2025-12-31-accounts

Trustees Annual Report and Accounts

of

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of

Chanctonbury

Comprising the churches of St Peter and St Paul Ashington, St Mary’s Washington, and All Saints Buncton

Registered Charity no. 1132309

For the year ended 31st December 2025

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9 Statement of financial activities
10 Balance sheet
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22 Report of the independent examiner
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The Parish of Chanctonbury, part of the Diocese of Chichester within the Church of England

Correspondence address: Church Office, Penmaen House, London Road, Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3JR

Incumbent: The Reverend James di Castiglione

Independent Examiner: Gary Schulz of Independent Examiners Ltd, The Grain Store, Hills Barns, Appledram Lane South, Chichester, PO20 7EG

Bankers: Lloyds Bank plc, 41-43 South Street, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 3AU

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The Parish of Chanctonbury

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Aims and Purpose

The Parish of Chanctonbury consists of the parish churches of Ashington, Washington and Wiston-with-Buncton, and comes under the Rectorship of James di Castiglione.

We are a growing family of Christians longing to see the presence of God transform our land and the communities around us. Our churches in Ashington, Washington and Buncton, are each different in style but united in heart and mind. Our heart is for each and every person to experience the reality of Jesus Christ in their lives, knowing the joy, hope and freedom He brings. We dream of a future where Jesus’ prayer of “on earth as it is in heaven” becomes our present: we’ve called it ‘2033’.

Between our churches, we aim to provide regular Sunday Services, with active youth and lively children’s work. In addition, there are smaller groups called Kingdom Family Communities, a healing centre, and other midweek activities. Up to October 2025 we continued with five regular Sunday morning services: two at each of Ashington and Washington, and one at Buncton. From November onwards this pattern changed to three regular Sunday morning services, one at each church, together with us collaborating with other local churches from various denominations, to hold an afternoon service within Steyning Grammar School. Since December, Buncton has been closed for safety reasons with the congregation meeting instead at St Mary’s Chapel, Wiston House.

We are involved with the local community in a number of ways. We employ Children’s and Youth Workers who serve within our churches and local schools. In November we partnered with other local churches from various denominations to hold a mission week in Steyning Grammar School. We organise two toddler groups that meet regularly (Little Lambs in Washington and Shining Stars in Ashington), and a Seniors Café that meets twice monthly. We offer financial support from our Hardship Fund, which includes “The Storehouse”, a local foodbank service to help ensure no one goes hungry in our area. From 2026 the Storehouse will be reconfigured to operate as part of the new “The Village Table” initiative which will provide a warm space, warm drinks and warm food for people at a weekly event.

Our heart is to see God’s Kingdom expand and bring blessing and transformation across the world and we support other groups in the UK and overseas to fulfil this aim.

Everyone is welcome at any of our services, whether they come from a place of strong faith, numerous doubts, or no faith at all.

More information about The Parish of Chanctonbury can be found on our website: www.chanctonbury.org.uk.

As we focus our efforts towards seeing God bring ‘2033’ to life amongst our churches and in our region, we do so with five core values in mind to guide and direct the way we operate:

1. All Glory to God. Life begins and ends with God – it is all for Him and in response to His goodness. Our great privilege is to worship Him when we gather and when apart, in song and in lifestyle, in Spirit and in Truth. We worship the Lord for who He is, honouring His worth, magnificence, majesty and beauty. He is our everything. In Him we live and move and have our being. All things come from Him, and of His own do we give Him… (Exodus 20:1 – 3 // 1 Chronicles 29:14 // Acts 17:28 // Revelation 4:11)

2. Heaven is Here. Father God inaugurated the Kingdom of Heaven on earth through the events of Jesus’ crucifixion, resurrection, ascension and giving of the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ return will fully and finally realise the consummation of His Kingdom on earth. Until that day, we live joyfully expecting His Kingdom to increasingly grow and break into life as we know it, proclaiming its arrival and emergence: Heaven is here! (Genesis 1:26 – 28 // Mark 1:14 – 15 // Matthew 10:7 – 8 // 1 Corinthians 15:24 – 28)

3. Revival Starts with Me. God has reconciled all things to Himself through Jesus Christ. We are ‘’revived’ into newness of life as we repent, die to ourselves, and allow Father God to fill us with the resurrecting life of His Son Jesus. We take personal responsibility for our spiritual growth, knowing that the world is transformed one surrendered heart at a time. (Exodus 34:12 – 15 // Matthew 16:24 – 26 // Romans 8:11 – 17 // 2 Corinthians 5:19)

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4. People are Precious. Every person matters to God and to us. Real friendship looks like being ‘extended family’. We always believe the best, outdo one another in showing honour, and overlay love in all things. (Isaiah 43:4 // Romans 12:9-21 // Colossians 3:12-17)

5. To the Ends of the Earth. Jesus has sent every disciple on mission through the Church to the world: to make disciples of all nations, to proclaim and demonstrate the good news of the Kingdom, and to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth. As we gladly care for the poor and marginalised, and as we share Jesus with all people, we will not stop until the whole world knows the good news and the kingdom of this world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and Messiah. (Isaiah 60:1 – 3 // Mark 16:15 – 20 // Acts 1:6 – 8 // Revelation 11:15 – 19)

Objectives and Activities

During 2025, spiritually we dedicated the twelve months as a ‘Year of Consecration’: This led to an intentional focus on holiness, repentance, increasing purity for the Bride of Christ (the Church), and moving further towards undivided devotion to Jesus. Consecration always precedes advancement, and the second half of 2025 heralded unprecedented mission opportunities in which to serve our communities and share the Good News of Jesus.

