The Parod￿1 Churth C￿n(l of the Ecdesiastica Parish of thrist Churth Heeley with ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FIPIAP4aAL sfATEMEKf5 mlnistratlve Irbfixmat PCC Annual rep)rt Independent ￿¥Mine￿5 report Recelpts and payments account li ststemert of assets and Ilablknks 12 Noles to the atU￿nts and Norfolk Park We are responsible for Christ Church. Heeley whlth ts the Parish Church. Also within the parish is St Leonards Community Churth which is a Bishop's Mission Order and is at 331 Arbourthorne Road S2 2FH. The parish 15 Part of the Diocese of Sheff￿￿ within the thurch of E￿1aTrd. The Corresponden add￿sS is H&ley WKarage, 151, Gleadless Rd. S1*fI￿ S2 3AE. PCC members WIK) served at ary tune from l January 2023 until the tlme of aprrnval of the accounts were: Ex Offklo MefflberJ: Vlcar Curatfri￿ tharge Revd Amy Hole a￿(r of PCC from July 2023 As Curate-ininted 23 April 2023 ReSI￿￿d 23 Awil 2023 App￿ted 23 Awil 2023 Laura Passo Charlie Mccarthy Until September 2023 Seven Hills Ac(ounlants iknited 57 Burton Street Sheffield S6 2HH Norfok Park PCC Annual report Aim and purposes The Par(￿1?1 Church Council IPCCI has tt* responsibility of cweratirva with the VKar. in promoting in the ecdesiastical parish. the whole mtssion of the Church. pastoral. evangelistio social and In Heelry. The PCC is committed to enabllng as many people as possible to become part of the worshipping community at Chrf5t Churth. We wanttosee li￿transf0m￿d through an encounterwith Je5U5 Christ so that indmduals respond to G(Kl ty shariw his in the local community and beyond. Our strap line is"Maknng kwe kTh)wn". When planning our actmties for the year tl* PCC has Consi￿ the c￿rIty Commlsslons guldance on publk benefrt and, in particular. the spetlfic guidaKe on charities for the advanornent of religion. We try to enable ordinary peopk to live out their faith as part of our parlsh community through: Worship and prayer learni￿ abcmrt the gospel: arnl their knowledge and t￿￿ ID Provlslon of pastordl care for people Ir¥iry in the pwlth. To fadlitste thls th It ts Imsmjrtant that we maintain the fatwic of Churth. January 2023 saw the churth enteri￿¥ Its sixth month of interre8￿M and also flnallslng its Parlsh Profile. Thls was the subjert of much work and d15Cus￿n ￿ the PCC and led to an advert for a new Icar and Oversight Minister belng placed In the Churth fimes. It was therefore something of a d1sappo1ntn￿rt when the advert failedtoattrdctany applicarrt5tFth¥hthere had been afewenquires made to the Arthdeac(m. After fwther reflecti￿ and disatssv>n between the PCC and would be a person In their final year of curw who it wa5 felt had many of the necessary skllls and attrib￿e$ for teading a church already In pl* and would be able to refine and further develop those over the twel¥e-month appointmenL Ultlmatety rf PCC a&￿d and if the curate agreed, the idea could lead to a ￿M￿nentaP￿intfflent atthe end of the cur&y. Asa reA& htysawthe appointment of R￿d Amy Hole to tl* iyjst of Curate -itr tharB& kn havi￿ stsrted her curacy at St fimothvs Crookes and The Vine, Nethert￿Wpe. Following Amy Jolnlng the thurch seen the settire vp of varK>U5 groups to CO￿rdinate the work of the thurch. Probably the most practical being the Ops and A(knin team whkh meets each week to consider the runni￿ of the thurth and (Trorrfirbate. events. bc**iry* invoicin8 and rnainteftan￿ amongst many other thI￿- We ha* also seen the estsbftshment of a Worship Leaders group and a PTeachers gro•Jp again THIth the aim of shari￿ ideas and Supporti￿ one another in the planning and preparation of ser¥￿e& We are al501￿)kh￿t0 51artthe Mi55ion Artion PlanniTra cycle as we seek Gods vision for the future of Heelw thwch. and N(xfolk P¥k livestream worship eKh Surmlay