THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFTHE
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, DARESBURY.
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1130503
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ANNUAL REPORT 2026 AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2025
## **Agenda**
## **Annual Vestry and Annual Parochial Church Meetings to be held in the LCC after the service on Sunday 26[th] April 2026**
## **Vestry Meeting**
1. Welcome and prayers
2. Apologies
3. Minutes of the Vestry Meeting held on 18[th] May 2025
4. Election of Churchwardens
## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting**
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of Annual Meeting held on 18[th] May 2025
3. Electoral Roll Report
4. Reception of Reports
- a) Report on number entered on the Electoral Roll
- b) Report on proceedings of PCC
- c) Vicar’s and other Reports
- d) Safeguarding Report
- e) Report on the financial affairs of the parish for year ending 31.12.25
- f) Report on fabric, goods and ornaments of the church
- g) Report on proceedings of the Deanery Synod
5. Election of members to Deanery Synod
6. Election of PCC members
7. Appointment of Officers
- a) Independent Examiner
- b) Electoral Roll Officer
8. To note the Archdeacon’s Visitation on 18th June 2026 at All Saints Daresbury
9. Date of next PCC meeting:
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## **P a r i s h o f A l l S a i n t s , D a r e s b u r y T h e A n n u a l V e s t r y M e e t i n g**
|**P a r i s h o f A l l S a i n t s , D a r e s b u r y**
**T h e A n n u a l V e s t r y M e e t i n g**|**P a r i s h o f A l l S a i n t s , D a r e s b u r y**
**T h e A n n u a l V e s t r y M e e t i n g**|**P a r i s h o f A l l S a i n t s , D a r e s b u r y**
**T h e A n n u a l V e s t r y M e e t i n g**|**P a r i s h o f A l l S a i n t s , D a r e s b u r y**
**T h e A n n u a l V e s t r y M e e t i n g**|
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|||**Meeting**
**with**|All welcome|
|||**Location**|Lewis Carroll Centre|
|**Date**|18thMay
2025|**Chair**|Andrew Wang|
|**Present**|L. Hayes, G. Varty, S. White, H. White, J. Turner, P. Turner, C. Whiteley, A.
Evans, I. Rutter, E. Bayton, P. Taylor-Floyd, E. Wigley, K. Johnson, T.
Harrop, B. Harrop, S. Leitch, P. Williams, L. Mills, C. Wallace, L. Haddock,
H. Wallace, K. Broom, S. McIntyre, R. Bayton, T. Kelly, K. Spann, W.
Spann, I. McIntyre, D. Johnson, C. Longstaff, S. Lomas, A. Ashcroft, J.
Ashcroft, A. Wang, M. Fye (35)|||
|**In Attendance**||||
|**Apologies**|S. Dabiri, M. Khademi, G. Hall, S. Wigley|||
|A. Wang welcomed everyone and opened the meeting with prayer.
He then spoke about communion and the distribution of the bread and wine, for clarification. He explained
that having discussed the subject with the archdeacon, the advice was that in a vacancy, our practice should
remain the same as far as possible until a new minister arrives. Some of those present voiced their objection
to the guidance.
The meeting was then called to order, to address the business on the agenda.||||
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Action By
Item Discussion and Record during team meeting Date
Whom
3 MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
The minutes of the Annual Vestry Meeting held on 28 [th] April 2024 were
accepted as a true record. M.F to consult notes to clarify omission. Proposed
I.M, sec. P.T.
4 ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS
There were three nominations for the post of churchwarden:
Andrew Wang, proposed P. Turner, seconded C. Longstaff
Ian McIntyre, proposed, L. Mills, seconded S. Lomas
Pam Taylor-Floyd, proposed E. Bayton, seconded, S. McIntyre.
A ballot followed and I. McIntyre and A. Wang, having expressed their
consent to be nominated, were duly elected to serve as churchwardens for
the ensuing year.
This concluded the meeting
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|**Item**|**Discussion and Record of meeting**|**Action**|**Date**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**2**|**MINUTES OF LAST MEETING**|||
||The minutes of the Annual meeting held on 28th April 2024 were unanimously
accepted as a true account. Proposed, I. McIntyre, seconded S. White|||
|**3**|**ELECTORAL ROLL REPORT**|||
||The number of names on the Electoral Roll is 107.
S. White reported that a new roll had been drawn up this year, and the number had
fallen from 191 which was recorded last year. She was given a vote of thanks for all her
work.
Thanks were also extended to S. Wiigley, who had retired, for his many years in office
as Electoral roll officer.|||
|**4**|**RECEPTION OF REPORTS.**|||
||The following reports were published in a printed booklet, and a copy is hereby
attached, which the meeting was happy to accept.|||
|**a**|Report on number entered on the Electoral Roll.
See above.|||
|**b**|Report on the Activities of PCC – See booklet.|||
|**c**|Chairperson’s and other Reports.
