2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees Annual Report and Accounts

of

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

Chanctonbury

Comprising the churches of St Peter and St Paul Ashington, St Mary’s Washington, and All Saints Buncton

Registered Charity no. 1132309

For the year ended 31st December 2024

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2-8 Trustees Annual Report

9 Statement of financial activities

10 Balance sheet 11-21 Notes to the accounts

22 Report of the independent examiner

The Parish of Chanctonbury, part of the Diocese of Chichester within the Church of England

Correspondence address: Church Office, Penmaen House, London Road, Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3JR Incumbent: The Reverend James di Castiglione

Independent Examiner: Jackie Irvine-Smith of Independent Examiners Ltd, Unit 2, The Broadbridge Business Centre, Delling Lane, Bosham, PO18 8NF

Bankers: Lloyds Bank plc, 41-43 South Street, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 3AU

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The Parish of Chanctonbury

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Aims and Purpose

The Parish of Chanctonbury consists of the parish churches of Ashington, Washington and Wiston-with-Buncton, and comes under the Rectorship of James di Castiglione.

We are a growing family of Christians longing to see the presence of God transform our land and the communities around us. Our churches in Ashington, Washington and Buncton, are each different in style but united in heart and mind. Our heart is for each and every person to experience the reality of Jesus Christ in their lives, knowing the joy, hope and freedom He brings. We dream of a future where Jesus’ prayer of “on earth as it is in heaven” becomes our present: we’ve called it ‘2033’.

Between our churches, we aim to provide regular Sunday Services, with active youth and lively children’s work. In addition, there are smaller groups called Kingdom Family Communities, a healing centre, and other midweek activities. In 2024 we continued with five regular Sunday morning services: two at each of Ashington and Washington, and one at Buncton.

We are involved with the local community in a number of ways. We employ Children’s and Youth Workers who serve within our churches and local schools. We organise two toddler groups that meet regularly (Little Lambs in Washington and Shining Stars in Ashington), and a Seniors Café that meets twice monthly. We offer financial support from our Hardship Fund, which includes “The Storehouse”, a local foodbank service to help ensure no one goes hungry in our area.

Our heart is to see God’s Kingdom expand and bring blessing and transformation across the world and we support other groups in the UK and overseas to fulfil this aim.

Everyone is welcome at any of our services, whether they come from a place of strong faith, numerous doubts, or no faith at all.

More information about The Parish of Chanctonbury can be found on our website: www.chanctonbury.org.uk.

As we focus our efforts towards seeing God bring ‘2033’ to life amongst our churches and in our region, we do so with five core values in mind to guide and direct the way we operate:

1. All Glory to God. Life begins and ends with God – it is all for Him and in response to His goodness. Our great privilege is to worship Him when we gather and when apart, in song and in lifestyle, in Spirit and in Truth. We worship the Lord for who He is, honouring His worth, magnificence, majesty and beauty. He is our everything. In Him we live and move and have our being. All things come from Him, and of His own do we give Him… (Exodus 20:1 – 3 // 1 Chronicles 29:14 // Acts 17:28 // Revelation 4:11)

2. Heaven is Here. Father God inaugurated the Kingdom of Heaven on earth through the events of Jesus’ crucifixion, resurrection, ascension and giving of the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ return will fully and finally realise the consummation of His Kingdom on earth. Until that day, we live joyfully expecting His Kingdom to increasingly grow and break into life as we know it, proclaiming its arrival and emergence: Heaven is here! (Genesis 1:26 – 28 // Mark 1:14 – 15 // Matthew 10:7 – 8 // 1 Corinthians 15:24 – 28)

3. Revival Starts with Me. God has reconciled all things to Himself through Jesus Christ. We are ‘’revived’ into newness of life as we repent, die to ourselves, and allow Father God to fill us with the resurrecting life of His Son Jesus. We take personal responsibility for our spiritual growth, knowing that the world is transformed one surrendered heart at a time. (Exodus 34:12 – 15 // Matthew 16:24 – 26 // Romans 8:11 – 17 // 2 Corinthians 5:19)

4. People are Precious. Every person matters to God and to us. Real friendship looks like being ‘extended family’. We always believe the best, outdo one another in showing honour, and overlay love in all things. (Isaiah 43:4 // Romans 12:9-21 // Colossians 3:12-17)

5. To the Ends of the Earth. Jesus has sent every disciple on mission through the Church to the world: to make disciples of all nations, to proclaim and demonstrate the good news of the Kingdom, and to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth. As we gladly care for the poor and marginalised, and as we share Jesus with all people, we will

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not stop until the whole world knows the good news and the kingdom of this world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and Messiah. (Isaiah 60:1 – 3 // Mark 16:15 – 20 // Acts 1:6 – 8 // Revelation 11:15 – 19)

Objectives and Activities

During 2024 we sought to grow a sustained culture of worship, fasting and prayer. This was encouraged in a number of ways: monthly prayer and worship nights, various prayer meetings weekly, two separate weeks of fasting and prayer, and a 20-day ‘Daniel Fast’. At our Church Family Gathering in the summer, we highlighted an emphasis on evangelism, using the book of Nehemiah as a spiritual, biblical picture to inspire and remind us of God’s call to “GO” to rebuild the spiritual ruins of our nation and local communities.

