I"lio Unitod Ftri- BIRCHWOOD AND WOOLSTON Reglstered Charity Number 1185707 (England & Wales) Parochlal Church Councll Annual Report and Flnanclal Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 Submitt•d to and approved by the ￿0¢m on 10 Aprll 2022 Slgned Peter Dlbben - APCM Chalr Currently In Interognum 8arclays Bank PIC Warrfngton 8uslness Centre 25 Sankey Street Wanlngton CCLA Senator House 85 Queen Vlctorla Street London Archlte Reb•cca Grfmshaw-Anthonv Grlm$hawA$$o¢late* 6 Brideman Terrace, Wigan, WN1 1SX Mr Les Dunnlng ## **Annual Report for 2021 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** ## **Reference and Administrative Information** The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Birchwood and Woolston, Warrington is a Registered Charity, number 1185707 (England & Wales) and continues to operate under the “Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956” and the Church Representation Rules”. The Church of the Transfiguration is located on Admirals Road, Birchwood, and The Church of the Ascension (the designated Parish Church) is located on Warren Lane, Woolston. The parish is part of the Diocese of Liverpool and its official correspondence address is: The Vicarage, 20 Warren Lane, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4ES ## **Background** The PCC of the Parish of Birchwood and Woolston, comprising the Church of the Ascension and the Church of the Transfiguration, have the responsibility, of cooperating with the Vicar in post, of promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. Formal union the of two parishes of Birchwood and Woolston was confirmed by the Church Commissioners from 1 November 2014. From that date the two PCCs met jointly, until the 2015 APCM when a single PCC for the United Parish was elected following the compilation of a combined electoral roll. The PCC of the United Parish of Birchwood and Woolston has historically in common with almost all other PCC's of the Church of England having Income / Receipts for the year of under £100,000 being charities exempted from registration with the Charity Commission; however in the year 2018 we exceeded that limit and therefore applied during 2019 to register as an individual charity and we were granted that status on 9[th] October 2019.Our Registered Charity Number is 1185707. ## **Membership** Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation rules. **For the period 1 January 2021 to the date of approval of this report at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 10 April 2022 the following people served as members of the Parochial Church Council (PCC)** : **Pioneer Team Vicar** : Rev. Rebecca Roberts Resigned 5 August 2021 (Position Currently Vacant) **PCC Members** : Church Wardens Mr. Graham Broady Mr. Peter Dibben **Representatives on Deanery Synod** Mr. Peter Dibben ** Elected APCM 2020 Mr. Neil Fairweather ** Elected APCM 2020 **Elected Members** Mr. John Bailey Mrs. Kim Blondon Mrs. Barbara Laugher From APCM 18 April 2021 Mr. Stuart Robinson ** Mrs. Sue Rustage From APCM 18 April 2021 Resigned 22 Oct 2021 Mrs. Cheryl Simpson ** Mrs. Sheila Walsh Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 1 ## **Annual Report for 2021 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** ## **Elected Members - continued** Mr. Stuart Walsh Mrs. Yvonne Woolley ** PCC representatives on: Warrington East Team Council ## **Appointments** Mrs. Sheila Walsh Secretary of the PCC Mr. Peter Dibben Vice Chair of the PCC Mr. Jon Bailey Treasurer of the PCC Mrs. Pat Prince Gift Aid Secretary Mr. Duncan Howarth Safeguarding Officer Mr. Peter Dibben Health and Safety Officer Mrs. Cheryl Simpson Electoral Roll Officer Officer for Birchwood Mrs. Yvonne Woolley Churches Together Mrs. Ethel Brocklebank Churches Together Mr. Neil Fairweather Warrington Educational Trust ## **Committees** ## **Standing Committee:** This committee is a legal requirement to take decisions if the full PCC cannot be consulted. It is also responsible for finance. Decisions made and actions taken are reported at the next full PCC meeting. ## **Public Benefit** The general functions of the PCC are stated within section 2 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956. In the United Parish of Birchwood and Woolston our mission statement is ‘ **God in the Community** ’. This confirms our mission to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England, both through the Word and our deeds to love the Lord our God and to love his children, our neighbours and love each other in our fellowship. When planning our 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. In 2021, the following public benefits were provided: Regular public worship open to all – when Covid 19 restrictions allowed. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation and helping people who have asked for assistance with prayer. Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved, and offering Holy Communion to those who are not able to leave their own homes. Taking of religious assemblies in Birchwood C of E Primary School, and Woolston C of E Primary School. Messy Church takes place at The Church of the Transfiguration, in partnership with Birchwood C of E School. Promoting the whole mission of the Church through regular social and fundraising activities open to the whole community. Supporting those in need in our community, through our project The Table Oakwood and the employment of a Christian Community Development Worker. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 2 ## **Annual Report for 2021 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas through giving to special appeals. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Courses and small groups were delivered as part of the Warrington East Team, Warrington Deanery, and Churches Together in East Warrington. Working in partnership with the other Anglican churches in the Warrington East Team; namely Christ Church, Padgate, and The Church of the Resurrection, Cinnamon Brow. Regularly meeting with our ecumenical partners through Churches Together in East Warrington. Regular review of Safeguarding policies and practices for our work with young people and vulnerable adults. ## **Church Attendance** The Church of the Ascension is the designated Parish Church. During the pandemic, the average Sunday attendance when the Ascension has been open for public worship, has been 42 adults and 2 children. When closed for public attendance, worship has taken place on Facebook Live, with around 30 households engaging each Sunday. The Church of the Transfiguration continues to be used for services in connection with the Birchwood School and for occasional offices when pandemic restrictions allowed. The electoral roll for the United Parish was completely revised on 7 April 2019 with a total of 83, 11 of which are resident outside the United Parish as of 3 March 2021 there were 80 on the electoral roll of which 11 were outside the parish. Updated electoral roll numbers will be given at the APCM. ## **The Gorton Memorial Trust** The Gorton Memorial Trust was set up in 1980 with the sole objective of the charity being the repair, maintenance and general upkeep of the church as served by the Church of the Ascension Woolston and also by such means as are charitable, the promotion of the Christian Faith in accordance with the principles of the Church of England. From time to time the PCC have requested financial assistance from the trust and over the years the trust has made grants to the PCC towards costs incurred on the Vicarage, Church Roof, Church Heating System, Service Books, Disabled Access and Toilet. The Trust was disbanded in 2007 and its assets transferred to the PCC. The assets transferred have been put into a new PCC Fund called “ **Gorton Memorial Fund** ” and incorporated into the Financial Statements attached to this report. It is the intention of the PCC to use these funds only for purposes laid out in the original Gorton Trust Deed. As part of our successful bid to the for a grant to enable major repairs to be carried out to the **Church of the Ascension** the **PCC** allocated **£20,000** from this Fund in the year 2020 towards that project. This topic is covered in more detail elsewhere in this Report. ## **PCC Review of the Year** As for most of 2020 the on-going Covid-19 restrictions affected all areas of life. The PCC met eight times and all meetings were conducted following the rules in place at the time. Average attendance was 86%. Two meetings were held over Zoom; two meetings were held in church and the remainder in the Mission Hall. Any decisions made at meeting using Zoom were ratified by email votes. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 3 ## **Annual Report for 2021 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** Following the news that the Rev. Rebecca Roberts and her husband, Rev. Michael Roberts, would be leaving the parish this meant a lot of re-organisation with Rev. Stuart Nixon of the United Reform Church agreeing to take over much of the work done at Birchwood on the Joshua Project – our grateful thanks go to him for help at this time. Archdeacon Simon Fisher, came to speak to the PCC about beginning the process of filling the vacancy. The pre-Section 11 meeting and the Section 11 meeting were held promptly to ensure that the process was begun as quickly as possible and the other team members contacted to elect their representatives. Mr Peter Dibben and Mrs Yvonne Woolley were elected as our representatives. It was confirmed that there would be a like-forlike appointment would be made. The PCC continued to address the usual matters of finance, maintenance and all other routine matters. Work continued on the Heritage Project 50. Mr Stuart Robinson continued his valuable work with the Heritage project, Two Zoom meetings were held with Sarah Harding from the NLHF and discussions and suggestions were explored about widening the links with the community. The PCC also reviewed its safeguarding and health and safety policies, these are also displayed on the Church of the Ascension notice board. After Rev. Rebecca’s departure the PCC discussed how to continue to hold our regular events including Remembrance Day, Harvest and Christmas. Mr Stuart Walsh agreed to find cover for our regular services and readers for every service. The PCC reluctantly accepted Mrs. Susan Rustage’s decision to stand down as a PCC member. Gratitude for her valuable contribution over the year was expressed. As PCC secretary I would like to thank every member of the PCC for their hard work and dedication during such difficult and unprecedented times. In normal times the PCC minutes are placed on the Church of the Ascension notice board following approval at the subsequent meeting ## **Financial Review of the Year** The Summary on page 12 shows the overall performance of each of the funds under the control of the PCC with Receipts totaling £144,988 and Payments of £157,970 giving an overall deficit for the year of £12,982 and fund balances carried forward of £52,848. Receipts and payments in the year are much higher than normal due to the major refurbishment of the Church of the Ascension as part of our 50[th] celebrations which also includes projects to connect with the wider community in our Parish; this building and community work is supported by the (National Lottery Heritage Fund). Receipts and Payments under this scheme are detailed on Page 20 of the accounts. This project was completed during 2021 and that total Receipts and Payments will be lower year 2022. ## **The following notes highlight what has happened to each fund.** ## **General Fund** The Receipts & Payments Account of the **General Fund** covers the day to day running expenses of the Church and this is included in the Financial Statements for 2021 attached to this Report on page 13 with supporting notes on the following pages. This shows we had a **surplus** of Receipts over Payments of **£6,285** for the year (Yr. 2020 £5,410) giving a balance in hand at the 31 December 2021 of **£13,395** (Dec 2020 £7,110). The main reason we ended up with a surplus is that as part of the Diocese of Liverpool’s continuing Covid 19 support to the Parish they reduced Parish Share Payments by a £1,000 per month for the last 10 months of Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 4 ## **Annual Report for 2021 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** the year which amounted to £10,000 and without that much appreciated support we would have had a deficit for the year. The **salient points** that should be considered when reviewing the financial statements for the General Account for the year are as follows: ## Receipts: - Receipts at £72,344 were up £5,649 (8.5%) on 2020. - Our weekly income was £1,391 (2020: £1,283). - Overall giving (including tax refunds) decreased by £895 (1.9%) to £45,941. - Tax efficient planned giving up by £442 (1.5%) at £28,967. - Tax Refund down £2,078 (20%) at £7,930 – change of scheme – timing differences. - `o` Other regular giving, collections and donations were up £691 (8%) at £8,994. - 36% (2020 30%) of our income comes from Grants, Fees, Fund Raising and the Church Hall, these were up in total by £6,544 (32.9%) at £26,403. ## Payments: - Payments at £66,059 were up £4,774 (7.8%) on 2020. - Weekly expenditure amounted to £1,270 (2020: £1,179). - In the year our Parish Share payments went up by £2,211 (4.3%) to £52,752 being £1,014 per week. - However we paid £41,879 with a rebate of and Covid support waived being £10,873 – see notes elsewhere re this. - Church Hall costs were up 75% at £13,298 (LY £7,572) primarily due to increased utility and maintenance costs. - The Church running costs were also 10% lower at £4,473 (LY £4,976) primarily due to reduced utility bills as a result on lower use of the Church building and also due to its major refurbishment. As regards Parish Share it should be noted that the new scheme introduced at Deanery level for year 2020 saw substantial increases at a parish level for many Churches with our increase being £2,910 (6%) to £50,541 in that year. This trend has continued with the charge for year 2021 being £52.752 and for year 2022 it will be £54,929 As mentioned previously because of the impact of Covid 19 the Diocese waived substantial amounts in the year 2020 £8,423 and year 2021 £10,873 – without this help we would have struggled financially. In the coming year (2022) however the reduction is much lower at £2,177 giving a net total for the year of £52,752 and this equates to £19.50 per week for each of the 52 (at Dec 2021) regular planned givers to the church. Gift Aid gives us a bonus of 25p for each pound given in a tax refund from the Government which amounted to £7,980 in this year’s accounts. This was made up of £1,596 in respect of the previous 12 months to December 2020 and £6,384 via Parish Giving Scheme for the current year. In the last 10 years gift aid tax refunds to the General Account have totaled £82,579 (to Lyr £80,790). Mentioned in previous year’s reports a scheme called “ **Parish Giving** ” (PGS) was introduced by the C of E and if you give via this scheme and are a taxpayer the church gets the tax refund monthly (this really helps Church’s cash flow) rather than waiting a year to claim it back; 36 Church Members were in the scheme during 2021 and this brought in a tax refund of £6,384 during the year (see above). Many thanks for this. Details of the Scheme are given on page 9 and will highlighted at the APCM and hopefully you will consider joining if you have not done so already – you don’t have to be a taxpayer to participate and this is our preferred regular giving scheme - if interested please contact Mr. John Bailey or Mrs. Pat Prince. Our thanks go to all who support the Church either financially or in other ways. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 5 ## **Annual Report for 2021 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** The Budget for 2022 is subject to the continuing impact of Covid 19 along with increased Parish Share and shows a deficit (overspend) of £6,500 (£125pw) with Receipts of £74,000 (£1,423pw) and payments of £80,500 (£1,548 pw) – see page 22 – obviously not ideal and assumes continued support of the congregation. ## **Fabric Fund** Receipts to the **Fabric Fund** were £1,085 (2020 - £2,876) which included donations of £320 and tax refund of £785. A fee for inscribing Book of Remembrance of £80 was paid. The Fabric Fund now stands at £15,931 (2020: £14,926) as shown on Page of 17. ## **Gorton Memorial Fund** The only receipt on the **Gorton Memorial Fund** during the year was that of Interest amounting to £5. This gives a balance carried forward of £9,052, (2020: £9,047) as shown on Page of 17. ## **Organ Fund** As regards the **Organ Fund** the only transactions were a receipt from funerals of £30 towards maintenance of the Organ and a payment for maintenance of the Organ of £giving a balance carried forward of £444 (2020: £662) as shown on Page of 18. ## **John Hicks Fund** No Receipts were received in the year (2020 - £200). Payments amounted to £1,058 (2020 £nil) during the year and were in respect of new chairs for the Birchwood School Hall which are funded by a donation that was received in 2019. The John Hicks Fund now stands at £5,802 (2020: £6,860) as shown on Page 18. ## **Joshua and Community Project Funds** The Birchwood “ **Joshua and Community Project Funds** ” collectively known as “ **The Table Oakwood** ” were created in the year 2018 and are principally funded by external grants and are restricted funds to promote the Christian message in that area as well providing practical on the ground support. We originally had 2 part time members of staff who started towards the end year 2018 but this reduced to 1 in August 2021 being our Christian Community Worker in Birchwood Grants are normally received towards the end of our financial year (Dec) to cover the next 12 months costs, but this has not been the case in 2021. We received the Community worker and Joshua grants in Febuary 2022. During the year additional grants and donations have been appreciably received to enable the provision of food parcels during these difficult Covid 19 times. Full details of receipts and payments so far are given on Page 19. ## **Ascension Heritage 50 Fund** This fund which is grant supported by the Lottery Heritage Fund is for the major refurbishment of the Church of the Ascension as part of its 50[th] Celebrations along associated community involvement. Full details of receipts £70,839 and payments £70,762 in the year are detailed on page 20 of the accounts. The Lottery Heritage Fund meets 88% of the costs with the Church providing the balance of 12% through Community Events (somewhat curtailed re Covid 19), donations and transfer from reserves (Gorton). Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 6 ## **Annual Report for 2021 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** This project was completed during the year leaving a small balance remaining in the fund of £1,804; its proposed to transfer this in due course back to the Gorton Fund if no late costs in respect of this project materialise. ## **Reserve’s policy** It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to approx. £20,000 (Including full Parish Share) and is intended to help smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The bank balances of £19,197 held on unrestricted funds at the year end, together with the amounts payable to of £3,012 and by £1,262 amounted £20,947 being 105% of that target. The PCC’s is aware that aid from the Diocese in the year has helped to improve this position at the yearend but as a PCC we know we need to do more without needing such help. The balances of £27,231 in the Fabric, Gorton, H50 and Organ restricted funds are retained principally towards meeting the cost of major repairs to fabric of the church, its organ and the mission hall. It is our policy to invest a substantial element of these fund balances with the CCLA Church of England Deposit Fund, and Barclays Deposit Accounts, currently amounting to £11,336 (42%) and the remainder with our principal bankers Barclays Bank Plc. Other specific restricted fund balances amounting to £6,420 relate to Birchwood Community Projects. In addition, the PCC can take some comfort from the fact that we own the Church (Mission) Hall which has a significant value. ## **Safeguarding** During the year the PCC adopted the national Church of England Safeguarding Policy, as outlined in the Parish Safeguarding Handbook. Policy statements are on display inside The Church of the Ascension, The Mission Hall, and The Church of the Transfiguration. The PCC will formally review and readopt this policy, and subsequent amendments proposed by The Church of England, at the first meeting following the APCM annually. ## **Churchwarden’s Report** After the Covid reduced Christmas 2020, 2021 started with one service in church on 3 January 2021 before we shut down again for three months. Rev. Rebecca was able to stream Sunday services direct from the Church of the Ascension thanks to the Wi-Fi installation that was part of the Heritage Lottery funded work. The Church of the Transfiguration at Birchwood also closed and the Sunday afternoon “Table” services were held using Whatsapp. Purely social meets were held approximately monthly in a nearby park. The community food bank, established with the other Birchwood churches continued operation and provided a real need for those in some of the poorest parts of the parish. This was funded from various generous grants and donations. During this shutdown PCC meetings and a lent course were held on-line. The Church of the Ascension reopened for Sunday worship on 28 March 2021, Palm Sunday. Certain activities could take place outside and the school children contributed to a wonderful outside Easter Garden. Wednesday morning services re-started on 28 April 2021 but in the church to enable distancing. The heritage lottery work continued until July, mainly re-pointing the brickwork. Others were, of course, also affected by Covid and Woolston Parish council used the Church several times for their meetings in order to have enough space to hold socially distance meetings. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 7 The United Parish of BIRCHWOOD AND WOOLSTON The Churches of the fransfiguiatior,. & the Axenson Annual Re ort for 2021 to the Annual Parochial Church Meetin In the summer we held a very successful summer event - 'The Ascension Fest". This was the final event ol the Heritage Louery project, with the lollery providing some setting-up funding, il allracled a large number of visitors from the local community. A confirmation service was held al Birchwood in July when four adults, mostly parents that starled by coming lo the Birchwood messy church and then "The Table" Sunday setvices. were confirmed. Two teenagers from Woolslon who missed out in 2020 were also confimied al that service. Rev. Rebecca Robert5 announced her new appointment on 11 April 2021 and held her final Sunday service on 1 August 2021 before leaving us for the parish of Lower Darwen in the Diocese of Blackburn. Rebecca's husband Mike also left and his role as missional leader al "The Table" has been temporarily filled by Rgv. Stuart Nixon. As with all parishes that fall into vacancy, the Deanery look long look al us. Theif dgcision was that b9cause we were a Parish with a reasonably large congregation al one church and were making efforts lo build up a new congreg81ion al the other th8111 w8s appropriate lo appoint a new vicar on a like for like basis. The vacancy proces5 is very slow and we had lo wail until November for the Diocese Mission and Pasloral committee lo ratify the Deanery's proposal. In the meantime, w8 had put together our 'Parish Profile,, which describes the parish for Ihg bonefil of potential applicants. By the end of the year with most of our congregation having received al least two doses of Vaccine and in many cases three, normal Sunday allendance sellled al just below pre-covid levels with a handful of people watching online each woek. This only reduced slighily when