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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Giles', Normanton By Derby

2024-12-31-accounts

ST GILES' CHURCH Normanton by Derby

Registered Charity Number 1135070

Annual Report

and

Financial Statements

of

the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31[st] December 2024

Independent Examiner Mr S H Adam,

1 Sherroside Close Allestree DERBY DE22 2HN

ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

CONTENTS

Legal and Administrative Information, PCC Membership 4
Structure, Governance and Management, Objectives and Activities 5
Achievements and Performance 6
9:38 Ministry Training Scheme, Branch Groups, 8
Children's & Youth Groups 9
Other Ministries, Groups & Activities 9
Support Services & Ministry Staff 10
Safeguarding 11
Financial Review 12
Financial Statements 15
Receipts and Payments Accounts 16
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 17
Notes to the Financial Statements 18
Independent Examiner's Report 19
Report of the proceedings of Derby City Deanery Synod 20
Report of Fabric, Goods and Ornaments 21

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

St Giles' is the Church of England Parish church for the Ecclesiastical Parish of Normanton by Derby, in the City of Derby and comes within the Deanery of Derby in the Diocese of Derby. The PCC has requested that arrangements be made under the House of Bishops’ Declaration on the ministry of Bishops and Priests and so has extended episcopal ministry provided by the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.

The church building is located on Village Street and the full postal address is St Giles' Church, 209 Village Street, Normanton, DERBY DE23 8DE. Any correspondence should be directed to the Church Office at the above address. The Church Office can also be contacted by telephone on 01332-776287 between the hours of 9am and 1pm on Monday to Friday and by email: info@stgiles-derby.org.uk.

PCC MEMBERSHIP

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. Those who are elected to the Deanery Synod are also elected members of the PCC. Deputy Church Wardens, though elected annually at the Annual Meeting of Parishioners, are not ex-officio so also have to be either PCC or Deanery Synod members.

During 2024 the following served as members of the PCC:

Clergy Neil Barber Diocesan Synod, General Synod
(Ex officio) Will Eley Diocesan Synod
Churchwardens Andy Beattie
(Ex officio, elected annually) Tom Wright
Churchwarden Emeritus John Wain
Richard Swinburn
Deanery Synod Representatives Carole Swinburn
(Ex officio) until 2026 Paul Trethewey
James Godwin
Diocesan Synod Representative Anna-Louise Lake Diocesan Synod (Ex officio) until 2027)
Elected Members until 2025 Liz Cox Safeguarding Coordinator for U18s
Claire Deeks
James Godwin Deputy Church Warden
Tibbie Kendall Treasurer (Co-opted from December 2024)
Ray Kilgour Safeguarding Coordinator for Adults &
Additional Needs Champion
Elected Members until 2026 Tom Beamish
Rebecca Brookes
Jill Gratton
Hannah Buckingham Deputy Church Warden,
Diocesan Synod Member (until 2027)
Elected Members until 2027 Olivia Longman
David Roworth
David Shacklock
Jenni Stockwell
Reader Nigel Selby (Ex officio)

Sarah Uhunamure, although not a member of the PCC, performs the duties of PCC Secretary

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure 1956. The PCC is a charity (registered number 1135070) registered with the Charity Commission. The appointment of PCC members is governed by the Synodical Government Measure 1969 in accordance with the Church Representation Rules 2011. All Christians attending the church are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll enabling them to vote at the APCM and be nominated for election to the PCC.

The PCC has a Standing Committee (comprising the Vicar, the two Churchwardens, the Deputy Churchwardens and a member elected by the PCC) to which the control of day to day expenditure has been delegated. The Churchwardens and Vicar are responsible for the day to day management of the Church within the overall policy established by the PCC and carried out by the clergy, staff and a host of volunteers.

The PCC banks with the CAF Bank Ltd, PO Box 289, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA and has a further account with the National Westminster Bank, St Peter’s Street (A) Branch, 58 St Peters Street, DERBY DE1 1XL.

The PCC does not have any other formal advisors, legal or otherwise. However, where the PCC considered it appropriate, such advice would be sought.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The primary objective of the PCC is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England.

The Parochial Church Council Powers Measure 1956 states that the PCC "is to cooperate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical".

