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Holy Trinity Church, Waterhead 1 Annual Report for 2025

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Minutes of the 2024 APCM .......................................................................................................... 3 Annual Parish Meeting .............................................................................................................. 5 Annual Parochial Church Meeting ....................................................................................... 5 Parish Reports ................................................................................................................................... 8 Report from the Administrator ............................................................................................. 8 Report from the Church Wardens ....................................................................................... 9 Report from the PCC Secretary ............................................................................................. 9 Report from the Property Committee ............................................................................. 10 Report from the Diocese and Deanery ........................................................................... 10 Ecology report ........................................................................................................................... 10 Community reports ...................................................................................................................... 11 Background ................................................................................................................................. 11 Socio-economic context ......................................................................................................... 11 Church life......................................................................................................................................... 15 Regular services ........................................................................................................................ 15 Other services: church year and occasional offices .................................................. 16 Electoral Roll Officer ............................................................................................................... 17 Youth-work Reports .................................................................................................................... 17 School liaison ............................................................................................................................. 17 Report from the Safeguarding Officer ............................................................................. 18 Report from the Sunday School ......................................................................................... 18 Church diary .................................................................................................................................... 19 PCC programme for 2025 ..................................................................................................... 19 Liturgical programme for 2025 ......................................................................................... 19 Financial Reports .......................................................................................................................... 22 Treasurer’s report ................................................................................................................... 22 General fund ............................................................................................................................... 22 Restricted Funds ....................................................................................................................... 22 Grants received in 2024 ........................................................................................................ 22 Glossary ............................................................................................................................................. 23

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Minutes of the 2024 APCM

Present The following attended the APCM: Lynda Blair, Joan Donallon, Vicky Heaton, Revd Paul Monk, Geoff Lees, Zoe Liles, Jack Peacock, Lucie Reilly, Vera Rigby, Sylvia, Ann Wolstencroft, John Wolstencroft, Sarah Immanuel.

Apologies The following gave their apologies: Linda Birkby, John Birkby, Val Crane, Dan Reilly, and Lynne Schofield.

Opening prayers Revd Paul Monk opened the meeting with prayers at 12.20 pm.

Introduction Paul welcomed those attending and gave the following address.

Welcome to this year’s Annual Parochial Church meeting. In many respects, it’s business as usual and in many respects it’s different—everything is still responding to an (almost) post-Covid world.

I want to start with a long list of the many positives from this past year. First, I’m delighted that the number of folk worshipping here has grown again. It’s surely a sign that we, as a church and community, are welcoming and offer worship that is fulfilling and meaningful. I’m also delighted that ever more members want to contribute toward the delivery of that worship—maybe that’s why its quality is so high. Second, the social events that our church is offering are again consistently of a high quality. Local people often ask me, ‘When is the next quiz, when is the next concert, and so on?’, which surely speaks for itself. They want what we offer. And, thirdly, I want to highlight the life in the Parish Centre. It is managed and run to an exceptional standard and is generating much needed income. That income underwrites the whole of the church and its life. It also explains why, as a fourth positive point, we managed to pay the full Parish Share last year and look likely to do so again this year. Thank you to everyone involved.

But there are also negatives. Obviously, the country is in crisis. Look at the headlines: cost of living, austerity, expensive fuel and empty supermarket shelves. That Oldham is regarded as deprived in such a context implies that we must address a huge level of need. It’s a big ask. We need to keep asking what we could do. Before the welfare state, the church was the fourth emergency service. Well, the welfare state is being dismantled—what are we doing about it?

The second challenge concerns the Church of England in general and the Diocese of Manchester in particular. When I started work here in Waterhead, in 2009, the area covered by our so-called Mission Community was served by five full-time priests. Three had a full-time curate, so a complement of eight full-time ordained staff. There are now two—Denise Owen at Moorside and me though, to be fair, St

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John the Baptist Church will advertise for an incumbent priest quite soon and that person may possibly be in post before the end of this year. I have done a lot of cover work especially for St John’s. I have been asked to become Vicar of Glodwick, which means a certain amount of paperwork, visiting nursing homes, funerals, and so on. And I am doing work for the Diocese and for the Deanery. Why? Because the work needs to be done, but also because the Diocese cannot ask to redeploy me. Before moving forward, I’ll conclude this part of my introductory talk by saying that while a great many local churches are closing—and most of them in deprived places like Oldham—we, Holy Trinity in Waterhead —are regarded officially as being among the safer churches in the entire Diocese. But we must make ourselves safer still.

How? I want to suggest to this meeting a few priorities for the coming year:

I want to appoint an administrator cum facilitator to help oversee the Mission Community. I hope that person will help blur the boundaries between the churches as we all so that, together, we can explore greater community engagement. I will therefore explore that idea with the PCCs of all the churches in the Mission Community.
We do not have a replacement Sunday School after the Pandemic. In fact, we share this predicament with almost all the other local churches. Nevertheless, received wisdom still insists that we attract adults if we attract children. I therefore want a youth worker of sorts, which means sourcing the necessary finance.
I’m not convinced we should change much about the Sunday morning services except sometimes using live musicians. I think there is more scope for updating the Wednesday services, again with more music. As I think you know, the PCC want to install projectors and screens and to facilitate worship, so perhaps that small project will improve things. But I still think we should explore hosting praise night services somewhere within the Mission Community. Maybe that should occur here.
Inevitably, we must talk about building work. The condition of our church and Parish Centre are now among the very best in Oldham—indeed, among the best in the Diocese at large, but we can still do more. I’ve already alluded to the idea of projectors and screens, but we clearly need better heating here in the church and a better kitchen in the hall. We would benefit from remodelling the front of the chancel for weddings, baptisms, family services, but also safety. Yet again, those ideas require funding.

I will of course explore and revisit all these ideas with the Church Council over the coming months.

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It’s time to conclude. I want to thank the large number of organisations who have given grants to the church and centre, its work, and its projects.

