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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Holy Trinity, Lickey And St Catherine's, Blackwell

2024-12-31-accounts

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF

LICKEY & BLACKWELL

For the Year End 31st December 2024

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HOLY TRINITY, LICKEY WITH ST CATHERINE’S CHURCH, BLACKWELL

Year ended 31 December 2024

Annual Report for 2024

Background

The trustees of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of Holy Trinity, Lickey with St Catherine, Blackwell are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard FRS102 and Church Accounting Regulations.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship and become part of our parish community of Holy Trinity with St Catherine’s. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

• Missionary and outreach work. In order to facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Churches of Holy Trinity and St Catherine and the Trinity Centre Complex.

Achievements and Performance

Worship and Prayer:

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. Regularly supporting our Vicar are Curate Rev Louise Beasley, Rev Angela Bevan and Lay Readers Maggie Forknell, Roger Jones, Tara and Ian Morrey. Our Vicar accepted a Diocesan Role as Warden of Readers in February 2024 and we are grateful to Rev Colin Corke who leads all of our services on Wednesday whilst our Vicar is fulfilling this wider role.

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As well as meeting for worship on Sundays at 10am at St Catherine and 10:30am at Holy Trinity (6:30pm on the first Sunday each month) and on a Wednesday at 10am at Holy Trinity, prayer ministry is offered following our Sunday services.

Our monthly Cycle Church Service runs from April – October based at St Catherine. We hold a monthly Communion Service in Burcot Grange, Cofton Park Manor and Redwood House Residential Settings for Seniors. We hold a monthly Timeless: Dementia Service based at St Catherine from April – October and in Burcot Lodge Residential Setting from November - March. We also hold a weekly service for Under 5’s and their carers – Tiny Church. In addition, we have a monthly Messy Church Service at St Catherine. We were delighted that 6 members of our church family were confirmed in 2024, one in a Residential Setting.

Occasionnel Services:

We provide opportunity for our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of their journey through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God’s blessing and through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God's keeping. We celebrated 5 baptisms and 5 weddings in 2024, and held 16 funerals and 10 burial of ashes in our churches.

Deanery Synod:

Two members of the PCC sit on the deanery synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church.

Church Maintenance:

Our Care of Churches group has worked tirelessly this year to address wear and tear on our buildings. We are very grateful to Keith Parsons, Oliver James and Grant Wilson for their work in this area. John Armstrong has also made himself available to advise on insurance related issues.

At Holy Trinity, the gullies over the prayer vestry have been reset and extended to stop the rainwater running down the wall rather than into the gutters. The wall inside has been wiped with bleach for the time being and will need replacing once we know the fix has been successful. Grounds maintenance, including pruning and pollarding has continued in the usual way. The lightning conductor passed its test for 2024.

At St Catherine’s, Blackwell work was needed to repair some broken tiles resulting from loose mortar falling onto the lower South roof. Repainting of the inside where repair work was previously carried out has been completed. Work was also completed on remote control of the heating systems in both St Catherine and The Wheel, together with rewiring of the water heater in The Wheel to improve safety.

The contribution from insurers towards the previous year’s work has proved difficult to finalise and is still ongoing at the end of 2024.

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Throughout the year OES have been invaluable in diagnosing problems, resolving them where appropriate and project managing other external contractors where that has been necessary. With OES’s help, we have continued a programme of work to tidy and improve our Churchyard extension at Lickey and the Coffin Walk which runs between the extension and the church. This has also provided an opportunity for parishioners to enjoy working together in the open air. OES have also helped us to address issues about safety and energy efficiency in all of our buildings.

As we all know, the cost of energy has remained high during this year. This has led to ongoing consideration of more cost effective heating solutions at both churches. We are very grateful to Grant Wilson for leading us in this work. It is likely that Holy Trinity will, over time, benefit from adoption of a more fuel efficient system. At St Catherine, the system is in some respects newer and more efficient so that the payback from investment in a new system would be more marginal. During the course of the winter of 2024, we again decided to temporarily revert to joint services at alternating churches to save on heating costs.

