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2025-12-31-accounts

The Parochial Church Council of the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uplyme

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31[st ] December 2025

Aim and Purpose

St Peter and St Paul’s Parochial Church Council (the PCC) is part of the Axe Valley Mission Community, which it joined in 2019. The PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the Incumbent, the Reverend Nicky Davies in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is responsible for maintaining the Church, which is a Grade II Listed Building.

Objectives, Activities and Public Benefit

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our Church, and to become part of our parish family. When planning our activities, the PCC has considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and in particular the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. We try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish family, through:

To facilitate this work, it is vital that we maintain the fabric of the Church.

Achievements and Performance

Worship and Prayer

Worship takes place on each Sunday morning and two Sunday evenings with Compline on the first Monday of the month. Fifth Sunday services are held in various Axe Valley Missions Churches enabling joint worship across the community. Our Together@Ten family services are growing and we continue to encourage young families to attend other morning services such as Together@Communion where a Junior Church is held. We have a strong lay ministry leading team which, with the AVMC ministry team, allows us to maintain a full programme of services. Many of the congregation take part by reading or leading prayers. There is a strong team of musicians and singers who help to lead the worship. Holy Communion at home is available for those unable to attend church.

Pastoral work continues with a monthly coffee morning at the Black Dog Cafe, a pastoral WhatsApp group to share concerns and prayers, and the Anna Chaplaincy team. There are regular Home Group meetings and a weekly Prayer Group at church. At present there are 62 parishioners on the Electoral Roll. The average attendance at Sunday morning services was 52 during 2025, in the evening it was 23. The Remembrance, Christmas, Easter and Together@Ten services are significantly higher. As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life through, baptisms, weddings and funerals.

Deanery Synod

A member of the PCC sit on the Honiton Deanery Synod. This provides the PCC with a link with the churches around us, and also with the Diocese as a whole. It also receives reports from the General Synod.

Church Fabric

The Building Team has worked hard through the year not only on regular maintenance and repairs but on the items highlighted in the Quinquennial report of December 2024. The main item was structural repairs to the church tower which were completed in August. Details of other work completed are in the Building Team’s group report.

Mission and Evangelism

Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. In 2025 we raised funds through our Gift Day and the Art Exhibition for two charities. St Petrock’s which supports homeless and vulnerable people in Exeter and the Busoga Trust which works to construct wells, boreholes, latrines and wash rooms in Uganda. Our monthly ‘Parish News’ magazine reaches every home in Uplyme giving details of what is happening in the community as well as at church. It is also available on-line at our website: www.uplymechurch.org.uk/parish

Other Activities

The PCC publishes, in March each year, a separate document containing reports and details of over 20 organisations and groups that are part of our Church family. Activities range from Bell Ringing to Football, Knit and Chatter to the Playgroup. Copies are available from the church porch or download it from our website: www.uplymechurch.org.uk/parish

Financial Review

Total receipts on the unrestricted General Funds were £76,764 and payments from this fund totalled £80,899 resulting in a deficit for the year of £4,135. This has been covered by the Legacy fund. We have paid in full our Common Fund of £54,141. This fund is used by the diocese towards the cost of clergy stipends and housing. In 2026 we have been notified that the Common Fund charge per participant (estimated at 69) will be equivalent to £15.42 per week for each participant. This is by far and away our biggest expense. The majority of parishioners give by regular standing order, £44,560 in the year, with cash and contactless payments on the machine in church also received.

Details of Restricted Funds movements are shown on Page 5 of the Accounts. The Fabric Fund has fallen by £9,960 net due in particular to work on the church tower and roof as required in the 2024 quinquennial report. The Disabled Toilet fund is unchanged at £27,645 and a group is looking to try to achieve this installation by improving existing toilet facilities. A share of the annual Gift Day donations of £1,227 was allocated to the Youth and Children’s Ministry Fund and there is £4,034 in this fund at 31/12/2025. A further share of the Gift Day money plus the proceeds of the summer Art Exhibition are donated to Charities Fund and distributed as detailed in note 4 on page 6 of the accounts.

Reserves Policy

The PCC will maintain Restricted Funds in line with donor wishes. These funds will be reviewed annually. For General Funds the PCC aims to maintain a balance of £30,000 to cover routine expenditure with any deficit having been written off to the unrestricted Legacy Fund, which at 31/12/2025 stands at £38,524. The hope for the future is that the Legacy Fund will enable development of the church building but at present it is needed to cover general deficits. It is PCC policy to invest surplus funds with CCLA through CBF Church of England Deposit fund and to review investments annually. A CAF Shawbrook 1 year savings account is also used for monies that may be needed in the medium term.

Safeguarding

The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to comply with the House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults).

