## Annual Report and Accounts 

2024 


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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1 January 2024   To                           31 December 2024** 

**Charity name: Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East Greenwich Charity registration number: 1175274** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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||SORP reference||
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Promoting in the Parish the whole<br>mission of the Church pastoral,<br>evangelistic, social and ecumenical.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|•<br>Regular public worship open to all.<br>•<br>The provision of sacred space for<br>personal prayer and contemplation.<br>•<br>Pastoral work, including visiting the sick<br>and the bereaved.<br>•<br>Teaching of Christianity through sermons,<br>courses and small groups<br>•<br>Taking of religious assemblies in schools.<br>•<br>The provision of a youth club with a<br>Christian ethos.<br>•<br>Promotion of Christianity through the<br>staging of events and meetings, and the<br>distribution of literature.<br>•<br>Promoting the whole mission of the<br>Church through provision of activities for<br>senior citizens, parents and toddlers and<br>other special need groups.<br>•<br>Supporting other charities|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm this.|



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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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||SORP reference||
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The Parish continues to run two vibrant and<br>inclusive churches (Christ Church and St<br>George’s), offering in person worship for the<br>local community.<br>Beyond Sunday services, the Parish hosts<br>youth work, midweek connect groups, and<br>uses the church buildings to support local<br>initiatives such as the Greenwich Foodbank.<br>St George’s hosted a weekly community café<br>as well as a monthly soup lunch.<br>Across the Parish, Christmas saw a variety of<br>carol concerts in pubs, parks, and community<br>centres. These services are the only contact<br>with church for many members of the<br>community. Furthermore, the Christmas<br>Journey engaged over 300 children with the<br>Christmas story.<br>The engagement with local children and<br>young people was not just for Christmas, with<br>the clergy team regularly attending<br>assemblies at the local primary and<br>secondary schools.<br>Please see the reports of the churches below<br>for further details of the work performed<br>across the Parish during 2024.|



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## **Financial Review** 

|**inancial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end of<br>the period|Para 1.21|The general reserves of the parish increased<br>to £239k. The level of income remains<br>sufficient to cover the day to day costs of the<br>parish.<br>However, there are significant building works<br>required on St George’s in the near future,<br>and there will be significant usage of general<br>reserves in 2025 and beyond in order to<br>meet these requirements, whilst still requiring<br>significant funds to be raised.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves Policy requires reserves of 3<br>months bills covering the whole Parish are<br>held within the Churches. The reserves held<br>exceed this.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|There are £239k of general funds, £22k of<br>designated funds, and £38k of restricted<br>funds as at 31 December 2024. Please see<br>financial statements below.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|No funds in material deficit at present.<br>St George’s Church needs significant repairs<br>over the next 5 years. There is not sufficient<br>money held to do this work. Sub committees<br>continue to look at options for achieving this.|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|No significant uncertainties regarding the<br>going concern status.|



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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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|Description of charity’s trusts:||The Parish is governed by the Parochial<br>Church Council (PCC).|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The Parochial Church Council (Powers)<br>Measures 1956 as amended and the Church<br>Representation Rules (contained in schedule<br>3 to the Synodical Government Measures<br>1969 as amended).|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association.|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled to<br>appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by the Members of the<br>Parish. They serve for 3 years and vacancies<br>are filled annually at the Annual Parochial<br>Church Meeting (APCM).|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

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|Charity name|Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East<br>Greenwich|
|Other name the charity uses|Parish of E Greenwich|
|Registered charity number|1175274|
|Charity’s principal address|Parish of E Greenwich<br>C/ The Forum<br>Trafalgar Road<br>SE10 9EQ|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
|1|Ruth Ohlsen|Church Warden<br>(Christ Church)|||
|2|Pansy Graham|Church Warden<br>(Christ Church)|Term Started April 2024||
|3|Judith Eastaugh|Church Warden<br>(St Georges)|Trustee for full year, Warden<br>Term Started April 2024||
|4|Angie Cookson||||
|5|Anne Dairo||||
|6|Tendai Ndanga||||
|7|Folarin Akinbami||||
|8|Sue Hall||||
|9|Thomas Emmett|Treasurer|||
|10|Vanessa Stewart||||
|11|Joyce Stewart||||
|12|Alex Homfray|Deanery|||
|13|Pam Zigomo|Secretary|||
|14|Michael Crawford|Deanery|Trustee for full year,<br>Deanery term started April<br>2024||
|15|Claire Baxter||Term started April 2024||
|16|Caroline Stickland||Term started April 2024||
|17|Megan Husband||Resigned October 2024||
|18|Jo Lewins||Term ended April 2024||
|19|Grace Emmett||Term ended April 2024||
|20|Ebunolowa Faturoti||Term ended April 2024||
|21|Patrick Kekula|Deanery|Resigned April 2024||
|22|Janet Clipsham|Church Warden<br>(St Georges)|Trustee for full year, Warden<br>Term ended April 2024||



