ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING 2024 YEAR
SUNDAY 27th APRIL 2025
Parish of St John and St Paul, Widnes
Diocese of Liverpool
Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council
For the Year Ended 31 December 2024
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
St John's Church, Greenway Road. Widnes. Cheshire. WA8 6HA
St Paul's Church, Victoria Square. Widnes. Cheshire. WA8 7QU
The Parish of St John and St Paul is situated in Widnes. It is part of the Diocese of
Liverpool within the Church of England. The correspondence address is St John's
Church, Greenway Road. Widnes WA8 6HA. St John's Parochial Church Council
(PCC) is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules
2006) and a charity is registered with the Charity Commission.
Registered charity name:
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sl John and St Paul
Charity registration number: 1170687
Official contact: Reverend Gregory Sharples
Membership
From the period 01 $1 January 2024 until date of approval for this report, the following
people served as Parochial Church Council {PCC) members:
Incumbent: Reverend Gregory Sharples
Church Wardens: Miss Linda Hughes (Re-elected AGM 2021)
Miss Gwen Evans (Re-elected AGM 2021)
Secretary
Mrs Felicity Price
Treasurer
Mr Steve Shuttleworth
Representatives to Deanery Synod
Howard Sparks (Re-Elected 2023)
Matt Duckett {Re-elected 2024)
Linda Hughes (Elected 2024)
Elected Members: Mr Steve Shuttleworth (Re*lected AGM 2024)
Co-opted
Mrs Anna Vateva
Officers:
Parish Safeguarding Officer
Child Protection Officer
DBS Verifier
Electoral Roll Officer
Architect
Mrs Bess Smith
Mrs Sophie Sharples
Mrs Sophie Sharples
Mrs Felicity Price
The PCC met 5 times during the year with an attendance rate of 7.

Bankers:
Natwest Bank Ltd. 146 Widnes Rd, Widnes WA8 6BB
Architect:
MMA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LTD
6 Percy Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom. L8 7LU
Independent Examiner:
Mattocks Grindley Ltd
Chartered Accountants
18 Mulberry Avenue. Widnes. WA8 OWN
Day to day management control of the Church is exercised by the standing
committee:
Reverend Gregory Sharples
Miss Linda Hughes
Miss Gwen Evans
Structure, Management & Govemance
The PCC is a body corporate and operates under the Parochial Church Councils
{Powers) measure 1956 and the Church Representation Rules. It is to "cooperate
with the incumbent in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church,
pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical".
The method of appoint of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation
Rules. All church members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and
stand for election to the PCC.
Objectives and Activities
The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our
church and to become part of our parish community at St John and St Paul. The PCC
maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on
how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services
and worship put faith into practi￿ through prayer and scripture. music and sacrament.
When planning our activities for the year, the PCC gave consideration to the Charity
Commission's guidance on public benefit and, in particular. the spacific guidanc8 to
charities concerned with the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable
people to live out their faith as part of our parish community mainly through:
Gathering on Sundays for real. relevant. and relatable worship celebrations
Meeting in Connect groups during the week to encourage. learn. challenge, and
support one another in our discipleship journeys and mission
Providing opportunities to serve our community to see lives and our town enhanced
and restored (Youth Groups, Tots group, Long Loaf Community lunch, Oasis Café,
Connect Café, Foodbank)

Achievements and Performance
In 2024 we spent £5,972 to provide Christian Ministry across several missionary
societies and charities. Planned giving this year was £71.978. We continue to meet
our obligations to Stipend and Quota contributions to the Diocesan Offices at St
James House, Liverpool. This is known as the 'Parish Share,. We paid £41 ,686 to
the diocese for the year ending 31st December 2024.
CHURCH ArrENDANCE
The Electoral Roll as at the APCM 2025 stands at 80. 35 are resident in the parish
and 45 outside of the parish.
Average attendance at Sunday Services from January 2024 to 31 December 2024
was 106. Broken down as 94 adults and 13 children up to age 16.
Easter Sunday service 160 people joined in the service. 127 adults and 33 children
up to age 16. On Christmas evelday 327 people Adults 244 and 83 Children
attended worship. 43 took communion.
There was a total of 5 funeral ser4ices conducted with 3 being held in church and 2
at Widnes Crematorium Chapel.
There wiere O weddings.
There were 11 baptisms (O children under 1yr, 1 child between 1-12yrs and 10
adults) O confirmed.
Across Transform Widnes there are 6 Connect Groups that meet on a weekly basis
during term time.
When planning our activities for the year, the PCC gave consideration to the
Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit, and in particular, the
specific 9uidance to charities concerned with the advancement of religion.
Vicar's Re
ort AGM 2024
As a team, we try and do all we can to live out our Church mission, vision and
values.
They are set out here, and we believe this is what Jesus has commissioned us into
here in 21 St Century Widnes:
Our Mission
'Leading people into the transforming love of Jesus.
Our Vision
To see Widnes transformed with 700 people engaging in Connect Groups with 50 %
of people under 25yrs old and setting up three new church communities by the end
2024.

