2024-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Cuthbert, Rye Park

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St. Cuthbert’s Church, Rye Park Annual Report for 2024

Aims and purpose

St. Cuthbert’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd. Nick Sharp, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church Building, Hall and Youth Centre, Whitley Road, Rye Park, Hoddesdon.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at St. Cuthbert’s. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. To assist with this, we have a Worship Planning Team who together with the Vicar, meet regularly to discern our worship service patterns and content, reporting back to the PCC for discussion and decisions. In particular we try to enable people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Worship and prayer; getting to know God, responding in worship and prayer, and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish.
Missionary and outreach work

During the year we published a new Mission Action Plan. This was presented to the congregation in March. There are three headline areas of action, which are: Growing as Children of God, Being Good Friends with God and each other, and Being a Good neighbour. Within each area we identified a series of goals, with measurable targets marking the way to achieving each. A one page summary of the Mission Action plan is widely available.

MAP monitoring was included on the Agenda for every PCC Meeting. Co-ordinators were appointed for different areas of ministry, reporting to the Vicar. We received reports on making Children visible, especially during family services when they could take part, Evangelism – Outreach, inviting people to Garden Parties, and things we are already doing – Party in the Park, Quiz Nights, Messy Church, alternative Halloween, Pop-Up Carols. We evaluated being a Good Neighbour, Warm Welcome, Good friends with each other

The Launch of our Giving Campaign was held in March. The Key Message was sent to all on the Electoral Roll, PGS members, and loose giving members to give 10% more and join PGS.

The Finance Committee met monthly from September and produced reports showing the breakdown of income versus expenditure, in view of our deteriorating financial position. They produced a Procurement Policy ensuring we use the best way of reducing our expenditure.

‘Net Zero Carbon for Churches’ - Every C of E church needs to reduce their Carbon Footprint. We discussed changing Hall Lighting to LED, and Cloakrooms to PIR. Other Quick Fixes, Next Steps and Larger projects to be ascertained. An Action Plan is required. Discussions will be ongoing.

We continued to offer our hall one day a week on a Thursday, from 11am – 2pm offering a simple hot lunch in a warm environment, with people from local churches providing help with this. This carried on throughout the Summer, as those attending enjoyed this time together, which was especially appreciated by those who live alone. Our work with children continues through Dots and Tots Toddler Group for toddlers and their parents/carers held weekly. Messy Church continues monthly thanks to Sarah Brent and our Vicar Nick Sharp. The average attendance is 52. During the year we began Oasis (later changed to Food and Fun Fridays) This was aimed to encourage pupils from John Warner School to pop in on their way home from school to tempt them with Hot Chocolate etc. They met on 3 out of 4 Fridays when Messy Church wasn’t taking place supported by Young Life.

We have a good relationship with our local schools, Rye Park Nursery School, Forres School and Cranbourne School. Our Vicar Revd. Nick Sharp also took Assemblies at Forres and RE Lessons at Cranbourne School along with our Curate Revd. Heather Ross. Nick is also a Governor at Rye Park Nursery School.

Hoddesdon Loves Christmas was again held this year. Our Knit, Stitch and Natter Group had a stall selling the items they had made. The Pop-up Carols in a local park, open to the community, also took place.

To facilitate the work of the church it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St. Cuthbert, the Church Hall, and Youth Centre.

Safeguarding

St Cuthbert’s is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and to supporting those who have been victims of abuse. The PCC have adopted all the House of Bishops Safeguarding Policies and Practice Guidance, as well as “Promoting a Safer Church” and the Domestic Abuse Statement.

We have a Parish Safeguarding Officer/Lead Recruiter (Anne Dunning) and an Assistant Recruiter (Nicola Dant), and together with Sandra Maniez and Nick Sharp they work as a Parish Safeguarding Team and meet regularly. We are working to ensure that everyone working with children, young people and vulnerable adults in the Parish is recruited in accordance with the Practice Guidance Safer Recruitment Policy. DBS checks are carried out and renewed as needed, and people are then signposted to the appropriate safeguarding training.

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Anyone with a safeguarding concern should contact one of the team, the Vicar, or the Diocesan Safeguarding Office. The contact details of the team here at church and Diocese are always on the weekly newssheet, alternatively we have a dedicated email address if you are unable to speak to us in person, or would prefer to use that means of communication – safeguarding@ryepark.com. The Diocesan email address is also on our church website. Safeguarding information is displayed at the back of church and on the noticeboard in the hall.

