Chwty Rumb•r. 1148272
Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great, Bethnal Green
(A Parochlal Church Councll roglsterBd as a Ch￿lty, numbw. 1148272)
Financial Statements
and
Trustees. Report
for the year ended 31 December 2024

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great, Bethnal Green
(A Paro¢hlal Chwch Coun¢ll rnolaiorod as 4 d￿rtty. •Mtsnbor. 11482721
Index to the Financlal Statements
for the year ended 31 D•camber 2024
Pag9
Inthx lo th• Flnandal Stai•
ChaTIty Infonnpllon
Tn*t••s' R•port
ststarn•nt of Tru*t•u' R•8pmslbRItIg5
IndopDnd•nl Examln•¢$ A•port
Stslorn•nt of FlnanElal ActfvllS
S¢atgm•nl of Flnan¢lal Posluon
10
Statern•nt of C•sh Flows
11
Accountlwj Pollcl•s
12-13
Notes to th• Accounls
14-19

Parish of St Matthew with St Jame5 the Great, Bethnal Green
IA Parothlal co￿￿15 r•qlst•r•d ￿ a Glwlty. nwnb•r. 1148272}
Charity Information
for the ￿aT ended 31 December 2024
Thg Ch￿h (PCCI is a corporats l>th eslabI5hed by Ihe Clwrch ol
EnglaThJ. It is ¢￿ti￿￿O￿ aThJ S￿&m0d bythè Pamthkal Chwch Counols (Powers) Maasurg
1956 la¥ ameTrJ•Jl the c￿rth Rep[85￿￿1*￿ Rules120111. The r[￿be15 01 th? PCC
ar• *s In￿tl•S urwhr th¥4y I￿ and ￿ r•kned to as sud) Uywghoul INS r•porL
C￿r￿¥ n•m•:
Charlty r•gl•trntlon numb•r.
1148272
R•glst•r•d oftk•:
London
E2 60T
lJpeTrtlons a¢*Irn￿.
Hereford Stf861
London
E2 6EX
Chalr.
The Revd EM M Cl*k
4a Pr¥ibrwJ Ho￿8 Yard
London
E2 7PR
HSBC plc
Th• CBF Qx¥ch ol Fw
1 ArO Lano
Lc#)Jon
EC4R 3AB

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great. Bethnal Green
(A Paro¢Nal Chu¥¢h CounGII rB%4st•r•d as a chaFIty. numbor. 1148272)
Trustees. Report, incorporating the PCC Report
lor the yèar ended 31 D•¢wnbgr 2024
Thè Trust8•5 of P￿sh ofst Matth8w**h Sl Jam•s th• Grnal B•lhnal Gra￿ I￿1 rep￿1 tL*Jether Ihe finBncAal
statements for tho year $ThJBd 31 D8cgmbor2024.
tl¥• knf0rn7allon:
St MHttheW¥ 1$ Ihe molher thurth d 8•ll¥wl Grn•rn It Is h) St Mallh**s RCMT. It ser￿ a parth rcAryNy I￿ed by tho to
the south and east, Cld Bothnal Grnen Road to thè north al the ¥rnst ar(￿d the Blshopsgate GoDds Yard. T?￿n￿alty,
thè bonakn ￿ Ihg Parish ofSI P4tsthaw wth S( James the Grt Bolhnal GrewL 13.c￿0 POLWg INO pail
cLYfB5pOnd8n￿ should be $9rt *:
st Matth•w'$ R•¢tory. H•r•lord StYwL Londofft E2 6EX
Th& Parocknlal Church C(w4 (PCCI is a regisle￿d dwrity. 114B271
urch c￿ne11 Ob
St Mattr*Ws PCC Is Cr￿stilUbd lo and coopw3te Ythh th8 parish Priesl cd St Vattlw*s *ith St James th• Gr•at. Bèthnal
Green, In promotkng th• whola mission ol tha cl￿vEh. pa51od. evangel￿￿. s(Kial and 9￿m￿￿al. It fosp)n$ibikntig$ lor a
number olprop•rti•s'. th• chweh. a pa￿ H&1. th& R(Thn. arnl the W*h N>Jse.
Members ol Ihe PCC ar• •ither ex-offiriocf elecled by Ihe Pamclmal Clwrrh MeetY¥ IAPCM) in accordance the
agaln In accorda)co knith th8 Rule5.
Durfng th• ￿th• lollowlno wTho11 •* ThmlJ•rn olth• PCC.
Frorn 21 Aprll 2024
IIAr Rosèmary Morton Ilntethi Prfe￿ from
Ben Jones.Williarns (Church￿rden)
Matias Wltthwj (Deanery Synoj Rep)
Stsvng ISec¥etaryl
Alli McKdvey (stood do*n 241
Jamie Barb
Cara Rlw
ilp to * Aprll 2024
John F*ong (CIKvrtrfiv￿en}
Pairicia {Church￿rden)
Matias witrth￿ ￿e*lary Syrth
AB the PCC is currenty Bmall In nunther. ts staith9 con1ri￿ ofal PCC Member
andrn
The rneth¢4J ofappjlntrnent of PCC members Is set ojt ￿ lh8 CIM¥th Rth120201 bapilsad dwch m•mt•Js
OY•T th• ag• of 16 arn •ff*urag8d to r89*gron the Elecl1x￿ Rol are to st¥KI fty election kn th• PCC.
Man
t8 and Perfo
slon
2024 %¥as a full ￿arkn parish life. K saw2 2 ful*￿. 3 S ￿lf￿1?1¥￿S. Some ofthe ofth•
y•ar are as follims.
C¢wregatitinal lifv:
St Matth8vls Sund8y mtynlng P*ish klass and Thw5¢ky Slk C(Mml c￿ ￿k)me MaB6 c(￿￿nued going strw
throughout 2024.
The Ch¢Mr C￿rGh cor*Jregats"on pawd after its thwd July 2024. With the a￿oIn1MÈnl of t￿1 tirector ol
MUS￿ and C(Thnunity Chaplain. we are lJ¥nking ahead the dncticth k*eWdthen's w1￿ch TrNristy in the parish.
Wadnesday 8veNn9 mass and rosaryttx￿ SI￿ 2024. see1￿ rewlar attendance tstjle. mldw8ek
offerfrKJ conUnu8s lo bo fortho￿Atr) Can￿￿all•￿ Surklay ffASS ts•ca￿ of**r#*. andlorv*ish io bè in¥c4vod
r5hty> and thsclpleshlp MId￿8￿

