*stJ8Lb, Original. f Y LPI IN U The ParochRg1 Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. John Leyland. Diocese of Blackburn. Registered Chgrity Number: 1175098 Annual Report and Financial Ststements for the )ear ended 31 December 2023 Incumbent: Rev Andrew Meeson It John's Vicarage, Leyland Lane, Leylgnd PR25 IXB Independent Examiner: Rev A A Clements MA, ACIB. FCIE 15 Carleton Road, Great Knowley* Chorley• Lancs PR6 8TQ. Contents. Annual Report Pages 2 - 10 Financial Statements Pages 11- 15 Independent Exgminer*s Report Page 16 Parochlal Church Councll of th• Eccl••lasfjcal Parl•h of St John Leyland Annual Royt For tho yur ended 31 DoG•mb•r 2023 (This r8POrt is made in accordafK• with the chu￿ R￿rn8entat￿ Rules (2020) and is separ8te fmm any statement or addrnss that the incumbent may wtsh to make or any reports that any olher individual or parish group mgy pTrsent at the A.nnual Parochial chu￿ Meeting. It is th8 means by whKh the PCC gives and aGGount of Ik)w it has fulfilled its respon&bilitffjs during the year in questions and of it fvtuTr plans.) Admlnlstratlv• Inft>rrnatlon St John's Church is situated in Leylarmd Lane. Leyland. It is part of the Diixese of Blackburn within the Church of Enaland. The correspondence address is St John's Vicarage. Leyland Lane, LeylarKI PF125 IXB. Under the terms of section 3 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 the Parochial Church Council IPCC! is a body rnrwratp and became a register￿ rb.arity on 11 November 2017. PCC members who have served from l January 2023 until the date this report was approved are: Ex officlo Rev Andy Meeson Rev Mark Wcrfxling Audrey Waring Dave Champness Appointmènt startedl•nd•d Incumbent Assistant Curate c.hurch Warden Church Warden /Data Protection offi￿rI Gift Aid SecrArary Licensed Lay Minister PCC Secretary Visinn r.hamr)inn risJ - elect@d May 2023 Re - elected May 2023 Sue Champness Caroline Waring To May 2023 Philip Morgan Tracey Johnson Deanery Syn()d Rep Treasurer To May 2023 Co-opted to May 2023 Electod membern Mark Smith Trarey Johnson Aii50n Mcrf)re Chrissy Gynes Liz Bp.avpr Mel Stafford Sarah Stirzaker Pat Rrnwn Judith Watson Sue Rhodes Tèrm endod May 2023 Elprted May 2027 Elerted May 2023 Treasijrer PCC Secretary Safeguarding Officer Died April 2023 It Is consldered that all PCC members arKI any others who could be understood as 'manaoefS' in the activities and affairsof St.John'sChurch: Leyland are deemed to be 'fit and properf persons under the terms of the Finan￿ Act 2010. AI PCC member elected for thefirsttime and any otherswho have been re- elerted after an absence of some time are provided wth a copy of "What ig the PCV" a document which summarises the purFose of the PCC and expectations of its members and they are invited to meet with the PCC Treasurer, Wardens an￿or Incumbent for fvrther explanation of the role and to be briefed on the Pre￿ryt situattoD. o! the Parish. Structure. governance and management The method of apF)ointment of PCC members ￿ set out in the Church Representation Rules 2020. Atl church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Floll and stand for election to the PCC. The Standing Committee is the only committee to be in pla￿ by law. It has the power to transact the business of the prc between mpetirbg5. 