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REGISTERED CHARITY NUII8ER: 1129440 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED ANANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 FOR ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Jthnson TKlsall Limiled Chartered A¢¢C￿nIants 81 Burtm Road Dert)y Derbyshire DE1 1TJ

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEKTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 0ECEM8ER 2025 Vlca¢8 Rèport 1 k> 2 •port of tho TNst••$ 3 b) 15 Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•rfs R•port 16 Rt¢•lpt8 •nd Paym•nts Account CC 1&4 Statement of Aswts and Uablllt CC 16B

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL VICAR'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 The year bÈgan wth i¥)th JoffjA wekxyftes and hewwdt gcoYbye5. WÈ Iharths to GL•J lor the ministry of Phil Monojr as he steppod into the nexi chapter of trus life Ènd ca￿ng, and wè re blessed ￿ tum to Rathd Kwnedy and Revd Calhie. It has been a yw fflarked by transl￿"On. yet thro￿￿ tt 1 VE havè sensèd GLWJ'S faithful ￿dIrrfJ. We were also to wdcc•ne Cdette De5borrAJgh as an Ofdinand on placwnwrt. l am deeply grateful ts the str￿g leam that has e￿. supyJrtgJ by the la1th￿l mirtstry of (Mjr vthler dwgy WMJ RÈador across bolh St NK's and th8 other hurches within our group. In the summr we cdebratd with R￿d Cahiti #s sh¢ cowlgt•J ojrncy moved with her fwnity k) the Oi¢)(xse ol Bath and WelLs. Revd Ayjen's appt¥rtm￿t to a nvAf t￿1. Wè gr¥è Iharts for al th8y contribuled duriro thesr time wrfh us. Ken￿tys app￿ntMent as our Youlh ch.￿.$ has been a ￿ gft. Her pres￿Ce, Ixeativity and p8Storal heart have helped us (leepen our mirwstry wth thildren. ￿ pwle and familiès, and wè have se8n nthy seeds ol faith begin to takè root. Our weewy w1￿1S kn WwdaThJs $thJ￿, a5 VAI as the continuoJ fft of our youih ￿0up, are signs ol God's q￿et but stea(ty work amoNJ us. The youth groLW in partiujlar has bÈèn a rèmir#Jèr ol vthat can flourish when our parish8s ministw and seN8 tcrfJthr. We cothue to p41rways that g&ity and naluralty hdp ￿Ung peoplè grow in thar relat#)r6hip wlh ch￿t. The grovth of Play & Prak%è and the la￿￿ of8reakf￿1 h•¥e W mu¢h M. Se¢ing f¥nilies gather. w¢xship and find belongir¥J h&8 been a real encnuragement. l am IMM￿5￿￿ grateftl to everyone Y¥h) has prw. plan￿j Sèrv￿ to help these minislrie5 flourish. They a￿ clear expressijrs of the t￿Y d Chrisl at wo￿. 2025 was Jso a signilknt year &8 y￿ secJJred the nethd lo launth ¢h9 Daly Bread CC#mM￿￿ Café. Th15 has quid(ty becorne a place of wekome. In￿dShiP aWKI meaninthd corwetsath"on. Throl￿h it we have $trengthÈned our f8lationsfvps wrth the wder wnmunity, arn1 we h))k foThwd wrth anticipalicffl lo all t￿1 G¢wJ vrill continu8 to do thr(wh Ihis ministry. My heartfdl tha￿$ go lo ¢he Yth) swve ilh suth c(ThTrmwt. wwnlh and hospilality. Our dlair fundrairKJ 8venls,18d by Rod RW thg leam. have be￿ wc¥iderful occasKJns, OUT grDWry partnerts￿p with the Baby Unil thaity so laithfulty and &)viryty devekW by Rcyl and Kate is a blessirKJ to many. The knts￿r fun¢Jraising has become a kX)pulw and rnuth Itht•￿ witfln the calé sp￿. Our fortnohtty Coffee and Chat ￿lInUe b thrive, offeriNJ a pe of swport. this, our prdy¢r grow). So Much Ffft, Knit and Natter. small groups and rna10t￿m team eath play an imp)rtant pal in the fabr￿ of our sharad lrft. I famain wofoundty thful for evéryo￿ wh) 0￿e￿Y and faithfully serves at Sl Nicks. irKJudiry ¢hos9 who wdcome. thcL8e who rarè lovingly lor Ihe building. aTrJ t￿)se (xeale prayer statK)ns. 11cvwers, decorath"ons. seasonal linens and bannats etc, each shaplro a wdcxrriNJ spacè. The wb lurKhes gso C￿lin￿e to be wel att￿d￿J. offering another valuable placè for fdlolbship and ￿mmunIty. Ew c￿￿n￿All￿. rK) matter h(yw w&ble. is valued and important. We ￿ntInue io $￿pOrt sevwal thaiities aThJ have erwrnl vryts fram Jvjsaw, Upbeat c￿￿mUnit￿ aTrJ Oerby Ffy)d 4 ThoLwt. Our links Mlh kncal ccnnwiity o￿lIn￿e to gr￿, tlvwJh kncal espe(idly G￿ Potter. who regula suppjrts and is prttènt vrithin Ihè commmty c. We are t(M) ihe partnerslwp of our Local Area Coordinators and the Derby Crty Counol locality team, swjport has be•n invaluat4e. l am pri¥ilgJgJ to be a member of Ihe Ajlestree NelghbourhcKJd Board. We also and posrtwe fda1￿]5￿ with our IAP. Jonathan Davies", It was g)od to meet wilh him and pin him fof a walk and c￿Versa￿on from Alestree Park io Markeaton Park as parl ol ￿r￿btuen¢Y walk during the swnmer. Cclmmunty partnerships rwnain a vita part of missTh. The Co w c￿m￿r￿ty Fund has SUpW1￿ the ￿mmUnity calè. and J¢Jsh Barfow and Famty F￿￿ra1 Cir￿0￿$ kindty cwJr parish r￿letter. Worf(iryJ wilh J05h on the ei rem￿branCe Sery￿e and our jcmnt bw•avanert ser¥ice before c￿r￿￿#S was 8 priviè as we trK¥K>urnd loved ones IcrfJeth9r. Cme of Ihe greatest blessings Ilws year has Ihe 9ThiNJ prnyw irntiatNe acmss parishes. We are beginning lo glimpse its impact both in ways we (zn sae aThJ in ¥¥￿3 to God. The daily rKay# for roa¢Js ￿OsS the four parishes, aloThJside the monthly prayer meetings, ￿tinueS to be vital ts Ihe spiriltjal lrfe cl our thr¢*es. Earfier in thé year I rèflected that every 5vJnifiwl rnove of God begins in twayw. As we to pray Ii)oèthor, wè do so wih deep hcfje. eXp￿tion and trust in ttie tra￿lOr￿Ing pcthv offl￿ 9)spel.

