_Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2021 Annual Report** 1 ## **Annual Report 2021** 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 11 April 2022 the parish **Electoral Roll** stands at 115 (it was 118 in 2021). St Paul’s roll now stands at 101 and St Andrew’s at 14. One person has transferred to St Paul’s from St Andrew’s. It is with sadness that we report the removal of the names of those who have died since the last report: Dot Barrow and Esmie Wynter (Sacristan) in 2021; Paul Harbron (Broughton House) and Sarah Hart (Parish Inclusivity Officer, member Deanery Synod) in 2022. The Parish is **governed** by its PCC, which meets bi-monthly. Between 2007 and 2020 it set policy and discharged its obligations through three cross-parish sub-groups, KNOW, GROW and SHOW, which met bi-monthly. Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 these groups have not met: during 2021 consideration has been given to a more focussed approach to planning and management to ensure a more effective use of time and expertise. Two essential management groups (buildings and finance) will meet regularly from 2022; Worship Planning Group and SPACE (St Paul’s Ancient Churchyard Environment group which has not met during the pandemic) will continue to meet 3 times a year: all 5 will report direct to the PCC. The PCC and Leadership Team meet bi-monthly (alternate months) and the Ministry team as required, transitioning from Zoom to live during the year. The smooth running of the parish has thus been effectively maintained. **PCC membership** in 2021-22 comprised 15 members: Ex-officio Rector role in abeyance; Revd Mike Dyson (Associate Minister, SSM); Revd Hilary Shedlock (curate); Anthea Darlington (Reader Emeritus); Anne Rockley (Reader/Sunday School leader) Deanery representatives (all re-elected 2020): Sarah Hart (RIP 11.1.22), Lorraine Quinn (ALM), Christine Reid (Safeguarding Officer), _Anthea Darlington_ Elected representatives: David Martin (Churchwarden St Paul’s), Tracy Kehoe (Lay Chair and Parish Treasurer), Eileen Booth (ALM), Janet Wood (PCC Secretary), Sian Crosby, Gary Bridson-Daley, Judith Walsh (Churchwarden St Andrew’s), Val Cope. **Parish leadership:** provided in 2021 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 (Leadership Team) 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 and Roy Darwin, 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 was not in operation during 2021 and has not been reinstated. **Staff Team:** in 2021 this has comprised the ministry team (clergy Revd Mike Dyson, Revd Hilary Shedlock, administrator Anthea Darlington [Reader Emeritus]) plus Churchwardens, Readers, ALMs and PCC officers who have assisted the PCC in the running of the parish. A team of 22 additional people provide music and projection, read and lead intercessions and act as sidespersons in order to facilitate worship. **Worship Leaders:** in 2021 worship has been led regularly by both clergy, plus Reader and both Readers Emeritus, and St Paul’s Churchwarden. During 2021 the team was supplemented by Revd Avis Gordon, Revd Canon Noel Proctor and Reader Emeritus Beryl Proctor, and by the following _Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2021 Annual Report** 2 visitors: Rt Revd Dr David Walker, Bishop of Manchester; Rt Revd Mark Ashcroft, Bishop of Bolton; Revd Jean Burgess, Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford; Revd Colin Pearson, new Area Dean of Salford and Leigh; and Revd Canon Dr Ian Jorysz, Chaplain to the Bishop of Manchester. **Fresh Expressions** : the parish collaborates with members of Grace Communion International (which meets weekly in St Andrew’s) to provide **Messy Church** at St Andrew’s. During 2021 Messy Church returned to its original format of monthly meetings. **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. Most user groups returned to the building during 2021. **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 2022 are set out at the end of this report **.** Throughout 2021 services have been maintained live at both churches with at least one Sunday service and every Wednesday service live streamed on our Facebook page (Sunday services available afterwards on YouTube). Supporting and communicating with parishioners during the continued disruption to normal life has been a priority with weekly Leadership Team meetings to monitor pastoral care needs. The planned initiative to work with Six Town Housing to provide outreach services from St Andrew’s and hold a weekly ‘Lightbulb’ drop-in event was able to be introduced in Autumn 2021. **Main activities** by which the parish met its goals in 2021 were: through live services in both churches every Sunday morning; through