5ubjer.t to ratification by the PCC. Its members from January to April were A Meeson. A Waring, D Champness, C Waring S Stirzaker and T Johnson. From Mayto Decembèr theywére A Meeson. A Waring. D Champness. A Moore. S Srirzaker and Tjohnson. ObJ8¢tive8 and actlvltl•8 The PCC is aware of the Charity Commission'5 guidance on public benefit in The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit, and have regard to it in their administration of the Parish. The PCC believes that, by fulfilling its responsibility to work together with the incumbent and to Co-operate in all matters of concern and importance for the promotion of the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evan.gs*listic. gxial an.cf ecumpnical. it promdes a beD.efit to the publir by. providing resources and facilities for wblic worship. pastoral care and spiritual: moral and intellectual developmenL both for its members and for anyone who wishe5 to benefit from what the Church offer promoting Christian walues and service by members of the Church in the Parish to its community, to the benefit of individualsand society as a wholÈ. The PCC recognises that in relation to 'Risk Assessment,, risk is defined as the threat of any action or event which will adversely affect an organisation's ability to achipyp it v r auiil"- , ier -￿1￿¥ -Gr,-,e￿¥iVi ID li Itv Lhe li worship of the church. This year our Wednesday Hub fundraiser supported Admiral Nurses (Dementia UK). Christmas is a great opp)rtunity to share the g¢Jod news of Jesus and it was a real joy to welcome more visitors of all ages to our services than in previous years. Some of these are nowworshipping with us (morel regularly in 2024. 2023 was also a year when we strengthened relationships with our mission partners as we enjoved visits from Lvdia.. lames. Juliette. and Family. Paul Robinson. Helen Neville from the Leyland CAP centre: Fiona Stevenson IMAFI., and Andrew and Pamela Dudgeon from Plattorm E7 Itwee). The number of children and young people exploring faith in Jesus at St lohn's has continued to increase this year. By Gc*J's grace, the major changes we made to our ministries as we unlocked from Covid - especially 4 0'cIc￿k Live, Acorns. and YouthDOT rom - rontrinJi e to beaT fruit sip.ce 2020 the peTcentage of children in our worshipping community ha5 risen from 7%to and our Sunday attendance of under l&year-olds has more than doubled to 24%. Thi5 equates to an increase from 7 to 33 children in our worshiDping community and we now have an average of18 children attending on a Sunday (increased from 5 children in 20201. Seeing more young people and their families grow in fairh and seek to live out a life following Jesus continues to be a great joy_ In July a film crew from the Church of England spent three days with us to create a video about ourwork with children. youth. and familiok It has been a real encouragement to hear of the film (released in November) in4)iring Otty￿s towards a vislon which priixitises mlnistry to children. youth. and famille& One of our goalsthis year was to explore the recruitment of a paid worker in children. youth andlorfamilies ministry. A recruitment team metduring theyear and discerned lin conversation wth the PCCI that we should focus the role on ¢xsrdinating our outreach and discipleship of young people 1*11-18 years). We developed an ambitious and exciting job description and budget. The vision was to secure funding for 3-5 years before advertising the role. This would amount to approx. ￿22,00￿728,[X?O. WhilsL we have a potential £50.765 set aside for thi5 project that still left a large shortfall. Unfortunately. we V￿re unsuccessful with a bid to the Parish Vision Fund for £20,000. We plan to regroup in 2024 and discern the most appropriate next step& On a rnore personal note, I continued in my seconded role as Wisiting Lecturer at Oak Hill College during the first hapfof 2023. However. I doclinod tho roauest to continue thls role into the next academic year. This was partty because I was appolnted as Area Dean of Leyland by the Bishop of Blackburn and took up the posi at Easter. With this role comes additional administrative support so it has been a joy to