**Charity number: 1129326**
## **St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
**Unaudited**
**Members' report and financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Contents**
||Page|
|---|---|
|**Reference and administrative details of the PCC, its Members and advisers**|1|
|**Members' report**|2 - 4|
|**Independent examiner's report**|5|
|**Statement of financial activities**|6|
|**Balance sheet**|7|
|**Notes to the financial statements**|8 - 22|
**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Reference and administrative details of the PCC, its Members and advisers For the year ended 31 December 2025**
|**Members**|The Reverend Canon Bernhard Schünemann, Incumbent and Chair|
|---|---|
||Reuben Akintunde, Elected Member (resigned 11 May 2025)|
||Nicholas Ansdell-Evans, Elected Member (resigned 11 May 2025)|
||Eleanor Bracken, Elected member, Re-elected Church Warden 11 May 2025|
||James Fraser, Elected Member|
||Peter Frost, Elected Member. Re-appointed Treasurer 19 June 2025|
||Joan Penny Fuller, Ex Officio, Deanery Synod, Re-appointed Principal
Safeguarding Officer 19 June 2025|
||Barney Hearnden, Elected Member. Re-elected Church Warden 11 May 2025.
Appointed Vice-Chair 19 June 2025|
||Olivia Holmes, Elected Member. Re-appointed Assistant Warden and Electoral Roll
Officer 19 June 2025|
||Trot Lavelle, Reader Emeritus. Elected Member (resigned 11 May 2025, co-opted
as Non-voting Member 19 June 2025)|
||Caroline Lenton-Ward, Elected member|
||Susan Patterson, Ex Officio, Deanery Synod|
||Ovidiu Precup, Elected Member|
||Temple Sambo, Elected Member. Re-appointed Assistant Warden 19 June 2025|
||Heather Savini, Elected Member|
||Matthew Shirley, Elected Member|
||Laura Thomas, Elected Member|
||Rosemary Waweru, Elected Member|
|**Charity registered**
**number**
1129326
**Principal office**
St Stephen's Church
College Road
London
SE21 7HW
**Accountants**
Kreston Reeves LLP
Springfield House
Springfield Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 2RG
**Bankers**
National Westminster Bank Plc
209 Lower Addiscombe Road
Croydon
CR0 6RB||
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## **St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Members' report For the year ended 31 December 2025**
The Members present their annual report together with the financial statements of the PCC for the 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **a. Policies and objectives**
Our aim is to be a broad and inclusive church valuing formal liturgy, challenging preaching and fine music, while aiming also to serve our community and parish, striving to make Christ’s presence real in our community. Such objectives incorporate a pro-active approach to diversity and multi-faith activity. In setting these objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance “Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)”.
## **b. Strategies for achieving objectives**
Our strategy and objectives have remained consistent during 2025 and have included the following:
- Opening the church for longer periods and maintaining strong links with local schools, other local charities
- and bodies and the community in general;
- Communicating our message as widely as possible;
- Continuing with the Diocesan Safeguarding Policy in promoting a safer Church and responding to
- domestic abuse;
- Keeping our buildings and facilities in good condition and making them available to local businesses and
- voluntary groups so as to ensure effective use of our buildings, generate income and contribute to life in our community.
- Building on our clergy support team and volunteer groups to provide the human resources needed to run a
- successful church.
- Updating our policies as needed, including safeguarding, inclusion, data management and fire risk
- assessments.
## **c. Activities undertaken to achieve objectives**
Some of the key activities undertaken during the past year in order to implement our strategies and achieve our objectives are:
- Meetings of our Standing Committee six times and PCC five or six times during the year at which initiatives and other new ideas are debated and progressed in accordance with our objectives;
- Building on our Worship and Mission group to provide a constant flow of ideas;
- Continuing to maintain the fabric of the church and associated buildings and facilities at a high standard;
- Maintaining a vibrant musical programme, including both adult and children's choirs, ensuring that
- participation is free in order to ensure that the opportunity to benefit from our programme is open to
- Overall, utilising funds received from parishoners, the Church of England, Southwark Diocese and the
- Ouseley Church Music Trust;
- Running regular social activities for the congregation and the wider local community;
- Ensuring regular streaming of our main services so that those unable to attend in person can view the
- services from home and/or at their leisure;
## **d. Main activities undertaken to further the PCC's purposes for the public benefit**
- Running regular Sunday services including on-line streaming, attracting not only our regular congregation
- but those from the wider community;
- Continuing to build a growing congregation for services including the development of quarterly German
- language services and a bible study group in Mandarin with Chinese dancing, attracting participation from those in the area speaking these languages.
