S'I. STLPIIEN'S P(r.
ANNLIAL REPORT AYD bINAYLVAL STATEMENTS
R THF YbAK TU TIIE 31 DEC.FMIIFR 2025
Charity RegistrAtlon Number 1131952

ST STEPHETr4'S PCC
Annu41 RepDrt oflhe PArachi*l Churtb C'ou*¢ll
or tbt Year tllded 31 Dtttthbtr2025
Admlnkntr•tlve Inforniatlon
Si. Sicphen's c￿Ur￿ is situated in South Kcn%ington in th¢ Royal BoTough of Kensington 2nd CIKtsc& It 15 in th¢ Kgnsmgion Epiwpal ATe
of thE DIOLe￿ of Lortthn but is under th¢ ¢8r¢ of the Bthp ofFulham. The ¢orrtsprndenti is Si. 8t¢rthn'5 Chwth,
thwell CJaTdens. London SW7 4RI.
The Ptrochiai ChuTch Council IPCCI is aTe8v4trr¢d ¢haTity nuJnbLY 1131952.
I>CC membcr8 who havo scTrod from I. JHnuHry 2025 Uttiil the thie this rerM>n WBS approved ar¢..
Imcymbenl.
Thc Rcvd i*¢brDdHry Philip Homcs
Chai￿an
Wordens..
Mr IBin Hunt
Ms Minttie Mo
Vice Cha
Reprgseowtlv¢s lh¢ lkn¢rysYfft￿..
KhaTin tsethght
Mr. Duvid Colvil
MTS F.IIiAbtih
Olunlvyu
Mr& Sue Mlchclmore
Mr Kichdftl Shull
M8 Brenda R05
Mr8 Jill Llewellyn
'rrt&%urer
AppoiDt
I l.May-25
4Aft8uardinB otTicer
My Mindte Mos8
Mrs LlitAt
Olunloyo
ChildTUL'Y Clwnpion..
Sc¢rthary'.
Mr Mwk Ilod8in
Slru¢t¥r¢i ioverniic¢
The mttthLwJ of appoinlrncnl ofpLL mcmb¢r5 15 5rl oul itt th¢ LThurch Represl￿￿110n Rulei. All ChurLh #Itcnd¢￿ BrttrtrDui4ed to ie8i%ier
n the F.lethord Roll Bnd gtand for el¢LlioTh 10 th¢ PLL. 'I'hc I>CC i¥ citticd cach yew 48 arc th¢ Churchward¢ns.
ObJttilv¢i *nd Act￿lt￿li
'I'h¥ PCC UK f¢gP)n8ibiliiy orw￿penI1nI with lh¢ incumb¢nl, in promoluw in Ihe e(¢lUi￿lI(1I parish Ihc who]¢ mi%8ion of lh¢ ch￿r(h,
>lor81. cvgn8cli4iic, wcial Bnd eLuMetti¢￿.
Arhlviment¥ 4Nd P¢rforrn•n¢e
ChurLh 4ttcnd•m¢
(h the 31fj1 tkcEmber 2025. the￿ were 7612024-731 on thc F.ILYtor41 Roll. 20612024 2121 ￿pIe *ttendkyl ¥ Chri¥th1gs and 23912D24
2121 llll¢nd￿ Hn F.&si¢r M4$5. Ai*t48e 8und&y al￿ndan￿., coun*d durin¥ OGlokn 2025, 82 12024- 551 Adults and 2 (2024- 21 LhildT¢n.
A¥cra8e aiicnd4ncc f(br midwcck s￿1¢¢5 duri￿8 (klobet 2025 512024- 51. In 2025 WE had Z DJurriaw12V24. 01. 3 funwds120244)1.
I bapissm1202441.

ST SI'EPHEN'S PCC
AnnM¥l Repbrt ofthe P8ro¢hi•l ehuTch Council
Icontinutdl
'or Ihe Ytar tnded 31 DtCEfflh¢r 21ll5
Rewltw of the yt*r
Ilitting th¢ right tonc tn the Annud Rcport of the l?CL is a tricky thing. Somclimc5 one reads AnnuBI R¢pons (rom other p￿IsheS and they
fcel like an opp0m￿llY io -rn'l w¢ well'l Conversely tlKy tan som¢tim¢4 f￿1 ovcrly pe&%imtsii¢. rceording decline and
1om¢niin8 lrnsi opportunitie5. 1'herc's & %imp]e trnth th* we need 10 be¥in wjth, As a communiiy of Chrisiians we're responding to thc C￿1 of
in Jesus. rtnd, artimHt¢d by th¢ Spirii wc're ￿l￿g 10 failhful, Wc'r¢ bul a ccll of the Rody. a local expTes%ion of a LaihuliL Church or
which the Churth uf EnBland is a w. As part of that w¢ 5triv¢ 10 b¢ faithful in W0￿h1p, in shfjring th¢ faith. Ind in good slcwardxhip
of 0￿r r¢s(>Ur￿3 50 Ihat Ihry may x'tvtt thE purp05¢ ofmiDiSty Bnd mib5ion. What follows then in report the pages thai follow is
opwnuniry w refle￿ on our f&iihfulnc5s in th¢ p&$1 yw, on ways Ihth wt'vr b¢cn &ble la bcw fruii h¢rc, and on whLYe we tnighi [￿ed 10 8lV¢
alim11￿ ill fuiur¢ ls we LX)nEinu¢ io 1l0ur￿h dy a community uf fHith.
