St. Cuthbert’s Church, Rye Park Annual Report for 2025
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, at 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 number of lay people licensed to preach or lead worship, who meet regularly with the Vicar 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:
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Worship and prayer; getting to know God, responding in worship and prayer, and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish.
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Missionary and outreach work
Following the publication of the Mission Action Plan in 2024, we have sought to implement growth in all three areas: Growing as Children of God, Being Good Friends with God and each other, and Being a Good Neighbour. Each area has a series of goals with measurable targets. A copy of the MAP is displayed in church and a summary available on request.
MAP monitoring was included on the Agenda for every PCC Meeting. Co-ordinators have been 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.
The Finance Committee continued to meet regularly and produced reports showing the breakdown of income versus expenditure. There is now a Procurement Policy ensuring the best way of managing our expenditure. A review of our energy providers and banking and reporting procedures has been undertaken.
‘Net Zero Carbon for Churches’ - Every C of E church needs to reduce their Carbon Footprint. We have changed the lighting in the cloakrooms to passive infrared lighting and are in the process of replacing the hall lighting with LED fittings. We have started to think about next steps and larger projects, including the eventual replacement of our boilers.
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 Warm Welcome 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 35. The Food and Fun initiative on Fridays did not continue as there was insufficient take up.
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 despite the event being moved to a Sunday. Our Knit, Stitch and Natter Group had a stall selling the items they had made, raising just over £1,000. The Pop-up Carols in a local park, open to the community, took place and was well attended.
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
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and Practice Guidance, as well as “Promoting a Safer Church” and the Domestic Abuse Statement.
Achievements and performance Worship and Prayer
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. This has been extended to include all church officers, PCC members, and all involved in children’s work and Warm Welcome
We also perform regular risk assessments for our regular activities.
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 news-sheet, 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. We have reached the amber light on this tool. 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 2025/26 have been dealt with according to the relevant policies and guidance by the Parish Safeguarding Officer, the Vicar and the Diocesan Safeguarding Team.
We also held a Safeguarding Sunday in November to position the church as a Safe Place.
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 visibly available at each Service. We have a dedicated Prayer Team, who meet weekly for prayer, where others are welcome to join. The prayer ministry team regularly report on their Thursday meetings during the service on Sunday. They also arranged 2 Saturday morning prayer events in 2025
We began to hold evening services on a fortnightly basis during the summer and autumn, and this experiment was well received. Using a variety of styles, it enabled our Lay Leaders of Worship to gain valuable experience, and to plan more creatively than the constraints of Sunday morning worship allow.
On Ash Wednesday we had a Joint Service with Hoddesdon Methodist Church, Hoddesdon Parish Church and ourselves. On Easter Day we held a Sunrise Service, followed by a cooked breakfast, to which people from other churches also attended. Following our Harvest Festival Service, we held a Bring and Share Lunch in the hall.
We joined with St Catherine and St Paul’s for a Lent series called Discipleship Explored led by Anne Hermann, which was very good.
Joint Services continue to be held between the four churches in our New River Group on the 5[th] Sunday of a month, rotating around the different churches. 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.
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 Dave Shaw to go forward for Lay Reader training. We now have four people, Stephen Brent, Fran Murray, Tish Bloomfield,
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and Philip Dant, who have completed training as Lay Leaders of Worship and now 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 77 people on the Church Electoral Roll, 23 of whom are not resident in the parish. 6 names were added during the year, and 21 were removed, 1 had died, 14 no longer attend St Cuthbert’s, 3 failed to return a form and 3 moved away. The large number of removals reflects that this is the first full revision of the list since the Covid pandemic. The full revision requires everyone on the list to fill in a new form, this revision takes place every 6 years. The average weekly attendance, counted during October, was 39 Adults and 3 Children. We also had 34 attending Messy Church. At Easter we had 110 people attending (67 Communicants). During Advent 269 people attended Special Services, and 350 attended Special Services for schools. On Christmas Eve/Day 123 people attended, which included 90 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 4 Baptisms, 1 Wedding, and held 1 Funeral in our church this year, as well as 13 Funerals at Cemeteries/Crematoriums
We add the names of those who are sick/bereaved or have other needs to our Notice Sheet for prayer, and where permission has been given we circulate the prayer requests in the specific WhatsApp group.