A. Wang in referring to his report, thanked Rev. Gill, and Glynis for their service to the
church. He expressed his thanks to archdeacon, Rev. Dr. Mike Gilbertson for the great
amount of help and support he has given, and to the visiting clergy, mentioning Rev.
Anita in particular, and others. He then thanked the PCC for all its help.
He went on to speak about the vacancy, thanking all who had contributed to updating
the parish profile. Interviews had been held, but the outcome has to remain confidential
at present.|||
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Item Discussion and Record of meeting Action Date
Financial Statements for the year ending 31 [st] December 2024
See the separate booklet, attached.
A. Ashcroft, treasurer, highlighted some points from her report, and said that
fundraising had a good year, there were no expenses incurred for the upkeep of a
d vicarage and there had been no major repairs needed to the fabric of the church. She
pointed out that this year, as last, giving would not support our expenditure, and
fundraising would again be important. Any major works would have to be funded from
reserves or through specific fundraising or grant. Thanks were expressed to the
treasurer and Finance team, and the report was unanimously accepted on the proposal
of A. Evans, seconded by K. Johnson
Report on the fabric, goods and ornaments of the Church
See separate booklet attached.
I. McIntyre, chair of the Facilities team, highlighted some points from the report,
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particularly mentioning that thanks to the kind donation of a member of the
congregation, a new integrated fridge had now been installed in the kitchen.
Thanks were expressed to the team
Report on the proceedings of Deanery Synod.
See separate booklet attached
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Thanks were expressed to the Deanery Synod representatives for attending the
meetings and bringing reports to the PCC
5 ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO DEANERY SYNOD
J. Squires, I McIntyre and S. McIntyre expressed their wish to continue as
representatives on Deanery Synod, and were elected unanimously
There is one vacancy
6 ELECTION OF PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS
Representatives of the laity to replace those standing down, or whose term of office
has come to an end, were elected as follows:
To 2028:
H. Wallace, proposed L. Haddock, seconded S A Ashcroft
A. Ashcroft, proposed S. White, seconded L. Haddock
L. Haddock, proposed A. Ashcroft, seconded S.White
S. White, proposed A. Ashcroft, seconded L. Haddock
J. Ashcroft, proposed K.Johnson, seconded S. White
*. One of above named to be asked to fill in for casual vacancy below
Other representatives previously elected to serve are as follows:
To 2027:
P. Turner, S. Dabiri, (two vacances, A. Cookson having stood down)
To 2026:
E. Wigley, K. Johnson, M.Fye (one vacancy)
7 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
a) Hannah Murray was appointed Independent Examiner for the year ending 31 [st]
December 2025 Proposed R. Bayton, sec. I. McIntyre, Agreed.
b) S. White was appointed Electoral Roll Officer, Proposed E. Wigley, seconded
R. Bayton. Agreed.
The date of the Archdeacon’s Visitation on 5 [th] June 2025 at St. Mary’s, Whitegate
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was noted
Date of next PCC meeting: 21 [st] May 2025
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## **Item 4 a: ELECTORAL ROLL REPORT 2026**
The numbers on our Roll are as follows (in brackets are the numbers reported last year)
|DARESBURY|4|(4)|
|---|---|---|
|HATTON|4|(4)|
|MOORE|16|(17)|
|PRESTON BROOK|6|(5)|
|SANDYMOOR|11|(11)|
|HIGHER WALTON|3|(3)|
|OTHER AREAS|63|(63)|
|TOTAL|107|(107)|
## **THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS DARESBURY**
**All Saints Daresbury Parochial Church Council (PCC)** has, as its primary object the promotion of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England, under the PCC (Powers) Measure1956, and has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting, in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
As a registered Charity, the PCC has to demonstrate that it has an identifiable benefit or benefits and that those benefits must be to the public or a section of, the public. Thus, the PCC works, amongst other things, to advance the Christian religion and education, and the relief of poverty.
Members are required to act to further both these sets of purposes. In order to do so, the PCC adopted some year ago the following vision statement and core values to guide its’ work:
## **PCC Membership**
Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. During the period 2024-25 the members were:
|**Clergy: **|Revd.Jo Mackriell|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Licenced Readers:**|Linda Mills|Simon Lomas|Gavin Hall (R)|
|**Church Wardens:**|Andrew Wang|Ian McIntyre||
|**Representatives on**
**Deanery Synod:**|Jocelyn Squires|Ian McIntyre|Sue McIntyre|
|**Lay Representatives:**|**Elected until**|**Elected until**|**Elected until**|
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||**2028**|**2027**|**2026**|
|---|---|---|---|
|With 105 registered
members of the
congregation we are
allowed up to 12 Lay
members.|Anne Ashcroft|Sue White|Ellen Wigley|
||Hugh Wallace|Paul Turner(R)|KevinJohnson(R)|
||Linda Haddock|Sadegh Dabiri(R)|Myra Fye|
||Jim Ashcroft|Pam Taylor-Floyd|Vacant|
|**Officers of the PCC:**||**Church Officers:**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Vice Chair**|Andrew Wang|**Director of Music**|Claire Longstaff|
|**Churchwarden**
**Emeritus**||**Deputy Director of**
**Music**|Gyopar Pavai|
|**Assistant**
**Churchwarden**||**Bell Tower Captain**|Christine Owens|
|**Safeguarding officer**|Ian McIntyre|**Parish**
**Administrator**|Stuart Wigley/Sue
White|
|**Secretary**|Myra Fye|**Webmaster**||
|**Treasurer**|Anne Ashcroft|**Sexton**||
|**Giftaid secretary**|KevinJohnson(R)|||
|**Pastoral care lead**|Linda Mills|||
## **Vision Statement**
We strive to be an inclusive and outward looking Christian community embodying the life of Christ and bound together by the love of God and love for each other, welcoming everyone who wants to learn about and be involved in the Christian journey of faith.
