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2024-12-31-accounts

Parish of St Peter Woki St Peter’s - St Mark’s - All Souls’

ANNUAL REPORT of the PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (in separate booklet) For the year ended 31 December 2024

a Vicar Revd. Jonathan Thomas The Vicarage 66 Westfield Road Woking . Surrey GU22 9NG

Bankers

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St Peter's and St Mark’s All Souls’
Santander Bank Barclays Bank
Bridle Road, Church Street East
Merseyside Woking
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Independent Examiner John Withrington

PARISH CHURCH St Peter’s, Old Woking

DISTRICT CHURCHES All Souls’, Sutton Green St Mark’s, Westfield

ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 2024

Introduction

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a Charity which has been registered with the Charity Commissioners since 2009. The Charities Act 2011 regulates the way in which the PCC must report to its local congregation and the public at large. The report and accounts for 2024 are presented in a format that complies with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Parish Aims and PCC organisation

Our purpose is to make disciples of Jesus Christ in the Parish of St Peter, Woking, to worship him and to support our mission partners in their disciple-making ministries.

The PCC co-operates with the clergy in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

The PCC has responsibility for the financial affairs of the church, and for the maintenance and insurance of:

The PCC meets at least four times a year and is assisted by a considerable amount of committee work, particularly with regard to the day-to-day business of the district churches.

All the statutory disclosure information and details of the various committees are set out on page 2 of this report.

The Accounts

The consolidated accounts of the parish, having been examined by the Independent Examiner, have to be approved by the PCC and then presented to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. The format of the accounts set out on pages 2 to 10 of the separate booklet conforms to the provisions of the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006. The combined income of the parish has exceeded the threshold of £100,000, and therefore the accounts have been prepared on the accruals basis, in accordance with the regulations laid down by the Charities Act 2011.

Receipts and payments are analysed into Restricted Fund activities and Unrestricted Funds. Restricted Fund income relates to a specific purpose. Unrestricted funds are those that the PCC can allocate as they consider appropriate.

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STATUTORY DISCLOSURES:

Membership of the Parochial Church Council (PCC)

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio, elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting or the Annual District Church Meetings in accordance with the Church Representation Rules, or co-opted to the Council by the vote of its members. During the year the following served as members of the PCC:

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PCC MEMBERS SERVING JANUARY — DECEMBER 2024
|Priestin Charge | Revd JonathanThomas|
Minister
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Churchwardens Pauline Wilde
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| Brenda Collard | St Peter'srepresentative
| Caroline Harvey | St Peter'srepresentative
| Brenda Cox | St Peter's representative to 28 April2024
| Celia Murray | St Peter's representative from 28 April 2024
|| KayDodds |Mark’srepresentative&PSOSt
| | Patrick Phillipps_| All Souls’ representative to 28 April2024
|| Patrick Chapman
| All Souls’ representative from 28 April2024
| GeoffPugh | Deanery Synod representative
| denny Jones | Deanery Synod representative to 28 April 2024 _|
| Anthony Morton | Deanery Synod representative
Lesley Dixon | Deanery Synod representative from 28 April 2024 |
J | David Wilde | PCC Secretaryto25June 2024,
| Alison Cole | PCC Secretary from 25 June 2024
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Committees

Standing Committee

Standing Committee | This is the only committee required by law. It meets, as necessary, to transact the business of the PCC between meetings, subject to any delegated responsibilities made by the PCC.

The following committees are sub-committees of the PCC:

St Peter's Church Council

This committee meets at least three times each year to deal with the delegated responsibilities of evangelistic, pastoral, administrative and financial matters appertaining to St Peter’s Church, Old Woking.

All Souls’ District Church Council

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This committee meets at least three times each year to deal with the delegated responsibilities of evangelistic, pastoral, administrative and financial matters appertaining to All Souls’ Church, Sutton Green.

St Mark’s District Church Council

This committee meets at least three times each year to deal with the delegated responsibilities of evangelistic, pastoral, administrative and financial matters appertaining to St Mark’s Church, Westfield.

Finance Committee

This committee meets two times each year to facilitate the financial affairs of the parish and the consolidation and presentation of the parish accounts.

Church Employees

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There was one paid employee of the PCC — Caroline Harvey, Parish Administrator.

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Occasional Worship Leaders and Preachers

There are 8 Occasional Worship Leaders — Geoff Pugh, Jacquie Still, Caroline Harvey, Rosemary McCrum, Mark Lempriere, Patrick Phillipps, Paul Stanistreet and Clive Boyle and 5 Occasional Preachers — Geoff Pugh, Jacquie Still, Paul Stanistreet, Andy Holcombe, and Mark Lempriere.

