DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary’s East Grinstead
Annual Report 2024
St Mary’s by Northern Light
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CONTENTS
| CONTENTS | |
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| Pages | |
| Annual report | 4-12 |
| Financial Review | 13-14 |
| Statement of financial activities (Receipts & | 15-16 |
| Payments) | |
| Balance sheet (Assets & Liabilities Statement) | 17 |
| Notes to the annual financial report | 19-23 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 24 |
St Mary’s Church, East Grinstead
‘Helping our community to know, love and follow Jesus.’
Incumbent: Rev. Adam Charles Wogan BA BTh SSC, St Mary’s Vicarage, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead. RH19 2DS
Independent Examiner: Mrs Claire Harper
Bankers: CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent. ME19 4JQ
Charity Registration Number 1152316
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical
Parish of St Mary’s, East Grinstead – Trustees Report
Structure, Governance and Management
St. Mary's Parish covers the northern part of the town of East Grinstead. It is part of the Diocese of Chichester within the Church of England. The Church Building, Hall, and Vicarage are located in Windmill Lane. The correspondence address is St Mary's Vicarage, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead RH19 2DS.
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has registered with the Charity Commission as required by the Charities Act 2011. Its governing document is the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.
During the year the following served as members of the Parochial Church Council:
| Incumbent | Fr Adam Wogan – Chair |
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| Church Wardens | Mr Steve Pond |
| Deputies | Mr David Garrett |
| Mrs Diane Mead | |
| Mr Andrew Morris | |
| Deanery Synod Representatives | Mr David Garrett |
| Dr Karen Rose | |
| Ms Julie Orton | |
| Elected Members | Mrs Wendy Breeze- Safeguarding Officer |
| Mrs Su O’Neill – Hon Treasurer | |
| Mr Steve Pond – Churchwarden | |
| Mrs Elena Smith | |
| Mr Matthew Bland | |
| Mrs Kathryn Smith | |
| Mrs Moeena Winsor | |
| Dr Karen Rose- Ex Officio | |
| Miss Julie Orton- Ex Officio | |
| Mr David Garrett- Ex Officio |
Membership of the PCC is determined under the Church Representation Rules and consists of certain exofficio members: The Incumbent and Assistant Curate, the Churchwardens, and members of the Deanery Synod. Up to 12 members of the congregation are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). Members are encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible. There is a Standing Committee, which will meet to deal with any urgent matters on behalf of the PCC.
The PCC appoints working groups when required, to focus on particular aspects of church life.
The role of Minute Secretary for PCC meetings was undertaken by various members of the PCC.
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Objectives and Activities
The primary objective of St Mary’s PCC is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in accordance with the traditions of the Church of England. The PCC has the responsibility of working with the Incumbent in sharing in God’s mission to the world, especially within the ecclesiastical parish. This is reflected in its pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical work.
The PCC also has a responsibility for promoting and developing the ethos and work of its church Aided school, which includes nominating suitable candidates to act as Foundation Governors.
The PCC has responsibility for maintaining and promoting the use of its community hall, which is used by various local groups and organisations on a regular basis, as well as providing a well-equipped community facility.
The PCC has ownership of St Mary’s Cottage, (attached to the Vicarage),which is rented out to support the work of the parish management of the cottage sits with Mayhew’s Property Management. This ensures a professional relationship with the tenants.
The aims and objectives set out for 2024 were as follows:
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To increase the regular congregation.
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To engage more effectively with families and the wider community for them to take a fuller part in the life of the church.
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To take seriously the responsibility of caring for God’s creation.
We were thrilled to be able to undertake and develop a range of initiatives that were established in 2019 to engage with families and the wider community. These include our annual Plant Sale, Children’s Summer Club and Beer Festival, a weekly Baby and Toddler group as well as other social and evangelistic activities. Our monthly Family Mass continues to be our biggest mass of the month, with new families attending regularly. These events have provided many opportunities to share the gospel with people who would not usually interact with the Church. Our Breakfast and afterschool has now been running for a full year, and projections are good for the coming year. A more detailed report is found below.
Clearly our work is not complete, but we can thank God for the progress made so far. It is our hope to build upon this foundation for the coming year.
Achievements and Performance
1. Church Attendance
Electoral Roll
At the end of 2024 there were 131 members, 52 of which are not resident within the parish. Following the complete revision of the Electoral Roll, there are 107 members on the church Electoral Roll, 48 of whom are not resident within the parish.
2. Review of the Year
The full PCC met six times during the year (January, February, May, June, September and November, with an average level of attendance of 80%.
