Rgglstgied Chorlty No 1 165
.1
ANNUAL
REPORT
2023
Parish of Pendleton and Claremont
t.T.
Holy Angels. Church Claremont
st Thomas, Church Pendleton

Contents
Administrative Infomiation
04
Trustee< ReFX)rt
Independent Examinerfs Report
Statement of Financial Activities incorporating
Income & Expenditure Account
Balance Sheet
05
08
09
10
Statement of Cash Flow
Note5 to the Financial Ststements
12
Individual Fund Accounts
16
Church Wardens, Report
Gift Aid Rep)rt- StThomas'Churth
Gift Aid Report- Holy Angelgchurch
100 Club- StThomas'Church
30
31
31
32
Wednesday Lotto- Holy Angels'church
Electoral Roll Report
Holy Angel<Church DCC Report
Safeguarding Report
J Club- StThomagChurch
32
32
33
34
34
Organlst & Cholrmaster- StThomas'Church
Events Group- StThomas'Church
FlOv￿r Fund- StThoma5'Church
34
34
35
Flower Fund- Holy Angel<Church
Fairtrade In Pendleton & Claremont
35
35
Christian Aid Report
Salford Deanery Synod
Friends of StThoma
36
37
38

The Parothhl Churth CthwbcllofPÈndleton and Oarem
Finandal Statementsfortheyearended 31 De£emLw2023
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
The ParlshofPendleton and aaRmontts part ofthe LliwofMancherterwtthit)theChurth ofEngland. The ts Un￿ wlth theParish
of Lower Kersal and the Parish of Weast£ SeedlLry artd Lar¥J￿r$rttry to loThtheSa1￿d AJISaintsTeam Ministry.
ThecorrespondenceaddTess ts Sl Seed￿Pa￿ Road Saword M65NX
regl#ered thar￿numI*1IS 1165386
The Parish has two churches:
StThoma<Church
Fojyl Lane
Pendleton
Saword
M66PE
kh)tyAngd<Chu
AlL￿Id Road
lrfams ¢th Heyht
Saword
PCC member5 who have$￿ed atanytllmfrom 1 knu￿2023 urtilthÈdatsthis ￿F￿WaS arV0￿d aw
Ex officio members
Posmonvatant
Asslstantcwat&' PoSI￿Onya(ant
Wardens:
Mr LeeCraNtn
MsChrlstlneTabbmn
Deanery Synod: Ms HllaryThomas
Do*nerySynod: hlrs Rowena Matt
Dloc•san Syno& Mrs EmmaTurton
Treasurer
Mrsmarfa Jorysz
Elected members
MrArnold Alkod¢
Mrs AudreyAlko(k
Msjoy Bach
rs I￿ne Booth
DrArabella Hamllton (Laychalf)
Ms Laura Hartty
MrsJoan Howard
Mrjohn McKenna
MT Mlchael Marfand
Mrs R￿na PlattlDeanery SyThxl Rewe*ntats*l
MlssKathleen Rotwts- resigned on 27 ￿1 2023
MsAnne Robin50n IS*cTetwyl
M5Karen Schofiekl
MrSChds￿na Yates

The parC￿hla1 Churth Coundl of Pèndltton and Claremont
Finantial Statementsforthe yearended 31 DecembeT2023
TRUSTEES, REPORT
AIM AND PURPOSES
Mission Statement
WothipprngGo4 rturturfngdts(Iple% I￿ngand$el￿9jnch￿stSnQrne
ision statement
Tgtseo thrfvlngchurch wheree4eryonehas theopportunityt09rowlnfalth, hopedndl¢)v¢ androbeknownforourcareondChrlst.Ilkeser
ndleton and c1areff￿nt Parochlal Church Councll IPCQ has the ￿SpOnSIbIlIty wlth theTeam Rertor,whenappolnted of P￿MOtIng in t
ecclesia5tiol parlsh thewhole mission of the Church.. pastoraL evangellstlfj ￿cIal and ecumenlcal. The PCC Is alsospecifically responslble for
the maIntenan￿0fStTh0Mas'Chvr(h. PendletoTh and Holy Angel¥ChUr(￿ Ctaremont
OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
The Pcciscommlttedtoenabllng a5 many peopleas possibletoworshipat ourchurchesand ¢0 ser￿n9 the parlsh communSty gf Pendleton
and ClaremonL Our5erylces aim to putfaith Into practlce throughword and Sacrament mu51cand prayer. Our churth halts areavallabieforhlre
bythe widercommunlty and Itlsthevi5iDn ofthe Pccthatourchurchès should bevlbrantcomm￿lty Spa￿5.
When plannlng our 3ctivittesfortheyear.we havecon5tdered the Chèrltycommissknrfs guldance on publlc bpnefitand,In partlcular.the
supplementarygu1dan￿0n charltles fortheadvancementof rellglorn In partkular, %%*tyto enabieordlnary people to Ilveoutthelrfalth as
partofour partsh communitythrough..
Wo￿lp and Prayer,. learning aboutthegospet developlng thelrknowledge and trustln Jesus Chr151 assaviourand Lord
prov15ion of pastoral Ca￿ for people lfvlng In the parish
mlsslonary and outreach Work
Tofacllltate thts work Itls lrnportantthatwe malntsln the fabrlc of the chtsrche5 and theirfacllltle
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Worshlp and prayer
The eucharbtls ceEebrated at StThOma￿ChU1th on a Sunday momlng andwedntsday lund)tlmeandat HolyAngeWChurchweek
onTuesday5.
In February 2023 theTeam RectQTtook up the postof Incumbentatoldham Partsh Church, leavin9 the pèrlsh In vacancy. A5yèt no
akwolntment to the post ofTeam Rector has Lwi made,.the 5￿Cesare ￿eing(Overed by retired and ￿SItIng(1er9y.
Deanery of Salford & Leigh
Following the Dkce5anTransformatlon Agend4 the pailsh slts wlthln tht recenttyformed largerdeaneryof SalFord and Leigh, supported by
the Area Dean.the RevU Colin PeatsorL In addltlon, the DIC￿(reated Missloncommunlties across each Deanery and In 2021 thesalford
All SalntsTeam was nomlt)ated to Mission Communlty4 along wlth¢ther parlshes In the Salford area tocreate a communlty of 13 churthe&
Evangellstlc and O￿TeaCh wowk Is being undertaken wlthln the m155ion communlty.
05

The Par¢xhi•l Churih Counal of Pendltton and ClareM￿rt
Flnancial Statementsfor the yearended 31 December 2023
TRUSTEES'REPORT (CONTINUED)
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (CONTINUED)
Frlends of StThomas's Church. Pendleton (FOST)
FOSTwas lomially launched In 2021.The alms of the group ar
to preserv4 Promote and publlclse the hlstory and herftage ofSL Thomasts Church.
to makeavallabl¢ and promote usageof. thespaces and facllltlesat StTh0ma￿s forthe benefrtof ihewbdeTcornrnunlty.
tts promoteactI￿1les and eventsat StThomas's whkh wlll then enhanothe wellbelng ofthe wldercommunlty.
St Thomas'church Hall
Useolthe hall remalns Ilmlted, wltha decllne In the rental Income It) 2023 relatlveto 2022. However, St.Thoma5'communlty hosts the
Manche5terCItyMlsslon IMCMI In the hall on Mondays andThursdaystoenable thelr WO￿ In the Pendleton communlty. MCM provldea food
sharln9 centrt forwhkh St.Thomas'house and storethelr supplles In a stock room andfourfreezers lrtthe halL Ind P￿VIde •dmlnlstr*fve
spaceand open accesSttst￿0TgJnIsers.
The hall Isalso used on Wednesdoys as a drop-ln centre forasylum seekersand rduwswho wlsh to seekasslstsnce from oursupport worker
or)tttnd the blble study classesafter the eucharlst and lunch.
Th•sea¢tlvltl¢s•re notfund rJlser5 but fund users,
Holy Angels'communlty Hall
The Communlty Hall has Increased Its lettln95 aftortheeffectofthe pandeml4and the rentsl Income hascontIn￿l to rlseyearon year,
Paddock Communlty Group
In 2023.The Paddockcommunlty Group constltuted as a separate9roup vAth almsto..
create a safe and welcomlng green spaceatthepaddocK whern people cèn meet rogulartyandengage In actlvltlesto SUPPOrt
th•lr physlcal and emotlonal health and general well-belng;
ralse awarenessofthe natural world envlronmental lssue¥and human Impacton nature ènd wthto Improveour local e￿ronMent
further develop the paddockarea.. malntalnlng the land. extet)dlng plat)tlng and hostlng events for the peopleof Irlams o'th'Helght
and the wkleisalford communlty,.
prornoteequalltyand equalltyofopportunltles foralL
Thègroup meets twI￿a mon¢h to malntaln and develop the paddock area at the ￿ar of the church and also the gardensaround Holy Angel5,
Church.They have hosted severnle¥ents to ralseawarenessand fund% Includlng an Open Oèy. Haryest Festlval and Chrlstrnis Celebrallo
donatlng towater Ald. S•lford Loave5 and FlshesABCDI a charfty supportlng chlldren wlth dlsablllt￿s In Palestlnel and HolyAngels'Churth.
Pastoral care
In the absence ofaTeam Rectorand IncumbÈn( the conyregatlon doeg its be# to tontInuèt￿ pastornl mlnlstryofthechurche4 supportlng
vulnernblè peopleand those In neéd.
Mlsslon and evangellsm
The p￿1$ commltted to the 5 Marks of Mlsslon adopted bythe Lambèth Conferenceln 1988 and theGeneral Syn&d oftr*Church ofEngland
In 1996:
To proclalm the Good Newsof the Klngdom
Toieath baptlseand nurture new ￿￿tever$
To respond to human need by loving 3ervlce
Totransforffl unjust structures of soclety, to challenge vlolenceof every klnd and puisue peace and recondllatlon
To strlve to safeguard the Intsgrity of creatknry and su5taln and renew the Ilfe of thèearth
Weseektoemljed these prlnclples In our Mlssion Actlon Plan IMAP). In Avgust2021. we began a Futu￿StrategY Process In weparatlon fora
formal Unlon of Patlshes Isothat thesalford All SalntsTeam MInistry￿11 becomethe Parlsh of Salford All Salntsl.Thls ha$re￿IVed approval from
thè Dloce5e of Manchesler, butthe prcws has been put on hold untll the appolntmentofaTeam Rector.