And I will end by thanking the small army of people—church members and volunteers—without whom running this church and centre would be impossible: they clean, organise, help, accompany, tidy, liaise, often dropping everything at a moment’s notice, …, the list is long, and the commitment is humbling. A huge ‘thank you’ from all of us.

Minutes of the APCM 2023 Vicky Heaton proposed that we accept the minutes of the 2023 APCM, and John Wolstencroft seconded. On vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

Matters to be considered No matters arising were suggested.

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Election of Church Wardens

Val Crane was proposed by Geoff Lees and seconded by Linda Birkby.

John Wolstencroft was proposed by Geoff Lees and seconded by Linda Birkby.

As there were two candidates and two positions, the two were elected together. On vote, their acceptance was unanimous.

Revd Paul also mentioned to those in attendance that Dan Reilly is adopting the role of Deputy Warden and will therefore shadow Val and John to learn the role with the assumption that he will at some future date become a full warden himself.

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Revd Paul talked through the Annual Report, offering the following clarifications and amplifications:

Property There were several attempted break-ins at the Parish Centre. As is common, our insurance policies will not pay for enhancements to security, so the Church Council authorised a significant programme of security improvements (in addition to straightforward like-for-like replacements). Those improvements cost the church about £9k.

Staffing We have lowest level of staffing in any of the Mission Communities in the Diocese of Manchester, number of clergy is being reduced

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Ecology It was advised that we could remove the pews because there is nothing beneath them—in effect a void—which is why the church is often so cold. Geoff asked about the height of the church which also contributes to the cold.

Community The Waterhead Parish covers the area north-east of Huddersfield Road down to the junction with Ripponden Road. The parish therefore includes all Littlemoor; and, since about 2012, has also included the tower blocks that were formerly in the Derker Parish. In the context of deprivation indices, these towers are among the most deprived areas in the entire country.

Church Life We need a dedicated youth worker to help restart a Sunday School; there is a thriving Wednesday School of sorts.

On a related note, Dan and Lucie Reilly are working to establish a Youth Hub in the Parish Centre; please pray for them.

School work at present, there is no liaison with any local schools other than tours to fulfil the National Curriculum. As we do not have any church schools in the parish, this situation is very unlikely to change soon.

Church fabric Sarah asked about the ongoing renovation of the church. After a brief recap of progress to date, Paul rehearsed the aspects requiring attention. Sarah asked about renting the Parish Centre: Paul confirmed that it is in regular use and generates income for the church.

Safeguarding and Child Protection policies the policies were read out in full. Copies are on view on the notice board at the back of church. No further questions or queries were raised, those in attendance were happy with the policy With regards to the safeguarding if anyone has any questions or queries to speak to Linda Birkby (our Safeguarding Officer) or to Paul directly; if concerns relate to Linda or to Paul, then concerns should be addressed to the Diocese of the safeguarding lead at Oldham Council. Their details are advertised widely across the church website. If a Sunday School recommences, anyone assisting will require full DBS checks.

No queries were raised.

Annual Accounts Paul started by thanking Vicky for her hard work and stated she is a dream to work with!

Paul advised that we did not pay the full balance of the Parish Share this year due to spend required on the hall. This year’s Parish Share is just under £20,000. The PCC voted to accept the annual accounts before the meeting. Joan Donallon proposed that the meeting accept the accounts and Jack Peacock seconded. On vote, the acceptance was unanimous.

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Deanery Synod Linda Birkby was elected in 2023 for a three-year term, so does not need re-election. Lucie Reilly has offered for election. She was proposed by John Wolstencroft and seconded by Linda Birkby. She was elected unanimously.

Parochial Council elections

Val Crane, Linda Birkby and John Wolstencroft are ex officio members of the PCC owing to their positions as Wardens and Deanery Synod reps.

Other members are elected for a three-year term, with a third of the positions available for vote per annum. This year, there are three vacancies and two members willing to stand:

Vicky Heaton was proposed by Joan Donallon and seconded Sue Crabtree. Geoff Lees was proposed by Joan Donallon and seconded Sue Crabtree.

As there were two candidates and three positions, Geoff and Vicky were elected together, unanimously.

Appointment of Sides people

Sunday services Linda Birkby, Natalie Crabtree, Sue Crabtree, Val Crane, Vicky Heaton, Geoff Lees, Zoe Liles, Naomi Parkes, Jack Peacock, Lynne Schofield, June Winterbottom, and John Wolstencroft.

Lily and Stacey Lord were not in attendance today but have been listed in case they wish to continue.

Wednesday services Vicky and Thomas Heaton; and Dan Reilly and Lucie Reilly. Lucie asked if anyone would like to assist on a Wednesday night would be appreciated.

All those on both lists were elected unanimously.

Any other business No matters were raised, so Paul thanked everyone for their attendance.

The meeting closed at 1.00 pm with prayers.

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Report from the Administrator

As you all already know Paul’s final service was on the 27[th of] October 2024 and he was licensed as the Vicar of the Good Shepheard Ashton by the Bishop of Middleton on 21[st] November 2024, and I know we would all like to wish Paul and his family all our best wishes for their future in Ashton.

Pauls last service at Waterhead

Paul’s Licensing in Ashton Photos by Matthew Heaton

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We are now officially in interregnum and the process of finding a new Vicar is underway. Please pray for our PCC members of this Church and our sister Church of St Barnabas as they begin the process of putting together our Parish Profile which will hopefully attract a new Vicar who can carry on the good work that Paul has done and guide our Church into a bright future.

Vicky Heaton Administrator (April 2025)

Report from the Church Wardens

We welcome those who are new to the Church and joined us during 2024, 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 wellbeing of the Church, both as an organisation seeking to sponsor the ushering in of the Kingdom, and for the fabric of the building.

We had many tasks to address in 2024 such as improving our core finances to afford our commitments, and sponsor outreach and other work within our deprived community, so we would like to thank all those members of Holy Trinity’s congregation who have lavished support on us as Wardens during 2024. We hope we can continue to earn your support in 2025.

