2024-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Merrow

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St. John the Evangelist Merrow

A nnual Report 2025

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 Churchwarden’s report page(s): 4/5/6

Churchwarden’s Property & Land Fabric report 2023-2024

page(s): 6/7

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

Review of the Year.

APCM Report 2024-2025

This year our focus has been on Community and Fundraising. We have sought to build the profile of St. John’s both within the church community and the wider Merrow community. As you will see from the report, this focus has achieved some good results – both financially and relationally. Our congregation is growing, our finances are growing and our reputation within Merrow is growing too.

In his book The Way of Christ-likeness , the late bishop Michael Perham wrote that “people will know that there is something of Christ in you if there is a warmth, a joy, a natural affection, an impulsive generosity breaking out in all your human relationships.” St. John’s is a place that can rightly claim to be all of those things and our focus this year has enabled us to show it.

This year has also seen a growth in the relationships with our church school and all the young people in Merrow, which is down to the skill and professionalism of our youth worker, Georgie Gregson. We have welcomed a new Parish Administrator, Sandra Rayner, who has brought her efficient and proactive mind to our office environment. As ever, our centre manager, Barry Dickinson, is a welcoming presence to all who come through the doors of our church centre.

As with any church, it takes a vast army of people, volunteers and paid staff, to make a church run smoothly. I would like to thank in writing our churchwardens Cathy Thompson and Jane Farquharson, our new deputy churchwarden Michale Eagle, our excellent treasurer Lindsay Dobson, Nick Bond and Tricia Tappin who act as secretaries to the PCC, Helen Chambers for keeping the daily liturgical life of the church running and Rosanne Bond for guarding our safety as Parish Safeguarding Officer. Without them, and all of our volunteers (who are growing in number) St. John’s wouldn’t be the warm, joyous, affectionate and generous place that it is. Thank you so much to you all!

I hope you enjoy reading this report and I look forward to working with everyone involved in the life of our church to see what God has in store for us in the future.

With good wishes,

Tim

Churchwardens report 2024

Well what a fantastic year 2024 was, in the life of our church, St John’s!

Tim, our Rector and Georgie our youth worker have now both completed over a year with us. It feels as though they have been here much longer, because of all that they have achieved. An enormous thank you to them both for their enthusiasm, energy, and inspiration. When we have thanked Georgie during the year for things that she has organised, she says that she could not do it without the volunteer support, but she gives everyone that enthusiasm and stimulation to volunteer!

During the year we have enjoyed;

In January a Christingle service
In February a Barn dance
In March Palm Sunday, with a live Donkey and the Easter services.
May saw the patronal festival followed by brunch
June saw a wonderful Rectory fete and the launch of the Young People’s Ministry Fund
In July we had our first pet service, with some unusual pets, and Friends of St John’s organised a concert by our very own Damian.
August saw the Holiday club-desert detectives. Do join in this year’s if you can, it was such fun!
In September the Backpacks were blessed ready for a new school year and Sandra took up the post of Parish Administrator. We formally welcome her and thank her for her hard work, and attention to detail to keep us all on track!
During October we enjoyed the wonderful concert given by our own Alexandra, accompanied by Henry. We also had our harvest lunch, a bring and buy and the launch of Women in Fellowship.
In November we held our remembrance service, so well supported by the local Scouts, our All Saints service and a very successful Friends of St John’s quiz night.
December rounded off the year with the Advent Fair, thank you Gerald, the amazing Carols in the pub and the wonderful Christmas services.

With sadness we had the passing of some of our dear congregation; Tim Dean, Jim Styles, David Welbourn, Mike Newell, Barbara Lawrence, Jenny Shales and Tony Neale. They and others will be greatly missed.

The Church Wardens have had their monthly meetings, as well as meeting regularly with the rest of the team.

The main work of a Warden is to support our incumbent, so the focus of our meetings is to make sure that we work through the monthly responsibilities, such as keeping records up to date and ensuring that the centre and church are looked after and running efficiently.

We are also involved in recruitment and staff reviews.

During 2024 we have focussed on the church heating and sound system, care of the church yard, risk assessments and fire procedures as well as safeguarding.

We would like to give a big thank you to those who provided cover for the Parish Office over last summer, before Sandra started with us.

St John’s Centre, under Barry’s direction, is now well occupied for most of the week and Saturdays. We have a regular booking from Italia Conti and the NHS which has meant that, financially, it has held its own.

Thank you to Micky who has played for services, weddings, funerals and baptisms throughout the year.

Edward, our talented young organist has gone off to University in Warwick. And we are delighted to welcome Isabella who plays at the family service each month.

