## **Parkgate & Neston United Reformed Church Charity** 

**Parkgate Road, Neston CH64 6QF** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES For the Year Ended 31st DECEMBER 2022** 

This report includes information required by the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting by Charities 2005 as applicable to charities entitled to prepare accounts on the receipts and payments basis 

## **CHARITABLE STATUS** 

Parkgate and Neston United Reformed Church Charity is a local church of the United Reformed Church in Great Britain and is a member church of Mersey Synod of the URC.   It was entered on the Register of Charities on 2[nd] March 2012 as Charity number 1146217. 

## **TRUSTEES** 

The members of the Elders’ Meeting for the time being are recognised as the charity trustees. 

Those who served from 1st January 2022 until the date this report was approved are: 

- 

Dr. D. G. Vale Chair from October 2021 Mrs. M. A. Fewtrell Secretary Ms J. Cash Mrs. E. A. Clowes Mrs. S. M. Davies Mr. B. D. Jones Mrs. P C MacDonald Mr. A. Meehan Mrs. S. Vale Mr. F. Wood 

## **PREMISES** 

The Church buildings and the manse at 31, Moorside Avenue, Parkgate, Cheshire are vested in the URC Merseyside Synod as trustees and held for the benefit of Parkgate and Neston URC in accordance with the trusts applicable to URC properties. 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

The activities of Parkgate and Neston United Reformed Church are overseen by the Elders’ Meeting of the Church in accordance with the provisions of The Structure of the United Reformed Church determined by the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church and supplemented by the rules of Parkgate and Neston United Reformed Church. The governing document of the registered charity is a statement adopted by the Church Meeting on 13[th] September 2011. 

The Elders’ Meeting is responsible for the financial administration of the Church, and the care and maintenance of Church premises and the manse. The Church 



Meeting (of all members wishing to attend) gives general guidance on the life and work of the Church. 

The Elders’ Meeting includes the minister, in pastoral charge, and elders nominated and elected at the Parkgate and Neston United Reformed Church Annual General Meeting.  Elders serve for four years, when they are eligible for re-election. The members of the Elders’ Meeting are the trustees of the registered charity during their period of service as elders. 

The Elders’ Meeting convened 11 times during the year. It is assisted in the administration of the Church and its property by committees established for specific purposes.  Any expenditure incurred by the committees must be approved by the Elders’ Meeting, and any proposed major expenditure must have prior approval of the quarterly Church Meeting. 

## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** 

As a local congregation of the United Reformed Church, Parkgate and Neston United Reformed Church seeks to advance the Christian faith and benefit the public through its activities and the facilities offered to the community. 

The Elders’ Meeting is aware of the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in "The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit" and has regard to it in the administration of the Church. 

The Elders’ Meeting believes that the Church provides benefit to the public by: 

• providing resources and facilities for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual, moral and intellectual development, both for the congregation and for anyone else who wishes to benefit from what the Church offers 

• promoting Christian values and service by members of the congregation to the community, for the benefit of individuals and society as a whole. 

## **REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES** 

The church continues its activities in promoting the Christian faith, holding Sunday services and by running study groups and fellowship meetings during the week. The church, together with other local congregations, is involved in a number of community activities including supporting the running of a Food Bank in Neston and a school uniform scheme. Regular donations in kind have been made, via the church, to West Cheshire Food Bank, Asylum Relief, a women’s refuge and the ‘Shoebox’ appeal. 

The church continues to maintain and improve the hall for the use of community groups as well as for church events, and provides volunteer workers for, and/or subsidises the activities of, a number of the groups. 

The community groups using the church and hall include: - 

English Country Dancing Flower Arranging Make it Monday – a craft group producing items for overseas and local charities. 

Men’s Group Neston Civic Society Neston Singers 



Pilates Scottish Dancing Tai Chi University of the Third Age (U3A) Choir, History Poetry, Pilates, Photo and Dancing groups. Women’s Guild 

Other groups in the community use the hall for occasional events and the hall is used as a Polling Station for Parliamentary and local elections. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

Income was adequate to meet the church’s expenditure, and church members and others supplied additional funds to improve accessibility and facilities. Additional income will be required in 2023 and fundraising will continue when restrictions are eased. 

Details on the attached financial statements are allocated under the following headings: 

**Unrestricted Funds** : Ideally, the Elders’ Meeting would wish to have in hand an amount equal to at least 2 months’ regular expenditure as "free" reserves, to meet future shortfalls in income or unexpected expense. The balance on 31 December 2022 is adequate for this purpose. 

**Designated Funds** : Funds allocated by the Elders’ meeting.  The ‘Cyclical Maintenance’ fund is a reserve to cover larger building repairs, etc. 

**Restricted Funds** represent bequests, donations and fund-raising items received for a specific purpose, and cannot be used otherwise without the consent of the donor. 

