PARtSE CHUR(H OF STJOHN THE BAPIIS
FOR FEAR ENDIN
I" DECEMBER 2024
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CHURCH LOCATION: High StsEeL Needbam MarkeL ￿SWI￿ Suffoll( itt the Dioc&se of St
CORRESPONDENCE The Rectory
10 Meadow View
IP6 8RH
RECTOR- Revd Tracey James
CHURCHWARDENS
David Sewell
laD Jeffreys
Wo new wresentalivts were elKtsd Ap￿ 2023
Mr PhJ]ip Pitt
Shirley Thollw- reslglled at the PCC meeting held on 23° May 2024- DO fLutheT appointinent was
made
Peter GToom
Bernadette Pltt
Kate DtrAes
May 2022
Apiil 2023
Aprll 2023
Margatet Wllcox
May 2022
April 2023
Aprll 2023
Shirley Thomas
Mr R Brown appointed Treasurer (non-V(W PCC Metnber) coilln)enced January 21J)O
PCC SECRETARY
Mrs C Long appointed Seccetary, (non-voting PCC rnernb￿) May 2022
FABRIC SECRETARY- David Lollg was appoiDted at the PCC Eneeting held oll 2* May 2024
SAFEGUARDING OFFICER-Dr Katr Holmes resig1￿1 at tbe 2024 ATrCM- Mrs Jennifer Nott
wa5 appointed at tbe PCC meeting hdd on 23￿ May 2024
Mr Hugh S Wolley, Milestone House. High Sw Yoxfort SuffolL IP17 3EP
OBJEC
The PCC (Powets) Measure 1956 ststes the PCC -is to Cwate with tbe In prornoting in
the Pdtsh. the whole ml&sion of tbe ChurcM pastordL ewangelisti4 s(Kial and ea]menlcal"
When out of vaGincy. the PCC consists of the illcumbeAL two cburchwarde￿ a maximum of
elected PCC memhers plus two Deanery Synod Representatives. The'Ikasuter and secretary are
non-voting ￿e￿bers. The PLC ￿eets regularly to Ove￿ financo PTeparation for WOLEhip and
soclal eveDtx/functions. tbe fabric and conteDts of the Churcty discuss fun)re miMistry/ mi&sion work
and as represeutatives of the Congregatio￿ whae supporting the incumbenr in thetr WOTk in our
pariskn The PCC is supponed by the Standillg Committee which consi51s of the incumbent plus
officers of the PCC and mtrts betww PCC meetings to deal with Smdller issues aDd put together
the Initi￿ framework ft)r larger pyojeas svhicb Deed to be dI5cU&s￿ by the whole PCC. The
Millisty Team curtendy cotLSiSS of Revd James. Revd All£En Mortimer, Kate Ho]me

(Lay Reader). aud the cbUthard￿. We have a wied Sunday worsbip as well as Wednesday
morning PTayer tim& A Home Group motrthly on a Monday. We also have a very active
molhe￿. UnioJL Tuesday Tots is well establiS￿d and we find tbat we have an alllM)St completely
new gTOUP ofparents and grandparents and very young cbildroL On Thursday mornings there is a
well establisheil St JohD's Panty. proFiding provisions for the I￿1 con]nw. This is well
attended. Avariety of tasks from the leading of worship and pteparillg for services to flower
aTrangiDg and involvenwit in general adminityatioD corrtinue to be undertaken by many MeE￿b￿S
of the COn￿￿EatiO￿ without whose illput the church w(3uld t￿ mucb the p￿rer. the Book
has continued at the lcd Primary School and i8 Rwgely valued Our cuTreDt Sunday service ts
streamed on line for those who are ullable to jotrA in CbutctL Revd Tracey has settled in very well
to the roIe aud is a visthle piesence in tbe community. We sLirted Messey Church at Easter 2024 and
this ljas provea to be very popular. with and average of 15 cbildren plus car￿5 attending each
mondL We bave a good team of volunteeT5 who are e&SentI￿ to the success of Mew CburclL
The toLTrt nutuber of people reported as ￿lD8 on tbe EleLtOTal Roll of our parLsh was 68 members at
the APL'M in April 2024. The usual nuuther of auendees at a Sullday service is 45 with around an
addidonal J watcl]ing on line. A speaal prayer ts said at CoD]munion to include th(Ase watching on
line. We had a Patronal lunch and a Harvest celebration and a supper vAJicb were well supporte(t
We held two C1ll7Stin￿e services wbich itwolved of the chilthn from the PrJm3ry School.
