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## **Annual Report 2020** 

The **Parish Church Council** (PCC) of the Parish of St Paul, Kersal Moor (No. S06564) is responsible for two worship centres: **St Paul’s Church** , Moor Lane, Kersal M7 3WX and **St Andrew’s Church,** Woodward Road, Carr Clough M25 9TY, for St Paul’s Churchyard and a parishowned building called **Rainsough Community Centre** , on Rainsough Brow, Prestwich M25 9XR. 

At 12 April 2021 the parish **Electoral Roll** stood at 119 (it was 122 in 2020). Last year St Paul’s Roll stood at 108 members. The following names have been added - Pouneh Tavakoli ,Lyn and Ian Whittle, Leila Chenari. It is with sadness that we report the removal of the names of those who have died in both Holt House and Broughton House this year: Frank Hamilton, Vera Poole (HH), Jack Mayers, Jack Pilkington, George Simms, Mike Kendall (BH). Philip Dyson and Mildred Derbyshire have moved outside the Parish. The roll now stands at 104. Last year St Andrew’s Roll stood at 15 members. It is with sadness that we record the death of Barry Taylor. The following name has been added- Robert Walsh. The Roll now stands at 15. 

The Parish is **governed** by its PCC, which meets bi-monthly.  It sets policy and discharges its obligations through three cross-parish sub-groups, KNOW, GROW and SHOW, which also meet bimonthly. Membership of these is drawn from the PCC and others with specific parish responsibilities. All three groups are accountable to the PCC. Two other groups, Worship Planning Group and SPACE (St Paul’s Ancient Churchyard Environment group) report direct to the PCC. During most of 2020 the subgroups have not met because of the pandemic. The PCC has met as normal, the Leadership Team bi-monthly and the Ministry team as required, all via Zoom, in order to maintain the smooth running of the parish in difficult times. 

**PCC membership** in 2020-21 comprised 16 members: Ex-officio Rector role vacant; Revd Mike Dyson (Associate Minister, SSM); Revd Hilary Shedlock (curate); Revd Owen Edwards (curate) [until 31 March 2021]; Anthea Darlington (Reader Emeritus/Chair of SHOW group); Anne Rockley (Reader/Sunday School leader) Deanery representatives (all re-elected 2020): Sarah Hart, Lorraine Quinn, Christine Reid, Anthea Darlington (already ex-officio PCC). 

Elected representatives: David Martin (Churchwarden St Paul’s and Chair of KNOW group), Tracy Kehoe (Lay Vice-Chair and Parish Treasurer), Eileen Booth (Chair of GROW group), Janet Wood (PCC Secretary), Sian Crosby, Gary Bridson-Daley, Judith Walsh (Churchwarden St Andrew’s), Val Cope. 

**Parish leadership:** provided in 2020 by a collaborative leadership team of Associate Minister Revd Mike Dyson, Assistant Curate Revd Hilary Shedlock, Readers Anthea Darlington and Anne Rockley, ALM Eileen Booth plus Tracy Kehoe (PCC Chair) and Janet Wood (PCC Secretary) as required. 

**Warden team:** the Churchwardens, **David Martin (St Paul’s)** and **Judith Walsh (St Andrew’s)** whose remit is to take care of the fabric of the parish buildings and the conduct of services, are supported at St Paul’s by Anthea Darlington, Roy Darwin and Gary Bridson-Daley, and at St Andrew’s by Philip Shedlock. The Parish Treasurer (Tracy Kehoe) is assisted by Church Treasurers Robert Hambelton (St Paul’s) and Revd Mike Dyson (St Andrew’s). Due to restrictions imposed by pandemic risk assessments, the lay assistant team is not currently in operation. 

**Staff Team:** for most of 2020 this has comprised the ministry team (clergy Revd Mike Dyson, Revd Hilary Shedlock, administrator Anthea Darlington [Reader Emeritus]) supported the Churchwardens and the PCC in the running of the parish and the provision of services, assisted by members of the wider leadership team (see above). 

**Fresh Expressions** : the parish collaborates with members of the Worldwide Church of God to provide St Andrew’s **Messy Church,** and works with colleagues in other churches in Churches Together in Prestwich and Kersal to provide **Espresso Church** in Prestwich. Messy Church has 



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continued intermittently in a new form since the first lockdown (see below) but restaurant closure has prevented the operation of Espresso Church this year. 