Our thanks go to the team that lead each week’s services at the Church: the PCC members, readers, and intercession leaders, sides people, 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 (April 2025)

Report from the PCC Secretary

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) convened on six scheduled occasions in 2024. These were held in person in Church. The APCM occurred in the nave of the Church.

The dates of the PCC meetings were:

I have always sought to publish the minutes from all our meetings as soon after each meeting as practicable. Zoe Liles: PCC Secretary (April 2025)

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Report from the Property Committee

2024 was a quiet year, we installed screens at the front of Church which now means we do not have to use hymn books and service cards so we can have a wider variety of music for our services. We had some plaster dislodged from the roof above the entrance, but this should hopefully be repaired during 2025

Every five years we must have an electrical survey on the Church for insurance purposes. This was conducted early this year and after a few minors works the Church passed with a satisfactory rating.

Val Crane, and John Wolstencroft: Vicar and Wardens (April 2025)

Report from the Diocese and Deanery

At the Diocesan level

Emerging strategy for the Diocese of Manchester has rolled out. This has four key areas: Developing missional leaders Parish renewal Growing younger Church planting and revitalisation

At the Deanery level

The Deanery Synod convened three times. Bishop Mark and Helena Platts attended to brief the synod on the emerging strategy.

At the Mission Community level

There are currently no stipend Clergy in the mission community. All churches are now in interregnum. The mission community are relying on PTO and BLT cover for the celebration of Eucharist.

Lucie Reilly (April 2025)

Ecology report

At the general synod in summer 2023, the Church of England committed to ‘net zero’ by 2030. Holy Trinity commits to working toward that goal, and recognises that we will find that goal very difficult to attain.

We have now installed screens which will enable new forms of worship that do not need for paper-based books or photocopying, so again with a low ecological impact.

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The church wishes to replace much of the current heating system, which is not efficient: the interior temperature is often uncomfortable despite heating the building for upward of six hours before a service.

Holy Trinity has expressed its commitment to ecological goals and has been assessed as an eco-church by international body A Rocha with a bronze award. We will explore enhancing that award to silver once the heating has been improved.

Val Crane and John Wolstencroft : Vicar and Wardens (April 2025)

The accuracy of some of the statistics below is unlikely to be high but, nevertheless, they well illustrate our daily challenges and our social context.

We obtain our statistics from the following sources:

Data collected and analysed by the PCC and members of the Church.
The Church of England data (recently processed from the 2021 Census).
The Church Urban Fund.
Oldham Council via its monthly e-compendium.

Background

Official figures suggest there is a 7.4% ethnic diversity in the Parish, which is exceptionally low for Oldham, and low within the Diocese of Manchester: the highest in the Diocese is 88% and the lowest is 1%.

The most recent data from the Church Urban Fund (2019) suggest the approximate ethnicities in our Parish are: British 86%: Pakistani Asian 4%: Roma 2%: ‘other’ 4%. These figures are only changing in the corridor between Littlemoor and Waterhead, and in the social housing in Greenacres.

Socio-economic context

As a Christian Church, we exist to fulfil the first commandment and love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. To that end, we attend and sponsor services of Christian worship. We interpret the second half of the Great Commandment—that we must love our neighbour—as God’s telling us to improve the life chances of everyone in this part of Oldham.

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The so-called indices of multiple deprivation (IMD) describe relative affluence or deprivation. These IMD bring together 7 statistical domains: employment; income; health and disability; education; crime; housing and services; and living environment. The resulting IMD are a relative measure that is used to compare geographical areas; they are not a direct measure of deprivation. Other measures, such as child poverty or working-age poverty, are necessary when developing a fuller understanding of an area.

The most recent indices of multiple deprivation were published early in 2024 and are based on the 2021 Census and are the most up-to-date available. The 2021 Census data demonstrate that Oldham is the most deprived borough in Greater Manchester. Its data show that in our part of Oldham, 77.7% of households have some form of deprivation (the figure for the whole of Oldham is 59.1%; and is 51.7% for England as a whole). Statistics from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in its report ‘UK Poverty 24’ show that 44% of all Oldham children under 16 live in poverty, which is the third-highest level in England after Birmingham (at 46%) and Sandwell and Manchester (at 45%).

The Covid pandemic accentuated the need for us to ‘love our neighbour’. For example, the Institute of Fiscal Studies suggests those hardest hit by Covid will be women, younger workers, and workers on low incomes. Before the pandemic, these groups were over-represented in the economy of east Oldham (ONS: 09-042020). And data (released a year ago in 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; nationally, the rate has gone down.

Using these data from the 2021 census, it is possible to rank our church against all English parishes in order of the deprivation they demonstrate. They suggest our Parish officially ranks 572 out of 12,239; stated otherwise, we are in the most deprived 4.7% of all Anglican parishes in England. This result implies a modest deterioration since statistics were last published in 2019, which then said we were in the most deprived 5.2% of all English parishes. This ranking yields a comparative measure rather than anything absolute , and all informed opinion suggests that the area bounded within Waterhead Parish has not changed significantly since the Pandemic; the change is a direct result of the appalling deprivation in the Littlemoor estates to the left of the parish.

It is unwise to summarise the disparity in life experience across a densely populated 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.

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Data concerning local super-output areas (LSOA) are better able to describe conditions on a micro-community level. The parish traverses 4 LSOAs. The Church and Parish Centre is located within LSOA E01005449. The indices of multiple deprivation from the 2021 Census indicate it is in the most deprived 11.4% LSOAs in all England. The most-needy is located on the far-west side of the Parish (LSOA E01005456) and is in the most deprived 2.2 of all LSOAs. It the 0.44% most deprived in terms of crime; 0.50% in terms of deprivation caused by crime; 2.1% in terms of both employment and education; 6.3% in terms of health and disability. By contrast, properties in the Strinesdale estate to the north of the Church, which reaches into the south-western most tip of Moorside, are in the top 25% in England. All the data used to compile this paragraph are available via the site: https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=67bce0ed36dd 4ee0af7a16bc079aa09a&extent=-0.4317,51.313,0.1986,51.5945

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Parish Figure 1 The Parish of Waterhead: the location of the Church is indicated by the green circle near the centre of the lower map. The figure also shows the indices of multiple deprivation, as indicated by colour (the key appears right).

