## **Christ Church, Padgate** Inviting people to experience God’s love # **Annual Report and Accounts of the Parochial Church Council** **Year Ending 31 December 2024** ## **Reference and Administrative Information** The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Padgate is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Charity registration number: 1178871. Christ Church is located on Station Road, Padgate, Warrington, in the Diocese of Liverpool. Correspondence should be sent to the Secretary of the PCC at the following address: 39 Solway Close, Fearnhead, Warrington WA2 0UP. During 2024, up to the Annual Parochial Church meeting on 6 April 2025, the following people served as members of the Parochial Church Council: |_Ex-officio members_|||| |---|---|---|---| |Revd Neil Shaw|Team Rector|Chair|| |Revd Heather Haddow|Curate Christ Church|To end of September
2024|| |Revd Emma Stonier|Curate Christ Church|From July2024|| |Revd Simon Renison|Leader Church Collective||| |Barrie Crabtree|Churchwarden||| |Alan Kemp|DeanerySynod Representative||| |Dave Perfect|Deanery Synod Representative,
Warrington East Team Rep.|Electoral Roll Officer|| |Sue Robinson|Deanery Synod Representative,
Diocesan Synod Representative,
Warrington East Team Rep.|To July 2024|| ||||| |_Elected Members_|||_Elected_| |Louise Appleby|LayReader||2023| |HilaryBrown|||2022| |Alan Clayton||Vice-chair|2024| |Edward Collinson|||2024| |Debbie Jacques||Treasurer|2023| |Laura Lawrence|||2022| |Jill Perfect||Secretary|2023| |Ruth Waterfield||Gift-aid Secretary|2023| ## **Non–PCC Officers** Susan Kirby Safeguarding Officer (until December 2024) Hannah Austin Safeguarding Officer (from December 2024) Vacant Health and Safety Officer **Bankers:** Barclays Bank PLC. Sankey Street WARRINGTON, WA1 1XG **Auditor:** Cadishead Accountancy Services Ltd, 657 Liverpool Road, Irlam, MANCHESTER, M44 5XD **Legal Advisor:** Howard Dellar, 1 The Sanctuary, Westminster, LONDON **,** SW1P 3JT **Architect:** Graham Holland Associates. Winnington Hall, NORTHWICH, CW8 4DU 1 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ ## **Structure, Management and Governance** Christ Church PCC is a body corporate and operates under the _Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956_ and the _Church Representation Rules._ The PCC complies with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). The PCC has adopted The House of Bishops’ ‘Promoting a Safer Church: safeguarding policy’; and diocesan safeguarding policies and practice guidance. The method of appointment of the 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. The PCC meets every two months and has three sub-committees: The Standing and Mission Committee, Finance Committee and Social Committee, which meet as required and report to the full PCC on a regular basis. Membership comprises: - Standing and Mission Committee: Team Rector, Churchwardens, and PCC Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Finance Committee: Team Rector, Churchwardens, Treasurer plus one other member. Social Committee: PCC members plus other non-PCC members. The Safeguarding Officer and Safety Officer report to the PCC as required. Five members of the Church (in addition to the Team Rector) are on the Board of Governors of Christ Church and Cinnamon Brow CE Primary Schools. Christ Church is part of the East Warrington Team of Churches, which also includes the Church of the Ascension, Birchwood & Woolston. Revd Neil Shaw, of Christ Church, is Team Rector of the Warrington East Team. He was appointed Area Dean of Warrington in April 2019 and was installed as a Canon Diocesan at Liverpool Cathedral in November 2019. ## **Objectives and Activities** The general functions of the PCC are stated within section 2 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 and specifically that the PCC “is to co-operate with the minister in promoting in the Parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical.” When planning activities for the year, the PCC gave consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance to charities concerned with the advancement of religion. At Christ Church we have adopted the following mission statement:- _We, belonging to Christ’s Church, discover in our relationship with God the love, joy and peace that he gives. In Jesus Christ we find acceptance whatever our faults and his willingness to walk with us whatever our circumstances. Through the Holy Spirit we go out in forgiveness, power and strength, with heads held high and hearts burning within us to witness and reflect his love in our interactions with everyone we meet._ We agreed that during 2024 we would:  Support Church Collective in their developing mission 2 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ - Engage with the Diocesan 'Fit for Mission' programme - Build back our congregations following the COVID pandemic - Engage with the 'Leading your Church into Growth' programme (LyCiG) - Develop lay leadership and enable members to discover and use their gifts to a greater extent through the ‘Cultivate’ programme as part of ‘Fit for Mission’ - Increase our range of approaches for deepening discipleship, particularly those which might engage those who connect with us on a more fringe basis - Establish depth across Church Collective In July 2024 Revd Emma Stonier was licensed as curate at Christ Church. Revd Stonier was due to serve her curacy at St Elphin’s Church, but transferred to Christ Church following the death of the Revd Canon June Steventon. Our curate Revd Heather Haddow finished her curacy at Christ Church at the end of September and in