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2024-12-31-accounts

Ecclesiastical Parish of South Beddington & Roundshaw, incorporating

St Michael & All Angels Church South Beddington and St Paul's Church Roundshaw.

Charity Commission Registration Number 1197967

Annual Report & Financial Statements

Year ending 31[st] December 2024

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Contents

Page Report

Appendices Financial Statements for St Michaels and St Pauls

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Charity Particulars

Charity Name: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw. Incorporating St Michael & All Angels Church South Beddington and St Paul’s Church Roundshaw. The PCC is a body Corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956), Church Representation Rules 2020) and is a charity registered with the Charity Commission under the Charities Act 2011. Charity Registration Number: 1197967

Registered Address: St Michael's Vicarage, Milton Road, Wallington SM6 9RP (for correspondence) Officers:

Chair: The Reverend Berni Excell (from 17 July 2023) Lay Vice-Chairman: Paul Goldsmith (from 30 April 2023) PCC Secretary: Mrs. Alison Huneke Treasurer : Mr Robert Bourton

Electoral Roll Officer: Mrs. Alison Huneke (St. Michael’s Church); Mrs. Madelaine Reid (St. Paul’s Church)

Church Safeguarding Officer: Ms Lauren Read (St. Michael’s Church); Mrs. Sally Page (St. Paul’s Church)

Trustees

Churchwarden: Ms Jennie Nash (appointed 01 May 2022, St. Paul’s Church) Mr Paul Goldsmith (appointed 30 April 2023, St Michael’s Church) Mrs Jill Forbes (appointed 28 April, 2024, St Paul’s Church)

Mrs. Joanna Reeve (St. Michael’s Church resigned 28 April, 2024); Mrs. Madelaine Reid MBE (St. Paul’s Church resigned 28 April, 2024)

Deanery Synod Representative:

Mrs. Alison Huneke (St. Michael’s Church); Mrs Jill Forbes (St Paul’s Church)

PCC Members:

The Reverend Berni Excell (Clergy 17[th] July 2023)

Jenni Nash, Churchwarden, St. Paul’s Jill Forbes, Churchwarden, St. Paul’s and Deanery Synod Rep, St. Paul’s Paul Goldsmith, Churchwarden, St. Michael’s Alison Huneke, PCC Secretary and Deanery Synod Rep Michael Walker, Co-opted Robert Bourton, Treasurer and PCC Member Richard Bourton, PCC Member Rosie Newton, PCC Member Barbara Dodd, PCC Member Rosalind Sinka, PCC Member Chris Chatfield, PCC Member Sally Page, PCC Member Penny Marshall, PCC Member

Bankers: St. Michael’s Church: Barclays Bank PLC, Wallington Branch, Wallington Surrey. St. Paul’s Church: HSBC Bank PLC, Wallington Branch, Wallington Surrey. Independent Examiner: Mrs. Anne Golbourn

Name of Insurers: Ecclesiastical Insurance Group

Name of Architect: Andy Burrell Architecture, 169 Western Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3LH Vicar: The Reverend Berni Excell (appointed 17 July 2023)

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Governance and Structure

Aims and Purposes

South Beddington and Roundshaw Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the Incumbent, the Reverend Berni Excell, in promoting in the Ecclesiastical Parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social, and ecumenical. The PCC is also spiritually and practically responsible for the maintenance of the Church complex of St Michael & All Angels and St Paul's Church in the Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community (and common life) across South Beddington and Roundshaw. The PCC maintains an overview of worship and mission throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services and activities can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our Mission and Worship put faith into practice through service, prayer, scripture, music and sacrament.

Public Benefit

The trustees of the Charity are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit and have had regard to it in their administration of the Charity. The trustees believe that, by promoting the work of the Church of England in the Ecclesiastical Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw it helps to promote the whole mission of the Church (pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical) more effectively, within the Ecclesiastical Parish, and that in doing so it provides a benefit to the public by:

Worship

Occasional offices

Those who live in the parish are entitled to be baptised in the parish churches, and those who either live in the parish or who are on the electoral roll are entitled to have a funeral service conducted by a member of the parish clergy. Those who live in the parish or who have a qualifying connection and/or who are on the electoral roll are entitled to have a marriage service conducted by the parish clergy, although in the event of a divorced person, there is no automatic right to have a marriage service in church and the decision is at the incumbent’s discretion.

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Both churches within the parish are normally used for baptisms, weddings and funerals. During the year since the last APCM (April 2024), 2 baptisms and 0 weddings in the parish. The clergy took 4 funerals and there have been 3 additional interment of ashes.

Catechism for all

We offer a range of opportunities for exploring and deepening understanding of our faith through Lenten and Advent individual and group study and activities. Preparation for individuals, couples and groups are on offer for all those preparing for baptism, communion before confirmation (for under 16-year-olds), confirmation and marriage. Learning about the Christian faith is fostered through our liturgical and community life including; preaching, prayer, study, quiet days and the seasons of the Christian year.

Over the year relationships have been strengthened with all 4 of the community primary schools (Bandon Hill, Highview, Foresters and Wallington) in our parish. In addition, we have continued to strengthen links with the primary and secondary Link Schools (for children with additional learning needs). Our Vicar visits each of the parish primary schools at least half termly to deliver assemblies as well as Christmas and CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) workshops during Advent and Lent in partnership with Sutton Schools Works. Each of our primaries and the Link schools have visited one or other of our parish churches on at least one occasion this year and all have expressed interest in building on this in the coming year. Wallington school came during Advent for their Carol Service at St Paul’s and Bandon Hill school came for two Carol Services at St Michael’s. The parish also has a longstanding connection with Wilson’s Grammar School where the Year 7 come with their choir to St Michael’s for their Annual Founders Day Service.

The parish has sustained the running of “St Mike’s Tykes” for primary aged children and their parent/carers across the year. The gathering includes a mealtime, crafts, bible story, music and has an Agape liturgy led by the voices of many of the children each week.

Pastoral Care

The pastoral support in the parish is something shared in informally by many, with a couple of parishioners continuing to offer home communion to those in need. There are many in our community who are elderly/sick/frail and through the year have received support, phone calls, visits and home communion from both lay and clergy.

Mission

Mission Action Plan

Our MAP has remained a guiding framework within which we have grown in our service, and our discernment and understanding of who we are and how we are called to be throughout 2024. We shall continue to work with and review the MAP in 2025 as a whole parish, informed by our reflective learning.

Our Mission Statement (core purpose): “Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds. Welcoming all; sharing the gospel of God’s love; living and exploring faith together through worship, scripture and prayer and through loving service and support for all in our communities.”

Our Vision Statement (from 2022 report, a revision of the original): We are called to be an inclusive spiritual body, encouraging growth, where all ages are nurtured through sacramental worship, scripture, study, prayer and service, and where the faith journey of mature believers and seekers alike are deepened, and the love of God lived out passionately in our daily lives. We aim to be inclusive churches, welcoming everyone whatever their age, background, gender, sexuality, and relationship status. We want to grow in faith and to be nourished through the seeking, living out and sharing of God's love in South Beddington and Roundshaw, through worship, prayer, and loving service.

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Our 3 Priority Mission Areas:

Open Doors To welcome, come alongside, listen and respond to spiritual, emotional and practical needs and desires of the local community, the elderly and isolated, to young families, young adults and working-age people.

Open Hearts To share the message of God’s love through worship, service, welcome and hospitality, and engaging with local and world issues.

Open Minds To sustain and grow deeper in faith with lives rooted in prayer and love.

Examples of how we have served in mission this year:

Missions and charities

The PCC support a breadth of missions and charities from voluntary income. Missions and charities also benefit from funds raised by special collections and fund-raising activities.

PCC Report

PCC stands for Parochial Church Council and is the formal name for the committee that runs our church business. The full PCC currently meets four times a year and sub-committees, such as finance, focus on specific areas of work. From last year’s APCM (in 2024 onwards) the following were members of the PCC:

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There are some existing vacancies and there will be more at the APCM, so please consider if you could take on a new role.

