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St Saviour’s Wendell Park

ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25 APCM on 18 May 2025

ST SAVIOUR’S WENDELL PARK COBBOLD ROAD, LONDON W12 9LN

ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2024 – MARCH 2025 AND ACCOUNTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Administrative information

Vicar: The Rev’d Chris Lee

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity and has now been registered with the Charity Commission, registered charity number 1177239

PCC members who have served from April 2024 until the date this report was submitted are:

Revd Chris Lee * Vicar Revd David Hill Curate Simon Jenkins * Churchwarden Bruce Marquart * Churchwarden Stefanie Stretton Children and Families Worker Ellie Sturt * Secretary Gregory Pennington * Treasurer Astrid Wilson Deanery Synod Representative Carlene Fantuzzi Roey Jenkins Katie Sayles

* Standing Committee members

Our other church officers are:

Katie Sayles Safeguarding Officer Deborah Down Electoral Roll Officer Carlene Fantuzzi Children’s Champion

Contents

Introduction 4
Vicar’sreport 4
Kids’ church report 6
Worship team report 7
Churchwardens’report 8
Electoral Roll report 10
Treasurer’s report 11
Deanery Synod report 22
The Upper Room report 22
Diocesanstatement 23

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to our annual report, where the PCC presents reports on the life of St Saviour’s for the 12 months since April 2024.

This year, we celebrated Chris Lee leading our parish for the past 10 years, with messages from members of St Saviour’s, past and present, who have been blessed by his ministry here. David Hill, who has been our curate for the past three years, is leaving us this June, to become the parish priest of All Saints, Ealing Common. We are so grateful to him and Verity for all the ways they have contributed to our life here, and we wish them well for their future in ministry.

This year, Stefanie Stretton has continued as our Youth & Families Worker and has produced several events in Wendell Park which have contributed to the local community and helped our mission in the parish flourish. We thank God for Stef’s work, and for all those on the children’s work team, and for the visible signs of growth in faith among our children.

We want to thank everyone who has given time and service for our community this year, whether it’s in helping with Stay & Play, singing in the worship team, taking Bible readings, making tea and coffee, welcoming people to church, running the creche, teaching in youth church, looking after sound and visuals during services – and the countless less visible ways that St Saviour’s happens week by week. Thank you, everyone!

VICAR’S REPORT

I can’t believe we have been here 10 years! What a blessing. It was incredibly moving to receive all the encouragement from the booklet many of you signed! Thank you so much. Jenny and I are so happy here! So, let’s look back at this year!

It’s been another great year at St Saviour’s with many new projects, new people and events. The diocese says a church grows in London if it remains the same size, as people often move and leave. We have shown growth with new families, new young adults and new older members. Youth Church is on the up; our worship team thrives with new members, new tech and focus; home groups have grown and met more regularly; our midweek compline prayer meetings continue to be a source of nourishment and depth; and we had our very successful Advent and Lent courses. It has been a huge privileged to see the church thrive this last year.

Our curate David, along with Stef and the team, has continued to develop Stay & Play, which has now expanded to three days a week and started to charge, which has been a good source of income. David has also been heavily involved in shaping and developing the worship team, along with Grace, who has now sadly left us to go to Korea to pursue a music career. One very exciting venture is the recording of a new EP! More is said in our worship review by Leo on page 7.

David and Verity will be leaving us in June, with their last Sunday on 8 June. David has a new post in All Saints Ealing, which is very exciting! We are thankful to David and Verity for their love and service to St Saviour’s over the last three years, and we wish them well as they look ahead.

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The new PCC members have helped to guide and strengthen the church. We as a PCC are looking to listen and see what God is doing in our church and area.

It has been exciting to see new families join St Saviour’s this last year, joining our already growing Youth Church. Baptisms have increased and children’s attendance is also up. Stefanie is doing a great job in developing this important ministry. Special thanks to all who are on this team, as it is so important not just for the children’s development, but also for the parents, who get to see their children grow in faith. Stef gives an in-depth review of this work on page 6.

Our Rule of Life , based around five themes – Silence, Song, Scripture, Sacrament and Service – act as a backbone for our spiritual development, and has become an anchor in our identity as church.