November was licensed as Associate Priest of St Cuthbert's, Wrose and St John's, Greengates at Holy Trinity Church, Idle, Bradford . We developed our plans to take forward the Leading your Church into Growth (LyCiG) programme, to help the PCC to plan for growth. A sermon series on the LyCiG principles was delivered and ways of helping people to grow in confidence to invite others to church events were discussed. Following our decision last year to join ‘Fit for Mission’, in February the PCC undertook a Pyramid Review, led by a Diocesan facilitator Anthony Clowes, followed by a review in July. We assessed our leadership, community, discipleship, worship and mission and considered what we can celebrate, our challenges and what we can change. We devised a short missional statement – ‘Inviting people to experience God’s love’. Also as part of preparation for Fit for Mission, our Treasurer attends regular meetings of Treasurers from other parishes to discuss financial procedures and other members of the PCC have attended meetings to discuss the transition to a single, larger parish. During the summer, members of Christ Church attended the Shape Course, held in conjunction with the Church of the Ascension at Woolston, where we looked at our skills, abilities, life experiences and spiritual gifts and discussed how we fit into God's plans. This was followed in the autumn by the Cultivate Course, held at a Deanery level, where we explored the reasons and need for new worship communities and justice initiatives and how to grow communities and leaders. Christ Church hosts Church Collective which aims to fulfil God's call to plant a network of worshipping communities (called ‘Collectives’) across Warrington. Each Collective gives communities across Warrington an alternative expression of church, complementing the parish system. All Collectives share the same values: “we invite everyone to play their part as we worship creatively, love generously and serve locally.” The mission of Church Collective is to start new Collectives which engage with people ‘where they are’, in community spaces, schools etc. and in other appropriate spaces relevant to that specific community. Church Collective has a particular focus to reach the ‘Missing Generation’ as identified by the Church of England as the least represented group in the Church. Church Collective therefore positively prioritises the under 30s in terms of resources, time and style of gathering . Church Collective is led by Revd Simon Renison, employs one full-time Youth Director and a part-time Operations Manager. In addition, Church Collective has an ordinand working three days per week. 3 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ Christ Church hosts Church Collective on a zero-cost basis and funding for Church Collective is through the Church Commissioners’ Strategic Development Funds. This financial support extends to the end of 2025, although additional secured funding will allow part of the work to continue to the end of 2026. In mid-2024 Revd Neil Shaw announced his intention to retire from ministry at Easter 2025. Warrington Deanery is now responsible for funding its own clergy with the target number of stipendiary clergy being eight. This means that stipendiary clergy are, or will be, responsible for two parishes. Consequently, the next incumbent of Christ Church would probably have to take on additional responsibilities, rather than minister to Christ Church alone. It was therefore proposed to the PCC that Simon Renison, leader of Church Collective and licensed to Christ Church, should take over as incumbent at Christ Church, but also continue to lead Church Collective. This amalgamation was agreed unanimously by the PCC and was announced to the congregation in September, after being agreed by Deanery Synod. It was ratified by the Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee in November 2024. The PCC consider that this is a positive opportunity and presents exciting possibilities for Christ Church. Christ Church has hosted Church Collective since 2021 and amalgamation is a logical next step. Christ Church has tried over the years to extend its mission and amalgamation with Church Collective is acknowledged as a good opportunity to increase our efforts. We are very fortunate to be able to have a handover period which will start from 16 March 2025, with the formal amalgamation starting after Easter when Revd Renison will be in post. ## **Achievements and performance including review of charitable achievements against objectives** The following section summarises our main areas of activity and performance: ## **Electoral Roll** At the end of the year the Electoral Roll stood at 121. This is 6 fewer than at the end of 2023, since the number of people who have died, moved away or no longer attend slightly exceeds the number of new members. Previously, separate figures were given for resident and non-resident members, but the enlarged parish boundaries means that this distinction is now less relevant. ## **Worship** ## _**Christ Church**_ On Sundays we hold our Parish Communion service at 11am. On the first Sunday of the month, this is preceded by a Said Communion morning service at 9am. On the second Sunday of the month, Parish Communion is replaced by an all-age worship service called ‘Active Church’, followed by a shortened Communion Service. Average attendance at Sunday Services is 58 adults and 2 children at the Parish Communion service, with an average of 9 adults at the 9am monthly service. Average attendance for Active Church services is 55 adults and 27 children. These figures are