Deanery Synod
Two members of the PCC sit on the Deanery Synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish 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 which
is encouraging. Two new ministers have been welcomed to the area, Elizabeth Fellows and Jake Pass. At the June meeting we heard from Mark Escott about the refurbishment of the parish hall at St Catherine and St Paul’s, offering a hopefully more appealing group space,
The Synod holds £2,389.50 for Deanery Hub Grants to distribute to parishes for various Youth/Children’s ministry. The Standing/Mission and Pastoral Committee met to discuss Pastoral Aid Grants to some parishes for 2025. There was also a re-election of the Lay Chair, Secretary and Treasurer for 2025. Reports are also received from Diocesan Synod.
The Church, Hall and Youth Centre
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.
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 following items have been attended to /or are currently awaiting further works:
The flat section of roof above the hall was replaced Oct 25. As part of these works the lead flashing on the exterior wall above the location of the church organ was repaired, and in addition at least 50 roof tiles were replaced. The roofers investigated the small area to the right of the main altar (i.e. Lady Chapel side), that leaks during heavy rainfall. Although mastic was applied, this has not fully resolved the issue. Plans are in place for 2026 to install a lead covering over the affected section to permanently address the leak.
The annual gutter cleaning took place in April 25 (by Hopson Brothers Services).
The gas boiler in the hall, along with the gas safety check for the kitchen cooker, was serviced in April 2025 by David Rayman (Dr Heating). One of the warm air heaters in the church was serviced in September 2025 by Argonaut Heating Ltd. It should be noted that the second warm air heater in the cellar was capped off a couple of years ago following an inspection by an Argonaut engineer. As a result, the church now relies on a single heating system; should this fail, there would be no alternative heating available.
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The Emergency Lighting and the Fire Alarm Periodical Tests were completed on 27[th] Feb 25 by John Clark Electricals.
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.
The church car park (resurfaced in July 2024), still seems to be in reasonable repair although the area at the entrance is beginning to show some signs of wear.
The lighting in the hall is beginning to fail. Replacing the Fluorescent tubes is no longer working and currently 3 out of the 10 fittings have failed. This is on the agenda for 2026 for complete replacement of 10 fittings.
The sound desk system was repaired in 2025.
The 5-yearly Electrical Inspection Condition Report (fixed wire testing) was completed in 2024 next due in 2029.
Pastoral Care
Some members of our parish are unable to attend church due to sickness or age. Our vicar Nick Sharp, curate Heather Ross and Dorothy Ayre visit all church members who have requested it and celebrate Communion with them, either at their home or in hospital. 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.
Mission and Evangelism
The hedge alongside the Car Park was reduced by Simon Smith and he also cut back the shrubs around the perimeter of the church to enable inspection of the brick walls. This followed the advice given by the Archdeacon during her inspection of the Church.
The church organ damp chaser was installed March 25. The church organ was tuned by E.J. Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd Nov 25.
The kitchen counter was burnt during party hire in Oct 25. This is still waiting to be repaired in the most cost effective way.
Huge thanks to the Garden Fairies and the Maintenance
Team for their works throughout 2025.
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, Messy Church, 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,
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. The Mission Team meet three times a year and comprises Nick, Dorothy, Dave and Katharine, Lizzie, Ilona and Karen. Regular items include speakers for the year and in 2025 Ann Marie was the guest preacher, talking about her work in FGM. Where it was hoped that other speakers might attend, for example to represent Compassion, church members have stepped in to give an update - Lizzie and Sherif for Compassion and Phil for Young Life. Nick has continued to plan for special interest services, the next one having a focus on neurodiversity.
The mission focus boards are regularly reviewed and in 2025 it was decided to support Karen Shaw and Kasese Church in Uganda. The board continues to function as a reminder of the monthly focus for prayer, as a reference for those leading intercessions and as a means of mission education. The display by the book shelves was revamped to show an overview of our partners in mission.
