## Hanworth Annual Report 2025 ## **Prayer of St Richard** Thanks be to you, our Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which you have given us, for all the pains and insults which you have borne for us. Most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Amen. 2 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Annual Report 2025 Contents
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Agenda for APCM –17 May 2026 4
PCC Membership 5
Minutes of 2025 APM and APCM 6
Electoral Roll Report 8
PCC Secretary’s Report 8
Treasurer’s Report 10
Churchwardens’ Report 15
Children and Families Worker Report 16
Safeguarding Report 21
Hampton Deanery Synod Report 22
Small Group Leaders’ Reports 22-23
Curate’s Report 24
Vicar’s Report 25
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## **Verse for the Year** Let your roots grow down into him, (Jesus), and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. _Colossians 2.7_ 3 ## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting: to be held Sunday 17 May 2026 at 10am** An Attendance Register will be taken to include those attending. ## **Annual Meeting of Parishioners, (AMP)** 1. Opening Prayer and worship. 2. Appointment of Churchwardens. ## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting, (APCM)** - Welcome - Apologies 1. Approval of the Minutes of the AMP and APCM of 18 May 2025 2. Matters Arising 3. The presentation of the Annual Report which includes: - Electoral Roll and the Electoral Roll Officer's report. - PCC Secretary’s Report incorporating Proceedings of the Council during 2025. - Treasurer’s Report – including Audited set of accounts - Churchwardens’ Report including a report on the Fabric, Goods and Ornaments of the Church for 2025. - Church Safeguarding Officers’ Report. - Children and Families Worker Report - Small Group Leaders’ Reports - Hampton Deanery Synod Report. - Curate’s Report. - Vicar’s Report. ## **The Annual Report was available, (digital and printed versions), prior to the APCM and so taken as read. Questions taken.** 4. Appointment of the Independent Examiner for 2026. 5. Elections to PCC 6. Election Results (if necessary) 7. AOB 8. Short video from our website highlighting our church. (Link Here) 9. Open time of prayer and sung worship with thankfulness for the last year and seeking guidance from God for this year and beyond. 10. Holy Communion 11. Final Blessing 4 ## **PCC Membership 2025** ## **Clergy:** Revd Debs Wignall Ex Officio, Chair Revd Yvette Dixon Ex Officio ## **Wardens:** Mike Coombes Ex-Officio Ann Hedges Ex Officio, Children’s Champion ## **LLM:** Emma Hughes Ex-Officio ## **Elected Members:** Dave Rayner (2023) Treasurer, Vice-Chair Anita Pinnalawatta (2023) Electoral Roll Officer Hannah Mitchell (2023) Emma Brown (2023) PCC Secretary Beryl Wittin (2023) Mike Reynolds (2024) Debi Lagor (2024) Pauline Thomas (2024) Deanery Synod Esther Benson (2025) Deanery Synod Esther Diabene (2025) Sarah Beer (2025) ## **Forthcoming PCC meeting dates are as follows:** Short meeting after APCM 17th May for election of officers Monday 18th May, (social at the Vicarage), and 20th July Meeting (7:45 pm start) ## **Church Employees:** Wendy Rayner Children and Families Worker Paul Hughes Communications, Online Church, and Music Lead Ivanna Chornopyska Cleaner (Mmmarvellous) **Licensed Ministers** Brenda Small Licensed Lay Minister (until November 2025). Emma Hughes Licensed Lay Minister Revd Danny Wignall Permission to Officiate 5 ## **Minutes of Annual Meeting of the Parishioners, (AMP), and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, (APCM) at 10am on 18[th] May 2025** Both statutory annual meetings were held as a component of Sunday Worship. ## **Annual Meeting of Parishioners, (AMP)** 1. Debs Wignall (DW) opened with an introduction 2. Appointment of Churchwardens DW confirmed that the currently serving wardens Ann Hedges and Mike Coombes had agreed to continue in their roles for this coming church year. - Ann Hedges - Mike Coombes Proposed Sarah Beer Seconded Esther Diabene Proposed Wendy Rayner Seconded by Dave Rayner DW then prayed for the wardens. DW invited the AMP to approve both appointments – this was done by a unanimous show of hands. ## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)** 1. DW welcomed all to the APCM 2. Apologies received: Emma Brown, Elaine Whittle, Sandra and Andy Bowskill, Sarah Beer and Jan Reynolds 3. The minutes of the AMP and APCM had been made available online before the meeting. Independently audited accounts were approved by the PCC in March 2025 There were no comments on the minutes DW invited the congregation to approve, and this was achieved by a unanimous show of hands ## 4. **Matters arising** – none ## **5. Presentation of annual reports** These were available both online and in church with printed copies. DW encouraged all to use these as a prayer tool and commended the presentation of the accounts by Dave Rayner. Thanking him for his stewardship. It was proposed that Donna Cooksley should be invited to, once again, provide the independent examination of the church accounts. - Proposed Ruth Purchase Seconded by Yvonne Mansell This was approved by a unanimous show of hands ## **6. PCC movements** Liz Sharpe and Emma Hughes were stepping down and DW gave thanks for both for their service over a number of years on the PCC. Four new members proposed as follows: - Esther Benson: Proposed by Yvonne Mansell Seconded by Sandra Bowskill 6 - Sarah Beer: Proposed by Chrissie Clarke - Elaine Whittle: Proposed by Pauline Thomas - Esther Diabene: Proposed Ann Hedges Seconded by Pauline Thomas Seconded by Mike Reynolds Seconded by Anita Pinnalawatta DW then called forward for prayer the PCC, safeguarding officers, staff team, LLM and Yvette Dixon. ## **7. Statistics from the electoral roll** DW commended the reports for all to read and use to guide our prayers. - 30 new people from electoral roll (30 had left so no overall change). - There were 102 adults and 35 children who worship at least monthly - We are in contact with 200 people via the newsletter – not all are registered - 200 staff and children from St Richard’s School attend weekly during term time – and preschool - There were additional outreach opportunities through community networks. - Four teenagers who turn 16 during the year will be included in the Electoral Roll following their birthdays. ## **Summing Up (DW)** DW wanted to highlight that behind the statistics were individual people being reached. DW added that the above statistics represented real growth – and that this growth was being reported nationally by several independent reports – a real cause for celebration. DW commended the weekly newsletter as a regular celebration of our church life – and highlighted that we are a thankful church with all being included in a part of the story of St Richard’s Church. DW highlighted the many unseen tasks behind the scenes and emphasised how vital these were to the life of the church and thanked those that serve. DW invited all who are serving to ask themselves who could share the role with me? DW encouraged all those thinking of a role that they could support, not to wait to be asked but instead to come and offer your support. It was highlighted that there had been an amazing story of our church accounts – all of the loans for the roof which had been taken out in 2019 had all been repaid on time. This was despite the schedule being drawn up before the global COVID pandemic. DW encouraged all to support a day of prayer to be held in the church on the 27th May between 0600 and 2100. Paul Hughes thanked all present for their individual contributions to church life and highlighted that this was a church with an attitude of thankfulness. Paul asked for a vote of thanks to be recorded for Debs for her continued ministry to us particularly in the context of not having had the easiest of years personally. DW prayed for the ministry of the church before we resumed our morning service. 