TheParothlal Churth G)unclofPenol*ton and aa￿Mont
FITra￿al Statementsfortheyearended 31 December2023
Ecumenlcal relat5onshlps
The Llfelntematlonalchurth usesHotyAn9eWthwth on Sur** momkngk As)rt internctlon bet¥￿en the h￿thUrthe5 Is Ilmlted. St
ThomagsChuTch has teen used ona fewocca55o￿ty Erilrean thurth Comm￿1￿*&whkh has ted to relatlonshSp&
Churches on the HtlghL a group Con￿5￿r￿ of Hoty SLJohnS peThJ￿￿ry, SL Lukes RCThe Helghtmethcdistchurchand Elim,coniinues
ltslolntKtlvltle5 TheseirKlude a qulznSghLcaTol slnglr¥J to ra15e mor*forCAFCfJ awwj ChrlthnAltl thri5bNS cards dlstrfbuted locally with
all churth servlcesdlspw a vlslt toWar¢lley Hall h￿of the RC Bthopofsawand Lenten lunche
Flnandal revlew
Total recelpts on un￿strICted fiJnds%￿* £7SJ8512022: £80,496). of whkh £33h)112021. £3&225was unrestrlrted wluntsry dona￿0￿% and
a further £7,79512021. £8.5931 wastax rttcwerablethrough the9o%*mmenYsgfft ahl stherne. The rÈmalnlng unrestrlcted Income compr
grant Income of £66012022: £2scKIX lun¢kaI￿￿j Incomeof £5.194 [202￿ £5I69L In￿stY￿tIncoMeof£32Is￿2o22. £1.2501 and Incomefrom
church actlvltles of £25,12012022.. 26IJ591.
Overall unresirkted Income hasdeueo5ed by £5.￿) O￿thefv>￿. ThLsls malntyduetoa r¢thdonln 4Y>luntary gl¥kn￿ but also the
reductlon In theeneryy 9rnntfrom the dkthe.
Re5trtcted Incomeamounted to £WI12021'£25J881 Fdustax recMrthecA£92412022: £4358). Thed¢￿se relatN* to the w10ry￿rIS
due to an appeal In 2022 fort￿ purchase ola new ￿Su•l system,whkh ralsed IrKome of £13.203 plustsx reco%*rable of £3.YJl. Major
source5 oflncome In 2023 Include £IA67 of payffthtsfromfthn parf5hes to the centrèlTeam fvnd12022.. £32751:donatlonstothe Shortfund
01£1.375 Includlng tax re£efvable12021' £3,9161;donall0nstocharbtyap￿IS £3PSS12022:£4.3181.
The PCC* wlder mlsslonjry objertw Inbthed tr*donakno1£3.W12022: £43201tO selec￿￿&*r1eI$aTrd UK thir1tlèk0therexper￿l￿le
amounted to £8123912022.. £898661. The m•ln wson lorthe bryAWèxpend￿u[Q Is tr*rt(*xtlon In dergyexpen5e5 dL*to thevlury. •nd
the Parlsh share detalled bel¢)w.
A s1gnffi¢4nte￿ffleftt OftheexpendStur*lst￿ pIyYt￿t0ffth• parlsh shjre 01£35ASS (2022 £39,x￿I tothe DkAe5e of Mond*ster.
Th•altocatlon of the wrlsh sh•re b basod on cor4JRylkn 5Lw Ir*omèprofile.
The net mownent In the unrestrktedfunds shv•n a sU￿luS of U44812022:defith £3289). ThL%1s the aggre9J¢bn lafterfund transfers)
ola surplus 01£52412022.. defidt £3M201 for StThoffla<Church (afttr rKognlslNJ a galn on In¥Y5tments of £1,77312022.. loss E2,5¢J911:
J deficltfor Holy Angels'church of £lJ2312022.. £8661,'a suwr4uson HotyAng•WHall of £3.S35 (2021. £8291: and a total deficlton the
other mlnorac￿unts0lÉSs.
The partsh recogn15esthaL althwh It has rewted a small surF4us th&15 largety duel0￿gaInS on Investh)￿ Inltl)tfve5 )retherefore
belng consldered forlnueaslng voluntaryglvlw rentsl Incomèand fund tt*Jètherwlth lntwdud￿j efficlendesonexpendlture.
Th• net movement In the restrlcted funds5￿ • 5urplusof £11512022.. £17JIOI. The restrfcted funds Intlud¢ the appeal fvndforthe
Installatlon ofan a￿dI￿VISUal tystem at StTh¢)nu¢Churth the￿AtraI team accounts lthlsfvnd ￿el￿COntrtbut1onSfroM the parbshes In the
Teamfrom whkh centralTeam costsam me¢ ￿marI￿dergY exww and h￿SIng costs), the Sh)rt Fund (the purposeolwhlch Is to support
gees and asylum seekers and othersln need offinandal suppwv. the Charlty Fund Iwhkh reCeI￿cont￿bUIIonsf0rspètlft chafltable
appeals and dlstrllJute5 KctrdlThJtyl, thehbrk Fund th pwp05eof tAhkh bs iofinanceMa￿r￿PaIrs to thethurth bulkllngsl, and theFlower
Fund5.
The appealfund ralsed Itslncome In 2022 and retalnsa balanceof£15,997. follty*kw someoxwdture In2023. Thè proJectWascoThplettd
earfy In 2024, redudng theappeal fund balance tozero.
The5hort Fund reF*Xted an exws Inco￿oI£l315. 1¥getydue￿4 donatl¢)nd£lXWrecel¥*d tthvard5the end ofthe yèarfromth•
Frfends ofStThoma<.
TheTeam Furh4 hasa deficltof lust £4 fortheyear and retalnsan attumulated balanceof Q311 w•malnk Team partsh Contr1E￿il0n$WeWe
reduced, t*Jt sotoo wa5 expendStureon clwgy d￿t0th•al￿enI ¥a(arKy.
No Intomewas rttdved the FabrfcFund but expendltureof £799wasincwmLrt(k￿l￿j thtfurkl ￿larKet0 £10200.
The Charty Fund dlstrfbuts5 the donatIons￿(eIVed durfng each Jeartogl4*a zero wsltlorn The Flo%bvFund of StThoma<Churth reportèd
a surplusof £61 and HolyAnyel<Churth a deficltcI£69.
The Parfsh has net assetsof£119,498 (2021. £11fj936K of which £23341 12021. £21A051s In￿$tr￿and £9164612022: £104.125115 cash
In the bankand In hand Thlsls reWes￿d tyunrestrktedfrjndsof £8UQ)12022:£m153land restrlctedfwKlsof £3W712022: £36,782).
07

ThePamthi•l(hurth Counal ofPerthton and aaremont
FIr￿n¢al Statements forthejwrènded 31 Decerter2023
Reserves pollcy
The PCCS policy is to malntslna balarteon free reser￿ lunfP5trictedfuNts Wres￿ tynetcurrenta55etsl wthkh equatestoatlÈast
month<unre5tricted IxyNth&This is equlvalent to £36.773.Thisis hekl to sr(￿th outlluctuatklns In cashflowandto meet emergencle& The
total free ￿serveS at31 t)ecember2023 7AYe £61084.
The balance on re5trkted fundsattheyear*ndwas £34073 leKd￿11￿j £1824 of Inithentsl. Th15 lsmalnly tythe balance on the
Fabrk Fwld of£lO.200. the S￿rtFund of£5249and ￿Ar￿al Fu￿10f£15.9?7.
In orderfor syfficlent fvndsto beavaiL4blefor anyluturÈ maiorrepalrstothechurth ￿￿1￿[￿J&the PCCS wlkrylsto retsin its rtMaInln9f￿e
reserve5 of £25.311 forany sucheventuallty.
Volunteers
We would IlkÈ tothank all the volunteer5who M)rk so hard to makeour chwth the livelyaThJ vtbrant cornmunty It & In partioJlar, wewant
to mentronourchurchwardens Letcr￿n MBE arml ch1i5tineTabbro￿Who have*￿Tked sotirejesstycffi t)ehalf oftt* PQ lfi particulardwing
the on￿1￿j varancy.
Structure. governance and management
The Parochlal Chutth Counal ts a COrp￿te bjdy e5tabJlshed bythechwth of En9L4ThlTheKC opwates uNlerthe Pamthlal Church Coundl
Powers Measure.ThePCC lsa Re9iStered Charity.
The method ofappolntsnentofPCC [r￿tse￿ Is setout inthechurch Repre￿￿ RdÈ&For Pendknand aèrÈm¢)ntthe membwshlp of
PCCconslstsoftheTeam Rector.the thurchwarden%theVice Chair. the Seryetary.theT￿asu￿YaThd MeM￿er5 ekrted ty those mthnbersof
the Cong￿￿On whoareon the eledoral roll of thechurtFk All those attend ￿Selykes1MQrnbers of the congwation are encoura9ed to
rE9lsteron the electoral roll and *ndforeledton to the PCC
The Pccmembers are rewsltAefor making decisicffls on all mattetsclgerthl Concern￿ Importancetothe Paris￿1ndUd1rMj ded&ing on
howthefunds of the Pccareto ￿Spent New members receive inltlal tralnlrrfj Intothe*Thknng5 of the PCC
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORTTOTHETRUSTEES OFTHE
PAROCHIALCHURCH COUNCIL OF PENDLETON AND CLAREMONT (THE PCC)
I reportto thetharltytrnst￿ on mye¥aMInaknofthe￿yntsofthePCcknthe>tare1￿1ed 31 Decwnber2023.
Responsibilltles and basis of report
As tharltytrusteesofthe PCC yotb are reW1n￿t￿efoythePTeparn¢loTr0f￿ac(oUnts lnacc0ftkni￿th thewu1￿me￿ts ofthecha￿￿es
Act 201 I ItheArt).
I report In respert 0fmyexam1na￿1jn ofthe PCCSa(counts owwied outuThJersectknn 145 ofthe AcLln caryin9 Wtmyexamlnation I have
followedall appllcableDlrethons gNen ￿￿(I￿rItycoMrnIss*Jn urbjer sectlon 14515Mbl of the2011 Act
Independent examlnerfs statement
I have completed myexamination. I confimithat materlal mattus ha¥ecometo myattent*)n Inconnectlonwlth the examlMtlonglvln9 me
cause to belleve that in any matsdal
l. accountlng rècordswere not keptln rw¥tof ￿T￿￿ta$￿u1￿d bysecihjn 130of tt* lrtor
2. the accounts do Mtaccordwlththose wttord¥'or
3. the accountsdo Th)tcomptyw6th theapplKable requirements concemiNJ the fo￿l3￿9C0ntent of accounts setoutlntheChawitie5
IAccountsand Reports) Regvlati¢)ns2fJ)8otherthananyreqUlretr￿tthattt*accounts atsand falrvfew'whkh Isnota matter
consldered aspartof an IndeperbJentexamlnatKJr
I have no concems and have cor*across nootherrnattersln c(KJnectlon wtth theeyarnination to wl*hattentlon should be drawn In th15
report in orderto enablea FKoperwide￿an￿lftj0f the￿cOurt$10 be
Slg
Namv. PJan Carter
Profes￿onal qual￿(atiON. ￿ Cr￿lA
Date. May2024
08

