The Parish of Holy Trinity, Waterhead, Oldham The benefice of Clarksfield (St Barnabas) and Waterhead (Holy Trinity) is located in the Deanery of Ashton and Oldham, the Episcopal Area of Middleton, and the Diocese of Manchester ## Ministry Team in 2022 **Vicar** The Revd Dr Paul Monk **Assistant Curate Lay Readers** Ruth Lees, Lucie Reilly, and Rosie Kingham (Holy Trinity) Pete Haslam (St Barnabas) ## Parochial Church Council for 2022 **Church Wardens** Mrs Val Crane Mr John Wolstencroft **Church Secretary** Mrs Zoe Liles **Church Treasurer** Mrs Vicky Heaton **Deanery Synod Rep** Mrs Linda Birkby **Ex officio** Mrs Rosie Kingham and Mrs Ruth Lees (emeritus) Mrs Lucie Reilly **Elected Members** Mrs Vicky Heaton Mr Geoff Lees Mr Daniel Reilly ## Other Church officers **Administrator** Ms Sarah Gura **Safeguarding Officer** Mrs Linda Birkby **Electoral roll officer** Revd Dr Paul Monk **Gift-aid Secretary** Mrs Vicky Heaton **Pianist** Ms Rosie Kingham ## Parish Information **Benefice** St Barnabas, Clarksfield and Holy Trinity, Waterhead, both in Oldham. **Attendance** The average Sunday attendance during October 2022 was 34 adults and 13 children. **Bank** Virgin Money, Spindles Square, Oldham OL1 3AB. **Insurance** The Church, PCC and property are insured with _Ecclesiastical PLC_ . **Fees** The list of Diocesan fees are displayed in the Church porch and vestry. **Parish Share** The Parish Share for 2022 was £XXX, which was not paid in full. 1 28 Also, during the year, the Church Council decided to start a new fund for children’s services. It currently contains £937. ## Grants received The church received one grant during 2022: £200,000 from Oldham Council for renovating the graveyard. This amount was paid directly by Oldham Council, so it does not appear in our accounts. The Hall received two grants: £2,500 from the Allchurches Trust and £600 from the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund, both toward the cost of refurbishing the hall kitchen. As we continue thinking about a world after Covid-19, it’s already clear that the Church may need to adapt some of its activities if it is to attract more grants. Specifically, community engagement beyond our services is still slim. _**Vicky Heaton:** Treasurer (March 2022)_ ## Minutes of the 2022 APCM Sunday 3 April 2022 ## **Annual Parish Meeting** **Present** John Birkby, Linda Birkby, Lynda Blair, Sue Crabtree, Natalie Crabtree, Valerie Crane, Joan Donallan, Vicky Heaton, Geoff Lees, Zoe Liles, Margaret Jones, Rosie Kingham, Lily Lord, Rosalind Lord, Stacey Lord, Revd Paul Monk (Chair), Naomi Parkes, Jack Peacock, Lucie Reilly, Lynne Schofield (Secretary), Jean Smith, Karen Wilson, June Winterbottom, Ann Wolstencroft and John Wolstencroft. Ruth Lees, Revd Denise Owen, Daniel Reilly. **Introduction** Revd Paul Monk introduced the meeting with an introductory talk giving context. 2021 was a difficult year in many respects. Re-opening a complicated organisation like a Church was always going to be harder than locking it down. We are slowly resuming most aspects of Church life and are well ahead of a great many other local Anglican Churches. The number of weddings is back to normal if not higher. Baptisms are not too far behind. Booking in the hall are growing fast. But Sunday school has not yet resumed. Numbers on a Sunday are down and, to a lesser extent, so are numbers in our Wednesday services. The second feature we need to address concerns finance. For a very large number of reasons, the cost of living has increased dramatically. So have our needs, so we are actively seeking grants to cover the costs of things like repairs and innovation. I need to mention new initiatives in the Church of England because (in different ways) they will affect all of us. The Church in this area is governed by the Diocese of Manchester, which has suffered owing to the downturn in 2009, then austerity, and now Covid. Its finances have been affected badly, so the Diocese is decreasing the number stipendiary clergy by 40%, though the number of those seeking early retirement and so on, suggests the number may soon be even higher. My own duties have increased greatly even before those changes. For example, my duties in the new Deanery of Oldham and Ashton are considerably greater than those of the old Area Dean. I only mention myself because all of these factors mean that the role of a traditional vicar—chairing, visiting, organising, being available to all—was dying before the 1970s. It was utterly dead by the early years of the new millennium. It was never scriptural and never made sense anyway. So please do not ask me to a vicar in that old mould because I simply cannot. The Church is properly the people of God and not the Vicar. 