## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST AND SAINT JOHN WITH SAINT LUKE, ISLE OF DOGS** **Known as the Parish of the Isle of Dogs** **CHARITY NO: 1130764** ## **REPORT AND ACCOUNTS** **for the year ended 31 December 2025** **FIELD SULLIVAN LIMITED CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS** **9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath London SE3 0RB** **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint Luke, Isle of Dogs** **Status:** Charity registration No. 1130764 **Working name:** Parish of the Isle of Dogs **Incumbent:** Rev. Thomas Pyke **Parochial church council** Rev. Thomas Pyke **members:** Ionica Lashmar Churchwarden Sabeeta Leghari Eugennie Gamble Dr Tamsin Williams Deanery Synod Representative Jenny Clarke Jagoda Keshani Joseph Lashmar Resigned April 2026 Amanda Newbury Resigned April 2026 Linda Kissi Christine Lilley Resigned April 2026 Valerie Lashmar Michael Blaby PCC Secretary Bill Chesshyre Deanery Synod Representative Gregory Solomon Joan Small Churchwarden Kevin Watts Resigned April 2026 Sylvester Small **Parochial church council** Sharon Treharne Safeguarding Officer **officers:** Tony Lashmar Deputy Churchwarden Sabeeta Leghari Parish Administrator Andrew Warner/Michael PCC Secretaries Blaby Jagoda Keshani Treasurer Colin Todd Book Keeper (until April 2026) **Address:** Christ Church Manchester Road Isle of Dogs London E14 3BN **Independent examiner:** Field Sullivan Chartered Accountants 9 Hare & Billet Road London SE3 0RB **Bankers:** HSBC Bank Plc 196A Piccadilly London W1V 0DY The CBF Church of England Deposit Fund Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET 1 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at Christ Church and at St Luke’s Millwall and to become part of our parish community on the Isle of Dogs. The PCC understands its mission, and the mission of the whole Church, to fall into five main categories: 1)proclamation of the Good News of the Kingdom of God 2) baptising and nurturing new believers 3) responding to human need through loving service 4) transforming unjust structures in our society 5) safeguarding the integrity of creation through wise and careful use of its resources. These themes we sum up in the banner statement ‘Building a healthy community through our Christian faith’. ## **Objectives and Activities** When planning our activities for the year, the Incumbent and the PCC have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. The objectives for 2025, as described in Mission Action planning (MAP2016) by the PCC, are laid out in the agendas and minutes of the PCC in 2025, and are a matter of public record. The objectives of the Mission Action Plan are: 1. To make Christ Church a place to be 2. To create connections 3. To encourage an engaged community 4. For Christ Church to be the first port of call for support and sanctuary 5. To celebrate and model inclusivity and diversity 6. To make the Christian faith accessible I am pleased to present our Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2025. Last year I wrote that Trustees' Report 2024 had been a year of growth, with a gradual increase in our Sunday attendance, to an average just below 50 for the year ended adults and between 8 and 20 children. 2025 has been the year of a ‘quiet revival’ in British churches, as detected by 31 December 2023 a study from the Bible Society published in April 202 ~~5. In a survey of 13,~~ 146 adults taken in 2024, the Bible Society reported encouraging growth in church attendance, more men than was thought attending church, and a greater proportion of Gen Z young people attending church than had been previously thought. This has been borne out by our experience at Christ Church. We have seen continued growth in Sunday attendance, using the traditional October Sunday sample, to 55 adults and between 10 and 20 children ( _it’s worth noting that the October sample, though a universal yardstick in the Church of England, is not a good measure for Christ Church. The St Luke’s Patronal Festival and two half term weekends reduce the numbers and need to be disregarded.)._ ‘Revival’ has a very particular meaning in Church understanding. It is uniquely a work of grace, the Holy Spirit directly inspiring conviction, faith and belonging in the hearts of new believers. John Finney, Officer for the Decade of Evangelism and former Bishop of Pontefract helpfully defined Revival as ‘a sovereign work where God takes the initiative and human beings are swept along in the work of the kingdom’ ( _Renewal as Laboratory for Change,_ Grove Books Ltd, 2006). Again, this is borne out by our experience at Christ Church. In 2025 we had several new members join the church who came, having simply been inspired to sit down and seriously study the Bible. They came as ‘ready made’ believers, yet were desperate to know where their faith should take them next. In two cases this led to full immersion baptism in the St Luke’s School swimming pool, and in others it led to preparation for confirmation at St Paul’s Cathedral. Revivals, though encouraging, need to be followed (using Finney’s categories) by _renewal_ and _reform,_ where the work is not God’s alone, but a collaboration of human beings with the power and activity of the Holy Spirit. This is something for us to consider as we renew our Mission Action Plan which is well out of date. We continue to grow our contribution to the Common Fund, and we will be giving £52,000 in 2026, up from £50,000 in 2025. At risk of repeating myself from last year’s report, the most effective piece of Christian misson and witness that you can do is to be in church Sunday by Sunday, without fail. This is the way churches grow, by collaboration with the sovereign action of God, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Christ Church is no different. I’d like to register my thanks to Felicity