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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John The Evangelist, East Dulwich

2024-12-31-accounts

St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Annual Report

2024

Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council

for the year ended 31 December 2024

Celebrating 2024

Fulfilling our purpose

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. 1 John 1: 5

2024 was the year we managed to complete the long-awaited refurbishment of the entrance and toilet facilities in the Goose Green Centre, for the benefit of all church and centre users. We can be proud that our church offers an even more welcoming and accessible environment for members of our community. Thank you to the many, many people who gave generously of their money, time and energy to make this happen, but I must single out two people who went several extra miles to bring this to completion. Martin Howell and Jim Nurton both gave hours of their time to make this happen, whether in writing complex funding applications, meeting architects, builders, inspectors, funders, and organising events to raise money and awareness of the project. We could not have done this without them, and I will always be grateful for their willingness to shoulder this responsibility and see this project through, on behalf of everyone at St John’s Church, thank you!

We saw a positive uptick in our church attendance numbers during 2024, especially over Christmas, as well as in numbers of funerals and weddings. We see an increase of the number of children attending worship, reflecting the demographics of the area. Two thousand years after the events of the New Testament, people are still drawn to Christ and to the light of the gospel, and we can be thankful that as the parish church we are here for all of them wherever they are on their pilgrimage of faith. I am continually grateful for the support and friendship of colleagues on the ministry team, as well as our dedicated parish officers and staff, whose care and hard work enable the flourishing of our shared life and ministry.

This life only flourishes with the dedication and positivity of our amazing volunteers, too many to mention, who get stuck in and help to make St John’s a vibrant and growing church and who serve and give in so many different ways, including in faithfulness and prayer. We are thankful for everyone. I hope you will feel encouraged by this report; St John’s is a lively and inclusive church community, a place of welcome and a beacon of light. Revd Gill O’Neill, Vicar

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Aims and Purposes

St John’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd Gill O’Neill, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church – pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church, the Clergy House and the Goose Green Centre for Church and Community (GGC).

St John’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd Gill O’Neill, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church – pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church, the Clergy House (11 Hinckley Road) and the Goose Green Centre (GGC).

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 John’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. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit especially the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

To facilitate this work, it is essential that we maintain the fabric of St John’s Church and the Goose Green Centre.

More information about all the services and activities described in this report can be found on our website: https://www.stjohnseastdulwich.org/

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Worship and Prayer

The PCC offers a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. Everyone is welcome to attend:

Weekly Sunday services

Weekly weekday services

Other regular services

Feast days and special services

Sung Eucharist services took place on all major feast days in 2024.

Holy Week services included stations of the cross followed by Said Eucharist (Monday-Wednesday) and the Maundy Thursday service was followed by watch of prayer. Good Friday services included children’s worship, a service of music and meditation, and the Good Friday liturgy. On Easter day, the Dawn Eucharist was followed by breakfast in the Goose Green Centre and a Festival Eucharist at 10am.

We welcomed about 2,000 people to our Christmas services: we celebrated with a carol service followed by mulled wine, two Christingle services (a total of 576 people attended and we nearly ran out of Christingles!), Midnight Mass and a Christmas Day Festival Eucharist.

Christingle factory

Other special services included Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday (preceded by a procession from Goose Green into the church), Harvest Festival, All Souls’ Day and the Remembrance service that included laying of wreaths in the Calvary Garden.

In June members of the St John’s congregation joined Dulwich Deanery for an Ascension Day service with St Faith’s, Red Post Hill.

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Statistics 2024

Service Statistics 2024

Average attendance during 2024 at:

10am SungEucharist(Sunday) 100 8am Said Eucharist(Sunday) 10
MessyChurch(Monthly) 40 MiddayEucharist(Thursday) 12

Total attendance at:

Total attendance at:
Easter Services 233 Christmas(Christmas Eve And Day) 745
Carol Service 223 School Christmas Services 950

From submission to Mission Statistics 2024

Occasional Offices Statistics 2024

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptism 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 held the following events in our church in 2024:

(2023 data) Admission to Communion Admission to Communion 8 (0)
Baptisms 25 (29 Confirmations Confirmations 2 (10)
Banns read 19 (15) _(15)_Funerals in church Funerals in church 8 (8)
Marriages 5 (5) Funerals at cemetery Funerals at cemetery 5 (4)
Marriage Blessings 1 _(1) _ De Deposition of ashes in CalvaryGarden 0 (0)

Electoral roll

The electoral roll was revised before the 2024 Annual Meetings: there were 141 people on the roll, 32% of whom lived in the parish.

Confirmations at the Cathedral

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Prayer and Discipleship

Our Thursday morning Bible Study, facilitated by Revds Gemma and Gill, had a good number of people in attendance, looking at encounters in the gospels, and women in the Bible, among other topics.

Children and young people

In 2024 Messy Church was held monthly and each session explored a chosen scriptural passage with art and craft, physical activity, music, games and scientific experiments followed by a hot meal. Highlights of 2024 includes a

session devoted to the Olympics In July, a chance to crawl into the belly of a whale in September when we heard the story of Jonah and grape-treading to celebrate harvest in October.

Our young people continue to contribute to our worship life in many ways. They form part of our serving team, contribute to the readers rota and young choristers sing in our choir. Young people helped with setting up for the Robes Project as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award and seven young people

helped prepare all the food for the final evening we hosted the shelter.

We took a group of young people out for a ‘Pizza Friday’ in September.

In November eight children were admitted for holy communion and two young people were confirmed at Southwark cathedral in November.

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Music at St John’s

The Choir has had a full year, singing at the 10.00a.m. Sung Mass throughout the year (except August), as well as extra services in the lead up to Christmas, in Holy Week and at Easter. We have sung Evensong three times in the last year, with additional singers who are free to be with us at the end of the day, but are at their own churches elsewhere on Sunday mornings.

