ST MATfHEW'S CHURCH, RILHAII
ANNUAL REPORT AND OF THE PAROCfr•IAL CfrKIRCH COUNC
FOR THE YEAR EIIDED 31￿ DECEM￿ X24
Adminl*tr•lT•• lrtom*tion
St. M8tth•v& Clwjreh k8 srtuatsd in w#Thj￿￿1h Road. Futharn. It is part ofth? C1￿￿e of London
within th• Churcb cl ETrJland. Th• ¢ovF•spoNkn &ldrn56 15 St Matthows Church. Wandworth
Road, 2TX. Tr Ffc ￿ rwsknl 1165338.
1neumb￿t..
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Chainnarl
JthR
Sha￿Tr Lernon
.. DavKI Str
ul•s s•crn
attentts8s ar• •ne￿(l98￿ to Mgistw Ekntoyal Rol arnl st*vJ IN •kn1￿)n to PCC.
Obl•thM •nd Acthtlll••
promoting in thè ecd85ia5ticsl paii5h tha ¥&th018 rnsb)n of the ChuKa4. pa￿81, evaThJeli8tiq sctial
¢CLtm8nKal. It also has rnathar￿ rosron8*Jltts$ Chyrth buPth9 in WaThJsworth &Klg8 Road
and tl* Vtarago Ro¢yn aNI 28 Clanc•ty Ro•J. F￿arn.
A¢hl•v•Mnts Ind P•rforn*n¢•
Th• fvll PCC m•t •ght ti)Ws durry y•ar ofattendrn ofovar g
1* 8rent worw pwt447K* thro￿1*x￿ year. Sh8 is Fx¥narty a ytxAh Twoth•r t#Jt h•s also continued
to pm¥*Je Sor￿ *1mNiistrabv• 6UPN)rt to th8 vu. Our yoJth t4￿tinU•1 to r8c*pi• grant irtomè
from Fulham YMCA wthtyjt whth we wtjuba to affNd to dolNef rt oth•r than for the primary
tg whom we arg ¥gry gratslul. .
Ille are gratofvl to our rrinistry town al the otlw ¥O￿nI¢9￿ do $0 to on*)kn St
to fu￿tim a¥ a ￿T￿ornI1¥a placg ofworship Se￿ fv bx4
Sl Matth**s saThit8s arè INt-SIr8w￿ aTrJ ￿ 8150 SO￿ groups lh￿ Wk?n
aFwJ5 to many of thè eoNJr•3ation, parfKJj￿ thrir¥J tha wwthr. Hc4w Contin￿ to thm* and
all m•mb*s of our cLryr•gation aro to be invc*40d in OM Bt k*st. Annual ￿nIS suth BS
S•nin' Christrnas lurth carol sér¥ite WW• ¥•ry S￿￿•5$￿1. arB trA85s•d to havè a
flouiish*& of young•r thiklren aTrJ the Matts PlaytinB groLV Nn by ¥￿nI￿a￿ frcffl our
cor#Jrogation ¢ty)I￿u8s to be a seThK* to th• •J a Sou￿* ol fmrth.
Outreath to k)¢al people inrxe in se¢N• schodsfortP• yourwJ
rem•ned a hvJ* prith as St Mattlw's to t* thor• for I(￿￿ ¢omn¥Jnrty aThJ to attond to its
needs. The church's ccmmtfvnt to ho$￿ the Hammfrrsmih & Fulham Foc¢1ba￿ continues and 1$ 8
e$8ing to us. Food Ba￿.$ offic•s are in St IAatthWs col8dKm $6ssp)n$ ad¥ic4 surg8n•s