Key Activities, Achievements and Performance

1. Leadership and Organisation

Senior Leadership Team: James & Lou di Castiglione, Senior Leaders Paddy Donovan, Associate Vicar Nigel Sussex, Head of People and Operations Andy Storey, Head of Youth Holly Draper, Head of Kids

In addition, we are blessed to be supported by a number of clergy.

• Rev. Patrick Pearson-Miles continues as an Associate Vicar in Chanctonbury Parish. He and his wife, Philly, have particular oversight of St Mary’s, Washington.

• Rev. David Ingall regularly preaches at our church services.

• Rev. Ed Quibell continues to be licensed to Chanctonbury as an Associate Vicar.

We were very pleased to make the following key appointments during 2025:

• Philly Pearson-Miles was appointed to work part-time as PA to the Rector in February 2025

• Felicity Barnum-Bobb was appointed as church administrator in February 2025

The senior team, clergy, churchwardens and PCC members, all work and pray together to discern the will of God. They seek to ensure our church is spiritually nourished, as well as prayerfully and efficiently managed and governed.

2. Our Strategic focus for 2025 to 2027

We aspire to see Chanctonbury continue to grow in maturity and depth, grow in number, grow younger, and grow in raising leaders – so that we are taking the next steps towards our vision and ready to play our part in the revival of the Church of England for the sake of the nation. And we aspire to release the Rector to oversee the church as a whole and begin to function more apostolically.

We identified three key areas to progress:

• Work with the Diocese to develop Apostolic Partnerships in which we serve the surrounding region by support and encouragement to partners in Christ and outreach into less evangelised demographics.

• Recruit an Associate Vicar for Washington: to oversee Washington, with the mandate to develop multigenerational ministry at Washington.

• Recruit Ministry Assistants for Youth & Kids: to provide training and experience for young leaders looking to grow in Youth and Kids ministry, assisting and learning from the Heads of Youth and Kids.

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3. Church Attendance and Worshipping Community

Average weekly church attendance figures in 2025 across the united Parish were 293 adults and 90 children & youth (2024: 285 adults and 82 children & youth).

Across our three churches, 242 people volunteer to support church activities (226 in 2024). This equates to 63% of our adult worshipping congregation of 387 adults. On average each volunteer carries out 2 tasks. The areas with most volunteers are: hosting (62), healing (45) supporting kids work (44), prayer (42), lay ministers of communion (30) and worship (27).

324 church members (60% of our worshipping community) attended our Family Gathering at Windlesham school in April 2025 (215 adults and 99 children).

The Electoral Roll stood at 305 at the end of 2025, compared with 291 at the end of 2024.

4. Youth Work

Andy (Head of Youth) and Lillie (appointed as Youth Pastor In April) Storey, over 2025 have been full of gratitude in the power of the church coming together to love, serve and bless the young people in our local area.

Over the year of 2025, Andy and Lillie have witnessed local, cross-denominational churches come together in prayer, servitude and unity for the over 2,000 young people at Steyning Grammar School. They have witnessed Miracles in the Practical and Spiritual, seeing lives changed for Jesus, people trained and equipped, finding real favour and blessing with the teachers and headmaster at SGS, the power of unity and prayer across churches and parishes and a heart full of God’s love for the young people in our area. From the 5-day Mission week into all 3 sites of SGS and launching into Church at 5 and Youth Alpha it has been a very exciting adventure.

Church at 5 at Steyning Grammar School, has been a time of real pioneering and stepping out in Faith as a Church. This 75-min service, tailored for Youth has been each week a time for the believer, explorer and questioner to come together to discover who Jesus is and how we put Christianity into practice in our lives. The service has seen a steady congregation of all ages fill SGS from youth groups, local families, church families, grandparents, babies and children come together to pour into this new space. The 11 weeks has seen beautiful moments but overall, a family of people come together around Jesus.

In the Summer Andy and Lillie took the most Youth we have ever taken before to our camp called ‘Dreaming the Impossible’ which is always a marker moment in the young people’s lives in their walks with Jesus. It was an interesting time for us this year, with a few safeguarding issues, lots of tears and issues rising to the surface in the young people and team, difficulty of full engagement in times of worship and talks but overall, a time of the youth gelling, connecting and pursuing Jesus for 5 days in Staffordshire. They are going again this year!

In the everyday, Andy, Lillie and the Youth Team lead and run 4 midweek groups due to growth in the youth group (younger boys, younger girls, older girls and older mixed group). These are a time in smaller groups to go deeper with one another, with Jesus and be real in community for the longer term. Andy and Lillie also lead and run with a few assistant chaplains a ‘Christian Union’ at SGS each week, which since the mission week has seen real growth In different ages, identified groups and beliefs which has been a wonderful blessing. Sundays at 10am at Ashington in this time has been a real mix of those choosing one service or the other, so their priority is bringing them back together and rebuilding that strength and unity across the ages.

5. Children’s Work

Holly Draper continues to lead our Kids Ministry at Chanctonbury.