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Grea( Bethnal Green
(A Paro¢htal Church COU￿11 r•g15t•nd as a char*y. 1148272)
Trustees. Repor( incorporating the PCC Report
for the y¥ar ended 31 D•c•mber 2024
Staffing h*JhlHJhts & ehang•s
We hosted a team frDrn Westcott House. C￿brkIg•. to (xwM>r5hlp ar¥J pastOTal dudTra Pass*)ntlde.
George Haggett contirthd on Sthff iewn. his tille Irum Ass￿la￿tt0 Cornmunlty CIWtL
Wa oppoknted JOna1h￿ Tkher as Dthlorof PAJ* In SWMwW24.
Dawn 8Wy CO￿nI￿1 ￿ as Pari* fvAknkniqtratN aThJ B(*A*llwlK¥Jt 2024, *so ￿nI￿A)g to serve 85 PCC
St Matlh•w'sw•lcomÉd A Dè￿ Falhor r￿Ma￿ Nl*o. fvrl¢yJrnvxrths. His Lènt plaeernenl thal carried
throu9h lo his prieslty rffthnakn.
Moth* Erin's matemity leave comrrwK8d in May. k4Jiher Rogewi M¢xton. our pa￿tIn& Int￿1￿ W began at P•twUd•.
St Mauhew's has beèn hugBty ftxhersleady pr8serTh In the sacran8ntal. pastcrf31 catett*bcal r(wnK%ty ofth•
padslk Olhor pri* womded CO￿ Indthl•d Irw* EthJuwTkne. Falher Paler Bab￿￿tOn.
other proleds ¥nd 6vents In the of Ihe thwch and th¢
. Fr8W8nt ¥rhool ytsits Itrfth WOWbS to chLMth *rKI ckryyllayl8aOus lo S￿￿￿Ls) c1￿￿nUed %ith IDcal 5th001s.
Our Palm Sunday prote>sw and paity aLwea￿lS Pla>wrvJ was a S￿e￿S. wAh w 80 In
¥ttendance. yus Oerek the Donkoy.
Parfsh p￿g￿m?￿ ￿ C￿*thry. Fcff Ihe l* klty 8wk 14*J¥y. a wthttto Cant•bury. some Wlng,
sorne taklrwj public Irw Pray￿4 had ty al. cokn¢ldvy TAilh the Foasiofst Auwstine of
Cantwbury.
A grnup ofparfslmtimrs frDm the Comnmty Gad8n Sl Ellthga's Cantrn lor Pèac• and
RecOnBII*Uc￿ cffj a trtp to knedw￿ & ￿￿￿ease &tss•K alctysbje mBrnb?￿ ofarther churth from
SoulhvA¢k.
Belknng¥ng'. a group ol parlslaon8ts wariw nr4J thxch bth b￿￿ kn autrjmn 2024 undqr th•
tuition ofchrfs Woavars arnl sièv8 JakernarK
8ethnal (knn BuM￿•b8&S. A hu9ely 3￿CeS￿ FW bagan in swrrw2024. ourpknywoup for babies and tod(N#
¢all¥d Bothnal Green Bumt4ebees. Grant lundlng pald lor soft tAay. toys and other aquipmenL This pr4ac¢ Is coordlnaied by
George Hauw3•tt, ffi c(>)pèralon ¥￿th ¢)ther pa￿h￿)rth5 aThJ P￿nIS. numb8rs uSU￿Y run to 15 famili85.
Supporting padshk)nw5 In n8•d. A numb•f ofb)Ih rec8nUy ardved parfshlryww5 have h?d acuts
health or lfflrnlgratioft-relatgd issuos in 2024. Ihe dmrch ILM)th dergyaNI14ty1 have ralied rwnd to supp¢xt and slgnpost
fry Ihgse
. We bid lo Ajll McKdv•y. a m8n*>ar oftw PCC. her pkner Jess Madarl•*. as they rn0￿d to Cambridge SO
Alll could Win trainkng al Weslcolt
Church bulldl
Th• follovAng thang•s or trAue5 aSJrFsseil in 2024.
We Inslalled a couker k11th￿. so it cwhj ￿ us•d pwp)ses.
Gulter5- deaned reg￿aty mainlain•d by Il* dwxe5e.
SH¥er plate- remains in good eondili
Quirv4U8nnwl Inspgdon was heid In 2024: lh8 dyjth Trmains ￿ ￿L¥j ¢￿￿￿On, as •4wwlth 7Aryk tha¢ n8¢ds dtyng cffi a
buldlng Its 3(#)th ￿ar of]il•.
Thè Churehprd cantinu85 lo be malnlainod byTaw Harrlets Green & Paths l•ams, Mlh w8 hm a very good vthlng
relalonshSp. A fèw impr(womerts to ow Ilghthir¥J eonthKtorsJst•n mado in 2024. Plans markn to plant rw tree5 (
tha south s*J&ofthe churthyard, to t• ¢8rri¥d 2025.
The Parlsh Rooms conllnu• In mix•d usa. Sorne of our nw15t users *è Be)￿￿￿1 Ihp Streets Invthtt¥ne oulreachl, Tha
Bothy Projq¢t Food Ctrop, Leonar(J's Lurth Pet Focrfl bth¢, Sknon (kn spac*l, Ch•Klar Ntszgdov Ipkno
lU￿onI. togeiher*ith olher rrfwff hlres.
The Parfsh Hall Ino.17 H•r•fc¥d Str￿) ¢onJrnJes to be tel by State $1. Reyw cg)ntinL￿ prowess*8 10
negotiation stws in 2025.