Our mission as a church is often couched in terms drawn from Colossians 1 v28-29: we seek to present Christ to all and to present all mature in Christ.

The PCC met 5 times during 2024 in person with around 97% attendance and with the following key aims:

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

A full-on year got off to a great start with a wonderful “Home Houseparty” in the middle of January where the extended church community spent a large part of the weekend together: the children enjoyed Bible teaching from a team from Woodlands Church and the adults thought through what the Bible has to say about Guidance with the help of Revd Stephen Boon from the Proclamation Trust.

The finishing touches were put to plans to increase our morning service capacity and at the beginning of March 2024 we put them into operation and moved from one morning service at 10am to a service at 9am and another (duplicate) at 11am. We praise God for His making this necessary, for enabling the aim to be achieved in a fairly straight forward way through many peoples’ hard work and for continuing to grow our congregations since. It is a joy to realise that neither the 9am nor the 11am service is now a small congregation and by the grace of God the decision to create space in this way has been clearly vindicated. We are not complacent about this and of course we cannot be satisfied with the new status quo. The gospel compels us to share the grace of God in Jesus, to reaching as many as we can and building up as many as we can through the ministry of God’s Word. So, we stand firm on the deposit of the Scriptures that has been handed to us, we carry on doing the ministry of the church and we pray that the Lord will continue the growth that we have enjoyed in recent years – for Christ’s glory and the benefit of many local people.

During the year our Sunday services have included preaching series in Ephesians, Exodus 1-15, Parables in Luke, Matthew 9-13, The God you’re looking for, 1 Corinthians 1-9, Psalms 100-105, Advent: Let earth receive her king. Sunday Club in the morning services has continued to wonderfully teach the Bible to a growing number of children (01-11s). The morning service includes BSL signing. On Sunday evenings Impact and Ignite likewise have continued to serve young people aged 11-18s, with 11-14s receiving their own Bible teaching during the 6.30pm service. There are openings in many of the ministry teams in church and, because we are a relatively young church, we are pretty much constantly in need of more to serve in U18s ministry.

Our partnership with St Stephen’s Church in Sinfin has continued through the year with providing workers each week to resource Young Followers and coordinating a team of preachers and leaders. We have provided more and more administrative and publicity support to St Stephen’s during the year, including incorporation of St Stephen’s on our renewed web site. From 2025 we have now agreed to channel administrative support through our Church Office, increasing staff hours in exchange for an administration charge. We hope this will be more efficient and improve the quality of support that can be achieved for the congregation, the local community and the shared ministry team. We are very grateful to one of our long-standing members, Mr Lauren Allen, for agreeing to take over as Treasurer of St Stephen’s.

An ongoing part of the PCC’s responsibilities is to review the ministry of the church and monitor staff resourcing. As was reported last year, the Council was concerned for growing workloads, not least of the clergy - even before our second morning service was launched. The Bishop and Diocesan officers consistently compliment both the quality of Curates St Giles’ has trained and the experience Curates get at St Giles’. Yet the bishop has declined to commit concretely to placing a stipendiary Curate at St Giles’ or to allow St Giles’ to try and raise funds for this. She has expressly acknowledged that her unwillingness is likely to force us to employ lay workers. With this in mind, the Council felt compelled to ensure ministry was being resourced properly and set about recruiting a Lay Curate: we welcomed Matthew Le Croissette to the staff team in September 2024 and his contribution has been greatly appreciated in many areas of the life of St Giles’ since, including overseeing youth work.

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Our outreach for schools in the areas around St Giles’ and St Stephen’s continued during the year with the Easter Experience and the Christmas Experience, repeated with updated content from 2023. Over a thousand primary aged children took part each time and the engagement of children and staff was very positive. At Easter and Christmas the open days, fun for all ages, on the Saturday towards the end of the Experiences proved very popular and attracted significant numbers of visiting families. others from church, from the local community and many friends.

In line with our mission statement, our main Easter and Christmas services sought to proclaim Christ faithfully to everyone and we enjoyed having many visitors. There was a good balance of services for different types of people, including a Brass Carol Service with Hucknall and Linby Mining Community Brass Band. Christianity Explored ran early in 2024 and was promoted at Christmas the previous year.