The Trinity Centre Complex Church Office/Parish Office:

The Church office is in The Trinity Centre and each week is occupied on two mornings by the Parish Office Manager, one day by the Finance Officer and one day by the Executive Officer of the Local Parish Council.

The Hall:

Income for the Trinity Centre continues to come in due to regular hirers but we do have times in the week for more hirers. The committee where possible have continued to maintain the Trinity Centre, thus keeping costs down as much as possible.

Functioning of the church Pastoral Care:

Our Home Communion Team of 6 visit monthly by request, church members in their home/residential care who are unable to come to church due to vulnerability, frailty or illness. Our CPT (Commissioned Pastoral Care Team) are active in visiting by request members of the community / church family who need a little extra support.

Mission and Evangelism:

We seek to be a people who make known the Good News of the Kingdom, teaching, baptizing and nurturing new believers. Our life together as church is underpinned by individual and corporate prayer. We reach out to others in the local community and by loving service aim to draw them in to God’s Kingdom. Specific mission outreach includes:

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Relationships with other local churches:

We are part of The Hillside Oversight Area with the parishes of Rednal, Rubery, Cofton Hackett and Barnt Green. We are beginning to work more closely together with worship each term planned for us to be altogether. In addition, small working groups have focused on our work with children, young people and family and ministry to seniors, particularly those in residential homes.

We are part of B45 Churches Together, this group made up of the geographical Oversight Area now including all of the denominations. Our Curate is the current Chair.

Finance and Accounts

In 2024, the church continued to engage a contractor, OES, for small maintenance jobs. OES is run by Ollie James, and this has been declared on the PCC Register of Interest. The Church also continued to engage Jane Price as a contractor for Finance Administration. This is also declared on the PCC register of Interest.

In 2024, Nick Forknell, Maggie Forknell and Keith Parsons received payments for verger and organist services. This is also declared on the PCC register of Interest.

The Total Funds at the end of 2024 stand at £262,784, representing an increase of £21,877 over the year. Voluntary Income received in 2024 was £8,077 greater than 2023. This includes an increase of £4,892 in planned giving. The PCC also received two legacies during 2024, totaling £6,145.62. As no restrictions were placed on the use of either legacy, the PCC followed the recently reviewed Legacy Policy and determined that they would be used towards the cost of our Curate. Several successful fundraising events were held raising £2,743. The PCC continue to receive a Curates House Allowance of £648.25 per month. The Fixed Term Investments with CCLA saw a gain in value of £1,351 during 2024, significantly lower than the gain of £7,032 in 2023. However, the 2024 investment certificate for one of the three funds is still outstanding. The Short Term Deposits performed better than previous years, generating an income of £5,289 in 2024. A Deposit account was opened for the Trinity Centre in addition to the Current account to gain some interest on these funds. Total expenditure during 2024 was £144,060; this is lower than 2023, and under budget for 2024. This is mainly due to spending on major maintenance being significantly less than expected. A number of major projects have been carried forward to 2025. Vicarage costs

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are higher this year as this includes rent of the Curates house for 12 months. Church Utility payments in 2024 were £2,851 higher than 2023 due to increased supply costs.

There was movement within funds in 2024; £7,463 was transferred from the General Fund to correct shortfalls within the Curate Fund, transfers were made from the Murdoch fund to the General Fund to pay for maintenance at Holy Trinity and also from the Church and grounds fund to cover relevant expenditure.

Trinity Centre rental income for 2024 was £27,309 and outgoings were £16,106, meaning a net increase of £11,203. However, significant expenditure is expected in 2025 to replace the hall floor, and replacement of the roof remains an at risk expenditure. Total Debtors in 2024 is £10,205 with total Creditors £11,301 Marie Tiffany & Nick Forknell Co-Treasurers

Vision Statement

The Vision for our parish is:

We will seek to do this by:

Volunteers

We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to ensure our activities and services can happen.

Reference and administrative details

The PCC is a registered charity, Number 1159273 governed by the PCC (Powers) Measure 1956 and the Church representation Rules.

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Lickey Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish of Holy Trinity Church, Lickey with St Catherine’s Church, Blackwell, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Trinity Centre (Parish Hall) complex in Lickey.