2024 ended with a Choir membership of almost twenty, as Joyce Marland has come back to England (from Australia and stayed!) and Sasha Bond has joined. At the same time, we lost Simon Birt as he and Revd. Gemma Lau and family moved to Gemma’s new parish.

Rachel Mills achieved the RSCM’s Gold Award in November and, together with Gill Nash, who passed the Bronze Award at an earlier date, will be presented in the Cathedral in June.

The Choir has again sung with the Southwark Sinfonietta in a concert in the Church, which gives an extra dimension to the Choir. We also had a long weekend in August singing the services at Derby Cathedral.

The three organ recitals were well attended and are very much a part of our annual programme.

My thanks to the assistant organists, Neil Stevenson., Nicky Jones and Niall Baxter, who have full lives of their own as well as being with us. Three of my students occasionally play for parts of services: Nehara Fernando, Callum Orr and Mark Baker.

Finally, my thanks to Revd. Gill O’Neill for her encouragement, support and friendship and to various members of the Choir for their individual responsibilities.

John Webber, Director Of Music

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Pastoral and spiritual care

Members of our parish who are unable to attend church due to poor mobility, frailty or illness continued to be visited at home by the clergy team, including bringing Home Communion to some parishioners and in correspondence with the relevant chaplaincy teams, making hospital visits. The Wednesday Goose Green Coffee morning and Thursday Lunch club also offer an additional layer of pastoral support.

Safeguarding

The PCC is committed to the safeguarding the welfare of all, in particular children, young people and vulnerable adults. The Safeguarding Team works to create an environment where people are confident to undertake activities where risk of abuse is minimised. This is achieved by:

In September 2024 the PCC ratified a St John's Safeguarding Statement confirming our commitment to safeguarding procedures, and in November 2024 St John's took part in its first ‘Safeguarding Sunday’.

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 children and vulnerable adults).

No serious incidents occurred during the year that should have been reported to the Charity Commissioners.

Mary Dawson, Parish Safeguarding Officer

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Keeping in touch

Not everyone is able to attend church in person on Sundays. The 10am Mass and some major

festivals continue to be livestreamed both to Zoom and YouTube. The printed pewsheet containing details of Sunday readings, music and coming events is made available in church and also posted on the website (www.stjohnseastdulwich.org).

A weekly online newsletter (Mailchimp) is emailed to 221 contacts. Three issues of The Gander (the church magazine) were produced during 2024: they were available online and also in print.

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Mission and outreach

St John’s Church has been part of the East Dulwich and South Peckham landscape since 1865. The church grounds are open all year. In addition to services, the church is open during coffee morning and Lunch Club and for a variety of events described below.

The Goose Green Centre

Bishop and Mayor visit Lunch Club

The Goose Green Centre (GGC) continues to host a variety of hirers including private hire for parties, hire by businesses, and use by St John’s for outreach and other activities. Our groups include a range of activities ; dance, drama, art and Tai Chi. The Centre

continues to provide a safe space for anonymous support groups to meet on three evenings of the week. The halls have been used for a number of one off bookings for Community meetings and other not for-profit groups. We were still able to host a Summer 2024 holiday club for children despite there being extensive ongoing refurbishment works in the centre. We continue to host an organisation that prepares food for an after school club at a local primary school.

St John’s church activities that use the GGC include The Lunch Club, Strong and Steady and The Robes Project. We are appreciative of the hard work of Julie Whitney who stood in for centre administrator last year. We appointed Elly Dragonetti, Centre Administrator in March. We continue to be grateful to Tina Steadman for her work and commitment to her role as caretaker and cleaner. The centre, as noted in the wardens report has had new toilets , a shower and cleaning cupboard installed. We are very pleased that access to the centre has been improved by the fitting of a wider, automatic front door to the benefit of all our users.

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Goose Green Community Lunch Club

Our Lunch Club usually meets every Thursday in term time. Around 25 – 35 of us enjoy a hearty meal, tea or coffee and good company, the cost of the meal again being held at £5 per person. Highlights of the year included our annual outing by Routemaster bus, supported by a generous grant from Southwark Charities, and our Christmas party.

The Lunch Club is made possible through the hard work of our chef, Sally, and our loyal band of volunteers. December 2024 saw the death of our good friend Bryan Grant, Bryan took care of the washing up each week; he is sadly missed.

The Lunch Club is open to all. If you would like to join us, please contact Barbara Deller (07940 266353) or Martin Howell (07939 288885).

Goose Green Coffee Morning

Goose Green Coffee Morning is a great place to meet other local people, and can help reduce loneliness and isolation. Our average weekly attendance is around 26 and we continue to draw new visitors. We have increased how much cake we bake and have added extra seating. Our survey indicated that 100% of visitors enjoy coffee morning; the things liked by

Restorative Justice talk by Kay Beaumont visitors include ‘Everybody is friendly and makes strangers welcome’, Friendliness of clergy and helpers generally’ and ‘the cake!’

Activity sessions have taken place during the year, these have included: The Singing Geese (our fun singing group), an enthralling talk by Curate Gemma Lau about her life and travels, a visit with artefacts by Southwark Archives and in July we heard some fascinating insights into restorative justice with Kay Beaumont.

We have continued to attract new volunteers during the year.

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Strong and Steady Exercise Group

Strong and steady, an evidence-based exercise programme aimed at improving muscle strength and balance, continued to flourish. The second class is now wellestablished providing a total 24 spaces for people to participate.

Events

In 2024, there were a variety of events involving both the congregation and the local community. These included:

Christian Aid Café. Sunday, 19 May: Tea, cakes and Pimm's were served and free children’s crafts provided in the churchyard. This was timed to coincide with the Dulwich Festival event on Goose Green on the same day. Funds raised went to Christian Aid. The same evening there was a concert by Southwark Sinfonietta in the Church, as part of Dulwich Festival. St John’s Church choir also participated.

