* _vision : To be a growing and loving church family through which God transforms lives and builds community._ Charity Commission Trustees Annual Report for the year ending Dec 31[st] 2024 St Francis Church, West Bessacarr Registered Charity No 1169458 ## **Aims and Purposes** St. Francis Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Richard Heard, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of St Francis Church and Meeting Room and its operation both as a church and as a centre for community activity in Bessacarr. ## **Objectives and Activities** The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and become part of our parish community at St Francis. At each meeting the PCC reviews how effective our recent activities have been. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. Our pastoral team works with those in the church community who have needs due to ill health, ageing, isolation, financial or other reasons. The PCC also sees that part of its evangelistic role is to minister to the local community through a variety of activities based at our hall and café which provide a social and community benefit as well as the opportunity to discover, explore or grow in faith for those who are interested. The church hall and café is centred on the shops in Nostell Place, West Bessacarr and so we reach local people as well as many of whom do not live in the ecclesiastical parish. When planning our activities for the year the incumbent and the PCC bear in mind the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through: Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish Evangelistic and outreach work In addition, we offer the use of the building, at a rate which is aimed to cover our costs, to any member of the local community regardless of race, religion or any other factor with the one proviso that only Christian worship takes place on the premises. To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of St Francis Church and Meeting Room. ## **Achievements and Performance** ## **A: Worship and prayer** We offer a communion service at 10am each Sunday morning. Part way through the service the children go to a separate space for their group where with two leaders they usually explore the same themes as the adults but in a way that is accessible and fun for them. We have an 8.15am Book of Common Prayer service on the first Sunday of the month. On these first Sundays we do not have communion or a children’s group at the 10am service but have a different style of service accessible for all ages. The church continued to offer morning-prayer including Bible study every week day morning. We also had several extended prayer and worship events to draw closer to God. The WhatsApp prayer group for urgent prayer continues to be well used. Growth Groups continued to meet online or in person. All our services are open to the whole community and are advertised on our notice boards, website and social media. We also offer a number of seasonal guest services to help people celebrate the seasons and also to people outside the church community an easier way to connect. ## **B: Pastoral care** This year we reviewed the way that we did pastoral care in order to make it more effective. Instead of one group we now have a pastoral oversight group consisting of 3 key leaders plus all of the growth group leaders. There are monthly meeting as well as a close whatsapp group in order to rapidly flag up any pastoral concerns. The group is always careful to share the minimal amount of information as is needed and they keep appropriate confidentiality. There is also a separate pastoral prayer group that meets fortnightly to pray for keep pastoral situations and needs as well as a whatapp prayer group. We also safely recruited and trained up people ready to pray for others on Sundays and Thursdays when chapel is open Café Theo our community cafe was very popular with both church members and the wider community and with the increased size of kitchen and seating area we have been able to accommodate additional people and the improvement in acoustics as a result of the building work has meant that it is a pleasant experience for people even when busy. The cafe is a place where the isolated make connections, friendship is developed and those in need are signposted to help. Fledglings continues to be a popular toddler group. It begins with singing time and a bible story and song. Then the children play with a vast array of toys and activities giving them opportunity to learn to interact with others. Parents