## _**St. John the Evangelist Merrow**_ 

_A_ _**nnual Report 2023**_ 

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## Our Vision is to be: 

## **A Caring Christian Community, here for everyone.** 

St. John’s Church is the Parish Church of Merrow. It is part of the Diocese of Guildford within the Church of England.  The correspondence address is The Parish Office, 222 Epsom Road, Guildford GU4 7AA. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St John’s was registered with Charity Commission in January 2008. Officially called The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Merrow, its registration number is 1127555. 

**Contents: Index                                           page(s):  2 Review of the Year                                     page(s):  3/4 Churchwarden’s  report                            page(s):  4/5/6** 

**Churchwarden’s Property & Land Fabric report 2022-2023** 

**page(s): 7/8 Safeguarding                                                page(s):   8/9 PCC                                                                 page(s):   9/10 Electoral Roll                                                pages(s):  10 Financial Review.                                        page(s):    11/12/13/14** 

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## **Review of the Year.** 

## **Welcome to the Annual Report for the Parish of Merrow 2023.** 

## **Annual Report 2023-2024.** 

Welcome to the Annual Report for St. John the Evangelist, Merrow. I hope that this report gives you a good overview of the life of our parish. The activities listed in this report are those we are required to produce but there are many activities not listed in this report and should you wish to know more then please do be in touch. I hope that you will find this report about the life of St. John’s interesting and can’t thank Nick Bond enough for putting it together. 

I write this at the beginning of my sixth month as Rector of Merrow. Thank you so much for welcoming Alexandra, Henry (and Mary the dog) and me into the life of St. John’s. God’s call for us to come and minister here was a strong one and we feel blessed to be surrounded by such a lovely, friendly and fun group of people in this wonderful corner of God’s world. 

I have many people to thank for making our arrival so smooth but I wish to especially thank Peter Tappin and Carole Burtonwood, the two churchwardens during the interregnum, along with deputy churchwardens Jane Farquharson and Cathy Thompson, Treasurer Lindsay Dobson, retired clergy Diana Matthews and Margaret Dean, Verger Helen Chambers and Lay Preacher Robert Avis. They handed St. John’s to me in an excellent condition and have been a really helpful support to me during my first six months. I’m also not the newest member of the team now and it’s been great to welcome our new Youth and Families Worker, Georgie Gregson, into the life of the St. John’s, joining Harry and Barry as part of the staff team here. 

As we look back over the past year we can see signs of God’s grace. This report shows how the people of St. John’s have come together in worship and service, in times of joy and sorrow and at the great festivals of the Church. We have welcomed new members of the Church through baptism, celebrated marriages, commended the dead 

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and comforted the grieving at funerals, as well as losing from our number in particular Diana Butcher, Jim Styles and The Rev’d Tim Dean. 

Although we look back we also want to look forward to the year ahead. I’m excited about all that we will do to further God’s kingdom in Merrow, so that we can continue to become a place of welcome for everyone in Merrow, living out the idea of being ‘your church here for you’ that I mentioned in my first Sermon on my first Sunday. 

All that has been achieved and all that lies before us we entrust to the Lord and ask his strength and grace in what is to come. In all our endeavours may the Lord bless us and may St John the Evangelist and all the saints of God pray for us. 

With every good wish, 

## **Tim** 

## **The Rev’d Tim Clifford Hill – Rector of Merrow.** 

## **Churchwardens report** 2023 

2023 was another challenging year for St John’s. Turbulent economic times and escalating gas and electricity prices added to the job of continuing to run the Church and Centre effectively, during the year of vacancy, for our congregation and the wider Merrow community. During this time many services were conducted by our loyal and dedicated retired clergy including Margaret and Tim Dean and Diana Matthews and we are so grateful to them, our Verger Helen Chambers and our Lay Preacher, Robert Avis for enabling us to continue with our regular communion and so many other additional services. 

The Churchwardens; Carole Burtonwood, Peter Tappin and deputy Churchwarden, Jane Farquharson met weekly on Tuesday mornings and after this with Hannah Harvey our Youthworker, Lindsay Dobson our Treasurer, Helen Chambers our Verger, Harry Talboys our Parish Administrator and Cathy Thompson to ensure continuity of services and events. 

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Last summer Carole Burtonwood stood down as Churchwarden, having extended her term. We are extremely grateful to her for her extended tenure as she has so much experience and knowledge. It is said that you only know what to do as a churchwarden once you finish your term!! At the extraordinary meeting held for this purpose Jane Farquharson stepped up as Churchwarden.  Cathy Thompson had taken on the role of deputy Churchwarden at the last APCM. The continuity of having a deputy Churchwarden is invaluable. 

The Standing Committee which used to be called the Finance and General Purposes Committee also met every other month and this included Cathy Thompson alongside the Churchwardens and Treasurer. 

The Ministry Team, originally set up in 2021 consisted of Margaret and Tim Dean, Diana Matthews, Robert Avis, Hannah Harvey, Helen Chambers and the Churchwardens, and met to plan services for 4 months ahead. This ensured that we had cover for regular Sunday and Wednesday services, and enabled us to identify where we required additional clergy cover whilst we were in vacancy. We also had to find clergy to take weddings, funerals and baptisms. 

We have been blessed to have Edward, a talented young organist and student at Charterhouse School to play for us at our All Age Services, and Damien, another very talented young organ scholar who uses our church organ for practice and occasionally plays for services. 

In August Hannah Harvey moved on to pastures new, commencing clergy college in Birmingham. We wish her and her partner Kate, all the best in this exciting new phase of their life. 

St John’s Centre, under Barry’s direction, is now well occupied for most of the week and Saturdays have a regular booking from Italia Conti. This has meant that, financially, it has held its own, allowing us to carry out some renovating for two weeks last summer. 

During this time we had a significant clear-out in the Centre, and reorganised the archives and records. 

In June, and in collaboration with the War Graves Commission, a plaque was put on the corner of the Centre to acknowledge the presence of war graves in our graveyard. 

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The key activity in 2023 was of course the recruitment process involved in finding our next rector at St John’s. This started with the very considerable amount of work in producing the Parish Profile, which was a significant and very successful piece of work. 

Following advertising, we had applications from three promising candidates and the two-day interview process began on 18[th] July 2023 with an informal meeting with Churchwardens and then accompanied visits to The Church, Rectory, Centre and Merrow Infant School where each applicant carried out a brief activity with the children. Day two on the 19[th] then saw the formal interviews with Bishop Andrew, other clergy and Churchwardens. 

The unanimous decision was made and we were delighted to offer Tim Clifford Hill the position of Rector and as we now fast forward, the rest, as they say is history! We were very pleased to arrange for all remedial works, including some redecoration at The Rectory to be completed quickly so Tim, Alexandra and Henry ( and Mary!)  could move in ahead of Henry’s first day at Merrow Infant School, and commuting from Cranleigh each day to Merrow was avoided! 

Tim’s Licensing and Institution Service was a joyful event on 10[th] October in a packed church accompanied by some wonderful, enthusiastic singing of hymns and followed by a happy, social gathering in The Centre. 

Tim, Alexandra, Henry and Mary are now an integral and very happy part of our life at St John’s and we are blessed to have them in our midst. We pray with thanks that God has called them to join our flourishing church community and we continue to pray for them as they settle in at St John’s. 

Following the appointment of Tim as Rector, we were delighted to appoint Georgie Gregson as our Youthworker in late 2023. She has joined us with fresh ideas and enthusiasm which has resulted in the number of children attending church regularly, on a Sunday, as well as the Mother and Toddler session on a Monday, increasing greatly. Her work involves much contact with the local schools, which has enhanced our relationship with them. 

We warmly welcome Tim and family and now Georgie, and what an asset they have already been for those last months of 2023, and into 2024. 

## **Peter Tappin and Jane Farquharson** 

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## **Churchwarden’s Property and Land Fabric report 2022-2023** 

The Annual Churchwarden’s Inspections of the church, Centre and churchyard were undertaken and whilst no significant defects were found, there are numerous maintenance issues that were identified, several of which are ongoing from last  year including the roof of the Centre, the flint walls and the porch roof. 

