THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ljiocese of Leeds St Paul's Parish Church, Shipley The Parochial Ci.dJrch Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Shiplev Reglstered charity no 1169596 Annual Trustees Report st for the year ended 31 December 2024 st Annual Trustees Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 The PCC is jointly responsible for writing and producing this report. AIM AND PURPOSES St Paul's Parochial Church Council IPCCI has the responsibility of cooperating with the priest in ,-4arge, the Reverend Brian GrL)enfield, to promote in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC has a specific duty t.- maintain our historic grade 2 listed church building. In addition, it has a responsibility to upport the Church of England primary schools located within the parish boundaries. Shiplev LofE Primary School {aidedl and Wycliffe CofE Primary School (controlled) are our local church schools. Both of these schools are BDAT (Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust) Primary Academies. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIIIITIES The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at St Paul's and to be part of the church community. Our services and worshipi through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament, encourage and foster faith in practice. When planning our activities and services for the year, the PCC is mindful of the Charity Cornmission's guidance on public benefit and in particular, the supplernentary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. St Paul's Church vision statement is: We are a welcoming and inclusive Christian community who: Worship the living God Love our neighbours and our world Share the good news All our activities and services are guided and inspired by our faith in Jesus who we believe calls us to put our faith into practice in our daily lives. As a church community, we offer prayer and worship, pastoral care, mission and outreach, hospitality and a variety of activities which help people of all ages in our parish to flourish. To facilitate this work, it is important that the church grounds and the fabric of the church buildinE are continually maintained and developed. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Ministry Team During 2024, the St Paul's Ministry Team was led by our Priest in Charge, Brian Greenfield (who Is also Priest in Charge at Christ Church, Windhill, Minister at the Eldwick Church and Assistant Priest at St Peter's Church, Shipley}, who was ably assisted by curate- Emma Wilkinson and by assistant priest Natasha Thomas (from June 2024), Churchwardens - Anne Luxton and Mike Wragg. Our Licensed Lay Ministers (Readers) Chris Clough and Susan Lawrence, Lay Worship Leader- Mark Allison, and Lay Pastoral Ministers- Susan Wood and Sheila Cudmore, are valuable members of the Ministry Team. Jenny Titchmarsh is our excellent Church Administrator, who provides essential support to the ministry team and enables the church to communicate effectively with both the congregation and the wider community. Thanks also go to the members of the PCC for all their hard work throughout the year. Volunteers b'efore we list our activities, which express our vision and strategy, and show what church life looks like in Shipley and how it benefits the community, we publicly thank all the church riiembers who work very hard to 5UPPOrt St Paul's mission and ministry. Many people contribute hugely to the life of the church in seen and unseen ways. Worship & Prayer Worship Services Throughout 2024, we held regular 10am Sunday worship services comprising Holy Communion rd on the I" and 3 Sundays of the month, Family Worship on the 2. Sunday of the month and th Morning Worship on the 4 Sunday of the month. These services were also live streamed via our YouTube channel, for those watching from home. Taize and Evensong services took place th on a bi-month rotation on the 4 Sunday of the month at 7pm. Wednesday Holy Communion has continued to take place at 10am on Wednesday mornings throughout the year. Messy Church This 31ternative church service is an important way to connect with local families with young children, who might not feel comfortable or confident to come to more traditional church on Junday. This will continue to be a key activity as we develop our outreach to children, young people and their families and during 2025. Games and craft activities, including a co-operative Lego build, plus a picnic tea, were offered in keeping with the theme, along with exploring a Bible story in the church and enjoying some related songs and prayer. A small team worked very hard to offer a Me55y Easter and a Messy Christmas event during 2024, both of which were much enjoyed and attracted families from both toddler group and the local primary schools. The team is currently planning an Easter Celebration Family Fun Afternoon for 2025. Occaslonal Servlces As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life, This year, we