## **Annual Report** ## **and** **Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council of Wigan South for the year ended 31 December 2024** Charity Number 1198588 ## **Contents** |**Trustees’ Report**|| |---|---| |Aims & Purposes|3| |Achievements and Performance|3| |Buildings and Grounds|4| |Plans for the Future|4| |Financial Review|5| |Risk Assessment|6| |Safeguarding|6| |Structure, Governance and Management|7| |PCC Membership|7| |Reference and administration information|8| |**Financial Statements**|| |---|---| |Independent Examiner’s Report|9| |Statement of Financial Activities|10| |Balance Sheet|11| |Accounting Policies|12| |Analysis of Income|13| |Analysis of Expenditure|14| |Notes to Financial Statements|15| |Fund Movement Summary|16| 2 ## **Aims and Purposes** Wigan South Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent of the Wigan benefice, in promoting in the ecclesiastical Parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the church buildings of Holy Trinity Downall Green, St Aidan’ Billinge, St Andrew’s Garswood, St Luke’s Stubshaw Cross and St Thomas’ Ashton – in – Makerfield, together with St Thomas’ church hall. When planning our activities for the year, the PCC considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and in particular the specific guidance to charities concerned with the advancement of religion. The PCC is committed to promoting the Christian way of life through regular worship, prayer, nurture, outreach, charity and social activities; to build and maintain strong links with our four Church of England Primary Schools; and to provide spiritual, emotional and physical support to our community, especially at times of celebration, need or sorrow. ## **Achievement and Performance** In February we welcomed Revd Sandra Jones as Hub Leader of Wigan South, following her licencing at St Thomas’ Church, and then at the end of June we said goodbye to Revd Jeremy Thomas after 15 years of ministry in Ashton and South Hub. Revd Sue Thomas finished her curacy in June, and following a period of four months off, Sue returned to South Hub as a part time Non-Stipendiary Minister (NSM) with Permission to Officiate (PTO). In June we welcomed Adam Archer, an ordinand from Emmanuel College, for his final year of training having come from Chapelfields Hub. Adam quickly settled into life in South Hub and has been a real blessing. Due to a change in clergy numbers, we had to make the difficult decision to stop the 6.30pm Communion Service at St Thomas due to lack of clergy cover. Evensong has continued due to the commitment of Paul Tushingham and his willingness to lead on coordinate this service. Special thanks must be given to all lay people who have so faithfully supported and contributed to the 6.30pm service at St Thomas’. We continue to reach those at home and further afield with telephone services at St Andrew’s and live streaming of services at St Thomas’, which is increasingly used to reach friends and families who are unable to attend at funerals. In September we had an encouraging vision day at St Paul's church Skelmersdale, where we celebrated and gave thanks for the past, before starting to look at what the future of South Hub and our six churches might look like going into the future and where God might be leading us. Following on from this, each of our six churches have undertaken a pyramid review where we assessed ourselves against the following five criteria: community, discipleship, worship, mission, and leadership. The outcome of this will be forming our mission plan for 2025. Our Hub leadership team and our local missional leadership teams have continued to work hard to maintain our Sunday and midweek worship, our missional activities and our community outreach. We are thankful to our Lay Readers and Local Missional Leaders who, alongside clergy, have faithfully continued to lead and preach within our services throughout the year. St Luke’s, via Carol Pye and Revd Sue Fulford, have developed and built upon the already good relationships at Stubshaw Cross Care home by introducing a second monthly service for the residents 3 and their families which has been gratefully appreciated. Ros Unsworth and her dedicated team of helpers at St Andrew’s have faithfully supported the local community via the Peace of Mind