Our Values
Devoted to Jesus and each other
Developing faith-stretching leaders
Together, engaging the young
Modelling vulnerability so everyone can grow
Having fun reaching Widnes
Our Numbers
OIITREACH GROUPS
IEIIBeRS CQlalECT GROLPS
tIKML$￿p IN PERSOPI SERVICES
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119
112
250
109
170
93
204
109
217
133
7$
109
144
100
The red circled figure was our total numbers at the end of 2023 and the yellow
highlighted figure is our end of 2024 (and end of project numbers).
You can see there has been a drop of in Connect groups and Outreach, but Worship
services show a slight increase. This is partly due to some bumper Christmas
figures.
The reality on the ground is that 2024 was a real mixed bag for us as a church.
We had the undisputed highs of the Sunday testimonies and Easter day baptisms.
Many were deeply encouraged, and this gave us real momentum into Pentecost. My
Sabbatical followed, and the team did an amazing job steering the church during that
period.
However, one reflection was that our low-key August was a moment when
momentum was slowed. Coupled with this some historically, key figures in the life of
Transform have left the church. I think as a whole community we suffered because
of people being called or moving on to different things. We pray God's blessing over
them but feel the gap they leave.
This means that the situation on the ground has been that Sundays have felt quieter
and in the last 6 months of 2024 we cycled through two Worship teams. This has
been a challenge for Adam who invests deeply in those people.
John 15 says:
"l am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me
that bears no fruit. while every branch that does bear fruit he prunesL] so that it will
be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to
you. 4 Remain in me, as l also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself. it
must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
I believe that we are in a season of deep pruning where even fruitful things are being
pruned back. The Lord does this to strengthen our connection with him. The word
remain, literally means abide - where we get "abo(Je from. The Lord wants us to
make our home in him. So often we get defined by our fruitfulness but maturing
work he is doing in us is to make us a people defined and validated by what he has
done for us on the cross and through his glorious resurrection. John 15 reveals that

this pruning happens, we abide in a deeper and. ultimately, we bear more fruit, but
the key is that deepened connection with the Lord who called us, is faithful and will
do it (Thess 5.24).
Sundays (On Location Worship)
Our Sundays continue in a settled pattem:
1 St Sunday
9.30am Traditional Communion Service
11am Transform Worshi
9.30am Traditional Communion Service
11 am Transform Worshi
9.30am Traditional Communion Service
11 am Transform Worshi
Famil Sunda
tism Sunda
2nd Sunday
3rd Sunday
4th Sunda
5th Sunda
This has brought stability and balance to our Sunday s.
We have seen a number of people coming through leading services and preaching
and I have been deeply encouraged by the pool of people we have available to lead
times of worship and bring God's word.
Community Outreaches {CO's)
You can also see that our number for Community outreaches (CO) has dropped,
averaging 169 people per week over the year. At all these events people are
receiving some kind of teaching, prayer or worship. However, for the second year
running numbers are down and over the course of the first 6 months of 2025 we are
doing a systematic review of all CO'S discerning what needs further pruning so it can
be more fruitful. Our current CO'S are Tots. Oasis. Long Loaf. Transform Minds,
Connect Café (although this sort of straddles Connect Group's as well) and Youth.
At the end 2024 we said good bye to 'Raised From The Bed. (the gardening project)
as a CO but use of the garden will continue.
Connect groups (CG'S)
Historically numbers for our connect groups have been pretty stable but 2024 did say
goodbye to Crossroads which had drawn a number of people into the early stages of
discipleship. We have some groups that are real stalwarts and other new ones
emerging. In total there are 7 Connect groups. In 2025 there are a lot of plans for
growth with groups multiplying and people running CG'S out of their work places,
Our emphasis is shifting slightly in some groups where we are working to embed a
deeper level of passion for the scriptures - as a key area of breakthrough in
discipleship.

Youth and kids work
The one growing area of church life is our youth and kids work. Sophie continues to
raise up the team and invests incredibly in our young people. Having taken on Youth
Work one day a week, assisted by Adam Ballard as intern, we have seen the already
healthy and dynamic youth team grow. the work develop structure and numbers
increase and we now have an established Youth Connect also lead by a fantastic
team.
Core Team
We have a really settled Core Team who oversee the day to day running of the
Church and report to the PCC. The team consists of:
Felicity Price - Hall Manager and Administrator (3 days 8am - 1 pm, Mon-Fri)
Linda Hughes - Warden (Volunteer)
Steve Shuttleworth - Treasurer (Volunteer)
Anna Vateva - Ops and Finance (2.5 days)
Adam Sowerby- Worship and Comms {4 Days)
Sophie Sharples - Kids and Youth (4 Days)
Sarah Beaney- Volunteer Manager (1 Day)
Adam Ballard - Intern
Greg Sharples - Vicar
This team does deliver various aspects of Church life, but our main function is to
release the gifts and calling of the people. We are so grateful for 84 Volunteers who
serve the life of the Church. You do tremendous work as we reach our town for
Jesus.
We are also extremely grateful to all those who give to the life of the Church
financially - we long to sow into all God is doing in our town and your gifts facilitate
our partnership with Spirits work in Widnes. Thank you.
We look forward with excitement as to what the Lord will do in 2025 and these words
of blessing from Hebrews 13 come to mind:
20 Now may the God of peace. who through the blood of the eternal
covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus. that great Shepherd of the
sheep,
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Amen.
Receive this blessing as you continue to make your home with Jesus allowing him to
grow his fruit in you.
Reverend Gregory Sharples

Wardens Annual Re
ort 2024125
Main points:
St Paul's Tower
The condition of St Paul, s Tower has been on-going all year. High Life
Ropes were on site on 19th September 2024 to remove vegetation and it was
discovered that parts of the tower had loose brickwork which in turn meant
fittings and bricks could possibly come away and fall to the ground. This
becomes a major health and safety issue. Therefore. fencing was purchased,
and area is now cordoned off and the gate is locked.
Our newly appointed architects (Design Project Management Ltd) are
assisting us with option for the tower. On their advice a drone was hired to
assess the current state of the tower and the church building as a whole. The
Architect has the report and we are discussing next steps to include funding
options and how we move forward.
Design Project Management Limited will also undertake Quinquennial review
Leaks
Both sites have had issues with leaks. Costs for repairs (approx.£2,485.00)
Building must be monitored constantly to catch these leaks before too much
damage is done.
htin
As a church we want to become as ECO friendly and efficient as possible.
We are replacing old style lighting with LED lights over both sites. We are
replacing old lights with LED lights when the old ones fail,
Long term this will save money and manpower.
Outside lighting has been installed between St Paul's Church and St Paul's
church hall
Garden at St Paul's
Due to various reasons, 'Raised from the Bed, will be discontinued. The
current plots will be converted to cut flower plots. A Gardening Tidy Up date
is arranged for Saturday 22nd March 2025.
95 Coo
er Street
The solicitors, Simpson and Millar have been contacted for an update on
current position on 95 Cooper Street. This was bequeathed to St Paul's a
number of years ago however with the codicil that the housekeeper would
remain living in the house during her lifetime and the property would then
revert to St Paul's. We currently hold the deeds.
Many other buildings maintenance work has been done over the two sites over the
past year to keep the buildings in a relative state of repair given the funds available.
Approx. £13500.00 has been spent on repairs over both sites.

