HOLY TRINITY
Ashby de la Zouch
Parochial Church Council of Holy Trinity Church, Ashby De La Zouch
Receipts and Payments accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2025 Overall Summary 2025.
| Receipts Note |
Total 2025 General Fund Designated Funds Restricted Funds |
Total 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Planned Giving 1 All Other Giving/Voluntary Receipts 2 & 3 Gif Aid Recovered 4 Actvites for Generatng Funds 5 Income from Investments 6 Job Retenton Scheme 8 Shared Expenses 7 Wedding and Funeral net Income 9 CAP Income (Personal Donatons) R1 CAP Income (Other Donatons) R1 Foodbank Income R2 Hall Income R3 |
59,020 0 80 59,100 13,210 1,000 8,529 22,739 15,133 0 59 15,192 4,437 0 900 5,337 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,701 0 3,701 0 0 10,402 10,402 0 0 6,945 6,945 0 0 26,147 26,147 0 32,592 0 32,592 |
69,252 15,579 22,038 3,851 0 0 0 4,626 12,520 11,636 42,213 15,262 |
| Total Receipts | £ 91,800 £ 37,293 £ 53,062 £ 182,155 | £ 196,977 |
| Payments Note |
Total 2025 General Fund Designated Funds Restricted Funds |
Total 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Charitable Giving 10 Church Actvites 11 Church Admin expenses 12 Church Building Expenses 13 Parish Contributon Stafng Costs 14 PCC Designated Accounts Exp. 15 PCC Restricted Accounts Exp. 16 CAP Expenditure (Stafng) R1 CAP Expenditure (Operatons) R1 CAP Expenditure (Emergency Aid) R1 Foodbank Expenditure R2 Hall Expenditure R3 |
10,514 0 0 10,514 3,495 0 0 3,495 3,609 0 0 3,609 10,623 0 0 10,623 58,584 0 0 58,584 15,989 0 0 15,989 0 78 0 78 0 0 2,775 2,775 0 0 16,841 16,841 0 0 5,878 5,878 0 0 0 0 0 0 25,807 25,807 0 20,287 0 20,287 |
9,850 5,817 4,824 9,453 58,585 23,547 227 4,015 19,283 7,776 139 24,382 9,516 |
| Total Payments | £ 102,814 £ 20,365 £ 51,301 £ 174,480 | £ 177,414 |
Net Movement in year -£ 11,064 £ 16,928 £ 1,761 £ 7,625 £ 19,563
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HOLY TRINITY Ashby de la Zouch
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the end of the period.
| Accounts | Balance | Balance |
|---|---|---|
| Dec-25 | Dec-24 | |
| Current Accounts | 221,325 | 213,649 |
| Totals | £ 221,325 | £ 213,649 |
Net Fund Movements in 2025.
