## The Parish Church of St Andrew ## Backwell Annual Report and Accounts for 2025 for presentation to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Sunday, 26[th] April 2026 at 11:15am 1 ## **CONTENTS** ||Page| |---|---| |Agenda for Annual Vestry Meetings, APCM 2026 and PCC following|3| |Minutes of the Vestry Meeting of May 18th2025|4| |Minutes of Annual Parochial Church Meeting of May 18th2025|4| |The Annual Trustees Report 2025|6| |Aims and Purposes|| |Achievements and Performance|| |Mission and Evangelism
|| |Financial Report|9| |Structure, Governance and Management|11| |Accounts and Independent Examiner’s Report|Appendix| _Please note that the Log Book, Terrier and Inventory are available for inspection at the Church Office._ 2 **PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL** Annual Vestry Meeting Sunday 26[th] April 2026 ## **AGENDA** Prayer - 1 Nomination of Clerk by the meeting - 2 Apologies - 3 Minutes of previous meeting held on May 18[th] 2025 - 4 Election of Churchwardens ( _All nominations must be complete and before the Chair prior to the start of the meeting. No nominations can be taken from the floor)_ ## **PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL** Annual Parochial Church Meeting Sunday 26[th] April 2026 at 11.15am ## **AGENDA** - 1 Minutes of previous meeting held on May 18[th] 2025 - 2 Consideration of Electoral Roll - 3 ANNUAL REPORT - Financial Report and Presentation of Accounts for year ended 31.12.25 - Churchwardens’ Review of the Year - Report on Fabric, Goods and Ornaments of the Church - Report on proceedings of the Deanery Synod - 4 ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS - PCC members - Election of Electoral Roll Officer - Election of Deanery Synod representatives - Appointment of Stewards/Welcomers - Election of Independent Examiner - 5 To note—Informal Reports in separate booklet - 6 Any other matters of parochial or general church interest _Short matters may be dealt with at this meeting or will be dealt with by the PCC_ ## **PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL** Meeting of the Parochial Church Council to be held immediately following the APCM ## **AGENDA** - 1 Appointment of Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer 2. Consideration of Parish Share banding 3. Any matters of urgent consideration 4. Date of next meeting 3 ## **PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW BACKWELL Minutes of the Annual Vestry Meeting held in Church Sunday 18[th] May 2025 at 12.00noon** ## **1. Nomination of Clerk by the meeting** The meeting agreed that Jane Canning should act as clerk. 2. **Apologies:** Joan Rowe, John and Sheila Lee, David George, Peter and Heather Bailey, Janet and Ian Bainbridge, Andy and Janet Pitcher, Vanessa Colley, Tamsin Hockett, Doug and Pat Neilson, Anita Heappey, Barbara Harland. **3. Minutes of Previous Meeting** The minutes for the Last Vestry Meeting on 12[th] May 2024 were accepted as a true record by the meeting. **4. Election of Churchwardens** As required by the Churchwarden Measure 2001, nominations for Churchwarden had been submitted in writing before the meeting. Andrew Pitcher was proposed by Andrew Colley and seconded by Phil Hockett. Cherry Leake was proposed by Andrew Colley and seconded by Andy Pitcher. As there were no other nominations, Cherry and Andy were duly appointed as Church Wardens. Minutes Approved Date................................................................................................................ Signed................................................................................................................Chair of Meeting ## **PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW BACKWELL Minutes of The Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Sunday 18[th] May 2025 at 12.00noon** **Chair:** Rev Sam Norton **PCC Secretary:** Jane Canning **Church Warden:** Cherry Leake **Present:** Lesley Barratt, Chris Hamilton, David Sutton, Sue Griffiths, Elise Buckingham Lazell, Philip Hockett, Juliet Densham, Sheila and Andrew Round, Martin Canning, Elizabeth Smith, Lionel Smith, Ian Wills, Helen Wills, Ian Forsyth, Tim Harland, Andrew Colley. Jenifer Dyer, Marie Bale, Tina Soper. ## **1. Minutes of previous meeting** The minutes of the Annual Parochial Meeting held on 12[th] May 2024 had already been circulated with the annual reports. They were accepted by the meeting as a true record. ## **2. Consideration of Electoral Roll** This year there was a full review of the Electoral Roll. There were 221 on the roll in 2024. The new Electoral Roll has 103 names of which 25 live outside of the Parish. It was proposed that the new Electoral Roll be accepted Proposed Philip Hockett seconded Ian Wills Accepted unanimously 4 ## **3. Annual Report** This was circulated in advance and included the following- - Financial Report and Accounts - Report on Fabric, Goods and Ornaments of the Church - Report on proceedings of the Deanery Synod - Reports on pastoral