welcome my PA Mandy Stanton, to the ministry of St John's this year. Finally, I was very thankful to be granted study leave14th September to 3rd December) as I began thefinal year of my PhD resÈarch. l am immeasurab grateful to all those took on additional respon5ibiltties during my period of leave to enable this to happen. Rev A. S. Meeson February 2024 Flnanclal Revl•w Summary The church suffered a deficit on unrestricted fvnds of £5.847 in 2023 P022: deficit £5.9911. after transfers of £4.787 from our outreach groups and other desionaied fijnds. Thls deficit was funded from the UCF designated fund (see page 91. Total unrestrirted fund balances including destgnations at the yearend increased to £50,34812022". £41:6881 and restricted fund balances increased to £62:901 P022". £54,735). Explanations for these change5 are prowded below. Unre•trlctsd Income Total unrestricted income for 2023 was £70,832 12022 £67,935). We V￿re again blessed bythefactthat many regular donorsdcM)ated tystanding order and others switched to the Parish Giving Scheme and contactless givino. Planned gtving increased to £44,IWI (2022 £40.7401. and Week￿ cashlcontactless collections Increased to £5,708 P022. £5,642). £1l,9r/ p022: £1l,I601 VRS recovered from HMRC In respect of tax deducted from Gift Aided income. Contributions for the use of premises from community groups increased to £4,039 (2022.. £3Jll and we received ￿.6c￿(2022: fj500} in fees from Oakhlll College as Andy Meeson did a second year of lecturing. Unrnstrlctsd ex￿ndIt￿re Total unrestricted expenditure for the year vras £79.465 P022: £75596). 75% P022. 74%1 of this expenditure (£59,460) wa5 in resFect of the parish share and wcarage costs, which increased in total by £3222 The cost of runnin9 the church. lounqe and grounds including rna1ntenan￿. increased to a7,181 (2022" fj53451. primarl due to higher energy costs and general maintenance. as the PCC catches up wlth ongoing maintenance dÈlayèd in recent year< Unr•8trlcted de8lgnated funds As referred to above, the totsl of unrestricted furth at ￿ December 2023 was £50348. This included designated funds of £29.060 12U22: £20.4IX)} and unrestricted free resetves of £2128812022: £212881 The PCCS wlky is to try to maintaln a lÉvel of free. unrestr￿ed funds equal to at least 3 months, expenditure, which currentty equates to approximately £20,000. The total of unrestricted. unde5i9nated. free reserve5 at 31 December 2023 remained at £2128812022 £212881, vthich s broadly in line with this policy The closing balances on all designated fijnds are shown on page IS The most significant designated funds were as follov Low•r Income Communllle8 Fund (UCF) we were again extremdyfortunateto be awarded £20972 tythe Diocese from the LICF fund and the PCC continued to recognlse thisfunding separatety and pay the full uarish share rÉqu@SL rather than net the two off. The LICF granl has been all￿ated to a designated fund to be used to fund mission giving to our agreed mission partners other mission related expendFture and any unrestricted deficits The grant received was added to the balance brought forward at the beginning of the year of £8,774, giving total available fijnds of Q9,745. During 2023, £3.648 was paid to our mission partners QTn funded property costs for the curate's house, £451 was used to getup 3 new office and £3.847 was used to fund the unrestricted deficit. The unspent balance of Q9,024 is carried forward to 2024. Other When our various outreach groups restarted in the aLrtumn of 2021, the finances for each group were transferred into the main PCC accounts and the Other Designated Funds comprise thecombined income,expendtture and closing funds for all of these groups RMtrlct•d lund8 Bulldlng Fund Donation" of £5.650 and Cifr. Aid i-. e o¥ £2,958 .