livestreaming at least one Sunday service every week on Facebook and YouTube; and through Holy Communion every Wednesday morning live in St Paul’s church and on Facebook; Monday and Tuesday morning prayers via Zoom and evening prayers livestreamed by Revd Hilary every Wednesday; a fortnightly Newsletter with news, events, prayers and reflections via email to over 200 individuals; pastoral phone-calls, emails and texts via a parishwide system to keep in touch with everyone; Lent and Advent study materials by post and email; live discipleship course in the Autumn; Messy church events; providing weekly assemblies for staff to use at St Paul’s primary school; and through social media and the parish website (Facebook pages for parish, for parishioners and for Messy Church). Reintroduced from Summer/Autumn 2021: Wednesday fellowship group at St Andrew’s; monthly school services in St Paul’s School; termly school service in church (KS2 only); toddler group at St Andrew’s; ‘Time Out’ group (now in St Paul’s Social Area); regular community groups including 10[th] Prestwich Guides, Brownies and Rainbows and Salford Symphony Orchestra. Still on hold: monthly and seasonal services in two local EPHs; Churches Together activities; toddler group at St Paul’s. Regretfully there was again no group visit to Spring Harvest, but the annual “Flourish” conference with local Methodists was held online. **Outreach and Christian service:** members continued to donate food and clothing to organisations supporting the homeless, including Salford Food Parcels and the Booth Centre; over 100 Christmas shoeboxes were filled and sent to Romania; fundraising for Christian Aid and Macmillan Coffee Morning took place at services. **Response to Covid 19:** the lifting of restrictions in late 2021 meant that services could begin a return to some degree of normality, including singing of hymns. We have continued to maintain strict rules of hand sanitizing and wearing of masks which has enabled us to provide uninterrupted live worship at both churches. Risk assessments have been adjusted in accordance with Diocesan instructions and to facilitate the return of user groups. An additional congregation of between 10 and 20 people who would not otherwise be able to participate in worship and organised prayer has been _Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2021 Annual Report** 3 maintained via Facebook and YouTube, which is why we continue to live stream services and prayers. **Keeping going:** we remained without the services of an incumbent during 2021. The collaborative leadership team have worked very hard to sustain all aspects of parish work possible under the restrictions imposed by the pandemic: as things return to normal this inevitably will become more challenging. **Statistics for Mission:** the reporting of statistics for 2021 returned to a more normal format, as follows: these include a total 2021 Average Sunday Attendance figure at live services of 64 people, comprising 58 adults and 6 children _(70 and 10 in 2019- last comparable year)_ on a usual Sunday, with an adult to child ratio of 41:6 _(54:9)_ at St Paul’s and 11:0 _(16:1)_ at St Andrew’s. **3 January-7 March** (10 weeks): **all services still on Facebook/Zoom** . Average **Sun** attendance: **47** Average **Wed** attendance: **15** **14 March-26 December** (40 weeks excluding Easter and Christmas): **all services back live** . Average **Sunday** attendance **St Paul’s: 52** Average **Sunday** attendance **St Andrew’s: 11** (average Facebook sustained hits: 10) Average **Wed** attendance St Paul’s: **32** Attendance at the services on **Easter Day** was **55** at St Paul’s and **9** at St Andrew’s (20+ Facebook). Attendance during **Advent and Christmas** was as follows: Family Songs of Praise Carols at St Andrew’s: 52; St Paul’s School Carol Service (KS2): 113; *Nativity at St Paul’s: 56; *Lessons and Carols at St Paul’s: 48: *Christingle at St Paul’s: 44; *Christmas Eve Midnight Communion at St Paul’s: 32; Christmas Day: 23. * joined by 10+ Facebook ‘regulars.’ Our determination to run as many Christmas ‘specials’ as possible despite the pandemic certainly paid off. We are delighted to say that once we reopened for services, almost all our congregation members returned to regular worship: a few have become too infirm to be with us in person but do their best to join us online. **Parish Occasional Offices** returned slowly to something approaching normality, with 1 wedding, 2 baptisms, 3 funerals in church, 2 funerals at crematoria, 1 burial and 3 ashes burials. **Outside users in 2021: a** t St Andrew’s Cherry Trees playgroup continued to meet x4 per week, though with reduced numbers; the toddler group returned in September and the brownies and guides towards the end of the year. At St Paul’s, Salford Symphony Orchestra returned in September. Most RCC users had returned by Christmas. **Safety and Safeguarding** : the relevant Covid risk assessments continue in place in all three parish buildings, 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: 2021 started in lockdown once again, with livestreaming Sunday services on Facebook from St Andrew’s, hosting Wednesday morning services by Zoom from Revd Mike’s house and hosting church meetings by Zoom. There was a lot of work throughout the year with challenges and changes brought about by Covid and the absence of an incumbent, but I am pleased to say that by the end of the year we were almost back to normal, both with church services and events and community groups who use St Andrews. I supported Lorraine Quinn as she completed her ALM training, and I supervised Deborah Bithell who came on placement as part of her exploration of her calling. In the summer I and some of our congregations did prayer walks around, Carr Clough, Rainsough, Broughton Park and Kersal. In the autumn I was able to resume pastoral visits and visited Butterstile School and Time Out. It was a solemn privilege to preside at the funeral of our dear sisters Esmie Wynter in November 2021 and Sarah Hart in January 2022, and for two members of the wider community during 2021. _Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2021 Annual Report** 4 The second half of the year saw me introducing the Lightbulb ‘drop in’ at St Andrew’s on Wednesday afternoons. Working with a group of church volunteers and staff from Six Town Housing Association, we aim to provide a place of welcome and support for the local community. Thank you to everyone who is supporting this new initiative. I have also supported Messy Church, working with our friends from Grace Communion International to provide Messy Church ‘Take Away’ and then, along with others from St Paul’s and St Andrew’s, to restart regular face to face sessions on the first Saturday of the month. I have completed my formal initial ministry training and hope to become an Associate Minister following submission of my final reports in 2022. A big ‘Thank You’ to Rev Mike, Anthea, all the Leadership team and both congregations for your continued support for the parish, my ministry, and myself. ## 2. Revd Mike writes: Church life has been greatly affected by the presence of Covid-19 around us. We have gone from complete lockdown, with both churches closed, to both churches open again and all services restored, albeit in a somewhat different format. With the passage of time, the restrictions are being eased, although we are all exercising caution in order to avoid any Covid infections being transmitted through church. At this point I would like to express my thanks to my clergy colleagues Hilary Shedlock, Noel Proctor and Avis Gordon for sharing the burden of keeping the ministerial activities going so brilliantly. In a wider context, I must also thank our Readers and the other members of the PCC and leadership team for their great contributions to this task. This additionally includes everyone involved in the running of the services in so many ways. In addition to our services, it was great to see other events such as Time Out, Messy Church and the Lightbulb drop-in taking place. Many thanks to the many people ready and willing to help restore our parish activities, and to offer support to anyone who has needed assistance through the year. God bless you all. ## **B.Finance Report** Tracy Kehoe, Parish Treasurer The parish ended the year with a surplus in unrestricted funds of £4,766 and an overall surplus of £5,001. Income for the year was £73,517 which is an increase of £3,930 against 2020. This amount includes restricted and designated income (money that has been donated, raised or set aside for a particular cost). Expenditure was £68,217, the majority of which was taken up by the Parish Share, £37,500. Expenditure increased in 2021 against 2020 by £ 11,380. This was in part due to paying a higher percentage of the Parish Share than in 2020. The Parish underpaid its Parish Share by £12,975. Should the parish have paid the full cost the deficit for 2021 would have been **(£7,974)** . Neither church was able to tithe income in 2021. The parish reserves currently held are £123, 529, out of which £96,203 is unrestricted (last year £91,203). The **independent examiner** in 2021 is Mr Vin Allerton. The financial statement for 2021 (PDF document) accompanies this report. Please note that the final figure of £175 in column 4 (discrepancies) relates to 2022 rather than 2021 and will be transferred to the next financial statement. **C. Fabric