2024-12-31-accounts

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St Philip’s Church Annual Report for 2024

Aim and Purposes

The aim and purpose of St Philip’s Church Parochial Church Council (PCC) is to co-operate with the minister, Revd Ruth Barry, in promo�ng in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelis�c, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also responsible for maintaining the church building at 185 Mill Road and the church’s other proper�es.

Objec�ves and Ac�vi�es

The PCC is commi�ed to suppor�ng the ministry and mission of St Philip’s Church, so that the church congrega�on and others in the parish can worship God, grow together as disciples of Christ, serve the local community, and enable others to encounter Jesus.

To achieve these objec�ves, the PCC maintains an overview of worship services and community ac�vi�es in the church building; encourages discipleship through small groups and prayer mee�ngs at home and online; builds partnerships with other community organisa�ons and seeks to support the local ministry of the incumbent and others, for example in pastoral visi�ng and friendship and connec�ons with local chari�es. The PCC also oversees the hiring of the church building by community groups and individuals, and works with the Opera�ons Manager to maintain the fabric of the building, improve it as a welcoming space, and make the church’s ac�vi�es environmentally sustainable. The PCC is responsible for maintaining three proper�es belonging to St Philip’s Church, and makes decisions about charitable giving.

Our process of reflec�on and discernment (begun in 2023) resulted in a vision for what we believe God is currently doing in and through St Philip’s. We believe that God is se�ng us free to become a more trinity shaped community, both receiving and serving and holding all in brokenness and joy. This belief in what God is doing has shaped our decisions and the use of our resources through this year.

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Achievements and Performance

Worship Services

St Philip’s seeks to offer varied opportuni�es for different groups in the parish to worship and learn together. In 2024, the main Sunday service at 10.30am was typically a�ended by about 60 people. Alterna�ng each week between All Age worship and a Holy Communion service with a children’s group, this service has provided a welcoming space for families and single people of all ages. The children’s group, ‘Explorers’, is led by Ta�ana Santos, Bea Ridley and Lucy Sixsmith and regularly welcomes new children and families. Sadly Lucy Sixsmith le� the church during the year and her commitment to the young people of St Philip’s is greatly missed, the PCC would like to formally say thank you to her for her dedica�on to Explorers over the years. We con�nue to offer a fortnightly Sunday morning Holy Communion service at 8.30am providing a space for those seeking a quieter more reflec�ve service, and our Midweek Communion service at noon on Wednesdays is a similarly peaceful �me in the middle of the week. Revd Ruth con�nues to offer a monthly service at Brook House Care Home and the St Philip’s youth group, Edge, con�nues to meet each fortnight for games, hot chocolate, discussion and prayer.

Wider Ministry Team

This year we welcomed Revd Colin Hurst who received his Permission To Officiate (PTO) at St Philip’s Church. Revd Catherine Ievins con�nues to minister in a PTO capacity and Michael Priestley (LLM) received a long service reward and the Ely Diocese Etheldreda Medal for his outstandingly faithful service to ministry at St Philip’s and the wider community. We also welcomed ordinands from both Ridley College and Westco� House on a�achment or placement through the year and were blessed by Revd Elizabeth Baker with us on a curacy placement for a month.

Special Events

On Easter Sunday, over 100 people a�ended church either at the St Philip’s sunrise service or 10.30am Communion service, where the children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt and everyone joined together to celebrate Christ’s resurrec�on. There were quieter services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, to mark the stages of our journey through Easter week. Later in the year, St Philip’s offered a Blue Christmas service, crea�ng room in the church for sadness and remembering. The annual Carol Service once more brought together many from the church and the wider community, and the Crib Service engaged

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children in an ac�ve retelling of the Christmas story. This was followed by Midnight Communion and a joyful Christmas Day service. In all, we welcomed nearly 500 people into the church to celebrate Christmas in some form.

Community Ac�vi�es

We are delighted that Warm Spaces has con�nued providing a friendly environment of warm welcome. It has built up quite a community of regulars now. It has been the policy to create these Warm Spaces with “blurry edges” connec�ng each with an act of worship or a church group. The Wednesday communion has con�nued to grow regularly filling the chancel with worshippers. Cambridge Sustainable Food (CSF) volunteers have con�nued to offer a Pay-as-you-feel lunch on a Wednesday and this has grown in popularity as word has spread. CSF also cook for Phil’s People, our monthly community meal on a Monday evening which regularly draws 20+ guests. All these spaces provide a relaxed, homelike space where everyone is welcome. In December, the church once again offered to be a venue for choirs at Mill Road Winter Fair, but sadly, due to winter storms the Fair was cancelled. However, two choirs were determined to sing and we opened our doors to a wonderful impromptu a�ernoon concert and welcomed well over 100 people in who were grateful for some celebra�on and joy on a deeply disappoin�ng day for the community. We are grateful for the hard work of Warm Spaces, CSF and other church volunteers who help to cook, make tea and coffee, chat to guests and make St Philip’s such a welcoming space for everyone who comes through our doors.

