendiiure on CoeXr9led * TrWwfI4d NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS 2,722 8.009 10.731 112.2531 FUNDS BROUGHT FORWAIiDAT I JANUARY 2024 4$ 77(1 FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD AT 31 DECEMBER 2024 13.887 44.255 31.523 Pa8e I

Parochial Church Council of St. Peter's Shipley Balance Sheet at 31 December 2024 Note [IDrestrifted Fund$ 2024 Funds FIXED ASSETS Filtures & Fittin8S CURRENf ASSETS Bwk rLx)m StocL Debiors Parish dcp05i1s Cash at bank. Cash in hand 5.685 4,438 8,262 42 4,547 24.132 8,506 76 30.368 8262 42 LIABILITIES: AMOUIYTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR NET CURRENT ASSETS 30 3()8 33.524 NET ASSETS 13.887 44.2$5 0.59 o.o() 0.50 12,253.111 FUNDS Unrestricled Restricted 10 10 13.1187 30,368 I l.1(?5 22.359 33J24 Approved bv thc Parothial Church Council on k Qm and si1 on its behalf b},: Chairman Warden Warden The noies on pag¢8 3 to 111 fom) part of Ih¢sc accounts.

Parochial Church Council of St. Peter's, Shipley For the year ending 31 December 2024 ACCOUNTING POLICIES The PCC is a pubh'c b¢n¢fil cnlilTr lI1n the meaning of FRS102. The findla1 Stennts have been PTq)ared iirtA.-r..K- fhiYslt.x Anl !{1 f l in qf r.v.4rAw.-- iK- Art. thc inth'i'idual accounis of PCCS, and iiith the Regulations tn and fair" proiisions. tho haic been prepared under FRS102 (2016) as the applicable accounting standarth and the 2016 vcrsion of the Stalem¢nl of Recommend1 Practi. Account8 and Reportm8 by Charities ISORPIFRS102}) Thc financial statem¢nts hai'e been prepared under thc "StOrical cosl convenlicffi. The financial sthlenienL include all Iransxlions. i$t¢ and liabilities for m.hich PCC 18 rewngiblc in laii. Th. (k) noi includ¢ th¢ accounts ofchurch groups that their &tTiliation lo another Ixth,. nor thosc that arc inforni gatherings of churth manb¢75. Funds Gcneral Fwid5 represeni the funds of th¢ PCC that ar¢ nol subject to an>, restrictions regarding their use A i%'qil?hl.: fnr An Iirqllr in Ihr %Ti nii Ep¢ nf Ih,- pnr FiinA Ar¢iimHI.-A fDr n nir¢iciilryT purposc b}p ihc PCC arc lllso unrcstricted. Restricted funds reprcseni fijnds thai must be sp¢ni on restncled purposes and details of the funds are $how] in Ihc notc5 10 th¢ &c¢ounts Ineoming ResourceB Volunlary income and cipilal sources Collections are rccolsed H,hen re&v b). or on behalf of thc PCC. Planned gii.ing rc£eii'ablc under Gift Aid is recogmscd oni). when receil'ed. Income ta.¥ rewverablc on Gtft Aid donations is re8111$11 when the incoming resource to tn ,hic.h Il relate¢ i recEji.'ed. Grants and le¥ttcics to thc PC.C are occounted for as swn as the PCC is notified ofils kgal enlitjement, ihc amount duc is quantifiable d its uliimaic rCipl . Ihc PC.C is reasonabll. certain. Funds rai4¢d a f¢le. sarden partv and similar cvcnts are arLountrd for gross. Sales of bcoks and magaAines from the chwch bwk stall are account&4 for 8ros5. Other income R¢nt41 inwm¢ from the Ictting of church prcmises is reco8ws¢d when the renlal in¢omc is rLviied Income from inveslments Dii'ithnds arc accountcd for w4)en duc and pavable. Interest entitlements arc acUnted as IhLTr accruc. Ta% recfji'erable Such inefjnw 18 recounigcd th¢ acc111)D 1.rar Resources Used Gr&nt$ GTanls and donations arc aLwund foT M'hen paid oier. ¢x wl>en Ward. it thal aMmTd creales a binth'n obligatson on thc PCC The (h.(San parish share cKpcctrAI paid oi'cr is accounted for due. All Oth expenthturc is gencralls, rLwgniged when it is incurr(xland is actounted for gr05S.