Key Activities, Achievements and Performance

1. Leadership and Organisation

Senior Leadership Team: James & Lou di Castiglione, Senior Leaders Paddy Donovan, Associate Vicar Nigel Sussex, Head of People and Operations (appointed April 2024) Andy Storey, Head of Youth Holly Draper, Head of Kids

In addition we are blessed to be supported by a number of clergy.

• Rev. Patrick Pearson-Miles continues as a curate in Chanctonbury Parish. He and his wife, Philly, lead the Chanctonbury Healing Centre and have particular oversight of St Mary’s, Washington.

• Rev. David Ingall regularly preaches at our church services.

• Rev. Ed Quibell continues to be licensed to Chanctonbury as an Associate Vicar.

We were very pleased to make the following key appointments during 2024:

• Harry Goring was licensed as a Lay Apostolic Worker for Buncton on 16 April

• Nigel Sussex was appointed as Head of People and Operations in April, working part-time

• After serving as Curate for 3 years, Paddy Donovan was licensed as an Associate Vicar on 18[th] November. He has particular responsibility for Ashington Church.

The senior team, clergy, churchwardens and PCC members, all work and pray together to discern the will of God. They seek to ensure our church is spiritually nourished, as well as prayerfully and efficiently managed and governed.

2. Our Strategic focus for 2024 to 2026

We aspire to see Chanctonbury continue to grow in maturity and depth, grow in number, grow younger, and grow in raising leaders – so that we are taking the next steps towards our vision and ready to play our part in the revival of the Church of England for the sake of the nation. And we aspire to release the Rector to oversee the church as a whole and begin to function more apostolically.

We identified three key areas to progress:

• Recruit an Associate Vicar for Ashington: to assist the Rector, specifically to oversee the pastoral, clerical and missional needs of Ashington village.

• Recruit an Associate Vicar for Washington: to oversee Washington, with the mandate to develop multigenerational ministry at Washington.

• Recruit Ministry Assistants for Youth & Kids: to provide training and experience for young leaders looking to grow in Youth and Kids ministry, assisting and learning from the Heads of Youth and Kids.

3. Church Attendance and Worshipping Community

Average weekly church attendance figures in 2024 across the united Parish were 285 adults and 82 children & youth (2023: 290 adults and 74 children & youth).

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Across our three churches, 226 people volunteer to support church activities. This equates to 59% of our worshipping congregation. On average each volunteer carries out 2 tasks. The areas with most volunteers are: supporting kids work (50), prayer (47), hosting (44), lay ministers of communion (36) and worship (30).

324 church members (67% of regular church goers) attended our Family Gathering at Windlesham school at the end of August (236 adults and 88 children).

74 new people signed up to receive our regular emails in 2024 (2023: 48).

The Electoral Roll stood at 291 at the end of 2024, compared with 286 at the end of 2023.

4. Youth Work

Andy Storey, Head of Youth, has seen incredible growth and blessing over 2024 in the Youth Work Ministry with the number of youth approximately doubling in size on Sunday mornings.

We have successfully launched a one-year Mentoring Programme for all Youth, supported by the Stewards Trust, which is currently being piloted to 8 of our older youth by 5 trained mentors in the Youth Team.

Our monthly youth service ‘Set the Fire’ has become a key and important event for the young people at Chanctonbury being a space between schools, other churches and youth groups, believers and non-believers to meet altogether and around Jesus.

Our midweek Groups, hosted in local homes for youth girls and boys, have continued to grow and flourish. We are now navigating splitting them even more to accommodate need and depth of relationship and faith with one another.

Our church generously supported the vision to enable more of our youth to attend DTI (Dreaming the Impossible: a youth camp held in Staffordshire in August) through a church-wide financial offering in order to subsidise the cost for the families attending. The fruit of this has been demonstrable for us all to see.

The Youth Team also has grown in a mix of ages and backgrounds which has been fantastic for the youth to journey alongside with.

Andy is also a chaplain at Steyning Grammar School and has continued in leading and supporting assemblies, running a weekly Christian Union which has more than tripled in numbers since 2023, seeing young people coming to know Jesus, giving their lives to Him, and coming to Church. He also attends the Boarding House at Steyning Grammar fortnightly to lead a Bible Study, which has seen much fruit in relationships strengthening with teachers and students and Jesus being key for so many of them. The climax of this was 20 out of 70 kids saying ‘yes’ to Jesus at Christmas!

5. Children’s Work

Holly Draper continues to lead our Kids Ministry at Chanctonbury.