The Standing Committee meets each month and consists of the Church Wardens, Rector and Treasurer. An enormous thank you goes to our Treasurer, Lindsay. She works so hard to manage our finances, and at the end of 2024 started to set up a new system for bill and expense paying. This has initially taken up a lot of her time, but we hope that once it is up and running, it will help to reduce her workload and enable the team to share responsibilities.

A special thank you to the core team of Tim, Georgie, Diana, Margaret, Lindsay, Helen, Barry, Sandra and Rosanne for your leadership, dedication and resilience, as well as the hard work.

We would also like to thank all of you for contributing to the life of St Johns in so many ways with your attendance and volunteering. Without you all we could not provide the wonderful opportunities we currently offer:

Baby basics, Bell ringing, Brass cleaning, Choir, Fetes, Church cleaning, Church linen, Churchyard maintenance, Coffee rota, Flowers in church, Food Bank, Friends of St Johns, Glow Toddlers, Holiday club, House groups, Men in Fellowship, Inter church (formally known as Messy Church!), Open the Book, Parish magazine editing, PCC, Readers/intercessors, Servers, Sidespeople, Sparks, Website, Women in Fellowship, Wednesday Coffee club, Youth Café………

That’s amazing, a massive thank you to you all.

Cathy Thompson and Jane Farquharson

The Churchwardens

Churchwarden’s Property and Land Fabric report 2023-2024

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 Centre roof, the Churchyard flint walls and Church porch roof.

The Centre roof is the subject of ongoing debate and investigation for a suitable replacement covering with redesigned water gulleys that will also accommodate the future installation of Solar panels.

The damaged flint wall on the corner of Trodds Lane was the subject of an insurance claim. Once this was settled we were able to take advantage of Trodds Lane being closed for repairs to the Horse and Groom Pub, to get the wall repaired.

The Church porch roof repointing is to be done by volunteers. Inside, once the damp in the walls is sorted, it will be redecorated to expose the Norman arch and protect the oak door.

There are still minor issues with the lighting in the Centre main hall but they have mainly been addressed. Thank you to Peter Tappin for shinning up a ladder to change lighting track fittings and replace bulbs.

Lighting in the Church has also been improved, florescent bulbs being replaced with LED whilst retaining the Victorian fittings and the reordered lighting control system.

The internal high level illumination of the stained glass windows during the winter months continued for 2024.

We are monitoring the heating in Church as there are still slight vagaries with the programming which has made it very expensive to reach a comfortable temperature for Sunday services. Work is ongoing.

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.

Churchyard maintenance continued with regular volunteer working groups organised by Stuart Inkster. We have reduced areas of wild grass and flowers to hopefully provide a better balance with the rest of the more closely mown areas.

Cathy Thompson and Jane Farquharson

The Churchwardens

Safeguarding Report for 2025 APCM

We all have a duty of care to ensure the well-being of the vulnerable in our church community. It is so important that everyone has an opportunity to develop their faith in a safe and secure environment whilst experiencing fellowship and friendship. If you have any concerns, however small, please have a chat with Tim, Georgie or myself as soon as possible.

With this in mind in 2024 I have

Produced a written report to be considered at each PCC meeting
Submitted 18 DBS (criminal record checks) applications as part of the safer recruitment process. Many related to those who volunteered to help at the very successful Holiday Club held in August
Held regular meetings with Georgie as youthworker to discuss safeguarding matters
Ensured that all postholders have completed the relevant safeguarding training issuing reminders, when necessary
Checked that risk assessments on activities attended by vulnerable people have been approved by the PCC

Maintained the parish online safeguarding dashboard tool which lists all safeguarding actions to be addressed
Updated posters on display in the Church and Centre to ensure the contact details of helplines are clearly visible with the assistance of our Parish Administrator, Sandra Rayner. Contact details for the Rector and Parish Safeguarding Officer have been given greater prominence. Separate cards have been produced for our homeless friends who visit from time to time.
Sought advice and support from the Diocesan Safeguarding Team when necessary
Checked the First Aid boxes and wheelchairs in the church and the Centre at regular intervals throughout the year and reported any incidents to the churchwardens.

Appropriate records continue to be maintained by Georgie our youthworker and also by the leaders of the Wednesday Coffee Club to ensure that activities involving vulnerable people are run safely. All sensitive information is held securely.

Safeguarding Sunday was marked in November. Going forward the PCC has started to consider the way in which we promote a healthy and safe church culture and look at ways in which we could build on our existing strengths. It is very important that we talk about safeguarding openly on other occasions not just once a year.