care and mission and evangelism The Rector’s annual report was delivered in the form of his sermon at the 11am service. The Financial Report was presented by Lesley Barratt. She reported that although the church’s shares had dropped in value earlier they have now partially recovered. The Parish Share had become the Benefice Share. There is a new method of calculating what the church is required to pay to the Diocese and this year it is lower than last year. The church still has a deficit on its running costs. There are no capital reserves to fund the churchyard, but John Brain’s fund can be used instead. Lesley was thanked for her work. There were no questions from the meeting concerning the Annual Report. ## **4. Elections** There were no nominations for PCC. Doug Neilson and Lesley Barratt had completed 3 years as members of the PCC. Lesley was co-opted onto the PCC, but Doug Neilson has chosen to step down. Anita Heappey, Ian Bainbridge and Martin Canning are willing to continue as Deanery Representatives. Phil Hockett is willing to continue as Electoral Roll Secretary. Stewards and Welcomers: Stewards are no longer elected but allocated onto the weekly rota through the Benefice Office. The church still needs more stewards, especially for big services and helping frail members of the congregation up and down steps. Election of Independent Examiner: Amanda Collinson was proposed as St Andrew’s Independent Examiner and accepted by the meeting. ## **5. Informal Reports as contained in the Annual Report.** This year the informal reports have again been produced as a small booklet, which was circulated via email. It is also available on the church website and A Church Near You. The meeting was encouraged to read this, especially the section about Little Lambs. ## **6. Any matters of Parochial or general church interest.** Sheila Round brought “Christians Together in and around Backwell” to the attention of the meeting. This ecumenical committee meets about three times a year. It is looking for younger people to take over its work. The issue of extending the church graveyard was raised, including the communication of discussions with the congregation. Rev Sam Norton, said that the situation is currently very fluid and options available to St Andrew’s will be reported in due course. Minutes Approved Date................................................................................................................... Signed..................................................................................................................Chair of Meeting 5 ## **St Andrew’s Backwell Trustees Annual Report 2025** 2025 Report and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of St Andrew’s Church, Backwell ## **Aim and purposes** St Andrew’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has worked with Revd Sam Norton, who was installed in February 2025, and the Ministry team Revd Joan Rowe, Revd Peter Bailey, lay readers Martin Canning and David George and Timi Booy, our Childrens Worker, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship and to become part of our parish community at St Andrew’s, either through personal attendance or online. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. We have considered the Commissioner’s guidance on public benefit and supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. We have enabled people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:- Worship and prayer; biblical learning; and developing their knowledge and trust in God. Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. Missionary and outreach work. To facilitate some of this work, it is important that we continue to maintain the fabric of St. Andrew’s so it stands as a Christian statement in Backwell Village and is there for major moments in people’s lives such as weddings, baptisms and funerals. ## **Achievements and Performance** ## **Worship and Prayer** We continued to offer a wide range of services: formal (led by our choir) informal (led by a band) Morning Prayer/ 1662 Book of Common Prayer/ Evensong as well as offering Communion at The Meeting Point and Informal Communion and Café Church in Church House. This wide range of services are held at different times to meet the need of worshippers and we now have a communion service every Sunday at 11.00. We have managed to enjoy fellowship together in the form of a meal after worship on our Patronal Festival and at our Summer Barbecue in aid of CMS, as well our usual Sunday times for coffee! Our members continue with other churches to be involved with The Meeting Point. St Andrew’s maintains good links with the other churches in the Benefice, namely St Bridget’s Church, Chelvey and St Nicholas Church, Brockley (which is administered by the CCT), and we value the personal contacts that we have with them. Timi continued to extend her work at our Junior School, before going on maternity leave, and there was an increase to 21 Pupil Chaplains. Each year