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25| ||||| ||||| ||||| page 3 ## viCAr’s report At the vision day in 2024, we thought about what it would look like to be a church that grows in prayerful dependence on the lord. We thought particularly about psalm 127.1... “unless tHe lord builds tHe House, tHe builders lAbour in vAin. unless tHe lord wAtCHes over tHe CitY, tHe GuArds stAnd wAtCH in vAin.” to know the truth of that verse is both a joyful and a humbling thing. It’s joyful as it brings us liberation and relief, because the work of the church thankfully does not ultimately rest on us. the church belongs to Jesus, and he is the Great Builder and protector of his people. But it is also humbling and at times painful when we are faced with our own limitations and shortcomings. over the last year, God has grown us in the reality of psalm 127.1 as… …the Lord has saved and brought people along who previously had little or no existing contact with St Simon’s. ...we’ve faced the tragedy of the Southport attacks and learnt to turn to God in lament at the presence of evil. …through Isaiah 1-12, we’ve faced our own limitations and been amazed by the greatness and grace of the Lord. …we’ve walked with church family through suffering and sickness. …we entered a new year seeking to ‘Pray Big’ and grow in the daily habit of dependent prayer. Yet there are many ways we still want to grow. our monthly prayer meeting attendance remains low and work is needed to encourage attendance and also to make it as accessible as possible for all ages. The ‘week of prayer’ in 2025 will also need reflecting upon to see if this is something that is helpful and repeatable every year. My own heart needs continually shaping by the Spirit through the word, so that my default attitude is to cry out to the lord rather than just work harder. (And I’m assuming I’m not the only one!). We’ve begun to grow in prayerful dependence, but we’re not to stop. As Westerners immersed in the culture of “self” and with so many resources to put our trust in, our constant temptation is to take our eyes off of the lord “who can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine” (eph 3:20). However, dependence upon the lord does not mean inaction on our part, or to “let go and let God”. the apostle paul prayed big as he knelt before the Father (eph 3.1421). And then just a few sentences later he also talked about the church being equipped for works of service, with each member playing their active part in building up others in love (eph 4.11-16). this is why, as we continue to grow in dependence upon the lord in 2025, we also want to think through what it will look like for every one of us to play our part in the work of Christ at St Simon’s. to that end, our vision Sunday in March will begin to explore God’s wonderful plan for the local church, so that we see it as smoething worthy of giving our time, energy and prayers to. May this coming year be a year where we joyfully embrace a vision of church where all are encouraged to be involved so that we grow to maturity in Christ together for the glory of God. With much love, Rev Andy liggins, February 2025 page 4 ## vision And objeCtives our overall vision at St Simon’s is to be a church family that **“grows to know and love God so that we go to live and speak for Jesus.”** each GRACe ministry area has its own objectives in line with this vision, which you’ll find in the report. As a church in 2025 we want to particularly focus on embracing **every member ministry** , and what it will mean for everyone at St Simon’s to have a role in serving. this will include the following objectives: - **To undertake a short teaching series on God’s plan for the church and what it means to serve.** We need hearts that want to give ourselves to the local church as well as understanding what serving looks like. - **Establishing a ‘ready to serve’ course,** aimed at new members or new Christians, so that people are equipped to serve. - **For the church leadership to have a conversation with every person about where they can serve and in which team.** not everyone is physically able to take on a formal role, but we want everyone who is able to serve in the ways God has gifted them. - **To form clear pathways into serving, with roles having clearly defined volunteer agreements and opportunities for review.** those serving must feel equipped, supported and know that they haven’t taken on a job for life. - **The appointment of a part-time Ministry Coordinator.** this post will facilitate the running of the core church programme, freeing up and making it easier for others to serve - **To reorganise our Operations work into teams.** this will make it easier for more people to serve. - **Make the most of training opportunities outside St Simon’s.** encourage greater uptake on regional training courses and days, so that those who serve are increasingly equipped and trained to do so. ## to Know & Love **G O D** S O T H A T W E **GO** to Live & Speak **F O R J E S U S** ## MAnAG ~~eMent~~ St Simon’s is a warm church family with people from all ages and a number of different backgrounds. We welcome visitors of all faiths and none. Anyone who has been baptised and can affirm their baptismal vows (“I repent of the sins that separate us from God and neighbour, I turn to Christ as Saviour and submit to Christ as lord”) is welcome to receive communion. As a church we belong to the Church of england and are part of the north Meols Deanery in the Diocese of Liverpool. We belong to Christ first and foremost so we welcome members from all other church backgrounds. Church members appoint the ‘St Simon and St Jude with All Souls parochial Church Council’ (pCC) at an annual meeting, following the Church Representation Rules 2020. pCC members share governing responsibility with the Diocese of liverpool Board of education for Bishop David Sheppard Church of england (Aided) primary School. the names and responsibilities of those who served on the pCC during 2024 can be found in Appendix 7. > 1 The information set out in this report, including the financial statements comply with the current statutory requirements, Church Accounting Regulations and the Statement of Recommended practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities issued in March 2005. note is also made of ‘the Charities Act 1993 and the pCC’ (Church House, 2006). page 5 ## AttendAnCe ## ‘GrACe’ ACtivities At the publication of the electoral roll in April 2024, there were 132 members. Since April 2023, 1 person had moved away and 9 members had joined. of those on the roll, 42 live within the parish and 90 outside the parish. this is the report of the pCC to church members, reviewing all our activities in turn, so we can thank God for all that has been achieved so far and so we can pray and plan for areas where more work is needed. They are led by five coordinators, each heading up one area: Average weekly attendance on a Sunday in 2024, including both the 9.15am and 11am services was 92 adults and 31 children. this is an increase of 2 adults and 5 children from 2023. Approximately 5 households watch our online 11am livestream each week. the total numbers of those connected to St Simon’s is approximately 132 adults and 53 under-18s. - GAtHer - reACH - All nAtions - CAre During october 2024, which is when the Church of England collect weekly attendance figures, we had on average 93 adults and 31 children attending in-person, with another 5 people or households watching online. In 2023 the average figures for october were 83 adults and 29 children, with 4-5 households watching online - enCourAGeMent ## GAtHer ## GAtHer CoordinAtor: lAurA ArCH Around 140 people are currently receiving emails from St Simon’s. Why should we gather together? Hebrews 10 v24 & 25 says **‘let us consider how we may spur each other on towards love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing but encouraging one another - all the more as you see the Day approaching.’** Rev Andy liggins ## serviCes We aim for our services to be the weekly high point in our church family life. Many people work hard so that Sunday by Sunday we’re enabled to meet together so that we grow to know and love God through his word. We are very grateful to God for all who sing or play in the band, or read, pray, lead, run the sound and visuals, as well as set up and clear up. We have gathered this year to spur each other on, care for one another, let others care for us, reach out together into our community, sit under God’s word and Andy’s shepherding and to stand firm together to praise our mighty God. this year our church weekend away was at Quinta. We had 100 people of which 38 were children. It was a wonderful time of encouragement where we heard faithful preaching that challenged us and encouraged us in faith. We sat together at meal times and got to know each other better and we laughed together, playing games, swimming and over coffee. It was a privilege to spend time as God’s family and gave us a glimpse of heaven. please think about joining us this year! We thank God for all those who have used the gifts God has given them for His glory, for those who have preached, led services, prayed, led worship, welcomed, served drinks, tidied up, did our sound and visual, cleaned and read the Bible. We need more people to fill all these roles, please be praying how you can serve God and His people over the coming months. page 6 Service leaders continue to meet once a term for equipping and feedback. laura Hudson, elaine Killick, Andy norcross and myself meet every 5-6 weeks to plan the songs we sing and decide on which new songs to introduce. With the appointment of a Ministry Coordinator, we will look to offer a digital version of the prayer diary alongside the printed version, via an app called prayerMate. Rev Andy liggins over the course of 2024 our preaching has covered: 1 John, John 19-21; luke 13-18; Habakkuk; Isaiah 1-12 and a Christmas series in John 1. the 11am sermon continues to be livestreamed each Sunday on our Youtube channel. In 2025, as part of our focus on every member ministry, we want to get more folk involved in serving regularly on a Sunday. our assistant wardens, welcome team, sound & visuals team all need more people serving. It would also be good to have a wider range of people willing to pray and read, especially at the 9.15am. In addition, we will be looking to train up a small group of occasional preachers. We are very grateful to those who currently preach, but we recognise that we now need to train up others to serve alongside