Young adults are a key part of the church community of St Giles’, whether young adults who are based in Derby all year round, students at Uni in Derby during term time or those returning to Derby from Uni in holiday time. Mainly for resource reasons during 2024 we took the decision to pause “the Hub” for 18-24s but we see this as important to restart as soon as we can.

It was a joy to welcome a number of new babies into the church family, Eòin Anderson, Felicity Beamish, Raphael Margegaj and Arthur Rothe. It was also with sadness that we bade farewell to a number of saints.

The PCC has continued to keep abreast of developments in the Church of England regarding attempts to change the doctrine of marriage. We have been gravely concerned at the direction being taken by the majority of the bishops. The Council spent much valuable time carefully considering its response. In February 2024 it circulated a unanimous statement to the congregation which outlined why it could no longer accept the spiritual authority of any bishop who was not opposed to the “Prayers of Love and Faith”. It is available from the Church Office and has been communicated to the Bishop of Derby. Separately, the PCC unanimously asked the CEEC to provide orthodox spiritual oversight, independent of the House of Bishops, and were pleased to have CEEC confirm oversight from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Rob Munro.

Historically the parish has always paid its Common Fund request in full. Only during the pandemic and now since the LLF crisis have we struggled to maintain Common Fund payments to the Diocese because of the widespread lack of confidence in the leadership of the wider church. With regard to this year’s (2024’s) Common Fund request we were able to make a payment via the CEEC’s Ephesian Fund of £35,000.

We were delighted to have the Bishop of Ebbsfleet visit us in November when we baptised and confirmed three individuals and confirmed a further 5 people.

Over time the PCC has had a growing conviction that the retention of 211 Village Street as a church asset is no longer as strategic as it once was. Through housing and facilities space, it has helped the support of various gospel workers since its acquisition and has served the gospel well. We have concluded that we should take steps to dispose of it as surplus to requirements and that the proceeds should be used consistent with the original intention to support gospel workers. We were aware that the disposal process might be lengthy and so it has proved to be. However good progress has been made this year including extensive consultations with the Charities Commission and the Diocese of Derby. We hope that by the time of our APCM in 2025 we will be able to report that the sale will have been completed to a sympathetic buyer and so hope to be able report that the funds recouped will be used to advance God’s kingdom through workers in the Lord’s harvest field.

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE, 9:38 MINISTRY TRAINING SCHEME & BRANCH GROUPS

In the final quarter of the year we were delighted to be linked to new Crosslinks Mission Partners, Alastair and Elise Donaldson and their children, Josiah and Edith. They are working in the Republic of Ireland and this new partnership, in succession to the Howles family, promises to be a great mutual encouragement. It is underpinned by regular prayer, (corporate in services, at Call to Pray and individually and in small groups); it will give St Giles’ the unique experience of pioneering outreach in rural and unevangelised Galway. It got off to a positive and unhurried start with a Zoom introduction at our morning services. We looked forward to the family’s visit in the New Year 2025 when we would be able to start to get to know them in person.

The Electoral Roll of St Giles’ stands at 114.

9:38 MINISTRY TRAINING SCHEME

Ben Redfern completed Ministry Training in the summer. Helen Colls opted to complete a second year of Ministry Training. Our Ministry Training Scheme, motivated by Matthew 9 v38, continues to provide invaluable training and resourcing for those who wish to give some time to get equipped for a lifetime of Christian service. From Ministry Training we wish to send out trainees into the Lord’s harvest field in a whole variety of capacities, locally and further afield.

BRANCH GROUPS

Every church member is encouraged to be a member of a Branch Group which meets during the week for Bible study, prayer and personal support and through which we try and reach out with the gospel. The first small groups at St Giles’ were formed in 1977, after a mission by Canon Harry Sutton of the (then) South American Missionary Society so in 2017 our small groups celebrated forty years. At the end of 2024 there were eleven Branch Groups in operation – and none of them have been running since 1977!

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

CHILDREN'S & YOUTH GROUPS, OTHER MINISTRIES, GROUPS & ACTIVITIES

Crèche (until Feb 2024) 22 Volunteers. Scramblers 18 Volunteers. Climbers 28 Volunteers. Explorers 18 Volunteers. Club 7-11 6 Volunteers. Impact 8 Volunteers. Ignite 12 Volunteers.