Rosanne Bond Parish Safeguarding Officer

PCC report for APCM 2025

The PCC meets bi-monthly. During the year the PCC has discussed and decided upon, amongst other things, Finance and the introduction of a new system to track expenses, Youth Ministry and its funding, Parish Safeguarding, upkeep and maintenance of the Church and Centre, hospitality and music events, the focus for the fund-raising 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 School Governor, development of a H&S policy, development of a Social Media policy, a review of Utilities contracts, and churchyard upkeep and closure. With Tim now fully settled into his role we are very grateful to have his leadership to guide the PCC in serving our church family and wider community.

I would like to thank all members of the PCC for their hard work and time dedicated to running St John’s Church smoothly, and special thanks are due to our Churchwardens Jane and Cathy who, together with Michael as their deputy, take on the additional responsibilities and duties that go with that position, for the benefit of us all. I would also like to pay tribute to Helen and Peter, who are both retiring from the PCC this year. Helen has served on the PCC, as Churchwarden and as a PCC member, for at least the last eight years, and as one of our Deanery Synod representatives for the last three years, always bringing her quiet, calm wisdom and expertise which has been highly valued during that period. While she will no longer be a PCC member, we are very glad that Helen will continue to play a key role as part of the Community team. Peter has also been on the PCC for several years, including his term as Churchwarden until last year’s APCM, and although he is stepping down from the PCC he will continue to support the team looking after Infrastructure with his customary enthusiasm, energy and commitment. On behalf of the PCC I would like to thank them both very much for their service, dedication and hard work.

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, April 2025

Electoral roll

During 2024 one person joined the Electoral Roll and sadly six members of our church family died leaving 137 on the Electoral Roll at the end of the year.

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

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.

2024 gave us a full year with our new rector. We were also joined by our new Youthworker at the beginning of the church. The other change of personnel was our new Parish Administrator. Our new team has brought a wave of enthusiasm and spiritual optimism to our parish which has borne fruit in our financial position.

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 2023.

As can be seen, our income rose by £53k from our 2023 figures, a huge achievement. This was in main due to a stewardship call to our congregation to raise £150k over 5 years to pay for our youthworker which has raised around £41k in the first year.

This became critical this year when the Down Road Trust funds, which previously paid for our youthworker, were depleted. This can be seen in the large reduction in our grant payments, which in 2024 were mainly for our Baby Basics charity engagement as well as any grants for church fabric maintenance.

Church Income

Planned Giving	£72,072	(£69,616)
Collectons and other giving	£56,158	(£17,241 )
Other receipts and tax	£25,615	(£18,159 )
Legacies and other income	£29,720	(£ 5,590)
Grants	£ 9,412	(£36,000)
Receipts from Church Actvites	£ 8,605	(£ 9,107)
Magazine Receipts	£ 4,076	(£ 3,956 )
Dividends and Interest	£26,694	(£19,382)
Total Income	£232,352	(£179,351)

During the year the total income for the Church was £232,352 which is an increase on last year of £53,001

A legacy of £5000 was received in 2024 , with a request that it be used for Youth Ministry.

Church Expenditure

Church Expenses have remained constant with a small increase of £4,032. This, in a background of rising inflation should be seen as a success of management of finances by the PCC.

Costs of generatng voluntary income	£ 5,042	(£ 1,682)
Grants and Charitable Giving	£ 8,055	(£12,578)
Direct Costs of Church Actvity	£177,726	(£170,815)
Church Management and Administraton	£ 5,284	(£ 4,373)
Governance Costs	£ 1,942	(£ 4,569)
Total Expenditure	£198,049	(£194,017)

The Parish Share was, by far, the largest item of Expenditure at £96,157 (£92,435). The increase was larger than previous years and in 2025 will top £100,000

Due to the decision to focus on raising ‘internal’ funds for our youthworker role, we did see a small drop in funds raised/donated to other charities. `

Despite this increase in expenditure, we have, through our effort on income generation, managed to show a very small positive balance of £34,303 although it is worth pointing out that without the stewardship campaign for the youthworker we would be in deficit.

The Church Centre

The sole source of income for the Centre is from the hire of the facilities. During 2024, the usage of our centre has remained reasonably static, with our income running slightly below that of 2023.

Overall operational costs for running the Centre have decreased substantially in 2024 as a far smaller amount was spent on refurbishment of the centre facilities.

During the year the total income was	£71,671	(£78,507)
The costs of running the Centre we were	£55,048	(£74,140 )
(Deprecaton is excluded in the fgure 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 £16,623

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 2024 were £3,506.

