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2025-12-31-accounts

St Mary's Church, Standon

Annual Report and

Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council

For the year ended 31[st] December 2025

Address: The Vicarage Kents Lane Standon Hertfordshire

Registered Charity Number 1131081

Parochial Church Council of St Mary, Standon Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 31[st] December 2025

Standon PCC is a corporate body established by the Church of England which operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. It has the responsibility of co-operating with the Rector in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the fabric of the church building, its contents and the churchyard. It is in a benefice with the parishes of The Mundens with Sacombe.

All of our services are joint ones with our benefice partners. Our average attendance was 62 at our 10.30 services and 11 at our 8.00. We offer:

During the year, we conducted 9 funerals in the church. We baptised 8 children in mainstream services. In May, the Bishop of Bedford joined us for baptism and confirmation services held for members of the benefice congregations. The day started with one adult baptism in St Mary’s church. Then, with around 70 witnesses, 2 adults were baptised by full immersion in the river Rib, with 2 others re-affirming, by full immersion, their earlier baptisms. The day concluded with 5 adults being confirmed in a service at St Mary’s. In the summer, our Rector baptised a teenager in the river Rib.

Throughout the year we have unlocked our church during daylight hours, and it has been used by many for prayer and reflection. We hosted the annual World Day of Prayer service as well as concerts by external groups, including the local community choir, which rehearses weekly in St Mary’s.

Membership

Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. Our 2025 annual meeting took place on May 11[th ] after the morning service.

Our Rector retired on 19[th] October. Michael Smith was elected Lay Chair and will chair PCC until a new incumbent is appointed.

During the year, the following served as members of the PCC:

Rector Rev John Chitham (until 19.10.25) Elected Members Mrs Angie Adamson Wardens Mr Keith Plummer Mr Cliff Beeston Mrs Marion Smith Mrs Stephanie Beeston Reader Mrs Caroline Franks Miss Lizzy Franks Officers Miss Lizzy Franks Hon. Secretary Mr Derek Goodall Mrs Caroline Franks Hon. Treasurer Mrs Margaret Goodall Mr Michael Smith Lay Chair Mr Mark Korczyk (until 11.05.25) Mr Michael Smith Deanery Synod Mrs Angie Adamson Representatives Mrs Diane Moss Banks CAF Bank Ltd The CBF Church of England Deposit Fund 25 Kings Hill Avenue 80 Cheapside Kings Hill London West Malling, Kent EC2V 6DZ ME19 4JQ

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Parochial Church Council of St Mary, Standon Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 31[st] December 2025

Investment Funds

The CBF C of E Investment Fund Independent Sarah Crispin ACA 80 Cheapside Examiner Stewardship London 1 Lamb’s Passage EC2V 6DZ London EC1Y 8AB

Financial Responsibilities of the PCC

Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year.

We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. We are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the church and taking reasonable steps to prevent fraud and other irregularities.

Policy on Reserves

The PCC recognises the need to hold reserves to allow the protection of its core activities in the event of income shortfalls and to promote balanced strategic planning. Reserves are defined as income that becomes available and which the PCC can spend at its discretion to further its objectives but which has not yet been spent, committed or designated.

At the end of 2025, the PCC held £43,961 in its unrestricted General Fund. This sum is significantly below the amount stipulated in our agreed policy to hold between 12 and 18 months’ anticipated expenditure, and we are continuing actively to consider how we will reverse the dwindling of our reserves. We have received a number of legacies in recent years, and we are holding those for the time being in case they are needed to fund our activities. Funds beyond our immediate needs are held on deposit with the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund, which provides us with as competitive a rate of interest as any, but with low risk and instant access.

At the end of 2025, in addition to our unrestricted general fund, we hold unrestricted designated funds of:

We have received one legacy in 2025. When we receive a legacy, we transfer 10% to the Tithe Fund, to be used for others as appropriate needs come to our attention.

