Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St
Clement with St Barnabas and St Matthew, Finsbury,
London
(A Par¢¢hI￿ Church Councll)
Financial Statements
and
PCC Members. Report
for the year ended 31 December 2024

Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement
with St Barnabas and St Matthew. Finsburyi London
IA Parochlal Church Counclll
Index to the Financial Statements
for the
ar ended 31 De¢•mber 2024
Page
Indèx to th• Flnanclal Statements
PCC In10rn￿1l0n
PCC Membor5' RgpDrt
stat•m•ht OIPCG M•n*•rs' Respor4thlW¢I
Ind•pend•nt ExwThln•rfs R•port
stst•m•nt ol Flnanclal Acuvllles
Stat•m•nt of Flnandal pa￿{10n
io
Statgmqnt of Cash Flows
11
Aeeountlnq Pollclos
12-13
Notes to tho Accounts
14-10
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Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew. Finsbury. London
IA Parnchlal church Counclll
PCC Inforniation
for the
•ar ended 310ecember 2024
Status:
Tho PaK￿l￿al Churth C(rtwKa IPCCI 15 a c#xpor31e tx¥Jy established by Iht Church of
England. 11 15 cr¥isbtukd and govemed by IhB Pamchial Churth CounciLs (Powers) Measure
1956 la5 amended) and the Chuth Represenlatbon Rules120111. Under tharitable lawthe
M￿be(S oflhe PCC arE the trust￿ of the exe4pied thality. In th•se f4)anc4al Slatements.
depenthJ ￿ the contex( m￿nI￿r$ ofth8 PCC scffjel*m•s r8ferrnd lo as twustees.
Charfty nam•:
Parodw Clnrth CourKI ofth¢ Ecclp5ia5ka Parish ofst Cl￿t wlth St Bamabas and
R•glst•r•d offic•:
St Clements VKarngè
Klng Swwe
LoThkn EC1V BDA
OpBratlons address:
Sl Laamerfs ItKarag•
King SqLtor¢
EC1V 8DA
ch￿r.
Troasyr•r.
Secrntary.
R•Wd Dav*J ￿l￿n
Rwd Or Err&?
Indep•nd•nt EX￿Intr.
ATm5trong & Co
chart8rpdAc¢O￿t￿ty$ & SMutL¥yAu
4a Prfnling
Hackney Roa
Bankers:
HSBC Bank plc
31 HolK
Londm ECIN 2HR
Th• CBF Church ol England FWNIS
One Ary•l Lane
LoThlon EC4R 3AB

Parochial Church Councll of the Ecclesiastlcal Parish of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew, Finsbury. London
{A Parochlal Church Counclll
PCC Member5, Report
for the year ended 31 Dectrmber 2024
The Twstee5. bging tho Paruchial ChLwch Counel ofthe Ecclesias1￿ Parish ol St Clement ￿th Sl 8amabas and St Matthvw.
Finsbury London. presenl Iheirreport tQgelhgr vfith the ffin￿l slatements for yeaf ended 31 ikcgrnb8r 2024.
anda
rniallon
st Ckmenl's Church is 51tual8d Squwe. the Lcrfthi partdlh8 DvJe•se of Lonth)n
qlhln lh• Church ol England. The cwrespfAKlence •Jthess b St Clernents IfiEJage. Klng Srware. LoThJon EC1V 8D
At the balenc8 sheet rjale the Parochlal Church IPCCI wasa dwity excepied from wislraliDn wilh U* Charfty
Cemmtsslon. On 23 April 2024 ts PCC W85 lonnaly ￿e￿stered as a Cha1￿y. rMmb•r 1207970.
PCC members have seNed bets￿n IhB 1st 2024 and thè dalè ofthe ol Ihi5 rnport arn:
Ex4)fficlo
Rewd David Alen (Inc￿m￿li
ClwJfthwardw
Elalne S￿be[land
Kw8ku Wlts8m dg Gr3ft Jr*mson Sjrnd
Elected m•mb•rs
Rwd Dr Ernke Keule
Ann Burgess
Nigel Fletchèr IDean•ry SyTh)J Rep- May 20241
Shery Lxk8n
Valerte Lang (Oèaw s￿ Repl
Calhertne Weir
Str
ov•
and mana
The appolntrnenl of PCC ts set out kn thé Churth Repwesw*alion RLl•& M wxthppw5 ￿ ¢ncoura9Ed lo wister on the
88ctoral Roll and St￿ lor el8rJM to the PGC.
Ob
¢tlv•$ •nd actlvlt1•5
The PCC share5 W￿1h th? kn*umb*)t thwchwardBnS reSpC￿S￿ty lor Trthole n4sslon ol ts Church wrthln Ihe patsh.11 also
has respDnsii )ilty for th8 malntsnanc• and ￿ ol the church lyikkngs. Ihe thrth ham rnovaNe Church pwopety.
