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2023-12-31-accounts

Parochial Church Council of Great Marsden St John the Evangelist with Nelson St Philip 2023 Report and Accounts

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREAT MARSDEN ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST WITH NELSON ST PHILIP

Contents

Independent Examiners’ Report ................................................................................................................................... 7
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT ........................................................................................................................... 8
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES...................................................................................................................... 9
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................... 10
1.
Accounting Policies ........................................................................................................................................ 10
2.
Movement in funds during the year.............................................................................................................. 11
3.
Further Analysis of Receipts .......................................................................................................................... 12
4.
Further Analysis of Payments ........................................................................................................................ 13

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Charity Registration Number 1176541

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREAT MARSDEN ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST WITH NELSON ST PHILIP

Trustees Annual Report for the Parochial Church Council of Parochial Church Council of Great Marsden St John the Evangelist with Nelson St Philip

Administrative information

St John’s Church Centre is situated on Barkerhouse Road, Nelson BB9 9EY and the St Philips Centre is on Leeds Road, Nelson, BB9 9XB. The parish is part of the Diocese of Blackburn within the Church of England. The correspondence address is the Church Office, St John’s Church, Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, BB9 9EY. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2011) and is registered with the charity commission, registration number 1176541.

Aims and Purposes

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is responsible for cooperating with the Incumbent, the Revd Lorelli Hilliard, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance and insurance of St John’s Church Centre. Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited presently pay for the insurance and main upkeep of St Philip’s Centre on behalf of the PCC.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship in our parish and to become part of our parish community. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many different groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and Scripture, music and sacrament. St John with St Philip Church exists to transform our community in Nelson through changed lives. We seek to do this through helping people to get to know God, to discover the calling of Jesus and to experience the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.

We have services accessible to all and seek to be a resource for the community.

When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.

In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Achievements and performance

Worship and prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of services that our community finds both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. Weekly activities at St John’s Church Centre include our Sunday service, youth group and Sticky Fingers pre-school group. We also have a monthly Messy Church and monthly Asian service.

From St Philips Centre we operate our foodbank, community café and the Lighthouse Gathering, which is for those battered and bruised by the storms of life, meeting on Monday evenings for a meal followed by a service.

All are welcome to attend our regular services which are held at St John’s Church Centre. At present there are 65 parishioners on the church electoral roll, 20 of whom are not resident within the parish. The average weekly attendance was 41 but this number increased at during Easter and Christmas, as well as for any special services throughout the church year.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life; in marriage, public vows are exchanged with

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God's blessing; through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life that is now complete in this world and commend the person into God's keeping. We conducted, two baptisms and seven funerals.

Deanery Synod

Currently there are 2 PCC members who sit on the Deanery Synod which provides an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the Church.

The St John’s Church Centre complex

2023 was a challenging year. We moved out of our very smelly and soggy St John’s in January and installed ourselves in St Philip’s Centre. We had to negotiate with the Romanian Church that meet there to carve out space for our morning service and for Messy Church and our Asian service held on Sunday afternoons. A single drier was put into St John’s and more promised. We waited…and waited…and waited… After complaining, another drying company was appointed and driers were put in on Good Friday. We waited… We were told in June that the floors were still damp. They didn’t seem damp. We queried it. An expert was called in. The drying company had been using the wrong instruments to test the floors! All in all, there were numerous meetings with builders, electricians, surveyors and the loss adjustor throughout the year. Finally, the contractor started the reinstatement work in September which lasted around 10 weeks. Then the flooring contractor began work. Before and after that there was a massive operation to move furniture and stuff out of the way and back again. That was followed by some additional painting of church that we paid for and painting of the ladies’ toilet that we did ourselves and a lot of snagging.

The PCC held six meetings throughout the year including several special ones to agree one or two items. Key resolutions made by the PCC were:

Pastoral care

The vicar, aided by the pastoral visiting team, continued to visit and give communion to some members of our parish who are unable to attend church due to sickness or age.

Mission and evangelism

We have been through a lean year regarding our provision for children. Many families left during Covid and did not return. We offered craft work at the back of church each Sunday (thanks Rebecca and Julie). We were not happy that we couldn’t offer more but we did not have the leaders or enough children. PCC and the church leadership are determined that this will change and a kid’s service will be launched in July 2024 at first once a month but more frequently as we recruit leaders.

Messy Church continued at St Philip’s. The space was not as good and the lack of parking didn’t help. Numbers dropped during the year. We moved to a breakfast + Messy Church on a Sunday morning when we arrived back in St John’s in December as an experiment.

Youth group continued throughout the year. We had fun placing games at St Philip’s – and dislodging the odd tile!!! We did a canal walk with a meal enroute and had an outing to laser quest followed by McDonald’s. In July we took four of the group to DTI a Christian youth camp.