Legg, Rachel Lees and Barbara Terharne for their leadership (with others) of the Sunday School. ‘Without fail’ is a good description of how they operate; every week our Sunday School is energetic and full of joy - it reflects the people who run it and their joy in God. 2 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 In early 2025 David Longbottom died in the nursing home in Washington, Tyne and Wear, where he had retired to be with his sister Susan. He had a cremation service at Birtley Crematorium (which we attended online), but his funeral proper was here at Christ Church. David and Judy were early ‘new’ residents on the Isle of Dogs, moving into their home in Saunders Ness Road soon after it was built. For a while they worshipped in Greenwich, before settling into Christ Church. David was a founder member of the Isle of Dogs Parish Lay Ministry Team. David led Bible studies in the Vicarage and at home (and in other people’s homes), served on the Altar, took parishioners communion in their homes, served on the PCC and laboured as Secretary to the Alexandra Trust and the St Mildred’s Relief in Need Fund. As Judy Longbottom , when she died, was sorely missed by us all, so is David. There are so many moments when I find myself wanting to check with David what we do at a particular service; yet while he was a stickler for doing things well, he was still quite prepared to do things differently. We owe our change from pews to chairs to David; he had a cast iron confidence that this was the right move to make for the future of Christ Church. In addition to David, in 2025 Christ Church lost Daniel Boorman (whom we knew when his mother Jill was the church secretary) and Kira Carlton, a young American woman who was with us for such a painfully short time, and could have made a great contribution. In the summer of 2025 we heard of the death of Fr. Tom Keighley who had been priest here with Amanda, his wife from 2008. Tom’s funeral at St Nicholas Elm Park was a fitting and joyous celebration of the life and ministry of a fine priest. To balance our losses, at Christ Church we have added to God's kingdom, through Baptism, 19 adults and children. In early 2025 Hannah Luke, the youth worker from City of Peace Church came to see me and to ask if I shared her vision that youthwork on the Isle of Dogs was better done as a joint activity, rather than by lone churches. I did. We made a successful application to the Spark Fund administered by the Church of England to fund new initiatives meeting the objective to make the Church younger and more diverse. A grant of £2,500 was made, and has been spent redecorating and refitting the crypt as a comfortable youth space that is available for youthwork from any of the Island Churches. A joint youth group, under Hannah’s leadership, has been established between Christ Church, St Luke’s and City of Peace. In February 2026 Hannah and members of the youth group visited the Christ Church Sunday Mass to speak about plans for the future and to recruit adult leaders from the congregation. There was lots of interest and adults volunteered to help. For many years Christ Church and St Luke’s Millwall have put on Christmas and Palm Saturday tableaux at Mudchute Farm. Over that time our costumes have gradually worn out or been mislaid (worn home by the cast?) Grace Ikokwu who retired as a needlework teacher from Arnhem Wharf Primary School some years ago has let her imagination run riot to provide us with a new wardrobe of costumes which really emphasise the drama of the story that we are telling. Some of the costumes are from Nigeria, and they seem to blend well into the general Middle East feel of the collection. To these costumes we have added ethnic jewellery collected by Judy Longbottom on her frequent trips to Lewisham Market. This wardrobe of costumes makes possible impromptu dramas, for example at our All-The-Church-Family service, or when we have visitors from Berlin. Thank you Grace, for all your hard work and creativity. Ash Wednesday in 2025 fell on the 5th March. The day before we hosted a Shrove Tuesday pancake party in the church and advertised it on the parents’ newsletter at St Luke’s School. The invitation was taken up enthusiastically and we soon ran out of pancakes and toppings, but everyone enjoyed the pancake relay races and the refreshment. It’s clear for future years that this event has the potential to grow and grow, and should be carefully planned to ensure there are enough helpers (and enough pancakes - in 2026 there were 100+ pancakes made, and this was only just enough for the number of children at the event). Our Lent Courses were Bible study on the Book of Exodus (daytime) and ‘I Believe and Trust’ a course devised by the Mother’s Union. In 2025 Lent overlapped with Ramadan and I was delighted to attend an Iftar or ‘breaking of the fast’ at the Millwall Community Association mosque in Mellish St in mid March. Iftars always inspire conversations about fasting, its benefits physical, moral and spiritual. The assumption is always that Christians don’t fast, but this is far from true. Lent is a holy time, when Christians are expected to go further than simply to curb their appetite. The classic statement of Lenten religious duty is the Invitation to keep a Holy Lent: _I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent: by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and alms-giving; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word._ 3 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 This invitation raises the following questions in the mind of the believer: _Self-Examination and Repentance_ - With the aid of the Holy Spirit asking, "Where am I sinning and what do I need to turn away from?" _Prayer_ - How am I communicating with God in my daily life? _Fasting_ - How am I abstaining and giving up things I love out of love for God? _Almsgiving_ - How am