- Hosting concerts and recitals given by a variety of local and other musical groups;
- Using our upgraded lighting, sound and broadband to ensure services and musical activities can be
- enjoyed by as many as possible;
- Promoting the use of our upgraded piano and progressing plans to replace our existing defective organ
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## **St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Members' report (continued) For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
- with a new pipe organ, all to encourage greater participation and enjoyment of our music;
- Running a young musicians competition attracting children from schools in the area;
- Holding services for important days in the Christian calendar, including an advent carol service;
- Running a quiz night, theme suppers, Harvest Festival lunch, barn dance and Christmas bring-and-buy
- events to encourage community participation;
- Commissioning and selling church related Christmas cards, and designing, printing and delivering across
- the parish a leaflet highlighting the church's Christmas programme and its year-round activities; • Supporting the Robes project which provides shelter and welfare for homeless people;
- Retaining a youth worker to work with younger people
- Holding Christmas services for six local schools, attracting the participation of upwards of 3,000 school
- children;
- Hosting and participating in multi-faith Judeo-Christian evenings;
## **Achievements and performance**
## **a. Other Main achievements of the PCC**
- Maintaining a congregation at above the average of other churches in the diocese;
- • Assisting with the collection of donations for other charities.
## **Financial review**
## **a. Going concern**
After making appropriate enquiries, the Members have a reasonable expectation that the PCC has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies.
## **b. Reserves policy**
The reserves maintained by the Church, other than those represented by restricted funds, consist of a Designated Fund for Church Fabric and Mission and the General Fund (both of which are free reserves).
The PCC decides each year on the transfer, if any, between these two funds based on the actual and anticipated expenditure appropriate to each fund, consistent with maintaining sufficient in the General Fund to meet possible fluctuations in operating income and expenses.
At 31 December 2025, the amounts allocated were as follows:
|Designated Fund:||
|---|---|
|Church Fabric and Mission|£210,626|
||--------------|
||£210,626|
|General Fund|£71,998|
||--------------|
|Total Unrestricted Funds|£282,624 (2024: £238,664)|
||=======|
The PCC believes that having made provision in the Designated Fund for possible future repairs, the free reserves necessary to sustain its operations is in the order of £50,000.
Total restricted funds as at 31 December 2025 were £171,863 (2024: £174,683).
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## **St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
**Members' report (continued) For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **a. Constitution**
St Stephen's Church South Dulwich is a registered charity, number 1129326, and is constituted under a Charity Commission Scheme.
## **b. Methods of appointment or election of Members**
The management of the PCC is the responsibility of the Members who are elected and co-opted under the rules and regulations governing the charity.
## **Statement of Members' responsibilities**
The Members are responsible for preparing the Members' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the Members to prepare financial statements for each financial which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the PCC and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Members are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
- make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards (FRS 102) have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the PCC will continue in business.
The Members are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the PCC's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the PCC and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Charity Commission Scheme. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the PCC and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Members and signed on their behalf by:
## **The Reverend Canon Bernhard Schünemann**
Incumbent and Chair Date: 26 March 2026
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## **St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Independent examiner's report**
## **For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **Independent examiner's report to the Members of St Stephen's Church South Dulwich ('the PCC')**
I report to the charity Members on my examination of the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the Members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the PCC's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the PCC's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the PCC has prepared the accounts in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has been withdrawn.
I understand that this has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the PCC as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) 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 independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
This report is made solely to the PCC's Members, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the PCC's Members those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the PCC and the PCC's Members as a body, for my work or for this report.