Structure, governance and management:

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All newly elected PCC members are required to sign a declaration confirming their eligibility to hold office as a charity trustee eligibility (i.e. non-disqualification under charity law) and sign a Fit and Proper Person declaration.

At Holy Trinity, Lickey with St. Catherine, Blackwell, the membership of the PCC normally consists of the incumbent (our vicar), our Curate, churchwardens, and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent.

Reserve Policy

The PCC reserve policy is to retain three months’ worth of parish running costs at any given time.

Administrative information

Holy Trinity Church, Lickey, with St Catherine’s, Blackwell is situated in North Worcestershire, immediately adjacent to the boundary of the City of Birmingham. It is part of the Deanery of Kings Norton, Moseley and Shirley in the Diocese of Birmingham. The correspondence address is Church Office, Trinity Centre, 411 Old Birmingham Road, Lickey, B45 8ES.

The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and a charity currently registered with the Charities Commission. Charity Number 1159273

Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life.

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Current PCC Membership 2023/2024 (denotes Standing Committee)**

Ex Officio Membership: Sheri Gidney Vicar ** Louise Beasley Curate Nick Forknell Churchwarden (2026) and Denery Synod (2026) Joint Treasurer from April 2024 Alison Rushton Churchwarden (2026) Judy Waller Deanery Synod (2026) We have one Vacancy for Deanery Synod

PCC Membership: We have one Vacancy for PCC Keith Parsons (2024) Judith Cooke (2027) Anne O Loughlin (2025) Ollie James (2025) Grant Wilson (2025) Jane Price (2025) Treasurer until April 2024 Marie Tiffany (2026) Joint Treasurer from April 2024 Maggie Forknell (2026)

PCC Meetings

Since the last APCM on 28[th] April 2024, the PCC have met on: May 23[rd] , June 27[th] , July 18[th] , September 19[th] , October 24[th] , November 28[th] , December 12[th] , January 23[rd] 2025, February 27[th] , March 27[st] , April 10[th] .

Meetings were held in the Trinity Centre, Lickey or the Wheel at St Catherine, Blackwell.

Standing Committee

During this year the PCC did not action the Standing Committee to meet as PCC meetings were held monthly.

Denise Phelps PCC Secretary

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

The PCC review safeguarding matters at every meeting and the PCC is satisfied that it has complied with its duty under Section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure of 2016 to have due regard to the House of Bishops guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

The safeguarding team have paid due diligence to all matters of safeguarding throughout the year, the PCC regularly look at the Birmingham Diocese safeguarding dashboard to ensure everyone has the correct level of training for their role.

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Future Plans of the PCC for 2025 and Beyond

To continue to meet the Vision and Aims as set out above, with particular focus in 2025 on

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Notes General Designated Restricted Total Prior year
funds funds funds funds total funds
Receipts
Voluntary Income (2a) 105,099 0 2,892 107,991 99,914
Activities for generating funds (2b) 6,481 27,209 0 33,690 33,846
Church Activities (2c) 14,588 0 0 14,588 15,080
Investment Income (2d) 8,218 100 0 8,318 5,906
Total income 134,385 27,309 2,892 164,586 154,746
Payments
Church Activities (3a) 118,995 16,106 7,910 143,012 155,710
Raising Funds (3b) 825 0 0 825 398
Other Expenditure (3c) 223 0 0 223 446
Total expenditure 120,043 16,106 7,910 144,060 156,554
Net income / (expenditure)
resources before transfer		 14,342 11,202 (5,018) 20,526 (1,808)
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in 23,661 9,419 15,521 48,600 47,078
Gross transfers between funds - out (24,939) (9,419) (14,242) (48,600) (47,078)
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains/losses on investment assets 1,351 0 0 1,351 7,032
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, 0 0 0 0 0
charity's own use
Net movement in funds 14,414 11,202 (3,740) 21,877 5,224
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 122,024 83,649 35,233 240,907 235,683
Total funds carried forward 136,439 94,852 31,494 262,784 240,907

