## **St. Mark’s Church, Barrow in Furness** 

## **Annual Report** 

# **and** 

## **Financial Statements** 

## **of the Parochial Church Council** 

For the year ended 31st December 2020 

## **Priest in Charge:** 

The Reverend Tony Ford St. Mark’s Vicarage Rawlinson Street Barrow in Furness 

## **Banks:** 

Barclays Bank plc Dalton Road Barrow in Furness 

CAF Bank Limited Kings Hill Avenue West Malling Kent 

National Savings & Investments Glasgow 

## **Registered Charity No: 1139932** 



## **St. Mark’s Church, Barrow in Furness Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31st December 2020** 

## **Administrative Information:** 

St. Mark’s Church is situated on the corner of Rawlinson Street and Buccleuch Street, Barrow in Furness. It is part of the Diocese of Carlisle within the Church of England. 

The correspondence address is St. Mark’s Vicarage, Rawlinson Street, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria LA14 1BX. 

The Parochial Church Council became a registered charity on 19th January 2011. 

PCC members who have served from 1st January 2020 until 31st December 2020 are: 

**Priest in Charge** Revd. Tony Ford Chair **LLM (Reader)** Mr. David Nelson Lay Chair - LLM (Reader) **Wardens** Mr. John Messenger Re-elected 2020 APCM Mrs. Christine Carruthers Re-elected 2020 APCM **Deanery Synod Reps** Mr. Owen Dutton Elected 2017 APCM - until 2020 APCM Mrs. Brenda Harrison Elected 2017 APCM - until 2020 APCM Mrs Kath Raven Re-elected 2020 APCM **Community Pastor** Mrs. Gillian Grisedale PCC member Re-elected 2019 APCM **Elected Members** Ms. Danielle Benson Elected 2018 APCM - until 2020 APCM Mr. Richard N. Carrick Elected 2018 APCM Mrs. Liz Currie Elected 2017 APCM - until 2020 APCM - LLM from 2016 Mrs. Lynda Dutton Elected 2018 APCM Mr. Owen Dutton Elected 2020 APCM Mr. Mark Fisher Elected 2020 APCM Mrs. Brenda Harrison Elected 2020 APCM Mrs. Linda Lawrence Re-elected 2019 APCM - Treasurer - LLM from 2013 Mrs. Yvonne Maddison Elected 2018 APCM Mr. Alan McCracken Re-elected 2019 APCM Mr. Graham McTavish Elected 2020 APCM Miss Lisa Miller Re-elected 2020 APCM **PCC Secretary** Mrs. Susan Benson (From October 2018/Non PCC member and non-voting role) 

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**Committees:** 

## **Standing Committee:** 

This is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any directions given by the Council. 

## **Committee Members:** 

**Priest in Charge** Revd. Tony Ford Chair **Wardens** Mr. John Messenger Mrs Christine Carruthers **PCC Members** Mrs. Gillian Grisedale Mr. Alan McCracken **Treasurer** Mrs. Linda Lawrence **Secretary** Mrs Susan Benson (From October 2018/Non PCC member and non-voting role) 

## **Support Groups:** 

These convene at need to discharge duties regarded by the PCC to be within their remit. 

## **Fabric Committee:** 

The wardens gather skilled church members as and when necessary. 

## **Structure, governance and management:** 

Members of the PCC are either (1) _ex-officio_ , (2) elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules, or (3) co-opted onto the PCC at its members’ discretion. All church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. 

## **Objectives and activities:** 

St. Mark’s PCC has the responsibilities of co-operating, with the Priest in Charge, the Revd. Tony Ford, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church: pastoral; evangelistic; social; and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church buildings of St. Mark’s Church, Barrow in Furness. 

## **Achievements and performance:** 

**Church Attendance:** The average weekly attendance on a Sunday, counted during October 2020, was 51, including 5 under the age of 16. 

When Church Services were suspended during the March Lockdown a weekly Service was started online using YouTube and made available also from the Church web site and Facebook page. Even after the church reopened for Services we continued with the weekly online Service for those who for whatever reason were still unable to attend a Service in the church building itself. 