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL VICAR'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 We are truly fortunate to have a committed and prayerful PCC. W fuffiklrKJ our bJa ￿t￿sibl￿tIè$, WÈ Cx)ntinuÈ t ssèk Ihè Spirts leading k)ok for where C￿l$l is already at in our mitsl. mee￿rG wlh thg PCCS from our partn parishes has strènglhénèd our shared missKn. th¢5 pwlner5hip ￿ be seen in our joint seThces. youth ministry. pray 93¢herings and Ihe ex￿11￿¢ of our Èdministrntion tta)). As we gathw ac￿ Ihe parish85, we ￿thate bolh Our unity In Ch￿t and the unique glts al￿ thrntLY of e&h pa￿h. Through all of this. I give thths frK the swue. of wr mbjst, aThJ fw 1he priv* d serving suth a kjviry and (ximmittad cthurth communty. Rev Sarah

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 The tnxtees present th￿r rwt wth Ihe finwvxl Stater￿nts of the ctsity for the year gided 31 D￿rnber 2025. The trustees have adopted the prov$w)ns of p£￿un￿.n9 ar4J R￿￿rg by ch￿￿.¢$". Stabmwt of Ro¢ommèndgd Pfath"co appllcable to charities preparng their ￿￿unts In ac(x)rdw wrth Ihe F￿￿Kial Reporh"wJ Standard applicab￿ in Ihe UK and Repvblk of Ireknd (FRS 102118ff8dNe 1 ja￿ary 2019). St NKknl85 Churd) * srtuatJ in Alestree L￿. Ilestree. fkrby. ll is part d the CwJG859 of Oerby wthin the ChLKth of England Thè curth 6 a regtstered tharty'TrE Pwothal ￿￿￿tt1 C(MJrril of Ecdesiaslical Parish ol St Nicholas Church, tree, Derw, R8Jistrat¥)n Number 1129440. reg￿t9￿ and uJrrespon¢Jence addr￿ 1¥ 2 L￿1 Av8nL, Allestree. Darby. DE22 2PE,' contacl detai15 we leletkne 01332-550431. e4nal sthKksallestree oulc#)k.com. OBJECTIVES AND ACTMfiES Oblectfv¢s Jnd aim• Thg PCC ha5 tho resporsibilty of C(￿peratry wih Ihe prcffiollng the ￿￿e mission of Ihe Churth in the parish - pasloral, evangeklr. SfKAal and ècwn8n￿1. Thè PCC akn has mwtenance ￿pOnsIbIlitieS for St Nick's buildirvJs and grwnds. Th? rnsKJn Sl Mcholas. A￿stree 15.. lo kTh)W Wld God. aThJ makè Gods km widdy knon. The PCC ha5 (ompld Ihe duly arnpos￿ w)n it by 17 Charit￿ Acts 2011 to have I￿ard lo guidance p¢Jblished by the Chwity Comrnwty in respaLX ol pubh'c baiefil and has set its r)Jwiiy registration h(Mv it eAn thal benefft. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Electoral roh report Th8 annual Electoral RcAlbr the pan5h of St F&¢ks l¢ p• 1S• 2n May. This year we th have to note ch￿ge5. and nol Lxjrnpi￿ a Iwjttom w IbsL It 15 expaaed thal Ihe tolal number of membus for 2026 W￿11 be $3. 15 w in(xease of 2 du to 1 do0th aThJ 3 ngw members. Acbjal nurnbws wll be confimRd at Ihe APCM. Jan Calladlna, Elect￿ Roll Oflur. St NK*s. Mestree.

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE PCC r•port The PCC met six lirnes duriThJ 2025. indLmThJ a btfjd meelirrJ the APCIA ar¥J a pinl gatsrrwJ of the four p￿iSh￿S witIM"n grtyjp in Novernber. Each PCC Meet¥￿ incknjes Sta￿lIrS itwns miilsty. nMssK)n ar¥J swvK8s: Growi￿ Faiih lthildm and your¥J people)." linance.. safegu•dwYJ', fabric: 9)veM￿. a)d cow11￿e. I ￿ gratdul b) all seTho atmss key ar￿ c4 govewnancé. Fèbruarfs m••tlng irK4uded d15CU5si￿ ol C0 ￿￿￿oping prayer intkn"ative. Aprll'• me•tlng focused cn ¥provirg reyts aox>wrts in M>CM. as wall as ￿ 1ntrcJ￿n9 a fcwjrlh Sunday servre alon951de Ihe 3pm swvtt. July's m••tlng rgvw of the past(K¥ lean and prnyer rn￿1$1￿. aThJ we (lebraled the of Bre8klast Churth. During ihls meeting we agreed our vis)n stalem￿1. "Lov• God, lov• one Jnrther. #nd lov• ￿ communky." WÉ also th'scLtssed indudty￿ d￿et$￿￿ ofow vthte. is WVW Lxxnpleted. ot￿b@￿$ induded a review of the nehty commuThty (4é WKI inilial pl￿nIr￿j for thè Nativity Festiva and Christmas e¥￿ts aThY servi￿. We akn Spe￿ le￿n9 on futwe PCC roles l¢)ThJw term planning as key wple prèparè lo stép bk 8ft8f faithfij wods d seryK. vèmbé¢s m8èting brwght togelhw PCC frorn al fw pan5he5. T(Wher we 8xplored Shar￿ valL*S an¢J thè ways we can wllaborale in rTMSSTh mwmsty the urwqu8 aTrJ call1￿j of ￿ parish. Al the end of eath PCC mÉeb"NJ. we take ￿"ffle to praywlffj ask: "What havo ¥1• don• today to lurth•r th• Klngdorn of God and ow kny prforltlesr This practi￿ helps us Stsy g￿nd￿j kn wr r•ThiTrJs that our Ca￿rG a5 a pwish thurth 15 to iDin ￿ wilh Gotj's mission in t￿5 plao. The many and vailed activitses of the parish arec(Nwed fflorefuty in Ihè minislefs r8p)rt Rw4 Sarah