Volunteers

The members of the PCC would like to thank all of the many volunteers who work so tirelessly to

make our Church a lively and vibrant community.

Structure, Governance and Management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. The Council comprises the Incumbent, the Churchwardens, those elected to the Deanery Synod, and other members who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, by those on the Electoral Roll. Members of the congregation are always encouraged to join the Electoral Roll, and to consider standing for election to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance in the parish, and for all financial matters. The full PCC met six times during the year. Given its wide responsibilities, the PCC has a number of sub committees, each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These include Worship, Buildings, Finance, Youth, Tech and Social. The standing Committee meets when required and has limited power to transact business of the PCC between meetings. It consists of the Vicar, Wardens, Treasure and PCC Secretary. All report to the full PCC.

Administrative Information

The Church is situated in the village of Uplyme in Devon and is part of the Deanery of Honiton, in the Diocese of Exeter. The correspondence address is Uplyme Church, Pound Lane, Uplyme, DT7 3TT. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, and the Church Representation Rules 2022) and became a Registered Charity 2009.

Registered Charity Number: 1131962

Website address: www.uplymechurch.org.uk

Bankers: CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ

Independent Examiner: I M Whitehead

Penfold, Cannington Lane, Uplyme DT7 3SW

PCC members who have served from 1[st] January 2025 until 31st December 2025 are: Incumbent Rev’d Nicky Davies ex officio

Churchwardens Jan Impey

Sue Wells until 28th April 2025

Deanery Synod Rep Robin Hodges

Elected Members Mike Maccoy Jo Clarke Chris Buckingham Secretary Jenny Perham Jackie Gannaway Sue Wells from 28th April 2025 Jo Cursley from 28th April 2025

Jo Clarke

Co-opted Sharyn Walker Treasurer

Rob Smith

Report approved by the PCC on 12th January 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

Nicky Davies Jan Impey

Rev N Davies Mrs J Impey

Independent Examiner's Report to the members of the Parochial Church Council (‘The Trustees’) of St Peter and St Paul Church, Uplyme, Devon. Charity Number 1131962

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Parochial Church Council of St Peter and St Paul Church, Uplyme (the ‘Trust’) for the year ended 31st December 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). You consider that an audit is not required for this year and that an independent examination is needed.

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.

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directives given by the Charities Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of an unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seek explanations from trustees concerning such matters. The procedures do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present “ a true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

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:

IM Whitehead

…………………………………………………………………………

I M Whitehead

Dated.. 12 March 2026

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UPLYME PCC
Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31
December 2025
Receipts and Payments Accounts AS
RESTATED
RECEIPTS GENERAL LEGACY RESTRICTED 2025 2024
FUND FUND FUNDS TOTAL TOTAL
£ £ £ £ £
1.Tax Efficient Planned Giving
Bankers Orders & Envelopes 35588 - 520 36108 38179
-
2. Other Planned Giving
Bankers Orders 7002 - 1450 8452 7540
-
(Total of all planned giving) 42590 - 1970 44560 45,719
3.Collections At Services 2530 - 696 3226 3.147
4.All Other Giving
Gift Day 1943 - 2914 4857
Youth MinistryEvents 541 - 35 576
Other Donations 3542 - 8592 12134
Total 6026 - 11541 17567 8,895
6.Gift Aid Recovered 10522 - 1020 11542 11,349
7.Legacies Received - - - - -
8.Grants( Note 3) 550 - - 550 4,919
9.Gross Income From Fundraising 4103 - 2432 6535 6,393
10.Bank Interest 4987 - - 4987 4,726
11.Statutory Fees (net) 1971 - - 1971 3068
12.Gross Income From Trading
Parish News (note 3) 3485 - - 3485 6,676
- -
13.Any Other Income - - 0 0
TOTAL INCOME 76764 - 17659 94423 94892

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UPLYME PCC
Payments Year ended 31
December 2025
GENERAL LEGACY RESTRICT 2025 restated
2024
FUND FUND FUNDS TOTAL Total
£ £ £ £ £
17.Fund Raising Costs 802 - - 802 151
18.Mission Giving & Donations
(note 4)
15 12933 12948 5598
19.Common Fund 54141 - 54141 53807
20.Salaries, Wages & Honoraria
Honoraria,bell ringers and Training 373 75 448 510
21.Clergy & Staff Expenses -AVMC 6696 - 6696 6696
(Note 2)
22.Mission & Evangelism Costs
Support Costs Shiningstars 1458 1458
Youth MinistryEvents 0 1398 1398
Total 1458 - 1398 2856 3200
23.Church Running Costs
Administration 200 - 200
Insurance,Prof fees 2441 1325 3766
Upkeepof Services 1791 1791
Provisions 1064 - 1064
Church Building & General
Maintenance
1548 11885 13433
Churchyard Maintenance 800 800
Total 7044 - 14010 21054 18513
24.Church Utility Costs 6015 - - 6015 1532
25.Cost of Trading
Parish News(note 3) 4355 - - 4355 4406
- -
29.New Building Works - - - -
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 80899 - 28416 109315 94413
Excess Receipts over Payments -4135 - -10757 -14892 479
Transfers between funds 4135 -3993 -142 0 0
Net after Transfers 0 -3993 -10899 -14892 479
Fund Balance B/F 1 January 30000 42517 67591 140108 139629
Fund Balance C/Fwd 31 December 30000 38524 56692 125216 140108