them. ## prAYer MeetinGs Meeting to pray together is the most effective activity we can do as a church and our monthly prayer meetings continue to take place on a Sunday evening. We meet 6.45-8pm for tea and coffee, a short Bible thought, and then pray through three or four topics. each month we make sure we pray for the month ahead, a mission partner and one or two other areas of church life. We try to make the time as relaxed and informal as possible, giving time to praying both out loud for those who want to and also in quietness by ourselves. Attendance is usually around 10-20 and we would like to see this increase. once Daniel Armond begins as Children’s, Youth and Families Worker, we want to try having some of the prayer meetings at 4pm and in a format where families and older children can join in too. this could look like a couple of slots praying all together, with children then doing some separate prayer activities. We also want to reintroduce singing together at the start of the prayer meeting. the weekly prayer diary continues to be used and equips us to pray regularly for the different groups and activities. page 7 ## reACH reACH CoordinAtor: toM rowe Courses And Guest serviCes In 2024 we ran Hope explored followed by Christianity explored weekly in January – March, with 3-4 people attending this. In the summer term, rather than run one central course, the Monday night Crossroads Cafe ran one, with Rob & lydia Johnson also running a course as part of their Connect group in Hesketh Bank. We were planning to run a different short evangelistic course in the autumn but in the end there were no takers. our main evangelistic guest services over the year were held during the Christmas period. our Christingle service was full to capacity, but numbers at the Carols by Candlelight was down slightly on previous years. As always, it was encouraging to see church family inviting friends, family and colleagues along. each year a good number of guests also come because of Facebook advertising and the parish leaflet. for a snack of banana and toast. We then clear the Jude Room so that we can use it for Bible story and song time after snack, to finish the session, which the children really enjoy. It’s been encouraging to see families attend other church events such as the Christmas fair and nativity trail. please continue to pray for all the children and adults who attend, that through our welcome and witness will understand who Jesus is, and will want to know Him for themselves. laura Hudson Happy Mondays Group leader ## **the HOPE that** HOPE changes everything YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN US AT OUR SHORT AND INFORMAL HOPE EXPLORED COURSE TO DISCUSS THE LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS, AND HEAR ABOUT THE HOPE THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. one area for growth in 2025, will be to hold other guest services, apart from Christmas, that engage with the big questions asked by our unbelieving friends and family. Rev Andy liggins ## HAppY MondAYs Happy Mondays continues to be a busy and lively group each Monday morning during term time. We have families who come very regularly and it is great to build relationships with them and see the children grow. We usually have between 15 and 20 families attend each week, plus leaders and our own children, and around half of the adults who come are grandparents. As it is such a popular group, we use a booking system with a maximum of 25 families, to ensure everyone’s safety and enjoyment. We use both the hall and Jude Room to accommodate everyone, with toys in the hall, and a baby area and craft space in the Jude Room. All the children sit down together ## Men’s Group We changed our format slightly for Men’s Group 2024. the same aims remained in providing a Christian environment of friendship and enjoyment in order to be a light to the men that come as Christians and non-Christians. our new format has created four teams to try and add some light competitiveness as well as bring people together within their team. We aim to provide 3 fixed dates for some form of explicit christian outreach in January, easter and october. In January we had a christian talk from Mark Simpson from Wellfield, Andy Liggins spoke at our Easter Saturday breakfast and at our november dart’s event. We encourage everyone to attend one of the Christianity/ Hope explored courses. We have about 50 active men in page 8 our WhatsApp chat and average around 25 to each event. Colin Murray’s team were the winners in 2024 but let’s not dwell on that. our ask for prayer is that christian men will attend with an evangelstic intention and are able to show their fruit of the spirit and those that have male relatives & friends might invite/encourage them to attend our Men’s Group. please speak to Josh Ascroft, Colin Murray, Dan Singleton, Simon Dowd or Ian Singleton to know more. ## lAdies niGHts ladies nights are a great opportunity to get to know one another, build one another up and to hear and invite others to hear more about Jesus! As we look back on the previous year, highlights have most certainly been our graze evening, afternoon tea and ‘Hush Before the Rush (HBtR)’! praise God for leading 96 ladies to join us for HBtR and that 32 John’s gospels were taken that evening. We also had a clothes swap evening where we could bring along our old (or new) clothes and handbags that no longer fit or no longer wore. We were able to donate the remaining items (4 bin bags full!) to international aid. In the year ahead, please pray for growth in Christ-like love for one another and growth in love for the gospel and seeing this reach the hearts of the lost. ## lydia Johnson page 9 ## All nAtions ## All nAtions CoordinAtor: julie rowlAndson ## Mission CoMMittee the Mission Committee exists to help St Simon’s Church family to support gospel ministry in the uK and around the world. A list of our current mission partners and the financial donations we supported them with in 2024 can be found in appendix 2. In March / April 2024 lorna norcross, Matty norcross and Julie Rowlandson were able to visit our mission partner new Hope Church, International Aid trust, lungi, Sierra leone along with other supporters. they were greatly encouraged in their own faith by fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ, who have so little materially but live trusting in God. they were able to share this encouragement with the Church family through the prayer meeting and with junior church groups. In July, Julie was able to visit our Mission partner Helen Sheridan for a weekend, to worship with the church family at Calvary Church Castlebar, see their new building (that our Gift Day in 2022 contributed to), and to learn more about the context of Helen’s ministry. Helen was also able to visit St Simons in november, she spent time with some of the Mission Committee, shared about her ministry in both Sunday services, and at a bring and share lunch afterwards. Along with Ruth MacBean, elevate and Joseph from Children for Christ Ministries in Malawi (one of Zambesi Mission’s partner organisations) visited St Simons in october and it was wonderful for the church family to learn more about their ministry during services and at the presentation over lunch. the church family gave generously to the work of Children for Christ and also Central Church Warrington at the Autumn Gift Day. ## CHurCH of enGlAnd St Simon’s is one of 15 churches in the north Meols Deanery; part of liverpool Diocese in the Church of england, stretching from Ainsdale to Banks. Appendix 7 lists our lay Deanery Synod representatives, and Andy liggins continues to serve on Diocesan Synod. there were three Deanery Synod meetings in 2024. these covered: the election of new Diocesan Synod reps until 2027; hearing updates from other churches; discussion and voting upon a new model for the allocation of parish share; and discussions surrounding the Diocese plans called “Fit for Mission”. Sadly the wider Church of england continues to pursue teaching and practice that abandons God’s good design for marriage and sexuality as revealed in the Bible. At the 2024 Vision Sunday, we heard how St Simon’s and many other evangelical churches were responding to the planned introduction of separate services for blessing same-sex partnerships. As a result, St Simon’s currently seeks to pay its parish share via the ephesian Fund, to ensure that this money only goes towards supporting biblically faithful churches. the pCC also have requested Alternative Spiritual oversight due to the Bishop of liverpool’s teaching on sexuality. Whilst still legally and institutionally part of the liverpool Diocese, genuine spiritual oversight is now provided by the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Rob Munro. the Church of england evangelical Council, who have enabled the above provisions, now work as part of a broader coalition, called the Alliance. this is made up of a range networks and churches, both evangelical and Anglo- page 10 Catholic, who wish to remain faithful to the teaching of the Scripture. As of october 2024, the Alliance was endorsed by 2360 clergy whose churches currently represent 42% of the Church of england’s average Sunday attendance and 53% of all under eighteen-year-olds within the Church of england. the Alliance is currently working on setting up a ‘de-facto parallel province’, working to provide spiritual oversight, training pathways, financial arrangements, and legal processes that will enable faithful churches to flourish within the Church of england but separate from falseteaching. please pray for repentance and revival within the Church of england. Rev Andy liggins page 11 ## CAre At least 40 of our guests have no church connection so each month many of them hear the gospel from Andy our Vicar who provides us with a thought for the day. It is worth mentioning that we have at least another 7/8 men who regularly attend. ## CAre CoordinAtor: bev leAn people don’t care what we know… they want to know how much we care our practical concern for the future is that we are unable to accommodate any more guest as we don’t have enough room .60 is the maximum we can accommodate. We would also benefit from an improvement in the kitchen utensils and equipment. ## CoMMunitY lunCH the year 2024 proved to be quite an amazing year for the lunch Club. the lord blessed us in so many ways. our prayer for the future is that many of our guests will in time consider the spiritual aspect of the group and attend other church activities. We commenced the year