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|23|Helen Frith||Term ended April 2024||
|24|Rob Hornby|Reader|||
|25|Julie Mason|Reader|||
|26|Rev Dom Hubbuck|Priest|||
|27|Rev Laura Faturoti|Team Vicar|||
|28|Rev John Pout|Team Rector /Chair|||
|29|Rev Jane Petrie|Team Vicar|Resigned November 2024||
|30|Rev John Philpott-<br>Howard|Assistant Priest|Resigned March 2024||



Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** N/A 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|N/A|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|**unds held as custodian**|**trustees on behalf of others**|
|---|---|
|Description of the assets held<br>in this capacity||
||N/A|



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Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

N/A 

## **Other optional information** 

See reports below. 

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## **Team Rector’s Report** 

The Parish of East Greenwich incorporates Christ Church, St George **’** s Church and Holy Trinity Church. 

The address for correspondence is Christ Church, Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9EQ. 

East Greenwich Parochial Church Council ( **‘** the PCC **’** ) co-operates with the Rector, the Reverend John Pout (also the incumbent of Christ Church) and the incumbent of St George’s, the Reverend Laura Faturoti to promote in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has varying maintenance responsibilities for the church buildings which differ in scope between the churches. 

The PCC meets bi-monthly and has the flexibility to call special meetings when required. A Standing Committee made up of members of the PCC is available to meet in between PCC meetings, also on a bimonthly basis. 

## **Aims** 

_Prayer_ - that the Parish Churches make corporate and private prayer the central foundation on which all church activity is based. 

_Evangelism_ - for the churches to be open, inclusive and welcoming fellowships, committed to making new 

disciples. 

_Worship_ - to offer clear, audible, visible and inspiring services with a mixture of traditional and contemporary hymns and songs - attractive to all ages and stages. 

_Fellowship_ - for church members to experience that they belong to an extended Christian family where they can grow in faith, deepen relationships and find support. 

_Teaching_ - that the Bible is central to all that we do and that the Gospel is known, loved and taught so that everyone will be inspired to grow in their faith and discipleship. 

_Service_ - that all are encouraged and enabled to play their part in offering service to the church and the wider community. 

2024 was a challenging year to be alive - the continuing war in Ukraine, a trend to erode democratic values in parts of Europe, a new government in the UK, continuing difficulties for the national leadership of Church of England, increasingly dramatic evidence of climate change and the return of Donald Trump in the United States. We live in interesting times. 

As individual churches and as a parish we are called to proclaim the gospel afresh to each new generation and we need to continue to take hold of that calling ever more urgently in a culture which is struggling to cling to what it once may have considered ‘norms’ and to foundations which now look more fragile than for many years. 

Our foundation is not based on humanly crafted philosophies and political doctrines but only on the Lord Jesus. It is only through knowing Him as our Lord and Saviour that we can hope to navigate these days confidently - with hope and faith- and to be a light for the nations. 

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This year we said goodbye to two key figures in our Parish. Rev John Philpott-Howard retired at Easter. John was truly a gift to this parish and gave so much of himself to us over many years. 

He is irreplaceable of course and we continue to miss his gentle wisdom and patient listening ear. 

I particularly valued his wise counsel as a brother in Christ in my first months here. John continues to help churches in the Diocese and his ministry continues to be valued and respected widely. 

Sadly too, with the SDF funding that the parish was granted in 2019 coming to an end, it was also time to say farewell to Rev Jane Petrie who has moved to a new parish in Deptford in November. Jane’s role was pioneering in seeking to establish Holy Trinity on the Peninsula. Building on the foundations of those who have gone before her Jane maintained a faithful group and she did much to encourage and develop the faith of those who have been worshipping in the School. 