Our Advent course led by Revd Luke Bretherton went really well and was a great source of nourishment for us all. We wish Luke and Caroline all the best as they move to Oxford and Luke takes on key roles in the university. We were blessed to have them for a while. They leave with our blessings and love.

Our Lent course this year was well attended. Reflecting on the Nicene Creed as it approaches its 1700th year was a brilliant source of nourishment for our church! The evenings were mostly led by in-house speakers, with one guest speaker, Sian Brookes, who we thank for coming. It was a real highlight for us as a church.

This year has been full of events! Thanks largely to Stef, we had a Summer Fete, Light Party, Winter Wonderland, and Easter Eggstravaganza! All were amazing and well attended, promoting the church so well in our area. While these things cost money and people’s time, we raised money from it and everyone enjoyed themselves. This is what the church should be doing! So well done everyone involved! Look out for more events in the future.

I continue to have invitations to speak and travel with my wider ministry, and I am thankful to the church and PCC for recognising and supporting this. Excitingly, Jenny and I have a new book, You are Beloved , which is being released shortly. I climbed Mt Kilimanjaro this last year, which was great fun although really hard, and we had some evenings in church to talk about it and raise awareness and funds for International Justice Mission.

We have launched our new website, and many thanks must be given to Simon Jenkins for leading this project! Our building project continues, and we have recently been granted planning permission by the council, meaning we can start to fundraise and really move forward with the work. Great thanks to Bruce for leading this.

I want to finish with a massive thanks to all for your continued love and support of St Saviour’s – it simply would not be a church without you. I recognise the time and financial contributions that so many give, so thank you. Thanks so much for the last 10 years! Here’s to 10 more!

May God continue to guide, protect and bless us.

Revd Chris Lee

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Vicar, St Saviour's. Wendell Park

YOUTH CHURCH REPORT

Youth Church 2025

The children have enjoyed learning the Old Testament this year. We will be continuing with this after the Easter period, with a lesson on the Israelites’ 40 years in the wilderness. We are using a website called True way kids , which has some fantastic free resources for all ages.

We will spend the Easter period focusing on Jesus’ death and resurrection. We had good turnout for the Lent prayer stations, where the children enjoyed various activities that tied in with the lesson of Easter. The Giant World magnet puzzle got them thinking about how Jesus came for the whole world, and the Prayer Eggs were popular also.

We continue to look for more volunteers. Neha and Amet have both been recruited! Amet is keen to help as he has experience helping with youth church. All volunteers have been asked to redo their DBS checks, in line with the diocese safeguarding instructions.

The chapel has had some much-needed storage built in to house some of the toys and keep the room clear and tidy. We will work on tidying the church hall resources next.

Looking forward I would like to actively involve the older children in activities outside of youth church. Maybe a film night in the hall, borrowing a projector? I will also reach out to the COE and get some information on their youth services such as weekends away. The events I have seen so far have been for teenagers, so I will enquire into any events that are suitable for the youth church.

Stay & Play

The extension of Stay & Play to include Tuesday and Wednesday has been very successful. We have seen an average of 50 persons on Tuesday and Wednesday, which has included primarily younger children and has a much calmer feel, despite the addition of a bouncy castle! Mondays have continued to be very busy with a record 148 visitors at the end of April!

Everyone has given excellent feedback, and the addition of the fruit and snacks from City Harvest has been well received. We had one person comment on the £3 charge, but everyone has been very understanding, and some have even requested to pay more. The £250+ a week is a welcome addition to the church funds and will only increase.

I will buy nappies, wipes, baby bags and ladies’ products for the baby change room to make it more appealing and useful to our visitors. It sends a message that we are thinking of them, especially as we have so many families joining us on a regular basis during Stay & Play, but also on Sundays.

Other events

We are in the process of organising a music concert for adults and a Saturday one for children. This will be a ticketed event, with wine and nibbles provided. The

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children’s concert will be on a Saturday and one of the Stay & Play nannies has asked to cater it for free!