We would like to say a big thanks to the Buildings Maintenance Team and to Sarah
Beaney for arranging church tidy up days and garden tidy up day. Everyone plays a
part and we thank God we have solid members of our congregation who give up
their precious time for our projects.
God bless,
Gwen Evans and Linda Hughes
Church Wardens - Transform Widnes
Preschool Re
St John's Preschool- Annual Report 2025 (Draft)
St John's Preschool is a not-for-profit Ofsted registered preschool {Registration no.
RP520953, Setting Reference No. EY245131). The preschool started life as a
playgroup. set up by the congregation of St John's Church, in 1978 as a way of serving
the needs of the local community. It has been a constant presence since, becoming
an Ofsted registered provision in 2003. The preschool is overseen by a delegated
sub-committee of the Parochial Church Council (PCC). It is a 'pack-away setting,
utilising the main hall, kitchen. offi￿. garden in St John's Church Centre between
8.30am and 4pm on weekdays and temi time only. Claire Speakman
er
s.co.uk) is the Preschool Manager responsible for the day-to-day
operations and managing the seven preschool employees.
It is a joy to see and hear the toddlers and preschoolers flourishing within the setting
and we recognise the preschool is a great addition to our church building. The staff
turnover has been very low. with only one employee moving on, for a career step,
during 2024. Attracting and retaining staff in the Early Years sector is a challenge. We
recognise we have a very good team who work well together, and we continue to
endeavour to reward them, where possible, in this very underfunded sector.
The key challenges for 2024 were to build back the intake of toddlers and
preschoolers, from a low in 202213. through improving our signage (£1,642),
advertising (Facebook boosts £592) and a new website (£1.800).
Income successfully increased by £42.9k. from £196.3k (2023) to £239.2k (2024). The
preschool made a £1.3k profit in 2024 (£25.9k loss in 2023) and cash reserves
increased from £56.8k {2023) to £70.6k (2024).
The National Living Wage increased by £1.02 per hour in 2024. In previous years we
have strived to reflect an equivalent pay increase in all staff wages. However, in April
2024, we were unable to confidently offer this full increase and instead gave each
member of staff a 75p per hour pay rise, with the promise that this would be reviewed
at the calendar year end. We are pleased to report that the increased income and
profit permitted the remaining 27p per hour rise to be paid to all staff in January 2025
and back paid from April 2024.