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PÉRFORMANCE hurch Ward•n's report Mdnt•nanc• . The regular 'Men's MairbtenarKe' meetwJs Con￿1￿1&￿. The team t5 fvè chLch mwnbers. 11 meets hvice mcmthly depending on availability lo deal with isgJe5 of grwThts fflaintèfian￿ that can bè dealtwith by those involvwj. as w811 as issues tsl nè1 prdessK¥ial irw. . The Sew Much Fun tw hJ continLd b) Lwr•Je f)lit￿. wHh tasks replaC1￿j curtains. Repair I maintenance jobs ¢x)mKAeted inck￿ed . Dèaling with a blockage in ts efflU￿t pipe5 bgngalh thè ground cwjtsth the Hall. thanks to Graham. . In the Hal Ladies lo￿le1 r9pairi￿ kaks from Wcs (foul walerl Ihanks to John C aThJ &aham. so arrangiro for plumber EddE Miictsll to •Jenb"fy th8 of a ￿ Ihat had Ihe htst water bèing tuméd off. The hot water had been reinstated by adaptlrKJ the systeffl. . Outside thè Swul Hall there had be￿ a I(￿9-1￿M pr￿sern ol water from our guttering overllowW￿ and r2ung to the wall. Graharn devised and carried rJJi a re￿nfi￿￿t￿￿ rf thè I￿￿￿￿p¥s whth has resumed in a significanl improvèmènt. . The dcx)r belwew Ihe church and c£wrwJor 5uffwed d•Yw to thg hrw, carried out by aive and Graham. Improving handrail at churth enlrancè. . GettiThJ the rDain hedge (xjt by a loca famw. Ihth to Picjwd. . Routinely dearing, lidw"t￿ and dearing vegelatK)n liiter. ￿VeS and (r￿sp(￿1rg to thÈ Tip thanks to John C. Panto Grotjp nolrfied us of a édective light tutre lthj desw aThJ I￿¥r lh￿ normall above Ihe staje, also a laulty tèmal SeC￿lty li￿t. Re4Jlacernents sourced and fftigd. . In the Church Room kilthell raisirwJ Ihe waler t#Jder arrfj mK¥ryW8VO to pro¥•J¢ m¢¢ trfkt)p spa￿. ' Fire extinguisherchecks in May. PAT I95￿"n9 in Ckaober. . Rernova> ofthe thapd piano. . ATf8nging repair of glass pane in the chwth. . Arranging repar ol roof b.ks on Ihe H1. ' A theatre 9￿up hiring ihe Hall had lell adhesbve re8K1ues the lacKidBntaNy). A of Èffort by Clar8 and othws ¥fts need￿ to deal with Ihis. ' A church rn8mbert￿d asked rf we G1x￿1 fit a safety haThJrail in ther garden- by C and Clive, and caNied I by &)hn. Hall Ilghts WO￿ to raplace the f•Jhts with LED verwrts was carried in As as a in erwgy use thè INJhtThJ is now belter. A 50% grant has been Obtai￿ Ihi5. thanks to J￿. chU￿h IlgM• It has been le￿jniSed that at least one IKJhl is def￿t￿e WKI rwts lo be rWod. Duo to tho how and desJn this is r•)t straighiforward but steps ha￿ taken lo start the proce55. Sanltsry ￿￿t• blns A contract for bi-monthly seThwrwJ Ihè Imns lfive in the in the Churth Rty)m) has startwl. Charity bins in car pa These have b8èn removed. Mowir Thè 1A￿-Weekfy grass nwirvJ (￿n11r￿￿￿ and aFpear￿ lo be suffKi•t. ￿1￿ Ihè monKYial gard￿ being incI￿jed Replacernent ol pèws A F￿tty lor the removal has be￿ WOW8d. aThJ as at Febnjwy 2026 it ts rwrThJ txKnp18tw￿. Food safety syst A system h8d bÈen introduc8d Idl￿￿1r0 the hygwe f6FeCtw by Dwby City Courril li Marth 2024. At that twne the rnain aciivlty was the proVis￿n of I￿￿-risk Io(Mls (for btsojrts. Inht. hol drir*sl in Hay'n PrdiSe and ¢¢)ffeg & Chat. Page S

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORIAAIICE Duriro 2026 hoh￿.risk acb"viiEs invokn'ng ci#)k¥wJ Itor èxxrnrlè bar￿. saLtsV) in the new Cafe, and for the Ylxrth Grc Isausage51 in Ite Hall had Started. systsrn had been as necessary. pan￿ Group "abJue Mlh the Panio Group had been man1￿￿ #s ressary. scvne seè thv•. SO a 18view of the Thjmber of th•rs camed oul W. there had a stgady [wj￿bon in ryjmbers due to damaje in roubne use. Grah￿ 50urc£d a num￿1 d seC))Im1.h￿ chars aThJ tfvs has a sufficienl Complem￿1. Cleaning Since March 2025 the scWule for de￿w¥j the intenor rA premise5 (rMyK14urthl hwj been Wnp1pment￿ by Clare in a 'Carètakw' paid rok. From February 2026 the be￿ k)dLthJ. A major improvemenl oynpwed to Ihe previous system usry eontr*J cleanèrs had be8n by all, thy in SI￿￿¥d$ but a150 in 0)mrn￿lr8ti0n. Huge thanks ar$ to her. Swl Hall Lease There have tse￿ fvrther ddays in the renevdl pr(te5% h85 involvwl a%rrnUr￿iort ￿1th thè SuwJt$. solicitor, surveyor the Docese. This is beiro prr•)res￿. Paul Taybrand Gfaham Tarw. Febnjary 2026 Page 6

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OECEMBER 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMAIICE Play n Pr419¢ IPnP) Throughout 2025. Play n Prai%e has O￿lnUe¢ to as a wdcomry supportr¥e space for families. Wed(ly sessior have r8gukrly attracted 1&21 lamiks. vthh an of aT￿r￿1 19 thI￿ren and 20 att)ding. induding parénts, grandparents and carws. Sgvgral lamile5 Pl￿d year have ￿tInU￿ lo alt￿￿ (or6islenlty, aThY some reguLwty attending f￿llieS are due to have babies in thé spwire aThJ to fJM1ir￿ ct)miNJ wlh I￿r lrtla ones, demonslratiro the group's ormwrg appgal and ifflpa( PnP has wovided opportunthes fu lamthes to with l•th. ¢kbfat¢ W Sèasc￿. •)d ￿JoY fjmg HKJhl￿hls included.. - PnP'• Ilr8t Sunxner tvlp. thh was a tre￿￿louS S￿s. 20 larniliÈs joinéd a visii ￿ Bhl Fam), enjoyirvj a fun-ffilled day oul Icp3ether. The lrip wdl T￿￿•[1 thai pl•mgJ to be0￿e an annual event. Annual Famlly Fun Day in Augusl. att￿ed by PnP famliÈs and frI￿d$. fÉaturing b¢￿neY eastlÈs. sdt play, the cKJmmunty calé 5rlt openin9. Story tim8. uaft xtMt5. I(￿bal. TIMS provNlgJ ￿ excd1￿1 oA)ortur4ty for families to nnèct and enjoy communlty lile togelher. - Brln9 & Shar• ChrlstrnJ• Party. whgr8 lamli95 fc(#J. Clwtslmas songs. heard the Nats"¥ity slcry. and receNed grf15 induéirKJ B￿le SOc￿ty storybooks. temi ￿ded ith a le$￿¢ visit to DÈnby p￿tèry. givin9 lamili$$ a fun and crealNe experience togetrv. Play n Praise has also a slrong hl.tewm ￿, C￿￿KSt￿lt families aThJ lrttle ones atlendlng. The team rnel haff way through the year ￿er Easter for a plann¥y sessirm. m•kirwJ 8 lew smai fv￿ak$ Ihat hav$ h1 a noknable impacl week by week. These in(Jdg rearr￿Thj some of Ihe toys, 1rtr0dL￿"n9 a simple larth slory every othw week, aThJ fintshing each sessw with "()Jr Gryj is a Greal BWJ God". whith has been gniDy8d by iL)th childrgn adults. LookirKJ ahead. Ihe team 15 explorirg the idea of a B￿belI Farm for PnP famlies to dose Ihe academic year. A hLKJe thank y goès to the team for all tsr hard ryk. from settry (knbn. to fcod arKI th¥ttin9 Mlh farnili95, the group wouKI not run ithwl them. The group ha5 a150 f051ered ltWe￿ Fanilies thjrth C￿ffwr￿ty. Sevwal PnP fwnilia5 have started attendiTrJ Sunday 8re&kfast @ 10 and Chrislmas Serri￿. wilh family even path"opating in the Nine Lessons a￿￿ Carols seMrA. Erwuragingty. new volunteets have exwessed ntwesl in supporbng the group. erouring PnP will cnn11n￿ to th￿e in the(t¥niThJ year. Runniro this CLrfnmunity loddler group has had a 5•wifK Lmjlh a¥J the churth communrty. PnP provid￿ a safe, w8fwming space where famllres can c(￿￿1. tKrild friendships. hear Bible and eThJag8 wilh fallh. Oft￿ lor the first time. It ha5 ￿abled the thurth lo ￿ga9? wilh Ihe wmmunity in a meanirwjlul way, offering 5upporl, enrA)vTrgem9nt. and a s￿se of bth￿Ing. Some lanNles have to particapale in other thurth activitie5 and services. streryJth￿lThJ rela1th￿h1ps between the ¥wJ the wider cxjmrnunty. The groLW'S inclusive and fun approach has also albwwl thildren to experioKe Clwtston vduBs aThl slcrfies wapFWiaie •ThJ ryable Sottw. plaNing $88ds for lulure f&lh developmenl. Sunday 8r•akf••t 10 I￿10) Sunday Breaklast @ 10 bg3an in May 2025 a5 a alw Kvrshri offer1￿. The Iksl month acted as a lrial peTh)d. allowng Ihe team to refflect on what wel and w￿1 o)uld be i[￿roved. ￿er the frAk)wing months, a dear and ÈNeelive slnjcture ernwged. shaped around a café-stY￿ ¥¥ekAyr4e (WELCOME), galh9T1￿ t￿Je1h￿r fL teadmng and worship IGATHERI. ￿pOrtUr￿lieS to fespc•J ueab.vdy praywftly IRESPOND}. and finally ovt inlo Ihe week ahead ISENDI. This format has prov￿ to ￿ both aCt￿lb10 ￿r￿J. wth fame5 iinirg each mcrth. kndudin9 thrcwh)ul the summer period. From May lo Novwnber. SB@10 on gxplowing the Lord's Prayer. WTth cL)rksislent atteThJa)ce acro55 Ihe months. Numbers typicaty frcm 3 to 12 th"hlM. Tellecaing Steady erv4￿eM￿l from famdie5. In December. the sfvfted to Nthent. ajlminating in ts N(xse Whljour Crib Serv￿. Thk% was hdd auoss both St NicFK)las' and St Paul's an<1 saw strong famity att&}da￿e. Usir4J Bible Socieiy resource5. ￿ cmgregatw o)IWively built the Natwity scene while expkjring the th￿e of Ihe"rK)i5y ne￿hbIX1r,- t￿lping clwldren ané adulls al￿e en9age meaningful wilh the Ckn'5trnas story. During ihis pww)d, attendan￿ rose to around 10 chli dren. indicaltsrg encour￿1￿ growth. In January, the foc4Js nTh)ved kn Chiisbrgle. Mvsicamy. SB@10 de¥ekywJ ¢J￿11￿j Ihe y￿. inits.alty using viiJLx)-b&8ed worship belorè wèlujming Josh Ktswnedy onto the team. rK* le&ts live w0￿h1p durin9 Ihe 5er¥ice. This has added grèally to the atmosphe￿ and part￿pat￿. Pago 7