26 3 Because of these changes in the Diocese, a new reorganisation scheme started last year. It’s called ‘Mission Communities’. In practice, it means that groups of local Churches are combining with a view to amalgamation of staff and resources. Good. They need to. In our case, we’re grouping with Clarksfield, Glodwick, Hey, Leesfield, and Moorside. It’s likely that each will seek to diversify and to specialise. For example, Moorside is very good at ecological work and St Barnabas is good at social action. I’d like us to think hard about what we do well and then build on it. Baptisms, weddings, and functions in the hall all spring to mind. I want to say more about the future of this church. As you know, it nearly closed in 2008 and again in 2010. It’s often held up as an example of resurrection: it’s a church that should have closed but did not. To keep it open, we—all of us—need to share the role of Christian and disciple. All of us need to share our faith with others. All of us need to live the deep sacrificial life of Jesus. All of us need to follow the externals of faith such as coming to services and identification with the scriptures. But in this present time of enormous change, that idea—that we live the very life of Jesus—must never change. It is our calling. And it is what God wants. I’d like to end by thanking the small army of people who keep the Church going. They facilitate, clean, organise, arrange, and so on. Thank you. I’d like to say one special thank you: Lynne Schofield has been Church Secretary for a large number of years and is now stepping down. Thank you. **Minutes of the APCM 2021:** Rosie proposed that we accept the minutes as a true and reliable record of last year’s APCM and Vicky seconded. On vote, all were in favour with no votes against or abstentions. **Election of Church Wardens** There were two nominations: John Wolstencroft who was proposed by Lucie Reilly and seconded by Daniel Reilly and Valerie Crane who was proposed by Margaret Jones and seconded by Ann Wolstencroft. together. On vote, all were in favour with no votes against or abstentions. **Any other business.** No matters were raised for further discussion. ## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting** **Reports** The annual report was distributed a fortnight ago. No issues were raised relating to its content or omissions. John Wolstencroft proposed that we accept the report and Linda Birkby seconded. On vote, all were in favour with no votes against or abstentions. £53,785 (again, up greatly from £35,333 in 2022). Congregational giving through the open plate was down by £859 relative to 2021. The Parish Hall schedule is now busier than in living memory, with concomitant improvements in its income. Income from lettings was £11,458, which is up from £6,284 in 2021. ## Restricted funds The Church operates with several restricted funds. This phrase means that the monies in the funds can only be used for designated purposes. In alphabetical order, their years’ end balances are: _Building Fund_ The fund balance at the end of the year was in deficit by £2,948, which has not changed during the year. _Community choir fund_ This fund closed during 2022 because its leader, Rosie Kingham, moved out of the parish. Its surplus of £742 has been transferred to the general fund. _Flower Fund_ The fund balance was £86, down from £182 in 2021. _Hall Fund_ The fund has improved hugely, from a deficit in 2021 of £12,309 to a surplus of £12,367. _Kitchen Fund_ The final fund is raising monies to refurbish the hall kitchen. It currently contains £5,795. **Policies and updates** Paul read out the Child Protection Policy and the 25 4 Vulnerable Adults Policy which had both been amended at Last Year’s APCM. Since last year Linda Birkby has taken on the role of Parish Safeguarding Coordinator **Election of Deanery Synod Representatives** We are eligible for three representatives on the basis of the size of the electoral roll, but Linda Birkby is currently our only representative. No one else expressed an interest in becoming a representative. Linda agreed to continue in this role but added that her request for training has not yet been fulfilled due to Covid. Paul undertook to help find this. **Election to the PCC** Our PCC adopts the system whereby one third of the posts are contested each year. This year only Geoff Lees required re-election. He was proposed by John Wolstencroft and Jean Smith. Daniel Reilly was proposed for election by John Wolstencroft and Sue Crabtree; and Zoe Liles was proposed for election by John Wolstencroft and June Winterbottom. All three were elected unanimously. **Sidespeople** Paul read the list of nominated sidespeople: they are Linda Birkby, Valerie Crane, Vicky Heaton, Geoff Lees, Zoe Liles, Stacey Lord, Jack Peacock, Lynne Schofield, Karen Wilson, June Winterbottom, John Wolstencroft, and Lily Lord asked to join the group. On vote, all were accepted. **Treasurer** Vicky Heaton agreed to continue as Treasurer. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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24 **Secretary** Lynne Schofield is stepping down from this role and Zoe Liles has expressed her willingness to stand as a replacement at the next meeting of the PCC. Rosie Kingham wished to minute the PCC’s thanks to Lynne for all her work as Church Secretary during the last 10 years. **2021 Accounts** Paul reported that the annual accounts for 2021 have not been finally audited due to the necessity of finding a replacement auditor at short notice. It is expected that the audit will be completed in the next week or so. The draft accounts are appended to the Annual Report for 2021 which was published on Sunday 20 March 2022. Rosie proposed that we vote on the accounts at the next meeting and Linda Birkby seconded the proposal. All voted in favour of this. The accounts will be considered at the next PCC meeting on 31 May 2022 and Rosie asked that the accounts be made available soon after that meeting. John Birkby asked if the church is in debt and if so by how much. Paul replied that there is a debt to the Diocese as money had to be borrowed to complete works to the floor at the back of the church which began shortly before the first Covid lockdown in 2020. The Parish Share was not paid in full but this is not strictly