BIRCHWOOD AND WOOLsfoN Register•d Charlty Number 1185707 (England & Wales) Parochial Church Council Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 Curv•nlty In Int•r•gnurn BarclayB Bank Pk Wanlngton 8u•lne¥• Centr• 25 Sankey Street WaThlngtoTr CCLA SeD•tor Hou•• 85 (￿een Vlctorta Street London Ar¢hile¢t Rebecca Grfmshaw- Anthonv GrlmshawA$soclatss 6 Brideman Terrace, Wigan, WN11SX Mr Les Dunning ts￿￿tt•d lo •nd APprn￿d by lh• APCII on 23 Aprtm 2023 Slon•d ## **Annual Report for 2022 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 10 April 2022 to the date of approval of this report at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 23 April 2023 the following people served as members of the Parochial Church Council (PCC)** : **Team Vicar** : 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 To APCM 10 April 2022 Mrs. Barbara Laugher Mr. Stuart Robinson ** Mrs. Cheryl Simpson ** Mrs. Sheila Walsh Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 1 ## **Annual Report for 2022 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** ## **Elected Members - continued** Mr. Stuart Walsh Mrs. Anita Bradley From APCM 10 April 2022 Mrs. Jenny Wood From APCM 10 April 2022 Mrs. Barbara England From APCM 10 April 2022 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. John 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 2022, the following public benefits were provided: Regular public worship open to all. 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. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 2 ## **Annual Report for 2022 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** 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 including a community café and a distribution hub for surplus food. 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. 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 and Churches Together in Birchwood. 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 2022 the average Sunday attendance at the Ascension has been 43 adults and 2 children. The services are also streamed live on Facebook for those unable to attend church with around 3-4 individuals engaging each Sunday. “The Table” Sunday services at The Church of the Transfiguration attracted an average of 8 adults and 6 children. ## **The Electoral Roll** The electoral roll for the United Parish was completely revised on 7 April 2019 with a total of 83, 11 of which were resident outside the United Parish. As of the 31 March 2022 there were 78 on the electoral roll of which 11 were resident 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 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 Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 3 ## **Annual Report for 2022 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** 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 which completed in 2021 leaving a balance of **£1,804** in the H50 fund which has been transferred back to this account in the year. ## **PCC Review of the Year** As most Covid restrictions were relaxed over the year, the PCC reverted to meeting without restrictions in the Mission Hall. The PCC met nine times. and all meetings were conducted following the rules in place at the time. Average attendance was 64%. There were ongoing discussions about which Covid restrictions should be maintained in church over the year. By the end of 2022 we had resumed full Eucharistic administration for those who were comfortable with that situation. Some parishioners still prefer to receive just the bread and not share the communal cup. The seating was also restored to its original pattern. We have continued to be in interregnum and are extremely grateful to all our visiting priests who have ensured that we have not had a Sunday without cover. We are grateful to Rev Nigel for allowing the Wednesday service to continue. Rev. Stuart Nixon of the United Reform Church had agreed to take over much of the work done at Birchwood on the Joshua Project and during the year he was replaced by Rev Audrey while we still have funding. Our grateful thanks go to him for his help. Helen Bennet, the Community Support Worker retired in the summer but has agreed to continue as a volunteer. Although the post for a parish priest was advertised twice in 2022 no appointment was made, and we continue into 2023 without a vicar. Mr Peter Dibben and Mrs Yvonne Woolley are our elected representatives. It was confirmed that there would be a like-for-like appointment. The PCC continued to address the usual matters of finance, maintenance, and all other routine matters. Work on the Heritage Project 50 was completed and signed off. The chairs in the Mission were showing their age and it was decided to replace them. Mr. Stuart Robinson agreed to conduct research and several examples were looked at before a final decision was made to purchase sixty chairs. The project would be funded from the Fabric Fund `and parishioners would also be asked to sponsor a chair. The PCC also continued to review its safeguarding and health and safety policies; these are also displayed on the Church of the Ascension notice board. Various work parties carried out tidying up and maintenance at both buildings and the Mission Hall. Our regular events including Walking Day, Remembrance Day, Harvest and Christmas took place. Mr. Stuart Walsh agreed to continue to find cover for our regular services and readers for every service. Thanks are due to everyone who has contributed to the work of the PCC over the year. It has meant that our church wardens and treasurer have all had a much heavier workload to keep our church going and deserve our gratitude. Thanks also go to the members of the PCC who have contributed so much in time, energy, and dedication. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 4 ## **Annual Report for 2022 to the Annual Parochial Church 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 £93,206 and Payments of £91,798 giving an overall surplus for the year of £1,408 and fund balances carried forward of £54,256. ## **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 2022 attached to this Report on page 13 with supporting notes on the following pages. This shows we had a **deficit** of Receipts over Payments of **£10,397** for the year (Yr. 2021 surplus £6,285) giving a balance in hand at the 31 December 2021 of **£2,998** (Dec 2021 £13,395). The reasons we ended up with a deficit were reduced rebates for Parish Share Payments, increased Utility bills and Interregnum fees as well as overpayment of Church Hall Hire fees in 2021 and reduced regular giving. 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 £66,906 were down £5,438 (7.5%) on 2021. - Our weekly income was £1,287 (2021: £1,391). - Overall giving (including tax refunds) decreased by £1,784 (3.9%) to £44,157. - Tax efficient planned giving down by £1,162 (4%) at £27,805. - `o` Tax Refund up £84 at £8,044. - Other regular giving, collections and donations were down £686 (7.6%) at £8,308. - 34% (2021 37%) of our income comes from Grants, Fees, Fund Raising and the Church Hall, these were down in total by £3,654 (21.4%) at £22,749. - Grants and Fund Raising were up but overpayment of hire charges in prior year re Mission Hall and increased interregnum fees affected this. ## Payments: - Payments at £77,303 were up £11,224 (17%) on year 2021. - Weekly expenditure amounted to £1,487 (2021: £1,270). - In the year our Parish Share payments went up by £7,813 (18.6%) to £49,692 being £956 per week. - This was after a rebate of £5,238 from the Diocese – such support not likely in the future. - • The Church running costs were up by also 56% at £6,994 (LY £4,473) - due to increased utility bills. 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 £54,930 dropping slightly in year 2023 to £53,403. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 5 ## **Annual Report for 2022 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** Because of the impact of Covid 19 the Diocese waived substantial amounts of Parish Share in the year 2021 of £10,873 and year 2022 £5,238 – without this help we would have struggled financially; however, in the coming year of 2023 with no reduction available the total will be the full £53,403 and this equates to £22.32 per week for each of the 46 (at Dec 2022) 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 £8,044 in this year’s accounts. This was made up of £1,738 in respect of the previous 12 months to December 2021 and £6,306 via Parish Giving Scheme for the current year. In the last 10 years gift aid tax refunds to the General Account have totaled £85,468 (to Lyr. £82,579). As 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; 38 Church Members were in the scheme during 2022 and this brought in a tax refund of £6,306 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. The Budget (estimate) for 2023 is subject to the continuing impact of the economic situation which includes increased Parish Share / Utilities and shows a deficit (overspend) of £9,250 (£178pw) with Receipts of £75,000 (£1,442pw) and payments of £84,250 (£1,620 pw) – see page 22 – obviously not ideal and assumes continued and hopefully increased support of the congregation. ## **Fabric Fund** Receipts to the **Fabric Fund** were £2,841 (2021 - £1,085) which included a legacy of £2,000. Payments amounted to £744 (2021 - £80) which included £621 for repairs to Church Chalice; full details of the fund are given on Page 17. Fabric Fund balances now stand at £18,028 (2021: £15,931). ## **Gorton Memorial Fund** Apart from the transfer of £1,804 from the H50 Fund detailed elsewhere in this report the only other receipt on the **Gorton Memorial Fund** during the year was that of Interest amounting to £119. This gives a balance carried forward of £10,975, (2021: £9,052) as shown on Page of 17. ## **Organ Fund** As regards the **Organ Fund** the only transactions was a payment for maintenance of the Organ of £252 giving a balance carried forward of £192 (2021: £444) as shown on Page of 18. ## **John Hicks Fund** No Receipts were received in the year (2021 - £nil). Payments amounted to £nil (2021 £1,058). The John Hicks Fund now stands at £5,802 (2021: £5,802) as shown on Page 18. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 6 ## **Annual Report for 2022 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** ## **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. Grants are normally received towards the end of our financial year (Dec) to cover the next 12 months costs, but this was not the case in 2021 with the Community worker and Joshua grants being received in February 2022. No further grants are due for the Joshua Fund and ongoing discussions will have to be made with the Deanery as regards Community work in Birchwood. During the year additional grants and donations have been appreciably received to enable the provision of food parcels during these difficult times. Full details of receipts and payments so far are given on Page 19. ## **Ascension Heritage 50 Fund** This fund which was grant supported by the Lottery Heritage Fund was for the major refurbishment of the Church of the Ascension as part of its 50[th] Celebrations along associated community involvement. This project was completed during the year 2021 leaving a small balance on 31 December 2021 remaining in the fund of £1,804 which was transferred during the year back to the Gorton Fund from which the original Church contribution to this project came. ## **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. £21,000 (Including full Parish Share) and is intended to help smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The bank balances of £8,800 held on unrestricted funds at the year end, together with the amounts payable to of £6,513 and by £646 amounted £14,467 being 70% of that target. The PCC’s is aware that we need to do more to increase our giving to improve this situation and protect our long-term viability. The balances of £29,195 in the Fabric, Gorton 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 £11,757 (40%) and the remainder with our principal bankers Barclays Bank Plc. Other specific restricted fund balances amounting to £16,261 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. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 7 ## **Annual Report for 2022 to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.** ## **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** We were in interregnum all year. Our vacancy was advertised, and we interviewed two applicants in May and offered the post to one of them. Although the post was accepted the appointee subsequently withdrew. By this time the second interviewee, who was an extremely close second, had already accepted another post in our Diocese. By the end of the year two more attempts at advertising had been made both of which were unsuccessful. We reviewed our Covid precautions at each PCC meeting recognizing the need to balance our return to normal with protecting those in our congregation with vulnerabilities. In stages we removed mask wearing requirements and distancing requirements, we resumed receiving bread at the altar rail, and then receiving wine as well as bread. The Wednesday morning service returned to the Lady Chapel. To enable better distancing the pews were arranged in a square. The regular Wednesday congregation decided they preferred them that way. Which is why they are still like that! In July we resumed singing 4 hymns rather than 2 and began using hymn books again which gave us a larger choice of hymns as we resumed using the i-pad rather than the laptop and projector. Quite regularly we had an organist to play for us as two of our visiting priests brought one with them! The weekly e-mail continued to be sent out and the services continued to be streamed live on Facebook. The Diocese surveyed the Vicarage and decided some improvements were needed. This included total re-wiring and subsequent redecoration. The outside was also re-decorated, and gutters repaired. Some of this was undone in December when a pipe burst in the loft and water damaged the ceilings and walls in a couple of rooms. The Table Sunday afternoon service at the Church of the Transfiguration continued to be led by Rev Stuart Nixon from the URC as arranged by Rev Rebecca before she left. Stuart’s management became increasingly concerned as the interregnum extended and requested that Stuart be released. After a period of holding services every other Sunday, Stuart stepped down in October and Rev Audrey took on these services from November 10[th] which returned to weekly. The Community Café at the Transfiguration resumed operation in March. During April we started a new venture, hosting a surplus food distribution scheme in the church (“The Bread-and-Butter Thing”) this proved popular and attracted additional volunteers from the community. Unlike the Café which closes during school holidays this operates throughout the year. The Café was organised by our Christian Community Development Worker who wished to step down from her role in July. Finding a replacement proved difficult. Although the Café is now run by several volunteers from the community it must be overseen by two PCC members with help from the ex-development worker as a regular volunteer. This is a fragile situation but is determined by the school’s concerns over safeguarding. Registered Charity No. 1185707 Page - 8 Tlip Uiiitecl r)arisli of BIRCHWOOD AND WOOLsfoN ThL" church￿ of Ir", If litiE.iiratsr. 111 & the AxensKJn alR 22 Tho community lood bank. established with the other Birchwood thurches during Covid continued lo provido lood parcels lor Ihose In some ol the poorest parts ol Ihe parish. ThB Is fund8d by various granis and donatsons and was able lo provide eighly Chrislmas hamper8. One ol Iho Covid Ihings Ihal we decided lo repeal al Iho Ascension was tho oul8ide E8sler Gorden. This Is a sm811 way ol engaging the communily and Ihe Year S school children who c<)loured In the many Iiguros. Rov Tracey 81 Cinnamon 8row had been on Sick le8vo for a long lirne. and this ondod whon sho look111 hc8llh roliremenl al the ond ol January 2022. Tho sllualion al Cinnamon Brow was roviowod and nol only h8d Ihoir congrogjlion declinod bul scveral key poople had moved away, and Ihoy did nol have 8 lully lunclioning PCC. Tho Roman C8lholic Sl 8ridgel's congregation had also declined 8nd some maior rcpairs lo the church building were becomin9 neoded 11 was Ihorelore decidod lo closo tho church. FinLI1 services wero held Ihore on November 13 Nol having 8 Vicar me8n8 that Ihe opportunllle8 lor worshlp In our schools are Ilmiled. We ar8 very gralolul lo Rov Noil v4ho h8s lod gomo worship in our Woolslon School Two ol tho Foundation Govemor8 al Ilio Woolslcn ColE Primary School rolired in Ncvembor and replarcmon15 woro soughl. Padg8le and Woolslon Walking Day wenl ahead in ils tradilion81 lomal altor a two-year bre8k. Our finances liave ju515urvived the year bul wilh reducod resorvos wo do neod lo raiso more monoy 10 onsure our luluro. Tlio bosl way of doing Ihls is Ihrough rogulor givlng by our cJ)ngrogBlion 8nd tho PCC Is vory gralcliil lo all Ihoso who givo rogularly through tho Parlsh Giving Schemo which enablo us lo recover Gill Aid from your donalions promplly. We ondod 2021 looking forward lo 2022 wllh greal expeclalion8 of o new VIGar and a new era in Ihe Ille ol our Parish which we hope and pray will come lo Irullion soon. Wo aro also vory gralolul lo all Iho relin)d clorgy who havo supporiod us and have boGomo good Iriond5. POrh￿p5 a 5pccial thank you lo our vory own Rev Nigel who nol only lod mBny ofourWodnesd8y SQrnIICOS bul also sloppod up and look the addilional services occasionod by mourning h8r Lalo M8iosly. Tho linal service ol Iho year 81 Ihe Ascension was Ihe nwdniohl ma88 celebraled by Archdeocon Simon Fisher. Thank you lo all who