Parish Dashboards is an online tool provided by the Diocese to enable audit and ensure we maintain safe practice. All Safeguarding Policies are reviewed over the course of each year. We have insurance cover and Risk Assessments in place for all activities involving children or adults agreed by the PCC and listed on the Dashboard.

Any issues of safeguarding concern reported during 2024/2025 have been dealt with according to the relevant policies and guidance by the PSO, the Vicar and the Diocesan Safeguarding Team.

We also held a Safeguarding Sunday in November to position the church as a Safe Place.

Achievements and performance

Worship and Prayer

The PCC is keen to offer a range of Services and Home Groups during the week. Our normal pattern includes a Thursday morning Holy Communion Service, and 4 Home Groups. Our Sunday worship consists of one Service at 10am. Prayer Ministry is available at each Service. We have a dedicated Prayer Team, who meet weekly for prayer, where others are welcome to join. On Ash Wednesday we had a Joint Service at Hoddesdon Methodist Church with Hoddesdon Parish Church and ourselves. During Lent we took part in a Lent course jointly with the New River Group Churches, at St Catherine’s & St Paul’s Church, based on material from Tearfund. On Easter Day we held a Sunrise Service, followed by a cooked breakfast, to which people from other churches also attend. For the period between Ascension and Pentecost people were encouraged to take part in “Thy Kingdom Come” initiative to pray for five people to come to know the Lord. Following our Harvest Festival Service, we held a Bring and Share Lunch in the hall.

We held a Practising the Way Prayer Course, consisting of a life audit and transformational practices e.g. Sabbath, how to respond to suffering, sin done to us, sin done by us, confession and healing. We were all encouraged to take part. The aim was to change to be more like Jesus, through formulating a personal rule of life anchoring this in community. Several of the home groups took part, running the course instead of their regular programme.

In September we held the first of our Joint Services at Broxbourne Church with the four churches in our New River

Group. This will continue to be held on the 5[th] Sunday of a month, rotating around the different churches.

Joint Services continued to be held monthly between ourselves and St. Catherine and St. Paul’s Church, alternating between the two churches, during the remainder of the vacancy there. In October we had a Generosity Sunday focussing on our Generous God, and the financial situation we are now facing in our church. In November we held a ‘Time to Remember Service’ to which we invited those who had lost loved ones during the year, when we were able to remember them by name, and light a candle in their memory.

On Advent Sunday we held an evening Advent Service led by John Griffiths, which focussed on our response to danger and tragedy. We had a Christingle Service to support the work of the Children’s Society, a Lessons and Carols Service, Family Carols on Christmas Eve, a Midnight Communion Service and Christmas Day Family Communion.

During the year The PCC approved two further people, to go forward for Lay Leaders of Worship Training. We now have four people who have completed their Training, Stephen Brent, Fran Murray, Tish Bloomfield, and Phillip Dant., who lead Services on a regular basis.

Baptisms usually take place at the 10.am Service although, some have been held later on a Sunday.

All are welcome to attend our regular Services. At present there are 90 people on the Church Electoral Roll, 30 of whom are not resident in the parish. 7 names were added during the year, and 9 were removed, 2 had died, 4 moved to another church, and 3 moved away. The average weekly attendance, counted during October, was 49 Adults and 5 Children. We also had 52 attending Messy Church. At Easter we had 99 people attending (68 Communicants). During Advent 145 people attended Special Services, and 430 attended Special Services for schools. On Christmas Eve/Day 194 people attended, which included 63 Communicants.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through Baptisms we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God’s blessing and through Funeral Services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God’s keeping. We have celebrated 6 Baptisms, 1 Weddings, and held 2 Funerals in our church this year, as well as 26 Funerals at Cemeteries/Crematoriums

We add the names of those who are sick/bereaved or have other needs to our Notice Sheet for prayer.

