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2023-12-31-accounts

Parish of Honley with Brockholes Annual Report for 2023

Charity Registration Number: 1148443

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Parish of Honley with Brockholes Annual Report for 2023

CONTENTS Page number
Introduction and Electoral Roll Report 3
Parochial Church Council 4
Vicar's Report,Financial report 5 - 7
Churchwardens Reports, ,Deanery report,
SafeguardingReport,St. Mary’s Home Group		 7 - 9
Mothers Union Report, Caring for Creation, Music
Group, st. Mary’s Choir Report, Brockholes Junior
School Report, Honley JIN report		 10 - 11
Minutes of annual meetings 2022 12 - 13
Statement of Finances 14 -23

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Charles Kaye PCC Secretary May 2024

Interior of St Mary the Virgin, Honley

Interior of St George the Martyr, Brockholes

Electoral Roll Report Number on roll Of whom resident outside parish Increase/decrease since last year Parish Total 112 12 -7 Jane Wardman Electoral Roll Officer

Charity Regist rat ion Number: 1148443

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!Parochial Church Council (PCC) 2023

The Purpose of the PCC

Honley with Brockholes PCC is the official, partly-elected, body which shares responsibility for the whole parish with the vicar. its principal function is to co-operate with the vicar in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical, It also has responsibility for the maintenance of St Mary's Church, Honley, St George's Church, Brockholes, Honley Parish Room and the Cremation Plot at Honley Burial Ground.

Membership of the PCC

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. During 2023/2024 the following served as members of the PCC.

Martin Short Incumbent Katrina Robinson-Brown Curate Churchwardens Shona Penfold, Anthony Parkin Jenny Parkin Deanery Synod Graham Wardman Jane Wardman; representatives Charles Kaye Vacancy Honorary Officers Clive Green (Treasurer) Elected Members Pauline Adams 2021-2024 St Mary's Vacancy 2021-2024 St Mary's John Adams 2022-2025 St Marv s Vacancy 2022-2025 St Mary's Diana Kaye 2023-2026 St Mary's Bill Kemp 2023-2026 St Mary’s Chris Coleman 2021-2024 St George's Paul Coleman 2022-2025 St George's Joan Oldfield 2023-2026 St.George’s . PCC Secretary Charles Kaye

Meetings in 2022/2023

The PCC met 5 times in 2023/24.

Committees of the PCC

Standing Committee is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between meetings, subject to any direction given by the PCC. It consists of the Vicar, Churchwardens, PCC Treasurer and PCC Secretary. The Standing Committee met once in 2023/2024

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Almighty God, who called your Church to witness that in Christ you were reconciling the world to yourself: help us so to proclaim the good news of your love, that all who hear it may be reconciled to you through him who died for us and rose again and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Dear friends,

At the start can I thank you for reading this report and ask that you continue to pray for the mission of our churches.

As I write it is with a sense of reflecting back over my time here, it is good to look back with thankful hearts for all the blessings that we have received from the Lord over the last few years we have journeyed with you in this place.

Contained within this report are highlights but these words cannot fully express the life, enjoyment and exertion that goes into all that is done in these parishes. And I thank all who have given to this in so many ways.

I give thanks for those who worship here on a regular basis or occasionally we are all part of Christ’s body in our churches. I would like to thank the members of the PCCs for their prayerful service, our sides men and women who are there before our services and still there when they are over, welcoming and tidying away. Thank you to; Clive, Pauline and Roger who take care of our church accounts and put in many hours of work on these. Charles as he keeps us up to date as PCC secretary. Those who lead our sung worship Elizabeth, and Sue our organists, our music group also those who sing in the choir.

Sadly, this year we mourned the loss of Jeremy Plummer our organist for some time; may he rest in your kingdom Lord.

Thank you to those who volunteer to read from God’s word for us to pray and help in any way, those who clean, polish, repair, make tea and coffee, those who love to produce something to the glory of God, and not forgetting those who tend the grounds of our churches. We are always on the lookout for people serve in so many ways so if you are interested or feel you would like to offer but you’re not sure what please do have a word with one of the wardens.

Speaking of Wardens, a heartfelt thank you for the work of Shona, Jenny and Tony who continue to serve often behind the scenes.

I also want to thank those who help with our regular worship especially Katrina Robinson – Brown, Jenny Barnes, , Sue Hobley, Michael Burn and Debbie Plummer.

