2024-12-31-accounts

Church Street, Padiham, BB12 8JH

Annual Report 2024

Members of the Congregation enjoying the Anniversary Service Lunch

Mission Statement

Padiham Unitarians are liberal Christians who are not bound by creeds but recognise the divine spark in humanity, offering respect and tolerance to all.

A group

of visitors

at our Anniversary Service

Exhibition held in Chapel on the history of Padiham Unitarian Chapel

Contents

President’s Report

Minister’s Report

Secretary’s Report

Treasurer’s Report

Chapel Accounts

Trustee’s Report

List of Officers

Bequests

List of Members

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

This year Padiham Chapel celebrated its 150th anniversary with a special service, a lunch and exhibitions on the history of Padiham, the history of our chapel and Unitarianism. The Chapel was open for three days so members of the community could come and see the exhibitions. School children from our local school came and learned about the history of Padiham. On Sunday 27th April Rev. Jim Corrigall, a former minister at Padiham, gave the address at our special anniversary service which was attended by over 50 people. After the service we had a lunch which was attended by most of the people who attended the service. A big thank you to all who helped to make our 150th anniversary celebration such great success.

We have had new people attending the church this year some of whom have begun participating in services. It is wonderful to see new faces giving us hope for the future of our chapel.

This year we have had several very successful events that have brought many people from the community into the church which has raised money for charity. In September the Second Rossendale Scout Group brass band gave a concert that filled the church. At our Christmas service the Goodshaw Brass Band played which was a wonderful musical experience.

We have also been exploring new ways of conducting our services. It is still a work in progress but as new people become involved we hope as a chapel to evolve. Thank you to Tony Cann who has continued to provide our services on Zoom. There are several members who don’t live locally who attend regularly on Zoom.

Due to the hard work of our Secretary, Freda Whittle, the use of our building has increased. We now have monthly markets as well as the monthly meeting of U3A. Many of the U3A groups meetings are held at the chapel as well as a drumming group, spiritualist group and a AA group.

We are in the process of having the roof of the chapel assessed. We are still having problems with the roof leaking. Once the assessment is completed we will then have to determine how to pay for the repairs needed. Our heating bills are still very large but the rentals are covering a significant amount of that bill. Our monthly deficit is decreasing so hopefully we will be more financially stable in 2005.

Thank you to everyone on the Chapel Committee for all their hard work and support during my first year as president.

Pamela Hopcroft President

MINISTER’S REPORT

Worship

Rites of Passage In memorium

Gordon Hale

Colette Benstead Ted Davidson Eileen Knight

The wedding of Sophie and Diane

The baptism of Riccardo and Sophia-Ray Hensby The wedding of Keith and Danielle

We have welcomed a few new regular attendees and they have begun to offer valuable contributions. One new member has offered to play the guitar for services and is willing to do readings and another had led a couple of meditations. We look forward to additional contributions.

150th anniversary - we had a successful Anniversary Service with associated activities, including a wonderful and educational exhibition on the history of the chapel, Padiham and local Unitarians/Unitarianism, special guest service leader, Jim Corrigall and a fantastic lunch in the big hall.

Educational materials were produce as well as a memories from our chapel booklet.

I’m sure we all are grateful to everyone involved for their hard work in making our anniversary memorable.

Special Events

Thanks to Barry for organising the Scout Band Concert in September The South African event with Professor Pro Torkington and dinner was entertaining and informative

Social responsibility/Outreach

Social responsibility is an ethical concept in which a person works and cooperates with other people and organisations for the benefit of the community. For the chapel congregation it is the outreach and pastoral care for those who are part of our congregation and involved in the activities we host or put on as well as our reaching out into the wider community.

Despite the elongated negotiations with Burnley Council, which has prevented work on the trees being completed, work is expected to done in April 2025. This, in turn, will enable the polytunnel which has been generously donated by a local company to be erected. The breeze block terraces have been completed. Thanks to a generous donation from James Benstead, the stone cladding will be completed early April 25.

We have also enlisted the help of a volunteer with the Rawtenstall food bank who has gardening experience to do the garden at the front of chapel and oversee the work on the community garden. James will be paid on an hourly basis, but we have additional people with

varying levels of experience to volunteer, including a couple heavily involved with Civic Pride and Incredible Edible in Rossendale who will contribute to designing the Garden and source free plants.

