REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1134846
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND
UNAUD￿KD FINANCIAL STATEMENrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
ThE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF Thx
ECCLESIISTICAL PAIUSH OF
HOLY TRINITY BROADSTAIRS
424 Mapdate Road
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E PAROClItAL c￿uRCH COUNaL OF THE
ECCLFSIASTICAL PARISH OF
HOLY TRINTfY BROADSTAlliS
coNrEN13 OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMEwrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Annual Re
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ear ended 31" December Z024
Holy Trlnlty is the Parfsh Church for Broadstalrs and is situated on Nelson Place Broadstalrs.
It Is part of the Diocese of Canterbury.
PCC Members from 1° January 2024 until 31° December 2024:
Mrs Elizabeth Baker
Churchwarden luntll APCM 20241
Ms Victorla Gregory
Churchwarden (until APCM 2024)
Mr Alex Borg
Churchwarden (from APCM 20241
Mrs Susan Murphy
Churchwarden (from APCM 2024)
Mrjohn A Barrett
Treasurer & PCC mernber
Mrs Frances Lowden
Secretary
Mr John E Barrett
Deanery Synod member
Mrs Sally Stephenson Deanery Synod member
Mrs Charlotte Bell
Ifrorn APCM 2023)
Mr Michael 8aker
(from APCM 2022)
Mrs Valerle Bough
Ictropted from APCM 2024}
Mr Robin Colyer
(from APCM 2023)
Mrs Linda Curtis
(frorn APCM 20241
Mr John McGlade
(from APCM 2024)
Mrs Julia Evans
(untll APCM 2024)
Mr Brendan Martln
lfrorn APCM 2024)
Mr Peter Murphy
lfrorn APCM 2024)
Mr Geoffrey Norrls
(from APCM 2022)
Mrs Mary Richarthon (from APCM 2023)
Alms and
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Holy Trlnlty PCC works In co-operation with the Incumbent In pr(xnotlng the pastoral. ewdngelistic. social
and ecumenlcal mlssion of the Chur¢h. The Reverend Dominic Fenton took up hls post as Priest-In-
Charge in 2016. was made Rertor In 2018 and has been fully en8a8ed with the aims and objectives of
the Parish throughout 2024. There is a Sun8 Eucharist every Sunday mornln& and weekday said masses
tske place at noon on Wednesdays and Friday5. Followng Fr Dominlds announcement In December
2024 of his reslgnatlon to tske up arM)ther post In Shoreham-by-sea, the Parlsh wlll move Into
Interregnum earty in 2025.

The method of appolntment of PCC members Is set out In the Church Representstion Rule5. At Holy
Trinity, the PCC consists of the Incumbent. the two Churchwardens, three Deanery Synod member5 and
members elected by those of the congregatton who are on the elertoral roll of the Church. Members are
elected for three years. and at the last APCM it was agreed that the rule statlng that members could rK>t
serve successive temis was repealed. Mernbers can now Stand agaln dlrectly after thelr 3-year term
condudes. The PCC meets a mlnlmum of six tlmes a year.
There are 153 members on the Churth Electoral Roll. The average Sunday attendan￿ in 2024 lincludin8
those under 16) was 77 and this Is augmented by good attendance at the ma￿r Festfvals of Chrtstmas
and Easter.
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The PCC is ￿1mmItted to building on the pattern of Sunday wor5hlp already estabIisk￿. and to
developlng new Ideas for speclal servlces. A new monthty evenlng everrt, Sunday @ 6, has begun wlth
dlfferent speakers and more are booked for the coming year.
We alm to be an incluslve and Welcom1￿ cornmunity and to enable ordlnary people to dlscover and live
out the Chrlstlan falth throu8h:
Sacramentsl worship and prayer. leamlng about the Gospel and developing trust In Jesus Chrlst
pra￿Slon of pastornl care for members of the congreytion and for all those Ilvln8 or working in
the parish.
Misslonary and outreath work
A coffee momlng Is held on Wednesday and the thurth is open for crafts to take place durin8
the aftemcon.
Addltlonalty. we have sl8ned up to the 'lnclusNe Church Initlatlv¥ and are members of the 'Save the
Parfsh. organlsatk)n.
We are committed to maintaining and preser￿ing our hlstorlc bulldlngs and In 2024 part of the floor In
the church which had collapsed was repalred and strengthened. The roof over the organ loft and part of
the south aisle roof were repalred where there had been water ingress, and the gutters were cleaned.
We were granted a faculty for a new nave altar in memory of Mkhael Dld(ens, and thls ￿ds dedlcated
on Easter Sunday.
A quinquennlal reFK)rt completed by our thhltect In October 2023 showed that there were no major
Y￿rIS to be urbdertaken, and nothiro major has come to Ilght since.
The monthty Saturday Shop has expanded from a small event held in the hall to become a larger
Saturday Market held Fn the church. The hours are lOr￿er. lunches are seNed and the number of craft
stslls thattake part has grown to maxlmum capaaty- The regularstalls run by members of the
congregation are also popular and the event now regularly provides over £IOLJJ per month to our fvnds.