The Quinquennial Inspection which was carried out in June 2023, included some of these items and has helped to determine longer term objectives and priorities. A new Parish Architect was appointed in 2022 to carry this out, who is Adam Heike of Nye Saunders Chartered Architects in Godalming. 

We have replaced the timber handrail at the Trodds Lane entrance to the church yard. 

The damaged flint wall on the corner of Trodds Lane was the subject of an insurance claim which is nearing a settlement and commencement of work. 

A number of improvements to the Centre have been made. During a two week shut down last summer; the floors of both halls were sanded and sealed, walls painted, curtains replaced, flooring and windows in the seminar room replaced and new blinds installed. This has freshened and updated the Centre. There are still minor issues with the lighting in the main hall. The Centre roof is the subject of ongoing debate and investigation for a replacement covering with redesigned water gulleys that will also be suitable for the future installation of Solar panels. 

An air source heat pump was installed in the Merrow Hall. Following a water leak between the boiler and the ceiling heaters in the hall, it was decided that this was the least disruptive more cost-effective solution and would be a start to St John’s carbon reduction initiative. 

The car park lines were repainted, and the parking spaces slightly enlarged to facilitate easier parking. 

Following an earlier tree survey significant tree work was carried out to the large lime trees adjoining the car park. 

The five yearly fixed wiring check was carried out for the church in early 2022. 

The church property register continues to be updated with photographs added of all relevant items including furniture, artefacts and silver. We are very grateful to Carole Burtonwood for all her hard work to get this in a digital form. 

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The internal high level illumination of the stained glass windows during the winter months continued for 2023. 

We are monitoring the heating in church as there are still slight vagaries with the programming. The lighting in the church is under review. 

Churchyard maintenance continued with regular volunteer working groups organised by Diana Butcher until the end of the year, and we all mourn her untimely death. We have reduced areas of wild grass and flowers to hopefully provide a better balance with the rest of the more closely mown areas. 

## **The Churchwardens** 

## **Safeguarding Report.** 

The safeguarding of all vulnerable people has continued to underpin the life and work at St John’s. 

The PCC is aware that it is ultimately accountable for safeguarding. As Parish Safeguarding Officer, I have submitted a written report to each PCC meeting and attended in person, when required. 

Alongside my report  the PCC received a safeguarding action plan which details actions which need to be addressed.  At the end of last year 97% of the actions had been addressed. Thank you to all those who helped St John’s reach this target.  We have now moved on to an online Safeguarding Hub which enables users to input further information, for example job descriptions, risk assessments. 

Safeguarding policies have been reviewed and are on display on parish notice boards and on the St John’s website.  Also on display are posters providing helpline phone numbers.  These can be found in the church and in the Centre. The safeguarding section on the website remains in a prominent position. 

Pastoral care meetings were reintroduced as a means of trying to ensure that we are offering support to those who need it.  As Parish Safeguarding Officer I have continued to remain in contact with the Rector and the Youth worker. 

Criminal record checks (DBS) were processed during the year, as required.  Postholders have been advised of the safeguarding training which they need to complete in line with their role. 

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Safeguarding issues have been addressed in line with Diocesan procedures.  Advice and support have been sought from the Diocese, when necessary.  Referrals to outside agencies have been made, when necessary. 

Whilst all the above measures are important we need to ensure that it doesn’t just remain as paperwork in a filing cabinet or online. We all have a responsibility to try and keep people safe. As a parishioner if you ever have any safeguarding concerns then please contact the Rector or Parish Safeguarding Officer as soon as possible without investigating matters for yourself.  We might be able to find the right help for that person. 

## **Rosanne Bond   Parish Safeguarding Officer** 

## **PCC** 

The PCC meets bi-monthly. During the year the PCC has discussed and decided upon, amongst other things, Finance, the appointment of our new Youthworker Georgie, Youth Ministry and its funding, Parish Safeguarding, Centre strategy and refurbishment, hospitality and music events, the activities of Friends of St John’s, the changing priorities of the various teams within the PCC, Gift Day planning, raising awareness of legacy planning, appointment of a Trustee for FoStJ, appointment of a School Governor, Clergy cover for Services, development of a H&S policy, a review of Utilities contracts, churchyard upkeep  and, of course, the recruitment, appointment and welcoming of our new Rector Tim and his family. We are wholeheartedly delighted that Tim is here to lead us in our worship and guide the PCC in serving our church family and wider community of Merrow. 

Before Tim’s Induction in October, the challenges of the 12 months of Interregnum were carried in large part by the Churchwardens, and I would like to thank them once again for shouldering this increased workload for the benefit of us all and pay tribute to the PCC for the support shown throughout this period. I would also like to thank Kate, who is retiring from the PCC this year, for her service over the last three years, and Carole, who continued in her post as Churchwarden until Tim’s appointment was made. I am very grateful to her for her efficiency, dedication, hard work and steadying expertise during this period. 

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While I look after the Minutes and Agendas for the PCC meetings, I would like to say how grateful I am to Nick for continuing to take on the task of preparing the Reports for the APCM. 

Being a PCC member brings an informative and interesting insight into some of the ‘behind-the-scenes’ workings of our church. It gives the opportunity to become involved in shaping our plans and visions, and we share the benefits of new connections and fellowship. We look forward to welcoming new members to the PCC team, working together with a shared sense of energy, purpose, vision and fun during the coming year. 

## **Tricia Tappin** 

## **PCC Secretary.** 

## **Electoral roll** 

Since the APCM in 2023 two people have joined the electoral roll and sadly five of our longstanding members have died leaving the current number on the roll at 142. 

Being on the electoral roll is a really good way to become more involved and show commitment to the community of St John’s. It allows people to have more say and take a full part in and vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) and to be able to join the PCC or sides persons rota if they so wish. 

If you are thinking of joining and want to know more please contact me Carole Burtonwood at carole.burtonwood@saintjohns.org.uk 

## **Carole Burtonwood** 

## **Electoral Roll Officer** 

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## **Financial Review** 

As a Charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales our accounts have to be presented in a prescribed format. There are differences with accounts required for other organisations as most of our income is received from donors, who, in many cases give monies to be used for specific purposes. 

A full set of accounts is available; this review will only touch on salient points and is intended as a brief summary of our financial position. Whilst our Accounts are presented in a unified format, internally we deal with matters separately between Church and Centre. 

For most of this year, the Church was in interregnum, with a new rector not in place in October 2023. We also lost our Youthworker in August 2023, as she decided to train to become a vicar herself.  However, thanks to the hard work of the Churchwardens, the church continued to fully service our community. What was impacted was our ability to find the time and resources to continue with our major fundraising events which impacted our income. 

## **The Church** 

Once again it is to be emphasised that the Church is almost entirely dependent on the generous and continuing support of our congregation. The figures below in parenthesis are for 2022.  Our planned giving rose slightly on last year, but without a rector it was difficult to run another Stewardship Campaign and so our ‘one off donations’ amount dipped sharply from 2022. A lack of fundraising also impacted our income. Luckily, we had a good year with our investments which raised over 19K. Overall, our income dropped by just over £20K. 

## _Church Income_ 

|Planned Giving|£  69,916|(£   63,801)|
|---|---|---|
|Collections and other giving|£  17,241|(£   35,999 )|
|Other receipts and tax|£  18,159|(£   21,580 )|
|Legacies and other income|£    5,590|(£   18,780)|
|Grants|£  36,000|(£   36,725)|
|Receipts from Church Activities|£    9,107|(£     6,544)|
|Magazine Receipts|£    3,956|(£     3,706 )|
|Dividends and Interest|£  19,382|(£   13,704)|
|**Total Income**|**£179,351**|**(£200,209)**|



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The two Grants received were: 

- £35,000 grant from the Down Road Trust, used to support the employment of our youth worker. Obviously as our Youthworker left in August, some of this grant will provide support for the new Youthworker who started in January 2024. 

- £1,000 payment from the Diocese to help with our fuel bills. 