Th•Pamthlal Churth ￿n(MofpendletrnaThd Claremort
Anandalstatementsfortheyearended 31 C*cemL*T2023
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF PENDLETON & CLAREMONT
ststement of Financial Actfvltles forthe Year Ended 31 December 2023
Total
2023
Totsl
2022
Funds
Voluntsry inccffiè
t￿￿forge￿eIaI1rWj fuTh
2ts1
2(bl
21d
21d)
So.￿3
5.713
3215
25.120
77A64
S.194
3215
2%I20
519
Churthactbvlt*s
24059
Total Incomè
75585
9.365
84.950
110.641
E¥peryllture
Churth actl
Ralslng fuTrJ5
3(a)
31bl
io
81811
91424
1343
169
Total expendltwe
73545
10,778
84.323
93.786
Notlncomel(expenthurel
before Invesimént9alnsl(195s)
{IA121
627
IU56
Net9a1￿￿Ds$j on I￿￿$1M
162
1,935
9351
Netlncomellexpendlturèl
3I13
13.921
113651
13.921
Totsl funds broughtfoThM
1153
34782
11&936
103M15
119.498

The Par￿[al Church Coundl of Pertdletohandoaremont
FInancI￿ Ststementsforthe>Earended 31 December2023
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
2023
21341
21A15
CuThent assets
short.tem deposits
Cash at bankand In ha￿1
77860
24.786
71.167
31958
Llabllltes
Credltors-amuntsfallin9 duewthin oneswr
113291
158
IIQA331
95530
Total netassets
119A98
11&936
Parishfvnds
Unrestricted
Re5trlcted
8th1S3
3&782
11&936
119A98
AFvro*Ed lyythe Parochlal Churchc￿Tr?1 on 17 AWM 2024a*l slgmd on its behalfbr.
DrARbella ￿MIlIOn IKC Laychairl
10

Flnancwl Statementsf0rthe￿ar endèd 31 December2023
Cashflow Statement for the year ended 31 December 2023
2023
2022
Netca5h provbd•d byllus•d Inloperafing •cllvlUes
Cashfflows from Investln9 actlvlt
Dlvidends and Interest
Changeln cath and calh oqufvalents In th¢rep(wllry p¢rfod
Cash and cash equfvalents •t i ))n￿ry
(lo￿4)
24271
3215
17,479)
104.125
2S521
78M4
Cjshand ush qqul¥•lents•t31 D•c•mb
627
Adjustrnents for.
Dlvldends and Interest
DÈcTea5e In debtows
(Deuease}￿nCrea$e Incr*dltors
Il•tcash (used Inll prwld•d by opwathw•¢d¥l
13215)
447
11,2501
514
110.6941
24271
An*slsd<•sh •nd
Doposlt accounts
Current Kctyjnts
Cash In hand
71,167
31570
23.971
815
104,125

The Paiixhlal Chur<h Councll of Pendleton andclaremont
nancial Ststernentsfgr the yearended 31 December2023
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements
Incom•
Untsstricted
Funds
Restrlcted
Funds
Total
2023
Total
2022
21al Voluntary Intome
Plannod glvlnu
Gfft ald donatlons
Thx Rcovernble
Other
O￿n platt
Tax ￿COVerable
Team parlshe5
Enw9y grant
26,303
6576
815
26,303
6,576
815
134
7M35
Coll4dloni
ZS56
642
1275
1500
426
426
1067
1867
Donatton4 app•al&etc
Tax recoverable
4,797
794
056
924
IOMS3
1,717
27,046
5,474
41056
50,903
77,464
21bl Artlvltlesforgenerntlnglunth
Sodal events
Chilstmas falr
Stsmmerfalr
Raffles and lott•ry
Other
415
542
,754
1,095
1.257
2,089
110
5,194
IM95
1.2S7
2￿89
214
5,713
2,267
419
104
519
21¢ Incom*from In¥vim•nts
DI￿dendS
Bank Intern5t
3,215
3,21S
3,215
3,215
1250
1250
21dl Intom•from Church 4Ctlvltlei
Fttsfor w￿dIng5 and funerals
Rental Income
Other
5,170
19,330
620
25,120
5,170
19,330
620
25,120
15,700
650
2&059
Totsl Incom•
75.585
9,365
84.950
110ffj41
12

The Parothlal Churth Countll of Péndlèton and Claremont
Financlal Statementsforthe yearended 31 Lknmber2023
Notes to the Financlal Ststements (continued)
Expendltyre
UnrÈstrltted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Totsl
2023
Totsl
2022
31al Church actlvltles
Mlsslonary and tharftsbieglvlrKJ
Over5ea5
Homè
374
3,055
Mlnlstry Dloeèsan parfsh share
Other minlstry costs
Church wnnlrwj artd malntenarKe
Major repal
Churth Ya￿ upkeep
Church hall running costs
PrfntJNJ and statlonery
35,455
3.072
23,363
35rt55
7.580
25282
799
39.500
18,977
19A58
4,508
1.919
799
320
7.931
1135
92A24
8,777
1506
72202
8,777
1,834
328
iOA09
31bl Ralsln9funds
Social event5
Fund ralslng events
1.103
75
1,178
1362
1.343
169
1.178
Totsl resources expended
73￿45
10.778
83.989
93,786
2022
Staff costs
Wages and salailes
1415
2A50
Dudng theyearthe PCC empoyed a orttskerlpart-timel but rwj paymentswe￿ large enough toattrart s￿[al
securlty COSIS.
Payments to PCC members
A small Immaterial portlon of the expenses pald to theTeam Rectorlnthe earfy part of theyear may have Telated
to hlsservices as chairrnan of the PCC.
No otherpaymentorexFen5Ès %%*re paldtoanyotherPCC Mem￿1, persons closetyconnectsd tt> them orrelated
partle&
13

The Parothialchurth Coundl ofPerKllth and aaremont
FlnandalStatew*nts forthe>parended 31 C*cember2023
Notes to the Financial Statements (contlnued)
Inwestrnents
Market¥31ue at l January 2023
21.4)$35
Netgakn
1.935.46
Market Val￿•t37 December 2023
23JWI
Unrestrkted fvnds
20J1&73
W4
2334081
2023
2022
Debtors
Tax mcu¥er•ble
Prep?yn￿tsand&(cNed Income
1273
142
426
IA70
392
2,288
2023
2022
Amounts falllng due kn one>
cruals and def*rr*d Incr
1383
9W3
1329
IOW3
14

The Parothlal Churth Councll ofPendleton and Clarnmont
Rnan(Oal Ststementsforthe yearended 311)ecember2023
Notes to the Financial Statements Icontjnued)
8 Funds
The restrfcted fund5 comprf5e t￿fOlloWI￿J.
StThom45'1nvestments
A proportson of theStThoma<lnvestrnentsare restrfcted.
All SalntsTeam
Each ￿rIsh wlthln thet•am contrtbutes an amount In proportlon to Its parlsh shart.The fundsare usedtofinance clergy and other central
team expen5e5.The Income and expendItU￿ areaccounted ft*ras a restrf¢ted fund wtthln the accountsof Pendleton artd Claremont pcc.
Short Fund
Donatlons and other Incomeare recelved Into thlsa¢¢ouni forihe purpose of supportlng refvgeesabKI asylum seekers and others
roqulrlng financlal support.
CharSty Fund
Thrgeted appeals and speclfi¢fvnd.rnlslng In¢tsme Is recorded In thechartty Fund fr￿ whlth the1s￿lI1*d paymentsare m•de,
F•brfc Fund
The purpose olthefabrfcfund reser￿515 to fiThanc•any major rnpalrtothethurch bulldlrt9&
Flowor FundsofStThom•i'4nd Holy Ang•ls'Churth•s
Oonatlons ar• rnc•fvod Into th￿efvndSforthe purchase of flowers to dlsplay wlthln the chuTch bulldln9S.
Appe41 fund
Funds were ralseddurfng 2022 lorthe wrchase ola new PA system at SlTh¢mi¢Church.The sy#em w•$ Inst•lled In M)rch 2024.
9 Summaryoflund m0￿mants
Unrestrlctsd lundi
StThomas'
General Fund
Holy Artg*ls'
General Fund
HolyAngel5'
Hall Fund
StThomas'
Holy Angels,
Refreshment Fund RefreshmentFund
Totbl
Balance at 1 Jan￿ry 2023
Incomlng ￿SOur￿$
ResourcesexFended
Investmentgaln
Transfer5
61.324
45,039
145.3571
1,773
19311
11,140
17,911
118,gJOI
7.588
11095
5601
19
63
1751
80,153
75.585
173,5451
1.773
11.3651
478
16S31
15331
Balanceat 31 December
2023
61,848
9A17
11.123
82￿07
Restrlrtedfund5
StThomo'
Inthents£
nts
TtJm£
StThMMs'
Ik4yAngoW
AMFur*l£ Ho￿rknd£
fvnd£
FLmdE
Fwd£
nd£
Balanoat i Janulry
2023
Incomlng resour
Resour￿exPended
Inve5tmentgaln
Transfer5
2,719
1316
3.565
70
192
31782
10,999
16,915
1,973
13.5771
1,894
(2111
3,055
13.0551
1.373
11,0781
70
11391
9,365
110,7781
162
1365
1799
11.919)
162
235
Balance at 31
December2023
1881
2311
5,249
102QO
15,997
137
123
3&897
10 Sumrnary ofass•ts byfvnd
unre￿￿￿ed Funds
Restrlcted Funds
Total 2023
Investments
Currenta53ets
20,517
64.413
(23291
2024
34,073
23341
Llabllltles
(2.3291
82.601
15

