**TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **The Parochial Church Council of ST MARY’S CHURCH, PULBOROUGH**
## **Registered Charity No. 1132137**
## **For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **CONTENTS**
**Page** Trustees Annual Report for 2025 2 Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 11 Balance Sheet 12 Notes to the Accounts 13-18 Report of the Independent Examiner 19
St Mary’s Church, Church Place, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 1AF _Incumbent:_ The Rector, The Reverend Canon Paul Seaman, The Rectory, Hillcrest Park, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 2AW
_Independent Examiner:_ Sue Etheridge ACMA, Corsley, Melton Drive, Storrington, West Sussex RH20 4BL _Bankers:_ The National Westminster Bank, 5 East Street, Chichester, West Sussex. PO19
**Trustees Annual Report for 2025**
**Structure, governance and management** The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity, but it is excepted from registering with the Commission within the meaning of Section 30 of the Charities Act 2011. During the year, the following served as members of the PCC:
## _Ex Officio Members_
Incumbent The Reverend Canon Paul Seaman Chair Warden Mrs Ann Kaiser Vice-Chair Readers Mr Anthony Holloway Mrs Victoria Smith
## _Elected/Co-opted Members_
Mr Peter Gregory Mrs Antoinette Hayes Electoral Roll Officer Mr Austen Hindman Safeguarding Officer Ms Elizabeth Hunt Mr Brian Hunter PCC Treasurer Mrs Christine Lindsay Mr James Raynard Ms Susan Scholefield PCC Secretary Mrs Victoria Smith Mrs Jacquie Walbridge
## _Deanery Synod Representatives_
Mr Rob Aylott Mrs Alyson Heath Ms Susan Scholefield
Membership of the PCC is determined under the Church Representation Rules and consists of certain ex officio members (the Incumbent/Priest in Charge, Curate, Readers licensed to officiate in the church), the Churchwardens and members of the Deanery, Diocesan or General Synod and 12 members of the church who have previously been elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). Members are warmly encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible.
**Aim and Purposes:** The primary objective of St Mary’s PCC is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England. The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent, The Reverend Canon Paul Seaman, in the service of the regular congregation and the wider parish community
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## **The Rector writes:**
## Dear Friends in Christ,
2025 was a significant year for us as a Diocese as we celebrated 950 years since the centre for Christian mission and ministry in Sussex moved to Chichester and our cathedral church in Chichester was founded. Internationally, we also marked the 1700 anniversary of the formulation of the Nicene Creed as the formal summary of the Church’s faith and teaching. This was all part of our Diocesan Year of Faith with special events and activities based around these special anniversaries.
The year began with the special Deanery celebration at Steyning Grammar School, presided over by Bishop Ruth. During Lent, along with our friends from the other congregations in the village, we looked more closely at the different parts of the Creed and reflected on them together. As a congregation we regularly referred to this inheritance of faith as we moved through the year, reminding us all of why the Church exists and what we base our life together on. ‘We walk by faith and not by sight’ as the scriptures remind us.
It is heartening to see the numbers in our congregation being sustained with obvious signs of growth. This is despite our lack of car parking and other basic amenities. Without these facilities, it is hard to see how we can broaden the age profile of our congregation. Having said that, it is a joy to minister to such a committed and appreciative community of faith, who are dedicated to sustaining and strengthening the work and witness of our church within this parish we are called to serve in Christ’s name. It is also encouraging to see members of our congregation and of other congregations in the village taking a full part in village life. Where we can, it is important for us to get alongside other groups and organisations in building up and strengthening community life here in Pulborough and beyond.
We have now established a Ministry Team to take the lead in the mission and ministry of the church in the parish. This is made up of our growing number of Authorised Lay Ministers (ALMs) who have each had specialist training in a particular area of church life. The business of our parish is effectively managed by the members of our PCC with the expertise of our deeply committed PCC officers. Ann Kaiser has been our only Churchwarden this year and has kept everything on course, alongside her duties as the Parish Secretary. We sincerely thank her for all her efforts and for those who have actively supported her during the year. Sadly, we said goodbye to Vicky Smith, one of our Readers who moved to the Midlands, to be nearer to her parents. Vicky contributed a great deal to the ministry offered by our church, especially in her preaching ministry, in her work at our school and in leading the ‘Kingfishers’. Our loss is another church’s gain as we express our gratitude for all she did during her time with us.
