HOLY
TRINITY
CHURCH
PCC OF HOLY TRINITY, COOKHAM
ANNUAL REPORT &
END OF YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2024

PCC OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH- 31/1212024
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BACKGROUND
The parishes of Holy Trinity Cookham and St. John the Baptist Cookham Dean fomi The Benefice of the Cookhams. The
Parochial Church Council IPCCI of Holy Trinity has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent in promoting
within the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church- pastoral, evangelistic, ecumenical and social. It also
ha5 responsibilities for the maintenance of the church and churchyard of Holy Trinity, Churchgate, Cookham. The PCC
is additionally responsible for the management and maintenance of the Parish Centre, including three leased flats, the
Paddock, adjacent to the churchyard, and a residential property at 53 Broomhill, Cookham {sold during the year),
which during the year were held in trust for the PCC by the Diocesan Trustees (Oxford) Ltd.
The PCC is a Registered Charity, No. 1129876.
MEMBERSHIP
Member5 of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting {APCM} in accordance
with the Church Representation Rules.
During the year the following persons served as members of the PCC.
Incumbent:
The Revd Stephen Mills
{appointed 10 January 20241
Associate Priest:
The Revd David Joynes
Ire5i8ned 31 March 2024)
Licensed Lay Minister
Richard Simmonds
Church Wardens:
Bernadette Clark
Mark Stockdale {Chair of PCC)
Deanery Synod representatives:
Bernadette Clark
David Harrold
Elected Members:
Mike Clark
David Gaselee
Anne McNeil (Secretary)
rim Sharples (Treasurer)
Nicola Stingelin-Giles
Philip Davidson
Andra Rigbv
(appointed 28 April 2024}
(appointed 28 April 2024)
{appointer 28 April 2024)
The ft)Ilowing committees were elected at the first meeting of the PCC after the APCM in April 2024:
Standing Committee and the Stewardship and Fundraising Committee.
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CHURCH ATTENDANCE
There were 208 names on the Church Electoral Roll as presented at the 2024 APCM.
Revd Stephen Mills was instituted and inducted as Vicar of the Cookhams on 11 January 2024. The PCCS of both
churches in the benefice agreed to us seeking to appoint a full-time associate priest to expand the churches, work but
the first two rounds of advertising were unsuccessful. A further round is planned for early 2025.
Average attendance at normal Sunday Services decreased slightly to 81 adults (85 in 2023) adults and 6 under 16s (as
in 2023). There were 148 communicants on Easter Day (93 in 20231 and 250 on Christmas Day (189 in 2023), including
the Vigil service. There were 12 baptisms during the year; 2 wedding5' and 5 funerals, memorials and interment of
ashes.
After several years, discussion with the Diocesan Advisory Committee, on 23 January 2024 the Chancellor of the
Diocese of Oxford granted a faculty for an accessible toilet in the tower, installing gas-powered underfloor heating in
the nave and 50Uth aisle, and supplementary heating there and in the east end. A contractor was appointed in June
and the church closed after final services on 6 October, ready for work to start on 11 November. The project 15 on
schedule to be completed by Easter 2025. While the church is closed, Sunday morning services are being held in Holy
Trinity Church of England Primary School and evening sep4ices at St John the Baptist Church, Cookham Dean.
REVIEW OF THE YEAR
The PCC met on 6 occasions in 2024 and throughout the year each sub-committee, the Treasurer, the Deanery
Synod and Ministry Team have reported to the PCC by means of written reports circulated prior to each
meeting. This process allows the PCC to exercise proper scrutiny of the work of the committees and the PCC'S
finances.
Holy Trinity, st John the Baptist Church and the Methodist Church continued to tske turns to run a monthly
Fellowship Lunch for older people, which has been very much welcomed and appreciated. Every lunch is fully
booked.
The annual Remembrance Sunday Service around Cookham War Memorial, complete with bugler to play The
Last Post, was as well-supported as ever, and a substantial number of people joined the seniice in school that
followed.