The restricted restoration fund has received grants from the Friends of St Mary’s and another charitable trust to fund remedial work on our tower, highlighted in our latest Quinquennial report. More grant funding has been pledged and will be received in 2026, but at the end of the year, the restoration fund was showing a deficit. There were sufficient funds in our unrestricted general and legacy funds to bridge the shortfall. An application has been submitted in January 2026 to the Listed Places of Worship scheme, to recover the maximum permitted amount of VAT paid on capital projects.

Risk Management

Any charity, in carrying out its objectives, must have an eye to the risks involved. We are responsible for an ancient building, designed with no thought for the needs of frail or disabled people. We deal frequently with people who are vulnerable. We work with children. Our income is by donation and often some of the PCC have access to confidential information.

We try to guard against risk without letting risk-limiting measures get in the way of our ministry. Where we can, we insure against financial loss.

Where this is not practical, we try to minimise risk in other ways. For example, we have treated the lead on our church roof with Smart Water and installed an alarm system; we have also asked our neighbours in the High Street

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to report any suspicious activity around the church, and we leave the flood lights on until after the pub opposite has closed and the High Street is quiet.

We have installed a CCTV system to monitor activity at our main doors.

We hold a comprehensive set of risk assessments which are reviewed regularly.

One of our church wardens fulfils the role of Health and Safety Officer and there is a Health and Safety Policy in place.

We have installed handrails where they are needed.

We have a care to the qualifications and integrity of those to whom we entrust sensitive information or access to our funds and take sensible precautions to protect them and those with whom they interact, including safer recruitment procedures and the use of encryption or other security systems on the appropriate computers.

The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (which sets out the PCC’s obligations to safeguard children and vulnerable adults).

We make sure that all trustees of the charity (which works regularly with children and vulnerable adults), as well as those working regularly in groups with children and vulnerable adults are subjected to DBS checks in line with Thirtyone:eight guidelines and are conversant with our Safeguarding Policy and Good Practice Guidelines. We adopt the National Church of England policy statement ‘Promoting a safer church’ and have an agreed statement on Domestic Abuse. All policies and procedures are reviewed yearly in line with the House of Bishops Policies and Best Practice Guidance.

We ensure that all involved in the work of our church are safely recruited including having the required level of safeguarding training and DBS checks, according to Church of England best practice guidelines. All work with children, young people and vulnerable adults are risk assessed and reviewed yearly. Our benefice Safeguarding Officer, who advises the PCC, has extensive experience of child protection and safeguarding issues in relation to her role as Designated Senior Person at school and her work as Safeguarding Officer at CPAS summer camps.

The financial functions of the PCC are shared between three people, working independently. All work undertaken by volunteers is subject to review.

Committee Structure and Review of the Year

The PCC operates through a number of committees, which meet between meetings of the full PCC. Other than the Standing Committee, the PCC committees do not have delegated decision making powers; they make recommendations to the PCC, which is responsible for all decision making.

Standing Committee

This, the only committee required by law, has power to transact PCC business between its meetings, subject to directions given by the council. It is comprised of the Rector, our Reader, Churchwardens, Secretary and Treasurer and meets when necessary. The Benefice Administrator also attends these meetings.

Electoral Roll

At the end of 2025, there were 75 members on the electoral roll. 17 of these live outside the parish.

Public Benefit

The Trustees have complied with the duty to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.

Highlights of the work of our benefice

All of the services in our benefice are joint ones of St Mary’s, Standon, All Saints, Little Munden and St Catherine’s, Sacombe. We continue to stream our main Sunday services online, as people find this useful if they’re unable to attend in person. We also lead a monthly service in a local care home for adults with learning difficulties.

We offer friendship, practical help and pastoral care to any in our community who need it. Our home groups and Bible study groups have mixed online and in-person meetings, and participants have continued to find them

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helpful. We have continued with our, ‘Midweek Music’ recitals and time of social interaction monthly on Wednesday lunchtimes.