The Parothiol thur<h Cour￿7 ofPendlekn4nd aaremont
F￿and￿ Staternentskytheyearended 31 Derynber2023
MISSIONARY AND CHARITABLE GIVING
Tothl
A Rocha
From appeaborfund ratslng
WaterAld
Chrfsthn Ahd
DEC Earthquake
ABCD8ethlel*m
itlsh Leglon
1ffi55
439
1ffi55
439
3,055
Totsl ghin4
16

Flnancial Statementsfortheyearended 31 December2023
STTHOMAS'GENERAL FUND: INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
ACCOUNT FOR THETWELVE MONTHSTO 31 DECEMBER 2023
Ivdtorne
19255
1555
sn
815
Yutsrthlr#JbYth￿ttraftrf
319
4337
itrJCk*>
1210
1$6
3*19
4165
17
IS•u&Tearn
933
125
127
&770
lQ910
93
216
141
715
14
17

Flnandal Ststements f0fthe￿rended 31 D￿ember2013
StThomas'General Fund: Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
CCLA
Churth House
18.6B7
2,719
21.405
23341
Debtors
307
92
kcrued in¢t
1,317
Cash
Fab￿ fund-CCLA
LWsltac(ount.CCLA
Churth House dep051ts
Currentaccount- Santarmler
Currentaccount- C¢Trop
Cash tn hand
34775
8￿27
(3￿32)
(12871
775
8370
14I4S)
1,108
4U)39
41179
42,917
44234
U•bMIths
Amount 0￿￿dt0 CeF
Othercreditors
cnwls
490
8n
562
124
11,7911
11,59n
4lJ88
41637
Netwets
64.728
64.042
Fund5 at l January2023
64M42
67.038
tkfidtforthe Ferlod
GalnllLossl on InVe51m￿ts
TransferfromWe(InesdayfwwJ
Tran5ferfrom t1cp￿r￿ThY
TransTer Ito)rfmm ￿mentfuTh
{13851
1.935
19241
P.935)
261
152
4SO
1991
Fwids bt311)•rember 2023
64.728
64.042
18

Tht PamthS•l ChurthC¢xmtsl ofPÈndknnanda•rnmont
FInar￿al strter￿ntsfortheYeartrY￿ed 31 tknter 2023
STTHOMAS'SHORT FUND
Income and Expenditure Account forthe twelve months to 31 December 2023
2023
2022
Incom*
t>Ona￿Or
Tax recobEryon donations
Wednesdaylunches
Tax ￿cO¥ery
3.732
183
75
415
IA94
3.916
Expendltu
Hardship supr•Xt
Trnlnlng
Actthks
Wednesdaylunthes
218
2SO
705
58
(211}
11232)
sU￿lUs
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
Tax reco¥eRble
63
Cash
StThomagcuYMtaccount
5249
5249
3502
3ts65
Uabllltles
Accruals
5249
3.565
Balan￿1n Short Fund at l )￿uary201j
3565A5
Surplus forthe)wr
IA3.10
168337
8alwKe InthÈShortFundat31 ikumlx2023
524855
3.565AS
19

na￿la1 5tatementsfortheyearended 31 Decemter2023
STTHOMAS'FABRIC FUND
Income and Expenditure Account forthe twelve months to 31 December 2023
Income
ExperKllture
Repaorto roofto reffl￿e leak
Dry rotworks
Repalr of leakSNJ roof
450
334
614
(7841
17841
Defidtforthejwr
Balance Sheet as at 31 De￿mber 2023
2023
2022
Fabricfund-CCLA
10.999
10,999
102rxJ
Funds at l JJnvary2023
Defidtfortheye
10,999
11.783
Fundsat 31 December 2023
lQ999

The Parothial(hurth Counal of Pendleton and aaremonl
Financialstatementsfortheyearendtd 31 Dunber2023
STTHOMAS'APPEAL FUND
Income and Expendlture Account forthe twelve months to 31 December 2023
2023
2022
Incorne
tknatlons
Tax recoveryondonaiions
vAT￿0￿Y
]3￿15
3301
Expendlture
FrameTV
11.919)
SwplusllDefiat) lorthey2ar
1919)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
2022
Bankkctjunt
IS937
15.gkn)7
1fj915
1&915
Fundsat l Jan￿ry201)
16915
su￿Au￿(Defi0O) forthey
(929)
1&91S
Fundsat31 L)ecember2023
15.997
1&915
21

Rnancial StsteMentsforthe￿eTrjed 31 December2023
STTHOMAS. FLOWER FUND
Income and Expenditure Account forthe twelve months to 31 December 2023
2021
Income
Donthns
Tax Re(o¥•ry
1,138
235
iJ73
IS2
920
Exp•ndltur•
I￿78
Suolusfortheyt•T
295
135
StThomas' Flower Fund: Balance Sheet as at 31 Deomber 2023
2022
Thx recoverabl•
Cash In haNI
137
76
Ll•bllltl
StThOMa<ger￿￿I lund
61
137
76
Funds at 1 January2023
Surplu5 forthe year
Tnnsftrto StThom)s'gtrwralfvNI
Fundi at 31 0*￿￿bIr 2023
76
295
12351
137
93
135
11521
76
22

The Parothlal (hurth Council of PwKlleton and a0￿Mont
FlnarKkl 5WeM￿tsf0lthe￿erWjed 31 Dxember2023
STTHOMAS'REFRESHMENT FUND
Income and Expenditure Account for the twelve months to 31 December 2023
2023
2022
Incorne
Oonatlons
J20
4n
399
Expondllure
Tea, Coffee, blscults
Hotwater bjller rewlr
178
47S
75
653
75
Su￿1￿11D•fidl] lorth•y••r
11741
324
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
2023
2022
C•sh
Tax fecoNtrable
StThom*current x¢¢unt
71
82
B•l•nc• Inth• Short Fund•t l J•nuwy2023
SUrpluslDefidtforthe￿f
Tran5ferfromlltol StThcrfna¢germl fund
11741
324
1450}
lan￿ In the Short Fund•t31 D•c•rnkn2023

The Pamthlal Chyrth CoundlofP•b)aleton and Clarnm
Flnandalstatementsfortheyearended 31 D&&)thr2023
ALL SAINTSTEAM
Income and Expenditure Account forthe year to 31 December 2023
2023
Incom•
Partshes
Pendleton and aa￿l￿nt
St Luke
St Aldan's
Emmanuel
1.275
3.467
75
Voluntsry gmng
Donatlon5
Tax rec¢M￿d
479
120
21
106
3￿73
599
8,674
Expthdlturn
Cleryy
Coundl tax
Water
477
1573
14
SA27
1174
981
AdmlnSstrtlv•costs
photoc￿n9
312
16
328
Whltwalk
Chrlstmastrees •NI (aTd5
75
75
1577
9075
Defidl lorth• ￿•r
112011
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
2022
L)ebtors
Glftald recelvJEAe
71
Cash at bank
1572
U72
2A45
1516
Uabllitlos
Owlng forderyyexpenses
Ptr*)tocopylng
260IXI
2316
Fundsat l Januory2023
It*stYsurplusfL¥theyèai
Fund5a131 Oecember2023
1316
141
(13111
3516
112011
Z316
24

FtnarKial Ststementsfortheyearended 31 December2023
HOLY ANGELS'GENERAL FUND: INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
ACCOUNT FOR THETWELVE MONTHS TO 31 DECEMBER 2023
Incom•
2023
Flegular gmng bydlrerttrJn*r
Collecth)n
Other donètkjns
5h30
1721
105
8256
034
6A65
10290
Fund rnlslng
Lottery
Padd(Kke*rtt
1.975
250
¢Xh•rlncom?
lJ51
4,125
858
1775
Incomefor palntlng thèrnlllThJs
Energy gnnt
Wrlte backofPAIE p￿￿>10￿
Bank Interest
Other
1250
436
570
177
Expendlture
C•ntr•l paym•nts
Contrlbutl¢)n to P4rfsh sh•
Team share
Feesto 08F
533
426
11941
11926
Church supplles
Church supplles
owers
tyglene arKI deankg wppl
651
30
271
952
Utiiitks
Insuran¢e
1*94
R•p•lYs and molnt•nanc•
Gra55 culllr
MalntenarKe
Grounds malntenance
335
Zl17
762
320Ah)
3214
CostsolrnWngfvrKIs
Lottery
Othercosts
Cha￿ty paYm￿ts
Sundry
30
19
IJ
25

Financial Statementsfortheyparended 311)ecember2023
HOLY ANGELS,: GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
2023
2022
recowrablt
376
43
RefreshmentfurKI
419
Cash
Deposbt Kcount. CCLA
CurRntKcoun
Elm a¢¢ount
3201
6273
6.025
9N75
12.124
12,924
Cv•dlto
Amountoutstsndhg forLotto
Deferyed Income
Othercredlto
277
161
1.5CKI
124
1277)
11.7851
Netasmts
9.617
Funds at l janu￿xI23
11005
Deficlt ¢)n Genwal Fw
Transferfffjm refreshment fvnd
175231
11,1661
3￿
Funds rt31 August2023
9.617
26

The Pamchlal Churth Coun¢il of Pendleton and Claremont
Flnancial Statementsforthe yearended 31 De￿rnber2o23
HOLY ANGELS'HALL FUND
Income and Expendlture Account for the twelve months to 310ecember 2023
2023
2022
Incom•
Rentsl Income
Eneryy grnnt
11.765
330
11095
&760
Expendlturg
Caretaker
Utllltles
Insurance
Malntenar*ce
Ground5
1415
4,247
491
2250
1M7
447
3.411
156
&560
3535
7,931
829
Surplus fortheyew
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
2023
2022
D•bto
Rental due
Energy prepayment
C•sh at bank
Deposlt account- Hgly Angels,
175
10048
11,123
7.588
7,588
Funds at l Janujry 2023
Surpluslldeficltl for Iheyear
Funds at 31 DeCern￿r 2023
7,588
3.535
11,123
759
829
7￿88
27