Aithe htan ofour lifL' LS Ihc ¢¢lcbr4tinn (bfihc Sunday Suftg Mass, th¢ SDUr￿ and summii of our faLth. t)uring 2025 we conlin￿d lo slriv¢ for
exL¢lleTKe in worship and thi8 remains our prioriiy. Onc trl. thE Iuy CXPTC55ion% that somL'litnL% Bel usrd in church training cvmis is thBt
-WOTship Is th¢ Chur¢h'y ¥hop window." lThi5 is lo Bcl thin85 IhL wmn8 way aruund. Wot5hip is whHI we art not some sort of P.Vi. exucisL'.
Sundoy M&89 ￿ Si Sicph¢n's draws I0￿￿er a number of imPDrt4nl cllwls ot.p￿lsh life. Firsity we gath¢T ￿ & Community. and I'm ￿allY
graieful lor way ill wliiLli Ihtr whol¢ commuThily lake% r¢spons¢biliiy in w¢l¢oming dnd o(fcTing huspJtHlily lo thosc who juin us. li's b(th)
heBrtCnill8 lo scc thai Ihc numk'r uf thikw joini￿8 u¥ for Sunday Mthss Lontinu¢% 10 8row. und (>nc ofihl. Ihin¥s we'll need 10 give al￿ntiOn io
is we minister w and w¢l¢omL' th￿¥ who orc joinin8 us so Ihai IhLy li'el Ihey'belon8'. gnd w coniinue Ihiy trujL'LI()ry of 8r0￿h iog¢thcr.
Our wnviriion is th￿ uur church buildinu J5 m(>rc Ihan a convenicni shcliLr fur uy on B Sunday morning, howevLY ¥fJnd. It 1% in tts¢if•n a¢1
ofworihip, und ihc care wc 8ivc il i5 an Lxpwssion of our hun(￿ring Cjnd. Whilsi Ihu¢ have bccn no majoT buildinB prOJL￿1￿ in 2025 wc h￿¥¢
undertaken SLvcr¥l ¥mdlcT prvjecL4 on Ik fabriL, 4nd we #rc slriving to huild rcscrvcs liir whai w¢ know will he B costly proj¥ct un the s¢)uth
uislc rvofin Ihc nLxl f#w yeexs. Under the Ic8d¢rship vl'lh¢ vicar and churchwarden8 Ihe PCC workd ¢ffcdively a5 8ood Mcwards ofuur
buildi￿&% pnd ￿￿ouT￿S.
Mu5if is 4 cuns)d¢rdbl¢ r￿tOr in our annuMI budg¢l bc<au5C it is an importani pArt ut'uur off¢riTh¥ our migsion. Thc muyi¢ is expertly l¢d
by lircgory t)roii with gre￿ viyiun Hnd ima8in￿1L>D, 4nd IK, inspirry and draws in & wond¢rtul Icam of musician¥ vound him. Th¢ p￿b¢￿(C or
Sam￿1 Jonog &q an Aysi¥Eanl t)ir¢Llor of Mu%ic in 2025 tneanl Ihal th¢ $iyndard ofchoral musi¢ und or8an playin¥ have htten ¢yccpiion41,
OTC LhalknBin8 pic￿5 fTQm the Tc[Kr￿1rt hive f¢￿Vr¢d.
Thc liiur&y iy d¢p¢nd¢nl a small bui deditdtcd Itam u1.￿1&r icrvcrs an¢J rL'4deTS, und we'TC ¥rllleful for Ihc limc Ihly ¥iv¢. A priority
for th¢ n¢xl f¢w month5 will be aeekins 10 aryw sKopl¢ iniu Ihe8e 1¢oms so thllt we clln ￿nIlnU¢ 10 offer WOT%hip with IhL Lutholic
r¢m(kni#l Ihai 18 5ULh o hdllmArk ufour lifc.
Alongsid¢ Ihis f4iihful rh￿hrn ai the of our life- with M*$ #l¥brat￿ ￿ most days of thc y¢2r w4 ubl¢ ID offu somc ￿her ypeeiBi
cven15. ()ur Advcnl <".yriil %¢rviLL und the lilurBy oftnuyii und r¢adin8¥ un IJ&*ii(>n %und4y rctnain wpular, and In 2025 we <)flcred 8 Chor
F.￿n￿On¥ lu celebralc the te&%1 Ord¢Ji¢￿1￿Jn ofihc church in QL'inhcr wiikn th pllri5h lunch PTcc¢din% li In th¢ vicBra8C.