We beld our annual Qib service on Lhristtw Eve and a Midnlght Mw.
During tbe year to 31 December 2024 the following.serFices were held:.
Maniages 2, BaptlstDS 3. Fujjeral Services In Churcb ii, Churchyard Burials 4. B wial of Cremated
Remalns In Ch￿chyard 9. TheTr also 12 Fullet￿ Services at the CrematOriUllL
Fundrajsing in 2024 Continued with ttLaJor conttlbutlons coming from the Produce stalls, Htstoric
Churches Cycle rAde. Leut Soup luDcbes for Kagera whlcb raised £JP,708 Includb]g a genero￿%
anonymous donation of £5.000. Cknisttw fayTr- it was agreed to change ow ChIistmas Bazaar
this ye￿. We jolnfxl ill with the Needham Market Cknisti￿ Street Fay￿ and had stalls inside and
outside the thurch. The cb11d￿n.S choir frottt Bosmete School came and sang Carols in Church
whlch ellsured a full church. (at oue point people were queueing to get In and Rev Tracey had to
fight hor way through the crowd!) Thts gave us an opportunAty for greater engagemeth with the
people of our town and we raised nearly double our usual amounL tbis was followed by the annual
C&qtleton Brass Chkisw ConcerL
SFOR
building on succe&s we saw over tFe Christinas services It has
been decided to explore a new montbly All Age Service as we seek to encourage new people into
chuTch. tn 2027 It will be 700 years since the first [￿lle appeats on our vicars. board, we are
planoing a festlval to Celebra￿ Si JobDS and hoping to join ID With the Te-development pldns of St
EdmundsAbbey in Bury St Edmunds. Due to our rotting floor. we Iwe a major building project in
the pipeliDe. OUT aim is to create a level tlo(Ir as Uluch as 15 possible and tn PTovlde au a(re&sible
toiIet. Other coAsideTations indude JEplacing the organ. inst8Jllng a servery at the back of church
and posslbly Insta￿ glass doors and re-locating the lonL This is all subject to obtaining approval
by the Diocesan Advisory COnJJnit￿e armj raising sufficieat funds.
Toia] xtceipts on unrestricted fullds totrll8J £63,355. and £J9,181 was spent pmvidillg (Jiristian
ministry from St John the Baptist church a5 detailed ill the fjnancial statement& The Jargest ￿e￿ellt
of thÈs expertditure Wds a £44,0(Ki contrtbution towards our diocesan paTrish SI￿e, with a further
£IO.000 met by a grant pald directIy by the Ligltwave project to the Diocese. This la¥ely Provides
the stipends & housing of the dergy alld the cost of n)iDiSUy. & traiuimg ordinands and

Curates. The sum that the in the deawy baye to find is sbared betweett them accoTthng to
a £orn]ula based mainly ou the dew tinje enjoye
Ihe net result of income over expelldi￿ on unrtstiicted f￿￿S wos a sujplus of £3.174 and after a
s￿all transfer to a restrict￿ Toserve this was added to the reserves accujnulated in previous yeaTS.
Tesulting in a balaJLce cauied foThYaTd on unrestiicted reserFes of £30,814.