TheParothlal Churthcountll of Pendleton and Claremont
nanclal Ststernentsfortheyear ended 31 Dtcember2023
HOLY ANGELS. FLOWER FUND
Income and Expendlture Account for the twelve months to 31 December 2023
2023
2022
Income
Donations
Expendlture
Purchase offlowers
202
139
1691
195
Surplusfortheyear
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
2023
Cash
Cash In hand
Fundsat l January 2023
Surplusfor the year
TrnnsfeTfrom Refreshment Fuftd
Fund5at 31 D•cember 2023
123
192
192
155
30
192
123
28

The Parothial Churth Coundl of Pendlth and aarnnont
Flnawal Statementsfortr*>wrended 31 Cwmber2023
HOLY ANGELS'REFRESHMENT FUND
Income and Expenditure Account for the twelve Months to 31 De￿rnber 2023
2023
2022
Incom•
15140
Explndtture
Tea.coffe4 etc
Candles
Spe¢lal cwslons
107
1751
Surplu5fortheyear
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
2022
Cash In har
19
Funds at 1 January 2023
SuWu￿(defidI}fOrtt*yeaT
TransfertoGenernl Fund
Transferto FI0￿r Fund
Fund5at31 Dec•mber2023
19
{131
315
(3￿)
1301
19

Annual Repxtfortheyearended37 DtcÈmber2023
Church Wardens'Report
St. Thomas'church
It Isnowovera years11Ke￿ wentto enJoy Fr. Danld's Ikenslrwj in his rth¥church in Oldhan thethre It 55 overa year thatt￿All SalntsTeam
has had noTeam Rector. It ha5 been a Mass￿ leamln9 exFalewKefor u5 In deallng ￿ththe 1e9alltlesof%￿ddlng bapdsm and funeral bogkings
In addltlon tt> other fomis of churth legal requirementsand siaiisik* Itwasalsoa ￿•[ in whkhlowekome Re4d JoJa￿ttto the team, her
maln fr*usbelThJ to supportand bulld the parlsh rfst LuktsWeè5t
Ivs beena great rellef to h￿ethe￿[thfvl. lovlrKJ and regularsupFQrt from clewgy In coveflngservlctsat both churthes. Our worshlp has
therefore not been dlsrupted and unusualtyln an Interregnum the numb￿ Inourcongregallons have remalned steady both on Sund•y5 )nd
forth• mld week seThke&ThlshaslJeon a grtat ple￿ure.
We have been happyto seeStThomas'used forthe ft& pantryorganlstd fy MarKhestwClty Mlssh)n eath Monday andThur5d4y.They help
the local communlty %¥lth food and ptr50nJl surwtThèn￿UllYthe htsalso beon hlwedtyJton• reguknr basts to othergroup5 and
churcheswhkh ￿$ trKought Ina snMII Income.
We h)ve enlo>*d all the usual fund Alsln9 and soctalewntswtth ¥whY￿(￿ree$01eC0￿m￿5KCe5S t#rtfvn•Jl From pancakes to
Harvest 5UpF4￿ quthsio Unl¥etslty bal￿ co￿ert￿ Chrtstsnasand summerfal
Thefabrlcof StThomas'ls genefally In good ¢)ttler. ¢¥￿Ialty conslderfrrtj theageof the tsjlldlnj although Ilkeany bulldlng there lsalway5
somethlng w*edlrvJ attentlorn fortxample. ¢he pla5terln h&1 needs someworkand draughttxdudtts need to befttted. HMIty, after•
tt>rturous proce4weuefinallYa￿e to enjvya sound at)d 7A5uJI system In church dueto m•ny klnd don¢xsand an extremejygenerous
bnonymousglfL
The DAC l Dlocesan thlsorycommltteel whlch 0￿rI00ksanY pfojectsorwwkthat Is needed In tht churth Jt long last gbve perm1551on
notonty lorthe 50undlAV system alsofor the ￿￿ernent of the mlnersbtrtlK whlch Is ¢Jnfortun•tely 5tt11 waltlng tobeslgned off by
the cha￿dIor.WQ41Q alsostlll waldn9 lor F￿SSIOn1•r ) h¥Kfrall to be altsc1￿d to the lectem and lor ralllng3 around the earth works
In thegarden.
It Is wlth regretwe record the loss of Barbawa Knl9hL Shella Roblnsornstella Ballry, Eddle Cmssley )rKI GeoT9eWalk•r. Ourthank5 go lothem
for the1rYea￿ of falthhjl woTshlp and SUPF4Xt and to thelrfamllles** offerourcondolencesaThJ prnyprs.
R•vd.r)avldThoma% oras Blshop Frnrtkcallod hI￿1)Urtsel0￿d Oa¥Wl•ft us kn t)ecembv. In the le¥￿tIeS hewas the vl¢ar•t SL Thomas and
wa5 responslbl•fr*r thealteratlons to the bulldlng glwng us ￿ bathroomson one slde of fv ￿JIldIng and an excellent kltchen and hall on the
othèrslde. Slnce retsjrnlng to Salfordand to SL Thoma% Davld ¥¥as an e￿r wcty Ilstener V41th a sptcSal generosltyof Wrft and thou9htfulne55
and wa5 an adontsker and tlrelesstyfor m?nyyws In supportofChr55tl)n Ald. HeaPPl￿ thè samèeneryy In worklngwlth the
Immlgrant sectlon ofour¢ongregaVon to help Inanyway hecould.After Fr. Danlel l￿d ¢)n to Oldham** wereexIre￿*1y9rnte1U1f0Iall
DavId¥aS￿3￿ncQ In co¥erfNJ se￿(e% Hewa$S￿ an sdtkssty dewdat4Èffjckwhowas stllSworkin9 for usln hls lastdty&
We stlll hwe close IlnkstoStGeW Pwlmary School wh*È kn Bath Is rKMChalrof Gtsbwnors after th￿n9 on the role followlng the Tellrement
0fRO￿na Plaff Ind ￿ hope th•LvrtatFw pernlttjng may beatAetQseeffm ofthethlldren and thelitholr In our
J Club (Jesusclub I for ￿r>r•u￿ef mernb￿ of the congreWSon, bs growlrwj w￿1 and estsbMshlbVJ ￿Se￿nIce￿. It1$54Kh fun toseeand hear
what¢yJr>vun9 peop￿ madeand leamed but*spedaltyto heaithem r*ad thdr praye
OurfourALM¥ (Authorlsed Lay Mlnlsters) hab? 3 y￿rIk•n￿Wh￿h corneto an eThl In SeptthThbw.Wth the full supportof PCC Karen,
Emma, Leeand Chw1511nehave been recommended tocontlnue loranother3 >wr
Our heartfelttPhinksgOto all th0sevh￿wth $0 ￿[d beNnd the 5or*s thtt*ar* manypethlnvollrf and also to all ¢wrgenerou5 dergy
who support thewardensarbjour1￿W9l•%
Chrf$tln•T•b￿oTr&Trd Le•CMv•n thUIIChU￿WIrtl•
30

The Porothlol Churchco￿nd1 of Pendleton and Clarernont
Annual RÈportfortheyearended 31 Ikcèmber2023
Gift Aid Report- StThomas'Church
Glftald Isa govemmtnt 5chemetoenable charltles to reclalm tax on thelrdonatfjon& The Manchester 010￿$eha5 a central stheméfor
admlnlsterong gfft ald behalf of parlshes. wlth a web-based optlon to whkh we subscrlb& Thlsenable5 all donatlon5 to be enterèd onllne
andallows clalms for tax recowto besul)mltted each month. ratherthan on aquarterty bas1
Astreasurer as well asgfft ald 5ecr*tary, I havecontlnued tofind the system hlghly effitlen( both In ternsof myprocessln9 Ume and for
cashfl¢)w. The donètlons are entered on a weekly basls and as soon as posslbleafterthe month*nd an electronlc dalm1$5ubmltted to
theteam at Church House. Thetax recovered Is usually credltedto our bankaccount wAthln a week of lodglng theclalrn.
For those who are nottax payer5, orhave notslgned a glftald dedarntjon, Orthosewho glve anonymouslyi weae stlll able to clalm through
the glftald on small donatlons scheme IGASDSI. Th1$ Is restrl(ted to donallons madè In cash and Indlvldually no greater than £30. However,
towardstheènd of the year HMRC Issued a concesslon to allow thlsto beextended to donatlons made through theGlve-a-Lfftle scheme,even
though payments are notcash. I was ableto backdatetheclalmtothetlmethatwe Installed the system. leadlng to a tax redalm of £222. The
GASDS scheme ha5 anannual Ilmlt of £8.000 fortotal donatlon& Tlwefor¢ If you a￿ a taxpayer, l encourageyou lo 51gn J glft•bl dedaratlon
If atall p0$51ble, ple•st. An ènalysls of thètax recovered In 2023 Isglven below.
GIftAld D¢d4r•tlons
plann￿ glvlng Iweeklylmonthtyl
On￿ff donatlons
Charitydonatlon5
Flower donatlons
Fundrfalslng events
Short fund donatlons
GASDS
PLinned Ivln
Church plate
Funeralsweddlngs 8•ptlsms
One-off donatlons
Glve-rAlttle
Tea ind Coffee donatlons
Charfty donatlons
Flower donatlons
Fund-ralslng events
Shortfund donatlons
SM83.25
282.84
406.25
179.$0
28A7
75.00
Iweekl Imonth
14100
22138 |
73.33
222.00
93.17
OSS.31
IB6.63
67A2
5801
103.78
Votlve candle rt•nd
427
1,248A2
The total tax recovered Is £7,303.93. Th1515 • 51gnfficant addltlon to the total Income￿theY@414nd thereforecrudal tothe fin•ncesof
thethurch.
Marl•Jorys4 Glft Ald S•u•t
Glft Ald- Holy Angels'church
OurGIftAld re¢elO thlsye)r h¥$ reduced to £1,727.25 4$ theJmtsunt of 9lvlng has reduced fvrther but a5 alway5 hos been a welcomeaddltlon.
We fultyappreclatethe generosltyof alSthosewho glve whattheycan afford finind?IlyoT by9lvlngthe1r￿rne •nd sk1115 or hospltallty
on a ￿gUlar basls.A partlcularthankyou tojoy Bach thls yèaras our polnt of contactwlth thedlocese and the Parfsh wofile In the
absen￿01and search lor a new vkarand forkeeplng 9￿UP5 and fundralslng together.
JullttWrlgh( GIftAld SKv•t•ry
31

