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Parish of Great Marsden St John the Evangelist with Nelson St Philip

Registered Charity Number 1176541

Annual Report 2021

Great Marsden St John the Evangelist with Nelson St Philip ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Vicar’s Report & Vision – recovering

As I write this in Thy Kingdom Come week, I am reminded of Jesus’ teaching on prayer in Matthew where he introduces the Lord’s Prayer:

6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

7 “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.[8 ] Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him![9 ] Pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,

may your name be kept holy. 10 May your Kingdom come soon.

May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us today the food we need,

12 and forgive us our sins,

as we have forgiven those who sin against us.

13 And don’t let us yield to temptation,

but rescue us from the evil one.

Matt 6 (NLT)

For Jesus, prayer, talking to his Father, was the rock on which he operated. When his disciples ask him how to pray he replies not just with a prayer to say but with principles for our prayer lives:

Remember who we are praying to. He is our Father, infinitely above and beyond us and yet He asks us to call him Father, He calls us into family and intimate relationship with our Creator.
Pray for His Kingdom to come. Wherever hearts turn to Him as Father, seeking to do what He asks, there is His Kingdom.
Trust Him with all our needs.
Remember our frailty. Confess our sins daily and receive His forgiveness so that they no longer burden us with guilt.
Forgive others even if they don’t apologise.
Prayer for inner strength to overcome all that would pull away from following His ways.

Such prayer strengthens us to become more like Jesus. When we pray God acts. Jesus needed to pray all the time, so do we. As we look to the rest of 2022 and what God wants to do among us we will get nowhere if we do not pray as individuals daily and together. That is why we have started a rhythm of prayer throughout the week at various times both at St John’s and at St Philip’s. Do join in if you can. It will make a difference.

We started the year going straight into another lockdown.

In January we recommenced online services, continued with online prayers and continued with our online Alpha Course. We re-started Lighthouse down at St Philip’s as a takeout service. Anthony, Andrea and me enrolled on the LAL level 2 Food Safety Course online. We had been successful in getting grants for St Philip’s kitchen and café area and were slowly updating these areas. We were still delivering food parcels to people with Covid in the area through the council hub.

In February we had the funeral of one of the members of our Asian service Mr Aslam Ghouri in church, closely followed by the funeral for Mrs Nadra Stordy. Geoff joined our morning congregation afterwards.

In March we were able to recommence services in church on Palm Sunday. Our Asian Service also recommenced in church on Palm Sunday. We had a socially distanced Tenebrae service in Holy Week. Renee Harness, a very long standing church member, died.

In April we had a Good Friday service in the church garden and were able to hold our dawn Easter service also in the church garden. Since we were still not permitted to sing in church we sang a couple of Easter hymns in the car park on Easter morning.

In May St Philip’s School governors recruited a fabulous new head teacher at last, Rebecca Moulden and the school did its first church visit for a while. Andrea was accepted by Church Army to train as an Evangelist. The Diocese got on with getting St Philip’s building up to scratch which continued to create admin work for me.

In June/July work at St Philip’s continued to keep us busy. We got a commercial dishwasher with grant funding and our very own Dilwyn fitted the earth tag for us. Two of our church members were admitted to the hospice, Peggy and Stan. I led prayers at a memorial service for Inspire. We started doing refreshments again after the service. Beavers and Cubs started up again at church. The leadership team started to look afresh at our church vision aided by Rev Kamran.

In August we had the double sadness of losing Peggy and Stan whilst being confident of the hope of heaven. Enquiries for christenings recommenced. We had our first church BBQ for over two years. Asian, English and vegan BBQ food was served thanks to Bobby, Martin and friends. We bade farewell to Kamran who had been helping us with our Asian Service. He left to become the Vicar of Golders Green in London.

In September I started a local minister’s monthly prayer meeting together with the pastors from The Mission and Pendle Community Church. Lesley was relicensed as a Licensed Lay

Minister (LLM) instead of Reader at the triannual licensing service at the cathedral. I was invited to preach at The Mission’s evening service. I started a monthly online course called Mission, Theology and Ministry on the Margins.

