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Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024

Registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales as the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement, Sandwich. Charity Number: 1201047

Parish Office, St Clement’s Hall, Church Street St Clement’s, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9EH [e-mail] 020 3089 4745 www.stclementssandwich.org.uk

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2024 Annual Report
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The Parochial Church Council (PCC) constitutes a registered charity, number 1201047. The PCC members who have served from the APCM in April 2024 until the date of this report were:

The Reverend Sebastian J.M. Hamilton Rector (ex officio) Dawn Baxter-Phillips Deanery Synod Representative (ex officio) Diane Coller Churchwarden (ex officio) Lin Connor Elected PCC Member (Safeguarding Officer) Howard Evans Churchwarden (ex officio) Derek Kirkaldie Elected PCC Member (Reader) Stephen Kirkpatrick Elected PCC Member (Hon. Treasurer) Emma Montgomery Elected PCC Member Andrew Motion Elected PCC Member Valerie Oates Elected PCC Member (Hon. Secretary) Angela Trim Elected PCC Member (Electoral Roll Officer) Kevin Wright Deanery Synod Representative (ex officio)

Richard Palmer serves as Gift Aid Secretary.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is responsible for co-operating with the Rector in promoting within the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC also has maintenance responsibilities for St Clement’s Church, the Rectory, the Hall and the Churchyard.

Administrative Information

St Clement’s Church is situated on the sole rise of land in the Ancient Cinque Port Town of Sandwich in the Benefice of Sandwich (St Clement) and Worth (St Peter & St Paul). It is part of the Church of England and is in the Diocese of

Canterbury. The correspondence address is the Parish Office, St Clement’s Hall, Church Street St Clement’s, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9EH.

Structure, Governance and

Management

The Churchwardens are as set out in the Churchwardens Measure 2001 and are ex officio members of the PCC. Deanery Synod and other PCC members are elected as set out in the Church Representation Rules. PCC members are trustees of the charity. All church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll.

Public Benefit Statement

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, Charities and Public Benefit.

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Rector’s Report
Fr Sebastian Hamilton
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In 2024 we gathered to launch, with great celebration, the Warm Welcome Project – an umbrella project guiding our life together to 2030. The title was inspired by our need to replace the defunct boiler which plunged us into the depths of winter in 2023. Against huge odds our new boiler was blessed at our Patronal Festival by the Archdeacon of Ashford, and gave a true warm welcome to our Christmas visitors.

The fact that we had a new boiler working within 14 months is a sign that ‘with God all things are possible.’ Let this be our bold theme as we walk together into 2030! In 2024 the particular areas of mission we focussed on, following the vision of the Warm Welcome Project, were as follows:

TEACHING & PRYING

The Christian life begins and ends with worship and prayer – all our mission flows out from it, and we bear all things back up in prayer again. Therefore worship and prayer should be our first consideration.

Holy Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer 1662 is celebrated each Sunday at 8:00am, and on Wednesdays at 10:00am. The Parish Eucharist is sung each Sunday at 10:30am. Said or Sung Eucharists have been offered on other days for Feasts or other pastoral reasons throughout the year. A huge debt of gratitude is owed to all who have contributed to our worship by acting as sidespeople, readers, intercessors,

and servers, along with those who prepare refreshments, and to all who contribute by their presence and willingness to welcome new members of the congregation, and visitors.

During Lent I provided a brief ‘commentary’ each week on a different aspect of our worship, and this was the topic of our Lent Course as well. Holy Week was marked by daily services, and our Christmas services were attended by 25% more people than in 2023, and 95% more than 2022. Nine Lessons and Carols saw 222 people attending, and the Christingle packed the building with 250 people. Several Sundays during the year were marked especially as feasts – Corpus Christi was a personally special day as Rhys was confirmed by the Right Reverend Doctor Michael Turnbull, followed by a garden party at the Rectory lasting more than seven hours.

I am grateful to share licensed ministry here with, and be blessed personally by, the Rev’d Robin Bendall, the Rev’d Dr Jeanne Males, the Rev’d Howard Pashley, and our Reader Derek Kirkaldie. While +Michael Turnbull has now retired from licensed ministry, I am so pleased that he continues to advise and minister to us all in many other ways. Of course our Choir is at the heart of so much of our worshipping life, and I pay great tribute to Julian Sampson in particular for his leadership during 2024.

Ecumenical links are maintained

primarily through Churches Together in Sandwich, with an ecumenical outdoor service in Holy Week and prayer breakfasts on occasion throughout the year.

This year we celebrated six Baptisms at St Clement’s, two of which were during the 10:30am Parish Eucharist (something it would be good to see continue) – thank you to those who made visiting family and friends feel welcome. Five weddings took place, and twenty individuals had a funeral, thanksgiving service, and/or internment of ashes at St Clement’s (across 31 services). Funeral ministry is therefore an important part of our life at St Clement’s, and a key way in which we serve the wider community.

In 2025 I hope to see these foundations strengthened and broadened. In particular there is much more we could do to learn together about our faith, and it will be exciting to see how this could be developed. We can confidently publicise our worship as something transformative and life changing – thank you to all who make this possible.

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

St Clement’s supports many of our local schools. I am a Governor at Sir Roger Manwood’s Grammar School, and we host (or I am involved in arranging) several services for them throughout the year. We also host the Year Seven Christmas Carol Service for Sandwich Technology School,

and it has been exciting to see our relationship with Sandwich Infant School grow and develop across this year – including several visits to the church from classes for lessons on Christianity and church buildings. I cannot go walking around the town at 3:40pm without getting many ‘Hello Fr Sebastian!’ greetings from pupils of all ages.

Alongside our school engagement we support the weekly Toddler Group meeting in our Church Hall, and in 2024 a new children’s area was created in church.

There is no overnight strategy to suddenly increase our work with children and young people, but I am moved by the passion with which members of the congregation long to see us make this a focus, even if this means sacrifices for themselves. 2025 will be the year in which we really start to put meat onto the bones of our plans.

PASTORL CARE

Pastoral and social care of the parish is offered faithfully by members of the congregation, because this is a responsibility that we all share. A time for fellowship is particularly available at the weekly Friday morning Coffee Pot in the Hall.

I have also made many visits to people at home or in hospital, and in 2025 we will continue to discuss what this ministry could look like for a wider group of volunteers to take on. Naturally this will need careful consideration in terms

of training, safeguarding, time commitments, etc., but there are many different ways in which to pastorally care for one another as a parish church and God will guide us in how we are to do this at St Clement’s.

TOURISM & VISITORS

I have joined the Sandwich Tourism Forum (a group set up by the Town Council), in order to ensure that our developing plans at St Clement’s play into wider visions for tourism to Sandwich. We need to find new ways to invite people in to hear our story, while still celebrating our role as a place of peace and prayer.

LITTLE GARDENS OF SANDWICH

It is now several years since ‘Little Gardens’ was last held, and I thank Rhys Llewellyn-Harries for taking on the responsibilities of Secretary of the Committee. Watch out for more information in due course!

ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WIDER PARISH St Clement’s has a role, through members of the congregation informally or more formally through myself, with virtually every organisation and aspect of life in Sandwich. The parish church has a unique role in being a ‘non-partisan’ place in which to draw people and groups together, such as when we hosted Hustings before the general election, or in our civic responsibilities.

