2. Forthcoming PCC dates and venues:
Junc 23, Holy Trinity, Shccrncss Ipm
Ashley Shiel closed the meeting in prayer, which ended at 14.20pm
PCC REPORT FOR 2024
Aims and Pur
oses
The West Sheppey Benefice Parochial Church Council {PCC) had the responsibility of co-
ordinating with the clerical team of Rev. Paul Kite (Priest in Charge) and Rev. Jeanette
McLaren (Town Centre Chaplain) in promoting the ecclesiastical parish and the whole
mission of the church: evangelistic, social and ecumenical. However Rev. McLaren retired in
April and Rev. Kite moved parishes in October so finding clergy cover for services has been
an ongoing struggle. Rev. Chris Shipley and churchwarden Ashley Shiel have tried to create
suitable rotas to allow a regular pattern of worship to be maintained.
Thc Parochial Church Council is rcsponsiblc for thc maintcnancc of the thrcc parish
churches.. Minster Abbey (a scheduled monument and Grade I listed building with grounds
dating back to 664 AD), Holy Trinity church, Queenborough, also a Grade I listed building,
and Holy Trinity with St. Paul church, Sheerness.
The PCC also has responsibility for the maintenance of the church halls associated with each
church.
Structure Governance and Mana
ement
The PCC is a registered charity, the charity name being THE PAROCH IAL CHURCH
COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WEST SHEPPEY, registration
number 1150995. AII PCC members are registered trustees and sign appropriate papenvork to
formalise this. The PCC is a corporate body under the PCC Powers Measure 1956 and
Church Representation Rules 2020.
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules.
The membership of the PCC consists of clergy, churchwardens and members elected by those
members of the congregation h0 are on the Electoral Roll of the three churches. All those
who attend services or are members of the congregations are encouraged to register on the
Elcctoral Roll and stand for clcction to the PCC.
The PCC has devolved day to day athninistration and small scale financial responsibilities for
each individual church to a District Church Council (DCC) for each church. The members of
each DCC are elected by members of the corresponding church. These rules were tightened at
the Annual Parochial Church Meeting of 2024, and each now has to hold its own Annual
Meeting.
PCC mcmbers arc rcsponsiblc for making dccisions on all mattcrs of gcncral conccrn and
importance to thc parish, including on how PCC fLmds arc to bc spent. Thc full PCC met fivc
times during 2024. Topics coirered in meetings included intinclion, sound systems, Oasis
Hub, DCCS, Inclusive Church and a GoN'ernor for St. George's Priinary School.
Ob ectives and Activities
The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at the churches in
the parish and to become a part of the parish community on the Isle of Sheppey. The PCC
maintains an overview of worship throughout the parisb and makes suggestions on how
services can involve the many groups that live within the parish. Hoivei,"er it should be noted
that there is unfortunate resistance to attending combined parish services. SeTrice and
worship put faith into practice through prayer, scripture, music and sacrament, although
providing such services has become more difficult with the lack of clergy and placed a
greater burden on the Authorised Lay Ministers (ALMS). People from the parish help by
providing the Foodbank at Holy Trinity with St. Paul, Sheerness.
The PCC tries to enable all people to live out their faith as part of the parish community
through worship and prayer, learning about the Gospel and developing knowledge and trust
in Jesus, provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish and mission and outreach
work where possible. To facilitate this work it is important that the fabric of the three
churches and associated halls is maintained.
Achievements and Performance
The PCC is keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year,
especially at major festivals, that the local community find both helpful and spiritually
uplifting. The general timing of services in 2024 has been:
I, Sunda
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and Worshi
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Communion
9.30am Shared
Communion
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I lam Shared
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I lam Praise
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Minster Abbey
Holy Trinity,
cenborou
Holy Trinity with
Si. Paul,Sheerness
Further services are held on fifth Sundays in the relevant months and on other Holy Days,
such as Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Ascension Day. There is also a
wide range of services available in the lead up to Christmas including carol services,
Christingle and midnight communions.
Midweek services are held on Wednesdays: l Oam at Holy Trinity with St. Paul, Sheerness on
the first, third and fifth Wednesdays and a 10.30am service at Minster Abbey on the second
and fourth We(Inesdays.
Sincc thc loss of two mcmbcrs of clcrgy grateful thanks are duc to all clergy who havc hclpcd
out with thc taking of scrviccs, particularly in alloiving Holy Communion to continuc.