Signed:
Dated: 17 April 2026
James Peach FCA
Kreston Reeves LLP Horsham
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Statement of financial activities For the year ended 31 December 2025**
|**Note**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments
5
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
6
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
Transfers between funds
15
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**167,134**
**95,389**
**5,136**
**267,659**
**224,620**
**224,620**
**43,039**
**921**
**43,960**
**238,664**
**43,960**
**282,624**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**7,693**
**-**
**16**
**7,709**
**9,608**
**9,608**
**(1,899)**
**(921)**
**(2,820)**
**174,683**
**(2,820)**
**171,863**|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**174,827**
**95,389**
**5,152**
**275,368**
**234,228**
**234,228**
**41,140**
**-**
**41,140**
**413,347**
**41,140**
**454,487**|Total
funds
2024
£
153,222
90,558
9,346|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||253,126
361,132|
|||||361,132
(108,006)
-|
|||||(108,006)
521,353
(108,006)|
|||||413,347|
The Statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
The notes on pages 8 to 22 form part of these financial statements.
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Balance sheet As at 31 December 2025**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
10
**Current assets**
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
**Current liabilities**
Creditors: amounts falling due within one
year
12
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets**
**Charity funds**
Restricted funds
15
Unrestricted funds
15
**Total funds**|**18,949**
**290,538**
**309,487**
**(14,640)**|**2025**
**£**
**159,640**
**159,640**
**294,847**
**454,487**
**454,487**
**171,863**
**282,624**
**454,487**|11,265
255,806
267,071
(19,504)|2024
£
165,780|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||165,780
247,567|
|||||413,347|
||||||
|||||413,347|
|||||174,683
238,664|
||||||
|||||413,347|
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Members and signed on their behalf by:
## **The Reverend Canon Bernhard Schünemann**
Incumbent and Chair Date: 26 March 2026
The notes on pages 8 to 22 form part of these financial statements.
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
**Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **1. General information**
St Stephen's Church South Dulwich is a registered charity, number 1129326. The constitution of the charity is that laid down by the laws relating to the Church of England. The principal office of the Church is as detailed on page 1.
## **2. Accounting policies**
## **2.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
St Stephen's Church South Dulwich meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
## **2.2 Income**
All income is recognised once the PCC has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
The recognition of income from legacies is dependent on establishing entitlement, the probability of receipt and the ability to estimate with sufficient accuracy the amount receivable. Evidence of entitlement to a legacy exists when the PCC has sufficient evidence that a gift has been left to them (through knowledge of the existence of a valid will and the death of the benefactor) and the executor is satisfied that the property in question will not be required to satisfy claims in the estate. Receipt of a legacy must be recognised when it is probable that it will be received and the fair value of the amount receivable, which will generally be the expected cash amount to be distributed to the PCC, can be reliably measured.
Grants are included in the Statement of financial activities on a receivable basis. The balance of income received for specific purposes but not expended during the period is shown in the relevant funds on the Balance sheet. Where income is received in advance of entitlement of receipt, its recognition is deferred and included in creditors as deferred income. Where entitlement occurs before income is received, the income is accrued.
Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at the time the investment income is receivable.
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
**Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.3 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on directly undertaking the activities which further the PCC's objectives, as well as any associated support costs.
All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.
## **2.4 Interest receivable**
Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the PCC; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the institution with whom the funds are deposited.
## **2.5 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets costing £NIL or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably.
Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
- Freehold property 2% straight line
## **2.6 Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **2.7 Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
**Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.8 Liabilities and provisions**
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the PCC anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.
Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the Statement of financial activities as a finance cost.
## **2.9 Financial instruments**
The PCC only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **2.10 Operating leases**
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of financial activities on a straightline basis over the lease term.