The financial challenges for 2025
There will be the new increase in the National Minimum Wage (by 77p per hour) and
the relative staff wage increases, the increased employer NICS percentage and
additional pension costs. These equate to an increase of -£12.5k for the year
compared to 2024. This will be slightly offset by the increase of Employment Allowance
in 2025 from £5k to £10.5k per annum. In addition, the contribution to Church finances.
towards the running of the centre (utilities, insurance, cleaning, external HR and
financial services), will increase by 3 % to £21.888 per year in 2025 {£21.252 in 2024).
If there is no additional government grant funding for Early Years places, the preschool
forecasts to break even by the end of 2025
The plans for 2025
The preschool is looking to recruit additional volunteer members to the Preschool
Committee in 2025, ideally a parent committee member and a member with Early
Years, experience and knowledge. Some investment is required in new furniture and
there are plans to revamp the nature garden using some additional funding available.
The local council is encouraging local settings to apply for Capital Grants to increase
Early Years capacity in the Borough. The preschool committee will be assessing the
opportunities being offered, and if appropriate, will make recommendations to the
church PCC for consideration in early 2025.
Clare Bedford
Preschool Chair
Safe
uardin
Annual Re
ort 2024
Safeguarding concerns last year was busy with several different safeguarding
concerns followed up and resolved satisfactorily or referred on to other relevant
authorities. In all cases advice has been sought and received from the Diocesan
Safeguarding Team, to whom l am very grateful.
Safer Recruitment
As new staff have been employed at Church and Pre-school they have been through
the Safer Recruitment process, completing DBS and the appropriate level of
Safeguarding Training. There have been 10 successful applications for DBS from
volunteers and employees this year. The records of these and the previous 30 have
all been passed on to Sarah for recording purposes. Since the appointment of a
Volunteer Manager, Sarah Beaney, in 2023, a firmer policy for recruitment of
volunteers is now being implemented. She has arranged an in-person safeguarding
session for volunteers who could not access the online version, and records of the
training are being maintained centrally by the Volunteer Manager going forward. The
collation of past records and current is quite a volume of work.
Bess Smith Parish safeguarding Officer
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Treasurer's Re
2024 Financial Review
General comments
The published set of accounts for 2024. as approved by our Independent Examiner,
Mattocks Grindley Ltd, are included at the very end of the APCM report (pages 15-
23). and include all financial activities, for the Church and St John's Preschool as a
combined charity.
Apart from referencing to the total St Johns Preschool Income and Expenditure for
2024, this 'Treasurers Report. section only contains details relating to the pure
'Church Activities,, i.e. it excludes any detailed analysis of the St Johns Preschool.
Comments referring the St Johns Preschool financial accounts for 2024 can be
found on pages 9-10 of the APCM report, in the section headed 'Preschool Re
ort,.
See page 22 and the appropriate note reference, that will correspond to the
comments below.
INCOME 2024
We managed to exceed our Income budget for 2024. We budgeted for income
totalling £219,366. We actually achieved £242,022. A great result. Thank you to all
those who have given money to the church this year.
Ref Comment
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Total Giving - In 2024 our total Giving Income totalled £111.562 compared to
£121,708 in 2023. A reduction of £10,146 (8.33 /0). This is mainly attributable
to some people leaving church and the Planned Giving Scheme (PGS) in the
fourth quarter of 2024.
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Planned Giving - Early in 2024 we saw some good growth in planned giving,
as some people moved over from giving via the 'Sunday collection baskets.,
In 2024, planned giving rose by 8.40/0 to £71,978. This resulted in a small
reduction in cash collections on a Sunday.
One Off Gifts - In 2024 these reduced by 47.8 % to £8.214
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GIVING
Categoryconnector
GIVING ACTIVITIES
GIVINGONE-OFF
GIVING PLANNED
2024
2023
NOTES
5.244
8,214
71,978
5.695
20,431
£ 111.561
6,663
15,755
66,411
6,058
26,821
£ 121.708
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12
12
GIVING SERVICE COLLECTIONS
GIVING TAX RECOVERED
GIVING Total
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14
Grants - Our Grant income in 2025 reduced significantly, 33.7010, to £49,896.
Made up from:
Church Commissioners SDF Grant of £47.920 - Used to help cover staffing costs.
Halton Borough Council - £1.976 for an Easter Holiday Club
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Liverpool One Community Fund of £15.000- for youth worker staffing was received
in 2023, but we have only just started to use at the end of 2024 for Sophie Sharples
working extra hours to coiier Youth work.
The John Moore's Foundation grant, towards staffing costs, and the Henry Smith
Grant towards staff costs, have both now been exhausted completed and closed
15 Hire Of Premises Income - Increased by 11 % to £46,667. This is split between
External Hires £23.307 and Preschool premises rental of £23,360.
16 Cross Charges - This year I have isolated the money we receive from the
Preschool, £29,549 for the costs we pay out on their behalf to HMRC. along with the
Vicarage gas costs, £595, that the Sharples family reimburse us for, as the Vicarage
gas is on the same supply as St Johns church gas supply. These total £30.144.
17 Projects - Money given towards the St Pauls Garden Project (Raised from the
Bed) and the St Pauls Tower repairs reduced by 73.6 % , to £2,743.
18 Other Income - Bank interest increased by 78 % to £1,010.
EXPENDITURE 2024
We managed to come in under budget for our Expenditure in 2024.
The 2024 Expenditure budget was set at £264,026.
We actually spent £258:658, £5,368 under budget.
Ref Comment
E1
Staffing - Our largest piece of Church Expenditure in 2024 was for staff costs.
These amounted to £87.880 compared to £87,883 in 2023. The full
breakdown of staff costs is as follows:
Row Labels
SALARIES & WAGES
PENSIONS
HMRCTAX/NI
HOUSING
HR COSTS
TRAINING
PAYROLLCOSTS
METINGS
TRAVEL
UNRESTRICTED
15.875
3.091
{1.753) £
3,097
2.520
424
639
300
RESTRICTED
47.097
5.872
8.705
GrandTotal
62,973
8.963
6,952
3,097
2.520
2.244
639
316
147
30
87,880
1.820
15 £
140
TELEPHONE
Grand Total
30
24.231
63.649
The staff costs are met in two ways. The first is from unrestricted general funds
totalling £24,231 and the second is from restricted funds, totalling, £63,649 made up
of grants we have received from various organisations including the Church
Commissioners.
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Please note that any Vicarslcurate salaries and pension are paid by the Diocese
and not by the church. Our Parish Share payments help with Vicar and Curate
costs.
E2
Buildings - Our next largest expense in 2024 was the money spent on our
church premises. We spent £64,524 compared to £84.551 in 2023. a
reduction of nearly 24 % . No building projects in 2024 and spent less on
repairs, along with some reduced utility costs.
Building Maintenance amounted to £ 26.498 and Utilities & Insurance totalled
£38,026
E3
Diocesan Fees - Once again we are pleased to report that we have met our
'Parish Share, payments to the Diocese in full in 2024. Total Diocesan costs
were £41 ,666, slightly less than in 2023.
E4
Cross Charges - This year I have isolated the money we receive from the
Preschool. £29,549 for the costs we pay out on their behalf to HMRC,
Outreach - Under the heading of outreach the following are included KIDS &
YOUTH, LONG LOAF, MISSIONAL GIVING, PEOPLE IN NEED, TOTS. Our
expenditure for 2024, £15,563, is down from the 2023 Expenditure of £22,572.
This is due to only one Holiday Club in 2024 compared to 2023, and less
requests for funding people in need.
E6 Administration - Costs have reduced in 2024 by 6.9 % to £8.538.
E5
E7
Projects - Also project costs are down by 75 % this year, as we only had
expenditure on the 'Raised from the Bed. Garden project at St Paul's.
E8
Training - Training expenditure reduced by 66 % to £1,804
Hospitality - At church services and events totalled £2,293 in 2024,
compared to £2.740 in 2023.
E9
E10 Services - Expenditure on services was also down in 2023.
E11 Teams - We spent slightly more on volunteer events this year £813, it's good
to celebrate with our volunteers, who do such a wonderful job.
Risk Assessments, Controls and Procedures
The PCC operates under a mature system of controls and procedures develop over
many years of operation. and the PCC monitors finance and operational issues
routinely as part of its regular PCC meetings.
Financial Risk
The PCC receives routine updates on the cash balance of all funds at every PCC
meeting, and a full report as part of the annual accounts and APCM.
Urgent and in-budget expenditure is discussed and agreed by the Standing
Committee, whilst non-urgent and out of budget expenditure is agreed by the PCC.
Collections are always counted by two people. all payments are authorised by two
people via Expense Plus. Banking of Income is ordinarily managed by the
Churchwardens.
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The Church holds Ecclesiastical general insurance to cover its key liabilities and
risks.
Reserves Policy
It is PCC policy to endeavour to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that
equates to around three months of church workers, salary costs £22,420.
It is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies.
The PCC is aware that major repairs to the church tower are required.
CONCLUSIONS
Income 2024
We managed to exceed our Income budget for 2024. We budgeted for income
totalling £219,366. We actually achieved £242.022. A great result. Thank you to all
those who have given money to the church this year.
The Parish Giving Scheme continues to be a blessing in helping us to budget better
and the amount given by this method however did increase. PGS giving in 2024
totalled £88.920 compared to £86,849 in 2023. Some people left church in the final
quarter of 2024, which may have a significant effect on PGS giving in 2025.
In 2024 PGS accounted for nearly 79.8 % of our voluntary giving.
Expenditure 2024
We managed to keep below our budget in 2024. Our budget was £264,026, we
actually spent £258,658
In 2024 we budgeted for a deficit of -£44.660, we actually improved on that by
achieving a much smaller deficit of -£16,636
We still rely heavily on grant funding to resource our staff and volunteers involved in
providing much of our excellent missional work, apart from one grant, these will all
come to an end at the end of 2025.
Steve Shuttleworth
Treasurer St John & St Paul Widnes (Transform Widnes}
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The thJrth•• PCC kn ￿￿nI4)le for prnp8thn [4 th6 be0￿￿1¥.. Th8 churrhoB PCC tr￿1 an 8￿1111# not
rnqulrod undw 144(2) of th• Charltloo Ad ￿1? Uho Acl) &)(1 lThlepwNJwrt Ex•mlrwtK>n ￿ newJ￿.
It J8 ftly rwpO￿I¥llty to:
. Examlno tho ocroJni• urKJ•r 8•dkn 145 rflhi 2011 A
. To folh7W tlo lakl In th• txtK4th1 ty th• Comml81kn undér #&kn1144SXb} of th8 2011
. To 8t•te P￿￿11r mattw8 h•v• iyyno kn my •ttontbn.
B*•l• al th1• r•port
My axamln8Von wao (¥n*l out kn *>J)rf8nce G•nwAI ofv8n ty th• Chthfy CommWM. Thal wmlnai
It 41•0 1fid￿ COM￿*￿#th)ft d ￿Y unwuol or dWwJr•• In the Iwvrn PCC
rK*mlr*J any guth m8110rn. The proCW￿r1ffj not prDvld• wl(len(* tb8t thwkl ts• rnjulrod In an I￿j11 WKI
nwuonty ￿ oplrthM li •J lo th• FKWII • vlw •nd th• rwt kn Ilmtod to Ihx•
Thtr pmL*lurvB tmdwlokn do provjde all I￿ Ihal Im￿h? bè r•quirnd li ￿ oudlL l (kn
oxpre88 an Budit oplnk)n on the tho &XYAJnt•.
Ind•p•nd•ftt•xamln•rf• •l•t•m•nt
(11 glv88 me rnaumoblo k¥ bdkn*• thAt In •fty ff*wlol i•op*X Ih¢ rwulreArwts:
. to kosp accxlunting rn(x>rd• In •o(thn 130 01 lh• 2011 A<.
. lo pmpere aLxount• ￿*¥￿ ￿1h tho a(o)unUw rnrtyd• •nd ¢*)rnpty *lth tho trfxxJunilr¥J (rf tho Aca
Hove rnt beon mat or
{2) to Th1￿￿. In my ￿nk￿l. •tt•ntkJn •hould b• dr?￿1 In order to w￿bI& • ol tho 8￿1$ to
FCA
Ma￿)ckS Grtnd
18 Plulbwry A¥￿￿¢
Wldn•b. c￿hlY* WA8 OWN
2*/f/2r