Regular coffee mornings or afternoons continue throughout the year in all three churches:
every Tuesday morning at Minster Abbey, Wednesday afternoon in Sheerness, second
Saturday mornings in Queenborough. Baptisms, weddings and funerals have taken place
when required and clergy can be obtained.
Deane
Two representatives from the parish have continued to sit on Sittingbourne Deanery Synod
throughout this past year, with one of them also attending Diocesan Synod. These
representatives provide the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider
structure of the church and regularly report back to PCC meetings.
Church Access
Holy Trinity church, Queenborough, was open daily throughout the year for visitors and
private prayer. Holy Trinity with St. Paul, Sheerness was open on Wednesdays from I l am to
3.30pm, while Minster Abbey was open on several occasions during the week.
Churches on the Island
There are currently five Anglican churches on the Isle of Sheppey: All Saints, Eastchurch; St.
Thomas, Harty; Minster Abbey- Holy Trinity, Queenborough and Holy Trinity with St. Paul,
Sheerness. Eastchurch and Harty currently fomi one benefice with the other three comprising
West Sheppey benefice. All the churches are part of Churches Together in Sheppey and are
involved in services like that at the Abbey on Good Friday.
Volunteers
The PCC would like to thank all those who contributed to the life of the churches during the
past year. Thanks go once again to Treasurer Anthony Platt for successfully looking after the
parish finances and to all the churchwardens: Julie Palmer, Brenda Smith, Ashley Shiel, Mary
Shoebridge and Angle Cummings for the enonnous amount of work they do both seen and
unseen. Thanks are also due to the Authorised Lay Ministers(ALMs) who have increasingly
stepped up to lead services." Claire and Dan Beardsmore, Angle Cummings, Julie Palmer,
Ashley Shiel and Mark Young. Rowena Squire continues as an ALM for healing, wholeness
and well-being ministy.
Administrative Information
All three churches in the parish are located on the north and west sides of the Isle of Sheppey,
on the North Kent coast. Minster Abbey is situated in the village of Minster-on-sea. Holy
Trinity, Queenborough. is situated in the heart of the small town of Queenborough while
Holy Trinity with St. Paul, Shccrncss, is situatcd in the centrc of thc main town of Shecrncss.
All churchcs arc part of thc Sittingbournc Dcancry, part of thc Archdcaconry of Maidstonc
and the Diocese of Canterbury within the Church of England.
Thc corrcspondcncc addrcss is:
West Sheppey Benefice
Parish Office
Vicarage Road
Minster-on-sea
Shccrncss
Kcnt
ME12 2HE
Telephone: 01795 871500
Facebook: Island Ministries
email: minsterabbe
mail.com
Parish Website: www.westshe
arish.or
Thc parish officc is locatcd in Minstcr Abbey church hall and is opcn bctwecn 8.30am and
12.30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. An answerphone operates outside these
times. The office is run by parish Administrator Julie Palmer, to whom grateful thanks are
due.
PCC Membershi
2024
Thc following havc scrvcd on thc Parochial Church Council in 2024:
Minster Abbey: Pat Crittenden (until 2024 APCM), Jeanette Hale, Julie Palmer, Anthony
Platt, Mike Sanger (until 2024 APCM), Brenda Smith, Bryan Smith, Patrick van Lind (from
2024 APCM)
Holy Trinity, Queenborough: David Cummings, Mark Gennaney, Karen Kite (until 2024
APCM), Nicola Prior, Ashley Shiel, Mary Shoebridge, Rowena Squire
Holy Trinity with St. Paul, Sheerness: Julie Austin-williamson, Angle Cummings, David
Gilbert, Jane Pollard, Tom Reveley
Clergy: Rev. Paul Kite (until October 2024}, Rev. Jeanette McLaren (until April 2024)
Only six PCC members attended all five meetings, while one attended none and three
attended just onc.
ELECTORAL ROLL REPORT
This year sees the preparation of a completely new electoral roll. This happens every 6 years,
where the existing roll is shredded and everyone eligible must complete new application
forn)s to be on the roll.
The total number of members on the West Sheppey Electoral Roll reported last year was 99.
The number on the new roll compiled on 20th April 2025 stands at 87, a loss of 12. People
obviously come and go for varying reasons: moving away from the area, health or passing on
or they simply don't want to be included any more for their own reasons.