Alison Huneke, PCC Secretary

’ – Churchwarden s report St Michaels

Life at St Michael’s continues, and that is as it should be.

Many people will turn up to attend a service on a Sunday morning, or to drop into our Place of Welcome to enjoy a chat and a cup of tea or coffee, and will look at the church, and never have to give a thought as to how it is kept so clean, tidy, and cared for.

So, my thanks, once again, to everyone who contributes to the well-being of our beautiful church building, and to the grounds.

We have people who come along on a regular basis to look after the roses in the garden, to cut the grass, and to litter pick in the car park.

We have people who give up their precious spare time to clean the brass and polish the wooden furniture.

Others are keen to look at a broken door, or a squeaking fan, and see if they can fix it.

Peoples Time and Talents are truly a Gift to St Michael’s. Without them, we simply would not function as we do.

Thank you to the “colour changers”, the “flower arrangers”, the “toilet scrubbers”, the “carpet

cleaners”, and everyone else who does something, not matter what, to help with the life of our church. All of your efforts, and the gifts of your time, are truly appreciated – even if there is not always the immediate show of gratitude that there should be from myself or others.

Practically speaking, the church is up to date will all its annual checks - PAT testing, fire extinguisher maintenance, gas safety checks etc.

Our Archdeacons visit in April went ahead successfully, and all out “i”s were dotted and our “t”s crossed. I can report that the fabric of the church remains in good order.

The boiler caused us some issues at the start of this year, but hopefully that has been fixed! We love our boiler!

So… as I said at the start…life at St Michael’s continues much as it should, and I personally continue to love my worship here, love my time with you all, and remain very grateful to be your Church Warden. Paul Goldsmith, Churchwarden

’ – Churchwarden s Report St Pauls

St Paul’s Fund-Raising is spasmodic. We held a Jumble Sale followed by a Quiz Evening last winter. We took part in two fairs (run by Roundshaw Community Network – this is run by a mixture of residents on the estate, councillors, church members, youth leaders, and, occasionally, doctors on the estate.) The fairs are run twice a year at Christmas and Summer and are well attended by families and residents. Our church stall is a Tombola (in the Phoenix Hall) and this year extra free activities for children and families in the church where we also provided teas, coffee and soft drinks in the church hall.

The African Caribbean Heritage Association invited us to their fair at St Elphege’s School last summer which was a very enjoyable occasion and we ran a stall with children’s activities to attract families. Our Friday Drop-In is expanding and people are enjoying one another’s company, playing board games,

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knitting, sewing, chatting, socialising, drinking and eating – in fact thoroughly enjoying themselves in a safe and genial atmosphere. Our thanks go to Jennie, Madeleine, Madelaine, Lena, Maryan, Christina and everyone who has made this a resounding success.

Throughout the week the church is open for Morning Prayer and Reflection and as well as our usual services and lettings we have expanded to offer many activities in partnership with others including on Monday evenings Man Space, a Mencap Job Club on Tuesdays, an Art Course on Wednesdays and an AA meeting in the evening. Thursday has Healthy You (which also includes talks about Dementia and other priority health issues on the last Thursday of the month) and Gary Mason’s drumming group.

Our thanks must go to Mother Berni for all her work and foresight in establishing contacts and people interested in partnering with our church to serve the needs and wants of our neighbours. Jennie Nash has done outstanding service overseeing that everyone is happy and answering any queries that happen to appear. Madeleine Brown and Lena have kept the church, lounge, kitchen spotlessly clean. Julie Goldsmith has worked hard to set up and manage the paperwork and other logistics with our partners and to iron out any issues arising. We are truly blessed and love the sense of being a hub for our community.

Our future is bright as we plan to re landscape the garden area, with the help of Sherry and others, so the outside space can be used for growing vegetables and flowers, include some new seating area for socialising and other activities to help people in and around the area.

Jill Forbes and Jennie Nash, Churchwardens

Parish Safeguarding

What next for safeguarding?

Sally Page and Lauren Read, Parish Safeguarding Officers

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Electoral Roll

Newly revised Roll to be announced at the APCM

St Michael’s: Alison Huneke, St. Michael’s Electoral Roll Officer

Newly revised Roll to be announced at the APCM

St Paul’s: Madelaine Reid, St. Paul’s Electoral Roll Officer

Treasurer’s Report

The initial concerns that St Michaels would be in £15,000 deficit at the end of 2024 when the budget was set early in the year were thankfully not realised. This came about owing to the generosity of the parishioners and the monies paid for the Panto and the Gift Day, amongst many other donations elaborated below. In the latter stages of 2024, a large amount of admin has been done getting the CAF and COOP bank accounts up and running, to combine St Michael’s and St Paul’s accounts. This meant that some December payments and credits were left to fall into the new year as It was not certain when the bank accounts would be transferred. This does mean there will be some transitional movements in 2025 that should have taken place in 2024. For example, there are two receipts on behalf of the Children’s Society from collections at Christmas services which will be sent and the mission payments decided at PCC for the Woodland Trust and Sight Savers in December 2024 to be despatched. Incoming Resources The total income for 2024 for St. Michael’s Church has been £114,868.59, which is £7,563.61 more than 2023. Planned giving has been £46,076.00 in 2024, an increase of £3,730.00 on the 42,346.00 of 2023, for which we are very grateful to all in these times of economic stringency. The Cash Collection of £1,593.94 was also more than 2023(by £243.66). This can be added to the separate tea and coffee donations of £1,233.80, which was itself a substantial increase by more than 50% from that of 2023 which was (£812.37). From various donations, (General, Flower, Candles, Jar and Youth) there has been £1,877.82 received compared to £1,754.93 in the previous year. This year’s panto again raised a tidy sum of £6,505.75, although £248 was shown in Q4 of 2023 as advanced ticket sales. We have received £1,705.53 advanced ticket sales for the 2025 panto. The Murder Mystery event realised £650.00. We are very grateful for the immense effort shown with these productions. There have been some productive organ fund tables, particularly the one held at St Marys Frost fayre, which altogether brought in an additional £4,448.73, when combined with donations for the organ fund, with thanks extended to all involved. The Gift Day was very successful raising £6,300.00, with more to come when Gift Aid is added. This compares very favourably with the previous year’s total of £3,140.75. The centre rent has come in at £11,640.00, we received £1,500.00 for church hire from Xyla and £626.73 interest in deposit accounts. There has been payment for car parking of £170.00. We have received money from HMRC of £11,557.88 from Gift Aid. Finally, we have received £1,050.00 in grants, £54.00 for wedding fees and £1,798.00 in funeral fees.

Outgoing Resources Total expenditure for 2024 has been £105,216.21, £1,434.59 less than in 2023. The largest proportion of this year’s expense has been the £50,000.04 PSF. The Church Insurance has cost £6,433.84 which was a drop of £1,325.76 from 2023 and Utilities have totalled £5,156.68, a drop of £438.12 from last year-perhaps this was the benefit of the boiler pump replacement. There has been the expected payment of £5,316.00 for the centre window repairs and RAAC investigation. Next highest expenses have been church admin at £4,619.31 and £3,750.00 expenditure on the organist. There was earlier in the year, the exceptional expense of £1,921.00 to replace the boiler pump with additional monies paid for maintenance and fire support of £678.80. Other large expenses have been £1,319.89 on organ tuning and £832.08 new music purchases and for junior chorister pay. Also £1,476.25 has been paid as mission, much of these being cheques cashed by our 2023 mission beneficiaries. £1224.02 was spent on the drainage survey and £1,015.46 was the cost of altar services. Those above total of £79,161.29, with remaining costs amounting to a further £26,054.92.