## **Core Values**
We turn our vision into action by recognising and valuing: -
- **Our Faith** : Our Christian faith is rooted in and energised by scripture, tradition and reason and led by the Holy Spirit. It recognises that our heritage is alive in the present, is relevant to today’s society and looks to the future. It is never afraid to engage with and be challenged by God’s creation.
- **Our Worship** : We seek to worship God with reverence, dignity, diversity and within our strong and developing musical tradition. Prayer and listening to God are essential aspects of our understanding of worship.
- **Our Community** : The church is people in relationship with God – a community, which is open, generous. diverse, welcoming, hospitable, healing and caring.
- **Our Mission** : We respond to the call to communicate the faith in care, service, healing, concern and witness; locally, ecumenically and globally.
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## **Item 4 b: Proceedings of the Parochial Church Council**
The PCC has met six times in the past year, and the business of the meetings has comprised the following:
Reports have been received from the various committees, regarding ministry, mission, the fabric of the building, finance, community events and fundraising, deanery and diocesan synods and LCC. Discussions have taken place, resolutions passed and actions taken as necessary. A budget has been set
A small group liaised with the Rural Dean and St John’s in planning for Revd. Jo’s induction and installation as vicar of Walton and Priest in Charge of Daresbury, which was held in September, and we welcomed her to the Chair of the PCC meeting, which was held two weeks later. A new day and time for meetings has been established (Tuesdays at 7pm.)
Myra Fye, PCC secretary
## **Item 4 d: Safeguarding**
The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measures 2016 (duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). More information can be found here
https:daresburycofe.org.uk/safeguarding
As safeguarding officer, I have completed the leadership training and renewed my basic and foundation courses. I have attended the annual PSO (Parish Safeguarding Officer) networking meetings which gathers PSO’s from across the Diocese for informative discussion after some additional training. This gives PSO’s a chance to speak directly to members of the Diocesan team and seek clarification of any unclear points of procedure.
During the year there have been no Safeguarding incidents in church.
After this meeting the process of ensuring the PCC members are registered for DBS checks and brought up to date with any training requirements will commence.
**If you have any Safeguarding concerns please raise them with the PSO at: Safeguarding@daresburycofe.org.uk**
**Or the Diocesan team at : safeguarding@chester.anglican.org**
**If you think someone is in immediate danger please dial 999 and report your concerns to the police.**
## **Item 4 e: Finance Team Report**
See rear of this booklet
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## **Item 4 d: Facilities Team Report**
Since the new engineer serviced the boiler in September, we have had no real problems.
We started making arrangements for the Tree Survey and Quinquennial Survey, both requirements of the Church of England. These were completed early this year. The Tree survey has a short list of measures to keep the churchyard safe, from trimming trees to felling one tree for safety reasons. This are listed with a range of priorities from months to years, we will attend to the urgent requirements in the next few months pending Council & Diocesan permission to work on trees under a TPO (Tree Preservation Order). The Quinquennial survey generated a 3 page list, with repairs estimated from between £60,00 to £160,00, again these were prioritised from urgent (Relatively few) ranging to 5 years, or in some cases not required but nice to do, like refurbish the clock face. Once again we will tackle the urgent ones over the summer, and consider the others over the 5 year period to the next inspection.
We also arranged for the lights to be changed in the LCC from Halogen to LED, to replace the failed bulbs with the viable environmental alternative. Also the string of lights from the Lychgate have been converted to LED, creating another electrical cost saving. Also in the LCC the kitchen fridge failed and was replaced thanks to an anonymous benefactor. We also completed the statutory PAT testing of all portable electrical appliances, these are now covered for the next few years.
We had the broken gatepost repaired to the carpark, also moving them further in to enhance driver vision at the junction with Daresbury Lane. Just before Revd Jo was licenced, someone damaged to stone gatepost at the South Door entrance to Daresbury Lane, this was repaired just in time for her installation.
