Pmbfrl ChrfstthurcKs Par(¥chial Church Coundl hasthe responslbllity of Cooperat1 wlth the Incumbent Reverend Sue fimmins, in promotiryd in the ecckgastKal parish, the whole mlsslon ofthe church, pastoral. evan8elistlc, soclal and ecumenical. The PCC Is also spectfically responslble for the maintenance of the Church and 8rounds of Chrlstchurch. Dou8las-lTrParbold. The PCC Is commltted to enabllNd as many wple as $sIble to worshlp at our chuth and to become of our parlsh communlty at Chrlstchurch. Our servlces put worshlp and falth Into practke thrOh prayerand sulpture, musk and sauament. When plannln8 (r actIvlU for the yearwe consider the Commlssknns 8uidance on public benefit and In partlcular the supplementary guidano on charltles for the ath¥ancement of religion. In partlcular we try to enal)le ordlnary peo to INe (Mrt tlk falth as part of the parish communlty throu8h: Worshlp and Prayer, learnlNd abo the 8ospel. and deloplwd thelr knowled8e and trust In Jesus. Provlsknn of pastoral care Mtsslo•Hry and outreach work To enable thls, It Is lrnportant to malntaln the fabrk of the thurth and ground& There are normalty a rnn8e of services. on a Sunday there Is an 8am and 10.30am ser4ke and weekly there Is a communion servlce on Wed•, thls tskes place In the Wl hall In the vllla8e and Is well atteNled. At other times a variety of serv1$ are offered whlth the communlty flnd trKth beneficial and spiritually fulfilli includlw an InfornMI Encowter servlce On a month In church. Twke a month on sndaY evenlw dull tem) time the meet at the thuvth and the xout hut. Duflng 2024 Sunday sef¥kes contlnwl to be recorded arnl offe1 to the cowegation a5 recordin85. Weekly faith Th)ments a also reconled and sent OUL Monthfy written prayer reflectlons are also sent OUL There a 2 famlly seThices eath month. one outd(m and one in dwrth. JuThor d)urch for chlbdren aged 4-14 year old and the under4,$ group tskes plao on 2 Su• per month duriryd tenn time. on a temi. sertes are held at Pathkl th)laS Perny. The kademy also holds an a55embly
once a terni In the church. Assemblie5 in Parbokl Do Acadany are supported forthhtty by the vicar with half.temity support from one of the music leader> All our welcome to attend our re8ular seThi At present there are 134 parlshloners on the thurch Electoral Roll. As well as our re8utsr ser¥kes. we enable ourcommunlty to lebrate and thank God at the mllestones of the journey thrwh Ilfe. Thro baptiyn we thank God fr>r the 8ift of life. in marrlage public vows are exthan8ed with Gods blessi and thro fura1 serv1 frlends and farnl express thelr grief and give thanks for lffe and to commend the person Into Gods keepin8. We have celebrated 9 baptisms, I weddin8 and held 9 fvnernls Sn our church thts year. An annual thankS8m serte for fdmllles wlx) hkn been bereaved Ss k1 In church. One member of the PCC slts on Deanery Synod. This wovldes the PCC with an Important link between the parlsh and the wkler structure of the drth. Churth We want our church to be open to the communlty for wlvate due to the 8eo8rdphkal posltion of the churth thls Is not alwaysfeaslble. Unfortunatrly, thls was not èchleved In 2024. General malntenano has been contlnued thrOut the •r both In the church and 8rnveyard. P•stornl car• Some members of the parlsh are unable to attend dNwth due to Nlness or age. The pastoral team vlslt at tlmes offerln8 to celebrate comrnunlon wlth them as requested. Contact IHS been malntslned wlth members of the con8re8atlon ty phone calls and prKtlcal 5UPPOrt as requlred. Pastordl vlslts are made to two local nutslre14)mes and a monthty Communlon seT¥lce