Theydon Garnon Church Fabric Fund Annual Report year end December 2024 Charity number: 282385
Theydon Garnon Church Fabric Fund was set up in 1981 to help fund the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of All Saints Church Theydon Garnon in Essex. It is a grade 1 listed church. The charity has 4 trustees who are all members of Theydon Garnon Parochial Church Council.
In 2021 the PCC received the church building quinquennial report which highlighted the poor condition of the church roof,with tiles slipping and issues with water incursion into the church putting the historic church contents at risk. The PCC and trustees launched a ‘raise the roof’ campaign to raise funds to repair and retile the roof.
During 2023 grants were sought from grant making bodies and donations and fundraising from those who live in the parish or are members of the church. At the start of 2024 the PCC agreed that sufficient funds had been raised to start the project in April 2024, with some funding from grant bodies that would be paid once work had started. The trustees are extremely grateful to all the individuals and grant bodies that have supported the fund to enable the works to be completed as well as support from our architect Sophie Douglas and the builders Bakers of Danbury.
Grant monies were received from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Wolfson Foundation,The Garfield Weston Foundation, Friends of Essex Churches and the Rural England Prosperity Fund during 2024.
By September 2024 the main roofs of the church were all felted and retiled and the contents of the church protected against incursion from rainwater.
There remains one small area of roof over the vestry that has not been retiled and if sufficient funds can be raised this work will be done in 2025.
Richard Clay Trustee
completed roof works .
THEYDON GAANON CHURCH FA8RIC FUND Charlty No. 282385 Recelpts & Payments Account. Designated •nd Unrestrlrted For the year ended 31st December 2024 1024 2023 ReIpts Regular Giving Pl¥nned Givin 100 Other Voluntary Receipts Bequests Donations- General Donation of fees Donaliofis- Ringers Donation5- Roof Flind Grants lor Roof Fund Transfer frorn General Accouni Gift Aid Tax recovered LPW fjrant - VAT refund 1,069 31.597 148.705 39.44S 1.550 2.443 2.249 1.828 43.159 228.358 45,692 Receipts from Investment5 1nierestlodends 81$ 815 230 230 Totsl Aecelpts 229,173 46,022 2024 2023 Paymonts MaSntenance (Gtnerall Maintenance IRoofin81 Maintenance (New Boiler etcl Orqan repairs Roof Repairs from Rool Fund Roof Works- InyJran¢e Roof Works- Signs External Training (Lottery Funded) Transfer to General knount 261.139 3.717 858 1.080 6,126 Totsl Payments 272.920 Excos5llOeficltl of rrfeipts oh*r p•yments 43,747 46,022 Bank 8alance as at 1st January Bank 8alanct as at 31s1 December 67.636 23.889 21,614 67,636 43,747 46,022
CHARITY (OMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees THEYDON GARNON CHURCH FABRIC FUND On accounts forthe year ended 31st December 2024 Charlty no (rf any) 282385 Set out on page$ I report to the trust88s on my examination of the accounts of the al)ove ¢harity {Ihe Twst") for the year ended 3111212024. Responsibilities and basls of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparalion of th8 accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charitl8s Act 2011 Ilhe Act.). I report in respect of my 8xamination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I hav8 completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which givès m8 cause to believe that in, any material respect:. the accounting records were r1 kept in accordance with seclion 130 of the Charilies Act: or the accounts did nol accord with the accounting rerA)rds; or the accounts did not comply with Ihe applicable requirements conceming the fom) and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Rewrts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an indep8ndenl examination. I have concems and have come across no other matters in conn8Ction with the examination to whith attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: 1810712025 Name: Michael J CcKJgins Relevant professional quallficationlsl or body i (rf any): F.C.A. Address: 7 Green Trees. Epping. CM16 4QT IER Oct 2018