## **ST MARY LE WIGFORD CHURCH**
## **End of Year Financial Statements**
## **Year ending 2024**
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## • **Introduction**
## **PARISH OF LINCOLN, ST MARY-LE-WIGFORD with ST BENEDICT & ST MARK**
## **ANNUAL REPORT 2024**
The Parochial Church Council of Lincoln, St Mary-le-Wigford with St Benedict and St Mark in the Diocese of Lincoln has the responsibility for the promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical. The PCC also has the responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of the Parish Church building, which is Grade I listed, and responsibility for St Benedict’s Church which is closed for worship and leased to Unicorn Tree Books (Melanie Carroll). It also has responsibility for the Church Hall attached to St Mary-le-Wigford Church.
## **Electoral Roll**
The number on the Electoral Roll as reported at the 2024 APCM was 13. Of these none was a resident of the parish.
## **PCC Membership (from May 2024)**
Mr. C. Woodcock (Churchwarden, ex-officio member. PCC Vice-Chairman).
The six PCC Members are elected annually.
## **Church Life**
Mr. Sebastian Brown was duly elected as the second Churchwarden at the APCM in May, after Miss Jackie Kirk stepped down due to physical and mobility issues. Miss Kirk had given 13 years’ dedicated service to St Mary-le-Wigford Church as Churchwarden. After a full year without an incumbent, and following the Revd Canon Paul Noble’s retirement in April 2024, thankfully a large percentage of the midweek Communion services were covered by a variety of retired or serving clergy, for which the PCC were very grateful, over the period of May-December 2024.
The PCC met on six occasions during the year with an attendance of 80%.
Attendance at the weekly midweek Wednesday Eucharist increased over the duration of the year, with the continued presence of visitors to the city, passers-by popping in after spotting the notice boards outside, as well as growth in the St Mary’s regular worshipping community. Additional special services marking significant dates in the calendar were added, with the intention of making these permanent as the years progress. Our regular ‘Pizza & Prayers’ service of Evensong began, planned for the last Sunday of the month, with engagement from the University of Lincoln and Bishop Grosseteste University.
Reports on Safeguarding were received by the PCC at every meeting. There were no Safeguarding issues reported in 2024.
The Deanery Synod met four times during the year. Reports of the proceedings were presented to the PCC by Miss J. Kirk. Much of the Synod’s business continued to be taken up with Diocesan Reorganisation plans and the ‘Time to Change Together’ initiative.
As the link between St Peter-at-Gowts and St Mary-le-Wigford had been dissolved, the PCCs of St Maryle-Wigford and All Saints, Monks Road agreed unanimously on a Memorandum of Understanding,
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formalising the link between the two parishes. This had been agreed by Archidiaconal Pastoral Committee and was signed off in the later part of 2024.
Giving and rental income continued to slowly increase over the course of 2024, aided by the addition of a diocesan-wide bid to install Wi-Fi-enabled Wireless Card Donations in all the churches where it was possible, with a variety of different-sized donation machines given to churches across the County. Our SumUp card machine was installed in May, and it proved to have been a huge bonus to our weekly community giving, as well as during special events and other special services during the calendar year.
The church and church hall have continued to support the Lincolnshire-wide Ukrainian Community, and our regular community groups that have used the hall for many years. These consist of two groups concerned with mental health wellbeing, and the Common Ground Theatre to rehearse for their two annual plays, alongside other one-off rentals that pop up over the year.
The PCC and regular worshiping community look forward to welcoming our new Priest-in-Charge, Fr Sion Hughes Carew, who is due to be installed on 22[nd] February at All Saints on Monks Road.