Emma Lewington, though happily remaining with us as a member of St Georges, moved on from her role as our Parish Administrator and we are very grateful for her diligence and commitment and though sad to see her move on, it’s great to see her enjoying her new job. Elizabeth Ariyanti joined us in November and it is great that she is settling in so well. 

As a parish we continue to hold the Godly ambition to develop a thriving church on the Peninsula and that work continues. Jane initiated the Monthly Messy Church Goes Wild at St Mary Magdalene school. This continues to be a team effort with all of the parish clergy involved and is now led skilfully by Rev Laura. Over the past year this has really developed with consistently good attendance and engagement with the children and their parents and carers. 

As well as being part of the MCGW team, Ebun Faturoti leads our Huddle Youth Group and the  Kick Academy for teens that takes place at the School and I am sure this important work will become increasingly significant. The Huddle has grown over the past year and offers an important and increasingly vital safe place for teens under the banner of the church. 

The work on the Peninsula is a great example of where we can build together as a parish. 

As usual, the Christmas Journey days were another example of how as a parish we can do something great that is co-dependant on the gathered gifting and commitment of members of both churches. 

As always, I am very grateful for our talented and energetic team of Clergy - now three, including Rev Dom as Chaplain to the schools and our immensely supportive and committed wider team: our retired clergy Barbara and Cynthia, Ebun our Youth Worker, Emma and more recently Elizabeth as our Administrator, our Readers, Wardens, Treasurers and many others who give of their time and energy in support of the work here. 

As a Parish we are committed to our four key Mission themes of Growing, Praying, Serving & Sharing. Although these may be expressed in different ways in the context of each worshipping community, they express our priorities as we seek to share the Gospel with the people of East Greenwich. 

So what do these mean in action? How are they lived out in our church life and what other things should we do to support these priorities? Over the coming months these will be explored by the DCCs to inform our actions, together as a parish and within the churches. 

_John Pout Team Rector and Chair of PCC_ 

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## **Treasurer’s Report** 

The financial year for 2024 was again a stable year for the overall charity results. There was in total a small surplus on the general reserves of £31.1k, which has increased the general reserve to £238.6k. 

Christ Church made a small surplus for the year of £5.0k. The Parish Giving Scheme was launched during 2024 and is the preferred method for receiving donations. The hope is that this will enable people to give more easily to the work of the church. The church continues to look for ways to make giving easier for individuals, including updating the website. 

In St George’s, 2024 saw a surplus of £15.5k. The medium term plan is to make significant improvements to the church building, but funding this will be a significant challenge and options continue to be investigated to ensure the long term sustainability of the building. Post year-end, the trustees will seek to transfer as much of St George’s general reserves into the building works reserve as is affordable and within the charity’s reserves policy as described above. 

Holy Trinity had a small surplus of £1.7k and the Prayer Space made a surplus of £7.6k for the year. As noted in the prior year, it is the charity’s policy to hold reserves primarily in the churches and not the central Parish bank account, and the general reserve of the central parish bank account was breakeven for the year (net surplus of £1.1k). 

The main financial challenge facing the parish is St George’s continuing to look for how to fund the long term building work which will be required over the next 5-10 years. 

Whilst this is my final year as Parish Treasurer, I know the Parish is in capable hands with the current church treasurer team remaining in place, and the wider trustees (members of the PCC) providing governance to ensure the continued financial viability of the Parish. 

_Tom Emmett Treasurer_ 

## **Reports from the churches of the parish** 

## **Christ Church 2024** 

2024 has been a year, which, like the previous year has seen a lot of changes and has been a very positive and uplifting year in the life of Christ Church. 

We kicked off the new year with an International evening in January - this included a barbecue and a quiz, with delicious food from all over the world provided by many members of our international congregation – the night was well attended and enjoyed by all. 

We were sad to say goodbye to Rev John Philpott-Howard, who retired officially on Easter Sunday after thirteen years serving as an assistant priest in CCEG and the parish. John’s wisdom, knowledge and kindness has and will continue to be missed by all our church family. We held a “bring a share” farewell lunch after the Easter Sunday service, which was well attended and a very enjoyable occasion despite the reason for it. 