In 2024 Kids Church on Sunday continued and maintained the provision of groups at both 9am and 11am services at Ashington. The same as last year, an average of 50 children attended church each Sunday, with a slight increase of 78 ‘on the books' at the end of 2024. Despite the turnover of volunteers, the Sunday Kids Church team has managed to maintain a similar size of 50.

Chanctonbury Kids have enjoyed several fun events across the year including Kids Bowling Social, Kids Takeover service, the Chanctonbury Family Gathering, and a Light Party in October. We have hosted monthly Family Prayer & Worship sessions in the afternoons before the wider church evening events. Also fortnightly midweek discipleship groups have started for year 5&6s since September 2024.

We are continuing to grow in connections with our two local parish primary schools. Through fortnightly assemblies (Collective Worship), prayer spaces in each school’s prayer gardens in the summer, as well as their termly school services hosted in our church buildings. At the services, we saw generous offerings at the Easter services with the giving of Easter eggs for local charities and Harvest donations towards the Chanctonbury Storehouse. We have seen an increase in school and community engagement through our Easter Cafe and Christingle Cafe events (over 200 in attendance across both sites).

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The Children’s work has been blessed by having part-time help with Poppy Smart with us as Ministry Assistant until the end of July 2024, and now with Annalise Yeates since September 2024 (see Ministry Assistant below).

6. Pastoral Ministry

Lou di Castiglione continued the overall leadership of this ministry with the support and skill of Colin and Judy Frampton and Jo Willis. Many people were strengthened through this ministry and many found comfort and healing. In January 2025 Paddy Donovan will take over the leadership of pastoral ministry.

The sozo ministry was launched in 2024 and around 50 people from Chanctonbury came and had a sozo appointment. Many found freedom through this ministry, including one woman who encountered the Father’s love and a deep sense of joy and acceptance for the first time after being able to forgive her father through the ministry!

7. Worship

Along with prayer and fasting, worship continues to be a key focus for our Church. The Senior Leadership Team oversee the worship ministry and our strong and dedicated volunteer team of worship leaders, singers and musicians. We are very grateful to Liam Jackson who has continued to lead the worship at Ashington.

Jacob Jenkins continued in his part-time role of Production Manager for the parish, overseeing, maintaining and improving all aspects of our sound and projection systems. He stepped down from this role in September. This role is now being overseen by Paul Price.

8. Prayer and Intercession

Corporate Prayer: In 2024 we took prayer and fasting from something we did in a crisis to becoming the culture of the church! We held monthly prayer and worship evenings which are consistently well attended, and we encouraged the church to set Wednesdays aside for fasting. We also encouraged people to join in with a 21 day Daniel fast and 2 separate weeks of fasting. We feel the culture of prayer and fasting is getting increasingly embedded into the culture of the church for which we are thankful! We were encouraged by the participation of parishioners from across the three Sunday sites in the corporate prayer ‘events’.

Prayer Ministry: John and Julie Yeo picked up the role of Prayer Ministry Overseers at Chanctonbury from June 2024 with the aim of equipping and training in resources and protocols we use to provide powerful and safe public prayer ministry across all Chanctonbury activities and events. The first Training Day, run in team style with Patrick and Philly Pearson-Miles, was held on 27th July and enabled us to provide a sizeable Prayer Ministry Team with representatives from each congregation to serve at the August 2024 Family Gathering.

Intercessory Prayer: People’s passion for prayer is evidenced through the fact that we now have 6 different prayer meetings throughout the week!

9. Ministry Assistant

At the start of 2024, Poppy Smart was in her first year of studying Applied Theology at Regent’s Theological College. She continued with the Ministry Assistant role at Chanctonbury as her placement church. Poppy decided early in the year that she would like to move onto campus for her 2nd year, so she completed her Ministry Assistant contract at the end of July. It was such a joy to have Poppy for nearly 2 years at Chanctonbury.

From March we started recruiting for two new Ministry Assistants (MA), ideally one for Kids and one for Youth ministry. We were delighted to welcome Annalise Yeates as Kids Ministry Assistant in mid-September. She successfully applied for the St Mellitus course, and so is part-time study, part-time paid placement with us.

Poppy was, and Annalise is, line-managed by Holly Draper (Head of Kids) and once again both have enjoyed the benefit of accommodation in the parish.

10. Community Outreach

We have continued to work in both parish schools, and run two toddler groups (Shining Stars weekly, and Little Lambs fortnightly).

Again, during 2024 Chanctonbury Storehouse was able to support families in and around the parish with essential food and household items. Chanctonbury Church KFC’s (Kingdom Family Communities; church small groups) have “risen to the challenge” and continue to support and provide weekly donations of food items. During 2024

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Chanctonbury Storehouse provided for some 623 persons in addition to 28 families receiving Christmas hampers (104 persons). All this is because of the generosity of Chanctonbury Church family, sharing the love of Jesus to our community.