The Drop in is now a twice monthly cafe with games available, socialising and light meals. Future activities and workshops include flower arrangements, knitting and other suggestions would be welcome.

Rev Dr Shannon Ledbetter

SECRETARY’S REPORT

This year has been a relatively good one for Padiham, early in the year we had a successful day of celebrations for the chapel anniversary with a service followed by a shared meal in the hall.

We have had two South African based events which were well attended and the South African based food was appreciated.

We continue to have a good relationship with the diverse groups that rent the building.

The continued success of the building rentals has raised much needed funds for the chapel and brought a lot of people into the building, sadly this has not been translated in attendance at the Sunday service

We have continued to have monthly artisan markets run in conjunction with VSMS marketing, where the monies for the tea room have gone to chapel . Although this started slowly the numbers attending are growing with the Christmas market being very successful.

We continue to have a good relationship with the diverse groups that rent the building.

The Unity garden has made some progress but has been slowed by the tree preservation order imposed by the local council, hopefully this will be resolved soon.

Freda Whittle

Chapel Secretary

TREASURER’S REPORT

I am sometimes accused of being gloomy about our financial position. This, I think, is justified in these times of rising costs and decreasing numbers in the pews.

The accounts for this year show a loss of over £13k which though less than last year is still a loss. The amounts received in grants has increased, namely due to £5k from Bolton Bank Street and monies from Nelum and the Social Prescribing/CVS fund for the drop-in cafe but our collections in chapel, however, are down by 17%.

Rentals provide chapel with a good income and bring new people from various groups into our buildings and I give thanks to Freda and Lynne for facilitating this.

I also thank congregation and committee members for their continued help and support. Whilst I try and attend services as frequently as possible, life often gets in the way and I appreciate the practical help with collections. Our system seems to work well.

Lastly, if anyone would like more information about the simplex envelope scheme please contact me and likewise if you need to update me about your tax position with respect to Gift aid.

Irene Slater Treasurer

CHAPEL ACCOUNTS .4L4BETH [TrIT.￿.￿N CJL4PEL coItE.￿ND EVE)IYITIIiE.ICCOI"NT foi the i"tai"ellded.IL Dtrt]nbtr 2024 7074 70?4 Unrethcted Restheled Futtd 20?4 20?3 7073 Totsi Un￿SInC1ed Re5thcted Fund 2023 Totsl COME". Colle¢tsots¥ (Op#) & EniplLy¥I Siths(ryttons. D(￿t￿ll5 & Gr8uts GaTdtD FuLdGJ7llts Requ￿t% TaXReClaJn￿d (GAft￿l￿ Rentals & Functsoll FeesRecaved E￿e￿t Reteipts Bank & Bulldmg sO￿e￿.]￿lere5tr IhNidends & I0&￿t[Dent lllcon RÈ2J]%ed Ga￿￿([￿>e%I OJJ S21e DfTttvesknaJts 4.919 4,919 29.126 1.550 6,035 18.920 6,035 18.920 1.550 1.125 14.353 5.088 1.125 1.856 1.856 13.681 3,771 5,088 5.549 395 5.549 395 5.383 5.383 60,555 1.550 62.105 49.&16 55,546 E￿Ent, Funrtwn & ￿traI￿ganIa Expen5 3,(93 40.471 18220 3,093 40.471 18.220 1,392 39.928 18.253 1.39? 39.928 18.253 Salane5. Pell￿0￿5 & Pre8cbJDEFee5 8ub%npttons. IkllatsoTrs GffleThl sembly Fees & Conthbutiolls AdjllJ￿5trail1.eK￿5e5 Repaus. Re￿¢￿a]S & RefiubiFJutKT15 G2nknFulld Expth"ture Deprecjatioll ollFLYtLUES. FittiLgs & Eq 2.LLO 669 7,385 1.90B 655 7,791 1.908 655 7,791 2,296 745 669 7,385 2.963 596 2.963 2296 596 745 72.544 2.963 75.507 70.672 2.296 77.968 sUP￿LusI(DEFICtD 111,989) (1.413) Il3,40? 121,026) 3,6Lkl {17,4221

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TRUSTEE’S REPORT

During the year, the Trustees managed to hold a meeting in person and on Zoom.