help in any way lo keep the parish running. Wo really do need 811 tho help we ran gel. Wo hope Ihal we gol a lully functioning PCC. The Parish will nol survlve wilhoul one. Look al whal h8ppengd al Cinngmon 8row. Peler Dibben - PCC Chair 29 Mard) 2023 On behall ol Iho PCC for submisslon and approval al tho APCM on 23 April 2023 (Sunday), Reglster8d Charity No. 1185707 Page-g Independent Examlner's Report Report lo the Parochlal Church Councll (PCC) ol Ihe Unlled Partsh of Blrchwood and Woolston {Registertd Charlty No. 11857071 on the a¢¢ounts lor the year ended 31. Decamber 2022, as sel oul on pages 11 to 21 01 your Annual Rep￿. Respecllv• rHponslbllltlM of Trusto98 and Examlnor The PCC are responslble lor Ihe preparation ol Ihe accounts. They consider thal an audll is nol required lor Ihis year under sectson 144 of the Charities Acl 2011 Ilhe Charities Act) and Ihal an Independent examination is needed. It Is rny responsibility to: examine the accounts under sectlon 145 01 Ihe Chanlies Act. to follow Ihe procedures laid down in Ihe general Direclions given by the ChBrity Commission (under seclion 14515Mbl of the Charilie5 Acl). and lo slate whether particular matters have crjme to my attention. Basls of Independenl Examlnerfs stat•ment My examination was camed oul in accordance with general Directions given by Ihe Charity Commlssion, An examination includes a review of the accounting record5 kept by Ihe PCC and a companson of Ihe accounts presented with those records. 11 also Includes consideration ol any unusual item5 or disclosures In Ihe accounts,. and seeking explanaiions from the PCC concerning any such matters. The pr(￿edureS undertaken do not provide all Ihe evidence Ihal would be required In an audil. and consequenlly no opinion Is given as lo whether the accounls present a 'lrue and lair. view and the report is limlled lo those matters sel out In the slatemenl below. Indopendènl Examlnerfs 8tstomont In connection wlh my examination, no material matters have come to my attenlion which glves me cause lo b811ev8 thai In. any material ￿sPe￿.. accounting rècords have not been kept In accord8nce wrth 8eclion 130 of the Charities Act. or, accounts do not arxord wlh the accountsng reL￿rdS.. I have come across no other matters in connection with the examinatlon lo which allention should be drawn In order lo enabla a proper underslanding of the accounts lo bo reached IE'S Name. Mr Les Dunnlng 22 March 2023 Address.. 24 Thelford Road, Great S8nkey, Wamngton. WA5 3EQ Page 10 ## **Accounting Policies - Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2022** 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: - Movable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and - **.** which require a faculty for disposal. - **.** 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. Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W) Page Number: 11 |||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Summary - All Funds - Year to 31 Dec**|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**
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**Total**
**2022**|**Total**
**2021**| |||||**£**|**£**
**£**|**£**| ||**Receipts**|||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric
Ascension
Gorton
Ascension
Heritage 50
Ascension
Organ|||66,906|66,906
2,841
2,841
119
119
0
0
0
0|72,344
1,085
5
70,839
30| ||Transfiguration Special Projects||||23,340
23,340|685| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||0
0|0| ||**Payments**|||66,906|26,300
93,206|144,988| |||||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric|||77,303|77,303
744
744|66,059
80| ||Ascension
Gorton||||0
0|0| ||Ascension
Heritage 50
Ascension
Organ||||0
0
252
252|70,762
248| ||Transfiguration Special Projects||||13,499
13,499|19,763| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||0
0|1,058| ||**Transfers**|||77,303|14,495
91,798|157,970| |||||||| ||Ascension
Gorton - from Heritage 50
Ascension
Heritage 50 - to Gorton||||1,804
1,804
(1,804)
(1,804)|0
0| |||||0|0
0|0| ||**Surplus (Deficit)**|||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric|||(10,397)|(10,397)
2,097
2,097|6,285
1,005| ||Ascension
Gorton||||1,923
1,923|5| ||Ascension
Heritage 50||||(1,804)
(1,804)|77| ||Ascension
Organ
Transfiguration Special Projects||||(252)
(252)
9,841
9,841|(218)
(19,078)| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||0
0|(1,058)| |||||(10,397)|11,805
1,408|(12,982)| ||**Opening Bank Balances**|||||| ||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| ||**Closing Bank Balances**|||13,395|39,453
52,848|65,830| |||||||| ||Parish
General
Ascension
Fabric
Ascension
Gorton
Ascension
Heritage 50
Ascension
Organ
Transfiguration Special Projects|||2,998|2,998
18,028
18,028
10,975
10,975
0
0
192
192
16,261
16,261|13,395
15,931
9,052
1,804
444
6,420| ||Transfiguration John Hicks||||5,802
5,802|5,802| |||||2,998|51,258
54,256|52,848| ||**MoniesDueIn-GiftAidRefund£2500(GenA/c)& Heritage50Grant£3325**
Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)Page Number: 12|||||| ||_** Note - John Hicks Fund is Designated_
|||||| |||||||| |||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**General Fund - Receipts & Payments Account -**
**Unrestricted**|Year -->
Note|
**£**
**£**
**2022**|||**£**
**£**
**2021**||| ||**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||27,805
42%
8,044
12%
2,763
4%
4,006
6%
1,539
2%
66%
44,157
3%
2,000|||28,967
40%
7,980
11%
3,005
4%
3,130
4%
2,859
4%
63%
45,941
0||| |||||||||| ||**Other voluntary incoming resources -**Legacy||0|||0||| ||**Incoming resources from operating activities to further the**
Wedding and Funeral Fees - less interegnum Fees
16
**Activities for generating funds**
Fund Raising
5a
Hire of Church Hall
6a
**52**||**councils objects**
(1,103)
-2%
(1,103)
4,609
17,243
33%
21,852|||(42)
0%
(42)
2,311
24,134
37%
26,445||| ||**Total Receipts Week / Year**||_£1,287_||£66,906|_£1,391_||£72,344| ||**Payments**
**Costs of activities for generating funds**
Magazine
