## **St John’s Church, Flixton** **Correspondence address: St John’s church & hall, Irlam Road, Flixton, Manchester M41 6AP** **Registered charity no. 1180125** ## **Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023** ## **Priest in Charge:** Debra Blair **Bank** : The Royal Bank of Scotland, 9 Crofts Bank Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 0TZ. ## **Independent Examiner:** Mr John Holdsworth The Parochial Church Council of St. John’s Church, Flixton, (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the priest in charge in promoting within the parish the mission of the Church of England. ## _**Membership**_ The PCC is a registered charity, no. 1180125. Members are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. ## **During the year the following served as members of the PCC:** Neil Barnes, churchwarden Geoff Andreassen, churchwarden until APCM 2023 Carol Cosham, churchwarden from APCM 2023 and deanery synod representative Pat Beale, reader emeritus Joyce Gardner, reader emeritus Janice Mortimer, deanery synod representative until APCM 2023 Irene Pennington, deanery synod representative from APCM 2023 The Rev Rodney Green, OLM, associate minister The Rev Nick Watson **Elected members up to APCM 2023** : Michelle Byrne, Eileen Kelly, Gill Hampson, Sue Thatcher, Robert Beale, Graham Dey, Andrea Lester. Angela Easdon and Matt Thorne were co-opted from 10 May 2022 in key roles. **Elected members from APCM 2023** : Matt Thorne (Safeguarding officer), Andrea Lester, Gill Hampson, Robert Beale, Graham Dey, Geoff Andreassen, Angela Easdon, Jan Smith and Eileen Kelly. Michelle Byrne was co-opted from 25 April 2023 and Stuart Johnson from 11 June 2023. The Vice-Chairman was Geoff Andreassen until 25 April 2023, Carol Cosham from 25 April 2023. The Treasurer was Michelle Byrne until 25 April 2023, Gill Hampson from 25 April 2023. The Secretary was Angela Easdon. The PCC has complied with the duty under Section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016. The PCC has had regard to the Charity Commission's published guidance on public benefit. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, using the Receipts and Payments method. |**St Johns Financial Statement**|Code|Unrestricted|Mission &|Hall repairs|Total funds|Total funds| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||General Fund|Ministry Fund|Fund|2023|2022| |**Receipts**||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**| |Tax efficient planned giving 1, 101, 201||22778.00|9240.00|-|32018.00|31717.52| |Other planned giving 2, 102, 202||4250.00|0.00|-|4250.00|2988.00| |Cash collections at services 3, 103, 203||6934.84|0.00|480.00|7414.84|5989.81| |Recurring donations or gift days 4, 104, 204||730.16|0.00|-|730.16|0.00| |Non-recurring donations 5, 105, 205||362.00|0.00|630.00|992.00|3149.31| |Tax recovered 6, 106, 206||12693.71|4871.32|0.00|17565.03|2286.33| |**Total Direct Giving**||47748.71|14111.32|1110.00|62970.03|46130.97| |**Other Income**||||||| |Grants received|8, 208|1559.00|0.00|11800.00|13359.00|1250.00| |Interest from bank - current a/c|10|712.58|0.00|-|712.58|90.15| |Interest from bank - deposit a/c|10|2.08|0.00|-|2.08|0.26| |Interest from bank - CCLA a/c|10|1646.81|0.00|-|1646.81|667.06| |PCC fees|11|257.00|0.00|-|257.00|392.00| |Income from trading - Hall rents|12|22422.00|0.00|-|22422.00|24046.50| |Income from trading - Book Unit|12|309.91|0.00|-|309.91|290.63| |Other income|13|0.00|0.00|-|0.00|0.00| |**Total Receipts**||**74658.09**|**14111.32**|**12910.00 **|**101679.41**|**72867.57**| |**Payments**||||||| |Tithes & donations|18|5602.00|0.00|-|5602.00|7194.74| |Parish Share|19|27825.60|0.00|-|27825.60|30920.00| |Clergy expenses|21|209.08|0.00|-|209.08|106.23| |Printing & mission expenses|22|785.81|0.00|-|785.81|2027.84| |Church running expenses|23|11381.91|0.00|-|11381.91|11623.35| |Utility Bills (church & hall)|24|4699.89|0.00|-|4699.89|4433.15| |Cost of trading church hall|25|2056.40|0.00|-|2056.40|5694.34| |Cost of trading Book Unit|25|194.72|0.00|-|194.72|230.54| |Governance costs|26|200.00|0.00|-|200.00|200.00| |Major repairs to church|27|0.00|0.00|-|0.00|0.00| |Other major repairs|28|21717.20|0.00|12910.00|34627.20|5190.00| |**Total