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL QF
8T JOHN ST PAIL VIDNE8
8TATEMEKT OF FINAtsc￿ MTE8
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEWBER 29Z4
P•p 18
.898 £ 65.sr2
1.885 £
750 £
4&7 £ 380 £
23.307 £
63.f*r2 £
2%217
424.240 t O8.•w e
161.
2.835 £
813 £
23,307 £
63.899 £
239.217 £
4•4.2J•
2032
IrrMFbTrTr3rfr&
TrnAlitwJ
71,871
197 £
198.
Tol•l Ir¥e4W
130.150 £ Ki.81
16.9
41,088 £
41.888 £
42,217
£ 237.943
41&7B8 £ ?) 813 t
237.943 £ 22Z202
4k001 .£
b24470
8Aa2 £ 12U14) £
(15¥21.£
{Jo,6Y
Fur41 Trnn*f¥(• In
Tr•n,whr• (
£W141£
Mvl l Ouwry R•¥ou
Ilxfor• AM•1
8A62 £ {W14) £
11S.362)
100,
N•¢ Mov•m•ht of F&•
To1•1 Fund* Forw&Fd
Tal•1 Fund• Fonbwrd
.452 I ZJ.814 £
143.219 £ •3 Pé3 £
161.871 t 70 149 £
11FJ62
2)7.1￿ £
221.12fj e
SQ.6Y
217,854
302J
72,48
27.070
' IUnrMtthII
St PO￿* Bulldiff4 Fur%1 (Ro•trka•dl
TNW SDF IR••trfct•d)
Trnrthm) Tots IR••trkthd)
Kkkn & Ycth IR•#tr*Xth1}
Youth by {R•thcWI
U￿rrO01 OM C4immw*ty Fwvj
(Re41rt￿l
Loof (Ir￿1 Chtsfma• Ktsal)
78.8
28.952 £
£ 28.952 £
6BO £
1.159 £
8.894 £
3.085 £
£ 12.43) £
1.159 E
6.694 £
3.085 £
1.894
7.391
2.494
12.4￿) £
15,Q17
3.031 £
8.474 £
3.031 £
4.796
Trnnlform MlTrl4 IR¢Jatr,¢%•d)
P•oplo In N••d ID8•1gnatedl
St Pa￿¥ Gafdèm IRfr&%ckndl
Dwl4n8l•J (DMv)n•ts11
,474 £
1.852 E
1,￿0 £
8.793
1.852 £
1.3CQ £
IR88trlrt•dl
l*)Iklwy ￿ F￿￿1 HBC IR••tri¢X•J)
JMF Grnnl {RO￿t9￿)
Prn S¢lwl
3.870 £
3.e70 £
8.318
1.sie
3,107
60,334
8,788
237, 112
70.811 £
70,611 £
TOT￿ FUND8
181 071 £ 70 149 £
221,820 £