Overall Thus, the total income for 2024 was £114,868.59, against expenditure of £105,216.21, which is a nominal surplus of £9,652.38. However, of that surplus, £6,315.00 are the receipts from the gift day and these coupled with the £4,448.73 organ fund donations are both reserved for future use, which leaves a

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deficit of £1,866.27. There was outstanding work that we expected to pay for in 2024 of £3,931.63 for the DBR works completed, but this was banked on the 2nd January so fell just outside this financial year. Otherwise, the deficit would have been £5,797.90. At the moment, the extra amount owed to them (the retention of £3,641.33), we are expecting to not pay. However, this does mean we have to cover the £3,931.63 from the accounts of 2025. On 31st Dec 2024 St Michaels had at Barclays: £48,392.54 Current Account £60,145.62 Project current Account £31,677.11 Deposit Account and £10,613.30 in deposit project account St Pauls as of 31st Dec 2024 had £52,928.64 at the HSBC bank. Taking both churches together then would mean joint income has been £153,049.85 against joint expenditure of £151,152.49 or a surplus of £1,897.36. Once Father Dennis’s legacy is included, this is a surplus of £6897.36. This year has been exceptional owing to the door payments at St Paul’s being so large, so is not indicative of future balances.

Robert Bourton FRmetS (Hon. Treasurer Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw) St Michaels: see appendices St Pauls: see appendices

Finance Committee

For many years St Michael's and St Paul's have produced separate financial accounts and had separate bank accounts. That seemed odd when the Parish Profile, written when Mthr Berni was being recruited as our vicar, said that we were “One Parish – Two Churches”. So, 2024 will always be remembered as the year we decided to put those artificial financial divisions behind us and focus instead on operating as one parish. This means that the 2024 accounts our treasurer, Robert, has so ably prepared will for the last time show separately the finances of our two churches; the accounts for 2025 will be much simpler and “just” show the parish finances as a whole.

That change, however, has not been without its difficulties. Many of you very kindly arranged to transfer your standing order(s) to CAF Bank but that was just the tip of the iceberg; from the autumn of 2024 through to the spring of 2025, and continuing to this day, Robert has undauntingly continued to deal with the myriad of problems thrown up by the consolidation of the two sets accounts and we all owe him a really sincere, huge “Thank You” for what he has done.

But I would also like to thank everyone who contributes, week by week, month by month, not only to the finances but to the work generally of our two churches. Your generosity, both in time and of money, has remained steadfast despite all that the world throws at us. Planned giving through your standing orders has yet again risen; the pantomime continues to exceed all financial expectations and we can now even start to contemplate the much-needed repair work to our organ at St Michael’s. Including Gift Aid, the 2024 Gift Day at St Michaels raised approximately £7,500; to that we have been able to add a grant from the diocese of £4,000 and a donation of £2,000. With that total of £13,500 we will now be able to start the recruitment of a Choir Practitioner to start working in at least one, and possibly two, of our local primary schools.

If you are reading this and are not already contributing on a monthly basis (preferably by Standing Order), please consider prayerfully whether you would be able to do this in the future.

Alongside our regular giving, there are also a variety of events throughout the year which not only help to raise much needed funds for the day-to-day running of our churches but also to give us the opportunity to get together in fellowship, to eat together, laugh together and generally enjoy each other’s company. Please do make every effort to support these important parts of our church life. And, to repeat some words which have been said before:

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And “thank you”!

Michael Walker, Chair of Finance

Stewardship Team

There is a tangible positivity within our growing congregation and this is due to everyone making their much-valued contribution, whether it is in giving generously of their time and/or their talents and/or their money. As a congregation, we all pray, we all listen and we collectively give thanks when our prayers are heard – it is often the case that the seemingly impossible has become possible through God’s grace.

The past year has been no exception for your Stewardship Team.

In 2024, St Michael’s held a Generosity Campaign on April 7-28th which raised a wonderful total of £4,644. From this it was possible to address a projected budget deficit for 2024, and to increase our Parish Pledge to the Diocese by 3.5% (the same increase as used for 2024) to an annual figure of £67,800 for 2025. This moved slightly closer to our target of being able to fund the entire annual cost for PSF set by the Diocese (which covers cost of parish priest, and all our Diocesan support and services). As we have mentioned before, Stewardship is not all about finance, it has a strong mission purpose as well. It has been inspirational to see how Mother Berni’s parish-wide activities have borne fruit, especially with partnerships with local welfare organizations and with numerous local schools through meeting their leaders and teachers. This led us to combine the traditional St Paul’s and St Michael’s Gift Days into a Parish Gift Day, held on All Saints’ Day (November 3rd).

The purpose of the Gift Day was to raise sufficient funds to enable the parish to begin to put into practice the recruitment of a Choir Practitioner to start working in one or possibly two local primary schools. An outstanding total of about £7,500 including Gift Aid was raised, which combined with a grant from the diocese of £4,000 and a further donation of £2,000 brings us in the region of £13,500. The Stewardship Team would not achieve what it does without the leadership of Mother Berni and the efforts of the congregations of both our churches, acting as one, whose representatives on the Team are Robert Bourton, Chris Chatfield, Jill Forbes, Paul Goldsmith, Jennie Nash, Sally Page, Joanna Reeve, Madelaine Reid and Michael Walker, ably supported by Elaine Walker (our Gift Aid Officer) and Barbara Dodd (our Envelope Scheme Co-ordinator).

Chris Chatfield, Stewardship Team Leader

3rd Beddington (St Michael’s) Scout Group

2024 was another fantastic year of Scouting for 3[rd] Beddington. Our numbers continued to increase, and our sections went from strength to strength.

In February we were back at Frylands Wood for “Winter / Spring Camp” The Cubs were in one hut, and the Scouts in the other. A fun weekend was had by all – even the leaders who got very little sleep! At the end of July we had a family BBQ and Campfire at The Centre. Once again, the weather was not on our side! The stoic leaders cooked burgers and sausages outside under cover, while we all sang songs and did presentations inside – around a camp bucket instead of a fire!

August saw us at camp again. Once again to Bears Wood in Croydon, for our annual Group Camp. The Cubs and Scouts camped for the long weekend, and the Beavers joined us for the last night. In September our numbers expanded as we took 15[th] Wallington under the wing of 3[rd] Beddington. This group was set up to give Scouting to young people with special needs who might struggle with the noise and activities of a mainstream Scout Group. Their numbers are small, but it is a vital resource for the youngsters and their parents. Unfortunately, they were finding funding an issue and were under threat of

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closure. However, I am delighted that, once Sally Page made me aware of their plight, I was able to get the full agreement of 3[rd] Beddington’s Leaders and Trustee Committee, to offer them a home with 3[rd] Beddington. They now meet for an hour on a Thursday evening, in The Centre, and are a part of the 3[rd] Beddington Family!

In November, the Scouts once again took part in the Sutton Night Adventure Exercise. It was a great evening of outdoor activities in the dark woods… finishing at midnight. Our two teams of intrepid scouts had a wonderful time.

In December we held our Christmas Fair and Christmas Family Get-Together in the church. Forty-five minutes of madness in The Centre playing silly games and buying raffle tickets for some great prizes, followed by entertainment from the Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

We had ukulele playing, drums, jingle bells, and cups all being used to spread the joy of Christmas. And Nathan gave us a solo!

As always, a huge Thank You to everyone who is a part of the 3[rd] Beddington Leadership and Executive team, we wouldn’t be what we are without the commitment from these people. They truly are wonderful individuals, and on behalf of myself and the many, many young people they have had a positive impact on in this last year and beyond – Thank You.

Paul Goldsmith, Group Scout Leader

Dymond House Care Home

Visits to Dymond House have been a wonderful experience both for the members of St. Paul’s Church (Mother Berni, Madelaine, Jennie, Penny and Jill) and the residents. We are always warmly welcomed by the person in charge and shown to the lounge where some of the members are seated. There is a real family atmosphere and hymn books are distributed and a small table is set for the service by Mother Berni. A short service follows with distribution of the bread and wine and everyone sings a couple of hymns. The numbers of people attending have varied from seven to fifteen. Afterwards tea and biscuits are distributed and, most importantly, we listen and talk with the residents and their carers. The visit lasts about an hour and is refreshing and inspiring. Mthr Berni has been called out a few times now for last rites as relationships grow with the home and the staff.