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We have just received confirmation that The Diocese have accepted our third application to the Vision Fund made this year (2024) for a Families Minister. We are hoping to be able to advertise in July.

Sticky Fingers toddler group meets on Wednesday mornings for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and their carers. The ethos of our group is to reach out to families with the love of Jesus. Carers can bring their little ones in the certain knowledge that everyone is accepted and valued. We don’t usually have a Bible story or sing overtly Christian songs apart from Christmas, Easter and other appropriate festivals, but we seek to reach people who would normally run a mile from anything like this with love, acceptance, lots of fun activities and for the adults, a welcoming coffee, a listening ear and if necessary, a shoulder to cry on. We offer to pray with/for people and sometimes we get requests for prayer, and we help practically as well, offering lifts, referring to food bank or giving gifts of children’s clothes.

Lighthouse has been busy. We have a small team, that do a lot, and this is made up of people from our Church, volunteers from other churches and also a couple of people who are from the community. We are always in need of people to help, and at the moment we need someone to take a lead on the cooking of food.

The volunteers give up their time to serve others and share God’s love for them in action as well as words. We provide a meal for on average 35 people who attend weekly, and who come for different reasons, including for social interaction, financial support, mental health issues and homelessness. Everybody is welcome. The meal is followed by a short service where we worship, share the Gospel in a simple but effective way, and pray together. In December we had our Christmas meal to which we invited Bishop Philip; this enabled him to see what we do as well as talk to people there. We were also joined by Inspire’s Building Recovery in Community Choir who gave up their time to provide entertainment.

Ecumenical relationships

The vicar meets regularly with leaders of other local churches to pray.

Financial review

Total receipts on unrestricted funds (including designated receipts) were £74,756 (2022 £42,993). Of the undesignated receipts, £18,189 (2022 £22,340) was unrestricted voluntary donations and associated Gift Aid, the remaining income included room hire, income from church activities and some investment income. Designated receipts from voluntary donations were £27,737, mainly a legacy of £27,637. Planned giving and collections at church services decreased during the year (Note 3a). The PCC remains grateful to all those who give support to the work here in the parish.

Total payments on unrestricted funds (including designated funds) were £63,372 (2022 £39,372) to provide the Christian ministry from the parish. Unrestricted receipts in the year were £11,384 more than payments, due in part to a the receipt of a legacy of £27,637 for which we are grateful.

£18,000 (2022 £15,000) was needed to provide the Christian ministry from our parish through the parish share that largely provides the stipends and housing for the clergy across the diocese with contributions for each parish based on a formula that tries to reflect whether or not the parish has a full-time incumbent, the size of the regular worshipping congregation and the relative deprivation in the parish. The PCC was grateful that our calculated parish share of £55,504 was offset by a grant of £20,908 from the Church of England’s Lower Income Communities Fund because the Church ministers in a deprived area and of £11,684 from the Diocesan Board of Finance as transitional relief as we work towards paying our full requested share.

Reserves policy

It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that equates to at least three months' unrestricted payments. Excluding the payments made for the heating system this would have been equivalent to £16,000, which is needed to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The cash balance of

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£51,553 held on unrestricted funds at the year-end was above this level but further expenditure necessary on the buildings will return the reserves to an appropriate level.

Volunteers

We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. In particular, we want to mention our churchwardens Julie Haynes and Saleem Gill who have worked so tirelessly on our behalf, and all the support our Treasurer has given to the PCC.

Structure, governance and management

The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure.

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. The membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent, churchwardens, Church Army Evangelist, Authorised Lay Minister, Deanery Synod Representatives and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church.

The PCC members 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. New members receive initial training in the workings of the PCC.

There were six PCC meetings throughout the year including several special ones to agree one or two items.

PCC members who have served at any time from 1 January 2023 until the date this report was approved are:

Name Role Rules of
membership		 end of term
Lorelli Hilliard Vicar ex-officio -
LesleyWright Licensed LayMinister(LLM) ex-officio -
Christine Price Deanerysynod ex-officio May-23
Janet Laycock Deanerysynod ex-officio May-23
Pauline Ashworth Church Warden ex-officio May-23
Saleem Gill Church Warden ex-officio May-23
AnthonyMay PCC Secretary Elected member May-24
Des Murphy DeputyWarden Elected member May-25
Babu Muzaffar DeputyWarden Elected member May-23
Dilwyn Nicholas Elected member May-24
Rita White Elected member May-24
Sheila Spencer Elected member May-25
Helen Spencer Treasurer co-opted May-24
Andrea McLoughlin Authorised Lay Minister (ALM) &
Evangelist in Training		 co-opted May-24

Approved by the PCC on 1 Oct 2025 and signed on their behalf by the Reverend Lorelli Hilliard as PCC Chair.