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BALANCE SHEET

BALANCE SHEET
General Designated Restricted At 31/12/2024 At 31/12/2023
Notes £ £
Fixed assets
Investments (8) 77,429 0 5,366 82,796 81,445
77,429 0 5,366 82,796 81,445
Current assets
Debtors (11) 4,725 4,980 500 10,205 10,784
Cash At Bank And In Hand (9) (10) 58,141 89,923 33,020 181,084 158,408
62,866 94,903 33,520 191,289 169,192
Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts Falling (12) 3,357 51 7,893 11,301 9,730
Due In One Year
3,357 51 7,893 11,301 9,730
Net current assets less current 59,509 94,852 25,627 179,988 159,462
liabilities
Total assets less current 136,939 94,852 30,994 262,784 240,907
liabilities
Total net assets less liabilities 136,939* 94,852 30,994* 262,784 240,907

*NB £500 discrepancy in General and restricted fund balances between Balance sheet and SOFA – due to internal error within MFA software – waiting for Data Developments to resolve. Totals are correct

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2. Incoming Resources

Total
General
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
72,252
0
260
72,512
67,620
5,821
0
0
5,821
6,503
9,225
0
2,632
11,857
9,167
17,802
0
0
17,802
16,622
105,099
0
2,892
107,991
99,914
0
27,200
0
27,200
28,374
3,444
0
0
3,444
3,030
54
0
0
54
54
2,733
10
0
2,743
2,268
250
0
0
250
120
6,481
27,209
0
33,690
33,846
6,289
0
0
6,289
6,445
7,779
0
0
7,779
4,375
520
0
0
520
4,260
14,588
0
0
14,588
15,080
5,709
100
0
5,809
3,408
793
0
0
793
782
1,716
0
0
1,716
1,716
8,218
100
0
8,318
5,906

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3 Expended Resources

3 Expended Resources
Total
General Designated Restricted This year Last year
3a) Church Activities
Common Fund 53,708 0 0 53,708 54,782
Charitable Giving 6,463 0 90 6,552 7,771
Ministry Expenses and costs 698 0 0 698 2,092
Vicarage Costs 9,909 0 7,821 17,730 10,566
Staff wages and payments 11,920 0 0 11,920 13,554
Staff and volunteer training 166 0 0 166 108
Youth and family work 182 0 0 182 98
Mission and outreach work 292 0 0 292 121
Office and admin costs 2,863 0 0 2,863 2,779
Church service costs 2,908 0 0 2,908 9,635
Insurance 6,153 0 0 6,153 5,525
Church Utilities 13,031 0 0 13,031 10,180
Maintenance and Improvements 7,224 0 0 7,224 5,107
Major Repairs 210 0 0 210 14,021
Cleaning and Hygiene 1,412 0 0 1,412 1,389
Other Running Costs 738 0 0 738 742
Safety and security 1,118 0 0 1,118 242
Church Activities sub total 118,995 0 7,910 126,905 138,712
Trinity Centre – Staffing 0 2,100 0 2,100 1,253
Trinity Centre – Office and admin 0 0 0 0 10
Trinity Centre – maintenance and
Improvements		 0 786 0 786 1,619
Trinity Centre – Cleaning and Hygiene 0 2,147 0 2,147 1,517
Trinity Centre – Insurance 0 1,240 0 1,240 1,387
Trinity Centre – Utilities 0 8,316 0 8,316 10,064
Trinity Centre – Other 0 1,518 0 1,518 1,148
Church Activities sub total 0 16,106 0 16,106 16998
Church Activities Total 118,995 16,106 7,910 143,012 155,710

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Total
General Designated Restricted This year Last year
3b) Raising Funds
Giving Costs 252 0 0 252 240
Other Fundraising Costs 573 0 0 573 158
Raising Funds Totals 825 0 0 825 398
3c) Other Expenditure
Other Expenditure 223 0 0 223 446
Other Expenditure Totals 223 0 0 223 446
Payments Grand totals 120,043 16,106 7,910 144,060 156,554

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4) Unrestricted Fund movements