Instead of supporting mission agencies directly from church finances, we now appeal for money from the church family and the PCC agrees to underwrite the amount raised. In most cases we have been able to support our mission partners more generously. In 2025
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we supported the following: Young Life, Compassion, Church Mission Society, The Children’s Society, the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal, Christian Aid, Embrace the Middle East and Hoddesdon Christmas Parcels Scheme
Very prominent in our discussions last year was the future of All Nations Christian College. At the beginning of the year after the sad death of the candidate for the Principal's role, a new Principal was finally appointed. The decision was made to separate ANCC from the Easneye site after sixty fruitful years of missionary training. The College will no longer take residential students at Easneye after this academic year. The College leadership has been seeking a new base with residential and office facilities with other hubs around the world. Katharine and Karen were at the College in October in the hope of recruiting some students for St. Cuthbert's. We are delighted to have welcomed Andrew from the US and Rebecca and Daniel from Germany. Even though there hasn't been a student team or individual mission partners at St. Cuthbert's for a long time, it seems fitting that in this last year of the College at Easneye, we have been blessed by these three young people, so bringing our long association with All Nations to a close.
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.
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 cooperate. Prayer Meetings are held each month.
Financial Review 2025
Financial Review - the PCC has been closely monitoring our finances on a month by month basis. In 2025, our income was £108,810.01 and our expenditure was £88,004.72, a surplus of £20,805.29. We are grateful to everyone who has maintained their generous giving to the church this year.
Income - We received 2 large one-off donations totalling £25,000, both of which we were able to claim tax on gift aid. Plus we received a total of £1426.66 from the table top sale, quiz night & the Hoddesdon Loves Christmas stall. Thank you so much to the organisers of these events, your hard work, dedication & time involved is extremely appreciated.
Payments - The Parish Share in 2025 was £58,167.00, 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 £18,288 with the big items being insurance, repairs and maintenance, which includes £5969 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 minor repairs to church of £1964.00 and staff and clergy expenses of £8278, which includes administrator’s salary, which was all deducted from general funds.
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 stands at £19,682.35 & Projects stands at £27,146.42 at 31/12/2025. We have now appointed Chris Barker as our architect.
We continue to have a Repair and Restoration fund, which currently stands at £1924.56 and an Organ Fund of £658.38 with the former for small repairs. The Organ Fund continues to be wound down as we pay for tuning and repairs. The PCC is looking to rationalise our individual funds, and is working towards this goal.
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
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fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. The balance of the bank current account at the yearend was £23,330.94.
Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) & Gift Aid (GA) Secretary report
During 2025 The Parish Giving Scheme had a major software upgrade and moved their systems to a new platform. They made sure that users were aware of the times when the system would be unavailable to them. They also set up Teams Webinars for the Parish representatives to get to grips with the new system – how to log in, where to find reports and how to use them. They also sent out information to the regular donors on how to get on to their individual records. It has taken a bit of ‘getting used to’ the new system, but it is now a more secure one with two-factor verification codes required.
We started 2025 with 37 donors, some of whom represent 2 donors where they have chosen to take out a joint donation, so in real terms this equates to 49 people. During the year this has increased to 41 donors, representing 53 people, plus two one-off donations via PGS.
The total amount of PGS donations has increased to just over 47K and the tax reclaim was just over £11K. This is an increase of just over 10% this year.
In addition to the PGS giving we have had several oneoff donations, either directly to the bank or via the GA (Gift Aid) and Compassion GA envelopes. This has amounted to just under £31K and along with the loose collections of just over £2K, the church has put in a GA reclaim of just over £8K for 2025. This is a substantial increase due to several large one-off donations this year and a slight increase of donations via the collection plate and appeals.
If there are any church members who have not already joined the scheme, we are appealing to you to do so. It is a quick and easy way to donate regularly and to Gift Aid your donation, if you are eligible. It also gives us confidence to continue with our mission and outreach work when we know our regular monthly income figures. Speak to Mauveen Lee if you want to find out more or click on the QR codes displayed in church to become a regular donor.