Signed………. _Miss Jackie Kirk_
Jackie Kirk - Treasurer
Date- 31[st] October 2025
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Total**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**total funds**|
|---|---|
|**Income and endowments from:**
Investments
Other income
GIFT AID
Gift Aid Cash
HMRC - Gift Aid Claim return
Refund - Electricity supplier
Wigford Heritage Project
Lincoln Diocesan Trust & Board of Finance Ltd
Craft Fair Income
Ecclesiastical Donations for Major
Repairs/Maintenance
Transfer from the CCLA Investments - Ecclesiastical
Fund
Midweek and Special Church Services - Plate Cash
Donations
**Total income and endowments from:**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Expenditure on charitable activities
Other expenditure
Utilities
Insurance
Travel Costs
Office supplies
Food & Church Cafe costs|£793
£793
£782
£10,171
£10,171
£16,456
£1,554
£1,554
£880
£1,239
£1,239
£4,837
£8,383
£255
£255
£10,000
£10,000
£20,000
£2,146
£2,146|
||**£26,160**
**£26,160**
**£51,340**
£1,002
£1,002
£1,075
£150
£150
£150
£11,278
£11,278
£3,754
£8,366
£8,366
£7,152
£6,849
£6,849
£7,310
£152
£1,366
£1,366
£663|
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|Cleaning & Maintenance Costs
Church Supplies
Training Costs
Diocesan Parish Share for St Mary Le Wigford
Church
Support related expenditure
HLF Grant Funding Expenditure
Equipment Costs
Church Repairs
Annual Fire Extinguisher service and renewal
Wigford Heritage Project
CCLI Church Music Licenses
EE Broadband Church Office
Quinquennial Inspection
Major Church Hall Repairs
Bank Transfer Ecclesiastical to General Account -
Running Costs
Bookers Lincoln
**Total expenditure on:**
**Net income / (expenditure)**
**Transfers**
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
**Net income / (expenditure)**
**Other recognised gains / losses**
Gains / losses on investment assets
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use
**Net movement in funds**
**Total funds brought forward**
**Total funds carried forward**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Designated**
Ecclesiastical Account
Relief in Need Account
**Restricted**
Ecclesiastical - COIF - Investment Fund
Ecclesiastical CCLA Investments
Relief In Need - COIF - Investment Fund
Relief in Need CCLA Investment|£498
£221
£221
£365
£2,250
£2,250
£750
£750
£550
£4,123
£4,123
£3,990
£7,134
£7,134
£7,757
£148
£148
£140
£115
£317
£317
£500|
|---|---|
||**£43,958**
**£43,958**
**£34,176**|
||**(£17,798)**
**(£17,798)**
**£17,163**
£20,000
(£20,000)|
||**(£17,798)**
**(£17,798)**
**£17,163**
(£4,287)
(£4,287)
£58,872
£551,800|
||**(£17,798)**
**(£4,287)**
**(£22,085)**
**£627,835**|
||**£61,272**
**£590,672**
**£651,944**
**£24,108**|
||**£43,473**
**£586,384**
**£629,858**
**£651,944**
£6,238
£6,238
£12,173
£34,787
£34,787
£46,297
£2,447
£2,447
£2,800
£14,590
£14,590
£14,268
£252,173
£252,173
£263,058
£14,570
£14,570
£14,248
£305,050
£305,050
£299,096|
## **Balance sheet**
||**Total funds**
**Prior year funds**|
|---|---|
|**Fixed assets**
Investments
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Net current assets less current liabilities**|£606,384
£610,672|
||**£606,384**
**£610,672**
£23,473
£41,272|
||**£23,473**
**£41,272**|
||**£23,473**
**£41,272**|
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|**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets less liabilities**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Designated**
Relief in Need Account
Ecclesiastical Account
**Restricted**
Ecclesiastical CCLA Investments
Relief in Need CCLA Investment
Ecclesiastical - COIF - Investment Fund
Relief In Need - COIF - Investment Fund
**Funds of the church**|**£629,858**
**£651,944**|
|---|---|
||**£629,858**
**£651,944**
£6,238
£12,173
£2,447
£2,800
£34,787
£46,297
£252,173
£263,058
£305,050
£299,096
£14,590
£14,268
£14,570
£14,248|
||**£629,858**
**£651,944**|
## **Statement of assets and liabilities**
||**General Designated**
