The Parish Church of St Philip the Apostle, Birchencliffe Charity Number 1150600 Annual Report 2021 Prepared for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting Sunday 3rd April 2022 7 Anrn￿l Rport (rf the PCC for the Year Ended 31 Decen*)er 2021 st Philip's Church is $i￿at8d on Halifax Road, Birthe￿5ffe. Hu¢SJersfield. St Philip's is part of the United BerEtr of St Cuthbert, Bijkby and St Philip the Apostte. Birthendiffe in the Deanery of Hudde￿eld and the DI0￿Se of Leeds within the Churth ot England. The Parothial Churth Counol {PCQ is a chaity exceptsd from registration with th8 Charity Commisgon. (In 2013 St Phdips PCC becane a registered Ch*ty- numb 11506CK)) io PCC members who havp sertred sbrre the lask APCM are". - Re￿d Joanne Hust￿. Curate Churchwardens Revd Ruth F￿t Mrs Valerie Lord Mr Peter Mallinson FrDm 2020 from 2019 from 3)19 Mr Chris J(rtes Deanery Synod Representatives Mrs Jane Cart (Elected in 2020 fcr a ftwther 3 years) (Eleded in 2019) Etected in 2020 Mr Chris J(￿eS Mrs Val Lord Eleded Members Mrs Ann Dyson Mrs Denise Eatc Miss Karen Hamjh Ms Kathryn Sutdtffe MrAan Dy50n Mrs Rathel Clegg from 2019 from 2019 from 2019- PCC Se from 2020 from 2020 re4eGted 2020 and has agreed to continue as our Safeguarding Walter Pell Audrey Shaw from 2021 from 2021 After the APCM Mrs Mavis Smrth offered to be a member of the PCC arKI she was supported by Mrs Chnstne Imllians and Mrs JOY￿ LorWottom on her rK)mination paper. Her offer acLepted by all PCC memb￿5 at the meetirKJ on May 24th 2021. Structure, Governance and Management Members of the PCC a￿ erther ex off￿0 or elect￿ by the Annual PaDthJal Church Meeting (APCM) in a￿rdan￿ with the Chur(*t Rewesentstim Rules. AJI Ghurch attendees are erKowaged to register on the Ele(loral Roil and stand fi)r decIM￿ to the PCC. Obiectlves and Activities The PCC of St Philip's has Ihe responsitxlty c* c4w)eraty with Church Wardens. Mrs Val Lord and Mr Peter Mallins(Y¢. armj the Incurnbent. Revd Joanne HuStr￿CK in promotsry in the ecde&astical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, so(ial and ecumenical. It also has mante￿ance reSp￿&bIl[￿"eS for the church builthng and St Philip's Communrty Centre. The Sianding Committee - This is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transacl the busness of the PCC betsveen its meetings subject lo any diredions given by the PCC. The PCC also operates t￿¥￿gh Ihe follwg SUb￿￿S •hthich me* in addtts'cffi to PCC meetings" Finance Committee Fundraising Group Church Magazine Producaion Te Communty Centre Management Worthip Planning (>oiffj) Average numbers attending SuTrJay ServI￿S {exd¢xling afterTM)on Baptisns): 1rt Jarwary- 31a Mard) via zo( Adults". 24 Children= 1 1st ApTIl_ 31X Decemter (either in thurth orv* zoc¥n) Adults.. 26 Children at AJI Age Worthip se￿￿. 5 Average mithy￿k attwidance: 6 (June 1st_ 31st Decernb￿ 2021) Bapt'sms: 2 Weddings: 1 Funerals.. 2 (1 in thurth. 1 at Huddersfietd Cremthium) Burial in St Philip s Churthyard 1 Internment of Athes 3 Eleetoral Roll Irrfonnat 120 March 2022 Number resident wilhin pari 48 N￿nber re&dent fxrtside the p&ish 24 Total 70 72 12 Review of the Year to December 2021 The PCC has met 7 ttrnes during the year, with 1 Extra Meeting as mentiorEd below. The PCC operates Ihrough a series of sUP￿c￿MMIttee$ (listed ab¢)ve} eath of wh rewt ba(* to full PCC meeb'ngs In addibon to the finan￿ and general business ot the PCC. following topi(% habe been ¢jis￿￿$8d. l. Tr Safeguarding Policies were kept up to date the 'A Safer Churc*t' Policy was revi￿ed and ath)pted. and a nots.