After the retirement of John, our grounds man of many years, we have engage Jim Kitching and a colleague to keep our grounds mown and tidy from debris.
Our Email and websites continue to have problems, we have approached Liam who is now working on transferring our web sites and mail service to resolve these problems.
Our sound system was giving intermittent failure problems and after a number of visits from various technicians the problem seems to be resolved.
We are working on the flickering light problem in the church.
Ian McIntyre
Chair of Facilities
## **Community Events and Fund Raising**
Fund-raising activities during 2025 generated £9,765 for church funds.
We ran four main events during the year, all of which were well attended and successful.
In May we hosted a concert by the Vale Royal Singers. The choir performed their Spring Programme which provided a very entertaining and relaxing evening. Concert goers enjoyed a drinks reception and refreshments after the concert.
Our Summer fete was held on 28[th] June and raised over £1800 on the day. Many thanks to Pam Taylor-Floyd for taking on the role of main organiser for the event and to everyone who gave their
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time and skills to make the event such a success.
In October we held a Harvest supper and quiz evening at the Milner. Many thanks to Pam Taylor Floyd, Jocelyn and others for providing such excellent food and to our quiz master Jim Ashcroft.
We finished the year with the Christmas Lights Switch On eventon 28[th] November. Lots of fun, games and goodie bags. In particular the bottle tombola proved very popular. We were treated to a varied and enjoyable programme of entertainment. Starting with Jocelyn and the recently formed group of hand bell ringers who performed a number of Christmas Carols. This was followed by some excellent guitar playing and singing by children from Jim Ashcroft’s acoustic music group. Finally, the Community Choir performed and led a Christmas singalong. Again many thanks to Pam for providing turkey baps, pigs in blankets and cakes for the eventand to everyone else who helped to set up the stalls and games and to provide support and assistance on the night.
Crafters continue to be a major fundraiser for the churchraising over £1,200. As well as running the annual week long Crafters Bazaar, they also supported our other events holding stalls at the Summer Fete, Christmas Lights event.
Jocelyn’s Marmalade is one of the best sellers in our LCC shop and is regularly sold out. Many thanks to Jocelyn for all her hard workin keeping stocks replenished, sales of Marmalade in 2025 raised £1,236.
2025 was the first full year for the ALICE Lottery. The lottery raised a total of £3,420. Half the amount was distributed in prizes. We had two £100 prize draws, in March and September; a Grand Prize Draw at the Summer Fete andthe Christmas Grand Draw. Each Grand draw had a prize pot of £755. The remaining £1,710 was transferred to the restricted church repair fund.
In addition to our planned programme of fund raising events we also ran a separate campaign over the summer to raise funds for the urgent repair of the church organ. This was a very successful campaign raising over £4,000 in a matter of months to ensure that the organ was repaired and sounding wonderful for the Christmas services. Many thanks to all who contributed either by hosting events or making donations.
Following our success in 2025 we have again set a challenging fundraising target in the budget of £9,000. The Events Working Committee have already met to plan out a programme of events for the year. Please support the events as much as possible to help us meet our target.
## **Lewis Carroll Centre Team Report**
In the past year we had two Warrington schools’ visits during the summer term, and three LCC. team members took our ‘Alice’ costumes to Moore school and led a performance workshop session with a class of 30 Year 1 children. In March 2026, a group of 45 French exchange students and 5 teachers visited to see the church and village associated with Lewis Carroll. They left us to spend the afternoon in Liverpool finding out about the Beatles and the city, before returning to Chester and their host families
Guides have again been on duty on Sunday afternoons and bank holidays between Easter and November. Our visitors often comment about the beauty of the church, how well-loved it seems, how much they appreciate that it is open throughout the week, and about the peace they have found in the building and in the churchyard, so thank you to all who open the doors, clean and tidy the building, arrange the flowers and generally provide a welcome for everyone who comes through the door
The theme for Heritage Open Days in September 2025 was Architecture, and photographs of the church windows, taken by members of Moore Camera Club, were included in the Heritage Group’s display at the Hatton Show. In the LCC we celebrated the 160[th] anniversary of the publication of
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Alice’s Adventures with a display in the LCC, and also exhibited an Alice costume created by a young Ukrainian milliner and artist who had been inspired by Alice’s resilience and strength in the strange new world in which she finds herself. We again hosted a Remembrance exhibition in November, and the Crafters held their Christmas sale during the following week.
We have attended heritage and visitor economy meetings in Halton, and continue to manage the shop, carrying out the stock count at the end of the year, and ordering items as necessary throughout the year.
If you’d like to know more about becoming a church guide, please ask. You don’t need to be an historian to share what makes All Saints special, and we get to chat with really lovely visitors.
## **Great Budworth Deanery Synod Report 2025**
Daresbury is one of 14 parishes within Great Budworth Deanery. The Synod meets on 3 occasions each year presided over by the Rural Dean, Revd Michael Ridley, vicar of St Thomas’s Stockton Heath.