momln& other than when Café Church is runnire. This allows members who are Unab￿ to attend or who have missed some of the Servi￿ due to being with the children to catch up. There is a small n￿nber of members T*IK) tune into live stream each week rather than attending churth in person. The churth continued as a vaccin*￿ Centre untsl June 2023. It t*as initialty exrected that vaccinations would commerKe again in the Autumn IM)wever this did M)t take plao as Govemment policy thanged. The Vaccination centre deared S(￿ of ts*ir equipment from the lower hall in December 2023 some still remain> Use of the Iwildings has C(xrtIn￿dto de￿￿lop theste¢An15hlpof the Centre Managers, Cynthla Sutherland and Beaiong Kapali. to whom we are very ￿ateful for all TAYbrk tlw Ixrt into ensuring things run sm4x)thty. In a(klition tt) a wide ra￿ of new small groups using the thurth we have also welcomed the New Jerusalem Gospel Church on Sunday aftenK)ons and hosted some coKerts Includlng two to raise furKls for Ukraine. Following the departure of our Centenary Worker toward5 end of 2022 we thertised for new ￿XIrker earfy in 2023 and were thlighted to apw)int laura Passo to the IM)sL Laura has thrown herself into the work and we have seen ts **)rk de￿)P al0￿ with iweasin8 contacts bel￿8 made wlth the wlder community. including Anns Grove khool. Grou￿ like X-Kids, Toddlers, Refresh (now named Women's Coffee Morning) have be￿ffted from Laurd's input and Tcxkllerfs wularlv attracts around 45-50 tothllers, each wlth an adult In tow. &ich week In addltion, we now have a regular programrne of sodal eventy usually one per nK)nth, ¥there the local c(xYwnunity arewelcomed into the buildin& Events ha%* been Wdried from Ba8-Beetle to an Intematkx￿I Evening when the community and Members of varhys gutst c￿Te￿n$ at Heeley were able to come together to share food. dance and fellowship. Other regular events indwle Martha's Kltchen where numbers d5d flurtuate early in the year but towards the end of 2023 I￿arne more stable with a good n￿ber of regulars attendi￿. February 2023 saw us Mc(arttry to the role of Admin Assistant. a role shared between Heeley and St Leonards. Joanne has been invaluawe in keeping track of invoicing groups for the use of the buildings aswell as er￿uring the thurth is up to date with DBS checks and safeBuardivv8 trainiTh& many amongst other thir through the interreEnunL We have had an iwea5e ID of Vol￿teerS wepared to do the feath￿ on a Sunday rnorniTr& as well lead the Intercessi(￿ and l&id the seT¥ice& sorti￿ out the rotss has also been rnade muth easier thanks to the Willing￿SS of Revd LLV SablaD. frorn St Leonards to preach and preside at Holy Communion as well as Revd Dave Fry and Revd Tony Patter50n ￿Ing willing to be dragged out of retirement to also weath a￿1 weside. As a result have been able to Aswell asour re8uknrser¥1￿.we enableourt(Mwnunityto(eleirte andthankGod atthemilestones of their journey5 through lffe. Thro￿ baptism T*e thank God for the Eift of liFe. in marriage public vows are exchanged God's blessing and thro￿ funeral servFces friend5 and family express their grief and give thanksforthe life which is complete in this*￿r1d and to commend the person into God's keepi￿. In the Year*Celebr￿ 5 bapti5fft5￿ conducted 3 *T(kliry and 2 church funeral& aNI Norfolk Park PCC Annual report. continwd The Electoral Roll has been revised. are 67 on the Church Elertoral Roll. 39 of Twhom are not resident within the partsh. There has been 4 deletions and I person added. Our strap Ilne is'makirq love kn(r￿. a￿j our mi55ional priorities remained uThchan8ed though as we have entered into an Interregnum some areas as set out bekyw. are on Ix)Id: l. To maximise the use of the new faciltties fc￿ the purpose of promoting health aThl well-being in the community. improving fina￿la1 viability, aThl ex￿OrIng creati¥e ways of ￿Ing churth. Activety seeking some commercial tenants wtrKI will hdp viabilty. Explore funding OPlXNtuniiie5 following Futurekraft sur¥y to support specialist workshops e.g. mentsl health. Enswe timetsble sP￿e available for Alpha etc 2. To grow and develop the Families and y¢)ung people's programme. Launch a new Families In an after-sdM)ol sk)tIMessy Churth. Toddler< expanslon by uslng N Regular Famity fun events. Grow Tuesday aubs- rtrlawKh. 