Our groups all prepare reports for the annual meeting and those contain more detail about our work than is included here.

World Mission Group

This committee is benefice-wide and considers matters to do with world-wide mission, including the way we support our missionary partners overseas, primarily, through prayer and encouragement.

Special Appeals

Once again, special appeals were well supported during 2025.

The total of the amounts collected through the Standon PCC account in 2025 in response to appeals to help others totalled £7,843, including the amount given for our regular missionary partners.

Members took part in Operation Christmas Child, filling shoe boxes to be sent to parts of the world where children affected by war or disaster have no other hope of receiving a gift at Christmas. 127 boxes were sent in November, bound for Ukraine, Malawi and Liberia.

Youth and Children’s Work

Our youth work has continued to provide a wide range of activities for young people.

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Finance Committee

This committee of representatives of PCC, church members and the other benefice treasurers considers all aspects of PCC finances. It is responsible for the preparation and monitoring of budgets, review of the current financial position and for advising the PCC on financial matters.

Our financial results for this year show a deficit on our unrestricted general fund of £11,204. £75,572 was spent during the year on providing Christian ministry from St Mary’s. This includes parish share payments to the Diocese of £64,426 to support diocesan costs such as clergy stipends and housing, training for clergy and readers and the many support services we have available to us in our parish ministry.

In addition, we spent £16,587, including £701 from the restricted Friends of Standon Churchyard Fund, on the running and maintenance of the church and churchyard, and £7,882 on administrative and other costs. We have spent £199,129 from the restricted Restoration Fund on capital projects, wholly funded by grants and donations for that purpose. Some of that funding had not yet been received at the end of 2025, but has been committed by the funding bodies concerned.

Other High Points of the Year

Our aim is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the practices of the Church of England. All our activities are organised against this background. Our stated aim, with which all our service materials are badged, is ‘Being witnesses to Jesus, making disciples of Jesus, growing leaders for Jesus’. This aim permeates all that we do.

Being witnesses to Jesus includes being his presence in our community. We have continued to provide pastoral support, events and opportunities for people to gather together, practical help through our support of the local foodbank and taking every opportunity we see to express our faith in a way that demonstrated God’s love for all, and what he offers to any who come to him. Our pastoral team has worked to offer support to those who need it. Our funeral ministry has been particularly important, a source of hope and comfort for grieving families, and our community has appreciated the church building, as we’ve used it for pastoral services and community events as well as welcoming visitors for whatever reason they come. Our toddler group continues to thrive, as do our monthly concerts with time to get together beforehand over a cup of coffee or tea. A group of bereaved spouses meet monthly to offer each other support, and a group of people who are on their own meets monthly for lunch at a local pub. Members of our churches continue to be involved in many of the organisations in our parishes.

Making disciples of Jesus includes nurturing new Christians and developing our existing congregations. We aim to run entry level courses whenever they are needed. We have followed several Biblical teaching series in our mainstream services, particularly at our midweek services, where we have followed the traditional sermon with a period of discussion. Our home groups continue to stretch participants, as well as providing mutual support and encouragement. We seek to encourage and develop a desire among our members continually to be learning and growing as Christians.

We have worked closely with our two benefice church schools, continuing the strong ties between church and school and working to draw some of the children and, with them, their parents into church family life. We have welcomed our church schools to our churches for their harvest, Easter, end of school year and Christmas services. Most of the Little Munden School pupils attend our Wednesday café in All Saints, taking part in the activities and teaching provided, and often involving their parents too.

We try to organise worship that will draw in members of our community. Our benefice choir is highly admired in our area, and enhances our worship, particularly at our monthly choral evensong services. We continue to offer Book of Common Prayer services as well as Common Worship ones, and on the fourth Sunday of each month we hold an informal service where families are encouraged to come and join in activities as well as more traditional worship.

Our monthly churchyard working party continues to draw in people not otherwise associated with the church as well as keeping our churchyard looking attractive and tidy.