**Electoral Roll:** At the end of the year there were 112 names on the Roll. 

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**The PCC** met six times during 2020 (January-December) for ordinary meetings. The average attendance was 12. There were no special meetings. **2020 - Review of the Year:** 

Where do we start with the year 2020? A year of so much pain, suffering, anxiety and death, yet a year when we have seen some of the best of humanity, Foodbanks, distribution hubs, NHS workers and scientists developing a vaccine to fight the horrors of Covid. 

We at St. Mark’s have experienced all of that and more, as life has continued and people have struggled with what has become known as the new normality. Lockdown, isolation and hospital appointments and surgery cancelled. 

Yet God’s goodness, His light shines through. The services and prayer meetings we have been able to share online and on and off in church have been so positive and uplifting. 

We’ve all had to adapt and Gill’s ministry changed when Church closed and yet she collected toiletries for patients and staff at the hospital and care homes. Then her Soaps of hope, even the vicar got one! Along with shop workers, bus drivers, council workers and so many we often take for granted. 

God also brought people to faith, through studies both in person and online and we praise Him for his grace. 

Lots of plans, Believe in Barrow, Jonathan Viera concert, Out of the Ashes event, all cancelled. 

Yet you all as a church did well supporting each other and were generous, when some churches had no income at all, most of you gave generously who could and that has helped us as we now look forward to 2021. 

Also a huge thanks to out PCC and Standing Committee, still lots of decisions to make but communications limited to emails. 

Also a huge thanks to Alan McCracken for all his help, support and dedication putting services online for us weekly as we both experienced a steep learning curve and we are looking to develop the streaming of services in 2021. 

Also a big thank you to our wardens, Christine and John and those who have supported them with maintenance jobs and managing projects. We are in good shape for moving forward. 

Some of you will remember we had a couple of surveys early in 2020 and they still sit on my desk. The outcomes of those surveys were encouraging. The PCC, the church fellowship and the Mission community all agreed on certain priorities. For discipleship, outreach (especially to young families), to continue to care for our community and the homeless and to play our part in protecting the environment. All these priorities were listened to by the Diocese and Bishop Emma and the God for All team came up with four headings: 

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## **To Follow Daily** _Discipleship,_ 

**To Speak Boldly** _Share the good news to all but especially young families_ 

**To Care Deeply** _Listen and serve our community)_ , and 

**To Tread Gently** _Think about how we can protect the amazing world our good Father has entrusted to us_ . 

Brothers and Sister, we may be battered and bruised by the last year but by the grace of our loving Lord the future is forever good. 

**‘Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen'** _**(Ephesians 3 v20-21)**_ 

## **Safeguarding Annual Report to the PCC** 

## 1. Our Parish Safeguarding Officer 

Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Jason Dobb 

## 2. Safer Recruitment, and Training 

Our parish supports the following groups working with children and young people, and with adults who are vulnerable: 

Ark Music Group Clothes Bank Rock Solid Sunday Prayer Team Pastoral Care Team 

The leaders and volunteers working with our groups are in the process of being safely recruited according to the Church’s national guidance and we have ensured all leaders have received the level of training required by the Church. Recruitment and training of all volunteers has been interrupted by the effects of the Covd-19 pandemic but will be completed by September. 

## 3. Church Policy and Guidance 

All parishes are required to have agreed a formal statement of adoption of the House of Bishops ‘Promoting a Safer Church; safeguarding policy statement’, and of Church of England safeguarding policy and guidance. This statement will be signed on behalf of the PCC and displayed in our church. 

Approved by the PCC on 16th May 2021 & signed on their behalf by Rev. Tony Ford (PCC Chairman) 

Signed ……………………………….                   Date ……………………….. 

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## **St. Mark's Church, Barrow-in-Furness** 

## Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31st December 2020 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December 2020 

||General|Designated|Restricted|Reserves|Totals|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Fund|Funds|Funds||2020|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|Monetary Assets||||||
|CAF Cash - Current|11,947.15||-||11,947.15|
|Barclays Community - Current|-|-|||-|
|Total Monetary Assets|**11,947.15**|**-**|**-**||**11,947.15**|
|Investment Assets||||||
|CAF Gold||9,150.00|12,623.42|183,685.68|205,459.10|
|National Savings & Investments||1,035.49|||1,035.49|
|Total Investment Assets||**10,185.49**|**12,623.42**|**183,685.68**|**206,494.59**|



Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December 2019 

||General|Designated|Restricted|Reserves|Totals|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Fund|Funds|Funds||2019|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|Monetary Assets||||||
|CAF Cash - Current|34.21||**-**||34.21|
|Barclays Community - Current|-|-|||-|
|Total Monetary Assets|**34.21**|**-**|**-**||**34.21**|
|Investment Assets||||||
|CAF Gold||6,650.00|22,185.62|105,981.11|134,816.73|
|National Savings & Investments||1,028.09|||1,028.09|
|Total Investment Assets||**7,678.09**|**22,185.62**|**105,981.11**|**135,844.82**|



## _**Approved by the PCC on 12th April 2021 and signed on their behalf by Rev Tony Ford (PCC  Chairman)**_ 

Signed ………………………………………….. 

Date …………………………………………….. 

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## **General Fund Receipts and Payments Account** 

|**Receipts**|**2020**|**2019**|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|**Incoming resources from donors**|||
|Pledged Giving|50,567.76|47,903.99|
|Cash Collections|2,146.73|6,175.20|
|Sundry Donations|1,813.90|1,396.00|
|Git Aid Reclaimed|27,944.90|-|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_82,473.29_**|**_55,475.19_**|
|**Other voluntary incoming resources**|||
|Legacies|77,600.18|-|
|Special events income|65.10|472.10|
|Sunday Night Live|-|45.00|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_77,665.28_**|**_517.10_**|
|**Income from charitable and ancillary trading**|||
|Contributions for use of Church building|512.50|1,420.50|
|Fees|453.00|888.00|
|Sale of Bible notes & Homegroup books|326.51|416.21|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_1,292.01_**|**_2,724.71_**|
|**Other ordinary incoming resources**|||
|Insurance claims|-|-|
|Photocopying|90.00|42.50|
|Repayments|647.99|422.62|
|Misc|-|-|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_737.99_**|**_465.12_**|
|**Messy Marks**|**_-_**|**_-_**|
|**Community Groups**|||
|Musical Marks|-|444.00|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_-_**|**_444.00_**|
|**Total Receipts - Unrestricted Funds**|**162,168.57**|**59,626.12**|
|**Restricted Income**|||
|Mission Giving to Societies|11,989.71|8,028.39|
|Collections for charities|324.98|4,006.20|
|Gift Day - 2020|2,422.37|-|
|Gift Day - 2019|880.00|4,305.00|
|Gift Day - 2018|256.25|-|
|Gift Day - 2017|347.50|-|
|Restricted Donations|4,054.00|8,633.72|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_20,274.81_**|**_24,973.31_**|
|**Total Receipts**|**182,443.38**|**84,599.43**|
|Excess of Receipts over Payments (Unrestricted Funds)|**20,800.14**|**(31,566.76)**|
|Transfer of Deficit Allocation from Legacy|**0.00**|**2,500.00**|



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## **General Fund Receipts and Payments Account** 

## **Payments** 

|**Payments**|**2020**|**2019**|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**|||
|**Ministry**|||
|Parish Share|40,000.00|60,934.00|
|**Working Expenses of Clergy**|||
|Vicar Expenses|1,440.00|1,440.00|
|Telephone|734.52|441.00|
|Curate Expenses|-|-|
|Telephone|-|-|
|Visiting Speakers|-|-|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_2,174.52_**|**_1,881.00_**|
|**Church Running Expenses**|||
|Electricity, Gas, Water|6,344.50|6,269.62|
|Insurance|2,553.39|2,442.96|
|Cleaning|5,112.73|5,409.05|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_14,010.62_**|**_14,121.63_**|
|**Church maintenance**|||
|General|1,194.00|3,685.14|
|Organ|-|919.51|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_1,194.00_**|**_4,604.65_**|
|**Upkeep of services**|||
|Misc|-|236.77|
|Catering|59.20|228.28|
|Lay reader expenses|-|75.77|
|Leaflets & Literature|112.99|128.29|
|Deanery Synod & General Synod|-|-|
|Copyright Licence|1,005.97|879.59|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_1,178.16_**|**_1,548.70_**|
|**Support costs**|||
|Training|-|520.00|
|Sunday School|32.94|44.14|
|Brownies|-|-|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_32.94_**|**_564.14_**|
|**Building Work**|||
|Major repairs (structure)|-|-|
|Major repairs/replacement (installations)|-|-|
|Interior and exterior re-decoration|-|-|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_-_**|**_-_**|
|Honoraria Organist|200.00|300.00|
|**Special events expenses**|-|529.98|
|**Sunday Night Live**|1,005.62|2,150.00|
|**Believe in Barrow**|-|-|
|**Marriage Preparation**|||
|**Ancillary Trading**|273.38|402.83|



