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
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ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEKTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 0ECEM8ER 2025
Vlca¢8 Rèport
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•port of tho TNst••$
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Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•rfs R•port
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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 V*E 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 summ*r 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 signilk*nt 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(*ThTr*mwt. wwnlh and hospilality.
Our dlair fundra*irKJ 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 p*e 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 th*ful 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 $￿pOrt sevwal thaiities aThJ have erwrnl vryts fram Jvjsaw, Upbeat c￿￿mUnit￿ aTrJ Oerby Ffy)d 4
ThoLw*t.
Our links Mlh kncal cc*nnwiity o￿lIn￿e to gr￿*, tlvwJh kncal espe(idly G￿ Potter. who regula
suppjrts and is prttènt vrithin Ihè commmty c*. We are t(M) ihe partnerslwp of our Local Area Coordinators
and the Derby Crty Counol locality team, swjport has be•n invaluat4e. l am pri¥ilgJgJ to be a member of Ihe Ajlestree
NelghbourhcKJd Board. We also and posrtwe fda1￿]5￿ with our IAP. Jonathan Davies", It was g)od to meet
wilh him and pin him fof a walk and c￿Versa￿on from Alestree Park io Markeaton Park as parl ol ￿r￿btuen¢Y walk
during the swnmer.
Cclmmunty partnerships rwnain a vita part of missTh. The Co w c￿m￿r￿ty Fund has SUpW1￿ the ￿mmUnity calè.
and J¢Jsh Barfow and Famty F￿￿ra1 Cir￿0￿$ 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 privi*è as we trK¥K>urnd loved ones
IcrfJeth9r.
Cme of Ihe greatest blessings Ilws year has Ihe 9Th*iNJ 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) * srtuat*J in Alestree L￿. Ilestree. fkrby. ll is part d the CwJG859 of Oerby wthin the ChLKth of
England Thè c*urth 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? rn*sKJn Sl Mcholas. A￿stree 15.. lo kTh)W Wld God. aThJ makè Gods km widdy kno*n.
The PCC ha5 (ompl*d 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. indLm*ThJ 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 C*0 ￿￿￿oping prayer intkn"ative.
Aprll'• me•tlng focused cn ¥provirg reyts aox>wrts in M>CM. as wall as ￿ 1ntrc*J￿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 b*k 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' meet*wJs Con￿1￿1&￿. The team t5 fvè chL*ch 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 nè*1 prdessK¥ial irw.
. The Sew Much Fun tw h*J continL*d 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 r2u*ng 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 H*1.
' 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 rW*od. Duo to tho how and des*Jn 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.
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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 r*essary. 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$. solicitor,
surveyor the Docese. This is beiro prr•)res￿.
Paul Taybrand Gfaham Tarw. Febnjary 2026
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ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ALLESTREE
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OECEMBER 2025
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMAIICE
Play n Pr419¢ IPnP)
Throughout 2025. Play n Prai%e has O￿lnUe¢ to as a wdcomry supportr¥e space for families. Wed(ly sessior
have r8gukrly attracted 1&21 lamiks. vthh an of aT￿r￿1 19 thI￿ren and 20 att*)ding. induding parénts,
grandparents and carws. Sgvgral lamile5 Pl￿d year have ￿tInU￿ lo alt￿￿ (or6islenlty, aThY some
reguLwty attending f￿llieS are due to have babies in thé spwire aThJ to fJM1ir￿ ct)miNJ wlh I￿r lrtla ones,
demonslratiro the group's ormwrg appgal and ifflpa(*
PnP has wovided opportunthes fu lamthes to with l•th. ¢*kbfat¢ W Sèasc￿. •)d ￿JoY fjmg HKJhl￿hls
included..
- PnP'• Ilr8t Sunxner tvlp. thh was a tre￿￿louS S￿*s. 20 larniliÈs joinéd a visii ￿ Bh*l Fam), enjoyirvj a
fun-ffilled day oul Icp3ether. The lrip wdl T￿￿•[1 thai pl•mgJ to be0￿e an annual event.