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, and our trainee Lay Reader, Dave Shaw who support the Ministry Team. We also thank our Churchwardens Ilona Crowder and Peter Falconbridge who have worked so tirelessly on our behalf with the continuing problems with our church building. We are very grateful that Rowena Smith has stepped into the Treasurer roll, ably assisted by Stephen Brent, and to 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 Katharine Shaw who has taken up the PCC Secretary role. Special mention again here to Dorothy Ayre for all her hard work as PCC Secretary over the years, and her continued 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 9 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
Volunteers
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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,
PCC members who have served at any time from 1 January 2025 until the date this report was approved are:
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 Co-ordinator.
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.
Vicar Revd. Nick Sharp Chairman Curate Revd. Heather Ross Reader: Mr John Griffiths Churchwardens Mrs Ilona Crowder Vice Chairman M r Peter Falconbridge Vice Chairman (from May 25) Mr Paul Doree (until May 25) Representatives on the Deanery Synod: Miss Dorothy Ayre Secretary Mrs Marlies Davies Elected Members: Mrs Jackie Billing (until May 25) Mrs Tish Bloomfield (from May 25) Mr Stephen Brent Mrs Samantha Brown (until Oct 25) Mrs Nicola Dant Mr Phil Dant (from May 25) Mr Peter Falconbridge (until May 25) Mrs Heidi Hopkins-Wase Mrs Katherine Hunt (until May25) Mr Dave Lee Mrs Fran Murray Mr Dave Shaw Secretary Miss Dorothy Ayre (until June 25) Mrs Katharine Shaw (from June 25) Treasurer Mrs Rowena Smith Co-opted Members: Mrs Rowena Smith (From May 25) Mrs Katharine Shaw (From May 25) Mrs Marlies Davies (until May 25)
Approved at the PCC meeting held on 20 April 2026 and signed on their behalf by the Revd. Nick Sharp (PCC Chairman)
Signed
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St Cuthbert's Church RYE PARK. HODDESDON Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2025 Vicar: Revd. Cannon Nick Sharp 8 Ogard Road, Hoddesdon, Herts. EN I I ONU Bank: Barclays, Leicester, LE87 2BB Independent Examiner: Mr. Paul Scarborough, CIPFA 5 Windsor Close, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 8DF
St Cuthbert's Church Rye Park- Financlal Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 Independent examiner's report to the Parochial Church Council of Ihe Ecclesiastical Parish of St Cuthbert, Rye Park.. Charity number 1130872 Sectlon A- Independent Examiner's Report This report on Ihe accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages 2 to 6 is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 ('the Regulalions'),and s.145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.) Respactive responsibilities of the PCC and the gxaminer As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts., you consider that the audit requiremenl of the Regulations and s.144(21 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 wilh the General Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission under s.14515)(b) of theAct and to be found in the Church guidance, 2006 edition. That examinalion includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records.11 also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in Ihe 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 examinerfs slatement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention". which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements lo keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act., and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting CordS and comply wilh the requirements ofthe Act and the Regulations have not been met., or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed.. Date.. 18 M8r¢h 2026 Name.. Paul Scarborough Relevant professional qualification or body.. CIPFA qualified. but not a current member of CIPFA Address.. 5 Vvindsor Close, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 8DF