group has a day in church with activities, and Timi and Revd Sam, regularly took collective worship at the school. The children’s choir, led by a professional music teacher, continues to meet weekly in term time. The church held several popular services to fully celebrate Christmas. Crib and School Carol Services, our traditional choir-led Carol Service on the Sunday evening before Christmas and outdoor ‘Carols outside Spar’. All are warmly welcomed at our regular services. In 2025 there were 104 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll. The average weekly attendance on Sundays, as per the Annual Statistics Return for the Church of England, counted during October when we had services in the church building, was 63 adults and 3 children. As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through Baptism we thank God for the gift of life. In Marriage, public vows are exchanged with God's blessing given and in Funeral services, friends and family express their grief, give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and 6 commend the person into God's keeping. During the year we celebrated 1 Baptism, 1 Confirmation (in Wells Cathedral) and 5 weddings. We have held 6 Funerals in our church this year and our Clergy also took 5 services for parishioners at our local crematoriums. ## **Deanery Synod** Members of our PCC sit on the Deanery Synod which provides us with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church. One member of our PCC was also on the Diocesan Synod which links us into the national church structures. ## **The Church and Church House** The Buildings and the Goods and Ornaments of the Church are maintained to a high standard by contractors. We are very grateful for the time and effort both Vanessa, our part time administrator, and Tina, our cleaner, put into the day to day running of the Church. Church House continues to see a range of usage from both internal and external bookings. ## **Pastoral Care and Healing Ministry** During this past year in addition to the ministry team the pastoral group has consisted of 4 regular members who met prayerfully supporting parishioners by visits, telephone calls and home communion. This can be supporting families around bereavement, health and end of life care. We have managed to maintain our pastoral commitments and will continue with our current list of parishioner needs. Along with Revd Sam it is the team’s intention to expand this work with more helpers and guidance on reporting any concerns for those who may neighbours in need. There has been a re-establishment of our Healing Ministry team which is looking to expand its work in 2026. **Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6.2** ## **Mission and Evangelism** The four key areas of activity of The Mission & Outreach Committee of St Andrew’s are our connection with the world church, our support for charities, connections to village life and concern for the environment. We continue to pray for the community of St Andrew’s, Chipulukusu, Zambia as part of the Diocesan Companion Link programme, as they do for us, and we exchange news on community activities and events. The priest in our link church visited us in early 2025 and we explored building a school link with Backwell Junor School. We continue to support the Link at Diocesan level, which was strengthened by visits to Zambia by Bishop Michael, the Link Coordinator and 2 other link contacts. We remain committed to Fairtrade through use of Fairtrade supplies. Maintaining our support for 4 charities during the year has enabled donations to be made to each based on a percentage of PCC receipts. Fundraising events comprised a meal, and a BBQ. We have now connected to a new CMS partner in DRC. The charities are selected on the basis that they are doing God’s work, locally and more widely. Full details of our monetary support are shown in the financial accounts. Our weekly news sheet includes prayer for every road in the village by rotation, and church groups on the same basis. We also pray for churches in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer and our supported charity. World mission prayer is contributed to the Diocesan Prayer Calendar and many other prayer diaries are made available for individual use. The Meeting Point is a weekly drop-in café 7 offering hospitality and support under the umbrella charity, Backwell Life. The Meeting Point continues to have good attendance at its twice-monthly lunches and the weekly chair yoga sessions for those with less mobility. A monthly service of Holy Communion takes place there prior to lunch. The programme of children’s activities in the summer was well attended, as are regular holiday activities (Tuesday Break) in the short holidays. The monthly Village Magazine includes significant church input. It is well and widely read across the community and is available free in both paper and on-line versions, reaching around 800 households each month. Mission and Outreach has looked