School services have also continued at St Mary’s and St George’s along with regular leading of collective worship in School again by myself and Katrina. In addition to this we now have regular in church activities with children from the pre-school, a fantastic opportunity and great fun.

Although a fall of plaster at St Mary’s prevented the Christmas school service from taking place. We were still able to hold one for Brockholes school.

You will, like myself and Liz face a time of challenge, an opportunity to look afresh at ministry in our churches and beyond and I would encourage each of us to consider the calling that God is making in our lives. God calls us because he loves us. As Christians, we are all called to grow into ever closer union with Christ and to live out our lives in response to his life, death and resurrection. For each of us that involves living in a particular way and becoming a particular

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kind of person: someone who reflects something of the life of Christ. That is our primary calling: to represent Christ in the world.

Our service of God is often the case of being able to see a need and then being willing to respond. No matter what the call, though, it will always be the case of being - and becoming - the hands and feet of Christ, seeing with his eyes and allowing his compassion to inspire and motivate all that we do. That’s what’s at the heart of true discipleship, and that’s a call for all of us, for all of our lives.

Liz and myself will go with some sadness as this year we will leave behind St George’s and St Mary’s, but I do feel that God has plans for these parishes and the future growth and ministry here. Please continue to walk each day with God trusting in His promises and love, pray for those who will continue to guide you and the right person to take on the post in these parishes.

As I reflect, I know that this time it is different, as I am not leaving to start a new in a new parish, but I am retiring. The concept of retirement for ministers has always been unusual. After all, if ministry at its heart is the offering of a life of discipleship in service of Christ, his church and his world, can we ever really ‘retire’?

May you accept the past for what it is. May you celebrate what needs to be celebrated and grieve what needs to be grieved and then, may you receive from God a new spirit, one for here, now, today.

For us there will be a very tangible and concrete change that takes place when most priests retire — that is, we need to move out of the housing provided by the parish.

Many in other professions don’t have this additional letting go when they leave their positions. It’s not simply moving away from a house, but the very lifestyle that has become part of our experience. Personally, I found excitement in searching for a new place to live. There was a spirit of adventure even as it was overwhelming. Fortunately, it looks like we have found a place. But this aspect of letting go should not be overlooked because, it is a reminder that most people come to depend on having a home base, a place of shelter and protection. Something that many in our world have lost due to the actions of others through conflict.

But there is also the whole identity of being your vicar. Ordination to the Priesthood, in the Church of England, is understood as a life-long vocation, it takes a different form in retirement. Our relationships with those we serve are shaped primarily by the functions of the ministerial office, which give us privileged access to our parishioners’ personal and private lives. These relationships are often deepened by participation in the most formative milestones of life: births, weddings and deaths, it is a privilege to have shared with you in your deepest sorrows, hopes, and joys.

In all these things we count ourselves as being blessed. May you also rejoice in what God has done, is doing and will do.

We lost dear members of our church family in 2023, who were promoted to glory. These included: Jean Cheeseman, Irene Minett, Noel Dransfield, Kevin Radford, Brenda Wildman, Dorothy Turner, Denise Jackson, and Jeremy Plummer.

Each of these dear souls played a significant contribution to the life of our church, and we will miss them a great deal.

Occasional Offices 2023: we held 3 Weddings, 7 Baptisms, 36 Funerals [in church or at the Crem] and 8 Ashes only services.

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We are thankful to God for his provision which was far beyond our expectations. Pray for God’s guidance for all who will be involved in planning for the future ministry in this parish. Pray for Katrina and the Church Wardens and the PCC how our vision might evolve as a church, and what our priorities should be in the future. Pray for each other and give thanks to the Lord.

God calls people to spend their whole lives in worship, 'to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - which is your spiritual worship' (Romans 12:1b). A person who reveres, serves and obeys God with their whole life truly glorifies him.

Worshipping God with all that we are means keeping this four-way relationship between God, ourselves, other Christians and the world in good order.

At this time there may be a feeling that it would be better if things were still the same and the question that lurks in the background is about change and a fear of change. But we have a God who will walk with us into His future and we can trust in the promise of His grace.

So thank you for the help support and kindness you have shared with us, the blessings that we have received from God and the service of Our Lord that we have shared. And may God continue to bless you with the peace, grace, love and power of His Holy Spirit.