with the same committed team of workers plus our two brilliant chefs Clare Singleton and Sue Holleran. Sadly Sue will be leaving Southport in the very near future so we will be looking for someone else to take her place. It is worth mentioning that a number of our guests have asked for individual prayer and visits have also been made to various homes. ## Coffee And CHAt (over 60s) This group meets once a month. Attendance fluctuates depending on the weather or the health of individuals. We do have a very regular group of individuals who attend each month and along with the odd visitor we can muster up to 16 plus in attendance. Despite the odd problem of attendance, as a team we managed to provide support for each other and maintained the excellent service to our guests at every meal. the strength of the team is the fact that we pray together for each other and for the guests that attend. our short term goal for the year was to increase the attendance up to 50 guests. We actually have reached as many as 60 plus at some of the lunches for which we give God all the thanks. As stated last year, the atmosphere is very congenial and there is the constant noise of people chatting to each other. new members are offered the hand of friendship and made to feel very welcome. Coffee & Chat is under the auspices of David towler and Bryan Singleton to whom we are once again very grateful ## HoMe visits no actual visiting team has been established but visits to some homes have been completed by church members. enquiries have taken place regarding who is completing visits and who they are visiting ensuring that not everybody visits the same person. ## provision of MeAls the provision of meals has rarely been called upon this last 12 months. It is very helpful to know that there are those willing to provide meals for those who are in need and we are very grateful for this. page 12 ## food pAntrY the food pantry operates at Bishop David Sheppard school on thursday afternoons. Run by Compassion Acts, it is staffed by volunteers from St Simons. the food pantry is designed to move people on from dependence on food banks. For a small sum (either £5 or £7.50), they can choose from about 12 items on the shelves plus any fresh produce that has been donated by supermarkets etc. During 2024 the number of clients averaged around 7 or 8 per session, which runs for one and a half hours. However, the pantry was stopped during the Autumn term because of ongoing building works in the area of the school that it occupies. those works were hoped to have been completed by Christmas 2024 but have been delayed by contractual issues. It is hoped to have the pantry up and running again fully by late Spring 2025. In the meantime, a shortened service is being delivered. We have a great group of volunteers but more are always welcome, especially for stock taking on a tuesday morning. Compassion Acts provide training and organise DBS checks. If anyone is interested please speak to Jenny pye, Hilary Sixsmith or Mike Molyneux. Compassion Acts have commented: on behalf of everyone at Compassion Acts, we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your generous donations. In 2024, St Simon & St Jude’s donated 119.4kg of food items making a significant difference in the community we serve. We truly appreciate the unwavering support from our community, as it enables us to continue our mission. thank you once again for standing with us and helping make a positive impact. Mike Molyneux page 13 ## enCourAGe ## enCourAGe CoordinAtor: rob joHnson It has been a joy to see the church come together to support one another this past year. the purpose of the ‘encourage’ ministry is to support healthy spiritual well being of the church family. Integral areas to develop this are reported below as connect groups, central teaching evenings, the bookstall and 1-2-1 support. please pray for the spiritual encouragement of St Simons St Judes with All Souls. ‘For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God...’ Colossians 1: 9-10. ## ConneCt Groups Connect groups remain a steady blessing to the church. over the last year we have seen new people join or be connected to a connect group. We set a goal to look out for group leaders, sadly we haven’t seen any new leaders raised, however we have had individuals lead a study for the first time, which is great to see! Please pray that more people would be raised to feel confident enough to lead studies and teach the living word. please pray for continued growth, it has been so good to hear of members feeling more comfortable and at home in their groups. ## CentrAl teACHinG eveninGs Another blessing is that we wanted to try a Central teaching evening (a big Connect Group) held in church. It was a delight to have Mark pickles join us to teach us on the importance of the incarnation just before the Christmas period with a good turn out, this is something we would like to further encourage for the future. ## bookstAll It has been great to have Will Raby running the bookstall, encouraging the church family to read books written by wise and godly authors. please pray that people will make more use of the bookstall and be spurred on to live for Jesus as they grow in wisdom and understanding. ## - - 1 2 1 1-2-1 support is often overlooked. But it’s been encouraging to see the church family naturally putting this into practice creating a safe place for people to open up their lives for genuine friendships. please pray that there would be more connections made for intentional discipleship. ## lAdies CHristiAn fellowsHip our ladies meet weekly on tuesday evenings in the Jude room at 7pm to 9:30pm except for special occasions and we don’t meet in August. We have a very happy group that has forged deep friendships over the years, supporting and sharing our ‘ups and downs’. Some have told us, especially those living on their own, that it is the highlight of their week and all can feel the love within the group. It gives us as leaders an opportunity to put into practice our christian fellowship. the activities of 2024 were varied but all enjoyable. We enjoyed Valentine’s Day and Shrove tuesday, have had a special lent service for easter, Craft night, Strawberries & Cream when Wimbledon on, a Harvest blind auction, Fish & Chips supper, Cheese & Wine evening, Board Games night, Remembrance Day & Guy Fawkes Day, listened to Marshside Brass Band play Christmas carols, our annual meal at the Mount and five christian talks to give our ladies a chance to get to know more of Jesus throughout the year. 2025 is going to bring more of the same with the return from Marshside Brass Band, two talks from Alan Foxall at RnlI, live music from Geoff and his guitar and some chair based exercises to keep us all healthy. We are off to see “My Fair lady” in June but alas all tickets have been sold already. please pray that the ladies will enjoy good health and might come to know more of the love of Jesus which makes lCF all worthwhile. thank you to all ladies for attending and supporting each other and a special thanks to those who sit on the committee organising everything in the background to allow me to continue enjoying the role at the front of lCF. Roll on 2025. Alison Chester , Chair lady page 14 ## leAdersHip ## pCC (pAroCHiAl CHurCH CounCil) the Finance and Standing Committee and the pCC members make up the pCC team with a total of 14 members serving during 2024. there are four places vacant in 2025. the following are the main items discussed over the last year: the pCC meets bi-monthly and met 6 times during 2024, with some minor pieces of pCC business agreed via email as per the Church Representation Rules 2020. Alexandra Kenrick pCC Secretary - » the employment of a Children’s and Youth worker and also a ministry coordinator . - » the Church of england and how st simon’s should respond to the proposed changes to the doctrine of marriage, both nationally and at a diocesan level. - » How to develop and make the most of our reach ministries as we seek to share the good news of jesus with the parish and our network of friends and family. We also heard reports and feedback from the Gather, Reach, All nations and encourage coordinators. page 15 ## CHildren & YoutH ## junior CHurCH the start of 2024 saw some big changes in Junior Church. Creche moved into the backroom and Junior Church moved back into the hall with a third group created. this saw our 3-4’s move up. After a couple of teething problems all the children settled into their groups well. During 2024 we have looked at stories from the old testament including Joseph, Moses and psalm 139 as well as new testament stories from the first part of Acts and Christmas. 2024 saw some children become more consistent and our number of children on our register grew to around 40. We are thankful to God for this answer to prayer and pray that they all continue to come regularly. At Easter our year five children moved to join our oldest group to increase the number of children in this group. Cuan continues to lead this group with a team of leaders and helpers. In creche the children have been learning about key characters from the bible and looked at how God cares for them. As of January 2025 Hayley Sinclair is leading creche as it continues to grow. We are thankful to all our leaders and helpers for the time they give to teaching our children faithfully. We pray that our junior church continues to grow and our children will want to learn more about Jesus. penny edge & Clare Singleton Junior Church leaders ## CrossroAds kids Crossroads Kids is going from strength to strength. We have had a lot of new families joining and currently have around 40 children on the books, however they don’t all come at once. on average we are seeing around 15-20 children each week. last year we slowly introduced Bible teaching into the parent Café by explaining what the children would be learning which sparked lots of questions which where very encouraging. We did try to introduce Hope explored to the parents, however some of the parents were not interested. parent numbers have dropped, however this last term we have seen 3 new parents coming each week which is very encouraging. please ‘pray Big’ for an increase in numbers for both the children and the parent Café. It would be lovely not only to reach the children with the gospel message but also the parents. lorna norcross ## CrossroAds YoutH At the start of 2024 we had just over 20 teenagers joining us on a Monday night. the majority of them had no other connection with our church. We played sports, provided