Achl v8m•nls a
anc•
Chur¢h Att•Thlan¢•
On 31st Mwrh 2025 Ihefe wre 84 rnefthrn on Churth Electral Rcl. the as tho pr•vb)us year. ITh 2024 the average
Sunday altendance wa5 35 aLlulls and 5 clwldr•n. a *ht deC￿r￿ on 2023. In addllon. a livtr51rgarr￿d SBThice ol Spiritual
Cc¢nmunion conlinved lo ￿ broadcast INe al 9.knm Ilwh the pwi5h'5 FaceboL* and InstagrJrn pa9e5. Live attenda￿eS of
the broad¢a5ts were low￿ lh￿ during th• •ady stages of the Covid Pandemic. Nevertheless. VieV￿ng number
eonunued lo be around 50 Ihrou9hout the yw. The tvoadcast was apprecialed by those Lmable lo atterKI in person. Easter Day
and Chrfstmas Day K4a558s al 69 ￿[j 56 re5wli¥ety aso remained s•JrifKanlly ltrh*r Uwi prevPandernic figure5 lespecolly
Easterl. Th8 failure ol the he8￿[￿j systèm in ￿￿rnber 2023 has rAobably h•J ￿ ¥ffect on Ihp atteThJance through tha wini•r
fi￿nIhS it was very cold ln Ch￿h. The Chrislrnas SeThK• atlracted 70 •￿115 * childrerL A wlsh Chrt5bngle
S8Nce also atlrac18d sèv8fdl lam*es on the Fourlh Sthjay ofAd%*nL A nLmbèrol kxal and nurseries t￿Jght a totsl ol
over 250 chlldren and th81r famiks to St Clement'5 forChri5knas sw*es and ￿15 in Decefflber. ￿fvUgh not well attènded,
special semces such ag the NJI Sou15' Ma55 arml Ihe St Franci5ith Pel Bl•s4ng SeThKe brought on peopk from beyryjd tho usual
wcr5hlppln9 comiunity.
Th8 PCC mel a b[r￿sduring 2024 70% otterKlanrn.
Cwreg8liDn ￿VelS deueased a9aMI slYJhlty over the Jtar vaied W sl￿daY by SLwwJay. Dudng the year there Wèrè 1
baplism and 5 knerdls in Ch￿Ch. and one %%*ddwy. Falher cOrKh￿ 1 olh•r parish funeral elSBbyhe￿. A weekday
prDgramme ofsludy. felhmhip, ar￿ worshy continued lo evofve. huhJer8d by lack of in Ihe buildw￿. A very sm311
9roup of volunleers helped staff l)p8n Churth" on wednesda￿ lO￿2pM continued lo alh)w a st8ady trickle of pèopl• lo
sit the building for prayer. pasloral 5UPPQrt and ap￿eC￿"0Tr of th8 t￿ilding. A Missth Adion Plannlng group was lomied from
lh8 PCC to reflect on our mtssI￿ as'semng Cluth. aKI assisl Iho pl*%wYJ a pmgwme ofsiudy. le10￿hiP aTrJ
worship throughout the year.

Parochial Church Council of the Eccleslastlcal Parish of St Clement wlth St
Barnabas and St Matthew. Finsbury. London
IA Paro¢hlal Chwch Counclll
PCC Members. Report
for the year •ndod 31 DKombor 2024
L8d by th8 IncuN*8nl and chwchwarden4 m8mbw5 01th8 ￿r￿ra98￿ have c[￿111￿8d tD b8 Ytvolved in the care, deaning, and
preparalh)n of th? ¢hurth lorwryghip. aThJ fcff assbUn9 In and
We Continue to be deeply indebled to Rev'd Sr Helen Loder SSIA f(* hèr 5UPPTht Sunday by Sunday. Sr. Pam Radford SSM'S
U1￿que￿ vabJalAe b￿r￿ Yrilh St Clernenl's KwJ5 Cbjb d85Wte th8 all￿danc$ of lanmles with YOW￿ chlhlren remalns
foundational lo St Cle￿￿TrI.5 lo knllies ¥￿th ￿Jd11kfftaty, **'re grntehj lo Fr Pèt•r Bèmhard for pro￿dIng
cover and lo Rev'd Dr Emke Keulen weath.ng th[DU￿ the year. St Ckn8nt'5 Dyector of ￿51¢. Slgphen Office. also look on
the formal wle ol Parfsh Adn*nistsak*, lakivJ ￿ the ￿￿den ad[MI￿ %pp)rbve tasks. In bolh reles he conlir4Jes to
ènhance tha parish's rnWNstry.
Sadly. despite ellorts by all invd¥ed. Lilue St Luke's la moniNy Suity aft8Ml￿ chfid-C￿trad Eucharist based at St Luke's
School) lalled to generate Ihe supptyl or Inte￿1 lo susiain it and wa5 (li5continued In th8 surnmer 012024. St Clemerst's also
malnlaths a solid r•lalionship wth Inspirè ChurdK a Fresh Ewssion I0￿sed on the c￿ sI￿t a￿a (which is now based
at St Jams,, ckrkènw￿S Grèèfftl aloThJ *rylh Ihe neghbourin9 parths ol Sl GHes'. Crty*9ale aml OLW h*)5t Holy Redeemer.
Th8 use of the building lor rehearsals and c(mcerfs contiwed inrt at a rrMxlprethKed levd bBcause of Ihe lath ol hgating. Ythkh
11 serfously hlnder St Clement's mls%on and ministry as as th8 txxhknJ's use by local wps and paying cuslomorsll it is
not tackhd.
St Clèment's ChU￿h P￿￿ded pasloral carè llrflui￿Try ￿$1￿￿ of the and th& bereaved) and d￿b￿r$ell syants to MHIfvOdua15
and lamAi85 as well as chaities operaling in lh¥ UKarKI o¥w5?￿ A¢knllwN thslthlw)n for asylum ￿k￿lS 5tawng in a
I￿91 hotel was I￿Sted in SL Cle￿￿n1's.
st Clem¢nt's ClwJr¢h Ha]1 LV) C•ntsal Str80t to be kt to UK a children's rKYswyccAnpany. Thè 2&y¢¥
lèasè pwde5 p￿1$h whh ILWerrn fIn￿CIal vi*)ility. Stcknient's. *D7*ing Ihè LondDn DiDC85an Furwj. seeks a long-
term slralegy lor Ihe redevdopment of the ste for Ihe benefft ol the pwi5h and local neY￿boUrhC4)d.