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1. PARISH REPORTS

VICAR’S REPORT

| always want to keep my report short, because | know those reading it appreciate brevity, but it is hard when there is so much to celebrate and reflect on in our busy parish. In case you don’t get to the bottom ofthis report | want to start by thanking all of you who worship in our churches for your faith, faithfulness, love and service to God that enable all the things | mention below to have happened. | truly feel very blessed to be your vicar, you make things easy for me (or as easy as can be for my role!)

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Church Development Plan

This helps us focus on where we believe God is calling us to grow and we made some great progress this year:

Outreach

We continue to serve and bring God’s love our community in many ways:

My Sabbatical

My Sabbatical ; | was privileged to enjoy a 3-month sabbatical between August and October knowing | was leaving the parish in good hands and grateful for everyone who took on extra responsibility during

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CHILDREN’S AND FAMILIES’ MINISTRY

Sunday School at St Peter’s has continued to run twice a month, led by Louise and Rachel with support from Katie, Eliot, Simon and Caroline. The highlight was a wonderful Nativity Play with 9 children aged 2-14 taking part. During the last year we have had 13 children from 9 families attending although attendance is erratic with anywhere from 1 to 8 children coming on any given week. Most children are under 8 but there are some older children so it remains a challenge to reach children on their level but the small size means there is space for every child to know they are loved and valued. Energise continues to attract younger families coming for baptism and we have introduced new materials and processes to help families explore their faith as they prepare for baptism.

Refresh Cafe has gone from strength to strength with a wonderful, expanded team of volunteers serving fortnightly and many new families continuing to attend. We have extended the session by 45 minutes for "Refresh Extra", a space for secondary school children to come after school. We have a small but steady number of 11—14-year-olds attending, eating toast, enjoying milkshakes and games, and we are hoping to encourage deeper conversations about life and faith as we continue to get to know each other.

Tots is remaining popular, especially with parents increasingly finding it difficult to find cheap activities to do with small children. The team of volunteers are dedicated and work excellently together to deliver this important service for young families and carers. Our church youth group is low in numbers, but new volunteers have made it viable for now, and the young people enjoy having their own space to explore faith.

With some volunteers having stepped down this year, we were prompted to run a JOIN campaign to highlight the importance of our ministry with children and families and to encourage new volunteers to come forward. We were delighted by the response to this — we now have new volunteers in place in various different roles, with more on the way. This has been a great encouragement to us and puts us in a strong position to continue to grow this work.

Rachel and Lucy

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. PETER WOKING — TREASURER’S REPORT

Unrestricted income was £163,453 and expenditure was £164,930 giving an overall deficit of £1,477 in 2024, compared to a surplus of £4,748 in 2023. However, this was significantly better than the budgeted deficit of £12,103at the start of the year and we are grateful to all who have given generously in 2024 and helped in other ways to increase our income.

Main points to highlight for 2024 are as follows:

The PCC received a legacy of £5,000 from the will of the late Mrs Olive Park which was put into St Mark’s Designated Fund.

The St Peter’s designated fund expenditure of £10,116 included planned expenditure on repairing and repainting the church centre windows and a downpayment on the new sound system to be installed in early 2025.

Construction work to create the Chancel Open Space was carried out and completed in 2023, with the final retention being paid in 2024. Donations, fundraising and grants were gratefully received from County Councillor Liz Bowes — Members’ Community Allocation, The Beatrice Laing Trust and Pebbles Grant from Rank Foundation.

Mission giving in 2024

St Michael’s Church Sheerwater ; £980
Safe Families — Cherith Withington £1,000
CMS — Malcolm Pritchard/Simon and Sarah Cawdell £1,000
Project Return £216
Engage Woking Schools £600
Woking People of Faith
£3,876

Loutse Webb (Treasurer) and Jonathan Thomas (Vicar)

PARISH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Please see separate booklet)

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST PETER, WOKING - SECRETARY

As this is my first meeting as Secretary it seems right to start by me thanking David Wilde for all his help in handing over the role. | also would like to thank the PCC team for making me feel welcome.

The PCC met four times in 2024 (January, March, June and October). Most meetings have followed a similar format: a reflection on a Bible passage followed by prayer, finance, safeguarding, church development and updates on past activities and future events.

In addition to the above meetings the PCC held additional meetings in order to progress terminating the “The South Woking Team Ministry; adopt the Bishop of Guildford as our Patron and to install Reverand Jonathan Thomas as Vicar for the 3 churches. This process was more involved than perhaps initially anticipated but was successfully completed with Jonathan being installed at a Collation Service in February 2025.

Examples of topics discussed during the year were:

Alison Cole, PCC Secretary

CHURCHWARDENS’ REPORT

2024 wasa significant year for the parish as it marked 10 years since Jonathan and Sarah came to the parish. This was celebrated at the Annual Church Meeting. Since Jonathan has been in the parish we have been exploring with the diocese how to dissolve the team ministry and to change our patron from the Church Society to the Bishop of Guildford. This has been a very lengthy process

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and was finalised at the end of the 2024. A service to recognise the change from Priest in Charge to Vicar is to be held early in 2025.

