Regislored Chartty No I I ANNUAL REPORT 2024 Parish of Pendleton and Claremont ¥1 Holy Angels, Church Claremont st Thomas, Church Pendleton Contents Administrative Information 03 Trustees, Report Independent Examiners Report ststement of Financial Actlvltles incorporating Income & Expenditure Account Balance Sheet 07 08 09 Statement of Cash Flow 10 Notes to the Financial Statements Individual Fund Accounts 15 Team Rector'5 Report Church Wardens, Report Gift Aid Report- StThomagChurch Glft Ald Report- Holy Angel￿chUrch IOOClub- StThomas'Church 31 31 32 33 33 Wednesday Lotto- Holy Angels, Chu Electoral Roll Report Holy Angelgchurch DCC Report safeguarding Report J Club- St Thomas'church 33 34 34 35 35 Organlst & Choirmaster- StThomas'Church Events Group- StThOMa￿ChurCh Flower Fund- StThomas'Church 36 36 36 Flower Fund- Holy Angels'church Fairtrade in Pendleton &Cla￿MOnt 36 36 Chrfstlan Aid Report Salford Deanery Synod Friends of StThoma 37 37 38 Flnancial StsteThthts fortheywendÈd 31 tkcth2024 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION The Parlsh ofPendleton and aaremont ispartofthe (MoceseofManche5terv*ithin thèchurchof EnglaThJ. Tr* benefKe 15 united wlth thePart5h of Lower Kersal andthè Parfsh ofWeast¢ Seedleyand lang￿thY tofowrn ts5aWord AS1SalntsTeam Mlnistry. The reglstered chawity numberi5 116S386 The Parish has two churches: StThom*Chur(h Ford Lane Pendleton Salfo MOfjPE Hdykngewchuwth Irlamsolh Hdght PCC rr*mbersvtho havèservedatanytiN*from l JarKwi2O24￿rt11the thtethlsWrtwasaFvo￿d￿. Ex officio members Team Rector. Revd PeterBennettl14 N￿￿t￿lI024) Assistsnt£UAte Posltlonvacant Mr Leecraven MBE MsChrlstSneTattK( Ms HlhryTlwmas Deanery Synod: Mrs RO￿n3 Hatt tS*guardiw Offi¢*) Dlotesan Synod: Mrs EmmaTurton Itemi ended 31 Juty20241 Trwurer. Mr5 Maria hryszlGft A*4 Setretsryl Elerted members Mr Amold ￿l(0¢k Mrs AudrtyAllcock Msjoy Bach Mts Irene Booth DrAnbella Hamltton (Lay Chalr) Ms Laura Hardy Mtsjoan Howard [DearffjsY￿d Represwllknl Mrjohn McKenna Mr Mlchael Marfand Mr Henry Madubuikel Miss Anne Robinson (Secre Ms Karen Schofield Mr5 Christinayates (re*0￿d 26May 20241 TheParoch5al Churthcoundl of Pendlèton and aaremont njnclal Statements forthe yearended 31 ￿e￿mber 2024 TRUSTEES. REPORT AIM AND PURPOSES Mlsslon Statement WotshlpplngGo4 nurtuilngdtsclpk&lovlngondservln9ln Chr15t$name Vlslon statement To bea ihrfvlng churchwhereevtwne ha5 theopportunltytO9rowln falth hopeand lov¢ and to b? known fw Our(a￿ and Chrlst41kè ser￿ce. Pendleton and aaremont Parochlal Church Councll IPCCI has the respon51blllty wlth theTeam Rector of promotlny In theeccleslastlcal par15h thewholt m1$51on of the Church.. pastoral,evangellstlG soclal and ecumertl¢al. The PCC Isa150 5peclfically ￿SpOnsIblef0rtht malntenance of St Thomas'church, Pendletorn and HotyAn9ellChurch. Claremont. OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ThePCC Iscommltted toenabllng a5 many people as posslble to worshlp at our¢hurchesand to 5ervlng the parlsh communityof Pendleton and aaremonL Our servlcesalm to put failh Into practlcethroughword and SauamenL mu51cand prayer. Ourchurch hallsare avallablt for hlre by thewldercommunltyand It Is thevlslon of the PCC that ourchurches should be vlbrant ¢ommunltyspaces. When plannlng our actlvltles fortheyèar,w* have consldered the Charlty Commlsslon¥guldan¢eon publk benefitand In partlcular, supplementary guldance on charltles fortheadvarKement olrellglon. In partlcular, we try toenablt ordlnary peopleto Ilve outthelrfalth as partof OUr￿￿3h communltythrough., wor5hlpand prayer., learnlng aboutthe 90spel,' developlng thelr knowledge and trust tn Jesus ChrlstasSavl¢*ur•nd Lord provlslon of pastornl care foi wople Ilvlrt9 In the parlsh m5551onaryandoutreach wo To facllltstethls It Is Important thatw• mèlntaln I￿fabrtC of tht ¢hurche5 thelrfadlltle5. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Worshlp and prayer Theeucharlst Is celebrated at siThoma¢Church on a Sunday mornlng ¥ndWednegdaylunthtlme,and at Holy Angels'churth weekty on Tuesday& The Revtl Peter Bennettwasappolnted asTèam Rectoron 14 November2024,lollowlng a vacancyfrom 6 Febru•ry 2023. Deanery of Salford & Lelgh Followlng theOlocesanTransformatlon Agenda, the parlsh slts wlthln thè lar9erdeanery of SalfoTd and Lelgh. sUPPOrted bythe Area Dean, the Rewd Colln Pearson. In addltlon. the Dlocese created Mlsslon Communlllèsacross èach Deanery and In2021 the Salford All SalntsTèam was nomlnated to M15Ytsn Communlty4along wlth otherparlshe51nthe Salft>rd area