Meetings in 2025 were held at St Matthew’s Stretton in March, All Saints Daresbury in July and an online zoom meeting in October.
In March the Revd Emma Speake spoke on inclusion and access to church and worship with specific reference to neuro-diverse children. She drew on her own experiences of neuro-diversity and the informal worship provided for children at her Runcorn Church.
In July representatives from the Diocesan Ministry Team gave a presentation regarding developments for Licensed Lay Ministers and Occasional Worship Leaders and the recruitment process for Lay Ministries.
The October meeting was held online because the week before the whole Deanery had been invited to the first Diocesan Everyday Podcast Event in which local people talk about their individual faith journeys and, in this case, the impact it has had on their working lives.
The zoom meeting discussed the Parish Share and what it covers. Last year there was only an 85% collection rate and this led to a £1million deficit in diocesan finances.
There was also discussion regarding suggestions for the visit of our 3 Episcopal bishops in January 2026.
Jocelyn Squires
## **Daresbury Church Fellowship**
Daresbury Church Fellowship continues to meet in the Lewis Carroll Centre on the third Tuesday of each month at 2pm. The group is open to people of all faiths or no faith, both men and women, everyone is welcome.
We have speakers on a variety of subjects ranging from the historical ‘Gentlemen of Daresbury’ and Oliver Cromwell, and one member gave a talk on her early teaching days in London. In May we visited an ‘Open Garden’ in Lymm where we were able to stroll around this beautiful garden and enjoy an afternoon tea together. We later had a talk on the refurbished handbells which Daresbury Church owns, but sadly rarely see the light of day. This proved so interesting that we continued each week to practise with them, and in December performed a number of carols at the Christmas Fair. Following this performance, we were asked to play at a local retirement home in Sandymoor and enjoyed a pleasant
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afternoon there with the residents. Any money that the group raises goes to buying items for the church which are possibly not essential, but help to make the church more inviting and pleasant for people to visit. This year we have provided 12 cushions which have been put in the pews as it was noticed that some members of the congregation were coming with cushions under their arms.
I.R.
## **Children’s Society**
All Saints continues to support the work of the Children’s Society, through a collection taken at the Christingle service, which is held on Christmas Eve. As we had done the previous year, a small group met in the Lewis Carroll Centre to make up one hundred and fifty Christingles ready to be handed to children and families during the service. A perfect start to Christmas celebrations!
The widespread use of cashless payments means we now have less ‘spare change’ in pockets and purses to pop into a C.S. house box. As a result, some supporters now choose to donate direct to the Children’s Society, and the number of box holders in our church group is dwindling. However, the money, which was given when the house boxes were opened this March was just short of £200, and we can be sure that it will be put to good use supporting children and young people.
Thank you for your donations, and thanks too, to all who have supported the Children’s Society over the past year, in whatever way.
M.F. Parish contact.
## **Crafters**
With many thanks to all who assisted in whatever capacity, Crafters this year raised over £1,500 for church funds. This is a fantastic sum particularly in today’s economic climate. This year we will again have three opportunities to sell our donated items. The Fete in June, our sales week in November and the Christmas lights switch on. Do come along and see what we have for sale this year. An item for that all important present or maybe to just treat yourself, or perhaps a new Christmas tree decoration.
Our members enjoy a morning’s chat, crafting and light refreshments on the third Wednesday of the month (except for December), from 10am to 12 noon in the Lewis Carroll Centre. New members are always welcome and we look forward to seeing you.
Andrea Evans
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## **2026 APCM Financial Annual Report**
Our overall income for 2025 was £91,018 and expenditure was £96,987, we therefore made a loss for the year of **£5,969** . The majority of this deficit (£4,818) can be attributed to the downturn in the LCC financial position. See below for more detail.
Overall income fell by £11,420 on the previous year, this represents a drop of nearly 12%, despite generating £9,765 through fund raising. Planned giving i.e. regular givers mainly through monthly/quarterly standing orders and giving envelopes has dropped by 10%. We have over the last 12 months for a variety of reasons, lost a number of regular givers. The corresponding reduction in planned giving of £3896 per annum will not easily be replaced.
Overall expenditure fell during 2025 by £2,251, approximately 3%. PCC expenditure (i.e. not including LCC) fell by £6,135. Much of this can be attributed to our electricity savings following the electricity usage audit. The audit resulted in an annual reduction of £4,100 on the previous year’s electricity costs.
LCC funds have decreased during 2025. Income for the year was £5,174 and expenditure was £9,992 resulting in a deficit for the year of **£4,818** . The main contributory factors to this outturn are the £2,701 maintenance cost for repairing/replacing the lights in the LCC and the reduction in profit made by the shop. Purchase of stock items for the shop was up by nearly 45% from £1,660 to £2,907, while shop sales were down over 30% from £5,840 to £4,025.The value of stock held at the end of the year remained static at circa £2340. This resulted in a fall in profit on sales of nearly 74% from £4,180 in 2024 to £1.118 in 2025.