and carers as well as enjoying watching their little ones play get the chance to find support and encouragement from each other and the team. Part way through the play time there is drink and snack time for adults and children. The group finishes with more singing time and announcements about upcoming activities and a prayer. All major expenditure is by agreement with PCC. Cosy Yarn meets on Monday mornings and is an open group for anyone who wants to come and knit, crochet and sew (or watch) and there is always rich conversation and much care and support for one another. The work with older people also involves much pastoral care. There is a different activity each Monday afternoon. This draws in good numbers of people from the wider community as well as people from the church congregation. The team are always ready to offer a listening ear and offer support and help where needed. In August we ran a very popular holiday at home which gave much more time for relationships to develop and pastoral needs to be heard. Here again overall financial control rests with PCC. There are always trained listeners on hand if bereaved people want to talk through their experience of grief with someone outside of their immediate family. Mothers’ Union is financially independent. It meets monthly and providing pastoral support, spiritual input and learning about a variety of topics. The group raises money for Mother Union Charities and puts on events for the wider community. Until the building work it also held a popular a monthly Soup Lunch in the café which will be resumed early in 2024. The Fusion Youth Group runs each Tuesday between 6.15 and 7.45pm and is open to young people between year 6 and 13. There is free flowing activity(crafts, sports, games, chat), some time all together exploring issues of life and faith and mental well being. There is often a game or challenge to build togetherness. Then more free flow activity and some positive feedback and a prayer at the end. Throughout the evening the team are available to listen and support the young people pastorally Integrate - the families group meets monthly. This provides an opportunity for adults and children to develop relationships learn about the faith and receive support. ## **C: Deanery Synod** Three members of PCC sit on the Deanery Synod and bring issues from the wider church to the notice of PCC. Usually Synod meets 3 times a year. We explore a variety of topics this year including debt management, a sharing of outreach ideas and an update about the future of the diocese. ## **D: Mission and Evangelism** As part of our vision statement, we seek to be a church that grows, loves, builds community and brings transformation in Christ’s name. To this end our café, toddlers, community fun mornings, youth-work, older people’s work all seek to bring something of God’s love and care to those outside of our “regular congregation”. People from the congregations are encouraged to seek to make a positive, loving difference wherever they are and whatever they are doing. At Christmas we provided over 60 food parcels for low income families at 3 local schools. We also provided smaller gift parcels to those outside the church community who had recently been bereaved or had experienced some significant difficulty that year as a way of practically demonstrating love and care for them. A small team provided regular assemblies at both local schools and also received one of the schools to church for a special Christmas service. Cafe Theo, Fledglings Toddlers, Cosy Yarn, J.O.Y (Just Older Youngsters) & Fusion and Integrate all seek to provide practical help and support for the people who attend these groups, and they are also a way for people to find out about the faith if they wish and also find out where they can find out more. Holiday at Home is a three day event aimed at older people that provides a variety of activities to enable people to have fun, build friendships and break down isolation. Gentle "thought for the day" short talks are also provided each day in order to help people to know how to begin to make connections. The services in the building and online as well as special seasonal services, and weddings, baptisms and funerals always have an aim to help people to grow in faith and also designed to help those outside the faith to find reasons and practical ways to join the faith and get to know God for themselves’ when they are ready. The Green Church group continued to look at ways of helping the church as an organisation and church members