**-OVER-SANDS ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2023** ## **Administrative Information** on Church Hill, Grange-over-Sands LA11 6BD. It is part of the Diocese of Carlisle within the Church of England and part of the Windermere Deanery. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a Registered Charity registered with the Charity Commission, No: 1136108. **PCC members** who have served from 1 January 2022 until the date this report was approved are: Associate Priest: Revd Jonathan Brewster Moved August 2023 Associate Priest: Revd Annette Miller (from October 2022) _Reader Emeritus:_ Joyce Leach _Warden:_ Brian McCann _Deputy Warden:_ Vacant _Representatives on the Deanery Synod: May 2023 to May 2026_ Brian McCann Mike Hill _Elected Members:_ Rosemary Hoyle Secretary APCM 2021 to APCM 2024 John Millican Treasurer APCM 2021 to APCM 2024 Colin Milner From APCM 2023 to APCM 2026 Brian McCann From APCM 2023 to APCM 2026 Judith Mitchell From APCM 2023 to APCM 2026 Audrey Gorman From APCM 2022 to APCM 2025 Sue Fleetwood From APCM 2021 to APCM 2024 Susan Jones-Darlington From APCM 2021 to APCM 2024 Margaret Ratcliffe From APCM 2021 to APCM 2024 Penny Ward From APCM 2022 to APCM 2025 Pauline Ramsbottom From APCM 2023 to APCM 2026 Doug Ratcliffe From APCM 2023 to APCM 2026 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC has complied with the duty under Section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016. ## **Objectives and Activities** Within the Cartmel Peninsula Team Ministry, St. Paul's Grange-over-Sands PCC has the responsibility of promoting the whole mission of the Church in sharing the love of God pastorally, evangelistically, socially and ecumenically. It also has the responsibility of maintaining fabric, buildings and grounds of St. Paul's Church and the Fell Church. ## **Church Attendance** There were 110 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll reported to the Annual Meeting held in 2023. Average Sunday attendance in both churches was 68, after omitting those Sundays where was 69, compared with 70 in 2022. In addition to the above figures, Home Communion was distributed, where deemed to be safe to do so, to approximately 10 members of our congregation during the year. 7 ## **Review of the Year** The PCC met eight times during 2023. There are 15 PCC members, which includes our Associate Priest, Revd Canon Jonathan Brewster, who moved on to become Dean of Carlisle Cathedral in September. We have not had an incumbent designated to the parish for seven years, though there is hope that interviews for a new Team Vicar will take place in the near future. We were very for a further year. The Standing Committee met in the alternate months to the PCC, to discuss items delegated by the PCC and prepare the Agenda for future meetings. Throughout the year, the PCC continued to work towards dissolving the Cartmel Peninsula Team Ministry and forming new benefices, along with the other parishes involved, along with our Archdeacon. The new proposal put forward in 2022 which, going forward from the dissolution of the current Team, would form four new benefices: (1) Cartmel, (2) Grange-over-Sands and Field Broughton with Lindale, (3) Allithwaite and Flookburgh and (4) the three Leven Valley parishes (Finsthwaite, Haverthwaite and Staveley), continues to go through the formal process. As we await the arrival of a new Team Vicar our annual PCC Away Day has been put on hold until that person has settled into their new role, and we hope to be able to hold this later in 2023. 