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REGISI'ERED CHARITY PIUNIBER: I131￿9 REpoirr OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANL CI.4L KfATEPrflENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 DECEMBER 2025 FOR THE PAROCHIALCHLRCHCOLryCSLOFTHE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISEI OF ST STEPHEN O CLIFFS BLACKPOOL Xtinadin 17 St Pe*rs Place Lanwhir¢ FY76EB

THE PAROCHIAL Cl{L￿CH COLWCIL OFTHE ECCLESIAsfIcAL PARJSH OF sfEPHEN O THE CLtFFS BLACKFOOL Co￿£¥rS OF THE F￿.￿ycLiL STATEMENTS (or theyèr ended 31 De¢¢mbtr 2025 Page Report of the Trustee8 independeAr Examiner's Rew>rt Sttem¢Dt of YIn•)￿lI1 Aciiiiti¢q Balanre Sheet Notes to th¢ FiDaneial St*tewents 8 to 16

TIIL PAROCIIIAL CHLIRCH COL.rfCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISII OF s"r STEPHEN O TIIE CLIFfrS. BLACKPOOL REPORT OF THE TRusfEFS fol the yer ended 31 December 2025 The IfusietN pr&enl i.Treir report the flnancial state7￿￿ of the ch8rily for (he year erid¢d 31 Decfflnber ?0?5. The INsi¢es have Adopted the pM￿ls1On$ of Accounlin<y and Reporting by Chariiies.. SiateJ)eni of Re¢omiiiend¢d Practice appliL4blE w charities preparing Llieir arLJL5nlS in acordance wilh ihe Financial Reportii)g Siandard applicable it) the UK and Republjc of Ireland (FRS 1021 letle¢iiYe l Janiiary 2019). OBJEcfivES AcrtVlTIES Objecti&es And aims Thr Parochial Church Council of the Eccle51asticd Parish of Si STrplien on the Cliff8 {PCCI has the reKponbibilily of co-oper&tints ￿'ith the ineurnbettt in prornoiing (he Nthole riission of the Churcli spiritual. l..turoical: pastoral ev&iLNel%slic. 60¢ial and eciimenical. It also has the mainiettance re¥onsibdities for the Paristx Church cotiiplL% of Si Stephen on llle Cliffs, Holmfield Road and Il)e Chur¢h halls located on 51 Stephens AveTLue. Biackpool. The objeciivt of the PCC 15 10 promore and nuintaih the Holy Catholic Faith through our own exaiiipl¢ of W(Ir¥hip, Spirituil life and service. To ibis end Ihe PCC will.. Strive 10 maintain the richne55 of TrddilÉonal An81￿a[hOlIC WoLBhw. Endeavottr 10 encourage and foster EA)th ne%wcomeFs to the faith and our fellow Christwis through private Devotion auiS Comrjion Prayer and Spiritual Refrrsbrntnt for alL Seek lo maintain an o)Sis of Pr8)rr aud SpiritU81 Refreshment for all. Be ¢omrrJirt¢d lo the creaiion of a welcoming and seTring comffl￿ity through the c4re of both young and old in ibe Blackpool area. Seek 10 make the good of C.hFisl through Word aT￿ Sacrament throutrh joyful fellowtihip and lovlng Alortg M,sih oiher Churches it& Ib¢ Dirfe the PCC is pan of a l(kyedr Mission and Reforn)auon plan whicli involves the P&ri8h bein¥ chLI1t￿ed ¢0 produce a pra¢ii¢al $lT)ieby io feed into the tsverall MLSsion eiiiitle4 Trltalthy Churclies Transfonning Collthiullitie$'. The PCC seek lo do all of ttLk8 under the 4yuidance of the Hol¥ Spirit artd through the ￿Ving otour Risen Soviour Jews Chriqr. Public beDefit The cha&￿ty Tn15teei IiavE COtJiplivd wilh the'.r dut5, to have renord to the guidallce on pubtic benefit published by the Chanti¢s Conimissiou ir& eiercisiLLts thesT PQ1￿￿rE 01 dutits. ie Parisb Cenire ha115 are available io all iti the con3munity requlring a suithble venue. Si Stephens i)0 longer has any IhE paris14 bur ha￿e l￿Wel£r. forged a ¥ood ongoing relaiioii%lJip with a nearb¥ a￿ddern¥. and nar&ery. Rela1icns￿ps bave been forLed wsth an SEN school and Ihey are visited a len Recenily a llew ToddlEr￿ Group lia5 been siarted on a montlily basis. The Church ha8 Continued its &wKiaiion wi¢h the lo¢al caTe homes: vi5iiing two in the lorality once & monih for a shon serkice wilh hynw, and we are deli￿hled that Ihe residen￿ and carens often ki.q'.I durinTr Ib.e week for prayer aTrd n￿ditatio￿l and ju8( for a -8lm and P￿ce[U1 tnvirontnerjt. They also auend the monthly and ¢hal meetings ii,hi¢h liave oone from slrengih 10 itrenuih. This la$1 wiTrler li'e havt starled a 'warni space" progratnme supported b Blackpool Borough Council. on Friday aftero(K)ns itKluding a Filtn Club and Recorded Music Society. All are Ivelcon nd free retreshmejiis are proTr'ided. The Pari￿1 lialls are reoulaTly as a ￿"enue For tie I￿al flais io hold their mat)agei)ient me¢liDg¥. cubs ond s¢ouis, kardie club, a W'edii¢sday danLe group and hall booKiJiiJ ate increasin The Cisqc TTh￿1 and Si. Swhens hai'e mu(uol n]embeT5 and Civic TnLsI attend social o¢c&%ion$ 8t Si. Stephens. PNge I