Going forward, the 2026 PCC budget is forecasting a deficit balance of £15,760 . Fund raising will again be an important factor and will need to be maintained at a high level if we are to prevent rising deficit balances. We will also need to urgently review the pricing structure for the LCC shop to ensure that we are making a reasonable profit on shop sales.
A breakdown of the deficit across the various funds is as follows:
||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|LCC
Restricted|Total 2025|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Income|£78,310|£234|£7,300|£5,174|£91.018|
|Expenditure|£79,182|£533|£7,280|£9,992|£96,987|
|Surplus/Deficit|-£872|-£299|£20|-£4,818|-£5,969|
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## **Cash Flow**
The table below gives our opening and closing cash balances at bank. Total funds held at close of 2025 was £35,699. Within that total the level of unrestricted funds available to the PCC, that is funds not already identified for a particular purpose, was £17,884.
||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|LCC
Restricted|Total
Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Bank 2025
opening
balance|£18,760|£5,202|£9,674|£8,032|£41,668|
|Bank 2025
Closing
Balance|£17,884|£4,903|£9,699|£3,213|£35,699|
There were no withdrawals from the Woodhouse Trust fund opening and closing balance for which were:
|_CBF Investment Fund_|_CBF Investment Fund_|
|---|---|
|_Total value at 31 December_||
|_2024_|_2025_|
|_£59,354_|_£56,982_|
|_Endowment income received during the year_||
|_£1,611_|_£1,649_|
## **Reserves Policy**
The PCC has resolved to maintain a balance of £45,000 on our unrestricted funds, which equates to six months’ unrestricted payments. It is our policy to invest any surplus funds with CCLA, through the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund, their Investment Fund units, and their Property Fund units.
As at the end of 2025 the balance of unrestricted funds was £17,884 in the bank plus the investment fund £56,982 a total of £74,866. Therefore, we have sufficient reserves to cover this policy.
The balance of investment funds £29,866, is retained to support general running costs and ensure that we have sufficient funds to cover any future deficit outcomes.
## **Future Budget**
The budget for 2025 is forecasting a deficit for the year of circa. £15,760. The PCC is very aware of the need to continue to explore ways to manage resources as efficiently as possible but also to identify ways to increase the income to the church.
I would like to thank the members of the Finance Team for their time and contributions, in particular Kevin Johnson for his detailed work in pulling together a comprehensive budget for the coming year. Also, Hannah Murray our bookkeeper and independent examiner for all her work, help and support during the year.
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL**
## **of**
**ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY**
**YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**Registered Charity Number: 1130503**
## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2025**
|**CONTENTS**|**PAGE**|
|---|---|
|Receipts and Payments Accounts|1|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|2|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|3-8|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|9|
## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS For the year ending 31 December 2025**
|**Note**
**RECEIPTS**
Voluntary income
6a
Activities for generating
funds
6b
Income from investments
6c
Church activities
6d
Other incoming
resources
6e
TOTAL RECEIPTS
**PAYMENTS**
Church activities
7a
Fundraising costs
7b
Other
7c
Governance costs
7d
TOTAL PAYMENTS
EXCESS OF
RECEIPTS OVER
PAYMENTS
Transfers between funds
CASH AT BANK AND
IN HAND AT 1
JANUARY 2025
**CASH AT BANK AND**
**IN HAND AT 31**
**DECEMBER 2025**|**Unrestricted**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**TOTAL**
**TOTAL**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
54,865
-
5,292
60,157
69,145
8,055
-
1,710
9,765
8,115
2,076
234
448
2,758
2,960
5,959
-
-
5,959
6,588
7,355
-
5,024
12,379
15,622|
|---|---|
||78,310
234
12,474
91,018
102,430|
||77,581
533
7,280
85,394
91,226
1,151
-
-
1,151
1,454
-
-
9,992
9,992
6,408
450
-
-
450
450|
||79,182
533
17,272
96,987
99,538|
||(872)
(299)
(4,798)
(5,969)
2,892
(4)
-
4
-
-|
||**(876)**
**(299)**
**(4,794)**
**(5,969)**
**2,892**
18,760
5,202
17,706
41,668
38,776|
||**17,884**
**4,903**
**12,912**
**35,699**
**41,668**|
The notes on pages 3 to 8 form part of these accounts
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES At 31 December 2025**
|**Note**
**Cash Funds**
Bank Current Account
LCC Current Account
Deposit Accounts
LCC Deposit Account
PayPal Account
LCC Cash in Hand
Agency Account
**Other Monetary**
**Assets**
Stock
Gift Aid Recoverable
Other debtors
**Assets retained for**
**church use**
2
**Liabilities**
3|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2025**
**Total**
**2024**
7,732
-
1,982
9,714
10,710
-
-
897
897
2,633
12,421
4,903
7,717
25,041
25,722
-
-
2,216
2,216
5,299
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
100
100
100
(2,271)
-
-
(2,271)
(2,796)|
|---|---|
||17,884
4,903
12,912
~~35699~~
41,668|
||~~,~~
680
-
1,657
2,337
2,342
1,044
-
-
1,044
973
-
-
-
-
284|
||1,724
-
1,657
3,381
3,599|
|||
||25,000
-
-
25,000
25,000|
|||
||(4,821)
-
-
(4,821)
(4,259)|
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 16th April 2026 and signed on its behalf by Rev. Joanne Margaret Mackriell
## Rev. Joanne Margaret Mackriell
Rev. Joanne Margaret Mackriell (Apr 28, 2026 10:25:25 GMT+1)
The notes on pages 3 to 8 form part of these accounts.