The Seniors Cafe is a twice-monthly space where community is being formed and strengthened amongst older local residents from the church and surrounding area. They really value (the cake and) this opportunity to connect. The volunteer team enthusiastically love those who attend, including taking and making opportunities to connect them with the truth and experience of the Gospel in healing prayer and sincere conversations. The softening of hearts over the months has been visible and so encouraging. It is a part of the Chanctonbury Pastoral Ministry.

11. Chanctonbury Healing Centre

The Chanctonbury Healing Centre continues to be headed up by Patrick and Philly Pearson-Miles. Healing is a large part of the proclamation and demonstration of the good news of Jesus and His finished work on the Cross. Chanctonbury Healing Centre not only provides an opportunity for healing for members of our church family and beyond, but continues to form a part of the church's outreach to our local communities. As such, we started to engage with people offering prayer, and where appropriate, healing, outside the Co-op in Ashington on Healing Centre Saturdays. We offer teaching on Christian healing, as well as the option to receive healing ministry by phone or video via the Chanctonbury website. Our Saturday morning healing sessions take place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, alongside offering healing ministry at our Sunday services. We continue to be available to minister healing where needed, with all the joys and victories and challenges that this ministry can carry, with a deep desire to be more effective in seeing God’s will done on the earth, knowing that Jesus paid the ultimate price and we want Him to receive all the glory that is due to Him.

12 . External Giving and Mission Support

We have continued to offer financial and prayer support to mission partners and other organisations, nationally and overseas, as well as to people in need within our local communities. A Giving Team review and decide upon proposals and requests for who and what we should be supporting financially. In addition, we hold occasional offerings during the year for specific grants. Our Hardship Fund, which was launched in 2020, remains a key focus to facilitate support to local people in need. As part of this fund, the Chanctonbury Storehouse (see above), a local food bank, run by volunteers from our church, in liaison with the Parish Council and other members of the community, continued to be a valuable resource. See the Financial Review below for the amounts we have given away.

13. Church Building and Fabric

The Joint Buildings Committee (JBC) oversees all building and churchyard maintenance and improvement, seeking to share expertise across the church buildings and increase efficiency and consistency.

As a parish, we have signed up to the Diocese’s Net Carbon Zero Initiative. As part of this we track our energy consumption and also completed energy checklists for all three churches which highlight key areas for improvement. Following on from the installation of an air source heat pump in Ashington during 2023, we carried out a replacement of all halogen and neon lighting with LED, which was completed in November 2024. We also identified heating as the key initiative in Buncton and have prepared two alternative energy saving options for 2025.

A Parochial Visitation was conducted by Archdeacon Luke Irvine-Capel on 25th September. As part of this all three church terriers and log books were inspected and our Simple Quality Protects (SQP) certificate awarded by the Diocese was reviewed to ensure continued compliance. All documentation and processes were reviewed by the Archdeacon and found to be in good order.

A Parish wide burials and cremation policy was completed in 2024. As part of this, the PCC approved the JBC recommendation that Buncton establish a Garden of Remembrance.

14. Environmental Progress (Eden Project)

In July 2024 we celebrated the first full year of the Ashington Repair Cafe. We have continued, to date, to host a cafe every two months and have attracted a large number of items to repair from both the church and the wider community. Our statistics show that we have managed to repair over 70% of items brought to us, but apart from saving many items from landfill, it has also been a great opportunity to connect with those who come from the village, who may not have come into the church building before. We have also encouraged about 25 children to learn more about woodwork and helped them to build their own bird box or bug hotel under supervision from a repairer, passing skills on to the next generation.

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15. GDPR

The PCC continues to monitor compliance with GDPR across all areas of the Parish of Chanctonbury, guided by our data officer, Pippa Cleeve.

16. Safeguarding

The PCC has complied with the duty to have regard to the House of Bishop's guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016.

Financial Review

We have again seen an increase in income from giving during 2024, including from existing givers increasing their donations, as well as from new givers joining our Church. We give thanks to God and to our church community, who give so generously to support all that God is doing in and through our church at Chanctonbury.

1. The total of unrestricted donations and legacies received were £633,000 (2023: £574,000) and are detailed in the Financial Statements.

2. Unrestricted planned giving, which is mainly done through the use of monthly standing orders, amounted to £619,000 including Gift Aid (2023: £543,000), an increase of 14%.

3. We aim to give away approximately 10% of our regular income. This includes providing financial and food support to our local communities via our Hardship Fund and our foodbank – the Storehouse. We also give financial support to mission partners overseas, and to local charitable organisations in the UK, as well as via special collections and offerings in response to specific needs as they arise. In total during 2024 we granted £54,000 (2023: £34,000), which represents 9% (2023: 6%) of our unrestricted giving.

4. The annual contribution (Parish Share) paid to the Diocese in 2024 was £89,127 (2023: £78,761). The Parish Share covers the housing, stipend and pension costs of our Rector, and of our Associate Vicar, licensed on 18[th] November 2024. It also includes a standard sum for diocesan central costs, clergy training and a contribution to national church funds. We also paid an additional voluntary contribution of £8,136. All these contributions are paid into the Diocese’s restricted fund for orthodox ministry.