I giving particularly to help those in need in addition to giving to God? _Meditating on God’s Holy Word (the Scriptures)_ - How am I taking time to internalise Scripture? In 2026, when Ramadan and Lent almost completely coincide it is these reflections we should be sharing with Muslim neighbours. During Holy Week the Holy Sacrament was exposed throughout the week for people to use the church for their private prayer and there were Stations of the Cross led by me and by Sabeeta Leghari. On Good Friday there was a joint Family Service at St Luke’s Millwall, followed by the ecumenical procession with the cross which has become a fixture in the timetables of many of the Island churches and Christian communities. The staff team at St Luke’s Millwall joined me to preach about Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians at the Three Hours at the Cross. On Holy Saturday we tried something new - a Blessing of the Easter Foods suggested by Jagoda Keshani who knew this tradition from her childhood in Poland. It was an inspired idea; families came with beautifully decorated baskets full of the foods with which on Easter Day they would break their Lenten fast. A quick turn around, and I was at St Paul’s Cathedral for the confirmation of one of our young people. This meant that the Easter Vigil and lighting of the New Fire reverted to the dawn position on Easter Day, with a predictable reduction in the number who came ( 8 adults as opposed to 24 adults and 4 children in 2024). This will be the pattern in 2026 as well, since a shortage of bishops means we are using the Diocesan Easter Eve confirmation. For 2027 we may want to rethink the pattern. In autumn 2025 our adult education programme, which doubled as an adult confirmation class was focussed on the sacraments, before the November St Paul’s confirmation. In total, spread across three services, one at the church and two at St Paul’s Cathedral, we confirmed 10 children and 7 adults and received 1 adult into the Church of England. We share Christ Church with many groups. Some of them are completely independent of us, and simply pay rent to use the space (Merry Opera has been a notable example in the past few years). Other groups have a connection with Christ Church, whether it is because of their longstanding use (London Docklands Singers) or that they are a service organisation and therefore connect with the ministry for the church (Alcoholics Anonymous and Cocaine Anonymous are good examples). Then there are groups that fall somewhere in between, both independent _and_ belonging to the Parish . Prime among these is the Docklands Ringing Centre that provides so much pleasure to church members and parishioners alike, keeping alive the ancient ‘exercise’ of bell-ringing. For the Late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee our ringers achieved a peal of Plain Bob Minor, and for the King’s coronation a peal of St Clement’s College Minor, the bells swapping positions 5040 times over in each case. These peals have been memorialised on a hand decorated peal board which has now taken its place above the South Door to the church. The Bell-ringers meet at Christ Church on Tuesday evenings from 7.30 till 9pm. I am grateful to Bo Myers, the Tower Captain, for all that she does to keep our tower in use, and our services advertised in this ancient and beautiful way. One activity that we welcome at Christ Church is the Karate classes that take up most of Thursday afternoon. These are expertly led by Louise Munroe and train the children and adults physically, intellectually and socially. Louise is also a drama teacher, actor and film-maker, and during 2025 we collaborated on running two short film festivals at Christ Church, using our new AV system. These were very popular events, drawing together amateur and professional short film makers who shared techniques and challenges as well as their films. We have hosted a film night for another user group, and the PCC Treasurer and I have discussed running a festival of European language films. We are both keen on the idea, but we are both busy folk as well, and this film festival hasn’t yet got beyond the drawing board. Our summer fete this year took place over the hottest weekend in July. I’m grateful to Linda Kissi and her small army of volunteers who made it possible. There were moments on the preparation day when I wondered if we had taken on too much because of the heat. We all needed to stop and get out of the sun and rehydrate ourselves. The fete day was a great success, and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who came. Thank you to everyone who helped. 4 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 The summer fete always raises the question ‘why don’t we do this more often?’ In 2025 that question led to me inviting Jessica Gill to lead a Winter/ Christmas Fayre. Once Jessica had thought hard about the invitation, and had accepted , she set about the task with energy and real managerial flair. It became clear very soon that this event was going to be a clear success, and was going to raise a lot of resources for the church. On the day people just kept coming, and didn’t seem to want to leave, there was so much to do, to buy or to be entertained by. Of course, Jessica was dependent on another small army of volunteers, but the volunteers were recruited, briefed and supported so expertly that the fayre was a joy to be involved in. The summer has in recent years been a time of heightened tension about asylum seekers and migrants who arrive in the UK by small boats. In 2025 there was more than usual protest centred around the asylum hotel in Epping and the Britannia Hotel on Marsh Wall. Though this protest was not quite within our parish, it caused many of us concern, fear at times, a feeling of being rejected, and a sense that the community which we value so highly was being torn in two and