Payments**||**74672.61**|**0.00**|**12910.00**|**87582.61**|**67620.19**| |**Surplus/deficit**||**-14.52**|**14111.32**|**0.00**|**14096.80**|**5247.38**| **Note:** Church and hall expenses and utility bills are bound up with each other because of shared items (insurance, cleaning, gas, electricity, water, fire extinguisher servicing, PAT testing, etc), but if hall expenses were to be stated separately we estimate that £3760 would be added in 2023 to Hall Costs of Trading and subtracted from Utility Bills, and a further £4,128 would be added to Hall Costs of Trading and subtracted from Church Running Expenses. **Note** : The Mission and Ministry Fund was set up by the PCC on 5th October 2021 with the object of ‘contributing to the ministry and mission of the Church of England in the parish of Flixton St John and elsewhere, as decided by the Parochial Church Council members of St John’s Church Flixton, the trustees of Registered Charity no. 1180125’. The Hall Repairs Fund was the result of grant appeals made for the hall roof project in 2023 and was also open for specific donations. **Note: transactions by PCC as agent** (It is the custom of the PCC to charge for the services of some organists and vergers at funerals and weddings, and to pass these fees in full on to the individual providing the service. In these cases, and in respect of diocesan fees charged for funerals, weddings, and interment of ashes, the PCC is acting as agent) |**Receipts**
Fees to Diocese received
Scargill church weekend fees received
999
**Payments**
Fees to Diocese forwarded
Scargill weekend fees forwarded
999
Inclusive total receipts
Inclusive total payments
Inclusive surplus/deficit|1162.00
0.00
2039.00
0.00
878.00
0.00
2520.00
0.00
77859.09
14111.32
78070.61
0.00
-211.52
14111.32|0.00
1162.00
0.00
2039.00
0.00
878.00
0.00
2520.00
12910.00 104880.41
12910.00
90980.61
0.00
13899.80|2667.63
771.00
3088.63
300.00
76306.20
71008.82| |---|---|---|---| ||||5297.38| ## **Sponsorship Fund (restricted) 2023** **Note:** The Sponsorship Fund was created by the PCC so that members of the church could make specific donations in support of children overseas and contributions are made from it to "Compassion" or other charities. |es.||| |---|---|---| |**Receipts**
Standing Orders
Gift Aid Reclaim
Interest
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Compassion Sponsorship
Other
**Total payments**
Surplus/deficit
Balance as at 1st Jan
Balance as at 31st Dec|**2023**
737.00
338.50
8.52
**1084.02**
761.00
0.00
**761.00**
**323.02**
717.61
1040.63|**2022**
802.00
49.50
1.39
**852.89**| |||808.00
30.00
**838.00**| |||**14.89**
656.97
717.61| |**NOTE: Book Unit bank account 2023**
**Receipts**
Income from sales
Donations
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Maranatha
**Total payments**
Surplus/deficit
Cash In hand & current account 1st Jan
Cash in Hand 31 Dec
Current account 31st Dec
Total at 31 Dec
Value of stock at year end|£
282.73
27.18
**309.91**
194.72
**194.72**
115.19
1482.87
128.13
1469.93
**1598.06**
100.00|2022
£
290.63
0.00
**290.63**
230.54
**230.54**
60.09
1422.78
18.22
1464.65|2022
£
290.63
0.00
**290.63**| |---|---|---|---| ||||230.54
**230.54**| |||**1482.87**
500.00|| St John's Church, Flixton. Statement of assets and liabilities as at **31 December 2023** |ton. Statement of assets and liabilities as at**31 December 2023**
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
Current
High Interest
CCLA
Book Unit
**Assets**
£
£
£
£
Bank accounts total
25839
174
53031
1470
Cash in Hand
0
0
0
128
Stock
100
**TOTAL**
25839
174
53031
1698
**Liabilities**
Uncashed cheques
0
Loans
0
**TOTAL**
0
Net Assets
25839
174
53031
1698
RESTRICTED FUNDS
M&M Fund Hall repairs fund
Sponsorship
**Assets**
Bank Account
26191
0
1041
Debtors
0
0
0
**TOTAL**
26191
0
1041
**Liabilities**
Creditors
0
0
0
**TOTAL**
0
0
0
Net Assets
26191
0
1041
TOTAL FUNDS
Net Assets
52030
0
174
53031
1698
1041|ton. Statement of assets and liabilities as at**31 December 2023**
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
Current
High Interest
CCLA
Book Unit
**Assets**
£
£
£
£
Bank accounts total
25839
174
53031
1470
Cash in Hand
0
0
0
128
Stock
100
**TOTAL**
25839
174
53031
1698