Annual Famlly Fun Day in Augusl. att￿ed by PnP famliÈs and frI￿d$. fÉaturing b¢￿neY eastlÈs. sdt play, the
cKJmmunty calé 5rlt openin9. Story tim8. uaft xtMt*5. 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 h*l.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$ h*1 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 l*tWe￿ 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
$88ds for lulure f&lh developmenl.
Sunday 8r•akf••t
10 I￿10)
Sunday Breaklast @ 10 bg3an in May 2025 a5 a alw Kvrshri offer1￿. The Iksl month acted as a lrial peTh)d.
allowng Ihe team to refflect on what wel and w￿1 o)uld be i[￿roved. ￿er the frAk)wing months, a dear and
ÈNeelive slnjcture ernwged. shaped around a café-stY￿ ¥¥ekAyr4e (WELCOME), galh9T1￿ t￿Je1h￿r fL* teadmng and worship
IGATHERI. ￿pOrtUr￿lieS to fespc*•J ueab.vdy praywftly IRESPOND}. and finally ovt inlo Ihe week ahead
ISENDI.
This format has prov￿ to ￿ both aCt￿lb10 ￿r￿J. wth fam*e5 iinirg each mcrth. kndudin9 thrcw*h)ul
the summer period. From May lo Novwnber. SB@10 on gxplowing the Lord's Prayer. WTth cL)rksislent atteThJa)ce
acro55 Ihe months. Numbers typicaty frcm 3 to 12 th"hlM. Tellecaing Steady erv4￿eM￿l from famdie5.
In December. the sfvfted to Nthent. ajlminating in ts N(xse Whljour Crib Serv￿. Thk% was hdd auoss both St
NicFK)las' and St Paul's an<1 saw strong famity att&}da￿e. Usir4J Bible Socieiy resource5. ￿ cmgregatw o)IWively built
the Natwity scene while expkjring the th￿e of Ihe"rK)i5y ne￿hbIX1r,- t￿lping clwldren ané adulls al￿e en9age meaningful
wilh the Ckn'5trnas story. During ihis pww)d, attendan￿ rose to around 10 chli dren. indicaltsrg encour￿1￿ growth.
In January, the foc4Js nTh)ved kn Chiisbrgle. Mvsicamy. SB@10 de¥ekywJ ¢J￿11￿j Ihe y￿. inits.alty using viiJLx)-b&8ed worship
belorè wèlujming Josh Ktswnedy onto the team. rK* le&ts live w0￿h1p durin9 Ihe 5er¥ice. This has added
grèally to the atmosphe￿ and part￿pat￿.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
ACHIEVEAIENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Outreath- School Wsbfs to St Nlck'¥
On ￿ndaY 1nh March we welcAyn&J to Si w's CIKw¢h 120 th￿dren from Pothvay Irlants & Lawn5 Primary. ahy
Ih thwr leathers an¢J went ￿￿rs, Iw a day fimed ￿1h Easler-lhemèd Xa1￿1￿$. ￿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 tt*la9è Ihè d*ldr8n had a gr•al opportunity to
Interviw a WCaT all atK)ut Easler so Rgv C*hig 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 vK*r5 pw$¢K￿ty.
Ai the ol a great day. thè and tea&￿5 ￿e to dig Ea*r, ead) (*thld rg¢wvgd an Easter
booklet from th8 Bib￿ Soaety and an invilatson to St NI￿.$ 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 w*Jer 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 er*pJe wifh chur¢h, dI￿n9 a
warm and W￿¢X￿1ng IntrC*J￿￿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$erS will lead lo deep
conne(xK)ns, (Wir￿ er¥JaJemenl. IwDilies lo exF*xe clKxth1rf9 ￿eth￿.