**Rainsough Community Centre** is owned by the parish and managed by means of a Service Level Agreement with its principal user, 19[th] Prestwich Scout Group, and hired to other user groups. For most of 2020 we have been unable to use the building due to Covid restrictions. 

**Role and Functions of the PCC:** the PCC exercises oversight, providing formal structures to facilitate planning, policy-making and general parish management. It helps the church to grow through promoting good practice, supporting positive change, encouraging fresh expressions, interpreting and applying diocesan policy and promoting shared values. It seeks to promote the mission of the Church in the following ways: by living out our **Mission Statement aims to ‘KNOW God through Jesus, GROW in faith and SHOW God’s love in our community** ’ and by working through the parish **Mission Action Plan** to sustain this vision and that of the Diocesan vision of ‘Church for a Different World.’ It aims to sustain and grow our congregations in all respects and reach out to the wider community. Specific objectives for 2021 are set out at the end of this report **.** Essential business in 2020 has been the maintaining of services both live and virtual during the pandemic and supporting and communicating with parishioners during this period of major disruption to normal life. Our planned initiative to work with Six Town Housing to provide outreach services from St Andrew’s and a weekly drop-in coffee morning, the Lightbulb Community Café, for local residents has had to be put on hold until Autumn 2021. 

**Main activities** by which the parish met its goals in 2020 were: through live services in one or both churches every Sunday morning apart from two lockdown periods, through livestreaming at least one Sunday service every week on Facebook, and through Holy Communion every Wednesday morning from the home of Revd Mike via Zoom and in St Paul’s church when possible; Monday morning prayers via Zoom and evening prayers livestreamed from the home of Revd Hilary every Tuesday and Thursday; a weekly Newsletter with news, events, prayers and reflections, articles, seasonal materials and children’s activities via email or post to 156 families (nearly 200 individuals); pastoral phone-calls, emails and texts via a parish-wide system to keep in touch with everyone; Lent and Advent study materials by post and email; home deliveries and other activities to support those who are shielding; Messy church events; providing assemblies for both St Paul’s and St George’s CE primary schools for use in class bubbles and on line, with church governor support to St Paul’s School; and through social media and the parish website (Facebook pages for parish, for parishioners and for Messy Church).  ON HOLD for most of 2020: Wednesday fellowship group; monthly and seasonal services in two local EPHs; Churches Together activities; toddler groups at both churches; ‘Time Out’ group; special events and regular community groups including 10[th] Prestwich Guides, Brownies and Rainbows and Salford Symphony Orchestra. Regretfully there was no group visit to Spring Harvest and the annual “Flourish” conference in partnership with local Methodists was not held. 

**Outreach and Christian service:** despite the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, members continued to donate food and clothing to organisations supporting the homeless, including Salford Food Parcels and the Booth Centre; 100 Christmas shoeboxes were filled and sent to Romania; fundraising for Christian Aid, Send a Cow, and Macmillan Coffee Morning continued despite restrictions on events and attendance. 

**Response to Covid 19:** the lockdown that began in March 2020 meant that we were unable to use our church buildings or meet together. This meant that the leadership and ministry team had to work quickly to develop ways of keeping in touch with our congregations. We decided to have a weekly newsletter that would go out to all members of the congregation, either by email or by post. This has been produced by Anthea with contributions from other members of the leadership team. 

We also increased our use of Facebook to keep in contact with the congregations and also reach out to others. Revd Hilary has live streamed night prayers on Facebook throughout the year, developing a regular congregation of about 6 including people who have left the parish or who live further away and had no direct contact with the parish before. 

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services. We then started the zoom coffee morning on Wednesdays which quickly also included a 10am Holy Communion service. In this first lockdown we were not allowed to use the church buildings so we had to lead the services from our own homes while seeing everyone’s faces on a computer screen and at times battling with technical issues. 