The Friends of Pulborough Parish Church continue to work hard to raise the necessary money needed to repair and improve the maintenance of our church building. During the last year we were given the challenging target of raising close to a million pounds in order to carry out essential repair work. Thanks to the generosity of one of our donors, we have been able to employ a professional fundraiser. He has a lot of experience in raising this amount of money for other churches and is supporting us to help us meet our target. The appeal for this Phase One of the work will be launched later this year.
In the meantime, the Church Building Development Group are working on plans for Phase Two of the work we are looking to do. This involves preparing plans for the re-ordering of parts of the interior of the church to provide a more open and flexible space, hopefully providing some of those necessary facilities referred to earlier. This will be less straight forward, potentially more controversial and will
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mean some important decisions will need to be made in due course. Needless to say, before these decisions are made, there will be opportunities to discuss and consider any planned proposals.
2026 could prove to be an exciting year, as we plan the next steps we need to take in different areas of church life. As we look ahead, we must place all in the Lord’s hands and seek his will, not assuming we know how to proceed and not simply clinging to what we know and like, as good as that might or might not be! One of the signs of a healthy church is one that is clearly ‘motivated by faith’, a place where prayer and action are encouraged in equal measure.
I wish to express my thanks to all who have contributed to this Annual Report and to everyone who is so committed to different aspects of our life together in Christ. Jesus made it very clear that where there is division, His Kingdom cannot be forwarded for ‘a kingdom divided against itself will fail’. We must always welcome everybody’s contributions and views and honour one another as sisters and brothers in the same family, whether we agree or disagree with what others have contributed. In this Year of Matthew, we recall how Matthew, the despised and hated tax collector was given a place among the twelve, showing us that, at a human level, God might just be turning our expectations on their head!
With my love and prayers,
## _Fr Paul_
**(The Reverend Canon Paul Seaman) Annual Report for calendar year 2025**
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## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Electoral Roll**
During the year 2025 to 2026 there has been minimum movement in the numbers on the Electoral Roll.
3 names have been removed and 4 have been added. This brings the total on the Electoral Roll to 137 of whom 110 are resident and 27 are non-resident in the Parish.
The Roll is stored electronically with copies held by myself in my capacity as Electoral Roll Officer, The Rector and one of the Churchwardens. Anybody wishing to view the Roll may request to do so.
## **A.K.Hayes**
## **Church Attendance**
On a usual Sunday in 2025 there were ‘on average’ 74 people in the congregation. This was marginally over a 10% increase on the figure for 2024.
In the course of the year there were 2 weddings, 8 baptisms and 5 funeral services held in church. One funeral service was held at a crematorium and there were 12 ‘committal only’ or ‘burial of ashes only’.
The PCC met 7 times in the church. The Standing Committee met 8 times.
We are so grateful to all the volunteers who help in so many ways, as described by the Churchwarden in the following pages. It is very much appreciated.
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## **Churchwarden’s Report on Fabric for 2025**
Throughout the year, the church working parties have been well-attended by a faithful band of members of our congregation. Much is achieved at these working parties including regular sweeping and weeding of the outside gulleys and pathways, removing the vast number of Christmas tributes before Lent and generally keeping the graveyard looking as cared for as possible. Inside the church with only one ‘Holy Duster’ at present the working parties do extra hoovering, polishing, brass and silver cleaning. We are also so grateful for the delicious refreshment that ends each working party.
We are very grateful to Lucas Burman and his team for the care of the churchyard grass maintenance. The contract we have with them is a major item of expense borne by the PCC. The greater part of this expense is met from the interest of a bequest which was specifically directed to be used for this purpose. For this we are very grateful, however this leaves a small shortfall to be met from donations and the PCC is grateful for the receipt of a grant from the Parish Council which helps towards meeting this expense.
The fire extinguishers, boiler, CCTV and personal alarms were all serviced professionally during the year.
It having previously been agreed that overhaul was necessary to improve the time keeping, in February the mechanism driving the clock faces was removed by Smith of Derby, taken to their works and completely refurbished. At the same time the clock faces were removed by steeplejacks from the Tarrant Group for cleaning and repair. The whole mechanism was replaced by Easter and the same time is now displayed by all the clock faces with time keeping being as accurate as can be obtained with our 120 year old clock.
All this work was financed by the Friends.
The ringers are investigating preservation of a painted board recording ‘Beautification of the Tower’ in 1823 and the handwritten ringing records on the wooden clock case. At the end of the year the DAC were considering the proposal received from a professional art restorer.