ParoehiAI Churcb Council of St. Peter's, Shipley Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ending 31 December 2024 ACCOUIYTING POLICIES (con¢inued) A¢tsvitA¢s directly relating to the work of the Thurch Thc di(esan parish shnrc is accourted for ii'hen pa. prcvious v¢ars figur¢s, are allocalcd to th¢ amounl ai'ailablc for general missionary support. This is in addii&on to the rc51ricled fund support. Fixed A$sets Consecrated property and moveAble ehurch furnishings Consecratcd and beneficed propew, ofanv kn'nd is excluded (rom thc accounts bv s.1012) (a) and (¢) of lh¢ Charitics A¢t 2011. Moveable chur¢h furnishings held b), thc Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and are lisled in thc church's Ini'eMoTh' 'hi¢h can be in$pKlcd lal an!. rcasonabl¢ lirnc). For inalienabl¢ prop¢rtl gcquircd prior lo 2000 there is ii]suificienl co$1 inforn)alion avhilablc and th¢Tcforc such asscts are nol i'aluL¥I in thc accounts, Iiems acquired sincc l Janiiarn 2000 hai'e bccn capilali5ed and depreciatcd in th¢ accounts oTrer their CLwrentls' anticipalfxl us¢ful c¢onomi¢ life on a slraighi Iinc basis. li.oiin or on lh¢ repair of mo%'eablc church furnishings ocquired before l JanuarN' 2000 is oty. Other fixture8, fittingi ind office equipn)ent Equipment Iised ii'ftthin the church prni8¢S is depreciated on a straight line basis ovcr 4 v¢ar5. Indii'idual Licn ot equipnKni with a purch¥k8¢ Pric¢ Ot ' I,(Klil or less arc wntten ol'l when thc a1 is acquired. Investments Th¢ ini'eslments arc shown al la i'alu¢ Th¢ Ma¢t %alu¢ al the dal¢ of signin8 of the accounts il'as ¥rcaler tli(Ul ¥L)St IlhL VLC aith ibji wTrbidL-I" It lip D¢ piu&*iit lo take iii Uie akiow)ts IIu5 incrcase in i'aluc. Pag¢ 4

Parochial Church Council of SL Peter's, Shipley For the year endi8 31 Dtcember 2024 ACCOUNfiNG POLICIES (continued) Current assets Amounts oM'ing the PCC at 31 December in r¢spe¢t of f¢¢s. rents or other in¢om¢ aT¢ shown as dcbtslrs less proiisi(m for amoun18 that ma), prove uncollccubk. short.tenn deposits includc cash held on deposit eithcr Hith the CBF Church of England Funits or ai the bank. Fund dttai18 Th¢ r¢stn¢ted fidS Cnpri.'. Thc Youth Pasior Fund- lo ratse resouTC¢S for the provision of a Communitv Youth W(thr. The Missionary. Fund- lo raise resources for th¢ Sup[ of m¢mb¢rs of the Church famil!. m thc mission ficld. The Building Fund for ncccssary, capital expdItUtE on conse£raied and benefiecd buildings Pag¢ 5

Parochial Church Council of St. Peter's, Shipley Ilotes to the Tr inancial Statements For the year ending JI December 202A INCOMING RESOURCES Unrestricted Restricted TOTAL FUNDS U24 2112) 2(al Incoming resotsr¢'i'.ffrom donurs Planncd giiing." Gift Aid donations Incomc tai reeTable uuigi yIAtuK¢J bsl Xlfb 86.780 26.51 99.287 29,380 97,386 27,117 2,869 Collections (opcn plftt£l at all scThi(eS Gift Da).8 SundTr, donalions 2,046 4,6(K) 2,04 14,OS4 2,013 ).4g4 3().167 180.895 154.947 24.861 17L).IGQ8 21bl {)Iher vpluniorv incomine res'oiirLYJ' Grants Traming fund appcal Lcga¢ies 21.(167 21.067 5.02¥ 21.067 2{cl Income fvini uperaiin£ acriviries.- iofv'iriher the C oiincil'.i objec¢$ Church hall Icttings etc 51.335 45.327 4.913 2.(K13 2(d) Inei)mefmm operating acilvliies to gcn¥raie.fvnds magu.ines in¢'iJm¥ Jrom I'&'1MnI Entcrcst 328 2,323 1.229 .995 2.323 1.229 TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 229 671) 26.856 256 53 238 1192 Pa8¢ 6