It was a great joy as a parish to celebrate both Lucy Bush and Rachel Johnson being ordained as priests at the end of June.

With Lucy and a small team we attended the Deanery Strategy Day in September and the Church Growth Conference in October. Both these events featured the Diocese’s theme of “Growing Disciples” and we found them inspiring and helpful for guiding discussions in the parish to draw up our Church Development Plan for 2025.

As a parish we have prayed for and financially supported our CMS Mission Partners, Sarah and Simon Cawdell in Uganda, Cherith Withington working for Safe Families, and St Michael’s Church, Sheerwater. We also supported the Ukraine Mission by donating used candles and have had regular video updates.

We would like to thank the Ministry Team supported by Occasional Worship Leaders and Preachers for leading the parish through another year, especially this year with Jonathan taking a three month sabbatical from August to the end of October. We would also like to thank Caroline Harvey who as Parish administrator has done a lot to support both the ministry team and us as wardens, doing many jobs behind the scenes.

Finally, a big thank you to members of the PCC and DCCs and to everyone who has served in any way to support the parish in 2024.

Pauline Wilde and Rosemary McCrum

ELECTORAL ROLL

This year we had to prepare a completely new Electoral Roll as happens every six years. So everyone who wanted to be considered a member of St Peter’s, St Mark’s or All Souls had to fill in a new Electoral Roll form. The number of forms received was 115 in total.

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StPeter’s | 85 | 86 =| 82 | 83 |8
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TOTAL | ~—=s'145_—S | S146 | S439 | S140 | 136 | 115 |
APCM date: 20/10/20 11/5/21 10/5/22 30/4/23 28/4/24 4/5/25
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Brigitte Morton

DEANERY SYNOD

Woking Deanery Synod only met twice in 2024. The February Synod meeting became an opportunity to support Woking Borough Council as it met to discuss and approve a difficult budget having to make various cuts. Some were in the public gallery whilst others met in Christ Church to pray. .

In June Synod met at St Andrew’s Goldsworth Park and looked at intergenerational issues, having representatives of the different generations (Baby Boomers to Gen Z) being interviewed about how they came to faith, what their church is like for their generation and how the church can minister better to that generation. It was really helpful to understand each other's generations with regards to church and think about how we can better work across the generations in our own churches. . 8|Page

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In October Synod was primarily a business meeting. Elections were made for Diocesan Synod, and there was an update on the Deanery Leadership team which has undergone some changes in personnel.

The parish representatives in 2024 were Geoff Pugh and Anthony Morton with Lesley Dixon joining in May. Geoff Pugh stepped down as lay chair in early 2024 and Caroline Harvey took on the role of Deanery Secretary.

PASTORAL TEAM

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The longstanding pastoral team of Allison McFarlane, Brenda Cox, Carol Whitehorn and Pauline Wilde continued to support many people, many of whom are no longer able to attend church regularly, either with home visits or regular telephone calls. They are always there as a listening ear or if there is anything you feel you need help with, and their contact numbers are on the back of Notes & News.

Connections Café continued to meet monthly with a varied programme of activities usually with a reflection and always a lovely tea provided by Rosemary Titcombe. Numbers continue to be healthy with around 15 people attending and new people joining the group. Caroline Harvey joined the leadership team as Pauline Wilde stepped back.

Craft & Chat continues to provide exactly what it says it does and is valued by the women, and men, who attend.

The bereavement group is led by Brenda Cox with support from Jonathan and has flourished in 2024. Many new people have come along, some for a short time and having found their time there helpful and healing have successfully moved on with their journey, whereas others have remained for a considerable time, which has somehow helped the group gel together. The sessions are usually a lovely mix of tears and laughter. The meeting usually starts with a prayer and bible reading applicable to the subject of that meeting, then the group happily goes ahead discussing, encouraging and advising each other how they have coped with their grief, living alone and or without a loved one. It is a great privilege to be able to give that special love and compassion as people work through their grief.

Jonathan & Brenda Cox

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PARISH SAFEGUARDING OFFICER

Over the last year, | have met regularly with Jonathan to discuss the safeguarding needs of the parish. We have updated the Parish Dashboard and continue to make good progress at Level 3. | took part in the Safeguarding Sunday services which were held in all three churches in the parish in early March. | was able to introduce myself to each congregation and to speak about my role and the importance of safeguarding in the church.

As Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO), | act as a link between the diocese and the parish concerning safeguarding matters. | am appointed by the PCC and support the incumbent and the Parochial Church Council in carrying out their safeguarding responsibilities and ensure that safeguarding policies are implemented.

| have an overview of the activities involving children and vulnerable adults which take place in our churches. These activities must be approved by the PCC and those involved must be safely recruited. | carry out DBS checks where required and request those involved to undergo the relevant safeguarding training. Hirers of our premises must comply with our safeguarding policy and their hire agreements include a signed safeguarding addendum.

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Safeguarding is a standing item on the agenda for all PCC meetings and | attend PCC meetings in my role as PSO (as well as St Mark’s representative). This year the PCC was asked to discuss and approve a Safeguarding Action Plan which covers the areas of Policies, Safeguarding Procedures, Safeguarding Roles, Learning & Development, Displayed Information, Church Activities, Non-church Activities, Reviews & Reports, and Prevention. The PCC was made aware of its responsibilities to identify and minimise the risk of harm to children and vulnerable adults, and to promote and model healthy relationships within the church context and provide a safe space for everyone to thrive and flourish. The PCC was given the opportunity to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our church culture and how we could better promote a healthy and safe church culture.

The turbulence of the last few months, when we have seen safeguarding in the Church of England dominate the headlines, together with the resignation of Justin Welby, have been very unsettling in many ways, but, as Jonathan has stated, it has reminded us of the importance of keeping Safeguarding at the heart of the church’s mission. Justin Welby, during his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, had overseen a change of culture and an improvement in processes and procedures.

| hope that the contents of my report will reassure everyone that we are working to make our church a place of safety and security, where everyone can flourish and experience the fullness of life that God desires for us. Our church should be a place where the vulnerable, whether adults or children, should be protected, and where those who have been harmed should be listened to and find compassion and healing. May | encourage everyone to play their part in this vital work.

Kay Dodds, PSO & DBS Validator

2. ST PETER’S REPORTS

LIFE AT ST PETER’S

The chancel continues to be used both for our regular fortnightly BCP evening services, weekly Morning Prayer and monthly mid-week communion services. We have welcomed back Opera Anywhere who have used the space for their performance.

The church also hosted several concerts: Harry Baker, Matthew Rickard, and the Mosaic Chamber choir, and the church has also been used by Woking Music and Woking Young Musicians Trust. The church is used as a polling station and at the general election refreshments were offer to those who were coming to vote this was very well received.

At the annual meeting we celebrated Jonathan’s 10 years in the parish. We were also privileged to host a civic service for the Woking Mayor, Louise Morales, a regular worshipper at St Peters’. During 2024 we have welcomed many visitors to our services. Energise service changed from meeting in the main church to the church centre with a Morning Worship service in the church.

It was a real joy to celebrate both Rachel Johnson and Lucy Bush being ordained as priests in the summer.

We held several bring and share lunches, one was an environmental talk by Karen Pack from A Rocha, and Jonathan sharing about his sabbatical.

At our Harvest service the non-perishable food donated was given to the South Woking Foodbank to be distributed to those in need. .

As in past years we supported the work of Operation Christmas Child by donating shoeboxes full of items e.g. Hats, scarfs and toys etc.

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In December we held a Christmas Tree Festival and although there were fewer trees the church was still beautifully decorated and we welcomed many visitors from the local community.

The Christmas services were well attended especially the Christingle and Guide Dog for the Blind services.

We are grateful to the Bell tower team who regularly call us to worship on a Sunday morning. | would like to thank those who have served on various rotas to keep the church clean, to welcome us and to serve us with refreshments, as well as the many other behind the scenes jobs, the church would not run without you.

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Pauline Wilde

PREMISES

The premises committee met 3 times during 2024. The main work carried out during 2024 was painting and repair of the main Foundations room window and the large window by the main entrance of the Church Centre, the other windows are scheduled to be done in 2025 according to the funds we have available.

An LED sensory light was fitted under the Lych gate.

The Lych gate roof was repaired.

Both the West door and Lych gate lights were repaired.

Mole deterrents were installed in the Churchyard.

An inspection was carried out by Woking Council and all the tombs are in good order at the moment, so no work needed at present.

Three bike racks were installed in the Church Centre car park.

A small handrail was fitted at the top of the stairs outside the upper vestry door.

Taps were replaced in the toilets in the Church Centre.

The Churchyard and Jubilee Garden of Remembrance up-keep has been mainly carried out by Community Payback team although they have been sporadic in 2024 due to staffing issues. We had one Churchyard working party in November to prepare both the War Memorial and Jubilee Garden of Remembrance ready for Remembrance Sunday.

The committee continued to discuss the possible upgrade of the sound system, a faculty was obtained and money raised by grants, donations from the congregation and fund-raising events and the new system is due to be installed in early 2025.

| would like to particularly thank Martin Whipp who has donea lot of the minor jobs.

