St Jude’s United Church
Englefield Green
2024
Registered Charity Number 1169401
Vicar
The Revd Canon Judith Allford
Methodist Minister The Revd Andrew Reed
Hon. Reader Roy Gouriet
Churchwardens Claudia Tubb Mike Brooking
Hon. Treasurer, PCC Brian Hooker
Hon. Secretary, PCC Marion Paige
Organist and Choirmaster Professor Geoffrey Chew
Lay Vice Chair Andrew Sheer
Annual Report for 2024
Background
St Jude’s Church Council has the responsibility of co-opera,ng with the incumbent, the Revd Canon Judith Allford, in promo,ng in the ecclesias,cal parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelis,c, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibili,es for the Church of St Jude’s, St Jude’s Road, Englefield Green and for the Church Hall in Bond Street, Englefield Green.
Membership
Members of the Council are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Church Mee,ng in accordance with the Church Representa,on Rules.
During the year, the following served as members of the Church Council: Incumbent : The Revd Canon Judith Allford Methodist Minister: The Revd Andrew Reed Reader : Roy Gouriet Verger : vacancy Churchwardens : Mike Brooking Claudia Tubb*
Representa"ves on the Jackie Kjos (elected 2023 for three years) Deanery Synod : Marion Paige (elected 2023 for three years) Members : Geoff Chew (elected 2022 for three years) Susie Harben (elected 2022 for three years) Brian Hooker (elected 2022 for three years) Elizabeth Hopkins (elected 2021 for three years) Renuka Humphrys (elected 2022 for three years) Andrew Sheer (elected 2021 for three years) Dave Walker* (elected 2021 for three years)
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- Trustees of the registered charity.
Church Council sub-commi?ees and terms of reference are as follows:
Standing Commi�ee
Regular mee,ngs to plan agenda for Council mee,ngs. Authorised to make decisions, exclusive of Council, as and when necessary.
Worship, Outreach and Social Commi�ee
Regular mee,ngs to consider aspects of mission, both spiritual and prac,cal, within Church and in the wider community. Reports back to Council. Organises Lent groups, etc. Par,al ecumenical aspect. Liturgical and music ma?ers and planning for social events.
Finance and Stewardship Commi�ee
Mee,ngs ad hoc to discuss Council proposals and explore stewardship issues.
Fabric Commi�ee/Health and Safety Commi�ee
Mee,ngs generally informal to discuss ma?ers as they arise including issues related to Covid-19.
Village Centre Management Commi�ee
Mee,ng regularly to oversee the work of the Village Centre.
Address for correspondence:
The Vicarage, 21 Willow Walk, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0DQ
Address of Church:
St Jude’s Road, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0BZ
Email:
enquiries@stjudeschurch.info
Websites:
www.stjudeschurch.info and www.villagecentre.org.uk
Report on our worship
We con,nued to see a slight increase in the number of our regular worshippers but remain saddened that we see very few younger worshippers. However, the Vicar ran a small confirma,on class in the summer and autumn, and on Sunday 1[st] December two young people and one adult were confirmed by Bishop Paul Davies, Bishop of Dorking, at St Paul’s Church, Egham Hythe.
We maintained our established pa?ern of worship throughout the year.
8.00am Sunday
A service of Holy Communion (said) with BCP service on the first Sunday of each month. We missed the regular ministry at this service of the Revd Orion Edgar, former Anglican Chaplain to RHUL, following his transfer to parish ministry.
9.30am Sunday
Sung Eucharist (live-streamed) with the first Sunday service taken from the Methodist liturgy. Our inten,on remained to offer a non-Eucharis,c on a FiIh Sunday.
4.00pm Sunday
Fourth Sunday at Four: a non-eucharis,c worship service with hymns.
6.00pm Sunday
Compline via Zoom on the second Sunday in each month.
10.00am Wednesday
Midweek service of Holy Communion (said) with a short sermon. During Lent this service was moved to 11.00am and was followed by a simple Lenten lunch.
