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2024-12-31-accounts

The Parochial Church Council of St Mary the Virgin Handsworth Sheffield

(Also known as “St Mary’s Church Handsworth)

Annual Report and Financial Statements for year ended 31 December 2024

Registered Charity Number 1206356

St Mary’s Church Handsworth Contents

Page
Administrative information 1
Annual Report 2 - 6
Independent examiner’s report 7
Receipts and payments account 8
Statement of assets and liabilities 9
Notes to the accounts 10 - 12

St Mary’s Church Handsworth Administrative information For the year ended 31 December 2024

St Mary’s Church is situated on Handsworth Road, Handsworth, Sheffield S13 9BZ. It is part of the Diocese of Sheffield within the Church of England. The correspondence address is The Rectory, 402 Handsworth Road, Handsworth, Sheffield S13 9BZ.

Rector: Fr Keith Johnson Incumbent
PCC members who have served from 1 January 2023 until the date this report were approved
Church Wardens: Alan Barker Health and Safety Officer
Viv Chaplin
N Kendrick Term of office ended 26 May 2024
Elected members:
Anne Palmer Secretary
Kay Cooper Safeguarding officer
Val Hanwell Deanery Synod Rep
Shirley McIntyre
Christine Brown
Fiona Middleton Treasurer (elected from 26 May 2024 –
previously co-opted)
Christine King Appointed 26 May 2024
John Price Appointed 26 May 2024
Christopher Lemons Deanery Synod Rep Appointed 28 May 2024
John McIntyre Term of office ended 26 May 2024
Gloria McBean Term of office ended 26 May 2024

PCC members who have served from 1 January 2023 until the date this report were approved, are:

Church Wardens are elected annually at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) by the parishioners of Handsworth. Both Incumbent and Church Wardens are ex officio members of the PCC. Under our rules Church Wardens can hold office for six consecutive years and may be re-elected after a year’s break. PCC members are elected at the same meeting for three year terms by those on the Electoral Register. Co-opted members are co-opted at any point in the year at a PCC meeting. They have the same responsibilities and rights as elected members. Their term of office ends at the APCM.

Honorary Priest: Fr H Loxley

Other church officers not on the PCC are: Electoral Role Officer: Kath Presswell. Gift Aid Secretary: Andrea Turner

The Independent Examiner is: Sarah Lightfoot FCA, DChA Seven Hills Accountants Limited 57 Burton Street Sheffield S6 2HH

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St Mary’s Church Handsworth Annual Report For the year ended 31 December 2024

Objectives and activities

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Handsworth is dedicated to our Lord’s mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Taking Mary as our example of following Jesus, we seek to listen to our heavenly Father and discern where the Holy Spirit is leading us and to do so in faith, trust, obedience, and love. We seek to conform our lives on the Gospel by following Mary’s Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, through the grace and strength of the Sacraments, the teachings of holy Scripture and mother Church, and through mutual support and fellowship. You are warmly invited to join with us in our acts of worship, social and community events.

St Mary’s is of the Catholic Tradition in the Church of England, affiliated to The Society of St Wilfrid and St Hilda. We offer a warm welcome and you are welcome to encounter the love of God with us. Our worship is modern yet reverent, biblical, and rooted in Christian Tradition.

At the request of the PCC and Rector the Bishop of Sheffield has placed us under the care of the Bishop of Beverley, the Provincial Episcopal Visitor.

Our Mission Statement:

Jesus inspires us to be His disciples. Come and experience His presence among us. Offering friendship, belonging and faith. Come and join us. Seeking to be a resource to Handsworth and enhance community life. Come and help us.

The PCC is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment that supports as many people as it can to worship at St Mary’s and to support the wider community through the provision of various social groups, which included those groups and activities that occur in the community hub. We take into consideration when planning Charity Commission’s guidelines on public benefit and in particular the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.

We undertake the following activities:

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St Mary’s Church Handsworth Annual Report For the year ended 31 December 2024

It remains imperative that we continue to offer a warm welcome to all, to grow in confidence in an age when less people identify as Christian as shown in the last Census, to take every opportunity to invite others to church as well as to witness to our faith outside of church. We appear to be in good spirit despite the challenges and are pleased to welcome new members including from a variety of ethnic background.

The Report Time To Sow In The North identifies 7 features of a growing church in our Anglo-Catholic tradition:

Although we live in an increasingly secular society, with aggressive atheism and hard indifference, there are still a significant minority of people searching for:

Therefore these are the ways in which we need to reach out to others both through our church and hub activities, though our hub activities are focused on social benefit rather than as a means of direct evangelization.