**During the year the total income for the Church was £179,351 which is a decrease on last year of  year of £20,858** 

## **There were no new legacies in 2023.** 

## _Church Expenditure_ 

Church Expenses map very close to 2022, with a small increase of £1,123. 

|Costs of generating voluntary income|£     1,682|(£  2,755)|
|---|---|---|
|Grants and Charitable Giving|£   12,578|(£ 12,228)|
|Direct Costs of Church Activity|£170,815|(£170,998)|
|Church Management and Administration|£    4,373|(£   4,498)|
|Governance Costs|£    4,569|(£  2,415)|
|**Total Expenditure**|**£194,017**|**(£192,894)**|



The Parish Share was, by far, the largest item of Expenditure at £92,435 (£91,038). This must be paid even when we have no rector, as was the case for the first 10 months of the year. Also, we had the costs relating to bringing in a new rector and rectory bills during the interregnum which amounted to over £8,025. 

Other key elements of the expenses included our churchyard upkeep. These doubled to £3,261 due to the need for some urgent maintenance to dangerous trees. The churchyard is now full and as such the responsibility for this type of work in the future will fall to Guildford Borough Council. 

Also, this year we had a Quinquennial inspection which added over £2k to our governance costs and will probably mean some greater expense on the Church fabric in 2024, although the report did not raise any significant issues. 

Our charitable giving has increased slightly this year, even though our income dropped. We are still supporting our three main charities (Foodwise, CAP, Compassion UK), who were given £8000 in total,  as well as gifts to the Bishops Fund. The remainder 

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of the giving was provided by the Grant Legacy Fund income from which was agreed several gifts to parish members. 

## **Despite this increase in expenditure, we have, through our effort on income generation, managed to show a very small positive balance of £7,315.** 

## **The Church Centre** 

The sole source of income for the Centre is from the hire of the facilities. During 2023, the usage of our centre increased significantly including the NHS  running their diabetic clinic in Merrow Hall 3 days per week. Also, users for events such as birthday parties is doing well, with bookings most weekends. 

Overall operational costs for running the Centre have also increased with the Centre being open all year. Key areas of increase were the cost of cleaning, as our previous Cleaner left us in 2021 as well as a doubling of our utility bills (from £5.3k to nearly £12k). As well as this staff costs have been attributed across Church and Centre this year in a more accurate way. 

During the year the total income was £78,507 (£51,907) The costs of running the Centre we were £74,140 (£45,007 ) (Deprecation is excluded in the figure above to show the more accurate yearly cost of running the centre). 

## **So overall, we managed to maintain a positive balance on our centre finances of £5,367** . 

The expense figures include the centre maintenance work undertaken during the summer closedown. The work included decoration of Main Hall and Merrow Hall as well as new curtains, floor re-sanding  in both halls, new heating system in Merrow Hall and finally a new carpet  and new windows in the Seminar Rooms. The total of this work came to £30,822. Some of this cost was offset with an insurance claim of £5,286 (which appears as Centre Income above.) However, with this level of investment it is heartening that we still managed to show a small profit on the centre. 

It is worth noting that the running of the office (e.g., stationery, phone, photocopier) is allocated as a centre expenditure, so it is important to note that without the centre these costs would have to be allocated to the church breakdown. These costs in 2023 were £4,716. 

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## **Reserves and Cash** 

**Church Reserves are still very healthy which give us some comfort for the future of our church finances. Every year we manage to match our expenditure to our income which means that we do not have to touch our reserves to keep our church running.** 

**However, this takes careful management and every year we do not expect to achieve it. This year our budget predicted a shortfall of £16k.** 

## **However, a few key elements meant we managed to avoid hitting our reserves. These included:** 

- **A reduction in our utility bills as the year continued.** 

- **Loss of our Youthworker means we retained more of our income from the Down Road Trust. This will be used to help with employment of our new Youthworker in 2024.** 

- **Better than expected centre lettings which meant the expense on the refurbishment did not deliver the shortfall expected.** 

- **Better than expected dividends as interest rates grew during the year.** 

At the end of 2023 our CLCLA investments were valued at £340,725. This is still below our end 2021 figures of £352,511 but have risen by nearly £30k since 2022. This is on top of the £20k dividends that the assets generated into our funds during 2023. 

## **It is also worth stressing that the investments account for less than 50% of our total reserves which come to £695,122 – this excludes the value of the Centre.  Therefore, we are holding £354,397 in cash reserves.** 

Breakdown of our reserves by fund can be seen in the full accounts on Page 13, if required. 

## **Lindsay Dobson – Treasurer.** 

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THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI DECEMBER 2023
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF STJOHN THE EVAIYCELIST MERROW
Af4P4UAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENJ)ED 3J DECEMBER21bll
Th¢ Parochial Church Council of the Church of St John the Evangelis¢ Merrow, (the PCCI. has ihe res￿nsIbility to
promotc thc wholc mission of St JohD'& It is a]so re5ponsibl¢ for the maintenatK¢ arjd upke¢p of the buildings &8soc1￿ed
with the Church.
The PCC ¢ottfimb th¢ 8nnua] Jrpoft 8nd finsncial statements comply with CUTrent 5tebJtOry Tequir¢iii¢rLt¥ thr
requircments of the PCC'5 governtrlg th)cum¢nt4 I￿￿u￿ting st￿d￿rdS and the provisions of the Statcmcnt of
Recommenth￿ Practi¢¢ "AttDutttlil8 and RerA)rtin8 by Chariiics" (￿aritieS SORP IFRS1021 ¢ff¢ctive (or a¢cO￿tITIg
puiods i)n or aft￿ l Jatlvary 2019.
STRUCTiJRE AND GOVERNANCE
Thc PCC i5 4 Charity r¢gi5ttt¢d with the Ch8rity Commtssion and is an unincorporated &%9)ciati(Xh govemed ty th¢tttrns
of its wistiwiion
oB￿cTIVEs
To bc 4vibrartL wibJ¢ssing and worshippin8 ¢hurd) at Ibc hcart of the community.
REVIEW OFACTIVITIES
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Parish inwm¢ fo11$ irtto several catr80riffj of which thc main ones4re.'
Plann￿1 giving
Collealo￿ and 01h￿ charitable giving ￿mprisIng collections at WViKS gnd oth¢roJknoff donations
Gifi Aid recovered
Oth¢T rcrtiws, which incllldes ow dJarit8ble fjJnd-raisin8
Rce¢ipts from thur¢h Aaiviti¢& in¢ludin8 ¢entre lettin8$.
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH CO￿1ClL OF
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHf4 THE EVANGELIST MERROW
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JJ DEClI￿BER 2023
Exptlldithre
The laTg¢5t 5ingl¢ itcm of ex[￿ditUTe wa5 the Diocesan Parith Share of £92,4351£91,0381.
Mission Charitsble Giving was maintained at £12.5781£12.228}, which i8 te*imony to th¢ g¢n¢rosity of St Johns, in
a year whcre donat*ons were impacted by the lack of a wtor.
Church C¢ntre n]nning ¢ost& excluding depreciatiotj. w*Je £74.1401£45.IK)7}.
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Over￿[ QUT exp¢nditure exceeded our ittcome by £16.353. Howcver our trJvestm¢nts gF¢w and therefore covered this
defjcit.
During 2023. Sainl Johns r¢¢ruited a new rector. This resulted in some ￿Taordinary costs of both recruitn￿￿t and
ctory m&inten&Rc£ Icosis U%Wdlly t4)ver¢d by the incumbtnl OT dioccsel. Thi5 meant an ¢xp¢nsc of £8,025.
The tentye also clO￿d during the summ¢T for some refurbishmeni 8nd r¢p8ir at overall nci cost of £25,536 lexelud¢5
th¢ insurance claim income).
At yCaF end cash Position was £358,530 {£363.2341.
RISK MITIGATION
Tht major Tisks to which the PCC is txposcd hav¢ b¢¢n identified and considered by th¢ ]n¢mbers of the PCC. Systems
and procedures have b¢¢n established to manage those Tisk5 id¢ntified.
RESERVES POLICY
The PCC seek to maintain a sufficient level of reserv¢5 to supp)rt its day to day operations and to mcet such
conting¢ncics &8 might reasonably be foTe5een.
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COtTr4ClL
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEESY RESPONSIBILITIES
Law applicable to ch￿ltieS in England and Wales requtres the memlxrs ofthe PCC who ore th¢ tru8tees of the Charity for
the puryoses of charity law. to prepare financial statements for &gch f]nancial year M'hich give a Me and fair view of thc
stsie of affairs of the tharity, and of its fjnancial activities for tlmt year. In PTepaTiog those ac¢ounlS, the trubt¢¢5 ar¢
required to..
5¢1eci suitable accounting poli¢ies ood apply them ¢onsistentty.'
make judgements and estimate5 that are reasonable and prndeni.,
stale whether applicable accounting Standards halie been followed, subjtd to any mateTiaJ d¢PartU￿ di5¢1o5ed yJJd
eXpl￿ned in th¢ awounts., and
prepare the f￿ancIal ststemettts on a going conc¢rn basi5 unle&s it 15 inappropriate io preswne thai the charity will
continue in op¢ratioD.
The tTUStecs have oveTall responsibility for ensuTtng that the charity has apprepriate systems of control finan¢i#l or
otherwise. They are also responsible for keeping proper aetounting ￿CordS which disclosc wtih Jrasonablc eLxuracy 81
any time ihe financia] position of th¢ ¢harity and which enable them to ensure ih21 tht 8c¢ounls comply ￿ith opplicabl¢
law. They arc also Tcsponsible foT safeguarding the ass¢ts of th¢ charity and hence for taking r¢￿onable steps for the
prevention and deietlion Of fraud and otheT iTr¢¥uldrytle5.
This ]Eport was approveé by the Pan)chial Church CO￿)¢1[ and SI￿¢d on its behalf by..
Lindsay Dobson
Tre&sutEr a])d m¢mb¢r of the PaJochia] Church Council
Dated
P&gf 4