A rnalor prolect, supwNled by extemal fvrKlwwJ from the RKlwd Ch*. the GwfKhJ West￿) Foundauon and th•
Benefact Tru5L wa5 carnpleted on the Spwe Tower sicMwrMk al a tolal cost of£83￿00. Tho s•eond phasè olthè rèstoration
ofst Clement's Church Organ a150 beg￿ in the aulumn. ￿der thB care ofTarquln Wlygin5. A delay ¢aused by Mrwlggln
suslaSnlThJ an ankle Injuryln OctobBr mDart5 that tiws wciect is hkdy kn be wr*led in 6wrMJ 2025.
Dlscusslons conunued on a replacement heab"wwJ system lor the cmwch. wmbated by a kntainalility Prr4ecl ¥wisored by lh8
Richard Cloud8sley Charity for Islinglon parth clwxche5. A repryi by Inspred Eff￿le1￿ ethmmissionèd by thè charily sugg851ed
thal an air-source heal pump wrrtdd be the most ¥iable altemabve Sl Cbement'5 to a ga5-&W￿ healing 5yStern. Majw Grants
from RCC have enabled Sl clem￿1,$, vnkiry wrilh our QI aFthitectAyaka Taw lo commisswb a feaslbillty ￿UdY Irom Cudd
Bénd•y 4ssocl8te5 whkh report kn earty 2025.
A new auknquonnial Repry¢ Is w du•.
Th& finanual posi1￿Jn ofst Ckrnent's remained Ihe Year 2024 a small deficit. The incLTh frc¥n lh• r•nt ol thè
Church H7Jl has rwowded a 50thd bas& Regular corWgalhM￿ via thè Parish Gwing schern? r¢moined stable. The
Income Irom the cdlects.ons durlng the seThices decreased compaT8d to 2023. amTrJ others due to IBSS thcome from coll•ctions
held thjrfng luneral 5eNce5. Th8 incorne frun Ihe use ol Ihe Clwh by otsr grow￿ de¢￿aSed due to the lack ol h•ating ovèr the
vAnter month5. Sl Clernent'5 benefitted Imm generous sUp￿rt lor maJLY p￿JECts as w811 a5 its daity Krk. The Ri¢h3rd
Cloudesley Charfjty offe￿d a grant of £54,000 fLw the WTe and TowEr Pro)Hcl and a ￿an1 of £40.CKXI for the restoralh)n ol tho
Organ. The Stire and Towet Pr(4ect was a150 SUF9￿ed by a gMt 01 £10,000 frryn Ihe Garfield We$lL•) FryffidalKJn and a grnrtt
of£3.750 from the Benefad Tru5L A 9enerousd(ffiaiw of£6,1)JO wa5 made Ihe •Jthtional costs Iw thg restoration aThJ
Its lulure maknlenance. The parish was atle to a Parish AdmYu51r*rfor 6.5 hours per vRek from April Ihanks to a
genérou5 donation 01 £3.753. The Sirwilllam J058ph Jordan Charity offwed a grant c4 £SOO kjr the 511PPOrt ol famlies and
Inthwduals in the area. Thi5 was used lo fund the 9rants Ihal Sl QewMI's distMW5es to indi¥idua15 and farnilies through Ihp Vicarfs
Dlscrelk)nary Funtt. Thls glves grants ol up lo E25 per applieaiTrDn for gWDcewiB5. ts3vel cards. ublity key and ca￿5 and other
nac8ssltiaS paid for by th• ¢)n bthall ol Ihe •gFknL A iolal 01£625 was i*strtKsed th￿"n9 2024.

Parochlal Church Councll of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew. Finsbury> London
IA p￿h[al Clwrch Coundll
PCC Members, Reporl
for the year onded 31 D•c•mber 2024
Pubmc 8ene
Sl Clements Nnstw benefits the publlc byway ot. regularMTh51w thal s open to all. the prDwsion ofsacred 5pac8 for perswl
prayer And contsmplation, paslcrfal IwKlwYNJ the wlWn9 01 Iho •wJ the bereavedl l•achh¥ chris￿￿NY through
sermons, cowsès and smal groups. taki￿ school assemtli•s. bym)tirffj Ih•vthole ofth• church through tts asslstanc•
lo older people. parenls thldren. and SUFv>rtry ¢lwii* Mi UK ty•sw.
R•suIts for tho yoaf
Th• r•$￿1$ ol th8 Period and ￿n￿laT Fosibon ofttrh• PCC *• shrrAm kn Ihe financlal slatemenls.
The Stat8menl of Flnancial Acti￿￿86 Sho￿ n•t T•$￿¢*$for ywof£4,692 ar￿ lunds of£79.577.
Res•Thfes Pollc
St Cl8m•ni COnbnu•s ta hold a small rns•rv• lo IN• Mainten￿ ofthè churth eonscious that vthlL81 rnalof
repair projed lo the rool is now complglg. fwlher￿[k5 wkl th• ¢tffThing years.
The PCC has established a ￿tricted fvnd to tsdale and protect ￿Sed lor lh2 repwof the organ.