## **2.11 Fund accounting**
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Members in furtherance of the general objectives of the PCC and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Members for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the PCC for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **3. Income from donations and legacies**
|Donations
Legacies
Grants
Donations
Grants|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
137,134
30,000
-
167,134
Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
125,801
21,416
147,217|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
4,693
-
3,000
7,693
Restricted
funds
2024
£
6,005
-
6,005|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**141,827**
**30,000**
**3,000**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**174,827**|
||||Total
funds
2024
£
131,806
21,416|
||||153,222|
**4. Income from charitable activities**
|Wedding fees
Funeral fees
Church and hall
Mobile Aerial Rent|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
7,406
8,598
62,041
17,344
95,389|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**7,406**
**8,598**
**62,041**
**17,344**|
|---|---|---|
|||**95,389**|
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **4. Income from charitable activities (continued)**
|Wedding fees
Funeral fees
Church and hall
Mobile Aerial Rent|Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
9,238
9,075
55,401
16,844
90,558|Total
funds
2024
£
9,238
9,075
55,401
16,844|
|---|---|---|
|||90,558|
## **5. Investment income**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
Interest received
5,136
Interest received|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
16
Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
9,346|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**5,152**|
|---|---|---|
|||Total
funds
2024
£
9,346|
## **6. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities**
## **Summary by fund type**
|Ministry
Property|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
174,249
50,371
224,620|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
3,468
6,140
9,608|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
**177,717**
**56,511**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**234,228**|
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **6. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities (continued)**
## **Summary by fund type (continued)**
|Ministry
Property|Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
176,526
174,214
350,740|Restricted
funds
2024
£
4,252
6,140
10,392|Total
2024
£
180,778
180,354|
|---|---|---|---|
||||361,132|
## **Summary by expenditure type**
|Ministry
Property
Ministry
Property|**Depreciation**
**2025**
**£**
-
6,140
6,140
Depreciation
2024
£
-
6,140
6,140|**Other costs**
**2025**
**£**
177,717
50,371
228,088
Other costs
2024
£
180,778
174,214
354,992|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
**177,717**
**56,511**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**234,228**|
||||Total
2024
£
180,778
180,354|
||||361,132|
## **7. Analysis of expenditure by activities**
|Ministry
Property|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**2025**
**£**
154,191
56,511
210,702|**Support**
**costs**
**2025**
**£**
23,526
-
23,526|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**177,717**
**56,511**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**234,228**|
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **7. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)**
|Ministry
Property
**Analysis of direct costs**|Activities
undertaken
directly
2024
£
156,342
180,354
336,696|Support
costs
2024
£
24,436
-
24,436|Total
funds
2024
£
180,778
180,354|
|---|---|---|---|
||||361,132|
|||||
|Diocesan Parish Support Fund
Music and choir
Sanctuary
Clergy and Lay Ministry
Youth work
Donations
Wedding and funeral expenses
Light and heat
Water
Repairs and maintenance
Cleaning, janitorial and gardening
Security
Insurance
Freehold Depreciation Fund
Music enhancement Fund
Dulwich Woods School music support Fund
New Organ Fund
Ouseley Trust choir support Fund
German Services Fund
Organ Lessons Fund
**Total 2025**|**Ministry**
**2025**
**£**
98,000
29,665
3,905
3,165
4,261
503
11,224
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
257
-
351
1,560
980
320
154,191|**Property**
**2025**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,930
1,362
10,468
17,581
2,546
5,484
6,140
-
-
-
-
-
-
56,511|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**98,000**
**29,665**
**3,905**
**3,165**
**4,261**
**503**
**11,224**
**12,930**
**1,362**
**10,468**
**17,581**
**2,546**
**5,484**
**6,140**
**257**
**-**
**351**
**1,560**
**980**
**320**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**210,702**|
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **7. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)**
## **Analysis of direct costs (continued)**
|Diocesan Parish Support Fund
Music and choir
Sanctuary
Clergy and Lay ministry
Youth work
Donations
Wedding and Funeral expenses
Light and heat
Water
Repairs and maintenance
Cleaning, janitorial and gardening
Security
Insurance