In October Victor conducted our only wedding of the year between a Christian and a Sikh. Church looked splendid.

In November Andrea and I attended the Soul Survivor Leaders Day. It was the first in person conference for a long while and was really helpful. A group of women attended the first New Wine Women’s Day for two years in Manchester. It was a fab day. We had a parish share meeting with the Diocese, always nerve wracking for me. It was immensely affirming however. We agreed a deal for one more year. They agreed that we are not in a position in 2022 to increase our parish share but they will be looking for an increase in 2023. Currently we are paying less than half what we are asked for. At the end of the month I went on my first retreat for ages to St Oswald’s in Whitby. Despite work encroaching a bit it was really helpful.

In December we restarted Messy Church. We had an Open Day at St Philip’s marking the beginning of opening our doors again. Katrina lost her mum and we did the funeral in church. I also conducted the funeral of Michael Brierley who used to attend Lighthouse who was murdered on Berkeley Close. I was able to support his mum and friend. We let our Lighthouse community into St Philip’s for the first time for Christmas Dinner. We again did Carols in the Carpark at Morrisons this time in conjunction with The Mission. We conducted 15 funerals, 1 wedding and 2 baptisms.

Like every organisation the pandemic hit us financially really badly simply because we were closed for in person worship for significant periods and we lost a substantial amount of the giving we would have received. We were £10,000 short at the end of 2020. To make ends meet we had to dip into our mission and ministry fund. We have no reserves. That fund exists to enable us to do outreach and is the only way we can get a much needed Families Minister through applying for matched funding. We are immensely encouraged that there is a generous response to specific appeals. We are aware that some people give to their maximum capacity. We do however need to encourage every member to give generously and regularly according to their means if we are to be able to continue to build the Kingdom of God here and fulfil the vision we believe that God has called us to.

A beacon of hope Sharing God’s love

We are a community growing in God’s love; rooted in prayer and worship; learning together; inspired by compassion to action by bringing hope and working for justice.

God bless you all.

With my love as a fellow servant of Jesus,

Rev Lorelli Hilliard

Vicar

Administrative information

Parish worship is conducted at St John’s Church Centre situated on Barkerhouse Road in Nelson. The parish is part of the Diocese of Blackburn within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: Church Administrator, St John’s Church Centre, Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, BB9 9EY.

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a registered charity number 1176541.

Members who served from May 2020 until the date this report was approved are:

Ex-officio members

Vicar: Lorelli Hilliard Assistant Priest: Victor Sohail Wardens: Pauline Ashworth Andrea McLoughlin (resigned Aug 21) LLM: Lesley Wright Deanery Synod: Christine Price Janet Laycock Co-opted members: Treasurer: Helen Spencer Lay Evangelist: Andrea McLoughlin (from Sep 21)

Elected members:

*Elected members:*
Anita Leo	Elected member	Apr-23
AnthonyMay	Elected member	Apr-24
Babu Muzaffar	Elected member	Apr-23

Des Murphy	Elected member	Apr-22
Dilwyn Nicholas	Elected member	Apr-24
MaryRushton	Elected member	Apr-22
Pam Cork	Elected member	Apr-22
Rita White	Elected member	Apr-24
Saleem Gill	Elected member	Apr-23

Structure, governance and management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

Objectives and Activities

St John with St Philip PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the vicar, the Revd Lorelli Hilliard, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Achievements and Performance

Church attendance

There are 61 people at present on the electoral roll. 19 people are not resident within the parish boundaries and 42 are resident within the parish.

There have been 4 new additions this year.

PCC Review of the year

PCC met twice in 2021 in person. Zoom meetings had not been possible. We discussed our finances at length, Covid precautions and future plans.

Churchwardens Report

I would like to thank everyone for all that has been done to keep our church open and running well during another difficult year due to Covid.

In September, Andrea had to step down from her role as warden. Thanks go to Saleem and Bobby for stepping up with their help and support.