As always, we had a full programme of fes,val services which once again included a Chris,ngle service in December for some of our local uniformed groups. Our Christmas Crib service was hugely well a?ended as usual, and there was record a?endance too at our Christmas Carol Service, when our choir was once again augmented by the Allegra Choir directed by our AV co-ordinator, Guy Bunce.
Once again in 2024 we hosted two village memorial services: F. Harrison and Son, Funeral Directors, sponsored our summer service for a second year and Lodge Brothers our Christmas memorial service
for a fourth year. The Remembrance Sunday parade service took place as usual in November with excellent a?endance from our local uniformed groups.
We remain grateful to our team of worship leaders including our Methodist Associate Minister, the Revd Andrew Reed, our Licensed Lay Minister, Mr Roy Gouriet and our occasional preacher, Mrs Diana Bendall, for their contribu,on to our worship. On occasions when the Vicar was absent, we benefi?ed from the ministry of the Revd Janet Franck (re,red and with Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Guildford) and the Revd Ma? Prior (St John’s Egham). Thank you to Roy Gouriet who coordinates our preaching rota. Roy’s Permission to Officiate was renewed again in 2024.
Thank you to our regular teams of readers and intercessors and to Mrs Diana Bendall for coordina,ng this ministry. It has been good to welcome some new members to our readers’ rota. Paul Murphy has also joined the team of contributors to our weekly prayer diary which has proved very helpful. Special thanks are due to our organist, Geoff Chew, and to our choir for leading our music in worship.
There are many others who contribute to our worship in vital, but perhaps less obvious ways. They include our church cleaning team, flower arrangers, members of our live-streaming rota and all who provide refreshments to follow our worship. Thank you all.
Occasional Services
During the year there were 7 bap,sms (12 in 2023), 4 weddings (3), 15 funerals in church (22), 8 funerals conducted by our vicar in local crematoria (7), 1 graveside funeral conducted by our vicar (2), and 4 interments of cremated remains (3).
Church Council mee'ngs
The Church Council met on 17[th] January, 7[th] March, 15[th] April, 4[th] June, 24[th] July, 19[th] September and 4[th] November. The APCM was held on Sunday 12[th] May.
We are grateful to our Churchwardens, Church officers, Council members and commi?ee chairs for another year of generous service.
Electoral Roll
Our Electoral Roll for 2024 stood at 90, an increase of 5 on 2023.
Safeguarding
No safeguarding issues were reported. We remain grateful to Mrs Diana Bendall for con,nuing to serve as our Parish Safeguarding Lead and for suppor,ng the Revd Andrew Reed who holds that role for our Village Centre. Effec,ve safeguarding was an ever more important priority in 2024.
Concert Series
2024 saw a programme of 11 concerts and we are grateful to Professor Geoff Chew for arranging an a?rac,ve programme for us once again.
The concerts took place as follows: 3 February Community Concert, 9 March Royal Holloway students, 27 April Royal Holloway students, 11 May James Kirby’s students, 15 June Vox Mundi, 6 July Cath Chew and Geoff Chew (1 and 2 pianos), 10 August Asia Bonuccelli (piano), 21 September Lesley Shrigley-Jones (cello), 9 November Valerie Fry/Dimitri Kennaway Words & Musuc WWII programme, 23 November James Kirby (piano), 14 December Geoff Chew (piano).
Social Events
Coffee Mornings were held on 24 February, 14 September and 26 October, an indoor Summer Fair/Coffee Morning on 13 July, St Jude’s Stall at the Village Fair on 22 June, Harvest Lunch on 12 October in church, Christmas Market on 30 November in our Village Centre, and Mince Pie and Lebkuchen Tea on 4 December. Our grateful thanks to all who coordinated and contributed to these events.
Fabric
The clock face had been removed for refurbishment in 2023 and brought great joy when it was reinstalled. A drainage survey was undertaken, and a couple of items were highlighted to the Fabric Commi?ee for further discussion and explora,on. Some damage was sustained to the large west window (at the back of the church), and a repair is being progressed. We received a grant from RBC to refurbish the two lampposts in the churchyard, and a grant from the Methodist Church to help pay for the stonework repairs and refurbishment of the clock face, Repairs were carried out to the organ, the boilers were serviced and a quinquennial inspec,on took place. The la?er gave us a considerable list of items to be dealt with in 2025. We are grateful to the churchwardens for all their work on these projects and to the group of church members who carry out minor maintenance and cleaning.