similar to attendance in 2023. A midweek communion service is held on Wednesday mornings, with an average attendance of 12 adults. Two of our monthly services, REFRESH, an informal evening worship service, and our all-age Sunday afternoon SPACE service, ended in 2024. Bubble Church for children and families at St Andrew’s 4 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ Church, Orford, now caters for those who formerly attended the SPACE service. Baptism services are held on the first and third Sunday of every month, with a total of 22 (26 in 2023) children being baptised during the year. A special service is held every year when dollies made for each child at their baptism are presented to them. There were 18 confirmations, 3 weddings (5 in 2023) and 17 funerals (18 in 2023) during 2024. Special services were also held in church. In April we held a service to remember babies and infants who have died and who are buried in our churchyard, sometimes in unknown locations. The service started in church and then moved to the churchyard where we blessed a memorial plaque. In June we held a commemorative service for Eve Stratford, who was killed in 1975. Her former school friends raised funds for a new gravestone, and a service in church was followed by a blessing around the grave. As well as a service on Remembrance Sunday, a remembrance service was held on 7 November by the 1330 (Warrington) Squadron Air Cadets which was attended by people from all over Warrington. Good Friday and Easter Day services attracted a total of 164 adults and children. In December the Christingle service attracted 273 adults and children. The Carol Service, Christmas Eve crib service, Midnight Communion and Christmas Day services attracted a total of 428 adults and children (385 in 2023). Our Lent course in 2024 was held in conjunction with the Church of the Ascension, Woolston. During 2024, we held some ‘Come and Share’ sessions before our main Sunday service, which involved sharing faith journeys, as well as ‘Bible and prayer time’ on Wednesday mornings, looking at St John’s Gospel. Each Friday during Advent we held ‘Advent prayers’, an informal service of morning prayer. In November we held a Welcome Afternoon Tea for those who are new to Christ Church, or who have been attending for a couple of years, so that we could get to know each other. ## _**Church Collective**_ Key highlights for Church Collective in 2024 include: - Six Collectives were planted - four ‘Stay and Praise Collectives’ in four different schools and two for youth. - Two new staff members joined the team - Hannah Austin as part time Operations and Admin Manager, and Pete McDade, full time Youth Director. - In the autumn, Church Collective reached a significant milestone of 199 people attending Collectives across one week. That is (almost) 100 new people within one year finding their home within a Collective. The mission of Church Collective is therefore working. A key area of development in 2024 was discipleship, and finding additional spaces where people could grow in their faith in Jesus. - Since the start of Church Collective we have held Howley Collective on a Sunday morning. Over the autumn, Howley Collective has slowly changed into a ‘weekly service’ to offer people from all Collectives a space where they can really deepen their faith, have a longer time of sung worship and teaching and share communion. - In addition, a number of leaders underwent ‘Location Based Collective’ training, to discern if God is calling them to plant a Collective which is more discipleship based, encouraging a space where 5 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ people can deepen their faith. Our prayer is that a number of ‘Location Based Collectives’ can be planted in 2025. - Additional highlights include two FUSE youth mission weeks in collaboration with Warrington Youth for Christ, a summer party, a light party at Halloween, volunteering at the Creamfields Festival, a flag festival, several litter picks, Year 6 transition sessions to high school and Easter and Christmas services. ## **Church Organisations** The _**Mothers’ Union**_ membership remained stable in 2024, with a couple of new members, but also a few members are now unable to get to meetings because of ill health. The group enjoyed a varied programme last year including ‘Guess that Tune’, a talk by a lady who has a wide collection of unusual hats, two social afternoons with the Longbarn Ukulele Band, two excellent meals in the summer and at Christmas at the Mill House, Cinnamon Brow, plus a Christmas card craft making afternoon. There is no official leader at moment as both previous leaders have completed six years in the role. They are continuing to help on a voluntary basis with great support from other members, including the treasurer, who is also retiring, but has continued to help with the accounts and finances. A programme for 2025 will be displayed on the notice board in church and the MU looks forward to another busy year. Visitors are welcome to any of the afternoon meetings. The _**Fellowship Group**_ has continued to meet virtually on Zoom throughout 2024. The gospel of Matthew was studied. The Group continues to pray for those who have asked for prayer, either for themselves or others who need prayers during difficult circumstances. The _**Choir**_ meets weekly and sings at the 11.00 service on the first Sunday of the month and at festivals. The choir hosts a monthly event called _**Harmony**_ , where favourite hymns and worship songs are chosen and sung by those attending. Each session has a guest speaker who shares something