We also said farewell to Emma Lewington, who had done such a wonderful job as our Parish administrator - Emma left her administration to role to take up the post of Greenwich Food Bank co-ordinator – 

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congratulations Emma! We have been blessed to welcome Elizabeth Ariyanti in the role; Elizabeth has settled in very well and regularly attends Sunday morning services at CCEG. 

Our in-person attendance at services has not yet returned to pre-lockdown numbers, and some of our congregation moved out of London this year. However, we have gradually been building again, with new families and members continuing to join. After a review of attendance at online services (Facebook and YouTube) and a cost-benefit analysis of the financial commitment involved in maintaining the online provision, the DCC made the decision to stop live streaming. 

We have continued to hold monthly Sunday evening services focused on Praise and Worship and prayer, and whilst these are not attracting large numbers, attendance has been steady, and the evenings have provided opportunities for those who may be unable to attend in the mornings due to caring or work commitments. 

Overall, the church community has continued to thrive through live services, Children & Young People’s work and Connect groups, which are now largely run face-to-face, (with the occasional participant joining via zoom link). We are currently running three connect groups, serving the congregation in South Greenwich, Central Greenwich and the Peninsula, with a view to expanding this provision as the need arises. 

Our commitment to inclusion and racial justice continues, with a special service held for Black History month when we welcomed Ben LIndsay, the Director of Power the Fight, to speak at the Sunday morning service in the autumn. 

## _Visibility_ 

Christ Church has continued to focus on high level visibility through regular website updates and being active on social media - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We have also continued our regular contact with all the members of the church family through electronic ‘Mailchimp’ messages, and our written “seasonal programme” which lists times of regular services, events and any special events planned has been a real success in providing new members with an overview of the church’s activities and focus. 

Our involvement in the local and wider community has remained strong, and we have maintained our financial support commitments to USPG in Tanzania, Power the Fight, Greenwich Debt Centre, as well as continuing to host Greenwich Food Bank and EGLAC (for which both of these Christ Church continues to provide volunteer support). 

As usual, we participated in Marathon Sunday in April and held a tea and coffee stall outside the church where we offered free drinks and biscuits to passers-by and spectators, while our regular steel band set up outside the church and provided live music to add to the festive atmosphere. Our Jamaican Street food and juice stalls also participated. Church members wore Christ Church T-shirts as an effective way of maintaining visibility at an outdoor event. 

In October we were privileged to host an evening concert by the incredibly talented and entertaining Jonathan Veira, who delighted everyone who attended with his music, his humour and his moving testimony as a long time committed Christian. The congregation were encouraged to invite friends and family to this event, and those who did have reported back that it was very much enjoyed by everyone who came along. 

Our usual Trafalgar Day Memorial Service went ahead this year, as did our parish wide Carols Singing in the East Greenwich Pleasaunce, and our usual celebratory Christmas events such as Carols by Candlelight and the Christmas journey, which attracted around 350 children this year. 

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As part of our commitment to visibility, John has initiated a Saturday morning door to door campaign, with the aim of visiting every accessible household in the parish and ensuring our community is aware of us and has an opportunity to speak with committed Christians and ask any questions. Door to door is conducted in pairs by a small, dedicated group of volunteers, and preceded and followed by prayers and debrief in the church. 

## _Growing Our Spiritual Lives Together_ 

As stated previously Connect Groups continued meet both in person to Connect with God and connect with one another, –with our three groups established and determined largely by proximity to our home address to promote prayer for and involvement with our local communities. 

## _Children and Young People_ 

Children and Young People’s work has continued in person throughout 2024. Ebun Faturoti has continued his great work as the Parish Wide Youth Leader, maintaining his commitment to regular young people’s events, and the “Kick Academy”, which has continued to grow and now attracts a large number of regular attendees. 

The Huddle continues to meet regularly on Friday nights in the Church – and we now have regular attendance of between 18-22 young people. On Sunday mornings, young people participate in services once a month and once a month they participate in “sermon surgery” - an analysis and critique of the morning’s sermon. 

Pam Zigomo and Ebun continue to lead Sunday Huddle, and Sue Hall and Bev Irving (Junior Church) have all continued their excellent work leading the team running Junior Church on Sundays. 