Report** David Martin and Judith Walsh, Churchwardens The ongoing pandemic continued to impact severely on churches throughout the year. At the start of the year we returned to _streamed_ services only and there could be no live worship until shortly before Easter. After that we were only allowed to hold simplified public services, with individuals attending on the basis that they followed government rules and advice. Our user groups were also affected: **Kumon** , our major renter at St Paul’s, did not re-start and **Salford Symphony Orchestra** only resumed its weekly rehearsals near the end of the year. We hosted no diocesan events, and the only one-off rentals at both churches were for the local government elections that had been postponed from 2020. At St Andrew’s the **Lightbulb Community Drop-in** finally launched and **Messy Church** re-started in September. **Grace Communion International** (formerly Worldwide Church of God) was able to re-start its weekly services in the Autumn, when the uniformed organisations also returned. We have carried on subsidising **Cherry Trees** early years provider who continued to operate throughout the year, though with considerably fewer children. _Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2021 Annual Report** 5 Last winter St Paul’s saw major expenditure on tree-pruning in the churchyard and beech copse, necessary on health and safety grounds. We also replaced the sound desk, and all the fire extinguishers were replaced under the contract with our new [cheaper] provider. Other non-routine expenditure was limited to the heating, starting in September when the boilers were serviced. Only two of the three boilers have been working so we have been able to heat either the worship area or the social area (but not both at the same time). The boilers pre-date the 1987 fire and we are continually told that they are obsolete – certainly it has proved difficult for the engineers to source some replacement parts. St Andrew’s had ongoing problems with their drains which had become blocked by the roots of some shrubs, which also cracked the pipes. The plumber needed three visits to resolve the problem and the shrubs have been removed. A new projector and laptop were installed to improve quality of worship. Our major priority throughout the pandemic has been to maintain regular services and to keep people safe. No formal buildings group meetings took place during the lockdowns and there are understandably several items from the quinquennial reports still to be addressed. We continue to check the **Rectory** weekly and to arrange regular garden maintenance. The property is a valuable unused resource which belongs to the diocese. It has now been empty for more than two years - unheated and with only essential repairs done - with the full knowledge of the property department. **D. Safeguarding** Christine Reid (Safeguarding Officer) Safeguarding continues to be an integral part of the life and work of the Parish. As the figures for Covid still remain high in the Salford / Manchester area the Parish is still being careful to keep parishioners safe. 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 has not yet been finalised. Members of the Parish have been kept informed of the steps taken both nationally and by the Diocese. 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. Any Safeguarding concerns in the Parish have been dealt with in conjunction with the Manchester Diocesan Safeguarding team. Ongoing DBS checks and training are being implemented as required. I would like to record my thanks to the Clergy and all members of the PCC and members of the Leadership Team for their help in working with me in all areas of Safeguarding. Also I wish to record my thanks to the Staff of the Manchester Diocesan Safeguarding team, and the staff of ‘Thirtyone Eight’ (National Charity which supports the M/c Diocese over safeguarding issues – formerly CCPAS) based in Swanley. 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. **E. Children and Young People** Anne Rockley (Sunday School Leader) Sunday School has been able to resume meeting as Covid regulations have permitted. Numbers remain significantly lower than ideal, seldom exceeding 8. There are now only 2 groups- primary school age and secondary school. The wide age range and unpredictable numbers requires tremendous flexibility from the leaders, especially of the younger group, who have to adapt on the spot to whatever combination of children they have. The older children contribute to Bible reading and prayers in some services, which is always appreciated by the Church family. Presentation Sunday, at the end of the summer term, was followed by a barbecue meal outside. The