REP
T OF THE INDEPENDEN
MINER TO
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
YOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
J report to the mistees on my examination of the finao¢ial statements of the Par0￿￿81 Church Council of St Johns the
Evattg¢lisL Merrow. for the y&ir ended 31 Decembcr 2023 wh￿Ch cotllprise the Statemeni of Financial Activities, the
Balantt She£t and rclated rtot¢5.
This report is made solcly tts the charity's In]sttt& a body. in accordance with settion 145 of the Charities Ath 2011. My
work has betn undertaken so thai l Tnight state ro ihc chaTiry'S trustees ihose matters l am Tequired ts) statc to Ihctn in thi5
report and for no other purpos¢. I'o the fvllest exlenl pemiitted by law. I do not accept or as9um¢ ￿sponSibl]Ity to aDyone
other than tbe charity and Ihe ¢harity's trustees as a body, for my work, for Ihis or for the opinions I have foETr￿.
Responsibilltits knd basis of report
As the t￿Slee$ of th¢ charity you are r¢sponsibl¢ for the pr¢pgration of the fumncioi St￿]￿¢￿tS in accordantt with the
requirements of the Ch3riti¢s Act 2011 I'the Act'l.
I report in ￿SPeCt of my examination of the charity's fjnancial ststemcnts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in
carry'tng out my examinatton I have followed all the appli¢able Directions giveo by the Charity Commission under Section
14515)(b} of ihe Acl.
At) iJ)dependent examIn￿10n does EJOt ihvolv¢ gathering all the evidence that would be requird in audii and
consequently does not coveT the matters thai att auditor CDnsid¢rs in giving theiT opinion on the financial stot¢ments. The
planjllng and ¢onduct of an audit goes beyond rht lirnit•J ￿sur#n¢t that an indeFKDd¢nt examination catt provide.
C.onscquetttly l expre￿ no opinion as to whether the fillanGial 5tatemenis prescni a 'true and fair, view and my rewkrt is
limiicd io those 5peciftc matters sct out in the independent ex￿llin¢r s SLqiemenL
IMd¢p¢ndenf examintr 5 ststement
I have complcted tny examination. I tonfirm that no maierial tnatt¢T5 have come to my att¢ntion in ¢onntction the
examination giving Tn¢ c&us¢ to belicve that Any material respect..
> accounting records were not kept respect ofthe chariiy as r¢quir¢d by section 130 ofthe Act,. or
> the fJnan¢ial 5tat¢m¢nts do not accord with those recordi OT
> the financial Staten)￿t$ do not complv with th¢ applicable requir¢tn¢nts conceniing the forni and corti¢nt of accollnis
stl oul in the Chariues (Accounts and Repo￿) Regulations 21X>8 oiher than anv rquirement ihal the accounts giv¢ a 'true
and fair view which is not a mattel Gonsid¢red as pth of 3n independent examination.
I h&v¢ no conccms Ènd have wm¢ across no other matters UJ conneciitsn with th¢ ¢xamination to which attention should be
drawn in this repon ill ordtr to ¢Dabl¢ apropcr undeT5tanding of the fin2ncl￿ 8tat•D¢nts to be reached.
Mr Ru8*11 Brown A.C.A.
CMB Parthership Limitcd
Charter•4 A¢wUni￿ts & R¢gig¢Ted Auditors
7 W¢y CourL Mary Road
Guildfo
SuTr¢y Glll 4QU
Dated I51312¥
Pa8¢ 5

THEPAR0cH￿LclluRcHc0u￿cllL OF
THE C&URCH OF WJOHN THKEVANGEU¥f MEIIROW
srATF.MF.vfoFMNANCIALACTTvmES
tht In¢ome*Dd Ei
FOR THB YKARENDED31 DECEMBF.R21123
2023
2022
Nth¢
31715
146Jkfi
91 J70
19J82
176.885
62.157
I3￿74
91J70
14.755
3,420
12fy7
frorn ch&Titabkoetivitit8
TOfALINCOMtNGRE8nifRCES
216J16
40.135
1307
257W8
252 IJ6
eostsof wrntin8volunWi11¢4me
Ih82
10.100
145323
74,140
4J73
2.755
12x8
170598
).Q38
1320
11578
170,815
.194
4)
4,498
4J69 ￿41$
DiK¢twstsof¢hw¢h ￿li￿n￿S
215
6.054
240787
NET tNCOMINGI(OUTGOJNG)
ESOVRCES
(24.2711
(115l}
{16J55)
8,In7
TrANSFERS
(laLJ&tlosJes}otsthyy￿ Ofts0￿b]efiX￿]?S
G3￿￿l0￿510uitIve￿me￿14SgPts
14
5￿87
29J61
41,497
10.
936
133.4601
525.153
514J88
39.J48
1,079.289
1.111749
TUIAL FUF41JSkS ArJ￿TDECEm1BR20I3
527.056
524.657
40.484
1079
1092 197 ￿89
TrThrtBSQThPWS8to 13 f¢Jtrn of11**￿

TIJE PAROCHL4L CItURCH COIJYCll. OF
THE CHiiRCH OF ST JOHN I'HL EVANGELIST MERROW
BALANC
HEF,T AS AT
31 DEC.EMBER 2023
2023
2022
Not¢5
FIXED ASSETS
T3Dgible
Investhwjts
13
397.075
340,275
737.350
41)3.129
311014
714.143
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash at bank
15
5,718
363,234
368,952
358.530
358,530
CREDITORS .. falling
due Withitt ye*r
3,806
NET CEiiiRENf ASSETS
354.847
365,146
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CiQUiENT
LIABJLITIES
,092,197
1079,289
FLNDS
Ujjttstricted genernl fimds
Restiided funds
EndowTnent fillJd$
17
527,056
524.657
40.484
1.092.197
525,153
514,-%88
39,548
1,079.289
These fJnanci815tstementshave be￿ pjypth in acwrilan¢¢ the chariti￿ Ad 201 l and the Church
Aceouniing Regulations 20(kn.
si
"ED ON. BE￿ALF OF JHE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COU.NCIL..
Manber of theparochial Churth Council
Member of th¢ Parochial Churth Coun¢il
The notes on pages 8 to 13 fom part of th￿¢ a¢¢ounls
Pa8¢ 7