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Regular services

Table 1 contains a bland summary of average attendances at services across the whole of 2024; data for two previous years appear for comparative purposes.

	No.	2024 A C	2024 A C	2023 A C	2023 A C	2022 A A	2022 A A
Sunday services
All Sunday services	52	36	10	33	10	34	13
Wednesday services
Family services	50	34	29	34	30	28	33

Table 1 Average adult attendances through the week (all events).

The data do not include home communicants and nursing homes). Key: A = adult and C = children.

In 2024, the number of adults attending Sunday worship averages were 36 adults and 10 children. The Wednesday averages were 34 adults and 29 children. Figure 2 shows the average number of adults attending services during the census month of October during the period 2005–2025. One obvious trend is the steep decline caused by the Covid pandemic, which has clearly reversed. The average adult attendance was 78.

There were no events shared with Churches Together in East Oldham .

Virtual services

Each week the church publishes service transcripts in .pdf format, for printing or viewing on-screen and can be viewed via the page, https://www.medlockhead.co.uk/resources/index.htm

The church magazine is also available on-line. All can be viewed via the page, https://www.medlockhead.co.uk/magazines/index.htm

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Other services: church year and occasional offices

We celebrated many additional services within the liturgical year such as Ash Wednesday, the whole of Holy Week and Easter, Trinity and Pentecost, Harvest, Advent and Christmas. Our sister Church of St Barnabas joined us for All Souls, Christingles and for Midnight Mass, and we joined them for Christmas Day.

Statistics In addition to the above, during 2024 the Vicar also led:

20 baptisms.
0 wedding and no blessings of marriage.
17 funerals: 3 occurred in the Church, others occurred in St Barnabas, St John the Baptist, St Thomas’ Leesfield, and St Thomas’ Moorside. All the remainder occurred in Oldham Crematorium.

Figure 2 Average weekly attendances of adults during the census month of October: these data include both Sunday and mid-week services.

The numbers do not include members who would normally attend but were ill, those receiving communion ‘by extension’ at their home, or members in a nursing home.

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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. We update the list every three years and will change significantly when next compiled in 2025 to reflect congregational movement, with new members joining and others leaving. The numbers attending services—particularly Wednesday services—bear little relationship to attendance.

2024 2023 119 142 2022 159 2021 158 2020 129	57 65 62 77 71 88 70 88 69 58

Table 2 Numbers of Church members on the electoral roll. The numbers include the housebound and/or in residential care.

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:

No services for local schools occurred in the church during 2024,
Waterhead Academy again cancelled all the projects scheduled for 2024.

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Report from the Safeguarding Officer

The Parochial Church Council insists that anyone who works with young people or vulnerable adults must have an enhanced DBS certification, that all workers with children undertake on-line training, and all have been advised of the procedures they should adopt if concerns of any kind arise. In this, the church is following secular law and is acting within the regulations of the Church of England and the Diocese of Manchester. In accordance with the church of England’s regulations our junior church leaders have the advanced DBS qualification.

If anyone has safeguarding concerns about any child or vulnerable adult, they should first contact me as the church’s Child Protection Officer. All the necessary contact details are listed at the back of the church and on-line. The Local Authority Child Protection Officer can also be contacted for advice if required. Please contact the Police in an emergency.

All policies relating to children and vulnerable adults are displayed on the notice board at the rear of church.

There have been no issues within the church community this year

Linda Birkby : Child-protection Officer (April 2025)

Report from the Sunday School

The Sunday school has not reconvened since the first lockdowns in 2020 owing to a lack of leaders. Vicky Heaton : Administrator (April 2025)

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PCC programme for 2025

These PCC meetings are scheduled to convene at 7:30 pm if in-person in the chancel, or 7:00 pm by Zoom:

Wed 29[th] January Sunday 23rd March Sunday 18thMay July TBC September TBC November TBC

Liturgical programme for 2025

Weds 5 March Ash Wednesday Ashing and Eucharist Sunday 13 April Palm Sunday Eucharist Monday 14 April Holy Monday Compline Tuesday 15 April Holy Tuesday Compline Weds 16 April Holy Wednesday Compline Thursday 17 April Maundy Thursday Eucharist (followed by vigil) Friday 18 April Good Friday Non-Eucharistic service Sunday 20 April Easter Day Eucharist Confirmation service for our Mission Community Sunday 14 Sept Harvest Festival Sunday 2 Nov Commemoration of the Faithful Departed Sunday 9 Nov Remembrance Sunday Non-Eucharistic service TBC Carol Service Wednesday 24 Dec Christingle service at Waterhead Church Wednesday 24 Dec Midnight Mass at Waterhead Church Thursday 25 Dec Christmas Day at St Barnabas’ Church Vicky Heaton (April 2025

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Liturgical events in 2024

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Social events in 2024

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Treasurer’s report

The accounts attached to this Annual Report offer a detailed description of the Church finances and its trading condition. These paragraphs represent a summary. The Church paid its full Parish Share in 2024: it paid £15,000. It also paid off about £1,100 of its loan to the Diocese, with £800 left outstanding. This was taken out in 2020 to pay for emergency building work when we replaced the floor in the ‘community space’ at the rear of the nave.

In summary, Church funds continue to be under enormous pressure, making achievement of its missionary and charitable aims a challenge. The total income for 2024 was £96,833, which is greater than in 2023 £67,794. Overall costs over the year were £100,540 (up from £66,596 in 2023). The net balance decreased from £1,198 in 2023 to (£3,708).

General fund

The general fund is the church’s only unrestricted account. It pays heat and light, water and cleaning costs, insurance, and routine maintenance. It also pays the Parish Share. At the end of the financial year, the general fund has increased slightly from £3,065 to £3,476. This balance is alarming: for example, the Diocese of Manchester recommends that it is large enough to pay 6–9 months of bills so all of us needs to think about how we can raise additional funds this year to cover our running costs and meet our commitment to pay our Parish Share of £15,750.