| HTA Account | Balance Forward |
Receipts Payments Transfers |
Net Change |
Carried Forward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General fund | -4,580 | 91,800 102,814 -100 |
-11,114 | -15,694 |
| Restricted - PCC Church Building Ashby Clothes for Children Childrens work in church Flower fund Alpha fund Soul Café Tiny Tots Audio Visual Equipment Pathways Cafe The Garden room MDMC Agency Collectons TLG The Bereavement Journey FigTree Church |
3,884 181 564 333 -210 70 238 -75 722 243 113 685 0 0 0 |
6,300 0 0 0 0 -181 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,053 563 0 492 319 0 0 0 0 946 1,577 31 500 75 700 137 15 100 140 0 0 |
6,300 -181 0 0 -226 0 0 0 490 173 0 -600 1,125 222 140 |
10,184 0 564 333 -436 70 238 -75 1,212 416 113 85 1,125 222 140 |
| Designated - PCC General Reserve Wedding & Funeral Net income Church Hall Bequests Vicars Discretonaryfund |
10,000 6,585 21,470 0 -626 |
0 0 0 8,734 5,033 0 32,592 20,287 -450 1,000 0 0 0 78 -100 |
0 3,701 11,855 1,000 -178 |
10,000 10,286 33,325 1,000 -804 |
| Restricted - Other CAP Ashby CAP Fresh Start CAP Emergency Aid ACTS 435 Ashby Foodbank |
19,357 450 496 501 153,246 |
15,548 20,553 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,800 2,166 0 26,148 25,807 0 |
-5,005 0 0 -366 341 |
14,352 450 496 135 153,587 |
| Totals | £ 213,648 | £ 187,190 £ 179,513 £ - | £ 7,677 | £ 221,325 |
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Ashby de la Zouch
Notes relating to Designated and Restricted Funds
Restricted PCC Funds
Church Building Money reserved for church re-decoration and improvements. Ashby Clothes for Children Fund to help provide clothes for Families with Children in need. Children’s Work in Church Fund to support children’s work in church. Flower fund Donations and expenditure relating to flowers in church. Alpha fund Running of the Alpha course in church. Soul café Monthly gathering for Women during term time offering fellowship and support. Tiny Tots A Weekly parent and pre-school group meeting in church. Audio Visual Equipment Maintenance and purchase of Audio / Visual and Internet (On-line church) related equipment. Pathways café A café offering support in church open to all. The Garden Room A new project to develop a Garden/allotment adjacent to Church open to everyone to contribute. MDMC Make Do Mend and Create – A group committed to recycle clothing wherever possible. Agency collections A temporary holding fund for collections made in church on behalf of other organisations. This would normally be at zero as payments are made ASAP to the organisation involved. There is a small surplus this year awaiting the decision of the benefactor. TLG Transforming Lives for Good – Mentoring work in a Local School. The Bereavement Journey A Group supporting People recently facing Bereavement. Fig Tree Church A New Church Plant in the Ashby Area, exploring providing Church in a new way to the community.
Designated PCC Funds
General Reserve The church reserve fund. This has been held at £10,000 in 2025. Wedding and Funeral Net Income Net Income from Weddings and Funerals to be used by the PCC. Church Hall Net income from the Church Hall. Vicars Discretionary Fund Money allocated to the Vicar to give in food and provisions to those arriving at the Church in need. Bequests A Fund in which to place Bequests so they can be spent on meaningful projects, rather than General spending.
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Ashby de la Zouch
Restricted Other
CAP Ashby CAP ‘general spending’ fund used for salaries and expenses. CAP Emergency Aid Emergency Aid provided to CAP clients. CAP Fresh Start CAP fund for providing one-off payments to clients – Debt aid – not used in 2025. ACTS435 A Fund used by CAP for assistance to clients in purchasing essential items. Ashby Foodbank Foodbank ‘general spending’ fund used for salaries and expenses.
Assets and Liabilites of the Church at end 2025.
Assets
Money is owed to the church for the following: Unpaid invoices:19 invoices for Church Hire totalling £1567.
Liabilities
Money is owed by the church for the following: Agency fund:£85.00 owed to the Frizelles from a private function.
Summary of Total Fund Movements by Organisation in 2025.
| HTA Account | Balance Forward |
Receipts Payments |
Net Change |
Carried Forward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church and Hall | 39,598 | 143,694 130,987 |
12,707 | 52,305 |
| CAP | 20,804 | 17,348 22,719 |
-5,371 | 15,433 |
| Foodbank | 153,246 | 26,148 25,807 |
341 | 153,587 |
| Totals | £ 213,648 | £ 187,190 £ 179,513 | £ 7,677 | £ 221,325 |
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HOLY TRINITY
Ashby de la Zouch
Church spending by activity in chart form.
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£10,514 10%
£15,989 16%
£3,495 3%
£3,609 4%
£10,623 10%
£58,584 57%
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Charitable Giving
Church Activities
Church Admin.
Church Building
Parish Contribution
Staffing Costs
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Note: The largest expenditure is the Parish Contribution, followed by Staffing costs, Church Building, Charitable giving, Church Admin and Church Activities.