Dementia Café, welcoming people and their carers giving them a space to relax and enjoy each other’s company, whilst enjoying a variety of entertainment. Eth and the team at St Peter’s have done amazing work with St Peter’s School through ‘experience’ sessions, sharing the good news of Jesus with the children and staff. Our pantries at Holy Trinity, St Aidan’s and St Thomas’ have gone from strength to strength, meeting the needs of the community by feeding them physically as well as spiritually, whilst at the same time helping to care for God's creation by reducing food going into landfill. Without the hard work and dedication of all the volunteers, of which there are too many to name, our pantries wouldn't be able to run. We give thanks to each one of them and the blessings they bring. Through the dedicated work of fund raising this year led by Sue Thomas, the plan for Ashton Pantry for 2025 is to develop the church hall by building a new pantry and storeroom. This will let us offer more food, helping families reduce grocery costs while keeping their choice and dignity. A new kitchen will mean we can open a Pay-As-You-Feel Café and run cooking lessons to help people learn how to make healthy, low-cost meals. As part of the fund raising this year, we had an enjoyable Gala evening at Ashfield House in Standish, which was well attended. In June we went into each of our four church schools to do transition work with the year six children in preparation for high school. This was appreciated by all our schools. We have continued throughout the year to go into all our schools to deliver collective worship and supporting them as and when needed with their RE Curriculum. In July Holy Trinity were involved in celebrating 50 years of Rectory Primary School’s building. Thanks to all the volunteers who give up their time freely to minister to and support our schools. Also in June, at our Confirmation service at St Thomas’ we had the privilege of seeing 16 young people and four adults reaffirming their baptismal vows, with one adult and one young person being baptised that evening. During October and November, we had 15 people attend the Start Course at St Luke's church. It was great seeing people from different churches come together to grow in their discipleship. Ashton Churches Together (ACT) have continued to work together this year, and amongst other things, organised a Praise & Picnic in the Park and a stall at the town’s Christmas lights switch on. It is a real blessing to work with other people from across other churches all coming together to share the love of Jesus with the local community. St Thomas’ church helped to organise and hosted an Easter and a Halloween trail around Ashton which saw 350 people come through the church doors at Easter and 650 people at Halloween. This wouldn't have been possible without the hard work of so many volunteers. It was great to see so many people in church to learn of the Christian teachings of these festivals. We had cause for celebration at St Thomas’ church as we were awarded our bronze eco award. Thanks to the eco team for all their hard work to make this happen. Part of their work has extended across the parish to encourage a collective blister pill packet recycling programme. Onwards and upwards now as we work towards our silver award. 4 Across the hub during November, we had several memorial services organised by Revd Dave Hamlett, which were well attended and appreciated by the families of those whose funerals had taken place this year. We came together during the advent and Christmas period to deliver a wide and varied programme of community outreach events, children’s activities, special services, charitable initiatives together with times of reflection and prayer. We ended 2024 and looked ahead to 2025 with an enjoyable hub service at St Andrew’s on the last Sunday of the year. This is just a snapshot of all the wonderful and amazing things that have happened with and across our churches in 2024. If they were all to be mentioned, the report would go on for several pages! This year, with all its joys and challenges, we remain thankful to our faithful and gracious God; God who calls each one of us to both worship and serve him and reveal his love and acceptance to all those in our communities. To Him be the