At the beginning of August we opened our churches again for public worship, following Church of England and diocesan guidelines. We can have a maximum of 50 worshippers plus staff at St Paul’s, and 18 at St Andrew’s. These services were very well attended, particularly given the age of many of our congregation members and the numbers of people shielding. We also continued to live stream at least one Sunday service a week. This continued until the second lockdown at the beginning of November, but this time we could go into church to live stream services, which we did on Sundays. We also pre-recorded a Remembrance Day service and started to make more use of YouTube so that more people could access our services. The Wednesday service returned to being zoomed which Rev Mike presided at from his own home. This has a regular ‘congregation’ of 14-16 people. Public worship was resumed at the beginning of December and so we were able to celebrate Christmas together, and we continued to live stream at least one service a week. We were also able to record the choir singing carols to use in services and online. We were able to get together to sing carols outside, though it was a very windy day. 

At Easter and Christmas, we posted out special seasonal greetings packs to every member of our congregations, including cards and prayer resources. 

**Statistics for Mission:** statistics for 2020 are distorted by the effects of the pandemic, including periods of church closure, restrictions on numbers to comply with Covid regulations and many regular attenders shielding. Thus they are presented in a different way for 2020, as follows: a total 2019 (Average Sunday Attendance) figure of 80 people, comprising 70 adults and 10 children _(70 and 10 in 2019)_ on a usual Sunday, with an adult to child ratio of 54:9 _(57:10)_ at St Paul’s and 16:1 _(15:1)_ at St Andrew’s. The attendance at **Wednesday** Communion in St Paul’s averaged 43 _(45)_ and at the afternoon fellowship services in St Andrew’s, 8 _(8)._ There were 28 people _(30)_ attending church on Wednesdays only, including several from Holt House and Broughton House, our two local care homes. The numbers of people attending services on **Easter Day** was 108 (83 at St Paul’s and 25 at St Andrew’s). Attendance on **Christmas Eve and Christmas Day** was 127 (3 services: Christmas Eve at St Paul’s and Christmas morning at both): Messy Church Easter and Christmas sessions attracted c.25 adults and 30 children each time. Special Christmas services at both churches, including the parish carol service, Festival of 9 Lessons and Carols, Christingle and Nativity attracted a total attendance of 253 (up on last year), with a further 168 at the school carol service. The estimated size of the extended **worshipping community** at St Paul’s in 2019 was around 155 _(150)_ and around 85 _(60)_ at St Andrew’s (thanks to Messy Church). We are reaching more people through our care home links and our outreach activities, but this is not reflected in regular attendance at services. 

Both our congregations continue to reduce in numbers, mainly because of deaths, moving away and our teenagers moving to higher education. This loss has not been balanced by new members: though we have had several at both churches, their attendance is irregular. Numbers on the electoral roll after the 2019 revision reflected a more accurate picture of active members at both churches- a reduction of 56% at St Andrew’s (down from 34 to 15) and 18% at St Paul’s (down from 130 to 107). Actual attendance remained almost the same as 2018.  St Andrew’s monthly Messy Church has a membership of around 45 (20 adults and 25 children). The ‘Time Out’ group flourishes with 23 members with an average attendance of 13, boosted by friends and neighbours at social events and the annual shoebox preparation afternoon. 

**Parish Occasional Offices** were severely restricted by the lockdown and subsequent restrictions, with no baptisms, one funeral in St Paul’s taken by Revd Avis Gordon and one at All Saints Stand for a former long-time parishioner (Hilary Brown RIP) taken by Revd Owen Edwards, plus 5 at local crematoria and 2 ashes burials at St Paul’s. 

**Outside users in 2020:** St Paul’s regular rental users ceased to operate from the end of March. Kumon Education were already looking for a new manager as Susan Raleigh, long-time manager at St Paul’s, was resigning in May. We thank Susan for being an excellent tenant and wish her well in the future. At St Andrew’s Cherry Trees playgroup continued to meet x4 per week as official childcare providers. All RCC users ceased to operate from April 2020. 



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**Safety and Safeguarding** : since March 2020 the relevant Covid risk assessments have been in place in all three parish buildings and updated regularly in line with Diocesan advice. All risks are managed by means of full risk assessments at both churches and regular review of Health and Safety (H & S Officer, Anthea Darlington); clear Safeguarding Policies underpin good practice (Safeguarding Officer, Chris Reid). 

## **Individual Reports** 

## **A.Clergy Reports** 

## 1. Revd Hilary writes: 

This year I have developed lots of skills I didn’t think I would ever need, and the lockdown has also given me plenty of opportunities to develop my understanding of God and what I am called to be here. I’ve continued my curate training, with educational sessions mainly being on zoom throughout the year. My curacy is due to finish in March 2022. 