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 means that we do not have to touch our reserves to keep our church running. In 2024 we had budgeted to show an £11k deficit. At the time, this did not include any budget for the Youth Ministry Fund as we did not have a particular view. Obviously the £41k that was raised meant that we were always going to finish the year with a positive return.

On top of this we were helped by better than budgeted investment returns. Also, we achieved more general fundraising through running more events which we have assumed will continue in 2025.

However, as we move into 2025 it is worth mentioning that key areas such as staff salaries have increased due to longer hours being required. Alongside this many of our maintenance and contractual costs have had to increase due to inflation. Our current deficit for 2025 shows at around £26k – this is without any assumptions on Youth Ministry Fund gifts.

At the end of 2024 our CLCLA investments were valued at £348,064 and our cash reserves came to £410,096 giving us a total of liquid capital of around £750k

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

Lindsay Dobson – Treasurer.

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PAR HIJRCH OF ST CH OHNTHE EVAN CIL BLIST MERROW AN AL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DE The Parochial Church Cowjcil of the Church of St John the Evang¢lisL Merrow, (the PCQ. h&$ the ]ESW)nsibility to PToJnotc the whole mission of St Johll's. It is a150 responble for th¢ mait5tenance pud upkeqs of th¢ l)uildings &58ociai¢d with th¢ church. Tbc PCC confiTm that the report and fmallcia] statements comply with CUTreni sithtory reqUtentI the reqviYem¢nt% of the PCC'S governing thcume]]ts, accounting standord5 and the provisions of th¢ Stst¢rn¢nt of ReCOmm¢nd Practicc "A¢cothJiing and Reporting by Charities" Charities SORP IFRS1021 pffective for ac¢owrtiRg p¢riods on or after l y]U 2019. STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE The PCC i5 a Charity registered with the Chority Cornmission &)d is an UThiDcOTltd associitithi 8ov¢mtd by the tern of its COJWiWlion To b¢ a vibroJ]L wilnessin8 and worsbippiDg ¢hwch at th¢ heart of the community. REVIEW OF ACTIVJTIES Parish inL¥)]n¢ falls into sev¢raJ categ0ri¢5. of which the JnaiL ones are.. Plant*4J 8ivin8 Collections and otber Chilable comprising colledionsal s¢rvict5 and other one.off donalions GIftd recovered Oth¢r reeeipts. which its¢lud¢s owcharitsbje fillJd-rotsiDg R¢¢¢ipts from chwch activi11 in¢ludin8 c¢ntr¢ I¢ttiTJgs. Planned giving Planned givin8 is the maiTh Source of RDcom¢ whiGh is d¢Tived from th¢ Parish Giving scheme and Sthndittg Orders, ioÈethcT with Gift Aid GrIPtS from HM R¢ve&u¢ & This totsjled £97,6871£8&075). Colle¢tion8 otb¢r giving As well as service eolledions enwelop¢5. this cat¢sory in¢ludes donations for Mission and Chotritable Givin amounting to £56,138 (£17,241). th¢ in¢rA%e du¢ to the Stewardshlp carnpaign to pay fora Youthworker. Other rete1p inelDdkig charitable funds Een¢r#ted FuDd rdising events 8cTherattd ineo]ne of £13.1481£1,729) including for Mission aDd Charitsbl¢ PUTP05e5. AEai the incre was due to an Incr¢&se in ¢veiits such &$ tbe r¢wrn of the Summcr fe Rettlpts from church artiYitie5 This category llJ¢lud¢s wedding and fi]ncral ftts of £8,605 {£9,107). Centre letting incom¢ was£71.6711£73.220). P4e2

PAR IAL THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN T OUN E EVANGELIST MERR ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED CEMBER 21124 EipeDdltyr¢ Thc Iargest sijjgle item of ¢xp¢nliture wa5 the Dioces Padsh Shar¢ of £96.1571£91435). Mission and Charitable Giving w&8 reded at £8.055 {£12.578), but stilI a trstimony to th¢ 8eTrerosity of St John8 All a yWhere th¢ fo¢us on ijjtemal ncros. Church Centr¢ wsts, ¢xcludjngdepreciatio were£53.048 (£74,140). Overall position Overa]l ovr in¢ome exceedd uureApendiiur¢ by£44,973 excludittE thveknent 8ains. A Stsward5hip C&Tnpaign has been held to raise fund5 to thnploy our n¢w Youthworker. as the graTrt fi]nthn8 fr(pm the Down Road Ttust is now depleied. This rnised around ov¢r £40k this yexr from the generosity of our parishioners. This cwnpaign will nm forthc ncxt fewyear& This i5 a major fathorin our suwlus foT 2024. AtyeaT end our cash position was £410.0961£358,5301 RISK MITIGATION The major risks to which the PCC is exposed Ila been ide]rtified and ¢onslder¢d by the snemFm ofthe PCC. Sys¢¢ms and PToredur¢shave b¢¢n establish to manage those risks identified. RESERVES POLICY The PCC seek to maintsin a triCient level of re5ervcs 10 5UPPOrt is day tts d&y operations and to su¢h contingencies as might r¢asonably be fottseen. Page 3

THE PA CH H OF STJOHN THE CH CL EIJST MERROW AL REPORT R THE YEAR Ef4DED 31 DE EMBER 2024 STATEMErvr OFTRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILrrtFs Law applicable to ¢harit1¢5 UJ Eng18nd and w¢$ r¢quire5 the members of th¢ PCC who are the trustee5 of the clwity for the purpose5 of charity law, to pr¢parc finarjcial sraiements for eath f]nancial year wthi¢h give atrve and fair vicw of the state of affairs of the ¢bwity and of its frnancial a¢tivities for that ye. In preparing those the tsust¢e5 &Te rcquired io.. sele¢t suitableaccounlittgllcles and 4)ply tlm consistentty. make judg¢m¢nrs and estimÈtrs that Tc8sonable and prudet. slate wheth¢r appliGable accoun1ty standards hav¢ been folloived. subieti to gny [nater1 d¢parturcs disclosed and ¢xplaiD¢d in the acco1$. and prepare th¢ fjnancial sts¢¢m¢ttts on a 80iog concern b&%is ulesS ftl is inwropriat¢ lo presume that th¢ elwtty wlll continue in opEration. The trustees hav¢ overall responsibility for enswing that the rharity appropriate systth)s (I control fiKoJ)ciaJ or othenvis¢. They are a150 respoTJsible tor k¢¢ping proper a¢¢ounthJg ]rwr4ts which dis¢los¢ with [rnb]e racY 4t any time the finallcial pe&tion of the cknity and which cnBbl¢ them to ¢nsure th&t the accounts wmply wrth applic4ble Idw. They are als{> re5t4Trnsible for safeguardiog the essets of the charity and hce for takivg reawnabl¢ s*ps for the prevention and detection of frdudand other itYryulaTities. This Twrt w¥ approv by th¢ P8ro¢hial Chw¢h C0clI Signed on its ihalf by." Tre4sur¢r and memberofthe PArithial c1wh Council Dated l 103125 Pagc 4

PORT O THE DEP R TO HEPA CHOF CH UF4 VANGELIST OF ERROW THE CH TJOHN THE FOR THE YEAR D 31 DECEMBER2024 I rep(M¢ 10 the tnjstees on my ¢xamination of the financial stat¢mcnts of the P8rochial thurcb Council of St JohD5 the Evangtlisi meW. for the year ended 31 DeeernbEr 2024 whi¢h Gomprise the Ststemcnl of PiTrm¢ial Activitie5. the Bajanct Sh¢d r¢la*d llote5. This report is made solely to the dwity's tnIStS, as a body, in accordartte with x¢tion 145 of the Chatitie5 Act 2011. My work h&$ be¢n undertsken so that I might State io ibe ¢harity's Ie$ those matt¢rs l am required to stste to them in thi5 report and for no other pufj)ose. To the lIeSt p¢rniilted by law, I do not ac¢¢pt or &ssmie responsibility lo anyone otherthan the charity and thr oharity'strustees as a body. for my work. for this repotrl or for the opinions I hav¢ fonn¢d. Ruponsibljldes bssis ofr¢port As the trnstees of the eharity you gre responsibl¢ for the pTep8ration of the fin8nrial statem¢Trts in aecordance with the reqUir¢]nt$ of th¢ Charities Ad 2011 {'the Art.). I rert in respect of my examina¢]( of the ¢harity's fmanciaj statem¢t)ts ¢arrI tjer s¢ctioft 145 of the Act and in caxrying 01 my cxaminalion I have followEd all the 2ppll¢able Dir¢¢tions given by the Charity Cornmi5$ion under Wlion 145(5Xbl of the Acc independeni examination does not involvc thering all the ¢vidcnce that would be required yi ats audit and constqucntly d0¢5 not cov¢r ajl the matters that an Audi considers in giving theiropipion onthe fanCial $Nements. The plauning and ¢th2duct of an Audit gots beyond th¢ limit tsrance tbat an indepcTrdeni examination can provid Constquenily l express no opinion as to whether the financial statern¢nts present a 'true and fair. vi¢w and my report 15 limtt¢d w those specific n)RttEr5 S¢t out in the lTrdepejent ¢XleT'S statemenL IDdependen¢ ¢mIner'S stittment I hav¢ completed my exwninatioll. I confimi that no material matters have rotn¢ my attention in connection with the exall)iiiation giving m¢ eaJJse io b¢li¢Ye thai in any rnateri21 respECt.'

