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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Thomas A Becket, Pagham

2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees Annual Report and Financial Report

of

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

St Thomas a“ Beckets Church, Pagham

St Thomas a Becket’s Church, Church Lane, Pagham, PO21 4NU

Registered Charity no. 1134842

For the year ended 31st December 2024

CONTENTS

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2 Trustees annual report
11 Statement offinancial receipts and payments
12 Statement of assets and liabilities
13 Notes to the accounts
16 Report ofthe independent examiner
Website: www.paghamchurch.org
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St Thomas a Becket’s Church, Pagham Trustees Annual Report for 2024

Our aims and purposes as a charity

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, in:

What we planned to do to achieve our charitable objectives

When planning our activities for the year, 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.

For this year we discussed and planned the following objectives and activities to fulfil our aims:

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What we achieved and how we affected beneficiaries’ lives

At the end of March our Priest-in-Charge moved to take up a new position and the parish went into vacancy. We have endeavoured to maintain our normal pattern of worship, and to offer as many of our usual activities and events as has been possible.

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. At the Annual Meeting in 2024 there were 234 people on the electoral roll, 91 of whom are not resident in the parish.

The average regular weekly attendance, counted during October was 75 adults and 17 children.

We offer a range of services throughout the week, and over the course of the year, which we hope the community will find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling.

A Parish Eucharist is held every Sunday Morning __ ,..sssssssssssusmssumsnatonamntnstmsesnnssmtssonansssamson a mare ie oe pig A ie [ really love coming to’Tuesday@7’ — it’s unday oF the month the rarish tucharist Nas a really fun. | like being asked to help with the particular family focus - family being defined as welcoming, serving and reading. We learn including all generations. On the third Sunday ofthe = ch g ot. Thank you. H.K month Sunday School is available for our young people. There is a_ regular mid-week Holy . . . SAREE DE LST BADE RE EE DRA AOL Communion Service following the Book of Common Prayer, and on a Tuesday evening we have continued to offer ‘Tuesday@7’ worship. This is a service open to all, but which has been tailored to the needs of our young families and is more informal than our other services. This service follows the Common Worship Liturgy. The young people take an active role in all aspects of the worship and there is usually an inter-active teaching session calling for their active and enthusiastic involvement. It has been a pleasure to see how keen they are to volunteer to be involved. This service has proved to be very popular and it has been very encouraging to see new families join us. Morning and Evening Prayer are also offered on a regular basis, with some of these services being available to access via Zoom as well as in church.

Teaching, baptising and nurturing new and existing believers

The importance of regular communication with as many church members as possible has been demonstrated in recent years, to maintain regular contact with church members in order to ensure that they were still able to fully participate in church life, albeit for some, at a distance., and also ensure that everyone is kept up-to date with what is happening. Weekly email communication has continued to the vast majority of the church family (all those for whom we hold specific consent to contact via this method) providing information, and to give guidance on where and how to find services and spiritual support. All the information has also been made readily available on our website. Printed information is also made available. We also make use of Social media to spread information to a wider audience.

We have continued to encourage and support members ofthe[church][family to] become more[involved] with various aspects of worship, such as reading the lessons and writing and leading the intercessions.

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Our young people attending the ‘Tuesday@7’ service have enthusiastically and willingly engaged in all aspects of the service, volunteering to welcome, read and serve.

It has long been our practice to encourage the members of the church family to participate in teaching groups to encourage a deeper understanding and acquisition of learning. We ran a study course using York Course material to study ‘ Who are we praying to? Lent groups were also offered studying a TV series called Broken

We also run two discussion groups - ‘Pints of View’ and ‘The Bear Necessities’. These groups — one for men and one for women, meet to discuss current affairs and in particular those items which hit the headlines, with the meetings being held away from church buildings and making use of our local pubs.

Through baptism we celebrate God’s gift of life and faith; 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 loved one to God’s keeping. We celebrated 9 baptisms and 2 weddings. 6 of our young people were admitted to communion before confirmation. 9 funerals were held in church and 1 held at the crematorium and there were 11 services for the Burial of Ashes in the churchyard. Our church continues to be appreciated by our parishioners and many from further afield, as a space where life events are celebrated with joy and thanksgiving. In addition to funerals held in church for members of our parish, our clergy have officiated at services at the crematorium. The bereaved are visited by the clergy prior to funerals to offer assistance and support, and follow-up contacts are made as necessary to offer further support and assistance.

An Annual memorial Service is held with personal invitations delivered to all in the parish who have been bereaved in the previous year and with whom the church has had contact through funerals. It is an opportunity to come together to remember loved ones and celebrate their lives. The service is always well attended and is much appreciated

Provision of the church building for people to enjoy

It is important to us that the church is available to all whenever possible, and our usual practice is to CL Ts have the church open between 10:00 and “Lam so grateful that you keep the church open 16:00 daily, giving the opportunity for during the day - itis sucha blessing to find sucha private prayer and meditation, or to allow beautiful place to enjoy the peace and tranquillity, visitors the opportunity to enjoy the peace and beauty of the building. It is clear that RR the church being open is welcomed, as can LLL he seen from the many appreciative comments in the Visitors’ Book. Many remark not only how refreshing it is to find an open church but, also the sense of peacefulness and spirituality the church offers. Information leaflets, in a number of languages, are available in the church explaining the history of the church and its place in the community.

The Church Centre

The Church Centre is available for hire by all members of the community for activities, events and parties.

Uniformed organisations and other community groups use the hall on a regular basis.

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Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish

There has been a great deal of informal pastoral are within the parish, with individuals from the church family maintaining contact with individuals both from the church family and from the wider community, trying to ensure that no-one becomes isolated. During 2024 we reinstated our Pastoral Care Team. There is a planned programme of visits from a number of individuals visiting house-bound members of our church family, either to socialise or to take communion to them.

Provision of tangible support to the poor and needy

Our Lunch Club, which has been operating for more than 50 years, continues to meet on the First and Third Wednesday of the month, offering a two course meal, a hot drink and companionship, at a very reasonable price. Transport is provided for those who would otherwise be unable to attend.

As a church we have actively supported our local Food Bank for many years, with a collection point located within the church and an up-to-date list of items that are most needed. Our weekly email communication to all our church family carries an up-to-date list of the most needed items Members of the church family and the wider community regularly make donations, which are then taken to the Food Bank for distribution to those in need. All items collected at our Harvest Celebration were donated to the Food Bank.

The church has for many years been active in its support of ‘Link to Hope’, a charity that works with those in need in eastern European countries. Boxes of goods are collected in church, transported to a distribution hub, and then sent out for distribution just before Christmas. Our ‘Knit and Natter’ group also supports this charity supplying large numbers of knitted blankets, hats, gloves and scarves

Other charitable giving Pn ee Helping those in need is an expression of our faith, “We know that we can always depend on and charitable giving remains an important part of you for donations offood and other much the life at St Thomas a Becket’s. The PCC has a sland wea Shir mirehs Benner tne ee : , : s have organised a regular drop off of your policy of donating, when circumstances allow it, 5% danntiane of its unrestricted income to charitable causes both Food Bank Manager at home and abroad, with charities nominated annually. With reduced income and the necessity of

using some reserves to meet our day-to-day expenses, it was not possible to meet this commitment in 2024, although we were able to donate the Christmas collections to charity, and we also held special collections during the need to respond to crisis situations. The church family has continued to support Christian Aid and The Children’s Society.

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Repairs to the fabric of the church

No major repairs have been required during 2024.

We have continued to follow our annual maintenance programme ensuring all checks and servicing has been carried out.

Financial Review

Incoming and outgoing resources

Towards the end of 2023 our existing bank accounts were closed unexpectedly and erroneously, making it impossible to receive some income or to make some payments. This affected the figures recorded last year for both income and expenditure. Although a new Bank Account was set up some problems continuing into 2024, with income owed to us in 2023 only being received in 2024. Similarly some Direct Debit payments could not be actioned until 2024. This means that the Income and Expenditure on this year’s account are both higher than usual.

We continue to benefit from our supporters making good use of Planned Giving through envelopes and banker’s orders and the Parish Giving Scheme and it is good to see that good use is being made of gift aid, wherever possible. The introduction of Pay Station in church has resulted in increased giving from visitors to the church, and has enabled those who no longer carry cash to give a donation. Donations from visitors through the wall safe have been sustained. The PCC was very grateful for the sustained level of donations throughout the year, which has helped to ease the financial situation..

The PCC was grateful to receive one unrestricted legacy of £684.

A £50,000 interest free Archdeacon’s loan was obtained in 2019 to assist with funding the roof repairs carried out in 201. The final £10,000 was repaid in 2024.

Sharing the ministry costs of the Diocese of Chichester

The largest expenditure of the PCC is the sum of we pay to the Diocese for our share of all churches’ Parish Ministry Costs. As this parish is sharing a minister with our neighbouring parish the Diocese has issued a credit which equates to half the stipend. It was suggested that we should aim to contribute £54,744. However, in response to the request from the Diocese for each parish to consider generous giving in order to support parishes in need of financial support, the PCC took the decision to increase the pledge to £57,550. This was paid in full, together with the outstanding £13,914 carried forward to 2024, from 2023.

The total 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

We have no staff costs, relying solely on the services of volunteers.

Trustee payments and expenses

The PCC also supported the clergy by paying Council Tax, Water and environmental charges for the Vicarage. These costs are split equally between the two parishes that our priest-in-charge has responsibility for and amount to £196 for this parish. We also pay towards travel, hospitality,

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telephone, postage and broadband amounting to £486. Costs relate to the first three months of the year as since April we have been in vacancy and nots costs have been incurred.

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

Why we hold some money in reserve

It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on the general unrestricted funds (excluding property) which equates to approximately two months’ worth of unrestricted payments as contingency against unforeseen situations.

It is PCC policy to invest temporarily surplus general funds with the CBF Church of England deposit fund, returning proportionately these funds to our current account, as they are needed, to pay dayto-day bills.

During 2024 we made the final payment (£10,000) on the interest-free Archdeacon’s loan..

It is PCC policy to designate the net income from the church boxes and wall safe, which can be largely attributed to visitors to the church, for general use, unless the PCC identify a specific purpose for this money..

As well as holding the above general reserves, from time to time the PCC receives restricted legacies for expenditure on restricted purposes, defined by the donor. We aim to expend such money as soon as possible after receiving the legacy, depending on the specific objectives of the donor.

Management of risks and their mitigation

The PCC has an ongoing task of reviewing the major risks which impact on the work of the church in the parish. The usual PAT testing and fire extinguisher and lightning conductor checks have been carried out.

The PCC consider that the principal risks and uncertainties are:

The PCC seeks to manage these risks and uncertainties by regular reviews. The Mission Action Plan is reviewed regularly. The PCC aims to maintain our properties to a high standard and carries out the priority items of a quinquennial review in a timely manner. The last Quinquennial inspection was carried out in 2021 and identified no major areas of concern.

For many years there has been a programme which emphasises God’s generosity to us, and the need for the church family to respond to that generosity in their own giving through time, talents and financial support.

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Future Uncertainties

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 ofthe Parochial Church Council:

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Membership of the PCC is determined under the Church Representation Rules and consists of certain ex-officio members (the incumbent/priest-in-charge, curate, lay readers licensed to officiate in the

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church), the churchwardens and members of the Deanery, Diocesan or General Synods and members of the church who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). Members are warmly encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible.

This Trustees’ Annual Report was approved by the PCC and

signed on their behalf by Alex Brockhurst, PCC Chairman

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Annual Financial Report

of

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

St Thomas a= Becket’sd Church, Pagham

St Thomas a Becket’s Church, Church lane, Pagham, PO21 4NU

Registered Charity no. 1134842

For the year ended 31st December 2024

CONTENTS

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St Thomas a=~ Becket’sJ Church, Pagham cegisterea charity number 1134842 Summary of Financiale e Receiptsse and Payments

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

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||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|||Total|Total| |General|Designated|Restricted|Endowed|All|Funds|Funds| |Fund|Funds|Fund/s|Fund/s|2024|2023|Notes| |£|£|f:|£|£|a| |Income and endowments from:||| |Donations|and|legacies|59,634|5,472|-|-|65,106|74,332| |Charitable|activities|3,819|-|-|-||3,819}|5,136| |Other trading|activities|7,326|7,043|-|-|14,369|11,808| |Investments|28|3,798|-|-|3,826|2,228| |Disbursements|4,020|-2,781|:|-|6,801|||4,147| |Total received|74,827|19,094|~|-|||93,921|97,651|3| |Expenditure on:|||||}|||-| |Charitable costs|99,170|1,081|-|||100,251|65,616| |Trading|costs|2,133|12,561|-|14,694|8,731| |Other payments|||16,980|-|*|=||16,980|||5,000| |Total paid|118,283|13,642|||-|131,925|79,347|4| |Net income or (net expenditure)|(43,456)|5,452|a|ae|(38,004)|18304| |Net movement in funds|(43,456)|5,452|-|||(38,004)|||13,304)| |Bank|accounts|at|1 January|32,989|80,392|1153|-|114,534|96,320| |Bank accounts at 31 December|1,205|75,307|||-|76,530|||114,624|A&L|

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St Thomas a= Becket3 S Ch u rch, Pagh amM, registered charity number 1134842 Statement of Assets and Liabilitiese e e e

Our financial position at the year-end was

Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Total Total
General Designated Restricted Endowed All Funds AllFunds
Fund Funds Fund/s Fund/s 2024 2023 Notes
£ : £ £ £ £
Assets -
Barclays Frozen 16 16 16
CafCashAccount 1206 1206 46,084
CafBank Reserve Account 3886 3886 -
Caf Bank FriendsAccount 6,609 6609 -
CCLA1 48,104 48,104 52,644
CCLA 2 15,412 15,412 14,637
CCLA Church Centre 829 829 787
Total bankaccounts 1,222 74,840 - 76,062 114,1681
SundaySchool 120 120 120
Coffee Fund 317 317 176
Flower Fund 31 31 70
OtherMonetaryAssets - 468 a) 366
Liabilities
ArchdeaconsLoan 10,000 11

This Financial Report for the year ended 31st December 2024, including the notes following, was approved by the PCC and signed on its behalf by Alex Brockhurst, PCC Chairman:

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3 Analysis of total received

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|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Total|||Total| |General|Designated|||Restricted|Endowed|All|Funds|All Funds| |Fund»|Funds|Fund/s|Fund/s|2024|2023|Notes| |Planned|giving|(excl.|tax|refunds)|35,460|-|-|-|35,460|27,|642|)| |Plate Collections|2939|||1055|:|3994|4,250| |Donations|8,474.|4,471|-|12,888|10,253|6| |Legacies|684|-|-|684|23,3000| |Gift Aid|recovered|11,950|||:|:|;|11,950|8887|7| |Grants|130|:|-|||:|130|:| |Donations and legacies|59,634|5,472 P-L]|s,t08|||74,332| |Fees for weddings & funerals|3,819|||- aE|ae|3,819|5,136| |Fundraising|activities|6,034|;|6,034|4063| |Friends|Fundraising|activities|||1611|1611|1392| |Coffee|Club|||665|665|4419-| |5,815| |Hall|hiring fees|3800| |||3800|160| |Mens Group fundraising|oat| |967|0| |1292| |Panto| |diae| |Other trading activities|7326|7043|a|aa|14,369|11808| |Bank|& CBF deposit interest|28|3798|ie|Ra|2228| |Other|receipts| |Bell|Ringers funds|2781|2781| |Disbursements|4020|||4020|4147| |Total received on all funds|74,827|19094|P||=f|392|||97,651|

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St Thomas a~ Becket’s3 Church, Pagham registered charity number1134842 Notes to the 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

4. Analysis of total paid

  1. This is higher than usual as because of banking difficulties at the end of 2023 money due to us from the Parish Giving Scheme could not be received until 2024

  2. £2000 received from the Parish Council to assist with the upkeep of the churchyard. £1000 of this is a payment from 2023, which could not be received until 2024.

  3. Higher than usual as it contains gift aid on donations made via the Parish Giving Scheme from 2023 which could not be received until 2024

  4. The Parish share to the Chichester Diocese is for the payment of Clergy and other central costs. The full cost of parish ministry in 2024 amounted to approximately £81445. As our Parish Priest had dual responsibility for the neighbouring parish, Pagham is only required to pay half the stipend, which meant our Full Ministry Costs were £55744. However the PCC had already decided that if possible they would pledge more than Full Ministry Costs to assist others The PCC pledged to pay £57550. The total shown here is higher than that as at the end of 2023 we were still holding £13914 which because of problems with our bank could not be paid out until 2024.

  5. Showing a higher amount than anticipated as it contains a payment from 2023 which could not be completed until 2024.

  6. Clergy support Council Tax, travel. hospitality, postage, telephone, water bills. The costs of Council Tax , telephone and water bills are shared equally with our neighbouring parish. However this is lower than anticipated as since April we have been in vacancy.

  7. The final payment of £10,00 of the Archdeacon’s loan was made in 2024

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Independent Examiner's. 3 Report to the PCC of St Thomas a= Becket’s3 Church, Pagham for the Year Ended 31°* st December 2024

This is my report to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish (PCC) of St Thoams a Beckets Church, Pagham, on the annual report for the year ended 31*t December 2024 set out on pages 2 to 6

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||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |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|ofthe| |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|othertranthatdiselesedtbeleurinSection|Belew) 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| |e|the|accounts|do|not|accord|with|the|accounting|records| |||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.| |*|Please|delete|the|words|in|the|(brackets)|if they do|not|apply| |Examiner’s signature|ee|[Y)]| |Examiner’s name|» ee|eee|“Pood| |panies|SSect|shel|bev cas Corctcaasaus se tocboeaes|AEteee|eikns|etanat|Tes Tek Sad sgee ess Lasigeu taste vaatadeaat isis|chute sbes vial stuiderdaes|tne tabbeeed| |(S-|oO|=| |Relevant|professional||‘|~| |if|any|=|@.|‘|:| |pes|ie adic|AS.|esrene..Ce-05|Rocwmoe..|CaNGtr,aa PRA.|

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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

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