2024 was a busy year in my role

as Chaplain to the Mayor, who for the year bore the responsibility of Speaker of the Cinque Ports, and at St Clement’s we hosted a number of events – most notably the Speaker’s Day Service, and the honour of an official visit by the new Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Social media continues to be an important way of connecting with local people, sharing more of our life with our parish and breaking down preconceptions, and in 2024 we launched a new-look website.

AND FINALLY...

Finally (but certainly not least), often hidden in the Parish Office but so vital to our life, it has been a pleasure to work with Caroline Flynn, our Parish Administrator, since her appointment in May. Between us we have set up many new computer systems – from the way our emails are hosted to how accounts can be operated, a centralised calendar for the church and Hall, and digitising our huge archive of paperwork (from PCC minutes to fabric work quotes going back many decades). Caroline tackles everything with humour and attention to detail, and having a Parish Administrator has changed not only my ministry here, but impacts positively on us all.

To her, to our extraordinary Churchwardens who are great partners in the Gospel day after day and have had an impact in every aspect of our life, and to whom we all owe a great deal, to all our Officers, and all who work

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Churchwarden’s Report
Diane Coller
Howard Evans
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During 2024, the Wardens continued to have regular discussions with the Rector, the Revd Sebastian Hamilton, on parish, Church and church fabric matters.

Many of our responsibilities were eased by the employment of an administrator, Caroline Flynn, who has contributed to the routine administration of Church and Hall activity admirably.

CHURCHYARD

The strip of land in the churchyard extension next to the Rectory garden boundary is now the site for the burial of cremated remains and related memorials to form a double row. Faculty application was submitted in late 2023 though formal approval is still awaited.

We particularly thank Barry Brooks and his team of volunteers who work often and long to maintain the vegetation and general tidiness of the churchyard.

Fabric, Goods & Ornaments

The Warm Welcome Project This was launched in autumn 2024. This Project will inform, where appropriate, much of the gentle re-ordering within and of the fabric over the coming years.

Heating As the church regulations changed in the summer of 2023, the old boiler, condemned as unsafe in autumn 2023, could no longer be quickly replaced for something similar. To comply with the latest requirements, it was necessary to obtain professional advice (Hawden MEP Ltd) that every sustainable alternative (e.g. solar panels, batteries, ground and air heat pumps) had been explored and was impracticable given the church building and location at the current time. (Doubtless some of the sustainable low carbon emission alternatives will become more suitable in, say, ten to twenty years’ time.) The only practicable alternative was a gasfired boiler heating. With the strong support of the Archdeacon

of Ashford, the Diocesan Advisory Committee was satisfied that the parish had indeed investigated all feasible sustainable alternatives and approved the installation of a modern efficient gas-fired boiler. Six companies were invited to tender by our project surveyor, B & M Co. Ltd, of which Grummant (Heating & Plumbing Services) Ltd, Ramsgate, submitted by far the lowest – being about half that of the others. The installation of their recommended double-boiler indirect system was installed almost to time in November/December 2024, the thermostat control system was not fully installed until end-February 2025. The new external temperature sensor, we have recently discovered, faces the rising sun – far from ideal in vernal and autumnal conditions. Our inspecting architect, Fiona Raley, has outstanding concerns with the installation of the flues above the Bone Room.

Maintenance All routine cleaning and clearance of gullies and gutters, now quarterly, has been done. Regular inspections

for insurance purposes have the flagpole replacement will be been completed. An asbestos covered by our insurers. We are inspection was conducted in May grateful to Martin Thorley and 2024. Remedial work on the Bruce Williams for supervising organ blower was completed. this work.

The tower floodlights have been switched back on from sunset to 23.00 since the November 2024 patronal festival.

Misericord Our inspecting architect is still to secure an estimate from a specialist craftsmen to effect a suitable repair. The Sound System One of the ‘collar’ radio microphones has been away for some months for repair.

Children’s Corner Since September 2024 a simple children’s corner has been created in the north-west corner of the nave for use by young children and their parents.

The Tower The tower flagpole finally collapsed in a January 2024 storm while awaiting replacement. Water ingress to the bellringers’ chamber was stemmed and the tower roof sealed. The weathervane atop the old flagpole was recovered from the nave gutter and, as it has now been found too heavy for the replacement glassfibre, will probably be installed in the Hall office and a a suitable lighter replacement will be mounted on the new flagpole. Almost all the work involved with

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi was installed, almost invisibly, in the church in early December 2024 with transmission between the Belfry and the Hall where wi-fi is already installed. This has enabled reliable contactless payments near the north door, remote control of the heating and, in future, enable ‘broadcast’ services and the reliable use of hand-held devices within the church.

Church Hall

The gutters and gullies were cleared. Necessary toilet cisterns were repaired or replacements installed with the local plumber, Nick Cunningham. All regular insurance inspections have been undertaken.

The entrance lobby and office were all redecorated with a new noticeboard.

The dishwasher was serviced and is now working well.

The doors and front windows will be repaired and repainted dureing April/May 2025.

Health & Safety Policy and Risk Assessments

The Health and Safety Policy, Risk Assessments and Fire Risk Assessments have all been reviewed recently, being completed at the beginning of March 2025.

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Churchyard
Rediscovered
Project
Barry Brooks
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Throughout the last year St Clement’s Churchyard has continued to play an important role in the life of the St Clement’s Congregation, the Sandwich Community and visitors to our church and town. Some of this growth has been triggered by social media where the Churchyard’s profile has been raised locally and regionally. For example, by ‘Get Wild’ (a YouTube nature video blog) and Kent Wildlife Fund’s

The Peggy Rosseter Bee Garden

During the winter, thanks to the donation of a set of redundant railway sleepers and soil, the volunteers created a small wildflower garden for pollinators nestling by the wall near to the Bug Hotel. Tis spring we had our first real ‘Crocus Walk’ leading from the main pathway to the Apiary Garden. Tis spangle of flickering purple has provided yet another dimension to that part of the Churchyard. As mentioned above, the garden itself remains in rude health with all of the plants flourishing and maturing.

Facebook and YouTube videos. One highlight was our appearance on St Clement’s on-line service for the Church of England, this was a very special moment for everyone involved in the churchyard project. This diverse exposure has resulted in an increased number of visits from beyond the town specifically to look at what is described as our ‘rewilding project’. Thankfully this increased external interest has not detracted from our commitment to make the the churchyard a tranquil and welcoming green space where everyone has the opportunity to linger and reflect, relax and thus improve their general health and well-being. This year, in addition to our glorious spring flowers, we have begun to recognise and promote the joy of birdsong.

In last year’s report I referenced the disappointing support received from Dover District Council’s (DDC) Parks and Gardens Team. I am pleased to report that 2025 has begun much more positively and, following a meeting with Darran Solley and Sean Gilmore of DDC, we have agreed a plan for the year ahead and identified

specific tasks that DDC’s teams will undertake at different times of the spring, summer and winter. The Churchyard has already benefitted from the first of these as the area to the north west of the churchyard, where we planted a Wildflower Meadow last year, has been cut back to allow the plants to develop. One piece of continued valuable support from the DDC Team has been the

SPring Bulb Meadow

Te meadow in the Churchyard has once again been seen as a beautiful spring attraction as first Crocuses, then Daffodils followed by Tulips appear among the swifly growing Queen Anne’s Lace which will eventually take over and produce white clouds of flowers drifing right across the Churchyard.

Disappointingly, last year the number of bulb donations from the Congregation fell dramatically. Te volunteers would be very grateful for as many bulbs as possible to be lef in the North Porch so that we can dry them out for planting in the autumn.

