Report of the Trustees and
Unaudlted Flnancial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023
for
The Parochial Church Council of the EGclesiastical Parish of Feniscowles Immanuel

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH
OF FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL
CQNTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Cort8nt8
R8POrt of the Trustee8
Independent Examiner5 Report
Income end Exwdilur8 A(X￿￿t
statement ofAs3ets S￿1 ￿e￿.￿"éS
11
Notes to th8 Fin8￿al StatemenL8
12

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH
OF FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL
REPORT OF THE MEMBERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OETAILS
Prlnclpal addr9$5
Imrnanuel Parish Church
Pleaslngton Lane
Blackburn
BB2 SEW
Cowrespond8n¢o addre88
Immanu81 Parish Church
The Vicarage
732 Preston Old Road
F8n1S￿eS
Blackburn
B82 SEN
Sgllcllors
Napthens
Darwen Hous8
Walker Office Park
Walker Rd
8la¢kbum
B81 2QE
Charlty Comml$$lon nurnljgr.
Fenis¢0￿￿5 Imrnanuel Church part of the DK)cese of Bkrknum within the Churth of Eryland.
The Feniscob￿e8 Immanuel P8n)chial Chur(* Counal IPCCI memb8r5 wh) have 88fvod 81 any tim? from 1st January 2023
unUI the date this ￿pOrt was 8ppfovBd are'.-
1150803
Ex￿¢10 members
Incumbent.. Th8 Revw¢nd Dawd John Rose
Wardens.. Mr P Enivi$de
IChairm&nl (Rtrsiwed 10th Septetnbor 2Q231
Ichaimanl
Elected member5
Mrs M E DuGkwotth
Mrs L Moulden
Mrs Kl Banks
Mi J Duck¥
Mrs J A Marsh
Mr C Alkin50n
Mr A Wi)Dds
Mrs D Enlwsle
Mrs J Duc￿￿Orth
Seuetsry (Deanery 8￿m)d R8prosentstr8}
Tr885urer
(Dean8ry Syntyj Repre58ntstivel
{Appointed 12th September 2023}
(Aprx)inted 12th September2023)

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OF FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL
REPORT OF THE MEMBERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
At FeniswvA85 Immanuel th8 membwship of Ihe PCC o)nslsts of Ihe inoJmbent lour vi&4rl, churchwardgn and member8
9￿cted by those rn￿TS of th8 congregauon who are on the electoral rdl of Ih? ¢hurch. All those who attend our se[vi￿$ I
mÉmb8r8 of the Congregation ale en¢our898d lo regkiter on ihe E￿Cto￿ Roll and stand for eI￿lon lo tha PCC ot the Annu81
G8n8ral M88bng. Th8 PCC members ar8 rgsFthi$itrA& for I￿ak￿.ng dedsk)n& 811 tnattets Df gen8ral concèrn ond importance
to th8 podsh including deckling on how the fvnds of the PCC a￿ to be g￿t. The full PCC rn8t in F•rson slx tsme5 during the
yearwitb. an average lèvd ol attendance of 50%. There w8re m S￿nIficant trarnathons wth PCC rnembers or¢losèly r•lated
rw¥ons.
Govomlng docurntrnt
The chayty ￿ govemed by an Act of Partiamenl und8r.-
the Partthial Churth Counals IPtrwet51 Measure 1956 as amended
the ChLJrch Repreyent8Uw Rul8s Icontained in Sch8dulo 3 to (he SynLMlical GD¥￿nrr￿t Mèasure 1969 85
amendedl
R8crultsnent and appolnfm¢nt of new membors
Trustees are appolnted at th8 Parochial Church Council's AGM foran aThLI numberoly88rs UP to a maxlmum of fouryaars.
Th6y must resign aftef their agf88d seTrice h&8 axptrod; however, tw are pemrtbd to Stsnd for ￿-elect￿)n.