Deanery Synod

Two members of the PCC sit on the Deanery Synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish

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and the wider structure of the church. The first meeting of the year gave each parish the opportunity to give their reflections on their Advent and Christmas events, and looking forward to Lent and Easter. All parishes reported an uplift in visitors, and it was felt that people were returning to normal pre-COVID attendance. At another meeting we welcomed Jacob and Corrine who gave a presentation on the Diocesan Dispute Advisory Service. They offered a number of scenarios of what conflict may look like in our churches. One of the points of the DAS is to help before an issue escalates. We hold £2,889.50 for Deanery Hub Grants to distribute to parishes for various Youth/Children’s ministry. The Standing/Mission and Pastoral Committee met to discuss the result of the survey about Meeting dates and the format of meetings, and Pastoral Aid Grants for 2024. Incumbents and Treasurers also met to review the Parish Share Factor which they decided to leave the same. Reports are also received from Diocesan Synod.

The Church, Hall and Youth Centre

We want our church to be open more for private prayer, and this normally happens on Thursday mornings. We are in a residential area which gives us some opportunities to engage with people who pass by.

The church car park was resurfaced in 2024, we are hopeful that it will last for five years but it will need to be maintained to reduce the erosion of the surface.

The high-level lighting in the church was repaired in December 2024.

Currently we are unable to use the sound desk system as it is faulty. The system we are currently using is the backup desk and, whilst it is useful, it is causing issues as this sound desk is not producing a loud enough output for some of the congregation who are hard of hearing.

The guttering above the front porch was completely cleared and this has fixed the leak into the porch. This will need maintaining.

The lighting in the hall has been temporarily fixed by replacing the faulty fluorescent tubes, like for like. This was a temporary fix as fluorescent tubes are no longer produced. It is envisaged that the current light fittings will need replacing with eco-friendly fittings within the next five years.

The lightning conductor for the church building was replaced to bring it up to current standards.

One of the boilers for the church was capped off as no longer in use. It should be noted that as a result we now only have one boiler for the church and should this one fail, we would have no other means of heating the church.

The hall roof is leaking, and we are investigating ways to resolve this issue. To date we have received one quote for

the necessary repairs and are currently seeking further quotes.

Emergency Lighting and fire alarms were serviced as were the gas boilers in the church and hall. The gas safety check on the cooker in the kitchen was also completed satisfactorily.

The 5-yearly Electrical Inspection Condition Report (fixed wire testing) was satisfactorily completed.

The church organ was serviced but we have been advised that this requires a damp chaser to be installed.

During the week the Hall is used by Dots and Tots Toddler Group, Rye Park Women’s Club, Tuesday Morning Bible Study Group, the Brownies, SPACE Group to support parents of autistic and ADHD children, a Dementia Support Group, A Child Minders’ Support Group, Knit, Stitch and Natter Group, Slimming World, Warm Spaces, and other church activities. It is also hired out for regular Children’s Parties.

A Church Office is situated at the back of the Hall, used by our Parish Administrator, who is employed for two days per week. She keeps everyone informed of what is happening in the life of the church, through our weekly Notice Sheet, Rotas, Books the hire of the hall, assists with part of the Treasurer’s role. and much else. There is also a Vestry, Office for our Curate and one further small meeting room.

Pastoral Care

Some members of our parish are unable to attend church due to sickness or age. Our vicar Nick Sharp and curate Heather Ross visit all church members who have requested it and celebrate Communion with them, either at their home or in hospital, with some lay support with this. We ensure that we keep in touch with those needing support by visits, telephone, or other means. We also ensure that they receive a weekly church Notice Sheet to keep them in touch with church life. The Pastoral Care Co-ordinators use the Pastoral Care WhatsApp group to raise awareness for prayer needs and these are regularly cascaded to the Home Group WhatsApp groups They are also aware of anyone in their group missing from church who may need a visit.

Mission and Evangelism

Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. Our Mission Team have been looking at our corporate response to Mission. As a church a number of individuals support children in Togo, and other countries through Compassion. Home Groups and other church members also support various Missions and individuals in need. This year our church has been able to support financially Young Life, Compassion and Church Mission Society (our Mission Partner, Ann Marie Wilson). Through special activities we have also supported financially the work of the Children’s Society, the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal. Christian Aid,