Garden

garden of remembrnce

Tis is no longer the responsibility of the project or the volunteers. Te PCC now have full responsibility for cutting the hedge and strimming the ground as well as removing the fallen leaves during the autumn.

fortnightly collection of the green waste generated by the volunteers.

Our use of Social Media continues to raise the profile of, and interest, in the Churchyard. At the time of this report our private Facebook page, St Clement’s Churchyard Rediscovered, has 109 followers (an increase of over 50% during the year) and our e-mail group, which comprises volunteers past and present, has 52 members. The Facebook page continues to be an excellent vehicle for providing

updates on, and photographs of, developments within the churchyard and the e-mail serves as an ideal mechanism for keeping volunteers updated on forthcoming events as well as convening working groups for Churchyard tasks.

The apiary and the bee garden remain a central attraction and focus for the project. Once again, the Apiary provided a unique venue during Sandwich Arts Week where a display of beerelated poems and images were sited around the garden. This year, thanks to Janet and Richard, the garden has been especially well tended - with new plants for pollinators being regularly added. The second edition of our bee booklet has proved very popular and the ‘bee booklet

Churchyard Donations

Te Churchyard Project has continued to attract a range of financial and other support over the past year from individuals and groups. Te project continues to benefit from donations of garden equipment and tools that can be stored in our ‘luxurious’ new gardener’s hut, which itself was donated. Last summer we received a large financial donation which enabled us to buy a new flatpack hive. More recently, we were contacted by the wife of a retired beekeeper who donated a complete hive. Te hive requires a little TLC but that is something that we are well able to provide.

box’ near the apiary continues to need to be regularly ‘topped-up’. Rumour has it that a third edition

The Open Legacy Green Initiative

Te Open Legacy Green Initiative: the funding provided by the initiative continues to provide resources for the project. Tis past year we have used the resources to fund different elements of our work:

• The St Clement’s Apiary: Te second edition of our Bee Booklet has proved as popular as the first one and copies are increasingly limited. A third edition will be published once the remaining copies of the second booklet have been distributed. During the winter 2 of our hives were removed, cleaned, painted and prepared to be returned to the apiary in readiness for the swarming season.

+ECHOES FROM THE PAST: Now that the booklet has been published, the research volunteers are preparing a short introductory leaflet which will support a guided tour of some key graves and gravestones. Te plan is for this to be available for the Little Gardens of Sandwich in July and Sandwich Arts Week in September.

• ST CLEMENT’S TREES: Work is ongoing on recording all of the trees and shrubs in the churchyard. Te plan is for this information to provide a guide to the many varieties to be found there. Once completed and published this information will be made available in a free booklet similar to the one we produce on the bees.

• THE BIRDS OF ST CLEMENT’S: A small group of volunteers has begun to plan the production of a booklet on the birds and sounds to be seen and heard as you walk around or through St Clement’s. Tis work will build on Peter Findlay’s work from last year and is at an early stage and an update will be available via the project’s Facebook page during 2025. We are pursuing the idea of installing boxes for Swifs in St Clement’s Tower through the Diocese and have received permission from DDC to install Bat Boxes on the trees in the Churchyard, and, more importantly have a volunteer prepared to make them.

• The FLOWERS AND PLANTS of St Clement’s: Te volunteers are currently recording all of the flowers, plants and wildflowers to be found in St Clement’s Churchyard. At present there is uncertainty as to whether these records will be available in a booklet or on-line. Tis is something to look forward to during 2025.

The Stories of those buried in St Clement’s Churchyard

Last year this report highlighted the work by Jean and Lynne to create a lasting record of the inscriptions on tombs and tombstones of those buried in the closed churchyard. Tis book has now been published thanks to a generous donation from KCC’s Community Member’s Grant Fund. Entitled Echoes from the Past the book will be launched afer Easter when members of the Congregation and the Community will be able to secure their own copy at a suggested donation of £10. Tis full colour booklet is a treasure house of information and we anticipate that it will be in great demand so the donations will be used to fund future reprint costs. A date for

is currently at the planning stage and this will be introduced as soon as all of the copies of the second edition have been exhausted. The year just passed has been a very successful one for our apiary where two new colonies were introduced in April 2024. Then as the result of successfully splitting a colony and capturing a swarm, we entered the winter with 4 colonies. Sadly, the smallest of the colonies did not survive the winter but we have entered 2025 with three strong colonies and three Queens who are already laying brood.

One of the project’s aims has been to educate people on aspects of our flora and fauna. This year we have been able to realise this by introducing Anton, Veronica and Mark to bee-keeping. Each of these brave individuals at different times donned a beekeeping suit and joined St Clement’s Bee Custodians as they inspected

the hives. Each of these was a joyous occasion and we look forward to introducing many more individuals to the mysteries of beekeeping in the future. Another important occasion in the Apiary Calendar is The Blessing of the Bees. Last year this took place on St Benedict’s Feast Day, Thursday 11th July at Noon. A large group of visitors gathered in the Apiary Garden where Reverend Doctor Jeanne Males, Chaplain to the St Clement’s Bees conducted a short Service followed by refreshments. During 2025 The Blessing will take place on Friday 11th July at noon.

We continue to be invited to give talks or write articles on the churchyard project and on the St Clement’s Honeybees. At one point last autumn we were contacted by a journalist who was hoping to interview us for an article in Country Life but, sadly, that line of enquiry seems to have gone away. In the past year talks have been given to Sandwich Women’s Institute and Age UK for Deal and Sandwich. Both of these resulted in generous donations to the churchyard project. We have also been visited by volunteer groups from Thanet Beekeepers Association, St Peter’s Church in Broadstairs and St Martin’s, Great Mongeham. During the year the Churchyard Project was shortlisted for the Church of England’s Green Church Award. We were the only Churchyard that was shortlisted and were highly commended for our unique approach to Green Issues. We were also cited as an excellent example of Churchyard development in a recent conference at the Cathedral by the ‘Green Church’ Representative for Thanet, Reverend David Tate.

As part of our aim to evoke the

past whenever and wherever it is appropriate, last summer Paul travelled to Surrey where he learned how to scythe using traditional methods and tools. He was most taken by this experience and now owns his own scythe and peening pony. Scything is seen as a much more environmentally friendly way of cutting long grass, as he will be happy to tell you during one of his demonstrations planned for later in 2025.

On reflection, last year was a very successful year in the Churchyard as many of our aims and objectives for the project were met and/ or advanced. The flowers and trees were wonderful throughout the year and there were many visitors who enjoyed the peace and tranquillity of our beautiful green space. The apiary garden flourished and the new colonies of bees settled and enjoyed their new environment; there were even exciting times one of which was when the Rector discovered a swarm in the Rectory garden.

HONEY AND CANDLE DONATIONS

Project funds continue to be supplemented by donations received in return for the limited amount of honey harvested in late spring and summer from the St Clement’s Apiary. Last year we also harvested several pounds of bees’ wax and produced twenty small packs of St Clement’s Tea Lights. Bob keeps the project’s own financial records but this is done in alignment with the PCC Treasurer who records and retains all of the project’s expenditure and income within the church’s General Fund. We are very grateful for Steve’s continued support and diligence.

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Choir & Organ
Julian Sampson
Director of Music
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The choir continues to thrive and enjoy the music that it prepares and sings within our Sunday services and at special events. We continue to maintain a very quick turnaround of music, usually learning it on the Friday night and singing it on the Sunday morning. This is all made possible by the loyalty of the membership. Very few parish churches in this area have a competent robed four-part choir that sings on a regular basis, and to such a standard that we are invited and welcomed to sing elsewhere and at Cathedrals. We are encouraged and supported by our clergy and loyal congregation as we contribute to church life at St Clements and at Worth.