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## WEST SHEPPEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR TO 3ist DECEMBER 2024
:
_
|||||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Endowment|Total|2023|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|||
|||||£|£|£|£|£||
|RECEIPTSAND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT||||||||||
|Receipts||||||||||
|Voluntary|Receipts|||||||||
|Receipts|from Donors|||||||||
||Planned Giving|||22,988||||22,988|24,893|
||Collections|||7,792||966||8,758|9,919|
||Income Tax Recovered|||7,766||||7,766|6,903|
|||||38,546|0|966|0|39,512|41,715|
|Other voluntary receipts (note 3a)||||2,979|4,704|5,201|0|12,884|17,949|
|Activities|forgenerating funds (note||3b)|2,965|3,072|2,162|0|8,199|13,568|
|Receipts|from Church Activities (note 3c)|||44,227|30|0|0|44,257|52,318|
|Investment Income (note 3d)||||3,119|237|11,308|0|14,664|10,089|
|||||91,836|8,043|19,637|0|119,516|135,639|
|Payments||||||||||
|Church Activities||||||||||
||Parish Share|||4,300||||4,300|6,000|
||Otherpayments (note 3e)|||73,367|11,520|7,307|0|92,194|106,212|
|||||77,667|11,520|7,307|0|96,494|112,212|
|Excess ofReceipts overPayments||||14,169|(3,477)|12,330|0|23,022|23,427|
|Bank current and depositAccounts|||1 Jan|84,153|36,614|218,774|1,000|340,541|317,114|
|Bank current and deposit Accounts|||31 Dec.|98,322|33,137|231,104|1,000|363,563|340,541|
|STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES||||||||||
|Cash Funds||||||||||
||Bank accounts|||98,322|33,137|58,534|1,000|190,993|178,543|
||CBF deposit funds|||0|0|172,570|0|172,570|161,998|
|||||98,322|33,137|231,104|1,000|363,563|340,541|
|Investment Assets
at market value||||||||||
|||(note 6)||||||||
||5462.96 CBF Church of England|||||||||
||Investment Fund Income|Shares|||||426,225|126,225|122,973|
||991 CBF Church of England|||||||||
||Fixed Interest Securities||Fund||||1,478|1,478|1,434|
||Income Shares|||||||||
|||||0|Q|0|127,703|127,703|124,407|
|Liabilities
(note5)||||424,923||||424,923|376,772|
The attached notes form part of these financial statements
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## WEST SHEPPEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR TO 31st DECEMBER 2024
## NOTES
1 The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared under the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 and in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the current Statement of Recommended Pratice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities and applicable accounting Standard FRS102
The financial statements have been prepared under the receipts and payments basis.
## 2 Equipment
Assets recognised but not valued in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities include: Movabie church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal.
Other fixtures, fittings and office equipment where the PCC is free to dispose of such assets without faculty and where the original cost did not exceed £1,000
|3|Receipts and Payments Analysis|Unrestricted
Funds|Unrestricted
Funds|Designated
Funds|Restricted
Funds|Endowment
Funds|Total|2023||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||£||£|£||£|£||
|a.|Other voluntary receipts|||||||||
||Donations
Grants||2,979
0|3,004
1,700|5,201||11,184
1,700|12,949
i)|_|
||Legacy||0||||0|5,000||
||||2,979|4,704|5,201|0|12,884|17,949,||
|b.|Activities for generating funds|||||||||
||Fayres & otherfund rasing events||4,070|3,044|2,140||6,251|42,201||
||Draws||1,105||||1,105|467||
||Gift Stall & other sales||790|31|22||843|810||
||||2,966|3,072|2,162|0|8,199|13,568||
|c.|Receipts from Church Activities|||||||||
||Fees||8,026|30|||8,056|8,981||
||Hail & Church lettings||36,201||||36,201|43,337||
||||44,227|30|0|0|44,257|52,318||
|d.|Investment and other Income|||||||||
||Bank & CBF interest & Dividends||3,119|237|11,308||14,664|10,089||
||insurance Claims||0||||0|0||
||||3,119|237|11,308|0|14,664|10,089||
|e.|Charitable & Mission giving||0|300|5,157||5,457|6,423||
||Buildings running expenses||39,729||||39,729|47,037||
||Buildings maintenance||11,871|6,550|19||18,440|17,946|=|
||Clergyexpenses||3,515||||3,515|3,920||
||Cost ofServices||2,758|256|63||3,077|3,573||
||Costs ofgenerating funds||899|414|249||1,562|4,923||
||Office, printing & stationery||11,835||||11,835|11,331||
||Project planning||0|4,000|1,819||5,819|0||