There are still a few projects which need to be carried out. A new boiler, dishwasher, projector, and blinds for the windows, all of which need funds. Many thanks to all who have donated money to help towards these costs.

Our finances have suffered due to Covid so we have had to be careful as we still have bills to pay. We have been renting rooms out at church and this has been helping.

Litter is a regular problem around church so we need help to keep on top of this. Anita has been doing a good job keeping our garden areas tidy but we could do with more help with this too.

As we look forward to getting back to a new normal, let us look at how we can all play our part in reaching out and promoting the Gospel in our parish.

Churchyard Report

An application was made by the PCC to Pendle Borough Council to have the Churchyard closed. It would remain the property of church but the maintenance would be carried oit by PBC. The process is slow and ongoing. The PCC would like to express their sincere thanks to The Friends of St John’s Churchyard for their sterling work over the years. It’s not over yet but hopefully there will be a positive outcome with the council.

Ministry Reports

Children and youth

During 2020 youth group continued over Zoom and in person outside when possible. However the group disbanded due to members becoming over 20 and going off to Uni.

Children’s groups had to be suspended in 2020 and 21. We were delighted to recommence Messy Church in December 21.

This is a priority area for us as a church and the PCC have consistently designated the Mission and Ministry Fund primarily to fund the children and youth ministry.

Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers meets every Wednesday morning during term time between 9.00am and 12 noon.

The ethos of the group is that we serve the adults and children with God’s love; for many young children and their parents and carers, their greatest need is for friendship and companionship. Being at home all day with a young child can be hard. At every

opportunity, we share our faith, offering to pray with or for people and inviting people to other church events and services.

Sticky fingers is where parents or carers can bring their babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers to play and have fun while the adults get to enjoy a brew and some grown up company. We aim to provide a safe, caring and welcoming environment where new mums and dads, grandparents and carers, can get out of the house and find a warm welcome, new friends, and people to support them in the daunting and often lonely challenge of parenting young children. Our aim is that everyone who comes to Sticky Fingers can begin to experience the love and reality of Jesus.

Parents and carers have a safe space to talk with others who understand their experiences and often we can empower them to make positive changes in their lives. We aim to be a place where everyone can be loved and supported, knowing that they and their children are accepted. This allows everyone to feel that they belong and are in an environment where it is safe enough to take risks such as exploring faith or to share their worries and concerns. The children are met with love and acceptance, they have a safe place to play with adults who care and protect them.

Before lockdown, numbers were down with maybe two or three adults coming with their little ones. Now, we regularly have between 8 and 10 little ones with their grownups.

June is the national month of prayer for church-based toddler groups. The theme this year is Luke 5 v1-11 – ‘A Net That Works’. Please remember us in your prayers as we seek to reach into our community.

Lighthouse

Lighthouse is a meal and time of fellowship and fun and runs on a Monday evening at 6.30pm at St Philips centre. During the pandemic, it had to come to a stop due to Covid restrictions. During that time we had to rethink about how we could keep connections with the people that we had built relationships with over the years, with those who come for

A small team of four, Tony and Sandra from the inghamite Church who help at Lighthouse, Lorelli and myself took to door knocking at the houses of those that have them, and to the homeless people, we took out bread parcels and biscuits. The reason for visiting them was to check on how they were coping and to see if they needed help, this also gave us an opportunity to pray with them if they wanted us to as well as keeping us connected. As restrictions eased we were able to operate Lighthouse as a takeaway service from the beginning of 2021. We put things in place to protect ourselves and those that attended and food was served from the front door.

We reopened Lighthouse just before Christmas and this allowed us to serve a Christmas Dinner and reconnect with those that attend. We opened again in January 2022 and have 30+ people, adults and children, each week.

The team at the moment is still small, we have three people who are helping us from another church and four from St Johns. I am in the process of visiting other Churches to share the vision of St Philips Centre and as part of those visits the aim of this is to try and get Christian volunteers from other churches in Nelson to come and work alongside us at Lighthouse as well as at the Centre. We have now also been able to start a time of worship after the meal on Mondays where it is optional for people to join with us. Numbers are small at the moment but it is growing.