Parish of St Matthew with St Jarnes the Great, Bethnal Green
IA P4roGhW Church Councll TrI8tsrgd a• • chwmy. numb•r. 1148272)
Trustees. Report incorporatlng the PCC Report
for the y•ar ended 31 Dvcemb•r 2024
To&1 r8c81pls on ordlnary unreslrictèd fLmds knpr8 £137.443 antj ar8 dela]￿ li th• Financial Stai*))ènts. Toial intomè. Induding
donauons. legacKs. charitablè inbwtrnents and erthjyrnt adMl*s was.. E137.443. A tolal of£ 149,325 was spent to
pro¥ld• lh• mlnw Imm St Mallho￿￿
Common Ful￿ coThiirnenl ol£SO.947 was fuly
R•sults fw the year
The results ol the pwlod aThl ffin8nts* olthe PCC the ar￿￿ed fffw¢i81 slalemen¢&
The Slaternenl of Fknanclal Ath￿8$ sh￿￿ a iTryear d8k4"t of£7.631 aKI FBSgwves 01£2.385.473. An overspend offr
genaral funds 01 È15.122 is to Iha salary oflhe C(Mn￿ntty ch￿￿ and b? cif•sel by th8 sale ol St Jam•s lftslltut•
expgndobl8 eNloMnwrt fvrvjs In 202S.
Tanglbl• flx•d •ss•ts for us• bythe chwlty
FIMd Is￿lS arn sat in 12 to the a¢cwrts.
The PCC rnalnl*ns a balanc8 w¥•5trictsd fvnd5 to I))￿r emwJr siluabon5 that may from Ume lo time. Thg PCC
k•aps to its Restr￿a Pollcy **¥ch malntths Ihat the church keep 6 [￿￿1h5. costs in r8s8ms. plus to cov•r
al and olhor ￿anned
Indop•ndont ExwnSn
Thè Independ8nt Examinpr, Anthony Arrn6trorrfJ FCA Of￿A• & Co. Acrmrtants and Statrjtory Auditor, has
indrAled his wilingness to ￿ piw•d for
Th• financlal statem•nls apwoved by the Board ofTntsts2es on 6 2025 swned ￿ ils bthaif by..
Th• R•Wd Ertn M Cl

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great. Bethnal Green
IA Paro¢hlal Chwch CDuncll r•glst•r•d ¢harlty. numb•r. 1148272)
Statement of Trustees. Rèsponsibllities
for the year end•d 31 Deumber 2024
The trusl•ès 8re responwtye lor prèparing rap￿ tho staknixnts with applicabkn law and Urblod
Klngdom Gen8r8llyAc￿pt•d Aetsu￿n￿ Pradic
Charity law in EnglorKI and W4es requwes the tru*•s to prepare S￿ments for e￿h fin3nc41 year whlch give a Img
and fair view ofthe stsle ol 01 th8 chwlty and of the k)e¢m¥wJ restUCgs and applkation ol of ￿ chaiity lor that
peri(>d. In pr•paring these finanual stalernonts, the trusi•es we reqL￿• lo:
al Sdect suitable acwJnIi￿ policigs and aPF4y t1￿M crw5thnty.
bl Obs8rv8 the melh)d5 prin¢¥6s in the Chaisb8s SORP.
cl Make judgemenls and eslirnates that are reasonable afvj
dl Fdlow ap￿kable accounting sla)dards *KI 51alem￿OI￿C￿n￿ *ll￿tIO any matérial depalurps disdos•d
and explained In the acrounts".
el Prnparn th• financaal ststernents on th8 CLYK•n basis it is to a55ume th￿ the chawly wll conllnu• in
opsratiorL
Th• tsust88s are rn5pJnslbl• lttk*ng adow* aCcounth￿ whlch olsdos8 *Mlh reaSl¥￿bl• accwaw at any Ihe
rinandal posrfion ofthe charity and which enatle them ￿ erffjurfr Ihal the fnancial Stslements *lth the Chaiitses Act 2011.
th8 Chwity (Accthrnts Roponsl Re9￿a￿jw￿ 2008 and prowls￿ of thè govemlw (bxurrwL Thè trustees aro a150
5ponslble for sa1egua￿ftg Ih8 asseis ullh? charity and he￿0 fort￿r¥j ￿asonabJe sleps lor thè FKevenUon and detecuon ol
traud and other Wre9￿e*