Restricted Funds

The Building Fund financed the new screens and renovations in the chancel, the balance is now £5,726.83. The fund for renovating the Centre kitchen and bar area currently stands at £1,022. The Flower Fund holds £53.59.

The Children’s Fund contains £438. This has decreased from last year as some of these funds were used to fund some of the Youth Zone tuck shop.

Grants received in 2024

The Church and Parish Centre was awarded 3 grants during 2024 totalling £24,584. Table 3 cites them in decreasing order of magnitude. These grants helped cover the costs of new screens and the Chancel renovations.

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Natonal Lotery	£19,084
Manchester Diocese	£3,000
Garfeld Weston	£2,500
	£24,584

Table 3 The grants awarded and received by the Church and Parish Centre during 2024.

The Parochial Church Council is extremely grateful to these funders for putting their trust in the Church. It is hoped that subsequent grants will enable yet further improvements to the building. A superior building means less maintenance and more projects that help more local people. It also enhances our potential for higher rental income.

Accounting period an organisation’s accounts are compiled after the end of a week, month, or year. Without qualification, the phrase means the same as a ‘financial year’.

Accounts A way of ‘giving an account’ of what has happened financially. The accounts can cover any period, although most organisations must produce both monthly and annual accounts. The accounts are compiled to help give a full and clear picture of the transactions during the preceding ‘accounting period’ year and its financial position at the end of it.
Accrual A form of accounting based on the concept that any money earned by an organisation must be matched with the costs that were incurred to generate that income, and that both are considered during the same accounting period.

Anglican Adjective meaning ‘the Church of England’.

Archdeacon The priest in charge of the legal aspects for a large administrative area within a Diocese. In particular, the Archdeacon oversees aspects of property law, the employment and appointment of clergy, and discipline.

Area Dean The priest in charge of an administrative area of a Diocese.

Asset(s) In the accounts, quantifiable or tangible item(s) owned by the charity.

Banns A legal prerequisite for a person to get married in an Anglican church. The word comes from a mediaeval term meaning ‘boundary’.

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Bishop The head of a Diocese. The bishop is always ordained, so is a priest.

Capital A project involving building work or purchasing of equipment.

Chair The person who oversees the progress of a meeting. Often called a ‘chairman’, which is itself an abbreviation of ‘chair’s mandate’.
Church Warden A non-ordained member of a Parish Council with responsibility for the fabric of the church. Wardens are elected at the APCM. Those eligible to vote in an election for a Warden include both the members of a church and those who live within the geographical confines of its parish.
Core cost Regular expenditure, for example on salary, rent, insurance, heating and light, and not a one-off purchase or building project.

Diocese An autonomous administrative district within the Church of England.

Financial year the period over which a year-long ‘accounting period’ extends. In the Church of England, the financial year starts on 1 January and concludes on 31 December.
Faculty The Anglican form of planning permission which grants permission to proceed with building work, or other scheme.
Fund A component part of an account. For example, the general fund could comprise a flower fund, refreshment fund, maintenance fund, and so on.
General fund the church’s main financial account. It is usually unrestricted.
Grant A gift of money to support an organisation or an activity. Grants are generally regarded as ‘restricted’ income.
Lay Reader A person authorised by an Anglican Diocese to lead and preach at a service held in a parish church.
Overheads The word generally means some or all the fixed costs that need to be met no matter how much or how little of an activity is undertaken, such as rent, heat, light, Council Tax, core staff.

Parish A geographical area overseen by a Church Council.

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Parish Share The amount of money payable to the Diocese of Manchester. It helps pay clergy salary and associated costs. In older documentation, this debt is called the ‘Parish Quota’ or merely ‘Quota’.

Parochial Relating to a parish, its area, or business.

Project A series of inter-related activities or programmes. For example, a children’s project can comprise fundraising, organisation of volunteers, craftwork, and so on.
Quoracy, quorum, quorate Quoracy describes the rules that define a minimum number or proportion of people who attend a meeting: the decisions of a meeting that operates outside its quoracy is not legally binding. Those people, when assembled, are the ‘quorum’, and meetings attended by that number (or more) are ‘quorate’.

Reader (see ‘Lay Reader’)

Reserves A word used in accounting meaning ‘savings. If they can be spent on anything the organisation does, they are called free (or ‘unrestricted’) reserves. If they can only be spent on something, they are ‘restricted’.
Restricted Money that has been given to a charity for a particular purpose or project.
Sides people Members of a church (authorised by the APCM) to assist the Church Wardens as they oversee the running of a church and its services.
Statutory Adjective meaning deriving from the state, hence the Government, rather than business or VCFSE sectors. The term is usually qualified by words such as ‘activity’ or ‘sector’.
Trustee A person who takes responsibility for managing money or assets that have been set aside for the benefit of others. The members of the PCC are trustees and most are elected.
Unrestricted Money that has not been set aside by the trustees of the charity, or a grant-awarding body, for a particular purpose. Unrestricted funds can be used on any of the charity’s activities.

Warden (see ‘Church Warden’)

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ALM Accredited Lay Minister. A church member is taught and licensed to help lead an aspect of a church service.
APCM Annual Parochial Church Meeting. This once-a-year meeting always occurs in April and is the occasion at which representatives are elected to run a PCC.
DAC The Diocesan Advisory Committee. The DAC oversees the planning of Faculties in the Church of England.
HAF Holidays Activities Fund. Grant-based fund for delivering ‘holiday-hunger’ clubs during the main school holidays.
IMD Indices of multiple deprivation. A weighted average of (usually) seven statistical databases used to help define rankings of deprivation. The initials are often followed by a number, indicating the last relevant ranking or accumulation of data. For example, IMD-19 were the data computed in 2019.
LSOA Local super-output area. An acronym used in statistics to refer to an area comprising about 40–60 postcodes and a population of about 2000 houses.
p.a. Per annum = per year.
PCC Parochial Church Council. The PCC is a group of people who oversee the running of an Anglican Parish, with a remit comprising the fabric of a church building, the services of worship that occur within it, and all the financial transactions that oversight requires.
VCFSE Voluntary, charity, faith, social enterprise. The acronym seeks to distinguish an activity or group from either the statutory sector (so led by the Government) or the business sector.