Christmas Service included a rhyming narration and tableau of the Nativity, prayers and singing by the children. On every second Sunday of the month (or other appropriate seasonal date) we aim for the young people to stay in the service. We use a Eucharistic prayer designed for young people and ‘young’ Christians, and have a children’s talk and a table of activities. Lorraine Quinn has completed her ALM course for children and young people and has been licensed for ministry. Special thanks must go to the Leaders Pat Smith, Kate Ford and Lorraine Quinn who give up their time by preparing every week. Chris Reid provides ongoing Safeguarding guidance. The unfailing welcome, support, prayer, inclusion and encouragement from the Church family and Leadership team is deeply appreciated. _Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2021 Annual Report** 6 ## **F. Worship Planning** Anthea Darlington, Chair This group met twice in 2021, in May via Zoom to plan for full return of live services and the format they would take, and live in September to plan for the new sound desk and make arrangements for seasonal services (Harvest and Christmas). Group members canvass opinion among the congregations about the nature of our worship and feed back to the whole group so that we are aware of what people think and can plan worship to best meet the needs of the whole congregation. All those who lead and preach are involved in this group, plus our music facilitators and providers and those involved with young people and prayer. **G.Deanery Synod** Revd Mike Dyson This was the last year for the old Salford Deanery Synod. Much discussion there centred around its merger into a larger Salford and Leigh Deanery, which has now happened. At this time, the PCC and the Parish Leadership Team made it known that our inter-parish activities were all with churches in Prestwich. This resulted in our parish being moved up into the Bury and Rossendale Deanery, where we are now part of the Prestwich and Kersal Mission Community, which encompasses the mission partnership of St Gabriel’s Sedgley Park, St Mary’s Prestwich, St Margaret’s Holyrood and St George’s Simister; and St Hilda’s Prestwich in addition to our own churches. It is now time to settle into our new deanery and mission partnership, and to see where God will take us on the next leg of our journey. Signed: Tracy Kehoe, Lay Chair, PCC …………………………………………………….. Janet Wood, Secretary, PCC .………………………………………………….. ## 30 April 2022 ******************************************************************************************************************* Please find below a resume of the Parish Mission Plan priorities for 2022. ## **Mission Action Plan: Priorities for 2022 April 2022 update** new from Jan **- A Nurturing knowing God through Jesus:** post lockdown planning; mission community; reinforce management structures; centrality of prayer and care; meaningful worship **- B. Growing growing in faith and numbers:** discipling through small groups/courses; supporting young people; inclusivity **C. Serving: showing God’s love in our community:** focus on outreach and evangelism; good neighbours; church as community focus; ‘Church for a Different World’ |Priority|Action summary|Who?|Action| |---|---|---|---| |A Nurturing– knowingGod through Jesus|||| |i. reinforce
management
structures|Change group structure
Leadership Team meetings bi
monthly between PCC.
Implementing post-Covid
changes.
Communication.
Update calendar.
Continue attempts to resolve
current Rector situation.
Kitchen hygiene traininglevel1|Tba
LT
LQ/HSL
T
RT?
PCC
LT
AWD|Role and membership of new groups from
Feb 2022: finance, buildings, WPG,
SPACE: all reporting to PCC.
Financial planning for the future: costs;
implications of merging church accounts.
New ALM support to continue.
New online calendars: general on
websites, specific for management team.
Liaise with Bp of Bolton and new Area
Dean
All kitchen users March 2022| |ii. Mission
communities|Apply to move to Bury and
Farnworth Deanery within
Prestwich mission community
Begin making links with new
partners.
Appoint focal leaders within
parish.|PCC/LT
LT
LT +
HS/MD|Successful with support of both Area
Deans and Salford Deanery.
St Mary Prestwich St Margaret Holyrood,
St George Simister St Gabriel Sedgley
Park St Hilda Prestwich.
Joint meeting 4 May 2022. Invite to
specific functions. Training.
Decide on our criteria| _Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2021 Annual Report** 7 |iii. prayer and
care|Morning and evening prayer.
Support systems and
information.
Continued pastoral support
Regularpastoral update|LT
HS
AWD
MD/EB|Morning prayer Mon/Tue Zoom
Evening prayers Wed Facebook
Newsletter bi-weekly with reflection.