Sandra and I met to discuss other fundraising opportunities for the church, including a speaker evening with poetry. These are relatively easy to organise and will require some pushing on social media. Tickets will be on a platform such as Eventbrite to make it easy to book and monitor tickets.

Safeguarding

I will be taking over the role of head of safeguarding. I will be doing the course on the 7th of June. I will also be leading the safeguarding dashboard, which we currently have a lot of gaps on. We have been advised that this will take time to complete. All PCC and volunteers will be required to do the safeguarding training; the link has been sent on WhatsApp. Some will only require the basic, but some volunteers will need to do the full training. We also require all PCC and volunteers to renew their DBS checks.

Looking ahead

We will continue to have the four main events: Easter, Summer Fair, Light Party and Christmas Fair. These have been great events to help with fundraising, and also bring the community closer together and to the church. We have seen families join us through these events.

The Winter Wonderland was a great success and will prove to get bigger in the future! We raised £2,800. The Easter Extravaganza was also a hit and raised almost

£3,000. These events will hopefully become a big part of the community and cement St Saviour’s in our community’s minds as a caring and vibrant church.

The next event is the Summer Festival. Planning is starting now, and dates will be confirmed shortly. Christchurch in Chiswick have kindly offered us their speakers and their staging! This will help us to make the music area a main feature, and the rest of the festival will work around the main centre stage.

The success of the Nativity last year means we will be doing another! I will be asking the Youth Church to start thinking about a script over the holidays, to start rehearsal in October.

Stefanie Stretton Children and Families Worker

WORSHIP TEAM REPORT

Between April 2024 and March 2025 there have been notable changes and milestones in the musical worship at St Saviour’s.

In September, Grace Park stepped aside as worship leader in order to move to South Korea. Her leadership over the years has been a tremendous blessing to our community and has helped to shape the musical style that is now a part of our identity. The leadership of the worship team was handed

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over to Jack Gionis and Leo Skelsey, under the guidance of David Hill. Additionally, the team has grown in number, and we continue to welcome and train new members.

For much of 2024 the worship team has been recording and editing our first church worship EP, which was released onto numerous platforms in February 2025.

In early 2025, the leadership of the worship team proposed renewing the church’s musical equipment with the intention of prolonging the lifespan of our existing equipment, equipping the worship team to better lead musical worship, greatly improving the sound quality, and reducing clutter on the altar area that inhibits the eucharist. This included purchasing additional microphones, stands, cables, and a new production box to raise the existing seven channels to 16. The total cost of this proposal was £1,291 – a substantial sum, but one that puts us in a strong and financially sustainable position going forward.

We look forward to leading St Saviour’s in musical worship over the coming months and years.

Leo Skelsey Worship Team Leader

CHURCHWARDENS’ REPORT

The church building

Over the past year, we have worked to ensure that the church property and our operating systems are in good order, and that repairs (e.g. water leaks, heating and breakages) are carried out quickly and to a good standard. All our mandatory inspections and servicing, including heating, fire alarm, and portable electrical appliances, have been completed.

Our 140-year-old building needs constant, consistent maintenance, especially for slate roofs, heating and electrics to remain comfortable and safe with the heavy, seven days a week use. We had no roof leaks this year, but we expected our 20- year-old temperature control system might need replacement. It broke down in December. Our heating contractor specified and installed a new system for the church, the chapel and the Willow Tree vestry hall. Our other electrical systems for heating were inspected and modified when needed. Heating and electric running costs are increasing with inflation, but our essential systems are now stable after two years of replacing worn out system parts.

Building projects

Over the past year, two building projects have been progressing at St Saviour’s.

Hall kitchen – £12,000 has been allocated to redo the hall kitchen. An advisory committee has been set up to assist in the implementation. Construction is expected to be completed in 2025.

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Outdoor brick cupola and open access improvements – this larger building project, for our exterior facing Cobbold Road, received Hammersmith planning approval in March 2025 after its submission more than a year ago. Church Diocesan approvals were given earlier. A two-phase construction plan, with revised costings and a revised project plan, is being developed by our architect, Joe Williams.