7 ## **Electoral Roll Report to April 2026** This year the Electoral Roll has simply been updated, with additions due to new members joining. Four of the nine additions are young members of the congregation who turned 16 during the year. The figures do not include those under 16 who are an important part of our church. We have at least monthly contact with over 30 children including Sundays and midweek and of course excluding the 200 children we see every week from St Richard’s Primary School, and those preschoolers who are part of our intergenerational coffee morning each week. ## **Summary** |**Date**|**Total on Roll**|**Resident in Parish**|**Male**|**Female**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**21.04.25**|**102**|**47(46%)**|**26**|**76**| |**26.4.26**|**111**|**51(46%)**|**26**|**85**| ## **PCC Secretary’s Report** The PCC met regularly throughout 2025, (January, May, July, September, and November) with participation available both online and on-site. Meetings saw a consistent focus on mission, financial stewardship, safeguarding and the development of church life, particularly among families and the local community. **Mission and Growth** discussions highlighted stable Sunday attendance alongside encouraging growth in midweek engagement, particularly through Coffee Morning and Wednesday Welcome. These ministries along with Art Club, continue to provide important points of connection with the wider community. The PCC discerned a clear calling to focus on families, with Messy Church established as a potential bridge between community activities and worship. Although still developing, it has been positively received. **Children and Young People’s Ministry** has been a significant area of investment and encouragement. Regular groups have continued, alongside new initiatives and intergenerational events. Links with St Richard’s CE Primary School remain strong through weekly collective worship and Lunchtime Explorers. The PCC expressed appreciation for volunteers and noted growing confidence and participation among our children and young people. **Safeguarding** remained a central priority and an area of strength. The PCC reviewed safeguarding practices and audit findings, noting a strong culture of awareness, regular training, and visible leadership. The church continues to foster a welcoming and safe environment for all, reflected in positive community feedback. Systems and processes—such as the safeguarding ‘dashboard’ and policy reviews—have been strengthened, with ongoing attention to training, communication, and best practice. **Finance and Stewardship** have been carefully managed throughout the year. The PCC reviewed accounts, approved charitable giving in line with its commitment to donate a proportion 8 of unrestricted income, and agreed a Common Fund contribution of £50,000. Successful grant applications (including support from Welcare and others) have strengthened financial resilience. The Treasurer's Report provides a comprehensive overview of the church's financial position, but safe to say, the year ended in a strong financial position. **Buildings and Facilities** have seen substantial attention, particularly in relation to safety and mission use. Works undertaken, or initiated, include fire safety improvements (doors and alarms), hearing loop installation, kitchen and preschool upgrades, and general maintenance. The PCC also explored how the church building can best serve the community, in line with diocesan guidance on “Buildings for Mission.” Ongoing care of the church grounds has relied on volunteer support. **Governance and Church Life** have remained strong, with PCC members actively engaged in planning, policy review, and leadership. The APCM process, Electoral Roll renewal, and appointment of officers were completed smoothly. The PCC has continued to model collaborative and respectful decision-making. Attention has also been given to improving communication (including the use of ‘ChurchSuite’ and social media) and ensuring a warm and inclusive welcome in all church activities. **Ministry and Pastoral Care** have continued to develop, with small groups (previously ‘house’ groups) engaging in shared resources such as Growing on the Frontline. There has been increasing reflection on pastoral support, including how best to identify and respond to need within the congregation and wider community. Volunteer engagement from people of all ages, remains strong, supported by training and appreciation events. **Looking Ahead** , the PCC has begun work on revising the Mission Action Plan for the next phase (2026–2030), building on significant growth in recent years. Priorities include deepening discipleship, strengthening outreach to families, developing leadership (including among young people), and continuing to ensure that St Richard’s is a safe, welcoming, and mission-focused church. Thank you to all members of the PCC for all their work this year. If you’d like to know more, please speak to Debs, me or any of the PCC. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Emma Brown, PCC Secretary
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9 ## **Treasurer Report for APCM** This report accompanies the 2025 approved accounts, giving a graphical representation of various figures. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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If we compare the overall picture in 2025 with the previous year, we see that the income and expenditure increased significantly. The increase in income came from a significant increase in grants plus an unexpected anonymous donation of £20,000 split across various restricted and designated funds. The increase in expenditure was dominated by two things: the expenditure on Church maintenance, especially smoke alarms and fire doors, and a substantial increase in Common Fund contribution to the diocese in recognition of the burden of the Project Grow loan repayments lessening. In 2024, the difference between income and expenditure was largely down to the repayment of the Project Grow loans, shown as a liability in the accounts rather than expenditure. Happily, in 2025, there was only the final £2,000 to repay to the Kensington area of the diocese, completing the repayment of loans. The difference between income and expenditure has therefore resulted in substantial end of year balances, which put us on a firm financial footing going forward, enabling us to deal with inflationary pressures, an expected decline in regular giving, and any required major maintenance costs. Let’s turn now to the combination of the General Fund and the Children & Families Worker Fund. A major change in income is that grants accounted for 12% whereas in 2024 they only accounted for 2%. This is because the previous sources of grants for the Children’s & Families Worker costs stopped and new sources of grants had to be found. The grants received in 2025 took us back to 10 the level of grants we had had up to 2023. The main grants came from Joseph Rank and the Welcare Trust. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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11 The expenditure pie charts show that there are many different areas of expenditure. The big change since 2024 is that the Common Fund is up from 19% to 31%, offset by the transfer to other funds dropping from 19% to 7%. The only other notable change is that housing costs dropped from 12% to 8%. Let’s now look at how the 2024 and 2025 figures compare to the 2026 budget. The biggest change is the further significant increase in Common Fund contribution – but note that this only gets us up to about half of the standard parish cost, in recognition that we are not a wealthy Church. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Let’s now look at what other major funds we hold. In 2024, we used up the Roger Casson legacy fund on the kitchen works and in its place in 2025 we created a new Church Maintenance Reserve fund which was used to pay for the pre-school store, smoke alarms and fire doors, all covered by a grant from the Kensington area of the diocese. We received a donation towards the technology fund for expected future enhancement of our streaming technology. The charity donations fund was used both for the Church’s charitable donations from 5% of the previous year’s unrestricted free-will giving. Charities supported were Tearfund, Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, MacMillan Cancer Support and St Richard’s School. Finally, let’s look at the remaining minor funds. The concerts, explorers and coffee morning funds were all unchanged. However, a new Hardship Fund was created and this and the other 3 funds (the Garden Fund, Oxford Way Repair Fund and Flowers Fund) all received significant income, resulting in really positive closing balances. There was no spending on the garden this year, but there was spending on Oxford Way repairs, flowers and some small hardship cases. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Thanks go to - Donna Cooksley, our Independent Examiner. - Vanessa Hughes, our bookkeeper. - Chrissie Clark, Mary Smith and Yvette Dixon who have helped Vanessa with banking in 2025. - Joseph Rank, the Welcare Trust, London Borough of Hounslow and the Kensington Area of the Diocese for grants. - All regular givers, especially those giving through Parish Giving Scheme, as this enables us to receive the Gift Aid every month alongside the giving itself. ## **Dave Rayner, Treasurer.