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
Re￿Ipts
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
1nierestlo￿dends
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 r￿1 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