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Mailing list
Our Facebook page continues to be a very valuable tool for publicity and evangelism, with regular posts, as well as videos and photos being uploaded. It is proving to be a valuable ‘mission for growth’ tool, enabling us to communicate effectively with those in the church family, as well as those on the fringes of our family and crucially to those in our community and parish who we are especially trying to reach out to. We currently have 772 followers on our Facebook page, up from 708 the previous year. Our Mailing List currently reaches 145 people. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please email sylvia.stmaryeg@outlook.com
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Our Christmas Services were very well attended and were spiritually uplifting. These included the return of East Grinstead Concert Band for our ‘Carols around the Oak Tree’ Service, which was attended by around 150 people.
On Advent Sunday this year, we held our annual Advent Bonfire party, and this year added in a Christingle Service. This was a great night, and one that we would like to continue into the future.
Fr Adam teaching us about the Christingles
The children showing off their creations
Our crib service was supported by children who attended the Christmas Club, and was attended by over 150 people. This service, along with our Nine lessons and Carols Service, and Christmas masses helped us increase our ‘Christmas service’ attendance to pre-pandemic numbers; a very positive achievement. We were thrilled to have the highest Christmas attendance (Midnight and Christmas Day) for many years, with a total of 161.
Gathering around the fire to keep warm, with bellies full of hotdogs and marshmallows
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Midnight Mass, Our largest congregation in many years
St Mary’s continued to be blessed throughout the year by a loyal choir, choirmaster and organist, as well as dedicated teams of Servers, Sacristans, Welcomers, Readers and Flower arrangers and a small but reliable group who throughout the year regularly clean areas of the church.
Spiritual growth
Over the course of the year, members of our church studied together at our Lent and Advent course, attended the Our Lady of Walsingham Festival at Boxgrove Priory, and attended Walsingham’s Shrine on pilgrimage.
Our pilgrims at the Shrine
First visit to the Holy House
The Start of a beautiful day at the Shrine
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Young People and Children
St Mary’s Stars Childcare LTD.
2023 saw the establishment of St Mary’s Stars Childcare Ltd, a wraparound childcare club offering before and after-school childcare for the children of our parish school.
Fr Adam continues to be greatly assisted in the development and leadership of this club by Jan Becker. A huge vote of thanks is owed to her for her support and wealth of experience that she offers to the club and to Fr Adam. Thanks is due too to Su for all her incredibly hard work behind the scenes.
Wendy, Our first club manager, did a fantastic job of leading the club through the first year of business and really set the foundation for the future of the club. Wendy left the club as manager at the end of 2024, to return to her former career, as a dental nurse. We wish her well.
The club is now managed by Steve Pond and is supported by Becky Carrier (Deputy Manager). The team expanded further in January 2024, with another playworker Kate Strong, and Helen Pond, in a supporting role.
The club broke even at the end of its first year of trading. Projections are very encouraging for the next year, and we hope to start turning a profit by the next academic year. Numbers are also increasing, and have reached capacity on some nights. This is incredibly encouraging for such a new business.
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The link with our school has been both maintained and strengthened. collective worship is celebrated together in church each week, and regular school masses are held in church each term. The whole school worship together twice a month in church and KS1 and KS2 alternate in the intervening weeks.
Baby and Toddler Group
The Baby and Toddler Group established here at St Mary’s in September of 2022 continues to meet the needs of local families. This has been a great blessing both for our church community and the wider
community of East Grinstead (and further afield). The group now allows us to engage with many families who have, at some time, engaged with the group. The group is offered free of charge as a sign of God’s love for his people.
The group is supported by various helpers and leaders who help with setting up the hall and providing refreshments. A special thank you is due to Jan, Hayley, Eileen and, Lynn and Julie who help by setting up the hall, serving refreshments and producing delicious cakes!
Children and adults enjoying playtime and chat
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The Foundation Governors continue to represent the interests of the Church on the Governing Body of the school. Kyle Smith and Fr David act as a Foundation Governors alongside Fr Adam, and members of St Swithun’s congregation
Links between our uniformed organisations have been maintained, and parade services continue. Fr Adam continued to serve as Padre to the Royal Air Force Cadets and Officers from the 1343 East Grinstead Squadron, throughout 2024, but stepped down in March 2024. Our uniformed groups were able to join us for parade services on Mothering Sunday and at our harvest Festival.
The ATC held their annual awards evening in church for the third time, this was a great evening
Junior Church continues to teach our children and young people the Faith during our Sunday masses throughout term-time. We thank those hard working people who share the Faith with our young people, and in doing so, prepare the Christian leaders of the future to work with us in Christ’s Vineyard. Thank you especially to Caroline, Steve and Wendy.