Can I please ask you to be praying for Lighthouse, also, for the Centre, the finances and all we do.

Church Army

This part of my journey started over 12 months ago now, I can’t believe how fast it has gone, and before that I had meetings with the Diocese and Bishop Philip. I had my panel meeting on the 19[th] May 2021 which took place over a period of two days where I was interviewed by a panel of 4 Church Army members and then had to wait just under 2 weeks before it was confirmed that I would be training with Church Army. My training is slightly different as the Diocese is sponsoring it, and I am the first person to train in this way and if it works well, Blackburn Diocese hope to send more to train. My training is 3 years long and is held at the Wilson Carlisle Centre in Sheffield where I attend residential sessions from Fridays until Sundays every other month, so this is where I am when I’m not in Church. Don’t worry it’s not all training, I do get to have plenty of fun as well as spending time in community, and the odd glass of wine. At home I have assignments to complete between residentials.

On completion of my training, I will have a Certificate in Ministry, Mission and Theology from Durham University. The rest of my year group will be commissioned by the Church Army. This is different for me, I won’t be commissioned, instead I will be licenced as a Diocesan Lay Evangelist at Blackburn Cathedral.

My first residential was September 17[th] 2021, on my birthday and this won’t change for the rest of my training, I will be either there or travelling back on my birthday.

My first residential was to get to know the rest of the members in my training year and other years and to find out what training looked like, this was followed by doing formational work and looking at myself, what my strengths, weaknesses are, what my prayer life looked like, and how I learned about God.

In November, I was asked to write an article for the Church Army Catalyst magazine about what my life and my ministry look like, this you can read on the St John with St Philip Church family Facebook page or on line at www.churcharmy.org.uk, this magazine goes out all over

the world to members of Church Army by post or digitally. After it was published I received an email from a retired member of Church Army who had previously been part of the Northern evangelistic team in the late 1960s, involved in leading a week of mission from a parish church in Nelson. After reading the article he prayed and felt God had called him to connect with me and find out more about what we are doing in Nelson and how he could pray for us. I keep in touch and update him every other month about what is happening and he is praying for Nelson and myself.

My next residential was January 14[th ] 2022, but unfortunately because of Covid this had to take place online via zoom , this was hard as it’s not the same as being face to face in Sheffield. Following this I had my first assignment, beginning a new journey, this is where we looked at theology and how we learn about God and what other theologians say about it? I also had to look at my spiritual disciplines and I had to create my rule of life. I’ve received my mark back for this and it was a pass.

I have settled in really well and I look forward to spending time with my Church Army family when I’m on residential. there’s just something about being in community that is life giving. During my training I have to produce newsletters and these will be available at Church in the entrance or I can add you to my mailing list. If you would like to added, please send me an email at mcloughlinandrea1@gmail.com and I will add you to the newsletter mailing list. During my training, please pray for me and my family. Please also pray for the ministry I am part of, for St Philips Centre, St Johns and also for Church Army, for the work all of these do in the community.

Church Army's vision is for everyone everywhere to encounter God’s love and be empowered to transform their communities through faith shared in words and action. Every year we need to raise approximately £2 million in voluntary donations and legacies to help resource the incredible work we are doing.

Thank You for your continued support of my training with Church Army.

If you don’t yet financially support Church Army, would you prayerfully consider doing so?

If you would like to know more about what I do in training or ministry, please feel free to ask me. Or, if you want to know more about what Church Army are and do, please visit www.churcharmy.org.uk or ask me.

WAYS TO DONATE:

QUOTE REF: Andrea Mcloughlin

Online: churcharmy.org/donate

Internet banking:

Barclays Bank

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Account 80255459

Quote Ref: Your full name / Andrea McLoughlin

By card: Phone 0300 123 2113

Financial Review

Financial report for year ended 31[st] December 2021

The accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2021, are currently in the process of being audited as we were waiting for some information to complete the accounts. So there will be adjustments to be made. We will circulate the audited accounts as soon as they are available.