crafts and did a Gospel talk. In the summer we lost all the girls when they started college. We made the decision, at the start of this year, after much prayer, to close the youth club in its current format and try something different. page 16 We now have 7 teenagers from our church family who meet to play board games, sports, crafts etc. We spend time together discussing a passage of the Bible. We decided to spend time investing in building our young people up, teaching them God’s word faithfully and preparing them to share their faith with their friends. We hope in the future they will invite friends along on a Monday night to hear the gospel. please pray these young people will have an authentic faith in Jesus. pray they grow to love him more and the Holy Spirit changes them to be like Jesus. pray as they glorify God in their life, their friends will be attracted to Jesus and come along to the youth club to hear more. Cuan Arch ## Girls briGAde In 2024, we have continued to support the aim of the GB, to help girls to become followers of Christ. the beginning of 2024 began with our annual trip to the pantomime which is always popular! January 2024 was difficult staffing wise, with Barbara and Sue not able to attend every week and heading to partial retirement (although remaining very active behind the scenes), and Katie on maternity leave. But in February, we were blessed to have Becky back with us, and Katie back in September meant that we are now in a good place staffing wise. We also have 2 young leaders who want to progress and are coming to the 9.15am service to grow spiritually. In September, some of our older girls didn’t come back, but we are pleased that in the Autumn we had 6 new younger girls start, boosting our numbers to an average of 12 girls each week. We would be grateful for the church family to continue to pray for the leaders and the girls, that we continue to help the girls to learn more about Jesus and that we deliver an interesting and varied program for them. every Blessing, the GB leaders page 17 ## operAtions ## CoordinAtor’s report We have had twelve months now using a new approach of caring for our wardens and spreading their previous workload into operational teams. this approach was to give more opportunities for others to serve but the operational teams have struggled for various reasons and it has become apparent that the rigours of life make it difficult for many people to make a regular commitment to help. So we are going to spread the load even further in 2025 creating more teams and smaller tasks. We hope this will encourage people to sign up for a team without a regular commitment and allow them to simply contribute what they can to help the team serve. Hopefully there will be a team to match people’s gifts/interests. A quick review of each team is given below but you are encouraged to talk to each team leader to explore any issue related to their team. thanks to Josh Ascroft, Andy norcross, erin Ascroft, Annie liggins, Mo Burnley, Alex Swarbrick and Keith Knapton for providing operational support in 2024. Ian Singleton ## 1. buildinG MAintenAnCe MAnAGer: josH AsCroft supported bY AleX HAlford Aim: to ensure buildings remain in a good state of repair progress: front of church repair, gritting capability, installation of ‘maglocks’ to provide extra security for groups inside our building, new digital heating controls in hall, bigger water heater in kitchen. 2025 targets: new digital heating controls in church, front church wall plastering new drainage jetting facility, new fencing in car park ## 2. teCHnoloGY MAnAGer: AndY norCross Aim: ensure technology is available to enhance our services and activities progress: broadband access everywhere in building, church wide storage of documents in place 2025 targets: new church speakers, efficient lighting in place, digital electoral roll, pCC documents on website, mission newsletter on website, encouraging congregation to set up an account and consent on website to improve communications, new camera for streaming, consideration of position of visuals team alongside sound ## 3. AdMin MAnAGer: Mo burnleY/iAn sinGleton/ vACAnCY Aim: ensure church is administered in an effective and efficient manner progress: revised notice sheet, digital returns, reviewed hire agreement, introduced cash handling process 2025 targets: improve method to receive emails into church, digitise event bookings ## 4. fACilities MAnAGer: AleX swArbriCk/keitH knApton Aim: ensure church is secure, tidy, clean, stocked with all non-edible consumables and buildings opened and closed according to policy and process progress: maintained hall facilities, new chairs, new tables, page 18 new table trolley 2025 targets: allocation of storage responsibility, increase cleaning team ## 5. CoMMs & MArketinG CoordinAtor: erin AsCroft supported bY Annie liGGins Aim: coordinate the marketing and comms efforts of the church progress: Signage on front of Hall, noticeboards complete, welcome flag, photo board 2025 targets: webpages for each group, ownership of noticeboards, better communications to congregation through website ## 6. CAterinG MAnAGer: vACAnCY Aim: ensure appropriate catering is provided for church activities progress: none 2025 targets: reconsider role ## 7. finAnCiAl plAnner: vACAnCY Aim: to oversee spend and plan for medium to long term sustainability progress: none 2025 targets: reconsider role ## sAfeGuArdinG the pCC of St Simon’s church are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. As a church we operate under the guidelines laid down by “promoting a Safer Church”, the House of Bishops policy, 2017. lorna norcross was appointed parish Safeguarding Officer in 2024. Her role is to ensure that St Simon’s has a healthy safeguarding culture. She has an overview of all church activities involving children, young people and vulnerable adults, and helps to ensure the implementation of safeguarding policy. lorna has completed the relevant training since taking on the role of Safeguarding Officer and we now have a DBS email address in place - DBS@ stsimonsouthport.org.uk key link between the Diocese Safeguarding team and the parish. If do you have any concerns or questions, please email: safeguarding@stsimonsouthport.org.uk or speak to lorna directly. please pray for safety as we continue to serve the lord and share the gospel with those around us. there is also a Safer recruitment procedure in place for anyone who would like to volunteer in serving God within the church. Any safeguarding concerns are to be reported to her as the page 19 ## ACCounts fAQs money to support those in the Diocese who have moved away from teaching God’s good design for marriage and sexuality. have moved away from teaching God’s good design for marriage and sexuality. ## 1. wHAt Are tHe MAin sourCes of our inCoMe? General Church fund: - £ 68625.99 Committed giving and collections £ 16156.54 income tax recoverable - £ 14228.00 Church Hall rent ## 5. How MuCH does tHe CHurCH HAve in tHe bAnk? General Church fund: £ 56048.42 restricted funds: ## 2. wHAt Are tHe MAin CAuses of our eXpenditure? |parish share|£|58064.81|59%| |---|---|---|---| |(only £48,000* has gone to||the diocese)|| |running Costs|£|29674.50|30%| |tithe|£|9182.0|9%| |Capital expenditure|£|1499.40|2%| Capital expenditure paid from the Maintenance legacy (not included in the above) £6006.00 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## 3. wAs our inCoMe GreAter tHAn our eXpenditure? Yes our income was greater than our expenditure by £16586.43. In addition, we received £11500.00 from our Gift Day and the Gift Aid from the 2023 gifts for the Children’s and Families Worker We paid £6006.00 out of the Maintenance legacy for repair works to the building ## 4. wHAt is tHe pArisH sHAre? the parish Share is the amount paid to the Diocese towards Clergy stipends, pensions, housing costs and the life of the wider Diocese. our amount for 2025 will be approx. £50919.00, this is a decrease on 2024, but is a reduction for one year only. We have no figures for 2026. * Currently St Simons is only willing to contribute money that covers our direct ministry costs, which is approximately £48000.00. this is because we cannot in good conscience give - £ 2804.41 new Church project £ 32638.77 Maintenance legacy £ 4440.00 2024 Gift day – CfCM (this does not include the gift aid that we will receive in 2025) - £ 1465.20 discretionary fund £ 278.65 restricted donations not yet paid out £ 635.62 replacement provision £ 120617.64 Children & Youth worker £ 25203.75 CClA investment fund - this was a bequest from an All souls parishioner. we receive annual dividends, we don’t have access to the capital ## 6. How MuCH wAs Given AwAY bY tHe CHurCH? |Zambesi Mission
Crosslinks
southport & Area schools worker trust
Compassion Acts
open doors
new hope church
wellfield Church
(pCC tithe)
various Appeals
bishop david sheppard school|£
1469.12
£
2295.50
£
734.56
£
734.56
£
1101.84
£
1377.30
£
1377.30| |---|---| ||£
9182.00
£
500.00
£
137.00| ||£