Work on the chimney at 95 Church Street was satisfactorily executed and gas check concerns duly alleviated. A camera was installed outside the house to alleviate any concerns regarding safety that Lynn, our wonderful caretaker, may have.

In my report last year I made reference to the refurbishment of rooms downstairs but there has been an on-going issue with some ingress of dampness and thanks to the good offices of Tony Cann and the Bowland Charitable Trust this has now been rectified and I duly treated the areas with chemicals and painted the areas concerned.

There is some concern about some raining in in the Chapel and we are currently awaiting ‘drone photographs’ with a firm to ascertain what issues there are before attempting corrective treatment.

One of our investments was repaid and it was agreed to re-invest the proceeds together with some cash reserve in two stocks one of which on professional advice was a gilt.

One issue of ongoing concern is that of being quorate for Trustee meetings and at the current time our inability to appoint a new Trustee. We continue to try to resolve this.

Finally, as ever, I would like to place on record my thanks for the unanimous support of members for the actions we have taken during the last year.

Barry R. Brown Hon. Secretary Trustees

LIST OF OFFICERS

Officers/Chapel Committee

President: Pamela Hopcroft Secretary: Freda Whittle Treasurer: Irene Slater Barry Brown Maureen Brown Tony Cann Janet Latham

Christmas Market Co-ordinator: Freda Whittle Organist: Barry Brown Pulpit Secretary: Rev Shannon Ledbetter Simplex Co-ordinator: Irene Slater Warden: Barry Brown Social Responsibility: Rev Shannon Ledbetter Correspondence: Janet Latham Rentals: Freda Whittle

Trustees

Chairman: Julian Brown Secretary: Barry Brown Treasurer: David Atkinson Richard Bracewell Lyndsay Kelly Irene Slater Phil Tomlin

BEQUESTS

The late:

Mrs. J. Grundy, Mrs C Spencer, Mrs C. Marsden, Mr. George Waddington, Mr Peter Laycock, Miss M.J. Helm, Mrs. D. Aldersley, Mrs Eli Whitehead, Mrs. Wm. Roberts, Miss A. Robinson, Mrs M. Hudson, Mrs. T. C Holland, Mrs M Bertwistle, Miss E. Holland, Miss M Aspden, Mrs N Ingham, Mr. S. Denbigh, Mrs. J. Marsden, Mr. D. Harrison, Mr. E. Garner, Mrs. T. G .Robinson, Memorial Investments, Mrs. E. Dandy, Mr. A. Wilkinson, Mr. W.H. Dandy , Mr T. Hudson, Mr. J Rollinson, Miss E. Nutter, Miss A. Nutter Miss B. A. Lucas, Mrs. S Bradshaw, Old Chapel Fund, Mr. M. Brown, Mr. H. Dandy, Mr. G. H. Hudson , Miss M. Irvine, Mrs. E. A. Higgin, Mr. C. Haworth, Mr. T. W. Waddington, Mrs. J. Denbigh, Mrs Edith Brown, Mr. R. Bradshaw, Miss Eleanor Brotherton, Mrs. M. E .Exton, Mrs Ethel Hudson, Mrs Nancy Bradshaw, Mr. Jesse Holgate, Mr .Harry Robinson, and Mary Robinson, Mrs Ethel Rollinson, The Rev J H Ewbank B.A.,B.D., Mrs. Margaret Bradshaw, Mr. Walter Chadwick, Mr. John Shaw, Mr. Lewis Brown, Mr. Albert Cunliffe, Miss Alice Smith, Miss Margaret Whitehead , Miss Edith Waddington, Mrs. Ashworth Mr W (Bill) H Waddington, Mrs Vera Harrison, Mrs Jennie Chadwick, Mary F. Hartley, Eva Henderson, Florence Kellett.