A fundraiser professional, Fiona Cook, has been contracted and approved by the Standing Committee. Bruce Marquart will project manage various activities and a PCC advisory committee will be set up to fulfil governance and oversight responsibilities. Fundraising for capital grants and legacy gifting will begin soon. Fundraising events and social media fundraising are in consideration.

Rentals

St Saviour’s continues to be financially stable because we rent various areas of the property to other community groups and charities. Our two largest tenants are The Upper Room and Willow Tree Nursery. The third large tenant, Bethel Pentecostal Church, left their contract in mid-year, July 2024, after almost 20 years with us. This left an annual deficit of approximately £12,000 that needs to be recovered.

Our other hall lettings are steady and varied to meet the needs of different age groups and non-religious activities for young people, clubs, and counselling groups. With heating, electricity and cleaning cost increasing with inflation, the PCC approved a £5 per hour increase in rental rate to £30 per hour, and £60 per hour for groups of over 40 people. We continue with our policy of very large discounts to church members who rent, especially for music or educational activities.

A big thank you to our church administrator Ming for the timely administration of invoicing, communications, and rental procedures.

New website

During 2024-25 we developed and launched the new St Saviour’s website, complete with a calendar of events and a section for talks recorded on video. The website is on a new domain – stsavioursw12.com – and we also took the opportunity of upgrading all our official email addresses, which now run on the domain.

We’re very grateful to Danylo Omelchecnko for providing us with technical support during the launch of the website, and also for setting up the email addresses and establishing us on Google Workspace as a nonprofit organisation. Danylo has also become our in-house photographer, taking some brilliant pictures at services and church events, so a huge thank-you to him for this too!

Other communications

We’re continuing to use WhatsApp for day-to-day communications, including our main church group chat, St Saviour’s W12, which is used for chat, news and prayer, with 95 members.

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David Hill produced our new church banner, displayed outside the church, and Stefanie Stretton produced a number of posters for our Christmas events, and the Easter Eggstravaganza. A big thank-you to them both.

Church administration

Jemima Rosinski joined our administration team, working one day a week. She and Yew Ming, our Parish Secretary and Church Administrator, have given us excellent support throughout the year. We’re very grateful for all they do for us. Ming and Jemima, thank you so much!

Simon Jenkins and Bruce Marquart Churchwardens

ELECTORAL ROLL REPORT

The electoral roll is like a membership list for St Saviour’s and carries with it the entitlement to vote at the APCM. After this annual meeting, we have to tell the Church of England the number on the roll.

Every six years we are required by the Church of England rules to clear the electoral roll back to zero and start from scratch. This can lead to a drop in numbers, but this time only marginally, as last year there were 88 members on the roll and this year we have 80. But we do have 23 new members! We wish them a big St Saviour’s welcome. Of the 80, 46 live in the parish and 34 outside the parish.

Although we do publicise joining the roll in the lead-up to the annual meeting, members can join at any time. Anyone who lives in the parish, or who has been worshipping at St Saviour’s for six months, is welcome to contact me on Deborah.down@btinternet.com to be added to the roll. I can also help people to know whether or not they live in the parish – although it makes no difference to St Saviour’s whether you do or not, it is something that we have to include on our return to the Church of England!

Thank you to everyone who has signed up over the last few months.

Deborah Down Electoral Roll Officer

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TREASURER’S REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR END 31 DECEMBER 2024

Over the course of the year the church generated a surplus of £9,623 over expenses (2023: net surplus of £7,072). As a result, the 31 December 2024 balances for Unrestricted (Undesignated) Funds, Restricted Funds, and Designated Funds were £74,148, £24,141, and £13,550, respectively1. The net surplus resulted primarily from the following:

During the year we consciously made several key investments to improve the quality of the building and ministries:

The PPC would ask for your continued support through doing the following:

The PCC offers special thanks to several volunteers who support in managing our finances:

The PCC and I would like to express our gratitude to everyone who has generously given of their time, money and support throughout the year.