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
ST JOHN ST PAUL WIDNES
BALANCE SHEET
P89e 19
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
NOTES
Total 2024
BALANCE SHE￿ BY Fut40
Cury•nt A•*•t•
at rank ani
Accoun18 R8c8ivable
Pr8 school accounts ro¢elv&iile
PrBpayments
Pf8 School B8nklCa8h
Gufr•rrt A*••t• Tot•1
Non-Curr8nl kn•ots
F4xod Assets
Pro School Flxod A880ts
Inv88trnbnts
Non£urr•trt Ao••t• Tot•1
Curr•nt Llabllftl
A￿nI#
Dof6rr8é Incom8
Pre School Li8bilitie8
Curr•nt LJwblllth• Total
Non£urr•nt Llxbl:Itl••
Lorfv..: Tonn Loan J m￿.¥46
Non4urT•nt Llgbllltl•4 Total
Tgtsl Not A•40ts ABz•ts Mlnus Llabllltl•
Prlor Yoar 2023
3,078.00 £
4,477.00 £
690.00
10,025.00
£ 70 748.00 £
£ 172.806.00 £
57 098.00
180,071.00
£ 57,292.00 £
s￿.00 £
59,873.00
3,853.00
£ 57.798.00 £
61726.00
5119.00 £
8.482.00 £
4 888.00
8 615.00
£ 221.B20.IMI £
237,182.00
R• r￿ont*d B
UNRESTRICTEP FVNDS
nT9sinct601
Poople In Need (l)oslw8t6d)
D0yl9n8ted FtJnd$ {D8slgnal8dl
Pre School Unr03tnci8(S
UNRESTIUCTED FUNDS TOTAL
RESTRICTED FUNDS
>1 Paul ts BU1￿{n9 FJno (iiestrlct8d)
TNW SDF {Rè8lrtGt8d)
Tran8torm Tot8 (Rostnctvd)
K￿5 & Youth IR081nctod)
Youth by the P8fk {R08tncted)
Liv61pooI On8 Community Fund {RB8tYctBdl
Long Loaf (In¢l Chn8tma8 Me81) {Re8lrthd)
Tr8n8lomi Mlnds {R8$tritt,ed1
St Paul'8 GB¥rJg115 {RestlGlwJ)
UISC Re8trict8c Fund8 & Proj￿￿ IR6SVFci￿lj
Holiaay ACts￿ty Fund HBC {RoslnGted)
JMF Grant {Ra8tnct8d)
Henry Smith Grnnl (R8BtnctedJ
Pr8 School R86tric18
RESTRICTED FUNDS TOTAL
FUNDS TOTAL
NOTES
2024
2023
£7
.869
£1.852
£339
£70611
£151.671
£1,080
£339
£69 334
£143219
£28.9S2
£690
£1.159
£6,694
£3,085
£72,430
£3.031
£8.474
£1,300
£3.670
£664
£0
£0
£0
£70 149
£211 820
£27,07
£2,604
£1,69
£7,391
£2,d94
£15,01
£4.19
£8.79
£4,98
£6.31
£1.516
£3,10
£8,T88
£9396
£237 102
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 24th April
2025 . And signed on its behalf by:
Miss G Evans (Trustee)
Miss L Hughes (Trustee)