glory, for ever and ever. ## **Buildings and Grounds** We continue to review the function and utilisation of our buildings in light of the Right Buildings Report which was published in 2023. Maintenance of Church buildings was organised by local church committees, with all urgent work completed. Routine works were carried out to replace and improve facilities at all our church buildings to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements, to promote accessibility and to facilitate our overarching aims and objectives. St Luke’s quinquennial inspection report identified some works that required attention. These were either completed promptly or are in progress. The maintenance of church grounds continues to be a challenge, particularly during spring and summer. Dedicated teams of volunteers help to conserve these areas and co-ordinate community initiatives to tackle larger works. ## **Plans for the future** Our mission is to join in with what God is doing, to make disciples of Jesus amongst all the people of South Hub by investing in people and deepening discipleship. We aim to do this through developing our small groups, developing our prayer life, offering Christian introduction courses, working with younger families and through joining together socially. ## **Financial Review** We are thankful to those who have contributed towards the management of our Hub finances particularly to Sarah Riley as PCC Treasurer. She is assisted and supported by Joan Roberts, Lynda Lewis, Tony Card, Phil Hayton, and Gwynneth Corless and a large team of volunteers who support with day to day cashier activities and banking During the financial year Wigan South Parish raised income of £410,636 of which £159,113 was into restricted funds. This is compared with total income of £365.532 in 2023 (of which £65,512 was into restricted funds). The restricted fundraising for 2024 has largely focused on the pantry development project at St Thomas’ which raised £93,774 in 2024 (a total of £139,304 cumulatively to 31 December 5 2024). Expenditure for this project is expected in 2025 and so restricted funds remain high at the end of 2024, totalling £380,750. General expenditure during the year totalled £260,479 as compared with £299,747 in 2023, as the PCC and church committees continue to apply prudent cost controls. However, this was still in excess of the general/unrestricted income of £250,523, leaving a deficit on unrestricted funds in the year of £9,956 and reducing our overall unrestricted funds balance at the end of the year to £51,568. Church maintenance costs have been significantly higher in 2024 along with insurance premiums, and utility costs. The focus in 2025 will be on encouraging increased regular giving into general/unrestricted funds to ensure that the day-to-day operation and maintenance of our churches can be supported as a priority. The reserves policy operated by the Parish is to maintain a balance in general/unrestricted funds of c.£2,000-5,000 per church building to cover unexpected expenditure and upcoming utility bills. A designated fund is held for each church in the Parish to monitor this balance. Some churches have fallen below this level, but this has been the result of accruing Parish Share, payable to the Diocese of Liverpool totalling £96,000. The Parish Share has not been paid due to insufficient cash reserves, but the churches remain committed to paying as much Parish Share as they are able, and we are looking at ways to better distribute the Parish Share costs among the churches in our hub in the coming year. ## **Risk Assessment** The PCC recognises that in relation to ‘Risk Assessment’, risk is defined as ‘the threat of any action or event which will adversely affect an organisation’s ability to achieve its objectives and execute its strategies’. It also accepts that the term ‘risk’ can include any circumstances that may, or do, have an adverse effect, and is wider than financial matters. ‘Risks’ relate not only to the negative consequences of a threat, but also to the impact of not taking advantage of opportunities. The PCC recognises it requires a practical Health and Safety Policy covering activities for both the churches and their surrounding grounds. The contents and obligations of the Equality Act 2010 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 