In 2025 Kids Church on Sunday continued and maintained the provision of groups at both 9am and 11am services at Ashington, then changed to the 10am service in November alongside the wider church service time changes. The same as last year, an average of 50 children attended church each Sunday between January and October, with a slight increase to 54 between November and December when we moved to one 10am service. We have 80 ‘on the books' at the end of 2025. The Sunday Kids Church team has dropped in numbers slightly from 50 to 44. On Sundays we have had the joy of looking at teaching series “Becoming like Jesus” (spiritual disciplines), “The Father’s Heart” and “I am rooted in Christ” (identity)

Chanctonbury Kids have enjoyed several fun events across the year, including Kids Takeover service, the Chanctonbury Family Gathering, Year 6 Moving up social and a Light Party in October. We have hosted monthly

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Family Prayer & Worship sessions in the afternoons before the wider church evening events. Also, fortnightly midweek discipleship groups have continued for year 5 and 6, which Annalise has been leading since September.

We are continuing to grow in connections with our two local parish primary schools. Through fortnightly assemblies (Collective Worship), prayer spaces in each school in the summer term, as well as their termly school services, are hosted in our church buildings. We have seen an increase in school and community engagement through our Pancake and Easter Cafe and Christingle Cafe events (over 200 in attendance across both sites). We have been successfully to continuing our fortnightly toddler groups at Ashington (Shining Stars) and Washington church (Little Lambs). Both have seen an increase in attendance, but, more importantly, an increase in depth of relationship and trust with those who attend.

The Children’s work has been blessed by having part-time help with Annalise Yeates with us as Kids Ministry Assistant. She has continued into a second year in September (see Ministry Assistant below)

6. Pastoral Ministry

In 2025, following the appointment of Revd Paddy Donovan as associate vicar, he took on the leadership of pastoral ministry. Building and strengthening the pastoral ministry became one of the key strategic priorities of Chanctonbury's vision in 2025. Following the February 2025 vision night, the team grew to roughly 26 individuals serving in a variety of capacities, meeting a variety of pastoral needs arising in and around the life of the Church. This has enabled the unique skills, experience and personalities of the team to be used efficiently.

From the PCC, we have formed a 'Designated Hardship Fund Committee', who with delegated responsibility oversee the distribution of financial support from our allocated 'hardship fund'. This has streamlined the process and offered greater ability to meet the needs of individuals seeking help or being referred to for help.

The sozo ministry continues to flourish and the ministry is being widely used by church members. We offer around 25 sozo appointments each term and every slot fills up! People are finding freedom, healing and peace through this ministry. We have a very strong team of 20 who are all incredibly committed and love being part of the ministry.

7. Worship

Along with prayer and fasting, worship continues to be a key focus for our Church. The Senior Leadership Team oversee the worship ministry and our strong and dedicated volunteer team of worship leaders, singers and musicians. We are very grateful to Libby Sheldon who voluntarily stepped up to offer leadership at Ashington following the temporary stepping down of key worship leaders to rest. Ruth Milne excels in providing leadership for the worship ministry at Washington, and we are very grateful to Andy Piercey for his time and efforts supporting worship at Buncton.

Sound and Production at Ashington is overseen by Paul Price.

8. Prayer and Intercession

2025 saw Chanctonbury continue to grow in the area of prayer and intercession. We started the year with a week of prayer which was very well attended and launched the year of consecration. Then in June, during our annual Daniel Fast, we used St Mary’s Wiston as a place of prayer and encouraged individuals to sign up for a 2 hour prayer slot. At the end of the week we realised that individuals had amassed over 900 hours of prayer!

We also continued our monthly worship and prayer nights and in the background we were orchestrating what we have launched in January 2026 ‘The Dwelling Place’, which is 12 hours of prayer and worship every Wednesday.

It has been deeply encouraging to hear so many members of the congregation telling stories about how they have or are growing in their own individual prayer life. Prayer is increasingly first and centre in everything we do at Chanctonbury.

9. Ministry Assistants

At the start of 2025, Annalise had completed her first term with us as Kids Ministry Assistant, where she is working part-time on a paid placement / job with us, and part-time study at St Mellitus. She finished her first year in July 2025, and it was mutually agreed and signed off for her to continue into a second year starting September 2025 alongside her studies, but she has moved to Horsham instead of staying in the parish. In her second year, Annalise has picked up more responsibilities within the Kids Ministry. Annalise continues to be line-managed by Holly Draper (Head of Kids).

Alfie Mitchell was appointed as a part-time Youth Ministry Assistant from September 2025. The last 5 months have been great seeing him grow, step-out and raised up as a leader. Due to Alfie leaving early to pursue a potential other

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vocation, Andy and Lillie have learnt a lot about how best to approach, be clear on role and expectations for future MA with a heart to grow into a Youth Leader as a potential call from the Lord.

10. Community Outreach

We have continued to work in both parish church schools whereby clergy, staff and volunteer support regular collective worship, prayer spaces and serve on the respective governing bodies. Led by Holly Draper, Head of Kids, we will be hosting a 3-day holiday club in Ashington during 2026 to further build upon our good relationships with the school community. We hope this to be another opportunity to sow seeds of Christian Faith and see wider spread engagement with the Church from our immediate community.

In our Church buildings run two toddler groups weekly and fortnightly respectively, welcoming members of the Ashington & Washington community. Following the reordering of our churches in 2012, the versatile spaces enable a variety of uses, enabling us the church to establish meaningful relationships of support to young families through two toddler groups (Shining Stars weekly, and Little Lambs fortnightly).

