2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees Annual Report and Financial Report

of

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

St Andrew’s Church, Hove

St Andrew’s Church, Church Road, Hove BN3 2RQ

Registered Charity no. 1134129

For the year ended 31st December 2024

CONTENTS

Page

• 2 Trustees annual report

• 12 Statement of Financial Activities

• 13 Balance Sheets

• 14 Notes to the Annual Financial Report

• 17 Report of the independent examiner

Website: standrewshove.org Incumbent: The Revd D Henderson 17 Vallance Gardens, Hove BN3 Independent examiner: Mr S Laws ACA 41 Coleman Avenue, Hove BN3 5ND Bankers: Barclays Bank Plc, Natwest Plc CBF - Church of England Funds

St Andrew’s, Hove Trustees Annual Report for 2024

Our aims and purposes as a charity

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent, The Rev'd Dan Henderson, in:

• The promotion of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England;

• Promoting in the parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, social, evangelistic, and ecumenical.

• In this context, we aim to

• encourage all people to Love God and Love Hove like Jesus (our Church Vision based on Matt. 22:36-40) and to reach out to our parish with his message.

• give practical and spiritual support and care for people in the parish, from the youngest to the eldest, irrespective of the level of need or, ability to pay;

• provide financial support to those in need and to other organisations with similar objectives.

What we planned to do to achieve our charitable objectives & Year Review

In order to fulfil our vision to Love God and Love Hove we see three emphases: To Know Jesus’ voice (studying, learning, developing, deepening, nurturing faith), To Follow his way (living out these things in our lives), and To Share his love (impacting our community for good with our faith).

When planning our activities for the year, our incumbent and the PCC have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on ‘charities for the advancement of religion’.

The council has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016, fully recognising its duty to have due regard to House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

In 2024 we progressed our 22-25 mission action plan (MAP) to achieve our vision and to structure our ministry over these years. In 2024 the ministries we discussed, planned and carried out to fulfil our vision and aims included:

• Structuring and preaching sermon / study series’ on:

• Vocations: in order to encourage our congregation to look at their calling and how God might be equipping them to answer it.

• The Fruit of the Spirit: to help us see how the Holy Spirit shapes the way we live, producing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control and to consider the importance

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of those characteristics in our current society.

• • Generous Giving helping us to be inspired by God’s word to continue giving to and growing our ministry and support of other charities.

• Serving our local faith school and other schools by providing weekly collective worship services and pastoral support for pupils, families and staff and also supporting the School Governor’s committee in recruiting new foundation governors.

• Providing a Warm Welcome space during the continued cost of living crisis:

• for 18 hours a week where people can be warm, have access to hot drinks, charge phones and use the facilities.

• for monthly meals where our parish can join together with our church family for Sunday Brunch.

• growing our weekly volunteer run open tea & coffee morning which welcomes and supports vulnerable local people, those who are isolated and particularly this year a number of people who were bereaved and found support and friendship in this group.

• Enabling our incumbent to take his three month sabbatical leave and sustaining the ministry at St. Andrew’s throughout that period.

• Maintaining the fabric of the church building as a historic centre and focus of life in the city and recruiting more volunteers to manage and maintain the churchyard to reduce anti-social behaviour.

• Welcoming various visiting speakers including the chaplain of HMP Lewes to help our parish engage with National Prison Week and support our prisons and the ministry that happens in them through prayer and engagement.

• Continuing our St. Andrew’s Church re-ordering project reaching RIBA stage 4 and submitting our faculty application to the DAC. This project aims to make best use of our buildings and grounds to provide flexible space for worship, ministry and community and to enhance the safety of our churchyard.

The full PCC met five times during the year with an average level of attendance of 95%. Committees/Teams met between meetings and reported on their deliberations to the Parochial Church Council and were discussed where necessary.

PCC has continued and managed the current level of hall rental. St. Andrew’s Church Hall is used daily by the Starfish after school club, three days a week by a local community bridge club for teaching and ad hoc for our local Narcotics Anonymous group. A space in our church grounds is also used once a week by a local farmers market, while our church hall carpark is rented by a Jamaican food van and a car wash. We have maintained good relationships with all users.

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What we achieved and how we affected beneficiaries’ lives

Attendance at worship

• The church family welcomes visitors from within as well as outside the parish boundary. Visitors attend by personal choice and, it is our great pleasure to welcome anyone from all walks of life to take part in the life of the church. We contend that voluntary attendance to worship the Lord Jesus Christ, is a major demonstration of the public benefit of our activities. We have maintained the live streaming of our main Sunday service, which was set up during the Covid-19 pandemic, and while not affecting the ‘in-person’ numbers this has provided a sense of belonging for a small number of our church family who aren’t able to come to the building as often as they would like, and has also been used as a way of providing a Sunday morning worship service in local care homes. We are joined by between 10 and 20 watchers each week.

• The average regular weekly ‘in-person’ attendance, counted during October, was 90 adults and 33 children. We have been excited and blessed by a number of new families and individuals joining St. Andrew’s, and we also have said goodbye to two families who have moved away from Hove.

Other ministries

• We have worked hard during 2024 to keep the children and families in our church engaged and our volunteers have introduced new and engaging teaching series for our Sunday morning children’s work. We have maintained our high level of safeguarding which helps the children, families and vulnerable adults in our congregation to feel cared for and valuable.

• We have continued to grow our youth group which offers a safe space for activities, discussion, development and nurturing of faith and mutual support. This is run by volunteers and this year we were able to take a group of 20 of the young people on a youth camp along with 450 other young people from across Sussex. This was a success in team and confidence building and is an annual event that our team and young people alike look forward to. The PCC is working in partnership with the Diocese through the Diocesan Pastoral Fund as we aspire to employ a Youth & Children's worker to support, develop and grow our youth, children and volunteer teams. We have advertised this role through 2024 and have discussed it with individuals on two occasions however we have yet to receive viable applications. We will continue to advertise the role as an important investment in our children and young people and are beginning to explore partnering with another local church to expand the role to full time.

• Our ‘Open Church Community Cafe’ times have grown and received more visitors this year, most notably the team who open the church every Friday morning as a place to meet, chat, be listened to, be served refreshments and be welcomed into the community. It has become a real meeting place and has proved important for a number of people who have felt lonely or isolated in the local area, as well as those wanting to find a warm safe space.

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• Christmas is a very special time of celebration where many sections of the community come together to join in the services. We partnered with Attree & Kent, one of our local funeral directors, to host a Christmas Lights of Love service to allow people to gather to mourn and remember loved ones who had died. This was well attended and provided an important chance for people to grieve, to process all that had happened in the past few years, and also to hear the message of hope Jesus brings in the face of death.

• We also held an exhibition throughout May called ‘Building Bridges’ during the Brighton festival ‘Artists’ Open Houses’ programme. This involved numerous pieces of art displayed along side volunteers from the church community displaying different activities (craft, music, prayer) and engaging our local community in things that happen in the church. The aim of the exhibition was to both ‘Build Bridges’ in our local community and also to facilitate thinking about how we as a society can do the same. This exhibition included a ‘Prayer for Peace’ event which was widely attended by the church and local communities alike.

• Finally, we have undertaken becoming an Eco Church and are currently working towards the completion of the Broze level Award. The PCC have also committed to raise funds and replace our aging gas boiler with Air Source Heat Pumps and Solar Panels to reduce our carbon emissions.

Teaching, baptising and nurturing new and existing believers

This year, 4 people have been baptised at St. Andrew’s. These were joyful occasions and we were pleased to be able to be part of nurturing the candidates and their families.

In 2024 we did not host any weddings and we supported families and friends through 4 funerals in the church building, 2 funerals conducted at crematoriums and cemeteries and 1 burial of ashes.

Evangelism and outreach

We have continued our outreach to the school community through regular services and through being involved in the recruitment of governors for the school.

We have run a number of ‘first contact’ outreach events to bless our community and to welcome people into the church including a fish and chip quiz and an Autumn fayre which have been huge successes and also gathered in the vicarage garden for a growing fireworks event which brings 120 people (adults and children) together from the church and school communities.

Provision of the church building for people to enjoy

We continue to battle the anti-social behaviour in the churchyard working with the local police. This year we have increased our group of volunteers to maintain the churchyard and have made great strides in making the churchyard easier to maintain. Together these actions help keep the churchyard a local green space where people can reflect, relax and enjoy.

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The PCC worked in partnership with our neighbouring Tesco supermarket to plan further landscaping and vegetation improvements alongside our re-ordering project including the renovation of paths, driveways and other surfaces and the general improvement of our churchyard. Tesco have pledged to help us fund this work and pending planning permission we hope to see its completion in 2025-6.

Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish

We have continued our meals rota to help people through stages in life such as the first weeks of a new baby or after injuries or illness. We have opened the church more during the week, and particularly at key/significant occasions this year, to welcome people in and volunteers are available at certain times for prayer and pastoral support. These included a Prayer for Peace in the Middle East prayer event which was well received by our community.

Provision of tangible support to the poor and needy

We have raised funds for and supported Embrace the Middle East during our 2024 Christmas appeal to support and facilitate their work of campaigning for peace in Gaza and for humanitarian aid and pastoral support in the worst affected places.

We have also specifically supported 3 individuals in our community throughout the year through food provision, accommodation provision, advice and advocacy.

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Financial Review

Incoming and outgoing resources

Total receipts on general unrestricted funds received were £142,372 (2023: £120,598) and are detailed in the Financial Report.

Donations – Parish Giving Scheme (PGS)

As a church family, we recognise that by far the best way to give money back to God’s work in our Parish is by monthly giving through the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS). PGS donations increased to £49,571 (2023: £47,383). We raise a note of thanks to the Team at PGS for raising gift aid claims for these donations for us, as this frees up our Parish Office to dedicate more time to helping those locally in need. Our total voluntary income including tax recovered, but excluding legacies was £76,304 (2023: £75,523). Our Church Giving Ratio* for 2024 was 55% (2023: 60%)

*Church Giving Ratio

As a church family, we aspire to fully fund our vision to Love God and Love Hove entirely from our own church family giving. To help us track our progress, we define our Church Giving Ratio as the ratio of our total unrestricted donations as a proportion of our total unrestricted payments. (Target = 100%)

Legacies

PCC received one legacy of £10,308 in 2024 (2023: £0) due to the termination of the Emily Hallett Von Hughes trust of which St. Andrew (Old Church) Hove was listed as a beneficiary.

Sharing the ministry costs of the Diocese of Chichester

The largest expenditure of the PCC was the sum of £82,298 (2023: £79,584) paid to the diocese for our share of all churches’ Parish Ministry Costs. We are currently meeting 101% of the gross costs allocated to our church and we intend to continue like this in 2025. The overpayment will help other parishes in the Chichester Diocese that are unable to pay their full share.

The total of Parish Ministry Costs relates directly to the housing, support, stipend and pension costs of the clergy of this parish, training of new ordinands, a contribution to national church funds and, shared costs of the Christian family throughout the whole diocese, including assistance towards the upkeep of churches less able to manage than ourselves.

Staff costs

The PCC pays for a Parish Administrator 5 hours per week. No other staff are paid which means that the overwhelming majority of work in the Parish is completed by volunteers.

Trustee payments and expenses

The PCC also supported the clergy by paying Council Tax, water rates and other costs associated with the vicarage totalling £7,113 (2023: £4,351). £746 (2023: £4,400) was refunded as working expenses to the Incumbent (This included numerous church subscriptions and items which were paid for by the Incumbent. We have since changed the way we pay for these expenses). Full details and receipts of such payments are retained in the Parish Office. Likewise, fundraising expenses totalling £1461 were reimbursed to three other trustees.

There were no other payments to persons related to or connected to, the trustees.

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Repairs to the fabric of the church building

Our Standing Committee assess and commission regular maintenance of the church building within our tight maintenance budget. Repairs to the church this year came to £1,092 (2023: £2921) which included some roof maintenance and plumbing work. A larger scale re-rendering of the exterior of the church is needed and we have contacted our previous structural engineer for a consultation on how to go about this.

Our Quinquennial inspection (the five yearly building condition inspection) was undertaken in the final quarter of 2024 which has given us a longer term maintenance plan going forward. We are beginning to address the items on the Quinquennial inspection report.

Church Capital Investment Programme

PCC continues to engage in fundraising efforts for this re-ordering project. A faculty was submitted to Chichester Diocese DAC at the end of 2024 and we await the result of this. The re-ordering project will then move to the further fundraising stage through grant applications, fundraising and donations.

The PCC expects to have faculty permission granted in Spring 2025 and proceed with faculty-dependent fundraising and tender of primary contractors. The scope of the actual construction work will be determined by the funds available. It is hoped that these funds will be sufficient to be allocated to reorder multiple church zones as per the PCC prioritization.

During 2024 donations of £8932 were received. A church fundraising effort raised £32,220 towards the project and a grant of £14,000 was received from The Benefact Trust. Income towards the project totalled £55,152 (2023: £181,707).

Major Capital Expenditures this year of £57,706 (2023: £55,218) was used to bring the Church ReOrdering project to the completion of RIBA stage 4 and to commission various structural and archaeological surveys needed for the faculty submission.

The remaining balance of funds for the Church Reordering fund was £273,048 (2023: £275,602) as at 31 Dec 2024. PCC Re-Ordering Team continues to report directly into PCC and appointed Trustee George Bartley continues to manage the project on a volunteer basis. The church family is kept up-to-date on progress through large display boards, verbal notices made in the church on Sundays at the end of the main worship service, email and social media. PCC is continuing grant application fundraising and will launch a church and community fundraising campaign once faculty is received for the remaining funds needed. It is PCC’s intention to spend down the full balance of all restricted Re-Ordering funds during the course of the Church Capital Investment Programme which is expected to complete in 2025-26.

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Why we hold some money in reserve

It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on the general unrestricted funds which equates to approximately three months’ worth of unrestricted payments as contingency against unforeseen situations. The closing balance of £57,728 (2023: £54,298) achieves this.

It is PCC policy to invest temporarily surplus general funds, returning proportionately these funds to our current account, as they are needed, to pay day-to-day bills.

The PCC Budget for spending from unrestricted funds in 2025 is a deficit budget (£9k deficit) and is set at £144k which includes some contingency for higher than expected inflationary pressures. The projected deficit arises from unexpected reduction in rental of resources and an increase in utility costs due to temporary emergency heating.

Management of risks and their mitigation

The PCC consider that the principal risks and uncertainties are:

• the need to fund unexpected costs associated with the church's listed building status;

• the potential for further impact from the global pandemic which affected several aspects of our ministry;

• the requirement to find volunteers and staff with the appropriate skills, time and commitment to support the ministry of the congregation;

• due to the nature of the St Andrew's vision, there is an above average interaction with vulnerable people both within the church and around the community;

• organisations outside the control of the PCC could have a direct and material impact on St Andrew’s, Hove, for example St Andrew’s Church of England Aided Primary School;

• that the complexity of controlling and governing effectively a large Church Capital Investment Programme could create unprecedent types of pressure and challenges for our PCC members

The PCC seeks to manage these risks and uncertainties by regularly reviewing its vision and its plans for the use of the church buildings. The quinquennial inspections are up to date and we are working through the list of recommendations.

The PCC is also actioning a plan to proactively seek grants to support its activities.

Due to the above average exposure to vulnerable people, St Andrew’s follows diocesan guidance on these matters and the PCC receives and discusses regular reports and utilises the specialist skills and knowledge of people within the congregation. We ensure that our safeguarding training meets Diocesan requirements and we also keep ongoing communications with the local Police and PCSOs.

Future uncertainties

Our invested funds have increased in value in 2024. The continuation of inflation is a concern, but as an ever more generous church we expect to meet these challenges together. We will continue to increase what we give as and when it is necessary and do this collectively as the church family of St Andrew’s. It is important to ensure that as the day-to-day costs rise, the growth in income is sustained through renewed giving pledges, to strengthen our underlying financial position. We recognise that Church family giving has been the foundation to underpin the great excitement and opportunity in the next phase of our Mission that we are now embarking on through our Church Capital Investment Programme.

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Structure, governance and management of the charity

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.

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

PCC MEMBERS 2024-2025

Chair:

The Rev’d Dan Henderson

Deanery Synod Representatives:

(Term expires April 2026)

1. Fiona McConnell

Churchwardens:

(Term expires April 2025)

1. Martin Sacree

2. Jennifer Riley

3. (Vacant)

Fiona McConnell (6[th] Year) John Beard

Safeguarding Officer:

Ally Soanes

Members:

Electoral Roll Officer (non-PCC):

(Term expires April 2027)

Vacant – Parish Office

1. Annelies Clarke

2. Nicole Giesl

3. Ann Jakeman-Turner

Ordained Members:

The Rev’d Dan Henderson

1. (Vacant)

Co-opted:

(Term expires April 2025)

1. Dan Kaufmann

PCC Secretary – Sharon Hartnell PCC Treasurer – (vacant)

1. Ally Soanes

2. (Vacant)

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1. Lucy Hughes

(Term expires April 2026)

1. George Bartley

2. Hannah Clark

3. Kathy Du Four

4. (Vacant)

Membership of the PCC is determined under the Church Representation Rules and consists of certain ex- officio members (Incumbent), the churchwardens and members of the Deanery, Diocesan or General Synods and 9 members of the church (currently three possible vacancies) who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). The congregation are warmly encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible.

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We thank Mr. Stuart Laws ACA for examining the accounts and all those who have helped to ensure that the finances of the church run smoothly. Also, we thank all of you who give your time and money to St Andrews throughout the year.

This Trustees' Annual Report was approved by the PCC at a meeting on Tuesday 18[th] March, 2025 and signed on behalf of the PCC by The Rev’d Dan Henderson, PCC Chairman

Signed………………………………………………………………… Date 18[th] March, 2025 Yor feonr

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St Andrew’s Church, Hove

registered charity number 1134129

Summary of Financial Receipts and Payments

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total All Funds 2024	Total All Funds 2023	Notes 3 5 A&L
Income and endowments from: Donations Legacies Charitable activities Investments Other receipts	£ 2 76,304 10,308 35,370 20,390 -		£ 3 8,932 - 32,220 - 14,000		£ 4 - - - - -	£ 5 85,236 10,308 67,590 20,390 14,000	£ 6 200,071 - 25,247 18,508 56,707
Total received	142,373		55,152		-	197,524	300,533
Expenditure on: Diocesan Parish Share Salaries Church running expenses Trading Costs Other Charitable Costs	82,298 2,908 39,838 2,880 11,533		- - - - 57,706		- - - - -	- 82,298 2,908 39,838 2,880 69,239	79,584 2,630 26,958 5,679 68,922
Total paid	139,458		57,706		-	197,163	183,773
Reconciliation of funds:
Net income or (net expenditure)	2,915		(2,554)		-	361	116,760
Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Bank accounts at 1 January			-		-	-	-
	2,915 52,800	(2,554) 279,102			- -	361 331,902	116,760 215,142
Bank accounts at 31 December	55,715	276,548			-	332,263	331,902

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St Andrew’s Church, Hove

registered charity number 1134129

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

				Total	Total
	General Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	All Funds 2024	All Funds 2023
Assets: Bank current accounts	£ 55,715	£ 276,548	£ -	£ 332,263	£ 331,902
Total bank and deposit accounts	55,715 ~~ann~~	276,548 ~~ann~~	- ~~ann~~	332,263 ~~ann~~	331,902
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CBF Investment Fund shares Carnival Plc Shareholding	2,013 ~~Ee~~	53,107 - ~~Ee~~	55,733 - ~~Ee~~	108,840 2,013 ~~Ee~~	105,650 1,498
Investment assets at market value	2,013 ~~Ee~~	53,107 ~~Ee~~	55,733 ~~Ee~~	110,853 ~~Ee~~	107,148
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St Andrew’s Church, Hove registered charity number 1134129

Notes to the Annual Financial Report

• 1 The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and current Church Accounting Regulations, using the Receipts and Payments basis.

• 2 The following assets are recognised but not valued in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities: Movable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, which require a faculty for disposal.

• 3 Analysis of total received

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes
PGS donations PGS Gift Aid Planned Giving (standing orders)	£ 49,571 11,486 2,596		£ - - -		£ - - -	£ 49,571 11,486 2,596	£ 47,383 11,083 2,673
Collections GASDS	3,408		1,600		-	5,008	3,175
Contactless Giving GASDS All other giving	1,583 7,660		- 7,332		- -	1,583 14,992 ~~-~~	2,450 133,308
Donations	76,304		8,932		-	85,236	200,071
Legacies	10,308		-		-	~~-~~ 10,308 ~~-~~	-	4
Legacies	10,308		-		-	10,308
Fundraising PCC Fees Use of Church Hall & Land	11,633 621 23,116		32,220 - -		- - -	~~-~~ 43,853 621 23,116 ~~-~~	7,083 1,071 17,093
Charitable activities	35,370		32,220		-	67,590	25,247
Use of church car park Interest from Investments	17,654 2,736		- -		- -	~~-~~ 17,654 2,736 ~~-~~	16,230 2,278
Investments	20,390		-		-	20,390	18,508
Grants	-		14,000		-	~~-~~ 14,000 ~~-~~	56,707	4
Other receipts	-		14,000		-	14,000	56,707
Total income and endowments on all funds	142,372		55,152		-	~~-~~ 197,524	300,533

• 4 Legacies include a bequest relating to the termination of the Emily Hallett Von Hughes trust for the General Ecclesiastical purposes and the Grant was from the Benefact Trust restricted to the ongoing church re-ordering project.