On page 1, we have the analysis of the receipts and payments, with some of the payments being further detailed on page 4 of the accounts. For example the church costs include gas, electric etc. which this year is £3,656 compared to £6,640 for 2020.

On the receipts, you will note that both the gift aided regular giving’s, others and loose have increased in 2021 compared to 2020, but this could be due to the fact that we had more services. However, the other incomes have decreased

On the receipts, you will notice that rent from use of the property has remained the same, whilst there has been an increase in rent from church lettings. The income tax has increased.

Other payments, cost for church costs, church repairs, administration and activity fund raising costs being further broken down on page 4. I will leave you to look at these and any questions you have just let me know later.

One thing I’d like to mention is the Parish Share, which you will note that this has increased to £33,897 in 2021 from £20,000 in 2020, of which £12,000 came from designated funds. The increase is largely due to the fact that we were paying some of the Parish Share from previous years.

You will note that there has been receipts and payments for the designated and restricted funds. The movements for both of these are shown on page 3 of the accounts.

If we look at the designated funds, there has been an overall decrease of £2,492.

As for the movements for the restricted funds these are also shown on page 3 of the accounts. There has been movements against various specific funds. We also have the movements for the mini bus account, but there are also additions costs that have not yet been paid and these are shown as liabilities on page 2 of £2,018

Basically this year for general funds we had expenditure over income £6,811, that even with £12,000 from designated funds, we can’t continue expenditure exceeding income. We need to ensure that we have annual income to cover the year’s expenses.

		General	Designated	Restricted	This Years	Last Years
	Notes	Funds	Funds	Funds	Total	Total
		£	£	£	£	£
Receipts
Voluntary receipts
Gift -aided regular giving		13,766			13,766	12,133
Other		25			25	1,026
Loose Collections		6,024			6,024	4,295
Other donations and legacies		421		2,334	2,754	941
St Philips Centre Donations				3,036	3,036	0
Total voluntary receipts		20,235	05	5,3708818600152	25,605	18,394
Income tax recovered		4,53392			4,533	3,951
Grants received
St Philip's Centre					881	3,924
Generated funds
Ladies Fellowship					92	243
Sticky Fingers		53965,888			530	20
Open Doors						1,514
Lighthouse					860	1,185
Messy Church					0	60
Caf6 Hope					00	154
Other fund raising						85
Minibus trip receipts					0101	1,607
Bank & Trust Interest						179
Other incoming resources
Property Income			10,200600		10,200	10,200
Rent from Church Lettings					5,888	1,135
Wedding & funeral fees		3,297			3,297	2,195
Vicar's discretionary payments					600	0320
Post box					152
Total Receipts		34,194	10,805	7,262	52,261	45,167
Deduct payments
Church activities
Parish share		21,897	12,0001,6962,512		33,897	20,000
Church Costs	4(a)	7,269			7,269	9,353
Church repairs & Church garden	4(b)4(c)4(d)	1,789			1,789	1,887
Maintenance of Services		1,393		446568421,012	1,839	3,442
Church Administration		1,056			2,752	7,757
Independent Examiner's Fee		800			800	0
Parochial expenses of clergy		3,2722,887			3,272	4,679
Vicar's discretionary payments					0	82
Wedding & funeral fees					2,887	1,487
Activity & Fund Raising Costs 4(d)		642			1,210	3,390
Mission, youth and Pais worker					0	169
Minibus expenses					42	6,891
Property					2,512	2,812
Lighthouse					1,012	1,957
St Philip's Centre				4,313	4,313	1,751
Post box					0	0
Total payments		41,004	16,208	6,381	63,594	65,658
Excess of receipts over payments( payments over receipts)		(6,811)	(5,403)	881	(11,332)	(20,490)
CASH & BANK BALANCES held at 1 January 2021		13,496	35,965	14,291	63,752	84,073
Re-statement of balances		(169)			(169)	169
CASH & BANK BALANCES held at 31 December 2021		6,516	30,562	15,172	52,251	63,752

