The Parochial Church Council of St Mary, Nantwich
Registered Charity Number 1130903
Trustees, Annual Report
for the year ended 31 December 2025
Aims and Purposes
St Mary's PCC, in conjunction with the incumbent, is responsible for the whole mission of the
church - through worship, teaching, nurture. social gatherings and special events, pastoral
care, evangelism and ecumenical cooperation. The PCC also seeks to recognise gifts and
skills in others, encouraging them to share in this mission.
Objectives and Activities
Our mission in the parish is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. according
to the doctrines and praCtI￿S of the Church of England. The PCC seeks to enable
parishioners to live out their faith as part of our growing parish community and is committed
to enabling as many people as possib￿ to worship at our church and to become part of our
parish community.
As stewards of the church's resources, the PCC seeks to fulfil this objective as efficiently and
effectively as reasonably possible. Imien planning our activities for the ye8r, the Rector and
the PCC considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit, and especially the
specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.
To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain and develop the fabric of our Grade 1
listed 14th century church.
Stsff
Alongside Rev Dr Mark Hart {R8Ctor), Rev Dorothy Woods s8rves as Assistant Priest W8
also have a Youth and Children's Worker, Susie Phillips, and during her matemity leave
have employed Graham ChristOFther. We continue to be well supported by a dedicated team
of lay leaders, retired ministers, and Offi￿ staff, who assist in maintaining the ongoing
ministry of St Mary's.
Property
A house in Stapeley, Nantwich, owned by St Mary's, either accommodates a curate or is let.
St Mary's and All Saints churchyards continues to be maintained by Cheshira East and are
closed to new burial plots.
Achlevements and Performance
Worship and Prayer
A total renewal the electoral roll membership took place pyior to April 2025 resulting in the
roll standing at 438. A net incxease of 43 new registrations since April 2024
PCC St. Mary Nantwich Trustees, Report 2025
Page I

A range of services is offered on a Sunday, during the week and over the course of the year.
These activities gather our community together for drfferent forms of worship and provide
opportunities to invite others to join us.
The usual timetable for public worship on Sunday is:_
8am
9'.30am
10.'45am
2.30pm
3pm
3pm
3.30pm
6pm
7.15pm
Holy Communion
All Age Worship
Holy Communion
Holy Baptism {11t & 3rd Sundays)
Afternoon Prayer or Holy Communion (Richmond Village)
Seniors, Lounge (2ThJ Sunday) This finished In December 2025
Holy Baptism (1st & 3rd Sundays)
Evensong
Encounter (1 It & 3rd Sundays)
The Sunday 9.30am 8nd 10.45am services are nomially live-streamed and available online.
P8rticular thanks are due to the ministry team and technical staff who work so hard to ensur8
that services are made widely accessible.
The average weekly attendance (October count) was 4c6 adults and 35 children. A total of
2208 people attended services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
The occasional offices ministry continues to be a signrficant part of our outreach, with regular
baptisms and weddings. During the year, there were a total of 47 Baptisms including 10
8duns,' 21 Confirmed; 13 Weddings., 42 Funerals in church., 22 Funerals (crematorium or
cemetery only).
The worship of the church is supported by many volunteers, induding the choir, bell ringers,
worship band, altar servers, lesson readers, intercessors, sid8sp8rsons, tealcoffee servers,
and a team for th8 crib servic£s.
Pastoral Care and Outreach to the Local Communlty
Nurture
St Mary's seeks to nurture and encourage peop￿ of all ages in their Christian faith. The
Baptism Team provides support for families both before arKI after a Baptism has taken place.
Our Pastoral Visiting Team has been busy leading sep4ices in 9 local residential homes.
Ive hav8 a small numbor of Home Groups for adults as well as groups for young people
across all age ranges. These groups aim to encourag8 members to grow in fellowship and
their Christian faith.
Volunteers
All these activities, and more, are maintained by a wide range of volunt88rs to whom we are
grateful for their valuable contributions as they live out their faith through practical action.
There are also the retired clergy, a Reader, a Pastoral Worker, a safeguarding officer and
those who have served on the PCC or other committees and groups.
PCC St. Mary Nantwich Trustees. Report 2025
Page 2