to develop ways of presenting our message of love and care for our church community, our village community and for the wider world.by using our website, a Church Near You and social media, Our engagement and support with schools has expanded, notably with the successful pupil chaplains programme and Open the Book. With the help of our ecumenical partners, we delivered a Christmas card to every house in the village. Individual congregation members take action to support the Nailsea Foodbank and the Loaves and Fishes project in Bristol. Members hold collection boxes for other charities, such as USPG and The Children’s Society, which are evidence of the supportive and generous nature of the congregation. ## **Ecumenical Relationships** St Andrew’s, has held joint services with the other churches in the village during the year, including the World Day of Prayer, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the Remembrance Day service, and united services in Holy Week. Through this we also work with the other churches in promoting Christmas, Holy Week and Easter services of the churches in The Village Magazine. We are also participants in the Backwell Prayer Watch which meets monthly in the 3 churches in the village and also attracts Christians who live in the village but worship elsewhere. ## **Volunteers** St Andrew’s would like to thank the volunteers who work so hard to make our church a lively and vibrant community whether in our worship, the maintenance of our building and churchyard or in the administration of the parish. In 2025 we said goodbye to Jane & Martin Canning who had been stalwarts of St Andrew’s for over 40 years. We thank them for all they have done and may God bless them as they settle into a new life in Liverpool. 8 ## **FINANCIAL REPORT St Andrew’s Church Financial Report to APCM – May 2026** 1. At the end of 2025 our capital compared with a year ago was: - |
End 2024
End 2025|Unrestricted
£301,290
£286,354|Restricted

£484,522
£433,359|Combined
£785,812
£719,713| |---|---|---|---| 2. At 31 December 2025 the CCLA Investment holding was valued at £664,998 compared with £712,667 at the end of 2024. During the year 634 shares were sold yielding £40,000 reducing the number of shares we hold to 10,721. The overall value of the Investment Fund fell by £47,669 as a result of the sale of shares and the reduction of the share value. The share value decreased from £62.76 per share at 1 January 2025 to £62.03 at 31 December 2025. 3. The remainder of our funds are lodged in a deposit account with CCLA and two current accounts with NatWest Bank. 4. Income from regular donations increased by £2,693. However, the number of regular donors is reducing. Currently the number is 90 compared to last year’s when it was 95. 5. Collections have increased from £4,365 to 5,994. 6. In 2025 our Diocesan Benefice Share reduced by 3,802 (4%) to £84,141. In 2024 the name of the Parish Share altered and the way it is calculated changed and became less subjective. This has resulted in a reduced amount being due from our benefice. 7. The depreciation figure of £13,578 relates to the fitted cupboards in the church, Church House chairs and the new sound system purchased in earlier years. 8. Overall expenses from unrestricted funds were £4,072 less than in 2024 (a reduction of 3.25%). This was mainly due to the reduction in the Benefice Share and the ending of the vacancy costs. 9. Charitable giving from PCC funds was just over 5% of regular income. The £5,867 paid to charities shown in the accounts include £693 raised at the BBQ for CMS and £574 at the curry evening for USPG. The payments have been taken from our Missions and Outreach Fund **.** In addition, specific donations included food and gifts were made which raised a further £1,380. These were passed directly to various charities (see page 8 of the accounts). 10. Missions & Outreach work has continued to thrive. Full details of the outreach work can be found on page 7 of the accounts. As the capital left in this fund will be exhausted during 2026, the majority of expenditure to continue this work will be taken from our unrestricted funds. 11. The capital in the Learning Hub Fund has now all been used so this fund is closed. 12. Churchyard expenditure was partly covered by trust fund income, a Parish Council grant and donations. £2,321 from the Mr Brain Fund was needed to cover the excess expenditure. Churchyard expenditure is increasing and the amount needed in 2026 will be significantly higher due to a lack of volunteers coming forward to cut the grass etc. 9 13. The deficit for 2025 on unrestricted funds was £12,060. This was covered by drawing on money received from legacies. This deficit is lower than the budget estimate of £20,605. The main reasons for this different are: - - a) Running costs and clergy expenses were lower than anticipated and the £6,000 sum included in the budget to fund a Musical Director was not used. - b) However, Income from regular doners was less than estimated. 