‘Support of Outside Causes’ (most of which is included in ‘restricted funds’) represents moneys raised during church activities and passed via the church accounts on to the respective charities. 

______________________ 

**This report was approved by all the Trustees and is signed on their behalf by the Church Secretary.** 

_Mary Ann Fewtrell_ 23/03/2023 

**…………………………………. …………………….. Mrs Mary Ann Fewtrell Date** 



PARKGATE & NESTON UNITED
REFORMED CHURCH
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
Year ending 31 December 2022
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS AccouKr
Il*¥l•i FundB
Ij 2021
TIAal
Fur#J•
Fur
2022 Tot41
RECEIPTS
Frgw*lll Olfwl
42.614
42.114
15,149
41*2
2254
11,7YJ
Fund r￿*1￿9 (l￿t ￿¢08￿
Mone
ralsed for autside c•J¥es
Gmt Akl Tax
2￿5
10519
10.491
10891 1
14.775
14.775
510
7028,
510
Che*l•r Ro•a URC
1125,.
31
In•urano• clalm
'Bank inteiÈst& In¥t￿Th￿ inoo
240 1
12
PAYMENTS
Mlnls
& Ml8•lon Fund
,Mlnl•
*x
',Chuv¢h runnl
ramme xbvi
5ts. Cam
ramm¢ ￿tty costs. Oth
support.ol outsld• cau
M81ntsr￿￿ cl chur¢h bulldl
run
39.7SI
39.758 ,'
42394
19m3 ,
19.603 ,
557
19Y24
3.513
1951,
2.1FA* '
324
Tot41
70
71673
NET RE¢ErnAYMEPtrs
12
TRANSFERS b8iweén fiTrr#J*
,TRANSFERS t*twe•Tr fur
CASH FUNDS t¥7¥fvJ 1 Janua
'CASH FUNDS 31 Oqcember
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND UABILITIÉS
MONETARY ASSETS
C••hiCh4uM In Tian¥lt
Bank curient xcounts
It ¥counts
5.870
4.393 i
18.318
6533B
41.352
Apwov•d by thfr Church PAo•tl •￿Id on 1•1 March 2023
and
n•d on Its b•half by
ni8tse
Tru$lè•
2•NaT3A
Tl)roughout Some totals iiiay be affected by the roundiiig of calculations

Patkgate Neston Unrted Ref0m￿￿ ch￿ch
Stalamert of kntyjnts 2￿22
ACCOUNnNG POUthES
FUNO AccoupillNG
Dtslyl￿f•￿ Fund*
bè tra￿l•r1•Y W In
00•1gnat•d Funds
y•w
ms c+ a trult ov bwue¥( or donalknm ot gr•nts wwe6¥*d or Invlknl for * wific puw. Th•¥e Tur￿8 can
only ts •wnton 4¥Klnc purr*ffj•kn T*hkh ty w•rngl¥•h. Any r•mabnlThJ unwt m￿t
b• ab￿r￿ Inty
R•8trletyd Fund•
In y•AW
1.$1$
Roofing Fund
Fund
Outsld• C•i•
Cam
Car Pafk extensloft
JutMle• Gathn
1.475
G6ftAld
105
1494 ,
1513 .
510
11.7
714
16
MONEYS ￿sED FOR
OUTSIOE CAUSES
Fund•
FurKI¥
Fynd
4. PROPERTY INCOIAE
FurK
Fur
Fub
Total
13.152
13.152
1.516
105
6,285
743 1
Church
& Fur*rd•
105
CHURCH RUNNW4G COSTS
Fu
Fun
Toial
2a93
Total
2.870
Insurnnce
3.716
725
725
555
Intsrn
1.165
1,185
Olher Sund Ex
155
511
4,1PJ)
clean1￿.
Gardèn
Oi
4n&
4,720
Tolal ¢thurch n￿nI
19
P•J¢2of4