In August 2023, St Mary’s was thrilled to host her fourth week-long Summer Club for children. This was led by Fr Adam and a group of volunteers from our church family. Around 20 children spent five days learning the play ‘Wemmicksville’, creating the backdrop and props, learning songs and dances, and having lots of fun doing it. This is a huge undertaking, so a special thanks is due to all our adult volunteers who helped put on this fantastic work. The children loved it and the parents and family members who came to watch were very impressed.
The children getting crafty, at our summer club
Singing practice in full swing!
Just before Christmas 2024, St Mary’s again hosted its Christmas Club , which was established in 2018. Sadly however, only 4 children were able to attend the club. This was much lower than the previous year, which had around 25 children taking part. The children nevertheless enjoyed a morning of craft activities, games and engaging with scripture and drama in preparation for helping Fr Adam lead the Crib Service on Christmas Eve.
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Community Enrichment, Social and Fundraising
During the year, the church held various events celebrating the Church year alongside promoting national charities fundraising campaigns, as well as drawing various sections of the community together through the use of our church and hall.
Fundraising
Report by Andrew Morris Social and Fundraising Warden
We continued with our strategy of focussing fund-raising activities on 3 big events, tweaking and enhancing what we do to make more profit. The plant sale never fails to delight and brought in a handsome £3085 to boost our bank balance. Generous donations from our congregation which allowed us to buy plants at trade prices and sell at retail prices is a sure-fire way of guaranteeing a comfortable profit and something that we will
continue to build on. Also to be acknowledged must be David Garrett’s efforts who during the year collects and squirrels away garden items to be sold on the day. This is a popular feature of our sale and something we intend to expand on. The plant sale is at risk because we have fewer growers supplying plants so one idea is to broaden the sale and have it become ‘St. Mary’s Spring Market’. It will have a strong plant offer but also many other stalls.
A buzzing Plant Sale.
The September Beer Festival although a tried and tested formula seems to always throw a curve ball at us. In 2024 it was the cold wet weather that became our enemy. Forced to move inside of church we held our nerve, not sure if it was going to be a big hit or a huge flop. A = rs hit it was, surprising and delighting party goers with an j [poe * opportunity to see how our building could be put to a different use whilst still maintaining the integrity of our mission goal to bring the community together and into our church.
It topped the year before not only for its uniqueness but most importantly for the whopping £4316 raised. Who knows what the 2025 Beer Fest challenge will be but what
we know for sure is that we have the resources and the skill to respond and roll with it.
Our beautiful church, a place of joy and happiness for the community
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Our Christmas Fair ended the year by remaining on a fund raising high. The festive tea tearoom is the big money spinner and very popular with visitors. Although crazy to manage we seem to pull it off and it is something we could look to do more of at different times of the year. The Christmas raffle offered a chance to win one of three beautiful hampers generously donated by Carol Lane and just like the Tombola these staple festive features are guaranteed way to pull in the funds. The secret gem however, and pardon the pun was a large collection of jewellery donated to sell by Peter Lendon. This proved to be a great money spinner especially because it included several high-ticket items which Julie Orton organised to sell to a local jeweller. A handsome £2120 was raised on the day seeing an 17% increase on 2023.
Our Christmas fair
A huge thanks goes out to everyone who helps to support our events from donating money, to setting up and clearing down, rocking up and enjoying themselves. Without support we could not achieve what we did in 2024. Although we have some huge fundraising goals going forward we must always reflect on the achievements made. We should feel proud of what we do with the resources we have available.
At a glance:
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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| Plant Sale | £3121 | £3071 | £3085 |
| Beer Festival | £4245 | £4082 | £4316 |
| Christmas Fair | £1100 | £1760 | £2120 |
Fabric
David Garrett Deputy Warden, Fabric.
The ongoing care and maintenance at St Mary’s never stops! Our beautiful Church is open for most of the week and therefore suffers from constant wear and tear! I am very grateful for all the time given by those who regular help to clean and care for the Church. Please come and join us if you can. We are also fortunate to have some members of the congregation led by our Vicar, who can fix some of the “handyman jobs”, such as fixing locks and replacing light bulbs! The major external work is the cleaning of the top gutters, which is being done by Clarke Roofing. Finally, we have set up a formal Fabric Group led by Graham Loving, to look into replacing the lighting and heating of St Mary’s. This project that has often been talked about, but is now much needed. This same group is also looking into “redeveloping” our Church building internally and will be reporting back with a “redevelopment project”, of exciting new ideas. David
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Social Responsibility Eco-Church Anne Stone
We have been quite active this year,
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Supporting the flower ladies in Edna’s garden at the rear of the church.
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Supporting Fair Trade with the sale of Advent calendars and Easter Eggs and the occasional Sunday stall.
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Supporting Christian Aid with a coffee morning and selling posies at the plant sale.