Yours in Christ Martin & Liz

ST MARY’S CHURCH, HONLEY CHURCH WARDEN’S ANNUAL REPORT

Introduction

After many years faithful service to St Mary’s and the PCC Laurence Jones stepped back from the role of Church Warden in July 2023. I am grateful to Laurence for his help as I picked up the various duties and responsibilities and also for his continued interest in the church and helping me to keep on top of things.

St Mary’s Roofs and Heating

During 2023 we continued to face the challenges of both a leaky roof and leaky heating system and undertook running repairs to both. We also asked our gutter cleaner to clear the gutters more frequently which helped to keep the leaks at bay.

In 2024 the heating supply pipework in St Mary’s has been replaced and I will report in detail on this next year.

We are working with our Architect, Tom Crooks (see Quinquennial Architect below), on determining the primary causes of the various roof leaks and the general condition of the roofs, which together with the Quinquennial Inspection will enable us to draw up a programme of works to address the maintenance and repair matters during 2024 and beyond.

Quinquennial Architect

Our Quinquennial Architect, Stuart Beaumont, advised us in the spring of 2023 that he was stepping back from church inspections. The PCC agreed that we resurrect the Fabric and Finance Group to undertake the work required to appoint a new Architect.

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We interviewed three prospective architects and were unanimous in recommending Tom Crooks of Crooks Architecture as our new Quinquennial Architect. I am pleased to report that since his appointment Tom has provided good advice and he undertook our Quinquennial Inspection on Tuesday 23 April 2024.

Fabric and Finance Group

The purpose of the Fabric and Finance Group is to handle the detail of the various maintenance, repair and capital works at St Mary’s and St Georges as well as supporting the Treasurer with finance matters. We report to the PCC and seek agreement on all decisions which are the responsibility of the PCC..

In 2023 the group comprised:

Clive Green PCC Treasurer Charles Kaye PCC Secretary Jenny Parkin Church Warden St George’s Shona Penfold Church Warden St Mary’s Graham Wardman PCC Member

We met as required to discuss the appointment of the Quinquennial Architect and also the detail of the various fabric and financing matters.

Decorative Plaster failure

In early December we suffered a decorative plaster failure in St Marys. We submitted a claim with our insurers and a loss adjuster visited us within a few days. The investigation into the cause of the failure is ongoing at the time of writing and we hope to have a programme of repair works agreed with the insurers in the near future. In the meantime the advice to keep the choir area cordoned off remains.

Role of Church Warden

Church Wardens have been an integral part of church administration since the twelfth century. Church Wardens are the Bishop’s representative within a parish and our role is wide ranging, it is not all about building maintenance! We are also responsible for the care of the clergy and the people in our parish. The fun bit, which I have not yet had to carry out, is the keeping of peace in church during services – to date the people attending have been well behaved, but….

We will be entering an interregnum in August and the Church Wardens and PCC will be responsible for the continued running of our churches. We are truly blessed that Katrina is our curate and she will be a great asset over the next year or so as we seek a new vicar.

Ideally we would have a second church warden at St Mary’s. I understand that some people may not feel they have the time or talents for the role. I have received a number of offers from various members to help me with different duties for which I am grateful and if anyone does feel that they might be able to help from time to time – anything from giving tradespeople access to church to keeping an eye out for members who might welcome a bit of support – then please come and talk to me.

Finally

I am grateful to all the members of the PCC for their support and to the Fabric and Finance Group for their time and talents over the past few months.

Shona Penfold Church Warden St Marys Honley

April 2024

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Churchwarden’s Report St. George’s

St. George’s Brockholes continues to have Communion Services and one family service, with coffee, each month, with Revd Martin and Revd Katrina, with special services during the year. Sue Ogden continues to play the organ, enjoyed by all. Numbers are constant and hopefully growing with an average of 25 per service.

Work that has been carried during the year, includes sensor lamps changed to help towards our Zero Net Carbon. Roof repairs, gutters, plaster repairs and painting carried out with the flag pole removed. A cupboard was removed from the vestry as it contained woodworm. Boiler checks, extinguisher checks and electric appliance checks have been completed.

Our cleaning rota works well and the church looks in good condition. We are always open to more volunteers. The grounds have had the support of the Community Pay Back teams and Paul Coleman. Our quinquennial report is due in 2025, and St. George’s may appoint their own Architect/Building Surveyor. Jenny and Anthony Parkin

Deanery Report 2023

Activity was again limited in 2023 with an initial ZOOM meeting and followed up face-to-face later in the year. A meeting was held in January 2024 with the Revd. Julie Anderson taking on the role of Area Dean for Kirkburton and Almondbury, and Helen Pearson as secretary. A proposed future strategy for the Deanery was explored by small groups. The other matter reviewed in the groups was ‘Prayer on Love and Faith’ debated by the General Synod.