the Omicron Variant was announced. However, allendance al all the live Christmas services was much reduced. Curiously, fewer funerals look place in both 2020 and 2021 than in 2019. Team events have been minimal because of Covid.11 didn't help th81 Rev. Tra¢ey al Cinnamon Brow w8s on sick leave for a long time. This was lo end when she look ill health retirement at the end of January 2022. Not havlng a Vlcar means that the opportunities for worship In our schools are limited. We are very grateful lo Rev. Nigel who offered lo officiate al a school service in church al the Ascension in December as well as taking his share of our regular services. We are also very grateful lo all the other rellred clergy who have supported us not forgelllng Archdeacon Simon who has also officiated here. The final service of the Year al the Ascension was the midnight mass celebrated by Bishop Beverley Mason. Our fin8n¢es have survived the year but we do need to raise more money lo ensure our future. The best way of doing this is through regular glving by our congregation and the PCC Is very grateful lo all Ih05e who give regulady through the Parish Giving Scheme which enable us lo recover Gift Aid from your donations promptly. We ended 2021 looking fo¢ward lo 2022 with great expectations of a new vI￿r and a new er8 in the lrfe of our Parish which we hope and pray will come lo fruition Peter Dlbben- PCC Chair 16 March 2022 On behalf of the PCC for submission and approval al the APCM on 10 April 2022 Isundayl. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page-8 ## The Church of the Ascension Woolston Your church has registered with www.parishgivingscheme.org. This is the information you need when you ring to make your gifts to your church through the PGS: ## Our full church name is: **Church of the Ascension - Woolston** Our unique church code is: **220622217** QR code ## To change your Direct ## Debit, once it is set up: Via My PGS on the website https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/mypgs/ or ring the PGS team on 0333 002 1260, or email info@parishgiving.org.uk. You can also write to: Parish Giving Scheme 76 Kingsholm Road Gloucester GL1 3BD. ## Supporting your church ## **Giving through the Parish Giving Scheme** ## Why give through the Parish Giving Scheme? The Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) is simply the best way you can support The church of the Ascension. The PGS is an Anglican charity. Most Liverpool parishes have joined and over half of English dioceses support it. Joining the PGS makes a huge difference compared with weekly envelopes or cash on the plate because we can collect your gift now. It is more efficient than standing orders. Your gift is _always_ in your full control (by online, email or phone) with PGS. The Scheme is for every church member with a bank account. You do not need to pay tax. Your gift leaves your account by Direct Debit on the 1[st] of each month. It is in church account by the 10[th] and any Gift Aid reclaims by the end of the month. The PGS saves time and administration and helps with cash flow. Your gift will support our ministry and PGS helps us make generous giving part of our daily life and discipleship. **How do I join, firstly** - Have your bank details to hand: account number, sort code and the name of your bank. - Have the church details found on the left to hand: - our church name and our unique PGS church code. ## Then choose one of three ways 1. Ring the PGS office in Gloucester on **0333 002 1271** . They will guide you through the process, Monday to Friday 9- 5pm 2. By the website. https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/home/ and type in church code or the church postcode or scan the QR code with a smart phone. 3. By completing a Gift Form available from John Bailey – E: johnhbailey.bailey@gmail.com m:07740826266 ## What happens next? You will receive confirmation by email or post of your Direct Debit, the amount and date of your first PGS gift. If you already give by standing order, remember to cancel it once PGS have confirmed with you. How much does it cost? - Nothing, everything you give goes into the church bank account. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Information on Giving via PGS Page 9 Independent Examiner's Report Report to the Parochial Church Council IPCCI of the United Parish of Birchwood and Woolston (Reglstered Charlty No. 11857071 on the accounts for th8 y8ar ended 31 December 2021, as set out on pages 11 to 21 of your Annual Report. Respectlve responslbllltles of Trustèes and Examlner The PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 {the Charities A¢tl and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charilies Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5){bl of the Charitles Acl}, and to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Ind8p8nd8nt Examlnor's statement My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An axamination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts present8d wilh thos8 records. It also includes consideration of any unusual Items or dlsclosur8s In th8 accounts,. and seeklng explanations from the PCC conc8rning any such matters. The procedures undert8ken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and Gonsequently no opinion is given as lo whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters sel out in the statement below. Independent Examlner's Statement In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records have not been kept in accordance with sectlon 130 of the Charities Act. or, the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.. I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the aGcounts to be re8ched IE'S Name.. Mr Les Dunnlng 16 March 2022 Address: 24 Thetford Road, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3EQ Page 10 ## **Accounting Policies - Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021** The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations, using the Receipts & Payments basis. ## **Funds** General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any special restrictions regarding their use and are available for application to the general purposes of the PCC. These include funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC. The purpose of any restricted funds is noted in the financial statements. The financial statements include monetary transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC can be held responsible. They do not include the accounts of other Church groups that owe an affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of Church members. Subject to the above, receipts and payments include income as received and expenditure when irrevocably paid. **Statement of Assets and Liabilities** The following assets are recognised but not necessarily valued in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities: **----- Start of picture text -----**
. Movable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a
faculty for disposal.
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Land and buildings held on behalf of the PCC.
. Other fixtures, fittings and office equipment where the PCC is free to dispose of such assets without faculty
and where the original cost exceeded £1,000.
. Any Investments held beneficially by the PCC.
The following assets are recognised and a monetary value given as part of the description in the Statement of
Assets and Liabilities:
. Amounts owing from HMRC where a formal claim has been made.
. Any other amounts owing to the PCC including church hall lettings and insurance claims.
. Legacies where formal notification of entitlement and amount has been received at 31 December by the PCC.
. Closing Cash and Bank Balances as shown in the receipts and payments account.
The following liabilities are recognised in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:
. Any Loans or Overdrafts advanced to the PCC.
. Any arrears of Diocesan Parish Share.
. Creditors for goods or services where the supply has been received and invoiced by 31 December.