||Equipment, & Licences||2,760||||2,760|11,059||
||Other||0||||0|0||
||||73,367|41,520|7,307|0|92,194|106,212||
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## WEST SHEPPEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR TO 3ist DECEMBER 2024
|||NOTES
4|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|_-||Designated Funds
Abbey Restoration Fund|At ist Jan
29,159|Receipts
5,407|Payments
(4,414)|Bal C'Fwd
30,152|
||AbbeyGardening Fund||0|490|(350)|140|
|||Abbey Flower Fund|226|90||316|
|||St Georges Bibles|315|||215|
|||Sheerness Legacy & Repairs|5,000|1,820|(6,200)|620|
|||HTQ Hymnal|20|||20|
|||Sound Equipmentfund|175|||175|
|||Baptism Bible fund
Parish Mission Fund|420
1,299|208
28|(256)
(300)|372
1,027|
||||36,614|8,043|(11,520)|33,137|
|||Restricted Funds|||||
||__|Organ Restoration Fund
Sunday School Fund|4,125
1,371|313
91||4,438
1,462|
|||Middleton Memorial Fund|105|29||134|
|||Durkan Legacy|63,066|3,677||66,743|
|||Fabric Fund|11,046|1,935||12,981|
|||Bert& Fay Savage Memorial|657|||G57|
|||Queenborough Vestry Fund|120,962|7,546|(1,853)|126,655|
|||Admiral GreetTomb Fund|2,020|196||2,216|
|||Weekes Memorial|4,254|513||4,767|
|||Weekes Maintenance Fund|19||(19)|0|
|||Guide Book fund|190|||190|
|||Queenborough Hall Fence/Garden|239|||239|
|||Food Bank|9,665|3,996|(4,357)|9,304|
|||Charity Funds-|1,055|1,341|(1,078)|1,318|
||||218,774|19,637|(7,307)|231,104|
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\~ The Abbey Restoration Fund is for provision of a link between the church and hall, ele« and other repair and renovation as required. The Durkan Legacy is for works on Minster Abbey Church. The Organ fund is to pay for restoration work on the Abbey organ The Sunday School fund is to provide funds for the running of Sunday Schools The Vestry Link Fund is to pay for revision to the current vestry area and link to the Ab The Marjorie Middleton Memorial Fund income is to be used for Oil for the Abbey Altar The St. Peter's Fabric fund is for major repairs to the buildings. The Bert & Fay Savage Fund income is to provide books at St Peter's _ The Vestry Fund at Queenborough is to pay for a replacement vesty The Greet tomb fund is for repair and cleaning of the Greet Tomb in Queenborough cr The Weekes Memorial Fund is to provide for annual cleaning of the Weekes family tor The Old School Funds provide funds for Baptism gifts. The Guide book fund is for printing new guide books for Queenborough Church
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## WEST SHEPPEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR TO 31st DECEMBER 2024
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|NOTES|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|5 Liabilities|||Total|2023|
|Utility and other|creditors||2,324|2,680|
|Parish Share|||422,599|374,092|
|6 The Endowment funds which have to be retained as capital comprise:|||||
|Bank deposits|The Bert& Fay Savage Fund||£1,000|£1,000|
|CBF Church of|England investment Fund-Income Shares|Shares|Value £|Value£2023|
||Frank Hunt Memorial|3,083.00|71,287|69,692|
||Sale of Sculpture Fund|859.65|19,877|18,915|
||Admiral Greet Tomb|311.86|7211|7,050|
||Old School #1|302.00|6893|6,826|
||Weekes Memarial|818.15|18,917|18,494|
||The Dora Hughes Memorial Fund|44.15|1,020|998|
||The Marjorie Middleton Memorial Fund|44.15|1,020|998|
||Total|5,462.96|£126,225|£122,973|
|CBF Church ofEngland|England Fixed Interest Securities Fund-Income Shares||||
||Old School #2|515.00|768|745|
||The Hopson Trust|476.00|710|689|
||Total|991.00|£1,478|£1,434|
The Bert & Fay Savage Fund income is to provide books at St Peter's
The Frank Hunt Memorial Fund income from which is for fabric repairs at St Peter's
The Sale of Sculpture Account, the first £7,500 of which may only be used in schemes approved by the Commisary General.
The Admiral Greet Tomb Fund is to provide for cleaning of that tomb.
The Oid School Funds provide funds for Baptism gifts.
The Dora Hughes Memorial Fund income gaes to the Parish Mission Fund
The Marjorie Middleton Memorial Fund income to be used for Oil for the Abbey Altar lights
The Hopson Trust income is to support the Abbey and St Peter's Sunday Schools
The Weekes Memorial Fund is to provide for annual cleaning of the Weekes family tomb and the excess to the upkeep of Queenborough Church
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