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
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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, $￿tal and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilrties for the
church bU￿dIng and St Philip's Communrty Centre.
Committees
The Standing Committee- This is the only committee required by law. It has the power
to transact the business of the PCC belween its meetings subiect to any dI￿tiOnS
given by the PCC.
The PCC also operates through the foEloknJ subgroups whth meet in addition to
PCC Meetings."
Finan￿ Committee
Fundraising Group
Community Centre Management
Worship Planning Group
BuBding Group
Church Attendance
Average Sunday attendance Adults.. 25
Average number of children at hjl Age Worship se￿ice. 2
Average Midweek attendan￿". 6
BaptÉsms.' 5
Thanksgiving: 1
Vrfeddings: O
Funer21s.' 2 in ehurch and 3 at Huddersfield Crematorium
Intemment of Ashes 1
Electoral Roll Irrfommtion
Aprfl 2023
March
2024
Number resident within tr* parfsh
i Number residerrt outside the parish
24
25
70
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Review of the Year to December 2023
The PCC has met 6 times during the year. with 1 Extra Meeting as rnent￿>ned below.
The PCC operates through a series of sub-commtttees (listed above) each of which
rt back to lull PCC meetings. In addits.on trj the finance an¢J general business of
the PCC, the following topics have been discussed:
1. We adopted the safeguarding polry slatement 'Promoting a Safer Church.
(House of Bishops 2017) at the PCC Meeting in Spring 2023. and this is revwed
annually. The ststement confims that all people who work in the Church ag￿e to
abide by the P)l￿e$, 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.
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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.
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St Philip's Church. Birchendiffe
I repcwt on the acc(uts of the St Phdip's cl￿[￿ for the ernled
31° DeLxts 2023
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(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
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examirwlton lo whith attentKm should be dravm in this rewrt in or(kr lo enable a
Christopher Ar(thss
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