Nazareth Unitarian Cha elml Mr. David Atki[￿￿ Mr. Richard Btxewell Mr. Barry BTown Mr. Julian BrowD Mrs. Maween Brown Miss Rachel Brown Mr. Tony Cann Mrs. Gillian Casjidy Mr. lioitrt Foreman Adiv¢ 21 notrA¢¢ive 5 Mrs. Emma C. Gray Mr5.DO￿thY Hewerdine Mr. John Hewerdine 26 Msrth 2024 Ms Pamela HotKroft Mr& Mildred H￿bI Mr. Pau] Hubbard Mrs. LyThlsey Kelly Mr5. jan￿ E. Latham P•nela McC4rthy Rev. Gillian Peel Mrs. Ir¢ne Slater Mrs. Sheilah Stott Mr. Phil 'i'On￿la Mrn. Freda Whitt]e

Padiham Unitarian Chapel

Church Street

Padiham

Lancashire

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NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2024

Prepared by

IAN DALZELL LTD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

Broughton Lodge Mews Field Broughton Grange-over-Sands Cumbria LA11 6HL

NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31 December 2024

	2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Fund		Funds	Fund
	£	£	£	£	£	£
INCOME :
Collections (Open & Envelopes)	4,919		4,919	6,035		6,035
Subscriptions, Donations & Grants	29,126		29,126	18,920		18,920
Garden Fund Grants	-	1,550	1,550	-	5,900	5,900
Bequests	-		-			-
Tax Reclaimed (Gift Aid)	1,125		1,125	1,856		1,856
Rentals & Function Fees Received	14,353		14,353	13,681		13,681
Event Receipts	5,088		5,088	3,771		3,771
Bank & Building Society Interest	-		-			-
Dividends & Investment Income	5,549		5,549	5,383		5,383
Realised Gains/(Losses) on Sale of Investments	395		395	-		-
	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------
	60,555	1,550	62,105	49,646	5,900	55,546
	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------
EXPENDITURE :
Event, Function & Musical Extravaganza Expenses	3,093		3,093	1,392		1,392
Property Running Expenses (inc Caretaker Wages)	40,471		40,471	39,928		39,928
Salaries, Pensions & Preaching Fees	18,220		18,220	18,253		18,253
Subscriptions, Donations and General
Assembly Fees & Contributions	2,110		2,110	1,908		1,908
Administrative Expenses	669		669	655		655
Repairs, Renewals & Refurbishments	7,385		7,385	7,791		7,791
Garden Fund Expenditure	-	2,963	2,963	-	2,296	2,296
Depreciation on Fixtures, Fittings & Equipment	596		596	745		745
	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------
	72,544	2,963	75,507	70,672	2,296	72,968
	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)	(11,989)	(1,413)	(13,402)	(21,026)	3,604	(17,422)
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NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL BALANCE SHEET as at 31 December 2024

NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL BALANCE SHEET as at 31 December 2024
	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023
	£	£	£	£	£
FIXED ASSETS
Land at cost	5,101		5,101
Chapel	1,000		1,000
95 Church Street	13,000		13,000
Car Park	24,381		24,381
Less Amount written off to Income &
Expenditure Account	(24,381)		(24,381)
	----------	19,101	----------		19,101
Fixtures, Fittings & Equipment at cost	75,150		75,150
Additions	-		-
Less Depreciation at 20% p.a. to date	(72,766)		(72,170)
	----------	2,384	----------		2,980
		---------			---------
		21,485			22,081
INVESTMENTS
Stocks & Shares at market value (see Note 1)		161,231			142,729
CURRENT ASSETS
Santander (Fundraising Account)	11,132		11,132
Junior Bank Account	24		23
Barclays Current Account	47,472		55,318
	---------		---------
	58,628		66,473
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors	-		-
	----------	58,628	----------		66,473
		---------			---------
		241,344			231,283
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FINANCED BY :
Garden Restricted Fund Net Balance brought forward		3,604			-
Surplus/(Deficit) for year		(1,413)			3,604
		---------			---------
Garden Restricted Fund Net Balance remaining		2,191			3,604
		---------			---------
Unrestricted Fund brought forward		203,704			224,730
Surplus/(Deficit) for year		(11,989)			(21,026)
Unrealised Gains/(Losses) on Investments b/f	23,975		28,520
Realised (Gains)/Losses on Investments previously
Unrealised	1,409
Unrealised Gains/(Losses) on Investments in year	22,054		(4,545)
Unrealised Gains/(Losses) on Investments c/f	----------	47,438	----------		23,975
		---------			---------
		239,153			227,679
		---------			---------
		241,344			231,283
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NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL

ACCOUNTANTS REPORT

We have prepared the above attached Income & Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet from the information and explanations supplied to us.

