REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBEIL. 1134846 IIEPORT OF THE TRUSTLES AND TJNAiJDITED FDIANCIAL STATEMENfS FOR THE YKAR EtqDKD 31 DECEKBER 21125 FOR ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITYBROADSTAIRS Spurling Cannon ChtheredC¢rtified A¢coulllaD Kent cr12 6SJ
ThE PAROCHIAL CItURCH COTJNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TBINrfY BROADSTAJTr8 CONTENTS OFTHE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ET4DED 31 DECEMBER 2025 Report of th¢ Trustee5 I to 6 Ind¢p¢ud¢otExankn's Report Detalled StateD1• of Fln#AdglA¢tiviti 8 to 10
RINITY Broadstalrs Nelson Place 8roadstairs Kent CTIO IHQ 01843 862921 office regi5tratlon No 1134846 hol rinit broadst irs.com Charitv Annual Re ort for the ear ended 31 December 2025 HolyTrinity is the Parish Church for Broad5talrs and15 sltuated on Nelson Place Broadstairs. It Is part of the Diocese of Canterbury. PCCM Lrs from l January 2025 until 31 December 2025: Re¥ Domlnic Fenton Incumbent Iresigned on 13103120251 Mr Alex Borg Churchwarden Mrs Susan Murphy Churchwarden MrJohnA Barrett Treasurer Mrs Fr3n£es Lowden Secretary Mrjohn E Barrett Deanery Synod member Mts Sally 5tephen50n Deanery synod member Mrs Mary Richardson Deanery Synod member lappolnted on APCM 18105120251 Mr Michael Baker Ireslgned on APCM 1810512025) Mrs Charlotte Bell (from APCM 2023) Mr5 Valerie Bough (from APCM 20191 Mr Robln Colyer (from APCM 20231 Mrs Linda Curtis (from APCM 20241 Mrjohn M¢Glade Ireslgned on APCM 18105120251 Mr Brendan Martin lfrom APCM 20241 Mrs Gets Morgan (appointed on APCM 18105120251 Mrs Sharon Moull lappointed on APCM 18105120251 MrPeter Murphv (from APCM 20241 Mr Geoffrey Noffls {resigned on APCM 18105120251 Mr5 Loulse Ross (appointed on APCM L810512025} Mrjonathan Sexton lappolnted on APCM 18105120251 Aims and ur oses Holy Trlnity PCC works In co-operation wtth the Incumbent in promotingthe pastoral. evangelistlc, soc1 and ecumenic31 mlsslon of the Church. The Parlsh has been in interresnum since 2 March 2026, and has been led by the Churchwardens, assisted by our Associate Priests and other clergy In the DI0Se with PTO. There Is a Sung Eucharist every Sunday mornin& and weekday sald masses take place at noon on Wednesdays and Fridays. A full programme of HO Week and Easter services took place and we marked rn05t of the malor church festNals with Special seryices.
Arrangements are ongoln8 to appolnt a new Rector, with inteiewS eaty In the New Year. StNcture overnance and mana ement The methDd of appointment of PCC member5 15 set out in the Church Representstlon Rules. At Holy Trtnlty, the PCC conslsts of the Incumbent, the two Churchwardens. three Deanery Synod members and members elerted by those of the cortgregatlon who are on the electoral roll ofthe Church. Members are elerted forthree years. and at the 2023 APCM it was agreed th the rule 5tatin8 that members could not seNe successive ternis was repealed. Members can now stand again directly when thelr >yearterm concludes. The PCC meets a minimum of six times a year. There a 98 members on the Church Electoral Roll. The average Sunday attendance In 2025 (includin8 th05e under 16) was 67 and thls Is augmented by good attendance at the mar Festivals of Christmas and Easter. "e£tives and Artiv les The PC£ Is wmmitted to bulldin8 on the pattem of Sunday worshlp already established. and to developing new ideas for special seThlce5. A'songs of Praise, for Di¢ken5 Week In June was well attended and it is hoped that this wlll become an annual event. We alm to be an incluswe and welcoming communlty and to enable ordinary people to d15¢9ver and live outthe Christlan fètth through: Sacramentsl worship and prayer, leorning about the Gospel and developing trust in Jesus thrlst. Provision of pastoral care for members of the congregation and for all those Ilvlng orworking in the partsh. Missionary and outreach work A coffee mornln8 Is held on Wednesday, and