locreate a communlty of 13 church•& Evangellstlc and outreachworkls undertsken wlthln the mtsslon communlty. Friends of StThomas s Church, Pendleton (FOST) FOSTwa5formaltylaunched It) 2021.The almsofthegrouparv. to pre5er¥et promoteand publklsethe hlstoryand heritage of St.Thoma55 Church. to make available.and promote usage of, thespace5 and fadlitles alStThornas¥for the benefitofthe￿del communlty. to promoteKtlvltles and events at StThomas¥whlch wlll then en￿nce the￿IlbeIng ofthe wldercornmunlty. Ffftandal StstementsfOrtt*>Wr￿d 31 tknber 2024 TRUSTEES'REPORT (CONTINUED) ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (CONTINUED) StThomas' Churth Hall St.Thomas'communltyhosts the Mancheller CItyMIsslon IMOII in thehal on I•knnd￿al￿aThUrSdays to enJlAe thelrwoTkln the Pendleton communlty. MCM p￿vIde a food 5harfng centrefor whlch StTlbJmaJrter& In the loul Methodlst Hall sadly suffered • sl9nlficant lssuewtth thelr roofand todose wlth 12 hwrfnotke¥￿ ￿dId ¢)ur bertto SUPPOrt loul groups bywelcomlng themto use our C¢mmunlty Hall. Happlly,the Helght PA•thodlst roof b n(Mf mwthd mortgroupSh￿ ￿lumed the￿ athou9h Smllles beforeaftd after school club haveopted to remalnat Holy Angel&Tly also operate school holldaydubs so the Hall ha51)etn partlcularfy busy thlsyejr, W*could not have rna￿ ¥nyofthlswlthout Ouf Hall Manager.Julbèwrfghcvtho￿1Unta￿IYde￿0te5 a greJtdeJl dtlmeto ensu èvtrythlng runssmoothty. A150 Be¢ Hlldltth,wk+ Ilalseswlth gyoup ￿ WKI enwres the Hall Is clean and tldy. Malntenanc• Issuesare Identlfied qukktythank5 to the vl9llance of Julbèand è1soappredot*thecontrlbuYonof hw husban¢ PhllWrlghL forall hedoes to malntaln the Communlty Hall and respondqu1cktyt0enwgv￿ Incomefromthe Hall c¢)nllnuèstosupporttr*ChurthTh¢ rtse In costsfor utllltles contlrths to bea thJlleNJe. Paddock Communlty Group In 2024ThePaddo(kCommunltyGroup constltut•d*• *p•r•*gro￿lhIth•IrnStr create • s)fe4nd %wlcoMlngg￿Tr SPKeatthewthJo¢K pwF4e can meet r•guI)tyand eweln xYviWestOSUFWt thdr physkal and effK>llonal health ar#1 genernl ¥wlWng* rnlseawar4ne5s0fihe na14nl ￿￿Onment￿ Is$￿and Impacton Mture and ￿￿ktO Imprnow louIer￿￿onrnent further d￿elopthe paddockart&' mawnbng the lan4 extendlThJ plantlr&and h0511ThJ e¥*ntsfor the peopl*oflrlam5 dth'Hel9ht and the￿ders•ll￿d ccfflfflunlty. plor￿te¢qUal1ty and •qUal￿OI0pportUnttIe$kff alL The Paddockcommunlty Group contlnued to meet regularlytoterAI tothèpaddockarnaand churth gwouryl%Thlsyear,welncrea5ed tht amountofproduce g¥¢vm and thartd itwlth the c¢Jngregth lTrJudlng FOtst￿ pea4 broad bean& rèspbwrfex thubarl and strawberrle We have rmde Ilnkswlth s￿l￿$(lub as the chlldr*n **re Interested In￿ rnl*d bryders sothry hdped to harNE5t the potatoes and planted bulbs5ponsored by a lo￿1 gardenientrtTharthstt>knn Bwearferffor h15t￿￿Onths& Pastoral care In the absence ofaTèam Réctorand kKumtOnLthec￿￿dbj Its besttotont1r￿the p￿thI mknlstyofthechurches sUPPOrtlng vulnerable peo* those In need and peoplewho*we physlcaltyattÈThJthurthduetO POOT health. wea￿ now In the of fofmlThJa pastor41 ￿re team Indudlng c*ryy. ALMS and others to ensurethat thèmlnlstyofmany IndI￿d￿alS In th19a￿athat hasbt*n In evideno dwlng ¥auncy (an begukledand dwected effecth*iygrdryforw* Mlsslon and evangellsm ThePCC Lscommltted tothè S MarksclMisskffl•W ￿thel￿C￿￿￿w￿e wh 1988andtheGeneralS)ryKrfldtheChurchofEngland In 19 To proclaim theGood NewsoftheXIWm TOteaC￿ baptise and nurtu￿ new belle¥er5 To re5￿Thd to human need by I￿[vj seTh . Totr3nsfomi unjust slnKfvresof soclety. to ch￿rewe ¥iOle￿ of V•Vy kiThJand pursue peaoarKI reconclllatlon . To 5tsfveto Safegua￿ the lrtegrltyof cRatbJr¥aTrJ susialn and Te￿￿*11[e0f tsearth Parnthitil Chwth COUb)dlofPendletonand aaremont Finandal Ststem?ntsfor theyearended 31 December 2024 Ecumenlcal relatlonshlps N￿￿ Life Intemauonalchurth uses HoFy An9d Churchts onthe a group conslstlnoof Hoty An9d& SLJohrf5 Penthe1￿ry, St Luke¥ AQThe HeIghtmet￿15I Churth and Ell￿ contlnues Its jointactfvltles. ThèsÈ Include a qulz nvJh¢ carol slnglng toraise mcKyforCAFODand I￿rIStIan Ald. Cmstmascards dlstrlbuted lotally wlth all ¢hufth servkes d15p1a￿,3¥IsltIOwITdleY Hall [Tr￿me 81th)p rA￿f0rd1,W￿ Lenten lunch Flnanclal revlew Total Tecelpts on unrestritt￿ ￿ndS*￿e£8)24s{202j. £75585K of whkh £3WS (2023: £33ffj01 VAS unrestrkted*?luntarydonallon& and a further£922812023: £7.7951 was tsx reCI)￿able through thegob*mmenYs g￿taId scheme. The remalnln9 ￿n￿strIcted Incomecornpr15e5 grant Incomeof£O12023'. £6601, fund-rnlslng