2
## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2025**
**1.** The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, using the receipts and payments basis.
**2.** The fixed assets retained for church use is the church car park, this is included at market value at 30 June 2010.
## **3. LIABILITIES**
|**IABILITIES**||
|---|---|
|Ecotricity
Total Energies
Organists
Other expenses
Lighting repairs
Clergy expenses
Vicarage council tax
Parish share|**2025**
**2024**
1,021
-
-
735
-
400
-
80
-
344
-
2,700
566
-
3,234
-|
||4,821
4,259|
## **4. DESIGNATED FUNDS**
The designated funds comprise the following:
|Marketing fund
Children’s work fund|**B/Fwd Receipts/tra**
**nsfers**
**Payments**
**C/Fwd**
766
26
(343)
449
4,436
208
(190)
4,454
5,202
234
(533)
4,903|
|---|---|
3
## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**For the year ending 31 December 2025**
## **5 RESTRICTED FUNDS**
The restricted funds comprise the following:
|War Memorial Fund
Bells Fund
Church Organ Fund
Children’s Communal Area Fund
Mark Longstaff Building Fund
Church Repair Fund
Choir Music Fund
Garden Project Fund
Lewis Carroll Centre|**B/Fwd**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
**C/Fwd**
£
£
£
£
2,601
118
-
2,719
3,433
764
-
4,197
1,377
3,421
(4,798)
-
388
19
-
407
822
772
(1,068)
526
660
1,710
(1,068)
1,302
394
-
-
394
-
500
(346)
154
8,031
5,174
(9,992)
3,213
17,706
12,478
(17,272)
12,912|
|---|---|
Bells fund: This fund is for the restoration and maintenance of the bells, hand bells, frame, ancillary items and also the maintenance of the clock. Received £764 during the year.
Church organ fund: This is for the church organ improvements. £3,354 donations, £63 interest received and £4 transfer from the general fund. Payments are £4,798 for the organ repairs.
Children’s communal area fund: This is for setting up a communal children’s area in the church.
Choir music fund: This is for the purchase of new music for the choir.
Mark Longstaff Building fund: This is for repairs to the church building from donations received in memory of Mark Longstaff. £772 was received as donations during the year. Payment of £1,068 was 50% of the gate post repair.
Church repair fund: This is for the church repairs. £1,710 was received from the Alice Lottery draw. Payment of £1,068 being 50% of the gate post repair.
Garden project fund: A £500 grant was received from Castle Garden Homes. Payments of £346 being for materials for the garden project.
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2025**
## **6 RECEIPTS**
|**RECEIPTS**||
|---|---|
|6a
Voluntary income
Planned giving:
Gift aided (tax recovered shown
below)
Other planned giving
Collections at services
Donations
Income tax recoverable on the
above
Offertory box
Grants (see note 6f)
Legacies
Donations – Lewis Carroll centre
6b
Activities for generating funds
Fetes, bazaars, other fund-
raising events
6c
Investment income
Dividends and interest, including
any reclaimable tax
Lewis Carroll bank account
6d
Income from church activities:
To further the Council’s objects
Shop/fairtrade
Alice prints
Fees|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**TOTAL**
**FUNDS**
**2025**
**TOTAL**
**FUNDS**
**2024**
27,430
-
-
27,430
30,961
840
-
-
840
1,205
3,029
-
-
3,029
3,203
7,141
-
4,446
11,587
11,238
10,443
-
286
10,729
12,115
4,871
-
-
4,871
5,582
1,111
-
500
1,611
4,741
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
60
60
100|
||54,865
-
5,292
60,157
69,145|
||8,055
-
1,710
9,765
8,115|
||8,055
-
1,710
9,765
8,115|
||2,076
234
358
2,668
2,827
-
-
90
90
133|
||2,076
234
448
2,758
2,960|
||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
148
5,959
-
-
5,959
6,440|
||5,959
-
5,959
6,588|
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2025**
## **6. RECEIPTS (continued)**
|**6.**
**RECEIPTS (continued)**||
|---|---|
|6e
Other incoming resources
Use of church and chapel
Photocopying and printing
Shop sales - Lewis Carroll
centre
Tour/refreshment fees - Lewis
Carroll centre
Room hire - Lewis Carroll centre
Educational visits – Lewis
Carroll centre
Sale of till – Lewis Carroll centre
Management fees
Transfer from Woodhouse Trust
Creamfields
TOTAL RECEIPTS|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**TOTAL**
**2025**
**TOTAL**
**2024**
-
-
-
-
950
155
-
-
155
-
-
-
4,025
4,025
5,840
-
-
-
-
130
-
-
580
580
945
-
-
289
289
557
-
-
130
130
-
4,200
-
-
4,200
4,200
-
-
-
-
-
3,000
-
-
3,000
3,000|
||7,355
-
5,024
12,379
15,622|
|||
||78,310
234
12,474
91,018
102,430|
|6f
Grants Received
Listed Places of Worship
Castle Green Homes – gardening
project|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**TOTAL**
**2025**
**TOTAL**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,111
-