Updated FB pages, websites, calls,
emails. Meet Mon 9.30am on Zoom| |---|---|---|---| |iv. services and
worship|Readjust pattern and style of
worship on lifting restrictions.
On-line worship to continue.
WPG to meet regularly.
Monthly AA/AS worship
Seek resolution to lack of
accompanist at St Paul:
Improve St P sound/vision
system inc. livestreaming.|WPG
clergy
LT
HSMD
MD/DH/
AD
DH|Standing for hymns, gospel, creed if able;
Regular review; more readers and
intercessors. Variety of service content
and sermons: ASW no Sun Sch; invite
Messy Church. Continue Fbk, YouTube- 1
service per Sun. Zoom where best.
Use of CDs plus HM monthly
New amp in Nov ’21; new laptop, wiring
and tablet for leader Easter 2022| |**B. Growing**–in faith and numbers|||| |i. Discipling|Review homegroups.
Study groups.
Seasonal study.
Continued use of technology|HS AR
HS AG
EB
AWD
LT+|Plan for homegroup (on hold);
Lent study discipleship live (inc.
confirmation) Wed fellowship, Time Out,
(Chr Hol at Home cancelled due to Covid)
Zoom,YouTube,FB,email| |ii. Supporting
children and
young people|Junior Church groups with
flexible format.
Messy Church support team.
Cement links with St Paul’s
and Butterstile schools.|AR +
team
Messy
team
AD HS|Flexible approach to Junior Church to
cater for all eventualities.
Messy Church support team from Grace
Communion International plus LT input.
More regular assemblies at St P;; church
safeguarding officer on St P governors| |iii. become more
inclusive church|Ensure all physical needs are
met in buildings.
All stage inclusive services.
Improved signage
Contact cards information.|Building
group
WPG
SH
SH|New sound mixer, working loop, readable
screen displays.
Services meeting needs of all
ages/abilities. System to record needs
(_SH RIP Jan ’22)_
Contact details cards with indiv needs| |**C. Serving –**showingGod’s love in our community|||| |i. improve our
outreach and
evangelism|Lightbulb drop-in.
Mission communities planning.
Leaflet re Messy Church and
Lightbulb drop-in
The right mission community
(see A above)
Info cards for new people.
Upto date FB and website|team
PCC
clergy
HS
AWD
RT HS|Community Drop-in from 15 Sept weekly.
Involve Bury CAP. Review viability in
summer ‘22
Greater community involvement
Join with Bury and Rossendale deanery
where over 1/3 of members live
From Vistaprint- done
Regular updates| |ii being good
neighbours|6 Town Housing office
Noticeboards.
Churchyard maintenance.
Shoebox appeal.
Charity links.
Community links through
rentals/church-based events
Ecochurch: raise awareness of
climate change in our
community and how to help|HS JW
RT AP
RD MD
AR
EB CR
MR JD
LM +
AWD+ JW|Make St A available for clients to meet
housing officer. Keep boards up to date.
Keep weeds and brambles down at St P
and front tidy. Shoeboxes to Romania.