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Continuing our 3 monthly e newsletter
· Organised the sustainable harvest lunch with soups and crumbles (all made from home grown or foraged ingredients). Donations were requested for the Hunger Project but donations were considerably less than the previous year. This was disappointing.
· Our Green Sunday this year was thoughtful with members of the congregation giving testimonies on how their faith affected their attitude towards creation care.
- Encouraging people to have a more environmental and sustainable Christmas.
· Continuing to maintain the garden organically, and for wildlife.
- We pray regularly for environmental issues especially those that affect poorer countries
· In November we took the decision to apply for our gold eco award. This did involve some arduous paperwork which we submitted in December. This was finally accepted and our assessment took place on March 25th and resulted in our GOLD Award. We are the third church in the diocese of Chichester to achieve this.
Our Bronze, Silver and Gold Eco Awards!
FSW
Karen West
This year (April 2024 - March 2025) has been a fundraising success for EG Deanery Committee. Over 9k raised by our varied events locally and assisting at the Open Gardens. We are pleased as this in turn supports local families and our very busy practitioner Kelly whose waiting list grows. The funds also allows days out arranged where appropriate by the Association and Kelly which the clients appreciate so much. St. Mary's PCC has enhanced our efforts by providing the use of the hall for events and quarterly meetings plus a welcome donation £450 from the proceeds from the beer festival.
Our supporters also help with groceries/household necessities and year round not just at harvest time and appeals for random items for families in need always get positive responses. So a huge thank you for your support of this worthy Sussex Charity. KW on behalf of FSW EG Deanery Committee.
In addition to supporting FSW, St Mary’s has continued to make various donations towards the below charitable organisations:
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Royal British Legion (Poppy Appeal)
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Crawley Open House (Sleep Out sponsorship)
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Christian Aid (during Christian Aid Week)
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St Mary’s has continued to collaborate with other denominations through events such as the Annual World Day of Prayer , Christian Aid Week , and by having representatives on the East Grinstead’s Street Pastors Team as well as members who volunteer at and/or are trustees to the East Grinstead Foodbank and FSW .
St Mary's has continued to raise funds for the Royal British Legion through their Poppy Appeal . In addition, two members of our church family, Lynda and John Railton, have continued to be Joint Poppy Appeal Organisers for East Grinstead.
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Financial Review
Overview
This report has given you all the wonderful things that St Mary’s has achieved during 2024. Thanks need to go to every single person who has contributed in so many ways, but St Mary’s can only survive financially through the generous continued planned giving of all of you, along with fund raising activities we have done throughout the year.
Our income is sourced from you, the congregation. Additional funding and grants are on appeal for specific projects, but do not pay for the day to day running so us, the congregation, are the long-term financial security of this wonderful church.
Fund raising is normally put in the reserve accounts and drawn on when there are extraordinary expenses. For example, we received a £5,000 bill in early 2025 as we had to fell diseased trees which were dangerous, these costs will show in next year’s accounts but that takes more than one fund raising event to pay for. The PCC are planning to make major improvements in our church and the first phase is in process, which we hope to source from extra fund raising, grants and also using finances from the reserve accounts.
The PCC has been mindful of the overall impact of global factors on people’s finances but the church like our homes has costs to meet and our regular incomes needs to increase to meet these costs. During 2024 the purchase of new church linen, the new Gospel book, and the Collectin in the porch were all paid for by donations from a few of our congregation, so thanks go to them for their generosity.
Planned Giving from the congregation is via Standing Order (administered by the Gift Aid Secretary) or the Parish Giving Scheme (administered by PGS) is our main income. We would like to encourage more members to become planned givers if not so already, planned giving continues to be our focus for regular income. In my role as Treasurer, I am also the Giving and Gift Aid Secretary so please contact me in confidence if you would to become a planned giver or need to adjust your present giving.
The St Mary’s 100 club currently has 33 members with 55 tickets so space for many more. One ticket is £5 a month. There is a quarterly draw. Half of the income funds the three prizes and the other half of income is used for savings into the R&R fund. Net profit for 2024 was £1,563.87.
The Diocese a couple of years ago set out what it expects each church to contribute, for a long time we have not been able to meet this and are still paying below what is expected, this needs to be met if we are to ensure a full time priest at St Mary’s should our current incumbent move to another parish. Please follow this link for an informed explanation of how our parish share funds the wider parish mission and ministry (How does parish share fund parish mission and ministry? - YouTube).
Finances
The following pages detail our finances for 2024, please contact the Treasurer if you have any questions regarding anything contained within this report.
The total receipts on general unrestricted funds received were £97,606.47. The total receipts on restricted funds were £2,389.57. The total funds received on endowed funds were £7,687.07. Making a grand total of receipts as £107,683.11.
The total expenditure on general unrestricted funds was £100,051.94.