St Cuthberf5 Church Rye Park- Financial statements forthe year ended 31 December 2025 it. Cutiiberi's Church R¥f"é par 13v872 Recelpts and Payments Selected Per..-d: 01 13niitiXi •n25 +0 31 fitspomber 2025 From To 01 J4rÉuary 2025 31 December 2025 01 January 2024 31 Decembw 2024 General- General fund (Unrestricted) Fund Receipts Planned gwing Gift Akl. Bank 985 IM) Glft AK1- Envelopes olr plannod gwing 2,3gfJ.00 47,576.77 3.07S.20 .44S.02 Total F¥8fr7ned gI¥g 50.026.T7 49.505.22 Cole¢Uons and ott)er givlng Loose plaie c¢lYdcTior One-ofF Gift Aid giRs 1.412.iV 6,138.56 27,936.75 Total Collectsons and olhergiwng 29.212.70 7,55106 Cr voluntary fecei08 Donations aPaL8 etc Non-recurring one-off grants 3,246.92 460.83 6,084.47 TO Other volunt8ryreceiM5 3, 107.15 6.084.47 Gift Aid recovered Tax reGoveratle on Gift Aid 12,9)4.87 12.904.87 11,862.18 Total Gift Aidr8co¥8red 11.862 18 other receipts mGeaneOusl0ther lund5 generated 648.00 Toial Otherr¢¢0$ 646.00 Actfvttles forgenefatiNJ fun(ts Fund r8tsir¥J events 1,426 66 1.414.00 Tolal Adivilies for9eneraling fvnds 1.426.66 1.414.00 ItwestmÈnl IOMe Bank Interest 432.70 322.10 Tot81 Inv6stm6tr)t Incom 432.70 322.70 Receipts from chutrh activ**8 Fees lo PCC for wed¢Jings ants Tunerals Church hall18tt9s- General rot81 ReceiOs from Church ac&w&es 1,125.00 9,380.89 1,196.00 7,866.88 lo.5.89 6.862.88 Total TEoJpt$ 108.217.34 86.249.91
St Cuthbert's Church Rye Park- Financial Statements for the year erkded 310ecember 2025 St. Cuthberfs Church Rye Park PCC- 1130872 Receipts and Payments Selected Period: 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 Frorn To 01 January 2025 31 December 2025 01 January2024 31 December 2024 Plot• P&yt5 Missionary and Charrtable Gwing Home ffl10 and Chwch Sodelies Se(xJlar charrtles 425.00 730.00 125.00 20. Total Mis50Tr8ry and Chwitabl8 Giwn9 445.00 855.00 Pansh Share s1peJs quota 5b,167.U) 57,918.(M) 57,918.(10 Ttrl81 P8rish Share 58.167.00 Clergy and Staffing costs Salary ofparish adTTHni5tratOF Cr9Y Working empen Varage house ÈxpÈtses 8,OC6.04 221.06 51.50 8,332.60 78.44 Totél Clergy 8nd St8ffftg costs 8,278.60 8.4fj0.04 Church Running Expens05 ParBh oulreath Church pxpenses Childrens work Church minor repairs 8nd malntenonc US eqpMent, reIrS ele Upkeèp ofservices Organist Upkeep ofchurchyard General Adrninistrdtion ¢xpensés Empbyer Tax aj Nl liability 765.56 5,969.00 1.LK13.75 7,172.91 24.85 2,300.00 1,244.00 185.14 1.964.00 886.75 830.64 100.00 300.00 2.372.06 1.020.20 5,449.00 3,593.93 711.40 rot61 Church RunJ7illg EK•7eRses 14.208 21 21.744.98 Hall RLsnning C0$15 Hall tunnlng tX)sts 4.080.91 6,261.94 6,261.94 rolal Hall Running Gosts 4.080.91 Total PaYtS 85.179.72 95,239.96 Excess ol Receip15 oyer Paym_ANs Brought foThvard balae Transfers l¢llfroml 23,037.62 27,5.50 (8,033.991 18,990.051 21.809.55 8.686.00 Total Carried foTwaYd balon¢¢ 38,509.13 21.50S.SO
St Cuthberfs Church Rye Park- Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 St. Cuthberys Church Rye Park PCC- 1130872 Receipt5 and Payment5 Selerted Period: 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 01 J8nuary2025 31 December 2025 From To 01 Janvary2024 31 December 2024 No Projects - Projects IDe5ignated) Fund Receipts InvestrnÈnt Incorne Bank interest 312.68 398.10 inv&stmenl Incom• 312.68 398.10 Total recelpts 312.68 398.10 Excess of Rec*ptsover PayrfÈnts Brought fornvard balance Transferstollfroml 312.68 8.10 30,276.18 18,OW.001 22.674.28 4.159.4fj Total cwried forward balanre 27,146.42 22,674.28 Roof - Roof Repair Fund (Designated) Fur Re¢eSpt$ Investment In¢ome 88nk mlerest 250.44 280.32 Tot81 Investment Incomo 250.44 280 32 250.44 280.32 Paymerts Church Repairs & MaInlenCe Church major repairs- Strture Total ChurGh Repai 8 mntenanGe 2.825. 2.825.00 Total payments 2,825.00 Excess of Receipts er Paymenis Brought foNard balae Trar%8fer8 lollfroml 12.574.%1 18,806.90 3.450 01 280.32 18,526.58 Total carried forward balance 19,682.35 18.806.90