Alison Phillips, our Director of Music, leads our Well-res￿Cl8d choir which supports many of
our regular and special services and leads our young choir °Sing @ St Mary's. and directs
our chamber thoir, Concordia, and has started a Communrty Choir in 2025. In addition, there
is a worship band and singers who support 9..30 all a3e servi￿.
The church building is open for visitors Monday to Saturday from 9:30am to 4..00pm wrth a
rota of stewards in attendance. This provides a place for quiet prayer and contemplation.
The Church Shop is open daily and sells books, cards, church guides and souvenirs.
Volunteers enable us to cary out this valu8ble outreach work.
Ecumenical Relationships and Outreach
St Mary's works alongside its partner churches under the umbrella of the Churches Together
in Nan￿lch (CTIN). The partner churches worship and collaLM)rate together at a numb8r of
key points throughout the year. Th8s8 normalty include.. The Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity, Good Friday open-air witness, Nantwith Show, and a Christmas Day lunch for those
who would otherwise be on their own.
Through CTIN, grants are also made available to young people undertaking signrficant
humanitarian or evangelical work, usually overseas, in the form of Millennium Bursaries.
Churches Together supports the Foodbank which continues to assist a signrficant number of
struggling local individuals and families throughoLrt the year.
Our parish magazine along wilh the weekly news sheet are circulated by email as well as
being available in printed form. Both publicalions are also available on the website
www.stma
snantwich.or
.uk. The St Mary's Facebook page is regularly updated with useful
information. Streamedlrecorded church services and worship song recordings are presented
on the Nantwich St Marys You Tube channel. Our weekly email bulletin continues to prove
very useful, sent to about 600 subsuibers.
The Vlslts Team Mlnlstry
We are pleased to welcome large numbers of visitors, tourists, and organised groups to the
church as well as school parties both local arKI from fUrt￿r afield. We are a member of the
Major Churches Network which also attracts group visits.
Events
The church is a much-appreciated venue for many additional events including a v8riety of
concerts including those for Concordia, Nantwich Choral Society, Nantwich Singers, the Jazz
Festival and Nan￿1¢h Words & Music Festival as well as free lunchtime concerts through
the summer. In 2025 we continued to hold Candlelight Concerts. and the thurch was used
for Soundbaths and other occasional concerts. We again collaborated with St Luke's
Hospice holding a Christmas Tree Festival for a third time, with increased success. Spring,
Summer, Autumn and Christmas Fairs were held, raising signrficant funds. Monthly Saturday
St Mary's Breakfasts with speakers continued. All this is supported by teams of volunteers.
Chlldren's and Young People's Wo
PCC St. Mary Nantwich Trustees. Report 2025
Page 3

St Mary's is very active in youth and children's work, from babes in arms to young adults, in
variety of settings. There are children's groups meeting during the 9.30am service on
Sunday momings. Friday Nite Live {FNL) is a lively, friendly group for young people in Year 7
and upwards that continues to meet weekly. Little Fish is held in church on Thursdays for
pre-school children and parentslcarers, and Mums & Tots is held in the Parish Hall on
Tuesdays. We also host many of the local primary schools for special events before Easter
and Christmas. A children's singing group meets on Tuesday evenings. Al this work is
supported by a team of volunteers.
Mission Support
Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. St Mary's Mission Support
Group with the approval of the PCC channelled £6000 to drfferent charities- Ioc81, national
and intemaiional. We continued in ￿r comm itment to support two Kenyan students in their
schooling and mad8 additional donations to other charities.. Church Missionary Society
{CMS), A Rocha UK, the Boaz Trust, Cheshire Agricultural Chaplaincy, and The RaI￿aY
Children.
Safeguardlng Revlew
We take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously arKJ encourage a positive
safeguarding culture, empathising that Ihe safety and w811 being of those who attend and
visit St. Mary's is the responsibility of all within the church. We work to Church of
England National Saf8guarding Standards.
The PCC has adopted Church of England National Safeguarding Policies, including S8fer
Environments and Activities, which is given to all volunteers to ensure knowledge of good
practice. St. MaWs Parish Policy is reviewed and signed annually, together with the
procedure for Reporting Safeguarding Concems. We follow the Church of England Safer
Recruitment Policy and the Learning and Development Policy to ansure volunteers working
with children and vulnerable adults are suitable and trained.
St. M8ry's has a Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO} who co-ordinates all aspects of
safeguarding and who reports to eath PCC meeting. The Rector and th8 PSO work closely
with the Diocesan Safeguarding Team to manage safeguarding issues.
Flnanclal Revlew
The finances of the Church continue to be strained due in part to the ongoing Restoration of
the North and East elevations. The Church spent £193,921 on the restoration In the year,
which completed phase 1. Further fundraising and grant applications are in progress to
en8ble Phase 2 10 be started.
Total receipts on unresiricted funds were £238.128. Restricted income of £160,707 was also
received and is detailed In the Financial Statements.
Planned Giving, largely through standing orders, decreased by £5,003 (5%) and loose plate
at £14,524 was similar to 2024, as contactless giving. Fairs and Fundraising 8vents
generated £20,329 and are an increasingly important income stream for the Church.
£235,837 was spent lo provide the Christian ministry from St Mary's Church, including the
contribution to the Diocesan of 'parish share. which increased by £2,261 (3%) in the year
8nd provides the stipend and housing for the clergy The restricted income of £160,707, was
principally a grant of £40,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation and £92,504 provided by
the Nantwich Parish Church Preserrfation ApFeal Trust towards the restoration. Restricted
PCC St. Mary Nantwlch Trustees. Report 2025
Page 4