celebrated eleven baptisms but no weddings. We conducted six funerals. In November, we held both our annual Memorial Service and our Remembrance Sunday Service, which was attended by civic representatives and uniformed organisations. Music and singing group The new music and singing group has been meeting on the first Thursday of each month Since the summer of 2024 after the choir was disbanded, Initially this was set up simply to gather those either from the existing choir or new folk who are interested in playing instruments and singing in 5ervice.s. From this has developed a srnall band who are now regularly playing once a month (usually on the second Sunday in the family service). Anyone interested in joining can have a word with Brian, Emma or Mark, Prayer The weekly Tuesday Morning Prayer Group continue5 to meet at 10am in the Narthex for approximately one hour. It has been encouraging to see consistent growth in the numbers of Lay members in the group and we continue to be grateful for the continued presence of Rev'd Brian and/or Rev'd Emma whenever their other duties allow. We commence each meeting with a passage of Scripture to discuss, followed by prayers for global, national, local and church needs. We would like to encourage and welcome new attendees to join with us as they are able, being aware that regular attendance may not always be possible for some folk. We remain in awe of the way that God has answered the prayers offered, not always in the way perhaps we would have wished for, but always according to his will and for the good of all his people, Pastoral Care Pastoral care continues to be provided by the Ministry Team at st Pauls on an "as needed or requested" basis. Our Lay Pastoral Ministers, Susan Wood and Sheila Cudmore support and assist Clergy as and when appropriate within their individual areas of knowledge and experience, providing pastoral support in the form of a visits or phone calls, with sensitivity and are at the forefront of all they do. Pastoral activity includes visits to take Holy Communiori to the housebound and to nursing homes. Pastoral prayer requests are responded to according to the level of confidentiality requested. Safeguarding The PCC continues in its commitment to the safeguarding of all vulnerable or potentially vulnerable people. Safeguarding is a standing item on the PCC agenda, and PCC has complied with its duty to have 'due regard, to the House of Bishops, Safeguarding Policy and Practice guidance. This Commitment was confirmed at a pcc meeting in the autumn. The PCC has adopted the Church of England Safeguarding Policy Statement for Children, Young People and Adults, 'Promoting a Safer Church,, as our safeguarding policy To assist in rnonitoring cornpliance with both statutory requirements and Church of England policies we are using 'Parish Dashboards, an online system that lists the actions that need to be taken to meet the required standards, and which generates an action plan to highlight areas that need updating. The action plan was reviewed in the autumn of 2024 and the PCC is updated with progress. We are working at level three of the dashboard and currently have made 80% progress towards mandatory requirements. All our policies are up to date however there are 5 urgent actions that need to be completed and a further 12 actions to be reviewed. The action plan addresses these, and training is being targeted as a priority to ensure mandatory requirements are met A particular focus of safeguarding activities has been to ensure job roles have been written and made available to volunteers taking on new roles at St Paul's. Written roles for existing volunteer roles have also been worked on. This work continues. Where safeguarding concerns have been raised during the year, our safeguarding procedures have been followed and concerns escalated to the diocesan safeguarding team. Alison Haigh Work with Children Schools We have responsibility for two church schools within our parish, Shipley CofE Primary School and Wycliffe CofE Primary School. Both schoo15 became academie5 in 2018 and joined the Bradford Diocesan Academy Trust (BDATI, Clergy lead collective worship at Shipley CE (and Wycliffe). In addition they attend other events in school such as celebrations and exhibitions. Clergy are also planning to take part in prayer group at the school and support the head teacher as appropriate. The school regularly visits church to learn about worship and also come to church at Easter and Christmas for thelr services. Clergy lead collective worship at Shipley CE and Wycliffe CE. In addition, they attend other events in school such as celebrations and exhibitions. At Shipley CE the Clergy are also planning to take part in prayer group at the school and support the head teacher as appropriate. Both schools regularly visits church to learn about worship and come to church at Easter and Christmas for thpir services, with Wycliffe also holding their Harvest and End of Year services at Church. We are continuing to build a