Incomeof£S25912023:£5.1941. kl¥estff￿tIr￿oMeof£3,764{2o23:£32151 and Incomfrom church acdvltlesof £26.55012023: 2%1201. Overnll ￿leStricted Incomehas Inueased £7￿￿￿￿eTthe fvyar. Thbs Trs malnty duetolncreasts Inbrluntary gm￿ I)￿alSo1nCre11*1 In rental Income. Aemrkted Incow* amounted to £10,61612023: £WII tsx reco4*r￿￿Of £1.042 Q023: £9241. The Increase15 malnfy due to IncTeased contrlbuthjns from theTeam ￿￿$heSt0 theteam fund On 2023 ttr*re wasa rethjctlon In contthbutlons dueto lowerTeam costs durlng the vacancy). Malor wrcesoflncome In 2024 Include £3￿￿01PaY￿thts fromTeam ￿rtS￿*s1othÈ tentralTeJm lund12023: £1,867).. donjtlonsto the Shortlund of £875 kncludln9t•x ncolvab5e (2023: £1 J75kllonoVo￿ to thmltyapp￿s £4.23412o23:£S￿S1. The KC'5 wAder m1ss1onaryob￿ffves thedo￿tIOn of £4,15312023'. £3m41 to selectedoNYseasand UK£￿￿11￿£0theI expendbtufe Imounted ¢0 £iCQ,25812023.. £81.2391. The maln reason forthe &YJe)sedexpw¥lltw• IsthepU￿ha5edthè PAIAVsyst¢m forStThomas' church from the ￿StrIcted apwl fund. Asl9nlfiont eloment ofthèexp1rnlbture15thepA￿tQIthè parlsh share of £36275 (2023: £3S.4551 to theDlocese of Manthestw. Th• 4110¢4tlonofthepwbsh Is bbsed M ¢rrywegJtkn s1ze¥￿ Income pofik. The net movement In the unrestrlcted funds sh¢rwsa yJwplu5 of £3.901 12023.. a4481. Thls lstheaggregatkn lafterfund tran51ersl ofa defi¢lt of E14812023.' SUTpIu5 £5241 for StThoma*rto gP¥Eazero posltlon. Fund of StThoma¢Churth repJrted a surplus of £35 and HolyAngeWChuth a Su￿uS of £109. The Parfsh hès net assets of £l10.515 Q021. £119,498), of whKh £23rn P023: £23J4111s Investsn￿aTrl £94.708 (2023: £96.6461 Is cash In the bankand In hand. This 15 represented ty unrestrfctedfurhJsof£8&103 (2023: £81￿lIand restri￿ fur¥J50f£24,41212023: £M897). Flnanaal Stateffthts lortl*)wrended31 Oecember2024 Reserves pollcy The PCC¥pollcy Is to malntsln a balan￿OnfreerestThY (￿￿51￿rt￿fW￿T¢prt1ofited ty netcwrnrta55etslvthl¢hÈquatestoat Least slx months'unrestrided payment&Thls Is equfvakntto£37397.ThklsheldtOsThbJoth CArtIl￿t￿$ in othtlow and to rneeta)wgen&s. totsl free weservesat31 Oecember2024*tre £65.11& The balance on re5trlcted funds atthè)*ar-end was £27￿2 IeXd￿r4j a￿90f IrTh￿In￿l. ThlslsmJintyTeF*esented bythe balance on the Fab￿C Fund of £9.S56, theShortFund of£5,776and theTeam Fundof £4X121L In orderforsufficlent fijndsto beavallatde f0ranyfU￿rt majoi repaitstothe¢hurch l)ulldW thePCCtspdlcy is to retaln ltsrerMlnlrrtJ free rtser¥esof £27,719fof any5uch •¥*ntuallty. Volunteers We would Ilke to thankall ttrk*vohmteUsv•l￿ W￿50 hardto makeourthurth the Ih*ty•nd vlbrafitc0mm￿1ty tt15. In partkular, wewantto mentlon ourchurchwardèns Lee Crnbtn MBEaThl chrfsdnerab￿ h￿*t*￿ed $0 tlreks* on beh•lfof thePCQ In pjrtlojlardurtng the oTrgokng vacaw. Structure. governance and management The Parothlal Chufch Councll lsa corFXrte b(￿leS1•￿1￿ed thechwth of Eryl4ndTr￿ifC operates ur•Jerthe PaTothlal Churth Councll Powers Me•sure.The PCC isa RegIste￿d CharSty. The method ofappolntment of PCC members Issetout In the Churth lknsertauon Rule> For Pendleton •Thdaaremont the membershlp of the PCC conslsts of theT*am Rector, the Chur(hwJ￿n1 thtVttChalr.th• Secretsry, tr￿TreaSurel and rnembersèlected bythose member5 of the con9regatlon Whoa￿on the eknl T￿1 ofthe thwth.All thOsevA￿altend ourswvlcesln*mbetsofthe congregatk>nareencournged to re915teTon the electornl roll and standforelectbjn tothe PCC The PCC member5 are￿POnSIble101 Ma￿n9 dedsIons￿ all matt•sofg**rnl con¢emand knpOrta￿tOthe In¢ludlng decldlng on how thefvnds ofthe Pccareto be spent NeWmeMknrtce￿ Inthl trnlnlThJ Into the wowklng5 ofts*PCC. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORTTOTHETRUSTEES OFTHE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF PENDLETON AND CLAREMONT (THE PCC) I reporttothechartytrusteeson my*x￿￿￿11Qn oftheKcountsofthe PCC fvrthE>wr•thd 31 Decem￿102 Responslbllltles and basls of report As ihecharftytrurteesofthe Pccyou are Fry)arnllob)ofthe*counts kn acc￿dan￿1￿ the rnquknments Off￿ Charltles Act 201 I ItheArt). I report In rosFed ofmy ex)mlnatk*n ofthe PCC¥ accounts carrled wt under sectlon 145 of the Art In canylNJ out mY•￿mInatIOn I have followed all appllcable Dlre¢tk*nsg1%￿ tyth•ChaftyCommsskJn undttsection 145151(blofthe2011 ACL Independent examlnerfs statsment I hav*compltted my exaMIna￿On. lconfi￿ thatrn mjtertal matters hThtcome to myattentknn In conne¢Von 7Ath theex•tt￿natIon gMrwJ me au5etotdleve that In any mat*lal ￿speC l. xcountlng recO￿W￿e keptln ￿￿￿*T￿￿ta$ requlred Iyy Srfllon 130ofthe k¢or Z