I74E PAROCHtAL CHLRCH COLIYCII. OFTHE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF s'r STF.PHF.N ON THE CL.ITr VS, BL.4CKPOOL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 Decernber 2025 ACHIE"I'£MENTS AND PERFOI&M.4NCE The PCC. sa; for five occasiolls during the ye8r with aTreTh&ie alter￿allE¢ o(87° The finance aiid st&iding comEtJillet ha￿e continued to me=1 r￿alar]Y Ihmu¥hour Ihe yEar and have bttii given 415thority ¢0 acr on Ilie PCC'S behaifon maii¢r of DDinienaTrce finance. Tlie PCC expenses account has paid The nJajority of repairs mainnan¢e cos¢s for Ibe year. These repaxrs liave included pa',ch poiniing. he4t￿g repa￿￿ and gen-ral seTric¢ and niainteiance ¢he¢ks and upyadiots 5 of the lllrge hall wiiidoi¥s. TIIE (ailing li&JhiiDg throug4out Ihe vthole camp'Js ex¢epr the churyh iisell.. Effor18 bave been to keep 8pendin4T ro a miniTnum ¢onsidering the ii¢ed for18￿¢ areas of poiilling of the Natthex and uiest %ide of the ChurLh. The Trustees haye attetttpted ￿ pay as mu¢h &% possible tord the Parish Share Leys LICF of £45,654. Therefore E30,000 was paid in ?O?- The Church ha8 eontinued to support charttl￿ through Mission outreach including BloemfollreiiL FINknWCIAL REVIEW Financi81 positlon A 8UTrymary of our i11￿[The and exoendk=UFe btsows an inc¢)n Df L?06.6041?0?4.. £219,163) of which £182.165 (2014: £191.9741 was from donations and letsacies. The Iolal All￿llnt ollunds ihE Charity holds at ihe end of the FqY)rting period is £8).60312024.' £6?,3961. The Church holds the bank- OL £59.3?8 (2024.. £68,7?6} alld £6?7120?4.. £i99) deposited with the C¢lltTal Board of Finance Church ofEnolartd Futsds. Rostrve$ policy ltt accordance with ¢h# guidelioes issutd by the ChaTity Commission tile lewel of R¥erv¢s is consider¢d alld ]tvieMrd ai reglll8r intern&1￿ by the TnksEees. li is current policy lo keep a basc bank balance of not less Ihan £O,QOO. The Ttustees beb.eve that ivhell finao¥ial colldilion% all¢Jw ¢on8iderdt¥OEI 5hou]d be giirn 10 increasing the nunitnum level of JEservEs th ihe equits8leiit of 3 months tsf I￿￿1￿&] operaliru ex]Knses. FiiTL'RE PLALYS ali¥ays. the la,%t year bFouoht ils oi¥A eballenges. The TnLStees like ￿ thuak Fr. Andrew Te4thtr for the iinnien$c aiiiouot ol ivork he hab undtrfaken duriDg the last year e.wially durittg the l&si part of 2W4 ihe beEyinnin of ?025. Social ev￿1$ have continued to (pwdullng the Jrar with regiJlar well 5UPPOrteJ evenL8 h¢ld ort & nionthly basis. Thes¢ events 3livdyS altracl a number of ftew ￿ople :nlo our buildings and worbhip. As soon ag possible we iniend io conunence repDiniing of the Nthhe.i at]d wtsi %ide of the Church which has sufyered severely over ti)e years. ai a projcctrd cou of at le￿1 £95.￿: for which applicalicns are bel￿￿ made. 'fhe Churbh is toftun21e 10 colltinue Ihe os¢ociation a profttsional grant furdraiser. atld we immensely graieful 10 D¢nise Bernard for her eApcrtiqe ii) this drea. STRUCTLRE GOYEILYANCE AND TrIKPACEMENT Coi'ernliig dorkullent The PCC is an illcorwjrared associaliop. and reD Is ered as a charity on l October 2009. IT is governed by the Parocliial Churclk Council Powers Measure119561 a5 arnep.ded and chllreh represenlarion rules. Charity ¢onslitutiott Tht ¢hari'.y colltriruits a public benefii enEily &% defined by FRS 102.