“Messy Church Goes Wild” – an outdoors variation on Messy church has continued to run once a month for children and families throughout the Parish and now regularly attracts over 20 children and their families 

## _Loving Service to the Community_ 

The East Greenwich Legal Advice Clinic continues to run from Christ Church on a fortnightly basis, with volunteer support provided by CCEG members and other members of the community. The level of demand remains high. 

Christ Church has continued to host the ‘East Greenwich’ welcome centre for the Greenwich Food Bank with venue coordinator, Stephen Wallace and CC EG provides volunteer support 

The Greenwich Winter Night Shelter is flourishing in the refurbished premises in Eltham. A day centre provision offering access to showers, laundry and IT facilities and lunch has continued to be extremely popular. 

## _Care for Creation_ 

Christ Church are continuing our commitment to Care for creation, with the intention of maintaining our Silver Award.  We have continued to work hard to make our church garden a haven of peace for people and wildlife, and have a dedicated and devoted garden team, led by Cherry comprising members of the congregation and local community. 

_Ruth Ohlsen and Pansy Graham_ 

_Church Wardens - Christ Church_ 

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## **St George’s 2024** 

St George’s continued to thrive in 2024.  Although the year started with a bang, as our very large Baptistry windows blew in during the storms and high winds of early January, they were replaced by insurance and the congregation raised the money to inspect and strengthen all the other high windows in the Church. 

Our Ministry through small events (some open to the public) continued and went from strength to strength: 

- Community Café 

- Community Lectures 

- Walking groups 

- Soup lunch restarted , held once a month 

- Tuesdays at the Vicarage 

- Christmas Fair was held for the first time on the first Saturday in December 

- First Fridays a new group also started and has gradually built numbers meeting on the first Friday of the month to eat and play games together 

- Craft club (inspired by a Lent group) became a permanent fixture in the St G calendar 

Lent continued the small group theme with various activities put on offer for people to try, from netball to flower arranging and crafting to pilgrimage. 

Finally, we cannot leave 2024 without mentioning the loss of Doris and Tim (our former Vicar), both sad losses for St George’s and both were memorialised by services in the Church they had served so well and so faithfully.  We thank God for their love and their service. 

_Judith Eastaugh_ 

## _Church Warden - St George’s_ 

## **Holy Trinity - the Peninsula Church** 

We were sorry to lose Rev Jane as she moved on to a new parish as the SDF funding came to an end. 

The weekly morning service at St Mary Magdalene School came to an end with her departure. This was as a result of two things - we no longer have sufficient clergy on the team to sustain three morning services in the parish and secondly the practical reality that the services on average throughout 2024 numbered only 7 which means that we need to regroup and rethink our approach to establishing a viable and sustainable worshipping community on the Peninsula. 

The experience over the past 16 years with different ministers leading the work has shown that this is no easy ambition to fulfil, however that ambition and intention remains. 

We current have four strands of mission activity on the Peninsula: 

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- Messy Church Goes Wild monthly at the School led originally by Rev Jane now by Rev Laura,  aimed at young children and families. 

- Kick Academy weekly on Thursday evenings, led by Ebun and aimed at reaching young children to engage with Jesus through sport. 

- Morning Prayer weekly at the Prayer Space at 8 am on Thursdays with Revs John and Barbara. 

- Connect Group - twice monthly, also in the Prayer Space. 

Although these are quite distinct activities, they are also complimentary in offering various opportunities for people to engage with Jesus and His Church in different ways. 

Holy Trinity was represented publicly at the GMV Summer Festival in June and through Carols at Oval Square - both of which were made possible by the involvement and support of church members from across the parish. 

It’s vital that we regard the Mission to the Peninsula as both our opportunity but also our responsibility as a Parish and therefore forms a key part of our Mission Action Plan. 

_John Pout Team Rector_ 

## **Reports from the PCC** 

## **Safeguarding** 

Safeguarding is an issue which is seldom out of the papers and sadly it seems that the Church is regularly in the news for all the wrong reasons. This happens when the desire to protect the institution is considered more important than loving the survivor of abuse. It is clear that the church has been at fault on many occasions and over many years in not pursuing safeguarding with due rigour and the right priority. 

At the centre of every story we read or hear about are people who have been abused and devastated when they should have been loved and cared for. It can sometimes seem that safeguarding policy is about process and compliance but actually it’s about people and ensuring their safety in church where above all things, all should be secure, safe, valued and loved. 