Jill Forbes

Bible Studies

We started Bible Study in September looking at the Book of Jerimiah which we enjoyed as it Challenged us to Explore various topics in our own lives . We then looked at the Book of Ruth and finished with a Christmas Dinner, and it was a great joy to share a meal together and reflect on our studies.

Our confidence has grown as a group, we have gone on to study The Beatitudes and are looking further into what it means to us as a group and how we can put it into practice in our Parish Life. We are having another meal together to reflect again on what we have gained through more understanding of God’s Word.

Alongside our Monday Studies we have met on a Wednesday after Mass and alongside others have followed Living Hope a Lent Journey followed our Daily readings and explored how to find Hope in all we do through the Love and Guidance of God. Up to 20 have joined for these groups from across the parish and beyond. It has been a Joy to share the word of God with others and afterwards share soup and a roll taking a small donation for Bishops Lent Appeal.

The next book we are going to Study is The Book of James which we are looking forward to. If you would like to join a group or take on the challenge of leading one, please speak to myself or Mother Berni.

Julie Goldsmith

Pastoral Visiting

Pastoral visiting is a growing part of our Parish Ministry. Much of it occurs informally between friends but there is an increasing need for a ministry team to work together to visit those in hospital, at home, asking for communion and/or simply wanting company and a listening ear. Do consider if you would like

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to be part of the “formal” team and speak to Mthr Berni. All who formally visit as part of the church will need a DBS and to undertake basic safeguarding training. There is lots of support if you wish to give this a go – it is deeply rewarding for all as you will hear when reading the words below from Barbara and Rosie:

When I started Pastoral visiting 4 years ago, I felt a little daunted at the challenge I had taken on. After the first visit it became a pleasure, because of the joy and comfort that was made obvious to me by the lady concerned. She was grateful for the time I spent with her, as well as receipt of Communion. It only ended after the family felt due to the changes in the husband’s health it was no longer safe for me to visit unaccompanied. Whilst I was sorry the visits came to an end I believe the initial visits were good for both me and the parishioner’s I was visiting and I was grateful for the family looking out for all of our wellbeing.

My next Pastoral visiting was with someone who is a friend. It was and continues to be satisfying for both of us, but I found it hard to be both a friend and spiritual advisor. I spoke with Mthr Berni and we agreed I would continue visiting as friend, and the responsibility to pastorally visit as the church would be taken over by another. If you are a caring person and interested in people, Pastoral care is rewarding and joyful.

Barbara Dodd

I visited 3 ladies in 2024. One I have been visiting for over 2 years, a second since last autumn and the third just once as she felt she would soon be fit enough to return to worship on Sundays. Both my ‘regular’ ladies are in their 90s with sight impairment and mobility issues which render them pretty much housebound.

I visit once a month with communion and afterwards spend an hour or so chatting. They are both longstanding members of St Michaels so like to hear news and keep in touch with all that’s going on here. They also tell me of times past and their previous involvement with church life. In addition, I’ve learned a lot about how Wallington and Carshalton were affected by the war and their personal experiences as evacuees.

Receiving communion is important to them and I hope makes them feel still part of our congregation. Rosie Newton

Place of Welcome Report

Since last year we have been able to open St Michaels every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings from 9.30am to 11.30am. Thanks entirely to a great team of people. It has been a place for quiet prayer, a place for passers-by to walk in and ask questions and look around and for people to revisit after a long time away. We offer coffee, tea and chat as well as the team doing some minor tasks around the church. From September 2024 we have also opened on a Friday early evening from 4pm to 6.30pm. This was instigated by Mtr Berni for the parents and carers of our Squirrels, Beavers and Cubs, to relax and have a drink and for siblings and friends of the children in Scouting to play. Many of the parents and carers were spending their time in their cars. It has been very successful; we have a very small team of people who open the church each Friday.

My grateful thanks go to all the people on these teams, I also thank them for their patience when I put the rotas together. If you think you might like to help on any of the days we open, please speak to me, there is no obligation to do any more than you would suit you and it’s a great way to welcome our scouting family into the wider church.

Joanna Reeve

Roundshaw Community Network

I first became involved in the Roundshaw Community Network when it was at risk of closing down. However, we managed to keep it going before and during Covid. Since then the focus has increasingly been on children and families’ activities, several of which clashed with other events that suited me more. As a result, I recently decided to leave the RCN committee. This does of course mean that there is

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likely to be a vacancy for a Minutes Secretary. If this is something you would like to do, please talk to Jennie or Jill. The main focus of RCN is organising the Summer and Christmas Fairs on Roundshaw.

Alison Huneke, Minute Secretary and St. Michael’s Representative on RCN

Monday Lunch Club

We are a very happy band of over 55's who meet at St. Pauls every Monday for lunch and a chat. We are a mixed group but would welcome more men to join us, just to keep the balance fair!!!!!

We have about 14 members at present but can take more, so if you want a nice 2 course lunch (cooked on the premises) with tea and coffee before and after and of course, great company, all for just £4.50 then you would be very welcome.

At Christmas we had a mini Christmas Concert thanks to Wallington school choir, a very good Christmas Dinner of three courses with tea and coffee (and mints) Crackers and Hats and all things "Christmas" followed by a free raffle for all members. We were very pleased that Mother Berni found time in her very busy schedule to be with us.

This year 10 members and helpers attended the Panto at St Michaels. A great evening was had by all, including a hot chocolate in the interval. We all went home happy, with songs ringing in our ears, (oh yes! we did!). All are looking forward to next year and Robin Hood (oh yes! we are!).

In the summer, during the break, we all met in Madelaine's garden for a cold buffet lunch which most members were able to attend.

We would like to thank Phil Groves for his help with transport when needed and Marilyn Lione who comes every week to make tea and coffee for everyone.

The Cooking is done on a rota basis by 4 ladies and cooked on the premises.

Team: Jill Forbes, Jennie Nash, Jill Coleman

If you would like further information or to book a place, please contact Madelaine Reid - co-ordinator 020 8669 1770, madelaine.reid @btinternet.com

Madelaine Reid Co-ordinator.

Christian Aid Week 2024

The local organising committee, consisting of Alice Gem and Martin Gem from Wallington Methodist church and Emma Downer, Alison and Immo Hüneke from St Michael’s, ran these fundraising events for Christian Aid Week:

Thanks is due especially to Robert and Charmaine Bourton for augmenting these events with their mobile book stall, Carshalton Glee for musical accompaniment during the Cream Tea, and Mthr. Berni for her enthusiastic support.

With help from members of other churches that have no CA representative of their own, we raised a total of £1,982.46, which with £138.75 of Gift Aid made a total of £2,121.21 (compared to £2,403.48 in 2023). For the first time, we organised a rota to collect money in tins on the street (mainly in Wallington Square), which many volunteers find less stressful than going to people’s front doors.

We are repeating that exercise this year, as it was quite successful, this time making sure that contactless giving options are prominently displayed at each location. CA Week 2025 kicked off with a quiz at St Paul’s on 4[th] April, which raised £265 net, followed by a coffee morning at St Michael’s on Easter Monday, 21[st] April. The Christian Aid Week service is at 6pm on 18[th] May, at which you are most welcome. By the time you read this, Christian Aid Week 2025 as such will be over, but we could still use volunteers to help count the income and to support the planned variety concert on 31[st] May.

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Immo Hüneke (contactable on: 020 8395 5835, 07 941 072 238 or immo@huneke.co.uk)

Foodbank

The Foodbank at St Michael’s is a church-based service run by Sutton Community Works on behalf of the Trussell Trust. The Sutton branch operates at five venues and volunteers can choose which they’d prefer. Not surprisingly, most of our volunteers belong to St. Michael’s or other churches in Wallington. At St Michaels we have been running for approximately seven years and have a very good team who welcome our visitors with care and respect. Our volunteers receive training and we would welcome anyone who feel they could contribute to this very worthwhile service by joining our team.