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Embrace the Middle East and Hoddesdon Christmas Parcels Scheme. We also have a Mission Board in church, which focusses on a different mission support each month in prayer, and sometimes with financial support. This is highlighted each month on our Notice Sheet, and we encourage Intercession Leaders to include them in their prayers. We also had the following speakers: CAP (Christians Against Poverty), Young Life, Ann Marie Wilson - CMS working with Orchid Project and the prevention of FGM. The Men’s Group and others supported an appeal from Isaiah in Uganda to purchase a car to transport people in need. We receive reports from him telling us how the car is being used. The Young Life open meeting was reported to the PCC and members were encouraged to visit their Thursday evening activities. During the year we began Oasis (later changed to Fun and Food Fridays), reaching out to pupils from John Warner School on their way home from school, to tempt them with hot chocolate etc. on three out of four Fridays in each month, when Messy Church is not meeting. This is supported by Young Life.

We also held Special Interest Services. the first being the support of the Police, and later Carers.

As a church we have been active in supporting the Broxbourne Foodbank, with donations of cash and food. Some of our congregation also help with the distribution of the food each week. There has not been one week since 2011 when we did not donate food to the foodbank.

April 2025 we will still need to find an additional sum of approximately £700 per month to cover this increase. So if you are still considering your giving, may I encourage you to prayerfully consider what you can give to the amazing work St Cuthbert’s does. As a very rough guide we spent approximately £7940 every month and received about £7,250, across all our income streams. We also have a finance meeting each quarter, to discuss how to increase our income and reduce our expenditure.

During 2024 we only sent 2 payments of £120.00 to Compassion and £60.00 to CMS & Young Life instead of each quarter and that is why we are now seeing a monthly giving campaign for these above charities.

Income

Thank you to the organisers of quiz night which raised £344.00 & also thank you to Fran for raising £1070.00 at her garden party.

The Parish Giving scheme (PGS) continues to provide an excellent way for people to give in a private and secure way whilst also enabling the church to reclaim gift aid on a monthly basis, rather than claiming it once a year. As of December 2024, the total of our planned giving income received was £49,505.22, which includes the annual PGS income of £42,884.92. We also received an additional sum of £ 11,862.18 during 2024 for Tax recovered on Gift Aid donations.

Ecumenical relationships

The church is a member of Churches Together in Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, and Wormley. We held a joint service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and an open air Good Friday Witness in the town. Members of our congregation are also involved in Young Life youth ministry. These were all organised through Churches Together. The Listening initiative, Hear4U funded primarily by Herts. Community Foundation, and now funded by CTHBW has continued. Some of our church members are involved in leading this.

Our Vicar Nick Sharp meets with leaders of Life Church, Hoddesdon Methodist, Hoddesdon Baptist, and Redeemed Church of God exploring ways they can co-operate. Prayer Meetings are held each month.

Financial Review 2024

When Stephen wrote the last report for 2023 we were in the midst of a giving campaign, so I would just like to say a big thank you to all who increased their giving or added their name to the parish given scheme. For 2024 our income was £86,249.91 & expenditure was £95,239.96, which unfortunately totalled a deficit of -£8990.05. We moved £8,000 from our savings into the general fund to make up the above short fall. However, since September 2024 our income & expenditure has more or less been the same, but with the increase of energy costs increasing in

Payments

The Parish Share in 2024 was £57,918.00, which has been paid in full and we have received confirmation from the Diocese thanking us for our contribution last year, which is displayed in the church.

Church and Hall running expenses were £15,734.85 with the big items being insurance, repairs and maintenance, which includes £7551 spent on gas, electricity and water last year. We continue to employ an energy broker (at no cost to us) to negotiate our contracts. We also had the cost for the car park repairs of £5400.00, however we did receive a kind donation of £3000 towards this expense. We

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also have staff costs and clergy expenses of £9207, which includes administrator’s salary for December 2023, which was paid 2[nd] January 2024.

Our individual Funds

We maintain a Projects Fund which is essentially our reserve, but this includes Janice Noakes legacy. The Restoration and repair fund has not been used whilst we did the roof but we will start to use this to pay for repairs as we return to our normal repair and replace cycles. Our roof fund still stands at £18,807. We are waiting for the appointment of our new architect before we get quotes for the remaining roof work. Any residue will be transferred to Project Fund.

We continue to have a Repair and Restoration fund, which currently stands at £1607.43 and an Organ Fund of £521.44 with the former for small repairs. The Organ Fund continues to be wound down as we pay for tuning and repairs.