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HOLY TRINITY
Ashby de la Zouch
Notes to the Accounts
General Notes
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The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.
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The activities of the Church Hall, CAP Ashby and of Ashby Foodbank have been aggregated with the PCC accounts.
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Fixed Assets, consecrated and benefice property are not included in the accounts in accordance with section s.96(2)(a) of the Charities Act 1993.
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The Church Hall and associated land are not included in the accounts as assets since ownership is unclear and there is no available valuation at the time of preparation of this report.
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2024 figures are provided only for comparison by the PCC with the current year.
Funds
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Restricted Funds represent income from trusts or endowments, donations or grants received, or money raised for a specific purpose. Consequently the funds may only be used for the purpose specified by the donor or when raised.
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Unrestricted Funds i.e. the General fund, is used for ordinary PCC income and expenditure.
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Designated Funds are sums set aside out of the General fund for specific designated purposes. They can be transferred back to unrestricted funds at any time if the PCC so decides.
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Endowment Funds are funds, the capital of which must be maintained. Only income arising from investment of the endowment may be used. No endowment funds existed at 31[st] December 2025.
Notes.
The money held in the Bank across all accounts totals £221,325 at 31/12/2025. This agrees with the total across all in funds on page 2. A correction of £50 write-down was made in 2024 to account for a long standing difference arising when the account package ‘Expense-Plus’ was introduced.
Reserves Policy: It has been agreed by the Church PCC to maintain a reserve of roughly 10% of the General fund income. This equates to £9,180 for 2025 and currently stands at £10,000 . The reserve fund is intended only for emergency spending i.e. urgent building repairs or cash flow problems.
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HOLY TRINITY Ashby de la Zouch
Notes on Receipts
1. Planned Giving
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Giving (STO) | 47,109 | 55,312 | |
| Planned Giving (PGS) | 10,691 | 11,690 | |
| Planned Giving (Env) | 0 | 0 | |
| Planned Giving (xGA) | 1,300 | 2,250 | |
| Totals | £ | 59,100 £ | 69,252 |
Regular weekly, monthly or quarterly donations. “STO” refers to donations direct to the church bank account (Standing orders). “Env” refers to weekly envelope donations usually in the Sunday collection. The PCC decided to withdraw the envelope payment facility and encourage Standing orders or Electronic payments. “PGS” – Parish Giving Scheme - is a diocese sponsored scheme where donations are collected and gift-aid automatically reclaimed.
“xGA” indicates donations received from third party schemes that independently claim gift aid so no GA is reclaimable by Holy Trinity.
2. All Other Giving/Voluntary Receipts
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | 6,300 | 0 | |
| Donatons (Personal) | 3,637 | 8,220 | |
| Donatons (GASDS) | 111 | 170 | |
| Donatons (Not GA) | 0 | 0 | |
| Collectons (Other services) | 946 | 1,279 | |
| Bequests | 1,000 | 0 | |
| Sum Up payments | 4,580 | 1,175 | |
| Ofertories at Services | 6165 | 4735 | |
| Totals | £ | 22,739 £ | 15,579 |
Sum-Up payments, largely taken in the Church Contactless payment machine, were to General fund.
Offertories at Services is money (Cash or Cheques) given anonymously, and without Fund directives, in the Church service, and is for the General Fund. It totalled £6165 in 2025.