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACHIEVEAIENTS AND PERFORMANCE Outreath- School Wsbfs to St Nlck'¥ On ￿ndaY 1nh March we welcAyn&J to Si w's CIKw¢h 120 th￿dren from Pothvay Irlants & Lawn5 Primary. ahy Ih thwr leathers an¢J went ￿￿rs, Iw a day fimed ￿1h Easler-lhemèd Xa1￿1￿$. ￿ld1th) an ￿9th)￿Vj and M￿Orable introduction to the ffleanir¥J of Eastgr. The theme ol th8 day was rnlled The J(wrry kn Easw tons of fun. ￿ler wdcomry ihem. they playl an inIer￿tIve game c2lle(l."Jesus is Ccffiing.. a Cfeati¥e iwtst on thè da5sie "Capthin's CLNning," followed by a r•telliNJ of th¢ Easter story Whe￿ the children read an¢J aLtsd rt out. The clNldren ¢Jove into h¥0 exc•ty"ro activities.. decDratiro paper pebbles to Sy7nbOl￿e the fvjwney to Easler and craftwy a beautrful ttla9è Ihè dldr8n had a gr•al opportunity to Interviw a WCaT all atK)ut Easler so Rgv Chig 4rMI RthT Lee answed the many great ouestiw6 Ihey had, leaming first hand about the rolèof Ihe church thK•ig Eastw and Vthat it m￿5 lor the vKr5 pw$¢K￿ty. Ai the ol a great day. thè and tea&￿5 ￿e to dig Ear, ead) (thld rg¢wvgd an Easter booklet from th8 Bib￿ Soaety and an invilatson to St NI￿.$ uK¥xmirYJ Famity Mothers Day service. 11 was a day fLAI of joy. learniro. and a deeper Conn￿l￿)n to the Easies message. 11 was an optmytunity to sharin9 thg Gospd ￿1r9 the Easter s￿ry vrith the kids. ￿ we cwldnl be trilwj to wdLx)n Iham to St ￿'Ca.S. On Monday 301h March at St Paul's. The curl￿ Mill aL80 au be ttrfning to have thw"r Easter assanbty. So please do keep Ihè thildren and their wJer fami&es across the pwshes scIKds in your praygrs as Ihey go hcyne and share all they have leamed and thai it iwdres f￿1￿8& to in lo all the diffeMI se￿￿e over Easter and beyond. er Ihe Christma¥ périod Pn"mary aThJ Poriway came kn Si to have th&r Chr￿ma5 Card Conwt welry)ming ov8r ICKIO childw and their farnilies over a cow)le ol Pknjays in D￿eftknr. Thè (x)ntinuèd partnèrship wth loca schco15. indudir#J Ihe Cknstsnas ser¥ices ovgr 1.othj th"klren and families, demonstrat8s the growro tw51 a￿1 opemess S￿￿1$ and ￿ wish. These Occasio￿ provide an Imr￿￿t point of contxt for l¥rA&es Tkn may r#)t oknse erpJe wifh chur¢h, dI￿n9 a warm and W￿¢X￿1ng IntrCJ￿￿IOD to Chnstian Iwth arKI cfrfnm￿lty. LfY)king ahead, th8 planned Easter aclwitses for 2026 flect a commilmenl to building on Ihis momenbJm. pr41￿ that se&ts so¥w through these ￿CoUn$erS will lead lo deep conne(xK)ns, (Wir￿ er¥JaJemenl. IwDilies lo exFxe clKxth1rf9 ￿eth￿. All•itrè• Youth Coll•ellv• WYC) January- Aprll 2025 The youlh group c(ntinued to thrivè in thè first w of the year. Wth imwing wealher. sessions were often hdd outlcors. {Apok)gies agatn foi the br￿en w¥xJow-SFonge balL8 are n(Mf f￿lball alkmed. aThJ young people have adapt well.) Weekty attendarth rangèd from 30.50 young pwple. ¥4ilh ￿￿h11Y numb￿5 when Yew 10 pupils undertcvk work expèriaTh aThJ Yèar 11s began theif final GCSE exwr6. A parbojlar h￿Jh1Ighl was "Greatest Shcy4¥man' small wp. whwe seven YOW￿ pwple stayed for an extra hour on Tuésdays to explore key th￿eS Iiom the r￿ffl ￿er pizza. TIMS pnwided a mean￿lu1 opportLmity to reflwx on fikn's messages relate to lrfe and fth. May- September 2025 Thè youlh 9roup cOn￿"nUed lo grow and ev0￿e. We sabJ lo as he began Iraining for ordlnath)n Sn Brisid. leaving one leader rde vaeAnt and makMYJ ¥d￿l$er r8CXUitm•nt a key fcus. Er•x¥JragrwJly. a volunleer Ir(xm the St E¢J'slSt Malf$ parish has joinwj dtscussicrts. and our YWAM to provid8 ￿ential plac￿)ents b) support sessions. Plans for Ihis pwod ￿Ude￿ introduc3rrfJ a mi(ksessicm game to strwglhen gr¢M> tX)ndU￿ and èxploring the dwelow)ent ol shared teS￿"monieS in 2026. Two smal 9rrKws wère plain&J after youth sèss¥)ns.' kr nv•Knmers expkjring faith through 'The Greatest Sh(yMnan." and a yO￿h A￿ha wp t￿)se rI￿pIel￿d th8 fvst sariès. S¢ptsmbgr. D9¢gmber 2025 Food remair6 a joyful praeJKal part ol AYC. Thanks to L&e Ihe bLrt(er al Park Farm. Ihe young pw)ple pryoyed higWualily sauwJ95 each week, wth 60 eaten pw sessKMI. Sessiryts also r￿J￿rty *Judèd rnid4ession garn8S, vthich helped the groLP bond. From 2026, Chrissy fml th& eaptth bg suppNtir¥J and leJiTrJ these games. P￿e8