From 2026 the Storehouse will be reconfigured to operate as a community cafe called “The Village Table” which launched in February 2026. Building upon the success and impact of Chanctonbury Storehouse, this offers the provision of food parcels as well as a warm space, warm drinks and warm food providing another touching point between church and community, to establish meaningful connections and avenues of spiritual, emotional and practical support. Initially this has primarily drawn in families from the school community; we hope to build upon this demographic as time goes on.

The Seniors Cafe is a twice-monthly space where community is being formed and strengthened amongst older local residents from the church and surrounding area. They really value (the cake and) this opportunity to connect. The volunteer team enthusiastically love those who attend, including taking and making opportunities to connect them with the truth and experience of the Gospel in healing prayer and sincere conversations. The softening of hearts over the months has been visible and so encouraging.

We have launched both an Alpha course and a Youth Alpha course in Ashington in spring '26. Initial feedback has been highly encouraging guests noting the personal invitations from church members. We offered complementary tickets to Alpha guests to attend our Chanctonbury Family Gathering (Church weekend) as another expression of supporting their initial exploration and nurturing of new faith.

11. Chanctonbury Healing Centre

The Chanctonbury Healing Centre continues to be headed up by Patrick and Philly Pearson-Miles. Healing is a large part of the proclamation and demonstration of the good news of Jesus and His finished work on the Cross. Chanctonbury Healing Centre not only provides an opportunity for healing for members of our church family and beyond, but continues to form a part of the church's outreach to our local communities. As such, we started to engage with people offering prayer, and where appropriate, healing, outside the Co-op in Ashington on Healing Centre Saturdays. We offer teaching on Christian healing, as well as the option to receive healing ministry by phone or video via the Chanctonbury website. Our Saturday morning healing sessions take place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, alongside offering healing ministry at our Sunday services. From September until the end of the year, we paused Healing Centre to allow the team to engage with the mission at Steyning Grammar School, but also to allow us time to check with the Lord that this ministry was still in step with His leading. We continue to be available to minister healing where needed, with all the joys and victories and challenges that this ministry can carry, with a deep desire to be more effective in seeing God’s will done on the earth, knowing that Jesus paid the ultimate price and we want Him to receive all the glory that is due to Him.

12 . External Giving and Mission Support

We have continued to offer financial and prayer support to mission partners and other organisations, nationally and overseas, as well as to people in need within our local communities. A Giving Team review and decide upon proposals and requests for who and what we should be supporting financially. In addition, we hold occasional offerings during the year for specific grants. Our Hardship Fund, which was launched in 2020, remains a key focus to facilitate support to local people in need. As part of this fund, the Chanctonbury Storehouse (see above), a local food bank, run by volunteers from our church, in liaison with the Parish Council and other members of the community, continued to be a valuable resource. See the Financial Review below for the amounts we have given away.

13. Church Building and Fabric

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The Joint Buildings Committee (JBC) oversees all building and churchyard maintenance and improvement, seeking to share expertise across the church buildings and increase efficiency and consistency.

In 2025 the main building projects were:

• Wide-ranging minor repairs to Ashington church roof including clearing all the moss from the tiles; some minor masonry repairs and fixing the internal doors from slamming shut (causing the frame to loosen and dislodging the mortar). In 2026, we plan to undertake masonry repairs to the belfry.

• Making a new pair of oak gates for the annex churchyard in Washington. In 2026 we will be undertaking repairs to the roof and guttering.

• Installing under pew heating at Buncton chapel. Plans for a garden of remembrance were approved by the PCC and we hope to undertake the work during 2026. We also received a Quinquennial Inspection report which highlighted the urgent need for a new roof as well as considerable external and internal repair work. In order to assess the cost of this we commissioned a quantity surveyor to prepare a report of forecast costs (in excess of £500,000).

The JBC prepared a shortlist of three fundraising consultancies to advise and help raise the funds required. The PCC appointed Wootton George in January 2026.

14. Environmental Progress (Eden Project)

The replacement of the previous boiler with an air-sourced heat pump at Ashington at the end of 2023 has resulted in a dramatic reduction of fossil fuel usage occurs in the church with heating now almost entirely run on electricity.

During 2025 we held 6 Repair Cafés and our team of repairers saw a variety of items from blunt secateurs and wobbly chairs to torn clothes and broken hedge trimmers. From a total of 38 items, all but 5 were repaired. In addition to this, a number of local children were shown how to make their own bug hotels using various tools, and all our guests were welcomed with coffee and home-made cake.

15. GDPR

The PCC continues to monitor compliance with GDPR across all areas of the Parish of Chanctonbury, guided by our data officer, Pippa Cleeve.

16. Safeguarding

The PCC has complied with the duty to have regard to the House of Bishop's guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016.

Financial Review

We have seen a similar level of income from giving during 2025 from existing givers as well as from new givers joining our Church. We give thanks to God and to our church community, who continue to give so generously to support all that God is doing in and through our church at Chanctonbury.

1. The total of unrestricted donations and legacies received were £631,000 (2023: £633,000) and are detailed in the Financial Statements.

2. Unrestricted planned giving, which is mainly done through the use of monthly standing orders, amounted to £609,000 including Gift Aid (2024: £619,000), an decrease of 2%.

3. Donations of £21,000 (2024: £11,000) were received for restricted funds, primarily relating to the Washington House Restricted Fund.

4. We aim to give away approximately 10% of our regular income. This includes providing financial and food support to our local communities via our Hardship Fund and our foodbank – the Storehouse. We also give financial support to mission partners overseas, and to local charitable organisations in the UK, as well as via special collections and offerings in response to specific needs as they arise. In total during 2025 we granted £41,000 (2024: £54,000), which represents 6% (2024: 8%) of our unrestricted giving.

