7 Annual report of the PCC for the Year Ended 31 December 2022
St Philip's Church is situated on Halrfax Road. Birchenclrffe, Huddersfield. St Philip's
is part of the United Benefi￿ of St Cuthbert. Birkby arFd St Philip the Ap05tle,
Birchencltffe in the Deanery of Huddersfidd and the DI0￿Se of Leeds within the
Church of England.
The Parochial Church CounGil (PCC) is a charity excepted from registration wtth the
Charity Commission. (In 2013 St Philips PCC became a registered Charity - number
1150600)
PCC members who have served since the last APCM are: .
Priest
Rev'd Joanne Hustwick
Curate
Churchwardens
Rev'd Ruth Bradley
Mrs ValerE Lord
Mrs Ann Dyson
From 2020
from 2019
from 2022
Treasurer
Mr Chris Jones
Deanery Synod
Representatives
Mrs Jane Carter
(Elected in 2020 for a further 3
years)
(Elected in 2019)
Elected in 2020
Mr Chris Jones
Mrs V81 Lord
Elected Members
Ms Kathryn Sutcliffe
MrAlan Dyson
Mrs Rachei Clegg
from 2020
from 2020
re-elected 2020
)Nalter Pell
Audrey Shaw
Mavis Smith
from 2021
from 2021
from 2021
Aison Lobb
Ruth Brooks
Andre Brooks
Karen Haigh
from 2022
from 2022
from 2022
from 2022
Strn¢ture, Governance and Management
Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church
Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. All church
attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stsnd for election to
the PCC.
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ObJectlve8 and Actlvlties
The PCC of St Philip's has the responsibilrty of c¢x)perating wrth the Church Wardens,
Mrs Val Lord and Mrs Ann Dyson, and with the Incumbent. Rev'd Joanne Hus￿Ick, in
promoting in the ecdesiastical parish. the whole mission of the Church. pastoral,
evangelistic. social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance rèswnsibilities for the
church building and St Philip's Communty Centre.
Committees
The Standing Committee- This is the only committee required by law. It has the power
to transact the business of the PCC be￿een rts meetings subject to any direth'ons
given by the PCC.
The PCC also operates through the following subgroups whith meet in addition to
PCC meetings..
Finance Committee
Fundraising Group
Communtty Centre Management
Worship Planning Group
Church Attendance
Average Sunday attendance Adults: 26
Average number of children at All Age INorship Seplice". 3
Aver8g8 Mldweek attendance: 5
Baptisms.. 5 (3 infant, 2 adult)
Weddings: O
Funerals.. 311 in church, 1 crematorium. 1 commiital
Internment of Ashes 1
Electoral Roll Inforniauon
Aprll 2022
March
2023
Number resident within the parish
48
46
Number resident outside the parish
24
24
Total
72
70
Review of the Year to December 2022
The PCC has met 6 times during the year, with l Extra Meeting as mentioned below.
The PCC operates through a series of sutpcommrttees {listed above) each of which
report back to full PCC meetings. In addition to the finance and general business of
the PCC, the following topics have been discussed:
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1. The Safeguarding Policies were kept up to date and the 'A Safer Church. Policy
was reviewed and adopted in March 2022 and a notice is now on display in both
Church and the Community Centre, which includes all the relevant contsct detsils
for anyone who may need them.
2. We continue to follow the Government Advi￿ and the Church of England
Guidelines about Covid 19 at all times when making decisions about both Church
and the Communty Centre and Risk Assessments were carried out regularty.
3. Due to a broken heating system. and after agreement with the PCC, St
Cuthbert's congregation held there Sunday se￿iceS at St Philip's at 11am, aft8r
our 9.30am semce until Easter.
4. Our APCM was held In the Communlty Centre on April 3￿1 2022 followlng the
Sunday SeTViCe.
6. An extra PCC meeling was held to look at appointing a new archite¢Vsurveyor for
St Philip's due to the rellrement of Stuart Beaumont. Revd Joanne, Val Lord and
Ann Dyson met with Dawd Barker from ARH Architects. based in Huddersfield
and then at the extra meeting the PCC voted to appoint David to be our
Inspeth'ng ArchitecVSurv&yor for our Quinquennial Inspection which due in
January 2023 and Rev'd Joanne infomied the DAC.
Financial revlèw
Totsl receipts on ordinary unrestricted funds were £28,987 and are detailed in the
financial statements. In addition receipts on restricted fabrFc funds were £2,316 and
£9,631 of general funds were deslgnatod for fabrlc purposes. Restrfcted Communlty
Centre funds were £34,512,
£27,544 was spent to provide the Christlan ministry from St Philip's Church,
inctuding 43¥0 of our contribution to the Dicw6an Parish Share). which largely
provides the stipends and housing forthe dergy. The sum that churches in the
Di￿eSe have to find is shared according to a formula that tskes account of the size
of congregations and Income ￿ceiVed by PCCS.
ilst no costs were incurred on the church fabric. this was the result of a deliberate
pOI￿Y of raising the funds needed for more significant repairs in the wming year8.