9819.00| the Church gives a 10% tithe, and supports various other appeals. ## 7. How MAnY reGulAr Givers Are tHere? During 2024 there has been an increase in our regular givers. In 2023 we had 40 gift aided and 11 none. At the end of 2024 we had 43 gift aided and 12 none. As You reAd tHis inforMAtion, pleAse do use it As A proMpt to prAYer And Ask tHe lord How You CAn respond. we look forwArd to reCeivinG God’s blessinG for tHe future As we HAve in tHe pAst. page 20 ## AppendiX ## - ’ AppendiX 1 HeAdteACHer s report I am exceptionally proud of our church/school partnership. It evolves and adapts every year. As a school, we are extremely fortunate to have local church leadership who fully invest in building and strengthening this partnership. Members of the church community run the luncheon club very effectively with school supporting by sending staff to support with entertainment and securing funding from a variety of sources. the Deputy Headteacher continues to lead Re and collective worship within school. She works in partnership with Andy liggins and our school community enjoys welcoming Andy regularly for collective worship. Miss pilkington works with each class to develop and embed class worship. We had a SIAMS inspection in november 2023 and we continue to work on the next steps from that report. the children plan, deliver and evaluate class worship with guidance from Miss pilkington. We also enjoy our half termly church services and parents are encouraged to attend as many events as possible. We have made some changes to how we do this. the children enjoy preparing for them and it is a wonderful opportunity for us to visit Church. Miss pilkington monitors the teaching of Re and continues to develop worship across school. the ethos committee support this. We continue to support a variety of charities by organising special events such as Children in need and other community days in line with other Southport schools. every Christmas several members of staff work with a local charity to pack toy and food parcels for families in need. We have established links with Compassion Acts. We are proud of the Food pantry and the wonderful service that this provides to our community. We run a wide range of clubs every term. School fund all clubs that are run by outside providers to ensure that all clubs are accessible to all children. Year 6 continue to visit Dearne Valley every october. our website is populated with much information about the school and I would recommend that you visit the website to get a flavour of all the wonderful work that is happening and learn more about how we are engaging with parents. We use ParentApp to make notifications to parents easier. We have undertaken many building projects over the last year. A new social communication base for eYFS/KS1 opened in october 2024 and a KS2 base will open in September 2025. We have carried out refurbishment work on both playgrounds and refurbished the staff room. We participate in a wide range of projects within school. We are pleased to be part of a project called “team around the School” and many other initiatives that provide support for our school community. Mike Molyneux is in his second year as Chair of Governors. I currently chair the Southport learning partnership (a network for all Southport schools) for this academic year. We are exceptionally proud of our links to St. Simon’s and St. Jude’s and the working partnership we have created. Siobhan Bayliff March 2025 there are currently 167 pupils on roll in Reception to Year 6 and 206 across the whole school. page 21 ## - AppendiX 2 Mission pArtners inforMAtion list of Mission partners and amount from tithe 2024: ## » international Aid trust evangelism and outreach (new Hope Church, Sierra leone £1377.30 ## » Helen sheridan (Crosslinks) - Southern Ireland, Women and Children’s ministry £2295.50 ## » wellfield Church, leyland - Supporting ministry £1377.30 ## » Zambesi Mission supporting sponsored students £1469.12 ## » open doors Support of persecuted Christians £1101.84 ## » southport Area schools worker trust Children for Christ Ministries (Malawi & Mozambique) elevate (pictured) and Joseph visited us in September 2024 evangelism, Children, schools £734.56 ## » Compassion Acts Support for vulnerable people in Southport £734.56 page 22 - AppendiX 3 ApCM Minutes 2024 ## AnnuAl MeetinG of pArisHioners ## 1. prayer – Meeting began at 13:00 in prayer. 2. Apologies – Rebecca Fearn, Anne Molyneux, penny edge, Sue Dart, Barbara Wright, linda edgerley, Sarah Hann, Alison Chester and Annie liggins. 3. Wardens Report – elaine Killick and Mike Molyneux are to step down as wardens and Andy liggins began by expressing thanks for all that they have done. Mike and elaine both feel it has been a privilege to serve God and the church and are grateful to God for the continued growth in the church. the building is now in use 7 days a week, which is an opportunity to reach out to the community, including warm space, Food pantry at BDS, Community lunch and the book of condolences for Queen elizabeth. there was a leak in the church roof last easter. electrical work to meet the requirements. the front wall and the noticeable damp has been reviewed by the Diocesan architect. Mike mentioned that we especially remember those in the church family who have died in the last year and those currently grieving. Andy liggins thanked Alex Swarbrick, linda and Robert Stephenson for all they do as well. 4. election of Church Wardens – Keith Knapton and Rob Johnson, no need to vote as no other nominations. ## AnnuAl pARoCHIAl CHuRCH MeetInG 5. Minutes of ApCM 20/03/21 – happy to accept. 6. Matters Arising – none. 7. Finance Report – thank God for the generous provisions, once parish Share and tithe is paid there is surplus of £1,366.45. ## » regular giving is increased - » utilities and equipment servicing more than estimated. - » irene Greenwood independently examined the accounts and they have been agreed by the pCC. - » deficit for this set at £611.72. parish share is £58,062.72, this has been paused whilst we wait for diocese update regarding the prayers of love and faith. ## 8. presentation of electoral Roll – last year there were 112 members, 5 people have died and 17 more have joined. April 2023 – 124 members. 43 are residents, 81 non-residents. thank you to elaine Killick. 9. elections pCC – 4 vacancies for 3 years and 3 vacancies for 2 years. 7 nominations and 7 vacancies: ## » 3 years – joanna baldwin, Alex swarbrick, ian singleton and Alex kenrick. ## » 2 years – Mike Molyneux, elaine killick and Mo burnley. thank you to Robert Stephenson who has stepped down after 34 years on the pCC. 4 vacancies for 3 years on deanery synod – Mike Molyneux, elaine Killick, tom Rowe and penny edge. Grateful that they stand and serve. 10. Representation of Readers – Keith Knapton will be the Readers representation on pCC. 11. Electoral Roll officer – Suzanne thompson will take this position. Irene Greenwood will continue to be the accounts independent examiner. 12. Ministers Report – A difficult 12 months, dealing with grief through the loss of Barry Rawlins, Dave norcross, laura piggot, Yvone potter and Irene patrickson. encouragement to look to God for comfort. Important to acknowledge the work that God has done with us, hold firm to the gospel and teach faithfully, pray and reach out. G.R.A.C.e. – meeting with the Co-ordinators every 5-6 weeks to enable ministries to flourish. The coordinators are: Gather – laura Arch Reach – tom Rowe All nations – Julie Rowlandson Care – Bev lean encourage – Rob Johnson operations team is organised and led by Ian Singleton, join together admin, catering, facilities management, finance, buildings etc. Continuing discussions with the Diocese over prayers of love and Faith and Andy will be meeting with the Bishop of Warrington. Meeting closed in prayer at 14:05. - » G.r.A.C.e. ministries developing, lots that are wanting to be accomplished. - » buildings, there are repairs needed. ## » parish Giving scheme encouraged as gift aid can be claimed. one-off payments can be made also, there is a card machine at the back of church. Joanna Baldwin – thank you to Robert Stephenson, Andy liggins, Mike Molyneux and elaine Killick. Andy liggins – thank you to Joanna Baldwin for all she does. page 23 ## - AppendiX 4 ## pCC MeMbers (After tHe 2024 AnnuAl MeetinG) ## eX offiCio Andy liggins Incumbent (Chair) Keith Knapton Warden/Readers’ representative (Vice-Chair) Rob Johnson Warden deAnerY sYnod Mike Molyneux elaine Killick tom Rowe penny edge eleCted to serve until 2025 elaine Killick laura Arch Mike Molyneux Mo Burnley to serve until 2026 Alex Swarbrick (stepped down June) Ian Singleton Joanna Baldwin to serve until 2027 Alex Kenrick penny edge lorna norcross tom Rowe ## Appointed Alex Kenrick pCC Secretary Joanna Baldwin pCC treasurer - AppendiX 5 InDepenDent exAMIneRS RepoRt page 24 page 25 ## - AppendiX 6 full ACCounts |AppendiX 6-full ACCounts|||| |---|---|---|---| |1. Receipts and payment Account
2. Analysis of Receipts and payment
3. Statement of Assets and liabilities
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32| ||||| - AppendiX 6 Cont. page 26 ## **Southport, St Simon and St Jude with All Souls (Charity Reg. 1204145) Receipts and Payments Account For the period from 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** |||**Unrestricted**|**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**|**Prior year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**total funds**| |**Receipts**|||||||| ||Donations and legacies|88,745.16|220.00|26,135.00|-|115,100.16|179,446.05| ||Income from charitable activities|447.00|11,921.86|4,695.49|-|17,064.35|8,245.52| ||Other trading activities|14,228.00|388.87|-|-|14,616.87|11,968.14| ||Investments|4,007.55|-|2,233.39|-|6,240.94|3,498.42| ||Other income|-|-|-|-|-|-| |**Total Receipts**||**107,427.71**|**12,530.73**|**33,063.88**|**-**|**153,022.32**|**203,158.13**| |**Payments**|||||||| ||Expenditure on charitable activities|529.85|111,824.05|28,107.87|-|140,461.77|99,684.98| ||Raising funds|-|-|-|-|-|-| ||Other expenditure|-|-|-|-|-|-| ||**Total Payments**|**529.85**|**111,824.05**|**28,107.87**|**-**|**140,461.77**|**99,684.98**| ||**Excess of receipts over payments before transfer**|**106,897.86**|**(99,293.32)**|**4,956.01**|**-**|**12,560.55**|**103,473.15**| |**Transfers:**|||||||| |Gross transfers between funds - in||10,592.57|101,062.88|35,947.69|-|147,603.14|117,588.93| |Gross transfers between funds - out||(103,813.50)|-|(43,789.64)|-|(147,603.14)|(117,588.93)| ||**Excess of receipts over payments before other gains**|13,676.93|1,769.56|(2,885.94)|-|12,560.55|103,473.15| ||**Net movement in funds**|**14,240.90**|**1,769.56**|**(2,885.94)**|**-**|**13,124.52**|**105,592.01**| |**Reconciliation of funds**|||||||| |**Excess of receipts over payments at beginning of the year**||**41,431.77**|**104,450.10**|**193,906.13**|**-**|**339,788.00**|**234,195.99**| |**Excess of receipts over payments for the year**||**55,672.67**|**106,219.66**|**191,020.19**|**-**|**352,912.52**|**339,788.00**| (25 J 2025 2 09 ) P 1 f 1 - AppendiX 6 Cont. page 27 ## **Southport, St Simon and St Jude with All Souls (Charity Reg. 1204145)** ## **Analysis of Receipts and Payments Selected period: 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** ||**Total**
**General Designated Restricted Endowment**
**This year**
**Last year**| |---|---| |**Receipts**
**Donations and legacies**
0101 - Gift Aid - Parish Giving Scheme
0102 - Gift Aid - Bank (Standing Orders)
0110 - Gift Aid - Envelopes
0201 - Other planned giving - Parish Giving Scheme
0202 - Other planned giving - Bank (Standing Orders)
0210 - Other planned giving - Envelopes
0301 - Loose plate collections (GASDS eligible)
0305 - Loose plate collections (not GASDS eligible)
0310 - Retiring collections
0320 - One-off Gift Aid donations (declaration on envelope)
0401 - Gift days
0405 - Ad-hoc donations: non Gift Aid (GASDS eligible)
0410 - Giving through church boxes
0415 - Ad-hoc donations: non Gift Aid (not GASDS eligible)
0420 - One-off Gift Aid donations
0450 - Special or specific appeals etc.