I’ve been involved with the provision of worship and administration of the parish, attended PCC and leadership meetings, and worked with Rev Mike, Anthea, David and Judith as well as the wider leadership team to ensure as far as possible all members of our congregation were able to access prayer and worship resources by post, online and, when possible, in church 

In January, I was pleased to be able to preside at a special service at St Paul’s ably supported by our children Elijah, Gabrielle and Phoebe, in which we explored our Communion Service. They were very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. 

Sadly, I had to take the funeral of our dear sister Deborah Penny, I also attended the funerals of our dear brothers Barry Taylor and Jim Latimer as well as taking two funerals for members of the wider community. Restrictions meant that I was unable to attend most of the funerals that took place this year: however I was able to go to stand and watch and say a prayer as the hearse passed. Two planned baptisms also had to be deferred. 

I spent a lot of time at the beginning of the year working with Six Town Housing on developing the Lightbulb Café. Their repair team worked hard for a week at St Andrews doing various repairs including a new ceiling in the back room. Unfortunately, Covid 19 has put the café on hold until September 2021. 

## 2. Revd Mike writes: 

Thanks to Covid-19 and the absence of Revd Lee Longden, 2020 was a very challenging year for the leadership team in general, and the clergy in particular. The churches were closed for a significant period of time, and when they were open, Covid Rules meant significant changes to services and how we all took part in them.  Well done to all those involved in keeping things running. 

One major task was to stay in touch with our church family, especially when we couldn’t meet up in church. Many people contributed to the running of a telephone service to try to keep everyone in touch with familiar voices from church. In addition, Anthea and Eileen provided an equally valuable service by producing a Newsletter and various seasonal and study documents on a weekly basis, mostly by email but posted or hand-delivered by Chris and Eileen where this was not possible  - a huge task for them all. 

While the churches were closed, services had to be either broadcast from various front rooms, or later from the churches but without a congregation. This was another challenge, but Hilary, Anthea, Anne, David, Heather and I all took a hand in taking services throughout the year. Hilary has been brilliant through all her work for the parish: remember that technically she is still in training, but has stepped forward on countless occasions. In addition, great thanks to Revd Owen Edwards who was based here with us last year, and who took services whenever required, and to Revd Avis Gordon who recently retired from her parish in Clifton, and is now also taking services at both churches. We look forward to 2021, when Revd Noel will be able to come out from shielding and share Wednesday morning services with me again. 

A huge thanks again to all concerned, and I know that I speak for everyone when I say that we all look forward to the gradual relaxing of the restrictions so that we will be able to meet together without masks to catch up on our friendships… and finally get back to singing hymns and worship songs in church again. 



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## **B.Finance Report** 

Tracy Kehoe, Parish Treasurer 

This year the impact of the Corona has been felt throughout the parish, including its finances.  The PCC made the decision to reduce the Parish Share we pay over to the Diocese as neither church was able to continue with normal business. 

The parish ended the year with a surplus in unrestricted funds of £ 12,557 and an overall surplus of £11,831.  Income for the year was £69,367 which is a decrease of £27,042 against 2019.  This amount includes restricted and designated income (money that has been donated, raised or set aside for a particular cost).  Expenditure was £ 56810, of which the Parish Share took up £26,500. Expenditure was down by £27,733. 

It should be noted that i) planned giving has continues to reduced and was by down by £2,274 in 2020. 

Neither Churches tithed income in 2019. 

Money raised by the parish funds the maintenance, running and resourcing of both church buildings and various projects. 

The parish reserves currently held are £118,528 (£106,077 in 2019) of which £91,437 is unrestricted. 

The **independent examiner** in 2020 Is Mr Vin Allerton 

**C. Fabric Report** David Martin and Judith Walsh, Churchwardens 

Among our duties we have overall responsibility for the fabric, and we are required “at least once in every calendar year to inspect the fabric of the church and all movables…and to produce an annual fabric report”. Our report is necessarily longer than usual this time because it also explains how the pandemic impacted on the use of our churches and Rainsough Community Centre. 

In normal times St Paul’s and St Andrew’s churches are used for regular services on Sundays and Wednesdays, and by church groups and non-church groups during the week. But 2020 was not a normal year; a series of government regulations from 23 March onwards because of the pandemic meant that we were not allowed any public worship in the buildings for a total of five months, and for four months we were allowed only very limited use for our congregations. Our user-groups were also severely affected. 