relationship with Wycliffe through our Children and Families Project, through which we are working with the local Christian youth charity Missional C?eneration to provide lunch time engagement with KS2 and support around Sats, with further developments to come in conversation with the school. In addition, Revd Emma serves on the board of governors and is the link go for Christian Distinctiveness, The Open the Book team of Chris and Jane Clough, Carolyn Rhodes, Jean Titchmarsh and Mike Wragg take a whole school assembly at Wycliffe CofE Primary School approximately fortnightly diiring the school year. The basis for the assembly is one of the stgries from the Lion Storyteller BiF)le which we deliver through narration, costumed acting and audience participation. We (Iperate under the auspices of the Zephaniah Trust and deliver both Old and New Testarnent Bible stories operating on an approximately two-year cycle. Both phase l and 2 have 34 stories available to us with associated boxes of costumes and props. Toddler Group With the help of a small team of helpers, who are on a rota, the group meets from 9.30- 11.15am on Monday mornings during term time. Each week, we provide a craft activity, play and friendship. We serve drinks along with cake, biscuits and fruit (not forgetting Jean's cheese scones). We finish with a sing song. During the year we have included three Toddler Church se55ions (Christmas,, Harvest and Easterl at the end of the session, these have been popular with children, parents and carers alike. Our numbers have steadily grown during this year. Some children have moved onto nursery and school and we have welcomed newcomers, including several parents who are new to the area. Uniformed Groups- Rainbows, Brownies & Guides St Paul's offers hospitality and leadership to the 1st Shipley Rainbows, Brownies and Guides. 1st Shipley Rainbows 2024 was a great year for St Paul's Rainbows. Marian and Rachel continue to run the Rainbows, ably assisted by Tilda, Thea and Christina- our wonderful young leaders. We remain full, with 20 girls and a substantial waiting list. Highlights of 2024 include our annual sleepover, joint with other groups in the area, an adventure day at the local campsite and lots of fun games. Another real highlight of 2024 was picking up our link with Formations Care Home - we held fortnightly meetings with the residents throughout spring, until the care home sadly closed. This inter-generational experience was really lovely for the girls to be part of. 1st Shipley Brownies We have 19 Brownies on our register and Rainbow5 corning regularly to Us. We have 2 reEular adult leaders, a Young Leader and a Duke of Edinburgh Bronze volunteer. The Brownies have done the themes of "Be Well, Network and Know Myself. They earned the "Charity" Interest badge. They learned about keeping their minds and bodies healthy by thinking about better food, sleep and exercise. They attended a Thinking Day evening at Titus Salt School with other members of Girlguiding from Shipley and Baildon. Some of the girls went tojoin the Guides at Salt Pot5 and did some amazing plate decorations. We had trip5 top Denso Marston, St Ives for an end of year play and the Cinema to see Moana 2. They enjoyed getting ready early for Christmas by decorating a tree for the Christmas tree festival then celebrating with a Christmas party with food and party games. They did an Easter egg hunt in the Church. Elaine Griffiths, Brownie Guider st I Shipley Guides We have a small group of 9 Guides and three adult leaders. We would welcome anyone who wants to join us as a volunteer to help out, either adult or young helper. We have a link with 2 Shipley Guides for planning and have joined them for our successful Remembrance Sleepover at St Peter's before parading at St Paul's. We have had a joint sleepover at the Climbing Hub in Bradford. It was a really popular event after we had done an evening's climbing with them earlier in the year. The Guides have been following the programme and earning Interest badges and skill builder badges. They have been following the themes of "Have Adventures, Lead and Express Yourself." They have worked towards their interest badges "Backwoods Cooking and In.vestlEator's" and now are they are doing a "Confectioners" badge part of which had them making Mother's Day sweets. They have enjoyed trips to Denso Marston nature reserve for pond dipping, Wynches for an Adventure Day, and a trip to see Moana 2 with other guide5 Brownles and Rainbows from Shipley Division. They have enjoyed trying new skills including screen printing, butter making, clay making and cooking using a tea light and tin can. The Guides did an evening at Salt Pots in Saltaire with the 9 year old Brownies to encourage them to join Guides. nd Elaine Griffiths, Guide Guider Mission and Outreach Mission and outreach are high on the agenda of St Paul's Church as we try to be a blessing to both the local community and the world. Saturday Café Our Café is as popular as ever with five tables holding six