0601 - Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
0610 - GASDS Tax relief
0701 - Legacies
0801 - Recurring grants
08A1 - Non-recurring one-off grants
0901 - Fundraising (general)
**Donations and legacies Totals**
**Income from charitable activities**
1101 - Parish fee for wedding or funeral
1110 - Churchyard maintenance fee
1210 - Bookstall sales to promote objectives
1230 - Church or Hall lettings - objectives
1280 - Church event income
1290 - Branch organisations - receipts
**Income from charitable activities Totals**
**Other trading activities**
0910 - Fundraising (Attic, Car Boot, Table top, Jumble sales)
1220 - Bookstall sales - fund raising
1240 - Church or Hall lettings - fund raising
1250 - Magazine income - advertising
1260 - Magazine income - sales
1270 - Other funds generated
**Other trading activities Totals**|53,577.47
-
-
-
53,577.47
52,936.81
5,390.00
-
-
-
5,390.00
3,820.00
350.00
-
-
-
350.00
400.00
4,046.67
-
-
-
4,046.67
3,813.82
2,980.00
-
-
-
2,980.00
2,960.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,281.85
-
-
-
2,281.85
2,449.50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,500.00
-
11,500.00
8,795.00
269.59
-
-
-
269.59
304.41
-
-
-
-
-
-
275.99
20.00
20.00
-
315.99
3,818.13
271.54
-
-
-
271.54
517.20
-
200.00
-
-
200.00
76,052.50
15,479.68
-
14,615.00
-
30,094.68
20,543.75
676.86
-
-
-
676.86
782.93
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
533.00
3,145.51
-
-
-
3,145.51
1,719.00| ||**88,745.16**
**220.00**
**26,135.00**
**-**
**115,100.16**
**179,446.05**
447.00
79.00
-
-
526.00
124.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,418.00
-
-
7,418.00
2,691.50
-
4,424.86
4,695.49
-
9,120.35
5,430.02| ||**447.00**
**11,921.86**
**4,695.49**
**-**
**17,064.35**
**8,245.52**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
388.87
-
-
388.87
698.14
14,228.00
-
-
-
14,228.00
11,270.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-| ||**14,228.00**
**388.87**
**-**
**-**
**14,616.87**
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Total
General Designated Restricted Endowment This year Last year
Investments
1001 - Dividends from shares 683.95 - - - 683.95 -
1020 - Bank and building society interest 3,323.60 - - - 3,323.60 1,503.81
1025 - CBF Deposit account interest - - 2,233.39 - 2,233.39 1,994.61
- - - - - -
1030 - Rent from leased lands or buildings
- -
Investments Totals 4,007.55 2,233.39 6,240.94 3,498.42
Other income
1310 - Insurance claims - - - - - -
- - - - - -
1320 - Surplus - sales of fixed assets
- - - - - -
1330 - Refunds from previous year expenditure
Other income Totals - - - - - -
-
Receipts Grand Totals 107,427.71 12,530.73 33,063.88 153,022.32 203,158.13
Payments
Raising funds
- - - - - -
1701 - Fees paid to fundraisers
- - - - - -
1710 - Costs of applying for grants
- - - - - -
1720 - Costs of giving envelopes and stewardship
- - - - - -
1730 - Costs of fundraising events
- - - - - -
1740 - Investment management costs
Raising funds Totals - - - - - -
Expenditure on charitable activities
1801 - Giving to missionary societies - 6,375.64 10,910.00 - 17,285.64 5,640.64
- - - - - -
1830 - Giving to relief and development agencies
1850 - Home mission - 3,575.24 7,060.00 - 10,635.24 3,416.48
1870 - Secular charities - - - - - -
1890 - Alms - - - - - -
1910 - Deanery/Parish Share - 68,127.53 - - 68,127.53 48,000.00
- - - - - -
2001 - Assistant staff costs (Lay/Youth Workers)
- - - - - -
2010 - Salary of organist/musicians
- - - - - -
2050 - Salary of administrator
- - - - - -
2055 - PAYE, NI & Pension - Parish Admin & Support
2060 - Cleaner wage (church building) - 1,141.00 - - 1,141.00 1,330.00
2101 - Clergy working expenses - 628.87 - - 628.87 411.14
2120 - Council tax (clergy housing) - 2,824.55 - - 2,824.55 2,691.36
- - - - - -
2130 - Housing expenses (clergy)
2140 - Water rates (clergy housing) - 1,126.91 - - 1,126.91 1,018.54
- - - - - -
2150 - Telephone and broadband (clergy housing)
2160 - Sermon preparation materials and resources - 221.46 - - 221.46 422.21
2170 - Clergy training courses and education material - 162.00 - - 162.00 150.00
2180 - Reader expenses and subscriptions - 100.00 - - 100.00 200.00
- - - - - -
2190 - Visiting speakers / locums
2201 - Parish mission and evangelism costs - 9,555.46 - - 9,555.46 3,801.18
2210 - Discipleship course costs (e.g. Alpha, etc.) - 107.47 - - 107.47 200.00
2220 - Sunday School & Junior Church costs - 126.40 - - 126.40 338.46
2230 - Youth & Confirmation groups/organisations - - - - - 500.00
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Total
General Designated Restricted Endowment This year Last year
2250 - General Mission/Support activities - 124.74 69.35 - 194.09 85.66
2301 - Insurance premiums (church building) - 1,557.04 - - 1,557.04 1,449.01
2310 - Telephone (church building/parish office) - 820.80 - - 820.80 790.43
2320 - Organ / piano tuning and maintenance - 210.06 - - 210.06 -
2330 - Church building maintenance (routine) - 1,010.26 - - 1,010.26 849.84
2331 - Cleaning materials & equipment (church building) - 661.76 - - 661.76 1,016.06
2335 - Church equipment costs - 1,499.40 - - 1,499.40 9,736.33
2340 - Upkeep of services - 969.12 - - 969.12 891.28
2345 - Church consumable items - 1,612.13 - - 1,612.13 1,610.78
2350 - Upkeep of churchyard & grounds - - - - - 600.00
2360 - Administration costs for parish - 819.72 - - 819.72 872.74
2361 - Governance costs & examination/audit fee - 120.00 - - 120.00 100.00
2362 - Banking charges - 145.30 - - 145.30 123.63