Reserves Policy

It is PCC policy to try to maintain at least three months’ unrestricted payments, which currently is held at the level of approximately £21,000 in our bank current account. It is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The balance of the bank current account at the year-end was £23,196.50.

Volunteers

We would like to thank all volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. In particular we want to mention Revd. Heather Ross our Curate and Distinctive Deacon, John Griffiths our Reader, and Jane Falconbridge our Discipleship Enabler, our Lay Leaders of Worship Stephen Brent, Fran Murray, Philip Dant and Tish Bloomfield, who support the Ministry Team. We also thank our Churchwardens Paul Doree and Ilona Crowder who have worked so tirelessly on our behalf with the continuing problems with our church building, Rowena Smith, Sandra Maniez, Nicola Dant, and Stephen Brent who have worked so hard in the absence of a full time Treasurer and have helped us all to understand the church’s accounts and its finances, and Mauv Lee our Gift Aid and Envelope Secretary, and Parish Giving Scheme Co-ordinator. We also wish to thank our Safeguarding Team, Anne Dunning and Nicola Dant for ensuring we comply with all Safeguarding requirements, our Verger Team who prepare for our Communion Services, and act as Verger for Occasional Services, and Dorothy Ayre for her hard work as PCC Secretary, her commitment to our choir, and other things she does that we don’t all see, as well as all those who undertake other important roles in our ministry, and those who have worked hard to care for our church building and grounds,

Structure, governance and management

The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body, established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is a Registered Charity.

The method of appointment of PCC Members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St. Cuthbert’s the membership of the PCC consists of the Incumbent (our Vicar), Curate, Churchwardens, The Reader, and members elected to Cheshunt Deanery Synod, and 12 others elected by those members of the congregation who are on the Electoral Roll of the church. All those who attend our Services/members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

The PCC Members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. New members received An Introduction for New PCC Members initial training into the workings and responsibilities of the PCC, and complete an Eligibility to serve as a Trustee form,

The full PCC met 10 times during the year, with an average level of attendance of 80%. Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of committees and teams, each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees/teams which include Standing, Mission, Finance, Budget, Premises Maintenance, Worship Planning, Outreach, Pastoral Care, and Catering are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly with details of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary. We also have people on the Churches Together Committee, a Parish Safeguarding Officer and Deputy, Serious Incidents Reporting, Health and Safety and Fire Safety co-ordinator and Data Protection Regulations Coordinator.

Administrative information

St. Cuthbert’s Church is situated in Whitley Road, Rye Park. It is part of the Diocese of St. Albans, within the Church of England. We are also part of the New River Group Ministry, along with St. Catherine and St. Paul’s Hoddesdon, and St. Augustine’s Broxbourne with St. Laurence Wormley. The correspondence address is St. Cuthbert’s Church Office, Whitley Road, Rye Park, Hoddesdon, Herts. EN11 0PU. Registered charity number 1130872.

PCC members who have served at any time from 1 January 2024 until the date this report was approved are:

Vicar Revd. Nick Sharp Chairman

Curate Revd. Heather Ross

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Reader: Mr. John Griffiths

Churchwardens:

Mr. Paul Doree Vice Chairman Mrs. Ilona Crowder Vice Chairman Representatives on the Deanery Synod:

Miss Dorothy Ayre Secretary Mrs. Tamara Sharman

Elected Members:

Mrs. Jackie Billing Mr. Stephen Brent Mrs. Samantha Brown (from May 2024) Mrs. Nicola Dant Mrs. Jane Falconbridge (until May 2024)

Mr. Peter Falconbridge (from May 2024) Mrs. Heidi Hopkins-Wase (from May 2024) Mrs. Katherine Hunt (from May 2024) Mr. Dave Lee Mrs. Fran Murray Mr. Dave Shaw Mrs. Rowena Smith Treasurer Miss Karen Stickley Co-opted Members: Mrs. Marlies Davies (from May 2024) Mr. Philip Dant (from May 2024)

Approved at the PCC meeting held on 28 April 2025 and signed on their behalf by the Revd. Nick Sharp (PCC Chairman)