The Parothlal Churth CoundlofPendletonandaartmryrt
Annual RewtfortheJpar￿ded 31 De£ember2023
100 Club- StThomas'Church
￿re a total of44 rnernbe￿ kn the ILKI￿b in 2023,whkh unfortunatetywas agakn a slthtdtuea5e w the Pr￿10￿5Year, tr*trend ¢)ver
the past fewyear
43 membeTslolned forthefull ypar*lth each member p4lrwJ £1mpermon￿. £12forthp>wrJnd onemember1oln￿fOT 11 month& paylng
£1 l. Therekn a grnnd totsl of£527mwas falsed
The￿ were I I prlTrs at £25 per month vAth a 5pedal wlze of £40forDecernbw. Thwefor¢thetoial prlzèmontypahy outwas£315 a
lance of £212 plusdonatlonsto ￿ paod Into thwth fund% ThetwfjMersfor2023
January.. Jullan Dlngle
Febwary.. Marta Jorysz
Marth:Jullan Dl)vJle
Aprll: Marfon Madden
May: HllaryThomas
June: Parn Brfght
July.. Cllff Platt
Au9U5tr.Allcekhofi•ld
. September. Layle￿e Sheth
Octobv. Nlchola thas
November Mlkemarland
Oecember Laura Platt
Th•nkyou trJill membersfor pJrtldpJUng In th• ico a￿tA￿1th en)bles u5to makeacontrfbutlon tothe UF*eep of tsUT*K)nderfvl thurch.
New members ar•alwayswekomèand for extsdr4 Mon*0￿ plt•seconsldtt t•kJry•n addtlonal nwnber.
Wednesday Lotto - Holy Angels, Church
Thankyou lOth• m•mb•tswho have remalned Wl durfng th*ye•r. Mtytynllkng fKeson re<elptofwlMkng payment&
OKeagaln chU￿h hasbenefitted finbrthlty, thedetsllsan beseen ofthe reporL
New membèrsarewel¢om4 pkasecontact *vukl Ilketojol
Jull•Wrfgh¢Tr•tsur•r* HolyAng•
Electoral Roll Report
D￿r Frlends
On the315t DeceMber2o22tt*re￿we94 ￿m•SOft tr*Electornl ROIL f￿r1￿j the>Earof2023,onèpetson requested to be removed from the
£I￿￿>raI Roll.. Mèthew Cc
Sadly.ftyJrofourdearfrtends passed awty•ndthelrnames I￿re Imrn Electoral Roll:
Anne Royle
rbart Knlght
Jxkwhlte
Stella Balley
Moyt**yollrestthpeGce
One new memberwasaddedto tr* Flolk Susan OeEhyahGle•
Therefw¢ on the 31st DeCernber￿23 the￿ ¥*re89 Mmesonthe EkcthlRo
John McKenTh4 gertor•l Roll 0111(•r
32

The Parothlal Chur(h C¢xmol of Pendlrtonand aaremont
Annual Rep￿for￿￿￿leftd*I 31 Decernk*r2023
DCC Report- Holy Angels,
The CKCcontlnued to meet regularfydurfNJ 20
Ourfalthfvl congre9atlon has contlnued to meetweek by**eL Thanks totr*h*d workof ch￿TabbI0nIndthe late Rewd DaYldThomas w•
have welcomed a variety ofclergyfrorn the local area toIe•JourTL￿ayE￿rfst$e￿￿ènd thlshas been Invlwatlng forourwor5hb￿w¢
are especlallygrateful that able to hold a Chrtstsn•sCarol serykeand Chr15tma5E*ser¥lc* betaus* d￿Y sttpptd kn ata very trmjsy
tlmeofyear and [tW￿ heartenlng 105ee• ￿d￿TChat toth vMIt%
Mlke Marland contlnued Inthe role oftemporwybygorand h%0ngJ￿d that ￿rthU[th Is SttupforèathT￿sÈlvk￿and whenwe have
anyfvnerals or specljl events.we ¢wtlDued to be W￿1 seryed ty ourTreasurer, Jullewrlghi and thar* her fo1herc￿aIaftd conclse reports
and thanksto all our DCC w￿rnb•$fo¥thdIèitenl￿ and supprtwealso thank our honmryoryanlsL Mr Bev KltcheThwlthoutwhom our
Tuèsdty5eNlces would be Immeasurabty poow.ourslde5 Wson% Booth,Jtsan How*4 Pat Hamerand Pamela Wht for thelr support
durlng servlw oll thosewho read orl•ad wa>Ys•rwJ Mrs Ann for4ry* lefve5hnw￿e*h
The NewL1￿ Intematlonal ChuthwhomeettO7Aorshlp Inourthur¢hon Sundry&￿SCOTr￿nued to grow.Indudlw h05tlng several spedol
event5.Wehawè had fe¥ernl enwlthfrom ottrttchurthes but hm Mtfett St •Fprow*tyen94ge7Affti1gther¢hur¢hes•tthls moment
In tlmè.
We hosted • Lenten lurKh forfhuwctr*son the Holghtrln A￿7 asp•rtol• sode50f 51wxtsff4tswKI d15CW51on5durkng Lent arKI severnl
Mem￿￿5 ofthe congregawonattended lun¢1￿•t5tJ(kn& St Luke¥ KWKI trkwmeth
Wew•r•able to ha￿ the•xlertor ralHr4s •Thl ￿nd￿￿tI￿n￿ pllrtrfth￿ks ￿r9ely100 9Efffliu5donthDfrom thelate Ullljn Ellls Lwt**
tookthe opp9rtunltyt0￿￿otheT¢￿¢nth1 malnteNncewthdone.The l)ulklnguntlnwsto bo wdl mdntaln•d IrKludlng •lothcal work
rooland fasdawo
WecreatÈda'P•rlsh Profi￿.•$ partofthe p￿t0•p￿nt4 ￿ Re¢torto the All Salntstean so far. tr*dloceseh•s been unsucce55fv1 In
attractlnganyon•tothepostand wear•anxknJsihat tr* wocessand role are rv4le**d J dfffereni wayal*ad consldered.
W•sUpportedW￿￿ty RotsrydubYYAp Up UKYanlerCo•tC0MecUrf*￿ reCeI￿d* letterofth1nksfor￿rcontr1bUlkn towafd the1840
coats theyc01￿Cted
The death ofthe R*d DIVIdT￿>M4s In Oewnberwas J WI Iossfor u5 J5 a c(¥nmunlty. In rntlremrt Davld twn to*whlpat HotyAngels
more fwuentlyand hlswlse guldance.enthuslasmand Intellect ￿11 be gwtty mlssed. Vr￿E￿¢t¢dty. hè led hls last communlon servkèat Holy
An9els,' oneTuesday momlng In october.when the ￿${l￿r￿j de￿wh￿ notath¥*d Davkl detefmlmdtydonned hls rotr*5 once moreand led OUT
5eryke, slttlng he needed t4 guldlTrJ us IntyJi¥￿lP arKI •nabllr4J Ltstoshar* tht E￿attd celebrnt* the bovèof ChrtSL He was
v•ry speclal man. and wtvAllconiinue to Ibjld hlswkH1Liry.andtl￿r ltyélngfamwy kn ourpray
ComfftunttyH•ll
Evenlng cla5sesare wdl eslabllshedalttbyJ9h somèdasses reduced thelrsesslons In thewlnter.The Hall contlnuesto be popularfor chlldren5
partles and famllycelebrnilonsatweekmdsand wearegrateful fo¥thètbmeourHall Manager. JulleWrkJhL devote5 to therunnlng of the Hall
and Bet Hllthtth,who Ilalseswiih group12ader5 and ensurt5 the Hèll ts**ll malntalned.Malntenènee IssuesarÈ Identlfied quScklythankstothe
vlgllance of Jullèand wealsothankherhusbaThl 11hllw￿Jh[foraM he dotsto the CammunityHalLlncomefrom the Hall contlnue5
tQ 5UPPQrt the Chufth.The rtse In co5ts1or utjllweshas be•na partkularthallengeandvAll£oniknuÈto beforthe foresteablefuture.
P•dd¢xk
The Padd¢xkCommunty Group be(•rr*J sepafttetycOr&tl￿g0UpWlth ltsv*m ((X￿lI￿on Jnd ￿n￿￿(oUnt and therefore wereable
to reglsterwlth 5alford CV5.The PCG rnttt5 regulartyto tendto the PaddL￿are? andthurth grounds Wh￿￿è5 as wovldlng fellowshlsx
swe5 moneyasweonly u%e profe55hJnal gathlng seThkesforhed9eand lJ*MartlI￿ SadFy,wehad tothftwfromthe￿fiy Forest projec¢
havlThJ falled to W the support Ofl￿dk￿.The PaddockComNwJrtyGmup se¥Yale¥tnt%' thefirst wasan Open daytoshaTe
theworkofthe Group with bcal peop￿ arml th?5econd avery wcce55hJl HaThpst e4entwhlch nlsed ar<yJnd £450forthetharlty alxd'that
support5 chlldren wlth thablllUe5 In Pale51tneand we d¢)nated 12 larye bagsof food to ￿KOrd Lojvesand Ftshe& In December. ￿ hosted our
5etond Chrlstmas In the PadihxkthtnLvthkhwas by0￿40 pt0p1ew1￿ enjoyed hotfty)d and k)ts ofchrlsbnès slnglng.Thanks
agaln to Kltty forthe MUS￿and 1oeb*ryo￿Vkno suppjrted thee￿nt ty provlthw ￿tf￿d and drfnk¥c1Eat￿ Iternsforthe craftand cake
stalls and h*lF& todecordtèthÈhall.We donated £240 to thurthfvrrt
33