19 April 2023, when we reappointed Brian McCann as our Churchwarden. It would be good if we could have two Churchwardens, or a Deputy Churchwarden. However, we are fortunate to have an excellent team of sides-people, who have taken on additional duties to alleviate pressure on the Churchwarden at services and other church events, and many willing volunteers who carry out many tasks to keep our church clean and tidy and running efficiently, and we thank them for their time and willingness to help. Lay-led services have continued, normally on the third Sunday of the month, with a small group of also inviting people from outside the Church, such as Jane Walmsley from Thornleigh Christian Hotel, Anita Peat a Reader from Kendal Parish Church, Revd Annie Grey from Anna Chaplaincy, Ruth Briddock who has previously served as churchwarden in an Anglican church when she worked in Turkey, near to the site of the recent earthquakes; Canon Dr Alison Fleetwood, the Diocesan Healing Adviser, Revd Roy Rutter dementia-friendly churches, Pam Martin EcoChurch and Michael Hardie from the Leprosy Mission. These services have been well received by our congregation and are an excellent way to encourage those leading the service on their own spiritual journey. -aided Primary School, with regular visits to the school by volunteers from the Church who run a weekly lunch-time club, and several people who go into school to assist the pupils with their reading. Church in Grange. We have three members of our congregation who are Foundation Governors at the school. Cartmel Peninsula. This group meets regularly and organises events during the year, involving all the churches in Grange. towards the upkeep of our Church buildings. These are also good social occasions, that welcome the local community into our Church. 8 The main fabric projects to maintain and enhance the fabric of our two churches were as follows: early in 2023. Further details on fabric can be found in the Fabric Report presented at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting page 13 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023 document. success then and also look at the possibility of installing a contactless-giving machine. The PCC is now using online banking, which saves the church a significant amount of money which would otherwise be incurred through bank charges. Our Church Treasurer, John Millican is in regular contact with the Diocesan Finance Officer, Ric Jaques and John Thompson, the Diocesan Stewardship Officer. We are so grateful to Charles Edmondson, one of our organists, for continuing to organise very well received. Charles continues to play for our services, together with Ian Thompson. Sadly, Ian has now retired as at the end of December 2023 and we wish to publicly acknowledge our thanks to him for all the time and effort he has put in over the past few years. Our Church Choir now has nine members. As well as our series of concerts in the church, we have also held many other social events throughout the year, including a concert given by the Bay Community Singers, several local walks, on sessions, with special thanks to Pip Woon for organising these, and we celebrated our 10[th] anniversary of the Christmas £1,575.24 a cuddle bed, in memory of Sue Wymer) and Bay Search and Rescue. The sub-committees of the PCC continue to meet regularly throughout the year and work very well by discussing matters which need attention in greater detail and putting forward recommendations to the PCC. The two sub-committes are the Worship sub-committee and the Social subcommittee. The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline vulnerable adults). In addition, our Safeguarding officer, Judith Mitchell, has ensured that all safeguarding training is up to date and the DBS certificates are current. so far £619.67 has been received. I, as PCC Secretary, would like to take this opportunity to thank all PCC members for their attendance and contribution at meetings during the year. 9 |Charitable Collections 2023
Barrow Foodbank
DEC Turkey Syria Earthquake
Christian Aid
British Red Cross Libya Morocco Appeal
Harvest Appeal
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal
WaterAid|£ 40.81
£ 20.00
£ 239.88
£ 73.00
£ 117.00
£ 461.25
£ 73.10
£ 405.00
Sub total
£1,430.04
£ 500.00
£ 130.83
£ 172.50
£ 76.84
£ 21.57
£ 33.00
£ 60.00
£ 30.00
£ 150.00
£ 100.00
£ 787.62
£ 787.62
£ 2,849.98
Sub total
Nil
**£ 4,280.02**| |---|---| |Charitable Giving 2023
DEC Turkey Syria Earthquake Appeal