a debt. Now that bookings for the Parish Hall are increasing it is hoped that the church finances will be in a much better state. **Financial examiner** Our new auditor, Kim Barton, has indicated that she is willing to continue in this role and all voted in favour of this. 6 23 **Any other business:** No matters were raised for further discussion. ## Report from the Vicar ## 2022 has been a varied year. First the high points. The church celebrated its 175th anniversary of consecration with a superb service led by the Lord Bishop of Manchester. The numbers attending the of the Hall have strengthened its ability to both serve the community and generate income for the church. Our reputation locally has also increased over the year as a result. But there are also many negatives. The average number within the Wednesday congregation has fallen as have the number of baptisms. The reasons are wholly unclear. The Church Council is clear that much needs to be done as we move away from the pandemic. We need to rebuild the congregations and develop links with a changed world … and it is changing fast: we also experience a cost-ofliving crisis and all the Diocesan structures are adjusting to new contexts. We may need to consider adapting the way we conduct services and how we communicate and serve. Indeed, God may be asking us to change everything including our relationship with him. So as we start a new year, hear again these words of comfort from the Holy Scripture: God so loved the world that He gave us hi only Son Jesus _**Paul Monk:** Vicar (February 2023)_ ## Report from the Wardens We welcome those who are new to the Church and joined us during 2022, and hope you feel comfortable at Holy Trinity. Please speak with us if you want to get more involved and contribute to the life of the Church. In all Anglican Churches, the wardens bear the prime responsibility for the well-being of the Church, both as an organisation seeking to sponsor the ushering in of the Kingdom, and for the fabric of the building. 22 7 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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We ensured that all services occurred within a safe environment, and were always keen to make sure that we looked after each other and could still worship God as a community. finances to afford our commitments, and sponsor outreach and other work generous individual donations. We all experienced a difficult financial year perhaps owing to the continuing impact of the pandemic. We would like to thank all those members of Holy Trinity congregation who have lavished support on us as Wardens during 2022. We hope we can continue to earn your support in 2023. Our thanks go to the team that lead each week’s services at the Church: the PCC members, readers and intercession leaders, sidespeople, and those who brew. And please notice how the Church always looks clean and tidy every Sunday so many thanks to all who work to maintain this high standard of presentation. As Wardens we continue to pray for you all, and we very much look forward to seeing you in church again soon. _**Val Crane and John Wolstencroft** : Wardens (February 2023)_ ## Treasurer’s report ## Obligations The church must pay a prescribed amount to the Diocese of Manchester each year. It is called the ‘Parish Share’ (or ’Share’). Holy Trinity met its obligations to the Diocese in 2019, paid only a small fraction in 2020 and 2021, but paid in full in 2022. The church has paid all its other obligations in full. ## General fund The so-called general fund comprises monies that can be used for any poses allowable under charity law, such as heating, lighting, cleaning and general items The Parish Share must be paid from this fund. The church finances in 2022 were far better than in many previous years. For example, the difference between overall income and overall expenditure was £9,078 (it was a deficit of £200 in 2021). The Church’s total expenditure in 2022 was £62,863 (up greatly from £37,997 in 2021). Income in 2022 was **----- Start of picture text -----**
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8 ## PCC programme for 2023 Most PCC meetings may convene via Zoom. Tuesday 31 January Monday 27 March Tuesday 23 May Tuesday 18 July Tuesday 19 September Tuesday 21 November ## Liturgical programme for 2023 Weds 22 February **Ash Wednesday** Ashing and Eucharist Sunday 2 April **Palm Sunday** Eucharist Monday 3 April **Holy Monday** Compline Tuesday 4 April **Holy Tuesday** Compline Wednesday 5 April **Holy Wednesday** Compline Thursday 6 April **Maundy Thursday** Eucharist (followed by vigil at Holy Waterhead Church) Friday 7 April **Good Friday** Non-Eucharistic service **Meditations at the Cross** (at St Barnabas’ Church) Sunday 9 April **Easter Day** Eucharist Sunday 8 October **Harvest Festival** Sunday 29 October **Commemoration of the faithful departed** Sunday 12 November **Remembrance** Non-Eucharistic service Sunday 17 December **Carol Service** Sunday 24 December **Christingle service** at Waterhead Church Sunday 24 December **Midnight Mass** at Waterhead Church Monday 25 December **Christmas Day** at St Barnabas’ Church _**Paul Monk** Vicar (January 2023)_ ## Report from the PCC Secretary The Parochial Church Council (PCC) convened on six scheduled occasions in 2022, either in person or through the video-conferencing computer programme Zoom. The APCM occurred in the nave of the Church. I have sought to publish the minutes from our meetings as soon after each meetings as