Reserves Policy

1. It is PCC policy to maintain general unrestricted funds (excluding property) equivalent to approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure to ensure sufficient working capital and as a contingency against unforeseen situations. This would require a balance of around £135,000 at the end of 2024. Our actual unrestricted reserves at the end of 2024 were significantly above this level, at £266,000. However, we anticipate that our unrestricted reserves will be much closer to our target level by the end of 2025.

2. It is PCC policy that any monies invested are with the CBF Church of England deposit and investment funds.

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Governance

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is registered with the Charity Commission as required by the Charities Act 2011. Its governing document is the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.

Membership of the PCC is determined by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM), with reference to the Church Representation Rules. It consists of certain ex-officio members, in addition to members of the church who are elected at the APCM. Members of our congregation who are on the Electoral Roll are warmly encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible. The PCC for the Parish of Chanctonbury contains elected representatives and ex officio members.

During the year January to December 2024 the PCC met 6 times, and the following served as its members:

Ex officio members

James di Castiglione Rector Paddy Donovan Curate Anthony Ray Church Warden, Deanery Synod Representative John Yeo Church Warden Mark Barrett Treasurer Elected representatives Matt Collison Until 25[th] April 2024 Jenny Meldrum Until 25[th] April 2024 Mark Binney Sue Vaughan Deanery Synod Representative Kirsty Goring Until 15[th] September 2024 Rod Ewen George Bryans Deanery Synod Representative Colin Frampton Kate Deane Lydie Badcock Appointed 25[th] April 2024 Paddy Utting Appointed 25[th] April 2024

Janet Ray served all year as PCC Secretary.

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Signed on behalf of the PCC, the Rev’d James di Castiglione

Rector

(Chairman)

Date: 24[th] March 2025

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Statement of Financial Activities

The financial effect of our activities during the year can be summarised as follows:

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023 Notes
Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Other receipts	£ 633,437 2,733 30,848 1,947 -		£ 10,563 - - - -		£ - - - - -	£ 644,000 2,733 30,848 1,947 -	£ 610,346 6,831 35,058 1,073 -
Total income	668,965		10,563		-	679,528	653,308 2
Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Other expenditure	- 537,664 -		- 14,750 -		- - -	- - 552,414 -	- 616,340 -
Total expenditure	537,664		14,750		-	552,414	616,340 3
Net gains (or losses) on investments	-		-		-	-	-
Net income or (net expenditure)	131,301		(4,187)		-	127,114	36,968
Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets Reconciliation of funds:	-		-		-	-	- 10
	131,301 348		(4,187) -		- 305	127,114 653	36,968 1,795 11
Net movement in funds	131,649		(4,187)		305	127,767	38,763
Total funds brought forward	134,670		30,707		13,314	178,691	139,928
Total funds carried forward	266,319		26,520		13,619	306,458	178,691

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Balance Sheet

Our financial position and summary of funds at the year end were:

Our financial position and summary of funds at the year end were:
	Total Funds 2024 ~~=~~	Total Funds 2023 ~~=~~	Notes
Investments Tangible fixed assets	£ 25,519 57,947 ~~	~~	£ 24,866 75,518 ~~
Total fixed assets	83,466 ~~	~~	100,384 ~~
Stocks Debtors Investments Cash at bank and in hand	- 30,588 - 203,240 ~~Zn~~	- 38,075 - 51,574 ~~Zn~~	14
Total current assets	233,828 ~~Zn~~	89,649 ~~Zn~~
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	(10,836) ~~——~~	(11,342) ~~——~~	15
Net current assets or (liabilities)	222,992 ~~——~~	78,307 ~~——~~
Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year	306,458 - ~~	~~	178,691 - ~~
Total net assets or (liabilities)	306,458 ~~	~~	178,691 ~~
The funds of the charity: Endowment funds Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds	13,619 26,520 266,319 ~~as~~	13,314 30,707 134,670 ~~as~~
Total charity funds	306,458 ~~as~~	178,691 ~~as~~	18

This Financial Report for the year ended 31st December 2024, including the notes following, was approved by the PCC and signed on its behalf by The Revd. James di Castiglione, PCC Chairman:

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the current Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities, (SORP (FRS 102)).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the inclusion of investments at market value and the revaluation of fixed assets. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their affiliation to another body, nor those which are informal gatherings of church members.

Funds accounting

Funds held by the PCC are:

Unrestricted funds - general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Designated funds - monies set aside by the PCC out of unrestricted funds for specific future purposes or projects.

Restricted funds - a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest; b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of the year is carried forward as a balance on that fund.

Endowment funds - funds for which the capital must be maintained; only income arising from the investment of the endowment may be used, either as restricted or unrestricted funds, depending on the purpose set out in the terms of the original endowment.

Income and endowments

All income and endowments, accounted for without deduction for any costs of receivability, are recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, receipt is probable, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Donations and legacies

Collections and offerings are recognised when received.

