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2025-12-31-accounts

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore

Otherwise known as: St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31[st] December 2025

Presented to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting 26[th] April 2026

Rector

The Revd Matthew Stone The Parish Office Old Church Lane Stanmore Middlesex, HA7 2QX

Registered Charity Number 1127658

ST JOHN’S CHURCH PCC, STANMORE

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31[ST] DECEMBER 2025

Contents

Page PCC Trustees ........................................................................................................... A1-A2 Trustees Report ..................................................................................................…A2-A15 Financial Review ................................................................................................. A15-A20 Trustees Responsibilities ............................................................................................ A21 Statement of Financial Activities ................................................................................ A22 Balance Sheet ............................................................................................................. A23 Notes to the financial statements ...................................................................... A24-A26 Detailed Income and Expenditure …………………………………………………...……..A27-A32 Auditors’ Report .................................................................................................. A33-A36

St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

Trustees Report of the Parochial Church Council for the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2025

Administrative Information

St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore, is situated on Church Road, Stanmore. It is part of the Willesden Episcopal Area of the Diocese of London within the Church of England. Contact details: The Parish Office, Church House, Old Church Lane, Stanmore, HA7 2QX. Telephone number 020 8954 7064. Email parishoffice@stjohnschurchstanmore.org.uk Website: http://www.stjohnschurchstanmore.org.uk/

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore, is a registered charity. The number is 1127658.

PCC Members (Trustees)

The Members of the PCC are the trustees of the charity. During the year, the following served as members of the PCC:

Rector: The Revd Matthew Stone – Chair

Churchwardens: Mrs Pamela Marion Curran – Vice Chair (until 27[th] April 2025) Mr Graham Nicholson - Vice-Chair (from 27[th] April 2025)

Deanery Synod Representatives: End of Term Mrs Beverley McKeon 30[th] June 2026 Miss Lauren McKeon 30[th] June 2026 Mr Adeyemi Frederick Oshunniyi 30[th] June 2026 Elected Members: Mr Nigel Bayliss retired APCM 2025 Mr Mark Lynch retired APCM 2025 Ms Jennifer Ellen Neve (See below) Mrs Jane Prentice retired APCM 2025 Mrs Sylvia Daniels to retire APCM 2026 Mr David Galt to retire APCM 2026 Mr Maurice Anthony Murphy to retire APCM 2026 Dr Lorna Wyon to retire APCM 2026 Mr Samuel George to retire APCM 2027 Dr Maduagwu Ogbonna Oji to retire APCM 2027 Mrs Nina Simona Nolan to retire APCM 2027 Mrs Beverley Ann Singleton to retire APCM 2027

Mr Mark Griffiths (from 27[th] April 2025) to retire APCM 2028 Mr Shaun Knevett (from 27[th] April 2025) to retire APCM 2028 Mrs Jacqueline Peters (from 27[th] April 2025) to retire APCM 2028 Mrs Nancy Pillay-Newton (from 27[th] April 2025) to retire APCM 2028

The Revd Rachel Susan Phillips (from 15[th] March 2026)

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- Ex officio:

The Revd Wendy Wall – Assistant Curate (until 25[th] May 2025)

- Co opted:

Ms Jennifer Ellen Neve (from 27[th] April 2025)

Bankers:

Auditors:

Charity Commission Correspondent:

Structure, Governance and Management

The PCC is a body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956. The method and appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules.

The PCC was registered with the Charity Commission on 21[st] January 2009 under the full title of “The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore” with a working name of “St John’s PCC, Stanmore” (No. 1127658). The members of the PCC are the trustees of the charity.

All regular Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election on to the PCC to serve as a Churchwarden, Deanery Synod Representative or PCC Member. In 2025 the Electoral Roll was revised. We are very keen to ensure those elected fully represent the congregation.

PCCs can appoint co-opted members who can be clerical or lay because they have a particular role or skill. If this happens, the total number co-opted must either be fewer than one-fifth of the elected members on the Council, or two, whichever is the greater. The PCC co-opted Ms Jennifer Neve to continue in her role as PCC Treasurer.

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The Standing Committee is the only committee legally required. It has power to transact business in between PCC between meetings, subject to any directions given by the PCC. Five PCC Members were appointed to the Standing Committee, but it did not need to meet in 2025.

Aims and Purposes

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Rector, the Revd Matthew Stone, in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has the responsibility for the maintenance of the Church Building, Churchyard, Old Brick Church, Church House, Church Field, Church House Cottage, Hollond Lodge and St John’s House (16 The Chase).

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at St John’s and to become part of the church family. This is underpinned by our Mission Statement: “Drawn together by Christ’s love, we seek by his grace to live out his commandments to love the Lord our God with all of our being and to love everyone we come across as we love ourselves.”

We are a friendly and welcoming church and hope all who attend will feel they belong to our church family. Our services and worship seek to put faith into action through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year, the Rector and PCC have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and particularly the supplementary guidance to charities for the advancement of religion. Specifically, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their Christian faith through:

An important (and essential) part of each PCC Meeting were the discussions about our mission strategy, and in particular what responses we might make to “Listening to London, Listening to God” – the new collective vision for the Diocese of London.

After extensive consultations in 2019, to which we contributed, the Diocese identified four ambitions: Confident Disciples, Compassionate Communities, Creative Growth and Connected Young People. A report of our PCC discussions on mission and other work can be found on pages A9-15.

Church Attendance

There are 178 parishioners on the new Church Electoral Roll, 63 of whom are resident in the parish, and 115 of whom are not resident in the parish.

The average weekly attendance in church across all services, counted in October 2025, was 153 (120 adults, 33 children).