Monsell Room le)ngs
Our thanks to Andrew Sheer for con,nuing to co-ordinate and administer all bookings. The users of the Monsell Room were Alcoholics Anonymous, Angeli’s art classes, Egham Choral, Englefield Green Councillors’ Surgery, Englefield Green Village Residents Associa,on, Royal Holloway Music Department, Royal Holloway Women’s Club, Ruth Hopkins’ singing classes, Sue Lowe’s cello classes. In addi,on to these regular bookings there were a few “one-off” hirings.
Mission and Outreach
Dona-ons to the Runnymede Foodbank : total cash dona,ons £640 (2023 £686). This, plus dona,ons in kind, enabled a total dona,on by weight of 1073kg (an appreciable increase over the 2023 figure of 819kg). Thank you to Geoff Chew for con,nuing to manage and pass on our dona,ons.
Dona-ons to other appeals : we were pleased to be able to send dona,ons to WaterAid, the Royal Bri,sh Legion and the Children’s Society.
Giving in kind : We con,nued to contribute to Revive and Thrive, a charity based at a Bap,st Church in Mytche? who send kni?ed items and recondi,oned tools to countries across the world. Thank you to Di and Alan Fone and to Pat and Brian Summers for con,nuing to co-ordinate this ministry. Donated items in 2024 included 4 manual sewing machines! Teddies, jumpers and hats have been kni?ed in quan,ty for children. Kni?ed squares have been sewn together to create blankets of varying sizes. We con,nue to be supported by kni?ers at Lynwood Village in Sunningdale. We are grateful to all our kni?ers and sewers, and we need kni?ers and dona,ons of wool, please, to help us con,nue this work into 2025!
The Ship Newsle,er
Our monthly newsle?er is produced and circulated electronically by Brian Hooker who also uploads it to our website. Similarly, Andrew Sheer posts it on our Facebook page. Our thanks to them both.
Digital Outreach
This con,nued through our Facebook page and website. We are grateful to everyone who helped us with publicity in 2024, including Brian Hooker, Andrew Sheer, Roger Downing and Guy Bunce.
Our Church Schools
2024 was a busy year for our St Jude’s Schools Federa,on. Both schools were inspected by Ofsted. Disappoin,ngly, but not altogether surprisingly, our Infant School received a “Requires Improvement” judgment. But the inspectors were warm in their acknowledgment of all the changes the school has faced over the last few years, and of all the posi,ve work that is being done to raise standards and improve on our performance. Very shortly aIerwards Ofsted came to our Junior School and this ,me the assessment was “Good” and the feedback especially apprecia,ve of the Leadership Team. The final inspec,on of the year was that of the “Statutory Inspec,on of Anglican and Methodist Schools” (SIAMS). The wri?en report which followed was high in praise – of the nemphasis placed by all the team on the Chris,an ethos of the school and of the embedding of our Chris,an vision and values throughout the school. The good rela,onship between St Jude’s Church and our schools was highlighted in the report.
We are very grateful to Mrs Pat Summers and Mrs Deborah Kidd, both of whom read regularly with the children in Year 3. We know that this is hugely appreciated by the school. Our Vicar and the Revd Jeremy Brown from Christ Church, Virginia Water have con,nued to share the leading of the church collec,ve worship at both schools. Both of them con,nue to serve on the Governing Body.
From the Vicar
As we look back on 2024, we can perhaps see it as a year of preparing for the opportuni,es and challenges which will lie ahead in 2025. During 2024, several conversa,ons took place with the Archdeacon of Dorking, the Ven Mar,n Breadmore, and one of the Guildford Diocesan Mission enablers, the Revd Jens Mankel. Our discussion focussed on the possibility of developing a closer partnership with St John’s Egham. At the end of 2024 it is clear that there is lots to do in order to work out what this may look like for both our churches, but I thank God with you for the exci,ng possibili,es for growth that it could mean for us all. It will be a joy to work alongside Holly Byles, Curate at St John’s, as we explore these opportuni,es together.