Pauline Wilde

3. ST MARK’S REPORTS

LIFE AT ST MARK’S

During the year attendance at Sunday services has remained steady and we have welcomed occasional visitors. In the summer it was lovely to celebrate Rosemary Story’s 100th birthday and also the birth of our youngest member, Mikel, whose baptism was the first at St Mark’s for several years. Sadly, Eileen Bliss, one of our longest-serving members, passed away after a long period of 11|Page

ill-health. Eileen was always keen to help with events and had been our regular flower-arranger. She will be remembered for the very successful Flower Festival she organized at St Mark’s, for her poems and her friendship to everyone.

A key highlight of the year was the planning of a Community Garden on the north lawn. This was Lucy’s initiative and she succeeded in securing the help of a team from RHS Wisley to meet with us to assess the site and discuss possibilities. They drew up a plan for the garden, which the DCC was pleased to agree. The aim is to construct raised beds, where both Church and community groups can grow vegetables and flowers, and accessible seating areas that can be enjoyed by all. The project began in November with a tree-planting day, when a good number of volunteers from the community came along to plant fruit trees and hawthorn hedging, supplied by Surrey County Council. Funding for construction materials was secured and we look forward to progress in 2025.

St Mark’s hosted several parish-wide events during the year, including a Pancake Café on Shrove Tuesday, a sunrise service on Easter Day, and a celebratory lunch following the priesting of Lucy and Rachel at the end of June. Once again a Community Garden Party was held at St Mark’s in May, run jointly by the parish and the New Life Church. It was well-attended by about 200 people and was a most enjoyable afternoon. A couple of Family Movie Nights were held during school holidays and the usual Light Beacon was run on Westfield Common at Hallowe’en. Our Tearfund Big Quiz Night in October was an enjoyable occasion and the outdoor Carols by Firelight service with the Almac Bisley Brass Band was well-attended by local people. A new venture was “Wild Church’, a monthly late afternoon event, including outdoor activities and a meal. The six events held were enjoyed by those who attended, but sadly they did not attract new families, as was hoped.

| would like to thank our DCC members, who have worked well together, and all who help to run our services and events and to maintain our buildings and grounds.

Rosemary McCrum

PREMISES

Routine maintenance and repairs were carried out satisfactorily. We continued to employ cleaners once a week and a gardener to cut the grass; they gave a very good service. Following planned roof work to replace damaged and slipped tiles, no further major work was identified at the DCC inspection of the premises. Work on opening up the woodland continued, and a Good Gym team of volunteers helped us with grounds maintenance one Saturday morning. We had cycle racks installed at the edge of the car-park in December. An Energy Efficiency and Net Zero Carbon audit was Carried out by the Diocese in September. Advice on insulation and replacement lighting is being considered. Lettings have increased during the year. Surrey Community Dance, Slimming World, Woking Scuba and Snorkel, Mayford Art Group and the 10th Woking Brownies continued to hire regularly. We were delighted that a Youth Club for Kingsmoor Park, funded by the Housing Association, was able to open in January. It was much appreciated by a viable number of young people, but unfortunately had to close in July. A weekly Weight Watchers workshop started hiring in February, and since August Grace Chapel (Assemblies of God) has been hiring for Sunday afternoon services. The local chiropodists hire a space in the car-park for their clients. About 30 parties, meetings and other single-event bookings have taken place during the year.

Rosemary McCrum

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4. ALL SOULS’ REPORTS

LIFE AT ALL SOULS’

It has been another quiet year at All Souls’, not without its hardships due to various health issues for some of our small congregation.

With the start of a new service, Wild Church, at St Mark’s on the 3rd Sunday of the month the DCC agreed that on that Sunday the service would be lay-led without a sermon as such to free up time for the clergy to focus on Wild Church. The services were led by Clive Boyle, Patrick Phillipps and Paul Stanistreet who have done a great job.

We held another outdoor service in June by the new memorial garden, connecting with the natural world, which again was enjoyed by those who came. Our Remembrance Day service was well attended with over 30 people including a number of villagers and we had as busy a Christmas Eve Carol service as ever with 110 people bursting the church at its seams.

As usual we participated in the Village Fete running the cake stall and hook-a-duck competition both of which were popular. Lucy also got many people to decorate a new bug hotel which was later installed in the grounds of All Souls’. This year we created Sutton Green Village Tea towels selling out the first batch of 100 at the Village Fete, Carol Service and by word of mouth, so we purchased another batch of 100. Jonathan continues to attend the Sutton Green Village Committee which plays a very active role in village life.

Our numbers have dwindleda little to 8-12 attending most weeks due to ill health mainly, but there is lovely fellowship amongst our regulars who enjoy the monthly refreshments after the service on the first Sunday of the month.

All participate in the life of All Souls’, but particular thanks as always to Clive Boyle who does so much, especially as it has beena difficult year for him.

Jonathan

PREMISES

Another quieter year but that does not mean the premises team has just been sitting back and enjoying this place of peace for worship and reflection in Sutton Green. With no major projects work has been limited to routine maintenance and keeping the garden neat and tidy which has been well managed largely by Guy Quitman. Two points of note. A blockage in the drain that runs through the village caused backing up of water around the church which was quite alarming. Again thanks to Guy for managing this and liaising with other worried Sutton Green residents. Now resolved and back to normal this is quite likely to recur and will need to be watched. And the two big trees that Clive has his eye on were indeed dying and threatening the church so unfortunately they had to go.

The projects arising from Environment Team plans — compost heap, bug hotels, bicycle racks are progressing albeit slowly and the memorial garden, now becoming established, will require a bit of attention in the coming year. And the mould is back in the cold (in winter) church room so will need some attention — the list gets longer!

Clive Boyle

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Gi[St] Parish[ Peter] of[ Woking] Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December 2024 _

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST PETER, WOKING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

31ST DECEMBER 2024

Independent examiner's report to the PCC of St. Peter, Woking

This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 2 to 9, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 (‘the Regulations’) and the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

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Respective responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner

As members ofthe PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. You consider that an audit is not required as set out in Section 144(2) of the Act and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of this report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission and as contained in the Regulations. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST PETER, WOKING

BALANCE SHEET

31ST DECEMBER 2024

2024 2023
FIXED ASSETS £ £
Tangible fixed assets 4 57,000 57,000
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 6 9,750 12,132
Shortterm deposits 132,699 137,513
Cash at bank 69,295 58,515
211,744 208,160
LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE
WITHIN ONEYEAR 7 9,310 8,310
NET CURRENTASSETS 202,434 199,850
NET ASSETS 259,434 256,850
FUNDS 8
Unrestricted Funds 75,926 77,403
Restricted Funds 126,508 122,447
Property Fund 57,000 57,000
259,434 256,850

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST PETER, WOKING

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR TO 31ST DECEMBER 2024

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|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|TOTAL|FUNDS| |Funds|Funds|2024|2023| |Note|£|£|£|£| |INCOMING|RESOURCES| |Incoming resources|from|donors|2(a)|112,676|35]|113,027|=-113,565| |Other voluntary|incoming resources|2(b)|13,920|14,685|28,605|45,743| |Income|from|charitable|and ancilliary|trading|2(c)|35,664|1,068|36,732|34,712| |Income|from|investments|2(d)|1,193|3,750|4,943|3,997| |TOTAL|INCOMING|RESOURCES| |||163,453|19,854|183,307 __198,017_| |RESOURCES|USED| |Grants|3(a)|3,906|1,850|5,756|7,493| |Activities|directly|relating|to|the work of|the|church|3(b)|138,053|3,437|=—-141,490|~—-|131,693| |Fund raising and publicity|3(c)|2,228|-|2,228|1,390| |Church|management and administration|3(d)|19,543|-|19,543|19,783| |Building and restoration|works|3(e)|1,200|10,506|11,706|27,749| |TOTAL RESOURCES USED|164,93015,793|180,723|188,108| |NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING)|RESOURCES|(1,477)|4,061|2,584|9,909| |BALANCES|BROUGHT|FORWARD|AT| |IST JANUARY|77,403|122,447|199,850|—- 189,941| |Transfer|of restricted|reserves|(see|page|10)|-|-|-|-| |BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD|75,926|126,508|202,434|199,850_| |AT|31ST DECEMBER|

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST PETER, WOKING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR TO 31ST DECEMBER 2024

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with applicable accounting standards and the Charity Commission's Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of investment assets which are shown at market value.

Funds

Unrestricted Funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. Restricted Funds are those funds that have been designated by donors for a specific purpose. The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of church members. In 2023 following receipt of the Davenport legacy, two new designated funds were created, one for St Peter's church and the other for St Mark's; these funds will be used for PCC approved projects within the respective churches.

Incoming resources

Voluntary income and capital sources

Collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC. Planned giving receivable is recognised only when received. Income tax recoverable on gift aid donations is recognised when the income to which they relate is received. Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its legal entitlement and the amount due. Funds raised by concerts, fétes, jumble sales, quiz nights and similar events are accounted for gross. Sales of Appeal goods are accounted for gross. Other ordinary income

Income from the use of church premises is recognised when the donation is paid Income from investments ; Gross dividends and interest are accounted for when received. Gains and losses on investments

Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of[investments][at][31st][December.]

Resources used

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC. Organisations that have been assisted by the PCC are listed in the Annual Report.

Activities directly relating to the work ofthe church. The parish share is accounted for when payable. Any quota unpaid at 31st December is provided for in these accounts as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the Balance Sheet.