Fundraising Quiz Night. 22 June: This event to raise funds for the Goose Green Centre toilet refurbishment was a great success. Thanks to the catering team, Martin Howell and the organising team and to Harvey Edgington for designing the quiz.

Polling station. 4 July: the Goose Green Centre served as a polling station for the local community.

Rake and Cake. 31 August: We held a Rake and cake on 31 August and were very grateful to the dozen or so people who took part and transformed the churchyard, paths and flower beds!

Harvest Festival. 6 October:

Harvest Festival Mass was followed by a bring-and-share Parish lunch.

Carols by the Green. 7

December: once again we opened the church doors and welcomed the local community in for carol singing, musical performances, mince pies and mulled wine, and a visit from Santa Claus! There were also a small number of stalls selling Christmas produce and toys.

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Social justice

In living out our Christian calling, the community at St John’s seeks to find ways to respond to human need by loving service, seeks to transform unjust structures of society and strives to safeguard the integrity of creation. Ways in which this has been realised in 2024 include:

Racial Justice

The Racial Justice Group has met monthly during the last year and now has a regular slot after 10am Mass on the first Sunday of each month. This makes it easier for all members of the congregation to attend and some new members have joined the original

group. We have developed a good rapport within the group which new members have found easy to become part of.

In the Summer we were one of the parishes to pilot Southwark’s Anti-Racism Charter Parish study resource and send our feedback. It is now being rolled out to all Parishes in the Diocese. In November, St Johns not only, as in previous years, had Black Poppies available to honour the sacrifices made by people from the Commonwealth, but also laid a combined red and black poppy wreath during our act of remembrance at the Cenotaph.

Future plans include adding inclusive visual representations of our faith in the church. This will be done in consultation with the Vicar and then be brought to PCC.

Eco Church

CHURCH St John’s cares about our environment. We all share a responsibility to care for God’s world, ANA ROCHA UK PROJECT and we can demonstrate this in our worship

and teaching, how we care for our buildings and land and how we engage with the local community. We received our A-Rocha Eco Church bronze award in April. This is a sign of our commitment, as a church, to be more eco-conscious. We are now working towards our Silver award.

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Robes Project at St John’s

St Johns participated once again in the Robes Project winter shelter 2024/2025. A total of 34 adult volunteers and 3 young people set up volunteers supported the project. We were also grateful for generous financial contributions from the congregation to support the running of the shelter. We hosted up to 15 guests every Saturday evening for 12 weeks

between January and March. Once again we are pleased to report that the shelter ran very smoothly with very positive feedback from guests with regards to the warm and friendly welcome, the good food and friendship offered to them at our venue.

Partnership with the Southwark Youth Justice Service

Youth Justice Partnership: on Tuesday 23 January Staff and Volunteers from the Southwark Youth Justice Service gave a presentation about their work in Restorative Justice with young people, giving a roleplay to show how a restorative justice circle meeting works, and taking

Restorative Justice panel

questions. Forty-two people attended, from across the borough and the Diocese, and from other churches. One young person has undertaken some of their reparation work in St John's Church, helping with practical tasks such as gardening and garden clearing, with supervision. In July, Kay Beaumont, a volunteer with the YJS spoke about her work, inspiring one member of our congregation to become a volunteer with the YJS. We continue to develop this partnership, and Revd Gill now sits on the Southwark Youth Justice Management Board.

Welcome Directory: prison leavers

In November, three members of the PCC, Revd Gill, Revd Rosemary and Jim Nurton, undertook Prison Awareness training with The Welcome Directory, which is an organisation supporting churches in their ability to welcome prison leavers who want to attend church.

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St John’s and St Clement’s School

The PCCs of St John’s and St Clement with St Peter churches jointly appoint the foundation governors of St John’s and St Clement’s School, and as Incumbent of St John’s, Revd Gill O'Neill is an ex-officio Foundation Governor.

The St John’s Foundation Governors are Miranda Wightman (2023, Chair) and Namukale Chintu (2020). Simon Rutland (2018) is the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education governor. Fiona Robertson is governor for St Clement with St Peter. St John’s clergy visit the school to lead collective worship, teach religious education and the school holds plays, carol concerts, Harvest and end-of term services in the church. (School website: www.stjohnsandstclements.org)

Deanery Synod

St John’s is a member of the Dulwich deanery. The mission of Synod is to assist the Bishop of Southwark in breathing new life into our Deanery as partners in the Gospel. It receives reports from the Diocesan Synod, General Synod and from the parishes in the Deanery. In 2024, the St John’s trio continue to organize the Deanery Synod for the seven parishes- Revd. Anne Clarke, Area Dean, Joy Taylor, lay chair, and Laura Williams, secretary. Anne and Joy are also on the Southwark Diocesan Synod.

The deanery synod had three meetings in 2024, in April, July and November and received reports from each of the seven parishes. We have had presentations from Ven Carol Coslett, Assistant Director for Lay Ministry, and the newlyappointed Bishop Alastair.

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Maintenance of the fabric

Between May 2024 and October 2024 the Goose Green Centre toilets were extensively refurbished. Four new toilets replaced the old toilets (a disabled toilet, an ambulant toilet and two standard toilets) . A new wet room style shower was installed in the ambulant toilet along with baby changing facilities. A cleaning cupboard was included with the new facility of a specific sink to empty buckets etc. There is also plumbing for a washing machine. As part of the work, we installed a new, wider, front door for the Centre, which is powered to improve access for everyone.

This project was funded in large part by grants from Valencia Communities Fund and City Bridge Foundation and we were very grateful for their generosity. We also appreciated the donations from members of the congregation, Centre users and others and those who supported fundraising activities such as the Quiz Night.