As the year closes and a new year dawns I am reminded of words from the pen of Paul – “He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it” (1 Thess. 5:24). A ,mely promise for us all!
God bless you. Judith Allford
Village Centre Annual Report for 2024
The Village Centre reopened on Tuesday 2[nd] January 2024 aIer the Christmas break. Our Community Fridge opened again on Monday and Friday mornings, 9am to 11am, from Friday 5[th] January, and the Child Contact Centre from Saturday 6[th] January. Our film nights resumed on Friday 12[th] January. However, during the first week of January the hall floor was completely re-laid so regular hall bookings and classes resumed in the second week of the month. During the month we issued a challenge via our social media outlets: Do you want to volunteer?
During January we received a Youth Fund Grant of £3190 for seven children’s cooking classes which we were able to spread throughout the year. Our expression of interest to the major development
fund for the refurbishment of the kitchen was accepted and the full applica,on submi?ed. An ini,al grant applica,on to the Methodist South-East District for salary costs was also submi?ed this month.
Maintenance of the premises remained an ongoing task throughout 2024 and not least during the early months of the year. Many of the smaller tasks have con,nued to be carried out by our volunteer handy man with contractors only being used for larger or specialist tasks.
March saw a busy month at the Village Centre. We received a visit from the CEO of Runnymede Council, Andrew Pritchard. A new shopping service to Brooklands via Community Minibus was launched, a Seniors’ tea party was hosted by students from RHUL, and an adults’ cooking class was held in conjunc,on with Surrey County Council ‘Let’s talk about Food’ ini,a,ve. We also received an award, as part of the Runnymede Civic Awards, for contribu,on to the Community.
The Village Centre Management Commi?ee (VCMC) con,nued to support the work of the Centre throughout the year. In January we sadly had to say “farewell” to Sharon Edgar, who has moved away from the village. Other members of the Commi?ee con,nued their various roles: Siobhan Elliot co-ordina,ng our social media presence, Diana Bendall ac,ng as our Minutes Secretary, Jonathan Griffiths supervising our maintenance jobs and Andrew Sheer maintaining his role as Honorary Treasurer. However, early in the year Andrew announced his wish to step down from that role, which he has undertaken since the incep,on of the Centre in 2010. At the ,me of the issue of this Annual Report a successor to Andrew has not yet been found. Andrew has generously con,nued to fulfil the role for the ,me being, but the appointment of a new treasurer remains an urgent need.
One of the tasks undertaken by members of the VCMC has been providing monthly Village Centre Reports for the SHIP newsle?er on a rota basis. April was another very busy month with a variety of Cooking Classes both for adults and children. Another special event took place on Thursday 18[th] April when Jo Layton, an Englefield Green resident and CEO of CAP Worldwide brought a team of volunteers to the Centre for the day. Between them they did some cooking for the Community Fridge and the Café, served in the Café, put together Baby Basics referral baskets, painted the hall and cleared weeds and debris from the alley and the lane! It was a hugely worthwhile day. At the end of April Hubbub, an award-winning environmental charity and sponsor of our Community Fridge, sent a film crew along to film the Fridge in ac,on!
May saw the launch of a Monday Lunch Club for the over 55s. The Community Cooking Day was changed from a Monday to a Tuesday to accommodate this. Deliveries now go out on a Wednesday rather than a Tuesday. The Lunch Club was an immediate success, and numbers have con,nued to grow throughout the year.
At the beginning of June, we held a fundraising barn dance. Tickets sold out! Our caller was Barrie Bullimore, who had previously run weekly barn dances at Laleham Methodist Church. A good ,me was held by all! During the week commencing 10[th] June we were able to par,cipate in “The Big Green Week” Events included a visit from Richard Emme? with his display beehive. We also had a visit from Elaine Gill, who had just begun her second term as Mayor of Runnymede.
