## **ALL SAINTS STAPLEHURST**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL AND ANNUAL REPORT**
**For the year ended 31 December 2024**
**RECTOR**
**The Reverend Silke Tetzlaff**
**AUTHORISED LAY MINISTER Mrs Audrey Bullock**
**TREASURER**
**Mr Simon Evans ACMA, ACIB**
**CHURCHWARDENS Mr Adam Houghton Mrs Joanne Evans**
**BANKERS NatWest Bank**
**3 High Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XU**
**Lloyds Bank**
**‘Woodside’, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3DJ**
**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Mr Stephen Pooley BA FCA**
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## **TREASURER’S REPORT**
## **Financial Review**
In 2024 the UK has continued to experience challenges in the macro economic climate. This uncertainty is driven by the volatility in the financial markets, particularly related to interest rates, the cost of living crisis, and the ongoing effects of the conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine and the global pandemic. All Saints (like every other church and organisation) has and will continue to feel the financial implications of these and as yet we do not know by how much, or for how long.
The funds of All Saints PCC are split into three categories:
- Unrestricted (general) funds may be spent by the PCC on any object it sees fit within the boundaries set by its aims and objectives as a charity, which are, broadly, to provide Christian ministry in Staplehurst.
- Designated Funds are sums allocated by the PCC for a particular purpose, but may be reallocated if circumstances change. Restricted Funds (included within the same column) may only be spent on the purposes for which they were given, for example the grant made by the Parish Council for the upkeep of the churchyard.
- Endowment funds are funds donated and invested, and dedicated for a specific purpose.
2024 was an exceptionally challenging year, with an overall deficit in the year of £7,044, due mainly to the pressures of the Tower Turret project.
With an initial cost of £110,000, the PCC agreed for the Tower Turret work to begin in July 2024, having managed to secure funding from a number of grant bodies, the PCC, Friends of All Saints and general fundraising. Unfortunately, once the worked started, the spirelet timber was discovered to be in a very poor condition, requiring immediate remedial work, resulting in an additional cost of £20,000 for the repair and a further £20,000 for the time extension (primarily the cost of the scaffolding). Thankfully, additional support from the Friends of All Saints and National Churches Trust has helped with some of the shortfall; however we still have to find £15,000. A claim is pending with the Diocese to cover some of this and further fund raising continues. The Tower Turret work is now thankfully complete, and the scaffolding has come down.
In 2024 total unrestricted income was £70,384. Full details are given in the Financial Statements Note 1. This is £16,945 lower than 2023, partly due to lower donations, with £10,000, and £4,000 received from back dated Gift Aid claims transferred to the Tower Fund,. In addition PCC Fees are £7.646 lower than 2023 due to less baptisms, weddings and funerals in the year.
The Magazine, which is valued by the local community, made a surplus of £3,085 and fund raising contributed £1,379 to total income. In addition, the Newlyn Trust were very generous in giving grants of £2,500 to the PCC as well as additional funds to the Tower Fund.
In May 2024, with the support of Lindsay Yates the Diocese Generous Giving Advisor, we were able to obtain a Payaz contactless donation machine. This has resulted in donations of £990 in 8 months, the vast majority of which we can claim Gift Aid (GASDS) on. We will continue to promote this, as well as all other methods of giving to the church.
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In 2024 £69,024 of unrestricted funds was expended on church activities by All Saints. . Full details are given in the Financial Statements Note 2. This is £22,263 lower than 2023 mainly due to lower Parish Share contributions.
Parish Share is our contribution to the Diocesan fund which pays for parish clergy stipends, pensions and accommodation, with an element for training and the provision of some central services. Due to the pressures of the Tower work and lower donations the PCC was only able to pay £6,000 of the requested amount. All Saints’ requested contribution to the Parish Share is determined using a formula based primarily on weekly attendance at services. The amount of Parish Share requested for 2024 was £74,999 (an increase of £7,513 on 2023). It is unlikely that we will be able to pay this amount in the foreseeable future and it will be added to the unpaid amounts for 2023 and previous years, making a total of £196,369 unpaid. While the Diocese has not forgotten this sum, because we are unlikely to be able to repay the shortfall in the coming years, they agree that we are not required to accrue the outstanding value of Parish Share arrears in our accounts. All Saints’ Parish Share for 2025 has been assessed at £87,823, a 17% increase on 2024.
Other unrestricted expenditure is closely monitored and we are currently reviewing the utility costs to ensure we get the best deal when our current contracts expire in 2025.
We do not have a formal Reserves Policy but, to protect our cash position, have continued the practice approved by PCC some years ago, that if it was forecast that the bank accounts were likely to fall below £10,000, an instalment of Parish Share would be withheld.
We are not alone and other charities are experiencing reduced numbers of regular donors. The church community (unrestricted funds) is kept going by the income from fees, parish room hire, fundraising and the occasional surplus from the magazine.