on each table these are usually all full with some of our patrons coming and going and others who enjoy staying all morning. Some arrive at or near our opening time Ioarn and some later in the morning. As a PLACE OF WELCOME we serve tea and coffee free of charge, and our menu consists of toasted teacakes and crumpets with all our cakes and scones home-made and donated by our volunteer cafe staff. Donations towards the running of the cafe are at everyone's discretion and a suggested figure of £1.50 per item of food remains as it has for some time. The café is open on the first and third Saturdays of each month; ideally we would like to open, as we did prior to the Covid pandemic, every Saturday morning but as reported last year a good number of our volunteer staff were no longer able or didn't wish to continue and those who do work prefer to work as we are doing. Anne, Mike, Sheila Parkin, Sheila Cudmore and Kate were the five volunteer staff working on tlie first Saturday in the month until Dee joined that team and Jane, Chris, Pollyanna, Elaine and myself the five volunteer staff on the third. However, Pollyanna has recently removed from the area and now Sheila Cudmore has kindlyjoined the team working on the third Saturday rnaking five volunteer team rnembers on each team. We really need rnore volunteers because there is nothing we would like more than to open our very popular café every Saturday morning. Thursday Lunch Club (TLC) TLC rneets once a month on a Thursday . We provide a pre- booked two course meal for Global Mlsslon INe continue to be a Fairtrade church and seek ways to encourage our congregation to support j .sirtrade. We support the Diocese of Khartoum, Christian Aid, and Tear Fund. We also support Andy and Kati Walsh from the Church Mission Society (CMSI, who currently work in Brazil. Deanery Synod The Deanery synod provides an important link between the parish and the wider struttures and Bovernance of the Church of England. The Aire and Worth Deanery Synod met three times in 2024. The meeting in February was held remotely via Zoom where we learned more about the Diocese's Barnabas project from Revd Jude Smith. This project is around developing ways for parishes to support and encourage each other in rnission and growth. In June Synod met at St John's, Baildon where Rev Ned Lunn, Canon for Intercultural Mission and the Arts at Bradford io Cathedral led a discussion around the Bradford City of Culture 2025 and how individual parishes could get involved in this initiative. The meeting in October was held at the St Pete's where Simone Bennett, the Diocesan Director of Education gave a detailed presentation about the work of her team in supporting schools across the dioceses and offering suggestions as to how parishes could support their local school. Synod meetings are open to all; if you would like to attend a meeting to find out a little more about how Synod works please speak to any one of our representatives. Alison Haigh Church Building Church Building The calendar year 2024 has been fairly quiet with emphasis on creating Terms of Reference ITORI for the Buildings and Grounds Group within the new PCC structure. The TOR were produced and discussed/agreed by the PCC. Electrical: Various ceiling light bulbs were replaced, and Narthex lights checked. Uplighters on North Gallery have been fitted with LED 8ulbs. All electrical appliances were again PAT tested. The emergency lighting is tested regularlyi the latest test was in November 2024 Options for the installation of a defibrillator on the outside of the church continued to be explored with costs obtained for two possible places. Fabric: Roof gutters are cleared and inspected at least once per year. Other Interior: Following an inspection of the kitchens, the effects of water ingress on the north wall were made good and the wall repainted. This enabled the 5 star hygiene rating to be maintained. The two rnain heating boilers and the heating/hot water boiler in the kitchen were serviced in November.2024, Fire extinguishers are tested annually. The latest fire extinguisher testing and service was in August 2024. Clock is currently not working. It is the property of the Local Council (Bradford Metl and they are responsible for running and maintenance. Church Grounds. These continue to be maintained by Bradford Council. li Quinquennial Works: The next Quinquennial Inspection was due in 2024. For various reasons this has been postponed to early 2025.. Organ.. The organ, a 1892 3-manual by J. J. Binns of Leeds, is generally well maintained and was last tuned in November 2024. It is played regularly for services, Hirstwood Burial Ground During 2024, there was no burial of ashes in the Garden of Remembrance, which is maintained by our part-tirne gardener, Matt Stoney. Enquiries from people searching for the graves of ancestors also continue to be few and far between, having dramatically declined since the Covid lockdowns. A second phase of planned tree work took place in February 2024, as authorised