THE PAROCHtAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFTHE ECCLESIASTIC.4L PARISH OF ST StEPHEN or4 THE CLIEFS, BLACKPOOL REPORT OF THE TRLsfEKS for the ytgr ended 31 December 2025 STRUCTURE. Go￿.EllYAThCE AI¥D II LVIAGEMENr OrgDfsatlonal strncture Vhilsl the PCC has overall resEN)￿SIbIlity, the fiD•n¢G and Manding ￿MmIttee have been giveTh authority to 0￿￿[$¢¢ maintenance and finaDue on a day 10 day b&¥i. Th¢ fiNan¢e aDe stanthng cemmittee contir￿e to meet rrguldrly enabling the m£mbcr5 10 conlinu811y rea￿￿5 the f￿0￿¢￿al o- Ib4J¢ ChuxlL The end of year me]Dbership for the ele¢iordl roll ai 78 after undett3King the obliga.￿￿ 5exer.n.￿, Review of rF.c EItriOr￿ Roll. The avernge s￿￿daY communicant fjgure CryLnled during Ihe four Sundays in Ociejer was 69 wJui15_ Hawing lost somtt ¢ld¢rly m¢rnber5 duFuiu the y¢7r w¢ ar¢ pltsed Si. gtepF.ens can sil'l 2ttracl new Jp.efftbtrs Fvhose narncs are on Ihe roll. Rlsk maJJ¥tseJntttt The PCC mernbe￿ have examined ihe major strètegic, bu5ines5 ar￿ operntioro] risk% whi¢h the PCC fatts and confim that sysiems hav¢ be¢n established 10 erjable reEular tyns lo be produccé 50 that n¥cetyary lleps Lan be taken to le¥￿17 The key risk5 ￿olls with miligalinip a￿10￿5 are-. Chanoes in Siewatd.%hip'. This i$ (5ngoing ibue and a numbtr o. regular c0nllibu￿[S hafyr sadly p&%sed away Teducin Steward¥hip numb¢rs, however. some persorial paymer.ts h&ve increwd. Cost of Utilities and service5". All wntracti are looked at very clLwly and x)rne services hav¢ becn cancelled. Tht energy blb are Feviewed Tryularly pnd the b¢5t pri¢e founddep¢nthng on Itt)￿￿ ofcontraci. Repairs and Mainterar.ee'. Th¢ Chur¢h and h￿}S ar¢ reviewed monthly in line the Church m￿￿,enance PiogtBn￿e, in order 10 ideulify problems &s Ihev arise. The Chu%rb bAS bten fortunatr that SOln¢ 51Dall¢r id)5 have bttn c3rried 4JUi by la'.eDied vol.Jlllttrs. Reguar Service conrracis for fire, cltttrical andothtr5af¢ty cquiP￿en$ coniinue lo bc in Pl￿t. Lack of Voluntect5.' St Stcph¢ft5 rrli¢s hcavity on irs volunitos and i5 lucky 10 have a 5trDng i¥)r¢ of deilicat¢d people vho a&s'.s( in fa¢i11￿1r,& the running of th¢ ChLwth. We cor.:.illu¢ io Ii'elc<xr.e nrw peopl¢ a(Ki would like to Ihank u4ose give Iheir time anc ial¢ntS' 50 gener(￿lY and would lik¢ 10 lh* all help however ￿all is a grw belp and ¢verybody can haTre apan ts) plily. R&FEEiETr4CE AND AD￿lIS15T￿l4.r￿E DETAIiS ReEisteFed Charity nuluber Piineipaj address SL Strphen's vi￿[ St Stephmis AvenJe B13£kpool l.thncasknre FY2 9RB Page3

THE PAROCHIAL CIIURCH COUNCII. OFTHE ECCLL51.4sficAL P.4RiSH OF ST STEPUEN ON TIIE CLIFFS. BLACKPOOL REPORT OF THE TRLSTEES for the >¢Ar eftded 31 December 2025 Tru5t¢¢s Rev. A Teaiher{Chainn3m and thcumbenl)elwttd 15 Febntary 2023 tr. K IvIcL£nnan (Deputy LnuffhwYrdeft} Mr. A Crdner (Churchwardenl Mr. W Cains (nember of Deanery Synod) Mr5. J Green ITre&wrer and ￿.ernber0¥ Deanery S)Tr(yJl Mrs. A Beny (Churcliwardenl bth. D Graham (Stewardship OtTicerl ME¥. S Bavii55 Ictropied rr.eNber and Patron) Mts. C Griinsted Ictropted tnember and Kssisiant Siew8rd5F.Ip Officer) Mrs. A McLeDnan {c{w￿d membe-. and SaJ¢guerdin(r oifTrter) Mrs. K Billti)ghur5t Icfropted fftember And Assi&gnl Safeu￿r@In8 Officerl Mr. K Lloyd hlrs. K.I,dgw%y Mts. K Davie8 ￿Cc Sccreraryl .. J Eklaunay Ir R Taylor tkaner Synod - Thc twstees would like 10 ihank Mr K MctLnnan. J Gre￿ $￿d Mr W Cairns for ail their help and SkkPPOTt memkrs of Dtanery Sytwd. Saft8U8rdiAg O:.Icers - The are very gr￿¢￿1 lot the dtdica'.ion and uyertise of our Safeguardi88 Off&cers Mrs A McLenn&i tnd fvfrs K Bsllinghurst. Th safegu¥diR8 of Si Stephens i5 ofpar&Touni ilLPOrt2DCe and their hard Wotk is much appffeia:ed. The tswsiees are very grdiefvl to oll who ofiheir lime in 50 rnany ways 10 thi5 coinfflLIDiry including bui not limited lo those who ar[￿g¢ our KKi21 ¢¥rnts Iwhicn draw in a la￿¢ CTOq se¢rio? of our lo¢￿ comrnunity). CDllcens. family fun d&y4 fairs pnd other activiti# &¥ ¥'ell ¥ those who aagrrkent 0￿r daily WDtsPLiP by thcir wo¢k ITr the Mrisry strving, Elower arangin8 arbj the music whicq aLgments our seTrices. lry 202> we welc(xnd m3oy wple who ligve not bttn ie before and this is tlrwgh theeffortsof rnany in ourcommunity. Independpnt Examiner 17 51 Pe-:ei% Pl&ce Fle¢twwd Lanrashire FI'7 6EB Approved by order tsfihe boJYd of INstets on........................ . and signed on sts behalf by-. Reyerend A Teath￿- Tru Pa8e 4