14. Our estimated budget deficit for 2026 on unrestricted funds is £41,211. ## **Church Financial Policies** - **Restricted Reserves Policy** - Our Restricted Reserves, derived mainly from legacies, are very substantial (£433,359 at the end of 2025). Our policy is to ensure that these reserves are well invested, on short call with the CCLA, reviewed regularly and used in a positive manner to maintain and enhance the Fabric and Churchyard of St. Andrew's Church. At the present time, we believe that these reserves will cover any eventuality over the next 5/10 years. - **Unrestricted Reserves Policy** - These Reserves, again mainly derived from legacies, amounted to £286,354 at the end of 2025. Our policy is to hold a reserve of a minimum of 9 months current expenditure (estimated at £100,000). Subject to cash flow requirements, these reserves are invested with the CCLA. - **Legacies Policy** - We sensitively invite legacies and where a prospective donor has no particular purpose in mind for the use of such a legacy, we encourage prospective donors to state that monies so willed should be used by the PCC at their discretion. 10 ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Andrew’s the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our Rector – vacant during 2024), Churchwardens, the Readers and those members elected by members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. 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. New members receive initial training into the workings of the PCC. The full PCC met 8 times since the last APCM in May 2024 with an average level of attendance of 73%. Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees, which include mission and outreach, young people, pastoral and finance, are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly with minutes of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary. ## **Administrative information** St. Andrew’s Church is situated in Church Lane, Backwell. It is part of the Diocese of Bath & Wells within the Church of England. The correspondence address is St Andrew’s Church, Church Lane, Backwell, BS48 3JJ. Registered charity number 1131461 11 **PCC members** who have served from 18[th] May 2025 until the date of this approved report are: ## **Ex Officio** Incumbent – Revd Sam Norton **Wardens** Andy Pitcher Cherry Leake ## **PCC Secretary** Jane Canning (until 4[th] September 2025) Vacancy from 5[th] September 2025 **Deanery Synod** _**(entitles automatic service on PCC)**_ Martin Canning Anita Heappey Ian Bainbridge Vacancy ## **Diocesan Synod** _**(entitles automatic service on Deanery and PCC)**_ Carol Hellen **Elected members** _**For 3 years unless otherwise indicated**_ Lesley Barratt (until APCM 2026) Christine Hamilton (until APCM 2026) Tim Harland (until APCM 2026) Tamsin Hockett (until APCM 2026) John Lee (until APCM 2026) Tina Soper (until APCM 2026) ## **By Invitation regarding Fabric matters** George Chedburn (Architect) Approved by the PCC on ………………………………………………………..……. and signed on their behalf by ……………………………………………… (Chair) 12 ## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL** ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** ## **For the year ended 31 December 2025** |**Note**
**Income and Endowments**
Voluntary income
2(a)
Activities for generating funds
2(b)
Income from investments
2(c)
Church activities
2(d)
Other Receipts
2(e)|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
88,329
2,225
90,554
106,233
1,350
1,383
2,733
2,583
673
2,559
3,232
9,004
14,323
2,227
16,550
17,369
557
2,340
2,897
502| |---|---| |**TOTAL INCOME**|**105,232**
**10,734**
**115,966**
**135,691**| |**Expenditure**
Church activities
3(a)
Raising funds
3(b)|116,476
56,819
173,295
219,865
816
285
1,101
1,173| |**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|**117,292**
**57,104**
**174,396**
**221,038**| |NET INCOME/EXPENDITURE BEFORE
INVESTMENT GAINS
NET GAIN/LOSS ON INVESTMENTS
5
**NET INCOME (EXPENDITURE)**
TRANSFER BETWEEN FUNDS
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD
AT 31 DECEMBER 2024 (2023)
**BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD**
**AT 31 DECEMBER 2025 (2024)**|-12,060
-46,370
-58,430
-85,347
-2,876
-4,793
-7,669
37,396| ||**-14,936**
**-51,163**
**-66,099**
**-47,951**
301,290
484,522
785,812
833,763| ||**286,354**