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE The final session of 2025 was a hty3ety wpular Ywlh Karw)kè NW. wrth Ihanks io Paul fc¥ the milx0p￿ne speaker and Andrew for providiwvJ prQ"￿. The team has been 5trWÉnÈd by Eknna from St Maiih•/s. join￿ in September and has been a fartasbc asset. v[￿￿1991 has expresswj inte￿1 in s￿IPC111n9 sesslons. aid safer recruitment begin in the naw year. Att•ndwc¢ and Enoag•rtwnt . Weekly attEMdan￿ ianges from 45￿0 yO￿j ￿pIe. tmih an avw¥of 55 per week. . Several yourvJ pwple jc¥ngJ lhrotyjl￿t t1￿ athumn tewrn aThJ have contwNJed attendirKJ re￿￿rtY. Famity Fun Day- August Wnat a fantastic day we had on Wednesday 3(th J￿Y for ttms y8arfs Fun Day. a p&f￿t way to kick off the summer hOl￿￿a￿. Thè wÉathar stayed kind to us, ￿ we wwe trwilw lo and &J thIld￿n. each accompanied by one or grompups. It was he#rh¥rnirKJ to sée so famth'as from w o)mmiN¥ty enjoying the day Icsether. Thè bouncy castlè, craft I￿)m. toddler and %)ft play wea5. IcM)tbl. arKI stw ft)om all alive wrth a)èrgy, laughter. aNI cwtivrty. The b1￿j•s1 ple￿ of feedback w8 ￿e1Ved was pisl wekryning and In￿thy the whole day fer(. a re118dion of Ihè stron9 LY)mmuThty spirit that C£￿tInueS lo grcw arou￿1 ￿. The Comnwnity Café was absol￿dY buZzU￿ wth1rf8 1hr￿th￿l thè e￿t. h gave us a I￿)nderful glinwse of whal's lo o wthen il offiL¥ally laurKthes in Sept￿tser. running on WgJnesilay5 fmm 10am kn 2pm t8m timè. If Famlly Fun Tray was anythirMJ to go ty. calé is sèt to b60)me a f￿as￿ wealy gat￿ spot. Comrnunlty Café Chris Taybr and l open&J the Cc¥iinwrity Cafe Welkwtsy Sepiombèr 101h 2025. 11 Wan with a trial s8ssion th Si Nith's V4pfg WMW- it went reaty wdl. We have a mew thal 15 tweak￿1 each wettk offerirwj a varty of 'Sp￿i￿as.. We asked anyo￿ Wh￿ may have sur￿ts Mi théir 9d￿$ lo offer rt to us to bake and cook thiThJ in the cafe. v￿ kn(ly, we were gNen pea15. apples, Jam. rhJbarts and pI￿ls. We used these to cxeate homemadè txumbles, thulrws. Kmes and puddirKJs. Fl"ch8rd rnakes sure we h•e a varw of homèm10 brèads availablè each week too. The cafe is busy every week - to the point vlhere Iwvè 10 r8Lwt mow voluntwsl Wo offirently have a BTEC Business student doirg her vrk experience wlh us aThJ cO￿e and Emma have realy hdped us Ixrt when tirnes hxvÈ b8Èn rea15y busy. The ojslomers a￿ m up of Ihe Church ¢xrf¥Jre9w. newJhtNJurs. pjunallots ar¥J dew who conduct meetings in our ￿mmYnrtY space, a small bereavement who meet wularfy. an arf group w￿1 hisioricalty have rthièd the Ch￿r vesty and the Defby Mcthl 8oal Ckkn from 14lwkeatffi Park rwjlarfy attgwKI k)r a colfee aThJ a bacon o)bl We have had a family from Play and Praise. passus-by aThJ Iwndy rI￿nber$ surwbTrJ our spat t￿. Gèd Pottèr will bo eondvcliNJ a'drop4n' session ah)TrJ ¥Mh Iwo kter in Fei¥LWy. We are rèally pleased that ￿ ar8 ILKillir4J the of ¢￿￿￿unity Cafe by re￿hIr￿j out to lh8 Icxal conmnunty and providir4J a cosy space ftK any(￿& needs It. Cfv I have reaty enp)ywJ offew¥vJ horremadg Cakes soups every weèk. Wé have continued to keep the pl1￿ low so thal expwfje5 ar9 ay ¢m$red ar¥J a litlle bil of the Profit can be us lo improve the spxe . we have LKwht seasonal de(x)ratths. swe boxes. tatle decorat)ns. utensils etc. We have aL bè8n ablè io fund the cost of Ihe rood for Bwktasl Churth wFwch Chris and I each rnonth. We coukl not be more pleas&J vAth the le￿bad¢. Ihe amount rf tsJst(Mners that SUPPM us wh) we we reath.ng out t• in lo ow Churth b￿ldIrt9. Thank you to ev8ryon8 who suppjrts us ￿ any w￿. Clarè Stw aTh1 Chris Tay Muslc Group Report 202SI 2026 The music 9row) leads sury wcK5hip on thrÉè SuThlay nKJNnty% w month Trth a rnix of soThJs spanniThJ re(ent decades up to the pr￿nt. and IraditK)n￿ songs I frymns. The reJAar of thè fflus￿ (x)nsist of three vc•ces. a keyboard, two guitars and Th)w J(￿ on drums {weknmÈ bÈdt thnl).