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The Parish of Clarksfield and Waterhead, Oldham

The benefice of Clarksfield (St Barnabas) and Waterhead (Holy Trinity) is in the Deanery of Ashton and Oldham, the Episcopal Area of Middleton, and the Diocese of Manchester.

Ministry Team in 2024

Vicar In Interregnum Assistant Curate (in part) Post Vacant Lay Readers Pete Haslam Lucie Reilly

Parochial Church Council for 2024

Church Wardens	Church Wardens	Mrs Val Crane
		Mr John Wolstencroft
Church Secretary		Mrs Zoe Liles
Church Treasurer		Mrs Vicky Heaton
Deanery Synod Reps.		Mrs Linda Birkby
Elected Members		Mrs Vicky Heaton
		Mrs Zoe Liles
		Mr Daniel Reilly

Other Church officers

Administrator	Ms Sarah Gura/Mrs Vicky Heaton (part time)
Child-protection Officer	Mrs Linda Birkby
Electoral roll officer	MrsVicky Heaton
Treasurer	Mrs Vicky Heaton
Gift-aid Secretary	Mrs Vicky Heaton

Parish Information

	Benefice	St Barnabas, Clarksfield and Holy Trinity, Waterhead, both in Oldham.
	Bank	The_Virgin Bank_, Spindles Square, Oldham.
	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 2023 was £X, of which 82% was paid.

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH WATERHEAD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2024

EPENDE ER'S RE TTO LY TERHEAD I report on the acUnts of the thurch forthe yoar ended 31 st Decomber 2024, whioh 8re sot out on pages 1 to 7. Rospothve responsilylltles of trustees and examiner The thurch's trustees are responsible for the preparatson of the a¢Unt3. The church's trustees consider that an audit is not rUir1 tor this year under $8Ction 144(2) of the Chariii8s Act 2011 {the 2011 Act)) and that an Independent examination is n8eded. It is my rpOnsIbIlItytO. - Examlne the accounts under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act); - To follow the pr(Kedures laid down In the General Directions glven by Éhe Charlty Commission(under section 145(5){b) of the 2011 Act): and - To state vth&th8T partI18r mstters have eA)me to my attentlon. Basls of Independent èxaminerfs report My examination was carrled out In accordance wltti th8 general Directions given by the Chaiity Commlsslon. An examinalion Includes a revlew of the aGcounting r¢cords kept by the Gharity and a compari50n of the accounts pr8sented MAth those recor(is. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in Ihe ac(y)unts, and saeklng explanaticms from you as trusteos conceming any such matters. The proGedures undertaken do not prod6 all Ihe evldence that wK)uld be requirgd in an audit and consequenty no opinion is given as to whether th8 aco)unls present a Iru8 and fair view, and the report is limtted to those matters set oui in th8 Stalemant b810w. Indap8ndent examlnèrfs statomant In connection th my examlnalion, no matter has Lx)me to my att9nl1. 1. Which glves me reasonable cause to bellev8 that in any materlal respoct the requirements - To keop aocounljng records In Accc¢(Jance wlth sectlon 130 of the 2011 AG( and - To prepare aiuunts aGcr)rd with the acAx)unting recA)rds and comply Mfjth the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been mefi. or 2. To which, in my oplnion, attention sfvjuld b8 drawn in order to 8nabS8 a proper understanding of th8 accounts to be rgached. (Namel LifflÉ(£vy 6 PT) (Date) 6 Iwiai r oL4tTQ CAddress) l [ corfLrwO CUL£6, (fLDtrlfvn I

Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Statement of financial activities For the year ending 31st December 2024 TOTALFUNDS 2¢ll4 2023 INCOMING RESOURCFS Vduntary Income Attfvttlesfor generatlngfunds Incom8from Inv&ments urcb. ocrivld otherlncomlng resources TofAL INCOMING RESOUR(%5 2Ial 21bl 21cl 21d 21el 30N70 246 ,716 967 34,998 144 36AI)O 101 36,1 4,150 25,211 5,139 70.699 26.114 9533 67,794 RESOURCE5 EXPENDED Cost of genw3tSn8 ¥olurrtarylncDrne Fund raLslng tradln8 CQ5ts church aUivErles Stsff costs Governance costs 31bl 31cl 313> aid) 26J58 92,fv16 63,052 320 TOTALRES(xJRc E.XPENtJED 73582 26.958 X)540 66596 NEYINCOMINfj RESOURCES BEFORE OTHER RECOGNISED GAINS AND L(155E5 Fund tran5fer8 GAINS DN INVEsfMEWf AS5£75 On revaluad 118831 18251 11.7061 L198 MOVEMENTJN FUNDS DURIN67HE YEAA BALANCES 8/FWD I JANUARY 2024 BALANCES CIFIMD 91 DECEMBFJI 2024 12.8831 35 18251 22.684 13,71%) 25,748 1,198 24,552 2L859 40 25,750 The note5 pages3 to 7 forn partofthese a¢Lt>unts Pa8e I

Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024 2D23 Motes FIXEDASSEts TabI Investment 101 101 CURRENT ET5 Stock Debto Shorttem depos5 Cash at bank 8nd In hand L503 4,521 732 21748 L081 3,491 732 23,012 28,316 LIABILMES Credltors-amounts falllng due in year Nyf CURRENT ASSETSIILIABIUTIES) Total a55ets less Current Ilabllltles Credltors- amounts fvlllng due after oneyear 2,568 22,Q40 Z5,75() 22W40 TOTAL NAssErS Z5.750 PARISH FUNDS Unrestrltted Re5tr1cted 17.910 7,839 25,75 21.859 Approved by the P.C.C on and slgned on thelr behalf by Lucy Reilly IP.C,C. thalrynanl and Heaton IP.CC. Treasurer}. note5 on pages 3 to 7 form part of these acwunts Paee 2

Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Notes to the finan(ial ststements Forthè ytyar¢hded 3tst Doomber 2024 L ACCOUMnMG pouaES The ff.TrHnrJd staternonts Iwn prepared Inwdaicetth the CthLwthAcu)untlngRwlatJDn 2Dr, thechthdes Ottaunts and Reports) Rt8uloUD¢W 2a08andtheUrdrttk¥Act2011 Iwerth appubts wuntlr65t4nd7rth. Thena1 statew.ts have beenweFr&l under the htstoJlc41 ¢ortwnventlvn forthevaluguon oFlnveStrn9tgs whlth are shown * market vale.The1[ra1sIatw.ert$ Ine atltr&nthms. 4¥s4ts and Ilabllwesforwhlch thB PCCIS reSptsnslb In.'aw.They do inrludethe a(¥)xrrtsof thurch th3¢owethetr•fflllaiknn to anDtherbody northosethat arelnf¢Th2lg&thÈrJn8s of dwthm&mbprs. Arcounlthg b& Theftn4n¢lai Slatewerrtha¥elxen Ffewredon 4norcnJdsb Funds ffe5tr1ctedlupdy Incwefromlnths orendomènts m¥be¢xpe.Ided thD5e re5trIctl oblÈttspvOrted Inthe tarm5 uf the tOr Wuost and Ibl dunatjons orgrants rB¢efved tori sTrethcot4prt orln¥lted bythe Pccfora spÈemcobla¢L Ille fuNts mayonty be expoTrded onthe 5pecinc ob.'¢rtforwhkh thwgherL knybjkn rthnabln8 un5J8nt atthe end 1th yètr must taledfOla a5 on that. The PCC ooès not US1Th¥e$epardie1Y foreach fund. Whthere15 no separaie IrhvestmÉrt lnterestts8PFr0ned to Ilthds 0Trthe4vÈr bakarn b8sk, (InreSrttedAurS aTr 8eTheralfttnds ran be ad fw KCoTdkn8rypurFW, Irom LSrecOlSÈd In theflTraThdof statementstr . tne churth l$entftlErfto ttr.ere5¢Mrcv. and th8 economlc benefft from Itbecorr,es"?rob4bWO.&. th 11. ONI • OtsmDnÈtary Y41ver4n be mewredwfth dEr11ty. ResoureÈs2wded ExpEn4ltyrR musi belntluded InthÈflncfajrtOtets0rth- thuwth kslÈ8Hlorh4tntK0b1194t1o the outfii)W DI etobomk beoÈAtbeLrmÈs trrobitv l1.e.,wrÈllkEtyth nthl 2mowrrtcaThbp me4wred tth suffiLIEnt rdlatrAIIty. CA)nated 4nd e8S1&1c8l prryertyls not In ttflMMial StatenrtS hatrda1 vAth th8a)ErfWEs 201L Mo8bJpchurch firnl5hlS hetd bythevlfAratKI knrdens sped4 the P(t which requlre afgtultyfor dlsposal are unal1e?ab pro.wty,115ted In thEthurth's:'nvEttry. %Yhthcan bts latanyre8san&blE tlmel. ForonytNnB 8cry'red prlorto 2(lJ). there Ls 11suffhat ojrt1rcrnI1on Zb[ 4nd trTeforosL'th asspts Bre rotvalwd Inthèflnancl Equlpment Used wlthln the thr(h wern15es tsdewÉtLttedon a th'eht 1hèbuffVEarS. Indmdual Items rfequWm¥ wlth a purth4sÈ prl¢e of 2500 or less are v4rFtterb¢ff wnen the ¥*.15Kqutred. IDvE5ErTMts2revoluad UtmarketNwe Stock Sto(& L%Valts al 1uw2r0fwstorttSab¥d1e.

Holy Trinity Church Waterhead Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the yepr ended 3tst Decernber 2024 INCOMING RESOURCE e>trkled funts TiyfAL FUPIUS 2024 2 19) Voluntary In PlanNedR(¥fjng 6Wtalded donauuns Gfft aldod dohatkms Tax reCOverae other Colte¢klons{apen platel Giftd¥y5 6rants Donatlon5, appealsé¢ Legactes 7.295 815 6A99 7.981 4S80 7.295 815 6,493 7,931 I80 ¥650 2484 1,918 7A89 7B3 3,441 5,978 2.104 Y,520 4238 24 1.256 662 30A70 25346 55,716 s4.8 2 Ibl AV[lOr 8eouath¥funds Fund ralsin8 967 967 2A46 46 2 (¢1 Income trom Invostmollts Dmdends 6nd lntere5tkndudlIa recovernbl Parlsh Hall lettln8S olr rertlncome r*es Trddlne IncomE uh hal twr M8gazlne Sybscrlptlon Inrne 15.051 15,051 12,372 L181 19,8TJ 292 11,580 78 192 36,rxlC 36,fNN) 25212 (el OtherltKomo resourEes InsuT8nEe dalms 5undrlES S,139 150 4&150 Iso 4.150 5,199 Totsl rt$0ur£eS 70 26a33 96A3J 67.794

Holy Trlnlty Church Waterhead Notes to the flnanclal staternents (continued) Forthe ¢tMled3tst D¢b¢r2024 TOTALHJP RESOiIIICESFmNIIED 8 (•) i]Ytrws'. WqthrPJrt Ildwl Suc rbtkndd 212 M#gEI£J .arUK FoodfthrHonth5 Dthmdrtq Ui DrKeryhws NSPC( HaNtyM•n St[Dkeknl10n CFMerRe4rth l•4kFvJNIsY 17 iy 3$ 41 4074 41Y5 aiuRQI RUNNTrIGAMII hIAMENO)sTs rarKe 4aiF 27J79 5,570 RepttlrSieln5Utr7ECkn 8p ofswe5 CwtoléonetsC0Mn Versets'loruanhtftts Pth'.IryRnd5tatk)n P1J1 HAILEXPENSES 8wc05t5 Repth5gndmlnt•w# 579 I2fj uuntsand ImpF 5.126 74 TMtstOLfv'YthtrPwknhthare Yvrth Hubnmhlrfs&vprDJts V65 ChJlrrvnningrx Surylrh 510 91S16 S Ir) Fund Idl StthLTJ l?uthClbSt1110vgr Ptrfbh Halbarjtsff cuyts