Ind• •ndenl Exam
The Independent Examtiw. knthony Amistrrry FCA ofkn1￿ & Co. Chartered Ac￿￿[tsnts and Staiutory Aud*oTS. has
Indiealed his ￿llingneSS to be proposed for revapFK
&*Jproved by lh8 PCC on 26 April 2025 ¥#Y siJn¢d on Ihe* l*ha¥Ly.
Rewd Davld AIIBn. PCC Chalr

Parochial Church Councll of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew, Finsbury, London
IA Paro¢hlal Church Cound
Statement of PCC Members, Responsibilities
for the
oar ended 31 December 2024
nt f PCC mernbers. res
slbllHI•s
The PCC mefflbers are responsible for preparin9 the TIw￿e5 ReK¥%tand the fmaKial 5taiements in acwdance vith
appllcable law Vnlted KlnsTrkni Accounikng sianLl*ts (Unled I(ryd￿Th GwberalyAccepied Acc￿n￿ng Pradicel.
The PCC rnernber5 are w#ied by law to prep¥• fKwicial èach f4)antial pÈrbJd whith gNe a Inje and fair View ol
the financlal acuwtles ofthe PCC awwj oflts fu￿?1 ot the fjnd ofthal In preparMwJ those ￿andal slal•m•nls the
PCC m8rnbw5 are r8quir8d lo..
al Select s￿lab￿ accounting polcies and ath them ¢(￿lS1enty.
bl Obsem th8 mathods and princ¥4es In the Charibes SORP".
c) Make judgernents and estimates that are reason￿8
dl Follow applicable accounkng 5tandard5 and *al¢m￿lS ol reciffi￿ wactice. SLtyct to ary mat•rial departur•s
disc105ad awKF explained in Ihe acrmnts:
el Prepare the financial 51at8men15 on Ihe gJiryJ rnncem it is lo assume that PCC continu• in
operauon.
The PCC members are re5pon5NB IOT mairtaintThJ proper recryd5 wthkh dlscbse wlth rea%￿able accLwacy at any
Iwne the financial position of Ihe PCC and lo enable them io ensu￿ trRt th8 fffjwK3al slaterrthts coriwywith Ch*itiès Act 2011
and Ihe Church Accounting Regulaliorts 2(th. They are aL%o re5pwth IDf 5alBguardhJ the a55ets ofthe PCC and hen￿ lor
tsknng reasonable slaps lor Ihe p￿Vent￿)n and delec￿0￿ offr￿￿ aTrJ other wregul￿1ts8S.

Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St
Bamabas and St Matthew. Finsbury, London
IA Pwochlal Chur¢h CoundD
Independent Examinevs Report
to the PCC of Parochlal Church Council of the Eccleslastlcal Parish of St Clement wlth St Barn
I report on the aCco￿￿ofpa[¢th￿ Churth C¢xuKI ollhe E￿10$￿$￿ P¥¢h Of St C1￿￿￿T￿lth si Bamab•s St Matth8w,
Finsbury. London lor tho perfod from 1 J￿ary 2024 10 31 December 2024 set oul on p3ge$ 9 k> la. w report 15 in re5P8Ct ol an
éxAmin8tion Carried out in accordance *ilh the Churth Regulations 2006 Clhe Re9￿ations.) and the Chanties Act
20111 Ihe cha￿85 Acr i.
Thls r8p(*t L8 made s￿01Y to th8 mwnbws of ts PCC as a br•ty in accrydm Mth section 145 01 Ihe Charrbes kl ond
regulattons rnad• und•r section 154 ofthat ACL Kty •xanw4tK)n has b8•n ￿￿ortak•ft so that I mlJhtslate io the PCC mernbgrg
those matt•fs 1 orn rwir•d lo sktè to Ih•m in ￿ indèpend￿1 •xam*￿$ i•pcrft and r*0 otr*r Pu￿0$e. To the lullesl extent
pgrmltted by law. I do not arxept or 8554mg responsilxlty io an￿ olh8w than Ihe PCC and its m8mber5 35 a bLKty. lor my
•xaminalkJn, forlhis reporL or lorthe opinions I have lomRd.
R¢$pectlv• responslbllhles of members of tho trus10•5 and •xamln•r
As described on pa9e 7. as PCC rnember5 you are reSp￿￿ble for thè weparatitin otth• aetcths. and you t￿tsid•r that an audit
15 not required lor Ihls y&ar undortho Regulaur￿$ oi under se¢l*M 144(21 ol Ihe Charitye5 Acl IhJt an W￿9p9ndeTrl
eyAminalion Is neèded.
It 1$ my ￿SponsIbl11ty io..
al ey2rniM Ihe accounts urKJw sactioft 145 ol the Ch•thes
bl tts lollow the procedures lad d(mn kn the General Dweclkn by IhE Charfty Conynissth undor sedk>n 14515Mbl oflhe
Charities Aci.. afKI
cl lo Slate whether partKthr matt8f5 have comè to my allenlth.
Basls of Independent examlnorfs r•wt
My examSnaiw was ￿rried gut in accordawTr Ih8 general Dw￿liDn5 g¥v8n by Ih? Charity Cowrrni55h?n. An examinatiDn
Indudes a miew ol Ihe accounlkng records kepl by the d￿rity and a ofthe accounts presented *ith those records. 11
also include5 consid8faliDn ol unusual items or disdosu￿s in ts accounts. See￿fig explanatsons from the ITuslees
0￿8m1ng any such matter5. The procedures undertaken do not provlde al Ihe e￿dence that be requlred In an audlt. and
cOnsequen￿Y no opin¢on is gNen as tOfhth8ther th? acDMts we￿1 a Irue ￿ law ¥7￿ *¥J the reFt*rt is Iwnited to Ihoso maltars
set oul in the slaternent bel¢M.