**433,359**
**719,713**
**785,812**| Page 1 ## PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL ## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2025** ||**Note**|**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---|---| |||**£**|**£**| |**FIXED ASSETS**|||| |Furniture and Equipment|4|20,073|33,651| |Investment Fund|5|664,998|712,667| |TOTAL||685,071|746,318| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|||| |Cash at bank & in hand||11,898|17,918| |Debtors|6|10,499|9,400| |Payment in Advance||137|137| |Short term deposits||17,990|15,309| |TOTAL||40,524|42,764| ||||| |**TOTAL ASSETS**||**725,595**|**789,082**| |**LIABILITIES**|||| |Creditors- Amounts falling due within one year||4,579|3,270| |Fees received in advance||1,303|| |||**719,713**|**785,812**| ||||| |**FUNDS**||**719,713**|**785,812**| |Unrestricted|7(a)|286,354|301,290| |Restricted|7(b)|433,359|484,522| |**TOTAL**||**719,713**|**785,812**| Page 2 ## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **For the year ended 31 December 2025** ## 1 **ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## 1(a) **Basis of Preparation** These financial statements have been prepared on an accounting basis, in accordance with the Charities Act 2021 and the Church Regulations 2006. ## 1(b) **Depreciation** Items of Furniture, Equipment and Fittings costing more than £1,000 are capitalised and depreciated over 4 years at 25% per annum. |2
2(a)
2(b)
2(c)
*****
2(d)
2(e)|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Voluntary income**
Planned Giving: Gift aid donations
61,136
61,136
57,719
Other
4,860
4,860
5,584
Tax recoverable
14,643
249
14,892
15,450
Collections: Open plate
2,189
2,189
1,383
Gift aid envelopes
1,679
1,679
1,401
Sum Up
650
650
636
Sum Up with gift aid
1,476
1,476
945
Grants: Backwell Education Foundation
300
Listed Places of Worship
834
834
8,270
National Society for Education
10,000
Backwell Parish Council
550
550
500
Donations
251
240
491
2,727
Donations qualifying for gift aid
945
325
1,270
1,318
Legacies
500
27
527| |---|---| ||**Total**
**88,329**
**2,225**
**90,554**
**106,233**| ||**Activities for generating funds**
Social Activity Donations
1,350
1,383
2,733
2,583| ||**Total**
**1,350**
**1,383**
**2,733**
**2,583**| ||**Income from investments**
Backwell Church Lands
4,549
Dividends from Trust Funds
2,247
2,247
2,227
Interest
673
312
985
2,228| ||**Total**
**673**
**2,559**
**3,232**
**9,004**| ||**Income from church activities**
Bath & Wells Visiting Clergy Costs
321
321
2,468
Chelvey PCC Contribution-vacancy
58
58
305
Chelvey PCC Contribution-expenses
1,105
1,105
914
Children's Choir
2,032
2,032
2,436
Hire of Church House
5,032
5,032
5,147
Weddings, Funerals & Monuments Fees
7,807
195
8,002
6,099| ||**Total**
**14,323**
**2,227**
**16,550**
**17,369**| ||**Other Receipts**
FIT Payments
557
557
502
Maternity Pay Refund
2,340
2,340| ||**Total**
**557**
**2,340**
**2,897**
**502**| ||| ||**Total Income**
**105,232**
**10,734**
**115,966**
**135,691**| *** Dividends from Trust Funds** The custodian trustee of these funds is Bath and Wells Diocesan Board of Finance. Page 3 ## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)** ## **For the year ended 31 December 2025** |3
3(a)
3(b)|**EXPENDITURE**
**Church Activities**
Church overseas
Home Missions & other Church Societies
Other Charities
Ministry: Diocesan Benefice share
Other ministry costs: Clergy expenses
Lay Training
Other clergy costs
Outreach
Vacancy
Church running and maintenance (note 3c)
Upkeep of services : Flowers
Material for Worship
Sundries
Churchyard upkeep
Support costs: Children's worker expenses
Choir
Junior church
Ringers
Depreciation note (4)
Equipment
Major Repairs
Employment Costs: Administrator
Children's Worker
Cleaner
Fees: Organists
Printing/ stationery/postage
Bank Charges|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
3,567
3,567
3,583
1,150
1,150
2,300
1,150
1,150
224| |---|---|---| |||**5,867**
**5,867**
**6,107**
84,141
84,141
87,943
770
770
48
434
482
50
508
508
2,484
5,276
5,276
6,969
265
265
1,702
11,258
3,521
14,779
15,140
611
611
731
600
600
401
474
474
371
5,385
5,385
7,439
110
110
113
137
292
429
242
0
93
483
483
640
13,578
13,578
13,578
1,239
749
1,988
1,264
2,048
2,048
42,064
9,464
9,464
8,619
18,465
18,465
17,568
3,900
3,900
3,813
2,470
2,470
1,380
849
849
802
353
353
352| ||**Total**|**116,476**
**56,819**
**173,295**
**219,865**| ||**Raising funds**
Cost of social activities|816
285
1,101
1,173| ||**Total**|**816**
**285**
**1,101**
**1,173**| |||| ||**TOTAL RESOURCES USED**|**117,292**
**57,104**
**174,396**
**221,038**| Page 4 ## PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)** ## **For the year ended 31 December 2025** |3(c)
4
5
6|**CHURCH RUNNING EXPENSES (UNRESTRICTED FUNDS)**
Consumables & window cleaning
Copyright licence/Data protection
Drop Box ,Zoom & Mailchimp
Electricity
Insurance
Keys
Oil
Phone/internet /computer issues
Piano Tuning
Water Rates
Web Site|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
381
357
549
489
415
298
2,413
3,989
3,340
2,942
20
40
2,601
2,635
827
893
120
120
377
98
215
233| |---|---|---| ||**TOTAL**|**11,258**
**12,094**| ||**FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**Cost**
At Start of year
57,729
31,752
Additions
25,977
Disposals
At end of year
57,729
57,729
**Depreciation**
At start of year
24,078
10,500
Depreciation charge for the year
13,578
13,578
At end of year
37,656
24,078
**Net Residual Value at end of year**
**20,073**
**33,651**
**CCLA INVESTMENT FUND**
**2025**
**2024**
Share holding at 31 December
10,721
11,355
The value of one share in the fund at 31 December 2025 was £62.03.