In Junc Ihc Lhurch hoslcd ¢xhihiiion orpuin1in￿ hy lh¢ y4)un¥ unixi Jérémic QUeYr￿ inspir￿ by'l',S. Lllioi'% Pwr QuartL.￿. AILm8yide the
rxhihjlion whiih plaec over twts w¢¢k$ WL ho¥l¢d o ¢onc¢rt perlumianc¢ of Iwo ot'ihe Qugff¢l¥ r¢ad by A.N. Wilson iniersperylid with
musiL by a %irin8 qudrtet. 'I'hi$ w￿% & ycai 5ucccs8 and 41 beautiful way ts) Lekl)ral£ th¢ ¢r¢aiivLry ol Ollr forni¢r Ghut(hwutdcn. 11 VLry
gth)d 10 draw o @(x)d numb¢r TrfviyiioTS 10 Si.S*phens for thE uLCB%l￿.
'I'he church wnliTru¢y 10 bc r¢s￿￿[lY uled for wn¢Lrt¥. 4nd a5 WCII ￿ pmiding Ihc pwigh wilh aJvJihcT SOUT¢t of incomc 10 SUPPDrt uur
inislry Ihtt%e ar¢ upFx)rtunili¢5 to w¥lwmc pcopli inio our ￿lIding. MBnaB£tncnl of ihe8e events is undertokuj by our vctgcr, Mark
Hod8in upon wh(xsc hrnl work end dcdiLthiion in w mathy ufpBri5h life w¢ depend and 10 whum we offer IK'urtfeli Ihank¥,
Th¢ PCL 1$ gratcful to th¢ trus￿* ofthc Si Siephen'4 b.ndowrneiil'lnL818nd Sl Siephen's FlousL IGIuuL¢¥Ler Rdl l.td for Ihcir ¥upporf ofihe
church, and lo th¢ Qld Possum'y lrnst for Ihcir conthbuljnn lowwds the C￿%1 of music. Withoul thrir SUPPDrt ￿'d b¢ unabl¢ 10 function ill
the way th￿ w¢ do, Hnd we hu8cly uppiecial¢ Ih¢iT ¢ffvn% on nur bchalr.
ThE church continuu w work hard ￿ cotnmuniralin8 our gwd news, with a WeEkly cmail yenl to suhscribcr5 pnd rC8u1￿ wi¢ of Social mtdii
hHnrrfl& and our websi￿. It's Strikirt8 It￿¢ th8Jmcly of Lommunic81￿n cuntinuc lo bcar ItuiL particularly QL l¢silv￿5 for'fjpecial
cv¢nis'
The quiei faithfulness of mu¢h of K)ur lifc li¢5 bL'hind the ￿tOU]Its ￿ dcTails Ihai make up this rcwL'. wcddings. bw41sms. daily worship,
p￿10[￿1 raTe. prcLGhin8 and l¢achin& wel¢om¢ #nd huspitHlilyb carc aiienti(m. In 8u¢h ways we bdi¢v¢ tiod'b kin¥dom BTOWS. and we ¥re
profoundly gra*ful to all who coniributc to that work Ht Sl Stephen's, Glouc￿t¢T Rolld.

ST s'rvpiiTr:N'S FCC
Annull Reporiofihe Piro¢hlAI Cbunh Counell
((.'ontinutdl
or the YtAr tndtd 31 Dtttmber 20LS
Financi￿ Review
tec¢ipts on Ordin￿ unT¢5rri¢t¢d gnd r¢srcted funds aTe £322,192 12024 . £300,421} expendiiur¢ is £304,74012024. £285,371). This
incl¥de5 a leBw Df £20.000 10 h¢ used w s¢1 up an ¢ndowmenl fund. the inromc Irom which will b¢ used ￿ CODiribulc Lo thc provision of
flowcT8 in ¢hur¢h throughout Ihc ycar., this will b¢ 8 ￿St￿(l¢d hmd WithDuL thi5 le￿LY the PCC madc a sm8Jl ioss E2.549. In 2025 plant
8]Vill8 WU5 £13,32012024- £12,558), ￿lhoUgh siewBrdship numbers 3re f￿11￿￿. IAx)se collection tnonBy h*$ remained %imJlar 10 th¢ P￿vIouS
ycar £6.292 12024 - £6.2791, bul donoiithns using thc ncw cud rcad¢r device hav¢ si8niliwily Intr￿¢d £6,89612024 - £3.7211. which had
been ¢x￿¢t¢d Donolions and apped5 amuunted w ￿,12512024- £8.2061 W¢ also r￿e1ved K l¢8xy from the e$￿¢¢ ofmr John Fras¢r £500
and as meniioned a Ic8aLy for an endowment fund from Mr Anihony Gardncr. Incom¢ Irom hiTill8 out the ChuTch land Hdll for ¢thn¢erts and
rehe¥Jsg1s conlinucs io Improv¢. al £60.72612024-154,5801, art'home, io a number of ¢hoJrs orrh¢$m Ihe PCC u)niinues 10
bencfil from generow grall￿ from two In￿ ￿50￿lIted with the ¢hurLh, ￿ well a 8rant supportin8 th¢ mu51¢ frorn thr Old I'osyu
Prnctiogl'l'ruyl.