15
Fund Raising Costs
5b
Church Hall Running Expenses
6b
**Donations to Charities**
7
Missionary Giving
Christian Overseas Relief and Development Agencies
Home Missions
Secular Charities
0.7%||440
568
13,507
19%
14,515
75
100
325
0
1%
500|||240
393
13,298
21%
13,931
75
175
325
173
1%
748||| ||**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**|||||||| ||**Cost of parish ministry**
Diocesan Parish Share
8
Clergy Expenses
9
Parsonage House
10||49,692
0
2,733|||41,879
126
2,356||| ||Mission & Evangelism||0|||110||| ||**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||6,641
353
1,627
0
1,123
80%
62,169|||3,852
621
1,882
0
186
77%
51,012||| ||**Church Management and Administration**|||||||| ||Printing and Stationery||0|||314||| ||Bank & Card Charges||20|||43||| ||Miscellaneous||99
0%
119|||11
1%
368||| |||||||||| ||**Total Payments Week / Year**||_£1,487_||£77,303|_£1,270_||£66,059| |||||||||| ||**Excess of Receipts over (Payments)**||||(10,397)|||6,285| ||**Bank Balances**
**_At 30/11/18_**|||||||| ||Barclays Bank - current account at 1 January 2022
Barclays Bank - current account at 31 December 2022||||13,395
£2,998|||7,110
£13,395| |||||||||| ||Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)|||||Page Number: 13||| ||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||**Notes to Financial Statements for year ended:- - - >>>**
**General Fund Receipts & Payments Account**|**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
**£**
2021|| |**1a **|**Tax efficient planned giving - gift aided**
Envelopes
Direct Payments to Bank|1,166
1,418
2,584||1,664
1,768
3,432|| ||Parish Giving Scheme|25,221||25,535|| |**1b **|**Tax Refunds**||27,805||28,967| ||Envelopes & Direct Bank & Donations - re Prior Financial Year|1,152||2,499|| ||Transfer to Other Funds re restricted donations|(64)||(1,111)|| ||Gift Aid - Small Donations Scheme - re Prior Financial Year|744||350|| ||Diocese - Admin Fee|(94)||(142)|| ||Parish Giving Scheme - Current Financial Year|6,306||6,384|| |**2 **
**3 **|**Other Regular Giving**
Envelopes
Direct Payments to Bank
Parish Giving Scheme
**Collections of loose cash at services**
Collections|368
540
1,855
2,070|8,044
2,763|475
660
1,870
1,803|7,980
3,005| ||Collections via Sumup online.|1,759||1,012|| ||Donations towards charities and missions - restricted (note 7)|177||315|| |**4 **|**Donations**
Donations - Church General Fund
Donations - Church General Fund - Gift Aid|510
777|4,006|1,860
756|3,130| ||Donations - Church Flowers (restricted) - (Note 13)
Donations - Church Flowers (restricted) - Gift Aid (Note 13)|134
15||36
55|| |**5 **
**6 **|Donations - Church Magazine (restricted) - (Note 15)
Donations - Church Magazine (restricted) - Gift Aid (Note 15)
**Fund Raising**
**a) Receipts:**
Christmas Market
Sunday Morning Tea & Coffee
Social Committee
Birchwood Quiz's
**Total Receipts**
**b) Less Payments:**
Christmas Market
Social Committee
Birchwood Quiz's
**Total Payments**
**Net Receipts**
**Church Hall Running Expenses**
**a) Receipts:**
Regular Lettings
Casual Lettings
**Total Receipts**
**b) Less Payments:**
Electric
Gas|93
10
1,023
194
1,848
1,544

0
80
488
16,513
730
3,467
3,103|1,539
4,609
568
4,041
17,243|42
110
1,005
0
486
820

24
287
82
24,134
0
2,016
2,879|2,859
2,311
393
1,918
24,134| ||Water|1,607||472|| ||Insurance - (Note 18)
Maintenance
Cleaning - Wages
Cleaning - Payroll Costs
Cleaning - Materials
Refuse Collection
**Total Costs**
**Net Receipts**|1,349
1,636
1,083
275
483
504|13,507
3,736|1,324
4,580
876
86
342
723|13,298
10,836| ||||||| ||**Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)**|||**Page Number: 14**|| ||||||| |||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Notes to Financial Statements for year ended:- - - >>>**
**General Fund Receipts & Payments Account(cont'd)**||**£**
**£**
**2022**||**£**
**£**
**2021**|| |**7 **
**8 **|**Donations to Charities**
**Missionary Giving**
United Society (USPG)
**Christian Overseas Relief and Development Agencies**
Christian Aid
**Home Missions**
The Children's Society
**Secular Charities**
Fox Wood School
**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||75
100
325
0|75
100
325
0
500
177
323
49,692|75
175
325
173|75
175
325
173
748
315
433
41,879| ||Waived by Diocese re Covid19|||5,238||10,873| |**9 **
**10 **|Total Parish Share due for year
(Year 2023 - £53.403 being £1.027 per week)
**Clergy Expenses**
Telephone
**Parsonage House**||0|54,930
0|126|52,752
126| ||Council Tax & Water Rates||0||1,412|| |**11 **|Costs whilst Vacant - due to Interregnum
**Church Running Expenses**
Electric||2,733
468|2,733|944
468|2,356| ||Gas||3,430||1,605|| ||Water
Web, Broadband & Mobiles||444
830||182
255|| ||Insurance - Ascension - (Note 18)
Insurance - Transfiguration - (Note 18)||776
492||758
485|| |**12 **|Cleaning
**Church Maintenance**
Ascension||201|6,641|99|3,852| |||Fire Extinguishers & Hose Maintenance
Electrics - 3 Yr & PAT Tests
General Maintenance
Glazing
Heating & Plumbing
Transfiguration
Lightning Conductors - Transfiguration|165
0
18
170
0
353
0||148
86
34
0
221
489
132|| |||Total||353||621| |**13 **|**Upkeep of services**
Service Books, Music Sheets and Licences
Holy Communion Wine, Wafers, Candles
Special Service Expenses
Vine Service Expenses
Church Flowers||712
324
192
226
173|1,627|679
567
330
215
91|1,882| ||Note
: restricted donations of £149 (2021||£91) received towards cost of Flowers - see note 4.|||| ||**Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)**||**Page Number: 15**|||| |||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Notes to Financial Statements for year ended: - - >>>**
**General Fund Receipts & Payments Account (cont'd)**||**£**
**£**
**2022**||**£**
**£**
**2021**|| |||||||| |||||||| |**14 **|**Salaries and support costs**|||||| ||**a) Salaries**
Organist
Verger||0
0|0|0
0|0| |**15 **
**16 **|**b) Support costs**
Christian Organisations - Subscriptions
30
Computer & Web Costs
0
Lay Training
735
Parish hospitality - special services