P898 20
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST J¢JIN AND ST PAUL. WIDNES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For th• y•ar •nd•d 31 0•￿rnb•r 2024
Accollntl￿ polldes
Tho fina￿￿81 Bt8lOm￿ts have boon propgrnd In Jccordanco wlth the Church ACc￿nIl￿a R6gu181Jon$ 2006
together vAth applk4bla 8oo)unllng stsndard8 and the Charfttos SORP 2005.
Th• finondal Jtstements have been prnpar•d undor the hl8torlc81 rx>si (x)nv8ntr'c￿ excyt for the valuatlon of
Inv8Btrwt awts, ththlch aro shown at markni value.
Funds
Endowmgnt Funds are lund8. the e8pll81 of wl)Ich muBt bo ￿Inth1n•d. Rests7dod Funds aro funds *thich may
only be ex￿0d on ttb8 ope(>fic obJKt for T*thlch Glvon. UNgStrI￿ Funds are 9￿¢￿1 furKls whlch
(¥n be used for PCC ordlnary pur5xJw. Funds deslgn8tod for 8 Parv￿181 puryx)xo by the PCC aro albo
The financ481 gtatem•nts Indu(le all tr8nsa¢Uon8. 8380ts •nd 18blllUè8 for whlch the PCC18 responslble In law.
Tlw do not Indude rnnts of churth grwps Ihat <)we tr￿f mAln 8ffi11Ollon to anottw boty nor tr•38e thal
aro inforn)al gathertrvJ8 of Churth membwo.
In¢omlng R••ou
Voluni8ry Incom• and c8pnel 8ource8
Coll8cllon6 are recogn160d vthen r￿￿1ved by ￿ on boham of the PCC.
Plannod Ivlng rocelvablo urmlof gm is recowl8ad onty WI￿1 recolved.
InC￿e tsx recover3￿8 on glft ald donakns is racogn1￿ kn the income18 r8cognl8ed.
Grants aThY1Ogacl￿ lo tho PCC 8rn a¢counlad as soon 8$ tho PCC Is notifigd ol Its legal entttlem8nt •rKJ thé
gmount due13 quan11fi8bla and its ultlmatg rncxlpt by tho PCC Is roo6Mably c4rtaln.
Fund$ raljed by the feto, g8rd8n pBty 8nd 8imllar events affj a(xwntod for gro8S.
8ooknt811 In(xyne18 In th• bas18 ol comm183lon rec•iv8d as tho Stock Is on 8 sale or r&￿ed ba￿8,
C¥her Income
R￿ts1 Inwme Irom thelolllng of thurch promlses Is recAJgnl8ed the rents118 d￿.
Incoma fnyn If￿￿tAk￿nts
Dividends are 8¢c￿nted for when duo 8nd payablg and Intsre8t enlJtlem8r4ts aro accounted lor 83 occrue.
Tax ￿¢￿￿Table on such In(>)mo 16 rocogni8ed In the a<%(xmbng yw.
G￿n$ 8nd10&g88 on Inv8stm8nts
Ro8lls&* g8lnB or105608 are Wlsed wban 4nV•Jtr￿ts 8re •cAd.
Unr••118ad gains or FoM•8 8rg aGcounted fw on rnvaluollon of Invo8trn¢nts at 31 Docwiber.

Grnnts
Grnnts and donallons aro accwnt8d for when pald over. or awarded. If tho1 owar(l (xoatss a blndlng
obllgatlon on lh8 PCC.
Pag8 21
ActMll8s dlredtyrnlating lo thB th of thfr Chwch
Tho dkJ(xsan parl8h quota IB 8CCX)untad fc* when pald. Any parfgh 8harn unpald at 31 D•cember1s pr￿Ided for
In acu>unts as an opw4tbn81 (thc4Jgh not 8 logal) Ilabllity a￿11¥ •• 8 (xgdltor in tho Balanc8 ShoeL
Con3mtod and benofKxd proporty of ony klTh$18 axduded frorn ts accounts by $.9612Xa) of the Charflles Acl
1993.
Movèable ¢hurch fumlghingB hokl by th• Vlcar 8nd Churthwardens cm sp￿￿81 trust for the PCC ond whlch
roqulre a I8￿[ty fc¢ dl¥Josal aro Bccountad 88 InAllen8ble prcp8rty unlo88 con80tt816d. They 8re118t•d In the
Churth's Inventory Vthlch can be In$pectsd (81 any rnB3on8blo time). For InalIpA￿b1e propwty 8C4ulred fv to
(2000) th6re18 Insul￿>￿t trjst Information Av8118b10 and theth sjch au613 are nol valued In th• alyxunts.
ac4ulred slnce 1 J8nu8ry (2000) hav8 boon COFAlalis8d and dopwiotod In th8 8(%ounts over tholr
currently anlc4pat•d u8eful O￿nOMIC Ime.
JI w8ndI￿re ITr￿￿￿d In the )•ar on (x>nsecrntod or b8nefKed b￿￿1n08. irKIMdual Itom8 undor £1.000. or on
the repalr of moveable church lumlthings 1$ WFltten off.
Other Ilxturns, fittlngs and I￿5¢e equlpmfrnl
Equlpmont used V•rythln the church proffllsos Is depredatod on 6 stralght Ilr* b•810 over 4 yoar8 and M a 16%
duclng b81oru basls In Some c4sos. Indmduaf Items of 0qulwl￿t wlth 8 Purd￿80 prlce of £500 ￿1005 are
WTltt¢n oll t•A)on the a860t Is a¢qL•ltBd. The clJurGh Hall ￿lI01Th918 belng doprocl8tod ovor 50 yearB. strabght Ilrle
bag19.
Invostmonts
Invostrnonts are valued at nNqrk•t V81uo 8t 31 Docembor.
CunBnt 8S8gts
Amounts cNing to PCC at 31 D8¢ombef In r08P8Ct of feoB. ￿nts or other IncfXnO are shown as debtcys less
proviston for anwnts that rroy prov• urKolltttsbl8.
Short48rn1 deposlts indude c43h held m ijepoglt eitr￿r wlth th6 CBF Church of Englarxl FuTh#B or 81 Iho bank.