A link is always available from the website to facilitate access to the weekly Church of England’s ‘worship at home’ service for those who need it, although we are not aware of any church members who use it currently.

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Achievements and Performance

Worship and Prayer, Discipleship and Pastoral Care

An 8am Holy Communion and 9.30am Parish Communion take place every Sunday (on the first Sunday the Parish Communion is an All-Age Service). A monthly contemporary service ‘Engage’ takes place, except during August and December. A midweek service is held every Tuesday at 10.30am in the chapel.

In addition, the whole community worships together for major festivals, including Mothering Sunday, Easter Day, Dedication Festival, Harvest Festival and Christmas Day.

We hope our services enable attendees to draw closer to God, worship with one another, and be spiritually refreshed. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments are served after the Parish Communion (and All-Age Service) in Church House (or the Church after Engage) provided by our dedicated Café St Jean team.

To cater for the younger members of our Church community, we offer Junior Church on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. On the third Sunday afternoon of each month a Junior Church games session takes place. The children enjoy participating in the monthly AllAge Services held on the first Sunday in the month. The PCC paid for the Junior Church children to play crazy golf in September and to see ‘Cinderella’ at Radlett Theatre in December. Most weeks there are over 30 children in church which is very encouraging.

Our partnership with Stanmore Baptist Church remains important. In 2025 we jointly held a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Party. We were unable to hold a Light Party on Halloween and decided not to run a discipleship course as 2024 had been especially busy with three courses taking place. A Lent Course was held using the Diocese of London’s 2025 material.

The church youth group continues to meet twice each term (in line with the wishes of the young people) and caters for those in Years 7-13. By the end of the year there were 15-20 young people attending regularly. Different activities were arranged including games, BBQ, Laser Tag and Ten Pin Bowling. The PCC contributed to cover the costs of the outings.

The annual Battle of Britain Service took place on Sunday, 21[st] September. The attendance included the Mayor of Harrow, Representative Deputy Lieutenant along with large numbers of ATC cadets and others from across the borough. The sum of £187.50 was collected during the service and split equally between Bentley Priory Museum, the RAF Benevolent Fund and the Royal Air Forces Association. Refreshments were provided in Church House after the service.

A Memorial Service took place on All Souls’ Day (2[nd] November) to which the families of those who have received our funeral ministry across 2023, 2024 and 2025 were invited. The sum of £362.50 was collected during the service to support the work of Bereavement Care. Refreshments were provided in Church House after the service.

A very well attended Act of Remembrance took place at the War Memorial in the Churchyard on Remembrance Sunday (9[th] November). The PCC paid £125 to have The Last Post and Reveille played on the trumpet.

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Our catering team provided a delicious Pre-Lent Lunch, Brunch and Christmas Afternoon Tea. In July, to coincide with the 175[th] anniversary of the consecration of St John’s Church, a BBQ was held with bouncy castle and slide hired to entertain the children.

The children from St John’s Church of England School attend a service at least termly (Easter, end of term in July, Harvest and Christmas). There was also a Key Stage 2 School Carol Service. The clergy also deliver regular collective worship in school as well as Key Stage Year Group Eucharists.

The Clergy enjoy good relationships with several other local schools: Aylward Primary School, Avanti House Secondary School, Bentley Wood High School, North London Collegiate School, Stanburn Primary School, Stanmore Montessori and Whitchurch Primary School. Different year groups from each of these schools visit the church during the year. The clergy deliver termly assemblies in Aylward Primary School.

During 2025 the church was used for:

(numbers in brackets relate to 2024)

The Rector, Assistant Curate and PCC are committed to the pastoral care of all people in the parish of St John’s. Holy Communion was taken regularly to 3-4 housebound parishioners (and others as and when required) by a commissioned team of lay people in addition to the Rector and Assistant Curate. The Rector and Assistant Curate make time to visit parishioners at home or in hospital with the assistance of the Licensed Lay Ministers, Pastoral Assistant and Bereavement Visiting Team.

In addition to worship, spiritual growth is encouraged through three Home Groups based in Bushey, Hatch End and Stanmore which meet regularly. There is also a monthly prayer group and an online reading the Bible in a year group.

The Rector discusses the workload and fabric priorities regularly with the Assistant Curate, Churchwardens, Treasurer, Deputy Wardens and Parish Administrator to ensure these important areas are kept up to date.

The achievements of the PCC are only possible because of the large number of volunteers who give generously of their time and energy. Volunteers undertake a wide variety of tasks including (but not restricted to) membership of the various committees and visiting teams, stewardship of buildings, stewardship of finances, choir & music, children’s & youth work,

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Little Fishers, Tea & Chat, flower arranging, music, gardening, welcome team and bell ringing - amongst many others. The PCC gratefully acknowledges all these contributions.

Missionary and Outreach Work

During the course of the year the PCC decided to make the following donations:

Bereavement Care £200 Flyspec £2,000 Mission to Seafarers £2,000 St John’s C of E School £1,000 Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) £900 Total £6,100

Risks

The trustees confirm that the major risks (namely financial, health & safety and safeguarding) as identified by the trustees, to which the charity is exposed, have been reviewed and systems or procedures have been established to manage those risks.

Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline

The PCC have complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 in relation to having due regard to the House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. Safeguarding remains a substantive item on each PCC agenda, and we use the Church of England’s Safeguarding Dashboard. A Safeguarding Sunday service was held on 16[th] November 2025.

The Revd Matthew Stone Rector

Harrow Deanery Synod Report

The Deanery Synod met three times in 2025.