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UPLYME PCC Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 December 2025
AS RESTATED
2025 2024
£ £
Assets :
Cash Funds
Cash at Church 15 240
Cash - Shining Stars 99 53
General Current Account 8425 9,105
General Deposit Account 7565 26,257
CAF Shawbrook 1 Year Saving Account 31618 30,315
CBF CoE Deposit Fund 77494 74,138
Total Cash Funds 125,216 140,108
Other Monetary Assets
Debtors - Vat and Gift Aid 3626 5182
Liabilities
Creditors - General 616 2683
FUNDS
Restricted Funds (See PAGE 5 and Note 1c)
Flag 474 636
Youth/children Ministries 4034 4,963
New Toilet Facilities 27645 27,645
Fabric 24004 33,964
PCC Charities and Personal 187 35
Flower Fund 348 348
Graveyard 0 0
Total Restricted Funds 56692 67,591
Designated Funds
Legacy Fund (Note 1d.) 38524 42,517
General Fund (Note 1b) 30000 30,000
TOTAL FUNDS 125,216 140.108

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NOTES TO ACCOUNTS

N5. Analysis of Funds

Receipts and Payments Accounts

Uplyme Parochial Church Council

b/f 1st Jan
2025
Receipts
£
Payments
£
Transfers
£
c/f 3st Dec
2025
Restricted funds
Toilet facilities 27645 - - - 27645
Fabric 33964 3088 13048 24004
Flag 636 - 162 474
Graveyard Upkeep 0 25 800 775
0
Youth/children ministry 4963 1461 1473 -917 4034
Flower Fund 348 - - 348
PCC Charities & Personal 35 13085 12933 187
Total Restricted- note 1c 67591 17659 28416 -142 56692
Unrestricted Funds
Legacy -note 1d 42,517 - - -3993 38524
General -note 1b 30,000 76764 80899 4135 30000
Total Unrestricted 72,517 76764 80899 142 68524
TOTAL ALL FUNDS 140108 94423 109315 0 125216

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Uplyme Parochial Church Council

Notes to the Receipts and Payments for the year ending 31[st] December 2025

The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.

N1. Accounting Policies

N3. Grants Received/Parish News

Uplyme Parish Council gave £550 in the year towards the Parish News costs. This is distributed free to village residents. The PCC’s aim is to break even on the costs of production via advertising income, grants and donations.

N4. Charitable Support

Uplyme PCC reviews its mission giving every 3 years. In June 2025 it agreed to support 2 main charities. These are The Busoga Trust, which assists with water supplies in Uganda and St Petrocks which aids the homeless in Exeter. Both charities were sent £2340 each in 2025. Other charity donations are made as agreed.

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Independent Examiner's Report to the members of the Parochial Church Council (‘The Trustees’) of St Peter and St Paul Church, Uplyme, Devon. Charity Number 1131962

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Parochial Church Council of St Peter and St Paul Church, Uplyme (the ‘Trust’) for the year ended 31st December 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). You consider that an audit is not required for this year and that an independent examination is needed.

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.

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directives given by the Charities Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of an unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seek explanations from trustees concerning such matters. The procedures do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present “ a true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

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:

IM Whitehead

…………………………………………………………………………

I M Whitehead

Dated.. 12 March 2026

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UPLYME PCC
Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31
December 2025
Receipts and Payments Accounts AS
RESTATED
RECEIPTS GENERAL LEGACY RESTRICTED 2025 2024
FUND FUND FUNDS TOTAL TOTAL
£ £ £ £ £
1.Tax Efficient Planned Giving
Bankers Orders & Envelopes 35588 - 520 36108 38179
-
2. Other Planned Giving
Bankers Orders 7002 - 1450 8452 7540
-
(Total of all planned giving) 42590 - 1970 44560 45,719
3.Collections At Services 2530 - 696 3226 3.147
4.All Other Giving
Gift Day 1943 - 2914 4857
Youth MinistryEvents 541 - 35 576
Other Donations 3542 - 8592 12134
Total 6026 - 11541 17567 8,895
6.Gift Aid Recovered 10522 - 1020 11542 11,349
7.Legacies Received - - - - -
8.Grants( Note 3) 550 - - 550 4,919
9.Gross Income From Fundraising 4103 - 2432 6535 6,393
10.Bank Interest 4987 - - 4987 4,726
11.Statutory Fees (net) 1971 - - 1971 3068
12.Gross Income From Trading
Parish News (note 3) 3485 - - 3485 6,676
- -
13.Any Other Income - - 0 0
TOTAL INCOME 76764 - 17659 94423 94892