Planned giving receivable is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, receipt is probable, and the amount accords with the Gift Aid declaration or other record of intention to donate.

Gift aid recovered is recognised when the income to which it is attached is recognised.

Grants and legacies are recognised when the formal offer in writing of the funding is received by the PCC.

Charitable activities

Statutory fees for weddings and funerals are recognised when the office occurs.

Other trading activities

Trading activities are where income is receivable in return for selling goods or providing services. Income from trading is recognised either: a - when received, or b - in the case of specific events, including concerts and conferences: for the year in which the event occurs, irrespective of date of receipt. Advance bookings are included in creditors until the event has taken place.

Sales of magazines and study notes are recognised when received.

Rents from property are recognised in accordance with the rental agreements, when receipt is probable.

Investment income

Dividends are accounted for when due and payable. Interest entitlements are accounted for as they accrue.

All other income

All other income is recognised in accordance with the above overall policy.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

Gains and losses on investments

Realised gains are recognised when the investments are sold.

Unrealised gains and losses are accounted for on revaluation at 31 December.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, payment is probable, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded where the award creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

Church activities

The diocesan parish contribution is accounted for on an annual basis, reflecting the allocation set by our Deanery. Any parish contribution unpaid at 31 December is provided for in these accounts as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the balance sheet.

Fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets

Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by s.10(2) of the Charities Act 2011.

Movable church furnishing held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the church's inventory which can be inspected but are not included in the financial statements. For other property acquired prior to 1 January 2018 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore the cost of such assets is not stated in the financial statements.

All expenditure on consecrated or beneficed buildings and individual items costing under £3,000 are written off in the year they were incurred.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost of tangible fixed assets over their expected useful lives. The rates applicable are:

Church heating system 5 years Sound equipment 7 years Media equipment 4 years

Investments

Investments are stated at market value at the balance sheet date.

Current Assets

Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown a debtors, less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable.

Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds, or at the bank.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements

The charity has a trading subsidiary, Revival Projects. The income of the group does not exceed the threshold of £1million and therefore there is no requirement to prepare group accounts.

Further details of the subsidiary are given in note 8.

Going Concern

The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Significant estimates and judgements

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

2 Analysis of income and endowments

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Planned giving (excl. tax refunds) Planned giving (no tax refunds) Open collections and offerings Other donations and special appeals Gift Aid recoverable Legacies Grants	£ 357,535 167,336 11,471 3,169 93,926 - -		£ - - - 10,563 - - -		£ - - - - - - -	£ 357,535 167,336 11,471 13,732 93,926 - -	£ 310,665 138,304 8,596 46,584 93,697 10,000 2,500
Donations and legacies	633,437		10,563			644,000	610,346
Fees for weddings & funerals	2,733		-		-	2,733	6,831
Charitable activities	2,733		-		-	2,733	6,831
Parish weekend Other Church activities Parish Council contribution Furlough receipts	14,791 16,057 - -		- - - -		- - - -	14,791 16,057 - -	24,743 10,315 - -
Other trading activities	30,848		-		-	30,848	35,058
Bank & CBF deposit interest CBF investment fund dividend Rent from letting of investment property	1,947 - -		- - -		- - -	1,947 - -	1,073 - -
Investments	1,947		-		-	1,947	1,073
Total income and endowments on all funds	668,965		10,563		-	679,528	653,308

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

3 Analysis of expenditure

3 Analysis of expenditure
	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Appeals, grants and fundraising costs Stewardship & investment management costs	£ - -		£ - -		£ - -	£ - -	£ - -
Cost of raising funds	-		-		-	-	-
Charitable grants and donations Mission & evangelism costs Diocesan parish share Clergy and other people's expenses Staff costs: administration and communication Staff costs: interns & ministry associates Upkeep of services Church running costs Church maintenance and repair Upkeep of churchyard Youth Work Children's Work Training Parish Weekend costs Other church activities costs Governance Bank charges Depreciation	39,008 2,093 89,127 35,001 92,474 5,852 30,806 65,115 27,402 6,202 52,665 43,871 10,173 14,791 4,108 1,130 275 17,571		14,750 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -		- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	53,758 2,093 89,127 35,001 92,474 5,852 30,806 65,115 27,402 6,202 52,665 43,871 10,173 14,791 4,108 1,130 275 17,571	33,662 30,045 78,761 18,893 133,264 7,217 34,829 76,491 44,194 6,188 41,747 46,787 10,931 37,134 3,089 1,100 283 11,725	4 9 12
Cost of charitable activities	537,664		14,750		-	552,414	616,340
Total expended on all funds	537,664		14,750		-	552,414	616,340