OTHER MINISTRIES, GROUPS & ACTIVITIES

The Ark 11 Volunteers. The Hub 3 Volunteers & Church Office. The Hub Lunch 29 Volunteers. Friday GROW Liz Cox, Anna Watkin. GROW Crèche 6 Volunteers & the women from GROW. Tuesday GROW Liz Cox, Anna Watkin. Life Explored/Christianity Explored Neil Barber, Will Eley. MIDWEEK Ministry Neil Barber, Liz Cox, Will Eley, Nigel Selby & 16 Volunteers. Cornerstone Coffee shop Liz Cox + 11 Bakers. Little ‘Uns Anna Watkin, Harriet Beamish, Emily Beattie, Becky Brookes, Hannah Buckingham, Lucy Cadney, Anna Eley, Sarah Eley, Jo Loughton, Ben Redfern, Helen Colls, Megan Roworth, Jenni Stockwell. Little ‘Uns Refreshments Sue Meek, Angela Woodcock, Trish Haddon, Ann Hilton. Easter Experience & Eggstravaganza Anna Watkin and many many more! Christmas Experience Anna Watkin and many many more! & Christmas Unwrapped Early morning prayer meeting 4 Volunteers. 5-a-side Football 1 volunteer. English Plus 11 Volunteers St Giles' Outdoors 2 volunteers Music 35 Volunteers Moore College Bible Course Liz Cox and the clergy. Biblical Counselling/Side by Side Eleanor Godwin /Real Change

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

SUPPORT SERVICES & MINISTRY STAFF

Finance Andrew Lucas, Harriet Beamish, Tibbie Kendall, Ruth Withey, Alison Stokes, Paul Trethewey, Sarah Uhunamure. Administration & Site Management Sarah Uhunamure, Beth Powell Music Administrator 3 volunteers Safeguarding Coordinator for U18s Liz Cox Safeguarding Coordinator for Adults Ray Kilgour Additional Needs Champion Ray Kilgour Pastoral Care Fund Administrators 3 Volunteers Pastoral Care Team 7 Volunteers and the entire congregation. Pastoral Worker Eleanor Godwin Health & Safety Officer David Shacklock Communications Church Office Website 1 Volunteers & Church Office PA & Audio-Visual 21 Volunteers Refreshment team members 47 Volunteers Stewards/sidespeople 36 Volunteers Speakers 13 speakers. Service Leaders Neil Barber, Will Eley, & 18 Volunteers Lead Intercessions 18 Volunteers Bible Reading 43 Volunteers Sunday Club Preview 10 Volunteers Vestry duty 8 Volunteers Parish mailings 1 Volunteer. Cleaning Esther O’Connor. Catering 2 Volunteers. Verger David Shacklock Premises Maintenance David Shacklock Derby City Mission Basics Bank 2 Volunteers Transport: 1 Volunteer Mission Partners Chris & Ros Howles (until Jan 2024), Alastair & Elise Donaldson (from Nov 2024). Crosslinks BEST Partner Samuel Longok, Duncan Otieno Odera. Reader Emeritus Alan Hartropp Reader Nigel Selby Warden Emeritus Richard Swinburn Warden Emeritus John Wain Incumbent Neil Barber (Revd) Associate Minister Will Eley (Revd) Associate Minister Liz Cox Women & Children’s Worker Anna Watkin Lay Curate (Adult/Youth Matthew Le Croissette (from September 2024) & Pastoral Worker) BSL Interpreter 2 Volunteers.

The whole body of the church family of St Giles' are the ministers of the church. There are of course many who serve in ministry and have no official title but are, as they say, “known unto God”. We give thanks to all who serve and to God for His empowering.

There are many young people (under eighteen) who willingly serve in all sorts of roles and capacities through the year and in this way many are being trained informally for gospel ministry

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

SAFEGUARDING

SAFEGUARDING

Safeguarding is carried out in accordance with the PCC’s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures relating to U18s (March 2012) and Vulnerable Adults (June 2017).

The PCC Safeguarding Task Force has not met this year and will need to reconvene soon.

Advice and guidance was given to group leaders as and when requested. Advice was also sought, and received, from the Diocesan Safeguarding Team as and when required.