For a church to remain viable the following are essential:

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St Mary’s Church Handsworth Annual Report For the year ended 31 December 2024

Review of the year

Praise is given to our team of volunteers both in the church and hub, without whom we would not be able to continue.

There have been regular Standing Committees and PCCs through the year. Churchwardens and clergy have met regularly regarding Safeguarding and H&S.

Whilst we face the same challenges the Church generally faces in our culture it feels that we are generally in good spirits and have grown slightly with both adults and children. It is very good to see that we have a greater ethnic mix in our congregation, which adds to our church life. Most of our servers have joined the Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary and we have our own local chapter to encourage them.

At the time of writing this report I am hopeful that we would have engaged a Funding Consultant to raise the necessary money to redevelop the hub building, to transform it into a great space fit for today’s use. We are exceedingly grateful to the Handsworth Community Trust for a grant of £110,000 specifically towards, and restricted to, this project. Groups in the hub appear in good health, it is used regularly by other groups too that are not related to church and sometimes hired for small parties.

The Quinquennial Report 2022 has been received and an action plan has been formed, mainly around the sacristy roof and nave floor, otherwise the church is in a general good state of repair. Some remedial work has been undertaken on the sacristy roof and wall, which appear to have solved the immediate problem, though the situation remains under review. The bowed graveyard wall adjacent to the carpark has been repaired and the entire length of the allotment/graveyard wall is currently being removed and rebuilt in new stone. Sheffield City Council are responsible for the boundary walls maintenance and repair and are meeting this cost.

An attempt is being made to revitalise the allotment project. A new volunteer and Community Pay Back have recently become involved. The project has also been visited by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust who have produced a report to help the area develop nature recovery and social space with an emphasis on well-being.

We have continued to have a presence with Ballifield and Athlestan Primary Schools with Open the Book, school visits to church and classroom visits. There has been a good number of children and families to church over Christmas. There has been a steady stream of visitors to Sunday afternoon opening.

Kunwara’s tenants have settled in well, rent is paid regularly. It remains managed by Blundells.

We continue to do our best to support the charities we usually support and we have paid our pledged £11,000 towards the Common Fund.

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St Mary’s Church Handsworth Annual Report

For the year ended 31 December 2024

Vine Old Rectory are currently seeking to sell the Lease, which they are allowed to do with PCC approval. Vine feels it has not been as successful as they had hoped it would be. We are cautious as to who may become the new Leaseholders and are disappointed to find ourselves in this position.

OCCASIONAL OFFICES

OCCASIONAL OFFICES
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
BAPTISMS 52 16 24 23 11 17
MARRIAGES 7 2 3 1 3 3
FUNERALS
Church
Crem		 30 20 23 20 23 31
(28)
(3)
BURIAL OF ASHES 6 3 18 5 4 8
ELECTORAL ROLE ELECTORAL ROLE ELECTORAL ROLE
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
65 66 68 71 66 69

Future Plans

Financial Review and Reserves Policy

It is the PCC policy to maintain a balance on general funds of at least 1 months average expenditure for essential costs such as utilities and Common fund should be also held £3,500 .

The total free reserves (ie cash held in the general fund) at 31/12/24 were £47,699 which exceeds this target.

In addition:

Endowment funds, held as shares, are used to generate investment income that can be used for general purposes.

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St Mary’s Church Handsworth Annual Report For the year ended 31 December 2024

Structure, governance and management

The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure.

The Church registered with the Charity Commission on 2 January 2024 – this is a requirement for Church of England churches with income over £100,000. The Charity number is 1206356.

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.

New PCC members receive appropriate training and induction, drawing on Diocesan courses where necessary.

The PCC meets on average every two months. Operational issues between PCC meetings are considered by Standing Committee (which consists of the Rector, Wardens, Secretary, Treasurer, and Lay Chairman.

The annual report and financial statements were approved by the PCC on 22 April 2025.

Signed on their behalf by

Fr Keith H Johnson

Fr K Johnson Rector

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Independent Examiner’s report to the PCC Members of St Mary’s Church Handsworth (“the Charity”)

I report to the PCC members on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the PCC members of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I have assisted the trustees in the revision of bookkeeping and other records to ensure that the statutory accounts can be prepared accurately. The charity trustees remain responsible for making such judgments and decisions that are needed in relation to the presentation and disclosure of information in the financial statements. During my work I have been mindful of the guidance given by CC32 in relation to day to day administration of the charity, in assisting in preparing the accounts, and the provisions of the Revised Ethical Standard 2016 issued by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

28 Apr 2025

Sarah Lightfoot, FCA, DChA Seven Hills Accountants Limited 57 Burton Street Sheffield S6 2HH