5. The annual contribution (Parish Share) paid to the Diocese in 2025 was £146,000 (2023: £89,000). The Parish Share covers the housing, stipend and pension costs of our Rector, and of our Associate Vicar. It also includes a standard sum for diocesan central costs, clergy training and a contribution to national church funds. All these contributions are paid into Chichester Diocese’s restricted fund for orthodox ministry.

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Reserves Policy

1. It is PCC policy to maintain general unrestricted funds (excluding property) equivalent to approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure to ensure sufficient working capital and as a contingency against unforeseen situations. This would require a balance of around £141,000 at the end of 2025. Our actual unrestricted reserves at the end of 2025 were significantly above this level, at £309,000. However, we anticipate that our unrestricted reserves will be much closer to our target level by the end of 2026.

2. It is PCC policy that any monies invested are with the CBF Church of England deposit and investment funds.

Governance

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is registered with the Charity Commission as required by the Charities Act 2011. Its governing document is the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.

Membership of the PCC is determined by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM), with reference to the Church Representation Rules. It consists of certain ex-officio members, in addition to members of the church who are elected at the APCM. Members of our congregation who are on the Electoral Roll are warmly encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible. The PCC for the Parish of Chanctonbury contains elected representatives and ex officio members.

During the year January to December 2025 the PCC met 6 times, and the following served as its members:

Ex officio members James di Castiglione Rector Paddy Donovan Associate Vicar, Ashington Anthony Ray Church Warden, Deanery Synod Representative John Yeo Church Warden Mark Barrett Treasurer Until 28[th] April 2025 Mark Binney Treasurer Appointed 28[th] April 2025 Elected representatives Lydie Badcock Mark Binney Until 28[th] April 2025 George Bryans Deanery Synod Representative Kate Deane Melissa Drinkwater Appointed 28[th] April 2025 Rod Ewen Deanery Synod Representative Colin Frampton Judith Ironmonger Appointed 28[th] April 2025 Paddy Utting Sue Vaughan Deanery Synod Representative

Janet Ray served all year as PCC Secretary.

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Signed on behalf of the PCC, the Rev’d James di Castiglione

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Date: 30[th] March 2026

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Statement of Financial Activities

The financial effect of our activities during the year can be summarised as follows:

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowed Total Funds Total Funds
Fund Fund/s Fund/s 2025 2024 Notes
£ £ £ £ £
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies 630,867 2,961 - 633,828 644,000
Charitable activities 3,917 - - 3,917 2,733
Other trading activities 24,682 - - 24,682 30,848
Investments 3,583 - - 3,583 1,947
Other receipts - - - - -
Total income 663,049 2,961 - 666,010 679,528 2
Expenditure on: -
Raising funds - - - - -
Charitable activities 620,628 10,749 - 631,377 552,414
Other expenditure - - - - -
Total expenditure 620,628 10,749 - 631,377 552,414 3
Net gains (or losses) on investments 291 - (544) (253) 653 11
Net income or (net expenditure) 42,712 (7,788) (544) 34,380 127,767
Transfers between funds - - - - - 10
42,712 (7,788) (544) 34,380 127,767
Other recognised gains/(losses):
Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed
- - - - 12
assets
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Reconciliation of funds:
Net movement in funds 42,712 (7,788) (544) 34,380 127,767
Total funds brought forward 266,319 26,520 13,619 306,458 178,691
Total funds carried forward 309,031 18,732 13,075 340,838 306,458
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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Balance Sheet

Our financial position and summary of funds at the year end were:

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Total Funds Total Funds
2025 2024 Notes
£ £
Investments 25,266 25,519 11
Tangible fixed assets 40,376 57,947 12
Total fixed assets 65,642 83,466
Stocks - -
Debtors 28,090 30,588 14
Investments - -
Cash at bank and in hand 273,551 203,240
Total current assets 301,641 233,828
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year (26,445) (10,836) 15
Net current assets or (liabilities) 275,196 222,992
Total assets less current liabilities 340,838 306,458
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year - - 16
Total net assets or (liabilities) 340,838 306,458
The funds of the charity:
Endowment funds 13,075 13,619
Restricted income funds 18,732 26,520
Unrestricted funds 309,031 266,319
Total charity funds 340,838 306,458 18
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This Financial Report for the year ended 31st December 2025, including the notes following, was approved by the PCC and signed on its behalf by The Revd. James di Castiglione, PCC Chairman:

Rector Date: 30[th] March 2026

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the current Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities, (SORP (FRS 102)).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the inclusion of investments at market value and the revaluation of fixed assets. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their affiliation to another body, nor those which are informal gatherings of church members.

Funds accounting

Funds held by the PCC are:

Unrestricted funds - general funds which can be used for PCC ordinary purposes.

Designated funds - monies set aside by the PCC out of unrestricted funds for specific future purposes or projects.

Restricted funds - a) income from trusts or endowments which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of the trust or bequest; b) donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of the year is carried forward as a balance on that fund.

Endowment funds - funds for which the capital must be maintained; only income arising from the investment of the endowment may be used, either as restricted or unrestricted funds, depending on the purpose set out in the terms of the original endowment.

Income and endowments

All income and endowments, accounted for without deduction for any costs of receivability, are recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, receipt is probable, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Donations and legacies

Collections and offerings are recognised when received.