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Short Term Loan

In 2014 the PCC accepted an interest-free loan of £3,000 which was used to assist in the purchase of a piano. The loan is included under short-term liabilities.

Staffing / Employee Emoluments

In 2024 £12,864 was spent on staff emoluments, employing one part-time member of staff.

Chancel Reordering Fund

Chancel reordering work was completed in 2023 and the project has now been funded in full. At 31st December the fund has a nil balance as final retention invoice was paid in 2024.

Scott Legacy

In December 2017 the PCC received a legacy of £113,763 from the will of the late Mr. Ray Scott. This legacy is restricted to meeting the costs of repair and maintenance of the fabric of St. Peter's Church. At 31st December the balance of the fund was £98,663. This balance is comprised of £61,015 held in The CBF Church of England Deposit Fund and £40,360 deposited with Boom Credit Union, less £3,437 owed to Parish for works already completed plus accrued interest of £725.

Colbert Legacy

This legacy is unrestricted and at 31/12/24 an available balance of £23,906 was held on deposit with The CBF Church of England Deposit Fund.

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1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) Davenport Legacy

In June 2023 the PCC received a legacy of£5,000 from the will of the late Mr Frank Davenport. The legacy has no restrictions and the PCC have chosen to split the legacy and allocate it to a Designated fund in each church.

Fixed Assets

Consecratedproperty and moveable churchfurnishings

Moveable church furnishings held by the Incumbent and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the Church Inventory which can be inspected. For inalienable property acquired before 2001 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the accounts. Items acquired after Ist January 2001 are capitalized and depreciated in the accounts over their anticipated useful economic life as this occurs.

Current assets Amounts owing to the PCC at 31st December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectible.

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |2|INCOMING|RESOURCES|Unrestricted|Restricted|TOTAL|FUNDS| |Funds|Funds|2024|2023| |£|£|£|£| |2(a)|Incoming resources|from|donors| |Planned|giving:| |Regular|Giving|(Gift|Aid)|70,630|351|70,981|61,522| |Income|Tax|Recoverable|21,221|-|21,221|26,033| |Regular|Giving|(non-Gift|Aid)|10,968|-|10,968|13,636| |Collections|7,942|-|7,942|9,983| |Gift|days|1,915|-|1,915|2,391| |112,676|351|113,027|113,565|_| |2(b)|Other voluntary|incoming|resources| |Grants|-|3,114|3,114|8,930| |Legacy|-|5,000|5,000|5,000| |Donations|and|appeals|11,119|6,475|17,594|29,552| |Fund|raising|events|2,801|96|2,897|2,261| |13,920|14,685|||28,605|45,743| |2(c)|Income|from|charitable|and ancilliary trading| |Use|of Premises|32,770|1,068|33,838|29,807| |Fees|2,407|-|2,407|4,893| |Sale|of goods|A487|-|487|12| |35,664|1,068|36,732|34,712| |2(d)|Income|from|investments| |Dividends|and|interest|(gross)|1,193|3,750|4,943|3,997| |TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES|163,453|19,854|183,307|198,017|

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024

3 RESOURCES USED Unrestricted Restricted TOTAL FUNDS
Funds Funds 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
3(a) Grants ;
Donations 30 1,850 1,880 2,878
Missionary and charitable giving Church overseas: -
- missionary , 1,216 - 1,216 1,216
- reliefand development agencies 50 - 50 566
Home missions and other church societies 1,980 - 1,980 2,000
Local 630 - 630 833
3,906 1,850 5,756 7,493
3(b) Activities directly relating to the work ofthe church
Ministry:
parish share
85,938 - 85,938 82,832
clergy expenses 1,168 - 1,168 1,620
clergy houses 12,889 - 12,889 7,397
Church running expenses 19,840 - 19,840 21,374
Church maintenance 1,739 2,164 3,903 1,433
Church Centre running expenses 5,668 - 5,668 4,692
Church Centre maintenance 1,341 - 1,341 2,509
ECO 650 - 650 -
Organist and organ maintenance 6,975 1,273 8,248 7,941
Training 796 - 796 664
Books and Children's Resources 1,049 - 1,049 1,231
__138,053 3,437___:141,490__131,693
3(c) Fundraisingandpublicity
Costs offund raising 1,643 - 1,643 1,146
Publicity - - - 244
Goods for sale 585 585 ~
2,228 - 2,228 1,390
3(d) Church management andadministration
Parish Administration 2,362 - 2,362 1,972
Employee Costs 12,864 - 12,864 12,560
Printing and stationery 4,317 - 4,317 5,251
19,543 - 19,543 19,783
3(e) Buildingandrestoration works
Building contractors 1,200 10,506 11,706 16,866
Professional fees - - ~ 3,798
Depreciation - - - -
Event Expenses - (2023 Chancel Project; 2022 All Souls’
Memorial Garden) - - ~ 7,085
1,200 10,506 11,706 27,749
TOTALRESOURCESUSED 164,930 15,793 180,723 188,108