-
1,111
4,741
-
-
500
500|
|---|---|
||1,611
-
-
1,611
4,741|
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2025**
|**7.**
**PAYMENTS**
7a
Church activities
Missionary and charitable giving:
Home missions and other
church societies
Secular charities
Ministry: diocesan parish share
clergy expenses
Parsonage house expenses
Church running expenses
Church maintenance
Upkeep of services
Upkeep of churchyard and
carpark
Fairtrade refreshments
Training and mission education
Major repairs and replacements
Music
Bells
Administration
Marketing
Bookkeeping costs
Internet and IT services
Organ tuning
Room hire
CAF & GAL donation charges
7b
Fundraising costs
Fetes, bazaars, other fund-
raising events
Coronation event expenses|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**TOTAL**
**2025**
**TOTAL**
**2024**
100
-
-
100
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||100
-
-
100
-
35,569
-
-
35,569
41,260
1,678
-
-
1,678
2,814
58
-
-
58
-
16,529
-
-
16,529
20,995
3,233
-
-
3,233
3,534
2,082
190
-
2,272
2,256
7,155
-
346
7,501
8,235
80
-
-
80
426
-
-
-
-
160
-
-
6,934
6,934
-
4,996
-
-
4,996
4,219
-
-
-
-
336
1,949
-
-
1,949
2,419
-
343
-
343
312
1,728
-
-
1,728
1,728
952
-
-
952
914
648
-
-
648
607
751
-
-
751
891
73
-
-
73
120|
||77,581
533
7,280
85,394
91,226|
||1,151
-
-
1,151
1,454
-
-
-
-
-|
||1,151
-
-
1,151
1,454|
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ending 31 December 2025**
## **7. PAYMENTS (continued)**
|7c
Other
Lewis Carroll Centre account
costs:
Shop purchases
Maintenance
Bank charges
Website costs
Management charges
7d
Governance costs
Independent Examiner’s fees
TOTAL PAYMENTS|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**TOTAL**
**2025**
**TOTAL**
**2024**
-
-
2,907
2,907
1,660
-
-
2,701
2,701
445
-
-
84
84
103
-
-
100
100
-
-
-
4,200
4,200
4,200|
|---|---|
||-
-
9,992
9,992
6,408|
||450
-
-
450
450|
||450
-
-
450
450|
|||
||79,182
533
17,272
96,987
99,538|
|**8.**
**INVESTMENT ASSETS HELD BY THE DIOCESE ON BEHALF OF THE PCC**
Miss Dorothy Woodhouse Fund
The fund value at 31 December was
CBF Investment Fund
Endowment income received by the PCC during the year was|**2025**
**£**
56,982
1,649|**2024**
**£**
59,354|
|---|---|---|
|||1,611|
The restriction as a trust as a Permanent Endowment was removed on 18 March 2014, after approval from the Charities Commission, under Section 282 of the Charities Act 2011.
The PCC are discretionary beneficiaries of the fund and have the use of both income and capital from the fund.
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE PCC**
This report on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages 1 to 8, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
## **Respective responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner**
As members of the PCC, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is therefore needed. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the charity commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of this report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you, as trustees, concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- 1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- `o` to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act and the Regulations have not been met; or
- 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
61 Falconers Green, Westbrook, Warrington, WA5 7XF
16th April 2026
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## Final All Saints Church Fin Statements 2025
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, DARESBURY**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE PCC**
This report on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages 1 to 8, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
## **Respective responsibilities of the PCC and the examiner**
As members of the PCC, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is therefore needed. It is my responsibility to:
## **Basis of this report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you, as trustees, concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
61 Falconers Green, Westbrook, Warrington,
WA5 7XF
16th April 2026
o examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
o to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the charity commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
o to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements
o to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
o to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act and the Regulations have not been met; or
2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
HMA
HANNAH MURRAY
ACCOUNTANCY