ST GILES' CHURCH - BRAMHOPE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2016 CHARITY NUMBER 1129657
VICAR Revd. Janice Smith BANKERS HSBC Bank Plc 88 Town Street, Horsforth Leeds, LS18 4AR INDEPENDENT EXAMINER L J Blakey, Aequitas Financial LLP, 15, Byron Halls, Byron Street, Bradford. BD3 0AR 1
Annual Report And Financial Accounts For The Year Ended 31 December 2016 INDEX Page 3 7 Report of the Trustees 7 Financial Review 8 Report of the Independent Examiner 9-10 Statement of Financial Activities 2
St. Giles Parochial Church Council, Bramhope Secretary s Annual Report for the year ending 31 st December 2016 Background St. Giles PCC is responsible for promoting the work in the Parish of the whole mission of the Church: pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the church, church grounds and the adjoining church hall. Members Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. Incumbent The Revd Janice Smith Chair Churchwardens Mrs Joanne Dawdry Vice-chair Mrs June Pickles Deputy Wardens Mrs Hazel Lee Mrs Jean Bradshaw Mrs Jean Weatherill Mr Stephen Giles Reader Mr Jonathan Slater Ex Officio Secretary Mrs Miranda Reynard Ex Officio Representatives of Dr John Grahame Retires APCM 2017 The Deanery Synod Mrs Joy Smith Retires APCM 2017 Elected members of the PCC Ms Krystyna Novak Retires 2017 Dr Sue Ball Retires 2017 Mrs Lesley Reeves Retires 2017 Mrs Angela Smith Retires 2017 Vacancy Retires 2017 Mr Bernard Williams Retires 2018 Treasurer Mrs Karen Giles Retires 2018 Mr Nick Pinches Retires 2018 Mr Alan Tomkins Retires 2018 Mrs Joy Smith Retires 2018 Mr Matthew Laird Retires 2019 Mrs Dorothy Powney Retires 2019 Mr Jim Richardson Retires 2019 Mrs Sheila Williams Retires 2019 Mr Keith Smith Retires 2019 3
Committees The committees and working party groups currently in operation at St. Giles are listed below along with their responsibilities. All of them meet regularly and report to the PCC either verbally at the meetings or by presentation of any minutes. Standing Committee. Transacts the business of the PCC between its meetings subject to any directions given by the Council. Finance. Oversees the financial affairs of the church by monitoring income and expenditure. Hall Management. Sees to the effective management of all aspects of the hall s usage. Communications Team. Organises the distribution of information throughout the parish and beyond using notice boards, church magazine, leaflets and the website. Also uses audio-visual equipment within church. Grounds. Manages the church grounds, keeping them in good order. The decision-making responsibility for the grounds lies with the PCC. Risk Management. Is responsible for establishing and documenting risk assessment procedures. It is also responsible for the annual review of the risks in the church and the church hall. Ministry Leadership Team (MLT). Is responsible for the various aspects of the worship and services at St. Giles Church. Safeguarding Children and Safe Church. Is responsible for the policies, processes and practices, which aim to safeguard effectively all who attend St Giles. Fabric Committee. Is responsible for the maintenance of the church building and the church hall. Mission and Outreach for Bramhope and Beyond (MOBB). Discusses and acts upon ideas and concepts to develop a Growing Church. A growing church is growing spiritually, growing in the community, growing numerically and growing wider through prayer, presence, proclamation and persuasion. Social Committee. Organises social activities throughout the year for enjoyment, to promote MOBB and to fund raise for charities and projects within church. Introduction The PCC met seven times during 2016. The average attendance was 14/15. The electoral roll is updated by Mrs Jean Weatherill and reported on at the APCM. Following the Suspension of Patrons Rights of Presentation, Revd Janice Smith was installed into the Benefice of Bramhope in November 2016 by Bishop Paul, and is now the Incumbent of St Giles Church, Bramhope. Church Services Revd Janice Smith has led the services at St. Giles Church. Revd David Kirby and Reader Jonathan Slater have assisted. Jonathan was relicensed as Reader for St Giles Church for a further 5 years at a service at Bradford Cathedral in May. The All.together service on the 2 nd Sunday continues to thrive. There are Welcomers to welcome everyone into church at all services; to show new people where to go, what to do, answer questions and to help with any special needs. They regularly review their practise so that all visitors, regular or otherwise receive a warm welcome. Once inside the church the Sidespeople take over this role. All the Easter services and Christmas services were well supported again this year. Many appreciated the lighting of candles for a loved one in the Chapel of All Saints. Come to Harvest Sunday was in October. The Toy Service in December was well supported again this year, including toys donated by the children of Bramhope Primary School during their annual visit at Christmas. Otley Social Services then distributed the toys. 4