to become more environmentally aware looking at practical ways to reduce waste including plastic waste, recycle and reduce carbon emissions. This included looking at eco themes in some of our groups and in our worship. The Church achieved the A Rocha Silver eco church award. ## **E: Relationships with other Churches** The church is part of a deanery and the incumbent is co-area dean and so is involved in meetings that are at least monthly and the church seeks to be engaged in supportive relationships with other Anglican churches through the deanery chapter. Until June the curate, while she was here was involved with the weekly One Heart One Voice ecumenical ministers’ prayer meeting for Doncaster. ## **Volunteers** An organisation such as ours could not exist if it were not for the voluntary efforts of a considerable number of people. The PCC are grateful for all who make the church the lively and vibrant place it is. ## **Financial Review** ## **Treasurer’s Report 2024** _For ease of understanding figures below are approximates, commentary is given for principal expenditures only_ ## **Giving / Income** The year saw the completion of the building project to provide new toilets, kitchen and storage. This enabled us to fulfil our commitment to the Diocese to repay the £33,367 that we had withheld during 2023 in order to manage our cash flow against the backdrop of a pay and claim back grant from FCC for £100,000. The final cost of the building project was £290,169. Formal giving in the year was above budgeted level at £ 95,011. A closer analysis shows giving through plate fell by 20%, envelopes rose by 23% whilst standing orders (bank transfer and PGS) grew by 5%, beating our budgeted target by 3%. Gift aid funding was up 14% and was above expectations and added £1,992 to income above budget. We continued to support the activity of a youth worker throughout the year with regular income / grants covering the costs. The Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) continues to be the predominant way of donating to the church accounting for 74.7% of our income compared to Plate at 3.1%, direct debit 11.6% and of course envelopes at 10.6%. The scheme continues to be the best way of donating to the church as it prompts people to regularly review their gifting and delivers the benefit of receiving gift aid almost immediately as opposed to waiting for an annual return. Once again I would like to make my request for as many people as possible to consider moving to donation via this scheme to guarantee our cash flow. ## **Activities** Hall Activity – rent rose sharply during the year against 2023, and delivered £12,700 income (133% of budget) against a backdrop of losing Rainbows and Brownies, Cookstars and Kixx both increased usage and DMBC utilised the hall for 2 sets of elections. Dance On, Rugbytots and the Scout group continue to form the mainstay of our income. We still need to continue to seek new renters to drive income back to the pre covid levels of nearly £18,000. Toddler activity – the group once again proved itself as a profitable outreach, and based on donations it delivered £1,465 (98% of budget). Cafe Activity – Our cafe achieved sales of £49,150 as it returned to a complete year of serving a full menu. It remains one of our key outreach activities and thanks must go to Liz Smith, Jodie Picken, Joe Conan-Powell and the myriad of volunteers who make it such a success. General events – we held two church events during the year (Agape and Harvest), in addition we successfully ran holiday at home and Christmas at home. Combined costs for the events were largely covered by donations leaving just a minor cost of £220, and an overwhelming feeling of love and outreach for both community and church family. We once again delivered bags of kindness during December at a cost of £785. The cost is understated due to the kindness of donations and under claims. Once again I would like to thank the generosity of people’s time and financial donations. ## **Funds** - Building Fund – grew during the year as FCC refunded expenditure incurred during 2023, and further donations were received leaving the closing balance just below £30,000. - Flower fund – fell by £54 to £345. - Toothill Altar fund had no transactions during the period. - JOY fund increased during the year largely due to grants and now boasts over £4,100 to enable further community support during 2025. - Legacy fund – had no transactions during the period, however, church members are encouraged to consider this as an option for their