We received a £1,000 grant which was a fund-raising matching scheme from Barclays Bank.
The amount of Income tax recovered via the PGS (DD giving) was £5,397.97. The amount of Income tax recovered via HMRC (SO giving and misc giving/collection plate) was £4,177.16. Total Gift Aid recovered £9,575.13.
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Reserves Policy
It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on the general unrestricted funds (excluding property) which equates to approximately two months' worth of unrestricted payments as a contingency against unforeseen situations.
As well as holding the above general reserves, occasionally the PCC receives restricted legacies for expenditure on particular purposes, defined by the donor. We aim to expend such money as soon as possible after receiving the legacy, depending on the specific objectives of the donor. Where we have identified that the specific purpose can only be achieved by delaying the expenditure, we invest the legacy temporarily until such time as the need for expenditure is identified.
Su O’Neill - Treasurer, Giving & Gift Aid Secretary and Electoral Roll Officer stmaryschurcheg@gmail.com
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Annual Financial Report for 2024 - Statement of Financial Activities
| Receipts and Payments 2024 | Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowed Funds |
Total | Total | |
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| General Fund |
Funds |
All Funds 2024 |
All Funds 2023 |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM: |
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| Church | ||||||
| Giving | 48,157.64 | 48,157.64 | 49,427.19 | |||
| Appeals / Fundraising | 12,931.13 | 12,931.13 | 13,142.90 | |||
| Misc Giving | 2,547.66 | 2,547.66 | 7,303.39 | |||
| Legacies | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000.00 | |||
| Grants | 1,100.00 | 1,100.00 | 1,000.00 | |||
| Parish Outings | 778.00 | 778.00 | 0.00 | |||
| 100 Club | 3,206.87 | 3,206.87 | 3,142.48 | |||
| Weddings & Funerals | 1,680.00 | 1,680.00 | 977.07 | |||
| Insurance Claim | 0.00 | 0.00 | 777.51 | |||
| Hall | ||||||
| Rentals | 10,882.00 | 10,882.00 | 12,333.37 | |||
| **Cottage ** | ||||||
| Rent | 15,975.00 | 15,975.00 | 15,600.00 | |||
| General Reserve | 348.17 | 348.17 | 449.59 | |||
| R&R Fund | 2,291.65 | 2,291.65 | 1,388.48 | |||
| Organ | 29.10 | 29.10 | 40.13 | |||
| **Cottage ** | 68.82 | 68.82 | 422.03 | |||
| Lowdells | 740.58 | 740.58 | 423.16 | |||
| Stenning Trust | 6,946.49 | 6,946.49 | 6,518.39 | |||
| TOTAL RECEIVED: | 97,606.47 | 2,389.57 | 7,687.07 | 107,683.11 | 113,945.69 | |
| EXPENDITURE | ||||||
| Church | ||||||
| Parish Fees/Parish Share | 26,400.00 | 26,400.00 | 24,624.00 | |||
| Utilities | 13,155.23 | 13,155.23 | 11,761.29 | |||
| Purchases / Supplies | 19,278.26 | 19,278.26 | 17,697.76 | |||
| Fund RaisingExpenses | 3,404.86 | 3,404.86 | 3,195.36 | |||
| Repairs / Renewal / Fees | 11,672.43 | 11,672.43 | 17,357.86 | |||
| CharityAppeals / Payments | 1,545.00 | 1,545.00 | 1,059.75 | |||
| Misc Costs | ||||||
| Other Costs | 1,796.70 | 1,796.70 | 1,105.52 | |||
| Social Evens & Outreach | 2,247.84 | 2,247.84 | 3,298.50 | |||
| St Marys Stars Wraparound | 1,588.00 | 1,588.00 | 9,223.95 | |||
| FlagPole | 100.32 | 100.32 | 0.00 | |||
| Oak Garden | 105.40 | 105.40 | 48.00 |
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| Receipts and Payments 2024 | Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowed Funds |
Total | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Fund |
Funds |
All Funds 2024 |
All Funds 2023 |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| 100 Club | ||||||
| Prizes | 1,560.00 | 1,560.00 | 1,320.00 | |||
| Licence & Bank Charges | 83.00 | 83.00 | 106.00 | |||
| Hall | ||||||
| Utilities | 2,038.88 | 2,038.88 | 1,247.76 | |||
| Repairs / Renewal | 1,873.13 | 1,873.13 | 3,612.84 | |||
| Building Work, Decoration & Fit Out | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11,361.81 | |||
| Cleaning | 3,728.91 | 3,728.91 | 2,867.10 | |||
| Hall Supplies & Equipment | 563.87 | 563.87 | 692.35 | |||
| **Cottage ** | ||||||
| Repairs / Renewal | 2,359.60 | 2,359.60 | 6,207.73 | |||