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**Total**
**2021**|**Total**
**2020**| |||||**£**|**£**
**£**|**£**| ||**Receipts**|||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric
Ascension
Gorton
Ascension
Heritage 50
Ascension
Organ|||72,344|72,344
1,085
1,085
5
5
70,839
70,839
30
30|66,695
2,876
70
134,655
60| ||Transfiguration Special Projects||||685
685|28,903| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||0
0|200| ||**Payments**|||72,344|72,644
144,988|233,459| |||||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric
Ascension
Gorton
Ascension
Heritage 50
Ascension
Organ|||66,059|66,059
80
80
0
0
70,762
70,762
248
248|61,285
0
0
152,928
0| ||Transfiguration Special Projects||||19,763
19,763|25,689| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||1,058
1,058|0| ||**Surplus (Deficit)**|||66,059|91,911
157,970|239,902| |||||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric|||6,285|6,285
1,005
1,005|5,410
2,876| ||Ascension
Gorton||||5
5|(19,930)| ||Ascension
Heritage 50||||77
77|1,727| ||Ascension
Organ
Transfiguration Special Projects||||(218)
(218)
(19,078)
(19,078)|60
3,214| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||(1,058)
(1,058)|200| |||||6,285|(19,267)
(12,982)|(6,443)| ||**Opening Cash & Bank Balances**|||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric
Ascension
Gorton
Ascension
Heritage 50
Ascension
Organ
Transfiguration Special Projects|||7,110|7,110
14,926
14,926
9,047
9,047
1,727
1,727
662
662
25,498
25,498|1,700
12,050
28,977
0
602
22,284| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||6,860
6,860|6,660| ||**Closing Cash & Bank Balances**|||7,110|58,720
65,830|72,273| |||||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric
Ascension
Gorton
Ascension
Heritage 50
Ascension
Organ
Transfiguration Special Projects|||13,395|13,395
15,931
15,931
9,052
9,052
1,804
1,804
444
444
6,420
6,420|7,110
14,926
9,047
1,727
662
25,498| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||5,802
5,802|6,860| |||||13,395|39,453
52,848|65,830| ||**Monies Due In - Gift Aid Refund £2,500 (Gen A/c) & Heritage 50 Grant £3,325**
Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W) Page Number: 12|||||| ||_** Note - John Hicks Fund is Designated_|||||| |||||||| |||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**General Fund - Receipts & Payments Account - Unrestricted**|Year -->
Note|
**£**
**£**
**2021**|||**£**
**£**
**2020**||| ||**Receipts**|||||||| ||**Incoming resources from donors**|||||||| ||**Regular Planned Giving**
Tax efficient planned giving
1a
Income Tax Recovered
1b
Other Regular Giving
2
Collections of loose cash at services
3
**Occasional Giving**
Donations
4
**Non Recurring Grants**
Diocese of Liverpool - Covid Support
**Incoming resources from operating activities to further the councils objects**
Magazine Adverts
15
Wedding and Funeral Fees - less interegnum Fees
16
**Activities for generating funds**
Fund Raising
5a
Hire of Church Hall
6a||28,967
40%
7,980
11%
3,005
4%
3,130
4%
2,859
4%
64%
45,941
0%
0
0
(42)
0%
(42)
2,311
24,134
37%
26,445|||28,525
39%
10,008
14%
3,063
4%
1,161
2%
4,079
6%
70%
46,836
1,000
180
327
1%
507
2,587
15,765
28%
18,352||| ||**52**|||||||| ||**Total Receipts Week / Year**||_£1,391_||£72,344|_£1,283_||£66,695| ||**Payments**
**Costs of activities for generating funds**
Magazine
15
Fund Raising Costs
5b
Church Hall Running Expenses
6b
**Donations to Charities**
Missionary Giving
Christian Overseas Relief and Development Agencies
Home Missions
Secular Charities
1.0%
7
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
**Cost of parish ministry**
Diocesan Parish Share
8
Clergy Expenses
9
Parsonage House
10||240
393
13,298
21%
13,931
75
175
325
173
1%
748
41,879
126
2,356|||160
788
7,572
14%
8,520
75
125
300
0
1%
500
42,118
477
2,303||| ||Mission & Evangelism||110|||0||| ||**Church Running Expenses**
Heat, Light, Insurances etc
11
Maintenance
12
Upkeep of Services
13
**Support and training costs**
Salaries, Wages and Honaria
14a
Support costs
14b
**Church Management and Administration**||3,852
621
1,882
0
186
77%
51,012|||4,364
612
1,791
0
0
84%
51,665||| ||Printing and Stationery||314|||320||| ||Bank & Card Charges||43|||76||| ||Miscellaneous||11|||107||| ||Stewardship Envelopes||0
1%
368|||97
1%
600||| ||**Total Payments Week / Year**||_£1,270_||£66,059|_£1,179_||£61,285| |||||||||| ||**Excess of Receipts over (Payments)**||||6,285|||5,410| |||||||||| ||**Bank Balances**
**_At 30/11/18_**|||||||| ||Barclays Bank Plc - Current Account at 1 January 2021
Barclays Bank Plc - Current Account at 31 December 2021||||7,110
£13,395|||1,700
£7,110| |||||||||| ||Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)|||||Page Number: 13||| ||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||**Notes to Financial Statements for year ended:- - - >>>**
**General Fund Receipts & Payments Account**|**£**
**£**
2021||**£**
**£**
2020|| |**1a **|**Tax efficient planned giving - gift aided**
Envelopes
Direct Payments to Bank|1,664
1,768
3,432||1,930
1,494
3,424|| ||Parish Giving Scheme|25,535||25,101|| |**1b **|**Tax Refunds**||28,967||28,525| ||Envelopes & Direct Bank & Donations - re Prior Financial Year|2,499||2,656|| ||Transfer to Other Funds re restricted donations|(1,111)||0|| ||Gift Aid - Small Donations Scheme - re Prior Financial Year|350||1,272|| ||Diocese - Admin Fee|(142)||(195)|| ||Parish Giving Scheme - Current Financial Year|6,384||6,275|| |**2**
**3**|**Other Regular Giving**
Envelopes
Direct Payments to Bank
Parish Giving Scheme
**Collections of loose cash at services**
Collections (inc Sumup Online in Church)|475
660
1,870
2,815|7,980
3,005|339
860
1,864
1,112|10,008
3,063| ||Donations towards charities and missions - restricted (note 7)|315||49|| |**4**|**Donations**
Donations - Church General Fund
Donations - Church General Fund - Gift Aid|1,860
756|3,130|1,669
2,245|1,161| ||Donations - Church Flowers (restricted) - (Note 13)
Donations - Church Flowers (restricted) - Gift Aid (Note 13)|36
55||40