Signed Nicholas Sharp

St Cuthbert's Church RYE PARK, HODDESDON Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2024 Vicar: Revd. Nick Sharp 8 Ogard Road, Hoddesdon, Herts. ENI I ONU Bank: Barclays, 78 Turners Hill, Cheshunt, Herts EN8 9BW Independent Examiner: Mr. Simon Ross, FCA, BSC, ATT 15 Brickendon Lane, Brickendon, Herts. SG13 8NU

bt Cuthbert's Church Rye Park - Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 Independent examinerfs report to the Parochigl Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Cuthbert, Rye Park. Charity number 1130872 Section A- Independent Examinerfs Report This report on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 2 to 7 is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 ('the Regulations,) and s.145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). Respective responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. you consider that the audit requirement of the Regulations and s.144(2) of the Act does not apply. It is my responsibility to issue this report on those accounts in accordance with the terms of the Regulations. Basis of this report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under s.145(5)(b) of the Act and to be found in the Church guidance, 2006 edition. That exatnination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examiner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention., i. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements . to keep acGounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act,. and to prepare accounts which aGcord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of the Act and the Regulations have not been met. or ii. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn accounts to be reached. order to enable a proper un rstanding of the Signed: Mr Simon Ni(knlas Date.. Name: Mr Simon Nicholas Ross Relevant professional qualification or body: FCA, BSC, ATT Address.. 15 Brickendon Lane, Brickendon, Herts. SG13 8NU Page I

,uthbert's Church Rye Park - Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 st. Cuthberts Church Rye Park PCC - 1130872 Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 From 01 January 2024 To 31 December 2024 01 January 2023 31 December 2023 General _ General fund (Unrestricted) Fund RÈceipts Planned uiv¢ng Gift Aid- Bank 985.00 2.210.78 2,212.00 41.170.06 Gift Aid- Envelopes Other planned gwing 3.075.20 45.445.02 Total Planned giving 49.50&22 45.59284 Coll¢ctions and other giving Loose plate colledrons One-off Gift Aid grfts 1.d12.50 6.138.56 1.393.65 70.00 Total Collections 8nd othergilryng 7.551.06 1.46165 Othe¥ voluntary rgceipts Donations appea15 etc Non-recurring one-off grants 6.084.47 4.168.72 1.244.95 Total Oth8r voluntary recpts 6,084.47 5,413.67 Gift Aid recovered Tax recoverable on Gift Atd 11,862.18 20,169.70 Total GiftAidre¢overed 11,86218 20. 169.70 Othor receipts Misc8llaneouslOther funds generated 648.00 Totfjl Other recwpts 648.00 Activf(ies for gene¥alinu fund5 Fund raising ovents 1,414.QKJ 65.00 Tot81Activities forgenèrating fvnds 1.414.00 65.QQ Investtryvant Incorne Bank interest 322.10 219.51 Totallnvesfment Income 322. 10 219.51 Receipts from church activitie5 Fees to PCC foi weddings and funerals Church hall lettings Gènèral Church Hall L¢ttings- Slimming World rotal Receipts fmm church aclivities 1.196.(K) 7,666.88 2,047.00 8.203.33 1,000.00 8,862.88 11,250.33 Total receipt5 86,249.91 84,174.70 22 April 2025 Pag8 2

St. Cuthbert's Church Rye Park - Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 St. Cuthberts Church Rye Park PCC - 1130872 Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 From 01 January 2024 To 31 December 2024 01 January 2023 31 December 2023 Note Payrnent$ Mlssl¢)nary and Charitable GNing M15slon and Glvlng CfveTseas Home ffassion and Church Socletles Secular charfths 680.00 730.00 595.00 125.00 125.00 Total Mi551on&ry and ClJ8nlebl8 Grving 855.00 1,400.00 Parish Share Stinds quota 57.918.00 57,91aOO 57.907.00 TotalP8rAsh Sh8re 57.907.QO Clergy and Staffing costs Salary of parfsh adMIntratOr Clorgy Working expenses Vlcarage house 8xpen5•S 8.33160 78.44 49.(Kl 7,523.19 810.70 163.92 Total Clergy8ndSlafflngcosts 8,460.04 8,497.81 Church Runnlng Expen5e5 Training Pa$h outTea¢h 217.00 I.CK)3.75 7.172.91 24.85 1,784.95 7.155.62 Church running exp•ns•s Chrldren's wvrt( Church minor repair5 and malntonan¢e Music equipment. repairs etc Upkeep 015èfVie•S Organlst- Evelyn Meekins M855y Church Services Upke•p of churchyard General Administration expen5e5 Employer Tax and Nl liability 2.300.00 1.244.00 185.14 1.124.42 65.00 82.60 5.449.(KJ 3.5WJ.WJ 771.40 2.783.52 760.52 rotal Church Running Expenses 21, 744.98 13.9T3.63 Hall RLsnning Costs Hall funning costs 6.261.94 6.261.94 4.467.12 Tot8lH•ll Running Costs 4,467. 12 Church Repalr$ & Mainlenance Church malof r•pairs- Structure 2,569.39 Tot81 Church Repai & M8lntenan¢e 2,569.39 Total payments 95,239.96 88,814.95 Exces5 of ReGeipt8 over Payments Brought foFward bal8nce Transfe¥s tollfrom) Total carried forward balan¢e 18,990.05) 21.eog.55 8,686. 21,505.50 {4,640.251 32.133.91 15,684.111 21,809.55 22 Aprrl 2ff25 Pag8 3