| Mayhews Management Fees | 1,687.80 | 1,687.80 | 1,497.60 | |||
| Vicarage | ||||||
| Utilities / Insurance | 4,420.32 | 4,420.32 | 4,428.35 | |||
| Other Costs | 442.39 | 442.39 | 70.15 | |||
| TOTAL PAID | 100,051.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,051.94 | 122,783.68 | |
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Balance Sheet (Assets & Liabilities Statement)
| Investment Income - Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
Unrestricted | Restricted Funds |
Endowed Funds |
Total all Funds 2024 |
Total all Funds 2023 |
Total all Funds 2023 |
Total all Funds 2023 |
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| General Funds |
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| ASSETS | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Bank Current Account | 11,649.02 | 11,649.02 | 5,872.53 | |||||
| 100 Club | 1,725.19 | 1,725.19 | 25.32 | |||||
| CBF Deposit Funds | 5,227.17 | 41,621.56 | 39,607.57 | 86,456.30 | 84,301.49 | |||
| Bank and deposit accounts | 18,601.38 | 41,621.56 | 39,607.57 | 99,830.51 | 90,199.34 | |||
| Other Assets: | ||||||||
| S P Lowdell - Investment Fund | 13,860.32 | 13,860.32 | 13,554.14 | |||||
| W T Lowdell - Investment Fund | 2,394.11 | 2,394.11 | 2,341.71 | |||||
| Stenning Trust - Investment Fund |
197,855.86 | 197,855.86 | 193,428.58 | |||||
| The Cottage | 425,000.00 | 425,000.00 | ||||||
| Investments Assets at Market Value |
0.00 | 425,000.00 | 214,110.29 | 639,110.29 | 209,324.43 | |||
| Total Assets | 18,601.38 | 466,621.56 | 253,717.86 | 738,940.80 | 299,523.77 | |||
| LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Income in 2024 not banked in time |
-310.00 | -310.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Unpaid - see below | 800.98 | 800.98 | 0.00 | |||||
| Total Liabilities | 490.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 490.98 | 0.00 | |||
| TOTAL NEW ASSETS | 18,110.40 | 466,621.56 | 253,717.86 | 738,449.82 | 299,523.77 |
NB: Property valuations of Vicarage not included above as this property is owned by the Diocese
| Breakdown of unpaid creditors |
£ | Paid twice in error Missed cut off date for statement Missed cut off date for statement Missed cut off date for statement Missed cut off date for statement Not submitted in time for statement paid in 2025 |
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| Overpaid water invoice | -326.61 | |
| Ministrycosts Dec 2024 | 35.00 | |
| Cleaningitems | 8.59 | |
| Children's Societydonation | 40.00 | |
| EG Concert Band | 100.00 | |
| 2024 Parish Fees | 944.00 | |
| Total creditors | 800.98 |
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This Financial Report for the year 31[st ] December 2024, including the notes following, was approved by the PCC and signed on its behalf by
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Fr A C Wogan PCC Chairman ........................................................................................................................................
Date
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Notes to the Annual Financial Report
The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, using the Receipts and Payments basis.
The following assets are recognised but not valued in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities: Movable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, which require a faculty for disposal.
| Analysis of Total Received | Unrestricted | Restricted Funds |
Endowed Funds |
Total All Funds 2024 |
Total All Funds 2023 |
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| General fund |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Plannedgiving (excl. tax refunds) | 35,813.16 | 35,813.16 | 35,425.85 | |||
| Gift Aid - Parish GivingScheme | 5,397.97 | 5,397.97 | 5,129.13 | |||
| Gift Aid HMRC Recovered | 4,177.16 | 4,177.16 | 5,645.56 | |||
| Loose cash collections | 2,074.35 | 2,074.35 | 2,036.65 | |||
| Non-Gift-Aided Donations | 1,455.14 | 1,455.14 | 6,743.15 | |||
| Gift-Aided Donations | 695.00 | 695.00 | 1,190.00 | |||
| Givingvia Collectin | 781.50 | 781.50 | ||||
| 100 Club | 3,206.87 | 3,206.87 | 3,142.48 | |||
| Baby& Toddler donations | 200.00 | 200.00 | 90.86 | |||
| Legacy/ Bequests | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000.00 | |||