the xcountsdo not Kcorf wlth those rem￿&01 3. the accounts do notcoM￿w￿ the athkable teqU1rerr￿ts contunlng the fomi and contentof accounts Set out In thecharltles IN£counts and Reports) RegUla￿Or& 2008other than arsy rÈqulfftmentthatthÈatcounts gr4*alNeand falr vlew'whlth Is nota matter On51der￿ as part of an Indepen(lentexamlnalkn I have noconce and ha¥e corne acv)55 noothermattèrsln connÈction with theexamlrth to whkhattenlh)n should be drawnln thls re order Namt. Alan Ca Profe$51onal qualifitstiorK ￿cGMA Date. May2025 07 The Parothlalchurth Coub)dl of Pendletonand aaremont Finandal Statementsfortheyearended 31 Decem￿ 2024 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF PENDLEfoN & CLAREMONT Statement of Financial Acttvltles forthe Year Ended 31 De￿mber 2024 Total 2024 Funds 2023 Inmme Voluntsry income tfvltlesforgeneradn9fund5 Income from In¥tsknents 21al 21bl 21c) 21d) 47fj73 5259 3.764 50 10.976 5&649 50.903 5.713 3.215 25.120 4.410 550 Totsl I￿oMe 83245 84.950 Expendltur• 3ts) 3(bl 73547 1248 29536 103x183 Ralsing funds 1512 Totalexp•ndltuY• 74.795 IOW3 84323 N•t incornel1expendl￿re) before Investment gainslllossl &450 117.989) 195391 627 Netgalnlllossl on IrhbE5I￿ 87 555 1.935 NetlnCom￿1expendl￿leI &919 (77￿2} 119841 Tr4n5fer5 betweenfubyjs {SA17) 5A17 IIZ486} 1&9841 Z563 Totsl furwjs brDtyJhtforyrnrd 119.498 111936 T4)tslfunds othed forwa 8A103 24412 110515 119.498 Rnanoal Ststementsfor￿￿EaTended 31 0ÈceM￿2o24 Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024 2024 2023 InVestn￿ts Currentassets Debtor5 ar+d prepa￿nts short.tem deposits Cash at bankarwj in trtyjnd 23m6 23341 Z351 71A60 24,786 21. 97.059 creditry5.am0￿tsfallfj￿g VAthIn￿Ytsr 110.4401 86fi19 113291 119.498 P•rfshfunds 8&103 24.412 110515 36,897 119,498 ppfovtd bythe Parothlal church￿Tr￿1 on 11 hlay2025and si9nedon itslxhalfty. The Parochialchurth Council of Pendleton and aaremont Flnanclal Statementsfor the yearended 31 December 2024 Cashflow Statement for the year ended 31 December 2024 2024 2023 Nèt cash provlded byllused Inl op•r•tlng actlv5tl•s Coshflowsfrom Investlng artlvlths DI￿dendS and Intertst C￿nge In cash and cash ￿U1valents Inth• Mportlng perlod Cash and ush equlvalentsat l J•nuary 16,3481 IiOW41 4.410 11.9381 96,646 3.215 17,4791 104,125 Cash and c4gh •qulval•nt5 at 310ec•mber Netexp•ndlturellncomé bofore Invastm•nt galns Adlustmentsfor: Dlvldendsand Inte￿rt Decrease In debtors IOecreaselllncrtè5e In credltors N•tcash lus•d Inyprovld•d by operatlng actlvltl•s 19J391 627 144101 15101 132lSI H7 16,3481 1i0ffj941 Anjlysls olcish and ca%h•qufval•nts Deposltaccounts Current accounts Cash In hand 73M44 21,131 533 94,708 23,971 815 10 The Parochlal chU￿h COU￿11 of Pendleton andclaremont Flnanclal Statements fortheyearende(131 December 2024 Notes to the Flnanclal Statements Income Unrestrlcted Restrlcted Funds Funds Totsl 2024 Totsl 2023 21al VoSuntsry In¢offle Planb)ed glvlng Glftald donatlon5 Tax recoverable Other Open plate Tax recoverable Pastoral support Team parlshes Enewygrant VATrectsvery 26.930 6,733 818 2163 26,930 6,733 818 1863 78Q 28,134 7K135 Collertlon5 2,S56 642 Grnnts 3200 1275 1500 Donatlons •PP¥￿ etc Tax recovernble 7h54 1.716 14,118 2.758 27,046 SA74 1,042 Legacks 2¢ 250 450 47￿73 10,976 58,649 77 21bl ArtlvStlesforgen*atlngfunth So¢l•l events Chrfstmas falr Summer falr R?ffles¥nd tottery Sponsoredevents Other 136 1,350 31 167 1,350 542 1,7S4 1267 479 5259 419 5,869 36 5,295 21<1 Incomefrom Inv•stm•nts Dlvldends Bank Interest 3.764 3,764 4AIO 4rt10 12SO 1250 21dl Incom• trom churth actlvltlej Fees lorweddlngsand funernls Rental Income Subscrlptlons Thps andylslts Insurance proceed5 Other 5,246 21,022 5,246 21,022 9,709 15,700 282 26,550 282 20550 650 26.059 Totsl Income 83245 11.659 i 10.641 The Parothlal Churth cow￿7 of Pendleton and aaremont Anancial Ststementsfor the yEarended 31 Decemt*r 2024 Notes to the Financial Statements (contlnued) EXwnd1￿re Totsl 2024 Total 2023 nds ds 31al Chwth actm MissI￿aryand tharftable9i4ryfWJ 3929 3,929 Home 374 4.153 4.153 4320 MinlsiryDkJce5an partsh sha Other mlnlstycosts Chufth wnnlrwJ and malntenarKe Major repalrs Churthyard upkeep Church hall running costs Prfnyrgand statlot 36275 36275 I3￿49 37. 