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF STJOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
31 DEC&MBKR2023
l. AccouffflNC POLICIES
B*sl$ of preparAth)n of tht finantiAI st*tsments
The accounts have b¢u Prep￿ed und¢r th¢ biaori¢ai Cost conventio]x ex¢ept for c&tsin iTrvesbnents included at
marknt va]u4 in a¢¢ordsn¢e with the Church Accounting Reglllations 2006, the Chariti¢s Act 2011 and the
Sw¢m¢nt of R￿mm¢nded Practice: Accoun11￿8 and R¢porting by Chariti&8 SOBF IFRS 102) dyective for
accoLllJting periods comm¢ncin8 on OT after l January 2019.
Fwnd aCCOUDtiMg
Unrestricted funds represent the fimds of the PCC that are ￿t 5thje¢t to any ￿trictiOnS &% to their us£. Funds
designated by the PCC fora particular purp05c ar¢ a150 unrcstriGtd.
Restrict￿ funds 8re those funds held which are subject to r¢striCti0￿* as to their use imFosed by the donor (
contained within the ternjs ofagTanL
Etlthwrllcnt fvnd5 are fiuJd5, the rapita] of whi¢h must b¢ maitttsin&t Jneome ari8in8 from the investment of the
¢I￿ow￿ent may be restric￿d or thvestriC￿ deiKnding on the pwpose for whi¢h the en(k)wmeni ¢stsblished.
The aGGounts in¢lud¢ transa¢tiotts wets liabilitiL8 for which the PCC be held responsible. Thcy do not
include the accourjts of church thai owe an atrill￿10tt to anoth¢r body, nor thos¢ that are iDformal
8atherin8s of church mcmbcrs.
In￿rning rewurt
All voluntsry ￿VIng is inchtded in the fin8ncig] 5tatcments for the period in which it 15 received. Donations un
Gift Aid plus the ￿SOcia￿d tax recovery ar¢ reco8nised incomc when the donation i5 reffiv
Legacies are accountd for whenthcir retcipt is certwn and Can be properly quontifi&t
All other income is recogDised when it 15 T¢ceivable.
Resources expellded
Grants and donatiLXJS arc arrowrtd for when paid ov¢r. or wh¢n awardtd, tf that award creat&s a binthn8 or
constn]¢tiv¢ obligation on th¢ PCC.
The dioc¢5a]] parisb Sha￿ is calculated antluaily and h&$ been accounted fer in thcyeor to which ii relate&
(kner ¢xp¢ndifttTC is a¢¢ountcd for as ihe liability is ini?￿red and where 8ppropriak includes i]Tecoverabl¢ VAT.
GoYern8nce costs include those LY)St5 &wiated wtth theeting the consti￿OnI1 and statutory requirnyjents of the
¢h8rity attd includ¢ tbe illd¢pendeDt examiners fee&
T%￿gible fjKed Assets
Cons¢cTated and benefJc¢ propcrty of any kind is ¢x¢ludtsJ fr(>m th¢ financial ststements itt 2ceordance with the
Charities Act 2011. This includes attLount5 expetlded upon Such ass¢ts by thE PCC which is i￿lud<d in th¢
accounts &s direct charitable expenditurc in th¢y¢ar in the e&pendilure rtcurs.
Fr¢ehold building5 (but l￿d) dePr￿l￿t￿l Nt >6 Df writien v81ueper aonum.
Sl John'$ C¢Jtr fiJrnitttr¢ Atxl equipment is deprxiated on a slrdight line b&8is ovu 10 year& Computcr and oth
equipmenr is d¢pr¢¢i8ted on a &tyight line b￿lS overthree year5.
Inw¢sknents arc incllldcd at thcLT mad(ct value at 31 Dccember.
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PAROCHtALCHURCIICX)UNCILOF
IHE EVANGELLFf ME1￿0￿
OTESTOACCOUYTS
R YBAREf4DED31 DECEMBER2023
2025
VOLIiNTARYINCY)ME
PknrttsJ8l5i￿A
Collethions aDdotherkryv
knc0MEt￿lircovcIcd Oift Aid
69.916
15.921
1&159
5.194
69.916
17241
18.159
5,5
36.QiYJ
J,801
35,9
21,510
18577
3(725
203
l J19
Gjults
L¢BXi￿a￿￿ Lts irK(¢ll¢
146906
17fj885
INCfJMEFROM ACTI￿177￿sF0RG1ZI￿RATllNGFi￿5
715D7
9,I07
3.956
78,507
9,107
3,956
51,907
J44
rhutch4Ctiirytits
f￿S￿￿*b￿lf￿dS
91
19
1207 ￿&2 13074
COSTSOFGEPIERATtriG FUN[15
2.755
1.6f2
82 2755
Unrc*i¢ted
R¢skncwd
2022
funds
1.44D
38
1257¥ ￿26

THE PAROCHIALCHIIRCHCOUNLIL OF
ThE CHURCHOFSTJO]IN TEEEVANGBLiST MERROW
OTKSTO ACCY)UNTS
FOR ThEYRAIi E
2023
2022
TLttI
Di(￿**￿￿]5￿ sh
92.43S
2.153
T6269
7.153
91435
91,038
W54
3&523
9.473
34J26
Cleiwy8lli¥vmaryJexpe4￿S
20
440
3.110
1,743
17.884
1943
thoir¢wK5
R¢pirsto church
3,110
17.834
chw¢hyA￿w1ktcP
1,565
D¢rrtCl￿icffj offuLthlkyts&s
145
2J
170.815
1709)8
TrDivEwanFqn¥hkn bythoDloC￿¢0f G￿lIar￿dI￿diSQ$hJ￿tO￿￿V¢rthB￿wsQflhtR￿
UnTegtncted
fiJndg
Stsff
4823
4.716
11998
9.171
£522
30.822
1414
716
129)8
1524
a￿nIng
ilittes
4.522
guranGE
2,471
557
557
712
17$
80.194

THEFAROCHIALCHUItCHCOUF4CJLOF
liOTESTOACCOIINTS
FORIHE YFAREP4DED31 DECEM￿1023
22
Totyl
CHIIRCH NL4NAGEhIEI4TLYDAI>MU4ISTRAT1014
3.598
IT2
728
LThurchllthDiDtxrauoD
192
192
fol
4.498
IQ GOVERNANCRC(AYTS
4569
1415
STAFF COS
TRIJSTEES
Th￿te￿￿￿e￿oI[￿n￿￿￿1nyX¥¥l¢c5lntheywlJ)22.ll71l
P¥ll

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVAI¥GELIST MERROW
NOTES TO ACCOUNTS
AR Ef4DED 31 DE
EMBER2023
OR THE
13 FIXED ASSETS
TANGIBLEASSETS
Freknld
land and
buibjings
Fumilure
ting5
¢quip]￿at
cosr
At 1st j￿u￿Y 2023
502.(*3
70
18587
At 31 DecaDber 2023
70
590.917
DEPRECIA'nON
At 1st Janusry 2013
Charge foryear
98.954
70247
1&587
187.788
At31 De£*hlxr2023
18
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 D￿lber 2023
397.075
At 31 Decanber 2022
403 129
403.129
The fKeehold knd and buildinRs c(ryrisetheStJohn's Cath.
DO￿lati(￿ has btrn dwged in rdation ts) frt¢lK)td buijdi￿sI0reatdth￿{1￿￿0f in in
a¢ukJdgn¢¢ with Iewmthd￿ Prnai¢¢.
14
FIXED ASSETS. INVLSTMENrs
20
2022
MaTk¢tVgl￿or inVe5bllQ￿ bEJdat l Janwy 2ff23
Additil￿￿$
ReVAtuationBai￿orffjSl
311,014
352.511
Markctvsiue at 31 December2023
311.014
rnlrkd Val￿ a 31 DxaDbtr2023 inV#ttn¢itts for.
2023
2022
304,378
278,204
32.810
340.275
311014
2023
2022
15
DEwfoiLS
Pag¢ 12

PAROCHIAL CIIURCH COUNCVI, OF
THE CHURCII OF STJOHN THF EVANGELISI. .MbRROW
NOTFSTO ACCOUN
2￿
16 CREDTfoK8
2,4LK
1283
J7 REsfRvcfEDAND UNRESTRtCT£D FUNDS
Balan¢¢
brwghi
for%iwd
i)JtBOin8
fimds
UnT¢*lrfed
Gellerd Church fur
84.472
137J28
{1&4,5501
26.174
819J9
Dtti%**tEd fuud5
35.552
271
79.153
174,OY2)
40J89
MI￿￿Fel￿V$blp
OJr*e¥hou* Fwil
12711
404,fib8
250
404.fA)8
140
Tty4wFulld
35
11451
rchyard
216 516
StknJJD'8Centr¢
BabyBa5i¢5
Cbwth fthic f￿d
ChuT£b>aTd Wy
Bwing Crt)uid Gra
Warmemorial
403.129
lJ32
93.848
5.777
1.430
933
7939
16.054)
11.440)
397.075
396
3.113
100
97.661
5.559
).430
J.759
20.685
35.(
30.IJ66
fuu
46
40.438
TheGr￿ts8
39502
1207
3,358
3.087
39.548
07
1.079289
257.858
274211
29261
P￿1)

RECISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1127555
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
R THE YEA
ED 31 DECEMBER 2023
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COLTNCIL OF
THE CHIIRCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERR
CMII Partnuship Limited
Chartered A¢u)Unt￿$ & Regist¢re4J A￿j[torS
7 Wey CourL Mary Road
Guildford
GUI 4QU
Tel.. 01483 455508
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COiThYCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
CONTENTS OF THE FJNAf4CJAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Pa
Lyl •bd AdmSnistr4tiv¢ InforTh*tion
An*tyv41 Report of the Pthjchiil Ch4rth
Collntil
Repfrrt Of the Independent ExAmiwer5
Statement of ￿nancial Adiviti
Bilinet Shett
Notes to tht FiD#ncial Ststements

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH co￿TC[L OF
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI DECEMBER 2023
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
ADDRESS
The Parith Offic4
St John's thur¢iL 222 Epsom R(M
Guildford GU4 7AA.
TRu￿EEs
I'h¢ tntst¢C$ W¢T¢ the [t￿MberS 0fthePar¢￿iaI Chur¢h Council (PCQ as klow..
Rettor:
Jnterrwu]n (until Ortobcr 20231
Revd Tim Clifford Hill (from Octolxr 2023}
ChirebwArdens
Mr Petrr T&ppi
Mrs Jane FaryubaTBon
Mr Ni¢holas Bond
Mrs Tricill faFq>in
Treasurer
Other PCC m¢mb¢rn
Mrs Helth Chatnbcr5
Mrs K￿¢ Vm¢hoyl¢
MrJo¢ Bullo¢k
Mr Robert Avis
Mr David Hwil
Mrs Calhy Ihompson
M$ Carol Potter
Mrn Carol Burtonwood
Ms H¢l¢n Stffnficld-Kri5tffles¢
Parlsh Admlnl$tr8tor
MT Harry Talksys
Centrt Manager
Mr B8rry Di¢ktns<rf)
Yifvuth Worker
Mrs HaThnoh Hatvey (left August 2023)
Mr R￿1] Brown ACA
CN4B PartfterSh￿ Limited
Chartered AcC￿Jn￿Dts & Rc8tstttcd Auditors
7 Wey CourL Mary Road
Guildfojd
(3Ui 4QU
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF STJOHN THE EVAIYCELIST MERROW
Af4P4UAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENJ)ED 3J DECEMBER21bll
Th¢ Parochial Church Council of the Church of St John the Evangelis¢ Merrow, (the PCCI. has ihe res￿nsIbility to
promotc thc wholc mission of St JohD'& It is a]so re5ponsibl¢ for the maintenatK¢ arjd upke¢p of the buildings &8soc1￿ed
with the Church.
The PCC ¢ottfimb th¢ 8nnua] Jrpoft 8nd finsncial statements comply with CUTrent 5tebJtOry Tequir¢iii¢rLt¥ thr
requircments of the PCC'5 governtrlg th)cum¢nt4 I￿￿u￿ting st￿d￿rdS and the provisions of the Statcmcnt of
Recommenth￿ Practi¢¢ "AttDutttlil8 and RerA)rtin8 by Chariiics" (￿aritieS SORP IFRS1021 ¢ff¢ctive (or a¢cO￿tITIg
puiods i)n or aft￿ l Jatlvary 2019.
STRUCTiJRE AND GOVERNANCE
Thc PCC i5 4 Charity r¢gi5ttt¢d with the Ch8rity Commtssion and is an unincorporated &%9)ciati(Xh govemed ty th¢tttrns
of its wistiwiion
oB￿cTIVEs
To bc 4vibrartL wibJ¢ssing and worshippin8 ¢hurd) at Ibc hcart of the community.
REVIEW OFACTIVITIES
Ineonbt
Parish inwm¢ fo11$ irtto several catr80riffj of which thc main ones4re.'
Plann￿1 giving
Collealo￿ and 01h￿ charitable giving ￿mprisIng collections at WViKS gnd oth¢roJknoff donations
Gifi Aid recovered
Oth¢T rcrtiws, which incllldes ow dJarit8ble fjJnd-raisin8
Rce¢ipts from thur¢h Aaiviti¢& in¢ludin8 ¢entre lettin8$.
Pl•mnèd glvkng
Plwm¢d givinE is the main source of incoffl¢ whi¢h is d¢Tived froTn the 1kn8h Ciiving schem¢ and Stgndin8
tO8ether with Gift Aid re(tipts from Hbl RevetLU¢ & CUston￿. This tolail¢J £88,0751£85,381).
Coll¢¢tlon8 other giving
A5 w¢ll &8 s¢rvic¢ coll￿tionS A)d ¢nvelop¢s, this category includes donations for Mi$si¢)n and Cknitable Givi
amoutLtitLg to £17,241.
Oth¢r r#•lpt% Intludl*g tblrllable funds 8em•rgted
Fund raising ¢v¢Dts generatrd iDcomeo(£1.729 (£13,816) including for Missioth and Charitoble JMJrpDse
Rrf¢ipts from churtb adi¥ltles
'Ilis eategory includcs w¢thlit)g and fimera] ftts of £9.1071£&5411.
Centre lEttit￿ in¢om¢ was £73,220 (UI,W.
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH CO￿1ClL OF
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHf4 THE EVANGELIST MERROW
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JJ DEClI￿BER 2023
Exptlldithre
The laTg¢5t 5ingl¢ itcm of ex[￿ditUTe wa5 the Diocesan Parith Share of £92,4351£91,0381.
Mission Charitsble Giving was maintained at £12.5781£12.228}, which i8 te*imony to th¢ g¢n¢rosity of St Johns, in
a year whcre donat*ons were impacted by the lack of a wtor.
Church C¢ntre n]nning ¢ost& excluding depreciatiotj. w*Je £74.1401£45.IK)7}.
OYerAII positio
Over￿[ QUT exp¢nditure exceeded our ittcome by £16.353. Howcver our trJvestm¢nts gF¢w and therefore covered this
defjcit.
During 2023. Sainl Johns r¢¢ruited a new rector. This resulted in some ￿Taordinary costs of both recruitn￿￿t and
ctory m&inten&Rc£ Icosis U%Wdlly t4)ver¢d by the incumbtnl OT dioccsel. Thi5 meant an ¢xp¢nsc of £8,025.
The tentye also clO￿d during the summ¢T for some refurbishmeni 8nd r¢p8ir at overall nci cost of £25,536 lexelud¢5
th¢ insurance claim income).
At yCaF end cash Position was £358,530 {£363.2341.
RISK MITIGATION
Tht major Tisks to which the PCC is txposcd hav¢ b¢¢n identified and considered by th¢ ]n¢mbers of the PCC. Systems
and procedures have b¢¢n established to manage those Tisk5 id¢ntified.
RESERVES POLICY
The PCC seek to maintain a sufficient level of reserv¢5 to supp)rt its day to day operations and to mcet such
conting¢ncics &8 might reasonably be foTe5een.
Page 3