Organhotlonal 5tnJcture
The Paro¢hig1 Church Counal is IBd by the Chair I￿1h the day404gy runnlng tieing over588n by the Church Warden. During
the Inteiregnurn. thè Warden be￿An&S Chalr.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTPIITIES
Alms and purposes
To promote the whole rr*slon of thg Church, pastrnl, evang81tstio and 8￿M￿nIC￿l. Fenis¢owiès Immanuol Parochlal
Church Council IPCCI has the resp￿S1b￿ty of cooperatirvJ wtlh the Incumtent in p￿1￿￿ng In tha eccleskntirxl p8rish, the
vthok rnis8ion ol the Church, pa51oral, eVangelkSt￿ ￿al and ecumenical.
Th8 parochh￿ Ghurch Counol s missiN arKI b&nefrt Statetnent L8 to tseèk Eo provid8 8 WBlcomlng and attradve
environmenL whkh promotes Christian faith. through mubjal respect. and responsibilty, giving high pdorty to tha Spiri￿al
devolopment of all the rAmmunty-'
Obj0¢￿5 and aGtivrtles
The PCC is cotnmllied tD 8nabllThJ a8 many people as [M￿siNe 10 worship 8t church and lo becorne part of our padsh
Gotnmunlty. OurseNkes and WOT5hip sxrt fath into praGULE through prayer and scripture. rnu5￿ and sarxanwnt.
The Parochial Church coun￿ have consld8r8d thtr CharityComrru5SK)n's gu￿8￿¢9 on public ￿n&fit and tha speuftc guid8nce
on charities for the advanc8rnent ol tdgian. We lry to en8bb ord￿ary pÈtsK￿ to liv8 Out their faith as part of c4Jr parish
Community through..
Wors1¥) and prayer.. ￿amIl￿ ab(xrtthe Litspel", and dgveloplffj their knovA8dge arKI tru81 WL Jesus.
Provision tsf pastordl car8 for people liwrYJ in the partsh. Mkssionary and outreach worft.
The PCC is 8150 specincally resp¥)nslble for thè mintenan(%t ol th6 thrch ￿ Churth Han at F8nIscO￿le$. Bl8ckbum,
Lancashire.

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REPORT OF THE MEMBERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
OWECTIVES AND ACTlVtllES l¢onlnuedl
A¢hlovern•nts and perlorniance
This report 15 ￿tten as we ar& alrewty well into 2024 Ixrt rd8tes to thè ￿ar 2023. OrKe again, we wdl se8 the renew81 and
power of nature, at Easter time th8 ehurch ¢d8b7tes the ￿￿wOr of the bve that God has ftsr each of us. As we shar8 in the
Eu¢hari5t, esp&ciaRy ory Ea$ier Sunday, the thurch experth8rtrBes the prew￿ dlhls Indusive ￿ng power atnongst us in tho
glft of the Holy Sacrament and its life transforrning kx)ientiat forgo(xY in u8.
The last year in the Iwe of our Church has s88n a ConS￿ldation of the post pandamK wrmality. The pat¢em of worshlp
18 Strongly astab1lsf￿d with something everyon8, f8TvJing from Cafe Church to Bcok of Ccmmon Prayer Ser￿￿5.
September saw Vi(ar DavKI leawng to take up a new F￿Srt￿n in PTe51on and thus afi Interregnum was In place. A hu￿ thank
you needs to E* given to out Rural Dean A￿reW V.ors¥all wo¢K8d th"rdèssty trj 8nsure that we had a ￿¢&r for most of the
88rvE￿. Ther8 is a massve thanks 8180 lo Santy. Peter H, Brian. Peter D and Judith th) all a5Ststed with thos& servK88
wh￿￿ w& did not have a wicaT.