Gains/
Fund Opening Incoming Outgoing Transfers Losses Closing
Unrestricted
General 122,024 134,385 120,043 (1,279) 1,351 136,439
Sub-totals 122,024 134,385 120,043 (1,279) 1,351 136,439
Designated
Trinity Centre 69,181 27,309 16,106 0 0 80,383
St Catherines -
Maintenance 10,000 0 0 0 0 10,000
St Catherines – Altar/Vest 4,469 0 0 0 0 4,469
Sub-totals 83,650 27,309 16,106 0 0 94,852

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5 Restricted Fund Movements

Restricted Fund Movements
Gains/
Fund Opening Incoming Outgoing Transfers Losses Closing
Curates Fund 0 357 7,821 7,463 0 0
Church and Grounds Fund 478 2,048 0 (1,276) 0 1,250
Community Garden 115 0 0 0 0 115
Malawi Container 325 487 90 0 0 722
Murdoch 17,144 0 0 (4,909) 0 12,235
Nursery Deposit 2,475 0 0 0 0 2,475
Rosehill Flowers 977 0 0 0 0 977
Special Collections 27 0 0 0 0 27
St Catherines – Maintenance 465 0 0 0 0 465
St Catherines – Paint 6,861 0 0 0 0 6,861
TV Notice Screens 1,000 0 0 0 0 1,000
War Graves 5,366 0 0 0 0 5,366
Sub-totals 35,233 2,892 7,911 1,278 0 31,493
All Fund Totals 240,907 164,586 144,060 0 1,351 262,784

Restricted Fund Purposes:

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6 Transfers Between Funds

Transfers Between Funds
Note
Curates Fund
1
Church and grounds Fund
2
Murdoch Fund
3		 General
Designated
Restricted
Total
(7,463)
7,463
0
1,276
(1,276)
0
4,909
(4,909)
0
(1,278)
1,278
0

  1. £7463 transferred from General Fund to cover deficit in Curates Fund

  2. £1276 transferred from Church and Grounds fund to General Fund to include church ground maintenance (e.g. grass and hedge cutting)

  3. £4909 transferred from Murdoch Fund to General Fund to cover maintenance materials and minor repairs at Holy Trinity.

7 Staff costs

Parish Administrator

Total - wages and salaries
Average number of employees		 This Year Total
Last Year Total
11,494
10,583
1
1

During the year, no employee earned £60,000 per annum or more

There are no other disclosable transactions in respect of PCC members, persons closely connected with them or other related parties

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8. Fixed Investments

Class and nominal code
Total
Last Year
Revaluation
Gain/(loss)		 Class and nominal code
Total
Last Year
Revaluation
Gain/(loss)
CCLA Investment - 2086S
Fabric and graveyard
CCLA Investment - 2242S
Parish Savings Scheme
CCLA Investment -
88625002T
Fabric and Maintenance
Total		 6,243
6,103
139.70
54,141
52,930
1,211.48
22,412
22,412
*

82,796
81,445
1,351.18

*2024 certificate of investment not yet received

9 Cash At Bank and In Hand

9 Cash At Bank and In Hand
Class and nominal code
Current Account
Deposit Account (Instant Saver)
Trinity Centre Account
32 Day Notice Deposit
Account (Trinity Centre)
Total		 Total
Last Year
22,780
20,869
35,080
29,816
33,413
43,301
20,100
0
111,373
93,986
10 Short Term Deposits
Class and nominal code
CCLA 2201D (PS Interest)
CCLA 2133D (Hall)
CCLA 2255D (Murdoch Capital)
CCLA 2256D (Murdoch Interest)
Total		 Total
Last Year
13,370
10,921
25,186
23,916
25,833
25,833

5,322
3,752
69,711
64,422

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11 Debtors

Hire Debtor
Prepayments
Other Debtors
Accounts Receivable
Total		 This Year Total
Last Year Total
0
519
1,866
1,796
3
1,786
8,337
6,683

10,205
10,784

12 Liabilities - Creditors

2 Liabilities - Creditors
This Year Total Last Year Total
Account Fees 400 400
Charitable Giving 68 68
Utility Creditors 720 343
Vicar's Expenses 1,317 0
Other Creditors 423 423
Deferred Income 100 100
Accounts Payable 380 37
Agency Collections 7,893 8,359
Total 11,301 9,730
Net total assets 262,784 240,907

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