own wills. - Finally, the General reserve fell to just over £5,300 which is low compared to our target of £25,000 and will be the focus of our efforts in order to provide us with a stable financial basis to weather future unforeseen events. ## **Charity** In addition to our own funding we collected and distributed money to ten charities – Shelter, Air Ambulance, CMS, MAF, Christian Aid, Calcutta Cathedral, Leprosy Mission, Trussel Trust, Children's Society and Agape – reinstated following the visit by Pastor Patrick during 2024. ## **Conclusion** Our overall funds increased marginally from a starting position of £69,185 to £71,145, an increase of £1,960 which reflects the stabilisation of cost following the turmoil of the building work. We made good on our commitment to the Diocese share, but now need to rebuild our general reserves. Finally we continue our expansion of faith and outreach into our community and note that the revitalised building contributes greatly to our activities. Once again I conclude that we remain in a strong position to continue our growth. My thanks extend to Liz Smith for her accurate recording of transactions and Michael Fenton for his support with the auditing of the figures. ## **Structure, governance and management** The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Francis the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent, the churchwardens and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services and are part of our worshiping community are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding how the funds of PCC are to be spent. The full PCC met on nine occasions during the year with an average level of attendance. Urgent business was dealt with by a Standing Committee consisting of the incumbent, any curate, Church Wardens’, PCC lay vice chair, PCC secretary and PCC treasurer which also acts as the agenda committee for PCC. This committee, except in an emergency, has a limited budget and reports all matters of relevance back to PCC for approval. ## **Administrative Information** St Francis Church is situated at Nostell Place, West Bessacarr, Doncaster. It is part of the Diocese of Sheffield within the Church of England. The correspondence address is St Francis Parish Office, Nostell Place, Doncaster, DN4 7JA. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and has the Registered Number 1169458 with the Charity Commission. PCC Members who have served from 1[st] Jan 2024 until the date this report was approved are: ## Ex Officio members Incumbent: Rev Richard Heard Chairman Curate: Rev. Elizabeth Gibson From July 2024 Wardens Mr Glyn Davies From April 2023 Mr Philip Bennett From April 2023 Elected members Mrs Christine Ellison Deanery Synod From April 2023 Until March 2024 Mrs Marlene Gannon Deanery Synod Until April 2023 Mr Phillip Jackson Treasurer Mrs Elisabeth Hallam Re-elected April 2024 Mrs Geraldine Kaill Re-elected April 2024 Mrs Cynthia Gaylor From April 2022 Mrs Pauline Archer From April 2023 Mr Alastair Hall From April 2023 Mrs Jodie Picken From April 2023 Mrs Liz Smith From April 2023 Mr Peter Goodman From April 2024 ## **Approved by the PCC on 28/04/25 and signed on their behalf by Rev Richard Heard (PCC Chairman)** st,francis Church St Francis Church West Bessacarr Registered Charity No 1169458 Annual Accounts Year Ending December 31 st 2024 (HARIIY (OMMISSION FOR EN'GLAND AND WAI£S The Paroclal Chureh Councll Of The Ecclesiastleal ParSsh Of SL Francls, West Be55acarr Recei tsand a ments accounts CC16a For the period from To 1st Janua 2024 31st December 202 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to th* ve•r•s¢ Restricted fundA to tho n¥aro$t£ Endowrnent fiind to tho no•rt8t £ Total funds Last yèar to the no•f••t e lo th8 Th••f•St £ Recel ts Volunta Glvln Planned Giving Collection5 at Setvices er oiving an unlary rec*ipl$. tn swal 8ppeals Irecutrifig & one ON) Gitt Aid recovered legacies received Icapilafvaluel Grgnt5 Iiecurriw & one olfl Actlvlllos lor eneratln fund$ Fundf81$ing acbvilies Igr05s pri)eeed$l Income from Inv¢¥tmènts Dividend5. ifjlerest. Income Irom property elc Chur¢h A¢tlvltl•8 Fees ret81n8d by PCC Iweddinos. funer8ls elcl r8 Inga e5 gross p fundraising Olhof Incomln rosourc•$ Other feceip151incorne not already Iisled 74.079 2,318 74.079 2,318 11.287 19,70J 30.970 15,969 4,672 20.631 67.028 57,028 493 493 2,988 2.9PB 60.442 60,442 tota n)ss Income or q87.H6 81.303 248,849 sse an Invé8 8a es, $fre to 248.849 men Costs of 0￿ratIn funds Cosi ol lundra1$1ng acli¥ilie¥ Church actlvltles Mission