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE The rnonlhly more tr3drt￿nal cx)rnrnuni￿ seThKo at 3 Frfll wM5 dtso)frtin￿. re￿￿1 by a svi¢ in thè Cha￿. We iTrJebled lo Aex Dawmebs fi￿ ￿3y1￿3 the w aThJ [￿a￿. has also been great to wd(x)me a￿￿her rvwlar Mw1(a￿ ￿a￿ts keyboard and sings ai the monlh Cale Churd) as well as other seryices. Further bad( in thè year AAdan Watson (hJ$b￿d of Curdte Cathig) aso to ￿ reswrck wrfh siwng and guitar I bass. es5èntka part of the t?￿n are the ￿)erakn$ of Ihe dask ￿ aLMknvbuJ syslem many thanks as 8￿y$ go to Iham. musiaans arenl avalatrAe f( has rthsthto rnu5t. Paul Tayk)r. February 2026 KNIT M NATTER ANNUAL REPORT 202 Knrt'N Natter havè anoltrKr sU￿e$s[vI yearwlh a¥￿age attw)j￿ce exh meth.ng crf 22 m8mbws. We have 30 names on our register at the p￿ent tirne which is most as rn￿Y Of1h￿ a￿ nol membgrs of our Cthgrgjat￿n. er the year our membèts havè b8en vwy t•Jsy and prO￿J￿1 more Ihan 11)64 items, such as card(gans, jumpws. hals. mitten5, and blankèts of vaii)us soes. These are sent ￿ kKal. Th￿n31 and Int￿natIonal tharities wlh the help of Hooke￿ and Clidiers. a naiKThI kniltiThJ club. Th•s• charities Y￿e TCGS - Dwby Baby Bar, S(yJlh Derbyshire CVS (Warm Dwby), Laeds Bajy B￿k. In C[￿peralKJn ilh c￿CkerS. over 3C#)O iiems ha¥e been sent lo Ukraing. We also prodw gamwts ￿¢. for L)th FnwKls ol the 8y Ur4t arn d￿l•j ¢0 the Baby Unit or 501d to raise much needed f￿d5 to purth&%è et A vwy valiant by 811 rm m¢mbws.. (fver the last 4 years, we havo rd1$￿ mor8 £12￿ our raffle held exh meeting lor a variety of charities. Thi5 year we have donated £2SO to Hannah's H(yÈ. This cAwity provbles a ￿$￿e retreal for teerwge cancer patlents and Ihar families in the Charity's Lodgè at M8roa Klama. We have 0 donated £1fffj to Dèty F¢￿d 4 Tl¥)ught Wliance for al Ihe work they do those in nee(l. At Chri51m35 we hekl a brfrKJ and shwe buffet teavthith was eni(ry8d by us al. waistlines suffwed. Cwr ¢ontirM￿d Ihanks go to St Nith)la5' PCC tsal tlr suwKI aThJ ks Emma kn her help wilh Ukmlated ￿e. We Icok fowdr(I to what 2026 wll brirvJ and FkyAt we¢an rJXlIn￿ lo Wi othws our tsThJ5ty. Sandra Gilbèrt Pastoral Report 2026. I have this prWr¥J aTrJ SUpp￿irS ￿ seuiry w) ol a CLVI)muThty Cafe ClYt5 Taykjr. Since Septembèr. th spacè has beo)me a c05y. ￿l￿ant. safe and part of our CFrtx¢h v&hÈrè pacyla w me8t, SOC4altse. conduca meetings or have a d)at wlth and friencts. 11 has a $pxe T*&here I feel I have W to know more ol our Churth eongrogation and have. at t￿. been a listerMNJ wor SWKrt- it has been gr￿1 P￿10

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTrEE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 202S ACHIEVEMENTS APID PERFORMANCE I have en$U￿d Ihat I have remembergy Ihe ￿l¥￿sary of re¢wrt dealhs. SWFortir#J Iho r￿￿nty ber¢avwJ and visitin9 people or makirs phone Gals to p￿pIe wmo need sw)r#Jl ￿ varb)us ways. I have vi5itgJ peop￿ in lh￿r own hcfftes and have workgj very dosely with a Churth famity merthr to erffjure they have been 9￿Ing Comrnunion on a rwJuLqr b?sk% after recogni5ry just how irnporfant it to t￿m. It feli a ￿1 privibje b) be part of a Communicn In the b)spitd, care horne and in Ih&r own hcffie. Ths 15 50mthr9 1 have dong bgfore * wmgthry I will rKtyt forget. Sadly, thgy have now passed away but C(nmunion vrds last Eek. I have both the Curate visrf£ir people in hospltal, in Care Homes and in thwr cwn hyne5 llis yew. I have regularly Shop￿ WKi made ￿ke$ ¢￿Tth aryl IuwKlraiswvJ gvgnts. fwpr. S￿daY momings arKI Irom Septernber of last y8. styjp and cake fty the CommLmty Cafe. I privde9e of organisiro a wake for a Churth family mémber Ihis year too. I have delivered homwn cae to Vario￿ My ￿tentIon 1$ aw lo make mysetf available but no¢ io be intru%ve in any VAY. ThroLty C￿￿ch offlca. aly￿)8 cw 0)n￿ me- I hope l am a good listener aThJ am happy to h￿p. Clarè St APCM rnport- Sèw Much Fun We a￿ a srnall grwp r[￿etir9 on a Monday aftett￿. At se for n8Js of the (t￿reh. Thi8 year we ha made th0foll￿irffiJ". - Curiains for the chtpd - Wtar doth lor Sl Paul's Church - Completed Ihe MLBIC group bannèrs - Lav9n¢Jer bags- donatKJns lor thrch fuThJ5. In addrtvJn, we havg hw a up ther d4drg7¥ ¥th￿k into banw5. The sthoc4 kindty mwje a subs￿nI181 donabm to furth. Each week we sew. Chat, dmk l¢a ￿ gat $lK¥lbrthl. E¥h Tw¢8k TA pray for the sewry grC￿pS run by Jigsaw ministh.es in Manila We also put in a weokty donatJn Ihe swr¥J lad￿. Sara Jarrett Deanery Synod Growng Faith lthldren, young pwle aThJ families). finar￿. aThJ saleguardirg. meetiryJ also indudes a IcoJs on ministy. rnission. and di5(iple5hip within deanery. March Synod In March. Martyn MaiFdes delivw8d a presenta1￿ enlile(fon th• Ilon•f. db>25an fnarw and h1￿ cC￿MOn Fund contribulicffls we ￿e￿. - 92 pèncé ol ￿￿ty p)und is dired•J io froniliM rni5sion and mirlslry. dwgy deph)YM￿I. ￿rates. ￿￿1 suppJrt for parish missi(￿. pène• ol Évéry p0￿d c(J¥ws g)vwnartc•. compliance. (Ma￿e. HR. IT. arnl nJrning costs of Derby Churc F￿v$e. Thè Syrk)d aL%o dw$8d a p4)gr revwry Ihg fwKlw)ns wtslibjiK￿ of D•an•ry L•ad•r8hlp Tearn ac¥oss the May Synod At IIR Moy rnegts"ro, ￿ ￿l￿rned Roan Ranktn, twtL) Krtr0d￿j ￿ ro as Grwng Youroer Cornfflunicat?ns and ResoururvJ Offiw, a role she job shares with Debbie Palrick. Py11

