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Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council
for the year ended 31 December 2023
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Vicar:
The Rev’d Steve Burmester
The Vicarage 36 Sagars Road Handforth
Banks:
The Royal Bank of Scotland Wilmslow Branch
CAF Bank West Malling, Kent
Independent examiner:
Abigail Sheehan
ST CHAD’S HANDFORTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Annual Report for the Year ended 31 December 2023
Aim and purposes
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Steve Burmester, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the church buildings and equipment and for employing staff.
Objectives and activities
The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship and to become part of our parish community at St Chad’s.
Our vision is Knowing Christ and making Him known .
The values that help us to work towards the vision of being Authentic, Bible-based and Spirit filled, Community-focused, Disciple-making, of and for Every Generation.
When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:
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Worship and prayer; learning about the gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus
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Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish.
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Missionary and outreach work.
To facilitate this work, we also consider it important that we maintain the fabric of the church and halls at St Chad’s.
Achievements and Performance
The PCC has set out its aims in the objectives above. Achievements in these areas can be broken down into the three areas mentioned:
1. Worship & Prayer.
Throughout 2023 lockdown restrictions from the Pandemic are now completely lifted. We hold two Sunday services and a midweek Wednesday service. We are able to be broadcast on YouTube for live viewing to allow those who are housebound or unable to join us to still participate in regular worship. We were also delighted to resume our Sunday morning children’s work with Sunday Clubs on the 2[nd] and 4[th] Sundays of the month. This offers child friendly activities and teaching for children from school years Reception – Y6.
We have been able to do adult and children’s baptisms, weddings and funerals in a similar fashion.
In addition to this we have resumed in person prayer meetings once a month and on the other Tuesdays we continue to meet on zoom to pray.
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2. Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish
The Pastoral Care of individuals in church has remained a high priority to the church family. The pastoral care team have continued to meet monthly using zoom and have ensured that people have been contacted regularly by telephone and that their practical needs as well as their spiritual and emotional needs have been met as far as possible.
The PCC and church have continued to work closely with two local charities. Pure Innovations who are based in Stockport are a charity that works with adults with learning difficulties in the workplace. Through their partnership with us in Café Aroma we’ve established a successful community café which is used by local people from the community. The café started to open 3 days a week in 2023, however the Tuesday opening was not attracting enough customers so we returned to opening for 2 days a week (Wednesdays and Fridays) and is still proving popular.
The second charity is Hope Central which has been running since 2019 and St Chad’s have been an integral part of this charity. During 2023 the work of Hope Central has grown and grown. We have reported in previous years that Hope Central established a partnership with Christians Against Poverty (CAP), a national Christian Charity. These ministries include a Job Club, Money Management course, Debt Counselling Centre and Freedom from life-controlling addictions course. The charity has continued to grow in terms of outreach ministries and scope.
3. Missionary & Outreach Work
Our established missionary and outreach work continued as it did last year and is outlined below. Since the summer of 2021 we have been working with a number of Asylum seekers who are housed in a nearby hotel. We have continued to offer hospitality events, TEFL (English) classes, Sunday lunches and Alpha courses. A good number (15-20) Iranian Christians have been regularly attending our Sunday and midweek services and we were able to Baptise 12 of them over the course of 2023. The hotel closed to asylum seekers in December 2023.
Much of the regular outreach work in the community has continued to be through families and school’s work. In 2022 we continued our work in the schools by the vicar’s appointment to become Chair of the Handforth Grange governing body in Sept 2018.
Over 1500 people attended our Remembrance Day service, held outdoors at the war memorial and a similar number at our “Carols in the Paddock” service on Christmas Eve.
We have continued a strong support for home and international Missionary work and were able to invite individuals from various organisations to present and update us during our Sunday services.
A full list of the organisations we support financially is shown in note 3 to the financial statements.
The PCC continues to be very grateful for all the hard work of many church members throughout the year in a variety of ways –cafe, resource teams, homegroup leaders, pastoral care, sides persons, musicians and technical support, cleaners and church office administration. Many have quietly and faithfully served in the life and witness of God’s church here in ways, which are not mentioned. But it is important to mention our wardens, Rob Moore & Sue Sanders, and our treasurer, Chris Birch, who
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have served willingly throughout the year. So, thank you to everyone who has served at St Chad’s this year.