accounting records We not kem in rcspect of the ¢hity &% Jtquird by 8ection 130 of the Arf or th¢ financia] statements do tt aecorrt with those re£0,. or the financEal ststements do not comply with th¢ applitable r¢quircmenls coDc¢rning th¢ fonn and conteni of arcounts set out in tl* Charities IA¢counts and Reports) RegulatlOD5 21X)8 other than Ony r¢quiremeDt that th¢ a¢¢ounts wve a'tn]c and fairview which is not a matter¢on5]ded &s pArt of an tndep¢J]d¢nt ekamination. I have no eoncern5 and hav¢ ¢ome across no oth¢r matt¢rs cmne¢tion with the exarnination to whi¢h atiejrtlon 5hovld be drawn in this report in order io enabl¢ a propEr undmtanding of the fInla1 statemerEts to be ffached. Ntr Russell Brown A.C.A. CMB Partnership LiTThit¢d Chart¢rtd Accountsnts & ReEiStered AuditthS 7 Wey CourL Mary Road Guildford Swrey GUI 4QU Page 5

OF EV STAIIMENT tsr END 31 DECE EM1024 Urnewi¢d fund5 R¢Stsie 2024 13 N( 1cLninr¢s0rCC5eCoth YttrAttdfd5 V¥luntaryincomt Activittes for8trtatln8funds JAvethentiMomt Inwmin8re&)ut¢tsfrom Rrlivit 131.071 84J52 19.371 61 J86 191.957 84,3J2 26.694 146,9ths 91,57Q 19,382 3.515 1278 TOTAL fqCOMINGAESOIIR Cvsts orse¢tatingvolthry income Grnnt5arththbleW8 I[ectcofChUleh2ctyitS J.fh12 6,612 141.769 s58 5.284 5W42 8.055 177,n6 981 5284 1.443 35.957 5.933 12,578 170,¥15 BO.194 4.373 io 215697 RLSOiIReFS 19297 398 1378 44.973 (16WJ) 14.ml OTHERREcNESE GAINSI<L0&5ES) S)ottdiStK oflan8ibit fiied&<%tts fjainsK(1ottI 1ThFne4$scts 822 NETMOVEMENTINFUThD5 29J77 2.1th) 52.762 12.4Y18 rotaj funth¥at lilJAMMry 2024 J27.QJO 524.6J7 1.091.197 Im9289 TOTALnyNDSA5AT31STDECEMBTh2024 1 144959 1092 197 Th¢that¢meL ActI3Ut5l¢1Ude$I wnsaThl1o3KStnliW. All illthjllu r¢sOur41dtt$tsW¥$ EXpiV¢fr¢ WntrwTrn84CtiVilie TherTr py 8 ID 13 fonn pthofihts¢ It¢1$

Rl CH CHU NG ETA 31D 2024 2023 FIXED13 Tanble 13 14 391,142 397.075 340 275 737,350 739.206 CURRENfASSETS Debt(K5 15 358 530 358,530 41Ql)96 CREDrroRS,. Amounts fi115xE dy¢svAthtn oDeyer 16 3,683 NET CiIRREDflASSETS 405 753 TOTAL ASSETS IISS CUIIRENT LAABILITILS FUNDS U]JrcstritsJ geI fithds RestiyLd fund EttdDvm]¢nt fimds 17 54&341 554,034 41584 527,056 324,657 Ibese firtanciaj have been prepweé in accor with th¢ Chatiiia%AL# 2011 th¢Chwch SIGNED ON BEHAIFOF1HE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COlJNC. ofthe P Chwdj Camcil Membtrof theP&%>¢hi81 Chwoh C(wil 10}03iiS The Dotrs on pages 8 to 13 forn] part ofthes¢ CoUnts Page 7