Gregory Pennington Treasurer

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St Saviour Wendell Park Cobbold Road London W12 9LN

Financial accounts held

  1. CBF Church of England Deposit Fund deposit rate at December 2024: 4.60% AER

  2. Current Account

HSBC, 281 Chiswick High Road, W4 4HJ

  1. PayPal Account

Treasurer

Gregory

Pennington

Independent

Examiner

Anthony Simkin

FCA 2024

Accounts

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St Saviour Wendell Park Balance Sheet at 31st December 2024 31 D¢¢ 2024 31 Dec 2023 Notes FiJed A55ets Church liall4 57Oh of inbured value Buildin8 PThijccl Compulcr Lquipm¢nl Trixturcs & T.'itting% Music Instrnmcots Tolal Fixod As$ets 7,581,(KKJ 10,946 303 7,581,(K)O 1.764 288 333 575 7.583.960 1,592 7.496,971 Current Assets C.a3h 94,244 6,q)8 101.152 94.814 6,974 101,787 Total Cunynt Curr¥nt Li&bilitie5 Credilurs Accruals Tot*1 Curr¢llt Liabiliti 2,988 2,297 5285 -379 2531 Ntt Current As5ots 9.q867 99256 Asstts 7.692A19 7,6￿316 Un[l￿tricted funds DesiyaiL￿ funds 1'u￿S ChU￿h Ilalls Total funds 83,329 10,550 17,960 7.5RI.( 7ffj92,839 81.200 10.550 10.466 7.581, 7M3316 Approved by the Parochial Chwth Coun¢tl on.. tyj￿ si d on its Eehalf b). Mr Brucc Marqvart IChur¢hwaTdenl Mr Simon Jetthins [Church￿￿denl Th¢ notss on pages4 10 9 forni pgrt ofth¢seaccount& 14

Statement of Financial Activities For the Year ended 31st December 2024

Income
Notes
Voluntary income
5a
Activitiesfor
generatingfunds
5b
Other income
5c
Income from
investments
5d
Total Income
Expenses
Running costs
6a
Donations and gifts
6b
Total Expenses
Net Income
(Loss) Before
Transfers
Transfers
2a
Net Income
(Loss) After
Transfers
Total funds
brought forward
Total Funds
Carried Forward		 Unrestrict
ed
Restrict
ed
Designa
ted
Tot
al
Fun
ds
Tot
al
Fun
ds
Funds
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
£
58,297
18,190
3,000
79,48
7
77,588
86,237
-
-
86,23
7
74,029
4,285
-
-
4,285
3,390
3,184
-
-
3,184
311
152,003
18,190
3,000
173,1
93
155,31
8
92,625
3,000
-
95,625 84,549
66,430
1,515
-
67,945
63,698
159,055
4,515
-
163,5
70
148,2
47
(7,052)
13,675
3,000 9,623 7,072
-
-
-
-
-
(7,052)
13,675
3,000 9,623 7,072
81,200
10,466
10,550 102,216
85,144
74,148
24,141
13,550 111,83
9
92,216

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year ended 31st December 2024

Note 1: Accounting Policies

The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 governing the individual accounts of PCCs, and with the Regulations' 'true and fair view' provisions, together with FRS 102 (2016) as the applicable accounting standards and the 2016 version of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP (FRS 102)).

1. Incoming resources

1.2. Grants and donations

1.3. Gift Aid Tax claims etc. on cash donations

1.4. Rental income

Rental income from the letting of the church facilities is recognized when the rent is due.

1.5. Investment income

Income from investments is included in the accounts when receivable.

2. Expenditures and liabilities

2.1. Liability recognition

Liabilities are recognized as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation and settlement is probable and quantifiable.

3. Assets

3.1. Consecrated and benefice property

In so far as consecrated and benefice property of any kind is excluded from the statutory definition of ‘charity’ by Section 10(2) (a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011, such assets are not capitalised in the financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year ended 31st December 2024

Note 1: Accounting Policies (continued)

3.2. Moveable church furnishings

These are capitalised at cost and depreciated over their useful economic life other than where insufficient cost information is available. In this case the item is not capitalised.