The first meeting took place at St Peter’s West Harrow on 4th February. The Revd Jon LindsayScott (Vicar) welcomed synod members, guests and led us in worship. The Revd Matthew Stone (Area Dean) conducted brief Synod business including welcoming the Revd Irene Lawrence and reviewing deanery vacancies. This was followed by updates from Diocesan and General Synods.

The main part of the meeting focused on the return of the Willesden Area Roadshow led by Bishop Lusa, Archdeacon Catherine, and the Directors of Mission and Ministry. They reminded Synod members of the Diocesan Vision and how in Willesden there is an overwhelming desire to create a culture of leaning into being intergenerational, intercultural and missional.

Our second meeting on 10th July, at St Paul’s South Harrow, began with Evening prayer led by The Revd Steve Taylor (Joint Vicar), followed by an introduction to the church and worship.

The focus of the evening was churches and disability, led by the Revd John Beauchamp, Diocesan Disability Ministry Enabler. John noted that while some churches are well equipped,

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there is always room for improvement. He emphasised the responsibility to ensure that buildings and services are accessible and inclusive for all. There are many things we can each do, John encouraged us to start by looking at the easy wins, and pointed those present to accessible resources to assist in this.

This was followed by a short presentation of the Ministry Experience Scheme, a review of deanery accounts, and four applications with presentations of £1000 Mission Fund Grant. All four applications were successful: St Anselm, Hatch End to improve the sound system; St Peter West Harrow towards “Bubble Church”; St Anselm Belmont for improved signage; St Mary Kenton towards the Mission Experience Scheme. Further Synod business included welcoming new clergy, celebrating the newly ordained priests, Diocesan and General Synod Reports, Confirmation of elections (Emma Webber as Honorary Secretary, Graham Hamwijk as Foundation Governor Holy Trinity School Northwood, Graham Nicholson and Marjorie Mott as foundation governors of St John’s School, Stanmore. Following the meeting Mike Still was elected as a clergy representative on the Deanery Standing Committee. Robert May was thanked for over 16 years of exemplary service as deanery secretary.

Our final meeting of the year began with refreshments and student led worship at Holy Trinity School, Northwood on 4th November. The choir were from Holy Trinity, the orchestra from St John’s School Stanmore. This was followed by a welcome and introduction to the new grouping of four local C of E Schools through the Ecclesia Partnership.

This was followed by presentations by four local speakers on Embracing Interculturalism looking at welcoming, openness, diversity, learning from one another and mission. This section was concluded by a time of questions to the panel. And the meeting was then concluded with news of the Bishop of London consultation, and a request for Carollers at St Lukes Hospice.

The Revd Emma Webber Honorary Secretary

Church House

During 2025 Church House generated income of £56,464 (2024 £64,286). The income is generated through a mixture of regular bookings and one-off bookings. In 2025 there were 55 one-off bookings (2024 – 44).

The number of non-church groups using Church House in 2025 reduced leaving the following regular hirers:

  1. London Sport Alliance (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evening)

  2. Metropolitan Police Cadets (Tuesday evening)

  3. Rainbows/Brownies/Guides (Friday evenings during term time)

  4. Stanmore Montessori (Monday to Friday during term time)

A hiring agreement is signed on an annual basis with each regular hirer, apart from Stanmore Montessori where the legal instrument in place is a lease. The lease was renewed for a further five years in 2024. Each group that works with children and young people is asked to submit

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a copy of their latest safeguarding policy on an annual basis along with their current insurance certificate.

A robust booking system for hiring Church House on a one-off basis has been in place since 2014 and is reviewed annually by the PCC. The booking system is administered through the Parish Office. This ensures we maintain a professional and consistent approach towards all bookings.

Terms & Conditions of hire are also in place for all Church House users (both regular and oneoff). These include reference to the hirer putting in place their own safeguarding procedures if children will be on the premises during their booking, food hygiene/allergy information, insurance cover and risk assessments. All hirers of Church House must sign a booking form which confirms their agreement to these Terms & Conditions.

The current pricing structure for one-off bookings was reviewed and has remained unchanged since 2023:

Engagement Parties/Wedding Receptions

£2,500 for the day £500 Good Conduct Deposit payable every time

An appointed keyholder oversees one-off bookings. They are paid a fee of £25 (£50 for an after 9pm finish) per booking for providing a service to handover the premises to a one-off hirer. The keyholder is not an employee but rather a contractor who submits invoices for their services. The handover covers defibrillator location, emergency evacuation routes, fire extinguishers’ locations, health & safety, safeguarding and security, as well as the practical elements of using the premises (e.g. how to operate the heating). At the end of the booking, the keyholder returns to Church House to ensure the premises are left clean and tidy before locking up.

Church House remains first and foremost the church hall for St John’s Church and priority will always be given to church groups/activities ahead of one-off bookings.

The following church groups use the premises on a regular basis:

  1. Junior Church (including the monthly games session)

  2. Little Fishers Parents & Toddler Group

  3. Tea & Chat

It was also pleasing to host four church ‘events’ during the year: Pre-Lent Lunch (16th February), BBQ (20th July), Brunch (14th September) and Christmas Afternoon Tea (14th December). These are popular events with delicious food.

Karen Stirrup Parish Administrator

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PCC Secretary’s Report

The PCC met seven times in 2025: 13[th] February 25[th] March 27[th] April, 21[st] May, 16[th] July, 30[th] September and 26[th] November. All meetings were held in Church House.

Attendance at PCC meetings measured as a percentage was 79% (2024 - 66%) across the year. At every meeting apart from April, PCC Members received an update on the financial position to the end of the previous month. Updates on fabric matters, safeguarding and mission remained substantive agenda items.