The restricted funits saw a net outfiow of £7.3(￿. largely as a rwlt of repapr woA( on the Cburdt
HalL (ARK) and the Cburch Cottsge from grants re￿Ved in t￿ previo￿$ year. The ba]ance on
restricted funds at the year eud amounted to £96,394. llwist of whicb are for the purpw of
RESERVE POLICY
It is PCC wlicy ts) maintaln a ￿￿￿tive bala1￿ on each of the restiict&l and unrestricted fimds.
Ideally, the balance on the gcneral fund shcrtlld be sufftcient to cover erne￿encY situatiolls that may
atse from time to time. Sadly thts ts Dot pmved feattjle fin recent years and thts year was not
suffiaent to cover day to day erpendItU￿ indudiug OUT full comttthellt to the diocesan D￿JSh
share. Wjth such low reserves, any failu￿ in income levels to i]Jcrease in jine with Jj￿atIon or
major non.mutine eypenoitiwe would leave PCC finances severety Stretcbed and incr￿InglY
unable to meet aDnual diocesan ￿lsh Sh￿ Ccttnm￿ellts.
It is ow policy to invest our longer tenn funds In an intetest ￿arillg accouni with co￿ Cbarity
Funds, wknjst baDk accounts are *tained with Santallder and Bardays baDks for day to day
requlrements.
Slgned on beholf of the PCC
Revd Tra￿Y Jall
Mr R Bmwn cfreasurer)
.. Mrs C Long (PCC Seuetary)

I report on the accounts for the year ended 3151 December 2024. which arc set out on
pages I to 6.
Regp¢¢tive responsthilhies of the PCC and Independent Examkner
As tnLgtee8 of the charity, the metubers of the PCC arc responsible for the preparation
of the accouTtts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year un(l¢r s¢¢tiou
144(2) of the Charitiu Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent exgminthon
is needed.
It is my respoL%ibi]ity to exatt]ine the accounts undtt sectton 145 of the 2011 A¢
follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity
c0r(llni￿Iollers section 145(5Xb) of the 2011 ACL. aud state whether particular
]natters have come to my attentioJL
Basis of Indep¢ndent Euminer'$ Statement
My exaMI￿tion carried out in acwrdance witb the General Directions 8iven by
the ChaTity CommissÉoL An exatuination iucludes a review of the accounting records
k¢pt by the charity and a comparison of the accounts ptesentcd with th0￿ rewrds. It
atso irkeludes Consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and
seeking explanatioDS from the management LY)nm3ittee of any such mattern The
procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be requxred in a full
audiL aDd consequently I do not expr￿ att audit opinion on tbe accounts.
Ind¢pendcnt Examfiller's Ststement
In ¢oJJnectioTÈ with my exami￿0￿ no matter ftlls come to my attentio
l. which give me reasonable cause to bejieve that in 8ny raat¢tial respect the
to ke¢p accounting records in ac¢ordw with s.130 of the 2011 A¢.
or
to prepare accounts which accord with these aGcouating records have
not been met: or
2. to whicfy in my opiniorL attention should be drawD in order to enabic a proper
understanding of th¢ accouats to be reached.
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Name
IPv411 W L*L&l A-(8.