Charles Kaye

Safeguarding Report

Our safeguarding lead Katie Kissack, left us during 2023 having got married, congratulations Katie and Sam. Revd Martin has taken on the lead for the remainder of the year and the PCC is looking to have a new safe guarding lead in place as soon as possible.

Safeguarding has high priority in our Parish, being a standing agenda item for the PCC. All members of the PCC have up to date DBS certificates, and all have completed online Awareness Raising for Safeguarding. New members of the PCC will need to complete this, in 2024. Some training is due to expire and so refresher training will be completed in 2024 for those who need it. Our information is up to date and is readily available on our website and on display in both churches.

Revd Martin Short

Financial report

The full PCC accounts for 2023 are set out at the back of this report.

Although our underlying income remained the same, we did see an increase in our total income. In particular we are grateful to those parishioners who remembered the Parish in their Wills.

We continue to be hit by the wider economic pressures, and this coupled with a high level of repair and maintenance on our buildings, means that the impact on our running costs swallowed up the increase in our income.

This fall in our net Parish income meant that our contribution to Diocesan and wider church costs saw a fall compared to the previous year.

St. Mary’s Home Group in 2023

The eight members of the group (which originated from the 2014 Alpha Course) met fortnightly until the Autumn. We studied the Bible and prayed together and supported one another. We did studies on the book of Luke. Following our usual annual review in the Autumn, the group decided to go back to meeting weekly. One member of the group moved area and two members left the group. The five remaining members met weekly for the rest of the year and followed a study on Prayer.

Jane Wardman

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Branch Report 2023, Honley Mothers’ Union 2023 has been a busy year following the usual pattern of MU events beginning with the Wave of Prayer in January. We welcomed some guest speakers such as Emma-Leigh Quinn, who spoke

about her role organising fundraising and engagement which she co-ordinates for the Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust Charity. Also, Andy Ingham, who gave a very interesting talk about the RNLI and how the people of Honley have helped in providing boats for a few of the stations around our coast in the past.

Our Christmas and Summer events were well attended and enjoyed by all who came. In March, several members received their Long Service Certificates and we welcomed two new members, Lorraine Knutton and Janet Lubinska.

Sadly, we had to say goodbye to one our older members, Brenda Wildman.

We continue to support local charities such as provisions for the Welcome Centre and our local hospital, providing bags of essentials for those who find themselves suddenly in hospital with nothing. Thanks to Pauline Adams and Diana Kaye who organise these. MU cards and calendars are still available at the back of church next to the serving table, organised by Jennie Waind. Prayer teddies are being used to bring comfort to anyone in need and there are plenty of lovely blankets too both at the back of Church, freely available to take and give.

The MU coffee morning, on Thursday in St Mary’s church continues to be enjoyed by many including people not only from the MU and Church but from the village in general. Thanks to Joan for keeping this valuable social occasion going.

We have a good Programme for this year, 2024. Please try to come if you can. The Honley Branch continues to be run by committee. Recently, it has become obvious that the committee are going to struggle to continue to keep the branch running. Liz is leaving as Martin retires and Andrea Green has now stepped down from the committee after many years of service not only to our branch, but to the MU in the Huddersfield area. We have welcomed Janet Lubinska onto the committee for this year. The branch members and committee decided that the Honley Branch should close at the end of this year. MU membership can continue as Diocesan members.

On a lighter note, Andrea Green has stepped down form her position on the committee and we join together to thank her for her loyal service over many years. She has been a wealth of knowledge of all things Mothers’ Union and supported me hugely since being the secretary and member of the committee. Thank-you Andrea.

Liz Short, Secretary

Caring for Creation Team

Following the creation of an Environmental Policy and the Churchyards and Burial Grounds plans for St. Mary’s and St. Goerge’s, we have registered with the Arocha Eco-church scheme and are working towards the Eco-church Bronze Award, reviewing the questions on the online form in order to create an action plan

Our purpose is to consider ways to implement and support the Diocesan policies on protecting and enhancing the environment. In particular, our current aims are to:

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Bill Kemp

The Music Group

Following the retirement of Hazel Kemp in July, we have formed a small team of instrumentalists who work together to develop the music.