During Storm Ami in October the weathervane was observed to be oscillating to an alarming extent in the high winds being experienced. Later investigation revealed a problem at the base of the post where it was connected to the roof structure of the tower. The post was taken down to ensure that no additional damage was incurred while replacement was considered in conjunction with the Architect, steeplejack and ourselves. The eventual method of replacement was decided and the necessary permissions and authorities obtained just before Christmas. All this is the subject of an insurance claim, the total cost including all fees and other expenses being some £20,000.
Other than this the building and the trees in the churchyard have survived the year without notable damage.
Preparatory work for Phase 1 of the church development, external work to the masonry to preserve the stonework and keep the building weathertight and safe, has continued. With the advantage of the drone survey and a closer look at otherwise inaccessible areas and with a decision to replace stones at the top of the tower which are starting to weather badly and disintegrate, a more detailed estimate of the total cost of this external work has been obtained indicating that a sum approaching one million pounds will be involved. With this in mind the PCC agreed to engage a professional fundraiser to advise and help the Friends with this mammoth task. In the meantime, preparation of the contract
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documentation progresses and the necessary Archdeacon’s Licence has been obtained which will enable tenders to be invited and work to commence as soon as finance is available.
In connection with this work, due to the presence of bats using the south aisle roof space, it has been necessary to commission a bat survey. This was carried out just before the bats disappeared for their hibernation and the advice received is that, subject to the timing of the masonry repairs, it should be possible for the work to be carried out under licence.
Phase 2 is concerned with the interior of the building, in particular the matter of discrete areas for particular purposes: remedial work to the floor; toilet facilities; and heating and lighting. It was found that meetings of the Friends and the Building Development group were separately discussing similar matters and concerns, particularly items such as publicity, advertising and similar peripheral activities. To co-ordinate these discussions group meetings were arranged which both groups found beneficial.
Work continues with the objective of investigating all possible solutions to achieve the various requirements and to determine which could be recommended for acceptance.
Two events during the year proved very beneficial for raising the profile of the church. The Heritage Sunday with numerous people visiting the ringing chamber and bell tower and our Harvest Festival Weekend which drew many visitors and enabled the church to host many of the groups representing the village.
We are very blessed at St Mary’s with the different groups and individuals who give up so much of their time to support the smooth running of the Parish Church throughout the year. This year as Churchwarden I have been most grateful for the support I have received, it is so much appreciated.
## **Ann Kaiser - Churchwarden**
## **St Mary’s Safeguarding Statement**
_St Mary’s, Pulborough, is a parish church that values everyone’s opinions and welcomes questions. In the past, those in positions of authority in the national church have often been presented as above questioning. This has led to some people abusing their position and to other people covering their abuses up. We are committed to safeguarding our congregation and wider community by promoting a culture of mutual respect and honesty. If you are uncomfortable or just curious about anything that we do at St Mary’s, please ask. The details of all those in positions of responsibility are on our website, under ‘Who’s who’._
During last year St Mary’s continued to implement the action plan set by the Safeguarding Dashboard. This is a system that has now been rolled out to all parishes. It gives us guidance on issues related to Safeguarding compliance within our church.
Training -During the year all our ALM’s have completed their safeguarding training. As lead recruiter I have undertaken training in safer recruitment and domestic abuse. All members of the PCC are
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encouraged to undertake the Foundation Stage Level of training. Indeed all members of the congregation can complete their safeguarding basic level of training which can be found on the diocesan website under safeguarding .
## **Alyson Heath - Lead Recruiter**
## **Deanery Synod Report for 2025 – Rob Aylott**
Alyson Heath, Rob Aylott and Susan Scholefield are your lay Parish Deanery Synod representatives. Their role is to represent the views of our Parish within the Deanery; and to refer to the PCC information that is provided by the Deanery and news from other Deanery parishes.
Below is an overview of our Synod meetings in 2025 with a focus generally on the main speakers’ talks.