** 14 ## **St Richard’s Church Hanworth APCM 2026 Churchwardens’ Report** This has been another busy year for the buildings at St Richard’s. Much of the work was supported by a Diocese of London Buildings for Mission Grant for which we are thankful. The majority of the work has been framed around the full and comprehensive Fire Safety, Risk Assessment (RA) which occurred on the 9/4/25. This was a wide-ranging document covering all aspects of fire safety and its key recommendations can be themed as follows: _The RA said:_ Replace the foyer to kitchen and middle hall to kitchen doors with compliant fire doors. _We did:_ A total of 7 fire doors have been installed including the works in the pre-school cupboard. _The RA said:_ Refresh the Preschool store; boiler contained securely (30min fire rated), replacing wooden shelving with metal shelving solution, and making room usable as a separate space for pre-school/children’s work. Replace both doors with new doors with glass panels to allow visibility (and daylight). _We did:_ The preschool store has been completely refurbished in addition to the fire doors. The old shelving was replaced and the church now substantially benefits from an additional room suitable for the teaching of children on a Sunday morning. _The RA said:_ Installation of an integrated fire detection system _We did:_ We now have a fully wireless fire detection system of detectors and alarms controlled by a panel in the entrance hall. Other activities this year have included: - PAT testing was completed in February half-term - Annual Fire extinguisher inspection - Annual gas and electrical safety inspections have been completed at both Oxford Way and the church - Lawn laid at the rear of the church – thanks to Mike R, Charles and Graham Madge for this work and for their work throughout the year to keep the garden looking great - The pre-school funded the repair of the awning at the rear of the building and a fence has been added to secure the pond in the preschool garden area. - Preparatory work has been done to lay the Hearing Loop wire and the most worn carpet tiles were replaced. ## **Quinquennial Inspection** This is due to take place in 2026 - many of the key recommendations have been implemented where funding has allowed. With thanks to Debs, Wendy, and especially Paul for his co-ordination of works and for oversight of Quinquennial progress over the last 5 years. ## **Ann Hedges & Mike Coombes, Churchwardens** 15 ## **Children and Families Worker Report** At the heart of our children and family’s ministry is a deep desire to be a safe, welcoming, and intergenerational church community, where every child and young person knows they are valued and loved. We are committed to creating spaces where children can grow in their faith, explore big questions, and encounter God in ways that are meaningful to them. We celebrate each child for their unique individuality, recognising the gifts and personality they bring, and ensuring that everyone feels seen, heard, and included. Across all that we do – from Sunday groups to midweek activities – we seek to foster a strong culture of belonging, where relationships flourish, faith is nurtured, and children and families feel truly at home within our church family. This report reflects the many ways this vision has been lived out over the past year, and we are so thankful for the wonderful community that makes it possible. ## **Explorers (Ages 6–10)** We are currently a small but enthusiastic group of four Explorers, and we are really looking forward to welcoming new members in the summer term! The children absolutely loved making the most of the sunshine during the summer, enjoying outdoor games, a fantastic trip to Jump Giants, and a brilliant end-of-term party complete with an inflatable slide – definitely a highlight. In the autumn term, we journeyed through some inspiring Bible stories including David, Daniel, and Jonah. We also took time to reflect on Remembrance Day, before moving into the excitement and wonder of Advent and Christmas. A particularly special moment was seeing the children take part so confidently and joyfully in the Christmas Eve Nativity. The new year brought new learning as we explored the difference between miracles and parables, diving into stories such as The Feeding of the 5,000, Jesus Calming the Storm, The Lost Sheep, and The Good Samaritan. In February, we had a fantastic outing to the bowling alley in Feltham – full of laughter and friendly competition! After half term, we marked Lent and Shrove Tuesday by making (and of course eating) pancakes together. We then explored the powerful story of Easter, learning about Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. A huge and heartfelt thank you to Beryl, Rachel, and Martha for their dedication, energy, and care in leading and supporting this group – you make such a difference – as well as to Vanessa and Margaret who stepped down last summer, for being an integral part of the team for many years (40+ in Vanessa’s case). ## **Adventurers (Ages 10–14)** Our Adventurers group currently has five members and continues to grow in confidence and energy. 16 Last summer was full of fun, with time spent in the vicarage garden playing cricket and football, getting creative with crafts in the sunshine, and cooling off with ice lollies. They also joined the Explorers for the Jump Giants trip and the summer party, which was a real highlight. In the autumn term, we trialled running Adventurers alongside Explorers – this has worked really well. The Explorers meet in the church while Adventurers use both halls, giving them their own space to explore and grow. The group has enjoyed a wide range of activities including making firework biscuits, creating a giant pizza, and packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, which was a wonderful way to think about others. At Christmas, each young person built and decorated their own gingerbread house – huge thanks to Andy Bowskill for lovingly preparing the gingerbread. This year has already been full of creativity and fun, from building spaghetti and marshmallow towers to making ice cream. They also joined the Explorers for the bowling trip and thoroughly enjoyed pancake making. It has been especially encouraging that some of the group asked for more Christian content. In response, the team has begun trialling Youth Alpha sessions, which have been a positive step forward. A massive thank you to Hannah and Ann for their leadership, and to Meera for her ongoing support – your commitment is very much appreciated. ## **Collective Worship** Every Wednesday during term time, we have the joy of welcoming St Richard’s School into church for collective worship, led by Debs, Yvette, and myself. Each session is thoughtfully planned around the school’s value for the half term, while also exploring key moments in the Christian calendar including Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Advent, and Christmas, as well as our church verse for the year. We’ve shared stories from both the Old and New Testaments – Daniel, David, The Lost Sheep, Jesus Calming the Storm, and more – bringing them to life in engaging ways. A very special thank you to Paul, who faithfully ensures that all our stories, images, videos, and songs are ready and displayed each week – we couldn’t do it without you. ## **Lunchtime Explorers** Lunchtime Explorers continues to be incredibly popular at St Richard’s, especially among the infant classes. Each half term, two-year groups take part in a block of Wednesday sessions, linked to the school’s values and often reflecting the themes from collective worship. Some of our creative highlights this year include: - Bead bracelets for Friendship - Self-portraits for Respect - Lions for Daniel and Courage - Poppy wreaths for Remembrance and Compassion 17 - Newspaper constructions for Perseverance - Cross bookmarks for Easter and Forgiveness A particularly special moment is when the whole school comes together to make Christingles before the Christmas service. ## **Messy Church** We trialled Messy Church four times over the past year, and it has been wonderful to see it grow – especially with a fantastic turnout at Christmas! Our themes have included: - The Miraculous Catch of Fish (May) - Light (October) - The Christmas Story (December) - Growing and Changing (March), where we explored the story of Claudia the Caterpillar and made beautiful butterfly wings. We’re excited to be offering three more Messy Church sessions this year –please do spread the word to families. ## A huge thank you to: - Pauline and Sarah for serving the Christmas meal - Joy, Beryl, Debs, and Yvette for their continued support - And a very special thank you to Hannah, who puts so much love and effort into preparing the food. - Thanks to Paul for all his audio and visual support. ## **Sunday Club** - 0–6s: This group is thriving and busy most weeks. We are currently encouraging new helpers to step into leadership roles to support the team – thank you to Ann, Rachel, Marie, Michelle, Meera, Debs and Yvette - 7–11s: A steady and engaged group who enjoy building on the themes from the church service each week. Thanks to Emma, Rachel, Ann, Lydia, Vanessa, Debi, Meera, Anita, Beryl, Debs and Yvette - 13+: Debs and Chris continued to create a safe and thoughtful space for our young people to explore their faith and discuss life’s big questions – this is such a valuable part of our ministry. I would also like to thank the teenagers and children who serve on teams on Sundays without them the rotas would be a struggle to fill. They bring their gifts, talents and commitment to whichever rotas they serve on. Thanks to Emily, Martha, Jazz, Zara, Marcus, Hannah, Aran and Kyle. ## **Coffee Morning** Our Thursday coffee morning continues to be a vibrant and welcoming space, especially