This year we have continued to lead the singing for the all age worship services on the first Sunday of each month. We rehearse at 6:45pm on the Thursday before that service

We will always welcome new members. Younger members wishing to join are especially welcome. If you are interested in playing or singing, please let any of the group know.

Bill Kemp, Jennie Waind, Lottie Banfield, Elizabeth Jones

St. Mary’s Choir

We meet in church on a Thursday evening at 7.30 to 8.30 under the firm direction of Elizabeth Jones. We may be small in number but are versatile being able to sing in either unison or 4 part harmony. We always rehearse hymns for the following weeks but also have several anthems on the go in preparation for special services. New members would be very much welcomed.

Jennie Waind.

Brockholes Primary School

The outstanding achievement for Brockholes in 2023 was the Ofsted Inspection after 11 years since the last inspection, with the latest result that Brockholes retained its’ outstanding judgement. Ther has been a huge amount of work behind the scenesto maintain the outstanding judgement, and the school is grateful that the hard work of the staff that has been put in has been recognized. To quote from the Ofsted Report, ‘pupils are proud to ‘be bold , go for gold’ in this friendly and incusive school, their behaviour is exceptional in lessons, and around school, that pupils made strong progress and achieve highly, that strong positive relationships among staff and pupils are evident across the school and staff are extremely proud to work here. A special mention to the children who were their usual amazing selves throughout the course of the Inspection.

Charles Kaye

Honley JIN School

The school has had another busy year this year. Ofsted returned to the school in February and rated the school ‘Good’, which is a great outcome and the culmination of some very hard work on the part of the leadership team and all the staff. The school continues to develop links with the wider community, including some local businesses, the library, Trinity Court residents and other local schools. In October school held a visioning evening, which provided feedback to strengthen the vision, values and development plan for the school. Members of the school community (adults and children) and members of the wider community attended this event. Year 6 pupils enjoyed their residential trip to Robinwood in November, taking part in adventurous outdoor activities. At Christmas parents were invited into school to watch Christmas performances as pupils were unable to use the church. In March World Book Day saw two Huddersfield Giants players visit school to share their favourite books. They spent time reading with small groups of pupils to encourage some of the ‘reluctant readers’. This term the school has many educational visits planned, with different year groups going to Cannon Hall, Eureka, Magna, The Jorvik Centre and the Gurwada in Huddersfield. Looking forward to the next academic year, the school leadership team continue to strive to give the children of Honley the best education, despite the funding challenges currently impacting the education sector.

Kirsty

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Honley with Brockholes Parochial Church Council

Minutes of Annual Meeting of Parishioners held on Sunday 21st 2023 at St. Mary’s Church

The meeting opened at 11.30 DRAFT

Present: Revd Martin Short (Chair), Charles Kaye (Secretary), and 33 parishioners.

  1. Prayer: Revd Martin Short opened the meeting with a prayer.

  2. Apologies : Paul Coleman, Chris Coleman, Roger Kenworthy, Margaret Kenworthy, , Katie Kissack. Graham Wardman, Jane Wardman, Joan Osborne.

  3. 2022 Minutes . Were approved unanimously

  4. Election of Churchwardens : Rev Martin Short thanked the 2 Churchwardens, Laurence Jones and Paul Coleman for their hard work and support since the last meeting, Laurence having completed 6 years and was a Churchwarden when Martin started in the Parish. Four posts were available and three nominations had been received. The following were therefore elected unopposed: Shona Penfold, (St. Mary’s) Jenny Parkin (St. George’s) and Anthony Parkin (St. George’s. )

The meeting closed at 11.38

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Honley with Brockholes Parochial Church Council DRAFT

Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting held on Sunday 21st May 2023 at St. Mary’s. Honley

The meeting opened at 11.38

Present: Revd Martin Short, Charles Kaye (Secretary), Clive Green (Treasurer) and 33 members from the electoral roll.

5 Annual Report: This was unanimously approved by the meeting . Martin commented on a good year for the Parish, with increased electoral roll, and the great arrival of Katrina our curate and her family. He also expressed his wishes for a swift recovery for Jeremy, our organist at St. Mary’s., who had helped support our numerous music events held at St Mary’s.

6. Financial Statement: See separate report from Clive Green who summarised the annual financial report.. He advised that 14 members have now joined the Parish Giving Scheme, which has helped to improve the gift aid received in the year, and hoped many more would take up the opportunity to join the scheme. Legacies had been received for the fabric funds at both churches from parishioners. Thanks were expressed to Roger and Pauline for their day-to-day work at both churches. The annual accounts were approved unanimously.