Holy Trlnity Church Waterhead Notes to the financial statements (ntinued} For the yegr ended 31st Decemher 2024 FIED ASSETS {al TaLRlble Assets All thle assets ¥e a&J¢ated to nr¥tr1eted funds (hwth R[rnIreA Yujth Is Equlpmont 20Z4 TDtal Totsl ACWAVJÉEMED cosr % atlJ<nu4ry2024 AdthIr kt CQ5t Gnnts èndothtraélumnts.seeDotebel 5.797 2J.851 29M5J A5BtSit)ecb¥2OZ4 5,797 29085 DEPRE¢IAIILW4 As atl knuary2014 WhhdTa*n tsn dWrA5als horge foF the year A% 8t31December2024 ¥fj5 29I51 19,851 5565 5,797 NET PODKVALUE&I lund5 AtrnarkEt¥aluelJanuary2Tr24 IWpo45attatrylVa[Ue rchases4t¢05t R£yBIrItynBIthA[O59I At rnwketva1ue31fvm2024 STOCX PBr&h H¥lb¥stock DEMIRS 20 Hall Elpctrk Oldham MBC VAT Refund 491 4377 4,521 3rt9t LIABIUllES IYoces8 LOJ A¢¢ru?bfDr udltyandotherusts A¢cru4lforPorlgh Share Atsxal lorParlth LrAn Accrualftsr Barstock atttyPaymert5 9S 10)

Holy Trlnlty Church Waterhead Notes to the financial statements (ntinued) For thear endgd 31rt DecemboT 2024 FUW05 The restiitted lundsc&i%15¢o al 7Aebulldfngfvftd Isused f(tralsln8 andgrnnts to wMxytJnarbulhgtr$ndIhVrad l TheFhwerhind tstse lun¢sforflowd)r&tlartsknthec 817hg HoMkYtdJeA Fund Ls used lu rE fvnds 8rsrtFforthe op&ofbBfjd uryrade IlllllKthnJB8r ft yhethlldKeJpsSerstsF7d ts erf lor8d5 8?nts[LtF.eoDfthe WÈthsd¥ylSJJw5dJth) F•nd nyjve e•kn Transler 3y12r2D24 ¢Jhrestrtctedfund&' GaneralFy HaR Restrlcted fvnth: ulthgFunGI FlotTFnd Youth ClubPJnd )LT16 31J&l 42 4476 24 25A29 5727 54 HoUK7triJen Fd 135 I022 438 ZTJ 25,748 1497 ANNIYSLS OF N•ET$ fvnd% StDck DebtD ¥")r 521 3.49L Ca5hbakrK4J W16 iessllabQtt*sfalkng(h wjthlnmeyear 6,463 21(MO 35,749 IntsTfwd 25,749

INCOME rax efflclent planned giving 2- ather planned glvlng 3- Colloctlons at services unre$(d 7,295 8,796 restrfcted 4-Al other gbjlngand voluntary receipts, includln8 Special Appeals (recurring and ontroffj 6- Gift Ald recovered 7- Lega¢ies received Icapltal value) 8- Grants Iln¢lude recurrinE and ontroff) roTAL ACtilieS for Generatlng Funds 9- Gross Income trom fundrats1?ctlvIt1eS Income from InvÈstments 10- Dlvldends, intèrest, Income from property 2,906 6,493 662 W70 25,246 80 887 Church Actlvltle5 11- Stztutoryfees retalned by tho PCC IweddlnEs, funerab etc) 784 12- Gross Income from trnd1 le.g. hall lettlng4 magazine, bookstall). NOT fundra151ng, other Incomtng resources 35.216 13-Any other Incomel rocelpts not already Ilsted 4,150 TQTAL INCOME 70.699 26,133 EXPENDITURE Costs of generatlns Income 17-Fund-ralslng acthrftles Icosts and payments Churth Art]vltle5 18- Misoll glvlng and donatlons 19- DIoce5an parlsh Share contrlbutlon 20- Salarle5. wages and honara.da 21- C5er8y and staff expenses chwich expensEs 22_churth expenses: Mtsslon and evangelLEm ¢osls 23-Churth runnlng expense5 1.088 7,894 3,195 L034 233? 32 1,384 24- Church utlllty bills tsas. electrlclty, water. oll) 25 - Cost of trading Major capltal eXperlAle 27- Major repalrsto the church buildln¢ 28- MaJor repalrs to thurcfj ho11 or other PCC propertyj includlng redecoratlon 10,261 4,055 113 25,4 2,525

29- New bulldlngwork to the thurch. church hall cler8y housln& or other PCC property SUB.TtJfAL for Church actlvltles& expens&q 6882 26,958 26- Governance Costs {examlnatlon or audltfeel 99- Other outgolng resources TOTAL 732 26.958 net 1117 18251 planned gtvers tax effldent lanned yJvers other li

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Contents

Minutes of the 2024 APCM

Annual Parish Meeting

Election of Church Wardens

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Parochial Council elections

Appointment of Sides people

Report from the Administrator

Report from the Church Wardens

Report from the PCC Secretary

Report from the Property Committee

Report from the Diocese and Deanery

At the Mission Community level

Ecology report

Background

Socio-economic context

Regular services

Virtual services

Other services: church year and occasional offices

Electoral Roll Officer

School liaison

Report from the Safeguarding Officer

Report from the Sunday School

PCC programme for 2025

Liturgical programme for 2025

Social events in 2024

Treasurer’s report

General fund

Restricted Funds

Grants received in 2024

The Parish of Clarksfield and Waterhead, Oldham

Ministry Team in 2024

Parochial Church Council for 2024

Other Church officers

Parish Information