11SDEPEIYDENf EkikMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES Ob THE P.4ROCIIIAL. CIILIiCH COLTh.. 'CIL OF THE ECCLVSI.4sfIcAL PARISH OF ST sfEPHEN ON THE CLIFFS, BLACKPOOL lttdep?nde￿t exAmiDtr's report to the trustees of The P¥r•¢hkni Church Council of the EcdesLaStic81 P￿riSh of Si StepkneTr otl the Cliff5. Blackpool I report to Ihe charity iru&ees on r.y =.xami4*ion of Ihc a¢knTh)unts of The Patwkn"al CP.urch C￿nCil of the Ecclesiasii¢al Parish of Si Stephen on the Cl.'ffs, Blackpts)I lihe'fn￿l for lile yt2ren(kd JI Dectrnber ?025. ReSpo￿51bliIties and b#$l$ of report As the charity trubl￿$ OF Trhe Tvjst you are rtsponsible for the prcFardtion of the accounts in accordance with th¢ rqillrullenls of the Charities Act 2011 fthe ACVI. l ￿pOrt in respeci of my exdTDinatioo oftr.e Tru￿￿,$ ￿0￿nIS carricd undtt Section 145 of the Ac: and lip eary1p￿ out y exarninaLion I have followcd ai,. applicable Dirtrtiors 8iven by ihe Char.ts' Commission undÈr Seclior. 14515llb) of thE ABI. IndepesJd¢nt ¢x&miner's statrment I have ¢ompl¢ted my txaminatior.. I confirn th￿ no material have come to my aiieDliOll in conn¢etiL)n with Ihe examination gitring ￿t cause io bdi¢Ye th& li any ￿￿1￿la1 accountinu rccords were not kep;: respect of the Tru￿ as required by Section 150 of the Aci.. or the ac￿Unts do not xcord with thos¢ rttordg or the ￿Cou[L¢s do comply wit% the applicdble requtrtmtlES LonceTnillg Ihe fo￿ and conlcnt of a¢uunis 8¢t oul in the CP.ariti¢s IAccounts Rerths) RegblatkODs 2(K18 otrier than any requ'.rneni Ihat lh¢ acioulits giv¢ a tru¢ and fair view which is a ]n8tter ¢on51dertd part Df art iodependcnt examLI)abon. I have no comcerns and hake tome no thr rnatm in CODn&Xion with die rxam',n&ion to which attention sh(uld be drawn in thi5 rq)(xt order to ￿lable a proper L￿der￿ding of ihe accounts to be ttac￿. Jamei ScF.ofield ACA The Institute of I￿art￿ed Accountants England and ￿lakS 17 St Pete￿ Place FY7 6EB

THE PAROCHLIL CHL'RCR COL.ryCIL OFTHE ECCLESIASTICAL PARtSH OF ST %fEPHEN OI THE CLIFFS, BIACkTh)OL STATELMEYf OF F[).&YCL4L.4CT￿￿[[s lor iht ytar ended 31 December 2025 20? j Ti.al funds 2024 Total ds Un[e￿n¢ted funds RtAricted rvnds Norc5 INCo￿tK LND ENDOIVhlENI T5 FROM tk>n3lions and legacies 141,316 4t1.849 182,165 191,974 CharitY4ble acrii'SEles Charilablt aciiiiiies 20.5)4 20,554 20,681 Inv&%iin¢nl IDeotne her Incoittr 242 696 304 6.204 2,947 3.643 Tot81 162,808 43.796 ?rJ6.604 219.163 EXPENDITURE O ch￿lÈb)e A£dvltle5 Ch¥ritabl# a¢tivitie5 170.805 15,483 186288 190J05 Net 8ainslllo$8c51 vn investments {1￿)} 11091 NET IYI COMEIIEVENDITURE) Tr8nsf¢rg b¢hveen furtds (8,l<Jfjl 35.376 28.31) {3i.3761 20207 24919 12 liei moverrLeJt in funds 27.?70 17.0631 70.207 26,919 RECONCtLL4TION OF FiW4DS Toi31 fur,ds btOL..hi fopwa 11.639 50.757 314T7 TOTAL FUN'DS CARRIED FORII'ARD 38. 43,694 SI603 The n￿e$ form ofihtse financi￿ uuneTrts Page 6

THE PAROCHIAL CUURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTIC.4L PARISH OF ST StEPHEN ON THE CLIFFS. BLACKPOOL B.4knINCE SIIEft 31 Ikcember 2025 2025 Tot fvr.ts 2094 Total funds UnteSLri¢t¢d Restriue rundg FIXKD A&SETS Tall￿ble a%sets IrvcstTnenl$ 9,434 6,780 14J70 23,804 6.780 10.534 6,709 16,214 14,370 17,243 CURRENf ASSETS Debtors Cas'h ￿ bank 13,557 30,630 13,557 59,954 29.324 44.187 29J24 73,511 75,375 CREDITOI Amounis falling due within one y¢ar 110.8661 (10.8661 (l?,096} NET CLfRRENt ASSETS 33J21 29J24 62.645 61?79 TOTAL A&SETS LESS CURRiYr LtABILtTIES 49J35 43.694 93,229 80,522 CREDrtORS AEnounts F￿[ing ducaftrr more than oTre ycar 10 {10,626) (10.6261 {l8.1?61 NRT Assrrs 38,4V) 43,694 82.603 FUNDS Unr¢sirictrd ftLnd% Resfftcted fund$ 12 38.909 43,694 11,639 50,757 TOTAL FUNDS 82,603 62.396 The arttial ￿aleMenL$ we."e approved bj the Board of T￿￿te&S and guthorised for i55ue . and ￿tre sigr.cd on its beh211-by'. RevcrerLd A I'edihtr- Trustee The notts form pan of these financial stotements Page 7