piving 8nd don41ion$ DIoc8S8n ￿lIsh share conlribulion Salaries. wage5, and honor8na C￿rgY and staff expense$ Mission and ?Y8noelism cosls Churth running ex￿n8*S linc. GOv•mon￿l Church utjllty Costs ol tradi Ma orca Ital gx ndltura Major r•p8irs to the churth buikling Major repyir5 10 th? church halvother PCC property indudin redecoration New buikling ￿Ik lo the chur¢h. ¢hurch hall, clergy housin or other PC Other ex ndlture Olhtr paymenls1ex￿ndl1Ure are not listed 6,186 33,367 6,106 91.367 43,604 102 6.949 14.812 18,443 11.289 68,000 43,604 102 6.949 14,812 18.443 11.289 64,896 54.89S 1,342 163.443 1,342 246,890 Sub total 93A47 A4 A88et and investrnènt purchases, Sub total Total payments 153,443 93,447 246,890 Net of receipts/(payments) AS TransferJ between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 14.104 12,144 1,959 14.104 12,144 1,959 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted fijnds to nèarest £ 18.693 Restricted fiinds to nearo¥t£ 31,009 Endowfflent funds lo n8ar8St £ Categories Details Bl Cash funds Current Ar￿￿jnI (Co Op Bank) Dep0511 Account (Co Op Bank) 8h1n Hand 21,343 100 Total cash funds 18.793 52,352 1ogreB balWS￿ receipts 8nd payrnent8 acc￿￿1(*11 Unregtrlcted funds to Thearfj¥t £ Restrictgd fund8 Endowment fund8 Detai18 to nfraro$l£ to no•ra8t £ Fund tts whlch Cuvrgnt valuo Details Cost loptlonall Fund ¢0 whlrh Currtrnt valve Details Colt lopllon411 84 Assets retsined for the charity'8 own uso Fund to whl¢h Amount du• When duè Detail$ B5 Liabillties Signed by one or Iwo Iruslees on behall ol all the trustees Dale of Signature Print Name Phill Jackson 1*19 JZS Richard Heard neral Fund Plate Envelope5 Direct lo Bank Donalion$ Grfl Aid Inlere¥l Hall {tsee H8HAcMyJ Youlh (seeAdhrfyJ Coft8é Momings Fees Sponsored Walk JOY (wAc*J Events (see Actrrfy) Café (see AGlvrty) Miscellaneous ash Adjustment 2024 2,318.48 7,944.90 64,789 59 3,999.31 15,958.85 563.94 12.738.17 3,433.51 2023 2.889.30 6.455.90 61,473 63 1,499.45 13.966.85 1.230.65 8,941_20 3.538.94 2024 57,999.96 2,252.84 18,443.31 43,504.01 2.253 53 6.248.93 2023 23,833 35 2,197.53 9,540.66 40.505.04 1.448.09 4,351.08 3,042.87 302.67 Diocese Share Upkeep of Service5 Utilities (note l) Wages (Nole 2) Adminislartion Inole 31 Running Costs (note 41 Insurance and Lir2nc8s. Stsff Expenses Compassion (Bags of Kii Publicity Youth Is88AcMy) JOY {5ee ACWI Mu51C Events (seeA¢lNllyJ New Charity Giving Café (se8 Acb¥ltyJ N8w Mission Building Projoct {Blacklh¢ Reserv85 Miscellaneous 102.48 785.84 1.677.70 1,462.09 1.970.54 939.37 1,181.98 515.00 11.289.36 34.00 1,055.00 1.624.00 500.48 838.87 1.451.70 381.80 1.473.16 581.29 49,154.98 27,758.30 301.94 41000 70.00 303.83 384.00 2,545.13 22.00 531.28 15.00 8,026.62 1,409.76 451.90 165.614.01 131,286.35 152,100.50 97.197.22 Change in Fund 13,513.51 34.Q89.13 l. Utilit￿S costs distributed 3114ihs lo Ihe Gener81 Fund, 2/141h8 lo *he C81è, and 9n41h ￿ the Aelivlty. 2. Wages costs 8re d15lnbyl￿ IrJ lo the G8n8f8lFund and IR to Ihg H8llAcfv'vity, 116 lor the C8ffé. 3. Adrninislf4five Gosl$ am dislriJuled Ir2 to Iha G8ngrn1 Fund 8nd Ir210 lh& HaMAclivfftly. 4, Running wsl$ are th'sfthted 114 lo G•noral Fund and lo the HallAclivily Hall Activi OutsKle Rents 2024 12.738.17 2023 8.941.20 2024 11,856.41 9.719.30 4,686.70 1,126.77 27,389.18 2023 6,133.28 10,223.97 3,263.31 724.os 20,344.61 Ulllilles Inom 11 Wages 21 Running Co$18 Irrt)te4) Adminislartion {t70t•3) 12,738.17 8.941.20 To PCC 14,651.01 11.403.41 l. Utilitie3 costs distiilwt8d 3114ths to G9nernlFund, 21141hs to IlJ* Calé, anol 9n41h lo Ihe H8llActM'Iy. 2. W$9e$ wsl$ are dislnbulod 1/3 lo Ihg General Fund and Ir210 lh• HJII A¢livity, 116 lorlhe Colé. 3. Admfflislrati￿ ¢osls 8m dislribulod In lo Ihe Genetsl Furtd and ltt lo Ihg HollAclivify. 4. Running (xs15 •r• dislribul•d 114 to General Furtd and 314 lo tljg H•W Aclivily. Cafe Actlvi Float Cafa Income 2024 2023 10000 100.00 49,154.98 27,758.30 2024 11.289.36 24,065.41 2,634.76 3,239.77 100.00 41,329.29 2023 8.026.82 20.057.10 1.362.95 3.407.99 175.00 33,029.66 Suppltgs I Wages Cafe Wage8 Utilities Intsie 11 Cleanin9 Wop3 Ino1• 2J Float 49,254.98 27,858 30 To PCC 7,925.69 5,171.36 l. utifft￿S 6￿￿t$ &Tr thstnbulgd 3114ths to Ihe Gener81 Fund. 2n41hs to Ihe Café, And 91141h lo Ihe HallA¢tMIy. 2. W4sges cost$ ore distnbutsd if3 to the G￿er&I Fund 8nLI I￿ lo Ihe Hall Activity, 1/6 forlhe Calo. Youth l Youn Toddler Income Inlegrale lrtcom8 Youth Worker Inr/)me Fusion In¢ome Peo le Actlv 2024 1,464.73 500.16 1.344.02 124.60 2023 1.501.43 231.46 1,610.30 195.75 2024 S17 35 