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UPLYME PCC
Payments Year ended 31
December 2025
GENERAL LEGACY RESTRICT 2025 restated
2024
FUND FUND FUNDS TOTAL Total
£ £ £ £ £
17.Fund Raising Costs 802 - - 802 151
18.Mission Giving & Donations
(note 4)
15 12933 12948 5598
19.Common Fund 54141 - 54141 53807
20.Salaries, Wages & Honoraria
Honoraria,bell ringers and Training 373 75 448 510
21.Clergy & Staff Expenses -AVMC 6696 - 6696 6696
(Note 2)
22.Mission & Evangelism Costs
Support Costs Shiningstars 1458 1458
Youth MinistryEvents 0 1398 1398
Total 1458 - 1398 2856 3200
23.Church Running Costs
Administration 200 - 200
Insurance,Prof fees 2441 1325 3766
Upkeepof Services 1791 1791
Provisions 1064 - 1064
Church Building & General
Maintenance
1548 11885 13433
Churchyard Maintenance 800 800
Total 7044 - 14010 21054 18513
24.Church Utility Costs 6015 - - 6015 1532
25.Cost of Trading
Parish News(note 3) 4355 - - 4355 4406
- -
29.New Building Works - - - -
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 80899 - 28416 109315 94413
Excess Receipts over Payments -4135 - -10757 -14892 479
Transfers between funds 4135 -3993 -142 0 0
Net after Transfers 0 -3993 -10899 -14892 479
Fund Balance B/F 1 January 30000 42517 67591 140108 139629
Fund Balance C/Fwd 31 December 30000 38524 56692 125216 140108

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UPLYME PCC Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 December 2025
AS RESTATED
2025 2024
£ £
Assets :
Cash Funds
Cash at Church 15 240
Cash - Shining Stars 99 53
General Current Account 8425 9,105
General Deposit Account 7565 26,257
CAF Shawbrook 1 Year Saving Account 31618 30,315
CBF CoE Deposit Fund 77494 74,138
Total Cash Funds 125,216 140,108
Other Monetary Assets
Debtors - Vat and Gift Aid 3626 5182
Liabilities
Creditors - General 616 2683
FUNDS
Restricted Funds (See PAGE 5 and Note 1c)
Flag 474 636
Youth/children Ministries 4034 4,963
New Toilet Facilities 27645 27,645
Fabric 24004 33,964
PCC Charities and Personal 187 35
Flower Fund 348 348
Graveyard 0 0
Total Restricted Funds 56692 67,591
Designated Funds
Legacy Fund (Note 1d.) 38524 42,517
General Fund (Note 1b) 30000 30,000
TOTAL FUNDS 125,216 140.108

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NOTES TO ACCOUNTS

N5. Analysis of Funds

Receipts and Payments Accounts

Uplyme Parochial Church Council

b/f 1st Jan
2025
Receipts
£
Payments
£
Transfers
£
c/f 3st Dec
2025
Restricted funds
Toilet facilities 27645 - - - 27645
Fabric 33964 3088 13048 24004
Flag 636 - 162 474
Graveyard Upkeep 0 25 800 775
0
Youth/children ministry 4963 1461 1473 -917 4034
Flower Fund 348 - - 348
PCC Charities & Personal 35 13085 12933 187
Total Restricted- note 1c 67591 17659 28416 -142 56692
Unrestricted Funds
Legacy -note 1d 42,517 - - -3993 38524
General -note 1b 30,000 76764 80899 4135 30000
Total Unrestricted 72,517 76764 80899 142 68524
TOTAL ALL FUNDS 140108 94423 109315 0 125216

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Uplyme Parochial Church Council

Notes to the Receipts and Payments for the year ending 31[st] December 2025

The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.

N1. Accounting Policies

N3. Grants Received/Parish News

Uplyme Parish Council gave £550 in the year towards the Parish News costs. This is distributed free to village residents. The PCC’s aim is to break even on the costs of production via advertising income, grants and donations.

N4. Charitable Support

Uplyme PCC reviews its mission giving every 3 years. In June 2025 it agreed to support 2 main charities. These are The Busoga Trust, which assists with water supplies in Uganda and St Petrocks which aids the homeless in Exeter. Both charities were sent £2340 each in 2025. Other charity donations are made as agreed.

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