The Foodbank works on a voucher system given to people in need by relevant agencies such as Citizens Advice Bureau, schools, churches, and health centres. Visitors can then ‘cash in’ their voucher for a standard food allocation. They are limited to three vouchers in a six-month period. Since lockdown and the Ukraine war, with huge increases in the price of fuel and food and general cost of living, our numbers have significantly increased. There are many people who cannot manage on their income and qualify for a voucher.

Thank you to everyone who donates to the foodbank either regularly or on an ad hoc basis. Everything that comes into our two churches is taken by Phil to the centre where it is weighed in and sorted. Thank you to Phil who every Tuesday takes food to and fro and keeps our cupboards full and ready to serve all who come.

Joan Currion & Alison Huneke: Team Leaders at St. Michael’s Church

Choir Report

The choir membership has remained constant for some time and we currently have 7 junior members under 18 and 6 adult members. Of the junior members, one of these has been singing the bass line for some time, 3 of the other boys voices are in the process of breaking and they are now learning to sing a harmony line. The eldest of these 3 has now settled on singing the tenor line and is gradually proving more confident as he gains experience. The other two boys are just starting out on this journey of discovery and currently are getting to grips with the alto line. In February 2025 we welcomed a new junior who is now making progress towards his first level, the white level.

The choir continues to sing an anthem at every service. They also sing an anthem and various settings of the responses and canticles at the monthly Evensongs. We are occasionally joined by other local singers for these monthly Evensong services which helps us to provide more challenging and enjoyable music. The choir continues to sing music to a high standard and during last year extended their repertoire by taking on some more challenging pieces such as the Lacrymosa from Mozart’s Requiem which we sung at the Remembrance Sunday service.

The success of the choir in the future relies on attracting new members, especially children. This will be particularly evident from September 2025 when two of our junior members will be going to College or University followed by another one a year later in September 2026. To help with recruiting new juniors it is planned for a youth choir to be started later in 2025 with the intention in time for those children who want to, to graduate up into the main church choir. However, as always, if you or anyone you know would like to try out the choir please talk to either myself or Emma. Do not feel shy, you may enjoy it, and the health benefits of singing in a choir are now becoming much more well known. Peter Reeve. Director of Music

Organ Fund

The Organ Fund started 2024 (year 14 of its existence) with a bank balance of £51,381 and ended it with £54,494.

We raised £3,112 during the year (2023: £4,073) comprising sales of £2,408 (2023: £2,197) donations of £304 (2023: £1,071) and gift aid of £400 (2023: £805).

Again, the best sales table of the year was at St Mary’s Frost Fair in November, when the sale of some 30

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home-made cakes plus many jars of home-made marmalade and a wide variety of other things helped us raise £464, the most raised at any single event since the Organ Fund’s inception in 2010.

Although we reached our initial target of £50,000 in 2023, we cannot rest on our laurels. The Organ Fund must continue. We will need to apply to charitable funding institutions for the balance of the cost of completing the new installation, and will have to show them our continuing commitment to the project and our Church.

Thank you everyone for your support over the last 14 years.

Stephen Parker

– Fund Raising and Social Team report St Michaels

Another great year of FUND and FUN raising at St Michael’s.

In January we put on our spectacular Pantomime, “Robinson Crusoe”. This year we did nine shows again, almost all of which were at a 90% or more capacity. Our lowest selling show, as expected, was still our Sunday morning show, but even this show sold significantly better this year than last. Onwards and upwards! Robinson Crusoe raised in excess of £6500 profit for the church!

In June 2024 we held another of our popular Murder Mystery evenings.

This sold very well, and approximately 60 people came to listen to the clues, drink lots of wine and eat some fabulous food. At the end, the amateur sleuths put their heads together and tries to disentangle to clues to come up with their own solution. Everyone had a great time, and the profit for the church was approx. £650

September came, and we did one of our “Shows In A Day”. We performed Bugsy Malone in The Centre and served up a great show and three course dinner to a sold out audience. The monies raised from SIAD go towards up-front costs for the Pantomime.

September also saw our first Parish “mini fair” at the front of St Michael’s church in partnership with scouts. We had a bouncy castle, a bbq, and teas and coffees. We also put on some side shows for the children, and made these, and the bouncy castle, free to use. We then asked parents to make a donation to the fair. We also invited in some local people who wanted to hire a stall – one sold local honey, and someone else sold home made fudge. Our friends in The Church of the Good Shepherd Jesus Christ, who meet on a Sunday morning in The Centre had a stall, plus we had bric-a-brac and an organ fund stall. The profit made from the morning was £250, which we divided – £125 to Sutton Night Watch, and £125 to our “Greenhouse Fund”.

Another wonderful year of FUN and FUND raising here at St Michael’s, and a joy to be around our friends and families – be they our direct family or our church family.

Julie Goldsmith

Welcomer/Sides-people Team Report – St Michaels

For many years at St. Michael’s, there were always enough people at the main Sunday service for a team of two Sidespeople to hand out the required books or leaflets and to take the collection. Quite a few years ago now, we also established a Welcomer Team, again of two people at a time, and which was generally agreed to have worked very well.

Since then, our numbers have depleted somewhat. We now have only one Welcomer at each Sunday service. We also have only one Sidesperson at a time, and they are now required to take on duties formerly undertaken by Churchwardens. We do generally manage to muddle through, though some perhaps are more comfortable with the required duties than others.

Would you like to join the team? It’s a great joy to welcome people into the service and be on hand with any questions as well as ensure we leave everything tidy at the end of the service. We have previously held team meetings to encourage one another and maybe this is something to bring back in 2025? Alison Huneke, Welcome/Sidespeople Team Co-ordinator

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St. Mary’s Court (Almshouses)

The last Trustees meeting was held at St. Mary’s Court on Wednesday 10th March 2025 Rev. David Fisher was welcomed to his first meeting as a Trustee. The need of 3 more Incumbents on the Trustees was discussed. James Hills to ask Deanery Chapter, particularly Tracy Marlow (St. Helier) for advice. Finances are still healthy. 2025 Budget was approved.

The replacement Common room windows are being installed soon. There are three empty flats again, since the passing of Ron Morris. We received a new application a few weeks ago, but unfortunately the applicant did not meet the criteria requested for acceptance.

It was agreed that the Christmas/New Year lunch for residents was a success and would be repeated next year

Barbara Dodd, St Michaels representative on Board of Trustees

St. Mike’s Tykes

This has continued to run for the faithful few. It has reached 8 families in total, 3 who attend regularly, 2 have stopped and the others are sporadic. A new way of running the sessions has been trialled and is successful, resulting in some nice art and craft pieces which have been displayed in church. A huge thank you to Jennie, Penny, Pat and Lina for their help in the kitchen.

Emma Downer

Deanery Synod

All Church of England Churches are members of a Deanery. We are in Sutton Deanery, which covers much the same area as the Borough of Sutton. All parishes are expected to send clergy and lay representatives to Deanery Synod meetings, which, in Sutton, are usually held twice a year. The number of lay reps entitled to each parish depends on the number of members on the Electoral Roll. Currently, Jill is the Lay Rep for St. Paul’s and I am a Lay Rep for St. Michael’s. We are, however, entitled to an additional Lay Rep for St. Michael’s. If you are interested in becoming a Lay Rep, please talk to Alison. The meetings mainly discuss relevant church issues, and we usually have an appropriate speaker. In 2024 Paul Waddell, a member of the General Synod from Croydon, reported on current issues such as Living in Love and Faith (LLF), Racial Justice and Estates Evangelism. He is a very good speaker and recently visited us again. In the autumn, the speaker was Jeremy Clark-King, the Director of Clergy Formation in our Diocese. He is responsible for those going out into ordained ministry. There were quite a few questions about who gets curates, and why there had been such a disappointing response to the big push for more ordained ministry a few years ago. Sadly, this had attracted fewer people than hoped. Alison Huneke, Deanery Synod Rep and Lay Chair

Appendices: Financial reports for St Michaels and St Pauls

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Treasurer’s Report on the Financial Statements for St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, South Beddington 2024.