**Restricted Endowment**
**This year**
**Last year**|
|---|---|
|**Fixed assets - Investments**
Ecclesiastical CCLA Investment -
Relief in Need CCLA Investment -
Ecclesiastical - COIF - CCLA Investment -
Relief In Need - COIF - CCLA Investments -
**Totals**
**Current assets - Cash at bank and in hand**
General Account -
Relief in Need Account -
Ecclesiastical Account -
**Totals**
**Grand total**|£20,000
£252,173
£272,173
£283,058
£305,050
£305,050
£299,096
£14,590
£14,590
£14,268
£14,570
£14,570
£14,248|
||**£20,000**
**£586,384**
**£606,384**
**£610,672**
£5,710
(£2,391)
£3,319
£9,558
£2,447
£2,447
£2,800
£528
£17,178
£17,706
£28,912|
||**£6,238**
**£17,235**
**£23,473**
**£41,272**|
||**£6,238**
**£37,235**
**£586,384**
**£629,858**
**£651,944**|
## **Fund movement by type**
||**Opening Incoming Outgoing Transfers Gains/losses Journals Closing**|
|---|---|
|**CCLAECC - Ecclesiastical CCLA**
Restricted
**Sub-total for CCLAECC**
**CCLARIN - Relief in Need CCLA**
Restricted
**Sub-total for CCLARIN**
**ECCCOIF - Ecclesiastical - COI**
Restricted
**Sub-total for ECCCOIF**
**RINCOIF - Relief In Need - COI**
Restricted
**Sub-total for RINCOIF**
**General - General fund**
Unrestricted
**Sub-total for General**
**Relief - Relief in Need Account**
Designated
**Sub-total for Relief**|£263,058
(£10,885)
£252,173|
||**£263,058**
**(£10,885)**
**£252,173**
£299,096
£5,953
£305,050|
||**£299,096**
**£5,953**
**£305,050**
£14,268
£322
£14,590|
||**£14,268**
**£322**
**£14,590**
£14,248
£321
£14,570|
||**£14,248**
**£321**
**£14,570**
£12,173
£9,366
£15,301
£6,238|
||**£12,173**
**£9,366**
**£15,301**
**£6,238**
£2,800
£396
£750
£2,447|
||**£2,800**
**£396**
**£750**
**£2,447**|
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|**Eccles - Ecclesiastical Account**
Designated
**Sub-total for Eccles**
**Grand total**|£46,297
£16,397
£27,907
£34,787|
|---|---|
||**£46,297**
**£16,397**
**£27,907**
**£34,787**|
||**£651,944**
**£26,160**
**£43,958**
**(£4,287)**
**£629,858**|
## **Analysis of income and expenditure**
||||||**Total**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**This year**|**Last year**|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**|||||||
|**Investments**|||||||
|114 - COIF CHAR INVESTMENT -||£396|||£396|£391|
|Relief in Need|||||||
|115 - COIF CHAR INVESTME -||£397|||£397|£391|
|Ecclesiastical|||||||
|116 - Lincoln Diocesan Trust -|||||||
|Interest|||||||
|131 - Transfer from CCLA Investment|||||||
|- Relief|||||||
|Total||£793|||£793|£782|
|**Other income**|||||||
|104 - Hall Rental|£3,227||||£3,227|£4,771|
|105 - Church Rental|£660||||£660|£2,022|
|106 - Church Yard Rental|£183||||£183||
|107 - Grant Funding Activities|||||||
|108 - Ecclesiastical Grant Funding|||||||
|109 - Relief in Need Grant Funding|||||||
|112 - Music Events in Church|||||||
|113 - Unicorn Tree Books Rent - St||£6,000|||£6,000|£9,000|
|Benedict's|||||||
|118 - Miscellaneous Income||||||£501|
|119 - Rental of St Mary's PA System|||||||
|for event'|||||||
|122 - Non-Gift Aid donations|£100||||£100|£160|
|Total|£4,171|£6,000|||£10,171|£16,456|
|**GIFT AID**|||||||
|101 - Regular Gift Aid donations|£680||||£680|£880|
|125 - Gift Aid - Fundraising Events|||||||
|133 - SumUp Card Reader Gift Aid|£874||||£874||
|Donations - C|||||||
|Total|£1,554||||£1,554|£880|
|**Gift Aid Cash**|||||||
|102 - Gift Aid Envelopes|£400||||£400|£1,500|
|103 - Cafe Income - Donations|||||||
|110 - Cash Gift Aid Donations|£723||||£723|£3,051|
|111 - Candle Gift Aid Donations|£116||||£116|£285|
|Total|£1,239||||£1,239|£4,837|
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## **HMRC - Gift Aid Claim return**
|**HMRC - Gift Aid Claim return**||
|---|---|
|121 - HMRC Gift Aid Claim Return
£8,383
Total
£8,383
**Refund - Electricity supplier**
124 - Electricity - Refund/credit
Total
**Lincoln Diocesan Trust & Board of Finance Ltd**
128 - Lincoln Diocesan Trust & Board
of Finance
Total
**Craft Fair Income**
126 - Craft Market Stall Income