IAN DALZELL LTD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

13 March 2025

Broughton Lodge Mews Field Broughton Grange-over-Sands Cumbria LA11 6HL

NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS for the year ended 31 December 2024

1.	Investments comprise:
		2024	2024	2023	2023
		Number of	Market	Number of	Market
		Shares	Value	Shares	Value
		£	£	£	£
	BMO Commercial Property Trust (cost £4,961)	-	-	4,900	3,553
	GlaxoSmithKline (cost £4,887) (4 for 5 22/07/22)	344	4,629	344	4,989
	Haleon (cost £1084, demerger from GSK)	430	1,623	430	1,383
	Henderson Far Eastern Income (cost £10,997)	3,657	8,393	3,657	7,862
	Henderson High Income (cost £9,832)	6,080	9,880	6,080	9,515
	Lazard Global Equity Income (cost £11,000)	13,322	18,418	13,322	16,919
	Lloyds Banking Gp Ordinary (cost £6,844)	8,176	4,479	8,176	3,901
	National Grid (cost £7,488 less Rights Issue sold £652)	1,176	11,172	1,176	12,442
	Liontrust Global Innovation B Acc (cost £11,000)	4,142	38,561	4,559	12,720
	Newton Global Growth & Income (cost £20,000)	17,049	30,222	17,049	28,212
	Premier Foods (cost £6,129)	200	375	2,000	2,712
	Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (cost £2,171)	5,530	2,809	5,530	2,461
	Shell Global (cost £7,509)	342	8,468	342	8,795
	Tate & Lyle Ordinary (cost £3,304)	774	5,027	903	5,951
	Whitbread Ordinary (cost £2,736)	389	11,460	389	14,222
	Whitbread Ordinary (cost £2,910)	194	5,715	194	7,092
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			161,231		142,729
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• a) The shares in BMO Commercial Property Trust were taken over by the Starwood Group in the year. 96p per share was received from the buyers. The unrealised loss to 31/12/23 was £1,409 which has been transferred from Unrealised Gains/(Losses) to Income & Expenditure Account (Unrestricted Funds) less the realised gain in 2024 of £1,252 to give a nett realised loss of £257.

• b) National Grid had a rights issue in 2024 of 7 shares for every 24 held. These were sold for £652. The proceeds have been added to realised gains in the year.

• c) Premier Foods shares were purchased when they had a nominal value if 1p. Sometime since purchase, they became 10p shares. Therefore, in the past, the market values have been incorrect by using 2,000 shares when the correct number of shares should have been 200. The number of shares has now been adjusted to give the correct market value (and unrealised loss adjusted accordingly).

• d) Liontrust Global Innovation B Acc was formerly Liontrust Global Equity A Acc. The number of units held has been changed from 4,559 to 4,142.

• e) Tate & Lyle shares numbered 903 when they were purchased. The holding is now only 774 shares. Therefore, in the past, the market values have been incorrect. The number of shares has now been adjusted to give the correct market value (and unrealised loss adjusted accordingly).

• During 2024 £18,000 (2023: £18,000) fees were paid to the Lancashire Collaborative Ministry.

3. Property Running Expenses (inc Caretaker Wages) comprise: Wages (including NIC and pension) Heat, Light, Power, Water + Phone Insurance Waste Removal and Cleaning Materials	2024 £ 13,978 18,177 8,316 - 40,471	2023 £ 13,089 18,956 7,820 63 39,928

Church Street, Padiham, BB12 8JH

Annual Report 2024

Members of the Congregation enjoying the Anniversary Service Lunch

Mission Statement

Padiham Unitarians are liberal Christians who are not bound by creeds but recognise the divine spark in humanity, offering respect and tolerance to all.