| Grants | 1,100.00 | 1,100.00 | 1,000.00 | |||
| Insurance Claim | 0.00 | 0.00 | 777.51 | |||
| Repairs & Restoration Fund | 2,291.65 | 2,291.65 | 1,388.48 | |||
| Lowdells | 740.58 | 740.58 | 423.16 | |||
| Stenning Trust | 6,946.49 | 6,946.49 | 6,518.39 | |||
| Donations and Legacies | 54,901.15 | 2,291.65 | 7,687.07 | 64,879.87 | 70,531.22 | |
| Fees for Weddings & Funerals | 1,680.00 | 1,680.00 | 977.07 | |||
| Total Charitable Activities: | 56,581.15 | 2,291.65 | 7,687.07 | 66,559.87 | 71,508.29 | |
| Church Hall Rent | 10,882.00 | 10,882.00 | 12,333.37 | |||
| Fundraising | 12,931.13 | 12,931.13 | 13,142.90 | |||
| Rent from Cottage | 15,975.00 | 15,975.00 | 15,600.00 | |||
| Trading Activities | 39,788.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 39,788.13 | 41,076.27 | |
| General Reserve(unrestricted) | 348.17 | 348.17 | 449.59 | |||
| R&R Fund(Restricted) | 2,291.65 | 2,291.65 | 1,388.48 | |||
| Organ(Restricted) | 29.10 | 29.10 | 40.13 | |||
| Cottage(Restricted) | 68.82 | 68.82 | 422.03 | |||
| Lowdells(Endowed) | 740.58 | 740.58 | 423.16 | |||
| Stenning (Endowed) | 6,946.49 | 6,946.49 | 6,518.39 | |||
| Investments | 348.17 | 2,389.57 | 7,687.07 | 10,424.81 | 9,241.78 | |
| Parish Outings | 778.00 | 778.00 | 0.00 |
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| Analysis of Total Received | Unrestricted | Restricted Funds |
Endowed Funds |
Total All Funds 2024 |
Total All Funds 2023 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General fund |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Sundry Receipts/Misc Giving | 111.02 | 111.02 | 449.38 | |||
| Total Other Receipts | 889.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 889.02 | 449.38 | |
| Total received on all funds | 97,606.47 | 4,681.22 | 15,374.14 | 117,661.83 | 122,275.72 | |
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| Analysis of Total Paid: | Unrestricted | Restricted Funds |
Endowed Funds |
Total All Funds 2024 |
Total All Funds 2023 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Fund | ||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Charitable Costs | ||||||
| Church | ||||||
| Parish Share to Diocese | 26,400.00 | 26,400.00 | 24,000.00 | |||
| Parish Fees to Diocese | 0.00 | 0.00 | 624.00 | |||
| Gas Supply | 9,686.01 | 9,686.01 | 8,317.35 | |||
| ElectricitySupply | 2,280.00 | 2,280.00 | 2,202.00 | |||
| Water Rates | 311.42 | 311.42 | 348.94 | |||
| Organist & Music | 4,400.28 | 4,400.28 | 2,788.25 | |||
| Parish Administrator | 8,190.00 | 8,190.00 | 9,360.00 | |||
| HMRC Fees | 1,127.16 | 1,127.16 | 240.68 | |||
| Telephone & Broadband | 877.80 | 877.80 | 893.00 | |||
| SacristySupplies | 1,466.38 | 1,466.38 | 711.87 | |||
| Fund RaisingExpenses | 3,137.87 | 3,137.87 | 2,690.87 | |||
| Priest Expenses Mileage | 536.35 | 536.35 | 544.13 | |||
| Social Events & Outreach | 2,247.84 | 2,247.84 | 3,298.50 | |||
| Children's Corner in Church | 7.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Costs for Children's summer club | 266.99 | 266.99 | 504.49 | |||
| Church Insurance | 3,654.69 | 3,654.69 | 3,560.75 | |||
| Piano & Organ Tuning | 1,618.00 | 1,618.00 | 1,250.40 | |||
| Fees & licences | 409.21 | 409.21 | 1,291.27 | |||
| Subscriptions | 1,144.30 | 1,144.30 | 703.16 | |||
| Church Equipment | 764.04 | 764.04 | 2,265.72 | |||
| Incidental / Gifts | 140.85 | 140.85 | 499.40 | |||
| Parish Outings | 1,058.00 | - | 1,058.00 | 0.00 | ||
| FlagPole | 100.32 | 100.32 | 0.00 | |||
| Oak Garden and Gardening | 105.40 | 105.40 | 48.00 | |||
| Vicarage Expenses/Office | 3,289.00 | 3,289.00 | 3,217.81 | |||
| Vicarage Alarm | 442.39 | 442.39 | 70.15 | |||
| Clergy& Incidental Expenses | 190.30 | 190.30 | 688.02 | |||
| Church Buildings Repairs & Maintenance_(misc)_ |
1,578.93 | 1,578.93 | 7,616.49 | |||
| Accounting& Examiner's Fees | 250.00 | 250.00 | 250.00 | |||
| Architect Report | 2,861.40 | 2,861.40 | 1,111.20 | |||
| Bank Charges | 61.50 | 61.50 | 61.99 | |||
| Charitable Giving | 1,545.00 | 1,545.00 | 1,059.75 | |||
| 100 Club | ||||||
| Prizes | 1,560.00 | 1,560.00 | 1,320.00 | |||
| Licence and bank charges | 83.00 | 83.00 | 106.00 | |||
| **Vicarage ** | ||||||
| Council Tax | 3,829.17 | 3,829.17 | 3,981.48 | |||
| Water | 591.15 | 591.15 | 446.87 | |||