by Bradford Council in July 2023. The final phase of tree work should have taken place in autumn/winter 2024, but due to circumstances beyond our control, this has now been pushed back to 2025, A monitoring survey of previously treated Japanese Knotweed took place in May 2024. This survey revealed minor regrowth of single stems with no further infestation obvious within the viider burial ground, The new regrowth was treated in September 2024 and the site will be reinspected in 2025, Volunteer working parties, organised in conjunction with Shipley Town Council and Hirst Wood Pegeneration Group, took place in March, July and November 2024. Good progress was made clearing vegetation from pathways, in and around graves and in revealing previously hidden inscriptions. The Hirst Wood Burial Board, which 15 a sub-committee of the PCC, ha5 a legal duty to rnaintain the burial ground in a safe state. During 2024, our church administrator has dealt with the day- to-day dealings of the burial ground, as well as overseeing the continued tree work, the treating of Japanese knotweed and the organising of volunteer working parties. Hirst Wood Burial Board 12 FINANCIAL REVIEW 2024 During 2024, St Paul's financer have had a bit of a roller coaster ride. The PCC had decided to educe their share payment to £20,000 a year as against a request of about £46,500. Due to the unfortunate death of Chris Wontner-srnith in November l am still attempting to reconcile the end of year position with the not inconsiderable help of lan Fletcher the accountant appointed to independently examine the accounts. We are nearly there but just need to produce the accounts. The current impression is that at the end of the year the accounts were at least as good as could be expected. An appeal for people to review their giving sent out around the year end brought in some additional immediate funds and a number of increases in regular giving. At the end of the year there was some £42,000 in the bank account and about £2000 in deposit funds, Some of that Is designated fund5 l£llk fabric reserve, £4.5k Organ fund, £12K Children and Youth Project) which leaves about £16k towards the contingency fund. The finance group of the PCC are looking at what improvements can be made to our processing systems and ensuring our accounts are understood by all PCC members. RESERVES POLICY The PCC has determined that, in addition to Restricted Funds raised for specific purposes, we should aim to limit unrestricted reserves to about three months regular expenditure, currentlv r20000. Any excess will be designated for future major property repairs and renovation. STRUCTURE, GOVERNMENT AND MANAGEMENT The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Shipley is a corporate body established by the Church of England, operating under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is a registered charity and members of the PCC are Trustees of the Charitv. The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All members of the congregation are given the opportunity to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC member5 are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. 13 PCC Membership Ex Officio Priest in Charge". Curate: Reverend Brian Greenfield {Chair> Reverend Emma Wilkinson (from 15/02/24) Reverend Natasha Thomas (from 15/071251 Anne Luxton {Vice chairl Mike Wragg Sheila Cudmore (re-elected 20231 Alison Haigh (re-elected 2023} Susan Wood (re-elected 2023) Assistant Priest.. Cl)urchwarden: Churchwarden: Deanery Synod: Elected Members (Trustees) at 315t December 2024 Susan Lawrence Elected 22/05122 i Jonathan Hall Johanna Hirst Re-elected 14/05123 Elected 14/05/23 Elected 14/05/23 Elected 14/05/23 PCC Secretary Jean Titchmarsh Mark Allison l John Hirst Elected 28104/24 Sabhyata Halli Co-opted 15/10/24 Co-opted 15/10/24 Barbara Downes Elected Members serving at 1$1 January 2024 who have since left: Michelle Rogers {until 15/10/24) Deborah Penfold {until 28/04/24) Chris Clough (until 281041241 Chris Wontner-smith (until 22/111241 14 Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of subgroups or committees which have been reorgani5ed into 5 streams as follows: Standlng Committee.. Buildings & Grounds,, Clergy, Churchwardens, Treasurer, Secretary, Mark Allison Churchwardens, Chris Clough (lead), Johanna Hirst, Sa bhyata Halli Clergy, Churchwardens, John Hirst Mark Allison (lead), Brian Greenfield, Emma Wilkinson, Susan Lawrence, Jean Titchmarsh, Chris Clough, Elisabeth Verhoven, Hirstwood Burial Ground Board Worship & Music.. Finance and Funding.. Barbara Downes Ileadl, Mike Moss linterim treasurer), Alison Haigh, Rob Downes (non-PCC). Susan Lawrence {leadl, Susan Wood, Sheila Cudmore, Brian Greenfield, Ernma Wilkinson, Alison Haigh, Anne Luxton, Mike Wragg, Jonathan Hall. Brian Greenfield, Emma Wilkinson Ileadl, Natasha Thomas, Susan Lawrence, Anne Luxton, Mike Wragg. Prayer, Pastoral & Discipleship: Pathways, Growth & Misslon: Other Roles of Responslbility: Church Administrator Jenny Titchmarsh Mike Wragg Meredith Woode Parish Electoral Roll Officer Gift Aid Secretary Safeguarding & Disability Officer, DBS Verifier Health & Safety Officer Lay Pastoral Minister LJY Pastoral Minister Interim Treasurer Alison Haigh Alison Haigh Sheila Cudmore Susan Wood Mike Moss The PCC met seven times during 2024 both in person and virtually. 