are known and complied with to the best of the PCC’s ability. The PCC is aware of its responsibilities in respect of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in its requirement to carry out a fire assessment to identify any possible dangers and risks, to take action to minimise the risks and to create a plan to deal with any emergencies, and also to write up and keep a record of its findings and to review its assessment annually. The PCC has appointed the Churchwardens to be the responsible persons to put these practises into operation. ## **Safeguarding** There is a Safeguarding Policy in place in respect of children and vulnerable adults. DBS checks have been and are made for those interacting regularly with young people and vulnerable adults. The Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) is Helen Weavers. There is also a safeguarding contact for each congregation/building, who work with the PSO. Those new to PCC have each undertaken safeguarding training. Whilst it is impossible to eliminate all risks and their consequences, efforts are constantly made to minimise such occurrences. The PCC has complied with the duty under section five of the Safeguarding 6 and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 to have due regard to the House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. ## **Structure, governance and management** The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The Standing Committee of the PCC is the only committee required by church law and has the power to transact the business of the PCC between meetings, subject to ratification by the PCC. Its members are the Team Vicars, the two Churchwardens, Treasurer, Secretary and one lay PCC member. ## **Electoral Roll** As of 31[st] December 2024, the parish electoral role consisted of 419 members. ## **PCC members** ## Clergy: Team Rector: Revd Neil Cook Team Vicars: Revd Sandra Jones (Chair/Hub Leader), Revd Sue Fulford (Assistant Hub Leader) The other Team Vicars of the Wigan Benefice are/were also members of the PCC during 2024: Revd Dot Gosling, Revd Steve Beck, Revd Stan Higginson, Revd Sam Nicholson, Revd Frances Shoesmith, Revd Roland Harvey, Revd Clive Doran, Revd Catherine Coslett, Revd Fran Humphrey. ## Lay Members: Churchwarden: Paula Gilespie Churchwarden: Helen Weavers PCC Treasurer: Sarah Riley PCC Secretary: Jessica Buckley ## Representatives on the Deanery Synod: Linda High Mansell High Sharon Liptrot Sue Neil Philip Stott _1 vacancy_ ## Elected lay members: Jan Cornthwaite: 2nd term 2022 – 2025 Eth Yates: 2nd term 2022 – 2025 Alex Finney: 2nd term 2022 – 2025 Joan Roberts: 2nd term 2023 – 2026 Stuart Barton: 2nd term 2023 – 2026 Tony Card: 2nd term 2023 – 2026 Carole Pye: 2nd term 2023 – 2026 Jessica Buckley: 2nd term 2024 – 2027 Tricia Hancox: 1st term 2024 – 2027 Marilyn Richardson: 1st term 2024 – 2027 Christine Wakefield: 1st term 2024 – 2027 _1 existing vacancy_ The Standing Committee of the PCC during 2024 was: Sandra Jones (Hub Leader), Sue Fulford (Assistant Hub Leader), Helen Weavers (Church Warden / Lay Chair), Paula Gillespie (Church Warden), Sarah Riley (PCC Treasurer), Jessica Buckley (PCC Secretary). 7 ## **Reference & Administration Information** ## **Parish name and location** The Parish of Wigan South within the Wigan Benefice The church is part of the Diocese of Liverpool within the Church of England **Registered charity number** 1198588 **Parish correspondence address** St Thomas Vicarage 18 Warrington Road Ashton in Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PL **Telephone** 01942 728238 ## **Telephone** **Architect Independent Examiner** Schafer Associates Revd A A Clements 55 Belvedere Road 15 Carleton Road, Ashton in Makerfield Great Knowley, Wigan Chorley WN4 9PL PR6 8TQ ## **Bank addresses** Holy Trinity TSB 66 Gerard St Ashton in Makerfield Wigan WN4 9AH St Aidan NatWest 4 Standishgate, Wigan, WN1 1UE St Andrew TSB 66 Gerard Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9AH St Luke NatWest 65 Gerard Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9AH St Peter NatWest 65 Gerard Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9AH St Thomas NatWest 65 Gerard Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9AH St Thomas Triodos Bank Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AS