of their life and faith, as well as a Bible reading, prayers and information on the music and lyrics of the hymns selected for that month. ## **Pastoral Care to the Community** Our _**Knit and Natter**_ group continues to meet on the first Saturday of every month and is an opportunity to share craft activities, fellowship and refreshments. This attracts non-church goers. A monthly group, _**The Golden Girls**_ , was set up for widowed, divorced or single ladies to meet for a time of mutual support and informal chat in the meeting room at the Station House pub opposite church. Communication with members of the congregation and the parish was maintained through Facebook and a weekly email to around 100 congregation members, which provides regular updates about church services and activities. Revd Neil Shaw prepared weekly Morning Prayer service sheets for people to use in their private devotions. Paper copies of all communications were delivered to those people who do not have access to the internet or social media. ## **Youth and Children’s Work** _**Active Church**_ services are held once a month aimed at children and families. These services are very popular and include craft activities related to the theme of the service. Revds Neil Shaw and Simon Renison and Curates Revds Heather Haddow and Emma Stonier led school-based acts of worship at _**Christ Church Primary School**_ and _**Cinnamon Brow Primary School**_ . This comprised fortnightly assemblies as well as special festival celebrations in Church (Christmas, 6 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ Easter, Harvest and Leavers services). We continue to provide our _**Open the Book**_ sessions to both Christ Church Primary School and Cinnamon Brow Primary School. We endeavour to provide at least one session per month for each school. The sessions are delivered by a small team of volunteers, who together with a class of children, tell and act out a Bible story using the resources provided by the Open the Book section of the Bible Society. ## **Charity & Fund Raising** The _**Social Committee**_ and members of the congregation organised a range of events to raise funds, including a Last Night at the Proms Concert with the Band and Drums of the Cheshire Constabulary; concerts by Warrington Musical Society; a Garden Party and the Christmas Tree Extravaganza; as well as a coffee morning. A coffee morning was held to raise funds for _**Macmillan Nurses**_ . Collections were held in church and online for _**Christian Aid**_ , during Christian Aid week and a cake sale raised funds for the _**North West Air Ambulance Service.**_ Also, a _**Fairtrade**_ stall selling Fairtrade food and fairly traded crafts is held regularly in church. Our _**Harvest**_ service was held in October and members of the congregation brought food items which were then donated to the Padgate branch of the _**Warrington Food Bank**_ . At our _**Toy service**_ at the beginning of December, members of the congregation donated new toys for children who would otherwise have very little. These toys were then collected and distributed by the NSPCC. The Mothers’ Union again supported _**Operation Christmas Child**_ and sent Christmas shoe boxes to the charity Samaritan’s Purse. The annual _**Christingle Service**_ in December was attended by 228 adults and children. This service and the house boxes held by members of the congregation, raised funds for the _**Children’s Society**_ . This service was again followed by our _**Carols around the Tree**_ event which attracted over 200 people and featured carols played by a brass band, a nativity re-enactment by children from Christ Church School and carols sung by children from Cinnamon Brow School. There was also a cash collection for _**Padgate Food Bank**_ . This event to support the Food Bank is in addition to donations from our harvest service and our local collection point in church, which members of the congregation regularly support. ## **Church Building and Grounds** During 2024 the front door and porch window frames were painted as bare wood was exposed in places. A new electrical circuit board was installed and an air curtain heater was fitted above the main door. Following a demonstration of the Church Collective audio equipment, the stand alone speakers were set up, which has improved the audio experience in church, and a new speaker was purchased for external use. The Re-ordering Committee continued discussions with the church architect on plans for changes in the church to create a space which is more usable and flexible and which could be used for community activities. Our priorities are improved toilet, kitchen and meeting room facilities, better disabled access and seating and a more flexible space for mission and community activities, such as concerts and children’s activities. A pre-application enquiry via the online Faculty system and a Statement of Significance & Need were submitted to establish whether these proposals were accepted in principle, and further details have been requested by the Diocese. Following the decision 7 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ to amalgamate with Church Collective, further discussions have taken place with the church architect. The Churchyard is cared for by the Friends of Christ Church Graveyard and by a team who are part of the Community Payback Scheme of the Ministry of Justice. This team has been very effective at keeping the graveyard tidy, by clearing leaves, strimming and mowing the grass and pruning shrubs. The team worked one day per week in the graveyard. We are very grateful to the