THE PAR CHIA THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELI NOTES T 3JD HE ACCOUN MBER 2024 I. ACC017NTING POLICIES Basis of prepArgtloD of the financiAl 8tatemthts The accounts have ken prepared uttder th¢ historical ¢ost ¢onv¢ntion, except for cert&n inve9tm¢nts included ai market v&lu4 iTh a¢cordance with thc Church Arcounting Regulations 2006, thc Charities A¢t 2011 and the Statement of Recomtn¢nd¢d PThc(ice". Aecounting and Reporting by ChaTiiiE5 SORP IFRS 102) effe£tive for accountittg peri1$ commettcing on tsr aft¢T l J¥vary 2019. Unrestricted fuTS presen1 th¥ furjds of the PCC that are not subject to any rcstrictions &$ to th¢ir use. Funds designated by thePCC fora particular purpose are aIw unrestTiCt&l. Restricted fwjits ar¢ those fund5 held which aye subject to restrictions as to their use imposof by the dOrr or ontained within the terms of agraTrt. EndowTh¢ni fvnd5 are Ojttds, the eapitsl of which must be tnaiTtsined. Income arising the inv¢stm¢t)t of th¢ etjdowment Tnay berestricle41 or urJre5tricted depending on the purpos¢ for wbieh theendowment was established. The a¢eouThts ineludc transa¢tion4 a55ets alld liabilities for which lh¢ PCC b¢ held r¢sponsJbl& They do not include the accounts of thi]rch 8roup5 that owe gn atfjliation to another body, those that are infortnaj 8atherings of d)urch m¢mirr& IneomiAg re50wrees All voluntary giving Is ujcluded in the fJnan¢ial sfat¢meThts for the period in which it is rec¢iv¢d. Diution5 wjder Gift Aid plus thc &8sociated r¢covery are r¢cogrused as income when th¢ dODat[( is receiv¢d. L¢gacies are account¢d for when their receipt is ¢ertain and bt woperly quantified. All oth¢r in¢om¢ is reco]SEd when it is rcceivablc. Resourte5 Èxpended Grants and donations arc accounted for when paid over, or when aw8Td¢d, if that &w¥rd Cre¢5 a bindLn8 IX ¢onsiw¢tiv¢ obligation on the PCC. The di¢$an parish 5harc ts tlated aThnuaJly and betn accounted for in tF* yw towhich it relates. Other expendiwre is acwunied for Is th¢ liability is iLuJrr¢d thDd where appropriate includ¢s iffccoverable VAT. Governance Costs Include th05¢ ¢0sts se¢late1] with meetiJ)g the constikntiollai aDd statutory requirer[nts of the charity a1 includethe independent examin¢ts f¢cs. Tangible fixed assets Consecrated and b¢n¢fii% property ofany kirtd is exCI1¢d froTtL the financial statanents in accord¢¢ wilh the Chariiies Aci 2011. This ittclud aTtJoullts exp¢nd¢d upon swch assets by the PCC which is included iti the 8ccounts as direct charitabl¢ ¢xpenditure in the year in which the exptndithre oc¢urs. Freehold building5 (but not landl are depreciated at 2% of writtell down value pu attnum. St John's Centre fvmitiire and equipment is depTeciAted on asiraight line b&gis over lOyeS. Computer and oth equipment is depreciated on a straight linebasis overthree year Inwestmcnts are included at theirM&rketvue at 31 D¢cfflJber. Pa8¢ 8

OF OF 31D CON vOLAJNrARYc0MK PknKd8lVinB Collectio3rh¢ySlnS 1MeX r¢wledder Gift Aid Ta.(U7 21J09 19,310 18.395 072 56.138 25,615 24.no 9.412 9916 17241 18,159 5,5 34.129 6.305 6J25 9.412 Qtyn RocelmgfK Ghyrchttlltr¢ R<¢rtfrom cthurcth tttiviti odrAlVI1¢S forBamtin%f ?171 71*71 8fiDS 4.076 78.5D7 9.ID7 3.956 4.076 19 19 c80FGEf4EHATING FIJNDS wbli¢ity¢xFthSts Unrntrtcted ReStrithd 2024 202J Totsl GRANTSANDeHARABLGlv1Tr4G M]55iQtwondthAfibkTrAS 5 12578

HOF.J0I1N THE EVAN FOR YEAREM)ED3 DECEMB R2024 2W24 Totsi 96.157 pcc. 96,157 92.435 11.769 4.658 24410 CJtJBY8]lQsnttsand¢xw tirri#ry3UPj¢ 2ndtrainiDs Chw¢hrtPi¥S#ndmpinTCW (trwwndthoireAWS 40.179 4,651 9.473 7.080 lQ674 3hlS 2.138 3.615 1138 13516 Chyrith runti]¥Xp¢Ds 1.743 17,B84 1261 467 3.427 lJ52 lThED1lShStrAYt is5¢4 by theDiaGcseofGuildfordandiItalektedIQCOVerthC o(thBRcEior 20 Tothl fvDts $ffHrieS 8.823 716 12.998 13.123 6.418 8,37 MÈint¢Dpnre MRInn¢¢)c 6.418 6,370 7,549 2J56 108 1337 S,933 4,522 822 2.414 2,356 nk thuge5 2J37 Ikwciation 557 054 5,933 P10

