## 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 Expen*5
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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B.4L.4NCE SHEET
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5.101
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19.101
19.101
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75.150
75.150
(7•.766)
(7• 170)
?.384
?.980
?1.485
[VESTNI￿Ts
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142.729
CURRE￿ ASSETS
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Ju]uot BaDk. Acco￿1
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11.132
47.477
55.318
58,6?8
06.473
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58.628
66.473
141.344
?31)83
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23.975
28.520
2?,054
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47.438
?3.975
139.153
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141.344
231)83
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4.479
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17.049
4.559
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2.809
8.468
5.027
11.460
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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
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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: 01282 773184 



## **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)|
||======|======|======|======|======|======|





**NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL BALANCE SHEET as at 31 December 2024** 

|**NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL**<br>**BALANCE SHEET**<br>**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|
|||======|||======|
|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|
|||======|||======|





**NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL** 

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## **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|
||||----------||----------|
||||161,231||142,729|
||||======||======|



- 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). 

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

|3.<br>Property Running Expenses (inc Caretaker Wages) comprise:<br>Wages (including NIC and pension)<br>Heat, Light, Power, Water + Phone<br>Insurance<br>Waste Removal and Cleaning Materials|2024<br>£<br>13,978<br>18,177<br>8,316<br>-<br>40,471|2023<br>£<br>13,089<br>18,956<br>7,820<br>63<br>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 Expen*5
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
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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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19.101
19.101
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75.150
75.150
(7•.766)
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?.384
?.980
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47.477
55.318
58,6?8
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58.628
66.473
141.344
?31)83
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17.049
4.559
17.049
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2.809
8.468
5.027
11.460
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8.795
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389
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13.089
18.956
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40.471

## 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. 



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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
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notrA¢¢ive 5
Mrs. Emma C. Gray
Mr5.DO￿thY Hewerdine
Mr. John Hewerdine
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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: 01282 773184