516.04 2023 395.00 895 09 550.00 635.04 Toddler Expenditure Integrate Exp8nditure Youth Worker Expendilui Fusion Expendilura 428.7D 3,433 51 3,538.94 1,462.09 2,475.13 To PCC 1,971.42 1,063.81 OY l Elderf Outreach JOY Donations 2024 1.451.70 2023 381,80 2024 1.970.54 785.84 2023 22.00 JOY Expenditure Compassion Expendilur 1,451.70 381.80 2,756 38 22.00 To PCC 1,304.6e 359.80 Events Events Income 2024 1,473.16 2023 581.29 2024 1,181.98 2023 531.28 Events Expenditure 1,473.16 581.29 1.181.98 531.28 To PCC 291.18 50.01 Transit Funds Received 2024 2023 Pald 2024 2023 Canled Forward from 2023 Children's Society MAF Donkey Sanctuary Shelter Under Trees Leprosy Misslon Cakutta Calhedfal Christian Aid 197.31 167.81 157.05 10.CKI Diowi Fees Other Fees Defibfillalor 123.78 1.402.12 71.07 1.713.77 112.14 1.240.48 71.07 1,367.22 Charity Re¢efve., follow Ihe procedures laid down in the general directions given by Ihe Charity Comrnission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act): and state whether particular matters have come to my attenlion. Basls of Independent examlner's ieport My examination was carried out in accordanc8 With the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accountin9 records kept by the charity and a comparison of the arKounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether Ihe accounts presenl 'true and fair view. and the report Is limited to those matters set out in the stalement below. Independent examlner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: which gives me reasonable cause to believe Ihat in any malerial respect Ihe requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounling records and comply with Ihe accounting requirements of Ihe 2011 Act have nol been met., or 2. to which, in my opinion, altenlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the a¢countS to be reached. MICHAEL DAVID FENTON BA (Hons) FCA BFP PG DIP The Old Vicarage Chuich Street Baslow Bakewell DE45 1RY 13 MARCH 2025 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SHEFFIELD DIOCESE MOTHERS UNION I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 3111 December 2024. Respectlve Responslbilltles of Trustees and Examlner The Charity's Irustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The Charity's trustees considers that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the financial statements (under section 145 of the 2011 Act); follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act). and state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent examlnerf8 report My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by Ihe charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present 'true and fair view. and the ￿port is limited to those matters set out in the statemenl below. Independent examlnerfs Statement In connection with my examination, no matter ha8 come to my attention". which gives me reasonable cause lo believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of Ihe 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention should be drawn In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. MICHAEL DAVID FENTON BA (Hons) FCA BFP PG DIP The Old Vicarage Church Street Baslow Bakewell DE45 1RY 13 MARCH 2025 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE PCC OF ST FRANCIS CHURCH, BESSACARR. DONCASTER. I report on the accounts of the Church for Ihe year ended 31 December 2024. Respectlve Responslbllitles of Trustees and Examlner The Church's trustees are responsible for the p￿paratIOn of the financial statements. The Church's trustees considers that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: • examine Ihe financial statements (under section 145 of the 2011 Act)., follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and state whether particular matters have come lo my attention. Basls of Independent examlnerfs report My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission, An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such rnatters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether Ihe accounts present a Irue and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examlner's ststement In connection wilh my examination, no matter has come to my attention: which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the reqU1￿Ments.. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord wilh the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be ￿aChed. MICHAEL DAVID FENTON BA (Hons> FCA BFP PG DIP The Old Vicarage Church Street Baslow Bakewell DE45 1RY 13 MARCH 2025