lThe gromi from SSHfjR l.ld compiise& thre¢ clcmcni8 il an thinistraiioD fcc for ￿rvicES provided by Si SL'phLm'S PCC 10 SSIIOR Lld, this
was £30.10012024. f29,7001. ill a ￿neral 5UPPQrt yuni to mainiain the worship ￿ 8 SILyhcn'5, this £117,(K)0 {2024 £105.0(Xll end iii)
a wi for building woik at ihc Church. Aft¢r undertaking a ftlltnber ol. ywifitani building PToj¢ots in thc Iqsi f¢w ycBrs. the IJCC now
S￿$s1n8 the feasibility of funw¢ works, and IN 2025 did noi undertakc any such worky. Th¢ PCC w&4 Dbl¢ ￿ T￿1￿1￿ lux fram HMRC
£7,611 l£h.143 in 20241 under the Clift Aid Schcmc lor voluntary donBiiun5 The main iitm tsf I>cc exT￿nditur¢ con1inu￿ to ￿ our
onlribuiion to lh¢ Diocesan CottutLUD Fund which Incre￿¢d ID 2025 10 E99.9801£91.3(X) in 20241 Ihis will coniinue to be 4 significpnt C05t
Boing forward E105.000 in 2026. 'the othu significant Iicms of ¢xp¥ndiiur¢ ar¢ Ihc c051 of running llnd maintsining Ihc I￿lIdin% £43,02¥
1£48,263 In 20241., thc nct ¢n%i uf mu¥iL 415¢rvi¢t8 £55,3691£49,565 in 20241 iiaffin8 £33.522 I£30.7￿ in 2U241. In 2025 u￿r￿(ric*0
funds e8ffied forward are £74,99b 1£77.545 In 20241.
Re*rvu polky
11)e IJCC Jims lo h￿d a ￿5CrY< of &t £30,000 in UllTestri¢*d fuThJ¥ iu covcr ¢mugcNy situtttivnj Ib￿ muy ari$¢ fr(m lime w iimL,. Thc
I curf¢lli U￿r￿1r1e1ed r¢%¢r¥¢5 £74.996 IL77.54.1 in 20241. 'I'hc PLL 18 mindlul th41 th¢ surplus In rcscrvcs li)rwfyrd inio 2026.
will enable minor wot*s lo bc und¥rt*ken ts) Ihc wnlribution iu wurship. In 2025 such funth eThdbl¢d thL rcpair ofm hislllri¥ ¢h￿￿bI
4nJ rcs1(>raiiun tsf lh¢ im4Be ot'ouf And slthili4utivn ul'lh¢ plinth on which the im88¢ ￿Hnd5.
Approvtd hy Iht PC.'C. on 26 Aprll 2026 and ilined on their bEhAlf by th¢ Kcvd Phlllp BArnu ICh•lrmanl.
Revd Pklllp 114rN¢4

ST STEPHEN'S PCC
ANNUAL REPORT AND FJNAf4CIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THg YEAR TO THF 31 DECEMBbR 2025
STATEMEwf ov TRVSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
Memlvs ofthe PCC 8rerequird by th¢ Chuwh Acc4)unun8 Regu￿10￿9 8nd the ChuiiiES Ad 2011 topr¢paT¢ acwunts for finqnri
(i) $¢Jcth suitabk ercoun¢ing policie¥ and apply them ¢￿18[¢t￿]y.
Ib} mÈk¢ judgunettts ond ¢5¢irn4t¢5 thHt Bre re8SOtubie ￿￿￿ttl..
1¢) pr¢par¢ th¢ ￿up¢S on a go￿8 ¢on¢em b&sis unles& it 18 llh8ppropri8te tO&SSUthE that ￿chUrch will ¢￿tinUe ITh crthtion.
lth¢ mEmkn of fv PCC fire rwsibk for ke4)ing prop¢r f¢¢QTdg whith dLJ¢knc with r¢asOnab￿ Dccuracy ￿ ony lime the
rinan¢i81 posiiion ofthe Church.
Ithcy ar¢ 41so for sar￿VErdIng the a5fiets of the Church &nd htnce tAkinB re45Dtt•bk lo prev￿ and tht¢￿ fraud oth¢r
IT￿g￿laritics.
S*wed on bEhA Worth• PCC
Mirk Hodgl
S¢¢ret*ry to Ibe PCC
D•te 26 Aprll 2026

ST STEPHETr4'S PCC
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THF. YEAR TOTHE31 DE(.'KMBLR2025
Indt
ht Trust
sofstStE
htn's P(:C'.