practicable. _**Zoe Liles:** PCC Secretary (February 2023)_ ## People news It’s always good to celebrate the achievements of our Church’s members: - Our curate, the Revd Jane Hyde, left to become Associate Minister in Middleton and was licensed on 6 January 2022. - Gareth Farnon-Jones from our sister church in Hey has been accepted for ordination training. Some of his placements will occur in Holy Trinity and St Barnabas Churches. - Lucie Reilly was formally licensed as a Lay Reader. _**Paul Monk** : Vicar (February 2023)_ ## Report from the Property Committee There were no building projects in the church during 2022 but a number of small repairs were enacted. The principal project undertaken during 2022 was a once-in-a-generation renovation of the graveyard. Our graveyard is ‘closed’, which means is has no more plots available. As a consequence, it is Oldham Council now owns it. The graveyard was becoming very irregular underfoot as a consequence of collapsing graves. It was unsafe, which explains why the Council refused to strip it. The repairs involved filling the cavities, replacing the topsoil, and seeding with new seed. These repairs required about 12 weeks and cost £200,000. The Church Council has discussed replacing or upgrading the rather old heating system in the church, in order to increase the temperature during services. It has also discussed replacing the kitchen in the Parish Centre. ## Report from the Diocese and Deanery The Diocese of Manchester is expending much energy on the initiatives that started in 2021. ## At the **Diocesan** level: In 2021, the Diocese started what it terms ‘the Transformation’ project, to create a modern church that is fit for purpose. To that end, the Diocese received a large grant from the Church Commissioners in 2020. This trans- 20 9 ## formation impinges on many aspects of church life. Firstly, the Diocese has decreased the number of Deaneries from 21 to 7. Our own Deanery (of Oldham and Ashton) came into being on 1 June 2021. For its second, related initiative, the Diocese created ‘mission communities’. Our Parish will work more closely with a group comprising Glodwick, Hey or Lees, the Leesfield benefice, Moorside, and Waterhead. Our Vicar Paul has been asked to lead this group. Links are growing and, in fact, are growing faster and stronger here than in many other Mission Communities. 40% by 2025. In fact, stress and workloads have caused the number locally to surpass the desired decrease, meaning that many local parishes are in vacancy. And, fourthly, several wide-ranging committees are addressing ecology and the environment, and finance and giving. Our vicar sits on both. ## At the **Deanery** level: As part of the transformation project, a Deanery Children’s Support Officer, Laura Tebay, will also be appointed in early 2023, and we already have a new Deanery Transformation Support Officer (DTSO). The Revd John Evans was appointed in the autumn of 2022 and will help Mission Communities and parishes. There have been other changes of personnel. The Revd Lyn Woodall (who is the Vicar of St John’s and Leesfield) retires in early 2023. The Deanery is working to enhance the eco-agenda, and hopes to appoint an ‘eco-champion’ for the deanery and within each Mission Community, and the Eco-Echo is produced quarterly as an online resource. The Diocese is disposing of St Mark’s Church in Glodwick, but legal matters are causing delays. The Diocese wants to create a new church ‘plant’ in its place, although it’s not at all clear how realistic is that vision. That project is unlikely to start until 2024 but could start much later. 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_**Figure 1** 2004–2022: Average adult attendances during the census month of October: the data include both Sunday and Wednesday attendees. (The 2020 figure gives the average weekly attendance over the year.)_ 11 18 ## Deprivation indices The so-called indices of multiple deprivation (IMD) describe relative deprivation or affluence. The IMD bring together 7 statistical domains: income; employment; health and disability; education; housing and services; crime; and living environment. IMD is a measure that is used to compare areas; it is not a direct measure of deprivation. Other measures, such as child poverty The most recent indices of multiple deprivation were published in November 2019 by the Anglican-run _Church Urban Fund_ . They suggest our Parish is in the most deprived 5.2% of all Anglican parishes in English. This result demonstrates a significant worsening since the previous statistics were published in 2015, when we were in the most deprived 11.4%. It is surely unwise to summarise the disparity in life experience across a large parish by using a single datum for deprivation. It also complicates our task of tackling and addressing need and makes it more difficult when seeking external sources of funding such as grants. Data concerning local super-output areas (LSOA) are better at describing conditions. LSOA data show the south-westerly tip of the parish (lower and upper Littlemoor) suffers profound deprivation. For example, the high-rise flats located in the crook between Huddersfield Road and Ripponden Road lie in the 0.4% most-deprived local super-output areas in England. Most of this deprivation is localised in the south and western parts of the Parish, in both Littlemoor and Greenacres, as below. And data concerning crime and burglary for the area around the Church reveal some of the worst in all England while the modern estate built on the Old Green off Ripponden Road is in the most-wealthy 66% in all of England. Figure 2 displays some of these differences in the form of a colour-coded map. The Covid pandemic has exacerbated the need for us to ‘love our neighbour.’ For example, the _Institute of Fiscal Studies_ suggests those hardest hit the pandemic, these groups were over-represented in the economy of east Oldham (ONS: 09-04-2020). And data (released a ear ago on 15 February 2022 by the House of Commons Library) shows that in our parliamentary constituency, and across all age groups, the unemployment rate has risen by 43% since the start of the first lockdown. the ## Ethnicity Official figures suggest there is a 34% ethnic diversity in the Parish. (The highest across the Diocese is 88% and the lowest is 1%.) Recent data from the _Church Urban Fund_ suggest the approximate ethnicities in our Parish are: British 86% : Roma 6% : Pakistani Asian 4% : ‘other’ 4%. These figures are ## School liaison There are no Church of England schools in the parish and, since the Covid pandemic, work with local schools has not been extensive: - **Littlemoor School** The Vicar led several assemblies and remains a Community Governor of the school. - **Woodlands Vale** (previously ‘Watersheddings’ School) had several tours of the church to comply with the requirements of the National Curriculum. - **Waterhead Academy** The projects scheduled for 2022 were cancelled. No services for local schools occurred in the church during 2022. ## Electoral-roll Officer The list in Table 2 quantifies the adults on the electoral roll. The list is subdivided according to residency within or outside the Parish. It is unwise to trust the the list is undated every three years and will change quite significantly when next compiled. Some congregational movement occurred with new members joining and others leaving. Many ceased to attend. And several members died during 2022: Joyce Crabtree and Barry Harvey, and many members lost a loved one. _**Paul Monk:** Electoral roll officer (February 2023)_ ## Safeguarding and Child-protection Officer Report Holy Trinity’s child-protection policy is displayed prominently on the main notice board. The Parochial Church Council insists that all adults who work with young people must have an enhanced DBS. Most have undertaken online training and all have been advised of the procedures they should adopt if concerns arise. If they, or any member of the congregation, have safeguarding concerns about any child, they should in the first instance contact me as Child Protection Officer. The Local Authority Child Protection Officer can also be contacted for advice if required. _**Linda Birkby** : Safeguarding and child-protection officer (February 2023)_ 12 17 ## Electoral-roll |Table|1|Total|Living within|Living outside| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||the parish|the parish| |2022||159|71|88| |2021||158|70|88| |2020||129|69|58| |2019||132|72|58| |2018||129|71|31| |Table 2|2022|2022|2022|2021|2021|2020|2020| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||No.|A|C|A|C|A|C| |Sunday morning|||||||| |All 11 am Sunday-morning services||||||32|11| ||44|34|13|29|9|29|9| |Family Eucharist (incl. parade)||||—|—|—|—| |Morning Prayer (non-Eucharistc)*||||—|—|36|12| |Wednesday evening|||||||| |All Wednesday-evening services|51|28|23|27|21|26|24| _**Figure 2** The parish of Waterhead. The figure also shows the indices of multiple deprivation, as indicated by colour. The key appears bottom right. The parish outlined in the lower left-hand corner is that of our sister church, St Barnabas. The locations of the_ 13 _two Churches are each shown by a small coloured circles._ 16 changing quite fast. The majority of those from a non-British background live in the Greenacres and Littlemoor areas. ## Footprint The 2022 footprint of people coming to services in the Church was about 14,000 people—a dramatic decrease from its 2020 peak of about 20,000 people but about 15% more than 2021. Much of this recent increase reflects the increased number of the occasional offices, as below. ## Other services: church year and occasional offices We celebrated more of the additional services than in any year since the start of the pandemic. We celebrated the whole of Holy Week and Easter, Trinity and Whit, Harvest and All Souls’, Advent, Christingles and Midnight Mass. We joined our sister Church of Barnabas for Christmas. Statistics for the occasional offices are given in Figure 3. There were no events shared with _Churches Together in East Oldham_ . ## **Miscellaneous** In addition to the above, during 2022 the Vicar also led: ## Regular services It is still unwise to interpret the statistics for 2022 owing to the residual impact of the Covid pandemic. Nevertheless, Table 1 contains a simple . No clear patterns emerge: attendance during Sunday services have improved while the Wednesday attendances have stagnated. . The adult attendance in 2022 varied between the extremes of 26 and 69. The Sunday average over the year was 34 adults and 13 children. A further 27 adults and 23 children attended on an average Wednesday night. The rise in 2022 over 2021 is pleasing. These numbers could have been augmented by increasing numbers of members who are housebound or self-isolate because of Covid; the numbers are displayed graphically in Figure 2 which includes only those attending in person. - 17 funerals: 1 occurred in the Church, 6 occurred in St Barnabas, and 1 each in in St Thomas’ Moorside, Oldham Parish Church, and