Education Sunday was celebrated in September. Revd Janice Smith and Reader Jonathan Slater visit Ashcroft House care home regularly. Holy Communion is given to those residents who request it. There is a monthly service usually led by our Reader Jonathan Slater and the Christmas Service is supported by the choir. Healing Ministry continues to be a regular feature at Sunday morning and evening services. This is a well-used service by both people inside and outside the church. Thank you to the organist, choir, musicians, band and singers who support the services. Mission and Outreach in Bramhope and Beyond (MOBB) There has been a big focus on Leading Your Church Into Growth-Local (LYCIG-Local) over the course of 2016 and Robin Gamble came to preach. The Lent groups were based around it and there were follow up courses in the autumn as well as discussion at PCC meetings. Thank you to Gill Pinches and Marion Skirrow for their many years service as the St Giles magazine editors. Louise Riley and Caroline Donnelly have taken over this role. The Communications Team introduced St Giles to Facebook. The Churchwardens have re-started the Open House group on a monthly basis to welcome people for afternoon tea and cakes. Nurturing Faith Four adults and four children were confirmed at a service on 24 th January. The Home Nurture groups were based around LYCIG-Local. The congregation was invited to discuss aspects of church life and how elements of prayer, proclamation, persuasion and presence can be improved. A number of parishioners attended the Parish Weekend at Rydal hall in April. The theme was, In all you say and do. Janice attended a clergy conference on the subject of Hope and has also been on retreat. She has attended courses on social media, funerals and ministerial development. There was another successful Alpha Course over the autumn period. Church Events Messy Church came to the Mothering Sunday Service and Father s Day Service this year and both were a great success. May saw another successful Men s Supper Club book sale and a concert, Encore, was organised by the Social Committee. Bramhope village celebrated the Queen s 90 th birthday in June. St Giles did this with a service of thanksgiving, a Black Tie dinner and Afternoon Tea. St Giles Church members were delighted to celebrate Canon Clayton s anniversaries on 3 rd July. It was his 105 th birthday and the 80 th anniversary of his ordination. Bishop Nick came to preach. Thank you to the Social Committee for organising the fund raising events. Young People Revd. Smith visits Bramhope Primary School on a regular basis to take assemblies for both Key Stage 1 and 2. She attended the pupils assemblies in June/July, which were about the Rio Olympics. Revd. Smith led an Easter Service there for KS2 accompanied by organist John Smith and KS1 visited St Giles as part of its Easter celebrations. KS2 pupils visited St Giles in December as part of its Christmas celebrations. All services were very much enjoyed by both the pupils and staff. 5
Toddler Praise led by Fiona Wrightson and Reverend Janice Smith meets once a month for parents, carers and their young children. The craft mornings on Good Friday and at Christmas continue to be extremely popular. Messy Church takes place monthly over the spring/summer. It incorporates crafts, play, prayer and praise along with food and refreshments for all ages. Kidzclub restarted in September on Tuesdays after school at Bramhope Primary School. CATS (Carers and ToddlerS) continues its success on a Wednesday morning in the church hall. The Mothers Union has continued to organise the 1-5 Baptism scheme in which all children baptised at St Giles in the previous four years receive a card on the anniversary of their baptism. This year is the 25 th anniversary of doing this. Children also receive