Fabric and Mission Fund
Freehold Depreciation Fund
Music enhancement Fund
Dulwich Woods School music support Fund
New Organ Fund
Ouseley Trust choir support Fund
Total 2024
**Analysis of support costs**|Ministry
2024
£
100,250
27,881
3,889
3,488
4,049
677
11,856
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
375
300
829
2,748
156,342|Property
2024
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19,827
901
126,544
18,854
2,267
5,821
-
6,140
-
-
-
-
180,354|Total
funds
2024
£
100,250
27,881
3,889
3,488
4,049
677
11,856
19,827
901
126,544
18,854
2,267
5,821
-
6,140
375
300
829
2,748|
|---|---|---|---|
||||336,696|
|||||
|Secretarial, printing and stationery
Telephone, broadband and website
General expenses
Accounting support
Pension costs
Independent examiner's fee
**Total 2025**|**Ministry**
**2025**
**£**
13,149
4,948
1,159
729
409
3,132
23,526|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**13,149**
**4,948**
**1,159**
**729**
**409**
**3,132**|
|---|---|---|
|||**23,526**|
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **7. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)**
## **Analysis of support costs (continued)**
|Secretarial, printing and stationery
Telephone, broadband and website
General expenses
Accounting support
Water
Independent examiner's fee
Total 2024
**8.**
**Independent examiner's remuneration**
Fees payable to the PCC's independent examiner for the independent
examination and preparation of the PCC's annual accounts|Ministry
2024
£
12,884
5,526
950
1,698
378
3,000
24,436
**2025**
**£**
**3,132**|Total
funds
2024
£
12,884
5,526
950
1,698
378
3,000|
|---|---|---|
|||24,436|
|||2024
£
3,000|
## **9. Members' remuneration and expenses**
During the year, one member of the PCC received remuneration of £5,880 (2024: £3,640) as a professional singer for junior choir tuition. No other member received any remuneration or other benefits during the year (2024: £NIL)
During the year ended 31 December 2025, expenses totalling £8,543 were reimbursed or paid directly to 4 Members (2024 - £9,188 to 7 Members). These were expenses incurred by the clergy, lay ministry and PCC members in the performance of their duties.
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **10. Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost or valuation**
At 1 January 2025
At 31 December 2025
**Depreciation**
At 1 January 2025
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2025
**Net book value**
At 31 December 2025
At 31 December 2024
**Debtors**
**Due within one year**
Prepayments and accrued income
Tax recoverable|**2025**
**£**
**15,941**
**3,008**
**18,949**|**Freehold**
**property**
**£**
**307,000**|
|---|---|---|
|||**307,000**|
|||**141,220**
**6,140**|
|||**147,360**|
|||**159,640**|
|||165,780|
|||2024
£
9,155
2,110|
|||11,265|
## **11. Debtors**
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **12. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
|Trade creditors
Accruals and deferred income
**13.**
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
**Analysis of net assets between funds - current year**
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year
**Total**
**Analysis of net assets between funds - prior year**
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year
**Total**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
-
297,264
(14,640)
282,624
Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
-
258,168
(19,504)
238,664|**2025**
**£**
**9,620**
**5,020**
**14,640**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
159,640
12,223
-
171,863
Restricted
funds
2024
£
165,780
8,903
-
174,683|2024
£
19,504
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||19,504
**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**159,640**
**309,487**
**(14,640)**|
||||**454,487**
Total
funds
2024
£
165,780
267,071
(19,504)|
||||413,347|
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
**For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **14. The use to which the various funds can be put**
## **Designated funds**
The Fabric and Mission fund is a designated fund established to provide for major repairs and enhancements to the church property and for other significant expenditure supporting the mission of the church.
## **Restricted funds**
The Millennium Hall fund represents funds raised to build the church hall, the cost of which is being written down in accordance with the accounting policy on freehold property.
The Curate's fund represents monies donated to assist with the Curate's rent of a suitable property.
The Music Enhancement Fund is for donations and expenditure to support the general music activities of the church.
The Ouseley Church Music Trust fund represents a grant to support the church choir.
The Dulwich Wood Primary School grant is to support children's singing in the school.
The New Organ fund represents donations to purchase a new Organ for the church.
The German Services Fund represents a grant to support services given in German for German speakers.
The Organ Lessons Fund represents a grant for the support of organ lessons given to those wishing to learn or develop their skills playing the organ.