The weekly music continues to be very diverse and over the past months we have sung not only in the traditional religious languages of English and Latin, but also in German and Hebrew. It is good to follow the church’s seasons and complement the services with seasonal music in Advent, Christmas, Holy Week and Easter. It is also a privilege to sing for specific events within our town such as the 2024 D Day Anniversary celebrations. Remembrance Sunday is always a poignant time and last year we sang the Fauré Requiem liturgically and in January the choir marked the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on World Holocaust Day. These solemn events allow

us to sing particularly moving and emotional music. We were so pleased to be able to contribute to the Church of England Online Sunday Candlemas service from St Clements – a rare privilege for our church and our choir to show to many viewers around the world what we do and who we are in Sandwich

Following our well-established tradition, it has been a great pleasure and privilege to sing “in other quires and places” - notably our parish outing to sing at St George’s Chapel Windsor in July and our two visits to Canterbury Cathedral. The Windsor trip was great success, and we were supported by a full coach of parishioners. We sang for the All Saints Day Choral Eucharist at Canterbury Cathedral in November and a Choral Evensong at Christmas. The Canterbury services are livestreamed on YouTube and so the choir performs to many thousands in a global congregation. This year we will be singing at Southwark Cathedral in August – our 39th Cathedral service since we started these trips in 2008.

We are indeed only a small choir, and benefit hugely from Robert’s accompanying skills and support. The ethos of the choir is very much as a team and this year we have been particularly remembering and supporting

those members who are currently ill or incapacitated and unable to be with us on our weekly journey through a hugely varied musical repertoire underpinned by our strong resolve to keep music at the forefront in St Clements.

Following the very significant work carried out on the organ in the last year, we have seen the organ gradually settle down as the intricate timberwork reacts to the changing temperatures and humidity in the church as the new heating has taken effect. High and low humidity is a real threat to the organ and in the past year it has ranged from around 50 to 90%. We are getting this under control which means the instrument is mechanically more stable and better in tune. It has been a privilege to host two organ concerts last year; a Bach recital as part of the Deal Festival in July and our own Robert Tapsfield’s popular “The Organist Entertains” Sunday afternoon tea and cake concert. Those who attended were thrilled by the popular programme of light music that would certainly not have been heard on a Sunday morning during church worship! We look forward to his 2025 concert which will be in a similar vein.

Thank you for your continued congregational and clergy support.

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Deanery Synod
Dawn Baxter-Phillips
Kevin Wright
Deanery Synod Representatives
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During the year, three meetings of the Sandwich Deanery Synod were held.

Our March meeting included a lively presentation by our Archdeacon Darren Miller, entitled ‘Our church buildings and the creation of new Christian communities’.

Through discussion, our thoughts were provoked as to how we can reimagine our churches for community use and build new communities by utilising our shared space in a more fruitful way.

Father Darren looked at ideas about how to use our churches in more diverse ways, from revamping our church guides, introducing prayer trees, giving space to foodbank collections and using the buildings as concert venues. Additionally, through these ideas and initiatives, we could hopefully build enhanced links with other local Christian and faith communities.

Our June meeting included a presentation from Jen Tobin, the

Diocesan lead for Children and Youth Ministry, on the obligation we have to nurture young people into our Christian communities in today’s changing and challenging world.

Ideas centred around offering safe social spaces where generous and caring relationships can be forged, hopefully giving children and young people a sense of belonging and peace in our anxious world. Also discussed was the development of a five-year plan to identify resources and possible obstacles, and the possibility of recruiting youth ministers in parishes to assist in getting ideas off the ground.

In our October meeting, Canon Seth Cooper, the rector of St Mary’s Walmer, shared his thoughts on a course being run in his Parish entitled ‘Practicing the Way – a pathway for apprenticeship to Jesus’ A very enlightening presentation which explored the book ‘Practicing the Way’ by John Mark Comer and the course that runs alongside,

with renewed ideas for individual spiritual formation, meditation techniques and fresh spiritual disciplines.

Seth commented throughout, that different from the well-established Alpha course, this course provided an opportunity for a spiritual health check and a more meaningful use of prayer time, especially in today’s busy world, whilst keeping a strong handle on the truths of the Christian faith.

As at all meetings, any relevant deanery information regarding changes to clergy in parishes, finance matters, safeguarding and general deanery news was also shared and disseminated as necessary to parishes. More detailed minutes are always available for further reading.

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Churches in Society
Ken Young
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The object of the Churches in Society Charity is to promote and support the social welfare and well-being of people,voluntary/ self help groups and organisations within the Sandwich deanery (Deal , Walmer and the Sandwich area of Kent), by provision of grants that meet social and environmental needs within these areas. Trustees are appointed by the Sandwich Deanery Synod, and meet about six times a year. The winter meetings held by Zoom and the summer meetings at St George’s Church Deal.

The grants are awarded to groups that are registered charities. The following are the charity groups awarded grants in the past year:

Deal Speaking Up

A new childrens swing in North Park.

Deal Pride Various Activities.

Friends of Sandwich Infants School Providing Fluency books

United Families Providing Christmas Meals

Dealt

Supporting Young Carers

Porchlight Helping the Homeless

Clarion Housing Canterbury Women’s Shelter

The money for the grants is generated from the interest on money invested from the sale of a property some years ago. The total amount granted in this past year was just over £4,200

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Church Hall
Diane COller
Churchwarden
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St Clement’s Church Hall continues to be well used during the week for various activities and classes; currently the only available weekday times for hire are Wednesday mornings, with all other daytimes and evenings fully booked. There are a wide range of activities/classes offered, including Tai Chi, Pilates, Yoga, Active for Life Classes, Ballet, Toddler Group, Coffee Pot, Chess (Junior & Senior), Worship & Workout, Living Lively Singing, Fitness classes, Table Tennis and Women’s and Men’s Circle groups.

In June 2024 our Parish Administrator Caroline Flynn

started work, very quickly getting to grips with the organisation and running of the hall; all hirers were issued with updated Conditions of Hire and Application/Agreement Forms; these will now be sent out annually. Caroline also helped with updating our hire costs for classes/activities, and for parties, wakes and social events, including a deposit which is now required for social activities and use of the kitchen. The Parish Office and entrance hall were redecorated, and a large noticeboard has been installed which displays all the activities and classes taking place throughout the week, as well as space to advertise weekend bookings.

The Christmas Coffee Morning and Raffle held at the end of November 2024 proved very popular; an excellent £800 was raised for St Clement’s funds.

Thankfully there were no major maintenance issues during 2024, apart from on-going issues with the dishwasher which have now been resolved.

Grateful thanks must go to Jenny Bradshaw who volunteered to look after and maintain the garden/ grounds around the hall; she has already made such a difference, and is even planning to grow a few vegetables near the Barnsende Court entrance.

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Bell Ringing
Jan Raes
Tower Captain
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Upon the resignation of Sally Wall in September 2024, I was voted in as the Bellringer’s Tower Captain together with Vice Captain, Martin Thorley. With a renewed spirit, the team was quickly reset and with the help and encouragement of a new Admin team and all the ringers, a keenness to move forward shone through and was most encouraging.