We were pleased to welcome Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School into church for their end of
summer term service, which saw our church packed with children. staff and families.
As the church was closed, on Christmas Eve 2024 we held an open-air Crib Serrfice in the Parish Centre,
complete with a snow machine, lighting and mulled wine attended by over 200 people, our most popular
seniice of the year. Other Christmas services were well attended, and we held our traditional candlelit
Christmas Day Evening Carol Ser4ice at St John the Baptist Church, Cookham Dean. Online lay-led prayers
twice a week, and musical offerings by our choirs, continued to attract a lot of hits.
This PCC Report, for the year ending 31 December 2024, was approved by the PCC at its meeting on 19 March 2025.
Signed
Mark Stockdale, Chair of PCC
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - PCC STATEMENT
The attached financial statement5 have been prepared by the Parish Church Council IPCCI of Holy Trinity, Cookham to
show the financial position at 31 December 2024.
The PCC is responsible for preparing an annual report and financial statements in accordance with the applicable law
and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).
The law applicable to PCCS in England and Wales requires the PCC to prepare financial statement for each year which
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the PCC and of the incoming resources and application of resources,
of the PCC for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the PCC is required to:
Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
Observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP;
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent:
State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, Subject to any material departures
disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
Prepare the financial statements on the 8oin8 concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the PCC
will continue in business.
The PCC is responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the
financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities
Act 2011 (Accounts and Reports} Regulations and the provisions of the PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church
Representation Rules 2006). They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the PCC and those under their
care and taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The PCC is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the church and financial information included on the
Charity Commission's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of
financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Approved by the PCC on
025 and signed on their behalf by
Mark Stockdale, Chair of PCC
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
I report on the accounts for the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 7 to 15.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER
The charivs trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charitWs trustees consider that an
audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 {the Charities Act) and that an
independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;
To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section
145{5}Ib) of the Charitie5 Act. and
To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charitie5 Commission. An
examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts
presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and
seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all
the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts
present a "true and fairt view and the report 15 limited to those matter set out in the statement below.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
l. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act. and
To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements
of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts
to be reached.
Signed
Date i sl)ILU
Name Roger Groeneweg
Qualifications ACMA
Address 6, Wakelins End, Cookham, Berkshire SL6 9TQ
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - 2024
note Unrestricted Restrlcted Endowment
funds
Funds
funds
Total
Last Year
Total
Income and endowments from
Donations and legacies
Income from charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investment income
Total income
3{a)
3{b)
31cl
3{dl
123,681
4,366
33,582
52.896
214,525
146,972
6,417
1,837
17,575
172.801
270,653
10,783
35,419
70,471
387,326
172,361
16,455
34,297
55,654
278,767
Expenditure on..
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
27,332
206,201
233,533
1,031
151,269
152,300
28,363
357,470
385,833
37,462
223,538
261,000
Net Income of resources before transfer
(19,008)
20,501
1.493
17,767
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds- in
Gross transfers between funds- out
1,288
{1,288)
1,288
300,501
11,288) {300,501)
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains / losses on investment assets
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's
own use
Net movement In funds
(19,008)
20.501
1,493
17,767
Total funds brought forward
1,226,205
467,430
1,693,635 1,675,868
Total funds carried forward
1,207,197
487,931
1,695,128 1,693,635
The income and expenditure by fund is detailed in Note 6
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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
Total funds
Prior year funds
Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Investments
14,795
I,iio,000
1.124,795
16,644
I,iio,000
1,126.644
Current assets
Debtors
Fixed term deposits
Cash at bank and in hand
7,711
533,194
42,504
583,409
9,661
519,756
39,997
569,414
Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts falling due in one year
13,076
13,076
2,423
2,423
Net current assets less current liabilitles
570,333
566,991
Total assets less current liabilities
1,695,128
1,693,635
Total net assets less liabilities
1,695,128
1,693,635
Represented by
Unrestrlcted
General fund
96,206
115,066
Designated funds
Fixed Assets
Children's Holiday Camp
St John the Baptist
Vicarage credit account
Men's Breakfast account
1,110,000
I,oii
120)
I,iio,000
1,011
128
Restricted
Bells & Bell Tower Appeal
Collections for other charities
Friends of Holy Trinity Church
Restoration fund
Fees collected in connection with weddings and funerals
Churchyard {Yew Tree) fund
1,957
1,765
748
1,240
463,264
1,240
484,734
413
Funds of the church
1,695,128
1,693,635
The notes at pages 9 to 15 form part of these accounts.