As in past years, the PCC recognise that without the continued forbearance of the Diocese the current situation would not be sustainable, given that our income does not allow us to meet both our running costs and our expected contribution to Parish Share.
It is important to record that the repair and maintenance of the church building is heavily dependent on the Friends of All Saints who deserve our sincere thanks; as well as financial support for the Tower Turret work of £40,000.
We would like to thank all those people who continue to support the work of the church through their individual financial contributions, through their time so freely given and through many fundraising efforts – it is all very much appreciated and an important feature of the life of All Saints.
Simon Evans 1st February 2025
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## **Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Staplehurst**
## **Statement of Financial Activities For the year ending 31 December 2024**
|Note
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
Voluntary income
1(a)
Activities for generating funds
1(b)
Income from investments
1(c)
Church activities
1(d)
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Church activities
2(a)
Cost of generation vol. income
2(b)
Fund-raising trading costs
2(c)
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**OTHER RECOGNIZED GAINS & LOSSES**
Gains/losses on investment assets:
on revaluation
4(b)
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**BALANCES B/FWD 1 JANUARY**
**BALANCES C/FWD 31 DECEMBER**
**NET INCOMING RESOURCES BEFORE**||**2024**|**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted
Funds
£
30,312
9,052
459
30,561
**70,384**
68,992
-
32
**69,024**
**1,360**
-
**1,360**
27,716
**29,076**|Designated
Funds
£
116,307
-
-
-
**116,307**
126,235
-
-
**126,235**
**(9,928)**
-
**(9,928)**
29,112
**19,184**|Endowment
Funds
£
-
-
-
-||
||||**-**||
||||-
-
-||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||1,524||
||||**1,524**
9,228||
||||**10,752**||
The notes on pages 8 to 12 form part of this account
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## **Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Staplehurst**
**Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024**
|||Unrestricted
Designated
Endowment
Total
**2024**
~~|~~|Unrestricted
Designated
Endowment
Total
**2024**
~~|~~|Unrestricted
Designated
Endowment
Total
**2024**
~~|~~|Unrestricted
Designated
Endowment
Total
**2024**
~~|~~|Unrestricted
Designated
Endowment
Total
**2024**
~~|~~|Unrestricted
Designated
Endowment
Total
**2024**
~~|~~|_Total_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Funds|Funds|Funds|2024||_2023 restated_|
||Note||£|£|£|£||_£_|
|**FIXED ASSETS**|||||||||
|Tangible|4(a)||-|-|-|-||_-_|
|Investment|4(b)||-|-|10,752|10,752||_9,228_|
||||-|-|10,752|10,752||_9,228_|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**|||||||||
|Debtors1|5||-|15,233|-|15,233||_1,232_|
|Short term deposits|||||||||
|PCC|||5,317|-|-|5,317||_5,049_|
|Cash at bank|||||||||
|PCC accounts|||35,644|3,951|-|39,595||_71,083_|
||||40,961|19,184|-|60,145||_77,364_|
|**LIABILITIES**|||||||||
|Creditors: amounts falling|||||||||
|due in one year1|6||11,885|-|-|11,885||_20,536_|
|**Net current assets / (liabilities)**|||**29,076**|**19,184**|**-**|**48,260**||**_56,828_**|
|**TOTAL NET ASSETS**|||**29,076**|**19,184**|**10,752**|**59,012**||**_66,056_**|
|**PARISH FUNDS**|||||||||
|Unrestricted|7||29,076|-|-|29,076||_27,716_|
|Designated|7||-|19,184|-|19,184||_29,112_|
|Endowment|7||-|-|10,752|10,752||_9,228_|
||||**29,076 **|**19,184**|**10,752**|**59,012**||**_66,056_**|
1Magazine prepayments were previously included in debtors, but have now been classified as accrued income in creditors. The 2023 figures have been restated for comparitive purposes.
