Kingsdown & Creekside PCC
Annual Report of the Parish of Kingsdown and Creekside in the Diocese of Canterbury, 2023
The parish is now in its eighth year and is registered, as an excepted charitable organisation, in its own right. The registration no. is 1162554-0
The purpose of the parish is religious activities which are available to the general public. The PCC of the parish, which comprises the trustees of the charity, continues to operate by acting as a central reporting and decision making body for the parish as a whole and oversees the spiritual direction for the parish, maintaining seven parish churches and eight open churchyards via seven steering groups which are subcommittees of the PCC and attached to each church, by identifying and supporting other charitable activities as it sees fit and is able to supply from its finances and by provision of activities that may involve people living in the area who are not necessarily members of the churches. Members can be identified as those having their names entered on the church electoral roll of the parish; the current electoral roll stands at 159.
The PCC achieves its purpose by providing public worship in all licensed places of worship on a regular, identifiable basis which are open to all members of the public. Most of the church buildings are kept open at times other than advertised services for at least part of the year thus providing ready access to quiet and sacred places. There continue to be ideas under discussion to improve the facilities of a number of church buildings in the parish. One of the churches has a monthly café serving hot breakfasts, drinks, cakes in order to make the Church a more visible presence in the community and give an opportunity for the wider population to meet together and become familiar with the church building.
Another licensed place of worship within the parish is the Teynham Parochial Church of England (Controlled) Primary School. This building has been used, in previous years, monthly to run a Messy Church - a Fresh Expressions Church. Collective Worship led by the Clergy team takes place on a weekly basis in term-time with Parents included for special celebrations such as Christmas and Easter. However, a
Light Party was held for Primary aged and a second one for Secondary Aged Children at Halloween with invitations being sent widely through the Communities.
The All Together Now service, started in 2022, is continuing to be held at one of Our Churches with a specific aim to reach out to families. This monthly service has been growing in numbers of adults and children attending.
“Breakthrough” is also a Fresh Expressions church for both the parish and also surrounding churches. Our isolated rural church with no mains services continues to offer a service of Evensong on the first Sunday of the month during the summer. Additional pastoral work is undertaken including visiting the sick and bereaved, providing social contact and activities through other regular meetings.
The Occasional Offices of Baptisms, Funerals and Weddings are a normal part of our mission and outreach to the wider community in the parish.
The local primary schools are visited regularly by clergy and others where they lead assemblies and are closely involved in the governance of the Voluntary Controlled School in Teynham whilst the Rector is a foundation Member of the Academy running a second school.
The Youth Club for Secondary School aged Young People has continued throughout 2023 at Lynsted Church with more numbers of young people attending than prepandemic. Members of the church community are also closely involved in the running of groups for young people such as scouts, cubs and beavers and a local preschool group.
2023 saw a regular pattern of services being maintained at all of the 7 Churches in the Parish, one in a weekly basis, 2 on a 3 Sundays a month basis, 3 on fortnightly basis and our remote Church holding a Service at Easter and a Carol event at Christmas with a summer series of monthly Evensong services.
An audio service is posted weekly on the Parish Website and Breakthrough at Lynsted Church is now live-streamed in Facebook each week. A daily Morning Prayer service, live-streamed on Facebook, has continued since the first one took place on March 20[th] 2020.
The PCC met four times in the year with an extra meeting to approve the accounts, in order to set the overall spiritual direction of the parish to review what it has done in the past and to identify how it might advance the mission of the church in general. Individual churches also support various other charitable activities as they see fit.
The PCC continues to be represented in the local organisation of the Church of England at both deanery and diocesan level.
The ministry of the church is provided not only by ordained clergy but by a strong team of lay people both licensed and authorised. This enables the PCC to ensure that there is a wide range and number of services in the parish each Sunday (apart from the fifth Sunday of a month when a Benefice Service is held at one of the churches on a rotating basis.). All of these activities are ways in which we work to meet the objectives of the charity.
In September 2023, our Rector, Revd. Canon Dr. Stephen Lillicrap retired from ministry. This was followed by an interregnum. The Rev Hans Hentshel provided ministry from September to November.