This data is provided in compliance with the Diocese of Derby Safeguarding Policy, Procedures and Practice Guidance (PPPG):

10 new volunteers were started in the last 12 months.

30 House of Bishops’ Confidential Declaration Forms were completed by volunteers. 30 DBS checks were completed.

No issues were raised from outside groups.

Safeguarding Training in general has also continued for PCC members, Church Wardens and anyone working directly with children, young people, or adults at risk refreshed every three years.

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

FINANCIAL REVIEW 2024

St Giles’ Church funds are split as follows:

Fund Description General Fund An unrestricted fund for the general operations of the church Annexe Fund A restricted fund for the Annexe project. The building was completed in 2017 and a related loan from the Diocese of Derby was fully repaid, by the end of 2023. There were no receipts into this account during 2024. A surplus was of £5,680 was brought forward from 2023 and remained restricted for Annexe-related payments such as maintenance or capital expenditure. Pastoral Care Fund A restricted fund for pastoral care. Designated Funds Designated funds for areas as described above in the ‘Achievements and Performance’ section e.g. Youth and Little ‘Uns.

BASIS OF PREPARATION OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As the gross income of the PCC was not over £250,000 in 2024, the PCC has elected as permitted by section 133 of the Charities Act 2011, to prepare Receipts & Payments accounts for 2024 (2023: Receipts & Payments accounts).

The Receipts & Payments basis is a simpler form of accounts, which focuses on the cash movements in and out of the PCC’s bank accounts during the financial year. The PCC has also prepared a statement of assets and liabilities, and notes to the accounts.

RECEIPTS

Total receipts in 2024 were £186,159, being approximately £22,000 lower than in 2023. This is primarily due to having a special appeal in October 2023, this was not repeated in 2024.

More Gift Aid was recovered in 2024 than in 2023 (£26,576 compared to £19,347) due mainly to the Gift Aid relating to the October 2023 special appeal, which was received in February 2024.

Other income was similar to 2023 in total at £44,158, however there were some differences within categories of receipt, as shown in Notes 4d and 4e of the Financial Statements.

PAYMENTS

Payments are split between Church Activities, such as mission giving and donations, and Church expenses - generally church running expenses and major capital expenditure.

Total payments were £206,476 in 2024, nearly £22,000 higher than in 2023 and just over £20,000 higher than Total Receipts.

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

FINANCIAL REVIEW 2024

The main reasons for the movement in payments are:

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

These financial statements estimate the assets of the PCC to be £687,896 at the end of 2024 (2023: £695,431). The majority (£635,000) of these assets are the estimated value of the Church Centre and the house at 211 Village Street.

At the end of 2024 cash at bank and in hand was £35,042 (2023: £55,359), with £12,912 of this within the unrestricted General Fund, and the remainder in the other funds described above.

Liabilities are recorded at £8,493 at the end of 2024 (2023: £6,135). These are mainly payroll taxes and National Insurance for the final quarter of 2024 which were paid to HMRC in 2025, and other expenses, mainly utility bills, not paid until early 2025.

In 2019 the PCC recognised that it did not have an agreed reserves policy. The PCC had planned to address this, however due to the significant uncertainties during the year, and the constant need to focus on cashflow, the PCC has again delayed this decision.

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

SUMMARY

The cash flow pressures seen in previous years were not present in 2024 due to the surplus that was brought forward from 2023 and, as mentioned in the report in the prior year, the decision not to pay any Common Fund payment in 2023, plus the fantastic response to the October 2023 appeal.

As above Total Payments exceed Total Receipts by approximately £20,000 in 2024. The PCC has set a budget (for the General Fund) for payments in 2024 to balance receipts, however it is expected than an increased focus on cashflow will be required once again.

The PCC will make a decision on the level of the Common Fund, to pay during 2025. During 2024, As in 2023, the PCC designated a fund (labelled as ‘Ministerial Costs’ in these financial statements) for £15,000 for this purpose.