A regular place in our home tower was quickly made for new learners Alanda and Carol. Thanks and appreciation go to those who gave up extra voluntary time for extra training and to Tina from Sturry for her monthly journey to us to share her teaching skills. Both ringers are now settled into making good progress within the band.

As the months moved forward, our Wednesday practice nights continued to be well attended and selections to cover for Sunday services showed keenness and good availability.

In November our plans came together for a small tower trip visiting the nearby churches of St Nicholas at Deal, St.Martin’s at Great Mongeham and St. Mary’s at Walmer. Always a fun and sociable annual event gaining experience on other bells in other towers with an enjoyable meal afterwards organised by our new social team.

December is always full of bellringing opportunities and 2024 was an exceptional one for our ringers, with 8 services over the

festive season and no shortage of ringers wishing to take part. There were other occasions where our ringers stepped up ~ a Renewal of Vows service, Remembrance Sunday, a Requiem Service, a Funeral Service, ringing to support Human Rights and for the Cinque Ports Federation.

It is clear to me how much we are growing and developing into a stronger and more committed band and we look forward to continuing to serve St.Clements in all the ways we can and to also building a strong ringing community in our area.

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Electorl Roll
Ann Trim
Electorl Roll Officer
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The number of members recorded on the Electoral Roll at the time of last year’s meeting was 163.

During the year following there were five additions to the roll and the names of 10 members were removed. Of those removed seven had died, and three had moved away from the area.

Under the Church Representation Rules a new Church Electoral Roll

has to be prepared every six years and every person who wishes to have their name entered on the new roll must apply. Unless they do so their names will not be included in the roll. A new Roll is then compiled from applications received.

St Clements has recently been through this process. All those named on the Electoral Roll were contacted with details of how to

apply and a new list of names was compiled from replies received. This became current on 21st April and the list of names included has been available to view within the church since that date.

The number of names listed on the new roll now stands at 136.

Safeguarding LIN CONNOR Parish Safeguarding Officer

As Parish Safeguarding Officer, my role is to support the PCC in Safeguarding responsibilities for St Clement’s Church and St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Worth. My primary role is to ensure that the Church is a safe place for all, including young children, young people and vulnerably adults. Part of putting this in place is to monitor safeguarding training and policies.

I can hear your collective groan! I totally understand and used to feel the same way but since doing my training and with the greatly disturbing things that have been happening in Churches, I now feel strongly that our Christian love is expressed by protecting everyone who come to our Churches. We have a duty to God to do all we can to ensure that our Churches are safe and loving environments for all seeking and worshipping God.

The monitoring of Safeguarding has become much more formalised, and we now have an online Dashboard that allows the PSO and Rector to know what training is needed for the various roles within the Church and encourage and monitor the safeguarding training of those in different positions of responsibility. This will only apply to people in certain volunteering roles within the Church. You might feel that you only have a very minor role within the Church, but you are still able to care for any who are part of our community or seeking to be part or even just visiting the Church.

The Safeguarding courses are online, there are 6 available, each taking approximately 1.5 hours to complete and most people will only need to do one or two. A certificate is awarded on passing the course which lasts 3 years. On the Dashboard, I can keep track of who does what course and remind people when new training is needed. I know this sounds onerous and unnecessary paperwork but to volunteer within the Church we need people who are aware of safeguarding issues and know what to do if they have concerns. I am working my way through the different roles within the Church to let people know what is expected of them. Interestingly though many less DBS certificates are needed. The link to the training is: https:// safeguardingtraining. cofeportal.org

If you are new to the training, make sure you scroll down and register as you will not be able to log in until then.

Please be aware that if you have any concerns, however small about safeguarding issues or training, you can email me on safeguarding@ stclementsandwich. org.uk or phone me on 07789367462.

There is a Dicoesean Safeguarding department to advise and support me. You may of course also speak to either of the Churchwardens or the Rector.

This is becoming quite a big job for me so I would be very grateful for your support, once we have our Dashboard up and running things will become much easier.

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PREFACE to the
2024 ACCOUNTS
Steve Kirkpatrick
Honorry Treasurer
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The Financial Statements for 2024 are set out on the following pages.

Our income and expenditure for the year is reported on the Statement of Financial Activities on page 5. This shows that our total income across all funds was £216,449 and our total expenditure across all funds was £203,335. Consequently, we have reported a surplus of £13,114. Naturally, it is always pleasing to report a surplus, but it should be noted that income from three legacies totalling £46,855 has made this possible. In fact, had we not received this legacy income, we would have reported a deficit of approximately £34K.

Income details across all funds are shown on pages 10 & 11. Planned Giving, our main source of regular income, increased last year, but continues to remain lower than pre-pandemic levels. Whilst income from Donations, Appeals & Grants fell overall, this is only

due to income from legacies being lower than that in 2023. Indeed, I am pleased to report that we saw an increase in both service collections and donations income in 2024. Our income from parochial fees and the rental of the church hall also increased, as did the funds raised by the Advent Coffee Morning event. This enjoyable event raised £884, which was a most welcome contribution to our General Fund. Special mention must be made once again this year for all those involved for their valued contribution.

All our restricted funds remain in good order. Grateful thanks must be given for a generous donation specifically towards the cost of the new church boiler, and income from the Mary Atwood’s Churches’ Charity resulted in a further £33K being deposited to the Fabric Fund.

I’m pleased to report that our typical church running expenses remained under control. These

details are shown on page 12. Maintenance costs for the church hall increased during the year due to the refurbishment of both the parish office and the entrance foyer, and the upgrade of some fire safety equipment. In addition, we now have payroll costs following the appointment last year of our much valued parish administrator, Caroline Flynn. As usual, our most significant expense was our Parish Share contribution, and I’m pleased to report that this was paid in full in 2024.

Fabric Fund expenditure exceeded income in 2024. The installation of the new church boiler has been of great benefit to the entire congregation, although this project has cost a total of £53,903. As mentioned earlier, we received a very generous donation towards this expense, and we were able to cover the remainder of the cost from our reserves in the Fabric Fund. I have also made an application to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme and

hope to obtain a grant of £8,984 to cover the VAT charged on this project. In addition to the boiler works, we committed some funds to have Wi-Fi installed in the church. This has provided a number of benefits, including our new contactless giving machine beside the north porch, which is already much used.

Following all financial activity relating to 2024, the balance sheet on page 7 shows that we had net assets of £439,316. Details of how these net assets are split across our various funds can be seen on pages 16 & 17.

We continue to look for areas where we can increase our income, and very much look forward to the Little Gardens of Sandwich fundraising event returning in 2025. I would also like to take

this opportunity to remind you all of the Church of England owned Parish Giving Scheme (PGS). We joined the Scheme two years ago, but it appears that some of you have continued to make your regular contributions by standing order, and some have actually ceased to make a regular contribution direct to our bank account. Please do let me know if you have any concerns about the scheme, or if you require any further information before deciding to participate. The main beneficiary of your contributions via PGS is our church by providing an assured, regular and tax-efficient source of income with virtually no administration.

We will also continue to control future expenditure wherever possible, but certain demands on our finances are unavoidable. Our Church Architect carried out

the Quinquennial Report of the church early in 2024, and although she expressed satisfaction at the general condition of the church, some essential and recommended works have been identified that will need to be carried out over the next 4/5 years. The cost of these works will inevitably place pressure on our Fabric Fund, but we are indeed fortunate that the regular income from the Mary Atwood’s Churches’ Charity will make this work a manageable task.