expenditure at £172,269 was principally for the rest(￿ation work on the North and East
Elevations (£161,844).net of LPW grants
The net result for the year was an eX￿sS of irTh)me over expenditu￿ of £2,291
(unrestricted) and an excess of expenditure over income of £11 ,562 (restricted), making
£9,271 total deficit. After adding the balances brought forward at the beginning of the year,
the balances Ca￿led forward as at 31 st De￿rnber 2025 were £54,602 unrestricted (including
General Fund) and £278,061 restricted.
Reserves poIIcy
In 2025 it cnntinued to be PCC policy to maintain 8 balan￿ in unrestricted funds {if possible)
of an amount equal to three months unrestricted expenditure. This amounts to approximately
£60,000. The balance of £54,602 held on unrestricted funds is about £5,000 short of
8chieving this target.
The ba18nce of £278,CE1 in restrict8d funds is r8tain6d for the purposes described in th8
Financial Stat8ment, for each fund.
Structure. Governance and Management
The Parochi81 Church Council Is a corporate body established by the Church of EnglarKI.
The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is
Registered Charity.
The appointment of PCC members was govemed by and set OLrt in the Church
Represenlation Rules 2015 and since registration in July 2CQ9 with the Charity
Commissioners. PCC members are also Trustees.
At the end of the year, the number of elected lay members of the PCC was11 and one co-
opted. There were also 4 elected Deanery Synod rewesentatives. and one elected
representative from each of the General and Diocesan Synods. These, together with the ex-
officio members, the Incumbent (Rev Dr Mark Hart), the Associ8t8 Priest (R8vd Dorothy
Woods), Pastoral Worker {Mrs Mary Harris) the 2 Churchwardens, made a total membership
of 23 at the end of 2025.
There were 8 full Council meetings during the year, including the short meeting immediately
following the APCM and also some business conducted by email. The incumbent together
with the two churchwardens and three members of the PCC formed the St8fKling Committee
which met between PCC meetings.
The PCC monitored the work of various groups, receiving reports from the Mission Supp)rt
Group, Youth & Children Steering Group, Eco Church Group, Outreach Group and a Social
Committee, Deanery Synod arKJ Churthes To3ether in Nantwich. PCC re￿iVed regular
reports on the finances of the churth and decKled how the funds should be spent.
St. Mary's Church takes the resp)nsibilities of safeguarding very seriously. The PCC has
adopt6d National Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance, issu8d by the Church of
England, including 'Promoting a Safer Church, and the'Parish Handboo￿. Th8 Parish
Handbook is carefully referenced to supwt the daY-t￿daY work of tha parish in relation to
safeguarding. St. Matys Parish Policy is revietrved and signed annually.
PCC St. Mary Nantwich Trustees, Report 2025
Page 5

We have a Parish Safeguarding Officer. covering activities for children and for vulnerable
adults. Safeguarding is reported on at every PCC meeting, with Parish Safeguarding
meetings being held monthly. Safeguarding reporting has been maintained as required.
A team of volunteers look after the fInan￿S of the churth.
The churchwardens with many volunteers, along with the Nantwich Parish Church
Preservation Appeal Trust. Iwk after the building. The verger, arKI a housekeeping team
keeps the church clean arKI tidy,. and the flower team look after the decoration. The tapesty
group maintains the extensive tapestry work in church. The Ecochurch group looks at
W8yS to reduce our environmental impacx.
A team of stewards keep the building open and welcoming to visitors daily.
Administrative infonnation
This re￿rt is in respect of the Parochial Church Council of St Mary Nantwich in the Diocese
of Chester. The correspondence address is St Mary's PCC, The Parish Office, Churth Walk,
Nantwich, CW5 5RQ
The Registered Charity Number is 1130￿3
PCC members wfK) have served at any time from 1 January 2022 until the date this
report was approved are..
Incumbent..
Associate Pri8St
Pastoral Worker:
Churchwardens:
The Reverend Dr Mark Hart
The Reverend Dorothy Woods
Mary Haffis
Phil 8oxh811
Paul O'Brien
Jan Allotey (General Synod representative)
Gill Appleton (Deanery Synod representative)
Anna Burton
Ernie Chariion (Deanery Synod representative)
Belinda Coghlan (Safeguarding Officer) (Co-opted)
Bryan Coghlan (Oiocesan Synod representative. PCC Vice Chair)
Evelyn Davies-Jones (Co-opted, resigned October 2025)
Debby Hallam
Emma Kennedy
Jane Knight
Steve Lockett (Deanery Synod representative and Treasurer)
Geoffrey Pearson
Judith Pearson
Beth Roberts {Secretary)
Helen Shorrock
Rob Sivocha
P8t Stalker (Deanery Synod representative)
Janet Thompson
Jan Virr
PCC St. Mary Nantwich Trustees. Report 2025
Page 6