15 Electoral Roll There are currently 56 people on the electoral roll (53 less than last year). 17 are male and 39 are female. 22 are resident in the parish and 34 are non-resident. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION St Paul's Church, Shipley is part of the Church of England Diocese of Leeds in the Episcopal Area of Bradford and the Deanery of Aire and Worth. The address is: St Paul's Church, Kirkgate, Shipley, BD18 3EH. Approved by the PCC on 4th May 2025 And signed on their behalf by Brian Greenfield (PC Chair) 16 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Diocese of Leeds ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY Registered Charity No. 1169596 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2024 17 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY Independent examiner's report to the members of St Paul's Church, Shipley Parochial Church Council (PCC) I report on the accounts lorthe year ended 31 December 2024 which are sel out on pages 19 to 27. Respettiwe responsibilities of ihe PCC Independent Ex¥miner The PCC consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144121 of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Act), and that an independent examination is needed. 11 Is my responsibility to examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Comfflissioners under section 145151 Ibl of the 2011 Acl, and Stale whether particular matters have come to my attention. i)f Indcp¢ndenl Examiner's St¥tement My examination was carried out in accordance with Ihe General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosure5 in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procèdures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be requiied in an audit, and, consequently. no opinion Is given as lo whether the accounts present a true and fair view. and the report is limited to those matters sel out in the slalemenl below. Independent Lxomintr's Siatemeijt In connection with my examination. your attention is drawn lo the fact that, as slated in note 1, the figures relatrng to Hirsl Wood Burial Board are set out in note 13 of the Accounts and have not been consolidated. Other than this no other matters have come to my attention". 11) which give me reasonable Cause lo believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act ', or to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have nol been met, or 121 to which, in my opinion. attention Should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understanding ol the accounts to be reached. laTr.l Fletcher FC-: Chartered Accountant Bradford 4th May 2025 18 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31 December 2024 I'nreslrictec Restricted Funds 'I'O'I'AL FI',NDS 2024 2023 i.N('i)Iir. l)OM IIEN, I'S Voluntary income 21a) 59.086 10,041 69,127 70,416 Activities for generating funds 21bl 20.1 S4 20,164 12,769 Income from investments 21cl 113 113 73 Church aclivities 21dl 3.378 3.378 1,765 Grants in support of mission 21ei 1821 1821 888 TI)T,41. INI'O%ITr. 82,660 10,041 92,701 85.909 Mission and charitable giving 31al 5,600 94 5,894 6.509 Church abtivities 31b) 85,957 875 66,832 81,585 Exceptliynal renovation costs 31c) Raising funds 3111 116 116 134 'I'OI.11. tr.IVEISDI'I'I:R Tr. 71,673 989 72,642 88,228 -"r INc'()IlL 10,987 9,072 20,059 12,3191 'I'r#n%fer* lif Fund> 10,987 9,072 20.059 12,3191 BALANCES AT 1 JANUARY 2024 17.190 20,483 37.673 39.992 B41..IIC'F.Si C"4RRIF.D FORM',IKD ,IT 31 DF.C'F.IIBER 2024 28,177 29,555 57,732 37.673 'I'h¢ noie% on 110 17 lorm pan ol'ihLsL' Iinancial slaiem¢ntS 19 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2024 2024 21123 Tangible fixed assels 885 3.157 C'I:RR Tr'J'l' ,If*SETS Debtors Short term deposits Cash al bank and in hand 19,961 2,224 44,595 14.984 2,154 29.602 66.780 46,740 I)1 Tr. M'ITIIIY ONE IF..4R 19,8791 17,3111 HIRST WOOD BURIAL BOARD 13 {541 {4,9131 56,847 34,516 F.T ASSF.TS 57,732 37.673 Fl:Nl) 10&11 Unrestricted Undesignated Designated - future projects 20,807 7,370 7,811 9,379 28,177 17,190 Restricted 29.555 20,483 57.732 37,673 Approved by the Paroc lal Church Council on 4th May 2025 an¢ slg its behalf by . Reverend Br reenfield Ichalmianl Michael Mos$ {Treasurer) 'rhe P3b¢S •110 ?7 lorin part &l'lhe5e Iinancial %iaieineni 20 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the )e£r ended 31 December 2024 ,IC'C'OI',NTING POI.ICIES The Church is a public benefit enlity wilhin the meaning of FRS102. The financial slalemenls have bèen prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and In accordance with the Church Accounting Regulation5 2006, governin9 the individual accounts of PCCS, and with the Regulations