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Growing leaders for Jesus focusses more on our own people. We encourage and offer help to any in our congregation who are hearing God’s call, to explore what that might mean. There is funding available for any for whom structured training is appropriate.

Our beautiful, ancient, grade 1 listed building presents us with real challenges as we strive to be the living church in these villages. The Friends of St Mary’s continue to raise funds to finance restoration projects, and following our quinquennial inspection in 2022, we have undertaken significant work to the tower in 2025. The last bits of the work have carried over into 2026, and at the time of writing this report, we are waiting for the final certification from the architect. The restriction of the scope of the LPW scheme for 2025/26 and its abolition from March 2026 onwards has had a significant effect, but we thank God that we were able to complete the project in time to reclaim at least some of the VAT expended.

The Friends of Standon Churchyard team manages the churchyard for conservation and the protection of wildlife as well as for the benefit of the bereaved, forming a working party on the first Saturday morning of each month, which anyone interested is welcome to join.

Much has been achieved during 2025, but, as ever, there is much still to do as we shape our vision for the next years. We are ready and eager to carry our work forward, and, with God’s help, plan to be instrumental in spreading his gospel ever wider in this community and abroad.

Looking forward

Great care has been taken by the team which has headed up the preparation of our Benefice Profile, and the advertisement for our new Rector went live in mid January 2026. We are praying for the person God has chosen and is preparing to lead us in the next stage of our mission and ministry in this community. While we wait, we are continuing to build on what we have been doing, working to reach ever more people with the good news of the gospel and to grow in our own Christian discipleship.

Limitations of this report

Because we strive to operate in everything as part of a united benefice this report, from just one parish of the three, does not provide a complete or fully accurate picture of our work. It should be read in conjunction with reports of what is happening in our sister parishes of The Mundens and Sacombe.

This report was approved by the PCC and signed on their behalf by Michael Smith (Lay Chair).

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF

ST MARY'S CHURCH, STANDON

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of St Mary's Church, Standon ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 2025 on pages 8 to 12 following.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or

  1. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Sarah Crispin ACA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB

Date:

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Parochial Church Council of St Mary, Standon Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31st December 2025

Receipts
Voluntary income
Legacies and grants
Income from investments
Church activities
Other incoming resources
Total Receipts
Payments
Church activities
Governance costs
Total Payments
Net Receipts/ (Payments)
Transfers between funds
Balance as at 1st January 2025
Balance as at 31st December 2025
Unrestricted
Note
Funds
£
2a
80,316
2b
0
2c
3,737
3,504
1,170
88,727
3
99,803
4
1,128
100,931
(12,204)
1,000
(11,204)
55,165
43,961		 Designated
Funds
£
0
20,048
20,048
0
0
20,048
(1,000)
19,048
46,430
65,478		 Restricted
Funds
£
9,147
119,275
1,130
864
130,416
209,959
209,959
(79,543)
(79,543)
31,826
(47,717)
Total
Total
2025
2024
£
£
89,463
86,609
139,323
25,143
4,867
6,696
4,368
8,690
1,170
1,009
239,191
128,147
309,762
137,173
1,128
1,080
310,890
138,253
(71,699)
(10,106)
0
(71,699)
(10,106)
133,421
143,527
61,722
133,421

The notes on pages 10 to 12 form part of these accounts

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Parochial Church Council of St Mary, Standon Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st December 2025

as at 31st December 2025
2025 2024
£ £
Bank Balances and Cash
Short term deposits 4,497 86,250
Cash at bank and in hand 57,225 47,171
61,722 133,421
Of the total cash, £30,663 is restricted.
Other Assets and Liabilities
Assets:
CBF interest received 04.01 .26 for 2025 45 969
Gift aid tax recovery not yet received 3,963 4,447
VAT recoverable (Listed Places of Worship Scheme) 25,000 1,021
Bookstall stock at cost 642 167
Other monetary assets 4,041 3,175
33,691 9,779
Liabilities:
Unbilled fee for independent examination 1,350 1,128
other amounts due 1,824 1,410
3,174 2,538
Investments
Market value 01.01 .25 40,673 39,763
Unrealised gain/(loss) in the year (1,626) 910
Market value 31.12.25 39,047 40,673
The investment comprises shares in the Central Board of Finance, as follows:
No. of No. of
shares shares
Chancel Fund 286 286
Chapman Bequest 292 292
Sadleir Bequest (Grave Trust) 134 134
Standon Church Charities 1,047 1,047
1,759 1,759