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

4 Missionary and charitable giving

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Overseas: Christian Aid - Turkey Earthquake relief DEC - Middle East appeal British Red Cross - Gaza and Israel appeal Mission Patners - the Gambia India - Adivasi project Other overseas charities and projects Home: Additional voluntary contribution to Diocese for Parish Share Wholesome Warehouse Liaise at Frontline Hardship Fund (incl. Storehouse foodbank) Christmas offering: Turning Tides Home for Good Prayer Storm Other UK charities and projects	£ - 3,000 7,000 4,145 3,252 8,136 2,820 - - 4,305 - - 6,350		£ - - - - - - - - 14,750 - - -		£ - - - - - - - - - - - -	£ - 3,000 - 7,000 4,145 3,252 8,136 2,820 - 14,750 4,305 - - 6,350	£ 3,111 - 2,389 - 2,000 1,052 - 2,820 990 10,875 5,000 3,975 1,450
	39,008		14,750		-	53,758	33,662

5 Staff costs

5 Staff costs
	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Remuneration Wages and salaries Employer social security costs Employer pension costs	£ 190,210 9,327 7,116		£ - - -		£ - - -	£ 190,210 9,327 7,116	£ 242,117 12,611 10,054
	206,653		-		-	206,653	264,782

During the year the PCC employed up to 12 employees, eight of them part-time, including Heads of Ministry Development, Youth, Kids, as well as administration staff, a production manager, ministry assistants, a maintenance officer and a cleaner. At the end of the year the number of employees was 8.

The average number of employees during the year, excluding clergy, was 10 (2023: 12)

All employees worked on charitable activities. Total remuneration for Senior Management was £105,952 (2023: £165,142)

All staff were paid through the PAYE scheme. 6 employees (2023: 8) received pension contributions into the NEST pension scheme. No employee received emoluments of over £60,000 (2023: none)

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

6 Payments to PCC members

Expenses paid to two members of the PCC, the Rector and Associate Vicar, for travel, subsistence, meetings, phone, and housing related costs amounted to £20,451 (2023: £14,249).

No other expenses were paid to PCC Members, or any other person connected with them during this financial period.

7 Transactions with PCC members or persons related to them

Louise di Castiglione, wife of Rev. James di Castiglione, has been employed as Head of Ministry Development since 1st January 2023. For 2024, her salary and pension contributions amounted to £27,077 (2023: £26,034). No other material transactions took place between the Church and a PCC Member, or any person connected with them.

Trustee donations

The aggregate amount of donations given by the members of the PCC (the trustees) without conditions amounted to £61,026 (2023: £61,461). These amounts cover the period during which the PCC members served on the PCC, and include any amounts given by spouses. The donors did not attach any conditions to their gifts that required the charity to significantly alter the nature of its existing activities.

8 Transactions with related charities

There were no transactions with related charities

9 Governance

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Independent examination Accounts production and bookkeeping		£ 1,130 -		£ - -		£ - -	£ 1,130 -	£ 1,100 -
		1,130		-		-	1,130	1,100

10 Transfers between funds

10 Transfers between funds
	Unrestricted Funds		Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
		£ -		£ -		£ -	£ -	£ -
		-		-		-	-	-

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

11 Investments

11 Investments
	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2024	Notes
Market value 1 January 2024 Transfers Disposals at carrying value Purchases at cost Net gains and revaluation	£ 11,552 - - - 348		£ - - - - -		£ 13,314 - - - 305	£ 24,866 - - - 653
Market value 31 December 2024	11,900		-		13,619	25,519

12 Tangible fixed assets

12 Tangible fixed assets
		Church heating system		Sound upgrade		Media equipment	Total fixed assets	Notes
Cost or valuation At 1 January 2024 Additions Disposals		£ 45,394 - -		£ 59,372 - -		£ 3,869 - (3,869)	£ 108,635 - (3,869)
Cost carried forward at 31 December 2023		45,394		59,372		-	104,766
Charge for impairment At 1 January 2023 Depreciation charge for the year Disposals		(2,270) (9,084) -		(26,978) (8,487) -		(3,869) - 3,869	(33,117) (17,571) 3,869
Accumulated depreciation carried forward at 31 December 2023	(11,354)			(35,465)		-	(46,819)
Net book amounts At 31 December 2024	34,040			23,907		-	57,947
At 31 December 2023	43,124			32,394		-	75,518

The Sound Upgrade consists of a significant upgrade to Ashington Church towards the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, and an upgrade to Washington Church towards the end of 2022. The Sound Upgrade is being depreciated over 7 years. A new heating system was purchased and installed in Ashington Church in November 2023. It is being depreciated over 5 years.