£29,451 was expended on running the Communty Centre.
The net result for the year was a surplus of recelpts over payments of £18,478.
A more detailed review of the PCC'S fInan￿S is contsined in the Treasurerfs report.
Reserves Pollcy
A totsl of £24,043 is held in the Fabric Fund. indusive of the Unit shareholding
valuation, of this £4.661 are"restri¢ted' funds. This is held to help fund
improvementslrepairs to the Church's fabric and are partrcularfy important following
the weather related damage caused eartier in 2021.
The balance of £43.187 in the Communty CentsE Fund relates largely to the 'sinking
fund, (£39,302) which is being held to fund future major repairs to the Communty
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Centre, c.£2,500 of this will be expended in 2023 to cover costs relating to intemal
decoration of the centre. The PCC has agreed that 100h of annual Community
Centre income will be placed into this fund in future years. £69 of the overall
amount is specifically for use in maintaining the Communty Defibrillator.
The balance of £2,079 in the Barlow Bequest Fund ts held to help fund both the
maintenance of the Church graveyardlgrounds and the equipment required for any
such maintenance.
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2022 REPORT
8 Treasure￿5 repo￿. Chris Jones
From a'technic81° point ofview. the accourrts shThv a Surplus of receipts over payments of£18,488.
This can splst into 4 component parts..
The genernl lund a surpth of £1,452. being18rgely the result of 8 grnnl of £9￿1 recelved from
the diocese to help cover the increase in fuel bills eXp￿ted in 2023.
However. this masks our Inabilty to meet our Parish Share ￿MmItr￿ents to the diotsse in full. We
We￿ able to make payw*nts for £14.5CK) (up from £13.300 in 2021) against a share request of
£33,262.
Ag8inst this bad(drop ti was welcDme to see voluntary ￿1p1S of £21.583 (excluding Gift Aid
claimed) increase slighty over the levels seen in 2021 {£21,131). Gift Aid ￿ceIptS in 2021. were
£4,603, though it must be stressed that relates largety to givTrng occurring in 2020.
As prewou$ty stated we were unable lo meet ourPari8h Share ccmmtimenlg in fvll, and our payment
of £14,5￿ was under half of our assessed amwnt as we juggkd this with the cost5 relating to the
¢hurch building. The parish share is the most important payment ihe PCC makes. being our
commltment lo the wider churth and wilhoul thls the dI0￿e v￿Uld not be able lo support Ils
parl$he$ through the pthsion of Parish Prfe$ts and other re8ource8.
Overall costs incurred in njnning Ihe church vfft reduced slighty from £28,119 to £27.544 largely
the result of no major repairs to the church fabric having been incurred (in 2021 there were costs of
£1,000 incurred in repairing Ihe bc4Jndary wall). Along with parish share payment5 the main
expenditure related to utilities and Insuran￿ for th8 churd). These V￿re £566 higher than in 2021
and eyec* the9e costs to increase fvrther in 2023.
As was the case In 2021, the bulk of fvnd-rai3ing actlvlty was concentrated on bojsting the fabric
fund, so that future building repairworks can be caryied ￿t. This benig the case just under £2.000
was raised for the general lund through fvndraising.
The fabrfc fund Increased by £11.947 bekng18roety the result offimd ralslng activty along with the
proceeds from the Weekty Tea Dan￿. In additton 50% of the grft aid income was allocated to the
fabric fund in order to allow tho quinquennlal ￿ChItect.5 in3pecbon, which wli I take place In 2023 to
be lunded.
During the year Ihare were a number of sur£essful fund raising activities that took plac£, including
concerts, the Easter and Chrfslmas Fayres and a MrtU81 balloon race. to mentson just a few. Many
thanks are due to everyone who has been involved In spending Ihe time to arrange these events
and for eVery￿e v4kno supported them in any way.
The PCC supported mission through a number of grants. with 8 organisalions, including Ihe
Welco￿￿ Centre and Huddersfieid Missron ￿ceIV￿1g grants of £250, full details being In the
accountg. As in previous years a number of other collections 5pecffically for other causes were
facilitated through the PCC.
Funds relating lo the C(Nnmunity Centre in(¥eased by £5.IA2 during the year. which was boosted
by a donation of £1,875 following the winding up of the Cltffites.
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Rental income during the year was £32,170. of which c. £5,OW related to the use of the centre as
a vaccination centre. which may not be replicated in fvture yea￿.