The initial concerns that St Michaels would be in £15,000 deficit at the end of 2024 when the budget was set early in the year were thankfully not realised. This came about owing to the generosity of the parishioners and the monies paid for the Panto and the Gift Day, amongst many other donations elaborated below. In the latter stages of 2024, a large amount of admin has been done getting the CAF and COOP bank accounts up and running, so as to, combine St Michael’s and St Paul’s accounts. This meant that some December payments and credits were left to fall into the new year as it wasn’t certain when the bank accounts would be transferred. This does mean there will be some transitional movements in 2025 that should have taken place in 2024. For example, there are two receipts on behalf of the Children’s Society from collections at Christmas services which will be sent to and the mission payments decided at PCC for the Woodland Trust and Sight Savers in December 2024 to be dispatched.

Incoming Resources

The total income for 2024 for St. Michael’s Church has been £114,283.09 , which is £6,978.21 more than 2023 . Planned giving has been £45,948.50 in 2024, an increase of £3,602.50 on the 42,346.00 of 2023, for which we are very grateful to all in these times of economic stringency. The Cash Collection of £1,593.94 was also more than 2023(by £243.66). This can be added to the separate tea and coffee donations of £1,233.80, which was itself a substantial increase by more than 50% from that of 2023 which was (£812.37). From various donations, (General, Flower, Candles, Jar and Youth) there has been £1,746.82 received compared to £1,754.93 in the previous year. This year’s panto again raised a tidy sum of £6,505.75, although £248 was shown in Q4 of 2023 as advanced ticket sales. We have received £1,705.53 advanced ticket sales for the 2025 panto. The Murder Mystery event realised £650.00. We are very grateful for the immense effort shown with these productions. There have been some really productive organ

fund tables, particularly the one held at St Marys Frost fayre, which altogether brought in an additional £4,471.23, when combined with donations for the organ fund, with thanks extended to all involved. The Gift Day was very successful raising £6,300.00, with more to come when Gift Aid is added. This compares very favourably with the previous year’s total of £3,140.75. The centre rent has come in at £11,640.00, we received £975.00 for church hire from Xyla and £626.73 interest in deposit accounts. There has been payment for car parking of £170.00. We have received money from HMRC of £11,557.88 from Gift Aid. Finally, we have received £1,230.00 in grants, £54.00 for wedding fees and £1,798.00 in funeral fees.

Outgoing Resources

Total expenditure for 2024 has been £104,219.96, £2,430.84 less than in 2023. The largest proportion of this year’s expense has been the £50,000.04 PSF. The Church Insurance has cost £6,433.84 which was a drop of £1,325.76 from 2023 and Utilities have totalled £5,156.68, a drop of £438.12 from last year-perhaps this was the benefit of the boiler pump replacement. There has been the expected payment of £5,316.00 for the centre window repairs and RAAC investigation. Next highest expenses have been church admin at £4,741.08 and £3,750.00 expenditure on the organist. There was earlier in the year, the exceptional expense of £1,921.00 to replace the boiler pump with additional monies paid for maintenance and fire support of £678.80. Other large expenses have been £1,319.89 on organ tuning and £832.08 new music purchases and for junior chorister pay. £1224.02 was spent on the drainage survey and £1,015.46 was the cost of altar services. Those above total of £82,394.89, with remaining costs amounting to a further £21,825.07.

Overall

Thus, the total income for 2024 was £ 114,283.09, against expenditure of £104,219.96, which is a nominal surplus of £10,063.13. However, of that surplus, £6,300.00 are the receipts from the gift day and these coupled with the £4,471.23 organ fund donations are both reserved for future use, which leaves a deficit of £708.10. There was outstanding work that we expected to pay for in 2024 of £3,931.63 for the DBR works completed, but this was banked on the 2[nd] January so fell just outside this financial year. Otherwise, the deficit would have been £4,639.73. At the moment, the extra amount owed to them (the retention of £3,641.33), we are expecting to not pay. However, this does mean we have to cover the £3,931.63 from the accounts of 2025.

On 31[st] Dec 2024 St Michaels had at Barclays:

£48,392.54 Current Account £60,145.62 Project current Account

£31,677.11 Deposit Account and £10,613.30 in deposit project account

St Pauls as of 31[st] Dec 2024 had £52,928.64 at the HSBC bank.

Taking both churches together then would mean joint income has been £152,454.35 against joint expenditure of £150,156.24 or a surplus of £2,298.11. Once Father Dennis’s legacy is included, this is a surplus of £7298.11. This year has been exceptional owing to the door payments at St Paul’s being so large, so is not really indicative of future balances.

Robert Bourton FRmetS (Hon. Treasurer Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw) 11Mar2025

Statement of Financial Activities

Unrestricted
Restricted		 Endowment
Total		 Prior year
total
funds
funds		 funds
funds
funds
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds -
-		 -
-		 -
Voluntary income 60,287.56
1,446.27		 - 61,733.83 60,380.83
Activities for generating funds 10,089.80
10,351.79		 - 20,441.59 14,089.88
Investment income 626.73
-		 -
626.73		 392.89
Incoming resources from charitable activities 15,162.00
(525.00)		 - 14,637.00 11,944.00
Other incoming resources 15,583.94
1,260.00		 - 16,843.94 20,497.28
Total income 101,750.03
12,533.06		 - **114,283.09 ** 107,304.88
Resources used
Cost of generating funds -
-		 -
-		 -
Cost of generating voluntary income 369.57
1,709.66		 -
2,079.23		 2,766.93
Fundraising trading cost of goods sold and
other costs -
-		 -
-		 -
Investment management costs 114.17
-		 -
114.17		 75.53
Charitable activities 83,584.75
2,059.27		 - 85,644.02 88,058.41
Governance costs -
-		 -
-		 49.78
Other resources used 16,382.54
-		 - 16,382.54 15,700.15
Total expenditure 100,451.03
3,768.93		 - **104,219.96 ** 106,650.80
Net income / (expenditure) resources
before transfer		 1,299.00
8,764.13		 - 10,063.13 654.08
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in - - - - -
Gross transfers between funds - out - - - - -
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains/losses on investment assets -
-		 -
-		 -
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's
- - - - -
own use
Net movement in funds 1,299.00 8,764.13 - 10,063.13 654.08
Total funds brought forward 84,841.59 51,858.79 - **136,700.38 ** 136,046.30
Total funds carried forward 86,140.59 60,622.92 - **146,763.51 ** 136,700.38
Represented by
Unrestricted
General fund 56,638.28 - - 56,638.28 55,702.29
Designated
FABRIC FUND 317.49 - -
317.49		 -
LEGACY AND BEQUESTS 29,122.37 - - 29,122.37 29,122.37
YOUTH MINISTRY FUND 98.05 - -
98.05		 52.53
Restricted
Agency collection - (471.10) -
(471.10)		 (35.60)
CHOIR FUND - 1,801.26 -
1,801.26		 1,701.26
FABRIC FUND - 2,273.30 -
2,273.30		 (4,062.68)
FLOWER FUND - 1,002.02 -
1,002.02		 975.11
ORGAN FUND - 54,475.61 - 54,475.61 51,381.23
YOUTH MINISTRY FUND - 1,506.23 -
1,506.23		 1,863.87
Total funds 86,176.19 60,587.32 - **146,763.51 ** 136,700.38

Balance Sheet detailed

As at As at
Class and code Description 31/12/2024 31/12/2023
Current assets
CA001 Bank General Current Account (9289) 48,392.54 45,944.71
CA002 Bank General Deposit Account (9092) 31,677.11 31,207.66
CA003 Bank Projects Current Account (6478) 60,145.62 53,825.57
CA004 Bank Projects Deposit Account (5185) 10,613.30 10,456.02
Z05
Accounts Receivable
Total Current assets
Liabilities
6699
Agency collections
Z04
Accounts Payable
Total Liabilities
Net Asset surplus (deficit)
Reserves
Excess/(deficit) to date
Z01
Starting balances
Z03
Gains and losses own use
Total Reserves
Represented by Funds
General (Unrestricted)
Designated
Restricted
Total		 -
-
150,828.57
141,433.96
423.73
1,092.25
3,641.33
3,641.33
4,065.06
4,733.58
146,763.51
136,700.38
10,063.13
46,009.50
136,700.38
90,690.88
-
-
146,763.51
136,700.38
56,602.68
55,666.69
29,537.91
29,174.90
60,622.92
51,858.79
146,763.51
136,700.38