Folloving Dawd18aving a PCC meet'ng wllh th8 PCC of St Frdn£is and th8 A￿￿deaCOft was held at which a 1lls¢uss￿n took
Pla￿ regarrfing the futura of the 2 parishes. Each PCC had lkn held ts ovm PCC lo accBpt or not the proposal to b8corne a
Unlted B8neflc8. This moUoD was carried and the Dloceseath5ed aThl th8 lagat process has bagun. This meansthal Immanu
retalns its own PCC aDd cA)ntrol of tis ow tdnk a(tthJnL
During 2023 both Christmas and Eastor ￿rdS were ￿ce again [￿d￿Ced to a hyh qualty and delivored to every house In both
parishes. We hav8 had joint servKes suth as Al-souls S•￿Ce. Carol Servi￿, Pa580ver Meal and G￿d Friday Stations
of the Cross. In addltlon tothls tttej￿nt Churd)es You Tube Channel'FennyChurth8s' conlnugj to upload and make available
servic* fraffl each Church Week￿ .,'n tum, a weekty 'S￿ty Second Slof thought for the day tslk from Dawd until he Igft,
unfortunat81y we hav8 been unabla to conunue thi5 as access was personal to Da￿d. Standlng Committeg and PCC
Meeyngs have fDllowed a ￿gUlar bi-rnorthly patt8m by faC&(￿[aCe meeting5 plus a (x)up18 of add￿'On87 one5 due to the
Interregnum. In addition tts all of this we a￿ blessod ￿th the ded￿ed and har(hvorfKing ministry of our Deputy Warden, Pater
who does sa rnuch more than open the Church lorworsh':p la demarKling and IDyal ministry in itsetfj but also do many unse8n
jobs in the background of both Maintenan￿ and nussion.
W8 are alsoextrBmely pl8a$ed Ihatthe tnonlhtyrafé Chur(*' in Oiirchurth Hall on thesecond Sunday olthe mDnth continues
to thrfve. This 'frosh express1(￿ of church. Is attraciiTvJ a new grDup of poople inthdiro many young familie5 might not
have felt a5 comfortable in bringiry young Ghildr8P. to the thur&) Parade, wh￿h * replaced. Tbis 18 a clear exampl8 of not
lust rocornm•ncing pattems which had been 14 fv before fvl.arch 2020 but 8 fantast￿ Wdy of 'wmlw back bettarf. We Are
extremety gratthl to ourVi8ion Champh)n Sarmly Wood$ for both sU￿j￿Sting thls exutyng 1nits.atwe and for hls undertaking the
service during the Interregnum. This seNlc• h85 ffl(MJem wor¥hlp songs and a ￿SU81 gospel story displayed on a large screen
from a wdeo proj8Ctor. The undertaking oflhe Bth)kof Crffimon Prayer IBCPI tsad￿ana1 language semce every fourth Sunday
shows we am taking great steps to ensure that are a truty'rnixed, chtjrch Which ¢at8r8 for all parishioners.
These exatlng inttsatfves and opportUn￿eS are of ¢wrse balanr*d by the chalk8rHJe5 faced whenèver we rostK)nd to J88US'
call. Being invited lo lak& up the cross cannot e¥er a vi¢tory parade or sn easy rth. rf it where I do not think It would
either be worth doing or an aGbve work of frdith. J88us inwles us io work hirn in buikling his king(k)m and. like Bny great
task thi8 wll mean bclh great d)aUenge5 dorvj ￿￿th great reward. bolh ftsrour ChTJrd) and for our5elvss personally.
So yes. we do face a large smrtlall in gmng rf we 8re lo me8t our parfsh share payments.. given thal WÈ are fortunat8 io be
able to do 80 and at a18vd sel far b.wher than mary. irKl*d most Churthes. Shou￿ bllnd us to the laci that we afe r81i&nt
on hall rentsl inc(rtne to do Ihls. The fact Ihat our Sunday Servke, hawng has I￿1 to both a greal Continuity and
greater sens8 01 eomrnunity. Furthermore, although w• have had a ¢OL￿ling of both homes and populatbn in the parish ovèr
the next lewy&ars there remains the challervJe of how outreach may be lived out, eS￿allY siven Ihe growing ￿l￿leariZatiOll
of family Ilfe whth was owJrrirvJ befL¥È th8 08ndeM￿ anyway, which, like muth e158, has been hastened by it.