11 Elections/Appointments: 3 applications were received for the 4 deanery places. Charles Kaye, Graham Wardman and Jane Wardman had applied, and these were approved unanimously. 2 Vacancies for the PCC from St. Mary’s, Diana Kaye and Bill Kemp had applied, and these were approved unanimously. 2 vacancies for the PCC from St. George’s, Joan Osborne (2023-2026) and Paul Coleman (2023 to 2025) had applied and these were approved unanimously.

Clive Green proposed Langricks (Holmfirth) Limited as the Independent Examiners and this was approved unanimously.

Katie Kissack was proposed as Safeguarding Officer, which was approved unanimously.

The meeting closed with prayer and the Grace at 12.10

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HONIEY WITH BROCKHOLES SUMMARY OF FUND BALANCES AND MOVEMENTS At 31 December 2023 Church Type Fund Bala￿e 2023 Balance 2022 Pansh Parish Parish Pansh Parish Unrestncted Unrestricted Re5trirted Restricted Endowment Pansh General Fund PCC Trust Millennium Fund Ministry Fund PCC Endowment 1151 17,856 1,631 11491 14,198 134 3,658 85 30 554 126,289 3,907 Honley Honley Honley Honley Honley Honley Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Burial Ground Boiler Fund Fabric Fund Development Fund Outreach Fund Tun5ts11 V[I￿loW 342 342 10,521 1,092 169 1,762 7,320 1,035 169 1,670 3,201 57 92 13,926 10,576 3,350 Br(Kkhole5 Restricted Brockholes Restricted Bfockholes Restricted Churchyard Fabr 418 3,750 455 5,860 328 1371 12,1101 J3281 4,168 6,043 12,475} Totsl 148,290 143,508 4,782 20

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PARLKHJAL CHURCH COUPKIL OF HONLEY WtrH BR(KKHOLES P40TES For the par ended 31 Decembef 2023 Basis of Accwnts Ftreparati The fi'nancial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulation5 2CI)6 using the Accwals basis and conform ￿th the'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice, ISORP 20151, and the Charities Act 2011 and related Regulation& Parish FuThJs The PCC were unable to paythe full Diocesan PaTi5h Share Request in 2023 and there wa5 a shortfall of £15,116. This is not a legalty binding debt. st Georges FuThJs The PCC agreed to close the AD Fund and donate the remaining funds to Biockholes C of E Junior and Infants Schty)l. Unrestrirted FuThls are funds of the PCC that are not subject to any speaal rertrictions regarding their use and are available for application to the general purFQSes of the PCC. Restricted Fund5 are funds receNed or collerted bythe PCC for a particular purpose. The PCC 15 legally obliged to use those funds for that purp)se. Pemianent Endtr*m￿nt Funds are funds wen to the church ￿th the specffic instruction that only the income gained can be spen¢ not the capitsl. Assets aThl Liabilitie5 The followng assets are not valued in the Balance Sheet:_ InventoryAssets held by the Church Wardens on special trust for the PCC and which re a special facuky of dis￿581. The assets of the Parish R￿m, Honley, arkl the churchyard extension at stones Wood, Green Cliff, Honley. uire 22

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HONLEY WITH BROCKHOLES This report on the finanryal slalements of the PCC for the year ended 31st December 2023 which are set out on p8ges 4 10 11 is in respect of an examination carried out under Regulation 3131 of the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 and s.145 of the Charities Act 2011. Respective responsibilitles of the Trustees and Independent Examlner As members of the PCC you are resF)onsible for the preparation of the financial statements. You consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 3131 and section 144121 of the Act do not apply. It is my responsibility lo issue this report on those financial statements in accordance with the terms of Reguktion 25. Basis of Ind¢p¢ndent Examinerfs Report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under SectK)n 14515llb) of the act and lo be found in the guidance from the CBF. The examination includes a review of the a¢cA)unting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from the you as trustees con￿mIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence Ihal woukl be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent Examinorfs Stat•mont In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention which give me reasonable cause to believe Ihal in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting re(x)rds in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Acl: and to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and to comply wth th8 requirement of the 2011 Act and the regulations have not been mel., or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention shouhj be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Langricks (Holmfirth) Limited 4 Greenfiehj Road Holmfirth HD9 2JT 30th April 2024