3. To Brow the Cell Group network to 20 In 4 yea More focus on whole life dlsclpleship based on C of E settl￿ Gods people free reporL the Diocesan 'Lights for Chrisv and UCC resourtss eg Frorrtline kndays. Raise the profile of Cell 8￿p$ and Sup1￿)rt for l&ide 8asi(s coul￿ and alpha courses to feed Into Cell5. To deepen the wayer Ilfe of the thurth In Swnmary l. Growir48 the community h￿. 2. Growi￿ famllies and people. 3. Growi￿ ￿11 groups. 4. Growing in proyer Please see tslails of 8ivlng to thlrd party chwities and orgaThzations below 'Mi5sionary and Chatitsble Givirf. UnFRecyde {Uiwfwm rec￿￿￿ wojttt). SIX sales were held In 2023. We now help*d over 30 farnilie5 in need Sin￿ the project began. We now hove collection bins in 7 of kjcal schools all of which support US With our sale& We often have social workers and teachers contart us for help for chIld￿n in need. We a150 work dosely with the local Green councillor Marriane Elf￿ vtho helped u5 PCC Ann￿1 reyt. tffilin￿l couple of new Membersjoini￿. The group continued with CroCh￿rva blankets. vknich were donated to Heeley Bank Care Home and The Archer Project. We welcomed local artist Trlsh (Yshea. who did some watercolour arKI printiNa sessK)ns with the grow>. and we also welcomed thristine Barker. who supported the group In sewiry and rnaki￿ a Ydll ha￿Ing Christmas detorth. We have also had presentsti¥es from Heeley Devebpwrt Tn￿t visitthe group, WIM) have shared infomiation about local groups and activit￿ in the area. The group has also enjoyed card rnaki￿ jewellery makin& decorating Chri5tmos wreaths. and a visit to Heeley Qty Farni cafe. Y(xrth and Childrerfs Wwk Todder Group is still very powdar and sees new Starters COMI￿ weekty. We have 5(FF ctHldren plus their carers corning alor¥ eath weeL The number of thildren and adults that en8a8e with the Bible story time and aC£oMpanyir￿ craft has grown the last fthv MOTht￿ and several of the famille5 have also started atter￿on8 other groups arfor e¥ents run at the thurch. SuThky aub has seen a CO￿le of newvolunteers added to the rots. whith isan answerto prdyer. It was decided that instead of attending from 3 years old, Sunday dub would now be for primary school agedd￿1dreft. sothe crethewasequlppedwitha vartyof IKx)ks aThl rewurces to e￿ge those aged (k5 years. so that they are able to explore &l)le stor￿￿ as **ll. In January we stsrted lookin8throu8h the Old Testsment. and also did a series on Women in the BilAe. The children have engaged well and are really keen to share thelr kn(r** and also faith experiences with each other. T￿ are growing In faith and confidence and have recendy stsrted writinB and readinB prayers duriTrd the thurch services oft￿ a month. and a few have bectyT* wekome¢s on Sunday nw)rnlngs. Xffjds on Tuesdays after sch(x)I saw a yowth in the Swlng terni vthith continued irrto the SummeT tern), and a 5ignificaTrt number ofthese childTen weTe non-christian. These nurnbers did drop in the Autumn terni, however a good number of chlldren are attendi￿ regularty, and are 8rowlng in their knowledge of Jes￿* and what it is to be a Christian. t￿ tske part in worship son85 arKI some YAII also ask for U5iTrd our Wa￿￿tree. 10 of the children attended a