Barlow’s memorial Chapel. The remainder occurred in Oldham Crematorium. - 18 baptisms. - 6 weddings (and no blessings). - 12 services of Holy Communion with the ill and housebound. - Covid prevented services occurring in Moor Haven Nursing Home on Ripponden Road. Conversely, the Vicar has started services at Alexandra House Nursing Home in Glodwick. During most of the pandemic period, only members with a formal licence led services owing to insurance requirements, but we can now call again on a wider pool comprising two Lay Readers (one formally worships at our sister church of St Barnabas). Finally, we are very lucky that a recently retired Baptist minister, the Revd Robin Wilding, now helps with preaching. ## Virtual services Owing to the Covid pandemic, the Church has delivered services online as well as in the Church building. These additional materials were first delivered during the first lockdown in March 2020, when the Church was physically closed. We continue to publish two service transcripts (in pdf format) for printing or viewing onscreen. In all, we published 116 pdf services in 2021. They have been accessed in about 13 named countries; most are accessed in ‘Europe’ and across four continents. We will therefore continue to produce them until they are no longer needed. 15 14 HOLY TRINITY CHURCH WATERHEAD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2022 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE P.C.C. OF HOLY TRINITY WATERHEAD I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31st December 2022, which are set out on pages 1 to 7. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The church's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The church's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144{21 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Aclll and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: Examine the accounts under sectiorb 145 of the 2011 Actl- To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission{under section 145{5)Ibl of the 2011 Acl}', and To state whether particular rnatters have come lo my attention. Basis of independent examiner's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examiner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. 1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements To keep 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 requirements 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 of the accounts to be reached. (Namel on£TCKJ (Date) ZZILt.Iz023 (Address) 20 S rttLctJ OU OLLkofO Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Statement of financial activities For the year ending 31st December 2022 Unre5trirted Restrlcted TOTAL FUNDS 2022 fur funds 2021 INCOMING RESOURCES Voluntary Income Activities for 8enetstlng funds Income from investments 21al 21bl 21¢) 21dl Zlel 24.191 I.￿5 5.887 860 30,078 1,945 28,463 1,023 Church actlvlties Other incorning resources 29.697 2(X) 29,898 8,311 TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 54.973 6,948 61.920. 37,797 RESOURCES EXPENDED Cost of Benera:ing volunt?ry Income Fund ralsln8 trading Costs Church irttwties Staff costs 31bl 31¢1 3131 31dl 165 48.678 165 1.059 49,737 3,883 34,233 I,ioo Governance costs TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 52,726 1.059 53,785 35,333 N￿INComING RESOURCESBEFaREOThER RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES Fund transfers 2.247 5.888 8,136 942 2.465 GAINS ON INVEsTMENfASS￿s On revaluation NETMOVEMENT IN FUNDS DURIPIG THE YEAR 8ALANCES BIFWD I JANUARY 3,189 17,498 5.888 12,0241 9,078 15.475 2,465 13.008 BAIANCES CIFWD 31 DECEPIIBER 20.687 3,865 24,552 15.473 The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part ofthese accounts 101 Page I Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2022 2022 2021 Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible Investment CURRENT ASSETS Stock Debtors Short term deposits Cash at bank and in hand 1,154 1,392 699 834 2,248 699 26,088 19.502 29,333 23.283 LIABILITIES Creditors- amounts falling due in one year NET CURRENT ASSETSIILIABILITIESI Total assets le55 current liabilities 4,782 7,810 24,551 15,473 24,551 15,473 Creditors- amounts falling due after one year TOTAL NET ASSETS 24,552 15,475 PARISH FUNDS Unrestricted Restricted 20,687 3,865 17,498 12,0241 24,552 15,475 and signed on their behalf by the Revd Dr Paul Monk IP.C.C. Chairman) and Vicky He3ton IP.C.C. Treasurer). The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these accounts 23.0412￿ Page 2 Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Notes to the financlal ststements For the year ended 3tst IYe¢ember202Z I. ACCOUNT￿ POLKWS The flnancial statements hive been prepa￿d in accordance ￿ththe thurth.Accwnting Re8ulatiorb 2W6, the Charitles (Accounts and Reports) RÈwlÈtion5 the Clarit￿S Ad 2011. togth 3￿￿bleaCt0Un1i￿8 51andards. The flnindal st8￿MentS have beer wepared underthe historkal c05t coTrventI(￿ except for the waluaiion of investmÈnt3$5e which are shown ai market ￿lUt. The finan1￿[ statements Ind￿de 31,tran5act￿nS. assets and IlabllSUes for whlch thÈ PCC is responsible in I￿. They do not Include the xcount5 of thurch Éroupsthat owe their affiJiatiDD to aThDthEr boty. nor th05P that are inforrnal gathering5 of church mefnbers. A¢countinÈ basls The financial slatement have been Wepa￿d an accrualsba￿s fund5 RestrKtEdfunds inconie fram trusts orendowryberts may be expended ontyonthose restrkted objects provldeif the tewms of the trust or bequest aThd Ibl donotien5 