2023-12-31-accounts

St Phitip's Church is sltuated on Halifax Road, BfftherKTr. SI P* is part of the UnEted Benefice of St CLrthberL BW and St Bifchendrffe in the Deanery of HUddersf￿Id and the Di(Kese d Leeds Churth of England. The Parochia Church Courril {PCC) is a charity excepted from registrat￿1 ￿ the Charity Commission. (In 2013 St Philips PCC became a registered Charity - number 11 $0600) PCC members who have served Sin￿ the last APCM are". - Priest Rev'd Joanne Hustsyick Curate Churchwardens Rev'd Ruth Bradley Mrs Valerie Lord Mrs Ann Dyson Mr Chris Jones From 2020 from 2019 from 2022 Treasurer Deanery Synod RepresentatÉves Elected fviembe Alison Lobb Ruth Bn)oks Waf(er Pell Audrey Shaw Mavis Smith Alison Lobb Ruth Brooks Andre 8rooks Karen Ha￿h Jess Fort Michael Smrth Chris Jones Élecled in 2023 , Elected in 2023 i from 2021 from 2021 from 2021 from 2022 from 2022 from 2022 from 2022 from 2023 from 2023 from 2023 io

Structure, Governance and Management Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordan￿ with the Church Representation Rules. All church attendees are encouraged to register on the Elect0￿1 Roil and stsnd for election to the PCC. Objectives and Activities The PCC of St Philip's has the respjnslb￿[ty irf co-operating with the Churth 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. evangelists"c, $￿tal and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilrties for the church bU￿dIng and St Philip's Communrty Centre. Committees The Standing Committee- This is the only committee required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC belween its meetings subiect to any dI￿tiOnS given by the PCC. The PCC also operates through the foEloknJ subgroups whth meet in addition to PCC Meetings." Finan￿ Committee Fundraising Group Community Centre Management Worship Planning Group BuBding Group Church Attendance Average Sunday attendance Adults.. 25 Average number of children at hjl Age Worship se￿ice. 2 Average Midweek attendan￿". 6 BaptÉsms.' 5 Thanksgiving: 1 Vrfeddings: O Funer21s.' 2 in ehurch and 3 at Huddersfield Crematorium Intemment of Ashes 1 Electoral Roll Irrfommtion Aprfl 2023 March 2024 Number resident within tr* parfsh i Number residerrt outside the parish 24 25 70 71

Review of the Year to December 2023 The PCC has met 6 times during the year. with 1 Extra Meeting as rnent￿>ned below. The PCC operates through a series of sub-commtttees (listed above) each of which rt back to lull PCC meetings. In addits.on trj the finance an¢J general business of the PCC, the following topics have been discussed: 1. We adopted the safeguarding polry slatement 'Promoting a Safer Church. (House of Bishops 2017) at the PCC Meeting in Spring 2023. and this is revwed annually. The ststement confims that all people who work in the Church ag￿e to abide by the P)l￿e$, rBcOmm￿dations and guKlelines estab15shed by the Church. 2. Our APCM was held in Church on April 23rt 2023 following the Sunday SeNice. 3. The Quinquennial Insp￿On was carried out by our archrtecvsurveyor OavKI Barker from ARH Archttects, based in Huddersfield in January 2023 An Extra PCC meeting was held in March to discuss the running of the Communty Centre 5. Discussion about receiving Comrnunion in both kinds and this then started in August A number of the congregation stsrted attending a monthly Promoting Growth and Leadership course in Bradl￿￿ whKh runs for 6 months Financlal r•view Totsl receipts on ordinary unrestricted funds were £32M3 and afe detsiled in the financial statements. In addrtion receipts on restiicted fabric funds were £803 and £8.746 of general funds were designated for tab￿ purposes. Restricted Communty Centre funds were £39.085. £32,920 was spent to provide the Christian ministy from St Phdip's Church, induding 41Yo of our COntr￿Ution to the Diocesan Parish Share), whith largely Pfovides the sttpends and housing for the dergy. The sum that churches in the OH￿Se have to find is shared according to a fomula that tskes aco)unt of the stze of congregations and income received by PCCS. ExclLHling costs of fijnd raising aclivrtjes. £876 was spent on church fabric. this being the cost of the quinquennial insF)ecbon. All other fabric retatsd expenditure was booked to the general fund as the policy of building up fal)nc funds to meet forthcoming expenditure was conts'nued. £SS.171 was expended on running the Communlty Centre. The net ￿SuIt for the year Ytss a def￿1t of receipts over payments of £7.962. A more detsiled review of the PCC'S finaThxs is contained In the Treasure¢s report. ReseThe8 Pollcy A totsl of £32.472 is hdd in the Fabric Fund. tndusive of the Unit shareholding valuation. of this £5,464 are "restsicted" funds This is held to help fund imwovementslrepairs to the Church's fabric and are particulady important follcming the v￿ather related damage caused earlier in 2021. 12

The balance d £27.100 in the Community Centre Fund relates largely to the 'sinking fijnd (£2S.7991 which is being held to fund future major repairs to the Communty Centre, c £2.500 OF this w511 be expended in 2023 to cover costs relating to intemal decoration of the centre. The PCC has agreed that were wssible 10% of annual Communtty Centre income will be placed into this fund in future years. £1,301 of the over￿1 amount is 5pecffically for use in maintaining the Communtty Defibrillator. The balance of £2,145 in the Bart￿ Bequest Fund is held to hdp fund both the maintenance of the Church graveyardIg￿unds and the equipment required for any such maintenants. 13

St Philip's Church. Birchendiffe I repcwt on the acc(uts of the St Phdip's cl￿[￿ for the ernled 31° DeLxts 2023 seciKJn 145 of the 2011 Act and JUt my examina￿￿ I have blkywed al the 4¥)k2ble Dife(KJrs gven by Ihe Chaiity untsr seclion 14515Mb) (rf the ACL I have (Xffnpleled my e￿￿mir￿￿tK)n. I confinn that no material mattets have COfr to my attenlion in Lx)nneclion wilh thé eXarny￿￿n gMTrJ me cause to be&eve thal in sec1ion 13) of Ihe A¢ or I have no concerns KI h&e cm across Flo Olher matters in I￿ne¢1￿M with ihe examirwlton lo whith attentKm should be dravm in this rewrt in or(kr lo enable a Christopher Ar(thss Addres& 68 Yew Tree Roal Birchendiffe HD3 3aR Date: o I zoz

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