for families with toddlers. We are so grateful to: - Joy, who regularly provides fun crafts for the children - Jackie, who incredibly bakes up to ten different cakes each week - Mary, who also faithfully supports with baking 18 - And the wonderful refreshments team – Jackie, Mary, Vanessa, and Meera - Ruth, Sandra and Angela who have helped out on busier mornings. We also enjoyed a special VE Day coffee morning, which was a lovely time of community and celebration. We’re looking forward to hosting three special coffee mornings this year: - May Day Bank Holiday - August Bank Holiday - Good Friday As we look ahead, we do so with a real sense of hope and expectation for what is to come. We pray for continued growth – both in numbers and, more importantly, in the depth of faith, confidence, and relationships among our children, young people, and families. It is a joy to see friendships forming, faith being explored, and a genuine sense of belonging developing across our groups. We look forward to building on these strong foundations, continuing to nurture meaningful relationships, and welcoming new families into our church community. None of this would be possible without the incredible team of volunteers who give their time, energy, and heart so generously. Your commitment, creativity, and willingness to serve make a lasting difference in the lives of our children and young people. We are deeply thankful for each and every one of you. ## **Wendy Rayner, Children’s Worker** 19 .¥PS' 11]. ILI 20 ## **Safeguarding Report** Since the last APCM, there have been no reportable safeguarding concerns. Advice has been sought, and guidance received, regarding other potential concerns, all of which have been appropriately monitored. We regularly review all roles that require safeguarding training and continue to ensure that everyone in these roles has either completed, renewed, or is actively working towards completing the required training. This year, this has included the additional requirement for children’s workers to complete Raising Awareness of Domestic Abuse training. We continue to use the Parish Safeguarding Dashboard to track our progress against safeguarding requirements. This year, the PCC has completed the fourth and final safeguarding standards worksheet. We also use the Safeguarding Hub to monitor individuals’ safeguarding status, including DBS checks and role-specific training requirements. We maintain a strong working relationship with our Area Safeguarding Advisor, who provides valuable support with safeguarding concerns, as well as guidance on policies, procedures, and training requirements. We also benefit from access to safeguarding drop-in clinics and webinars, which offer further support with queries relating to safeguarding documentation. During the autumn term, we held a Safeguarding Service focused on the importance and power of active listening. This service reaffirmed our commitment to making the church a safer space for all. As part of this, we recommissioned our volunteers and presented them with their lanyards. We continue to communicate our Commitment to Safer Churches through our safeguarding noticeboard, bathroom signage, and displays on foyer and church screens. St Richard’s remains fully committed to ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone who attends our services, groups, and wider community activities. ## **Wendy Rayner and Gill Coombes, Church Safeguarding Officers** 21 ## **Hampton Deanery Synod Report** In 2025, Deanery Synod Meetings were held on 11[th] February and 21[st] May in different churches around the Deanery. **11/2/25 at St Mary’s Twickenham** : Revd. Jeff Hopkin-Williams led worship, reflecting on sacred space and the Transfiguration. The congregation reflected on where they have encountered God. Jeff shared St Mary’s reordering journey: Vision-led reordering focused on making the church serve the people rather than the reverse. Flexibility added through stackable pews, hard flooring for concerts, and space for community use. Uses included a coronation banquet, Lent groups, summer fairs, Messy Church, and hosting over 900 people for the school’s 580th anniversary. Project funded mostly by the congregation—vision was key. Importance of choosing an architect who works collaboratively. The main theme of the evening was buildings with a presentation from Kevin Rogers who is the Director of Parish Property and Fundraising. London Diocese holds 3,500 property titles—focus on supporting parishes. Clear vision is vital for projects—aligns with Victorian Society and other consultations. DAC being restructured— smaller, with a focus on Net Zero and accessibility. Net Zero is challenging but vital for engaging younger generations. Investment of £30k can significantly reduce emissions. Buildings that are most missional are often the biggest emitters. Fundraising is most successful when missionally focused, not decorative. £95m raised from the Heritage Fund over two decades, £40m in the last five years. Diocesan property team can assist but is stretched—1 officer covering 400 churches. **21/5/25 at Holy Trinity Twickenham:** An introduction and overview of the vision for Holy Trinity Twickenham was given by the vicar, Revd. Simon Couper. The main theme of this synod was school governance, with particular attention given to the new Multi-Academy Trust that had recently been established in our area. There was a joint presentation by Area Dean, Revd Ben Lovell and Daniel Aldridge, CEO of Instanter Learning Trust and Exec Head of Bishop Wand School. ## **Art Group report** A small friendly group meeting fortnightly on a Thursday 2- 4pm during term time. We try to encourage new members through outreach in the community and have increased this year to a total of 12 members. A very relaxed and social group who enjoy an afternoon together in all aspects of art whether it’s watercolours, acrylics or pencil and colouring books, everyone is welcome and encouraged. We have a good supply of art books for reference. Everyone says how quiet and relaxed they find the group while we all concentrate on our various chosen art projects. We’re all amateur but encourage one another and it’s good to see how everyone has progressed during the year. Those who thought they couldn’t paint have produced wonderful art pieces. We also enjoyed a Christmas meal together. ## **Monday Morning Small Group Jan Reynolds, Art leader** 22 ## **Small Group Leaders’ Reports** We meet to start at 10am and aim to finish by 11.30am. At present we are a group of 8 more mature (not at all old in mind) ladies. We value the support through talking and prayer that we give each other through the highs and lows of life. Anything personal discussed in the group is always kept confidential. Our group have been meeting for many years and we decide between us what we will study and we generally follow anything based on Sunday sermons as appropriate. From April 2025 we completed the Growing on the Frontline, and then we continued with using Cover to Cover to finish our study on Acts. This took us through to the beginning of February 2026 when we started to follow the Meals with Jesus in line with recent Sunday sermons through Luke’s Gospel. We have a short prayer session each week at the end of our study time and have a catch up/prayer session every three or four weeks which we find invaluable. This gives us a chance to pray for our own concerns as well as other relevant needs at the time. ## **Tricia Law, Monday morning Small Group Leader** ## **Monday Evening Small Group Report** The Monday Evening small group has continued in 2025 with an unchanged membership. Each session starts with a bible study, normally led by me, followed by a sharing and prayer time led by Elaine Whittle. We mostly meet online, so that we can include those members who would find onsite meeting less practical. However, once a month, usually the first Monday of the month, we meet in Church. Since the last APCM, our studies covered the following series: - Growing on the frontline - Psalms - Jonah - Advent - Character - Exodus Once a term, we try to have a meal together, in Church but often in Café Plenty in Hampton. **Dave Rayner, Monday evening Small Group Leader** ## **Thursday Evening Small Group Report** It’s been a strange year for our small group and a bit spasmodic due to unforeseen circumstances. However, we are hoping to move forward now. During Lent and Easter we studied "Growing on the Frontline" along with the rest of the church. We particularly enjoyed learning new ways to pray. Our group was run by two leaders who alternated on weeks. In May, one of our leaders moved away. We had a lovely, but sad, farewell evening. We then decided to make it easier for our remaining leader, we would have one evening on Bible study, then one which we named chat and prayer evening. This has proved to be very successful. We found that sharing things and then praying was very beneficial. After "Frontline", we studied the subject of Angels which we enjoyed and learnt a lot from. We are currently studying and learning about Ruth from the Old