Address
ILEEftAE , ￿41* ,y￿￿JE& 1117 3L*f
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Parochlal Church Council of St John The Baptlsl Needham Market
Statsment of Flnanclal Activlties
Forth• yaar •nding 31 D¢comb8r 2024
TOTAL FUNDS
2023
Funds
Funds
INCOMING RESOURCES
Voluntary incom8
Aotlvrlies for generattng fiJnd8
Inc4Jm8 from inve8trnwrtS
Churth activftfès
2(8)
2(b)
2{c)
2(rf)
43.143
3.442
1.113
14.657
8265
5,009
1.326
51.408
6.451
2,439
14.657
54,750
9,240
1,155
16,353
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
62.355
RE80URCES EXPENDED
Fund-rai81ng costs
Churd) aGtivttsè8
3(b}
318)
59.181
21,937
81,118
65.676
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
NEf INCOMINGI(OUTGOING) RESOURCE8
TRANSFER BETWEEN UNRESTRICTED AfftID
RE8TRICTED FUNDS
3.174
-7.337
4,163
15,822
-28
28
NET MOVEMENT IN FUN08
3,146
-7,309
4,163
15,822
BALANCES mD 1 JANUARY
103.703
131.371
115,549
BALANCES CIFWD 31 DECEMBER
30,814
98.394
127,208
131,371
Th• note8 on pag¢8 3 to 8 fomi part oflhls aC￿tt
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Parochial Church Councll of StJohn The Bapllsl Needham Market
Balance Sheet at 31 December 2024
2024
2023
FIXED ASSET
Inv8sbn•nt asset
Central Board Of FitwKe
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtor5
877
26,489
28,489
Cash at bank 8nd In hand
99.765
104,741
127.502
132,107
LIABILITIES Amouiifs FALUNG DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Olhgr ¢redtto(B
1.356
1,798
NEf CURRENT ASSETS
128.148
130309
NET A88Ef8
127.208
131371
FUNDS
Unrgstricled
30,814
27.868
Restrithd
98,394
103.703
127,208
131 371
B••V
R J Brcywn IFk)n Tfeasurerf)
Approved by the Parothla Church Cour￿7 on 13 Marth 21r25 aTrJ signed ￿ Its behalf ty.
The notes on pages 3 to 6 fomi part ofthese wAunt8

Porochlal Church Councll of St John The BapU81 Nefjdham Market
Notss to th6 Financlal Statem•nts
For the yw ondlng 31 Decembor 2024
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financral ststsments have been prepared In accordanr* with thB Church ActQLFnting
Regulations 2006 togeth8r with applicable accounting standards and the SORP 2005.
The ffnanaal statements have béèn prepar&J under the hlsb)rtc£l cost conventton. The
Ilnan¢ial statsments indude all transactions, assats and liabllibes for which th8 PCC is
responslble in Law. They do not indude th8 a(rounts of thurch groups that owe their maln
8ffl1iation to another t¥Jdy, nor those that are informal gatheiings of church membars.
Fund•
Rathcted Funds represent donations or grants rec￿ed fDr a spacific object or Invlted by the
PCC for a specific object The fvnds may onty b8 e￿nded on the speufi¢ object for whlch
they wore given. Any balancg remaining unspent 8t the end of each year must b8 carrfad
forward as a balance on that fvnd. The PCC does not usualty Invest separately for each fijnd.
Unrestslct8d Funds are general fijnds whth can b8 us•J for PCC ordinary purp0898.
Incomlng ro8our¢88
Plann81 glvlng, coll￿tions, donations and Intwest are rKognized wh8n f￿1ved. Tax
refvnds are recogntzed when the In￿mIng resource to which they ￿late is recelved. Grants
arKI legades are 8ccounted for when the PCC Is legalty entitled to the amounts due. Al other
Ino)ffle is re¢xgnized when rt16 recefvable. AJI Incoming resources are a¢>>Junted for gross.
RMourco8 •xpond•d
+*
Grants end donatlons sre acc>)uTrt￿ for when poid over. The dhxasan parf8h share L8
accounted for when due. Amounts receNed specfficalty for misslon are dealt w]th as
re5trictad funds. Al other exFenditur8 18 g•nerally. recognkod when h is Incurrv*J and 1$
a¢o)unted for gross.
Flxvd a88ats
Con$e¢rated and beneficed property Is not included In Ihe aKcunts In accordants w]th
$.96{2llal of the Charftles A¢t 1993.
Movable church fumishlngs hehj by the Vlcar and Churchwarden8 on Special trust for the
PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable propety, listed in the church's
inventory, whlch can be inspe¢W (at any reasonable tsme). For inalienable propety there is
InsUffi￿ent cost infomiatton available and therefore such assets are not valued in the
acwunts.