a wedge being driven between us to perpetuate that division. In September there was an abortive meeting to air the concerns of either side at Christ Church. In retrospect it was perhaps too early and too idealistic to attempt such a meeting. It did however give me the opportunity to speak out my concerns at the damage that was being done to relationships with our neighbours. I am grateful for the support I received from members of the congregation that evening. Their calm presence prevented the meeting from ending in uproar. A particular feature of 2025 has been the adoption of MyFundAccountingOnline as our way of processing the receipts and payments that pass through our parish accounts. This is a package designed by the Wolverhampton company Data Developments, whose giving online package we already use. I am deeply grateful to Jagoda Keshani, our PCC Treasurer, who has headed the charge in learning how this software works, and has borne with me when I have asked the wrong question, or put figures in the wrong box. Jagoda is amazingly patient and calm. She works for the Two Cities Area as a financial advisor for the churches, she is studying for a masters in charity finance and yet she still finds time patiently to reconcile the monthly bank statements to what we think we have spent or earned. Thank you, as ever, to the rest of our PCC and its Standing Committee, without these we would not be able to run Christ Church in the smooth and unruffled way we usually achieve. Running a church and a parish involves a lot of administration, but that must never be the sum of our efforts. We have a church congregation that is getting younger, which is inspiring. It is also true that more and more time has to be put into care of the faithful elders of the church who used to be the most active members, but now rely on us to keep them connected with the Church’s life. We probably have more people receiving Holy Communion at home now than we have had for many years. Older members of our church family need to be visited in hospital, in residential and in nursing homes as well. You can help in this either by volunteering to visit people, and being trained to do so, or by releasing the ministry of others by taking from them some of the burden of administration. I am very struck by just how great has been the impact of Joan and Sylvester being away from December 2025 to the Spring of 2026. It doesn’t mean that they can’t go (God forbid) but it does indicate how great their burden has been. It is time for others to lift from their shoulders the burdens they have carried for us for so long. Please give this some thought, and have a conversation with them both. I’d like to add, at this point, my thanks to Fr. Peter Turner and Fr. Nick Henderson who have covered holiday and other Sundays for me. They always bring a fresh perspective to worship and preaching at Christ Church. Thank you for the contribution you have made this year to the life of Christ Church. Whether that contribution has been in money, or time, or enthusiasm, encouragement or commitment, I am deeply grateful to you all. 5 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **Structure, governance and management** The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At lsle of Dogs the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), churchwardens, and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. The members of the PCC, all of whom have served from 1 January 2025 to the date this report was approved (except where noted) are set out on page 1. ## **Public Benefit** The PCC confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and the supplementary public benefit guidance for charities whose aims include advancing religion when reviewing the PCC's aims and objectives and in planning future activities. The objectives for 2025 were published and available to the public as the Parish's Mission Action Plan 2016. ## **Risk assessment** The PCC regularly identifies and reviews major risks facing the charity and have put measures in place to mitigate them. ## **Financial Review** Total income into the General Fund was £140,143 (2024: £146,322). Our congregations contributed £47,652 (2024: £65,405) (Unrestricted) of which £31,708 (2024: £36,556) was from Planned Giving. Income generated through the hiring of our properties was £62,621 (2024: £47,699) and income generated through the spire rental was £14,475 (2024: £14,475). Total expenditure from the General Fund was £150,078 (2024: £126,519), of which our contribution to the Common Fund was £50,000 (2024: £44,004). The current reserves in the CCLA accounts are a) 37,207 b) £12,369 c) 93,923. ## **Restricted Funds** Total income into various restricted funds as shown in Note 15 to the accounts was £5,975 (2024: £18,250). After expenditure of £12,083 (2025: £25,179) from these restricted funds the balance at year end was £39,332 (2024: £45,440). ## **Endowment Fund** The Parish Endowment Fund was instigated in 2009 to encourage congregation members to include the Parish as a beneficiary in their wills in order to provide long-term investment income for the parish. ## **Reserves Policy** The PCC policy for reserves prioritises the ability to pay 9 months of full operating costs, to include the agreed payments to the Common Fund, and maintenance of Christ Church. Reserves are not to include tangible fixed assets relating to St Mildred's House. 6 The Parochlal Church Council of the Ecclesiastlcal Parlsh of Christ and Saint John wlth Saint Luke Isle of Do Trusiees, Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 Statement of Trustee5' Responslbilitie5 The PCC members, as charlty trustees, are responsible for preparing the Trustees, Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accountin8 Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Prarticel. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requlres the trustees to prepare finantlal statements for each financial year whlch give a true and falr view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and applicatitin of resourtes of the charity for that perlod. In preparin8 these financial statements. the trustees are required to- al select 5Ultable accounting pollcies and apply them consistentlv,. bl observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP,. cl rnakejudgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent,. dl state whether applicable accounting standard5 hève been followed, subject to any material departures dlsclosed and explained in the financial 51atements- el piepare the financial Statements on the going concern ba515 unless it is inappropriate to presume that the ch3rity will continue in operation. The PCC mernber5 are rèsponsible for keeping adequate accountlng records that disclose with reasonable tcuracy at any time the financlal position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Art 2011. the Charity (Accounts and Reportsl Regulations 2008 and the provisions olthe trust deed. They are also responsible for safèguardin8 the assets of the charity and hènte for taking re350nable steps for the prevention and detertion of fraud and other irregularities. The PCC members are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information Included on the chariws website. Legislation In the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissÈminatlon of financial ststements may differ from legislation in otherjurisdiction5. Thls report was approved by the Board on .. and signed on ats behalf. On behalf of the Management Committee FIELD SULLIVAN • CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IndèpeThdent Examinerfs Reporttothe Trustees of The Parochlal Church Councll of the Eccle5iastlcal Parfsh of Chrfst and Saint John wlth Saint Luke. Isle of Dogs I report to the trvstees on my examination of the financial staiements of The Parochlal Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint Luke, Isle of Dogs I'the ¢hariWI for the year ended 31 December 2025 whlch cornprise the Statement of Financlal Actlviiies, the Balance Sheet and related notes. This ￿port is made Sole￿ to the charitls trustees, as a body. in accordance wSth section 145 of the Charlties Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might ￿ate to the chariWs irustees those rnatters l am required to 5t3te to them this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or ssume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charlt¢s trustees as a body, for my work, for thi5 report, or the opSTrions I have formed. Responsibllltles and basis of report A5 the trustee5 Df the charity you ale responsible for the preparation of the financlal statements in accordance with the requirements gf the Charities Act 20111'the A¢YI. I report in respect of rny examin2tlon of the charIt￿S financial statements carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examinètion I have followed all the applicable Directions glven by the Charity Commission under section 1451511bl of the Act. An 5ndependent examination does not involve gathèring all the evidence that would be required in an audlt and tonsequently does cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the financial statements. rhe planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assuran¢e that an independent exarninatlon can provide. Consequently l express ng opinion as to whether the financial statements present a'true and fairf view and rny report is limited to those specifit matters set QLrt in the independent examinèrfs s￿ternent. Independent examiner's s&itement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention In connection wlth the examlnation giving me tause to believe that in anv material respert.. accountlll8 records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act,. or the flnancial Statements do not accord wlth those records.. or the finantial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concernln8 the form and Content of aecounts set ovt in the Charities {AccouThts and Reports) Regulaiions 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts 8Sve z 'true and fair vlew which Is Trot a matter consldered as part of an independent examination. I have no toncerns and have come across no other matters In connectlon wlth the examlnation to which attention should be drawn In this report Sn order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. rim Sullivan FCA Fleld Sullwan Umlted 9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath London SE3 ORB Field Sullivan LimSted Registered in England no. 8024052 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint Luke, Isle of Dogs** Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 December 2025 |**Note**
**Incoming resources**
Incoming resources from generated funds:
Donations and legacies
2
Other trading activities
3
Income from Investments
4
Income from charitable activities
5
**Total incoming resources**
**Resources expended**
Expenditure on generating funds
6
Expenditure on Charitable activities
7
**Total resources expended**
**Net incoming/outgoing resources**
**Gross tansfers between funds**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Note**|**Endowment**
**funds**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,369
12,369||**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
5,975
-
-
-
5,975
-
12,083
12,083
(6,108)
-
(6,108)
45,440
39,332|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
47,652
82,707
6,401
3,383
140,143
1,781
148,297
150,078
(9,935)
-
(9,935)
337,514
327,579||**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
53,627
82,707
6,401
3,383
146,118
1,781
160,380
162,161
(16,043)
-
(16,043)
395,323
379,280|**Endowment**
**funds**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,369
12,369||**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