Testament. ## **Beryl Whittin, Thursday evening Small Group Leader** 23 ## **Curate’s report** 3 years almost and my time is nearly up… what a journey and a privilege it has been getting to know you all, to know God more in my ministry and find out more about myself. Thank you! Thanks too to the Area and Diocese staff who make things happen behind the ‘scenes’. Another year of juggling coursework and report deadlines meant I have learnt a great deal about time management through training days and from fellow peers. It has also been useful seeing how collaboration with other churches in mission might work in the area. Thank you to the wider community, including St Richard’s primary school – it has been a joy working and worshipping with you. I have enjoyed the sporting events and relationship forming opportunities with St Richard’s church family and those who don’t worship with us on a Sunday. I definitely feel as though I have and still am growing into ordained ministry and it evolves each day. Of course I cannot go without giving credit to Debs here, in how she enables me to see all of parish life and its many facets and responsibilities – thank you Debs! This year has been a pleasure facilitating and supporting leaders in the church – particularly when organising and being part of courses at St Richard’s. I’ve also valued the regular events that take place during the year and seeing the preparation and actual days from different perspectives. I do not take it for granted being part of what God is doing in me and at St Richard’s. I am also grateful for how you have supported me in my other ministry pursuits of working in prisons. And hopefully you will have heard, I am looking forward to developing that as I move on at the end of June. So many gestures of care for me and my family have meant so much. I look forward to seeing how life and ministry continue at St Richard’s – keep in touch! Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! _His faithful love endures forever_ ! Your curate Yvette **Yvette Dixon, Curate** 24 ## **Vicar’s Report** St Richard’s Verse for the year, 2025: Let your roots grow down into him, (Jesus), and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. _Colossians 2.7._ As I look back on our verse for the year, I have a sense that it sums up a year where St Richard’s became more confident in who we are. 2025 was the year we celebrated 60 years of this parish. Naturally, a time for reflection, especially helped by those of you who have been faithful members of this church family for almost every one of those 60 years! And a time to be thankful for the present and future hope we have. It has been good to welcome new people to our church family and wonderful to see how our youngest members become increasingly part of our life together. Such joy! This is some of what I notice about who we are. We are a local church with a heart for the community of Hanworth in which we are situated, and an appreciation that for some of us, our communities are elsewhere most of the week. We are an intergenerational church family, intentional in our welcome and encouragement of all ages. Did you know we have 50 volunteers that serve on a variety of teams and that includes 9 children and young people who regularly contribute through their service to the life and ministry of our church. I am very thankful for those who exercise leadership at St Richard’s, including our staff team, Wendy, Yvette, and Paul. We extend a welcome to all. Often, when someone new comes along either on a Sunday or midweek, I must wait in turn to say, ‘’Hello,’ because someone else has already spotted them. Thank you. I’m sure there are still times when we don’t get this right, but the warmth of the welcome is often mentioned by those who come and stay. We aspire to be creative. We take care in putting together services, sung worship, and talks. Thinking about how we communicate the Good News for all to receive. Those in the building and online. It matters to us that we care for creation too, thinking about the choices we make in everyday life that impacts our environment and much further beyond. We experiment with different ministries. For example, we launched Messy Church during 2025, a midweek church for families, with singing, Bible stories, crafts, and dinner. We invest in our building for growth, blessed during 2025 by a grant to refurbish the room of the rear hall, which can now be used for our new 0-6s group on Sunday mornings. The grant also covered most of the costs for new fire doors, electrics, and fire alarm system. We welcome partnerships. There is so much opportunity to encourage those who work in this community for the common good. Something I would like to see us do even more intentionally, as we build relationships with different groups and networks. We are blessed to have a good relationship with our Primary School and Preschool. Weekly 25 opportunities to engage with our schools. Last year we said goodbye and thank you to Kristy Bartlett who had been our Preschool Manager for 7 years. We were delighted to appoint Sarah Merry who joined us in September, and the preschool continues to flourish under her leadership. We are thankful for all those who work in our schools, who like us share a deep commitment to this part of Hanworth. So, I think our confidence in who we are as church, in the things that we do has grown, and my prayer for the next season is that we will continue to grow in our confidence in who we are in Jesus Christ. That our _being with_ Jesus, becomes at least as important to us, a priority for us as our _doing for_ Jesus. There is no activity, no perfectly planned worship service that can transform lives without the power of the Holy Spirit. We can achieve a lot in our own strength, but when we trust in the Lord, we are not consumed in the process. The impact on the lives of those who encounter Jesus through our _being with_ him is sometimes visible, often unseen, but we believe eternally lifechanging. As a church leader, I am sometimes in conversations which are at their root anxious about growth in numbers. I’m not immune to that anxiety. Our church is growing in numbers, which is good news. I am also reminded that Jesus calls us to be his followers. He often moved away from the crowds, who were wanting him to do stuff for them, to be with his disciples, his friends – to share life with them. As part of our teaching, ‘Meals with Jesus,’ we have been reminded about the people that Jesus was intentional in spending time with, sharing life with – people like us. I wonder who we will be as a church family at the end of this decade, 2030? I wonder if you ever give any thought to that, ask God about that as I do? As this year unfolds, I hope you will join with me, with those who lead, in discerning that together. Let us be encouraging and gracious to each other as we continue the journey to be a mission shaped people here in Hanworth. Committed to enabling each one to play their part, including those that we are yet to meet, but who God will bring to us for the next chapter. As those thankful for all that God has done and is doing, let us live as those who are intentional in growing deeper in our relationship with Jesus, closer together, and greater in number through generous hospitality as we trust in God. With my prayers for you, and my thanks for your prayers for me. ## _Debs_ ## **Revd. Prebendary Debs Wignall (Vicar)** 26 27 ',•1 ef£vil J+ ie •• 28 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025** ## **Receipts and Payments Accounts** |Note
**Receipts**
1
Voluntary Income
1a
Activities for generating funds
1b
Income from investments
1c
Income from church activities
1d
Other incoming resources
1e
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
2
Church activities
2a
Costs of generating funds
2b
Governance costs
2c
Other payments
2d
**Total Payments**
**Excess of receipts over payments**
Transfers between funds
12
Changes in liabilities
Cash and banked funds on 1 January
11
Cash and banked funds on 31 December
11
Non cash adjustments
**Net Movement in Funds**
11, 13
Funds b/fwd @ 1 January 2025
12, 13
Funds c/fwd @ 31 December 2025
11, 13|Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
95,313
25,416
120,729
80,790
1,768
-
1,768
3,998
1,341
-
1,341
1,493
41,674
-
41,674
42,161
-
-
-
-| |---|---| ||140,096
25,416
165,512
128,442| ||107,658
22,341
129,998
99,093
150
-
150
3,024
1,358
-
1,358
1,339
-
-
-
-| ||109,166
22,341
131,506
103,456| ||30,930
3,076
34,006
24,987
(9,259)
9,259
-
-| ||-
2,398
2,398
(24,000)| ||21,672
14,732
36,404
987
40,709
574
41,283
44,313| ||62,381
11,306
73,687
41,283| ||-
-
-
-
21,672
12,334
34,006
24,987
40,709
(1,426)
39,283
14,296| ||62,381
10,908
73,289