58
Walking Day
300
**Magazine**
Costs
Less
Donations (Note4)
93
Donations (Gift Aid) (Note 4)
10
Cost after donations
**Fees**
Fees - Funerals, Weddings - PCC Element
Fees - Funerals & Weddings - Diocese Element allowed as set off
Fees - Banns & Other Certificates
Paid over to Diocese
0
Paid Over to Organists
0
Paid Over to Organ Fund
0
Paid - Interregnum Fee's & Expenses
3,254
Total PCC Fees per accounts|||1,123
440
103
337
937
928
1,865
286
2,151
3,254
(1,103)|0
48
20
118
0
42
110
672
70
30
1,064|186
240
152
88
1,324
206
1,530
264
1,794
1,836
(42)| ||PCC - Net Receipts|||1,223||816| ||PCC - Net Interregnum Costs
(2,326)
(858)
Total PCC Fees per accounts
(1,103)
(42)
**The Notes above relate to the General Account to be found on Page 13**
On behalf of the Diocese of Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance - £1,865 was received as fees from Funeral Directors and private
individuals in regard to funerals. burials and weddings. This money was distributed in accordance with current diocesan guidance as
detailed above. In addition £928 was retained (as allowed by Diocese) to be set off against Interregnum fee's of £3,254 - the balance of
£2,326 is reclaimable from the Diocese at the discretion of the Archdeacon - such a claim will be made in due course and this amount
has been included in Debtors in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities along with £858 outstanding for Year 2021.|||||| |||||||| |**17 **|**Debtors - Statement of Assets and Liabilities - Page 21**|||||| ||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**|||||| |||||||| ||Other creditors mainly relate to Utilities in arrear.|||||| |||||||| ||**Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W) Page Number: 16**|||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||||**Financial Statements for the year**|**Financial Statements for the year**|**ended 31st December 2022**|**ended 31st December 2022**|**ended 31st December 2022**|**ended 31st December 2022**|**ended 31st December 2022**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| ||**Fabric Fund - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**||||**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
**£**
2021||| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations:**
In Memorial - General
In Memorial - Gift Aid
Legacy
Donations
Envelopes - Gift Aid||||65
540
2,000
40
0|2,645|0
250
0
0
5||255| ||Gift Aid - Tax Refunds|||||64|||765| ||**Activities for generating funds**
Remberance Book
**Income from Investments**
Bank Interest
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
Church - Chalice Repairs||||130
621|130
2
2,841|65
0||65
0
1,085| ||Inscribing Remberance Book||||123||80||| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Bank Balances**|||||744
2,097|||80
1,005| |||Barclays Bank current / deposit accounts at 1 January|||2022|15,931|||14,926| |||Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022
BarclaysBankdeposit accounts at 31 December 2022|||15,442
2,586||13,647
2,284||| ||||||||||| |||Barclays Bank current / deposit accounts at 31 December 2022||||£18,028|||£15,931| ||**This fund is restricted to the maintenance of the Fabric & Contents of Woolston Church Buildings.**||||||||| ||**Gorton Memorial Fund - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**||||**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
**£**
2021||| ||**Receipts**
**Income from Investments**
Interest - CCLA
**Total Receipts**
**Transfers**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
|||||119
119|||5
5| ||Transfer back from Ascension Heritage 50 Fund||||1,804||0||| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Bank Balances**
CCLA Bank deposit accounts at 1 January 2022|||||1,804
1,923
9,052|||0
5
9,047| |||Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022
CCLA Bankdeposit accounts at 31 December 2022|||1,804
9,171||0
9,052||| |||Bank deposit accounts at 31 December 2022||||£10,975|||£9,052| ||||||||||| ||**This fund is restricted to the maintenance of the Fabric of Church**|||||**Buildings & Contents in Woolston**|||| ||||||||||| ||Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)|||||Page Number: 17|||| |||**Financial Statements for the year**|**Financial Statements for the year**|**ended 31st December 2022**|**ended 31st December 2022**|**ended 31st December 2022**|**ended 31st December 2022**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||**Organ Fund - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
**£**
2021|| ||||||||| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations**
Maintenance Fees from Funerals
**Income from Investments**|||0|0|30|30| ||Bank Interest||||0||0| ||0
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
Repairs to Organ
252
248
252
**Excess of (Payments) over Receipts**
(252)
**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2022
444
Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022
£192
**This this fund is restricted to the maintenance and renewal of the Church Organ**||||||30
248
(218)
662
£444| ||**Birchwood - John Hicks - Designated**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
**£**
2021|| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations:**
**Grants & Donations towards Replacement Ceiling**
||||||| ||Donations|||0||0|| ||**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**||||0
0||0
0| ||Chairs for Birchwood C of E School|||0||1,058|| ||0
1,058
**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
0
(1,058)
**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2022
5,802
6,860
Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022
£5,802
£5,802
**This fund is designated for the maintenance of the Fabric of the Church & associated in Birchwood**
Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)Page Number: 18||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||**Receipts & Payments Account**