**Liabilities**
Uncashed cheques
0
Loans
0
**TOTAL**
0
Net Assets
25839
174
53031
1698
RESTRICTED FUNDS
M&M Fund Hall repairs fund
Sponsorship
**Assets**
Bank Account
26191
0
1041
Debtors
0
0
0
**TOTAL**
26191
0
1041
**Liabilities**
Creditors
0
0
0
**TOTAL**
0
0
0
Net Assets
26191
0
1041
TOTAL FUNDS
Net Assets
52030
0
174
53031
1698
1041|**2023**
Totals

£
80514
128
100
**80742**
0
0
**0**
**80742**
Totals
27232
0
**27232**
0
**0**
**27232**
**107974**|2022
Totals
£
81867
18
500
**82385**
1294
0
**1294**
**81091**
£
12798
0
**12798**
0
0
**0**
**12798**
**93889**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| **Reserves:** The PCC's policy is to maintain General Fund total unrestricted balances (less funds held against future liabilities) of at least three months' running costs and at most two years' running costs ## **St John’s Church, Flixton** **Correspondence address: St John’s church & hall, Irlam Road, Flixton, Manchester M41 6AP** **Registered charity no. 1180125** ## **Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023** ## **Priest in Charge:** Debra Blair **Bank** : The Royal Bank of Scotland, 9 Crofts Bank Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 0TZ. ## **Independent Examiner:** Mr John Holdsworth The Parochial Church Council of St. John’s Church, Flixton, (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the priest in charge in promoting within the parish the mission of the Church of England. ## _**Membership**_ The PCC is a registered charity, no. 1180125. Members are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. ## **During the year the following served as members of the PCC:** Neil Barnes, churchwarden Geoff Andreassen, churchwarden until APCM 2023 Carol Cosham, churchwarden from APCM 2023 and deanery synod representative Pat Beale, reader emeritus Joyce Gardner, reader emeritus Janice Mortimer, deanery synod representative until APCM 2023 Irene Pennington, deanery synod representative from APCM 2023 The Rev Rodney Green, OLM, associate minister The Rev Nick Watson **Elected members up to APCM 2023** : Michelle Byrne, Eileen Kelly, Gill Hampson, Sue Thatcher, Robert Beale, Graham Dey, Andrea Lester. Angela Easdon and Matt Thorne were co-opted from 10 May 2022 in key roles. **Elected members from APCM 2023** : Matt Thorne (Safeguarding officer), Andrea Lester, Gill Hampson, Robert Beale, Graham Dey, Geoff Andreassen, Angela Easdon, Jan Smith and Eileen Kelly. Michelle Byrne was co-opted from 25 April 2023 and Stuart Johnson from 11 June 2023. The Vice-Chairman was Geoff Andreassen until 25 April 2023, Carol Cosham from 25 April 2023. The Treasurer was Michelle Byrne until 25 April 2023, Gill Hampson from 25 April 2023. The Secretary was Angela Easdon. The PCC has complied with the duty under Section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016. The PCC has had regard to the Charity Commission's published guidance on public benefit. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, using the Receipts and Payments method. |**St Johns Financial Statement**|Code|Unrestricted|Mission &|Hall repairs|Total funds|Total funds| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||General Fund|Ministry Fund|Fund|2023|2022| |**Receipts**||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**| |Tax efficient planned giving 1, 101, 201||22778.00|9240.00|-|32018.00|31717.52| |Other planned giving 2, 102, 202||4250.00|0.00|-|4250.00|2988.00| |Cash collections at services 3, 103, 203||6934.84|0.00|480.00|7414.84|5989.81| |Recurring donations or gift days 4, 104, 204||730.16|0.00|-|730.16|0.00| |Non-recurring donations 5, 105, 205||362.00|0.00|630.00|992.00|3149.31| |Tax recovered 6, 106, 206||12693.71|4871.32|0.00|17565.03|2286.33| |**Total Direct Giving**||47748.71|14111.32|1110.00|62970.03|46130.97| |**Other Income**||||||| |Grants received|8, 208|1559.00|0.00|11800.00|13359.00|1250.00| |Interest from bank - current a/c|10|712.58|0.00|-|712.58|90.15| |Interest from bank - deposit a/c|10|2.08|0.00|-|2.08|0.26| |Interest from bank - CCLA a/c|10|1646.81|0.00|-|1646.81|667.06| |PCC fees|11|257.00|0.00|-|257.00|392.00| |Income from trading - Hall rents|12|22422.00|0.00|-|22422.00|24046.50| |Income from