As St John’s Church is a registered charity, PCC Members were reminded on two occasions in the year of their obligations as trustees, especially the responsibility to ensure our ‘charity’ is operated in a way that carries out its purposes in respect of public benefit. PCC Members are confident that they have done this. New PCC Members complete a Trustee Declaration as part of the nomination process and existing PCC Members are asked to review their declaration annually.

PCC meetings are always efficiently organised with the agenda, minutes, financial information and other papers being circulated electronically at least one full week ahead of each meeting. This gives PCC Members the opportunity to read the papers in advance so they can prepare. Whilst PCC Members view the papers online to save printing and environmental costs, hardcopies of the agenda, minutes and financial information are placed in the church porch for others to read to ensure transparency and accountability.

PCC Members are invited to declare any interests (financial or otherwise) at the beginning of each meeting and withdraw whilst the conflicted item is discussed. Draft minutes are usually circulated within 48 hours of the meeting to enable action points to be taken forward promptly. Financial information is circulated monthly to PCC Members in between PCC meetings to ensure they are kept up to date.

As other reports will invariably contain business that has been transacted by the PCC during the year, this report will be focused only on matters that are unlikely to appear elsewhere.

February

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March

April

May

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July

September

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November

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Following the church burglary in December 2023, it has proved to be a very slow process to obtain replacement silver vessels, altar standing crosses (x 2) and matching candlesticks. It is hoped the replacements will be delivered in early 2026. There is now CCTV in place.

Karen Stirrup Parish Administrator

Plans for the Future: Mission

The Diocese of London’s current vision is as follows:

The PCC had been supporting four priority mission areas: children & young people, discipleship, environment and outreach until the July PCC meeting. It was decided to refresh the membership of each group and to focus on three areas: children & young people, discipleship and environment.

Some of the work discussed and actioned in 2025 is as follows:

Children & Young People

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Discipleship

Environment

The scope of work with local schools is as follows:

Avanti House Secondary School

Aylward Primary School

Bentley Wood High School

North London Collegiate School

St John’s School

Year 6 (60 children) visited the Church in June as part of a local history lesson. The new Year 6s (37 children) visited to learn about baptism in September. The whole school visit each term for a service. A Key Stage 2 Carol Service was held in December. The Rector and Assistant Curate deliver regular collective worship in school and a

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separate Eucharist was held for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the Autumn Term. A Year 6 Leavers’ Service was held in school in July.

The Rector was invited to speak to the children about Christmas.

It has been another very busy year with lots of great things going on. Thank you to all those who work so hard to ensure the smooth running of St John’s Church – far too many to name – but all equally valued and appreciated.

Karen Stirrup PCC Secretary

Financial Review

  1. A budget for 2025 was approved by the PCC on 26[th] November 2024.

  2. A copy of the current budget is always displayed in the church porch. PCC Members also retain a copy.

  3. The accounts are operated on an accrual’s basis.

  4. Total expenditure for the year was £223,498 compared to total income and unrealised gains of £559,231, resulting in a surplus of £335,732 (2024 - £14,535).

The significant surplus in 2025 arose due to the following non-recurring items:

However, some church members are supporting St John’s Church financially using the contactless machine instead of by standing order/bank transfer. Across the year donations received using the machine were substantially higher than the amount of cash received using the ‘plate’.

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Gift Aid is claimed on eligible amounts. The PCC claims additional Gift Aid through the Small Donations Scheme operated by the HM Revenue and Customs.

  1. An annual ‘thank you’ letter was sent in respect of all regular donations received during the year.

  2. Gift Aid recovered on eligible stewardship and donations amounted to £19,080 (2024 - £19,908) and related to donations received from January 2025 through to December 2025.

  3. The annual donation from the historic Stanmore Charities totalled £5,457 (2024 - £5,103).

  4. Additional income of £56,464 (2024 - £64,286) was generated from hiring Church House (our hall) which is represented as follows:

Total (£) Total (£)
Stanmore Montessori
34,229
Regular Bookings 4,410
One-Off Bookings x 55 (2024=44) 17,825
TOTAL 56,464

Agent fees, renewal fees, management fees and rent guarantee insurance (on 16 The Chase & Church House Cottage) totalled £5,790. Other professional fees incurred totalled £7,469 and included some professional fees connected to the stonework project.

The tenancy agreement at 16 The Chase was renewed for a further 36 months at £1,800pcm from 3[rd] March 2025.

This government funded scheme gives grants to cover the VAT element on repairs and maintenance to listed buildings in use as a place of worship. Examples include certain professional fees, the clock service, organ works, roofing works, fire extinguishers amongst many other items.

In addition, a grant of £2,680 was claimed at the end of 2025 in respect of professional fees connected to the stonework project. Two invoices were architect’s fees, the other was a structural survey. See ‘10’ above.

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The policy at the time stated that the parish could apply for a mission-based grant for a % of the difference between what the now Old Rectory was sold for (£2,150,000 in February 2017) and what the new Rectory (Chambers Walk, Stanmore) was purchased for (£835,000 in October 2013). In 2025, the PCC applied to the Diocese asking if the grant could be used towards the stonework costs. As a suitable project had been identified, the Diocese paid the grant to the PCC.

17.Three legacies totalling £201,500 were received during the year:

The following legacies have been received since 2014:

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The monies representing these funds are held in separate bank deposit accounts with the Central Board of Finance Church of England Deposit Fund.

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Reserves Policy

It is the policy of this church to hold as a minimum in reserve the equivalent of three months of general running costs (£50,000) and an additional three month’s salary costs (£2,500). It is also our policy to hold £25,000 for any urgent building work that may arise during the year.