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

Note
Receipts
Voluntary Receipts
Planned giving
Collections at services
All other giving/voluntary receipts
4a
Gift Aid recovered (on July 2023 to June 2024 giving)
Activities for generating funds
4b
Investment Income
4c
Church Activities
4d
Other receipts
4e
Total receipts
Payments
Church Activities
Mission giving and donations
4f
Parish Share/Common Fund
4g
Clergy and staffing costs
4h
Church expenses
Church running expenses
4i
Church utility bills
Other expenses
4j
Major capital expenditure
4k
Total payments
Excess of receipts over payments
Transfers between funds
Cash at bank and in hand at 1 January
Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Restricted
Fund
Funds
Fund
Fund
General
Annexe
Pastoral care
£
£
£
£
103,050
-
-
-
1,737
-
-
-
10,637
-
-
-
26,576
-
-
-		 Total
Total
2024
2023
£
£
103,050
99,346
1,737
1,584
10,637
43,254
26,576
19,347
142,001
-
-
-
1,074
-
-
-
180
-
-
-
6,295
-
-
-
26,337
10,273
-
-		 142,001
163,531
1,074
2,124
180
53
6,295
3,582
36,609
38,599
175,886
10,273
-
-
25,599
-
-
-
20,000
15,000
-
-
78,624
-
-
-		 186,159
207,890
25,599
20,632
35,000
-
78,624
62,411
124,223
15,000
-
-
37,322
7,866
-
1,100
16,435
-
-
-
-
-
4,530
-		 139,223
83,043
46,288
52,449
16,435
25,145
4,530
17,527
53,758
7,866
4,530
1,100
-
-
-
-		 67,253
95,121
-
6,400
-
-
-
-		 -
6,400
177,981
22,866
4,530
1,100
-2,095
-12,593
-4,530
-1,100
-15,000
15,000
-
-		 206,476
184,564
-20,317
23,326
-
-
-17,095
2,407
-4,530
-1,100
30,007
17,634
5,680
2,038		 -20,317
23,326
55,359
32,033
12,912
20,041
1,151
938		 35,042
55,359

These accounts (Receipts & payments account, Statement of Assets and Liabilities and notes) were approved by the PCC of St Giles' Church – Normanton by Derby, and signed on their behalf by:

Neil Barber (Incumbent/Priest-in-Charge and Chairperson)

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Cash Funds
Notes
Cash in Bank deposit accounts and in hand
Other Monetary Assets
Gift Aid recoverable - July 2024 to Dec 2024 giving (Received Jan 2025)
Assets retained for Church use (estimated values)
Church Centre
House, 211 Village Street
Church AV system
Chairs in Church
Liabilities
Payroll taxes and NI contributions not yet paid to HMRC (paid Jan 2025)
Other expenses (primarily Church/Centre Energy costs)
Notes
1The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church
Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis
2 Restricted funds
Annexe
Pastoral care
3 Designated Funds
Club 7-11 (includes write-off of £284.16 balance trapped in old bank account)
Little 'uns
Youth Group
Midweek
Ministerial Costs		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Restricted
Fund
Funds
Fund
Fund
General
Annexe
Pastoral care
£
£
£
£
12,912
20,041
1,151
938		 Total
Total
2024
2023
£
£
35,042
55,359
10,854
-
-
-		 10,854
16,072
10,854
-
-
-
385,000
-
-
-
250,000
-
-
-
4,000
-
-
-
3,000
-
-
-		 10,854
16,072
385,000
375,000
250,000
240,000
4,000
5,000
3,000
4,000
642,000
-
-
-
6,689
-
-
-
1,803
-
-
-		 642,000
624,000
6,689
3,970
1,803
2,165
8,493
-
-
-
Bal B/fwd
Receipts
Payments
Transfers
5,680
-
4,530
-
2,038
-
1,100
-		 8,493
6,135
Bal C/fwd
1,151
938
2,089
Bal C/fwd
605
865
1,062
2,509
15,000
20,041
7,718
-
5,630
-
Bal B/fwd
Receipts
Payments
Transfers
651
485
531
-
569
548
252
-
200
5,482
4,621
-
1,213
3,757
2,462
-
15,000
-
15,000
15,000
17,634
10,273
22,866
15,000