## **26 February 2025 meeting at St Andrew’s and St Cuthman’s, Steyning**
Austen Hindman Head Teacher of a large CofE secondary school gave a very informative talk on safeguarding to the Deanery Synod based on his role of leading a safeguarding team in his school and in Pulborough Parish Church. His talk’s learning points included: It is key that all church members have a responsibility to look out for signs of negligence and abuse, and there are systems for reporting them and that they are dealt with quickly. He acknowledged that locally we had a low point when we were reeling from high profile cases that were not handled well. We have moved on – our safeguarding in individual parishes is probably stronger than the national leadership of safeguarding and developments such as the Dashboard system are good. He said our safeguarding culture is not top down, it’s growing from the ground up – that’s all right, that’s how trees grow. We need the people at the top to let the tree grow. Our goal is to make everybody feel comfortable with safeguarding responsibilities. Being a volunteer or clergy in a church should be like driving – you enjoy it, you’re looking forward to it, but it comes with responsibilities that you take seriously – the two can co-exist.
## **12 June 2025 meeting at St Mary’s, Thakeham**
This included a number of different subjects and speakers.
The first was Michelle Leach, Director of SPLASH, on what SPLASH does in our Church Schools to encourage worship. The discussion that followed discussed the form of worship in schools more widely and Michelle clarified the requirement that all schools, church or not, should have an assembly each day – in England, state-funded schools are legally required to hold a daily act of collective worship, which is often carried out through a school assembly.
The Rev Neill Stannard, Chaplain at Steyning Grammar School, then outlined the plans for the school’s mission week in November 2025.
Fr Paul Seaman then asked those present to work in groups on two questions reflecting what the Deanery had heard in the two presentations: What do you understand by the word evangelism? What does it look like in action? And – What support do you need to feel more confident to be a missionary disciple? The answers concluded that it was about having the confidence to go out and spread the words of Jesus more widely.
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Felicity Barnum-Bobb then gave the meeting a report on the Diocesan Synod of May 17 in which an Eastbourne Deanery Synod long complex motion “That this Synod: Endorses the Cry for Hope expressed by Palestinian Christians….etc” which was defeated substantially on procedural grounds.
Presidential address to the Diocesan Synod was given by Bishop Ruth – “Rejoice, Repent and Renew”. This was a very positive address in which she said that the church was growing among young adults especially in the Catholic and Pentecostal churches.
## **19 November 2025 meeting at St Mary’s, Storrington**
The Rev Buff Stone, Diocesan Environment Officer, talked about the problems of climate change and what we do to impact it. This was a very informative, challenging and engaging talk. Buff said she was very happy to send to any church the actual power point presentation which has additional notes. She was also happy to record a version of her presentation as a video to make it easier to show at PCC meetings. Buff recommended reading: _‘Saving Us’ –_ Katherine Heyhoe _‘A climate scientist’s case for hope and healing in a divided world’_ and _‘How bad are Bananas?’_ and Mike Berners-Lee ‘The Carbon Footprint of Everything’.
## **PCC Financial Review for 2025**
In 2025 we made a loss of £12,000 on unrestricted income, this loss is covered by the withdrawal we made from our endowment funds at the end of 2023.
Our Parish Share contribution in 2025 was £68,036, which is the same as 2024, and this amount is 83.5% of our total parish share.
In 2026 we have agreed to pay £70,417 which is 84.5% of the full amount required.
Once again one of our biggest costs in 2025 was £9,500 for Gas and Electricity and I fear that this will continue to be the case in 2026.
In 2025 the cost of maintaining the Churchyard was £10,273 and we received £8,885 from the Frost Legacy and other small donations. This meant that we needed to dip into the Churchyard Fund which has reduced the amount in the fund to £1,389.
In 2025 we spent £1,064 on Organ repairs and maintenance and there is now only £63 left in the Organ fund to pay for expenses in 2026. In this respect we need to generate more income for the Organ fund.
The budget for 2026 shows a shortfall of £13,250, we still have £15,000 in our Deposit account that we can utilise, but this will eave us with no reserves going into 2027.
Unless something changes in our income levels we may need to make another Endowment withdrawal at the end of 2026.
In summary, we must continue our efforts to increase our regular giving, and we need to look for other initiatives to increase our regular income.
Only then will we be able to get back to paying 100% of our Diocesan Parish Share.
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## **Reserves Policy**
It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on the general unrestricted funds which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted payments as a contingency against unforeseen situations.
The PCC has Endowment investments currently valued at £108,400 of which in the region of £45,000 can be used for approved Church Projects if required.
It is PCC policy to invest temporarily surplus funds with the CBF Church of England deposit fund.