St Cuthbert's Churth Rye Park- Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 JL. Luiriuei L S ITIUILII fr Receipt5 and Payments Selected Period: 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 ?n?4 Nore 31 December 2025 31 December 2024 CRandR- Church Restorats"on and Repair- RaP Alc {Re5trtctedl Fund, Ime81menl Income flAnk in*Pr<t Totfjl Invèstmtrntlncome T226 79.35 E¥sS of Re¢eiots tsvei Pavmerts Brouom fotward balance Tr4nsferstollfroml 9226 1,607.43 294.87 1935 2.274.08 1686.IX)I Total carvied loNard balance 1.924.56 1,607.43 OrganRes - Organ Restrfjct•d Fund- R&P Alc IRestrictedl Fund F• Investment InoomÈ r4%nV 7?0 777 Totallnv951mFfttln¢ome 7.29 7.77 7fj11 Exce$$ of R&ceiDls over Payffftnts Brought forward balance Transfers tollfroml Total cattled forward balance 729 521.44 7.77 513.67 729.65 521.44
SL cuthrtS Church Rye Park PCC- 1130872 Siatemeni of A5seis Liabilities (by fund) As at.. 31 Dgcember2025 Previous balan¢e Balance Cash at bank and In h8n 6501= Bank current atcount-A8Sét Roof Repalr Fund Desnaled General fund Unre51rlcted YoJth'¥lo."kcrFund- DCSIna.d R&P Atc Church Rèsioraii arvj Rw8ir- R&P Wc rctt H8aiino Fund Reslrn#8d Ooan Restrfeied Fund Res¢1 - R&P Alc Music Equlw)8ni Fund 214.(Ib 24.276.92 f4,888.231 21.618.10 ResTri8d 11.035.251 I4.8Q) Reslnde 3,310.80 cdoc R8sM8d 1.Tl2. 1.8T1. 23,330.94 23.196.50 6510.. CCL4 ICBFI dep081t a¢¢out)t-As88t Ro)fReroY Fund Oeswated General fun Unrestricted Youth WoTkot Fund- DesiwBted R&P Alc church Reslor3knon and Repar- R&P Alc ChurGh Heatmg Fund Restric1 On Restricted Fund Rtricted - R&P AJC Music Equiptnent Fund 1214.081 13.786261 4,886,23 Resknctsd 1.850.og 10.081 Rtsthcted 13.310.801 6520: BarclaysSDvings. Asset Projects De51ynated Rf Repair FuTrJ DES1gna General fund UnrpstriGI Church R88tor8bo) and Repair- R&P AJC Organ Resetsd Fund ReStrted -R&PAI 27.146.42 19.682.3a 14.925.Q? 1.924.56 22.f74.28 18.806.90 1.807.43 fj24.39 521.44 64.30Z74 43.610.05 6590.. ¢a$h In h&nd-A¥sel GenerJ fund Church R&sloraiioTr and Rèpair- R&P Wc Agenty ctll8¢tJn UnrestrEcled RestslE 1814.841 1180.001 Cash ot bank and in hand 87,633.68 66,806.55 18 March 2026 PagB 1
Balance balance Agency accouiiits 6699- A9en¢y collections- Liabillfy 1.71Z84 1.691.00 Agèncy accounts 1.712.B4 1,691.00 Grand Total 85.920.84 6S,115.55 18 March 202 Pa99 2
St Cuthbert's Church Rye Park- Financi81 Statementforthe year ended 31 December2025 St Cuthbert's Church Rye Park PCC- 1130872 Receipts and Payments Selected period: 01 J8nuary 2025 to 31 D8camber 2025 The attached notes form part of the financial statements. APPROVED BYTHE PCC AT THEIR MEETING ON Signed CHAIRMAN MEMBER NOTES: 1. Thefinancial statemants ofthe PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting regulations 2006 usingthe R8C8iPts and Payments basis. 2. The followingassets are recognised but not necessarilyvalued in the Statement ofAssets and Liabilities. Movable church furnishings held by th8 churchward8ns on special trust for the PCC and which require a facultyfor disposal. 3. The expenses paid to clergy may include a small immaterial proportion which r818tes to theirfunction as 8 PCC member. No such payments were made to PCC members. FOR INFORMATION ONLY-The PCC has a number ofAgency collections (monies received on behalf of third p8rties) that it managed in the year. The bulk of these are for Clergy Fees thatwe collect on behalf ofthe diocese. The rest 8re forvarious appeals and 8g8ncies such 88 Compassion. CMS & Young Life. FOR INFORMATION ONLY- Mission Giving- During 2025 the church has given to numerous causes. A summary of mission givingfor the yearto 3111212025 is included for information only, as some of our mission giving as a church is not recorded through the f inanci81 statements.