Due in no sm81 part to Blal(bum 2026 intbabve, vhen itW85 laund)ed se8mèd a lifetimE away, there
ar8 a large ¢ohort of Curat8S tralning wthin the D￿e58. A massive reSLdt for lrnmanuel has been that In early J￿nUary 2024
a new Prtest in cb.arge was appolnted him due to take up the posthDn on the 11th of March. on￿ the bgalities ol Unit& d
Benefice S￿1h Sl FrarKIs 8re finali*ed, he will be￿rn8 VIL*r of the United BeA8fic8 01 Immanud Fen1￿0￿195 and St Franus

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Fenis¢llffe. This will ￿SU]i in Ihe Intsrregnurn bpit¥J lust 6 months, a fanlaslic TrsulL We knk forwa￿ to W8lcoming Rev 8ryn
Naykjr and his familyto the parfsh.
Jesus inwles us to r85pond to hls ￿1, w8 fesF#ThJ in a vllllron88S to emtr%ac8 rharvJ• and not to simr* r8V8rt to the
comfort zone of the fam,'Irar will d8lermine the hgal*h and dffeJDn of wr church in the years lo com8. We havg made go
progr8Ss but must recognise that IherE is much 181 to do and many chdlenges io fac&. WB should remèmberJ88us' P￿MIse
that however challenging w8 tnay find his cal vthen we resporKI ￿ hL8 kmd( and open Ihe door to hlm he will nevÈr giv8 US
mor& to do than we can cops with as he knows us as his childrEn and wll. whèn we do respond, in h1$ grace, give us More
thall we can ¢ver either d88ire or deseNe- because Ifs throigh his strength that he wll transfottn our Ilfa and that this Sea
chbroe will be. althaugh maybe Seen through pte ¢ovKI eyes. $Off￿1￿m£S unlamwar and strange. it will b8 somathing rich
Ind88d.
Worshi
and Pra
er
Everyone is vory welcome at Immanuel.
Our Sunday 9:15am, Family Communion a d)ild fnendty Communion $8rvice wlth mcxl8m language and LnBludos a
tslk by the vkarto help to thlnk aLM)ut èither th8 Bib￿ readiry forth6 day or rJJrrentth&mÈs or events.
On the $8cond Sunday ofeach mffflth, a Café Church wherewB were by tyjr UThformed Organisalions and par8nt8 With
young I*￿r￿n for a child ffiendly Famity Serw.ce, wrth coffoe and croi8sants aVal￿bIg b81or8 arTrd afterth8 sarylce.
OurThursday evening Famli yCommun•Jn a ¢h4I fri8ndlyCommunw Servwhth modèm languageand an al-as9 address
based around a languag8 BitrAe story. Th Ser¥hx la5tS 8bLxJi haw an h￿r and chlldren 8re Cl￿sen to h8lp in the
address tool
Once again, we held 8 h(ghly Suc￿sSfUl Crib 8nd Christin￿e semce on Chrislm8s Eve and many f8mllles attendd.
Th8re are 145 narnes on our Electoral Rol.
This year our joint occasion81 seNS¢es vAlh our St Fra￿ I￿ra1￿ partner5
MaundyThursday Passovormeal was held at Immanud. whlk the StalK)n5 ofthe C¥05s. The Last Hourwag held at Sl Fran¢ls.
Ourloint 9 Lessons and Cards S8NC8 was he￿ at Imrnarnjd on the Sunday before Chrtstsna8.
We have seen a r&dU￿ number ol owlonal officÈs *ith weddings aThl fvnerdls down ￿ the last ¢oupl8 of years. Al at
Immanud continued to 8how Ihe care of1h8 Church tOW8rds those at Inwrtènt mileston88 in thelr Ilves.
Dgane
Three mernbets of Ihe PCC on thg Deaw SY￿. Thls prmles the PCC wllh an ifflportanl Ilnk b8tween the par15h and
¢he ￿lder strUctu￿S ol the chuich..