10|| |**5**
**6**|Donations - Church Magazine (restricted) - (Note 15)
Donations - Church Magazine (restricted) - Gift Aid (Note 15)
**Fund Raising**
**a) Receipts:**
Christmas Market
100 Club Subscriptions
Social Committee
Birchwood & Virtual Quiz's
**Total Receipts**
**b) Less Payments:**
Christmas Market
100 Club Prizes
Social Committee
Birchwood & Virtual Quiz's
**Total Payments**
**Net Receipts**
**Church Hall Running Expenses**
**a) Receipts:**
Regular Lettings
Casual Lettings
**Total Receipts**
**b) Less Payments:**
Electric
Gas|42
110
1,005
0
486
820
24
0
287
82
24,134
0
2,016
2,879|2,859
2,311
393
1,918
24,134|20
95
0
824
341
1,422
0
600
38
150
15,380
385
2,214
1,452|4,079

2,587
788
1,799
15,765| ||Water|472||1,116|| ||Insurance - (Note 18)
Maintenance
Cleaning - Wages
Cleaning - Payroll Costs
Cleaning - Materials
Refuse Collection
**General Acc - normal costs:**
**Net Receipts**|1,324
4,580
876
86
342
723|13,298
10,836|1,310
380
826
0
175
99|7,572
8,193| ||||||| ||**Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)**|||**Page Number: 14**|| ||||||| ||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Notes to Financial Statements for year ended:- - - >>>**
**General Fund Receipts & Payments Account(cont'd)**|**£**
**2**|**£**
**021**|**£**
|**£**
**2020**| |**7**
**8**
**9**
**10 **
**11 **|**Donations to Charities**
**Missionary Giving**
United Society (USPG)
75
**Christian Overseas Relief and Development Agencies**
Christian Aid
175
**Home Missions**
The Children's Society
325
**Secular Charities**
Fox Wood School
173
**Total payments**
Direct giving (restricted) in respect of the above - see note 3
**Net payment of Church Funds**
**Diocesan Parish Share**
Parish Share - Amout Paid
Waived by Diocese re Covid19
Total Parish Share due for year
(Year 2022 - £54,929 , less rebate of £2,177 = £52,752, being £1,014 per week)
**Clergy Expenses**
Car
0
Telephone
126
**Parsonage House**
Council Tax & Water Rates
1,412
Costs whilst Vacant - due to Interregnum
944
**Church Running Expenses**
Electric
468||75
175
325
173
748
315
433
41,879
10,873
52,752
126
2,356|75
125
300
0
175
296
2,303
0
474|75
125
300
0
500
49
451
42,118
8,423
50,541
477
2,303| ||Gas|1,605||2,400|| ||Water
Web, Broadband & Mobiles|182
255||95
0|| ||Insurance - Ascension - (Note 18)
Insurance - Transfiguration - (Note 18)|758
485||732
480|| |**12 **|Cleaning - Transfiguration
**Church Maintenance**
Ascension|99|3,852|183|4,364| ||Fire Extinguishers & Hose Maintenance
Electrics - 3 Yr & PAT Tests
General Maintenance
Heating & Plumbing
Transfiguration
Lightning Conductors - Transfiguration|148
86
34
221
489
132||146
0
0
466
612
0|| |**13 **|**Upkeep of services**
Service Books, Music Sheets and Licences
Holy Communion Wine, Wafers, Candles
Special Service Expenses
Equipment for Online Services
Church Flowers|679
567
545
0
91|621
1,882|655
131
92
836
77|612
1,791| ||Note
:restricted donations of £91 (2020|£50) received toward|s cost of Flowers - see|note 4.|| ||||||| ||**Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)**|||**Page Number: 1**|**5**| |||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Notes to Financial Statements for year ended: - - >>>**
**General Fund Receipts & Payments Account(cont'd)**||**£**
**2**|**£**
**021**|**£**
|**£**
**2020**| |||||||| |||||||| |**14 **|**Salaries and support costs**|||||| ||**a) Salaries**
Organist
Verger||0
0|0|0
0|0| |**15 **
**16 **|**b) Support costs**
Computer & Web Costs
Lay Training
Parish hospitality - special services
**Magazine**
Costs
Less
Donations (Note4)
Donations (Gift Aid) (Note 4)
Cost after donations
Adverts
Surplus (Excess)
**Fees**
Fees - Funerals & Weddings
Less - Allowed as set off by LDBF re Interregnum
Paid over to LDBF
Paid Over to Organists / Organ Fund
Paid Over to Organists / Organ Fund
Paid - Interregnum Fee & expenses
Sub Total - PCC Element
Other Fees for Banns & Other Certificates
Total PCC Fees per accounts
**The Notes above relate to the**
On behalf of Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance (LDBF) - £1,530 was re
burials and weddings. This money was distributed in accordance with curr
by LDBF) to be set off against Interregnum fee's of £1,064 - the balance o
will be made in due course and this amount has been included in Debtors||48
0
20
0
118
0
186
0
240
160
42
20
110
95
152
115
88
45
0
180
(88)
135
1,530
2,087
(206)
0
1,324
2,087
672
1,665
70
140
30
60
1,064
0
1,836
1,865
(306)
222
264
105
(42)
327
**General Account to be found on Page 13**
ceived as fees from Funeral Directors and private individuals in regard to funerals.
ent diocesan guidance as detailed above. In addition £206 was retained (as allowed
f £858 is reclaimable from LDBF at the discretion of the Archdeacon - such a claim
in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.|||| |||||||| |**17 **|**Debtors - Statement of Assets and Liabilitie**|**s - Page 21**||||| ||In respect of the Year 2020 the amounts against Fabric & Buildings relate to grants due on expenditure relating to building work and associated fees at 31 December
2020, in connection with the Heritage Lottery (H50) project for the major refurbishment of the Church of the Ascension (such grant received Jan 2021);
Gift Aid Tax Refunds relate to monies received under gift aid in the year to which a claim is to be submitted to HMRC; Other debtors relate to Utilities in advance and
net Interegnum fees paid out not yet reclaimed.|||||| |**18 **|**Other Assets - Statement of Assets and Liabilities - Page 21**
These assets consist of the Church Hall building known as the Mission and its contents and are shown at the values they were insured for as notified on 5
September 2018, as has been our normal practice for some years.
However from 8 October 2018 all Church Properties are now included in a single Parish Plus Policy that covers the both Churches (see Note 11) and Hall
(see Note 6b) with cover for each buildings and contents totalling up to a maximum of £2.96m for each property irrespective of its current value.