18,250
-
-
-
18,250
-
25,179
25,179
(6,929)
2,940
(3,989)
49,429
45,440|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
65,405
70,061
7,361
3,495
146,322
1,961
124,558
126,519
19,803
(2,940)
16,863
320,651
337,514||**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
83,655
70,061
7,361
3,495| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||||164,572| ||||||||||||||1,961
149,737| ||||||||||||||151,698| ||||||||||||||12,874
-| ||||||||||||||12,874
382,449| ||||||||||||||395,323| 9 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint Luke Isle of Do Balance sheet asat 31 December 2025 Nots 2025 2024 Flxed a55etS Tangible assets Total fixed assèts 12 224,188 224,188 228,645 228.645 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and In hand Total current assets 13 9,006 155,919 164,92S 3.450 171,979 175.429 Credltors: amounts falling due withln one year 14 19,8341 18,7511 Net current as5etsl(Ilabilhlesl 155,091 166,678 Totsl assets less current 11a￿11t1es 379,280 395,323 Net assots 16 379,280 395.323 The funds of the ch?rlty: Restricted fund5 Endowment funds Unre5trirted funds.. Designated General fund Total unrestricted funds 39,332 12,369 45,440 12,369 220,382 107,197 228,151 109,363 327,579 337,514 Total charityfunds 15 379,280 395.323 These financial statement5 were approved by the Trustees on . and siÈned on its behalf by.. Rev Thomas Pyke - Chair P PCC Treasurer io **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **1 Accounting policies** The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and in the preceding year. ## (i) Basis of accounting The PCC is a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Second edition October 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. ## (ii) Fund accounting Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted. Restricted funds are those funds that must be spent on restricted purposes and details of the funds held and restrictions are provided in note 15. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law They do not include the financial statements of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members. ## (iii) Incoming resources Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these accounts. Voluntary income and capital sources: - Collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC. - Planned giving under Gift Aid is recognised only when received. - Tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is recognised when the donation is recognised. - Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its legal - entitlement, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt by the PCC is reasonable certain. - Income from fundraising and similar events is accounted for gross. ## Other income Rental income from the letting of church premises is recognised on an accruals basis. ## Income from investments Interest entitlements are accounted for as they accrued. Tax recoverable on such income is recognised in the same accounting year. ## (iv) Resources expended Expenditure is accounted on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. - Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC. - The diocesan parish share is accounted for when due. Any parish share unpaid at 31 December is provided for in these financial statements as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the balance sheet. 11 **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## (v) Fixed assets Consecrated property and moveable church furnishings - Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by s96(2)a Charities Act 2011. - No value is placed on moveable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC which require a faculty for disposal. - All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or benefice buildings and movable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is written off. Other tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life. The rates used are as follows: Fixtures and fittings Straight line over 10 years Equipments Straight line over 5 years ## (vi) Current assets - Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable. - Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit with the CBF Church of England Funds or at the bank. ## (vii) Debtors Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost uning the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for impairment of trade debotrs is established when there is objective evidence that the trust will not be able to collect all amount due according to the original terms of the receivables. ## (viii) Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities. ## (ix) Creditors Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.Short term trade creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. 12 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **2 Donations and legacies** |Appeals and donations
Planned giving
Other giving
Collections
Sundry donations
Donations
Grants
Riverside Foundation
Other small grants
Total
**Other trading activities**
Church property lettings
Fundraising events
Spire rental
Total
**Income from investments**
Interest received
Total
**Income from charitable activities**
Fees - Diocesan and other
Total||**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
5,975
-
-
5,975
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
31,708
-
10,088
3,284
1,576
-
996
47,652
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
62,622
5,610
14,475
82,707
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
6,401
6,401
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
3,383
3,383||**Total**
**2025**
**£**
31,708
-
10,088
3,284
7,551
-
996
53,627
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
62,622
5,610
14,475
82,707
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
6,401
6,401
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
3,383