supervisors and members of the Community Payback Team and the Ministry of Justice for helping to maintain the graveyard. Two new notice boards were installed and the struts on the main noticeboard were replaced. New church gates were installed and levelling of some of the paths, including the path by the main gate, was carried out, as recommended in the Quinquennial Review. A dead tree was felled in the Garden of Remembrance and work on the trees in the car park, which are a Diocesan responsibility, has at last been carried out. A guidance leaflet for the Garden of Remembrance was produced and circulated. The Friends Group held four clear-up days during 2024, and the 1330 Squadron Air Cadets held one clear-up morning and cleaned military graves. The Friends were again successful in being selected as a local community cause for the Co-op. Funds will be added to the Friends’ grant allocation when people shop at the Co-op and chose the Friends as their local cause. A full report on the activities of the Friends during 2024 can be found in the Friends Annual Report and Accounts year ending December 2024. ## **Communications** Christ Church is on Facebook: **Christ Church Padgate** . The **Friends of Christ Church Graveyard** is also on Facebook. Christ Church website: **https://christchurch-padgate.co.uk/** is in development. As noted above, a weekly email is circulated to around 100 members of Christ Church providing regular updates on church services and activities. ## **Plans for 2025** ## **Christ Church:** - Work to bring about a positive and hope-filled amalgamation with Church Collective, so that this significant change is balanced and sensitive and meets the needs of both Christ Church and Church Collective. - Engage with the developing Diocesan 'Fit for Mission' programme. - Develop lay leadership and enable members to discover and use their gifts to a greater extent following the ‘Cultivate’ programme as part of ‘Fit for Mission’. - Continue to develop the reordering proposals, so that our church building can meet the needs of our mission. 8 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ ## **Church Collective:** - Work to bring about a positive and hope-filled amalgamation with Christ Church, so that this significant change is balanced and sensitive and meets the needs of both Church Collective and Christ Church. - Plant new Collectives - in 2025 we hope to see new Collectives planted - two are already in the pipeline (Wine and the Way Collective and Kids Collective) and hopefully a few Location Based Collectives. ## **Financial Review** ## **Financial Review** The PCC continued to review the costs of running the church, making decisions that show the church’s commitment given to the Diocese in 2012 to paying all liabilities as they fall due including the Parish Share. The PCC is registered with the Charities Commission in England and Wales reference number 1178871. ## **Report on Accounts for 2024** The attached accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 show that the overall income raised in 2024 across all funds was £347,500 (£96,424 in 2023). The bulk of this increase has come from two legacies received in 2024 totalling £242,959 and money received from the closure of Church of the Resurrection bank accounts which totalled £13,000. If these amounts are excluded, the income for 2024 is £91,542 i.e. a decrease in overall income of £4,882. Overall planned giving increased by 0.9% compared to 2023 being £45,864 in 2024 (£45,446 in 2023). The contactless gifts received via the card machine during 2024 amounted to £1,816 (£933 in 2023). This is included in Collections and other giving. The money received from fees for weddings and funerals decreased by £249 (being £10,251 in 2024 compared to £10,500 in 2023). In February 2023 in recognition of the energy crisis, the Diocese gave a grant of £615 towards heating costs, but we received no such grant in 2024. Various fundraising events were held during the year raising a total of £5,273. These included the Garden Party (£1,727); Last Night of the Proms (£1,767); the Christmas Tree Extravaganza (£1,388); Warrington Musical Society concerts (£150) and a coffee morning (£241). The Parish Share charged remained at the same level in 2024 as 2023 being £76,501. We managed to pay £63,749 in 2023 leaving a shortfall of £12,750 outstanding. This has been paid from Deanery funds. In 2024 we paid £44,626 leaving a balance of £31,875 outstanding. We have been informed that the Deanery will pay £8,000 leaving Christ Church to pay £23,875 in 2025 together with the 2025 Parish Share. The other running costs of the church show an overall increase of £9,862 being £37,331 (£27,469 in 2023). The total energy costs for the year have increased by £1,274 in 2024 to £8,725 (£7,451 in 2023) and are broken down as: Gas £6,692 (£5,395 in 2023), Electricity £1,545 (£1,608 in 2023) and Water £488 (£448 in 2023). 