Parochial Church Council of St. Peter's, Shipley For the year ending 31 December 2024 RESOURCES EXPENDED Unrestrieted Restritted TOTAL FUNDS 31al Granis Missionarv and charitsble lring 36.369 36,820 335119 450 31b) Acn'vliie.r dI¢11Y rÉ,loling to worL- ofihe Church Ministy.. diLKesan parish share clerg), p¢ny¢S Youth Worker L(al Outreach C¢J)rdinator 87.112 2.489 87,112 2.489 1.042 70,1100 5,260 Projexls., 1.042 c.hurch - runningy ¢%pens¢s Church maintenance Equipmcnt & depretiation of fix1ures 91,420 20.%43 853 91.420 20,1143 853 76,67fi 49,479 10.677 202 717 203 751) 214.071 3(c) Chorch munag<'meni andodminislralion Administraii¢)n .' retanal Prling and siatsoncrn. Bank charges rtts Iniiependffll ¢xamincrs f 1,795 1.795 .272 74 934 1.2QO 2.?30 2.230 31d) Cosls ofgeneralingfunds Costs of magaiine mark.et s¢all 8LK>krwm cos TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 244312 245.8U4 251 144 P8¥¢ 7

Parochial Church Council of St. Peter's, Shipley Note5 to the Financial Statements ror lh¢ yur ending 31 Dc£tnii)er *Vth4 STAFF COSTS 2024 2023 Ivages and salanes ial Seeurity Costs 55.800 2,772 48,430 2,189 50.C)19 During thc Year thc PCC. cmplovcd a Carcthkcr, clcancr and Administration Assislan¢¢ and & Youth Worker in thc prior vcar, of whom earned £SO.000 p¢r annum or more. No other memb¢r of the PCC has been w Mill be paid anN' remuncratson or oth benefits from the funds of coun¢1. in either of the i¢ars rrportcd. othLY than the reimbursen of cxpense5 propcrlv incwTLxI on the business of the PCC. FIXED ASSETS 2024 2023 Fixtures & filtbngs Fumilurc Cost A¢cumulatcd dcpreciation 46.1.15 46.155 DLbl"UR Unrestricled unds Re$lri¢t¢d Funds 2024 2023 Incomc tax rccoverable Bank. refund du¢ 5,0¥4 5.685 4..547 PARISH DEPOSIT Accouiwrs Unrestricted Restricted buiiiFS Total ZVZ4 TntRI AU2J Missionarv Fund Youth Paslor Fund Organ Fund Mairt Accounl 14 26.4)9 728 14 26.459 728 -S.438 47 21.378 72 2 1<.7 3Q.368 3.S.80S Pag¥ 8

Pvdrochial Church Council of St. Peter's, Shipley For the year ending 31 Ikeember 2024 BANK ACCOUNTS ITnrpstrirtpd Rprtrirtpd Funds FuDd$ 2024 2023 Youth Pastor Fund Shiplel, Neighbours Gencral ACC_¢ 131 16 %iio 8.)06 8?A? LIABJLITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Unrestricted Fund$ Restricted Funds 2024 2023 Accruals 5,539 5.539 3.737 io ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND Unrestricted FiinA¥ Restricted TOTAL FUNDS *n94 FIX Asgeis Curttnt Assets Currcnt Liabilili¢s 19,427 30,368 49,794 37.261 3.737 Fund B4l&n¢e 44.255 33524 Page 9

Parochial Church Council nf St. Peter'$. Shinlev Notes to the Financial StAtemellls For the year ending 31 December 2024 2024 2023 Transfcr lo G¢ncral Fund from Reslricted Fund5 Youth Pastor Fund Fabric Fund (19.599) 17.3981 J)t11111155" MissionaTr' fund (475) 14001 Tran5fcr from Gcncr81 Funds to RestTiCtcd Funds LOC Fwid Youih Pa5lor Fund Building Fur)d Mi55ionary' 2.719 20,349) RES-L ED tNDs Yc4Jth PastorlLOC Missionary FabriclBuilding TOT AL Openiny Balance Re<eipts Pavmcnt5 22.237 24,549 47 442 373 25.363 Tfrln I f.-~ -1 R.-A ? 7111 1?1<< Clos balance 27,187 13 3.167 13 RESERVES POLICY IL is PLL puljci Lu li'l Iu iliaijilaLiI a bu1¢ vii Ii'eL i Lwi'¥iil Iis¥bLil i*bibli L4uttkn's lu al Icast thrce months salarS to bc paid wt. This is the equivalent of £12,UOO. Th¢ balanLc on Ihl r¢stri¢ied lund is rela¢d 'ardS mecting thc upk'¢q) ofih¢ ¢hiwch and mniniennn¢¢ of ihe ininislrv w'ork of th¢ ¢hurch. Dcpos11 Fund. and thc rcmaindcr in Ibe CCLA Church ofEngland Ini'eslment Fund. Pst8e 111