the church is open for crafts to take place durlng the aftemoon. Additiofial. we have signed up to the'lnduslve Church Initlatlvd and are members of the'save the Pari51f organization. An increasing number of groups are also wanting to hlre the church for concerts as we are the largest Indoorspace in Broadstslr% We are committed to maintaining and preser¥lng our hlstorlc bulldlngs and in 2025 a legacy from a parishioner, Ted Keepin81 eftabled us to have the Iloor In the church restored and refurbished. The hall kitchen floor and the floor in the corrldor were also replaced after extensive work by the kttchen door to replace rotten joists. The heating System for the churth had to be overhauled as, afterthe October service. it stopped worklng. The he exchanger plates were removed and thorou8hly deaned and the System is now working. The boller Is in good condltlon. Damp overthe north ai5k door has en treated and a specialist plasterer ha5 refurblshed the wall. A qulnquennlal report completed by our Archrtect in Ortober 2023 showed thatthere were no malor works to be undertaken. arKI nothing malor 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 in the church. The hours are bnger. lunche5 are served and the number of Craft sta115 thattske part has grown to maxlmum capacity. The regular rt?115 run by members of the congregation are also popular and the event now regularty pmvidES over£1200 per month to our funds. Holy Trinity Is almost fully corn18nt wlth the requirements of the Church of England wlth respert to good safeguarding practice. All persons who have been identified as needing tralning have completed courses run by the Dlocese and thls Is monitored byour Safeguardin8 Disclosure Officer. and Performance The PCC1s ¢ommltted to enabling the Church ts be open as often a5 posslble. and to wekomlng local people and visitors to share in w0h1P both on Sundays and durlng the week. The Wednesday coffee momings have expanded and now regularly welcome over 25 people each week. There has been extensive engagement wsth the congregatlon and wlder community. The parlsh office Is open In the mornlngs from Tuesday to Friday and is manned by a volunteeradmlnistrator. We have an ènswerphone and an e-mail address and both of these are checked reBul3rly outside of office hours. Our website 15 updated regularly and all seN[S and events are advertlsed there. A weekly on-line newsletter was launched and many people outslde of thè congreÉation have signed up to 1ve it. A quarterly paper ma8azine Is produced and published. Giving by member5 of the congregation has dropped due the loss of some large givers, but we have been successful in continuing to ctsnvert exlstlng givers from stsrbding order and paper-ba5ed schemes to our online Parish Giving Scheme. We expert to launch a new stewardship campalgn to encourage more regular grving from our congregatlon and wider communlty in 2026. The last campaign ran in 2014. The church now has 3 number of card reading machine5 and thèsè are enabllng us to accept payments by credlt or debit card. These are helping us to Increase donation5 from the wider community, especially at spedal 5eNices and everts. Unfortunately. desplte several attempts. the Junior Church has not resumed regular meetings. We have advertised for a pald leader but no-one has come forward as yet. We are hopeful that, wlth a new Rector sn place, thls area of ourworshlp and outreath may be restarted. There is a faithful and growing choir and 5eTvFng team, and we have welcomed Drjon Wllliams a5 our organist. The chureh was open for the Ride and Stride event In September and several member5 of the congregation took part and were sponsored. Regular rnaintenance to church buildings had been carried out Includlng WOTks to the hall. A complets audit of our Health & Safety policy and risk assessment wa5 carried out Jnd several new measures. especially around fire safety, were implemented.