We might well think think that a safeguarding failure could never happen here but the reality is that it could and so there is no room for complacency or naiveté. We all should play our part such that church is a protected and safe place where people are able to be vulnerable without fear. 

Safeguarding is essentially about looking out for one another and being vigilant - in a way, taking on the responsibility for being ‘our brothers and sisters keepers’. It is a duty that falls to each one of us. Vigilance means being alert to anticipate a situation before it becomes an incident and this is again something that we can all play a part in. 

We have designated Safeguarding Officers in Sue Hall and Janet Clipsham, and we are very grateful to them for taking on that role and responsibility even though safeguarding is something that we all have responsibility for. 

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If you have concerns about any situation it is always good to raise it with Sue or Janet - it may turn out to be nothing, or it may be something and in raising it you may have done a great service to someone. It is important for all of us that we are lovingly alert and that all feel safe and secure in our church fellowships. 

## **Deanery Synod Report 2024** 

The Deanery Synod meet three times in 2024. In February we shared experiences of Christian Basics/Nurturing courses, in July the Archdeacon of Southwark, Jonathan Sedgwick, spoke about the Southwark Vision 2024-2035 and in October we discussed Children's and Young People's work within the deanery. All three meetings gave us the opportunity to share and to learn from each other. Elections were held for Diocesan Synod in June. 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature:** 


**Full Names: John Robert Pout Position: Team Rector                        Date 17.4.25** 

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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

> **Report to the trustees/** The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East 

> **members of** Greenwich 

**On accounts for the year** 31 December 2024 **Charity no** 1175274 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 19 -22 ( 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/12/2024** 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent** 

## **examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

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|**Signed:**||**Date:**|18 April 2025|
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|**Name:**|Philip M Landergan|||
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|**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body (if**<br>**any):**|FCA (ICAEW 7643305)|||
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|**Address:**|Landergan & Co Ltd|||
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Not•S to th• aGGount
Trnn¥fqrn b•t*Tw fumdb
2024 tr￿fets".
In2024. t5.914 of de5urotal wth￿ lrnrsfer totr* gw*ra finl.
Tris wa5 ina depogt with res]rth￿ to *s
PCC Ik*5 dekwt XCOLrts lo
part offv trxxjyot for 2024. it w8$ •)re￿ by tr* PCC to nxw fwvj.
Tris arrvyJ* reLatss to appro%pd foYfuyJiyJ LKK*wwJ f*ayer to wyf¢xlh sp￿.
2023 tr&BfBt3".
Tris was based on L4a[ifKal￿1￿t ttwrp ex19n￿ r85ttK*wx¥5 to ts use ol¥*sefwvJ5.
In2023. £7.500 wag Irar&feTh&l ftrth A fint
Ths was mrEy ina de￿1 ￿. with rD reslrthr6 to Is L%e.
PCC 1K￿d5 ltri5 n)r*y w*hn depwt to rL*L
As part ofts for 2023. it was by ts PCC to tra￿tI￿ rr￿ fwbj.
Trpre was a f￿t￿r £970 traThsferred rektir¥J to f*ayer Sp
Tlis rrK¥wwas a grar* prmiLW tofLrt ￿ ckAE Lryr¥J Sw.
Goneral Funds
Totsl
Operiroj at 1 JKLBry 2￿24
71,589
.409
13.3
14.f
8,￿)1
207.462
I swpI￿ I
15.531
1.674
31.087
¢hJslr¥ 8131 Dec￿*￿2￿24
76.683
114910
1&0>)
2119B
238.549
D•*
*i•d Fur￿%
OperirvJ at 1 j*￿ry 2￿14
6.124
26.￿7
16.1241
(S.(￿)
Ck>sry al 31 Oecwrthr2024
21,542
21,542
Totsl
OperiroJ At 1 2￿24
18,551
1101
13,046
4,15B
15.8161
375
13.1471
11.2661
¢hJsty 8131 t￿¢￿*￿2￿24
11735
10.423
13.421
37.590
Post )•¥r•thd alh)¢aikn
In MarGh 2025, PCC th¥¥Jnaled £75k of St Ge￿5 Gerwdl FuvJ5 to b8 rwed L*yJth.
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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report and accounts above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)**[John Robert Pout ] 

> **Position (eg** Team Rector **Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 18.4.25 

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