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMA14CE We also had a focus the Grn•nhou•o knill•tyve. Fw￿vjh1Iry wvw gmgrgirwJ W¢￿hiPping coNMnunities across the deanery. In addition, there was a) We on Eco Chwch. fC4ky￿j by a di5CLssion pansh&s mJht better share good pla￿le& wrth on8 arKJlhw. Oetob•r Synod The lo￿9 ofthe (kknbtr ma#iNJ a oMultal•J) cffl the for Grorkng FaSth Il•{wo￿$ xr05s Ihe iyty. We also swd a wann thank you farèwdl to th8 outgiwJ Lay Chair. •Aad•￿n• Goddard. t￿ has faithf￿lY served th& dearw for many y￿1$. F£￿1￿[n9 an dgX•Jn. Hugh Cralq was th?$￿ by the Fkjuse ol Laiiy as thè new Lay Chair. We always begin and end our meetir¥Js in prayw. ¥4rth eath SyrKJ wilh Compbne. Kind Regards. Sarah. Mirlam and Elaine Coff•e and Chat- APCIA report 2025 Coffee and Chal has taken pl 2nd and 4th Frbyay d ￿•Y mcKth in th• Tc￿M , whith is most easi occes5iblg from Lawn Avenue {￿￿ere ￿ can part cn the roadl.W sThJ wrxld le to us you thi Mt nÉÈd to let IK4 know. jusl lum up aThJ you are gJ8rantwl a very wwrn tAktyne. F4Lk% delKiws ￿k&s. Mary. 8ruckn aThJ Linda. PJè12

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 FINANCIAL REVIEW Ba91$ of 4￿￿￿nI1ng accounis have been prepared on a rÈeApts arKJ pasrnents b. Tola Trw))ming res￿rCeS continue to be well beh)w t limit of £250.OCIJ lor thi5 sirn￿9 lom of ￿e(￿Jnts￿. Flnance report We have once again managgj to our and exp￿￿11￿8 ma)¥Jed a ￿all surphjs of £8.7K at year end. IncLJme total￿￿ £109 1 wlw15t EXpend'lU￿ came to £102.4K. As of 31st Dec￿1￿, 2025. our {￿rrent acc4)wrt Str￿ at £18.51N) and wr Theslment d¥K6il acJ))unt £162¢￿. As ￿Jr lumover has exceed￿1 £101M. Iha has in10m￿ us that they ¥4dl start aP￿Y1ThJ tharges th15 year which efjukl amount lo £1K+ r may)r source5 ol come from". Cr•iathxts. H41 Lettry5. Gift Aid have addal a nthv small8r N)cx)mè stream from the Su¢X￿1ul open￿9 of the Ctynrrwity C. ￿r fary¥t C£￿e frcffl.. Common Fund (Parish Share). salar￿$, Heat￿￿ h'ghiing and aeaiiThJ Ineomè - D)nalions l Legwes and Grants kn 2025 Te r￿ed £45,777 vrns 6.9 % htrj￿r than last year parUy attribuled 10 thè dig481 giviro slabon. communty calé. fund rwsing This rwreswts apwoximaièty 42% of our total i￿Orne. A massNe th￿kS to all our donors bè wular. On￿ff. Iwge (rf smam. - Hall Lettngs. We 51¥hfjy ntfe8sÉd our bottiNJ f•es in 2025 aThJ tmth Wer Usage fvJures result&J in receipts al year end ¢rf £5Sn97 whith was 11% h￿h￿ than 2024. Th5 represents ￿.5% 01 (Mjr t(Aal INJ)m• . Gift Nid rgCQVgred ITorn donatKJns- £V289 was £2354 dcvm on 1&51 ￿. Exp•nthturè . Cornrnon FLmd (Parish sha￿). For 202S Ihe Di¢xxè reques￿1 L&% k) pay £35,494. By nèxing payments throughyjt the year actording ￿ our mnthly incom•y aThJ o￿QC¥r￿. we were to pay 95% of the affK)unl wueslwl, £33.720. For 2026 they a￿ requesti￿ £40.728 vthch 15 a rnassN8 14.7% iNèas8. As aw.re to pay the lull amounl but it will certainty be 8 $tret¢h. - Salaiies. During 2025 we ¢ontinued to employ Emma as w •Jmnkstrator wdcomed Rachel as our rw Yotrth and Family Lead. Tolal salary cosl ts 2025, w￿Uding 15% rA)nth1)U￿ St. PaLls for a¢Jmin. salary z £25,208 Vs £27,326 lor 2024. HeatirrfJ and LvJh1W￿ fcff Churth. Hall, Ve5ty & Churth R£trfm. Tola kjr 2025 = £12.148 which was only £715 higher than thè previcKJs year. Unfortunatdy suppty thtwh Parish (wswj in Sept•mber and in cooperabon w.rth National Power and Gas we s￿l1¢hed supply to EDF tltho gave best deJ lo be had thè nèxt thrèè yè¥s. I still anlKxpaie a s￿nrf￿nt Inc￿se hywever. - Cleaning. Wa paid £7.193 in 2025 versus £8,CKJ3 in 2024. Wlilsl w¢r¢ a litd& bwar, thè stand*d of deaning wa5 impmed drarnalKalty Ihrough our deushon to the s&yices of cla￿ Stacw lo repl￿ welshi￿ WAY through the year. . MisS￿n SupporL Ouriry 2025 we Ihe ch￿tieS tc1￿￿ng £2.￿.. o Pa￿￿Y CÉntr8 o Resto￿ Derby o Derby City Mission o Derby samarit￿$ o knasango o NagpLff Link Page 13

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 DECEMBER 2025 o CMS Jigsaw o Up Beat ¢ornrnunikn"es o Youth with a MissiC￿ Itkrby) R•geThes pollcy We wntinue to am to h￿d a rninirThJm of £15.C(X) ILmd in oth to ￿dertake or corNnence arby nwESS major repairs. The invment kh)li¢y lof th8S•(U￿ reserves is hdd in the CBF of EnglwKI derthil lund and at yèar end stTrDd al £16,200. The PCC ms to keep a m￿lM￿n of £5.(K(l in Ihe RBS acfyx￿ to ts r•Jular outgoings. As 0131 [lec￿lber 2025, we held £18.5(Kl in g¥¥ry us a tola Of£34.7￿ lkl in balan￿ al the bank, Thè PCC has adWed lo all Govemmenl ￿ Chili•s Ccnmissh)n poho.es dl•l￿ despite 50mÈ signifieant challerw has managed to make a smal 5urpkJs d Ir#￿e Mike Hannah. Trèasurer. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE ANO IMINAGEIIJENT Gov•rnlng docurn•nt The PCC of Ihe th￿Ch is a body co4Jonte. wilh (￿U￿ sel up the tioce59 ol DwLry undgr thg slatutes r8lating lo th• Church ol England. R•erulkn•nt and appolntrnert of now truyt•o8 The method of appointmèni of PCC m8mbets is set ¢yJt rl Ihe Chwch ReWeS￿l￿)n Ruth. All 8tt¢ndass a en¢ourag8d lo r￿j￿Ster￿ the El￿tOral Rdl WKI sl for to tha PCC. Organlsatk+nal structu The Chvrth operatès È numb of wps are lo uThJwte day-ll￿aY operational d￿a$lOns, referriwJ back to Ihe PCC for strategCthrw￿M 8￿j for apwal ofs1￿)￿nt exp8nth'turo. Annual safeguardlng report Si Ntholas has a¢JoplwJ Promo￿"￿ a Safer ￿rth. Churth ot ENJand Nali(mal POIKXS and Pfoc8duws rdatir& lo $al&Juarding and safer r￿￿￿tment as tyjr parish safè>wthrwJ Fthy ￿ proceskn. We believe that Safeguardirg 15 the rÈspornsitrAlity of tr•rycrt aThJ this last year has sh)wm Iw)w the PCC and olhw cmjrth member5 have res￿¥¥jed w1 to C￿le a cu1bJ￿ whwe fee15 sale. The safeguardin9 Hub ha$ bw introduced. ￿lIh a &le of tcds b) hdp wilh safeguardiro. 11 will keep track ol DBS chacks and safeguardiro training. li wll create rob ¢ewptsons spea[￿￿10r6. 11 ￿ also trado safer recruttmeni of new volunleers wkK) will have apwwiate trawiiro. Vc4￿le￿5 w￿) (kj Mt nÈ#A1 a D8S theck am baing ask￿ to fill in C(x)lid￿lia1 Dedaration Forn) io tyhten safe9uardYy mga5wes a5 it is nlended tD identify any potential risks lo wtsure the safety of the thurth Lx)rNnurMty. To be thTWy three yews. The Parish daslJoard is used to rr¥JnStcK and revpw traiThryJ. The chwrh &lmi1¥str8tty sypports Ihe parish PPS. As trustees al PCC membets nwJst have OBS aThJ safvwwdiry to dato OV￿ thw& yo¥s. An I￿l8p￿￿1ent s8fwJuardiNJ gro￿ has ¢(￿MiSsI￿1 to ￿￿111 of ChU￿h of Er¥rwJ CaihedraL8. Our audit is plann•Y ts 20273￿ we we e￿den￿ r¥xT to show Ihat ￿ are VKrfking wthin saleguardiro slandwds. Thi5 will fomi p¥(ofoJr auot. Miri￿ Chappell PSO REFERENCE AhD ADMINISTRATIVE DETAIL8 Reglstsred Ch¥hty numbèr 1129440 Page 14