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES

Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Restricted
Fund
Funds
Fund
Fund
General
-
Annexe
Pastoral care
£
£
£
£
4 Further Analysis of Receipts and Payments
Receipts
a) All other giving/voluntary receipts:
Ad-hoc donations
10,637
-
-
-
10,637
-
-
-
b) Activities for generating funds:
Church Centre hire
1,074
-
-
-
1,074
-
-
-
c) Investment Income
Bank and CBF Deposit Fund interest
180
-
-
-
180
-
-
-
d) Church Activities
Parochial fees
3,540
-
-
-
Church weekends and other Church family events
1,930
-
-
-
Occasional Services income (verger, organ, sound etc.)
658
-
-
-
Literature sales
167
-
-
-
6,295
-
-
-
e) Other receipts
Warm space funding (Community Action Derby and Diocese of Derby)
6,180
-
-
-
Grant Received from Diocese of Derby for British Sign Language Support
-
-
-
-
Miscellaneous (e.g. Mainly Printing fees for M&M and Midlands Gospel Partnership)
1,555
-
-
-
Refund for costs of defibrillator purchased in 2023 by a member of the congregation
2,978
-
-
-
Restricted donation for Church path
-
-
-
-
Reimbursement of Payroll tax and NI contributions for certain PCC employees where
salary and related taxes were paid by an independent charitable trust
15,494
-
-
-
Outreach which brings income (e.g. Holiday Club, other events)
129
10,273
-
-
26,337
10,273
-
-
Payments
f) Mission giving and donations
Crosslinks
14,946
-
-
-
Friends International
2,500
-
-
-
CEEC (Church of England Evangelical Council)
2,000
-
-
-
AMiE (Anglican Mission in England)
2,000
-
-
-
CPAS
1,000
-
-
-
Urban Life Derby
1,000
-
-
-
University of Derby Christian Union
500
-
-
-
Christmas Lunch on Jesus
500
-
-
-
M&M
-
-
-
-
Other (including part-funding Church Family member mission trip and guest speaker gifts)
1,153
-
-
-
25,599
-
-
-
g) Parish Share/Common Fund
Our contribution to the Diocese of Derby, including contribution towards the Incumbent's Salary & pension. Paid via the CEEC Ephesian Fund.
h) Clergy and staffing costs
Includes employment costs of support staff (salaries, tax, National Insurance) and ministerial expenses
i) Church running expenses:
Fees for occasional services
1,516
-
-
-
Administration costs
8,318
-
-
-
Outreach (Including Street Party and Holiday Club and invitation events)
5,768
7,866
-
-
Training
1,494
-
-
-
Church Weekends
1,849
-
-
-
Pastoral care
-
-
-
1,100
Purchase of Literature
3,000
-
-
-
Church and Church Centre repairs and maintenance
5,631
-
-
-
Insurance
6,439
-
-
-
Publicity
3,307
-
-
-
37,322
7,866
-
1,100
j) Other expenditure
Loan repayments for Annexe
-
-
-
-
Repairs and other expenses
-
-
4,530
-
Purchase of Fixed Assets
-
-
-
4,530
-
k) Major capital expenditure
Major repairs to the church building (new Church Path)
-
-
-
-
Major repairs to the church hall or other PCC property (incl. decoration)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Restricted
Fund
Funds
Fund
Fund
General
-
Annexe
Pastoral care
£
£
£
£
10,637
-
-
-		 Total
Total
2024
2023
£
£
10,637
41,839
10,637
-
-
-
1,074
-
-
-		 10,637
41,839
1,074
2,124
1,074
-
-
-
180
-
-
-		 1,074
2,124
180
53
180
-
-
-
3,540
-
-
-
1,930
-
-
-
658
-
-
-
167
-
-
-		 180
53
3,540
1,738
1,930
467
658
647
167
732
6,295
-
-
-
6,180
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,555
-
-
-
2,978
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15,494
-
-
-
129
10,273
-
-		 6,295
3,582
6,180
8,541
-
1,500
1,555
904
2,978
-
-
6,400
15,494
12,742
10,402
8,512
26,337
10,273
-
-
14,946
-
-
-
2,500
-
-
-
2,000
-
-
-
2,000
-
-
-
1,000
-
-
-
1,000
-
-
-
500
-
-
-
500
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,153
-
-
-		 36,609
38,599
14,946
13,633
2,500
-
2,000
1,000
2,000
3,476
1,000
973
1,000
-
500
-
500
-
-
750
1,153
800
25,599
20,632
1,516
1,285
8,318
13,062
13,634
18,545
1,494
582
1,849
267
1,100
2,700
3,000
2,986
5,631
6,351
6,439
6,013
3,307
659
37,322
7,866
-
1,100
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,530
-
-
-
-
4,530
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 46,288
52,449
-
14,746
4,530
-
2,781
4,530
17,527
-
6,400
-
-
-
-
-
-		 -
6,400

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

Independent examiner's report to the PCC of St Giles Church, Normanton by Derby.