Irue and fair view provisions., they have also bèen prèpared under FRS102 (Slalement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and reporting by Charities). The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets, which are shown at market value The financial statements include all transactions, assels and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affi'liatson to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of church members. bunds Restricted fund5 may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the ènd of the year niusl be carried fomard as a balance on that fund. Unrestricted funds repiesent the funds of the PCC that are not subject lo any restrictions regardin9 their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted in that the PCC is free lo redesignate thern. In¢iim¢ Planned giving, wlle¢lion5 and donations are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC. Income lax recoverable on gift aid Is recognised when the incomè is recognised. Grants and legacies lo the PCC are accounted for as soon a3 the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement. Funds raised at garden parties and similar events are accounted for gross. Revenues from the magazine or any other sales are a￿Ounted lor gross. Rental income from the letting of church premises Is recognised when the renlal is due Dividends and interest are accounled lor when receivable and are received gros$ of lax. LApenditure Grants and don81ions are accounted for when paid over, or when committed by the PCC. - The diocesan share Is accounted for when payable. subject lo the PCC'S assessment of ability lo pay in luluie. Gain8 4nd Ivs$¢g Ibn ini'e%trneTrt Realised gains or1055es are recognised when investmenls are sold. Unrealised 98ins or losses are accounted for on revaluation of Investments at 31 December, Consecrated land and buildings are excluded from the accounts In accordance wilh the Charities Act 2011 No value is placed on movable church furnishings which require a faculty for disposal Expenditure Incurred on repair, replacement and maintenance of the above a55et5 is written off In the year. Other items of equipment are capitalised If over £1,000 individually, and depreciated over four years in equal instalrnents. Investments are slated at market values 8t 31 December. Ilir%i Il'vnd Burial (vrnund The Board of Management of Hirst Wood Burial Ground is a sub-committee of the PCC, which has responsibility lor any liability that may arise. The accounts of the Burial Ground are attached Inole 131 ol the financial statements Instead of consolidation. on the grounds that Its objecbve6 are signilicantly different from those of the PCC. 21 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY NOTF.S TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS or the year ended 31 December 2024 IY('OIIL..IND Tr.NI)OM'NIF.N Iinrestri¢tec Resiri¢ted F'unds -undi TOTAL FIINDS 2024 21123 ,'Jl l ()IiiiiiurJ' 1vc'c)￿lg Planned giving Gift aid donations Income tax recoverable Other planned giving Collections al all services Donations appeals, etc. Legacies and Memorials 41,009 11,502 5,733 842 7,904 1,976 67 94 48,913 13,478 5,800 936 49.103 13.351 4.434 1.528 2.000 59,086 10,041 69,127 70.416 21bl ,l¢'lii'ilieJ' li)r &i¢rt¢'raiiiig.fiind3 Social and fund raising events Telecoms Mast rental income 1,997 18,167 1,997 18.167 2,815 9.954 20,164 20.164 12,769 2 jc) I￿(,￿￿¢fi0rn inTr'('3lpii¢nis Dividends and interest 113 113 73 113 113 73 21dl Cliiirc'li Uilll'lll(?.f ncome from use of church Fees Insurance Claims 2,383 846 150 3,378 2,383 846 150 3,378 1,451 314 1,765 21el GJ-onl.i In.41(pi￿rI ofiiil.%si¢? Grants receivable from Listed Places of Worship Scheme 82 82 82 82 886 886 82,660 10,041 92.701 85,909 22 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2024 3 F.IPENDI'fi R I,'nre$tri¢teL Ke51ricled Iindi 'roT..11, FI N'DS 2024 2Q23 31a} ,Ili.i'.ti¢JAurJ' utid c.JiurrlahJe gil'l￿g Church overseas '. Diocese of Khartoum Christian Aid -CMS - Tear Fund Home. missions and other church societies Bfadford North Foodbank Court Chaplaincy Shipley Christians Together Children's Society 800 800 1,200 800 800 800 1,200 800 800 800 1.200 800 94 250 2,000 659 6,509 2,000 2,000 5,600 94 5,694 Ministry diocesan share clergy expenses Church - running expenses Church maintenance Depreciation of fixed assels Sunday school, evangelism & training Costs of social and other events Musician's Salaries Telephone OPFice expenses Publicity 20,040 20,040 36,000 16.266 7,463 2,022 77 16,266 8,089 2.272 77 12,669 11,011 2,272 625 250 1,960 4,050 458 12 608 475 81,585 3,450 475 15.847 317 65,957 3.450 475 15,847 317 66,832 875 31c} fJ(eplicinol I'vii(Jvaiion Losis Easi End Improvements Tower and Bells Notice Board 31dl Riif.iing.Iiirt(l.I Gift envelopes 116 116 134 116 116 134 r(11 ii. Tr.XVE%l)11 I'Rb. £71,673 £969 £72,642 £88.228 The Diocesan Share requested ','om Sl Paul's Church was £46,540. In the event the amount paid was reduced to 43 /u of the amouni requ¢sted12023 _ 750101 23 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 4 ST,4'1'L.IIE%'I' I)F F'INI ilT%<'I.