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great, Bethnal Green
IA Parnchlal Chwch Councll rrylsi•r•d w a ¢h•rlty. 1148272)
Independent Examinefs Report
to the Parochial Church Council of the Parish of St Matthew wlth St James the Grea(
Bethnal Green
l rnport on the accounls of Parish otst Matb)VaTwih Sl JanRs the Grnat, B•thnal Gf*l lor th8 pèritsj Irom 1 January 2024 to 31
Daeamber 2024 s•1 oul on pages 9 to 19. Nty report15 In respgrtofarn wmknatkn cwled out In accrMd&nco vAlh the Cl￿r¢h
Accounlln9 Re9￿a￿onS 2006 Regulati(ms'1 ￿ Ihe Chwits5Pd 2011 ( lh• I.
7hls re￿ Is made sdety to the membw5 01 ihe PCC as a aecorrta￿ *ith sactiw 145 rlth8 Charilies Act reg￿lIOnS
made under sect1￿ 154 of that ACL W •xamlpAl*Jn has been Lwthrtakan so th81 I MWI stale lo Ih8 PCC mambers Ihose rnatt8￿ 1
am roqulrod to slat8 to them in an ind?￿dent exaffinets ieport and lor M oth8rpurp05e. To the fille5t gxient pernitted by kw. I
do not acc8pI or assume ￿sPonsIbl[￿ty to ￿ ollts¥lhan PCC *KI *s ffjBnknasa bw, fcr my exwnniatkjn. for this
report, or for Ihe O￿nI£￿S I hav8 forrr*
R•spèctfv• r•spoMTtsMllle8 ol rn•mbars olth• PCC and thB exarnlTror
A¥ descthd on page 7. as PCC mombers you *a res5b￿le ts the pre[￿al￿ clth• and you c4Jns*lor Ihat an Èudil
Is not re(wired tr Ilis y•ar urnltr the Regulati￿￿ cf uTrJer seckn 14412) olth¥ Clwiies and that an irvknndenl &xarninatlon
Is needed.
li Is my r&S￿IbIl￿ to:
a) examine tho amnts under Sec￿on 145 of th8 Charikn A¢
b) to follow thè procÈdur95 Ip4d Ch)￿ in the General clrnth.on by the Chwtyconwrisskffi und•rsqdon 144Sllb} olth•
Charilles Act., aThl
CI tD 51ate whglherpartKLlar maliws hmi com• to my attan1bJn.
BaBI8 of Ind•pgnd•nt •xamlMrf8 rnport
My exaTrlnation was carried out in a￿Ord￿nc? wilh GeneRI by Chty CtsmmlssioTh. An examSnaticffi Snthdes a
ra¥Aaw ol th8 records keFrt ty the thawty and a acc4xrfs pres8nbJ those records. It also
Includes conshjerdtknn ofany unusual items ordi5d0x￿ in th• acaxmts. and s￿￿fig wianations from th8 Church Coun
eone•mlng any S￿h rn3tter5. The wc¢edures w¥Jèrtak•n do rx)t wtivide the avid9￿ that %￿Uld be Tequtred In ￿ audlt, and
nsequenuy no opin>)n is gNen as io *thgthor Ihe ary>)wts WeS￿la fall￿ aThl thè lknited to those matters
sat tyjt next 51a18Th8nt.
Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•f8 slaknBnt
In connedon with my8￿￿￿natiOn, no malerd malt•rs ha4• to my alknni** iwv05 m• caLBg * be￿wa that In, any
materi81 respect:
b. the did *ilh the acco￿&vj rnthds:
c. thè •etounts did cNryty*lth the ¥￿tabl? crrfhcemuvj the forn arNJ ¢￿￿8ntofa￿￿1S Set out In the
Charflies (Acc￿nts and ReFQrtsl R￿￿ellOnS 2008 otherthan w rnquinnerbl that th• aCt￿nts givè 0'ln* and 141￿ viow
*thich15 nol a Malierc￿S￿lef•J as partolan
I havo comg across Thj other mattets in connec￿On *ith Ih? all￿1￿ b8 this in ord•r lo
enable a proper undorst•¥liThJ ofthe a¢￿)￿lS to be rnache
Anthony Arm51ic¥ig FCA
ofArni￿r0￿q & Co
4a Prlntlng Hous• Ywd
Hackn&y Road
DalBd: 6 Awll 2025

Parish of St Matthew wlth St James the Great. Bethnal Green
IA P•rochl81 Chwth Coundl r•glst•r•d ￿ a clwlty. number. 1148272)
Statement of Flnancial Activltles
for the ￿ar ended 31 Decèmb￿ 2024
2024
2023
Totsl Fund5
Funds
I￿oMe #nd •ndowrn•nts from:
Donations and legade5
Charitable aclfvibes
ar tradlng acU¥lUes
Inve51mants
12.395
970
19.870
91.914
12.294
13.225
79
21.893
89.679
9.524
970
19M70
91.914
Total Incom•
121144
3MDS
12.294
137,443
134hOO
Expendltur• on:
Raisng fvnds
Charnat4• acti*Attes
Endow￿1 expBndllw•
704
141.752
704
144.783
3.838
4,104
128.470
3.114
3.031
10
3.838
Total oxp•ndltur•
3,031
149.325
135,888
Nel wnsllkxses) r￿ In¥•sbi)8nts
13
4.251
4251
15,892
Not Ineom•l(•xp•ndliur•) and mo¥wn•rt
lunds
12.707
17.6311
14,004
120.312)
Recondllatlon ol Iwd5:
Total funds b￿Ugh1f￿W3￿d
17
1.9KI.19)
.878
2.393.104
2.378,SCKJ
TDtsI furth can(ed fon¥ard
17
1.969.878
4010
393,585
1385.473
2,393,104
There are no galn$ arrfl10559soU)8r Ihoso rthd and sepyat8 stslefflentoftolal recW￿98d galn5 and
losses has prepared.

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Grea( Bethnal Green
(A Parochlal CtturGh Cuun¢ll r•qlst•rnd M • clwmy. nwntw. 1141272
ststement of Flnancial Posll6on
as at 31 D•c•mbor 2024
31 D•c•mb•r 2024
31 OKgmbor 2023
Flx•d assots."
Tangible as¥ets
Investments
12
13
1.940.Tr
327.213
1.940.0th)
322.962
Total fixvd assals
Curr*nt ass•ts:
08bttsrs
Cash al bank and In h
Totsl current
14
15
9.028
134.517
8,084
144.243
52.32
cr0dl￿. amounts falllng *kn wlthln on• >wr
16
25285
22.185
N•t ￿ff•￿t
118.26D
130.142
Total net 4ss•Is
2,385.473
2,393.104
The funds ofth• ¢harlty.
Endwnenlfimds
Rostricied luTrJ$
Unrè#trhctèd lunds
393,585
22.010
1.969.878
380,878
22.036
I.￿1.]90
21
17
Toial Éharltyf￿d*
17
2,385.473
2.393.104
Approv•d by tha PCC on 6 WI 2025 and on th* behalt ty.
The Rwd Erfn M Clark
Th• nol•s onp•g•$ 12 th 19 fornpart o1th•￿ ¥coun
PayB 10