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COtTr4ClL
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEESY RESPONSIBILITIES
Law applicable to ch￿ltieS in England and Wales requtres the memlxrs ofthe PCC who ore th¢ tru8tees of the Charity for
the puryoses of charity law. to prepare financial statements for &gch f]nancial year M'hich give a Me and fair view of thc
stsie of affairs of the tharity, and of its fjnancial activities for tlmt year. In PTepaTiog those ac¢ounlS, the trubt¢¢5 ar¢
required to..
5¢1eci suitable accounting poli¢ies ood apply them ¢onsistentty.'
make judgements and estimate5 that are reasonable and prndeni.,
stale whether applicable accounting Standards halie been followed, subjtd to any mateTiaJ d¢PartU￿ di5¢1o5ed yJJd
eXpl￿ned in th¢ awounts., and
prepare the f￿ancIal ststemettts on a going conc¢rn basi5 unle&s it 15 inappropriate io preswne thai the charity will
continue in op¢ratioD.
The tTUStecs have oveTall responsibility for ensuTtng that the charity has apprepriate systems of control finan¢i#l or
otherwise. They are also responsible for keeping proper aetounting ￿CordS which disclosc wtih Jrasonablc eLxuracy 81
any time ihe financia] position of th¢ ¢harity and which enable them to ensure ih21 tht 8c¢ounls comply ￿ith opplicabl¢
law. They arc also Tcsponsible foT safeguarding the ass¢ts of th¢ charity and hence for taking r¢￿onable steps for the
prevention and deietlion Of fraud and otheT iTr¢¥uldrytle5.
This ]Eport was approveé by the Pan)chial Church CO￿)¢1[ and SI￿¢d on its behalf by..
Lindsay Dobson
Tre&sutEr a])d m¢mb¢r of the PaJochia] Church Council
Dated
P&gf 4

REP
T OF THE INDEPENDEN
MINER TO
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
YOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
J report to the mistees on my examination of the finao¢ial statements of the Par0￿￿81 Church Council of St Johns the
Evattg¢lisL Merrow. for the y&ir ended 31 Decembcr 2023 wh￿Ch cotllprise the Statemeni of Financial Activities, the
Balantt She£t and rclated rtot¢5.
This report is made solcly tts the charity's In]sttt& a body. in accordance with settion 145 of the Charities Ath 2011. My
work has betn undertaken so thai l Tnight state ro ihc chaTiry'S trustees ihose matters l am Tequired ts) statc to Ihctn in thi5
report and for no other purpos¢. I'o the fvllest exlenl pemiitted by law. I do not accept or as9um¢ ￿sponSibl]Ity to aDyone
other than tbe charity and Ihe ¢harity's trustees as a body, for my work, for Ihis or for the opinions I have foETr￿.
Responsibilltits knd basis of report
As the t￿Slee$ of th¢ charity you are r¢sponsibl¢ for the pr¢pgration of the fumncioi St￿]￿¢￿tS in accordantt with the
requirements of the Ch3riti¢s Act 2011 I'the Act'l.
I report in ￿SPeCt of my examination of the charity's fjnancial ststemcnts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in
carry'tng out my examinatton I have followed all the appli¢able Directions giveo by the Charity Commission under Section
14515)(b} of ihe Acl.
At) iJ)dependent examIn￿10n does EJOt ihvolv¢ gathering all the evidence that would be requird in audii and
consequently does not coveT the matters thai att auditor CDnsid¢rs in giving theiT opinion on the financial stot¢ments. The
planjllng and ¢onduct of an audit goes beyond rht lirnit•J ￿sur#n¢t that an indeFKDd¢nt examination catt provide.
C.onscquetttly l expre￿ no opinion as to whether the fillanGial 5tatemenis prescni a 'true and fair, view and my rewkrt is
limiicd io those 5peciftc matters sct out in the independent ex￿llin¢r s SLqiemenL
IMd¢p¢ndenf examintr 5 ststement
I have complcted tny examination. I tonfirm that no maierial tnatt¢T5 have come to my att¢ntion in ¢onntction the
examination giving Tn¢ c&us¢ to belicve that Any material respect..
> accounting records were not kept respect ofthe chariiy as r¢quir¢d by section 130 ofthe Act,. or
> the fJnan¢ial 5tat¢m¢nts do not accord with those recordi OT
> the financial Staten)￿t$ do not complv with th¢ applicable requir¢tn¢nts conceniing the forni and corti¢nt of accollnis
stl oul in the Chariues (Accounts and Repo￿) Regulations 21X>8 oiher than anv rquirement ihal the accounts giv¢ a 'true
and fair view which is not a mattel Gonsid¢red as pth of 3n independent examination.
I h&v¢ no conccms Ènd have wm¢ across no other matters UJ conneciitsn with th¢ ¢xamination to which attention should be
drawn in this repon ill ordtr to ¢Dabl¢ apropcr undeT5tanding of the fin2ncl￿ 8tat•D¢nts to be reached.
Mr Ru8*11 Brown A.C.A.
CMB Parthership Limitcd
Charter•4 A¢wUni￿ts & R¢gig¢Ted Auditors
7 W¢y CourL Mary Road
Guildfo
SuTr¢y Glll 4QU
Dated I51312¥
Pa8¢ 5

THEPAR0cH￿LclluRcHc0u￿cllL OF
THE C&URCH OF WJOHN THKEVANGEU¥f MEIIROW
srATF.MF.vfoFMNANCIALACTTvmES
tht In¢ome*Dd Ei
FOR THB YKARENDED31 DECEMBF.R21123
2023
2022
Nth¢
31715
146Jkfi
91 J70
19J82
176.885
62.157
I3￿74
91J70
14.755
3,420
12fy7
frorn ch&Titabkoetivitit8
TOfALINCOMtNGRE8nifRCES
216J16
40.135
1307
257W8
252 IJ6
eostsof wrntin8volunWi11¢4me
Ih82
10.100
145323
74,140
4J73
2.755
12x8
170598
).Q38
1320
11578
170,815
.194
4)
4,498
4J69 ￿41$
DiK¢twstsof¢hw¢h ￿li￿n￿S
215
6.054
240787
NET tNCOMINGI(OUTGOJNG)
ESOVRCES
(24.2711
(115l}
{16J55)
8,In7
TrANSFERS
(laLJ&tlosJes}otsthyy￿ Ofts0￿b]efiX￿]?S
G3￿￿l0￿510uitIve￿me￿14SgPts
14
5￿87
29J61
41,497
10.
936
133.4601
525.153
514J88
39.J48
1,079.289
1.111749
TUIAL FUF41JSkS ArJ￿TDECEm1BR20I3
527.056
524.657
40.484
1079
1092 197 ￿89
TrThrtBSQThPWS8to 13 f¢Jtrn of11**￿

TIJE PAROCHL4L CItURCH COIJYCll. OF
THE CHiiRCH OF ST JOHN I'HL EVANGELIST MERROW
BALANC
HEF,T AS AT
31 DEC.EMBER 2023
2023
2022
Not¢5
FIXED ASSETS
T3Dgible
Investhwjts
13
397.075
340,275
737.350
41)3.129
311014
714.143
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash at bank
15
5,718
363,234
368,952
358.530
358,530
CREDITORS .. falling
due Withitt ye*r
3,806
NET CEiiiRENf ASSETS
354.847
365,146
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CiQUiENT
LIABJLITIES
,092,197
1079,289
FLNDS
Ujjttstricted genernl fimds
Restiided funds
EndowTnent fillJd$
17
527,056
524.657
40.484
1.092.197
525,153
514,-%88
39,548
1,079.289
These fJnanci815tstementshave be￿ pjypth in acwrilan¢¢ the chariti￿ Ad 201 l and the Church
Aceouniing Regulations 20(kn.
si
"ED ON. BE￿ALF OF JHE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COU.NCIL..
Manber of theparochial Churth Council
Member of th¢ Parochial Churth Coun¢il
The notes on pages 8 to 13 fom part of th￿¢ a¢¢ounls
Pa8¢ 7