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3. All Other Giving/Voluntary Receipts by Fund
| Fund | 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | 13,210 | 11,129 | |
| Pathways | 494 | 894 | |
| Building | 6,300 | 120 | |
| Vicars Discretonary | 0 | 100 | |
| Bequests | 1,000 | 0 | |
| The Garden Room | 194 | 468 | |
| TLG | 500 | 0 | |
| Bereavement Journey | 35 | 0 | |
| Fig Tree | 60 | 0 | |
| Agency | 946 | 2,868 | |
| Totals | £ | 22,739 £ | 15,579 |
4. Gif Aid recovered
| Fund | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| General Fund | 15,133 | 21,945 |
| AV Equipment | 0 | 13 |
| The Garden Room | 59 | 55 |
| Vicars Discretonary | 0 | 25 |
| Totals | £ 15,192 £ | 22,038 |
5. Actvites for Generatng Funds
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hire - Ashby Concert Band | 3,784 | 2,762 | ||
| Church Hire - Local Community Use | 290 | 160 | ||
| Other income | 363 | 929 | ||
| Fundraising Events | 900 | 0 | ||
| Totals | £ | 5,337 £ | 3,851 |
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6. Income from investments
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest Received | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | £ | - £ | - |
7. Income from shared expenses
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shared Expenses - General Fund | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | £ | - £ | - |
Shared expenses are where expenses such as telephone bills which are shared with other users of the facilities.
8. Income from Job Retenton Scheme.
There was no income from this source in 2025 for Church Staff.
9. Wedding and Funeral Net Income
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| W&F Income | 8,734 | 7,898 | |
| W&F Fees to LDBF | -858 | -815 | |
| W&F Minister Fees | -508 | -1,318 | |
| W&F Minister Expenses | -206 | -307 | |
| W&F Organist Fees | -728 | -688 | |
| W&F Other Costs | -40 | -144 | |
| PCC Authorised payments | -2,693 | 0 | |
| Totals | £ | 3,701 £ | 4,626 |
W&F Other costs refers to the Sound Engineer charge for use of the equipment at Weddings and Funerals. This is paid to the sound engineer but funded by the undertaker. The PCC Authorised payments was for the new Noticeboard at the front of church made on 17/07/25.
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HOLY TRINITY
Ashby de la Zouch
Notes on Expenditure
10. Charitable Giving
| Category | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Church Tithe | 10,395 | 9,600 |
| Missionary & Charitable | ||
| Giving (Non Tithe) | 119 | 250 |
| Totals | £ 10,514 £ | 9,850 |
| Tithe Recipients | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Ashby Youth for Christ | 3,000 | 2,700 |
| CAP Ashby | 3,000 | 2,700 |
| Hospice Hope | 100 | 100 |
| Street Pastors | 250 | 250 |
| Frizelle - YWAM (Guatemala) | 750 | 600 |
| CMS - Mark & Rosalie Balfour | 750 | 600 |
| CMS - Lea and Petra Williams | 750 | 600 |
| New Wine | 500 | 500 |
| Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS) | 250 | 250 |
| Flame Internatonal | 250 | 250 |
| SeaFarers | 250 | 250 |
| Tear Fund | 250 | 250 |
| Natonal Churches Trust | 100 | 100 |
| Evangelical Alliance | 250 | 250 |
| CofE Children's Society | 250 | 250 |
| Tithe Totals | £ 10,700 £ | 9,650 |
The Church Tithe payment is now set up as a standing order to each recipient of 1/12 of the intended total each month. However some of the standing orders were not set up until Feb 2025 meaning the annual total given is out of step with the Church financial year. Out of the intended £10,700 annual gift only £10,395 was actually given in 2025, the remainder will be given by standing order payment in Jan. 2026.
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11. Church Actvites
| Category | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| General Church Actvites | 1,681 | 3,644 |
| Children's & Youth Actvites | 721 | 169 |
| Outreach Events & Actvites (inc Alpha) | 0 | 46 |
| Welcome, Hospitality & Gifs | 276 | 446 |
| Travel Expenses & Mileage | 0 | 575 |
| Books, Training & Conferences | 729 | 877 |
| Other Church expenditure | 88 | 60 |
| Totals | £ 3,495 £ | 5,817 |
Other Church Expenditure was for Piano tuning and Verger Cassock cleaning and repair in June 2025.