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great, Bethnal Green
(A Parnchw Churth Councw r•glst•rHd as • charlty. 114B272)
statement of Cash Flows
for the y•ar ended 31 D•Gember 2024
2024
2023
Cash 110￿ Iram operalkng •cllvlllos:
Not cash used h opgratMwJ a¢￿￿e5
101.5401
(91,2201
Cash flow6 from Ib)V•Stlng Jctl¥lllps:
ends. Nitef•St and rents from Investm¥
91.914
89,679
N•1 cash provldpd by In¥•stlTrJ •¢dvths
91.914
89.679
chang• In cash and ¢ash •wl¥alenls kn th• rwlknj p•rfDd
Cash and ¢ash •qufvalonts at thg baglnnlng ofth• TWrtlThB p•rlod
Cash and cash •qulval•nts atth• end of lh• r•porlkng p•rfod
(9.7261
11.5411
145.784
144,243
144.243
134.517
2024
2023
1 R•con¢lllatlort of n•t IwAmrf•xp•nd*ur•l tsb n•t tlw frorn
op•rntlng acllvltles
Nel Incom81lwendltur8) for lh• rnpthj (as pwtho $1•twr￿rt o11k￿mi&l
ac1fvrt￿I
(7.6311
14,604
Adlustm•nts for.
IG0Th￿Ds$eS ￿ rev*uaOon ol kn￿stMen15
DMd¥nds, Interest and r•nts frorn inve51n
I1ncrBa￿v1le￿￿Se in debtN5
Increas￿(￿•t￿a$e} in ryedttors
14.251)
191.9141
(944)
3.100
115.8¥21
{89.6791
16361
Nei cash provklod by (us•d kn) actl¥l
2024
2023
2 An•￿1$ af and ¢agh •qul¥•lonts
Cash In haThJ
134.517
144,243
Tolal cash and Ea5h •qUI￿1•￿￿
134,517
144,243
PwJe11

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great, Bethnal Green
(A P4rochlBI Church Coundl r•g18l•r•d as • dwrlty. nwnb•r. 114B2721
Accounting Policies
for thé year ended 31 Docemb•r 2024
1 Accountlng pollclos
B##li of pr￿￿ratIOn
The financial stat8m8nts b8•n msrFd
al ApFlI￿￿e UK accountknj standards. th• pmmskns ofs•tlk>n 1A {Smal Enty08sI of Nnanrial ReFrfxUng
Slandard 102 Tr Financial RewKbn9 Stsndwd appkable in the UK Repu￿1¢ of lrnland IFRS 102r.
bl Accounting and ReporUThJ by ChartU•s: Skt•mwt ofRecgxrn￿ PTrclice applrabie lo charitles preparing their
accounts In accorda￿+ ¥￿th lh• Finanual Re￿itry Stwdwd ¥caL4e iIK ark1 Rep￿￿￿ of Ireland (FRS 1021
lgffgctivg 1 January 20151- Ichaffilies SCIV FRS 1021
l The Charities Act 2011.
d> thè Charity and Reprytsl Regu￿Ik)r4 2(
Publlc b•nefft •ntity
The charfty mests thB defirmbon ol a pubfK benefit undeT FRS 101
Golng conc•m
Tharo arg no matpri?l unwlainbes a￿￿1 tho aNlytO optratwig aecc¥dirth thg h¥vg been
prepared on a gcing CorL￿n basls.
Income racognlllon
Veluntary Inc￿￿& arK1 donalK)M [IndtyJlry legacw) ¥KcourtA the PCC has 0ntiU8mw￿ lo IhB incom8, It15
probat4e Ihe inc¢)rn? be recelved amount of Ir*)Jme can be relwbly measured. Income from lh8
covery oftax on gdt ald•d Is accr￿lled for￿￿ ts tsx redalm has for. Grant Income b5
rgwsod M a rp¢el￿t& basly.
The inccrfne from trading actIvi￿•S indud# rantsi from ts letbivj of prenmses temwdrly &wplus lo
r8quir¢menl. and ?ccounted for*tsn eamed. it Ls Sho￿ w. *ilh Iho c051s wKluded ￿ fr¥¥Jr￿sIn9 cost&
Inl&r•st on fvnds hehl rm deposllls Indth wrwil ￿ be measured relably bylh• chwty, thls
Is nomially upon nobficaticm) ofthe irrterest pxl LY pay*e bylhe IKome Imm rK<pèrty h8id forits rentsl retyms Is
In¢lud8d in Investmenls due.
D•f•rr•d Ineom•
mpets th? ￿￿eri8 for r•cogthn.
Endowm8ntfundB
End0¥￿Trant lunds Èrè rnstr1d￿ funds wthich we Ca￿ In nabn. Pemia)Bnt exi51 YAwe lhe￿ is no
convert the w¢al into IrK>)m& Thè lunds ean rBduc• wthere I￿8 are ¢jeL¥ea￿ in Yduo.18ither by knssos or
d•prnciationl ofassats r•prèÈ8rtsd by the Iw¥J5.
Exp•ndltuf• I•¢09￿tIon
Expendllure Is acc¥u8d as soon as a lalxlty is ¢J*tsidèr8d prc&at48. * the amwnl ofoblvJaJcffl can b8 n￿aSured
rèlhibty. Longor tèmi liabililbts *8 dlscounied to present vahje. The PCC Ls r40t reWered for VAT and accorth￿￿Y
e￿endIture incbJde5 VAT whwe appropriate.
Exp8ndlturg Ind￿ded In Ralskq FwKls antAmls InrAmd wants VAKI olher donauons arKI priwrty
maInt￿ant& Costs.
Charilatje expendilure Ir￿ud•S thosè costs 0Xp￿d0￿ li t￿rkn9 thp PCC'S rA¥'ects, as the R8POrt of
Iho PCC. Th¥59 indud¢ wls pay4bi?. govemar*e c051s and an apporfknmort ofsuppryt Costs.
Grnnts pay*e 8ro payrmnls mAd• to 1hfi￿ pawues ￿ turthwanco ofthe PCC'S Objec￿ In lh8 rAse ofan uncorduonal
grnnt offerlhis is accruad once Ihe recipient has ljeen notified of the grarrt a**rd. The notifKatKtrn gN85 the reci￿￿nI
reasonbNe expectatlon Ihat th*yv￿1 rnc•ivÈ Ihe grant Grants wards that are S￿leCt to the ￿l￿entfu￿1IlTrg
rfijrrnanca condlllons are orty accwed the rBclpbBnl ha5 been olthe grart ¥fKI ¥ny re￿1￿1￿9 unfvlfil
contjlbon atlaching to that grant 15 Outs￿9 olthe control olthe PCC.
GovemarKe cosls comprise all cosis ini&d¥ing Ihb put* acc￿￿1?￿01th8 PCC and A6 comF4iance with regUla￿n
and good pl*￿tt. These C051s I￿lude costs rel*ed to kWeThJent wam1￿￿On and f985.
Rentsls ￿d￿e￿Or￿t￿vj lèases ￿ clwgod as ¥wred oY4r the tenn ol th8 lease.
P•JB 12