9 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ The repairs figure of £11,972 includes £3,350 for paths; £2,390 for electrical inspection and a new circuit board; £1476 for new church gates; £574 for repairs to gate and notice board posts; £745 for air curtain purchase and installation; £724 for exterior painting of porch window frames and door; £409 for purchase of speaker system for exterior use and £354 balance for a new notice board. The balance in the Reserve Account at the yearend 31/12/2024 has increased to £271,082 (£14,728 in 2023), this is due to the legacy moneys being retained for future use. ## **Church Collective Fund** Since July 2021 Church Collective is being hosted by Christ Church Padgate and their finances are being administered through a restricted fund by the PCC and overseen by Liverpool Diocese. The accounts for the collective are shown within the other funds for completeness, there is no cost incurred by Christ Church in administering this fund. ## **Reserves Policy** In 2021 as the church is a registered charity the PCC agreed that it would be prudent to retain 2 months running costs amounting to £15000, as a reserve. This is in line with the Diocese guidelines. In 2022 this amount was reduced to £10000 in order to assist with pressures on cash-flow This policy is reviewed regularly. ## **Performance of Investments** Investments are placed with the CCLA in the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund. These investments attracted £1551 interest in 2024 (£909 in 2023) 10 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ ## **Christ Church Padgate Accounts for year ended 31st December 2024 General Fund** |**Receipts**
Voluntary Income
Planned Giving
Collections & Other Giving
Income Tax Recovered
Other Voluntary Income
Fees
Sundry Donations
Donations for Charities
Events & Activities
Social Functions
Sale Goods & Books
Magazine Donations/Adverts
Other Income
Transfers from Reserve fund
Area Dean Grant
LDBF Grants
Insurance Claims
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**Payments**
Grants
Christian Relief & Develop. Agencies
Home Mission & Church Societies
Secular Charities
Support Costs
Sunday School & Walking Day
Training Books/Notes/Videos
Subscriptions to Other Bodies
Relating to the Work of the Church
Parish Share
Clergy Expenses
Vicarage Rates/Water
Upkeep of Services
Organist/Cleaner/Verger
Building & Maintenance
Light/Heat/Water
Sundry Expenses
Social Function Costs|**2024**
**2024**
45864
7020
11388
64272
7214
0
579
7793
0
72
0
72
500
2500
0
3000
**75137**
0
576
576
0
832
1215
2047
44626
1454
3632
449
720
1537
8725
2648
47
63838|**2023**
**2023**
45446
7516
11696
64658
8869
50
67
8987
1456
360
276
2091
7500
1000
828
1674
11002
**86738**
0
786
786
0
815
980
1795
63749
324
3548
293
724
836
7451
2593
740
80258| |---|---|---| 11 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ ## **Christ Church Padgate** ## **RESERVE FUND** |**Receipts**
Donations
Legacies
Transfer from Church of Resurrection
Central Board of Finance Interest
Coffee Morning
Garden Party
Last Night of Proms
Kings Cornation Party
Christmas tree extravaganza
WMS Concert
Coffee shop
**Payments**
Repairs & Renewals
Transfer to General Fund
Surplus
Balance at 1st January
Balance at 31st December|**2024**
**2024**
3699
244803
13000
1551
241
1727
1767
0
1388
150
0
0
268326
11972
0
11972
256354
14728
271082|**2023**
**2023**
5547
3445
0
909
1062
1383
568
1466
175
1000
0
0
15555
4522
7500
12022
3533
11195
14728|**2023**
**2023**
5547
3445
0
909
1062
1383
568
1466
175
1000
0
0
15555
4522
7500
12022
3533
11195
14728| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||3533
11195
14728| 12 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ |||**Christ Church Padgate**|**Christ Church Padgate**|**Christ Church Padgate**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||| |||**Burial Ground Fund**||||||| |||**Designated Funds**||||||| |||||**2024**||||**2023**| |**Receipts**||||||||| |Memorials and tablets||||||||| |Burials|||3037.25||||1631|| |Grants|||1000||||0|| |Repaymentfrom LDBF|||0||||0|| |||||4037||||1631| |||||||||| |**Payments**||||||||| |BurialGrouundExpenses|||0||||1770|| |Tree Survey|||0||||0|| |||||0||||1770| |||||||||| |Surplus/Deficitforyear||||4037||||-139| |||||||||| |Bank DepositAccount as at1st January||||9443||||9582| |Bank DepositAccount as at 31stDecember||||13480||||9443| |||||||||| |||**Burial Ground Restricted Fund**||||||| |||Endowmentreceived Oct2013||||||| |Receipts||||||||| |||||||||| |Payments||||||||| |Bankaccount balance at1st January||||15000||||15000| |Bankaccount balance at 31stDecember||||15000||||15000| |||||||||| |||**Church Day School Trust Account**||||||| |||**Restricted Funds**||||||| |Receipts||||||||| ||Bank interest|||1||||1| |Payments||||0||||0| |Suplusforyear||||1||||1| |||||||||| |Bank Deposit account as at1st January||||93||||92| |Bank Deposit account as at 31stDecember||||94||||93| |||||||||| |||**Flower Fund**||||||| |||**Designated Fund**||||||| |Receipts||||265||||57| |||||||||| |Payments||||90||||124| |Surplus/Deficitforyear||||175||||-67| |||||||||| |Balanceinbankat1st January||||5||||72| |Balanceinbankat 31stDecember||||180||||5| |||**Christ Church Padgate**|**Christ Church Padgate**|**Christ Church Padgate**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||| |||**Burial Ground Fund**||||||| |||**Designated Funds**||||||| |||||**2024**||||**2023**| |**Receipts**||||||||| |Memorials and tablets||||||||| |Burials|||3037.25||||1631|| |Grants|||1000||||0|| |Repaymentfrom LDBF|||0||||0|| |||||4037||||1631| |||||||||| |**Payments**||||||||| |BurialGrouundExpenses|||0||||1770|| |Tree Survey|||0||||0|| |||||0||||1770| |||||||||| |Surplus/Deficitforyear||||4037||||-139| |||||||||| |Bank DepositAccount as at1st January||||9443||||9582| |Bank DepositAccount as at 31stDecember||||13480||||9443| |||||||||| |||**Burial Ground Restricted Fund**||||||| |||Endowmentreceived Oct2013||||||| |Receipts||||||||| |||||||||| |Payments||||||||| |Bankaccount balance at1st January||||15000||||15000| |Bankaccount balance at 31stDecember||||15000||||15000| |||||||||| |||**Church Day School Trust Account**||||||| |||**Restricted Funds**||||||| |Receipts||||||||| ||Bank interest|||1||||1| |Payments||||0||||0| |Suplusforyear||||1||||1| |||||||||| |Bank Deposit account as at1st