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 23rd February 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 8 to 12 form part of this account
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## **Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Staplehurst**
**Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|Note
**1**
**Incoming Resources**
**1(a)**
**VOLUNTARY INCOME**
Planned Giving
Donations
Tax recovered
Collections (open plate)
Sundry donations
Tower Fund
Choir Stalls Fund
Golden Bottle
Christmas Star Appeal
Grants - Friends of All Saints
Grants - Newlyn Trust
Grants - Churchyard (Restricted)
Flowers
Choir
Charitable donations
Other restricted collections for 3rd Parties
Miscellaneous income
**1(b)**
**ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS**
Parish Room
Fund Raising
Social Events
**1(c)**
**INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS**
Interest
Trust Income
**1(d)**
**INCOME FROM CHURCH ACTIVITIES**
Magazine
PCC Fees
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**||**2024**|**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted
Funds
£
12,341
3,420
2,493
4,959
4,599
2,500
**30,312**
7,673
1,379
-
**9,052**
459
-
**459**
16,606
13,955
**30,561**
**70,384**|Designated
Funds
£
103,890
(1,066)
11,287
575
705
716
200
**116,307**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**116,307**|Endowment
Funds
£
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
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## **Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Staplehurst**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|Unrestricted
Note
Funds
**2**
**Resources Expended**
£
**2(a)**
**CHURCH ACTIVITIES**
Charitable and other designated don
1,108
Diocesan Parish Share1
6,000
Fees paid to Diocese
3,577
Clergy expenses
592
Office costs
2,287
Church utilities
6,474
Church & parish room insurance
6,872
Minor repairs
5,367
Floor & tower project costs
Upkeep of Services
559
Churchyard
3,488
Magazine
13,521
Warm Rooms
Parish Room
4,655
Salaries
10,508
PAYE & NI
214
Employers' pension
653
Occasional Offices
3,117
Flowers
**68,992**
**2(b)**
**GENERATION OF VOLUNTARY INCOME**
Planned giving envelopes
-
**-**
**2(c)**
**FUND RAISING COSTS**
Fund raising
-
Social Events
32
**32**
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**69,024**||**2024**|**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Designated
Funds
£
237
112,732
13,040
226
**126,235**
**-**
**-**
**126,235**|Endowment
Funds
£
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
1 Although the Diocese requested a voluntary contribution of £74,999 for 2024, All Saints was only able to pay £6,000.
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## **Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Staplehurst**
**Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|Note
**3**
**Staff Costs**
Salaries and wages
Employer National Insurance
Pensions||**2024**|**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted
Funds
£
10,508
214
653
11,375|Designated
Funds
£
-
-
-
-|Endowment
Funds
£
-
-
-
-||
Mrs Julia Page the Church Administrator is paid for 15 hours per week. Mrs Jo Foster is paid for 3 hours per week as Cleaner for the Parish Room (and the church toilet)
Two people shared the Organists duties: Mr Robert Chapman, who was paid according to the services played for, and Mr Daniel Brady.
## **4 Fixed Assets**
(4a) **Tangible (all unrestricted)**
Actual / Deemed Cost
|**Cost**
At 1 January 2024
Additions at cost
Disposal
At 31 December 2024
**Depreciation**
At 1 January 2024
Charge for the year
Disposal
At 31 December 2024
**Net Book Value**
At 31 December 2023
At 31 December 2024|Freehold land
and buildings
(See note i)
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Church
Total
equipment
(See note ii)
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|
Note i The Parish Fields and the Parish Rooms are managed by the PCC within their remit but are the assets of the Canterbury Diocesan Board of Finance. Note ii No major purchases were made during the year.
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## **Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Staplehurst**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|Note
**4**
**Fixed Assets (cont'd)**
(4b)
**Investments**
Market Value 31 December 2023
Purchases at cost
Disposals at carrying value
Revaluation gain / (loss)
Market Value 31 December 2024||**2024**|**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-|Designated
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-|Endowment
Funds
£
9,228
-
-
1,524
10,752||
Holding at 31 December 2024 465 shares in the Church of England CBF Investment Income Fund
|**5**
**Debtors**
Prepayments and accrued interest1
-
Other debtors
-
-
**6**
**Creditors: due within one year**
Accrued income1
9,555
Accruals2
1,419
Other creditors2
911
11,885|-
15,233
15,233
-
-
-
-|-
-
-
-
-
-
-|-
_-_
15,233
_1,232_
15,233
_1,232_
9,555
_9,152_
1,419
_10,978_
911
_406_
11,885
_20,536_|
|---|---|---|---|
1Magazine prepayments were previously included in debtors, but have now been classified as accrued income in creditors. The 2023 figures have been restated for comparitive purposes.
2Previously accruals were included in other creditors, but have now been separated out The 2023 figures have been restated for comparitive purposes.
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## **Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Staplehurst**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|Note
**7**
**Funds**
As at 1st January 2024
Income
Expenditure
Revaluation
As at 31 Dec 2024
Balance held
Warm Rooms
Choir fund
Flowers
Candles
Christmas Star
Poppies
Grant from Friends
Charity balance figure
Churchyard upkeep
Capital Projects
Total||**2024**|**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted
Funds
£
27,716
70,384
(69,024)
-|Designated
Funds
£
29,112
116,307
(126,235)
-|Endowment
Funds
£
9,228
-
-
1,524||
||29,076|19,184|10,752||
||29,076
29,076|873
1,080
354
400
162
630
-
-
423
15,262
19,184|10,752
10,752||
The Endowment Funds comprise of - Miss Reeves Bequest for the upkeep of the Reeves family grave. This fund is invested in the Church of England CBF Investment Income Shares.
## **8 Other Notes**
1 Charity Sunday receipts are not detailed in these accounts as the PCC is acting as an agent of the charities concerned. Details of the amounts received and passed on to these charities are detailed in the appendices. This analysis shows the difference between in year receipts and payments.
- 2 The funds of the PCC are held in accounts at the Lloyds TSB Bank Cranbrook branch, the NatWest Bank Maidstone branch and the Church of England CBF Deposit Fund.
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