Approved by the PCC in March 2026 and signed on their behalf by Rev Dr Mark Hart (PCC
Chairman)
PCC SL Mary Nantwlch Trustees, Report 2025
Page 7

The Parochial Church Council of St Mary. Nantwlch, Cheshlre.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
of the
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
For the year ended 31•t December 2025
Charlty number 1130903
Incumbent:
The Rector is Rev. Or. Mark Hart
Independent Examlner
Mrs Sarah K Phipps.
9,Dysart Buildings.
Nantwich,
Ch8shire. CW5 5DW.

The Parochlal Church Councll of St Mary. Nantwlch, Cheshlrn.
Flnanclal Ststoments of the Parochlal Church Councll
for the year endod 31° December 2025
INDEX
Pag•
Independent Examlnorfs Report
Statement of Flnanclal Actlvltle•
Balanc• Sh•ot
Note8 to tho FInancI￿ Statsm•nt8
5tr)10.

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examine¢s Report
Report to tha tr￿te85
Tho Pa￿Chial Churth C¢xmcil of St Mary, Nantwith Cheshire
On accounts for the year
ended
31° December %J25
Charity no
(If any)
1130903
S•t out on pag•s
03to10
I report to the trustees on my examlnation of the se￿Unts of th8 abovo
anty (Yhe Trusf) for the year ended y I ILILaL
A$ the charitys tNst885. Y￿ are responsible for the preparatlon of the
accounts in accordance V￿th the requirements of the Chantio$ Ad 2011
{Iho Acn.
Re$pon$lbllltl•8 and
basls ol r•port
I report In respeci of my examinab'on of ts TN3t's accounts carried out
under section 145 of 2011 Act and In carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable DirectMs gIV￿ by the Charlty Corrnilssic￿*
und8r 8eclion 145(5)(b) of the Act
Indyndent The tharity'$ gross incomo exce8(￿j f250.0c￿j and l am quali￿1
8xamln•rf8 8tatemont undertake ts oxamination by beiry a walified member of the Li m •
I have compieled my •xaminatlon. I confirni that no materlaS matters hava
come to my attention in connection bmth the examination *thlch gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respe￿..
the accounting records were rnt kept in accordarKo with se(akn 130
of the Charitie3 Act,. or
th8 accounts did not accord vrith the accountlng records., Of
the accounts did r￿t s))mply with th6 applicable requirements
concfjming Ihe fom and content of accounts S•t out in the Charities
(Accounts and RetKirts) Rffjuiations 2CQ8 other than any reqUI￿A¥￿t
that the accounts give a 'true and fail view vhich Is not a matter
considered as part of an independ8nt examination.
I have no wicems and have cm across no other matters in cxmn8q
ith the examin8tKJn to which attention should be dravm in Ihis r4KXt in
order to énable a proper understanding of tha accounts to be re**￿d.
SSgned:
10 Joty1201
Name:
Sarah K. Phipps
Relevant profeJ$lonal
quallflcatlonis) or body
(if any):
Addross:
9, Dysart Buildings, Nantwich, Cheshir8 CW5 5DW
Oct 2018
IER

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner ne8ds to highlight material mattefs of c(NMxm
(see CC32. Independent oxaminats'on of charity accounts.. directions a
guidance for examiners).
Glve here brlef d•tsll• of
any items that tho
examln8r wl8h•s to
disclo￿.
IER
Oct 2018