January||||93||||92| |Bank Deposit account as at 31stDecember||||94||||93| |||||||||| |||**Flower Fund**||||||| |||**Designated Fund**||||||| |Receipts||||265||||57| |||||||||| |Payments||||90||||124| |Surplus/Deficitforyear||||175||||-67| |||||||||| |Balanceinbankat1st January||||5||||72| |Balanceinbankat 31stDecember||||180||||5| |||**Christ Church Padgate**|**Christ Church Padgate**|**Christ Church Padgate**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||| |||**Burial Ground Fund**||||||| |||**Designated Funds**||||||| |||||**2024**||||**2023**| |**Receipts**||||||||| |Memorials and tablets||||||||| |Burials|||3037.25||||1631|| |Grants|||1000||||0|| |Repaymentfrom LDBF|||0||||0|| |||||4037||||1631| |||||||||| |**Payments**||||||||| |BurialGrouundExpenses|||0||||1770|| |Tree Survey|||0||||0|| |||||0||||1770| |||||||||| |Surplus/Deficitforyear||||4037||||-139| |||||||||| |Bank DepositAccount as at1st January||||9443||||9582| |Bank DepositAccount as at 31stDecember||||13480||||9443| |||||||||| |||**Burial Ground Restricted Fund**||||||| |||Endowmentreceived Oct2013||||||| |Receipts||||||||| |||||||||| |Payments||||||||| |Bankaccount balance at1st January||||15000||||15000| |Bankaccount balance at 31stDecember||||15000||||15000| |||||||||| |||**Church Day School Trust Account**||||||| |||**Restricted Funds**||||||| |Receipts||||||||| ||Bank interest|||1||||1| |Payments||||0||||0| |Suplusforyear||||1||||1| |||||||||| |Bank Deposit account as at1st January||||93||||92| |Bank Deposit account as at 31stDecember||||94||||93| |||||||||| |||**Flower Fund**||||||| |||**Designated Fund**||||||| |Receipts||||265||||57| |||||||||| |Payments||||90||||124| |Surplus/Deficitforyear||||175||||-67| |||||||||| |Balanceinbankat1st January||||5||||72| |Balanceinbankat 31stDecember||||180||||5| 13 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ ## **Christ Church Padgate** |**Church Collective**
Restricted
Note Started 01/07/21
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**Receipts**
LDBF Funding
66225
65619
Henry Smith Foundation Grant
17100
19500
Belfry Grant
60000
Planned Giving
14357
9442
Tax Recovered
3527
3086
Sundry Donations
2702
1296
University Chester
0
6566
Warrington Charities Trust
899
0
Cheshire Evangelical Trust
2574
2574
One off Grant Stay and Praise
855
0
Fundraising
663
0
Bank Interest
1071
26648
167
23131
Total Income
169973
108250
**Expenditure**
Staff Costs
Payroll
47773
50601
Clergy Housing
2836
2694
50609
53295
Operational Costs
Travel & Exps
5170
4421
Other Costs
11763
17400
Rental Of Meeting Space
6595
6325
23528
28146
Total Revenue Expenditure
74137
81441
Capital Costs
Equip
1885
608
Office
3900
5785
Overall Expenditure
79922
82049
Surplus/Deficit for year
90051
26201
Balance as at 1st January
61969
35768
Balance as at 31st December
152020
61969|**Church Collective**
Restricted
Note Started 01/07/21
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**Receipts**
LDBF Funding
66225
65619
Henry Smith Foundation Grant
17100
19500
Belfry Grant
60000
Planned Giving
14357
9442
Tax Recovered
3527
3086
Sundry Donations
2702
1296
University Chester
0
6566
Warrington Charities Trust
899
0
Cheshire Evangelical Trust
2574
2574
One off Grant Stay and Praise
855
0
Fundraising
663
0
Bank Interest
1071
26648
167
23131
Total Income
169973
108250
**Expenditure**
Staff Costs
Payroll
47773
50601
Clergy Housing
2836
2694
50609
53295
Operational Costs
Travel & Exps
5170
4421
Other Costs
11763
17400
Rental Of Meeting Space
6595
6325
23528
28146
Total Revenue Expenditure
74137
81441
Capital Costs
Equip
1885
608
Office
3900
5785
Overall Expenditure
79922
82049
Surplus/Deficit for year
90051
26201
Balance as at 1st January
61969
35768
Balance as at 31st December
152020
61969|**Church Collective**
Restricted
Note Started 01/07/21
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**Receipts**
LDBF Funding
66225
65619
Henry Smith Foundation Grant
17100
19500
Belfry Grant
60000
Planned Giving
14357
9442
Tax Recovered
3527
3086
Sundry Donations
2702
1296
University Chester
0
6566
Warrington Charities Trust
899
0
Cheshire Evangelical Trust
2574
2574
One off Grant Stay and Praise
855
0
Fundraising
663
0
Bank Interest
1071
26648
167
23131
Total Income
169973
108250
**Expenditure**
Staff Costs
Payroll
47773
50601
Clergy Housing
2836
2694
50609
53295
Operational Costs
Travel & Exps
5170
4421
Other Costs
11763
17400
Rental Of Meeting Space
6595
6325
23528
28146
Total Revenue Expenditure
74137
81441
Capital Costs
Equip
1885
608
Office
3900
5785
Overall Expenditure
79922
82049
Surplus/Deficit for year
90051
26201
Balance as at 1st January
61969
35768
Balance as at 31st December
152020
61969|**Church Collective**
Restricted
Note Started 01/07/21
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**Receipts**
LDBF Funding
66225
65619
Henry Smith Foundation Grant
17100
19500
Belfry Grant
60000
Planned Giving
14357
9442
Tax Recovered
3527
3086
Sundry Donations
2702
1296
University Chester
0
6566
Warrington Charities Trust
899
0
Cheshire Evangelical Trust
2574
2574
One off Grant Stay and Praise
855
0
Fundraising
663
0
Bank Interest
1071
26648
167
23131
Total Income
169973
108250
**Expenditure**
Staff Costs
Payroll
47773
50601
Clergy Housing
2836
2694
50609
53295
Operational Costs
Travel & Exps
5170
4421
Other Costs
11763
17400
Rental Of Meeting Space
6595
6325
23528
28146
Total Revenue Expenditure
74137
81441
Capital Costs
Equip
1885
608
Office
3900
5785
Overall Expenditure
79922
82049
Surplus/Deficit for year
90051
26201
Balance as at 1st January
61969
35768
Balance as at 31st December
152020
61969| |---|---|---|---| ||**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