Partnerships

We con�nue to work in partnership with Cambridge Sustainable Food, who have used the church kitchen through much of the year even as chefs change. We ran a successful cookery course at the start of the year with CSF chef Mandy teaching people how to cook healthily and sustainably. The café space has also provided, along with the main auditorium, a venue for Romsey Music Project’s classical and folk concerts, which bring many musical residents of Romsey together, followed by tea and conversa�on. Although these became fewer through the year we hope that the project might con�nue into 2025 and provide the opportunity for people to be transported by music in our beau�ful church building as well as finding fellowship and new friendships over refreshments.

One of the church’s proper�es, Melbourne House, represents an ongoing partnership with Jimmy’s Night Shelter. The church also maintains a friendly

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rela�onship with Romsey Mill, where Revd Ruth visits once a week to pray with

Schools

Ruth visits St Philip’s School regularly to support the staff and parents and lead a weekly Collec�ve Worship for the children. Church members support the school in prayer and on the board of governors, and the church building has hosted the school for, hugely popular end of term services at Christmas, Easter and in the summer. We also partnered with St Philip’s School PTA to display a dazzling array of Easter Rabbits in our café windows. Coloured in by the children at school and forming part of the community Rabbit Trail over the Easter holidays. St Philip’s has also hosted several other schools, both primary and secondary, for visits to the church building in rela�on to Re curriculum and RE GCSE classes.

Maintenance

The fabric and func�oning of the building was supervised throughout the year by our Opera�ons Manager, Rosemary Barre�, with prac�cal support from Alan Syrop and Peter Andrews. The main project this year was the renova�on of all our toilets, thank you to Rosemary for managing the project and all the complica�ons and delays that inevitably arose. They all feel much more bright, clean and prac�cal. A huge thank you too, to Alan and Peter for all the ways they provide essen�al day to day maintenance. The church garden was maintained by Peter Andrews and Anke Friedrich and we would like to say thank you to them both.

Giving

The church donated 10% of members’ giving to the St Philip’s mission partners, which the church also prays for month by month: Wycliffe Bible Translators, Romsey Mill, Friends Interna�onal, Tearfund, Cambridge Youth for Christ, Concrete Rose, GenR8, Langham Partnership, Cambridge Money Advice, Cambridge Street Pastors, Church Pastoral Aid Society and Leprosy Mission.

Hiring

Throughout the year, the church’s rooms have been regularly used by hirers for a range of ac�vi�es, including educa�onal and community work, individual and group therapy, drama, dance, yoga and concerts. We appreciate our hirers not only as a source of income but also for the sake of ongoing rela�onships and the opportunity to support others in Cambridge who are contribu�ng to community and individual well-being.

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Pastoral Care

Beyond the church building, regular members of the church community have supported each other in small groups and through friendship. And this year, a�er a successful Lent Book Group, a new evening small group has been established. Revd Ruth has regularly visited people at home and in hospital during illness and difficult �mes, and has supported an unprecedented number of families through the funerals of their loved ones. A number of local couples had their banns read at St Philip’s and the church celebrated the bap�sms of two families this year.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding at St Philip’s is overseen by Revd Ruth and the Parish Safeguarding Officer, Alan Syrop and supported by the administra�ve work of Celia Phipps. We use the Safeguarding Dashboard program to track all the administra�on involved in good Safeguarding prac�ce. Thank you to Celia for ge�ng us and keeping us on track in this regard. All PCC members and other church volunteers have kept up to date with their safeguarding training. And Safeguarding posters and informa�on have been kept up to date. The PCC has complied with the duty under sec�on 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (i.e. to have due regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults).

Volunteer Training

Our volunteers who take more of a welcoming role we invited to Handling Challenging Visitors Training provided by Heart and Soul, the Chaplaincy at Fulbourn Hospital. Learning how to come alongside people who may be struggling and becoming more aware of how to create a genuinely welcoming and accessible venue for all.

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Financial Review

(by Jim Griffiths)

Members Giving

The level of Members Giving in 2024 totalled £82k, which was a 2.5% increase on 2023, but slightly down on our Budget forecast. The giving value includes an amount of £13.5k of Income Tax recovered from HMRC because of members gi� aiding their gi�s.

Several new church members began regular giving during the year, which is very encouraging, but a few substan�al givers le� the church during the year, so 2025 giving is forecast to be lower.

Grateful thanks to all those who give generously and sacrificially to enable the work of the church to con�nue.

Mission and Good Causes

Our mission support con�nued with 10% of undesignated income being given from PCC funds to a variety of home and overseas mission partners, amoun�ng to £8k. The PCC also agreed to make an addi�onal gi� of £500 for the St. Mar�n’s chair appeal.

Rent and Hire of Buildings

In 2024 the church received Income of over £56k from hirers of rooms in the church and £24k in rental income for the 2 church owned houses in Stourbridge Grove and Broxbourne Close. Room Hire was lower than the record income achieved in 2023, but substan�ally higher than seemed likely earlier in the year, following the loss of key hirers.

We must again express our grateful thanks to Rosemary, our Opera�ons Manager, for all her hard work and efficiency in looking a�er our church building and dealing with the numerous hirers of our rooms and facili�es.

– Stan Downing House 13, Thoday Street

Following the award of probate to the executors of Stan’s Estate, his house was formally transferred to the church in early 2024, in accordance with Stan’s Will, that le� his en�re Estate to St. Philip’s.

The PCC spent much of the year examining op�ons for the house and our early hopes were that we could retain ownership of the house and use it perhaps in partnership with another Chris�an organisa�on. However, as the year progressed, the third-party partnership hopes receded and the scale and cost of

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the necessary refurbishment became all too evident, along with the �me and effort required by church members.

In December, a�er much prayer and consulta�on, the PCC took the sad and difficult decision to put the house on the market. The PCC also decided that a “Stan Downing Fund” would be established from the proceeds of the sale, to help fund certain things that Stan felt passionate about, and those causes that were close to his heart.

The PCC further decided that 10% of the sale proceeds would be �thed and possibly used to help fund ministers or church workers housing, perhaps in Africa.

In the annual accounts, we have included the probate value of the house, amoun�ng to £375k, as Income in accordance with accoun�ng prac�ce; this figure was within the value range given to us by Ratcliffe Rust whom we have appointed to market the house on our behalf.

Parish Share

The Parish Share paid during the year amounted to over £77k and this represented a 4% increase in the amount paid in 2023. The Parish Share con�nues to be the dominant category of cost for the church and accounts for over 40% of our overall expenditure.

Employee Costs

Apart from Parish Share, employee costs were the biggest area of cost for the church in 2024 and this totalled £46k. Our 2 employees were Rosemary Barre� who is the Opera�ons Manager, looking a�er the church and dealing with our many room hirers, and Lucy Sixsmith who worked as Parish Assistant un�l her departure in July; Lucy’s posi�on has not been con�nued, so we now have just one employee going into 2025.

Grateful thanks to Lucy for her valuable service in the 16 months she spent working in the Parish Assistant role.

Other Expenditure

Most categories of expenditure were within the Budget allowances, but we did incur costs of almost £7k on u�lity and insurance costs for 13 Thoday Street, together with Survey and Architects costs, as we inves�gated the refurbishment op�ons for the house.

During the year the church toilets were refurbished at a total cost of over £18k; despite this our repair and maintenance costs were well below budget, but this was mainly due to a deferral of certain items of planned expenditure.

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Summary

The Budget agreed by the PCC for 2024, forecast a Deficit of £27k but in the event the deficit was only about £9k on our Revenue Reserve, due mainly to savings on staff costs and deferred repairs and maintenance on the church.

The church finances remain very healthy, and we are well placed to tackle some of the longer-term repairs and improvements that the church needs.

Our grateful thanks to Anke Friedrich our Treasurer for all her diligence and hard work during 2023.

Many thanks also to Rosemary for all that she does with the financial management of the church.

Grateful thanks also to our Independent Reviewer, Mick Lumsden who has been carrying out our Review for over 30 years. Mick now lives in the Netherlands, so these days the whole Review process needs to take place via Zoom mee�ngs and email exchanges. We are so grateful that Mick is willing to con�nue for the moment despite having a new life in Enschede, Netherlands

Reserves Policy

(agreed March 2019 and revised in 2021)

The agreed policy of the PCC is to retain minimum unrestricted revenue in the general fund equivalent to three months’ expenditure, based on the annual budget set each year. Whereas the PCC consider it unnecessary to create a new reserve fund within the balance sheet, we will ensure that we never approve an annual budget that would threaten the general revenue fund dropping below the equivalent of three months’ expenditure. The PCC will review the level of reserves necessary, on an annual basis, in the light of our intended mission and ministry ac�vi�es, and also the level of our staffing; and then decide whether three months’ cover remains sufficient. The PCC, in carrying out any review, will also take into account other designated Funds that have been set up.

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Plans for Future Periods

The church’s ac�vi�es in ministry and mission were maintained throughout 2024 although it was more challenging to increase our capacity for growth in certain areas, par�cularly our Warm Spaces and Children’s work. This was in part due to our Parish Assistant Lucy Sixsmith leaving part way through the year. Lucy was doing wonderful work connec�ng our Sunday “work” with our weekday “work”, providing hospitality and con�nuity across the week for families and local residents. An a�empt to recruit for a similar role with a music focus was unsuccessful but we received news that our applica�on to train a Curate from Ely Diocese was successful and we look forward to Chris�an Osbourne’s arrival in 2025 to help encourage and build up the church in worship and in the areas of small groups, pastoral support, community partnerships, and other connec�ons across the parish.

Working with the Opera�ons Manager, a core group of people consis�ng of both PCC members and other members of the congrega�on have begun a process to draw up a building improvement strategy with the aim to reduce our carbon footprint, maintain our accessibility and upgrade areas of the building and/or equipment. We hope that we will be able to implement this strategy in 2025.

Structure, Governance and Management

The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is a Registered Charity.

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representa�on Rules. At St Philip’s the membership of the PCC consists of the vicar, the churchwardens, the licensed lay minister, deanery synod reps, and nine lay members elected by those members of the congrega�on who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who regularly a�end our services are encouraged to register on the electoral roll and stand for elec�on to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on ma�ers of general concern and importance to St Philip’s Church, including deciding how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. All PCC members undertake safeguarding training and are subject to a DBS check.

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The PCC meets monthly, except in August, December, and the month in which there is an APCM. Each PCC member acts as Link Person for an area of church life (e.g. discipleship and small groups, buildings and equipment, health and safety). The Link Person liaises with those who are ac�ve in this area and reports back to the PCC. The PCC also regularly hears reports from the incumbent, the opera�ons manager, the parish safeguarding officer and the financial overseer.

Administra�ve Informa�on

St Philip’s Church is situated on Mill Road, Romsey Town, Cambridge. It is part of the Diocese of Ely within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: St Philip’s Church, 185 Mill Road, Cambridge CB1 3AN. The St Philip’s Church Charity Registra�on Number is 1142474.

PCC members who have served at any �me from 1 January 2024 un�l the date this report was approved are:

• Incumbent: The Revd Ruth Barry (chair)

• Licensed Lay Minister: Michael Priestley

• Churchwardens: David Brown, Mar�n Clark

Elected members:

• Polly Macartney, Deanery Synod representa�ve

• Liz Hurst, Deanery Synod representa�ve (from May 2024)

• Jane Ba�en

• Bea Ridley

• Robin Nelson (�ll May 2024)

• Ta�ana Santos

• Peter Andrews

• Eric Chen (�ll May 2024)

• Alan Syrop

• Simon Deakin (from May 2024)

Our bank is: CAF Bank Ltd., 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling ME19 4JQ.

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Our Independent Examiner is: Mr M. E. Lumsden, Haarspithoek 63, 7546 KH Enschede, Netherlands.

Day-to-day management of St Philip’s Church is delegated to the incumbent, Revd Ruth Barry, and the opera�ons manager, Rosemary Barre�, and the parish assistant, Lucy Sixsmith (�ll August 2024).

Page 12 PAROCHIAL CHURCH CO NCIL PHILIP CAMBRIDG STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31•t DECEMBER 2024 Cha 18tratlon Numbor: 1142474 TREASURER . ANKE FRIEDRICH Statsm•nts JIM Grlfffths Prepared in accordan￿ %*ryth the char￿e8 Act 2011 and th8 Church Accounting Regulations 20¢

COUNTING POUCIES nd DI LOSURE Page 13 Basis of Fin nclal temen The financial statemonls have been prepared under the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 in accordance wrth applicable aecountsng slarKlard8 and the current statement of Re¢ommendod Pr8Ctice Accounting and Reporting by Charities ISORPI 201 S The financi818tatemenls have beèn wepared under the hI￿oI1C31 cost conv8nbon except for investment assets. vthich are shovm at market value. The financial slatements indude all transactions. assets and liabil￿e5 for which thè PCC 18 re¥pon8ible in law. They do not inclL•Je the accounts of church grcHJp$ that their affiliation to another tlidy, nor thtyde that ore Inform￿ gatherings of church membws. The PCC ha8 optsd to prepare the Accounts on an Accruals b￿"S even thwjh Ij￿re is no requiremont to do go. FIX￿ A858ts- In 2007, Claron¢e Melboume 8 frn ¢hurch member, hi¥ house to the house. These ACc￿nts In¢lL￿a the h¢￿$8 at 6. Broxtw)ume Clw. Cam￿dge at Not v8luab.on a$ estimated by Jim Grrffilhs In February 2014 th chur¢h purcha8eAI 12. Stoutsidge Grove. Cambndge- se• Not0 7 Stanley D¢)wning, a long$tsndiryJ memL of the thurth diod In Janusry 2023. bequeathod hls entire eBtat• to St. Philip'8 Churth, including hi¥ house at 13, Thoday Street. Cambn'dge- see Note 9. After looking al refurbishment options, the PCC declded in Dec 24 to sell the house this Is currently in hand. The curTenl net value of the house sh¢)wn in the Balance Sheet is a conseThaive estsmate based on agents advl¢o. The regulations require an Annual Report vthic links and rnEates the Financial Statemont8 to the aim8. objectlve8 4fKI activltles of the Church. Th Annual ReFQrt 18 publi8hed separately lo these financial 8tstsmonls but wll contain a Revlew of the Financlal Actfvities for Year Ended 31st December 2024. extracte(I from th88e 8c¢ounts. D•rnk 8nd Maoarnt Rawlings are chLreh m8rthr8 •ThJ ItW are 8180 tenants ltiffac*vety Irf¢ tM•nts) of 6, Broxbourne cl￿•. th￿ pald r•nt durlng th• year tot•lllng £6,678.70 TRICTION {8ee 8180 Not08 4 4rKI 5 to the ACC￿nIg) Th8 lala Rev A.G.L. Hunt (Vicar of St. Philip8 192&196318p8ufi8d in hi$ Will that the 1￿me 8ri8ing from th Capital inv8$1gd, mu81 only b• used f￿ filments, repairs and maintonance of P8ri8h Buildings. The PCC ha8 no control or rights regarding the Caprtal vthith is therefore excluded from these acc￿nts.. March 2019 • 2021 The agreed Pollcy of the PCC is to retaln mlnlmum unrestricted revenue in the General Fund equNalent to 3 months expendlture, based on the Annual Budget set each year. Whereas the PCC consider it unnecessary to actually create 3 new Reserye Fund wtthin the Balan￿ Sheet. we wlll ensure that we never approve an Annual Budget that would threaten the General Revenue Fund droppin8 below the equivalent of 3 months expendrture. The PCC will rewew the level of Reserves nece55ary, on an annual basis, in the light of our intended mission and minlstry actlvlties, and a150 the level of our staffln& and then decide whether 3 months cover remains suffbclent. The PCC in carrying out any review. will also tske into a¢￿Unt other designated Funds that have been set up.

Page 14 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. PHILIP CAMBRIDGE STATEMENT F FINANCIAL AcnvmES for r 2024 INC Endowmont Fund TOTAL F 2024 NDS 2023 NOTE Fund5 Fun Income from member￿r￿Jreg. 83.824 193 84.017 82,239 Oth8r Voluntary Incom• 378,006 2.524 380.530 6.535 Rents & Hlre of 8ulldlng8 80.499 80,499 81,171 Sundry Income 6,960 6,960 6,805 549,291 193 2.524 552.007 176751 ND Dlrect Church ktivthes 2ta] 80.049 1.750 78.924 78,924 Bulkllngj & Estobli8hm•nmt 2tb] 2,524 30,398 30,398 Home & Overseas ￿l￿10n 2[c] 8,500 8.533 7,650 Church Man8gemont & Admln. 2[dJ 49.408 49, 2,636 184.041 1,943 187 609 1.750 383,499 8alance8 BIFwd at 1st January 2024 979,937 1.850 981.787 972,644 Revaluation & Transfers ol Fund5 al D8c 24 55.000 55,000 8ALANCES CIFWD at 31st DK 2024 £ 1,41)0.186 100 £ 1.400.286 981.787

Page 15 PAR CHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. PHILIP CAMBRIDGE ED 23 6, Brothoume Close Hou8e at Dec 24 Valuation 12, Stourbridge Grove House 8t Dec 24 Valuation 13, Thoday $tr89t Mous8 at Dec 24 ValUa￿"On £ 450.CXJ £ 410,C t 375,(XJ) £ 1,YJS,C<) £ 425,rxMJ £ 380.( £ eOS,CJ) Dgbtorn & Prepaynnts Poty Cath- Office ard C•fO Ca8h at Bank 12.468 187 £ 159,7( 14,355 {Nol• 3 173,446 £ 172,361 188.LN)8 RR Credltorn & Acw•18 11.221 165.286 176,787 £ •81 767 Valual¥n of 6roxboum8lStourbrklge Houses at Jan 24 R•v•lua￿'on￿ ol Broxboum•lstou￿ridqQ at D•e 2024 Thoday Str••t Houm •t Valual £ 805,[ 55.1hXI £ 37S,Ch)) £ 1,235,C £ 805.COJ e ￿5,oCI) Balance at 1st January 2023 Tran6ferr•J from Café Equip7￿11 Fu￿1 SuWu• IDefiutl for Year £ 153,046 14S,754 0 496 £ 145.550 7.293 E 153.048 Tr8n•ferrèd in Ircffl Genernl Fund 16, 10.(rA) Translerred in fr¢Yn Genernl Flmd Tran8forr•d to General Fund 2.(O) £ Bal?n¢o at 16t JAnuary 2024 Net Payrnents out dunrg the Y￿r 255 £ 3,636 165.186 174.937 INots 4] Carnbndgt Cty Counril- CSF CO￿ Clas¥e8 pa￿ to CSF during Year 1.8SO 1.750 £ £ 1AOO.286 £ 981.787

Page 16 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. PHILIP CAMBRIDGE NOTE TO THE ACCOUNT 31¥t I-INC Fund• FundB Fund$ 2024 Gift Ajded G¢wng Non Gift ￿ded Giving Churth Colthtson$ Mombars Earmarkod Gfvlng Ino)rne Tax on Grft Ot￿r Donatsons 52,178 10,120 2.153 52,178 10,120 2,153 52,947 7.870 754 193 13.470 13,470 13,518 7.149 83,824 84.017 82,239 Hunt LegaGy Ine4)m• Stan Dovming Legacy Ilndud•8 Housè 81 V8k￿￿onI £ 375,961 Grants Recèived Camb. Sust8inAbl• FofyJ8. Energy Conth't £ 2,524 2,524 £ 375,￿1 500 1,546 2.750 1.328 378,006 1624 380,53 St Philip$ Centro- Room Hir• Stourbrfdga Grovo Rènt Broxb)urn8 Clo80 Ranl Café Taklngs £ 58.2 17,855 6.579 $6,288 17,855 6,S79 £ 69.608 15,173 8,260 141 1.17 PCC F088 Rfu Bank Intorest Feed in Tarllf P8ymen¢• mis￿11an¢0uj lind. Grcup• conlribukn•l 1.121 1,121 858 2.2 534 713 6,960 6,800 549,291 2.524 £ 662,007 176,751

Page 17 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ILIP CAMBRI NOTES TO T E ACCOUNT Total Fund Fu Fun Fund• *nkNtry'. P8rf8h Share Clergy Expenses Subscrlptlons Young Pfjop￿ Work P8StorAI Payments Worship a Sorvices Refreshmerrts CSF Gamt Outreach Cools tlknts 61 £ 7T,081 318 77.081 318 74.247 19 284 255 255 403 705 1.750 120 248 780 705 1.750 120 312 80,049 1.7￿ ￿ É 81.799 76.924 Insurance Church Utilitie8 Church Hou8tke•ping Church Repairs & MaintenarKe C0818 re Church O•med Houses Furnllure & F￿￿n98 2,412 7.347 9.248 16.836 7.140 3,103 2.412 7.347 9,248 19,380 7.301 3.103 2,626 8.278 9.403 2.$24 2,223 £ 48,088 2,524 ￿770 £ 30 398 Mèmbers Eamiark•<l Githg P.C.C. G￿Ing. 33 8.533 In Office & Man8g•m8nt S81g1i08 Staff Tralnlng So￿are & IT Siipwt Te￿phonelIn1eMot Printing & Stalknfrry Ml8c•lLqn¢ou• É 45,889 45.869 49,018 359 1,994 587 273 407 £ 2.043 2.043 130 479 130 49.406 52,636 £ 184.041 188,508 £ 167 609

Page 18 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. PHILIP CAMBRIDGE NOTES TO THE ACCOUN S - 31st December 2024 NOTE 3- Ca8h t Bank: Accounts Dec.24 CAF Current Account Café TSB Business Account Cambrty Building Souety 52,578 71,818 19 101.628 £ 107,128 £ 159,706 173,466 NOTE 4- Ro8 ted Funds: as defined in the Church A¢countsn9 Regulat￿n$ 199712006), are sums that have been restricted by the Donors or sums that have been raised for a speth purFose. Isee also Accounty"ng PolKièsl In May 2023 the Ghurch recewed a Grant from Cambridge City Counal, 3Fecifically to fund Cc(skery Classes to be provided by CambrKlge Sustainable ForJs ICSFI. This Grant was unused at 3111212023, but £1.750 has been paKI to CSF in 2024. - Perni Endowm -HuntL The Church rrf)Ilcy is lo use all annual income as an offset against our Repairs and Maintenance expenditure and thus there Is no Fund to bè carried forward. The PCC has no access to. or nghts over, the Capital in the Hunt Bequest Fund, however we are advised from ts'me to knme of Ihe value of the underfwng Investrnents. whjch at 31st December 2024, amounted to £93.502.56 NOTE - P rf8h Shar• The Parish Share paid to the Cambridge Oeanery in 2024 was £77.081. NOTE 7- B xbourn• Cl 8, 8roxboume Close was left to the church in 2007 by the late Clarence Mell)oune. a fomer church memb8r. The house is ¢urrenUy occupied by church m8mbers,Derek and Margaret Ralings, under the temis of a life tsnancy lease agreement. The valuation of 6, Broxboume Close shown on the Balance SW is the markel value as estimated ty Jim Griffiths. veH On 26th February 2014, the church purchased 12, Stourtsidge Grove Cambridge for the Sum of £287,607 In May 2014 the ¢hur¢h entered Inlo a 3 year ￿e wilh Jlmtys Cambridge, a chanty providing emergency accommodatlon for Peop￿ who would otherw'se have lo 5￿p rough. The house Is used to provide.move on. accommodation for guests, generalty for penods of about 6 months, as part ofthe pnxess of helping residents lo re-take control of their lives again and regain confidence & self 8St8em. Further 3 year agreements We￿ contracted in May 2017, May 2020. May 2021 & May 2024 The valuation of 12, Stourbridge Grove shtrwn on the BaLgn¢e Shert is th8 Ma￿et value as estimated by Jim Grrfffths. 9 - Thoda Street Hourye 13. Th¢Jday Street was left to the church in 2023 by the late Stanley DcMwning, a former church member. The PCC de¢id•d in Dec 24 to sell the house and establish a'stan in Fund" wtth the sale proceeds. Th8 valuation of 13,Thoday Street shown on the Bala￿e SheeL Trs ba*J on advice from the selling agent

Page 19 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. PHILIP CAMBRIDGE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS- 1st Decembor 2024 NOTE 1 - Hom• & Ovorn•as Miulon Other Earniarkod Givin Home Ml8sion 2024 202 Total Fund• Rom8ey Mill Friends InternatN)nal IKairos Trust) C.P.A.S. Cambridge Y.F.C. £ 1.OCKI £ 650 3CM) £ 5 £ 1.000 650 300 500 £ 1,000 650 300 500 £ 2.450 £ 2,450 Wy¢liffe B.T. - Tim & Maggie Gaved TEAR Fund Emmanuel IntematKJnal Leprosy Mission Langham Partnernhip £ 1,6 £ 1.250 £ 1.600 £ 1,283 £ 1,650 650 33 £ 600 £ 51)0 800 500 600 500 33 £ 3,983 Cambridge Money Advice Centre Street Pastors GenR8 Concrete Rose Gifts for dep8rting Clergy St. Martin's Chair Fund Appeal £ 300 300 £ 500 £ 500 300 £ 300 500 500 400 300 500 500 100 £ 2,100 £ 1,800 £ 8.500 33 £ 8.$33 £ 7,650

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St Philip’s Church Fabric Report 2024

Fire alarms, fire extinguishers and boilers serviced, and lift serviced twice.

Fire alarm sensor in kitchen replaced after two false alarms.

Camera and controller bought for zooming services thanks to a sizeable donation.

Front door glass cracked by angry visitor attempting to open whilst it was on the electric lock – decided not to go to expense of repairing because the integrity of the door was not damaged and it was still deemed safe and secure.

All windows, incl velux and solar panels washed.