Since the beginning of the first lockdown the diocese has regularly issued sets of FAQs (frequently asked questions) to parishes and, as government policy has changed over the months, a succession of statutory instructions and advice. Whenever we planned to re-open for public worship or private prayer we were required first to carry out detailed risk assessments to ensure that each building was covid-safe, and to take all reasonable precautions to limit the risk of virus infection. People have attended each church on the basis that they understand and follow social distancing as well as several other rules - and at their own risk. 

We were unable to hold live services at St Paul’s after 22 March until 2 August and again after 4 November until 6 December. Jim Latimer’s funeral was held on 22 July under strict conditions and with very limited numbers. St Paul’s was open for private prayer on Wednesday mornings during July. None of St Paul’s user groups had access to the building from March. 

St Andrew’s was unable to hold any live services after 15 March until 6 September and again after 4 November until 6 December. On a handful of afternoons the building was open for private prayer. None of their user groups had access from March until June, when permission was given for Cherry Trees (Early Years provider) to re-open, and they have operated continuously from the beginning of September. None of their other user groups have returned. “Live” Messy Church could not continue, though we have kept contact with the families through take-away bags of craft activities and food. The scheduled opening in March of the Lightbulb Community drop-in café at St Andrew’s could not happen. None of the user groups at Rainsough Community Centre has been able to meet since March. 

One-off expenditure at St Paul’s was limited to replacing the locks and installing user-friendly taps in the disabled toilet (the only toilet currently in use), and work was again needed on the heating system, including replacing the main fan. A recurring fault with the intruder alarm took some time to fix, but fortunately this was at no cost to us because we have a maintenance contract with the alarm 



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company. While the building has not been used it has been important to keep it aired to minimise damp and it has been heated and ventilated for two hours once a week. The damp problem in the vestry area is being kept at bay by the dehumidifier, though in the vestry itself it is worse because the room has been so little used. 

Several people have made good use of some of their spare time to make a significant difference to the tidiness of the flowerbeds surrounding the church and we continue to be grateful to them. At St Andrew’s a new fridge was installed (as part of the Lightbulb initiative) and repairs were carried out to the heating system and the electric sockets. Cherry Trees obtained a grant to fund an outside canopy in the fenced area at the rear of church and this was erected late in the year. The grounds have been maintained to their usual high standard. 

The Rectory is owned by the diocese and is their responsibility. It has been untouched since it was emptied in early February 2020, though we have checked it regularly to assist the diocese. Garden maintenance has been organised and at our request guttering has been repaired and a survey done of the 4 large trees. The property department of the diocese arranged for the heating system to be drained, so there has been no heat at all over the 2020-21 winter. 

## **D. Safeguarding** Christine Reid (Safeguarding Officer) 

Safeguarding continues to be an integral part of the life and work of the Parish. During the year the Diocesan Safer Recruitment Policies have been followed and acted upon when necessary. Alongside all other dioceses in the Church of England, the Diocese of Manchester is undertaking a comprehensive safeguarding review.  The report will be finalised in Summer 2021.  Members of the Parish have been kept informed of the steps taken both nationally and by the Diocese. There have been no safeguarding issues in the Parish over the last year. 

Throughout the Pandemic Clergy and members of the Parish have done their best to keep in contact with each other.  The needs of the most vulnerable have been a priority.  The Clergy and Safeguarding Officer and the church as a whole are responsible for looking after the needs of all the children and vulnerable adults in the Parish. I ask that all Parishioners stay vigilant at all times and report any concerns and worries (however trivial they feel them to be) to me, Christine Reid. 

## **E. Children and Young People** Anne Rockley (Sunday School Leader, St Paul’s), Revd Hilary 

## Shedlock 

Coronavirus restrictions this year have affected what we can offer to the children and young people in church. Despite this, children have been present at every live service at St Paul’s. We have been able to set up a corner of church for the children with books and other resources.  On all the main festivals and special days we have posted/emailed Sermons4kids and activities to all families, with or without children, so that everyone can share in what we offer to our young people. 

At Christmas Sian Crosby organised a zoom Nativity Presentation which was brilliantly scripted and performed.  It was good to be able to tell the familiar story in the very unfamiliar setting of a pandemic. 