THE PAROCUL4L CIILT AccouNfiNG POLICIES B4515 ofprepar1￿￿ the finanti•l $t4temenis The Financial staiemett¢s of itr.e chirity, wknch is a public benefii enrity under FRS 102, have been prepared in &cordancc wilh 14¢ Chariiics SORP (FRS 102} 'AuwunlirL8 and Reporting by Cb.arilies.' Sia:eTnent ol Recommcnded Pla￿tiCe wpl.'c8ble lo ch&ititt8 prep￿Th& their accounts in a¢¢odw with the FillanL'idl Reporting> S¢2rtdard appitcable in die UK and Repbblic of Ireland IFRS 1021 {tffeciive l Januari ?0191', Finall¢il Reporti￿ Siand&.d 10? Tre Fin&icipl Rrynii& g s￿ida[d applicablt in Ihe UK and Repub ic of Ireland, and the Charitits Act 2011. The financial ￿[e[Rep.￿ have been pret￿ed ￿der the hisiorical e<)5L conieniion Wkih tile ¢.¥cepiion of inve%imentS V4'hi¢h Att inelbded At m8rka i'alue. reportitkg SI￿dard 102- red￿ted di¥d05w exeEllPtlons The clkn8rity lakeD adY2r.'.a8t of the follo￿.1r.￿ dis.osu-_e exempijgn in preparina Iinancial stsiemenl4 as F¢miitted by FRS I O?'The Fin7￿cle1 Reporu4g app,'.'cable:n theL￿and RepLbli¢ of Irela&ld': Ihe requiren)￿ts of Section 7 Stat￿0¢￿10f C&sh Flows. ltttome OffLryngs 2nd. donations rewgnigtd when FEttivd by or on bel•lf of tht PCC. Planned giwng rttuvabl¢ undy Ihe Gift Aid Kk,&me is recogni￿d only wb¢n r¢¢¢iv¢d. flx rttoverable on Gift dor&gtions is re¢ognised wh¢D the donation is recogttisr G￿nts 2nd legacies aFC rccogt¥iscd ￿ the PCC 15 no￿fied OF its legal enlitiement, the gmouni is qu2nrifiable and its uliinale r¢¢eipi by the PCC 15 re￿NablY cer￿]n. Fund$ Waed by siKial and Fundtstsizg events are &t￿Unted for tnKstm¢nt i5 r￿0￿￿sed on a rcceivable bLsis. ExpendihLre L'.abili:ies arg recognised as e%p¢p.d1iU￿ as 5wn 95 lh￿ is a legal or tonstrucrive obligation ¢onY￿ll1ng the PCC kn Ihat expendiluff, 11 is probable thal a wari).er orwortomic kn¢fits will rEc,uired in settleTL ei?1 and rhe amounl of tie ?kl:raion b¢ rnvJsufEd Trlitbl>. E￿ndIt￿re is 3CCQUnipd fw OD an a-cruais b￿15 ￿]d bttn elasiified Lllder htyddiTrgs that a¥¥tgate all c05t related io the ca,￿gOry. Where e05t5 cannol be directly altribuled to parti¢ulaT hcading8 they hav¢ 11(xated 10 ￿ti￿￿e$ on a b&gis C£￿5¥￿ent with the use of resourw. Tallgible Kied a5StIS Tangibte liX￿ are iNtially rneayurd at c￿ and subsequ£ntly rne35ured * r<%st DT NaluatlDn. n¢i of depreciati¢)n and impaim)ent I￿￿¢s. As5¢ts ork55 then £2,￿0 sre Dot capitalsa4. Depretiation is recognised ￿ as to wriie off ihe cosi or ￿￿ation of a&sets Itks their res4dual valJe$ ov¢r Iheir eful liveson the following basES". Freeknld land and buildillgs Fixtutts fiiiintss Computv C4uipm¢ni 25°A redu¢inBbaian¢¢ Freeliold land aiid building-8 are sièied at originJ c¢)rt Ikhi¢h 1$ sigi.,fitandy le5S than their currenl market valuq and ¢onseguently ar6 not d4¥re¢iated fre&40',d land and byi]dings are fr.eld for loiig term use by Ihc Chur¢h ii? its chariiablc actiiqty in '.he opinion of tie PC£ the tosts of obiaining a proLes5ional ruyeni valuation are DO,, jU5tifi¢d ￿ Surh esaluation would n(M provtde inpkni 10 uscts of ihe aecounTS in judging their stewardship of Ihe oss¢ts of the Chur¢h. Tie gain or ltsss ￿lsIng the disptsvl of arb assa is detThilltd ￿ Iht diffti2n-e bctw¢en the 53le pro¢ttds ￿MI ttie carrying value of Ihe a5sci, and is rttogn:5td in nEt incorDel{exsndiiurel for Ihe yray. Page 8 conlinued...