Independent examlnorf5 Stat•mpTht
In connection rny examination. no mat•rial maliws ha* com• kn my all￿tion giws m• caus• to thal In, any
rnalerial ￿SPect..
• thg ac¢ounliThJ record$ w•r• not k•pt rn accordarth T*ilh se£llon 130ollhe chan.lies ACL.
• the accounls dld not accord ￿ lh• aecounlSng r•ctyds'. or
Ihg accounts dhd nol comply wilh the appbcablB reqwernents cc¥￿m￿ the form and conlent ol accoL¥)ts sel oul k) the
Charilies (Accounts and Reports} Reg￿a￿on5 2008 olhBrthan ￿ re￿1￿Ment Ihat the accoLwts grve a'true and fairf v*w
ich is not a malter c0Th￿dered a5 partol ￿ wKlepErwJenl exathlim.
I have come aryoss no olher matier5 In Connec￿On ￿lIh the eX0m¥￿t￿jn 10 TA*** *lenbon sh￿1 bo tr•wn in this r¢port in order
10 8nat18 a proper undersiaMJing ol lh• accourts to bo r•xW.
Anlhony Amistrong FCA
of Amistrong & Co
4a Pthllng Yard
Hackney Road
London E2 7PR
Dal•d: 26 Aprll 21125

Parochial Church Council of the Eccleslastical Parish of St Clement
with St Barnabas and St Matthew, Finsbury. London
IA PawN•l Chur¢h COWKIII
Statement of Flnancial Activities
for the
ar •nd•d 31 December 2024
2024
2023
Tol•l Fund*
Tolal Fynd¥
F￿d¥
FuThd¥
Notss
Incorn• from:
Donahons and legacies
Other Irad￿9
Inve5trnents
other
21232
135.174
156.406
74.956
1.852
193
31.0S9
70.997
1.055
1.744
1,852
4.692
3.SOI
Tot•1 kn¢om•
141807
241,407
104.85S
Expenditure on..
Charitsl)le •cllvlties
152.273
24Q099
101.839
Tot￿ expendI￿r•
93,126
152273
246,099
101.839
Not Incomolexp8ndltur•l and rnovem•rt In
fvnd•
4.TT4
19.4661
14.6921
3,016
Transf•rs b•lw•en tund5
17
11.9241
1.924
Not movernent In lunds
2,B5Q
(7,5421
14.6921
3.016
Rteonclllatlon of funds:
Total brought fonvard
12
59.874
24,395
84,289
81.253
Total funds carrfed farw•rd
12
62.724
16M53
79,577
84.209
Tho accompan￿n9 ac￿mIl[¥j po1Th5 and note5 1(wm an inlewal wt ol ihe5e stsiwmgnts.

Parochlal Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement wlth St
Barnabas and St Matthew, Finsbury, London
IA Parochlal Church Counclll
Statement of Financlal Positlon
as at 31 December 2024
31 De￿￿bOr2024
31 Dec8ffl￿r 2023
Current ass•ts:
08btor5
Cash at ba￿ and In hand
Total cumnt ass•ts
2,879
81.673
84,S52
2,334
84,65a
86,992
10
CredlEors: amounts I￿1￿9 du• wlthln one ￿ar
11
4.975
2.723
Nit cuvrent ass•ts or IlablHtIos
79.5TT
Tutal n•t ass•ts
79.577
84.269
The lunds of th• charlv.
Re5trbCted fvnds
Unrestricted funth
15
12
16.853
62.724
24.395
59.874
Total ehlrlty lunds
12
79.577
84.269
ApprDv•d by the PCC on 26 Awll 2025 and slgned on th•lr IKh•if by.
Re¢d D•vld Aller4 pccknalr
Th• notss on paq•s 12 to 18 lomi part ofth•s•xcounl&
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Parochlal Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parlsh of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew. Finsbury. London
Par￿h1•1 ChuY¢h C•un¢U)
Statement of Cash Flows
for the year ended 31 December 2024
Not•$
Z024
2023
Cash flows Irom OPefatlThA acllvltley:
Nel cash wowded by (used In) opwJlw¥J a¢*viJes
4,837
Cash Ilows frorn knllng 4¢11¥111•$:
Diwdend5. interest and rerts fwDm investm
1.852
N•t Cash pro¥ld•d by{used In) Inv•stlng adlvl
1.B52
1.055
Chang• In cash and cash ewl¥alenls In thv vepwdng porlod
Cash and ¢ash gqUlv￿ents at tha baglnnlng of th• reportlng perfod
Cash and ¢ash •qui¥al•nts at the end of the r•porth¥J perlod
12.985)
6.615
84.658
e1.673
78.043
84.658
2024
2023
1 Reconclllatlon of not Incom￿{eXpendltUWe￿ to n•t¢ash Ilowlroffl
operallnq acdvltles
N81 incornel(expendiiurel lorlhe reFortyThJ pwbjd (as per the statenwrt of finaKial
acti￿lIe$l
{4.6921
3.016
Adjustrnents for.