Planned giving receivable is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, receipt is probable, and the amount accords with the Gift Aid declaration or other record of intention to donate.

Gift aid recovered is recognised when the income to which it is attached is recognised.

Grants and legacies are recognised when the formal offer in writing of the funding is received by the PCC.

Charitable activities

Statutory fees for weddings and funerals are recognised when the office occurs.

Other trading activities

Trading activities are where income is receivable in return for selling goods or providing services. Income from trading is recognised either: a - when received, or b - in the case of specific events, including concerts and conferences: for the year in which the event occurs, irrespective of date of receipt. Advance bookings are included in creditors until the event has taken place.

Sales of magazines and study notes are recognised when received.

Rents from property are recognised in accordance with the rental agreements, when receipt is probable.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

Investment income

Dividends are accounted for when due and payable. Interest entitlements are accounted for as they accrue.

All other income

All other income is recognised in accordance with the above overall policy.

Gains and losses on investments

Realised gains are recognised when the investments are sold.

Unrealised gains and losses are accounted for on revaluation at 31 December.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement, payment is probable, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Grants

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded where the award creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

Church activities

The diocesan parish contribution is accounted for on an annual basis, reflecting the allocation set by our Deanery. Any parish contribution unpaid at 31 December is provided for in these accounts as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the balance sheet.

Fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets

Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by s.10(2) of the Charities Act 2011.

Movable church furnishing held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed in the church's inventory which can be inspected but are not included in the financial statements. For other property acquired prior to 1 January 2018 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore the cost of such assets is not stated in the financial statements.

All expenditure on consecrated or beneficed buildings and individual items costing under £3,000 are written off in the year they were incurred.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost of tangible fixed assets over their expected useful lives. The rates applicable are:

Church heating system 5 years Sound equipment 7 years

Investments

Investments are stated at market value at the balance sheet date.

Current Assets

Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown a debtors, less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable.

Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds, or at the bank.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements

The charity has a trading subsidiary, Revival Projects, which was dormant throughout 2024 and 2025. The income of the group does not exceed the threshold of £1million and therefore there is no requirement to prepare group accounts.

Going Concern

The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

Significant estimates and judgements

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

2 Analysis of income and endowments

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Planned giving (excl. tax refunds) Planned giving (no tax refunds) Open collections and offerings Other donations and special appeals Gift Aid recoverable Legacies Grants	£ 358,667 154,588 17,942 3,939 95,731 - -		£ - - - 2,961 - - -		£ - - - - - - -	£ £ 358,667 357,535 154,588 167,336 17,942 11,471 6,900 13,732 95,731 93,926 - - - -
Donations and legacies	630,867		2,961			633,828 644,000
Fees for weddings & funerals	3,917		-		-	3,917 2,733
Charitable activities	3,917		-		-	3,917 2,733
Parish weekend Other Church activities Parish Council contribution Furlough receipts	14,697 9,985 - -		- - - -		- - - -	14,697 14,791 9,985 16,057 - - - -
Other trading activities	24,682		-		-	24,682 30,848
Bank & CBF deposit interest CBF investment fund dividend Rent from letting of investment property	3,583 - -		- - -		- - -	3,583 1,947 - - - -
Investments	3,583		-		-	3,583 1,947
Total income and endowments on all funds	663,049		2,961		-	666,010 679,528

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

3 Analysis of expenditure

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Appeals, grants and fundraising costs Stewardship & investment management costs	£ - -		£ - -		£ - -	£ £ - - - -
Cost of raising funds	-		-		-	- -
Charitable grants and donations Mission & evangelism costs Diocesan parish share Clergy and other people's expenses Staff costs: administration and communicatio Staff costs: interns & ministry associates Upkeep of services Church running costs Church maintenance and repair Upkeep of churchyard Youth Work Children's Work Training Parish Weekend costs Other church activities costs Governance Bank charges Depreciation	30,118 9,282 145,673 36,882 108,028 14,178 20,280 64,699 46,616 5,338 53,682 45,898 3,449 15,408 2,000 1,224 302 17,571		10,749 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -		- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	40,867 53,758 9,282 2,093 145,673 89,127 36,882 35,001 108,028 92,474 14,178 5,852 20,280 30,806 64,699 65,115 46,616 27,402 5,338 6,202 53,682 52,665 45,898 43,871 3,449 10,173 15,408 14,791 2,000 4,108 1,224 1,130 302 275 17,571 17,571	4 9 12
Cost of charitable activities	620,628		10,749		-	631,377 552,414
Total expended on all funds	620,628		10,749		-	631,377 552,414

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

4 Missionary and charitable giving

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Overseas: India - Amplifying Voices SIM International Hope Lededyn - Ukraine Mission Patners - the Gambia DEC - Middle East appeal Other overseas charities and projects Home: Hardship Fund (incl. Storehouse foodbank) Steyning Grammar School Mission Week The Send Splash for Schools Other UK charities and projects Dalesdown PCC of Beeding, Bramber & Botolph Wholesome Warehouse Additional voluntary contribution to Diocese for Parish Share	£ 3,000 3,000 2,316 - - 442 - - 5,000 4,000 3,540 3,000 3,000 2,820 -		£ - - - - - - 5,749 5,000 - - - - - - -		£ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	£ £ 3,000 4,145 3,000 3,000 2,316 - - 7,000 - 3,000 442 252 5,749 14,750 5,000 - 5,000 500 4,000 1,000 3,540 8,155 3,000 1,000 3,000 - 2,820 2,820 - 8,136
	30,118		10,749		-	40,867 53,758

5 Staff costs

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Remuneration Wages and salaries Employer social security costs Employer pension costs	£ 207,603 11,304 8,056		£ - - -		£ - - -	£ £ 207,603 190,210 11,304 9,327 8,056 7,116
	226,963		-		-	226,963 206,653

During the year the PCC employed up to 11 employees, 7 of them part-time, including Heads of Ministry Development, Youth, Kids, as well as administration staff, ministry assistants, a maintenance officer and a cleaner. At the end of the year the number of employees was 11.