Christian Aid
Tear Fund
Rossall School (School Concert Proceeds)
Prayers For Children - For Baptism Babies
British Red Cross Morocco Libya Appeal
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal
Burneside Brass Band
Leprosy Mission

Bay Search & Rescue
Sub total|| |Secular Collections 2023
None in 2023
**TOTAL**|| ||| ## **Financial Review General Fund** The total receipts for the year were £66,926.16 and the payments out were £58,659.39 plus charitable giving of £2,849.98, giving an in-year surplus of £8,416.79. The above expenditure included items listed below. Some items attracted Listed Places of Worship (LPOW) grants whereby VAT is refunded, in which cases the total costs and the net otherwise :- - Defibrillator in cabinet and pads - £2,571 - Quinquennial Inspection Fee - £912 - Organ maintenance - £811.20 or £676 net of LPOW grant - £549.60 or £458 net of a LPOW grant - Loudspeaker in the choir area - £361.30 - Fire Alarm - £354.30 or £335.91 net of a LPOW grant. Another LPOW grant will be claimed for this work because some of it was carried out after the latest grant application was made - Lawnmowers for the Fell Church and for St Paul's, costing £253.99 and £94.98 respectively, total £348.97. - Front Door Lock - £258.80 or £215.67 net of a LPOW grant. - Robinsons Electric - Electrical work including lighting repairs - £218 or £198.83 - net of a LPOW grant. Another LPOW grant will be claimed for this work because some of it was carried out after the latest grant application was made. 10 - Fire Extinguisher service - £153.60 or £135 net of a LPOW grant. The grant applies to St Paul's but not to the Fell Church. - Shelves in choir robing cupboard - £45.04. ## **Designated Building Fund** £ Church. This was offset by a Listed Places of Worship grant of £350.00 giving a nett cost of £1750.00. This gives a reduction in the fund of £1,750.00. At the end of 2023, the Church was left with the following balance of funds: General Fund £61,499.63 Building £16,060.47 **Total £77,560.10** The expenditure incurred was in pursuit of the objectives of the Church in providing Christian Ministry in the Parish of St Paul, Grange-over-Sands. A detailed commentary on the figures is s and Liabilities providing a breakdown of the assets held, and the receipts and payments for the year is appended to this Annual Report. ## **Reserves Policy** It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds, as far as may be possible, to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. It is our policy to invest our funds with a CCLA Savings Account. A revised Reserves Policy was adopted by the PCC during 2009. At the meeting held on 11 July 2012, the PCC accepted the Reserves Policy document previously circulated. This called for reserves to be maintained, as far as possible, of: - 6 months of normal expenditure including routine maintenance and renewals - the next 12 months Parish Offer - any identified special building maintenance or renewal items falling due in the next two years. Do remember to look at the Church website which is an excellent source of information and is very attractive www.grangepcc.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/StPaulsGoS ## _Approved by the PCC at their meeting on 3 March 2024_ 11 # **The Parish Church of St Paul, Grange over Sands** ## **Financial Statements** **For the year ended 31 December 2023** 28 Independent Examinefs Report to the trustees of The Parlsh Church of St Paul. Grange over Sands. Parochial Church Council. on pages 3 to 6. Respectlve rnsponsibilfrtAaS of th• Tn*tÈe8 and Independent Examiner As trustees of the c*anty. the members of the PCC aTe responsible for tr preparation of accourrts. TTrw consider that an a￿lt is not required for this year under sectTh 14412) of the Charities Act 2011 (ts 2011 A(a) and that an It is our reSP￿S￿)i￿ty to examine the accounts Un￿ sedion 145 of the 2011 Act: follcpw the pr(K£dures la*J dchvn in the Gen￿al DIrec￿n8 given by the Charity