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|**Payments (cont)**|**2020**|**2019**|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|**Church management and administration**|||
|Stationery & Postage|473.90|260.87|
|Photocopying|458.44|742.76|
|Church Telephone|61.87|61.20|
|Computer/Website Expenses|-|-|
|Architect Fees|-|-|
|Misc|204.80|647.12|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_1,199.01_**|**_1,711.95_**|
|**Messy Marks**|-|-|
|**Community Groups**|||
|Musical Marks|-|444.00|
|**_Sub Totals_**|-|**_444.00_**|
|**Internal Transfers**|||
|Designated Funds|2,500.00|2,000.00|
|General Reserves|-|-|
|Fabric Reserves|-|-|
|Legacy Reserves|77,600.18|-|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_80,100.18_**|**_2,000.00_**|
|**Total Payments - Unrestricted**|**141,368.43**|**91,192.88**|
|**Payment of Restricted Funds**|||
|Mission Giving to Societies|11,989.71|8,028.39|
|Charity Collections/Donation|324.98|4,006.20|
|Gift Day - 2020|2,422.37||
|Gift Day - 2019|205.00|-|
|Gift Day - 2018|256.25|-|
|Gift Day - 2017|347.50|-|
|Donations|13,616.20|3,220.92|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_29,162.01_**|**_15,255.51_**|
|**Total Payments**|**170,530.44**|**106,448.39**|
|**Notes re General Fund**|||
|**Current Balance of 2019 Gift Day (Windows)**|4,980.00||
|**Gift Aid Reclaimed**|||
|2019 General Pledged Giving|8,898.12||
|2018 General Pledged Giving.|9,423.10||
|2017 General Pledged Giving.|9,623.68||
|**Church Running Expenses**|||
|Electricity|2,870.33|3,113.07|
|Gas|3,085.82|2,338.75|
|Water|388.35|817.80|



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## **Mission and Charitable Giving - Restricted** 

|**Receipts**|**2020**|**2019**|
|---|---|---|
|Pledged Giving|5,581.55|7,087.28|
|Cash|-|-|
|Gift Aid Reclaimed|5,513.26|-|
|Home Communions|-|-|
||**_11,094.81_**|**_7,087.28_**|
|Harvest Collections - Tap Twinning/Tearfund|606.90|629.18|
|Gift Aid Reclaimed - Tearfund|152.50||
|Toilet Twinning (Includes Gift Aid reclaimed)|125.50|308.00|
|Leprosy Boxes|10.00|3.93|
|**Total Receipts**|**11,989.71**|**8,028.39**|
|**Payments**|**2020**|**2019**|
|Overseas Mission Fellowship (OMF)|2,588.79|1,653.70|
|Wycliffe Bible Translators|2,588.79|1,653.70|
|Church Mission Society (CMS)|2,588.79|1,653.70|
|Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS)|1,109.48|708.73|
|Church Army|1,109.48|708.72|
|Bible Society|1,109.48|708.73|
||**_11,094.81_**|**_7,087.28_**|
|Harvest Collections - Tap Twinning/Tearfund|606.90|629.18|
|Gift Aid Reclaimed - Tearfund|152.50|-|
|Toilet Twinning (Includes Gift Aid reclaimed)|125.50|308.00|
|Leprosy Boxes|10.00|3.93|
|**Total Payments**|**11,989.71**|**8,028.39**|