12. Church Admin Expenses
| Category | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Ofce & Admin | 513 | 779 |
| Website (Church Insight - PCC) | 343 | 683 |
| Telephone, Internet & TV | 2,452 | 2,420 |
| Statonery, Postage & Printng | 20 | 167 |
| Photocopier | 59 | 537 |
| Bank Charges | 222 | 188 |
| Expense-Plus Write Down | 0 | 50 |
| Totals | £ 3,609 £ | 4,824 |
The Expense-Plus write down in 2024 arises from the introduction of the Expense-Plus accounting software in 2019. There was evidently a £50 difference between the actual monies held in the bank accounts and the declared sum total held across all the funds entered at start up. This was a one off adjustment.
13. Church Building Expenses
| Category | 2025 2024 |
|---|---|
| Church Insurance | 264 3,300 |
| Gas, Water & Electricity | 7,082 3,887 |
| Repairs & Maintenance | 3,277 2,266 |
| Church Organ | 0 - |
| Totals | £ 10,623 £ 9,453 |
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14. Stafng Costs
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries | 13,748 | 19,125 | |
| HMRC NI & PAYE | 591 | 418 | |
| Pension contributons | 1,650 | 4,004 | |
| Totals | £ | 15,989 £ | 23,547 |
15. PCC Designated Accounts expenditure
| Fund | 2025 | 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicars Discretonary Fund | 78 | 227 | |||
| Totals | £ | 78 | £ | 227 |
16. PCC Restricted Accounts expenditure
| Fund | 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agency | 1,577 | 2,273 | |
| Building | 0 | 135 | |
| Audio Visual (AV) | 0 | 223 | |
| Garden Room | 319 | 654 | |
| Pathways cafe | 563 | 295 | |
| Alpha Fund | 226 | 435 | |
| TLG | 75 | ||
| Bereavement Journey | 15 | ||
| Totals | £ | 2,775 £ | 4,015 |
It will be noted there have been no large expenditures this year.
In the Agency Fund are monies collected for other organisations collected through Church activities and passed directly on to the intended organisation.
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Transfers between Funds.
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17/01/2025 - A sum of £181.12 was transferred from Ashby Clothes for Children to Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) as agreed by the PCC on Jan 14[th] 2025 as ACC activities have ended.
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20/01/2025 - A Sum of £69.06 was transferred from the Agency fund collected for TLG purposes, to the permanent TLG fund once set up, as instructed by the PCC Jan 14[th] 2025.
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27/01/2025 - TLG funding of £450 was transferred from the Church Hall fund in 2025.
excess, to TLG as agreed at the PCC meeting on Jan 14[th]
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31/10/2025 - A sum of £100 was transferred from the Vicars Discretionary Fund to the Royal British Legion Festoon appeal via the Agency Fund, as approved by the Minister Tim Philips via email on 31/10/2025.
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03/12/2025 – A Bereavement fund set up float of £100 was transferred from General Funds to the Bereavement Journey Fund as per Tim Philips email 03/12/2025.
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HOLY TRINITY Ashby de la Zouch
R1 CAP Ashby Income & Expenditure.
| CAP Income (Personal Donatons) 2025 |
2024 |
|---|---|
| CAP Donatons (Personal inc. STO) 8,657 CAP Monthly Giving (GASDS) 0 CAP Gif Aid Reclaimed 1,745 |
10,386 0 2,134 |
Totals £ 10,402 |
£ 12,917 |
| Total CAP income £ 17,347 |
£ 24,156 |
|---|---|
| CAP Expenditure Operatons 2025 |
2024 |
| Acts 435 Expenditure 2,166 CAP Events & Actvites 112 CAP HQ Charge 3,600 CAP HQ Release groups 0 CAP Ofce & Admin Costs 0 |
3,699 107 3,600 0 370 |
Totals £ 5,878 |
£ 7,776 |
| CAP Expenditure (Stafng) 2025 |
2024 |
| CAP Staf Expenses 733 CAP Stafng Costs 16,108 |
469 18,814 |
Totals £ 16,841 |
£ 19,283 |
| CAP Expenses Emergency Aid 2025 |
2024 |
| CAP Emergency Aid Payments 0 CAP HQ Fresh start 0 |
139 0 |
| Totals £ - |
£ 139 |
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| Total CAP Expenditure £ 22,719 |
£ 27,198 |
|---|---|
| Net Movement in year -£ 5,372 |
-£ 3,042 |
| CAP Funds Balance 01-Jan £ 20,805 CAP Funds Balance 31-Dec £ 15,433 |
£ 23,847 £ 20,805 |
R2 Foodbank Income & Expenditure.