I report to the PCC on my examination of the accounts of St Giles Church, Normanton by Derby. for the period ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

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

Independent examiner's statement

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

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

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

Signed·

Name: Mr Stephen Henry Adam

Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

Address: 1 Sherroside Close Allestree Derby DE22 2HN

Date: 31[st] March, 2025

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

DERBY CITY DEANERY SYNOD 2024

Thursday 8[th] February 2024 – on Zoom

The meeting was moved from Alvaston to Zoom due to bad weather. The main item entitled Mission, Ministry and Discipleship Focus on Eco Church was deferred till a future date. Various administrative matters were raised including the forthcoming elections for a new Diocesan Synod.

Wednesday 22[nd] May 2024 – St Alkmund’s Kedleston Road

The main business was a briefing from the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser on the multitude of evolving work that is done to keep churches in the Diocese safe. Training and DBS clearance of individuals are two regular and bread-and-butter activities. The Parish Safeguarding Dashboard (online management tool) is continuing to be rolled out. The Diocesan team provide invaluable and regular support to the Parish Safeguarding Officers in each church.

The Area Dean led a discussion and group work on Eco Church (deferred from February). Churches were encouraged to share stories of their small and large eco achievements, while noting that the Church of England sees this area as priority and so is directing time and money towards it. The Diocese has a Go Green grant available to reduce parish carbon footprints.

Tuesday 1[st] October 2024 – St Philip’s, Chaddesden

The Mission, Ministry and Discipleship team from the Diocese attended and Synod was given the opportunity to interact with each part of their work (Giving, DAC, Youth, Environment, Buildings, Health and Vitality). The Deanery (financial) levy on each Deanery Synod member is due to start up again in 2025 after being paused for 2024.

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ST GILES' CHURCH – NORMANTON BY DERBY - ANNUAL REPORT 2024

REPORT ON THE FABRIC, GOODS AND ORNAMENTS 2024

St Giles’ Church building and the Church Centre are generally in a good state of repair and well maintained. The facilities suit our needs very well on an almost daily basis in the service of God amongst His people and as a local venue for proclaiming His name amongst those who do not yet know Him.

Routine servicing of the boilers has been conducted. Simultaneous faults with both of the in the church boilers left the building unheated for a number of days during December. Whilst the heating provision was restored, an intermittent fault remains with one boiler. It is essential that the heating always functions through the winter months, and so options to improve the reliability of the system are being considered. The church boilers were fitted as part of the reordering works in 2010.

The PAT and electrical testing has been undertaken. A number of the internal downlighters have stopped working and need replacement; coincidentally these are mostly around the drinks serving area. The fire equipment and electrical equipment have been routinely serviced around the building and church centre.

The annex facilities are functional but one toilet is out of action. It is recognised that the origin of the problem needs to be investigated and resolved.

The valleys in the church roof are prone to collecting debris, particularly leaves, that can reduce the effectiveness of the drainage. The areas are periodically checked and cleared, but water ingress can – and did – occasional occur into the church building following heavy rain. When this happened thankfully there was little apparent damage caused, and the valleys were cleared shortly after the incident.

It was necessary to upgrade the electrical supply to the Church Centre and number 211 house, splitting the supply and meterage for the two buildings. This required a trench to be dug beneath the pavement and Centre car park. The disruption was relatively short-lived and the car park surface has been fully restored.

We rely heavily on the PA/AV kit in church for church services (and at other times) to enhance the experience and make it accessible for all. Whilst the kit remains functional, technical equipment does age, and there has been little investment in recent years.

Routine maintenance works have been done to keep the church grounds in order, with nothing particularly noteworthy to report. Remedial works to the Church Centre windows still remained overdue, but not urgent, in 2024.

A Quinquennial Inspection was arranged for the Spring in 2025.

We remain, once again, thankful to the Lord for his provision and protection throughout the year.

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