Financial Review
There was an overall financial deficit for the year of £10,807 (2022: surplus of £15,737).
A major expense in the year was the replacement of the main beam in the West Gable of the church which cost £15,503.
During the year we received legacies totaling £12,500
Reserves at the end of the year amounted to £467,977 of which £340,000 relates to the property at Pickmere Road.
Reserves Policy
It is the PCC policy to maintain a balance on the unrestricted funds, to ensure that there are sufficient funds to maintain the current level of non-discretionary expenditure for at least 2 months and to provide for future maintenance and development to the church and other property.
In January 2024 £11,600 was spent on upgrading the sound system and replacing the piano/keyboard.
There are several large projects, noted in the quinquennial review, which will need attention in the near future and will involve substantial cost. These include repairs to the church roof and chimney, refurbishment of the church window particularly in the West side and the replacement of the church heating system.
It is the policy of the PCC to invest funds with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund.
Structure, governance and management
The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is a Registered Charity.
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.
The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent.
6 in person PCC meetings were held during the year.
In 2023, the PCC chose 2 specific aims to focus on growth. These were:
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Having restarted our Children’s work we sought to grow it during this year.
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To seek to integrate and welcome new people into church as effectively as possible.
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Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of sub-committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees, Mission, Worship & Pastoral, Resources and Children and Young People, are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly with minutes of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary. During 2023 the Pastoral & Worship, Mission and Resources committees have met. Children and Youth discussions were handled by the full PCC.
Administrative information
St Chad’s Church is situated in Handforth Cheshire. It is part of the Diocese of Chester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 3ES.
The PCC is a charity registered with the Charity Commission (no 1149381).
PCC members at the end of the year
| Chairman | Rev’d Steve Burmester | ||
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| Church Wardens | Rob Moore | Sue Sanders | |
| Deanery Synod | Avril Allen | ||
| Representatives | |||
| Members | John Barnes | Chris Birch | Tracy Brown |
| David Gilbert | Val Gilbert | Pat Grange | |
| Jim Lethbridge | Rachel McDowell | Sue Morrison | |
| Richard Reeve | Pam Whitney |
Tracy Brown was appointed to the PCC at the APCM on 21 May 2023.
Dalene Moore and Sherman Tracy resigned from the PCC on 9 May 2023 and 12 September2023 respectively.
Approved by the PCC on 12 March 2024 and signed on their behalf by
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Rev’d Steve Burmester Chairman
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ST CHAD’S HANDFORTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ending 31 December 2023
| Note Income Voluntary income 2a Income from church activities 2b Activities for generating funds 2c Income from investments 2d Total Income Expenditure Church activities 3 Fund raising costs Total Expenditure Net income/(expenditure) for the year Gains on revaluation of property for the charity’s own use Net movement of funds Balance brought forward 1 January 2023 Balance carried forward 31 December 2023 |
Unrestr’d Funds £ 128,678 21,461 - 4,084 154,223 166,757 - |
Restr’d Funds £ 2,753 255 135 1,316 4,459 2,732 - 2,732 1,727 - 1,727 2,350 4,077 |
2023 Total Funds £ 131,431 21,716 135 5,400 158,682 169,489 - 169,489 (10,807) - (10,807) 478,784 467,977 |
2022 Total Funds £ 140,663 17,957 119 7,592 |
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| 166,331 | ||||
| 150,594 - |
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| 166,757 | 150,594 | |||
| (12,534) - (12,534) 476,434 |
15,737 - ___ 15,737 |
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| 463,900 |
The notes on pages 7 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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ST CHAD’S HANDFORTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL BALANCE SHEET At 31 December 2023
| Note Fixed assets Tangible fixed assets 5 Current Assets Debtors 6 Investments Cash at bank and in hand Creditors falling due within one year 7 Net current assets Net assets Funds of the charity Unrestricted 8/9 General Revaluation Restricted 8/9 Endowment 8/9 |
2023 £ 342,533 4,259 85,384 38,351 127,994 (2,550) 125,444 467,977 183,900 280,000 4,077 - 467,977 |
2022 £ 344,656 2,852 81,823 51,920 |
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| 136,595 (2,467) |
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| 134,128 | ||
| 478,784 | ||
| 196,011 280,000 2,350 423 |
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| 478,784 |
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 12 March 2024 and signed on its behalf by:-
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Rev’d Steve Burmester (Chairman)
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Mr Chris Birch (Hon Treasurer)
The notes on pages 7 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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ST CHAD’S HANDFORTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2023
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, together with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The PCC meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value except for freehold land and buildings, which are shown at their valuation. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.