| TOTAL Charitable Costs | 86,211.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 86,211.75 | 86,072.54 | |
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| Analysis of Total Paid: | Unrestricted | Restricted Funds |
Endowed Funds |
Total All Funds 2024 |
Total All Funds 2023 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Fund | ||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Trading Costs | ||||||
| Hall | ||||||
| Hall Cleaning (incl. Windows) | 3,728.91 | 3,728.91 | 2,867.10 | |||
| Hall Insurance | 1,218.23 | 1,218.23 | 1,186.92 | |||
| Hall ElectricitySupply | 1,296.00 | 1,296.00 | 1,209.00 | |||
| Hall Water Rates | 742.88 | 742.88 | 38.76 | |||
| Hall Repairs & Maintenance | 654.90 | 654.90 | 2,425.92 | |||
| Hall Building, Decoration & Fit Out | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11,361.81 | |||
| Hall Supplies & Equipment | 563.87 | 563.87 | 692.35 | |||
| **Cottage ** | ||||||
| Cottage Insurance | 380.10 | 380.10 | 494.46 | |||
| Cottage Repairs & Maintenance | 1,979.50 | 1,979.50 | 5,713.27 | |||
| Mayhew | 1,687.80 | 1,687.80 | 1,497.60 | |||
| TOTAL Trading Costs | 12,252.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12,252.19 | 27,487.19 | |
| WrapAround Club | 1,588.00 | 1,588.00 | 9,223.95 | |||
| Total Other Payments | 1,588.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,588.00 | 9,223.95 | |
| Total paid on all funds | 100,051.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,051.94 | 122,783.68 |
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| Statement of Deposit Funds |
Balances B/fwd |
Income | Expenses | Transfers | Balances C/Fwd |
Balances C/Fwd |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jan-24 | 31-Dec-24 | 31-Dec-23 | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Endowed Funds: | |||||||
| Lowdells Trust Fund | 3,280.35 | 740.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4,020.93 | 3,280.35 | |
| StenningTrust Fund | 28,640.15 | 6,946.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35,586.64 | 28,640.15 | |
| Lowdell - SP Lowdell | 13,483.02 | 377.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13,860.32 | 13,554.14 | |
| Lowdell - William Thorold | 2,328.93 | 65.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,394.11 | 2,341.71 | |
| Total Endowed Funds | 47,732.45 | 8,129.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 55,862.00 | 47,816.35 | |
| Restricted Funds: | |||||||
| R& R Fund | 41,913.15 | 2,291.65 | 0.00 | -4,070.00 | 40,134.80 | 41,913.15 | |
| Organ Fund | 1,292.24 | 29.10 | 0.00 | -1,200.00 | 121.34 | 1,292.24 | |
| Cottage Fund | 1,296.60 | 68.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,365.42 | 1,296.60 | |
| Total Restricted Funds | 44,501.99 | 2,389.57 | 0.00 | -5,270.00 | 41,621.56 | 44,501.99 | |
| Unrestricted Fund: | |||||||
| General Reserve | 7,879.00 | 348.17 | 0.00 | -3,000.00 | 5,227.17 | 7,879.00 | |
| Total Unrestricted Funds | 7,879.00 | 348.17 | 0.00 | -3,000.00 | 5,227.17 | 7,879.00 | |
| Total All Funds | 100,113.44 | 10,867.29 | 0.00 | -8,270.00 | 102,710.73 | 100,197.34 |
Lowdell and Stenning Trusts. The Trustees are the Vicar and Church Wardens.
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The Lowdells Trust is a parish Trust Endowed by WT & S P Lowdell, for the benefit of the disadvantaged in the parish.
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The Stenning Trust is a parish Trust Endowed by Fanny Augusta Stenning for Education and Mission in the parish. The Custodian Trustee is the Diocese of Chichester, and the Managing Trustees are the Vicar & Churchwardens.
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Lowdells Charities, Sydney Poole Lowdell – any income to be applied towards the endowment and support of the poor of the district of Baldwins.
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Lowdells Charities, William Thorold Lowdell – income of this charity is to be used in furthering the religious and charitable work in the Parish of St Mary the Virgin East Grinstead
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, East Grinstead ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2024
Independent Examiner’s Report
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