This report is &ua¢h¢d the aCC(K￿LI ofthe PCC foT the year enthd 31st De¢ember 2025 which yet un p*ge5 7 ￿ 12 and is in respett
of an ¢xBminaiioN ¢arri¢d oul on the ￿roUnts undtr section 145(11 ofth¢ Charilicx Aci 2011. Thcsc 8iaiemeni8 comprise of the Statement of
inancial Athi¥iii¢s. the Bal8￿ce Sh¢¢i and th¢ r¢lai¢d n￿¢5. This RepDrt i5 xulely lo the Tntslees ofthe Ch*iiy as a body.
ox*miner
As m¢mb¢ry ofihe PCL you Hre respunsible for IhL preparation of the a[coL￿¢S in acwTduncr with tht requiremenis of the Chgxiiies Aci 201 I
{'Ih¢ Act l and you Lons1￿cr that an audit 15 noi r¢quiT¢d for this prriod und¢r 8¢dion 144121 ofihe Charilies Ati 2011 (the Acii Ihai
indq>endenl Lxeminaiion is needed.
Re$ponslbllltie$ ￿11$ Of indep¢nd¢nt ¢ximin¢rfs r¢p¥rt
My ¢x8min41ion w&% CaTri<d out in a¢¢ordante with the Éener81 Dir¢Liions given by th¢ Charity C(xwnis4ion. An ¢xBminBiion iNlud¢5 a
review (>f th¢ ￿coun11￿8 Tccnrdl kept by the charity comparison of Ihe att4)unLI presertkd with those records. It ulyo includcs
¢￿siders110n of wiu8uBI it¢ms or di￿10￿ur¢y in the aGcounly. und &eekin8 ¥xplanatiOTkS from you 89 trus￿e* eoncernin8 any such matters.
'lTht procedur￿ unthttsken th> noi pmvidt dll the Ihat would b¢ rcquircd in an lludit and Lor￿quEntIY no upinioTh Is Eiv¢n &$ 10
whth¢r Ihc a¢¢outtis present a'tnJ¢ and lair Vbcw the report 15 limiled to th(5se mattcrs J¢t th¢ $wLy￿￿t ￿lOW.
lrydepend¢NI JtRlrmeNI
In conneciion wlth ffly cx4minalion. I cortfimi thal tto mthterial m￿1￿$ hove conK ￿ my al￿nI￿n in co¢mecliM with my
ex*min&tion ¥iving mc cw%¢ 10 h¢li¢v¢ Ih41 in mat¢riJl i£xpEd".
atLouniin¥ TCCOTd5 were noi kept ui ￿￿P￿rI vfth¢ PLL &s rcquircd by scclion 130 of thc 2011 Ati.. or
the i¢¢ouni% th> not ￿Urd wilh Ihosc a¢counling recowd8'. or
Ihe oc¢ounis ¢Jo not comply with th# ypli4ubl¢ ￿¥V￿nI1￿8 ￿qUi￿¢￿tnIg conteminB Ihe tonn 8nd uJTrieni ul'aiLOilllls Uut in
the ChariiiL¥ RcFornsI Rcgulpiions 21XI¥ (Akr Ihon uny r¢yuirrytrnl Ihd th¢ a¢touni8 8ive A'irue and flir vitw"
which 14 not a considcrcd of ￿ indepenthni cxamindtion.
I hllvc coThc<ms kthd havc com¢ acroii no oiher in conncclion %vith th¢ cxuminHtion lo which th1￿110n 5knuld b¢ drawtt in ihig
r¥wrt in vrylLr to cnable &prupEI undLYylandin8 ofthe accourti% be rettLhed.
CIwi51oph¢r Sal
LhBrtered Acwunianl IICAF.WI
Jnc Hubiney¥ Soluti(JrLs Limit¢J
24 UppcT Hall P￿k
￿erkh￿￿ted
IIP4 2NP
26 April 2026

ST STLPHEN'S PCC
STATEMLNT OF TrINANCIAL AC.TIVITIFS
FOR THE VEAR EYDED JI DECKMBER 2025
2025
2024
Nfjl¢
Uhrtslritttd Res*TiCt
Fwnds
Fund8
Totsl
2024
TotAI 2025
INCOMIIYG RKSOURCES
193,744
,726
102
7,51Y
262,092
60.IOD
253.844 240.556
60,726
54.580
IU2
71
7.519
5.214
322,192 300,421
Activili￿ forfjrn¢riting Fund8
In¢utn¢ frotn In￿5V￿Cnt5.
Incomc from Lhurch Activi¢ic¥
Tfjtsl Incornln8 rtSou￿tJ
2b
Id
60,100
RLSQURCF.S FXPLNDLD
ChurLh Arliviti¢S
Cttsi ofcieiictHlin8 Fwid8
Piofcssu)n41
252,953
7,937
32,(KlO
8,IOD
284.953 265.39?
16,037
15.872
352
3.750
1.750
3fJ4,740 285,371
3b
3d
3,750
264.&10
Tot•1 reNbureei tApeod•d
40.1
N¢t lrtromlnKIIDutRolng) rtsoMrte¥
2,549.1
20,(KM).