## **Brian Hunter**
## **Treasurer**
**Report approved** by the PCC and signed on their behalf by
The Rector, The Reverend Canon Paul Seaman:
P R SEAMAN
Date: 10 May 2026
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|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|||||
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|**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|||||||||
|**For the YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2025**|||||||||
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||||Notes|Funds|Funds|Funds|**2025**|2024|
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|**Incoming resources**|||||||||
|Donations & Legacies||||73,662.91|151,594.02|0.00|**225,256.93**|101,541.62|
|Other TradingActivities||||2,622.31|0.00|0.00|**2,622.31**|932.79|
|Investment Income||||3,448.65|8,763.21|0.00|**12,211.86**|12,204.43|
|Charitable Activities||||6,914.00|0.00|0.00|**6,914.00**|7,165.00|
|Other Receipts||||0.00|0.00|0.00|**0.00**|2,834.40|
|From Friends of St. Mary||||0.00|0.00|0.00|**0.00**|0.00|
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|**Total income**|||2|86,647.87|160,357.23|0.00|**247,005.10**|124,678.24|
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|**Resources expended**|||||||||
|RaisingFunds||||93.00|0.00|0.00|**93.00**|93.00|
|Other tradingactivities||||0.00|0.00|0.00|**0.00**|0.00|
|Charitable activities||||101,331.61|147,837.87|0.00|**249,169.48**|132,052.81|
|**Total resources expended**|||3|101,424.61|147,837.87|0.00|**249,262.48**|132,145.81|
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|**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers**||||(14,776.74)|12,519.36|0.00|**(2,257.38)**|(7,467.57)|
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|Gross transfers between funds||||25,794.32|63,997.60|0.00|**89,791.92**|121,074.04|
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|**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other recognised**
**gains/losses**||||11,017.58|76,516.96|0.00|**87,534.54**|113,606.47|
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|Gains/(losses)on revaluation of fixed assets and investments||||(87.90)|0.00|(1,015.82)|**(1,103.72)**|3,687.43|
|Gains/(losses)on disposal of investment assets|||||||**0.00**|0.00|
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|**Net movement in funds**||||**10,929.68**|**76,516.96**|**(1,015.82)**|**86,430.82**|117,293.90|
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|Total funds brought forward at 1st January2025|||||||||
|As originallystated||||36,624.10|145,849.72|275,472.97|**457,946.79**|340,652.89|
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|**Total funds carried forward at 31st December 2025**||||**47,553.78**|**222,366.68 **|**274,457.15**|**544,377.61**|457,946.79|
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|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|||
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|**BALANCE SHEET AT 31st DECEMBER 2025**||||||
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||Notes||**2025**||2024|
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|**Fixed assets**||||||
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|Tangible fixed assets|||**0.00**||0.00|
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|Investments|||**279,873.54**||281,114.91|
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|**Total fixed assets**|8||**279,873.54**||281,114.91|
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|**Current Assets**||||||
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|Debtors||**2,895.25**|||3,360.21|
|Short term deposits||**3,145.03**|||3,024.32|
|Cash at bank and in hand|14|**37,640.11**|||170,846.35|
|||**43,680.39**|||177,230.88|
|**Current Liabilities**||||||
|Creditors: amounts fallingdue within oneyear||**(660.00)**|||(399.00)|
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|**Net current assets**|||**43,020.39**||176,831.88|
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|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||**322,893.93**||457,946.79|
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|Creditors: amounts fallingdue after oneyear|12||**0.00**||0.00|
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|**NET ASSETS**|||**322,893.93**||457,946.79|
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|**Funds**||||||
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|**Endowment funds**|||**274,457.15**||275,472.97|
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|**Restricted funds**|||**222,366.68**||145,849.72|
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|**Unrestricted funds**|||**47,553.78**||36,624.10|
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||||**544,377.61**||457,946.79|
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|This Annual Financial Report,for theyear ended 31st December 2025,includingthe notes following,was||||||