The Revd Andrew Reed was away from us on a well-earned sabba,cal from June to August. Events con,nued but with the usual reduc,on in café opening hours during the school holidays. Our Child Contact Centre was especially busy in June, following the closure of a neighbouring Contact Centre in Egham. This has meant an increase in referrals to our centre, so we also increased our volunteer database to cope with the increase in families a?ending.
June and July also saw us welcome a number of new student volunteers to the Centre, through local colleges and the DofE project. Students are provided with experience across all outreach programmes of the Centre to ensure that they receive a rounded level of experience within a charity environment. Another successful adults cooking class took place in July, which was very well supported by the local community. We also welcomed a pop-up stall from the Englefield Green Shop, to help them adver,se their services and raise funds for the upkeep of their shop.
The Community Bus had a very well supported trip to the Chertsey Museum in August, where a?endees were given an opportunity to view their vintage clothing exhibi,on and enjoy lunch in the sunshine. August also saw another children’s cooking class, where local children donned their aprons and had a great ,me cooking up some culinary delights under the supervision of our volunteers. The children sat and ate their food together and also had some to take home to their families.
Baby Basics is another project that has con,nued to flourish. Referrals came into us from local midwives and health visitors at Ashford/St Peters Hospitals and Frimley Park. We also supported families referred to us via the Prison Service and Runnymede Rese?lement Team.
The Centre has remained busy throughout the year with private bookings for birthday par,es, baby showers and other family gatherings. The Flow Church has con,nued to meet on our premises each Sunday.
The la?er part of the year saw further cooking classes, bus trips and tea par,es. However a large chunk of ,me was spent on administra,on to ensure the building is maintained, grant applica,ons are applied for, and that our licensing is up to date. We revised our current premises license to ensure that all regula,ons are always followed and our neighbours are protected, and our five-yearly Quinquennial also took place at this ,me, where the whole building was inspected and ac,on plan for remedial work proposed.
The year was rounded off with our annual Christmas Fair on 30[th] November, which was organised in conjunc,on with St Jude’s United Church. The Village Centre hosted a children’s fair in the back hall, whilst St Jude’s Church held a market in the café area. It was a hugely successful aIernoon, where we saw many local residents and families pass through our doors. We were incredibly grateful to the Egham United Charity who provided funds to provide free giIs and prizes to the children in a?endance.
Finally we said goodbye to a longstanding member of staff on the 17[th] December. Sarmila, who worked for the Village Centre ini,ally as a volunteer and then later as a dedicated member of staff, leI the area for pastures new. We were incredibly sorry to lose her, but incredibly proud and happy for her new beginning.
Our thanks as always to our wonderful team of staff and volunteers who have led us through another busy and happy year. And to Ali Griffin for her visionary and ,reless management which is such a blessing to us all. Thanks above all to our ever-gracious God for his unfailing provision.