2401 - Church building - electric - 3,516.00 - - 3,516.00 4,263.85
2410 - Church building - gas - 847.96 - - 847.96 1,310.58
2420 - Church building - water - 619.06 - - 619.06 862.99
- - - - - -
2430 - Church building - oil (heating system)
- - - - - -
2501 - Magazine expenses including printing costs
2510 - Bookstall costs including new stock - 472.43 - - 472.43 1,219.80
2515 - Other trading expenditure - 174.00 806.50 - 980.50 282.00
- - - - - -
2520 - Hall/Other building - oil (heating system)
- - - - - -
2530 - Hall/Other building - electricity
- - - - - -
2540 - Hall/Other building - gas
2550 - Hall/Other building - insurance premiums - - (625.85) - (625.85) 23.79
- - - - - -
2560 - Hall/Other building - maintenance (routine)
- - - - - -
2565 - Hall/Other building - equipment
- - - - - -
2570 - Hall/Other building - telephone and broadband
- - - - - -
2580 - Hall/Other building - water rates
- - - - - -
2585 - Hall/Other building - consumables
- - - - - -
2590 - Hall/Other building - cleaning costs
- - - - - -
2595 - PAYE, NI & Pension - Hall/Community centre
2599 - Branch Organisation - payments - 2,571.74 3,881.87 - 6,453.61 5,056.20
2701 - Church building major repairs - structure - - 5,250.00 - 5,250.00 420.00
- - - - - -
2710 - Church building major repairs - installation
- - - - - -
2720 - Church building interior and exterior decoration
- - - - - -
2801 - Hall/Other building major repairs - structure
- - - - - -
2820 - Hall/Other building major repairs - installation
2830 - Hall/Other building interior and exterior decoration - - 756.00 - 756.00 -
- - - - - -
2840 - Other PCC property upkeep
- - - - - -
2910 - New building - house for clergy
- - - - - -
2920 - New building Church
- - - - - -
2930 - New building Hall/Other
- - - - - -
9950 - Inter-parish transfers
SHP1 - Net salary payment 529.85 - - - 529.85 -
Expenditure on charitable activities Totals 529.85 111,824.05 28,107.87 - 140,461.77 99,684.98
Other expenditure
- - - - - -
2185 - Assistant Staff costs (Ministry)
Other expenditure Totals - - - - - -
Payments Grand Totals 529.85 111,824.05 28,107.87 - 140,461.77 99,684.98
**----- End of picture text -----**
(25 January 2025 1:48 pm) Page 3 of 3 - AppendiX 6 Cont. page 30 ## **Southport, St Simon and St Jude with All Souls (Charity Reg. 1204145)** ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities (by code) As at: 31 December 2024** |**Class and nominal code**|**General (Unrestricted) Designated Restricted Endowment**
**Total**
**Last year**| |---|---| |**Fixed Asset - Investments**
6441: Shares & CBF investments - 274S
4,670.79
-
-
-
4,670.79
4,566.27
6442: Shares & CBF investments - 275S
18,660.02
-
-
-
18,660.02
18,242.48
6443: Shares & CBF investments - 276S
1,872.94
-
-
-
1,872.94
1,831.03
**Total**
**25,203.75**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,203.75**
**24,639.78**
**Fixed Asset - Tangible Assets**
6431: Church Hall
-
103,438.00
-
-
103,438.00
103,438.00
**Total**
**-**
**103,438.00**
**-**
**- 103,438.00 103,438.00**
**Current Asset - Cash At Bank And In Hand**
6501: HSBC current account 235
25,444.74
405.76
14,657.91
-
40,508.41
29,144.68
6521: Money Master
3,840.25
-
36,827.40
-
40,667.65
138,331.21
6531: Kingdom Bank Notice account
987.16
-
100,000.00
-
100,987.16
-
6571: CCLA (CBF) deposit account 857D
-
-
6,130.77
-
6,130.77
5,821.77
6572: CCLA (CBF) deposit account 030D
-
-
32,638.77
-
32,638.77
36,720.38
6590: Cash in hand
196.77
-
(155.92)
-
40.85
421.53
6591: Coffee & Chat
-
86.60
-
-
86.60
2.30
6592: LCF
-
2,289.30
-
-
2,289.30
827.09
6596: Girls Brigade
-
-
265.66
-
265.66
447.58
6597: Crossroads
-
-
1,012.10
-
1,012.10
411.68
**Total**
**30,468.92**
**2,781.66 191,376.69**
**- 224,627.27 212,128.22**
**Liability - Agency Accounts**
6699: Agency collections
-
-
356.50
-
356.50
418.00
**Total**
**-**
**-**
**356.50**
**-**
**356.50**
**418.00**
**Net total assets**
**55,672.67**
**106,219.66 191,020.19**
**- 352,912.52 339,788.00**|4,670.79
-
-
-
4,670.79
4,566.27
18,660.02
-
-
-
18,660.02
18,242.48
1,872.94
-
-
-
1,872.94
1,831.03| ||| |**Represented by**
General (Unrestricted)
Designated - Book
Designated - Coffee
Designated - FixedAssets
Designated - Flowers
Designated - LCF
Designated - Parents
Restricted - ASChurch
Restricted - ComLunch
Restricted - Cross
Restricted - Discretion
Restricted - Donation
Restricted - GB
Restricted - Genres|55,672.67
-
-
-
55,672.67
41,431.77
-
(335.91)
-
-
(335.91)
(252.35)
-
86.60
-
-
86.60
2.30
-
103,438.00
-
-
103,438.00
103,438.00
-
75.00
-
-
75.00
75.00
-
2,289.30
-
-
2,289.30
827.09
-
666.67
-
-
666.67
360.06
-
-
602.06
-
602.06
(23.79)
-
-
845.32
-
845.32
450.20
-
-
1,012.10
-
1,012.10
411.68
-
-
1,465.20
-
1,465.20
1,621.05
-
-
278.65
-
278.65
278.65
-
-
265.66
-
265.66
447.58
-
-
140,345.49
-
140,345.49
119,115.89| (25 January 2025 1:55 pm) Page 1 of 2 - AppendiX 6 Cont. page 31 **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Class and nominal code|General (Unrestricted)|Designated|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Last year| |Restricted - Gift|-|-|4,440.00|-|4,440.00|22,244.68| |Restricted - Legacy|-|-|32,638.77|-|32,638.77|36,720.38| |Restricted - Music|-|-|191.76|-|191.76|191.76| |Restricted - Newchurch|-|-|2,804.41|-|2,804.41|2,804.41| |Restricted - Trainee|-|-|6,130.77|-|6,130.77|9,643.64| |Total|55,672.67|106,219.66|191,020.19|-|352,912.52|339,788.00| **----- End of picture text -----**