The average number of employees during the year, excluding clergy, was 10 (2024: 10)

All employees worked on charitable activities. Total remuneration for Senior Management was £114, 149 (2024: 105,952)

All staff were paid through the PAYE scheme. 7 employees (2024: 6) received pension contributions into the NEST pension scheme. No employee received emoluments of over £60,000 (2024: none)

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

6 Payments to PCC members

Expenses paid to two members of the PCC, the Rector and Associate Vicar, for travel, subsistence, meetings, phone, and housing related costs amounted to £19,062 (2024: £20,451). Expenses totalling £200 were paid to a further member of the PCC to reimburse out of pocket expenses incurred in relation to church activities. No other expenses were paid to PCC Members, or any other person connected with them during this financial period.

7 Transactions with PCC members or persons related to them

Louise di Castiglione, wife of Rev. James di Castiglione, has been employed as Head of Ministry Development since 1st January 2023. For 2025, her salary and pension contributions amounted to £28,035 (2024: £27,077). No other material transactions took place between the Church and a PCC Member, or any person connected with them.

Trustee donations

The aggregate amount of donations given by the members of the PCC (the trustees) without conditions amounted to £54,811 (2024: £61,026). These amounts cover the period during which the PCC members served on the PCC, and include any amounts given by spouses. The donors did not attach any conditions to their gifts that required the charity to significantly alter the nature of its existing activities.

8 Transactions with related charities

There were no transactions with related charities.

9 Governance

9 Governance
	Unrestricted Funds		Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Independent examination Accounts production and bookkeeping		£ 1,224 -		£ - -		£ - -	£ £ 1,224 1,130 - -
		1,224		-		-	1,224 1,130

10 Transfers between funds

10 Transfers between funds
	Unrestricted Funds		Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds 2025	Total Funds 2024	Notes
		£		£		£	£	£
		-		-		-	-	-
		-		-		-	-	-

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

11 Investments

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2025	Notes
Market value 1 January 2025 Transfers Disposals at carrying value Purchases at cost Net gains and revaluation	£ 11,900 - - - 291		£ - - - - -		£ 13,619 - - - (544)	£ 25,519 - - - (253)
Market value 31 December 2025	12,191		-		13,075	25,266

12 Tangible fixed assets

	Church	heating system		Sound upgrade	Total fixed assets	Notes
Cost or valuation At 1 January 2025 Additions Disposals		£ 45,394 - -		£ 59,372 - -	£ 104,766 - -
Cost carried forward at 31 December 2025		45,394		59,372	104,766
Charge for depreciation and impairment At 1 January 2024 Depreciation charge for the year Disposals	(11,354) (9,084) -			(35,465) (8,487) -	(46,819) (17,571) -
Accumulated depreciation carried forward at 31 December 2025	(20,438)			(43,952)	(64,390)
Net book amounts At 31 December 2025	24,956			15,420	40,376
At 31 December 2024	34,040			23,907	57,947

The Sound Upgrade consists of a significant upgrade to Ashington Church towards the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, and an upgrade to Washington Church towards the end of 2022. The Sound Upgrade is being depreciated over 7 years. A new heating system was purchased and installed in Ashington Church in November 2023. It is being depreciated over 5 years.

The annual commitments under non-cancelling operating leases and capital commitments are as follows: A premises lease was taken out on 29[th] September 2022 for use as a Church Office, for a period of 5 years at an annual rent of £14,000.

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

13 Net assets by fund

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Investment fixed assets Fixed assets for church use Current assets (except cash) Cash at bank and on deposit Current liabilities Long term liabilities	£ 12,191 40,376 28,065 236,710 (8,310) -		£ - - 25 36,841 (18,135) -			£ 13,075 - - - - -	£ £ 25,266 25,519 40,376 57,947 28,090 30,588 273,551 203,240 (26,445) (10,836) - -
	309,032		18,731			13,075	340,838 306,458

14 Debtors

14 Debtors
	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s		Endowed Fund/s		Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Income tax recoverable via Gift Aid Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors	£ 7,879 20,186 -		£ 25 - -		£ - - -	£ £ 7,904 15,981 20,186 14,607 - -
	28,065		25		-	28,090 30,588

15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Deferred income Accruals for utilities and other costs Other creditors		£ - 8,310 -		£ 18,135 - -		£ - - -	£ £ 18,135 3,015 8,310 7,821 - -
		8,310		18,135		-	26,445 10,836

16 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

	Unrestricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds Total Funds 2025 2024	Notes
Deferred income Accruals and other creditors		£ - -		£ - -		£ - -	£ £ - - - -
		-		-		-	- -

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

17 Comparatives for the statement of financial activities

	Unrestricted Fund	Restricted Fund/s	Restricted Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Endowed Fund/s	Total Funds 2024
Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments	£ 633,437 2,733 30,848 1,947		£ 10,563 - - -		£ - - - -	£ 644,000 2,733 30,848 1,947
Total income	668,965		10,563		-	679,528
Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Other expenditure	- 537,664 -		- 14,750 -		- - -	- - 552,414 -
Total expenditure	537,664		14,750		-	552,414
Net gains (or losses) on investments
Net income or (net expenditure)	131,301		(4,187)		-	127,114
Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets Reconciliation of funds:	-		-		-	-
	131,301 348		(4,187) -		- 305	127,114 653
Net movement in funds	131,649		(4,187)		305	127,767
Total funds brought forward	134,670		30,707		13,314	178,691
Total funds carried forward	266,319		26,520		13,619	306,458

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

18 Statement of funds

Explanation of funds

Endowed funds are required by the donors to be invested and the income spent on specific objectives.