Chr Aid, Boaz, Open Doors, MAF, food
banks, Macmillan Coffee Morning, Booth
Centre. Support to Ukraine appeals
Promote and support both buildings for
range of community uses
Meetings for community discussion (1
already); through services and prayers;
supporting community action and
encouragingindividual/groupaction| |iii. maintain our
buildings|Keep boilers going St P
New outside lights St P
Volunteer cleaning St P
Appoint new church architect
Update building plan for next 5
years
Staircase replacement at RCC
Electric shutters for canteens|DM RD
DM
EB
PCC
Building
s group
JW
DM/JW|New parts fitted
H & S concerns
Pouneh and Layla
Ian Lucas RIP: Rebecca Grimshaw is new
church architect
Both churches
Cost implics
Safetyregulations/lastquinquennial| _**The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal and St. Andrew, Carr Clou**_ ||**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal and St. Andrew, CarrClou_**|**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal and St. Andrew, CarrClou_**|**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal and St. Andrew, CarrClou_**|**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal and St. Andrew, CarrClou_**|**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal and St. Andrew, CarrClou_**|**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal and St. Andrew, CarrClou_**|**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal and St. Andrew, CarrClou_**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**PARISH FINANCIAL STATEMENT**|||**FOR THE**|**YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 202**||| |||Unrestricted||Designated|Restricted||| |||Funds||Funds|Funds|**Total 2021**|Total 2020| ||||£|£|£|**£**|£| |RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT|||||||| |**Receipts**|||||||| |Voluntary Receipts|||||||| |**Regular Giving**|||||||| |**Receipts from**|**Donors**||||||| ||Planned giving||37,902|0|0|37,902|35,827| ||Collections other than giving||3,358|0|0|3,358|3,417| ||Income Tax recovered||10,203|0|0|10,203|9,905| ||||51,464|0|0|51,464|49,149| |Other Voluntary|receipts (note 5a)||10,126|44|0|10,170|9,339| |Activties for generating funds (note 5b)|||9,878|0|490|10,368|8,535| |Receipts form Church Activities (note 5c)|||1,688|0|0|1,688|2,526| |Investment Income (note 5d)|||27|0|0|27|38| |Insurance claims|||0|0|0|0|0| ||||73,184|44|490|73,718|69,587| |**Expendiutre**|||||||| |Church activitie|||||||| ||Diocesan parish share||33,000|0|0|33,000|26,500| |*|Other Payments||30,296|0|299|30,595|30,636| ||||63,296|0|299|63,595|57,136| |||||||0|0| |**Excess (Deficit)**|||9,888|44|191|10,123|12,451| |Transfers between funds|||0|0|0|0|0| ||||9,888|44|191|10,123|12,451| |Bank current and deposit accounts 1st Jan.|||91,315|18,770|8,443|118,528|106,077| |Bank current and deposit accounts 31st Dec.|||101,203|18,814|8,634|128,651|118,528| |**STATEMENT OF ASSTS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||| |Cash Funds|||||||| ||Nat West Bank Current Account||-|||**-**|0| ||Barclays Current||35,847.13||5,860.37|**41,707.50**|25,323| ||Cash||41.80|||**41.80**|0| ||Barclays Churchyard||5,310.45||-|**5,310.45**|5,310| ||Standard life investment||13,849.24|||**13,849.24**|13,848| ||Shared Interest Account||10,303.80|||**10,303.80**|10,278| ||Petty Cash||349.49|||**349.49**|349| |Net Assets at 31st December|||65,701.91|0.00|5,860.37|71,562.28|55,109| |**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||| |**Cash Funds**|||||||| ||Bank current account||12,089.00|9,634.20|430.09|**22,153.29**|21,145| ||Bank savings account||0.00|0.00|0.00|**0.00**|0| ||Cash||55.00|0.00|0.00|**55.00**|55| |**Net Assets at 31st December**|||12,144.00|9,634.20|430.09|**22,208.29**|**21,200**| |**STATEMENT OF ASSTS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||| ||**Cash Funds**||||||| ||Co op Bank|£|23,356.46
|6,807.44|2,343.76|**32,507.66**|39,847| ||CCLA investment account||-|2,372.68||**2,372.68**|2,373| |Net Assets at 31st December 2017|||23,356.46|9,180.12|2,343.76|**34,880.34**|42,220| |**TOTAL ASSETS OF PARISH**|||||||| |ST PAULS|||65,702|0|5,860|71,562|55,109| |ST ANDREWS|||12,144|9,634|430|22,208|21,200| |PCC|||23,356|9,180|2,344|**34,880**|**42,220**| |TOTAL|||**101,202**|**18,814**|**8,634**|**128,651**|**118,529**| |||||||**128,651**|| |**Discrepencies**|||**-(0)**|**0**|**0**|**-(0)**|**-(1)**| ## **PARISH FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 202** 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 31st December 2021. 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 a n audit is not required for this year Ltnder sertion 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 compari50n 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 mattprs set out in the statement below. Independent examiner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. l. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that In any material respett 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 34 Poppythorn Lane, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BY ioth February 2023