(25 January 2025 1:55 pm) Page 2 of 2 APPENDIX B CDNT.- PGge 32 SUMMARY BUDGET 2024 BUDGE[ VS ACTUAL ZOTJ ACT 21ri4 ID31.II24 21r24 ButffT 2024 IID6Er 2025 DI IKriiE IEgiLAR GIVING LLifjEAND ONE IJFF Til AECtNWBLE INIXI £ 53,93Q.83 £ B3.D96.76 £ 21,326.68 £ 11.521.46 E 2,691.5D 66.344.14 3,290.97 16,156.54 22,475.93 7,238.QO 101% 64,056.81 4DOO.00 15,1110.00 14BOO.IiO 3,000.aO 69.9O0.00 137DffjD 17.7QO.00 11561ffjD 7.4QOllO 241% IITAL IMCDME E187,567.03 E 115.513.51 101.256.B1 E 11&331,00 EXPEIKIITIIE 2023 ACtUAL 2024 1031.1224 21124 2024 2025 2,65D.84 1.553.72 813.88 IZ3 BY IDI 15U.QO 2.31JD.00 b82.QO IOD,OD 55U.QO 35D.00 150U.QO 11,70D,OD 197DJIU 2.390.DD REACH £ 1.132.34 57.12 CARE EKJJURASE AtWlN15ThATIDN LDIN5 MAIKfEKiICE ILDIM6 UTILITIE5 COST5 rAIER OCESE IQD,DD 572 35D.DD iolloffju 11.7fj5,OD £ 250.LIi 272.39 20.LIi E 11.72fj.33 2n.47 243,2D 6￿.25 ID.491.52 51% E 58.062.7Z 060.56 E 2,878.4D 223S3 5B.064,QI 1,474.39 Z,583.lJ2 265.30 635.fj2 5B,UiID.QO IDoo.10 3,25D.OD 230.no I,OOU.IJD 50519LYO 1211JJlO 2.91JD,OD 270 I.OIJD,OD TIMs￿lA￿l&f￿Fuftn YE4A￿Ly.fv[Il6lfES AVAUA￿ELw2026 AEPAIILS &CIJI FAflLrriES IIIM nMNcE FININCIAL PLAMNIIIG FLNERSJES IIARKETINE & COMMS STAFF TEufNiIL06Y YWYH WDAK 115% 64 E 1.047.44 34.53 E 1,731.39 838A6 E 2.954.5D 741.45 114% 650.00 95D,00 1,843,93 126.40 7,857.40 1,890,00 8oo.oo 3,000.00 1.940,00 8110ffj0 7.91JD,00 262% IITAL EXPENDITUAE ElQ8.044.24 99.005.21 1 100.152.00 E 99.086.QQ riAE LESS EXPEMIITUfE £ n.52179 117fVJ.33 1.11M.81 19.215. APPENDIX B CDNT.- DETAILED BUDGET PAGE 33 2O24WL￿ySAC[UAL 2023 2D24 TO 31.12.24 2W24 %OFBUDGEt 2024 IUIGET 2025 UUOGEr NDTES IFfAILF PAR￿HGwINGs[￿EmE GIFtIlD-FANK ISTANDINGORUERSI GIFfAID- ENVELfpES OTHER PLANNIOGIWNG- F OTHEH PLANNED 51VING-BANK I&II rHEH PLANNED GIWNG- ENVELOPES LfpJSE PLITECOLLECTIONSIGISDSI LLI]SE PLAIECOLLECTIOIN5 INUN SA5 ONE-DFFGIFfiiu DDNATIOFISIEIIII HDGDONAIIOKS NONGA[GAS[￿l ATrHDCODNAIIONS NONGAINOTGAS051 QNE OFFGIFtAlU llofi4noNS SPECIALORSPECIFICAPPEIIS TAX REcOVE￿4BLE UN GiFT AID GASDS TIXHELIEF HECURRING GRANTS ]N-RECURRING oNE￿FFr￿AlT FuNDR￿SING IGENERAII FUNDR￿SING IATTICICAR ￿)Dri￿lIBLE] DNIDENDS IROms￿lftES BANK 681SOllEIY IMTEREST CBFDEffjStr IccnuHr IKTEREsr PARBH FEEFtIlWEDDirK [* FUNERAL BOUK5fALL-TO PROMOIEOBJECINES BOOKsfALI- FUNU HAIYNG CHUKHHALI- FUNU HAISMG OTHER FuNDSGENE￿TEU CHUKHEVENTINCOME CHUKHE¥ENTINCOME 52.936.81 £ 3,820.CrfJ 4fAI. 3.813.82 E 53,577.47 £ 5,390.00 350.00 4,046.67 £ 2.9BD. loi% 141% £ 52.936.81 £ 3,820.00 50D.00 E 3,800.00 £ 3￿￿1.00 56,OOD.00 6,240.00 400.00 3,900.00 3,36D.00 0102 L1201 [1202 210 0301 D3U5 320 0105 115 oo offjo 106% £w. 2,281.&5 E 2￿￿.00 2,30￿00 294.41 3.7B3.13 517.20 E 7&052.52 2Q543.75 7tr2.93 269.59 275.99 £ 271.54 200.00 15,479.68 £ 616.86 300.00 30U.00 270.00 200.00 17,OOD.00 700.00 £ lJllW).00 0.00 1 I4,5￿.00 9W.00 IOWARDS CMURCH CLEANINg 107% D610 533.L £ 1.719.ClJ £ 3.115.51 315% £ I￿[￿.00 ThIS INCLLIDES pR￿lIA￿ YEARS 1,70D.00 910 E 883.95 £ 3,323.50 7m.00 3tii.00 7NI.QO 5NI.00 881.00 2,5DU.OD £ 1.5D3.81 673.51 124.[ Ilt 1025 528.fKI 105% lo￿00 £ 698.14 £ 11.270. £ 38B.17 £ 14,228.00 6NI.00 £ 11.ONI.00 50tt.00 14,000.00 1240 12 1280 1280 £ 1691.yj £ 7,238. 1BO.00 115,513. 241% £ 3￿[￿.00 WIITA EVANGEUSTK EVENTS 7,IOD.00 IBO.00 118,331.00 £181￿87.03 114% E 101256.81 DI]1 GIFtOAY £ 1795.tffj £ 11.5Th).riJ APPENDIX B CDNT.- DETAILED BUDGET PAGE 34 EXPEND￿vRE FUND CUUE NOMIK 2DZ4 2024 TD31.1224 %OF BU)BET 2025 [￿Er ACTUAL BIWET GATHER 2340 UPKEEPOFSERVICE5 21gJ SERAIDNFIEPMATERLILS 21*J READERSUBSCRIPTIONS 2320 DRGAMIPIINOTUNiri&iwiir 27￿ WStWlNGSPE4KERS 2201 ouiiifA 2101 CLERGYWORKING LKP 2345 CHUKHcoftsuMBLES 21￿ GENE￿l￿￿O￿l￿FIOftT 2510 BOOKStALL 89128 É 959.12 12221 É 221.46 211)AIO É IOOJlO 21OJ16 12llDJlll lllDJlll IOOJl0 150. 100. 1riirii 1(1)% 210% É 2,9￿￿0 É 7,B57AO 111.14 É 628AI BAO 40nO E 1,219AO É 472A3 E 6,098S3 E 10,50B24 E 3,000.rii 3riirii 7JOOfjO 700nO 20nO 50nO SOOnO 10I70nO 210% NEEDAMW. 600.rii E 5,150. 2[4% REACH 169J B￿sc￿l]0L(NDmEmMo1) 559J PARINTS&TOTS 2201 EYANGE115TfE¥EKrs 229] GINEKILMWOMl9J￿D￿r ￿￿￿McD1￿VMABLEs 579] CHPJSTMNttYEXPLllRED 2tlJnO E 137JJO 2LKI. 150JJO B46ffj8 E 1,596n6 B5ffj6 E B4.71 33BZ £ z,ow. 2￿00￿0 NEEDAM NEEPIM 50JIO lllojlll 2390JIO É 1,13224 É 1,953.72 E 2,300.rii ALLILIMNS I￿7 GfiMGTOMLIIONAKY&XIEIIES It]0 GNIMGIOR&IEFP£UICIES IW HoMEM￿S1ON 1870 SECUL4H CHAHtIlES É 5,640ffj4 É 6J75 E 0,1B2.rii 9￿60j]n É 3,216A8 É 3,43821 o. 500JlO E 8,857.12 É 9I13A8 101% E 9,6V2. lo￿60￿0 CIthE 1201 PkSThIICARE I[￿ 100.L¥J 100AIO 1twJAIo APPENDIX B CDNT.- DETAILED BUDGET PAGE 35 2210 ￿N￿stuDYIlq[ERlILS 2170 CLERGYTPIIMIMGCWHSES 2210 LE4UERSHITHAIMING 2515 utHEHTHADIN6EIF￿IDmjtE 2210 ONIPLESHIP 100.rij 150.rij 100.rij IOD.OD I￿J•J £ 162JlJ IOttOD I￿00 20￿00 572.00 110m £ 10m 107A7 f 279.47 IEDAlJtap. 200.rij 550.LII 51% IDMINWRITI 2315 ¢HvmicnNw￿lBlErtFM5 ADIINISTAAllDN cosfsFtIlPAREH 249.45 f Ig5J)] 23￿ f ZT219 E Z4320 350.fy) 30￿0D s￿0￿ 35￿(0j rEDiW 350.rij BUiDIMGMAIITEK•XE 23JO CHVPXH PEPIJR51111JNtENANCEI 2350 UP￿IEPOFc￿Ru1Y1￿65￿￿NlLl 2701 cHu￿￿jILUIIBIllIDRREPjJPts £ WJ26 Jm £ oom £ £ i.tQOJ¥J £ W]26 500.ri) 300.ri) 700.ri) É 1.600.riJ 20D.OD 70D.OD 2pJ￿00 JiDIMGunLmEsrThs 2830 OTHEA8wLDl￿l1TjExTDE￿TrATIjl 2120 CLEBGYEXPIIMCCTAI.p￿lEETcl 2140 WATEAAATESICLERFf HOLWKI 2150 TELI8WADMiOifiEA6YHOi￿Mj 2515 OTHEA TAAUIIGEIFEIDMJ 31QO CHU￿H WLEXP 2410 CHU￿H COSTSIDASI 2•]1 CHVKH COSTSIELECJ 2410 CHVP£H COSTSiWATERJ ]1 CHU￿[￿5[5(11￿mtl £ t￿lJ6 £ IVi4AS £ 1.018N f 1.126JI KINAWIE f 130m f E 2.500.LII E 1.000.LII IMCINA8WIE 113% I20￿￿j f 1,310￿ f M7 E 42&1E5 f 3,516ti] 93 £ 619L E 1,449J)l £ 1,557nl I,40￿0D E 4,3DO. 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