CP organised event. Wlld Away Day. In Octobw. A numberof the thild￿n with ttdrfamilles a￿ also attendlng other groups/e￿its at churth. indudin8 Messy Churth. Mw Clwrth- this was restsrted after a break of a few monts after Josey initially set it up during her time as CP TAYYker. and is held On￿ a m(¥bth. It 15 attended well with a mlxture of families from Sunday Serv￿5. X-kids. toddler group and famlly socials. Feedback from children and aduts hos been really eKoUragI￿ and engage￿ durir4g Messy thurth is also good, e5pecialty from the thildre lry aub5-￿* run 3 Iw)fthy dubs thrO￿tr￿ the year. (knd Friday. Surnmer (3 days) and Light party (Halloween alternative). These were all well attended, and the children engaged realPy well during all of thern. Again, we are seeing a mixture of thildren who come to Sunday dub. X- ki￿ Messy church and communlty events, plus some children who attend groups at church are inviting their friends to rxAne al0￿ aNI the knal Grove 15 a(hTrti5inB them to theirfamilie we have seen good numbers consistently siKe restarti￿ in September with nurnbers in (k)uble figures rather than the previous 24. It has been thallenging to bring the many new people together as a group lyrt are startiryg to see relatlonships fOrn￿d and softeniTrg of attitudes within the group along with imwovi￿g beh3vwwr. some of vhkh was q￿te Challe￿ain8 in September. Huge thank5 are needed for the dedication of l&iderthip team who wort( and Norfolk Park We express our8ratefiJ thanks to all Childrerfs and ￿aderS and ￿)lUnteerS who WOTk hard to ensure these actnrit￿ keep goi We hekl 12 different community social e¥vbts monthly thro￿ the year. and t1￿ were real well attended. Highlights were the Internati￿1 bri￿ and share, which saw different congregatlons from the church aHniTra￿ether as *Yll as people from the local community. the Summer coach trip where we took 85 people from across the WdfiOUS groups and activtties run at church to Scarborough for the day. Josey left thls role in Nry￿be1 2022. and Laura stsrted In role In Marth of thts year. The Centenary Project team are and meet oKe a month for net￿)rk n)eetings dlscussln8 various topics. includi1¥ how ts> engage with Gen Z. In schools and trts)w we can th our part in the Church of Englarrfs v5sion for Children. Young People and Families. Workers regularly pray for one another. and Laura also has a mentor T*tho she meets with OTh￿ a n￿Trth for support and prayer. The CP also organise and run On￿Off L*wtsfordblldrenand yourq pe0p1ethr0￿houtthe ￿ar. These re great opw)rtunltles for children people fr(xn different thUrd￿ to come together a5 one larger 8roup. One of ttr￿ e￿nts, the Wild Awdy t)ay, Wds attended ty some of our thildren in October, and they thoroughly enjoyed the day. Laurn is hopiNd that our children and young people can attend more of these events next ￿ar. lawa wishes to thank e￿ that has been part of tt* thildren and families work In nw*rous ways. whether that is physically bel￿ at a Broup or evenL Prayi￿ for her and the children and famllies, CA)ntributin8 to (yafts and res0￿. hel￿re to plan and prepare, the thurth and children's team has been so sUPWrtive and she Is extrenth grateful. Please do contlnue to pray for all of the thildren and families v￿rkthat &(￿ on at thi5 church. and for the W0￿r$ and %￿UnteerS IrNolved in Chrlst Church. Heeleyls cwrefitly part of the Northern MIssK￿ Partnership In Deanery Tmith SL John's Parl Manor, Atterdiffe and Darnall and St LeiKorfs We contlnue to supp(xt the Gleadles5 Valley and Heeley F(K)d Bank based at Gleadless Valley MetlKxli5t churth and joined with the Church of the Nazarene to slng carols at Heeley Green CTrOp SI￿ before Chwlstrna& Amy Met with herfellow dergy in the Mission Partner5Np In No￿nber