39500 18,977 19.458 15316 320 7.931 1.135 91424 9￿53 251 73y7 9.053 563 312 29536 103,083 31bl Ralslngfunds Sodal events Fund ra15ing e￿its 31 81 31 1248 1248 1 J62 7479S 29A8 104.443 93.786 X124 2023 Staff casts Wa9es and salarles 1450 During theyear the PCC emp)yed a caretsker (all part-tlmel but rm) payments were l¥geenough to attract 50clal security costs. Paymentstt) PCC membews No paymentor expense5 were paid ioany PCC mern1￿r. persons doselyconnected to them OT related partle& 12 Th• Parothlal Chwchcouncllof P•ndleton and aar•m¢)nt Flnan¢lal Ststements forlheyear ended 31 De¢Èmber2024 Notes to the Flnanclal Statements (contlnued) FlxÈd assets Investments Mafketvalue at l January2024 23,3Wi Netgaln 555.28 v•iue at 31 De£ember2024 23I9&09 unles￿￿edfUftdS Re5Mrtedfurrfts 20,986.75 190934 23M9&09 2024 2023 Curren1•5s•ts Debttsrs Thx recoverable Prepjyments and accru￿ Income Otherdebtors 1.177 462 712 iJos 137 2,351 2,023 2024 LINbllltl•s Amgunts falllngdue In oneyear Accruals and deferod Incom• Othercredbtofs 373 2,356 IOA40 373 13 The Pamthlal Chwth CounolofPendletonand aar*nont Financlal Ststernentsfor theyearended 31 December 2024 Notes to the Financlal Statements (continued) 8 Funds There5trJcted funds cornprSseth?frill¢)wln StTh0mas'inT￿5tM The purr¥)seof thefabrfjcfund R5ÉYves Istofinanceany major re￿Ir tothe thur(h buikjl All SalntsTeam Flower Fund5 of StThomanand Claremont PCC Jnds wverais￿dUrin9 2022forthepurchase of a new PAsystem atStThomaTfund Total 2024 20,987 71504 16J881 23*96 97￿59 liQ4401 Currentassets abllttles 25.555 I4￿52> 15 14 The Parochlal ch￿￿h Councll of P•ndletonand Chremonl Flnanclal Statementsfortheyearer¥Jed 31 Decembw2024 MISSIONARY AND CHARITABLE GIVING Oversea5 Home Total From unf•Strfcted r•sqrves From •ppeal$orfund r•lslng WaterAld Chr15tlan Ald Blshop'sordlnatlon Fund 1,079 1850 IK179 2,850 225 4,153 225 225 3.929 Tot•1 glvlng 3,929 225 4,153 15 The Parothial Church Coundl of Pondlèton and ClareM￿t Flnandal Statementsfortheyear ended 31 December2024 STTHOMAS'GENERAL FUND: INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THETWELVE MONTHSTO 31 DECEMBER 2024 24 1023 DOna￿d￿¥V1¢￿9￿ft•1ddI(1akdOrt HeguhrgMngtyd1￿trI￿s1Ir Iq12S 1,078 2&193 338 21,3 Donitk)hs*lthwtglfrald dB¢knr•tltyTh RowlJrgl¥lng ￿en￿OPE RewlJigl¥lng Coiknkn p￿te Ocus￿￿tIl￿¢￿s ￿￿01[¢•￿11￿ 2&72S 818 725 319 5,167 ¥rn¢ty*redl¢ 19) FundThlil nd•¥•r*s 189 229 Sufflm?rl•tr Chdstmisfalr 8lngonlght Brn51band coniert L￿NAGm HaTrestwpp•r p4nc4ktp￿Y T•x Hrftyrtrtd 1295 2Ji oihvlrt¢•m• P(cr￿lOrI￿￿￿1Iofflt1S L•5k'whltoDkx JM57 3,296 1819 I,P56 l530 ft•ntalln¢•r 440 330 Votlwt4ndl•th*d 32 18 1,778 23 TtyAwd0N￿oN CXh•rlr+¢om• Cmtr4lp&yrnqnts 1S4thtsTe•rn s￿[* 10&7 chU￿h￿¥1¢•1 john Pubk•kn5 OrynlsishonoMrfL M￿Sk co Copy￿h1 keK• Otwnrm05toliheyeaT Mehdl has been worklngalone. Notonly provldln9 lunch bul glvln9 Outtskeaways to anyonewho lookse¥en remotely hungry. Marythanks Mehdll Thefe4)d pnlry, run by8arry Matley on behalfolManthe5terCIty M1551on, contlnuestooperate fromStThomas•¥ery MobyJayandThursday and sevèral mèmbersof ourcongregatlon helpto m•n thetable5. Itcertalnly provldesa val￿d ande55entlal servlce for people In the Pendleton General malntenancecontlnued throughouttheyui. Mlnor repalrs at StThomas'lntludedgutter¢leanlng.fla9pole Tepalrand the Crypt door. after much dlfficulty.wa5 repalred. Unfortunately, thoughtheftagpole was repaI￿d Wea￿ 5tlll trylng to tdentlfy Someone who15 able to Kramble up to the lowerto attachtheflag to the new flagpo￿. As evei, there wère fun and lrtterestlng events th￿ghout theyearsuth a5 qulz nlghty5ummer and Chrlstmas falr%the Harye￿ Festlvaland lunc￿ and a Falrtrade brunch. Overthe last twoyears we have Intrea5ed our knowAedgeofrunnlng achurch office and ha¥•developed Many newsW115 Wh115t￿thOUt?T¢4M Re¢tor.We now know howto mak*l¢gal bogWng5 and recordlngsof8aptlsmi weddlng banns, burlalsofashes clergymtssand church h1￿. Our heartfeltthanks areextended toa15 thosewho have SUPF4)rted u5 In so ManYWa￿ behlnd the Kenes. Speclal thanks go tojohn Mcxenna who hasalway5 been theTe when needed, to Marla wbth her Inexpllcable love of accountsand an abllltyto make them comprehensJbl¢ to Ann• who Is Invaluable In her roleJ5 secretary, and to Mlke MarlandJoy Bach andJulleWrlghtforthelrflawless cave of HolyAngel5. awlstln•T*bbfvnand I••Cr￿n M8l ChutthW•wd•M Gift Ald Report- StThomas'Church Gfftald Is a govemmentxhemeto •nab1•(harf￿esto recl•lm tax on thelrdonallon% The Manthe5teT Dloce¥e hJsJ central xhemefor admlnlsterlng gfft Jld behalf olpar15h4 wlth a web-based optlon to whkh we 5ub5crlbe. Thls enables•ll doNiionsto be entsred onllneand allows clalms fortsx recovery to besubmltted each month, rather than on a quarterly bJslL A5 treasureras well asg5ft ald se¢retJry, I h￿contInUed tofind the system hlghlyeffidenk both