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (by code)

Class and nominal code General Designated Restricted Endowment Total Last year

Current Asset - Cash At Bank And In Hand Current Asset - Cash At Bank And In Hand
CA001: Bank General Current
Account (9289)		 30,245.93 25,804.63 (7,658.02) - 48,392.54 45,944.71
CA003: Bank Projects Current
Account (6478)		 (5,862.84) 3,722.58 62,285.88 - 60,145.62 53,825.57
Total 24,383.09 29,527.21 54,627.86 **- ** 108,538.16 99,770.28
Current Asset - Investments
CA002: Bank General Deposit
Account (9092)		 31,677.11 - - - 31,677.11 31,207.66
CA004: Bank Projects Deposit
Account (5185)		 578.08 10.70 10,024.52 - 10,613.30 10,456.02
Total 32,255.19 10.70 10,024.52 - 42,290.41 41,663.68
Liability - Agency Accounts
6699: Agency collections - - 423.73 - 423.73 1,092.25
Total
-		 - 423.73 - 423.73 1,092.25
Liability - Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year
Z04: Accounts Payable - - 3,641.33 - 3,641.33 3,641.33
Total
-		 - 3,641.33 - 3,641.33 3,641.33
Net total assets 56,638.28 29,537.91 60,587.32 **- ** **146,763.51 ** 136,700.38
Represented by
General (Unrestricted) 56,602.68 - - - 56,602.68 55,666.69
Designated - FABRIC - 317.49 - - 317.49 -
Designated - LEGACY - 29,122.37 - - 29,122.37 29,122.37
Designated - YOUTH - 98.05 - - 98.05 52.53
Restricted - CHOIR - - 1,801.26 - 1,801.26 1,701.26
Restricted - FABRIC - - 2,273.30 - 2,273.30 (4,062.68)
Restricted - FLOWER - - 1,002.02 - 1,002.02 975.11
Restricted - None - - (435.50) - (435.50) -
Restricted - ORGAN - - 54,475.61 - 54,475.61 51,381.23
Restricted - YOUTH - - 1,506.23 - 1,506.23 1,863.87
Total 56,602.68 29,537.91 60,622.92 **- ** **146,763.51 ** 136,700.38

Fund movement summary

Fund Opening Incoming Outgoing Transfers Gains/Losses Journals Closing

CHOIR

Restricted 1,701.26 100.00 - - - - 1,801.26
Sub-totals 1,701.26 100.00 - - - - 1,801.26
FABRIC
Designated - 317.49 - - - - 317.49
Restricted (4,062.68) 7,560.00 1,224.02 - - - 2,273.30
Sub-totals (4,062.68) 7,877.49 1,224.02 - - - 2,590.79
FLOWER
Restricted 975.11 384.52 357.61 - - - 1,002.02
Sub-totals
975.11		 384.52 357.61 - - - 1,002.02
LEGACY
Designated 29,122.37 - - - - - 29,122.37
Sub-totals 29,122.37 - - - - - 29,122.37
ORGAN
Restricted 51,381.23 4,804.04 1,709.66 - - - 54,475.61
Sub-totals 51,381.23 4,804.04 1,709.66 - - - 54,475.61
YOUTH
Designated 52.53 45.52 - - - - 98.05
Restricted 1,863.87 120.00 477.64 - - - 1,506.23
Sub-totals
1,916.40		 165.52 477.64 - - - 1,604.28
General
Unrestricted 55,666.69 101,387.02 100,451.03 - - - 56,602.68
Sub-totals **55,666.69 ** **101,387.02 ** 100,451.03 - - - 56,602.68
None
Restricted - (435.50) - - - - (435.50)
Sub-totals
-		 (435.50) - - - - (435.50)
Totals **136,700.38 ** **114,283.09 ** 104,219.96 - - **- ** 146,763.51

Analysis of income and expenditure

Total Total
**Unrestricted ** Designated **Restricted ** Endowment **This year ** Last year
INCOMING RESOURCES
Incoming resources from generated funds
IN001 - Planned Giving
Standing Orders		 45,419.00 -
-		 - 45,419.00 41,001.00
IN002 - Planned Giving 529.50 -
-		 - 529.50 1,345.00
Envelopes
IN003 - Cash Collection 1,593.94 - - - 1,593.94 1,350.38
IN004 - Gift Aid Recovered 10,715.10 363.01 479.77 - 11,557.88 11,555.16
IN0041 - Gift Aid Received On
Behalf Of St Pauls - - - - - -
IN005 - Donations General 433.21 - 189.50 - 622.71 1,025.46
IN0051 - Donations Flowers - - 339.00 - 339.00 390.00
IN0053 - Organ Fund
Donations		 - - 318.00 - 318.00 2,564.71
IN0059 - Tea and Coffee
donations		 1,233.80 - - - 1,233.80 812.37
IN007 - Legacies and Bequests - - - - - -
IN0071 - M Booth - - - - - -
IN0072 - S. Jones - - - - - 216.75
IN0073 - D.Ede - - - - - -
IN022 - Donation RE Youth
ministry		 - - 120.00 - 120.00 120.00
IN024 - Giving ad hoc - - - - - -
IN0052 - Donation for Candles 416.84 - - - 416.84 190.95
IN0054 - Parish Lunch Club - - - - - -
IN008 - Fundraising 170.00 - - - 170.00 72.02
IN0081 - Fundraising Parish
Breakfast - - - - - -
IN00811 - Fundraising Ride and
Stride		 - - - - - 208.50
IN00812 - Fundraising cabaret - - - - - -
IN00814 - Fundraising Jar 318.77 - - - 318.77 28.52
IN00817 - Fundraising
Zimbabwe - - - - - -
IN00818 - Murder Mystery 650.00 - - - 650.00 1,021.00
IN0084 - Fundraising Panto 8,432.75 - - - 8,432.75 6,975.22
IN0086 - Organ Fund Sales 101.44 - 4,051.79 - 4,153.23 2,452.92
IN00862 - Organ Sponsorship - - - - - -
IN0090 - Fundraising Gift Day - - 6,300.00 - 6,300.00 3,140.75
IN092 - Fundraising Coffee
Morning - - - - - -
IN093 - Fundraising Community
Events - - - - - -
IN009 - Interest Receivable - - - - - -
IN021 - Bank Interest 626.73 - - - 626.73 392.89
Incoming resources from
generated funds Totals		 70,641.08 363.01 11,798.06 - 82,802.15 74,863.60
Incoming resources from charitable activities
IN011 - The Centre Rent 11,640.00 - - - 11,640.00 10,670.00
IN012 - Hire of Church 1,500.00 - (525.00) - 975.00 120.00
IN014 - Car Park Income 170.00 - - - 170.00 -
IN015 - Income Other - - - - - -
IN0161 - Fees - Wedding Fees 54.00 - - - 54.00 155.00
IN0162 - Fees - Funeral Fees 1,798.00 - - - 1,798.00 999.00
Incoming resources from
charitable activities Totals		 15,162.00 - (525.00) - 14,637.00 11,944.00
Other incoming resources
IN006 - Grants/Payments to
Fabric Fund		 - - 1,260.00 - 1,260.00 1,260.00
IN017 - Sundry Income 8.00 - - - 8.00 15.98
IN023 - The Centre Recharges - - - - - -
IN096 - PSF Recharge St Paul 15,499.96 - - - 15,499.96 17,875.00
IN097 - Miscellaneous
Recharge St. Paul		 75.98 - - - 75.98 1,346.30
IN099 - Income Credit to
Journal - - - - - -
Other incoming resources
Totals		 15,583.94 - 1,260.00 - 16,843.94 20,497.28
Incoming resources Grand
totals		 101,387.02 363.01 12,533.06 **- ** **114,283.09 ** 107,304.88
RESOURCES USED
Cost of generating funds
EX012 - Fundraising
Expenditure		 369.57 - 1,709.66 - 2,079.23 2,766.93
EX0125 - Fundraising
Zimbabwe Expenditure - - - - - -
EX014 - Candles Votive - - - - - -
EX0971 - Gift Aid Received On
Behalf Of St Pauls Transferred - - - - - -
to Their Account
EX015 - Bank Charges 114.17 - - - 114.17 75.53
EX023 - Parish Lunch Club - - - - - -
Cost of generating funds
Totals		 483.74 - 1,709.66 - 2,193.40 2,842.46
Charitable activities
EX001 - Parish Support Fund/
Quota		 50,000.04 - - - 50,000.04 48,000.00
EX002 - Utilities 5,156.68 - - - 5,156.68 5,594.80
EX003 - Insurance Church 6,433.84 - - - 6,433.84 7,759.60
EX004 - Church Cleaning 68.22 - - - 68.22 -
EX005 - Church Maintenance &
Fire Support		 2,599.80 - - - 2,599.80 1,142.24
EX006 - Altar Services 1,015.46 - - - 1,015.46 1,251.65
EX007 - Organist 3,750.00 - - - 3,750.00 2,250.00
EX008 - Organ & Choir 2,154.97 - - - 2,154.97 1,096.45
EX009 - Missions 480.00 - - - 480.00 2,470.00
EX010 - Insurance The Centre - - - - - -
EX011 - The Centre Letting
Expenses		 5,316.00 - - - 5,316.00 -
EX013 - Sundry Expenses 60.00 - - - 60.00 1,662.70
EX016 - Church Admin 4,741.08 - - - 4,741.08 3,799.76
EX018 - Young Person Ministry
Expenditure		 - - 477.64 - 477.64 42.36
EX019 - Printing/Stationery-
/Advertising/Website		 677.03 - - - 677.03 1,180.45
EX020 - Church Finance
System		 151.02 - - - 151.02 150.38
EX022 - Clergy and Training 93.61 - - - 93.61 2,256.07
EX027 - Fabric Repair - - 1,224.02 - 1,224.02 4,881.52
EX030 - The Centre
Maintenance		 420.00 - - - 420.00 -
EX031 - Church Grounds
Maintenance		 467.00 - - - 467.00 4,186.00
EX032 - Flowers - - 357.61 - 357.61 334.43
EX034 - Church
Fabric/Furniture - - - - - -
EX099 - Expenditure Credit to
Journal - - - - - -
Charitable activities Totals 83,584.75 - 2,059.27 - 85,644.02 88,058.41
Governance costs
EX026 - APCM /PCC Expenses - - - - - 24.78
EX029 - Independent
Examiners Fee		 - - - - - 25.00
EX033 - Monthly Offering
Envelopes - - - - - -
Governance costs Totals - - - - - 49.78
Other resources used
EX0081 - Organ refurbishment - - - - - -
EX028 - Wedding/Funeral Fees
to Contra		 786.00 - - - 786.00 517.00
EX096 - PSF Expenditure
Recharge St. Paul		 15,499.96 - - - 15,499.96 14,700.00
EX097 - Miscellaneous
Expenditure Recharge St. Paul		 96.58 - - - 96.58 483.15
Other resources used Totals 16,382.54 - - - 16,382.54 15,700.15
Resources used Grand
totals		 100,451.03 - 3,768.93 **- ** **104,219.96 ** 106,650.80