Wigan South Lloyds 120 Lewisham high street, London SE13 6JG ## **Declaration** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees (PCC) by clergy and laity. …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… Revd Sandra Jones Mrs Helen Weavers Chair Church Warden 22 April 2025 22 April 2025 **Full Name** Revd Sandra Jones **Position** Chair **Date** 22 April 2025 8 Independent Examiner's unqualified report to the members of the P.C.C. of the Parish of Wigan South. Charity Commission Registration Number 1198588. Aecountg for the year ended 311L December 2U24 as s¢1 out on pagej 2 to 3 of this Report. Respective responslbilities of tbe P.C.C. aDd the examiDer. The P.C.C. members acting &s the charity's Itusiccs ar¢ resp)nsible for the prcparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for the year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011(the Charities Actl and thal an ind¢p¢ndent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 14) ot"Ihe Charities Act to follow the procedures laid down in the oenerdl Direct?ons given by the Charity Commission (under section 145{5Xb) of the Charilies ACL and to stste whether particular matters haie come to my allentio Basis of th¢ IDdepeDdeDt Exxminer'8 Statement. My examinalion was carried out in accordance li ith the general Directions given by the Charity Commission and th¢ guidance published in PQ L .4ccouDtsbility (The Charities Aci 2011 and the P.C.C.), 5, edition). An cxamination includes a rei iew of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes considetalion of any unusual items or disc105ures in thc &COun￿ and seeking explanations from the trusttts Loncerning such mallers. The prokedures undertak¢n do noi provide all the evidence that would Ix required tor an audit, and consequentl> no opinion is given as to wh¢ther the accounts present a 'lrue and fair vi¢w' and the report is limited to thos¢ matters set out in the statement below. ndependent eiarniner's ststemenL In connection with my examinalion. no materia] maiter has come to my attention which giv¢s m¢ use lo believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were nol kepl in accordance with section 130 of the Charities ACL or the accounts do not accord to the accounting records. I have come across no other matter5 in conneclion with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper under￿1n8 of the accounts is reached. Signed J/fyh J e/ei*l Notes As at As at
31/12/2024 31/12/2023
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total £
Fixed assets
Tangible Assets 4 - -
Current assets
Investments 5 44,141 44,141 43,153
Cash At Bank And In Hand 83,931 383,111 21,500 488,542 395,312
Debtors and accrued income 6 27,272 3,414 30,686 17,176
155,344 386,525 21,500 563,369 455,641
Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year 7 103,139 6,412 109,551 110,225
103,139 6,412 - 109,551 110,225
Net current assets less current liabilities 52,205 380,113 21,500 453,818 345,417
Total assets less current liabilities 52,205 380,113 21,500 453,818 345,417
Total net assets less liabilities 9 52,205 380,113 21,500 453,818 345,417
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The Financial Statements were approved by the Parrochial Church Council on 22nd April 2025 and signed on its behalf by: Rev Sandra Jones Mrs Helen Weavers Incumbent Churchwarden The notes on pages 12-15 form part of the financial statements 11 ## **Notes to the Financial Statements** ## **1. Accounting Policies** The Financial Statements of the P.C.C. have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations using the Accruals basis The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets which are shown at market value ## **Funds** Unrestricted funds represent funds 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. Restricted funds are funds that can only be used for a particular restricted purposes within the objects of the Church. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes The accounts include all 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. ## **Incoming resources** Collections are recognised when received on behalf of the PCC Planned giving receivable under Gift aid is only recognised when received Income tax recoverable of Gift Aid is etimated and recognised on an accruals basis Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt by the PCC is reasonably certain Income from church Hall lettings is recognised at the point of use ## **Resources Expended** The diocesan parish share is accounted for when paid. Any Parish share unpaid at the year end is provided for in the accounts as am operational (though not legal) liability and is shown as a creditor on the Balance Sheet Cost are allocated between direct chartable and other expenditure according to the nature of the cost. Where items involve more than one category, they are apportioned between the categories according to the nature of the cost General liabilities are recognised when the goods or services have been received ## **Assets** 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 & office equipment where the PCC is free to dispose of such assets without - faculty and where the original cost exceeded £1,000. Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by section 96(2) of the Charities Act 1993. 12 ## **Notes to the Financial Statements** ## **2 : Analysis of Income For the year ended 31 December 2024** |Parish Giving Scheme
Bank (Standing Order)
Envelopes
Loose Plate collections
Retiring Collectiions
Donations
Gift Days
Giving through church boxes
Special or specific appeals etc
Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
GASDS Tax relief
Legacies
Recurring grants
Non-recurring one-off grants
Fundraising (general)
Parish fee for wedding or funeral
Church hall lettings - objectives
Church event income
Branch organisations - receipts
Fundraising
Church hall lettings - fund raising
Magazine income - advertising
Parish magazine sales
Other funds generated
Rent from leased land or buildings
Dividends from shares
Bank and building society interest
CBF Deposit account interest
Insurance claims
**Income and endowments from:**
**Donations and legacies**
**Charitable activities**
**Total**
**Other trading activities**
**Investments**
**Other income**|**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
81,599 60
**81,659**
**76,176**
9,158 9,050
**18,208**
**19,868**
20,441
-
**20,441**
**20,764**
25,376 573
**25,949**
**26,182**
- -
**-**
**-**
13,631 16,786
**30,417**
**35,116**
- -
**-**
**-**
- -
**-**
**239**
558
-
**558**
**543**
33,692 1,076
**34,768**
**22,831**
6,965
-
**6,965**
**13,168**
- 33,691
**33,691**
**3,049**
- 190
**190**
**595**
430 76,910
**77,340**
**12,929**
1,862 1,137
**2,998**
**5,014**
**193,712**
**139,472**
**-**
**333,184**
**236,475**
25,376
-
**25,376**
**32,725**
- -
**-**
**0**
981 822
**1,803**
**2,131**
- 365
**365**
**1,407**
**26,356**
**1,187**
**0**
**27,543**
**36,262**
5,630 4,682
**10,312 9,275**
14,721
-
**14,721 16,747**
840
-
**840 675**
2,917
-
**2,917 3,346**
2,110 11,229
**13,339 14,744**
**26,218**
**15,911**
**- 42,129 44,788**
600
630
**1,230 775**
1,116
-
**1,116 1,099**
875 92
**967 964**
1,647 1,820
**3,467 1,990**
**4,238**
**2,542**
**- 6,780 4,827**
0
0
**0**
**43,179**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**43,179**
**250,523**
**159,113**
**- 409,636 365,531**| |---|---| 13 ## **Notes to the Financial Statements** ## **3 : Analysis of Expenditure** ## **For the year ended 31 December 2024** |Fees paid to fundraisers
Costs of applying for grants
Costs of giving envelopes and stewardship campaigns
Costs of fundraising events
Investment management costs
Giving to missionary societies
Giving - relief and development agencies
Home mission
Secular charities
Deanery Share
Salary of organist
PAYE, NI & Pension - Parish Admin & Support staff
Clergy working expenses
Council tax (clergy housing)
Housing expenses (clergy)
Water rates (clergy housing)
Telephone and broadband (clergy housing)
Sermon preparation materials and resources
Reader expenses and subscriptions
Visiting speakers / locums
Parish mission and evangelism costs
Sunday School & Junior Church costs
Youth & Confirmation groups/organisations
General Mission/Support activities
Insurance premiums (church building)
Telephone (church building or office)
Organ / piano tuning and maintenance
Church building maintenance (routine)
Cleaning materials & equipment (church building)
Church equipment costs
Upkeep of services
Church consumable items
Upkeep of churchyard
Administration costs for parish
Governance costs & examination/audit fee