Charlotte Ford asked to do the ACE course to allow her admission to communion.  Eileen Booth and Anne Rockley were able to go through the preparation material with her using zoom.  We were delighted that on Easter Sunday, Rev Mike welcomed Charlotte to communion along with her family group.      Anne Rockley 

We held the usual Messy Church for the first three months of the year and following lockdown we tried to keep in touch with the families. First, we tried livestreaming a short Messy Church on the Facebook page, but this had limited success. We then started sending out craft packs to the families which were well received. At the beginning of December, we trialled a Messy Church takeaway, where families were invited to come to St Andrews to pick up a bag of Christmas craft activities (produced by Kath Disley) and bags of food and treats (produced by David and Margaret from the WWCG). It was lovely to meet up with our families and be able to have a chat. They were all looking forward to the day we can meet up to have Messy Church, which we hope will be sometime in 2021. We have managed to keep in touch with most of the families who regularly attend Messy Church, and have where possible sent or emailed out stories and activity sheets on special Sundays e.g. Mothering Sunday.   Revd Hilary Shedlock 

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The only subgroup which has met since the start of the pandemic is the Worship Planning Group in Summer 2020 to plan for a return to live services and the continuation/extension of livestreaming on line. Plans to review the working of the KNOW group to distinguish between fabric and financial responsibilities have been put on hold during the current restrictions. 

**Deanery Synod** Revd Mike Dyson Salford Deanery Synod met sporadically this last year, mainly online thanks to Covid-19. As in previous years, the meetings consisted of Deanery news and discussion, and talks by specialists on various subjects.  Two special topics took up much Synod time. The first was the idea of combining sets of three Deaneries into one, with a stipendiary Area Dean. This is due to go live in June 2021. Secondly, the latest idea is to split each Super-Deanery into a number of mission-related groups of parishes. Initial arrangements have placed us in group comprising churches mainly in Broughton but including Clifton. After discussion in the PCC, we are requesting to move to a more appropriate group in Bury and Rossendale Deanery since all our ecumenical and parish ties operate through 'Churches Together in Prestwich and Kersal'. We await further developments. 

Tracy Kehoe, Lay Chair, PCC 

Janet Wood, Secretary, PCC 

## 24 August-20 September 2020 

Please find below a resume of the Parish Mission Plan priorities for 2020, including modifications arising from the coronavirus pandemic. 

**Parish Mission Action Plan Priorities for 2020 - Church for a Different World** 

**To KNOW God through Jesus:** reinforce management structures; centrality of prayer and care; meaningful worship 

**To GROW in faith:** discipling through small groups/courses; supporting young people; inclusivity **To SHOW God’s love in our community:** focus on outreach and evangelism; ‘good neighbours’ **To assist the Diocese in its intention to provide ‘Church for a different world’** , to be a Church which is: growing – new disciples in church communities committed to mission, who are younger, more diverse, active and spiritually engaged; nurturing – new and existing disciples; serving – there for all, speaking and acting  for justice, supporting pastorally the vulnerable, deprived and excluded. We are committed to seeking to find new ways to engage with the people that we serve in ways which are meaningful and relevant to them 

_**NB in italics = completed or in progress.**_ Other items put ON HOLD due to coronavirus 

|Priority|Action summary|Who?|Actual action specifics from March’20|
|---|---|---|---|
|A  To KNOW God through Jesus                     KNOWgroupoverview||||
|i. reinforce<br>management<br>structures|Re-register for collaborative<br>ministry accreditation;<br>_stewardship campaign; KNOW_<br>_group remit_;succession<br>planning_; keeping everyone on_<br>_board and up to date_<br>_Effective use of ministry and_<br>_leadership teams to keep_<br>_things going_|PCC<br>MT LT|_Continue stewardship through newsletters_<br>_and emails;_register for giving online; Zoom<br>review of KNOW group remit ON HOLD;<br>_role of newsletters/email/correspondence/_<br>_Zoom in keeping everyone in the loop_<br>_Regular Zoom meetings for clergy, ministry,_<br>_leadership teams, worship planning and_<br>_PCC. Clergy meetings for Deanery and_<br>_Diocese_.|
|ii. prayer and<br>care|_Pastoral care visits/contacts_<br>_diary/programme_; praying<br>together more; best use of<br>prayer chain; seasonal prayer<br>opportunities<br>_Daily prayer sheets; evening_<br>_prayer on Facebook_<br>_Weekly Newsletter to max. no_|MD EB<br>Grow<br>HS<br>AWD|_Ensure personal contact with everyone_<br>_through programme of phonecalls, letters_<br>_etc involving everyone both actively and_<br>_passively throughout pandemic._<br>_Daily and evening prayer live and_<br>_supported._<br>_Newsletter of 4 pages- reflection, article,_<br>_prayers, information, readings, pictures;_|