£255
£255
Total
£255
£255
**Ecclesiastical Donations for Major Repairs/Maintenance**
129 - Ecclesiastical - Bell Tower
Donations
Total
**Transfer from the CCLA Investments - Ecclesiastical Fund**
130 - Transfer from CCLA Investment
- Eccles
£10,000
£10,000
£20,000
Total
£10,000
£10,000
£20,000
**Midweek and Special Church Services - Plate Cash Donations**
132 - Midweek & Special Services
Plate Cash GA
£2,146
£2,146
Total
£2,146
£2,146|£8,383|
||£8,383|
||£2,146
£2,146|
|**INCOME TOTAL**|£9,366
£16,793
£26,160
£51,340|
## **EXPENDITURE**
|**EXPENDITURE**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Raising funds**||||
|210 - Stokes Coffee|£75|£75||
|212 - Church Food & Cafe Costs|£927|£927|£1,075|
|other||||
|Total|£1,002|£1,002|£1,075|
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**||||
|224 - Grants Online Annual|£150|£150|£150|
|Subscription||||
|Total|£150|£150|£150|
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|**Other expenditure**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|206 - Refuse Collection|£1,449||£1,449|£1,217|
|207 - Freedom Fire & Security|£85||£85||
|208 - PHS Hygiene|£1,422||£1,422|£1,294|
|218 - Miscellaneous - Other|£36|
£8,285|£8,321|£1,243|
|Total|£2,993|
£8,285|£11,278|£3,754|
|**Utilities**|||||
|201 - Anglian Water|£804||£804|£536|
|202 - Calor Gas|£365||£365|£592|
|203 - Normal Gas Account|£147||£147|£551|
|204 - BT Telephone and Internet|£590||£590|£530|
|205 - BT Internet||||£855|
|219 - Electricity|£3,312||£3,312|£1,602|
|235 - E-ON - St Benedict's||£3,146|£3,146|£2,484|
|Gas/Electric Supply|||||
|Total|£5,219|
£3,146|£8,366|£7,152|
|**Insurance**|||||
|209 - Ecclesiastical Insurance|£3,352|
£304|£3,657|£3,630|
|236 - Ecclesiastical Insurance St||£3,192|£3,192|£3,679|
|Benedict's C|||||
|Total|£3,352|
£3,497|£6,849|£7,310|
|**Travel Costs**|||||
|214 - Travel Costs||||£152|
|Total||||£152|
|**Office supplies**|||||
|215 - Office Supplies|£378|
£653|£1,032|£329|
|228 - Leicester Photo - church|£334||£334|£334|
|website management|||||
|Total|£712|
£653|£1,366|£663|
|**Cleaning & Maintenance Costs**|||||
|213 - Cleaning Products Costs||||£498|
|Total||||£498|
|**Church Supplies**|||||
|216 - Church Candles &|£221||£221|£365|
|Ecclesiastical Supplies|||||
|Total|£221||£221|£365|
|**Training Costs**|||||
|217 - Training costs|||||
|Total|||||
|**Diocesan Parish Share for St Mary Le Wigford**||**Church**|||
|220 - Parish Share to the Lincoln|£1,500|
£750|£2,250||
|Diocese|||||
|Total|£1,500|
£750|£2,250||
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|**Support related expenditure**
223 - Support Related Expenditure
£750
£750
£550
Total
£750
£750
£550
**Equipment Costs**
222 - Low Level - New Equipment &
Maintenance
£2,467
£2,467
£1,735
227 - Higher Level - New Equipment
or Furniture
£1,656
£1,656
£2,255
Total
£4,123
£4,123
£3,990
**Church Repairs**
226 - Church Major Repairs
£7,134
£7,134
£7,757
Total
£7,134
£7,134
£7,757
**Annual Fire Extinguisher service and renewal**
230 - HSA Fire Protection - Annual
check
Total
**CCLI Church Music Licenses**
232 - CCLI Church Music Licenses
£148
£148
£140
Total
£148
£148
£140
**EE Broadband Church Office**
233 - EE Broadband & Phoneline
Church Office
£115
Total
£115
**Quinquennial Inspection**
234 - Quinquennial Inspection
Total
**Major Church Hall Repairs**
221 - Major Church Hall Repairs
Total
**Bank Transfer Ecclesiastical to General Account - Running Costs**
237 - Bank Transfer Ecclesiastical to
General
£317
£317
£500
Total
£317
£317
£500
**Bookers Lincoln**
238 - Bookers Lincoln
Total|£750
£750
£550|
|---|---|
||£750
£750
£550
£2,467
£2,467
£1,735
£1,656
£1,656
£2,255|
||£4,123
£4,123
£3,990
£7,134
£7,134
£7,757|
||£317
£317
£500|
|||
|**EXPENDITURE TOTAL**|£15,301
£28,657
£43,958
£34,176|
|||
|**GRAND TOTAL**|(£5,934)
(£11,863)
(£17,798)
£17,163|
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This report dated:
31 ' October 2025.
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