………………………….………………. Revd L Hilliard PCC Chair

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Independent Examiners’ Report

Independent Examiner's Report to the members/trustees of the Parochial Church Council of Freedom Church Mereside.

I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2023 which are set out on pages 8 to 13.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner

As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider 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:

Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission.

An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full 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 matters have come to my attention

  1. which give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

  2. to keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act; or

  3. to prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records have not been met; or

  4. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Stephanie Rankin FCA Ribble Accounting Services Limited 56 Broadgate

Preston PR1 8DU 12 September 2025

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

For the year ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total Total
Notes £ £ £ £ £
Receipts
Donations and legacies 3a 18,189 27,737 49,303 95,229 55,935
Church activities 3b 1,863 - 5,420 7,283 10,217
Other trading activities 3c 471 - - 471 665
Investments 3d 8 10,717 - 10,725 10,512
Other income 3e - 15,772 - 15,772 -
Total Receipts 20,531 54,225 54,723 129,479 77,329
Payments
Expenditure on charitable activities
Ministry costs 4a 21,874 - 1,402 23,276 20,890
Church activities 4b 562 - 35,426 35,989 26,590
Premises costs 4c 16,385 13,376 5,564 35,325 11,146
Administration 4d 3,246 6,712 - 9,958 6,257
42,067 20,088 42,392 104,548 64,883
Other expenditure 4e 1,217 - - 1,217 -
Total Payments 43,284 20,088 42,392 105,764 64,883
Surplus/(Shortfall) for the year -22,754 34,137 12,332 23,716 12,446
Transfers: 18,871 -18,871 - - -
Surplus/(Shortfall) for the year
after transfers -3,883 15,266 12,332 23,716 12,446
Cash/bank reserves bfwd 3,882 36,286 24,528 64,696 52,250
Cash/bank reserves cfwd £- £51,552 £36,860 £88,412 £64,696

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

As at 31 December 2023

2023
Unrestricted
Restricted
2023
Total		 2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
2022
Total
Cash and bank balances
Unity Bank T1 Current A/c
Unity Bank Savings A/c
Barclays current A/c
Marsden BS A/c
CBF deposit A/c CB3001797
CBF deposit A/c CB3002156
Cash in hand
Total
E		 28,018
36,860
64,878
1,908
-
1,908
-
-
-
11,109
-
11,109
9,600
-
9,600
487
-
487
431
-
431
£51,553
£36,860
£88,413		 -
-
-
-
-
-
18,466
24528
43,025
10,909
-
10,909
9,302
-
9,302
487
-
487
974
-
974
£3,882
£24,528
£64,696

The unrestricted funds comprise both general funds and those designated by the PCC which can be re-designated as the PCC desire or require. A breakdown showing the split between designated and undesignated in shown in Note 3.

Property
18 Helmsdale Road
8 Dundonnell Road
F		 43,000
-
43,000
48,500
-
48,500
£91,500
£-
£91,500		 43,000
-
43,000
48,500
-
48,500
£91,500
£-
£91,500

The two properties were designated to the Mission and Ministry Fund but, as designated funds, these could be undesignated if the PCC wish. A breakdown showing the split between designated and undesignated in shown in Note 3

The notes on pages 10 to 13 form an integral part of these accounts.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED For the year ended 31 December 2023

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Accounting Policies

The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.

b. Funds

Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding 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 not restricted.

Restricted funds are income funds that must be spent on restricted purposes and details of the funds held and restrictions provided are shown in note 2 below.

Designated funds are those that have not been restricted by the donor, but which the PCC has subsequently earmarked for a particular use. Details of the designations are set out in note 2 below. A legacy of £27,637 was received in the year and this was designated to the Mission and Ministry fund.

As the general fund had a negative balance on 31 December 2023 it has been necessary to transfer £18,871 from the designated Mission and Ministry Fund to the General Fund to cover mission and ministry costs paid out from the unrestricted funds (e.g. Parish share, heat light and insurance). The balance on the unrestricted fund on 31 December 2023 was “£nil and the designated cash funds on 31 December 2023 were still £51,552.

In addition to the cash balance of £51,522 included as designated funds, the parish also has two properties which were last valued at £91,500 and which have also been designated to Mission and Ministry. These could also be undesignated if the PCC decides or requires.