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 Prfnclpal address Porochial Church Ccmjncil 2 Lawn A￿nue All8Stree Oerby OE22 2PE In¢umbenl Curat• ChuT¢hwarden Mi pa￿ Tayk)r Mr Tann Repr￿nt9¢￿¥efj on the Deawy SyrTh)d Mrs I￿nstan Mr BnKe Innis Elected members Mr Mike Hann Mrs Jan Caladine Treasur Ete¢toral Rom Officer Mr Rithard Stecey Clam St Se¢retary in allendarte Independent examlner Johnson Tidsall L￿￿rt•d Charlered AcC￿ntants 81 Burton Roa(1 Derby Derbyshire DE1 1TJ Approved by (¥der Oftt￿ board of Irustees iwi......... arAJ on rfs beha￿ by. Page 15

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Ind•p•nd•nt •xanln•rfs repwt to tho try5t￿oIst Nbch91￿ CIMYch Alhstrw Parochld Church Councll I r8POrt chanty tnJstees ￿ my eXammabC￿ •>xwts CA Si AM¢streg ParcthiJ Chwd) Counol Ithe Trusll for the year erKle(131 C(¥niv 2025. R•sponslbllS11•• and basis of rgpwt As the d￿rty trLk%lees ol the Tnjst you are reS￿￿ble the preparats￿ d the a¢tswnts in a¢wrdanc¢ iho requirements ofthe Chwities kl 2011 Pdl. I report ￿ respect of my eyaminalK)n ol Ihe Tru5fs a￿nts under Section 14S ol the kl and in (arying out my eXam￿alK)n I have Idk)wed al appkable [Irn￿￿)n$ giv￿ by the Charity thnrni55￿n under sect￿ 14515Mbl oflhe Act. Independent examlnoe8 8tat•m•nt I hav8 compW&J my eX￿1n81￿)n. I ￿firrn that M￿al rnaitets have cyjne to my attents.on In connectlcffl thè examinatson gi¥ing mè ￿se to bèlieve that n any malena res￿.. aco)untry r8corfs rnt kepl ￿ res￿1 of the Tnjst as by ofthe Act: or Ihe accoltnts do not attord with Ihose rwy)rds'. r Ihe ￿¢(m￿ts do not u)mpty with ihe applicable requirements ￿nCeMing the frjnn cDnlent ol a¢xJ)unts set oul in Ihe Charities lknounts and Reports) RwJulations 2(￿ Oiher Iha) reqLNr￿￿t that ihe accojnts o•ve a true fair ￿eW not a matttt as part d an l1hl8F￿lent examinatr"on. I have no ujncems and have come acmss r¥) ots matlws in wrth ￿ exarninalion to wFMch atkntion Should bg drawn li this ￿port in order lo enable a woper unds￿lIng of Ihe acwLnls to be react￿￿. David Mellor FCA Johnwi fidsall Limtted Chartered Accountwts 81 Burton Road Derby Derbyshwe DE1 ITJ Date.. P￿16

(WL55KNI 8T NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREÉ PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL 1129440 Recei ts and ments accounts CC16a For th¢ period from 01-Jan-2S 31.De¢-25 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted funds R¢stri¢ted funds to th• n•w•st t t•lh• bM•Stt Endowmerrt funds Total funds Last y•r th• ¢ t•th• n•w•st E A1 Recei Oonath)ns. Watd•S and grants Chts¢h h¥ll10￿n95 Upkeep c4s¢r¥iC¢S 8th)ks Olher lundraising acliwthrys Inve5trneni income 9.131 51616 55,097 666 fj4.6 48,912 701 701 781 ross incomé or AR) 9gM36 108. 100.429 s¢ see tsbl• Inves sa 108.969 00. 29 A3Pa rnents Raisry lunds Church halll le￿￿¥ Upkoèp ¢1 sèmtes Ctoni$9iven MinKstry ¢osis Church running •xpen¥¢s Chui¢h yard upkeep eooks Chutth. ma￿rWo￿$ ¢hvr¢h hall". niaiwYrtirtS Salaries Support costs Ch(Fr¢h adrninislralhm co8Is Ind£pend¢nt examinaliE 10.431 1.018 3,010 3S,289 13,373 316 3.326 35,349 6.749 256 2,747 28,750 10.126 3SI 12r) 21.380 910 4,079 720 83.722 31471 34.067 4085 720 102,435 3.712 672 100.fj03 Sub total 14713 A4 Asset and investment Sub total 83,722 18,713 102,436 100,603 Net of re¢eipts/(payments) A5 Transf•rs betw*•n lunds A6 Cash funds last year •nd Cash funds this year end 15.714 10,617 9.180 6.634 1741 30,878 3,275 34,163 27.619

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UnT¢StriGted fund5 Restrict•d lunds Endowment funds t• n•r•st ¢ Categories B1 Cash fund5 17.9SO CBF ChuTch OfEry￿￿A¢¢ 11.203 Cash In Tolal cash ffunds 34,153 Unr•striGtsd fund5 RestriGt•d funds Endowment funds Detsils Hall lees tyJtst¥ts lo n••r•st 82 Oth•r mon•t•ry ss•ts 9.117 Fundt• whith 45Srt b•1• Deltsils C•s¢{o￿ttl1> Curr•nt vlu• ¢+T￿l 83 lrtv•$tm•nt ass•ts Fund t•whkh Curr•ntv*lu• on41 Oetails 84 Assets r•tain•d lof th• ¢h•rlty's own us• t•whkh PThgvntdu• Wh•n du• Details 86 Li4biliti•5 GenewJi Swjned by one or tw$tee8 behall of al Ihe trustee5 Dale ol roval SpJnature Prsnl Narne Mw Paul T lylL>