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St Andrew’s Church, Hove registered charity number 1134129

Notes to the Annual Financial Report

5 Analysis of total paid

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2023	Notes 6 7
Diocesan Parish Share	£ 82,298		£ -		£ -	£ 82,298	£ 79,584
Diocesan Parish Share	82,298					82,298	79,584
Salaries	2,908		-		-	2,908	2,630
Salaries	2,908		-		-	2,908	2,630
Courses and evangelism costs Youth Ministry Utilities Insurances All Other church running expenses	391 4,300 9,863 5,608 19,676		- - - - -		- - - - -	391 4,300 9,863 5,608 19,676	698 - 8,880 5,558 11,822
Church running expenses	39,838		-		-	39,838	26,958
Trading Costs	2,880		-		-	2,880	5,679
Trading Costs	2,880		-		-	2,880	5,679
Incumbent Expenses Vicarage costs Mission giving Fundraising costs Church repairs Major Capital Expenditure Hall repairs	746 7,113 1,121 1,461 1,092 -		- - - 175 - 57,531		- - - - - -	746 7,113 1,121 1,636 1,092 57,531	4,400 4,351 1,295 738 2,921 55,218
Other Charitable Costs	11,533		57,706		-	69,239	68,922
Total expended on all funds	139,457		57,706		-	197,163	183,773

6 The Parish share to the Chichester Diocese is for the payment of Clergy and other central costs. The full cost of parish ministry amounts to approximately £81,483

7 Charitable grants and donations comprise £1,121 to Sanctuary Foundation

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registered charity number 1134129

St Andrew’s Church, Hove

Notes to the Annual Financial Report

• 8 Endowed funds are required by the donors to be invested and the income spent on specific objectives Restricted funds are not invested permanently but are to be spent within reasonable timescales Unrestricted funds are not subject to any donor restrictions and can be spent as the PCC decides

Summary of funds	Summary of funds	Summary of funds	Summary of funds	Summary of funds	Summary of funds
	Balances b/fwd 1 Jan 2024	Income	Expenditure	Transfers, other gains and losses	Balances c/fwd 31 Dec 2024
Endowed CBF Investments: PCC Stipend Churchyard Hobley memorial	£ 41,365 12,735	£ - -	£ - -	£ 1,249 384	£ 42,614 13,119
Total of all endowed funds	54,100	-	-	1,633	55,733
Restricted CBF Investments: School proceeds Brittle Usher missionary fund	40,241 10,332 977	- - -	- - -	1,215 312 30	41,456 10,644 1,007
Total of CBF restricted funds	51,550	-	-	1,557	53,107
Youth work Church Re-Ordering	3,500 275,602	- 55,152	- (57,706)	- -	3,500 273,048
Total of all other restricted funds	279,102	55,152	(57,706)	-	276,548
Total of all restricted funds	330,652	55,152	(57,706)	1,557	329,655
Unrestricted funds: General fund Carnival Plc Shareholding	52,800 1,498	142,372 -	(139,457) -	- 515	55,715 2,013
Total of all unrestricted funds	54,298	142,372	(139,457)	515	57,728
Total funds	439,050	197,524	(197,163)	3,705	443,116

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the PCC of St Andrews’s Church, Hove for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2024

This is my report to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish (PCC) of St Andrew, Hove, on the annual report for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 set out on pages 2 to 16

Respective The PCC members are responsible for the preparation of the annual reports. The PCC responsibilities of members consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the trustees and examiner Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to: 1. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, 2. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and 3. to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the examiner’s statement Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the 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 In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention examiner's statement which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: • accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or • the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Examiner’s signature ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Cy STUART LAWS Examiner’s name CAPITALS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18 March 2025 Date Relevant professional …………………………………................ Associate of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales qualification(s) or body if any …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41 Coleman Avenue, Hove BN3 5ND Examiner’s address ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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