￿￿ reCep￿d '.n *he ' costs of £2,273 were incurred in respect of repair5 to the hall celling and architect de￿gnS for remcxjelling the steps from the church foyer tothe hall to make them more accessible. The closing balance of ￿0,795 will be used towards this and other projects in 2024. Chlldrnn and Famlll•x' Workar Funds The balance held on thls account at the end of the year of is being carried forward following the death of Barbara Lang. our Children's and Families. Worker, atthe end of 2021. A grouc) has been set UDto puttogether a project plan forfuture children's and youth work and the furKJs held wlll be used towards the fvnding of the resulting project Nofyn Camp Fund Income of £415 was received in the year and sutsidie5 of fj20 were paid to asslst young people vtho attended the summer earn￿ £1+02 was carrled forward at the year end. Welfare Fund Income of É1,038. including Gift Aid. was received and Q.031 was expended to help those in need in our community. A balance of £695 vrds held at the year end. Communlcatlons Fund £1,7￿ was spent in the year on the final payment for the new church sign and new printer. The balance at the yearend was Q568. Parfsh Sharn Support Fund A donation of £8,000. together V*ryth Gtft AKI tax of QOCK), v￿5 received in 2027. In the event that the church becomes ineligible to recetve LICF grant funding, or rf thisfunding is withdrawn for any other reason: this fund can be used towards the payment of the parish share, to the extent that it G3nnot be funded from in year income. Interest of £51 was added in the year. bringing the balance to £tO321. Futur• Pla The PCC is committed to contlnuing its mission to spread the gwd news of the gospel and 10 seive the people of its parish in Leyland and plans for the future are included in the Incumbent's Review on page 5 -7. R•port approved by tho PCC on 11 PAarch 2024 and slgnod on ￿ bohalf by Andrew Meeson (PCC Chalr). io ## **Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John Leyland** ## **Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 December 202:1** ## **Receipts and Payments Aceoun1** |**Receipts and Payments Aceoun1**|**Receipts and Payments Aceoun1**||| |---|---|---|---| |**2023**
**Unretried**
**f**
**Receipts**
**_Voluntar rceit_**
**Regula giving**
**Plaed giving: covenated**
**38,305**
**Plaed giving: ucovented**
**5,882**
**Collections**
**5,708**
**Oter volunt income ad donati<**
**399**
**Income tax rovercd**
**11,927**
**62,221**
**Oer voluntry receipts**
**Donations ad a eals**
**Grt**
**_Reei fom churh acl_**
**Fes**
**2,229**
**Conibutions fm churh groups**
**100**
**Contibutions fm non-hurch gr**
**4,039**
**6,368**
**_Income fm inl1enl_**
**Ba interest**
63
**_Non-reurg lume_**
**Let foes**
**1,600**
**Ene/a Spac,e gt**
**1,6 **
**Total reeipts**
**70,832**||**2f23**
**2023**
**202**
**Dignate Restricte**
**Totl**
£
**f**
**f**
-
**360**
**38,66:5**
-
**120**
**6,002**
-
-
**5,708**
**8,659**
**4,841**
**13,899**
**1,195**
**3,038**
**16,159**
**9,854**
**8,358**
**80,433**
-
**5,767**
**5,767**
**20,971**
**20,971**
**20,971**
**5,767**
**26,738**
-
**2,229**
-
**100**
-
**4,039**
~~-~~
**6,68**
-
**1,763**
**2,406**
-
**1,600**
**1,366**
**1,66**
**1,366**
**2,9 **
**32,191**
**15,888**
**118,91!**|**2022**
**2022**
**2022**
**2022**
**Unrestricte Designate Retricte**
**Totl**
**_t_**
**_t_**
**!**
**f**
**35,80**
-
**410**
**36,210**
**4,940**
-
**210**
**5,150**
**5,62**
-
-
**5,642**
**2,042**
**5,885**
**1,899**
**9,826**
**11,160**
**561 **
**3,711**
**15,432**| ||**62,221**
**2,229**
**100**

**4,039**||**59,584**
**6,446**
**6,230**
**72,260**| ||||**33,371**
**33,371**
**17,708**
-
**17,708**
-
**17,708**
**33,371**
**51,079**
**3,120**
-