coiywnissioners se(X1￿1 145(5)(b) of the 2011 A(1: and Basis of Independent Examinerfs Slateme Our examination was carried crtrt in aC0)rdan￿ wilh the Ger￿1 Direi#ions given by Ihe Charity Commisslon. An examinatKJn includes a reviBW of a(xxJunting records kept by the chartrf a￿1 a compaiison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consi(kration of any unusual rtems or disck)sures in the accounts, and seeking explanations frcm the rnernbe￿ of the Parothial Church Council concemiro any such matter5. The pro(8Jures undertaken do not provvje all the evKlen(x that Y￿u￿￿ be requir&1 in a full a￿11( and qx)nsequenty we do not express an a￿Irt opinK)n on the amnts. Indopndent Examingrfs Slatamant which give us reason&>le (xu* to be￿ that in any material respec* ts . requirements: lo keep ac£ounlry re(xxds in aC(X)rdan￿ with $.130 of the 2011 Act" have not been rt or to which. in our opinin. attenti(￿ should be drawn in order to enable a proper UTKlerstsndir#J d the ac￿￿nts to be Teached. Redhead Accwntancy Ltd Bank House Gnffin Street BroughtoTrin Fumess Cumbria LA20 6HH 29 ## **Receipts and payments account** ## **General Fund** |**Receipts**
Stewardship
Collections & Offertory
Tax Refunds
Legacy and Donations
_Receipts from Church Activities_
Fees from weddings and funerals
Parish Magazine Sales
Printing and Advertising
Car Park and Church Lettings
Refreshments
Flowers
Fund Raising Event
Sundry Receipts
Interest
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Parish Offer
Parish Payments
Deanery Levy
Wages
Utilities
Insurance
Clergy Expenses
Building Maintenance
Services/Altar/Books/Music
Office/Postage/Stationery/Telephone
Refreshments
Flowers
Fundraising Expenses
Independent examiner fee
Sundry
**Total Payments**
**Excess receipts of payments**
Charitable Giving
**Surplus / (Deficit) for the period**
**Sands at 1 March 2019**
**Attributable bank balance at 1 January**
**Attributable bank balance at 31 December**|**Year ended**
**31 December**
**2023**
**£**
37,331.43
2,650.07
9,436.23
3,498.54
2,196.33
902.24
694.30
1,525.00
954.79
6.47
7,311.40
720.00
2,699.36
69,926.16
22,000.00
0.00
372.50
11,891.00
4,054.92
3,925.12
7.91
3,819.28
4,315.76
4,746.23
235.10
383.00
1,518.18
270.00
1,120.39
58,659.39
11,266.77
-2,849.98
8,416.79
-
53,082.84
61,499.63|**Year ended**
**31 December**
**2022 ***| |---|---|---| |||| |||**£**| |||| |||38,792.78| |||2,238.10| |||9,777.10| |||1,945.10| |||| |||| |||3,178.27| |||842.30| |||960.24| |||1,820.00| |||1,037.13| |||14.70| |||6,145.15| |||345.00| |||521.03| |||67,617.50| |||| |||20,000.00| |||0.00| |||50.00| |||8,446.70| |||3,742.34| |||3,666.42
1,119.50| |||3,502.51| |||1,395.75| |||4,526.83| |||101.29| |||304.25| |||532.28| |||576.00| |||795.33| |||48,759.20| |||| |||18,858.30| |||-2,007.94| |||16,850.36| |||| |||-| |||| |||36,232.48| |||| |||53,082.84| 30 ## **Receipts and payments account Designated Fund** |**Receipts**
LPOW Grant
Donations
Gift Aid
**Payments**
Albion Glass
Border Floor
**Excess of receipts over payments**
Transfers between Funds
**Surplus / deficit for the period**
**Attributable bank balance at 1 January**
**Attributable bank balance at 31 December**|**Year ended**
**31 December 2023**
**Building**
**Fund**
**£**
350.00
350.00

2,100.00
2,100.00
(1,750.00)
-
-
(1,750.00)
17,810.47
16,060.47|**Year Ended**
**31 December 2022**|**Year Ended**
**31 December 2022**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |||**Building**
**Fund**|| |||**£**|| |||1,238.00
1,605.00
400.00|| |||3,243.00
-|| |||5,571.00|| |||5,571.00|| ||||| |||(2328.00)|| ||||| ||||-| ||||| |||(2,328.00)|| ||||| |||20,138.47|| ||||| |||17,810.47|| 31 **Financial Statements for the period ended 31 December 2023** ## **Statement of Asset and Liabilities** ## **As at 31 December 2023** ## **MONETARY ASSETS** |CCLA
Lloyds|**General**
**Designated Fund CPTM**
**Holding**
**Fund**
**Building**
**Account**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**
51,791.62
16,060.47
-
_-_
67,852.09
9,708.01
-
-
100.00