The Churth and Hall
The church at￿ the hall are both incr8dibty old buildings and conts.ntje lo require money spent on repairs to keep
them serviceable, however there are nèvèr SU￿le￿rt fvnds avallabfè to alk)w a raft of improvements lo be canied
out. Having received a slzable legacy the PCC hav8 obtained a faculty for the creation of a Narthèx at the rear of
church, which would provide an area which could be used for meetings. a creche or space which could be used
for a warm place for vulnerable to meet
During the week, the hall was used by the Deaf Hub and Live & Kicking out of school dub dLsring th8 day. In the
evening, the Unwormed Organisalions ol Be8v¢rs. Brownies, Cubs, ScouÉs and GuKles. Yoga sesslons contlnued
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QBJECTWES AND ACTPIITIES (conl1n￿d}
Pastoral Cwe
Memb8r8 of our regul&r ￿ng[Egat.0nS are unable to ait8nd Church duo to Sickness OT 8gB have onee agaln bèon unab
to receNe communion mop.thky al home or in hosFltal from Rev¢ David Rosc08 until hl$188wry. Th8 hospitsl Chaplalncy Team
have asslsted In this area greauy sitKe Oawd moved on and w8 are extr￿￿elY gratefijl ft)r th8 work done by ArÈdr8w, Rachel
and Joanne.
Mlssl
nand
Throughout 4h8 y8ar ￿r w8mped and improved qudlty pwi5h magathe vrns put￿lS￿ed distrityJt8d l￿-T￿)nthlY #llowing
for full cok)ur photographs of all a8[￿ts of our chur(* knfe Ihrough(xrtthe yearto be hI￿lighted and a futher8our¢e of staying
conn8Ct6d with pari5hlongrs.111s delive￿￿ to a of peopk withw) and beyond the paThsh and is avaSlab18 in Church. Th6
frÈsh style magazine conlnues to be dlstrbuted to new house5 belng bull t in the parish as an Introduction to Immanuel.
The magazine keeps pari5hloners infomied of the Important matter5 antl news abwt our Church and park8h life.
We publish the most and latest n￿￿ on the hom page of our website at iTnmanuelchur¢hfenk8rA)wles.org, wl*h
contaln5 btyth up to date infomiation ab)ut our patsh and an wchNe wd history of all thlws Immanuel. The tnadem w8b8ltg
s MO￿ conietnporary in Style and qualty of appearance and makes a¢￿SsIr￿ iTrforniatm￿ at￿ul our Church both easier and
more attractive for anyone who vislts
Once again, jolnt Chrfstm&8 atld Easter greeting cards. rJintainiThg infomiauon al￿￿1 bolh St Franris and Immanuèl Season81
Servk88 wa$ distributed to all hom88 in parish. To ensure that 8Jl U)e Cards were dv&tribJt8d and (bat every home in both
parishes received th8 card we asked a local cornpany to defNer theln.
Our PCG wnunued commitmBntkn donate £2,5￿) from its vjrrenl budg8tlo charitable giving on behaKof tt* Church. 2022
Jaw Immanuel support Blackbum F(x)dbank. Teenage can￿T￿￿ ChildTEnS knety and Ro8*nere.
The numberof new lamll y horn8s ￿.￿g coNstnJthd within Ihe parish I￿￿"nUeS to rnushroorn and ￿annIng isgr8nted for many
olhws. The PCC are k)okiw io estabfBh how ￿t ￿ reath Ihe5e new parishimers.
Ecu
n￿81 Rel tK)nsh
Msmb8rs trom bolh Immanuel and St Franci8 werB invit8d to follow the latest Lent and Adven¢ wjrses published by the
Dlo¢e8è.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Total receipts on unrestric￿J fllnds wer8 £68,143 of whKh: E25,923 w88 Ufttesbict8d voluntsry gi￿ng and donations, and a
furth8r £5.518 was frorn Gift income tax redairn. Restricted dorwtirfft8 of £120 werè ￿¢￿￿ed and spènt. The church hal
and cottage piowded a r8duced gross Incorne of £30.422. Tr ￿aThn￿d gmno through enveloFw 8nd banker's (¥d&rs
ecreased slightly ¢ompared to 2022.
Total income, 9xcluding L99p￿8$ bul indudiDg tsx recovered. decr&￿ by2.2% ryjmpatpd wth lasty8ar. £78,357was spent
trom unrostr'.ctwJ fiJndS,￿ prowde the Christ'an ministry frC￿ Fenls¢o¥Aes Itnmanu81 Church, induthng the wntribuuon lo thè
dloc8s8n parish share and largely prowvjes the stipends and ￿th$1￿g for ihe clergy. The sum that th8 churches the deanery
muslfind is shared between the church85 aCCA)rding to a formula IfL4t i8 based on a hBad count of the CDngregation5 and swo-
economic factor.