The Chur¢h Hall and Cottage are in the • of the Dioce88n Board of Financ*. although
managed by Needham Market Parcchial Church Councll. Therefore, they have not bean
valued as one of the PCC'S assets in these statements.
Equipment used wilhin the church premkses or purchased for use by the PCC or its officers Is
written off through the Statement of Financial Activitses in the y&ar of purchase.
Inveslments
Investrnents are held in the balance sheet at valuation.
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Parochlal Churrh Council of St John Thè Bapthl Needham Mafket
Notes to the Financlal Statements
For th• y￿r endlng 31 Dèeèmb•r 2024
INCOMING RESOURC&8
TOTAL FUNDS
2024
2023
Funds
2(0) VoluntaryJncom•
Planned givlng
Gfft Aid don8lon8
T8x recOVer￿e
PaM8h Givbng & Other Sehémes
C>ther
collec￿On$ at B￿Ces
Tgx Recoveftbl&- GASDS
Grants
Donallons. appe818.*
Atd donalons
Tax recovèrablé
Other
Log8d88
22.304
5.521
877
1,150
2.132
1.298
810
2(f2
23.114
5.723
22,573
5,669
760
1,665
2,313
1,295
8,450
1.150
2.132
1,542
800
244
500
537
109
3,915
537
109
10.424
5.000
287
82
6,872
4.774
8,509
43.143 ￿65
51.408
2(b} Acdvftlas forg•nwJOng fvnds
Fun&ral$lng
3.442
5,009
8,451
9,240
3,442
8,451
9.240
2{¢) Incoms from Investh￿ts
Intsrest and Other
1.113
2.439
21d) Incom• from church ectmdas
Church hall lettlngs
Church h811 contmbuuon tthvards costs
Cottage rent
382
900
6.800
6.554
241
650
900
8.607
7.966
230
6.600
8,554
241
Refreshments
14.657
16,353
Total incorning rnsourcos
62,355
14.600
76.955
81,498

Parochial Church Council of St John The BaptisL Needham Market
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements
For the y•ar endlng 31 D•cember 2024
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Unrestrlctad Restrlcb
Funds
Funds
TOTAL FUNDS
2024
2023
3{al Church a¢tlvlii•s
Mlssionary and chaTTtable g￿Ing
K8gera Fund
DEC Tutheylsyrta Earthquake
Home
Thè Chlldrnn8 Soc
Relief of Hardshlp In Parish
St John's Panty
Christian Aid
RSPCA
5.708
5,708
1,030
300
89
89
165
4,693
387
4.693
387
3,681
80
5,258
10,877
10,877
Mlnl$ty. DI¢Kesan patsh shar•
Other mini8try ￿¥t$
Church njnnlng and malnt8nance
Church h811 running costs
Church wttage running c08ts
Church office
Church Buitding R￿rdering Project
Church Building Qulnquennld R8palrs
Sundry other
44.000
1.029
8.140
2,618
44.0(K)
1.029
10,737
8,7C
3,900
1,330
375
47,000
512
9,652
2,308
4,597
1.301
375
408
59.181
21,937
31bl Fund4818lng eo•ts
Bazaars and otherfund r8i8ing event8
TOTAL RE80URCES EXPENDED
59.181
21,937
81,118
PAYMETr¥fs TO PCC MEMBERS
There were no disdosable transocuons in rnspecl of PCC ffomber&

847
178
7 FUND8
i J•n2(Q4
31 f*c 2024
47.742
Ark FwKJ
Chwch Co* FWKI
1817
17
2215
304
5,515
477
L•oatyFwKts
21A42
30,814
1.062
48,748
387
210
184
4.420
417
41475
Ch•Lr F￿1
38,055
f.5
1S5
100
Catè Chwcl) Ftmd
Rector•ThJ Fwwj
81JohrM P• Fwxt
Arf¢ Reputr F￿1
Arf¢ C*ok•r
1fAI
4A14
1M74
914
146
814
1.168
21
Fty
127,502
-1215
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