Patkgate Ne#on Unrted Refotmed Chur¢h
statement 01kn￿nts 2tr22
8. PRC43RAMME ACIMTh COSTS
FurKts
Total
1X)
Total
ramw
1x1
Fund•
Totsl
Total
Commthentfor lrfe
ChrlJfj4n Njd
Chrl8tmu Chwi*
Pral*• • Fdlo*¥hl
101
161
. MAINTENANCE OF CHURCH
BUILDINGS
FurKIs
Funth
1 2021 Tc4al I
t Mainv
'PuwciiaM (* ryul
2,073
2,119
578
107
Totd (*ehurth tyJihJi
2698
19. MONETARY ASSETS
Fun
i l Tow
HSBC Bank ¢urwent xcount
4.393
5.870
31WO
1&316
36,9S9
16
10. ASSETS USED FOR CHURCH PURPOSES
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eonnect•d ￿rkgaI• and N••ton URC. For Inwrnnc• purpow th• churth ￿lId￿n￿ al• byl
Il•• church for £42S1522
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PARKGATE & NESTON UNITED
REFORMED CHURCH
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
Year ending 31 December 2022
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS AccouKr
Il*¥l•i FundB
Ij 2021
TIAal
Fur#J•
Fur
2022 Tot41
RECEIPTS
Frgw*lll Olfwl
42.614
42.114
15,149
41*2
2254
11,7YJ
Fund r￿*1￿9 (l￿t ￿¢08￿
Mone
ralsed for autside c•J¥es
Gmt Akl Tax
2￿5
10519
10.491
10891 1
14.775
14.775
510
7028,
510
Che*l•r Ro•a URC
1125,.
31
In•urano• clalm
'Bank inteiÈst& In¥t￿Th￿ inoo
240 1
12
PAYMENTS
Mlnls
& Ml8•lon Fund
,Mlnl•
*x
',Chuv¢h runnl
ramme xbvi
5ts. Cam
ramm¢ ￿tty costs. Oth
support.ol outsld• cau
M81ntsr￿￿ cl chur¢h bulldl
run
39.7SI
39.758 ,'
42394
19m3 ,
19.603 ,
557
19Y24
3.513
1951,
2.1FA* '
324
Tot41
70
71673
NET RE¢ErnAYMEPtrs
12
TRANSFERS b8iweén fiTrr#J*
,TRANSFERS t*twe•Tr fur
CASH FUNDS t¥7¥fvJ 1 Janua
'CASH FUNDS 31 Oqcember
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND UABILITIÉS
MONETARY ASSETS
C••hiCh4uM In Tian¥lt
Bank curient xcounts
It ¥counts
5.870
4.393 i
18.318
6533B
41.352
Apwov•d by thfr Church PAo•tl •￿Id on 1•1 March 2023
and
n•d on Its b•half by
ni8tse
Tru$lè•
2•NaT3A
Tl)roughout Some totals iiiay be affected by the roundiiig of calculations

Patkgate Neston Unrted Ref0m￿￿ ch￿ch
Stalamert of kntyjnts 2￿22
ACCOUNnNG POUthES
FUNO AccoupillNG
Dtslyl￿f•￿ Fund*
bè tra￿l•r1•Y W In
00•1gnat•d Funds
y•w
ms c+ a trult ov bwue¥( or donalknm ot gr•nts wwe6¥*d or Invlknl for * wific puw. Th•¥e Tur￿8 can
only ts •wnton 4¥Klnc purr*ffj•kn T*hkh ty w•rngl¥•h. Any r•mabnlThJ unwt m￿t
b• ab￿r￿ Inty
R•8trletyd Fund•
In y•AW
1.$1$
Roofing Fund
Fund
Outsld• C•i•
Cam
Car Pafk extensloft
JutMle• Gathn
1.475
G6ftAld
105
1494 ,
1513 .
510
11.7
714
16
MONEYS ￿sED FOR
OUTSIOE CAUSES
Fund•
FurKI¥
Fynd
4. PROPERTY INCOIAE
FurK
Fur
Fub
Total
13.152
13.152
1.516
105
6,285
743 1
Church
& Fur*rd•
105
CHURCH RUNNW4G COSTS
Fu
Fun
Toial
2a93
Total
2.870
Insurnnce
3.716
725
725
555
Intsrn
1.165
1,185
Olher Sund Ex
155
511
4,1PJ)
clean1￿.
Gardèn
Oi
4n&
4,720
Tolal ¢thurch n￿nI
19
P•J¢2of4

Patkgate Ne#on Unrted Refotmed Chur¢h
statement 01kn￿nts 2tr22
8. PRC43RAMME ACIMTh COSTS
FurKts
Total
1X)
Total
ramw
1x1
Fund•
Totsl
Total
Commthentfor lrfe
ChrlJfj4n Njd
Chrl8tmu Chwi*
Pral*• • Fdlo*¥hl
101
161
. MAINTENANCE OF CHURCH
BUILDINGS
FurKIs
Funth
1 2021 Tc4al I
t Mainv
'PuwciiaM (* ryul
2,073
2,119
578
107
Totd (*ehurth tyJihJi
2698
19. MONETARY ASSETS
Fun
i l Tow
HSBC Bank ¢urwent xcount
4.393
5.870
31WO
1&316
36,9S9
16
10. ASSETS USED FOR CHURCH PURPOSES
Th• Tru•t••s af th• ¢hur¢h arn the URC M•Th•￿ Synod trust T*ho hdd ft upon tru•t for purpo••s
eonnect•d ￿rkgaI• and N••ton URC. For Inwrnnc• purpow th• churth ￿lId￿n￿ al• byl
Il•• church for £42S1522
P483of4

Patk9ate Neston United ReforEn￿ Church
Statemert ofknojnts 2WZ2
TREA8URERS STATEAIEpir
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INOEPENOENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
Idonot
K Thom
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