a birthday card from St Giles, which is sent by Jill Perkin, something she has done for the past 38 years. The Brownie groups meet weekly in the church hall. Revd. Smith and Safeguarding Officer, Matthew Laird, have attended course updates on Safeguarding and Safe Church. Community Links Revd Rick Ormrod is the Minister at the Methodist Church in Bramhope. Both churches enjoyed joint services in 2016, Christian Unity Sunday in January, Ash Wednesday, Passion Sunday, Remembrance Sunday and this year, the Women s World Day of Prayer. Thank you to Sue Osborne for her many years managing the village Christian Aid collections. The new co-ordinators are Marion Skirrow and Gill Pinches. St Giles took part in the Bramhope Show in September. There will be a change in how the Deanery is co-ordinated in the coming year. Maintenance The church, church grounds and the hall continue to be well maintained with the fantastic efforts of the Fabric Committee and the Grounds Committee. Thank you to Jim Molyneux for his many years of service managing the church grounds. The Quinquennial Inspection took place on 15 th October 2015 and the report became available in January 2016. No immediate repairs were needed. Repairs that required completion within 12 months were carried out in the summer. The Fire Evacuation Plan has been updated. Charities St Giles biggest donation to charity is via the Parish Share of 83,650, which pays for clergy in deprived areas where church income is significantly lower. It pays to maintain a Christian presence in areas that would otherwise be without clergy. The Parish Share for 2017 is still not known at the time of this report. St. Giles continues to promote and support the work of Christian Aid by making collections at specific services and events. Marion Skirrow and Gill Pinches now manage the village house-tohouse collection. This year, 3643 plus gift aid was collected across the village. The collection of used ink cartridges and mobile phones also contributes to the Christian Aid collection, 466 this year and 70 from the Encore concert was also donated. CATS collected underwear for the charity Smalls For All. The donated goods will be distributed to various groups in Africa. There was a collection of toiletries for St George s Crypt and a Staycaketion coffee morning. Food was donated at Lent to local food banks. Fund raising events are organised by some members of St Giles to support The Children s Society. 6
St Giles holds two Christingle services on Christmas Eve to support the Children s Society, which raised a record 1,600 this year. The produce donated at the Harvest Festival was given to Caring for Life, a local Christian charity in Cookridge. Toys from the Toy Service were sent to social services to be distributed locally. Fairtrade is supported by the use of its goods in church and by a regular stall selling Fairtrade produce. As well as giving to charity, St Giles is also the recipient of donations from the Bramhope Trust. The 50:50 Club is now up and running and doing well. We are in receipt of matched funding from Barclay s Bank for some of our events. Summary Looking forward, there will be a follow up of all the ideas that were collected as part of the Leading Your Church Into Growth- Local project. St. Giles Church continues to thrive due to the hard work and effort of a forward thinking Vicar and an enthusiastic and dedicated congregation. MOBB continues to reflect and progress the mission of St Giles. Thank you to everyone who contributes to our growing church and Christian life at St. Giles. Financial Review 2015 has been a reasonably satisfactory year financially. All bills, including our Parish Share of 82.211, have been paid in full and we ended the year with a small deficit of 2,570. This was largely due to the fact that the cost of asbestos removal was met in full during the year, but part of the income from the Asbestos Appeal was raised in 2014. Receipts Thanks are due once again to church members for their continuing generous financial support throughout the year. Of slight concern during 2014 and 2015 is the continued reduction in planned giving. This is our main source of income, and we do need to ensure that as far as possible we maintain and if possible increase our level of regular giving in order to support the on-going work of the Church. On a more positive note, social events, the new monthly 50:50 Draw, and the MSC book sale were all very