-IL A('-I'I%'I'l-1Tr.8 - An¥li'4i% i)f 21)2J figure I ￿restriCte¢ Reytrilted -foT..11, Tr-l Tr'und5 2U23 IN('OIIF..4ND Tr:%DOII'IIENTS Voluntary income 21al 61,099 9,317 70,416 Activities for generab'ng funds 21bl 12,769 12,789 Income from Investments 21cl 73 73 Church activitie8 21dl 1,765 1,765 Grants in support of mission 21el 373 513 886 I-C)T.41, INC.'O.Ilb- 78,079 9.830 85,909 F.IPESIIITI'RF. Mission and charitable giving 31al 5,850 659 6,509 Church activities 31bl 76.673 4,912 81,585 Exceptional renovats'on costs 31ci Raising funds 31dl 134 134 'roT.,11. EXPE%DITI'RI 82,657 5,571 88,228 LT INCO%IE 16,5781 4.259 12,3191 ruTrsferh ijf Tr'undj I,-T 11()I'E%IF.NT IN FIINI)S 16.5771 4.258 12,3191 BALANCES AT 1 JANUARY 2023 23,767 16,225 39,992 ,IL,,INI'Tr:S C"ARRIF.D FORM'ARD .41. 31 DEC'F.NIBER 2023 17,190 20,483 37,673 24 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2024 5 ST.4b F C.'USTS Wages and salaries costs in total amounted to £20,758 12023 - £18,922) in resped of four employees., clergy members claimed no reimbursement of travel expenses12023 - £Nill. No employee earned in eX￿$S of £60,000 in Ihe year. FIXF.D AS.sr."rs F()R I:4E 111 fHE PC'.C 2024 cumulative 16,202 2,260 1,140 20,000 5,574 3,540 48,716 47,831 Cost of Boilers replaced in 2015 Cosl of kitchen boiler 2017 Cost of photocopier 2018 Cost of Audiolvisual system 2019 Cost ol Live-streaming equipment 2021 Cost of Audiolvisual additions 2022 less Depreciation charged in the year 2,272 Net book value at 31 December 2022 885 7 .4NAI.I'SIS ()fr' YE'I. ASSF.TS BY FIIND Iinrc5trietec Restrictcd unds Tr-und 'I-O'I'AL Tr(',%DS 2024 Fixed assets Current assets Currènt liabilities Fund balance 885 37,225 19,9331 28,177 885 66,780 19,9331 57,732 29,555 29.555 DEBTORS 2024 2U23 Income tax recoverable Prepayments Grants receivable Other debtors 13,480 446 219 5.817 19,961 13,351 387 301 945 14,984 LI..IBILII'IES: ,IMOI'JTS F..11.I.ING DIIE II'ITHIN I)NF. I'E.4R Accruals Creditors for goods and services other creditors 2,906 2,373 4,600 9.879 1,891 2.102 3,318 7,311 No provision has been made for future rnainlenance of the church building5. The last Quinquennial inspection, carried out during 2019, identified a number of Issues whith it ￿$ planned to include in future phases of the roofing project vthen funds permit Possible total costs are in excess of £250,000 for which sources of Grant lunding are currently not available. 10 CAPITAL (.'OM,III'I'TrILNI'S There were no capital commitments at 31 st December 2024 25 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2024 11 DESIGNATED (LEGACY) FUND In 2017 the PCC received a magnificent Legacy of £58,000 from the Estate of Miss Briggs. which, though not in any way reslricled by her will, it determined to keep for future maior projects In 2019 WÈ installed a new Audio.Visual System using thèse funds, and in 2021 extended it to provide Live-streaming of services during the pandèmic restrictions on attendance. In 2021 we also used part of these monies lo make significant Improvements to the Wesl End, including new outer doors. Al the end of 2020 Ihe PCC had reluctantly agreed lo rglease £10,QOO of these Designated funds. in view ol the challenging prospects for the Parish al that lime. in order lo pay a significantly higher proportion of our Diocesan Share, However, dunng 2021 we received a further legacy, frorn the estate of former Churchwarden Alison Cockburn, in the sum of £5,000, again not reslricled, which the PCC agreed to add lo the Designated funds. In Summary (movements In 20241 Balance of Funds at 1 sl January 9,379 Depreciation on AN and Live-strearn equipment 12,0091 Balance of Funds at 31st December 2024 7,370 12 RF.%'fRIC"I'Tr.D FIIN'D Db.T,111.S The movement of restricted funds during 2023 and their purpose is.. opening Balance receivable payable transfern 94 256 250 Balance at 310ecÈmber 2024 Special colle¢lions Organ Fund Fabric Fund Tower & Bells Children & Youth Project Other 1,030 8,757 2.139 8,768 1,791 3,937 282 649 4,947 152 4.709 8,769 2,788 11.612 1,677 101 288 20,483 10,041 969 29,555 26 ST PAUL'S CHURCH SHIPLEY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2024 13 BOARD OF MANAGEMEY"r OF THE HIRST WOOD BURIAL C:ROUND InLtsme E¥ptnditurL .-l¢¢(bunt for the vear ended 31 1)eeemb¢r 2024 Incomc .xpenditure Investment Income Monument & Service fees 572 33 Maintenance Rates and water Tree Surgery Tree Surgery 3,120 2,280 Deficit in year 4,85g £5,464 £5,464 St#ttnient i>f ,Isytt% #131 Dt¢embLr 2024 ..ISSE'rs Investments 912 08 shares in CBF Investment Fund al market value 21,090 Sl Paul's account 'T ASSTr.TS £21,143 Unreslricled Reslricled Endowment 15,501 Higgins bequest Foy benefaction 4,995 5,642 £21,143 ,I%..ILI SIS ()fr NL'I. ASSE'IS BI. II',%D I n￿￿trI(teL Reslricted Tr-ndi)w'meTrl 'ri)-r,11, fr ['.%' D, -￿￿d5 Funds 2024 Fixed assets investments Nel Current assets 15,448 5,642 21,090 54 Fund balance £15501 £0 £5,842 £21,143 27