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great, Bethnal Green
IA Pargchlal chU￿h Councll r•L4•t•rnd asa ¢h*tty. nurnbor. 11482T2)
Accounting Pollcles
for the year ended 31 Devmber 2024
R•strlctsd Funds
RgStricted lunds are to be used for wIf￿d as laxl ty Ihe fwth. Direct aThJ SUPF#)rt •4)￿11￿¥ wl*¢h
meets Ih•s• crlt•rla 8n id8ntifi8d to lh8 towhwwih a f*alAKalTh ofovw co¥1
Unrnstrf¢tsd Funds
Unr•sblct•d funds arB fvnds receh*d Vlthkh ha71* pl￿d ￿ ther Lue arn available as g•naral fund
D•s5gnat8d FwKI$
T•nolbh Flx¢d A8s•ts
Tangibkn fixed assets afe 8lale(l at less dewBcHkn Dewetiakn is at th• anIM￿l rntss ordèr to
Tite off each asset ov•r Ms •sllm8tsd u58fiJ ure.
Sound oqw)m•nt
Cornputer equipmort
Land & buildin95
. 33% on ()J
11grns OfequIpn￿1I are capitsli5ed the wk• •xcwds £50
Cons8ualed land and b•n•fice property such as the ¢1￿h ￿ and r& exduded from the a￿JnIS In
accordance knith s10 of the Charili8s Act 2011. Move&le ¢(￿leftts ar• by th• vitarand thurcthrden5 on
special trusl for1￿ PCC and reqwe a ftydi5pJsa accounted a5 Th118n*e Fwparty unless c4nsacrat8d. Wl
eyndilurg In¢xJrred C￿ consecrdted or bgnef•x and church hm￿sh¥￿. *tslh#r rn•NeThan¢e or
Improvem6nt, Is •xp8ns8d witlth th8 Stalement ol
knv•#tht•nts
¢hwge(I to thg SOF
Pap 13

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great. Bethnal Green
{A PamcNzl Chwch Cwndl r•gl•t•r•d •% • cl4rlty. ￿Mber. 1148272
Notes to the Accounts
tor tho year ended 31 Decemlwr ￿Tr24
1 Incomlng rnBourus
2 Net outgolng r•8ourc
Net oulgoing res￿rceS am Slat￿0A1￿ch$w."
2024
2023
1.2
7nMI•￿' •molurn•nts
Emc4umÈrtts Indud& s8larfe5, fees, bonuses. VY4JBnse and eS1kn￿ rthcash b•n•ffits rnc•iv*>k. Al tWUs18e5 ￿rve
2023
Total
3 Donatlong and l•gad
T¢)tal
Personal donakn$
Radalmad grft aKI
PIHnned gi*ing
Grnnt5 & reirrfJwse￿nts
Cc41octlons
3.035
3.315
3.833
2.022
3.029
1,026
4.020
2,955
1,686
2.955
2024
Totsl
2023
Total
4 Charltablo athltlos
970
970
79
2024
Total
2023
5 Cth•rtradlng •ctl¥ttl•s
R￿1￿¢t•d
H811 Iwe
19.870
19.870
21,893
2024
Totsl
21123
Totsl
6 Inv••tm•nts
Renlal kncomo
Bank Inw•si r¢¢¢knl
87.000
4,914
87.000
2,679
4.914
2024
Total
2023
Total
7 Endowment InMm•
Sl Philip's Hall: inleresl rec8lved
Nal(onal Schcols.. iilerèst r¢¢gived
Instiiuie: inierest recelvBd
St J￿&S Church Expenaes: dI￿dendS reC41￿j
Sl Philip's Hall.. dry•Jends re￿r￿1
3,146
2.336
754
4.367
2.009
2,041
136
P4& 14

