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← Liverpool South Deanery

2025-12-31-accounts

South Liverpool Deanery

Report for year ending 31 December 2025

Section 1 – Trustees’ Report Section 2 – Independent Examiner’s Report

South Liverpool Deanery

Section 1 – Trustees’ Report

Contents

1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Our Deanery
1.2 Administrative information
1.2.1 Correspondence Address for Trustees
1.2.2 MGF Trustee Membership
1.2.3 Bankers
1.2.4 Day to Day Managerial Control
1.3 Structure, Management and Governance
1.3.1 CIO Constitution
1.3.2 Related Trusts
1.3.3 MGF Appointments
1.3.4 Assessment of Risks
1.4 Objectives and Activities
1.4.1 Primary Aims and Objectives
1.4.2 Main Objectives for the Year
1.5 Achievements and Performance
1.5.1 Summary of Main Achievements
1.5.2 Plans for 2026
1.6 Financial Review
1.6.1 The Financial Position
1.6.2 Statement and Explanation of Reserves Policy

South Liverpool Deanery

1.1 Introduction

This report is prepared as required by the constitution of the Liverpool South Deanery MGF CIO and in accordance with best practice guidelines provided by the Charity Commission.

Liverpool South MGF is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation no 1158339 set up in August 2014 to distribute funds for the advancement of Mission and Growth of the member churches of the Church of England Liverpool South Deanery which is part of the Church of England Liverpool Diocese.

1.1.1 Our Deanery

The Deanery of Liverpool South comprises the following seventeen Church of England churches:

All Saints, Speke; St Marks, Childwall Valley; St Stephen, Gateacre; St Barnabas, Penny Lane; All Souls, Springwood; St Michael, Garston; St Anne’, Aigburth; St Mary’s, Grassendale; St Matthew and St James, Mossley Hill; All Hallows, Allerton; All Saints, Childwall; St Aidan, ‘the Place to Be’ Speke; St Nicholas, Halewood; St Mary, Halewood; St Hilda, Hunts Cross; St Peter, Woolton.

1.2 Administrative Information

1.2.1 Correspondence Address for Trustees

Registered address:

The Flat All Hallows Church Hall 1 Greenhill Road Mossley Hill LIVERPOOL L18 6JJ United Kingdom

Email address: LiverpoolSouthDeaneryMGF@gmail.com

1.2.2 MGF Trustee Membership

The Trustees for the period to 31 December 2025 were:

1.2.3 Bankers

The Co-operative Bank

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1.2.4 Day to Day Management Control

Day to day managerial control of the CIO is exercised by the Area Dean, Revd. Nicola Milford contactable on 0151 724 1561

A treasurer has been appointed by the trustees to ensure good financial controls. The Current Treasurer is Gillian Dottie.

1.3 Structure, Management and Governance

1.3.1 CIO Constitution

The CIO constitution is a foundation model, dated 9 July 2014 and approved on 26 August 2014 upon which date the CIO came into being.

A copy of the constitution has been provided to all trustees.

1.3.2 Related Trusts

The Liverpool South Deanery is part of the Liverpool Diocese, which along with each of the member churches are Charitable Trusts operating under the Charities Act 2011 and relevant Church of England Measures (see note above about change in member churches).

1.3.3 MGF Appointments

Appointments to the MGF trustees are made in accordance with the CIO Constitution section 10.

1.3.4 Assessment of Risks

The trust at present holds no property, nor employs staff, although both are allowed by the constitution. At present funds are only distributed from reserves through the awarding of grants to the churches, singularly or together, or to the Deanery as a whole. The extent of money made available to the trust by the diocese is calculated by the Liverpool Diocese Board of Finance according to a formula based on church attendance within the deanery across the diocese. Funds can be withheld by the diocese from the deanery if individual churches fail to pay their parish share to the diocese. This assessment is made based on the previous year’s payment of parish share. No funds were received or distributed to churches in 2025.

1.4 Objectives and Activities

1.4.1 Primary Aims and Objectives

The objectives of the CIO are stated in the constitution as follows:

The advancement of the Christian faith in particular but not exclusively by promoting Christian Mission and/or Growth within the Liverpool South Deanery by the distribution of grants to or via the Church of England parishes within the deanery.

1.4.2 Main Objectives for the year

The year to December 2025 is the eleventh full year of operation of the CIO. The grant application process was frozen for this year.

Our definition of ‘Mission and Growth’:

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Positive uses:

Negatives uses:

These criteria were discussed and agreed with the Deanery Synod at the inception of the CIO, and have been used to assess applications received in previous years. Following consideration of the applications, offers of grants were made, and each applicant required to accept the terms of the award prior to receiving the grant. A further condition of the award of a grant is the provision of feedback.

1.5 Achievements and Performance

1.5.1 Summary of Main Achievements

The Charity has two accounts held at the Cooperative Bank:

Community Directplus Current Account 35 day Interest Account

The opening joint balance on 1 January 2025 was £7264.35

Expenditure

Three payments totalling £433 were made during the year.

Chapter Awayday £240

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Edit Web Fee £48

Edit Web Fee £145

Income

Bank Interest of £104.38 was received in the year.

The joint closing balance as of 31[st] December 2025 was £6935.63.

1.5.2 Plans for 2026

The MGF does anticipate receiving additional grant money in 2026 and it will continue with grant applications in line with the agreed criteria subject to a review by the appointed Trustees of the funds.

1.6 Financial Review

1.6.1 The Financial Position

The cash position at the end of the period was £6935.63.

1.6.2 Statement of Explanation of Reserves Policy

The trustees have agreed to holding a reserve fund of £5,000.

South Liverpool Deanery

2.0 Independent Examiner’s Report

LIVERPOOL SOUTH DEANERY MISSION AND GROWTH FUND

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1158339

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS

Report to the trustees of Liverpool South Deanery MGF on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2025 set out on pages 1 and 2.

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31[st] December 2025.

As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 (5)(b) of the Act.

Independent Examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Keri J H Owen

3 March 2026

Charity Name No (if any) No (if any)
Liverpool South Deanery MGF 1158339
Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
For the period
from		 For the period Period start date
1/1/2025		 To Period end date
12/31/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds		 Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Liverpool Diocese - - - - -
Card fee refund - - - - 30
Bank interest 104 - - 104 67
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 104
(Gross income for AR)		 - - 104 97
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sub total -
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-
-
-
Total receipts 104
-
-
104
97
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Grants - events andprojects - - - - 42,611
DMGF administration 193 - - 193 205
Chapter awayday 240 - - 240 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
**Sub total ** 433 - - 433 42,816
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-
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-
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-
Sub total -
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-
Total payments 433
-
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433
42,816
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
~~—————~~
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
**Cash funds this year end **		 - 329
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-
- 329
- 42,719
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-
-
-
-
7,264
-
-
7,264
49,983
6,935
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-
6,935
7,264
~~=====~~

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Details
Cash at bank - Current account
Cash at bank - Deposit account
Details
Details
Details
Details
Signature
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 to nearest £
to nearest £
1,764
-
5,171
-
-
-
6,935
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OK
OK
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Cost (optional)
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Cost (optional)
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Print Name
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)		 to nearest £
Endowment
funds
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OK
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
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Current value
(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
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(optional)
Date of
approval