trading - Book Unit|12|309.91|0.00|-|309.91|290.63| |Other income|13|0.00|0.00|-|0.00|0.00| |**Total Receipts**||**74658.09**|**14111.32**|**12910.00 **|**101679.41**|**72867.57**| |**Payments**||||||| |Tithes & donations|18|5602.00|0.00|-|5602.00|7194.74| |Parish Share|19|27825.60|0.00|-|27825.60|30920.00| |Clergy expenses|21|209.08|0.00|-|209.08|106.23| |Printing & mission expenses|22|785.81|0.00|-|785.81|2027.84| |Church running expenses|23|11381.91|0.00|-|11381.91|11623.35| |Utility Bills (church & hall)|24|4699.89|0.00|-|4699.89|4433.15| |Cost of trading church hall|25|2056.40|0.00|-|2056.40|5694.34| |Cost of trading Book Unit|25|194.72|0.00|-|194.72|230.54| |Governance costs|26|200.00|0.00|-|200.00|200.00| |Major repairs to church|27|0.00|0.00|-|0.00|0.00| |Other major repairs|28|21717.20|0.00|12910.00|34627.20|5190.00| |**Total Payments**||**74672.61**|**0.00**|**12910.00**|**87582.61**|**67620.19**| |**Surplus/deficit**||**-14.52**|**14111.32**|**0.00**|**14096.80**|**5247.38**| **Note:** Church and hall expenses and utility bills are bound up with each other because of shared items (insurance, cleaning, gas, electricity, water, fire extinguisher servicing, PAT testing, etc), but if hall expenses were to be stated separately we estimate that £3760 would be added in 2023 to Hall Costs of Trading and subtracted from Utility Bills, and a further £4,128 would be added to Hall Costs of Trading and subtracted from Church Running Expenses. **Note** : The Mission and Ministry Fund was set up by the PCC on 5th October 2021 with the object of ‘contributing to the ministry and mission of the Church of England in the parish of Flixton St John and elsewhere, as decided by the Parochial Church Council members of St John’s Church Flixton, the trustees of Registered Charity no. 1180125’. The Hall Repairs Fund was the result of grant appeals made for the hall roof project in 2023 and was also open for specific donations. **Note: transactions by PCC as agent** (It is the custom of the PCC to charge for the services of some organists and vergers at funerals and weddings, and to pass these fees in full on to the individual providing the service. In these cases, and in respect of diocesan fees charged for funerals, weddings, and interment of ashes, the PCC is acting as agent) |**Receipts**
Fees to Diocese received
Scargill church weekend fees received
999
**Payments**
Fees to Diocese forwarded
Scargill weekend fees forwarded
999
Inclusive total receipts
Inclusive total payments
Inclusive surplus/deficit|1162.00
0.00
2039.00
0.00
878.00
0.00
2520.00
0.00
77859.09
14111.32
78070.61
0.00
-211.52
14111.32|0.00
1162.00
0.00
2039.00
0.00
878.00
0.00
2520.00
12910.00 104880.41
12910.00
90980.61
0.00
13899.80|2667.63
771.00
3088.63
300.00
76306.20
71008.82| |---|---|---|---| ||||5297.38| ## **Sponsorship Fund (restricted) 2023** **Note:** The Sponsorship Fund was created by the PCC so that members of the church could make specific donations in support of children overseas and contributions are made from it to "Compassion" or other charities. |es.||| |---|---|---| |**Receipts**
Standing Orders
Gift Aid Reclaim
Interest
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Compassion Sponsorship
Other
**Total payments**
Surplus/deficit
Balance as at 1st Jan
Balance as at 31st Dec|**2023**
737.00
338.50
8.52
**1084.02**
761.00
0.00
**761.00**
**323.02**
717.61
1040.63|**2022**
802.00
49.50
1.39
**852.89**| |||808.00
30.00
**838.00**| |||**14.89**
656.97
717.61| |**NOTE: Book Unit bank account 2023**
**Receipts**
Income from sales
Donations
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Maranatha
**Total payments**
Surplus/deficit
Cash In hand & current account 1st Jan
Cash in Hand 31 Dec
Current account 31st Dec
Total at 31 Dec
Value of stock at year end|£
282.73
27.18
**309.91**
194.72
**194.72**
115.19
1482.87
128.13
1469.93
**1598.06**
100.00|2022
£
290.63
0.00
**290.63**
230.54
**230.54**
60.09
1422.78
18.22
1464.65|2022
£
290.63
0.00
**290.63**| |---|---|---|---| ||||230.54
**230.54**| |||**1482.87**
500.00|| St John's Church, Flixton. Statement of assets and liabilities as at **31 December 2023** |ton. Statement of assets and liabilities as at**31 December 2023**