|Aproved bythe Parochial Church Council on 10th May2026 and signed on its behalf||||||
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|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**||||
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|**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**||||||||
|**For the YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2025**||||||||
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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|**FUNDS**|FUNDS||
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|**2025**|2024||
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|**a**|Donations and Legacies|||||||
||Plannedgiving|39,780.66|||**39,780.66**|38,629.43||
||Collections at all services|16,670.44|3,263.00||**19,933.44**|20,188.26||
||Donation for Friends of St Mary||100,000.00||**100,000.00**|0.00||
||Sundrydonations and appeals|4,086.18|48,331.02||**52,417.20**|15,833.22||
||Income tax recoverable|13,050.63|||**13,050.63**|12,895.25||
||VAT recoverable|0.00|||**0.00**|508.91||
||Grants(Parish Council)|0.00|||**0.00**|0.00||
||Church Lettings|75.00|||**75.00**|75.00||
||Friends Transfer|0.00|||**0.00**|11,286.24||
||Legacies|0.00|||**0.00**|520.72||
||Organ Donations||0.00||**0.00**|1,604.59||
|||**73,662.91**|**151,594.02**|**0.00**|**225,256.93**|101,541.62||
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|**b**|Other TradingActivities|||||||
||Concerts|831.00|0.00||**831.00**|0.00||
||Parish magazine|0.00|||**0.00**|141.00||
||Bookstall/Refreshment Sales|1,791.31|||**1,791.31**|791.79||
|||**2,622.31**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**2,622.31**|932.79||
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|**c**|Investment income|||||||
||Endowment Release of Funds|0.00|0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||Dividends and interest|3,448.65|8,763.21||**12,211.86**|12,204.43||
|||**3,448.65**|**8,763.21**|**0.00**|**12,211.86**|12,204.43||
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|**d**|Charitable Activities|||||||
||Fees from Weddings & Funerals|6,914.00|||**6,914.00**|7,165.00||
|||**6,914.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**6,914.00**|7,165.00||
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|**e**|Other Receipts|||||||
||Insurance Claim|0.00|0.00||**0.00**|2,834.40||
||Friends|0.00|0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
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|||**0.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|2,834.40||
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||**Total received on all funds**|**86,647.87 **|**160,357.23**|**0.00**|**247,005.10**|124,678.24||
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|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**||||
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|**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(continued)**||||||||
|**For the YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2025**||||||||
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|**3 **|**Resources expended**|||||||
||||||**TOTAL**|TOTAL||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|**FUNDS**|FUNDS||
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|**2025**|2024|Notes|
|||£|£|£|**£**|£||
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|**a**|RaisingFunds|||||||
||Special Appeals Costs||||**0.00**|0.00||
||Cost of weeklyenvelopes|93.00|||**93.00**|93.00||
|||**93.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**93.00**|93.00||
|||||||||
|**b**|Other tradingactivities|||||||
||Bookstall|0.00|||**0.00**|0.00||
|||**0.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|0.00||
|||||||||
|**c**|Charitable activities|||||||
|||0.00|3,767.89|0.00|**3,767.89**|3,869.87|4|
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||Ministrycosts:|||||||
||Diocesanparish contribution|68,036.00|||**68,036.00**|68,036.00||
||Church Insurance(Ecclesiastical)|3,268.02|||**3,268.02**|3,027.21||
||Rectors Livingexpenses|1,200.00|||**1,200.00**|1,200.00||
||Rectors & Churchwardens expenses|0.00|||**0.00**|363.18||
||Upkeepof Rectory|5,683.78|||**5,683.78**|5,141.88||
||Other costs|0.00|||**0.00**|0.00||
|||||||||
||Staff|2,950.00|0.00|0.00|**2,950.00**|2,850.00|5|
|||||||||
||Church runningexpenses|||||||
||Utilities etc|9,589.51|||**9,589.51**|7,335.09||
||Administration costs|1,374.31|||**1,374.31**|1,330.39||
||Parish Secretary's Honorarium|1,300.00|||**1,300.00**|1,300.00||
||Photocopies|3,022.15|||**3,022.15**|4,304.61||
||Flower Ladies|400.00|||**400.00**|400.00||
||Organ Maintenance||1,063.66||**1,063.66**|1,222.57||
||Bank Charges|409.12|||**409.12**|197.62||
||Church maintenance|916.80|31,888.00||**32,804.80**|15,026.53||
||Christmas Tree|0.00|||**0.00**|999.99||
||Transfer to Friends of St Mary||100,000.00||**100,000.00**|||
||Light & Sound||59.57||**59.57**|0.00||
||Church Fabric(Statues & Altar etc)||0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||Upkeepof services|||||||