**Birchwood - Joshua Project - Restricted**|||**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
2021|| ||**Receipts**||||||| ||**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**||||||| ||**Restricted Donations:**
LBDF - Grant - Birchwood Projects
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**|||8,000|8,000
8,000|0|0
0| ||**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**|||661
44
0
532
197
16|||| ||Salaries & National Insurance
Payrol & Admin Costs|||||2,465
87|| ||Travel Costs|||||8|| ||Other Costs|||||27|| ||Messy Church|||||266|| ||Activity Costs|||||296|| ||||||||| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2022
Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022||||1,450
6,550
1,368
£7,918||3,149
(3,149)
4,517
£1,368| ||**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 2021 but a new appointment was made in November 2022. Final grant monies to**
**take us to the end of the project were recevied in the current year.**||||||| ||||||||| ||**Birchwood - Community Project - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
**£**
2021|| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations:**
Donations|||570||(165)|| ||Deanery - Grant - Community Worker|||13,694||0|| ||Food Parcel Grants|||250||850|| ||Lunch Club Donations|||826||0|| ||Do note to explain makeup||||15,340||685| ||||||||| ||**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
**Christian Community Worker:**||||15,340||685| ||Salaries, National Insurance & Pensions
Payrol & Admin Costs
Office Rent
Office Costs
Travel Costs
Training
Mobile Phone
Food Parcels
Other Neighbourly items
Lunch Club - Running Costs
Other Costs|||7,474
143
1,440
163
39
484
339
320
39
1,529
79|12,049|11,659
130
1,440
183
65
0
326
1,324
0
688
799|16,614| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**||||3,291||(15,929)| ||**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2022||||5,052||20,981| ||Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022||||£8,343||£5,052| ||**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. Our Community worker retired in August 2022 and the project is**
**currently staffed by volunteers.**
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 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**|**Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2022**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||**Receipts & Payments Account**
**Birchwood - Joshua Project - Restricted**|||**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
2021|| ||**Receipts**||||||| ||**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**||||||| ||**Restricted Donations:**
LBDF - Grant - Birchwood Projects
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**|||8,000|8,000
8,000|0|0
0| ||**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**|||661
44
0
532
197
16|||| ||Salaries & National Insurance
Payrol & Admin Costs|||||2,465
87|| ||Travel Costs|||||8|| ||Other Costs|||||27|| ||Messy Church|||||266|| ||Activity Costs|||||296|| ||||||||| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2022
Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022||||1,450
6,550
1,368
£7,918||3,149
(3,149)
4,517
£1,368| ||**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 2021 but a new appointment was made in November 2022. Final grant monies to**
**take us to the end of the project were recevied in the current year.**||||||| ||||||||| ||**Birchwood - Community Project - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**|||**£**
**£**
2022||**£**
**£**
2021|| ||**Receipts**
**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giving**
**Restricted Donations:**
Donations|||570||(165)|| ||Deanery - Grant - Community Worker|||13,694||0|| ||Food Parcel Grants|||250||850|| ||Lunch Club Donations|||826||0|| ||Do note to explain makeup||||15,340||685| ||||||||| ||**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the work of the Church**
**Christian Community Worker:**||||15,340||685| ||Salaries, National Insurance & Pensions
Payrol & Admin Costs
Office Rent
Office Costs
Travel Costs
Training
Mobile Phone
Food Parcels
Other Neighbourly items
Lunch Club - Running Costs
Other Costs|||7,474
143
1,440
163
39
484
339
320
39
1,529
79|12,049|11,659
130
1,440
183
65
0
326
1,324
0
688
799|16,614| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**||||3,291||(15,929)| ||**Bank Balances**
Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2022||||5,052||20,981| ||Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022||||£8,343||£5,052| ||**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. Our Community worker retired in August 2022 and the project is**
**currently staffed by volunteers.**
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 2022**|||||| ||||||||| ||**Ascension - Heritage 50 Fund - Restricted**
**Receipts & Payments Account**||**£**
**£**

**2022**|||**£**
**2021**|**£**| ||**Receipts**||||||| ||**Incoming resources from donors - Occasional Giv**
**12/01/1900**||||||| ||**Restricted Donations:**||||||| ||Donations|||0||85|| ||||||0||85| ||Gift Aid - Tax Refunds||||0||346| ||**Activities for generating funds**||||||| ||Heritage Events|||0||3,765|| ||**Non recurring grants**||||0||3,765| ||Heritage Fund - Lottery Grant||||0#####||66,643| ||**Claim to be made for**|||2,963|#####||| ||**Total External Receipts**
Transfers back to Gorton Fund||||0
(1,804)||70,839
0| ||||||||| ||**Total Receipts**||||(1,804)||70,839| ||**Payments**
**Activities directly relating to the objectives of the Lottery Heritage Fund Grant**||||||| ||Church - Structural Repairs & Conservation
Church - Professional Fees|||0
0
0||47,728
2,301
50,029|| ||Staff - Heritage Engagement Officer|||0||9,642|| ||Staff - Recuitment, Training, Travel, Other Expe
0
Pubilicity & Promotion
0
Equipment,- Speakers.Screen, Projector,etc
0|||||821
315
2,198|| ||Misc|||0||45|| ||Event costs
Evaluation of project|||0
0||5,212
2,500|| ||||||0||70,762| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
Expenses to claim|||3193|(1,804)||77| ||