Dwidands. inièresi rents fmm irNestments
Ilnueas8ydeereas• kn debitsrs
Inueaselldacreasel in crBdiltys
11,8521
(5451
2,252
11,0551
2.252
1.347
N•t eash prnvOd•d by {us•d In) op•w¥tkvJ adl¥lll•¥
4￿37
5.560
2024
2023
2 Analysh af cash and rAsh wilvalents
Cash In hand
81.673
84.658
To¢al ¢ash and Gash •qulval•nts
81.073
84.658

Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with
St Barnabas and St Matthew. Finsbury. London
IA knchlal Church Counclll
Accountlng Policies
for the
ar end￿ 3108￿rn￿r 2024
1 AccountlnB pollcl•s
Basls ol pr•paraUon
The finanoal slatements have been prepared kn ￿cC￿dan￿ *ilh:
81 Wicable UK accouniing standards. inckn*ng Financial Slardwd 102 IA Smaller EniW95 Tr
Financval Rewhng Standard in the UK and R8Wc of knlarwj IFRS 1021,. 1021,.
bl AccDunlw)g and Reporb"wJ by Chwib"8s: Stal8m8nt of Recomm￿ Prnctice applit8tr1è 10 ehariii•s prnp*ivJ thdr
accaunls In accordance Ihe Financial Reportkng Sland¥d apF*abb In the UK Rwublic of Ireland IFRS 102)
leffeclive l January 20151- (Chari￿•S SORP FRS 1021:
c) tho ChariU•$ Aci 2011.
dl The Churth Ar￿U￿ting Regulotion$ 20C6.
Publlc l>enefftt antity
Th8 tharity m••ts the ola b•n•frt enuty wxlerFRS 10Z
Golng concorn
Thèrè ara no mat•rial unc•rtAintt•s abrArt th• chwltys a￿ty to c(ffllY4Je and Ihe ac¥ounts ha￿
prepared on a going con¢8m boSi$.
Incom• T•eognltlon
Voluntary income and donakns Ilncludi)g legaclesl we acoNnted fOr0￿e th8 PCC has Èntill8ment to Ihe Incomo. It Is
probable the inco￿￿ be received and Iha amount ol ￿l¢OMe receivablo can be Ida1￿Y rnea$w￿. IncLYne Iroffj Ihe
Tecovery of tax on glft aSded d0ftalK￿5 15 accounled tronca lh& applical*Jn io HMRC has b••n mad8. Grant incom• Is
recogni58d on a recefv*)k basls.
ThB income frcth Iradmg ac11￿1119$ inclMle$ rental i1￿orne from Ihe ofthurch pr•MIs￿ and fr••hold land and
building5 4*IMch 15 accounted lorvthen fe¢elved. It is shoym gross. th Ihe a5soualed cosis included in funthalsir¥J cost
Interesl on fvnds held on deposit is i￿lUd￿ ￿then reeewat4e and the anx￿1 can b• m•asured rel￿blY by the charity..
Ihls is nOmi￿lY upon nobflcallon of th& kJiare5tpaid or payable by ba*.
ExpendRuT• recognitlon
Expendltwe is awued 09 a$ ¥ rOb￿llY is wbabbfr, a¥J Iho a)wil oIct4*1h￿ can be measu￿1
r•l￿bly. Longer temi Ilabilit*s a￿ thscounled lo vkn. The PCC 15 nat reL451ewBd forVAT aKI acriJwdin¥y
exper￿Ilur• Indud8s VATwthere awopriate.
Expenditure Inckn¢Jed kn Flalthg Funds kndvdes Wr•)￿15 wred in thvmng ￿ants aThJ 0#￿0)nationS WDpe
mAinl#￿Tre￿ eosts.
Charitsblg expBnthluwa iwKludes those eosls expeThJed kn f￿r￿j PCCs rxirxyat obiecls. 35 wuined in the R￿ort ol
Ihe PCC. These inthde granls Pa￿e. govemarKe costs arml an appNIKx)ment ofsupi*xl costs.
Grants payable we Pa￿ents ￿de to thlrd parts95 In Iwtherm oftho PCC'S 04ects. In thB case ol an uncondStional
grant off•r thls is accnth¢J onc• th• r•*ient has be￿ rbjtified ol lh8 granl award. The rwJlifK*ion gN8S th? r￿lplent a
reasonable exp8Ctaiion that thty r•teive Ihe grnnL Ihat we sublecl to the reclpieN ttAfillirvJ
perfoma￿A conthbons a￿ only the recwt has been nDITfied ol Ihe grydnl and any ￿MaIn￿￿j
unfijifilled conthdon attachlng to Ihat grnnt15 •JtshJe of tl* c(mlrol of th8 PCC.
Govemance CDsts compriso al c051s involving Ihe pubk acc&￿￿bIlity ol the PCC it5 ¢ompkance With re9￿110￿
a￿1 good pra¢ke. These c05t5 Include costs related to th8 iTraepeNJeni •XamIna￿On legal fees.
Ren￿$ under operating le0505 we ¢hargtyJ 0$ 0¥8r Ihè twm oftr£ kase.
R•5trfctsd Funds
Restricted I￿)￿$ are lo be used $pedr￿ purposes as la*1 do￿ by the tunder. •MI sypport •xpwMliiur* which
meels Ihese criteria aw8 Iden￿ried to Ihe tegethervAh a f*aU0C￿1￿ ofotlw c4515.
Unrnstrfthd Funds
Unrestricted luwKts recdved ha¥8 no restric￿ rlaced on Ihuw us•and w• avalat4e as g8n8NI lunds.