The Gore bequest is a permanent endowment, invested in CBF parish trusts investments, which requires the income to be spent on the churchyard.

The PCC fund is a permanent endowment invested in CBF parish trusts investments, and is a General Fund.

Restricted funds are not invested permanently but are to be spent within reasonable timescales.

The Hardship Fund is for the financial support of people in need, including through the Church’s foodbank, “The Storehouse”.

The Revival Projects Fund is for spending on a project or projects involving revival and/or wider church unity.

The Washington House Fund is to support and independent charity to purchase a house for use of an Associate Vicar within the parish. During the year £18,000 was received in donations which have been deferred as income as the fund-raising process has not yet formally commenced. Subsequent to the end of the financial year, the Diocese of Chichester agreed that it would purchase a house for this purpose and therefore the funds received will either be returned to the donors or transferred to the general fund at the donor’s request.

Unrestricted funds are not subject to any donor restrictions and can be spent as the PCC decides.

Summary of all funds

Fund income and expenditure and final balances are as follows:

	Balances b/fwd 1 Jan 2025	Income	Expenditure	Transfers, other gains and losses	Balances c/fwd 31 Dec 2025
Gore bequest PCC Fund	£ 4,439 9,180	£ - -	£ - -	£ (177) (367)	£ 4,262 8,813
Total of all endowed funds	13,619	-	-	(544)	13,075
Hardship Fund Revival Projects Fund Washington House Fund	2,942 23,578 -	2,961 - -	(5,749) (5,000) -	- - -	154 18,578 -
Total of all restricted funds	26,520	2,961	(10,749)	-	18,732
General fund	266,319	663,049	(620,628)	291	309,031
Total of all unrestricted funds	266,319	663,049	(620,628)	291	309,031
Total funds	306,458	666,010	(631,377)	(253)	340,838

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The Parish of Chanctonbury registered charity number 1132309 Notes to the Financial Report

19 Statement of Cash Flows

		Total Funds 2025	Total Funds 2025	Total Funds 2024	Total Funds 2024	Notes
Cash flows from operating activities:			£		£
Net cashprovided by (used in)operatingactivities		66,728		149,719
Cash flows from investing activities: Dividends, interest and rents from investments Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment Purchase of property, plant and equipment Proceeds from sale of investments Purchase of investments		3,583 - - - -		1,947 - - - -
Net cashprovided by (used in)investingactivities		3,583		1,947
Cash flows from financing activities: Repayments of borrowing Cash inflows from new borrowing Receipt of endowment		- - -		- - -
Net cashprovided by (used in)financingactivities		-		-
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period		70,311		151,666
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginningof the reporting period		203,240		51,574
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period		273,551		203,240
Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating				activities
		Total Funds 2025		Total Funds 2024		Notes
			£		£
	Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period from the statement of financial activities	34,380		127,767
	Adjustments for:
	Depreciation charges	17,571		17,571
	(Gains)/losses on investments	253		(653)
	Dividends,interest and rents from investments	(3,583)		(1,947)
	Loss/(profit)on the sale of fixed assets	-		-
	(Increase)/decrease in stocks	-		-
	(Increase)/decrease in debtors	2,498		7,487
	Increase/(decrease)in creditors	15,609		(506)
	Net cashprovided by (used in) operating activities	66,728		149,719

	Total Funds	Total Funds
	2025	2024	Notes
	£	£
Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period from the statement of financial activities	34,380	127,767
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges	17,571	17,571
(Gains)/losses on investments	253	(653)
Dividends,interest and rents from investments	(3,583)	(1,947)
Loss/(profit)on the sale of fixed assets	-	-
(Increase)/decrease in stocks	-	-
(Increase)/decrease in debtors	2,498	7,487
Increase/(decrease)in creditors	15,609	(506)
Net cashprovided by (used in) operating activities	66,728	149,719

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Independent Examiner’s Report

to the PCC of Chanctonbury

for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2025

This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31[st] December 2025 which are set out on pages 1 to 21, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 (‘The Regulations’) and s.145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘The Act’).

Respective Responsibilities of the PCC and the Examiner

The PCC members are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The PCC members consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed. The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000. Since the gross income for the year exceeds the amount provided in Section 145(3) of the Act, I confirm that I am qualified to act as Independent Examiner under the provisions of that section of the Act and that my qualification is as shown below.

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of The Act and to be found in the Church Guidance, 2006 edition, issued from the Finance Division of the Archbishops’ Council. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken 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

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1) 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 Act; and

• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of The Act and The Regulations have not been met; or

2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: G.W.Schulz FCMA Date: 14 April 2026

Independent Examiners Ltd The Grain Store, Hills Barns Appledram Lane South West Sussex PO20 7EG

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