6707 shares are in restricted funds and 4014 in unrestricted funds
**£**
**£**
Market Value at 1 January 2025
712,667
755,270
314.65 Shares Sold at £63.563 per share (2025)
-20,000
319.73 Shares sold at £62.5519 per share (2025)
-20,000
-30,000
804.54 Shares sold at £62.1477 per share (2024)
-50,000
Net gain/loss on Investments
-7,669
37,397
**Market Value at 31 December 2025**
**664,998**
**712,667**
**DEBTORS**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
HM Revenue & Customs
9,435
8,160
Other Debtors
1,064
1,240|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
57,729
31,752
25,977| |||57,729
57,729| |||24,078
10,500
13,578
13,578| |||37,656
24,078| |||**664,998**
**712,667**| |||**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
9,435
8,160
1,064
1,240| ||**TOTAL**|**10,499**
**9,400**| Page 5 ## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL** ## 7 **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)** ## **For the year ended 31 December 2025** ## **5 DETAILS OF FUNDS** ## 7(a) **UNRESTRICTED FUNDS** |**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**||||**BALANCE**|**BALANCE**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**2025**|**2024**| |**GENERAL FUND**|||||| |**INCOME**||**EXPENDITURE**|||| |Voluntary income|87,829|Church activities|116,476||| |Activities for generating funds|1,350|Raising funds|816||| |Income from church activities|14,323||||| |Other receipts|557||||| |TOTAL INCOME|104,059|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|117,292||| |Transfer from Legacy Fund Fund|13,233||||| |Opening balance|0|Closing balance||0|| |**LEGACIES FUND**|||||| |**INCOME**||**EXPENDITURE**|||| |Interest|673|Investment Fund Loss|2,876||| |Legacy|500||||| |TOTAL INCOME|1,173|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|2,876||| |||Transfer to General Fund|13,233||| |Opening balance|301,290|Closing balance||286,354|301,290| |**TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**||||**286,354**|**301,290**| |**RESTRICTED FUNDS**|||||| |**BELL RINGERS FUND**|||||| |INCOME||EXPENDITURE|||| |Donations & Tax|144|Affiliation fees|20||| |Fees|150|Bell Muffles|463||| |Interest|31||||| |Listed Places of Worship Grant|77||||| |TOTAL INCOME|402|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|483||| |Opening balance|1,795|Closing balance||1,714|1,795| |**CHOIR FUND**|||||| |INCOME||EXPENDITURE|||| |Fees|45|Chorister bonuses|90||| |Interest|48|Gifts|109||| |||Other expenses|13||| |||Social events|80||| |TOTAL INCOME|93|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|292||| |Opening balance|2,880|Closing balance||2,681|2,880| |**CHURCHYARD FUND**|||||| |INCOME||EXPENDITURE|||| |Dividends|2,062|Electricity|160||| |Donations & Tax|425|Gardeners|4,057||| |Grant|550|Hedge cutting|480||| |Legacy|27|Machinery maintenance|371||| |||Other expenses|317||| |TOTAL INCOME|3,064|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|5,385||| |Transfer from Mr Brain Fund|2,321||||| |Opening balance|0|Closing balance||0|0| ## 7(b) **RESTRICTED FUNDS** Page 6 ## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)** ||**For the year ended 31 December 2025**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |7(b)|**RESTRICTED FUNDS (continued)**||||**BALANCE**|**BALANCE**| ||||||**2025**|**2024**| ||**CHURCHYARD AND FABRIC MR BRAIN**|**FUND**||||| ||INCOME||EXPENDITURE|||| ||Interest|159|Church maintenance|3,521||| ||Listed Places of Worship grant|757|Church tower roof|1,028||| ||||Depreciation of equipment & fixtures|13,578||| ||||Equipment -sound system|749||| ||||Insulation Church House|1,020||| ||||Investment Fund Loss|4,793||| ||TOTAL INCOME|916|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|24,689||| ||||Transfer to Churchyard Fund|2,321||| ||Opening balance|450,946|Closing balance||424,852|450,946| ||**FLOWER FUND**|||||| ||INCOME||EXPENDITURE|||| ||Dividends|185|Christmas Tree|130||| ||Donations|75|Flowers etc|481||| ||Interest|40||||| ||TOTAL