-
**3,120**
**3,311**
-
-
**3,311**| ||
**6,368**
63||**6,431**
~~-~~
~~-~~
**6,431**| ||||**420**
-
**420**
**1,50**
-
**1,500**
**1,787**
-
**1,787**| ||**1,600**
||| ||**1,6 **||**1,500**
**1,787**
~~-~~
**3,287**| ||**70,832**||**_ 67,935**
**25,941**
**39,601133,477**
**Page 11**| ## **Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John Leyland** ## **Fioancial Stat,·ments for tile year ended 31 Dee mber 2023** |**Rceip and Payent Accou■t**
**Paymub**
**_Clrc" a_**
**Ov� mi�.sion**
**1-Iom misicn**
**P'ash she**
**Cler exper s**
**P'arnage expn**
**Chu rnning e **
**Cos of servi•�e**
**Refhment:;**
**Sur cost;**
**Chuh building a ma nten**
**Chu Togte in Leylad**
**l�os to dioesverger/orgaist**
**l�ix ad cuip**
**_C"rcf __**
**_�m,?n ad ,mi_**
**Quinunnial sue**
**Misellaeous**
**Total f>■YlDt**
**Eues� of rceipts over payment**
**Tnnsfen b en dHigaated and mticlt funds**
**Tnnsien fm drsi••te funds**
**Ncl m->nme■t in year**
**Bal net 1t l Januar**
**Balanee at 31 Decembr**|**21)2**
Unrc:1t
£
**50**
**89**
**57,34**
**168**
**2,116**
**10,422**
**1,10**
**288**
**213**
**4,235**
**15**
**1,53**|**21)2**
Unrc:1t
£
**50**
**89**
**57,34**
**168**
**2,116**
**10,422**
**1,10**
**288**
**213**
**4,235**
**15**
**1,53**|**223**
**2023**
**202**
**Diate**
**Rcstrde**
**Totl**
**_t_**
**£**
'
**3,148**
**1,83**
**5,01**
**6,829**
**1,736**
**9,458**
**57,**
**2,777**
**2,945**
**2,J 1(1**
**10.22**
**202**
**l�i**
**281**
**213**
**1,195**
**2,273**
**7,70�i**
**151**
**1,561**
**13,948**
**6,074**
**�6�'**
**1,080**
**1,081**
**1,518 **
**2,43�1**
**1,080**
**1,518**
3,1�1
**15,028**
**7,592**
102os
**17,163**
**8,296**
**16,82(,**
**130**
**(130)**
**(8,633)**
**8,6**
**8,16**
**16,82(1**
**�.0,40**
**5,735**
9,423
:.9,0
**62,91 **
1]z4��|**222**
**2022**
**2022**
**2022**
**Un rntrdtd**
**Dattd**
**Rtstrk**
**Total**
'
**£**
'
'
**2,98**
**1,03**
**3,971**
**292**
**5,03**
**1,324**
**6,679**
**54,3%**
**54,396**
**40**
**2,578**
**2,978**
**1,82**
**1,842**
**10,582**
**l0,582**
**l,l09**
**268**
**1,377**
**241**
**241**
**530**
**530**
**2,483**
**9,862**
**26,932**
**39,277**
**15(1**
**150**
**2,225**
**2,225**
**1],676**
**5,77**
**18,953**
**74,250**
**34,087**
**34,86 **
**143,201**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**78,545 **||| |||**920 **||
**1,346**
**876**
**2,222**| |||**920**
**7945**
**(8,633)**
**8,633**||**1,346**
**876**
**2,222**
**75 5%**
**34,087**
**35,740**
**145,423**
**(7,61)**
**(8,146)**
**3,861**
**(11,946:,**
**7,61**
**( ,61)**
**(I 5,807)**
**3,861**
**(11,946:,**
**21,288**
**36.207**
**50,874**
**108,369**

| |||**0**
**21,288**||| |||**21,288**||**21¢88**
**20,4**
**54 735**
**9423**
**Pae 12**| Paroebial Church Cowncil of the E¢elesi*stl￿I Parish of St JohD Ixyland Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 Deeember 2023 Ststement of Assets ss at 31 December 2023 Monetsry Mxets lIDn￿trI¢ted Restricted Fundg Total Total 2022 C￿0Perntjve current account 27.737 7,￿)1 21.101 CBF dep)sit ￿0vnI 21466 55,IKKI T7366 75.060 145 145 262 50.348 62,901 113249 96.423 Designated Undesi 21258 50.348 Appn)ved by the PCC op 11 M•r¢h 2024 and •lg•¢d on Its behalf by: Trn¢ey JohDK Trefi94trer ChAir Pag¢ 13 Coudl orth* of S¢ Joh• FIMid*l 8l•frme•ts fortht Ye4rThl¢d 31 ikfrmlv2•2J AMI)4• •f UArt5trlrt￿ C*rlW4 El.111 iioJJ) 11,o•Ji 174dl 8,033 {3.147) ij,cthi Ruiil¢t•d F4*th 34991 ?J •) 2.151 J,6JQ Omt 2J6 1.7 120) 1291) (2•11 (uy.i) I￿) 4?9 N•trs ts the using th¢ re￿ ipts and payrnents b&si 3 Ml*l•• T￿•1 ri1￿1 P1th67 OMF MAF 736 2(x) 420 srkni 592 [da￿] ￿¢1#1$ EYaoFtulAlbty¢¢ F*n1￿W￿l i( 6.329 We]forcfiDI J.031 9.458 •Je rryyL*d r•X iJ*.1￿. Liabililw. 0.3 E5.f'.--. P¥lJ P.C.C. ofth¢ Paroehial c•1￿ of SL Jokn tqknnd Ji4,, a /2&i 2u2