I should like to take this opportunity to thank the members of St John’s who regularly support the mission and ministry of the church by their giving. Thanks also to those who have helped with the finances (e.g. bank signatories and banking) during the year.

Jennifer Neve PCC Treasurer

Church Workers Pension Fund (CWPF) FRS102 Wording - December 2025 Year End

St John’s Church participates in the Pension Builder Scheme section of CWPF for lay staff. CWPF is administered by the Church of England Pensions Board, which holds the CWPF assets separately from those of the Employer and other participating employers.

CWPF has two sections:

  1. the Defined Benefits Scheme

  2. the Pension Builder Scheme, which has two subsections:

  3. a) a deferred annuity section known as Pension Builder Classic, and,

  4. b) a cash balance section known as Pension Builder 2014 (St John’s Church)

Pension Builder Scheme

Both sections of the Pension Builder Scheme are classed as defined benefit schemes.

Pension Builder Classic provides a pension, accumulated from contributions paid and converted into a deferred annuity during employment based on terms set and reviewed by the Church of England Pensions Board from time to time. Discretionary increases may also be added, depending on investment returns and other factors.

Pension Builder 2014 is a cash balance scheme that provides a lump sum which members use to provide benefits at retirement. Pension contributions are recorded in an account for each member. Discretionary bonuses may be added before retirement, depending on investment returns and other factors. The account, plus any bonuses declared is payable, unreduced, from age 65.

There is no sub-division of assets between employers in each section of the Pension Builder Scheme.

The scheme is considered to be a multi-employer scheme as described in Section 28 of FRS 102. This is because it is not possible to attribute the Pension Builder Scheme’s assets and liabilities to specific employers and means that contributions are accounted for as if the

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Scheme were a defined contribution scheme. The pensions costs charged to the SoFA in the year are the contributions payable (2025: £491, 2024: £489).

A valuation of the Pension Builder Scheme is carried out once every three years. The most recent valuation was carried out as of 31[st] December 2022.

For the Pension Builder Classic section, the valuation revealed a surplus of £34.8m on the ongoing assumptions used.

At the most recent annual review effective 1 January 2026, the Board chose to grant a discretionary bonus of 10% to both pensions not yet in payment and pensions in payment in respect of service prior to April 1997; and a bonus on pensions in payment in respect of post April 1997 service so that the pension increase was also 10% (where usually it would be calculated based on inflation up to an annual cap of 5% for pensions in payment in respect of service prior to April 2006 and 2.5% for pensions in payment in respect of service post April 2006). This followed improvements in the funding position over 2025. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time.

For the Pension Builder 2014 section, the valuation revealed a surplus of £8.5m on the ongoing assumptions used. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time.

The Church of England Pensions Board has agreed that some employers could use assets in the DBS of the CWPF in lieu of contributions to Pension Builder Classic and/or Pension Builder 2014. You will see this information on your DBS statement which will be sent separately.

The next valuation is being carried out as of 31 December 2025.

The legal structure of the scheme is such that if another employer fails, St John’s Church could become responsible for paying a share of the failed employer’s pension liabilities.

This wording was supplied by the Church of England Pensions Board on 25[th] February 2026.

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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUDITORS

The are responsible for preparing the Trustee’s Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires them to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the incoming resources and application of resources of the for that year.

In preparing these accounts, they are required to:

The are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Auditor

A resolution proposing that KPSR LLP be reappointed as auditor of the charity will be put at a General Meeting.

Disclosure of information to auditor

Each of the trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to the audit, but of which the auditor is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the auditor is aware of such information.

Approved by the PCC of trustees on 16[th] April 2026 signed on its behalf by:

Matthew Stone

Matthew Stone (Apr 17, 2026 13:02:36 GMT+1)

The Revd Matthew Stone Trustee

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Statement of Financial Activities For the period from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025

Unrestricted Restricted Total Prior year
funds funds funds total funds
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies 307,530 (75) 307,455 107,335
Income from charitable activities 14,972 - 14,972 14,261
Other trading activities 57,815 - 57,815 71,504
Investments 68,988 - 68,988 48,253
Other income 110,000 - 110,000 -
Total income 559,306 (75) 559,231 241,354
Expenditure on:
Expenditure on charitable activities 200,728 80 200,808 220,667
Other expenditure 22,690 - 22,690 6,151
Total expenditure 223,418 80 223,498 226,819
Net income / (expenditure) resources
before transfer		 335,887 (155) 335,732 14,535
Transfers:
Gross transfers between funds – in 49,292 7,815 57,108 14,482
Gross transfers between funds – out (57,109) - (57,109) (14,483)
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains/losses on investment assets - - - -
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's
own use
19,016		 - 19,016 -
Net movement in funds 347,088 7,660 354,749 14,535
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 2,927,534 1,787 2,929,322 2,914,786
Total funds carried forward 3,274,623 9,448 3,284,071 2,929,322
Represented by
Unrestricted
General fund 376,042 - 376,042 277,587
Designated
Church Heating Fund - - - (2,500)
Clergy Housing Fund - - - (4,159)
Legacies Fund 200,500 - 200,500 500
MWebb Legacy Fund 75 - 75 75
Organ repair Fund 112 - 112 (34,521)
Property Account Fund 2,680,000 - 2,680,000 2,680,000
Rectory Decoration Fund - - - (7,200)
Restricted Interest 17,892 - 17,892 17,750
Restricted
Bell Ringers Fund - - - (7,586)
Great Stanmore Old Church Fund - - - (75)
Legacies Fund - 7,650 7,650 7,650
Restricted Interest - 1,677 1,677 1,677
Weber Grave Fund - 120 120 120
Total Funds 3,274,623 9,448 3,284,071 2,929,322