0•$1onat•d Funds
DesgThatad fvrnjs are unrnstrict8d fuNls •¥ma￿d by tr￿1•￿5 for
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Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with
St Barnabas and St Matthew. Flnsburyi London
IA Pam¢hlal chu￿ CounclD
Accounting Policies
for the
ear ended 31 D•¢ernb•r 2024
Tanylbl* Flx•d Ass•ts
Cons•ual•dPmp•ty and PAMabl8 CIMMth Fumislungs
Consecralfr¢J land and bènèfts propty such as the churth IM4(lThJ and vKarnge is exrthKknd fr￿Th Iho acccwJnts in
a¢cordancè wth $10 01 the Charities Act 2011. Moveable c1x￿h eonlenls are held by Ihe Vicarand GI￿r£hWardenS OTr
special tru51 the PCC and rewrf• a facw tordisposal arn act￿mIed a5 hnali8nable property unless consecrated.
•ynditur# incurréd on eonsecral8d or benef￿8 buildin9s and mo¥eaNe ctrMJch I￿¥$hOr￿s. wthelher rnaint•nanc8 or
ovement. is ex￿Sed wlllmn the Stalemenl ol AcbW*•s.
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Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew, Finsbury. London
IA Pam¢hlal Chwch CouncMI
Notes to the Accounts
for the
•ar ended 31 D•c•mber2024
1 Incomlng I￿oUrCeS
The inconvng wesources aThl surphB we attthAable to Ihe aCti￿UeS oflhe clwty.
2 N•t out9￿￿¥ T•soure•s
Net oulgolng resou￿￿5 a￿ slated aftercharyuy..
Independent Exarnine￿ fees- Iryjependent ExaMkuu￿ sw¥￿$
Ind8p8Ni•nt Exa￿n•1S f••s. Other s•Nic*s
X124
2023
648
PCC M•bthrs' •molum•nts
Ernoluments Include salaii8s, f••s bonus•s. •)pens• alkw￿S and •stimal•d r￿b<ash b•n8rrts r•c•Nablè. Al PCC m8rnbers
serv8 in a volun* capaoty and do nol receiw paymenlfwth&￿ 59fViC¥S.
2024
Total
2023
Tolal
J Incomg from donallons legaclq%
Planned gtying- Parish Skwe
Collac￿orts al se￿ICeS
All other giving & vol￿tary W8e4ip
GIftAld reco¥ered
3.753
201
6265
12.246
7,807
7.348
4.150
124,655
8,141
9,560
2,410
4,618
fj,330
31,059
4.150
124.855
2024
Total
2023
Total
4 Income from othv tradlng a¢llvStl•s
UnrAStrIGl￿ Restrkt•d
Hall renl
Church renl
F8es r8lain8d by PCC
69.333
3.460
1,074
69.333
3,460
2,163
74.956 Thr7
70.
63,898
6,145
2024
Total
2023
Tolal
5 In¢omg In￿sIM￿S
InvestM￿t inc4Jrr*.'Inlerest receivab
1.852
1.852
1.055
1.055
ZV24
Tothl
2023
Total
6 (Xhgr Inwm•
Um5trkt•d Rtstrlct•d
Other Incom•
4.692
8,193
1.744

Parochlal Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement wlth St
Barnabas and St Matthew. Finsbury. London
IA ParKhlal Church Coun¢lll
Notes to the Accounts
for th•
ended 31 D*￿mber 2024
2024
Total
2023
Total
7 ExpendStyr• on ¢horltsbl• acUvltl••
Mission giving & donations
Dlocesan parlsh shartr tonlrfbuuon
Asslgned fees
Salaries, wages & honornia
ctergy & staff eypenses
ch￿￿h nmning expenses
Church ublily bill$
othèr•xpendilure
Majc¢r•paits 10 churth IxMkUn9
590
0.0
1,089
1.239
60.000
1,089
4A06
625
300
S.1(W)
1,878
21.543
4.487
228
5.100
2.760
19.874
7,051
19
5.796
101.8
2.S03
21,843
4,487
228
145.753
145.7S3
Stsff Gosts
2024
2023
S¢aff salaries
3.S87
No remuneration was lo any Twu5tee orthew3550fAth forsgriw the y ended 31 December2024
nor lo 31 December 2023.
Debtor*: Jmounlg tsllry du• wlthkn on•
2024
2023
A¢¢rued incwe
2,879
2,334
10 Bank ￿5fv In hand
2023
CCLA or9an accounl
CCLA labdc ac£cwJnt
HSBC current acctyffil
16,186
24,315
41.172
81.673
11.799
23.089
49.770
11 Cr•dltors: amounts falllnp wlthln on•
2024
20ZJ
A¢¢n*d expenthlyre
4,975
2.723
Cl¢¥slng
b4aDc•
12 Th¢ funds oftho Gharty. Gurrent pprlod
svd
Restrfcted income funds
24.395
142.807
{152.2731
1.924
16,853
Designaled lunds
General fund5
Total unrpsliTCtedfunLIs
10.000
10.0(KJ
52,724
62.724
93.828
193.8261
1.924
{1,924
59.874
98.6L))
241.407 ￿￿rI
1246,
79.577
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Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew, Finsbury. London
(A Parochlal Church Coundll
Notès to the Accounts
forthe
•ar •nded 31 December 2024
13 Th8 lund$ of th• charlty. wlor p•rlod
bal*nc•
lun
Re5tTiCted Ineornè funds
23.314
9.429
19.0421
24.395
Deslgnated lunds
General funds
Tolal unrnslridedlunds
10,000
10,694
694
10.000
49,B74
59,874
92.797
192,797
57,939
95,426
81.2
104.B
84.269
Oynlry
Clg51ng
b•l•n¢•
14 D￿￿gn￿le￿ funts
od *dJuskn•nts
Fabric fur
10.(M)J
10.0
iFabrfe fund
On 4 Marth 2023 thtr PCC apwDved a trnnsfer of£10,000 io a Fabric fund èstablishèd for
the rep3r aThJ re51owalim of ChLWfh.