3,383||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
36,556
178
6,243
8,967
19,033
8,178
4,500| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||83,655| |||||||||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
47,699
7,887
14,475| |||||||||70,061| |||||||||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
7,361| |||||||||7,361| |||||||||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
3,495| |||||||||3,495| - **3 Other trading activities** - **4 Income from investments** - **5 Income from charitable activities** 13 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **6 Costs of generating funds** |Costs of generating voluntary income
Total
**Charitable activities**
Ministry - common fund
Incumbent's and curates expenses
Church running expenses
- Cleaning
- Heat, light and water
- Insurance
- Consumables
Church maintenance
Upkeep of services
- Music and choir
- Sanctuary
- Organ
- Other service costs
Upkeep of churchyard
Director of music
Training and education
- Adult
- Children and youth
- Berlin Link
Other parish activities
- Home mission
- Food bank
- Flowers
- Socials
Other PCC property upkeep
Depreciation
Support costs
Total||**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
1,781
1,781
**Note**
**8**||**Total**
**2025**
**£**
1,781
1,781
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
50,000
1,983
1,984
18,455
6,572
1,942
10,231
877
1,838
222
673
1,302
7,759
388
1,746
-
767
9,886
750
797
16,171
4,457
21,580
160,380||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
1,961| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||1,961| |||||||||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
44,004
1,214
2,275
15,254
6,697
2,999
4,878
905
1,933
4,170
2,873
3,700
13,563
-
337
115
296
7,364
343
1,017
13,692
4,457
17,651| |||||||||149,737| ## **7 Charitable activities** 14 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **8 Support costs** |**Note**
Staff costs
**10**
Support
Communication and Publicity
Bank charges
Bookkeeping
Telephone, IT and stationery
Independent examination
Subscriptions||**Total**
**2025**
**£**
5,263
7,107
583
157
1,110
1,988
2,160
3,212
21,580||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
-
6,575
1,493
169
5,100
2,310
2,004
-| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||17,651| ## **9 Trustee remuneration and expenses** No trustees received any remuneration during the year. Expenses amounting to £nil (2024: £nil) were reimbursed to trustees. No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity during the year (2024: nil). ## **10 Staff costs** |The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Pension costs||**Total**
**2025**
**£**
5,243
20
5,263||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
-
-| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||-| The monthly average number of persons (including senior management / leadership team) employed by the charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows: |charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows:||| |---|---|---| |Admin support|**2025**
**No**
1|**2024**| |||**No**
-| No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year. ## **11 Pension and other schemes** ## **Defined contribution pension scheme** The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the charity to the scheme and amounted to £20 (2024 - £Nil). 15 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **12 Tangible fixed assets** |**_Cost_**
At 1 January 2025
Additions
Disposals
At 31 December 2025
**_Accumulated depreciation_**
At 1 January 2025
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 December 2025
**_Net book value_**
At 31 December 2025
At 31 December 2024
**Debtors**
Income tax recoverable
Other debtors
Prepayments
Total
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other creditors
Accruals
Total||**Equipment**
**£**
1,049
-
-
1,049
630
210
-
840
209
419||**Fixtures and**
**Fittings**
**£**
42,474
-
-
42,474
14,247
4,247
-
18,494
23,980
28,227||**Freehold**
**properties**
**£**
200,000
-
-
200,000
-
-
-
-
200,000
200,000
**2025**
**£**
417
4,297
4,293
9,006
**2025**
**£**
8
9,826
9,834||**Total**
**£**
243,523
-
-| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||243,523| |||||||||14,878
4,457
-| |||||||||19,335| |||||||||224,188| |||||||||228,645| |||||||||**2024**
**£**
257
1,987
1,206| |||||||||3,450| |||||||||**2024**
**£**
383
8,368| |||||||||8,751| ## **13 Debtors** **14 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year** 16 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **15 Movements in funds** |**Current period**
**At 1 January**
**2025**
**£**
**_Restricted funds:_**
New building funds
St Luke's project
425
3,238
Other restricted funds
Bazaars
294
Bishop's Fund
60
Chair fund
4,514
Charity fund
12,679
Children's fund
2,242
Choir musician fund
250
Christian aid
83
Christmas Party for elderley
700
Churchyard furniture
40
Crib fund
303
Crypt Refurbishment Fund
2,500
Epic
15
Flower fund
1,009
Food Bank
11,158
Night Shelter
50
Robe fund
861
Sedor fund
110
Social fund
276
Sponsor Hymn Organ fund
60
Staff fund
679
Story telling project
197
Sunday School
60
Pakistan Flood Relief
22
Women's Group
93
IT Project
1,977
Tracy leaving
250
Toy Library fund
1,295
Total restricted funds
45,440
**_Endowment funds:_**
Parish Endowment fund
12,369
Total endowment funds
12,369
**_Unrestricted funds_**
**Designated**
St Mildred's House fund
200,000
Garden of Remembrance
1,703
Retiement fund
50
Organ fund
5,218
The Isle of Dogs Parish Tru
3,350
Chair fund
17,502
Parish Link fund
328
Total designated funds
228,151
General fund
109,363
Total unrestricted funds
337,514
**Total funds**
395,323
Christ Church extension||**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
565
5,410
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,975
-
-
-
954
-
-
-
-
-
954
139,189
140,143
146,118||**Outgoing**
**resources**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(2,076)
-