orkrants received for a speiifii objeit or inmted by the PCC ftrr a spe¢lfic object. The fund5 may only be expen4ted the Spe￿f￿￿bje¢I forwiKh they aregiven. AnYbalan￿ remairjing unspeni at the end of the year rnusr be cayed forward as a balance on that'und. The PCCdoES Wt ￿￿al￿1n¥￿st separatelyforeach fund. Where there15 0 separate I￿￿￿ent, inteiesi ts appor.lonEd to indmduol funth on the average balan￿ ba4 Unre5trirted[unds aregeneral fJnds wh,th can be u5edforpccOrd￿ry wrpose5. IncDmlng resources Income Is recognised In the finantkl statemen15 when.. the churth is er.tJt￿d to the resource.. and . the etonomie benefitfrom it becomes"probable" li.e.. niDre likety th•) Thotl.. and Its mTrnelary valuB can be mwured wtth sufFicRnt rellability. Re50ur¢es expended EX￿nditure must be IntludÈd In th2finanu￿StBteMentSor￿ thethtsrth h&5 a leE31 or tot)struttl¥* O￿ls3110r￿. the c*Jtflow of ecanomic benefft IRcornes"wDb3blE" li.e.. rnDre I￿1 ely thannotl and the awount ron be D￿sured With sultlcient rel￿bIlIty. Hxed assets Conseuated *)d ecde5ia5tical property i5 fKIt incjuded In ihe finanual statements in atwrdante the Charitle5 *lct 2011. Moveable church lurnlshlnÉ5 held bythe¥iEar aTrdthurchwardens Special trnsi forthE PCC and whith require 3 fèculty lor dlsoosal are u￿alIenable property. listed in the chur£h's inv¥Ttw, whith can be inspe£ted lèt any reasonable timel. Fur anything acqulred prior to 2WO. there is [￿uffIcIent Cosi information avaIlab￿a￿d therefore such assets are notvalued in the fInant￿l statemeThts. Equlpment used wlthih the church prprTrbe5 ￿ dekYe£i*ed a 5trdightllne Wso¥erfDuiyears. Individual Ttems of equlpmÈnt wlth a pur¢h45e prire of £5(￿ or are written off wthen the 355et ￿ aCquI￿d. Investments are valued at n7arket val￿? stock Stock is ¥alupd atthe lo%tT of costw net rÈalLsablevalue. Page3 Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 3tst December 2022 INCOMING RESOURCE YOTAiFUNDS 2022 furNts funds 2021 2 lal Voluntary IrKome Planned givlng Gitt aided donatlons Non GSft alded donations Tax ￿CoVerable Other Collpcrion5 lopen platel Glft 9,672 982 2.392 9.672 982 2,392 1,804 6,￿3 1,648 5,1 1,577 10531 5,762 1.923 6,273 2,743 Grants Donatbns. appeals etc. 787 1.231 24.191 5.887 30.078 28,463 2 (bl Artlvitles fiK genera￿llE fur￿$ Fund r3ising 1.945 1.945 1,023 1,023 1.085 Icl Income IrDm in¥estments Dividends and inte."e5t indudirkg tsx recoverable 2 Idl Income from chur¢h actfvltiÉs Pgrfsh Ha..1 letting5 C￿T rent incomp Fee5 Trèding income Church hall bar Mag3zine Subsulptlon Income IlJ58 11,458 201 3,326 6.284 201 3,326 1008 14,338 576 14.338 576 105 115 29.697 201 29,898 8.312 2 lel Otherlncome resources 11suran￿ (laims Sundrfe5 t>tal Intomlng resources 54973 61,921 37,798 Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Notes to the financial statements (continuedl For the yearended 315t December2022 TOTAL FUNDS 2022 frjnds funds 2021 RES(XIRCES EXPENDED 3 lal Churth •ctlthes MSsslonary and Charitable8￿￿8 Iherseas.. Gospel for A51a WoterAid Church Mission society IcM51 Christian ald Home.. strèet AnÉels theimer UK Food for b.0Me￿2Ss tlementa UK C3ncer Research Baptism CharttatAe PayrneTrts Other 231 231 2(N) 252 102 ith) 2fy) 2(X> 120 120 422 422 410 25 909 1.473 1,473 Ministry.. Di0￿53n Parishshare Other ministry Costs Church rU￿ning anLI maintetwvce Chuich utilty c05Ls IDsur3ncÈ Repairs and MaintenaTrce Upkeep of serwSces Vergers'/OTani5tfees Sumup Fees Magazlne expe%es Printing and 5tatlonery Parfsh Hall e¥penses Bar c05t5 Repair5 and maintenance Cleanlng, caretakEr attd sundrles iltilit￿5 and In5uraniE Youth club rJnnlnE costs 5und8y khool Running costs Cho'.r runnlng costs sundr￿5 16.675 3,152 16.675 3.152 9,988 3￿64 4,292 1710 L307 456 4,292 2,710 1,307 ST3 60 182 4,629 2,659 296 341 80 39 J17 182 1,791 1,791 635 7,488 736 933 4.470 7,488 736 2,933 4,470 316 5,770 1,678 1,908 943 943 953 953 49.738 1323 34,233 48.678 1,059 tbl Generatton of V0￿￿0ry incornÈ 3 Icl Fund raFsir¥ costs Le¥Hvt aTrd adverNsl 165 165 165 165 Idl staff cr15ts Youth aub staff co¥E' AdMlnL8lr8tlon staff cost5 Parish Hall barstsff costs 1.100 3.883 3,883 3.883 3.883 i.i(rf) Total resources expended 51.726 1.059 53.785 35,333 Page 5 Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Notes to the financial ststements (continued) For the year ended 3tst December 2022 FIXED ASSEf5 lal TanWble Assets All tangible assets are alloc3tedto unre5trirted fuFbd5 Furnrture & Youth a Equlpment zou Total Equbmert Total ACfUALIDEEMED¢osr Asat i.anuary2022 AddItK)￿ at cost Grdnts Dther adjustments- See rtr Wow at31 Decembei 2022 DEPRECIAnoN AS 81 iJanuary2022 Wlthdrawn on disposals Chareèlor theye- A5 at 31 Oecember 2ff22 NET BOOKVALUE 31 ￿￿ernber JJ7Z NETBOOKVAWE JI De(emlTrEr 2021 Aestrltted f￿n4$ Ibl I￿Vestments 2021 At mawkptvalbe lJanuary2D22 D￿pOsal5 at ca[ryi￿8 valup Purtha5es atcost At m4rket waluE 31 DECEM￿r 2(Y22 STOCK 2022 2021 Parlsh H311 bar stOL* 834 DEBTOR5 2W£2 2021 GiftAld C￿lM 1083 ftestrktedfvnds Ad¥er-.lsing Ild1U￿11bt￿5 165 1,092 1392 2248 LMiimES 2022 Dioc*e A¢cruals for vd'rtyand C•thercD5ts Charity PaymeTrts 3SOO 982 41D 7810 4782 Page 6 Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 31st December 2022 FUNDS The restricted knnds con515t of.. al The buildingfund 15 used for raisingfuDds andgrapts W SUPPOrt malor building repalrs and alteratioTrs. bl 7he FIowErFund is J5ed to iaise hnus lor flovJer decor2tions in the churth cl The YcRrth Club Furjd 's usedto raise funds Ènd grants the opÈrathn of thÈ Churth ytruth tlub dl The Community Choirjund Is used lorraislng grants and luThls tosupportthe opÈratlon of the church tommunity eholr IrKomln8 Resourcts thstment experKted galns Fund Tr4￿rts Oalan¢e 31-12-22 Fund movements oUoil2022 Restricted fiJnds= Btsijding Fund Flower Fund Youth Club Fund The CommunltyChoirFbnd Ilull Kltchen Fund Chldrens5ervices Fund 12.94RI 182 12,9481 86 20 117 742 201 5,795 767 19421 5,795 937 3,869 170 I1,8￿.