3.3. Tangible fixed assets

These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. Depreciation is calculated to write off the capitalised cost of fixed assets less their currently anticipated residual fair value over their estimated useful lives as follows:

●Computers Equipment 3 years
●Fixtures & fttings 5 years
●Music Instruments 10years

Church Halls are disclosed based on 57% of their insured value consistent with the accounting treatment adopted in 2010.

3.4. Short-term deposits

Include cash held on deposit either with the CCLA Church of England Fund or at the bank.

4. Funds

4.1. Unrestricted funds

These represent the remaining income funds of the PCC that are available for spending on the general purposes of the PCC.

4.2. Restricted funds

These are income funds that must be spent on restricted purposes and details of the funds held and restrictions provided are down in the notes to the accounts.

4.3. Designated funds

These represent ‘free reserves’ designated by the PCC for fixed assets for its own use or for spending on a future project and that are therefore not included in its ‘free reserves’ as disclosed in the trustees’ report.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year ended 31st December 2024

Note 2: Summary of fund movements

t
movemens Total
Capital
Continge		 Vestme
nts
Maintena
nce
Fund		 Designa
ted
Funds
ncy
Designated Funds 2a £ £ £ £
Balance as at 1st
January 10,000 550 - 10,550
Donations/IncomeLess: - - 3,000 3,000
Expenditure Transfers - - - 3,000 - 3,000
Balance as at - - - -
31st December
10,000 550 - 10,550
"Designated Funds" ar~~e those whose use is designated by~~ ~~the~~
PCC.
Total
Helping Hand Restricted
Fun Building Fun
Restricted Funds d Fund ds
£ £ £
2bBalance as at 1st 7,122 3,344 10,466
January 80 18,110 18,190
Donations/IncomeLess: 1,515 9,182 10,697
Expenditure
Balance as at 5,687 12,272 17,960
31st December

"Restricted Funds" are those whose use is restricted by the donor. The Building Fund is for the planned building project.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year ended 31st December 2024

Note 3: Fixed Assets

Note 3: Fixed
t
sses
Fixed Asset
Schedule
Gross book
value
Balance at 1
January
Additions
Disposals
Balance at 31
December
Depreciation
Balance at 1
January
Charge for the year
Disposals
Balance at 31
December
Net book
value
Balance at 31
December2024
Balance at 31
December2023		 Buildi
ng
Proje
ct
£
Comput
er
Equipm
ent
£
Fixture
s &
Fitting
s
£
Music
Instrum
ents
£
Total
Fixed
Assets
£
1,764
3,513
12,479
920
18,676
9,182
827
3,000
1,122
14,131
-
-
-
-
-
10,946
4,340
15,479
2,042
32,807
-
3,226
12,146
345
15,716
-
812
203
105
1,120
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,037
12,348
450
16,836
10,946
303
3,131
1,592
15,971
1,764
288
333
575
2,960

Note 4: Insurance for St Saviour Wendell Park, Cobbold Road

The consecrated property, i.e., the worship area, is excluded from these financial statements by virtue of Section 10(2)(a) of the Charities Act.

The church buildings, including the three halls, and contents are 100% insured for £13,300,000. The value, for insurance purposes, of the three halls is included on page 2, the Balance Sheet.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year ended 31st December 2024

Note 5: Income

Note 5: Income
Voluntary
income
5a
Stewardship
Collections
Gift aid
Donations
Grants
Total
voluntary
income
Activities for
generating
funds
5b
Lettings
Fundraising
Total activities
for generating
funds
Other income
5c
Ofertory, Baptisms
& Weddings
Church activity fees
Total other
income
Income from
investments
5d
Dividends & Interest
Total income
from
investments
Total income		 Unrestricted Restricted Designated
Total Funds
Fun
ds
£
Fun
ds
£
Fun
ds
£
202
4
£
202
3
£
24,436
-
-
24,436
29,604
9,357
-
-
9,357
7,112
12,365
-
-
12,365
6,262
50
18,190
3,000
21,240
23,069
12,090
-
-
12,090
11,542
58,297
18,190
3,000
79,48
7
77,58
8
84,537
-
-
84,537
74,029
1,700
-
-
1,700
-
86,237
-
-
86,23
7
74,02
9
1,460
-
-
1,460
1,219
2,825
-
-
2,825
2,171
4,285
-
-
4,285
3,390
3,184
-
-
3,184
311
3,184
-
-
3,184
311
152,003
18,190
3,000
173,19
3
155,31
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The PCC received grants for curate housing of £12,090 and £11,542 for 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year ended 31st December 2024