The notes on pages 10 to 12 form part of these accounts

These accounts were approved by the Parochial Church Council and signed on its behalf.

Mrs Marion Smith (Church Warden)

Miss Lizzy Franks (PCC secretary)

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Parochial Church Council of Sl Mary. Slandon Notes lo the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 $1 December 2025 1 Accounting Poli¢ies The a¢¢ounts have been prepared on a receipts and payTnents basis and (￿Mp￿Se a statement that shows the chariW5 receipts and payThents, a slalement that summarlses the charills assets and liabilllies and related rKltes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance ￿th applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair, view and, as these receipts and payments a¢Gounts have not {and cannot) be prepared in accA)rdance wllh accounting slandardg, these accoL¢nts do not present {and are not intended to present) a'true and fairf view of the charivs finanGi218ctivities 2nd state of affairs. Funds Endowment funds are funds the capital of ￿1¢h must be maintained", only irfftme arising from investment of the endowment may be used either as restrthd or unrestn.cted funds, depending upon the purpose for which the endowment was established. The value of the PCC'S endowment funds at 31st December £15,80512024 £16,463) Restricted funds represent (al income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those reslricled objects provided in th8 tem15 of the tnjsl or bequest, and (bl donations or grants received for a 5pe¢rfic object or ir7v(ted by the PCC for a specific object. The fvnds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were gNen. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of each year must be carrled forward as a balan¢8 on that fund. The PCC does not usually inv8St separately for each fund. The value of the PCC'S restricte(I funds al 31 sl December is £47.71712024 £31,826). Another £24,209 of restricted funds are Invested in CBF Investment Fund In￿me Shares, Desigrhated fijnds represent income set aside by the PCC ts payment of SF)ecrfic expenses, The valu8 of the PCC'S designated furKis at 31st December Is £64.478 {2024 £46,430). Unre51ricted funds are general funds which may be use(1 for PCC ordinary purposes. The value of the PCC'S general fund al 31st DeCemt￿r £43,￿1 {2024 £55,185). Total 2025 Total 2024 Funds Funds Funds 2 Re￿Pts 2a Voluntary income Planned giwng Income lax Collections and donations Grants and appeals Conlributk)ns 1.302 1,004 1,214 124,902 59,806 14,817 7,266 125,915 934 48,712 13,204 12,876 10.304 1,513 13,813 6,052 1.013 934 80,316 128,422 208,738 86,609 2b Legacies and grants Legacies Grants VAT recoverable from LPW scheme 20,048 115,000 4,275 6,000 15,637 3,506 115,0(K) 4,275 119,275 139,323 25,143 2c Income from invesknents Dividend$ Interest 1,130 1,130 3,737 1,104 5,592 3,737 3,737 1.130 4,867 6,696 10