Going concern
After reviewing the forecasts and projections of the PCC trustees have a reasonable expectation that there are adequate funds to continue in operation for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
Funds
Restricted funds represent income from donations received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Unrestricted funds are general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.
Incoming recognition
Planned giving, collections and donations are recognised when received. Income tax recoverable on gift aid donations is recognised when the income to which it relates is recognised. Grants and legacies are accounted for when the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement to the amount due. Rental income from the letting of the church rooms is recognised when the rent is due. Dividends and interest are accounted for when receivable. All other income is recognised when it is receivable. All incoming resources are accounted for gross.
Tax reclaims on donations and gifts
Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise.
Expenditure recognition
Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over or awarded, if that creates a binding obligation on the PCC. The diocesan parish share is accounted for when due. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.
Volunteers
The church benefits greatly from the involvement and support of its volunteers, details are given in the annual report. In accordance with SORP (FRS 102), the economic contribution of general volunteers is not recognised in the financial statements.
Fixed Assets
Consecrated and beneficed property is excluded from the accounts by s.10 of the Charities Act 2011. The PCC consider that the church halls, built on church property and integrated into the church buildings, have no separate commercial value.
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Movable church furnishings held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed in the church’s inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). No value is therefore attributed to this property. All expenditure incurred on consecrated or benefice property, church halls or moveable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement is written off in the Statement of Financial Activities. Other equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight- line basis over 2 to 5 years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £500 or less are written off when the asset is acquired.
Current asset investments
This is cash on deposit with a maturity date of less than one year.
| 2 INCOME 2a Voluntary income Planned Giving – gift aid Planned Giving - other Tax recoverable Collections Sundry donations Legacy Grants 2b Church activities Magazines, books and printing Church Rooms Lettings Fees Café Aroma and other Catering Activities Insurance claims and similar income 2c Activities for generating funds Quiz event 2d Income from investments Rent Interest and dividends Total Income |
Unrestr’d Funds £ 57,762 22,620 17,039 1,416 17,341 12,500 - 128,678 423 10,292 5,062 4,915 - 769 21,461 - - 4,084 4,084 154,223 |
Restricted Funds £ - - 297 - 2,456 - 2,753 - - - - 255 - 255 135 - 1,316 1,316 4,459 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 2022 £ 57,762 61,520 22,620 23,610 17,336 18,248 1,416 1,050 19,797 16,787 12,500 18,462 - 986 131,431 140,663 423 217 10,292 10,828 5,062 3,043 4,915 3,419 255 100 769 350 21,716 17,957 135 119 - 6,605 5,400 987 5,400 7,592 158,682 166,331 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 2022 £ 57,762 61,520 22,620 23,610 17,336 18,248 1,416 1,050 19,797 16,787 12,500 18,462 - 986 131,431 140,663 423 217 10,292 10,828 5,062 3,043 4,915 3,419 255 100 769 350 21,716 17,957 135 119 - 6,605 5,400 987 5,400 7,592 158,682 166,331 |
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| 140,663 | ||||
| 217 10,828 3,043 3,419 100 350 |
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| 17,957 | ||||
| 119 6,605 987 |
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| 7,592 | ||||
| 166,331 |
In 2022 £6,481 of voluntary income, and £179 of other income was for restricted funds.