Earlier in the year we converted the children’s toilets, a legacy left over from when the Centre housed a nursery, in the large hall into a baby change and multiuse toilet facility. The toilet in the vestry was also replaced. Our church and centre are now blessed with new and refurbished toilets, aiming to meet the needs of our Centre users, parishioners and staff. We have toilet-twinned all six toilets, providing support for communities in Zimbabwe to have access to improved sanitation and toilet facilities.

Our new MP for Lewisham West and East Dulwich, Ellie Reeves, along with Bishop Alistair Cutting, attended an event at the centre in January 2025 where we celebrated the refurbished centre, and the work that we do at the Goose Green Centre.

Regular maintenance activities have continued including servicing and ensuring the safety of the boilers and fan heaters and checks on the lightning conductor and PAT testing of all electrical equipment. Following the refurbishment work we had the foyer repainted, the carpet cleaned and the kitchen deep cleaned. In the churchyard, the hedges were cut back, and a team of dedicated volunteers have continued to maintain and tidy the garden; particular thanks to Chris Eldridge, Cicero Coghi, Marcos Carvhalo, Alan Croft and Keith Watson. There was a ‘Cake and Rake’ session where about 20 parishioners helped with weeding and general garden maintenance.

The tenants in the Hinckley Road flats stayed throughout 2024 and regular maintenance work included boiler servicing obtaining gas safety certificates, and replacement of dishwashers.

Jim Nurton and Louise Pollard, Churchwardens

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Archives and records

This year the archives has received an accession of two Parish Magazines from 1928 and a framed photograph of clergy from the same period from a descendent of the Chappell family who were parishioners at the time. In addition, there have been a number of family history enquiries which sometimes start with people dropping into the church and chatting about their family’s links. This is really fruitful outreach as it gives them a valued sense of connection with the past.

Some research has been done for members of the congregation and PCC during the year, including whether any plants in the garden, especially in the planters, had been planted in memory of members of the congregation, and I was asked to check and confirm the details of the Confirmation of an elderly member of the congregation as he had lost the certificate.

The Vicar and I continue to discuss the management of the parish’s current and semi-current files according to the advice provided by the Church of England Records Management Staff in ‘Keep or Bin: Care of your Parish Records’. We are also looking to replace and upgrade some of our archive cabinets to provide better storage.

Clare Brown (Parish Archivist)

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Treasurer’s Report

The financial statement for St John’s The Evangelist East Dulwich, for the year ending 31st December 2024, was independently examined by Chaweevan Williams FCCA. The statement includes all income and expenditure for the year alongside comparative figures for 2023.

The year ended 31st December 2024, was unusual in the sense that extensive refurbishments of the toilets and shower facilities were carried out in the church and Centre. The refurbishment costs were partly covered by grants from City Bridge Foundation, Valencia Communities Fund and the Church Building Grants, as well as donations and contributions from our parishioners and supporters. The costs of the repairs were in addition to the expenditure incurred for the normal running of the church and Centre. Due to the increased costs resulting from the refurbishments, the financial statement for the year ended December 2024 shows an excess expenditure over income of £43,078.

The total income received in the financial year was £353,453 an increase of approximately 11% compared to the previous year (£317,209). Grants received amounted to approximately £109,000 and accounted for 31% of the total income. Planned Giving and General Collection amounted to just over £90,000, a 2% increase compared with the previous year. Income generated from hire of premises (hall and church) was £50,616 and investment property £44,200, an increase of 14% and 13% respectively on the previous year.

The total expenditure for the year was £396,531 (2023: £227,469). The largest expenditure category was repairs and refurbishment of the facilities amounting to approximately £170,000. The Parish Pledge for the year was £93,210 (2023: 91,290) which accounted for 24% of the total expenditure.

Due to the end of utilities contract in early 2024, the cost of gas, water and electricity (£16,002) increased by approximately 100% on the previous year. Salaries and related costs for the Parish Administrator and caretaker for the year amounted to £30,478.

I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who contributed their time and financial resources to support the mission and ministry of the Parish. Additionally, I am grateful to all those who supported me in the role of Treasurer.

Claire Nylander

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Reserves Policies

The designated funds were reviewed in May 2024.

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General Reserves: £65,000
In the case of a drop or complete loss of usual income this would be
used to enable the church and Goose Green Centre to continue
with business as usual and include payments for:
Staff salaries Utility bills Consumables
Maintenance Clergy expenses The Parish Pledge
Boiler repair/replacement fund: £50,000
To be used to repair or to go towards the replacement of the
church boiler. Expenditure on the annual boiler service and
maintenance and gas safety certification is excluded from this fund.
Restoration and major works fund: £40,000
This fund should be used for restoration or major works to the
church, the grounds, the Goose Green Centre or the Clergy house
(11 Hinckley Road). This fund is intended for emergency repairs and
restoration when works are needed without adequate time to
fundraise. This includes works identified as urgent at the
quinquennial inspection and any unplanned or unexpected works
where costs cannot be claimed via insurance (or where payments
need to be paid while awaiting an insurance reimbursement).
Expenditure excluded from this fund includes planned
maintenance, as per the annual maintenance plan and planned
repair or restoration projects .
Mission opportunities fund: £10,000
To be used in line with the mission action plan. It could be used for:
• One off projects
• Staffing
• Consumables for mission projects
• Consultation with advisors on areas of mission
• Promotion of mission projects
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Charitable giving

Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith.

Each year the PCC selects up to four charities, in addition to Christian Aid, for special collections at the Sunday services during the year. The charities selected are listed in the table below.

One charitable fundraising event was held in 2024: the Christian Aid Café in May. All the gifts offered at our Harvest Festival service were taken to the Manna Society Day Centre, to support people experiencing homelessness. Southwark Foodbank collection points enable us to continue to make regular deliveries approximately every six weeks.