to thscuss how our churches could *Y¥rk rTh)re closefy togett*r and suprM)rt one another in ministry and mission. As a result, we have plamed lolfit ser¥Kes with St Leonart a MI551￿ kna relrnt day, and are 0)nsideri￿6 rollin8 out trainiTra for weachers acr055the MtS5MJn Area. Amy has developed relatKMbships with the New Jentsalem G(wel Church and the Himalayan Nepali church whith fAwshlp In ow I￿•krI￿ Indurfi￿ by acceptir* invltatlons to weath for them through a trnnslator. l F Common Fund of £30.IIXI was paid in 2023. As was intimated in last yearfs reporL following the iKrease in glvirg In 2022 the anticipated decline was re31F5ed in 2023. This was due to a combination of factors induding regular givers V4ho leftthe church, the in(Teasi￿ impartof the cost-of4i¥l￿g cri515 coupled with a Cha￿ in I fund income Planned gi¥in£fell from £36 251 In 2022to£32,519. Open plate Collert￿n5 increased sll8htlyto £1,135 for the year. Tax redalmed from HMRC totslled £5010. this was predrkninath fflade up of money dairned by the church for ¢*)nations gi%tn April 2022 ar￿ Awil 2023, with the remainder o)ming from the Parlsh GIVI￿ Stheme. The Otherrna￿r source of income Sn 2023 has been the from the hIrI￿a(mrt of the church and the halls. This year the Vaccinatim Centre accounted for a smallèr share of thls Income as it ceased operatSng In June. The Vaccinatlon Centre coupled wlth an IrKrw In other booklng5 ha5 realised a totsl I￿Orne of £13288. Follow1￿8 signllkant Iruease In the8as cOnl￿t a rtwiew of the WXe5Cha￿ for useof the church and halls was undertaken, wlth I￿lSed thar8es to be implemented from January 2024. nerdl As usual the biBgert regular expense was the Fund to thich ￿ paid a totsl of £30.IXKI. The other maior expenses are gas and eknicity Cl>5￿ The gas corrtract came up for renvwal in 2023 and the best deal that brokers were able to setwe was still an increase of 150% over ¥vhat was eviously paid. On the a(fvice of the I￿oker, we hm only locked Into this contrart for 12 months as it is anticipated that rates are likety to fall again 2024. The electrth contract is up for rene8Otithn this ye¥ and once again Ix(*er ad¥Ke will be sO￿L At the year eThl the income Into the Generdl had Lw) £￿356 whilst expenditure was £56,746 meaning that the church made a surplus over the year of £3,610. The PCC Set aside £2,5(K) towards buildin8 maintenarKe (see below) and the balan￿ of the general filnd as at the year e￿1 was £25,180 Restrict for two staff members. Whilst £24,457 15 a si8nifKant amount of money It needs to be noted that all the Centenary Project Worker salary is ￿rrentlY grant fvnded and so is received as income and then expended so has little impact on the overall account& In additM)n. m05t of the Admin Worker salary for 2023 was co¥ved by a yant from the I)￿ mea)Ing the dmwch has actually only In￿rred a cost of just £2￿ in 2023. and Norfo￿ Park PCC Annual report. contIn￿l Future Pl We realty hope that we will be able to appoint a fulptime inoJrnbentto be Wicarand C￿er518ht Minister for the parish. We IM)pe to see our children's andfamllleswkcontirn* to gnm led ty the Centenary Project Worker and rn0￿ people becoming ¥A)￿ippIng disaples as a result of this We hope to see growth in numbers atte￿ling regular *gyshlp and see new people becomlng In￿l¥ed in the life of the churth sef¥YKg in Ydiiouswaysand Cell group membership. Volunteers We would like to thank all ¥olunteer5 who 50 hard to make owchurch the lively. welcoming and lovlng community it i& Large n￿be￿ of *￿UnteerS are vital to the life of the thurth but are too numerous to mentlon he￿. Many ￿lUnteerS fulfil multiple roles. The Parochial Churth Council is a corpofate b(xty estsbltshed lry the Churth of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Churth Council Ptr••ers Measure. The parish Is known as the 'Parish of Heeley with ArboUrth0n￿ and Norfolk Parf. The parish T*RS reglstered wlth the Charity Commission on 5 November 2021, charity nwnber 1196414. with the le8al name Tr Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Chwth Heeley with Artx>urthorne and Norfolk Parv. The method of appoinljnent of PCC members is Set (xrt in the Church Rewesentstlon Rules. At Christ Church. Heeley the membershlp of the PCC c4)nslsts of the i￿umbent Vkarl, Churchwafdens. 