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3 EXPENDITURE
| Charitable activities The expenditure relates to one activity promoting, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. Grants Missionary & charitable giving Overseas mission Home missions & church societies Relief and development Church activity Ministry Diocesan Parish Share Clergy & Lay expenses Clergy house expenses Other ministry expenses Church running expenses Church maintenance Youth and children’s work Magazines, leaflets and books Café Aroma running costs Church hall maintenance Property refurbishment - Curates house at Pickmere Road Depreciation Church administration Administrator Printing, stationery, telephone etc Total expenditure |
Unrestr’d Funds £ 8,000 13,850 6,099 27,949 71,757 1,753 7,014 2,786 21,007 16,618 - 452 2,975 125 - 2,123 125,988 8,568 3,630 12,198 166,757 |
Restricted Funds £ 1,220 - 135 1,355 - - - 417 960 - - - - - - - 1,377 - - - 2,732 |
Total Funds 2023 2022 £ £ 9,220 12,220 13,850 13,650 6,234 8,279 29,304 34,149 71,757 69,667 1,753 1,279 7,014 5,480 3,203 2,178 21,967 17,074 16,618 850 - - 452 602 2,975 2,271 125 600 - 3,012 2,123 3,423 127,365 106,436 8,568 7,862 3,630 2,147 12,198 10,009 169,489 150,594 |
Total Funds 2023 2022 £ £ 9,220 12,220 13,850 13,650 6,234 8,279 29,304 34,149 71,757 69,667 1,753 1,279 7,014 5,480 3,203 2,178 21,967 17,074 16,618 850 - - 452 602 2,975 2,271 125 600 - 3,012 2,123 3,423 127,365 106,436 8,568 7,862 3,630 2,147 12,198 10,009 169,489 150,594 |
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| 34,149 | ||||
| 69,667 1,279 5,480 2,178 17,074 850 - 602 2,271 600 3,012 3,423 |
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| 106,436 | ||||
| 7,862 2,147 |
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| 10,009 | ||||
| 150,594 |
In 2022 £6,013 of grants and £2,420 of the church activity expenditure was made from restricted funds.
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| Grants analysis Institutions Website Christians in Schools www.cist.org.uk Crosslinks www.crosslinks.org Open Doors www.opendoorsuk.org Barnabas Aid www.barnabasaid.org Tearfund www.tearfund.org Hope for Justice www.hopeforjustice.org True Freedom Trust www.truefreedomtrust.org.uk GFA World www.gfauk.org Hope Central www.hopecentral.org.uk Individuals 4 STAFF COSTS Salaries, Social Security and pension costs |
2023 £ 4,500 - 1,000 1,000 2,135 3,000 750 1,000 8,600 21,985 7,319 29,304 2023 £ 12,318 |
2022 £ 4,200 750 1,000 1,000 4,355 3,000 750 1,130 8,700 |
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| 24,885 9,264 |
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| 34,149 | ||
| 2022 £ 10,651 |
Staff costs include the salaries of the Church administrator, Pat Grange £8,568 ( 2022 : £7,862) and Verger, Pam Whitney £823 ( 2022 : £1,773).
Both were members of PCC and their appointment was in accordance with the provisions of Clause 3A Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measures 1956. .
5 FIXED ASSETS
Church Buildings and Vicarage
The Church Buildings and the Vicarage are consecrated / benefice properties and are excluded from these financial statements by s.10 of the Charities Act 2011.
The Diocese insures the Vicarage, but the Church Building, halls and their contents are insured by the PCC for the sum of £5,800,000.
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| Tangible fixed assets Cost or valuation At 1 Jan 2023 Additions Disposals At 31 Dec 2023 Depreciation At 1 Jan 2023 Disposals Charge for the year At 31 Dec 2023 Net book value At 31 Dec 2023 |
Freehold land and buildings £ 340,000 - - 340,000 - - - - 340,000 |
Equipment £ 48,586 - - 48,586 43,930 - 2,123 46,053 2,533 |
Total £ 388,586 - - |
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| 43,930 - 2,123 |
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| 46,053 | |||
| 342,533 |
The freehold land and buildings consists of a curates house at Pickmere Road, Handforth, which was revalued in February 2021 by Jordan Fishwick at £340,000.