Clotskn
15 R?J¢rl¢ted fvnds: current pwlod
Marria98 and F￿￿ra1 l•¢s
Fabri¢ Fund
Prolecl Li￿e St L￿te.$
Slr Wllllam Joseph Jordan
In5urancE claim
Organ Fund
Parish Adrninistralor
1.089
97.217
919
625
6,436
42,4
3.587
9.837
1.799
81
125
1.744
11,814
47.192
3,753
16,6(
166
16.8
24.3
¢105kn9
16 Rostrict•d l￿d$. prfor p•ilod
•xp•nd•d •dJuthi•nts
Duntoe Cent
Fabrfc Fund
Prfect Uthe St Luke's
sulanco dalm
Oryan Fund
utility sUp￿t grant
9.314
6,319
5.796
9.637
1.744
1.744
11,814
2.55Z
23.314
2,552
9.042
9.429
694
24.395
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Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew. Finsbury. London
IA Parnchlal Church councll
Notes to the Accounts
lor th•
èar •ndod 31 D￿mber 2024
Re51rlct•d funds {contlnu•d)
Projects financed by ￿81￿cted lu￿ts we sworted by urweslrtcled knding whw• r*eess&y. Thls occurs lh• lunding 15 In
ar￿arS or Ihe Inrjdence o18xpondknre the projed occ￿5 di5pwrtiona181y at the bell￿ning tslthg compared to the
Income flow5. Whore restsicted prW eThJ Ihe )Yar *ilh a dew Ihis is met by after ￿or￿end restrided wKome or tsansle
Irom unrestricted funds.
N4rn• of R05trlct•d Fund
Marrl3ge and Funeral fe•s
Dunlo• Centr•
Fabrfc Fund
Purpos• ol r••trfcl•d fund
The asswd fees that IhE Pawish pay5 to the Lond1￿ Dh?ce58 Fund.
Spec￿¢ cdleclK)ns for the tkntoe CAntr&.
Fund sel up In 2005 to rece1￿ gwant5 and thnal*JB towards the 2008 pr4ect for malor
rep8ir5 to Sl Clern8nVs clmxch roDf. The lo re¢esve grants and dDnations
Used malor FKolecls to the FaixK svch as Ihe recenlTo%%tr and S&xro ProlpcL' f(¥ regular
malntenance.. and loi emwgency *•pa*s For Ihe roDI. wa115 and a550cialed church fabrfc O.8.
Roof raMhvat8rgoc4s and assrtiatèd (k*nsl.
GI￿t from Fell¢Jw5hlp Haij to support Ihe tsmly al St Lthe's Prlmary
Schc4Jl ITh collaboralion *ilh St Gles. Cripplegale Church.
PTo]•¢t LItt￿ st Luk•'s
Slr Wllllarn Jos•ph Jorda
Ch8rfty
Insurance clalm
Oryan F￿d
Fund set up in 2011 to raise lunds for the urgent repa* and mainlèThane• of St CltrnenV$
hist(¥iC"FathorWl￿. or9￿. hkni?5 ar8 for Ihe repair F￿0j￿1. 855oGialed ¢05ts and
fulure malnkna1￿e of the wgan.
Dunab"un fDr appThnting a Parish Adrrinislralorfor 6.5 I￿￿r5 per wet
Grant frrm the Borough of hlington lor church op8n¥wa on W•d￿$dayS over Ihe ￿nter
Parlsh Athnlnlstrator
Utlllty 5UPPOrt grant
General Deslgnated Restrlcl•d Endowm•nt
lunds
funds
1,924
1.924
17 Transfers belween lunds
Genernl to iestiicted
Tolal
1.924
11.924)
The fund transfer represenls over¥ertds on restiided hMKls that ha¥e been cOve￿d by 9enernl lunds.
Gemral Desl9nal•d R•strlct•d Endowm•nt
lunds
fund5
fund5
fund
1D Net ￿Set5 attrlbutable to lund5: current perlod
Total
Cwrenl assets
Current liabiliti85
Nel assels repre5eTrt•d by fu￿$
57.699
4,975
52.724
10.rxM)
16.853
84,552
4.975
79.577
10.C#)]
19 Ngt asjets attrlbutsbt• to fvnds: prlor p•rhxl
fvnds
lunds
Total
Current assels
Current I1￿1￿￿e5
Net &￿ts represented by
52.$97
10.000
24,395
86.992
12,723
84.269
49,874
10,fKJD
24.395
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Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St
Barnabas and St Matthew, Finsbury, London
IA Parochlal Chwch CounGID
Notes to the Accounts
torthe
ear •nd¢d 31 D•¢•mber 2024
20 T•xatlon
The PCC ts an ewepted charity. Accordhwjy. 11 15 exenylfrom laxa11￿ In respecl oflncome caplw lo the extent thal
thès8 a￿ applied to ils charilatle 014ucts.
21 Post batsn￿ sh•et ev•n15
Thefe were no 5WificapA ba￿ sh8el e¥enls.
22 Contlnoent Ilablllll•s
The PCC had no material eonltrynl lablltEs at31 Decthther2024 r#)r at 31 Oe¢em￿r 2023.
23 R*l)l¢d partl•$
Ourlng Ihe year the ofthe PCC Ihw related parf*s made wegate of£14,50012023.' £6.8001.
14 Glfts In klnd and wolunt••
During the year Ihe PCC bene￿Ie￿ from Iiipabj pethYM￿ bY￿￿rdeets.
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