Is held at our local resldentlal tommunlty for trlelpln8 Others Is a demonstratbn of our falth. TMS Inchmles SUPPOrtINd local and Intematlonal causes through our tlthes. This yearfs harvest appeal enabled further funds to 80 to Stsble Llves Charlty and Merty Rescue Tntst A church prayer ner ts woduced bl.nM)nthty keep1 peopk lrrfOrnd of the Important matters affectln8 the churth and artlcles that 1p and develop our kwledge and trust In Jesus. There are often updates from the or8antsath)ns that the church 5UPPOrt overseas, keeplng the congregatk•n Infomied. Revernnd Sue and the Mlnlsters from Partx>ld Evalal Church and Our la5 RC meet occask)nalty for fellowshlp and prnyer. na1 revlew Totsl income for 21n4 wa5 £103323 whkh Yds a Srtfal on 2023 £1.920. Tr Gfft Ald recovered was £10.820. Our loose plate. regular gMn8 and income from serv5 was slightly Ifica5ed. We also reIved 8iftfrom the Peter Lithom Charity of £275. Income
also lttluded £4Ix from PCOT and É63iXI from hi of Chh ld. Total expendItU was £105,744 whith induded full pant of our Parlsh sha {£55162) Expendlture included: heatin& L¥ht and Tater rats&" £5718; WTrra8e expenses of £2,565; Repairs arKI malntenance was £2,153. The wages for Partsh Admlntstrator and thaner and payments to our Worship Leader for 2024 came to £13.131. Our rrthe givlng amounted to £9.235 and Harvest Appeal carne to £2,783 Twhich was divided between Stable charity and Merry Rescue Tnst. There was also £2,367 spert on the upkeep of the churchyard. The end of year saw a decrease In fvnds ty £2,423. For 2025. we are again wedicti5 a shortfall d to reduced corgregations and increased costs. A stewardship campaÉn at the end of 5t year was encoura8lng and we hope to build on that thls comlng year. The PCC Ss aware and Is worklng wlth the Dlocese and wlll closety scrutlnlse all expenses duri the year to try to minimise the defKIL It Is the PCC polky to malntsln a resef¥e balance on wwe$l whlch equates to 3 month's general runnin8 costs plus one mon$ salary costs and redundanLy liabllities for pald ernployees. Thls was revlewed in November 2024 arnl remalns at £25Cn) and will be reviewed annualty. It Is held to smooth out fitIOnS In cash llow and to meet emer8enaes. The remainin8 totsl In the land and Bulk118 fund of £12252 wlll be for ary further Improvements needed in the malfitenan of the bulld1 and graveyard- especlally the heatlre system and safety conrn$ re8ardtsKq some of the 8rave& We a150 C<tInUe to seek to cany out our refurblshment plans. Volufit•• We would Ilke to thank trj all the volunteevs ¥hK• Work to make the church Il¥ety and vlbrant communlty especlalty the people who hm offklal The method of appolntment of the PCC b set In the Churth Representstlon Rule. At Chrlstrhurch the membershlp of the PCC tonslsts of tt Incumbert (ourvkar}. thurchwarden5 and members elected by those members of the Co3tk•n who are on the electornl roll of the churth, all those who attend our serviosl members of the cOregaon are encoura8ed to re81ster on the Electoral roll and stand for electK)n of the PCC The PCC members are responslble for makln8 dedslons on all matters of generdl concern and Importan to the parlsh Indudlng decidire on how the fvrKls of the PCC are to be spenL The full PCC met slx tlmes In 2024 wlth an average attendance of 65%. Glven Its wkle responslbllltles the PCC has a number of cornmittees each dealin8 With a particular aspect of parish life. These commbttees whith Indle fabri4 outreach and pastOf31 are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it at each PCC meetin8 with decisions bel discussed as necessary.