Banking charges
Church building - electric
Church building - gas
Church building - water
Magazine expenses including printing costs
Hall/Other building - electricity
Hall/Other building - gas
Hall/Other building - maintenance (routine)
Hall/Other building - telephone and broadband
Hall/Other building - water rates
Branch Organisation - payments
Church building major repairs - structure
Church building major repairs - installation
Hall/Other building major repairs - structure
Hall/Other building major repairs - installation
**Expenditure on:**
**Total Expenditure**
**Raising funds**
**Charitable activities**|**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted Endowmen**
**t**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
50
-
**50 181**
792 1,267
**2,059 215**
**842 1,267**
**2,109 396**
- -
**- 4,200**
- 11,300
**11,300 9,824**
160 5,798
**5,958 9,620**
42 365
**407 2,360**
166,677
-
**166,677 204,127**
141
-
**141 1,050**
163
-
**163 112**
3,320
-
**3,320 1,411**
66
-
**66 358**
4,018
-
**4,018 4,800**
- -
**- 572**
71
-
**71 489**
122
-
**122**
**-**
150
-
**150**
**-**
81
-
**81 99**
450 82
**533 179**
5 518
**523 1,007**
703
-
**703 512**
970 1,370
**2,341 1,482**
9,082
-
**9,082 6,709**
289
-
**289 442**
749 456
**1,205 806**
13,207 4,015
**17,222 8,828**
471 61
**532 378**
1,556 398
**1,954 2,453**
4,501 115
**4,616 4,841**
1,480 618
**2,099 942**
8,227 1,163
**9,390 11,180**
1,901
-
**1,901 1,277**
200
-
**200 200**
835
-
**835 764**
8,909
-
**8,909 8,384**
19,689 235
**19,924 15,736**
1,990
-
**1,990 1,777**
1,690
-
**1,690 2,838**
652
-
**652 7,002**
943
-
**943 935**
675
-
**675 548**
365
-
**365 356**
3,198
-
**3,198 2,732**
- 594
**594 2,734**
- -
**- 1,305**
1,253 850
**2,103 9,771**
- 6,865
**6,865**
**-**
- 6,309
**6,309**
**-**
**259,000 41,113**
**300,113 335,138**
**259,842 42,381**
**302,222 335,681**| |---|---| 14 ## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2024** ## **4. Tangible Assets** |**4. Tangible Assets**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Freehold Land and**||**Church**|| ||**buildings**||**Equipment**|**Total**| |||**£**|**£**|**£**| |Cost of Valuation||||| |**as at 1 January 2024**|-|||-| |Additions Disposals||||| |Disposals||||| |Depreciation||||| |**as at 31 December 2024**|-|||-| |_Freehold land & buildings relates to the curates house at 79 Greenfields_|||_Crescent which_|_was sold_| |_in Jan 2021 and the Church Hall at_|_St Thomas Ashton-in-Makerfield_|||| |**5. Investments**||||| |**Share investments**|**01-Jan-24**||**Revaluation**|**31-Dec-24**| |Moyers fund 1|**£**
32,597||**£**
746|**£**
33,343| |Moyers Fund 2|7,595||174|7,769| |St Peters|2,961||68|3,029| |**Total**|**43,153**||**988**|**44,141**| |**6. Debtors and accrued income**||||| |Hall and other rental|||**31-Dec-24**
**£**
511|**31-Dec-23**
**£**
703| |Unbanked deposits|||1,394|767| |Parish Fees owed|||1,139|1,256| |Gitf aid to be claimed|||27,642|14,450| ||||**30,686**|**17,176**| |**7. Creditors - Amounts falling due within one year**||||| |Utility costs|||**31-Dec-24**
**£**
6,304|**31-Dec-23**
**£**
7,441| |Deanery share|||95,910|95,910| |Other expenses|||724|3,443| |Agency collections|||6,412|3,231| |Independent Examiner fees|||200|200| ||||**109,551**|**110,225**| |**8. Staff costs**|**For the year ended**||**31-Dec-24**|**31-Dec-23**| |Wages & Salaries|||**£**
303|**£**
1,162| |Social Security Costs|||-|-| |Pension Costs|||-|-| ||||**303**|**1,162**| The expenses paid to clergy may include a small immaterial proportion which relates to their function as a P.C.C. member. No payments were made to P.C.C. members for acting as P.C.C. members. 15 ## **Notes to the Financial Statements 9 : Fund movement summary For the year ended 31 December 2024** |**Funds**
**Unrestricted**
Designated - St Aidan B: General
Designated - St Andrew G: General
Designated - St Luke SC: General
Designated - St Peter B: General
Designated - Holy Trinity AiM: General
Designated - St Thomas AiM: General
Designated - St Thomas AiM: Charities Fund
Designated - St Luke SC: Legacy Fund
Designated - St Aidan B: Childrens work
Designated - St Thomas AiM Sunday coffee (Farsi Services)
Designated - Wigan South: General
**Total Unrestricted**
**Restricted & Endowment funds**
Restricted - St Aidan B: Building Fund
Restricted - St Aidan B: Boiler Fund