The net result for thg yearwas 3 defkri of receipts over pa￿￿ts of £7.214 on unT&str￿ funds.
Adding bank and dep051t balances brought foTrvard at the tEginnlp.g of the year. Ihe wh balances carrled foTrvard al 31st
D8C8mber fft ￿n￿striCted tolalleo £68.365, of whlth £5.000 has been set aside to cover rtpaws reoulred as a ￿sU11 of
the Quinquennial inspectlon and to th8 Hall, £30.¢J(Y) to create a Narthèx at the rear of Ihe Church 8nd Install nèw internal
entrance doors. £5,000 set a8ide for mtnk8ty, M1wL￿ and. tTrE remaining £28,366 hehl lo cover 6 I￿￿[hS of expendltu
as per rÈs8Tve poliy.
Restricted funds are apPr￿d to th8 purpose it was rwsed for as soon 8$ possibl8. As * t1￿ year-8nd £4,724 wa5 he5d In (a8h
In the13herwothl

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OBJECTNES AND ACT￿￿lEs (wltinugdl
The Isherwood Endowment fund r8lates to 1,996 shares in thE Churth Inwlment Fund The Bladtbum Diocesan Board
of Flnanct Llmtted purchasgd In April 1994 8t 125.25 pence per share. The Par(thlal Church Counal <8n onty ulllz8 the
dividends and inl&ro8t of this ￿nd for repair5 and ren8wds to the churth Ix&ling. Th8 value ol Ihese at the 31.12.2023 was
£45,120.
es8Nes
It Is PCC policy to try to rnalniain 8 b*n¢¢ on Un￿s￿riCt8d funds whth eqyates to at bast SL¥ months unrpstrictsd expected
payments. This is equivalent to £35,000. It r6 he￿ tr) srnwth ou* flucluatioTrB in cosh fflow aTKI to megt emetyenri85. The cash
balance of £68,366 helLI unrestrided linduding de￿gnated) fur￿5 at the y8ar8nd. The balan¢9 of £4.¥30 in th6 18hgrwood
restrtcted fund is rètainad towards tneèting the cost of Churth woparty repair5.
ves
A ￿se￿atiVe but geuw5ng investment h& rn81nts￿ed by Iho Parothkil Church Councl. Investsr8nts ore h8ld at The
Blackburn D ocès8n Board of Finance Linited. a r8gistered chariw. and UK registered and regulated flnanclal Institutions Dn
bFhall ol the Parocknl￿ Church Coun￿. AU other fvnds are wtth InstituUO￿ (￿Vered by the Flnan¢ial SeNIc88
Compensation Stheme.
Charlty st¥tU5
The PGC is reglstored vlth th8 Charity Commbsion as an kndepand￿tcknarity. wlstrthn numb8r 1150803.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Dullng 2023 an updated fevwF4 of Saf8guardlThJ wocedure5 undgrtaken. and Craig Alknnson our Saf£guardlng Offlc8r
Impl8mented the Churth of England regulations regarding tsainiro and DBS c*Eck5 and training 8nd checking ha5 b88n
commenced and is being rnonitored.
A SafaguardlThJ Audlt took place in the eaty part of 2020 and remain5 ¢urrenL
Cont8ct detsi18 for the Saf8guaidiw OffKer are in and ￿ thg first page Dfthe website.
We thank and are grateful lor all the WOTk done by mary voknntoers who g￿e fre81y oltheir tim8 io keep Immanuel A friendly,
wèlcorning worshipplng (ommunity and ￿tnesS to (kn£ in Ih8 partsh. In partr¢ular the often hK*Jèn and dedicated wolrt of our
ward8ns, our treasurer ￿rnda m￿￿en, PCC SecTetary MaTgaret D￿k￿r)￿ and Dewty Warflen Peter H￿kInson hvho all
work ￿￿th th@ vicar. Day￿ to lead the Churth.
Iql.3.12.Itand
The ￿￿￿￿1￿￿$ appToved by th8 board of mewnber5 On . ..
te ￿gned on ifs behalt by..