Summary of charitable donations:

Special collection £398 The Bishopof Southwark’s Lent Call
Special collection £1,610 Christian Aid
Special collection £910 International China Concern
Special collection £1,086 Place 2 Be
Special collection £592 Freedom from Torture
Christingle services £1,731 Children’s Society

Stewardship

The stewardship team at St John’s work to encourage and support the generous giving of financial resources and time, as able, by all members of the church community.

In September 2024 the team developed a campaign recognising the importance of regular, planned giving and aimed to:

3) Ask those giving via weekly envelopes or standing order (SO) to consider changing to PGS or consider increasing their giving in their current form. The campaign results saw 7 new people join PGS (2 transitioning from SO), 7 increase their monthly giving via PGS and 2 increase their giving via SO.

The team has been fortunate to be joined by professional fundraiser, Clare Donachie, whose expertise has helped guide our mission.

Jane Hawkins has also joined the stewardship team to lead on administering the online and card giving services (currently Give-a-Little, Sumup, Parish Giving Scheme and CAFonline), including setting up campaigns for specific collections.

The stewardship secretaries are grateful for the ongoing commitment of the whole team and the faithful support of the community at St John’s.

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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 and is a registered charity (No. 1134088). All PCC members are Trustees of the Church.

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St John’s membership of the PCC consists of the Vicar, Assistant Curate, Hon. Assistant Priests, churchwardens and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and to stand for election to the PCC; we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible. All new members receive an introduction to the PCC.

PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish, including deciding how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. All PCC sub-committees and working groups are responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly.

Standing Committee, the only committee required by law, meets to consider the minutes of the previous PCC meeting and set the agenda for the next. It transacts the business of the PCC between meetings, subject to any directions given by the latter. It also has financial responsibilities. Membership consists of the Vicar, Assistant Curate, Wardens, Treasurer, PCC Secretary, Stewardship Secretary and up to two members appointed from the PCC.

The Standing Committee met nine times in 2024. The full PCC met ten times during the year (including one Extraordinary Meeting) with an average attendance of 65%; most of the meetings were held in the Vestry. The Annual Meetings on 28 April were held in the Church.

The following Officers were elected/re-elected at the first PCC meeting following the 2024 Annual Parochial Church Meeting:

Secretary: Christine Camplin
Treasurer: Claire Nylander
Vice-Chair: Jim Nurton
Other PCC representatives appointed during 2024:
Co-opted to PCC: Mary Dawson (Safeguarding),
Revd. Rosemary Shaw and Revd. Alistair McCulloch
Deputy Wardens: Sarah Sarker, Sue Lock and Alan Croft

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Safeguarding Officers: Mary Dawson, Jim Nurton, Louise Pollard,
Joy Taylor, Revd Gill O’Neill
Electoral Roll Officer: Sue O’Neill
Stewardship: Jayne Mallett (Secretary), Sarah Sarker (Campaigns)
Charitable Collections: Eloise Fotiadis
Christian Aid: Mary Dawson

Elly Dragonetti was appointed Parish Administrator in March. Revd Gemma Lau’s last service was Christmas Day. She has been appointed as both Vicar of St Clement with St Peter, and Associate Priest at St Barnabas.

PCC Secretary’s report

Commissioning of 2024 PCC

During 2024 the PCC received regular reports from the PCC Treasurer, Churchwardens, and representatives for Deanery Synod, Stewardship, Children and Young People, Safeguarding and Racial Justice Group.

In 2024, the PCC agreed:

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The Standing Committee agreed to: replace the dishwasher in one of the Hinckley Road flats, double verger and organist fees for a 2-hour service, replace the porch mat, routine organ maintenance and an annual increase of GGC hire fees.

Faculty applications approved by PCC (with grant date):

Matters brought before the Council included:

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Revd Gill O’Neill led discussions on Safeguarding culture in the church and Reconciling Mission. (The latter looks at asset-based community development (https://reconciliation-initiatives.org/) )

Claire Nylander gave a workshop/presentation on basic accounting to increase the PCC’s understanding of the accounts presented at PCC meetings.

During the year the following served as members of the Parochial Church Council:

ncil:
Ex Officio members:
Vicar: Revd Gill O’Neill Chair
Assistant Curate: Revd Gemma Birt
Hon. Assistant Priest: Revd Anne Clarke
Wardens: Julie Whitney #
Tayo Olatunde #
Jim Nurton *
Louise Pollard *
Elected members:
Tessa Blunden Silbert Crichlow #
Mary Dawson # Chris Eldridge
Eloise Fotiadis Brenda La Mothe
Sue Lock * Jayne Mallett
Lucy McGrath Claire Nylander PCC Treasurer
Gill Nash * Kingsley Ogbonda
Sue O’Neill # Sarah Sarker
Deanery Synod:
Alan Croft Ish Lennox *
Joy Taylor
Co-opted members: (appointed annually)
Revd Alistair McCulloch Assistant Priest
Revd Rosemary Shaw Assistant Priest
In attendance:
Christine Camplin PCC Secretary
# Until 28 April 2024 * From 28 April 2024

Finally, I would like to record my grateful thanks to Jayne Mallett for stepping in to take minutes of PCC meetings in the early part of the year when I was unable to attend.

Christine Camplin, PCC Secretary

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Volunteers

It was striking when compiling this report and reviewing PCC minutes how dependent we are on volunteers who give their time, energy and skills to ensure the smooth running of St John’s and make our Church the caring community it is.

The list is long and diverse and includes: card reader and sound system rotas, events (Carols by the Green, Christian Aid Café, Quiz Night), cleaning, gardening, food preparation, flowers, activities for children and young people, Messy Church, administration, Electoral Roll preparation, PCC members and wardens, Robes, The Gander, sidespeople and stewardship teams.

So thank you for all you do – and if you would like to join us you would be welcome!