Administrative Details
The address for correspondence is and registered office of the charity is: The Rectory, 76, Station Road, Teynham, Sittingbourne, Kent. ME9 9SN
July 2024 – this has now changed to The Vicarage, The Street, Doddington ME9 0BH
Membership of the PCC and trustees
Clergy:
Revd. Canon Dr. Stephen Lillicrap. Revd Jim Pye Rev Caroline Turvey
Rector (retired September 23) Associate Priest from 28[th] September Training Curate from 3[rd] July 2021 (left Feb 2024)
From May 2024, the new Rector is Rev Paula Jardine-Rose
Churchwardens:
Charlotte Relf Robbie Jardine Sophia Steel Bruce Leckie Les Roberts Bob Prichard David Willis
Members: Joyce Trim Jean Hewett David Buckett
Heather Parry Cheryl Tomsett Julie Redgrove
Deanery Synod Representative: Sue Baldry Catherine Richardson from March 2024 Lissie Bayford from March 2024
Officers: Joyce Warren. Treasurer Heather Parry Secretary
KINGSDOWN & CREEKSIDE PAROCHIAL CHURCH C Financial Statements for the period ended 31st Dece Consolidated Accounts
| Income Voluntary Receipts: Regular Giving Collections at Service Collections other than giving Gift Aid/ Tax Recovered Grants Other Voluntary Receipts Activities for Generating Funds Bank/Investment Income Fees Retained Trading Activities Other receipts Expenditure: Church Fundraising Mission Giving & Donations Diocesan Parish Share Church Running Expenses Church Utilities Major Repairs Others Surplus Receipts /(Excess Payments) Transfers between funds Transfer (to)/from Benefice Account (Parish share & Insurance) Balance brought forward 1 Jan 23 Balance as at 31 Dec 23 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Cash Funds: Bank current account/cash in hand Bank Reserve/Deposit Account CBF Investment |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ 48,498 480 15,670 - 11,448 5,118 19,454 - 160 2,050 12,115 6,772 2,425 804 5,535 - 580 - 41,153 - |
|---|---|
| 157,038 15,224 |
|
| 726 - 4,018 1,210 82,209 9,180 - 9,458 - 1,906 36,820 62,582 - |
|
| 170,079 38,030 |
|
| (13,041) (22,806) (905) 905 - - - - 137,130 169,154 |
|
| 123,185 147,253 |
|
| 28,520 44,793 26,205 42,757 76,031 40,737 |
|
| 130,756 128,287 |
Other Monetary Assets:
Creditors (13,749) - Debtors 13,749 - Net Worth 130,756 128,287
| Unrestricted Designated Funds Total Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ £ £ - 48,978 6,546 - 15,670 1,011 2,690 19,256 6,585 902 - 19,454 1,900 - 2,210 30 1,000 - - - 18,887 1,591 - 3,229 550 - 5,535 200 - 580 - 41,153 COUNCIL ember 2023 Doddington |
Unrestricted Designated Funds Total Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ £ £ - 48,978 6,546 - 15,670 1,011 2,690 19,256 6,585 902 - 19,454 1,900 - 2,210 30 1,000 - - - 18,887 1,591 - 3,229 550 - 5,535 200 - 580 - 41,153 COUNCIL ember 2023 Doddington |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ 5,245 4,317 2,317 130 6,610 369 1,764 580 Lynsted |
|---|---|---|
| 2,690 174,952 |
18,413 1,902 |
21,332 - |
| 726 5,228 82,209 9,180 9,458 38,726 62,582 |
464 525 2,372 401 1,067 166 |
50 2,645 4,657 1,161 32,485 18 |
| - 208,109 |
3,928 1,067 |
8,531 32,485 |
| 2,690 (33,157) 14,485 835 - 1 836 (835) - - (12,735) - - - 306,284 35,815 |
12,801 (32,485) (9,430) 9,430 (17,293) 17,633 36,025 |
|
| 2,690 273,128 38,401 - |
3,711 12,970 |
|
| 21,656 94,969 - 68,962 - 116,768 |
8,078 - 22,323 - 8,000 - |
3,711 12,970 - - - - |
| 21,656 280,699 38,401 - 3,711 12,970 |
| - (13,749) - 13,749 |
- - 2,061 - |
(418) - - - |
|---|---|---|
| 21,656 280,699 40,462 - |
3,293 12,970 |
| Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ £ £ 10,358 6,530 1,923 1,634 4,216 411 2,714 5,404 122 6,772 378 176 843 767 Newnham Norton |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ £ £ 10,358 6,530 1,923 1,634 4,216 411 2,714 5,404 122 6,772 378 176 843 767 Newnham Norton |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ 5,756 3,054 1,945 495 1,487 285 628 106 Oare |
|---|---|---|
| 15,495 11,164 |
15,590 - |
13,130 628 |
| 300 1,210 1,736 1,177 |
157 1,726 4,766 |
45 395 418 176 |
| 3,213 1,210 |
6,649 - |
1,034 - |
| 12,282 9,954 7,690 (7,690) (15,076) (520) 33,863 |
8,941 - (10,377) 73,702 |
12,096 628 (12,648) 3,677 32,583 |
| 4,376 36,127 |
72,266 - |
3,125 33,211 |
| 4,376 22,958 - - - 13,170 |
353 - 3,126 5,644 3,882 - - - 68,031 - - 27,567 |
|
| 4,376 36,127 72,266 - 3,126 33,211 |
| - - 544 - |
- - 413 - |
- - 1,275 - |
|---|---|---|
| 4,920 36,127 |
72,679 - |
4,400 33,211 |
| Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ 12,065 480 3,469 8,754 1,050 2,101 2,652 754 Teynham |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds £ £ 1,998 262 190 187 204 46 Wychling |
Unrestricted Funds Unrestricted Designated Funds £ £ 2,690 40,399 Benefice |
Unrestricted Funds Unrestricted Designated Funds £ £ 2,690 40,399 Benefice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29,795 1,530 |
2,887 - |
40,399 | 2,690 |
| 237 3,098 1,675 1,079 685 3,268 |
25 200 60 |
82,209 57,456 |
|
| 6,772 3,268 |
285 - |
139,665 - |
|
| 23,023 (1,738) 2,602 - (99,266) 2,690 (22,750) 90,879 47,717 2,900 3,922 18,966 |
|||
| 273 45,979 |
5,502 - |
(4,465) 21,656 |
|
| 273 3,222 - 42,757 - - |
5,502 - - - - - |
3,101 21,656 - - - - |
|
| 273 45,979 5,502 - 3,101 21,656 |
| - - 6,365 - |
(2,674) - - - |
(10,657) - 3,091 - |
|---|---|---|
| 6,638 45,979 2,829 - |
(4,465) 21,656 |