| Foodbank Income 2025 |
2024 1,554 0 7,683 30,686 0 1,983 0 307 £ 42,213 |
|---|---|
| Foodbank Donatons (Churches) 895 Foodbank Donatons (GASDS) 0 Foodbank Donatons (Others) 10,300 Foodbank Donatons (Personal) 12,440 Foodbank Fundraising 0 Foodbank Gif Aid reclaimed 1,735 Foodbank Grants 0 Trussel Trust / Tesco Top-Up 777 |
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| Foodbank Income Totals £ 26,147 |
| Foodbank Expenditure 2025 |
2024 |
|---|---|
| Foodbank Church Insight 60 Foodbank Expenditure 3,866 Foodbank Premises Costs 13,519 Foodbank Salaries 7,732 Foodbank Staf & Volunteer Expenses 270 Trussell Trust Franchise Fee 360 Foodbank Expenditure Pety Cash 0 |
0 6,293 13,346 3,566 817 360 0 |
Foodbank Expenditure Totals £ 25,807 |
£ 24,382 |
| Net Movement in year | £ 340 £ 17,831 |
|---|---|
| Foodbank Funds Balance 01-Jan | £ 153,246 £ 135,415 |
| Foodbank Funds Balance 31-Dec | £ 153,586 £ 153,246 |
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| Foodbank Pety Cash | Balance Forward |
Receipts Payments |
Net Change |
Carried Forward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money Brought forward Direct Small Cash Donatons Food and items Spending |
697 | 0 0 1,005 0 0 872 |
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| Totals | £ 697 | £ 1,005 £ 872 | £ 133 | £ 830 |
Foodbank Petty cash is managed direct by spreadsheet separately from the main accounts. Full records are available for inspection should this be required.
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R3 Hall Income & Expenditure.
| Hall Income 2025 |
2024 |
|---|---|
| Hall Grants 0 Hall Hire - Miscellaneous 0 Hall Hire - Regular Users 32,203 Job Retenton Scheme 0 Shared Costs 389 |
0 78 15,017 0 167 |
| Hall Income Totals £ 32,592 |
£ 15,262 |
| Hall Expenditure 2025 |
2024 |
|---|---|
| Hall Building Maintenance 2,286 Hall Electric, Gas & Water 13,824 Hall Insurance 3,182 Hall Operatng Costs 995 Hall Staf Costs 0 |
6,828 783 586 1,319 - |
| Hall Expenditure Totals £ 20,287 |
£ 9,516 |
| Net Movement in year £ 12,305 |
£ 5,746 |
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| Hall Funds Balance 01-Jan £ 21,470 Fund Transfers -£ 450 Hall Funds Balance 31-Dec £ 33,325 |
£ 15,724 £ 21,470 |
It should be noted the Hall fund is a Discretionary fund and as such Hall monies can be used by the PCC on spending as deemed appropriate. There is also a separate Hall bank account but this is retained for convenience only and no longer reflects the Hall fund balance. The PCC and Hall accounts should therefore be amalgamated and taken as a whole.
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Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of Holy Trinity Church, Ashby de la Zouch, on the accounts for the year ended 31" December 2025.
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The PCC is responsible for the preparation of the accounts and it considers that an audit is not required for this year under section 744 of the Charities Act 2011 {the Charities Act} and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility:
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to examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent Examiner's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the PCC concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent Examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention:
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material aspect the requirements.
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act, and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
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have not been met, nor
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to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts can be reached.
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