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCU COUNCIL OF THE £CCLLsIA￿IC.aL. P.4RISH OF ST STEPHEN OIY THE CLIFFS. BLACKPOOL 240T&STO THE FLN.4NCIAL StATEhlL)TS- eontinued forthe jear ended 31 D¢temb¢r 2025 AccouwfiNG POLICIES-tondnued Taxirfon The c4arity is e%empt from its charitable activiiics. Fund st¢ountinB Unrebiricled fvnL's Can be used in accordatK¢ with Ihccblritsble objectivcs at thedi5crElion ofthe InLsiees. kestricted ¢an only be used for particul&r rtstsic¢&l purpow within the objects of the Chai￿ry. Re5tii¢iions arise wh¢1 speLllfted by IhedoThoT or whcn &tTrds taised for p¥rtieu]ar restric￿ purw)5e5. Designated ￿rÈd5 compr>sc fullds which have beeft sei ￿lde ai Éhe discrdion of ihe tsw5ttts' foT swific purposes Further explanattQD oFihE natuff and puryK)se of ea¢h fund is included in the note5 to ihe financial swemenil. Hir¢ pur¢h8se and leasin8 tgmmitm£ttt5 A&sets obtained ur.der hire purvwii85e coDif2cts or fJ]wKe le85e5 are capitalised in Ihe Baiar.ce Sheei. Those held under hire pllrcluse contrtris are depreciated over thei." e%imated Usef￿ livt5. Those held under finance are deprttiated overtheir ¢qtim&ted ustfijl lives or the lease t¢Trn, 'h4¢b.ever is shorter. cor￿eCrAted prvperty movefible furnisbkngs Consectsed and bpr.eficial pwertv cf any kiid is excludcd from the fir.&￿cIal 5tatemcnls by 5.101?A¢l nf the Cbanties A¢t 2011. Nqoveable chLirco furp.iih&Bgs hdd by the N-'ica". Ind Churthivardens on special tru for the PCC and wlti¢h require k faculty fw dispogl are accoun£d fi￿ as inalienable property unle&% ¢orsetiai¢d. They are listed in the Church intrentory. which cap be inwted lat any reawi&le tirnt). FOT all ¢xpendiN're Incurred D the >ear on cons¢rÈiec or beneficial buildi47g5. 01 on the repair ol moveable CTriur£h fumi%hinss. illthviduaj itenis Under£1.0￿ Are svriiten off. Fixcd a5St itsv¢stmeDts Fixed InV￿t￿l eni arE sN¢iaIly rt)ttL4urtd w IWL•eiion pri¢e exiludin8 IT￿￿d¢tion tosts, and are sub%equentlv Eneasured ai fair v￿ue at tach rew)rtir.o date. Changas in Fair 8re reco£nised irt n iLcomel{exp¢ndilute) fvT th¢ year. TraI￿￿tiOn co4saEe expensed &$ incurred. Goithg contern Al the lim¢ of approving the f:nanci31 Statemen￿ the ￿s.el￿ have a reasonable tApectation thai the chatity ha5 adeouate resourc￿ to colllinuc in cpereiional ¢XiSLtncc for the loreseezblv futur¢. Thas Ihe ttusttts coniinue to ad¢4Jl the 80ing eottcem basis olac¢ouDun8 in preparing the financial ststem¢D Ièli￿s[￿1ENr tTriCOLME 2025 2024 Oiher Fixed 15Set invcst. FIL Dep051t ￿COUnt inter￿1 274 30 242 304 Page 9

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH C01Tr4CILOFTHE CCLESIAsrtCAL PARISH OF ST sfEPHEFI ON THE CLIFFS, BtACIKTI)OL NiyfLs TO THE FL%ANCIAL ST.ITL%tEYIS- contiuutd for the )er ended 31 DErtmb¢r 2Q25 TRUSTF,ESI REMLThERATIOY AND BENEFITS The following InLsEetS Fettived remuoeT&'ion frtyn the chariiy during the year. Th¢ vicar. a..ru￿¢¢, 15 paid a by th¢ DirKe5e lI￿gh the ￿yrOll scheme operwed by the Church of England. Thks ￿$0 makes proviso for a p￿s1orL. Mrs A Berry received rEmunEratKbn of £10,675 in her roie as the fiNnce admini5trèlur. fvlr A CnmerJYc¢iYed reFnunerntioD of £1,050 in his role & &%sistsni organi5L TTUStee¥' expensP5 None of the Iru5tees (or any person connected wilh them) were p•id 8ny ¢xpensc5 frorn Ihc ¢hanty during the yeJr(rther than thtsse listtd below. The Vicar reimbur5Ed cxp¢nw Df £8,49412024- 8,161) tneuntd b!, him in the futherance of his duti¢5. srAbb COSTS 2f124 Wage5 and ¥alari¢5 21.015 21,615 Thea¥erdge monthly nUt￿￿rOf crnployes during the ycar was folli)ws.' 202) Financ¢ end admini￿ratIOn Cleaner Organist No ¢rnploytts received etnolurnents in excess of £60,0W. cO￿tY￿￿￿ FOR THE ST.4TEMEW OF FIiYLTrICIAL Acfii'iTIES Unr£stricted fund5 R￿triC￿ed TDi81 tunds IINCOME AND ENDOW￿lEN-rS FROhl Donauons and legacTCS 62,949 191,974 Cb#rltsble 4ctivitie5 ch￿7(able aclÈviti ?OD 20.681 ib'estmeni income Other 304 1.877 31X 6,21M 4,127 Total l51,687 67,476 219,163 EXPENDITURE ON C.haritAble ictiiTrtie5 Chariiable athviiie5 161.075 29,230 190J05 Page 10 coniinud...