Note 6: Expenses

Unrestricted Restricted Designated Total Funds

Fun Fun Fun 202 202
ds ds ds 4 3
**Running Costs: ** 6a £ £ £ £ £
Curateexpenses 17,973 - - 17,973 22,437
Maintenance & repairs 5,789 3,000 - 8,789 14,825
Employeeexpenses 22,012 - - 22,012 14,198
Utility expenses 14,722 - - 14,722 11,150
Cleaning & gardening 8,833 - - 8,833 7,541
Building insurance 4,837 - - 4,837 4,657
Churchsupplies 5,782 - - 5,782 2,665
Childrenministry 991 - - 991 2,239
Musicministry 815 - - 815 1,042
Depreciation 1,120 - - 1,120 535
Accountingexpenses 386 - - 386 482
Hospitalityexpenses 3,928 - - 3,928 461
Financefees 141 - - 141 171
Churchactivities 1,864 - - 1,864 93
Miscellaneouscosts 3,433 - - 3,433 2,052
Total Running 92,625 3,000 - 95,62 84,54
Cost 5 9
Donations: 6b
Diocesanfund 63,000 - - 63,000 60,000
Helpinghand - 1,515 - 1,515 620
Other 3,430 - - 3,430 3,078
Total Donations 66,430 1,515 **- ** 67,94 63,69
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Total Expenses 159,055 4,515 - 163,5 148,2
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During the year the PCC employed two administrative assistants on a parttime basis and a part-time children’s worker. Staff cost includes the resulting wage, tax, and pension costs.

From time to time, members were compensated for their time spent conducting children ministries (excluding part-time children’s worker) and gardening for a total of £860 and £2,996 for years 2024 and 2023.

The PCC directly pays for curate lodging and utility expenses. The diocese has provided a grant of £12,090 and £11,542 for 2024 and 2023, respectively, which is separately reported in Note 5: Income of this report.

The Independent Examiner was not compensated for efforts for both years

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Independent Fxaminer's Report to the PCC ofst Saviour Wendell Park I report on the A￿ounts forthc y¢arended 31 Dccctnber 2024 as sel out on pago4 110 9 Resp¢ctiYe re8pothsihilities of trustees txamltter The Pl'.(', as charity trus1￿ consideT that an audit is not requirtd for this year lund¢r section 14412) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Acill dnd that an indep¢nd¢ni examinaiion is needed. It 15 tny responsibility io.. examine the dccuunts (under st£tion 145 of the Act), io foll(TrW ihe procedures laid down in ihc General Diteciions given by th¢ Charity Commissiun lundcr %cction 145{51(bl of thc Acll, and to statc whether any particul￿ rnatteTS hav¢ to my atteniiort. Basis of independent examiner's repDrt My cxamiTralion was carried oui in acC4)rd￿Le with the C￿￿traI Direaions given by the Charity Ci)mmissioners. An examination includes a review of the acc(>unling recorils k¢pi by the charity and a compatisvn uf the aLLuunts prc%enied with thosc [l￿VrdS. It a150 includes considcr3tian of any unusual itcmsordisclosures in the account%, ands¢¢king explas)ations frtrm the Iruslees concerning any sueh matters. 'I'he proccdurcs unrtcrtaken do Rot provide all the ¢vid¢nce thai would be required in sn audit, and so colls¢quently I do nui express an audii opinion QD thc accounts. Vndep¢lldent examiDer's statsm£Dt In ¢onneclion with my examtnation, no matter ￿ttIc to my attenlion.. which gives tne reasonabl¢caus¢ tobclicvc that in any materi31 respect, thetruste have noi met the rtqUiTeTnents lo ensure that.. proper accounting records aTe kepl (in accordsnce with swtlOD 130 of the Aetl., and accounts aT¢ pr¢pare41 which agree with Iheac£ountingT¢cord5 and comply with the accounting requiTem¢nts of the Act 10 whiLh, in n)y opillion, attcniion should b¥ d[u}￿l in OTdcr to enable a propET understsnding of the accounts to be r¢a¢h¢d. Signed.. . 3_1025 Nam¢.' Anthony AddrL55-. 10 Jknverv FC v4 ChiswicL W4 3QJ 24

DEANERY SYNOD REPORT

Deanery Synod continued with its programme of meetings covering many topics relating to worship, church governance and social work within the community.