Mr P Ents￿St￿- Chairrnan
Mrs L Mould8n. Treasurer

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH
OF FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL
I reporton lh8 financkgl ¥tatemerrts forthe year 31 Derknr 2023 set out on paga 8 to 11.
Re$pectfve re5pon8bllltlos of trustees and gxamlner
The charit15 trustse8 are reswn511 for the prepa￿￿on of Ihe acojunts. The charitys Irustègs consid8r that an audlt Is not
Tequired for1hls year under 88Ctk)n 144121 of the ch8rits.es 2011 (the 2011 Actl and that an Independ&nt examlnadon 1$
quired.
11 Is my re$￿￿1bl1ty to:
examine thts accounts undei 5ecODn 145 ofthe 2011 Act
to folow the )m¢edures laKI (lown inthe Ganeral DlrecbonsgÈv8n by the Charity c0rnrn￿K)n und8rsèctlon 1451Sllbl
of th8 2011 A¢t', and
to stat¢ whether particular matters hav8 come to my att8ntion.
Basls of Indep¢nd8nl•xamlnerfs report
My axaminath)n was carfed out in a(xordance with th8 general Diredion5 by the Charity Commisskjn. An examlnaoon
Indud8$ a re￿eW of Ihe accountlng I￿OrdS kept by the tharlty8•d a ￿mparis0n ofthe attounts pr8senied with those recc¥*s.
It al80 includes ￿nsIderat.0n of any unusud item5 or dk%dosuw in the accounts, and seeknng explanations frLim yw as
truste8s conceming any 5uth tnatlers. Tne Pr￿edureS undertaken ¢$) not pnwide all the &¥Ide￿e that would b8 required in
an audTt and con58quantly no opinion given asto %th8therth& aoxunts present a Inje aThl fair vM¥' and Ihe r8Wt is limSied
to thDSe matt8rs 8et in th8 staternBnt bdow.
Independenl examiners staternent
In the coursE Df wny examinatk)n. no matter ha5 ¢on* to my attention:.
which glves me reasonable rajse to belfeve Ihat, in any materi81 re5pecL Ihe requlrements..
to k*p a¢countlng ￿¢{*￿S In accordaw wth seL*Dn 130 oflh8 2011 Actr. and
lo prepare 8￿QU￿b vthlch accord *ith the ￿COUnting ￿(a￿d8 and comp￿ th8 acmuntlng requirements of
th8 2011
have rrfjt been rrot: or
to whth, in my ownion. 8ttention shwkl ￿drawn in orderto @nab￿ a prcw undew5tathding ofthe accounts to bg reachBd.
Michad Richard Tumer ACA
Tumer & Tumer IPr8Stonl Jrnited
9 Victoria Road
Fuhrrfood
Preston
PR2 8ND

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH
OF FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2023
Total
Funds
2022
Totsl
Fund8
Unresthcted RÈstrkted
Fund5
Fund5
Elklowment
Funds
INCOME
Incomlng resources Irom donor5
Planned si￿n9
Collectlons and other glvlng
Income tax recov8rad
VAT recovered
16,778
6,274
5,518
18.778
6.394
5.518
17,012
6.188
5.125
120
28.570
120
other voluntsry In¢omlng rosour¢os
Donations
Legacies
Fund rdl8ing &vents
2.872
2.872
12,838
1,843
1,722
1,722
4.594
15.692
InGorn8 from Invesknents
Inl8r8St on dopost
Dwidands
123
1,233
129
1,233
40
1.227
1.362
Incomefrom charftsble and antlllary gmng
Sale of the rnagazine
M3g8zlne advef+s
Use of church Cent￿ (Xr park
Other f88S
501
360
30.422
501
360
30,422
3,690
604
30
28,674
9,507
34,973
34,973
38,815
TOTAL1NCOME
6B,143
120
1,356
64.079

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH
OF FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT (contlnued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2023
Tot81
Fund•
2022
Total
Funds