THE PAROCHL4L CUURCH COUNCIL OFTHE ECCLESL4STIGiL PAIUSH Oli ST sfEpHE.Y ON THE CLIFFS, BLACKP(X)L I OTESTO fHE FI)kn)CL%L sfATE,MEhTS. ¢oDtiDued for the ye¥r ¢oded 11 December 2025 CONIPARATtITS FOR THE sfATEMEE4T OF FTYANCLIL Acril,￿L8-¢￿￿thJutd UDrtstricled Rtsiricttd runds -rc4al funds Nei gains on invEsttnenlS 61 61 LYET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE) 19.3?71 28,919 RECOYCILIATION OF FLNDS Total funds br0.Jg￿.l fopward 241966 33,477 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED fORIVARD 11.639 io.? j7 6).396 TANGIBLE F￿ED A&SETS Fixw FrtthoSd Coir.puter equ'.prr.ent fini Totals cosr Ai l January 20J? Addition5 9.434 335É4 43,018 19,160 19,160 AI JL Decernber 20)5 9,434 19.160 33,584 62,178 DEPRECIATIOIN l Jar]uary 2025 Chaoe for Jrar 72,484 5.890 4.79D 1.100 Ai 31 D￿￿mber 2025 4.790 38,374 Ntr BOOK I'ALUE Al 31 December ?0?) 9,434 14370 23,81A Al 31 December 2024 9,434 10.534 Page 11 coniiiiued...

TIIE PAROCHIAL CHLqiCll COUNCIL OF THE KCCLESI.45TICAL PARISH OF ST SI'IPHEJ% ON THE CLIFFS, BLACKPOOL NOTES TO THE FP¥.¥YCIAL ST.4TE%IEYfs- continued for the yvdr ended 31 December 2025 TAE4GIBLF. FtXED A&sKrs- coutinued Fixtd assets. irKludsJ in Ihealy)v< *hich aTe held undet hire plltchw confvts or finance Ic&%cs are as follow5.' Computer equipmcllt COST Ai l January 20? j Transfer io own¢ryhip 10.081 {10.0811 Ai 31 Dttember 20?5 DEPRF.CI.4TION Al I SanLary 2025 TDnsfer lo Ow4e￿￿5P 10.081 110.0811 Ai 31 Dccemlier ?(F25 NET BOOKVALLTE At 31 DcL'tmber 2025 Ai 31 Decetnber 2024 FIXED ASSET INvESTMEP￿s invesllnents MARKrfvALb At L Janudry ?￿5 Additions 6.709 71 Ai 31 Decemb¢r ?025 6.780 NET BOOK I'ALLfE Ai 31 Decttnlw2025 6,780 At 31 December 2024 6.709 There were Tro illve%tment assets outside the U C051 or waluajion fit 31 Decembtr20)5 is rq7rrsenied by". Unli51ed IAN.￿me￿i< la[￿lLon in 2Th24 val￿tIOn in ?025 Cost 2,364 4,525 6,780 Page i? Itinued...

THE PAROCHIAL CHL.RCEI COUNCIL OFTHE ECCLESIAsficAL P.4RiSH OF ST sfEPHEN OIY THE CI.IFF& BIACKPOOL NOTES TO THE FLNMYCL4LStATL%IEliIS- tonrlAU for the year ended 31 tk¢ember 2025 D8FFORS: Al￿10[￿rS F.￿LL￿G DUE ONE YEAR 2025 2024 Trade debtors Other dth'.or5 Prepayments and a¢crued income 2533 2.900 567 12,990 567 13557 6.CQ) CR£DITORS: AIL IOUfvTS FALLING DUE WITiiif4 ONE YEAR 2025 20!4 Other102tts Iset noi¢ I l) Attrts0￿s and deferred in¢om¢ 7.5¢M) 3J66 7,500 4596 10,866 12,096 io, CREDtTORS'. AMouKfs FALLtNG DUE AFfER MORE TH.4f4 ONE ItAR 2025 20?4 Other loans lsee note I l) 10.696 18,126 LOANS An anatysis Df the maturiiy oflosns is ￿Ven below= )025 ?024 iounts fdluiE due within one ye¥ on dttman&. loan 7,5(K) 7,5QO Amouiiis falling b*ween one aThd two y¢at¥: Diocesan lo LO,626 Page 13 ¢oniiAUtd...

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLFSLISTIC.4L PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ON THE CLIFFS, BLACKPOOL NOTES TO THE FTh.LSCL4L STATEIiENTS- continued forthe year ¢ryded 31 Dtceniber 2024 12. Pw(OVEMEYI r IN FUNDS Trdnsfers betwetn fund£ ovement in funts Ai 3V121?5 Al 11112 j Unre51ri£tEd fuuds General fvnd Fixed fijnd Flower tund l J44 9,434 661 {1.9(￿} 35,376 29.014 (2￿) 461 11.639 (&106} 3).376 38,9( Restricted fwids Mission income C2nlante5 Domino Donations and legacies Tea dance F,oli¢Ly fttnd 5.((J8 1.117 779 79 150 235 3,008 1237 779 150 235 S,0￿) Parish ft&si Lighiinq fabri¢ ￿nd Roof Fund Youth fund 'inier project Arts fesuvat Repointiig fvnd 22.44? 3.162 {1 ?681 16,0231 I0,￿XI (34JS71 3,674 6,836 ?1.413 (1,020) 14,370 10,wo 50,757 28J13 {3>.?76) 43.694 TOTAL ll￿Ds 62.396 20,?07 8?,603 Nel rnovemeni in fiJnd% included tll the above are follo Inc¢)ming Re50urc¢s Gains and pended Mov¢ment in UTWtstricted fvnd5 General fund Flower fund 162.808 (170,6051 12001 {109) (7.9061 {2001 162.808 11?Q8051 (S,I061 Restricted fvnds NV2lsinghatL Ruof F,JnJ Yauth Fund Ivinrer warm projcct Arts lesLival Repointing fund 2,947 21442 4.475 3.939 27,442 J,162 (i,21Tr1 (6,033} If.,023) 10,0 IQ,LN)O 43.796 (15.4831 28.313 TOTAL FUNDS 2(kS.604 {186.285) 1109) ?0207 Pagc14 ¢ontinued...