In temsof my processlng tlme )nd lorcash flow. The donatIonsa￿ enter￿ on • weekly ba51sandas soon as posslble afterthe month-end an electronlc clalm Is submltted tothètèam at Churth House. Th•tsx recovered Is uwaltycredlted to our bankaccovnt wlthln a week of kdglng the dalm. Forthosewho are nottax p￿e￿orhaVe not 51gned a glftald declaratlon, orthose who glveanonymously, we are stlll able to clalm through the glftald on small donatlons scherne IGA5DS1, Th1515 restrlcted to donotlons made In c•sh and Indlvldually no greaterthan £30. However, HMRC hjslssued a concesslon toallow thlsto bèèxtènded todonatlon5 made through the Glve-a-Llttle scheme, even though paymentsafft notcash. ThèGASDS scheme has an annual Ilmltof £8,CW]O fortotal donatlon& Therefore. Ilyou are a taxpayer. I would•ncourngeyou to slgn a glftald de¢lar4tson Ilatall p054bl?, please. An aaatyslsof thètax ￿t0Ve￿ In 20241$ glven bel¢)w. GIftAld D•clat•ttons Planned glvlng Iweeklylmonthlyl Ontroff donatlon5 Charlty dortatlons Flowerdonatlons Fund-ratslng events Shortfund dona¢lon5 GASOS Hanned glvlng IwttWylmonthtyl ChuKh plate Funeral%We&Jlng% 8apt15m5 Onè-off donatlons Tea ènd Coffee donotlons 5252.50 1085.31 483.75 147.06 95.74 14125 496.91 18128 199.17 97h7 75.00 Charfty donatlon5 Fl¢)werdonatlons 28326 7.139.36 34fi5 Fund.ralslng events Short fvnd donatlons Votlvècandle stand 29J2 $23 IA77.12 Thètotal tsx recovered 15 £8,61&48. Thls Isa slgnlficantaddltlon tothetotsl Incomefortheyearand thereforecrudal tothefinances of our chur(h. MariaJorys4GIft AldSeu¢tary 32 The Parothial Churth Coundl of Pend5eton and a•remont Annual Rewtfortheyearended 31 December 2024 Glft Aid- Holy Angels'church Our GfftAld receiptthl$￿ar0f £IWZ47 has been aV￿cOn￿add5tthl As always we ful￿ap￿Ck7le the g•ofdl th)se*tr) 9SNtwhat tlycanaffordfinarKlallyoriry ￿￿ngtheIrllrneand sklllsor hospitallty ona regular basts. SIn￿￿ thanks gotohy Bath for hercontlnued suppwl in helpKKJ mècaffywl mythrtlesthroughouttht)wlnioo manywaystomentlon as well as actlng as0ur￿lnt of contact with thedKKeseand p3rishionersthiin9ourinterregnum. JulkWrlgh( GiftAidSe¢iètary 100 Club- StThomas'Church Therewere a total of 44 member5 In the i(yJ aub in 2024. All membets￿1nedbrthefU1lYea1Writheath rnemberpaylrwj £1.￿1 permonth; £72 fortheyear. Theref£￿ a gRnd to￿ of£528mwas Rtse There were I I PTize5 at £2S per mnthvrith a special pri￿Of £40 for Lknbw. Therefw¢the totsl Pr￿emC￿ pald tyjtwas £315 lea￿ng a balance gf £213 plusdonalionsto ￿ paKI into thurch fund& ThewirThtsfDr2024*we January:JulhiYates February:Sally SepJeant March:John Clchockl AprlLJoan Howard May: Ire￿ Booth June..John Ckhocki Juty: DrjOhn￿lklns0n OBE August Nlchc4a Deas September. Mlkemarknd Ociober. DennisTurton November. HllaryThomas D￿mber.she￿1a RoExnson Thankyw toall membwsfor pa￿PatiV￿j i) the 1(￿0￿4 wtKhenabtes usto rnake a£on￿bU￿ totheupkeepofour*bnderful church. New Membe￿ arealways*Ekome and onJokn atartyllTr* dwlng they. For existirwJ Thwntr￿ pleaseconsldert&kOThJ an addjdonal numbei. Wednesday Lotto- HolyAngels'Church Thankyou tothe membetswho ha¥E remalned loyal duriNJ thtyèar.congratulatknstothosevrt￿ hMrecebpdan emeknpefrom m Sadtywe have105t50me oftyJrmembetsthisJ*arwhKh h* weducedthe*EeklyJackW ¥mial. Onceagalnthurth has benefitted finandalty. thedetslls(an be seen tn theaccounts sÈctw)nofthe rewtar*l tt Isconsldered stiii to be vKJrthwhlle. New Membe￿ arewelcom¢ pleasecontsct m*lfw)u likeloioin. JulleWrtqhkTr*asurnr, IlolyAny•ls Anrnwl Rewtforthèyearended 31 Decembor2024 Electoral Roll Report Dear Frfjends on the 31st December2023 t￿￿were89 names Electcrfal ROIL ghtofourdearmends p￿d iwtyduriw the 12 Months•r￿theIr r￿￿eS wererwThMdfrom theElectoral FlOlLtlya￿. Shella RoEMnson Wllllam Edwln Crosslty Georgevlalker 8rfan Lee Maycavanagh WalterGrnham Ellls Kathleen Roberts Eunlce Martln (Eunlce pjssed way Ir+ De(embtt2024. Ixrt knrr*lw th1& hern•￿WI$ not r•)KNed from the Roll untllJ•nuary20251 'MaytheyAII rest In peace and rfse In aory. Therefore, on the31st t￿(ember2024 therewwe82 name5 ￿(olded on t**Ebthl ROIL Every slx years the Electornl Roll to be the last tlme belng 2019. 