Parochlal Church Courril of St Mary, Standon Notes lo Ihe Finarwl Statements (continued) for the Jear elm￿1 31st Decembw 2025 3 Paymants Funds Funds Fynd• 2025 2024 Church actfvlll89 Missionary 8nd charitatAe gNing: Ov¢r$ea$ Missionary Socti8s Overseas rellef and d8velopmonl agencies Home mls8ions and other Church soclelies Sec#Jlar agencies 1.7 2.209 4,333 175 554 9.215 14,277 82.653 16,053 7,328 9,758 7,328 10,267 64,426 11.471 Pansh 8h8r8 Olher minlslry expenses Church running expenses & maintenance Other exp8n8es Adminlstrator Other adrninistrative expen888 Capital projKts 64.426 11.146 325 15.886 273 4.810 2,753 701 16.587 319 4.810 2,753 199,129 22,615 101 4,579 199,129 14,596 99.803 209.959 309.762 137,173 Capltal ProJe¢t8 The project to repair the stonew)rk on the tower is nearty comrAete. In lolal, £199.129 has been spent on th1$ in 2025. with anoiher approximately £30,0(M) due to go n 2026. A grant of £50,c￿ has been plodged by an anony7novs donor., £30.(h)O of this was r￿￿ed in 2025. A daim of £4,275 was paid by th& LPW scheme in March 2025, and the maxlmum £25,cNxJ has been daimed in January 2028. Tre Friends of Sl Ma￿S have pledged to fuThJ any remainlng amounts n88(led,' £85,c￿ has been received in 2025 and the balance will be received in 2026. The Friervjs have suficientfunds In their reseNes to cover the amounts needed. 4 Govem2n¢e ¢osts 2025 2024 Independent examit)ation fe8 1,128 1,080 5 Staff and Trustoes The PCC ha$ no employed membeTS of Staff. OtFw than the Rect￿, *)0 Is not emp_loFd. by us. its activrtie8 8re oeneralty carried out ty volunteers. Michael Smith. a Trustee, received £6,954 during the year In his capacity as Benefice Director of Mus (2024 £6.6241. This amount is permitted by the goveming document of th8 charity, and the cost is shared th our other bener￿e churches. No remuneralion was paid to any other truste8 during the year nor to any person connected to Ihem. The fee5 of th8 organist are included in minBtry exp8ns6s. PCC members and off￿er5 were relmbursed for PCC expenses tw ir￿fI&l. 11

Parochial Church Councli of St Mary, Standon Notes lo the Finawal Statements Icnnlinued} for the year ended 315t December 2025 Mov•mont In Fund8 Balan¢a 01.01.25 Inry>me Transfers Expon$85 botween fund8 8alan¢• 31.12.25 Unrostl¢ted Funds General Fund 55.165 88.727 {1(K).931) 43.961 Unrestricted Fund$- Oesignaled Legacy Fund Tithe FurKI Transport Fund Streaming equipment Fund 41,690 3,525 18,044 2.1]04 59,734 5,529 11.lYXII 21S 215 101,595 108.775 O 109,439 100,931 Reslrnted Funds Restorat￿)n Fund Appeals Leadership Tralnlng Fund Bells Appeal Friends of Stsndon Churchyard p•ar￿ Fund Cholr Fund Slandon Church Charilles Ov&rseas Mission Partners Pastoral Fund 119.459 6,351 (1￿,129) (7,4191 (78,380) 9,046 1,5(J) 7,097 2.522 100 2,129 0,690 1,044 535 10,114 7.097 1.724 100 1,557 6.657 1,252 (702) 1370} 1640) 11,7001 673 1.492 31,826 130,417 47,717 Total Fund5 133,421 239,192 310,891 61,722 Legaci8s fpttNed are allocated to ts Legacy Fund (90%) and the Tilhe Fund110%). The Restoration Fund has ended the year in deficit. s￿rtFall is bridged by UnresIrn￿e(1 funds. pendlng the receipt of further granls pledged for the to￿ vKirk. 7 Conn¢cted Charltlos The Frl¢nds of St Mary's Church. Stsndon Chity commissi￿ No. 1088516 Main obj￿￿.. The preservabon. be8ulifftslk)n imwovemenl of the faly￿ of the ¢urch. Those are pursued by raising lunds and making donations to Slandon PCC lovmrds the t)￿1 of the work it supports. The charlty is run by a commiltee made up of 6 people apwxntwj by StsThJon PCC and 6 people elected by tis annual general meelirvJ. 12