Deane Three members of our PCC slt on the Deanery Synod- providing the PCC with an important link with the Diocese and the wider thurch. Church Hall Our hall is open to our community and actNitie5 coritinue to take place throughout the week. Stone Bay Montessori Nursery Is uslng the hall during the day In term time and other Br¢ups Including Alcoholks Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and other hlrers are also uslng the facility. M1551on ¥nd elism The webslte, holytrinktybroadstslrs,com. has been expanded to provide u*tfrdate information and background to our church andlts 5eFvlce5 and activities. Our weekly pew sheet a150 disseminates Information and is available all week forthase who visf£ our church outside of the Sunday seThI. Our Mlssion giving policy was updated for 2025 to donate 5% of our Income (excluding fees and legacies) to charities, both local and International, which are nomlnated by a committee, from our previous year actuol income ratherthan our projected income for the year. Financial details of these can be found below in the Finante sectlon of thls report. Ecumenical Relatlon We are members of the Churches Together In Broad5tairs and St Peterfs. A lay representstive regularly attends meetings and we tske part in lolnt attlvltlos wch as the Good Friday Walk of Witnesg and carol 5ingin8 at Christmas. Flnante Re Income was nearty the same as 2024 at £148,S1812024'. £148,119) but we saw 3 17.5% in¥se In expendlture at £177.510 compared to £151,066 in 2024 but thls can nearly all be explained bythe higher than zverage'malntenance and renewals, cost5 we had in 20251£27,126 cOMpad to £5.193 In 20241. £18,175 was planned expendlture on the refurbishment of the parquet flooring in the maln church, made posslble by the £15,000 Stricted bequestfrom Ted Keeping. The balance was covered by the 'Bullding Upkeep, fund, bequest to Holy Trinity Broadstairs by Caroline Boydell. The remalnder were general issues. Induding Dur boiler and heatlng system whlch frequently stopped workin£ In 2025 co5tlng us over £3,580 for parts and labour to repair, and some repair workto the Ilme plaster on the west wall above the EasierAccess (h)or and in the Lady (JbapÈl. caused by water Ingre55. costing us a little short of £2.CtrfJ to address. Otherwlse. expendlture was tightly controlled against budget. We pald our parish share in full and on time at a total cost of £95,44912024'. £S¥J,1011. The dsfference agalnstthe total In the accounts
(£96,139> Include5 a £689.92 underpayment of our parish share from 2024. Rertor expense5 de¢ased substantlally owing to belng In Interregnum, however this created a new ¢ost a3 as we made payments for service cover and other related expenses1£3.8461- some but not all these costs were offset by refunds from the Dioce5e1£2,4151. We also spent considerably more on the hall in 2025 1£2,8901 compared to 20241£6001 with the refurblshment of the kitchen and the replaced vinyl flc)rlr in the kitchen arid corridor. We made payments of £7,202 in 2025 towards cur mlsslons and appeals {2024- £6,681). £5,40012024: £5ALK)I was distributed to the 9 charities nominated bythe Missions Comrnittee, each receivlnB a split of 5% of our 2024 income as per the upd?te in our Mlssions policy Ipreviou51ythe 5% was based on the projected irbCOTne for the current ytarl wSth the remalnder comlng from special collectlons and dÉstributed to Christian Aid, Thanet Food Link, Chlldren's Society and Kent Churches Together, he 9 charities nomlnated bythe Mission Commlttee In 2025 were lin order they were doned tol: Chrlstian Solidarity Worldwide, The GAP ProJecL The Motherg Unlon. Mary's Meals, Oasis Women's Refuge. M15slon to Seafarer5, Pavlllion Communty Café, Thanet Disabled Rlding Centre and PorchlighL Although expendlture was VP* so was incorne on the previous year (by £3991 raislng £148.518 against a target of £115,670, generatlng a budget Surplus of £32,84812024: £24,559). However. this was only possible due to unbudgeted and unplanned legacy income of £37.73612024: £35.1001 wlthout which we would be postlng a1055 of £66,728. but thank5 to the generosity of our legacy donots" we are reportlng a final year defictt of £28,99212024.. £2.9471 which is consIderab betterthan budget 1£58,4041 but remalns a concern as this continues to erode our Investment and cash reserves. Our legacy donors in 2025 were: Caroline