Unreth¢t￿ Restricted Endowment
Fund8
Fund5
Funds
EXPENDtTURE
Grants
Home church eharitos
Overseas ml8$ion and ag8nrleB
2.396
1.227
2.396
2,680
3.623
3.823
2.680
A¢tlvltl85 dlrecty rolatlng to the work of
th• Chur¢h
Parish Share
ParDchial Hall runniry expenses
Church running expenses
Clergy expènses
Cost DlseNi¢es
Prinlry and m8gazine
Maintenance of building5
Cleankng of church centre
Sunday Sthool prizes
41.281
9,695
7.472
1,891
41,281
9.695
7,472
1,891
1,926
2,745
3,944
2,600
42,520
4.528
5.141
1.278
2.094
3.860
5.234
2,375
120
2,745
2.600
71,434
120
71.554
69,030
Church mana9•mgnt and admlnlstrodon
A¢¢ountants f88S
Legal fees
Letting 8gent f8e5
Sundry
300
300
300
300
TOTAL EXPENDITURÉ
75,357
120
75A77
70.010
Nèt In¢omlngl{outgolngl rosour￿5
(7.2141
15.85BI
14069
Total funds broughtforward
T6.029
5.868
81,897
67,828
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORYIARD
6B,815
7224
76.039
81,897
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FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND uABIL￿1Es
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2023
Total
Fund•
2022
Total
Fund5
Un￿strfCaed Restrlct8d Endowrnent
Funds
Fund5
Funds
FiXED ASSETS
Flxtur88 and fitung
450
450
450
450
450
450
CURRENT ASSETS
Monetary assets
Bank current 9¢C￿nt
Bank deposit a(￿Unts
Other assets
15herwood EThlowment Shares
68.160
205
68.160
4,929
75,379
3,568
4,724
2,50D
2.500
7.224
81,447
TOTAL NET ASSETS
68,815
Y.224
FUNDS
Unrp$trlct8d fund8
Restrictod funds
Endowrn8ntfunds
68,815
76,029
7,224
5,868
TOTAL FUNDS
The accounts were approved by Ihe bo*rd of b)Jste&s on.....
. and w8r8 sigrTrod on it's behalf ty.
Mr P Entwrsti8- Ch￿rman
L. m.a
L Mouklen- Treasurer

FENISCOWLES IMMANUEL PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1 Rel
dPa
a¢tlon
During the year tha Parochi￿ Church Cwncd paid £41,281 12022- £42.5201 to Thg Blackbum
Ditscesan Board of FinBrt• Limit&l. a regBtered (tharlly. Thi4 constituted the"P8rish Sham" whth
is set by The Blad(burn DIO￿an Board ol FInar￿ Limit8d, who ulllse thls funding to pay th8
stlpend6 of vicars of Ihe Blackburn dtrKesan and supFxJrtthe teaching of the Church of England fsrth.
Th8 Bla¢ktwm D￿an Board ol Yjnance ￿mited 3t50hrJld8th8 ParDL*ial Churth Couwfs depostt
accounts arKI share investments on rts beham.
Thè unrestrpctsd fund 15 hoki to co¥8r Six months ol ts Parochfal Church Council's expected
8x￿ndS￿re.
The ￿tricted fund Ls appl￿d to th8 purpose fjtwas ￿a$ soon as ￿￿51￿1Q.
The Isherwo￿ Endowrnent fund relate5 tts 1.996 shar8s in the Clyjrth Inve8tm8nt Fund wth The
Blackbum Diwesan Board of F￿ance Limited pur¢i)ased in April 1994 at 125.25 pance per share.
As al 31 D8cembei 2023 the s8￿nE wtce wa$ 2.260.53 pe￿￿ per shar812022- 2,064.591 pence
per share) giving a total vau8 of £45.120 12022- £41.2091. The Par￿h1￿ Church Cwncil ran only
utlllze thè d￿￿endS and ￿lterESt Df thL% for r8P8its and renewals to the church bulldkng.
Flxed
FLXlu￿S &
Flttlngs
COST
As at 1 January 2023
AdditK)ns
As at 31 2023
450
450
DEPRECIATION
As al l January 2023 and
31 December 2023
Net Book Value
As at 31 DeC8rnbèr2￿23
450
at 31 ￿eMb￿r2022
450
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