Flowers at St John’s

Traditionally flowers at St John’s reflect the Church calendar and/or are dedicated by members of the congregation.

Maundy Thursday, with the beautiful Altar of Repose; Easter Day with the Paschal Candle and white lilies, and Christmas with candles and swathes of greenery all help to make the church look especially lovely on those important festivals.

We remain mindful of environmental concerns and try to ensure that flowers come from sustainable and fairly-traded sources, using more home-grown flowers and

foliage, reducing the use of Oasis and using a wider variety of materials to create displays. This also allows us to provide flowers without needing to significantly increase spending.

In 2024 we continued the practice of decorating the church throughout October with the colours of Black History Month.

If anyone is interested in joining the team and learning some of the skills which have been passed on to us, please speak to Maxine Plunkett, Sue Roxby or Laura Williams.

The Flower Team

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Administrative Information

St John’s Church is situated in East Dulwich and Peckham, London. It is part of the Diocese of Southwark within the Church of England.

Correspondence address:

62a East Dulwich Road, London SE22 9AT

Incumbent

The Revd Gill O’Neill St John's Parish Office Goose Green Centre 62A East Dulwich Road London SE22 9AT

Bankers

CAF Bank Ltd. 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

Independent Examiner

Chaweevan Williams FCCA Verdant Accountants 20-22 Wenlock Road London N1 7GU

Architect

John Bailey Thomas Ford & Partners 177 Kirkdale Sydenham London SE26 4QH

Parish Administrator: Parish Office:

Elly Dragonetti email: office@stjohnseastdulwich.org phone: 020 8693 3897

Website:

Twitter: Registered Charity:

www.stjohnseastdulwich.org @StJohnsEDulwich 1134088

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Registered Charity No. 1134088

Financial Statements

For the year ended 31[st] December 2024

The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Contents

For the year ended 31st December 2024

Page
Legal and Administrative Details 1
Independent Examiner’s Report 2
Statement of Financial Activities 3
Balance Sheet 4
Notes to the Financial Statements 5 – 15

The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Legal and Administrative Details

For the year ended 31st December 2024

Registered charity no. 1134088
Principal address: St John the Evangelist East Dulwich
62a East Dulwich Road
London
SE22 9AT
Incumbent: Rev Gill O’Neill
St John’s Vicarage
62 East Dulwich Road
London
SE22 9AU
Primary Bankers: CAF Bank Ltd
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent, ME19 4JQ
Independent Examiner: Chaweevan Williams FCCA
Verdant Accountants Limited
20-22 Wenlock Road
London
N1 7GU

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Independent Examiner’s Report

For the year ended 31st December 2024

Independent examiner’s report to The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich (Charity no 1134088).

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31[st] December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). The Charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Independent examiner’s statement

Where the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a registered member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that:

Chaweevan Williams FCCA Date: 6[th] May 2025 Verdant Accountants Limited Chartered Certified Accountants 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Statement of Financial Activities

For the year ended 31st December 2024

Notes
Income from:
Donations and legacies
2a
Other trading activities
2b
Income from investments
2c
Charitable activities
2d
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
3a
Charitable activities
3b
Total expenditure
Gains on investment assets
10
Gross Transfers between funds
10
Net movements in funds
Pror year adjustment
10
Total income
Net income/(expenditure)
Total funds brought forward at 01
January 2024
Total funds carried forward at 31
December 2024		 Total
Total
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted Endowment
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
£
£
109,273 85 117,098- 226,456208,534
4,300 1,748 133- 6,1816,258
52,801 - -- 52,80148,561
62,211 - 5,804- 68,01553,856
228,585 1,833 123,035 -353,453317,209
- - - ---
234,079 37,902 124,550 -396,531227,469
234,079 37,902 124,550 -396,531227,469
(5,494) (36,069) (1,515) -(43,078) 89,740
- - - -- -
(67,833) 68,569 (736) - - -
(73,327) 32,500 (2,251) -(43,078) 89,740
(7,500) 7,500
--
161,608 125,000 7,671 1,000,0001,294,2791,204,539
80,781 165,000 5,420 1,000,000 1,251,201 1,294,279

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Balance Sheet

As at 31[st] December 2024

2024 2023
Notes £ £
Fixed Assets
Tangible fixed assets 5 0 1,713
Investment property 6 1,000,000 1,000,000
Total fixed assets 1,000,000 1,001,713
Current Assets
Debtors 7 20,318 11,037
Short term deposit (CBF) 167,880 159,418
Cash at bank 73,685 131,521
Cash in hand 115 115
Total Current Assets 261,998 302,091
Current Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 8 10,797 9,525
Net current assets 251,201 292,566
Total Assets less Current Liabilities 1,251,201 1,294,279
Funds
Unrestricted funds 10 80,781 161,608
Designated funds 10 165,000 125,000
Restricted funds 10 5,420 7,671
Endowment funds 10 1,000,000 1,000,000
Total funds 1,251,201 1,294,279
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on oe and signed on its behalf by: and signed on its behalf by:
James Nurton – Churchwarden

Claire Nylander – Treasurer The accompanying notes form a part of these financial statements.

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31st December 2024

1 Accounting policies

a Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)’ and the Charities Act 2011.

The PCC is a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 governing the individual accounts of PCCs, and with the Regulations' "true and fair view" provisions, together with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities SORP (FRS102).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 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.

b 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 unless permission is sought from donors to reallocate the fund.

Endowment funds - funds the capital of which 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.

c Incoming resources

All incoming resources are accounted for gross.

Donations and legacies

Collections are recognised when received.

Planned giving receivable is recognised only when received.

Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is recognised when the income is recognised.

Grants and legacies are recognised when the PCC is legally entitled to the amount due, and an inflow is probable.

Income from investments

Interest is accounted for as it accrues.

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

1 Accounting policies (cont’d)

c Incoming resources (cont’d)

All other income

All other income is recognised when it is receivable.