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF STJOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
31 DEC&MBKR2023
l. AccouffflNC POLICIES
B*sl$ of preparAth)n of tht finantiAI st*tsments
The accounts have b¢u Prep￿ed und¢r th¢ biaori¢ai Cost conventio]x ex¢ept for c&tsin iTrvesbnents included at
marknt va]u4 in a¢¢ordsn¢e with the Church Accounting Reglllations 2006, the Chariti¢s Act 2011 and the
Sw¢m¢nt of R￿mm¢nded Practice: Accoun11￿8 and R¢porting by Chariti&8 SOBF IFRS 102) dyective for
accoLllJting periods comm¢ncin8 on OT after l January 2019.
Fwnd aCCOUDtiMg
Unrestricted funds represent the fimds of the PCC that are ￿t 5thje¢t to any ￿trictiOnS &% to their us£. Funds
designated by the PCC fora particular purp05c ar¢ a150 unrcstriGtd.
Restrict￿ funds 8re those funds held which are subject to r¢striCti0￿* as to their use imFosed by the donor (
contained within the ternjs ofagTanL
Etlthwrllcnt fvnd5 are fiuJd5, the rapita] of whi¢h must b¢ maitttsin&t Jneome ari8in8 from the investment of the
¢I￿ow￿ent may be restric￿d or thvestriC￿ deiKnding on the pwpose for whi¢h the en(k)wmeni ¢stsblished.
The aGGounts in¢lud¢ transa¢tiotts wets liabilitiL8 for which the PCC be held responsible. Thcy do not
include the accourjts of church thai owe an atrill￿10tt to anoth¢r body, nor thos¢ that are iDformal
8atherin8s of church mcmbcrs.
In￿rning rewurt
All voluntsry ￿VIng is inchtded in the fin8ncig] 5tatcments for the period in which it 15 received. Donations un
Gift Aid plus the ￿SOcia￿d tax recovery ar¢ reco8nised incomc when the donation i5 reffiv
Legacies are accountd for whenthcir retcipt is certwn and Can be properly quontifi&t
All other income is recogDised when it 15 T¢ceivable.
Resources expellded
Grants and donatiLXJS arc arrowrtd for when paid ov¢r. or wh¢n awardtd, tf that award creat&s a binthn8 or
constn]¢tiv¢ obligation on th¢ PCC.
The dioc¢5a]] parisb Sha￿ is calculated antluaily and h&$ been accounted fer in thcyeor to which ii relate&
(kner ¢xp¢ndifttTC is a¢¢ountcd for as ihe liability is ini?￿red and where 8ppropriak includes i]Tecoverabl¢ VAT.
GoYern8nce costs include those LY)St5 &wiated wtth theeting the consti￿OnI1 and statutory requirnyjents of the
¢h8rity attd includ¢ tbe illd¢pendeDt examiners fee&
T%￿gible fjKed Assets
Cons¢cTated and benefJc¢ propcrty of any kind is ¢x¢ludtsJ fr(>m th¢ financial ststements itt 2ceordance with the
Charities Act 2011. This includes attLount5 expetlded upon Such ass¢ts by thE PCC which is i￿lud<d in th¢
accounts &s direct charitable expenditurc in th¢y¢ar in the e&pendilure rtcurs.
Fr¢ehold building5 (but l￿d) dePr￿l￿t￿l Nt >6 Df writien v81ueper aonum.
Sl John'$ C¢Jtr fiJrnitttr¢ Atxl equipment is deprxiated on a slrdight line b&8is ovu 10 year& Computcr and oth
equipmenr is d¢pr¢¢i8ted on a &tyight line b￿lS overthree year5.
Inw¢sknents arc incllldcd at thcLT mad(ct value at 31 Dccember.
Page 8

PAROCHtALCHURCIICX)UNCILOF
IHE EVANGELLFf ME1￿0￿
OTESTOACCOUYTS
R YBAREf4DED31 DECEMBER2023
2025
VOLIiNTARYINCY)ME
PknrttsJ8l5i￿A
Collethions aDdotherkryv
knc0MEt￿lircovcIcd Oift Aid
69.916
15.921
1&159
5.194
69.916
17241
18.159
5,5
36.QiYJ
J,801
35,9
21,510
18577
3(725
203
l J19
Gjults
L¢BXi￿a￿￿ Lts irK(¢ll¢
146906
17fj885
INCfJMEFROM ACTI￿177￿sF0RG1ZI￿RATllNGFi￿5
715D7
9,I07
3.956
78,507
9,107
3,956
51,907
J44
rhutch4Ctiirytits
f￿S￿￿*b￿lf￿dS
91
19
1207 ￿&2 13074
COSTSOFGEPIERATtriG FUN[15
2.755
1.6f2
82 2755
Unrc*i¢ted
R¢skncwd
2022
funds
1.44D
38
1257¥ ￿26

THE PAROCHIALCHIIRCHCOUNLIL OF
ThE CHURCHOFSTJO]IN TEEEVANGBLiST MERROW
OTKSTO ACCY)UNTS
FOR ThEYRAIi E
2023
2022
TLttI
Di(￿**￿￿]5￿ sh
92.43S
2.153
T6269
7.153
91435
91,038
W54
3&523
9.473
34J26
Cleiwy8lli¥vmaryJexpe4￿S
20
440
3.110
1,743
17.884
1943
thoir¢wK5
R¢pirsto church
3,110
17.834
chw¢hyA￿w1ktcP
1,565
D¢rrtCl￿icffj offuLthlkyts&s
145
2J
170.815
1709)8
TrDivEwanFqn¥hkn bythoDloC￿¢0f G￿lIar￿dI￿diSQ$hJ￿tO￿￿V¢rthB￿wsQflhtR￿
UnTegtncted
fiJndg
Stsff
4823
4.716
11998
9.171
£522
30.822
1414
716
129)8
1524
a￿nIng
ilittes
4.522
guranGE
2,471
557
557
712
17$
80.194

THEFAROCHIALCHUItCHCOUF4CJLOF
liOTESTOACCOIINTS
FORIHE YFAREP4DED31 DECEM￿1023
22
Totyl
CHIIRCH NL4NAGEhIEI4TLYDAI>MU4ISTRAT1014
3.598
IT2
728
LThurchllthDiDtxrauoD
192
192
fol
4.498
IQ GOVERNANCRC(AYTS
4569
1415
STAFF COS
TRIJSTEES
Th￿te￿￿￿e￿oI[￿n￿￿￿1nyX¥¥l¢c5lntheywlJ)22.ll71l
P¥ll

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVAI¥GELIST MERROW
NOTES TO ACCOUNTS
AR Ef4DED 31 DE
EMBER2023
OR THE
13 FIXED ASSETS
TANGIBLEASSETS
Freknld
land and
buibjings
Fumilure
ting5
¢quip]￿at
cosr
At 1st j￿u￿Y 2023
502.(*3
70
18587
At 31 DecaDber 2023
70
590.917
DEPRECIA'nON
At 1st Janusry 2013
Charge foryear
98.954
70247
1&587
187.788
At31 De£*hlxr2023
18
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 D￿lber 2023
397.075
At 31 Decanber 2022
403 129
403.129
The fKeehold knd and buildinRs c(ryrisetheStJohn's Cath.
DO￿lati(￿ has btrn dwged in rdation ts) frt¢lK)td buijdi￿sI0reatdth￿{1￿￿0f in in
a¢ukJdgn¢¢ with Iewmthd￿ Prnai¢¢.
14
FIXED ASSETS. INVLSTMENrs
20
2022
MaTk¢tVgl￿or inVe5bllQ￿ bEJdat l Janwy 2ff23
Additil￿￿$
ReVAtuationBai￿orffjSl
311,014
352.511
Markctvsiue at 31 December2023
311.014
rnlrkd Val￿ a 31 DxaDbtr2023 inV#ttn¢itts for.
2023
2022
304,378
278,204
32.810
340.275
311014
2023
2022
15
DEwfoiLS
Pag¢ 12

PAROCHIAL CIIURCH COUNCVI, OF
THE CHURCII OF STJOHN THF EVANGELISI. .MbRROW
NOTFSTO ACCOUN
2￿
16 CREDTfoK8
2,4LK
1283
J7 REsfRvcfEDAND UNRESTRtCT£D FUNDS
Balan¢¢
brwghi
for%iwd
i)JtBOin8
fimds
UnT¢*lrfed
Gellerd Church fur
84.472
137J28
{1&4,5501
26.174
819J9
Dtti%**tEd fuud5
35.552
271
79.153
174,OY2)
40J89
MI￿￿Fel￿V$blp
OJr*e¥hou* Fwil
12711
404,fib8
250
404.fA)8
140
Tty4wFulld
35
11451
rchyard
216 516
StknJJD'8Centr¢
BabyBa5i¢5
Cbwth fthic f￿d
ChuT£b>aTd Wy
Bwing Crt)uid Gra
Warmemorial
403.129
lJ32
93.848
5.777
1.430
933
7939
16.054)
11.440)
397.075
396
3.113
100
97.661
5.559
).430
J.759
20.685
35.(
30.IJ66
fuu
46
40.438
TheGr￿ts8
39502
1207
3,358
3.087
39.548
07
1.079289
257.858
274211
29261
P￿1)