A22

St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore Balance Sheet (Summary)

St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore
Balance Sheet (Summary)
As at
31/12/2025		 As at
31/12/2024
Fixed Assets
Tangible Assets
Investments
Current Assets
Investments
Cash At Bank And In Hand
Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year
Provision For Liabilities and Charges Due Within One Year
Net current assets less current liabilities
Total assets less current liabilities
Liabilities
Provision For Liabilities After One Year
Total net assets less liabilities
Represented by
Unrestricted
Unrestricted - General Funds
Designated
Designated - Church Heating Fund
Designated - Clergy Housing Fund
Designated - Legacies Fund
Designated – M Webb Legacy Fund
Designated - Organ repair Fund
Designated - Property Account Fund
Designated - Rectory Decoration Fund
Designated - Restricted Interest
Restricted
Restricted - Bell Ringers Fund
Restricted - Great Stanmore Old Church Fund
Restricted - Legacies Fund
Restricted - Restricted Interest
Restricted - Weber Grave Fund
Endowment
Fund Totals		 2,680,000
19,913
2,699,913
-
698,048
698,048
33,900
3,095
36,995
661,053
3,360,967
76,895
76,895
3,284,071
376,042
-
-
200,500
75
112
2,680,000
-
17,892
-
-
7,650
1,677
120
3,284,071		 2,679,971
-
2,679,971
897
348,183
349,080
22,316
2,082
24,398
324,682
3,004,653
75,331
75,331
2,929,322
277,700
(2,500)
(4,159)
500
75
(34,634)
2,680,000
(7,200)
17,750
(7,586)
(75)
7,650
1,677
120
2,929,322

These accounts were approved by the Trustees on 16[th] April 2026 and signed by the Chair on their behalf.

Matthew Stone

Matthew Stone (Apr 17, 2026 13:02:36 GMT+1)

The Revd Matthew Stone Trustee

A23

St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

Notes to the Financial Statements 1[st] January 2025 to 31[st] December 2025

Accounting Policies

a. Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations, together with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their affiliation to another body, nor those which are informal gatherings of church members.

b. Funds accounting

Funds held by the PCC are:

Unrestricted funds – general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Designated funds – monies set aside by the PCC out of unrestricted funds for specific future purposes or projects.

Restricted funds:

Endowment funds: funds the capital of which must be maintained; only income arising from the investment of the endowment may be used, either as restricted or unrestricted funds, depending on the purpose set out in the terms of the original endowment.

c. Incoming resources

All incoming resources are stated gross and are applied solely in the furtherance of the objects of the charity.

Voluntary income

Collections are recognised when received. Planned giving receivable is recognised only when received.

Income Tax recoverable on gift aid donations is recognised when the income is recognised. Grants and legacies are recognised when the PCC is legally entitled to the amount due.

Income from investments

Dividends are accounted for when due and payable. Interest entitlements are accounted for as they accrue.

All other income

All other income is recognised when it is receivable.

Gains and losses on investments

Realised gains are recognised when the investments are sold.

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St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

d. Resources used

Resources expended are accounted for on an accruals basis and are accounted for gross.

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded where the award creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

Church Activities

The Diocesan Parish Share (Common Fund) is accounted for when paid. Any Parish Share unpaid at 31[st] December is provided for in these accounts as an operational (though not legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the balance sheet. The Parish Share has always been in full.

e. Fixed Assets

Tangible fixed assets

Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by s.96 (2) of the Charities Act 1993.

Movable church furnishings held by the Rector and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the church’s inventory which can be inspected. For some inalienable property acquired in the past there may not be sufficient cost information surviving and therefore such assets may not be valued in the accounts. Individual items acquired since 1[st] January 2009 have been capitalised in the accounts and depreciated over their useful economic life (see note (d)).

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost of tangible fixed assets, excluding freehold properties, over a five-year period which is to the end of their expected useful lives. There are no assets currently being depreciated.

No depreciation is provided on freehold property as it is the PCC’s policy to maintain these assets in a continual state of sound repair. The useful economic life of these assets is so long and residual values so high that any depreciation would not be material. These assets will be subject to annual impairment reviews. Provision will be made if there has been any permanent diminution in value.

Investments

Investments are initially measured at transaction price excluding transaction costs, and are subsequently measured at fair value at each reporting date. Changes in fair value are recognised in the balance sheet for the year. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred.

f. Current assets

Amounts owing to the PCC on 31[st] December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors, less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable.

Short term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds or at the Bank.

g. Trustees

Apart from the Rector and Assistant Curate, who are in receipt of stipends paid by the Church Commissioners, no other elected PCC Member was remunerated in 2025. The aggregate amount given by serving PCC Members in 2025 was £10,626.

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St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

The Rector, Assistant Curate and Pastoral Assistant were reimbursed expenses of office totalling £740 of which £274 relates to mileage, and £64 relates to travel on public transport. No other payments were made to PCC Members, nor persons closely connected to them.

h. Audit fee

A fee of £8,400 has been accrued for payment to KPSR LLP for audit services in connection with the 2025 accounts.