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 each year.

d Resources used

Resources expended are accounted for on an accruals basis and are accounted for gross.

Church Activities

The diocesan parish contribution is accounted for when due. 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.

Support Costs

Support costs are allocated to church activities within the SOFA.

e Fixed Assets

Tangible fixed assets

Consecrated and beneficed properties of any kind are excluded from the accounts in accordance with s10(2) (a) of the Charities Act 2011 .

No value is placed on movable church furnishings held by the Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal since the PCC considers this to be inalienable property. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings and movable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement is written off as incurred.

All expenditure on consecrated or beneficed buildings and individual items under £5,000 are written off in the year they were incurred.

Plant & Machinery, Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment.

Depreciation

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

Plant & Machinery 25% straight line Fixtures, fittings and equipment 25% straight line

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

1 Accounting policies (cont’d)

f Investment Property

In accordance with the SORP, the Church's freehold are held for long-term investment and are included in the balance sheet at their open market value. The surpluses or deficits on revaluation of such properties are transferred to the endowment fund. Depreciation is not provided in respect of freehold investment properties .

g Current Assets

Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as 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.

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

2 Income
2a Donations and legacies
Planned Giving (Gift Aid)
Collections (open plate)
Donations
Gift aid tax
Grants received
Legacies
2b Other trading activities
Fundraising income
Other income
Parish Fairs and events
2c Income from investments
Interest Received
Hinckley Road rental income
2d Charitable activities
Fees income – PCC
Premises hire
Sundry Income
Lunch Club
Total Income		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted Endowment
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
£
£
£
£		 Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
76,252 - - -
14,598 - - -
2,196 85 8,011 -
16,227 - - -
- - 109,087 -
- - - -		 76,25276,004
14,59812,587
10,29220,592
16,22717,284
109,0874,330
-77,737
109,273 85 117,098 - 226,456208,534
- - - -
2,510 - 133 -
1,790 1,748 - -
- - - -		 -1,902
2,643-
3,5384,356
--
4,300 1,748 133 - 6,1816,258
8,601 - - -
44,200 - - -		 8,6015,111
44,20043,450
52,801 - - - 52,80148,561
11,222 - - -
50,616 - - -
373 - - -
- - 5,804 -		 11,2225,375
50,61641,068
373-
5,8047,413
62,211 - 5,804 - 68,01553,856
228,585 1,833 123,035 - 353,453317,209

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

3 Expenditure
3a Raising funds
Fund raising expenditure
Fair trade stall
3b Church activities
Missionary and charitable giving
Diocesan Parish pledge
Other ministry costs
Parish events costs
Staff costs
Church running expenses
Garden maintenance
Organ maintenance
Upkeep of services (Incl flowers)
Youth work, training and mission
Heat, light and water
Lunch Club
Administrative costs
Support costs- Hinckley road costs
Governance costs
Consultancy & Professional Fees
Depreciation
Total Expenditure
Church & Goose Green Centre -
Major fabric expenditure
Accountancy & Independent
examination		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted Endowment
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
£
£
£
£		 Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
- - - -
- - -
-		 --
--
- - - - --
- - 6,326 -
93,210 - - -
1,004 - - -
254 297 - -
30,478 - - -
28,277 - 5,677 -
1,029 - - -
2,954 - - -
36,233 31,509 102,009 -
- - 2,529 -
583 - 208 -
15,255 - 747 -
- - 7,054 -
10,797 - - -
10,494 - - -
1,320 - - -
478 6,096 - -
1,713 - - -		 6,3266,656
93,21091,290
1,0042,265
5512,264
30,47824,726
33,95432,410
1,029507
2,9542,933
169,75113,929
2,5294,736
791318
16,0028,022
7,0547,368
10,79713,230
10,4947,674
1,3201,200
6,5746,227
1,7131,714
234,079 37,902 124,550 - 396,531 227,469
234,079 37,902 124,550 - 396,531227,469

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

4 Staff Costs

4 Staff Costs
Wages and salaries
5 Tangible fixed assets
Cost
At 1 January 2024
Addition
At 31 December 2024
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2024
Net book value
At 31 December 2024
At 31 December 2023		 Plant &
Machinery
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 2024
£
30,478
Fixtures,
Fittings &
Equipment
£
6,855
-
6,855
5,142
1,713
6,855
0
1,713		 2023
£
24,726
Total
£
6,855
-
6,855
5,142
1,713
6,855
0
1,713

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

6 Investments
Cost
At 1 January 2024
Add Gain on investment
At 31 December 2024
Net book value
At 31 December 2024
At 31 December 2023		 Investment
Property
£
1,000,000
-
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000

The freehold of the two flats, situated on Hinckley Road. For 2023 & 2022 valuation with available price indexed linked method, it was decided to keep valuation the same as at year ended 2022. The flats are owned by St John the Evangelist , East Dulwich act as Custodial Trustees. The assets cannot be sold without the prior consent of the PCC. The Parish is responsible for their upkeep although any income they generate is unrestricted.