||Sanctuary& Services|947.43|0.00||**947.43**|1,371.58||
||Organist & Choir costs|450.00|||**450.00**|290.00||
||Upkeepof churchyard|0.00|10,273.48||**10,273.48**|9,990.00||
||Church Lettings||0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||Concertpayments|0.00|0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||Parish magazine|0.00|||**0.00**|0.00||
||Bell Ringers Projects||336.00||**336.00**|||
||Childrens Projects||449.27||**449.27**|1,102.29||
||Sundayschool & Youthgroupcosts|0.00|||**0.00**|0||
||Weddings & Funeral costs|1,784.49|||**1,784.49**|2,694.00||
||Mission Giving|0.00|||**0.00**|0.00||
||Diocesan Loan Repayment|0.00|||**0.00**|0.00||
|||||||||
||Governance|0.00|0.00|0.00|**0.00**|0.00|6|
|||||||||
||**Total Charitable Activities**|101,331.61|147,837.87|0.00|249,169.48|132,052.81||
|||||||||
||**Total resources expended**|**101,424.61 **|**147,837.87**|**0.00 **|**249,262.48**|132,145.81||
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|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**||||
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|**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(continued)**||||||||
|**For the YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2025**||||||||
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||||||**TOTAL**|TOTAL||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|**FUNDS**|FUNDS||
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|**2025**|2024||
|||£|£|£|**£**|£||
|**4 **|**Missionary and charitablegiving:**|||||||
||Overseas:|||||||
||DEC||0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||Water Aid/Toilet Twinning||0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||Christian Aid||414.50||**414.50**|421.00||
||Friends of the HolyLand||162.00||**162.00**|0.00||
||Home:|||||||
||Save the Children||187.00||**187.00**|359.00||
||FSW||1,718.53||**1,718.53**|1,130.00||
||Bishops DiscretionaryFund||0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||TurningTides||259.00||**259.00**|0.00||
||Childrens Society||74.00||**74.00**|243.00||
||Mission to Seafarers||190.00||**190.00**|241.00||
||PoppyAppeal||363.00||**363.00**|307.00||
||MaryHow Trust||0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||Historic Churches||0.00||**0.00**|0.00||
||Education West Africa||399.86||**399.86**|1,168.87||
||Total Missionaryand charitablegiving:|**0.00**|**3,767.89**|**0.00**|**3,767.89**|3,869.87||
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|**5 **|**Staff costs**|||||||
|||||||||
|**a**|Organist Salary|2,950.00|||**2,950.00**|2,850.00||
||Social Securitycosts|0.00|||**0.00**|0.00||
|||**2,950.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**2,950.00**|2,850.00||
||None|||||||
|||||||||
|**b **|**Payments to PCC members**|||||||
||Duringtheyear the PCCpaid an Honorarium of £1,300 to Mrs A.M. Kaiser for her duties as Parish Secretary.|||||||
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||**Governance costs**||||**2025**|2024||
||Independent examination fee||||**0**|0||
||Cost of annual accounts||||**0**|0||
|||**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|0||
|||||||||
|**7 **|**Analysis of transfers between funds**||||**2025**|2024||
||Friends Account to PCC Account||||31,888.00|11,286.24||
||topayfor Church Maintenanceprojects||||**31,888.00**|11,286.24||
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Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
For the YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2025
8 Fixed Assets
a Tangible fixed assets
None
b Investments 2025 2024
Market value 1 January 281,114.91 277,565.13
Purchases 0.00 0.00
Revaluation of CBF trust funds (1,015.82) 3,423.53
Revaluation of CCLA investment account (225.55) 126.25
Market value 31 December 279,873.54 281,114.91
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|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**Parochial Church Council of St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|||
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|**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(continued)**|||||||
|**For the YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2025**|||||||
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|**9 **|**Analysis of Net assets by fund**||||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|**Total Funds**||
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|**2025**|2024|
|||£|£|£|**£**||
||||||||
||Investment fixed assets 610181001S|5,416.39||274,457.15|**279,873.54**|281,114.91|
||Current assets|43,020.39|222,366.68||**265,387.07**|176,831.88|
|||**48,436.78 **|**222,366.68 **|**274,457.15 **|**545,260.61**|457,946.79|
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|**10 **|**Debtors**||||||
||||**2025**|2024|||
||||**£**|£|||
||Income tax recoverable||2,895.25|3,360.21|||
||||**2,895.25**|3,360.21|||
||||||||
|**11 **|**Creditors:**||**2025**|2024|||
||||**£**|£|||
||2024Q4 Feespayment||523.00|262.00|||