A group

of visitors

at our Anniversary Service

Exhibition held in Chapel on the history of Padiham Unitarian Chapel

Contents

President’s Report

Minister’s Report

Secretary’s Report

Treasurer’s Report

Chapel Accounts

Trustee’s Report

List of Officers

Bequests

List of Members

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

This year Padiham Chapel celebrated its 150th anniversary with a special service, a lunch and exhibitions on the history of Padiham, the history of our chapel and Unitarianism. The Chapel was open for three days so members of the community could come and see the exhibitions. School children from our local school came and learned about the history of Padiham. On Sunday 27th April Rev. Jim Corrigall, a former minister at Padiham, gave the address at our special anniversary service which was attended by over 50 people. After the service we had a lunch which was attended by most of the people who attended the service. A big thank you to all who helped to make our 150th anniversary celebration such great success.

We have had new people attending the church this year some of whom have begun participating in services. It is wonderful to see new faces giving us hope for the future of our chapel.

This year we have had several very successful events that have brought many people from the community into the church which has raised money for charity. In September the Second Rossendale Scout Group brass band gave a concert that filled the church. At our Christmas service the Goodshaw Brass Band played which was a wonderful musical experience.

We have also been exploring new ways of conducting our services. It is still a work in progress but as new people become involved we hope as a chapel to evolve. Thank you to Tony Cann who has continued to provide our services on Zoom. There are several members who don’t live locally who attend regularly on Zoom.

Due to the hard work of our Secretary, Freda Whittle, the use of our building has increased. We now have monthly markets as well as the monthly meeting of U3A. Many of the U3A groups meetings are held at the chapel as well as a drumming group, spiritualist group and a AA group.

We are in the process of having the roof of the chapel assessed. We are still having problems with the roof leaking. Once the assessment is completed we will then have to determine how to pay for the repairs needed. Our heating bills are still very large but the rentals are covering a significant amount of that bill. Our monthly deficit is decreasing so hopefully we will be more financially stable in 2005.

Thank you to everyone on the Chapel Committee for all their hard work and support during my first year as president.

Pamela Hopcroft President

MINISTER’S REPORT

Worship

Rites of Passage In memorium

Gordon Hale

Colette Benstead Ted Davidson Eileen Knight

The wedding of Sophie and Diane

The baptism of Riccardo and Sophia-Ray Hensby The wedding of Keith and Danielle

We have welcomed a few new regular attendees and they have begun to offer valuable contributions. One new member has offered to play the guitar for services and is willing to do readings and another had led a couple of meditations. We look forward to additional contributions.

150th anniversary - we had a successful Anniversary Service with associated activities, including a wonderful and educational exhibition on the history of the chapel, Padiham and local Unitarians/Unitarianism, special guest service leader, Jim Corrigall and a fantastic lunch in the big hall.

Educational materials were produce as well as a memories from our chapel booklet.

I’m sure we all are grateful to everyone involved for their hard work in making our anniversary memorable.

Special Events

Thanks to Barry for organising the Scout Band Concert in September The South African event with Professor Pro Torkington and dinner was entertaining and informative

Social responsibility/Outreach

Social responsibility is an ethical concept in which a person works and cooperates with other people and organisations for the benefit of the community. For the chapel congregation it is the outreach and pastoral care for those who are part of our congregation and involved in the activities we host or put on as well as our reaching out into the wider community.

Despite the elongated negotiations with Burnley Council, which has prevented work on the trees being completed, work is expected to done in April 2025. This, in turn, will enable the polytunnel which has been generously donated by a local company to be erected. The breeze block terraces have been completed. Thanks to a generous donation from James Benstead, the stone cladding will be completed early April 25.

We have also enlisted the help of a volunteer with the Rawtenstall food bank who has gardening experience to do the garden at the front of chapel and oversee the work on the community garden. James will be paid on an hourly basis, but we have additional people with

varying levels of experience to volunteer, including a couple heavily involved with Civic Pride and Incredible Edible in Rossendale who will contribute to designing the Garden and source free plants.

The Drop in is now a twice monthly cafe with games available, socialising and light meals. Future activities and workshops include flower arrangements, knitting and other suggestions would be welcome.

Rev Dr Shannon Ledbetter

SECRETARY’S REPORT

This year has been a relatively good one for Padiham, early in the year we had a successful day of celebrations for the chapel anniversary with a service followed by a shared meal in the hall.

We have had two South African based events which were well attended and the South African based food was appreciated.

We continue to have a good relationship with the diverse groups that rent the building.