17,451.
15,050.
Mow¢ment Fund* tor ib¢ p¢rltyl
2.549.)
2U.O(K).
17.451. 15.050.
TOTAL FIINDS BJiOUtiHT FORWARD
77,545
77.545
TOTAL FLNDS C.AKRIFD b'ORWARD
74.996
20.U(rf)
Y4.996
77.545

ST STfr:PHFN'S PCC
IIALANI:L SllbLT A T 31 DECEMBER 2025
Note
2025
U•reslrkltd Reslrkted
Fund*
2024
Totsl 2025
2024
C:IIRRV.NT ASSFTS
s￿Ck
DebioTS
Cash ai bunk in hand
32.459
56,397
illl.X55
52,459
76,397
108.855
22.930
67,022
89,952
20,000
20.OUO
CKLDITORS..
AMou￿tS t￿lIng due wiihm one year
IlJ,8591
113,A591 {12.4061
NET CVRRENT ASSET511.VARII.ITIL$I I
74.996
20,000
94,996 77.545
IVIAL LLSJJ ) LIAblLII Ib
CRF.TJITOKS..
urnuunis falling due after more than onc ye
11gnk loa
IYLI A.*2+VJ l
UNDS OF THF I.'IIARI'I'Y
lJnrtstriciEIl Fund% (Ict￿
Reylri£t¢d income FundB
74,996
74,996
2U,V(MI
94,990
77,543
20.00
'lThe%e linanc￿l $iwemen15 havi trf¢n pr¢pthred in #c￿rd￿¢¢ ￿1￿ Ihc pmvisions Oft￿ Slatcmcni ofRewmmended Prllclite, Accullniin8 8nd
R¢portin8 by ChuriiiL¥ fR510212019).
'1'h￿ financi&l 51&tcmeniy WL'f¢ 4)proved by th¢ Parnchid Lhurch COU￿11 •nd ￿ $iBntd and auihNised for isyue on Ihcir bchdf by..
Revd Phlllp Birnti
Lh*lrmA
Dote
26 Aprll 2026

ST STbPHEN'S PC.C
NOTES TO THE Fif4ANCIAL STATEMEf¥TS
For the yttrend￿ 31 Dtttmber 2025
11 ACCOUNTING POLICI&JI
BASIS OF ACCOUNTifiG
The financi￿ 51ai¢ment5 have F*en prcpurvd undw hisloric41 ¢osl Con￿ntIon and sn a¢tord*)ce with Ihe Church Attounting R¢gul81ion$,
and opplicabk attnuniin¥ ¥lundatds ih£ staten￿lI of Recomtll¢nd¢d Prathice, Aceouniing 8nd Rewrtitjg by ChaTIIi¢512019}
FUNDS
Get￿ funds iepr¢5¢nt the funds of thc PCC Ere not Subject lo rEstrictions T¢garding thcir u8e Bnd ate aV&lab￿ eppli¢•tson on
8¢ncral puryoscs ol'thc PCL. These include funds {ksi8T￿ttd f(K p￿icUlar purposes by th¢ PCC.
The purp)% of ￿Y ffsuicted lunds is noi¢d ￿ the aLCOUtts.
Th¢ accounts Include Iransailiony, &%S¢L8 li8bilti¢s for which ihc PCL ean be held responsible. Thty do nul iulud¢ thc arrpunts of
ChuT¢h Grollpy thai tswtt an arrililltion th 8nothcr body nor those that are infornirtl ¥alheTinBS of Chuith ￿¢mb¢r$.
IYCOML POLIC.Y
volunt￿ income includitiB don&ion$ and gr￿ts uwe rec(YWbised wkre is entitl￿￿1, G¢rthinly of r¥c¢ipt Hnd ojnwii cm be
me&qutEd with sufficicnl rcliability.
Arnounl¥ re￿1vable under covenani ¥re r￿ts￿ts¢d only wh¢ll IM)now¢d by iht CO￿n￿n￿r.
In¢oming texources from rBclaim8 for Gift Aid arL' included th thc SOFA Wh¢￿ there is eniiilcmen( ccltainiy of ttceipi the
can bc mca5wcd with yufflcieni reliabilily.
Gwii% Hnd k8dCK% are I￿oUnt¢￿ for #s the PCC is Mlifjed 0filS ¢niiilem¢nl Hnd the likely ￿lount due.
l.'unds raised by feylivuls Jnd simjlllr #velli.i aco)untcd gru5￿.
of b(x)k$ tnd m%yzinc% from Church bnDk$iallR are Accout)tsd fur Brths.
Other ordltt*ry ltt¢tym¢
Rcntei inLome from l¢llin8of Church pr¢mi￿9 i¥ uccvun*d for when reccivLd.
PvxocbI￿ fK5 due to the PLL Ibr weddin85, fun¢ralJ ci¢ ¥re ￿Oun￿d for on Bn ¢veni by eveni b￿J%.
l#v¢ilm¢Thl Jllcomt
Dividcnilg and Intere￿ are g¢tr)un*d forwhcn du¢. rccovernble on 8u¢h in¢omr i¥ fwon th¢ sam¢ ba5iS.