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **15. Statement of funds**
## **Statement of funds - current year**
|**Unrestricted funds**
**Designated funds**
Fabric and Mission Fund
**General funds**
General Funds
**Total Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted funds**
Millennium Hall Fund
New Organ Fund
Curate's Fund
Music Enhancement Fund
Organ Lessons Fund
German Services Fund
Dulwich Wood Primary School
Ouseley Church Music Trust
Fund
**Total of funds**|**Balance at 1**
**January**
**2025**
**£**
**183,600**
**55,064**
**238,664**
**165,780**
**-**
**2,940**
**1,983**
**-**
**-**
**100**
**3,880**
**174,683**
**413,347**|**Income**
**£**
**30,000**
**237,659**
**267,659**
**-**
**3,521**
**-**
**-**
**1,188**
**3,000**
**-**
**-**
**7,709**
**275,368**|**Expenditure**
**£**
**(2,974)**
**(221,646)**
**(224,620)**
**(6,140)**
**(351)**
**-**
**(257)**
**(320)**
**(980)**
**-**
**(1,560)**
**(9,608)**
**(234,228)**|**Transfers**
**in/out**
**£**
**-**
**921**
**921**
**-**
**(921)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(921)**
**-**|**Balance at**
**31**
**December**
**2025**
**£**
**210,626**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**71,998**|
||||||**282,624**|
||||||**159,640**
**2,249**
**2,940**
**1,726**
**868**
**2,020**
**100**
**2,320**|
||||||**171,863**|
||||||**454,487**|
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **15. Statement of funds (continued)**
## **Statement of funds - prior year**
|**Unrestricted funds**
**Designated funds**
Repairs Fund
Fabric and Mission Fund
**General funds**
General Funds
**Total Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted funds**
Millennium Hall Fund
Curate's Fund
Music Enhancement Fund
Dulwich Wood Primary School
Ouseley Church Music Trust
Fund
New Organ Fund
**Total of funds**|Balance at
1 January
2024
£
150,000
137,679
287,679
54,833
342,512
171,920
2,940
2,358
400
1,223
-
178,841
521,353|Income
£
-
21,416
21,416
225,705
247,121
-
-
-
-
5,405
600
6,005
253,126|Expenditure
£
-
(125,495)
(125,495)
(225,245)
(350,740)
(6,140)
-
(375)
(300)
(2,748)
(829)
(10,392)
(361,132)|Transfers
in/out
£
(150,000)
150,000
-
(229)
(229)
-
-
-
-
-
229
229
-|Balance at
31
December
2024
£
-
183,600|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||183,600|
||||||55,064
238,664|
||||||165,780
2,940
1,983
100
3,880
-|
||||||174,683|
||||||413,347|
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**St Stephen's Church South Dulwich**
## **Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **16. Summary of funds**
## **Summary of funds - current year**
|Designated funds
General funds
Restricted funds|**Balance at 1**
**January**
**2025**
**£**
**183,600**
**55,064**
**174,683**
**413,347**
Balance at
1 January
2024
£
287,679
54,833
178,841
521,353|**Income**
**£**
**30,000**
**237,659**
**7,709**
**275,368**
Income
£
21,416
225,705
6,005
253,126|**Expenditure**
**£**
**(2,974)**
**(221,646)**
**(9,608)**
**(234,228)**
Expenditure
£
(125,495)
(225,245)
(10,392)
(361,132)|**Transfers**
**in/out**
**£**
**-**
**921**
**(921)**
**-**
Transfers
in/out
£
-
(229)
229
-|**Balance at**
**31**
**December**
**2025**
**£**
**210,626**
**71,998**
**171,863**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**454,487**|
||||||Balance at
31
December
2024
£
183,600
55,064
174,683|
|**Summary of funds - prior year**||||||
|Designated funds
General funds
Restricted funds||||||
||||||413,347|
## **17. Operating lease commitments**
At 31 December 2025 the PCC had commitments to make future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases as follows:
|Not later than 1 year
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years|**2025**
**£**
**1,075**
**-**
**1,075**|2024
£
2,150
1,075|
|---|---|---|
|||3,225|
## **18. Related party transactions**
The PCC has not entered into any related party transaction during the year other than those items disclosed in Note 9, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties and the PCC at 31 December 2025.
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