9,808.01| |---|---| ||61,499.63
16,060.47
0.00
100.00
77,660.10| ## **As at 31 December 2022** ## **MONETARY ASSETS** ||**General**
**Designated Fund CPTM**
**Holding**| |---|---| ||**Fund**
**Building**
**Account**
**Total**| ||**£**
**£**
**£**
**_£_**
**£**| |CCLA|38,980.26
16,172.47
-
_-_
55,152.73| ||| |Lloyds|14,102.58
1,638.00
1,779.00
100.00
17,772.31| ||| ||53,082.84
17,810.47
1,779.00
100.00
72,772.31| ## **Notes to the Financial Statements** 1. The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts & Payments basis. 2. There were no non-monetary assets, liabilities or provisions for donations at 31 December 2023. 3. There is no record of the historical cost of any other non-monetary assets. 32 **St Pauls Church Grange over Sands** ## **Trust Fund Accounts 2023** The accounts set out below report the transactions and assets of the additional non-church funds for which the Rector and Churchwardens have been charged with responsibility. ## **C of E School Foundation Managers** |**Receipts**
**Interest**
**Payments**
Disadvantaged support
**Excess of receipts over payments**
**Attributable bank balance at 1 January**
**Attributable bank balance at 31 December**
**Represented by:**
Cash at bank
Nat West A/c 83281266
CDBF Ac D 01274
+ CCLA A/c CB3038489
**Bertha Trotter Bequest**
**Receipts**
Interest and bank compensation
Donations
**Payments**
**Excess of receipts over payments**
**Attributable bank balance at 1 January**
**Attributable bank balance at 31 December**
**Represented by:**
Cash at bank
Nat West A/c 83289569
CDBF Ac D 1942
CCLA A/c CB3039786|**2023**
**£**
523.32
806.71
(283.39)
12,231.95
11,948.56
344.27
4,731.24
6,873.05
11,948.56
**2023**
**£**
880.20
75.00
805.20
805.20
19,352.35
20,157.55
175.14
16,767.10
3,215.31
20,157.55|**2022**| |---|---|---| |||**£**| |||| |||156.85| |||| |||740.00| |||| |||(583.15)| |||| |||12,815.10| |||| |||12,231.95| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||237.48| |||4,731.24| |||7,263.23| |||12,231.95| |||| |||**2022**| |||**£**| |||| |||249.93| |||| |||| |||0.00| |||249.93| |||| |||249.93| |||19,102.42| |||| |||19,352.35| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||100.14| |||16,031.43| |||3,220.78| |||19,352.35| 33 Independent Examinerfs Report to the trustees of The Parish Church of St Paul. Grange over Sands . Parochial Church Council. We rpport on ts aLxxwnts f(x yeat er￿1 31 0￿￿￿tEr 2023 ￿lch are ￿t (xrt on pages 3 to 6. Respective responsibilities of the Trustaes and Irthpendwrt Examiner As truslees of the tharty, Ihe memb8TS of th8 PCC aTg responsible for the preparation of the a(￿unts. c£>nswJer that an atyjit is not required for this year urKler sectM)n 144(2) of tt* charit￿ Ad 2011 (ts 2011 Acl) that an It is our responsibilty to examine the a(￿Ounts under sedion 145 of ts 2011 Act; folkyw the PfDLZdu￿S laid dchvn in the Gen￿al Dire(XK¥ns given by the Charity ComMissK)r￿rs sethon 145{5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and Basis of Independent Examinerfs Ststeme Our examinatKin was carri&J out in accordance with the G8neral Direcaions given by the Chanty CommissiM. An examinath)n indudes a of the accounting records kept by the d)arity arml a comparison of the accounts presented wrth those records. It also indudes Cor￿IderatIon of any unusual rtems or disclosures in the accounts, arKI seeking explanatio￿ frcrtn tre m￿nb￿S of the Parochial Church Council concAning any 8u(* matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eVKIen￿ that be in a full a￿*1( aThJ uxwuenty we do not express an a￿Irt opInK￿ on ts aux)unts. In Conr￿dI0n wilh our examination, no mattels have (xTh to OUT akntion: which give us reasonable (ZU￿ to bef￿￿ that in any material respect ts . requirements: to keep accounb'FWJ rec(*ds in aC(than￿ v￿th $.130 of the 2011 Act: have not b*n or to which, In wr OpinK￿, alkn1K￿ shoukj be drawn in order to enable a proper understandiNJ of the 8￿nts to be reached. Redhead Acc4wntancy Ltd Bank House Griffin Street BroughtorFin Fumess Cumbria LA20 6HH (lJk4J 29