We continue to rely on our loyal Church family and the local community, and the PCC is very grateful to you all for your generosity and support. Your continued support will enable our beautiful parish church to fulfil its mission by maintaining a Christian presence at the heart of our community.

Charity registration number: 1201047 St Clement PCC Sandwich Annual Rtport a[￿ Financial Slaiem¢nts for the Year Endcd 31 D¢c¢mber 2024

St Clement PCC Sydndiyich Contents (continued) Reference and Administrative Details TrLLStees' Repori 2103 8thtement of Tn]stees' Responsibilitie5 In(kprndenl Examinees Report Statement of Financial Activities 5t06 Balancc Shcet Notes to the Financial Statements 8t020

St Clement PCC SY4Ddivlch Reference and Admlnlstratlve Detalls ReY¢rend S J Hamilton Trn$tees Reverend S J Homilton H A EvaDs S M Kirkpatrick D B Kirkaldie D E Coller V Oates K M Wright D Baxter-Pbillips 1201047 Ch&rlty Re¥lstratloll Nmmber Prlnelpal Offl¢e St. Clem¢nt8 Hull Chwoh Street St. Clettmts Sandwicb Kent cr19 9EH llldependent Examkner Graham Reju￿]1$ FCA Jndepelldent ExatDiner The New Barn Mill Latte Sandwich Kent cr13 OJW Pa8¢ 1

St Clement PCC SaDdivlch Trustees, Report The tNstees pres¢nt the annual report together with the financial ststenwnts of the charity for the yur ended 31 December 2024. ObJe¢tlve8 and 8Ctfvltles ChoAt4ble ohjects The obj¢¢t of the clwity is pronM)ting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Ghurch. The charity's policy is to invite suitably qualified local T￿ople to become 'frustees of the Charity. The appointment of any new truste¢s during the ycar are eonfirrned at th¢ Annual CJen¢ral Medin8. Organlsaiiomul &tr¥¢ts¢re ofthe Chority The chairman is responsible for the day-to-d&y adMIni￿tratIOn of the charity a]Ml reports to the trLLStees on a regular basis. Th¢ tTh￿tee5 meet ￿ requir￿ to ensure that the charity is prOr￿rIY administered aljd to make any policy deci510￿. PAblic bÉn¢fit The truslees confirn) that they have ¢on)plied with tb¢ rwuiTements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due tegard to the public benefit guidance publishedby the Chority Commi￿10n for Englat)d and Wale5. Pglty reserves The reserves of the charity are rnaint#ine<l at a level that the trustes eonsidor will n￿¢t ￿tllre costs, whether planned or not. They are used as and when necessary to meet the charitable objective. Control All fitJan¢ial ￿￿tterS are dealt with by the treasur¢r subject to thc approval of the trustees. The TnJst¢es examine the major risks that the Chsrity faces each fintncial y¢ar whcn preparing updating the tratcgic plan. The Charity is developing syst#t￿ io monitor and control thesc ri8ks to miiigatc any impo¢1 thai they may havc on the ￿tllre of The Parochial Church Council of the E¢clesiastical Parish of St CleEntnL Sandwich. n8ntial revie The charity has a total surplus for th¢ y¢ar of £13.114 which is made up of G¢n¢ral fuTNls of £27,447, tksginatcd funds of-£10,334 and R¢stri¢ted funds of -£3.999. Page 2

St Clement PCC Sandwleh Trustees, Report (continued) Statement of Trnstees, Responslbilitie5 The In￿leeS &rc responsible for prepating the trustees, report and th¢ financial statcments in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Genernlly Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations. The law applicable to Charities rcquires ihc trust¢es lo prcpare financial stat¢Jntiits for c2ch financial year which give a truc and faiT view of thc Stsic of affairs of the charity and of the incoining Tesourccs and appli￿allon of resources of the charity for that period. In preparillg these fllyaucial slatc￿ellts, the trthstees ar¢ required to.. select suitsble accounting policies and thcn apply them conBjBtentiyi observe the m¢thod% and principles in the Charities SORP,. ake judgem¢nts' and estimatcs that are rc8sonable and pnJdEnt: state whether applicable accountittg siandards havc beell followed. subj¢¢t to any matuial deparnw¢5 disclosed and cxplaincd the financial Statements" and prepare the financial statcmcnts OTJ the going ￿)Ccrn basis wiles5 It is inappTopriat¢ to pr¢sume that thc charity will con¢inue in business. The trnstees are responsiblc for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with re&$onable accuracy at any time the fjnallciai position of the charity and enable them to ensur¢ that the f￿ancial statcments comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charitic8 (ACCO￿ntS and Reports) Rrgulations 2008, und the provisions of thc constitution. The tnL%ice5 arc also r¢sptsn.%ible for saleguarding Ihe a55Lls ot. the charity and h¢we for taking sonable steps for die preveniion and deieciion of fraiid and other irregulariiies. The trustees are re%ponsible for thc mainteDance and integrity of th¢ corpor4tr and financial infom)ation in¢luded on thc Charitablc compan￿$ wcbsit¢. Legislation governing the prcparation and dissemination of fiEMicial statements m&y differ from l¢gislats"on in other jurisdictions. Th¢ annuèl r¢port was appmved by the trustees of the ¢harity on I l May 2025 and signed on its behalf by." evbrend S J Hamilton Chainnan and trustee S M Kirkpatrick Truste¢ Page 3

St Clement PCC Sydndwleh Independent Examiner's Report lo the trnstees of St Clement PCC Sandwieh I report to the trustees on my exaD]ination of thc accounts of St Clernent PCC SandwiLh for the year ended 31 D¢cember 2024. Respou51blllties and basts of report As the ¢haTity WStee5 of st Clement PCC Sandwich you are respon%ible for the prepardtion of the accounts in accordance with the rLquirerncnts of the Charities Act 2011 ('th¢ A¢t'l. I rcport in respect of my examination of the St Clemcnt PCC Sandwich's accounts carried out und¢r section 145 of the 2011 Act and iTJ carrying out my examination I havo followed all the applicable Dire¢ts"ons biivcn by the Charity Commission undeT S¢Ction 145(5)Ib) of the Act. Independent examltt¢r'& Statem￿nt I hav¢ ¢ompleted my examinalton. J confJrn] that no matErial matter8 hav¢ ¢ome to my attention in connection th the examinatton giving me ¥(iU5e to believe that in #ny material respect- l. aLcouoiin¥ Tecords were not kept in respect of St Clement PCC Sandwich as r¢quired by SC¢tion 130 of the 2. the accounts do not ac¢ord with tbose records. or 3. the accounts do not comply with the a¢counting requirements ¢oncernin8 the fotin and content of ￿CoUnts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Rcports) Regulations 2008 other than any rcquirerncnt that the accounts give a 'tsue and latr vi¢W which i.% not a matter con%idered as part of an indepcnd¢nt cxaminaiioll. J have no cotLcems and have come acTOSS no other matters ill conlltttion with the examination to which attention should be diawn in thi9 report in orderto cnable a proper understatJdi]]g of the %counts to be reaclHJ. (Lea Graham Rennells FCA Independent Examiner ICAEW The New Barn Mill Lalle Easty Sandwich Kent CT13 OJW 12 May 2025 Page 4