The continued success of the building rentals has raised much needed funds for the chapel and brought a lot of people into the building, sadly this has not been translated in attendance at the Sunday service

We have continued to have monthly artisan markets run in conjunction with VSMS marketing, where the monies for the tea room have gone to chapel . Although this started slowly the numbers attending are growing with the Christmas market being very successful.

We continue to have a good relationship with the diverse groups that rent the building.

The Unity garden has made some progress but has been slowed by the tree preservation order imposed by the local council, hopefully this will be resolved soon.

Freda Whittle

Chapel Secretary

TREASURER’S REPORT

I am sometimes accused of being gloomy about our financial position. This, I think, is justified in these times of rising costs and decreasing numbers in the pews.

The accounts for this year show a loss of over £13k which though less than last year is still a loss. The amounts received in grants has increased, namely due to £5k from Bolton Bank Street and monies from Nelum and the Social Prescribing/CVS fund for the drop-in cafe but our collections in chapel, however, are down by 17%.

Rentals provide chapel with a good income and bring new people from various groups into our buildings and I give thanks to Freda and Lynne for facilitating this.

I also thank congregation and committee members for their continued help and support. Whilst I try and attend services as frequently as possible, life often gets in the way and I appreciate the practical help with collections. Our system seems to work well.

Lastly, if anyone would like more information about the simplex envelope scheme please contact me and likewise if you need to update me about your tax position with respect to Gift aid.

Irene Slater Treasurer

CHAPEL ACCOUNTS .4L4BETH [TrIT.￿.￿N CJL4PEL coItE.￿ND EVE)IYITIIiE.ICCOI"NT foi the i"tai"ellded.IL Dtrt]nbtr 2024 7074 70?4 Unrethcted Restheled Futtd 20?4 20?3 7073 Totsi Un￿SInC1ed Re5thcted Fund 2023 Totsl COME". Colle¢tsots¥ (Op#) & EniplLy¥I Siths(ryttons. D(￿t￿ll5 & Gr8uts GaTdtD FuLdGJ7llts Requ￿t% TaXReClaJn￿d (GAft￿l￿ Rentals & Functsoll FeesRecaved E￿e￿t Reteipts Bank & Bulldmg sO￿e￿.]￿lere5tr IhNidends & I0&￿t[Dent lllcon RÈ2J]%ed Ga￿￿([￿>e%I OJJ S21e DfTttvesknaJts 4.919 4,919 29.126 1.550 6,035 18.920 6,035 18.920 1.550 1.125 14.353 5.088 1.125 1.856 1.856 13.681 3,771 5,088 5.549 395 5.549 395 5.383 5.383 60,555 1.550 62.105 49.&16 55,546 E￿Ent, Funrtwn & ￿traI￿ganIa Expen5 3,(93 40.471 18220 3,093 40.471 18.220 1,392 39.928 18.253 1.39? 39.928 18.253 Salane5. Pell￿0￿5 & Pre8cbJDEFee5 8ub%npttons. IkllatsoTrs GffleThl sembly Fees & Conthbutiolls AdjllJ￿5trail1.eK￿5e5 Repaus. Re￿¢￿a]S & RefiubiFJutKT15 G2nknFulld Expth"ture Deprecjatioll ollFLYtLUES. FittiLgs & Eq 2.LLO 669 7,385 1.90B 655 7,791 1.908 655 7,791 2,296 745 669 7,385 2.963 596 2.963 2296 596 745 72.544 2.963 75.507 70.672 2.296 77.968 sUP￿LusI(DEFICtD 111,989) (1.413) Il3,40? 121,026) 3,6Lkl {17,4221

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TRUSTEE’S REPORT

During the year, the Trustees managed to hold a meeting in person and on Zoom.

Work on the chimney at 95 Church Street was satisfactorily executed and gas check concerns duly alleviated. A camera was installed outside the house to alleviate any concerns regarding safety that Lynn, our wonderful caretaker, may have.

In my report last year I made reference to the refurbishment of rooms downstairs but there has been an on-going issue with some ingress of dampness and thanks to the good offices of Tony Cann and the Bowland Charitable Trust this has now been rectified and I duly treated the areas with chemicals and painted the areas concerned.