THE PAROCIIIAL CEIURCH COUZ4CILOFTHE ECCLESIASTECAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ON THE CLJFF& BLACKPOOL NOTES TO THE FLy￿￿ClAL sfATE,MEYTS. continued for th¢ year ended 31 December 2025 l2. P4'lOVEMENf FUNDS- continued Compar•tlves for mo}eme￿I ISL funds Nd Mov￿nI in funds Al 3 Illln_4 At iJir24 U¥wetri¢ttd tund5 Gen¢ral fund Fixed A55et fu'Dd Flower fund 19.645) 9,434 343 9.434 661 318 20966 {9J27 11,639 R¢stritted fLind5 Mi5siofL iiiEorne W￿singhaTr. Canlani&s DomiNo DoTruioTts and.legacics Tea dente holiday fund Choir fund Parish feast Lighting labll¢ Roof Fu'nd Youth fund 55'int¢r warm project Art5 fEStival 4.808 223 1237 779 ?00 {2231 S,N8 1,237 779 79 150 235 150 l L.915 3.674 1,267 21.413 3,674 21,413 12Jll 38.246 50,757 TOTAL Fuf4DS 33,477 28,919 CoiTJpardlive n¢t mov¢ment in incl￿1*1 in the ai)ove ar¢&5 follows: IncoTning G&ns and losses Moi'emenl in fun( pended Uttre5tTitted fwids G¢nernl fund Flower fund 150.769 918 1160,475) I6￿) 61 (9,(ASI 318 lil.687 1161,075) 19,327 Rtstrleted fi￿d$ ColunibariurvG&rdeTr Df Repose Mi85ion iDcixnc Wa.:%pngham Roof Flind Youth ILind Winter wam projttt Ar.￿..eStiV 1.128 2N 3.199 77.841 5,54? 2.5J4 27,032 {15,9261 3,674 1,267 (1267) (5.619) 67.476 (29 73D) 38,246 TOTAL FUNDS 219.163 1190JOil 61 28.919 Page 15 contirtucd..

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COtJNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PAIUSH OF ST STEPHE]% ON THE CLIFF& BLACl¥POOL NOTESTO TIIE FI￿￿￿CIAL sfATE%IEliTS- ¢outinlled for the ended 31 D£cellLber 20ZS 12. OVEMENT ITr4 FUNDS- ¢ontluued Restricttd funds Mi5%10nS- ]r.or.Ic8 fdi4ed 10 siJpp)rt rnissionary ch&ilits ioinected to thc Church. Walsinghhm- mc)nie¥ receiK'ed attd paid rc the air..kEa.' pi.griTr.ag¢. Cap.wiies Domino. doralions Teceived knra kr.uslc ety whose aim isth provide Liturwcal [￿U&￿e. Donaiions [￿d l¢gacies- amounts Trttived to be U5Ed ioriie %¢ofic Jpkeep of Ihe Cliurch. Teo dance b.oliday fvnd- f'jnds paid by the clllb rnenberylowa￿g the llnnual 4ioliday cos Choir fund- donalions received Fcr choir C￿Tr,￿. Paris￿, fe&s1- motiits arLd paid re Ihe annual parisli feast. Lighting fabric fund- monies rtce.:ved ￿ ￿n￿:18￿.1]i￿g proje£t. ROOF Fund- Grdnts ￿￿1Ved for Ihc r(M)f rrpair Pnwjeci. Rep)ining Fund- Gr&nl Y¢¢ived for chuwh rep)iniing projc£i DeStgnaI￿ fund5 FTxed Absd fvnd. is ￿ irw¢stri¢ted fiu)d repre5enicd by the ￿ book of Ihe langible fixd a%sets of the Charity. Rt$ources Lxptnded repmnts the dep1tri￿i0n Charge. 13, REL4TED PARTY DISCLOSURES Tlie Friends (7F St Stephetj on Ihc Clisfs Blx¢kwl 111104i41 Is a rlated ¢hariry whsch Is ￿rated and ¢onirolla by 10 TNsLees, 4 Df %Trlh)n are the IncurnEeThL Treasurtr and Churtii ￿2rdell$ of the Parcthial Churcli Council (PCC) of St Siephen ￿ the Cliff& Blackpts)l. Durin8 the y¥aT the PCC of St St¢ph¢n on th¢ Cliff* BlackTKN)I received £nil 1lQ74.£3.7501 iu doJthtioDS fro Tht FrieRdsof& Strphcn on the Clitt4 Blackw￿. Duryng the year ¢xpend""ture lorail3ng Ei.868 (2024.. £12.7641 b&$ been gifted by The Friends of Sl Siepli¥iTr on ie Clit& Blackpool to gssi5t running co￿$ of the Church sTrd th¢ PCC of St Si¢phtn on the Cliff5, Blackptx>l i8rn05t appreuotiveof 5￿ppoIL Conversely Ihe PCC met expelldillwe on beh￿r of the Fricnd% whidi amountd 10 £4,016 (2024.. £nill, £6,116 w&$ due by Iht Frith05 al 31 Dec¢mbtr207- Pagt 16