Tho Paroch5al Church Councll of SL Maryi Nantwlch. Ch•shlrn.
Statement of Flnanclal Actlvltle•
for tho y•ar •nd•d 31•t D•c•mb•r 2025
Incomlng R•wurc•s
Unr••trlct•d R••trf¢t•d
Fund•
Fund•
Toial
2026
2024
Voluntary Income
2a
162,648
152,989
315.838
237.311
Funds Gonoratlon
2b
21,796
1.843
23.840
24751
Inve•tmonts
5.221
9.291
Church Actlvltle•
2d
34.351
970
35.321
47.940
Speclal Coll•ctlon•
2•
other Incom•
18.869
18,919
17,193
Total Incomlng R••ourc••
238,128
180,707
RMour¢•• Exp•nd•d
Grants
6.400
9,400
Church ActTrvltl•s
3b
129,698
168,175
297,873
314+538
Admlnlstratlon
99,739
1.094
100,833
104,
Totsl R••ourc•• Exp•nd•d
236,837
172 289
N•t In¢omlng (Outgolngl R•*oU￿
2,291
111,862)
19,2711
éyo)
Trnn•f•r• b•twn Fund•
11
15A23)
5,423
N•t Mov•m•nt of Fund•
13,132)
16.139)
11.271)
9.MO)
Balanc• brought forward
at 1•1 ￿n￿ary 2025
57,734
341.934
Balanc• ¢arrl•d forward
al 31•1 D•c•mb•r 2025
54,602

The Parochlal Church Councll of SL Mary, Nantwlch. Cheshirn.
Balanc¢ Sh••t as al 3181 D•¢•mb•r 2025
Not•
2025
2024
Flxed A•8•1•
Flxed A888t8
1b
207.000
Investment Assot8
Curr•nt A•••l•
Stock
1,521
2.272
Stone lor N•w Shop Floor
2.520
Z520
Dabtorj and Prepayments
14,530
14 755
Bank Account•
208.224
214883
Cash In Hand
172
Total A•••l•
Llabllltl••: Amouiil• falllng du• wlthln on• y•ar
Credltorn and Accrual•
Llabllltl••: Amoun1• f•lllng du• aft•r on• y••r
Mortgag• on the Curate's Hous•
10
91,508
Totsl Uabllftl••
•82
Total N•1 A•••ts
341.gJ4
Fund•
Restrfcted.
11
278,081
Unrestrfctad
12
57.734
Total Fund•
J41.934
Approved by tha Parochial Church Counctl on .....
and signed on its behalf by.
2028
Rev. Dr. Mart( Hart. Rector of Nant*lch
Mr. Sleve Lockett PCC Troasurer

P4p
Tho Paro¢hlal Church Coun¢ll of SL Mory, N•ntwlch. Cheshlrn.
f¢r th• yw 31st O•o•rnl*r 2021
1Accountlng Pollcl••
la. The fln8ncMI statsmonts have been propar•J in a¢¢ordance wlih tho Charbbo5 Act 2011 and
Church Accounlng Rogulollon8 2008 tog•ther 8pplicablo 8¢¢ounting standards arbJ Ch8rlll88
statefflent ol Recommonded Practi¢o(SORP 2005). As in proybus y8ar8 the PCC accounts have boon
prepared on an accwakn be￿. Thbj m•an8 that tho cost of goods a￿1 80ryi￿816 a¢¢ounlgd for In th•
yoar thoy were 8uppli•d evon Lf paymentwa$ not mado unll the folltrArvJ y•ar.
1b. Wo ar8 roqulrod to woduco a bolonce Jhoot which Includ68 tho valuo of ilx8d 8888ts, any aB80ts
that are con8hjer￿I to ho￿ • limttod uuolul Ilfv VAII bo dow0¢lat￿. It l& not con8bJ•r•d nocossary to
depraclato any ffxod a888ts yur. Con8ocr8t6d aTrJ bon8ficod proporty IB 0xclud￿l from tho
a¢counts under th8 Charlllo8 Act 2011. The wr¢hw of nearly all othor a88ets have, In the
effeclfvety bgen wrltten off in the year of purchase. Tho •x¢eFthn IB the Curates House *thich b valu•J
at ¢o•t
2. Ineomlng R•gourc
Tot•1
2024
2a Ib￿l>m*
98.016
25.743
14.524
18.748
91018
25,743
t4,324
25,S31
Glft Ad
24,970
15,327
21,Wl
Chwch Icwh & Cwll
¢>•rrt•. N•nW Tthvn Cwrdl
,783
TOTAL
2b F￿￿1• 13•n•r
Chw¢h M•W
1212
,82S
F•lr• •rKI E￿rtI
TOTAL
329
DMdoThkn Intw••t
TOTAL
2d Chur¢h Aotlvtt
PCC Fw•
V8rg•r & F•••
17,1
9.742
17.145
•,742
24.f28
14,2TQ
Mum• &Tots
Lun¢htim• C¢￿￿ts
TOTAL
8p•Gl•l Col*tl¢n•
TOTAL
Chwth Hlr•
Cur•ts• Rthitd IrKu
Sundri••
TOTAL
8,324
10.958
5.705
10,177
10,