The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of the church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED For the year ended 31 December 2023

2. Movement in funds during the year

The movements in the different funds can be summarised as follows:

CASH FUNDS
Designated - Cash and bank
Insurance Claim
Mission & Ministry
Vicar's Discretionary
A
General Fund
B
Total Unrestricted Funds (A + B)
C
Restricted - Cash and Bank
Charities
Dishwasher
Fees
Field Project
Food Bank
Kitchen
Lighthouse
Messy Church
Minibus
Scargill
Shower
St Philips Centre
Youth Worker
Boiler
Café Hope
Mission & Ministry
Total Restricted Funds (A + B)
D
Total Cash/bank balances (C + D) E
Designated - Properties
18 Helmsdale Road
8 Dundonnell Road
Sub-totals
F		 1 Jan 2023
Receipts
Payments
Transfers
31 Dec 2023
-
15,772
-12,796
-
2,976
32,525
38,353
-7,292
-18,871
44,715
3,761
100
-
-
3,861
36,286
54,225
-20,088
-18,871
51,552
3,882
20,531
-43,284
18,871
-
40,168
74,756
-63,372
-
51,552
247
181
-178
-
250
416
-
-
-
416
1,020
1,235
-1,020
-
1,235
2,500
-
-
-
2,500
1,069
652
-217
-
1,504
792
-
-
-
792
1,751
150
-230
-
1,671
426
-
-49
-
377
1,465
372
-1,733
-
104
-471
3,011
-2,540
-
-
500
-
-
-
500
6,910
49,122
-30,523
-
25,509
2,000
-
-
-
2,000
5,564
-
-5,564
-
-
7
-
-7
-
-
332
-
-332
-
-
24,528
54,723
-42,393
£-
36,858
£64,696 £129,479
-£105,765
£-
£88,410
43,000
-
-
-
43,000
48,500
-
-
-
48,500
£91,500
£-
£-
£-
£91,500

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED For the year ended 31 December 2023

3. Further Analysis of Receipts

. Further Analysis of Receipts
3a
Donations and legacies
Planned Giving
Other giving in services
Donations
Tax refund
Legacies
Grants
Grants - St Philips
Donations and legacies
3bChurch activities
Fees
Church/Hal lettings
Income from church activities
Income from charitable activities
3c
Other trading activities
Fundraising
Other trading activities
3dInvestments
Interest
Rent from investment properties
Investments
3e Other income
Other income
Other income
Total Receipts		 2023
2022
Unrestricted Designated Restricted
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
£
10,491
-
-
10,491
14,050
4,565
-
-
4,565
5,302
300
100
3,670
4,070
6,341
-
-
-
-
2,955
-
27,637
-
27,637
-
2,834
-
-
2,834
1,787
-
-
45,633
45,633
25,500
18,189
27,737
49,303
95,229
55,935
-
-
1,235
1,235
2,562
1,610
-
-
1,610
4,986
253
-
4,185
4,438
2,669
1,863
-
5,420
7,283
10,217
471
-
-
471
665
471
-
-
471
665
8
517
-
525
312
-
10,200
-
10,200
10,200
8
10,717
-
10,725
10,512
-
15,772
-
15,772
-
-
15,772
-
15,772
-
£20,531
£54,225
£54,723 £129,479
£77,329

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED For the year ended 31 December 2023

4. Further Analysis of Payments

. Further Analysis of Payments
4a
Ministry costs
Charity donations
Parish Share
DBF Fees paid over
Clergy housing
Services
Ministry costs
4bChurch activities
Church groups - Youth and
Children
Church groups - Other
Church activity costs
Refreshments
Minibus
St Philips
Church activities
4c
Premises costs
Insurance
Minor repairs, upkeep, and
maintenance
Utilities
Major repairs
Insurance claim expenditure
Upkeep of investment properties
Premises costs
Administration
4d
Administrator salary
Parish Office
Governance
Administration
4eOther expenditure
Other Expenditure
Other expenditure
Total Expenditure		 2023
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total
2022 Total
£
£
£
£
£
-
-
178
178
620
18,000
-
-
18,000
15,000
-
-
1,020
1,020
-
3,607
-
-
3,607
2,645
267
-
204
471
2,625
21,874
-
1,402
23,276
20,890
241
-
70
310
252
-
-
426
426
817
-
-
2,668
2,668
-
321
-
7
328
-
-
-
1,733
1,733
2,419
-
-
30,523
30,523
23,102
562
-
35,426
35,989
26,590
1,060
-
-
1,060
948
6,634
-
-
6,634
5,349
6,797
-
-
6,797
4,260
1,894
-
5,564
7,458
-
-
12,796
-
12,796
-
-
580
-
580
589
16,385
13,376
5,564
35,325
11,146
-
6,712
-
6,712
3,364
2,685
-
-
2,685
2,852
561
-
-
561
41
3,246
6,712
-
9,958
6,257
1,217
-
-
1,217
-
1,217
-
-
1,217
-
£43,284
£20,088
£42,392 £105,764
£64,883

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