## St John the Evangelist Hildenborough REPORT & ACCOUNTS Year ended 31[st] December 2024 ## Parish of Hildenborough – St John’s Church ## Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council 2024 ## History The Parish Church of Hildenborough was established in 1844 and continues a long tradition of serving the Parish of Hildenborough, located some 3 miles north of Tonbridge, Kent. The population of the village is circa 5000. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) under the Chairmanship of the incumbent, Rev.d Tim Saiet has responsibility for all aspects of the life and witness of the Church and is assisted by Mr. Trevor Long (Lay Reader). The PCC also has responsibility for the administration of the Church assisted by Mrs Jess Collins (Church Administrator) and its finances under the supervision of Mr Richard Lake (Hon. Treasurer). ## Aims and Objectves The PCC is committed to making Jesus known to the community through the provision of worship services that are relevant and meaningful for those who attend and pastoral care for the wider community through the provision of regular events for children and support through the operation of a Food Bank and meeting needs in practical ways. ## Notable Achievements St John’s is addressing the need for change in the pursuit of Church growth at least so far as financial and people resources will allow. Following the departure of the previous Church Administrator Nancy Mansfield on the 14[th] June 2024, we successfully recruited Jess Collins on July 1[st] 2024 to take over her role. The Children & Youth ministry continues to grow under the tireless leadership of Lisa Glasscote, and due to is continued growth in popularity faces challenges to maintain the appropriate level of volunteers to assist with the weekly youth events. Our Safeguarding Officer, Kate Lake diligently ensures that all employees, volunteers, and PCC members have the appropriate safeguarding training to support their role in accordance with policy. Running of the Warm Hubb by the extremely hard working Valarie Marsh and Denise Netherton with other volunteers has been a great success with a continued growth in attendance and contributions which fund the supply of fresh nutritional ingredients. In addition the monthly Who Let the Dads Out playgroup has seen a growth in attendance and contributions. The upgrade to our Church Centre to create a purpose-built café area was completed and is now home to the very popular Angel Café on Thursday and Fridays. We also have a dedicated team of volunteers that maintain the extensive Churchyard under the supervision of our Food Bank and Community Welfare Coordinator Adele HopkinsBallard. The storage shed for the equipment suffered a break in in the second quarter 2024 but thanks to a successful insurance claim and generous donations we were able to quickly replace and in some cases upgrade our equipment. ## Financial Review In common with many other Parishes and indeed Churches of all denominations, the financial picture continues to remained pressured mainly due to rising energy costs and the global inflationary economic outlook that has pressured citizen disposable income. That said, the solid support for the Food Bank has never wavered. The key financial metric for 2024 are set out below with the figure for 2022 set in brackets. - Total Income – £277,681 (£299,633) - Total Expenditure – £281,173 (£216,357) The PCC are thankful to God for His provision. ## Membership of the PCC Incumbent Rev.d T Saiet (Chairman) Licensed Children’s and Youth Pastor Mrs Lisa Glasscote Church Warden Vacant Lay Representatives to the PCC (elected) - Mr R Lake (Treasurer) - Mr T Long - Mrs R Barton - Mr M Johnson - Mr J Taylor - Mr S Wood - Mrs R Wadsworth - Mrs D Netherton (Acting PCC Secretary) Lay Representatives to the PCC (resignations)  Mr J Bonarius ## Commitees The PCC operates using a number of committees which between the full meetings of the PCC. Each Committee (except for the Standing and Finance Committee prepares minutes of its meetings and presents them to the subsequent PCC meeting for consideration. ## Standing and Finance Commitee This Committee may transact the business of the PCC between full meetings. In practice its main business consists of the preparation of the agenda for PCC meetings. It has specific responsibility for the financial affairs of the Church and producing monthly statements, the annual budget and accounts. ## Church Centre Commitee Responsible for the maintenance and letting