||RSCM 2025 licenses||137.00|137.00|||
||CharityPayments||0.00|0.00|||
||||0.00|0.00|||
||||**660.00**|399.00|||
||||||||
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||**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than oneyear**||||||
||||||||
|**12**|Diocesan loan||**0.00**|0.00|||
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|**Parochial Church Council of**|**Parochial Church Council of**|**St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|**St Mary Pulborough - Registered Charity No. 1132137**|||
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|**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL**||**STATEMENTS(continued)**|||||||
|**For the YEAR ENDED 31st**||**DECEMBER 2025**|||||||
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|**13 **|**Statement of funds**||||||||
||||||||||
|||**Bal b/fwd**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers,**||**Bal c/fwd**||
|||**1st Jan 2025**|||**othergains **||**31 Dec 2025**||
||||||**and losses**||||
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**||
||**Unrestricted Funds**||||||||
||General fund|36,624.10|||10,929.68||**47,553.78**||
||||||||||
|||**36,624.10**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**10,929.68**||**47,553.78**||
||||||||||
||**Restricted Funds**||||||||
||Friends|135,143.95|226,296.78|(149,333.17)|0.00||**212,107.56**||
||Childrens Projects|630.10|506.00|(449.27)|0.00||**686.83**||
||Organ Repair Fund|1,126.55|0.00|(1,063.66)|0.00||**62.89**||
||Bell Ringers Projects|5,870.74|2,285.05|(336.00)|0.00||**7,819.79**||
||Churchyard|3,078.38|8,884.71|(10,273.48)|0.00||**1,689.61**||
|||**145,849.72 **|**237,972.54**|**(161,455.58)**|**0.00 **||**222,366.68**||
||||||||||
||**Endowment Funds**||||||||
||PCC Endowments * 5|112,891.72|(4,513.18)|0.00|0.00||**108,378.54**||
||Churchyard(Frost)|162,581.25|3,497.36|0.00|0.00||**166,078.61**||
|||**275,472.97**|**-1,015.82**|**0.00**|**0.00 **||**274,457.15**||
||||||||||
||**Total funds**|**457,946.79 **|**236,956.72**|**(161,455.58)**|**10,929.68 **||**544,377.61**||
||||||||||
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||The Endowment Funds consist of monies from the sale of Churchpropertyand other individual bequests.||||||||
||||||||||
||**Analysis of cash and cash equivalents**||||||||
|**14**|||||**Total Funds**||Total Funds||
|||||||**2025**||2024|
|||||||£||£|
||Cash in hand||||**37,640.11**||170,846.35||
||Notice deposits(less than 3 months)||||**3,145.03**||3,024.32||
||Overdraft facilityrepayable on demand||||**0.00**||0.00||
||**Total cash and cash equivalents**||||**40,785.14**||173,870.67||
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||**Relatedparties and transactions**||||||||
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Independent Examinerfs Report
to the PCC of St Marfs Church, Pulborough
st
For the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Section A
rhis is my report to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish IPCCI of St Mary. Pulborou8h. on the
Innual report for the year ended 31" December 2025
Respertlve
responslbllltles of
twstees and examln•r
The PCC members are responble for the preparatlon of the annual reports. The PCC
members tonsider that an audit is not required for this year under sertion 144 of the
Chariiies Act 20111.the Charitie5 Arfl and that an independent examination is
needed.
It Is my responsibility to-
examine the accounts under sertlon 145 of the CharStles Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the 8eneral Directions 8Nen by the
Charity Commission lundef sertion 14515)Ibl of the Charities Act. and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent
*xamlnerfs statement
My exarnination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the
Charity Cornmission. An examination includes a review of the accountin8 records
kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.
It also includes consideration of any unusual items or dixlosures in the accounts. and
seeking explanatbons from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures
undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
consequentty no opinion is given as to whether ihe accounts present a 'true and fairf
view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent
èxamlnerfs statement
In connectton wlth my examination. no matter has come to my attentlon
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in. any material respect. the
requirements-
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the
Charities Act- and
to prepare accounts whith accord with the accounting records and
comply with the accounti requirements of the Charities Art
have not been met: or
2. to which, in my opinion, attentFon should be drnwn in order to enable a proper
understandin8 of the accounts to be reached.
Examlnerfs sl£nature
Examlnerfs naine CAPITAiS
Dale
Relevant professk>nal
quallficatlon(sl or bodv
ilany
Examlnerfs address
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