P4• 6.
The Parochlal Church Councll of SL Mary. Nantwlch. Choshir•.
Not•B to th• Fln*ncl*l St#tem•ne•
for the •nd•d 31•t O¢c•mlJ•r 2025
3.R•sour¢•$ Exp•nd•d
rot
2024
Fund•
Fund•
2026
3a Gr8nts lo....
Mi861on.' from PCC
Churches log•th¢r In Nonfy*i¢h
N•ntM4ich P•rish Church Preservation Trust
TOTAL
3b Church ActfvltJ••
Parish Sttarg
Clergy Exp•n•es
Coun¢il Tax
G8slElectrfcty
InsuTgnce
Tdophon•
G•n*ral M•int•n•n¢•
Flower5 8 Associated Costs
VisAor C8ntr* Expondltur•
8.oc¥J
400
40)
3000
4(X)
77,805
3.240
4.661
12.598
11.898
1,018
7,751
77,805
3,240
4,861
12,598
11,898
1,018
7,751
114
75.344
11.564
1.272
7.659
on tr8dlng
on dmlopmwft
193,￿21
Re8toratlon Work on Church
Ltts.. List￿ Pl•c• of Worship Gr•nl•
Development Work in Church
Cholr and Mu$1¢ Exp•ns•s
Childr•n's Work
Mum8 &Tot$
Lunchtime Concert Expen8
Bread, Wine and Condles
SoNers Exp￿1•6
Tralning
TOTAL
3c Admlnl•tr•tlon
Lay Employees
F8•s Organist & V•rqer
PrintinglPosta9elSt8bon•ry
Chur¢h Office Rent
Contribution lo Church Pknjse ￿nTrIng c#)8ts
Curat8s House- Plortgag8 Intwest
- Insuranc•
- Repair5
161.844
3.397
181,844
3,397
858
2.017
17a372
1. 729
1.311
1. 148
658
1.577
8,091
2,003
e,091
2,003
2651
129,698
188.175
297,873
314636
63,742
9,742
2,631
e.970
3,830
5.182
450
63,742
9,742
2,831
8,970
3,830
5,162
450
1,094
t12.S32
14.270
6.970
5,281
410
1.012
527
1,094
Bank Charg•$
Copier
Magazine Printing and Editing
Sundn8s
TOTAL
2,578
1.993
2.148
99.739
2,578
1.993
104,201
236,837
172.269
408.106
429,796

Pao• 7.
Th• Parochlal Church Councll of St. Mary, Nanl*lch. Ch8shlr•.
Nots• kl th• Flmrthl 8lat•m•nts
for year ernl•d 31st D0￿mb•r 2026
Inv•stm•nts
The￿ are a small number of 8nclenl Investments In Gov8mment Slitk and CBF at￿Unts
th81 are not included in these accounts. They have o Cost of approximatety £3,000.
The PCC plans to sell these inv8*ments 8t an approprfgte timè in tho ￿mIng yeaTr.
B. Stock.
2024
21
The stock 18 all relating to the Vlslto¢s Centre. It is valued 81 the l(y*M of u)st and net
roallsable value. Thè stock ropregents less Ihin 2 years normal ry)sl of sales.
. stock of 8ton•.
2024
In prgPArntlon for developmgni of o IllsNor Centre In51de the Clwrth th8 OPP)rtunily was
takon to purch858 somè m8tchlNJ stone when It W8$ 8V8118ble.
7. D•btorn and Pr•yym•nts
I￿1 G•n•r•l Fund)
a024
Unp&d
Cord
Tom S•als Co￿•rt
G# Contn"tyJt"orff4
Cttr*tmas Tr•• F•th41
Lion•' Br••• Co￿•rt
Lkited Pl1￿8 alWor** GT*rt
TOTAL
1,253
1.428
0.128
424
8.8ank Accounts
TOTAL
TofAL
X124
8own• Fund
Chureh Flow•r knIng￿ F￿d
MUMB & Tots
Cur•t•* H¢w• Fund
R•8toration De￿lopM9rrt
V16btofs C•ntre lthpl
E￿￿•￿)n F￿d
Youlh Proj•ct-
TOTAL
4,403
S,$32
4,403
5.532
1952
18,218
&5,926
18.fJ5
64,288
34,911
9.T16
10,879
6,787
75.167
41,898
9.421
440
17.866
Unrn•tr￿d FunJ•
Generaf Fund
Pla¢• ofWekom•
LurKht'me CerKert Fw
TOTAL
253
40,899
2,595
46,7
1,070
2,595
159
15
47
Total &nk A¢¢ow
D8p051t Accounts include thosè hekj 8t the Natwesl B**, YBS and COIF
The Current Accounts held at the Natwest Ban