.1£
and signed on its behalf by
IskcLI.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT- YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2024
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with together with Accounting and Reporting by Charities:
Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial
Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities, published on 16 July 2014, the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller
Entities IFRSSE), and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the valuation of
investment assets, which are shown at market value.
The financial statements 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.
FUNDS
Restrictedfunds represent donations and 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 then 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 the general fund.
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.
Unrestrictedfunds are general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.
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 accounted for when the PCC is legally
entitled to the amounts due. Interest is accrued. All other income is recognised when it is 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 created 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 fund5. Al other expenditure is generally recognised when it is
incurred and is accounted for gross.
FIXED ASSETS
Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with $9612)(a} of the Charities Act
1993.
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Movable church furnishings held by the vicar and the 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 timel. For anything acquired prior to 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore
such assets are not valued in the financial statements. Subsequently, no individual item has cost more than £1,000 so
all such expenditure has been written off when incurred.
Freehold land and buildings are written off over their estimated useful lives. Plant and machinery are written off over
their estimated useful life. Investment assets are valued at market value
STAFF COSTS
2024
£28,573
2023
£27,130
2022
£23,858
2021
£20,848
2020
£21,907
Wages and Salaries Igrossl
Social security costs
Total
£28,573
£27,130
£23,858
£20,848
£21,907
During the year, the PCC employed a Director of Music and part-time Parish Administrator, book-keeper and a
caretaker for the Parish Centre. No employee earned more than £40,000 pa.
During the year, no PCC member received any compensation for work for the PCC.
NOTES ON INCOME
Total
Unrestricted Desi
64,533
11,079
3,801
5,730
894
812
1,548
20,449
nated Restrirted Endowment This
8,870
73,403
5,160
16,239
3,801
6,435
1,523
38,683
73,064
32,739
2,000
3,500
ear
Last
ear
Gift Aided donations- Bank
Gift Aided donations- Envelopes
Other planned giving
Loose plate collections
Giving through church boxes
One-off Gift Aid gifts
Donations appeals etc
Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
Legacies
Recurring grants
Benefice costs recharged to
St John the Baptlst
Non-recurring one-off grants
Other funds generated
68,358
13,047
7,811
9,907
1,890
4,024
5,559
21,802
18,343
3,500
705
629
37,871
71,516
12,290
3,500
7,171
966
8,137
8,169
2,734
7,217
2,642
556
7,931
11,129
Total
£122.159
£1.522
£146,972
£270,653
£172,361
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3(BI INCOMING RESOURCES FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Totooal
Unrestricted Desi
nated Restricted
Endowment
This
ear
Last
ear
Fees for weddings and funerals
4,366
6,417
10,783
16,455
Total
£4,366
£6,417
£10,783
£16,455
3jCj INCOMING RESOURCES FROM GENERATED FUNDS- OTHER TRADING ACTIVITY
Total
Unrestricted Desi
3,424
328
22,508
7,322
nated Restricted
Endowment This
3,424
2165
22,508
7,322
ear
Last
ear
Paddock Income
Bookstall sales - fund raising
Church hall lettings - fund raising