St Clement PCC Sandwlch Statement of Flnanclal Activities for the Yeydr Ended 31 December 2024 UDrestTlcted Restricted nds Total 2024 Totsl 21123 Deslgnated Gen•r•l Nots Donati¢)ns and Icgaei¢3 Activities for generating funds Invcstmetjt incotne Other in¢om¢ Total income 141,480 46227 187,707 263,448 689 11,029 4,129 4.449 16L,087 11,718 12.575 4,449 216,449 9,649 43.013 3,742 319.852 8,446 689 54,673 Expendlture 0￿. Charitable aLtiviti¢s (5,867) 1138,796) (58,672) {203J35) (207.392) Totsl expenditure (5.867) (138,796) 58,672) (203,335) (207,3921 Net loutgoingyincoming resources before transfers (5,178) 22,291 (3.999) 13,114 112,460 Gross transfers behveen ds (5,156) 5,156 Net movem¢nt in filnds (10,3341 27,447 {3,999) 13,114 112,460 Rrconclllatlon offunds Total funds brought forwdrd 16,296 121.453 288,453 426202 313,742 Toial funds caEYied 13 5,962 148.900 284,454 439,316 426,202 The not¢8 on pages 8 to 20 fonn an it)tegral part of these fJnanGial statements. Page S

St Clement PCC Sandwlch Statement of Finanelal Aetivitks for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 {contlnued) Comp•rative Flgures for the Year Ellded 31 December 2023 Unrestrlcted funds Restrlcted funds Total 2023 Note Income and F4ndowm¢Ats froTh: Donations and lcgacies A¢iivities for generatikng funds Investm¢ni inGoJDe Othcr income 220.921 9,649 2,235 3,742 42,527 263,448 9,649 43,013 3,742 40,778 Totsl income 236,547 83,305 319,852 ExpeDdl¢ure Chan'iabl¢ activiti (200,0.$8 (7,334) (207.392) Total expenditur 1200.058 7,334 (207.392) Net income Gr05s transfers betwcen funds 36,489 61.167 75.971 (61.167) 112.460 Net movemcnt in fimds 97.656 14.804 112.460 RecDneiliatiOD of f￿ndS Totsl fiuuls brou¥ht fonvard Total fimds ¢arried forward 40.093 273,649 313.742 13 137,749 288,453 426,202 All of the charity's activities derive from contilluitig uperations during the ab(Trve two periods. The funds b￿akdOWn fot 2023 i5 shown in llvte 13. The notes on pages 8 tr) 20 fonn an integral part of these fjnancial stst¢ments. Page 6

St Clement PCC Saudwleh (Regl$tr*tion number: 1201047) Balance Sheet as at 31 Deeember 2024 2024 2023 Note Fised assets Tangible assets 4,314 4,125 Current Assets Debtors Investrnent$ Cash at bank and in hand 10 16,212 108,058 366.661 5,670 103.846 327.438 490,931 436,954 CreditOTS: falllng dve wlthin one year Net eurrent assets 12 (55.929) {14,8771 435,002 422.077 Net wets 439.3 16 426.202 FuDd% of tb¢ charity: ResÈActed Inetsme fvnds Restricted liind$ 13 283.954 288.453 Unregtrlttcd Income fund Unrestri¢¢ed fi￿15 155,362 137,749 426.202 T￿111 fuDds 13 439.316 Thc finatjcial statemrllts on pages 5 to 20 w¢re approvcd by the trustees, al￿ authorised for ibSU¢ on I l May 2025 and signcd oll their brhalf by.. S J Hamilton Chaimwn aDd tn￿{ce S M Kirkpatrick Truste¢ The notes on P41ges 8 to 20 fonu an inte￿] part of these financial statements. Page 7

St Clement PCC Sandwieh Notes to the Ffinancial StAtements for the Year Ended 31 De¢¢mber 2024 l Accountlng poileles Ststemcnt of compllanee The financial ststern¢nts have been PTepared in accordallcc with the second edition of the Charities Statement of RecoTnmcnded Practice issued in October 2019, Ihe Financial Reporting StaT]dard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ir¢land (FRS 102) and the Clwi¢i¢s Act 2011. B&si$ fyf preparation St Clement PCC Sandwieh meets the definition of a public benefit sntity wlder FRS IU2. The accounts (financial statetnentsl have been pr¢pared under the hIS￿rical cos1. convention with items r¢cogni$¢LI at COSL or transaction value unles5 oth¢rwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. Goln¥ coD¢ern Tbe tnJste¢s con8id¢r that there are no m&tcrial uncertaintie5 about th¢ charitys ability io continue as & goin Income and tndowments Voluntary income including donatio￿ gifts. le¥aci¢s and grants that provide core fLmditi8 or aT¢ Ot. a general natUTe is reci)gnised when the ¢harity has entitlemeut to the income. it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be Tnea.Yllred with sufficient ￿liabIlity. Do#41ions IIAd legaciej Donaiions and legacies are recognised on a receivable basis when receipt is probable and the affi￿unt can be reliably measured. InveslmentiRcome Dividends are reco8ni$ed once the dividend h& been declared notifi¢ation hab b¢¢n received of the dividend E￿e￿dItllr¢ All expenditure 15 recogniseii once there 18 a legal or constrnctive obli8ation to that expenditurc, it 15 probabl¢ settlement is required and the atnounl can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated tr) the applicable expendimre heading that aggregate similar costs to that ¢aiegory. Wh¢re coyts cannot b¢ directly attributed to particular headings they have be¢n allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resoutces, with central staff Costs allouted on the bafis of time spent, and d¢prcciBtion charues allocated on th¢ portion of the asset's use. Other support ¢osrs are allocated bas¢d on the sprcad of staff costs. Ch4rilable ￿¢11171¥e￿ Charitable expenditure o)mpri5CS those ¢osi8 incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services tOT its belleficiaries. Ii includc8 hoth costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect natuie necessary to support them. Page 8

St Clement PCC Sandwich Notes to the Finan¢lal Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 {contfinued) Txxgtitsn The charity is ¢on¥idered to pass the tests set out in Paragrdph I Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it rneetq the defiiiition of a charitable compaiiy for UK corporation tax purposcs. Accordi￿g1Y, the clydrity is ptsteiitially excrnpt from iaxatioii in respect of income or eapilal gains received within ¢alcsi(Trries overed by Chapter 3 Part I l ol. the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of thr Taration of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent tha¢ such income or gains ure applied exclusively to charitable purposes. Tan%iblt fixed A$$et$ Individual fixed assets ¢ostill￿ £100.00 or more are initially r¢cord&1 at Gost, less any subsequ¢nt accumulated dq)r¢¢iation and subsequent a¢¢UmUlat￿ impairnient losses. Depred4¢lon and mortigtlon Deprcciatiot) 1.% provided on tangible r￿ed asset$ so as to write off the coyt or valuation. less aoy estiTnated residllal value. over their expected useful economic life as follows.. A55et class OtTJce equipment Depreciation method and rate straI￿t line ovei 5 years Research and develop￿ent ResearL'h and devrloptnent expetjd1￿re is written off as incurred. Current asset iDve8tments Cknrrent asset investsn¢nts are in¢luded at the lower of ¢o$t and net r¢alisablc value I nmrket Yalue. C4sh and eaih equlvalent8 Cash and c&%h equivalents ¢ompri5e c&sh on haJMJ at￿ call deposits. and other thort-tern) highly liquid investments that arc readily convertible to a known amount of cash aNI are subject to all insignificant risk of change in value. Fund structyre Unrestricted income fi￿dS are ￿lleral fiLtHls that are available for use at the tswste¢s discretion in furtherance of the nbjectives of the Charity. Designated fLUMls are utjrestricted fuJMls set aside for specific pu￿05¢5 at the disuetion of th¢ trustees. Re5trxcted inLornc funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specifi¢ purposes, the use of which is r¢styiLled to thai aTea or purpos¢. Firtanci81 Instrnments ClowlJlc4tiDn Financial as%ets and finanLial lidbilities are r¢CO￿lised when the ch8rity I￿¢0￿c5 a paty to the contraLtu#l provisions of th¢ instrurnent. Financial liabilities and cquity instruments ar¢ ¢la5Stfied a¢cDrdiD¥ lo the sub&tanc¢ of the ¢ontractyal atrangemellts eniered inl0. kn equity in8trwnent is any colltract that evidtn¢¢s a residual it)iere&i the assets of the charity after dedu¢ting ull of its liabilities. Pagc 9