of the Church Centre complex. Church Electoral Roll See separate report. ## Safeguarding The PCC has complied with its duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have due regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding and vulnerable adults). Paroclmal thur(h Council d St John the Evangelist. Hiklenbwh Balance sheet At 31 December 2024 Note 2024 2023 FIXED ASSETS Tangible fixed a55ets 53.038 53.no CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Short terni deposits Cash at bank and in hand 4.439 111,75S 107,356 223.550 10.641 106.808 113,233 230.682 io LIABILMES Amounts fallin8 due in less than one year -20.095 NET CURREpifASSETS 207,777 210,587 NET ASSETS 260.815 264,307 FUNDS Unrestricted general funds Unrestricted designated funds Total unrestricted fund5 RestrKted funds TOTAL FUNDS 39.140 63,470 102.610 158.205 260,815 71,036 59,214 130.250 134.057 264,307 Approved by the PartKhial Church Council on and signed on rts behalf by: Rev T Saiet Èar thE 14b bas1SDf a55Nsrnr￿ The atEOLrts st*EmErrts1 prEpJfEd ur￿dEr thE hlstDrlcal ctst crnvEnt'cm w+th tern[ rEo4nGed Jt Dr trJrEarbtm LmlEzathenKE StJtEd n the rEle￿[rt TrJtElsI tD tthEse ThE knardal ￿￿temEnts hvrfe pfEpJfEd m arrDrdJnrE with the ￿[and etkntm LQ thE tharrtI25 SttternErt Df tstThmcThlEd PrKtKE IS5￿ in trkDber IOI*. the ltsTrJJrd ￿F￿lEa￿dE in thE UrvtEd arKI kewthliEofJrdW￿ thE £hirrtK5 Atk 2011. 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IFcrf PufPCf*& the histcrfica I ihis prtyeny is tsethed to be its IXF(cl%è&* £￿t thè tolt ol I￿u￿14hmé￿t 4vhith totsk PIBL* 2￿￿. was tkPitaS 2009 2011L & AIIALY515 ￿ IIEt ASSET5 BY RM> Dt¥attd Px*tlettd TOTAL 724 Z4 1FiKed Asseis lof Chtsrth as ai l Jarmary 2024 [￿1￿￿t As￿5 &t l JanuBry 2024 2024 5.463 40.130 45593 48357 53.710 42.694 43305 126.629 42.694 92Xh52 IFn.349 Imet fftts¥emtrrt In ye -3 iJ96 4J56 2414B .3A92 Balar￿e 31 t*cÈmbÈr 2024 13.697 46.950 L16310 I76.￿7 rtathi*l Chwth tsl St Jtskn tht Ei*wIIsL thè *kndlilg 31 DÈrEthbÈr 2Q14 2J 4A39 lo.￿5 236 10,641 4.429 L tLIBinES.. AMOUNTS FAiiING wfTMIM OME YEA 2Q2Y E>1 u6&ry tyr tÈ¢ÈiFJi4 le* ihÈ 4.t3t 10.93 15.773 I2,￿6 ThÈ Dlks mL*￿ry rÈtti IK&blity h** bÈÈfi rÈrt￿tè pa￿lbIlIty￿é AThIEMEMT111 F￿lD& OpÈnlng lthtth* balan UNRETrlCtED FUMDS 71.036 171&97 -21Q.XI2 5.9C•3 yJ,14 OES1GP4ATED FUNDS I. Kty3 MX*EirlÈ I. CEY(iré RÈfurtxthmÈFbt -9.312 18.301 24.301 16.611 S9.214 19.105 3. ChL*th & HtsLdÈ Fié#1 789 25,944 2.614 19.215 -8.940 4.9J9 63.4PO RE5fR￿￿ FUIIDS S. Féllth¥ÈiW* 48.2SI 48,297 14.034 19.150 -24.474 WellarE Furtd 9. Clthtk Ap#id 10. tThurth CèrtlrÈ 11. thurcPry&rd upkÈÈ 12. 2020 52.Q31 18 475 -26.6S6 6fi(￿3 475 3.GZ4 7.D31 1&750 -6.935 13. tjurth Ctrtlrt (tsFFtt M*hirtÈ fridèE AryÈl Cthté 134.(ts7 85.679 i.sai 155.21 TOT￿ FUNDS 2fA.307 277.681 -291.173 2EQ.815 P¥ttPAtiI ￿*th tst stjohh thÈ thÈ 31 DÈtethbtr 2024 9. VUNDS 1st ts[￿￿ht AddiÈiCMIS irt the yeèr tOSt LarriÈd lorwèrd 4B.257 48.257 6327 .Depreciaiitirt #l the ￿ar .,DepfÈcia￿￿ lorknTafd I￿￿ &t l Jv[u￿ 2024 48.257 5A03 53.720 imei &t 31 Dècemb￿ 2024 48,257 4.731 53.DlS la)fvl ènd btsildings the ltte8ted 4)t 12 Fello**£ Way. IFcrf PufPCf*& the histcrfica I ihis prtyeny is tsethed to be its IXF(cl%è&* £￿t thè tolt ol I￿u￿14hmé￿t 4vhith totsk PIBL* 2￿￿. was tkPitaS 2009 2011L & AIIALY515 ￿ IIEt ASSET5 BY RM> Dt¥attd Px*tlettd TOTAL 724 Z4 1FiKed Asseis lof Chtsrth as ai l Jarmary 2024 [￿1￿￿t As￿5 &t l JanuBry 2024 2024 5.463 40.130 45593 48357 53.710 42.694 43305 126.629 42.694 92Xh52 IFn.349 Imet fftts¥emtrrt In ye -3 iJ96 4J56 2414B .3A92 Balar￿e 31 t*cÈmbÈr 2024 13.697 46.950 L16310 I76.￿7 rtathi*l Chwth tsl St Jtskn tht Ei*wIIsL thè *kndlilg 31 DÈrEthbÈr 2Q14 2J 4A39 lo.￿5 236 10,641 4.429 L tLIBinES.. AMOUNTS FAiiING wfTMIM OME YEA 2Q2Y E>1 u6&ry tyr tÈ¢ÈiFJi4 le* ihÈ 4.t3t 10.93 15.773 I2,￿6 ThÈ Dlks mL*￿ry rÈtti IK&blity h** bÈÈfi rÈrt￿tè pa￿lbIlIty￿é AThIEMEMT111 F￿lD& OpÈnlng lthtth* balan UNRETrlCtED FUMDS 71.036 171&97 -21Q.XI2 5.9C•3 yJ,14 OES1GP4ATED FUNDS I. Kty3 MX*EirlÈ I. CEY(iré RÈfurtxthmÈFbt -9.312 18.301 24.301 16.611 S9.214 19.105 3. ChL*th & HtsLdÈ Fié#1 789 25,944 2.614 19.215 -8.940 4.9J9 63.4PO RE5fR￿￿ FUIIDS S. Féllth¥ÈiW* 48.2SI 48,297 14.034 19.150 -24.474 WellarE Furtd 9. Clthtk Ap#id 10. tThurth CèrtlrÈ 11. thurcPry&rd upkÈÈ 12. 2020 52.Q31 18 475 -26.6S6 6fi(￿3 475 3.GZ4 7.D31 1&750 -6.935 13. tjurth Ctrtlrt (tsFFtt M*hirtÈ fridèE AryÈl Cthté 134.(ts7 85.679 i.sai 155.21 TOT￿ FUNDS 2fA.307 277.681 -291.173 2EQ.815 P¥ttPAtiI ￿*th tst stjohh thÈ thÈ 31 DÈtethbtr 2024 9. VUNDS 1