INCOME|300|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|611||| ||Opening balance|2,548|Closing balance||2,237|2,548| ||**LEARNING HUB FUND**|||||| ||Maternity Pay Refund|2,340|Children's Worker Payments|13,794||| ||||Pupil chaplaincy|802||| ||||School Altar Cloth|100||| ||||School Bibles|315||| ||||Training|71||| ||TOTAL INCOME|2,340|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|15,082||| ||Opening balance|12,742|Closing balance||0|12,742| ||**MISSION & OUTREACH FUND**|||||| ||INCOME||EXPENDITURE|||| ||Children's choir|2,032|Alpha Course|300||| ||Interest|32|Begin Well|75||| ||Social events donations|**1,553**|Charities|5,867||| ||||Children's choir|2,510||| ||||Children's worker costs|110||| ||||Children's worker|4,671||| ||||Easter in the box|65||| ||||Expenses for social events|285||| ||||Junior School|28||| ||||Junior School books|518||| ||||Lay Training|363||| ||||Little Lambs|12||| ||||Other outreach expenses|60||| ||||St Andrew's churchdays|491||| ||TOTAL INCOME|3,617|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|15,355||| ||Opening balance|13,505|Closing balance||1,767|13,505| ||**RECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY FUND**|||||| ||INCOME||EXPENDITURE|||| ||Interest|2||||| ||TOTAL INCOME|2|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|||| ||Opening balance|106|Closing balance||108|106| ||**TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS**||||**433,359**|**484,522**| Page 7 **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST ANDREW, BACKWELL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31 December 2025 8 PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES** |**a:**|**PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES FROM PCC FUNDS**|**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---|---| ||**Churches overseas :Missionary Societies**||| ||USPG|1,150|1,150| ||Church Mission Society|1,150|1,150| ||World Day of Prayer||25| ||**Total**|**2,300**|**2,325**| ||**Home Missions & Other Church Societies**||| ||Connect Nailsea|1,150|1,150| ||The Community of the Sisters of the Church|1,150|1,150| ||**Total**|**2,300**|**2,300**| |**b:**|**OTHER PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES**||| ||Church Mission Society (BBQ)|693|632| ||Somerset International October Festival||224| ||USPG (Curry Evening)|574|626| ||**Total**|**1,267**|**1,482**| ||**OVERALL TOTAL**|**5,867**|**6,107**| |**owing**|**donations are not included in the Account. St Andrew's only acts as an agent**||| |*|Community of the Sisters of the Church ( Donations)|44|| ||Community of the Sisters of the Church (harvest)||65| ||Children's Society collection (Christingle)||159| ||USPG donations|145|| ||USPG boxes and coffee morning|216|349| ||Zambia collection (School Building Project)||277| ||**Total**|**405**|**850**| ||Donations of food and gifts have also been given to the||| |*|Sisters of the Church - estimated value|975|895| **The following donations are not included in the Account. St Andrew's only acts as an agent** Page 8 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**Section A**|**Independent Examiner’s Report**| |---|---| |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Backwell,
also known as Parochial Church Council of St Andrew, Backwell.
31st December 2025
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
1131461
1-8| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] December 2020 **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’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 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|_._
**Date:**|| |---|---|---| |||10/04/2026| ||Amanda Collinson|| ||Former Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales (1980-2021)|| ||12a Farleigh Road,|| ||Backwell,|| ||Bristol. BS48 3PA|| **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here details of any** None **items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .