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The Parish of Brentford St Faith’s and St Paul’s Annual Report and Unaudited Accounts For the Year Ended 31 December 2024

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Table of Contents

Legal and Administrative Information ....................................................... 3 Annual Report ............................................................................................... 4 Rector’s APCM Report ................................................................................................ 4 Curate’s Report ............................................................................................................ 9 Associate Curate’s Report ....................................................................................... 10 PCC Report ................................................................................................................ 13 Electoral Roll Report ................................................................................................ 14 Safeguarding Report ................................................................................................ 15 Youth and Children’s Report .................................................................................. 17 Churchwarden Report .............................................................................................. 19 Report to the PCC ..................................................................................................... 21 Staff and PCC Members ........................................................................................... 22 Financial Review ....................................................................................................... 23 Independent Examiners Report ................................................................ 26 Statement of Comprehensive Income ...................................................... 27 Statement of Financial Position ................................................................ 28 Notes to the Financial Statements ............................................................ 29 Appendix I Brentford Parish Trust ............................................................ 30 (this does not form part of the financial statements)

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Legal and Administrative Information

Rector

Reverend Sarah Guinness

Treasurer

Iain Knight

Charity Number 1128611

Independent Examiner

Accountancy Management Services Limited South Street House 51 South Street Isleworth Middlesex TW7 7AA

Address

The Parish Office St Paul’s Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 0PN

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The Parish of Brentford St Faith’s and St Paul’s

Annual Report and Unaudited Accounts for 2024

Annual Report

Rector’s APCM Report

Attendance

YouTube Subscribers YouTube Subscribers Facebook/Insta Followers
2021 139
2022 180
2023 220
2024 263
2025 310 531 / 393

We have between 70 - 250 views of each service, with between 20 – 30 people watching live. Our weekly attendance is growing.

Please review our parish statistics at the end of this report. The overall picture is one of a growing church.

2021 2022 2023 2024
Average Sunday attendance (i.e. number
of people attending) in October across all
3 services		 75.20 98.6 158.80 172

Services

In 2024, we’ve taken: 7 funerals (including Charlotte Deane, a longstanding church member), 2 weddings, 6 Adult full immersion baptisms (Pentecost and September 29[th] ), and 5 child baptisms.

Our sermon series have covered the following themes: The Kingdom of Heaven, Lent series: Taking stock, Sharing our faith, Philippians, Summer series: David’s life and the letter to the Romans.

We’ve celebrated Mothering Sunday, marked Lent, celebrated through Holy Week and Easter (including Passover), Pentecost, Harvest, Remembrance, Hosted Lodge Brothers Christmas Remembrance service, and held several well attended Christmas services, and restarted carol singing at the Lord Nelson pub.

Our evening service is now in its second year, with a strong group of lay leaders and preachers. They have preached on encounters with Jesus in the gospels, the book of Acts, and stories from the Old Testament. Each preacher continues to receive feedback, and they are growing in confidence and authority.

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Prayer & Home Groups

We have a very active Parish WhatsApp group that is often in touch daily with prayer requests. We pray and have intercessions in all our weekly services.

A new home group was started in January 2025 by our curate Rev Zoe Mathias and Isobel Peaty. Our existing home groups and weekly groups continue to run: First Friday at the Fletcher’s, the Women’s group, Silent Sanctuary, The Caretakers, Men’s Breakfast and the Young Adults.

Training & Equipping

Staffing

Our curate Rev Chris Curry left us at the of his curacy in June and was licensed to a parish in his hometown of Winchester.

A new curate joined us, Rev Zoe Mathias was ordained at St Paul’s cathedral on 29[th] June and joined us from Ridley college and is in her first year of curacy.

Rev Sarah Ward joined the staff team as a non-stipendiary curate, having got ordained on September 28[th] , 2024.

We’re delighted that Zoe and Sara are on the team. They are both being trained in various aspects of parish ministry and due to be priested in June 2025.

Macy Ward joined us as a Youth & Children’s apprentice in September 2024, working with Luke. She’s employed by the London Diocese and works 21 hours in the parish (6 hours of which is study-based work from Ridley).

Quentin, Luke, Wendy, and Lisa remain much valued and appreciated members of the staff team who do a wonderful job, alongside Jo who continues to run Spire Café and is very much on the frontline of ministry.

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Primary Schools

We’ve delivered collective worship weekly for St Paul’s Primary school, thanks to our team including Leslie Pringle, who is the Chair of Governors. This has included a candle lighting workshop for year 4’s.

We’ve hosted school visits from Green Dragon Primary School (25[th] March & 24[th] June). Sarah, Sheila Underwood, Jo Ann Eastgate, continue to be Governors at St Paul’s.

What has been most notable is that Sara had an idea to take a Christmas roadshow to our 3 primary schools in the parish (St Paul’s, Lionel and Green Dragon). She successfully got buy in from each school, formed a team (Matthew, Luke, Macy, Zoe, Ineala and Elizabeth) and delivered three outstanding morning roadshows, with very positive feedback from each school. Every child (358 in total) heard the Christmas story and was invited to church.

We prayed around St Paul’s primary school at the start of the school year.

We started hosting monthly prayer meetings to pray for the school in October. These are 45 minutes either after dropping off or before pick-up, where parents and/teachers and come to the church and pray for the life of the school.

Secondary Schools

Sarah continues to be Chair of Governors at Ealing Fields Secondary school, and a Director in the Twyford trust. This year we launched a consultation around making it a faith designated school. Sarah leads staff collective worship at Ealing Fields once or twice a year and Luke goes into Ealing Fields weekly to lead the CU / Youth Alpha.

Sarah, Macy and Luke delivered 2 Live Well courses (one in each half term) during the Autumn term at Ealing Fields with positive results and feedback (see Appendix). We plan to continue to roll this out in 2025.

Community Engagement

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Children & Youth

Kids Café remains very popular for pre-schoolers and their carers. Macy and Luke have continued to lead this every Tuesday morning. We have a consistent attendance of about 30-35 children and their carers.

Some highlights of our youth & Children’s engagement include:

Buildings

The installation of our new sliding doors was completed in January 2024. This was paid for by the Trust fund.

We are working towards installing solar panels on St Paul’s church and building roof. We’ve got 3 quotes and have applied for planning permission and all the relevant Diocesan permission. We are waiting for the outcome of 2 funding applications (decisions to be made May 2025) and then assuming we are given funding, we hope to install this in 2025.

We had our Parish Visitation from the Area Dean on Monday 23[rd] September, with positive feedback and a few minor recommendations.

Mission and Evangelism

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Thanks

I am deeply appreciative to those who work tirelessly for the Parish, whether they are paid or volunteers. My thanks to our Church wardens, LLM’s and PCC who are supportive and wise, our dedicated staff team who work hard and many of our volunteers, who spend considerable time invested in the life and ministry of the Church. I feel excited by what God is doing amongst us and in our wider community.

SIGNED: Rev Sarah Guinness ROLE: Rector February 2025

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Curate’s Report

I joined the church as a curate in June 2024. In my first six months, I have taken my first wedding, baptism, and funeral. I have had the opportunity to regularly preach and lead at services. I have particularly taken on a leadership and organisational role in our evening service. Alongside this, I have supported our work with children and youth. This involved joining the team at Satellites over the summer, helping with Sunday youth and taking assemblies in our local primary school. I also regularly help with our Kids Café and enjoyed my role in our Christmas Roadshows. I have really enjoyed my participation in our Alpha course and attending the Live Well course. It is wonderful to set up a Home Group with Izzie.

I am currently researching and working to set up a Community Fridge which would operate from our church. I hope that such an initiative could be a blessing to our local area and also help to reduce food waste.

Training is another key part of my role. As part of this, I meet regularly with Sarah as my training incumbent for supervisions, attend diocesan training events, and write reflections on my experience of ministry.

I have really enjoyed my time so far as a curate in the Parish of Brentford. I am thankful for the warm welcome that I have received from the Parish. I look forward to what’s to come.

ROLE: Curate

NAME: Rev Zoe Mathias

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Associate Curate’s Report

INTRODUCTION

Whilst I have only been a curate for the final quarter of 2024, since my ordination on Saturday 28th September, I have been pleased to be involved in many areas of church life and ministry throughout the whole year. My role as associate curate is part time and voluntary alongside my business and family responsibilities.

HIGHLIGHTS

Throughout the year, I have continued to be encouraged by the increasing numbers of new people joining both Sunday Services, activities and events.

January: Evening Services and Silent Sanctuary start back after a short Christmas break. William Benson continued to construct a Garden Bridge in the Eco Garden.

February: We planted new fruit trees in the Eco Church Garden. Many members joined in the Carbon Literacy Training (Thurs 22nd, 29th & 7th April), Luke organised a ‘Best of Quiz Night’ (Sat 24th) which was a great fun evening raising money for youth camp.

March: Mother’s Day Service was well attended and inclusive. Eco Church started monthly socials to encourage wider church members to find out more. Another successful Easter Experience (Sat 23rd) with the team learning from previous events. The events of Easter weekend, Passover Supper, Three Hours at The Cross and Easter Sunday were each uniquely different, thoughtfully prepared and well attended.

April: Eco Garden Monthly workshops start again (April - October). This year we ran them in-house without the additional funding to bring in Cultivate London as session tutors. We ran our first Youth Weekend Away (19th - 21st) Luke brought a great team together to support our young people.

May: Many enjoyed our first Comedy Night with Andy Kind, it was encouraging that as well as church family, members of the wider community came to join in.

Nature Walks were held every Saturday co-ordinated by Elizabeth Wesner and the Eco Church team.

Healing Service (Sun 19th Evening)

June: Youth Litter Pick (with rewards donated by Gail’s Bakery), Brentford Green Fair - this is the third event that we have hosted drawing together the wider community. Service of Lament (Sun 9th) repenting of how we’ve treated the earth and environment and consequently the injustice to poorer nations.

We celebrated and said farewell to our previous curate, Chris Curry.

Sarah, Luke & I hosted an afternoon with Green Dragon School learning about Christianity.

We prepared to welcome Zoe, our new full-time curate (ordained Sat 29th).

July: Menopause Cafe (Thurs 4th), Summer Series on David began (running throughout the school holidays).

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All four clergy (Sarah, Zoe, Gerry & Sara) met to plan Holy Communion services moving forward with a larger team and sharing pastoral care of vulnerable adults.

August: Our third trip to Satellites Youth Camp, we were able to support a smaller church group from Acton who camped with us, sharing food and resources. All our young people participated well and responded to God over the week.

September: We started planning a new Schools Christmas Roadshow to be offered to all three local primary schools. We organised a Prayer Walk around St Paul’s Primary School before the new term began. Another series of Preaching School was held - this time focussing on teaching from the Old Testament.

I joined Sarah & Zoe to meet with the bishop to plan outreach and mission locally.

The staff team were trained in First Aid for the workplace.

The Area Dean visited to assess all areas of church life and pray with us.

I was honoured to preach on the Sunday after my ordination, which was the day that James and Cat were baptised.

October: I began my Curacy training which includes both online and in person sessions.

The whole church was invited to join in the celebrations of our Eco Church Silver Award (Sun 13th)

Evening Healing Service (Sun 20th)

We worked with Hounslow Council to find permanent accommodation for a homeless man sleeping outside the church.

November: I met with local primary school teachers to present the Schools Christmas Roadshow.

We hosted another successful Menopause Cafe (Thurs 7th).

I started my training in funeral ministry.

The Evening with Heather Johnstone (Tues 26th) was encouraging, thanks to those who helped organise it.

A team hand delivered Christmas invitations to all the new Ballymore homes.

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December: I began my training in leading weddings.

I was pleased to lead a Nursery Carol Concert (Fri 6th), with approx. 30 children and 60 adults.

We delivered the Schools Christmas Roadshows, a whole morning in St Pauls, Lionel Road and Green Dragon. with games, drama, music, film clips and the story of the first Christmas. The team were brilliant (Luke, Macy, Zoe, Matthew, Ineala, Elizabeth, Sara), it was very well received, and we promoted ongoing activities for that age group.

“Sara and the gang, Bloomin’ hecklers - what an amazing morning! Thank you all SO much! The staff and children adored it. You taught them so much. Was super fun and educational. Thank you so so so much” Dep Head, Green Dragon Primary

Experience Christmas (Sat 14th) was well organised, though quieter than expected, especially as it was directly after the Schools Roadshows. Christmas is always a busy time, so we may have clashed with other local events.

The full Christmas programme with services and events throughout the whole month were very well planned, had good support from church members and were well attended. The Christmas Eve All Age service had around 220 guests and all the interactive, multimedia, special effects were greatly appreciated.

Throughout the year , I also led services (Sundays and Wednesdays), preached at both morning and evening services and led various school assemblies for St Paul’s Primary School. I also led Sunday School sessions (working with all four age groups) and helped regularly at the Sunday evening Youth sessions.

ROLE: Associate Curate

NAME: Rev Sara Ward

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PCC Report

During 2024 the PCC met on 10 occasions. Meetings alternated between online zoom video and inperson at St Pauls.

These were the meeting dates: January 9[th] , February 6[th] , March 5[th] , April 16[th] , May 12[th] (following APCM), June 18[th] , July 16[th] , break for August, September 17[th] , October 22[nd] , November 19[th] , break for December.

The PCC consists of the clergy of the parish, certain lay people licensed to the parish, the churchwardens of the parish, members of the deanery synod and representatives of the laity elected at the annual parochial church meeting.

The PCC is the governing body of the Parish. It receives reports and requests, initiates actions, makes decisions and is overall responsible for the well-being of the Parish, both in spiritual and housekeeping matters.

Recuring meeting topics are updates on Ministry, Youth & Children, Safeguarding, Governance, HR, Finance & Giving, Buildings & Site Management. Other items like Budgeting, new initiatives, etc., are discussed as and when they arise.

Highlight of points discussed and finalised over a number of meetings during 2024 were:

ROLE: PCC Secretary

NAME: Iszy Metzner

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Electoral Roll Report

Electoral Roll membership as of 31st December 2024 stands at 151 . Membership as of 31st December 2023 stood at 140.

Any member of the congregation of St Faith’s or St Paul’s can be on the electoral roll. If you are listed on the electoral roll of the Parish of Brentford, it gives you a say in how your church is run. It also gives you the right to vote at the APCM or to stand for election in the PCC.

New applications can be made at any time after the APCM.

If you are unsure whether you are already enrolled, please ask for further details and/or enrolment instructions.

ROLE: Electoral Roll Officer

NAME: Quentin Bradley

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Safeguarding Report

THIS YEAR

...has been a turbulent year for the Church of England, and while the Synod has changed how safeguarding is monitored, we have always found our requests to our Church Safeguarding Advisor for advice and support, fully met. This year we sought help regarding eleven situations of a safeguarding nature, and we received that help and advice to bring about good conclusions.

Here at church, both in weekly team meetings and monthly PCCs, safeguarding has designated time given for its consideration. We always seek to do better, so in one PCC meeting we discussed at length, a wide range of safeguarding scenarios and in another we focussed on how safeguarding policies can make a more effective impact everyone’s sense of responsibility in helping us all to be and feel safe.

We are informed by the Five (National) Safeguarding Standards. They are listed below with a summary of what we are doing.

CULTURE, LEADERSHIP AND CAPACITY

We are grateful to all those in our church who work to maintain our physical, psychological and spiritual security in church, especially to those who have taken time to communicate safeguarding concerns. All of them prompted investigations, responses and further reflection. The staff team and PCC hope in this coming year to encourage greater vigilance and greater empathy and skill in everyone to be proactive in looking out for the good of everyone.

PREVENTION

The staff communicate effectively in assessing and managing risks, Luke oversees the requests for DBS clearance for volunteers, Quentin organises all insurance requirements and I ensure volunteers take training to the appropriate level. The Diocese Safeguarding dashboard which monitors our safeguarding actions in all these areas and more, rates us as fully compliant with no outstanding actions.

RECOGNISING AND MANAGING RISK VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS

The staff team are committed to ensuring that risk is minimised in all church activities, so they have created risk assessments for each of them. The relevant risk assessment is shared with each of the activity volunteers. These assessments are not set in stone and are reviewed regularly and adjusted when previously unforeseen factors emerge.

VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS

We long to reflect the compassion of Jesus where, ‘Victims and survivors experience the timeliness and quality of Church bodies’ responses to disclosures, and their subsequent support, as positively meeting their needs, including their search for justice and helping their healing process.’ When our knowledge and skills have reached their limits, we seek help from a well-resourced London Diocese.

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LEARNING SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT

All the staff team, Church Wardens, PCC members, band leaders, communion distributors and children and youth teams are required to undertake safeguarding training to a role appropriate level. Many thanks to the 41 volunteers who have completed their requirements and give so much of their time and energy to help extend the Kingdom of God in Brentford!

Our church will only be safe, welcoming and nurturing if we ALL work together to make it so. If this report has sparked in you a need for a conversation, do email me or speak to me. If you don’t know me, just look for the picture on the back of the loo door or contact Sarah or Zoe if that is easier for you.

Last year I concluded my report with the following words, and they are worth repeating.

In our parish where everyone is welcome, everyone matters and everyone is involved, what steps will you take to help us ensure that our community is safe and welcoming, so no barriers exist to anyone who comes to meet with Jesus? It requires a team effort!

ROLE: Church Safeguarding Officer

NAME: Carol Fletcher

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Youth and Children’s Report

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ROLE: Youth and Children’s Pastor

NAME: Luke Fennell

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Churchwarden Report

St Faith’s

At St Faith’s Church, Joel has spent quite a number of hours replacing the lights. We now have LED lighting throughout the nave, which is both brighter and more energy efficient. The church hall roof insulation has been finished too, which will make the building much more energy efficient.

Thanks to Isobel Peaty, who has been encouraging us to pray on the first Wednesday of each month for the future of St. Faith’s.

St. Paul’s

At St Paul’s, we now have new sliding wall panels separating the narthex from the church. These are a huge improvement on the previous ones, with glass panels to see through into the church creating a welcoming atmosphere. Also, these ones can be moved by just one person, making preparing the church for services easier and safer. We are sure they will serve us for many years to come.

In the Garden we have a wonderful new bridge connecting the areas outside, this provides much easier access in our outdoor area.

Spire Cafe continues to serve our community each week. Kid’s café is going strong, offering local children a chance to play together and hear a little bible story each week. Repair café runs monthly encouraging people to mend their own clothes and promote sustainability.

Community

We are currently offering three Sunday Services and a midweek Wednesday communion service most weeks of the year. Our attendance continues to grow, both in person and online, as we are still able to offer a streamed service each week.

Experience Easter and Christmas

Now a staple of the yearly church calendar, Experience Easter and Experience Christmas were a huge success! Hundreds of people came through the doors, including many people who have never set foot in a church building before.

Our Easter services included:

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For Christmas we were incredibly busy, with

Youth has continued to flourish in the Parish, and we run Sunday School for three age ranges, as well as a creche group too! We have had so many events over the year for young people including:

We continue to run Alpha courses throughout the year, offering people a chance to explore faith, sometimes for the first time! We have been running Live Well courses, looking at mental health and dealing with stress and difficult circumstances. And we held an Enneagram training day looking at what makes us and others tick.

Last year we said goodbye to Chris Curry who finished his three-year Curacy and has gone on to his own parish in Winchester. However, we have been able to welcome a new wonderful curate to the Parish, Zoe Mathias.

As well as this, Sara Ward has now been ordained, and Macy Ward has joined our team as our new Children & Youth Apprentice.

This has been a year of growth and spiritual development, and we pray that this may continue, as our parish goes from strength to strength, serving our community and bringing more people to the love of Christ.

God is Good!

ROLE: Church Wardens

NAME: Matthew Newton and Sheila Underwood

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Report to the PCC

Structure, Governance and Management

The Parish of Brentford was established as a Parish of The Church of England and comprises of two churches, St. Paul's and St. Faith's.

Appointment and induction of PCC members

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio, co-opted or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. New PCC members are made aware of their legal obligations under charity and church law, the content of the constitution, the Council and the decisionmaking processes and the recent performance of the church. They meet the other PCC members as well as key employees over the course of the year.

Standing Committee

This is the only committee required by law.

Organisational Policy

The PCC works according to the Church of England Canon Law. The staff team, PCC and Standing Committee hold responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the churches including finance and employment matters.

Objectives and activities

The Parish of Brentford's PCC is required, as stated in the PCC (Powers) Measure 1956 to actively promote in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Reserves Policy

It is the desire of the PCC to maintain 2 months' worth of running costs (including staff salaries) in cash reserves in case of major problems. The PCC have not put any money in reserves in recent years due to the ongoing financial deficit, however there is a trust fund of significant value which can be drawn on for building emergencies and repairs.

Achievements, Performance and Future Plans

Please see the Rector’s Report.

This report and the attached accounts were approved by the PCC on Tuesday 29[th] April 2025.

Signed on their behalf by Revd Sarah Guinness, chairperson of the PCC.

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Ministers & Clergy
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Rev Sarah Guinness
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Rev Chris Curry
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~~a~~		 Curate
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 July2021
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 July2024
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Rev Gerry Nixon
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~~a~~		 PTO
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~~(OO~~
 April 2023
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Steve Fletcher
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~~ee~~		 Licensed LayMinister
~~QO~~		 April 2015
~~QO~~		 ~~(~~
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Denise Colliver

~~ee~~		 Licensed LayMinister
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~~CO~~		 April 2013
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~~CO~~		 January2024
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Rev Zoe Mathias

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~~QO~~		 Curate
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Rev Sara Ward
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PAYE STAFF
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Quentin Bradley
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Manager
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Luke Fennel
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~~a~~		 Youth & Children’s Pastor
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 January2023
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Wendy Teng
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 November 2023
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Church Wardens
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Sara Ward

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~~CO~~
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~~CO~~		 August 2024
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Matthew Newton

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~~ee~~		 Church Warden + Inclusion Rep
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Sheila Underwood
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~~GO~~		 August 2024
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Elected PCC Members
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Russell Rajendra
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Jo Bradley
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 ~~QO~~ April 2019
~~QO~~		 ~~(~~
Elizabeth Kennedy
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~a~~		 Children’s Champion
~~QO~~
~~OO~~		 April 2019
~~QO~~
~~OO~~
~~CO~~		 Feb 2024
~~(~~
Julian Peaty
~~ee~~
~~Ce~~
~~a~~		 ~~QO~~
~~Ce~~		 April 2019
~~QO~~
~~Ce~~
~~CO~~		 ~~Ce~~
Ineala Theophilus
~~a~~		 DeanerySynod Rep
~~CO~~		 May2021
~~CO~~
~~CO~~		 ~~CO~~
Quentin Bradley
~~a~~
~~ee~~		 PCC Member
~~QO~~		 May2021
~~QO~~		 May2024
~~QO~~
~~(~~
Iain Knight
~~(CO~~
~~ee~~		 PCC Treasurer
~~(CO~~		 Jan 2022
~~(CO~~		 ~~(CO~~
~~(~~
Tom Salisbury
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 ~~QO~~ May2022
~~QO~~		 ~~(~~
Mariette Wilkins
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~a~~		 ~~QO~~
~~OO~~		 May2023
~~QO~~
~~OO~~
~~CO~~		 ~~(~~
William Benson
~~ee~~
~~Ce~~
~~a~~		 ~~QO~~
~~Ce~~		 April 2023
~~QO~~
~~Ce~~
~~CO~~		 ~~Ce~~
Anthony Jewitt
~~a~~		 DeanerySynod Rep& HR Rep
~~CO~~		 April 2023
~~CO~~
~~CO~~		 ~~CO~~
Laura Bugden
~~a~~
~~ee~~		 Children’s Champion
~~QO~~		 May2024
~~QO~~		 ~~QO~~
~~(~~
Penny Vincent
~~(CO~~
~~ee~~		 ~~(CO~~ May2024
~~(CO~~		 ~~(CO~~
~~(~~
Kim Webster
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 ~~QO~~ May2024
~~QO~~		 ~~(~~
Quentin Bradley
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 Staff Representative
~~QO~~
~~OO~~		 May2024
~~QO~~
~~OO~~		 ~~(~~
Carol Fletcher
~~ee~~		 Safeguarding Officer For 8+yrs) &
PCC Member(since 2024)
~~QO~~		 May 2024
~~QO~~
Iszy Metzner
~~ee~~		 PCC Secretary
~~ee ee~~		 May2024
~~ee~~
Sheila Underwood
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 *Became Church warden August
2024
~~ee~~
~~ee ee~~		 May 2024
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 ~~ee~~
Co-opted PCC Members
~~ee~~		 ~~ee ee~~
~~CO~~		 ~~ee~~
~~CO~~
Helen Dickenson
~~ee~~
~~a~~		 PCC Secretary
~~ee ee~~
~~DO~~		 ~~ee~~
~~DO~~		 May2024
~~DO~~

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April 2025

+ST FAITH'S BREN

——§ ~~S$~~ Annual Report and Unaudited Accounts for 2024The Parish of Brentford St Faith’s and St Paul’s

Financial Review

Back in 2021, the Parish was operating with a budget deficit of over £50,000 on its annual operating costs; the PCC, recognising that this level of deficit was not sustainable, committed to balancing the Parish’s budget over a 3-year period.

The 2024 budget was set as year 3 of a 3-year plan and had a planned expenditure of £321,370 and income of £321,550 resulting in a small surplus of £180.

I am pleased to report that the Parish operated at a surplus of £2,455 for 2024. Whilst this demonstrates significant progress in returning the Parish to financial health; it is important to note that our activities were still supported by £18,414.83 from the Brentford Parish Trust. These sums were used to meet unplanned costs when the 2024 budget was set.

Looking Back at 2024

Over the last year, Giving has increased to £129,305 (an increase of 12%) and Lettings has increased to £137,608 (an increase of 8%).

Whilst our budgeted categories of expenditure tracked against our budget expectations, expenditure increased to £367,795 when including the unplanned costs mentioned above.

Our income for 2024 (excluding the support from the Trust mentioned above) was £351,810 (roughly 9% above budget); this was significantly driven by increased giving and increase in lettings income.

The strong increase in Giving is particularly encouraging as it demonstrates the support of the members for the Parish. It is important for the Parish to have a broad base of supporters so that we are not overly dependent on a few donors.

The following tables provide a summary of our income and expenditure over 2024:

Breakdown of Parish Income Breakdown of Parish Income Breakdown of Parish Income
Giving and Gift Aid 35% £129,305
Grants 11% £42,025
Parish Lettings and Fees 38% £140,719
Property Rental 6% £21,239
Bank and Building SocietyInterest 4% £14,257
Phone Mast Rental 4% £14,300
Other 2% £8,379
Total 100% £370,224

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+ST FAITHS

The Parish of Brentford St Faith’s and St Paul’s +BRENTFORD ~~TT~~

Annual Report and Unaudited Accounts for 2024

Breakdown of Parish Expenditure
~~a~~
~~ee~~		 Breakdown of Parish Expenditure
~~a~~
~~ee~~		 Breakdown of Parish Expenditure
~~a~~
~~ee~~
Common fund
~~ee~~		 24.8%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £91,300
~~ee~~
Staff Costs
~~ee~~		 24.6%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £90,544
~~ee~~
Clergy Expenses (Inc. housing)
~~ee~~		 7.2%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £26,320
~~ee~~
Mission grants
~~ee~~		 2.8%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £10,439
~~ee~~
Services and Activities Costs (Inc. Youth)
~~ee~~		 4.2%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £15,296
~~ee~~
Investment Property Maintenance and fees
~~ee~~		 1.9%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £6,844
~~ee~~
Governance
~~ee~~		 0.6%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £2,183
~~ee~~
Depreciation
~~ee~~		 3.1%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £11,445
~~ee~~
Finance Costs
~~ee~~		 0.3%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £993
~~ee~~
Insurance
~~ee~~		 2.6%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £9,642
~~ee~~
Utilities
~~ee~~		 12.4%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £45,486
~~ee~~
Cleaning & Gardening
~~ee~~		 4.2%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £15,560
~~ee~~
Equipment Purchases
~~ee~~		 1.6%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £5,942
~~ee~~
Repairs& Maintenance
~~ee~~		 2.5%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £9,352
~~ee~~
Major Repairs
~~ee~~		 2.7%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £10,000
~~ee~~
Church licenses
~~ee~~		 1.9%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £7,035
~~ee~~
Other Church Operational Costs
~~ee~~		 2.1%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £7,658
~~ee~~
Expenditure on raising funds
~~ee~~		 0.5%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £1,756
~~ee~~
Total
~~ee~~		 100%
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 £367,795
~~ee~~

Looking Forward to 2025

The 2025 budget has a planned expenditure of £357,536 and income of £350,803 resulting in a deficit of £6,733.

Whilst the deficit may seem like a step backwards, there are additional financial pressure this year which have driven this deficit. This includes an increase in our Common Fund contribution to £99,980 (an increase of 9.5%). We also anticipate lettings income to be down slightly on 2024 (based on existing known lessees).

There is the hope that control of expenditure and further increases in giving will erode this deficit and will result in a small surplus.

Maintenance costs remain a concern. As a Parish, we have significant properties to maintain (two churches, a rectory and a rental property). Whilst the budget contains an allowance for maintenance activities; we need to develop a planned maintenance programme for all Parish properties. This programme needs to be forward looking and anticipate maintenance activities over the longer term.

April 2025 Page 24 of 30 ~~aes ee~~

+ST FAITH'S BREN

——§ ~~S$~~ Annual Report and Unaudited Accounts for 2024The Parish of Brentford St Faith’s and St Paul’s

Finance Team

This was the first full year for our new Finance Team lead by Lisa, our Finance Manager, and supported by Wendy. Their enthusiasm and diligence have ensured that the Parish’s finance continue to be prudently and thoughtfully administered.

Behind the scenes there have been changes to some of the processes, including a switch in software accounting package, to improve efficiencies.

The Parish of Brentford Trust

The Parish benefits from a trust, the Parish of Brentford Trust (Fund 1). This trust is administered by separate trustees from the PCC. Funds in the trust do not form part of the Parish’s finances but with the support of the trustees have generally been used to fund major refurbishments and provide some income to the Parish. In recent years, grants from the trust have also been used to make good the gap between our annual operating costs and our generated income.

In January 2018, The Parish of Brentford Trust had a market value of £801,274; at the end of 2024, there was £494,055 remaining.

The Parish must not rely on the Parish of Brentford Trust to fund its annual operating costs. We need continued focus on managing our existing expenditure and growing our income to ensure the Parish’s finances remain healthy over the longer term.

Legacy Giving

The Parish and its ministry rely on income, which comprises of your financial gifts and income from hirers who use our buildings. It currently costs us about £7,000 a week to do all that we do. We don’t receive any money from the Church of England.

At the Parish of Brentford, we welcome all gifts in wills, however large or small and we promise to use your gift to make a difference to our Parish.

This year we launched our Legacy Policy to aid those parishioners wanting to remember the Parish in their wills.

ROLE: Treasurer

NAME: Iain Knight

April 2025 ~~a~~

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Independent Examiners Report

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PARISH OF BRENTFORD ST FAITH’S AND ST PAUL’S

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position (balance sheet) and the related notes.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees, the Parochial Church Council are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.

Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared accounts in accordance with Accounting and reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in reference to the accounting and Reporting by Charities:Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn.

I understand that this has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

 the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Paul Alexander BFP, FCA South Street House for and on behalf of 51 South Street Accountancy Management Services Limited Isleworth Chartered Accountants Middlesex TW7 7AA DATE:

Statement of Comprehensive Income

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1128611 STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Notes
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Other trading activities
5
Investments
6
Other income
7
Total Income and endowments
EXPENDITURE
Raising funds
8
Charitable activities
9
Total expenditure
Net gains/(losses) on investment
Gains/(losses) on non-property investments
12
Gain/(Loss) on property revaluation
11
Net Income/(Expenditure) before Transfers
Transfers between funds
15
Net Income/(Expenditure) after Transfers
Net Movement in Funds
Total funds brought forward at 1 January 2024
Total funds carried forward at 31 December 2024		 Unrestricted
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
147,720
1,000
140,719
-
-
-
35,496
-
22,679
-
346,614
1,000
1,756
-
349,813
94
351,569
94
26
-
-
-
(4,929)
906
22,036
-
17,107
906
17,107
906
740,074
303
757,181
1,209		 Restricted
funds
£
22,610
-
-
-
-
22,610
-
16,132
16,132
-
-
6,478
(22,036)
(15,558)
(15,558)
17,741
2,183		 Total 2024
£
171,330
140,719
-
35,496
22,679
370,224
1,756
366,039
367,795
26
-
2,455
-
2,455
2,455
758,118
760,573		 Total 2023
£
278,890
131,506
-
23,135
26,597
460,128
2,256
444,277
446,533
97
-
13,692
-
13,692
13,692
744,426
758,118

The statement of comprehensive income includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

SOCI 1

Statement of Financial Position

CHARrrY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1128611 STATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL POStFION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024 2024 2023 Fixed A8s9ts Tangible assets Inveslment property 10 11,091 708,250 1,156 720,497 20,141 708,250 1.130 729,521 11 12 Current As80ts Debtors Cash at bonk and in har 22.545 36.330 57,304 39.803 58.875 97,107 Croditors: amounts falllng duo wlthln on• y•ar 18,799 68.510 N•t Curront A880ts 40,076 28,597 Total assets l••s currnnt IthNItt 780,573 768,118 FUNDS Unrestricted Gen¥al fvnds Fair value reser¥e 333,931 423,250 757,181 316,824 423,250 740,074 f• DeS￿nated 1,209 303 15 2,183 17,741 Total Funds 760,573 758,118 The ￿oU￿￿ wtre a[￿rOved by the Parochial Churth Council on 291h April 2025 R¢ orend Sarah Guinness lain Knight PCC Treasurer SOFP I

Notes to the Financial Statements

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

CHARITY INFORMATION

2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting convention

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 19) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016) and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practices.

The accounts have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for Charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the regulations but has since been withdrawn.

The accounts are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statement are rounded to the nearest whole pound.

Going concern

At the time of approving the accounts the Parochial Church Council (PCC) have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the PCC continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Charitable funds

Endowment funds:-

Are funds, the capital of which must be maintained; only income arising from investment of the endowment may be used either as restricted or unrestricted funds depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established.

Restricted funds:-

Represent (a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest, and (b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of each year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund. The PCC does not usually invest separately for each fund. Where there is no separate investment interest is apportioned to individual funds on an average balance basis.

Unrestricted funds:-

Are general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Designated funds:-

Are unrestricted funds where money has been set aside for specific purpose by the PCC. They may be undesignated and money moved to other such funds at the discretion of the PCC.

Notes 1

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Incoming resources

Planned giving, collections and donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate is received.

Grants and legacies are recognised when there is sufficient certainty that they will be received and the incoming resources can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Job retention scheme grants are recognised in the period to which the underlying furlough staff costs relate to.

Dividends and interest are accounted for when received. All other income is recognised when receivable. All incoming resources are accounted for gross.

Resources expended

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the PCC. The diocesan parish share is accounted for when due. Amounts received specifically for mission are dealt with as restricted money.

All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.

Debtors

Debtors are amounts owed to the charity and are measured based on their recoverable amount.

Creditors and provisions for liabilities and charges

A liability is recognised for the amount that the charity anticipates it will pay to settle a debt or the amount it has received as an advance payment for goods or services it must provide. A provision is recognised when:

Fixed assets For use by the PCC

In so far as consecrated and benefice property of any kind is excluded from the statutory definition of “charity” by Section 10(2) (a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011 such assets are not capitalised in the financial statements.

Moveable church furnishings held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed in the church's inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time).

Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight-line basis over 5 years. Individual items of equipment with a purchase price of £1,000 or less are written off when the asset is acquired.

Investment property

The trustees' policy is that freehold property held for investment purposes is included at the trustees' best estimate of market value, based on local house prices or independent valuations where available.

Investment property is not depreciated. Unrealised gains and losses are taken to the Statement of Comprehensive Income under the heading of gains/(losses) on tangible fixed assets and are shown as a separate unrestricted reserve on the Statement of Financial Position.

Notes 2

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Comprises of cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Other Investments

Investments are valued at market value with gains or losses recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.

Allocation of support costs

Support costs are allocated to individual activities where they directly related to that activity. Where the support cost is not directly related to an individual activity it is allocated to activities on the basis of the proportion of total direct resources expended for each activity.

The Brentford Parish Trust (formerly St Paul's Centre Trust Funds)

These funds arose out of the proceeds of sale of the site of St James Gunnersbury. There are 2 funds managed by a separate Board of Trustees.

The managing trustees may from time to time at their absolute discretion, permit (at a meeting of the Trustees) the release or sale of all or part of the capital of the first fund to finance major or urgent repair work and/or capital expenditure to church buildings within the parish of Brentford.

The managing trustees may from time to time at their absolute discretion, permit (at a meeting of the trustees), the release of part of the capital of the first fund to be transferred to the second fund (CT1001A). The second fund is to be used for general ecclesiastical purposes and as such, the transfer from the first fund can be used for meeting the parish's annual common fund commitment, if necessary and in response to a formal request from the PCC.