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||_of people- by post, by email_||_weekly to all inc. care homes._|
|---|---|---|---|
|iii. services and<br>worship|All types of services, properly<br>staffed and supported; good<br>balance; high quality; musical<br>accompaniment<br>_Virtual services: Facebook_<br>_and/or Zoom x2per week_|Min-<br>istry<br>and<br>leader-<br>ship<br>team|_Sunday services livestreamed on FB; Wed_<br>_services Zoomed; evening prayer_<br>_livestreamed on  FB. From 2 Aug live Sun_<br>_service from St P; from 6 Sept live Sun_<br>_service from St A; from 30 September live_<br>_Wed HC St P_|
|B  To GROW in faith                                         GROW Groupoverview + JC leaders||||
|i.  Discipling|_LT to provide mutual support_<br>_and enable ministry team to_<br>_fulfil roles_; Lent and other<br>study courses_; bible study;_<br>_daytime homegroup_<br>_ALM children and young_<br>_people(begin training 2021)_|PCC,<br>staff<br>Team<br>LQ|_Ministry team to meet via Zoom; keep in_<br>_contact via email etc; support through wider_<br>_LT for planning/Newsletters_; plan for Zoom<br>homegroup and poss. Bible study.<br>_LQ with remit to work with young people on_<br>_church and high school_|
|ii.  Supporting<br>children and<br>young people|_Managing unpredictable_<br>_Sunday School attendance_;<br>maintain/extend relationships<br>with StP/Butterstile; Easter<br>Christingle; staffing for Messy<br>Church and St P Toddlers|AR &<br>team;<br>MD &<br>team;<br>DM &<br>team|Continue to plan for best possible scenario<br>with willing team (ON HOLD from 22.3.20)<br>_Messy church ‘virtual’ since April ’20:_<br>_further review required_<br>Toddlers rota working well (ON HOLD from<br>23.3.20)|
|iii. becoming a<br>more inclusive<br>church|Improved signage .<br>Services more inclusive.<br>Input to care homes.<br>Dementia service/choir??|SH<br>GRO<br>W|All ON HOLD;_telephone/letter/newsletter_<br>_support to care homes_|
|C To SHOW God’s love in  our communitySHOW||Groupoverview||
|i. improve our<br>outreach and<br>evangelism|Lightbulb community café; use<br>of St A by 6 Towns<br>_Better use of social media_<br>_Accessible parish calendar_<br>_Babyclothes for local orgs;_|HS<br>HS<br>AWD<br>RT<br>HS|Café ON HOLD<br>_2 Facebook pages regularly updated_;<br>review of Instagram/twitter use ON HOLD<br>_ACNY regular update; calendar._<br>_Knitting for needy families_|
|ii  being good<br>neighbours|_Churchyard tidy/working_<br>_parties_<br>Promote recycling<br>Become Eco Church<br>Foodbank links<br>_Foodparcels delivery_|AR/BB<br>/RH|_Assist with local litter picking at both ends_<br>_of the parish; lend our bins at St P._<br>_Gardening at St P to improve churchyard-_<br>_public face of the parish. Ivy-stripping,_<br>_bramble-clearing, replanting_<br>_Plans to assist Salford Food Parcels_|