7 Debtors
Gift Aid tax recoverable
Prepayments and accrued income
Trade debtor
8 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accruals
Other creditors
9 Analysis of Net assets by fund		 2024
£		 2023
£
-
9,061
11,257		 3,563
3,389
4,085
20,318 11,037
2024
£		 2023
£
8,156
2,641		 7,118
2,407
10,797 9,525
Analysis of Net assets by fund
Investment properties
Fixed assets for church use
Net current assets
At 31 December 2024
At 31 December 2023		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
-
-
80,781
80,781
161,608		 Designated
Funds
£
-
-
165,000
165,000
125,000		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
5,420
5,420
7,671		 Endowment
Funds
£		 Total
2024
£
1,000,000
-
-		 1,000,000
-
251,201
1,000,000 1,251,201
1,000,000 1,294,279

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

10 Statement of funds

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds
General reserves
Boiler replacement/repair fund
Restoration & major works fund
Mission opportunities fund
GG Improvement Fund
Restricted funds
Grant
Special collection
Robes project
Flower fund
Choir fund
Lunch Club
Endowment funds
Property
Total Funds		 Balance
b/fwd
1 Jan 2024
£
161,608
161,608
55,000
25,000
35,000
10,000
-
125,000
-
3,986
881
17
37
2,750
7,671
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,294,279		 Income
£
228,585
228,585
-
-
-
-
1,833
1,833
107,643
6,326
100
1,585
133
7,248
123,035
-
-
353,453		 Expenditure
£
(234,079)
(234,079)
-
-
-
-
(37,902)
(37,902)
(107,643)
(6,326)
(873)
(2,529)
(125)
(7,054)
(124,550)
-
-
(396,531)		 Prior year
Adjustment
£
(7,500)
(7,500)
-
-
-
-
7,500
7,500
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Transfers
£
(67,833)
(67,833)
10,000
25,000
5,000
-
28,569
68,569
(1,663)
-
927
-
-
(736)
-
-
-		 Balance
c/fwd
31 Dec 2024
£
80,781
80,781
65,000
50,000
40,000
10,000
-
165,000
-
2,323
108
-
45
2,944
5,420
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,251,201

Designated funds

Designated – General reserves fund: £65K. In the case of a drop or complete loss of usual income this would be used to enable the church and GGC to continue with business as usual for 3 months and include payments for: Staff salaries, Utility bills, Consumables, Maintenance, Clergy expenses and The Parish Pledge

Designated – Boiler replacement/repair fund: £50K. This fund is to be used for repair or to go towards the replacement of the church boiler. Expenditure on the annual boiler service and maintenance and gas safety certification is excluded from this fund.

Designated – Restoration and major works fund (previously Fabric fund): £40K. This fund should be used for restoration or major works to the church, the grounds, the Goose Green centre or the Clergy house (11 Hinkley Road). This fund is intended for emergency repairs and restoration when works are needed without adequate time to fundraise. This includes works identified as urgent at the quinquennial inspection and any unplanned or unexpected works where costs cannot be claimed via insurance (or where payments need to be paid while awaiting an insurance reimbursement). Expenditure excluded from this fund includes planned maintenance, as per the annual maintenance plan and planned repair or restoration projects.

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

10 Statement of funds (cont’d)

Designated funds (cont’d)

Designated – Mission opportunities fund : £10K is to be used in line with mission action plan. Could be used for: One off projects, Staffing, Consumables for mission projects, Consultation with advisors on areas of mission and Promotion of mission projects.

Designated – GGC Improvements fund has been set up this year.

Restricted funds

Special collection & donation - This restricted fund is to be used for collections taken by the PCC on behalf of other charities where the intention is to transfer funds on to the charity for which they were raised.

Robes project fund – Income into this restricted fund comes from specified donations. Funds are used to support the running of the Robes night shelter when operating at St John’s or when St John’s contributes to the work of the project elsewhere.

Restricted - Flower fund is to be spent on church flower arrangements.

Children and young people – This restricted fund will be used for activities, equipment or consumables for children and young people.

Lunch club Restricted - To support the operation of the Lunch Club.

Endowment funds

The endowment fund comprises the two flats on 11 Hinckley Road that have been valued for the first time at £990,000 by independent estate agents in October 2021, with further adjustment to UK house price index for 2020. For 2021 the valuation has increased to £1,000,000.

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

11 Comparative for Statement of Funds Year Ended 31 December 2023

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds
General reserves
Boiler replacement/repair
Restoration & major works
Mission opportunities fund
Restricted funds
Special collection
Robes project
Flower fund
Choir fund
Lunch Club
Endowment funds
Property
Total Funds		 Balance
b/fwd
1 Jan 2023
£
124,144
124,144
-
25,060
50,000
-
75,060
1,799
831
-
-
2,705
5,335
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,204,539		 Income
£
304,617
304,617
-
-
-
-
-
4,443
50
636
50
7,413
12,592
-
-
317,209		 Expenditure
£
(217,213)
(217,213)
-
-
-
-
-
(2,256)
-
(619)
(13)
(7,368)
(10,256)
-
-
(227,469)		 Gain on
Investment
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Transfers
£
(49,940)
(49,940)
55,000
(60)
(15,000)
10,000
49,940
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Balance
c/fwd
31 Dec 2023
£
161,608
161,608
55,000
25,000
35,000
10,000
125,000
3,986
881
17
37
2,750
7,671
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,294,279

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The Parish of St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)

For the year ended 31st December 2024

12 Comparative for Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 31 December 2023

Year Ended 31 December 2023
Notes
Income from:
Donations and legacies
2a
Other trading activities
2b
Income from investments
2c
Charitable activities
2d
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
3a
Charitable activities
3b
Total expenditure
Gains on investment assets
10
Gross Transfers between funds
10
Net movements in funds
Total income
Net income/(expenditure)
Total funds brought forward at 1
January 2023
Total funds carried forward at 31
December 2023		 Unrestricted Designated
Restricted
Endowment
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
£
£
£
£		 Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
203,355 - 5,179-
6,258 - --
48,561 - --
46,443 - 7,413-		 208,534162,826
6,2582,772
48,56129,858
53,85660,595
304,617 - 12,592 - 317,209256,051
- - - -
217,213 - 10,256 -		 -497
227,469224,531
217,213 - 10,256 - 227,469225,028
87,404 - 2,336 -
- - - -
(49,940) 49,940 - -		 89,74031,023
--
--
37,464 49,940 2,336 - 89,74031,023
124,144 75,060 5,335 1,000,000 1,204,5391,173,516
161,608 125,000 7,671 1,000,000 1,294,2791,204,539

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