Cthrfstchurch, Parbold Is sltuated on PartKAd HW, Justwtsmle thevlllage. It is part of the Dmxese of 81ackburn. The Corresponden address tsThe WKar4e, 5 Tanlw)use Lane. Parbold, Lancashire. The PCC Is a boty corp(Kate {PCC Powers Measure 1956. Church Representthn Rule 21K)61 and a charfty Seeki reglstralk•n wlth the charlty commission. PCC members wlx> have ser¥ed in 2024 at any time from 1° J•nuary 2024 untll the date thls report was approved are: Incumbent: The Reverend Sue Tlmmlns Associate mlnbter. Mrjohn Mountsln Associate mlnSster: Dr Michelle Brlg8S Warden: Mr Dere* AshcrofL Mrs Barbarn Lor Mrs Lln Mllne, Treasurer Dr Brlan McGken {untll March 20241 Mrs Angela Worthln8ton (untll March 20241 Dr Steve Hl88lns (from W 2025 untll 2025) Mr Gavln Rowlands Rachel Vanstone (untll Mardb 20241 Mrs Klm Woods Dr Paul Plart representstlon ¢Jn Deawy SY1 Mr Davld Green (from May 20251 Mrs Olwen Hl8ham (from May 20241 Jayne Jenks (from May 2024) May Blake Ifrom May 20241 Mrjonathon HICkli {from May 2024)
Apwoved PCC on September 2025 and SW on their behalf Re¥erand rirnmins on th* behalf Slgnature_.--..---.--...---... Date_
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALE Chrlst chh Parlxjld Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forth• period ffom To 0110112QZ4 3111V2024 Sectioii A Receipts and payments Unstri¢ted funds Restricted funds Endowm•nt lunds Total fund• Ioihtr M•r•st £ t•lh•M•r•¥t£ tnth• n••r•tl lo lh• T1811t A1 R•¢•i 47.063 47,003 44•22 P18nned (othety 11428 12,8 &041 Olh•r voluntary rIpts Gift Recovered Activibes for genèfabng funds fi,824 10.820 10.120 3$$ Recarpts frtyn Chuich Activitie8 Inv•slm¢nt incom• Sub total(Gross income for ARJ 14646 116 17fj• 10J.J23 A2 A•g•t and inv••tm•nt ••l•. s¢• table). 103JJ8 A3Pa •nt• Cost of Generation Voluntary incom& DSan Pansh Shar• Other Paynbrts A*sson gvingand chant&ble donatti)ns Governan Cosis $6,162 66,162 9336 1461 9.2Je Sub tstai 1114744 IW744 A4 As8•t and inv•$tm•nt pureho¥e•. Is•• tab) Sub fotal Totslp•yments 105.744 104741 106M2 A5 Trnntyf {w•• lunds A6 Ca•h lunds last y4•r•nd Cash funds thls yw end 66.078 62N1 6250 81,167 77.117 CCXXR1 •¥(88)
Section B Statement of assets and liabil ities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted 81 Ca•h funds Tot•1 e#h funds 11fj71 4201 funds Detsils FU110 83 Inve•tm•nt a•MI• FurAl¢o* Details 84 A•1 rtalId forthe eharty's own Fj lowthkh Details BJ bIlItI N•m• 2W1r2W25 2&ffj1rnJ26 JXR1
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to tho Ite851 members of Dou&LAg IN. PAthii) (HULLA CWNCIL On accounts for the yoar 31sr D£cEM6Q ts14- Charlty no (If wy) 117qIZL Sot out on pagos I repcfft to the trustees on my examlnation of the accounts of the atov8 charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended Responslbllllles and As the thanty trustees of the Trust. you are resEnSIble for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in aC0)rdan with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I reprxt in respect of my examinatlon of the Ttusl's ac(x)unts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrjfjng out my examination. I have followed the apFAirabS8 Directions given by Charity Commissi under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my exarninal. l (x)nfirm that rK) material matters have come to my attentir ) in connection with the examinats'c which gives Th (ause to believe that in. any material respect accounting re(x)rds were not kept in acc(KrJance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not aclxxd with the accounting recdS Independ•nt examinerfs statement I have no ncernS and have come across no other matters in connedion Yth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of Ihe ac(r)unts to be reached. ' Pleas8 delete the wffds in the i¥ackets Mth8y (*) not apply. Slgnod: 02/20 Name: FiiMIA HILL Ralovant professlonal qualhlcatlon(s) or body {If any): INstiTre Cf cH/T(LOUrI ICA£W) Addrnss: I (OÉDNcf CLOSÉ Ley 11)&& I&rt trNik qAY IER October 2018
Scction B Dibclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of cxjncem (see CC32. Independent examination of ¢arity acCnts. dir8dlor and gUan for examiner5). Glve here brlof dotalls of any Items that tho examlnor wlshes to disclose. IER -, October 2018