2 Deanery Synod Representati¥es. g members elected by those members of the c(rye8ation who are on the electoral roll ofthe churth and up to ctropted members. All those wlx) attend ourservlces I members of the congre8atknn are encouraged to re8tster on the Electoral Roll and stand forelection to the PCC. The PCC Is resw>n5ible f(* maklrq deci5i(Th on all martefs of 8enerdl concem and importano to the parish induthr¥ deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be SF￿ The PCC full Cornmittee met 7 times duri￿the year. In athlitK¥n. there were 2 eXtr￿rdITrary and I stalK￿l¥ Committee meetlrt8& e Lare and protertion of thildren, young people. and vulnerable adults invol%*d In thurch actS¥ltSes 15 the reswnslbility ofthe whole church. Everyone who participates in the life of the churth ha5 a rose to play In promotin8 a safer thurch for al The Parish Safeguardi￿ OffKer is Mr Stethn So far as the P￿$ is aware. it has (ornplied with the dlrty to have "d￿ regar(r to the House of guidano in relath)n to safeguardi and NorftAk Park The Parochial Church Council dedare thatttryhave apwth*dthe annual reF￿On Sl8ned on behajfof the PCC Stephen Adams PCC Lay- Chair & Trustee Re¥d kny Hole PCC Chair December 2023. As the PCC members of the Charity you are re4KnSibie fw the weparatK)n of the accounts in accordan￿ with the reqUIrem￿￿Of the chariti￿ Act 2011 Atv). I have assisted the tr￿lee5 in the rnislon of tr#)o*kewrq reco￿5 (Ind￿ling fund allocations) to ensure that the statutory xcounts can be wepared accuratety. The charity trustees remain responsible for making suth judgments and decisions that are needed in relation to the pre5entstion and disclosure of infomiation in the finan(ial statem￿ts. I)Uri￿ my I ha¥* been rnindhd of the guidanoglven ￿ C(32 in relati￿ todayto day admini5bation ofthecharity. in assisting in preparlng the accounts. and the pnwis￿ of ts knised Ethkal Stsndard 2016 is5￿d by the Finandal Reportir* Council {FRC). I report in respect of my examination of the Charl￿$ accounts carried out ￿mIer section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applkable Directions given bythe Charity Commission under sectlon 14515Xb) of the kL connectlon wlth the e¥amlnatlon 8fvlr* me cause to bell￿ that In ary materlal r￿. accourtlTrd records wefe not kept In respett of the Cjwity as requlred by SeCtM￿ 130 of the A¢ I have no concerns and have come ayoss no other matters in cOnr￿lI0n with the examinatlon to which attentlon should be drawn In this feiMNt in (Kder to enable a pn)per ur#krstsnding of the Sarah Fci DChA Seven Hllls Acc(xmtsnts Lwnited 57 Burton Street Sheffield $6 2HH io 33x54 39.742 617 9J37 70 1516 ftentfrL4n￿ll ts4 14A57 25 17261 746 un Lll8 %522 s￿10 295 5537 1140 JJ 1170 57 17 32 1702 J43U I9￿ 749 4E4749 W4749 L917 ut*Ues 774 *wwowl*th••CC L131 Malrtenancefund Il317) 15(L) 14.997 2,4821 25.7 332 374 374 IL5011 {4UJI 393 315 527 F￿ rr** soi 117 347 IL9331 li i( zii 113 293 14 ca4lk £192 costs were inorrld 1rbthey￿l20l1.. £1SUI. the ￿￿treE3.711. K Law.a PCCmwnl*r.tAty5 pad É261 a54¥erwdwtr4thty. *Hs pkl to the f(K*J￿k thxfjrq yw al ¥knith El,712 ¥¥a% a frtyn lthe remalrth had been rnSsed SAdams SBdl SL hurth 1331 Road) Is beky leaxd to dK¥th th* *$ * tnMm￿lI¥