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
Current
High Interest
CCLA
Book Unit
**Assets**
£
£
£
£
Bank accounts total
25839
174
53031
1470
Cash in Hand
0
0
0
128
Stock
100
**TOTAL**
25839
174
53031
1698
**Liabilities**
Uncashed cheques
0
Loans
0
**TOTAL**
0
Net Assets
25839
174
53031
1698
RESTRICTED FUNDS
M&M Fund Hall repairs fund
Sponsorship
**Assets**
Bank Account
26191
0
1041
Debtors
0
0
0
**TOTAL**
26191
0
1041
**Liabilities**
Creditors
0
0
0
**TOTAL**
0
0
0
Net Assets
26191
0
1041
TOTAL FUNDS
Net Assets
52030
0
174
53031
1698
1041|ton. Statement of assets and liabilities as at**31 December 2023**
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
Current
High Interest
CCLA
Book Unit
**Assets**
£
£
£
£
Bank accounts total
25839
174
53031
1470
Cash in Hand
0
0
0
128
Stock
100
**TOTAL**
25839
174
53031
1698
**Liabilities**
Uncashed cheques
0
Loans
0
**TOTAL**
0
Net Assets
25839
174
53031
1698
RESTRICTED FUNDS
M&M Fund Hall repairs fund
Sponsorship
**Assets**
Bank Account
26191
0
1041
Debtors
0
0
0
**TOTAL**
26191
0
1041
**Liabilities**
Creditors
0
0
0
**TOTAL**
0
0
0
Net Assets
26191
0
1041
TOTAL FUNDS
Net Assets
52030
0
174
53031
1698
1041|**2023**
Totals

£
80514
128
100
**80742**
0
0
**0**
**80742**
Totals
27232
0
**27232**
0
**0**
**27232**
**107974**|2022
Totals
£
81867
18
500
**82385**
1294
0
**1294**
**81091**
£
12798
0
**12798**
0
0
**0**
**12798**
**93889**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| **Reserves:** The PCC's policy is to maintain General Fund total unrestricted balances (less funds held against future liabilities) of at least three months' running costs and at most two years' running costs I report on the financial ststements of th¢ PCC for the year cndal 3 1st December 2023. which ar¢ set out on pages RESPE￿1VE RESPONSIBILITIES OFTHE PCC AND THE EXAMINER A5 members of th¢ PCC you aTe responsible for the preparation of the financial statements; you consider that an audit is noi required for this year under the R¢gulation and under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011{the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is nKdd. It 15 my respx￿SibIlity to issue this r¢p)rt on. those financial ststements under section 145 of the 2011 ACL follow the procedures laid down in the g¢n¢ral directions given by th¢ Charity Commission under wtion 145(5Xb) of the 2011 Ac( and stale wheth¢r particular mal*rs have come lo my altention. This rew¢ including my ststemenL has been PT¢pgr¢d for and only for the charity's trustee as a Erf)dy. My work has been undertaken so that I might stste to the charity's tn￿te¢ thos¢ mall¢rs l am required to state to them in an independenl examiner's report and for no oth¢r purpos¢. To the fullest ¢xtent perniitted by law. I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the chwity and the charity's as a imxly for my examination work. for this report. or for the staiements I have made. BASIS OF THIS REPORT My examination was carrid out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examinaiion includes a review of the accouniing r￿ordS kept by the PCC and a comparison of the financial statements ple%nt￿ with those records. It 81so includes considering Any unusual items or dI￿lOsureS in the financial ￿&tements and sccking explanations from you ls trustees conc¢rning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in On audiL and cons¢quently no opinion IS 8iven as to whethw the financial stst¢ments present a '¢ru¢ and fair view. and the report is limited to those matters set out in the ststement below. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'SSTATEMENT In connection with my examinatio￿ tw matter h&s ￿me to my attention.. hich gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any m8t¢rial resFttt the rquirements: to keep accouniing records in a¢cordance with s￿tIOn 130 of the 2011 Act. and to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting tewrds and comply with ihe accounting requirements of the 20118nd have not been meL or to wh&ch. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper unders¢andinB of the finan¢ial statements to b¢ reached. SIGNED Date John Thomas Holdsworth B& C Ed. 15 Ly)mouth Avenue. Flixton. M416FB