Note: - Neither Church Building is shown as an asset as they are not owned by the United Parish of Birchwood & Woolston.|||||| |**19 **|**Liabilities - Statement of Assets and Liabilities - Page 21**|||||| |||||||| ||**Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W) Page Number: 16**
In respect of the year 2020 the Fabric & Buildings Creditor relates to amounts oustanding for building work and associated fees at 31 December 2020, in
connection with the Heritage Lottery (H50) project for the major refurbishment of the Church of the Ascension (paid Jan 2021); Other creditors mainly
relate to Utilities in arrear.|||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||**Fabric Fund - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2021||**£**
**£**
2020|| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations:**
In Memorial - General
In Memorial - Gift Aid
Legacy
Donations
Donations - Gift Aid
Envelopes - General
Envelopes - Gift Aid|||0
250
0
0
0
0
5|255|540
200
0
0
2,000
13
48|2,801| ||Gift Aid - Tax Refunds||||765||0| ||**Activities for generating funds**
Cake Raffles
Remberance Book
**Income from Investments**
Bank Interest
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**|||0
65|65
0
1,085|72
0|72
3
2,876| ||Inscribing Remberance Book|||80||0|| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current / deposit accounts at 1 January 2021
Barclays Bank current / deposit accounts at 31 December 2021||||80
1,005
14,926
£15,931||0
2,876
12,050
£14,926| ||||||||| ||**This fund is restricted to the maintenance of the Fabric of Woolston Church Buildings.**||||||| ||**Gorton Memorial Fund - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2021||**£**
**£**
2020|| ||**Receipts**
**Income from Investments**
Interest - CCLA
Interest - NS&I
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**||||5
0
5||61
9
70| ||Transfer to Ascension Heritage 50 Fund - Ex NSI
Transfer to Ascension Heritage 50 Fund - Ex CCLA|||0
0||13,453
6,547|| ||0
**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
5
**Bank Balances**
CCLA Bank deposit accounts at 1 January 2021
9,047
CCLA Bank deposit accounts at 31 December 2021
£9,052
**This fund is restricted to the maintenance of the Fabric of Church Buildings in Woolston and certain other costs**
**in original Gorton Trust Deed.**||||||20,000
(19,930)
28,977
£9,047
**as detailed**| ||||||||| ||Rtegistered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W) Page Number: 17||||||| |||**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||**Organ Fund - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2021||**£**
**£**
2020|| ||||||||| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations**
Maintenance Fees from Funerals
**Income from Investments**|||30|30|60|60| ||Bank Interest||||0||0| ||**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
Repairs to Organ
248
**Excess of (Payments) over Receipts**
**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2021
Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2021
**This this fund is restricted to the maintenance and renewal**||||30
0
248
(218)
662
£444
**of the Church Organ**||60
0
60
602
£662| ||**Birchwood - John Hicks - Designated**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2021||**£**
**£**
2020|| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations:**
**Grants & Donations towards Replacement Ceiling**
||||||| ||Donations|||0||200|| ||**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**||||0
0||200
200| ||Chairs for Birchwood C of E School|||1,058||0|| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2021
Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2021
**This fund is designated for the maintenance of the Fabric of the Church &**
Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)||||1,058
0
(1,058)
200
6,860
6,660
£5,802
£6,860
**associated buildings in Birchwood**
Page Number: 18||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||**Receipts & Payments Account**
**Birchwood - Joshua Project - Restricted**|||**£**
**£**
2021||**£**
2020|| ||**Receipts**
||||||| ||**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**||||||| ||**Restricted Donations:**
LBDF - Grant - Birchwood Projects
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**|||0|0
0|4,000|4,000
4,000| ||**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**||||||| ||**Joshua Centre:**||||||| ||Salaries & National Insurance
Payrol & Admin Costs|||2,465
87
8
27
266
296||3,650
141|| ||Travel Costs|||||18|| ||Other Costs|||||107|| ||Messy Church|||||111|| ||Activity Costs|||||259|| ||||||||| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2021
Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2021||||3,149
(3,149)
4,517
£1,368||4,286
(286)
4,803
£4,517| ||**This fund is restricted for the development of a new congregation in Birchwood. It has been provided by the Diocese of**
**Liverpool through their Joshua Centre project, which is funded by the Church of England Strategic Development Fund. The**
**funding is provided on a reducing scale over 6 years, until October 2024 and in the early years this enabled us to employ a**
**congregational leader for one day per week; this ended in July.**||||||| ||||||||| ||**Birchwood - Community Project - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**||**£**
**£**
2021|||**£**
**£**
2020|| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations:**
Donations
835
Donation (repaid 2021) re 2020 Nat Lottery Covid 19 Response
(1,000)
|||||1,135
1,000|| ||Deanery - Grant - Community Worker|||0||14,025|| ||Food Parcel Grants|||850||7,640|| ||Lunch Club Donations|||0||1,103|| ||Do note to explain makeup||||685||24,903| ||||||||| ||**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
**Christian Community Worker:**||||685||24,903| ||Salaries, National Insurance & Pensions
Payrol & Admin Costs
Office Rent
Office Costs
Travel Costs
Mobile Phone
Food Parcels
Other Neighbourly items
Lunch Club - Running Costs
Activity Costs
Other Costs|||11,659
130
1,440
183
65
326
1,324
0
688
0
799|16,614|11,507
141
1,440
123
63
309
5,274
1,489
723
302
32|21,403| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**||||(15,929)||3,500| ||**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2021||||20,981||17,481| ||Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2021||||£5,052||£20,981| ||**This fund is restricted for the employment of a Christian Community Development Worker and associated works to serve**
**the Birchwood part of our parish. The majority of the funding is provided by the Deanery Mission and Growth Fund, and is**
**currently secured for 3 years until December 2021 - a further year of funding for 2022 has been agreed.**
Both of the above Projects work in tandem with each other and are collectively known as "**THE TABLE, OAKWOOD**".||||||| ||||||||| ||Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W) Page Number: 19||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| |||**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021**|||||| ||||||||| ||**Ascension - Heritage 50 Fund - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2021||**£**