The meeting in May was held at St Dionis, Parson's Green. The main topic was ‘The Continuing Challenge of running a Foodbank in Hammersmith and Fulham’. This is an important service to the community, and it would welcome volunteers. The disturbing issue of vandalism in churches was also raised.

The meeting in November, at St Paul’s, Hammersmith, saw the standing down of the Revd Cameron Collington, St Simon’s, Shepherd's Bush, as Area Dean. The appointment of the new Area Dean for Hammersmith and Fulham was announced. This is the Revd Denis Adide, St Stephen’s, Shepherd's Bush.

The main speaker at this meeting was the Rt Revd Graham Tomlin. He talked about the work of the Centre for Cultural Witness, which he has set up at Lambeth Palace. One of the centre’s main activities is the website Seen and Unseen. It can be found on http://www.seenandunseen.com

The most recent meeting of Synod was held in February at St Stephen’s, Shepherd’s Bush. We were welcomed by the new Area Dean, the Revd Denis Adide. The main speaker was Emmy Wilson. She spoke about her experience as Deliverance Advisor in the Area of Kensington.

At all the meetings there was continuing talk about providing food in the community. A new project called Sunday Suppers has been set up at Riverside Methodist Centre. Again, volunteers are required for this project. The problem of how to circulate information about this project, and the many others in the area, including our own Upper Room, was also discussed.

As usual, Michael Illingworth, the Finance Officer, gave detailed accounts of The Common Fund.

Astrid Wilson

Deanery Synod Representative

THE UPPER ROOM REPORT

We continue to experience a high demand for our services. We regularly serve more than 130 meals per session, with a total of 42,000 over the course of the year.

UR4Driving has also been very busy and productive, with 37 practical test passes in twelve months.

We were sorry to say farewell to our chief executive Iain Cooper, but were delighted to welcome Peter Charalambides as his replacement. Peter is already making a very strong contribution to our work. Fiona Cook moved on to a fresh challenge after many years of service as our fundraiser, and Joyce Shaw has taken on that mantle with great energy and enthusiasm.

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Our events calendar was as full as ever, including our popular Winter Talks, with the one from David Tennant and Deborah Frances-White breaking all previous records for attendance and funds raised. We also held our annual quiz night at Latymer Upper School and featured prominently at Green Days during the Bedford Park Festival.

The support we receive from St Saviour’s is as always greatly appreciated. One of the highlights of the year, as always, was the joyous carol concert held in the church in early December.

A number of companies have held very successful volunteering days with us. We are always looking for more individual volunteers; we simply couldn’t operate without them. If you’d like to become involved, do get in touch via our website at https://theupperroom.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/

Simon Tuke

Chair of Trustees, The Upper Room

DIOCESAN STATEMENT

The Diocese of London is the largest and most diverse in the Church of England. We have over 500 churches and 750 licensed clergy. We are able to have a church in almost every community, supporting the vision for every Londoner to encounter the love of God in Christ. In 2024, 50 new deacons were ordained, and early draft statistics indicate that average weekly attendance in London grew by 7.5% to over 60,000.

During 2024, we have continued working towards our priorities of becoming a younger, safer and more racially just Church. For example:

The breadth of parishes and Bishop’s Mission Orders in London nurtured confident disciples, compassionate communities and creative growth in an amazing variety of ways. They also contributed over £23m in Common Fund, an increase of almost £1m. Alongside £13.2m income raised by the London Diocesan Fund (LDF) and £3.6m from LDF reserves, this paid to provide ministry and support parishes across the Diocese.

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