} 6.783 117 19421 ANALYSIS OF Ngr Aisrrs U￿re￿rfrted Re5tvkled fijnds f￿¢1$ TOTAL 2022 TOTAL2021 Tanglbfe Fixed Assets stock DÈbtors Bank and Cash balan 1.15¢ 1,392 26.665 29.211 1,154 1.392 26,788 29.334 835 2.248 20.202 23.284 122 122 Less Ilablli￿es falllng due withln one year 4.782 24.430 4.782 24.552 7.810 15.474 122 Inter fund ￿lanCeS 24,430 122 Z4.552 15,474 Page7 INCOME Tax efficient planned glvlng 2- Other planned giving 3 - Collections at services unrestricted 9.672 2.786 6,903 restricted 4- All other giving and voluntary receipts. ncludlng Special Appeals (recurring and one-offj 6- Gift Aid recovered 7- Legacies received Icapttal value) 8- Grants Ilnclude recurring and on&offj TOTAL Activities for Gènèrating Funds 9 - Gross income from fundraising acLNlties In¢ome from Investments 10- Dividends, interest, income from property etc. Church Activities 11- Statutory fees retrined by the PCC (weddings, funerals etcl 2,438 2,392 787 5,100 5,887 24,191 1,085 860 3,326 12- Gross income from trading le.E. hall lettings, magazine, bookstall). NOT fundraising. Other incoming resources 26,372 13 - Any other income/ receipts not already listed 201 TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE Costs ot generating income 54.973 17- Fund-rnising acttvities Icosts and payments) Church Activities 18- Mission giving and donations 19- Diocesan parish share contribution 20- Salaries. wages and honararia 21- Clergy and staff expenses Church expenses 22- Church expenses: Mission and evangelism costs 23- Church runnlng expenses 165 1,473 16.675 3.152 516 14,471 117 24- Church utillty bills Igas. electricity. water. oil 25- Cost of trading Major capitsl expendtture 27- Major repair5 to the church building 28- Major repaiis to church hall or other PCC property, including redecoration 8,762 2,892 943 736 29- New building work to the church. church hall, clergy housing, or other PCC property SUB-TOTAL for Church activities & expenses 48,678 1.225 26- Govemance Costs (examination or audit fee) 99- Other outgoing resour￿5 3,883 net 6,295 5,723 planned gtver5 tax efficient planned givèrs other 20 Jc O ￿ tL zzu ggE thLrth 29.￿7 29398 &311 Oth¥ inmrnir¥ re￿r£e5 TOTAL INCOMING ￿U[l 54,973 61%0 37,7Y7 RESOURCES LXMDED C05r ofgew*ingvc4ww Fu￿4 faNrg traJirec05ts rth attw￿q5 Stafcots 3tbl 310 165 49,737 3￿3 04678 3,￿3 34,233 3tdl TOTAL RESOUP£ES EXPENCED 52.726 1(69 53,785 35,333 INa)MNG RESOURCES BEFOREOTFER RECOGNSEDGANSAND LOSSES 2.247 942 8,136 942 Furnl tra￿er5 C¥4 INVESTME￿ A%Ers On t*alL*tsI NEf fv)MMB4T IN FUNC6 tXlRINGTHEYE 3.189 17,498 9P78 15,475 8AL4NtES BIF1￿ IJANUARY 12,a24) Then0te5￿ ￿e53 to 7fompart Llthe5e ￿(oLrtS L m(9L 23.oJ¥, 2023 z31*13J P￿e1 Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2022 FIXED ASS￿5 TangiL4e lfive5tm•t CURRENT ASSErs St¢xk Debto Short tern depc6ts Cash 3t and in h￿￿ 1.392 1248 26.138 29.333 LIABIL￿lEs Creditors- 3rn0untsfaff ingdue in ye3r 4,782 NEf CVRRENT ASSETSIILIABIL ￿lES) 24,551 15,473 Tot* assets le55 current l*)ilitV4S 24.551 Creditor5- arnountsfallingdue 3fterone ysr TOTAL NET ASSErs 24%2 PARISH FUNDS U ￿estrictEd Re5tricred >.687 3,865 17. 24552 Approved by the P.C.C on and 5Ened on th￿r behal by the Revd Dr Pwl Monk IP.C.C. ch￿rman1 Victy Heoton IP.C.C. Trea5urwl. The note5 on ptCif*obptrd lor theyatt kny un*entJJt er*t olthe ywr mujt tsrurritd 1gr*ard as a I￿1rr¢ w IhAI lund.Tfie FCCdv3 n4X J2par•etylw lund Vthere Ihere tb 0sepwaLe ￿¥t￿mE￿L￿t￿e5l6 awor1K￿Clj aft the baknce tTraS¢5. are bE u%ed for fccOrd￿1ry PUVF•3Z%. fr¢O6nr5ctt fft the f&l•¢ials¢thements *hon'. . the(h￿rth Ijenti￿a4 10 the rS￿rce.. • t1eecaffl1l￿K be￿e￿rt *itseoiffiES-wubd*- li%. Trjre rKlk arrtr • ItJ ryvjnctsiry YalucQn bE rnt&%uted Thith ta*b•v. [wrndrlufr mu51 br ifi¢bJded ￿ the f￿￿¢5￿15￿tern0ryts ￿te Ihe thwtb h45 ¢WtW. Lheoutlkn al trtneFiibecares trrab*l2- li¢. ffbjre Ilelythai rr*tlaffld the be Juir￿At￿lrtk￿kny. pwrty Isn￿ thefif•n¢id •l <¢wdarr¢¢wi1h the(h4rf¢3 Xsll. I￿￿￿le h<*4 * the ¢hur¢h**dai3 W Sptrial trU5¢1w th¢ ICC4nd reqiwtt al￿¢11t¥ l•r diJpaJ&are w<>pcviV. l¢Aed ￿ thechurthu invenw.whKti be ￿￿￿e1j lot Lmnel. For ￿n￿h￿S c4u￿d to2(O].thue u ffj5ulknnt(oJt avaApblE mtl thetelwe as*ts vthed ￿ the 3LilemEn with apurchasE prxe ol £SOOor are ￿lIte￿ oll wlEn the Ilxet ÈI4uwed. S¢o¢*iS b)weroltosior netru55*1E ¥abJ P4E3 HolyTrintychLreh Waterhead Nates to th financial rtatements (continued) Fortheyear en(kd 3tst Dtternber 3J22 Lmre#Thcted AeAritt TofAL ￿￿Os 2021 panned gving GiftaO2d )n Git a.thd Tox recwa)* 9,672 10,531 2392 2392 IW)4 6,9)3 I,￿B 5,100 1577 5,762 1,923 6,273 2.743 Co ert*r6 lopen F4otel Grft dayts Grants C*)natr)rts,aFpa& etc 6X)3 7B7 I,zJi Fw*J ratsi B5 1,945 i.ozj DN 4rt5 aTrd Intwe5t IWLXI ir¥tsx recoverab 2 Id) thirth attiwtits pa¥b triall Étu Choi. Iv￿rre IIA5B IIN5B 201 JJ26 6,2B4 201 3JZ6 Tryrfing irKo Church hal bar rkn*E3ZI Sjbxrpton ir￿1¥* 38 14?3B 576 576 it5 29 T¢**iKomiry reyJurre5 61JZI Holy Trinity Churth Watethead Nates to the financial statements (C1￿￿nUed) For the year ended 31st December 2022 hpstrthd TOTAL FUIIDS 2022 1021 RE5CiIRCEsexpENOEO J lal Owh arty¥i¢i• 231 200 2)1 2S2 102 Church Sotxly