2020|**£**| ||**Receipts**||||||| ||**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**|||**31/12/2021**|||| ||**Restricted Donations:**||||||| ||Donations|||85||546|| ||PeoplesFund Donations|||0||170|| ||Donations - Gift Aid|||0||1,560|| ||PeoplesFund Donations - Gift Aid|||0||635|| ||||||85||2,911| ||Gift Aid - Tax Refunds||||346||0| ||**Activities for generating funds**||||||| ||Heritage Events|||3,765||699|| ||**Non recurring grants**||||3,765||699| ||Heritage Fund - Lottery Grant||||66,643
94%||131,045| ||**Claim to be made for**|||2,963|4%||| ||**Total External Receipts**||||70,839||134,655| ||Transfers - Gorton Fund||||0||20,000| ||||||||| ||**Total Receipts**||||70,839||154,655| ||**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the objectives of the Lottery Heritage Fund Grant**||||||| ||Church - Structural Repairs & Conservation
Church - Professional Fees|||47,728
2,301
50,029||102,873
25,433
128,306|| ||Staff - Heritage Engagement Officer|||9,642||12,138|| ||Staff - Recuitment, Training, Travel, Other Expenses
Pubilicity & Promotion
Equipment,- Speakers.Screen, Projector,etc|||821
315
2,198||1,556
421
5,416|| ||Misc|||45||0|| ||Event costs
Evaluation of project|||5,212
2,500||2,591
2,500|| ||||||70,762||152,928| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
Expenses to claim|||3193|77||1,727| ||
**Bank Balances**|||,|||| ||Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2021||||1,727||0| ||||||||| ||Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2021||||£1,804||£1,727| ||||||||| ||**Potential shortfall on fund (will be greater if project overspends original grant claim)**
**#REF!**
**This project was completed in August 2021 - more details given on Page 6 of the Annual Report to the APCM.**||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**This fund is restricted to the agreed objects of the Lottery Heritage Grant Award**||||||| ||Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W) Page Number:||||||20| ||||||||| The United Parish of BIRCHWOOD AND WOOLsfoN ChutrPES of the Fran4fi8uratfll i &the Ascaisv G*￿tal rchwolld 444 8.420 5,•J2 54000 8•TrkAccounth.D•wi. 8aTthyi e•DkAc¢ounty.Dbpowl.CCLA e•ThkAccounth.D•rMI. NS TaW&nk 2,284 2284 9.06? 9.047 13.3 9,05? 444 6.420 5,802 52wa 85030 )5 fi￿d Tw 55 303 $9S .992 CthrAii•ts.INohi 181 040.0 is.oty) o,th)D 15.C 0￿00 66S.O I,e 9052 e.410 6A02 863.822 191 >).154 130? 1.282 1.282 0,4 094,403 01?,001 9,107 Totsl £9JA2 [441 EJA02 160g.S98 £62?, (%ibehaK 01lh2 PCC Pe%er tsbben Ctrkglr￿rSon DalÈd 16 Uwrch 2022 R•oithrgJChBfityf40 11P5707 iewj PappNuffjb•t..?I ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors**
Planned Giving - Gift Aid
Income Tax Recovered
Planned Giving - Other
Collections and Other Giving
Donations
**Incoming resources from operating activities to furth**
Book Sales
Magazine Adverts
Wedding and Funeral Fees
**Activities for generating funds**
Fund Raising / Other
Rent from Church Hall
**Other Receipts**
Grants / Insurance Claims
**Total Receipts**|**
**2012**
**2013**
**2014**
**2015**
**2016**
**2017**
**2018**
**2019**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
19,362
21,587
22,852
24,161
26,213
26,725
30,039
30,785
28,525
5,155
5,675
6,579
7,933
11,372
9,819
8,994
9,064
10,008
2,233
1,398
1,606
1,559
1,413
1,574
1,186
1,168
3,063
5,900
5,629
5,545
5,290
5,659
5,177
4,429
4,545
1,161
4,768
2,113
7,300
8,310
5,006
2,137
1,454
5,272
4,079
Historical Data - General Account||**Current Yr**
**2021**
**£**
28,967
7,980
3,005
3,130
2,859||**Budget**
**2022**
**£**
30,000
8,000
3,000
3,500
3,000|| |||37,418
36,402
43,882
47,253
49,663
45,432
46,102
50,834
46,836||45,941||47,500|| |||**er the councils objects**
242
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
175
156
150
150
100
200
90
260
180
1,501
1,276
511
2,154
1,571
1,149
1,788
1,746
327||0
0||0
0
0|| |||||(42)|||| |||1,918
1,432
661
2,304
1,671
1,349
1,878
2,006
507||(42)||0|| |||7,167
6,174
7,270
7,003
6,815
7,263
7,313
6,287
2,587
13,322
11,214
12,786
16,414
14,986
15,374
16,346
16,344
15,765||2,311
24,134||2,500
24,000|| |||20,489
17,388
20,056
23,417
21,801
22,637
23,659
22,631
18,352||26,445||26,500|| |||0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,000||0||0|| |||£59,825
£55,222
£64,599
£72,974 £73,135
£69,418
£71,639
£75,471
£66,695||£72,344||£74,000|| ||||P|er Week ->|£|1,423
|| ||**Payments**
**Costs of activities for generating funds**
Books
Magazine Printing
Fund Raising Costs
Church Hall Running Expenses
**Grants**
Missionary Giving
Christian Overseas Relief and Development
Home Missions
Secular Charities
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
Diocesan Parish Share
Clergy Expenses & Mission
Parsonage House
Heat, Light, Insurances etc
Maintenance
Upkeep of Services
Salaries, Wages and Honaria
Support Costs
**Church Management and Administration**
Printing and Stationery
Office Equipment
Miscellaneous
Bank Charges
**Total Payments**|**
**2012**
**2013**
**2014**
**2015**
**2016**
**2017**
**2018**
**2019**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
403
22
92
-
9
20
-
-
-
582
564
540
520
480
480
480
480
160
1,661
905
1,291
1,413
1,451
1,538
1,869
1,746
788
7,781
8,041
7,093
11,672
8,770
6,537
11,024
11,710
7,572||**Current Yr**
**2021**
**£**
0
240
393
13,298||**Budget**
**2022**
**£**
0
500
1,000
15,000|| |||10,427
9,532
9,016
13,605
10,710
8,575
13,373
13,936
8,520||13,931||16,500|| |||332
179
187
322
604
225
225
225
75
250
450
550
470
300
300
100
125
125
500
500
675
600
750
850
600
500
300
590
100
175
177
-
575
-
-
-||75
175
325
173||75
175
300
0|| |||1,672
1,229
1,587
1,569
1,654
1,950
925
850
500||748||550|| |||39,585
40,665
41,562
45,205
45,210
46,117
47,042
47,516
42,118
(2,165)
1,400
1,000
1,575
643
1,158
1,308
1,156
477
3,111
2,399
1,251
1,303
1,900
1,174
2,273
2,244
2,303
4,506
4,209
4,558
5,991
6,105
3,669
3,778
5,290
4,364
971
151
874
479
2,510
820
1,256
2,267
612
1,754
1,448
1,988
1,995
2,114
2,363
2,568
1,979
1,791
463
195
20
20
860
60
-
-
-
878
552
799
447
461
401
759
386
-||41,879
236
2,356
3,852
621
1,882
0
186||52,752
248
2,500
5,000
500
2,000
0
0|| |||49,103
51,019
52,052
57,015
59,803
55,762
58,984
60,838
51,665||51,012||63,000|| |||136
139
155
277
244
311
178
112
417
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
185
(19)
138
141
137
401
145
54
107
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
76||314
0
11
43||100
0
300
50|| |||321
120
293
418
381
712
323
166
600||368||450|| |||£61,523
£61,900
£62,948
£72,607 £72,548
£66,999
£73,605
£75,790
£61,285||£66,059||£80,500|| ||||P|er Week ->|£|1,548
|| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Balances:**
**Bank balances at start of year**
**Bank balances at end of year**|(£1,698)
(£6,678)
£1,651
£367
£587
£2,419
(£1,966)
(£319)
£5,410
£7,337
£5,639
(£1,039)
£612
£979
£1,566
£3,985
£2,019
£1,700||£6,285
£7,110||(£6,500)
£13,395|| |||£5,639
(£1,039)
£612
£979
£1,566
£3,985
£2,019
£1,700
£7,110||£13,395||£6,895|| ||||||||| ||Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)
** Includes the Church of the Transfiguration from 1 Nov 2014.|Not included in examination by Independent Examiner
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