PA4OcNl￿ CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE pAACtN￿ cHu￿m COUNCL OF THE PhKBH OF ￿ JCXIN A¥D sr vixiiie8
F(*T th• ¥1 lknmlw 2tr24
211Z4 T•t*l
71.978
Toul
n.169
£ 75238,
MNG
,'GMNG PLANNED
5rJoHps PRE SCfrVJOOLHMRC
'$rjoH￿l PAESCWLPAEhiSES
',txrERML HIRES
HI8EOF PAEM
HillEOF PAEMISES
MNG
MK
MMG
Aji
GMNG ONE4>FF
IGMNG Acfmries
£ ￿755
750
.ST PAiJiS GARDEN PPOJEcr
1.250
eR IP4COME
CHAAGE5 sfjoHNs￿msEft£C￿A6E
IRIKOME
GMNG SERVICE COLLECTh?NS
.PRE INCOME
INcwi 70TALS
2x217
É 424W' £ %.•99
£ 196?33'.
£ I73￿3.
7VI4TOknI
FFIW
L¥IUACII
DI￿E￿N cosr5 . ji)ILKEWI FEES
BUILDINGS
'.BLMLLy￿UnLmtSIIP6
CHARGES StiOHN5 PRE IIMRC
BUILD1P￿s
D￿l￿￿TK)ll *LWITriiThTr014
Mf*gONAL GIVI
,£
El
941
Sm
4916
PROJEa5
,XiDS &YLXtTH
UTAEACH
&35a
441
E•
1740
NING
TKIJNIPWGACIVP RESOURCÈS
lu
Efo
PEOPLE IN IIEEO
AWCES
El•
8UILThNG PR()J£crs
Isf PAVLS RWF PROJ
5r PAULS TOWEA PROJECT
PRE SCtriOOL EXPÉMDNUAE
£ 4630
e7
PROJEcf5
£ lJ7.

CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE P￿0ClU￿ C￿CH COUIICIL OF THE PARISH OF ST JOHN ￿lD 8T PAUL IMI)ME8
IIOTE8 TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEIAEKf8 (Conllnwd)
Frfy th• ymr 31 LI￿1￿b*1 X124
P•p 23
4 STAFF COST
2024
02.973
81.(K19
2.501
s￿￿81 s￿￿lIty CO￿ INIC)
6,952
FIXED A88E18 FOR U8È BYThE PCC
Pr••hold
L4nd &
Bulldkng• FKtEnu• Egulpn•nl
Totsl
GR088 BOOK V*LUE
At 1 J•n•ury 2024
122.n5
13.74T
31.
187.588
318
318
At 31 Downbw 2024
13 747
31 402
ie7 884
DEPRECIATIO
Al 1 2024
Chaftyo th• )•
D•pf•d•ikr on ￿￿)••11
Al 31 D•cwnb•r 2024
12.910
125
27232
103,840
e,248
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 D￿￿bIr2￿￿4
712
Joi
Al 31 D•c•Trbw 2023
63 726
4b) In￿kn￿RI1
Samuol Kkld L•gocy a Dhxwn R•p•k Fw
M**8t V•lu•

THt PMOCHIAL CHURCH CCXIMCIL OF TTrE PARI8H OP SY JOHPI AIAD ST PAU4 ￿D￿E
IIOTEI TO THE FINAlI￿L $TATEklEIIT8 IConthw•d>
Fty th• •nd•d 31 l>•G•mb¥ a124
P•p• 24
ANALYwa OF ￿ A38Ef8 BY FUND
37,740
102,357
6T.798
IT2,6L
70,14•
Fund
151871
7 DEBTOR•
10,715
10,715
23
303
5.119
661S
FUND DETAILS
Re*lthl Fur¥J• arn *.>*n ￿ naty 11.
10 UMRE•ThICTED FVIIDS
2424
2023
FuTrJ
St P•￿1 8ufb*¥ FUTh1
F•rA?￿lP
149.4ao
141.OTrJ
161871
143219
11 RE8TRIrn FUNDS
2024
2023
Tots Grnni
Kk1• •TrJ
L¢)•f gr•nl
St F￿
JMF Or•nnt
TNW 8DF
Yothtyth•P•
Sl
1,159
1.894
7.391
4.198
27,0
3.107
3.D31
28.962
2.494
3.870
H•nry Srnth Gr•
Lherp￿S One C*)mmu￿￿￿v)
HoMd#y •t*vfty fw
6,310
8.786
15.017
IA16
8,793
12.430
8.474
12 TIiAN8FER BETWEEII FUNDS
il R•lthd P•rtl••

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
ST JOHN ST PAUL WIDNES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEhl8ER 2024
oluntsry In¢orn•
(yiing
11o¢lon4 at Sm*
2024 TOTAL
8.190.CQ £
20352.1￿ £
4.651 £
12.850
21,081
Lknnts (rnrAwrfTV4 oTrMffJ
50.192 £
50,1f
239217
4Q.Im6
239217 £
345344 £
olyntary IfKomè tots
Fundf*l$lTh% A¢ttTrtiks
r*jr•IaI￿ nuxn•
55.672 £
Retslrted
Irxr*r*•
2024 TOTAL
tsbJtsy R•t*lnxf tytho PCC •t.)
1.653 t
2M6 £
Unr•Jtyirte(I
577 £
2024 TOTAL
Oth•r totyl
INCOMING RESOURCES TOTAL
76JlO £
414240 £
612 £
56.999 £
77A22
481239
EXPENDEO RE%XIRCES
Fundr•hlry4 AcU¥ld
FLwth1￿n9 Cwtt
Fyndr&lolniActlvltl•s tot41
Ch¥vfh Aai4St
202470TAL
296
296 £
41.eao £
17.910 £
3.iV2 £
69071 f
41.8
1.378
63,4JB £
y&St•ffEuv
64350 £
I33￿18
Ru1￿1r$ Ewptr)••• Ilw
Ulllty Bll
of Tr8dkn.".
38,075 £
30208 £
616 £
69.940 £
16A63 £
85H03
Expen•ès
237.943 £
237.943 £
137.943
237,t113
C4pltal Exp*i,
lor Churrh & othw PCC Pft¥>•fy Rep*rn
2.431 £
2.431
•totsl
Othei totsl
PAYMEPIISTOTAL
29,549 £
,813 E
496,601