39,283| 1 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 December 2025** |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Funds|Funds|2025|2024| ||Note|£|£|£|£| |**Fixed Assets**|||||| |Tangible fixed assets|7|-|-|-|-| |**Cash funds**|||||| |Cash at bank and in hand||19,409|3,306|22,715|7,652| |Short term deposits|8|42,972|8,000|50,972|29,631| |||62,381|11,306|73,687|37,283| |**Liabilities**|||||| |Agency Accounts|9|-|398|398|-| |Loans|10, 11|-|-|-|(2,000)| |||-|398|398|(2,000)| |Net Current Assets / (Liabilities)||62,381|10,908|73,289|39,283| |Total Net Assets / (Liabilities)||62,381|10,908|73,289|39,283| |Represented By|||||| |**Funds**|||||| |Unrestricted||62,381|-|62,381|40,709| |Restricted||-|10,908|10,908|(1,426)| |||62,381|10,908|73,289|39,283| 2 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** |1. Receipts
**a)**
**Voluntary Income**|Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
2025
£
£
£|2024
£| |---|---|---| |Planned giving: declared as Gift Aid
Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid
Non Gift Aid free will offerings
Plate collections
Sundry donations & legacy
Grants
**b) Activities for Generating Funds**
Fund-raising activities
Functions & events
**c)**
**Income from Investments**
CCLA deposit interest|51,166
-
51,166
12,643
232
12,874
1,286
-
1,286
1,305
-
1,305
15,313
10,185
25,498
13,600
15,000
28,600|52,111| |||14,990| |||780| |||1,947| |||8,912| |||2,050| ||95,313
25,416
120,729|80,790| ||1,768
-
1,768
-
-
-|| |||| |||1,616| |||2,382| ||1,768
-
1,768|3,998| ||1,341
-
1,341|| |||| |||1,493| ||1,341
-
1,341|1,493| |**d) Income from Church Activities**
Church hall letting
Bookstall
Fees - weddings & funerals
Church activities income
Holiday club & youth mission|32,098
-
32,098
42
-
42
302
-
302
9,144
-
9,144
88
-
88|| |||| |||32,371| |||229| |||401| |||8,705| |||455| |**e)**
**Other Incoming Resources**
PCC associated funds
**Total Receipts**|41,674
-
41,674|42,161| ||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**| ||-
-
-|-| ||140,096
25,416
165,512|128,442| 3 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** |**2. Payments**
**a)**
**Church Activities**
Donations|**2. Payments**
**a)**
**Church Activities**
Donations|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Overseas mission societies
Relief & development agencies
Home missions & church societies
Secular charities
Gifts
Total Donations||-|-|-|-
1,630
Tear Fund
900
St Richard's School
1,338
Shooting Star Hospice
MacMillan Cancer Support
38
3,905|| |||-|1,952|1,952||| |||-|1,300|1,300||| |||-|1,789|1,789||| |||324|-|324||| |||324|5,042|5,365||| |||||||| |Diocesan Common Fund contribution
Vicar, Curate and Reader's expenses
Children Worker's salary
Children Worker's related expenses
Training & associated literature
Total Staff Related Costs
Upkeep of church services||37,000|-|37,000|20,500
806
15,567
2,511
48
39,432
1,680|| |||1,321|75|1,396||| |||-|16,445|16,445||| |||3,681|-|3,681||| |||411|-|411||| |||42,413|16,520|58,932||| |||||||| |||1,622|146|1,767||| ||Church activities expenditure|7,043|-|7,043|6,104|| |Youth Mission & holiday club
Total Church Activities Costs
Church running expenses
Fees - cleaning/music/comms
Expenditure on bookstall
Web site, affiliation fees & literature
Printing, stationery, telephone, etc
Total Church Running Costs
Church maintenance
Vicarage costs
35 Oxford Way costs
Furnishings & equipment
Total Maintenance Cost
Total Church Activities
**b)**
**Costs of Generating Funds**
Functions & events
Fund raising expenses
Total costs of generating funds
**c)**
**Governance Costs**
Payroll Service Fee
PCC support costs
Bank Charges||228|-|228|837
8,621
7,488
10,661
321
663
2,817
21,950
7,397
653
12,241
4,893
25,184
99,093
2,926
99
3,024
200
1,006
133|| |||8,893|146|9,038||| |||||||| |||8,484|-|8,484||| |||11,385|-|11,385||| |||301|-|301||| |||752|-|752||| |||2,698|-|2,698||| |||23,620|-|23,620||| |||||||| |||19,137|-|19,137||| |||919|-|919||| |||8,757|634|9,391||| |||3,596|-|3,596||| |||32,409|634|33,043||| |||||||| |||107,658|22,341|129,998||| |||||||| |||||||| |||-|-|-||| |||150|-|150||| |||150|-|150||| |||||||| |||||||| |||200|-|200||| |||1,021|-|1,021||| |||137|-|137||| |Total Governance Costs||1,358
-
1,358
1,339||||| |**d)**
**Other Payments**||||||| |PCC Associated Funds||-
-
-
-||||| |**Total Payments**||109,166
22,341
131,506
103,456||||| 4 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** 3. Accounting Policies: - The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis. - Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purpose of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted. - Restricted funds represent donations or grants received for a specific purpose. These funds may only be expended on the specific purpose for which they were given. The nature of particular funds is disclosed in more detail in Note 12 to the financial statements. - Fixed Assets - All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings and moveable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is written off as expenditure. Individual items of equipment are written off to the receipts and payments account when the asset is acquired. 4. Receipts: The gift aid claim for Q4 (Oct-Dec) for donations eligible for gift aid not made through the Parish Giving Scheme, the payment from HMRC will be submitted early in 2026. 5. As in previous years, donations and appeals income has been included in Sundry donations. 6. As in previous years, PCC associated funds expenditure has been shown under Church activities expenditure. 7. Fixed assets are not depreciated under receipts and payments accounting. 8. Short term deposits reflect money held on deposit with CCLA (Churches, Charities and Local Authorities) Investment Management, which was chosen by the Church of England to provide appropriate investment management for its Churches. During 2025 it was decided that CCLA Investment Management should join the Jupiter Group on 2[nd] February 2026. Jupiter will maintain CCLA investments as appropriate ethical investments separate from its other investment portfolios. 9. The agency account used is for funeral fees owed to the Kensington Area of the diocese. The amount shown represents the fees received in the last quarter of 2025, to be paid to the Kensington Area in January 2026. 5 10. There have been Project Grow Loans from two Church Members, both restricted for use for Project Grow. These initially totalled £100k, advanced on an interest free basis, all of which was repaid by the end of 2024. Each loan was subject to a loan agreement. They were repaid on time. Unfortunately, an inadvertent overpayment of £4,000 was made on one of these Church Member loans in December 2024. The overpayment was immediately identified and repaid on 4th January 2025. 11. There was also a Project Grow Loan, initially £10k, from the Kensington Area of the diocese, again interest free, of which £8,000 had been repaid by the end of 2024. This loan is also subject to a loan agreement. The remaining £2,000 was repaid in 2025. 6 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** |12. Analysis of Fund Movements
Notes
**Unrestricted Funds**
General Fund
Roger Casson Legacy Fund
Concerts and Events
Maintenance - Church Maintenance Reserve
Scramblers
Explorers
Coffee Morning
Total Unrestricted Funds
**Restricted Funds**
Project Grow Fund
Children/Fam Worker's Fund
Garden Fund
35 Oxford Way Repairs Fund
Flowers Fund
Special Charity Donations
Tech Fund - Technology Fund
Hardship - Hardship Fund
Total Restricted Funds
**Total Funds**|Fund
Fund
Fund
B/fwd
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
C/fwd
£
£
£
£
£
40,111
116,458
92,832
(11,749)
51,989
-
38
-
(38)
-
508
-
-
-
508
-
23,600
16,334
2,538
9,804
10
-
-
(10)
-
40
-
-
-
40
40
-
-
-
40| |---|---| ||40,709
140,096
109,166
(9,259)
62,381| ||(1,967)
8
-
1,959
-
-
15,000
16,445
3,100
1,655
13
1,500
-
-
1,513
183
1,000
634
-
549
15
750
146
-
620
329
1,013
5,042
3,700
-
-
5,000
-
-
5,000
-
1,145
75
500
1,570| ||(1,426)
25,416
22,341
9,259
10,908| ||39,283
165,512
131,506
-
73,289| 7 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** ## **Unrestricted Funds** ## **General Fund** The general fund represents funds for the general use of the PCC. It reflects all the funds available to the PCC, other than those designated for another purpose by the PCC or restricted by donors. Traditionally the PCC has kept a cash balance sufficient to cover expenses for 3 months to cope with a drop in the level of giving or some unforeseen expenditure. ## **Roger Casson Legacy Fund** The Roger Casson legacy fund was set up to hold the legacy from the estate of the late Roger Casson. The fund was originally used up in 2024, but some gift aid was received into the fund in 2025 and then transferred back to the General Fund to contribute to the setting up of the Church Maintenance Reserve Fund. This fund is now closed. ## **Concerts and Events Fund** It was agreed this year to set up a Concerts and Events fund to hold the surplus arising from concerts and events run in conjunction with Canaan Bookshop, Staines. This provides greater transparency than holding this surplus within the General Fund. This money should be put towards the costs of future concerts and events but if no such concerts or events are held, we are liable to return up to 50% to Canaan Bookshop. ## **Church Maintenance Reserve Fund** The PCC decided to set this fund up with an initial transfer of £2,500 from the General Fund. Other significant donations have been received into this fund during the year. The fund is to be used as a reserve for large church maintenance projects, such as the kitchen refurbishment which was carried out this year and charged to this fund. ## **Other Unrestricted Funds** The old Scramblers fund was closed down this year when the final £10 float was transferred to the General Fund. The Scramblers group had ceased to be in existence several years ago. The Explorers and Coffee Morning funds are used to retain the cash floats for these two Church activities. 