All•itrè• Youth Coll•ellv• WYC)
January- Aprll 2025
The youlh group c(ntinued to thrivè in thè first w of the year. Wth imwing wealher. sessions were often hdd outlcors.
{Apok)gies agatn foi the br￿en w¥xJow-SFonge balL8 are n(Mf f￿lball alkmed. aThJ young people have adapt
well.) Weekty attendarth rangèd from 30.50 young pwple. ¥4ilh ￿￿h11Y numb￿5 when Yew 10 pupils undertcvk work
expèriaTh aThJ Yèar 11s began theif final GCSE exwr6.
A parbojlar h￿Jh1Ighl was "Greatest Shcy4¥man' small wp. whwe seven YOW￿ pwple stayed for an extra hour on
Tuésdays to explore key th￿eS Iiom the r￿ffl ￿er pizza. TIMS pnwided a mean￿lu1 opportLmity to reflwx on fikn's
messages relate to lrfe and fth.
May- September 2025
Thè youlh 9roup cOn￿"nUed lo grow and ev0￿e. We sabJ lo as he began Iraining for ordlnath)n Sn Brisid.
leaving one leader rde vaeAnt and makMYJ ¥d￿l$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.' k*r 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 le*JiTrJ these games.
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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)tb*l. 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 var*ty of
'Sp￿i￿as.. We asked anyo￿ Wh￿ may have sur￿ts Mi théir 9*d￿$ 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 homèm*10 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¥Jre9*w. 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 horr*emadg Cakes soups every
weèk. Wé have continued to keep the pl1￿ low so thal expwfje5 ar9 ay ¢m$red ar¥J a litlle bil of the Profit can be us
lo improve the spxe . we have LKwht seasonal de(x)ratths. swe boxes. tatle decorat*)ns. utensils etc. We have aL
bè8n ablè io fund the cost of Ihe rood for Bwktasl Churth wFwch Chris and I each rnonth. We coukl not be more pleas&J
vAth the le￿bad¢. Ihe amount rf tsJst(Mners that SUPPM us wh) we we reath.ng out t• in lo ow Churth
b￿ldIrt9. Thank you to ev8ryon8 who suppjrts us ￿ any w￿.
Clarè Stw aTh1 Chris Tay*
Muslc Group Report 202SI 2026
The music 9row) leads sury wcK5hip on thrÉè SuThlay nKJNnty% w month T*rth a rnix of soThJs spanniThJ re(ent decades up
to the pr￿nt. and IraditK)n￿ songs I frymns. The reJAar of thè fflus￿ (x)nsist of three vc•ces. a keyboard,
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The rnonlhly more tr3drt￿nal cx)rnrnuni￿ seThKo at 3 Frfll wM5 dtso)frtin￿. re￿￿1 by a s*vi¢* in thè Cha￿.
We iTrJebled lo Aex Dawmebs fi￿ ￿3y1￿3 the w aThJ [￿a￿.
has also been great to wd(x)me a￿￿her rvwlar Mw1(a￿ ￿a￿ts keyboard and sings ai the monlh
Cale Churd) as well as other seryices.
Further bad( in thè year AAdan Watson (hJ$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$s[vI yearwlh a¥￿age attw)j￿ce exh meth.ng crf 22 m8mbws. We have 30 names
on our register at the p￿ent tirne which is most as rn￿Y Of1h￿ a￿ nol membgrs of our Cthgrgjat￿n.
er the year our membèts havè b8en vwy t•Jsy and prO￿J￿1 more Ihan 11)64 items, such as card(gans, jumpws. hals.
mitten5, and blankèts of vaii)us soes. These are sent ￿ kKal. Th*￿n31 and Int￿natIonal tharities wlh the help of
Hooke￿ and Clidiers. a naiKThI kniltiThJ club. Th•s• charities Y￿e TCGS - Dwby Baby Bar*, S(yJlh Derbyshire CVS
(Warm Dwby), Laeds Bajy B￿k. In C[￿peralKJn *ilh c￿CkerS. over 3C#)O iiems ha¥e been sent lo Ukraing.