The second fund, both capital and income, is available for expenditure at the discretion of the PCC although the funds are managed by the trustees.

The trustees produce separate accounts for trust fund one and figures relating to it are NOT included in these accounts.

Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the PCC are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

3 Income from Donations and Legacies

Gift aid donations
Donations non-gift aid
Plate giving
Gift aid tax recoverable
Grants
Other funds generated
Year end 31st December 2023		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
Total 2024
Total 2023
£
£
£
£
£
84,650
-
-
84,650
73,460
17,221
-
-
17,221
18,544
5,561
-
-
5,561
1,908
21,385
-
-
21,385
21,486
18,415
1,000
22,610
42,025
163,432
488
-
-
488
60
147,720
1,000
22,610
171,330
278,890
145,157
70,000
63,733
278,890

Notes 3

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

4 Income from Charitable Activities

Income from Charitable Activities
Fees
Church hall lettings
Other contributions
Year end 31st December 2023
Income from Other trading activities
Trading activities
Year end 31st December 2023
Investment Income
Dividends
Bank and building society interest
Rental income
Year end 31st December 2023
Other income
Banking loyalty payments
Other funds generated (including events)
Phone Mast Rent
Year end 31st December 2023
Expenditure on Raising funds
Costs of Fundraising
Publicity and other costs
Year end 31st December 2023		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
Total 2024
Total 2023
£
£
£
£
£
2,062
-
-
2,062
2,730
137,608
-
-
137,608
127,559
1,049
-
-
1,049
1,217
140,719
-
-
140,719
131,506
131,506
-
-
131,506
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
Total 2024
Total 2023
£
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Total 2024
Total 2023
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
£
3
-
-
3
31
14,254
-
-
14,254
304
21,239
-
-
21,239
22,800
35,496
-
-
35,496
23,135
23,135
-
-
23,135
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Total 2024
Total 2023
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
20
8,379
-
-
8,379
12,277
14,300
-
-
14,300
14,300
22,679
-
-
22,679
26,597
22,236
-
4,361
26,597
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
Total 2024
Total 2023
£
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
80
1,756
-
-
1,756
2,176
1,756
-
-
1,756
2,256
2,256
-
-
2,256

Notes 4

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

9 Expenditure on Charitable activities

Expenditure on Charitable activities
Staff Costs
Clergy Expenses(including housing)
Mission grants (see analysis below)
Common fund
Services and Activities Costs
Investment Property Maintenance and fees
Governance
Depreciation
Finance Costs
Insurance
Utilities
Cleaning & Gardening
Equipment Purchases
Repairs& Maintenance
Major Repairs
Church licenses
Other Church Operational Costs
Year end 31st December 2023		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
Total 2024
Total 2023
£
£
£
£
£
90,544
-
-
90,544
78,899
26,320
-
-
26,320
24,967
8,829
-
-
8,829
9,548
91,300
-
-
91,300
85,160
13,029
-
2,267
15,296
15,672
6,844
-
-
6,844
11,661
2,183
-
-
2,183
1,170
11,445
-
-
11,445
10,966
993
-
-
993
896
9,642
-
-
9,642
9,817
45,486
-
-
45,486
35,134
15,524
-
37
15,561
12,467
5,942
-
-
5,942
6,695
7,041
94
2,218
9,352
22,131
-
-
10,000
10,000
100,289
7,035
-
-
7,035
3,261
7,658
-
1,610
9,268
12,765
349,813
94
16,132
366,039
444,277
306,314
72,990
64,973
444,277
Mission Grant Analysis
All grant payments made to institutions:
Church Mission
Church Mission Society
Relief of Poverty
Crosslight Advice
Tearfund
Grants to institutions less than £1,000		 2024
2023
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,829
3,548		 2024
2023
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,829
3,548
6,829 7,548

Notes 5

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

10 Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 January 2024
Additions
At 31 December 2024
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024
Charge
At 31 December 2024
Net book value
At 31 December 2024
At 31 December 2023		 Other equipment
£
73,253
2,395
75,648
53,112
11,445
64,557
11,091
20,141		 Total
£
73,253
2,395
75,648
53,112
11,445
64,557
11,091
20,141

11 Investment Property

Market value at 1 January 2024
Additions
Disposals
Revaluation
Market value 31 December 2024		 £
708,250
-
-
-
708,250

The PCC is the beneficial owner of the freehold property situated at 34 Brook Road South, Brentford.

The valuation in the accounts as at 31st December 2024 is based on the trustees best estimate of market value.

12 Investments

CBF Fund
Market value at 1 January 2023
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Market value 31 December 2023
Debtors due within one year
Gift aid tax recoverable
Lettings income due
Accrued grant Income
Other debtors and prepayments		 Total 2024
Total 2023
£
£
1,130
1,033
-
-
-
-
26
97
1,156
1,130
Total 2024
Total 2023
£
£
151
5,309
1,254
1,898
18,415
49,000
2,725
1,097
22,545
57,304

13 Debtors due within one year

Notes 6

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

14 Creditors due within one year

Trade creditors
Accruals
Taxes and social security
Other creditors		 Total 2024
Total 2023
£
£
10,066
1,076
7,353
62,847
-
-
1,380
4,587
18,799
68,510

15 The movements in restricted and designated funds during the year were:

Restricted
Thriving Communities Fund
After School Hub
Garden Bridge Fund
Area Youth Event
Sunday School Fund
Change X Fund
Harvest Sunday Food Box Collection
Spark Fund
Carbon Reduction Fund
Youth Worker Support Fund
Youth Welcare Fund
Designated
Eco Church		 Receipts
Donations/
01 Jan 2024
Fundraising
Payments
Transfers
31 Dec 2024
£
£
£
£
1,724
-
(1,081)
-
642
1,064
-
(500)
-
563
850
-
(850)
-
-
108
-
-
-
108
200
-
(200)
-
-
-
1,610
(1,610)
-
-
872
-
-
(872)
-
51
-
-
-
51
11,702
-
(10,884)
-
818
164
21,000
-
(21,164)
-
1,006
(1,006)
-
-
17,741
22,610
(16,132)
(22,036)
2,183
303
1,000
(94)
-
1,209
303
1,000
(94)
-
1,209

The transfers relate to the following:

Harvest Sunday Food Bank - transfer to General Fund as funds released to food bank from the General Fund Youth Worker Support Fund - transfer to the General Fund to contribute towards costs of the Youth Work team

FUNDS DETAIL:

Thriving Communities Fund

This restricted fund was set up in March 2021 with donations mainly from LDF, the PCC and an individual donor to cover the increase in utilities, wifi and cleaning costs at St Faith's Church as a result of the use of the premises by Hestia for their work with survivors of modern slavery.