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The Parochial Church Council of St Mary the Virgin Handsworth Sheffield Receipts and payments account For the year ended 31 December 2024

Notes
Receipts from:
Voluntary Giving
Planned giving
Collections at services
Other giving
Gift aid recovered
Grants
Church activities
Church magazine
PCC fees
Lunch Club
Other activities
Rental income
Hub - community activities
Kunwara
Handsworth Old Rectory
Fundraising
Investment income
Insurance claims
Total receipts
Payments from:
Church activities
Mission giving and donations
Common fund
Salaries, wages and honorariums
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Clergy and staff expenses
Mission and evangelism costs
Church group activity costs
Church and Hub running costs
Upkeep of services
Heating, lighting and insurance
Building maintenance costs
Upkeep of grounds
Telephone
Printing, postage and stationery
Other running costs
Fees paid out
Governance costs
Costs of generating funds
Fundraising costs
Handsworth Old Rectory costs
Kunwara costs
Major repairs to church building
Net receipts/(payments)
Transfers
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Net movement in funds
Total cash funds brought forward
Total cash funds carried forward		 General
funds
£
15,212
5,574
13,402
876
-
1,367
7,825
-
3,217
7,386
1,782
13,795
3,946
1,670
-
76,052
2,269
11,000
4,755
1,948
1,521
6,357
15,535
12,456
-
2,693
3,599
3,006
-
1,815
1,050
656
1,782
1,987
72,429
3,623
14,381
18,004
29,695
47,699		 Designated
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9,738
-
-
-
-
9,738
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,506
-
-
-
47
-
648
-
-
995
-
4,196
5,542
(7,796)
(2,254)
7,254
5,000		 Restricted
funds
£
100
28
2,605
-
123,850
-
4,206
3,619
-
-
-
-
706
-
-
135,114
-
-
-
-
7,409
-
-
267
-
-
-
1,132
4,206
-
-
-
-
2,404
15,418
119,696
(6,585)
113,111
8,316
121,427		 Endowment
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 2024
Total
£
15,312
5,602
16,007
876
123,850
1,367
12,031
3,619
3,217
7,386
11,520
13,795
4,652
1,670
-
220,904
2,269
11,000
4,755
1,948
8,930
6,357
15,535
15,229
-
2,693
3,599
4,185
4,206
2,463
1,050
656
2,777
4,391
92,043
128,861
-
128,861
45,265
174,126		 2023
Total
£
14,017
5,920
9,736
2,549
9,798
654
11,122
3,056
3,556
3,593
5,471
14,140
5,479
1,435
1,760
92,286
2,266
6,000
10,998
1,466
11,437
4,411
19,713
4,951
565
2,777
4,490
11,631
3,481
714
-
6,798
12,474
472
104,644
(12,358)
-
(12,358)
57,623
45,265

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The Parochial Church Council of St Mary the Virgin Handsworth Sheffield Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 31 December 2024

Cash funds
Bank accounts
Total cash funds
Debtors
Gift aid claimable
not valued
Handsworth Old Rectory
Handsworth Old Rectory - prepaid insurance
Total debtors
Investment assets
CCLA investment fund - income shares
CBF Fixed interest securities fund - income shares
Kunwara - rental property
Old Rectory (including Hub)
Total investment assets		 General
funds
£
47,699
47,699
-
3,750
-
3,750
-
-
-		 Designated
funds
£
5,000
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Restricted
funds
£
121,427
121,427
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Endowment
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
28,281
491
28,772		 Total
2024
£
174,126
174,126
-
3,750
-
3,750
28,281
491
28,772		 Total
2023
£
45,265
45,265
875
1,667
3,934
6,476
27,526
464
27,990

Kunwara is a property which is rented out. The Old Rectory property is leased out to The Vine Hotels, with the church retaining use of The Hub. The Sheffield Diocese Board of Finance hold the title deeds to the properties. The PCC is responsible for the upkeep of its properties and receive the rental income generated.

Assets retained for church use

The PCC own a variety of furniture and equipment for use in church activities. No valuation is put on these items.

Liabilities
Governance costs
Self employed verger, organist and bell ringer
Salary recharges
Heating, lighting and insurance
Handsworth Old Rectory - income received in advance
Total liabilities		 1,050
-
-
1,803
-
2,853		 -
-
-
-
-
-		 -
-
1,253
-
-
1,253		 -
-
-
-
-
-		 1,050
-
1,253
1,803
-
4,106		 720
400
-
1,803
3,934
6,857

Approved by the PCC on 22 April 2025 and signed on their behalf by:

Fr Keith H Johnson

Fr K Johnson Rector

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The Parochial Church Council of St Mary the Virgin Handsworth Sheffield Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2024

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The account are prepared in line with the Charity Commission guidance on "Receipts and payments" accounts and the Church Accounting Regulations 2016.