Tho Parochial Churth Councll olPendleton and aartmont
Annual ReportfortheyÈar ended 31 December 2023
Safeguarding Report for Pendleton and Lower Kersal
Oursafeguarthng pollcy Ison d15play atStThoma¥, Hoty Angel'5and StAldan&Thls Is ￿-sOgnedeach year.Thesafeguardlng churth wtersare
also dlsplayed at all 3churche&Thefull pollcy lsavallable at thedlocesan websiteand minl handl)ook5 are avallabie.
Therewere no concems ralsed at Holy￿￿1% or StAldans Inthe la5tyear.
con￿M$ shared atStThoma¥, neither ofwhlch needed actlon but protC￿5 werefollowed. In thetoming yearourALM5 WIII
need tocomplete safegUaTdlng tralnlng and ￿r￿4 thelr DBS.Thontyother pegF4e needlng DBSare thosewhose roles requlrelL
Row¢bU Platt
J-Club- StThomas'Church
Klub Iihej belng forJesuslwa5 launched at the beglnnlng of November2023. Thethlldren startthe servi￿ in church wlth thelrparentsl
carers and at the endof the first hymn the prlest blesses thÈm a5they leave to contlnuethelrchurch servlce In thehall. They return durfng
thÈ Peac4 to enable them to participate in the Eucharlst.
Therels a team of 5 who lead and supportthe chfjldren durlng Jlluly.Joy, Laura, Emma. Miriam and Hllary-although notall wlll be Involved
everyweek Weshare the theme ofthe Gospel readlng forthatday and encouragethe chSldren to thlnkabout whatitmeansforall of u& We
often slng- whlch Is especlally good whenjoy plays herukulèlel-and pray. Thechlldren areoffereda varfety of dfferent actSvttles Ilnked wlth
the therne. indudlnycraftworKcoJouring dolng word wrche% etc -and theyhave a snackj
At the end of the servltèthe priest InVltesthechlld￿rn to the front of Churc￿ when the congrega¢lon hearswhat&Club have been dolngthat
day and thenone of thè children leadseveryoneln a prayer.
Currenttywe have bètw*en 34 chlldren whololn us falrty regularty, butal tlmes the number15 hlgher wlth vlsltlng chIkI￿Tr. Atcmstsmasall the
thlldren are glven a glft ofta) a l)ooK fromthechurc
A5we have beenconskl*lngthls repjrt team members have hlghllghted that the children de¥elop confiden￿th1ou9h Ilstenlw partldpatln
sharfng, as well a5 gainlng an understanding of thechrlstlan message. It has become It)creaslnglyclearthatthèchiidren knowihattheyare
valued membersof the congregatton- and that ts very speclaL Wè hope we mighthave a JQub notlcet)oard In the halL sothat the ChIld￿n¥
wowk can be dlsplayed foreveryone to en￿y.
A ￿] blesslng has beèn th*way In whl(h thecongregatlon èxwessed such pleasure that wewould agaln have a chlldrerfs group In d)ur(h on
Sunday5 and theway In whith It iscltèr theyTealtyappre£late hearfng abot&twhatJ-Club has doneeach That mean$50 muth to the
ChIld￿n-a$Well asthè leaders.
ThèXlubTa•m
Organist & Choirmaster- StThomas'Church
During theyeartheorgan was tsgularly 5ervlced and tuned In thesprlng and Autumn. The Instmmentls In excellenttondition and weare
fortunateto POsse5$ Such a fine InstrumenL La￿￿ftce Shepherd deputlsed occaslonally when requlred eadlerlntheyear. Slncethe pandemlc
theye has not been a cholras such, but thefomiermembetswho n¢)wsit In thecongregation sing the hymn5 beautlfully.
Amold AllcotKOryanlst& Chglrniasl•r
Events Group- StThomas'Church
29th July Sumw Falr
21stOctober Blngo and Food
19th Novembersunday Lunch
2nd DecemberChrlstma$ Falr
6th December Salford Unlverslty Bandconcert
AudreyAllt￿k

The Parochial Churth Coundl of Pendletonab)d Ckremont
Annual PAF*xtfoTthe>wrw￿d 31 DecernberX123
Flower Fund- StThomas'Church
Thankyou to all who haved0r￿ted MOr￿1ft Memwyoflo￿ltX*st0thel1wfiYxl.
A150a blgthankyou to Mlk• Mawknd forthet*authl IlolalarrwTh￿ hehasdonedurtn9the part 12 month5for me.
Chrlstlmyates
Flower Fund- Holy Angels'church
Thankyouto Mlkemarlandforthe flowal arwj othtrdttoTrkns in thwth on ￿tialL￿Si￿andfQr90Qd management ofthefund
Members of the Congrega￿on are mostM*orneto nwkeiknt)alh)nsfor 4xSal c￿aSIC￿$and In memoryof loved o
JullèWvl9ht
Falrtrade in Pendleton & Claremont
The be9lnnln9 of2023 wasa bEry chaltengingllmeforNrtftders acrossthectyjntry.asT￿dc￿fLthechrISlIaN(OMpa￿y vA)kh had supplied
a wlde rangeofFalrtr3deforyJ and craftsfOr40￿{rsanrh￿￿[KedthJtItWas golThJ into admirtlstraiiorn Unfortunately this led to many peopl
includÈng thosewithln churchesthnknThJ this meanttheend of Falrtrnd& It ththI￿ Fairtraders across the country weredetemlned to ensure
thatthe work tontlnued. knowlThJ howcrudal Itwas fOrthe￿dUcer￿fDrVknOM Falrtr•Je meartthattheyrecè1￿d a faIr￿ce fortheirgc&s
aswell asthatvery1mp￿tsnt PrÈnNum- a sum ofmcrfywthlthts wvlldedto Falrtr•Jeciwr41kn to be￿theIr(0rnmu￿Ity.enhènce
the1rPr￿uCIt0n et¢
In March a gr¢)up of FalrtradetsfTom auoss Greèter ma￿hester rtat HoPy*4*Churth hall kn orderto slart supportlngeach otherto source
Fairtradègc&sfrom other retalth InformaUonwassharÈ45UPP¥Xts4¥en and wlthln*teks there7A*re 25 Fairtraderson the contact list Thls
meantthatftwas ptiwbleto Wh￿OnlY keepthe5ts11 ￿n9 at stTh￿<e￿ buta150t0de4￿P 5t by trwlng gWj&es￿£lo1￿ craft¥
frorn new outkts. Thereare stlll some Stemst**thichcan* be prwhknl atthernoment- In parbcuL4rtheFawtsade biscultswhkh usedto bevery
popular. as WRII asthe 5weety butwe are hopdul thatsltuatlon mrychawe IThthefU￿
Ithai infac¢ ￿￿én a￿rye￿O￿lagIwYEaTfOrthe Falrtradèstsll at5tTl￿rn￿. ¥bthkh has contlft￿ to Nn e*rySurtday momingafterthè
servlcewlthstry fewexception* Tr*supportftKthe ha5 been%Erywl aTrJ ent￿ragI￿& We had a suc(e55fv1 stallat both thesummer
and Chrfstmas falrs-whlch arealway5 9re3t opportun6tlesto Fairt￿￿et0 a much?hlderaud￿
would be really posluvelftherewas a greater￿ognrIh)n, not ontyln our churches butwlthln thÈwtderChristian community.that buying
FalrtRde food and cRfts 15 Intrinsicalty linked with ourchrtsuan dlscipwlp and thededslonswtall ha¥eto makeabtyjtour Ibfestyle. Italso
linb in veryclearfywlth ourcommlknèntto being an Eco Church asFalrtrnde Is an Important part of thi& vlea￿ all increaslThjtyawa￿ of the
devasiating impactthedlmateemergerKy is havfjr¥J on 0urwortdandesptcial￿1lKise(omMun1t1es in whkh Falrtrade producers Il¥*, meaning
thatthelrll%*lihoods and the Ir4*5 oftheirthlhjren and Fe0plea￿ belng Str•*ral impaded trythis Howwethooset0s￿d ourmoney
andwhether we makea conscious decison to buy Falrtrade I￿￿￿￿4￿$1b1e has a real and posltivelmparton thei111
Asa ￿9n9f our parlsht commltmenttoFalrtmYe r<wa5 ryfEed bjthe pccthat￿Sh0U1d regsterasa Fawtradp parish with the FalrtTrde
Foundatlon. Pmioustythe thurches had been rEcogni%ed as Falrtr•Je chuthbrfa di(xe53n schenKwhkhls nolonger In extsteraarKI It
makes moresenseto beformally with the rhytional bth. The nvwcertffictswfjll bepresented kn 0urthuld￿ Inthe nÈarfutrJr
Thankyou 50 much toevwyonewho ￿￿$SuPp￿ted the V￿rkOf FaIrt￿￿+ pwOd￿er5ttrWwjhoUtthls￿r- it ￿ realtyencouragiThJ. My
heartfeItthan￿ t￿t0 Rowena and Debsfor regulawty helFMng to setup the stall on Sunday momlngs and to Rcth¥enaforrunnSThJ ItvARn
l am away. It Isa real bonus to be jooned byMiwiameathSun*- althowhthat isrealty infonnth forthe neXt￿arfs APCMI
I would a150askthatourcommibntntto beirya Falrbadechwchts rtraffM}￿atthI5APc
Hll4ryThom