PAR CHURCHOF OF NGEI.I 3JD MBER Riotd 2024 Totrl Tioi CHifRCD MANAGBMENfANDADMINISTK4TION 3.645 32) Chw¢h&thDni#rth¢m 3.045 329 ijio 3J20 192 STAFF COM The¢ty¢hep10Ycd1hteqw¥4itN of0rkl2023.olfvll1le memE¢rof Sl0É¢1erwllthttW>l2023. twolprt Einsra(fthiy8thyt4r li IRUS Trus1et5renQI1ethn¢rot*jrtrAnY5tEvritheYe(1ol3-1lI

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUN ILOF THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST MERROW NOTES'fo ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2O24 FOR 13 FIXED ASSETS TANCIBLE ASSETS Fr10]d land and buiklinB5 Furniture fittin85 uipm¢nt At 151 J£nuary 2024 590 917 At 31 Dec4nber2024 502 083 7 DEPRECIATION At IstJanuw 2024 Ch•r8e fory 105.(X18 70247 18,587 193.842 At 31 De(tmber2024 110.941 70.247 NETBOOK VALUE At 31 Dwknr2024 391142 391 142 At 31 IkLwkr2023 ThE fr&old Imd•O buiklings comprise the Stjohn's Ca)tr¢. Depr#iBtK)n been dJw8¢d in telationto frhold buildin8StO TcneLttheu)aof tk¢asy&s in warwj. lerdan¢¢ recomm% cwnting P¥2L(%. 2024 2023 Mtht V8lLte of iovesknents h¢ld at i January 2024 AdditK)ns Revs]ugtyor goo(10&) 340275 311.014 29 Marketvalu¢ at 31 December2024 340 Tk markel vojue at 31 t)¢c¢mbe* 2024 repremts invesknerts tr. 2024 2023 Unffjstri¢t¥J funds El fund5 311.345 304,378 35 36719 97 340 15 DEBTORS 2024 2023 Pase 12

HE ST NT Ef4DED NTINUE BER2024 16 CREDITORS (Trher ¢redityrs 1400 17 RESTRICTEDA14D UNRESTRICTED FUNDS Ban bEovght foEward IDomll (hwwg IDVtsÈtsent TSters T(tsl fuD(L UDrt4tFl¢ttd funds fj¢ll¢Tal thwch fLU 81.919 162.140 (160.7711 6967 {4.W)) 85350 DesI%n4tedfud awTth C¢Dtre Mo75 bdlowship 40.389 71774 {54.9261 58237 hJis5i TO FuDd Rest(ffati 4(A.608 140 80 404,608 240 20 527 056 fthttd¥ St Jth's Centr¢ BabyBl¢S cb faTxi¢fi•hd Churchyardlega Batin8 fjould Gr Ww Memorial Youth Ministy 397.075 488 97,661 5)59 .430 .759 2Q685 15.9331 11.4431 17.OROI (4671 391.iK2 12.145 1220 IQ726 5.192 1.430 1,759 50.489 54.455 28.4101 3,759 TheGnt Ic8a¢y 40438 78 78 822 Pw13

accounting records We not kem in rcspect of the ¢hity &% Jtquird by 8ection 130 of the Arf or th¢ financia] statements do tt aecorrt with those re£0,. or the financEal ststements do not comply with th¢ applitable r¢quircmenls coDc¢rning th¢ fonn and conteni of arcounts set out in tl* Charities IA¢counts and Reports) RegulatlOD5 21X)8 other than Ony r¢quiremeDt that th¢ a¢¢ounts wve a'tn]c and fairview which is not a matter¢on5]ded &s pArt of an tndep¢J]d¢nt ekamination. I have no eoncern5 and hav¢ ¢ome across no oth¢r matt¢rs cmne¢tion with the exarnination to whi¢h atiejrtlon 5hovld be drawn in this report in order io enabl¢ a propEr undmtanding of the fInla1 statemerEts to be ffached. Ntr Russell Brown A.C.A. CMB Partnership LiTThit¢d Chart¢rtd Accountsnts & ReEiStered AuditthS 7 Wey CourL Mary Road Guildford Swrey GUI 4QU Page 5