whom wt SUFQOrt fthanually.
Fin•n¢ial R•vl
In 2024 ow un￿Str￿4ed in¢on*wasaFWXWll•tety £19.CW ilwas in2023. Th&prmary
for Ihiswas a r•ducb"on clunroslnc*J &xotiorA. In 20rJ￿ re¢er¥e(l £15,0￿dOnation Irom
a be￿a¢t9T0UIShIOth￿Pa￿8h ar¥J ￿01￿￿10¥0r£S,C￿frOM H*))m8fsmrth and Fuman Foo¢bank
who utili88 premi#es for tsffie8s atsj ht6b"NJ (ood diStnt￿Min seSsK*￿ ￿ a we*.
W? We￿ to latthe Vurn3• Rojrn Juty 2024. TIMS ￿h1 in of£T,gXJ in th8 year.
I￿11 our unr951ricl8d and deS￿nal•d fvThJs f•P £27,253 ¥) th&y•w. w•rn Mabl8 to inrnaso our
common lund contnbuts.on Ai 2024 aThJ are 6111 S￿ Yay from being th to CQVor the comnwi fund
standard cost. tMb"nu• tj h￿J1*r￿CY￿tson of our in lund than
othw parishes in De?￿ry. Wo that instgad of dwgbw?ry exp9rk1￿r& we woukl hav8
liked to m*e to our improve or repl￿ ow madw4uale $yskn.
Fulh￿ YMG4 c￿tinL￿d Io $UPF(Jrt wr ytyjlh wilh rrK¥nthty grants tr whth wg arg *Xtrem¢ly
gra*ful. ¢)Jrthurth IxMk*ry N kntloWu￿ wch aj NaroJ1￿>AnoTrYrn￿5￿d ￿ used as a Ft41Dig slatth.
Howg¥er our avai1*Io C￿￿ is rw&ir¥J to HarTwMf5nuth & Fuuwn Ft4)dbwk, th• main us•r
ofourthurth buiWiThJ fromwhom￿dO adèb'barn*thciwn olth• PCC. C*sKth orgolng
Cost oflNirvJ increaw our rewL8rgNer5, larg*y dthèctryWa￿ft hav• effitin￿l to wpport
a5 b88t Ih&y can. We ar• still bxt reli￿rt wi a l•w rnwlargr¥*ts who w• a hgh oflhe tolal
Exp•nditure I￿￿je0 £67.5CQ 12WXJ . t67.5￿} tr) &oLesan CorrTh)n Fund, which
provK16s the sts.pwds and howng ¢knr9y as ￿ a$C￿ting10th? cwlroi ￿Ing for
The ￿¢ m•nlwis thè eamrlmby*￿ 10% of w f*(ffi churth to rr46$
partntrn. Aftèr Ihts rnalttatierft th# Ir•isl•ts 01 £3.CO) 10 t￿ bi*fvJwwJ frjnd aNI £11,c#J310 the STUF
Mission fund thè rKt rnsult d•kit of £21,332 th•t IP* 9enwal fur#J dosed 2024 at
£48.555.
It * PCC mwt•in ￿ adwu•t• ¢)n ￿T￿lI&*d fwKIs, ena14B Churth
to cover any Ihatmay arisg unexF*cty*. ￿ balance on unrèstrblwj fur￿ at u
year-eTra was £665,248 {£62,124 exdudww a188ts lor thurch pUrpO￿-20￿8 £83.8551 •nd we a
thard(lul to God qwjw.
It k8 our to in*St our tuThls with tho CBF Church of LW. FuTh4.
Appro¥•d by th?
Ylilli•m Roprn I
hi•1 chU￿h 111* 2025 *nd •1on•d on th•lr b•h•ll by R•v'd

Parochial Church Council of St Matthews. Fulham
ststement Df FinanrAal Athtres
For the year ended 31 December 2024

P•rocN•l Chu￿￿ ¢wKII ¢t8tlJlthW•. FuAwn
81•tsm•nt ol Flnonclal Attl¥
For tha y•w•nd•d 31 DKoffl￿r 2024
F￿dS FUIIDS 2024 FUNDS 2023
Voluntary Irwne
A&1¥￿8¥ for gew81&w fLW
I￿￿m*frOM Invesbw
d245
12.161
184
92A25
11161
118.e61
5.285
207
n7
1(
133.445
13JW 152.676
Totsl
133.479
1W79
152,710
N•t 1n¢om¥(•Xp•ndl￿r•j
Tra￿fellO1(frcffi1 furxh
Q7253
4T.on -27.620
G•kn• and 108•o• on Mi￿￿•t￿on of fix•d •M•tslor
-27,253
47@73
R•Eondll•tlon of fund•:
TotalfiJTrJ8 l¥Wt hjrxrwj
,191
P•ag2

PU￿￿•1 ClxY¢h COWKI ofSI1AAtth￿. F
2024
2W23
TqThJlblo 808ela
10
4118
12,929
cash al bank oTr1 kn
44,727
692 501
11
ChaThan
Th rtot•s M p•go8 4 to 8
Pagè 3