The Pamchlal Church Cowidl of Pendleton •nd Claremont
Annual Reportfortheyearended 31 Oe£ember2023
Christian Aid
Our 5UPPOrtfor Chrfstlan Ald contlnuesto bean Important partof our church lifeand mlnistry. In 2023 thefocusof Chrfstlan AldWeekwa5 On
work tychrfstian Aid's partners on the ground In Malaw( WOTklng wlth women farmers Ilkejen and Esther. Thelrchallenge wasto be ableto
farm crops whlch could survlve the uncertalnty of weatherpatterns caused bythecllmatecrisis Re5earth had ledto Identlfylng thepl9eon pe
as a sustalnable crow It hasvarfous use4 IrKludlng belng tumed Intoflour. In thls waywomen Ilke Esther and JenvMe ableto prO￿dèf0od arwj
educatlon lorthelrchlldren and grandchIld￿n and supportthelr adult chlldren to havea ureeT.
In Chrlstlan Aldweekwe were veryfortunate to hearfrom Ruth Pla¢ who works forchilstkn Atd. a5 our Preacher. Ruth notonly tatktd about
Malawl but also about her experfenceworking ￿Marl￿WIth partners In Ukralne supportlng people throughthe hoffors of thewarthe
The Sa5fordChrlstlan Adgroup declded notto undertake house to house collectlonsagaln thls year. but varlousfvndra151ng effortstook plxe,
both bylndivlduals belng spJnsored fordlfferentartlvltles bY1heen￿lOpesd15trfbUted in ourthurchèsarKlthrough the annual Chrtsttan Akl
Coffee Momlng rut) by the Helght Methodlstchurch.
It was reallyencouraging thatwithln ourteam we ra15ed £1.155.25 inenvelopedonationsandGift Aid-whlch wasan Increase on the prevlous
year. ThlslrKludeddonatlonsftom ourchristian Aldweek Bnjnch.
Inadditlon mem￿rSOf ourcongre9ationvolunteeTed tojoin the Chrlstian Aid bucketcollectionitTÈsco in ￿bDjary. Asthlscolndded wlththe
terrlble earthqvakes lt)Tu￿eY and Syrlathedeclslon was madethatthe money should be senttothe emergency appeal and therewasa very
generou5 respJn5efrom the shorvr&
Wealsotook part Ina veryenjoyable and successful qulz nlghtatst Lukes RC ChuKh Hall In ald of ChrlstlanAldand GIFOD,aswell asjolnlThJ
Inwlth the cèrol singlny at Aldi forchristlan Al(L
Cllrnate change contlnue% rlghtly. to bea centralfocus of Christlan Ald¥work Chrtsttan Ald alongwlth other ald agencle%15 acutstyaware
of t￿damage whlchcllmate changeis causing in some of the mostvulnerable communities in thèworld and we arecalle4 as part of our
ChrI5￿an wltnesstocampalgrn to prayand to give.
Thankyou so mu¢h foryourgènerou5 and on9olng 5UPPOrtfoT the workofChr1511an Ald In 2023.
On a personal note I would like to Say a hugethankyou toall thosewhodonated to Chri#ian Aid in memoryof David. fo thedellght
ofourfamlly. the total amount of dO[￿lOn5 made Inenvelopesat hlsfuwaland via the online trlbute pag4 cameto over£S,1(Kl.
Thankyou so muth.
HllaryThom•$
36

The pa￿hla1 Churth Councll of Pendleton and Claremont
Annual Reportfor theyear ended 31 December 2023
Salford & Leigh Deanery Synod
IntrOdUrt￿
Slnce the declslon was made toform thedeaneryofsalford and Ldgh Iwhkh also Include5 Eccle51 thedeawsynod meetlngs onlytake pla
3 tlme5 a year.atdlfferentvenue5 across1￿ aw. One of thechallenges ts that syned Mem￿r$ often don* actually knoweach otherwell and
dont havèa dear understandlng of the context In whlch thed1ffe￿nt chuKhe5 are wOrkIn￿ The fomiat Isihat the Area Dearh and thevlce-
chalrolsynod start by holdlng a shortactof worshlA whlch Is follcthved by brtef Items of lnfttrma￿O￿ and then there15 a speaker on a speclfic
toplcAs part of the malntoplc there may be some small group d15cusslon and feedback
Meetlny dwlng ih•y•ar
28.Y2> The meetlng t00kpla￿?tSt Markts.Worsley. The maln top1cwasp￿Sented by Beverley Angler, Dlcwn Focal Mln151ry Offi￿r,who
talktd èbtsut ¢he ¢¢*ntept Of havlng focal mlnlstersaspartof the leadershlp lea￿and ststed thatfocal mlnlstersvtho can bt lay or ordalne4
are key to brlnglng new people Into church.
20.723 The synod met at St M•rfs In Lelgh. Th*iiile of thètoplc wa&.'l*lhat amourfive lowes and two fish? Churth gwovAhfrom the
pefspectlveofwhat%%*do hove and can do, not Irom whatwe dorft havèand canl do.. Revd Mlke McGurK Head ofchurch Growth and
Evangellsm In the dlocese*gavea tall 51re551n9 thatth15 was notabouta partlcular'strand'of churchper%>nsNp Iwtwas relevantto church•s
whatever ttr*lrworshlp styte& etc.
11.2> Thevenue was StAndrewX Éccle& The toplc wasTh• Extraordln•ry Acl ofGlvlnrf. TheA￿a Dean, Colln Pearson, Introduced th1&
Ilnklng It wlth 8 81ble passage about the gener051ty ofglvln9?nd stressed the Importance of the parlsh share. The newlyappolnted Oloces•n
Parlsh Share Officer, Carolyn McGloughlln. then spokeand Introduced a 5hort4nlmation onthe subject. Manchèster dlocesè does have
large budget deficbt but there Is acommltment to retslnlng the currentclèr9y number& at lea5tfor a perbjd oftlme. The talk Wasfollow￿ by
questlon5 about a dIffe￿ntW￿oI allocatlng the parlsh share.
Hll•ryTh¢Mn••
37

The Parothi•l(hurth Coundl olPendleton aryl ajremonl
Amiual ReF4xiforthe yearended 31 Decernbw2023
Friends of SL Thomas
Ststh￿atthe5alfWd Ht5tsdesFeS￿yal wFuth created a laryeaffthintof b)te￿tlnthehIstwmOf P&Mletw28th October2023.
GuestSFeake¥atthèSalford Hb5trylesFe5tl¥al at¢)utthe hlstoryof StTknrna5aNI ￿ UPPproJerton 28th Ortober2023.
Invited speaker5 foiseveral groups 11￿￿dIr￿j thewj.on 3Cth ALKJUSt20U the Lunen exthangegr￿p on 4th O£tober2023.and the Swlnton
Hlstory Groupon 2rKI Marth 2024.
Threeaftemoon5 in No¥ernber 2023 sawyear 6 studentsfrDm LathH11 I School attend a hbtorylesson In school.Thlswasto St&pporttr￿asptcts
of the nallonal currfculum topKs for relwJbyJstydle% wlth a heffta9e p￿*cl￿e.'.
The role of thethurch ￿ th0rftylex￿Ple5 belThJ thejèmes SlbJrtFuNI and thecurrent h0stlngoftr*foodcl￿)), induding toursofthe
trypttovlslt Sh¢)rv$￿S￿r￿j plxe and hisd*#from ¥thkh t*ead wasdthbutedl.
Artand archltecture In rellglon. trhear(hltecture of the EMJildir¥&theSL Tl¥)masand EaSt¥￿nd￿l&the impactof the Bltt tht damaged
bra55 ￿nd￿$t6ckSafid the cr055 dedKatedto parbhlonerAtanW¢*)dK
We facSlltatedtl￿ 9roupsoffinal yearmetha artdfilm StrJdentsfTomSaifordih*4*￿ty￿￿lused the thurth a5a ILKalhJn forthplrfinalfilm
subm15slon forthelrdegr
The partsh hlstthywas Fxrb1i5tr￿d attt*end of l*ybtm￿202jtoeXremenI It15avalableto buyfrom ￿selVeS butalso throu9h
Amazon,whlch has seen some Intemational p￿rd￿￿An InteThlewwasflmed*ithThtrÈsa In thurch to¢dnddewlth the books publkatlon
whlch wasbroadca5ton Salford Medla
FOSTTemains affillated to Salford Hlsiorlesto maximi5eourexpM)su
FOSThas engaged wlth St Luke¥ rn Weaste In ltscapacityof part of the All SalntsTeam. Maryhourshavebeel) spent catslogulng, transcribing
and arranging archMn9fortheOrdocuments remainÈrttJ in thuth. We will be supportiwwj thern aSt￿a￿a￿9ethe1rowD herttageevent InJuly.
Vnearthlny Pendletsnts P4stlUPPJ
Vthllstthe proiertls rrfywcompletefmm thtptrspectr￿QfHl$tQ￿C En￿•fi￿ thesit* rEMaIr￿ unffin15￿ due to the kwc11￿tyand lack
ofengagement OftheD1￿ee ofMancheAer.
A5 soon asa decision 15 reathed regardln9knci￿ of the smaller￿¢*(0M￿￿etknn can ￿Ce￿&The￿)ICeSbekn the ledgerstones
areto befilled wlth a grfttypefill, laidon a meM￿rt under gubjancefrom RHS Brfthjewater.
The resultsof the projectare avallable a5 a reForL apwo¥*d Hstork England. Postefs have been comrAledto Illustrate the occupatlons
znd place01￿$￿JenceOfth¢)se￿hOse 9ra¥Eswue ur￿0Vered3￿yW1lh thdr Pla￿Of trjrth to(onslder Immigrn￿on into Pendleton.When
not In these porterscan befound on the wau of the halLAestarth Ibryll continueon indmdua1faml1￿5IosuppIer￿1tfam1IY
reports alr￿dy¢0m￿etr
The regjltsof theproiertwlll bep￿S￿ledatan V4Vrtln church on IstJune202
PAsentslion of the UPP proJe£t 151June 2024.
ArDcle abtsutthe htstory ofStThoma5 5ubmittedfor publkatlon In the next S*ird Llnkmagazl
Participation in National Herftage Open l)aySClrysept￿1o24
krllage eventatSL Luke¥Weast<Juty2024
Jlnt prolectwth Irwellvalley MlnwsGroup rtgardiTrJ rniner5 ￿lled atStThoma<.
To explwethe concept ofguldedtw￿0f thesitein erinthe HeathatKlthe fora fep.

Tht Parochlal Church Councll of Pendleton and aaremortt
Annual Reportfortheyearended 31 Decembei2023
Updatqs to prevlousartlons:
ACTION
ATVS
Partlclpatlon In Natlonal HerltageOFén Dty Stheme, Septembe¥ 2023.
Invlted speakerat Salf0￿ Hlstorles Festlval to present the UPP Project.
Jolnt prolectwlth Irwellvalley Mlners Groupabout mlnÈr5burfed
at St.Thomas'
Ever7t cancelled dueto famllylllnes&
Complete.
Thls has beert on hold, wh115tawaltln9 thefacultyto slte the
mlner¢bench.To be Tev1511ed.
Complete.
Ongolng.
Booklaunch for the Par15h Hlstory.
Presentatlon of the UPP project.
Fln•nceshrye•r en(Ung 3151 Deumbv2023
Book Sale profits
Other Income
Donatlon to P&C PCC
581.00
47.00
ii.oxooi
1372.001
412&00
H151ork England net Income
Profit forthe y•ar
3,745.C
Broughtftsrward reserves
Pmfitf￿t￿Y*II
3265.C¥)
3,754,00
C•thed forward resems
7,019.00
FOST bankand cash balances
Hlstorlc England bankbalance
Booksaledebtors
695.00
6,258.00
C1051ng bookstock
NetJSgets
7M19
Th•MM Emb•rt•n
39

Parish of Pendleton and Claremont
ANNUAL REPORT
2023