Magazine income - advertising
4,001
2,057
21,338
6,901
1,837
Total
£33,582
£0
£1,837
£35,419
£34,297
3{DI INCOMING RESOURCES FROM GENERATED FUNDS- INVESTMENT INCOME
Total
Unrestricted Desi
8,366
44,530
nated Restricted
17.575
Endowment
Thls
25,941
44,530
ear
Last
ear
Bank and building society interest
Rent from lands or buildings
14,498
41,156
Total
52,896
17,575
70,471
£55,654
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COSTS OF RAISING FUNDS
Total
Unrestrirted Desi
nated Restricted
156
875
Endowment
This
ear
Last
ear
Fees paid for fund-raising
Costs of fetes & other events
Letting Agents fees etc
Rental properties- maintenance
Printing costs
156
2,678
5,583
2,418
17,528
950
362
13,087
5,891
17,172
1,238
5,583
2,418
17,528
565
Total
£26,767
£565
£1,031
£28.363
£37,462
EXPENDITURE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE WORK OF THE CHURCH
Total
Unrestrlcted Desl nated Restrirted Endowment
65
127
150
1,489
103,354
4,405
694
1,803
1,856
6,567
9,190
42,928
3,068
10,050
20,965
Thls
ear
Last
ear
Giving to church agencies
Giving to secular charities
Stipends quota
Organist and choir
Working expenses, ministry team
Organ / piano maintenance
Church maintenance
Upkeep of services
Upkeep of churchyard
Administration
Running the church
Running the Parish Centre
Parish Centre maintenance
192
1639
103,354
5,185
1714
50
2,008
103,679
6,375
1,482
805
12,302
9,524
11,785
40,734
3,857
18,976
11,961
780
336
1803
140,768
9,920
11,578
47,234
3068
10,050
20,965
138,912
3,312
2,388
3,577
41
729
Total
£205,095
£1,106
£151,269
£357,470
£223,538
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MOVEMENT OF FUNDS OVER YEAR
Opening Incoming Outgoing Transfers Gains/losses
Closing
Restricted Funds
Bells & Bell Tower Fund
Collections for other charities
Friends of Holy Trinity
Restoration Fund
Fees collected- weddings and funerals
Churchyard (Yew Trees) fund
1,765
748
1,240
463,264
192
868
1,957
1,616
1,240
484,734
165,480
6,261
144,010
6,261
413
413
Designated Funds
Fixed Assets
Cookham Kids Holiday Club
St John the Baptist
Vicarage credit account
Men's Breakfast
I,iio,000
1,011
I,iio,000
I,oii
(201
966
120
1,725
986
120
565
128
(1,288)
Unrestricted Funds
General fund
Grand total
115,066
1.693,635
211,714
387,326
231,862
385,833
1,288
96,206
1,695,128
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FIXED ASSETS
Freehold
Land &
Buildings
Plant &
Machinery Investments
Total
Gross Book Value at beginning of year
Revaluation
Acquisitions
Sales
200,496
23,916
1,110,000
1,334,412
Gross Book Value {inc. revaluations} at
31 December 2024
200,496
23,916
1,110,000
1,334,412
Accumulated Depreciation at l January 2024
Charge for the year
200,496
7,272
1,849
207,768
1,849
Accumulated Depreciation at 31 December 2024
200,496
9,121
209,617
Net book value at 31 December 2024
14,795
1,110,000
1,124,795
Net book value at 31 December 2023
16,644
I,iio,000
1,126,644
NOTES:
l) The freehold land and buildings is the Parish Centre which is held at the value estimated by the PCC.
2) The Plant & Machinery are the new cooker and chairs for the Parish Centre. We are writin8 off the values over the
expected useful lifetime taken to be 10 years for both the chairs and the cooker.
31 The investment assets are the flats above the Parish Centre {valued at £1,110,000), all are commercially let.
41 The Revaluation Account now stands at a total of £845,OtX) representing the accumulation of revaluations since
2006.
51 Freehold land and buildings (see Note I to the Accounts) are written off over their estimated useful lives, which for
the Parish Centre is 20 years.
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DEBTORS
This
ear
Last Year
Gift-aid recoverable from HMRC
Trade debtors
4,641
3,070
2,911
6,750
7.771
9,661
CREDITORS
This
Last Year
785
1,638
Amount5 collected on behalf of other charities
Other creditors
127
12,949
13,076
2,423
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