NOTES TO TIIE FINANCIALSTATEIIENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDeD 31 D•rgmbgr 2024
I.A¢C￿nI1n0 polkl••
th¥idual I￿gUrts of PCC. Reg￿tiN￿, •bJ f•r W prmm. •¢ttsrts hove t
ted uTrYer FRS10212016145 4¥&cat4B siaThJ•th arl 0% 2016 St•lwr
fjfReo)mmernled Pra(ts¢. •xl Rep￿ ISORP(FRS102)1.
Flx•d A•Mts
Ihg Gharit*8 A(a 2011.
Shorttsnn d•po
the bwk.
FUNDS
Oltho PC¢, uwthllryd wTh>Jnl$do8*nth1 PCC •fvh¥•
eniilkd lo ts uae ofttE rt#owra. ther thnale rec*k* crrfwywed rea8onaW r￿￿ and arnoun15thE a
Paoo4

PArocNal Clwrch cow￿01 otstlAlIth￿, F
140TES TO THE WNANCWL STATEIIEMTS l¢•niknwd)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 D•¢•1￿2014
I In¢omlnll
¥ Volunt•ry In¢om•
•nned g
Colkncbw$ al all
60.674
1.593
10,874
64.879
1.313
30,243
8,004
Grants
Q04
45
4681
S.285
Rerdal ofv￿rage Roorn
¢ Income from Inv••in
184
114
114
207
737
737
T•lal IrKomlng r••oure••
106

NOTES TO ThE FINANCIAL STATE1￿￿￿3 Icorthw
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 D•c•ffkn2024
FUIKIS 2024 FUNDS 2023
67W 67,SC
13.771
11,205
15,6OD
14,970
13,771
1S,6(AI
Chur£* e4)wb8es
Churth deccrfalkJTh
rth m8inteTrar
16.654
16M54
18,780
17.048
fJ7
15.823
1.918
2.297
8sionary grwj l￿￿1th
11,CO2
f1m2
541
133
b Ilthln9
Sknard8h* ¢x15ts
23
a Wag•• •rrfl ••l•rf
600
14.587
e year. Tl45 part.i¥ne emFAtr)w cosl £15,6C￿ inthe y.
Chalrrnan of the PCC.

MOTES TO THE FNANCIAL STATEI*NTS Icontlrxm
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 D•cwnlxr 2024
. Gr•nl•
2024
Ftham St
7. ADaly•h ol Il•ta•••ts
Fwvjs FUNDS 2024 FUNDS 2WJ
680.(m 650.(th)
19.704
18.454
571
D•lAorn
11,073
PropAbThenl8
2023
707
670
Recew for
io. r•Tralbl• Flx•d A•••ts
Tot•1
Atthe WMMVdoftP¢ y•¥
A&Jth"cns
Revaluat￿8
oThJ offv ￿01
lo a d￿lI￿j thrkng 2018 and is uséd io a>wth btle te•*f aTri io scrfrrt
ThB ￿st rnarket ¥￿ult#]n ofth• was L*rtarnl in t￿￿rnbu2018.

NOTES TO THE RNANCIALSTATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 DK•mlxw 2024
11. Sl*t•ff•nQ of fund•
8a1 clfr*d
1*)ergai￿ 31 Dec 2024
1 Jw 2024
97.nJ
-19,121
JJ9.411
097
Oesi9nated. CMS
Designated- Tew F￿d
Oe*gnJted. ca￿ Ic*tr* Fab
00￿gnated. Harnrnw5mkn & Ftham
tJWgnated. Buth
2,79)
1,375
1,375
3.841
3.841
3.871
13,676
-2.168
-2.168
-2.1P
1,520
13.J69
-19
692.YJ1
1(6228
R••trl¢t•d FuThl
R8sthded. CPK8
Total fwKI8
571
P•yBg

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of St Matthew's PCC. Fulham
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year erthd 31 December 2024. which are set out on
pages 2 to 8.
Respective responsibilities of trnstees and examiner
The PCC'S trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees
consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144{2) of the Chartiies Act 2011
(the 2011 Act) and that an independent examinabon is needed.
It is my responsibility to=
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Ac(
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5)(b} of the 2011 Act.. and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a revtew of Ihe accounting records kept by the charity and
a comparison of the accounts presented vitth those records. It also indudes consideration of any
unusual items or disdosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from you as trustees
conceming any such Matters. The procedures urvjertaken do not provide all the evTrdence that
would required in an audit and consequenty no opinion is given as to whether the a¢counts
present a Irue and fair vith•l and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement
below.
Independent eraminer's statejnent
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to ￿lIeVe that in any rnaterial respect the requirements..
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 ofthe 2011 Ac( and
to prepare accounts whith accord with the accounting records and comply with Ihe accounting
requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met
(2) to which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding
of the accounts to be reached.
Neil Warrender
Saffron Walden
23 April 2025