(649)
(9,026)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(332)
-
-
(12,083)
-
-
-
(1,000)
-
(222)
-
(2,500)
-
(3,722)
(146,356)
(150,078)
(162,161)|**Transfer**
**between**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(5,001)
-
(5,001)
5,001
-
-|**At 31 December**
**2025**
**£**
425
3,238
294
60
4,514
12,679
2,242
250
83
700
40
303
424
15
925
7,542
50
861
110
276
60
679
197
60
22
93
1,645
250
1,295| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||39,332| |||||||12,369| |||||||12,369| |||||||200,000
1,657
50
4,996
3,350
10,001
328| |||||||220,382| |||||||107,197| |||||||327,579| |||||||379,280| 17 ## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 |**15**
**Movements in funds (continued)**
**Previous period**
**At 1 January**
**2024**
**£**
**_Restricted funds:_**
New building funds
St Luke's project
425
3,238
Other restricted funds
AV Project
16,000
Bazaars
294
Bishop's Fund
60
Chair fund
4,514
Charity fund
12,679
Children's fund
2,242
Choir musician fund
250
Christian aid
83
Christmas Party for elderley
700
Churchyard furniture
40
Crib fund
303
Crypt Refurbishment Fund
-
Epic
15
Flower fund
743
Food Bank
1,439
Night Shelter
50
Robe fund
861
Sedor fund
110
Social fund
276
Sponsor Hymn Organ fund
60
Staff fund
679
Story telling project
197
Sunday School
60
Pakistan Flood Relief
22
Women's Group
93
IT Project
2,451
Tracy leaving
250
Toy Library fund
1,295
Total restricted funds
49,429
**_Endowment funds:_**
Parish Endowment fund
12,369
Total endowment funds
12,369
**_Unrestricted funds_**
**Designated**
St Mildred's House fund
200,000
Food bank
2,940
Garden of Remembrance
836
Retiement fund
50
Organ fund
8,143
The Isle of Dogs Parish Tru
-
Chair fund
17,502
Parish Link fund
328
Total designated funds
229,799
General fund
90,852
Total unrestricted funds
320,651
**Total funds**
382,449
Christ Church extension||**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
-
-
-
998
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,500
-
609
14,143
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18,250
-
-
-
-
867
-
1,245
3,350
-
-
5,462
140,860
146,322
164,572||**Outgoing**
**resources**
**£**
-
-
-
(17,472)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(343)
(7,364)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(25,179)
-
-
-
-
-
-
(4,170)
-
-
-
(4,170)
(122,349)
(126,519)
(151,698)|**Transfer**
**between**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
474
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,940
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(474)
-
-
2,940
-
-
-
(2,940)
-
-
-
-
-
-
(2,940)
-
(2,940)
-|**At 31 December**
**2024**
**£**
425
3,238
-
294
60
4,514
12,679
2,242
250
83
700
40
303
2,500
15
1,009
11,158
50
861
110
276
60
679
197
60
22
93
1,977
250
1,295| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||45,440| |||||||12,369| |||||||12,369| |||||||200,000
-
1,703
50
5,218
3,350
17,502
328| |||||||228,151| |||||||109,363| |||||||337,514| |||||||| |||||||395,323| 18 **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ and Saint John with Saint** ## **Luke, Isle of Dogs** Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **15 Movements in funds (continued)** Purposes of Restricted Funds: Restricted funds fall into two groups: ## New building funds These funds relate to major planned building projects on the relevant sites. Expenditure has been incurred in advance of fundraising, for example on fees, hence these funds are currently in deficit. The PCC anticipates that as the projects progress funds will become available to cover these costs. ## Other funds These represent funds where income has been gifted or raised for a specific purpose. In some cases a transfer is made from general funds to cover a shortfall in income. In the case of the Charity Fund the PCC has determined to transfer into this fund a sum equivalent to 5% of its unrestricted income, which is then given to various charitable causes alongside money raised from specific appeals. ## Purposes of Designated Funds: The major fund represents the value attributed to St. Mildred’s House. The PCC are not aware of any restrictions arising from the original transfer of the house to the parish but for clarity consider that the property value should be included separately to the remainder of the PCC’s funds. Other designated funds have been raised or ear-marked for a purpose or project. No verbal or written restriction is in force. With the completion of the purpose or project, funds will return to the general fund. The church purchased 100 chairs, spending the restricted funds. As the chairs were capitalised, the net value after depriciation should be included separately to the remainder of the PCC’s funds, so it was transferred to designated accounts. Purposes of Endowment Funds: The fund represents an endowment where the capital must be retained by the PCC but the income may be used for any general purpose of the PCC. Income from the fund is therefore included as part of the general fund. ## **16 Analysis of net assets between funds** ## **Current period** |Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets 31 December 2025
**Previous period**
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
-
12,369
-
12,369
**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
-
12,369
-
12,369|**General**
**funds**
**£**
14,187
102,844
(9,834)
107,197
**General**
**funds**
**£**
16,145
101,969
(8,751)
109,363|**Designated**
**funds**
**£**
210,001
10,381
-
220,382
**Designated**
**funds**
**£**
212,500
15,651
-
228,151|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
39,332
-
39,332
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
45,440
-
45,440||**Total**
**funds**
**£**
224,188
164,926
(9,834)| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||379,280| |||||||**Total**
**funds**
**£**
228,645
175,429
(8,751)| |||||||395,323| 19