There is some concern about some raining in in the Chapel and we are currently awaiting ‘drone photographs’ with a firm to ascertain what issues there are before attempting corrective treatment.

One of our investments was repaid and it was agreed to re-invest the proceeds together with some cash reserve in two stocks one of which on professional advice was a gilt.

One issue of ongoing concern is that of being quorate for Trustee meetings and at the current time our inability to appoint a new Trustee. We continue to try to resolve this.

Finally, as ever, I would like to place on record my thanks for the unanimous support of members for the actions we have taken during the last year.

Barry R. Brown Hon. Secretary Trustees

LIST OF OFFICERS

Officers/Chapel Committee

President: Pamela Hopcroft Secretary: Freda Whittle Treasurer: Irene Slater Barry Brown Maureen Brown Tony Cann Janet Latham

Christmas Market Co-ordinator: Freda Whittle Organist: Barry Brown Pulpit Secretary: Rev Shannon Ledbetter Simplex Co-ordinator: Irene Slater Warden: Barry Brown Social Responsibility: Rev Shannon Ledbetter Correspondence: Janet Latham Rentals: Freda Whittle

Trustees

Chairman: Julian Brown Secretary: Barry Brown Treasurer: David Atkinson Richard Bracewell Lyndsay Kelly Irene Slater Phil Tomlin

BEQUESTS

The late:

Mrs. J. Grundy, Mrs C Spencer, Mrs C. Marsden, Mr. George Waddington, Mr Peter Laycock, Miss M.J. Helm, Mrs. D. Aldersley, Mrs Eli Whitehead, Mrs. Wm. Roberts, Miss A. Robinson, Mrs M. Hudson, Mrs. T. C Holland, Mrs M Bertwistle, Miss E. Holland, Miss M Aspden, Mrs N Ingham, Mr. S. Denbigh, Mrs. J. Marsden, Mr. D. Harrison, Mr. E. Garner, Mrs. T. G .Robinson, Memorial Investments, Mrs. E. Dandy, Mr. A. Wilkinson, Mr. W.H. Dandy , Mr T. Hudson, Mr. J Rollinson, Miss E. Nutter, Miss A. Nutter Miss B. A. Lucas, Mrs. S Bradshaw, Old Chapel Fund, Mr. M. Brown, Mr. H. Dandy, Mr. G. H. Hudson , Miss M. Irvine, Mrs. E. A. Higgin, Mr. C. Haworth, Mr. T. W. Waddington, Mrs. J. Denbigh, Mrs Edith Brown, Mr. R. Bradshaw, Miss Eleanor Brotherton, Mrs. M. E .Exton, Mrs Ethel Hudson, Mrs Nancy Bradshaw, Mr. Jesse Holgate, Mr .Harry Robinson, and Mary Robinson, Mrs Ethel Rollinson, The Rev J H Ewbank B.A.,B.D., Mrs. Margaret Bradshaw, Mr. Walter Chadwick, Mr. John Shaw, Mr. Lewis Brown, Mr. Albert Cunliffe, Miss Alice Smith, Miss Margaret Whitehead , Miss Edith Waddington, Mrs. Ashworth Mr W (Bill) H Waddington, Mrs Vera Harrison, Mrs Jennie Chadwick, Mary F. Hartley, Eva Henderson, Florence Kellett.

Nazareth Unitarian Cha elml Mr. David Atki[￿￿ Mr. Richard Btxewell Mr. Barry BTown Mr. Julian BrowD Mrs. Maween Brown Miss Rachel Brown Mr. Tony Cann Mrs. Gillian Casjidy Mr. lioitrt Foreman Adiv¢ 21 notrA¢¢ive 5 Mrs. Emma C. Gray Mr5.DO￿thY Hewerdine Mr. John Hewerdine 26 Msrth 2024 Ms Pamela HotKroft Mr& Mildred H￿bI Mr. Pau] Hubbard Mrs. LyThlsey Kelly Mr5. jan￿ E. Latham P•nela McC4rthy Rev. Gillian Peel Mrs. Ir¢ne Slater Mrs. Sheilah Stott Mr. Phil 'i'On￿la Mrn. Freda Whitt]e

Padiham Unitarian Chapel

Church Street

Padiham

Lancashire

Tel: [phone]