The annual commitments under non-cancelling operating leases and capital commitments are as follows: A premises lease was taken out on 29[th] September 2022 for use as a Church Office, for a period of 5 years at an annual rent of £14,000.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

13 Net assets by fund

13 Net assets by fund
	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Investment fixed assets Fixed assets for church use Current assets (except cash) Cash at bank and on deposit Current liabilities Long term liabilities	£ 11,900 57,947 30,453 176,855 (10,836) -		£ - - 135 26,385 - -		£ 13,619 - - - - -	£ 25,519 57,947 30,588 203,240 (10,836) -	£ 24,866 75,518 38,075 51,574 (11,342) -
	266,319		26,520		13,619	306,458	178,691

14 Debtors

14 Debtors
	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Income tax recoverable via Gift Aid Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors	£ 15,846 14,607 -		£ 135 - -		£ - - -	£ 15,981 14,607 -	£ 19,406 18,669 -
	30,453		135		-	30,588	38,075

15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Deferred income Accruals for utilities and other costs Other creditors		£ 3,015 7,821 -		£ - - -		£ - - -	£ 3,015 7,821 -	£ 998 10,344 -
	10,836			-		-	10,836	11,342

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

16 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
Deferred income Accruals and other creditors		£ - -		£ - -		£ - -	£ - -	£ - -
		-		-		-	-	-

17 Comparatives for the statement of financial activities

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2023
Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments	£ 573,881 6,831 35,058 1,073		£ 36,465 - - -		£ - - - -	£ 610,346 6,831 35,058 1,073
Total income	616,843		36,465		-	653,308
Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Other expenditure	- 601,418 -		- 14,922 -		- - -	- - 616,340 -
Total expenditure	601,418		14,922		-	616,340
Net gains (or losses) on investments
Net income or (net expenditure)	15,425		21,543		-	36,968
Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets Reconciliation of funds:	-		-		-	-
	15,425 650		21,543 -		- 1,145	36,968 1,795
Net movement in funds	16,075		21,543		1,145	38,763
Total funds brought forward	118,595		9,164		12,169	139,928
Total funds carried forward	134,670		30,707		13,314	178,691

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

18 Statement of funds

Explanation of funds

Endowed funds are required by the donors to be invested and the income spent on specific objectives.

The Gore bequest is a permanent endowment, invested in CBF parish trusts investments, which requires the income to be spent on the churchyard.

The PCC fund is a permanent endowment invested in CBF parish trusts investments, and is a General Fund.

Restricted funds are not invested permanently but are to be spent within reasonable timescales.

The Hardship Fund is for the financial support of people in need, including through the Church’s foodbank, “The Storehouse”.

The Revival Projects Fund is for spending on a project or projects involving revival and/or wider church unity.

Unrestricted funds are not subject to any donor restrictions and can be spent as the PCC decides.

Summary of all funds

Fund income and expenditure and final balances are as follows:

	Balances b/fwd 1 Jan 2024	Income	Expenditure	Transfers, other gains and losses	Balances c/fwd 31 Dec 2024
Gore bequest PCC Fund	£ 4,340 8,974	£ - -	£ - -	£ 99 206	£ 4,439 9,180
Total of all endowed funds	13,314	-	-	305	13,619
Hardship Fund Revival Projects Fund Washington Doors Fund	7,129 23,578 -	10,563 - -	(14,750) - -	- - -	2,942 23,578 -
Total of all restricted funds	30,707	10,563	(14,750)	-	26,520
General fund	134,670	668,965	(537,664)	348	266,319
Total of all unrestricted funds	134,670	668,965	(537,664)	348	266,319
Total funds	178,691	679,528	(552,414)	653	306,458

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309

Notes to the Financial Report

19 Statement of Cash Flows

			Total Funds	Total Funds
			2024	2023	Notes
	Cash flows from operating activities:		£	£
	Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		149,719	21,455
	Cash flows from investing activities:
	Dividends, interest and rents from investments		1,947	1,073
	Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment		-	-
	Purchase of property, plant and equipment		-	(45,394)
	Proceeds from sale of investments		-	-
	Purchase of investments		-	-
	Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		1,947	(44,321)
	Cash flows from financing activities:
	Repayments of borrowing		-	-
	Cash inflows from new borrowing		-	-
	Receipt of endowment		-	-
	Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		-	-
	Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period		151,666	(22,866)
	Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period		51,574	74,440
	Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period		203,240	51,574

Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure)	Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure)	to net cash flow from operating activities	to net cash flow from operating activities
		Total Funds	Total Funds
		2024	2023	Notes

		Total Funds	Total Funds
		2024	2023	Notes
		£	£
Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period from the statement of activities	financial	127,767	38,763
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges		17,571	11,725
(Gains)/losses on investments		(653)	(1,795)
Dividends, interest and rents from investments		(1,947)	(1,073)
Loss/(profit) on the sale of fixed assets			-
		-
(Increase)/decrease in stocks			-
		-
(Increase)/decrease in debtors		7,487	(15,419)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors		(506)	(10,746)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		149,719	21,455

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Independent Examiner’s Report

to the PCC of Chanctonbury

for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2024

This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 21, 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

The PCC members are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The PCC members consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed. The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners.

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of The Act and to be found in the Church Guidance, 2006 edition, issued from the Finance Division of the Archbishops’ Council. That examination 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 no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of The Act; and

• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of The Act and The Regulations have not been met; or

2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

J Irvinesmith FCIE Independent Examiners Limited Unit 2 The Broadbridge Business Centre Delling Lane Bosham West Sussex PO18 8NF

Date: 24 March 2025

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