Receipts and payments acco Period start date For the period from To 01-Jan-24 ~~ee~~
~~ee~~ Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest to the nearest £ £ £ A1 Receipts Church Donations 107,741 - - Grants 12,841 ~~a~~ Village Centre Interest (Central Finance Bank) 107 - Child Contact Centre 3,550 - The Fridge Account 23 6,343 Donations 46,394 - Trading Income (Café) 52,015 - Trading Income (Hall) 31,096 - Grants 55,546 Sub total (Gross income for 240,926 74,730 - AR) ~~Lo} Le Lo~~
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - Sub total - ~~——+— Ps~~ Total receipts 240,926 74,730 - ~~ee |~~ A3 Payments Charitable activities Village Centre Child Contact Centre 4,379 - The Fridge Account 30 1,021 ~~——~~
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| Village Centre Difference in Petty Cash Sub total |
- 22 |
2,578 - |
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| 4,431 | 3,599 | ||
| Support Costs | - | ||
| Village Centre Support Costs Sub total Church and services Light, heat, water Telephone and broadband Repairs and replacements Organist and instruments Altar supplies and books Insurance Cleaning Equipment Sub total Church Hall Light, heat, water Insurance Telephone Fire extinguishers Repairs and replacements Sub total Church building Organ repairs Clock repairs Sub total Church House Repairs and management Sub total Outside the parish Parish Share Methodist Circuit Share Subscriptions Bank charges **Sub total ** |
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| 136,333 | 26,372 | ||
| 136,333 | 26,372 | ||
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| 1,861 | 3,141 | ||
| 649 | - | ||
| 2,271 | - | ||
| 807 | - | ||
| 941 | - | ||
| 3,527 | - | ||
| 127 | - | ||
| 570 | - | ||
| 10,753 | 3,141 | ||
| 2,370 | - | ||
| 1,763 | - | ||
| 469 | - | ||
| 191 | - | ||
| 3,240 | - | ||
| 8,033 | - | ||
| 4,099 - |
- 5,316 |
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| 4,099 | 5,316 | ||
| 4,668 | - | ||
| 4,668 | |||
| 71,627 8,000 383 60 |
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| 80,070 | - |
| A4 Asset and investment | ||||||
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| purchases, (see table) | ||||||
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | |||
| **Total payments ** | 248,387 | 38,428 | - | |||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | - 7461 | 36302 | - |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
- - - 38,428 |
- - - 38,428 |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) | - 7461 | 36302 | - | ||
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| A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Church Account Village Centre Accounts Central Finance Board Contact Centre Fridge Account Village Centre Petty Cash Sub total |
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| 42,168 | - | ||||
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| 6,755 | - | ||||
| 4,821 | - | ||||
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| 1,222 | 4,677 | ||||
| 200 | - | ||||
| 55,166 | 4,677 | - | |||
| **Cash funds thisyear end ** | 47,705 | 40,979 | - |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the
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B2 Other monetary assets
Unrestricted funds to nearest £
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| A5 Transfers between funds | - | ||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | 55,166 | ||||
| A7 Cash fund this year end | |||||
| Church Account | 42,286 | ||||
| Village Centre Accounts | |||||
| Central Finance Board | 6,862 | ||||
| Contact Centre | 3,992 | ||||
| Fridge Account | 5,314 | ||||
| Village Centre | - | 5,685 | |||
| Petty Cash | 178 | ||||
| Sub total | 10,661 | ||||
| Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
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47,705 | |||
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CC16a ounts Period end date 31-Dec-24
Total funds Last year to the nearest to the nearest £ £ 2024 2023 107,741 12,841 107 3,550 6,366 46,394 52,015 31,096 55,546 315,656 - OK
315,656 - - 2023 4,379 1,051
2,578 22 8,030 162,705 162,705
5,002 649 2,271 807 941 3,527 127 570 13,894
2,370 1,763 469 191 3,240 8,033 4,099 5,316 9,415 4,668 4,668 71,627 8,000 383 60 80,070
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| Restricted funds to nearest £ - 4,677 4,384 31,354 40,979 OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - |
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Church Council of St Jude’s United Church, Englefield Green
I report on the accounts of the JCC of St Jude’s United Church Englefield Green for the year ended 31[st] December 2024
The Council is responsible for the prepara%on of the accounts and considers that an audit is not required under sec%on 43(2) of the Chari%es Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examina%on is needed. It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts (under sec%on 43(3)(a) of the 1993 Act);
follow the procedures laid down in the General Direc%ons given by the Charity Commissioners under sec%on 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act;
and state whether par%cular ma2ers have come to my a2en%on.
Basis of the Independent Examiner’s Report
My examina%on was carried out in accordance with the General Direc%ons given by the Charity Commission. An examina%on includes a review of the accoun%ng records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explana%ons from the Council concerning such ma2ers. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
In connec%on with my examina%on, no ma2er has come to my a2en%on:
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1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accoun%ng records in accordance with sec%on 41 of the 1993 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accoun%ng records and comply with the requirements of the 1993 Act
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have not been met; or
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2) to which, in my opinion, a2en%on should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Brian Summers
15 Englehurst
Englefield Green
Egham, Surrey
TW20 0EE