**Bank Balances**|||,|||| ||Barclays Bank current account at 1 January 2022||||1,804||1,727| ||||||||| ||Barclays Bank current account at 31 December 2022||||£0||£1,804| ||||||||| ||**Potential shortfall on fund (will be greater if project overspends original grant clai**
**#REF!**
**This project was completed in August 2021.**||||||| ||||||||| ||**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 ￿rISh of BIRCHWOOD AND WOOLSTON cliuirl￿ uf the ', &thekniuui IrÈFrwotyJ Juhn Trlkk• Curn8nt. Barday• Ea￿kA￿￿nth. Dwill. DWBII. CCLA lJ.442 2,586 S,U02 42,49 22 Totsi Brynk 18.028 10,975 192 54.256 82048 D•btar•- 171 GfftAld TBxRofthid$ 1.934 1,934 3,184 l.Jg8 1JQl 1,396 363 •,S19 Jn12 rth•rA•••ts. INDkn 181 540.000 10.000 J40,000 040,(N)O I¥,￿D SDJ,OQO 5$5,(M)O 64.911 18,02 10.970 s.802 610,76 610,eeo F•bd¢&gulleln91 C¥h•i Cmdknis 646 646 1,282 JJS,Lh)O 8,865 18.028 10.975 192 1e,2O1 808.208 8.8ts 94A13 Unmlltrk￿d To￿1 £503.UBS È18M28 EI0.979 £192 £809Jg8 On behalf of tho PCC Pelei DbbBn Chairperson Dated 22 March 2023 RegL¥i¢rBd Charity No. 1185707 IE&W) P8ge Number. 21 ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**
**2013**
**2014**
**2015**
**2016**
**2017**
**2018**
**2019**
**2020**
**2021**
**Receipts**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Incoming resources from donors**
Planned Giving - Gift Aid
21,587
22,852
24,161
26,213
26,725
30,039
30,785
28,525
28,967
Income Tax Recovered
5,675
6,579
7,933
11,372
9,819
8,994
9,064
10,008
7,980
Planned Giving - Other
1,398
1,606
1,559
1,413
1,574
1,186
1,168
3,063
3,005
Collections and Other Giving
5,629
5,545
5,290
5,659
5,177
4,429
4,545
1,161
3,130
Donations
2,113
7,300
8,310
5,006
2,137
1,454
5,272
4,079
2,859
36,402
43,882
47,253
49,663
45,432
46,102
50,834
46,836
45,941
**Incoming resources from operating activities to further the councils objects**
Magazine Adverts
156
150
150
100
200
90
260
180
0
Wedding and Funeral Fees
1,276
511
2,154
1,571
1,149
1,788
1,746
327
(42)
1,432
661
2,304
1,671
1,349
1,878
2,006
507
(42)
**Activities for generating funds**
Fund Raising / Other
6,174
7,270
7,003
6,815
7,263
7,313
6,287
2,587
2,311
Rent from Church Hall
11,214
12,786
16,414
14,986
15,374
16,346
16,344
15,765
24,134
17,388
20,056
23,417
21,801
22,637
23,659
22,631
18,352
26,445
**Other Receipts**
Grants / Insurance Claims
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,000
0
**Total Receipts**
£55,222 £64,599 £72,974 £73,135 £69,418 £71,639 £75,471 £66,695 £72,344
10 Year Historical Data - General Account|**
**2013**
**2014**
**2015**
**2016**
**2017**
**2018**
**2019**
**2020**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
21,587
22,852
24,161
26,213
26,725
30,039
30,785
28,525
28,967
5,675
6,579
7,933
11,372
9,819
8,994
9,064
10,008
7,980
1,398
1,606
1,559
1,413
1,574
1,186
1,168
3,063
3,005
5,629
5,545
5,290
5,659
5,177
4,429
4,545
1,161
3,130
2,113
7,300
8,310
5,006
2,137
1,454
5,272
4,079
2,859
10 Year Historical Data - General Account||**Current Yr**
**2022**
**£**
27,805
8,044
2,763
4,006
1,539||**Budget**
**2023**
**£**
28,500
8,000
3,000
4,000
2,000|| |||36,402
43,882
47,253
49,663
45,432
46,102
50,834
46,836
45,941||44,157||45,500|| |||||0
(1,103)||0
2,000|| |||1,432
661
2,304
1,671
1,349
1,878
2,006
507
(42)||(1,103)||2,000|| |||6,174
7,270
7,003
6,815
7,263
7,313
6,287
2,587
2,311
11,214
12,786
16,414
14,986
15,374
16,346
16,344
15,765
24,134||4,609
17,243||5,000
22,500|| |||17,388
20,056
23,417
21,801
22,637
23,659
22,631
18,352
26,445||21,852||27,500|| |||0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,000
0||2,000||0|| |||£55,222 £64,599 £72,974 £73,135 £69,418 £71,639 £75,471 £66,695 £72,344||£66,906||£75,000|| ||||Per Week ->|||1,442
£|| ||**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**
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**|**
**2013**
**2014**
**2015**
**2016**
**2017**
**2018**
**2019**
**2020**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
22
92
-
9
20
-
-
-
-
564
540
520
480
480
480
480
160
240
905
1,291
1,413
1,451
1,538
1,869
1,746
788
393
8,041
7,093
11,672
8,770
6,537
11,024
11,710
7,572
13,298||**Current Yr**
**2022**
**£**
0
440
568
13,507||**Budget**
**2023**
**£**
0
500
750
16,000|| |||9,532
9,016
13,605
10,710
8,575
13,373
13,936
8,520
13,931||14,515||17,250|| |||179
187
322
604
225
225
225
75
75
450
550
470
300
300
100
125
125
175
500
675
600
750
850
600
500
300
325
100
175
177
-
575
-
-
-
173||75
100
325
0||75
125
300
0|| |||1,229
1,587
1,569
1,654
1,950
925
850
500
748||500||500|| |||**Church**
40,665
41,562
45,205
45,210
46,117
47,042
47,516
42,118
41,879
1,400
1,000
1,575
643
1,158
1,308
1,156
477
236
2,399
1,251
1,303
1,900
1,174
2,273
2,244
2,303
2,356
4,209
4,558
5,991
6,105
3,669
3,778
5,290
4,364
3,852
151
874
479
2,510
820
1,256
2,267
612
621
1,448
1,988
1,995
2,114
2,363
2,568
1,979
1,791
1,882
195
20
20
860
60
-
-
-
-
552
799
447
461
401
759
386
-
186||49,692
0
2,733
6,641
353
1,627
0
1,123||53,401
0
2,750
7,500
500
1,500
0
599|| |||51,019
52,052
57,015
59,803
55,762
58,984
60,838
51,665
51,012||62,169||66,250|| |||139
155
277
244
311
178
112
417
314
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
(19)
138
141
137
401
145
54
107
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
76
43||0
0
99
20||0
0
200
50|| |||120
293
418
381
712
323
166
600
368||119||250|| |||£61,900 £62,948 £72,607 £72,548 £66,999 £73,605 £75,790 £61,285 £66,059||£77,303||£84,250|| ||||Per Week ->|||1,620
£|| ||**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Balances:**
**Bank balances at start of year**
**Bank balances at end of year**|(£6,678)
£1,651
£367
£587
£2,419 (£1,966)
(£319)
£5,410
£6,285
£5,639 (£1,039)
£612
£979
£1,566
£3,985
£2,019
£1,700
£7,110|(£10,397)
£13,395|||(£9,250)
£2,998|| |||(£1,039)
£612
£979
£1,566
£3,985
£2,019
£1,700
£7,110 £13,395|£2,998|||(£6,252)|| ||||||||| ||Not included in examination by Independent Examiner - ** includes the Church of the Transfiguration from 1 Nov 2014
Registered Charity No. 1185707 (E&W)Page Number: 22|||||||