Restricted - St Aidan B: Choral Fund
Restricted - St Aidan B: Churchyard
Restricted - St Aidan B: Religious Education
Restricted - St Aidan B: Floodlights
Restricted - St Aidan B: Flowers
Restricted - St Aidan B: John Edleston Trust
Restricted - St Aidan B: Legacy
Restricted - St Aidan B: Memorial Stone
Restricted - St Aidan B: Organ Restoration fund
Restricted - St Aidan B: Pantry
Restricted - St Aidan B: Puppet Ministry
Restricted - St Aidans Sound System
Restricted - St Andrew G: Dementia Café
Restricted - St Andrew G: Maintenance Fund
Restricted - Holy Trinity AiM: Allotments
Restricted - Holy Trinity AiM: Churchyard
Restricted - Holy Trinity AiM: Upkeep Of Specific Grave Plot
Restricted - Holy Trinity AiM: Compassion Fund
Restricted - Holy Trinity AiM: Legacy Fund
Restricted - Holy Trinity AiM: Restoration Fund
Restricted - St Luke SC: Building Fund
Restricted - St Luke SC: Education Fund
Restricted - St Peter B: Fabric (Fixtures & Fittings)
Restricted - St Peter B: Maintenance Fund
Restricted - St Peter B: Property
Restricted - St Peter B: Roof Fund
Restricted - St Peter B: Youth
Restricted - Wigan South: Oasis Project
Restricted - Wigan South: Recycling Project
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Bowling Club
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Children And Young People
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Thursday Coffee Fund
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Tuesday Coffee Fund
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Duke Of Edinburgh Fund
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: FFF Audio Visual
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: FFF Heating Fund
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Flower Guild
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Food Ministry
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: HR Graveyard
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Legacy
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Building Maintenance Fund
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Organ Fund
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Pantry Energyy Grant (Asda)
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Weenies
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Warm Spaces
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Youth Work
Restricted - Holy Trinity AiM: Children & Family Mission
Restricted - Holy Trinity AiM: Heating Fund
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Churchyard
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Church Hall
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Africa
Restricted - St Thomas AiM: Asylum
**Total Restricted**
**Grand Total Funds**|**Fund**
**balances**
**bfwd**
**Incoming**
**Resources**
**Outgoing**
**Resources**
**Transfers**
**Gains and**
**Losses**
**Fund**
**balances**
**Cwfd**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
6,922
57,864
60,605
920
5,100
16,363
26,152
29,218
13,296
14,826
15,769
19,630
10,965
(46,622)
21,049
21,334
68
(46,838)
12,972
35,267
36,508
11,730
39,562
89,861
91,363
(6,000)
32,060
7,284
6,000
13,284
1,077
1,077
139
139
759
811
243
1,328
7,254
3,750
940
10,064
**60,536**
**250,523**
**259,842**
**0**
**988**
**52,205**
0
5,000
0
5,000
810
0
0
810
200
200
0
35
35
0
16,159
16,159
0
0
0
0
261
170
160
272
2,071
0
902
1,169
0
10,170
0
10,170
0
637
637
0
833
20
456
397
1,862
1,766
2,234
1,393
7
7
0
4,682
0
4,682
2,460
1,636
940
3,156
5,895
1,753
3,607
4,040
775
718
0
1,493
512
150
311
351
2,236
100
204
2,132
158
1,155
1,120
193
0
18,000
0
18,000
3,834
270
195
3,909
6,171
89
0
6,260
19,849
1,119
0
20,969
103
103
6,363
0
870
5,493
5
5
4,139
4,139
80
0
80
0
4,245
0
269
(3,000)
976
0
920
920
0
920
0
262
658
889
0
0
889
3,529
526
54
4,002
10,644
1,554
32
12,167
0
0
351
27
378
0
1,116
468
0
1,584
1,242
365
332
1,275
56,784
93,774
14,254
3,000
139,304
4,729
995
0
5,724
80,752
521
0
81,272
5,899
1,422
0
7,321
1,007
1,007
1,500
0
0
1,500
448
0
0
448
1,171
1,070
578
1,663
5,817
5,817
962
275
319
918
240
235
5
6,714
440
0
7,154
11,946
25
0
11,971
4,708
7,914
11,300
0
1,323
4,089
1,106
1,062
0
4,133
**284,243**
**159,113**
**41,743**
**0**
**0**
**401,613**
**344,779 409,636**
**301,585**
**- 988 453,818**
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