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4 FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BY THE PCC

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||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Freehold|land|Church|Total| |and|buildings|equipment| |£|£|£| |Tangible fixed assets| |Actual|or deemed|cost|at|Ist January|2024|57,000|71,019|128,019| |Additions|-|-|-| |Disposals|.|-|-|.| |at|31|December|2024|$7,000|71,019|128,019| |Depreciation|at|1|January|2024|-|71,019|71,019| |;|Change|for|the year|-|-|-| |at|31|December|2024|-|71,019|71,019| |Net|Book|Value|at|31|December|2024|§7,000|-|57,000| |at|31|December|2023|57,000|-|57,000| |§|ANALYSIS|OF NET|ASSETS|BY|FUND| ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total| |Funds|Funds| |£|£|£| |Fixed|assets|57,000|-|57,000| |Current|assets|85,236|126,508|211,744| |Current|liabilities|9,310|-|9,310| |___|132,926|126,508|259,434| |6|DEBTORS|2024|2023| |£|£| |Income|tax|recoverable|6,373|9,865| |Other|debtors|3,377|2,267| |9,750|12,132| |7|LIABILITIES:|AMOUNTS|FALLING|DUE|WITHIN|ONE|YEAR| |:|2024|2023| |Creditors|and|Accruals|9,214|8,215| |Other|creditors|96|95| |9,310|8,310| |8|FUND|DETAILS| |The|Restricted|Funds|comprise:|2024|2023| |Scott|Legacy|98,663|98,460| |All|Souls'|Restricted|Fund|13,076|12,966| |Parish|Support|Fund|2,379|1,765| |Chancel|Reordering|Fund|0|390| |St|Peter's|Restricted|Fund|3,276|7,866| |St Mark's|Restricted|Fund|9,114|1,000| |126,508|122,447| |Unrestricted|Fund|(comprising|General|Funds|of all|three|churches)|75,926|77,403|

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST PETER, WOKING - 2024 ACCOUNTS

PARISH GENERAL FUND

2024 2023
£ £
INCOME
Regular Giving (Gift Aid) 70,630 61,522
Income tax recoverable - 21,221 23,661
Regular Giving (non-Gift Aid) 10,968 13,636
Collections 7,942 9,983
Gift days 1,915 2,391
Grants received - 1,000
Donations and appeals 11,119 14,417
Legacies - 1,000
Fund raising events 2,801 1,493
Use ofPremises St. Peter's 17,413 15,917
St. Mark's 15,357 11,689
All Souls - -
Fees 2,407 4,893
Sale ofgoods 487 12
Colbert Legacy interest 1,193 1,001
TOTALINCOME 163,453 162,615
EXPENDITURE
Donations 30 778
Missionary and charitable giving 3,876 4,615
Ministry:
parish share
85,938 $2,832
clergy expenses 1,168 1,620
clergy houses 12,889 7,397
Parish Administration 2,362 1,972
Employee Costs 12,864 12,561
Church running expenses St. Peter's ; ; 9,413 8,906
St. Mark's 7,745 9,929
All Souls' 2,682 2,538
Church maintenance St. Peter's - 288
St. Mark's 1,739 683
All Souls' - -
Church Centre running expenses 5,668 4,692
Church Centre maintenance 1,341 2,509
ECO 650 z
Organist and organ maintenance 6,975 5,482
Training 796 664
Books & Children's Resources 1,049 749
Events Expenses 1,643 1,132
Publicity - 244
Goods for Sale 585 -
Printing and stationery 4,317 5,251
Building contractors 1,200 -
Professional fees - 3,025
Depreciation - -
TOTALEXPENDITURE 164,930 157,867
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) (1,477) 4,748
Brought forward Ist January 77,403 72,655
Balancesat31stDecember 75,926 77,403

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OTHER RESTRICTED FUNDS

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Appendix showing disposition of Short Term Deposits

and Cash at Bank as at 31st December 2024

Balance at Balance at
Bank or Deposit Taker 31/12/24 31/12/23
Short Term Deposits
AU Souls' Barclays Bank 7,A18 7,308
St. Mark's : Santander Bank - -
Colbert Legacy CCLA 23,906 22,997
Scott Legacy CCLA 61,015 67,208
Scott Legacy Boom
! Credit Union
40,360 40,000
Total 132,699 137,513
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Cash at Bank (current accounts)
All Souls' Barclays Bank 10,048 11,742
St. Mark's Santander Bank 28,230 11,588
Parish ofSt. Peter, Woking . Santander Bank 31,017 35,185
Total . 69,295 58515.

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