Receipts & payments account

Receipts and payments accounts are statements that summarise the movement of cash into and out of the organisation during the financial year. In this context "cash" includes cash equivalents, for example, bank accounts where cash can be readily withdrawn to pay for debts as they become due.

Funds

General funds are donations and other income receivable or generated for the objects of the organisation without further specified purpose.

Designated funds are set aside at the discretion of the PCC.

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor.

Endowment funds arise from specific gifts left to the church and are held as investments.

The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC can be held responsible in law. They do not include the accounts for other church groups that owe their affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of Church members.

2 Designated funds

Children & young people's work/Extra hub costs
Kunwara
Organ fund
Training & Mission		 Cash funds
brought
forward
£
3,569
(85)
3,499
271
7,254		 Income
£
-
9,738
-
-
9,738		 Expenditure
£
(3,201)
(995)
-
-
(4,196)		 Transfers
£
(368)
(3,658)
(3,499)
(271)
(7,796)		 Cash funds
carried
forward
£
-
5,000
-
-
5,000

Children & young people's work/Extra hub costs

Monies originally set aside for the children & young people's work - in addition to various restricted funds to support this work, but now to include significant hub costs. This fund was mostly spent in the year - this fund is no longer required so has been transferred back to the general fund.

Kunwara

Monies set aside for the maintenance of the property "Kunwara". This fund will be built up using rental income until there is a minimum of £5,000 set aside towards future maintenance required - any excess funds will be transferred to the general fund.

Organ fund

Monies set aside for the maintenance of the organ - this fund is no longer required so has been transferred back to the general fund.

Training & Mission

Monies set aside for training and mission - this fund is no longer required so has been transferred back to the general fund.

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The Parochial Church Council of St Mary the Virgin Handsworth Sheffield Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2024

3 Restricted funds

Bellringers
Lunch club
DBF Fees
Dementia work
Community Garden and allotment project
Hub redevelopment
Audio system
Defib
Play and praise
Boiler
War memorial		 Cash funds
brought
forward
£
2,711
4,552
-
75
978
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,316		 Income
£
357
12,444
4,206
-
-
110,000
2,404
678
200
2,600
2,225
135,114		 Expenditure
£
-
(7,706)
(4,206)
(75)
(149)
-
(2,404)
(678)
(200)
-
-
(15,418)		 Transfers
£
-
(1,760)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(2,600)
(2,225)
(6,585)		 Cash funds
carried
forward
£
3,068
7,530
-
-
829
110,000
-
-
-
-
-
121,427

Bellringers

The funds are set aside for the future maintenance of the bells, in agreement with the bell ringers. Lunch club

All lunch club activity is restricted, including the SCC lunch club grant. The transfer represents the rent paid for use of the Hub. DBF Fees

Fees collected on behalf of the Diocese and paid out to them.

The other funds have been given towards specific church/hub activities. The Boiler and War memorial grants were given after the costs were incurred - the transfers represent the costs incurred in previous years in the general fund.

4 Endowment funds

The endowment funds consist of:

CCLA investment fund - income shares

CBF Fixed interest securities fund - income shares

5 Salaries, wages and honorariums

Salary and pension costs Average
no. of staff
Youth and children's worker
-		 2024
£
-		 2023
£
7,058
Self employed Verger, organist, bell ringer 4,755 3,940
Salary recharges Mission partner development worker - -
4,755 10,998
Transfers
Designated funds		 Transfers to/(from) the
£		 general fund
£
Children & young people's work/Extra hub costsFund no longer required 368
Kunwara Excess funds over £5k balance required 3,658
Organ fund Fund no longer required 3,499
Training & Mission Fund no longer required 271
Restricted funds Transfer from designated funds 7,796
Lunch club Rent recharge for Hub use 1,760
Boiler Grant received after the general fund expenditure 2,600
War memorial Grant received after the general fund expenditure 2,225
Transfer from restricted funds 6,585
Total transfer to/(from) the general fund 14,381

6 Transfers

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The Parochial Church Council of St Mary the Virgin Handsworth Sheffield Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2024

7 Related party transactions

PCC members (and their close family members) gave general fund donations of at least £5,570 in addition to any amounts given within the collection, during the year.

PCC members received no remuneration for their role as trustees during the year. Clergy, curate and staff expenses of £1,948 (2023: £1,466) comprise primarily costs to allow the clergy and staff to fulfil their roles.

P King, the wife of PCC member C King, is a trustee of Handsworth Area Community Trust Fund. The PCC received 4 restricted grants totalling £115,025 in the year.

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