Notes to the 2024 Financial Statements for St. Michaels and All Angels Church, South Beddington

1. Funds

a. Choir Fund:

The Fund balance at 31 December 2024 stands at £1,801.26, represented by:

b. Fabric Fund

i. (Designated): The Fund balance at 31 December 2024 stands at £317.49, represented by:

  1. Opened Balance: nil.

2 Income: £317.49.

  1. Expenditure: £nil.

  2. Closing Balance: £317.49.

ii. (Restricted): The Fund balance at 31 December 2024 stands at £2,273.30, represented by:

  1. Opened Balance: (£4,062.68).

  2. 2.Income: £7,560.00

  3. Expenditure: £1224.02

  4. Closing Balance: £2,273.30.

c. Flower Fund: The Fund balance at 31 December 2024 stands at £1002.02 represented by:

i. Opened Balance: £975.11 ii. Donations: £384.52 iii. Expenditure: £357.61 iv. Closing Balance: £1002.02

d. Legacy and Bequests: The Finance Committee determined that we should report and track legacies, as we received a number in 2021. This will enable us to manage the spending of these gifts as the legator wished and ensure transparency. Legacies provide us with the opportunity to share the gift of giving with future generations. They are an investment in the life of this church and pass on the joy of giving. The Fund balance at 31 December 2024 stands at £29,122.37, represented by: i. Opening Balance: £29,122.37

ii. Sundry Legacies: £6,245.30 iii M Booth: £3,000.00 iv. S Jones: £5,622.37 v. Fr D Ede £20,000.00 vi Expenditure: £6,245.30 vii. Closing Balance: £29,122.37

e. Organ Fund: This has been very well supported this year. Represented by: Opening Balance on 31[st] Dec 2023 £51,381.23 i Organ Fund Donations and sales £ 3,094.38 ii Fundraising Expenditure during 2024 nil

iiii Fundraising Expenditure claim received in 2024 but paid for in January 2025 from 2024 -£1709.66 iv Closing Balance 31 Dec 2024 £54,475.61

f. Youth Ministry : The Fund balance at 31 December 2024 stands at £1,604.28 represented by:

i. Opened Balance: £1,916.40 ii. Donations: £120.00 iii. Expenditure: £452.43 iv. Closing Balance: £1,604.28

g. General Fund : The Fund balance at 31 December 2024 stands at £56,707.68 represented by: i. Opened Balance: £55,666.69 ii. Income: £ 101,492.02 iii. Expenditure: £ 100,451.03 iv. Transfers: nil v. Closing Balance: £56,707.68

2. Agency Collections: A number of appeals have been supported this year

xii £98.10 was transferred to the Sutton Nightwatch early 2025, collected during services late in 2024.

Xiv £61 found to be still in system from previous year by examiner for MacMillan confirmed paid 01/05/25.

Closing Balance: £432.73.

Independent Examiner'5 report to the trusteÈslmembersof The Ecdesia51iol Payrth of South Beddington and Roundshaw. lffttorpor3ting St Mithael & All Angels Churth South Beddington And St Paul's Church P￿ndsha￿ Charity reEirion number. 1197967 I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 De￿mber 2024 whtch are set out on the following pages. ectl¥e re nsibilities of the Trustees and Inde The Charity's trustees are responsible forthe preparntion of the accounts. The chartty's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Sertion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Char¥ties Act) and that an independenr examinatior) is rheeded. It is my ￿SponSIbl11tY • to examine the accourjts under section 145 of the Charities Acr. • to follow the procedures laid down in the General DirectÉons given by the Charity Commission (under section 14515Mbl of the Charities Att. and to state whether parttcular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Inde ndent Examtner's Statement My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination indudes 3 review of the accounting reo)rds kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those record5. It also indudes consideration of any tjnusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide 311 the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is gtven as to whether the accoL¢nts present a 'tfue and fair" wew an(1 the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Inde endent Examiner's Ststement In connection with my examination. no materral matters have come to my attention which give me cause to believe that in any materi31 respect-. accounting records were not kept in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act or the account5 do not accord with the accounting records or the accounts (fjo not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form an(1 content of accounts set out irs the Charities (Accounts and Report51 Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accourrt5 give 3 true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an Independent Examination. I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which 3ttention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed..-.... . Date: l May 2025 Mrs. Anne Golbourn. 22 Stuart creS￿￿t Croydon CRO 8QP 07800 755363 Charity Re8istration Number 1197967