2025. It lsd￿ to be rene%*d thlscomlThyyear)nd wlll takepla¢* beforetheAPCM onthe I Ith May. 2025.Appllutk>n Fonn5 ￿11 te avallablefrom mld-marth. John M¢K•nn& El•¢tornl RollOllk•r DCC Report- Holy Angels. The DCCt4)niinued ¢0 meet weguknrtydurlrwj 2024*thts¥omTmeffkn beIryJt￿kOff Ourfalthful c¢ngrega¢lon ha5 contlnued to me*t*eeklyand numt>ers hM been mjlntslned.Thank5 tothe hard wo￿oICh￿STabtrrtoTh we welcomed a varfetyolcleryyfromthe locol area tolead ouTT￿daY Eutharfst 5ewvke upto NovemberJnd the Ilcenslng olRevd Peter Benn•tL We were grateful forRevd SueMorg•n l•adlngtr* EastervWJll whth wa5 vdl attwthdand 81shop Frank Swgeantfor leadlng ourchrfstmas Eve wAce. ItWa$7AryKlerfvl tO*￿Cl￿￿th11drQTrfr0ffl Smlmes aftersdwl thblnwthurthfor•thsMp nJtlvWhd by Fathff P•tqr. Mlke Marland owverger, hasensuTed thatour church Is set up ap￿*tyf0re￿hT￿5dJY serteand we have anyfvneralsor5peclal •vents.Thls year weha¥e hosted &y￿ddIng and è baptlsm,alrryldèa numbef oflunw•&We to supported by a team of read•￿ Intefcessors and sldts peoFAe and ty0urTreasU￿r,JU1lewrI9hl The NewLbfe Interna￿0￿￿1 Chuftt4 Meett0v￿rsh￿P kn owchuth on sur￿ h$contIn￿d tOgrn¥. hostln9 several speclal celebrnlorye¥ent& We hosted • Len¢en lunth forfh¢Jr(hes on the Htlghtrln Wl o part of a 5wlesofshcfft 5￿CeS and d15CU55lon5 durlng Lent and 5evernl mèmber5 Qlihe CorvJ￿9a￿on atterthd lunches at StJohn% St Lukt% RC and Hel9ht Method15¢ Peopkalsofvlned tQ9etherfor carol 51nglng atALtH al￿? Co¢H Chrf5tmascardw•s del[w￿t0 most htywsaround the ￿*l￿t lryvAlllng It lsgoodto seeecumenlcal work ntlnulry. Memb*¥ of the congregatlon partklwed In the Xrfxh annl¥*rsaryofManthesterVlhltWalksaThJalso In thètsam weekènd awèy to Scarylll House.Tht IC¥) dub Is ￿11 supprrted. Addltlonal fvrrftswere nlsed for church tyselllrvj avarwof knltted anlmalsat both Easterand ChrlstsNs. Vle revisltedand Improved thtTrrfsh Profilrfaspartofthe proc￿t0apEtht • r*wRe(tortotr*AII Salntsteam an4 In Juty,JDy Bach represented HotyAngels at Intervlew5With the Bishop of Bdtorl happlty. ourpryrs answered and Revd Petef Bennettwa5 appolnted •5 Rector to the All SalntsTeam Mlnlsty. HIS Ilcen5ing In Ncfvpthat StThoma dwlnk% Itwas *50• greatwayfor PeteraThJCaroMr*tomeet peo*ln an InfomMI setung. In September. Andrew Ruaux ￿$￿ed us to complete the Qulrwuennlal rtpjrr he notedthat Tr thurth c¢)ntlnuesto beextrtmtlywtll malntalned isobvlously much lo￿1 ty Its con9watlm and t￿)seWhe*(alefN IL The le4el ofcafftand malntemnceofthe bullding, Its groundsand gardm isèxcellenL This 15 m05t 9ratyng bul Weh￿ a number0f155￿ ra15ed In therert In both theshort and medlurn temi.whlch we need to resp¢JNJ toand seekfundingfor. Wowkto malntainthelyJ1i rfings has irtd￿ saaping mossfrom the rcd,arh replacing fasd35.' In Ilnew6th ourARocha EcoChurchw)rt erfwncy lighting has been replxed wtth LED ligh￿we movedourekntrlclty SUpp￿toa more green suOlerand will dothesame wlth gaswhen thatcrrfrtrnrtend& We a9aln supportedwoth Rotary dub¥WrapUp UKlllfittrCoatCdkrt￿)Th'ar￿J rtceiveda letterofthanksforourcontrSbutlon.O¥era th￿Sand coats We￿ collected 50rtedand ￿dIs￿l1Xrtedtotlm?5e1n need bywfv Rowclub **commend them forthdraction& Annual ReF4Nt fOrtr*￿r￿￿led 31 Deternber2024 Foll¢)wlng Bev Kltchen* ￿tre1)lefi¢￿t h￿ContiN￿d wTrthdwrch mwcttrwh (l)saThJot£asional guestorgankststo ketptradlfjorial musk bsa central partof ourworshl Sadtywe havè105tse4*ral long standirwJ membersof ourcoNJ•¢y4wthtJw. IndUdW￿ DavldlMnst0￿ EddleCros51ey. Brlan L¢May caVanag￿ Graham Elllsand Kathleen Roberts wh0sècontiibut*y￿t0the frfe ofthethwch ￿￿they￿ar$waS immeasurable. Cornfflunlty H￿1 Evenlng c1è5sesand Saturthy5e5siorscontinue to be p)pular we hostedanothErdm weekforkni55 Nrtspuobatics and Aerfal OarK ènd enpyed theirfinal 5ho*rase Perf0m￿nCeal0ngsld*abjrt4o parentsand suprxxter& In Marth the knal MethodlstHall sadtysuffereda 51gnlficant i5yJe with theirroofand tochjsewith 12 hOurfno￿eaTrJWedWY ow best to 5UPF#Yt local gr¢)ups lrywekomlng them to Use ourcommunity Hall. Happlty. the HekJht Methodost roDf isnowrnerbJEd and 9￿Up$h￿ thmed ther¢ although Smllles beforeand afterschool dub haveoptedto remaln at Holy Arsel>knaIsooperatescF￿ Widay sothe Hall has been partlcufarfy busy thlsyear.vle could not ha￿ managed ary of thI$￿tI￿￿OurHall Managef.JulleWrfghL w￿) voluntarify devote5 a greatdeal oftime toensure everything Nns smoothly. ￿50 Bet HlbJitch.who Ilalseswlth group leadetsaThSer￿￿s￿￿3ll ts dean and tldy.Malntena¢Ke issuesare Identffied qulckly thankstothevigilante ofJuliÈ and wa￿50apP￿*ethe{0ntrIbUtlon0f herhthand PhllWthJhLforall he does to w&lntaln the Communlty Hall and respond qulcktytoeff*ffjende&lncomefTDm the￿11 contlnue5toyjpwttht￿Tth.Tr￿ rtsé kn tostsforutllitie5 continuesto bea challenge. The Padd￿kQ1rnmUnltyGTWP contlnued to Meet￿U￿rty￿trndtOthep•￿IrKkaTea and(hU￿ groU￿￿ThL$year, we IncRased the amountofpr0d￿egrty*Man￿ shared btwith theCongregati￿ IrKI￿￿oI¥j peas broad bean4 rnSFthrr￿ rhubartyand strawtrerrfe We have madellnk5 wlth SmIl￿$duba$ the Child￿ Intertsted inthe raised bowth so thv/helF*dtohar¥estthe potatotsand ￿ftt bulbi swnsorÈd bya Ic klrKltydonatr coffe¢tea arwj sugartothllylxty Falrtrad& Maybe that Ls oneof thechalkngesfor 20251 36 The Parochial Church Council of Pendleton and a4remont Annual Reportfortheyearended 31 Decembei2024 StThomas ha5 a bronze Eco Church award and Holy Angels the sifver awardwlth the newly revltallsed Eco Church group W0￿1n9 to achleve the hlgher awards, but MO￿ Importanuy. trylng to ensure that the prlndplesand actlons whlch undeTpln theSea￿ embedded in ourchurch communlty. Belng a Falrtradechurch isvery much linked tg gur Eco Church cornmitmenL Weareall increaslngly aware of thedevastatlng 1Mpacttt￿cI￿mateemergeThcy Is having ￿ our world and especièllythose communltles In whlch Falrtrade producers Ilv¢ meanlng that their Ilvellhoods and the Ilves ofthelrchlldren and young peOplea￿ belng several Impacted by th1& It Is my hope that when wethinkaboutour Chrlsiian falth and our lffestylewewlll recognose thatchoosing FalrtRde Isan Integral part of ourcalllng. Itwas agreed earller In 2024that we would slart to stock someecolsustalnable produrt& eg laundry Ilqulds handwash etcand t￿Y now havea regular Pts￿ on thethll. Thankyou so muchtoeveryone who hassupportedthe workofFairtrade Produ￿r$thrOUgh￿utthl$Ytar-it is really encouraglng. My slrKere thank% too, to Debs for regulaty helping to set up the stall on Sunday morningsand to Rowena forrunnlng Itwhen l am away. I would also askthat ourcommltmentto belnga FalrtsadeChuTch Is [e-affiM￿d atthlsAPCM. HllaryThomas Christian Aid Oursupport forchristian Aid contlnuesto ￿an importantpartof ourchurch lifeand mlnlstry. In 2024thef￿u5Of Chri51ian Aldweekwas on WO￿ by Chrlstlan Ald's partners on theground In Burundl. In ourselv1￿.focUS$l￿g on Chrt$￿an Ald, on 12 Maywe leamed aboutwomen like Alin¢who had been glven training and 5UPPOrtlo notonly manage her own latml. sothatshewas sew-sufficlent and could providefor her famity. but also could takea leadlng role In a co-owatlve of lotalfarmer4 mnnlng a system slmilarto a credit unhjn. FoMowlrwJ the Serv1￿ we lolned togetherln ourannual Chrlstlan Akl Week bwnch. The Salfordchrtsllan Ald groupdechjed not to undertake houseto housecollrftion5 agaln tN5 year. butvariou5 fundralslng effortstC4Jk place, oth by Indlvlduals belng sponsoTedfoT dlfferet)t adlwtiesand bytheenvelope5d15tr1buted In ourchurch. Itwasrealtyencouraglng thatwlthln oursalford All saIn￿TeaM ralsed £131133p In envefope donatlon¥ Glft Aid.ourCA Brunchand part of the money ralsed In sponsorlng a couple of usto walk 70keach In May. Thistotal was an increase on the p￿￿OUsY¢8r, whlth was so encounglrtg. Wèhave also ￿ceIVeda very gfateful emallfrom the r￿ChrIStIan Ilnkworker thonklng u5 forover£400vA)kh was rnised In churchforthe Christmasappea( whlchwas really Impresslve. Cllmatechange contlnues rkjhtty, to be a￿rntral focus of Chwistian Aidswork Christian Ald,alor#J wlth otherald agencle¥lsacutely awa ofthe damagewhlch cllmate changels cau51ng In some ofthe mostvulnerablecommunities In thèworfd and we are called,as partof our Chrlstlan witne5S, to campaign, to prayand toglve. Thankyou so muthforyourgenerousand ongolng 5uprKJrtfortheworkof Chrlstlan Ah4 in 2024. Hll•ryThtsmas Salford & Leigh Deanery Synod The Deanery Syngd met 3 tiffl￿ in 2024,wiih meetin9S taklng placeat dlfferencechurchesacross the area. The meetlngsbegin wltha shortact of worshlp led bythe areadean, Revcolln Pearson, and the laychair.Jamès Cob%ley. Inaddrtlon tothe usual standlng Stems related to finan etcthere Is nowa briefsloteach tlmeon Eco Churth tssue& p￿sented by Nlck Hardman, and Ett+Champlon In the Lelgh area. Aguestspeaker usuoltythen Introducesthet0￿ forthemeetsng. followed ty dls(usslons In groups-often Mission Community group Apwll-The meetlng took placeat StJohn& Pendlebury. Therewasa goodcontribution by Nlck Hardman. outllnlThJ the urgency of therebelng a Chrfstlan responsetotheclimate cii5is and the Importance of thework belng doneto meetthe dI0￿san(0mMoIMent to reach Netzero by 2030. The remalnder ofthemeetlng focussed on growlng new expresslons of church. Thearea deon spoke firstfojlowed bythe Rev Jack Shepherdtslklng aboutthe Greenhouse Community, a CofE initiativewith whlch he had been InvolNtd In Lfverpool dI0￿Se. Juty-The vÈnuèwas StMaryth•Wirgin, Cadishead andthetoplc wa￿￿OtherefOre and makedlsclplesofall natlon