RLSOIIRCES LXPENDF.D
Lxpendilut¢ iy y¢W￿)IS¢￿ lin an gceru41¥ b￿1% L4 0 li&bblily is illturned.
Choniable expthdiiurt Compri%￿ Ih05c royL8 inLurr¢d by Ihc Choriiy in the deliv¢ry ofihc xl1vili￿ xrvi¢eJ for iii bcn¢f1ciari￿. li
in¢]Ud￿ Ix)th cn8ts lh￿ wi be alloc￿ed dirc¢ily to yu¢h aLIiVilit8 Ind thos¢ of an Indi￿¢1 naiurc ncccs8Bry to suiisx>rt them
AII COSL% thre ￿]￿¢9￿d b¢1w￿* the expcndiiU￿ cH*gorie% of the ol'l,illgn¢id Aclivilics on ll bD3is dui8ned ￿ reflt¢t Ihe of the
re80ur¢¢. C0515 r¢lalin8 to a plrtiLk￿0r Xiiviiy arw. alloc￿L￿ dir¥¢dy, oth¢Tr ￿]0¢1t¢d on on Brwopriat¢ basis.
ACCOUNTif4c. bfJR GRAl*TS AliD DONATIONS
GrMiy •nd Lkndiions a¢cotsnied for wh¢tt the pl￿nt ha5 been mr4Jc or aUth￿ISed ond due for poym¢ni.
Co&tJ dlretlly rtl*ltd to the work of the c.hurch
Th¥ DioLesan quola is ac¢4)unied for whco pdyable and kmy unp8id ai 31 [k￿rnb￿ 202J 18 shown &8 8 Cr￿]110[ in the Shea.

ST STEPHEN'S PCC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For tht ye4r tThdtd JI tkcember 202S
IC0*iimuedl
FIXED ASSETS
C'.oos¢¢r•ted IAnd 4nd buildiDEs ind ryov•bk Churth
Consemtrd and ben¢fiG￿ proF¢rty i5 ¢xduded fTOm the aLLX)unts by 5 96(2Xcl ofihe Chariiies Aci 1993.
No vaiuc is pla￿5 on tswvabl¢ ChwGh furnishin8y hcld by th¢ Churchw￿{￿5 Spec￿ knjsl fur the PCC Hnd which requw¢ a faculty for
d15pvsuI sinu thr PCC iunslders this 10 b¢ in￿1¢￿#bI¢ prop¢rty. All ¢xp¢ndilur¢ incurred duringlhc yearon consecrated or bencficed
buildin85 mvBbk C*urth hmJt9hthg8, whthtymainTh￿cc w improvern¢nl. is wwitt¢n off.
CURRKNT ASSETS
Amount5. owing lo thc PCC in respeci orrtts, rents oroiher in¢¢>m¢ shown 98 debiorl kss Hny PTovi$ion for llrnoun15 thot rnNy pro
un￿¢0¥CrAb]C.
FVNDS
Unr¢5tri¢trd finds avhil4bl¢ use At the di5£r¥lionufih¢ mLynb¢rs ofthc PLL in furtherance of the general obJe￿iv¢S of thc ch¥ity.
Rc8tri¢thd funds are 8ubjec*d 10 Te5triclions on Ihcir cxpcndilurc imwsed by the donur and 8e8ft8aied for usc for th￿ specifLC PUTrA>se.
INCOMING RKSOIIR('.L+
Vuftdi
Fund*
Tol•l 2021
2a) VOI,UNTARY INCOMW.
l>lun￿d Giving
13,320
6,292
5,125
6,896
500
13,320
6,292
5.125
6.XY6
20.300
12,55
6,279
8,206
3,721
8.823
6.143
45.730
nondions gnd app¢1$
CIWD
Lwcics
'1&¥ T¢rover&blc
20.000
39.744
20.(￿0
39,744
Si s￿ph￿'s Lndowmeni'l'ru¥t¢ts
32,000
32,0(X)
3fi,(K)¢J
Sr Slcphcn's Hou8¢
Administrative Swport
8uprM)n CJNI
22,(KlO
117,000
JQ,100 29,7(X)
117,000 105,000
9,126
179.100 17Y.826
139,(M)O
4U.I(X)
Old p0￿U￿"1'￿t
Is,￿0
15.000 15.OLMJ
TOTAI, VOI.IINI'ARV If4COML
193,744
60,100
233,844 240,556
io

ST STF.PIIEN'S PCC.
NOTES TU THF. FINANCIAL STATEMEliTS
For th¢ year endtd 31 Dtc¢mber 2025
(Continued)
Fu￿*
TotAI 2025
2024
2bl ACI'IVITIES b()R GLNklL4TING FUliDS
Chur¢h & Hail Ltltings
TOTAI.