All toilets were refurbished – incl child seats bought for toilet seats.

Chair trolly re-wheeled.

Beam re-stained after being bleached by leak in 2023.

Sound deadening panels applied to ceiling.

Power supply unit replaced on heating manifold 2.

Piano tuned.

Rosemary Barrett Operations Manager

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Deanery Synod Report for APCM

There were three meetings held for Deanery Synod in 2024. St Philips is in Cambridge South Deanery.

29[th] February 2024 was a Cambridge South Deanery Synod meeting. Polly Macartney attended this meeting. It was held at St Mark’s Church Newnham.

21[st] May 2024 was a joint Deanery Synod meeting between Cambridge South and Cambridge North Deanery. Polly Macartney and Liz Hurst attended this meeting. It was held at St Andrew’s Church, Chesterton.

22[nd] October 2024 was a Cambridge South Deanery Synod meeting. Polly Macartney and Liz Hurst attended this meeting. It was held at St Andrew’s Church, Cherry Hinton.

We are beginning to see a pattern of how these meetings work.

Guest Speakers.

February 2024 – Tim Hall gave a presentation about Citizens UK

May 2024 - Mark Rodel gave a presenta�on in his role as development officer for learning in Ely diocese.

He was talking about an online tool / pla�orm with informa�on on all the different courses that the diocese of Ely run. All the informa�on is now in one place and moves away from a centralized model to one where learners can download resources to use individually, as well as meet in groups online or in person.

October 2024 - Francis Burki�, a senior member of Ely Cathedral Chapter, gave a presenta�on about the cathedral, likening it to ‘a mother’.

Good news in Churches and Challenges

At most mee�ngs we have a chance to hear from a couple of churches and we have been able to share what is going on at St Philip’s too. We have heard from St Ma�hew’s, St Paul’s, St Andrew’s Church Cherry Hinton and from St Barnabas Church.

A group of clergy from North and South Deaneries are collabora�ng over the response to the large new housing developments, par�cularly on the airport site.

Deanery Finances

In October we had a helpful explana�on given of the deanery finances.

Like other churches in the deanery St Philip’s Church has been asked for a 4.5 % increase in our parish share in 2025. The PCC has agreed to this. Then we will be asked for a 3% increase in 2026.

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In total the deanery had between £75,000 – 80,000. This is largely going to be spent on the Cambridge Churches Homelessness project. The deanery gave our first of three payments of £25,000 to CCHP in October 2024. We are going to give CCHP £25,000 per annum for the next 3 years. This money will be replaced gradually from the 2.5% discount we get back If our deanery has paid our full parish share. This 2.5% discount is given specifically to fund joint projects.

Diocesan appointments

In February it was unanimously decided that Cambridge South Deanery should part-fund the Cambridge Churches Homelessness Project post of Bishop’s Officer for Homelessness in Ely Diocese. This is for a period of three years up to a maximum of £25,000 per annum. In May we heard that Kris�an Hewi� had been accepted for this post.

Rev Jim Robinson was appointed vicar of St Mark’s Newnham and St Mary’s Grantchester. He was inducted as vicar on 5[th] September 2024.

Rev Devin McLachlan was appointed vicar of St Benet’s Church. He was inducted as vicar on 13[th] September 2024.

There were interviews for new Ely Diocesan Bishop, but unfortunately no bishop was appointed. We will now have to wait un�l at least 2026 for a new one.

Polly Macartney and Liz Hurst.

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Parish Safeguarding Officer – Report on Safeguarding

The activities on safeguarding over the past year have been relatively straightforward and may best be described as consolidating our efforts. The major focus has been on implementing the Parish Safeguarding Dashboard more comprehensively. It does much more than simply display the status of the various aspects of our provisions. Many thanks are due to Celia Phipps who has spent many hours maintaining the database that is at the heart of the system and records aspects such as risk assessments, role descriptions, DBS checks and training details. The dashboard allows easy identification of upcoming requirements with a simple traffic light presentation across the differing demands of our safeguarding procedures.

The second notable improvement has been a review of our risk assessment for services in church and how we respond to potentially hazardous situations. We have consequently updated the relevant training for Duty Wardens.

However, in conclusion, I would remind you that although the safeguarding procedures are put in place by Ruth and myself, keeping everyone safe from abuse is everyone's responsibility – it depends on all of us being vigilant and reporting if we observe anything of concern. Do not be afraid to talk to me or Ruth if you notice something indicating real or potential abuse.

Alan Syrop, Parish Safeguarding Officer

March 2025