It is considered that the estimated residual value of the land and buildings is not lower than the above value and hence depreciation would be immaterial.
During the year £15,503 was spent on replacing the main beam in the West Gable of the church which was rotten in parts.
| 6 DEBTORS Tax recoverable Interest receivable Prepayments 7 CREDITORS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Creditors for goods & services Other creditors |
2023 £ 1,493 1,170 1,596 4,259 2023 £ 1,446 1,104 2,550 |
2022 £ 1,251 - 1,602 |
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| 2,852 | ||
| 2022 £ 2,149 318 |
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| 2,467 |
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8 FUNDS
Analysis of movement in the funds
| Current year Unrestricted General Revaluation Restricted Endowment Total Prior year Unrestricted General Revaluation Restricted Endowment Total |
At 1/1/23 £ 196,011 280,000 2,350 423 478,784 At 1/1/22 £ 178,501 280,000 4,123 423 463,047 |
Income £ 154,223 - 4,459 - 158,682 Income £ 159,671 - 6,660 - 166,331 |
Expenditure £ 166,757 - 2,732 - 169,489 Expenditure £ 142,161 - 8,433 - 150,594 |
Transfer £ 423 - - (423) - Transfer £ - - - - - |
At 31/12/23 £ 183,900 280,000 4,077 - 467,977 At 31/12/22 £ 196,011 280,000 2,350 423 478,784 |
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The Restricted Funds at the year - end represent unspent donations for:
| Food for events/ flowers Replacement piano/keyboard Vicar’s Discretion- Replacement sound system Maintaining of the church grounds |
2023 £ 24 1,502 2,286 265 4,077 |
2022 £ 155 - 1,221 974 |
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| 2,350 |
The Endowment Funds were the Ashcroft Legacy of £200 and the Leyland Legacy of £223 and were wound up in the year, receiving accumulated dividend income of £1,221.
The PCC has designated £7,606 ( 2022 : £5,666 of general funds for the general development of the café, including kitchen and lounge.
The PCC has also designated £133,219 the net proceeds of the sale of the property at Blackden Walk in 2017 to be used for improvement of the Church and Church Hall buildings, and the property at Pickmere Road.
£13,000 was utilised on the refurbishment of the kitchen, £18,000 on the refurbishment of the lounge, £68,340 on the refurbishment of Pickmere Road and £15,503 on replacing the rotten West Gable main beam leaving £18,376 ( 2022: £33,879) to carry forward.
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9 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND
| Current year Fixed Assets Current Assets Creditors falling due < 1 year Fund Balance Prior year Fixed Assets Current Assets Creditors falling due < 1 year Fund Balance |
Unrestr’d Funds £ 342,533 123,917 (2,550) 463,900 Unrestr’d Funds £ 344,656 133,812 (2,467) 476,011 |
Unrestr’d Funds £ 342,533 123,917 (2,550) 463,900 Unrestr’d Funds £ 344,656 133,812 (2,467) 476,011 |
Restricted Funds £ - 4,077 - 4,077 Restricted Funds £ - 2,350 - 2,350 |
Restricted Funds £ - 4,077 - 4,077 Restricted Funds £ - 2,350 - 2,350 |
Endowment Funds £ - - - Endowment Funds £ 423 - 423 |
Total £ 342,533 127,994 (2,550) |
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| Total £ 344,656 136,585 (2,467) |
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| 476,011 | 2,350 | 478,784 |
10 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Other than the remuneration of the two employees disclosed in note 4, there were no fees, remuneration or other expenses paid to Trustees.
Donations were received from some trustees or persons connected with the trustees, but none had any restrictions attached to them.
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ST CHAD’S HANDFORTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT For the year ended 31 December 2023
I report to the Parochial Church Council (PCC) on my examination of the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023, set out on pages 5 to 13.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As PCC trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the PCC financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the PCC as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
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the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
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Abigail Sheehan BA Hons CPFA
43 Hampson Crescent Handforth Wilmslow
12 March 2024
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