	General	Designated	Restricted	This Years	Last Years
	Funds	Funds	Funds	Total	Total
	£	£	£	£	£
Investments held at cost
8 Dundonnell Road, Nelson		-48,500		48,500	48,500
18 Helmsdale Road, Nelson		43,000		43,000	43,000
	0	91,500	0	91,500	91,500
	General	Designated	Restricted	This Years	Last Years
	Funds	Funds	Funds	Total	Total
	£	£	£	£	£
Cash funds
Bank balances	5,524	10,0749,667	15,132	30,730	42,021
Cash balances	992		40	1,032	1,247
Deposit accounts
held with Blackburn Diocese				9,667	9,663
Marsden Building Society account		10,821		10,821	10,821
	6,516	30,562	15,172	52,251	63,752
Debtors
Income tax recoverable	3,783			3,783	3,038
Prepaid expenses	263			263	328
Firework receipts			742	742	0
	4,046	0	742	4,788	3,366
Liabilities
Parish share	874			874	36,483
Accruals -bills	2,292		39	2,331	1,675
Mini bus expenses			2,018	2,018	1,401
	3,166	0	2,057	5,222	39,559

		DesignatedOuioinfizl			Balancesi/r2nfnl
Fund Name	Fund Purpose		Receipts	Payments
Mission & Ministry	Mission and ministry project	£	£	£	£
Mission & Ministry		33,0542,911			33,0545(1,696)
Interest received			55,100
Administrators Salary				1,696
Expenditure -18 Helmsdale Road				2,100	3,000
Expenditure -8 Dundonnell Road			5,100	41212,000	4,688
Vicars discretionary fund			600		3,511(12,000)
Parish Share
Totals (per Receipts & Payments Account		35,965	10,805	16,208	30,562

	Balance'01/01/21
Restricted Funds		Receipts	Payments
	£	£	£
Grant towards field project	2,5002,173
St Philips Grants		881
St Philips Centre	158166372220009455661,0863817276370(116)58	3,069860	4,3131,01242242
Money raised for mission ministry
Donations towards new boiler
Donations received for youth worker
Lighthouse
Others
		4,810400
Mini bus funds
Messy Church
Caf6 Hope
Funeral fees
Food Bank
Scar8ill
Projector		1,401	446326
St Philips Shower		500
Dishwasher
Pendleside Hospice		109
Tearfund	0	43
Totals (per Receipts & Payments Account)	14,291	7 ,2:f;2.	6,381

	General Funds
	ThisYear£ LastYear£
(a) Church Costs
Church gas, water and electricity	3,656	6,125
Telephone, computer and alarm	587	730
Window and church cleaning	1,510	1,628
Insurance	892	870
Alarm costs	624	0
	7,269	9,353

Church Administration
Bank charges	54	69
Stationery and office supplies	772	1,168
Welfare/hygiene	229	968
BDBOF inc DBS Checks	0	30
Other Church Admin costs	0	384
	1,056	2,619

Activity and Fund Raising Costs
Open doors	0	645
Ladies fellowship	0	4
Sticky fingers	72	0
Minibus running expenses	(30)	198
Children's activity costs & refreshments etc.	276	464
Caf€ Hope	236	34
Misc	89	1,588
	642	2,933

PARISH OF GREAT MARSDEN ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST WITH NELSON ST. PHILIP

YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2021

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PARISH OF GREAT MARSDEN ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST WITH NELSON ST. PHILIP

I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31[st] December 2021, which are set out on pages 1 to 4.

Respective responsibilities of the Parochial Church Council and Examiner

The Parochial Church Council is responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Parochial Church Council considers that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with the records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as the Parochial Church Council concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements;
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Steven Wood FCA Hargreaves Brown and Benson, Chartered Accountants, 1, Bond Street,

Colne, Lancashire BB8 9DG 2022