ST JOHN'S
ANNUAL
REPORT
2023-24
11
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PARISH CHURCH OF
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, DANBURY


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Par￿h131 Church Council of Da1￿UrystJ0hn the Baptlst
Flnandal Staternentsforthe y•arended De￿rnber 315t 2023
£49N43 P1anrRdGI￿￿ cc41eL*brtsetc
E3.5(N) Mllay Friends
£6,039 Events
£1,56Q Grants Rece
£9.S18 Fee5
£9.990 MeÈOr% Rwm Int(
fl3,200 40 MI1￿￿dS-Ae￿ts1 Income
É3294 Garth ofRwnembtance
£18,5(K) All
É115.044
£51,031
£3,193
£6.930
£51.031
£3.193
£6S30
£60
£10,728
£io,iio
£13,200
£12
£7A?6
£lQ4.918
£10.728
0,11
£13200
00
É7.246
£iOL445
30
42.561 Grontsto Charft*s
-58662 Part5hShare
46.082 Meetin8 Room Eyrses
457 40 Mllmdds Ey￿se5
4L338 Garden ofRememtKance
425,133 OthErOyJrch Expenses
494,23a
43.016
54.4SO
IQA31
4432
L051
39.690
109mi
.£3P16
-£51.4y)
-£10.431
.£432
-£1￿51
33,662
-£103Xty
6.028
£20.8U NetSuWu5lDefidt
-£4143
.303 ts5h at ￿nkar*I￿n deposh
É92,fKQ Pr¢p¥ty, 40
INEt
io
£96,160
£92A
£81,071
£92.rth)
£17
£15.089
d5
7604 End0&￿Tr2ntF￿nds
76012 Rwrfcted. Other
16687 uAre5trtcted fvnds
11))*J3 Totsicashfunds
92MO ResvScted.OryHowl
12
12
12
£7.gJ4
£73,467
£L5.089
E96AK
£92.
fi￿160
£73M67
£15.089
12
12
£92,IKK)
£173.on
EXS.
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￿￿1¥)¢n rt5 behaKty'.
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Parochial Church Councll of Danbury StJohn the Baptist
FI￿￿¢131 Ststements for the year ended December 31st2023
Totsl
5tst*wtof FI￿nCI)I
£41625 Parish G1wnrtSc￿me
£1.766 Non PGS
GIft￿d
£0 Sumup
£5,052 Ger￿al£d￿L
£41,994
£L846
£2.590
£898
£3,703
£51mJ
£41,594
£i.g46
£2.590
£3,703
É5LOJJ
N¢A*2.Mkn￿ Fr￿ndS
£3.500 Parish GI￿nI Scheme
E3.193
£3.193
£1.500 Dantwry Parlsh Councll.. Churchyard
£fi) WarGts¥e5 Cornm&sloh.. (hurthyard
ESO
Notell: Mi￿1￿1￿00m
£9.990 Feesfrorn Letti
£￿.1
£io.iio
4L816
97
-£66
-£330
-£1376
76
-£1,964
-U,634
-£270
-£298
4829
-£S9
ettridty &Wèter
REp3lr5 & M
6kn Rent
Jndswwn
InsuraKÈ
Sundry
44,634
4270
-£786
-£787
819
-£59
The Pccownsthecurates house at40 purtha*d In l989for£92,￿l
Thecapltalvèlue 15 re5trf¢ted ttstheder8yfund,. rttye[IU￿5urpl￿s1￿efi¢t Fthd
NerRental Inwme
£ts.2(NJ
In9JrarKe
4382
MakntknanEe
3,200
-£355
-£102
£12.7113
EL3.2(
-£382
£11768
£￿768
£813 InterÈ5t ICCLA)
10.fO) Dona￿tsn- 5pund SystenTr
£L.350 Donatioh- M3jumdar benth
£2.615 OtherDonaiknslBequests
EL283 Suynup (Now Inclwjed In Note il
£132 Wall Sak (NOW Included In Note 11
£2,591
£IS91
É2.0
a014
£317
£317
ÉL65 Landltyte Chafity
E2.142 RtttoryCArPark IrKon
£230
£1.844
£7.47fj
£1.844
246
-É5SO Frfertds of ESS￿ Churthes
-£550 CHESS
-£550 WortdMsK
SSO SaferPlJces
-£550 ChrfthhTrust
DEC
DaTh￿ry Parish Coun¢ll
Es*K Wikllif
£564 D1s¢re￿OnaryfvOd, reversÈ
-£ILK) RBLPDpwApwl
275 The U*tdréns' S(thIChrfStl￿l
561
ch8quepre5ented In 2024
.£5S0
-£5SD
550
-£550
-£154
-£ffjO
92
4550
-E550
-£SS0
-£154
-£irK)
492
-g380
1016
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par￿h[al Church Coundl of Danbury 5tJohn the Baptlst
Flnandal Statsments forthe ytarended December31st 2023
43,143 In5wante
4L812 5a5
.£613 Elethatyrnaterfv4a5te
4613 Oaisy. T￿￿p￿earK1￿IWI
43.318
42A)I
4L202
.£728
43.a18
-£1401
4L202
728