60.726
60,n6
60,726
60,726
54,580
2¢) INCOME TrROM JNVES'IMLIYTS
Bank TnteT¢sI
102
102
102
102
TOTAI.
71
ldl INCOMF FROM CIIURC.H ACTIVITIES
ma￿￿1n¢S. Elooks & Votive L9ndl¢s
Liiur8iLd feL%
Music Ineomc
Uthtr Incum
1.920
5.4a6
IY3
7,519
1.920
5.406
193
7,519
,95Q
1,264
5.214
TO'I'AI.
TOTAL. INCOM
2fj1.1192
00.10
322,192 30n,421
2(I24
Total
unres1r￿*d lieitrltied
Fwnd¥
Rfr:WIIRC.LS LXPTr'NDF.D CIIARITABI.F ACI'IVITILS
I'otal 2025
21124
Jal C.-hurch Af livili¢J
Diocesan Lommon l.'und
Dioce%Jn l.Ilurgieal Fec
ViLLfag¢ ¢XPtILSCS
Ministry %upport
O￿l¢C F.xpcny¢¥
Chor¢h I leaiin8 & l.i8hiin
Churlh Mainlenjnw & RLwir
Churrh Minur Works
Chur¢h Dcvclopm¢ni WNks
InsuronLe
SaLri51y
Musi
Vergu'% Salary & F'tt8
Vcr8crf5 Fl41 F.xpen%s
Ross Tr.8Crton e81llte
Cjeneral I'"xpLnyc¥
Sub&'Lripknns & Charithlc (iiving
F1rookW￿d
C8lcrin8
ChriA I lllmiltsm Inyur￿¢¢ dain)
ChBrgcs
(Tr9.072
875
311.yo
99.980 91.300
¥75
581
2,7114
6.392
17,628
8,522
11,522
14,077
9,530
14.077
9.530
11.490
Y.126
4.365
61,330
25.422
4,753
61.330
25.422
4,753
23.0(K)
4.409
3.264
3,737
4,664
8,125
819
3,144
4.004
8,125
819
3,144
819
2.7J2
67
252.953
67
284.953 265.397
32.(M)O
Jb)CoJl ofGtKerAtlni Fynd>
ChurLh FIRII l..xp¢n¥¢s
PubliGity
5,378
2,559
7.937
8.100
13.478 13,242
2,559
2,6JO
16,037
15,872
8,100
3tlProfeuional be
Ar¢hil¢¢i
351

ST STEPHENtS PCL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For tb¢ yeirenotd Jl Dtcember1025
Coniinutd)
3d) GovtrniDte Costs
1￿Jep￿ndL'￿¢ L'xaminer
3,750
3.750
3,750
3,750
3,750
3.750
Vireitrftled Ru¢rtrted
FuAdi
Funds
T•¢*1
2024
Tolal 202S
4) STAFF COSIS
Way¢5 & 5alwi¢s
Empioyus Nl
25,422
¥,100
33.522
30.700
Z3.422
8,100
33,522
30,7L)O
I*LTillK the yctrtht PCL cttwloyed 2 members ol'sthff sfjlqry l¢&1 thun £40.000 p,1.
IlTrrtgtrkl¢d Rmtrictod
Funds
Fundg
T•tg1
2023
SI DWHTORS
Totsl 2024
Ou18tsndin8 hire invoices
IIMRC Gift Aid
R055 L8Crton e&laie
P￿p&yr￿CllL$ in iCYPLrl ofcopyri8hi fet8 and uiilitie5
13.616
7,611
8,696
2,536
32,459
Ilnre¥trkt¢d R¢¥tri¢l¢d
'undi
13.616
5,554
6,143
1.696
2,536
22.93U
8.696
2,536
32.459
'J'DtAI
2023
61 C.IiLDI'I'ORS
Tolll 2024
Al¢N￿S for fe4¥
Cred)ior5
I)￿L¢S¢ ofi.ondon
tkrc)Ted income
Charitsble Giving
3.730
1,859
875
5,500
1,%75
3,750
1,¥59
875
5,500
1.875
13,859
3,750
1.265
5.5(X)
12,406
71 Rk&TRirfiD bUNDS
Al 1¢ 01 J•n 23
Rtttlp
Plyments
'rrnnifer¥
Der 25
S Si¢ph¢n$ F.ttdowmeni'l'nLit
lThc Anthnny G￿rdn￿l & Mith*l Becker blower Trund
S Stephen5 Hot
32.oorj
20.000
8,100
60,1(H)
132,0(Xl}
20,LI
8,1
40,1
20.0(X)
IINRLS'I'HICTF.D FUN￿
77,545
262,092 1264.0401
74.996
TOTAL TrUNDS
77.545
322,192
JQ4.74Q
94,996
8}AYALY8ISOFNET A%SLTS BY bUND
Fund
Fund
Totwl 2125
2024
Current
Ctedit(Yy within onc yeBr
88,855
20,0(K)
1011,155
13,8.59
94,996
89,951
12,4()6
77,545
20.000