Holy Trinity complies with the ￿UIrements of the Church of England with respect to good safeguardin8
pract1￿. Persons who have been Identffied as needing tralnlng have completed courses run by the
Dlocese and thls Is monltored by our Parish Safeguarding Offlcer.
evements and Performance
The PCC is committed to enabling the Church to be open as often as possible, and to welcorning local
people and vlsltors to Share in worship both on Sundays and during the week, The Wednesday coffee
mornlngs have expanded and now regularly welcome over 25 people each week.
There has been extenslve en8agement wlth the congreptlon and wlder communlty. The parlsh offlce 1$
open In the mornings from Tuesday to FrKlay and Is manned by a volunteer admlnlstrator. We have an
nswerphone and an e-mail address and both of these are th*cked regularly outslde of office hour5. Our
website is updated regularly and all Servi￿ and event s are athlertised there. A weekly on-line
newsletter was launched and many people outslde of the congregatlon have slgned up to receive It. A
quarterly paper magazlne has been re-started and 2 edltlons were publlshed In 2024.
Giving by mernbers of the congregatlon has held up very well and more gNer5 have changed frorn cash
in envelopes to standing orders. We have slgned up to the Parlsh Gfvlng Scherne and mernbers of the
congregatlon 3re actively encouraged to join this scheme. The Church now has a number of card readlng
machines and these are enabling us to accept payments by credit or deblt card. These are helpln8 US to
increase donation5 from the wider communlty, especially at speclal seri1￿5 and events.
Unfgrtunatefy, desplte several attempts, the Junlor Church has not resumed regular meetln85, but
former members are kept Informed of church actfvltles aNI we are hopefvl that thls wlll be able to
restart tn the future.
There Is a latthful and 8rowln8 cholr and setvln8 team.
The church was open for the RKle and Strfde Lwent In September and several members of the
con8re8ation took part and were sponsored.
Regular malntenance to churth bulldin8s had been carrled out Indudlng works to the hall.
Three members of our PCC slt on the Deanery 5ynod- provldSng the PCC wtth an Important Ilnk wlth the
Di0￿Se and the wlder church.
Our hall Is open to our communlty and actlvities continue to take place throughout the weeL stone Bay
Montessori Nursery is u51r￿ the hall during the day in temi tlme and other 8roups induding Alcoholics
Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and other hirers are also uslng the faality. An increaslng number of
groups are also wanting hire the church for concerts.

Mlsslon and Eva
The website, hO1￿lnitybraadst3irS.corn. has been expanded to provlde upto4ats Inforniatlon and
background to our church and its seNice5 and aCtI￿rties. Our weekly pew sheet also dissemlnates
information and is avallable all week for those who vtsit our church outside of the Sunday servi￿.
A new poliry on Mlsslon gfvlng was put into place during 2023 and we now donate 5% of our income
{excluding fees and legaclesl to charttles, both Ioc31, national and internatlanal. which are nomlnated bv
a committee. Flnanclal detsiis of these can be found below In the Flnance sectlon of thls reporL
Ecumenlcal Relatlonshl
We are members of the Churches T￿ether in Broadstair5 and St Peterfs. Fr Domlnlc and a lay
presentative regularly attend meetlngs and we L3ke part In ￿Int actmtles such as the Good Frlday
Walk of Wltnes< and carol singin8 at Christmas.
Totsl Income for the year was £148.119 (2023: £175,017) and total spending for the year was £151,066
12023: £165,645) resuEtlng in a deficit of just £2,947, against a budgeted ￿dt at the be8innin8 of the
year of £33,097 whlth means we had a better year financially than planned.
As with most years, that15 largely down to the unbud8eted, unexpected, and generous legacy gffts we
received; £20,IX¥J from the estate of Caroline Boydell, addln8 to the £30,<￿ that Carollne's estate pald
to Holy Trlnlty In 2023, all restrlcted to the upkeep of the bullding: £15,IXKI from Ted Keeplryg to be
spent on the enhancement of the wooden fklors In the church: and £100 from the estate of Michael
Field.
Fundralslng contlnued to ger*rate much needed Income, partlcularty the success of the Saturday
Markets, faising £14?87 over the year (2023: £13,498). Other fundraising events didn't perforni as well
as the previous year but combined wlth Incorne from our soaal events Still generated £5.988 (2023..
£10,792). Other notable mentlons are the £968 rdised by Vars raffle and the steady Increase In
donations made on the various card readers around thurch. indudin8 the dedicated card reader by the
votlve candle stsnd. The increase in cashless giving understsndably results In a slight drop in physical
cash glven vla the weekly collectlon plate (£4,991 In 2024 compared to £6,012 In 2023) but planned
giving via standing order, envelopes and the contlnued success after our launch of the Parish Glving
Scheme In 2023 grew £2,107 to £32,44312023: £30,336) a response from the congregatlon's
understandlng of the Smportance of their regular finandal support.
Income from our hall, and espedally our Montessorl tenants remaln an Important source of income.
desplte a small drop on the year I£17,￿3 in 2024 compared to £17.977 in 2023). The autumn return of
our church magazine made a small yet welcome tontrlbutlon on top of the en￿¥Thent it gave to readers,
whlle dlvldends of £9,607 (2023: £9.062) from our investments in our CCLA managed CBF Church of
England Investment Fund. and £9A12 from the Gift Ald and GASDS schemes {2023: £93661 completes
our diversified mlx of Income.

A bud8etlng error resulted in our partsh share being underpaid by 0.8% (thls balance has slnce been
paid) contrlbutlng a total of £90.101 of our £9J.791 quota, or put another way. 61% of all Income raised
In 2024. Our commttment to the partsh share continues to put an enomious and dlsproportionate
(compared to other churches with a similar quots) strain on our finance5. fundraising and reserves, but
the PCC and congregatlon continues to put great efforts into meetln8 our quots 50 that we may ensure
full time ministry at Holy Trinity for fvture generations.
Our charitable work remains stron& donating £6.681 In totsl in 2024. In contlnuatk)n of our misslon
statement Holy Trtnlty gave 5% of Its bud8eted Incorne to carefully selected or8anisatlons of local.
natlonal and international reach. resulting in an even distribution of £5,4(X) to ChristSan Solldarlty
Worldwlde. the GAP project in BToa(Lstalrs, Motherfs Unlon, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Oasls
Women's Refuse, Mlsslon to Seafarers, Pavllion Communlty Cafe, Tollet Twlnnin8 and Porthli8ht. Special
collectlons were made for Chrlstlan Ald, Th3net Food Llnk, Chlldren's Socw, the An8llcan Dlocese of
Jerusalem's Good Friday Appeal and The Friends of Kent Churche5 vla the annual sponsored Rlde &
Stride contrlbutlng another £1,281 to good causes.
The repairs and malntenance budget was well controlled In 2024 {£5.193 compared to £17A32 In 2023)
which Is often a keen Indlcator of a church's finanaal health In anytyen year, wlth no major repairs or
investments required other than 8eneral day-to4lay.
The flnal expendlture of notÈ was the purchase of a new altsr, funded from the legacy of Mlchael
Dickens whose generosity contlnues to benefit Hoty Trinty in lrfe and death.
The value of our investments at the end of 2024 fell to £338.$09 from £360,486 but thays largely
explalned by our sale of £30,CIJO worth of shares at a cost of £29,552- which explains the £448 galn In
Investment Income- to cover a coupk of parlsh share payments and to plug a cash fiow hole in the
Sprlng of 2024. rther than due to a poor perfomilng year In the markets. Our total shareholdlng In the
C8F Church of England Investment Fund at the end of 2024 was 14,640 {2023: 15,947).
All In all, another posltkve year. however we stlll rely on legacies (old and newl to cover our runnlng
osts. and although the PCC has pursued and utllises most fundraisSn8 and Income 8eneratlng
opportunltles available to them, optimism runs and Ideas are In no sI￿rt supply to achleve our 8oal
of becomln8 self-sustaining in the r￿t too d15tant future to ensure we protect our reserves for what they
are Intended (dlvldends, fvture Investment and rainy days) and remaln able to pay our forever
Increaslng parish share and contlnue provldlng mlsslon In the parish of Broadstairs.
F Lowden
PCC Secretary