A26

St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

Analysis of income and Expenditure Period: 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025

General Designated RestrictedThisyear
Total
Lastyear
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Standing Orders - Bank
Gift Aid - Envelopes White
Stewardship Cheques
Donations Other Gift Aid
Donation Other not Gift Aided
Church plate Collections
Open Church Collections
Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
Legacy Received
Donations and legacies Totals
Income from charitable activities
Clerk Staple/Hollond Lodge
Funeral Fees PCC
Wedding Fees PCC
Youth Group
The Cafe St Jean
Social Events
Church Flowers
Little Fishers and Toddler Group
Junior Church
Income from charitable activities Totals
Other trading activities
Fund Raising
Ch Hall Caretaker Fee
Ch hall lettings-to raise fund one off
Montessori School Rent
Ch Hall Lettings to Raise Funds Regular
Other trading activities Totals
Investments
Bank or building society interest
Rent St John's House 16 Chase
Rent Hollond Lodge
Rent Church House Cottage
Investment Income
Investments Totals
Other income
LDF Old Rectory Grant		 74,578
-
(60)
74,518
76,520
-
-
-
-
30
312
-
-
312
312
1,130
-
-
1,130
1,115
3,345
-
-
3,345
4,043
7,286
-
-
7,286
5,143
282
-
-
282
260
19,095
-
(15)
19,080
19,908
1,500
200,000
-
201,500
-
107,530
200,000
(75)
307,455 107,335
5,457
-
-
5,457
5,103
2,106
-
-
2,106
1,770
334
-
-
334
706
85
-
-
85
311
2,335
-
-
2,335
1,915
2,501
-
-
2,501
2,412
1,377
-
-
1,377
1,152
248
-
-
248
191
527
-
-
527
698
14,972
-
-
14,972
14,261
-
-
-
-
6,068
1,350
-
-
1,350
1,150
17,825
-
-
17,825
16,452
34,229
-
-
34,229
36,112
4,410
-
-
4,410
11,722
57,815
-
-
57,815
71,504
23,741
142
-
23,884
16,028
21,550
-
-
21,550
21,000
12,325
-
-
12,325
11,225
11,200
-
-
11,200
-
29
-
-
29
-
68,845
142
-
68,988
48,253
110,000
-
-
110,000
-

A27

St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

General Designated Restricted This year Last year
Other income Totals 110,000 - - 110,000 -
Income and endowments Grand totals 359,163 200,142 (75) 559,231 241,354
Expenditure on:
Expenditure on charitable activities
Giving to Missionary Societies 4,100 - - 4,100 4,100
Secular charities 2,000 - - 2,000 2,000
Ministry parish share etc. 99,980 - - 99,980 92,164
Ministry Parish Share extra (7,816) - - (7,816) 3,427
Parish Admin - Salaries 11,170 - - 11,170 11,170
Parish Admin - NI 765 - - 765 280
Parish Admin- Pension Life Insurance 491 - - 491 489
Employers’ National Insurance (766) - - (766) (296)
Other PCC Property Church House Cottage 696 - - 696 460
Other salaries 764 - - 764 269
Working Expenses of Incumbent 560 - - 560 664
Parsonage House Exp 659 800 - 1,459 1,458
Assistant staff - - - - 5
Working Expenses Curate 179 - - 179 361
Parish expense 416 - - 416 778
Hospitality Expenses 354 - - 354 425
Youth Group 529 - - 529 617
Administration 1,494 - - 1,494 1,245
Postage Telephone Admin 619 - - 619 975
Photocopies cost Admin 1,324 - - 1,324 1,002
Photocopier Lease Admin 1,722 - - 1,722 1,390
Parish Office costs Admin 677 - - 677 300
Printing and stationery Stew Env Admin 1,745 - - 1,745 2,051
Church run exp -Cleaning 2,243 - - 2,243 2,698
Church run exp - Insurance 6,943 - - 6,943 6,756
Church maintenance 2,976 - 80 3,056 2,931
Church Flag - - - - 326
Church Flowers 1,079 - - 1,079 878
Church Organ/piano tuning 426 - - 426 696
Church Projection System 3,047 - - 3,047 6,018
Church - Garden Waste 69 - - 69 69
Upkeep of services 1,971 - - 1,971 2,168
Service Sundries 187 - - 187 618
Music & Choir & Licenses 462 - - 462 352
Church Publicity 66 - - 66 (184)
Little Fishers And Toddlers Group 269 - - 269 -
Junior Church 1,080 - - 1,080 867

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St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

General Designated
RestrictedThisyear
Lastyear
Social Events
The Cafe St Jean
Church run exp - Electricity
Church run exp - Water
Church run exp-Heating oil
Hall exp -Electricity
Hall Exp-Gas
Hall exp -rubbish removal
Hall exp - Insurance
Hall -routine maintenance
Hall exp -mowing
Hall Cleaning
Hall Cleaning Materials
Hall-Caretaking fee for Hall Hire
Hall- water
SJC Major Church Repairs
Expenditure on charitable activities Totals
Other expenditure
Other PCC property Hollond Lodge
Other PCC Property The Chase
Legal & Professional Fees
Audit Fee
Home Group
Bank charges
Sundry Expenses
Hall Sundry Expenses
Other expenditure Totals
Expenditure Grand totals		 2,160
-
-
2,160
1,499
1,283
-
-
1,283
1,238
2,115
-
-
2,115
3,819
345
-
-
345
287
4,045
-
-
4,045
4,451
4,328
-
-
4,328
11,775
2,919
-
-
2,919
-
776
-
-
776
636
3,438
-
-
3,438
3,359
25,269
-
-
25,269
9,352
4,923
-
-
4,923
6,771
2,783
-
-
2,783
2,550
945
-
-
945
1,279
1,515
-
-
1,515
1,275
582
-
-
582
427
-
-
-
-
22,401
199,928
800
80
200,808 220,667
1,606
-
-
1,606
1,409
1,892
-
-
1,892
1,839
10,519
-
-
10,259
2,218
8,140
-
-
8,400
-
78
-
-
78
32
153
-
-
153
221
177
-
-
177
311
122
-
-
122
119
22,690
-
-
22,690
6,151
222,618
800
80
223,498 226,819