￿ is now on display in bolh Church arKf the Communty Centre, whith indudes all relevant k7)ntact details f(Y anyone o may need them. Bishop Jonathan is now the Lead Bishop for the National Safeguarding Team. l As in the previous year. a lot of the Ffc discussions were to do with Ihe Con)nav7rus Pandemic and rts impaci on thurth. Dis()JSSK)ns iTrJuded what to do about worship and how to ￿MmUnIcate and keep in touth with both members of the congregation who were shielding and alg) with ts wider c£)mmunrty. We hekl servtces via zoom during the earfy part of 2021 and then started to have seN￿S in St Philip's as the guide11r￿S aiowed. We followed the G0￿Mment Adv[￿ and the Churr*t of Engtand Guidelines at all times when making de(isTrons about both Church and the Community Centre and Risk Assessments were and conts.nue to be carr￿d out regulady. Our APCM was again via ziJ)m in May 2021, fdlthvirKJ the CtKrch of England guidelines. 5. We held one Emergency PCC Meeb'ng May 2021 so Revd Joanne could update e*ryone following a visit by our ar¢hil£ct Stuart Beaumont from Ckne17 to look at probtems with loose and potentially dangerous plaster in various areas inside thurth and also prcknlems wtth the roof and other areas on the outside of St Philips. A Faculty was apptied for and granted in J￿e 2021 for'urgent remedial work to the interi(x of the thurch buQcfing' Hnan¢lal rnvlew Total recEiPts on ordinary ur￿$biCted furnds We￿ £28228 and are detailed in the finanoal statements. In athJtlK)n recapts on restricted fabricflmds were U346 and £5.966 of general funds were destgnated ts fabric purposes. RestriL#ed Commun Centre fvnds were £20.805. £28.119 was spent to prowde the Chns1yan from St F)hilip's Churth, induding 40% of cur ￿ntr1EX￿'on to the Dtocesan Pansh Share {DPS). whith largely pro%ides stipends and housing ts the clergy The gjm that chwthes in the DI0￿Se have to find is shared acLvrding to a formula that takes Scu￿nt of the size of Cong￿gatOnS and income rettived by PCCS. £24,025 was expended on running the C￿}mUnty Centre, wtilst £7,602 was spatt ￿ repairs to the tabric of the building The net result for the year was a (*fr4t of payments ovw re￿iptS of £2.701 A more detsiled ￿VIeW of the PCCS finan￿ is contair*d in the Treasurerfs ￿pOrl 13 A total of £11523 is hdd in the Fabric Fund. inclusive of the Unrt shareholding vauab"on, of this Q346 a￿"reStrIdet￿ funds. This is held to help fund improvementthpars to the Church's fabric arKI are part[￿ty importantfolltrwing the weathw related damage rnused eatlier in 2021. The balance of £35,616 in the Community Centre Fund relates to tt*'sinking fvnrf whith is being held to fund fu￿re major repars to Ihe Communtty Centre. The PCC has agreed that l 0% of annual Cmimunity Centre income will be placed nto this fund in fLrture years. This amount was also infiated in 2020. due to the unused portion of a £25,0￿ grant frc¥n Kirklees to us tsal wrth the impads of COVID- 19. £69 of the overall amount is specifL3Ny for use in maintaining the Communrty t)efibnllator. The bal￿¥ of £1052 in the 8￿0W Bequest Fund is held to hdp fund both the maintenanc* of the ChLrth gra￿yardlgrourKJS and equipment requirèd for any su(* maintenan￿. 14 Independent Examiner's Réport to the Parochial Church Council of St Philip's Church: Birchencliffe. I rer)ort on the accoun1> cf s.ie S:. Pn.1; ) s c*￿rch for Ill e jiear cp.d.eL' 3 i Be￿m￿t.: 20 ResponsibilTties and basis of report As c'-.aritY stecs of *n? Tr'Js: yw are rewn*iDle Tor L*e prepar8tson of Iqe accobnts to acknOrdefj￿ witri trie reoul￿r￿eP,l5 OT Ihe Cha￿ti￿5 Acl £GI l j'lhe Act") I re?ort in resoeci oy exaTr..rialiOQ of Its Tn')t's accounts carrie,. Jijt Jr,der -5 of Ib.e 20": 4 A-t aid ':n carying ou: m! e.xaTi Ip.attun I l.ave ':o.;loweO all ser.i op, 1 ' the apc.icable D:,rect'.orys giveg Dy itrie Cna,-.y Ccmm."ssion kn￿nder section 14%fj){b !t*r*.A Independent examiner's statcmenl I bi 3:.le-l J-: onneclioi ￿.1.,1 Ihe exaifiiiatio.- sivir..4 me .=?."'SQ i,: ._ any T31e.-ta. r&5pect" The ackn?b'ntiryg ".eLords Kéere not kept in -, espect OT the Trust a5 requ..￿& by se￿,10n -, 30 01 Ime Anl. Of 2. Tre attounts do not accaid w:;n t*￿se recoros. -￿￿r cerD.s and baije cnme across ry) otTer Tatters '.n inecliori Wlth the I no r exavi ..nat':On io o¥h.."c'.. al:eitson >k,ou',d he dra1v￿. :P. txis report 'n orde.t tc enaJ e a proper unae¢tanoiig o,, tne aLciunts to tse reacheti. P.tr L fr Ir.