St Clement PCC Sandivleh Notes to the Financial Statements for th¢ Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued) Recognilion 4nrfmedsuréMÉnl All finwial assets al￿ liabilities are initially measured at trAnsaetion price (including transaction COSts}. except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or lo￿, which are initially measured at fair value (which is nommlly the transaction price excluding transaction Costs), unless the arrangement con5titytes a rinancing trarnsaction. If an arrangemcnt constttuies a f￿ancing tranbaction. th¢ finan¢idl a55et or financial liability is measured at the prcsent Vdtuc of the future payments discounted at a market Tate of interest for 8 similar debt instnllnenL FinaNciY41 as5¢ts and liabilitie5 are only offsei in the statemeni of financial position when. and only when there ¢X15ts 8 legally enforceable right to set otT the recognised amounts and the charity intends cithcr to settle on a nct basi4 or to realise the asset and settle the liabilily simultaneously. Fit]ancial ￿Sets are dcre¢ogni8cd Ivhcn and only when a) the contrabtual right$ to the cash flows from the finanLldl asset expire or are se￿1¢¢ b) the charity transf¢rs io another party substantially all of the ri¥ks and r¢war¢Js of ownership of the financial ass¢L or cl the charity. despite having r¢tained som¢, but not all. sigDificant risks aDd rewards 4)f own¢nhip. has transfcnrd control of th¢ asset to another party. Financia] liabilities Ate der¢cognised only when tb¢ obligation specified ID the contract 15 discharged. catscellcd or¢xpires. Investments Investrncnts in The C.BF Churrh of Engl￿d Deposit Fund¥ arc mcasur&l at fatr value through profit or loss. Where fair valuc cannot be measured reliably) inve5tttMts ￿ mea¥ured at cost less in)pairn]cnt. 2 Income frtsm d•n#tions And lega¢ies Unrestrleted runds General Restricted fllnds Total 2024 Total 2023 DOJJatioTh￿ and l¢ga¢ies' Plann¢d ￿vIn DollatiuDS. appcals and grants Parish share prior adjust￿￿1 CollcGtions- open platc Gift aid reel&imed Reversal of provision 48,037 65.413 48.037 111,640 44,335 178,396 14,450 5,468 9,56 11,231 263.448 46.227 8.645 19,385 8,645 19,385 141.480 46.227 187,707 PE4ge 10

St Clement PCC Sandwich Notes to th¢ Financial Statemenls for the Year EDded 31 December 2024 (contlnued) 3 1rt¢•Th¢ from other tr4dlng 8¢￿VItIeS Unre8trkted futsd$ Deslgnated Gener4l Total 2024 Tot1 2023 Events incorne.. Hall income Othcr events incom¢ 10,l45 884 10,145 ,573 8,97R 671 689 689 11,029 11.718 9,649 4 Investment IDcome Unrestricted Res¢rlcted fund$ Total 2024 Tot1 2023 GenerAI Interest receivable and similar ltsierest receivable on ballk deposits Other income from Current asset investments lllve$Lm¢nt itKreasalldecreas¢) ' fair value 4,129 4,875 9,004 6,531 1,921 1,921 1,863 1.650 .650 34,619 4,129 8,446 12,575 43.013 5 Other Inct)me Unrestrkted f￿ndS Gener41 Tot*1 2024 2023 Wedding alkl fi￿etaI fee itieome 4.449 4.449 3.742 Pag¢ll

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St Clement PCC Sandwich Notes to the Flnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued) 7 Trujtees rtmuner&tion expenses During the yeor the charity made the following transactions with trust￿8.. Reverend S J HaJnil¢on £4.213 {2023.. £2,579) ofexpen5e5 were reitnbursed ts) R¢ver¢nd S J HamiitOD during th¢ YM. H A Evang £88212023.. £1.674) of expenses were reimbursed to H A Ev8ns during the ycar. K L Bennett £Nil (2023,. £1,106) of expense5 were reimbursed to K L B¢nr]¢tt during the year. V Oates £Nil (2023.. £265) of exp¢J]ses were reimbursed to V Oates duTing the y¢ar. D E Col]er £503 (2023: £1,031) of ex￿ls¢S were reimbur5cd to D E Coller during th¢ year. D B Klrkaldle £11812023.. £1,11 l) of expenses were reimbursed ttTr D B Kirkaldie during the year. S M Klrkpatrlek £16712023.. £99) of expense8 were re1mb￿r5ed to S M Kirkpatrick during thc ycar. D Baiter-Pbiilips £18 (2023.. £Nil) of exp¢n5t5 were reimbursed to D Baxt¢r-Phillips during the year. No In]5tees. nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the ¢harity during the year. No trustees havE received any other b¢n¢fits from the chatity during th¢ year. 8 T*x8tion The clmrity ts a r¢gi$tgT¢d charity ond is therefore exempt from taxation. Page 14

St Clement PCC Sandwlch Notes to the Financial Ststements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued) 9 T*nglble r￿ed 8s8etJ FurDlture 4Dd equipment Total Cojt At L January 2024 Additions 5.156 .526 5.156 1.526 At 31 December 2024 6,682 6.682 Depreclatlon At l January 2024 Chdrge for the year At 31 D￿ember 2024 1,031 ,337 1,031 1,337 2.368 2,368 Net book value At 31 De¢ember 2024 4)14 4,314 Ai 31 Dec¢mber 2023 4,125 4,125 10 Debtors 2024 21123 Trade debtors PrepaynKnts VAT r¢coverabl¢ Other debtors 70 2,544 8,984 4,614 1,863 3.8(Tr7 16,212 5,070 IA CurreDt a9set itivestments 2024 2023 Listed other slmres 108,058 103,846 12 Creditsrs: amounts falllng due withln one vear 2024 2023 Other cr¢dito A¢cru4ds' 3.795 52.134 5.183 9,694 55,929 14.877 Page IS

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St Clement PCC Sandwich Note8 to the Financial Ststements for the Year Ended 31 Deeember 2024 (eontinued) 14 An*lys15 of net Assets behveen funds Totsl funds &t 31 December 2024 Vnr¢s¢rlcte41 fund# Genernl Ikslgnat¢d Restricted funds TaJ]¥ible fixed 98sets CutTetJt assEIS Currcnt liabilitics 4,314 151.01)4 15.918) 149,4(K> 4,314 490,931 155,9291 5.962 333,965 (50,011) 283.954 Total net assets 5,962 439,316 Totsl funds •¢ 31 December 2023 Unrestrlcted funds GenerAI De$igThated Restricted funds Tangible fixed assets Current asscts Cll￿ liabilities 4.125 127,022 (9,694) 4,125 436,954 14,877) 426,202 16,296 293,636 {5,183) Total net assets 121,453 16,296 288.453 Pa8e 20