St Cuthbert's Church Rye Park- Financial Statement forth8 year ended 31 December 2025 St Cuthbert's Church Rye Park PCC- 1130872 Receipts and Payments Se18Cted p8riod: 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 H811 Subsidies 2025 TheAlzh8imars Society £1155.00 Brownies £ 577.50 Childminders £1347.50 RPWC- Rye Parkwomens Club £1443.75 SPACE- Autism Support Group £1039.50
Mission Givlng 2025 {not through PCC Funds) as at December 2025 Amount given and raised through our various efforts.. CMS for Ann-marie Compassion Young Life Children's Society- House Collection Boxes Christian Aid Week £290.00 Plus Gift Aid £61.25 Embrace the Middle East- Christmas Card Appeal Children's Society- Christingle Hoddesdon Christmas Parcels Scheme (Plus £15 from PCC) Bishop's Harvest Appeal 2024 Leprosy Mission (Gift Aid} 2025 London City Mission Iwebber Street). supported from Hoddesdon Loves Christmas £453.32 £456.60 £245.00 £163.90 £351.25 £ 83.00 £175.66 £iio.00 £164.50 £125.00 £250.00 £2,578.23 By comparison in 2024 when money was donated from PCC funds to our main supporters the following was sent: CMS £180 Compassion £360 Young Life £180 lus Food given to Foodbank by our member5 over the last year plus money donated. There are also a number of individuals/families who spon50r a Compassion child in Togo, Uganda and other parts of the world, as well as other individuals who give to other Missions supported bv our church.
St Cuthbert's Church Rya Park- Flnanclal SLitemgnts for the yèar ended 31 Dgcember 2025 Independent examlner's report to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiaslitral Parish of St Culhbert, Rye Park.. Charity numbef 1130872 Sectlon A- Independont Examlnefs Rèport Thi5 report on the 8ccounls of the PCC for the year ere 31 December 2025, whith are sel out on pages 2 to 6 is in respect of an examination carrTed out in accordance with the Chufch Accounting Regulatsons 20061.the Regulalions'},and 5.145 of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe Act,). Respective responslbllities of tho PCC and the examlngr As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparats.on of the accounts,. you consider that the audit requirement of the Regulations and 5.144{21 of the Act does not apply. It is my responsibility to issue this report (x) those accounts in accordance with the lemis of the Regulations. Basis of this roport My examinalion was carTTed oul in accordance wth the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under s.14515)Ibl of the Act and to be found in the Church guidance, 2006 edition. That examinatior¢ includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those fecords.11 also includes Considering any unusual ttems or disclosures in the accounts and seektng explanations from you as tTuslees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not prowde all the eviden¢e that would be Tequired in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on Ihe view given by the accounts. Independgnt exominofs statement In connedion with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. ich gives me reasonable cause to believe thal in ary material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance wlh section 130 of the Act,. and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requiremen1$ of the Act and the Regulations have not been met.. or lo which. In my opinion, attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understsnding of ItE accoun18 to be reached. Signed.. Dale.. 18 March 2026 Name= Paul Scarborough Relevant professional qualification or body.. CIPFA qualified, but not a cuirenl member of CIPFA Address: 5 'nd$or Close, Loughborough, Lelcs, LE12 8DF