8 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** ## **Restricted Funds** ## **Project Grow Fund** The Project Grow fund represents funds that have been donated to provide for the church building project. Income used to come from free-will offerings specifically for Project Grow. The expenditure was the repayment of loans. For this purpose, it has been topped up as necessary from the General Fund. Now that all the loans have been paid off, this fund has been closed. ## **Children and Family Worker’s Fund** The Children and Family Worker’s fund represents any restricted grants that contribute to the costs of the children and family outreach work. The salary costs were charged to this fund, and the grants received provided the income to the fund, along with a modest transfer from the General Fund. ## **Garden Fund** The PCC decided to set up a Garden Fund in 2022 to provide for the development of the prayer garden and an appeal was made for donations specifically for this purpose. Although there has been no expenditure this year, there has been new income, so the fund did not need to be topped up from the General Fund. It is now well placed to fund garden works in 2026. ## **35 Oxford Way Repairs Fund** The 35 Oxford Way Repairs fund was set up to hold previous non-missionary rental income from 35 Oxford Way. It is required by the Diocese that this money is set aside to cover the repair costs of the property. During 2025, there were some repair costs charged to this fund. The property is currently occupied by our Curate. 9 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** ## **Flowers Fund** The Flowers fund represents church member's donations given to cover the costs of flowers for special services; mostly, Easter, Harvest and Christmas. The fund did not need to be topped up this year from the General Fund, because significant donations were received. ## **Special Charity Donations** The Special Charity Donations fund represents monies raised by the church to support various charities. Donations made during the year are shown in note 2 to the accounts. In 2025, funds were raised for Tear Fund, St Richard’s Primary School, MacMillan Cancer Support and Shooting Star Hospice. These have been input to this Special Charity account for transparency, before then being paid to the charities, particularly because the donations include money given in response to specific appeals and the Church’s giving in 2025 of 5% of its nonrestricted free-will offerings received in 2024. ## **Technology Fund** This fund was set up a few years ago to manage a significant donation towards technology for streaming services. That money had been used up by the end of 2024 but in 2025 a new significant donation was made for use for future technology needs to support services in whatever ways are decided by PCC. ## **Hardship Fund** The PCC decided this year to set up a hardship fund for use to be agreed by the vicar and the Church Wardens to enable the Church to respond to hardship cases in the community. So far it has been used to pay for taxi costs to enable some members to get to Church services when no other options were available. 10 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025** ## **Receipts and Payments Accounts** |Note
**Receipts**
1
Voluntary Income
1a
Activities for generating funds
1b
Income from investments
1c
Income from church activities
1d
Other incoming resources
1e
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
2
Church activities
2a
Costs of generating funds
2b
Governance costs
2c
Other payments
2d
**Total Payments**
**Excess of receipts over payments**
Transfers between funds
12
Changes in liabilities
Cash and banked funds on 1 January
11
Cash and banked funds on 31 December
11
Non cash adjustments
**Net Movement in Funds**
11, 13
Funds b/fwd @ 1 January 2025
12, 13
Funds c/fwd @ 31 December 2025
11, 13|Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
95,313
25,416
120,729
80,790
1,768
-
1,768
3,998
1,341
-
1,341
1,493
41,674
-
41,674
42,161
-
-
-
-| |---|---| ||140,096
25,416
165,512
128,442| ||107,658
22,341
129,998
99,093
150
-
150
3,024
1,358
-
1,358
1,339
-
-
-
-| ||109,166
22,341
131,506
103,456| ||30,930
3,076
34,006
24,987
(9,259)
9,259
-
-| ||-
2,398
2,398
(24,000)| ||21,672
14,732
36,404
987
40,709
574
41,283
44,313| ||62,381
11,306
73,687
41,283| ||-
-
-
-
21,672
12,334
34,006
24,987
40,709
(1,426)
39,283
14,296| ||62,381
10,908
73,289
39,283| 1 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 December 2025** |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Funds|Funds|2025|2024| ||Note|£|£|£|£| |**Fixed Assets**|||||| |Tangible fixed assets|7|-|-|-|-| |**Cash funds**|||||| |Cash at bank and in hand||19,409|3,306|22,715|7,652| |Short term deposits|8|42,972|8,000|50,972|29,631| |||62,381|11,306|73,687|37,283| |**Liabilities**|||||| |Agency Accounts|9|-|398|398|-| |Loans|10, 11|-|-|-|(2,000)| |||-|398|398|(2,000)| |Net Current Assets / (Liabilities)||62,381|10,908|73,289|39,283| |Total Net Assets / (Liabilities)||62,381|10,908|73,289|39,283| |Represented By|||||| |**Funds**|||||| |Unrestricted||62,381|-|62,381|40,709| |Restricted||-|10,908|10,908|(1,426)| |||62,381|10,908|73,289|39,283| 2 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** |1. Receipts
**a)**
**Voluntary Income**|Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
2025
£
£
£|2024
£| |---|---|---| |Planned giving: declared as Gift Aid
Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid
Non Gift Aid free will offerings
Plate collections
Sundry donations & legacy
Grants
**b) Activities for Generating Funds**
Fund-raising activities
Functions & events
**c)**
**Income from Investments**
CCLA deposit interest|51,166
-
51,166
12,643
232
12,874
1,286
-
1,286
1,305
-
1,305
15,313
10,185
25,498
13,600
15,000
28,600|52,111| |||14,990| |||780| |||1,947| |||8,912| |||2,050| ||95,313
25,416
120,729|80,790| ||1,768
-
1,768
-
-
-|| |||| |||1,616| |||2,382| ||1,768
-
1,768|3,998| ||1,341
-
1,341|| |||| |||1,493| ||1,341
-
1,341|1,493| |**d) Income from Church Activities**
Church hall letting
Bookstall
Fees - weddings & funerals
Church activities income
Holiday club & youth mission|32,098
-
32,098
42
-
42
302
-
302
9,144
-
9,144
88
-
88|| |||| |||32,371| |||229| |||401| |||8,705| |||455| |**e)**
**Other Incoming Resources**
PCC associated funds
**Total Receipts**|41,674
-
41,674|42,161| ||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**| ||-
-
-|-| ||140,096
25,416
165,512|128,442| 3 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** |**2. Payments**
**a)**
**Church Activities**
Donations|**2. Payments**
**a)**
**Church Activities**
Donations|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Overseas mission societies
Relief & development agencies
Home missions & church societies
Secular charities
Gifts
Total Donations||-|-|-|-
1,630
Tear Fund
900
St Richard's School
1,338
Shooting Star Hospice
MacMillan Cancer Support
38
3,905|| |||-|1,952|1,952||| |||-|1,300|1,300||| |||-|1,789|1,789||| |||324|-|324||| |||324|5,042|5,365||| |||||||| |Diocesan Common Fund contribution
Vicar, Curate and Reader's expenses
Children Worker's salary
Children Worker's related expenses
Training & associated literature
Total Staff Related Costs
Upkeep of church services||37,000|-|37,000|20,500
806
15,567
2,511
48
39,432
1,680|| |||1,321|75|1,396||| |||-|16,445|16,445||| |||3,681|-|3,681||| |||411|-|411||| |||42,413|16,520|58,932||| |||||||| |||1,622|146|1,767||| ||Church activities expenditure|7,043|-|7,043|6,104|| |Youth Mission & holiday club
Total Church Activities Costs
Church running expenses
Fees - cleaning/music/comms
Expenditure on bookstall
Web site, affiliation fees & literature
Printing, stationery, telephone, etc
Total Church Running Costs
Church maintenance
Vicarage costs
35 Oxford Way costs
Furnishings & equipment
Total Maintenance Cost
Total Church Activities
**b)**
**Costs of Generating Funds**
Functions & events
Fund raising expenses
Total costs of generating funds
**c)**
**Governance Costs**
Payroll Service Fee
PCC support costs
Bank Charges||228|-|228|837
8,621
7,488
10,661
321
663
2,817
21,950
7,397
653
12,241
4,893
25,184
99,093
2,926
99
3,024
200
1,006
133|| |||8,893|146|9,038||| |||||||| |||8,484|-|8,484||| |||11,385|-|11,385||| |||301|-|301||| |||752|-|752||| |||2,698|-|2,698||| |||23,620|-|23,620||| |||||||| |||19,137|-|19,137||| |||919|-|919||| |||8,757|634|9,391||| |||3,596|-|3,596||| |||32,409|634|33,043||| |||||||| |||107,658|22,341|129,998||| |||||||| |||||||| |||-|-|-||| |||150|-|150||| |||150|-|150||| |||||||| |||||||| |||200|-|200||| |||1,021|-|1,021||| |||137|-|137||| |Total Governance Costs||1,358