Page
The Parochial Church Councll of St. Mary. Nant¥A¢h. Ch•8hlrn.
Notss to th• Fln•Kl•l 8tst•m•nts
ft*r y••r •nd•d 31st OXern￿l 2020
9. Cr•dttorn and Acc￿￿19
2024
P•rforrnhi9 Rights Scoety. Conc•
P•rformlnp Rlghts S¢¢l•ty- C•nd•W CorKwt•
Chorthr F••$ for DKernb•r
Ch••th•rn'8 Sthool
Quinta W••kond
Ga8 and E
Mffjwon Supp¢Yt 2ty24
TOTAL
io
341
t70
170
1,825
2.897
10.Mortg•g• on Curnt•'• Hou
Th• CLY•t•s HowJ• It 22. 8••ty Ro•d Idd fft JLty 2018 for£f29.000 aii.921 to tho PCC.
W• purthwd a *)•w Cwat•s Hou¥e •t 12, H￿l•m5 Drw• in Juty 2019. Th• ptYc*•¥ pit• Wa8 £207,¢))O
Th• purel￿￿ WM acN•ved by i•Wng o mortgag• ol £t30,L¥)O from M•ll￿¢￿t CW *A Ltd IMCAI,
•w*port•d by • ¢ontrtyJlon of£77.000 from th• PCC I Curth• HOLM Fw
11.R••trlct•d Fund•
TrnMf•r
Irorn I Itol
nu•ry *wm•
2020
Fund•
80￿• Fuw¥J
Church Flwr Awg•rn Fw
Mum8 &Tots Fund
Cur•t•'• Houv Fund
R••tor•tion & O•v•lopm•nt
VMrtof• Centr• Fund ICtr•xth SWI
EdUC￿on Fund
Youth PTolect.
Total R••td¢t•(l Fund•
4,370
114
3,200
5,952
129,890
85.W25
42,837
9.421
440
74
4,823
133,TJ)
75.1ffi
153,882
5.CQ1
355
165,241
440
12.Unre•trfcl•d Fundi
Trnn•f•r
rllJ1•t
J•nwry Inwn• EXpWidl￿rn IroTrV(lol l>•o•mbw
FuKI#
Gon•ral Fithd
Plxe ofWekom• Fund
Lt￿hlmo cOn￿rt Fund
Total Unr•tht•d Funds
51,759
1,570
ZJO.813
1.025
229.748
14,8231
47,e04
2.595
800
Trnnsf•r• lJ•t*wn fvnd• *r• thi follo￿:.
£eOO from tre Lunchllm• Conc•rt FUNI to th• ¢m￿yO t￿Id wi th• R&D FUNI.
£1,823 being capital repaid on the MCA Mortoagts from Ihe (l•n•rnl Curnl•• Hw•e FWMI.
£3.OW from th• G•n•r*l Fund to th• Curntsl Houm FWKI w•pw•Ikn for1h• rthtCw* th•r• m•y b•
no r•nt41 Incom• from Cw*t•* lor ￿ to 30 monl

The Parochlal Church Council of St Mary. Nantwich, Cheshire.
Pag8 9
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements
for the year ended 31 •t l)oc8mber 2025
13. Notss on Funds
estrlcted
13(a). The Boume Fund.
A local family es18blished this fund to provide fbowers for the Church where
appropriate.
13(b). The Curate's Hou•e Fund.
This fund wa8 88tablish8d to provide for the maintenance and decoration of the
house. At the beginning of 2019 it held th8 proceeds of sale of the Curates House at
22 Beatty Road. These funds were used as a daposit on a new Curates House, 12,
Hallams Drive, in July 2019.
This fund can be analysed as follows.. -
Deposit on Purchase
Capital repayments brought forward 36,671
34,947
Caprtal repayments in the year
21 38,494 ￿4 36.671
Funds on d8posTI
18
2025
£77,OCKI
2024
£77,00)
TOTAL
£1
131c). The R•storatlon and Developmont Fund {R&D Fund)
The PCC have determined th8 R&D Fund should maintain a minimum balarK8 of
£40,000 to cover emergencies.
During 2025 £193,921 (£210,462- 2024) was spent on Phase 1 of the r8storation.
£40,000 was received from the Garfield Weston Found8tion and £92,504 ( £54,499-
2024) froffl the NPCPAT ( see note 13L} Thè remainder of ts funds were provided
from the fund's resources including don8tions during the year.
Held within the fund is th8 balanca of the Moira 818kerncTr Legacy of £10,748. This
will eventually b8 used for development purposes, funding further IT I ted)nical
upgrades and replacement Muniment Boards dedicated to her memory.
131d). The Vlsltorfs Centre Fun¢t
This adivity was originally started to generate funds for the R&D Fund. This is done
by operating the Church Shop and providing refreshmenis for visitors. This fund will
now be used to part finance th8 ￿eatIOn of a Visitor Centre including a small shop in
the Church hopefijlly in 2027 or 2028, fijnds p8miitting.
14•). Th• Educatlon Fund
This fund originated from the sale, by the Dioc8se, of the Church of England School
in the town. The DI0￿Se 8IIoc8ted a small part of the sale price to the PCC, th8
capital of which is held to generate income to be used f(x educational purposes.