.Ibert's Church Rye Park - Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 St. Cuthberts Church Rye Park PCC - 1130872 Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 From 01 January 2024 To 31 December 2024 01 January 2023 31 December 2023 s - Project5 (Designated) Fund. Receipt5 Investment Irthme Bank intewt 398.10 333.85 Tol8llnvestment InconFe 398. 10 333. 85 Total receipts 398.10 333.85 Excess of Receipts over Payments Brought loJward balance Transfer5 tollfroml Total carried forward balance 398.10 333.85 30,276.18 18,000.001 22,674.28 25.032.47 4,909.86 30,276.18 oof - Roof Repair Fund (Designated) Fund Receipts Investment In¢ome 8ank inteie5t5 280.32 1n.91 Totol Investment In¢ome 280.32 172.91 Total receipts 280.32 172.91 Excess of Rècèipts over Payments Brought fowdrd balanc8 Transfers tollfrom) 280.32 172.91 18.526.58 17.445.42 8.25 Total carrled fOard balance 18.806.90 18,526.58 22 April 2025 Page 4

St. Cuthbert's Church Rye Park - Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 Sl. Cuthberts Church Rye Park PCC - 1130872 Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 From 01 January 2024 31 December 2024 01 January 2023 31 December 2023 Note RandR - Church Restoration and Repair - R&P Ale {Restricted) Fund Receipts Investrnent Income Bank int•r8st 19.35 22.11 Tot8llnvestment Income 19.35 22.11 Total rÈeÈipts 19.35 22.11 Exc85s of Receipts over Payments Brought forwaid balan¢e Transfer5 tollfrom) Total carrlÈd forward balance 19.35 22.11 2,251.97 2.274.08 (686.00) 1,607A3 2,274.08 )rganRes - Oigan RestTiCted Fund - R&P Ale (Restricted) Fund ReGelpt$ IwNestmenl Inoome Bank Intar85t 5.42 Totallnvestment Incon7e 5.42 Total receipts 7.77 5.42 Excess of ReGelpts over Payments Brought t0r(l balanco Transfers tollfroml Total corried fonyard balance 5.42 513.67 642.25 1134.00} 513.67 521.44 22 April 2025 Page S

St. Cuthbert's Church Rye Park Financial Statements forthe year ended 31 December 2024 St. Cuthberts Church Rye Park PCC - 1130872 Statement of Assets and Liabilities {by fund) As at: 31 Decernber 2024 Prevlous balance Balane• Cash at bank and In hand 6501- Bank Gurront account- Assèt Rwf Repalr Fund Designated General fund Unrestricted Youlh Worker Fund Designated 214.08 24.276.92 (4,886.23) 214.08 24.580.97 (4,886.23) R&P Alc Church Resloration and Repalr- R&P Alc Church Heating Fund Organ Restricted Fund - R&P Alc Music Equlpment Fund Agency collection Restrlcted 11.035.251 {1.035.25} Resfricted 0.08 0.08 Restricted (554.90> (554.901 Restricted 3.3tO.80 3.3fO.80 Restricted 1.871.00 2,319.00 23.19&50 23.94&55 6510: CCLA (CBF) deposit account- Asset Roof Repair F¢Jnd Designated General fund un$tCted Youth Worker Fund Designated {214.08) 13,766.26) 4,886.23 1214.081 (3.766.261 4.886.23 R&PAJc Church Restoration and Repair- R&P Re51ricled 1,850.09 1,850.09 Church Healing Fund Organ Restrlcted Fund - R&P Alc Music Equipment Fund Reslrfcted (0.08) 10.081 Restricted 554.90 Restricted {3.310.80) 13,310.801 6520: 8arclaysSavlngs- AsS8t Projects Roof Repair Fund Church Re51orntion and Repair- R&P Designated Designated Restrtctsd 22,674.28 18,806.90 1,607.43 30,276.18 18,526.58 2,274.08 Organ Restricted Fund - R&P Ajc Restricted 521.44 513.67 44610.05 51.590.51