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St John's Church PCC Stanmore A30

St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (by code) As at: 31 December 2025

Class and nominal code General
(Unrestricted)
Designated
RestrictedEndowment
Total
Last year
Fixed Asset - Investments
Share Investment (CCLA)
19,913
-
-
-
19,913
-
Total
19,913
-
-
-
19,913
-
Fixed Asset - Tangible Assets
F/H Church House at Cost
- 1,100,000
-
-
1,100,000
1,100,000
F/H St Johns House at Cost The
Chase
-
775,000
-
-
775,000
775,000
F/H Hollond Lodge at cost
-
380,000
-
-
380,000
380,000
F/H Church House Cottage at cost
-
425,000
-
-
425,000
425,000
Investments
-
-
-
-
-
(29)
Total
- 2,680,000
-
- 2,680,000 2,679,971
Current Asset - Cash At Bank And In Hand
Bank current account
(222,775)
221,700
23,177
-
22,103
32,496
CBF CofE deposit A/c
615,897
59,745
301
-
675,944
315,687
Total
393,123
281,446
23,478
-
698,048
348,183
Current Asset - Investments
Investment Shares (CCLA)
-
-
-
-
-
897
Total
-
-
-
-
-
897
Liability - Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year
School returnable deposit
500
-
-
-
500
500
Accruals
33,400
-
-
-
33,400
21,816
Total
33,900
-
-
-
33,900
22,316
Liability - Provision For Liabilities After One Year
Rectory Decoration Fund
-
7,100
-
-
7,100
6,300
Cafe St John
-
246
-
-
246
-
Church Fund Raising/Organ
-
13,173
-
-
13,173
13,048
Church Heating Fund
-
28,750
-
-
28,750
28,750
M Webb Fund
-
5,944
-
-
5,944
5,687
A Carey Fund
-
-
982
-
982
982
Bell Fund
-
-
7,941
-
7,941
7,881
E Bowen
-
7,650
-
-
7,650
7,650
Old Church Fund
-
-
5,106
-
5,106
5,031
Total
-
62,864
14,030
-
76,895
75,331
Liability - Provision For Liabilities And Charges Due Within One Year
Deferred Income
3,095
-
-
-
3,095
2,082
Total
3,095
-
-
-
3,095
2,082
Net total assets
376,042 2,898,581
9,448
-3,284,071 2,929,322		 19,913
-
-
-
19,913
-

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St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

Class and nominal code General Designated **Restricted ** Endowment Total Last year
(Unrestricted)
Represented by
General (Unrestricted) 376,042
-		 - - 376,042 277,700
Designated – Clergy House -
-		 - - - (4,159)
Designated - Heating -
-		 - - - (2,500)
Designated - Interest -
17,892		 - - 17,892 17,750
Designated - Legacies -
200,500		 - - 200,500 500
Designated – M Web -
75		 - - 75 75
Designated - Organ -
112		 - - - (34,634)
Designated - Property - 2,680,000 - - 2,680,000 2,680,000
Designated - Rectory -
-		 - - - (7,200)
Restricted - Bell -
-		 - - - (7,586)
Restricted - Interest -
-		 1,677 - 1,677 1,677
Restricted - Legacies -
-		 7,650 - 7,650 7,650
Restricted - Old church -
-		 - - - (75)
Restricted - Weber Grave -
-		 120 - 120 120
Total 376,042 2,898,581 9,448 - 3,284,071 2,929,322

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St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2025

We have audited the accounts of St John’s Church PCC Stanmore for the year ended 31[st] December 2025 set out on pages A1 to A33. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and its trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of trustees’ and auditors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustee’s Responsibilities, the trustee’s are responsible for the preparation of accounts which give a true and fair view and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

We have been appointed as auditors under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under section154 of that Act. Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the accounts in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board's Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations.

We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

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St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2025

Discussions with and enquiries of management and those charged with governance were held with a view to identifying those laws and regulations that could be expected to have a material impact on the financial statements. During the engagement team briefing, the outcomes of these discussions and enquiries were shared with the team, as well as consideration as to where and how fraud may occur in the entity.

The following laws and regulations were identified as being of significance to the entity:

Audit procedures undertaken in response to the potential risks relating to irregularities (which include fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations) comprised of: inquiries of management and those charged with governance as to whether the entity complies with such laws and regulations; enquiries with the same concerning any actual or potential litigation or claims; inspection of relevant legal correspondence; review of board minutes; testing the appropriateness of journal entries; and the performance of analytical review to identify unexpected movements in account balances which may be indicative of fraud.

No instances of material non-compliance were identified. However, the likelihood of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is limited by the inherent difficulty in detecting irregularities, the effectiveness of the entity’s controls, and the nature, timing and extent of the audit procedures performed. Irregularities that result from fraud might be inherently more difficult to detect than irregularities that result from error. As explained above, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements may not be detected, even though the audit has been planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK).

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Scope of the audit of the accounts

An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the accounts sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the accounts are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the charity's circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the trustee and the overall presentation of the accounts. In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report to identify material inconsistencies with the audited accounts and to identify any information that is apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

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St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2025

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Opinion on accounts

In our opinion the accounts:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

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St John’s Church PCC, Stanmore

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2025

Other Matters

The financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st December 2024 were not audited as in that period the charity was exempt from audit and the trustees took advantage of the audit exemption.

KPSR LLP

KPSR LLP (Apr 17, 2026 13:05:57 GMT+1)

KPSR LLP

Statutory Auditor

16[th] April 2026

Chartered Accountants, Registered Auditors 58 High Street, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 5PZ

KPSR LLP is eligible to act as an auditor under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006

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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

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