A full yearfs worth of usage say eJpendituTr increase from just over £24.0(M) to £29,451. The main
factors behind this being increased cleaning cosls of c.£2.1(Kl and cleaning material costs of
c￿1.￿0 as 8 result of the centre being oper8tional for 12 months. In additson we saw utility bi119
increase by c.£2.400. We woukl expect to a further significant uplrfi in utility costs in 2023. and ag
a result of significantly increased energy tariffs.
Finally there was an increase in the value of the Barfow Bequest of £27 being interegt paid on Ihe
balance.
Reserves are held in order to a88lSt the PCC in meeting unexpected o)sts. It remains a concem
that our General Reserve Fund On￿ has a nominal amount ￿￿thin it. However given the current
inability to make parish share pa￿ents in fyH, il would nol be appropriate lo start building this up at
the cuffent lime.
The Community Centre 3inking fvrKI stands at £39.302 Induding the unused element (£20.CrfXI) of
the Corona-vlrus support grant re￿Ived in 2020.
The Fabric Fund now stsnds at £20.844. The fijnd has grth￿ durlng the y88r as a result of specrflc
donations and the lund-ralsing Income vthich was 'designaled' to the fabfic fvnd. H(wever the
expe¢ted costs of full restoration m&an that much furlher &li¥ity wlll be required In 2023.
Looking foNtsrd, 2023 wlll again be a Challenging year financially given the drfficultieg we have in
generating the funds to cover 811 of our co$t$. In particular the￿ remains the continuing disparty
be￿een our income 8nd the level of our Parish Share assessment. whkth now stands al £33,962
for 2023. Along wllh the need to ralse slgnlficanl funds to resth wr church bulldlng.
As the thurch is funded by its members {we have no other lo￿ Offinan￿81 support) it is important
that we respond appropriately. If we want lo be a grLMiing and forward I￿king church we have lo
remember that we have lo pay for it. ￿lISt our primary focus shoukl be on looking lo see how we
can grow membership and faith. I would encourage everyone lo consider the level of ffinandal
support that they can provrde.
I should like to finish ty thanking all those who have made my job as Treasurer easier over the last
year. In particular, our churchwardens Vd & Ann. along with ￿dre￿ for her tireless I￿rk in
managing the Community Centre.
1 should also like to Ihank Charfes Ard(le88. our Independent Exarnlnor for his as$ist8nek in
producing these accounts and. last but by no means least. every¢Me wtthin the pafish for your
generous givlng both of money and Ilme. without whith the parish woul(1 not be able to fvnctton.
Chds Jones
Treasurer
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Independent Examinerfs Report to the Parochial Church Council of
St Philip's Church, Birchencliffe
I reporl on Ihe accounts of the Sl Philtp's Church for the year ended
31" December 2022
Responslbilities and l>asls of report
As the charity trustees of the Trusl you are r¢5pDnsible for the preparaiion of the
accounts in ac£ordance With the requirements of the Charilies Act 2011 ('the Act,).
I repr￿ in respect of my 8xaminatit)n of Ihe TfUSI's accounts carried out undèr
seclicjn 145 of the 2011 Act and In car￿n9 out my examinalion I have followed 811
the appliCa￿e Directions gven ty the Chwty Commission Ur￿ se¢iion 14515llbl
of Ihe AGt
Independent examiners statomont
I have compleled my examination. I confinn that no maleriat matters have o)m8 to
my 81lentic￿ in comection with the examinalion givirYJ me cause lo believe Ihal In
any material respect..
1. The 8ccounliTrJ records were nof k￿1 In resF*Ct of tl* Trusl as r*lui￿d ty
sed1￿ 130 01 the Acl., or
2. The 8ccounis do not accord ￿th thosè records
I have no ￿ncernS and have comè across no other matters in conneetion wrth tha
examination 10 whth attèntion should be ara•m in this report in order lo enable a
proper understandmg of the aco)unis to be reached
Name
Address.
Chrislophor •4*b••s
68 Yew Tree Road
8irchendrffe
Huddersfield
H03 3QR
2nrf Wil 2Q3
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Date.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ending 31st Dècember 2022
R•¢lpts and PaymwtsA¢Murt•
Fund
Ch
Fund
Und
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RE¢EIPT8
21
95
IA78
27
Ino
7.110
t1￿2
37.170
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PAYMENTS
ChurthAt*M¥e&"
412
5(•1
1gh14
21.401
451
1lJ
S*745
cw10lqon•r￿ryfW
To¥ Pqwn•#ts
74
1316
12.1021

Cjrntslj
EIE
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B* rknj
Fabrk Fw
9.631
10.183
2.1152
27
2.079
Fabyk Fund
1316
2B.451
3217
C(mpThmty Contre s¥￿1
35.616
3217
.828
29.451
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G￿6y￿d.
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47
41
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425
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