The Parochlal Church Council of St Mary. Nantwich, Cheshlre. Pag8 10.
Nots8 to the Flnanclal Statemonts
for the year ended 31° December 2025
131fj. The Lyon Restoratlon Fund
The £45,933 held in this fund was used for Phase 1 of the restoration project in 2024.
Consequently, the fund is n¢yw dosed.
131g). Tho Church Flower Arrangers Fund.
This fund receives donations towarcls and pays for flowers to decor8te the Churth.
131h). Mums & Tots
Mums, Dads, and carers with their prfrschool age children meet once a week in the
Parish Hall for fun activrties, téa, coffee, and a chat.
Th8 Church adoptod this activty and its associated fund in 2021
Unrnstrfcted
1311). The Summer Lunchtlme Concert Fund
This activrty organises Lunchtime concerts during the SLmm8r on a Thursday. They
are mostly well attended ar￿ raise finance. for the music activity and other needs of
the Church as d6termirnd by the PCC.
13U). Placo of Welcome Fund
The provision of 8 welcome, soup and a San￿lCh on a Friday Lunchtime and is well
attended. Any surplus furKls generated by donation are passed to the Genwal Fund
for uso by the Church.
Thg Church has no erKlowm8nt funds.
Funds not under tho control of the PCC
13(k). The Church House, Nanlwlch.
Reg No 1177087
This is a charity charged with the care of the building known both as Church House.
Nantwich and as ihe Parish Hall. The trustees manage the building and associated
assets for the benefit of St M8ry's Church, Nantwich, and Ihe wider community. The
Charity had excepted status until 2018 al whith time rt registered wrth Charty
Commission.
13(1). Thè Nantwlch Parlsh Church Preservatlon Appoal Trust. Reg No: $07911
The object of this charity is the raising and administering of funds for the
preservation, restoration, and repair of the fatsic of St Mary's Parish Church
Nantwich Cheshire. They are ￿rrentlY raisirYJ funds for Phas8 2 of the rastoration of
the extemal North Wall and East End elevati￿$ of the Church,. Phase 1 being
completed in September 2025.
131m). The Nantwlch Churchwardons. Morg•d Charfli•s
Reg No. 216￿7
This charity was established to provide relief to residents of the Parish of Nantwich
who are in need, hardship, or dbstress.

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trustees
The Pan)thial Churth C(xmcil of St Mary, Naniwch Cheshire
On accounts for the year
ended
31# December 2025
Chartty no
(if any)
1130903
s￿ out on pages
03to10
I rep)rt to the tnjstees on my examination of the 8c¢ounts of the 8bo
charity (Yhe Tfusf) for the year ended 3t l ill Lai
AS the charitys tru$t88s, you are resp￿sIble for the 9￿paratIon of the
accounts in accordance wih the requirements of the Charits'es Ad 2011
{'the Athl.
Responslblllt1￿ and
basis of rnport
I reFrf)rt in resp8Ct of my examination of the Trust's acC￿Unt8 carried out
under seth'on 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have follfMed all the applicable Directions giv￿ by the Charity Cmnissi
under Mction 145151{b) of tha ACL
Independent Tha charity's gross incom• •xc8ed*J £2S),OLX) and l am qualifi￿1
examln•rfs ststomont undertake the 8xaminatian by beiTrJ a qualified mamber of the Gi
I have completed my examnali'on. I confimi that no materi81 matters have
come to my attention in conn8Ction wth the examination vthich gives me
cause to believe that in, any mat•rial respect..
the accounting record$ were not kept in accordance wrth section 130
of Ihe Chanties Act., or
the accounts did not accord wth the accountlno records.. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicab16 requirem&
c¢ncaming the fomi and contsnt of accounts set out in the Charities
{A¢counts and Rèports) Regulation$ 2C(J8 other than any requirem￿1
that the accounts give a 'true and fail view which 1$ not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concem$ arKI have come across no other matters in I)￿￿￿1(
vith trte examination to vthich attention should b8 drawn in this in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be re&**J.
Slgned:
Dat•:
Name:
Sarah K. Phipps
Relevant professional
quallflcatlon(sl or body
(if any):
Addrnss:
9, Dysart Buildings, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 5DW
Oct 2018
IER