st. Cuthbert's Church Rye Park Financial Statements forthe year ended 31 December 2024 St. Cuthberts Church Rye Park PCC - 1130872 Statement of Assets and Llabilities (by fund) As at. 31 December 2024 6590: Cash In hand - Asset General fund Church Restoration and Repair- R&P Alc Agency colleGtlon Unresthcled Restricted 994.84 (814.84) 994.84 {814.84) Restricted (180.001 {180.00} Cash at bank and In hand 66.806.55 75,539.06 Agency accounts 6699.. Agèncy collectlons - Llabllity Agency collection Restricled 1,691.00 2.139.00 1,691.00 2,139.1)0 Agoncy accounts 1,691.00 2.139.00 Grand Total 65.115.55 73,400.06

uthbert's Church Rye Park- Financial Statements forthe year ended 31 December 2024 St. Cuthberts Church Rye Park PCC - 1130872 Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2024 to 3 1 December 2024 The attached notes form part of the financial statements APPROVED BY THE PCC ATTHEIR MEETING ON Ir (4f((i L Ic>Lf Signed CHAIRMAN MEMBER NOTES 1. The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis 2. The following assets are recognised but not necessarily valued in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities: Movable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal 3. The expenses paid to clergy may include a small immaterial proportion which relates to their function as a PCC member. No such payments were made to PCC members FOR INFORMATION ONLY-The PCC has a numberof Agency collections (monies received on behalf of third parties) that il managed in the year. The bulk of these are for Clergy Fees that we collect on behalf of the diocese. The rest are for various appeals and agencies such as Compassion, CMS & Young Life. FOR INFORMATION ONLY- Mission Giving: During 2024 the church has given to numerous causes. A summary of mission giving for the year to 3111212024 is included for information only. as some of our mission giving as a church is not recorded through the financial statements: 2024 Compassion £240.0 £120.00 CMS criH Marylebone Project Money raised from Hoddesdon Loves Christmas Stall) Young Life Hoddesdon £250.00 120.00 Hoddesdon Christmas Parcels Hall Subsidies £125.00 Brownies Autism Support Group - SPACE Hertswise Now Alzheimers Society Childrrtinders 525.30 945.00 1050.00 962.50 1312.50 RPWC Page 8

Mission Giving 2024 Compassion Church Mission Society Young Life £240 £120 £120 £48 Hall Subsidies Brownies Autism Support Group- SPACE Hertswise- Now Alzheimers Society Childminders RPWC £525 £945 £1,050 £963 Mission Giving (not through PCC Funds) Amount given and raised through our various efforts: Hodde5don Christma5 Parcels Scheme Compassion Bishop's Harvest Appeal Plus Gift Aid Children's Society- Christingle House Collection Boxes Embrace the Middle East - Alternative Christrnas Card Scheme Marylebone Project-church Army (Knit, Stitch & Natter) Christian Aid Plus Gift Aid Macmillan Coffee Morning £145 £35 £550 £105 £156 £164 £48 £250 £330 £75 £220 Final Total £7,354 Plus Food Eiven to Foodbank by our members over the last year amounted to around 36 kilograms per week, times that by 52 comes to 1,872 kilograms or 1,872 tonnes. almost 2 tonnes of food from us. Some money has also been received but we can't prove how much. There are also a number of individuals/families who sponsor a Compassion child in Togo, Uganda and other parts of the world, as well as other individuals who give to other Missions supported by our church.