||**_The Parish of St. Paul,_**|**_The Parish of St. Paul,_**|**_The Parish of St. Paul,_**|**_Kersal_**|**_and St._**|**_Andrew, Carr_**|**_Andrew, Carr_**|**_Andrew, Carr_**|**_Andrew, Carr_**|**_Clough_**|**_Clough_**|**_Clough_**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**PARISH FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED**|||||||**31 DECEMBER**||**2020**||
||||Unrestricted||Designated|Restricted|||||||
||||Funds||Funds|Funds|||**Total 2020**|Total|2019||
|||||£|£|£|||**£**||£||
|RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT|||||||||||||
|**Receipts**|||||||||||||
|Voluntary Receipts|||||||||||||
|**Regular Giving**|||||||||||||
|**Receipts from Donors**|||||||||||||
|||Planned giving||35,827|0||0||35,827|||38,101|
|||Collections other than giving||3,417|0||0||3,417|||5,158|
|||Income Tax recovered||9,905|0||0||9,905|||11,064|
|||||49,149|0||0||49,149|||54,323|
|Other Voluntary receipts (note 5a)||||9,119|0||220||9,339|||10,977|
|Activties for generating funds (note 5b)||||8,535|0||0||8,535|||30,059|
|Receipts form Church Activities (note 5c)||||2,526|0||0||2,526|||1,233|
|Investment Income (note 5d)||||38|0||0||38|||38|
|Insurance claims||||0|0||0||0|||0|
|||||69,367|0||220||69,587|||96,629|
|**Expendiutre**|||||||||||||
|Church activities|||||||||||||
|||Diocesan parish share||26,500|0||0||26,500|||43,860|
||*|Other Payments||30,310|0||326||30,636|||41,009|
|||||56,810|0||326||57,136<br>0|||84,869<br>0|
|**Excess (Deficit)**||||12,557|0|-(106)|||12,451|||11,760|
|Transfers between funds||||0|0||0||0|||0|
|||||12,557|0|-(106)|||12,451|||11,760|
|Bank current and||deposit accounts 1st Jan.||78,880|18,770|8,427|||106,077|||94,406|
|Bank current and||deposit accounts 31st Dec.||91,437|18,770|8,321|||118,528|||106,166|
|**STATEMENT**|**OF**|**ASSTS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||||||
|Cash Funds|||||||||||||
|||Nat West Bank Current Account||0|||||**0**|||**0**|
|||Barclays Current||19,586||5,737|||**25,323**|||**10,255**|
|||Cash||0|||||**0**|||**0**|
|||Barclays Churchyard||5,310|||0||**5,310**|||**5,295**|
|||Standard life investment||13,848|||||**13,848**|||**13,810**|
|||Shared Interest Account||10,278|||||**10,278**|||**10,255**|
|||Petty Cash||349|||||**349**|||**349**|
|||||49,372|0|5,737|||55,108|||39,964|
|**STATEMENT**|**OF**|**ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||||||
|**Cash Funds**|||||||||||||
|||Bank current account||11,102|9,590||453||**21,145**|||20,684|
|||Bank savings account||0|0||0||**0**|||0|
|||Cash||55|0||0||**55**|||55|
|||||11,157|9,590||453||21,200|||20,739|
|**STATEMENT**|**OF**|**ASSTS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||||||
|||**Cash Funds**|||||||||||
|||Co op Bank|£|30,910.12<br>|6,807.44|2,129.76|||**39,847.32**|£|38,285.20<br>||
|||CCLA investment account||-|2,372.68||||**2,372.68**|£|2,372.68<br>||
|||||30,910.12|9,180.12|2,129.76|||42,220.00||40,657.88||
|**TOTAL ASSETS OF PARISH**|||||||||||||
|ST PAULS||||49,372|0|5,737|||55,108|||44,786|
|ST ANDREWS||||11,157|9,590||453||21,200|||20,739|
|PCC||||30,910|9,180|2,130|||**42,220**|||**40,658**|
|TOTAL||||**91,439**|**18,770**|**8,319**|||**118,528**|||**106,165**|
|**Discrepencies**||||**1**|**0**||**-(2)**||**-(0)**|||**-(1)**|





## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Parochial Church Council of St. Paul’s Church, Kersal and St. Andrew’s Church, Carr Clough** 

I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31[st] December 2020. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

The members of the Parochial Church Council (who are the trustees of the Charity) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.  The Parochial Church Council considers that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

It is my responsibility: 

- to examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; 

- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); 

- and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given 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 you as 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 examiner’s statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements 

   - to keep the accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and 

   - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting records of the 2011 Act have not been met; or 

2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding the accounts to be reached. 

Vincent Francis Allerton 

6[th] February 2022 

34 Poppythorn Lane, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BY