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## **Restricted Funds** 

||**Balances**|**Receipts**|**Payments**|**Balances**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**31.12.2019**|||**31.12.2020**|
|Funeral Collections/Donations for St Mark's:|||||
|In memory of Mrs E Davies|15.08||-|15.08|
|In memory of Mr D Rodgers|22.96||-|22.96|
|In memory of Mr J Sharp (50%)|-|43.50|-|43.50|
||||-|-|
||||-|-|
|Community Fund|1,822.94|1,670.50|785.29|2,708.15|
|Children in Poverty|322.12||-|322.12|
|Leprosy Mission|-||-|-|
|Fabric Fund|435.00|340.00|-|775.00|
|Vicarage Garden|-|-|-|-|
|Organ Donation|200.00|||200.00|
|Banners Donation|26.51|-|-|26.51|
|Audio Visual Fund|||||
|Donations|-||-|-|
|Technicians - Funeral services|851.34|80.00|-|931.34|
|Messy Marks|429.27|||429.27|
|Homeless Fund (Buried in Barrow)|3905.72|-|-|3,905.72|
|Music Group|70.00|-|-|70.00|
|Community Pastor Role Fund|14084.68|1,920.00|12,830.91|3,173.77|
|Interest|-|||-|
|**Totals at 31st December**|**22,185.62**|**4,054.00**|**13,616.20**|**12,623.42**|



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## **Designated Funds** 

||**Designated**|**Funds**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Balances**|**Receipts**|**Payments**|**Balances**|
||**31.12.2019**|||**31.12.2020**|
|Childrens Work|1,019.93|-|-|1,019.93|
|Messy Marks (Families)|4,500.00|1,500.00|-|6,000.00|
|Training|650.00|500.00|-|1,150.00|
|Future Evangelism|1,500.00|500.00|-|2,000.00|
|Interest|8.16|7.40|-|15.56|
|**Totals at 31st December**|**7,678.09**|**2,507.40**|**-**|**10,185.49**|
||**Reserves**||||
||**Balances**|**Receipts**|**Payments**|**Balances**|
||**31.12.2019**|||**31.12.2020**|
|Interest|391.19|**104.39**|-|495.58|
|General|-|-|-|-|
|Fabric|-|-|-|-|
|Legacy - John Hannah|||||
|Building Work/Refurbishment|2,537.40|-|-|2,537.40|
|Community Pastor|-|-|-|-|
|Deficit|3,474.69|-|-|3,474.69|
|Reserves/Fabric|25,630.95|-|-|25,630.95|
|Special Projects|6,511.00|-|-|6,511.00|
|Technical Upgrade|480.78|-|-|480.78|
|Other|-|-|-|-|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_38,634.82_**|**_-_**|**_-_**|**_38,634.82_**|
|Legacy - J Smart|500.00|-|-|500.00|
|Legacy - J K Harper|5,000.00|-|-|5,000.00|
|Legacy - E Roberts (Piano)|437.64|-|-|437.64|
|Legacy - A Kaye|5,017.46|-|-|5,017.46|
|Legacy - R Walsh|||||
|Building Work/Refurbishment|14,000.00|-|-|14,000.00|
|Community Pastor|-|-|-|-|
|Other  (Unallocated)|42,000.00|77,600.18|-|119,600.18|
|**_Sub Totals_**|**_56,000.00_**|**_77,600.18_**|**_-_**|**_133,600.18_**|
|**Totals at 31st December**|**105,981.11**|**77,704.57**|**0.00**|**183,685.68**|



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## **Allocation of Restricted Collections/Donations for Charities** 

||**2020**||
|---|---|---|
|Funeral Collections|||
|Cancer Research (Waters)|57.00||
|Hospice at Home (Clayton)|25.00||
|Crisis Homeless Trust 50% (Sharp)|23.50||
|St Mary's Hospice (Nicholson)|123.00||
|Retiring Collections|||
|Children Society - Donations|30.00||
|Children Society - Christmas Card Donations|66.48||
|**Totals**|**324.98**||
|**Fees Account**|||
|**Receipts**|**2020**|**2019**|
|Church Funeral Fees|1,185.00|2,118.00|
|Crematorium Funeral Fees|1,015.00|390.00|
|Banns|-|-|
|Wedding|-|-|
|Baptism Certificate|||
|**Total Receipts**|**2,200.00**|**2,508.00**|
|**Payments**|||
|Organist|160.00|240.00|
|Verger|80.00|140.00|
|Technicians - Audio Visual Fund|80.00|140.00|
|Retired Clergy|-|70.67|
|Carlisle Diocesan Board of Finance|1,427.00|1,029.33|
|St Mark's PCC|453.00|888.00|
|**Total Payments**|**2,200.00**|**2,508.00**|



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