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great. Bethnal Green
Parothlal Churcb Coundl r•glst•r•d ￿ a Gh*. nwnb•r. 1148272)
Notes to the Accounts
for the ￿ar ended 31 December 2024
2024
Total
2023
Total
8 Ralslng fvnds
Wateh House cr*ts
704
704
4.104
2024
To¢al
2023
Total
9 ChBrltabl• athlll•s
cort￿￿ lund
Homg missw)n
50.947
50.947
5.369
49.944
2.742
1.379
Rectory ￿S¢S
Churth requislles
Childrèn & Youth
In5urnrKg
PrintirrfJ, postag• & staknary
PR & mathetkng
HeaL Ilght & watèr
Church runnlrKJ costs
Cleaning 8yps
chu￿ rèpairs & rnaintenarKe
Parish hpll costs
Education & tsainir
Evènts & outiryJs
Sundry èxp?n5es
8¥nk thargas
Legal & professknal 1o•s
Indgpendenl examlnation f
al￿￿r¥StratiOn fees
1.131
435
374
4,914
2￿36
819
1,131
435
2.0
4.914
2,538
819
3,802
3.5B9
6274
6.737
15032
15.758
2.191
1.456
830
617
5.485
3,017
825
s.￿0
2.782
4,968
11,315
9,667
3.902
2,266
1,137
1.652
6274
.737
15.832
15.758
2.191
56
7￿99
1200
12,322
9.447
1,200
11.622
12.322
2024
Tot•1
2023
Totsl
10 Endowment •xpvndltu
NatK)nal Sthools: Church requi*i•s
InstlbJi6.' Churth maintenance
Sl jar￿ Church Expens95: CIKxth costs
1.027
770
2.041
754
351
2,009
.114
-'kT=
11 Slaff ¢os¢•
2023
Slaff Sala￿e5
nor to 31 D8cgrrkn 2tr23.
15

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great. Bethnal Green
IA Parothlol Church Coundi rnglstorod as a charty. nufflb•r. 11482721
Notes to the Accounts
for the
ar ended 310ecemb•r 2024
12 Tanglbl• flx•d ￿¥￿￿
bulldlnB5
Total
Coll
As at 1 January 2024
1.940.000
1.941.304
As at 31 December21f24
0•5Keclatlon
As at 1 Jarwary 2024
Chary• for th? year
As at 31 Decernber2024
N•t book ￿lu•
As at 31 t)ecerrt¥er2024
1,940.(KJO
1.940.ODO
As at 31 Oec•n*ar2023
1,940,LKIO
1.940.OC#J
Th• land & buldiigs indudg costs ofTrw Hal. Th? PrAi5h Ilc¢m and Ih• Watch
13 Inv•slm•nts
M•rk•t ¥alu•
A5 at 1 January 2024
Rèvaluations
A5 Ot 31 Decemb￿ 2024
208.790
4.251
114,172
322,962
4.251
Hl8torlcal value at at 31 Dec•mb•r 2024
94.462
114.172
208.634
Exp•ndabte Endowm•nts- Sl
J•rn￿ Instltul•
£114.172 Lwh hekl in a CBF Fund. the income ofvknkh Is restrfcted to 8cthsi?sti¢*
. pUrposes￿1ch ofth• Irvwnknnt.
3.252 C8F In￿S￿+nI Fund Shwps v4ued a¢ £75.192 al tho year4nd. Iho of whl¢h
is restricted to churth •xpensas.
5,730.19 COIF in¢omB at £116.284 at y•Wth•n& Th• fiiThl Is r•stiict•d to
ItYytsvarn8nt olthe ￿￿SeS.1￿8r8sIOn tht5 acwwtls ¢UfTentty aCCum￿at¥d Sl
Philipts Hall r&strici8d lund 7**Mch 15 represwknd by a CCIA CBF D•posit Fund. Thi5 ',
is lo rgcow spenl on a c•ntral systèm in 1977.
£1.844 cash hdd in a C8F Depo￿1 Fund. Tho fund is rgstrided lo Ihe imprDven￿l ofth•
preThM5es. Inlefest on this acctyjrt 15 CLrnUy accumuialed In the St Phillp* Hall f•Strictèd
lund kntiich is rnwesenled by a CCLA CBF Depost FurKI. This a¢¢wnl 1$ lo ro¢tsup caphal
spent on a cenlral healry ￿tern In 1977.
£19.717 cash hÉld in • C8F Depo%t FWKI, the ulwtiith is rpstrictgd lo religiD￿% and
Porn￿ne￿I Endowm•nts-
Churth Exp•nMs Fund
P8m14nent Endowments- St
Phlllp's Ha
. Phlllp's H¥ll
IP•mun•nt Endowmènts-
INatlonal Sth¢)ol$
14 O•btors: amounts lalllnB due whNn one year
2024
2025
pr￿8￿￿
9.028
8,084
Pa99 10

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Great, Bethnal Green
IA P8rochl41 Church Councll rnglstOr￿ as a chatlty. rnimb￿. 1148272)
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2024
15 Bank Jnd rAsh In h￿d
2024
2D23
Bank cuThenl ￿0)Urtt
Bank de￿It acc￿1
cc￿ deposlt account
CCLA rent depc6it acco￿tt
CCLA deposit account- Sl PhiM4)¥ Hal
3.457
53.192
29.435
20,78S
27,648
4.086
67.203
27.951
19.738
25.265
16 Cr•dltors: amounts fallng th• wlthln on•
2024
2023
Reni d•po￿t
Accruals
Defe￿ed lrtc(Kng
21035
2.000
1.250
20.988
1.197
17 Th• funds ￿th• charliy. ciirrent>
Op•nlng R•M•wcgs R￿Ou￿•S
oth
utlllsed moVeM￿ts
Closlng
bolanc•
Endowment funds
Re¥¢iiGted kncome l￿d5
Tol•l fuThts
78
12.294
3.C4)5
{3.838)
{3.031
4251
393,585
22,010
Deslgnat8d lunds
General funds
1,980.0
10.19)
1,985,OOJ
115.1221
117.144
1142,4S6)
1142.4
Olh•r
uUlls•d movements
14 Th• fvnds of th• tharlty. prIor￿1r
Clojlng
bJlanc•
arknlng
Endomneot l￿dS
R85trictgd income fvnds
Totalrnsti¥ct•d ftn
358.576
21.470
9,524
1,029
{3.114)
1857)
3,97
15,892
380.878
22.036
Oeslgnated funds
General funds
1.975.0fy)
23.454
1.980,000
10.190
118.847
1131,7171
3941
1• D#slgnaied funds: Gurr•nt JTaT
arfslnq
uUlts•d •dJu8lm•nls
lan
Fixed a65etfuThls
Ma1￿ works ￿nkIng fthj
1.940.IJ))
40,WO
1.940.0
45,000
5.000
P•J# 17