INDEPEThDENfEXAN(LNER'S REPORT TO THE PCC OF
HOLY TRJNrtYBROADSTAIRS
Independent exAmI￿r,8 report to the trnsteej
I r¢port to the Cbarty tr￿stee$ on my exami￿10￿ of the accounts of The PC£ for the year ended 31 Decgmber 2024.
RospOnslbAlltl￿ and b•sls ol report
Th¢ members of the PCC are rwoD8JTr•le for the prepa￿10￿ of th¢ a(x0￿￿ in XC0rd￿ with the of the
Cbaritie8 Act 201 I (*he Acff).
I re[￿ in re8Pttt of my examination of the accowits Carried out Under S¢¢tion 145 of the Act and in c8rrying out my
cxaminlltson I have follow¢d all appliGablc Direction5 by th¢ Cknity CoMmi￿10n Und￿ S¢ction 145{5Xb) of the
ACL
Independent exanth￿r,5 ststeme•t
I bave completed my examination. I confirni that no mate4ial matie18 Iwv¢ ¢om¢ to my gttention in connection with th¢
illation giving cause to b¢li¢ve that in any m8terial
accounting record8 wue noi kept in aLxordauce with Swtson 130 of the AL4; or
Ihe accounts do not ac¢ord with tlb)se records. or
the acco￿nts do not ￿mplY with the applicatile reqUIr￿ts conC￿ni￿8 th¢ form and ¢ODt¢DI of a¢¢ounts s¢t
out io the Chlrities (Accounts and Reports) Re8ulJts'oD8 2(K)8 other than any requir¢meot thAt the llceounts give
I bav¢ Do con¢¢rn6 and hav¢ ¢4)me ￿[098 no other mattern in connection WAth the Cxamina￿ to whi¢h attaltion should
Richard Pbalpott
424 Margate R(wl
Westt¥ood
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Holy Trinity Church Broadstairs
As at December 313t 2024
2024
2023
Incom¢
Incom• Rasourcos
8te
Regular givlng
Incom8 Tax recovery
l)onations
4,991
32.443
9,412
6,404
6.012
30.336
9,366
53250
56,842
Genoral Funds
Books & Candles
Magazine
Fe88 to CDBF
Hall Hlre
Churth Hire
Markets
Fundrabsing
1,824
342
3,599
17.603
1.190
14,837
6,951 46,352
3,455
17.977
3,020
13,498
16.528
55,428
Invo•lm•nt Incom•
Dividend8 from CCLA
R881188d Galn on Sal8
9,607
9,062
10,055
9,062
Mlscéllaneous
VAT Refund
Appea18
Interest
Legaci88
Mlsc.
5,701
2.187
3,304
35,1CKI
0 38,462
45.108
837 53.887
148,119
175,017

Ewndlturn
2024
2023
Mlnlstry Expendltur•
Parish Share
90,101
1,123 91224
88.585
89,779
Church Runnlng Expenses
Running Costs & Sanctuary
Gas, Electrk & Water
In8ur8nce
Wages - Hall cl&an8r
RepalrJ & Renthvals
6,636
6,688
8.914
4.931
7.767
270
17,432 38,948
5.1¥J 27,431
Oryan repairs
5,931
1,054
Tradlng Cost•
Hall Costs
6CK)
330
4,065
Salarlas & Support
Organlst & Chotr
10,098
10,916
Fundralslng & So¢lal
G8ror81 FurKlrthng
2,154
7,488
Admlnistratlon
G8naral Admln18tratSon
Fees to CDBF
2,760
639
4,505
1268
5.773
Ml•¢ollanou•
Indepond8nt Examlnatbn
Bank Ch8lBes
M1931on & App6818
N8w Altar
Other
720
6.681
2.328
6,832
9,gJ9
30
7.642
151,066
165,645

Approved bythe Parochial Church Council on 14 May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Alex Bor& ChurchvRrden
Sue Murphy, Churchwarden