65619
19500
9442
3086
1296
6566
0
2574
0
0
167
23131
108250
50601
2694
53295
4421
17400
6325
28146
81441
608
82049
26201
35768
61969||| ||||| ||||| ||||82049| ||||26201
35768
61969| 14 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ |**Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31st December 2024**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31st December 2024**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31st December 2024**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31st December 2024**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31st December 2024**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31st December 2024**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31st December 2024**|**Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31st December 2024**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||| |MonetaryAssets||General|School|Burial|Fabric|Flower|Collective|Restricted|Coffee|Total| |||||Ground|Fund|Fund|Fund|Funds|Shop|| |||||||||||| |BarclaysBankC/A||5418||9546|259264|180|100372||0|374777| |BarclaysBank D/A|||94|||||||94| |CBF DepositFund||||3934|11818||51237|15000||81989| |||||||||||| |Cash in hand|||||||3|||3| |SOLDO cards|||||||408|||408| |||||||||||| |**Total**||**5418**|**94**|**13480**|**271082**|**180**|**152020**|**15000**|**0**|**457271**| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |**Parish Share Account**||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||Jan|0.00|||| |OutstandingBalances b/fwd|||12749.89|||Feb|6375.42|||| |||||||Mar|0.00|||| |Sharefor 2024||||||Apr|6375.42|||| ||JantoDec||76501.12|||May|6375.42|||| |||||||Jun|0.00|||| |Paidinyear||||44626.47||Jul|6375.42|||| |Deanery coveredfrom 2023funds||||12749.89|Note1|Aug|6374.93|||| |Balance c/fwd||||31874.65|Note2|Sep|0.00|||| |||||||Oct|6374.93|||| ||||89251.01|89251.01||Nov|0.00|||| |||||||Dec|6374.93|||| |||||||||||| |OpeningBalancerepresented by||||||Closing balancerepresented by||||| |NovemberShare||||6374.92||August share||6374.93||| |DecemberShare||||6374.92||September||6374.93||| |Rounding||||0.05||October||6374.93||| |||||12749.89||November||6374.93||| |||||||December||6374.93||| |Note 1 -The openingbalance is to be covered byDeaneryfunds||||||||31874.65||| |butno confirmation in writingreceived||||||||||| |||||||||||| |Note2 - TheDeaneryhaveverbally said theywillpay £8000||||||||||| |from 2024 Deaneryfundsleaving Christ Church Padgate to pay||||||||||| |£23875in 2025 together with 2025Parishshare||||||||||| 15 _Annual Report Christ Church, Padgate, Warrington, 2024_ W8U1 lJ21&1 Zn&74 low￿) 1927JO 13WSS la￿1) IIZJ71 33T725 lJ172S •.710J7 rthr •lldvlO••Tqt•lB IJY•••bf•Ml• T•th I.IOIAI Im r•1P￿ 1 d4 AnnurJl Report Christ Church, PrJdgrJte, WrJrrington, 2024 16 IT.IfpJ 17.ItQq¢ 1qW¢ JY1ts1 110?22 11J71 4TTffjO lJ1&18 AnnurJl Report Christ Church, PrJdgrJte, WrJrrington, 2024 17 1y&41 IJIJUIJ 487h3 417Jl l)Ih•r •Mp•nd* 3&4nA1 .477.61 1xn ¢wJ 2￿ts) 4x16 J1 15.&K*JtrS*wJ 7S01 217 IFth*XOU5th)P4b3d4 AnnurJl Report Christ Church, PrJdgrJte, WrJrrington, 2024 18 T￿1 G•n•rnl D•¥*ft*•d H••trl¢l•d Endowmrt par La•t S•W Olhf •xp•nd*ur• Tql - 110ffi4.73 1743J1. 4ST271.72 407271.n lo1￿7• J.11731 3.117Jl 61*n 619.n 454iX41 gA1110 3J25 I dl AnnurJl Report Christ Church, PrJdgrJte, WrJrrington, 2024 19 Chrl•i ChurGh Padgit• Sofa 8•p•rat• Dulgnatsd For th• prlod from 01 January 2024 to 31 D•wib•r 2024 41a214AB 710A7 WIIJ4 3217Z IWI473 174JIIA5 5,1012lb é sAI•JJJ 1&47B* •A410 4JJr IgOItt•I 01.IWA4 aYJJ YxgJ•nip•)) i di AnnurJl Report Christ Church, PrJdgrJte, WrJrrington, 2024 20 Independent Examlner's Report Report to the Parnchlal Church Councll (PCC) of on the accounts for the year ended 31* December as set out on pages of your Annual Report. Rupertlv• r•Spon￿bIlItI￿ of Trust¢￿ arml Examin•r The PCC are responslble for the greparation of the accounts. They conslder that an Budlt Is not requlred for thls yeèr under sectlon 144 of the Charftles Act 2011 (the Charltles Act) and that an Independent examSnatlon Is needed. It Is my responslblllty to: examlne the accounts under sertion 145 of the Charides Att, to follow the procedures lald down In the generdl DSrections glven by the Charlty Commlsslon (under sertlon 145(5){b) of the Charlties Act), and to stste whether parttcular matters have come to my attentlon. Basls of Independent •xamlnerf• •tatement My examlnatlon was carried out in accordance wlth general DI￿rtionS given by the Chjrity Cornrni55ion. An examinition includes a review of the accountln9 records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also Indude5 consideratlon of any unusual Items or dlsdosures in the accounts, and seeklng explanatlons trom the PCC conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evldence that would be required in an audlt. and consequen￿¥ no opinion is given as to whether the atcounts present a Yrue and falr. vlew and the report Is Ilmlted to those matters set out In the statement below. Ind•p•nd•nt examln•rfo statement In connection with my examlnatlon, no matter ha5 come to my attentlon: l) whlch glves rne reawnable cause to belleve that In, any materlal respert, the requirements: ro keep accountlng records In ac£ordènce wSth sertion 130 of the Charltles Act. to prepare accounts whlch accord with the accounting records and comply wlth the accounung ￿quIrernents of the Charftle5 Act have not been met; or 2) to which, In my opinlon, attentlon should be drawn In order to enable a proper understandlng of the accounts to be reached. Slgned.. Date: IS IE'S Name: add￿ss. AnnurJl Report Christ Church, PrJdgrJte, WrJrrington, 2024 21