After School Hub Fund

This restricted fund was set up in July 2020 with grants mainly from Hounslow Welcare Trust and Needs and Taylor Educational Charity to start an after school work hub in the Narthex on Mondays to Fridays from 3:30 - 5pm which would provide a safe space for youth to enjoy their time after school socialising and doing homework.

Sunday School Fund

This restricted fund received a donation specifically to support the sunday Schools operations, which was expensed for that purpose during 2024.

Notes 7

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Carbon Reduction Fund

This restricted fund was set up by a carbon reduction grant received during 2023 for the purpose of improving the Church buildings carbon footprint.

Area Youth Event

Funds received from the Diocese of London Kensington Area and individual donors to cover the cost of food and entertainment activities for the Area Youth Events held at St Paul's Church.

Garden Bridge Fund

The fund was set up from a donation received in 2023.

Harvest Sunday Food Box Collection

The collections at our services on Harvest Sunday were restricted to fund the activities of Hounslow Community FoodBox

Spark Fund

A mini grant was received from The Spark Fund to cover the expenses of a Clothes Swap organised by the youth at our St Paul's Church

Warm Spaces

A grant was received in December from Hounslow Council to create a Warm Space in our Spire Café for local residents who may be struggling this winter

Youth Worker Support Fund

Grants received to contribute towards the cost of our Youth Worker Team

Youth Welcare Fund

A grant received to provide outdoor equipment for youth activities.

St Pauls Refurbishment Fund

This designated fund was set up to set aside monies for the refurbishment of St Pauls buildings. Change X Fund

Grant received in 2024 for the planned Repair Café Project which due to be repaid as project did not commence. Eco Church Fund

This designated fund was created to set aside monies for the Eco Church project.

16 Analysis of Net Assets between Funds:

Fixed Assets:
Tangible fixed assets
Investment property
Non-property investments
Current Assets:
Bank Accounts
Debtors
Current Liabilities:
Creditors due within 1 year		 Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
fair value
designated
Restricted
Totals
£
£
£
£
11,091
-
-
-
11,091
285,000
423,250
-
-
708,250
1,156
-
-
-
1,156
31,328
-
1,209
3,793
36,330
22,545
-
-
-
22,545
(17,189)
-
-
(1,610)
(18,799)
333,931
423,250
1,209
2,183
760,573

17 Diocese of London - Common Fund

The contribution to the Diocese of London Common Fund for the Parish was paid in full in 2024

Common Fund
Common fund contribution		 2024
2023
£
£
91,300
85,160
91,300
85,160

Notes 8

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

18 Transactions with PCC members (Trustees)

No PCC member (trustee), or any persons connected with them, received remuneration as employees (or for services) that was not paid at a market rate.

The employment of trustees is permitted by the charity's governing document.

Quentin Bradley (Trustee) is employed by the Parish as Operations and Communications Manager.

During 2024 he received gross salary of £39,997 (2023: £23,115). He resigned as Trustee in May 2024.

Matthew Newton (Trustee) worked part-time in our weekly Kids Café during 2024 for which he received fees of £0 (2023:£215)

Iszy Metzner (Trustee) received £500 (2023:£250) as verger fees.

Rev. Chris Curry (Trustee until May 2024) was provided with accommodation as is customary for his role as Curate. The cost of this accommodation during 2024 was £11,618 (2023: £21,000)

Rev. Zoe Mathias (Trustee from June 2024) is provided with accommodation as is customary for her role as Curate. The cost of this accommodation during 2024 was £13,377 (2023: NIL)

All expenses reimbursed to the trustees of the charity related to reimbursed expenditure incurred in performance of their duties as employees, volunteers or clergy with no profit element.

No trustee expenses in relation to trustee duties were paid during 2024. (2023: NIL)

Trustee donations to the church during the year totalled £48,342 (2023:£34,427)

19 Employees

Number of employees

The average number of employees during the year was:

Number of employees
The average number of employees during the year was:
2024 2023
Parish Office Staff and Youth Worker 3 3
3 3
'Parish staff costs' and 'Youth Worker salaries' in note 9 to the accounts include the following:
£ £
Wages and salaries 79,105 75,193
Social security costs 2,160 215
Pension costs 1,812 1,609

There were no employees who received employee benefits excluding employer pension costs of more than £60,000.

20 Pension

The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity.

The charge to the profit and loss in respect of defined contribution schemes was £1,812 (2023:£1,609)

Notes 9

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

21 Principal place of business:

The Parish Office St Paul's Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 0PN

22
23		 2024
2023
£
£
Independent examination fee
1,200
1,170
Related parties
The surplus/(deficit) for the year is stated after Governance costs:

As in previous years, the trustees are appreciative of the technical expertise donated to the church by Joel Guinness, a related party to Sarah Guinness (Rector/Trustee).

24 Key Management Personnel

In the previous year, the Finance & Operations Manager (Mr Claude Lobo) was employed by the charity until his retirement in November 2023. His remuneration (including employer's pension contribution ) was £25,861in that year.

Notes 10

Appendix I Brentford Parish Trust

THE BRENTFORD PARISH TRUST Year ended 31/12/2024

This fund is under the control of independent Trustees; these figures are shown as a note only

Statement of Financial Activity 2024

Income from Investments
Dividends
Expenditure
Grant to St Pauls
Donation to St Pauls
(approved 2023)
Unrealised gain on revaluation
Profit on investment sales
Net movement of funds
Balance b/fwd
Endowment Fund value c/fwd		 2024
2023
£
£
13,743
15,281
(13,743)
(15,281)
(49,000)
(21,780)
(49,000)
(21,780)
(17,575)
31,549
29,103
(248)
(37,472)
9,521
531,527
522,006
494,055
531,527

Balance Sheet at 31/12/24

Investments
CCLA Investment fund shares
Endowment fund Balance		 2024
2023
£
£
494,055
531,527
494,055
531,527

The grant to St Paul's is at the Trustees' discretion.

A grant of £18,415 has been approved during 2024 (paid in 2025)

Appendix I - POB Trust 1