Boydell1£21,1501, Margaret Maybourne {£165021 and Mary J05ephlne Hall1£831- Income from regular givin& donations and assoclated gift aid schemes Beneratsd £48.726, down from £53,250 in 2024, owed to a slight drop in Plate collections1£4.565 compared to £4.991 In 20241 and the loss of xsme large monthly donors. However. church and hall hire Income increased slightly to £20,02012024: £18,793) whlle income from Markets saw another year-on-year Increase to £1731212024: £14,837) despite fundralsing In general falling by £2.762 to £4,19512024: £69571. Investments held at 31st Decemberwere valued at £305.28212024: £338,5091. the decrease attribLrted to the £20.000 sale of shares to fund cash flow Iwhlch incuffed a alised1055 of £5151 a1 the unrealised loss of £12,712 on the value of our investments overall. As a result, dlvidend5 generated by our investsnents fell by £201 to £9,40612024: £9,607). Our Building Upkeep Fund enjoyed a net increase of £17,820 thank5 to further legacy grfts of £21.150 from the Estate of Caroline Boydell, and expenses of lust £3,330. A new Music Fund was ertabllshed thank5 to an anonymous and restricted donatlon of £5C(I from a member of the con8regation, of whlch
£2(K) was spent Dver the Chrlstm35 festmtles. The Floor Enhancement Fund has now been spent upon completion of the floor refurbishment work and therefore the fund is Th)w dosed. F Lowden PCC Secretary
INDEPENDENI EL4h[lN'S REPORT TO THE PCC OF HOLY TRlTy BROADSTAIELS Independent ¢xttill¢V# report to tbe tru8te¢S I I¢PDrtto th6 clty tm8t¢¢S my examinatkonof tk¢ Ac0)U of Th¢ PCC for th¢ yearended 31 D¢¢emkn2025. Re5polteS attd bag15 of report The M¢ml5 of the PCC are rtsponsible for the pr¢ation of the a¢cOlts irA a¢¢ordarLC¢ wilh th¢ of the C]wities A¢¢ 2011 Cthe A¢fj. l Ttyrt in r• of my exa[lliOn of the accounts ¢attied out wid¢r Sectioa 145 of the Act and iti caryiug out my examitiOn I have followed all applicabk DIre¢ttS giv¢ti by the Charity CoTD¥tii&qioll iJnd¢r Wion 145(5Mb) of the ACL Indepentht exmlner'8 Atatement I have completed ex8m[[lI0ll. l ¢ODfirm thatjw mal•ial malt¢rs have come to w attention in ¢onlle with the ¢xami1lioll giving m¢ eause kn beli¢v¢ that irx any nla1 rwe¢t: tingT¢COrds were not k¢pt Att aecordanc•wkth Section 130 of the A¢L or th¢ accouDts do not a¢cordwAth those WS. or the accounts do not compty with th¢ appli¢ablc r¢qDiten]ents ¢on¢emiog the fr)rm 8nd a)ntellt of a¢CoW set ont in the Charities (A¢cowits and R¢pons) RetiO& 2008 ots thau ally t¢qtiir¢mettt that the CoUnts we I ha ]Jo coneetns andhave com¢ acn)s5 no oth¢r nttern iD connectionwlth the eXamID#till to Ivhieh atteDtirn 5knwld b¢ drnwll ill tbis zepoIl ill grdrrth ¢tsabl¢ a PKoper ujjtsststtding of th¢ aAXts to b¢ reached. SptIlg CaDEkO Cbartered CertifiedAecoutttsnts 424 Margatc Road We#wood cr12 6SJ
Holy Trinity Church Broadstairs AS al Dec8mb8r 31st 2025 2025 Incom8 Plate Rggular glving Ino)me Tax r8oJvery DOnaon$ 4.991 34,914 6,941 6.404 53.250 29.570 6,847 48.726 G•n•ral Funds Book8 & Cand Magazin8 to CDBF Hall Hire Church Hire Mathots Fundrai8ing 1.824 342 3.599 17.803 1.190 14.837 411 2.965 17,980 2.040 17,312 4,195 46.408 46.352 Imvtsngnt Income Dfvidend8 from CCLA Reallsed gwn on 8ale of investments 9.406 9.607 448 10,055 9.406 Mlscell8n•ous VAT Refund Appeals Interest Legacies Intorregnum refiJnd5 Mi8C. 514 2,919 3.304 58 35,100 37.736 2.415 43,980 38.462 148,518 148.119
Holy Trlnity Church Broadstairs A8 at Decèmber 318t 2025 2025 2024 Expendlturn Minlstry Expondliuro Parish Shara Re(or8 Exp8ll8es 96,139 275 90,101 1.123 96.414 91,224 Church Runnlng Expenses Runnlng Costs & Sanctuary Gas. Elecbt & W8tsr InsuranGo Wages- Hall cbaner Malntenanc & Rengwa15 5,297 9,175 9,105 6,638 8.688 8,914 27.126 50,703 5,193 27,431 Organ repalrs 1.751 5.931 Tmdlng Costs Hall Costs Mag8zln8 2.890 $81 600 330 3.271 930 Salarfes & Supwt Organtst & Cho 9,916 10,098 Fundralaing & Soel•l General FLmdrat8lng 2,154 Admlnl$tntion General Admintstratlon Fees to CDBF 1,424 2,750 639 2.212 3,389 MIKellanou8 Independenl Examination Bank Charges ML8slon & Appeals New Altar Interregnum Gosts R8alL8gd105s on Sale of in3trAents Othor 7.21Y2 8,681 2.328 3,846 515 140 12,603 9.9)9 177,510 151,066
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Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 14th May 2025 and signed on its behalf by: Alex Bow Churthwarden Sue Murphyi Churthwarden