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Grea( Bethnal Green
IA ParocNal Church Coundl rnglst•red as a charlty. nufflhr. 1148272)
Notes to the Accounts
for the y•ar •nded 31 December 2024
Closlng
balance
20 D••lgnal•d l￿d￿. prlor y••r
arfslng
uWts•d ￿UstMqnts
xed 885et lun¢ts
m8lorw)rks SI￿11n9 fund
1.940.OCKJ
35.000
1,940,LKIO
40,000
Flx•d asset funds
Ths fuThJ represerts wnount ofchadty lurth locked up In Ir88hdd land and buldlngs and
0UwfiX￿ ass8ts wlith ¥¢ neg￿ ts opwational p￿￿￿e$. The funts carriad at Ihe
net bo¢)k v¥bJ8 ofthe f￿d a5sols at th• baknca shaèt dat•. aft•r dèduciing ￿Y ￿￿nCIng
loans, endryl￿fi￿￿ts ty ffjstrictsd funds US￿ to finance th*acqL4slti(ffi.
The fjJNI rePr•￿ts im an￿￿￿t01Cli8[Ity fuN15 sg185ide for rxwible bulhjlng w￿rKS In
lutt
M•lorworks •lnklThJ fvnd
21 R•8irfcted funds: cwronl y4•r
r•sourc•s •xp•nd•d adJustm•nts
bal4nc•
851
418
15.678
2.8
2.1
851
Food Bank
Sl Philip's Hall FWKI
Qu88n Adda￿0 Charity
MISB VaL￿han'S Spitalldds
Ctrnlr Churth
15.678
2.087
2.578
348
570
385
2,000
1.379
Inromlw R￿Ur¢•9 Translers &
rn•our¢•s •xpend•d adJuslm#nts
Closlng
bBlan¢•
22 R••tslct•d fund8: prlor>wr
8olls
Fc*)d Bank
St Philip's Hall Fund
Queen Adelaide Charity
Mi55 Vaughan'¥ Swtaif*ids Ctraty
Ch¢)ir Chwch
851
418
15.678
2.896
2.193
418
15,678
2.520
1.814
650
379
274
583
394
R•strf¢t•d funds 1c0rttlnu￿)
Prnjecls fmanc•d by r•slittsd funds ar• sutpjrted by ￿eStriC￿ (￿r0 Mth•re ￿6￿58ry. Thi5 the fund¥￿ Is in
arrgws LY Ihp irKltsnco of eypendmwo Iha pmjacl oCrA￿S (knspraporI￿n￿ at ihe begining cfthè propd to th*
IrKome 110￿. Wher• resblct•d woi•cts ènd Ihe a rtefrt INS L8 m8t by aft8rygar-gnd incorno or Iwsfvrs Irom
unr85tiithd lur*J&
Boll
Food 8ank
athknlstW8d Foc<1 Ban
st Phlllp'l H#ll Fund
n Addald• Chaylty
Imlss Vauqhan'$ 5pltain•l
Chwlty
Cho* Chur¢h
23 Trnnsf•rs b•t4Y••n lunds: ¢urfont
G￿￿ra1 to desKJnat•d
lunds
5.0
{S,C*JOI
funds
5,¢XJO
5.0Tr)
fundB
funds
Py18

Parish of St Matthew with St James the Grea( Bethnal Green
(A Parochlal Church Coun¢ll rnglstored as a charlty. nufflb•r. 11482721
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2024
24 TraMf•rn b•tw••n lunds: prfwy•ar
G￿0[81 to mtrided
General to deslgnal8d
funds
funds
fvnds
To¢al
13941
{5.394}
5,0
25 N•t a8s•ts attrllwt*)l•to fwKl8: cwr•nts
nds
funds
f￿d¥
Tolal
Tangiblè fixéd assets
Current ass8ts
Curnrtt Ilabilitlss
N6t assets rèpresgnbj byfiwvjs
4251
1.940.OC
45.000
322.962
70.623
2.267213
143.545
125.2851
23.260
11250)
124.0351
15.1
26 N•t asuts •ttrlbuiabl• to Iwmls: prlorjw
nds
l¥nd&
funds
Tot•1
Tangi1￿0 r￿ed assets
Curr•nt assets
Currènt Ilablit￿S
1.940.riJJ
322.962
57.916
2.262.962
152.327
122.1851
(22.1851
10.190
27 Tuatlon
The PCC Is a reglslered tharrty. Ao)ythv*. it i¥ t¥wnNfroffl layakn in mspad olin(Kffi8 aThl capttBI gains to th• •xi•rbl Ihat
these arn apph'gd lo its thwitable otlects.
28 Post balanc• she•t *￿￿¢$
29 Contlng•nt Ilablllt1•5
Th• Cha￿ had no malerf& t(￿￿r￿ent labUUe5 at 31 Decert￿ 2W24 rK*at 31 O•c￿ts 2021
30 Rdat•d ￿rtIeS
Dwir9 the lh• m•mb8ws ol th• PCC and Ihw Tr]ated pwb8s mado agy•W• of£1.62512023: £8401.
31 Glfts In klnd and y￿￿nteer￿
During Ihe year tho dwity bert¢f*d from pwkwn*d trjf bTknI
Py19