4498
-E6.750
-£L377
-£317
241
-£763
43.111
Malntenance
-£1044 BeetleC05ts
41,094 Or￿n&￿￿r
Ajtsr
4267 Bank(fvr8es
1,167 att8y Ewses
-E2,953 Chuthyird&Green
-£4.599 Secretarbal
MalumbErBenth
-£536 Church Flowers
-￿.065 ReplarementSDund System
E650 Glebe Rellt Expenses
-£1,871 Other
-u5.iaj
.£6.750
-El,377
317
-£241
-£763
-£1,093
-£637
-£8,010
-£7S8
42,68a
39,6XI
4W3
4637
3,075
475B
-£2.683
433.Fffj3
4.935
Nat•9:Etl*btsCqmrnltiee
318 Jurnblesale
53 FOEC Ride&Stride
1396 Summe*Fayre
£575 TTEe Fe5dvaVCrib Festfval
£3.697 Corth1S
£1,728
É672
£L728
£672
£4.345
£185
£￿￿30
£ts5
£4930
14039
£62.635 Depo%tAIC CÈnt Èd of Hnan¢è
£37.668 CurrentAIC8•rc
£85.226
£10,931
EgQif
ThedepositaccoUntlss￿is￿theb31artcea5at3o/09/2023
ThefinalqJartÈrfginterest Was P8Klo47 3rdJanuary 2024
EBI,071
£4.￿5
aO.934
£81mi
riote 11.. ti￿rtIES
The￿(D￿fits Jre nDw prep4red on a'Re£elpts ?nd PèymÈnts' bas15.
Unre£orded Ilabllftlesat3tst December2023 rdateio unlnvOiCedB3% e1eCrrtdtya￿ water usage
mounti
to le55than £l,OW. ￿et￿nI Room IrKome of £858 wa5 re￿5Ved In 2023 rdatlwto 20Z4 usay..
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PanxhSal Churth Councll ol DanburyStJohn the Baptlst
Flnandal Staternentslorthe year •nded Deternher31st 2023
14oie 12.. Funds
Atjartr I
2023
Durfn82023
At Dec31
lrtom
2023
n fjra¥e
TLYnerSWt
£&580
£1,024
£7.rAr4
£6,58a
£L.OZ4
£7.FIM
SubTtstsi Er00
Icted Fund5
Church Building& land
114EFrfends
Other Re5￿cted TrnnsJctFonS
gJbTotsl
aeryyHouslni FutKI
Totsi RestrfttBd Funth
£33,346
£34.237
£8,429
£84616
£92,0
£175,616
£33.346
É37A30
£2.691
É81JJ71
£92.r
£173.Wl
É3,193
£290
£3M3
-£6,02B
46.018
46,028
Unre
Generdl Fund
Church Buildin8& land
Totsi Unre51rfcied
£10.063
E6.624
£11687
£101,445
103,042
£8N65
£6,624
£￿￿9
4103￿2
Total..All Fwds
f1923
£101￿28
-£W9.070
£184160
TRIJ5tS.' WWNGRAVE &TURNER GIFF. In 2017atthe In5tiÈatFon ofChdm50rd olocese.the PCC3thledto have
¢apFtal In these uuststtanfeiredfrotn thechelmsford DiOte5an Board af Finante tothe PCC. Sumsof £37t¥J.71
Gravel and £70&20 lkntnw Gifrl y￿￿etranSferred n Aril 2017?ThYwere indudeas InthÈJ)17
actounts.
WWN GRAVE.. Thecawtal Sum lorlglnaltydonated In 1966 b¥￿Ine￿l%dn, wldow of B￿￿dierGeTherè1jTwi￿ll)
is held bythe PCC. It ￿fOrthe maifjtenaKeofthe Churth & churthyard so lonla5theW￿n fjravels kept in
8ODd orderand repair.
nJRNER GIFT..captslsum i5forthe upkeepolfabts orlntemal thmrnentofthE ch￿￿h orany spe¢vJl obSett
rekntsngthertowhkh rnay requlrethÈrai%nKof spe¢j¥l funds.. notforordirwrychurth Èwses. The declsbna a5
to rnamerof u5elswith the RettDrand churthwardens.
Church LwlldIn￿and.' p￿TrAted0￿￿￿0n, beques￿ Ofts IIrKfvTh¥ra1￿n$j Wven L¥ fai5Ed specfftaltyforthe
purpose
Ilage Frtends.. Ourfn¥2014the Rettorwrotstoalll hDu5ehokts inthep•ri5h re4yesti￿fvnar￿II suppofL The
YÈsultlng Income. much ot%thich Is InthE formof PG5 DSrett Deb￿5. whlchère IntothefUru￿, istohe
usedexclu51vayforthE mJlTrtenance and rettoralonofthE chU￿h bJildin8.
Otherwfic8rants?ThYdonation$thathavebeen usedforthe p￿￿pDsew¥w. Danbury Parfsh cou￿1 & war
Gftve5 Cornmts5ion IChur¢hyardl, spedalcollactyons ett
HOU51nE Fund.. Repre5entsrJluE of the¢urateshotsse&t40Ml1￿*lds￿purc￿Selrn 1989
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