-
1,358
1,339||||| |**d)**
**Other Payments**||||||| |PCC Associated Funds||-
-
-
-||||| |**Total Payments**||109,166
22,341
131,506
103,456||||| 4 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** 3. Accounting Policies: - The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis. - Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purpose of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted. - Restricted funds represent donations or grants received for a specific purpose. These funds may only be expended on the specific purpose for which they were given. The nature of particular funds is disclosed in more detail in Note 12 to the financial statements. - Fixed Assets - All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings and moveable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is written off as expenditure. Individual items of equipment are written off to the receipts and payments account when the asset is acquired. 4. Receipts: The gift aid claim for Q4 (Oct-Dec) for donations eligible for gift aid not made through the Parish Giving Scheme, the payment from HMRC will be submitted early in 2026. 5. As in previous years, donations and appeals income has been included in Sundry donations. 6. As in previous years, PCC associated funds expenditure has been shown under Church activities expenditure. 7. Fixed assets are not depreciated under receipts and payments accounting. 8. Short term deposits reflect money held on deposit with CCLA (Churches, Charities and Local Authorities) Investment Management, which was chosen by the Church of England to provide appropriate investment management for its Churches. During 2025 it was decided that CCLA Investment Management should join the Jupiter Group on 2[nd] February 2026. Jupiter will maintain CCLA investments as appropriate ethical investments separate from its other investment portfolios. 9. The agency account used is for funeral fees owed to the Kensington Area of the diocese. The amount shown represents the fees received in the last quarter of 2025, to be paid to the Kensington Area in January 2026. 5 10. There have been Project Grow Loans from two Church Members, both restricted for use for Project Grow. These initially totalled £100k, advanced on an interest free basis, all of which was repaid by the end of 2024. Each loan was subject to a loan agreement. They were repaid on time. Unfortunately, an inadvertent overpayment of £4,000 was made on one of these Church Member loans in December 2024. The overpayment was immediately identified and repaid on 4th January 2025. 11. There was also a Project Grow Loan, initially £10k, from the Kensington Area of the diocese, again interest free, of which £8,000 had been repaid by the end of 2024. This loan is also subject to a loan agreement. The remaining £2,000 was repaid in 2025. 6 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** |12. Analysis of Fund Movements
Notes
**Unrestricted Funds**
General Fund
Roger Casson Legacy Fund
Concerts and Events
Maintenance - Church Maintenance Reserve
Scramblers
Explorers
Coffee Morning
Total Unrestricted Funds
**Restricted Funds**
Project Grow Fund
Children/Fam Worker's Fund
Garden Fund
35 Oxford Way Repairs Fund
Flowers Fund
Special Charity Donations
Tech Fund - Technology Fund
Hardship - Hardship Fund
Total Restricted Funds
**Total Funds**|Fund
Fund
Fund
B/fwd
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
C/fwd
£
£
£
£
£
40,111
116,458
92,832
(11,749)
51,989
-
38
-
(38)
-
508
-
-
-
508
-
23,600
16,334
2,538
9,804
10
-
-
(10)
-
40
-
-
-
40
40
-
-
-
40| |---|---| ||40,709
140,096
109,166
(9,259)
62,381| ||(1,967)
8
-
1,959
-
-
15,000
16,445
3,100
1,655
13
1,500
-
-
1,513
183
1,000
634
-
549
15
750
146
-
620
329
1,013
5,042
3,700
-
-
5,000
-
-
5,000
-
1,145
75
500
1,570| ||(1,426)
25,416
22,341
9,259
10,908| ||39,283
165,512
131,506
-
73,289| 7 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** ## **Unrestricted Funds** ## **General Fund** The general fund represents funds for the general use of the PCC. It reflects all the funds available to the PCC, other than those designated for another purpose by the PCC or restricted by donors. Traditionally the PCC has kept a cash balance sufficient to cover expenses for 3 months to cope with a drop in the level of giving or some unforeseen expenditure. ## **Roger Casson Legacy Fund** The Roger Casson legacy fund was set up to hold the legacy from the estate of the late Roger Casson. The fund was originally used up in 2024, but some gift aid was received into the fund in 2025 and then transferred back to the General Fund to contribute to the setting up of the Church Maintenance Reserve Fund. This fund is now closed. ## **Concerts and Events Fund** It was agreed this year to set up a Concerts and Events fund to hold the surplus arising from concerts and events run in conjunction with Canaan Bookshop, Staines. This provides greater transparency than holding this surplus within the General Fund. This money should be put towards the costs of future concerts and events but if no such concerts or events are held, we are liable to return up to 50% to Canaan Bookshop. ## **Church Maintenance Reserve Fund** The PCC decided to set this fund up with an initial transfer of £2,500 from the General Fund. Other significant donations have been received into this fund during the year. The fund is to be used as a reserve for large church maintenance projects, such as the kitchen refurbishment which was carried out this year and charged to this fund. ## **Other Unrestricted Funds** The old Scramblers fund was closed down this year when the final £10 float was transferred to the General Fund. The Scramblers group had ceased to be in existence several years ago. The Explorers and Coffee Morning funds are used to retain the cash floats for these two Church activities. 8 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** ## **Restricted Funds** ## **Project Grow Fund** The Project Grow fund represents funds that have been donated to provide for the church building project. Income used to come from free-will offerings specifically for Project Grow. The expenditure was the repayment of loans. For this purpose, it has been topped up as necessary from the General Fund. Now that all the loans have been paid off, this fund has been closed. ## **Children and Family Worker’s Fund** The Children and Family Worker’s fund represents any restricted grants that contribute to the costs of the children and family outreach work. The salary costs were charged to this fund, and the grants received provided the income to the fund, along with a modest transfer from the General Fund. ## **Garden Fund** The PCC decided to set up a Garden Fund in 2022 to provide for the development of the prayer garden and an appeal was made for donations specifically for this purpose. Although there has been no expenditure this year, there has been new income, so the fund did not need to be topped up from the General Fund. It is now well placed to fund garden works in 2026. ## **35 Oxford Way Repairs Fund** The 35 Oxford Way Repairs fund was set up to hold previous non-missionary rental income from 35 Oxford Way. It is required by the Diocese that this money is set aside to cover the repair costs of the property. During 2025, there were some repair costs charged to this fund. The property is currently occupied by our Curate. 9 ## **Parochial Church Council of St. Richard of Chichester, Hanworth** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025** ## **Flowers Fund** The Flowers fund represents church member's donations given to cover the costs of flowers for special services; mostly, Easter, Harvest and Christmas. The fund did not need to be topped up this year from the General Fund, because significant donations were received. ## **Special Charity Donations** The Special Charity Donations fund represents monies raised by the church to support various charities. Donations made during the year are shown in note 2 to the accounts. In 2025, funds were raised for Tear Fund, St Richard’s Primary School, MacMillan Cancer Support and Shooting Star Hospice. These have been input to this Special Charity account for transparency, before then being paid to the charities, particularly because the donations include money given in response to specific appeals and the Church’s giving in 2025 of 5% of its nonrestricted free-will offerings received in 2024. ## **Technology Fund** This fund was set up a few years ago to manage a significant donation towards technology for streaming services. That money had been used up by the end of 2024 but in 2025 a new significant donation was made for use for future technology needs to support services in whatever ways are decided by PCC. ## **Hardship Fund** The PCC decided this year to set up a hardship fund for use to be agreed by the vicar and the Church Wardens to enable the Church to respond to hardship cases in the community. So far it has been used to pay for taxi costs to enable some members to get to Church services when no other options were available. 10