successful. Not only were they very enjoyable, but they also resulted in the generation of a significant contribution to church funds. We also received a large number of individual donations as a result of the Asbestos Appeal. A donation of 5000 from the Bramhope Trust was also very gratefully received. Payments Our major item of expenditure each year is payment of the Parish Share. This is paid to the Diocese who pool the money received in order to pay for ministry throughout the Diocese. This amounted to 82,211 for St Giles in 2015 and will increase to 83,650 next year. The other new single major item of expenditure was for asbestos removal, which was successfully undertaken during the year. Reserves At the year-end balances amounted to 85,098. Of this total amount 41,978 is held in the Witham Trust whose use is restricted to the funding of major structural works to the church fabric. Unrestricted funds amount to 41,642 which represents a little over three months expenditure, and this is considered reasonable to meet future shortfalls in income or unexpected expense. 7
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Introduction These financial statements have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis and comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice of the Charities Act 2011. Account headings are based upon the Church of England Annual Return of Parish Finance Report. The Financial Statements were approved by the PCC at their meeting on Tuesday 7 th March 2017 and have been forwarded by them for adoption by the APCM. Receipts and Payments Account Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment Total Prior year funds funds funds funds funds total funds Receipts Planned giving 52,829 52,829 55,111 Collections and other giving 5,184 5,184 6,271 Other voluntary receipts 7,344 500 7,844 12,260 Gift Aid recovered 14,602 14,602 17,155 Other receipts 1,409 4,462 5,871 1,324 Activities for generating funds 19,418 19,418 13,046 Investment Income 618 618 683 Receipts from church activities 5,605 5,605 6,867 Total receipts 107,012 4,962 111,974 112,720 Payments Cost of generating funds 2,221 4,462 6,683 1,832 Missionary and Charitable Giving 443 443 603 Parish Share 83,650 83,650 82,211 Clergy and Staffing costs 3,268 3,268 3,478 Church Running Expenses 12,537 80 12,617 15,126 Hall Running Costs 3,923 3,923 5,090 Church Repairs & Maintenance 6,936 Hall Repairs & Maintenance New Building work Governance Costs 15 Total payments 106,044 80 4,462 110,586 115,291 Excess of receipts over payments before transfer 968 (80) 500 1,388 (2,570) Transfers Gross transfers between funds - in 4,462 4,462 8,924 Gross transfers between funds - out (4,462) (4,462) (8,924) Excess of receipts over payments before other gains / losses 968 (80) 500 1,388 (2,570) Net movement in funds 968 (80) 500 1,388 (2,570) Bank accounts at 01 January 2016 41,642 43,455 85,098 87,669 Bank accounts at 31 December 2016 42,610 43,375 500 86,486 85,098 Represented by Unrestricted General fund 42,610 42,610 41,642 Designated Asbestos Flower 1,397 1,397 1,477 Kitchen Witham 41,978 41,978 41,978 Restricted Fabric 500 500 Lighting Rydal Hall 9
Statement of assets and liabilities General Designated Restricted Endowment This year Last year Current assets - Current assets Bank current account 13,087 1,397 972 15,456 14,107 Bank deposit account 29,284 41,978 71,262 70,644 CCLA (CBF) deposit account Cash in hand 238 238 818 Accounts Receivable Totals 42,610 43,375 972 86,958 85,570 Liabilities - Liabilities Agency collections 472 472 472 Accounts Payable Totals 472 472 472 Grand total 42,610 43,375 500 86,486 85,098 Fund movement by type Opening Incoming Outgoing Transfers Gains/losses Closing Asbestos - Asbestos Designated Sub-total for Asbestos Fabric - Fabric Restricted 500 500 Sub-total for Fabric 500 500 Flower - Flower Designated 1,477 80 1,397 Sub-total for Flower 1,477 80 1,397 Kit - Kitchen Designated Sub-total for Kit Ltg - Lighting Restricted Sub-total for Ltg Property - Witham Designated 41,978 41,978 Sub-total for Property 41,978 41,978 Rydal - Rydal Hall Restricted 4,462 4,462 Sub-total for Rydal 4,462 4,462 General - General fund Unrestricted 41,642 107,012 106,044 42,610 Sub-total for General 41,642 107,012 106,044 42,610 Grand total 85,098 111,974 110,586 86,486 The Annual Report was approved by the Parochial Church Council on 07/03/17 and is signed on its behalf by: Revd. Janice Smith-Chair 10