We also prodw gamwts ￿¢. for L)th FnwKls ol the 8*y Ur4t arn d￿l•j ¢0 the Baby Unit or 501d to raise
much needed f￿d5 to purth&%è et
A vwy valiant by 811 rm m¢mbws..
(fver the last 4 years, we havo rd1$￿ 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 tl*r 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 $pxe T*&here I feel I have W to know more ol our Churth
eongrogation and have. at t￿. been a listerMNJ wor SWKrt- it has been gr￿1
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I have en$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 n8*Js 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 $lK¥lbrthl. E¥h Tw¢8k TA* pray for the sewry grC￿pS run by Jigsaw ministh.es
in Manila
We also put in a weokty donat*Jn Ihe swr¥J lad￿.
Sara Jarrett
Deanery Synod
Growng Faith lthldren, young pwle aThJ families). finar￿. aThJ saleguardirg. meetiryJ also indudes a IcoJs on
ministy. rnission. and di5(iple5hip within deanery.
March Synod
In March. Martyn MaiFdes delivw8d a presenta1￿ enlile(fon th• Ilon•f. db>25an fnarw and h1￿ cC￿MOn
Fund contribulicffls we ￿e￿.
- 92 pèncé ol ￿￿ty p)und is dired•J io froniliM rni5sion and mirlslry. dwgy deph)YM￿I. ￿rates. ￿￿1 suppJrt for
parish missi(￿.
pène• ol Évéry p0￿d c(J¥ws g)vwnartc•. compliance. (Ma￿e. HR. IT. arnl nJrning costs of Derby Churc* F￿v$e.
Thè Syrk)d aL%o dw$8d a p4)gr revwry Ihg fwKlw)ns wtslibjiK￿ of D•an•ry L•ad•r8hlp Tearn ac¥oss the
May Synod
At IIR Moy rnegts"ro, ￿ ￿l￿rned Ro*an Ranktn, twtL) Krtr0d￿j ￿ ro* as Grwng Youroer Cornfflunicat*?ns and
ResoururvJ Offiw, a role she job shares with Debbie Palrick.
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We also had a focus the Grn•nhou•o knill•tyve. Fw*￿vjh1Iry wvw gmgrgirwJ W¢￿hiPping coNMnunities across the
deanery. In addition, there was a) We on Eco Chwch. fC4ky￿j by a di5CLssion pansh&s m*Jht better share
good pla￿le& wrth on8 arKJlhw.
Oetob•r Synod
The lo￿9 ofthe (kknbtr ma#iNJ a oMultal•J) cffl the for Gror*kng FaSth Il•{wo￿$ 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 SyrK*J 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 l*e to us you thi Mt nÉÈd to let IK4 know.
jusl lum up aThJ you are gJ8rantwl a very wwrn tA*ktyne. F4Lk% delKiws ￿k&s.
Mary. 8ruckn aThJ Linda.
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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 T*e 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% iN*èas8. 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
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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 inv*ment 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￿ l*kl in balan￿ al the bank,
Thè PCC has adWed lo all Govemmenl ￿ Ch*ili•s Cc*nmissh)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 uThJwt*e 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
$al&Juarding and safer r￿￿￿tment as tyjr parish safè>wthrwJ Fthy ￿ proceskn.
We believe that Safeguardirg 15 the rÈspornsitrAlity of tr•rycrt aThJ this last year has sh)wm Iw)w the PCC and olhw cmjrth
member5 have res￿¥¥jed w*1 to C￿le a cu1bJ￿ whwe fee15 sale.
The safeguardin9 Hub ha$ 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 dasl*Joard is used to rr¥JnStcK and revpw traiThryJ. The chwr*h &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
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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.
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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 und*s￿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• b*M•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 v*lu•
¢+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
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